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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-22
THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY
TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT
To Prove What Swamp-ROot, the Great Kidney Remedy, Will
do for YOU, Every Reader of The Progressive Farmer May
Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are
responsible for more sickness and
suffering than any other disease,
therefore, when through neglect or
other causes, kidney trouble is per-
mitted to continue, fatal results are
sure to follow.
Your other organs may need atten-
tion-but your kidneys most, because
they do most and need attention
first.
If you are sick or "feel badly
begin taking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy, because as soon as
your kidneys begin to get better they
will help all the other organs to
health. A trial will convince anyone.
The mild and immediate effect of
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney and bladder remedy, is oon
realized. 1t stands the highest for
it's wonderful cures Of the most dis
tressing cases. Swamp-Root will set
your whole system right, and the best
proof of this is a trial.
OO OOCIdSG OG., NLC1IOSC, NIdSo.,
January II, 1904.
Dear Sirs: ever since I was in
the Army, l had more or less kidney
trouble, and within the past year it
became so severe and complicated
that l suffered everything and was
much alarmed-my strength and
power was fast leaving me. I saw
an advertisement of Swamp-Root and
wrote asking for advice. | began the
use of the medicine and noted a de-
cided improvement after taking
Swamp-Root only a short time.
[ continued it's use and am thank
full to say that | am entirely cured
and strong. In order to be very sure
about this, I had a doctor examine
some of my water today and he pro-
nounced it all right and in splendid
condition.
l know that your Swamp-Root is
purely vegetable and does not con-
tain any harmful drugs. Thanking
you for my complete recovery and
recommending Swamp-Root to all
sufferers, I am"
Very truly yours.
I. @. RICHARDSON.
You may have a sample bottle of
this famous kidney remedy, Swamp
SPECIAL Notes. success
ing even the most distressing cas-
that to prove its wonderful merits
book of valuable information, both
contains many of the thousands up,
ceived from men and women cured.
Root is so we'll known that our read
bottle. In sending your address to
Y, be sure to say you read this gen,
Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-22
always be left to the individual
farmer.
INSTITUTE LECTURERS AND ''PRACTI
GAL FARMERS"
individual

ment of farmers Institutes is a well
set opinion, amounting almost to
prejudice, that the institute lecturer
is not a practical farmer, hence, can
impart no information of practical
value to farmers. 1t seems to me
this is a misconception based either
on a false idea of what constitutes
practical teaching, or a lack of ia
miliarity with the institute workers
of to-day.
Let us, in order to clear up this
point, if that be possible, discuss
briefly what is necessary to fit a nan
for giving practical information at
a farmers institute. In crop pro-
duction there are, among others, five
important factors influencing the re-
suit: seed, season. soil, cultivation
and fertilization. Granting that this
is correct, then, vT..J is better fitted
to give practical advice concerning
the use of fertilizers, the nan who
has no regard for accurate seed Sc
lection, draws his conclusions from
so-called tests made in different sea-
sons, uses different types of land and
does not measure it, cultivates differ
emily, guesses at the amount of fer
~tilizer used and her Estimates" the
crop Gas is usual with the so-called
practical farmer) or the man who
selects his seed in~telligently and
carefully, plants on similar types of
soil, measures his land, cultivates
fertilizer and the crops, instead of
guessing at them? What matters it
if, because of the increased labor, the
latter's crops are not made at a
profit, are his results not valuable to
others? Is he not because of this
greater car and accuracy a better
and more practical teacher of the
proper use of fertilizers?
Let us take one more illustration
of this question. Who is the prac-
teal feeder, the man who throws an
ulhIIO"u QuduGIGy VI 1OOu 10 d SG66r
and guesses at his weight at the end
of a months feeding to determine
the gain made from the unknown
quantity of food consumed, or the
man who weighs the feed and then
the steer and is able to state exactly
how many pounds of food we're re-
CURED to make a pound of gain? To
my mind the practical feeder is he
who, knowing something of the COM
position of foodstufs, compounds a
ration to meet the requirements of
the animal TO do the work expected
of it. weighs the food given. and then
weighs the animal. On the other
hand. is not the theoretical feeder
one who, on the theory that it must
be right because it is customary,
places food of unknown quantity and
quality before an animal and guesses
at the result?
The experience of this sort of a
feeder may tell him all sorts of lies
and vet because this worthless expa-
ricncp does not agree with the results
of the "scientifc" feeder. the latter
is condemned as impractical. In
short. the man who makes numerous
accurate tests. where all known fac
tors likely to disturb the results are
considered and euualizcd, and where
the scales and the tane line take the
place of "cuesSinp" and "estimat-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-22
DIR. TAFT Butler on Farmers Institute.
III.
Progressive Farmer:

Another idea which is common, and
at the same time far from the truth,
but which has stood much in the way
of successful institute work is that
the purpose of the farmers institute
is to give advice to farmers regard
Jig the details of management of
their respective farms.
"ADvICE" TO FARMERS.
Until recent years there was no
agricultural science. Agricultural
education is a development of the
last quarter century, and it is, there
fore. not strange that those engaged
in a business, all knowledge of which
was until recently based on individ-
ual experience, should resent the i'm
pcrtinence of those whom they fancy
inexperienced attempting to give
them advice. In short, while it seems
to be a fixed trait of human charac-
ter to enjoy the giving of advice few
of us are able to accept it graciously
or protitably. But, as stated, the
idea is entirely OneOu for the
farmers institute worker of to-day
knows only too well that when deal
ing with those complex problems of
nature. with which the farmer is
confronted. there are too many I'M
known and unknowable factors for
any human wisdom to be able to lay
down set rules for their solution.
However, this is not sufficient reason
why any farmer should refuse to
equip himself with all known agricul-
tural facts for the solution of those
problems which arise on every farm;
for, other things being equal, the
man who is best able to successfully
meet the VARYING eXigencies of farm
ing is he who is in possession of the
largest number of correct principles
and facts relating to farming. For
example, every thoughtful man, and
certainly every medical student not
long after entering college, realizes
fully hat no professor, however
learned or successful himself, can
tell his students how every case met
with in practice is to be treated,
simply because no two cases, even of
the same disease, are ever just alike.
In medicine, as in farming, that un-
known quantity, life" enters into
and makes uncertain nearly all prob
lens, but this does not deter those
who would make the greatest success
in the practice of medicine from
striving to acquire all possible in
formation concerning medical facts
and principles as taught in medical
colleges. Why her will those who
would make the greatest success OF
farming refuse to learn, through the
farmers institute, facts and princi-
plies regarding the science and prac-
ticc of farming, because fOrsOoth.
the institute lecturer is unable. or
unwilling to attempt to instruct them
in the practical details of manage
mcnt of their respective farmSL Mo-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-22

ton, loss of flesh, sallow complexion,
or Bright's disease.
If your water, when allowed to re
main undisturbed in a glass or bottle
for twenty-four hours, forms a sedi-
ment or settling, or has a cloudy ap-
pearance, it is evidence that your kid
neys and bladder need immediate at
tention.
Svamp-Root is the great discov-
cry of DR.. Kilmer, the eminent kid
ney and bladder specialist. Hos
pitfalls use it with wonderful success
in both slight and severe cases. Doc
tors recommend it to their patients
and use it in their own families, be-
cause they recognize in Swamp
Root the greatest and most success
full remedy.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take
and is for sale the world over at
druggists in bottles of two sizes and
two prices-ffty-cent and one-dol-
lar. Don't make any mistake, but
remember the name, Swamp-RoOt,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-03-11

He Salo before him the girl he had shot.
when Beverley came near her smiling
that great, glad smile, and with a JOY
GUS cry leaped into his outstretched
arms.
Jean snatched up the fallen banner
and ran to Colonel Clark with 1t. Two
minutes later 1t was made fast, and the
halyard began to squeak through the
rude pulley at the top of the pole. Up,
up climbed the gay little emblem Of
glory, while the cannon crashed from
the embrasures of the blockhouse hard
by, and outside the roar Of voices re-
doubled. Thirteen guns doomed the
salute, though it should have been four
teen, the additional one for the great
northwestern territory that day annex
ed to the domain Of the young Ameri-
can republic. The flag went up at old
Vincennes never to come down again,
and when it reached It's place at the
top of the STAFF Beverley and Alice
stood side by side looking at it, while
the sun broke through the clouds and
flashed on its shining folds, and love
unabashed glorihed tho two strong,
young faces.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-03-11
By MAURICE THOMPSON

''Raise her flag! Run up the young
lady's flag!" some one shouted. And
then every voice seemed to echo the
words. Clark was young man of no.
bic type, in whose veins throbbed the
warm, chivalrous blood of the cava-
liers. A watt of the suddenly prevail
ing influence bore him also quite off his
feet He turned to Beverley and said:
"Do it. 1t will have a great effect
1t Is good idea. Get the young lady's
flag and her permission to run it up"
Before he finished speaking-indeed
at the first glance-he saw that Bever-
ley, like Hamilton, was white as dead
man, and at the same time it came to
his memory that his young friend had
confided to him during the awful march
through the prairie wilderness love
story about this very Alice Roussillon.
In the worry and stress of the SUISSE
quent struggle he had forgotten the
tender basis upon which Beverley had
rested his excuse for leaving Vincennes.
Now it all reappeared in justification
of what was going on. 1t touched the
romantic core of his southern nature.
II say Lieutenant Beverley" he re-
peated, "beg the young lady's permits
sion to use her flag upon this glorious
OCCASION or shall 1 do it for your
There were no miracles in those
brave days, and the strain Of life with
its terrible realities braced all men and
women to meet sudden explosions Of
surprise, whether of good or bad eff
feet, with admirable equipoise, but
Beverley's trial, 1t must be admitted,
was extraordinary. Still he braced him
self quickly and his whole expression
changed when Clark moved to go to
Alice. For he realized now that 1t was
indeed Alice in flesh and blood, stand
ing there, the center of admiration,
filling the air with her fine magnetism
and browning a great triumph with
her beauty. He gave her a glad, fash
ing smile, as if he had just discovered
her, and walked straight to her, his
hands extended. She was not looking
toward him, but she saw him and
turned to face him. Hers was the ad-
vantage, for she had known for some
hours Of his presence in Vincennes and
had prepared herself to meet him cour-
ageously and with maidenly reserve.
There is no safety, however, where
love turks Neither Beverley nor Alice
was as much agitated as Hamilton, yet
they both forgot, what he remembered
that hundred grim frontier soldiers
were looking on. Hamilton had his per.
sonal and offlcial dignity to sustain,
and he fairly did 1t under what pres
sure of humiliating and surprising cir
cumstancss we can fully comprehend.
Not so with the two young people,
standing as it were in suddenly be-
slowed and Incompatible happiness on
the verge Of new life, each to the 9TH
er an unexpected, unhoped for resur-
rection from the dead. To them there
was no universe save the illimitable
| eXpanse Of their love. In that moment
Of meeting all that they had suffered
on account Of love was transfused and
poured forth, glowing libation for
loves sake, food before which all
| barriers broke.
Father Beret was looking on with a
strange fire in his eyes, and what he
feared would happen did happen. Alice
| let the flag fall at Hamilton's feet,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-03-11
GREAT BARGAINS IN
Real Estate

No. 23-One of the finest residences in
Brandon, known as the "Thayer" place,
located on Conant Square which is the
most desirable location in Brandon, 18
rooms, steam heat, all modern improve
ments and in the best of repair. Good
barn and two acres of land.
No. 24-House and barn located one
half mile from village with two acres of
land. A fine home for little money.
Farm, No. 11-Twenty-thre acres of
land located four miles from Middlebdry
good buildings, a good place for only
$1,000.
Wood lot of about eight acres.
Farm No. 10. Located l mile from
Middlebury- acres of land, fair build
ings, well watered. A bargain for only
$4,000.
Farm No. 3. Located mile from
Middlebury, rs acres of valuable land.
New house, good barns. Price $500.
Farm No. 6.-Located 1-2 mile from
LEICESTER Junction, $50 acres of valuable
land, good buildings, well watered and
on good road. A valuable hay farm for
$500; with teams and tools, $4,000.
Property No. House and barn
located in East Middlebury. good
home for a low price-$875.
Property No. 15.- House with barn
located on South Main St., Middlebury
equipped with all modern improvements.
A valuable residence for only $4,000.
Property No. 16.-House with barn
located on High street, Middlebury. Good
house with running spring water, two
acres of land with good orchard and well
fenced. Nine rooms in house, great bar
gain for only $500.
Bargains-I have all kinds of bargains
in real estate in Addison County. If you
are talking of buying or selling, am
your man. Call and see me or address
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-03-11

Nice box papers worth S6c, plain or
ruled. for 100 ct tho Register store.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11
TOWNSVILLE.

brownsville, Ga, Sept. 10.-Miss
Martha Merrill entertained last even
ing in honor of Miss Ida Alexander, of
Washington, Ga.
Mrs. S. w. Mays will entertain next
Wednesday at her home on Hansell
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. oscar Grower are
spending a few days in Albany
Mrs. T. J. Mccarthy is the guest
of relatives in Camilla.
Mrs. S. L. Hayes and sons returned
Thursday from summer visit to
Waynesville, N. c.
Miss Emma Mcintosh arrived Thurs
day afternoon after several weeks spent
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. A. Fuller is visiting her
brother in Camilla.
Miss Haskell Rayson, of Quitman,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. c. r.
Griffin.
Mrs. ]. W. Brooks was here from
Whigham this week.
Misses Nellie and Annie Pringle have
returned from st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. ] B. Jemison have
gone to West Virginia, and will make
their future home there.
Mrs. w. B. Seymour and children
have returned to their home in Cor
dele.
Miss Rena Bouchelle is in Valdosta
for a few days
Mrs. Frazer MacIntyre is the guest
of relatives in Atlanta.
Mrs. T. G.. Mitchell and daughter,
Ruth, have gone to Texas.
Rev. and Mrs. Ed. r. Cook have
gone to Unreasonable, N. C.
The coming week will witness the de-
parture of thirty young people of
Thomasville for the various colleges in
the state. Miss Martha Merrill goes to
Agnes Scott, Miss Helen Bruce,
to Monroe; Miss Ada Burney,
to Andrew Female College; Misses
Marian Balfour, Bessie Parker and
Grace Beverly, to Brenan Misses Mary
Jerger and Marybob Huson, to Lucy
Cobb, and Miss Ethel Dekle to Yves
leyan.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11
Why the Leaves
Turn" in Autumn

One of the necessities of the up-to-
date girl is her wrist bag with natty
little purse to match. Whether she is
riding on the car to fulfill the duties
of her S-a-week position, or whether
she is lounging in victoria on her
way to a 5 o'clock tea, she has her
wrist bag. And in these days. of
pocketless frocks, what could she do
without it?
The autumn styles in hand bags
give faint promise of the return of the
chatelaine. although there is no de-
cided movement in that direction so
early in the season. A tendency to
fairness is the most marked feature of
the modish purses and bags. introduce
ed first in the flat-iron bag and lit
tie later in the envelope bag and purse.
The former has two handles, which
are like the adjustable handle of a
fiat-iron and holds the bag together
at the top. The envelope bag is a
large leather envelope with little en-
velope purses tucked inside.
Replacing the gaudy scarlets
greens, puppies and royal blues of the
! summer are bags in the more subdued
tints and in dull black, rather than in
! conspicuous patent leather. A new
and effective fad in wrist bags is tc
have them made to match the color OF
the vest worn with the fashionable
directoire coat. In putty-colored
suede, in soft kids and feathers, in
chamoiS color and in an odd shade OF
old rose, there is a bewildering array
of self-sewn bags and purses. Very
| little mounting is shown on the tailor
made bag, so that the severe effect
may be carried out throughout.
An onion-colored walrus leather
/ bag, mounted in Roman gold i'm an
orchid of design, is one of the novel
/ ties. Down in the lower corner the
face of the tiniest watch peeps out
| The face measures half an inch, but
it tells the time of day.
Portable toilet tables" is the name
given to some of the modish bags
by irreverent men. These are exag-
gerated in size, and inside, each tuck
ed into individual pockets, are found
a vanity bag, with powder and a mi
nutely fashioned puff, tiny metal
case with a cake of rouge, slender
eyebrow pencil, a mirror and a cut
glass vinaigrette, to say nothing of a
pocket for the handkerchief, another
for card case, and still another for a
purse. Many of these deliberately
fitted bags are of alligator skin.
Contrasting with the large bag is
the pretty little jeweled purse some
girls carry on their middle finger. It
is of gold or silver, dependent from a
chain on a gold ring, and is only large
enough for change. The jewelers. are
showing these little purses in exquisite
designs and studded with precious
gems.
Old-fasihoned embroidered bags on
heavy silk and poplins are candidates
for favor, to be carried with the gar
ments patterned after the Louis styles
| Queer beaded conceits are shown in
some of the shops, but short life
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

is in store for them. They are trifie
too gay for the average girl.
An opera bag of black velvet. rich
Nv embroidered in gold pailettes, is
pretty nd is used much like the hand
bag. 1t is the evening edition of the
Wrist bag, and into 1t are transferred
the bejeweled vanity box and mirror.
Gun-metal chatelaine bags Will De
worn this winter with velvet street
gowns in the same tone, although they
wear off the pretty soft pile of the
fabric with the constant friction In
walking. Gold-beaded bags are ex-
pensive, but are liked with dressy
frocks. A lining of channels OF white
silk is sewed inside the metal.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11
SOUTH GEoRGIA FAIR.

Al waycross, Nov. list to 9Th, 1904.
Counties of the Brunswick Judicial
Circuit will compete for premiums Of
fered by making splendid agricultural
exhibits. Good individual agricultural
exhibits from the several counties Will
likewise be made. Attractive exhibits
will also be made of live stock and
poultry, and in the several depart
ments of horticulture, dairy and apiary,
fine arts, education, womAn's work,
machinery and farm implements; and
the manufacturers and merchants dis
play will be excellent. Thrilling trot-
ting and running races each day for
purses Of 81 900. 90, open to all under
the rules Of the American Trotting
Association, besides exciting contests
between home stock for liberal purses
Valuable prizes will be awarded to the
three most beautiful young ladies' at
tending the fair on Tuesday, the OPEN
ing day. from Is TO 20 years of age,
and to the five handsomest and best
developed children attending same day.
from to "a months old, residents Of
south Georgia. Entertaining public
addresses each day by distinguished
orators. Wednesday. Railroad Day;
Thursday Confederate veterans reun-
ion and military drill and sham bat
lie: Friday, agricultural and educa-
tional rally; Saturday bicycle tourna-
ment and baseball game.
The Midway, or Pike. will contain
a great variety Of the very best and
most highly amusing shows, and VIII
be run day and night, 10 entertain ana
delight all who attend. Visitors viii
have an opportunity 10 see the United
states government syrup station, the
new process for dlsiilling spirits Of
iurpentine from ilghtwOod. the South
Atlantic Car Works. and other indus
trial enterprises Of Waycross IN opera
ton. The usual reduced railroad rates
will be made and reasonable hack fare
fixed and enforced. Good restaurants.
hotel ana boarding house accommoda-
lions. ampls for alL Let everybody
come,
j. +. SWEAT,
President.
JOHN 3. SHARP.
Gen. fupf
LEB y. SWEAT. gssfsiarYs-aa.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

The Chinese Minister returned to his
legation yesterday. with his two little
sons and daughter, whom he took with
him on his Northern visit. He went
away with the intention of putting the
Two boys in the Phillips-Andov Acad-
emy but later decided that they are
still too young.
The Japanese Minister, who has re-
NAMED in Washington all summer,
still expects to take a short vacation
later in this month. but has not yet
decided where to go.
Mrs. Yung Kwai. wife of the Secre-
tary- Interpreter of the Chinese lega-
ton. has returned with her children
from their summer outing. They went
down the Potomac river this year,
spending several weeks i'm various quiet
riverside places. instead of taking
house in the suburbs for the entire
summer. as has formerly been their
custom. Senior de Quesada, the Cuban
Minister. with his wife and children are
on Lake Champlain, N. Y. The Min
lster from Panama. Senior Don j. Do
mlngo de Obaldia, whose name is near
~ as long as the isthmus he represents.
mas remained in Washington most of
The summer with his wife and their
two sons. The oldest son, Senior Don
Generoso de Obaldia. Is an attache OF
The legation, and his brother is small
hoy not quite five years old. Nj. Jus
serand, the French ambassador and
Nine. Lusserand. who has recovered
from her recent severe Illness, are now
IN Copenhagen, Denmark. where they
We're specially entertained at dinner