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Farm for sale cheap.

The North wOst quarter of Sec.
%, township Is, range 20, lying
4 miles south of Ellis. On good
road. About so acres under cultiva
ton, Some timber, Good title,
Apply for terms to
Mrs Clara Sheldon, Ellis.
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Farm tor sale.

A 4So acre farm, all fenced and
cross fenced, house, barns, sheds,
good orchard, 200 acres in wheat
another 80 acres II cultivation.
Abundance of water, Will be sold
cheap. For particulars sec Free
Press office or address
BOX 104, HAYS P. 0,
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EYE & EAR SURGEON.
DR.. NJ. j, R, BROWN, of Sa-
lima, Kansas, has for the past Is
years, devoted his entire time to
Medical and Surgical treatment OF
tbs EYE, EAR, THROAT and
NOSE, and correct fitting of glas
ses- His equipment is modern &
complete. Dr. Brown conducts
his practice on strictly professional
and legitimate business principles,
goes to all parts of the country
and operates in surgical cases. and
directs the care and treatment Of
patients.
Advise with him by letter or tel
ephone, and when at Salina, &c
dirict to his Office No. 100 west
Iron ave, or residence Ne. seS
south Santa Fe avenue.
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Pasture for horses.

[ have 160 acres under fence,
with Inuning water, grove of trees
for shade, good grass and care
guaranteed, Can accommodate 90
horses, See Or address HAYS P.O
". H. HADDOOH.
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New Drug store.

APPLEBAUGH'S new Drug
store, Oh North Main street, Opp0.
Site the depot, IS new open for, In
slness, General assortment Of a
1st class drug store, new and fresh
drugs, cigars, stationery, brushes.
Everything III handsome bottles
& cases, free from dust and dirt.
Prescriptions earefally filed.
Give as a call.
Telephone No. so.
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DIR. JORDAN,
RESTDANT DENTIST.

Office over Ryan's store. Hays.
Phone 81.
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Money to loan.

I have a lot of special money
to loan on cattle at special low
rate Of interest. See me at the
Elevator. Ed +. MADDEN.
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DURE BLOOD is the foundation
. ofhealth. Hoods Sarsaparilla makes
the blood pure, rich and nourishing and
gives and maintains good HEALTH.
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TREES z CaRDER W0RK

TkkkS & EHKUEH KQRK,
Wanted, If you have any pru-
ming OF trees or garden work to do
call on +. S. VAIL, at his resi-
dence near PRESBYTERIAN church,
and he will do you q good job,
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cape lost.

One of the Normal ladies lost
her cape, and the finder will be
rewarded and confer favor by
leaving it at this Office.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-06-11

New threshing machines are be-
ginning to arrive,
MISS MolIie Sanm visited in To
peka this week.
Peaches, cherries and gooseber-
ries are now on the market.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-01
AUNT JENNIE.
ga Merry Heart Doeth Good Like
Medicine"

Dear Aunt Jennie The Browns
are in town, so say the papers; and
they have come to the country. too,
accompanied by the Reds and Colds.
Lovely Autumn, gorgeous and bright
are thy rich robesl Indeed, it must
be a dull eye hal is not frightened
by such radiant hues.
I love bright %colors. They are
more or less fascinating for every
body, because of their cheerful ap-
pearance, and I am a wonderful be-
lever in ch~eerfulness. and want to
talk some about it. Right here let
me recall a verse which very much
impressed me some years ago-from
Scott, I think:
"Jog on, jog on, through all the day,
And manly bend the stiPo,
A merry heart'll go all way,
A sad one tire on a mile o."
Did you never see this verified?
I am sure you have, for there is
great power and wonderful endur-
ance in a person of cheerful tenn
permanent which does not fail to be
felt and appreciated. We all like
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-01
From "The Sage of Harmony"

Dear Aunt Jennie Honesty is
said to be the best of policy; and
all common-sense people know full
well that this will hold good while
the world is populated with the sons
and daughters of men. And honesty
is what the wise man means when
he says that a good name is rather
to be chosen than great sums of gold
and silver. I guess that an honest
person is the grandest ornament that
God the Creator and the Preserver of
all things has in His household.
Speaking of this world-now my
young men and young women, you
all can't be rich in gold and silver.
houses and lands, but you all car
be honest, which excels riches of the
world as far as heaven excels this
world. Honesty is worth all other
marks of a Christian combined. An
honest person will shine brighter In
any community than the morning
star in the spring Of the year.
My father lived to be eighty-four
years old, and all that had dealings
with him called him "Honest Bill"
I was named for him; and I try to
follow his. example. [ n~evertried-
to do but enc, thing ~tha+s1 made a
complete failure of, and that was to
swim. I could not stay on the top
of the water, but always sunk to
the bottom; and I give it up for a
bad job. But I never gave up hon
esty; and [ stand more on my
honesty to-day than [ would on the
world if I had the whole of it.
VIM. RILEY HAYES.
Harmony, S. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-01
Making Han dkerchiefs.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I have been
a constant reader of the Social Chat
for quite a while. I am almost
afraid to write to you, knowing there
will be so many letters much better
than mine, but if you cannot find
room for it, no one will be much
poorer for it.
Like D. o. g., I wish to express
my appreciation of the article, "To
the Girl Away From Home" by So
phia B. Wright. I too spent eight
months last fall and spring away
from home. And how glad I was at
the end of the season to be at home
to stay longer than a week at one
timel Only those who have expert
enced such can imagine the joys of
the homecoming! Many of the girls
who were so glad to go away-to school
this fall will not be so eager to go
next time, I am sure.
Let me tell the girls hat a very
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-01

pretty handkerchief may easily be
made in this way: Take four FIVE
inch squares of lawn, turn down and
hemstitch one-half inch hens all
round them; join with insertion and
finish with lace around the edge.
Valenciennes lace and insertion is, I
think, preferable, but of course some
others may be used.
ADELAIDE.
Carteret Co.. N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-01

then (for I have only given this
as an example) you will have an
idea of the kind of work a specialist
In any department of study or learn
ing does. Exhausting, or interesting
to you-which did it prove? Of n
thing 1 am sure, and that is if you do
you work thoroughly you will be as
tonished to discover how many things
you have learned about a hundred
other things besides the old school
house and how it was built. One
good bit of thorough work of this
kind will cause you to see a myriad
sides to everything you look at. And
why not? The eyes of a fly has
scores and hundreds of facets; the
eyes of a boy who expects to know
what there is in this world and what
it is good for and who expects to be
an al-round man must be all facets.
Sister Kate is here this week with
her genial smile and a characteristic
letter of good cheer. No, indeed,
it is not too long. AS to the author
of that letter from Horny County,we
have many subscribers in South Car
Dina, and hope to have very many
join our Circle ere long, but that
letter was not from the friend you
mention.
Adelaide is with us for the first
time, and she brings a bit of help
to girls who enjoy using the needle.
We hope to hear from you often, for
this letter is only a promise of what
you can do.
III. P. T. is an industrious girl, a
very helpful one at home, we know,
and we are sorry that we cannot pub
fish the nice letters we get from the
children. Aunt Jennie always reads
them with great pleasure, as she
knows they feel an interest in Social
Chat when they write to her.
"The Sage of Harmony" one of
the older men who used to write reg
ularly for The Cotton Plant, joins
our Circle last week, and I am sure
our readers will enjoy his unique
contributions.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-01
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.

good spirit in man and beast. Our
doors open wide to the sunny, radi-
ant girl. There is magnetism about
her which is as contagious as measles
or smallpox.
Laugh, and the world laughs with
you,
Weep, and you weep alone"
And you want to be alone, for if
your sweetheart we're to just then
call for you, you would know you
we're too ugly to see him, and resort
to subterfuges, a headache, or per-
haps the hackneyed, mot at home"
Throw the search-light within; you
may find you have taken a jaundiced
view of your surroundings which has
"frozen the genial current of your
SOUL"
Make the most of your life as it
is. If God made you a little daisy,
don't envy the rose, for while you
may be a success as the one, you
might be a failure as the other. I do
not mean to ~depreciate laudable aspi-
ration, but be cheerful and bright;
you are not worthy to be called a
flower at all if you are not-no, not
even an ugly jamestown weed which
poisons the air with it's noxious
odor.
S~easonable blessings flow from out
the Divine store-heuse without stint.
No condition of life is overlooked.
Youth and old age are remembered
alike, though in different ways. We
are unfit for them if we are not ap-
preciative. Sometimes we are taken
away from them, and vice versa,
they are removed from us.
Be thankful. be cheerful; tits con-
ducive to health. Laugh and grow
fat. The wrinkles will not show so
plainly, and we need all the beauty
kind Nature has bestowed, especially
if we have a long journey ahead of
u.s..
Nine-tenths of our women suffer
from Indigestion. A brioht view of
life aids the digestive organs, so the
doctors tell us-and we furnish nine
tenths of their support. Let us try
to do away with the bitter little liver
pills and resort to the elixir of
genuine good cheer. If this is not
curative, please let me hear from
you. Lovingly,
SISTER KATE.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-01
aunt Jennie's Letter.

glad hat / went to the State Fair
last week. There were so many
things to be learned on the grounds
IT N would observe closely. In an
assembly of that kind, my principal
amusement is the study of faces, and
really it is a diversion for weeks af-
ter. The conglomeration of the hui
nan family and their various inter-
ests; the vast difference in the kinds
of amusement they seek; the way in
which they faced the clouds of dust
that blew from all directions, and
endured the crowding!
Once when ascending the narrow
steps to the grand stand, I was lifted
off one step and came down on an
other one. unhurt but somewhat ex-
cited, the crush was so great. Most
of the money stolen was taken on
those steps, / hear, but pick-pockets
are shrewd fellows and usually know
who has money or valuables.
want some to tell me why our
women persist in wearing jewels of
value to such places. There we're
many ladies on the grounds who
had their handsome watches pinned
conspicuously on the outside of their
dresses. Now, this is all right at
home, or in your place of business,
but when you know hat you are to
be in a b~romiscuous crowd, some of
whom are lewd fellows of the baser
sort, is there any excuse for such
display and risk?
The happiest man I saw was a
young husband from Johnston Coun-
ty, whose wife had placed on exhibi-
ton tw~enty-four articles. all made
by her own hands, and who won ff-
teen premiums on those twenty-four
articles-a record of which she, too,
should feel proud. I had the ex-
quisite pleasure of sampling a cake
and some delicious apple jelly with
a decided cherry flavor. If she reads
this, I hope that she will join our
Circle and tell us how she made that
Jelly. besides Giving all of us the
benefit of her superior knowledge in
other household affairs.
You remember that / talked to
you about finding the needle in the
haystack. Well, I have thought of
it a good deal since writing that artl-
Gle and I wonder how many children
in school would be willing to try to
tell the teacher all about the school
house in which she teachers-when
II was built and by whom; where the
lumber came from, whether bought
or donated, where sawed and when:
how many pounds of nails were used
and what kind, how many shingles
and where they came from; who
built the chimney and where they got
the brick and mortar; how many
brick were used in the building and
where the glass in the windows was
I~
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-01
OUR SOCIAL CHAT

All letters intended for this department
should be addressed to Aunt Jennie" care
OF The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. Q.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-03-19
POST FALLS NEWS NOTES

John Boyle, a meat peddler, got
on spree last week, went into
Walkers saloon and during the alb
sence of the bartender, went behind
the bar and volunteered to wait ON
a couple Of customers He managed
to smash several glasses and hne de-
canter of whisky, but about that time
the proprietor came in and took pos
session. Boyle became abusive and
refused to pay damages, so Town
Marshal Nogle took him in tow and
landed him before Justice Martin,
who imposed fine of IS and costs
or three and three quarter days IN
Jail. Boyle concluded to serve his
time, 50 he was sent to Rathdrum,
as there Is no stove in the ealaboose.
His team was put in the livery barn
and kept until he had served his sen
tnece and paid the livery bill.
A caucus was held at the Enterprise
hotel on Tuesday evening, and the
present town board renominated.
They are A. j. Manor, John Enders,
G. o. Dart, John Danner and l. T.
Dittsmore.
Major O'Keefe has returned from
a visit to friends in Walla Walla.
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gate if you are in the NJ
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II will pay you 10 invs.
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Card Of Thanks.

wish TO extend my most heartfelt
thanks to all Of my friends for their
kind and friendly services rendered
to my deceased wife at the time of her
death, and especially to the local
orders of Red Men and Eagles, Of
which l have the honor Of being a
member.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-03-19

All persons are notified that the
refuse and garbage accumulated dur
ing the winter must be removed from
alleys and premises at once and the
Propery put ia a sanitary condition,
refusals or neglect to do so will be
followed by prosecution.
F. NJ. CRANDALL,
City Marshal.
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FRANK NARROW


A reward of s25 will be paid for
evidence that will convict the person
or persons who opened the hydrant at
the corner Of Occur d'Alene and Third
streets Thursday evening, March II.
f. NJ. CRANDALL,
City Marshal.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-03-19

wish to express my heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends who
extended sympathy and assistance at
the time Of the death Of my wife. l
wish to espec ally thank the Odd Eel
lows, Daughter Of Rebekah and
Woodmen for their kindness.
C. P. PETERSON.
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
Void Il Lightheart, wines and liquors
Family trade speciality.



A unique plan for naming children has
been adopted by Mr.. Malan, the proprie-
tor of the 'Malan Heights summer resort
near Ogden. He is the father of fourteen
children. all of whom are living, with the
exception of one child. Early in the
growth of his family Mr.. Malan hit on the
plan of giving his children names that
would couple two adjacent letters of the
alphabet. In this way the children's in
itials would come, "a. b." sc. D.'' to
the end Of the alphabet. The originator
of the idea is firm believer in the Roose-
welt idea and fights against trace sui
eide" He has finished the alphabet and
"etc.," the youngest, yet remains to be
named.
The names of the children are; Alexis
Bartholomew, Claudius Daniel, Ernest
Francis, Gideon Hilary, Inez Jane, Kit,
the only ono not alive died before second
name was added. Then followed Law
renee Maxwell, the odd name of Mem
Oscar, Farley Ounce, Ray Stephen, Tres
sy Una, Vera Winona and x. Y. leila.
The youngest child ''etc." will be given
it's names shortly. The father of the
family will have to devise a new method
of Initial arrangement should the stork
again visit the family.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
The Anus of Japan.

Among the hairy Anus of north
ern Japan the garments Of both
sexes are made from the inner bark
of the elm tree, which is put into
water to soak and to soften, after
which it is taken out and the fiber
divided into thread and balls. 1t
is then woven into narrow rolls of
cloth on a primitive loom. The gar
ments are rough and have a faded
brown color. The women are some
what expert in executing fancy nee
dlework, and in their arrangement
of patterns and designs the en-
broidery and decoration are done
with japanese colored thread upon
the groundwork of their own elm
bark fabric. In winter the women
sew bear, deer and wolf skins over
the elm fiber for greater warmth.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
The Youths Companion in 1908

Inc 1Outh'S Companion in 1908
1t is impossible even to summarize in
single paragraph the many and varied at
fractions which The Youths Companion
announces for the coming year.
A series of articles planned to interest
especially the forty-fve millions of
Americans who look directly to the soil
for their subsistence will treat of "New
Fields for Young Farmers" "The SAM.
tation of the Farm" "The Future of
American Cotton" "How Women Make
Money on the Farm" etc.
Seven serial stories and $50 short stories
by the most talented and popular Ameri-
can writers of fiction will form part OF the
contents of the new volume for 1905.
Full Illustrated Announcement de-
scribing the principal features of The
Companions new volume for 1905 will be
sent with sample copies of the paper to
any address free.
The new subscriber who sends 81. rs now
for years subscription to The Compan-
ion receives free all the issues of the Conn
panion for the remaining weeks Of 1904.
also The Companion Carnations Calen-
dar for 1905. Autographed in twelve col
ors and gold.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION
IN berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
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He SAVED HIS CROPS.
Nebraska Mans Story Of the Way He
Killed the Grasshoppers.


A gentleman who used to live at
University place was growing wheat
in southern Nebraska when the
grasshoppers struck him. He had a
forty acre field of wheat that year,
promising big yield, and the pros
pect of its having to go to feed his
enemies, the grasshoppers, was gall
ing almost beyond endurance. Very
soon after the vanguard of the hop
pers appeared, however, this gentle
man made an chronological discov-
cry that saved his crop.
81 found" he said, ''that the
grasshoppers were in the habit of
climbing the wheat stalks every
morning to spend the day feeding on
what was intended to feed me and
my family. l used to 60 out to the
field to see how they were getting on
every morning, and in my impotence
at the liberties they were taking
with my wheat I would occasionally
strike at a clump of them as they
hung to a stalk and knock them to
the ground.
CATER awhile I noticed that
when a grasshopper, was thus dis
lodged he made no further effort to
get his dinner, but remained on the
ground until the regular time to
climb the stalk next morning. I'm
mediately on making this important
discovery l went and took down our
long wire clothesline and called my
wife to come and help me. Then
we went through that forty acre
field, dragging the clothesline over
the wheat between us, and knocked
all the grasshoppers to the ground.
There they stayed till the next day.
SSNext morning we gave the hop
pers just time enough to get well
started up the stalks when we went
out and repeated the proceeding Of
the day before. The result was the
same, and in the course of a few
days every grasshopper in that field
had died of starvation. Our neigh
bors came out every morning to jeer
at us and called US a pair of old
idiots, but we harvested the only
wheat crop in that part of Nebraska
that year" -Nebraska State Jour
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
Carved Ivories.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries various sculptors in ivory
were engaged in carving portions of
tusks with classical and other sub
jects, which were afterward mount
ed in silver and silver gilt by some of
the finest Augsburg and Nuremberg
workers and formed vases and tank
ards. In the eighteenth century
various carvings in ivory were made,
chiefly of statuettes and small
plaques, but none attains to the ex-
cellence of the earlier carvings. In
modern times the ivory carvings of
India have become noted for their
minute and delicate work.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26

In a letter extending his
thanks to the Rebuplican editors
of the state for the services rem
dered by them during the late
campaign, Chairman Palmer, of
the state committee, says:
The railroads and other corpora
tions did not contribute a dollar, not
withstanding the frantic assertions
of the Spokesman-Review and the
Seattle Times that this was rail
road campaign, conducted by Grail
road hirelings." The chairman and
the committee are not, nor never
were, under any obligations to the
railroads for favors received. The
candidates elected are all free moral
agents, who owe no obligations to
any interests save the best interests
of the whole people
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26

sincere temperance people who
are not prohibitionists in poll
tics than there are who are, and
they have not lost faith in edu-
cation and the influence Of the
moral home. Can the prohibit
tionists as party point with
pride" to any great results &C
complished by their agitation"
of half century? Is not the
fact that there has been a rapid
increase in the per capita use
of liquor during all these years
proof conclusive that their work
has been practically fruitless?
We are confronted by a condi-
ton, not theory. The writer
would be glad to see every saloon
in the land closed and the man.
ufacture and sale of liquor so
controlled by law as to prevent
the countless crimes and abolish
the myriad evils for which it is
now responsible, but this will
never be accomplished through
sensless warning upon saloon
keepers as such, or by the con-
tinued practice of methods which
have proved as ineffective in
producing results as the baying
of a dog at the moon.