davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
Very Stupid.

Thomas A. Edison was one day expIan;no
intricate machine to newspaper correspondent n4
"Do you understands" Mr.. Edison vonId elI
And moment later, "Now, do you underStaraJShh; aSh;
The poor journalist tried to follow the SU;t.
sentences of the inventor, but the effort vas o
Every little while he would have to stop and 1I an
that, just there, he did not quite understand sn5
then, signing, Mr.. Edison would begin all oTer Ts
again.
q know am very stupid in regard to machin-
cry" the journalist said, apologeticalIy
"Oh! no! [ have seen very much worse ono.
than your' exclaimed Mr.. Edison Did noTon
tell you about the fireman once met in Canada"
"Well, in a certain Canadian town where Tos
running a telegraph Office in nv youth, now
factory, with very fine engine house, was cut IN
[ visited this factory one day to see the engine
The engineer went out and the fireman. ouitn
new hand, showed me about. As we stood admir-
ing the engine, l said:
"'What horsepower has this engincI
"The fireman gave hearty laugh.
Horsepower he exclaimed. why man,dont
you know that this machine goes by steam?"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
Not His Letter.

Congressman Cannon was sympathizing with
the woes of postmasters
'Why anybody would be postmaster" he ez-
claimed. "And yet there are hosts of applicants
But why anybody. Just listen now to what a
postmaster from my district out near DanViue
went through the other day.
AN Irishman came to this man, and asked II
there letter for him.
There is says the postmaster, and it's big'
tat letter, too. There's eleven cents due on It.
"'Wen,' says the Irishman, Jus open 1t an
read it to me, will yez? Me edication was neg
lected In me youth
1.-The letter was twenty pages long. but the
postmaster read it all through out loud.
jus rade it ag'in,' says the Irishman Whc1 men
ne ended; and being obliging, the postmaster do
"Then the Irisman scratched his head, and SAID;
How much is due on herY
Eleven cents
We'll, kape her. said the Irishman. -onS
don't belong to me- And walked of"-New 1orA
Tribune
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
Mrs. Roosevelt Keeping House.

When the President and Mrs. Roosevelt spent
Sunday at Mrs Roosevelt's Virginia place the
other IT, it is said that Mrs Roosevelt got up
and cooked breakfast. Here is the way that the
press dispatches told it:
early in the morning Mrs. Roosevelt arose,
leaving the head of the nation sleeping peace
fully, and went down to the kitchen to prepare
breakfast She found blue-fame oil stove in the
Kitchen but not match was to be had. Unfor-
tunately. the President, being no smoker. didn't
have match anywhere about him. Fortunately,
however one of the ubiquitous Virginia negroes
passed along, and in little while the necessary
fire had been obtained The breakfast was simple
and democratic, but was thoroughly enioved."
Of course it is unusual for the wife of the
President of the United States to get her own
breakfast but it is creditable to her if she knows
how; and course there are many thousands
of women, in every respect Mrs. Roosevet's equal
to whom cooking is not novelty. But what we
started out to say that borrowing a match
was not entirely democratic To have followed
the old-fashioned neighborly ways. Mrs. Roosevelt
ought to have gone to some of her neighbors
and procured shoveful of Goals or a chunk of
fire and toted it home.-Statesville Landmark
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
The Bonapartes.

Intrest in one of the great romances OF history
the romance of the Bonaparte family-has been
revived by the annointment of Charles Joseph
Bonaparte of Baltimore as Secretary of the Navy.
Secretary Bonaparte is a granddaughter OF the
great Napoleon. His grandfather was Jerome
Bonaparte and his grandmother was Miss Eliza
beth Patterson of Baltimore, whom Jerome mar
ried during a visit to America in 1903, when his
brother was First Consul of France.
Napoleon was not pleased with the marrlage,
and to secure it's dissolution he vainly sought
the assistance of the Roman Catholic Church, one
of whose priests had performed the ceremony.
The French Council of State finally decreed dl-
vorce.
Under Napoleon III the Council of State, up
on an appeal by the rejected wife. recognized the
validity of the marriage and the legitimacy of her
sons. But when Napoleon Ill died Mrs. Bona
parte sought vainly to have her grandson, Jerome
Napoleon, brother of the Secretary of the Navy,
recognized by the familv a member of the i'm
perial dynasty. The present heirs to the Napoleon
ic dynasty are grandsons of the Secretarys grand
father, and his second half-cousins.
Secretary Bonaparte's grandmother lived until
1879, and fought to the last for her rights. His
father was born in England lived abroad most
of the time, was never an American citizen. One
of his second cousins, Louis, is a maior-general
in the Russian army. and two others are living
on the reputation of their ancestors.
The Secretary of the Navy is the first of his
immediate family to identify himself CLOSELY with
American life, instead of clinging to hope some
day of ruling France. 1t is not too much to
say that he is the worthiest surviving descendant
of the Corscan family. But is it not curious
that Napoleon's grandnephew should be at the
head of the American Navy Department.
Youths Companion.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
Cut Out and Put in Your Bible,

The information given below was compiled by
Christian World. We would suggest that you cut
it out and paste in your Bible. You will find it
ready reference by which to refresh YOUR minds
concerning things you often need in reading
your Bible:
A days journey was about twenty-three and
one-ffth miles.
Sabbath days Journey was about an English
mile.
A cubit was nearly twenty-one inches
A hands breadth is equal to three and five
eighths inches.
A finger breadth is equal to one inch.
A shekel of silver was about fifty cents
A shekel of gold was So.
A talent of silver was $538.30.
A talent Of gold was $13,8OO.
A piece of silver, Or a penny thirteen
cents.
A mite was less than quarter of cent.
A gerah was one cent.
An ephah, or bath contained seven gallons and
five pints.
A hin a gallon and two pints
An omer was six pints.-Advocate.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
THE HOME CIRCLE
Little Giffen.*

Out of the hospital walls as dire
Out of the hospital walls are dire
Smitten of grapeshot and 0angrene-
(Eiohteenth battle and he, sixteen)
Specter, such as you seldom see,
Little Giffen of Tennessee.
'Take him and welcome" the surgeon said,
>FENot the doctor can help the dead!'
So we took him and brought him where
The balm was sweet in our summer air;
And we laid him down a wholesome bed;
Utter Lazarus, heel to head!
And we watched the war with bated breath,
Skeleton boy against skeleton Death!-
Months of torture, how many such!
Weary weeks of the stick and crutch,-
And still a clint in the steel-blue eve
Told of spirit that wouldn't die
And didn't! Nay, more in deaths despite
The crippled skeleton learned to write
Dear Mother! at first, of course; and then
''Dear Captain! !" inquiring about the men.
Captains answer: "Of eighty and five.
Giffen and l are left alive"
"Johnston pressed at the front" they say
Little Giffen up and away!
A tear his first, as he bade goodbye
Dimmed the CLINT of his steel-blue eye;-
"I'll write, if spared' There was news of fight,
But none of Giffen! he did not write!
I sometimes fancy that were I King
Of the courtly Knights of Arthur's ring
With the voice of the minstrel in mine ear
And the tender legend that trembles here
I'd give the best on his bended knee
The whitest soul of my chivalry-
y For little Giffen of Tennessee.
Francis O. Ticknor.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
July Planting for Hollyhocks.

Anyone can easily raise stock of hollv-hocks
by sowing the seeds soon as possible after thev
are ripe, says The Garden Magazine. It is i'm.
portant to gather them as early as possible. be-
cause II lett on the plants there is danger of
rams. The old-fashioned way of raising hollv-
hooks was by cuttings, and if one wishes to he
sure OF increasing given variety that is the onlv
way. l found that they would reproduce them
tedious cutting method quite unnecessary Sow
seeds IN July IN a drill one inch deep in a sunny
rlch SOIL leaving plenty of space between the
seeds to allow the young plants to grow without
crowding until the next spring. "+~'0O'
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18

Messrs. Editors There are many people who
do not know how to rest when they get tired, and
most of us do sometimes, and not knowing how to
Some after busy days work retire with some
unfinished duty or obligation resting on the mind
and thus prevent the good refreshing rest that
should come to the tired mind and body. Some
burden the rest hours with cares that could and
should be laid aside and day by day this accumu-
lating burden Is carried till it gets so heavy that
it can be borne no longer and there is break
down of BODY mind-perhaps both.
If the proper physical and mental conditions of
man are preserved and cultivated the whole being
is under control of the higher faculties the spirit
ual government, and when the real Guide holds
the throttle of surging restless, human en-
gines, though "fearfully and wonderfully made"
do what is best.
When complete rest is needed, like the great en-
gine lying quiet the side-track, lay all cares
and confusion aside and with perfect assurance
that the great Guide will keep all committed to
Him In perfect safety, rest comes to the tired
body mind and soul
If we would learn the secret of real rest, let us
follow the little simplehearted child; when tired
nature needs rest how it throws down all and
In complete surrender becomes in a moment oblivi-
Gus to all surroundings and gets what it needs-a
perfect rest.
Some people get so accustomed to the worry
of business at home that they even have to leave
business and home to get rest-can't turn loose
care for needed rest; perhaps [ should say will
not turn loose care when rest is needed-but con-
tinue to out unduy this machinery of life
till rest Is no longer under control and nervous
prostration, disease and pessimism pervade the
whole being.
As a person cannot learn to rest till he gets
tired, it becomes necessary for every one to find
some employment that he may, when the time
comes to rest, feel the need of it. If we would
all learn how to rest must become more child
like in our trust and habits Return, if you please
to the "simple life" leaving off many of unneces
sary complications; and by being child-like,
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
A Brother Without Ambition.

Oar you is, in de common, county chaln-gans'
SAID Brother Dickey to backsliding member "a u
his flock. "Dar you is, workin' side by SIDE wiz
de ignunt en- oneddicated, wen you miqht e[ 'Is o
yo' stakes for de national Fed'rul nrls0n oo ~
guver'mlnt you raise en- BON under. You aI,@ aiI@
got no mo- ambition dan a elephant, or oV'''l'
Atlanta Constitution
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18

simple in our lives, and trustful in our assocla-
tions, we may SO control body mind and spirit as
to have and keep this great engine in perfect run
ming order. But this never be done II we
keep it too long on the main line 1t must rest
on the side-track some where either at the sea-
shore on the mountains, in some quiet dell In
our native heath. u l..
Craven Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18

Ien-cent cotton should mean boys and @IIl9 l5a L5
the schools, the Gospel for the lost. rele1 loi
orphans, help for the aoed ministers. better r s"l
rles for the others, and new dress Tor r., 'fa far
Wlte. 1t is an ill-wind that blows gooI OILY
elfNBiblical Recorder.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18

This No fl of series of Southern Poems selected
peC1aly The Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant
the Editor
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-18
How to Rest.
Francis 0. Ticknor.

do not know how to rest when they get tired, and
most of us do sometimes, and not knowing how to
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

An elderly person is mighty poor
judge of a circus.
We don't blame the children. We
have done worse than kick and scream
to have our way
The young hate work, but it Is the
last pride, the last joy Of the aged, that
they are able to do it.
Sometimes hostess has this kind OF
misfortune: Her guests have such a
good time they don't want to go home.
Be careful what you say to some peo-
pie. IN. Bon second thought We
have decided not to use that word
"some."I
When a man has picture taken, for
the first five weeks afterward he
spends q great deal of time in taking
surreptitious looks ut it and wonder
ing if every one else sees the good
points in it so plain to his eyes
Atchison Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17

Z. -.
Writ OF Scire Fac;as sur Ne chanics Lien.
BUTLER COUNTY, -
The CoMMONwEALTH OF PENN'A.
To the Sheriff of the SAID County, Greeting:
Whereas W. :. Wick and Elizabeth Wick
partners, trading as W. 5. & F. Wick, now
for the use OF W. :. Wick. have filed claim
ty of Butler, against p. j. Grove. for the sum
of four hundred and eighty and 9-iO0 dollars
with interest thereon from March 18th, 1903,
for material furnished to certain structure.
to-wit A two story frame dwelling house
with slate roof, the house being twenty feet
wide by thirty feet long and having six
rooms, including bath room, house weather
boarded and plastered, with cellar and stone
wall under house, two brick chimneys and
porch and located on a lot of ground situate
In Butler township. Butler county, Pa. in
what Is known as the Marshall plan of lots
laid out by the City Realty Trust Company
OF Pittsburg. Pa, and being lot No. 53l in
ing bounded and described as follows:
North by an alley east by lot No. 532 of
west by lot No. $50 In same plan, said lot
having frontage of thirty feet on Colonial
street and extending back one hundred and
nine feet, more or less, to an alley.
And whereas. 1t is alleged that said sum
still remains due and unpaid TO the said W..
:. Wick Elizabeth Wick partners. trading
W. :. Wick.
Now we command you that you make
known to the said ?. J. Grove that he be and
appear before the Judge OF our said Court at
a Court of Common Pleas to be held at But
Ter. on the first Monday of September next,
to show IL anything he know or have to say
why the said sum of four hundred and eighty
and 9-i00 dollars with interest thereon from
March 25th. 1903, should not be levied OF the
said structure TO the use of the said w. $.
Wick and Elizabeth Wick. partners, trading
as W. 5. & z. Wick. now for the use of W. :.
Wick. sccording to the form, decree and ef-
feet of the Act OF Assembly in such case
made and provided IL to them il shall seem
expedient, and have you then and there this
writ:
Witness the Honorable James NJ Gal
breath, President of our said Court, at But
Ter. this 18th day of June, Ammo pomini,
1905, JOHN G. CLARK,
| Protonotary.
I. @. CAMPBELL.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17
STYLES IN COATS.
Origin of the Cutaway Frocl<, the
Sack and the Dress Coat.

Origin of the Getaway Frocl<, the
Sack and the Dress Coat
The modern cutaway sprang from
the body fitting justaucorps OF the
French as known to the courtiers Of
Louis XIV. and Louis XIV, and the gar
ment was in turn probably evolved
from the frock or tunic worn In the
fourteenth century.
The first trace Of cutaway in any
thing like its present form, says the
Sartorial Art Journal, is seen in old
prints of French military uniforms,
early in the eighteenth century. For
civilian use it was worn in England
about 17S5 as riding coat, the tails
being very long. In 1898 Ii was adopt
ed In France for walking as well as for
riding and was then In shape and cut
much nearer the modern cutaway than
any of its predecessors, though it was
usually double breasted.
Early in the nineteenth century the
cutaway had eight or nine buttons,
only the fourth, fifth and sixth being
used. This admitted of the wearer
coat and frilled shirt to the best ad-
vantage. Not till 1910 or thereabout
did the cutaway become almost identi-
cal with the modern garment and since
then the changes in its shape have
been comparatively slight. In 1S41 the
word 'cutaway" became a fixture In
the language.
The old colonial uniform worn by
Washington, with its flaps buttoned
back; the coat worn by Nelson at the
battles of st. Vincent, the Nile and
Trafalgar, and the coat worn by Napo-
leon when on his way to St Helena
were all in general way similar to
the cutaway frock.
The conventional dress coat Of our
time is a refined younger brother, 50
to speak, of the cutaway frock, and
for it we are indebted to the French,
who on the other hand credit the Eng
lish with originating the coat that has
evolved into our double breasted frock.
The coat last named was introduced
into France by Montesquieu in the
year 1850.
incidentally, we may add, the pres
ent black dress coat has by the Eng
lish speaking nations been restricted to
evening wear little more than half q
century In some continental coun-
tries the dress coat is proper form"
for wear at court or other important
formal assemblages held in the day
time
The sack coat probably dates from
the 'sMacaronies," who introduced 1t
into England in 17I2. though a gar
ment somewhat similar was worn by
the Roundheads of Cromwelrs day.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17
Minute Animal. Life.

'The microscope teaches u.s." says a
scientist, that there are animals SO
wonderfully minute that If thousand
of them were ranked abreast they
could easily swim. without being
thrown out Of order, through the eye
of the finest cambria needle ever made
Yet each of the minute creatures Is q
highly organized number of particles,
capable of moving about, OF finding
and deyouring food and Of behaving Id
all respects as becomes an animal as
distinguished from fragment OF un-
organized matter" The human mind
Is utterly Incapable of realizing the
structure of these little creatures ana
of fully appreciating their marvellous
adaptation to the life they are des-
tined to lead.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17

How we came to pronounce July as
we do now with the accent on the sec
ond syllable is one of the unsolved mys-
teries of speech. Named, of course, aft
er Julius Caesar, it should really be pro-
nounced to rhyme with duly" and 70
our forefathers actually did pronounce
it. Spenser. for instance, has the line,
'sThen came hot July boyling like to
fire." and even so late rs Johnsons
time the accent was still on the "Ju-s
1t is one of many words which would
startle those ancestors OF ours, spoken
as we speak them now.-London
Chronicle
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17
SACRED STONES.


some Thut CIulm 10 AhLk A1C OCAAs~-
of the Universe.
The sacred black stone of the Man
chu dynasty of Chinese in Mukden Is
the center Of the universe, accordin9to
old Chinese superstitions, and added
venerability comes to Mukden from tne
graves of the emperors near by.
The Do-ring in Lassa. Tibet - an
other center Of the universe, which, nc
cordlng to the Tibetan priests, is shap-
ed exactly like the shoulder blade Of Q
sheep. AL distances are measured
from 1t, and 1t is very sacred.
Another center is the kaaba, In Nee
ca, a dirty black stone let into the wall
OF the most sacred mosque ana polish
ed every year by the lips Of thousands
of worshipers. The Arabic word for
stone, "hagar," appears In Scripturai
writings as a proper name. The Mecca
pilgrimage is "haj," and those who
have taken it are known as 'hadji."
Even so sane a people as the ancient
Greeks came pretty near worshiping
stone-the 'omphalos," or center pf the
earth, at Delphi The Romans set up
stone of great consequence in Rome.
but for purposes of measurement, not
worship, and so the s'Lopdon stope" OF
today is used.-L London TeleGyaph.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17
P. J. Grove, Owner, Defendant.
Writ of Scire Facts Sur Mechanics Lien.


vs.
?. J. Grove, Owner, Defendant.
Writ of Scire FACTS Sur Mechanics Lien,
BUTLER COUNTY, lss.
The COMMONWEALTH PENSA,
To the Sheriff of said county. Greeting:
Whereas w. $. Wick and Elizabeth Wick,
partners. trading as W. s. Wick & f. Wick
now use OF w. s. Wick, have filed claim in
onr Court of Common Pleas for the county
of Butler, against p. ]. Grove, for the sum of
four hundred and sixty-six and 5-100 dollars
with interest thereon from April 18th, 1893
for material furnished to a certain structure
to-wit: A two story frame dwelling house
with slate roof, the house being twenty feet
wide and thirty feet lorg and containing six
boarded and plastered, two brick chimneys
and wooden porch, with cellar and stone
wall under building and located on a lot of
ground situate In Butler township, Butler
the Marshall plan of lots, laid out by the
City Realty Trust of Pittsburg, Penn'a, and
being lot No; 535, in said plot and plan of lots
Said lot No. 535, being bounded and de-
scribed as follows: North by an alley. east
by lot No. 536 In same plan, south by Colonial
street and west by lot No. 50. in same plan,
said lot having frontage OF thirty feet on
Colonial street und extending back about
one hundred and nine feet to tho alley,
And whereas, 1t IS alleged that said sum
still remains due and unpaid to the said w.
s. Wick and Elizabeth Wick, partners, trad
Wick.
Now we commandyou that you make known
to the said p. j. Grove, that he be and ap-
pear before the judges of our said court, at
a Court of Common Pleas to be held ct But
Ter, on the first Monday CT Sgptembef next,
to show If anything he know or have to say
why the said sum of four hundred and sixty
six and 5-100 dollars, with interest thereon
from April 18th, 1903, should not be levied of
the said structure to the use of the said w
5. Wick and Elizabeth Wick, partners. trad
ing as w. 5. & E. Wick, now for the use OF
w. S. Wick, according to the form. decree
and effect Of the Act Of Assembly in such
case made and provided II to them 1t shall
seem expedient, and have you then and
there this writ:
Witness, The Honorable James NJ. Gal
breath, President of our said Court, at But
Ter. this 18th day of June, Ammo Domini,
1906 JOHN @. CLARK,
Prothonotory.
T. G. CAMPBELL,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17
Notice for Application for
Charter,

Notice is hereby given that an appli-
cation will be made to the Court of
Common Pleas of Butler county, on the
4th day of September, 1905, at 10
o'clock a. M, under the provisions of
the Corporation Act of 1874 and its sup
plements, for charter by w. S. Smith,
J. N. Eakin, E. L. Sloan, w. p Jami-
son and w. E. Byers, for an intended
corporation TO be called the Union
Cemetery Association of Venango
township. Butler county. Pa, the
character and object of which are the
establishing and maintaining a public
place for the burial of the human body
dead; and for these purposes to have,
possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits
and privileges conferred by the said act
and the supplements thereto.
LEVI M. WISE,
Solicitor.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-17
Notice in Divorce.

Eva T.. Morrow, I In the Court OF Com
80 mon Pleas of Butler Co..
Penn'a, at A. ID. No. 80,
James f. Morrow, March Term, 1905,
To James E. Morrow, respondent.
Two subpoenas in above case haylng been
returned n. E, L., therefore you, the said
Jas. E, Morrow. aforesaid, are hereby re-
quested to appear In said Court OF Common
Pleas to be held at Butler, Pa, on Molday,
the 2ath day of September: A. d: 1905, at 10
O'Clock A; M, to answer the said complaint
absolute divorce from the bonds of matri-
mony should not be granted to said lihellant
above. You are also hereby notified that
testimony in above case will DO taken before
said Court at said time ~ the Court House,
Butler. Penna, at which time and place you
are notihea to attend.