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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
Saddles, Then and Now.

Mr.. S. R. Moore's gentle old black
was hitched in front of the Engllsn
drugstore the other day, when the
reporter and a by-stander began to
talk of the ancient-looking saddle
that adorned his back. Iook at that
saddle" said the b~y-stander, who was
a horse dealer. "They made good
ones when that was made"
eyes" said MI. Moore, who came
out Just then, chats been a good
saddle, and will be a good n still
when 1 have another skirt put on
this side. I bought that saddle thirty
years ago in Charlotte from Henry
Houston for 1926"
saddles we're pretty high then,
weren't theyw Mr.. Moore was
asked"
"No. I Dunno" was the reply. mot
so high, I guess, taking other things
into consideration. The same day
I bought this one from Henry for
S25, I sold him a yaller bale of cot
ton for twenty-seven cents a pound"
Monroe Journal.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
Real Self-C Control.

To most people self-control means
the control of appearances and not
the control of realities. This is a
radical mistake, and must be cor
rected, if we are to get a clear idea
of self-control, and if we are to make
a fair start in acquiring it as a per-
manent habit.
If a nan is ugly to me, and [ want
to knock him down, and refrain from
doing so simply because it would not
appear we'll, and is not the habit of
the people about me, my desire to
knock him down is still a part of
myself. and / have not controlled
myself until I am absolutely free
from that interior desire. So long
as I am in hatred to another, I am
in bondage to my hatred; and if, for
the sake of appearances, I do not
act or speak from it, I am none the
less at its mercy, and it will find
an outlet wherever it can do so
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
As a Lawyer Would Say It.

Legal verbiage has ever been a
stumbling block to the average lay
man, but probably he never realized
how much space the lawyer takes
to make the simplest remark. of
I were to give you an orange" said
Judge Foote, of Topeka, II would
simply say, 4 give you the orange"
but should the transaction be en-
trusted to a lawyer to put into wri-
ting he would adopt this form: 81
hereby give, grant and convey to
you all my interest, right, title and
advantage of and in said orange, to-
gether with it's rind, skin, juice and
pits; and all rights and advantage
therein, with full power to bite,
suck. or otherwise eat the same, or
give away with or without the rind,
skin, juice, pulp or pits; anything
hereinbefore or in any other deed
or deeds, instrument of any nature
or kind whatsoever to the contrary
Notwithstanding"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
Mistake of the Country-Bred Man.

Young men from the country
stand a better chance of success in a
city than do the young women, but
they exchange a life of health and
freedom among the fields for a hard
and exacting employment in the city.
Once inoculated with the virus of
metropolitan experiences, they are
driven on by habit and necessity I'M
til finally, the years accumulate, the
majority sink to the level Of me-
diocrity, and finally into dull apathy.
It is then that the country-bred boy
wishes with all his heart that he had
returned long ago to the farm of
his youth and taken up again the
yoke which then seemed heavy. but
which he now knows was light
Kansas City Journal.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
THE HOME CIRCLE
A Serenade.*

Look out upon the stars, my love,
And shame them with thine eyes,
On which, than on the lights above,
There hang more destinies.
Nights beauty is the harmony
Of blending shades and light;
Then. lady, up-look out, and be
A sister to the night
Sleep not!-thine image wakes for
aye
Within my watching breast;
Sleep. 'not!-from her soft sleep
should fly,
Who robs all hearts of rest.
Nay, lady, from thy slumbers break,
And make this darkness gay.
With looks whose brightness well
might make
Of darker nights a day.
Edgar @. Pinckney.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

most every spring he gets as bilious
as a goat. That's the way it goes;
women are romantic and are ever
lastingly thinking about their hearts
and souls, while men are generally
more concerned about their stomachs
and Eocket-books. You give a man
enough to eat and a few dollars to
squander and he'll manage to scut1e
along, but a woman won't be happy
unless she's worrying about love, or
something.
Uncle Bill once knew an old maid
who lived in constant dread of find
ing a man under the bed. She kept
on hopefully fearing him for thirty
seven years., and early in the thirty
eighth she was drowned. One time
there was a Brighamyoungamist
who married twenty-three different
women in rapid succession. and he
looked a good deal like the last end
of a hard winter, too. Well, the
Judge threw up his hands in aston
ishment, and asked him how in all
git-out a man would go to work to
marry twenty-three women. And
the Brighamyoungamist grinned and
replied:
"Aw-teel hee!-Judge, I just
asked 'em"
But, on the other hand, spring is
the time when your neighbor borrows
your lawn-mower and keeps it till he
is ready to borrow your snow-shovel.
In the spring all nature seems to
smile, especially in the Third Read
er, and the little flowers go gaily
skipping over hill and dale. The grass
pops UP. the boys begin fighting reg
ularlv. the birds MARBLE all the day
long in the leafy boughs, and the
book-agent comes hurriedly up the
road with a Jealous but firm dog ap-
pended to his pants. About this
time you feel achy and itchy and
stretchy and gappy. and so forth, all
of which is a sign that you've got
the spring fever. Some men have
the spring fever all the year round.
Then they join all the lodges they
can squeeze into, and owe everybody.
and talk about the workingman need
ing his beer on Sunday.
This is all I know about spring,
and most of it is what Uncle Bill told
me.-Tom P. Morgan, in Tom Wat
sons Magazine.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
How "Abide With Me- Came to be
Written.

Henry Francis Lyte, author of that
matchless composition, "Abide With
Me-" for twenty years was a sufferer
from consumption. During this time
he was the minister over a Parish
composed largely of fsher-folk in a
coast town of England. He labored
faithfully among his people, yet he
always longed to do something that
would have an influence for the good
of humanity after his death-a long
ing which found expression in a
beautiful poem. The story of how
this desire came to be fulfilled
through writing "Abide With Me-
related in the February Delineator,
in a interesting paper by Allan Suth-
erland, giving the history and TO-
nance of the famous hymn.
"In the autumn of 1847 his ply
sicians informed Mr.. Lyle that it
would be necessary for him to relin-
quish his work and spend the winter
in Italy. When the last Sabbath Of
his stay in England (September 5,
184O arrived, he determined to
preach once more to his little flock
and to CELEBRATE with them the Lords
Supper. In spite of the protest Of
friends, he carried out his intentions.
although scarcely able to stand in the
chancel. In words of melting tender
ness he pleaded with his people to
live holy lives, and when he took his
leave of them there was scarcely a
dry eye in the church. The day had
been well-nigh perfect, and in the
late afternoon, recovering somewhat
from the strain of the service in the
church, he walked slowly and feebly
down the terraced walk to the water
he loved so well and which he was
about to leave forever. The spell OF
the hour was upon the minister;
While the bright sunset colors faded
into the sober grays of twilight, he
slowly made his way back to the house
in prayerful silence and went to his
room. When he joined his fanilya
little later he bore in his hand the
words that we're destined to move
thousands. His prayer had been an,
swered. His last evening in his ola
home had produced that which will
be a blessing so long as the heart
turns to its Maker for help in times
of need"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
Every Woman Should Learn to Cook.

"We have observed one thing"
says Charity and Children, "and
that is that the housekeepers who
have the least trouble are those who
can go into their kitchens them
selves and get a meal quicker than
the best negro woman In the neigh
borhood, and who, rather than be
harassed out of her life, will not
hesitate to do it. The negro adj
mires independence as much as any
body, and the only people they really
respect are those who can get along
very well without them. 1t is a pc,
culiar trait of negro nature that he
loves to hang around the man or the
woman who makes him toe the mark.
Being good to him and showing him
special favor is the surest way to
fofeit his respect and lose his ser
vice. The Northern m who
come South are loudest in their con-
demnation of the negro women as
house servants because they "feed
high. work light and pay WE'LL" They
soon learn that the negro IS not what
he is cracked up to be in Uncle
Toms Cabin"
The housewife who can. when &C.
casion demands, roll up her sleeves
and go into her kitchen and cook
a better meal than the best negro
cook in the land, has this trouble
some question of domestic help
solved as no Their can solve it.
She is a treasure indeed.
There is a goodly proportion of
them in Raleigh, it is comforting to
know. But it is also the fact that
there are a great many women who
could not properly cook a meal if
their very lives depended on it.
Well, they ought to learn-there's
time yet. Not that we advocate the
proposition to make cooks of our
wives and mothers, as a regular
thing. By no means; for of all the
people in the world who have earned
the right to participate in the pleas
ures and luxuries of life, the wife
and mother come first.
But to know how to get a meal in
cases of emergency is a lesson that
every head of a home should master.
As State Auditor Dixon told Pro-
fessor Morson's school boys, in an adj
dress last summer:
"Boys, / do not advise you to mar
ry a cook, but if I were you I would
never marry a girl who did not know
how to cook."-Raleigh Times.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

without debasing me in the eyes Of
other men more willing than I an
to be debased. Ny selfish desire 10
iniure the man [ hate, is counter,
balanced by my selfish desire "a
stand well in the eyes of other men
There can be no true s%elf-control 60
long as either form of selfshnesS
dominates my actions. The control
of appearance is merely outward re-.
preston, and a very common in.
stance of this may be observed IN
the effort to control a laugh.-An.
ME Payson Call, in Leslie's Month";
ly Magazine for February.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
Roosevelt at it Again.

In a certain school a pupil mixed
up physiology and history to an
alarming extent by stating in an ex.
animation paper that "The Alimen-
tary Canal was first commenced BY
a Frenchman in 1907. It was bought
in 1903 by President Roosevelt, and
he is going to finish building it."
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
The Boy; His Hand and Pen.

Ny Aunt Almira, who is an old maid,
says that spring is the time when
the young mans fancy lightly turns
to THOUGHTS of love; but my Uncle
Bill. who has been a bachelor so long
that it's chronic with him, says that
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

The State Audubon Society col,
lected during the year from all
sources, fines, privileges, etc., the sum
of $8,922.9O. It has done excellent
work in many counties and its III,
fuence in the preservation of game
and song birds has been distIncuS
felt.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

Prayer will cause a man to cea'o
from SHINING even as sin Will cau''
a man to cease from praying
Frances E. Willard.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

This is No. "a OF a series Of Southern
Poems selected especially for The Progress
stve Farmer and Cotton Plant by the Editor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
from Range Points,

Hibbing horsemen discuss the
proposition of establishing a winter
speedway.
Fire caused by kerosene heater
nearly destroyed the warehouse of
the Iron Range Brewing Assn at
Eveleth on Tuesday.
Little Arthur Helps, son of Mr..
and Mrs. S. E. Helps, of the Adams,
fell from his sled while coasting on
Christmas day and suffered brok-
en- arm.
w. J. Hayes & Son, the Cleveland
bankers, have bought the Hibbing
refunding bond issue of 100000, the
premium offer being 1851. Four
other bids tor the purchase of the
issue were made. -.
The U. S. Steel Corporation have
large crew of engineers at work in
1tasca county, resurveying and
planting iron monuments. The
work is slow, from the fact that the
stakes set in the original govern
ment survey are in many instances
rotted and gone. :
The ladies of Hibbing have taket1
up the matter of public library
for the west end metropolis. And
when the ladies take hold of a
thingit is apt to go-as can be duly
attested by any married man who
has been chased out-of-d doors with:
a rolling pin. ;
Frank Ansley, of Hibbing, and
c. L. Burr, late of Bemidji, have
leased the Kelliher building at the
corner of Third Avenue and South
Street, Hibbing, and will open a
first-class hotel therein about Feb
ruary LIST. The building is solid
brick, three stories and basement:
It was erected by Jerome Kelliher,
of Brainerd, in 1903, the builder be-
ing forced into bankruptcy before
it's completion. &.1eE .,5 So z:@s s. I
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
Output Estimated at $4,000. 600.

The feeling now is that the ore
shipments for the coming year will
be about 100000 tons, though
some of the estimates have been
much lower. The steel corporation
alone will ship not less than 10000
GOO tons. Other large consumers
are the Lackawanna Steel company,
which will require at least 100000
tons; Cambria Steel company, 1 ,OOO,-
600 tons; Republic Iron & Steel CON-
pany, 100000 tons, and Pennsylvan-
ia Steel company. 100000 tons.
j. This makes total of about A,OOO.-
coo, and if the total shipments
should be 100000, there would be
100000 tons left for the independ-
ent merchant furnaces, aud it is
said that this amount would not ex-
tceed their requirements.
r. There has been some differences
Fof opinion as to the amount of ore
that can be handled at lower lake
ports. 1t is estimated that the dock
facilities there will be sufficient to
handle 100000 tons, but that It Is
doubtful if trackage and car supply
will be adequate.
L. There is no fear that the boat ton
mage will be insufficient to handle
80 100000 or over 100000 tons. The
new vessels under contract will be
Eamply able to take care of the addi-
tional freight tonnage, and it will
be no great excess that will tend to
|depress rates. r.
RI The bulk of the ore to be moved
next season is already under CON
tract for lake transportation, on a
basis of Is cents from the head of
the lakes, 20 cents from Marquette
and 60 cents from Escanaba.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

THE ENTERPRISE extends thanks
to our many friends and patrons for
the liberal patronage accorded dur
ing the past year, and wishes one
and all happiness and prosperity
throughout 1906.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

n lne saloon OF John GeOlnitta, at
Ely, was robbed Of $3.50 on Sunday,
during the temporary, absence of
the proprietor from his place, of
business. .
. The Tower Lumber Company on
Tuesday reopened their mill with a
day and night crew, giving employ
ment to 800 men. In addition to
this number the company employs
many men in the woods.
Another new west end townsite is
proposed at Prairie River Falls,
four miles from Grant Rapids. The
falls furnish big undeveloped
water power at this point, while
much exploratory work for ore is
being carried on in the vicinity.
The Eveleth fire department was
given Holiday outing on Christ
mas, two false alarms being turned
in within twenty-fours. One of the
alarms was sent in at 200 a. m., wax
ing the sleeping heroes from rosy
dreams of Christmas festivities.
Alfred Hedman, of Shell Lake,
Wis.,, was arrested at Eveleth Tues
day for statutory otfense commit.
ted in Washburn county, Wisconsin.
Hedman had been at work in the
woods north of this city, going to
Eveleth for brief Holiday outing.
He was identified by Officer Kent by
means of photograph.
The city council of Eveleth seek
advice from the attorney general as
to the eligibility of Louis Larson to
hold Office as city clerk, the posi-.
bic disqualification being the fact
that Mr.. Larson also holds down
homestead. The council also asks
an opinion as to whether or not it
is legal for the council to elect
nonresident as city engineer.
Rev. Father Floyd, of Eveleth, has
the sympathy of many range
friends in his sorrow at the death
of his aged father in Ireland. News
of the death was received Just pri-
or to the celebration of mass at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church, Eveletb,
on Christmas morning, which were
conducted by Father Floyd with
tears streaming down his face, the
reverend gentleman being unable
to deliver the Christmas sermon he
had prepared. Many extended con-
dolences before his departure from
the edifce.
AS the result of an overabund-
ance OF blind pig whiskey, obtained
at the place of Frank Thomich at
Ely, a number of Austrians got in
to a bad cutting scrape on Sunday
evening. The police were attracted
to the scene by the wild uproar, and
when the fight had been quelled
three men we're found lying in a
pool of blood in the room, one of
whom it is feared will not recover
from his wounds. Van Evick was
caught by the police as he was es-
Gaping from the house, and held as
an accomplice in the ARRAY.
In the Christmas Day dog races
at Eveleth, the mongrel is given
credit for winning the events over
his blooded Canine brethren, the
high, bred entrees stopping enroute
to take part in the inevitable dog
fight while the "cur" contingent,
scared at the barks and bowls,
made double quick time to the end
of the course. The owners of An
CORA goats have challenged the
dog-owners to a New Years day
race over the same course. If this
event is pulled off it will be wise for
spectators to leave their smelling
proclivities at home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

FRANK EDDY has made formal
declaration of his desire to succeed
Governor Johnson. It is now I'D to
the Protestant Irishman OF the
Princeton Union to declare his in.
tention to lick both Johnson and
Eddy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

A NUMBER of Christmas present
will likely be rendered the faithful
by the new city administration the
coming week, but the presentations
will lose none of their acceptab ility
through being a trifle late.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

E. A. PFREMMER is again sole pro-
prietor of the Hibbing Tribune,
having purchased the interest of
his partner, Mr.. Hayden, in the bus
mess and plant. The Tribune has
during the past two years gained a
place among Mesaba publications,
and we wish Bro. Pfremmer contin-
ued success.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

THE Duluth Evening Herald re-
marks that otis about time now to
think of picking out strong men to
represent Northern Minnesota in
the next legislature, in order; that
her hopes of better things may not
be disappointed through the fail
ure Of weak Ones" Would the Her
aid Intentionally reflect upon the
strong caste of the present North
ern. Minnesota delegation in the
house, or might the article be con.
strued to indicate desire to see the
present list of representatives. re.
ceive an endorsement for their re-
nowned qualification of strength
in certain directions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

A TOWN that never has anything
in the way of public amusement is
in the cemetery. Anybody who will
do nothing for his own town is help
ing dig its grave. A man who will
curse his town furnishes the coffin n.
The one who is so selfish as to have
no time from his business to give
for the public good is making the
shroud. The members of the Com
mercial Club will please take no.
tice, and remember that the next
meeting of the organization will be
held Wednesday evening, January
3rd, at the council chambers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

SINCE Bruin went into winter
quarters the Duluth press has felt
the loss of material for flaring head
lines, but the killing of male wolf
on Wednesday inside the corporate
limits relieved the monotony of the
old town and furnished food for
some hair-raising memoirs of the
days before the city at the head of
the lakes became known to the
world of commerce as the shipping
port for Minnesota's greatest iron
range.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-23
WILL CUT. OUT THE
I8-HOUR SCHEDULE
Twentieth Century Filler viii Return
to the Old 2o.Hour Trip
to Chicago.

NEW YORK, June 22.-Prcsident
Newman. of the New York Central
and Lake Shore Railroads. said todav
mat the twcnty-hour schedule of tho
twentieth Century Limited train ON
the New York CentralLake Shore line
VIII he restored at once in place of the
elghteen-hour schedule ON which the
train had been running for only IA few
days. President Newman said:
Since the sad accident Which han.
pcncd on the Lake Shore have had n
consultation with the operating OH
Gals. who have explained that the
accident was caused by misplaced
switch and was not due TO the speed
OF the train. and they assure me that
the present schedule can be safely ana
easily maintained. While agree with
the operating officials and there is no
physical reason why the schedule
should not be continued, nevertheless.
In my judgment. the time of the Tween
tieth Century Limited should he re.
stored TO twenty hours and it will be
done at once"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-23
HER RELIGION NOT
OF SELLING KIND
Davenport Woman Refuses to Change
Fer chIrsh Allegiance to Sc.
cure $50 900 Bequest.
(By Associated Preas.l

DAVENPORT. IOWA. June 22.-
Putting her :eigion above price. Mrs
Lucy Uanson. Of Davenport has re-
fused to accept $4,000 left to her b..
The will OF The late Charles Simpso:,
q Sacramento tCal) friend Of the
Gansnn faaiily. The leunest being mad.
Gil condition that Mrs. Gmson become
Catholic:
IN the event of her refusal of the
,norey. on this condition. the will pro.
ti!es tina! The money shall go to Il
Catholic orphanage IN Sacramento.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-23
CRACKER FARMER
ENDED THE FEUD
Assassinated His Ancient Enemy and
Then Cut His Own Throat
From Ear to Ear.
Try Associated Press.)

ATLANTA, GA. June ga special
to the Journal from Griffin. Ga. says:
"Prentiss Chapman. we'll known
farmer. living near Heads Shop. as
sassinated Tom Head, neighbor. late
last night and then killed himself, cut
ting his throat with razor. The
tragedy was the result of feud of
long standing between the men. There
were no eye-witnesses to the tragedy
and both men had been dead several
hours when their bodies were discov.
cred early today. Both were well con-
nectcd."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-23
Jerome Butts In

New YORK, June 22-nlstrlct At.
'torncy Jerome. of New York county,
has entered into an investigation Of
inc Equitable Life Assurance Society
trouble ami to-day telcsraphed to State
Superintendent of Insurance lien.
bricks asking him to forward ut one.
official copies of his report Tie dis
trirt attorney would make no slate.
Ecnt as TO his intentions in the mat
ter
Aug list Belmont, president of the In.
tHrh"roush Raid Transit Company,
has rendered his resignation as direct
tor of the Equitable Society. Mr.. Nor.
ton is now 'levoting himself largely to
The work of recognizing the board OF
directors.