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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16
THE HOME CIRCLE
Little Elaine

Where have you gone. little Elaine,
With eyes like violets wet with rain
Silvery April rain that throws
Melting diamonds over the rose;
'(Ah, never we're eyes as bright as thoseD
You have left me alone, but where have you flown
God knows, my dear, God knows!
Where have you gone, little Elaine,
With laughing lips of the crimson stain
Lips that smiled as the sunlight glows
Where morning breaks like a white, sweet rose
Over the wearisome winter SHOWS!
Shall / miss their song my whole life long!
God knows, my dear, God knows!
You have left me lonely, little Elaine;
/ call to you, but / call in vain
/ sing to you when the twilight throws
It's dying light my life's last rose,
While the tide of memory ebbs and flows.
Is it Gods own will [ should miss you still!
God knows my dear, God knowsi
Frank l.. Stanton.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16
One of the Stages.

Over in New Hope, Ark, last week the farmers
of Green County held meeting of the Educa
tional and Cooperative Association for the pur
pose of electing delegates to the State conven
tion, to be held in Hot Springs. Among the
prominent men in attendance was General N. Y
Crowley, of Independence, who is making the race
for railroad commissioner. While the session Of
farmers under way a New Hope maid with
musical talents in the bud, opened up a rianO
across the way, and began that process known as
cultivating the voice.
"For goodness sake" exclaimed General Craw
ley. "what noise is that?"
Gently, General" explained Will Burton, Of
Caddo Township, who had just been elected one
of the delegates. "That noise is from young
lady who is having her voice cultivated"
"Cultivated, huh" said the General; "thcn it IS
evident the process of cultivation has reached the
narrowing age."-Memphis Commercial-AppeaI
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16
No Hunting in Palestine.

The late Bishop Beckwith, of Georgia. was fond
of his gun, and spent much of his time hunt.
ing, says a representative from that State. One
day the Bishop was out with dog and gun, and
met member of his parish, whom he reprovpI
for inattention to his religious duties. "Ym
should attend church, and read your Bible" said
the Bishop.
"I do read my Bible, Bishop" was the answer
''and I don't find any mention of the apostles
going a-shooting."
No. replied the Bishop, "the shooting was bad
in Palestine, so they went fishing nstcad"-
Nashville Banner.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16
Excused.

Principal Mabon receives many amusing. eN
cuses from parents when their children tan u
snow up at school are late in arriving. Here
is a sample:
Please excuse Willie for being late. lie 1eL
IN puddle on his way to school, and by dong
the same you will oblidge.'
Willie was excused, but whether Mr.. NaOo4
complied with the remainder of the request IS n0
Valley Reporter
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16
Subtraction

A teacher in Western public school was civ
ing her class the first lesson in subtraction.
''Now, in order to subtract" she explained
"things have to always be of the same denomna-
tion. For instance. we couldn't take three ap-
pies from four pears nor six horses from nine
dogs"
A hand went up in the back part of the room.
"Teacher,' shouted small boy, "can't YOU take
four quarts of milk from three COWS ?"-Harpers
Weekly.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16

we have had to enlarge our business from tmo
time.
'I have never done business any year in ubi,
did not feel myself better off at the close n +hel
at the beginning. Profits have grown larger 'a1 naI
larger, but at the first some of it came vorv on a
I have considered myself very poor twice in oUn W
life-frst, when I started out to make Tr;nss ;ns
with nothing but willing hands and stout bparts'
second when I returned from the war; '''
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16

died Over the Country-A Romantic Career.
The recent death of Mr.: Washington Duke. the
famous tobacco manufacturer, recalls the fact
that in a Tobacco Edition of the News and Obser-
yer nine,ye ago, Mr. Duke told the story of his
life in the only article he ever wrote for news
paper. We hardly think that we could furnish
Progressive Farmer readers more Interesting
matter this week than the following extracts from
this photographed sketch of celebrated cap
tain of industry. Said Mr.. Duke:
nothing. | never inherited dollar. Up to the
breaking out of the war had been farming thirty
years. 1 had worked hard in the fields, made on
the farm nearly everything l needed, and by close
had stocked it well. This was the result of the
savings of thirty years of hard work and close
economy, and it was made an Orange County
farm. In those days money made very slow
ly, and only made at all by close economy.
Il made only crop of cotton which / sold
at five and a half hundred This crop didn't
pay. and l never made another. At that time
calico was selling at from Is to 25 cents a yard,
and iron for farming implements brought eight
cents pound. / went into making tobacco in
1859 and 1850 We knew nothing then of the
present methods of curing, and my crops were
sun cured. The first year the crop wonder
fully fine, and sold for between eight and ten
cents a pound.
Before the war I hauled fodder and flour to
Raleigh wagons, once l remember through mud
that came up in some places to the axles of the
wagon wheels, and again through the rain and
snow. [ slept in camps or in the wagons more
than once when the snow on the ground. The
fodder would bring sixty cents hundred, and
the -four $3.50 barrel. Times were much harder
then than they now and it was much more
difficult for farmers to make money. Farmers
handled very little cash. What they raised on
their farms sold for less. and what they bought
cost more than now.
"The ruling price for eggs was from five to
seven cents per dozen; butter 1912 cents a
pound; chickens brought from seven to ten cents.
I have already said that calico sold from Is to
25 cents yard and iron for eight cents pound
HThe price of other things the farmer had to
buy was In proportion.
"About the time the broke out I had made
up-my mind to quit farming and go to manufac-
turing tobacco. In carrying out this resolution
in 1863, sold everything, my horses. stock
and crops. and agreed to take pay for them in
tobacco. I even traded my plantation, agreeing
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16

rhis is No of series of Southern Poems selected
peciay for The Farmer and Cotton Plant
the Editor.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-16
HOW AN ORANGE COUNTY FARMER BECAME
WORLD-FAMOUS MANUFACTURER.

Story of His Early Struggles, as Told by the Late
Washington Duke Himself-How the Tobacco Was
Beaten Out With Fails, Sifted by Hand, and Ped
died Over the Country-A Romantic Career.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
When Age Succeeds Youth

The change in this matter Of grow
ing old, since the time when the lady
of 3S felt herself too ancient to wear a
flower in her cap, is interesting. 1t is
especially interesting at that dreadful
moment when we first realize that we
are ourselves no longer young. 1t is
an extraordinary moment; pain, de-
NAL, rebellion, hopelessness. 1t ar
rives in many different ways. 1t used
to come with spectacles-but nova
days the babe wears spectacles; some
times it creeps upon us with a little
stiffening of the joints; one does not
run upstairs quite as lightly as one
did. 1t may even reveal itself in the
inrpatience that is felt because people
do not speak quite as distinctly as
they should-an Impotence to which
the younger generation rudely refers
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
Port Resembles a jungle

Nantes, or Bordeaux, or even old
Rouen, where the night watchmen Of
ships, elbows on rail, gaze at shop
windows and brilliant cafes and see
the audience go in and come out Of
the opera house. But London, the
eldest and greatest of river ports, does
not possess as much as 100 yards OF
quays upon its river front. Dark and
impenetrable at night, like the face Of
a forest, is the London waterside.
Ii is the waterside of WATERSHEDS,
where only one aspect of the worlds
life can be seen and only one kind of
men tolls on the edge of the stream.
The lightless walls seem to stand on
the very mud upon which the stranded
barges lie and the narrow lanes COM
ing down to the fine shores resemble
the paths OF smashed bushes and
crumbled earth where big game comes
to drink on the bank of tropical
streams.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
NEW WAY TO MAKE BUTTER.
Sweet Cream Poured Over Pads Which
Absorb All but the Fat.

A committee of the Franklin insti.
ute of Philadelphia has just made
public it's report on the Taylor proc
ess for butter making. 1t is recon.
mended that Mr.. Taylor receive the
John Scott medal and premium in
recognition of the value of his inven'
ton.
In this new process sweet cream is
poured into shallow pans the bottoms
of which are covered with absorbent
pads. These pads are composed OF
heavy white blotting paper supported
on Turkish toweling, or some similar
material, and absorb from the cream
nearly all of its constituents except
tho fat The cream fat remains as a
layer on the surface of the pads and
after several hours standing it may
be rolled off.
In this condition the product con-
tains rather too much water and milk
proteids; on this account, and because
of the absence of salt, it does not keep
well. If, however, the separated but
ter fat be worked and sailed in the
same way as the ordinary churned
product the result is a fine grade of
butter
The process has the advantage OF
cheapness, since the pads may be used
over and over again, lasting, it is said,
for six months of daily use. The labor
of churnfng is avoided md, on ac-
count of the use of fresh cream in
IS sot~ 1o, CD IN rin
for several days, the finished product
keeps better than butter made In the
ordinary way. The process has been
patented in the United States, Canada,
England, France and Germany.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25

"Of course, you have some letters to
burn" Jill said it with an insidlous
conviction that made Jack stammer
yes before he realized what he was
saying.
Now, Jack. have the incest plan.
You have some letters and | nave
some. Let's exchange and each read
The others, and then burn them TO-
gether. Will you? You can bring
them up tomorrow night, you know.
Jill had her arms around Jacks neck
end she rubbed her cheek against MS
in her favorite caress while she wait
cd for an answer. Now, If Jack and
Jill had been sober old Darby and
Joan, sitting by their own fireside with
all the romance worn away, those
clinging arms about his neck and the
feel of a soft cheek against his own
would have had small influence on
Jacks answer AS il was, they ex-
crted a great deal of influence.
''But, JILL" said Jack meekly, Il
don't think that would be exactly hon.
orable. You sec, you know some OF
those girls and"
well, and" Knocked Jill, get
ting a strangle hold on Jacks
collar button. Don't you see
that both of us reading them evens
things up? OF course, il just one or
us read the others letters 1t would be
dishonorable, but when both OF us
read the others letters"
"That'll do" broke in Jack. You're
getting all mixed UP yourself, and
you're getting me worse mixed up than
you are"
Say you WILL" begged Jill, her lips
temptingly close to Jacks, and Jack
said ne would.
He brought the letters up next even
ing, a fat bundle of envelopes cream
and white, pale blue and demure gray.
most of them addressed in the Lean
ing Tower of Pisa style of chirography
which the modern girls affects. Jill
produced a much fatter bundle OF let
tiers Of all shapes, sizes and conditions,
some of them written on precise and
proper stationery, some hurriedly
scribled on loose sheets of paper, some
written on Office letter heads. The
packet was tied with blue ribbon and
Jill relinquished it grudgingly. She
would not have yielded it at all had
not that other bundle Of letters been
temptingly outspread upon the table
She was dying to read them.
Lets begin" said Jill. With
monumental sigh, Jack dragged his
chair nearer the CRATE. Now. wei
each read a letter and throw it into
the fire." he said. And, remember
Jill, you are not TO get angry and-ei
Jealous, you know"
Jill drew her chair nearer the table
with some display of temper. An
gry?" she said. "At these?" The WORD
expressed scorn unlimited.
Jack slipped a letter from the rib
bon-bound heap. He opened it slowly
ill Turned over Jacks letters until
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25

the table. Then he swept Jill into his
arms and comforted her.
Three hours later Jack stood before
picture on the mantel in his bacae'
lor rooms. Lord" he said, hopping
his brow feverishly. that was close
call. How in thunder did | ever hap
pen to leave that letter in the bundle.
anyway? Jill, old girl, II there had
been another of those missives in that
heap, you'd have finished me. But ]
worked Jill all right. Girls are easy"
And meanwhile Jill sat on the floor
beside her little white bed and unlaced
her small shoes. Goodness me-" said
she reflectively, II thought had left
out all of Joe Keene's letters except
the ones that he wrote at first. oh,
Mister Jack. you thought that one too
affectionate You just ought to see
the ones | will never show you'll"
She held one shoe upon her palm and
cooked her head sidewise to look at
it. my, but men are easy" said she.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
Merit Everywhere.

Frederick Law Olmsted, who holds
the chair of landscape architecture at
Harvard, visited Philadelphia recently
to make an address on the subject OF
city parks.
During his visit Mr.. Olmsted dined
at Walnut street club, and he cited
during dinner a certain elevated tract
on the Biltmore estate, of which he is
landscape gardener.
This tract" he said, would be
beautiful for some purposes, hideous
for others Everything is like that
good for some things, bad for some
others. Thus, If we use our minds
we can utilize nearly everything-can
put nearly everything to some good
use.
"'All kind has their merits as an
old Georgia colored man once said.
Some one had asked this colored
man what breed of chickens was the
best.
"'All kinds has their merits he re-
plied'De white ones is de easiest found
and de dahk ones is de easiest hid
after you gifts EN-"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Observation-Disclosures
! Completed Job Too Well


off keyholes plugged up as tight as a
star session. After covering the door
with dose Of paint, he gazed on the
job with pardonable pride, and then,
shutting the door. which fastened with
a spring lock, he wandered home.
II was some time after the moon
had gone down that the business man
returned and went to the Office. Pull
ing out his key, he tried to insert 1t,
but for some reason the usual result
was not forthcoming. Once he sought
the abundant aperture where the key
was wont to enter, but there was moth
ing doing. Next he struck match
to take look, and then he talked too
fast for publication.
The painter had not only plugged
up the old keyholes, but also puttied
up the new one, and the tenant was
shut out in the cold zero world.-Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
Matches a Jail Luxury

pieces. This can be done easily with
a pin. Then he announces to the
crowd that he is about to light a
cigarette and crowd gathers about
him with papers and tobacco. The
man strikes the match with great de-
liberation and those who can't light
up from the match do so from the
lighted cigarettes of the others.
Everybody gets a smoke off of one
match. Those on the outside OF the
cells are accommodating to those on
the inside.
The women, too, often want
matches. The women are in separ-
ate apartment. but there is a small
hole through the door between the two
rooms, and it is nothing uncommon to
see man hold lighted cigarette up
to the hole in the door so woman on
the other side can get her light. -
Kansas City Journal
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25

Gimme. match" A prisoner in the
hold-over in the city Jail pressed his
face against the grating and called to
a man passing by. The call for
match comes from out of the holdover
Fifty times every day. About 80 per
cent of the men and women who find
their way into the city Jail are smok-
ers. They have tobacco, or usually a
few cents with which they can buy
it. They seldom buy matches, though,
because spending money for matches
by a man who has but few cents is
considered extravaganza.
You can't imagine how many ways
the prisoners contrive to save and get
matches" said Jailer Emmons. Il
have seen forty prisoners light cigar
cites from a single match. On a day
when matches are scarce a prisoner
will never think of wasting whole
match. He will split 1t up into four
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
Praise Of the Automobile

II perchanco it is springtime, we lunch
we rest
On a bed of blue violets sweet.
With n thrush or a robin to thrill over
head
A silvery song while we eat.
We linger Il while under blossomy boughs,
An armful OF fragrance to steal
From apple trees frcightcd with dewy
pink buds.
Then away i'm the automobile.
near,
Then slackens the speed of the car.
Gliding slowly along In the amethyst dusk
BY the light OF the bright evening star.
There's no question to ask, and an an
swer to hear
And n promise with kisses to seal.
And later the bliss OF honeymoon tour
For the pair In the automobile.
--Minna Irving, in Lcslie's Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
Tnasf for the LIARS.

Let us drink to the lies that preserve
our disguise
AS saints in the eyes of the women we
prize,
That give us our comforts and flowery
ties.
Drink! Brothers. drink!
Let us drink to the lies that arc golden
and white.
That we tell to our mothers and sisters
at night
When they ask what we do when we're
out of their sight.
Drink! Brothers, drink!
Let us drink to the lies that are Grim
son and black.
That we tell to our wives who have gone
and come back.
And which they believe. Oh, alas end
alack!
Drink! Brothers. drink.
Let us drink to the lies that we whisper
fair
TO ourselves in the darkness when no
one Is there.
That keep us from spiling our brains in
despair.
Drink! Brothers. drink!
Town Topics.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
Lead Pine for the Razor.

Lead pipe will keep your razor
sharp" confided the garrulous bar
ber Get short piece of the small
est, softest lead pipe your plumber
has in stock and keep il handy when
you are stropping the razor. The
scheme is to rub the strop with the
pipe. Apply the pipe, just as you
would strop the razor, to the I'M
finished side of the leather. Strop
your razor on that side, wind up
with a few passed on the finished
side of the strop and you will have
a first-class edge on the tool
never took the trouble to get scien-
tifc explanation of the virtues of lead
pipe as an aid to whetting, but it is
to the good in that respect. "-Phila-
delphia Record.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25

This stretch of the Thames from
London bridge to the Albert docks Is
to other WATERSHEDS of river ports what
q virgin forest would be to garden,
says a writer in the Metropolitan. 1t
is thing grown up, not made. IL
recalls a jungle by the confused and
impenetrable aspect of the buildings
that line the shore. not according to
planned purpose. but as If by acct
dent, from scattered seeds.
Like the matted growth of bushes
and creepers yelling the silent depth
of an UNEMPLOYED wilderness they hide
the depths OF London's infinitely va
ried. vigorous. seething life. In other
river ports it is not so. They lie open
to their stream with quays or broad
ciearings. with streets like avenues
cut through thick timber for the con-
venience of trade.
| am thinking now of river ports
h.vc seen; of Antwerp, for instance, OF
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25

thing to Julia about reading these let
ters. | won't have it."
Indeed" said Jill, scornfully. You
seem to have forgotten that our we'd
ding day is a week in the distance.
You are not an autocrat yet, please re-
member" She picked the letter up
again. Find more pleasure in your
society than that of any other man
know" she read. "Oh, she does" vim
0ictively. Dear laddie," she calls you.
Do you mean to tell me that any man
would permit himself to be called by
such a siclIening nickname? Laddie.'
IL a fit name tor nice, faithful collie
dog"
Jill" said Jack. "I'll vow l didn't
know you possessed such temper. I
told you you'd get mad"
81 am not in the least angry" said
Jill coldly.
Now, see here" said Jack, while
we're getting mad, We'll do it in COM
pany. Just look at this letter. Here's
this fellow, Keene, writing to you as
though he thought you were the whole
show. Now, I'd like TO know what
that means. Darned if like to think
that my future wife ever received
such excruciatingly friendly letters
from another man.
"Mr. Keene was simply a friend OF
mine," with dignity.
ION. yes-friend," said Jack, per-
ceiving that he was beginning TO get
the best of the argument. He was
always an insolent puppy. III soon
teach him his place. I'll hunt him up
/ tomorrow and face him with this let
ter" He shook the epistle In ques-
ton before the eyes OF an imaginary
| foe.
"It's mine" interposed Jill hurriedly.
"You are not going TO throw my cor
iespondence TO the four winds. l won't
| have it. have some rights left" She
began to whimper.
"The insolent scoundrel," stormed
Jack. He snatched up the ribbon
bound packet. Here are more letters
from him, and notes! And kilograms!
You told me you loved no one but
| mel" He struck a stage attitude
| Jill ceased to dab her eyes with her
handkerchief. and, burying her face in
her hands, began to cry in good ear
nest. mo one but me-" repeated Jacl
effectively.
II don't" walled Jill. IL never did
didn't love him, and you know it."
Jack paced the room with frantic
tread. jill wept until. woman-like
she could endure the strain no longer
Jack" she said timidly at last.
What" said Jack, ungraciously.
I'm sorry" said the faint little
voice. No reply. Jack" presently
please love me again. don't wan
to read the old letters"
Jack swept past the table. He gath
cred the blue-ribboned packet in one
hand and tossed II into the fire. II
did likewise with the miscellaneou
array OF letters in the other heap Of
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25
Tribute to Col. Younghusband.

A newspaper correspondent who ac-
companied the British expedition into
Tibet says that the success Of that
undertaking was undoubtedly due to
Col. Younghusband. who was equal
to every emergency. He sat through
every durbar monument Of patience
and inflexibility, impassive as one OF
their own Buddhas. Priests and coun.
cilors found that appeals to his mercy
were hopeless. He, too, had orders
from his king to go to Lassa; if he
faltered his life also was at stake
decapitation would await him on his
return. That was the impression he
purposely gave them. 1t curtailed
palaver. How in the name of all their
Duddhss were they to stop such a
man."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-03-25

At the close of the morning service
those members of the congregation
who fingered to exchange friendly
greetings were treated to nice exhi-
bition Of masculine patience, says the
New York Press. They saw man tie
a woman's veil. 1t took him just eight
minutes by the church clock to do it.
The woman had wrestled with the re-
fractory ends of the dotted gauze for
FIVE minutes before he undertook the
job.
Il can't do anything with the thing,
she finally said in disgust. 81 always
get il drawn too tight across the face.
II fiattens my nose. See what you can
do with it,"
"All right" said the man, and set to
work.
The lettering worshipers stopped
gossiping and watched the proceed
ings. 1t was a sight worth waiting for.