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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
A LITTLE LETTER TO THE SAMPLE COPY
READER
READER.

Ny dear Sir: This number of The Progressive
Farmer and Cotton Plant has come to you marked
Sample Copy" That means that you are
of a number of wide-awake farmers and truck
ers in the Carolinas and Virginia who ought to
read The Progressive Farmer, but don't.
And this copy is sent you solely to give you
the opportunity to reform.
It's not fashionable nor profitable to try to farm
here without The Progressive Farmer.
And it's not fashionable because it doesn't pay
Every week the most successful and enterpris-
ing farmers and truckers of territory write
our paper of methods and ideas which help them
make money-and which will help you make
money.
There are some papers you can't afford to take,
and there are some you can't afford not to take
The Progressive Farmer is one you can't afford
not to take.
1t is not an. expenditure, but an investment. and
pays for itself every issue.
'EMost money pays only per cent year." says
Mr. Ashley Horne, "but the money l pay for The
Progressive Farmer pays me 6 per cent week..
'The Progressive Farmer" says Mr.. J. M.
Paris, "has given me 800 profit in improved land
crops and stock for every 81 l have paid for it"
But there's no use to argue Here's the paper
let it speak for itself. We know you are going
to subscribe, because we are going to get every
wide-awake farmer in North Carolina and adjoin-
ing States before we quit.
But what we want is to get you our list at
once, and in order to induce you to do this we are
making a remarkable offer:
The Progressive Farmer every week from now
till January l. 1906 for only SO cents
This is a special cut price open only to those
not now subscribers-no profit in it for us-and
made only to insure 1000 readers before
June
We count on you as one of the lucky thousand
And the quicker you respond, the more you get
for you3 money.
Order to-day
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
Tov in Ones Work.

1t may be proved with much certainty that
God intends no man to live in this world without
working; but it seems to me no less evident that
He intends every man to be happy in his work.
1t is written, "In the sweat of thy brow" but it
was never written-"In the breaking of thine
heart'-"thou shalt eat bread" I find that no
small misery is caused by over-worked and un-
happy people, in the dark views which they neces-
sariiy take up themselves and force upon others
of work itself. I believe the fact of their be-
ing unhappy is in itself violation of divine law
and sign of some kind of folly or sin in their
way of life: Now in order that people may be
happy in their work, these three things are need
ed: They must be fit for it; they must not DO
too much of it; and they must have sense OF
success in it.-Ruskin.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25

The bane of strawberry growing is the weevil,
and reports indicate that the pest is worse than
ever this year. Prof Franklin Sherman, State
Entomologist, has written for The Progressive
Farmer very, exhaustive article the insect and
the best methods of combating it, and this will
appear in next weeks Progressive Farmer It
is an article 10 berry grower afford to miss,
and we regret that it reached us too late to ap
pear in this Special Trucking Edition.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

The wise workman will not regret the poverty
or the solitude which brought out his working
talent The youth is pleased with the fine air
and accomplishments of the children of fortune.
But all great men come out of the middle classes
'Tis better for the head tits better for the heart
"The so-called high born," MARQUIS Aurelius
quotes from Fronto care for the most part heart
less' whilst nothing is so indicative of true cul-
ture as the tender consideration of the ignorant
From Emerson's considerations by the Way"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
MEN PROGRESSIVE FARMER READERS
OUGHT TO KNOW.

III.-Horticulturist Fl. Harold Hume, of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture.
1t is an undisputed fact that North Carolina
has one of the best supported and most efficient
Departments of Agriculture in the Union-and
it is getting better all the time. 1t is probably
not too much to say that its usefulness has been
doubled in the last five years. New departments
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
NAV IS PROGRESSIVE FARMER MONTH.

Onr Alliance brethren will remember that Pro
,ossive Farmer month changed from Jan
nary TO May We hope that every member of the
Order will bestir himself in behalf of the State
organ during this period Our 5O-cent offer
ought to be pushed, and every Allianceman should
sond club under it's terms.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25

find it worth while to keep constantly in touch
with his Office
Personally, Prof Hume is a most likable man.
The photograph reproduced herewith was taken
several years ago, since which time he has added
some gravity and lost some hair.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-14

Congressman Conner and family pass
ed through Rockwell City Wednesday
evening of last week on their way to
Washington for the opening of con
gress. Judge Conner felt very hope
full of the passage of a railway bill
along the . line of the presidents rec
concentration. He said the greatest
danger lay in the probable effort to
load the bill down in the senate with
M ndmsnt that would destroy its
effectiveness, but this he thought could
be met by watchfulness on the part of
the friends of the measure. He did
not think there was much of prospect
for tariff revision this season, as the
prosperity Of the times seemed to have
set the farmers especially, and a great
many business men also, against agi-
tation of the question; though he
thought there were some more sched-
ules that might be modified to advan-
tage, if it were possible to do so with
out taking up the whole question. He
considered the question of supervision
the great insurance companies one of
the most important to be brought be-
fore congress and favors some legis-
lation along that line. Judge Conner
is a growing man in congress and adds
to his active participation in legisla-
ton careful attention to all the
matters that pertain to the affairs of
his constituents and his district. :
Rockwell City Advocate.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-14

Lerida, the famous Pecheron Stall
lion owned by G. A. Saunders, died
of collie this morning. He was % years
old. He has more descendants than
any other stallion ever brought into
these parts.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-14

The Rockwell City Canning com
pany during the past week has been
paying the farmers for the sweet corn
sold to the factory the past season the
total amount being about $1,000 1000. =
Calhoun County Republican.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-14

The Illinois Central's new train
schedule from the Missouri river to
Chicago is the topic of conversation
among railroad men who consider it
the most remarkable schedule UNDER
taken by western road. The time
from Omaha and Sioux City to Chica-
go is thirteen hours and thirty min
utes, or an average of one minute and
sixteen seconds for mile of the dis
lance. The train takes on additional
cars at Ft. Dodge, Waterloo, Dubuque
and Freeport. Portions of the sched-
ule requires speed of a mile in fer
ty-seven seconds, and this speed was
attained and held for several miles at
time on the initial trip of the train,
most of the fast time being made be-
tween Fit. Dodge and Dubuque. The
schedule, counting out stops, is the
fastest of any train operated in Iowa.
There are five stops between Omaha
and Fit. Dodge and six additional stops
between Fit. Dodge and Chicago. CAL
houn County Republican.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-14
THE seth CONGRESS.

The 59th congress met Monday noon
for its first regular session. The re-
publican majority in each branch is
nearly two thirds, and the opposition
is apparently without platform pur-
pose. Speaker Cannon was reelected
by party vote over John Sharp Will
liams of Mississippi, and the mem
bers of the house had their biennial
lottery for choice. Of seats. The Pres
ident's message was received and read
on Tuesday, and has since been pub
lished and widely read throuhout the
country. A general review is not
practicable in this issue; but the mes
sage is unexpectedly moderated in
tone: and as result many conserva
tive statesmen who have been counted
as not favorable to the President S
program will have little difficulty in
supporting it; so far as it is clearly
defined, while many radical gentlemen
who have been assuming to speak for
the President will, as on some previous
occasions, have to wait until the Pres
dents latest utterance is no longef
fresh in the public mind before renew
ing their claim that their particular
SORT of radicalsm is the only thing
that is purely Rooseveltian. The fact
is that Mr.. Roosevelt has always been
a Republican and plainly desires to
maintain relations with the Republican
party; and at the present moment it
is his evident purpose to work in har-
mony with the Republican party as
represented in congress. The recon-
mendations he makes will probably
get as favorable attention as Presiden-
tial recommendations ever do get: and
the tone of the message and the ex-
pre- S sions of senators and congressman
indicate that the matters in which the
country is most interested are going to
be satisfactorily disposed of. There
will be railway legislation calculated
to promote justice without causing
commercial confusion; there will be
the necessary appropriation for con-
tinuing for the present the work on
the Panama canal; the PHILIPPINES will
be accorded better terms in the home
market; and Oklahoma, and robab y
New Mexico also, Arizona included,
be admitted to the Union. There is
every prospect for an active session of
congress with all of the usual grist of
useful legislation. Nevada Represen-
tative.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-14

Mrs. Hans Sleek was very i'll the
past week, fears of a fatal termina-
ton having been at one time enter
tanned, but at present we are pleased
to report her upon the mend.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-14

Editors of country papers have been
surprised lately at receiving from some
source proposition to furnish them
supplements of good reading matter
free of charge, they only agree to run
a supplement as part of their papers.
A few accept the offer. The first sup
plement contained hidden in the read
ing matter an attack on the parcels
post, which the express companies are
fighting with might and main. The
second contains yelled attack on
President Roosevelt's railroad policy.
-Hawarden, Iowa, Chronicle.
But few of the Nebraska editors
were chumps enough to bite on these
hand-me-down Magazine Supple
ment. Bancroft, Neb., News Ute
Independent.
Miss Amelia Claussen, daughter Of
our former townsman, now of Andov-
er, S. D. was married, Thursday Nov.
23rd at S. P. M. in Omaha, to Henry
Schacht Of Conception, Mo-, where he
is in the coal and hardware business
His father was at one time vel
known resident of Aspinwall. The
young couple left at once for thei,
home in Missouri.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08
Braga Hall
The Finest a and Largest Stage
in the City.
To Let for Balls and Entertainments
Apply S. M. Jacobson, Scheuer Building
SEEING NIAGARA

Some day you + going to see
Niagara Falls. 1t is a duty you owe
to yourself and soone or later you
will make the trip. When you do,
you will do well to remember that
The Michigan Central is THE Nj
agara Falls Route" No other road
makes such provision for its passen-
gers who wish to view the worlds
wonder. All trains IN this line via
Niagara stop at Falls View station
to give travellers q perfect view of
the mighty waters, and stop-overs
are freely granted to those who wish
to make a more extended stay. For
full information concerning rates,
routes and connections address j.
w. DAILY, Chief Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agt.
Buffalo, N. Y. 1t pays to go via The
Michigan Central.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08

The New Jersey Central has on sale at
all principal stations winter tourist tie
kets to California. Mexico. Texas points.
Colorado. New Orleans, Florida and all
other winter resorts at the lowest rates.
Tickets to California, Colorado and Mex
lea are good going via one route and re-
turning via another. These tickets are
good for stop-offs at most of the principal
places of interest en- route. They may be
used going via Niagara Falls, Chicago or
st. Louis and any route west thereof, or
via Washington, Chicago or st. Louis,
one route may be used going and the
other returning. All arrangement made
in advance. such as sleeping car reserva-
IONS, making up of intinerary and letters
of introduction given rates will be quot
ed on application. Beginning, February
feet to California. For further particu-
lars write l. f.. Whytc. District Passeng-
or Agent, Asbury Park, n. j.
14404-I2-S-1t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08
The Story Of vinoI
BY c. A. Sexton, of Perth Amboy.

Our experience with medicines
extend v many years. We have
had ample opportunity to watch
thousands of them and their results,
and we can honestly say that we've
never sold a medicine in u store
that gives more universal s~atisfac-
ton than does Vinol.
This is because Vinol possesses in
trinsic merit. and we want everybody
in Perth Amboy to know more about
it, and why we stand behind it.
For centuries cod liver oil has
been recognized as the grandest of all
bodybuilding agents for wasted hui
man strength and vitality-yet on ac-
count of the disagreeable odor, taste
and heavy ~indigestible oil which en-
velopes its curative elements, it in
variably clogs the system, upsets the
stomach and its virtue lost.
Now modern science has proved
that the oil or greasy part has no
value, either as a food or medicine,
and the medicinal elements of which
there are about fifty different kinds
IN JHe coz s 1Ver represent oil the
tonic, bodybuilding and curative
powers of this famous old remedy.
After twenty years of study two
eminent French chemists discovered
a way to separate all these medicinal
elements from the oil and livers and
give to modern medicine all the valu-
able curatives of the Gods liver with
out a drop of the useless oil, and thus
made Vinol.
vinol, therefore, is guaranteed to
contain in a highly concentrated
form all of these medicinal curative
and bodybuilding elements actually
taken from fresh Gods livers, with
out oil, and for this reason 1t is fast
superseding old fashioned cod liver
oil and emissions.
AS a body-builder and strength
creator for old people, weak womens
puny children. for the anaemic and
after sickness. and for all pulmonary
troubles we honestly believe It has
no equal" g. A. Sexton; Druggist.
.A Mo M.HE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08
EVENING NEWS has branch Of
fees.

The Adirondacks i'll September
are we'll worth a visit if only to
breathe the exhilarating atmosphere
and see the glory of the autumn col
oring. Reduced rates at hotels.
The superior train service Of the
Delaware and Hudson Railroad will
be continued the same as during the
summer. Through parlor and sleep
ing a from New York to Lake
Placid and intermediate stations.
Tickets and information at New
York offices, 81 Cortlandt street and
1854 Broadway.
1929 9--15-tI.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08
CALeNDAR OF LOCAL E1 ENTs.

~ IAN VT AOAtGAA u V AA1S -
Dec. 11-Teachers' course, Frank
Dixon.
Dec. IS, IA, 15-Fair Simpson M. E.
church.
Dec. 13-Masquerade ball, Woman's
Relief Corps, Wilder Hall.
Dec. 15-Ball and reception Marion
A. c., Braga Hall.
Dec. 1S-24-Chas. K. Champlin Stock
Company, Wilder Hall.
Dec. 26-Xmas tree and ball, Danish
Brotherhood, Washington
Hall.
Dec. 12-Musical recital, Miss. Clara
e. harrington, Braga Hall.
Dec. 10, IA, 15-Fair Ladies Auxil-
larry, Simpson NJ. e. church.
Dec. 13-Masquerade ball, Women's
Relief Corps, Wilder Hall.
Dec. 20-Leon & Roessler Christmas
Tree, Washington Hall.
Dec. 27-Danish M. E. Sunday
school Christmas tree fes-
tival.
Jan. Annual Ball, Cabin Ambov,
Woodchoppers, Wilder Hall.
Jan. Ball, Court Perth Amboy
No. 3,043, l. o. F., Braga
Hall.
Jan. 25--Masquerade ball, Vergnue-
gungs CLUB, Washington
Hall.
Jan. ,26-Annual Assembly, Raritan
Yacht Club, Wilder Hall.
Feb. 16-Masquerade, Dana Relief
Washington Hall.
Feb. 12-Masquerade ball, Danish
Brotherhood, Washing t o n
hall.
Feb. 22-Annual Braga masque ball,
Braga Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08

tal pChtCi lOI q lew
cents. Next get a bit of fine white linen.
some embroidery silks and a length of
narrow ribbon. The stand, as shown in
the figure, has a wreath of flowers
worked around each side. The design
is embroidered uponthe piece of linen
destined to be the face of the stand.
There should be a duplicate piece of
linen to V the back, and each piece
should be cut one inch larger all around
than the boards.
Stretch over each board one layer of
white cotton wadding. and owe that the
linen squares. Pull the linen tight ami
smooth and sew it fast in place by TAX
ing long stitches from side to side on
the under side of the board. Paste over
the back of each under side a square of
plain white linen. the edge of which
you have turned. Then sew to the top
of each, one at either end and one in the
center, two strips of bright-colored
satin. Tie the opposite ribbons together
in three pretty bows and make fast with
q stitch in the center of each.
Three inches below the upper edge
of each side sew fast a two-inch ribbon
strap, which will keep the boards from
parting. Screw a brass hook into the
center of the board top of the embroid-
cred side to hang the watch upon, and
then the pretty watehstand is com
pleted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08
. LITTLE GIRL CAN MAKE.
A Pretty and Convenient Watch
Case from Some Bits of Linen En-
bribery Silks and Ribbons.

Here is a dainty Christmas gift that
any girl who is at all handy with needle,
paste and scissors may easily fashion:
A watchstand makes a splendid pres
ent, as it is very unique and will be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08

really useful, filing
a long-felt want.
To make it you will
require, first of all,
two thin beveled
b o a d s several
inches square. You
can procure them
from the nearest
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08

back board are nailed to the edges of the
side boards with long slim steel wire
nails, and a bottom board is cut and fit
ted to the lower end of the box, where
it is securely held with more of the long
slim nails.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08
Digests What You Eat
AN UMBRELLA STAND,
This Is a Very simply-Made Affair
of White Wood OF of Pine
Boards.

A substantial umbrella stand is shown
in the illustration and in construction
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-08

it is very simple,
being made from
white wood or pine
boards th%ree-quar-
tiers of an inch in
thickness.
Two boards are
cut 80 inches long
and ten inches
wide for the front
and back. inc for
the sides two more
boards are cut 30
inches long and
eight inches wide.
mn
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-03-03
"A National Error.

Our cities are growing so rapidly
that only about one-half of our popula-
ton are now living in the country. DIR.
Gould. speaking of the wrong of shut
ting men and women up in houses and
forcing them into sedentary occupa-
tons, says: There is enough land and
opportunity. II both were allowed and
utilized, to give every human being q
livelihood that will permit life OF q
normal length" He adds that with
proper hygienic living. especially in
youth, and with right lung expansion
and development, no person should
have tuberculosis.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-03-03
Secret of Yankee Success

impossible that he could ever make
money as builder. In conclusion he
would have quoted you that falsest of
all false proverbs, "A rolling stone
gathers no moss"
say false" only in the English
application of the ancient proverb.
For otherwise it is an up-to-date motto
enough. The rolling stone of to-day
remains polished and fit for business.
The stationary stone is liable to ac-
cumulate such a quantity of moss that
it is only fit for cushion-to be sat
on by all and sundry.
There is in America to-day an exem.
plification of the principle Of the year
in a newspaper proprietor with some
$4,000 year to his credit Until
he was over so years of age he was a
farmer and not very efficient farmer
at that. Then he started his paper
and away he went on the road to sue
cess. How many of our farmers could
change their trade after 5O?-Londor
Express.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-03-03
Cheer-Mongers in Dema nd

There is a new occupation opened
up to women. but one to which few
have come even though the rewards
are all that one could wish. Certainly
there is need of "cheer-mongers," but
i am afraid that the profession will
never be overcrowded. because l
know that cheerful women are none
too numerous. That is why they are
so much needed, says the Philadelphia
Bulletin. ~
A "cheer-monger" is just what the
name says, one who carries cheer into
every home she enters. She cures
morbidness by her stock of merry
tales, her cheerful bit of gossip con-
corning the world and her breezy
manner that suggests wholesomeness
and pleasant thoughts and acts. Doc
tors say that a great part of the
worlds melancholy can be traced to
solitude and the lack OF companion
ship. They also say that the tone Of
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-03-03

In that place called Monte Carlo
every time the wheel turns and the
ball rolls into its place 1t marks
fresh condition of the game, an abso-
lutely new chance which has nothing
whatever to do with anything that has
gone before or is to appear in the fu-
ture. Each spin is the year of the
bank Therefore the bank wins.
America has appreciated the year
1, and that fact has not been uncon-
nected with Yankee success. You
will find that a man loses money as
a farmer, a mechanic, book canvas
ser, and suddenly rises to wealth as a
builder. The peg has found the hole
at last.
An Englishman, unappreciative OF
the year /, would have been chained
to failure by the precedent of CEN
turtles. He would have argued that
he had always been. a farmer. that
his father was a farmer and his uncle
a dairyman. Therefore it was plainly
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-03-03
Rain Better than Oratory

and influential old farmer. The farm
er was persuaded to attend the meet
ing where the orator spoke, and at
the meetings. end mutual friend was
sent to the old man to get his opinion
of the campaigns speech that he had
heard.
'The farmer spoke Of the speech In
a very noncommiual way. 1t was hard
to get him either to praise 1t or con-
denim IT, Finally, the mutual friend
said: .. -
Really, now, that wash good three
hours speech. a beneficial speech,
wasn't IL? Don't you think II helped
the county?' ~ 10 y
oval. maybe dragled the old
farmer, but l think three hours
rain would have donelhs a deal more
good"