Tuesday, August S, 1905.
14
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT. ,
AN AXE THAT WON'T FLY OFF I QUR YOUNG PEOPLE
A Simple Invention That Locks the
Axe Head to the Handle and rre
vents Accidents.
(Advertisement.)
An ordinary axe has a marked
tendency to "fly off the handle.
Sometimes the wood shrinks because
the weather is dry, the wedge works
loose and off comes the axe. Then,
arret in in at- r.lain. ordinary hard
.& J Mr - a
work often causes the head to fly
off. Whatever the cause, it always
means loss of time, serious incon
venience and often a dangerous acci
dent. A wedge that positively and ab
solutely prevents the head of an axe,
hatchet or hammer from flying off
has been invented, and is known as
the Greliner Patent Everlasting
Wedge. It is a simple device, and,
like many other important inventions,
one looking at it is led to exclaim:
"Why didn't I think of it."
This wonderful wedge only comes
with the Iveen Kutter brand of
handled axes and hatchets. When
you consider this great advantage, to
gether with the fact that the most
perfectly tempered steel only is usea
in Keen Kutter tools, you will see
how superior this brand is to other
makes.
The Keen Kutter name covers a
complete line of tools, so that it is
possible to have the protection and
guarantee this famous brand affords,
no matter what tool you want.
For thirty-siv years Keen Kutter
tools have been made with the
thought always in mind that "The
recollection of quality remains long
after the price is forgotten." No
wonder they were awarded the Grand
Price at the St. Louis Exposition,
the only grand prize ever awarded a
nnirmlete line of tools.
Some of the kinds of Keen Kutter
tools are: Axes, Adzes, Hammers,
Hatchets, Chisels, Screw Drivers, Au
ger Bits, Files, Planes, Draw Knives,
' Grass Hooks, Brush Hooks, Corn
Knives, Eye Hoes, Trowels, Pruning
Shears, Tinners' Snips, Scissors,
Shears, Hair Clippers, Horse Shears,
Kazors, etc., and Knives of all kinds.
If your dealer does not keep Keen
Kutter tools, write to the Simmons
Hardware Company, St. Louis, or
29S Broadway, New York, and they
will see that you are supplied.
L O G
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Go ct Ions Favorable to the
Location of Farmers.
The farmer who is not satisfied with
the prices he is obtaining for his pro
ducts; who desires an agreeable change
of climate, or who is anxious to obtain
a home at low cost, should buy a farm
in the vicinity of some busy manufactur
ing center of the South, where farming
products are the highest, the prices of
land the lowest, and climate and sur
roundings the most agreeable.
For printed matter giving
f nil particulars, write : : :
7. V. RICHARDS,
Land and Industrial Agent
Southern Railway, Wash
ington, D. C. : : : : U
Point Well Taken.
a nnrf,;,v "NT aw Vnrk iudsre has a
little niece of whom he is very proud.
A few days ago she came to him
onrl eml with a very serious air:
"Uncle, there is a question about
law I want to ask you.
"Well, dear, what is it ?" patiently
I'nninrPil tlf inflerfi.
"Uncle, if a man- had a peacock,
and it went into another man's yard
and laid an egg, to whom would the
The judge smiled indulgently and
replied:
"WW tho ptnr would belong to the
man who owned the peacock, but he
could be prosecuted for trespassing
if he went onto the other's property
tr trot it : "
Tlif hilil seemed very much inter
ested in the explanation and then
rwVcArvpl innooentlv:
"Uncle, did vou never think that
a peacockcouldift lay an egg
Catching Soft Clams.
As we walk along the shore al low
tirln nn th lookout for seaweeds or
interesting animals, little jets ot sea
wntpr will bft seen snurting up from
VmlpR in thft sand. Let us dir rapidly
down under one of these tiny open
ings and we will catchthe spurter,
the common soft clam ; but if we are
not quick enough he will burrow so
rapidly as to disappear entirely and
d ft last SDOut of water into
our faces, as if in defiance. Place
the shell in a glass of sea-water, ana
whpn the clam trains confidence he
will extend from his shell the long
tube-like siphon, and the two open
ings in the end of it, with their
frlnn-Pfl borders, will be seen.
Now take a compound microscope
r n mncrnifvinir crlass and watch the
water above the siphon. You will
see that -it is moving. With the
minute life forms it contains, the
wntop ewpfiiis-in swirling currents to
VVMfVA f v - '
ward nne orifice of the tube and
plunges suddenly down it; then, after
nnssiiif? over the gills and body of
the clam and giving out nourishment,
the water is expelled through tne otn
Pr tuhfv nnd we see it rising slowly
frnm thft onenimr. If. however, the
clam takes a fancy to contract his
shell and so hasten this motion, we
r;i1 cp n little fountain shoot up
and sprinkle the surroundings, just
as they were observed to no on tne
shore. From Nature and Science,
in August St. Nicholas.
A Chance for Grit, Anyhow.
"T f?o a erreat deal on family," re
marked the Ward McAllister of the
community. "I tell you there's lots
in blood; family counts for every
thing."
Ah ! does it ?
Abraham Lincoln's father was so
poor that the negroes called him
"po' white trash," and Abe himselt
was born in a loer hut with cracks
in the wall so wide that you could
throw a dog through them, and his
rn other's name was Nancy Hanks.
The father of John Adams ran a
corner grocery. John Quincy Adams,
however, had "family" back of him,
for his father, John, had been Presi
dent of the United States.
James K. Polk grubbed roots on a
new farm in North Carolina until he
got too strong to work for his father,
then he managed to secure a job in
a country store.
Andrew Johnson married "family'
for his wife knew enough to teach
him how to read.
John Keats was the son of a
hostler and was born- in a livery
stable.
Pare Ben Johnson laid brick while
he was learning Latin.
Charles J. "Bonaparte is a "family"
man, but Napoleon Bonaparte once
remarked : I am my own ancestors.
Tlirl vnn pver haDDen to hear who
wa tiiA -father of Homer, or of
Shakespeare, or of Gladstoneor of
Socrates, or of Walt Whitmans-
Portland Oreg-onian.
Cicadas Not Locusts.
Tht oiVnrla is often incorrectly
called "locust" a term which should
be applied only to grasshoppers. Ine
i 1 ! 1 w r inrf in
cicaua is a pecunaxi.y imwcoim6
sect in that it has the longest lile-
rpriofl of anv known insect, borne
kinds live even seventeen years, and
are known as the seventeen-year ci
cada. From Nature and bcience, in
August St. Nicholas.
On Grandpa's Farm.
(See" Mrs. Ransier's letter on next
Oh, don't you know the fun on grand-
ra's farm! ' ,
For grandpa says : "Let 'em ; it ain't
110 harm : -
An' Cousin Bob leads us, and cries:
"TTpr sroes!"
An' mamma she just says: "Such
clothes !"
We've a Crusoe's island an' a rob
ber's cave.
An' a Tower of London, an' don't
vou know.
When one of us wants to let on he's
hrave.
He crawls under the saw-mill, scared
and slow?
Oh, you doii't know half the fun out
there I
For grandpa he -never tells us:
kTake care!"
An' Cousin Bob laughs, and says to
"carouse.
An' mamma, you see, is off in the
house.
We fish in the brooks, and play in the
sands.
An' try to catch tadpoles -out of the
snriners :
We hide in the bushes like Injun
bands.
An' fight with the hornets, and get
their stings.
Oh, there's plenty of fun on grand-
Da's nlace
For grandpa he says: "Now, scoot
on a race I
An' Cousin Bob grins an' says:
"There she blows "
An' mamma she only just says:
"Such clothes!77
Our Little Folks' Magazine.
Wood's Seeds.
SEFDS INOCULATED
WITH NITROGEN BACTERIA CULTURES
Ready For Sowing,
The Most Valuable Agricultural
Development of The Age.
We are prepared to furnish in
oculated seeds of
Crimson Clover,
Alfalfa or Lucerne,
Hairy or Winter Vetches,
Red and Mammoth Clover,
White and Alsike Clover,
and other leguminous crops.
Seeds inoculated with the proper
bacteria under the direction of an
experienced agricultural chemist.
Write for special Seed Inocula
tion Circular, giving full informa
tion about this most valuable dis
covery. Mailed on request.
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen,
RICHMOND, - ylRGINIA.
Wood's Descriptive Fall Catalogue
Issued In August, tells about all Farm
and Garden Seeds for Fall Plant-
ins, -uiaiieu iree on request. .
Is the same good, old-fashioned
medicine that has saved
the lives of little children for
the past 60 years. It is a med
icine made to cure. It tm
Mver been known to falL If
Soar child Is sick get bot
of
FREY'S VERHIFUGE
A FINE TOfJIC FOR CHILDREN
Do not take a substitute. If
your druggist does not keep
It, send twenty-five cents in
stamps to
Baltimore, Md.
ar4 a bottle will be mailed you
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Monuments
AND
Iron Fence.
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LOW RATES VIA SEABOARD.
The Seaboard announces commenc
ing June 1st thev will sell round trip
Summer Excursion Tickets to all
summer resorts in this territorv.
Tickets will be sold daily up to Sep
tember 30th, and bear final return
limit of October 31st.
Following are rates to principal
points:
From Raleigh ,N .C, to
Old Point, Va $
Ocean View, Va s?
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
w;i,;n "r n
Southern Pines, N. C
Pittsboro, N. C
Lincolnton, 1ST. C "n
Shelby, N. C JjJ
Blowing Rock, N. C
Hendersonville, N. C
Virginia Beach, Va j.
Washington, D. C
New York, K. C JJg-
Providence, Mass
Washington, N. C -5
Rutherf ordton, N. C X$
Littleton, N. G 05
Cross Hill, S. C.
Jackson Springs, K. C. ()
Lenoir, N. O.
, ,.tj nil
Tickets are also sold to iy- -the
C. and O. via Richmond. th e
and W. via Petersburg, a?111 lin,
resorts in Western 2 orth tar
on the Southern Railway, po
the G. and N. W., C ad -
between Chattanooga ami t0
For further information, ap
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Raleigti.
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Raleigh,
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good for all crops. B.
ton, N. C.
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