IMPORTANT
To Owners
Of Pianos.
Form a Stieff Tuning Club
Of from 6 to 30 piano
owners (according to dis
tance from Charlotte) and
have your piano tuned and re
paired by competent tuners.
OUR REPAIR SHOP
practically a small piano
factory is the most com
plete in the South. We do
all kinds of repairing, from
replacing iron plates, sound
boards, and actions to re-
varnishing and polishing
cases; also varnish and re
finish fine old furniture.
Prices low as consistent
with first class material and
workmanship.
Rather
Late Now
To send for our Catalogue, but If you
nave green corn, string Deans, tomatoes,
berries. amles. or anv kind of frnlt or
vegetable, that you could put up for next
winters use, you can't anora not to nave
one of our canners, and a few cans.
Just send your order witn amount enclosed
and we will ship out the eoods at the follow-1
ing prices. :
r No. 1 Canner and 100 No. 3 Cans, solder
and fluid all complete ... $8.00.
No. 1 Canner and 250 No. 3 Cans, solder
. and fluid all complete-- ?11.50.
No. 1 Canner and 500 No. 3 Cans, solder '
and fluid all complete... J17.00.
If No. 2 Canner Is wanted add $5.00, If Port
able uanner acta 7.50. win snip promptly
by either freight or express, and, give you
the pest your money will buy.
THE RflN&y GflNNER 60.,
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Do You Burn Kerosene ? JL fShrwnn
"Bing: Glass Cone
Lamp Burner." The
Glass Top does it.
They are great fit
common lamps.
Send your dealer's
name to day and 25c
for a Bingr, Size in o.
lor 2, postpaid. Bine
Burner Co., Dept. 50r
Minneapolis, Minn.
CHAS M. STIEFF
Southern Wareroom
5 W. Trade St.,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
C H. WILM0TH, Mgr.
Mathushek Pianos.
The most durable piano In the World.
Known In the South as the Damp Proof
piano. -
If your dealer does not carry it write us.
Gash "or Easo Payments.
Old Instruments taken in exchange.
Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co.,
NEW HAVEN, - CONNECTICUT.
WE WILL PAY TOU
To Solicit Subscriptions.
The Progressive Farmer will pay a lib
eral commission to reliable men and
women who wish to solicit subscriptions
among their neighbors and friends. For
particulars, address
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
Rmlelgh, N. G.
Housewives, of the Carolinas!
WHEN YOU ARB BUYING FEOUR,
BUY. THE BEST. IT IS '
ILFLOI
made from the best Ohio
wheat. It will make the
finest, most delicious hot ;
biscuits, elegant cakes and
finest pastry you ever had
in your home. For sale
everywhere. Ask for it.
. MADE BY
THE ANSTED & BURK CO.,
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.
All letters intended for this Department should be addressed to "Aunt ' Mary care
of 1 he Progressive farmer KaieigUi js. c.
Miss Debby.
Miss Debby's progress down the street
Is interrupted here and there; ;
She has a neighbor's child to greet,
A friend to speak to everywhere;
A babe to kiss, a horse to pat, i
A friendless dog to interview, ,
A sick man's door to linger at,
And call a cheery "how d'ye do?"
Miss Debby's plain, old-fashioned
gown
Hangs straight and silken to her
feet. , - . ji f
A brooch, with hair of youthful
brown, j ;
Lies where her bonnet ribbons
meet. !
I ; ii a
Her mits half hide a well-worn ring,
And I children coming home from
school
Know that she seldom fails to bring
Them comfits in her recticule.
! ' i' '
The parted bands of snowy hair
Frame fittingly her placid face.
Only aj smile can harbor where
Is written God's own gift of grace.
To cheer, to cherish, to caress,
.In gentle ways, as gentles should
These are the loving deeds that bless
Miss- Debby's sweet old maiden
hood. S. Decatur Smith, Jr., in American
. Magazine.
I wonder what most of us are
reading this summer. I hope noth
ing that is causing much thought or
very many wrinkles, for summer
time, good old. summer-time is for
enjoyment, and I do not believe any
of us really enjoys strenuously puz
zling and lashing our brains to un
derstand the intricate, not but that
some of us do it, bt then I rather
suspect that is duty. Let's have a
nice rest every afternoon with a
bright pleasant book to cheer us. T
:f-:':;
The booksthat I mentioned in my
article of June 13, may be purchased
at many of the large book-sellers in
the cities, and the department stores
carry particularly inexpensive books.
Those doing a mail order business
will gladly send you a catalogue j.nd
from it you can order a book any
time you. feel so disposed. . Do ., hot
forget though to add a proper
amount for postage: this amount is
usually from eight cents up accord
ing to the weight of the books order
ed ; amount to postage is, generally
mentioned in the catalogue sent. The
latest works usually retail at qne
dollar and fifty cents each - at the
book- stores', but they may be pur
chased generally at department stores
at one dollar and ejght cents each;
then as the novelty of the book wears
off the price drops and oftentimes the
most popular books of two or three
seasons . previous ; may be purchased
for as small a sum as forty-nine
cents. But in selecting these books
be careful what you chose. f
A very popular novel of last seas
on 1 suppose it was the most popu
lar one of the season was an ex-
J ceedingly strong book, containing les
sons of great import, but I'll venture
to say that not one young girl who
read it, saw the lessons. She saw only
the glamour and attractiveness of the
loose, luxuriant life "pictured. Many
of the novelists of to-day do not
hesitate to say that they do not write
for immature, minds, and a perusal
of one of their books "immediately
causes the reader to "acknowledge
such a statement. Much is written
now also that is sweet and lovely,
bright and witty, tender and pathet
ic; search, for that, read it, and I'll
vouch for your enjoyment of it.:
President - Roosevelt in a recent
speech says: "There is some light
reading quite as useful as heavy
reading, provided, of course, 1 that
you do not read in a spirit of. mere
vacuity. Aside from the great clas-
Aiint Mary's Letter.
sics, and thinking only of the many
healthy and stimulating books of the
day, it is easy to pick out many which
can really serve as tracts, because
they possess what many avowed
tracts land treatises do not, the prime
quality of being interesting. You
wil learn the root principles of self
help and helpfulness toward others
from i"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch,' just as much as from any
formal treatise on charity; you will
learn as much sound social and in
dustrial doctrine from Octave Tha
net's stories of farmers and wage
workers as from avowed sociological
anil economic studies; and I cordially
recommend the first chapter of 'Aunt
Jane of Kentucky' for use as a tract
in all families where the men folks
tend to selfish or thoughtless or over
bearing disregard of the rights of
their womenkind."
jrhe following list of books may be
hajd from the Bobbs-Merrill Company,
Indianapolis, Ind., for forty-nine
cehts each, postage eleven cents each.
These are books of recent date,
though not the latest publications,
all delightful reading for every mem
ber of the family : "Alice of Old Viri
cennes," "Bob, Son of Battle," "Cape
Cod Folks," "Caleb West," "The Call
of the Wild," "The Choir Invisible,"
"The Crisis," "Dri and I,": "David
Harum," "Eben Holden," "Gentleman
from! Indiana," "Honorable Peter
Sterling," "Letters from Self-Made
Merchant . to His Son," "Lazarre,"
"The Little Shepherd of "kingdom
Come," "Story of Untold Love," Sol
diers of Fortune," "To Have and to
Hold," 'Tales of Sherlock Holmes,"
"The Virginian," "Richard Carvel,"
"The Return of Sherlock Holmes."
Miller & Rhoads, of Richmond,
Va., who carry an advertisement in
The Progressive Farmer, have a large
department devoted to books and sta
tionery. You will, in all probability,
be able to get what you want In this
line ufrom them, and as cheaply as
you will from any department store
further north or further west. It
gives me pleasure to call attention
to "this splendid store, excellent in
ever jf department. The Baptist Book
Storfy in Raleigh, carries a l line of .
inexpensive books, . as well as more
expensive ones, and a card written
to them, will meet with ready re
sponse. ' AUNT MARY.
i The, safeguards of democracy are
education and public discussion. Our
country Is safe so long as our "schools
are full. Gov. Charles E. Hughes.