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The Ludden and Bates Club Plan of
piano selling was created for people who
really want a high-grade piano, yet lack
the ready money for its purchase. By
joining the club of one hundred now
forming, members can secure a really
genuine $400.00 New Scale Ludden and
Bates Piano at once. We send you the
piano as soon as your application is ac
cepted. You pay for it a little at a time
each month. It's like putting your
money in bank, only better you actu
ally save $113.00 on the price.
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PIANO
is a genuine $400.00 instrument if judged by the values of other pianos. It would cost
$400x0 too, only for our plan of making and selling one hundred pianos at a time, in
stead of a single piano like other dealers. The saving to you is $H3;-$287 instead of $400.
The TvUdden and Bates New Scale Piano is guaranteed for a life time. Has special
copper-wound and steel strings throughout. Full cabinet grand, balanced scale, as
perfect as skill can make it. Double repeating action, with light, even touch. Gen
uine ivory keys. Beautiful cases of fancy walnut, mahogany or oak, lined through
out with birds-eye maple. Tone full and rich, with that peculiar "singing" quality
found only in the highest grade of piano.
In case of the death of the head of the family we cancel the club contract and
make you an outright present of the unpaid balance. The piano then belongs to you
absolutely. This free life insurance has allowed the completion of many a musical
education, and is worth your consideration. It is practically an assurance that you
will not lose your piano through inability to pay dues.
Write us at once for an application blank and complete description of different
styles of finish. In this way you can make a selection that will delight "you. You
can leave the question of tone to us. We will see that you get a perfect instrument.
A well made, attractive stool, and a beautiful scarf go with each piano. Write for
full information of the club that is now forming. I
LUDDEN & BATES, Southern Music House, Dept Y, Savannah, Ga.
TheT. G. Wilson Fruit and Vegetable Canner.
Patented April 25, 1899.
Saves time, fuel and labor. .Needs neither cook
stove or furnace. Can be used within doors or
out under trees. A postal card will bring- you
circular and price-list. Address
The NAlh
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COCHRAN, GA.
Housewives of the Carolinas !
WHEN YOU ARK BUYING FLOUR,
BUY THE BEST. IT IS
HLLU1 TELL FLOUR
made from the best Ohio
wheat. It will m ke 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.
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All letters intended for this Department should be addressed to "Aunt Mary," care
of The Progressive Fanner y Raleigh N. C.
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I October
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It was on Saturday eve, in the gorgeous bright October,
Then when brackens are changed and heatherblooms are faded,
And amid russet of heather and fernj green trees are bonnie;
Alders are green, and oaks; the rdwan scarlet and yellow;
One great glory of broad gold piecesj appears the aspen,
And the jewels of gold that are hung in the hair of the birch tree,
Pendulous here and there, her coronet, necklace and earrings,
Cover her now o'er and o'er; she is weary and scatters them from her.
Si t Arthur Hugh Clough
What visionary tints the world puts on
When falling leaves falter through motionless air,
Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone.
How shimmer the low flats and pastures bear
As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills
The bowl between me and those distant hills,
And smiles and shakes abroad her 1 misty, tremulous hair.
I J James Russell Lowell.
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Aunt Mary's Letter.
I. -About Pigeons and Squabs.
I've just come in from watching
the pigeons. I'm afraid I spend too
much time in that particular pleas
ure, but after I have watched the
dear little birds for some time I al
ways feel better, more at peace with
the world, and gentleness creeps over
me involuntarily. j
We are very much interested - in
pigeons and squabs. We began in
a very simple way with only, three
pairs. From 'that original six, pur
chased three years ago, I really can
not say how many we have, how
many we have eaten, nor how many
have flown away. We do not keep
them at all properly, just kind of let
them keep themselves, and they have
certainly done so to our great en
joyment. Those of you who have
never eaten squab have a treat in
store. For deliciousness nothing sur
passes a broiled squab on toast.
We have recently added number
three to our dove-cotes. After sev
eral weeks of emptiness one couple
has taken possession, and though the
cote contains twenty-four compart
ments, this couple objects j to any
neighbors whatsoever, so I'm in a
quandary as to what to do with such
an unsociable couple. Last year., a
couple built a nest on a ledge of the
kitchen chimney, and through the
snow, rain, and sleet that little gray
mother afforded a most beautiful ex
ample of maternal instinct and care.
Often I would stand at my window
watching the faithful little : thing,
and in that exposed place the cour
ageous couple raised several pairs
of young pigeons in spite of the ele
ments, the father-bird attending to
his part of the partnership with due
diligence. I try not to let sentiment
creep in when the time comes! for the
"slaughter of the innocents,' but I
have one rule which I adhere to
strictly and that is that the pure
white pigeons must go unmolested.
I wonder if many of The Progres
sive Farmer boys keep pigeons. Why
not get a few and try them for ,a
while? Squabs are considered one
of the greatest delicacies on the
market, and so bring excellent prices.
We have had quite a number of calls
for them, both for breeding sand for
eating purposes; but we always eat
what we do not keep for breeding
purposes, so, of course, have none
for sale. Several people in and
around Raleigh are interested in
pigeon raising, keeping them irt their
back yards and lots under wire net
ting. Ours go free, flying when and
where they please. I have been ask
ed if the pigeons did not bother my
garden. I have never discovered
that they did, but of course I take
pare not to plant a garden directly,
as it were, under the pigeons' noses,
and as I have had no complaints
frpm my neighbors, I judge that all
isj right with them that their gar
dens are likewise unmolested.
j j II. Culinary Wrinkles.
I ; Here are some little culinary
gleanings I brought together and I
hope they will be found useful in
many households:
r Sugar when boiled with acid if but
fdr a few minutes will be converted
into glucose, and since one pound of
sugar has as much sweetening power
as two and a quarter pounds of glu
cose one pound of sugar stirred into
the fruit after it is cooked and while
warm, will make the fruit as sweet
as two and a quarter pounds added
while fruit is boiling.
The best kind of flour will hold
together in a mass when squeezed
by the hand and will show the im
pression of the fingers.
(Much time and trouble may be
saved when preparing apples for
cooking by quartering and coring
them before paring.
jStir thoroughly one egg into one
ppund of finely ground coffee, set in
wpm oven to dry, then put into
ccjffee can. This amount of egg will
settle the coffee sufficiently.
Cornstarch mixed . with salt will
prevent its absorbing dampness and
hardening in the saltcellars.
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j III. Kitchen Helps.
And here are some kitchen hints
w&ich I believe you will find worth
trying:
IBadly burned enamel-ware uten
sils will usually become quite clean
if I boiled in soda water a few min
utes. . ."'
j To polish tin-wae, rub with a,
damp cloth, then rub well with dry
flour; polish with crushed news
paper. j While ironing to prevent the
starch from sticking to the f irons,
stir one teaspoonful of kerosene and
a j handful of salt into the starch be
fore using it. This will give a fine
gjoss as well as prevent the starch
fom adhering to the irons.
I A 'box of powdered borax is a good
thing to have in the kitchen. A lit-
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