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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
LOST HIS NERVE

The burglar was not a bad looking
man, although his business had a bad
look.
He stood by the door Of a sleeping
room and peered in.
A faint light was burning and he
could hear the measured breathing OF
some n asleep.
No one was in the room save a sleep
ing woman.
In an instant a cloth saturated with
ether was thrown over her face, and he
waited one, two, three-ten minutes,
and the stentorian breathing of the
sleeper told him the drug was doing
it's work.
With a dexterous hand he seized the
jewelry and money lying on the dress
ing,case, and began a quick search in
the drawers of the case.
"Oooo!" came a voice from the
shadows Of the room.
Quick as a flash the burglar clutched
his silent knife and turned to meet his
victim.
No n was visible.
800 oo" came the voice again and
the burglar saw a child in it's crib by
the foot of the bed.
1t was a pretty baby, sleepily hold
ing up its hands to him.
He let his knife fall to his side, and
stepping over to the crib, touched the
child.
1t cooed to him softly and held up it's
arms for him to take it.
The impulse was beyond his control,
and he lifted the baby to his bosom,
and it nestled its soft white cheek
down to his and put its white arm
around his neck.
He purred to it, and in a moment its
curly head was laid against his face
and it was asleep again.
Never seen a kid like that" he
whispered to himself. "Most of UNI
is afraid of strangers" and tenderly
he laid it in the crib.
Then he went back to the dressing
case.
He stood still a moment, and then
looked furtively over his shoulder
toward the crib.
The sleeping face OF the child was
turned toward him.
Slowly he replaced in the case all he
had taken from it, hastily snatched
from the woman's face the saturated
cloth, opened a window near the bed,
and quietly slipped down stairs.
Once on the street he looked up at
the house hungrily.
Dang tH' he growled, "a man that
amt got no more gizzard than I have
ought to git out of the business"
And he disappeared in the shadows
of the night.-Erchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
THE FUTURE OF OUR FICTION.
A Tribute to the South from Hamlin Gar
land, in the April Arena.

A Tribute to the South from Hamlin Gar
land, in the April Arena.
The April Arena contains a forcible
paper by Hamlin Garland, the brilliant
Western novelist, on "The Future of
Fiction" which contains the following
graceful tribute to the South
"The local novel seems to be the
heirapparent to the kingdom of poesy.
1t is already the most promising of all
literary attempts today; certainly it
is the most sincere. It seems but be-
ginning its work. 1t is 'hopelessly
contemporaneous'; that is its strength.
1t is Cat its best) unaffected, natural,
emotional. It is sure to become all
powerful. 1t will redeem American
literature, as it has already redeemed
the South from it's conventional and
highly wrought romanticism.
The fiction of the South has risen
from the dead. It is now in the spring
season of shooting wildling plants and
timorous blades of sown grains. It's
future is assured. It's soil is fortified
with the blood of true men. It's women
are the repositories of great, vital,
sincere, emotional experiences which
willinevitably appear in their children,
and at last in art, and especially in
fiction. The Southern people are in
the midst of a battle more momentous
than the rebellion, because it is the
result Of the rebellion; that is, the
battle of entrenched privilege against
the swiftly spreading democratic idea
of equality before the law and in the
face Of nature,
They have a terrible, nightly dra-
matte race problem on their hands.
The South is the meeting place of
winds. It is the seat of swift and
almost incalculable change; and this
change, this battle, this strife of in
visible powers, is about to enter their
fiction; the negro has entered it. He
has brought a musical speech to his
masters, and to the new fiction. He
has brought a strange and pleading
song into music. The finest writer's of
the New South already find him a
never failing source of interest. He is
not, Of course, the only subject of
Southern fiction, MOI even the prin-
cipal figure; but he is a necessary part,
and a most Accordingly interesting
part. The future of fiction in the
South will also depict the unrecon-
structed rebel unreservedly, and the
race problem without hate or contempt
anger, for the highest art will be
the most catholic in it's sympathy. 1t
will delineate vast contending forces,
ard it will be a great literature"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
1T WAS A T BITE.

Look OUT" yelled a voice at the
door of a wholesale fruit dealers,
'thore's a tarantula crawling out of
that bunch of bananasw and there was
a wild stampede for the street.
els the bite of a tarantula deadly?"
asked one of the crowd as they hur-
ried on.
"Well," began the brown-faced
young civil engineer, when I was in
Mexico doing topography for the
Northern, we had a half breed cook
with our outfit"
They all pushed closer to listen.
cat Quantreras he went off on a ter
rible weeks spree, and on Saturday
night came staggering back to camp
too drunk to see. Just back of the
camp he tripped over a lariat, fell, and
couldn't get up again; so he lay there
in the sand all night. Toward morn
ing we were Weakened by a frightful
scream, and, rushing out, we found
that a ~tarantula had crawled across
the poems face. When its hairy claws
touched his mouth he tried to- blow it
away with a puff of breath, but before
it was dislodged it had bitten him
twice on the lip.
The crowd had stopped at the cross
ing.
eve caught the f1endish thing in a
tin cup, and carried the unfortunate
cook into the hospital tent, where
everything was done for him that hui
man power could do"
The crowd was turning a little pale.
"But after lingering for two days in
terrible agony"
Some one gulped ~unsteadily.
"The tarantula died of delirium ire
mems, and the cook got well"-Hr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
HOUSEHOLD.
BAKED BANANAS.

$3.50
Strip a narrow piece lengthwise
from one edge of the bananas and
bake one-half hour in amoderate oven.
AS soon as they are taken from oven,
pour a very little lemon juice over
them, sprinkle with powdered sugar
and serve.
COFFEE JELLY.
Soak a box of gelatine in half a pint
of cold water for two hours. Pour
over it at the end of that time II pints
Of boiling water. When it is dissolved
add one pint of sugar and a pint of
strong coffee. Strain, turn into molds
and set away to harden.
RE HOMINY.
Have a frying-pan with hot butter
in it, and put in as much hominy as
required for the meal. Pour over it a
verv little water or milk to keep it
from burning on. Salt to suit the
taste. Do not stir it while cooking,
but leave the kernels whole.
RYE MUFFINs.
Mix one cup Of rye meal mot -four
with one cup of white flour, One quar-
ter cup Of sugar and M teaspoonful
of salt. Beat one egg light, without
separating, add to it one cup of milk,
and slowly pour this on the dry ma
terial, beating all the while. Add one
t~easpoonful of baking powder, put in
creased muffin tins, and bake 20 min
utes in a quick oven.
FLANNEL CAKES.
Rub two ounces Of butter and two
tablespoonfuls of baking powder into a
Quart of sifted -four. Do this evenly
with the hands. Add one teaspoon
full Of salt. Beat the yolks of three
eggs and stir them into II pints of
milk; add this to the flour. Beat hard
and smooth, then add the whites of
the three eggs beaten to a stiff froth.
Bake quickly on a hot griddle, creased
with a piece of salt pork.
BROWN SAUCE.
Melt and stir one ounce of butter
over the fire until brown, thicken with
a tablespoonful of -four and mix
smooth, thin with half a pint of boil
ing stock, add n finely chopped
onion, a small carrot, a sprig each of
parsley, thyme and sweet marjoram,
a blade of mace, a little black pepper
and salt. Simmer for 10 minutes, then
strain and stir in. a tablespoonful of
Worcestershire sauce, a tablespoonful
each of tomato, mushroom and walnut
catsup, with the juice of one lemon.
Stir until thoroughly mixed. Serve
with beef steak, mutton chops and
warmed over meats.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
CONNUBIALITIES.

What month is it in which it is un-
lucky to be married9 ~ 20, any month";"
|-Trutb.
A wedding notice in a Maine paper,
the other day, ended with the words,
mo cards, nocake, nobody's business"
Mrs. James Pierce, of Wanatah,
Ind owns a Bible which is said to have
been used at the marriage of Poca-
hontas.
docs Milton expect to get anything
when he marries Scadd's daughter9"
eyes, a breach of promise suit from
another girl"
Grace-My dear, I'd die before
marrying that man. Clara (sweetly)
Yes, I think you would. You haven't
much chance there IN. Y. Herald.
Bosom friends-What do you say to
the young barrister's making me an
offer of marriage9 'Just what 1 ex-
pected! When I jllted him he swore
he would do himself an injury
PIaWderecke.
One marriage of an American girl to
a foreign count is probably not to be
consummated, the great stumbling
block being the young lady's refusal to
make over her fortune to her late pros
pec5ive bridegroom.
At a recent military wedding in
Washington the bride wore to church
a half dozen yellow carriers, which
upon the return of the party to the
house where the breakfast was served
were distributed among the brides
maids.
Edward Murphy, aged Is, and Mary
Bremen, aged II years, were married
at the county Jail in Pittsburg, ending
with Murphy's release. After the cere-
mony was over she turned to her
mother and asked: "Wasn'ti it funny9"
In Switzerland the men from the cage
of IA and the women from the age of
IL are allowed to marry. In Turkey
any youth and maiden who can walk
properly and can understand the neces-
sary religious service are allowed to be
united for life.
Principal-My dear Muller, you had
the courage to save my daughter from
drowning. You deserve to be rewarded.
I give you my daughter in marriage.
Muller book eeper)-it is really very
kind of you, but I am not quite so
courageous as you seem to think
DOrfbGr6ieT.
"When I marry I shall try to be sure
of one thing, and that is, that l have a
woman of sense" "You mean a wo.
man of prudence and forethought, with
fine perceptions and a knowledge of
human nature?" Eyes, that's it, ok
actly." But they are just the ones
who never marry"
A bridegroom in chains was recently
married in ST. Petersburg. Alexander
Petrovitch had been tried for murder
and sentenced to death; but the sen
tence was afterward committed to ten
years Punishment in Siberia. He was
married in convict garb, and his chains
clattered ovAr the church floor. HIS
bride and he ate a wedding breakfast,
and she will accompany him to Siberia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
Poetry.
EARTH---HEAVEN
Ely PENSTOCK.

BYR PENSTOCK.
Twas midnight, and stood alone
Mnsing sadly upon a silent tomb;
s'Beneath this white spectral stone
Was the Love OF my life to bloOm?"
CHASTITY shadows crept around me
AS lunar slowly sank to rest.
Darkness and gloom We'd to enshroud me-;
Nv spirit was Troubles guest.
Trpon Deaths cold, pulseless breast
MY Love lay ~lifeless now.
= Speak, Death, thy last behest,
To ete1 nifty do | bowT"
Some strange weird sound protrqded
From Deaths dark, damp vault;
"Stop! even hell hath not brOoded
Tmps thus deeply died in fault"
Earth is heaven, heaven is God
Make earth hell, thou fool;
With devils shalt thou trOd-
Heaven, and Love supreme shalt rule.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
H SWEET GIRLS.

If girls r brought up simply with
the idea they must do nothing but look
pretty and strive to be leaders of fash
ion, then it would be far better for
them when children to inhale the
deadly miasma of the East, which
blights only the body, than to be reared
under such influences which will blight
mind, body and soul and cause them
to be a curse rather than a blessing.
The strongest tie on earth is the one
that binds a child to it's mother and
the only way to keep this tie, ~inviolate
is to educate our girls, to be practical,
and teach them that their duty to God
and themselves is not to bedeck them
selves with Jewels and silks, and think
only Of the latest styles, but to learn to
make home attractive, and to fit them
selves for the sphere in which God has
placed them. The man who marries a
stylish lady" who unites his life with
one who thinks only of her personal
appearance and who stands before the
mirror an hour every day trying to
hide from the gaze of her sensual ad-
mirers the defects which God Himself
wrote on her face to show that she was
fral and human, and of the earth,
earthly and imperfect-yea the man
who marries the LADY" who has no
God but fashion, no thought but style,
such a man need not die to find hell
with all of it's accumulated torments,
for he finds it here, in his union with
that ~heartless creature, who d~esecrates
the hallowed office of marriage by as
suming the sacred title of wife.-EE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18
ARE
SHOCKED.

when you unexpectedly come in contact with a
solid body. Multiply the shock by weight and
speed and you know how a running horse feels
when he strikes a rigid wire fence. Barbs would
have killed him, but Coiled Springs catch him
like a bird alighting on timber twtg.
PAGE WOVEN WIRE enc Co.,
nO51 Adrian, Mich.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-18

"6he was courted by a poor young
man and a rich young man, and it took
her a long time to decide which she
loved the more" Did she come to a
decision?' Yes, she married one of
them" "And the poor young man is
still a bachelor9" Eyes. How on earth
lid you know which she married9"
The morning call., 1893-04-09

this is gross instance of a flop on the
part of the paternal Government.
No doubt pressure of more or less Sc
we're nature has been brought to bear by
the attorneys of the Chinese and through
the diplomatic legations.
1T would be urged doubtless, that
through ignorance, or perhaps wrong ad-
vice, the bulk Of the Chinese had refrained
from registering, and that since their action
mad penetrated so deeply it would require
an immense concession to bring them into
line at this late date.
ne next argument would consist in the
marshaiing Of the prospective difficulties Of
deportation. Figures would be used in
geniously to show the impossibility of
handling such an immense number of re-
calcltrants as would remain on May 8.
Lastly the willy advocates of the Chinese
would resort to vague menace of retalia-
ton by the Chinese Government should the
act be carried out in its entirety as designed.
The interfering with American trade in
Chinese pOr;s and expulsion of American
traders from the Flowery Kingdom would
form an important part of the covert argu-
ment in this particular regard.
General curiosity was expressed as to the
Influences that had brought about this con-
eession to Chinese prejudiees against the
law and opinion was divided as
to whether it was due to requests
from high Chinese sources or whether it
was decided on by the Treasury Depart
ment as a wise move to induce registration.
What effect the order will have in regis
tration remains to be seen. 1t re-
moves the expense of 30 cents for
photographs. but the opposition of
the all powerful Six Companies Is
understood to be against the whole princi-
pie of the law, and it is expected that the
question of constitutionality will be fought
with nnahnted Yionr
The morning call., 1893-04-09
Slept Eiftv-seyen Years


Irving's rip Van Wrinkle" is believed to
have its foundation ir the wonderful story
which Pliny relates concerning the extraOr-
binary experience of a sheppard named Epf-
menides. The scene is laid in Crete, the
time summer, and Epimenides boy of some
Is years. During the very warmest part Of
the day he found that some of the sheep
were missing and at about the same time
heard prolonged bleatings from the almost
inaccessible portions of neighboring noun.
tain. He grasped his crook and started off in
the direction of the sounds. The path was
n very difficult one to travel over, the day
hot, so that long before he reached the stray
sheep he was so overcome with fatigue that
lie lay down in cool place in a dry cavern
to sleep. He slept. SO Pliney gravely in
forms us, ffty-seven years. AT last, when
he had finally managed to shake off the ter
rible lethargy that had held him spellbound
for more that half a century, he returned
TO the herd only to find a brother younger
than himself toltering, gray-haired grand
father. That ''il-wind" proverb Is very
appropriate in this case, for we find that
Epimenides' enforced slumberS had en-
dowed him with miraculous powers. He
became n great epic poet ana Gnostic
philosopher and even defed death itself for
nearly three centuries, not dying untilsafter
lie had celebrated his two hundred and
eighty-fifth birthday
The morning call., 1893-04-09
RIORDAN'S VIEW.
The Attorney for the Chinese Makes
Light of the Change.

Light OF the Change.
What will be the effect of the new regis
tration? ?" repeated Attorney T. D. Rfordan,
the well-knOwn champion of the Chinese,
last night.
well, 1 don't think it will cut much
figure in inducing the Chinese to register.
that is, not the Chinese who have a right to
remain in the country after May s.
Possibly though twill have a very stim-
ulating effect on the Chinese certificate
brokers.
'The new regulations open, If I mistake
not. avery wide door TO fraud. By doing
away with the photograph the certificate is
practically worthless.
ANY Chinese who are Inclined toward
fraud will now select some smooth-faced
boy, with no special marks on MIN, and
have him registered forty or fifty times.
One day he will be Ong Say, another Wung
Lung and so on.
What is the use of the Geary act without
theiphOtograph prOviso?
'As to the raison d'etre of the new rpgu-
lation that l cannot imagine, unless it be to
induce the Chinese to register. Yet here
are people bowling to have the Chinese de-
ported. Where is the consistency of wish
ing them TO register?
Il would give a great deal to know how
this change was brought about. No. had
no intimation If its possibility and did not
hear of the order until 1 was shown the
dispatch. No pressure was brought to bear
upon the authorities at Washington in this
matter from the Chinese as far as l know.
and l would be likely to know if any such
effort had been made.
1.-The plain facts are that an endeayor is
1artFFr IL. VI.
But the Chinese will not he induced to regis
ter by the removal of difficulties in the way
of that act. They oppose registering for
totally different reasons.
"As / said, the new regulation may in.
crease the number of forged certificates,
but will not materially increase the number
Of bona fde ones"
The morning call., 1893-04-09
THE BURNED CRAFT
Inquiry Into the Loss of
the King James.
THE FIRST MATE ENUMERATED
The Tugs Give Up Their Search for
the Burning Collier and
Return Home.
Special to THE MORNING CALI

SANTA BARBARA. April S.-The Monarch
stopped here about two hours early this
morning. She has been cruising in search
OF the burning ship King James, and re-
ports having seen nothing of the vessel.
The tug experienced rough weather, and
the officers say thai, as the King James
was left with matches open, il Is probable
that She filed with water and sank. The
tug stopped to get medical assistance for
one Of her men, whose foot was smashed.
The Monarch will make another search
before going 10 san Francisco.
The court of inquiry met this morning
and was in session for two hours. 1t ex-
AHMED Captain Drummond, Mate Mel
drum, Boaiswain Cummings, Carpenter
Angus, Sailmaker Flynn and Seaman
Newport. All agreed the vessel was in
good condition when leaving Newcastle,
and every precaution was taken to prevent
destruction. The captain gave his opinion
that the cause Of the cap>Izing Of his boat
was the second mate steering wrong. The
second mate was drowned.
No evidence was sdduced TO support the
statement that the first mate dsobeyed or
ders IN separating from The captains boat
after leaving the ship. The mate consd-
cred it safer TO bear off TO windward, and
In doing SO left the other boat behind.
British Fice-COnsul Mortimer of Los
Angeles and f. A. Blake and Z. r. Dave of
this city composed the court of inquiry.
They seemed entirely satisfied with the ex-
PLANTATION of the officers and men, The
men have been paid off and fitted out with
new clothes, and will leave on the stean.e r
Corona Sunday night, with the exception of
the witnesses, who may be detained until a
decision is given by the court. which took the
matter under consideration till Monday at
10 o'clock.
The tug Fearless arrived this evening
from Point Conception, and the officers.
after consultation with Captain Drummond.
decided thatit would be useless to search
for tie King James. The tug had gone
over the points where The ship was aban-
doned several times, and no trace was
found Of her. The King James has IN
doubtedy sunk. The officers of the Fear
less say that they met the Vigilaut and
Monarch, both going to San Francisco, hay
ing given up the search.
The morning call., 1893-04-09
NINE AND A HALF SECONDS.
The Record for a Hundred Yards
Broken at Santa Ana.

SANTA ANA, April S.-1his little city has
been all excitement Tor some time.
Tom Moreys, the Peatland WON
der, and an Eastern sprinter who
came here under The alias of Frank
Dunn, but whose real name is 2. A. Pulley,
were matched to run I00-yard footrace for
a purse of $4,000. aud the race was run to-
day. Santa Anans were confident that
Moreys could win. for the redoubtable lit
tie sprinter had met and defeated some Of
the best footracers in the world, among
them the Canadian champion Quirk. The
track was in perfect condition, Pulley pro-
nOuncing il as fine as any he ever ran on.
and lie was also in good condition. Moreys
was not in good trim. but even so the Santa
Anans backed him heavily with both money,
land and watches. The race was good
one, and Pulley won it by ten feet in nine
and half seconds. This now brings down
the worlds record for 100 yards. lie won
handy and AYERS that be could do better
Pulley is 26 years old, native of Illinois
and footracer from the start. He has
never beer beaten, save once when he broke
tendon, thereby losing the race. MOreys
has been very successful sprinter for the
past four years. lie is native of Orange
County and p years of age. A return
match will probably be arranged.