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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
AN z CARRIAGE.

The following article in the House
keeper on the duty of parents in the
matter of urging the boys and girls to
stand erect is so timely that we give it
here.
Encourage the growing boys and
girls to walk and stand erect. At the
period in their lives when they grow
rapidly, as between the ages of twelve
and sixteen the shoulders are quite apt
to become stopped. The habit is an
easy one to contract. TIE muscles are
soft and fabby, and the tired feeling
so common with growing youth makes
the tendency to drop the shoulders a
very natural one. A few years of
negligence in this matter will spoil a
fine form.
Boys and girls do not always realize
this until it is too late, and the parents
should see that the habit is not con
tracted. A slouching gait and stoop-
ing form spoils the effect of the most
beautiful face. Where the shoulders
are always bent, braces should be worn
and some form of gymnastics taken
several times a day. Throwing the
shoulders backward as far as possible
is a good practice, and il persevered in
will remedy the evil.
Prevention is better than cure, how
ever, and parents should check the
slightest tendency toward STOPPING as
0 as discovered.
Some young people contract this
habit through the feeling that they are
so tall that they r conspicuous by
reason of it. The feeling is misleading;
for while extra height may make one
conspicuous, an erect carriage, no mat
ter how tall a person may be, is much
more desirable than a STOPPING form.
Notice the difference in the people
you meet. Some of them actually lean
forward while many of them drop their
heads and look constantly at ~theground
while walking, as if they were afraid
to meet your eye.
Boys and girls, stand erect. Throw
back your shoulders and fill your lungs
with air. Then you will not only have
a straight spine, but a healthy pair of
lungs and a we'll developed chest.
Flat-chested, round-shouldered PEG
pie are the mes who most often have
consumption. Cramped lungs, and
they are cramped by stopping shout
ders, mean undeveloped lungs much
more liable to disease than those that
are allowed perfect freedom and are
regularly filled with pure air. A good
exercise for anyone is to throw back
the shoulders and slowly fill the lungs
to their full extent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
HOW TO ESTIMATE FOR WALL
PAPER.

AS most wall paper, when trimmed,
is 10 inches wide and "a feet to the
single piece, a piece will contain SO
square feet. Measure the length and
height of each wall in feet and multi
ply. Add together the number of
square feet of each wall, getting the
total number of square feet. Divide
this total by Sc, which will give you
the number of pieces required for side
wall. Allow ne,half piece of paper
for each door and windown. To allow
for waste in matching it is safe to divide
by SO instead of Sc. To find the num-
Der of single pieces required for ceiling
multiply length by width in feet and
divide by SO.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The first chemical analysis of tobacco
was made by Vauqueline in 1909.
Scotch snuff is said to obtain its pecu-
liar color from the addition of ochre.
The best grades of Cuban tobacco
have less than two per cent. of nicotia.
Lord Gives melancholy finally ended
in madness, and he died by his own
hand.
The brilliant Southey finally sank
into a state of mental stupor, in which
he died.
Socrates imagined that he had a
familiar spirit or guardian angel that
conversed with him.
The government secret service gives
notice of a dangerous counterfeit 50
silver certificate, series 1891.
The Southern corn crop will benearly
500, 600, 900 bushels, according to the
United States Agricultural Department,
an increase of 48, 600, 900 bushels.
The hedgehog, badger, squirrel and
some kind of mice lay up a regular
store of provisions for the winter. It
is said they eat only during mild
weather, and in extreme cold remain
torpid. y
Animals that live in cold countries
have a warm mating of wool or fnef fur
underneath their hairy coats, so that
they are almost perfectly protected
from the cold. This wool usually falls
off in summer.
Russia produced last year, according
to the estimate of the minister of agri-
culture, 272, OOO, 900 bushels of wheat, as
compared with 1876, 600, OCO last year.
Her rye crop is 792, 600, 900 bushels
against 752, OOO, 900 a year ago. Toe
barley yield is 176, 600, 900 and that of
oats 672, OOO, 600. There was no famine
in the Cars Empire last year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

Jas. FL. Wright, Carlton, N. O., Or,
ganizer for Sixth district, composed Of
counties of Johnston, Wake, Durham,
Granville and Vance.
@. Meg. Dunn, Populi, N. O., Organ
izer for Seventh district, composed OF
Cumberland, Robson, Bladen, COIum
bus and Brunswick counties.
Elijah w. Flake, Rockingham, N.
O., Organizer of Eighth district, com
posed of Harnett, Moore, Richmond.
Arson, Union, Stanly and Montgom
cry counties.
Geo. E. Hunt, Michael, N. c., Organ
izer for Tenth district, composed Of
Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, For
syth, Davidson, Davie, Yadkin and
Surry counties.
J. P. Sossaman, Huntersville, N. O.,
Organizer for Eleventh district com.
posed of Rowan, Cabarrus, Mecklen-
bug, CASTOR Lincon and Iredell cOun-
ties.
First district, composed of the coun,
ties of Currituck, Camden, Pasquo.
tank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates,
Hartford, Rev. T. w. Babb, Hartford,
N. @.
Ninth district, composed of Ran.
dolph, Chatham, Orange, Person, Cas-.
well and Alamance, }. Il. Means, Trim
ity College, N. @.
Fourth district, Don @. Sanders, of
Burgaw, N. c., Organizer. Counties
in the district, Wayne, Duplin, Ons-
low, Fender, New Hanover and Samp,
son.
Twelfth district, composed of the
counties of Alexander, Wilkes, Allie
gg l1arg I Aa he C Wat4 %ansr Mitchell n and q
George ". Hahn, Tuscola. N. O..
Organizer for Fifteenth district, com
posed of the counties of Haywood,
jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Clay
and Cherokee.
A. W. Parker, Sylvia, N. c., organ.
izer for the 18th district, composed of
the counties of Buncombe, Yancey,
Madison, Henderson, Pennsylvania and
Polk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
WoMEN WHOM We N 8
The Ladies Who Are Prominent in the
- Public Mind.

The Ladies Who Are Prominent in the
-, Public Mind.
Kate Douglas Wiggan is engaged to
be married to a rich man.
Gertrude Hall, whose stories and
poems have been appearing for several
years in the big magazines, is almost
unique among literary women in be-
ing young, handsome and comfortably
well off.
Mrs. Cleveland bends her energies to
keep out of the newspapers. She en-
tertained a newspaper woman last
week all day for friendships sake, and
then solemnly forbade her to write a
thing about the visit. Think of the
agony of that for the ''born journalist. ;"
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt has just
sailed for London with her mother,
Mrs. William z. Vanderbilt. There is
a rumor that she will soon marry the
Prince of Battenberg. Both ladies had
bed rooms prepared for them with
hammocks that are supposed to be the
most complete protection against sea;
sickness ever invented. They are beds
hung upon ropes and chains.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt has the
reputation of being one of the most
recklessly extravagant women New
York ever knew. The fact that she
had In entire floor of the Continental
Hotel, in Paris, refurnished ~gorgeously
at her expense, for a stay of six weeks,
was one of the things that brought
about her separation from her hus-
band.
Helen Gould, who is rapidly achiev-
ing the position of an old maid in the
light of her young sisters marriage to
the Count de Castellane, always showed
a talent for that role. She does not
care for society, is rather plain, and
when she was at Mrs. Sylvester Reeds
famous school was noted for her excel
lence in mathematics.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
PRETTY HOMEMADE RUGS.

A very pretty bedroom mat may be
made out of burlap, one and a third
yards long and three-fourths of a yard
wide. Work a border four inches wide
all around the rug in some Greek de
sign, in cross stitch about two inches
from edge with angora wool or double
zephyr in color to harmonic with the
furnishings of the ROOM. Ones initials
may be worked in the center of
the rug. Turn in the rug all
around, line with burlap, putting can
a in between for stiffening. This rug
gives a pretty effect and can be put in
any conspicuous part of the room
where there is not too much walking.
A rug made of old ingram carpet,
cut bias and sewed on to ticking or
denim with carpet thread, is said to
last 10 years and grow softer and pref
tier ever year. The best width of the
bias strips is n inch and they should
be sewed-by the middleton the foun-
dalton at spaces of aquarter of an inch
apart.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
THE QUESTION STILL UNSET
TIED.

"Humphl" calculated the exchange
editor, making a jab with his shears at
an item in a scientific exchange: "Why
does a cat always alight on its feetG"
THAT'S to easy for anything"
ga cat" said the financial editor,
''always falls on it's feet because of the
claws in it's constitution that"
"Scatl' exclaimed the other. ''If
you can't treat the subject with grav-
ity, drop it."
THAT'S just what I was going to- do.
I was going to drop it on its feet"
"A cat," resumed the exchange edi-
tor, raising his voice, ''always lights
on it's feet"
because it has a right to take it's
turn"
"Paws! You don't tumble to it at
ALL"
The financial editor came to the
scratch again.
GLOW do you know a cat always
does light on it's feet?"
'That hasn't anything to do with it.
The question is
Whose cat are you talking about
anyhow7"
"Why does a cat when it falls, al,
ways alight on its feet? IF you can't
answer it, say So"
"Well, why does it," demanded the
financial editor, the real estate editor,
the railway editor, the obituary editor
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
ADOPTED
By the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union at Raleigh, N. c., Feb
ruarv 8. 1908.

EuaFy o. 1895.
Finance-We demand q national
currency, safe, sound and flexible,
issued by the government only, a full
legal tender for all debts, public OF
private, and that without the use OF
banking corporations; a just, equitable
and efficient neal of distributing
direct to the people at a tax not to ex-
coed 2 per cent. as set forth by the
Sub-Treasury plan or ONE better sys-
tenn; also, by payments in discharge OF
it's obligations and for public improve
ments.
o.. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the legal
ratio of 16 to l..
b. We demand that the amount OF
the circulating medium be increased to
at least $50 per capita exclusive of legal
reserves.
c. We demand a graduated income
tax.
d. That our national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up one industry at the expense Of
another.
e. We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands of the people and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenue shall be limited to the
necessary expenses Of the government,
economically and honestly admins
tered.
+. We demand that postal savingf
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of the earn
ings of the people and to facilitate ex-
changes.
Land-The land, including all the
natural resources of wealth, is the
heritage of all the people and should
hot be monopolized for speculative pur
poses and alien ownership of land
should be prohibited. Ali lands nov
held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of their actual needs
and lands now owned by aliens, should
now be reclaimed by the government
and sold for actual settlers only.
Observation-Disclosures be
ing a means of exchange and a public
necessity, the government should Owl
and operate just enough of the com
peting railroad lines of the country to
effectually give the Government full
control of the regulation of passenger
fares and freight rates.
o.. The telegraph and telephone, like
the postOfice system, being a necessity
for the transmission of intelligence.
should be owned and operated by the
government in the interest of the PEG
pie.
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS.
We demand the election of United
States Senators by a direct vote of the
people. That each State shall be di
vided into two districts of nearly equal
voting population, and that a Senator
from each shall be elected by a direct
vote of the people of the district.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
Poetry.
~@--1 for The PROGRESSIVE
L"rMY BEST FRIEND.

The dearesC eft me, andmade me sad;
Turneu Sgn him is hard TO 90,
Blu, y 1mnmost breaks my hearI lnI"O'
man, is for himself,
But ever friend upon the SHELF;
So SET fish to pull him down.,
did NOT folks do in this same town
r,-afer a lower seat
At my IHhIfTame him for his wrongs,
DO Ios the fault to me belongs
=, not sneak against bis wrongs
lW1L osIre passed in former days.
For Pc T must, in justice say
But Ln1I old friend, from thls oay'
both are made of clay,
know mist cease to exist some day;
And tfsoIIIoWed him in many q place,
l haaJbic6 I LOpe was no disgrace.
naver coaxed me, or persuaded,
FOr nnT 9 the least degraded;
Iii we did together 60
But+ Ibacsuse l loved him So
..,rsU and shall I call him DEAR
BpILrIIsF Is with me. for he don't care;
I1e S1rs,rsU. dear, for this IS right,
NJ 21GTt fOreUeT from this nlght'
THREE ,rseks hare passed, and we have met
met gs SADNESS has wrecked my brain;
SOILUTb s1 pardon for my rash act,
NOV c ~ is all that l have lacked.
,, rov we never more shall part,
An one great object Of my heart;
Iii life shall cease, my honest friend,
~ love to you shall never end.
,h.ve known you now fer thirty years;
IN m have proved q comfort in all my cares;
IICySoi never fOrsake you any more,
/ Isl r1-I love love YOU better a I did.before.
And now mn dear, 1 close my rhyme,
Pscs1se | have not, got more time;
BBTt where ever [ go, you shall be found,
IN + This same place. or other w
have not vet, exposed your name,
sill I know with you, it is all the same;
~ I kiss you oft, both day and night,
M 0CR, my dear, TOBACCO PIPE.
JAMES II. SYKES,
Durham, Y. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
THE CORN FOR THE SOUTH
MOsby Prolific.

Makes good crop on poor, and phe-
nomenal Yields on rich land. From
two to four ears to the stalk. Grows
twice as thick as ordinary corn, is
most excellent for ensilage, or. curing
in the shock. Having a small cob, it
makes large yields when shelled, is
eaten up cob and all by horses and
even hogs. Makes beautiful meal.
Price 81. so per bushel; 80 cents for }
bushel; 80 cents per peck. Shipped
promptly on receipt Of money.
Address,
3 TR3X
oeoo, RALEIGH. N @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

and the answers to queries editor,
rising as one man and standing over
him.
Because" answered the exchange
editor defiantly, because it is a cats
nature to get its back up"
Whereupon the meeting broke up In
a great confusion, with the question
still undecided.-ChGc0gO Tribune.
While on the question Of hats, nov
that women are coming into their
rights, how is it to be when they adopt
the masculine headgear altogether, sans
a%nchoring hat pins, bonnet strings,
etc9 Will they be expected to tip
their hats to man as man tips his to
women9 This is coming to be vital
question. Cincinnati Times Star.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
SALINE Dympna.. shrine.

In very early days Ghcel SC ms TO
have beena kind Of Lourdes A GER
tain Saint Lympna, who lies buried
there an Irishwoman, by tn way,
was supposed to have less fables
d'esprit under her special protection.
It was the custom, therefore, through
out the Netherlands, for persons who
had insane relatives to take them to
her tomb, and there offer special pray
ers to her for their recovery. II tra-
dition il to be relied upon. the saint was
by no means loath to give proof Of her
bcneHcient power; and wonderful
stories are told of the way In which she
used to restore reason to those who
had lost II. Still, even in those times,
miracles were not wrought every day.
Some of the sufferers who went 70
Gheel had to wait for months, nay
years. before they were healed, while
others were never healed at al. And
while waiting they had to be taken
care of. At fyst tho Innoccuts, as
Saint Dympna's proteQes were called.
wcre all lodged - little hnts or caves
around the church; but, as the fame o.
Gheel spread abroad. they increased in
number, and IL became necessary TO
make other arrangements. They were
then boerded ont with the peasants liv-
ing IN the village. and there we're -
many Of thqm 81 length that evoEy
family hsd ~ lnuQcou4 rxlh|1I
HAfnJina
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
SOUTHERN GlEAkiNoS.
September Cottos Report.

The September cotton report OF the
government department of agriculture
shows a decline from TIE August con-
ditions of the crop, which was 71.7s. to
10. 80 per cent, a decline OF IL points.
This makes the lowest September con.
dition of the plant since 1881. when 1t
vas reported at 20 per cent. The next
lowest since 1881 was the condition OF
1893, when 1t stood for the same month
at 73.4.
Cotton suffered severely during Au-
gust from the drought which char
acterized the carly part of the month,
and the excessive rain which succeeded
it. The presence of boil worms has
worked great injury. and the crop has
been injured by shedding and rust.
The causes mentioned by the Texas
correspondents for the deterioration
In the state are as follows: Drought,
hot weather, floods, boil worms. sharp
shooters, caterpillars and army
worms" There is striking unanimity
In the pessimistic tone adopted by cor
respondents Throughout all of the cot
ton.raising states. The state averages
are follows:
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
BROOKHAvEN, MISSIssIPPP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER H. 1885,

tions immsrsc. for baptism, or all
sprinkle or pour the water on the cam
didate for church membership. May.
be shall SEQ all women wear bloomcrs.
Maybe | shall see all democrats re-
publicans, or oil republicans demo-
Gratis. Maybe shall see all preachers
evanHelists, or all evangelists preach
crs. Maybe shall see all men honest,
all politicians clean and decent, all
paupers nillionaires, all corporations
have souls, and all the public and pri-
vate debts of this country paid. These
are times when we may be on the out
look, and let's don't get excited, but
keep cool and sweet, and let the other
fellow get mad and play the fool when
some fellow says something he don't
like, or writes something he don't like.
SAM p, JONES.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
To Build In Louisiana :.

The New York Tribune says: Cyrus
Teed, who claims to be a second mes
siah, and teaches that the earth Is fat,
is busy developing the plans for the
New Jerusalem of his sect, which is
to be built in Louisiana. In describ-
ing this city, he says: THE streets
will be 400 feet wide-beautifuls streets.
We will build the city ip stories. or
tiers. One tier or story will be for pc
destrians. one for light traffic. another
for railroads, etc. We are going to
have a great big city of eight or ten
million people, and in it we will gath
er at least four million Ethiopians of
the SOUTH"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
Pike coun,. circuit Court.

In the Pike county circuit court at
Magnolia last week w. Ii. Moore, who
was charged with the murder OF Claude
Chantel at Summit on August 10. was
acquitted. Robert Reabold, convicted
of keeping blind tiger, was fined $500
and sent to Jail for ninety days-the
highest penalty that could be imposed
under the law. w. E. Brent, convicted
of assault and battery, was fined $50
and sentenced to ninety days in Jail.
Reuben Smith, convicted of burglary,
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
three years.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
Hog Cholera Abatinx.

The Iuka Vidette says the hog cholera
which has killed SO many hogs of that
section recently. is abating. 1t says
the disease dealt death to a great num-
ber of hogs before 1t could be checked.
1t will cause a number of families to do
without meat. 1t seems that in this
immediate section and little spot over
in Arkansas are about the only places
where the cholera did any considerable
damage, and even hero we have a great
number of hogs left.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
Confederate Claims.

Camp Carno: Posey No. 444, Confed-
crate Veterans, is located in Wesson.
and has sixty members thoroughly Of
ganized, and in good working order.
They have resolved to institute all
proper and lawful means to collect the
amount due them for the supplies cap
tured and confiscated for the use of the
army when operating in the Southern
States during the late civil war. The
suggestion is made that petition from
400 or 500 camps indorsed by several
thousand veterans, would have . great
influence upon Congress.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
Crops in the Prairie section.

The Macon Beacon says the corn crop
east and north of Macon in the prairies
will fall far short of last years crop.
Corn will be abundant in the Bigbee
valley section and west of the railroad,
excepting few localities. The cotton
crop will be short in every direction.
DIR. Patty. of the valley, says the weed
is not fruiting we'll this year. L. w.
Smith of Prairie Point says those in
the best Ak will not make more than
half as much as last year. j. r. Wind
ham, near fairfield, says the crop will
be short, several parties east and west
of Shuqualak make the same report,
and the same may be said of the whole
community. s-sl-.-. -.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
win Not Change 1t. schedule.

The railroad commission has received
a letter from second vice-president T.
j. Harahan, of the Illinois Central Rail-
road Company, in which he declines to
make the improved service of the Little
j. division as was recently ordered by
the commission on petition OF tho citi-
zens of Jackson. This refusal will
probably throw the matter in the courts,
where the authority Of the commission
to make such orders will be tested.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
A Fearful Death.

George, the ls-year-old son Of Mr. Al
bert Dickens, met with . fearful death
last week while riding mule in the
Zig Black swamp. mile and halt
from Durant. The mule threw him and
his boot hung in the stirrup, dragging
him q mile through the woods, the mule
jumping fence with him. His head
was beaten into . jelly. both arms
broken, his neck, back and ribs broken.
and the flesh fcarfully torn from his
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
CHARGED With Murder.

The coroner's jury investigating the
death OF Tommy Howe, aged s, who
died at birmingham, Ala, under mys-
terious circumstances, finished the
work and returned a verdict finding
that he came to his death at the hands
of Mrs Laura Howe, who, by beat
ing, choking and throwing him over
the banisters, over : feet to the ground,
caused his death" Two little brothers
of the deceased testified as to the
actions of the stepmother towards the
baby just before it died. They said
she picked it up, and after choking it
and butting it's head against the floor.
threw it over some banisters to the
ground, distance of nearly s feet