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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16

the older hands and hearts shall leave
their earthly labor3
Are you as full of enthusiasm for
these great Christian things as you are,
say, for football and fun9 Are you
carrying the banner of Christ high
and clear above and in the midst of all
your young gaieties9 o, yes, I like the
boys fun and sport and games. But
only Christ in the heart and the heart
in Christ makes fun holy, laughter
divine, mirth Christian, the game safe
and the joy of youth superb, enduring,
a very grace of God. The Christ
within makes young joy beautiful, ex-
uberant and eternal. The real Chris
tian boy is not old, sobersided and
goody goody-he laughes, shouts,
sings and is the very soul of the fine
game-the hero on the field of manly
sport. But he ought to be, must be,
if he be true to himself, his VOWS and
his Christ, the joy of his church, the
stay of his Bible class, the light of his
prayer. meeting, the hearts ease OF his
pastor, the assurance of every Chris
tian hope for the future, a roundabout,
brave, earnest, happy and everyway
trustworthy fellow for every good
thing, in word and deed. If you, young
man or by, be not true to your solemn
VOWS to God and your Christian
pledges to your fellows and your
church, you cannot be relied on for
manly truth in anything. There's a
worm at the core of you, eating Out
your heart, killing your integrity,
whitening away your soul.
One thing only, now, out OF all this,
1 care much for you to remember,
which is that the whole earth and all
future and fate fall now. soon, into
your hands. Nothing is given you
in fee simple, but all in solemn trust.
All is in your stewardship. None can
share or lessen your appalling reepon
sibiIity. You are the fate of the future,
whom the ages will bless or ours and
whom God will judge according to
what you shall have done with his
word entrusted to you. Better never
have been born than to fail what time
you have come to such a kingdomi Sci.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16
Railway
(PIEDMONT AIR-LINE)
Condensed Schedule.
IN EFFECT NOV. ~, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.
NORFOLK AND CHATTANOOGA LIMITED.

NORFOLK AND LIMITED.
$40 p. m. Daily.-Solid vestibule
trains with sleeper from Norfolk to
Chattanooga via Salisbury, Morganton,
Asheville, Hot Springs and Knoxville,
Connects at Durham for Oxford,
Clarksvllie and Keysville, except Sun
day. At Greensboro with the Wash.
ington and Southwestern Vestibule
Oimited) train for all poins North and
with main line train No. IL for Dan
vile, Richmond and intermediate local
stations; also, has connection for Win.
ston, Salem and with main line train
No. 35, United States Fast Mail" for
Charlotte, Spartansburg, Greenville,
Columbia, Augusta, Charleston, Sa
Florida. Sleeping Car for Atlanta,
Jacksonville and at Charlotte With
Sleeping Car for Augusta.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
11:4 IS q. m. Daily.-Solid train con
sisting of Pullman Sleeping car and
coaches from Chattanooga to Norfolk,
arriving at Norfolk at 5 a. m, in time
to connect with the Old Dominion
Merchants and Miners, Norfolk and
Washington and Baltimore, Chesa
Deake and Richmond s. 8. Co.'S for all
points North and East.
Connects at Selma for Fayetteville
and intermediate stations on the Viii
son and Fayetteville Short Cut daily,
except Sunday for Newbern and More
head City daily for Goldsboro and Viii
mington and intermediate stations on
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
Express Train.
$50 a. m. Daily.-Connects at Dur
ham for Oxford, Keysville, Richmond
at Greensboro for Washington and all
points North.
Express Train.
800 p. m. Daily-For Goldsboro and
intermediate stations.
Local Accommodation.
200 q. m.-Connects at Greensboro
for all points for North and South and
Winston Salem and points on the
| Northwestern and North Carolina Rail.
road. At Salisbury, for all points in
Western North Carolina, Knoxville,
Tenn, Cincinnati ind western points
at Charlotte, for Spartenburg, Green.
vile, Athens, Atlanta and all points
South.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH, N. c.:
Express Tran.
3:O5 o.. m. ily.-From Atlanta,
Charlotte, Greensboro and all points
South.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
$40 p. m. Daily.-From all points
east, Norfolk, Tarboro, Wilson and
water lines.
From Goldsboro, Wilmington, Fay
etteville and all points in Eastern Caro-
lima.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
IL :45 a. m. Daily.-From New York,
Washington, Lynchburg, Danville and
Greensboro, Chattanooga, Knoxville,
Hot Springs and Asheville.
Express Train.
1858 a. m. Daily. From Goldsboro
and intermediate stations.
Local.
7:2O a. m. Daily From Greensboro
and all points North and South. Sleep
ing a from Greensboro to Raleigh.
900 o. m Daily except Sunday
From Goldsboro and all points East.
Local freight trains also carry pas
sengers.
Pullman cars on night train from
Raleigh to Greensboro.
Double daily trains between Raleigh,
Charlotte and Atlanta. Quick time;
unexcelled accommodation.
w. H. GREEN,
General Superintendent.
W. A. TURK,
General Passenger Agent,
Washington, D. Q.
j. N. CULP. Traffic Manager.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16
If God

were true in everything but gravitation
the universe would go to pieces in a
day. So, if a pastor is rus in every,
thing but politics, his ministry will
fail. The leader must be true, not half,
two thirds, even eights-all. Not per
fect-he need not be that; can't be,
probably-but he can be, and must be,
true to the light, he has-all of it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16
"The Lord is My shepherd"
RsALMs XIII

RsALMs xxIu)
BY ELIZA WHITTIER.
As sang a king in olden times,
1.-THE Lord nv Shepherd is,"
an now nv heart takes up the strain,
For I am also HIS.
7 sbell not want, for His Is good.
No blessing He Withholds
From those who truly love His name
And keep within the fold.
He gives me rest. In pastures green
He makes me down TO lie.
And by his hand He leadeth me
The cool, still waters by.
He restoration gives to me,
NV vlgor is renewed,
And with His favor, grace, and love,
7 feel my heart endued.
Tor sake of his dear name, He guides
Tn maths of righteousness,
And bV nv side He still abides,
To cheer and love and bless.
When through the valley l shall go,
No evil will l fear;
For He will comfort with His staff,
And graciously stay near.
For me a table He prepares.
NV foes I do not dread,
For gladness Is poured as oil
With blessings on my head.
Nv cup is full, yea, overhows,
For guardian angels two,
Goodness and Mercy still are near,
To warn and cherish, too.
And | will dwell" so sang the king,
In Thine own house, o Lord"
Ny heart takes up the sweet refrain,
Forever with the Lord"
Forever in his Mansion bright,
And all His glory see,
And live with Him through ages long,
Amen, so let it bel
Metuchen. N ].
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16

in the wide world for the Ellis, 600
which the building alone cost. Year
after year now for sixty-two years he
had been going on in that way, with
our asking for a shilling. In this way
he had obtained more than Ell 600, 900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16
DIED.

At her home, in Nash county, on
Feb. 76h, Mrs. w. G. Murray, aged
about 81 years. She was a member oil
Free Union Alliance, No. 379, and will
he greatly missed in her community,
where she had many friends.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16
HARDWARE.

Powder. best rife. per eg..."""..... $500
Hames-
No ~ hook, iron bound, per doZ. ....., $50
No 8 b 'Uk, iron bound, per doZ.."....... 800
No l6 hook, brass bound. per doz........ 626
PlOW Lines
Madras Hemp with snaps, 50 feet " 80. 185
Fence Wire
In 100 to 5OO-lb. lots, 20 cts per huud~ed pounds
less. Plain wire. put up in rolls of 100 pounds.
Barbed wire put up in rolls of 100 POUNDS each.
Five pounds staple to the roll at &c per pound.
Gnlu hnrhod from stnck = Q z %
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16

"And you broke off the engage.
ment9" said n young man.. yes
not brutaIIy, you know. But 1 man
aged it." "How9" Told her what
my salary is."-Washington Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16

The date of the label on this paper
Shows t1hen yOtr subscription GCGs o. t.
IS yours oats Then reHetU, please.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16

The following ware goes with each stove above:
| Straight POT,I Bulged Pot. 2 Bread Pans, Tea
Kettle Long Frying Pan, l Round Frying Pan,
l Griddle, l Elbow 3 Joints of Pipe. 2 Pot Covers
and Ltfters. Every Stove guaranteed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16

Compound, about $50 lbs. ....,..........
Tube Rose nearly pure, and sold by
many houses as pure ..................
Best Pure, about $50 lbs. .................
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DUWILB UIUOIIIU9-
Improved Farmers Alliance with full set
attachments and automatic bObbfn
winder All latest improvements fne-
" finished, hrst-class in every particu-
lar. Warranted by manufacturers for
TO years, carefully adjusted, ready for
immediate use Price, freight paid no
any railroad station in North Caro-
N, j Ii %
CN9oA4oSS pSr OOZ. Is
Prepared Agr'l Lime and Land Piaster:-
Land Plaster, less car load lot f. O. b. Rich
Land Plaster, car load lot I. o. b. Nor
Lime, less car load lot Ia. /. Ricbmond per ~
on. ca- o"....:- .+D.. 1000
Plain shell lime, sacked, L. @. s.. per tom. 400
CottOn-Seed Meal, per ton +. o. b. Colds
bOrO, N c.. less car load lots 20 a
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-03

From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
| There are a great many old women. of
| either sex and of almost every age. who
| no sooner arrive at disapproval of any
| prevalent practice than they opine that
| there ought TO be law against it." In
/ extreme eases they set to work to draw
| such law and procure its enactment. The
statute books of every state are numbered
with more or less ridiculous regulations of
| matters which should be left to regulate
themselves.
The statute books of the Populistic COM
monweaiths are naturally most laden with
enactments of this kind about all manner
OF things. from railroad fares to cigarette
smoking. and in the mass of Popullstlc leg
islation that of Kansas is doubtless emil
nent for absurdity. But the most prepos-
ferrous project of law has just been pro-
pounded to the governor of Kansas by an
old woman, of the female sex and undoubt-
edly we'll stricken in years, who. from
much meditation in the secluson of Mel
vern, kas., has arrived at the belief that
corsets are wicked and unwholesome. and
insists that they be suppressed by law.
rms Is cheerful project. We should
like to see Il draft of the law. The author
of 1t no doubt practices what she breaches.
and is quite Indifferent to the fact that
when she appears in public, nature having
been assisted only hey the uncouth modistes
of Melvern, she is without form and void
Whether she is a matron or a venerable
maid, and whether her contours are upon
the side of excess or of defect, is nothing
to the purpose. The fact remains that Il
large majority of the women of Kansas be-
ing women first and Kansans only after
ward. are not content to present them
selves in public as shapeIess masses. and
II the law were passed, they would GER
tainly defy it or else evade it. The evasion
would probably take the form of whale
bones in the waist. producing what might
be called a Raines law corset intended 10
circumvent Il statute which could not with
safety be openly violated. This evasion
would necessitate the appointment of n
corps of state inspectors, with authority to
send for persons and papers, and with in
quisitorial powers such as are now be-
slowed only upon searchers for the custom
house.
Upon the probable results of their in
QUESTION we dare not dwell. What we
mainly wonder at is the refusal of the gov
ernor of Kansas TO embody the recommen-
dation in his message, as urged by the rec
ommender. This is what Lewelling would
nave done. But it is declared that the
timld and time serving Leedy referred
the letter to his stenographers," and. upon
consultation with them, decided not to put
II in If his stenographers be- as doubt
less they are, of the female sex and under
oV years Of age, that would naturally set
tie it.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-03
THE POOR ANn nEsrIrrr,,.

So many instances of distress have come
to the attention of the city officials that Il
special appeal has been made to the pros
porous and comfortable to help the poor
and wretched.
There is nothing new in this appeal. 1t
has come with each winter season and has
met with substantial response from the
people of this city. But it seems that since
the recent cold weather set in more desti-
tuition than has been noted in years past
has been reported to the charities, which in
turn find themselves hard pressed to meet
the demands made upon them.
While there are many destitute people in
Kansas City, it is a fact that conditions in
general are most encouraging. An appeal
to the charitable at this time should bring
substantial returns. Business men have
had 4 good holiday season and the pros
poets for the future are brighter than they
have been since the long depression set in.
The great sums raised by the Provident
Association in times past have shown the
generous tendency of those who have
something to give. While there are many
ways to help the suffering. it is likely that
some general movement will be inaugural
ed for their relief. Meanwhile attention is
respectfully called to some Of the cases re-
ported in the newspapers, for they are
mostly cases of extreme want.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-03
Great Brttnin.s Big Cruisers.

FROM the New York Herald.
When the English people learned that
the United States had two cruisers-thc
Minneapolis and the Columbia-caDable of
maintaining speed above twenty-five and
three-quarters knots, the British admiralty
made designs for two vessels intended to
nave enough steam power to enable them
TO overtake either of our great commerce
destroyers and enough battery power to
sink them.
The two ships laid down for this purpose
the Powerful and the Terrible-have now
had their speed trials. As shown in an ar
tcle taken from the London Times. pub
liShed in another column of to-day's Her
AID the faster of the two-the Terrible
failed to reach the Columba's trial speed
by four-tenths of knot while she fell six
ty-tour-hundrcdths of knot short of the
fine record of the Minneapolis
lnasmuCh as the American cruisers have
displacement of only 1850 tons while the
British vessels are rated at more than
double these figures-nameIy, 1880 tons
the failure of the latter TO equal the for
mer's speed is great tribute to the GEN
ius of our designers and the skill OF our
builders.
The Times account does not clearly speci-
fy whether "the distance measured be-
tween Rame Head and Dodham Point was
laid off accurately, as was our trial course
from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise: but If
1t was not the speed reported by the Ter
rible was probably taken by the patent log
IA notoriously inaccurate speed exag-
gerator.
There are no other ships equal to those
built in the United States.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-03
tions. D., +! p ,1,,.,,
Stations.
THE CONDITION OF INDIA.

The civilized world is stirred with sym
pathy for plague-ridden India. The bubonic
scourge which is ravaging that country
cannot be successfully combatted, and the
large majority of the population are too
poor to escape its deadly clutches by flight.
But comparatively few, in this country
at least. know that India is always an
object OF sympathy and fit subject for
the relief labors of humanitarians. Every
year is a year of distress, suffering and
death on an appalling scale in that unfor-
tunate land.
Commander Booth-Tucker, of the Saliva
tion Army, who was born in India, and
has spent most of his life there, gives an
idea of the conditions which prevail among
its inhabitants. There are Districts" he
says. land those some of the fairest, where
hunger is never absent, where cholera av-
erages 100000 deaths in an ordinary year.
Starvation claims at least 100000. The Of
fetal actual death rate of India amounts
TO IL per 1000. That is the average. The
death rate of the entire United States av-
erages only u per 1000 In other words,
without the pressure of any special famine,
under ordinary circumstances, 1900, 900 peo-
pie die yearly. 1t is certain that at least
100000 of these die Of starvation and its
attendant diseases"
This last sentence is full of significance
lat least 100000 die of starvation" That
is the key to the whole terrible situation.
Under British rule India is pauper and
is kept in condition of pauper wretched-
ness, without the humane and sanitary
care which is thrown around paupers in
enlightened communities. The population,
which is almost exclusively agricultural
275 out of 800 millions being tillers of the
soils ground down by excessive taxation
and other forms of legalzed robbery until
fits state is one of perpetual poverty.
No wonder Great Britain is slow to en-
force reforms in Armenia The outrages by
her own government in India are but little
less atrocious than the brutalities indicted
by the sultan on Armenians It is as cruel
TO kill by starvation as to kill with the
gcirnater
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-03
Gambling at the Capital.
ON the Sturgeon Leader.

From the Sturgeon Leader.
1t seems rather funny that the legisla-
ture should appoint committees to 20 to
Kansas City to see if there is wide open
gambling going on in that city, when the
state capital is overrun with slot gambling
machines. Speaking of them, a gentleman
said to a Leader reporter: They are in
every bar room and almost every cigar
store in the town. They are on the wheel
of fortune order and all have as prizes, not
cigars and drinks, but money. 1t seems
rather odd that in most of the cities of the
state, machines of this order are barred
as they are considered TO come under the
provisions of the Johnson gambling law
but right at the capital. where all laws are
made. there should be perfect nest of
these sure thing devices. The machine con-
sists of a wheel, the face of which is
painted with many Colored stripes. The
stopping of little piece of leather hanging
from above on one of a color pays the
player all the way from nothing to 20 to 1.
As might be expected. ones chances are
only about one in fifty that the leather will
stop on the 20 to 1 color. 1t is not an un-
common sight in u bar room of one of the
hotels to see fifteen or twenty clerks and
legislators crowded about the machine, al
most fighting for chance to pour their
wages, cents at u time, into u slot made
for willing suckers. 1t is estimated that
this one machine pays the owner at least
$50 a day."
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-03
REALISM IN ART.

To a great many people the mention of
so-called realism suggests only the re-
pulsive realities of life, transferred 10 the
book, the novel or the canvas. There are
those who, with great ostentation. con-
denim realism on the ground that it is dsa-
greeable.
In the drama, for example, it is supposed
by many that realistic play is necessarily
founded upon observations made in the
prison, the hospital, the mad house or the
dissecting room.
AS matter of fact, realism in art stands
only for actually. 1t should not be con-
founded with the eccentric or the alb
normal, nor should it be confused with
the placing upon the stage of actual prop
critics. There is material realism in a tank
of water or a bottle of champagne. but
there is no artistic realism in these adj
juncts.
A wholesome and instructive study in the
development of this subject may be found
in Mr.. Herne's play of Shore Acres" In
this simply constructed drama, with its
moderately endowed and practically I'M
cultured personages. Mr.. Herne has given
an Illustration of realism that can be
studied with profit by those interested in
the progress of the drama.
In all the essentials and incidentals of
stage setting one finds faithful presenta-
tion of rural life. Yet all this is material
and but supplements the mental moral and
emotional study presented with the same
degree OF naturalness.
Ibscn delights in taking segments of
commonplace life and presenting them on
the stage as so many detached specimens.
They are faithful TO his environment. but
in their suggestion of motives and impulses
they are no more Norwegian than Ameri-
can, or French, or Mexican.
Mr.. Herne satisfies himself with total
abstinence OF theatrical effect, but he has
also provided an interesting story. 1t is a
story with but one climax. to be sure and
that climax is as natural as the even cur
rents that prccede 1t.
Here is an example of naturalism, or
realism, in its best form. 1t is not the
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-03
Making Gold Odious.

! From the New York Sun.
In the last national campaign the party
| pledged to honest money found the strong
| est weapons iii Repudiatons hands to be
| the statement that the preservation of the
| gold standard during period of less than
three years had caused the sale of bonds to
| the amount of 1852, 900 900. This falsehood
was first put forward by the administra-
| ton to conceal its failure in tariff making:
next 1t was taken by the Bryanites as their
| ieadlng weapon for wiping the gold
| standard out of existence; and now it is the
| stalking horse of the would-be abolitionists
| of the greenbacks.
These latter experts make the gold stand
| ard more than twice as odious and difficult
| to defend as it was made either by Mr.
| Cleveland, in the first moments of chagrin
| over his tariff failure. or by the late party
of disorder and anarchy. To the $262, ,OOO. 900
| which the gold standard has cost the coun-
try during Mr.. Cleveland's present term
says the bank currency party, We must add
i66,OOO,OOO more, the sum of the United States
notes which must be redeemed and abol-
ished before the gold standard will be Sc
cure and business stable. Seven hundred
and thirty-eight million dollars, therefore
Is the cash price to this country of honest
money and national honor, according to
their estimate.
These fanatical libelers of the gold stand
ard, and most effective promoters of Bry-
anism. never mention the important fact
that before the revenue became deficient
as much gold went into the treasury as
came out of it, the greenbacks troubled no.
body and the gold standard was not seri-
ously assailed; that sl9O, 100000 of the bond
money has been paid out to meet current
expenses otherwise unprovided for: that
the treasury figures show about s1OO, 900 600
of the bond money to be still in the treas
ury, thus showing every dollar borrowed
theoretically for greenback redemption to
have been available for regular public ex-
penditure or for repayment of the loan:
and that If. since March. 1893. the federal
income had equaled the outgo. the s1O3 OO0,-
600 in gold held by the treasury when Mr..
Cleveland began for the second time in the
White House would have been more than
enough for redeeming a volume of green
backs sufficient to bring further contrac-
ton of the currency to a stop, without
the sale of dollar of bonds.
The greenback abolition crusade Is as
crooked in its methods and almost as inim-
ical to commercial prosperity as the late
crusade for disorder and reputation.