The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22

flying through the air whent the engine
struck Ooherty then it ploughed into
the of covering men, who stood
hu5dle6 together on the track. III
was an awful sight" said the engineer
later. There Wss a mass OF legs and
arms and hands flying through the
air. / was drenChed with blood. I
knew that something terrible had hap
pened and put on the air brakes as fast
as possible" When the train came 10
a ~s5andstill the passengers rushed cut,
The track was drenched IN blood. The
meadows and the track looked like a
battlefield covered with bodies The
shrieks of the dy ing men drowned the
cries OF the Mortified passengers.
Women tainted and men turned away
in horror. OF the nineteen men nine
were dead and six wounded.
BENoIT, MISS, Nov. 16.-Mr. James
8. Richardson, the largest individual
cotton planter in the weird, and ons of
the most distinguished planters in the
south, died last night at his Dahomey
plantation. Mr.. Richardson was known
not only throughout the United States.
but also in England. He cultivated in
cotton twenty five thousand acres OF
land, the most of which are in Missis
sippi. The Dahomey property consists
OF about sixteen thousand acres. He
owned other plantations in Mississippi
| ord T.cgISS1aro
After meeting many people at the
League, Col Michael suggested that
Lieut.. Hobson should have q drink, to
which the hero responded that he
never drank anything. When asked
TO have q cigar he also replied that he
never smoked. However, he suggested
to Col. Michael, that no would like to
have a have.-PhIledelphia Times.
Young men, follow the example Of
HobsoD, and make his choice your
choice. It will help you some day to
be a hero like Hobson. Don't drink
don't smoke. These two bad habits
have prevented some Of the brightest
young men that ever lived from being
heroes.-Ex,
It is probable that but few people
have any idea of the agricultural pos
sibilities Of Alaska. While most every
body knows that the coast country has
a climate greatly modified by the in
fuence Of the warm Japan current
which sweeps past, affecting it very
1oyTah on GN0n tho G47l& N11WmoYf FR0-
land and England, it will doubtless be
a surprise to many to know that the
winters are less rigorous than those of
Virginia, while the summers are much
cooler. Last spring the Agricultural
Department sent out Prof. Q. q.
, Georges0n to make some experiments
: in the territory and he has just re
turned and brought with him some Of
the results. He reports great posi-.
bilities for the country in the way Of
! barley, Oat and fax growing; also that
most vegetables yield vigorously. He
! had several small plots, ~aggregating
about two acres under cultivation and
has brought back specimens of barley,
OhbS, PUU2LOS5Y C4OVO4 60N OgAS1 P46AGS
grown by himself. The oats and bar.
ley are exceptionally fine; would be a
credit, he says, to any country. The
oats sample chow very large, full seed
and are far heavier than average oats.
The fax grown was very fine, from a
fiber standpoint, comparing favorably
with the best State of Washington
q <. Prof. Georgeson surveyed out
three sections of ground for expert,
ment stations, and it is expected work
. will be carried on there next year. The
interior of the country, back from the
t seacoast is very cold. the thermometer
t reaching as low as so and so degrees
below zero.
Few people appreciate the influence
] of the men who plan the campaigns in
war, The PROGRESSIVE FARMER be
t lieves that our Naval Board of Strategy
deserves much more credit for the sue
Z cess of the war with Spain than dc
q many of our generals, Its duty was