davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
THE BEST NOVELS OF 1897

Al a recent meeting of The New York
Library Association and The New York
Library Club q committee was ap-
pointed to go carefully over the works
of fiction published | n 1897, end make
a LIST of those deemed worthy of per
manont shelf room III publ'c libraries.
The books published many, but
Chose that came up to the committees
standard were few enough. They were
only seven, and were the following
On the Face of the Waters, by Mrs r.
A. Steel; Sc. Ives, by Robert Louis
stevenson; The Gaofy, by E L
Voynich; School for SAINTS, by John
Onver Hobbee; Captains Outrageous.
by Rudyard K1pllDg; Hugh Wynne,
Free o Quaker. by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell
and Inc Choir Invisible, by james
Lane Allen. OF these first rate novels,
three were frat published eerialIy ; and
of the three. two-and they muc the
moar notable ones in the entire list, be
ing K.plIBg's Captains Courageous and
4 rvpn4Ou's ST " s were published
il McClure's Magazine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
TO The

If you wish to be successful with
poultry, do not undertake too much az
first. Begin with a few fowls end
study their haoITs and wants, end then
gradually increase the number.
II efGer purchasing pufe bred fowle
they 90 noe begin laying al once, dome
get impatient; all they want is a little
time to accuetOm themselves &c their
new surroundings Then, il they don't
begin, you may make up your mInd
that your sy stem of feeding isn't right.
If your hens do not lay, or lay
double yoIked or soft shelicd eggs, they
are o fat, and more wheat and oats,
and n 10 maize, should be fec also re
quire them to scratch for al the gram
given them
II your space ia limited, keep only e
few fowls, and let the few be very fine
ones, as il costs no more 10 feed g prize-
winner than it dos a mopgreI.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
PLYMOUra ROCKS.

Having tried most of the common
breeds of fowls, I believe that for the
every day average farmer who wishes
to keep poultry on a small scale no
breed will answer so well as the
Plymouth Rocks. Placing them side
by side with other kinds, they will lay
nearly as many eggs as either the
White or Brown Leghorns. II one
have customers whom he supplies by
the week, aiming to keep this up the
year around, surely the Plymouth
Rocks will do more TO fill the basket
each week in the year than any other.
They also lay the largest sized eggs.
Ny experience with Plymouth Rocks
has taught me that no breed will stand
the cold and thrive with them. The
old birds will lay in the fall until the
pullets begin, thus insuring a constant
supply. I have heard of great results
obtained from Leghorns in winter,
but have never been able to get them
to do anything extra, I would advise
using only the Plymouth R ,cks for IN
cubation, as they will cover a good
number Of eggs, are eesily handled and
make the best mothers Rural New
Yorker.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
POOR HAICHES

Nine times out of ten the hen is to
blame. Many people when they pur
chase q Getting of eggs and place them
under an old reliable() hen Consider
their dnty at an end, and give her no
further thought, when experience
should teach them she needs constant
watching. When she comes from the
nest to feed, etc, see that she does not
remain off longer than is necessary, for
If the eggs are once chilled during the
course OF incubation they are no longer
any good. Be careful to place a set
ting hen in a secluded nook to herself,
where no laying hens have nests, for
sill eggs look alike to her, and she is
just as likely to flop down on the one
as the other.
Do your part faithfully and see that
the hen does hers, and you will not
only be rewarded by getting a fair
hatch, but save the 2 can't stamp that
is too often used in : cussing out" the
poultryman of whom eggs are pur-
chased.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
HATC WINTER LAYERS.

Many of Jul farms arc so poorly
equipped for poultry raising that most
OF the eggs are produced in the spring
and summer months, the fall and win
ter eggs being very few in number
The latter are always hign in price,
which, of course, would not be the
case if all farmers went into poultry
culture so successfully that winter
eggs were turned out in large numbers.
But that state of affairs is not likely to
De Tor generations, and meanwhile it is
possible for progressive readers of farm
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
FRED FOR YOUNG CHICKS.

One of the principle auses of death
among warm weather chicks is the
practice of feeding almost exclusively
on raw corn meal dough or batter.
Corn meal should not be fed at all raw.
Bread made of corn meal is better, and
bread made of a mixture Of corn meal
and wheat bran is still better; but
bread made of a mixture Of corn-meal,
and wheat bran, with a liberal supply
of faely ground oyster shell and green
bone added, is the best feed for young
chicks that can be procured. Green
bone and oyster shell furnish muscle,
bone and feather food, while the others
general growth
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
[oonnInnEn ERoM PAaE 1l

been tried evrr since there were sepa-
rate breeds, and no one who persisted
In cross breeding long enough has
made anything better than the common
scrubs.
Now let me further protest and insist
that our Southern farmers will discard
forever their prejudiced skeptIcism
against purebred stock and the old fogy
idea I'm regard to crosses.
Select their ideals, when it belongs
to the mild eyed Guernseys or the most
robust Shorthorn, the quick maturing
Essex or larger Poland China; bu5
select the breed best suited for the pur
pose in view. Breed for a definite pur
pose, but never under any circum
stances permit a croes or tolerate a
scrub of any kind. If we are TO make
the breeding of iue stock profitable,
we must not expect them to prosper
and make prize-winners in the ''show
ring" under the same treatment or
condition as ordinary scrubs and razor
backs. From extended experience and
observation, the want # proper care
and attention has been the stumbling
block that has caused many to realize
nothing on their investment in fine
stock.
The careless, easy-going ways of the
average Southern farmer (and l say
this with all charity usually reaches
its climax when having purchased a
fine thoroughbred animal that came
on the tram" and has a long pedigree,
they are soon left to shift for them
selves, or at best given the attention
and feed on which nothing but the
commonest scrub could exc out a miser-
able existence.
Still they are expected or such treat
ment { make prize winners. and hav-
ing fallen short of this, we are too apt
to find fault of some breeder for having
sent u4 inferior stock, when the fault
was entirely our own, caused by lack
OF proper attention. The old adage, we
can't expect to get something out of
nothing applies perhaps more forcibly
to the breeding Of thoroughbreds yer
sus scrubs than to any branch of
Southern farming. / am sure from
actual observance the greatest draw
back to Southern farmers TO-DAY is
their great propensity to cross breeds
and scrubs.-C. f. Moore, in Southern
CultIvator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
POLK'S
DIPHTHERIA
CURE.

Tt is neither a caus5ic nor q pow.
erful acid. 1t does not eat away
the membrane; it simply perme.
ates it and destroys the little build
fr9 Of it leaving it to come away
Of itself, without violence and
without leaving the throat raw and
liable to hemorrhage, as it will be
under any violent treatment While
so emcaCIOus as to deserve the name
Of a specific. it is perfectly harm
less In all cases and under all CIR
cumstsnces.
All that is asked for it is 8
prompt and honest trial, according
tn directions, ana iG will certainly
effect a cure, as is proven by the
fact that it has done 20 in hundreds
OF we'll authenticated cases as our
certificates will show. 1t does It's
OWE advertising. Only> one dollar
g bottle.
MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY
Mrs. Mia Polk Denmark,
4O4 N East Street
RALEIGH. N. @
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
AN OPEN LETTER BY HON. c. II
MEBANk,
Superintendent of Pubic Instruction for
North Carolina
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT J
OF PUBLIC N TRUCTION :
RALEIGH, N u J

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC N TRUCTION
RALEIGH, N u
Editor Democrat ana JOurnal:-In
giving my views on the question,
How can we improve the public
scno0IsH" / write from a North Carolina
standpoint, but what is true of this
State Is true to some extent in other
States.
In the first place, I will say, there
are three things that we must have in
order for the country schools to have
something like the advantages enjoyed
by the patrons of tue city schools
First. More interest In education
on the part Of parents aud property
O wners.
Second. More money.
ThIrd. Better teachers.
II we have the first, we will have the
second; If we have tne second we will
have the thi d; Or, Ia other words, II
We have interest Ia education on the
para OF parents and property owners
we Will have more money If we have
more money, we Will have better
teachers, if we have better teachers we
wilt have better SCHOOLS Instead of
our best people leaving the country
homes and moving TO The towns AID
Cities IN order TO ge5 advantages II
good schools, We must establish good
schools, with their advantages, in the
country.
In North Carolina, for the last ten or
twelve years we have have had a great
migration, 80 to speak, to our towns
aud clgies. Toe greater part of this
population which has moved into our
towns has not been Gle wage Garner.
or inferior class, bug mas been the very
best clement of our country people.
We can fad here and there splendid
homes which have been vacated j n
order that the children may have tie
advantages of school In some % wn or
city. The heads of such families, III
stead of leaving thei communities and
moving into the towns, u beunited,
aud must be shown what they can and
should do in their communities. not
only for the education of their own
children, but for their neighbors' chil
dren.
Some Of these men we hear complain
that there is no society for their Chill
dren in the country. This is just what
good schools will do; they will make
society for the young and for the old
OF any community. We have proof of
this in u rural districts, where we
now have academies and high schools.
Here we find literary societies for in
tsllectual improvement We find musi
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03

cal instruments in the homes and the
musical talent Of the young people
| developed. We find active Sunday
schools and live churches around these
schools. and in short we find society
equal to, and even SURPRISING IN its
nuritv. that of the towns and cities.
Our parents, as q general thing, DO
not realize what good schools may do
for their children in the social way
mentioned, in addition to the great i'm
portance of preparing them for life and
it's grave responsibilities. These things
must be imposed upon the minds OF
our country people. They must be
made to see their duty and RESPONSE
bil1tv along this line. When this Is
done, they will want better schools;
and when they want better schools,
they will be willing to spend more
money in order to have them. This
money must be raised by special tax,
or. as generally called, local tax 1t
often kills almost any measure II there
is an increase of AK. But l am now
taking iT for granted that we have the
people interested and that they want
better schools. The special tax Is good
for town and city schools, and WILL be
good for country schools.
We u have a judIclous manage
ment OF this fund. In order TO do this
we must have men of good business
qualifications as committeeman Inc
cause of popular education has suffered
very much On account OF poor manage
menG OF school funds by the committees
In rural districts. With better teach
ers will come better schools. In most
of the rural districts the school work
done ia necessary supplementary. In
other words, most of the teachers must
make their living at other work than
teaching, because the terms OF school
are so short. AS q result we have few
trained teachers in these schools IN the
country.
Teachers who are well prepared for
their work, and who make teaching
their profession, must go to the town
or city IN order TO make a living u Of
their profession. The time was, when
men could practice Two or more pro
LESSONS. We have heard fathers
speak of one man being a successful
minister and at the same time a sue.
cessful phy sIcian, but these conditions
nave passed away. We are now con-
tent If a man is a SUCCESSFUL physician.
we are content il he is a successful
minister, even when giving his whole
time and efforts to his n profession.
Then why should we expect our teach
ers to be successful in teaching and at
the same time force them to DIVIDE
their energies and efforts in order TO
make a ilvIng9 We Will not re qulre IL
nor expect IL when we have the money
TO employ professional teachers.
9. II. MEBANE,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
saEzP ON ROUGH LANDS.

OF late years there has been a vast
number of acres cleared of timber
which is now lying idle, a worthless.
stumpy tree-top covered lot Of land,
which could and should be converted
into productive land very easily.
Nothing could be better adapted to
any one purpose than this new land to
that of raising Sheep It can be &C
quired cheaply, either rented or bought,
and taxes on it are mere nothing as a
rule.
It takes but O short time until it pro
duces a native grass, and it can BE-
easily induced to produce something
better. Besides this it aforos ferns.
leaves, briars and many sorts Of vege
tation upon which sheep feed and
thrive well, while in fact other stOcs
ignore many Of them. Then, too, In
many cases this vegetation ia ~inaccess
ible to stock larger than sheep.
The mountainous districts in the
eastern part of the United States where
the timber has been removed are most
" q series OF rough, broken hills, gen.
orally productive. Muca Of it consid
cred almost worthless is in fact the
finest land the world affords for rails
ing sheep. OF course there are ob
stacles to overcome. In some places
there will be laurel and poisonous
weeds to contend with, and though
these are bad enough there is another
and sometimes worse enemy to be
found, and that is the sheep dog. There
are other minor obstacles too, bus Of
little consequence except in special
cases.
However, the advantages are so far
superior that they overshadoW all
these, and they dwindle to insignif
canoe as obstacles to an industry al
ready so thriving as that Of sheep hus
bandry. Let me bring before you a
few of the many advantages offered.
The first you will find in nearly every
county in the United States, viz =,
waste lands and lands lying open and
idle which afford much rough grazing.
Besides this consider: The adaptabil
itY OF sheep TO grazing On such lands.
The aid they give In tanning and clear
ing such lands, besides the enriching
of them The ease with which sheep
q Oe cared for. The low cost of
housing Or sheltering them. The low
cost for which they can be fed during
the winter. The early age a6 which
the lambs become marketable. The
ease with which the young lambs can
be taught to take feed from the hand
when not owned by the dam. The
wool produced brings in a nice sum
annually. A very short period is re-
qulred IN fattening them for market.
And last, but not least, the fine meat
produced always fluids a ready market
any where and everywhere.
These few advantages speak volumes.
hope they may be the means of in,
ducing more than one person who ie
perhaps in very limited circumstances
to think seriously and rightly of thin
as q chance Of greater prosperity.-W.
g., I'm National StockmRn and Farmer,
Somerset. Co., Pa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
POMONA HILL NURSERIEe
POMONA, N. O.

Two miles west Of Greensboro, n. O., on Il
Southern Railway. Well known for th1rt
years. Up with the times with all the new IS we
as the old fruits that are suited to my trade
which extends from Maine to Texas. ne
Japan fruits and all other good fruit and hov
ers I have, as shown in my new mustrat"
catalogue. free to all. Agents wanted.
1903, r ITNOT ~ -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
CONSUMPTION
and BRONCHITIS

We learn. from a reliable source,
that Judge Geo. e. Hunt, of Lexlns
ton, N. O., has discovered a medicine
OF his own make, that is q sure CYL
for Consumption and Bronchitis ~
who are suffering with either dlsga ~.
would do well to address him az Ls n
ingtOn, N. @. He has this medicine
any quantity desired at the loW PRIV
OF 80 cents per bottle. -.
Mention this paper when you WII~~,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-03
IS SAILS.

MILTON. Pa, March 4, 1898
DEAR eIR:-We receive quite fire.
quently inquiries for our circulars of
Liquid Extract of Smoke and have
made salee, through our ad. in your
paper.
Respectfully.
e KRAUsER 6 BROTHER.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03
His Popularity.

The Government organ, apropos
the recent horseback misadventure
of Mr.. w. o. Smith, refers to him as
the popular Attorney-G-ner"l
This is the first time we have noticed
any signs Of popularity 10 the gen.
tleman and assume that the fall
must have Jared some lateut
quality of the sort to the surface.
We can say right here, however,
that Mr.. Smith will have to be
bucked about fourteen times from
the back OF an army mule, before
he will acquire popularity enough
in Hilo to allow an Hilo editor to
mention it with safety.-Hiio Tribune.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03

Away from home?
Write. Well send what
you want.
Big orders, little orders,
answers to questions-any-
thing.
AS a painstaking druggist
prepares a prescription with
care and eXactness and in
telligence, so we buy and pre-
pare foods that will keep you
we'll.
Customers find our prices
right and the food satisfac-
tory, so they can come back
and send their friends.
We try to keep everything
there is to eat SO that when Il
stranger comes in he can get
what he's been used to at
home, whether from America
or elsewhere.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03
Passen gers,

From Hawaii ports, per stmr XII
nau, Oct 2-Volcano: Capt Tyler
and wife, Mrs FL w Bellew, Miss M
A Bellew, Miss d o Havfun, Miss
Bellew, G Whitehouse and wife,
Mrs M e Tenney, DR. Geo Herbert,
Lieut. Hinman. Way ports: hev o
Ell Gulick, Mrs H @ Austin and
children, j L Wright, DR. G A Peter
son, @ l. Scrimger, f b McStocker,
wife, 3 children aud maid, Geo B
Sturgeon, wife and child, Guy Kel-
ley, Rev j Leadingham, Miss M X
Kennedy, j T Moir, F S Peachy, j
w Jones, DIR j S Tracey, Z Hoshina,
L Masuda, Miss NJ Keanohou, @
Fairer, A A Wilder, Paul Jarrett,
Miss g Wight, DR. Wight, DR. w T
Monsarrat, T Wolfe and Al deck.
From Maui ports per stmr Claud-
inc, Oct Sc P Wilder, j w Kalua,
j Mcguire, A N Jones, H p Bald
win, Miss Mary Green, Rev Kama,
hele, S Nj Kanakanui, j M Kaneakua
+ Richards, Mrs Moses, Geo j Ross,
Master Turner, Master A Robinson,
Mrs e fl Ward, Lum Hang, Sing
You, w Stoddard, A p Boiler and
SO deck.
From Kailua, per stmr Kauai, Oct
Geo Bruins.
From Kauai ports per stmr w G
Hall, Oct miss Gandall, Mrs Ka
hale, Mr. and Mrs @ Conradt, Mr. and
Mrs S Conradt, + Weber, Miss /
Tai Fook, ii w Schmidt, w L
Hardy, Fl Warehouse, MIR aud Mr.:
Whitney, w McBryde, w Hancock
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03
THE DAMON REoEP rIoN.
a Ga .heriog Like in the DAYS Of
Old

There is no spot in the Hawaiian
Islands which can be compared with
the Damon country seat at Moaua-
lua, and the community highly ap-
preciated the chance offered on
Saturday last to visit the Minister
at the reception given in honor of
the officers OF the Army and Navy.
Moanalua reminds the visitor of
the manors OF the sold" countries,
and the exquisite taste Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Damon has caused the wilder
ness to be turned into garden,
which always will demand the ad-
miration, and cause pleasant sur
prise to all who visit the beautiful
grounds.
To describe Mr.. Damon's residence
aud do justice to the subject would
demand the pen Of poet and the
pencil of an artist AS prominent
lady from Boston, who was present
at Saturdays reception, said on the
homeward bound train, cit is so
unique, that ordinary language fails
to describe the beauties OF the place,
the affable hospitality OF the owners
and the perfect feeling at home Of
the hundreds of guests, who paid
their respects to Mr.. AID Mrs.
Damon, and to the representatives
of the Army and Navy during Sat
urday afternoon"
At present Mr.. Damon has only
what European gentry would call a
''LoGge" on his magnificent = em-
ises. Some day, we presume, he
will build mansion aud take ny his
permanent residence at Moaualua.
Nothing can improve the scenery
which surrounds the estate. Moth.
ing can add to the beauties Of the
lofty, wood-clad mountains, or to
the expansive beach, beyond hich
the Pacific Ocean lies in its ma astic
serenity, The well-groomed twns
and the cool groves OF trees on the
premises are the pride of the happy
owner, who there spends eve:y LAY
few hours of rest from politics,
ondissues and newspapers
The guests who were carried to
Moaualua by special trains were re-
ceived in the most charming man
ner by the host aud hostess aud pre-
sented to General King, Colonel
Barber aud other representatives. Of
the Army and Navy. The Hawaiian
band played during the reception,
and in pavilion specially erected
an orchestra played for those who
desired to indulge in the light
fantastic.
The most interesting feature in
the event was that, for the first time
since 1898, the "old time" society
came out and accepted the hospital
ity OF the "other side" 1t may
mean that the Ratchet has been
buried, but we are inclined to be.
lieve that it was to Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Damon that the "old.timers"
paid their respects, and not to His
Excellency, Mr.. Dole's Minister of
Finance.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03
lev Indifference.

81 am afraid that after being
friends for so many years those two
girls have quarreled beyond recon-
Citation"
"They have, beyond doubt" re-
piled Miss Cayenne. 81 told one
that I had just seen the other, and
she didn't even ask m" what she had
on"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03

The band drew quite large and
appreciative audience to their fare
we'll concert at Makee Island yester-
day afternoon; and they will now
enjoy a well-earned three weeks va
cation, making their next public
appearance on the Oath instant.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03

Colonel G j. Sherwood contem-
plates considerable improvements to
Long Branch during the month.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03

A number of attorneys will leave
for Hawaii tomorrow to attend the
session OF the Fourth @ rcuit Court,
which will open at Kohala on
Wednesday.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03

The announcement has been made
OF the appointment OF Frank Hal
stead as the manager Of the Waialua
Plaut alton.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03

The Keauhou sailed for Hama
kua to day with railroad iron and
machinery for Kukuihaele.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03
Messenger Service

Honolulu Messenger Service de-
liver messages aud packages, Tele-
phone, 378.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03

The bark Havfruen's coal will be
discharged at the Railroad wharf to
the order of Castle and Cooke, upon
the Albert, Isenberg, Planter and
Addenda getting through dis.
charging their cargoes. The Hav-
fruen's captain will he glad if he
can get his berth by Xmas.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-03

The Kickapoos are keeping up
quite rush at their entertainment
at the tent. Hundreds who visit it
come away delighted.