The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-09
THE

a AStle' snort doctor of divinitr
large Baptist convention STOOD ma
step and said he thanked qo5 On a
q Baptist. The audience co,,IS vas
hear and called: "Loudervo 20 not
higher" some one said. 81 caD GoSu up
replied. "To be a Baptist il a. ne
as n can get" But there is Ign
thing higher than being a Baptist ou
member of any other church, and @ sa
is being q man.-Success. '18E
Charles Dudley Warner, in tho a.
look, tells the story of his enco,,ot
with a bear last summer. Rron"1E
into close quarters, some very serios
thoughts quite overwhelmed him "S
| was cooking my gun, I made a boa4
and unsatisfactory review of nv WIKI.
tie. The sins came out uncommonIS
strong. I recollected a newspaper erS
scription I had delayed paying, VEN.
and years ago until both editor onS
newspaper were dead, and which NJ
00NV SOAA0 NJ PaA4 W ala 6J6rnity -
That is a warning that ought not to !.
neglected. It may set some peopla ~
thinking of bears and unpaid subscrin
tions. We shall be awfully sorrv -.
bear shall come out of the mountain.
and devour any of our friend this snr,
mer.-Central Methodist.
The railways of the United STATE.
and their equipment, represent sb,,,s
50, 700, 00O, 900 of actual money, but s,o
capitalized for over $11, 600 OO no
Think of it'll Over eight billion dollera
of counterfeit capital drawing tho
ssme~ interest and dividends from far,
mers, merchants, manufacturers and
other patrons Of railways, that tho
real or genuine dollar gets. And tbis
in our boosted ''land of the free and
home of the brave"
To contemplate. when paving On
cents for a railway ticket, that go cents
Of it goes to pay interest on counter.
felt capital and 80 cents to real capital
does not tend to lift the eyebrows and
raise the corners Of the mouth.-Farm
Stock and Home.
George Gould is trying to evade bis
fair share of war taxes. He says that
the 81, coo, 900 bequeathed him BY The
late Jay Gould was not a gift but a
salary of $500, 900 a year for a period
of ten years. The New York Journal
estimates this piece of trickery prop.
erly and says:
"Mr. Gould is trying to show how
n law may be cheated. Yet mona
would cry louder than he if the legal
rights OF his various corporations were
invaded and set at naught for the pub.
lie He would discern anarchy in an
effort to take the elevated railroads in,
to public ownership, and an effort to
reduce the tax which he levies- on the
public is to him a grave injustice"
In few years Mr.. Gould may learn
how it is possible to tax his salary at
the rate of $500, 900 or more a year.
There is nothing like precedents.-The
New Time.
Should we enter an Anglo American
Alliances Much may be said on both
sides. A formal, iron-clad confeder.
acy seems unwise. Washington's
words express good sense still: "En.
ter into nc entangling alliances"
Should the Anglo Saxon race forms
union, the Latin races might do the
same. We should not antagoniz3
France, our ally of the Revolution.
We should not antagonize Russia, our
friend in the Civil War. We want to
keep a frank, generous opennesS TO-
ward each Of the whole brotherhood OF
nations, as heretofore.
A cordial understanding we can re
j0ice in and promote. For us it has
borne fruit already; we shall not un-
generously forget. Arbitration, within
reasonable limits. and carefully guard
ed, may be adopted. Between the
cabinets, certain projects of large mo-
ment, like the Nicaragua Canal, might
be amicably discussed, and agreements
entered into. An Anglo American
council might annually, or ottener'
consult upon current politics. Sue
cess.
Fiction occasionally makes history
or, what is the same in effect-what
passes for history with the uniformed
A striking illustration of this fact may
be found in Mrs. Stoves ''Uncle Toms
Cabin" which for fifty years has been
accepted by millions of American
readers as historical truth. That 10
did contain a certain coioring OF trutn.