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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
SOME MICRO CHARACTERISTICS

Il is the general impression with
those who do not know the good points
in the negro's character that they are
indolent and untrustworthy. The
writer Of this he s employed many ne
groes on the farm, and his experience
is that if they are paid promptly,
treated justly, fed bountifully and
given an occasional holiday they, as a
rule, may be depended upon to do good
work, and are faithful to their trusts.
Treated in this manner, they work
well even when not under the eye Of
the master. It is the highest ambition
Of negro laborer to let no white man
do more work than himself In the field.
To permit this would be to subject him.
self to the ridicule Of his fellows. In
all kinds of laborious toll the negro
likes to excel. Cutting timber in the
forest; in the splitting of rails and the
rolling of logs and the lifting OF heavy
weights; in the harvest field or mead
ows; in the breading of young mules
and horses; in the gathering Of sugar
cane, the picking of cotton, the trans
planting and housing Of tobacco; in
the harvesting Of rice, the breaking Of
hemp and in many other laborious oc-
cupations the negro laborers have no
superiors emong any nationality. They
are also preferred in the South In the
work of the quarries, in the tobacco
warehouses, as stsvedores and steam
boad hands, and indeed in all species
Of employment where great muecular
strength is required or great heat is to
be endured. Col ]. q. Killebrew, in
Southern States Farm Magazine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
IRISH POTATO sRRD AND sERD-
ING.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer,
The time for planting Irish potatoes
Is at hand, and the old problems arise
anew az to whether planters should
use large potatoes or small ones,
"noLe seed or cut pieces, large pieces
OF small pieces, seed end, stem end or
middle.
Bulletin 80 of North Dakota Station,
tev'eWs the results of experimental
'''7 oL these matters at large num-
o0' ot experiment. stations, and adds
.ssalts obtained at that station by the
-,uent a Dr. Bolley the past year.
sr,an ap 70 the relative merits of large and
La .-IH potatoes for seed, tests at the
=. ''u Station show no difference; teets
n.. :. 'ue Aaryland Station show the small
NoCes No.o'Ces more profitable; tests at the
s..'. g." York, Michigan and Canadian
6a .'',Cus IC taVor large potatoes for seed !;
o., IisSouri Station concludes that the
bnt y, the seed potato cuts no figure,
nIo.s @Ii uepands on the vigor Of the
saan an'' 'he fertility of the soil and the
b,-. 70 whether whole or cut seed is
rss,,I! ,1 ano what size seed piece is best,
''Uils seem less conflicting.
% The OHIO STATION FINDS THAT
lsran9r nor conditions being the same, the
proSs Se' tne cutting the greater the total
~'' The marketable product
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22

THE USE OF GOOD TOOLS ON THE FARM.
Will it pay to buy good tools to raise
Rve-cent cotton9 If it pays to make
Ave cent cotton, then we should use
the very best implements possible, so
AZ to produce 1t as cheaply as possible.
Every one will admit that the use of
improved improvements will save
labor, and hence enable US to produce
a certain product cheaper. If that be
true, then how could it be argued that
it does not pay to buy improved ma
chinery on our farms because some
products are low in price9
Another thing to be taken into con
sideration is that the price of these i'm
plements have come down just about
half in price, as we'll as other things.
We should endeaver to keep abreast
with the times, and if prices change,
try to raise the product so cheaply that
we can compete or else quit raising the
crop altogether.
Tt does not take an old man to re-
member when every one thought they
would be ruined raising 10 cent cotton,
then they adjusted themselves to that
price and thought that cent cotton
would break anyone. Now who would
not be glad to get cents, and further
more who would not think that he
was raising cotton at paying priceG
Itis evident that we cannot in our un
organized condition control the cot
ton market and simply have to take
what we can get. So why not take the
bull by the horns and either quit rails
ing cotton or else raise it cheaper9
Tha aarna ran be rafd Of -cthg= crops
at other times, but cotton is the only
crop that is especially low just now.
Which will the farmer dot
We often have to do things that are
not just to our liking, yet we can't
very well drop it.
Any cotton farmer will say he wishes
he did not have to raise cotton, but he
goes on and raises cotton all the same.
Now If we must do a thing, let US do
it as we'll az possible and az economic
ally as possible.
Break up the land deep, and if it is
stiff clay sUbsoil it. Put In the fertili
zer about two weeks before planting.
Sow the seed with a planter, as it does
the work nicer, insures a better stand,
and leaves the seed in a drill so il can
be worked easier. Run a smoothing
harrow across the rows just about the
time you would give the first working
This narrowing breaks the crust and
kills all the fine grass just coming, but
does the cotton very little domage.
Then In few days run around the
cotton with single horse cultivator,
and chop it out. Next run around the
cotton with a double shovel going
pretty deep. After that use only the
single horse cultivator until the crop is
laid by.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22

Home raised calves are often made
family pets, and hence receive extra
care which they are likely to repay in
the milk bill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22

Wells can be dug in winter as well
as at any time, especially when the
winter is a dry one. After the frost
iscut through, the earth below isnearlY
as warm as ct any ssason.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22

A good way to dispose. of ashes in
winter is to spread them upon the
strawberry patch. They viii go to
the right spot.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22

Wood ashes ought not to be emptied
into boxes. Many q mysterious farm
fire is traceabIe tosthis source It it is
practiced. Massachusetts, Ploughman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22

prof. Bsnj. Irby, late P. ofessor Of Agricul-
= "a 40 |GTiC1lturai and Mechanical College, Rail
u! tI-S has become q regular contributor to this
5sSns,rtment. All questions relating to the farm
GGss44ien or orchard will be answered by Prof
T-hy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
Personal.

Jerusalem is said to be filing up with
German and Austrian tramps and vaga-
bonds in anticipation Of the German En-
peroTs visit there, and fears are enter
tanned In certain quarters for the per-
sonal SAFETY Of the imperial party.
Lieut.. Peary's little daughter. born in
Greenland five years ago while her father
was on an arctic trip, cannot endure
warm weather and suffered severely dur
ing the recent summer. When the tenn
perature rises above 70 she willis but al
ways feel yell in extremely cold weather.
Joan of Arc is still being exploited by
Jealous and chauvinistic Frenchmen. The
latest development of the mania is the
formation of a society or confraternity
which proposes to organize a cavalcade
and TO retrace the memorable progress OF
the warrior maid from Domremy to
Compiegne.
Justice Harlan Of the United States
Supreme Court has gone wild about golf
and thinks nothing of getting up at 6
O'Clock in the morning to enjoy his favo-
rite game. He declares that if his col
leagues would follow his example and
spend three or four hours in exercise in
the open air every morning it would be
great deal better for the cause of justice.
Father, mother, wife and son are rum
ming against each other for Office in Paw
nee county, Oklahoma The Democratic
Populist candidate for public weigher Is
W. M. Obanan the Republican candidate
for the same office is w. T. Obanan son
of the Democratic-P opulist candidate, and
now the middle-of- the oaders have nomi-
mated Mrs. Obanan, wife of the Demo-
cratlc-Populist candidate for public
wegher.
During the recent maneuvers of the
British army the American flag fioated be-
side the union jack as compliment to
Lieut.. Col. Bates, military attache of the
United States legation in London, who is
immensely popular in the British capital.
While in France witnessing the exercises
of the French army he was decorated by
President Faure with the cross of the
Legion of Honor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
COL. LEsTER's CANDIDACY.

There is no doubt that the feeling
throughout the First congressional district
in favor of the reelection Of Representa-
tive Lester is very strong. He has made
an excellent representative. That fact Is
wen understood not only by Democrats, but
also by Populists and Republicans. He
has been faithful in the discharge of his
congressional duties and has made a record
Of which he has reason to be proud, and
with which his constituents are thoroughly
satisfied.
1t Is well understood that he is one Of
the most influential members of the House.
That is ono of the reasons why he is so
successful in getting from the government
whatever his constituents want. Indeed, it
is doubtful if any other congressional dis
trict has been so greatly favored by Con-
gress as the First district, since Col. Lester
has represented it.
That being the case, the voters of the
First district should see to it that Col.
Lester is kept In Congress as long as he
desires to remain there, and that he is
reelected by a vote so large that he will
feel that he has constituency which has
a high appreciation of his services.
Having the good win of his district in
such a marked degree, he very naturally
desires to be returned to Congress by a
big vote. Every congressman likes to feel
that he has pleased his constituents so we'll
that they are willing TO compliment him
by giving him a big vote.
The fact that the votes of all the men,
bers of party may not be necessary to elect
him ought not to influence any Democrat
TO neglect to register, or if registered, to
vote A big vote is calculated TO inspire a
congressman to make extraordinary efforts
TO serve his district.
This is an off year In politics, and Demo-
crats are not registering as freely as they
should. In fact, altogether too many of
them are neglecting this important duty.
There is not one of them who cannot spare
the time to register and vote, and not one
Of them should neglect this duty
of a citizen. In the days yet remaining in
which the registration books win be open
let the Democrats of this district register,
and when they have registered, let them
vote when election day comes. Give Col.
Lester the big vote which he deserves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
Two Boobies Abroad.

Capt. y. Mayo Dyer of the Baltimore,
who has been advanced for bravery at
Manila is not graduate ia ON Annapolis.
lie was formerly mate on whaling yes
sci. In Lesies Weekly Joanna Nicholas
Kyle tells this anecdote of MIN while he
commanded the Marion, on a return trip
from Yokahoma; Her coal supply was low,
and the voyage was performed by getting
up steam for a while and then running by
aid of sails until compelled to use steam
again, yet the vessels arrived on the date
set by her orders. 1t was during this
trip, which required so much skill and
management, that Dyer one day, on going
below, said to the officer who took his
place on the bridge: Now report to me
everything that occurs" The young lieu
tenant was new to seafaring life, and not
discriminating in his ideas of the import
ance of events Soon after taking his
stand on guard a 'booby," which is called
by sailors the LATEST bird on the wing be-
cause it viii alight on the ship at any
point perched upon the fore yard-arm.
The lieutenant contemplated the BOBBY
earnestly, as If it had been an omen of
fate, then called the captains orderly,
and said: Go tell the captain that there
is BOBBY on the fore yard-arm."
Tell the captain what?" blurted out the
old marine.
Tell Capt. Dyer that there is a BOBBY
on the fore yard-arm," reiterated the pune
ttious officer
Capt. Dyer was seated reading when his
orderly presented himself at the cabin
door.
''Well?'' he asked, with a nasal jerk,
looking up over his spectacles
Mr.. - reports that there is a BOBBY
on the fore yard"
The captains face at this extraordinary
piece of information was a study, but, as
he never scrupled TO bestow what ne con-
sidered an appropriate epithet upon any
person, he calculated IN a tone a little
more nasal than usual, to express his sar-
casm: "A BOBBY on the yard-arm, is there?
90 back and tell Mr.. - that I say there
is another one on the bridge"
The grinning marine retired to deliver
this message with the addition of a few
adjectives of his own manufacture.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
BAD MANNERS IN GOOD COMPANY.

A New York paper recently published
symposium contributed by num-
Der of writers which went to show that oil
of the Doors, by a very considerable per-
centage, are not to be found in what
for convenience may be called the lower
strata of society; that even among DO
lite folks there are from time to time to
be found rudeness, brusqueness and even
brutality. totally out of keeping with the
breeding supposed to have been had by
persons who had attained to a social
degree above the average. The persons
considered by the writer's were those who
when grouped, are called Society" mean
ing an aggregation of individuals having
sufficient advantages, accomplishments or
family to set them apart and dlstin-
guish them from the common herd"
Society should represent all that is
best in our civilization Those who ere
usually SO classified have birth and en-
vironment, and an adequate share of the
worlds goods, to their credit to begin
with. They have time and opportunity
to acquire the information and the polish
which should characterize gentle folks
They have precept and example teaching
correct department almost constantly be-
fore them They learn, or should learn,
that kindness, charitable thinking, re-
gard for the comfort and convenience of
others and for their sensibiIties. delicacy
of expression and readiness of resources,
are really the distinguishing Characters
tics of refinement If our society peo-
pie do not combine these characteristics
then we have NOT achieved a perfect civil
ization.
The majority of society people, prob
ably, are well behaved; nevertheless it is
asserted that among them are to be found
the most boorish of Doors; and their short
coming is the more noticeable because so
much better is expected of them. Self
ishness is usually at the bottom of the
most of the bad manners, though envy.
petty spite and thoughtleseness contri-
butte their quota. One of the symposium
writer's thinks that women are worse
transgressors against the canons of good
manners than men. They presume upon the
fact of their sex. They demand more than
difference is not instantly forthcoming
they take offense and create unpleasant
ness. The creatures that of all others
are most needless of the comfort, conven-
fence or well being of any except them
selves, it is said are women In a crowd.
No matter how gentle may be their man
ner In the drawing room, in a crowd they
jab with umbrellas and tread on toes mer-
cilessly. In public places even when there
is no crowd it often occurs that the re
fined and considerate manner is absent
Examples in Illustration are to be seen
in theaters, and even in churches The
criticism may be little severe, but il
must be admitted that there is some basis
for 1t.
Uniformity of good manners, meantime.
is an ideal which will probably never be
attained before we are well along in the
mlllennial period SO long ae human ma
ture remains what it is now there win
he individuals even in the most exclusive
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Clinton Lodge No. "a, F. & A.
M; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company.
Special Notices-Notice of Application
10 Legislature For a Local Bill to En-
power the County Treasurer to Employ
a Clerk. Etc; Query. Ludden & Bates;
The Ideal Restaurant, Beckmann's Cafe.
Business Notices-Le Panic Cigars,
Henry Solomon & Son, Distributing
Agents.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company
On The Top Round-Byck Bros.
The "Jeanness Miller Shoe for Womenl
"A. S. Nichols
Furniture, Carpets, Etc.-Lindsay &
Morgan.
musements-Cleveland & Wilson'S
AIinstrels. at Theater Oct. II; Remember
the Maine, at Theater Oct. 10.
Legal Notices-Applicatio to Sell Real
Estate of Susan Dennison, Deceased.
There Are Other Stores in Town. But
NJ. 5. Brown, 123 Broughton, west.
Medical-Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey;
Hoods Pills; S. S. s.; Castoria.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
The Average Man.

+ rom I1dl pNI 0SNh4Ss
When 1t comes to a question Of trusting
Yourself TO the risks of the road,
When the thing is the sharing of burdens,
The lifting the heft of a load,
In the hour of peril or trial,
In the hour you meet as you can,
You may safely depend on the wisdom
And skill Of the average man.
IT'S the average man and no other
Who does his plain duty each day,
The small thing his wage is for doing,
On the commonplace bit of the way.
IT'S the average man, may God bless him,
Who pilots us, still in the van,
Over land, over sea, as we travel.
Just the plain. hardy, average man.
So on through the days of existence,
All mingling in shadow and shine,
We may count on the everyday hero,
Who happy the gods may divine,
But who wears the swaTth CRIME of his
calling,
And labors and earns as he can
And stands at the last with the noblest,
The commonplace average man.
Margaret f. Sangster
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
How the Dean Turned the Tables.

The following, according to the London
Spectator, was tod by Lord De Ros: In
the early part of the century, Vauxhall
was the resort of many respectable per-
sons, especially of those who came up
from the country to see London sights
Durlng one season it was infested by a
oand OF roughs, who made it their occu-
patton to insult and modest the most quiet
decent people, especially any whom they
guessed to be country visitors They be-
came such nuisance that several mon
about town, among whom We're Lord AL
Vanley and Keppel Craven, laid a plot to
get rid of them. They hired Mendoza. the
famous prizefghter ana dressed him I'D
as a dean, with a shovel hat and apron,
Another prizefighter, a short man. was
dressed as middle-aged lady and passed
as the deans wife, and one evening they
were seated at Vauxhall in a conspicuous
position TO watch the fireworks 1t was
not long before the old-fas hioned coun-
trified pair attracted the attention of the
gang, who assailed them with every kind
of coarse raillery and insult, all of which
they bore meekly
AT length one of the prosecutors, grow
ing holder by impunity stepped up to the
dean and squirted an orange into his eye.
On this the DEAN rising, said in a meek,
quiet tone:
Really gentlemen, I have borne a great
deal, but 1 must put stop to this
With that his hat went one way and his
coat another, and, followed by his wife,
he sprang into the middle of the party
hitting out in all directions. Filled with
astonlshment and terror, some fled and
some tried to show fight, but the handling
they got from the przefghters was too
severe for the fracas to last long. All the
time Lord Alvenley and his friends, VINO
were in the boxes, We're calling out in de-
light:
Deanw
An effectual stop was thus put to the on
noyanoe. Lord De Ros, who was present,
was a boy at Westminster, and some of
the Lennoxes had given him a hint that
if he went to VauXhan that evening he
would see some fun.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
MiIliam,s Oriental visit.
From the New York Evening Post Qnd).

The comic aspect of thu Emperor Will
liam's journey to Palestine do not blind
European observers to the shrewd stroke
of business he is in a fair way to trans
act with the Sultan. German interests in
Asia Minor are already large. A railway
from Constantinople to the upper waters
of the Euphrates is already building.
financed by the Deutsche Bank, and win
he completed in five years. 1t is limited
in Berlin that the Kaiser is going to ask
the Commander of the Faithful to give
him a port on the Syrian coast-none other
than Haifa, where there is already a
prosperous German colony. Haifa is just
south of Acre, which Napoleon called the
key of Syria" and il is from Haifa, as
Maj. Gender declared twenty years ago,
that the true all-rail route to the East
must start. Putting these things to-
gether, Germans are talking of the En-
peror's visit to Jerusalem as marking one
steps more in the resolute turning of their
country toward markets and influence in
the Orient
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
Horse Chestnuts Cure a Bishop.

my experience with the horse chestnut
as a cure for rheumatism" said a New
York bishop, who is attending the conven-
ton, according to the washington Star,
was all on the side of the horse chestnut,
and it has been the same with a number
of persons to whom I recommended it.
l had often heard of the value of the
horse chestnut, but had never tried il my
self until during the first terms Of Presi-
dent Cleveland. l was spending the day
al the White House. and just before dim
ner with the President took a walk in the
grounds Immediately south of the eXecu-
tive mansion. Ii was during the first week
of October. Passing near a chestnut cree,
I picked up two or three handsome buck
eyes.
1.-The President noticed my action and re-
marked, Those nuts, they say will cure
rheumatism, and many people down this
way have great faith in them I answered
that l had often heard of their value in
that connection, but that my purpose IN
gathering them was to give them to some
children who l knew would appreciate
them, from the fact that they grew in the
White House grounds. AT the time | was
suffering from a rheumatic attack which,
though mild in comparison with some [ had
had, was sufficient TO remind me that I
was not free from pain. On the SUCCESS
ton of the President l picked up some
more and put them In my pockets.
1t was week or more before 1 return
ed to Albany, but by the time l got there
my rheumatism had disappeared. l gave
all the nuts away except two, which /
carried for some months, one in each trou-
sers pocket Since then 1 have never gone
a day without a horse chestnut in my
rocket. getting a fresh supply each year
from a clerical friend who resides mere.
Physicians have told me that the virtue
g 81, ,l,,,1,va how 4at
and that the sulphur is absorbed into the
svstern''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17

Gov. Tanners very peculiar actions in
the matter of the Virden labor troubles
are likely TO annoy both him and the state
of Illinois for some time to come. On his
own responsibility he has attempted to
restrict migration into the state, he has
prevented a railroad from exercising its
functions as common carrier under the
law, he has attempted to say what labor
shall and shall not be employed in Hi
nois, and that employers shall not hire
men to whom the Governor has objections.
1t is needless to say that Gov. Tanners
assumption of authority will not be toler-
ated in Illinois.