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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
AGRICULTURE.
a BUSINE IS EDUCATION FOR
TaE FARMGR.

In these days of improved methods
OF carrying on the ordinary work of
the farm Of intensive, that is, strictly
scientific farming; these days of close
competition in all lines OF business, it
becomes absolutely necessary that the
successful farmer must be one who
reads and studies closely the minuteet
details Of his particular line, whether
it be general farming or fruit growing
The man who hopes to make 8 success
on the farm must be sufficiently we'll
informed to give an intelligent reason
for everything which he does-that be-
ing given a cause he can tell the tffect,
and vice verse, says the North Ameri
can HortiCulturist.
But while this education in matters
relating to the work of the farm is
necessary, there is another sort of edu
cation almost as essential to anything
like complete success. This is a thor
ough business training for the farmer.
Agriculture is both business and an
industry. In the higher organization
of our commercial system it is becona
ing more and more necessary for a
farmer to understand the ways of the
business world for him to be financially
a success. The coil is really the source
Of all our wealth, but through lack of
organization, business perception and
business methods it is unfortunately
true that much Of this wealth is lost to
the farmer which otherwise might be
retained. There are among our far
mers many men Of keen business in
stincts and abilities who keep a close
run Of their affairs, and despite hard
times manage to make good profits and
continually add TO their wealth; but
there are also very many who, althcugh b
they work hard and practice a rigid
economy, barely manage to make a
living, and a poor one at that. As a
rule this latter class keep no systematic
record Of their business, and become
hOpelessly in debt before they realize
it. But it is we'll for all that it is be-
coming more and more understood
that it pays for the farmer to become
a business man. Some of our shrewd
farmers are sending their sons to bust
ness colleges, not that they may be
fitted for Office employment, but for
giving them the ability to conduct sys,
tematically the affairs of the farm
Farmers boys who have the advantage
of a thorough course in business col
lege are much more apt to make sue
cess of farming than those who are un-
versed in the principles of business.
We believe that the time is not far dis
tant when a business education will be
considered as much of q necessity for
young farmer as it now is for a young
merchant.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
THREE WAYS WITH WASTE
BONES.

To get rid Of bones there are three
simple and cheap ways. First: grind
or cut them for the poultry. The fowls
will get the food value out of the bones
and will return most Of the fertilizing
value in the manure. This is the bekt t
way to use bones, because we get pay
for them in eggs and also in m Rnure.
But not every body has bone mill, and
some Of the harder bones are not easy
to be broken up.
Second: bury the bones under orr b
ard trees or under vines, and bury
them deep enough to stop the hogs
from trying to dig them out By this
method the planter will need to wait a
lifetime nearly, before getting full fer
tiIizer value of the bones, but if a tree
gets a very liberal dose of bones it will
begin to show the effect.
Third: burn the bones in the kitchen
stove. Every thing will be burned away
but the phosphate Of lime. The bones
mixed with wood make hot fire and
they have some value as fuel. The
ashes are q good fertilizer.
Bones may be compOsted or treated
with sulphuric acid If desired, but
comparatively few farmers care to
bother with any but the simplest of
ways. Massachusetts PIoWman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
No. %
THE POULTRY YARD.
oVER-FEEDING POULTRY.

The American Cultivator remarks
that it may be true, as writer in an
exchange says, that those who have
purebred fowls, as we prefer to cali
them, standard bred birds, are so mu CHI
interested in them thRt they feed them
too literally, giving them more than is
sufficient for their sustenar &C, and
perhaps tempting them with such a
variety that they take.more than they
would if they were fed as the farmer
usually, or often, feeds his, with little
grain thrown out when he happens to
be near the grain bin and sees the fowls
standing eboUt looking as if they were
hungry. We had not thought Of this
as a reason why some people complain
that their hens, we'll fed and we'll cared
for, do not furnish as many eggs as
other focks which apparently receive
but little care. We had thought that
the man who had invested the money
required to start flock of standard
bred fowl would also read poultry or
agricultural papers to know how to
feed them; but as our memory goes
over the list Of such parties that we
know, it recalls many an one who
knows but little about fowls or their
care, and who are not likely to know
much more unless they learn it by sad
experience. They are in almost every
neighborhood where we eareacquainted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

Can we produce hens that will lay
200 eggs per annum7 WiChouta doubt.
How? By scient fl; breeding, as for g.
good butter COW or good mixer, as
for good trotting or high jumping
horse. Experiments have been made
to increase the number Of rows of corn
on the cob with success. The same
m thod is applicable to poultry breed
ing. We will start with hen that lays
120 eggs. Some of her chicks will lay
$50 per year. From these we will pick
out layers, and so on till 200 or better.
are the result. At the same time it fgs
just as essential to br ed out males
from the prolific layers as it is the
females. In fact, it is more so. II we
look after the breeding of the females
only we will introduce on tho male side
blood which is lacking in proficiency
and thus check every attempt in pro-
gress. 1t is just as essential that the
male should be from hen which laid
175 eggs and from male that was bred
from hen that laid $50 eggs as it is
that the hen was from one that laid
175 eggs and whose mother laid $50
eggs.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
THE FARM HOME.

II is better to instruct your family
and make them happy at home than it
is to charm strangers or amuse friends.
A silent house is a dull place for young
people, place from which they will
escape If they can. Send your children
out into the world with the full belief
tnat there is no place like home-aye,
be it ever so homely.
Parents should not fail to consider
the great value of home music. Buy
a good instrument of some kind and
teach the young folks to sing and play,
then they can produce sufficient music
at home themselves, SO the sons will
not think OF looking elsewhere for 1t,
end thus often be led into dens of vice
and immortality. The reason so many
make every effort possible to get away
from home at night is the lack OF en-
tertainment at home. Music is to the
ear and intellect what peaches and
other luscious fruits are to the taste
One OF the greatest attractions for old
and young 20 the cities is the sweet
music that may be heard there. Why
should not the farmers household be
cheerful, as full of pleasure, as that Of
the merchant Or the professional man
Songs learned in childhood are like
birds nesting in their bosom; their
notes will be heard and loved in after
years. Home should be made SO truly
home that the weary, tempted heart
could turn toward it anywhere on the
dusty highway Of life and secure light
and strength.
Even as the sunbeam is composed OF
millions OF minute rays, the home life
must be constituted of little tender
nesses, kind looks, sweet laughter, gen
tie words and loving counsels. 1t must
not be like the torch blaze OF natural
excitement, which is easily quenched,
but like the serene chRstened light,
which burns as safely in the dry east
wind as in the stillest atmosphere. Let
each bear the others burden the while
let each cultiy ate the mutual conf
dence, which is gift of increase and
improvement; soon it will be found
that kindliness will spring up on every
side, displacing constitutional unsuita-
bility, even as we have seen sweet
violets dispelling the gloom of the gray
sea rocks.
If the spirit of congenial friendship
turks not in the hearts of the inmates
of dwelling, it is not a home. If
love reign not there, if charity spreads
not her downy mantle over, if peace
prevail not, if contentment be not a
meek and merry dWeller therein it
virtue rears not her beautiful children,
the home is not complete.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

The News and Observer Of August
1Osh brought the startling information
that the junior editor of this paper
was also a pie eater, or oficeholder.
We supposed that Col. Josephus, in
roaming over the earth in search Of
pie such as he once ate at CleVeland's
pie counter, had found our slice tucked
away somewhere. But it has not been
delivered Therefore the question
arises: Did Col. Josephus maliciously
capture, confscate and conceal this
slice of pie, variety and dimensions to
us unknown9 Let us hear his version
Of the affair.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

What would Z3b. Vance have said,
had he seen the recent Democratic
State Convention repudiate silver and
put f. NJ. Simmons, whom he declared
unfit to hold Federal Cffice, at the
head of the parJy9 Can the News and
D!storter tell us9
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

Shallow cultivation is the thing dur
ing a drouth. The soil that is stirred
up spreads over the moist soil under
meath and acts as a cork to stop the
soil tubes which would let the water
out. But the top layer itself becomes
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

"Iun1 stGTsdtng TOty jtsst behind the
,srtain, and iT1 ftlgl gLoIC Of the coming
unset. Behind ne are the shGdCtCs C'a
Tie track, before me lies the dark rGtseB
s1d the riUeT. When I nSE7agIe tCfth Ste
Eark ,Cdters I SUd1st TO cast one tf1IgeT-
no look Upon country sUhose goUeT11-
eSnt IS Of the people, for the people,
md bg the people. .n-L- Z. Po!&, eJtssJ'
jh, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

l. The Importance of the annexation Of
hawaii was overshadowed by war
matters and few people have even J ct
taken time to consider the value of this
pearl and paradise Of the Pacific, >
over which ''old Glory" now floats.
The island was discovered in 1542 by
Gaetano, a Spanish navigator. In 1889,
the French attempted to get possession
Of the island, but were checkmated by
the King, and in 1843 English aggres-
sions followed. But, providentially, it
seems, European occupancy has been
prevented, and the Gibraltar OF the
Pacific" is now a part Of Uncle Sans
domain. The soil is wonderfully pro
duciive, sugar being the chief crop. In
the matter of exports, Hawaii has an
eaviable record. For several yee7 g
past her exports Rave been larger IN
proportion to her population than those
Of any other country in the world,
The exports for the last ten years are
valued at $99 OOO,OCO, while the pcpu
l8tlOn is only 80 900. This shows that
every year for every man, woman ard
child IN tie country, 1926 worth Of
that cOuntry's products are sent oUtI
Sheer at the people as we may, this is
convincing proof that they are in 4us
trlous, and an industrious people sci
dom give much trouble. But we join
an exchange in urging that the island
be given an American name-or some
name that the people can pronounce.
Ill fares the school to fastening ills a
prey
decay.
Prlrces and Dukes may flourish or
may fade;
breath may make them as breath
has made,
pu5 the education that panders to the
ne money changers in the temple and
ears to say to the giant trusts of the
iounly: Behold the hire of the
aoorer5 who have reaped down your
leids, which is of you kept back by
Eaud Crleth; and the cries of them
FnIca have reaped are entered into the
2ra OF the Lord of Sabaoth" an
oucasl0a IS NOT Christian education
But as it is possible that our position
pay De misunderstood by some who
esIra to misunderstand u5, we will
~ that our note in our last issue re
Rrdlng this matter does not apply to
Aeges where the amount received
ON trusts is comparatively as small
II the case Of most North Carolina
ueges. In such cases the influence
trust money is small and is usually
i 'fe than counterORlanced by the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-07

will DO buried together. Her husband,
her mother and sister were with her
when sho died.
Mrs. IIoyt vas born in Covington,
KY, on September 10, 1879, and was
famous for her beauty. Her first APP
pearance on the stage was with Rob-
crt Mantcll. Later she played a sea-
son at Days theater in this city. She
made her first appearance in one OF
Hoyt's productions in "a Temperance
Town" 1t vas during this engage
ment that she became acquainted with
Mr.. Hoyt, whom she married on
March 4, 1894. She retired from the
stage Mt that time, permanently, it
was said, but returned last year in one
OF her husbands plays, IA Contented
Woman"
She was Mr.. Hoyt's second wife.
His FIRST wife, known on the stage as
Flora Walsh. also died in child birth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-07
MAY END POPULAR LOANS.
Secretary Gage Sue by BanEcrs with
STRAW" Bids.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-'If tho banlr-
FRS who have sued the secretary Of the
treasury TO compel him to award them
bonds are successful in the courts il
will be tho death blow to popular
loans" said an official of the treasury
department to-day. "The legal pro-
ccedings arc tho direct outcome Of the
efforts of the department to comply
with the letter OF the law. Congress-
provided that tho bonds should be
held by popular subscription, and TO
secure the widespread distribution of
the securities certain regulations were
made and published. The bankers
desiring to obtain large blocks of
bonds employed agents to make straw
bids Thousands Of dollars worth OF
bonds were subscribed for by men who
ment. The necessary funds were fur
nished by the banks and the subscrib.
ers assigned their purchases to the
banks us security. They were to re-
ceivc commissions ranging from 1 to
"a per cent IL the bonds werc award
ed. The department discovered the
scheme and all such subscribers were
thrown out as fast as thoy were dis
covered. Now the principals in the
transactions are trying by means OF
legal proceedings to force the secretary
to give them the bonds. As they are
ut a premium of about 3 per cent, sue
cess will be very profitable, but 1t will
inevitably result in preventing the de-
partment from ever placing another
loan on the popular plan"
1t is learned that suits instituted
last week are only preliminary to
many more. II the litigants are sue
cessful the treasury department will
have to issue bonds to tho amount Of
many millions in addition to those
already awarded. Yesterday q New
York newspaper published AZ adver
tisemcnt in it's personal column in
viting all persons who had subscribed
for bonds without getting them t.
learn something to their advantage
by addressing the advertiser. 1t il
believed by the department that thii
Is part of the scheme OF the men wh'
are trying to force the secretary
hand and 1t is looked upon as IN indi
cation that IL the irst suit is decided
in favor OF the plaintiffs hundreds O
similar cases will be i~nstisated agains
tho secretary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-07
FEW DIED AT MANILA.
In Three Months the Americans Los,
E,ghty-Threo Mon aud Four Orlccrs.

In Three Morths the Americans Los,
E'~ghty-Threo Mon aud Four Officers.
WAsnuSdroS, Oct. i.-Thc following
dispatches have been received at the
war department.:
manila, Oct. 3.--hdjutant General,
Washington: Deaths among troops in
Philippines. July, August and Septem-
Der, four officers, eighty-threo enlisted
men. August, two officers, fifty en-.
listed men, OF whom one officer and
sixteen enlisted men were killed in
action, seven died of wounds. Deaths
for September, twenty-five enlisted
men. Total deaths, seventeen killed
in action, sever died Of wounds, four
teen Of typhoid fever. Gauss OF ro-
naming deaths, accident and misccl-
lancous diseases. Otis"
Manila, Oct. ~3.-Adjutant General,
Washington: Steamer Scandal arrived
to-day without accident. Private ia.
ccbs, hospital corps, died ut sea, ty.
phoid fever. Remains brought here
Otis, ~commandiny'
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-07
PASSED OVER GOLD FIELDS.
Prospeotors or Their Way to the Klon'
dixie Overlooked Rich Districts.

CHICAGO, Oct. IA. p. Swineford,
ex-governor of Alaska, who is In Chi.
cage, declares the prospectors who
have returned goddess from that re-
gion were unsuccessful because of lack
of foresight in failing to properly pro-
pare for q search for q fortune In .
new country.
"Tho great majority Of those who
have COMO to tho Yukon country in the
last year have passed through what I
believe is destined to become the rich.
est gold mining district Of Alaska.
Within pistol shot Of the dock of the
steamship which carried them are some
very rich quartz lodges now in process
Of development.
There Is gold in the islands Of the
Alexander archipelago and the main.
land, from the southern boundary as
far north as Skaguay and Dyea- That
l am justified in this belief Is proved
not only by the mines now working
and paying enormous profits, but by
numerous discoveries that have lately
been made and the large number OF
prospects now In course OF develop.
ment into producing mines"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-07
WARSHIPS TO CHINA.
AMERICAN INTERESTS TO
BE PROTECTED.


WAsBfxaroy, Oct. 4. - Secretary
Long. upon advicos received ut the
State department showing the exist
cnce Of threatening conditions in
China. has ordered Admiral Dewey to
send two warships Immediately from
Manila TO n point as near the Chinese
capital as 1t is possible for o warship
to approach.
The vessels selected for this under
taking are tho Baltimore and the
Petrol. 1t Is expected that tho Balti-
more will not be able to get beyond
the Tahu forts vt tho entrance Of tho
pang lie river, upon which Pclsin n
situated, but the Petrol, being Of
smaller proportions, may DC able to
reach Tien Tsin, eighty miles above
the mouth and about tho same dis
tancc below Pekin.
The officials regret that thcro is not
now upon the Asiatic squadron u light
draught gunboat OF the Helena class
which could ascend tho river as far as
the Chinese capital.
At the ordinary cruising speed Of
ttu NIUE ~ Will take the VeSSel5 u
week TO reach their destination.
LONDON, Oct. 3.~-According to o dis
patch to the Times from Shanghai,
liuai-Ta-Pou has been appointed pres
ident of the court OF censors and u
member of tho grand council. He is
ioung-Li's chief supporter and was
recently dismissed from olics by the
emperor.
The projected imperial review OF
The forces at Tien Tsin has been aban-
doned.
PEKfSG, Oct. 3.-During the celebra-
tion yesterday OF the festival Of tho
moon, the drunken crowds which had
gathered upon the streets threw mud
upon all Europeans who made their
appearance. AS a precautionary meas
urc, the Russian legation ordered an
escort OF Cossaclts from Port Arthur.
The British minister also ordered here
a guard of twenty-five marines from
Wci-IIai- Wei.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-07
MURDERERS LIE IN AM BUSH.
-Four of . sherin's Sale rarty Killed
Outright.

MURrEEspoRo, Tenn, Oct. Am
awful tragedy has occurred in tho
north portion Of Cannon county, about
thirty miles east of this city, in which
Eve men are reported to have been
savagely assassinatcd.
John Hollingsworth killed n man by
the name Of Higgins in that county
something over n year ago. A suit
was brought against Hollingsworth
and a Judgment taken against him by
the members of Higgins family for
$1,000.
Saturday there was to DO an auction
sale Of his property to satisfy this
Judgment. and Holiingsworth, 1t is
stated, knowing that that was the day
for the sale, concealed himself and
several Of his friends in n large barn
On the place where the sale was to be.
When the party Of men came to
carry out the proceeding and had gath
cred in the barn, lIollingsworth and
his friends fred into them with double
barrel shotguns, killing four men and
wounding another SO badly that ho
will hardly GOV
Excitement In running very high
The men who were killed are Of the
most prominent people Of this section.
The sheriff and n posse are now in pur.
suit of Hollingsworth and his party.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-07
NEGROES DRIVEN FROM TOW N.
rana, I'LL. Strikers Go to Washington. Ind
and Round Up Coiorod Mlnsrs.

and Round Up Coiorod Miners.
WASHINGTON, Ind, Oct. 4.-This city
Is in O. great state OF excitement. Ono
Hundred and fifty coal miners from
Pana, ILL.,, came here yesterday after
noon and met at the fair grounds with
the homo union miners and organized.
At 10 o'clock last night they got to-
gcther and, masked, visited all tho
shaclSs where the colorcd coal miners
lived. About fifty Of the negroes were
corralled and at the points Of pistols
were driven out OF town.
One negro refused to 60 and tho
miners fred on him. lie has not been
found and may be killed. The police
could do nothing.
One policeman, Anderson Cannon,
went up to the whole mob and de-
manded of them to dispense. They an
swered by ~leveling their pistols at
him.
The masked miners took the town.
Chief OF Police Call turned in the FIRE
alarm and called out the citizens to as
sist in keeping order. Several are
deputized, and il there is n new out
break Of trouble much bloodshed il
likely to result.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-07
PLANNED TO RAM CAMARA.
The steel Prov of the T~ranspor. China
Pleased Admiral Dewey.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. A.--The China's
commander, Captain Sebrce, Just back
from Manila, tells this story Of Ad-
miral Dewey:
When the c%ablegram reached Dewey
that Camara's acet had actually en-
tered the Suez canal and might be ex-
pccted 500 ct Manila, Dewey paid .
visit TO Scbree on the China, and caro-.
fully inspected tho big liner. Ho
seemed particularly impressed with
her sharp, steel bow, which comes to
q knife like point. lie turned to Cap
tain Sebree and said:
This is a fne ship you have, and I
want to use her as n am. We can put
some good rapid-fre guns in and then
you can sail into the auxiliary cruisers
Of Camara's fleet and ram them out Of
sight before they know what you are
doing. l will SEQ that you are made
acting commodore and that you are
well rewarded. Will you do itp"
Sebrce replied that he would like no
better fun, as the China Is much faster
than any vessel OF Camara's feet, and
he believed she could whip even
cruisers in q fair fight.
When Camars turned back Dewey
w.s much Disguised.