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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-07
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Good mornin'. gentlemen, said
snallas Dillard, as he approached The
group OF half q dozen horse swsppera
in front OF Bud Stones blacksmith
shop. 'I'm sorter runin' fur Coroner
an jest wanter say your votes win be
mighty much appreciated +"
Uh-hu," grunted two or three OF
the crowd.
AYessir, gentlemen, you Sea I'm
mighty poly an haint able to wuk
nun. Wy, I haint got strength
enough hardly to bite off q chew o. ter.
hacker"
"Uh hu."
Then I'm jest at the door o. the
poor house, ~hnanshully speakin,. ]
hain't got over 10 cents in the whole in
tire world, an my inherent family
ov sixteen poor little children hain't
seed q bit ov meat In amonth."
"Uh hu." -
you 10 everything is about sizzled
up the fume with me, an unless / can
stand of the undertaken by gittin' ov
this yere Office, I'm plum gone fur
good"
"You do look mighty seedy an play
ed out" said one Of the crowd.
"Yaas, an too weak and sickly to
make a fust class Coroner, y put in an
other.
"HOw's thatG" asked the candidate.
sharply. II can throw down er whup
emmy man in this yere crowd"
but il you dunno how to make q
Twin fur your family you won't know
nuthin' about how 10 run the Office
successful"
Dunno how to make q Twin, don't
II IN just say to you that thar hain't
q man in these yere county 'at feeds
his y~oung'uns half az good az I do
mine. WY we have fried ham an
billed eggs every meal; an penty o.
sugar fur our coffee, an chicken
pie. lt ra11 o. .sEslJ5cI ga ol.
"Yas, but your plum dead broke"
Am IL KIN DoeFy e. tn00e6no DOL:
lars in less than ten minutes IS / want
it. Ny crib is tulEov corn five years
old, an I've got g stack Of notes a. foot
high on the best men in twenty miles
oV here An what's fudder more, I'll
jest cay toyou'uns il you don't WanteE
vote fur me you can Htosimply goto
thunder, gentlemen, AM stayBhar fun
ell ] keer. ATLANTA Journal 4
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THB CIGARETTES DISEASE OR
ear IS gfHABLT." b7s a.sz

A"4E<~ -% @EF~- $3.50
Editor Medical World:-I have
thought for come time / would write
an article on the use Of cigarettes, aid
the danger to those who use them.
1t is q well known fact. that this
habit (so-Calledl commences in most
cases with boys in. their first year in
school, say fromfve to ten years old.
The disease, for SO it is. is set up at
this early age, and the first thing the
use Of cigarettes does for the little Eel.
low is to makegs thief and liar out of
him. But you say, how is thatG Why
does it do that In this way. He be
comes diseased-poisoned with nico-
tine; SO much so that the use Of cigar
cites becomes q necessity. The parent
or guardian does not know this, and
when it. becomes known to them that
the child is in the habit they at
once promptly forbid their use, and
stop it at once, or that is what they
think. But the child does not stop
he can't do it. He is victim toa
disease that is far worse and more
damaging to his health, morals and
happiness than whiskey OF opium.
Now right here is where many who
have not studied this diseaseo or ''habit"
will differ with me, but let as see. /
said this shabit" m1kes thief and g
liar OF the boy. It does it in this way:
The parent or guardian forbids the
further use Of cigarettes, but the boy
now must have them, and have them
he will. You will not give him the
money to buy them, so in his distress
he must either steal them or steal the
money TO buy them. You ask him Il
lhe has q lit and he tellsyon yes But
he has mt. hr1s osztinuea - La
. After 5 short while his little
conscience hes been 90 scared and
abosgd that he can lie or steal and
think nothing Of it.
The result is, he loses self respect as
well as respect for others. Then be
loses interest in his studies, and before
he is more than half. grown you have
q young vagabord on your hands, and
q candidate for the lunatic asylum, or
the penitentiary, or q tramp. And
why q trampG For the reason that ne
can't work. His constitution Is gone,
his honor is gone. N5body wants him
around, and so he goes out among his
kind like the leper Of old. He is
ruined. z 7l J.6. HILL NIL.
GreehviIle, Tex.
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bat HIM MO A

A good camp meeting brother whose
religious zeal knew no bounds, had
not unfamiliar habit, when praying.
of beating the airh-his heavy hands
flying out and coming down in ali
directions.
During q revival meeting the brother
succeeded ingetting one If the toughest
characters in town to 90 forward for
prayer. Then he knelt beside him and
began to pray for him, and every few
seconds, in the energy Of his effort, the
brother brought his hand down on the
mans head and back.
The fellow stood it calmly for a
while but the blows continuing to fell
heavily, he got to lodging them and
wobbEed out of reach on his knees
The man who was doing the praying
had his eyes closed, but, missing his
man, he Wobbled after him, and CON
tinued to emphasizes his periods o the
sinners back. 1-- 12- ~ p -
Finally, winding up his rather long
petition for grace, he asked:
'tHoW do you feel, now, brotherG"
-'.Plum knocked on. r was the reply.
"Et you had anything agin me, why
did you coax me up here ter take it
out O. met Why don't you come out
side, like a man, an give me a fair
shoWf You've Knocked the devil out
O. me-you hasI' cess
''Thank the Lord for thatt' exclaim-
ed the praying brother, ''that'sexactly
what started out to do. The Lord be
praisedF"-Ex. - 1.-g
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-07
Home Circle.
=1npIRs OF THR OLD KITCHEN.

HUluS 49,
s.5aRIEs or FHt OLD KITcARN.
hack in musings my thoughts
EH have been cast Tv0 El
cot where the hours Of
10 'n childhood we're passed;
,,,vs ali its rooms, 60 the pantry and
o.. that ssI blessed old kitchen was dearer
Du' than all.
r., chairs and its tables none brighter
I'VE could be,
And all its surroundings were sacred
nan the nail in the ceiling, the latch
or loved every crack on the old
A kitchen floor.
-.uomber the fire place with mouth
high and wide,
I'D fashioned oven that stood by
Us T wbich each Thanksgiving,
CIV came buildings and pies,
root fairly b~ewildered and dazzled
And ,b @g TO- Too, St. Nicholas, slyly and
,na G 5aZn every Christmas our stock
Na" inpa TO fill; -
prt The dearest Of memories I've laid
:. .be mother that trod on the old
kitchen fl jor.
nav in and day out, from morning till
Hsr footsteps were busy, her heart al
ways light,
For it seemed 90 me that she Kne" not
The smile was so gentle her face used
to wear;
7 remember with pleasure what JOY
filled our eyes,
Wban she told us the stories that chill
dren so prize;
They we're new every night, though
we'd heard them before
From her lips at the wheel, on the
old kitchen h)or.
remember the window where morn
ing I'd run,
As o as the dRybreak, to watch for
- the sun;
As thought, when my head scarcely
reached to the SILL
That il slept through the night I'm the
trees on the bill, !
And the small tract OF ground that
NV ewes there could view
Was all of che world that my infancy
knew;
Indeed. feared not to know Of it more,
for q world Of itself was thRt old
kitchen door. rl-E o5za eal-
Tonight those old visions come back
at their will. "a
But the wheel and its music forever
are still sFgEF .sz5g-buaTEl
The band is moth eaten, the wheel laid
away,
And the fingers that turned IL lie
m~ould'ring In clay
The hearEhstone, 20 sacred, rs JUST &C
twas then, savI h~r-LHnznt
And the voices Of children ring opt
there again; ,TaE
The sun through the window looks IN
as Of yore,
But it sees strange feet on the kitchen
flor. lHA t=HaHt Ai9-
/ ask not for honor, but this I would
crave,
That when the lips speaking are closed
In the grave, B-
Ny children would gather theirs round
by their side, 4
And tell of the mother who long ago
died. ~
7FWould be more enduring, far deareE
to me,
To have them tell often as Ibid OF yore,
OF the mother who trod on the old
kitchen floor .-EX.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-07
SAMPLES OF SHILLING

E@FsHI ZFET E%A 49, L#L EaIL&F4#r
A Jersey City druggist is making g
of the queer orders he re-
ceivea from people who send children
to the store for things. Here are 2 fen
samples Of shea1
This child ny Little girl aet
yuu ave pgN0ers
10 up adnlt who il sick"
Another reads:
ADsar Doctor, pies Civ barer Eve
sense worth of Auntie Tox7ne for to
gargle babiis throat and obleage" -.
An anxious mother writes:
"You will pleass give the lettle boi
five. cents worth Of epcac for 70 throw
up in q I've months old babe. n. B.
The babe has q sore stummick."
This one puzzled the druggist:
81 have q cute pain my child's
diagram. Please give my son some
thing to release il.
Another anxious mother wrote:
my little bailey has eat up Its
fathers parish plaster. Send an IA
tedote quick as possible By the enclosed
little girl. ~
This writer was evidently in pain:
~ hav q hot time in inside and
wich / wood like il, 10 be extinguahed.
what is good for 90 extingish 1T The
incicsed quarter is for the price Of the
extinkuisher, Hurry pleas. nzNeH
York Sun.
eond6Cto Is threst0drthb oR He
Matthew Arnold.
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You have called me q liar. " shouted
che angry citizen, TO the Offensive citi
zen land you will live to regret that
speech ar"
"That jest shows the diferenceln
feEers.p remarked Cowboy Bill who
happeaed TO be present when man
calls me q liar, he don'so live 70 regret
il. No, airT-PiCk.M Ne Up.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-07
CUBA

Comes a cry from Cuban water
From the warm, dusk Antilles
From the lost AtlRn5a's daughter,
Drowned in blood as drowned IN
seas q
Comes q cry OF purpled anguish
Zee her struggles, hear her Criesl
shall she live, or shall she languiahl
Shall she sink, or shall she rise3
She shall rise, by all that's holy
n shall live, and she shall last:
hlse as we, when crushed and loWIY,
From the blackness Of the past.
Bid her strike. Lo, il ia written:
Blood for blood and life for life:
Bid her smite, as she is smitten:
Stars and stripes were born of strife.
Once we flashed her lights of freedom.
Lights that dRzxled her dark ewes,
III she could but yearning heed them,
beach her hands and tEyaEse.
linen they stabbed her, choked her,
drowned her,
Till we scarcely could hear q note,
AM saoss clanking chains that bound
Oh suroas4
AND soe Kings who forged these Get
teTaG
AsE IA hundred years for news.
Quake and thumb screw for their bet
ters
Inquisitionsg banished JeWsl
mains and slavery What reminder
vi q red man in that land9 s-
why, these very chains that bind her,
bound Columbus foot and hand.
j.
one shall rise, Rs rose Columbus,
from his chains, from shame and
n. wrong
MISE as Morning, matchless, ~wondrous-
Mise as some rich, morning sonsI
N!se a ringing song and story
nEalor, Love personided.
"s4rs and Stripes espOuse her glory
Love and liberty allied.
Joaquin Miller in Frank Leslie'a
Aonshly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-07
SAYINGS.

z1-RL a-14 -EF A&S+@-~ aD@#eEy $50 LA
Teacher: What do you know zabout
the early Christians3 g10o5 aaJs1Qp8
Tommy: Our girl lie one Of 'emdGh6
gets up in the morning and gOest0
church before Observation-Disclosures
Journal. os5 5at - a15s5r agq EFT
A bright boy in a Red Bank school
defined q sausage to be "a few inches
OF food tied up at both ends to hide ne
contents" go 20 aa aF fc sW
A little boy whose new born sister
set up q tremendous cry on getting
her bath, exclaimed: "Well, I don't
wonder they sent you down here, n
you made such q noise as that hs
heavenT
A teacher asked q little boy toteP
the meaning Of the word ''responsi-
sbility. - 2s ~ III
Eyes, mum, . answered Tommy. r.
ii had only two buttons on my ttodS2
ers, and one came of, ali the response
bility would hang on the other. ~
|
IA prominent veterinary Of Indian
apolis who sometimes buys horses wa
passing g township near te city. a
hm blowing hia corn near fha
rod and the smart horse burr
faa f ever the 1ance CO
lowe.
"Hay, Rube Very warm to-day.
sYes;a always Bin SUMMED"
st'Your corn looks q little yellow,
doesn't it4"
yes, planted yellow corn" safd ths
farmer.
The veterinary, hot under the collar.
replied: ~
sThere's not much difference BE-
tween you and q fool" et a
Ma, nothing but the fence"
And the horse-buyer struck ont tor
town and "Hey Rubea smiIsd.-AmaE
can Farmer.
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THR ELEvRNTHc oMMANDMHNE

tN~
Success reviyes this old but good
story Of Archbishop Usher: o4H
Washed ashore from q wreck of the
coast OF Ireland, and almost destitute
clothing, herwandered to the house Of
q church diguitsFy and asked FOR Bhels
ter and aid as brother clergyman. eel
sa"How many commandments ara
there9D inquired the other, thinking TO
detect an impositor.1 1880 ad5 lva rs
81 can ct once satisfy you thRtIAm
not the ignorant impOstor you tak8
me for, replied the arChbishOp3 'sthsT8
are elsvsn5commRndments." 1880
ZssNop was the sneering COMMENT
ssthere are bat ten CommandEnentsm
my Bible. Tell me the eleventh andI
will relieve you" as57ua do sge3
ssThere it " said the archbishODS
IS "a new commandment I giV61unto
you, that ye love one another. '"-E
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A####N
DR.. A. Toome. Porter says in his
autobiography, that someof she scenes
connected with the Charleston earth
quake in 1886 were exceedingly funny.
One, especially, led to 8 romantic q
cluaiOn. a certain young man had
been visiting en- attractive young Wo-
man for q long time. but without be-
ing able TO ask her to become his wife.
He could not summon the necessary
courage.
When the shock came, they were in
the parlor together. The house was
on the battery facing the bay, an ex.
posed situation IL anything was to be
feared from the sea. It was only
reasonable to expect a tidal rave with
such . shock, and when the earth.
quake came, the young man at once
rushed to the window and put out his
arms. Sure enough, he plunged them
in water to the shoulders.
He ran back, and threw those arms
about the lady.
"Come, o my darlingl" he Crieds
'slet us die togetherP
So they stood, dying together, and
the water stood also; for it did not
come in ct the window After e. time
the father and mother appeared, and
found the pair in this alarmed embrace
They asked it's meaning and were told,
the story being illustrated by the
young mans dripping arms.
Then the older people had an expla-
nation to add. Their prospective son.
in-law, said they, had not thrust his
hands into the sea, but into an aquaris
um outside the window.
Nevertheless, he did not regret the
shock. since t completed an uncertain
business, and he and the lady have no6
died, but lived, together. -Ex o
HzE--Ea Ea1-rra -
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accepted

An honest man 10 the noblest work
of God.-POpe.
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Stlli that old, old story
toido Israel's glory
n true cen now as then:
EFIat ne who comes victorious
ION Wrestlings long Iaborious
@@S power with God aud men.
@. A. Young.
Evening star., 1898-08-08
HORRIBLY SCALDED,
Henry Mills Receives Serious Inju-
ries From Escaping steam.


Henry Mills. an engineer on the tugboat
Edith Goddard Winship, was horribly
scalded Saturday afternoon through
blowout on the surface blow pipe of the
boat. His injuries are very painful and
quite serious, extending over a large area
of his body. As soon after the accident as
possible he was tenderiy picked up and
conveyed to his home on 37th street be-
tween Prospect aveEue and N street, where
DR.. Rich dressed the wounds and partly
alleviated the pain.
The accident occurred just about the
time the man was to quit work for the
day The tugboat was lying at the wharf
of Meredith, Winship & Co., who own the
boat, on the Rock creek side, near the
mouth Of the stream. AS the engineer was
ready to do the usual work before closing
down the surface blow" as it is called,
Flew cut An investigation afterward re-
vealcd the tact that the threads of the
blow had all been stripped, and this caused
the accident. Mills endeavored to check
the flow of steam, and though only subject
to its fury for a space of two or three
seconds, his flesh was literally parbotled.
His arms were so badly scalded that the
flesh in places dropped off. Around the
stomach he was also severely scalded, al
most as badly or the arms, and his
face showed the effects of the hot bath. es-
pecially the right side, which is literally
raw, the ear looking like a piece of raw
beef. Fortunately for him his eyes es-
capped any serious injury. Mr. Mills had
been in the employ cf Meredith, Winship &
Co. for twenty-five years.
Evening star., 1898-08-08
PROPERTY STILL HELD.
A Portion of Bill Mason'x PIunder
Remains Unidentified.

There are still several articles of the
plCnder brought here from Brooklyn by
Inspector Mat,ingly and Detective Weldon
which have not been identified. big BIZ
Mason's movements while in this city dur
ing the time the many robberies were COM
mitted are still being investigated. AS
there are charges of murder and burglary
pending against him. 1t is not likely that
he will ever be brought here for trial.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Louis Kaufman
a retired business man, who lives at 62O H
street northwest. was arrested on charge
of receiving stolen property. His arrest
was made on complaint OF John T. Butts,
who was arrested Friday night with Lille
Dennis, published in Saturdays Star.
The woman was released and she will be
sed a witness. Butts Is the chief wit
ress to be used in Mr.. Kaufman's case.
Today warrant was filed in the Police
Court. charging Mr.. Kaufman with having
received one diamond earring. worth 800;
a diamond ring with star and crescent and
an opal ring with fifteen diamonds sur
rounding the opal. The value of all the
property Is fixed at $500. 1t was the inten-
tion of the prosecuting attorney to have
heard the case in court today, but by d.
rection of District Attorney Davis q con-
tinuance until Thursday was had.
Gen. John NJ. Wilson. Mrs. Harris-af 1893
god street and Miss EsteIle Randall were
among those who identified portions of the
property today.
Evening star., 1898-08-08
CON DENSiGD LOCALS.

John w. Sauer thirty-four years of age
had his foot badly crushed yesterday while
On his way to Bay Ridge on the morning
excursion train He was seated on the
floor of the baggage car with his feet out
the door, and his foot struck against the
platform at one of the stations. The in
jured man was brought back to the city
and was taken to the Emergency Hospital.
W. A. Ireland, a machinist in the en-
ploy of the Hygienic Ice Company, bad his
hand painfully injured while at work yes
terday morning. He lives at 1919 Benning
road.
BERTHE Redmond, living. at 4ss Cullinans
alley southwest, was taken sick hear the
corner of I'd and n streets southwest about
lO3o O'Clock last night. She was removed
tc her home in the patrol wagon.
Saturday afternoon a local alarm was sent
IN because of a slight fire in Libbey's lum-
Der yard. colored man in the yard eX-
tinguished the fire before the arrival of the
engines.
Gilmore Harper, colored, was seen riding
his bicycle on 7th street southeast last
night without displaying light to warn
pedestrians of his approach. Policeman
Clinton arrested him. Today Judge Taylor
fined Harper 81, or three days on the farm.
Evening star., 1898-08-08

which were echoed by all the naval Off
GERS. Admiral Sampson said: IT don't
know what we would have done without
Guantanamo bay. which Is better as a har-
Dor and base than Santiago CIR any other
place In South Cuba. Nothing could have
been better than the results accomplished
by the marines, backed up by the ships,
and in their next undertaking they will
doubtless do just as we'll.
Chief Master-at-arms Gratz of the bat tie
ship Oregon on Friday committed sucid,
by shooting.
SampsOn's Hope.
The auxiliary cruiser st. Louis has ar
rived at Playa del Este from Porto Rico
under orders to assist in taking the United
States troops home from Santiago. Cap
tain Goodrich, however, thinks his ship is
too long to enter the harbor, and he will
remain until the matter Is settled.
Rear Admiral Sampson expresses the
hope that the peace negotiations will come
to quick conclusion. He is anxious to
take aggressive action on the south coast
without delay, or, in the event Of peace
being concluded to Immediately relieve the
suffering imposed by the rigor of the block
ade. Throughout the campaign Admiral
SIMPSONS keen appreciation of the suffer-
ings of the half-starved Cubans and his
endeavors to afford them relief have been
a marked feature.
The Potomac has recovered 10000 frou,
the Infanta Maria Teresa. which was
driven ashore at the time Admiral Ceryera
attempted to escape from Santiago
General Leonard Wood, the military gov
Evening star., 1898-08-08

water front. to the dock. where the Miami
was moored.
All the men looked fit. but worn out
They presented picturesque appearance.
Some wore new khaki uniforms, while
others were atured in heavy blue flannel
shirts, with their old equipment All ex-
pressed regret at leaving their five COM
rades behind, but were wild with joy at
the prospect of so soon returning home
They take no tents or baggage with them
The work of embarkation was very easy,
and was quickly performed. The men are
ready and eager to return for the Ha-
vana campaign in the fall.
Lieutenant Stedberg Of the 4th Cavalry,
and Lieutenant Rivers of the Sd Cavalry
members OF General Young's staff who
since General Young left S.boney sick, have
been on General Woods staff, have been
ordered to report to General Young. at
Montauk Point, at once, and left on the
Miami.
meeting of officers of the Military So
ciety of Santiago was held Sunday at the
palace, and an election of officers took
place. General Shafter was elected presi-
deEt, General Wheeler first vice president
and Major Sharp secretary.
General Wheeler sailed on the Miami.
Seven hundred and fifty men of General
kent's division, the 9th Infantry and 18th
Infantry. will sail today by the Viglancia.
The Alicante, the first Spanish transport.
arrived yesterday AFTERNOON and General
Shafter expects to begin shipping the
Spanish prisoners of war by her today.
Evening star., 1898-08-08
In a Critical Condition.

Mr. S. A. Waycott, a steamfitter, living
at No. 3O4 c street northwest, is in crit
lcal condition at the Emergency Hospital
from the effects Of injuries received at
Colonial Beach Satl rday-5 In attempting to
dive into shallow water Mr. yWaycott slip
pei and went straight down into the pool,
striking on his head in such way as 10
cause paralysis of the spfnaf cord. He did
not, however, lose consciousness, and with
rare presence of mind held his breath and
mus avoided drowEing.,f1. ~
Inc physicians at the Emergency this
afternoon expressed the opinion that 1t
was possible the Unfortunate man might
recover, but admitted that unfavorab.e con-
dlt1ons might develop atdany moment.
Payne and Stevens RenOmtnated.
Serene E. Payne of Auburn, N. Y, was
renominated for Congress Saturday with
out opposition by the republicans of the
twenty eighth congressional district.
Congressman John He H. Stevens of the
thirteenth district was Saturday nominated
by aeciamation for re-efection by the demo-
cratic convention held at Abilene, Tex. A
plank In the platform favors the acquisi-
lion Oh the Spanish West Indies.