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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
The Evils of ExaggeratiOn.
BY REV. D. SUTHERLAND. IN LEDGER MoNTHLY

the laudsble purpose of making them
more stirring and interesting. All
these things are phases and manifesto.
tions of the evil of exaggeration.
The best way to check the evil of
exaggeration is to begin the practice of
speaking soberly and accurately in the
nursery, but if one has left the days
Of childhood behind and is still q pris
oner to the habit of turning his geese
into swans, he need not despair. His
one hope lies in unceasing vigilance of
his thoughts and words, 80 that he
may think and speak with strict &C.
curacy. A~djectives are always pit
falls Of temptation. The man or the
woman who al keep his or her nara
tive empty OF superla ives and mouth
filling adj 5ctives is on the highway
that leads Out Of the City of ExagRer
alton and toward the Palace of Truth.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
ISRAEL PUTNAM'S EXPLOIT
MATCHED.

a brave deed, ia order to be handed
down to posterity, must be fortunate
in the place, time and circumstances
of it's occurrence, and also in its his.
torian. An Idaho paper records in a
few words an exploit which seems to
reveal an intrepidity quite equal to
that shown in the reputed entrance of
the VOLTS cave at PomfVet by Israel
Putnam; but the incident appears so
ordinary to the Idaho paper that it
does not eve put on record the name
eff the young man who was the hero Of
the adventure.
However, it records the name of
Charles Lockerman, who shot the
mountain lion after the other man had
smoked it out of its cage-which seems
to be much the less important part of
achievement.
1t seems that near Pearl, in Boise
county, Idaho, a mountain lion, shown
to be of great siz9 by it's trail, was
tracked to a cave by Charles Locker.
man, who had two or three men with
him.
Then the question rose, How was the
cougar to be got out the cave7
lone of the men with Lockerman"
so the hero is designsted-volun-
teered to enter the cave, light a fire,
creep cut, and leave the animal to be
smoked, out so that Lockerman could
shoot him.
Now a mountain lion Of full size is
quite as formidable as q wolf, and to
enter the cave with him mu st be as
great an achievement as that which
is legendary concerning Israel Put.
nam. But this anonymous person did
not hesitate. At the risk of
tering the wild beast, he took some
brush and some matches. creps into
the cave, made a fire, and crept out
again.
Soon the smoke filled the cave; soon
also the mountain-liOn, snarling, came
bounding out. Lockerman was ready,
and q bali from his rife laid the crea.
ture low. 1t Wes measured, and fonnd
to be seven feet in lepg ih.-YOuth's
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
A TAI ERROR.

One of the fundamental, and often
fatal, errors of the teachers and the
Oh DOL course ia the attempt to educate
the children t0r some fancIed higher
mission in lite-''higher sphere" it is
called. A little MIssissi ppi negro re,
piled 70 the question of a phllanthropic
visitor who asked him what he was
stuOylng and educating himself for,
ITO git orRs." This voiced, in a special
direction, a very common sentiment OF
parents and children and teachers.
once said to a teacher: Let's make
our teaching take hold on the lives OF
these cnilu rem in their homes and in
the homes which they will make for
themselves as carpenters, bricklayers,
Oil sterers, bIacksmiEhs, small farmers,
small merchants, ordinary Citizens. or
tnelr wives Sne replied, But they
must not follow these occupations. l
cannot bear to think of their doing so.
so, apparently, think many teachers,
and they would educaJ all the children
for teachers, clerks, gentlemen of leIs
ure, sOecu .aGors, or : TO get CHce.
But the great majority must follow
the les hon oracle callings Of their
f4thers-if, indeed, any one calling or
occupation Is more or less honorable
than another except as it be more or
lees honestly or skIltully followed. The
masses of cnildren-every chlld-must
be educated; buG educated TO fill more
Completely the sphere to which nature
and circumstances nave called them
to be discoDt nted not at laOortDg at the
common tasks of life, but at perform
: ing them unntelligently and unskIlL
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21

a great audience OF women gathered
at the Chicago Auditorium the other
day to hear a lecture On how to retain
comeliness. Mrs. Yale was the speak
er. She proposed no miracle and no
nostrums. One of her terse sentences
was: Health is the foundation of all
beauty" Much of the lecture was on
diet, exercise and the proper observ
ance of the laws of health deep
breathing and correct walking" were
set down as absolutely essential. Mrs.
Yale gave an example of the strong,
graceful step of a healthful gait and
then a sample Of the mincing and
Cramped movement Of one who has
not yet learned how to walk, though
she may be beyond the thirties. "Wo
men," Mrs Yale stated, come to me
and say: I'D do anything to get back
the little neck I once had And I say
to them: 'Anything4' And then ]
tell them: "You must walk five miles
q day, battle twice q week and prac
Az SAO6O S0A4obAOhAO Cl6CSs DuUP
they say, 4 never can do all that in
the world You see you must do the
work yourselves" She did not shur
the corset question. when q woman
congresses her waist with a corset,
said Mrs. Yale, "she forms herself just
like a Chinese woman uses Immature.
means to make her feet smaller. Lei
US use common sense. What would
be thought Of a woman who would
compress an infants waists Or what
would you think of q man who would
put such a tight girth on his horse
They are slaves of fashion who sc
compress their waists, displacing or
gans and causing unhealthy conditions
aiding discomfort and unhappiness.
Farm, Field and Preside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
Little Folks.
THE RIDE TO BuMPv1LLR.

-
Play that my knee was a calico mare
Saddled and briddled for Bump.
vile;
Leap to the back of the steed, if you
dare,
And gallop away to Bumpvillel
I hope you'll be sure to sit fast in your
For this calico mare is pr~odigIously
And many adventures you're likely to
As you journey along to Bump.
vile.
This calico mare both gallous and trots
While whisking you off to Bump.
vile;
She PAGES, she SHES, and she tumbles
in spots
In the tortuous road to Bumpville;
And sometimes this strangely mercu-
rial steed
Will suddenly stop and refuse to pro.
Which, ali will admit, is vexatious in
deed,
When one isen route to BumpvilleI
She's scared of the cars when the en-.
giue goes ''TOotl"
Down by the crossing at Bump.
vile;
You'd better look out for that treaCh.
brute
Bearing you off to Bumpvillel
With q snort she a up on her hin.
dermost heels,
And execute jigs and Virginia reels
Words fail to explain how embar-
RAISING one feels
Dancing so wildly to Bumpville!
It's b%umptybump and it's jiggtyjog,
Journeying IN to Bumpv1lle;
It's over the hilltop and down through
the bog
You ride on your way to BumpviIle;
It's rattletybRng over boulder and
stump,
There are rivers to ford, there are
fences to jump,
And the corduroy road it goes bumpty-
bump,
Mile after mile to BumpviIlel
Perhaps you'll observe it's no easy
thing
Making the journey to Bumpville,
So I think, on the whole, it we're prU'
dent to bring
An end to this ride to Bumpville;
For, though she has uttered no pre-
test OF plant,
The calico mare must be blowing and
faint
What's more to the point, I'm blowed
if I ANTI
soplay we have got to Bumpvillel
Eugene Field.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21

Modern text books are sometimes en-.
tertaing as we'll as instructive. We
have mentioned several of this charac
ter in our literary notices. Professor
Howe's Elements of Descriptive AS
tronomy," contains the following CON.
clusion to the paragraphs on the nebu
lar hypothesis: ''Once there lived a
race Of ephemerRns, whose dwelling
place was upon a thermometer. The
span of life Of one of them was but a
second. Being of a scientific turn of
mind, they made record of the reading
Of the instrument. After observations
had been made for ten generations,
they promulgated the theory that the
mercury was rising one hundredth Of
a degree every second. After the lapse
Of ten generations more the theory was
confirmed. and was then called a law.
When n hundred generations had
passed away, the law was considered
so firmly established that no reason
able ephemeran could doubt it. It
was VA0u Ou0 6Eb0O 6uO 4uGAOE6DA0
law of nature; one might question
everything else, but never this. Dur
ing the next ten generations they exc
cuted a laborious t~riRngulation, deter
mining the distance over which the
murcury must still travel before it
reached the top OF the thermometer,
and burst the glass tube. Then it was
an easy matter to calculate that the
utter ruin of their beautiful dwelling
place could not be delayed beyond the
ten thousandth generation. Great was
the humility of their scientists, but
still greater the joy of the ephemerans
at large, when 1t was found, after the
lapse of two thousand generators that
the mercury was actually going the
other way. Even the scientists were con
strained to admit that there were more
Things ia heaven and earth than were
dreamed of in their philosophy"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21

fully. To put intelligence and skill,
heart and soul, grace and culture, into
all necessary labor and into every con
dition of life; to remove from these the
grinding and Departing slavery of
blind and helpless ignorance; to turn
the ''hand" into a living, thinking,
feeling esthetic, ethical. human being;
to enlighten, purify and sanctify every
walk Of life, this is the purpose and
mission Of education. This is what
Pestalozzi had in mind when he pro
posed to regenerate and save the world
by the power Of universal education. I
will urn the car of education round,
said he. It should no longer tend to-
ward that which is foreign to the
child's lite, burdening it with a load of
erudition impractical and impossible Of
assimilation; but it should bring the
child to the full possession Of that
which touches it's everyday life. Ger
trude with her own children and the
children Of her unfortunate neighbor
became his model, and through the
agency of education of this kind must
the world be redeemed.
The teachers prayer should be, not
that his pupils may be taken out of the
world Of their fathers, but that they
may be saved from the evil of that
world. If there be those capable of
rising to higher things, the firm and
ample base provided by this education
will form their surest support for the
higher life.-North Carolina Journal
Of Education.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
THE UNDERGRADUATES OF A
LIB.

A little girl came to her mother with
the question: (which is worse, to
tell a lie or to steaI9" The mother,
taken by surprise, replied that both
were so bad that she couldn't tell which
was worse. "Well," said the little one,
I've been thinking a good deal about
it, and I think that it is worse to lie
than to steal. If you steal a thing you
can take it back, unless you've eaten
it; and then you can pay for it. But"
and there was a look of awe in the
little face, "a lie is forever"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
BUSINESS CHANCES IN THR
PHILIPPINES.

Manila is always interesting, the
Manila of the old days especially 60,
n Of the most romantic, richest, and
fariest cities Of the sleepy East.
Warmed by the tropical sun, cooled by
the breezes of the Pacific, it was bless
ed with features of climate and com
merce which permitted men to grow
rich while at the same time they lived
lazy and contented. It was the ideal
home for the spanish eff 3ial or adven-
turer who wished to seek his fortune
in distant colonies, and yet enjoy a life
which forever reminded him of sunny
Spain.
The Spaniards did indeed become
rich, but only through their cruel op
preston of the natives, and during
their rule, lasting almost four hundred
years, the islands remained practically
undeveloped. Apart from beautiful
Manila, with it's Spanish architecture,
a bit of which is shown in our illustra'
ton, taken from the current issue OF
Harper's Weekly, the towns are and
have been mere collections of straw
huts, and the natives of the archipelago
for the most part are as berbarous az
when Magellan met his fate on the
island ~ Cebu
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
L L AT RESACA.

Doubtless the heroipe-she appears in
the sequel-of the following story was
merely a silly girl, with anexaggerated
opinion Of her own power OF Judgment
and an idea Of the ''pomp ana glory"
of war now not in accordance with
the fact; but when one sits in judg.
ment on the conduct of a brave and
true man, under circumstances In
which personal exp erience is inherently
impossible, even without the terrible
cons quences of the present instance,
q harsner name than presumption Is
deserved. Mr. Ambrose Biarce, in a
volume of exceedingly vivid val
stories, tell the tale.
Tine best soldier on our staf was
Lieutenant Brayle, and he was com
monty in full uniform, especially IN
action, when most officers are content
to be less damooyantly attIred, he
was a very striking and conspicuous
figure We liked hum as much as We
admired him, although we observed
hat he had one Objectionable and un-
soldierly q lality-he was VAIN or MS
courage. Whatever the circumstances,
he never took c)ver, while men older
IN service and years, higher in rank
and OF unquestionable intrepidity,
we're Loyalty, aud with a better wis
dom, preserving behind the crest of a
hill lives infinitely precious to their
country.
Tine end came at Resaca. Our forces
formed a semicircle, the enemy's torti-
J fed line being the chord Of the arc
Che general and his staff were at the
right extreme of the arc, when, at a
commentary break in the firing, orayle
was sent with q message TO the officer
command at the extreme left. Instead
of taking the long line through the
woods and among the men, as was OBJ
/ viously Indicated, to every's amaze
! mem he cantered into the open field,
parallel 10 the enemy at a distance of
about two hundred yards. Instantly
the entire fortified line was in a crack
ling confagration; our forces sent
Oack an answering fire.
I'm the middle of the storm swept
space, equally doomed by friend and
foe, Brayle-his horse lay at some lit
tle misunderstood motionless, with
face toward the enemy. He would not
10 back; he could not go forward, for at
that point was a deep gully, Of which, of
course, he had been in ignorance. But
for some unscrutable reason-it could
not be that he had lost his head-he
did not avail himself of its shelter.
Death did not keep him long waiting.
-Four stretcher bearers, following a
sergeant with a white flag soon after
ward moved unmolested into the field.
Several Confederate officers came
out to meet them, and beyond the hos
tile works a generous enemy honored
the fallen dead with flies and a mufh I'd
drum.
"In the breast pocket of the dead
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
sHR WALKS IN BEAUTY.
BY LORD BYRON.

She walks in beauty. like the night
O. cLoudless chimes and starry skies,
Ana all that's best Of dark and bright
Meets in her aspect and her eyes,
THUS maIlnwed to that tender light
Which II aven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless
grace
Which waves in every raven tress
Or softly lightens DER her face,
Where thoughts serenely sweet ex
press
How pure, how dear their dwelling
place.
And on that cheek and DER that brow
80 eofE, go calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tlnts that
glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent
A mind at peace With all below,
A heart whose love ia innocent.
On the CONTEMPLATING q mule.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21

There is no accomplishment so de-
sirable for the woman who aspires to
be a social success as the ability to talk
we'll. Girls" says Bulwer, fought
to be taught to talk. Man does not
want a singing animal, a dancing ami
NAL or a drawing animal; he wants a
talking animal who car entertain him
with agreeable conversation, whatever
his mood"
Women who regard it as their chief
end in life to attract admiration will
spend hours before the looking glass
and devote days in dress, not realizing
that. one half this time spent in cult.
waiting their minds aud in acquiring
the ability to talk we'll would accom-
pllsa the same purpose in a far greater
degree. Neatness in dress is a para,
mount duty; but beauty itself, if un-
aided by intellect, is overshadowed by
the charms of the brilliant conversa
tionalist. -Woman's Home CJmpan-
ion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
EEEE : TOME \ cIRGT.E
Winter On The Hills.
BY CLINTON sCoLLARD.

What do the city houselings know
or Winter hale and boar,
Who crouch beside the back logs glow
Behind the battened door7
Not theirs the wonder Of the Weste-
White league on league out rolled:
Nor theirs meath spacious skies to taste
The tonic of the coldl
Not theirs the North Winds breath to breast
Till each vein tingles warm
The while he drives along the west
The horses OF the storml
Not theirs the SHOWS as soft as sleep
That hill and hollow hood;
Nor the oracular silence deep
Within the druid wood
Not theirs by night, undimmed, to mark
The spsngles Of the Bear;
Nor through the dark from arc to arc
The pale auroras harel
Not theirs to share the proffered part
OF wealth he holds in store;
Not theirs TO know the constant heart
OF Winter hale and hoarI
-The Ind
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21

man was a letter that contained these
words: Mr.. Winter has been telling
me that at some battle in Virginia you
were seen crouching behind q tree. I
could bear TO hear of my soldier.lover's
death, but not of his cowardicer" y
Youths Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21

On the CONTEMPLATING a mule.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
A Riotous Assem- blage.

Cleveland. O., July S.-The demo-
cratic county convention, which devel-
oped into a contest between the Nc
Lean and anti-McLean factions of the
party. was a riotous asse mb'age. There
were dozens of fist encounters, and late
this afternoon half hundred delegates
began fighting with chairs. Fortunate
ly nobody was seriously hurt and no ar
rests We're made. Tonight the * d ;
the majority, left the hall, taking an
adjournment until Monday. After
wards the Mclean faction elected a
chairman and proceeded to the selec-
ton of a list of delegates to the state
convention
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09

ever and as before the tiger fed from
it. AS it darted into the open, with
the terrier at its heels, every man in
the party opened fire, wounding the
beast severely. 1T managed to get into
small jungle, however, and as by
this time it had fallen dark and as it
was believed the tigers wounds would
prevent its escape the chase was aban-
doned until morning. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that the terrier was
induced to leave the spot.
AT daylight it was found that the
tiger had made its escape. That it had
been severely wounded was shown by a
big pool of blood in the jungle where
it had sought refuge. Captain Burton
determined to have the beasts skin,
and accompanied only by the bull ter
rier. he set out on hunt for the tiger
On the fifth day, when he had just
decided to abandon the chase, he was
appealed to by some natives in viii
lage about 10 miles from Jalna to rid
them of tiger that had seized and
mauled man that day. 1t proved to
be the Jalna tiger with broken leg
The captain organized a party, and
with the bull terrier to scent the trail
they started out to track the tiger
down.
That same afternoon the terrier drove
the tiger out of some thick cover into
into the bushes and closed with it, The
hunters could hear terrific combat GO
ing on, but could not see a thing. Pres
emily the snarling and swapping and
rushing around in the bush came to an
end, and the hunters were convinced
that the plucky dog had been killed.
While they We're holding a council to
determine how to get the tiger out
where they could shoot it, the terrier
crawled out to them. The gallant little
fellow was covered with cuts and
blood. Captain Burton washed the
blood off with water from a canteen
and gave him a drink. Then before
they could stop it the dog darted back
into the bushes and renewed the battle.
This attack was short, however, for
the dog was exhausted. Captain
Burton decided that the only way to
keep the tiger from killing his pet was
to go into the bush after 1t, and he
crept in, and while the beast was in the
act of striking the terrier. he took a
snap shot that brought the man-eater
down on the instant. l was a lucky
shot, the ball having entered the tig-
ers brain through the ear. The bull
terrier was cut up so badly that it was
unable to move, but 1t recovered from
its hurts and Captain Burton now says
there isn't money enough in India to
buy the dog.-New York Press.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
TERRIER FOUGHT A TIGER
Plucky Struggle That Continued
OFF and On for a Week,
INDIAN MAN-EATER FLED
The Canine Continued to Pursue and
Was Badly Used Up-Lucky Shot
Laid the Striped Brute Low
and Saved Dogs Life.

Tigers are not so common in India
now as they used to be years ago, and
so when a big man-eater was discov-
cred in a garden in the outskirts Of
Jalna, next to lawn on which several
men and women were playing tennis,
there naturally was a big panic and
a great scampering to places of safety.
Captain r, G. Burton of the Eng
lish army is stationed at Jalna. and
he was enjoying a siesta when one of
his house servants ran in with the news
that man-eater had just entered the
compound of an empty bungalo near
by Captain Burton, with friend and
some native servants, started out to
Stay the beast A bull terrier, pet of
the captain, followed, and when they
got to the compound the terrier made
rush into a big patch of jungly grass
there and began barking furiously
Fearing that his pet would be torn to
pieces, the captain called to the terrier
to come back. The dog paid no at
tention to the summons, but continued
to dart about in the grass, swapping
and snarling at the intruder.
To the surprise of the whole party. the
tiger turned tail and fled from the dog,
but on reaching the open the beast
sprang upon one of the captains ma
tive servants and disembowled him
with one sweep of a monster paw Be
fore they could open fire upon it the
tiger had cleared a hedge, crossed the
tennis grounds to the accompaniment
of wild chrus of chrieks as the players
fed in dismay. and hid among the
bushes in a garden adjoining the court.
BY this time a dozen other men armed
with rifles had Joined in the chase.
The bull terrier had stuck close to
the heels Of the man-eater, and by his
barking directed them to the beasts
new hiding place. Again the dog
bearded the tiger, but this time at some
distress to itself. for it came darling
out of the bushes With blood stream
ing from a long cut in its side made
by the tigers claws. The terrier
pluckiIy returned to the attack, how