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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
Our NeighbOrs the Birds.
Concluded from last week }

Sp6Cl8S-G06 purple SraeRle, OF COM
mon crow-blackbird, with his metallic
coat; the redwing with red and gold
shoulders, who calls, 'Okelee! = as he
flies back to his marshy home; the
vagabond cowbird, who lays his eggs
in any nest aud gives only a clucking
note as he follows the grazing cattle to
feed upon the insects they disIodge,
and, lastly, the splendid meadow
lark with his yellow breast and Jet
throat crescent, who proclaims
Spring o the year" even when spring
is long past
The impetuous gray kingbird, with
white banded tell, sits motiopIess on
the rough fence.rail, then cries Ky
RE, Kyrie! !" and sails into the air for
an insect and returns to his original
perch.
A group of cherry yellow American
g%olddnChes, or thistle birds, are sing
ing and feeding on sprays of seeding
grass Their black caps give them q
very knowing look. They nest late
and are only now hCuee-huntipg, and
this is greatly to our advantage, for
hey will be the longer our reigbbors.
How they MARBLE, whistle and call,
like veritable canaries, to whom they
are cousins.
Hark What was that flying from
the timothy7 A bird or only a strain
of music9 a bird, a bobolink, soaring
and singing, then settling in the grass
again as lightly as a shallow. His song
eaeon is brief, but he will win your
IF 3ction, for be is a magician, and has
be- witched all poets and lured the
most sedate prose-#risers to uncon
scious rhythm.
So you dream the morning away
listening, wondering; a redstsrt, in
color like a tiny oriole, slips through
the branches; but the bird music dur
ing the last hour has been growing
less and less until one persistent voice
alone continues, exhorting, preaching
and chiding-that of the red eyed
vireo, the bird that Wilson F.agg calls
tn preacher from his oratory, for he
sings alike morning, con and after
coon, cheerfully persistent. His nest
is a pretty pensile affair which you
will surely fad among the apple
boughs.
Come up the lane that finally dwin
dles into the woodpath. Listen to
that mocking whistle-a chat is hid
ing in the wayside bushes. He is a rogue
indeed, who wilt lure sou into every
possible tangIe and tell you the most
D eusi0le fibs.
The SNOWY bluebird with the pointed
crest, who is fly ing ahead pursued by
two irat9 robbins, is a jay; he has been
s ealing eggs. jay, jay, jay!' he
screams, as if the sound Of his name
might avert a probable thrashing. The
night hawks are already forging (2bey
are not true hawks but harmless fly
catchers, and you may easily distln
guish them by their long, white spot
ted wings and bai-like Fl ght.
Their cry is "Skirk, skirk !" ard the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
The Cry Of the Age.

HAMLIN GARLAND. IN THE OUTLOOK"
What shall I do to be justR
What shall I do for the gain
OF the world-for it's sadness9
Teach me, 0 Seers that / trust!
Chart me the d ficult main
Leading out Of my sorrow and madness,
Preach me the purging of pain.
Shall I wrench from my finger the ring
To cast to the tramp at my door9
Shall / tear eff each luminous thing
To drop in the palm Of the poor?
What shall I do TO be just7
Teach me, 0 Ye In the light,
Whom the poor and the rich alike trust:
Ny heart is aaame to be right.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
GYPSY WRITES.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-Will you allow
a farmers daughter to join your merry
circle9 l have been q silent admirer of
the Social Chat a long time. I have
been thinking of writing a letter, but
knowing that all the others could write
more interesting letters than l could,
/ have listened while they have talked.
Now l make an attempt to write,
though l fear the waste basket.
As the subject IL I'VE" has already
been discussed until IL is Thread bare"
and I don't know much about that sub
ject [ will net attempt TO write on it.
1 will just give you some rambling
thoughts. D3ar Cousins, I think u
merry circle is so much help to US.
We find 60 many instructive letters
there. E lch one Of us should improve
every moment of our time. Some boys
and girls seem nO5 to realize how I'M
portant their school days are. Some
go there to have a big time" and do
not study, and when they return for
vacation they say they have been
studying very hard and are anxious to
return and obtain an education, but
how wrong such deception is. And in
after years they will sadly realize their
folly and wish they could go back over
their school days again. COu sins, we
should be so careful what we do and
say each day, for you know what is
once written upon the pages of time
can never be erased. 1 think at the
close OF each day we should recall the
little events and see il we can profit
ourselves any by the unpleasant Incl.
dents, and il we can, we must have
mora sunshine in our hearts to morrow.
Ny home is situated On a hill just n
and a half miles from the nearest coun-
lry village, and as I ver look the
valley and view the romantic scenery
of bill after hill tipped with beautiful
trees G. DDS first temples" as Bryant
calls them-my heart swells with
gratitude and love that we are per-
mitted to live in such a bright world.
[ ~ IS bEuES db g4LASS SEOuA6 OHOA 6A00O"
US but the thoughtful, patient observer
will soon see a silvery ray lurking in
soma remote corner and by and by the
cloud will disappear, and will be once
more surrounded by sunshine. How
many OF the Cousins like musicH I
think Gld has given it to US to calm
/ the heated passions, sOoChe the lonely
| heart, quiet the shattered nerves and
last but not least, create a love for the
| good and beautiful. Nature is full Of
! music. Toe brook as it rippies over
the pebble, the wind az it signs
through the tr5es, form music. GOOD
music tunes US to the highest pitch
and causes US TO feel what we are and
what we might be-" GYPSY.
Where ignorance is bliss It's Jolly to
be wiee.-Gray
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

ILA1
know a little baby
JUS one year old to day;
The dearest little angel
God ever sent this WRy.
With blue eyes sweet as violets,
and hair Of curling gold,
Darling Baby Estelle,
Olly Cne year old.
She has such cunning dimples
On little cheeks and hands,
Such dimples call for kisses,
Kisses are in demand
Hove to kiss the eyIids
Beneath the curls OF gold
o. bonnie Baby E3telle,
Only one year old.
Oll darling Baby Estelle,
The love I have for thee
Il greater than the waters
Within the splendid sea-.
love thee, dear, 50 fondly
That the touch OF your soft hand
Is sweet as the breath Of flowers,
From distant tropic lands.
Your heart is sinlees, Baby,
No wrong Thought enters there;
Your souls as pure as snowfakes
Drifting thro' winter air.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

IS ON HER FIRST BIRTHDAY BY EV
Gods angels ever guard thee,
And keep thy soul as white
As now when Baby Estelle
Is one year old to night.
Oh Bonnie little Estelle,
Thy mothers heart in thee;
Thy mothers heart, my angel,
Priced above all should be.
Be ter der to her, darling,
And when she has grown old,
She'll kiss with thankful gladnCsJ
Those darling curls Of gold.
Your name is Estelle, sweetheart,
And mine is Estelle, too;
May you grow up to love me
Dearly as I love you.
May you always remember
A maid with hair of gold
Who loved her little namesake
Only one year old.
Be gentle. pure and winsome,
As ell sweet girls should be,
And may God ever keep you,
Is my best prayer for thee.
And when our lives are ended,
And God has called us home,
May we, Sweet, meet and worship
Around the great white throne.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
MABEL osGOOD R

ZESS q sweet, ripping GWltter.
. IN They are barn swallows, and
their nest is JUS inside.
The overladen rose bushes are drop
ing their petals; a burst Of song comes
ION them, and you throw yourself
mo the canvas hammock to lis en-.
Inc music takes syllables: "Prut prut:
cc9IiLcot: hey c-quillicot: hey vic
tory" The singer starts up at sight of
you. comes close and eyes you taunt
i1gly, flies to a syringa, calling, "Z3ay,
zaayI ~ and disappears, proving himself
every inch a catbird.
You also note a flock Of hUmming-
birds lowering about the roses, but
you are puzzled because the M )riCy
have no ruby patch upon the throat
They are the females and the young
d th5 season, who are clad 10 gray
ana metallic greens only perbeI s some
llCy day you may find one Of then
:lly iichen nests saddled on a NOISY
branch.
-~SN al NL0g A4ASAOAH4 -
FhO Is scratching where old leaves lie
1uddIed. WHAT grace Of motion ana
5aenuess of eye he has as he RI fiji g his
fathers, twitches his tail and hops
With long leaps. He is the brown
chrasher, and his sorg, heard from q
tree top, is the climax of bravura bird
music.
A lisping sing in the thimbleberry
bushes between the garden and orch
ast attracts you, but you must use
your glass in order to discover that
j. comes from a rather slender, green
!5G-6lue bird, with a blunt, sparrow
Ike bill Il is the indigo bunting,
who nested in the briers this season
-.ose to the black masked MARYLAND
yellow throat who is calling, "FJllow
I7, follow me, follow mel
Another bright hued bird, the vel
low warbler, is making excursions be
-Feen two ragged apple trees, tasting
-arIous insects and marking his ap-
s-oVal by S nging, Sweet, sweet,
s7cet, sweet, sHeeter!" Try to fad
-z nest; it is a pretty shallow cup
IMPOSED Of milkWeed, silk, fernwood
--. c1bRebs.
t-esently a song-s1aIrow gives the
sse.ude to a varied song. Maids,
-a.-=, maids, hang on your tes-ket
-- "-lie ethel Is one of Taornau's in
raration Of the notes. You ais
-l the liEtle striped fellows in some
z bushes, sir ging away for dear
fore the sun is too high, strolling
-.-1gh the orchard, stand on the
-y edge and look into the meadow,
HI the uncut timothy field. but the
-@-and by the brook, where the COWS
ave kept the grass short. You are
~--o.le surprised to see a number
~ large birds walking unceremoni
--sly emOng the cattle, With your
s-ass you will easily identify four
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

Let honor be to US as strong an obli'
cation as necessity is to others. -Pliny.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
Little n e-Year-Old.

~vrs wRTTEN TO EVA EsTELLE JUTUs ON HER FIRST BIRTHDAY BY EVA
FLAM NDON
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
Drin' III: S,en Dismissed.

The following from the Laramie
Republican shows something of
the workings Of the new temper
ance policy of the Union Pacific:
A significant move, indicating
the policy Of tho Union Pacific
management: concerning drinking
and gambling was taken here last
Saturday. Six brakemen, some
regular men and some extras we're
discharged for drinking. They
were "kodaked' by a spotter while
at the bar and in the act of inlulg-
ing in "geezer" and the case was
"cinch." Of course, these boys
didn't suppose it was against the
rules to drink when not on duty,
but still they are subject to a call
to work at any moment and if then
under the influence of liquor
would not be fit for duty. 1t is
evident that the officials have in
augurated strict and unrelenting
crusade against drinking and
gambling and evidently will not
have in their employ anyone who
INDUCES in either of these things
to excess.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
Crescent CityItems.

The new railroad is getting we'll
under way here. There is no idle
men now in this neck Of woods, as
they are all helping the new road
to get rid of some of her cash.
Mr.. G. r. Pratt is quite sick.
Miss Dora Jensen is home from
Council Bluffs nursing very
painful bruised limb, that was
caused by falling on the sidewalk
in the Bluffs about eight weeks
ago, and it has got SO bad that it
battles the doctors.
James Murphy has gone to visit
his mother in the Northeastern
part OF Iowa.
Some sneak thief relieved Chas
Christensen of pair of fine new
horse blankets.
The M. d. church had Christ
mas tree and the L. d. S. church
gave an entertainment, giving the
children nice treat of candy and
nuts. RANGER.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

The Illinois Central's new line
through this valley means much
more than people are at first in-
clined to admit. It is to be re-
msmbered that our new relations
with Cuba and Porto Rico means
large exchange Of commodities
with these islands, and this rail-
way system will give us direct
communication by way of Gulf
ports with our newly acquired ter
ritory. The Boyer valley raises
much that will find this new mar
ket, hence the value of the new
route to our people. This road
also runs directly through the
great southern pine regions and
opens up to US the possibilities of
much heaper lumber than we now
enjoy. Woodbine Chronicle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
Sherif's Sale,

pY VIRTUE OF A SPECIAL EN-
p ecution, directed to me from the
Clerk of the District Court of Harrison
county, Iowa, on a judgment obtained
IL. said court on the 5th day of Sep.em-
hor, 1898, in favor of John Murphy, as
plaintiff. and against b. =. Spencer and
NJ. Spencer, as defendants, for the
sum of four hundred twenty-one an0
eight one-hundredth dollars, and costs.
taxed at thirty-nine and ninety-live
nehundredth dollars, including al
torneg's fees of S3l0O, and accruing
costs, have levied upon the following
real estate, taken as the property OF
aid defendants, to satisfy said execu-
tion, towit:
The south half of Lot two ~ in
Block No. Five (5 in Seaton's addition
to the Town of Missouri Valley, Iowa
And will offer the same for sale, to tile
highest bidder for cash in hand on the
23rd day of January, A. ID. 1889, at the
front door of the court house, in Lo-
gan, Harrison county, Iowa, at the
hour of 10 o'clock q. M, of said dav
when and where due attendance will
be given by the undersigned.
Dated at Logan. Iowa, this 23rd day
of December, 1898.
J. L. SHELTON.
wj5 Sheriff of Harrison Co., Ia.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

There's curious sort of fellow,
you have seen him by the score,
whom You never can astonish, for
he knew it all before. You may
tell him something curious, he will
greet you with a smile, and grave
gly inform you that he knew it all
tho while. He's twin brother to
the fellow (there's lots of him L
know, who always cap the climax
with his II told you 3d." God
knows that / am peaceful, wish no
harm to anyone, but I'd like to
see the devil take these fellows
one by one and as he held them
Der the crater, with his grim Sa-
tanic smile, wonder if they III then
be saying, eyes, l knowed it all
the WHILE"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

coin as he appeared in his first
meetings with his cabinet and
through the first days of his resi-
dence in the White house. Cap
tain Mahan describes and cons,
pares the naval and military CON
ditions of ourselves and a6pain at
the outbreak of the recent war:
Stephen Bonsal gj1Fes some more,
fine stories frc7@ his own exper-.
fence in 70 fight for ssntisa
and NJ aamlin Garland : g,
fne true Indian story ins enc veri-
fable words of Rising Wolf, the
Ghost Dancer. Anethers of Mr..
Kipling's stories Of school boy lifl
and several other stories make
the number very interesting also
on the side of fiction,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
-atrrday Hocsmbsr 81.

This afternoon the names Rome
Miller amt Rev. Snyder are on the
tongues of seventy. five children of
this city, each one altering the
names as though sacred. Ever
since Rome Miller located in this
city he has served an annual din
ner New Years day to the poor
children of this place. Several
days ago he placed at the disposal
of Rev. Snyder one hundred tick
cts emitting the holder of each TO
a dinner, and, at 2 o'clock this
afternoon when the dining room
doors swung open about seventy
five children filed in and seated
themselves at the tables, where
they were provided feast of
roast turkey, beef, and in fact
everything intended to cater to the
astronomical inclinations of thu
Juvenile. Although rather young
to be interested in questions of
the day, they, nevertheless we're
decided expansionists on the
turkey question.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

Edgscomb and kellogg had
forty thousand pounds of flour on
hand when the mill burned, be-
longinn to the farmers In this Vi
cinity, who had take n wheat to the
mill and left the -four there til!
they called for it. They can get
their flour by calling at G. b.
Deur's office, as it has been sent
from the Blair mill of the firm, to
make good what the farmers lost
by the fire here.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
The Mill to Be Rebuilt.

Messrs. Edgecomb & Kellogg
have completed arrangements to
rebuild the Valley Roller mills
lately destroyed by fire. The new
mill will be of the same capacity
as the old one-l25 barrels per
day. Every piece of machinery
in the new mill will be of the la
test kind and when finished the
new mill will be one of the most
complete in the state. The loca-
ton has not been settled but it is
thought it will be built just east
of Deur's elevator, on the T. D. &
M. V. side track. This is good
news to the farmers of Harrison
county.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

McClure's Magazine for Jen-
uary, in two articles on the Lake
submarine boat, gives it's readers
the double sensation of inspect
ing q really new and extraordinary
invention and of following an
equally new and extraordinary adj
venture, No man, since the days
of Jonah, has made more cur
ious voyage than that which Mr..
Ray Stannard Baker describes as
taken by himself and the artist
W. d. Stevens in the Lake boat,
and since the creation Of Jonah's
whale, no more curious craft tha1
the Lake boat, as Mr.. Lake 1im.
self sets forth it's principles, pow
ers, and possibilities, has been
constructed. Thee boat drops
down TO the bottom of the sea, and
there traveyrses the ground precise
ly like an automobile road wagon
ana from it divers step out through
q door on to the sea bottom, as
they might step out of a house
iTG garden, and go spading and
2oeing among wrecks. Pictures
drawn by Mr.. Stevens from life
illustrate the articles.
An adventure somewhat akin to
that of Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Stevens
and making as thrilling o story in
the relation, was ride from Lon
don to Glasgow on the locomotive
OF the Scotch Express (the pre-
eminent "fyer" of England taken
!, by Stephen Crane, the novelist,
aud the late w. i. Sonntag, Jr.,
the artist. Mr.. Crane tells the
story i'll his own vivid, striking
way; and pictures drawn from life
by Mr.. sonntag, (about the last
work he did before his untimely
death }, illustrate it.
In the same number, Miss Tar
boil gives an account of Lincoln's
first Inauguration as presidenz
d lawn largely from unpubli
"reminiscences she const1
most interesting port1
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub.
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The pro-
prietors of DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
have given away over ten million trial
bottles of this great medicine; and
have the satisfaction of knowing it has.
absolutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the Throat.
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by
it. Call on SIS Elliott, druggist, and
get trial bottle free. Regular size
SOC and 81. Every bottle guaranteed,
Or price refunded.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

Jasper McCrillis Monday will
commence invoicing the hardware
sock in Modale that he has lately
purchased. He will be in thai
place all week, but Porter Boggs
will be on hand in the shoe store
in this city to wait on all custom
ers who may call.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
Rheumatism Cured in a Day

Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to 3days.
its action upon the system is remsTka-
bic and mysterious. 1t removes at
cnce the cause and the disease imme-
diately disappears. The first dose great
ly benefits. IS cents. Sold by Smiley
& Co, druggists. Mo. Valley. wmy24
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

The Danish Brotherhood had
s great time at their Christmas
exercises in Kreeder's hall last
night. The hall was packed end
everybody was happy. There
was Christmas tree loaded with
presents, fine supper, good
speeches, games and dancing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

T. L. Davis visited his mother
in Onawa yesterday, and says she
is failing very fast and there is no
hope of her final recovery.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
Politics in the War Depart
ment.

Wheeling Register: The infinite
wisdom of the administration in
waiting until after election and
until the very end of the white
washing process before putting
General Miles on the witness
stand has been fully vindicated.
! General Miles testimony revealed
frigbtful state of incompetency
war department at Washing
TO Alger's endeavors to
gar department as an adj
b own political ambi-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

Isaac N. Frazier was pleasant
caller today and made himself
solid on The TIMES book to 1899.
Mr.. Frazier moved to Harrison
county in 1854 and has lived here
ever since that time.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05

Mr.. Sam Coate, who has been
working in Mo. Valley, was Sc
cured by Frank Rogers this week
to take his place in the barber
shop while he was nursing his
burns.-Twiner.