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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16
German major withdravn.

(By Telegraph to VlrGinian- Paot)
Berlin. Dec. 15.-Emperor William has
Withdrawn Major Baron Won Suesa-
/ RfHd, military attaCfrr-in Paris. The
Dreyfus affair was the cause of with
drawal.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16
Norfolk steamer Crippled.

(By Telegraph to Virginian- PNot.)
London. Dec. 15.-The British steamer
Needles. from Norfolk for Singapore
which arrived at Algiers ON December
10, is detained by having had windlass
and anchor crane damaged, which is
being repaired
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16
BUYING UP LANDS.

a letter from Warrenton, n. c.. says:
nave been told upon good authority
that the Seabonrd Air Line and some
private parties have agreed to buy two
hundred acres OF land lying on both
sides &C the road. about two and n half
miles from Warren Plains. and two
miles from Ridgeway Station, ut the
point where the new road from Peters
burg Will tap the main line. There is
much speculation as to what will he
done with this land. Some arc of the
opinion that it will be used for shops
and tracks, some believe that it will
be cut up in town lots while some who
live in this immediate vicinity believe
that the property will be cut ND in
small farms and settled by truck and
fruit growers"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16
THE RIDGEWAY LINK.

Chief Engineer Cohen. OF the Pennsyl-
Vanla Bridge Company. which has the
contract for the ronworl1 of the Rich
mond. Petersburg and Carolina bridge
across the James at Richmond, is there
anu ready to go to work just as soon
as possible. gang OF men is there to
Degln putting the ironwork in position
Just as soon as possible Three of tho
piers are nearly completed. When the
last OF the three is done work on the
iron supcrstructure will begin. Three
spans will be in position probably by
January'1st.
Work on the temporary trestlinr
through Richmond by the Richmond.
Petersburg and Carolina will probably
begin Monday. EXcavators are already
engaged. The lumber IS arriving in
large Quantities. 1t is supplied by
North Carolina mills. 1t was stated
Yesterday that the steel trestlinE would
nave been Dut In position at the first
but for the fact that the demand for
structural iron is so great manufac-
turers cannot ill orders on time.
The scarcity of stone and labor has
delayed the work on the Richmond.
petersburg and Carolina bridge. Re
Sarding tho latter an official of the
road stated yesterday that he had OBJ
served for many years that when rough
LABOR was in great demand in the South
1t grew scarcer. He thinks it because
the negro who does the greater part of
such work, Will not labor every day If
he can make enough to live on by work
ing less time. II he can earn as much
in two weeks as he formerly earned in
Il month, he will only work the two
weeks
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16
C. & o. NOTES.

The gross earnings OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company for the
FIRST quarter of December. 1899. were
S241 ,34Si6: for the same period in 1898,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16
Ne ENp H. So n ~ Il @s 3

mpty EURE5A"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16

To the next bags Eureka Flour
TO the next bag Eureka Flour
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16
BLACK DIAMOND ROAD.

ORGANIZATIONS TO sUPPLANT
COLONEL BOONE"S SCHEME.
(By Telegraph to Vlrginian- Pilot.)
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16

To the highest. 10 bags Eureka Flour. To the
To the next, 8 bags Eureka Flour. TO the
TO the next bags Eureka Flour.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

novel reading. o. course the Bible
should be u main stay in reading and
u spiritual and moral guide. Then
we have to read history to inform our
selves about this world and the events
that occur in it. After that for light
reading and pastime there is nothing
better to my notion than a good, chaste
novel like THE Children of theAbbey."
When I was a boy I could repeat whole
pages of it by heart. l am also fond of
Dickens and George ElioE's works.
David Copperfeld is my favorite of
Dickens works and Adam B9de of
George Eliot's. And last out not least
is Marietta H0lley (Josiah Aliens
Wife, whose works are all good. I
have not been able TO decide yet which
is my favorite of her works. The last
one that l read is always the best.
With many well wishes for Aunt
jennie and the cousins I will close
B acheLor Jack.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
THE IDEAL MAN.

lofty; who measures the rights of man
and woman by the same standard, and
whose loyalty to himself makes III
faithfulness to others an impossibility {;
whose material side is subservient to
his will; who is reasonable in ali things;
whose creed is too broad to place a
limit about women or TO Question her
ability to httingly fill any chosen
sphere; who doesn't lose patience over
tufes; who will make a comrade and
confdante Of his wife, and will appre
ciate her for her own actual worth,
and love her as a part Of himself and
not because she is the possible mother
Of his children.
A man who can sympathize with ills
that he may not understand and whose
nature is warmly afectionate, because
life loses all it's sweetness for a woman
when the days of love making are
over; a man of refined sensibilities, in
whom no inherent coarseness will de-
velop in the familiar relations Of mar
ried life; whose love will outlive the
touch of time; to whom wrinkles are
no less charming on the face of his
white-haired sweetheart than were the
dimples in the cheeks Of his girlish
love; whose kisses are no less frequent
and tender when time has dimmed the
ey es and stolen the sensuous curves
from the lips.
Is such a man too perfect to EXIST
Only a myth to be dreamed about but
never realized7 Anyway, he is an ideal
who has made a less perfect living,
breathing reality forever unsatisfac-
tory to ADELE E SHAW,
in The Housekeeper.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
WHAT IS AN ~EDUCATION1

A great many young people think
when they have mastered orthoepy,
photography, reading, grammar, ge
ography, arithmetic and writing, that
they have an educ alton. They may
even get q certificate and teach school
and not be educated. Some Of
the most ignorant people we have are
school teachers. The common school
branches are only tools to fit a person
to educate themselves. A young man
may go to a hardware store and buy a
full kit of carpenter tools, but that
does not make him a good carpenter,
although he has q fine kit of tools; he
must learn to use them. SO it is with
the school education; it is only the
tools. Not n school teacher in fifty
can write a good article on any sub
ject. JUS ask one to write you a
recommendation and not one in ten
can do it.
To be educated you must gain knowl-
edge; unless y on have a general knowl
edge you are not educated. Take
agricultural journal to be educated in
agriculture, general newspapers to be
educated in the ways Of the world and
scientific journals to be educated in
science. Even after some have gained
q good common school training they
are too INDECENT to read and gain an
education. A person al be we'll edu
Gated in any one branch and yet be
ignorant of others. So, young man or
young woman, do not think because
you stand at the head of your classes at
school that you have the best educa
ton; you have only the best tools to
gain an education with. Some men
can scarcely write their name, know
nothing of grammar, have barely
learned to read, but they have read
books on all sciences and subjects,
and have a far better general educa
ton than most teachers. How often
do we see the poor farmer with poor
tools make better crops and more
produce than his lazy rich neighbor
with plenty of fine tools. The poor
man worked hard with his poor tools
while the rich man sat in idleness and
the rust consumed his tools. So it is
with a man with poor school training;
he read and kept his mind bright and
active, while his college bred, rich
neighbor sat around, forgot all he had
ever learned at school, and did not
read and keep up. He had the fine
tools, but rust ate them up. Young
man, you do not have to sit bumped
up with a book or journal in your
hands all the time. Nor do you have
to sit up till midnight reading by
lamp light to get a general education
read a little and often. Take a few
good journals and read them at odd
timee.-Dr. T. Pickles, Anna, Ills.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
THE GREATER 1NTEMPERANcE.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I knock at the
door for admiEtance as an old admirer
of social Chat" and will take for my
subject, Temperance In the first
place will say, we should be temperate
in all, things. There is beauty in tenn
perance like that which is portrayed
in virtue and in truth. 1t is a close
ally of both, and, like them, has that
quality which chastens the feelings,
invigorates the mind, and displays the
perfection of the soul.
Temperance is a virtue without pride
and fortune without envy. Temper
ance keeps the lenses clear and unem
barrassed; it appears with life in the
tac9, and decorum in the person.
Every appetite, lust, passion, and
feeling holds out various allurements
to Incorporate indulgence. Temper
ance conduc9s to health and happiness
and most all bodily pairs and aches
tell of intemperance in some direc
ton
l regret that so many people seem
to have an idea that incompetence al
ways refers to the use OF strong
drink. Mt so. There are other spe
cies of incorporate indulgences, of
which we are ell more or less guilty
other than indulgence in drink, and
to be temperate we must master u
selves. We must be brave, and nobly
conquer every enemy in u own DO
som. We must bring anger, pride,
jealousy, etc., under subsection, for Oy
giving these free rein we are as much
guilty of intemperance as we would De
by drinking strong drink. Let us be
temperate in our every day life and
with everyday affairs as we'll as In the
matter of whiskey and rum.-Lella.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
"IF / HAD ONLY SPOKE HIM
FAIR"

The morning after I lectured in
Wilkesbarre, there was a great colliery
explosion. Hundreds of Cornish min
ers we're killed, and their corpses lay
at the mouth of the coal mine for e
ignition. Wives were wringing their
hands, children were crying and a wall
of d~esolation filled the air.
Sitting by a pale corpse was a young
wife. She looked at her husband, but
uttered no cry; her eyes were dry.
She rocked herself to and fro, her
face white with anguish.
"Oh, that l had spoken fair to him at
the endl" she moaned. "Oh, that he
would come to life one minute, that I
could say, Jimmy, forgive me- but
nothing can help me now! Oh, 1 could
bear it all, if I'd only spoken fair to him
az the end!'
And then at last the story came.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
Our. Social Chat.
EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE. RALEIGH, n. c.

Here is a column for everybody-ladies. gen.
EHeme9, boys, girls, fathers and mothers.
terest to them. Never mind if YOU are not
perfect as a writer, give US your thoughts and
We will see that they are in good shape before
they are published.
TIE PROGRESSIVE FARMER Isl paper for every
member of the family, and young and old alike
are its patrons and its friends. We hope to
unite these thousands of our friends "in a bond
OF friendship that will be a help and an tnspirs-
ton to each one of u.s." The friendship OF each
of our readers, the confidence of the old North
States sturdy sons, and the trust of each OF her
daughters, is what this paper aims to win by
helping each one of them to do more. to be more
ana to enjoy more in this beautiful world" We
hope this spirit will animate each letter, and
breathe through every page. Address letters to
Aunt Jennie care of TIE FAR
NER, Raleigh. N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
KNAvRs AND

One does not have to move about
in what is called fashionable or polite
society to find that there are a good
many knaves and a good m any more
fools in it. Men who live by their wits,
and men who live witless lives; men
whom one despises. and men whom
one pities. These knaves and fools are
of so various a guise. that n might
fill a whole paper with a mere men
ton of the different varieties We can
not do this, but we can mention q few
of the most prominent, with q certain
knowledge that they will be found fla
miliar personages with most vino read
this article.
The most prominent knave in society
aud by far the w~ickedesT, is the 'insiDu
sting kneve." The low-lived sneak
who at clubs and hotels, among a set of
cronies as bad himself, inmates by
shrugs, winks aud sly ~lnu9ndoes, that
he has had cOnQuests-where such con
quest means a blot upon some fair
name. Some young lady is mentioned
as having a fine disposition, of being
q model of purity and goodness, when
this destroying demon will perhaps re
mark: "Ah, we'll. If / was to tell my
little story, you might think different,
ly"-or, Those who have known her,
and have loved az Tenn Jones has, are
of q different opinion" Such a man
ought to seized on the spot and chOked
till he is made to to tell his story" or,
failing to do so, should be kicked igno
miniously out OF good society. -Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

LOATING around loose in every
unwedded feminine soul is a
large, well developed ideal of the
man whose name che would M
day wear. And when you get
down to the actual facts, the
bodily incarnation of one woman's
ideal pretty closely fills the outline
etched in each sisters soul. Not every
one has the courage of her convictions,
and her ranks are legions who prefer
most any sort of a man" to a life Of
unwedded loyalty to an ideal.
About one in every thousand mar
ries exactly the type OF individual
around whom she had woven coOWeb
castles and dreamed 18K, iridescent
dreams. About ten per cent. more
have such elastic ideals thai they're
adjustable to any man upon whom
the general public and their own in
cIinRtions put the stamp Of approval to
such it is easy to create a little god
with a full fadged halo from the man
whom they have cheerfully perjured
their willing souls by swearing to
obey" Unfortunately they can't
paint that imaginary halo so phos
D%horescent that all the world can see it.
Every sixteen year. old girl thinks
much of external things; but after her
taste and judgment become elevated
and matured it is the character and
temperament that counts. A sensible
woman is too wise to look for sanity
attributes in masculine clothes, but she
naturally prefers the sort OF man who
can show I'D a clean moral record and
she doesn't alwas put enough stress
on this-a clean bill OF health. A man
upon whose stock of worldly wisdom
enc can safely rely whose good breed
ing and ease Of manner in the most
5rying position will wake in her a Ger
tain little thrill of pride; whose clear
Judgment, 6rmness Of purpose and de
r.si0u Of character make him a leader
u men; between whose promises and
she fulf!lment thereof there's not the
space of eternity; who is frank enough
before the irrevocable step is made,
10 tell her all about his ~follies, email
snd great; in whose nature there is no
trace Of cruelty or selfishness-the pet
81 sort of cruelty that allows him to
abuse his power over a defenseless
creature; the segishuess that makes
him think less of the rights and we'll
being of others than of the gratlhca
ZION Of his own personal whims and
T5qlirem ents.
A man in whose love for her there ls
more Of tenderness and reverence than
there is of passion; whoEe ideals are
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

they had been married q year, she and
Jim, and they both had "tempers"; but
he was always the first to make I'D. And
this very morning they had had
trouble. 1t began because breakfast
wasn't ready, and the fire wouldn't
burn; and they had said hard words,
both Of them But at the very last,
though the breakfast had not been fit
to eat, Jim had turned around at the
door and said:
Give me a kiss, lass. You know
you love me, and we won't part in ill
blood"
mo, Jimmy. 1 don't love you'll" she
said, petulantly.
"Give me one kiss, lass" pleaded
Jimmy.
"'No, not one!' and noW"-and then
the tears rushed to her eyes. With
awful sobs, she threw her arms around
the body. Dear Jimmy! speak to me
now. Say you forgive mel"
do not grieves so h~opelessly," l said,
trying to comfort her. But the mourn,
ers's ears were deaf to all comfort, and
the wailing cry came again and again
"Oh, if I had only spoken to him fair
at the last!"-Eli Perkins.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

NETTIE CROSS ON THE IDEAL YOUNG MAN.
Dear AUnt Jenmie:-As / have been
welcomed into your social circle I will
show my appreciation by coming
again. I am glad that Puella has re
minded Us of Careless Toms descrip
ton of his best girl; but still, I do not
think that any of the girls have re-
sponded to his proposition by telling
what kind of a man they like. Aunt
Jennie, do you think it would be out of
place for me to do so noW7 No, don't
think you will object, for you know
that old maids are useful in doing the
very things that others don't care TO
do.
Well, in the first place, I like the
man who is blessed with more refine
ment than to succomb to the tempta
tions that king alcohol offers and who
prefers solitude to bad company.
2. | like the man who confines him
self to the practice of speaking the
truth; for his first failure tt do so, has
a tendency to cause me to lose conf
dence IN him and when confidence is
gone there is not much left.
8 I like the man who can find some
thing else to talk about Occasionally
besides his own possessions or how he
excels everybody in every thing, etc.
For the Dragging man, is no tavorite of
mine.
4 I like the man, who never calls
my attention to other peoples faults.
II they are so small or I am so obtuse
as not to notice them what difference
does it make7 For I prefer the one
that can see his OWN mistakes and can
bear correction without turning red in
the face and saying things that would
not look we'll in print.
5. / like the man who has an opinion
Of his own and common sense enough
to use it about his own affairs, without
asking every body's edvice and trying
to do what everybody says. On the
other hand I like the one that is not
too busy giving advice about what
does not nee him; for those who
are really capable of giving advice are
not apt to be SO quick to do go unless
they r asked.
And I don't blame a young man for
beng a poor man, when poverty is his
misfortune and not his fault; but I dc
blame him to inherit a good start" tor
a fortune and then get IN idea that he
is worth the estate of Jay Gould, and
spend more in one week than he earns
IN two until he lacks several hundred
dollars of being worth anything, and
then say it was bad luck! 1t is not
bad luck; it is bad management.
There are some other things I would
like to mention, but as there is more to
be learned by listening than by talking
1 guess it is good for me to hush
Nettie Cross.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

So many women are compelled to
pay more for the making of a dress
than they do for the material of which
1t is made simply because they do not
know how to cut, fl and make a dress
that looks we'll. All girls do not like
to sew, but this does not convince us
that that they cannot learn to use the
needle and since sewing machines are
cheap wef1nd comparatively few homes
without good ones All womankind
bless the memory of Howe, the in
ventor of the sewing machine; and
yet mothers should also train the girls
to sew with their f0gers. l did not
realize this until / saw the utter help
lessness Of the mother of a large fam
lily whose machine vas "out of fix" I
have so often wondered how my moth
er contrived to keep US six little girls
neatly clothed, and did it all with her
fingers. We had our dolls and as
soon as we were allowed to handle
needles, she taught us to sew. And
how proud we we're when we could
cut and make clothes for those dolls!
Then we learned to braid, embroider,
crochet and do drawn work on those
doll garments lessons we have never
forgotten. I hear some of you won
dering how we learned all this when
we were so young. Let me tell you:
We played with u dolls until We we're
fourteen years old and only put them
aside then because home and school
duties deprived us of the pleasure.
Children should learn to crawl before
they try to walk. 1t is natural that
they should. Our china and rag ba
bies were dear to US and, interest
in their wardrobes as great as that felt
in u very own.
For, something about fashions:
Shirt waists cost so little that most
of US can rejoice in the possession OF
quite q number. White ones will be
exceedingly stylish this season, and
are made of any material, from the
sheerest lawn to the the heaviest pique.
Tuck then in front, either straight up
and down, directly across or bias,
using insertion between the clusters Of
tucks. The prettiest one I have seen
was tucked in such a way that the
tucks formed checks all over the front,
save the straight fat band for buttons
down the center, which edged on either
side with a dainty rufhe of lace.
Leila, Wild Rose and Iota pay US
their first visit this week. | hope
their welcome will be such that they
will be induced to call often.
Bachelor Jack, Hottie Cross, and
Taffy are listened to attentively, for
they always have something interest,
ing to say. We are especially glad
that Joe" has come again. We appre
clate the girl and like her letters. I
was sorry that 1 could not greet you
last week, but
THE best laid plans of mice and men
Aft gang a glae."
Aunt Jennie.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
BAoHELcR JACK TALKS ON VARIOUS SUB
JECTS.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-It has been
quite a while since I wrote to you. But
I have taken pleasure in reading the
letters in Oar Social Chat and enjoy
them just as much now as I ever did.
1 am without a subject and don't
know what 60 write about. I remem
Der that Careless Tom told US some
time ago that we ought to write a we'll
prepared and entertaining letter once
a month. Now, Aunt Jennie, that will
do very well for great minds but it
will not answer for small ones A
great mind can grasp and master a
subject in a short time, while n of
small caliber will never be able to take
in but little of any subject.
But Davy Orockett's motto "Be sure
you are right and then go ahead"-was
a good one and will apply to all, and if
we strictly adhere to it We always will
be in the right channel. l see, Aunt
Jennie, that you suggested as a subjecE,
(Which is the most selfish, man or
womanG" l shall not attempt to dis
cuss that subject for I don'5 discuss
myself and positively refuse to go
against the sisters. o. @. also suggests
that each one write q description Of
his neighborhood. That will do very
we'll for the cousins who live In the
mountains and on the Q board, but
what could we who live in middle
North Carolina write RbOut3 1 enjoyed
0. Ors, letter very much but l don't
think it would be interesting to any
one for me to describe my neighbor
hood. In no a place ls there enough
of the original forest standing to make
an interesting study. Most of the old
land marks have passed away. There
are very few farms improved to a
nigh state of cultivation. A great
many have neglected to plant orchards
and vineyards and 80 failed to reap the
benefit of one of Gods greatest gifts
pure fruit. And every farmer should
raise and ''put up" enough to last from
one season to the next. "a good hint
to the young sisters who expect to be
gin house keeping sooD) But let me
return to my nelghborhood: We have
large falds with gullies washed through
them and grown up in what we call
old field pines. And a few scrub stock
to Craze on them. Any thing enter
tanning in that9 I can think of moth
ing else worth describing now except
the girls and I shall not attempt that
for I could not do them justice. / see
that some of the cousins are opposed to