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Christian Life Column.
AT THE EVENING SERVICE.

Ny heart was very when I came to-
night,
Earth's voices loud had vexed my
IIonged for comfort and I sought it
here,
Where Ohrist's own loved nj meet
to praise and pray.
It seemed 1 could no more the burden
bear,
Life's troubles pressed with such a
heavy hand;
/ cried whiting my heart: oh Lord,
how long
Must 1 toll on through such a weary
Iand3"
But here the answer came; the preach
er rose
And spoke of life, eternal life in
Heaven;
And rest, and peace, and happiness,
Who follow Christ shall there by
Him be given.
ard while I listened DER my spirit
A sense of peace which all my being
fills,
Ilonged with John the City fair to see.
And stand with him upon the Heav
emily hills.
0, could we know the joys that wait
US there
In those fair mansion 8 Of our Lord
above,
Hope could press on, and faith be
ever bright,
And love reach out to claim a death
less Lowell
Lord, 1 believed help thou mine I'm
belief"
Weary with hope deferred, and pain
and strife,
Give me while here, an earnest faith
full heart,
Then, Father, if thou wilt, eternal
life.
CHARLOTTE D. WILBUR.
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WORK AND HOPE.

Yes, work and hope. The outlook
may be dark, the time may be threat
ening; but while God lives it cannot
but be we'll with the hopeful, believ.
ing, trustful Well-doer. True, times
and things might be better; they
might be worse, also. Despairing new
or changes anything for the better,
but hopeful working does. Look upon
the bright side. II you do not see
il hunt for it, hunt for it. Bring a
flower when you come home from your
toll and hand it, with a emile, to your
wife, your mother, your sister, o your
daughter. Il will cheer them, and
make them feel that life is worth liv
ing; then in return they will smile
upon and cheer you. FII your home
with loving smiles, kind words. help
full deeds, aud then hope will we'll up
in your soul. There is love all about
US, If we will but make ourselves low
able; there is plenty Of appreciation
near by, if we will but do something
worthy Of appreciation. The world is
not going to smash, and we are not
going to be C s. out to die Cf starva
ton if we but do as we'll as We may.
Therefore, work and hope Religious
ToTonoo~,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

tributor to all the leading periodicals
which make a speciality of Horticulture.
This book is a thoroughly practical
treatise devoted mainly to the care and
culture of the commoner kinds of
flowers. The author tells what kinds
Of plants to choose, how to care for
them, all about soil, watering, light,
temperature, and how to guard against
injury by insects of various kinds
There are chapters also On flowers for
the lawn, how to arrange them to the
the best advantage. the laying out Of
the lawn, a chapter on table decora
ration, and, 10 fact such information as
any person who cares for flowers
should have at hand for direction and
reference. While the subject is quite
thoroughly covered, the language used
is plain, simple and free from any tech
nIcalities, and cannot fail to be most
interesting and instructive. The book
contains IT'S pages.
Another book, BOTANY THE
STORY OF PLANT LIFE" by Julia Mac
nelr Wright, is equally instructive and
entertaining, and should be in the
hands Of every lady reader of The Pro
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

sand other questions are answered in a
most fascinating way in this highly in
teresting volume.
We will send a copy of either of these
books to any address for so cents or
free for So in new subscritious to The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER; or 50 in new
subscriptions, and Is cents additional;
or slim new subscriptions, and 80 cents
additional. Address: The sPRoGREs.
sIvE FARMER, Raleigh, N. @.
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The "a B c" OF BEE CULTURE

This splendid book, by a. L. Root, IL
a cy clopedia of everything pertaining
to the care of the honey bee. It con
tains 400 pages. and is beautifully illus
trated by over 300 engravings, many Of
them full page. The whole work il
elegantly bound in cloth, Z inches
wide by 1O3 inches long and embossed
on side and back in gold. If you raise
bees, you can't afford to be without it
8vo, cloth. Price, postpaid. 81 25 AZ
dress all orders to The Progressive
Farmer, Raleigh, N @
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Little Folks Column.
THE SECOND TABLE.

Some boysare mad when comply come
to stay for meals. Tney hate
To have the other people eat while
boys must wait and wait.
But I've about made up my mind I'm
different from the rest,
For, as for me, / blieve | like the sec
ond table best,
To eat along with comp'ny is 80 try
ing, for it's tough
To sit and watch the VItuals when you
dRssent touch the stuff.
You see your father serving out the
dark meat and the light
Until q boy is sure he'll starve before be
gets a bite.
And when he asks you what you'll
h3Ve-you'Ve heard it all before
You know you'll get just what you get
and won'E get nothing more,
For when you want another piece your
mother winks her eye
And so you say, i've plenty, pleased"
and tell a whopping lie,
When comply is a watchin' you,
you've got to be polite
And eat your victuals with a fork and
take a little bite.
You can't have nothing till you're asked
and 'caus a boy is email
think he isn't hungry, and he's
never asked at all.
Since I can remember I've been told
that when the cake
Is passing around the proper thing is
for a boy Il take
The piece that nearest to him, and 80
all ] ever 2 e
When c., % y'ny = been It our house
Was me SIN .ltest in the lot.
1t worries boys ike every thing to
have the company stay
A sitting round che taOie like they
Could0'C got a FaY.
But when they're gone and left the
whole big shooting maze to me,
Say, amt it fun TO just wade In and
help myselt2 On, gee,
With no one round to notice what
you're doing bet your iIfs -
Boys don't 8 forks to eat with wnen
they'd rather use a knife.
Nor take such little bites as when
they're eating with the rest.
Aud 90, for lots or things, | ike the
second table bast
Nixon Waterman.
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1t is doubtful If there
is any more reliable or
better known author
ity on the subject OF
which this book treats
than is this author.
He ia not only a prac
tical grower of flowers,
but he is regular con
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

Der will see Christ as the ''fairest
among ten thousand, and the n alto
gether lovely. Raleigh Christian Ad-
VocRte.
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4MGOOD BOOKSrre-
That Will Interest You
6--Q

Every housewife who loves flowers
should have a copy of FLOWERS:
How TO GROW THEM" by E0en E
Re xford.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

Can you tell what
causes day and night
seasons and years,
tides and eclipses7
Why is the sky blue,
and Mars red9 What
are meteOrs and
shooting stars Z
These, and q o
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pertaining book and will prove a source
of pleasure and benefit to all who may
read it.
"ASTRONOMY: THE Sun AND HIS
FAMILY a." by Julia MacNair WRIGHT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

GREssIvE FARMER. A
careful study of this
book by any mother or
boy or girl will add
much to the enjoyment
OF farm lite. 1t is not
only a useful, but an
attractive and enter
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

In a negro school the other day the
teacher asked the class what bull
dozing meant. Tne faces before him
became ats olutely blank; no n dale ed
guess the meaning Of such a strange
word. The teacher had hardly expected
the correct definition, nevertheless
felt that with q little coaching some
little felloE might strike it right. You
see it every day" said he, every Gay
of your life" An e preston OF intel
ligencs passed over the face of a at
black little boy. why, Sam Davis
Knows" remarked the instructor.
Tell me, Sam, what does b~ulldozipg
mean9" 1T means-it means, " lie hes
itated and looked out of the window as
if to refresh his memory-''dat dare
world means a gentleman COW sIeepin'
aside a havstack, sab. OATS whot it
meRns2"-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25
DECLARING GODS TIMELY
TRUTHS.

Any truth is Gods truth. All truth
is G 0d's truth. A man of God is set
to declare Gods truth. He cannot de-
clare all of Gods truth at any one time;
but he can declare some of G. DDS truth
every time he has an opportunity. 1t
is therefore an important matter for
a pastor to decide what Of Gods truth
he shall declare at each special time
when he is called to address Gods
children. Unless a truth of God is a
timely truth for then and there, a pas
tor has made a mistake in choosing
it. 1t is not enough that the truth be
Gods truth; it needs to be fitted for
the minister of God to preach to that
people then and there. Lord, help us
to know what to say, and then to say
it.-Sunday school Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

Burdette gives good advice, al fol
lows: "Tnere r young men that do
not work, my son; but the world is
not proud of them. II does not know
their names, even; it simply speaks OF
them as old so-Rpd SOS boys. No
body likes them, nobody hates them;
the great busy world doesn't even
know that they are there. So find out
what you want to be and do, son, and
take off your coat and make a dust in
the world. The buster you are, the
lei devIltry you will be apt to get into,
the sweeter will be your sleep, the
brighter and happier you holidays,
and the better satiefa ID will the world
be with you"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

The total number of members in the
seven great Protestant denominations
in the United States, according to the
returns of last year, are:
Methodists, 5 375 1913.
Baptists, 4 157, 300.
Lutherans, ]. 507 466.
Presbyterians, 1 400, 1872
Disciples Of Christ, 1 O51, O79.
Episcopallans, 667. 5O3.
Congregationalists, $50, 900.
The total number of ministers lie
1O5 461.
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Section 2. That all of the provisions
OF the Constitution relating to suffrage.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

(Section 81. The following classes of
persons shall b. disqualified for Cfiee:
First, all peraons who deny the being
Of Almighty God. .cond, all persons
who shall have been convicted, or con
fessed their guilt on indictment pend
ing, and whether sentenced or not. or
under judgment Suspended, of any
treason or felony, or of any other crime
for which the punishment may be i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary, since
becoming citizens of the United States.
or of corruption and malpractice in
Office. unless such person shall be re-
stored to the right Of cit zenship in q
manner prescribed by Law.
Section 2. That all of the provisions
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14
SUPPRESS ALUMNED FOOD.

The doctors inform us that alum is a
poison. and that alum baking powders
should he avoided because they make the
food nnwh0lesome. Prominent hyCienists
who have given the matter most study
regard these powders as an evil that should
be suppressed by State action. In Min
ncsota and Wisconsin alum powders ars
not permitted to be sold unless they are
branded 20 warn consumers Of their true
character. while I'm the District OF CO.
lumbia the authorities have. under the
direction OF Congress, adopted regula-
lions TO prohibit the use Of alum in bread
altogether.
Are not the people Of other States. as
well as those OF Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin. entitled TO warning OF danger
which is apparently menacing them at
close hand. and is not the whole country
entitled 10 absolute protection. as the
people OF the District OF Columbia are
protected. by legislation which is entirely
prohibitive?
Until we can have protection in the
form OF n statute, how can our state
Boards Of Health. State Analysts or Food
Commissions better serve the people than
by publishing IN tho newspapers from
time % time the names OF the baking
powders which they hnd to be made from
alum?
Meantime. It viii aid tho housewife in
designating the alum powders 10 remem-
her that all powders sold at q cents or
less per hound are OF this dangerous
class. Pure cream Of tartar powders are
usually sold at from 10 TO 30 cents a
pound.-Plttsburg Times
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14
WALL STREET STIRRED.
News Of Flowers Death Caused Excit
Ing scenes in Stock Exchange


NEW YORK. May l3-Wall street spe-
cial: The death Of the central figure in
the Flower specialties spread consterna-
ton ia financial circles, as it was rca-
LIED thar owing 70 the Flowers diver
sined interests. sentimental alarm
would necessarily follow and the market
might prove unable 10 absorb the deluse
of long stock.
Before the market opened some brokers
went 10 the banks and put up ADDITIONAL
collateral on loans they had secured so
as 10 prevent "A sacrifice OF their securi-
ties II the fall proved more severe IMAM
the margin Of safety contained IN the
loans. Commission houses called upon
their clients for additional collateral on
the stocks which were expected 10 bear
the brunt Of the attack.
Hundreds of excited people thronged
the galleries AZ the opening 81 the mar
ket. In the brokers' offices. pretty much
the same scenes were enacted and as
the ticker relentlessly ground out the
quotations which. perhaps meant absO-
lutte ruin TO some Of the spectators,
faces blanched and a look Of unutteraOie
despair settled upon the venturesome
traders. on the floor of the Stock tx
change there were but few a>.entees.
Around the various trading posts where
the Flower specidltieS were tralt IN were
throngs Of men thirty deep, awaiting the
drop OF the gavel 10 commence opera
lions. When the signal was given there
was an Undesirable tumult, hoarse
cries and wild gesticulations making the
scene the most tumultuous in over iwen-
" years. when the ticker recorded the
opening transactions there was FLOCK
of q. OeD shares Of Brooklyn Rapid Transit
a, from 10 down 20 100. the low point
rejecting a break OF 1874 per cent
Wide opening were made in all the other
Flower specialties, ll,oc0 Federal steer
going at from 81 down TO 80 and 1880
Peoples Gas at from liz 70 100. Althoush
only 500 shares OF New York Air-Brake
were traded in AZ the outset the stock
dropped from is. the opening hgure, 10
l25 the latter indicating loss over night
OF 60 points Subsequently the price ie-
covered 10 lC4.
The panic in the Flower issues spread
TO other properties. losses running from
3 TO IL points, with many OF the prime
securities affected. After the opening
slump the market turned upward at
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14
WAS KILLED WITH
A FLINT MUSkET
Negro Ninety Years Old MORALLY
Wounds His Assailant.
A LOAD Of SQUIRREL SHOT
INITIATED the Lower Part Of the Mans
Body aud He Died Several Hours
After the Shooting Took Place.
other Man Gave HimselfJp

A remarkable tragedy took place In
Fulton last night between Z and >
o'clock and now the body Of Lewis
Beverly. A negro, about A. years OF age,
lies I'm the morgue AT the Aimshouse.
awaiting the funeral arrangements ana
Archer Payne. who killed hlm' IAN
gtlishes in the First Police station 10
stand trial for murder.
Payne Is about ninety years or age
He is one Of those old ante-Dellum ddrkeS
who moves along in the even tenor OF MS
way until somebody gets his temper up,
and then no Is apt TO give trouble. rms
old negro is feeble from age. Years rest
heavily upon his shoulders, ana ms
wooly gray hair reminds one OF the
molly cotton tail I'm the snow or 1871 or
1919. Payne has been on the retired list
for quite a while. He has been living
with his relatives on Highland Row, a
somewhat out-of-the-way part OF Fulton
THREW STONES AT HIM.
Yesterday evening. Beverly who was
ro1gh-and- tumble negro from around
about seventeenth street with reputa-
ton for taking on quantities OF spirits,
vent down In the eastern part OF the city
prepared TO wipe up :he earth with
Somebody without much preference as 10
who IL might be. He worried Old man
PAYNE and tried 20 stir. up strife with
him. Payne. il is said, tried 10 avoid
personal encounter, but Beverly threw
stones at him and followed him on down
towards his home. Payne decided 10
hiring matters 10 a crisis. He remembered
that he had sitting up I'm the corner OF
the cook-room his old reliable fiint-lock
uusket OF Revolutionary war pattern.
This he secured and went out to meet
the enemy.
AN OLD TIMER.
rbs musket was A reminder OF the
,ir,a when there were none OF the mod
arm improvements. With It's long single
barrel and iron ram-rod. its big. awkward
stock and flnt-pan. and the out-of-date
hands Of Iron. binding the barrel TO the
extension OF the stock, this musket pat
termed after weapons used In the War
OF the Revolution and that OF ISL wouis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14
HAUF MANN Sc co, Fourth and Broad.

lively rate under the Influence OF onor.
nous buying by the leading substantial
interests ia the Streets. Short covering
assisted the rise, the bears taking profits
as quickly as possible, now that they
had succeeded in opening the market
down 90 an advantageous level.
An sorts OF costly mistakes occurred
during the excitement along the TRADING
element, one broker suffering 10 the o..
tent OF $4,000. Another had a big order
TO buy at a fixed price and succeeded IN
executing the commission at lower
figure than that placed, thereby making
a profit for the customer OF $4,000 Spe-
cialties IN the different stocks were over
whelmed with orders and bought and
sold 50 freely that many OF them could
not tell what the net results OF the oper-
atoms were until the days accounts were
settled. Dealings throughout the session
were on an enormous scale.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14
Richmond. n. NIay 13. IS!

Richmond, va, May IL, 1899.
Sales Of new dark loose tobacco on the
Richmond (Va) breaks for the week end
ing today: Stonewall Warehouse sold
~ ma r,ounds-nighest price, So; ShockOe
Warehouse sold 2A2D pOunds-hlghest
nrl~e Sg4. Crenshaw's Warehouse sold
RI AZ poiinds-highest price, $3.50; Shell
burne's Warehouse sold - l05 pounds
highest price. $3.50. a., iotal, Sldi,dbl
pounds-highest price, S2i
Private sales reported 10 inc secretary
Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day
were light
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade for the
week ending to-day: Wrappers. 5 hogs
heads. filters -. cutters, 4 leaf DARK,
80. luz dark, - Total, lio hogsheads
The tobacco inspector reports hight sam
For lie week ending to-day: Inspections
--Brlght %, hOgsheads, dark, 30 hogs
heads and Is uerces, western ~ hoEs-
heads. Reinspections-b ilshl, Is hoBS-
heads. dark hOgsheadS and / fierce.
Total inspections FOR the week ending
to-day. 800 hogsheads and is tierces, rein
suectlOns. Is hOgsheads ana fierce. To-
tal sampiing for the week ending to-day,
31S hogsheads and ~ uerces. ~
Shockoe Se1brooks. Naushan's, Ale
ghanv and DavenpOrts tobacco ware
houses report to-day. Receipts 81 pack
ages. deliveries 43 package.
The same tobacco warehouses, with
Meals. ola Dominion, Stonewall. Cren-
eba,y's Planters. Farmers Tuckahoe,
crumbs. Williams & Rehlings. Star and
Fllison's added. report for the week end
ine to-day: Receipts, $50 packages; de-
livcries. 30 packages.
Excess of the receipts over the deliveries
or fhe week ending to-day. 30 packages.
United states internal revenue collec-
,f'r4 on tobacco for the city Of Rich
,,,[-1 Ia To-day. Cigars and cigarettes.
SaoW. plug tobacco, $1,000 Total,
S3GSO.7f. .- ILL.,,
gons an tobacco for the city Of Rich
.lD',,d WraC Tor tho week ending to-day:
Tfr,rs and cigarettes. S2S4liGo: plug to-
6acco. 500 0Si Of Total, SJS39j.G4.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
Richmond. Va. May 13, 1899.
cOTT0N NIARkrr

NEW YORK. May l3.-COTTON.-Th
cotton market commenced the day qulot
and steady in tome. with prices unchanged
t0 ? points higher orders were few
and far between and as The session pro-
crossed. speculation dropped on steadily
until The apathetic conditions noted Of
late were complete. Practically no at
tempt Was made by the professional ele-
ment To- revive interost The working
news nj hand contained nothing on which
10 found now ideas. Liverpool futures
were about unchanged, spot cotton quiet
and shade less steady. the old crop
movement was moderate tho weather
over the belt very favorable, crop ac-
counts about as expected reports from
raw cotton and cotton goods marker OF
satisfactory average. Brokers manifest
ed FAR greater Interest, in Developments on
the stock exchange than IN the cotton
market.
COrLON.-E'uturex opened quiet and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14

have aroused the curiosity OF any modern
sportsman.
Payne encountered Beverly and de-
liberately taking aim filed the lower part
of his body with squirrel shot. There was
no hang fire Beverly fell 20 the ground.
and the ambulance was summoned. BeV-
erly was carried 10 the Almshouse where
everything possible was done for him.
lie was desperately wounded, however,
and died some time before midnight
Payne gave himself up % the police
and was lodged In the First Police sta
ton He says he shot Beverly In SELF
defence.
lie Will have 4 hearing before the Po-
lice Court tomorrow morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14
MURDERED BY A TRAMP.
"A Lynchburg Negro Shot and Killed
in an Alteration Last Night.

LYNCHBURG. VA. May 13.-specal.-
On jefferson street tonight Willie Billups
tcolored) was killed and Joe crenshaw
also col0red) badly wounded in the leg
by two colOred tramps. who after tho
shooting ran across the bridge 10 Am
berst and made their escape.
The tramps had had some words with
Paul Talbot at 4 negro snack house on
Ninth street and when Talbot left the
place they followed him to Jefferson
street.
Bilups was a waiter az the snack-house
Why he and Crenshaw went 10 jefferson
street has not developed. Seven or eight
shots were fired by the tramps, with the
result stated Talbot Was nearby. but
was not struck. -.-.-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14

BALTIMORE. May 13.-WHEAT-Suot
and month. a. l0l3c.
CORN-Easy spot. 81 sN@scs month
31a, 03Sc.. june and July. 34ts n.i .sc-s july
ESQ Southern white corn u ~ &c. .-,,
OATS Steady No. white, "''2' DC
No mixed. 5lH3llgc- ~ .
RYE-Inactivo and firmer. No west
ern. 03i2c.
sugar. nchanged.
EITsTER- Steady and unchanged.
1rGGS- Steady ana unchanged.
Cfff,I.SF- Steady and unchanged.
IETTCCE-310ipc
Unchanged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14

NEW YORK. May 13.-The week closes
with n fair volume Of business ln pro
erees I'm cotton goods. 80 further adj
SSances are rcportcd i'm bleached cottOus
Inn the market for these is strong and
tending upward. Heavy brown sheetings
and df Ils very firm. Demand moderate.
Print cloths quite firm. tlne gray eotitohs
Prints and ginghams I'm fair request at
nm nrices. Coarse cOlOred cOttOns quiet
but firm American cotton yarns dull and
trrer1iigr FOreicn woOlcn and worsted
dress goods i'm better demand, and prices
on Leading makes are advancing.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14

A. b. Bundy, a negro who was car
rled 20 the Retreat for the Sick about
O'Clock Friday night FOR treatment. died
at that institution last night at Al
o'clock
Bundy was knocked from a trestle on
the Seven Pines electric road by car
Friday night. receiving the injuries that
resulted in his death