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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-27

ture. It's boiling point is 3I2 degrees
below zero. After this the vapor Of
air which covers the liquid so retards
evaporation that it may be kept eight
OF ten hours Ia q a packed only In
felt. It has in this way been carried
two hundred and fifty miles from the
place of manufacture. The cooling
effect upon the air of the room is very
marked. The writer gave two lectures
in one afternoon with liquid air. Said
a lady Of the second audience, as she
entered the lecture room, How cold
room isl The temperature had been
lowered 10 degrees or IL degrees by the
evaporation Of the air used in the
first lecture.
"All other liquids are frozen when
put into liquid air. Mercury becomes
like iron, so that il will drive q nail.
hold up a weight, or serve any other
purpose as a metal, 90 long as it is kept
frozen. Absolute alcohol soon becomes
solid. A tube of liquid air dipped into
a glass of water rapidly converts the
water into ice. By removing the ice
from the glass and the tube from the
ice there remains a dish Of ice into
which liquid oxy gen may be poured.
A steel pen tipped with a match, or an
electric light carbon red hot at it's tip,
will burn in this with intense heat and
light. Between the liquid oxygen and
the burning steel are about $500 de.
grees, and yet the ice tumbIer is not
affected. OF course the oxygen is
turned into a gas before combustion
begins. Liquid oxygen cannot support
combustion"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-27
A PEASANT PRESIDENT.

The following pen picture of the
mother Sof M. Loubet, Frances new
President, is from an account of a Wis
it to La Terrasse (the Loubet FARM,
by Mr.. E. r. Baldwin, in TIE Outlook
april Magazine Number): "On aIight
ing, ons is met maybe. by the rarmer.
in chief, a grizzly old veteran ia his
blue blouse. Following him, such under.
farmers and stable boys who happen
to be on hand will venture forth curl.
Cusly. We enter the house and are
in a large room with an immense fire.
place. On the mantel glisten copper
c Andlesticks, pewter pots, and stable
lanterns. On one side there is a tall
clock of antique design, and on the
walls there are colored Autographs.
"Ehe mistress of the farm appears.
She is a hardy peasant. Her face is
still rosy with the cherry, baked. apple
effect of those who have grown old in
the open air. Her eyes are express
sive and keen, and do not give much
evidence Of her age-eighty- six years.
She wears an enormous blue apron,
and a large cap with ample strings
tied under her chin. She was once
poor, and had to work single handed;
now she is we'll eff; she has many
helping hands; and her competence
has been made right here on this kind.
ly soil" Such is the mother Of the
President of France.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-27
EOME .
Tvr PROGRESSIVE FARMER.l
Adventures With Luck.
UPTON B GWYNN

= r two ways about it, some are born for luck that's sure,
TnHS.-o 7 . been threesCore and ten upon this blasted shore.
Or 10, m a bit Of luck I've had this decay life TO cheer,
700 tJ5Ts IT'S been, all through my life, from weary year to year
~ That's just my luck.
o,ro.adi in bucket shop on a rise in wheat.
PC - Al nosted that l knew / would the market beat:
AnaI " said L 'Oh f1kle fortune. now I know I've found her"
o ~ non I woke to fnd that was fat as any fl under-
That's jus; my luck.
,Lrgs Q house and furnished it. and thought I would insure,
U- Dr l. off so long shat l began Co feel secure
|DL-r,- a bezs broke cut and burned the d yelling to the ground:
A~s9aged though 20 get my wife and children out all sound
call that luck.
.--owbbor. Sharp, a good old fashioned farmer as you'll fl ID.
~ --7I7ntv cranky to pursue the bent of his own mind,
5Ii nv scientific way his tobacco crop to cure
~ pa add for forty cents around, while mine brought only four
That's just my luck.
81 was very popular l thought I'd keep q sore,
"a Ink l shoughE had come to stay, for goods I sold galore.
11"-sheIves got bare and empty by customers had trusted,
I1d when l came TO reckon up l found that l was busted.
That's just my luck.
rvatched how others got along and followed in their wake,
v,rsel the more 1 copied others the sadder was my fate;
Irinded we'll the maxim. nothing venture, nothing make"
g 7enEured all, and lost the last red cent Of my estate
TlaEs just my luck.
" there's no two ways about it. fools they say, are born for luck,
md thus am consoed somewhat for always being eluck;
e. schemes all fail. no matter by advice or tempting cnance,
r. iIt he same, no blasted plan my future will enhance
Doggon the luckI
y, rainbow chase would lead astray could l my life live DER:
TSbok before IIeaped; I'd turn my hind sight into fore;
IA LEI quite well enough alone and use some common sense.
and gamst advice Of every one, I'd think in self defence
And then I'd have some luc
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have about concluded to run the road
through your orchard, and thus get rid
OF the bad curve lst beyond
General manager, be yeG' said he.
'Wul, come up ter the house an we'll
talk it over.'
II thought the old man had some
thing in the line of wet goods that he
wanted me to sample in the hope that
It might put me in good humor and
save his orchard. looked at my watch
and seeing that I had plenty of time, I
concluded to carry on the joke, so l
followed him up to the house.
"As We were passing a brick smoke
house the old man threw the door open
and invited me TO inspect a fine lot of
hams that he had inside. I,stepped in
the doorway, and as I did so the old
man gave me a shove that sent me in
side upon my hands and knees. Be
fore I could recover myself he had
thrown the door shut and locked it.
General manager, be ye2' be bawl
ed through a crack in the door.
II didn't think it was wise to deny
it, so I shouted back that I was, and
moreover that I would take pains to
see that the railroad a straight
through his house.
"'Wul, we'll talk about that later,
said he. Member that thar bill that
| sent ye for KILN them sheep7'
Il truthfulIy replied that I didn't.
"'Wul, said he, you'll stay where
ye ar till ye do. I've got e jas where
I want ye, an if ye dent pay me that
thar $15 that ye owe me fer killin'
them sheep the railroad is goin' ter be
short one general manager
II tried to explain the true situation,
but he refused to listen. 1t was SIS or
stay where I was. While I was ar
guing with the old man I heard my
train whistle a mile or so off. I had
an important engagement to meet, and
I simply had to catch that train, 80 I
poked $15 through the crack.
The old man unlocked the door and
I a stepping out when he suddenly
threw his weight against it.
"'Poke out so cents moreI he
shouted.
"'What tor9' l howled as l heard
my train getting nearer.
"'Fer postage stamps that I wasted
writin' ye about that thar bill
II didn't have time to argue the
question, so I poked out so cents more
and legged it for my train ."-Ex.
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A WORD TO A SOUTHERN GIRL.

A writer in the Ladies' Home Jour
nal has words Of encouragement and
counsel for those Of our girls, who
through circumstances of various
kinds. are shut in from advantages
that they see many other girls eDj)y.
There are such to be found in many
places, who feel that fate has dealt
hardly with them. It is for those that
we copy this
WORD T. A SOUTHERN GIRL
sd Jwn in the Southland there is a
girl who is troubled because she a
not 20 to college. IE makes her un
easv. because she feers that the lack
of college training will be felt by her
in years of womanhood. Y9E,' she
says bravely, it isn't q lite convenient
for papa to send me- SEill she sees
her girl friends go and come back,
mentally developer as she terms 1t
and it makes her heart Rche q bit.
And then she asks 'HJw can n learn
other than at a college and still real
ize the highest ivingG HJ~3 In any
way, at any place, and I'll tell you
why; because the highest living
comes not from the head, but from the
heart. And there is something abJut
a Southern woman's heart in particu
lar that outclasses a very superior
academic mind
The inestimable value OF mental
training is u~ndeniRble, for girl or boy,
man or women But mental training
is no alone to be had aG tn college or
university. Ii can be had more sys-
Uematically there perhaps, but not
more effectively than any where else,
if the desire to learn and Study Is pres
eut in the heart. The only educated
women in this country are not, by any
means those Who we're able to go to
college and be graduAted. Some Of
the most finely educated women one
meets, never spent a day between col
lege walls.
'And I would like to suggest one
point to this girl in the land Of fl )wers,
and to all other girls who feel as she
does. 1t ia this, that they begin their
own education and best development
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-27
ABSOLUTE ZERO.

Some of The Marvels of Liquefed Eir =.
Quicksilver Frozen as Hard as Steel
The experiments which have resulted
in the liq1etaction of air seem likely to
revolutionize our ideas of heat and
cold. Mr.. Charles E Tripler of New
York is turning III liquefed air by
the gallon, and a description of his
achievements in the April Century is a
veritable fairy tale of science. Fancy
a kettle Of liquefied air going off in
steam when set upon a block of ice, be
cause the latter is several hundred de-
grees warmer than the air! It may
not be long before the expression las
cold as ice'' will cease to be heard, and
las hot as ice" adopted.
ut certainly is surprising to see the
liquid air poured upon ice fly off hiss
ing like water from bot iron; but when
one reflects that the ice is 344 degrees
hotter than the liquid, it does lot seem
10 strange; or to see ones breath,
blown into the open al OF the liquid,
sent back instantly, it's moisture con.
gealed into a miniature snow storm A
lat of steam is frozen as quickly, for
steam ia the open air is only la de,
g1ees hotter than the breath, while
from the temperature of steam to that
of liquid air is a terrible drop of 524
degrees! Ia this freezing eff CT prob
ably is found the greatest obstacle to
the use of liquid air as a motive power
The moisture of the air is deposited
rapidly as ice upon the machine, es
pecially around the orii 3e from which
the Jet of extremely cold air emerges.
This o closes the ori1ce completely
and stops the machine.
Another surprise is given when the
experimenter puts his hand directly
into the Ia lid for a moment. But the
sensation 10 only as of a soft cushion Of
air about the hand. Such it really is.
The heat of the hands forms a layer Of
vapor or air about the hand, and the
LIQUID air does not come in contact
WITH the flesh. Shou d the liquid actu
ally touch the fl ,sh, a severe injury
like q burn results, which sometimes is
months in healing. In a few seconds
an egg is frcz3n 80 that it requires a
hard blow of a hammer to break il.
Probably its germ of life is extinct
Seeds of grains and vegetables have
been tested in liqu id air. These were
all natives of the temperate zone, the
seeds of which will pass the winter in
frozen earth without loas OF vitality,
such as barley and oats for grains, and
peas. cucumber, and squash for vege
tables They are kept for n hundred
and ten hours at 3l2 degrees below
zero, and then slowly thawed for fifty
hours. After this treatment they were
still alive. o. being planted, they
terminated and grew.
1.-The liquid air boils in a dish till it
has cooled the dish to it's own tempera-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-27
WHEN THE WRONG HYMN WAS
CHOSEN.

Two country clergymen had agreed
to exchange pulpits on a certain date,
says the Syracuse Standard. One Of
them made the following solemn an
nouncement to his congregation on the
Sabbath previous:
MY dear brethren and sisters, I
have the pleasure Of stating that on
next Sunday the Rev. z .chariah B.
Day will preach for you. Now sing
two verses of Hymn No. 486, That
Awful Day Will Surely Come"
And it took him some time to dis
cover why the congregation smiled.
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published mere Oy special permlsslon.I
make you a dress, some day, see if 1
don't. I I'M RWfully glad to know
how to do anything 1 want to with a
needle, I tell you. And now that l
know the poor l don't know how to
treat them like a lady at all l Just
love them, and treat them exactly
like other ladies-which, Of course, is
shocking. Dear Jenny Mama, when
| think OF her patience, her labors her
uLs lhsh sweetnes-of her life alto
gether, from childhood up-and think
Of mine-ot the liv5s of most people Of
my class-I can't help wishing that all
the rich would at some time of their
lives make a nov.ate like mine. And
then, let people say what they will,
there could not be such lives as Jenny's
it would be ar impossibily. We
should understand values-the essen
tial GOODNESS, narrowness, pharisa n,
selfshness. of our standard, creeds,
hebgts-they would be able to form
some intelligent idea of G d and heav
en- by the goodness Of His creatures
1 have thought and thought of these
things. Aud 1 did say I wouldn't
have q Mrssion-that D OK was enough
for me. B 1t l must DO something for
working girls-I must, shall-burst
If l don't"
God heavens child HDW you
talk! I've seen a great many poor
people, and they seem all right
enough" said Mrs. Miggs, quite
alarmed by such ~earnestness in her
lmpulsive daughter, hitherto the gay
est of the gay.
Right enough! o., you haven't
heard the stifed signs; you haven't
seen the pale cheeks, the sordid homes;
you haven't known the gentle, patient
creatures, that 1 have: Milly Moore
thanking G0d for the death Of the
mother she adored, her only living rel
alive, because she couldn't support her
any longer. The poor ask us for bread
and we give them a stone; they come
I'd US for love and encouragement, and
we give their dying hearts our charity,
icy, critical, scanty-never give g low
ing word, never give a tear, hardly,
g a prayer. They pour out their
hearts blood in ill-Daid toll, that
r may make millions and rich
women revel in what they call bar
gains We employ the poor, patron
jze them, lecture the N, ridicule them,
despise them, misunderstood them
but we do not understan the m Alb,
mol 1 have learned 60 do so and I
Thank God for il. YJu' see, our lives
are so thoroughly artificial, go restric
ted by customs and conventions, that
we know nothing Of the wonderful
millions around US, the great heart of
our kind.
Il never thought much of the pink
tea and the horse snow and the cotl-
lion business. It was neither work
nor play 1t had no reality about it;
and the fools so fourished and delight
ed in it that young as 1 was l never
really liked the life Of the Idle itch, the
! selfish rich, the snobb:s1 rich. only the
dear and loving rich people like Mrs.
Nichols. But since l have known what
love ie-what work is-what life is for
the many, yes, 1 should as soon think
of play ing jack straws and leap
frog all my life IS of devoting it ex
clusively to that kind of thing, A
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-27
POOLING THE FARMER.

"There is a slang expression about
being too fresh" said the drummer, as
he lighted his cigar. II have adopted
that expression and written 1t at the
head of every page of my note book,
so that it will be constantly before me
Last fall I changed cars at a little
junction in the northern part OF the
state. 1t is a dreary spot, and the
trains never connect within three hours
of each other. Finding time hanging
heavily on my hand l wandered over
TO an orchard near by, where there
was some tempting looking fruit. l
was 80 busily engaged in throwing
stones at a luscious looking apple IN
the top of n of the trees That l did
not notice an old farmer bearing down
where I was with blood In his eye.
When I discovered him it was too late
to fee, so I concluded to face it out.
Fine orchard you've got here said
I. opening on him before he had a
chance to get in the first word. 1t
will be a pity to spoil it by running a
railroad through it,
. "'Hey4' said he.
81 remarked said 1, that it will
be a pity to spoil such a fine orchard
by running a railroad through it. l am
the general manager of this road, and
I heve been looking it over with a view
of strengthening out some of the kinks.
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rattle is a lively thing for a baby, but
after thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, sew.
entity Falling in love with Dick
! has been my salvation. 1t makes me
sick to g Mrs. D JnsaIl at threescore
and ten rough and wigged and show.
ing all her fa'sJ teeth. and talking
like the frivolous old imbecile that she
is, at an afternoon tea or reception. !
dare say I'd have been just such anoth,
er, but for Richard. She said at the
Wares yesterday that in spite of the
blizzard she was determined to come
in the Olympic gown if she had to be
taken there in a cofin-nice speech
for a great grandmother. An English
Lady Kew is bad enough, but an
American one is infinitely worse
worlds sillier and more goddess"
Miss Miggs' concluding experience
was taken, not at a hotel as she had at
first planned, but in the house of a
notable New England housekeeper
with a superb place In Massachusetts,
who innocently and i~gnorantly en-
gagged her and put her through "a
course Of sprouts" As house and a
Tor maid Sarah stayed with her for
two months. "And what she doesn't
know about cleaning paint and wash
ing windows and mending linen and
giving dinners, housekeeping and
cleaning and furnishing, is not worth
knowing" she said. I've al ways
known of her socially, but you she uld
see her in her own house. That VIC
man could govern a kingdom. She
would grace a court. She is all that
Is good, too, as we'll as all that is
charming. And che has taught me no
end. She was both strict and indul-
gent, economical and liberal, aristo
cratic and democratic, this-worldly
and other Horldly-you must know
her.
And now my story's done, as Jack
q Nory remarked. I've finished the
great novitiate, and learned a thousand
things that 1 did not set out to learn,
and all that l did learn l wouldn't
take a fortune in exchar ge for tit is
a fortune, indeed. l can now consci.
entiously consent to marry the best
man, and mother his children, and I've
just cent Dick a line to tell him that l
am at home again for good, which,
being translated, means that he can
make me Mrs. Richard list as soon as
he likes"
As Mrs. Richard, rather than Mrs.
Cobb, Miss Miggs that was is well
known and heartily admired to-day
in New York. People say of her that
she has made Mr.. Cobb ''such a capa-
BILE, helpful, sensible wite;" that she is
making him rich as we'll as happy
she brings and keeps such friends
about him; that she is q most level
headed and warm-hearted, delightful
friend herself, which is probably the
reason. Men especially affect her
society. A Certain working girls
CLUB is a model for all such institu-
lions, 30 human is it. And Mrs Rich
ard numbers among her truest friends
some of its members. And she has,
she declares, the best servants in New
York. FINS
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.DUT you are first rate now" ex
ID claimed the two consump-
tives and the stout Jewess
bo:hared the umptuousrepas before
lan. You sew beautifully. You
% make any dress"
You must bring your young man to
Raus when you are married. cried
Ts Todd. What's his namei"
Richard" said Sarah, and blushed
e any other girl.
Ny beau is named Reginald Hunt.
tgton," said the thinnest and pelest
the consumptives with pride. 1T
lavsTy high old name. The family
Is seen better days"
Ard mines name Ezekiel Moses, ="
Id the stout Jewess, aud we are
51gnto the furniture business soon"
well, that is the highest old name
sl," cried Sarah gayly, as she rose
0n the table. II wish you joy,
ifiam."
Come, gjrls-when you get talking
your beaus the work gets hours
ehini, remarked MISS Todd, leading
be way into the front parlor, and
tk comes go soon these days"
I've learned not only bow to be q
Es. maker, but a customer, at Miss
dts mamma" was SArah's com
Es1t On this episode at home. "Ot
the trying, selfish, undecided, ex
RParating, ~maddening things on the
Eea ot the earth, give me a vulgar
Alile class woman having a dress
l4la. / didn't mind working that
-ae hours a day for a few months on
47atIcn wages and fare. But the
-'sl;e e~Zasperationl I've stood for
JUS with a mouth full Of pins trying
pinch q human meal bag2 I've
aAsaout S ae7e six times to please her
u rather to please Miss Todd. I've
"S'ed the cut and the fE and the
AS' and the body and the trimming
--1 s7erything else that could be al
icy Until | was nearly crazy, and
''Aed overhOurs, and taken incredi
pairs. and then had to rip up the
1"s thing and begin ell over again,
ave Miss Todd from loss. There
"UIe Wom}n who would only give
a1 dolla'5 Tor making a dress, and
a1 hundred out Of every one Of us.
-"E glaCed at her so, and sc ared
y, that she dared say no more and
~ l'me 90 meek as a lamb. And,
Iama. those poor girls over
ns lunch will just haunt
1lfiam's sister works at a sweat
aug gets twenty eight cents apiece
~7ls listers and a dollar fifty a
ms. '-r ladies' wrappers, and Jen-
evenings are often spent in max
: sdl'Cs at seventy five cents a
1ol7 ls alavful world-a gful.
am ST ashamed to be SO we'll and
ana we'll to do there. And won't
den u'S1 them some day by paying
San. p,oberly for their work. I've
sss 's7 Todd q black silk for Christ
alllym0ueIv Al D-
thin o'ss' grocer to send them some
l.pas 'o''hsome and nourishing for
iom every day for six months,
lady patron Don't talk
C9nr. ABOUT charities. Give me
is5no Christian honesty and
suit SIX dollars for a whole
Ds0 aud braidedl I'm going to
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LOGICAL REASONING.

You certainly told me to embrace
my privilege"
s.WeI, but 1 didn't tell you to en-
brace my daughter"
mo, but to embrace your
is a privilege. lex
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How Miss Miggs Fitted Herself For Matrinony.
FRANCES ooURTENAY BAYLOR IN THE COSMOPOLITAN.
PART "

1893, by The Cosmopolitan, and published here by special permissio
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THE DEAD GENERAL.

A Tribute From a New Haven Friend
Major George e. Albee of this city
was an almost lifelong friend of Gen
eral Lawton, who was killed yesterday,
as told in our dispatches. Major Albee
was deeply affected on receiving the
news of Lawtons death. Major Albee
said of him:
General Lawton and myself We're
friends for over thirty-fiye years. We
enlisted in the same regiment and
have nothing but praise for my dead
friend. He started In the service in the
Thirtieth Indiana infantry and went up
the ladder in q way which was sur
prising. Lawton had the name of the
lighting general" title well earned
and always lived up to. He was man
who never stopped while there was bat
Ting to be done and he was not much
of talker of his exploits. Although
1t is not generally known. 1t is fact
that General Lawton went to the Phil
ippines direct from this city in the early
part of the year. where he had been
engaged in fighting ever since
After his wonderful success in the
Cuban campaigns, especially at San
tiago and FL Caney, he returned by
transport few days after New Years
day, and came directly to this city to
visit me.
He remained at my house for a
few days, and on Tuesday, January II,
my wife and l went down to New York
to see him Off for service in the Philip
pines, embarking for that country on
the transport Grant. Beyond the fact
that he was the staunchest kind of a
friend and every inch a man, there Is
nothing more for me to say, and l wish
you would excuse me-"
Major Albee has a great number of
of General Law on, and
among them is a picture of the two
milltiamen taken In Mexico In 1868.