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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
THE IDEAL TYPE OF MAN.

Attorney-Gener Griggs recently
delivered an address to the graduates
of a law school. The address presented
such an ideal of manhood as to in
spire men and women to higher ideals
of life. This ideal, the speaker said,
had been realized many times in the
older courthouse towns Of this coun
try. He said in part:
"a man Of kindly and benignant
disposition, friendly alike with his
we'll TODD and his poorer fellow-towns-
men; acquainted with their habits and
individual history, and with a pretty
accurate notion of their opinions and
prejudices, as we'll as of their ways
and means; genial and sociable, yet
dignified and elc-constrained; of staid
and comfortable appearances; il man
ner alert; in conversation always mod.
crate and respectful; shrewd in his
observations; wise, but with perennial
humor and love of pleasantly; as a
citizen always concerned and active in
the interCs g Of his town, his State,
and his country not an agitator, nor
q perpetual fault finder, nor giving out
the intimation that he is better or
wiser than others; but ready to confer,
to adjust, to agree, to get the best
possible, if not the utmost that is de
sirable; to him the people turned in
local emergencies for guidance and
counsel on their public affairs, eveD
craftsmanship fearing not TO trust to
his honor and wisdom: so free from
all cause Of Cf3nse that there is no
tongue to lay a word against his pure
integrity 4; too dinified and respectable
TO tempt familiarity; too genial and
generous to provoke envy or aaloUsy a;
revered by his brother OF the bar; help
full and kindly to the young; in man,
ner, suave, polite, with a fine courtIi-
ness of the old favor-what Claren
don described in John Hampden as "a
flowing courtesy toward all men,"
The C! losing lines presented the per
feet type Of fellow townsmen."
In the judgment and feelings of the
community there is something of the
venerable and illustrious attached to
his name; not for his learning in the
law, not for his success as an adv )cate,
not for his mare usefulness to his fell
low citizens as a counselor and guide,
but for the benignant influence of his
whole life and character; and when he
dies, to every mind there comes a sug-
gestion of the epitah that shall most
ittingly preserve the estimate which
the people have formed OF him" The
lust man and the councillor"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
FOR LOVE.
AUNT JENNIE.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-I have been
reading the S )cial Chat from your
Ohatterers and have enjoyed all of the
letters very much, but have seen no
subject that struck me more forcibly
than the n proposed by Rex. So I
wish to join your number, and take a
part in discussing the above subj 9ct.
/ venture this assertion, that there
r as many untrue marriages today,
or as many proved to be untrue, &C
cording to numbers, as there we're
among the BeDjamites. For I have
no knowledge OF a single one wanting
to be divorced then.
The modern style Of addressing
women today, leads the young men
and women into telling things that are
not true, makes them appear to be
what they are not, and places many a
burden upon the girls to captivate the
boys, that other wise they'd be free
from, and last but not least, a man
has NJ mor right to select his girl than
a girl has to select the man, but the
present mode deprives the girl, and
under the old jewish law the man had
no more right than the girl. Now l
will close my chat, by saying I'm not
at all discouraged, but feel like we
need a better system, for the mode of
marrying today is not altogether for
love, and while it is not we need a
system that gives all an equal chance.
Yours for improvement,
z. W. f.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
Hartford county N. Q.
FROM "ELLEN."
K. W. Z.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-I am afraid
some of the cousins have lost their in.
terest in Our Social Chat. Gomez this
will not do at all. I am as greatly in
terested as I was a year ago. I know
I am not a very intere sting writer but
every little helps, you know.
This is my ideal badge Aunt Jennie.
Get an ordinary %breastptn made in the
form Of an arrow on which the words
"Aim High" are engraved. A piece
of red ribbon, about two inches long,
goes with it and is pinned on a mans
coat or a Woman's dress. On the rib
bon the letters 0. 8. O. can be EN-
broidered and the year in which Our
Social Chat origineted-1898, was it
not, Aunt Jannie9 I expect u boy
cousins would be able to get their sis
tiers to embroider the letters for them.
This badge will not cost very much
and will, I think, please the most par
ticular cousin. Doyou think it a good
idea, Aunt J 9nnie9
Nearly every farmers wife and
daughter is now busy preserving and
canning fruit, and I am sure Mrs. j.
L. DIS letters will prove helpful to
many of them. We have been can
ming grapes; have put up thirty quarts
and expect to am some to morrow.
We can a lot of tomatoes and they are
always relished in the winter. jelly
can easily be made from the juice of
the canned grapes in the fall and
winter when it is not 80 hot to be over
the stove
This is our method of canning: We
use a five gallon kettle and two quart
bottles. II it is possible, we only use
freshly gathered fruit. While the
fruit is cooking we pus eight bottles on
the tank or front Of the stove to heat,
after putting the rubbers on them.
When the fruit boiLs we put a little
sugar in it and stir it for about ten
minutes; then the fruit is ready to take
up. If the bottles are very hot there
is not the least danger of them break
ing. We seldom break any and never
have many to ferment. When the
bottle is filed the fruit must run over
the top of the bottle and the lid must
be quickly put on to make the fruit
air tight.
I learned, through a friend of my
slater that a reader of Or Social Chat
had read all the letters written by the
Old Maid of E:ghteen and wondered
why she had stopped writing. l wish
to inform this reader that, :.'The Old
Maid of Eighteen" now signs herself
E len, even if she ia called Nell, by her
friends. I also wish to say to this
reader, Aunt jimmie and the cousins
Il should have put Aunt Jennie's name
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
HOW WE LIVE.
A Fair Sample of Civilian Life in Manila.

A Fair Sample Of Civilian Life in Manila.
Freedom" a paper published in
Manila, P. l in a copy just received
at The Progressive Farmer office bu0
fishes the folio wing article:
There are eight of us.
Our house is large, three stories,
roomy and located on n of the prin
cipal streets leading to the L1neta, the
fashionable drive. The woods are all
hardwood, the Fl ,ors being Of mahog
ony planks two feet wide. E sch side
of the house is Of framed windows
made so as to slide, thus the whole
house may be thrown open. The
windows are not glass but polished
shells which admit a cool, shaded
light, superior in this climate to glass.
On the ground fl oor, to n side in
this casa, is q tagged court where our
horses. carriages, viz-viE and knock
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
Social Chat.
EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE. RALEIGH, N. c.
AUNT N LETTER.

A lovable girl who signs herself
Dixie comes to join us this week, and
right glad are we to welcome her for
che writes we'll and will add much to
the attractiveness of our circle:
K W. f. calls for the first time this
week. We hope that she will come
often. There is a CLINT Of humor in
her letter that we like. a lively old
maid is almost invariably good COM
pany.
Well, E len, your ideas regarding a
badge for the circle r good. Besides
being pretty it would be most ap
propriate for are we not a band whose
motto is tacitly known to be ''Aim
highG Be satisfied with nothing that
is mental. Exert your utmost en-,
deavor in whatever you undertake.
Recognize no such word as failure.
Always aim high, and even il you
should not hit the mark you yourself
as we'll as other people will respect you
more because Of the effort. Now,
Ellen, il you undeTs land the manage.
ment of affairs in the kitchen many of
LIES battles have already been fought
by you and fortunate is the man who
wins such a girl. Are you really in
earnest in the allusion to yourself7
O. course, 1 wish you much happiness
now and always, whether you live to
be a lovable and useful old maid or a
faithful, devoted wife.
heard come one say not long since
that Mr.. So-and-So was very much in
love with his wife" and they are an
old couple who have )urneyed m ny
a weary mile on Iite's road together.
Sill he fnds time mid toll and business
cares to pause long enough to tell his
gray haired companion how much he
appreciates and loves her. No wonder
her face is still fair and few wrinkles
have dared leave their imprint on her
brow. We do not wonder that her
eyes sparkle and her smile is as bright
as it was many years ago. She is ap-
DICSA00OO AIN "OOS "S"~~ -S@
! among US all who does not feel en-
couraged to undertake more, endure
more and finally accomplish o If
we are at all times conscious that there
ia some one who appreciate us7 We
mans sphere is limited but it We ex
tend her horiz IN we increase her bur
dens Appreciation is her moon in
life's dark night and her stars are the
kind and loving words of those about
her. Dark indeed the night il she
finds neither.
Sixty. you write US an interesting
letter that to many of US reads like
fiction for the things depicted oc
Cured many years ago. We all are
anxious to have you tell Us how you
reached North Carolina and incidents
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05

strength, can do his duty. We can &C.
cept the teaching of the successful
soldier and face our opportunities,
"resolute to uphold righteousness by
deed and by word"
#*#
They who study to acquire the graces
and the ref1nements are likely to miss
the chief things, without which the
graces and re6nements are but empty
show. There r substances that will
not receive polish. Charcoal and dia-
mond are practically identical in com
position, but charcoal is only charcoal,
and polishing it will not make it like
the diamond in structure and function.
#**
There are lessons in life that can be
learned only after other lessons have
been mastered. Obedience is elemen
tary. He who has not learned to obey
cannot be completely successful as a
commander. They who do not develop
strength by doing the hard work are
not likely to acquire the skill to do the
beautiful work which can be done
best by those who have served a long
apprenticeship.
49,
The finished man is not finished
without discipline; and the discipline
that DOES most is not the set exercises
that are planned TO bring the man to
his best estate. They who hava come
up through great tribulation, VINO have
toiled in loving service and in forget
fulness Of self, are the ones whose
lives yield the best fruits of culture,
Of trained and chastened manhood
and Womanhood. Strive to be useful,
and you become useful and cultured;
strive for culture, and you get its
shadoW.-Farmer's Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05

THINGS THAT NEVER DIE.
CHARLES DICKENS.

OhAhLES DuChEES.
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulses to wordless prayer,
The dream Of love and truth;
That longing after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry,
The starving after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need.
A kindly word in griet's dark hour
That proves a friend indeed;
The plea for mercy softly breathed,
When justice threatens high
The sorrow OF a contrite heart
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of q kiss,
And all the tri1es, sweet and frail,
That makes up loves first bliss;
It with q fem, unchanging faith,
And no Y trust and high,
Th9se hands have clssped, those lips have met
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word,
That wounded as it fell;
The chilling want Of sympathy
We feel, but never tell;
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes we're bounding high,
In an unfadiDg record kept
These things shall never die.
Lei nothing pass, for every hand
Must iud some work TO do:
L0se not a chance to w9ken love-
Be firm, and Ist, and true:
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee
These things shall never die.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05

Tnat a rough fl stiron may be made
smooth by rubbing it when warm over
a teaspoonful of table salt9
That the white spots on a vanished
surface will disappear if a bot hatiron
is held over them for q seconds
That hard soap is better than grease
to Qliet creaking doors or to making
unwilling bureau Growers submissiVeS
-WomRnkind.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05

frst) that I do not intend to be an
"Old Maid of E ghteen" much longer.
Do you all wish me joy and a happy
life9 Love to Aunt jennie and regards
to the cousins. ELLEN.
Wake county, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
Two Views of Life.

ought to do; that it is not his duty to
do what he cannot do; and that the
only SURE proof that what seems a
duty is not a duty is to try your best
to do it and not succeed. And our
Teddy" is wise enough to know that
a failure OF this sort is not failure: it is
but a lesson in individual limitvtions.
###
1t is impossible to quote the preacher
and do him 1stice. The btsj sum.
mary Of his article is the part he did
not write-the not entirely consistent
quotation from Charming. The follow
ing brief extracts indicate in a meas
ure his teaching and his method:
##*
Conscious of weakness, inferiority
fears weakness. The great men are as
open as glass beehives and as trans
parent as sunbeams, for they are con
sciOus OF their enormous reserves. Ma
ture permits no flower or fruit to con
ceal it's nature. = = Victories won
by copcealments are lying victories,
and these battles must be fought again.
The law of frankness is the law of
truth, that is at once the foundation
of character, and rounds the struc
ture with strength and beauty.
Natures weakest forces are mani
fest In thunder Her monarch ener
giest work silently in the roots and
harvests, or lift, with rattle Of engine
or noise OF wheel, countless millions of
toDs Of water from ocean into the air.
For gentleness is not weakness. Only
gIan 8 can be gentle.
###
Cali underlined and undefnable, the
spiritual glow, lie upon the soul, like
the soft glow upon a ripe peach. What
song ia to the birds, what culture is to
the intellect, what elcquence is to the
orator, that the spiritual Is to character.
1t is the soul made ample in faculty,
fertile in resource, struck through and
through with ripeness, and il octed
with Ohrist's own Sympathy, self sacri
flee and love-"
In these three brief paragraphs
there is truth, beauty and-lack of
complete and logical grasp of the fact
that life is more than the search for
refuements. Doubtless these extracts
furnish put a very imperfect setting
forth of Mr.. Hills philosophy of life.
They indicate something; they fur
nish us a clew to his character and
give us hints that may help us to gov
ern our own lives Alright.
Few of us can hope to realizs in life
the astainments that are suggested in
speaking Of life as a fne art. For most
of US it is something quite diff
For us is the toll and the heat OF the
day. Our lives are made up Of duties
and not of enjoyments or the search
for case and pleasure. We have duties.
Duty calls US in the morning, beckons
to US at monday, and at night plans
our work for the coming day. For
most men and women, duty is the i'm
portant word; duty is the thought that
muss give them inspiration; and the
consciousness Of duty faithfully done
is to be their suficien n reward.
49,
All of us can live the life Of endeav'
or; all can work with singleness OF
aim and earnestness Of purpose to do
good and to be useful; and each in his
place, and according to his light and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05

Ill men are interested in men and
a ideas-in men as representatives
of ideas; in ideas as masters Of
Nc, in ideas as the truest expires sion
4rg1ly character and manly pur
,a We are drawn to the meI Of
&1ghts and deeds, the men whose
tsms have been wrought into acts
I usefulness; for they are the real
tgOs, the men whom all men love.
We have bean attracted to two views
life and it's duties as recently set
Eh by two famous men. One view
W presented to the world in the form
dspublic address, the other as an ar
Ehn q popular weekly paper; one
Tgb7 a prominent public man, the
other by the preacher occupying the
ngShnous pulpit in An erica. Theo-
dora RoOsevelt-scholar, politician,
saldia-sooke Of Strenuous Life;
Newell Dwight Hills, the scholarly
ud eloquent successor of Beecher, and
Abbott IN Plymouth church, wrote Of
Life Rs a Sine Art
The preacher took his text the fol-
tFing from William Henry Charming:
70 live content with small means; to
Ez elegance rather than luxury, and
Ei1ement rather than fashion; to be
EEthy, not respectable, and wealty,
gi rich; to listen TO stars and birdie,
A6es and sages with open heart; to
Hnk quietly, act frankly, talk gently,
swat occ8sicn3, hurry never, in a
Tri, to let the spiritual, unbidden
nd unconscious grow up through the
anmon-this is my symphony"
Toe s1ldier took no text but his topic.
ct his concluding paragraph be placed
@ins! against the n we have just
raj:
Ipreach to you, then, my country.
ID, that our country calls not for the
1ot ease, but for the life Of strenu
aendeavor. The twentieth century
.Ens before US big with the fate Of
Any nations. If we stand idly by,
I've seek merely swollen, slothtul
a and ignobIe peace, if we shrink
I'm the hard contests where men
a'! win at hazard of their lives and
The risk OF all they hold dear, then
e Oolder and stronger peoples will
&sls by and will win for themselves
domination Of the world. Let US
%stose boldly face the life of strife,
Cute to 90 our duty we'll and man.
y; Tcsolute to uphold righteous
g b deed and by word; resolute
~oe both honest and brave, to serve
~so ideals, yet to use practical meth
Above all, let us shrink from no
sEe, moral or ply steal, within or
,"a.ut the nation, provided we are
%.'sln that the strife is justified; for
onty through strife, through hard
dangerous end avor, that we shall
@asaly win the goal of true ma
"~la grea. ness"
\
"econtsss to an almost Ut qIalifed
pT.fat'ol .oc the leader of the Rough
s.'': the paragraph quoted is the
, essence Of his speech, and is char.
-'snc Of the life Of a man who is
yelled 20 work because his ideal
~ .'s aim into action. Gov. Roose.
Is the most admirable figure in
Ss. ''lean public life to Gay. He is a
VI Intense eagerness, a man who
i, TS uuty clearly and believes that
us mission to use his utmost en-
Est 's 70 do that duty. Hs knows
Es g his business as q man to do
ng at hand that he believes he
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
DO o KNo8a

Jackson county, N. Q.
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All of US can live the life of endeav-
or; all can work with singleness OF
aim and earnestness Of purpose to do
good and to be useful; and each in his
place, and according to his light and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
MR.. GERRY Will APPEL.
But the Further He Goes with tho Courts
the More Investigation Threatens.

Having been beaten in the decision OF tho
Appellate Division OF the Supreme Court that
the Gerry society must submit to visitation
and supervision by the State Board Of Chari-
ties, In tho same way as other charitable in
stitutionR. Elbridge 7. Gerry will probably
,now take the question to the Court OF Appeals.
Neither Mr. Gerry nor the society's counsel
De Laucey Nicoll. was in town yesterday, but
Lawyer John D. Lindsay OF Mr.. Nicoll's firm.
who has been representing Mr.. Gerry in the
hearings before Supreme Court Visitor Albert
Stickney said:
1T was understood when this case was be-
gun that it would not be dropped until the
highest court had decided upon it, am not
Mr.. Gerrys attorney in this case. but / think
he will carry II to tho Court Of Appeals. The
question involved il an important point OF law,
and think the state Board OF Charities ought
to h" 4 AL to have the question decided finally
10y the highest court.
William Rhinelander Stewart President Of
the state Board OF Charities. is at present in
EurOpc. Another member Of the board said
yesterday that the further the case went tho
worse il seemed to get for the Gerry society.
as Justice Gicgcrich's decision in the lower
b. the State Board should extend only TO the
society s relief work for needy children, where
as Justice Barrrtts decision gives III" State
Board the right OF general visitation and in
siecuon; 49,
hy Legislation, nuoth"r invest gator in the per-
son II u Visitor appointed by tho Suurrm"
Court. Before all Is over the society Is Ike
to Ice pretty thoroughly investigated"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
j. j. CoosAN AHEAD OF EDWARD.
Brothers Suit for $40, 900 Shows No Cause
of Action.

of Action.
The complaint In the action brought some
time ago 10y Edward V. Coogan against his
brother. James j. Coogan. President OF the
Borough of Manhattan, the latters wife. Har-
riet and her mother. Mrs. Sarah Lynch. 10
held by Justice Truax OF the Supreme Court
on demurrer to be defective. but the plaintiff Is
allowed to serve an amended complaint on pay
ment OF costs.
The brothers Coogan were formerly in the
furniture business together. In the present
action it is alleged that when the firm dis
solved in 1893 Mrs. Lynch owed the firm
100000, which she has not ronald; and that
In collusicn with James COogan she is try
Ing to prevent the plaintiff from getting his
share Of this money. which he says is 100000.
He says that the 100000 was put Ivy Mrs.
Lynch into the Polo Grounds and other prop
erty and that he should have an equitable lion
uron the property to the extent OF the 80 900.
In holding the complaint defective Justice
Truax says that suit is brought for partner
ship debt by one partner without any allcga-
tions in it to show that the plaintiff would hs
entitled to the whole Of what he sues for. 1t
might he. saws the Court. that there are other
debts OF the firm which would have to be paid
from partnership assets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
EVIDENCE MELTED IN COURT.
The Stolen loo Was a Bucket of Water
When the Case Was Called.

The Snitkin OF SO Hester street who an
nounces him self as a wholesale ice dealer left
5-cent piece OF ice yesterday morning in
he turned his back to cut up another piece for
Ginger McGinnis. the pushcart pcddlcr. who.
ut this season. is selling sliced watermelon.
Samuel Mitz. = years old. OF ~ Orchard street.
grabbed the piece OF ice from the sidewalk and
ran down Essex street with 1t. Smitkin seized
his icepck and started in pursuit. at the same
time crying: "Bolice! murder! watch. teves!
Mine ice mine ice!'
About nifty men and boys joined in the chase.
but Policeman Dooley OF the Eidri dye street
station was in he van: and he overhauled the
robber after a chase OF two blocks. The police
man borrowed u pair Of lea tOngs from Snitkin.
and, holding the boy with one hand and carry
ing the stolen ice with the other, marched to
the Essex Market Police Court. 1t was not yet
y o'clock and at DOO.sy's earnest request jan
itor Manning put the cake OF Ice In a tin pail.
II don't have that ice as evidence" said
Dooley. - lose my case
1t was nearly 10 o'clock before the case was
reached. and Magistrate deuel. dismissed 1t
without waiting to hear Snitkin's twenty-four
witnesses.
ed to leave the courtroom.
There it il" said Court Officer Mchenna.
pointing to a pail OF water.
evidence. Snitk in was frantic with grief. and
before any one could stop him no rushed up to
the Magistrate and walled: -,
Please. Mister Chudge. Will you pc so kindt
as to fmsSs d tot fiddle poy bay me mine ME
A policeman grabbed snitkip and elected
reached the sidewalk he shook his fist at the
courtroom and yelled:
oh vat a shame Such a court and such a
Chudgel"