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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-12

Whatever his luck. ne will answer I'm
fne'
II you say 70 him "Eow do you feel2'
For though he may lose both his rod
and his Inc.
lie always comes home With MS reel
Judge.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-12
Justice.

Shell am getting tired OF staying
awake az nights waiting for you to come
home.
He-My dear. when was counting you
could not sleep at all.-Indisnapo!is
Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-12
Judging the Man.

They say Joeson has inhsritsd $4,000
That must be a mistake
What uake~ YOU think so.''
+ saw him less than an hour ago sc4
ne wa. perfectly sober"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
TRUST

Aud underneath are the everlasting arms"
When I hear those words spoken,
when I think Of them even, I see a lit
tie boy-a tired little boy-sitting in
church and thinking: "Tm so sleepy ;
but I must keep awake, father would
be cross" Then the lights in the aisle
spout fame, the figures in the painted
window dance, his head mods, his eyes
close. A minute later they open with
q start to find his fathers eyes fixed
upon him-that stern father in whose
strenuous life there was no place for q
little boy, a clumsy little boy, who
knocked against people in the streets,
and sometimes fell down when there
was nothing at all to make him fall.
Even if I close my eyes for one min
ute father would be angry" thought
the little boy. The preacher droned
The little boys chin sunk upon
his jacket When he awoke, his
fathers eyes, angrily the little boy
thought, were again fixed upon him.
His father moved; the little boy trem
bled. Then wonders of wonders! he
was lifted from his place, his fathers
arms we're underneath him, around
him. Thus, without fear-indeed,
with an exquisite joy and in
great conference.-the little boy fell
asleep in those kind arms.
So, I believe, it will be with us who
are older when our time comes.-EX.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

ton, shall go into effect on the first day
Of July, 1902. If a m 0rity OF the q1ali
fed voters OF the S late &c declare at
the next general election.
Section 10 Tlis amendment shall be
submitted at the next general election
to the qualified voters of the State, in
the same manner and under the same
rules and regulations as is provided in
the law regulating general elections
in this State, and in force May 1st,
1899; and at said election those persons
desiring to vote for such amendment
shall cast a written or printed ballot
with the words For Suffrage Amend
ment' thereon: and those with a con.
trary opinion shall cast a written or
printed ballot with the words Against
Suffrage Amendment" thereon.
Section IL. The said election shall be
held and the votes returned, compared,
counted and canVassed, and the result
announced, under the same rules and
regulations as are in force for return
leg, comparing, counting and canvas
ing the votes for members OF the Gen
eral Assembly, May 1st. 1899. and if q
majority of the votes cast are in favor
of the said amendment, it shall be the
duty of the Governor of the State to
certify said amendment under the seal
of the State to the Secretary of State,
who snail enroll the said amendment
so certified among the permanent re
cords Of his Office.
Section IL This set shall be in force
from and after it7 ratification.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
Little Folks.
WHEN PA GR1s c

When Pa gets sick he always knows
He's gonter die, and Tommy goes
For Doctor Q rack, and fore he 'rlVet
I'm buried IF for D1cdor Ives,
An Ma an Bess an Auntie, too,
For liniments an gTusls 60,
An plaeters an the warmth brick
An everything, when Pa gets sick.
No one of US is lowed to play,
The baby's sent scross the way,
The '~pothecary's boys about
The hull time runnin' In an out,
The house so with his groans Is filled
Folks stop TO ask who's gettin' killed,
An misery is piled on thick
For every one, when Pa gets click.
We never have no table set,
Cold vittles ia the best we get,
For COOK is busy to the bTim
COntrivin' dainty things for him,
An studyin' it out in my mind
I'm good deal more'n half inclined
To hink-although l dassent kick
We suffer most when Pa is sick.
Boston Courier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
Christian Life Column.

The lesson embodied in the following
poeticaI parable is one that needs to be
widely applied:
A parish priest of austerity,
Went up in a high church steeple-
To be nearer God, so he might hand
His word down to the people.
And IL sermon script he daily wrote,
What he thought sent down from
heaven;
A d he dropped this down on the PEG
pies heads,
Two times, one day in seven.
In his age God said, Come down and
die"
And ne called from out the steeple-
where art thou Lords" And the
Lord replied,
"Down here, among my people,"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
AFs 1ETsIYv,LvaO o. kMPsR

Mrs Dumpsey-'F1r shame, Willie
You've been fighting again Your
clothes are torn and your face is
scratched. Dear me, what q trial you
arel 1 wish you were a little girl
girls don't fight"
Willie Dumpsey-"Yes; but, me,
don't you think it's better to have a
good, square ignt and get ali the mad
out OF you, than to carry it around,
the way the girls do, for months9'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

AN~ @So~@N ~S"
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, il fact such information az
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
nlcsliCies, and cannot fail to be most
interesting and instructive. The book
contains 175 pages.
Another book, BOTANY THE
STORY OF PLANT LIFE" by Julia Mac
nair Wright, Is equally instructive and
entertaining, and should be in the
hands If every lady reader OF The PRO
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
TaR SILENCE OF CHRIST.

One Of the notable characteristics Of
Christ was his silence under the charges
of enemies. He rarely replied to them.
They sneered at him as a bastard he
received the sneer IN silence. They
accused him Of being a glutton and O
w~inebibber; he did not Tepel the charge
even when he referred to it, except
by saying that neither asceticism nor
social fellowship was immune from
malice. Before the court of Caiaphus
he answered nothing to all the charges
brought against him he left hate to
pursue its way unopposed, and aggra
waited it by his apparent indifference
Brought before PLATE, when questioned
by the perplexed judge he answered
frankly and fully; but when the judge
had pronounced his prisoner innocent
and yet hesitated whether to release
him or not, he refused any longer to
plead for himself. Transferred to the
court Of Herod, he kept absolute 81
lence. Once, we believe only once,
did he make answer to accusations Of
enemies; it was when the Pharisees
charged him with casting out devils
by Beelzebub, the prince of devils; and
then the defense was less of himself
than of the work of God wrought
through him.
In this his silence under malicious
false reports he showed that practical
common sense which characterized
his whole life, and reiutes the charge
Of fanaticism sometimes brought
against him. No defense is proof
against malice; no explanation will
suffc9 to correct intentional misreport.
For effective self defense an impartial
tribunal is indispensable. The man
who attempts to stay the fight of an
irresponsible scandal only gives it
wings by his endeavor; and he who
writes to the press to correct a misre-
port generally only succeeds in calling
additional attention to it. II there il
some truth in the unjust rumor, the
accused is the last person to discrimi
nate between the truth and the false
hood; il there is no truth il it, the
character Of the accused is his best
defense from the aspersiop. There is
an old motto, He who is his own law,
yer has a fool for a client. 1t is of
wide application Hs who is smart
ing under ar unjust accusation is by
that very fact untitled t o conduct a
defence against it. He cannot under
stand how the facts will seem TO others.
He would better leave his friends to
defend him. II he has no loyal friends,
there is something wrong with him
self, and he will do well to spend his
time in discovering what that wrong
in himself is rather than to misspend
it in a futile self defense.
Never is the motto more applicable,
Speech is silver, but silence is golden,
than when one is suff under false
accusation. Toe silence of Christ is
an example to be followed.-The Out
look.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
SOME SIGHTS IN THE PHILIP
PINES.

Just now we are all interested in the
Philippines. We want 10 know about
the people and how they live. Many
most interesting things are told about
them. Among other facts we learn
that they do things the same way year
afser year, even though that way is
the most expensive and the hardest.
The people do not like change, and do
not want to learn from foreign
ers. There ia one island, the chief in
dustry Of which is cattle raising. In
stead OF building a dock at which the
vessels could make a landing, where a
gang plank from the dock to the vel
sci would make it possible for the cat
tie to walk aboard the vessel, the cat
tie are driven into the water and made
to swim to the side Of the boat, which
cannot get near the shore for lack OF
water. Then ropes are fastened about
the horns Of the cattle, the donkey
engine on the vessel is set going, and
the cattle are hoisted over the side of
the ship, kicking and believing On
another island the inhabitants are
nearly all wom9n-ninety out OF every
hundred. TIE man cannot earn a liv
ing, and they leave the island when
mere boys. The women do all the
work that is done. They come eff to
the vessels with chickens, eggs and
fruit to sell.
We think it very improper and im
polite to eat with knives, but in the
Philippines it is perfectly proper to
carry the food from the plate to the
mouth on the knife. An American
gentleman gave a dinner to some
Spanish gentlemen. The host kept his
cutlery sharp. One of the Spanish
gentlemen asked to have his knife
changed, because it was so sharp he
could not eat with it. This was after
he had cut his tongue. A charming
old Spanish gentleman expressed re
greet that his hand had begun to tremble,
and he could no longer eat peas with
his knife.
The beds in the Philippines are four
post beds, and handsome Instead of
the springs, there ia a support woven
like u cane seated chairs a thin
sleeping mat is laid over this and then
a sheet. After one has become used
to it, it is said to be a perfect bed for a
warm climate. The dress Of the PEG.
pie does not change ga with us, bu5 re
mains the same-loose f1Sing -obes of
thin material, suited to a hot climate,
for the women and children and loose
ly made thin cotton trousers and shirts
for the men.
There are said to be twelve hundred
islands in tie group, and the natives
differ greatly some are scarcely civ
ilized and wear little clothing and live
in mere huts The Outlook.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
Better Than Gold %oEe 9 g g s. s. ) G GoS

Better Than Gold MAKE max ~ s. @ $ , d daS
se"'ug a. ve.y house the new Cuban
Ocfae substitute, which costs only hal
a cent a o und to rase North or South
Besides an enormous q1antity of rich
stock feed and the best land improver
known, pronounced bv many healthier
and m IRE delicious than store coffae
Agents outdG and enough to sell at re
tail for S15 prepaid by express So; b.
freight 2 bushels SO S3ed free TO all
farmers who senG stamps for packing
AMI mailing tn the Farmers Friend
P. o Box 121, BIckner, Mo. Also
large catalogue of 40 other seed novel
ties gent free with each bundle Of Cot
fee seed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

Great Success Did you ever have
anything accepted by the D9cadA9"
"Yes. They took two things Of mine -
"Were they published"
Zone was. It was a soap advertise
ment. The other thing they took was
q postage q amp IN Y Sun
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

sand oCnrr q IesGions are ans wered in a
most fascinating way in this highly in.
terestiDg volume.
We will send a copy of either of these
books to any address for so cents or
free for 50 in new subscritions to The
Progressive FARMER; or 50 in new
subscriptions. and Is cents additional;
or slim new subscriptions, and 80 cents
additional. Address: The PROGRESS
sIvE FARMER. Raleigh, N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
"What Our Advertisers Say"

Think The Progressive Farmer
the best medium through which to
reach the farming classes in North
GaroliDa.--W. G. THOMAS. Poultry
Breeder, Louisburg. N. c., March 5,
1898.
I'VE recently run for a short time
an advertisement in THE PROGRESS
sIVE farmer, and we run at the
same time the same advertisement
in four other leading papers in the
State. and we write to say that IUe
TeceiUed ten replies from the one in
yOUr pGDeT to eUeTy me received from
all the other papers combined = Ed
WARD & BROUG ITO Y. Printers
and Publishers. Raleigh, n. Q.
I'VE have had a very good trade
In your State this season, and T
wiling to attribute a part of the re,
suits to the advertise ment in your
paper. We have always looked
upon your paper as satisfactory in
this respec, and will make use of it
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

in the future ID M. OSBORNE
q co. Manufacturers of Harvest
Ing Machinery. Phi adelphia, Pa
j. b Gill, Founder and Machin-
ist. Raleigh, N. c., says:
l have been a constant advertiser
for the past 20 years in EnQJdnd and
America. and and hdUe D e had Gs
good results from the same outlay as
have come from my advertisement
In 81 PROGRESSIVE FARMER"
Enclosed find check for 81. so in
payment for the ad. yO1 inser ed
for me-: Your bill was 81. 90; hope
you will accept the amount Of check
as g ttvalUe received for the ad =
y. l. JOINER. Tobacco Buyer,
Greenv1Ile, n. @.
we think that the results from
your paper nave been satisfactory
or we would not continue to adver-
t}se with you 1T. W. WOOD &
So Ms. Seedsmen, Ricnmond, Va
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

It is doubtful if there
is any o reliable OF
better known author
ty on the subject OF
which this book treats
han is this author.
IA is not only a prac.
Gical grower of flowers,
h,,k bo iso p~ooUIow am
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
Hunts Consumption and sraanhiti, curn.

III Wnena all else fails. Write for
testImo' lals which prove the truth
OF Gnls statement This wonderful
remedy 10 prepared by Rev. Geo. K.
hunt, Lexington, N. }. Price 50
CENTS per bottle. For sale by all
druggists.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

GREssIVE FARMER. A
careful study of this
Dook by any t or
10Y or girl will add
u b to the enjoyment
It farm life. 1t is not
My a useful, but an
attractive and enter
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
BOOKSN~
That Will Interest You

Every housewife who loves flowers
should have a copy of FLOWERS
How TO GROW THEM" by Eoen E
r. xfo~d
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

t~erUllulDg Duok and will prove a source
of pleasure and benefit to all who may
read it.
"ASTRONOMY: The Sun AND HIS
FAMILY " bv Julia MacNair Wright.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

Can you tel what
causes day and night
seasons and years,
ides and eclipses2
Why is the sky blue,
and Mars red9 What
are meteOrs and
hooting stars Z
These, and q thou
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
BUY THE BEST.

If you want the best low down wagon you
shOu d buy the Electric Handy Wagon. 1t is
the best becaus7 it Is made of the best material;
the best broad tired Electric Wheels; hest sea-
soned white hickory aXles: all other wood parts
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

YOUNG MEN DO you want a good pay
tween 10 and IS. Enclose I2c. for {er mgS Go 9e Dc
etc. il WILSON. Dep. q, CataWba N. d.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

Rheumacide is not recommended for
b cure OF every ill; it does not cure
everything But it is a certain cure
Tor R7eum4tlsm and is a fine blood
nuT'h ar and laxative; try it
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
SOIidity of Butter.

The writer was asked recently if the
food of the COW affects the sofidity of
butter, says a correspondent Of The
National Stockman. PROFESSIONALLY
the food has a marked effect upon the
solidity or hardness of butter. Soft
spring butter is partly due to the large
amount Of olein in the butter fat of
COWS fresh in milk and partly due to
the green succulent food of early pas
lures. Linseed meal makes a soft, oily
fat, while cottonseed meal and bran
make a fat that is much harder. Then
as the COWS grow older in milk the
fats grow harder, and consequently
the butter becomes firmer, although it
may contain as much or more water
as the softer butter. IT. is we'll, of
course, to avoid either extreme in but
ter making, and if one is familiar with
the principle controlling these things
it is easy to remedy any trouble that
may exist.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
A acknowledgements.

''It was about the wftching hour,
said the suburbanite. st had left the
station some distance behind me and
was on my way up the road toward
home. I had got comfortably cool by
that time, and the charming influence
of the starlit night possessed me and
made me feel at peace with all the
world Nor did the fact that l and my
new suit had made a hit with the
friends had been visiting detract from
the fullness of my self satisfaction.
'All went we'll until I came to a
street crossing my road. At the corner
was street lamp, which from some
cause was not lit, and from this lamp
futtered what seemed to be handker-
chief. You know am little bit near
sighted.
81 reached over to take it. but it was
touched by the wind and waved just
beyond my grasp. / reached over far
ther, leaning full against the lamp
post. This time was successful, and
I found that the supposed handkerchief
was a piece of paper on which was
written in bold and dashing letters the
legend Fresh Paint. "-Philadelphia
INQUIRER.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
A Bride with Some Good Points.

Some years ago in an agricultural
district there lived farmer who want
ed to sell one of his cows There was
not at that time a weekly paper liz
which he could advertise, so he resolved
to follow a local custom and ask the
vicar of the parish when giving out his
notices at church to advertise the cow.
eyes, farmer" said the vicar, 81
should be willing to oblige you, but
you don't attend my church. "
Presently, however, they struck a
bargain that the vicar should advertise
the COW, and the man in return prom
lsed to go to church.
Now, unfortunately the man was
deaf, and on the Sunday following when
the vicar gave out the banns Of mar
riage between Joseph So-and-so. bach
elor, and Sarah So-and-so, spinster, the
farmer took it for granted that the
vicar was giving out particulars of his
COW and shouted out:
''You might as well say while you
are about it that she is a most gentle
creature and entirely free from vice. I"
STRAY Stories.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
Danish BUtter.

Professor Marshall of the Michigan
Agricultural college has just returned
from : three months visit to Den
mark. He says, after abiding to the
high reputation which Danish butter
has in England, The high quality Of
Denmark's butter is dependent upon
% cleanliness in milking and in all
butter making operations; GU pasteuri-
cation of the cream, which is at the
present time practically universal; g.
the rational use Of starters; ca careful
supervision of feeds for milk COWS; %
the adoption Of scientific practices in
the creameries; 60 the stimulus offered
by their butter shows; 60 the favora-
BILE location of the country; 81 the alb
solute control of export trade" That
last item, we think, is Of no small i'm
pOrtance, and if the butter and cheese
sent from this country had all been in
Spected and the limitations and ladle
packed butter and filled cheese had
been prohibited from expectation and
only the best grades sent out our dairy
product would now have had a good
reputation fairly won on it's merits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
Wanted u Haunted House.

The following curious letter was re-
Gently received by a house renting
agency in London:
''Have you reputed haunted house
on your books? I am not afraid Of
ghosts. l do not as matter of course
believe in their existence, and I am
willing to live in house for long or
short term by arrangement. Of course,
rent free. Should there be no ghost,
then. if you wish it, l shall be willing
to testify on oath to the fact. But
should I see an apparition l will keep
the matter secret and only acquaint
you with the circumstances. I will
pledge myself not to pander to local
gossip. l have a small income on which
can subsist. My sole object in thus
applying to you is to be allowed to live
in place in which do not need to
pay any rent.
The inquirer was informed that the
firm had no haunted houses on its list.
but would inform him when it had
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
What n Creamery Does,

There are four creameries contiguous
to Ackley, Ia, and The World of that
place says of the benefit to q COM
munity of a creamery: The operation
of a we'll conducted creamery in a
community where it was before I'M
known works a revolution in all direc-
lions on the farm. 1t lightens the Ia
bors of the wife and daughter; it Sc
cures a months certain cash income;
it restores impoverished acres; it
means more and better pigs, more and
better calves, a more equal distribu-
ton Of farm work all the year round.
It will do more for a community than
q new railroad and will without fail
lift a chattel mortgage and down at
the heel grain raiser into plane of
independence and comfort, while it
and what naturally grows out Of such
a system Of agriculture will vitaliZe
his depleted soil and in few years
double it's productive capacity. This
is neither theorizing nor fanciful spec
ulation, but plain statement of cause
and effect. 1t has been done and is
being done all over the west.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
The Real Reason.

Long ago he had taken the resolution
always to be perfectly honest with his
children.
"My son, he accordingly observed,
81 am beating you with this trunk
strap not for your own good, but be-
cause am hot under the collar No, it
does not by any means hurt me more
than it hurts you'll"
In the face of such a luminous exam
pie it would be strange if boy did not
grow up to be an honest man.
1t was perhaps possible to overdo this
thing and render boy SO honest that
he would be unable to earn his hviI 8
in any of the learned professions, but
that difficulty, if it existed at all, was
theoretical rather than practical
troit Journal.