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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20

y Daniel Hargroys, colored, arrived IN
Wilmington Sunday night from China.
He Is blueiacket In tbs navy and has
gone to Norfolk, Va. to report for duty
again. He was in China In April.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20
Team stolen at Harrington.

Special Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal
Dover, Sept. IT. IA team owned by
Frederick Butler, farmer residing
near Harrington, was stolen from Har-
rington Saturday night.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20

At Delaware City Thursday, a pile Of
lumber in Reybold's lumber yard fell
and injured John Kerns. foreman there,
pretty badly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20

She was dear, sweet girl, with COM
plexion of angelic loyeliness, such as all
young ladies possess who use Glenn's Sui
phur Soap.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20

When you need medicine you should get the
best that money can buy, and experience proves
this to be Hoods SaTsaparilla
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20

The population of Norfolk is, 46, ga,
as against "a, S71 in 1890. This is an
increase of II, 1853 or SO. 10 per cent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
FROM z S. E. M.

DEAR AUNT DISTINGUISHING that
you and Alvin Horton have the
whole Chat corner, I will try to
write a few words although I have
no especial subject this morning.
You asked what we think Of the
proposed badges? I think a scarf
pin with only the monogram, O. S.
c., would be better than a button.
as it would be useful as well as orna-
mental. I would send for one but
do not think it probable that I shall
ever meet any of the contributors.
A gentleman, in The Progressive
Farmer, asks how to kill moles.
Take some strychnine and put in a
glass jar. Put water to it and i'm
merse therein a handful of peanuts.
Then lock up the jar until the pea
nuts swell or absorb the water
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
ACKNOWLEDGING AN ERROR.

General Grant was taCiturn, but
never silent when occasion required
him to speak. He could say to a
subordinate, "Iwas wrong ; you were
Iight"-a confession which small
men never make. An occasion for
such an utterance came during the
first year of his administration. An
instruction in Cuba caused d conflict
of opinion between the President and
the Secretary of State, Hamilton
Fish. whose son-the speaker Of the
New York ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the IN
cident as it is described in his faith
er's diary:
In 1869 the President wrote d
proclamation recognizing Cuban bel.
ligerency, on account of the invasion
of the rights of American citizens
residing on the island. Secretary
Fish refused to sign the prOclama-
ton, or even to issue it, and offered
his resignation. to the President
which General Grant refused to &C
cept. At a subsequent cabinet meet
ing, when it was decided that there
were no authenticated facts to
justify the declaration of belliger-
ency, the President warmly thanked
Fish for preventing him from
making a grave mistake.
Few men are unwilling to admit
that they are wiser today than they
were yesterday-why, then, shoaIa
they be ashamed to own that they
have been in the wrong?-Youth'
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
NO E MATTER.

so many serious and knotty q'e',
lions have to be discussed III courts
OF justice that a bit Of humor NJ"
and then is a welcome relief. Green
Bag records many such, and here .
one Of the latest:
The other day an attorney was al,
ing his Indignation. He had 0o9n
robbed. Yes, sir, robbed. 1t was
shameful the way things went Oh
right under the eyes Of the law.
Finally Judge Gary noticed 'H'
tuning and fretting.
whats the matter?'' he asked
Matter? It's a COMPOUNDED ou'
rage! Had my overcoat stolen rlS"'
from this room?"
The judge smiled.
"Overcoat, eh?" he said. ~ is
dear fellow, that's nothing ! WIZ
suits are lost here every day.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
a NORTH CAROLINA WORK

We learn from the Charlotte Oh
server that Messrs. James pot+ z,
Co., 119-121 West Twentv-tbira
street, New York, have issued .
handsomely printed and bound vol.
ume, beautiful Thoughts from
Robert and Elizabeth BROWNING "
arranged by Mrs. Margaret Sbim
Of North Carolina, the widow Of
Lieutenant w. E. Shipp. The dedt
cation is ITO William Even SbiDn
killed while leading a charge on San
Juan Hill, July 1st, $685." and this
is followed by the following appro.
pirate selection from 1.-The Ring and
the Book" by Robert Browning:
go lover Of my life, o s~oIdier-saint.
No work begun shall ever pause for
death
Love will be helpful to me more and
more
I the coming course, the new path
must tread,
My weak hand in thy strong hand
strong for that!
Tell him that if [ seem without him
now
That's the worlds insight! Oh, he
understands !"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25

Track the moles by their
their dens. Then make bole sGns to
runs as near to the dens 90 IN the
and drop one peanut in evo poss'oe
cover the hole with a pieco hole,
or a clod of dirt. Repeat ~ Dark
for a few days when he will rD g Same
more mOles. He will find Dno no
his "'blind bitches" sasnao4 N'uS il
yards are also good places fon U'a7e
would suggest as ono. mem
discussion: Does the end justif5r Ion
means, when the means rSod The
honorable? Also let somoo not
Eva Plamondon's query. ~
world growing better? Let NE
ask some more questions.
What has become of Mrs R;,,.
Eva PlamondOn, Brown Ewes S'
host of others, who have baon q
dering the Chat readers mrob ,'D,
tainment and Instructions -
missed Mrs. J. L. D. for Il lone tn,. We
also nearly all the young men
the old ones as we'll. '
Alvin Horizons dissertation o,
books last week was both trrt1s,
and helpful, and I would like ~
add that above all books we sbor13
read the Book Of Books, for tborats
is contained the instruction that will
not only fit us for this life, b0f o71'
for the life to come.
Yours as ever,
Mrs. S. EN-
BERTHE Co., n. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25

things you would dispose OF III th1s
way would probably be wasted ana
nothing realized. Therefore sell
them if you can, thus taking care OF
the cents and by and bye the dollars
will take care of themselves.
This is the day of trusts and com
bines, and every family is a small
trust company. Father and mother
are the heads of the firm and every
child a stock holder. Always work
for the up building of the firms best
interest and don't forget to ask the
advice of the older members.
Mrs. S. E. M. furnishes another
excellent letter for this issue. l am
glad that she has calledfor some OF
our delinquent members. And
hope that those whom she names,
and many that she fails to name,
will respond without unnecessary
delay. AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
Our Social Chat.


AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some of the
most wfde-awake and progressive young ladies
and young men and sOmeO of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people of this and
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
YOU-ARER REQUESTED to join by sending
us a letter on some subject of general interest,
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING, give full name and post
office address for Aunt Jennie's information.
If you do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as a Chatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as a rule,
elapse between the time a letter is written and
the date of its publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care of
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, n. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
The Home Circle.
AN [ VOYAGE.

The tall sbips come and the tall ships go
Across the purple bay;
D. +Lo~o;S never a ship so fair ana me,
Never a ship so brave as mlne'
AZ nine that sailed away.
D.-h+i IN the light, and grey in the shade,
0l FL bite when the waves glow dun,
M Ills 90 by with their great wings spEeaui
d IL 3fba sails of my ship were gold and red,
All thev shone like the setting sun.
Tbov make good cheer in the tavern here,
The sailors home from sea;
Rnt the crew of my ship they feast with kings
In emerald crowns, and opal rings,
And the cats of the cramO1sle.
Fine is the freight their ships bring in,
But mine bears finer far
Pearts and roses, and links OF gold,
Nvrrh. and amber, and rich bales rolled,
AS bright as the morning star.
Twas May-day morn that my snip set SAIL
With the dew on her fgure-head-
Her bOws we're wreathed with the haWGhorn broom,
AS she stole through the dusk OF the daWnlng gloom
Like a ghost or a bride new-wed.
The Mav-davs dawn and the Mayo days die,
And the hour draws near, l know;
The dav when my ship shall come for me
To carry me back to mine own cOuntrle,
East of the sun, by the OutmOst sea,
In the Heart of the Long Ago.
-R0samund Marriott Watson, IN YOUTHS Con
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25

The sultry days of summertime
are over next winter one can hardly
remember that he was ever too
warm, or even comfortably so; for
Jack Frost will give his clients
many a shiver before sweet spring
shall come again, thawing the prickly
icicles away from the frozen caves
and melting stiff Journalism out of
human nature.
For a grip is aCquiredin the winter
which scarcely let's go before fall.
Some people never get the stiffness
cut. Their idea of correctness and
form is too rigid for life and bril-
nancy. Nature for these is dead
not live and fresh and sparkling,
not germinant, creative but simply
fermless through too much outward
form.
Suppose we look at some of these
wintry people. To say the best of
them, they are classic in their tenden-
Cies, while true free life is romantic,
aspiring, energetic, warm, rich, full
Of beauty and effulgence.
think that human nature is good,
else it were wrong to develop it. 1t
is good because God made 1.-THE
crown of his creation good at its
core because the tendency of the
worlds good, optimistic progressive,
growing more and more sympathetic
as the years advance. Human ma
ture is good because of the high
sense of right implanted in every
heart.
Why else does sin hurt but that it
is the abuse of this pure nature? If
nature corrupt, to do wicked
ess would be its health. Sin dwarfs
because it is poison. Birds live on
grain and COWS on grass, because it
Is their nature so to live men live
On goOdness-On this they, in like
manner, thrive, and are satisfied.
The glow and happiness that come
from a good act is proof that human
nature is good, and in doing good its
only health.
What a mystery Is sin and pain
and death but man is not separate
from God, neither indeed can he be,
for in Him 1--WE live and move and
have Ourbeing." Though one should
Fly with the wings of the morning to
the uttermOst parts of the earth, yet
he cannot reach o escape Him by
searching thou canst not find God.
So humanity lives in Him as a
tree grows in the soil which holds
and nOurishes it. The tree NAV not
send out its roots and branches deeD
and far enough there may be other
unnatural conditions. But for all
that the tree is good, its life is good
and, consciously or unconsciously. it
exists in the soil. So, in Him we
live.
Bishop Brooks, in addressing a
great assembly of orthodox believ-
ers," struck the key note of a sound
system of philosophy when he said
Human nature is white" You
say human nature is black, deny
it. Human nature IS white Will
black spots on 1T.
Men have good faith in each other
They trust each other and are de
pendent. For life is complex an,
no man liveth to himself alone. Pee
pie have different opinions, differen
experiences, different environments
hence the difference in their mar
ners of life and actions, but this dit
ference does not prove some baC
To study human nature is educativ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
fnr mo Progresstve Farmer.L

BY MISS SALLIE ". ST0GKARB
Author of the History of Alanance.'

and helpful. Business men know
human nature. 1t is wonderful how
quickly they "size up a man. Tray
cling men know it at a glance. One
may know him, too, by the sharp
ness of his eyes, agility, self-com-
mand and complete GOODNESS. His
voice is cold and clear, as if he lived
in frosty atmosphere. There +
no tears and signs in his cOmpO-
sition, no doughtiness and sham
fOrmalities. He has the air of a
lion sometimes significant of crack
ing bones and eating you, because
his organism is carnivorous, not
bad.
But hasten to a type more famil-
lar. The minister is unlike the bust
ness man. He is more formally
kind, not really kinder. You are
not certain, however that kindness
is an act of his choice he is more
afraid of how his actions will appear
to the world; more sleepy and less
thoughtful, because his is institu-
tiOnal thinking. He does not allow
himself to tackle problems and fer
ret them out to their logical conclu-
sion. He is like the horse held in
with bit and bride. He is deductive
in his thinking, while the business
man is rarely SO. OF course it is
easy to think of many exceptions to
these statements-where the business
man has never been walked up and
thrown upon his feet, where
the minister is wide awake up to
date and rational.
There is in North Carolina a min
lister, genial, affabIe, andStender in
his address. He is tall, lank, wears
the ~proverbial black seedy looking
suit with frOck tail coat a little too
large and long, the skirts tapping
awkwardly about his thin limbs,
and his trousers a trifle too short.
He wears his thin fine hair about
four inches on top, but short neal
the ears, parted on the left, the dark
locks falling on his forehead, which
is marked with many horizontal
parallel lines. His eyes are blue,
tinged with brown. His nose is
prominent, his large teeth protrude
like his coat, the skin fits his face
rather loosely; hence, there are
wrinkles, not marks, but ridges. The
complexion is the color of old piano
keys. No mUstache beclouds that
face. The smile, he smiles often,
gives multitude of wrinkles liberty
to switch about and play at hide and
seek. The smile dies away for he
begins to look at you in w~onderment
you don't smile. 1t is more pleas
ant than funny-tO watch his face.
His air is better than his Jokes usu-
ally are. He is numerous, good hu-
mOred, tender, with the mildest tone
OF voice no SIS wrasp you in.:his ser
mons no Z sounds sting you like
serpents' tails swung around your
head to crack and pop and ziz. His
voice IS so mellow and golden like
"A perfectly ripe Hall Seeding apple
behind a Wrlnkly peeIing, he is mel
low, and golden. But there is funS
hidden away in that hull it flashes
with a mellow, dewy humor, not
wit, but sudden, SURPRISING ono into
smiling. 1t has vanished before you
perceive It, and the. after glow is so
pleasant You feel, somehow that
II PRESSED TOO hard or crushed like
the apple You might get sourness.
tneLo IS also in North Carolina a
> minister's wife who is verv intarast
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25

Many by endeavoring to fly from
temptations have fallen precipitatelv
lnto them for it is not by fight, but
by patience and humility, that we
become superior to all our enemies
lie who only declines the outward
occasion and strives not to eradicate
the inward principle, is so far from
conquest that the temptation will
Tecur sooner and with greater viz
renee and he will feel the conflict
SUI more severe. 1t is by gradual
rather than imDetno1a
en0rts that victory is obtaineJ
rather by patient suffering that 1ooI+6,
up to God for support, than bv i'm
tbaGIen5 s0l1cltude and rigorous ans
terlty.-Thomas a Kempis. JUS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25

WILL ~ N1Ul1OGO CAAAAOOOOS~-V
delay. AUNT JENNIE.
THE YOUNG MAN AND THE FARM.
DEAR AUNT JENNIE A few weeks
ago the editor of The Progressive
Farmer answered editorially a farm
boy correspondents question as to
the prospects for a young man who
now takes up farming as his voca-
ton. AS a young man on the farm
[ was much interested in, the edi-
tOrial. I think [ caught its spirit
that it all depends upon the q in
farming as in all other vocatiOns,
and that if a young nan wants to
take the lead in better farming, in
bringing about more progressive and
business-like methods in agriculture,
his prospects are as bright as in
taking up some o crowded and
combining trade.
And [ believe this is right. Let
a young man love the farm let him
get a good education and learn all he
can of the principles of his business,
then let him settle down and apply
these principles, and his prospects
are as good as anywhere. Let him
keep up with the latest agricultural
works and newspapers. I get
ashamed some times at so many of
our country people sneering at the
work of our Experiment Stations,
agricultural colleges, etc.
They seem to think that doctors
ought to progress-ought to adopt
new methods and not try to cur
people now by blood-letting and
blue-mass pills that lawyers ought
to progress and not try to carry
cases on laws now out of date that
scientists ought to progress and take
advantage of the X-rays, the latest
improved telescopes and all late in
ventiOns. But a farmer-the very
idea!
The idea, they say, of a farmer
learning about the properties and
qualities of nitrogen, Of potash, of
phosphoric acid,-things for which
our farmers spend millions of dollars
every year The idea of a farmer
learning about the science of main
tanning soil-fertility of what fertil-
izing elements are needed by his
soil of what foods contain most fat
poducing, and what most muscle
making, elements, and how to profit
ably apply these principles in feed
ing.
Yet the young man who would
make a success of farming must get
out of the old ruts and learn all these
things. This done, farming is the
most attractive Of professions. You
have the advantage of living in
Gods country, instead of mans
town. You have the advantages of
the most healthful of trades. You
have the advantage Of the trade
from which most of the country's
great men have come-that which
the farmer George Washington said
was 1.-the most useful, most health
full, and most noble employment of
It is for the young men on the
farm at this time to heed these les
sons and to go forward to improve
the methods of our calling and to fit
ourselves to make progressive farm
arS and MOrthv SUCCESSORS Of OH
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-11-15
AN ARMY OF TRAMPS
Annual March of the H0b0s Begins
and Kenosha Seems to be the
Usual Rendezvous.
THEY SHOULD BE DRIVEN OUT.
Crowds of the Wanderers are Camping in
Barns all Around the City and are
Menace to the People.

With the first touch of winter Keno
sha is again the rendezvous of IN army
of tramps which is a menace to the
safety of her citizens and some steps
should be taken by the officers to break
up the gang. Year after year, with the
coming of winter, the tramps have
returned to Kenosha and found their
homes in the large barns about the
city. Many of these barns are already
filled up with the winter boarders,
while ''Hobo Park, the favorite resort
of the tramps is a scene of activity.
The early corners have staked off their
claims and picked out the most shell
tered spots, along the railroad. Some
have even gone so far as to build a
shed under which they may live during
the cold winter months. This entire
gang expect to live on Kenosha during
the coming months. They have done
it for years and the fare has been salts
factory and hence they return. They
started their work in the city yesterday
and from ali parts Of the city comes
the same complaint against the tramps.
They go begging from door to door
and in a short time, when begging
fails, they will begin another season of
petty robbery.
Last years record of the county jail
will show that thousands of these
hobos were housed at the jail during
the winter and they have always been
great nuisance to the sheriff and his
assistants. Some remedy must be
found. If possible the city council
should provide for some sort of work
house and see to it that every tramp is
forced to work for his lodging. The
city streets are in bad condition, and
with the aid of this floating population,
great deal of good could be done.
After the men had been forced to work
on the streets for one week the town
! would be passed by and tramps would
| seek a new and easier hunting place.
Now Kenosha is Mecca. For years
the tramps have been let off easy and
with this treatment to con tinue as long
as they will come to the city. The
people are warned against feeding the
men and should inform the police as
soon as they are seen in the city. Last
winter the tramps were responsible for
more than half the crimes committed
in the city and county.
With the cooperation of the people
the police of the city will in a short
time be able to remove the tramps.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-11-15

Yes, Congressman Cooper got that
one thousand plurality. In fact, he
went them one better, and made it
1867.
The Democrats of Kenosha are hold
ing post-mortems over defunct Democ-
racy, and seeking to find a way for
the reorganization of the party. One
of them has suggested that before any
reorganization is attempted it might
be a good plan to find the party.
Both makers and circu1a tors of
counterfeits commit fraud. Honest
men will not deceive you into buying
worthless counterfeits of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. The original is
infa11ib1e for curing piles, sores, ecze-
ma and all skin diseases. H. E.
Tanner. dwtf
It is too bad Kenosha has not a
humane society. An organization OF
that kind would find a great deal to do
here, especially among the boys who
are in the habit of taking a regular
Sunday afternoon ride and do not know
how to drive horse without the con-
slant use of the whip.
You can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cough or cold to develop
into pneumonia or consumption. One
Minute Cough Cure will cure throat
and lung troubles quicker ethan any
other preparation known. Many doc
tors use it as a specific for grippe. 1t
is an infa1lib1e remedy for Group.
Children like it and mothers endorse
Il TT r. Tanner. dwtf
The surveyors of the Kenosha Street
Railway company are going merr1ly
on with their work, and it is apparent
that the company expect to do some
thing as soon as the winter is over.
The survey has been brought down
almost to the Main street bridge, and
about four blocks of track have been
laid. The company has already given
an order for a new bridge over Pike
river, at Main street, and it looks as if
they would reach the9 contested terri
tory by the middle of next summer.
It will not be surprise to any who
are at ali familiar with the good quail
ties of Chamberlain Cough Remedy,
to know that people everywhere take
pleasure in relating their experiencein
the use of that splendid medicine and
in telling of the benefit they have re-
ceived from it, of bad colds it has
cured, of threatened attacks of pneu-
monia it has averted and of the chill
dren it has saved from attacks Of
Group and whooping' cough. 1t is a
grand, good medicine. For sale by
Starkweather & Co., Druggists. dwn3C