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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
Orange Co., n. 9.
NELLIE WRITES AGAIN.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE My thoughts
are so scattered this morning L hard
" know how to commence. Still
feel so interested in the chats, must
try to collect them enough to write
a short letter to you all.
I do think Estelle's and NcmO's
letters are worthy of much attention.
No doubt Estelle is right in some
cases, where the husband does not
nor never has loved his wife. Men,
sometimes, as we'll as girls, marry
for property or something else than
love, entirely unknown to the one
they marry. In such cases no doubt
the husband is to blame but, believe
me, dear friends, in nine cases out Of
ten husband is what the wife makes
him. If he has ever loved her as he
ought, she can keep that love fresh
and growing deeper and deeper all
the time if she tries. Always be
thankful for what he does for you,
ask him in a kind way to do the
thing you want him to do and then
make him feel and know that you
appreciate it. And if it is not eX-
actly like you want it dOn'tfind fault
with him, but make the best Of it
you can. That is a part of childish
ness that we never get rid Of, and
that is love of praise for what we do.
A woman may find fault with every
thing a husband, Cor any else)
does till he does not try to do to suit
her, knowing it is useless. The Bible
tells us that it is better to live in the
corner of a housetOp than in a wide
house with a brawling woman AS
true words as we're ever uttered.
[ was out in the little town near
home, where we do all our trading"
last week. [ went to see the eneer
ing machinery at work. It has been
running nearly two years and [ had
never seen it before. [ saw so many
of the labOrers there getting timber
to make the cups for crates, and
thought so much about how their
employers treat them. Some of
them have told me all about it. The
employers will not pay a cent of
money to them under any circum-
stances, but give due bills. Each due
bill states that the holder is due so
much, whatever the amount may be,
oncups in trade.
They only pay eighty cents in trade
for n dollar, and on each yard Of
cloth is added one cent and all other
things in proportion. They get
money for the products, yet will not
pay one cent to the poor labOrers.
What will such wrong doing lead to?
We can't get money for anything
we sell or anything we do in this
part of the country. The men that
wv the money hold it, and we poor
farmers and labOrers have to take
trade and due bills for trade alto
gether. Due bills are passing now
in place of money. And the trouble
is we pay about one third more for
every thing we buy. It looks like
the time is coming when the only
way to live will be to make our own
provisions and our own cloth at home
and not buy any thing we can pos
sibly do without. I am not out Of
my twenties yet, but am thankful to
say, that if the time comes that we
have to spin and make u own cloth
at home, I for one know how to do it.
Well, I know you are all tired of
much talk, so [ will stop. With
best wishes to all the Chatterers and
especially Aunt Jennie, and The
Progressive Farmer. NELLIE.
Duplin Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
MISTOOK HIS MAN.

There is a good deal of natural sat
isfaction in seeing a liar COMPOUNDED
in the midst of his lies. The Harlem
Life represents the owner Of some
property in the outskirts of a Yves
term "bOOm city" conversing with a
stranger. The stranger says:
Eyes, those three corner-lOts OF
yours r fine property, sir"
"Fine property I" answers the
owner "why, man, there's nothing
like 'em west of the Illinois River.
Two years from now they'll be in the
heart of the city, and people will
fairly howl for 'em. They ought to
under the head of jewelry, not
real estate. If you want to buy that
property, stranger, you've got to
buy it by the inch"
I'm not buying property this
morning" said the stranger. I'm
the new tax assessor"
The citizen was ready to faint.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24

now. guess I have said enough for
nv first letter, and if it doesn't find
it's wav to the waste-basket I will
write again. With much love and
s77ccess to Aunt Jennie and all the
Chatterers, lremaln'
PATTY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24

A lady who had a great horror OF
the tobacco habit got on a car the
other day and said to the passenger
next to her: "Do you chew tobacco
SIR"
mo ma am, I don't" was the re-
ply, "but I can get you a chaw if you
want one. Ohio State Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24

"Say, that luminous paint IS
great" What do you use it for;
I'VE paint the baby, SO we a give
him a drink in the night witho9'
lighting the gas. '-Chicago Record
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24

The purpose firm is equal to the
deed.-YOung.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24

Woman: Chow much for child
ren's pictures?" Photographic
1.-Two dollars adozen, madam" we
man.: "Why-er-I've only gov
nine. Judge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
H REASON WHY.

Alamance Co., n. c..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-06-28
pITH AND POINT.

Because the wisest men love a little
nonsense now and then don't get the
idea that everybody does.-Chicago
Democrat.
so Miss Primrose has purchased .
kodak" yes; presume she thinks
she can catch man that way.-PhiI-
adelphia Bulletin.
The most wretched people in the
world are those who, having nothing
to do, work themselves to death trying
to keep young.-Atchison Globe.
Yorkrode-..I see they have a new
cure for rheumatism. They roast the
patient" Towson-"My wife must
think have Baltimore American
A Simp', Plan.-.How do you keep
your losses at the races from your
GUARDIAN" "Oh," replied the young
rake, II charge them up to running ex-
penses. "-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
''You," he cried, "are the type of per
feet womanhoodi" "And you are the
type ofperfect manhood" she faltered.
shyly. "We are spaced out too much,
don't you think?" he whispered And
as he drew her to his bosom, he encoun-
tered only the feeblest and most per-
functory resistance.-Detroit Journal
1--WE have made medical discovery
at our house." said the North Alabama
street philosopher, land my household
will favor an ordinance prohibiting the
distribution of patent medicine sam
pies at residences" "Why?" For the
reason that the cook and first girl are
kept sick half the time trying these
samples. "-Indianapolis News
''What does this nation need?" shout
ed the impassioned orator. what does
this nation require, if she steps proud
ly across the Pacific-if she strides
boldly across the mighty ocean in her
march of trade and freedom? Irepeat,
what does she needl?'' Rubber boots"
suggested the grossly materialistic
person in a rear seat. Baltimore
American
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not to sleep till 1 had thought out a
plan of action. After / had made up
my mind what to do I went to sleep.
did not wake up the next morning
till mother called me at nine o'clock,
and then I made off as if / was mad
to think had slept SO long. 1 tried
to eat my breakfast as though moth
ing had happened, but I was so ex-
cited that / could swallow hardly any,
thing. Then 1 put up a lunch and
told mother I would not be back till
night. This was nothing new for me,
as was often off all day fishing and
cunning. Then 1 wrote this note to
the committee of four:
Dear Boys: Do not go near the mill If
you want to keep out of trouble. The
whole thing is off, and 1 am going to keep
out of the way all day. Don't go to my
house, and I'd advise you boys not to be
seen about the streets. You won't see me
till sometime during the day of the Fourth.
Don't hold any meeting in the acorn field.
See all the boys privately, one by one. and
tell them not to be seen together"
I did not sign this. as 1 meant to
give it to one of the boys. Leaving
home I soon met one of the committee
and i handed him the note, telling
him not to read it till he was some
where where no one could see him.
Then I started for the woods. Going
through the acorn field l crossed the
railroad and went through the woods,
coming to the river a mile below the
town. Here l found a fellow just go
ing over to the city in a row boat, and
| gave him five cents to carry me over.
Once in the city l proceeded to
carry out my plan. l went to the
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FIRE in four places, each of the COM
mittee to apply the match just as the
clock struck IL on the night before
the Fourth. was to prepare my
plans, and we were to meet at the
acorn field at three o'clock ON the
afternoon of the third and hear my
report of the whole plan.
At the age of IA think must have
been absolutely without trace of fear
in my makeup, for 1 never was known
to hesitate to go into old buildings or
on board old, deserted ships even when
they were said to be haunted, in the
middle of the night or at any time, and
had never seen anything to cause me
to be afraid.
So it was arranged that I should
make my plans that night, and fully
determined, to do so. About one o'clock
the next morning l stole out of the.
house and made my way to the old
sawmill. 1t was very dark night,
not a star to be seen, and the whole
sky hung with black clouds, while oc-
casionally a distant roll of thunder
could be heard. / reached the mill
without meeting anyone and crawled
into a window. In the cellar, where
the boiler-room was situated, was an
old lantern that l had.used many times
to explore the dark rooms in the mill,
and finding this l was just about to
light it when 1 heard a noise that
sounded like some one trying to force
open the door where the logs used to
be run in to the saw. Putting down my
lantern l ran into the room where the
door was situated, and sure enough
there was a light shining through the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-06-28
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

AS it stands to-day Mr.. Mckinley
is by act of congress autocrat of Porto
Rico and by the inaction of congress
absolute despot of the Philippines
Boston Post.
We haven't heard about the
frauds in the Philippines. The censor
still takes care to "let nothing go
through that will hurt the administra-,
tion.''-Johnstown Pa.) Democrat.
President McKinley's hand is to
be the one o return the rebel flags that
were captured in battle during the civil
war. Where is Foraker? Where are
the other pot-valiant patriots who de-
nounced Cleveland as traitor for pre-
Stunning to suggest such thing Mil
waukee journal.
The American people will hold
Mr.. Mckinley responsible for the fact
that the trusts are now the dominant
factor in this government. They. are
resolved to overcome the trust evil
and to punish the party of the trusts.
They know that this is imperative
if true Americanism is to survive.
They know that to control and regu-
late the trusts they must retire Mr..
Mckinley from the presidency of the
United States.-St. Louis Republic.
The trust organs of the country
are congratulating themselves that
democratic opposition to trusts will
be crippled by the ice trust corruption
in New York city. Fortunately the
New York ice trust cuts little ice
with the democratic party. except to
make it more determined to suppress
these evils. The democratic party has
its scoundrels, but it does not defend
them, and it does not propose to let
them control it in regard to trusts.
Sentinel.
The price of wheat and corn and
cotton and other products which the
United States exports in large quanti-
ties is fixed in the markets of Europe,
where Mckinley does not rule. Amer
lean markets are based on Liverpool
markets, and the latter are fndependI
emf of the action of republican legis-
lation. Mckinley has no more to do
with the high or low price of farm
products than he has with the flood
or drought or the coming of frost
early or te.-Helena Independent.
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/NMNMM on say you were
#%%NN ''born here-that
n settles the mat
Not quite; perhaps much as the marching
and noise,
The burning OF powder, the din and the
clatter :
On Fourth of July makes soldiers of
boys.
You see. the American standard was set
Quite high at the first, and it's rising still
higher;
No American boy is allowed to forget
That he cannot be great through the
fame of his sire.
The men who are great on our history's
page
That speaks of our work for our first hun
bred years,
Whose fame is increasing as age after age
Rolls backward. to drown in the gulf of
the years,
Are great from the fact that they stood for
Regardless of person. of place, or of pelf;
They battled each evil that rose into sight
For the good of their fellows, forgetful of
self
This is what is expected. You may have
been born
In the slums of a city, or far in the West
'Mongst the shimmering plumes OF the
Or first saw the light where kings gold
en- crest
overshadowed the land; where the poor
turned their eyes
From their novels, far out over mountain
and wave,
To the sunset, Republic, where hberty's
skies
Smiled down on the homes of the free and
the brave.
he
Gives man fair start on the highway
of fame,
Or of wealth, or whatever else he may de-
To deserve, to achieve and attach to his
name
But whoever would win must be ready to
work;
He must earn and secure before he may
enjoy;
In all the wide field there's no sheaf for the
1t means this to be an American boy.
You may not be selected for perilous trips
Over mountains and glaciers, or sail in
the van
OF the fleet for entrapping an enemy's
ships,
Then take to the waves on a catamaran.
But you must be ready, and stand by your
guns,
Wherever you find them, as firm as the
earth,
If you would be proved one of Uncle Sans
By lawful adoption or fortunate birth.
Then hold your head high, your eyes on the
stars
And stripes of our banner, your hand firm
and sure;
You will win, though you carry an enemy's
scars
Like Galahad strong because you are
pure.
Stand fast for the right. Look we'll to
your ways;
Build your life of pure gold, with no
grain of alloy;
Do your best if you'd win yourself loftiest
praise,
And deserve to be called an American
boy.
Margaret Holmes Bates, in S. s. Times.
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to appropr e
any money for a celebration, as it
had been a very bad financial year.
and for the same reason our own
pocket money was in very limited
sums, and our fathers were loud in
the praise of the selectmen for not
increasing the taxes for what they
felt was a useless waste of money.
Had the times been good we knew our
parents would have given us a gen.
erous supply of pocket money, and
that they would have prevailed on the
selectmen to give us some kind of
celebration.
Thus the matter stood on the sec
ond of July, when we boys met in the
acorn field to talk the matter over.
None of US were disposed to take the
same view of the matter as our pa
rents, and we were open to any plan
which would celebrate the day in a
fitting manner. Plan after plan was
proposed, only to be dropped for want
of funds to carry it out. Finally one
of the boys suggested that it would
be a good idea to set fire to the old
sawmill That would make a splendid
other building. there would not be
any danger of the fire spreading. The
building was very old, and had not
been used for many years, although
the machinery was still in place. /
am sorry to say that the idea was a
catchy one. and was adopted by
unanimous vote, and four of us boys
were elected a committee to put the
natter through. When the committee
met to talk the subject over, it was
found that I was the only one who
was thoroughly familiar with the
building, and who therefore knew just
where the best places were to fire the
old ark. as it was commonly called.
1 called the boys attention to the
fact that if we were caught setting
fire to the building we would be put
in Jail, and that if L had anything to
do with the thing, all the boys must
be bound by cast-iron oath never to
breathe a word of the matter. This
was agreed to, and the following
"oath" was written out and signed by
all the boys who were in the secret,
ten in number: I'VE, the undersigned
members of the Celebration club, do
hereby swear and affirm that we viii
never reveal any of the doings OF this
club, or of its various committees, I'M
der penalty of having our shoes filled
with boiling oil, our ears cut of and
our eyes burned out with red hot
wire" This was signed by every
member of the club, and was certainly
very binding, and horrible enough to
suit the fancy of 14-year-old 5Nys.
After this was signed the committee
appointed me chief of the four, and
arranged to explore the building that
night alone, and make my report the
next day as to the best places to start
the fire. We then planned to set the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-06-28
BRITISH PATRIOTISM.
1t Persists I'm the Ends of the Earth,
i'm Spite of Time and
Distance.

"It has been my fortune, since the
beginning of the war, to have moved con-
stantly from country to country.
Everywhere in our own colonies, it
goes without saying that the one DOM
inant interest proved to be the days
kilograms" says a writer in Cornhil
Magazine. "The war and the war news
was the loadstone of nearly every mans
existence. But far away from English
speech, in desolate port of the west
ern seas, I landed one cleaning tropic
morning. There was only single Eng
hshman in that unwholesome little
town, and he had been there for years.
He came down to the broken wharf
to meet me. Got any news of the warp
were his first words; I've a bottle of
champagne up at the house waiting to
be drunk to the first big British vic
tory
"And later, again in another port, !
came across a quaint and, in its way,
pathetic figure. 1t was that of an old.
old man. Almost all the marks by
which you can detect white man had
fallen from him. He was doctor, he
said. His medical equipments con-
sisted of dictionary and case of I'M
clean instruments. The tropics had set
their mark deeply upon him. His eyes
were listless and bleared with ophthal-
mia, his coat hung away from his little
bony shoulders. No mosquito would
touch him. Among his fellow men he
was something of laughing stock
He took an embarrassing and peculiar
fancy to me, and continually desired
me to benefit myself free of all charge
of his medical knowledge. There's no
disease this cursed country grows I
can't cure he would proclaim in his
high pipe; if you get i'll you come to
me, and I'll straighten you out double
quick And everyone would callously
laugh at him, at which he would waggle
his old head and chuckle. Such was the
man.
Zone evening, however, / went along
to that club, with it's desolate outlook
over the marshy, brackish and unprofit-
able waste. Coming near, heard the
well known, high, old voice raised in
anger. hurried at the sound, and ran
up the steps, for had grown half to
like the disreputable old creature.
There he was making picture / shall
never quite forget, with his lean, long
nailed hand raised in a gesture of half
devilish fury above his audience Of
three fat Frenchmen. I tell you,' he
screamed, that you lie! England has
not been defeated neither at the Mod
der river or elsewhere. You can't beat
England Then, after pause. I'm a
Britisher myself.
''Wives and maidens, the old people
and the children, of such is our great
army which does not take the field.
Surely they too fight for us. Do you
remember how Mrs. Leigh watched
Amyas' ship fade into the Atlantic
mists, perhaps forever, andthen bowed
her head and returned to loneliness and
prayer? Amyas sailed to gain great
colonies for a great queen; those who
sail to-day do SO to hold them for a
greater"
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thing about it for fear the townspeo-
pie would find out why went to the
mill, SO to this day no one, not even
the police, know how I knew about
the robbery. We did not have our
celebration, but we spent the whole
day in the acorn field, talking over
the robbery and the fact that I cap
tured the robbers.
One thing more I want to say, and
that is that from that time till now I
am the greatest coward that ever
lived, and no money would ever hire
me again to go into any dark place
alone. I can't say why, but such is
the fact.-Jennie Jameson, in Farm
and Home.
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when 1 get to be man." said the
boy, who has a good memory Tor
phrases, I'm going to strive TO cult
vate an unselfish nature
That's right" replied mis- father
How are you going about it,"
SWELL. in the first place, if have any
little boys, III let them shoot their
own Trevor instead of telling them
they must let me do 1t, for fear they
viii hurt themselves.''-G Golden Days.
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WHAT THE PEOPLE PAY.
Taxes for the Republican Policy oil
Imperialism Wrung from
Workingmen.

The first session of the Fifty-sixth
congress ended with a record for ex-
travagance with the peoples money
which will not soon be forgotten. The
appropriations made at this session ag-
gregate $40, o00, 900 in round numbers,
of which $114,22o ,095 is for the army
and 65,0S0,916 for the navy. These two
items must be credited to our imperial
policy They indicate very plainly what
our heavily taxed people may expect in
the future if this policy is continued.
According to Representative Living
ston, no part of the cost of warships re-
Gently authorized by congress and es-
timated at $56,000,000, appears in the
total of appropriations made at this
session. In addition there is no appro-
priation for river and harbor improve
ments, with the exception of few
small items, nor is any provision made
for public buildings or for the payment
of claims against the government. If
the senate had followed the lead of the
house and passed the Nicaragua canal
bill, with its provision for an expendi-
ture of $141, 100000 for the construc-
ton of the canal, and if the usual APP
preparations for river and harbor i'm
provements, public buildings, and the
payment of claims had been made, the
total expenditures authorized at this
session would have aggregated $780,
729, 476. It is not surprising, therefore,
that, as much as they desired to pass
the ship subsidy bill, the republican
leaders, after securing favorable re-
port on it in both houses, postponed
final action until the next session of
congress. This measure authorizes
bounties aggregating $4,000, 900.
The appropriations at the first session
show an increase, as Mr.. Livingston
points out, ''all along the line, while
large amounts that must be met have
been withheld until the next session."
when it is probable the expenditures
will be equally extravagant. The re-
puplicans are fast reaching the point
when 'billion-dollar congress" will
be regarded as an economical body,
and ssbillion-and-a-half" statesmen will
be the rule. rather than the exception.
The people are not likely to overlook
the fact that the money which con-
gress is spending with such lavish hand
is taken from their pockets by system
of excessive taxation.-Baltimore Sun.
The rest of the trouble appears
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-06-28
A Trying Occasion.

s'You are late, madam"
you said H.
.Yes, madam; but yesterday"
'Myi how stupidi Did it matter?"
ut always matters with me, madam"
81 am sorry. / beg your pardon"
ut is granted. Slip this of, please"
"The waist first?''
so, certainly. There. Erect, please"
allow is that?"
"Better. Emile, the pins"
'Tm sorry, now, you didn't let me
have the other material. This looks
s'Iut, madam. This will be perfect
when it is completed"
sBut-"
s'You must allow me to be the judge,
madam. Your elbow, please"
tThe sleeve seems awkward"
"You do not know. Wait"
'.Can stand that SO tight around my
neck?''
Certainly, madam. Tt is necessary.
ST am afraid that color"
Madam, you do not know. am the
judge"
81 think am about to faint"
slow dare you, madam? Don't you
wee that am in a hurry ?"-Smart Set.