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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

Nj ~ no new project that which has
" oeen recently revived of connect
Y ing the continents OF Asia and
X North America by means OF
t,ifir4 under Iserfng strait, Cor ii
has, been IN mind for many years
but itslsa asst advocate. the fAinous iiihi-
eccentric explorer Harry DE wdndt. is
also one OF its most persistent exploit
ers lie not only believes in the feast
hliity OF t2e, seheme. but has actually
studied the'to6ography Of the countries
adjacent 10 the strait and been over
the route OF a projected railroad by
Which Il is hoped TO unite the conti-
nents. few words as 20 his career
VIII show that lac has earned distinc-
tlon as a Traveller and has a great deal
or globe trotting 10 his credit.
Born I'm Paris In 1886. at the age Of
twenty Harry DE Windt was aid-de-
camp 20 his brother-in-iaw, Brooke, the
little king OF Sarawak; in 1887 he rode
from Peking 20 France on horseback.
in 1888 rode from India 10 Russia via
Persia; In 1890 and again in 1884 visited
the mines and convict prisons OF Sibe-
ia in 1895 attempted TO travel from
New Iolk 20 Paris by land and nearly
perlahed ia Bering strait. being rescued
by whalsi. lie was also a prisoner
Tor months at Oumwaidjik, a Bering
strait village inhabited by filthy Eski-
mos So II will be seen that the man
who is pushing the plan- for connecting
Asia and North America by means of a /
tunnel under the narrow strait that
separates them speaks from full expe- |
lience and Is entitled to attention.
IL is believed that the scheme for tun- I
neling Bering strait has some connec. /
ton with the gigantic Transalaskan
railroad which was announced last
summer as about to be undertaken BY
French, Russian and United States
capitalists. It's protector. Mr.. DE Lobel
covered the distance between Paris and
the klondike in just twenty days. but
by way OF New York and Seattle in
steac OF via Irkutsk and the strait He
gave out at the time that a company
was being formed with "A capital stock
or s20o,00o.000 TO connect the Klondike
region with Asia and Europe. but since
then rival company has been ipcof-
porated under the laws of the state OF
washington for the same O. a similar
purpose. IL is said 20 be capitalized at
>5o'ooo'ooO It's officials are prominent
men OF those enterprising centers Grip
pie Creek and Seattle, and il Is intend
"a 10 build and operate lines OF rail
roads from Circle City TO Moscow ana
Paris. IL Is far cry from the Klon-
like IT. the frozen north to the capital
u, France. yet the projectors or this
enterprise. who have their headauar
.ers In Seattle. seem confident OF sue.
,ess.
IL VIII be seen that at least three dif-
'erent parties have had their eyes on
Alaska and the Bering strait region as
he theaier OF future exploits. beside
which many another enterprise of mod
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

be held az Bendigo at the end of this
year. to commemorate the discovery Of
gold In 1851
Tho postal authorities OF Chicago re-
Gently made test OF automobile vehi-
cies Tor carrying the mails. The results
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

are reported 20 have been entirely sat-
isfactory.
a war Of determination has been go-
ing on IN Denmark for some time
against fets. which have caused much
damage 10 property. A number Of new
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

one of the popes favorite spots in his
gardens Is an elevated point whence ne
can see the ocean. The noise of the
waves used 10 soothe him like music In
the DAYS when he was able 10 be near
the water He recalls with pleasure the
lime When as nuneio in Belgium, fifty
five years ago, he used TO take his daily
swim in the ocean.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

Son of England's grand old man and
favorite OF loving constituency, the
Right Hon. Herbert Gladstone, whose
portrait is presented herewith, has just
completed an interrupted parliamentary
career OF twenty-one years. He began
early in life. having been coached by
his father and. now only AZ years old,
has record that many a man might
envy. He has kept true to his first
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

Inc nerce visaged man portrayed
herewith is known in the district of
france IN which he lives as Jean Ser
pent the vipercide. owing 10 the fact
that he has destroyed during his career
as snake killer more than 24.0o0 vipers.
The vipers Of France do not often infiict
a deadly bite. but there is sufficient pol
son in them TO throw one into a violent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14


hospital Morningde
10 the projected be
in the Unit States
was about ten that
, erection OF the magnificent
increased facilities
ed t hospital on the
Tor the ad OF suffering humanity stc
Naval lacadem
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

Inventions In the way Of rattraps and
the like have been offered 20 the pub
Tic. and this has suggested the idea In
Copenhagen OF an exhibition.
IL u believed I'm London that English
cotton spinners are facing very hard
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

Claer OF the
German general
staff, whose por-
trait appea RS
h ere with. He
made the jour
ney on horse
back from Buch-
Arrest to Berlin.
The distance be.
tween the two
cities is only 500
miles as the
crow flies. but IL
was increase a d
at least one
half by the
crooked roads.
This test of en-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

love - politics - until quite recently.
when he transferred his affections TO
an estimable young lady. and Miss Dor
othy Paget captured the man who was
looked upon by all who knew him as n
confirmed bachelor. AS the son of a
great man. not much was expected OF
Mr.. Herbert Gladstone, but he has
agreeably disappointed all expecta-
tions, and. though he has not risen TO
the heights attained by his father. he
has ON the whole. done fairly well He
is a devotee OF cricket and a good mu.
sician
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

guases and dialects. fifty OF them with
such ease and fluency that he was
sometimes mistaken for native of the
lands where they were used
An extensive exposition r. proposed
by the people OF Victoria, Australia, to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14
PORTRAITS OF BRITISH GENERALS ON PIPES

the accompanying
on
fasho OF OF
one
a
the
of
Boynon 'N""'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

Rosewood is so called not because II
is red. but because when freshly cut II
emits the fragrance of roses. 1t is Of
only moderate weight. a cubic foot
Weighing ASS pounds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14
AN INTELLIGENT 0RANG
0UTANG FROM B0RME0.

One OF the most Intelligent ana
amusing or recent immigrants. r. tife
cieNef oiang outang whose portrait ls
herewith presented. He is about seven
wears old and came from Borneo. HIS
keepers say he can do everything that
the ordinary man can 40 except talk.
and they have hopes OF teaching him
articulate speech. as his vocal or
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

times. A period Of trade activity has
been followed by reaction. accelerated
by tho high prices OF raw cotton aud
other materials, a poor demand from
India and an almost complete stoppaxe
OF buying from China
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

of
the wonderful
Stanley
OF
Of
the cum - -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

dursnce proves that cavalry can be
trained for long Journeys. for the ma
Jor's steed arrived in good condition
after doing it's forty-fve miles a day for
nearly month.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14

MIND one "a m rock formations shown in the
aniv % @ Aen IN the most picturesque
carved temples, literally
ons h columns and under the actrave
or the
uuoeo centuries carved these
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14
RODE 1900 MILES on HoRsEBAcK.

To ride nearly or quite 100 miles in
hot weather and on single horse Is a
feat recently performed by Major Won
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-14
HERBERT GLADSTONE, NJ. r.

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
NORTH CAROLINA FARMING.

Maxton Scottish Chief: It is esti-
mated by the farmers Of this sec
iton, that the cotton crop has been
cut short at least 25 per cent by the
heavy rains and continued wet
weather.
Fayetteville Observer During the
month of May the Southern Express
Company shipped from Fayetteville
5,712 bushels of peas.
Tarbo..o Southerner Some enter
prising paper has put the number of
bales of cotton in North Carolina
still in first hands between four and
five thousand bales. If correct,
about half of this is in this county.
Summing up the strawberry sea-
son, the Mt. Olive Advertiser says ::
''There has never been more than
two consecutive days of good straw
berry weather this season, but in
spite of hail and rain our growers
have shipped almost as many crates
as last year; the prices have, as a
rule, been satisfactory"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
Vol. 16.
Agriculture.
THE BEET CROP-sTOCK FARMS NEEDED.

r,,-raspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
The beet crop is one of much value
and can be grown very cheaply.
Sand or clay land wien made rich
grow them TO perfection here. And
is there a better feed for sheep and
COWS in winter? They are not hard
to keep in winter; they need no
shelter. Do not put them in bulk,
but put on plenty of dirt so they will
not freeze.
We have fine lands in North Caro-
lima for growing our own supplies,
and yet we are buying hay and beef
from the North and West. Young
man, start you a stock farm, begin
ming at the ground with clover,
alfalfa, orchard and timothy grasses.
Then come on with your calves,
COWS and sheep. But one of the
mistakes is that what you want, you
want nOr. The vast growth of fac
tories and towns and cities in our
State is calling for table supplies at
home. When our tables are well
supplied with home products, then
the poor children can study books
in the free schools. The grasses and
stock build up and enrich; cotton
and tobacco prepare the land to
wash away and leave the poor hills
in gulIies. He is builder that saves
his land from the washes.
R. r. MOORE.
Guilford Co., n. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
TO NoN-sUBsCRIBERs.

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The Progressive Farmer is sent is not
a subscriber, this number is sent as a
sample, as an invitation to subscribe
The small sum of two cents per week
will make it a regular visitor to
your home-three months, 25 cents !;
six months, so cents; one year, 81.
And any Carolina or Tennessee far
mer subscribing now who feels at
expiration of subscription that he has
not received full value, may have his
money back for the asking.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
Raleigh, N. c., June 25, 1901.

become still more victorious when
judicious changes of seed are made
to various soils and climes, and al
ways beat the natives. In fact,
changes in the conditions of life
give greatly increased yields to all
organic beings. The writer believes
that the laws of plant breeding and
seed changing will be much better
understood within the next 25 years,
and that this will result in a surpris-
ing increase in the average yield of
all of our farm and garden crops.
j. @. SUFFERN.
PIatt Co., Ill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
FARMERS CHEAP FERTILIZERS.
r. r. MOORE
Guilford Co., n. G.

An Illinois Farmer Thinks the Cow Pea Is
Unequalled.
Correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
Clover has long stood at the head
of the list of cheap fertilizers for
farmers, but it's cheapness is some
times a disputed point. have seen
cases where clover was anything but
a cheap fertilizer. When you get a
poor stand of clover it is not cheap,
but expensive, far more so than if
one bought commercial fertilizers
outright. Glover has its purpose in
the farm economy, and if properly
used it does we'll. But not too much
value should be set by it. If the
land is right for clover, and one can
get a good stand, it is a cheap fertii-
zer, and every farmer should make
It a point to use it. But the cheap
ness is one of relative Importance,
and it cannot be said to be the rest
and cheapest fertilizer even in the
majority of cases.
Personally, I think COW peas, where
they can be raised, is cheaper fer
tier, likely to give the best all-round
satisfaction. We all talked about
the value of clover for this purpose
before we knew much about COW
peas. Now our ideas and methods
are being revolutionized. We are
raising more COW peas and less clover
prOportionately And yet every now
and then you will hear some farmer
say that cow peas are not raised in
the North by intelligent farmers. l
heard it the other day from an other
wise good farmer. No, he was not
otherwise a good farmer though ap-
parently successful. In the same
breath he said he never raised en-
eiIage, and didn't think it was much
b0tter for the stock than so much
stale mOlasses. Now, the opinion Of
such a man is hardly worth quoting,
except to show that some are so
thoroughly opposed to any innoVa-
ION that they will shut their eyes to
everything modern.
T0ur Southern people have the
1lvantage of us, but cow peas are
raised more and more every season
Ii the North, and they are rapidly
becoming the farmers cheap fertili-
zer. They are crowding out clover
n this respect, and they will even
tuaIIy make our farming far more
profitable. Cow peas furnish nearly
twice as much forage for live stock
as clover, and when harvested they
cave the field in better condition for
other crops. Moreover cow peas
viii grow on land which is unsuitable
TO clover, and where many grain
crops only sparingly grow. Stock
ike cow peas, and will some times
eat them in preference to the best
Cover hay, and think they will
show up as good results from any
point of view as continuous food.
w. E.E.
Wayne Co., Ill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
IMPROVING THE POOR FIELDS.
Platt Co., Ill.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Every season attempts should be
made to improve some portion of the
farm so that the soil will show the
highest standard of productivity.
There are crops which must be raised
on every farm which leave the soil
much poorer in fertility when they
are harvested. Systems of rotation
may tend to counteract this evil,
and keep the general average of the
fertility good, but in spite .of this
there will be a gradual decline un-
less special efforts are directed to-
ward the improvement of the soil
This can best be done by selecting
certain fields or a field each year,
and making point to raise the
standard of the fertility of that sec-
tion. By thus changing off one goes
over the whole farm in the course of
a few years and makes the soil all of
high standard.
Now a rotation of crops in which
clover comes for it's share may not
necessarily keep the soil in high
state of efficiency. This can be seen
in soils that have become clover sick,
and show every sign of degeneracy
simply because the soil is clogged
with undigested plant or green ma
nul =. Now, it is impossible for the
soil to improve when such a condi-
tion prevails The soil is fed to over
flowing, but it requires something
that will help it to digest what it
contains.
To do this the land needs regular
treatment once in a few years, much
as physician would treat a patient.
He examines a sick mans pulse,
looks at his tongue, studies his COM
plexion and tries to find some organ
out of order. Then he applies the
remedy accordingly. Once every
few years we can examine a section
is the matter with the soil? Has it
been fed plant food in the shape Of
green manure too steadily and con-
tinuously? Then it may require the
phosphates, lime and other mineral
elements to counteract this condi-
ton. 1t may be it has been stimu
lated too continuously with mineral
fertilizers, and it IS in need of green
food. Again it may be sour, and re-
quires rectifying with lime or salt.
There are a dozen and one conditions
that the soil may be in which can be
remedied only by careful study.
The farmer with fair intelligence
of farming can do this. 1t does not
require expert knowledge, nor tech
nical skill, but simple, ordinary COM
mon sense, and then the disposition
to remedy the trouble.
JAMES S. WILSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
Mcdowell Co., N. c.
THE CONFORMATION OF THE DAIRY
cow.
BY PROF. ANDREW M. soULE.

BY PROF. ANDREW NJ. SOULE.
An address delivered before the Rural Science
Club of the University OfTennessee.
It does not take a great deal of
equipment to develop the subject Of
stock judging, and yet special train
ing along this line is highly import
ant to every agricultural student. In
college work, where you take a regu-
lar agricultural course, we commence
with the score-card. On each card
we note systematically the charac-
toristics of several individuals until
we become thoroughly familiar with
the location, shape and form sought
in the respective points of the dairy
animals anatomy.
After you have passed the Gem
bryonic" stage of the SCORE card you
come to the stage Of expert judg-
ing" where you will have probably
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
No, 20

WOOI-prOdUc1ng animal. While this
is true, the writer often uueried in
his mind, whether Or not, and has to
q degree demonstrated in practice
that there is an improvement DOS
sible for the Merino, in which it can
be made to attain most successful
mutton qualities, while not losing it's
superiority as fine wool sheep. The
successful Improvement by many
breeders of these sheep in recent
years seems to be solving this prob
lem. It surely is practicable. How
ever, such improved sheep should
not and cannot usurp the essential
place Of the mutton and lustrous
coarse wool breeds. Nevertheless,
it is not true that fine wool cannot
be grown on large squarely built
muscular sheep, any more than that
it is not true that coarse wool can
not be grown on a little meanly-
formed sheep.
IN GREAT BRITAIN,
during the last three hundred years,
sheep have been kept and improved
to produce meat or mutton, as the
first prime object, and secondly, but
not less successfully, for the produc-
ton of long lustrous combing wool,
not the finest in quality hence, the
OF
this sheep for these purposes by the
English, Scotch and Irish people.
The divergence Of the present sheep
of that nation from the original type
of several hundred years ago is fully
as marked and striking as that Of
the Merinos from their original type.
To the breeders of Great Britain be-
long the praise for the greater part
of these improvements for mutton
and for coarse combing wool; al
though their American cousins, both
in the United States and in Canada,
are now producing animals for the
same purposes from their stock, and
carrying onward and upward the i'm
provements with unabated zeal and
unparalleled success.
During the last century, and espe-
cially in the last half of it, importa-
tions of these mutton sheep by the
Americans from the English and
Scotch focks have been frequent.
The selections were often made from
the most perfect types of their best
focks, both for mutton and for long
lustrOus cOmbing wool. The i'm
provements of the stock of these i'm
portatiOns have kept pace in every
way with those made by any of the
focks of Europe. In fact, it is
claimed that if there were to be q
competition. of sheep from all parts
of the world, that those from the
United States would lead in the
awards of merit and likely carry off
more first prizes than would those
from any other nation.
The sheep breeders and wool grow
ers of the United States are not salts
fed to occupy a second or third
place from the front in the science
and art of their occupation. excel
sior" is their motto and they are per.
sistent in securing a place in the
worlds line with the foremost in
progress, if not in advance of it. It
remains to be seen whether the man
ayers of the st. Louis Worlds Ex.
hibition for 1903 shall succeed in
bringing together such an exhibit
from the docks of the most success.
full breeders of sheep in all nations
If they do, it will be an exhibit that
has never yet been fully attained.
SAMUEL ARCHER.
Mcdowell Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25

CONTINUED ON PAGE 8.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-26
TOWN ANDVICINITY.
Begin atOnce

To be ashamed of the city you live in is a
lesser sorrow than to have the city ashamed
of you, but still a heavy sorrow -Bnjmmin
Harrison.
To be proud of Frostburg is one of the
reasons why the JOURNAL is anxious to
see Strcet-paving begun with a view of
finally making tho thoroughfare space of
the whole town durably solid and self
cleansing.
Had this sort of street improvement
been begun ten years ago and systcma-
tically continued FroStburg would be to-
day worth ten times more than the cost
of the work
Not only so with all its health, it
would be healthier, and, with all its
natural advantages in every way, it
would have been yet more model of
municipal shapelineSs and beauty.
1t is too late, however, to speculate
npOn what might have been, but not too
late to begin mcthodical movement to
reach the standard, above Indicated of
urban loneliness.
Public improvement inspires private
improvement, and private improvement
is contagious, and so on.
The electric railway. now building,
with its half-hour runs to and from
Cumberland and the Creek, will I'M
doubtedly bring business and pleasure
hunters, especially during the summer,
hitherto strangers to the town
Frostburg should, therefore, bcyn to
get ready to make it pleasant for them.
Better than all, it should bcgin to get
ready to be- justly proud of itself.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-26

After two hours deliberatiOu Tuesday
the jury having III charge the issue III
volved i'll the suit of the heirs of the late
Archibald Stewart against the county
returned verdict adverse to the plain
titfS Mr.. Stewart died from injuries
incurred i'll the upset of IL sleigh last
winter near or about the southern cor
ner of the corporate line, and it was al
legged that an obstruction tolerated by
the road authorities was the primary
cause. The heirs claimed $50, 900. A.
J. Wilson, of this place. concerned i'll
the county'S side of the case, was repre-
scented by Clayton Purnell, whose adj
dress to the jury is spoken of as Il COM
pact, able, conclusive statement of his
cast
On the same day Judgment i'll the sum
of $4,000 was entered against j. Oscar
Hansell by Mrs. Harriet Hansell, the
amount being represented by book
account.
The case Of Frank Moro, indicted for
killing Levi Lowell III this place last
August, was removed for trial to Wash
ingtOn county.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-26
Thirty Years AGO.

For the week corresponding with this
in 1871 the paragraphs below comprise
i'll part items of occurrence then new:
George Robb, of Borden Shaft, had his col
lar bone broken October ~ by fall of breast
coal in the Shaft.
The wife of A. T. Brenaman, railroad
agent at Homecoming, died on the 18th
The third quarterly meeting, NJ. f. Church.
was announced for the 29th, Rev. w. II.
Holiday, presiding elder, preaching.
The front of the Presbyterian church had
been nicely painted and penciled during the
week.
Then, as now, great complaint of the dust
was made.
a musician, name not riven, told the JorR-
NAL that half the people who attend musical
performances in this town don't know
symphony from a sardine"
Cumberland paper (still living) made a
severe attack on the people Of Pompey Smash
for taking every opportunity to spread the
small pox wherever they went"
The wedding of Miss Elmira Wilhelm to
Jesse r. Robinson October H. Rev. John
Edwards, of Bloomington, officiating, is pub
liShed.
An Eisteddfod for New Years day was an
nOunced