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The United States has set an example
of generosity to other powers by making
the proposition to cut down its indem-
nifty claim against China one-half, If the
other nations will do the same. Japan
is reported to be in accord with America
in this proposition. The American
claim as presented promptly, amounted
to $25, 0O0, 900, and does not include any
"pride-money' or damage for disrespect
to our government. The claims OF all
the powers aggregate about $400, 900, 900
and 1t is claimed China cannot pay it in
full without Acknowledgement of the
empire, and it is earnestly hoped Amer
ica's plans will be adopted.
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SkOwhegau Markets.

Corrected Weekly by u, h. BARTLETT
PRICES PAID pRoprorRs.
OArs-40 cts
Wool Uuwashed, 20 cts.
RETAIL NAkKET.
FLorB-Spnng wheat Patent SIS to S. Is Winter
wheat pat 81 IS " inter wheat choice s4Oo
to 81 80. extra. $50 to 2,75.
CoRN-sl 70 per bag; meal and cracked corn
{. :. ME4I-sl As per bag
FEEp-Middlings, $40 10 LIS per cwt Chicago
gluten - sack
BRtN and MIXED FEED s1.lo TO slI5
Corrected Weekly 10y A. H. LANG.
PRICES PAID PRODUCERS.
BErr--Ox beef, 6lo to ~ cts.
HIDES ASD SKINs-hides, 4 cts; lamb skins IS
each calf skins, Is to sl.oo each.
forL1RY-Fowls 70 l. cts. Ter IL. chickens
RoUNp Hos to H., cts.
TALLow-Roueh IL CT. per a.
RETAIL MARKET.
sALI roRK-l9c No; 10y the bhi.. 2oo lbsa Sli %
TO $3.50
Corrected Weekly 10y SIMPSON 4 SAVAGE
PRICES PAID PRODUCERS
BEASs-Hand-pickedy yellow eyes s. % 70 $3.50
pea beans, S2.25
BuTrER-t1rst quahty, stamped Is 10 20 per 10
EGGs-lS It's. per doc fresh.
POTAToES-45.
RETAIL MARKET5
CHEEsE-l5 per III.
BuTTER-2O to 22cts. per 10
EGGs-l5 cts = doz fresh
TEAs-40 to 80 cents per 10.
CoEFEE-i2ls to IS cts. per -.
LARp-Demestic, IL cts; Pure II cts.
MoLAssEs-Pure Ponce, -; pure Rarba does,
80; Maple, CSC per qt; Choice Cooking, Csc.
SUGAR-Granulated Sugar best quality, IS
pounds for 500; brown, II pounds for 81.
PorAToEs-5Dc to Sc n bu.
0NIoNs-4c. per ID.
Dry FsH-Cod, To s cts, per 10. pollock 30.
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LATER.

A telegram from Sheriff Pennell at
noon, to-day, states-"Man arrested,
plenty of proof, send warrant"
Judge Bachelor issued warrant and
it went forward on the afternoon train.
The prisoner will probably be brought
here by the noon train, tomorrow,
friday.
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SOUTH NORRIDGEWOCK
SOGIETIEs


LEBANoS LpDoE No. ZIG 7. & A. M.-Charles
farrandl Master {. A Ward Sec +. q.
Danforth, Treas. Regular meetings Saturday
on or before the full Of the moon.
CEDAR CHATTER No 81, o. T.. S.-Blanche T.
Ward, Worthy Matron Maud A. Carr, Sec i;
Lucy ). Hussey, Treas. Meetings third Friday
evening OF each month at Masonic Hall
QUISEKBAssErT LoDGE No. 100 l. .. o. p
I. A. hilton, Noble Grand F. {. Hal, Bee ,
r. 5. Miller, Treas. Meetings Monday even.
ings at Z 80
SoMkHsEr '3DeE No. III REBKKAH-N o.
lsadore y. Wing; sec, Nina 81. futile; Treas +,
Lima c. Tobey. Meetings End and 4th Friday
evenings.
Echo LODGE 1os KNIGHTS or PY1mAs-Ray
Bigelow, c. C.. c. \. Staples X Of r. & S; + f.
| futile, Master of EKchequer. Tuesday evenings
at X. z Hall.
Old POINT LODGE No. sl4 /. 0. c. TN c.
Holt, {. T.; W. +. Brown, Sec. Alfred Tuttle,
Treas. Regular meetings Thursday evenings In
Grange Hall.
SOMERSET GRANGE No. 10 p. Of Holm
Z. PIERCE, Master Lizzie Holway Sec. Annette
Z. Burgess. Treas. Meetings Thursday even
ings on or before full Of the moon and two wee Ks
after.
BATES Posi- No. 6s G. A. R.-steward wing.
Commander; ii. II. Cross, Adj; II. T. Hale,
9uartermaSter Meetings first Tuesday even.
ings in Grange Hall.
THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT socIKry-Nrs
j. w. Hathaway, Pres. Mrs Fannie Hussey.
Sec; Mrs. Electa +. Tobey. Treas. Meetings
| nrst ana tnlFd rldaN afternoons Of the month.
O9sooLA ASSEMBLY, No. 81, Pythian Sisters
hood-Mrs. u. +. Burgess, {. c.; Mrs. 4. II
| Burgess, X. of X. & S. Mrs. g. s. Jewett Mis-
tire Of Exchequer. Meetings every other
Monday evening at K. 7 Hall
| CHURCHES.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURcH-Rev. j. A. Jones
pastor. Sunday-Morning service, 1890. sun.
DAY school, II M, Y. z. s. {. E. : NJ. Wednes-
day evenings-Prayer meeting followed by a
teachers meeting
| THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAYoR Society Of the
| Congregational church,. W. Spauding. presi-
dent; A. Whitcomb, Jr., vice president; Hattie
A. Longley, Sec. and Treas. Meetings Sunday
eve in vestry.
BAPTIST CHURcH-Rey b. F. Turner pastor
Sunday-Morning service, 1880; Sunday school,
| II M. prayer meeting p. NJ.
THE CHRISTIAN ESDEAvoR Society of the
| Baptist church-C. A. Whiting, Pres, Mrs
| Mary b. Whiting, Cor. Sec. Miss NJ. j. Haynes
Treas Meetings Wednesday evenings in yestry
| at 30
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05
CHILD CULTURE.

The world is gradually becoming
aware of a few practical facts that
it has persistently ignored. One
of these is hat there is such a thing
as Individuality in childhood. This
idea is being carried out in "a few Y
perimental schools, notably that of
DR.. John Dewey, of Chicago, which
aims to prepare children for col
lege in twelve years, beginning with
the kindergarten. Fhe course of
study is as unique as it is practical.
When taking the subject of textiles
the raw material is brought in and
the children are shown how to wash
the wool, card, spin and weave it,
In somewhat the same spirit a new
departure has been attempted in
France. At the age of fifteen French
girls begin a course on morals, devel-
Oping from practical talks on conduct
and moral philosophy to psychology.
Such subjects as the family, society,
ones country and personal duties
r discussed. These subjects cover
a realm of suggestions which in
America the teachers leave to the
parents, who frequently ignore them.
1t is therefore interesting to note
these lessons as being taught to girls
of fifteen. Acting on the words of
Madame Neckar that ''woman is in
tended to perfect life, to animate,
beautify and sactify it," these girls
+ taught that woman is the center
of the family, the soul of the house
hold, and that on all superior men
the influence of an Intelligent mother
is apparent Katherine Louise
Smith, in the March Woman Home
Communion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05
HE EXPLAINED.

The Omaha World Herald gives an
excellent wal story, new to Us,
which it has from a Confederate
Captain in the Civil war. He says:
Lincoln was urged from the begin,
ming of the war to take Richmond,
but talking of taking Richmond and
taking Richmond were two different
matters. General Scott, who was
not retired until after several futile
attempts had been made to take
Richmond, was summoned before
the President.
General Scott" said Mr.. Lincoln,
twill you explain why it is that you
were able to take the City of Mexico
in three months with five thousand
men, and have been unable to take
Richmond in six months with one
hundred thousand men?'
eyes, sir, I will, Mr.. President"
replied General Scott. "The men
who took me into the City of Mexico
are the same men who are keeping
me out of Richmond now"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05

the right, let us strive on to finish
the work we are in" IF the White
House during Buchanan's admins
tration approached the ideal of a
foreign court, it lost all trace of such
during the administration of Lincoln,
who succeeded him for the hum
blest and most oppressed had right
of entrance there while President
Lincoln reigned in the Executive
Mansion.
Andrew Johnson, though but a
tacit believer, was inclined to Meth
odism. Grant and Hayes were both
Methodists, though neither of them
was noted for a aggressive type of
religion.
Garfield was an member of the
Church of the Disciples, or Camp
bellite Church, and sometimes
preached in churches of that faith.
Not many weeks before his assassi-
nation he told a friend with whom
he was walking that he found the
Lords Prayer infinitely restful to
him as he went about the daily duties
of life. In those long and burden
some days at the last, when death
and life fought so terribly within
him for the mastery, he often dwelt
upon the radiant belief of the Apostle
Paul.
Benjamin Harrison and Grover
Cleveland are both Presbyterians,
Harrison being an elder in hat
church. Cleveland's father was a
Presbyterian minister, and his grand
mother on his mothers side was a
German Quakeress.
President Mckinley is a communi-
cant in the Methodist Church.
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monograph, and it would come back
speoia." But his long, unt1r1ng eI-
forts were finally crowned by sue
cess. Enough of this subject
What has become of Jake Charity
Manila Dewey, Bashful Sue, Will
Retlaw, Tennessee Boy and some
others who have been away from
the Circle so long? would be glad
to hear from them.
Aunt Jennie, I would like to hve
in your city, while the Legislature is
in session. [ would enjoy so much
hearing the Solons discuss the differ
ent bills that are passed upon.
SCHOOLBOY.
Warren Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05
IS GREAT WEALTH DANGEROUS

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Our country
is now a stirring country, and the
boy or girl who fails to stir and grab
every opportunity that presents it.
self will be left behind, for every
opportunity that we let pass is seized
by some other boy or girl. That is
why Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr.. Car
negie and other rich men are where
they + to-day-they grasped every
opportunity that other boys let pass.
I haven't much use for the nan
who spends his life fussing about
the government and rich men of our
country. The more rich men we
have the 0 prosperous our coun-
try will be. There are a great many
boys who have fine minds but
haven't patience enough to win sue
cess they get discouraged and give
up. It is said that Edison, the inven-
tor of the monograph, worked
eighteen hours a day for six months
on one word, trying to get the sound
of s. He would say "specia" to the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05
Our Social Chat.
= EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, No. =

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department OF
The Progressive Farmer, we nave some = ~ d ILL
most W~ide-awake and progressive yOung . -
Ing writer's among the older people OF TINS anu q
other States, the ages of the members Ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty. ,.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join py senudng
us a letter on some subject of general m 2
WHEN WRITING, give full name ana posi-
office address for Aunt Jennie's intQTmaLon:
If you do not wish your real name 70 ~ ! be
in print, give name by which you wish 10 De
known as a Chatterer. milo
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as a rug
elapse between the time a letter is WrlICen anu
the date of it's publication. IF
al letters to Aunt Jennie, care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. NJ ).
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THE VALUE OF HONESTY IN BUSINESS

The part that character plays in
modern business life comes out clear.
ly in an article on GA Borrower as
a Banker Sees Him." contributed by
Lindsay DenisOn to the March nun,
Der of The Worlds Work. eft is
quite possible, Mr.. DenisOn writes,
quoting Mr.. Trask, ''fOr a man OF
known integrity to borrow a million
dollars on a piece Of property worth
approximately a million dollars. A
man Of known bad character, on the
other hand, could not possibly Dor
row more than half as much per
haps not so much as half as much
Among the men who are the powers
IN the banking business it is no IN
common matter for a man to over
draw his account in a bank for hun
dreds of thousands of dollars for
day or two without a word of com
ment from the officers of the bank
They know that he knows what he
is doing A.; they know that he would
not Overdraw if he were not able TO
make good the deficiency promptly
they know that he is an honest man,
and will make the deficiency good
and the transaction does not call for
so much as a verbal understanding
1t is based altogether upon honor
The story of one John Smith, which
Mr.. benson tells is enlightening and
encouraging.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05
AUNT N LETTER.

Did it ever occur to you that nur-
ry is killing more people in America
than any other disease? Well, l be-
lieve it is true. With women,
for instance, it is hurry the first
thing in the morning when you
wake. Hurry and get breakfast IN
time for all to reach school and thelr
places of business by a certain hour.
Hurry to get the house cleaned up
in order that a certain amount OF
sewing be done before dinner de-
mands attention. It must be ready,
you know, by a specified time. Then
hurry and have things straight again,
for your task must be done before
time for supper. They accuse us OF
being a nation of dyspeptics. L
wonder how much of this is caused
by that disposition to hurry, yes, hur-
ry and swallow our food without
properly m~asticating it. Of course,
indigestion is a natural consequence.
That this evil exists we all ao-
knowledge, but how shall we remedy
it? Negroes + no longer the faith
full plodding creatures that they
once were, slow but helpful withal.
Steam and electricity have influenced
the work in even the most humble
dwellings of men. You may not be-
lieve this but it is nevertheless
true.
Time was when mau could claim
some moments as his very w and
did not feel the necessity for so much
haste, but time has wrought a
change. In order to compete sue
cessfully with his fellow man no
stone is left unturned, and so much
work requires time. Minutes count,
therefore he counts the minutes,
and crowds into each one of them
just as much work as he possibly
can?
Why is he such hard task-master
to himself, you ask? Simply this
competition spurs him to extra effort.
Some one else has succeeded and he
believes that he can do likewise and
that possibly his almost superhu-
man effort will be crowned with
unbOunded success It is d lauda-
bic ambition that Graves and honestly
obtains a s~uficiency for comfortable
maintenance of him and his, but to
strive to get money simply to crafty
u selfish motive or to show to others
that what he has done is just a little
more than his brother was capable
of doing is wrong.
Did you ever know a person who
was d slave to self-impOsed tasks?
l have known such an one and each
day the task was set for the next,
sometimes-in fact oftentimes-the
weeks task was allotted before the
CT the first day of the week.
Now, 1 believe in system, and I know
that to think of the things which
must be done facilitates the doing |
of them but to feel that just so much
must be done each day in order that
all must be completed before the
week has flown is a nerve-wrecker,
especially if n is not strong. We
women must learn to be as lenient
ourselves as we are to others.
Letters this week from Alexander
and Warren counties encourage us
to persist in the call for a represen-
from each county in the State.
l hope all that have written this
week will write often hereafter.
AUNT JENNIE.
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LITTLE ALECK" RESPONDS.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE May l join
vour Social Chat. as a member from
Alexander, my dear old county. l
do not want "Little Aleck" left be-
hind, although it will have a poor rep
resentative. I have been reading
The Progressive Farmer some of late.
I ike it very much, especially the
fourth and fifth pages. There are
always such helpful words in the
Christian Life Column.
I will say something about our
mountain scenery. There are noun
tains all around my home. live al
most at the foot of a large peak
which we call "OniOn Knob, as is
famed for it's wild onions. We have
many good springs in fact, they are
just running out of the mountains
On every side. Good pure spring
water is a great blessing we noun
tain people enjoy while city folks
are deprived of it. Oh! how thank
full we ought to be for all the bless
ings that our Heavenly Father be-
slows upon us. There are thousands
of things for US poor unworthy
creatures to be thankful for, that we
do not take thought of. In this part
of the mountain country there is no
lack of churches. There are five
near me, so that I can attend each
Sabbath. After all, goodness is
the important part of this life and
will be still more important in the
life to come. It comes not without
struggle. We must fight, if we
would win. We must take the
Sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God. Let me suggest that
each reader of Social Chat spend a
part of each day reading Gods Word.
I have not always done so, but I shall
try to do better in the future.
CHEERFUL PATSY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05

One night Cthe heavens shone supremacy grand)
A little child looked up and questioned why
He might not touch a biz of that bright sky,
Hold one fair star within his eager hand.
He could not count them thicker than the sand
Along some endless waste of sea they lie,
And yet so far away, so very high
Beyond his reach. He could not understand.
And as I listen to the childish longing,
1t finds a ready echo in my heart;
Dreams born of wild desire come madly thrOngtng
In which 1 have no feeting share nor part;
And like a little child | cannot see
Why so much brightness shines too high for me.
Mar B0aOdOtn Page, IN Lipp6ac
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05
BE AT HON.

In everything study to bring out
character and Individuality in con-
versation. Have new books and
magazines on the drawing room
table, banishing altogether the usual
lumber of that piece of furniture.
Your friends will find subjects for
talk on every hand if your parlor
shows that you live and think ard
work there among your books, pic
lures and plants. Make your pre-
partitions for company as perfectly
as you can before your guests come,
and then try to forget all about the
details of your entertaining in at
tending to your guests. Don't be
thinking about oysters and coffee,
o. of the flowers and fruit on your
lUncheon-tables while Mabel is tell
ing you how she passed her school
examinations, or Tom is explaining
his last game of football. Be cat
home to your friends.-Ada c..
Sweet in the March WOman's Home
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05
Alexander Co., N. G.
RILEY's LONG WAIT FOR FAME.
CHEERFUL PATSY

GA friend came to me once," says
James Whitcomb Riley, in "Suc-
cess" for February, completely
heartbroken, saying that his manu-
scripts we're constantly returned,
and that he was the most miserable
wretch alive. I asked him how long
he had been trying? Three years,
he said. my dear man. Unanswered,
laughing, go on, keep on trying till
you have spent as many years at it
as I did 'As many as you did = he
exclaimed. Yes, as long as I did
what? you-James Whitc0mb
Riley,-struggled for yearsr Yes,
sir, through years, through sleep
less nights, through almost hopeless
days. For twenty years [ tried to
get into one magazine back came
my manuscripts eternally. I kept
IN. In the twentieth year, that
magazine accepted one of my arti-
c1es.'
"I was not a believer in the theory
that nj man does a thing much
easier than any other man. Con
tinuous, unfagging effort, persis-
tence and determination will win.
Let not the man be, discouraged who
has these"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05
THE YOUNG MANS CHANCES ~

NA"CLS TO-DAY
Such Opportunities to Win suco..
Never Before Been offered ~ aaN
Country. '4
IA young man of capacity, ind
try and integrity has a field fon
dividua1 effort such as has nava. o
fore existed in this country 7r.iV y"
Edward Box of "The Times an5
Young Man." in the March LADY,; 'e
Home Journal. "And srccoaN
neither harder nor easier than il g
was. Success never yet came f. ~
laggard, and it never will. lot
young man be capable: have ent..
prise, be willing to work, and cor~
himself like a man, and he 49,.
where he will. His success denen5'
upon himself. Nc times, no con%
tions, no combinations of capital oas
stop a young man who has a da+o,
minatiOn to honorably succeed ~,
who is willing to work ACCORDING :.
the very utmost of his capacity ar5
sinews of strength.
"When a young man sits dow,
and belittles the times in which h.
lives, and walls about the good oa
times when men had a chance ii,
a pretty good indication not that tbs
times are wrong, but that the YOUNG
man is either incompetent or indo
lent. The fact that a young man !,
poor is not a h~indrance, and neve,
was. On the contrary, poverty is
the finest inheritance a young man
can have. No combination can ba
better than poverty and good health
to a young man who wants to carve
his way in the world. The young
man to be pitied is he of means who
knows no stimulus to the best en-.
deavOr. But the young fellow wha
inherits poverty is to be congratu.
lated. He has what all men who
have risen in the world had to push
them on to make them mighty
The finest process of character.
building through which a man can
pass is that of poverty. tits a price.
less stimulus. Such conditions as
hard work and an education obtained
with difficulty breed men, and men
so bred have the best training tocon.
quer obstacles. A young man does
not start with nothing when he has
good health, and believes in frugaliy
and honesty. He has everything
that has made thousands Of men
useful, honored and happy.
"The real trouble is that the aver,
age young man won't work. He
has gotten the insane notion into his
head that success comes by luck;
that men + made by opportunities
which either come to them or are
thrust upon them. And he waits
for luck or a chance to come along
and find him. Instead of taking
sane view of conditions and seeing
a clear mind that as trade wi.
lens opportunities increase, he takes
the mistaken view that the rich are
getting richer and the poor poorer
These are the conditions of mind
md life which are keeping thousands
young men down, and will keep
Them down. The times are all right
It is the young man who finds fault
them who is not"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05

A man was praising his wife, as aD
men ought to do on proper occasions
"She's as womanly a woman as
ever was" he said, "but she can
hammer nails like lightning"
"That's remarkable" said a lis
tener.
Yes, sir" said the first speaker
"You know lightning never strikes
twice in the same place. "-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05

This is said to be one of the diver
sions occasionally INDUCED in at
Kansas City: Solemn-faced Man
with newspaper)-WelI, I see there
was a singular accident at one of the
slaughter houses out at the stock
yards yesterday. A man who was
leaning out of an upper story win
dow let go and dropped sixty feet
and wasn't hurt Il particle Eager
Listener-How did that happen?
Solemn-faced Man-They were pigs
feet.-Register.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05

Nothing is more obnoxious than a
low person raised to a high position.
-Claudian.