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The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
CALHOUN FALLS IN SOUTH CAROLINE

In my last letter 1 promised to give
a description of Calhoun Falls, the
magnificent waterfall in Savannah
river. The river is a quarter of a
mile wide there and the shoals seven
miles long. You can hear the roar
of the water long distance at GER
tain times it can be heard for miles.
The point at which / first saw the
falls was one of the most magnifi-
cent scenes I had ever seen, even
though l had seen some beautiful
scenery in the Blue Ridge noun
tains. We came in sight of the falls
on the top of hill rs or 100 feet
above them them. You could see a
long distance up and down the river,
and see the water rushing and surg
ing over the huge rocks, to be dashed
here and there against some upturn-
ed boulder and thrown up in a per-
fectly white foam. Then descend
the hill until you come to the water 8
edge, and watch the long moss as it
sways to and fro in the water, cling
ing to the projecting rocks. Then
look further out and you will see a
huge blue crane standing like statue,
perhaps 5 feet high and up to it's
knees in water, until he sees a fish,
and then he plunges that long beak
into the water, sometimes catching a
fish several inches long, and as the
same time keeping a close watch on
you, as it keeps bravely out of gun
shot reach And here and there on
the rocks will be seen large water
turtles out summing themselves.
Then you will hear something whist
ling in the air, and looking up you
will see a covey of will ducks skim
ming through the air at the rate of
60 miles an hour, and before they
will have passed out of sight, you
will hear a splash, which will prove
to be long fish catching something
floating on the water Palmetto
Bow.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
ChiIdren'S Column.
WHO WAS IT?

Once there was a maiden who
wouldn't be polite;
Wouldn't say "Good morning, and
wouldn't say "Good night"
Felt it too much trouble to think of
saying "please :"
Slammed the door behind her as if
she'd been a breeze;
Wouldn't ask her mother if she
could take a run;
Kan away and lost herself, because
1t was ''such fun"
Merry little maiden! Ism it too bad
That, with all her laughter, some
times she was sad?
But the reason for it isn't hard to
find,
For this little maiden didn't like to
mind;
Wouldn't do the things she knew she
really ought to do.
Who was she? Oh, never mind;
hope it wasn't you.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
FORGIVENESS.

Ny heart was heavy, for it's trust
had been
Abused, its kindness answered with
foul wrong;
So, turning gloomily from my fellow
men,
One summer Sabbath day 1 strolled
among
The green mounds of the village
burial place;
Where, pondering how all human
love and hate
Find one sad level and how, soon or
late,
Wronged and wrongdoer, each with
meekened face,
And cold hands folded over a still
heart,
Pass the green threshold of our COM
mon grave
Whittier all footsteps tend, whence
none depart,
Awed for myself, and pitying my
race,
Our common sorrow, like a mighty
wave,
Swept all my pride away, and tremb-
ling, fOrgave.
j. @. Whittier.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
MFRS. ELMER FLEMING, of
N Minneapolis, Mimi, writes from

4" minneapolis, Mimi, writes from
2535 Polk street, N. E.:
81 have been troubled all my life with
C8tarrh. l took Peruna for about three
months, and now think I am perma-
nently cured. I believe that for catarrh
in all its forms Peruna is the medicine
of the age. It cures when all other
remedies fail"
Mrs. @. Nickel, Hebron, Neb., writes
"I suffered from weakness for ten years.
The least exertion caused me pain in
the middle of my chest and difficulty in
breathing. When I would awake in the
night my heart would palpitate SO that
often could not sleep. took Peruna
and now I can do all of my work easily
without getting short of breath.
"Peruna is the best medicine for me.
1t strengthens my nerves. 1t is just
what need. As long as IuSe Peruna 4
do not know anything about weakness.
al have never found medicine that
makes me feel SO strong and vigorous
as Peruna. IShaH always keep Peruna
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21

or at places of amusement, is rude
and vulgar.
z. Be doubly careful to avoid any
rudeness to strangers, such as calling
out to them, laughing or making re-
marks about them. Do not stare at
visitors.
8. In passing a pen, pencil, knife,
or pointer, hand the blunt end to-
ward the one who receives it.
9. When a classmate is reciting,
do not raise your hand until after he
has finished
10. When you pass directly in
front of anyone or accidentally an
noy him, say: ''Excuse me-" and
never fail to say "Thank you" for
the smallest favor. On no account
say "Thanks. Sacred Heart Re-
view.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
THE RELIGION WORTH HAVING.

Religion, to be worth possessing,
must have a life-giving, 1ife-molding,
hope-inspiring power. If it consists
only in the observance of forms
and ceremonies, counting beads, and
attending early masses; in other
words, if it only imposes weary bur
dens upon it's yotaries, or fails to
cure the soul of doubts, fears, and
evil propensities, then it is utterly
worthless. Someone has we'll writ
ten: eve want religion that sOftens
the step and turns the voice to mel
ody and fills the eye with sunshine
and checks the impatient exclama-
ton and harsh rebuke; a religion
that Is polite, deferential to supe-
riOrs, COnsiderate to friends; a re-
igiOn that goes into the family and
keeps the husband from being cross
when dinner is late, and keeps the
wife from fretting when the husband
tracks the newly-washed floor with
his boots, and makes the husband
mindful of the scraper and the door
mat keeps the mother patient when
the baby is cross, and amuses the
children as we'll as instructs them /;
cares for the servants besides paying
them promptly projects the honey
moon into the harvest-mOon and
makes the happy home like the
Eastern fig-tree, bearing on its bosom
at once the tender blossom and the
glory of the ripening fruit. We
want a religion that shall interpose
between the ruts and gullies and
rocks of the highway and the sensi-
tive souls that are travelling over
them. Religious Telescope.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21

supply of pure red blood. Thus it is
that Peruna is natural tonic. It does
not temporarily stimulate the nervous
system, but permanently invigorates it.
Peruna regulates the supply of blood
to the various parts of the system.
When one part has more blood than it
ought to have. another part is deprived
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21

of nerve centers.
To e nrich tn e
Cd is to cure
nervousness. Dis
eases of the ner-
vous system calls
for more blood and
better blood. Pc
runa answers this
call by giving the
CvCton0 a noPfno+
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
TEN RULES OF PoL1TENEss FOR BOYS

1. To be polite is tohave kind re-
gard for the feelings and rights of
others.
2. Be as polite to your parents,
brothers, sisters and schoolmates as
you are to strangers.
3. Look people fairly in the eyes
when you speak to them or they
speak to you.
4. Do not bluntly contradict any
one.
5. 1t is not discourteous to refuse
to do wrong.
6. Whispering, laughing, chewing
gum or eating at lectures, in school
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
Christian Life Column,
INEVITABLE.

Heavens chimes are slow, but sure
to strike at last;
Earth $ sands are slow, but surely
dropping through
And much we have to suffer, much
to do,
Before the time be past.
Christina ROssetti.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY.

N. C. Cotton Planters Association.
Secretary-Jno. P. Allison, Concord N. G.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
N. C. State Horticultural Society.

President-J. VanLindley, Pomona, N. c.
Vice-President-W. F. Massey, Raleigh.
Secretary and Treasurer-Franklin Sherman
Raleigh.
District Vice Presidents-R. c. Simon, Onen
Warren, j. S. Westbrook, o. w. Blacknall,
D. E. Parker, c. R. B. Caldwell and DR.. Balm
sere.
Executive Committee-B. Won Herff, P. H.
Beck, ]. F. GulIiver, J. Van Lindley and Frank
i n Sherman.
NC. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Director-George T. Winston, West Raleigh,
NC.
Agriculturst-Benj. Irby, West Raleigh, N. c.
HorticuIturist-W. F. Massey, West Raleigh,
Nc.
son, West Raleigh, n. c.
N. C. Crop Pest Commission
s L. Patterson, Chm'n, Raleigh; DR.. Geo. T,
Winston, Raleigh; ]. Van Lindley, Pomona.
North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
OFFICERS.
commissioners. l.. Patterson.
Secretary-T. K. Bruner.
Assistant, in Charge of ImmigratlOn-J. w.
Thompson.
State Veterinarian
State Chemist-B. w. KilgOre.
Entomologist and Botanist-Franklin Sher-
man.
Postofice address of all officers, Raleigh,
NC
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21

The boy who starts out TO learn a
business should be content with moth
ing short of complete mastery of
the whole situation. If he would at
tain complete success, no essential
point should be too small for his at
tention, no labor too hard for him to
undertake, no obstacles too great to
Success for May.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
1se. 1t ought to have & place

In the house. It ought to have q place
in every home.
"The longer use it the better like
it. I would not give your book, "The
Ills of Life" away for any price if
could not get another"
Nervousness is due to bIoodIessness
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Col. r. w. Wharton, Washington, N. c.; DR..
R. H. Speight, Wrendale, N. c.; R. II. Ricks,
Rocky Mount, N. c.; H. II. Knight, Eagle
Rock, N. c.; w. L. Kennedy, Failing Greek,
N. c.; Gen. Il. F. TOOn, LumbertOn, N. c.; DR..
Elias FuIp, Fulp, N. c.; w. L. BOuldin.
Archdale, N. G.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21

Nothing else so mars the beauty of
a young life as the cropping out, here
and there, of shoots of selfshness,
which, if not diligently pruned, will,
in time, overshadow the whole life
tree, cut off the sunlight, and render
it impossible for it to grow toits full
height.-Selected
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
NC. Tobacco Growers Association.

N. Q, TOBACCO GTOWars' AssOclaJlOn.
President-John S. Cunningham, Cunning
hams n. G..
N. c.
Secretary-T. B. Parker, HillsbOrO, N. G.
Treasurer-W. B. Upchurch, MorrisvilIe, N. G..
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21

Greater is he that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh a city. If the
Bible doesn't say this in these words,
it SAYS it in substance. And what a
mighty truth it is! We do so much
harm by boiling over and saying
things, hard things, about men or
institutions, without waiting to see
the other side. Afterward we see
and repent and ''take it all back. "
But do we take it all back? Ay,
there's the rub we cannot take 1T all
back, try we never so hard. 1t has
gone on the wings of the wind. The
wuvelets are set in motion that must
break on the remOtest shore. We
cannot repair the evil we have
wrought. But we can do this we
can guard against doing so great a
wrong in the future. This much we
can and ought to do; and we are
LOUDLY guilty if we heedlessly repeat
the offense. Curb your temper; hold
YOUR tongue. Charity and Children.
Some folks who would not think
If stealing a mans property will
steaf that which is far more vaIu-
able, a mans good name. To injure
by insinuation, by false construc-
non, or by warping the truth, Is as
much a high crime as to break into
"a mans house and steal his goods at
dead night. These thieves of the
good names Of people are not so
easy to get dressed out in stripes,
but they deserve the condemnation
OF good people.-N. G. Baptist.
Sometimes it is far easier to give
money than time to the salvation of
souls. Many a church member
would rather give five dollars Tor
soul saving in China than to talk to
one man in his neighborhood aoout
Christ. Of some men God wants
money especially and of others per
sonal work especially Selected.
The progressive farmer., 1901-05-21
N. C. Farmers State Alliance.

President-W. A. Graham, Machpelah Lin
coin Co., N. G.
Vice-Prestdent-J. T. Paschal, Pittsboro,
Chatham Co., N. G.
Secretary Treasurer and State Business Agent
II. B. Parker, HilIsborO Orange Co., N. G.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward-JnO. M. Nit
chelI, Wayne Co., N. c.
Chaplatn-Rev. w. S. Mercer, MOyock, Curri-
tuck Co., N. G.
Doorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane. Greensboro, Gui-
ford Co., N. c.,
Sergeant-at-Arms-R.H H. Lane Aurora, Beau
fort Co., N. G.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A. Ora
ham, Machpelah, n. G..
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
J. w. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh, N. G.
w. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, n. G.
John Graham, WarrentOn, N. G.
DR.. j. E. Person, Pikeville, N. @.
Thomas j. Oldham, Teer, n. G.
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was embarrassed; but she looked up
at length with a kinder look in her
face than he had yet seen.
"There is nothing l may tell you,"
she said, but this: / am sorry, sin
cerely sorry, that L have misjudged
you, and l think you are generous and
kind to me-"
For that I thank you. And now
again forgive me for having troubled
you to-day-the matter seemed a
pressing one. VIII you-will you still
insist on the Miss Brookin" May l
not sometimes say 'Frances?"
"It matters little," she said at
length. But when he was gone she
reviewed her action with growing
wonder. "What possessed me-what
influenced me to yield so much?" she
asked herself over and over. She was
too young to know that a mystery
was involved in that question as old
as the human race.
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Nothing on earth could tezpt you
to say or do anything that wound en-
danger your young mistress, of
course"
mo, sab. Ole miss say, day she die:
Nanny, take cyar my chile;' an
hole 'er han an promise"
"Do you know that 1 am to marry
your Miss Frances?"
"Fo' God! Who tol' you dat?"
at was in her fathers will. But
you are not to speak of that-not a
word, even to her. The time will
come, nanny, when | shall rely
upon you to help me take care of her
and make her happy. Will you help
me?"
eyes, sab. You can depen' on man.
my night or day. But, marster, when
you goin' marry Miss Frances? She
ain nothin' but er chile now"
"I know that, and that is why am
consulting with you. l am going to
tell you secret. Will you keep it?
1t is to help her"
"Yes, sab! 1 ain goin' tell nobody,
sah"
''Do you know what happened in her
room night before last, nanny, while
you were away?"
what happen dere. sah?'
"a man was shot in there and des-
perately wounded"
"Hush!" The woman's dismay was
genuine; so was her curiosity. She
leaned forward eagerly. who dat
kdone shot imp
81 don't know"
"Who de man got shot?"
81 don't know that. Was there moth
ing wrong about the room when you
came back?" He saw the quick intelli-
gence in her face; and then the At
rican cunning and secretiveness re-
turned.
She shook her head.
"No, sab. Warn't nothin' wrong
when come" Then he, played his last
card.
"You know more than you will tell
me; but cannot waste any more time
with you, nanny. If your mistress is
arrested before morning you go back
to the country for life."
"Take up my Miss Frances!" Nanny
staggered and sank upon the edge of
q chair.
"Yes. The man who was shot in that
room is dead"
Dead"
Eyes. And can do nothing. Every
body hides the facts from me-"
young marster, you don't mean
dey gointer TEX up ole miss's chile?"
Il can't say positively. If thought
so, 1 would have her out of this city in
six hours, and you with her"
ITO Be Continued
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CHAPTER TX.

The momentary happiness which
his unexpected impression upon
Frances brought to Holbin soon gave
place to jealous rage. 1t was impos-
sible for him to rest satisfied. He
told himself that the war was on;
that he had been wonderfully success
full in his contact with the secret foe,
and that victory was still possible.
He went forth blindly into the city,
seeking information Of an unknown
wounded man. but, of course, no ex-
planation was Forthcoming, for the
reason that no one knew of such o
man. AT dark he sought the police
man whose beat was nearest the
Brookin residence.
Pistol shot? Oh, yes; he had heard
pistol shots every night since the war
fever came on; the town was full
of excitement. And the officer re-
riage had been twice driven furiously
upon his street near daylight-the in
cident had impressed him because the
hour was that in which the city was
usually quietest. He had been I'M
der the impression that the carriage
belonged to DR.. Brodnar, and he had
satisfied himself with the reflection
that some sudden illness had made
the speed necessary. why" he
asked, sis there anything wrong
afoot?" Raymond assured him that
there was not and passed on, leaving
the officer convinced to the contrary.
Allthe facts Holbin had gathered now
confirmed Louise, but he had reached
the limit of his powers except in one
ness, and he hesitated long because
of her relation to Frances. Finally, in
desperation he privately summoned
her to his room. The woman stood
looking curiously at him as he
charged back and forth across the
floor until he paused and confronted
her.
You are called nanny, I believe" "
he said, sternly.
"Yes, sah!" Nanny was startled
and amazed.
you are, of course, aware that you
now belong to my mother, and that
have charge of all her property"
"Huccum, sab, b'long to yo' ma? -?
done b'long ter ole miss, an she gi'
me specially to Miss trances!" Nam
my adjusted her glasses and looked
at him anxiously.
THAT makes no difference, woman.
We recognize no will in this house
that conflicts with my mother'sl ]
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A BABYLONIAN BRICK.
served In One of the Per-
ishnble Tablets.

It is marvellous what mass of de-
tailed information has come down to
us in the form of perishable brick tab
let's inscribed, or rather stamped be-
fore firing, with minute and compli-
Gated inscriptions and preserved in the
buried libraries beneath the mounds
of the Tigris and Euphrates valley.
Prof. Sayce is able, for instance, says
the London Saturday Review, to tell us
from one of these tablets how "a wild
ow brought an action before the royal
Judges to recover her husbands prop
erty. She stated that after their mar
riage she and n-Hadad-Nathan had
traded together and that house had
been purchased with portion of her
dowry. This house, the value of which
was as much as 110 manehs, so shekels,
or C 81 10s., had been assigned to her in
perpetuity. The half-brother now
claimed everything, including the
house. The case was tried at Babylon
before six judges in the ninth year of
Nabonidus, and they decided in favor
of the plaintiff" for a woman's dowry
was her own property. This might be
an extract from the law reports of the
Times, and other details of ancient
Babylonian and Assyrian life are not
less precise. 'In the reign of Ammi-
zadok three men rented a field for
three years on terms of partnership,
agreeing to give the owner during the
first two years one CUR of grain upon
each acre. The whole of the third har-
vest was to GO to the lessees and the
partners were to divide the crop in
equal shares on the day of the harvest"
This seems a pleasant kind of agree
ment, worthy of imitation. The third
year free of rent must have been de-
1iuhtflll
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WOMAN RACES AGAINST TIME.
Charters a Special Train to Catch n
Steamer at San Francisco.

Miss Margaret Windeyer, of Sidney,
Australia had an expensive race to
catch the steamer Sierra, which sail
ed the other morning for the anti
podes. Miss Windeyer was coming
across the continent to take the
steamer, and late in the afternoon of
the day before the steamer sailed she
learned that the train would not
reach San Francisco until three hours
after the boat had sailed.
She was determined to get the
boat. She had to reach Sidney by a
certain date or lose much money, be-
cause of some legal contract. Get
me a special train" she told the con-
ductor. A locomotive and one car
brought her to San Francisco from
Wadsworth, just three minutes be-
fore the Sierra was to move from the
wharf.
One of Traffic Manager McCor-
mick's young men was waiting with
a carriage, into which he hurried the
young woman, and the hack was furi-
ously driven to to the wharf. The
hackman obtained five dollars for his
skill
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MimickIng the Queen.

Few people are perhaps aware how
thoroughly Queen Victoria enjoyed a
joke. A gentleman in waiting, whom
we will call Mr.. B, distinguished
for his initiative powers and dramatic
talent, was frequent visitor at both
Windsor and Osborne. One day the
queen, looking with certain auster-
ity straight into his face, demanded:
snow, Mr.. B, am perfectly well
aware that when my back is turned
you initiate me. / wish to see how
you do it this minute!" Poor Mr..
B fell straightway into the royal
trap, crimsoned, faltered and utter
ly lost his countenance. "Ah!" ex-
claimed the queen, 81 see I was right.
You ought to be ashamed of your
self" and then added, laughing as
heartily as any schoolgirl: "But,
mind you, don't do it again"
don Chronicle
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THE PROUD HERO.


<fe rode I'm state before the crowd
That lined the thoroughfare;
He heard the cannon booming loud.
He saw the hats in air.
He heard the music rising high,
He saw the flags above; 81
He heard the people rend the sky
--r--
He rose, responsive to the cheers,
And barred his stately head
And while the plaudits smote his ears
Below his breath he said:
s~They greet me with huzzas to-day,
And should l. then, be proud?
Ere night some newer hero may
BE worshiped by the crowd.
~Ay. but there's one at home whose eyes
Are dim with happy tears
And, proud. he heard her constant sighs
Above their tickle cheers.
s. e Kiser. in Chicago Times-Herald.
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want you to answer my questions now
and conceal nothing, or 1T will be an
unfortunate day for you, old as you
are! Where were you night before
last?" Nanny was astounded. No
one ever addressed her in such man
ner. She had long been a privileged
character. True, since the coming of
the second Mrs. Brookin she had lost
much of her prestige, but she still
held sway over the servants; and in
the wing she reigned supreme.
81 was out to see my daughter what
is hired to DR.. Brodnar, an her hus-
band, he b'longs ter de doctor, sab,
an tends de horses"
'When did you return?" Nanny
looked critically at her questioner and
waited. answer mel"
"Oh, 1 come erlong back mex day,
sah."
"At what time-at what time?"
"Long bout daylight, l reckon,
sah."
Where was your Miss Frances
when you Cameo"
"Where was Miss Frances? Where
you reckon Miss Frances gointer be
bout daylight but in bed?"
"In bed, was she?"
"Yes, sab; an sleepin' like er fed
kitten. What for you askin' me bout
young miss?"
answer my questions. Where did
your daughters husband spend the
night?"
"He spen' de night wild de doctor,
course-comin' an goin' to sick folks
des like e always dol"
"Did he have the carriage out?"
"Course he he'd de kerridge outi"
Holbin walked the floor, more and
more disturbed. He adopted more
gentle method.
Nanny, how long have you been
with this family?"
'Ole marster-way back yonder-gf
me to ole miss when she was born;
an ole miss gi' me ter Miss Frances,
sab. Been hyah alwayai"
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The Cloth of Fail River.

Fall River easily leads all other cot
ton manufacturing centers in Amer
lea. 1t has about one-fifth of all the
cotton spindles in the United States,
and more than twice as many as any
other industrial center in America. 1t
makes S43,000,OO0 yards of cloth an
nually. Every working day its mills
weave more than 1,5U0 miles of cloth,
If all the mills couio be run on one
piece of cloth the fastest express
train could not travel fast enough to
carry off the piece as it is woven,
since the product is more than two
miles a minute.-New England Masa-
zine