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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
NORTH CAROLINA's TWELVE GREATEST
MEN.

1t the test of greatness be of ser
vice to the State I would name the
following twelve as our greatest men
in reply to your request for opinions
on that subject: Caswell, Macon,
Morehead, Swain, Person, Clingman,
Graham, Gatling, W. L. Saunders,
Vance, E M. Holt, T. j. Jarvis. Of
course, if brilliancy of brain and
accomplishments were made the test
men like W. w. Cherry, Johnston
Pettigrew, Mr.. Badger, DR.. Hawks,
Judge Schenck, Henry W. Miller,
Edwin q. Reade, Judge CASTOR, w.
Il. Davie, B. F. Moore, Governor
Bragg and others would necessarily
have to be gone through and the list
made to include more or less of such
names. Sticking to service and omit
ting n Governor Caswell seems
more than any other one to have
thrown North Carolina into the
WING rather than the tory column in
O"O ONA1J N0J o4A W Id We DS0u re-
warded accordingly.
Our chief debt to Macon lies in
the fact he was J~efferson's right
arm in this State when the young
Republic tOttered on the brink OF
oligarchy. Governor MOrehead was
u one business man among the
leaders of his time and marshalled
US the way to such internal improve
ments as the short sightedness and
s~tringency of Eastern shareholders
would permit the State to engage
Swain formed the general mind.
as Pearson formed the legal mind of
more than one generation of the
States best and wisest men, a ser
vice unmeasured this side of the
stars. To Clingman we largely owe
it that Western North Carolina kept
in line with the South and did not
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
PETITION FOR PARDON.

Governor Taylor, Of Tennessee
tells of an interesting interview
with a pardon seeking woman. He
had fed to his summer home tn
escape the crowds of pardon seekers.
when the woman, who had sought
him in vain at the capital, was
ushered into his presence. We'll,
madam, what can I do for YOu?" 81
want to see the Governor sir"
"Wel1, I am the Governor; what is
it?" "Ah, sir, my man he's been put
in prison, sir, and I want to ask if
you won't let him out" The Gov
errors face hardened. He had not,
after all, escaped the pardon seekers.
But he did not turn her away.
"What was he sent up for" he
asked. "You see, sir, he was hun.
cry, and he just stole a ham to keep
US from starving" "Wel1, I'm
sorry, but I cant do anything for
you. Your man must serve the
sentence. There's too much stealing
going on" ooh, Gov'nor, please,
please let him out" pleaded the
woman, the tears flowing down her
cheeks. The tears had their effect.
The Governor softened. Stealing a
ham was not such a terrible crime,
and this poor woman no doubt
needed her husband. He decided to
question her a little. "But why"
he asked, "should I give your man
his freedom?" because, sir, we
are hungry again, and we ain got.
no more ham. "-Current Literature.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
VICTORIA: A CHARACTER STUDY.

Scott and Byron were in their
prime when Victoria began to read.
None of the great writers,-Thack-
cry, Dickens, Bulwer-LyttOn, Ten
nyson, George Elliot, the Browning,
and others whose names have cast
a glory owe her cOuntry,-had yet
begun to work. Darwin, who revo
lutionized science, and profoundly
affected the thought of moraIists and
theolOgians, was then unheard of.
At the time of Victoria's birth,
the tramp of Napoleon Bonaparte's
armies had just ceased to shake the
world, and Bonaparte himself was
listening to the waves of his Water
loo, as they beat against the shores
of st Helena. She saw the thrones
of Europe vacated many times. She
saw her own country politically
transformed from an oligarchy, in
which one out of fifty of the pOpu-
latiOn was allowed to vote, to a de-
mOcracy in which the voters num-
Der one out of six of the inhabitants.
France has changed from it's former
government four times since her
early girlhood days. Italy, then
only u geographical expression"
to use Metterrich's phrase, is now
one of the great powers of Europe,
and the Empire of Germany was
still far in the future.
The United States was in the midst
of the era of good feeling when Vic
tOria was born. Monroe has had
nineteen successors in the presidency
since that time. The United States
had only nine million population,
then. Buffalo and Pittsburg were
frontier towns, and not a house ex-
listed On the site of hat magnificent
metropolis of the Middle VEST
Chicago. The annexation of Florida,
Texas, New Mexico, California, and
Alaska, and all our recent accessiOns
of territory, came since V~ictoria's
birth. The worlds map has been
changed in many places, the world S
ideas have been altered in many re-
spects, and the whole face of human
society has been transformed dur
ing the reign of the queen, who lin
gered just d little longer than the
life of the old century.-Success New
York, for March.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
READING IN THE HOME.

wonder how many mothers exam
inc the literature that falls into their
children's hands.
There are very many papers adj
vertised everywhere that masquer-
ade under a fine title yet are positively
unfit for old or young minds.
Thus recently there came to me in
the mail a sample copy of the Para
gon Monthly, but though from its
title one would expect to find in it a
perfect journal, in fact, it was and
is advertised as g journal of choice
literature for all the family. Such
an advertisement is apt to call forth
many subscriptions, yet the paper is
anything else but a journal of choice
literature.
The first story as I open it up is
"BuffalO Ben, the Prince of the Pts
toll or Deadwood Dick in Disguise, .
''Three- Fingered jack" and other
stories of like import. This paper
offers large cash prizes for largest
list, thus offering inducements that
place this very undesirable publica-
ton in the hands of our boys and
and girls. The question remains,
What is to be done in such a case?
and is easily answered thus: First of
all, in subscribing for journals send
first for sample copies, if they are
new to you. But you always have
a sure way to dO-in subscribing
only for standard publications. Yet
there are new papers coming out
that are worthy of d place on I'll
tables. But there is n class of pa
pers we always sure Of-the farm
papers-Of which there IS a plentiful
and varied supply, and which are
sure to contain pure, wholesome and
interesting literature, and on a great
number of subjects. 1 sometimes
think more space should be given to
the Fireside Department, especially
the young folks; then there are
many women who would have no
reading matter if it were not for the
farm journals. 1t is strange how
close some men are when it comes to
subscribing for wOmen's papers.
Show me the home where plenty of
good, interesting literature abounds
and 1 will show you c~ontented chill
dren. OF book literature | will
write at another time.-Mabel H.
Monsey, Hartford, Wash.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12

follow East Tennessee in the
schism. No man ever sent nv ~
State to Washington wieIdad
larger influence than he. M
ever more adroitly used that ina~
nee in moulding a stubborn wbt-
constituency into secessiOnists .
Governor Graham was the vo;o.
of the State from 1862 to his death
in 1875. No move was made in tbo3
time unless with his silent or ono.
approval. Parnell was never s~tronoo1
in Ireland. R. G. Gatling is a world
famous inventor whom we CLAN,
with pride.
Saunders served in letters to IN,
great good, an able editor, but as tho
brains of the opposition to recon
struction his place is beyond ouea.
ton in the highest niche, Vanca
the elder Holt, and Jarvis, who m,
locked Western North Carolina aro
men known to every one as entitled
to an upper seat.-W. S. Pearson
Morganton, N. c., in News and Oh.
server
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
VINES FROM SEED.

The ipOmeas or morning glOries are
an interesting vine, and some are
brave growers. If the object in
planting a climber is shade, the
Brazilian morning glory, OpOmea
SetOsa,) is suited to the purpose. 1t
branches in every direction and the
ample leaves overlap n another
with the regularity of shingles,
forming a complete curtain through
which little sunlight can penetrate.
1t requires very little attention be-
yond a rich soil for the roots to
revel in, the necessary watering and
Il pinching back of the lateral shoots
if they enCrOach beyond their limits.
The blossoms are borne in the great
est prOfusiOn, Il rosy pink in color,
followed by ciliated reddish seed pods
that add to the beauty of the vine.
The seeds are rather difficult to ger
inmate, being very hard shelled.
They must be placed in almost boil
ing water, and allowed to remain in
a warm place for a week, when they
will swell and puff out to twice their
normal size. Plant and they will
terminate in a week.
A vine that blooms during autumn
is Ipomea gracilis, commonly called
ivy-leaved cypress vine. The seeds
terminate very slowly, often re-
quiring from four to six weeks
time, but once above mother earth
they bid fair to rival Jacks famous
beanstalk. It will cover a trellis or
house completely with its
dark, ivy shaped leaves, and in late
sumner be a blaze of color. The in
dividual flowers are small, but they
are borne on great fOrked racemes
and are Il brilliant red, a perfect foil
to the dark leaves.-E. NJ. Lucas, in
American Agriculturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
TO WIN, DO YOUR BEST EVERY DAY.

1t is difficult to determine what is
success. A knowledge of the way
to attain it is not so difficult.
Summed up, it is just this: do your
best every day, whatever you have
in hand.
The principal failures in business,
so far as 1 can judge, are a lack of
definite plan, shiftlessness, trying to
find some new way to suddenly leap
into a high position, instead of pa
tiently plodding along the old roads
of industry and integrity.-John
Wunamaker.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
STILL ENORMOUSLY INCLINED.

The story used to be told that a
certain volunteer of the Civil War,
who had been accustomed all his life
to a somewhat lazy and luxurious
existence, had the luck to spend his
army service chiefly in the roughe,t
sort OF cavalry raids-he had enlisted
because he Thought it was the
best"-in the toughest possible
sections.
Not infrequently he was reduced
for a meal to stealing the tips of ears
of corn from his horse, and eating
them raw.
"Well," one of his comrades was
once asked, "did this life cure him
OF his luxurious habits?''
"Not a bit. When we were lucky
enough to find a few planks to lie
down on at night, you could always
see G. poking around to see if he
could find one that was made out OF
soft wOOd."-Ex.
An honest man is the noblest work
of God -DOpo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12

Probably the best way to teacn
truthfulness is to practice it and TO
believe in the truthfulness of others
until detected in falsehood. 1t surely
will not be conducive to a chlld
honesty to say, emo such thing,
or "Nonsense, that isn't So" when
his little tale is told. Nor will he
apt to value truth very highly after
hearing his mother call two or three
times, "Harry, come straight IN or
the old black man out in the grass
will cut your legs off"
The gentle insistence that the
rights of father, mother and the en-
tire family be respected, will start
the child on the road with no dis
torted ideas of selfshness, and he
will gradually see the justice OF l
restraint if in turn his w rights
are respected. The child has a right
to his childish toys. He has a right
to expect that punishment or cr1tl-
cism will be given in private. He IN
stinctively feels that he has the right
to be we'll trained, and his whole
nature rebels when corrected IN sea-
son and out, punished for slight
offenses and UNPUBLISHED for serious
ones. He knows when he needs
punishment.
One beautiful picture and a book
or two of the right sort will cost but
little as compared with the new world
they will open up to wondering eyes
and hungry minds.
What was done by the speaker in
teaching to first grade children a
course in nature study is all within
the reach of any mother, if she will
go to the trouble of doing it. This
course was divided crudely into a
study of birds, insects, animals, wild
and domestic, minerals plant life
and weather conditions. We vel
satisfied if the children knew the
haunts of the robin, bluebird, black
bird, ETC., their of flight,
nesting, likes and dislikes Of food
and nest materials, and something
of their habits in general. This was
supplemented with true stories of
bird life. Something of the same
plan was followed with each of the
other divisions.
Each specialist i~nstructs in his
own particular field those youths
who come to him. But if the mother
has done her duty by her child she
must have grounded in him the
foundation of all knOwledge-allli life.
She must have sown in that child
the seeds of manhood or woman
hood strong enough to cope with any
of life's problems, not only capable
of being a good citizen but actually
being one.
Whether she wills it or not the
mothers every act does educate her
child either in the right direction or
the wrong. She has no choice in
the matter, for by supervision Or
neglect she teaches him every hour
in the twenty-four. What she fails
to teach him will mold him just as
surely as the positive acts Of that
mother in the tenement house. He
is the exceptional child who turns
out different from that what mother
made him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
NO PRETTIER CLIMBER THAN ENGLISH
IVY.

Let me urge those who want a
vine fer the bay-window or parlor,
or to train over a screen, to procure
an English ivy this spring. would
rather have a fine specimen of it
than a o of the plants usually
found in window garden collec-
tiOns. 1t is a shame that such d
plant should have been crowded out
by newcomers having but few of its
merits.-Eben f Rexford, in the
March Ladies' Home Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12

els your sister at home, Willie?"
asked Willie's sisters young man.
ono; l heard her say she was en-
gagged this afternoon-but don't be
frightened | don't think it a mar
rying engagement "-Harper's Bazaar
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12

An honest man is the noblest work
of God.-Pope.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12

There are some good people who
are very negligent in paying their
debts. The borrowing propensity is
too much INDUCED. They are always
getting loans of little amounts from
friends and neighbors. They want
the money only until tomorrow,
but they fail to return it. Young
people should resolutely determine
that in all such matters they will
maintain the highest honor. As far
as possible they should cove oman
anything" keeping cut of debt alb
sOlutely but if they have occasion
to ask favor they should repay it at
the hour they had promised it.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12

The sculptor produces the beauti
full statue by clipping away such
parts of the marble block as are not
Observation-Disclosures JOURNEYS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
The Home Circle.
81 SHALL NOT PASS AGAIN THIS WAY"
Says the Homestead {:

Says the Homestead:
For several wears before his death, on December "a, 1899, Mr.. Daniel ).
Ford, the proprietor, editor and builder of the Youths Companion, be-
cause of delicate death, did his work and managed his mammoth bust
ness from a little rOom in his home on one of the beautiful parks of Bos-
ton. When loving hands cleared the plain but convenient desk, there was
found in a conspicuous place, much worn with frequent handhng,t the fol
lowing poem. If the poet had intended to describe Mr.. FOrds daily
words and and actions, he could not have done o in more appropriate
language:
The bread that bringeth strength I want to give,
The waterp pure that bids the thirsty live;
want to help the faining day by day;
I'm sure shall not pas again this way.
want to give the oil of joy for tears,
The faith to conquer CrOwding doubts n fears,
Beauty for ashes may l give Away:
I'm sure shall not pass again this way.
I want to give good measure running DER,
And into angry hearts I want to pour
The answer soft that turneth wrath away:
I'm sure I shall not pass again this way.
1 want to give to others hope and faith
I want to do all the Master saith;
l want to live Alright from day to day;
I'm sure l shall not pass again this way.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-14
Fishing time is near at hand.
The cyclone season has opened.


Rev. w. +. King returned from
ClaremOre Monday evening. q
Mrs. Rachael Silverheel aud son re-.
turned to Chetopa Monday.
jess Cochran, John r. Mcintosh and
b. II Hester came up from Chelsea
Tuesday on business connected with
the court.
The case involving the incorpora-
tion OF Colllnsville has been postponed
for hearing ia Judge Gill's court tiIl
Wednesday the 27th instant.
A petition signed by women ouly
and addressed to the president is be-
ing circulated in this city praying
that intoXiclnts be- kept out OF the
Philippines and our other island pos
sessions.
Mrs. II. Balentine will continue IN
the merchandise business as conducted
heretofore, and would be pleased 10
meet her old customers as well a.
many new ones. DIV
one Of our oldest firms Informs us
that business was one hundred lcr
cent better the past December and
January than the same months last
year. TINS is pointer on the in
creasiug volume OF trade carried on Ia
\tuita,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-14
he WON'T MAKE A MISTAKE.
Man who Got n Porous Present Does
Some serious Thinking for
Himself.

"Yes, / live in Albany" replied the
man with the double chin when ques-
toned by his fellow traveller, "but I'm
thinking OF making a change and NOV
ing TO Buffalo
Don't like the town, eh?" was
queried.
"Why, yes, ] like IL well enough.
Yes, Albany is a very nice town"
mot good for your business, then?'
"Nes, I'm doing fairly we'll"
Nothing further was said and then
the man with the double chin seemed
70 think some explanation ought to
follow and he said:
"Iou see, a curious thing happened
the other day and after studying over
II for awhile / think ! have found the
solution. / was called into an Office
where a number OF citizens were gath
cred and one OF them made a little
speech and presented me with a
sponge"
"with a sponge? That was curl
GUS
'Yes, rather, but ] think know
what IL means. 4 sponge is porous,
you know. II absorbs. It takes up"
And you-you-"
81 have been absorbing and taking
mp wherever / could find a man to lend
me a dollar or drop good thing. The
good people Of Albany have evidently
got on 10 II and think / shall move.
may be mistaken, yon know. Ths
thing may have been intended as a
compliment and the whole town may
be sorry 10 see me 60, but somehow l
take IL the other way and shall pach
up next week and 20 farther west"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-14
oLD-sTYLE GRANDMOTHER.
II IL 90 ne Regretted That She IL
All Too Rapidly BecomiHg
Thing of the Pact.

Persons who still cling with some
love TO old ways and old fashions will
read with approval Temple Bailey'E
dainty little lament over the passing
OF the Grandmother" in the Woman's
Home Companion. lie says, In part;
"Ihe status Of the grandmother OF
the past was fixed and immoyable
Having once acquired the title she was
allowed no other. Her individuality
as woman, wife and mother was lost,
and she was ever afterward recognized
as one who should set aside all per-
sonal ambition and dedicate herself to
the care Of her chldren's children.
To-day We have few grandmothera
OF that type. Secure in the doctrine
OF individual rights. the grandmother
OF modern times declines 10 sacrifice
her life to the demands Of Others Her
life Is her own, she argues; she has
raised her own children, and now is
her time for rest; her daughter must
attend to the rising generation.
"But from the children's standpoint
the passing Of the grandmother Is a
calamity. They will read the stories
Of the past, and will long for the ten
der hearts and willing hands that gave
themselves in service. Perhaps the
hearts are just as tender to-day, but
the hands are engaged In other work,
and childish miRdsbaye q strange way
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-14
POEM OF TIE PACIFIC.


y! wild and restless waves Of the sea,
Vast and endless as the heavens above;
Sickness and misery imparting to me
As you bear me away from friends
love.
Wave after wave, rolling half mountain
high,
Lost in the distance on the glistening
crest.
Where sunlights glimmer, and the sad
winds sigh
over the awful oceans heaving breast.
Measureless depths that no plummet can
sound
Restless and raging the blue billows
foau,
Scattering spray for the sea birds
around
To sweeten the life Of their louly home.
L. J.. DECKER.
February 20, 1901.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-14
PENSACOLA ITEMS.

Farmers are happy over the fine
rain that was so badly needed.
We are sorry indeed to note
the serious sickness Of Lee, the
only son Of j. i. Willhelms.
Mrs. c. E. Jeans and Mrs. J. NJ.
Russell, Of Adair, were the guests
Of Mrs. Martin Monday.
Rev. W. o. Lewis was a pleas.
ant visitor in Pensacola Sunday.
Owing to the rain Sunday there
was no preaching at Utopia Car.
penters are busy working on the
Methodist church and hope to
have it ready for use in another
month.
Mrs. r. L. Martin aud Miss
Victoria Cole were in Pryor Creek
two days last week soliciting for
their church. They are very
thankful for the help they re.
ceiyed.
Sam stille aud Win Curtis have
moved into their new homes, just
finished.
The answer to tbe question
asked by the Rock Creek eorres.
pondent two weeks ago will be
found in Heb, 9th chapter and
9th verse.
The Frlsco viii have NOV Aim.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-14

The tendency to obesity is greatly
dependent upon racial and individual
predisposltion. II is much more pro
nounced in the well-to-dO, who eat
more and take lesS exercise, than with
laborers. Dwelling in fats and using
lifts are further causes for the in
crease OF obesity, while the popular
ity Of the cycle IL a natural reaction
against this reduction Of physical
labor.-London Medical Press.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-14

Of looking for actions rather than mo-
tives The children want the grand
mother whose kitchen is q fairy-land
OF spicy odors and forbidden syeets,
not the grandmother who drives them
TO the ine candy-shop and treats them
TO chocolates and Scotch kisses. in
their small minds, better is the corn
in the pepper with mo4asses-taffy
made at home than ice-cream and
marrons glace from the confectioner.
The moderI child may have many ad-
vantages, but he will still envy his am
cestors who In childhood sat and
watched the molasses bubbling, bub-
bling, as it boiled in a cauldron. the
fire-light making Pickering shadows
as their grandmother told them tales
of primitive days, Of bears and Indians
and wars"