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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
A WORD TO THE INDEPENDENT BOY.

There are boys who do not like to
ask favors, and we confess to having
a good deal of sympathy for them.
Independence is a good thing. A
true, manly boy wants to stand
sduarely on his own feet, without
making a prop of anybody or any
thing. He believes in his ability to
make his own way without asking
any odds. We glory in his pluck
and eIf-reliance; still if our indie
pendent boy were in a strange city,
and DESTROYS of finding a certain
street and number, he would hardly
set off to hunt it up without asking
directions. In a city of any size, he
might spend days in his search be-
fore he was successful. Instead of
wandering about in this haphazard
fashion, it would be vastly more
sensible to ask the policeman on the
nearest corner for directions.
independence is an ideal which
must not be followed slavishly.
Stand on your own feet, but do not
be afraid to ask someone else for the
right path. Work your way, but do
not hesitate to take a helping hand
when you need it. If it is a good
thing TO do favors, 1t must be right
TO ask them occasionally, and the
manly boy does not need to feel that
he has sacrificed his self-respect when
he asks another for necessary help.
Young Peoples Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22

The soil for bulbs grown in pots
should be a rich, mellow one, made
up of garden loan, sand, and old
cow-manure in equal parts. Work
it over until you have a mass of fine
material. Prepare it before the
time comes to pot your bulbs, 80
that there need be no delay in plant
ing them on their arrival. It is quite
important that all bulbs should go
into the. ground as soon as possible
after they r received, as the mois-
ture which they contain evaporates
rapidly, and with it goes much of
their vitality. Leave them exposed
to air and light for two or three
weeks, and they will be so weakened
that the flowers they produce will be
few and inferior.
SOIL FOR BULBS.
All bulbs like a rich, we'll drained,
mellow soil. They will not do well
in heavy soils, and a great deal of
A4O4SoO4O 0DOu6 OAO44 4OO6S AS 4Ho04 "
them. Therefore in seleotinga place
for them choose one naturally well
drained, if possible. If you are not
sure of good, natural drainage, set
about providing a g of escape
for surplus water by excavating the
soil to the depth of at least a foot
eighteen inches would be better
and filling IN at the bottom of the
excavation with from four to six
inches of broken pottery, brick, old
oans,-anything, in fact, which will
not decay readily and allow the soil
above it to settle back into it's former
haJdness, and thus become as reten-
tentive of moisture as it was before
anything was done with it.-Eben e.
RexfOrd, in October "New" Lip
pinoott.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
FOUR LITTLE GRIZZLIES.

Their mother was just an ordinary
silver tip, loving the quiet life that
all bears prefer, minding her own
business and doing her duty by her
family, asking no favors of any one,
excepting to let her alone. IL was
July before she took her remarkable
family down the Little Piney to the
ClaybuIl and showed them what
Strawberries we're and where TO find
them. Notwithstanding their moth
er's deep conviction, tne cubs were
not remarkably big or bright yet
they a remarkable family, for
there four of them, and it is
not often a grizzly mother can boast
of more than two.
The woolly. coated little creatures
were having a fine time and reveled
in the lovely mountain summer and
the abundance of good things. Their
mother turned over each log and fiat
stone they came to. The moment it
was lifted, they all rushed under it,
like a lot of little pigs, TO pick up
the ants and grubs there hidden. Is
never occurred to them that mann
my's strength might fail some time
and let the great rock drop just as
they went under it nor would any
one have thought so that might have
CHANGED to see that huge arm and
that shoulder sliding about under
the great yellow robe she wor No,
no, that arm could never fail. The
little nes were quite right. So they
hustled and tumbled over one an
other at each fresh log in their haste
TO be first, and squealed little squeals
and growled little growls, as if each
q a pig, a pup, and a kitten, all
rolled into one.
They were we'll acquainted with
the common brown ants that harbor
under logs in the uplands but now
they came for the first time on one
of the hills of the great, fat, luscious
wood ant, and they all crowded
around 80 lick up those that ran out.
But they soon found that they were
looking up more cactus proxies and
sand than ants, till their mother
saidin Grizzly: "Let me show you
how" She knocked off the top of
the hill, then laid her great paw fat
On it for a few moments and, rs the
angry ants swarmed TO it, she licked
them up with one lick and got a rich
mouthful to crunch, without a grain
of sand or cactus stinger in it. The
cubs soon learned. Each put his lit
tie brown paws, so that there was a
ring of paws all around the ant-hill /;
and there they sat, like children
playing "hand," and each licked the
right and then the left paw, or one
oufed his brothers ear for licking a
paw that was not his own, till the
ant hill was cleared out and they
we're ready for a change Ernest
Seton-Thompson, in the Century.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
ChiIdren's Column.
WHEN BEDTIME COMKs

When bedtime comes, the stupid
child
Is ross and tries 80 run away
As if the long, long day were not
Enough for little peoples play.
When bedtime comes, the clever
child
Gives every one a happy kiss
And of to dreamland hurries, lest
Some flying, merry dream he miss.
When bedtime comes in our town,
Your, cannot find a curly head,
Or good, or bad, or in between,
That isn't safely tucked in bed.
Margaret E. Sangster, in Youths
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
PRAYING

But can we pray constantly? Will
It not divert US from u work? No,
it will not. Praying constantly
means two things. 1t means having,
in all that We do and say, the pray.
srful spirit, the sense of Gods near
ness 5 % US and 80 him, so that We
feel his presence, and act as in his
presence. This will help, and not
hinder, our work. When we are ex-
peoting soon TO see dear oneF, we are
nos lnoapacitated by our expectancy.
We work the more eagerly and in
Fasely, but with a light and joyous
heart. Is is so in Jesus service.
We can live in the prayer-Uonscious
ness of his presence whatever our
work OF pleasure. Whatever cannot
Be done in this prayer sense of
Christ, we may be sure, is an unal-
loWable thing. But, secondly, IN
Casing prayer means constant actual
timing from our task to speak to
Tod. And we can and must do that.
We cannot live a whole day through
On one single word TO God at the
lay beginning. We could not work
With 81 friend all day On suoh terms.
Much less can we do 80 with God.
Onc7 snd again and again during the
DAY, We must turn definitely TO him
'or friendship, for counsel, for
'trength.-S. S. Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22

It is estimated by some and we
suppose the estimate is about cor
rect, that consumption carries away
about one seventh of the human
race. It's ravages r decreasing be-
cause the public is gradually getting
hold of a few correct ideas about the
disease.
First, It is not, strictly speaking,
hereditary. There is, however, a
certain type of men more liable to
contract consumption than others /;
in other words, there is a oonsump-
tive type, unduly tall, narrow chest
ed and of low vitality. The narrow
chest and low vitality are hereditary
and this has led to the popular opin-
ion that consumption itself is, which
is a mistake.
Second, The public is learning that
consumption or tuberculosis is a
germ disease and that the proper
method of prevention lies in prevent
ing the germs from finding entrance
into the system. The germs +
mainly distributed through the
exoretions, particularly through the
spittle and %excretions from the
trils. II these are allowed TO fall
upon the floor, they become dry and
in sweeping the room find lodgment
in carpets and furniture and +
thrown into the air, whence they are
taken into the lungs of the family.
It is in this way that whole families
are carried of by the disease.
Again we are beginning TO discover
that the vigorous man when in his
normal condition does not readily
succumb TO consumption even when
infected with the germs. 1t is the
person in delicate health or of weak
power that contrcts the disease.
Again, we are learning that medi-
cines do little good, nor is there
nearly so much in change of climate
as people imagine. Sunshine and
pure air with simple, nutritious
food are natures remedies for this
scourge of the human raoe.
There are doubtless in many of the
homes which Wallaces' Farmer visits
young people who give signs of in
cipient consumption, a bad cold that
hangs on for a long time, a dry
cough followed by a decline"
When these symptoms OCCUR prompt
action is essential.
There should be perfect ventilation
in the sleeping room. Many beauti-
full girls die prematurely because
their parents have a notion that
night air is unhealthy. What kind of
air can we have at night except night
air? Instead of closing the windows,
open them. Put the bed where there
is no draft; put IN extra clothing.
Sleep this way summer and winter.
Persons who are in danger of CON
sumption should keep in the sunlight
and open air as much as possible. If
possible, they should sleep in a tent
during the summer and as many
months of the year as they can The
main value of a change of climate is
that it gets the patient into the open
air ard under circumstances where
he is compelled to be in the open air
as much as possible. In short, the
open air treatment is about the only
treatment that does any good, and
if begun in time and persevered in it
will in a large number of cases effect
a cure. When the comforts of home,
the attentions of friends, and plenty
of fresh air and sunshine can be OBJ
tanned, the chances for recovery as
home are much better than in any
part of the world among strangers.
-Wa1lace's Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22

My way of raising roses from slips
is to cut the slips from the new
growth of the rose, about the first of
November, or just before frost.
Have ready for them a pit prepared
in the following way. For seventy
five slips a pit four feet deep, three
feet square. Fill it to about one
foot from top with fresh stable
manure, we'll packed; put on top of
manure four inches of rich garden
soil. On the soil put four inches of
sand, and then pour on all the water
that it will take, then put in the slips
by pushing them in the sand. Put
over them a sash and screw it down
at the four corners. Do not open
until the warm spring days come.
By May I have seventy five we'll
rooted slips, ready to be transplanted.
This is easily done by allowing a
little of the soil to remain on the
roots. Mrs B. B. DANIEL.
Rockfsh Depot, Va.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22

It is easier to go six miles to hear
a sermon than to spend one quarter
of an hour in meditating on it when
I come home.-Philip Henry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
Christian Life Column,
2

Some years ago, the pastor of one of
.be New York City churches pithily
,nmmed up in two little verses what
.sems to me the whole philosophy Of
,beerful and happy living.
The world ia wide
In time and tide,
And God is guide
So do not hurry.
The man is blest
Who does his best,
And leaves the rest
So do not worry.
If committed to memory, these
ample lines will often reour in hours
If WEAKNESS and encouragement,
and ring like silvery chimes in the
.oul. reviving our hopes and reveal
inc 70 the clear vision of faith a sure
way of escape from every tangled
tbicket of earth. Is has passed into
a Droverb that sit is worry and not
work that kills" and the true secret
of a and contentment is TO take
abort views, and live in the present,
turning alike r~esolutely away from
hitter memories of the past, and
from fears and forebodings for the
future. The divine words ring with
no uncertain sound-''TRke there
fore no thought for the morrow for
the morrow shall take thought for
the things of itself. Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof" Says
that accomplished woman and strong
thinker, Anna Robertson Brown,
"Only the serene soul is strong.
Every moment of worry weakens
the soul for its daily combat. Worry
is an infrmity; there is no virtue
in lit"
Build a little fence of trust
Around TO day;
Fill the space with loving work,
And therein stay,
Look not through the ~sheltering bars
UDOu bO ulOE1O"
God will help thee bear what comes,
Of JOY or sorrow.
The only sure cure for this disease
of worrying is a fixed, unfaltering
faith in an overruling providence
and a firm conviction that not we
ourselves, but God is responsible for
the government of the world, that
while we must be earnest and dill
gent in doing "the little we can do"
TO relieve suffering and distress
wherever we find them, failing not
10 speak the word in season, 80 give
the cup of cold water, the smile, the
tear, when thereby we may per-
chance raise the fallen or cheer the
weak we must be ever submissive
to the guidance of Him who never
makes mistakes, who cannot err.
DOst thou ask when comes this hour?
Then when it will aid the best;
Trust his fsithfulness and power,
Suffer ON, and wait
Jesus never comes too late.
Christian Observer.
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4. c. Farmsrg' State Alliance.

President-W. B. Fleming, R~idgeway, War
rem Co., NC.
VicePresident-T. P. Johnson, Salisbury,
Rowan Co N c.
secretary-Treasurer and State Business Agent
Il. B. Parker, Hillsboro, Orange Co., NC
Lecturer. G. Balm, Wade, Cumberland, Co.,
N. G.
chell, Wayne Co., NC.
Chaplain-Rev. W. g. Mercer, MoyOck, Curri-
tuck Co., NC.
Doorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane. Greensboro, Gull.
ford Co., N. G.,
sergeantat-Arms-R. Il. Lane, Aurora, Bean.
fort Co., NC
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A. Ora
ham, Machpelah, NC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
]. W. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh, N. O
W. B. Fleming, RidgeWay, N. c.
J',hn 9raham WarrentOn, N. {,
J'r. J. e. Person, Pikevi1le, n. G.
Thomas J. Oldham, Ter, N. G.
North Carolina Department Of Agriculture.
OFFICERS.
commissioners. L. Patterson.
Secretary-T. K. Bruner.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sherman.
State Veterinarian-Tatt Butler.
State Chemist-B. W. KiIgOre.
Botanist and Biologist-Gerald Mccarthy.
Postofdcs address Of all officers, Raleigh,
NC
n. G. Crop Pest Commission.
8. L. Patterson, Chm'n, Raleigh; Dr.. B. W.
Kilgore, Raleigh; ]. Van Lindley, Pomona.
NC. Agricultural Experiment Station.
DirectOr-B. W. KilgOre, Raleigh, N. C.
AgricuIturist-C. W. Burkett, West Raleigh,
N. c.
Horticulturist--W. F. Massey, West Raleigh.
Nc
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which are sure to follow If the pOisouG
are allowed to remain. It gives great
vigOR to the hearts action and digestive
system, both Of which are apt 20 fail
rapidly in this disease.
PerunR cures CRfanh Of the kidneys
simply because it cures GREREnh Wher.
overloaded.
A book on cAtarrh, written by Dr..
Hartman, Will be sent free 20 any Cd
dress by The PCrunS Medicine O.
Columbus, Ohio.
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COMMITTEE

Col. r. W. Wharton, Washington, N. c.; DR..
r. h. Speight, Wrendale, N. c.; r. n. Kicks,
Rocky Mount, n. c.; q. H. Knight, Eagle
Rock, N. c.; w. L. Kennedy, Falling Greek,
N. c.; Gen. T. +. Toon, Lumberton, n. O.; Oh.
Elias Fulp, FuIP, N. c.; W.. L. BOuldin.
ArchdaIe. N. G.
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MI. John Vance, of Hartford City, Ind.
says: any kidney trouble is much
better. 1 have improved SO much that
everybody wants to know what medi-
cine I am using. I recommend Peruna
to everybody and some have commenced
to use it. The folks all say that if DIR.
Hsrtmsn's medicine cures me it must be
great"
Mr.. j. Brake, Of PefrOEea, Ontario,
Canada, writes: '"FOur years ago I
had a severe attack of Brghf'S Dis
ease, which brought me so low the
doctor said nothing more could be
done for me Ibegan to to take Peruna
snd ManRLin, and In three months I
was q well man, and have continued
so ever since"
at the appearance ofthe frstsymptOm
Of kidney trouble, Peruna should be
taken. This remedy strikes at once the
very root Of the disease. It at once re-
ueves the catarrhal kidneys Of the stag
usnt blood, preventing the escape Of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22

The ill-natured man gives himself
a large field to expatate in he ex-
poses those failings in human nature
which the others would cast a veil
over.-Addison.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22

To- r-Ier-ng and peace are marvel
sT III Mingled in p~urgatory. There
a. S~-frr ny comes from Gods hands,
~ 't, distance of the will forms
para a the pain. Happy he who
a., suffer in pure peace and acqu1-
~0o-.7 and observation-disclosures
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AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY.
n. C. Cotton PlantsrS' Association

President-W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. O.
S~ecretary-Jno. P. Allison, Concord, N. O.
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n. c. Tobacco Growers Association.
Fr~esident-JOhn g. Cunningham, Cunning.
hams, NC.
Vice-President-J. B. Phillips, BattlebOro
n. 9.
Secretary-T. B. Parker, HillsbOro, N. O.
Treasurer-W. E. Upchurch. MorrisviIle, N. Q.
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4 hlnd worded man is a genial
nan, and geniality is power. Moth
"g sets wrong right 81 soon as
s0nlaatv. There are a thousand
'n'ngs 20 be reformed, and nc refor-
IA1gn succeeds unless it be genial.
4 genial man is both an
apostle and an evangelist-an
apostle because he brings men to
Su'lst an evangelist because he por-
"a3S Nlrist TO men.-Faber.
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n. c.
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n. G. Crop Pest Commiggion,


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Kilgore, Raleigh; ]. Van LindIey, Pomona.
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DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASES CURED
PerUn8 Creating q National Sensation in the Cure
Of Chronic Ailments Of the Kidneys.

serum from
the blOod.Pe-
run8 stirnu.
lates the kid
neys to ex"
crete from
the blood the
accU f.
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vents the
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Arizona republican., 1901-10-31
A PLEASING SPEAKER.

Miss Brehm is an intellectual looking young woman who impressed her audi erce as a deep and earnest student of Christianity. She has a pleasing ad- dress and is the happy possessor of that rare combination In a speaker, well modulated voice and an earnest man. ner that impresses her hearers more than the mere force of the words. She delivered her address in easy conver- sational style that won the hearts of her hearers, and in a manner that left no doubt of the fact that she was thor ouShly conversant with the subject of her discourse. At the close of her re- marks the lady was surrounded by the members of the congregation, who showeTed congratulations upon her. St. Louis (Mo.) Republic.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-31
MINING NOTES.

Report comes from Big Bug district of nine camps in active operation with in short distances of each other. The Gladstone is one of these camps, and second to none. On this property the hoist is in place. the tracks are laid. timber for four buildings is on the ground and in one of the most work manlike and best constructed shafts imaginable four feet of very rich ore is exposed. It is stated that a mill will soon be in operation on this property Courier.
 When the district court met this morning Colonel William Herring rep resenting w. H. Lake asked that the Cuprite mining case be taken up inn mediately. A temporary injunction was granted and the defendants gave S1, 1000 bond. When Judge Davis refused to take up the case this morning Col oEel Herring asked that a larger bond be demanded, but this also Judge Davis refused to do. The case will be heard one week from tomorrow.
 Alex Grant and J. E. Suits. two So- nora mining men, are in town. They have recently bonded their valuable nora, to an eastern mining company, who are at present developing the prop critics with very satisfactory results. MT. Grant is in Bisbee for the purpose of getting a bond on the California mine in the same camp for the same company. One of the owners of the California property is living in Bisbec. -Review.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-31
Mines and Minerals of Arizona

captain, however, has a number of valuable claims in that vicinity now and he is considering two or three diff ferent propositions which will result in the near future of either a sale or ex- tensive development work on his prop erty. which carry veins of gold, copper and silver.
 Indian Agent George D. Carson of San Carlos and Dr. R. H. Ross. the agency physician. were at Bowie last Saturday. en route to Tucson for few days visit. MT. Carson reports that the Indians are quiet and peaceable. There are over 300 children in the schools at San Carlos and Rice station. Dr. Ross is the only physician on the reservation.
 D. B. Mccall. formerly of Stafford. is in the employ of the Buckeye Mining company. driving a team and will eX- pect promotion with the installa tion of the concentration. MT. Mccall has had much experience in mining and be- sides is a good machinist.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-31
SAVING PLACER GOLD
Novel Machinery Used by the Mayer
 Mining Go.

A novelty in Arizona mining is being conducted about two miles north Nof Mayer by the Mayer Placer Mining company. says the Prospect. The pres ident is H. M- Swea tland of New York. editor and proprietor of an engineering journal called Power" who is expect ed here from the east the first of No vember to visit and inspect the plant. w J. Lester has charge of the work and has introduced the New Zealand process oL dredging and washing placer ground, the first process of the kind to be introduced in the territory. Tine machinery was built by the Marion Steam Shovel company of Marion, O.. and constructed from plans especially designed for the operations of this com pany.
 The capacity of the shovel is one and quarter yards of gravel per minute, and of the washing car one yard per minute. About thirty-fve horse power is required to operate the plant. The dirt and gravel lifted by ne steam shovel is deposited into steel lined hopper, and 2 centrifugal pump throws the water into a six inch pipe which washes the earth from the hopper inCo what is known as trommel which :s a cylinder. in this case twenty feet in length, two and one-half feet in diam eter and perforated with holes. the largest of which are half inch which