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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01
TWELVE BUSINESS MAx1Ms.

The president of the London
Chamber of Commerce gives these
twelve maxims to insure success:
1. Have a definite aim.
2. Go straight for it.
3. Master all details.
4. Always know more than you are
expected to know.
5. Remember that difficulties are
only made to be overcome.
6. Treat failures as stepping-stones
to further effort.
z. Never put your hand utfurther
than you can draw it back.
8. At times be bold always, be
prudent.
9. The minority often beats the
majority in she end.
10. Make good use of other mems
brains.
II. Listen we'll answer cautiously
decide promptly.
II. Preserve, by all 9 in your
power, ga sound mind in a sound
body"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01
AUNT n LETTER.

To the perfectly healthy, laughter
comes often. But did you ever see
a person who seemed to stife the
laugh and instead utter a sigh? If
you have, be sure that there is
something radically wrong about
that person. "Laugh and the world
laughs with you" Sigh and you
sigh alone. Vacations are many,
but if you will only look around,
you will still see a pleasant enough
world about you.
Most persons are ready to declare
that if a man is not naturally pleas
ant he cannot make himself so. This
is not true. One of the most cheer
full beings I ever knew was n of
Gods afflicted children. Suffering
continually, it really seemed that all
her sky was beclouded and no day
of perfect sunshine dawned on her
horizon, but to her every day was a
bright day and no clouds appeared.
What an example of cheerfulness
she was to those who knew her.
Industry promotes cheerfulness.
Idleness is the parent Of mOrOseness.
Worry shortens life. The cheerful
person lives longest and is happiest.
It is a duty we owe our fellowmen
to look on the bright side of things.
AS childhood is left behind, the habit
is laid aside and the mouth too often
begins to assume that austere down
ward turn at the corner and half
smiles instead of hearty laughter is
all we indulge in. Is this right? Do
not the little folks watch your every
change of expression? Can they
understand, and if SCARE you train
ing them to meet life brAvely? 1 re-
member what fear crept into my
little heart when l watched the old
people at church. Why was it that
they looked so sad if they to
live again and in a happy, beautiful
world not like this one? Did every
thing go wrong with them and we're
all their children bad? These we're
some of the questions l asked my
little self. Are other children unlike
l was? If they are not, remember
that your laughter is sunshine to
those little plants in the house
hold and will help to make them
grow strong and enable them to face
life's storms undaunted. Is it right
to live unIoved? Is it just TO your
better self to make no efforts TO les
sen the burdens of others? Is it
grateful to those who are for you
when you continually meet their
smiles with frowns of discomfort?
All of US become more and more
burdened with the weighty response
bilities of life, but let us take time
to laugh. when you get in a tight
place and everything goes against
you till it seems as if you could not
hold out a minute longer, never give
up then, for that is just the place
and time that the tide Will turn.
Be brave snd the battle is half won.
Three we'll written letters appear
this week. Lucius very properly
urges the Importance of a definite
aim in life. The poet says:
"Half the wrecks that strew Life's
cean-
If some star had been their guide,
Might e'ev nOw be riding safely,
But they drifted with the tide"
Another correspondent furnishes
US an interesting account of the In
dian Congress at the Buffalo Expo
sition, while Mrs. John gives her
views upon n of the topics now mp
for discussion in our Circle.
AUNT JENNIE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01
The Home Circle.
BREAK, BREAK, BREAK.

Break, break, breek,
On the Gold gray stones, o seal
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
o we'll for the fisherman boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play,
0 we'll for the sailor lad
That he sings in his boat on the bay.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill
But 0 for the touch Of q vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is still.
Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, o sea-!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01
TENNYSON'S TWO SEA POEMS.

Tennyson loved all nature, but es-
pecially he loved the sea. From
boyhood he had found delight in the
study of its every mood and change,
and over and owes again it's echoes
sound through his verse. In two
poems, however, his Interpretation
of the sea rises into a flood tide of
poetic feeling and beauty.
The first of these is the fragment,
"Break, break, break! ~ When he
wrote it the poet was still a young
man, with his fame waiting in the
unfolded years, with the ear of the
world as yet but grudgingly accorded
him with his heart wrecked by one
Of its first great sorrowsi in the death
of Arthur Hallam, whose bride his
sister was so soon to have been, and
the closeknit friend of his deepest
heart-"More than my brthers are
TO me''-for whom his love was to
flower in that noblest of elegies,
'In Memoriam."
1t was while this sorrow in it's
freshness touched and Swallowed all
the world for TennysOn that n
spring day, as he walked the pleas.
ant English lanes about his early
home at ~Somersby, instead of the
green grass under his foot, and the
HOssom-starred hawthOre hedges at
his hand, he sawa wide gray sea and
8 gray old church, and above the
song of thrush and skylark, to his
inward ear there sounded the rush
of incoming waves as they broke
white and foaming against the low
cliffs not a hundred yards from
Clevedon church, under whose aisle
Arthur Hallam had found his last
resting place. So, in that solitary
walk, out of his saddened heart
sprang the now familiar lines:
"Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, o sea!
And 1 would that my tongue could
utter
The thoughts that arise in me-"
A poem that voices, as hardly any
other, the hopeless ~yearning, the
longing of bereavement, the sob of
all hearts that ache and eyes that
weep. 1t is not as an expression of
The sea, but because he has made
the sea to stand for the sorrow, the
mystery, the inexorableness of death,
that the world has made it part of
the literature of grief, and multi
Hdes of hearts who never heard
the murmur of a wave or watched
the foam of a breaker have through
it voiced a passion all their own.
Tennyson was an old man of past
~fOursCore when he wrote the other
poem which is TO this the compile
ment, the antithesis, the gloria for
the threnody, Crossing the Bar"
In this the lei is no longer to the
poet a lament for the dead, but has
become the pathway to immortal
life
"When that which drew from out
the bOundless deep
Turns again home"
Not in the springtime was this,
but on a ripe October day, that Ten.
nyson, TO whom lone clear caA''
has already come, for almost the
last time was making the easy jour
ney from Aldworth to his beloved
Farringford and it's fair 9 view,
when in a moment, as he himself
said, there came to him those lines
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

There is no virtue in poverty and
no vice in wealth. There is nc virtue
in wealth and no vice in poverty. 1t
is not honorable to be rich and dis
graceful to be poor, nor d1sgracetuI
to be rich and honorable to be poor
If g mans wealth is the result of his
temperance, his industry, his thrift,
his inventive genius, his wealth
testifes to his virtues ; if it is due to
his dishOnesties, his expressions, his
robbery, legal Or illegal, Of other
men, his wealth testifes to his vices
If his poverty is due to the fact that
he preferred to go down into bank
ruptcy rather than save his fortune
at the cost of those who had trusted
him and at the cost of his own
honor, his poverty is a testimony 20
his virtue if his poverty is due 80
his idleness, his thriftlessness, Ms
drunkenness, his poverty testihes 10
his vices. He who is poor and re-
viles the rich because they are. rlon
indicates, if he does not demonstrate
that he also would be rich If he hat
the ability, that what he lacks IS nOS
disposition but capacity.-LyH"D
Abbott, ID.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

There are many persons who think
Sunday is a sponge with which to
wipe out the sins of the week.
Beecher.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

A woman dies twice the day that
she quits life and the day that she
ceases to please.-Jean Jacques
Weiss.
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ARMY AND NAVY
Fine Showing Of Cadets From the
National Academies,
west POINTERS IN GOOD FORM
Marched as Infantry and Made
Fine Appearance.
4 III E y A V A l. F O Il G f

Undoubtedly the most attractive, j. not
the leading feature. in todays parade. was
the presence of the crack corps of cadets
from West Point and Annapolis, respective
ly These young men are educated at the
expense of the government In all the arts
OF modern warfare. with view TO the pro-
lection of the country In the event of an
outbreak Of hostIlities. Naturally. much
Is expected of them in the way OF drill and
discipline. and 1t is simple truth to say
that they fully met expectations In today 5
military pageant in honor of the command
er-in-chief of the army and navy Of the
United States.
The West Point cadets are the ideal SOL
dlers of the world, and have reached the
acme of perfection In the important essen
tials of drill and discipline. The entire corps
moved as a single body and executed the
different maneuvers and movements with
machine-like regularity and precision. The
marching of the boys I'm gray" under the
favorable conditions of wide smooth streets,
was a revelation and a treat and evoked
frequent and deserved applause from the
spectators all along the line of march.
The corps consisted of five companies,
commanded by Col o. l.. Helm, u. 8. A,
commandant of cadets. and all the tactical
officers at the academy
For instruction in infantry tactics and In
military police and discipline the cadets
are organized into battalion of five com
panies under the commandant Of cadets
each company being commanded by an OH
Ger OF the army. The officers and non-com-
missioned officers are selected from those
cadets who have been most studiOus. sol
qier-like In the performance OF their du'
Ties. and most exemplary in their genera
,6eportment. In general, the captains and
'aieutenants are taken from the nrst class
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Especially Those Relating to the
Islands Commercial Welfare.
ACTION OF DELEGATION IN THIS CITY
Revision of the Tariffs and AboIi-
ton Of Export Duties.
SATISFACTORY RESULTS

The Cuban delegation ION economic af-
fairs" which has had it's headquarters in
this city since the beginning of the month,
issued q statement today in explanation of
its business in Washington and the work
already accomplished. The statement, in
part is as follows:
1.-THE Cuban delegation represents all the
corporations Of Cuba and has the undivided
support of all the political parties Of the
island. The purpose Of its presence here is
explained by the following facts: On the
14th OF January q convention representing
ali the political, agricultural and CONNER
cial interests. as well as the municipalities
of Cuba, assembled in Havana At this
meeting it was determined that after hav-
ing waited two years for the American gov
ernment to take action which would pro-
mote the commercial interests of Cuba, it
was time some step should be taken to
bring about change in the unfavorable
conditions now existing. A committee was
then appointed to make recommendations
the matter, made the following recon-
mendations:
Recommendations Made.
Il. The greatest possible reduction of i'm
port duties on Cuban exports into the
United States. and especially on sugar and
tobacco. the latter in the leaf as we'll as
manufactured, taking into consideration the
different conditions Of said articles.
..2 The abolishment OF export duties on
tobacco and articles manufactured there
from, upon their expectation from Cuba
into other countries.
'.3 The appointment of a Cuban-Ameri-
can commission to revise the Cuban tariffs
on q basis Of .reciprecity. .,s-.s,..,-s.sz
The committoo which mode the recon-
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planters. but as the matter must be first
thoroughly considered by Congress, nothing
can be done at present on account Of lack
of time.
THE delegation is much pleased with the
courteous reception extended to them by
the President. the Secretary of War and
many other high officials Of the govern
ment.
I'm order to have permanent representa-
ton. Mr.. Abad, who has been the leading
spirit in this so far successful movement,
will remain at Washington and continue
nomic affairs, the effect of which has been
to bring the administration into closer re-
lations with the conservative element of
Cuba, which have remained separated since
the occupa tion OF the island by the Ameri-
cans
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doubtedly take advantage Of the opportu-
nifty to attend the ball, where 1t is safe to
assume they will not lack for partners in
the may. They will return to West Point
by special train tomorrow.
The Naval Cadets.
Although not so strong, numerically, as
the West Pointers, the naval cadets from
Annapolis made an equally fine appearance
in todays demonstration. Through stress
of circumstances, for which no one in par
ticular is to blame, the naval boys in blue"
had no liberty while in this city for social
or other pleasures. Their visit was strictly
one of business. They came down from
Annapolis In the morning, and, barring a
short time for luncheon, passed the day In
line, going back to the academy Immediately
after the dismissal of the column. The rea-
son they cannot remain over for the ball
is that no suitable accommodations could
be found for them at night. And again
there was no fund out of which such an ex-
pense could be met. The inaugural COM
mittee offered to meet this expense, but
the offer came too late to permit of secur-
ing suitable quarters.
Owing to a change in the program, the
cadets did not form part Of the Presidents
personal escort was originally intended.
Consequently they did not have to get here
as early as otherwise would have been nee
essary. They took the places assigned them
in line, and made most creditable display,
being excelled by no single organization IN
the line In marching or discipline. They
formed at the Baltimore and Ohio depot
and proceeded at once to the place assigned
them in the first grand division. Arriving
at the Capitol they broke ranks and went
to the Congressional Library, where through
the thoughtfulness and generosity OF Col.
r. NJ. Thompson of New York they partook
Of bounteous luncheon, in marble halls,
surrounded by beautiful and inspiring works
Of art. Col. Thompson was graduated at
Annapolis many years ago and has the true
spirit of an alumnus. In addition to sup
plying the wants Of the inner man he also
donated q magnificent standard to the naval
battalion, which was proudly displayed in
the line today. This standard and the ma
tional colors were the only flags carried by
the embryo admiraFs.
Two Hundred and Sfxty-Five i'm Line.
The corps Of naval cadets was 285 strong
and was commanded by Commander c. Z.
Colahan of the navy, assisted by the tacti-
cal officers at the academy. The corps
marched as infantry and were armed with
the regulation Krag-Jorgenssen rife They
wore their familiar uniform of blue, in
cluding long, tight-fittfng overcoats reach
| ing to the knees and the regulation fatigue
cap with visor. bearing the insignia Of the
| corps and the letters "U. 8. N A. in gold
| ON the front.
The Omcers.
| The organization of the corps was in foul
Accompanies, commanded by the following
named cadet officers: Cadet lieutenant com.
J mander. e. J. King; cadet neutenants. A. q
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S8 silk umderskirts, $685..
the sergeants from the second class; ant
the corporals from the third class.
The Battalion Roster

The following Is the battalion roster Of
officers, according to the last published reg
lister: Captains-E. n. Johnston, F.. W..
Clark, w. D. Smith, w. L. Guthrie. Lieu
tenants-H. c. Jewett. adjutant; ]. H.
Poole, quartermaster; F. P. Lahm, H. B..
Jordan, b. F. Browne, W. H. Lee, w. r.
Bettison, E. R. West, W. S. Browning, c.
+. Cox E. Garfield. jr.; E. d. Peek H. NJ.
Dougherty, A. H. Bryant NJ. S. Crissy, ser
geant major; ]. NJ. Hobson. jr., quarter
master sergeant. First sergeants-F. F.
Longley. w. T. Hannum, F. w. Hinrichs,
1r.; A. F. Casad Sergeants-R. A. Linton,
]. NJ. Gilbert, W. l.. Stevenson, o. N. Tyler,
s Frankenberger. NJ Brooke, c. Telford,
L. V. Frazier. w. A Mitchell. W. H. Car
penter, n. A. Goodspeed, ]. P. Terrell, s.
Abbot, P. II. Sheridan, E. J. Moran, V. S.
Foster; EGste, Corpopals-U. s. Grant, W. N.
Gray, ID. Macarthur, o. G. Collins, F. Will
iams, c. b. Hodges, A. ]. White. NJ W.
Howe, c. I. Leeds, j. l.. Schley, T. F.
NanNatta, jr.; S. NJ. Parker, G. w. Cocheu,
Cpham.
Marched ns Infantry.
The corps marched as infantry and was
armed with Krag-Jorgenssen rifles. But
two standards were borne-the national
colors and the cadet colors The boys
made fine showing. Their uniform
is not so familiar in this city as that
OF the National Guard. and the stay
at-homes know 1t only by repute 1t was
adopted just after the Mexican war, when
General Scott was i'll the height Of his
power, and has been strictly adhere to ever
since. 1t is entirely of gray CLOTH The
coat is a tight-fitting coatee, with short
tail, decorated with black braid, herring
shape across the front and with rows OF
brass bell buttons on the front, on the cuffs
and on the TAIL The trousers are gray
with black stripe. The head covering is
a black shake with black pompon. The
overcoat is long and close-fitting and has
a cape attachment. The hat Is decorated
with the insignia Of the corps and the let
| ters ~. s. NJ. A In gold. White belts are
a feature of the uniform. In addition to
| the regulation waist belt. they are worn
crossed over the breast of coatee and over
] coat. The forage cap is of the chasseuI
pattern. old style, and is decorated with
! the corps insignia.
! Owing to the liberal size of the army
| appropriation for transportation, the West
| Point boys were able to come to the in
| auguration In becoming style and dignity
/ They made the trip from West Point on
| special train, reaching here yesterday af.
| ternoon, and are quartered at the Ebbit,
House. They were given liberty last even.
| ing and. were enabled to visit friends an6
| enjoy themselves generally. After the pa
| rade today they returned to their quarter!
and had good dinner and were then fres
for the evening. Most of them will un
Evening star., 1901-03-04
mendattons was composed Of the following
MeSSrS EIdel s. PiarCa. for The

mendadons was composed OF the FOLLOWING
gentlemen: Messrs. Fidel 8. Pierra, for the
union democratica; Mr.. Alfredo Zayas,
president Of the Economic Society OF Friends
of the Country: Mr.. F. Cuervo. for the
Planters and Farmers Associations; Mr.
Garcia Marques, for the Cigar and cigar
ette Manufacturers Union; Mr.. Laurence
Rodrigues of the chamber Of commerce OF
Cuba, Mr.. Carlos Farraga of the national
party and Mr.. L. V. de Abad, as leader of
the movement-all Of whom are very proml-
nent and highly respected citizens OF CUBA.
Mr. Zayas was the only one who was a
member of the constitutional convention.
The Delegation Here.
"In order to carry out these measures, as
we'll as others which may be asked in the
future, 1t was ordered that committee or
delegation be appointed to go to Washington
for the purpose Of laying before the Presi-
dent the reforms desired. The convention
also appointed an executive committee to
direct proceedings from Havana, and with
which the delegates at Washington should
confer until the desired objects were at
tanned.
1.-The executive committee referred to
above consists of two representatives from
each corporation and political party. Mr..
Zayas, the president, is also president Of the
Society Of Friends of the Country. which
is an economic corporation, organized in
1895. by Captain General D. Luis de las
Cases, and the vice president, Mr.. Garcia
Marques, is the president Of the Cigar and
Cigarette Manufacturers Union Of Cuba.
1.-THE members Of the delegation in Wash
ington are Mr.. Louis V. Place, prominent
merchant of Havana, who is connected with
various steamship lines and different enter
prises; Mr.. Alberto Broch, owner of one OF
the largest sugar plantations in the prov
ince Of Matanzas; Mr.. Domingo Villamll, a
director of the Havana Commercial Com
pany, and one of the oldest and most prom
inent manufacturer Of the island, and the
secretary, Louis V. de Abad, Is an engineer
and well-known publisher and statistician
of Havana.
1.-THE delegation has written the President
asking for the granting of the measures
recommended by the economic convention.
What Has Been Accomplished.
Two Of the requests have been already
practically granted. One of them is for
the appointment of Cuban-American COM
mission to revise the Cuban tariffs. and the
other is the abolishment of the export du-
ties which 1t Is understood the American
administration considers a heavy burden
on the agriculturists of Cuba, and unjust.
1.-THE tobacco planters, whose interests
have so severely suffered during the war,
are now paying taxes which are contrary
to the economic principles of the United
States, and in consequence thereof this bur-
den has greatly discouraged the Cubans.
with respect to an arrangement concern
ing a modus vfvendi with Cuba. the Ameri-
can administration Is in accord with the
wishes OF the Cuban sugar and tobacco
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MORGAN TO HAVE A CHANCE.

Secretary Long Disregards Admiral
SIMPSONS Indorrsement.
Secretary Long sent to the Senate Satur-
day the correspondence in the case Of the
application of Gunner Morgan to be an en-
sign in the navy. It contains the Sampson
Endorsement, heretofore published, and
statements by Sampson and the Secretary
that they did not make the Endorsement
public. t
Secretary Longs Endorsement. which Is
the only new feature Of the matter, is as
follows:
referring to the second paragraph of
Admiral SIMPSONS Endorsement. the bu-
reau Of navigation will grant Gunner Nor
gan an opportunity Of competing for a COM
mission as ensign In case the necessary
provision in the naval appropriation bill
now pending shall become a law and in
case he meets the requirements thereof"
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Howe w. N. Vernon, R. Williams. c. a.
Conway; cadet Junior lieutenant and adju-

conway, Cduet JuIlloI lieutcHdHt dilu duJu-
tant, A. Andrews; cadet Junior lieutenants,
H. E. Cook, W. B. Fogarty, L. l.. Spaf-
ford. ]: G. Fremont; cadet ensigns; b: c.
Allen, ]. Downes, c. T., Hutchins, w. Rer-
tholf; cadet chief petty officer, G. Whit
lock; cadet petty officers. first class, first
division, r. S. Keyes, j. T. Burwell, G. l..
Bruff, W. Norris; second division, l.. b.
Mcbride, W. H. Stcinhagen, c. Goodrich.
R. S. Masley; third division, G. w. S. Cas-
tie, S. NJ Henry, 1. I. Yates, H. c. Rich
ardson; fourth division, ]. M. Enochs. J. A.
Furer, O. w. Fowler, j. l.. Hileman; cadet
petty officers. second class. first division,
B. A Long, C. w. Fisher. L. s. Cox, q. f.
Blair; second division, j. L. Ackerson, W.
W. Galbraith, NJ. H. Simons, I. r. kurtz;
third division, E. A. Brooks, P. w. Foote,
E. c. Hammer. J. H. Walsh: fourth division.
G. C. Westervelt, A. P. Fairfield, B. B. Wy
CANT R. F. Zogbaum.
After passing in review by the President
at the White House and by the grand mar
shall at the corner of 14th and K streets,
the gallant boys from Annapolis will go
direct to the railroad depot. and. boarding
their train, go back TO their studies at the
academy.