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General spsulding. Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury Department has been
commissioned by President Roosevelt to
act as Secretary Of The Treasury when
ever the Incumbent Of the Office. The Hen
Leslie NJ. Shaw rs absent or IN.
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ICB-CLAD HILLS give
J0Y TO COASTERS
Ihirtieth Street the Fav0rite
for Sled and Truck.
hut Il Has Its Drawbacks r. Its
Tragic history Amply DisclOscs.
Despite Its NiIe-Iong Coast.

i large number of Youngsters in
Georgetown are evidently striving dill
gently ,c lay themselves up for repairs
The present cold wave has frozen the
wet snow in the streets into solid ice. and
the hhls in Georgetown are one conrin-
nous ice track
Ihirteth Street has less traffic. per
haps. than any other street in that sec
lion OF the city which extends from north
10 south. Beginning at Oak Hill Gene
terry o. the heights # continues on down
30 Nh, wharves along the Potomac River. a
Gown grade all the way of nearly a mile
This is now covered with a thick sheet
OF ice. anordiHg an excellent coasting
ground for the urchins with their sIeds
from Herring Hill. Brickyard, Frog ISL
end. Boston. and other localities having
equally suphonious titles.
Three Car Lines Cross II.
Three street car lines interesect Thir-
tieth Street. however. and in that par
ocular part Of Georgetown the cars move
at an unusually high rate Of speed. The
cars Of the Washington Traction Com
pany cross the track OF the coasters at
p Street and numbarton Avenue. while
those Of the Capital Traction Company
cross 1t at NJ Street.
From time immemorial this hill has
been a favOrite with coasters. men as
well as boys. II was the custom to sta
ton boy at each OF the street where
the track was intersected by a car line.
whose duty it was 10 give those on the
u . dc inn. TrH
cars II a car was In sight they would
| run up on the pavement and stop their
I trucks; II not. they would dash on
| across the tracks and continue down 10
the river
The Tragedy Of 1899.
Three years ago. owing TO the lack Of
| a Waterman. a large truck loaded with
/ young men and women coIIidcd with a
rapidly moving car on p Street Two Of
the young men were killed and all Of the
others more OF less severely injured. For
time after that all cCasting across car
tracks was prohibited by the police.
Now. however. owing to the fine track
Of ice which clothes Thirtietb Street
hill, the youngsters are again making the
long trip on their sleds regardless OF the
danger incurred. The police have epdeav-
ored 20 stop them. but as soon as their
backs are turned the boys. and even a
number Of girls. begin again.
Startling Rate of Speed.
The rate Of speed at which they make
their descent is startling. And they have
even dispensed with the customary urchin
who watches ard gives notice Of the aD-
preach Of cars. Many a pedestrian who
mas endeayOred 10 cross the hill has been
swept from his feet and conveyed az the
risk OF life and limb TO the wh2ryes AT
the foot Of the street. And not a sew per-
sons have been hurt in this manner.
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TIMELY REPORT ON ICE.
Census Tells Us All About the Arti.
fetal Product

The Census Bureau today made public
a preliminary report regarding the manu-
facture Of artificial ice which shows 7sJ
establishments in operation IN the United
States In 1900 as compared with 222 in
1880, an increase Of 564 establishments or
2541 per cent
The capital invested in the industry !a
1900 was S5s.159.524. as compared with
$S,S+6.46s In 1890. an increase Of S27.312.-
$50 or Z87.J per cent
The value OF the products IN 1900 were
SO S39. 554 as compared with $4,000. $50 in
1890. an Increase Of s.. 1856 or 1924 per
cent
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Chine.e - IndemnIty.

The State Department has been noti-
fed that the first instalment OF the Chi
nese indemnity was paid to Minister Con-
ger on January 81 The amount IS not
stated IN the despatch.
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INDOOR BASEBALL TONIGHT.
District A. {. VIII play It, First
Game with Fort Myer.

The District Of Columbia Athletic Club
viii make its first public appearance to-
night it, an indoor game Of baseball with
the -eam representing the Fort Myer
Heights Club. The game viii begin az
s.5o O'Clock and will be played f. the
For, Myer Club Hail, Georgetown.
Following will be the lineup.
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The Temperatures registered by the
standard Thermometer at House & Herr
MAINS TO-DAY were 9 a. IT,. I6 degrees.
II m. IS; 1880 p. d.. p
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The ID. C. A. q. b. DESTROYS Of auEir-
games with other local teams aud com
munlcatiOns upon the subject may be- cd
dressed % Frederick Loipsik manager
4Os X street southeast
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TEMPERATURE.

Temperature at a m Is
temperature at y noon. "a
temperature Of 100 p. m...............I9
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sTREET LTGHTINc

High ide-........ 3:43 An and Alp pm
Low ude.........10:30A AN. and Mo P. n
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For Mardi Gras a

For MRrdi Gras at
New Orleans, Mobile, and Pensacola
Seaboard Air Line viii sell low-rate round-trip
tickets, with stop-over privilege For fun infor
nation call 1871 Pennsylvania Avenue
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THE TIDE TABLE

sun rose---i:CS An. sun sets. SOB Pm
Moon rises $40 Az Moon sets.........
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Norfolk & WHshsDEtOn HteambOaT %
Delightful trips daily at $50 p n from foot
7th e.. 20 Old Point Comfort. Norfolk. Virginia
Beach. and Newport News See ad- page Z
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HOW INVENTION PROMOTES PEACE.

Anything that advances the cause
of peace among men is to be well
coined and nothing of late has done
half so much to pr mote this good
cause as the shattering of military
ideas and traditions by the hand of
the inventor. Liberty, industry,
and OF utilization have suffered in uu-
told measure for half a century
past by reason of the arrogance and
dominance of professional militia
rism in Europe. But now, in the
opening of this new century, it has
dawned upon the minds of states
men and ordinary citiz9ns alike that
mllitarism as a system is abso-
1utely doomed. From this point of
view, the continuance of the South
African war, with all it's misery and
shame, has been of Immense value
TO the world as an object lesson It
has demonstrated the Ineffective
ness of regular warfare under the
new conditions made possible by
such invensions as the long range
rifles, with smokeless high explo-
sives. The Beers themselves,
though evidently their leaders had
some glimmering consciousness of
their defenttve strength, had nc
really intelligent idea of the course
that events were destined TO take.
If they had known at the beginning
VIII they know now, they could
have greatly prolonged the war, and
probably wor England out in the
end, by a o careful avoidance of
open actions and by the adoption of
guerrilla methods long before they
mad exhausted their supplies and
munitions and had allowed great
bodies Of their best men to be cap
tured.-From "The Progress of the
World" in the American Monthly
Review Of Reviews for January.
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SOME CABINET CHANGEs-sECRETARIEs
PAYNE AND SHAW.

There were an unusually large mum
Der of changes in the Cabinet while
Mckinley was Presidents and the
changes now attracting the attention
of the country may not be due en-
tlrely to Roosevelt g accession.
The retirement of P rstmaster Gen
eral Smith was the first break after
Mr.. McKinley's assassination. His
successor. Mr.. Payne, is a poll
tioian, though of the better sort, we
belle We. The only other noteworthy
faot in this connection is that Mr.
Payne is DESTROYS of diminishing the
influence of the Southern Republi
Gan machine in national conventions
and other party affairs, and GORE
spOndingly increasing the power of
the States that give more Republi-
can votes. At present, we believe,
the representation of the States in
the party councils is in proportion to
Congressional representation. So
shat the "Solid South" that never
gives an electoral vote to the Repub-
lioan Presidential candidate casts
just al many votes in the selection of
the candidate as she would were the
South solidly Republican instead of
solidly Democratic If Payne oou d
have his way, she representation of
States in party Councils would be in
proportion to the number of Re-
publican votes cast. And in the
selection of Payne to succeed Smith
some profess to zee the adoption OF
this idea by the President.
And IN January 25th, Ex-Governor
Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, will sue
ceed Lyman J. Gage as Secretary of
the Treasury. Mr.. Shaw has not
been nearly so prominent in financial
clrcles rs Mr.. Gage. He comes from
one of the smaller Iowa towns, and
has been a lawyer, banker and bust
ness man, and for four years Cover
MOI of his State. The only political
Significance that attaches to this ap-
pointment lies just here: Mr. Shaw
Is an outspoken advocate of reci-
proclty, about which Mr.. Gage IL
not very enthusiastic. This change,
therefore, is interpreted as a move
In behalf of the reciprocity idea, of
which the Presidents ia said TO be-
more earnestly in favor than his
message to Congress would indicate.
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these States the white male ~illiseracy
is also the greatest. By comparing
the two sets of percentages for the
different groups of States we ind
that the percentage of negro male
i~lliteraoy is 9 6 times as great as the
white male illiteraoy of the Western
States, 8 5 times as great for the
North Atlantic, 10 times as great
for the North Central, while in the
South Central it is 4 2 times as great
and "A in the s nth Atlantic. In
those two divisions, therefore, where
the large majority of the negroes re-
side, the percentage of negro Hitter
acy as compared with the percentage
of white illiteraoy, is only about half
as great as in the other division OF
the Union. These figures speak with
great force of the Southern white
man towards the schools of the
negro. The percentage of negro
illiteracy in North Carolina com
pared with white illiteraoy is less
than any State in the Union, or to
put it in another way, the percent
age of white illiteracy compared with
the percentage of colored illiteraoy
Is greater than in any State in the
Union. The white i~lliteraoy Of the
State is next to Louisiana and New
Mexico. The percentage of negro
illiteracy of the State is exceeded
only by Mississippi, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.
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IDEALS FOB THE NEW YEAR.

More beautiful and more service
able calendars we have, but ''inspir
ing" is the adjective needed TO de-
scribe the calendar issued by the
New York Outlook. For it is a posit-
i've inspiration and incentive to right
/ wing to have before you constantly
the beautifully printed copy Of DIR.
Henry Van Dykes "Footpath to
Peace" It vas copyrighted by the
Outlook, but has been printed in
scores of other papers, so we take
the ioerty of republishing it here,
believing that reading it will only
make eaoh one DESTROYS of having it
before him in large type and neatly
printed as it appears on the Outlook
calendar:
"To be glad of life, because it gives
you the chance to love and to work
and to play and to look up at the
stars to be satisfied with your pos
sessions, but not ~cOntented with
yourself until you have made the
best Of them +; to despise nothing in
the world except fal ehood and mean
ness, and to tear nothing except
cowardlce; to be governed by your
admiratlOns rather than by your dis
gusts to oovet nothing that is your
neighbours except his kindness of
hear6 and eenflenoss of ann to
think seldom Of your enemies and
often of your friends, and every day
of Christ and TO spend al much
time as you can, with body and with
spirit In God 8 out-Of dOOrs-these
are little guide posts on the foOtpath
to peace"
Inc selling price of this calendar
is twenty five cents, and it may be
ordered from The Outlook Company,
287 Fourth Avenue, New York.
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What early grain and forage drops
should farmers plant to supplement
the short 1901 corn oropP
This is the topic suggested for dis
cussion in Sub Alliances this month.
It is both timaly and important, and
we should like to have it fully dis
cussed in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
"a we'll as in the SUB. meetings. Let
us hear from farmers who have
tested crops that they can recon-
mend for the purpose named.
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RECENT DEATHS IN HIGH PLACES.

The Charlotte Observer complies
a list of the greatest men and women
who died in 1901, the world being
poorer for the loss of the following
within the last twelve months:
"Queen Victoria, of England ;Igna-
thus Donnerly, Prof Elisha GRAY,
Musical Composer Giuseppe Verdi,
OK President Benjamin Harrison
Charlotte M Yonge, the authoress
Hoshi Toru, the Japanese sta tesman
ex Governor Pingree, of Michigan
Sir Walter Besant, the novelist
Prof. John Fiske, the historian
Prince Hohenlohe, ex-C Chancellor Of
Germany Mrs Paul Kruger; the
Dowager Empress Frederick of Gar
many j; Stgnor Crispi, ex- Premier of
Italy /; President William Mckinley +;
Ii Hung Chang, foremost statesman
of China; Kate Greenaway, the
artist and author"
This reminds US that when the
writer began newspaper work less
than five years ago the greatest liv
ing German was Bismarck; the
greatest in England were Victoria
and Gladstone in China, Lii Hung
Chang, while in America the name
of Mckinley led all the rest. All
of these died within a period of four
years.
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In our last issue we quoted from
an address by Prof. w. A. Withers
some interesting statistics regarding
the i~lliterac7 of the white population
of this and some other States. Prof.
Withers also had something TO LAY
regarding negro i~lliteraoy, reporting
the following interesting facts:
The statistics relating to the illit
eraoy of negro males over 81 years
of age are also full of interest and it
will re surprising, doubtless, to
many to know that they speak more
favora bly, for our State than do the
figures relating to the illlteracy of
white males.
In the Western States (omitting
New Mex1oo), the negro male Hitter.
acy is Is s., in the North Atlantic
States 1873, in the North Central
States 1910, in the South Atlantic
States 44.S and in the South Central
States 48 z, and for the whole of the
United States AZ 8. The faoB that
the negro illiteraoy is greatest in the
South Atlantic and South Central
States Ia some times spoken of asa
cause for reproach. Those who feel
this lose sight of the fact that in
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SOME NORTH CAROLINA FOLKS.

Prof. Judson Peele is now conduct
ing a business college in Greensboro.
He was quite successful in this work
in Raleigh and won the confidence of
our people. We wish him success in
his new field.
The only North Carolina paper
whose home is on a farm is the RIch
Square Roanoke Chowan Times, "
1t is carefully edited, neatly printed,
conservative but brave in policy.
We wish Bro. Conner continued sue
cess.
For weeks Gen. T. F. Toon, Super
inteUdenB of Public instruction, and
Attorney-Genera Gilmer have been
i'll, the former having pneumonia
and the latter fever. Mr.. Gilmer
ill soon be able to resume work and
Gen Toon is improving slowly.
In the retirement of Prof. P. P.
Claxton, who becomes Secretary of
the Southern Educational Confer
enoe, the State Normal and Indus
trial College loses an able member of
It's faculty Prof. Claxton's work in
his new field will doubtless result in
good to the educational interests CT
the South.
Our Methodist friends seem t.
have made no mistake in the seleo
ton of Rev. RI. M. Blair as editor #
the Greensboro Christian Advocate
His work indicates that he is a wide,
awake and we'll equ1 Jped newspaper
man, and his new outfit is SO pretty
as to excite the envy of his brethren
of the press.
The new President Of the State
Association of Academies and Col
leges is not Prot ). L. Sheep, rs so
many of our exchanges have reported,
but Prot. j nm Graham, of Warren
ton High Sohool-"one of the best
teachers In the State" as the War
renton Record observes in noting
that 1.-The Association honOred it
self" by choosing Prof Graham.
A young North arolinian is win
ming fame-and fortune as well,
Charity and Children says-as a
poet. He Is John Charles MoNeill,
a native of SCOTLAND county He has
three excellent poems in the January
Century Magazine, and in the Febru.
airy mum Der he will have three or
four humorous pieces in negro
dialect. Their publication in the
Century is a guarantee of merit.
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THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION

THE INDUSTRIAL n EDUCATION
Il INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
GoUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
u STATE POLICY, is the motto of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
PLATFORM il shall rise or fall. Serving
40 master, ruled by no faction, cir
sumsoribed by no selfish or arrow
policy, it's aim will be- TO foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. 1t will be
rue to the instincts, traditions and
history of the Anglo-Saxon race. On
al matters relating specially TO the
great interests Ii represents, it will
peak with no uncertain voice, but
will fearlessly the right defend and
'mpartially the wrong condemn. =
from Col. Folks Salutatory, Feb,
o. 1885
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demanded the discharge of E1g4r s
Maclay as an employee of the Brook
Ign Navy Yard, the obstreperOus
historian protesting vigorously but
finally submitting to the inevitable
This brings she matter up 80 the
first of this year, and the latest de-
velopment is Schley's appeal to
Caesar, reported in our news COL
umns this week.
In the interest of truth and fair
ness e is a matter for serious regret
that Admiral Sampson has been so
unwell, physically and mentally, as
to be unable to take the part in the
matter he would other wise have
been forced to take. But for this
illness, he would have been compelled
to give a plain, straightforward
statement of his views, which would
have enabled the people TO judge
him and his cause with more accu
racy. As it is, his pitiable condition
excites sympathy and his death
would probably end all important
movements in Schley's behalf. AS
we have said before, while defend
ing Sohley from Maolay's charges,
we think that Admiral Sampson has
also been unjustly abused by some.
The charge that he read the proof of
Maolay charges, for instance,
seems utterly u~nfounded.
The end is not yet, nor can we say
that it is clearly in sight, but it is TO
be hoped that this improbable dis
pute will not last much longer. Both
Sohley and Sampson have suffered
immeasurably as a result of it, our
Navy has sunk in popular esteem,
and nc one, so far as we can see, has
been in any degree benefited.
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Because he is said TO be planning
to capture the Democratic Presiden-
tial nomination in 1904, it is interest
ing to learn that Arthur P. German
has been unanimously nominated by
the Maryland Democratic legislative
auous TO succeed &c 'rge l.. Well
ing ton as United States Senator, the
oauous nomination insuring his cleo
ton. German served three times in
the Senate before his defeat by Well
ington six years ago.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Gen Miles is now prepared TO RD-
probate the force and wisdom Of
King SOlomon's observation: HE
that passeth by, and meddleth with
strife not belonging 80 him, is like
one that taketh a dog By the ears :"
The fifth inst4Ilmsnt of DR.. Bur
kett's g The Live Stock Industry in
the S1uth," reached US too late, we
are sorry TO say, t. appear in this
number. Ii is an important chapter,
and the reader should not fail to look
for it next week.
Gen. Julian S Carr last week
opened the fifth annual show of the
Charlotte Poultry ASSOCIATION with
an exhaustive address IN poultry
Raising tina should not OnCy interest
our farmers, but induce them so
give more attention TO their fowls
We shall Dupl1sh Gen Cars speeoh
in our NJ xt number.
Meoklenburg county is never found
In the rear of the procession. The
latest proof of shis fact ia f Dund IN
the order of the Postufice Depart
ment est4 0lish1ng ten rural tree d.
livery routes in that county, larger
number, We agree with the Observer
in thinking, than has any other
county in the South.
We are confident that every one
who reau DR. Bnrkett's article in
last weeks PROGRESSIVE FARMER on
+FThe Tyre of Cow for Milk Pruduc-
tion," will welcome the annouce-
ment that the Department. of Agri-
culture ia issuing as Farmers Bulia.
tin No. 143 an exhaustive discussion
Of shis subject of tyre. The bulle-
tin is the work of Prof. Andrew NJ.
Soule, of Tennessee, and is entitled
"ConformatiOn of Beef and Dairy
Cattle." Any PROGRESSIVE FARMER
reader can get u copy Iree by adj
dressing his Congressman or the
Secretary of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. Q.
There has been considerable dis.
oussiOn of late as so the oomp 1ratIve
advantages of the Panama and MICA
ragua routes for the Isthmian Canal.
Is is said shat the Panama Canal
Company has already done SAC, 600,
900 worth of work on that route, at
which price il has quise recently
offered I'd ell. Had his offer been
made sooner, it is more than probable
that it would have been accepted, as
the COST of building and maintaining
the canal by the Panama route would
be very considerably less than by
the Nicaragua route. But the Pana-
ma Company waited so long before
deciding TO accept u reasonable price,
that they may now lose all. AT
least, the passage of the Hepburn bill
6y the H1usa, reported in our ne "s
columns, indicates as much.
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"Ehe Good Roads Movement" 10
the subject Of an article in the Janu-
airy Review of Reviews by she don.
Martin Dodge, Director OF the Office
OF Road Inquiry, United States De.
partment of Agriculture. This article
is followed by a brief account, by
Mr.. Charles R. Reyes, of a recently
discovered substitute for macadam
which proves well-adapted to prairie
roads. This is nothing else than
burnt clay, OF "gumbo."
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A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

God hath given thee to thvEelf and
saith, I had none more worthy of
trust than thee keen this man such
ga he va bv nature, Reverent, Faith
full, High, Unterrifed, Uushaken of
Passion, Untroubled e licetus.
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If woman would only remember
that her influence over a child the
first few years of its life can have
greater effect, and produce wider and
more lasting results than her whole
life given up TO walking in the ways
Of menl-Cardinal Gibbons.
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THE PROGRESSIVE FARME is the Omcial
Organ Of the North Carolina farmers State
Alliance.
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God makes and the world educates,
but tits woman that finishes a man.
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Be sure to give both old and new addresses In
Srdering q n Of postOmce.
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When sending your renewal, be sure to Civ
Exactly the name on label and pOstOnce q
which the copy OF papIs you receive is sent.