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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-02
QUEER INDIAN M

Mrs. John r. Brooks, writing to the
North Carolina Christian Advocate of
a visit to Western North Carolina,
gives this curious information:
at is interesting to hear of the
work of some of the pastors among
the Cherokee Indians. While in some
respects they are seemingly hard to
deal with, yet when one soundly con-
verified, they hold to it, and become
earnest Christians and greatly help in
bringing others in to Christ.
81 give you below the queer names
of some of his members as given by
Rev. A. L. Jacobs and his wife, viz:
Maggie Walking Stick, Deleska
Climbing Bear, John Dobson Big
Witch, Come Back Wolf Ckilled by an
illicit distiller); Tinola Jesse Ann Ga
man) Bird Solo Meet, Joseph Sonor-
ka, Yute Jumper, Mumblehead, Duck
Soup, Maggie Swimmer, Stanchie
Standing-in-the-water (by a queer CO.
incidence both of the two last named
were drowned) Lucy Standing Deer,
Rope Twister, Bessie Smoke and
Maggie Grow, Bette Cat and Ange-
line Frog, Jack Frost Ga GRID, Jim
Thunder and Police Locust"
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The Home Circle.
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER

Father of all, in every age,
In every cline adored
By saint, by savage and by sage,
Jehovah, JOve or Lord.
Thou great First Cause, least undar,
stood,
Who all nv sense confined
To know but this, that Thou art gooc
And that myself am blind;
Ye gave me, in this dark estate,
To e the good from i'll,
And, binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
What conscience dictates to be done
Or warns me not to do,
This teach me more than hell to shun
That more than heaven pursue.
What blessings Thy free bounty gives
Let me not cast away,
For God is paid when man receives;
To enjoy is to obey.
Yet not to earth's contracted span
Thy goodness let me bound
Or think Thee, Lord alone of man
When thousand worlds are round.
Let not this weak, and unknown hand
Presume Thy bolts to throw,
And deal damnation round the land
On each I judge Thy foe.
If I am right, Thy grace impart
Still in the right to stay;
IF I am wrong, oh, teach my heart
To find that better wayl
Save me alike from foolish pride
Or impious discomfort
At aught Thy wisdom has denied
Or aught Thy goodness lent.
Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show
That mercy show to me.
Mean though I am, not wholly so,
Since quickened by Thy breath;
Oh, lead me w~heresoe'er l go
Through this days life or death.
This day be bread and peace my lot;
All else beneath the sun
Thou know'st if best bestowed or not
And let Thy will be done.
To Thee, whose temple is all space,
Whose altar, earth, sea, skies,
One chorus let all beings raise;
All no+7ro'o iDonDca rico
Alexander Pope.
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THE SIX KINGS EDWARD.
Some Interesting History Recalled by the
Coronation Of Edward VII Of England.

S0nG 44kg4GBA4AS N49NSAJ SN6~4G y JAN
Coronation Of Edward VII, Of England.
Previous to the monarch who reigns
as Edward VII, England had six
Kings Edward, five Plantagenets and
one Tudor. 1t is an interesting fact
that the title of Prince of Wales,
which the present king so long bore,
was established by the first Edward,
who conquered that little kingdom.
Edward 1. was born in 1899. Des-
tined to be the last English monarch
who would ever embark in a crusade,
he was in the Holy Land when his
father, Henry Ill, died. He had made
a great, reputation as a fighting man,
and he maintained it by his wars
against the Welsh and Scotch and
French. He amended the laws of his
kingdom, and enforced them, too, and
his reign of thirty-fve years was in
many respects a wise and just one.
Tradition says that he massacred the
Welsh bards. He shared, no doubt,
the cruelty of his time. 1t was during
his reign that the House of Commons
was instituted.
The story goes that King Edward,
who, for all his fighting, had failed to
subdue Scotland, charged his son and
successor not to bury him, but to boil
his bones clean in a caldron and carry
them before the English army until
the Scots were overthrownl But that
son, Edward IL, was no such sturdy
character as his father, and it was in
his reign that the Scots so completely
routed the English at Bannockburn.
He lavished wealth and honors on
unworthy favorites, quarreled with
everybody he should have cherished,
and finally his queen and some of his
mobiles made war upon him and de-
posed him. He was murdered in
Berkeley Castle in the year 1927, when
he was forty-three years old, and had
reigned ineficiently for twenty years.
Edward Ill, the son of this unfor-
tunate monarch, is best known, per
haps, as the father of Edward the
Black Prince, who won the great bat
ties of Crecy and Poitiers. But the
third Edward, who reigned for fifty
years, was a resolute, well-meaning
man, and so good a general himself
that he carried out hrs grandfather
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FOR WOMEN TO THINK ABOUT.

A woman can make the four walls
of a home a prison or a university. If
she excludes everything from her mind
except her pans and kettles, she be-
comes a drudge. But if she re-
to herself a part of each day
for herself, for her self-improvement,
Gas it is possible to do if she will but
manage Alright, and the duty of every
woman to do), she is truest to herself
and to her Observation-Disclosures Box, in
the Ladies' Home Journal.
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As soon as peace was declared OIL
the negroes set free, all with thu ~
ception of one family left quite soas
to enjoy their freedom. But thew mod.
no demonstration and I have notb;nS
unpleasant to remember except CO.,
row at seeing some of the household
girls and women go. My father. ofton
said the South had not been whipnn1
it had only been overpowered, and h.
never ceased to regret that the negroa.
had been set free; said he did not Iko
work one bit. But I was secretly glad
they we're free, and we folks who bav.
grown up since the war have learned
to like work, and I believe we are much
happier without a crowd Of slaves
to govern and cIothe and feed, and Of
course the negroes are happier free
We all yet remember the old time
slave as the friend OF our childhood
and the few that are still here remem.
Der US when they are in need. And
when at last we shall all be free from
sin and sorrow, we hope to meet them
again among the redeemed of the
Lord. MRS. ALICE NULL.
Catawba Co., N. @.
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EDUCATION By THE WAY.

A man is fortunate if he can give
up his youth entirely to the business
of getting an education, but no man
need remain uneducated because he is
compelled to go to work while others
are at school or college. There is no
excuse, to-day, for the ignorant man;
the man who can use his eyes and re-
mains ignorant, no matter what his
condition may be, remains ignorant by
choice, not by necessity. No man need
leave his work for one hour in order
to gain an education; ne can educate
himself while he works. This is pre-
cisely what a great many of the best
men have done. The story of Ameri-
can life, especially, is full of examples
of boys and men who have turned a
working life into a continuous school,
and have passed from grade to grade
in this school, not only with widening
knowledge, but also with steadily in
creasing efficiency in their various
trades and occupations. These men
can be picked out of the crowd of
workers who throng all the fields of
labor because of their skill, their in
terest in what they are doing, and
their abstinence from grumbling.
They do not make the blunder of sup
posing that their conditions in life,
their success or failure, are decided by
other people; they have resolutely
taken to heart the great, decisive truth
that, while conditions have much to
do with the choice of tools and a voca-
ton, each man determines for himself
how large or how small a man he will
be, and how important or unimportant
he will make himself to his employer,
or in his vocation. If men were more
intent upon making themselves mas
tiers of their work and less intent on
getting the most they can in the way
of wages, and giving the least they
can in the way of labor and devotion,
there would be a great addition to the
ranks of those workers who are both
successful and happy. The man who
works simply for the wage at the end
of the week, and only does what is nee
essary to get it, keeps himself down.
The man who, in skill and devotion, is
always ahead of the demands of his
work, is on the highway to independ-
ence. He who would succeed must not
only work but educate himself as he
works.-Hamilton Wright Mabie, in
September Success"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-02

Apropos of the publication of
"Home, Sweet Home" as one Of our
: Dries of great poems in last weeks
Progressive Farmer the following bio
graphical note may be of interest:
John Howard Payne, author and
actor, was born in New York City
June 9, 1892, and died in Tunis, north
Africa, in April, 1852. He made bis
first stage appearance in New York
at the age of sixteen and met with
great favor. He played also in Eng
land and France, and retired from the
stage in 1882. From 1843 to 1845 and
in 1851-52 Payne was United States
consul at Tunis. He was the author.
translator or adapter of more than six
ty plays. His most popular M
"Home, Sweet Home," occurs in his
opera "Clari; or, The Maid of Milan
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-02
A BOUQUET.

The cultivation of flowers was to
Doctor Llanerk the relaxation and
pleasure of his busy life. Often a
bunch of his choicest was his only
prescription for a sick one. He as
serted, as a part of his professional
experience, that flowers were the best
of tonics.
His many friends, young and old,
took pleasure in sending him what
ever was rare or beautiful of those
flowers which they grew or found,
well knowing hat he would carry
them to where they would cheer and
delight.
Late one night his bell rang.
Thinking that at that hour it must be
a call for his services, he rose from
bed, put on his wrapper, and went to
the door. The light was dim. He
saw a colored man holding a huge pa
per package, from which the Doctor,
to his delight, saw buds and full
blown roses ~protruding.
"Is Miss Caline Ward in?" asked
the man.
"She has RETIRED" was his reply.
("Miss Ca1ine Ward' was his colored
cook.)
"I is sorry, sir, to call so late. Dab
was a jam in de street cars. I leah
dis fo' her, sir, eff you will kindly glib
it to her in de mo'nin'."
Certainly" responded the Doctor.
He took the bundle carefully, thanked
the man in the name of Miss Ward,
closed the door, tenderly carried the
flowers to the kitchen, pleased as if
he had been the recipient, took a dish
pan from it's rest, drew a few inches
of water in it, carefully pressed the
base of the package into it, and, i'm
agining how pleased his servant
would be, went to bed.
He rose early, as was his habit. In
going to his fower-beds he passed
through the kitchen. There stood
Miss Caline Ward, holding the drip
ping bundle before her. Her face
was rife with indignation. Her man
ner was belligerent; her tone was
challenging. "Ef I had de pusson
heah dat did dat, I'd empty de kittle
on 'em. I'd jes' like to know who
put my new hat, dat I jes' bought, in
de dish-pan. Dat I would I'd scald
EN- fo' shoo'."
Doctor Llanerk was accustomed to
restraining his feelings and preserving
a c~ountenance that told no tales. He
expressed strong sympathy. He prom
ised that the matter should be investi-
gated and the guilty person or the
careless deliverer punished; then went
among his flowers and actually rolled
them fat while he laughed.
That day, when he returned from his
professional visits, he carried to Miss
Caline Ward, with his compliments,
the most befowered hat he could buy,
and meekly requested the pleased ne
gress to "scald him we1."-Charles
Mcnvaine, in Lippincott's Magazine.
40 II
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Our Social Chat.


Az CONTRIBUTIONS to this department OF
The ProoTessfve FARMER, we nave some OF the
most wide-awake and progressive young ladies
and young men and some Of the most entertain
inc writers among the older people OF this ana
other States, the ages of the memDer ranging
nom sixteen to more thon sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
ms a letter on some subject of general interest,"
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING, give null name ana post
office address for Aunt Jennie's mIornauon.
If Won do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you Wish 10 DC
known as q Chatterer.
elapse between the time q letter Is written ana
the date of its publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. NJ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-02

"Thisi is No.. SO Of our series of the Worlds
6esL PoemsA range especially for THE Pro
GREsSIVE FARMER by the editor. In this
series selections from the following authors
Mrs Browning, Lord Byron, Campbell, Eugene
Field, Goldsmith, Leigh Hunt, Holmes, Omar
khayyRm, Kipling, ampman Lanier, Long,
fellow, Lowell, Markham, Macaulay, Milton,
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MORE GEOGRAPHICAL CONUUDRUns.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I am afraid
that most of the Chatterers have for.
gotten that several weeks ago I sent
a list of twenty-five puzzles, each rep.
resenting the name of a North Caro-.
lima county, and promised to send the
answers within two or three weeks
from that time. At any rate, here are
conundrums with the correct answers:
1. A lady standing on brink Of preC-
ipice dressing her hair9 edge
combe.)
2. What a railroad attorney shows
a conductor, first word of a very pop
ular novel, and a receptacle for water!
(Pas-quo-tank.)
3. Young man, with fence between
himself and sweetheart, wishing to
kiss her goodbye. says? Genoir.l
Clean o'er.)
4. A peculiar characteristic Of the
cat, nominative singular of a Latin
pronoun, and an improper p!1ral Cor
IMAM? (Per-qui-mans.)
5. One half the Lame of a popular
pickle and an "~article"? ((Chow-an.J
6. Hypnotic vision and a girls
name. (Transylvania.)
Z. The change of a letter makes it
what men wager for. (Stokes.)
g.. A f~avorite stew. (Brunswick.)
g.. Outer covering of a chestnut and
a Chinese beverage. (Ber-tie.)
10. On the decline. (Wayne.) (
II. Keenest part of a razor and a
~consonant. (Bladen.)
70. To encore, an exclamation. part
of a lock. (C~her-o-kee.)
10. A common carrier and a small
tower.
IA. County whose capital is the
name of a girl. (Meckenburg.)
Is. A guinea chicken standing in an
alley. (Alleghany.)
16. Cutting the soil. (Cleveland)
II. A narrow street and a parsonage
house. (A1a-mance.)
10. Portion of a fish and a familiar
way to cross a stream. (Guilford.)
10. The name of a martyr Presi-
dent. Iincoln,)
20. These are my two children,
daughter (An-son.)
81. Point of a compass,part of a hog
and 20 cWt. Northampton
%. Spelled backwards is what a
waiter always expects. (Pitt.)
%. John, will you do me a favors
Yes? (Sur-ry.)
"a. A place of public sale and a
house Of entertainment for travellers.
Mart-in.)
Is. A county that is not old. New
Hanover.)
And since my last letter was writ
ten, another correspondent of the VII
liamston Enterprise has prepared a
list of t~hirty-one conundrums each OF
which represents the name of a North
Carolina county seat. I will send the
list with the correct answers to Aunt
Jennie; she can publish the list now
and the answers two or three weeks
later:
1. What a woman loves most, a pop
ular beverage and an exclamation"
2. A point of the compass and a
harbor for vessels?
g. A pillar and a purchaser?
4. A favorite Irish surname2
S. A species of dog, a cereal, a klnd
Ct sewing, what lovers generally 90
and a domicile?
6. An ancient garden and 20 cWt'
Z. What all girls like to have, ano
a place of defense?
8. A coarse painting and a near re-
lation?
9. A body of water and a suburDon
town.
10. A favOrite mode of boxing and
a sailor?
II. What noise is that in the trees
Jack?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-02

L'eath but entombs the body; life
the souI.-Young.
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Naval Orders.

Can't. R. M. S. Mackenzie has been de-
tached from the New York and placed on
waiting orders.
Lieut.. w. H. G. Billiard, from the New
York and wait orders.
Passed Assistant Paymaster H. R. Insley,
from the naval training station at San
Francisco and ordered to prepare for sea.
Assistant Paymaster Ray Spear, to San
Francisco for duty at the training station.
Passed Assistant Paymaster F. P. Sack
EFT, from the navy yard. Boston, to the
training station, Narragansett bay.
Passed Assistant Surgeon w. H. Butcher,
to the naval hospital, Norfolk.
Ensign C. B. Hatch, jr., from the Mlchi-
gan to the Newark
warrant Machinist G. L. Russell, to New
port News. Va.
Commander K Rohrer. from command of
the Annapolis to the Yokohama hospital.
Commander G. Blocklinger, to command
the Vicksburg.
Commander E. M. Hughes, to command
the Annapolis.
Boatswan A. Whipkey, from the Celtic
to the Yokohama hospital.
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ENGLAND's GRAIN TAX.
Complaint Made of the Effect Of Its
Operation.

United States Consul Halstead at Biz
mingham, England. has forwarded to the
State Department an article from an En-
elish periodical describing in detail the
operation of the corn or grain tax, which
levies an import duty on grain and the
milled products of grain. Consul Halstead
quotes an English authority as claiming
that the British system of analysis assists
the foreign millers, these astute individ-
uals. having mystified the board of Gus
TOMS"
There has been much discussion 1t seems,
as to what products constitute grain ana
the milled products. The articles classed
as grain under the official Interpretation OF
the law include wheat, barley, oats, rye,
buckWheat, peas and beans, lentils ana
rough rice The milled products, which
pay 10 cents per hundredweight, include
-four and meal containing over 90 per cent
of starch Of any of the dutiable grains
Arrowroot, starch, cassava powder, tapl-
oca. potato -four sage, malt. pealed barley
whole and cleaned rice also pay customs
duty of 10 cents. Broken rice has an y
cent duty, and polished rice up to the pres
emf paws only 10 cents, which, 1t Is sug-
eested. seems too small when exporters are
claimine IL cents drawback. The SNUG
pier under the present rules may import
good polished rice, with sprinkltng OF
busks. at 6 cents remove the latter and ex-
mort the polished rice on drawback at IL
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In Behalf of Cadet Pendleton.

Secretary Root informed a committee
which appeared before him yesterday in the
interest of Alexander G. Pendleton, a first
class cadet at the Military Academy, who
was recently dismissed for hazIng. that he
considered the punishment inflicted In that
case as excessive. and that If bill were
passed by Congress for his relief he would
gladly approve 1t. 1t was represented on
behalf of the young man that he innocently
and enormously entered plea of guilty and
had thus deprived himself Of all defense.
He was accompanied at the hearing by his
father, Capt. r. c. Pendleton Of the navy;
Delegate Marcus A. Smith of Arizona, and
his counsel. Mr.. Nimmo. formerly chief Of
the treasury bureau Of statistics.
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TOYS for the Girl.

Kid Body Dolls. with jonted limbs 25c.
Jointed Dolls. with flowing hair, closing eyes
and full ball iointed body SOC.
Nv. L." Special Doh, with sewed curly wig
closing and full ball; jointed body--the best
value Obtanabls for the money-$1 90.
Dolls Outfits. including dresses and under
Clothes. soc. to $500.
Dolls Infant OUTFITS including long dress, skirt
etc. 35s to $500.
China Toilet Sets. 25c., Soc and LOO
China Tea Sets 25c.. SOC. and 81 90.
German China Tea Sets, complete with tray,
500
Girls Roller Skates soc. and s.. co.
Mission Furniture for Girls nnished I'm weather
ed oak Including chairs and tables, $3.50.
Doll Beds. 25c.. boc.. 81 90 and 1900.
Doll Enameled Iron Beds, with mattress and
bolstera miniature represent alton Of the regular
tron bed $3.50 and $500.
Games. SOC. s1.00, 81 so up to $500
CARPET Sweepers. Csc. and Soc.
Doll Go-CArts 100 to $500
Trlcycles, 81. o.
Chiidrens Rockers, Soc
Girls Trunks. &c., Toe, 81 90 up to 81 90
Girls Sleghs, Soc. up TO $1,000
Couch 5. covered with velour, 500,
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Armv Orders,

Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: First Lieut., P. M. Ashburn assist
ant surgeon, two months; Major w. H.
Corbusier, surgeon. one month; First Lieut..
w. l. Westervelt. Artillery Corps. one
months extension: First Lieut. r. E. Wood,
Sd Cavalry, one months extension.
Capt. Grote Hutchinson, 9Th Cavalry, has
been assigned to temporary duty at Gov
ernor's Island. N. Y.
First Lieuts D. E. w. Lyle. 18th Infan-
try, and C. w. Exton, Goth Infantry, have
been ordered to examination for promotion
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TOYS for the Baby.

Rag Dolls, 23c. and 5Oc
ToDsy Turyy Dolls, S1.OO.
Stocknctte Dolls. 25c and 5Oc
Rubber Dolls. 25c and soc.
Rubber Toys. 25c.. soc. and 500.
MusiCal Rattles. 81 30 and $500.
Fancy Colored Clown Rattles, $3.50
Rubber Itattles. Toe. Toe. and Doc.
Bell Rattes Sc. Zoe. and 25c.
Celuloid Rattles, 2Jc.
Metal Rattles. loo. 25c. and soc.
Hoolly Toys. 25c.. soc. and 800.
Cloth Dolls, to cut out and stun 49, and 35c.
Bright Colored Picture Books, OF animals. ETC.,
&C.. 10c i5c. and 20c. =,
Bright Colored Picture Books. linen, 10c.. 15c..
Ebc and 50c.
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A table full OF
Heavy Winter Cloaks
For girls 6 to II years of age, being
the remaining few of some of our
best selling styles this season. They
are Long Cloaks and Refers, in
styles and cloths that we cannot
duplicate.
Special Price, $500 Each.
Reduced from $3.50 and $1,000.
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At SIP. SO

Norfolk Jackets of fine quality
cheviot, all straps four times stitch
ed-navy blue and beautiful shade
of red; sizes IL to f6.
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Two New CIOaks
For Girls and Misses.
At $3.50

Norfolk Long Cloaks, fine
quality of heavy cheviot; button
close at the neck; handsomely en-
broidered silk emblem on sleeve and
a braid band-navy and red sizes E
to ID.
Third floor, New building.
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TOYS, DOLLS and Cannes.

Toy Store fourth floor with high ceilings
broad ae great abundance of natural light and thorough ventilation
Toyand where Santa Claus has again made his headquarters
opened his bundles and packs of Christmas goods children
Toys in all their glamour and glory.
Irdescent ornaments for the Christmas
Dolls in perfection and beauty doll creation radiant
beautiful and aionab dressed And there doll Clothes that
Dolly clothed
Of the purchaser. t.:'
Doll Furniture from paror kitchen Sets of dishes for little din
Tea and chocolate
Animal Toys Friction Toys Mechanical Toys, Military Toys
Gamesod avorie and Books jolly and wonderful All
things to make the little people happy Christmas day
To help you bit your selections submit of
toys, suitable respectively for baby boy gand there isn't
trashy thing in the lot in the entire for that
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Girls Clothing
(For Immediate Use or Xmas Gilt

(For Immediate Use Xmas Gifts)
We showing superb wearing apparel tor girls OF
ages and for all The selections good
present include the finest and elaborate well
with
following items exraordi
nary values:
Norfolk Suits for Misses.
new lot of Girls Cheo Norfolk the popular Novelty
Flaked made styles with stitched straps
stitched bottom skirts and silk lined jackets sizes 10 and I8
$500 Each. Regular Price, S21.OO.