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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-09
TIL Review of Reviews on Negro Suffrage.

There has of late been an attempt to revive an
agitation against the new suffrage arrangements
of the South; but this attempt has proved too
feeble and futile to be seriously harmful. Too
much tolerance altogether has been shown to a
certain type of negro ~agitator. Some of these
platform speakers are men of talent, and we may
as well assume that most of them are fairly sin
cere; but their denunciations of the South are
useless, and merit rebuke. Sensible men judge
practical affairs in their relations. Thus, the
present political status of the negro is to be COM
pared with that which preceded it. Most of the
Southern States have, indeed, now given effect to
systems that legally disfranchise a great mass
of negroes who were theoretically entitled to vote.
But, practically, those negroes had been disfran-
chised for twenty-five years. The new system is
of incalculable value to the negro because it in
wolves a deliberate avowal by the ruling race that
the negro is to have the anne political rights as
the white man. 1t may be very slow work for the
negro race to attain such a position as respects
education and property that a majority of It's men
can secure enrolment as voters. But anyhow,
the remedy does not lie in hencefOrth talking
politics and making agitation, but in acquiring
manifest fitness by industry, thrift, and study.
The negroes, in vast majority, are simply the
agricultural laborers of the South. It is only a
few years since the agricultural labOrers OF Eng
land were admitted to the franchise. At the pres
ent moment, agricultural laborers, and even skill
ed w~orkmen, in Germany are at a great disadvan-
tage in politics. Considering their ignorance
and their thriftlessness, the negroes of the South
have all the political influence that they ought to
have. The thing to be careful about is that the
door of opportunity be not shut. Now, the plain
fact is that the chance to work and to earn money
is exceedingly good for the Southern negroes,
and that their treatment by their white neigh
bors is upon the whole not oppressive or lntolera-
bic. Since the white men of the South are, OF
their own accord, determined to see the negro
children have opportunities for education, the
negro race has It's work plainly cut out for 1t, and
all it's leaders ought to be sensible enough to
dwell upon the hopeful side of the situation
From "The Progress of the World" IN the Amer
lean Monthly Review of Reviews for June.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-09

President Roosevelt called on his supporters
VI 49, NV him, Senator Hanna fell in line, and
" - convention Thursday a resolution a reso-
IL =" endorsing Roosevelt's candidacy was adopt
u" -i+bout opposition. Ohio is the sixteenth
n take this action, and these sixteen
otatos elect a majority of the delegates to the
I-,+ionaI Convention.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-09

lime will and should quickly come when all
Important questions will be referred to the peo-
PIE That will be the Referendum. Time will
t t too, perhaps later, when the people by petit
o~I or a mass-meeting or in elections can rec
I Lmlend the passage of a law or the repeal of a
law This will be the Initiative. These are not
t vi formidable things to a people ~nurtured in
ut love OF demOcracy.-Biblical Recorder.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-09

The Nature Study Bureau of Hampton In
Sltute, Hampton, Va, has issued two more val
liable leaflets, GA Child's Garden" and GLOW to
Make Friends with the Birds" These will be
sent free to any address on application, and
should be of especial interest to teachers. This
GEature Study Bureau is endowed by Mr.. George
Foster Peabody, and is doing work that ought
%%o TO be done by some institution in North
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29

made garment. Square cut double
breasted Jackets win have three but
tons. The two button affair has been
relegated TO the sartorial bone yard.
Round cut jackets will have the same
cutaway effect in front which distin-
guished spring garments. The slight
military fare Ia the back Is still In
vogue. and the Jacket viii have CEN
ter vent. Trousers viii be moderately
wide at the hip. twenty inches at the
knee and seventeen inches at the bot
tom.
Evening dress shows but slight
changes Coats are the same length,
with tails a trile more peaked and la
pels silk faced to the edge. Cloth, not
velvet. collars are correct. Trousers
measure twenty inches at the knee and
seventeen inches at the bottom. The
evening jacket has a narrower lapel,
with a longer roll. The waistcoat IS
three button and q shaped. So far as
overcoats go, the covert top coat rather
short and very full, promises to be
more OF a factor than heretofore. The
long Chesterfield, exceedingly plain Id
cut and trimming, and the skirted coat
will divide honors. The Chesterfield
will measure forty-four inches, reach
below the knee and fall straight from
the shoulders. All oYercoats will have
breast pockets.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
TRAP FOR TERRAPIN.
Latest Device Is Made of Wire on
Lines Similar to the EeIpot.

Latest Device Is Made of Wire on
Lines similar to the EeIpot.
Every season some new device is in
vented for catching or trapping the
toothsome Maryland terrapin, pa dcu-
larly that delight of the epicure, the
diamond back terrapin, says a Baltl-
more correspondent Of the New York
Times Over on the Eastern Shore the
latest device is a trap constructed
about on the same principle as an ell
pot. The body Of the trap is made of
wire and the entrance of Irvine so
woven that the terrapin easily enter
but find it impossible to get out The
trap is then filled with bait, for the
most part crushed crabs, and set in
the marsh where terranin have beer
located The terrapin hunter walks
through the marsh and discovers his
game BY the protruding heads, as tho
terrapin are compelled to come TO the
surface to breathe
Many Of them are drowned in these
traps, and one hunter states that he
has seen twenty-five drowned in this
manner during the present summer.
A terrapin cannot live Id one Of these
traps over three hours, and thus the
hunter must be on the move constant
" if he would preserve his game alive.
Terrapin are also being caught in
purse nets. but these cannot be used in
shallow streams successfully ON ac-
count Of the numerous stumps Of trees
on the bottom.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
A Sailors Yarn


toriginalI
The storm was over, The sun went
Gown in a flame Of gold and crimson,
and as soon as the crew had been
bropped up after d long fast and every
moment fighting 70 save the slip we
set about repairing what damages we
tould before night came on and max
Ing things taut. Then, halying the
watches that all might get some sleep
within the FIRST four hours, SIX Of us
kept awake while the other six slept
We were ten before the mast, besides
the captain and a mate.
on watch sat on water cask, for
l was too tired to stand and after
fighting sleep as / had not fought the
wind and waves had just lost myself,
when / was aroused by the most UNI
earthly shrek that ever had sounded
in that good old ship II not only
awakened me, but the rest Of the
watch, the heImsman included, and
those below came tumbling up from
the forecastlc, while the captains head
stood ont wonderingly above the COM
panionway.
who's hurtg' he cried
s.No one on deck, replied the mate.
.How is it with you from below"
"Were all right" There were Eve Of
them. On deck were the other five sail
ors besides the captain and the mate.
As soon as it was known that all were
present fear fell on the men, the
mate, on an except the captain AT
any rate IL he was frightened he didn't
show It, though the affair nettled him.
"What are you standing there for ike
a flock O. gheep2" he roared. Come,
you" to me. "and you," to the mate.
eve three should be enough for some
glbbering ape that must have come
aboard at the last port ana IS making
havoc below with the eatable cargo
Down the compauionway and down
into the hold we went the captain
lighting the way with d lantern we
searched the hold from stem 70 stern,
but nothing did we find. though if any
one had chosen to hide he could have
done 1t and we been no wiser, for tho
boxes and barrels had been well shak-
en- by the storm and needed a Tot Of
fixing, and at last the captain, more
disgruntled than before. led lis up 10
the deck We were met by nine in
qulrlHg faces but had nothing to re-
port, and the captain. snarllng some.
thing like "superstitious ours. instead
Of giving any information went to his
cabin.
Twice during the night the yell was
repeated from the hold but whether
the captain preferred TO put of any
further search till day or was himself
converted to the belief that the SHY
was haunted he did not again appear
For my part, have no fear Of ghosts,
but in its stead was born with a deal
Of curiosity. Once when / was sleep.
ing below and the thing shrieked
stole out Of my bunk and, taking a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29

The Times Daily Short Story.

light went down TO make another try
to find the cause. was cropping along
climbing over boxes and barrels, when
1 received d shock that drew a shrek
rivaling those we had heard. for sud
denly my light revealed a face so wild
an eye so brilliant with despair. that
for moment | did not doubt ! had
come upon lost soul risen fF9la the
place OF departed spirits.
A man was sitting on a barrel his
legs crossed under him, looking at me
with no more surprise than If ! had
been there always. For a moment !
was not sure that he was man, for
his expression was neither that Of the
living nor Of the dead. Never before had
L realized the force Of the expression
Of marrow freezing in ones bones"
But reason soon comes back into play,
and in a few moments ! knew | was
confronted by d maniac. How or when
or why he had come to be there ! left
for another time What filed my mind
then was how to get him out.
"Come With me-" / said softly, yet
with frmness. And, advancing, / took
hold OF his clammy hand TO Ify sur
prise, he suffered me TO lead him like a
little child and. making our way
through and over the cargo, / led him
on deck.
The dawn had meanwhile come, and
a faint light gave a better sight of him,
He had on the shreds Of a sailors cos
tune, but nothing on lis head or feet
/ called the mate, who came staring,
and | gave him brief account Of how
| had found our new shipmate. We
questioned him, but got no reply While
we were trying to get something out Of
him the captain came on deck.
A sailor standing on the boWsprit
called out that there was raft dashed
TO the chains That revealed the whole
matter, The man had been wrecked
had taken to the raft, struck our ship
in the night and after lashing his Goat
clambered on deck But how in his
franzied condition be had the natural
sense TO do so is a matter rather foI
those who have studied lunacy than a
sailor man with no education
We took the man down to the galley
und gave him the first thing some
warm broth. This we followed By meat
and little by little let him have a fair
meal. His reason returned, and he told
us Of his ship being put on beam ends
In the storm, his taking to the raft with
seven others, who were all washed of,
remembering everything till the last
man left him, and he was alone watch
ing every mountain billow. expecting
that it would send him to join his lost
companions. His meeting our ship the
lashing on the raft 10 the chains, bis
getting into the hold and what he did
there. were a perfect blank to him.
Whenever haze spun this yarn the
doubters have invariably hit on what
they call the weak points drst how
could the man have lashed his raftq
Why wouldn't he rather have climbed
up and let it go? My theory is that he
did the lashing in a fortunate moment;
couldn't have left the one and got on to
the other without flashing.
EDGAR n. THORPE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29

The Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Is
the name Of a new lily which has been
hybridized by Joseph Tailby of Welles-
lev, Mass, and received a silver medal
from the Massachusetts Horticultural
society as being the finest novelty in
the way OF decorative plants ever by
bridized in the United States, says the
New York Tribune The new lily is
about two feet high and resembles q
subropical plant, having large, dark
Green. silvery spotted leaves and tall
primrose yellow spathes. It is strong
and hardy, lives out Of doors and is
able 10 reproduce itself from seed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
WARNING FOR EMPLOYEES.
Plan of Chicago Corporations 20
stop Betting on Races.

Plan OF Chicago Corporations TO
stop Betting on Races.
young man, be good This IS the
ultimatum delivered to some 10000
young men by their employers in Chi
eago says the New York World Race
track gambling. excessive Indulgence
in liquor, immoral conduct late hours
and excessive cigarette smoking are
the vices charged to the young men
OF these the race track mania is tile
most prevalent Chicago is honey
combed with handbooks. It is asserted
that not less than 100000 persons play
the races every day without going to
the tracks.
The Western Electric company.
which employs almost 1000 men, post
ed this drastic notice in its shop and
general Office.
Playing the races and All other forms Of
gambling, immoral conduct and excessive
use Of liquors and cigarettes greatly im-
pair ones usefulness. Notice Is hereby
given that any employee who thus abuses
himself Is subject to dismissal
I'VE are only following the lead OF
other business houses, said Superin-
tendent G. z. Mitchell I'VE believe in
clean living, for only in that way can
we get the best results. We believe in
it from moral view. This does not
mean that we are Puritanical There
is no objection to moderate cigarette
smoking, but we have discovered that
when it is carried to excess it clouds
the brain and develops a fag that
makes a man unfit for certain duties.
We discovered that the habit OF playing
the races demoralized the men. 1t had
grown to alarming proportions through
the medium Of the handbook One
thing we have discovered is that the
college man seems to be of a stronger
moral character than the man without
college training. We have 800 college
men In our employ, and not one Of
them has given us any trouble. They
are a fine lot of fellows, and we are
proud Of them. Last year we engaged
fifty college men, and this year we are
repeating the experiment"
The wave of reform has spread ID
many Of the giant business corpora
tons Of Chicago. The big wholesale
and retail stores Of Marshall Field &
Co. have the same laws In operation
which the electric company is enforc-
ing. Railroads throughout the country
are waglng war against the use Of
liquors and tobacco by employees en-
gagged in operating trains.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
NEW EDIBLE FUNGUS.
British Scientist says Great "Fuss-
BALI Can be Eaten with Relish.

British Scientist says Great "Fuss-
bali" Can he Eaten With Relish.
Despite the saying about there being
nothing new under the sun. Or. NJ. g.
Cooke Of London, who has been lee
turing before the Royal Horticultural
society, has discovered that IAN en-
tirely new sensation can be obtained
by eating the great fussball, which Is a
species Of edible fungus quite unlike
the mushroom says the New York
Herald.
Dr. Cooke quoted high authority for
the statement that it had a delicacy of
flavor superior to any omelet The
fussball, however, wasn't to be care
Iessly tackled, for a clergyman In the
audience said that while being cooked,
it gave forth very pronounced fumes,
so much SO that on one occasion three
Of his servants were asphyxiated by
them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
A NOEL corn paInce.

The South Dakota corn palace. in the
construction OF which 100000 ears Of
corn grown in the state have been re-
ceiyed, was opened recently by Gov
ernor 9. N. Herried, who delivered an
address on state problems, says the
Chicago Tribune This building con
tains exhibits Of all the agricultural
products OF the state and particularly
examples Of this years corn crop, the
largest the state has ever had. The
walls and roof Of the building are con.
structed Of twelve varieties Of corn OF
as many colors
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
Monument In Honor Of Pigeons.

Monument In Honor of Pigeons.
A proposal is on foot to erect a mon
ument at Paris, France, in commemo-
ration of the pigeons which rendered
such great service to the city during
the siege in 1901 By bringing news
from the outside world, says the Phil
adelphia Times. 1t viii consist Of a
shield raised on four pillars bearing
the arms of the city, with a pigeon
perched on top ready to take flight
AT the foot Of the shield win be an
other pigeon sitting on her nest, and a
third pigeon will be lying near with
its wing broken by a bullet. The mon
ument Will probably be erected in the
Jardin DIES Plantes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
Hrgiene course. Zoe nritish puhlic.

Hygiene Courses For British Public.
The school board Of London is trying
to educate the people in hygiene, says
the New York Tribune 1t has decided
to open twenty experimental classes,
and if these succeed more will be or
gained Already eighty head teach
ers have applied to have these classes
started in their evening schools, but at
present only twenty Will be opened.
The best lecturers have been selected
for the classes. Different classes of
schools in various districts will be
opened, some among the very poor,
others in better TO do working class
neighborhoods. Each lecture is to be
made as practical and as elementary
as possible and nontechnical graphic
treatment Of the subject is enjoined.
Even if the syllabus be not closely fol
lowed the practical work is in no case
to be omitted
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
cnrn.tnlre nlnrsa win CO..

Charles 7. Peck Of Sound Beach.
Conn, who rents large field on Sound
Beach avenue, pulled up a cornstalk
the other day and found a heavy gold
ring eneircling the stalk, says the New
York World on the ring were the
date 1854 and III f. O." which identi-
fed it as the property of II. F. Quin-
tard. It was lost in 1867.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
postage stampa.

There are 1000 varieties of postage
stamps In circulation today. all Of
which have to be Identified By the
postmasters. There have been upward
of 10000 different varieties issued since
stamps came into use.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29

A~h~AhtR@ hoF huANtAs Navy.
The Russian ministry Of marine has
ordered two tank steamships to be built
In the Muhlenthal yard, on the Neva
and in the sandvik yard, at Helsing
fois. These new steamships will Be
called Vodole No / and Yodole No. 2,
and they are to be used in furnishing
the Pacific squadron with drinking wa.
ter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29

on the 24th Of February, 1903, the
first sidewalks, as we know them, were
built in Paris, the first city in the
world that bud them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-02
.STERNBERG SCORED
German American Citizens Of Mil
!. y. 4, 4,
waukee strenuously Object to
Being Called ''Pigheaded."
Interview of the New Ambassador
in New York Is Especially
Attacked.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
4 Milwaukee. Wis, Feb. milwaukee,
Germans are up in arms because of the
slams" which Baron Speck Won Stern
berg, the new German ambassador, is
alleged to have directed at his country
men.
Such interviews as that given recently
in which he said that his countrymen
were, as the Americans called them, pig
headed" are severely scored by every
class of society in this, the Berlin of
America.
In fact, so strong have the remon-
strances become that the local German
newspapers are taking up the fight for
better recognition of what is due to the
Germans of America from the accred-
tied representative Of the kaiser. n.
The interview at New York, in which
Won Sternberg said that in his opinion
the kaiser would not have approved of
the bomba rdment of the Maracaibo forts,
is especially attacked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-02
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ~.
Admiral Dewey Makes an Appeal
'-.- for Funds. :. s~M

Washington, Feb. 2.-The Thomas JEFF
ferson Memorial association, through it's
president, Admiral George Dewey, has is
sued the following appeal for funds:
The, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association
has decided upon erecting a fitting memorial to
the man who drew up the Declaration of hide
pendence. Citizens. sailors, soldiers physicians
inventors and philanthropists and the soldiers
and sailors Of France honored, but there is
not one tablet to the memory of that great
American, Thomas Jefferson. We ask the people
to contribute according to their ability to this
memorial. Congress will not be asked for
money, as we rely solely upon the people, the
young and the old, the children and their par
ents, for the success of the movement. ..-r
Contributions should be made to the order of
the treasurer, Jesse B. Wilson, president of the
Lincoln National bank. Washington. The people
will be kept informed of all important actions
of the association. Communications addressed
to the secretary, W. s. Mexican, will receive
prompt and careful attention. IT,. re-
George Dewey, Admiral Of the Navy
. President.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-02
CRAZY AEROPLANE
It Tried to Fly and Take House
boat Along. r-

Washinbtgon, Feb. o.-Professor Lang
ley's aeroplane flying machine has at last
been made to fly.
Professor Langley is secretary Of the
Smithsonian institution, and he has been
working for years on the aeroplane prin-
ciple for aerial navigation. On several
occasions his airship has been scheduled
to perform, but each time something has
happened.
The flying machine was moored to
houseboat in the Potomac at the Eighth
street wharf. In heavy gale Saturday
afternoon the machine arose and tried to
soar, but it was securely fastened to tn.
houseboat. and finally became so violent
that it snapped the mooring lines of the
houseboat and took that along.
The aeroplane dragged the houseboat
around the Potomac for awhile, but, ham
pered as it was, it's fight was rather err
rats. Finally after number of peculiar
maneuvers, the flying machine and boat
smashed into the steamer Harry Randall,
lying at the dock. The aeroplane sat on
the fagpole go. ~-... ..-..'-
Professor Langley arrived in time to
view the wreck and listen to the con-
CALCULATIONS Of those who saw his flying
machine in successful operation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-02
Sold EveryxheEe, f5c.

Ii yoar blood or liver is out Of order,
or if you suffer with indigestion, you
should take Munyon's Blood Cure and
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure. The Blood
Cure will eradicate all poisons from the
YOU good appetite and enable you to
digest everything you eat, Thus making
good, rich blood These remedies In con,
nection with Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap
will imp. owe any coDnlexion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-02
The Milwaukee Road.

The Railway Age: The Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul occupies to-day a
foremost position among the great rail
ways Of. the world. It is. distinguished as
operating the only perfect passenger train
in the world, the celebrated Pioneer Lin
tied, between Minneapolis. st. Paul, Mil
waukee and Chicago daily; and in the
adoption of improved appliances for the
increased convenience and comfort Of the
travelling public. The Milwaukee is al
ways found in the lead.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-02

New York-Thc sale of the art collection of the
late Henry g. Marquand close with total Of
,$7o6,O19 realized A Persian rug Of the fifteenth
century brought $3S, 900. .'. +.