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unfortunate Man.

De links always, wanted to say the
right thing, but somehow he never could.
He had been spending a couple of weeks
in a Wisconsin town, and on the evening
set for his departure met Miss De Vercy,
a very pretty youngs lady, to whom he had
been introduced when first he arrived in
the place.
"And are yoi going tonight, Mr.. De
Jinks?" she said. sTm sorry we haven't
seen more Of you during your stay
pray don't mention it," he returned,
with an excess of ganantry. Indeed, 1t
has been my fahlt,o Miss De Verey''
a few moments later he saw his mis-
take, but could find no chance to atone for
it, until, as he was about to leave for the
depot, one of his friends suggested;
You haven't said 'good-by to Miss De
Vercy. have youg"
Here was a chance that was not to be
lost Turning to the fair damsel. with
the sweetest and most gracious smile, he
said:
pleasure of saying good to Miss De
Vercy first of all -
And then he went his way, believing he
had done himself proud. Brooklyn Ea-
gle.
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Bishop NIchoIson,s lesson.

Bishop Nicholson. of Milwaukee. has a
story of personal experience to tell those
who seem swanped in worries. 1t hap
istry, when he was rector of a Phila-
delphia church. The parish matters social
and financial, were in a bad way, and
Strengthening them out was slow work.
He was distinctly discouraged one day
when, having gone to New York on bust
ness, he stopped to look at the Brooklyn
bridge, then building. A man. covered
with dirt. was working on the abutments.
THAT'S pretty dirty work you are en-
gagged in," said the bishop.
''WeH. yes answered the laborer; but
somehow we don't think of the dirt. but
of the beauty which is to come out of our
work"
ct was the lesson 1 needed and l went
back to Philadelphia the. better for 1t.
said Bishop Mathematician Penny.
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fees under the American flag In Vic
toria street have been kept hustlfng.
There has been hardly a day during
the last few weeks, that the number of
applicants for tickets at the American
embassy has fallen below a hundred.
Now notice just inside the door in
forms you that the ambassadors sup
ply Of tickets for THE season has run
out. ~
The latest addition to the Duchess of
Bedford's private zoo at Woburn an
hey is a dwarf pony two and a half
feet high. This little creature Is De
ing taught by her grace, the duchess.
to accompany her all over the Bedford
estates. 1t runs along like a dog, ana
many persons, seeing 1t from a dis
lance, think it Just collie or some
other dog of moderate size. The Ouch
ess of Bedford visits her hospital at
Woburn every morning. and she m
tends teaching the pony to wipe IT'S
feet on the door mat in order that 1t
may accompany her on her rounds OF
the wards, visiting the patients
Marshall Lord.
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OLD TENNIS COURT
AT HAMPTON PALACE
Where the Ghost of Anne
Boleyn Sometimes Shows
aHaad.
Special Foreign Service.

Special Foreign Service
LONDON. Aug. 29.-Few. If any, of
the many Americans who visit Hamp-
ton Court palace every year see the
famous tennis court there, and they
miss something worth consideration,
for the historic playing ground of the
Royal Tennis club, of which Edward
VII. has just become patron in one
Of the most interesting parts of this
former abode OF English kings. Bae-
deker just mentions it-being more
concerned with the few thousand
works of art in the picture galleries;
but the court is open to visitors every
day, and Americans Should not leave
the palace without seeing it.
The tennis court is the oldest In
England, and nearly all modern COW
cred courts are modelled from it. Hen
ry VIII, who spent much of the time
when he wasn't getting married in
playing tennis built the court and en-
Joyed many a game there and King
EDWARD, as young man, went out to
Hampton court quite often, just to
have a mornings work with the rae
quet on the same floor. Twenty years
ago all the important English tennis
matches were held in the Royal Tennis
court, and if American champions only
had begun to come over to this coun-
try a little earlier, they might have
had a chance of playing there.
OF course, to Americans Hampton
Court palace, the scene of Pope S
'sRape of the Lock-" and with its ro-
mantle history, in which Henry, Anne
Boleyn and Cardinal Wolsey all are
mixed UP, always has fascination.
But English folk had their attention
called to the former royal residence
last when Hampton court became the
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eyes riveted upon her. She was re-
moved to ST. Mary's hospital where
she died an hour later.
Arising early Mrs Coyne had pre-
pared her husbands breakfast. When
it was time for him to go she kissed
him sgood-by, and their six children
followed suit. When the last child
barely able to walk, had demonstrated
his affections with a hug Of his tiny
arms, Coyne started out. Then the
mother said:
NOW let's run to the window and
see daddy Off"
There was scurrying of feet. Six
faces crowded about and framed in the
beaming face of the mother as she
opened the window and looked out.
Shake a day-day to daddy" she
called as she leaned far out over the
sill. Shake a"
Her voice -leaped an octave in a
shrill cry of fear as, losing her balance
she fell, striking upon her head in the
courtyard. iCoyne stood for moment
like a statute. Then his cries brought
the neighbors. An ambulance took
Mrs. Coyne to the hospital, where she
! fingered an hour.
Neighbors volunteered to care for the
weeping youngsters until Coyne could
make provision for them.
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III Ea0e OF Oe de Interest from Lands J6f0gg de Seas

scene of a most mysterious ghost story.
The abode Of Anne Boleyn, who, of
course, went from the palace straight
to the tower, was said to have mani
tested itself, and for a fortnight the
affair was the chief topic of CONVEX
sation Throughout the entire country.
A painter, apparently "all there"
mentally, who was copying the an
tiaue tapestries in the old banqueting
hall of the palace, went to the GUS
todian Of the building and solemnly
complained that he could not get on
with his work on account Of a strange
hand which persisted in getting be-
tween him and his canvas. It was a
woman's hand, he said, delicate and
tapering and bare, on one magntf-
cent marquise ring. OF course, the
public was prompt to declare that the
member must be that of Anne Boleyn,
Henry Wills beautiful second wife.
whose former home William Waldorf
Astor bought while ago, and of whom
he has been writing recently.
The sensation aroused by the story
Of the ghostly hand rather fizZled out,
however, largely on account of the ac-
ton of the powers that be at Hampton
Court palace. These hardened their
hearts and refused any information as
to the further developments-ff there
the British public, which loves its
ghost story, deeply resented. AS might
be expected of pile of its age and
associations, however, Hampton Court
has been haunted" several times. Ac-
eording to the old gate keepers there
the wrath of Jane Seymour had a
habit, several years ago, of gliding
after midnight had struck-through
the courts where the royal woman
spent 50 much of her time when in
the flesh, and they insist that Cath
crime Parr also evinced a desire to
NEEDLE in mundane affairs.
Everyone knows the story of how
Cardinal Wolsey built Hampton Court
palace for himself and then presented
it to the sovereign who finally hurnil-
lated him. After Henry VIII. the pal
ace was occupied by the Stuarts, Oil
yer Cromwell and William VIII. 1t
ceased to be a royal residence in the
time of George Ill, and now its thou
sand odd private rooms are occupied
mostly by former court dependents and
the families of deceased military Off
GERS and others who have served the
country. They live rent free, their
lodgings being granted by the king
himself
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riser. He usually gets UP between D
and 6, takes a cup OF chocolale anu y l.o -
with his family until about OF o..oo
He then goes out for conStilu.loiic a.
with his son NJ. Paul IonDet' WHO 10
now about thirty years OF age, nai
rister at the Cour d,Appel, ana 'alSo q
conseiIler general of the Drome ue-
nartnent. From about $50 to midday
the president attends to state af1alrS'
receives the various Ambassadors, pre-
fects. MAYORS, deputies or senators WHO
have requested an audience. Al Hooi,
luncheon is served and at about
O'Clock, If there should be no ohclai
visit to pay, the president drives OUT,
sometimes taking the reIns h11nselI,
with the groom mounted 'penlho anu
sometimes accompanied by Mime. Lou
bet. He dimes alone with his family
whenever he can, preferring meal or
only three courses with a little light
cIaret. Throughout the evening ne US
uaIly reads and smokes steadily.
Mile. Marguerite Loubet, the eldest
of the presidents three children, mar
ried M. Seubeyran de Salnt-PrnSe.
who is now judge at Marse1lles. Inc
youngest boy, Emile, Is about ieleVeh
years old.
An incident took place soon after M.
Loubet was elected president, which
gives an idea Of the comfortable broad
rlfndedness of the family. AT the Cap-
aret des Arts a kind of cafe chantant,
a song was composed by one of the
poets who frequented the establish
ment. 1t was not precisely cempE-
mentary to M. Loubet and the censor
requested that it should be taken on
the programme. The manager OF the
cafe was not fined on condition that
the offense was not repeated. Some
little time after, probably through
| some misunderstanding the manager
received iorders to close his establish
ment. In desperation one of the poets
then remembered that he had former
| ly known M. Paul Loubet and he rush
ed off to the Elysee, where ne was
! cordially welcomed by the son of the
president The offending song was
produced and M. Paul took it to his
| father who smiled on reading 1T, and
then gave orders that project Of police
! should be communicated with and re-
euested to drop proceedings. That very
evening the manager of the cafe chan
tant and all the poets he employed
| signed a letter of thanks to the presi-
1 dent and his son and from that day
: forth M. Paul has been nightly popu-
! lar among the poets of Montmartre.
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his distinguished son quite perfect.
His public tributes to Anthony Hope
have occasionally seemed touching.
People who were present at a dinner
given recently at which both Mr..
Hawkins, senior, and Anthony Hope
were present, tell with feeling of what
happened when the company was
asked to respond to a toast to Anthony
Hope. His father, seated inconspicu-
ously away from his son and other
guests of honor, rose with the rest and
raised his glass to his lips. Suddenly
many eyes turned away from the nov
elist and playwright, transferring their
interest to the elder man. He bent
his head and said tenderly: my
| dear boy" Anthony Hopes father is
Strikingly like his novelist son in ap-
pearance.
Young Mrs. Hawkins will step into
as delightful social set as there is
in London Her husbands people are
connected in dozen ways with titles
and others of high degree, and, of
course, Mr.. Hawkins is in the center
of the most exclusive literary circles.
Among those whom the former Betty
Sheldon will doubtless see much Of are
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hardy, who,
while not in London a great deal en-
terrain frequently at their country
place near Dorchester; Mrs. Sturgis.
George Merediths daughter, who is one
of Anthony Hopes friends; and the
ever fascinating Mrs. w. K. Clifford,
author of the Love Letters Of a
Worldly Woman"
Although the coronation last wear
probably drew to England more Amer
leans than ever before, the supply of
pond crOsSerS seems to be unlimited.
and 1t Is estimated that 1900 Amer
leans have been or will be in Europe
this summer. The extra weight of this
invasion is felt at the American en-
bassy in London owing to the universal
desire to visit the houses Of parlia-
ment. For several years it has been
the custom to admit the public to the
buildings on Saturday afternoons, when
the bodies were not in session, but in
order to enter at other times a ticket
from one of the members or from one
of the embassies has been necessary.
Since few Americans happen to be per-
sonally acquainted with real lord or
member of parliament, the dingy Of
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WHAT AMERICANS ARE
DOING IN LONDON
Anthony Hope and His American Bride
american Embassy Overwhelmed
by Applicants

LONDON, Aug. 2a.-Mr and Mrs.
Anthony Hope Hawkins who have been
in the country since their marriage,
have now emerged from their honey
moon sufficiently to come up to Lon
don occasionally. They We're dining at
the Carlton night or two ago and ex-
pect to be at that hotel more or less
until late IN the autumn when they will
probably take a house in town. Mr..
and Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs Hawkins par
ents, who have done considerable en-
tertaining at the house they have been
occupying near Regents Park, are en-
joying a holiday after the gaieties at
tendant Of their two daughters we'd
dfngs. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ainley
have gone to Constantinople. This is
their real wedding journey as at the
time of Mr.. Ainleys marriage with
Miss Suzanne Sheldon, his stage en-
gagements would not permit of a long
absence from London. The Ainley
wedding, by the way, was eelebra ted
at Chiddingfold, the little town where
Mr.. and Mrs. William Faversham
Julie opp who have taken Richard
LIE Gallienne's house there, expect to
live until after the visit Of the stork.
late in the autumn.
Speaking of the Anthony Hopes, It
is interesting to note that Anthony"
is not taking his bride to live in those
very charming and convenient rooms
of his in the Savoy Mansions, Victoria
Embankment. Mr.. Hawkins has long
enjoyed his bachelor apartment, but
has resigned it to the past along with
other lesser relics Of bachelordem, In
favor Of west end house. Mrs.
Hawkins is said to have captured,
among other people the venerable
vicar of st. Brides, Anthony Hopes
father. The elder Hawkins is de-
lightful old gentleman and considers
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Only One TaIker.

"Ha, han' laughs the reader of plays
as he chances over the manuscript sub
rnitted to him by the aspiring author.
81 am glad you like my little effort.
bushes the author making a vain at
tempt to conceal his rapture.
ooh, hadn't read the thing yet, Is the
chilling reply. II was merely laughing
at the absurdity of the idea of calling
this a. monologue.''
'And why2"
"Well, for one thing, 1t has cast OF
characters. calling for two people Now.
a monoiogue is something that is spoken
by one person only. The word mono
logue' is derived
sIt's your mistake" interrupts the as
piring author with much dignity WIN
YOU kindly notice that the title of tn
manuscript is Married Life?' Judge.
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tain well, but she always welcomes to
the Elysee artists and semitic and
literary men. She always accompa-
MES the president on his visits to the
salons and to the studios of many OF
the well-known artists. She also takes
keen interest in womens work OF all
kinds, and although not by any means
one of the platform women species.
she always willing to discuss the fem
mist question. Furthermore, she al
ways accompanies the president to
any manifestations in favor of the
army and is to be seen at all military
reviews and balls
Their Every Day Life.
In ordinary everyday life M. and
Nine. Loubet are by no means osten-
tatious. The president is an early
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Lemonade. tobacco, etc ............. 1000
The presidential salary is 100000 a
year, and of course free rent of the
Elysee, but the official expenses are
so great that most of NJ. Loubefs
predecessors have had to face an an
nual shortage.
Not only does Mime. Loubet enter
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WAVES HER HUSBAND
Her LAST GOODBYE
While Shaking Her Hand From Win.
dow Woman Falls To Death.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-Waving a
good-by to her husband, who was
starting for work this morning, Mrs.
Della Coyne leaned too far out of a
window of her fiat in No. SIS Park ave-
nue., Hoboken. She fell five stories to
the courtyard. Horror stricken the
husband stood five feet away from the
grass plot where she had struck, hts
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-25
THE BLACK ROT OF THE GRAPE.

Our State Experiment Station has Just issued
an exhaustive bulletin on "The Black Rot of the
Grape in North Carolina and Its Treatment"
Mr.. A. w. Edison, of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, was employed to study and
experiment with this disease, and the result of his
Investigations is given in detail. The. treatment
is summarized as follows:
1. Clean up all old leaves, rotten grapes and
other rubbish in the vineyards. Cultivate the
ground so as to cover such material as can not be
cleaned up.
2. Keep the vines in healthy, vigorous condi-
ton by cultivation and by the application of such
fertilizers as are needed.
3. Spray thoroughly at least six times during
the season according to directions, using $50
formula generally, but increasing the strength in
hot, muggy or wet weather.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-25
THE MANIA.

The man who CANDLES for gain is half-brOther
to the thief. Both of them are trying to get some
thing without paying the price. Three weeks ago
we quoted the words of George Washington:
"The successful gamester pushes his good for
tune till it is overtaken by a reverse. The losing
gamester, in hopes of retrieving past misfOrtunes,
goes on from bad to worse, till, grown desperate,
he pushes at everything and loses his all. In a
word, few gain by this abominable practice, while
thousands are injured"
Two events that have occurred since our editorial
was written point the same moral. Charles NJ.
Schwab has been forced from his position as
President of the Steel Trust, and it is universally
admitted that his reckless gambling at Monte
Carlo materially FASTENED his fall. Thomas w.
Dewey, long the honored and trusted cashier of
the Bank of New Bern, has fed in disgrace, a con-
fessed thief, and it is asserted that speculation
was largely responsible for his moral breakdown.
When the desire to get something for nothing was
given free rein by gambling or speculation, it was
not long till the same desire led to actual steal
ing.
If it is true, as the Raleigh correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer reports, that the gambling
habit is spreading among our country people, and
even among our women, then it is indeed time for
all of us to reckon more seriously with this evil.
If gambling in futures, as we'll as crap shooting"
and betting on cards, is illegal-as Judge Neal
said in Charlotte last week-then all right-think-
ing people should join him in enforcing the law.
At any rate, we must emphasize the old-fashioned
truth that the only sure way to acquire property
is by giving an equivalent in labor, and that any
other effort to get money brings moral disaster,
even when it does not lead to financial loss.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-25
BUILDING THE FORT AFTER THE ASSAULT
BEGINS.

What the farmers need is not to rush together
and try to organize a new association every time
some monopoly becomes peculiarly oppressive
They ought to be in a permanent organization, al
ways at work, and ready at a moments notice to
repel any attack on their rights. 10 be IN this
state of preparedness would inspire a wholesome
dread on the part of the trusts and make them
very cautious about beginning new methods OF
robbery. What would you think of an army that
would wait until attacked by the enemy to erect
a fort-an army that would wait each time until
the assault began before throwing up breast
works? Yet such a policy would not be more
foolish than that the farmers have been pursuing.
They conquered the jute bagging trust so speedily
and completely, simply and only because they were
already organized and ready for the attack. The
lesson is plain.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-25
GIVE POLITICIANS A BACK SEAT,

The following extract from Secretary Brum-
mitt's report of the Granville County Alliance
meeting, as given in last weeks Progressive
Farmer, is we'll worth reprinting; and we COM
mend it to newly reorganized Sub and County
Alliances everywhere:
Another thing: our members are determined
to keep the Alliance out of politics, and we
serve notice on all broken-down politicians that
they need not apply for positions at the head of
the procession or up in the amen corner. We
welcome farmers of all parties, but we want to
make Of the Alliance a strictly farmers organi-
~zation."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-25
AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS"

This is the title of the new textbook on agri-
culture which our State Board of Education has
adopted for use in the public schools of North
Carolina. The authors, as we have previously
stated, are: DR.. @. w. Burkett, professor of
agriculture; DR.. F.. L. Stevens, professor of
biology, and Prof. D. II. Hill, professor of Eng
lish, in our A. & M. College. The book bears the
imprint of CHM & Company's publishing house,
Boston, and is as admirable in appearance as it is
in matter. The selling price outside of this State
will be IS or IS cents a copy, but the contract
price for our school children is only go cents.
The book has been warmly praised by ali that
have spoken of it in our presence, and we regard
it, all in all, as the best textbook on agriculture
we have ever seen. The illustrations are unques-
tionably superior to those in any other work OF
the kind. The nine sections treat of the following
topics: The Soil; The Soil and the Plant; The
Plant; How to Raise Fruit Trees; The Diseases
of Plants; Orchards, Garden and Field Insects;
Farm Crops; Domestic Animals; Farm Dalrylng'
Each of these topics is admirably handled, with IL
lustrations, experiments and questions calculated
to emphasize the points made, accompanying
each chapter.
The only thing that mars our pleasure IN read
ing the book and looking at it's illustrations, IS the
regret that nothing of the kind was in use IN the
public schools we attended. agriculture for BE-
ginners" would have given interest and meaning
to many a farm task that seemed dull and haru W
us, and would have set us to Investigating many
of natures wonders that we let pass unn0ticeu;
Best of all, it would have suggested and explained
many improved farming methods with Wnlch OI
people are yet generally unacquainted. We VeFny
believe that its proper use in our schools dprlns
the last twenty years would have enriched our
f9 FTOnpC h11ToHpoHC of 4hO11ConHC of dollars,
Superintendent Joyner recommends that tnS
book be studied by all farm children over fourteen
years old, and we hope that our teachers ana par
ents will cooperate to make It's use a success
Moreover, it is a book which can be studied 10 u
vantage by the farmer fathers, as well as by tneLI
children, and it would be well worth while lot '
cry farmer who reads this to spend 80 cents l Gal q
copy. At any rate, read your boys copy anu "'p
him to make the most of it's teaching.
agriculture for Beginners" reflects creG u J %
North Carolina, and we believe that 1T VIII +b IL
much to promote more intelligent farming III '"'
and other States.