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Washington, D. c., Dec. II, 1902.
Having seer umerou articles so
highly recommending DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root for the cure of kidney
and bladder complaints, / concluded
I would try it. I wrote DR.. Kilmer
& Go. for a sample bottle of Swamp
Root, and it came promptly. After
taking the contents of the sample
bottle, I experienced some relief,
and then bought from my druggist a
supply. After taking the contents
I experienced more relief. My kid
neys and bladder r esumed their
normal condition, the pain in my
back left me, and 1 felt like a new
man. I had been treated by the doc
tors for uric acid and also for what
they termed catarrh of the bladder
and kidney trouble. / am constrain-
ed to admit hat DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, so far as my experience
goes, is a great. boon to the human
family, and I feel it my duty to add
my letter to the thousands of others
received in praise of this wonderful
medicine. This testimonial letter
can be used as you see fit.
I remain, truly yours,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24
TALKS ON INDUSTRIAL EDUCA-
TON.

SSuOO4S d4u SO0CSSS'
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
7 have just received a report of
the United States Commissioner of
Labor for 1902. 1t tells the story of
trade and technical education in the
various industrial schools and col
Ieges of the United States and Eu-
rope. The names of these schools
and the subjects they teach would
more than fill all the columns of this
paper. This is an age of education;
and industrial education is growing,
expanding, and developing in a
greater degree than any other line
of education.
The industrial schools of the
United States r classified, as fol-
lows: Building and Mechanical
Trade Schools; Brewers Schools;
Dairy Schools; Schools of Dress
making, Millinery, Domestic Train
ing, ETC., Textile Schools, Schools
for Watchmakers, E~ngravers, ETC.,
BARRIERS Schools, Miscellaneous
Trade Schools, Technical and Con-
tinuatiOn Schools, Young Mems
Christian Association Schools; In
struction by Correspondence, Schools
of Industrial Drawing and Design.
The largest and most thoroughly
equipped trade school in the coun-
try is the New York Trade School,"
founded in 1881 by Col. Richard T.
Auchmuty. The purpose of the
school is to provide instruction for
young men in certain trades, and to
afford young men already in those
trades the opportunity to acquire adj
ditional skill and knowledge. The
apprentice system no longer affords
young men wishing to learn a trade
that careful, systematic, and thor
ough training, which they should re-
ceive if they are to be mechanics of
the highest skill. By this Auchmuty
system a course is arranged in which
both the practical and the theoreti-
cal branches of the trade are taught,
so that not only is skill quickly ac-
quired, but the scientific principles
that underlie the work are also
studied. This system is now being
adopted very generally in our indus
trial schools and colleges.
The course of instruction in the
New York Trade School includes
drawing, house painting, fresco
painting, sign painting, blacksmith
work, steam and hot water fitting,
brick laying, plastering, cornice and
Sky-hght work, carpentry, pattern
making, printing, wood turning, cleo
trlcal work, and plumbing.
Any n who looks to the future
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24
Meeting of the A. and NJ. College
Biological Club.
ditor of The Progressive Farmer:

Biological Club.
ditor of The Progressive Farmer:
The A. & M. College Biological
Club, which meets twice a month,
met Wednesday night, February II,
with a large attendance of members
and many visitors.
An excellent program was present
ed, the subject matter of the various
papers proving the great value of
the work undertaken by the Club and
the interest taken by its members.
An interesting public contest is be-
ing arranged for, to take place some
time in May. Among the many ben
efts derived from a club of this
kind is that it fosters a spirit of per-
sonal Investigation. The members,
agricultural students of the College,
begin to work out facts for them
selves and do not accept ideas simply
because their text books state them.
The program for the last meeting
consisted, first, of personal observa-
tions, the most important being that
of Mr.. Colt on Impurities he discov-
cred in seed oats, bought on the Ra-
leigh market. Counting out a hun
dred grains from a handful of the
seed oats, he found so per cent i'm
purities, mostly seed of cheat, which
closely resemble oats.
Mr.. Scott then presented an in
~teresting article on Diseases of the
Pear" The destructive blight is a
disease caused by bacteria, and is
best prevented by careful pruning
and spraying.
Mr.. Chesbro gave a review of the
report of Experiment Station work,
bringing out the chief lines of work
done in the various Stations.
Mr.. Foster read an interesting ar
ticIe on Bacteria in Their Relation
to Agriculture" He told of the
great number of bacteria which are
very beneficial to the farmer, and de-
scribed the changes which they bring
about in the soil.
Mr.. Avery discussed the Eucalyp-
tus tree, telling of it's great value as
a quickly maturing timber tree, and
the lasting quality of it's wood.
Mesrs. Bailey and Beavers dis
cussed the food from the College
mess hall, from an analysis of food
stuffs, and a nutritive ratio stand
point.
The practical disposal of the Col
Iege sewage is being carefully work
ed out by Messrs. Colt and Finley.
W. W. F., Corresponding Sec.
A. & M. College, West Raleigh,
N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

Mrs~BilIions-What most surpris-
ed you when you arrived in Paris?
Mrs. Nurich-Why, the fact that
the little children of three or four
years could talk French. It was per-
fectIy amazing.-Rocheste Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

of North Carolina, will procure this
volume and carefully read it. He
will realize that all the world is en-
gagged in industrial education, all the
world excepting the South, and ex-
cepting especially North Carolina.
But North Carolina has a plenty of
industrial work to be done, with few
skilled workers to do it. We have
houses to build of wood, brick, stone,
or iron, but few skilled workers. We
have steam to use and machines to
run, but few skilled mechanics or
mechinists. 1t is very difficult to
find competent workmen in our State
in any line of work. The complaint
is universal as to lack of skilled
bricklayers, plasterers, carpenters,
painters, s~tone-cutters, mechanics,
machinists, plumbers, engineers, etc.,
etc. I do not speak of highly edu-
Gated brain workers, who combine
talent and technical knowledge with
handicraft and manual skill. The
State has so few of these, that it
scarcely realizes its need of them;
but it does realize, and complains
daily of, lack of skilled laborers, of
thorough, honest workmen.
Under the old apprentice system
such workmen were abundant enough
to meet the supply. Now the appren-
tice system is gone. Elsewhere its
place is supplied by a system of in
dustrial schools and colleges. In
North Carolina we have neither sys-
tenn. We must do better; we must
have trade schools in Raleigh, Will
mington, Charlotte, Greensboro,
Winston-Salem and Asheville. We
must teach Misunderstanding and
drawing, with work in wood and
iron, in every city graded school. We
should equip the A. q M. College at
Raleigh with dormitOries, FORCES, and
anvils, carpenters benches and tools,
lathes for wood and metal working,
machinery for wood and metal con-
struction, looms, spindles, and other
technical machinery, ~harvesters,
~shredders, and huskers and other
agricultural machinery and nipple
ments, with tools and machinery for
butter and cheese making, etc., ETC.,
sufficient to teach every boy and
every girl that wishes to learn how
to work.
We have long enough been teach
ing our youths to talk and think and
write. We must now teach them to
do something, to make something, to
| give substantial form and reality to
their thoughts, to create wealth in
stead of talking about it.
GEORGE T. WINSTON.
A. & M. College, West Raleigh,
N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

Mother-"Why, Johnny! aren't
you ashamed of yourself-striking
your little brother? ?"
Johnny-"Pm doing it for his own
good, ma, and it hurts me more than
it does him."-January Woman's
Home Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

Father-"What did I tell you 1
was going to do to you if I caught
you smoking again"
Johnnie-"If you don't remember
it, pa, you needn't think I'm going
to tell you!"-January Woman's
Home Companion.
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APZGBsoN

An interesting Letter to our readers
from Capt. Woolman Gibson, of
Washington:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13
PUT OUT OF BUSINESS.
Those Who Usurp the Places Of Farm
ers at Market.

"~The pirates of Center market have
been pretty well put out Of business. and
the public has reason for congratulations.
remarked a policeman In the vicinity OF
Washington's big provision supply house
this morning.
The recent amended provisions OF. the
rules governing the market, made not long
ago by the Commissioners, holding the
market authorities responsible for the
space allotted to farmers. to the end that
these spaces shall not be occupied py the
pirates as some called them, or the fore
etallers of the market. as they were known
to others has assisted the police in their
long and determined efforts to protect the
public from impoSure.
MANY persons who were not farmers
took advantage of securing the spaces from
legitimate farmers who brought their own
raised produce into town, croWding out the
farmers These men would purchase pro-
duce from wholesale dealers in this city.
take 1t to the spaces which line the street
near the market, and there sell 1t to our
housewives as freshly brought in from the
farms. While the police faithfully attempt
ed to do away with these impostors, and
arrested them repeatedly, convictions were
: not so readily secured In court. as the rul-
1ngs made it necessary that the person so
vending should be observed in making the
! purchase of the produce, as well as it's
! subsequent sale, and that the money should
be seen to pass in each instance, a COM
| bination of evidence secured only in rare
| instances and with much difficulty.
LAS Major Sylvester was determined TO
protect the public in their right to buy
what was purported to be sold them, and
that stale vegetables could not be sold in
these spaces for fresh, his order that the
pirates be put out of business was carried
out. The practice was a fraudulent one
and not only were the people deceived, but
| legitimate farmers, many of them driving
! for miles to get into the city with fresh
goods, were shut out of spaces by the fore
stallers.' Accommodations for the display
and sale of fresh garden truck around the
market at best are extremely limited to
both seller and buyer The city is growing
SO fast that sooner or later added terri
{ tory will have to be given for this purpose,
In addition to the lack of proper space the
present crowding of the sidewalks is OBJ
1ectionable from the standpoint Of the pub.
. lie health, and the more or less conta nina
: ton and exposure of the farm products in
cramped quarters. This matter, however
will In time be adjusted, but the people are
now In better position to know exactly
what they are buying than heretofore and
one form of land piracy will have been
successfully attacked and routed There
are several reforms in the matter of ham
ding our produce at this point in the city
which ought to be put into practice, and
when put into effect the security to the
public will be even greater
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13
New Serum for Scarlet Fever.
rom the New York Herald.


The announcement of the discovery of q
new antitoxin for scarlet fever, coming as
it does with the Endorsement OF Prof. Ba-
ginsky of Berlin has the mark of anthem
ITCHY upon it different from other cabled
scientific news along similar lines. Aron-
son, who is given the credit for isolating
the remedy, and Baginsky. who claims to
have practically proved its value. have
been alike identified with the earlier studies
of diphtheria antitoxin. In which they have
made an enviable record. Positive state
ments from such men inspire all sorts OF
possibilities. If scarlet fever can be treated
with as much success as diphtheria thod-
sands OF precious lives VIII be saved that
are otherwise sacrificed to present methods
OF medication. In the absence of scientific
details Of the discovery It Ia to be assumed
that a curative antitoxin has been discoy-
cred that has the power to neutraLze the
fever poison in the blood. Heretofore all
efforts to obtain such a substance nave
been futile. mainly for the reason that no
bacillus Of scarlet fever has yet been found
In view of this fact 1t would seem probable
that some entirely new PSYCHOLOGICAL
methods have been employed to obtain thA
new antitoxin and that some new principle
OF isolation has been evolved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13
ONLY A SUGGESTION.
But 1T HAS PROVEN OF INTEREST AND
VALUE To THOUSANDS

VALUE To THOUSANDS
Common sense would suggest that II one wishes
to become feshy and plump 1t can only result from
the food we eat and digest, and that food should
BE- albuminous or resh-forming food. like eggs,
beefstcak and cereals. In other words, the kinds
Of food that make flesh the foods which form
the greater part of daily bills OF fare.
But the trouble is that while we eat enough and
generally too much, the stomach. from abuse ana
oyerwork. does not properly digest and assmiiate
it. which is the reason so many people remain
thin aud under weight; the digestive organs do not
completely digest the flesh forming becfsteak anu
eggs and similar wholesome food
There arc thousands OF such who are really con-
frmed dyspeptics although they may have no
particular pain Inconvenience from their stom-
achs.
II such persons would lay their prejudices aside
and make regular practice OF taking after each
meal one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
the food would be quickly and thoroughly digested,
because these tablets contain the natural peptones
and dlastase which every weak stomach lacks. and
by supplying this want the stomach Is sooa enabled
to regain its natural tone and yigor.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets digest every form OK
flesh forming food meat. eggs. bread and potatoes,
and this is The reason they SO quickly build mp.
strengthen and fnvgorate thin. dyspeptic men,
women and children.
InvaIids and children, even the most delicate,
use them with marked benefit, as they contain no
strong Irritating drugs, no cathartic nor any harn
full ingredient.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets is the most success
full and most widely known Of any remedy for
stomach troubles because it Is the most reasonable
and scientific Of modern medicines.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by every
druggist In the United States and Canada as well
as in Great Brtan at so cents for complete treat
ment.
Nothing further is required to cure any stomach
trouble or 10 make thin. nervous dyspeptic people
strong. plump and well. ieil@iS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13
THOUSANDS OF WOLVES.
Offering Of Counties Insufficient t
Cause Their determination.

Residents OF Nebraska and Wyoming
have hard nut to crack in providing ways
and means for extinguishing the large num-
Der of wolves that are overrunning that
part of the country" said Robert g.
Young Of Omaha to a Star man. at the
Raleigh. Bounty laws have heretofore ap-
peared insufficient to cause the extinction
OF wolves and coyotes. although in the past
two years bounties have been paid on H.
600 wolves In Wyoming and SO 900 in Ne
braska. The question Of bounties is now
before the legislatures Of both states, and
in the meantime the wolves and coyotes are
committing great depredations among the
ranches OF these states. Just the other day
there was ranchman who lost a calf val
ued at $2o by these ravenous wolves He
became angry. filled the carcas with strich-
nine and left 1t In the field. A day or two
later he went to where ne left the carcass
and found eight dead wolves and one dead
coyote. from which no realized $500 in
bounties. besides the sum he received from
the sale Of the hides"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13

ships must equal possible antagonists In all
OF the fighting elements Of design, and that
therefore size or displacement must not
count, will be more satisfied than surprised
to learn that these new ships wiz be Of
about $4,000 tons displacement, as compared
with the 1880 tons Of the King Edward
VII class of eighteen months ago with the
1900 tons Of the ships Of the Formidable,
the 1890 tons of the Magnifcents, and the
1900 tons Of the Royal Sovereigns Of ten
years ago. Sir William White increased the
size OF British battle ships by about 40
per cent but their fighting efficiency was
advanced at an enormously greater ratio.
Now Mr.. Watts makes a big step, and he
has this great advantage that he will have
much greater margin wherewtth to in
crease the purely military capabilities of
his new ships. In gun power and arma-
ment they will mark great steps in advance.
Thus. in addition to the usual barbettes
right forward and aft having pairs of IL
inch guns Of high ballisties there will be
mounted eight 9-2-inch guns, placed in pairs
in barbettes at the four corners of the
citadel on the upper deck. This compares
with four guns placed singly In the same
position in the King Edward class. Again,
there will be ten or dozen 6-incll quick
frers in the box battery on the main deck,
with armored partitions.
AS regards armor protection. the new
ships will have a complete broadside of O.
inch for the full length Of the citadel In
the King Edward class the main belt on the
water line is 9-inch, but it Is reduced to g.
inch for the next width Of plate, and finally
to finch for the upper part OF the shell.
In other respects these new vessels will
embody improvements, for 1t will be readily
understood that practically all the addi-
tional displacement weight Is at the disposal
of the designer for improved fighting quail
ties. The hull or shell. although little
larger. absorbs very little more weight: the
increased length Is itself factor making
for greater speed. SO that the addition to
power and therefore weight OF machinery
is inconsideratae.
Thus, although the King Edward VII Is
1850 tons heavier than the Duncan. nearly
II per cent. the same power Of machinery
reduces the speed by barely half a mile per
hour. 1914 knots as compared with 10 knots.
as a result partly OF the extra twenty feet
in length. The same coal capacity, therefore.
gives the same radius of action The new
ships will certainly not be slower. although
the increased displacement is absorbed al
most entirely In offensive and defensive
qualities including, OF course, ammunition
supply. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13
CHANGES IN ISSUES.
No Excitement Now Over the Pension
Question.

Question. 80
speaking about the many changes OF po-
utical issues during recent years" said a
local politician this morning, 1T ID a mat
ter of remark how the pension question
has dropped out of sight. apparently by
unanimous consent. for the long expected
and Formerly much discussed bill to give
every soldier of the civil war pension has
been introduced into the Senate, and the
Incident has passed almost unnoticed.
.Leaving entirely out of the discussion
OF the question the difference OF opinIon a., as
to how the government should bestoW It's
bounty, twenty, and even ten years ago.
the introduction of such bill would nave
raised a perfect whirlwind-ef general dis-
cussioh: in fact. doubt If at that time the
leaders of the dominant .paSty wouid nave
permitted the presentation q the bill But
so great have been the changes OF the
rapidly moving times inwhish we live. ana
so many are the newer issues OF the day,
that the old question as W. formerly Knew
it, once such a-great ca1nIpaisner, seems to
have either temporarily Of permanently
been permitted to lapse.
again. the House and, THE Senate re-
spectively pass several hundred private
pension bills practically without discussion.
where once they raised heated debates. ami
this is done every weekhaurfffg the session,
some of the bills beinee fof large ANNUAL
payments both to widows and to living ex-
soldiers. Once upon time the private PEN
sion system was almost constantly attacked
by the opposition press, but little attention
is now given to it,
81 think that this sentiment on the part
of the people, as reflected by their repre-
sertatives in Congress. Is manifestation
Of the healing Of the old sectional differ
ences which once made the opposition to
the question Sc formidable, and InpaEs that
we are truly becoming united people: and
that newer and worthier issues attract the
attention Of our statesmen, rather than to
continue to harp upon what is a fxed and
settled policy of our republic
And as we'll as an evidence of q better
and reunited feeling, / think that the con
tinued prosperity of the country has much
to do with the burying Of thesissues When
everybody Is busy and making money. and
with q large surplus which Is growing CON-
stantly. think that 1t is felt that former
demoeratic talk about u drain 10 not tusti-
fed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13
ORIGIN OF GREAT MEN
Many Humble Vacations Have Given
Genius to the World.


! From the New York Press.
Eur.pides was the son Of fruiterer Ter
renee in early life was a slave vlrxIls
father was a potter or brickmaker. and
Horace's was a freedman. Plautus was
baker Greathead. bishop of Lincoln In the
thirteenth century, began his career as a
beggar, but his powerful talents adorned
his brow with a mitre. Luther was the
son of a poor miner. Zwingli of shepherd
ana CalVlns father was not distinguished
I either for aff1uence or learning Boccacccto
was the natural son of a merchant. Columbus
was the son of a weaver, and originally
weaver himself. Arkwright was a barber.
Bunyan was the son Of a travelling tinker.
Bloomfield. Gibbon. Clifford, Linnaeus.
Lackington, Dr. Carey and Roger Sher-
man were shoemakers. So was Whittier.
{ Shakespeare was the son Of a wool stapier
and butcher, Cowley of a grocer.
Milton was the son of scrivener Ben
Jonson of a mason. Fletcher Of a chandler,
Pope of linen draper, Collins of a halter
Beattie of a farmer. Butler Of a farmer,
Akenside Of butcher, Whitehead of a
baker. Henry Kirke White Of a butcher.
Inomas Moore of grocer. Gay was ap-
prenticed to a silk mercer. Sir Edward
Sugden, Lord Tenterton and Jeremy TayIor
We're sons Of BARRIERS DR.. Maddox, bishop
: OF worcester. was the son OF a pastry cook
Romily was the son of goldsmith. Rich
ardson, the gifted writer, and BENJAMIN
Franklin. the philosopher. were printers.
John Hunter was the son OF a carpenter.
and Scott. the commentator, of a graz,er
ferguson, the astronomer. was a shep-
herd In his youth. Defoe was a hosier and
son OF butcher: Dymond. author Of
/ Principles of Morality" was a linen draper
ana traded or wrote according as he had
or had not customers. Woods, Curran
Senrey Bridges. Atkins and Lord EIeubor.
ough We're all the sons of humble tradesnnen
Amyot was the son OF currier, Rabelais
OF an apothecary. Voiture Of a taxgatherer
Lamotte OF halter. Massillon Of a turner
Grienault OF a baker. Moiiere of a tapestrv
maker Rousseau Of a matchmaker. and
HoIlin or a herdsman. Claude Lorraine WAS
pasuy COOK Quintin Matsys was q
blacksmith. Horne Tooke was the son of a
pouIterer. which he alluded to when called
upon by the proud striplings Of Eton to de-
scribe himself. II am" he said, The son
OF an eminent turkey merchant" The hus-
pand and father of the woman who n,,rned
Michaei Angelo were stonemasons and the
chiset was often put In the hands of the
child as a plaything.