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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

The credentials of the newly ap-
pointed German charg. d'affairer al
Washington are entirely satisfactory
10 the American people He says.
MY wife comes from Kentucky
That ~ equivalent to an indorHemen'
from The famous editor'statesman OF
the blue grass country. Hon Henri
Watterson. which settles the question.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

ROME, Jan. 31.-Monsignor Neclter.
archbishop Of Teletine and secretary
OF St Peters. was instantly killed by
railing down stairs at his residence.
aged ~ years. He was close friend
OF the pope, who was greatly shocked
by his death.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

Chorus girls will take notice that
Harvard student who welded one oi
their number recently had the mar
rage annuiIed He wasn't OF age and
his discretion seemed greatly In
doubt.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

It is quite possible that Lord Rose
berry will regard the stovy of his en-
saxement TO q Kentucky beauty as an
interesting news item.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

So far Judge Parker's chief claim
for the Democratic nomination is that
nobody knows anything on him. Ana
auch Democratic leaders are rare
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

FOR baths Wesley Helms establish.
meht Is without a peer. It il three
doors above the First National hank
corner.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

The I-sssisr investigation report is
expected II viii vinsi iioste everybody
excepting Dobliu. III" self-confessed
psrjurer.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02
TO PREVENT HOSTILE
STATE LEGISLATION

ST. PAUL, MINI. Jan. 31.-The
Minnesota Fraternal association met
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
Persistency's Reward.

Amy man can marry any woman"
Voltaire once cynically declared, "if
he only pursues her long enough"
An amusing and characteristic
story, illustrative of this, is told of
Lord Beaconsfeld in the days when
he was wooing Mrs. Lewis, to whom
in later years of married life he was
so touchingly devoted:
One day Mrs. Lewis, who was then
living in retirement at her seat In
Glamorganshire, saw a gentleman
walking leisurely up the drive.
Game" she exclaimed to an old SER
want, 81 really believe hal horrid
man Disraeli is coming up the drive.
Do, please, run to the door and say
Pm not at home"
Jane opened the door to the un-
desired caller and gravely announced
her message. "I know" Disraeli
coolly answered, "but take my bag to
a bedroom and prepare luncheon. I
will wait until Mrs. Lewis is ready to
come downstairs" which of course
Mrs. Lewis felt compelled to do a few
minutes later.
ooh, dear, what can I do with such
an obstinate MANI" the widow asked
desperately, later in the day, when
Disraeli showed no sign of raising
the siege. Marry him, I suppose,
ma'am," was James ~philosophic
answer; and, as the world knows the
persistent wooer had his way in the
end in this as in most other things
in Iife.-The Pilgrim.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
che Believes in Me-"

There is nothing which quite takes
the place, in a boys life, of the CON
seriousness thj @omebody-his teach
er, brother, sister, father, mother, or
friend,-believes in him.
One of the most d~iscouraging
things to a youth who is apparently
dull, yet is conscious of real power
and ability to succeed, is to be depre-
ciated by those around him, to feel
that his parents and teachers do not
understand him, that they look upon
him as a probable failure.
When into the life of such a boy
there comes the loving assurance
that somebody has discovered him,
has seen in him possibilities I'M
dreamed of by others, that moment
there is born within him a new hope,
a light that will never cease to be an
inspiration and encouragement.
If you believe in a boy, if you see
any real ability in him, (and every
human being is born with ability to
do some one thing welI, tell him so;
tell him that you believe he has the
making of a man in him. Such as
surance has often proved of greater
advantage to a youth than cash cap
ital.
There is inspiration in Gle be-
lives in me."-Success.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

ed into the air starts vibrations
which will culver on and on forever.
The same is true also of influences.
which go out from our lives in the
commonest days-they will go on for
ever. This should make us most
careful what we do, what we say, and
what quality of life we give to the
world. 1t would be sad, indeed, if we
should set going unholy or hurtful
influences, if we should touch even
one life unwholesomely, if we should
speak even a word which starts a
soul toward death.-J. r. Miller,
d. D.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
H HOME CIRCLE
PoIonius' Advice to His Son.

Give thy thoughts no tongue,
MOI any unproportion'd thought his
act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means
vulgar:
The friends thou hast, and their
adoption tried;
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops
of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with enter
tainment
Of each new-hatched, unfedg'd COM
rade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being
Bear't hat the opposer may beware
of thee.
Give every man thine ear, but few
thy voice;
Fake each mans censure. but reserve
thy Judgment.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can
buy.
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not
gaudy:
For the apparel oft proclaims the
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and
friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of hus-
bandry.
Ris above ALTO thine own self be
Atrue;
t must follow, as the night the
day.
Thou canst not then be false to any
q
From Sh~akespeare's Tragedy of
Hamlet"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
A Greeting to the New Year.

We are on the threshold of a new
year. We do not know what the year
holds for us, but we are not afraid
of it. We have learned to look for
kindness and goodness in all our
paths, and so we go forward with
glad hope and expectation.
1t is always a serious thing to live.
We can pass through any year but
once. If we have lived negligently,
we cannot return to amend what we
have slurred over. We cannot cor
rect mistakes, fill up blank spaces,
erase lines we may be ashamed of,
cut out pages unworthily filled. The
irrevocableness of life ought alone to
be motive enough for incessant
watchfulness and diligence. Not a
word we write can be changed. Moth
ing we do a be cancelled.
Another element of seriousness in
living is the influence of life on
other lives. We do not pass through
the year alone; we are tied uD with
others in our homes, our friendships,
our companionships, our a~ssocia-
tions, our occupations. We are al
ways touching others and leaving i'm
pressions on them. Human lives are
like the photographers sensitized
plates, receiving upon them the
image of whatever passes before
them. Our careless words drop and
we think not where they fall, but the
lightest of them lodges in some heart
and leaves It's blessings or it's blight.
All our acts, dispositions, and moods
do something in the shaping and col
oring of other lives.
1t is said that every word whisper
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
THE WINTER WORLD.
Many Wild Things to See During a
Tramp in the Woods.


Nothing could be more erroneous
than this mistaken idea that desola-
ton possesses the earth for the en-
during of a Northern winter, says
Country Life in America, Christmas
Annual. Eyes have they, but they
see not, these folk who talk of wintry
wastes. Forgive them their error.
Pity their ignorance.
Copse and field are not as barren
of animal life as popularity supposed.
On the contrary, a host of friends III
fur and feathers will be met by one
who invades their domain. And they
are the easier to study now for the
exposure of their ertswhile hidden re-
treats. Sir Reynard is to be met
with almost any morning. Br'er Rab-
bit and Puss are easily traced to
their forms, and their acquaintance
made by design instead of mere
chance. Along open brooks one
sometimes meets that warm-coated
but shy fellow, the mink. On the
meadows mice make little runways
under the snow, watched by the
rough-legged hawk, the wariest of
his tribe. Of the birds there are
many-social ~chickadees, quiet, in
dustrious brown creepers, noisy blue
jays, Corvus the crow, cheerful and
cOnfiding tree sparrows from the
North, snow buntings and gold finch
es banded together in community of
interests where the grass seeds are
most plentiful, hairy and downy
woodpeckers policing the orchard
trees, sober-hued j%uncos, golden
crowned kinglets in which the spark
of life but burns the stronger as the
cold strengthens, grouse and quail,
our two noblest game birds, the two
crOssbills, the redpoll, the pine siskin,
the herring gull-any or all of these
and others, all in sober plumage one
is likely to meet during a winter
ramble, to give the lie to those who
cry "The birds have flown" And even
friends of June you may chance upon
in warm sheltered swamps, a few
hardy robins, waxwings, blackbirds
and bluebirds.
Nor are the beasts and the birds
all that the keen observer will find
for his delight. Seemingly gone is
the insect world, yet like the trees
these winged creatures of softer days
do but sleep. On bush and tree-twig
and on stout weedstalks, under rough
bits of bark, fastened to post and rail
of old fences, and under the caves of
buildings are quaint and curiously
woven cradles to be collected now for
what they will bring forth when
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

Mr.. Daniel M. Coates is one of the
best farmers in this section. This
year he raised 1924 pounds lint cot
ton, or a little over "A bales, weigh
ing 400 pounds each, on 70 acres of
land on Mr.. James II. Pou's "Hast-
ings" plantation, one and a half miles
south of Smithfeld.-Smithfeld Her
III
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

%This is No. SO of our series of the Worlds
gressive Farmer by the Editor. In this series
selections from the following authors have
already appeared: Burns, Bryant, Mr.. and
Mrs. Browning, Byron Goldsmith, Holmes
KiPltng, Lanier, LOngfellOw, Lowell, Mark
ham, Macaulay, Milton, Moore, Poe, Pope,
Read, Riley, Ryan Scott, aud others.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
A DOSE OF BROWNING TONIC.
A Stimulus for excepting Eternally at
IT." and for Facing Defeat.

Most of us are in n way or an.
other born towards, and what we
need more than anything else is tc
be made, properly ashamed of our.
selves. Hail, then, Robert Browning
the prophet of courage, courage in
victory, courage in defeat, courage in
the losing fight! This is, briefly, the
message of Mary Baker Dunn, in a
paper as sprightly as it is inspiring
published in the current Atlantic.
According to this writer Browning's
chief virtue is that he makes one feel
willing to blow horns and wave ban
ners and lead forIorn hopes. A
Browning notion of victory, however,
does not with any necessity what
ever imply the getting what one
wants. It often means just keeping
eternally at it, and realizing that
surrender is the only defeat:
"But what if | fail of my purpose
here?
1t is but to keep the nerves at
strain,
To dry ones eyes and laugh at a fall,
And baffied, get up and begin
again
SO the chase takes up ones life,
that's ALL"
The Browning tonic which this
writer would like to substitute for
the proprietary medicines of the age
does not inspire any man to be an
angel before his time-it onlv stimu-
Iates him to be a man and master of
himself:
"a man for aye removed
From the developed brute; a God
though in the germ"
The tonic in question is not an ex-
pensive remedy except in the amount
of effort required on the part of the
patient to render it eficacious, but it
is perhaps a little too bracing to be
taken in large doses until the spirit
of it has begun to steal into ones
veins.
If, for instance, the young man
should begin before breakfast in the
morning with
"What have I on earth to do
With the slothful, with the mawkish,
the unmanly?"
follow it us at about the time of his
after-breakfast pipe with
"I count life just a stuff,
To try the souls strength on"
manfully swallow an afternoon dose
of
"When the fight begins within him
self
A mans worth something
and substitute for his usual nightcap,
why comes temptation but for man
to meet,
And master and make crouch beneath
his foot.
And so be pedestaled in triumph"
he might at first find such a sudden
influx of red blood into his veins a
little more than his system could
bear, but, in due time, if the pre-
scription were persevered in, he
might learn to welcome the joy and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

spring kisses the land and sets free
all bonds. You who have eyes to see,
go you forth even in the winter, for
verify your reward viii be great.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
SIX KILLED; "a INJURED.
Southern Passenger Train Strikes 1
Rotten Bridue and FaIIs THROUGH,

Southern Passenger Train Strikes 6
Rotten Bridge and Falls Through.
Charlotte, N. c., Sept. 4.-Passen
ger train No. Is, northbound, on the
South Carolina and Georgia Extension
railroad, formerly the Three C's, now
operated by the Southern railway, went
through a trestle 80 feet high over
Fishing creek, miles east of here
about 1880 o'clock Thursday killing
six men and injuring "a, five of whom
will likely die.
Three of the latter are negro pas
sengers. The dead:
Engineer Brickman.
Fireman Fred Rhyme.
Postal Clerk Smith
Three unknown negroes.
The injured (white):
Julius Johnson, of Rick Hill, S. c..
perhaps fatally; w. L. Slaughter, Of
Hickory Grove, S. c., seriously; Fred
Poag, Lancaster, S. c.; P. W. Spence
Roddis, s. c.; J. N. MoLaurin, Bethune
8. c.; Mrs ]. c. Boyd, PRESLEY, N
c.; Mrs. H B. Buist, Rock Hill, S. G. +;
B. r. Williford, Charlotte, N c.; T. c.
Hicks, Lancaster, s. c., seriously; w
Harry Willie, Jr., Rock Hill, s. c.. :;
r. A. Willis, Edgmoor, S. c.; F. M
Stephenson, Kershaw, s. c.; -. Gun.
ningham, Lancaster, S. c.; o. B. Hail.
Rock FILL, s. c.; Mrs. Sadie McCas.
kill, Kershaw, 8. c.; two children
named Jenkins, of Rock Hill; Conduc.
tod Ed Turned, Baggagemaster Dukes
and Flagman Whisanant.
Injured (colored): Billie Beard,
Rock Hill, S. c.; Frank Burrisman
Sharon, S. G.
All the bodies have been taken out
save those of the engineer and fire.
man.
The train consisted of an engine and
three cars. 1t left Rock Hill about II
o'clock with about 40 passengers on
board. When the train passed upon
the trestle the entire structure under
the cars gave way, hurting the engine
and cars to the bank of the creek
about so feet below.
The timbers of the bridge were rot
ten and to this fact is ascribed the
cause of the wreck.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
AS TO ARKANSAS POLITICIANS.

Can not something be done to sup
press these Arkansas politicians who
are continually degrading themselves
and their constituents?
Surely it is time for some drastic ac-
tion.
The Individual who occupies the
gubernatorial char of the State has
seemingly made it point, ever since
his election, to impress the public
with the idea that what he lacks in
craftsmanship he makes up for in phys
zeal strength and the qualities of the
bully. He is not the only one of his
kind, obviously, for 1t was a member
OF the supreme court bench of the
State who attacked the governor dur
ing political discussion. And it was
James P. Clarke, United States sena-
tor, who, at the beginning of the spe-
cial session of the senate last spring
insulted his colleague, James Henry
Berry, whose age and affection should
have made him immune even from the
discourtesy of political enemy. For
some time past number of the politi-
clans of the State, from the governor
down, have acted in a manner which
has reflected anything but credit on
them and which has caused the name
of Arkansas to be given even less con-
sideration than formerly. And that is
saying much.
The people of the State should take
steps looking to change for the bet
ter. There is nothing to be gained
and much to be lost by allowing their
public men to get permanently into
the Tillman class.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
IN NEW YORK, ALSO.

The Boston Transcript relates the
following incident whichit relunctant-
ly accepts as an indication that human
nature is not much affected by geo.
graphical lines:
"a neatly dressed colored man, car
rying travelling bag, was making his
way Wednesday, from one of the
downtown offices in New York toward
the bridge. When in front of the
American Tract Society building two
white men passed him, one on each
side. The one on the left put out his
foot and tripped the negro, while the
other grabbed his watch and passed
il to the confederate. The later made
his escape, but the victim of the rob-
berry recovered himself and knocked
the other robber down in good manly
fashion. Then a crowd collected, and,
without waiting to learn the merits OF
the situation, promptly assumed that
the black was the aggressor, and
bounced upon him with shouts of ''kil
the niger" He was receiving very
harsh usage, in spite of the attempts
to explain, when the police interferrec
and by lively use of the club broke
up the mob. The negro made hi
charge against the thief, but al
the watch was not found on him, b,
was permitted to go free, while the IN
nocent victim had to take himself OF
under police protection. The moral o
this is that, in the opinion of Ney
York street crowd, a negro who is go
ing along and attending to his owl
business has no right to protect him
self against the attacks of white thugs
and if he assumes that right he run
the risk of not only being maltreate'
but of losing his life; and that in th
metropolis of the ''most enlightene
country in the world" and in front c
the building of the American Trac
Society"
Doubtless the Transcript thinks thi
could not have occurred in Boston
But some day worse things will occu
there.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

Because Sir Thomas Upton Is going
to visit her brother, a Chicago girl is
reported to be engaged to the gallant
son of Erin. The brother has made
public denial of the engagement and
says his sister and Sir Thomas are
only friends. This is a pity. IF Sir
Thomas cant carry back America s
cup, he might do even better and win
an American girl Here's wishing
him luck!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
THE NEW BABY.

Y IS, I've got little brother,
] Never asked to have him, nuther,
But he's here,
lTAey just went away and bought him,
Aud last week the doctor brought him,
Weren't that queer?
When heard the news from Molly,
Why, Thought at first twas jolly,
Cause you see,
Is'posedI could go and get him,
Aud then mamma, course, would let him
Play with me,
But when once looked at him.
why" I.says, "Great Snakes, is that him.
Just that mite?"
They said, Yes, - and "A1n't he cunnin'?
And thought they must be funnin'---
He's sight.
He's so small. it's just amazing,
And you'd think that he was blazin',
He'sso red.
And his nose is like a berry,
And he's bald as Uncle Jerry,
III On his head.
Why, he isn't worth brick,
III he does is cry and kick,
He can't stop.
Won't Fit up, you can't arrange him
a can't see why pa don't change him
AT the shop
Now, we've got to dress and feed him,
And we really didn't need him
More'n frog:
Why'd they buy baby brother
When they know I'd a good deal ruther
Have dog:
kansas Farmer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

WW. E. King,a negro editor of Dallas.
Texas, regards the familiar 'excur-
sion" as one of the greatest curses
of his race. He adds: What the ne
gro needs is six days work in every
week, ffty-two weeks in every year,
and to stick to it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

The Baltimore police are trying to
determine just when a man may be
considered drunk. And the one per-
son who could solve the problem never
remembers enough about it to tell the
secret.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
AMERICUs, GA. SEPT. 5. 1908.

Ofcourse the school of journalism
will not interest the vast multitude
who already know more about running
the papers than the editors Rome
Tribune.s
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
IRE Almost DESTROYS TOWN.

vienna, Sept. A fire yesterday al.
most destroyed the tow nof T1slv.
NIX, hosina. Several persons were
Niiie0 and about six hundred houses,
seven mosques and synagogue were
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

The mayor of Amberg, Germany,
recently ordered all cats in the city
killed because one had hydrophobia
and was supposed to have bitten many
more. The order was carried out and
II, 22O cats and kittens were killed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
PRONOUNCED ABSURD.
Report of Cardinal Gibbons Expulsion
From France.

Report of Cardinal Gibbons Expulsion
From France.
Paris, Sept A report published
by the Patrie that the government
might expel Cardinal Gibbons from
France, owing to his alleged statement
to the Breton and other French clergy,
is officially pronounced to be false and
absurd.
The government officials also ex
press indignation at such careless
use of the cardinals name.
Cardinal Gibbons wrote to The AS
sociated Press Aug. %, saying that
his alleged meetings with the Breton
and other clergy of France, were fab
relations without an iota Of truth in
them
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
Every train Guarded hv soLdiers.

Every Train Guarded by Soldiers.
st. Petersburg, Sept 4-The Vosto-
tochny Vestnik of Vladivostock,- says
every passenger train on the Man
churian railroad is now accompanied
by detachment of solddery and that
the whole line is guarded by sentries.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

Foley's Kidney Cure makes the di-
seased kidneys sound SO they viii elimi-
mats the poison from tie bio d. John
n, Hudson,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

Goods, Oak
Birch Sideboards, China Closets Combination Cases
Roll and Ladies
Mahogany Leather Lounges Chairs
spint through Odd Pieces and Rockers
Willow Clothes Hampers; Reigerators.
IN China aviands Austrian in
of French, Hand painted and
Austrian Our line OF Vases in
and Real Gold Bohemian China
Our Japanese American Jardinieres
nets Our stock Cut Glass and Lamps will large varied as attractive and
peas Window Shades MrrOWs Pictures Japanese
aud the attractive Toilet which acceptable
O-Carts" eu
Corner Jackson and Forsytf1s Streets, Anericus
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

The Tifnes-Recorder Ia the
oacial Organ of sumter County.
Oh1cial Organ of Webster County.
oncial Organ Of Railroad Commission OF
Georgia for the Sd Congressional District
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

How il your Iivepne4 - II
bert'a Regulator # u
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

For the next week we offer you new line
of French Gtnghams at &c per yard,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

Our best grade Linen Towels: regular S5c
will go at zoe.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

1911 SheetiDg, short lengths, regular Csc; for
this week l7hc yara.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

We offer our entire lot of yard-widc Percals
at SC per yard.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

ALBANY and intermedi-
IN 0E n N, ate Y1ofrts ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-05

My entire lot lot of Muslin, Dimities and
figured Lawns will be closed out at half
price.