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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19
Religion and the Postum.

An incident told by the Rev. V. B. Carroll in the
November Homiletic Review makes apparent the
necessity, in this transition period, Of getting the
negro inwardly right in order that his relation
ship to society may be right:
We we're driving out one Sunday from Decatur,
when we came upon a negro, with a club In his
hand and a freshly killed possum on his shoulder.
We stopped to examine his prize, and the colonel
said:
"My friend, do you know it is Sunday"
"Sartin, boss"
care you not a religious mans"
II are. Use jist on my way home from
church"
"And what sort of religion have you go that
permits you to go hunting on Sundays"
Religion? religion % queried the man, as he
held the possum up with one hand and scratched
his head with the other. "Does you 'spect any
black man in Alabama is gwine to tie hisself up
to any religion dat lows a possum to walk right
across the road ahead of him an git away free?
No, SAIL A religion which won't bend a little
when a fat possum heads you off couldn't be
Established round yere by all the preachers in de
univarse."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19

money, his opinion is, in the minds of some, dis
credited. If he does not bet at all, that is a suf6-
cient reason why he should not be called upon to
put up money in support of his opinion on any
subject. Then, too, the gambling habit weakens
a mans energies. Money won on a bet or in a
lottery seems to be much more easily obtained
than money secured by industry or any kind, and
after one has obtained his living for awhile from
games of chance he becomes practically incapaci-
tated for any legitimate effort, and is not content
with the slow accumulation that generally accom-
panies the ordinary forms of industry. 1t is the
part of wisdom not to gamble at all. Where one
resolutely refuses to begin he is not worried
about a stopping place. And so with other evils
into which the individual is likely to fall.-Wm.
J. Bryan, in The Commoner.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19
Don't Let Mothers Talents Rust.

"I play? Oh, no. I did when was a girl, but
I leave that to my daughters these days. Yes,
sketching and painting were my delight once,
but 1 dropped that for my babies. Now they're
grown, they are having their turn at it"
We hear far too many mothers speaking in
this way, with a smile, and too many girls quietly
concurring in what evidently strikes them as a
fitting arrangement of things. But is there not
a singular ~unftness and injustice in allowing
mothers to exercise such continual self-denial!
Why should a mothers hands be roughened by
disagreeable work, that the daughters may be
kept white for drawing-room accomplishments !
Is not the home filed with more real happiness
when there is such a division of time and work
as enables the mother and her daughters to share
alike 2-Young Peoples Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19
THE HOME CIRCLE


1NA0 hAC HuLuDC14cSS 01d10 VI IL oS1WG4U4 SAysr
Oh, is there no home for the wounded and weary
ooh, is there no home for the wounded and weary,
The heart that is broken, the eye that is teary,
Oh, is there no home in some planet on high,
Mid the numberless stars of the beautiful skyi
Yea, God hath prepared US a mansion above,
Whose timbers were grown in the garden of love,
Whose walls are as white as the sheen of the
snow,
As the sheen of the shield of the sun in its glow,
He hath built me a home In some planet on high,
Mid the numberless stars of the beautiful sky!
He gave to my fathers a place on this earth,
But sin hath discovered the ties of my birth,
And life is a shadow, a mist of the morning
That floats from the hill with the light of the
dawning,
And yet there's a home in some planet on high,
Mid the numberless stars of the beautiful skyi
/ know not what orb shall be my abode,
But I know twas fashioned by the finger of God;
That my mansion is empty and / must await
Till He shall command me to enter the gate;
Till the angel of death in mercy shall come,
And bear me away to my beautiful home,
To my beautiful home in some planet on high
Mid the numberless stars of the beautiful skyl
Joseph W.. Holden.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19
"Resist the Beginnings"

There is perhaps no more important lesson that
young or old can learn than that evils are more
easily resisted in the beginning than after they
have been allowed to develop. Take, for in
stance, disobedience to parents. 1t usually begins
In some small matter when the child feels that
the parent has required an unnecessary thing, or
refused to permit something that the child de-
sires to do. IF it were in an important matter
the child would shrink from act of disobedience,
but it seems so small that the wish of the child
triumphs over the will of the father and mother,
and that act of disobedience becomes the preced-
emf for others until disobedience is easier than
obedience.
Disobedience usually leads to other offenses;
untruthfulness, especially, is apt to follow in the
wake of disobedience, being resorted to as a
means of avoiding punishment of even reproof.
From disregard of parental authority it is an
easy step to the disregard of the authority of
government, and the disobedient child not I'M
naturally develops into the lawless citizen until
finally the downward course leads to the door of
some institution established for correction and
reform. Disobedience to authority is more easily
checked when it first begins to manifest itself
than after the habit has grown strong by indul-
gence.
So, too, with the liquor habit. The taste for
intoxicating liquor is far more easily avoided
than it is overcome when once it is established.
The moderate drinker has not only to risk the
strength of the liquor habit when it once gets a
hold upon him, but if he drinks at all he must de-
fend his refusal to drink either on the ground
that he is going to change his course, a thing
which implies an Acknowledgement of previous
error, or he must give a reason that fits the par,
ticular case in hand. If he drinks with one it is
difficult to refuse to drink with others, and if he
accepts invitations to drink he must give invita-
tions to drink or seem stingy. There is less diff
fculty and more safety, therefore, in not COM
mencing.
1t is the same with gambling, and it is hard
to conceive of a more demoralizing vice. If one
CANDLES at all it is not easy to limit the things
gambled for or the amount wagered. If one bets
at all and refuses to back up his opinion with
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19
An Essay by an Indian Boy.
univarse.'

We clip from a recent copy of the New York
Tribune" the following forcible piece of writing,
said to be by a young Indian pupil not yet so ia
miliar with the English language as he is with the
noble quadruped," he has chosen for the subject
of his essay: "The horse is a very noble quad
ruped, but when he is angry he will not do so.
He is ridden on the spinal cord by the bride, and
sadly the driver places his foots on the stirrups
and divides his lower limbs across the saddle and
drives his animal to the meadow. He has four
legs; two are on the front side and two are after
ward. These are the weapons on which he runs.
He also defends himself by extending these in the
rear in a parallel direction toward his foe, but
this he does only when he is in an aggravating
mood. There is no animal like the horse. No
sooner they see their guardian or master than they
always cry for food, but it is always at the morn
ing time. They have got tails, but not SO long as
the COW and such other like animals."-St.
Nicholas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19

The temper of the mind in which We meet the
hundred and one tiny circumstances of every hour
determines our happiness Or unhappiness far
more than does the detail of what those circun-
stances are. We cannot chose the circumstances,
but we can choose the temper.-Lucy 3. M.
Soulsby.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19

a Ii No. q OF q series OF North Carolina Poems Sc
tecVso especially for The Progressive Farmer by the Editor
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22

BERKELEY, Feb. 21.-Professor
Svante August Arrhenius, the worlds
greatest physicist, has accepted the in
vitation of the University of California
to participate in the activities Of the
next summer school at Berkeley. This
means there will be brought together
in California four of the first scientists
in the world-Profc~sor Jacques Loeb,
the biologist; Professor Hugo de Vries,
the bOtanist; Sir William Ramsay, the
chemist, and Dr. Arrhenius, the physi-
cist. Such a gathering of great think
ers and investigators could hardly be
secured elsewhere in the world and
Californians next summer may have
the opportunity of hearing these men
in the lecture room and laboratory.
Professor ATrhenius occupies the
chair of general physics at the Univer-
sity of Stockholm, Sweden, besides
which he is at the head of the National
Serum Institute of his country His
studying was conducted in part under
Professor Ostwald Of Leipzig, the same
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
EVENTS IN SOCIETY

ALAMEDA Feb 21.-City Trustee Charles
j. Hammond is confined to his home. 2125 Pa
cific avenue with an attack of gastric fever
AT the last meeting of the No Name Whist
Club the following named took part in the
play: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Macil Judge and
Mrs. F. s. Cone. Mr. and Mrs Emanuel Eyre
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Culver. Theodore FiaIa,
e. F. Roberts, Charles l. Miller. Miss Alber-
tine Schroeder, Miss Alma Schroeder Miss
Alice Enery. Miss Annie Miller and Mrs.
Schroeder. The meeting held at the home
Of Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Culver, Central ave-
nue. and Grove street. Thursday evening Du-
plicate whist was played
Next Friday afternoon the decorative art
section Of the Adelphian Club will listen to a
talk on Oriental rugs to be given bv J. A Rob
inson of San Francisco.
Arrangements are being made by the Ger
man Ladies' Relief Society for a whist tour
nament to be held in Encinal Hall on the
evening of March A.
Frank n. Dood. past president of California
Council OF the Young Mems Institute. was
FRIDAY plght presented with a beautiful dia-
mond locket by the organization. the presenta-
tion speech being made by w. ". Goggin
Miss Marjorie Moore and Hugh W Brown
were Joined in wedock at the home of the
Antonio avenue Wednesday evening the Rev
Bradford LeaVitt of Sar Francisco officiating
robert Mcdonald, who was a classmate Of
the groom at Stanford University was best
man, Mrs. l. W. Eaton matron Of honor
and little Marjorie Scott was flower girl yell
low and red, the first the color of Stanford
College of which the bride is a graduate
predominated in the decorations. During the
and vocal, were rendered by Miss Daisy Doc
ley, Miss Steinhart. Mrs Charles Barrett
Clarence Wendell. Harry Lamberton. William
NJ. Clink and j. A. McGinnitty. Mr. and Mrs
Brown will make their home in Tonopah where
the groom is a practtcing mining lawyer. He
IS also associated with the San Francisco law
firm of Campbell, Metson & Campbell. His
bride is the daughter Of II. K. Moore of San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
UNIVERSITY EVENTS

BERKELEY. Feb. 21.-Dr. William W.
Campbell Of the Lick Observatory will address
the students at the Students Observatory al
II o'clock on Tuesday. His subject will be
The Position Of the Heavenly Bodies in
Space"
Miss Ann Mishier, 90. will be the leader at
the meeting OF the Young Womens Christian
Association Tuesday afternoon at 4:15 O'Clock
in stiles Hall She will speak upon Are We
one in Christ Jesus2
The varsity nine viii meet the ST. Mary S
College nine Wednesday afternoon the
campus.
The meeting OF the Young Mems Christian
Association on Thursday afternoon in Stiles
Hall will be addressed by Harry l. StUddard
G6. Ills subject viii be 'Our Many Obliga-
tions TO the Associat tion.''
Or. +. p. Lewis Will address the Philosoph-
ical Union at O'Clock Friday evening in the
Philosophy building. He VIII speak upon
The Relation of Mind and Body" The mem
bers viii discuss Professor George w. STRAIT
tons paper OF the previous meeting.
The Association OF Collegiate Alumnae will
meet in Hearst Hall on Saturday Luncheon
VIII be served 1870 o'clock and the exer-
cises win be held at 2:30 O'Clock The ad-
dresses will be delivered by Miss Katharine
Chandler of Stanford, president OF the asso-
citation; Professor A. F. Lange and DIR. Jes-
giCa PciyOtfo
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
FOOTPAD BEATS
YOUNG WOMAN
After Attempting to Rob Her,
Brutal Alameda Highwayman
Strikes Miss Kate CrOnin
SHE MAKES BRAVE FIGHT
Brutal Assault by a Thief,
Who Was Not Content With
Taking Hard-Earned Money

ALAMEDA, Feb. 21-Struck full in
of footpad and knocked into the gut
ter, Miss Kate Cronin pluckily fought
off her assailant last night and by her
screams for help scared him so that
he ran from the scene of the attempted
holdup and escaped in the darkness.
The young lady's eyes were blackened
by the cowardly pummeling she re-
ceived from the highwayman, but she
bravely held on to her purse, which the
thug attempted to wrest from her.
The encounter occurred at 1890
o'clock last night on Santa Clara ave
nue., near Pine street. Miss Cronin had
alighted from an electric car at the
corner of Santa Clara avenue and Park
street, having come from Oakland,
where she visited friends. She was
proceeding easterly along Santa Clara
avenue to the home of Mrs Franz Col
lischonn, on Everett street and Central
avenue, where she is employed as
housekeeper. When Miss Cronin left
the. car on Park street she observed d
man standing on the corner, near the
office of the Alameda Land Company.
As she proceeded on her way home
ward he followed her. Near Pine street
she became alarmed and turned upon
her pursuer. AS she did so he grabbed
at her purse and hit her several times
in the face knocking her into the gut
ter. She cried out for assistance and
her assailant fed. Miss Cronfn arose
and went back to Park street where
she met two gentlemen and told them
of what had happened. They con-
sented to escort her to the Collischonn
home after she said that she did not
desire to report the affair to the police,
dreading the notoriety it would bring
her.
When seen at the Collischonn resi-
dence Miss Cronin said
Il first noticed the man when I got
off the car on Park street When 1
started to walk along Santa Clara ave
nue. he followed me, but said nothing
that | heard. Near Pine street he
grabbed my purse as 1 turned to see
how close he was to me- He struck me
in the face a number of times and
knocked me down. Then I screamed
and he took to his heels. He was a
man below medium build with a dark.
pointed beard, and wore glasses. He
walked with a stoop and wore a dark
square-cut coat and black derby hat
l think l would know him if were to
see him again."
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
Missionary societr Mee1;nr-

OAKLAND, Feb. 21.-The twelfth an
nual netting Of the Women's Metho-
dist Foreign Missionary Society. Oak
land district, viii be held Wednesday
1t the Chester-street Methodist Church
During the sessions addresses viii be
delivered by Mrs. Louise Blackmar
Glider. Miss Josephine Marston. Mrs.
George w. White. Miss Ella Hewitt
Charles C. Lombard. Mrs. George Y
Smyth, Mrs. T. J. Masters and Mrs.
owen Hottie. Reports VIII be read By
Mrs J. J. Smith, Mrs Charles
Smith and Mrs N. C. Haczlev. Mrs
Fannie Harvey Miss Hart and DR.
Kate Bushnell viii conduct the devo-
uonal services. The district officer
are: President. Mrs Robert Bentley:
wee president. Mrs. a L. Baker; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. owen Hottie.
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles
T. Smith: treasurer, Mrs NJ. G. Hack
ley; superintendent Y W. and s. B.
Mrs. J. J. Smith: superintendent junior
and x. H.. Mrs. A. C.. Stevens.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22

| distinguished scientist under whom DR.
Loeb worked.
This scientist first achieved distinc-
tion through the publication of his cleo
trolytic disassociation theory in 1887
which in brief is an explanation of the
manner in which electricity separates
many substances from their elements.
The problem had received attention
from other Investigators but Professor
Arrhenius was the first to propose a
theory which would account for the
results obtained by himself and others.
A complete revolution was then
worked, both in pure and applied
chemistry, by the theory and it is now
rapidly forcing it's way into the sci
ences of biology and medicine.
Professor Arrhenius' latest investiga-
tions have been in the direction of the
application of serum to the cure of dis
ease. Ghe results he has obtained in
this field he offers to give to the world
for the first time in a course of lee
lures he will deliver at the summer
session.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
FAMED MASTER
OF CUMBERLAND
IS SUMMONED

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. Feb. 21.-
Commander William P. Randall. U.
S. N, retired. died at his home in this
city to-day, aged II years. Assigned
as acting master on the frigate Cum
berland during the Civil War, he par
ticipated in the battle with the Mer-
rimac and was credited with having
fired the last shot from the frigate
before she was sent to the bottom.
After the war he entered the navy as
ensign and served in various capaci-
ties until 1882 when he was retired.
During the Spanish war he served as
executive officer of the receiving ship
Wabash.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
NAPA ELECTRIC ROAD
BUYS BLOCK OF LAND
Vallejo, Benicia and Napa Valley Line
Will Locate Depot on the
Property.

NAPA, Feb. 21.-The Vallejo, Benicia
and Napa Valley Electric Railroad has
secured a bond to a block lying be-
tween the Palace Hotel and the South
errn Pacific tracks with the exception
of the depot saloon property. The land
thus secured was purchased from the
East Napa Company about two years
ago by ]. A. Migliavacca at a nominal
price. 1t is reported that he will triple
his money. A. p. Cross, assistant to
the president of the electric line, states
that the depot of the railroad will be
located on this property. Several deeds
for a right of way for the same road
have been filed with the County Re
corder during the past week.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
ORGANIZE CLUB
AMONG LAYMEN
EpiScOpalianS Call Meeting at
Which They VIII Unite for
Progress of Their Church
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1I1Q Prood durov Feb O1


111S Broadway, Feb. 81
Members of the Episcopalian
churches of Oakland and Alameda will
meet Tomorrow evening at ST. Paurs
Episcopal Church to organize a church
club of laymen, its prime object being
social, with attention to be given to
church extension work. Bishop Will
liam Ford Nichols will attend the meet
ing.
Charles Hildersley, formerly leading
tenor of Temple Church, London, has
been appointed choirmaster of the
Church of the Advent, East Oakland.
Lenten mission to continue for a
week will be held this week at the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Services viii be held day and night by
two Jesuits.
The Rev. Egerton Ryerson Young, a
former Indian missionary, delivered an
ADDRESS to-day at the Eight-avenue
Methodist Church on Trials and Tri-
umphs of Missionary Life"
The Rev. Thomas p. Boyd has COM
menced series of revival services at
Calvary Baptist Church.
j. G. White, president of the Young
mems Christian Association of the
University of California, conducted
young mems class this morning at the
Eighth avenue Methodist Church.
The Rev. Ben Sargent of Berkeley
preached to-day at the Fourth Con-
gregational Church.
The Rev. Raymond c. Brooks, pastor
OF Pilgrim Congregational Church, and
the Rev. b. NJ. Palmer of FruitvaIe ex-
changed pulpits to-day.
The pulpit Of the Second Congrega-
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
BURGLARS TAKE
TO THEIR HEELS
+. H. Pitman Catches Them
in the Act of Opening Win
dow of His Home at Night
SEEK SAFETY ON A CAR
Vehicle WhiPlS Thieves Out
of Harms Way While Their
Victim Stands Chagrined
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,

Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, Feb 21
Z. II. Pitman. superintendent of the
Judson Iron Works. came near catching
two burglars at his home last night, at
1901 oxford street. Only an Oxford
street car that happened to be passing
saved the men from capture, for they
boarded it just in the nick Of time, and
were whirIed away to safety
Pitman heard a noise coming from
the first floor Of his. home at o'clock
in the night and hurried down stairs,
pistol in hand. TO see what it was about
When he looked into the front room he
saw two men trying to raise the win
dow. one helping the other work a
jimmy" Pitman yelled TO the men to
halt, threatening at the same time to
fire but they took TO their heels.
Before Pitman could get outside the
front door to fire at the fugitives
car came along on Oxford street. and
the burglars hurriedly placed them
selves between Pitman and it TO pre-
vent his shooting at them. Then, when
the car reached them, they got aboard
and rode away. leaving Pitman very
much chagrined
The conductor of the car noticed that
the men acted suspiciOusly, but did not
arrest them. When they paid their fare
they were careful to conceal their faces,
so that he could not see them.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
STUDENTS WILL
REMEMBER DEAD
Memorial Day at University
of California to Honor Mem
DRY of Those That Have Gone
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call
2148 Center Street. Feb 21


214s Center Street, Feb 81
Faculty and students of the Univer-
sity of California will gather in Har-
mon Gymnasium on Friday morning
next to pay tribute to the university's
dead. 1t will be the university's memo
rial day, and the anniversary of the
birthday of the late Professor Joseph
lie Conte, in whose honor the memo
rial day was founded. This occasion
viii be particularly impressive, because
there have passed away within the last
ciates of Professor Joe" for a long
time-Professors Martin Kellogg. Feli-
Glen Paget and L. Du Pont Syle.
Professor William Carey Jones will
deliver the memorial address and Max
Thelen, president of the Associated
Students, will preside. The Glee Club
will sing two selections, and the invo-
cation and benediction will be delivered
by a minister yet to be chosen. 1t was
intended to remount the lie Conte
memorial tablet at the LIE Conte oak
on the campus, but owing to some mis-
understanding among the administra-
tive officers of the university the gran
ite block promised for it could not be
procured in time.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements consists of Arthur Trap
hagen, Miss Bernice Woodburn and F.
]. Booth.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
Chicago's Cupid Dead.

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 21.-Justiee
J. c. Murphy of Chicago died at the
Sisters Hospital in this city to-day.
Justice Murphy came TO Los Angeles
several months ago to visit his son.
who is a. resident of this city. About
ten days ago he fell from a street car
and sustained injuries from which. in
his enfeebled state of health, he was
unable to rally.
Justice Murphy was famous in Chi
cago as the Marrying Justice" hav-
ing performed the marriage ceremony
for hundreds of couples.