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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16
EVENING WRAPS.

A long coat for wear with afternoon
gowns is an important part of the
outfit this winter as it ever is dur
ing the summer months. Not an
evening wrap, by any means, but a
cloak of cloth, fur or, perhaps, satin,
to wear over light and delicate re-
ception gown or luncheon dress when
the cloth costume is not quite smart
enough. Many afternoon dresses are
made in light clo,h and most elabo-
rately trimmed, and these gowns must
have some wrap which is totally diff
ferent in character from the cloth
jacket as well as the handsome opera
cloak.
In light cloth lined either with sat
in, brocade or fur, this style of wrap
is exceptionally useful, for it is made
up so heavily with countless inter
Innings of flannel and chamois as to
do service also as carriage wrap
for midwinter.
If one can afford long cloak of
sable. chincila or even squirrel, Fhere
is nothing SO delightfully."- comfortable
fol cold weather as the fur coat; but
il not, a fur lining need not be SO
very expensive, and the fur-lined
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16

The problem of the debutante's re-
ception gown is always rather diff
cult one to solve, for while the chief
point is to have it as becoming as
possible it is generally necessary that
the gown be Of decided use during the
winter. Then this gown must be
youthful and the outlines should not
be too elaborate.
Chiffon is one of the softest and
most widely becoming materials pro
curable but this has the disadvantage
of great unserviceableness, for it is
well known that for long wearing
qualify chiffon is out of the question.
However. when numberless after
noon and theater gowns can be had by
all means let there be a chiffon frocli
among the number.
Brussels net is another eXceedinglA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16
Debuntante's Reception Gown

attractive texture, and this is net
nearly so perishable as chiffon.
Net needs large amount of lace
trimming to do away with The possl-
bic monotony of the mesh; but then
any gown of today mus be elaborate
lv finished and ornamented with one,
two or more varieties Of lace.
For real serviceableness crepe de
Chine is unequaled and the satin fn-
ished crepe is as soft and pre- tv as
almost any of the more eXpe nsiNe
and undoubtedly newer materials.
The wear that can be had from a
SIMPLE crepe de Chine dress is re-
nlarkable, for there is no 0 her nate
rial which will clean so we'll or which
FOR a second year can be dyed so sat
isfactorily.
Liberty satin is a material at ono
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16
SENTENCE SERMONS.

The self sufficient are never eff
cient.
Love is never deerened by dan.-
ming it up.
Compassion knows nothing of con-
descension.
Lies bric-abrac makes its biggest
burden.
One tallow dip is worth a bushel of
Gead lamps.
unendng harvest.
Sorrow may be essential to the
song of the universe.
People who have culture are never
conscious of it.
Reverence will not follow where
respect does not lead.
A rough remedy is better than the
most elaborate regrets.
A man is not civilized even who
loves cash more than country.
It's poor faith thai does not an
swer some of its own prayers.
Casting all your care on him. does
not include your care for others.
Educating your conscience into elias
ticity will not relieve you from guilt.
Tying pink ribbons around a dog S
reck is not the same as love for the
lowly.
Blue windows to the soul turn the
milk of human kindness to clabber.
The best way to make sure OF
heaven is to make your homes like
heaven here.
Those who try to make the best OF
everything generally get the best OF
everything.
The man who discharges all his re
lieious obligations by going to church
never had enough religion to bother
any one.
The world could worry along with a
sGod deal less sn.artness In stock if
oalv Il might carry heavier line Of
s. sympathy and simple neiehborliness
Chicago Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

cloths are exceedingly smart. Just at
this time of year most remarkable
bargains are to be had in the way of
flr-lined coats, and no outfit will be
really complete without just such a
cloak, To make the coat more ef-
fectjye wide collar and revers, as
we'll as cuffs, may be added OF mink,
sable or ermine. for they need bear
nc relation to the fur lining.
The wrap that is worn in the after
noon today would have been though
al. exceptionally handsome evening
cloak not so very long ago, and real.
" the work on many OF the Simple
cloaks is very beautiful. Hand-em
broidered cloths are much in demand
and if fur is not used on bo h collar
and cuffs quantities of lace are used
A yoke of Irish point over satin,
with deep ruffles of lace below the
cuff, makes an effective finish to a
c,oh or heavy silk wrap. Cloth Is
made up in all shades and eolors
from the brightest scarlet to all tbs
dull pastel tints. When silk or sa IN
is employed for an afternoon coat the
darker colors seem smartest. Rec
is very fashionable, as we'll as green
in many new and odd shades, and
coffee or ecru is also a favorite coior
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16
Net the Only One.

William II. Crane, before his de-
parture for Europe, told the follow
ing:
In submitting a story to certain
magazine a disappointed literary as
pirant requested that in the event Of
his manuscript being found unavail-
able he be favored with the reason
In a week the manuscript was re-
turned. and on the customary printed
Slip accompanying il was written:
Dear Sir:-The superscription TO
your manuscript seems to us TO best
express our reasons for refusal.
9 Respectfully yours
THE Editor
"Openine the manuscript a. the
title page the puzzled aspirant read
his own handwriting:
.. His One Great Sin About
4.S00 words
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16
A Perfect Milk Food.

Is Borden's Peerless Brand Evaporat.
ed Cream. 1t has a delightful natu-
raj flavor and is superior tc the rich
est raw cream. with the added insur-
ance Of being sterile. Always carried
by soldiers, sailors, hunters, campers
and explorers 1t has become house
holu necessity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16

If a book will interest anyone wait.
ing his turn in a dentists chair, there
need be no further test applied 10 its
entertaining powers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-16

See Drs. Black Brothers about
ycGr teeth.
The progressive farmer., 1904-01-26
On Keeping Manure.

It was once supposed that if manure was kept
under It's fertility would not be appreciably
wasted The Department of Agriculture finds
that large losses may occur, though not to such
extent, of course, as from the open-yard manure
pile. The best way to keep manure seems to be
to pack it into solid mass, and exclude the air,
in somewhat similar manner to the way silage
Is put up. The Department notes experiments
where steer manure kept in deep stalls under
the feet of the animals for months, as against
the method of cleaning the stall out daily and
storing In a compact heap under cover, enough
fine cut litter being used each day to apparently
absorb all liquid manure. The deep stall manure
was trampled to a very dark, compact mass, and
there very little loss of the valuable fertiliz-
ing constituents nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. With the manure kept in heaps one-third
of the nitrogen, one-ffth of the potash and one
seventh of the phosphoric acid was lost, the total
money ralue of the losses being equivalent $3.50
for each steer stabbed for six months.
Manure, it is stated, can be kept almost perfect
ly, far as the fertilizer constituents are con-
cerned, by use of the "deepstaW system. Exper-
imsnts show, however, that nitrogen is lost very
rapidly by such manure, if it be allowed to lie
after the removal of the stock, without such coy-
ering as will retain the moisture and exclude the
air.
The progressive farmer., 1904-01-26
Winter on the Farm.

"How should the farmer spend winter time on
the farm?"
This is the question which Mr.. r. D. Martin,
agricultural editor of the Gastonia Gazette sets
out to answer In the last number of that paper
and this is how he does it:
Live stock should have attention. Stables
should have perfect ventilation. Have them
warm. Provide good warm quarters. The fer
tility of the farm is the farmers banking stock
from which he must realize his profit The higher
above par he can keep it the larger will be the
gain. The cheapest and best fertilizer to add to
the soil is stable manure. A good plan is to map
off the farm on piece of paper. Designate the
crops to be sown the following season and crops
growing. Indicate the seed and fertilizer to be
used for each crop. Read at least three good
agricultural papers. Read the leading county
newspaper. Read the Gastonia Gazette And
finally read-The Progressive Farmer of Raleigh,
N. c."
The progressive farmer., 1904-01-26
Sweet Potatoes.


Editors Progressive Farmer:
Down South when you say Potatoes" you are
understood to be speaking about sweet potatoes
Up North and everywhere else when you say "Po-
tatoes, you are supposed to refer to Irish pota-
toes. Sweet potatoes are of tropical origin; but
they grow well in the temperate climate all along
the lower belt.
There are quite number of varieties, and thew
differ considerably in their characteristics and
comparative value Generally speaking, they con-
tain a very high per cent of starch, which makes
them valuable for food both for men and animals
OF the farm Some varieties contain also quite
good per cent of sugar. These are more highly
esteemed for table use. The flesh il yariouslv
solorsd from milky white to deep yellow. The
ys'isw are the sweeter and sell higher in the mar
The progressive farmer., 1904-01-26
On the rolly Of Increased Cotton Acreage.

Editors Progressive Farmer
r see by the newspapers, and reports OF COM
mercial agencies as WELL that the shops for the
manufacture of farm implements are running day
aud night to manufacture the implements they
saw will be necessary to cultivate the largely In
creased acreage of cotton that will be planted the
coming season. Great Heavensl can it be that
the Southern farmers intend to throw away their
golden opportunity by another effort to increase
acreage, and thus reduce cotton to price below
the cost of production2 Heaven forbid.
] am aware that some of the Solons have de-
clared that with the present system of labor it
viii be impossible to produce more than II 100000
bales of cotton in the country, after considering
the damage possible from the ravages of the boil
weeyil in the Gulf region. But it is quite possible
with very favorable season and an ample sup
ply of commercial fertilizer (which the factories
arc only too willing to selD to raise with the
present system of labor, aided by the improved
implements from 13,500,0O0 to Il, 100000 bales OF
cotton.
Now what would be the result? We would have
a much larger fertilizer bill to pay. We would
have tremendous crop of 6cent cotton In the
fields which, with the present labor, we cannot
gather. We would be without the necessary home
supplies which are indispensable and must be
repetition of the scenes of 1s97-189s would be in
evidence.
Now let an old and practical farmer beg of the
farmers of the country, or at least of Old North
Carolina, that they be not allured into any such
condition by the present prospects of high prices
of cotton. My friends, let us curtail rather than
increase cotton crops. It should not be for
gotten that there is in the fields of North
Carolina 10 per cent of the present crop ungath-
cred. This at least should convince any sensible
farmer that the cotton crop of 1903-1904 is as
large as can be harvested with the present labor.
Let us begin now to raise far more home sup
plies than we have raised. Raise everything
on your farms that you will need for man or beast
to eat-especially an abundant supply of meat,
corn and feed for your stock. This being assured,
plant as much cotton as you can easily handle
Then If Russia and Japan want to fight, let them
fight; it won't hurt you.
J.H. PARKERe
Hertford Co. N c.
The progressive farmer., 1904-01-26

the table, They are called yams, poplar roots
Spanish Bermudas, niger heads, and so on. Be-
Sides they have various local names from the
parties who grow particular variety successful-
ly. We have the Norton yam, the Georgia yam,
the pumpkin yam, the old-fashioned yam, the vine
less yam, the Jersey yam, and SO on. The yams
have more or less-forked leaf. The others gen.
orally have solid leaf.
Sweet potatoes are cooked IN variety of ways,
to suit the taste of the consumer. A grated pota-
to pudding cooked brown, and the crust stirred in
and then Drowned again, and this repeated several
times, is dsa that can hardly be surpassed. "Po-
tatoes and 'possum" are proverbial dish that en-
joys great reputation. Custards, sliced pies,
dressed, baked, roasted aud fried are few of
the ways of serving them. Perhaps roasting In
the ashes preserves their full flavor better than
any other method of cooking. When General Ma
rion and his braves lived on roasted potatoes and
fought the British soldiers and Tories, they were
not on hard rations by any means.
GROWING
Prepare the land deep and harrow WELL Then
lay off rows three and one-haf feet, put in some
sort of rotting vegetation to keep the bed mellow.
Then use phosphate and kainit or muriate, freely
and bed flat. Put some more potash just before
you set slips, and mix it in with harrow This
will freshen up the soil, kill young grass and
weeds, and help young slips or vines to live Plen
ty of potash will make the potatoes plump and
smooth and sweet.
The vines cut pinched off with three or four
leaves, and planted so as to cover all but the top
one, will live easily, and make good crop. Many
prefer the vines to the slips.
They can be set any time from April to August
If too much nitrogen is used, the potatoes will be
apt to crack as they grow Do not wait for rain,
set the slips and put pint of water to each and
cover with dry soil, and they will grow off better
than if planted in the mud.
CULTIVATION.
Keep them clean. Grass and weeds do more
damage to potatoes than to any other crop we
have tried The vines should not be covered with
the soil, for then they will take root and iniure
the potatoes. Neither should the vines be cut
or pulled The leaves are the lungs and the work
shop. The food is here made into milk and sent
to the potatoes.
As soon as mature, they should be dug. Use
long plows so as to avoid cutting them. Take out
all bruised and put the potatoes in yo,,r home
cellar or hill and cover very lightly leaving OPEN
ing at the top so that the steam NAV freely es-
cape When this has ceased to form, and the DO
tatoes are dry and cool, cover them SO as to pre-
vent all possibility of frost or freeze If this
work is carefully done, potatoes need ever be
lost. No moisture should reach them.
Clemson College, S. c., has perfected process
by which evaporated potatoes can be kept indef-
nlteiy. II you are Interested write them for bull
letin.
VALUE.
fotatoes yield from twenty-five to seven humid
red bushels per acre. They sell from twenty-five
The progressive farmer., 1904-01-26
Soils, Crops and Fertilizers
CONDUCTED BY B. w. KILGoRE,

state Chemist Department Agriculture
and Director Agricultural Experiment Station
INQUIRIES Progressive chesrfully
mwered
The progressive farmer., 1904-01-26
Hertford Co., N. G.
Cotton Culture in the German Colonies.
j. Fl. PARKER

In order to meet the constantly growing de-
mand for cotton in the German textile industries.
the attempt has been made to grow cotton in the
German African colonies, and according to the
trials already made the success of this new under
taking seems almost assured. Cotton plantations
have been established in Togo, Kamerun. German
Southwest Africa, and German East Africa
German syndicate also contemplates the culture
of cotton in Asia Minor. In Togo the deyeIop-
ment of the cotton culture has been most success
full, so much so that the second years crop-that
or 19O2-was as large again as that of the first
year, $4,000 pounds of cotton having been ex-
ported. The cost of producing 500 pounds of
cotton, exclusive of business management and
amortization was 2O5.35 marks ($4ssD, while the
selling price realized was 343.5O marks S7s.751.
There is a difference between sebone. and
green bone" The latter contains more nitro
gen, and is also more easily digested The d;-
gestibility of food is as important as it's onal;tv
A green bone is fresh and tough because il CON
talns the natural JUICES. The best and cheapest
way to prepare for fowls is to cut with q cream
bone cutter.-Farmers, Voice
The progressive farmer., 1904-01-26

Potatoes yield from twenty-five to seven hund-
RED bushels per acre. They sell from twenty-five
cents to one dollar per bushel Early in season
or every late they sell higher still. They are
very valuable to feed to chickens, hogs, cows and
horses. Hogs are made very fat on them.
Two to three hundred bushels is not an unusual
yield, promising an income of from one hundred
to two hundred dollars per acre.
J. 2. HUNNIGUTT.
Fulton Co., Ga.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-10
GERMAN VIEW OF B4TTLE.
Belief That a Serious Bloc Has
Been Dealt to Russia.

Berlin. Feb 9--Japan's initial success in the
nrst attack with torpedo boats on the Russian
heet OF Port Arthur produced a deep impress
sion both on the people and military and naval
critics here. Groups gathered around the news
boys selling extras i'm the streets and read the
news almost with EXPLANATIONS Of gladness.
The comment at the Marine Department was
that even the temporary disablernent of three
warships placed the Russians at a great disad-
vantage i'm the future operations 1t added
that the torpedoing of the enemys vessels lying
under powerful land batteries must have been
carried out daringly and skilfully.
The Socialist leaders and newspapers take an
extreme anti-Russian position in their comments
on the war. affirming that every Socialist in
the world and every Liberal must hope that au-
tocracy viii be defeated.
The semi-ofiicial North German Gazette
warns its readers not 10 attach too much impor-
tance TO Japan's first success.
Tl.a Cologne ''Voks-Zetung." the principal
organ of the Centre party. says Japan has
shown herself more civilized and more honor
able than Russia.
The "ragliche Runschau" aserts in strong
terms that Japan disregarded international law
in attacking without a declaration of war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-10
STRONG PORT ARTHUR.
Russian Cannon Aided by Natural
advantages.

Fortified By elaborate scheme Of defences.
Port Arthur is the most powerful southeriy naval
station which the Muscovites possess in Asia. The
entrance TO Port Arthur Is also guarded by nature
II II extremely narrow, in places not more
than two hundred yards wide. For this reason
russians have boosted that It IS nearly i'm
pregnahle as any naval station in the Orient.
When Russia took possession Of Port Arthur. at
the end OF the Llao-Tlng Peninsula. she found a
Chinese arsenal. which had been originally con-
structed under the direction OF European engi-
neers The Russians. however. were satisfied
with the plan Of Notifications. and practically re-
built the fortress
Like Nladivostok. Port Arthur lies at right angles
to the main channel. The outer harbor is deep.
but the water in the inner harbor will float the
largest vessels All ships having "A draught Of
over twenty-four feet must lie outside in the outer
roadstead. where they are open to attack
Russia occupied Port Arthur December IS
1897 In explaining her act she said that she re-
garded the possession OF Port Arthur as a com
pensation for her grievance with China.
The Russians strengthened the series of fortified
tons known the Hwang Chinshan forts. which
command the entrance Of the harbor to the east.
ana directly behind they rebuilt chain OF batteries
which are intended to pour down shot and shell
INTO the inner harbor. The Laomuchu battery Is
SO placed that il sweeps the approach OF the port
diagonally and commands both the outer and inner
basins. The village of Port Arthur is situated op-
poste the entrance to the harbor.
Despite the powerful equipment of cannon which
can be stornisd and f,Lcn nv q cor%er4eF land and
sea attack Situated on peninsula its batteries
may be isolated and cut off from supplies The
peninsula is joined to the mainland by narrow
strip or land which Is only eighteen miles wide in
some places. y recent report to the effect
that the Japanese would eudeavor to land troops
on the peninsula, and thus cut off the Russians
land communication. In 1'9t the japanese pursued
such tactics They landed forty thousand soldiers
on the peninsula Immediately after the naval vic
tory off the mouth of the Yaiu River. The army
captured Port Arthur.
Japan deprived OF Port Arthur the result
of the intervention OF the powers "a the close of
the Chino-Japanese War When Russia stepped In
and took possession OF the peninsula later. the act
awakened in the japanese a certain hatred of the
Muscovites. which had been smouIderinE up to the
present outbreak.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-10
MCCORMICK W4NTS NEWS.
Finds III Hard to Learn DeUeLOp-
perts an st. Petersburg.

Washington, Feb. s-The State Department to-
day received a cable dispatch from Ambassador
Mccormick at 81. Petersburg confirming the press
reports TO the effect that three warships OF the
Russian feet had been damaged IN attack IN
the roads OF the harbor at Port Arthur by japanese
torpedo boats. The extent OF the damage TO the
vessels Il is said. IS unknown This was the hrst
official Information received concerning TINS engage
ment.
Ambassador Mccormick suggests to the depart
rnent that a complete Geographic report OF events
In the Far East received In Washington VIII De
OF material assistance to him In interpreting the
situation in St Petersburg He says that IN tHe
,,,,,,,stsrces at ST Petersburg he is not able TO
comply absolutely with the departments lhstruc-
tons to keep it posted regarding developments o.
IN, war in the Orient. and indicates that II Is I'M
yossible FOR him obtain early and accurate news
~ tho situation. He also adds that he has mad 70
dapend on representatives, Of foreiEn governments
.vfn for in Information from Washington.