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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14

I'm TWO PARTs-PART L
Do not expect from a child any great amount of
moral goodness. During early years every civil
lied man passes through that phase of character
exhibited by the barbarous race from which he IS
descended. As the child's features-fat nose,
forward opening ~nostrils, large lips, wide-apart
eyes, absent frontal sinus, etc., resemble for a time
those of the savage, so, too, do his instincts. Hence
the tendencies to cruelty, to thieving, to lying, SO
general among children-tendencie which, even
without the aid of discipline, will become more
or less modified just as the features do. The popu-
lar idea that children are innocent" while it may
be true in so far as it refers to evil knowledge, is
totally false in so far as it refers to evil inn
pulses, as half an hours observation in the nur-
ssssEy will prove to any one. Boys when lett to
themselves, as at a public school, treat each other
far more brutally than men do; and were they
left to themselves at an earlier age their brutality
would be still more conspicuous.
Not only is it unwise to set up a high standard
for juvenile good conduct, but it is even unwise
to use very urgent indictments to such good con-
duct. Already most people recognize the detrl-
mental results of intellectual precocity; but there
remains to be recognized the truth that there is a
moral precocity which is also detrimental. Our
higher moral faculties, like our higher intellectual
ones, are comparatively complex. By consequence
they are both comparatively late in their evolu-
ton. And with the one, as with the other, a very
early activity produced by stimulation will be at
the expense of the future character. Hence the
not Uncommon fact that those who, during child
hood, were instanced as models of juvenile good
ness by and by undergo some disastrous and
seemingly inexplicable change, and end by being
not above but below par; while relatively ex-
empIary men are often the issue of a childhood by
no means so promising.
Be content, therefore, with moderate measures
and moderate results. Constantly bear in mind
the fact that a higher morality, like a higher intel
ligence, must be reached by a slow growth, and
you will then have more patience with those I'M
perfections of nature which your child hourly dis,
plays. You will be less prone to that constant
scolding, and threatening, and forbidding, by
which many parents induce a chronic domestic
irritation, in the foolish hope that they will thus
make their children what they should be.
This comparatively liberal form of domestic
government, which does not seek despotically to
regulate all the details of a childs conduct, neces-
sarily results from the system for which we have
been contending. Satisfy yourself with seeing
that your child always suffers the natural conse-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14
THE MORAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.

The Great Philosopher, Herbert Spencer, on a Matter
of Vital Concern to all Parents.
Selections from Herbert Spencers Education" arranged es-
pecially for The Progressive Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14

~This ia No. 81 OF q series OF North Carolina Poems Sc
lectsd especially for The Progressive Farmer by the Editor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14

CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
LADY CURZON is IMPROVED
Crisis in Her Condition Expected to Be
Reached Tomorrow.

London, Sept. 24.-Although Lady
Curzon has not yet passed the danger
point. her friends are more hopeful.
Her physicians believe the crisis will
have passed by Sunday morning. Lady
Curzon requested yesterday that her
children be brought to her bedside. and
pathetic greetings were exchanged be
tween them. Lord CUrZOn. who has
been in close attendance upon his wife
since her illness, looks worn and hag-
gard. 1t has been difficult to persuade
him TO take rest. Lord Curzon's re-
appointment to the post of viceroy of
India was gaZetted yesterday.
London, Sept PA successful op-
Grafton was performed upon Lady
Curzon this afternoon. 1t is announc-
ed her condition is grave, but the out
look is more hopeful.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
FEARFUL DEATH LIST RESULT OF
WRECK ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SPOONER DENIES ALL
CHARGES OF BRIBERY
Claims the Lincoln Steffens Article
Was Inspired by Bitter Personal
Enemy.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-United States
Senator John c. Spooner, of Wiscon,
sin. who is attacked in an article by
Lincoln Steffens in the October mum
Der of McClures Magazine, was in Chi
cago yesterday. Senator Spooner is
charged. more or less directly, in the
article with employing corrupt means
TO secure his election to the United
States senate. 4 never had TO buy
my way into the senate" Senator
Spooner remarked, with some heat.
when the article was called to his at
tention. 4 would never go to the sen
ate or hold any office secured by the
methods suggested. That article is in
spired by bitter personal enemy of
mine, Isaac Stevenson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
Startling Innovation Proposed by
George Meredith, the Well
Known Novelist.

London. Sept. Marriage for five
years. or for ten years only, instead
of till death do you part" are sug-
gested by George Meredith. the well
known novelist, as a remedy for the
failures of marriage under the presen5
system.
There Will be devil of an uprOar
before such change can be made" q"
admits Mr. Meredith. 1T Will be a
great shocl:; but look back and see
what shocks there have been and what
changes have nevertheless occurred in
the marriage business in the past"
Meredith's suggestion IS printed Ill
the Daily Mail this morning He as
serts that some day the present CON
ditions OF marriage viii be changed
and that marriage Will be allowed for
certain period. perhaps ten years.
The state will see that sufficient mon
ey is saved in that period 10 provide
for and educate the children. Perhaps
the state will take charge Of such a
fund
The difficulty, says Meredith. 'is
70 make the English people face such
a problem. They want 10 live under
discipline more than any other nation
in the world They do not look ahead,
/ especially the governing people.
You must have philosophy. though
! il is more than can be hoped FOR to get
the English people 70 admit the bare
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
LONE ROBBER MAKES
HAUL FROM CLERKS
Marches Them to Toilet Room and Ties
Them up in San Francisco,
Getting $4,000.

San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 24.-COm-
peIling two clerks to go into a room
at the point of a revolver to be made
prisoners, a masked man yesterday
took a suit case containing $4.4O0 and
records and papers belonging to the
Central grain and stock exchange at
20 Liederdorf street, and then made
his escape.
F. J. Flynn and II. T. Pearny are
clerks employed by the exchange. and
they were carrying the suit case con
tanning the gold, silver and paper into
the office when they were confronted
by the robber. His revolver caused
them TO obey his commands. The thief
showed perfect familiarity with the
premises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
A TOUGH FAMILY THIS
Father Murdered by Children After
Career of Crime.

Rhinelander. Wis, Sept "A - The
dead body of Louis Donnerstad, aged
so. with his skull crushed and two
bullet holes in it, was brought here
yesterday. Information as TO his con
dition was sent by a daughter who
stated that her father had committed
suicide. The daughter and Sadie
Slack. who had been staying at Don
nerstad's home. are under arrest and
officers are looking for Hugo Donner-
stad. a son. who escaped TO the woods
prior TO the officers arrival. Bonner
stad did not approve OF his sons at
rentions TO Miss Slack and is said To
have driven her from his house with
a butcher knife. He had served a term
in Waupon prison. charged with kill
ing a 500 line brakeman about y
years ago. Indications are that the
man was first shot and not dying in
stantly. his head was beaten in with
an AK.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
Declares the Black Man Will Yield to
Nothing Save Superstitious
Terror.

Atlanta. Ga. Sept 24.-In a leading
editorial in yesterday afternoon :
News John Temple Graves advocates
Iynching and also a revival of kuk-
luNism in order 10 tcTrOrize negroes.
Mr.. Graves says in part:
The white men of this southern
country will protect their women from
he uuspeakable lust of unspeakable
brUtes. and neither law. nor statutes.
nor public opinion. nor armed forces.
nor federal courts. nor any other
courts. will prevent the stern express
sion OF the popular horror and out
RACES toward this most internal of all
human crimes.
There is no need 10 try TO scare the
people of this southern country with
he threat OF the federal court. II the
federal court invades the states au-
thority and takes charge of these
eases there yet remain the memory
and the renaissance OF the KukluX
Nlan. which was. perhaps. after all
he most effective agency that this
southern country has ever known
against the crime and lawlessness that
followed a period Of war.
Even this may not entirely accom-
dish its work of reform. but il Will
T anything will or if anything can. and
his appeal 70 the superstiJiOus ter
rurs of the criminal classes must not
be left untried."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
TRADE CONDITIONS
MAKING PROGRESS
Preparation for Winter Gives Many
Work and Improves the
Outlook.

New York, Sept 2f.-R. q. Dun in
his Weekly Review of Trade. says:
Trade expands steadily as confidence
increases with the harvesting of crops.
and mercantile collections are less
tardily met Lower temperatures
stimulates a demand for fall and win
ter wearing apparel and there is more
disposition to prepare for the future
rather than TO confine operations With
in the limit of Immediate requirements.
This Improvement is extending to all
departments of manufacture. and in
the aggregate there is less idle ma
chinery than at any recent date The
settlements of labor disputes helped in
the development of this favorable con-
dition.
Railway earnings for September are
81 per cent larger than a year ago.
and foreign commerce at this port for
last week shows d gain of $2.945,GS1
in exports. as compared with 1903 al
though imports decreased S713,670.
Moderate gains continue to be made
by textile industries. particularly as
TO woo!ens and worsteds. Staple lines
are quoted somewhat higher. and
prompt deliveries are urged by pur-
chasers. Increased activity at the
mills has helped TO sustain the eastern
markets for wool.
Boot and shoe jobbers are seeking to
place supplementary orders for fall
shoes. stipulating quick delivery.
which indicates that their holdings are
small. Failures this week aggregate
225 in the United States as against 231
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
SUES TO RECOVER MONEY
LOST IN SPECULATION
Bank Cashier, Now in Penitentiary,
Seeks to Recover 81, 400
of Stolen Funds.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Suit has been
begun against the stock brokerage firm
of Tracy & Co, to recover $41, 400
which it is alleged was lost by Fran
els B. Wright in speculations on mar
gins with that concern. Wright is
now in Joliet penitentiary under sen
tence on a charge of embezzling near
" $4,000 from the First National
bank of Dundee, H.. of which he was
cashier The bank is behind the suit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
MISS ROOSEVELT TO MARRY
Is THE RUM0R ABROAD
Gossip in Berlin Society Says She
is Engaged to Or. Le-
wald.

Berlin, Sept. 24.-There is a rumor
in society circles here that the imper-
ial commissioner TO the exposition in
st. Louis, DR.. Lewald, has become Sc
cretly engaged TO Miss Alice Roose-
welt, eldest daughter of President
Roosevelt. AS a result of the rumor
the windows of all the book stores and
newspaper kiosks in this city are full
of photographs Of DR.. Lewald and Miss
Roosevelt placed together. and a large
number of copies of photographs show
ing the young people together have
been sold.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
Passengers Meet Head
on East of Knox
Vile, Tenn.
Company Gives Out Statement
Saying Orders Were
Misread.

Knoxville. Tenn, Sept. 2f.- Two
passenger trains on the Southern rail
way collided today 80 miles east OF
Knoxville.
Ten persons are reported killed.
Twenty-Five were injured.
The Southern railway gave out the
following: Two passenger trains col
lided head on near New Market, Tenn,
this morning. No passengers in the
slcepers were injured. but between
30 and 20 coach passengers were kill
ed, and 100 TO $50 injured.
Orders NIISrcad.
The cause of the wreck is said to
be the misreading of orders by Con-
ductor Caldwell.
Believe Fifty Were Killed.
Atlanta. Ga. Sept. 24.-According
to advices received here by the South
ern railway people, it is believed 80
persons were killed in the wreck near
New Market, Tenn, and % injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
IS EGAN AGAINST LYON

Oympian Golf Contest Between Amer
lean and Canadian.
St Louis, Mo, Sept. 24.-The finals
today for the OIympian golf champion
ship is being contested in real inter
national style by United States Golf
Association Champion II. Chandler
Egan, of EXmoor. and George S. Lyon.
of Toronto. Canada. Each won his
match yesterday in the semi-fnal game.
Egan defeating B. p. McKinnie, the St.
Louis champion. I mp > to play. It was
not until the last putt was holed on 80
green that the Canadian ex-champiOn
was eliminated from the tourney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
Starts on Longest Cam
paign!Tour Since Nc
KinIey's Trip.
GOES TO THE COAST
Parker Returns to ROSemOunt
but viii be in New
York Later.

Rushford, Mimi, Sept. 2i.-Having
crossed the Mississippi at La Crosse.
Wis. Senators Fairbanks and Dolli-
yer began their far west campaign to-
day with brief early morning speeches
at this point. There was 4 good crowd
at the railroad station when the train
approached. The senators were most
cordially received.
Senator Fairbanks has started on
the longest stump-spcaking trip the
country has seen since Mr.. MCKinley's
famous Swing around the circle" prior
to his first nomination for the presi-
dency. The tour of the republican
vice presidential nominee will take
him to the Pacific coast and return
and will keep him busy until about
the second week in October.
VIII Reach Big Centers.
When Mr.. Fairbanks is not address
ing the voters Of such towns as Big
Timber. North Yakima and Missoula
from the rear platform of his car he
will be making talks at such ccntcrs
as St. Paul Butte, Helena, Tacoma,
and San Francisco Sundays are to
be used in making big jumps. such as
one from St. Paul to Glendive. Mont,
and another from Portland to San
Francisco.
Senator J. L. DolliVer will take the
vice presidential candidate out of Chi
cagO and through Portland. He may
continue as far as Omaha on the way
back. Either at Portland, San Fran
cisco or Omaha he Will be relieved by
Congressman II. G. Cousins of Iowa
Parker Returns Home.
New York, Sept. 24.-Judge Parker
left for Esopus today. 1t is not known
when he will come to New York but
il is likely several trips will be made
before election day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
DEPUTY SHOT DURING ROW
One Man Fatally Wounded and TWO
Badly Beaten.

Pittsburg. Pa. Sept. 24.-G. w. Fid-
lar. a deputy. guarding the property
OF the Pittsburg Steel company's plan,
a. Glassport. Pa. was fatally shot in
a riot between % strikers and the
same number OF men employed in the
mill. and Deputies William Stewart
and George Carl. nonunion men. were
badly beaten with clubs and stones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
Pied rYpe Causes 4 Suit.

Chicago, Sept. 2l.-Spilled typc has
resulted in a suit for 1000 filed in the
superior court against Philip Hcnrici
&, Co. and A. F. Wanner e Co. by the
American Contractor Publishing com
pany. The plaintiff ASSERTS that the
Wanner company was moving galleys
Of mailing lists into its premises at
10S Randolph street. owned by the
Henrici company, last May, when a
defect in the elevator Jared the gal
Ieys and the type fell to the floor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
GET TOGETHER ON A SCALE
Glass Workers and Manufacturers
Agree on Wages for Year.

Erie. Pa. Sept. 24-The committees
representing the |Amalgamated Win
dow Grass Workers of America and
the National Window Glass Manufac-
turers' association reached an agree
ment last evening as TO q wage scale
for the ensuing year. The agreement
calls for a 10 per cent horizontal re-
duction in last Years scale. The man
ufacturers wanted at first a % per
cent reduction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
GEORGIA EDITOR WOULD REVIVE KUKLUX
KLAN TO PROMOTE SAFETY OFWHITE WOMEN
COMIC VALENTINE CAUSES SUIT
Rural Mail Carrier Demands $25, 900
as Balm for His Feelings.

Chicago. Sept. 24.-When Everett
Mason. a rural mail carrier at Prairie
View. received a comic valentine show
ing a gentleman in uniform extracting
letters from a box he failed TO see the
joke. Yesterday the carrier began suit
against Charles II. Albrecht TO recov-
er S25,oo0 for slander. The defendant
is accused OF sending the valentine.
On the valentine was written: Cham
pion Letter Buster"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
He May Have Been Kidnapped.

Vincennes. Ind. Sept. 24.-The pO-
lice are searching for James Evans,
, years old. supposed 10 have been
kidnapped by show followers at the
Knox county fair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
Visiting Belgian Found Dead.

Washington. Sept. 24.-Hector Van
Doorslaer. clerk of the house of depu-
ties. Belgium. member of the Parlia-
mentary union. now visiting here, was
found dead in bed today. Death was
probably from heart disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
SAYS MARRIAGE SHOULD BE FOR A FIXED
PERIOD OF YEARS INSTEAD OF FOR LIFE

name of philosophy into the discus
sion OF such question. Again and
again English conservatism is notably
revealed in criticism Of America. The
English people persist in regarding
any new truth as a sign of disease. yet
it is a sign of health. A discussion of
marriage like the present one does
nothing but good. The subject is kept
TOO much in the darkness"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
UNIVERSITY SUFFERS FIRE
Main Building of Minnesota Institution
Goes With Loss of SIPS, 900.

Minneapolis Mimi, Sept. 2l.- The
main building of the University of Min
nesota was totally destroyed by fire
early today The loss is $125,0 fully
insured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
ONLY TWO KILLED
Wreck Caused by a Train Striking
Dynamite Not Costly I'm
Lives.
MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE
Driver With $50 Pounds of Explosive
With His Team
Escapes.

Cumberland, Nd, Sept 2l-Fast
freight No 81 on the Baltimore &
OHIO railroad struck a wagon loaded
with 750 pounds Of dynamite in 10
cases at the crossing at North Branch.
W. Va, four miles east of here. yes
terday afternoon. Two persons were
killed and nine were injured, three of
them seriously.
James Laing. who drove the wagon,
escaped with only trivial injury, as did
the two horses. although the latter
were blown 50 yards into the field.
stops Wagon on Track.
Laing, hearing the train. became
terrified and stopped on the track. The
wagon was within three feet of the
clearing it when the engine struck the
rear end. carrying it 80 feet before
the explosion. Laing deserted the
wagon and ran down the track into
a ditch. He was knocked down and
rendered unconscious for time, but
the force of the explosion passed over
him.
The engine was overturned and
stripped and seven cars following.
loaded with high grade merchandise.
were broken. several being demolish-
ed. The tracks were blown out of
the bed and twisted. while rails were
snapped like pipe stems The wires
were torn down and relief was tele
graphed for from PattersOn's creek,
which was reached by hand car.
Engineer ScnIded to Death.
Engineer Pike was held under iron
scraps on top of the boiler while be
ing slowly cooked to death 1t re-
quired four men 10 eXtricate him. The
explosion knocked nearly every person
in the neighborhOOd down, hurled
Hunter Bowen through a roof. but did
not hurt him. and threw parts of the
engine 200 yards. Slack telegraph
wires were snapped midway between
poles by the cOncUssiOn.
The Baltimore d Ohio tower was
wrecked, as were several residences !
nearby, and the interlOcking switch |
system is smashed to pieces. The |
commissary of Mike ElmOre Wabash |
and the Wabash tenn
porary hospital. with other small build |
ings. were demolished. The windows
OF the schOoIhouse and of the resi-
dence of G.. A. Zimmerly, on the noun
tain. half mile away, were all broken
out No house escaped damage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
NEARLY BROWNS IN A TANF
Visitor in Denver Would Have Los
His Life But for a Friend.

Denver. Col, Sept. 24-WilIiam Do
herty. of Dayton. Ohio. had narrow
escape from death by drowning at the
state house yesterday. He and a com
panion had gone to the roof to see the
city. He slipped on dark stairway
and found himself in the cold water Of
the immense tank that supplies the
state house with water. He sank
twice before his arm was seized by
his companion and he was drawn 10
safety
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
SECOND MEETING
OF HAGUE CONGRESS
President Roosevelt Signifies Intention
of Asking Other Nations to
Join.

Washington, Sept. 24.-In response
to the presentation of the resolutions
recently adopted by the interparliamen-
tary union President Roosevelt this
afternoon said he would ask other ma
tions to join in a second congress at
The Hague at an early date.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
FOOD is SCARCE IN EUROPE
United States Will Have to Feed Gen.
traI Part en- Account of Drought.

Washington. Sept. 24.-According to
Consul General Mason at Berlin owing
70 short crops the United States will
have to help feed central Europe dur
ing the coming autumn and winter on
account of drought in Russia. Austria,
Germany, Switzerland and France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
GIRL DYING. POSSE ON HUNT
Men With Bloodhounds in Pursuit Of
an AssailanS.

kitanning. Pa. Sept 24-The s.
year-old daughter Of Thomson Coulter
was assaulted by an unknown masked
man yesterday while on her way TO
school. The girl will die. 4 posse
with bloodhouuds are in pursuit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
DIEsIN ODD FELLOWS PARADE
Heart Disease Stops Marcher in San
Francisco Demonstration.

San Francisco. Sept. 24.-DurinE the
big ODD Fellows parade yesterday f.
A. Bauber. one of the marching men,
dropped dead. Heart disease is be
Iieved to have been the cause of his
demise. He was paymaster's clerk
in the Mare Island navy yard, and liv-
ed in Vallejo. The line was composed
of II divisions and included many
floats of attractive design.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-24
Jersey Calf Sells For s1.25O.

Fond du Lac. Wis, Sept "a The
2-year-old bull calf Of the Jersey COW
that won the worlds fair butter con.
test sold here for $1,250