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added after the most mature thought
on the part of lawmakers and edu-
cational officials. The schools must
fit their pupils for their life work.
How can they do this better than by
opening their eyes to the simple
facts that underlie all good farm
ing? A majority of the students
from our public schools go directly
from our schools to our farms, and
the State must depend on them for
it's daily bread. Can we do them a
greater kindness or do the State
more good than help make their
lives infinitely more happy, and their
work infinitely more effective, by
teaching them the first principles Of
the art by which they are to live
themselves and by which they are to
feed others?
If we consider moment how many
worn out farms there are in North
Carolina. and how many men and
women must get their living from
such farms, we see at once the need
of doing something to help those who
will have this burden on their shout
ders.
An Illustration of the Need.
A days ride through the country
often freezes the spirits of even the
most buoyant optimist. The many
unpainted, uncomfortable country
homes, school houses and churches;
the fields too often inert and unprO-
ductive from lack of proper food and
cultivation; the luXuriant weeds
stealing the fairness of the land; the
poor seed used; the scrub COW that
boards with the farmer and is unable
to pay her board bills" the orchards,
unsprayed, unpruned, uncultivated,
bearing only diseased fruit, but
bearing countless millions of insects.
ready to devour plant life of every
sort; the same fields planted year af-
ter year in the same crops; j.; the water
that ought to be saved bearing all the
fertility of the land to creeks and riv
ers-these are all sights too com
mon, sights that tell the story of a
States neglect to educate its bread
winners. They tell the story that
millions have been spent to train
lawyers, doctors, ministers, miners,
teachers for their work, but that until
recently small thought has been
given to those whose labors must sup
port all the others. No one would
think of putting a man to build a
great bridge unless he had been
taught how to make a bridge both
safe and strong. No one would re-
tain a lawyer unless he knew that
the lawyer had been trained to his
business. Yet for years we have eX-
pected farmers to know their busi-
ness without the slightest training.
We have never, until in recent years,
tried to open their eyes that they
might see wondrOus things of utility
in the laws of nature, that they
might see how to take advantage of
these laws just as the builders of en-
gines take advantage of the laws of
steam, and as the electrician uses
the laws of electricity.
Why Agriculture Should be Taught.
It is apparent that unless some
method of increasing the comforts
and productive power of those who
live in the country and work the soil
is adopted, the most ambitious
and the most intelligent young men
and women of the farmers will leave
the country. This would be the most
SoriO,,C oo1o,oi+Iy +ho+ oo,,1J hofon n
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-19

WANTED10rderSs TIE 1646c Jersey feE Pigs. SAMUEL
ARCHER, Statesv1lle, n. L.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-19

Ar A BARGAIN-One RegistereaqII ell age
shire Sow, thirteen Yorksh1laesn nt@s. a j.
Nine Essex Pigs, also grace C.
COULTER, Connellys Springs 49, ~,
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It is apparent that unless some
method of increasing the comforts
and productive power of those who
live in the country and work the soil
is adopted, the most ambitious
and the most intelligent young men
and women of the farmers will leave
the country. This would be the most
serious calamity that could befall a
State
. How can we avoid this catastro-
phe? Only by educating the boys
and girls so that they can make their
work more productive, do it in an
easier way, and consequently have
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-19

BUY Barred Plymouth Rock C0ck cace ~ ones Il
prove your chicken stock. SeYeralG alGIhorlotte Iloltte
for sale by MRS. G. G. MOOKE' On''-'
N. G.
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teresting poor" They began years ago
with July IA pardonable date to flee
the city. They took in New Years,
after the calling custom gave way to
modernity: they absorbed Christmas
when the passion for huge country
houses furnish ed all at once hundred
hosts eager to display their wealth in
sepse]ess ostentation. Thanksgiving
was seized a little later. This year
Lincoln's birthday was the signal for
departure for Florida of a distln-
guished Wall street contingent; Wash
ingtons for a society hegira.
All this means that there must be
someone left to dc the work. A man
of 25,- with ambition. force, clear,
cold eye and all average brain, who is
willing to work with that brain and
defer until he is 40 the enjoyment OF
his leisure as reward may go almost
any lengths, simply by doing their
work for rich men who want TO play.
The weakness OF the trust cure-all
was that it combined 20 properties,
put one man at the head OF all and
babe the other l9 to so play golf. Not
so were fortunes made; and from the
young men OF no fortune who hill the
subordinate places-not from the golf-
playing youth whose fathers toiled-
there again you have condition not
foreign to Britain and to all the world
besides.
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plOyment are far removed from their
place OF residence is very serious one;
SO serious that recently there was passed
a city ordinance demanding of the street
car companies certain protection for
their patrons-a minimum temperature
in the cars OF so degrees. Each car must
carry thermometer in plain sight, and
a passenger that finds lower reading
than this is requested to send in COM
plant to the commissioner of public
works
And. another step badly needed in the
winter budding, the cars must be "clean,
disinfected and ventilated so as to be free
from foul or vitiated air." A fine of S25
to 500 day for each car is the punish
ment for violation Of this ordinance.
The surface cars are heated by stoves
OF much reserve and OF infinitesimal size.
The floors are always wet. and the pas
senger that risks his life on a long trip
resigns himself to half hour or hour of
freezing feet and burning face. There
was point in the conversation we over
heard between two ladies. the one in
forming the other that she had just
changed her place of residence What
transportation do you have now?' the
listener inquired. The Cottage Grove
cable was the answer "Oh. do you call
that transportation was the way in
which the reply was met.
1t is said no city suffers more than Chi
cago during the visit of cold wave; her
population is SO large and so widely scat
tered, her street car system so miserable.
Such large number of her wage earn-
ers are forced to depend on the refriger-
ator cars. are forced to ride such long dis
tances. The steam railroads. that carry
the fur-lined overcoat class, as rule are
we'll heated, even in che severest wealth
er; the elevated roads very often do not
come up to the mark for their passen-
gers; but it is the passengers on the
street cars that really suffer.
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credible. The subway has been open
less than three months. In spite of it's
existence the passenger traffic on the
elevated lines mas slightly increased,
while that on the surface routes has
fallen Off but trife. In one year
New York's transit will be worse off
than ever. A new road, four-track
through most of it's length and three
track throughout, which is capable OF
carrying 100000 passengers on bus
mess day and twice as many on holi-
days will have been damned with peo-
pie, and have left no trace of differ
ence on other lines Where do the
people come from:
At any rate. the result is a tremen-
dous competition for the privilege of
building other subways. 1t seems al
most impossible that the city should
have practically had to bride the Bel
mont ROthschild syndicate to build it's
present subway by giving it $9.O0O,00O
profit upon the construction contract
and lending it the city's credit for Is
years. Capitalists are now willing to
furnish their own money, build to the
city's plans ami permit the city to buy
in at the end Of the franchise, if it
likes, at valuation. The city will
have perpetual option on the line;
it can supervise, order. plan. specify
expensive safety appliances, do what
it will with the private funds of the
builders. and when it's own resources
have been quadrupled by rapid transit
it can buy in the lines at cost Already
the Brooklyn extsnsion of the present
subway. which will cost $S0Oj00O is
being built by the Belmont interests
for only $2,O0D.OoO provided by city
funds. to be paid back to the city in
installments. This exceptional bid was
due to anxiety to retain the subway
as a feeder of the present line. Here
may be solved at one stroke municipal
ownership for the future, and for the
present the building of transit sys-
tenn without costing the city all addi-
tonal dollar where it had been ex-
pected that its credit would be
strained by the gigantic sums needed.
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existence in places where there is plenty
of room.
Influential Jews are taking an active
interest in putting the dependent on his
feet. Rabbi A. R. Levey, who is direct
ing the work speaks after this fashion
of it's possibilities: Every Russian Jew
now shedding his blood for land at home
could come to America and settle on q
western homestead. which this govern
ment is only too anxious to give for the
asking. America needs 400 100000 to de.
yelOp it's resources. There can be no Jew
ish peril in this country when there arc
only 100000 900 Jews in the whole world
Let there be but few thousand families
settled as farmers in the western states
and the question of how to relieve the
crowded cities will largely be solved
The povert y-stricken Hebrew, after
being established on government land.
is loaned money to buy implements,
stock and building material, his proper
ty is mortgaged to the society, his life is
insured in favor of the society for 81 ,GCC
to protect the title of his homestead, he
is loaned money when his crops fail The
scheme has proven successful in many
instances. More than half Of the goo
cases the society has handled in Chica-
go have repaid their loans in full. and
others are making payment according
to their ability. KATHERINE POPE.
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Not that all the corners are students by
any manner OF means. I am minded to
think that many one that goes to the
desk with his list cannot read at all, has
got some pal that knows his letters to
help him that he may keep up the show
OF studlousness obligated on those that
would remain in the warm reference
room II the library did not have and
enforce some such rule, it would soon be
simply free day lodging house, a tenn
porary place of refuge for the houseless.
One appreciates the library structures,
tor 1t protects the real students, protects
the property of the place; and still one
cannot help feeling OF pity for the waits
and strays that seek it's shelter when
stay without means death. or at least
frozen feet or hands. Yesterday we
walked through the reference room, and
sa" there such queer. queer students
Here was man Of the regular hobo type,
unshaVeh, no linen visible, clothes rag
Sed; MS hand clinging desperately to the
book ne must have to give him right to
sit there. but he was fast asleep Poor
wretch, just minute or two OF that
Dllsstul Inconsistencies and then along
VIII come page. wake him up to reality.
invite MIN to go on with his book or
leave For no one must be caught nap
ping here. Or perhaps one OF the library
policemen will come upon him and in
Vlte him to move on"
Men OF many nationalities it is that
seek here protection from the cold, and
one not familiar with the object that
draws them in is apt to wonder what un-
der the sun all these low-browed, shock
headed individuals have come for. OF
course we know that clothes do not make
the man. and it is not wholly the garb
that causes judgment of the waits
thrown upon the mercy OF this public in
stitutlon. 1t is such an un-American,
such a schoolless lot of men sitting at the
tables. the stranger is impressed with.
quite as much as with the shabbiness.
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crty nave come to
us as they are in London and Berlin.
We are losing the advantage which
made James Bryce in the first edition
OF his 'Amevican Commonwealth"
compare to our advantage our one
pauper to every $50 people with Great
Brltaln's one to every 35
Not particularly hard times. no.
The times are about as easy as | have
usually known them to be for the kind
OF man who earns $4,000 a year to get
work. 1t is as easy as ever for the
orlght lad who canes out of college
carrying his letters of recommended
ton in his intelligent eyes have
known 50 such to he we'll placed with
in the past few years Take the man
of cultured appearance, who knows
how to wear neat but not gaudy
clothes and to appear to adv antage
among men of the world he is eagerly
sought by employers at prices which
constantly tend 10 rise I have even
known big corporations to send out
agents to try aud hire patches Of
bright young college students before
their graduation day. securing the
''refusal' OF their services. Only the
other day man in my acquaintance
man gentlemanly and intelligent,
but not unduly pushful slipped into
a $4,000 a year place with EMPLOYERS
who had never heard of him six
weeks before he was engaged.
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that jewellers in Chicago are showing i'll
their dress realization that regular Old.
fashioned winter is to be counted or
nowadays. No longer Dc months OF mud
and muggy chill fill the bill for winter:
now there are weeks and weeks OF snow
covered ground succeeding days of zero
and below weather. And that at last we
accept this condition as no passing
caprice is evidenced by the change in
winter garb. Going down town on SUI
burban train the other day, we thought
as we looked about upon the passengers
the place might be St. Petersburg, or
Christiana. Especially in the clothes of
the men was noticed provision for "a
long spell of cold" The fur-lined coat
that in the past we had looked upon as
effeminate, and too attidudinizing. we
found very fit for present frigidity. and
marked that every other man in the car
seemed to be wearing one. There were
several sealskin caps, and these were
pulled we'll down over the ears. Almost
every man had ear-muffs, many man
had furlined gloves. and these arctic
IldpplnSS were Ol d COSlllNeSS anu udAu-
sOmeness that made them very good to
look upon. There was nothing about
these elegant fur-clad gentlemen to sug
gest their tai1Ors were the same as those
that fashioned the bearskins and COON
skins We frequently see walking the
streets covering the persons of gentle
men stopping to inquire their way to
the stockyards. No, it is not only team
sters and cattlemen that now wear furs
in Chicago.
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The town is just at present talking OF
need of disciplining the fire fighters, OF
taking steps to root out politics from
their midst; varied criticisms are rife.
But for ourselves. on a cold morning we
are minded to pay homage to every
mothers son OF fireman we meet.
Through deadly cold of the night, while
we have been snugly housed and safely
sleeping the fire fighters have toiled in
cessantly; during the coolest weather
always the greatest number of fires and
the biggest fires. Politics in the fire de-
partnient: or no politics. we notice the
men bravely do their work
Yesterday it was so cold our particular
steam cars did not put in an appearance
and, feeling like an arctic explorer, we
started to plow through the snow to
try station several blocks beyond. The
wind was bitter and strong, the pave
mert cracked under foot, pompous mid
dle-age! men almost ran to get to shell
ter. We came upon the only creature in
the whole town that showed sign the
winter had not downed him. The crea-
ture was boy, mittenless boy, whom
we heard remark to his companions:
Gee, my hands is sweatin'!'
And lassies and laddies, too it would
seem; for out at aristocratic Lake Forest
they have lately been holding an ice car
nival, reported an affair gayest of the
gay. The Winter club, patterning after
robust Canadian cousins, yearly hold
this midwinter fete. The dancers, clad
in fantastic masquerade. glide to and fro
in happy celebration of winter sports.
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wealth at which the poor of a metrop-
oils must always look on in dulled
wonderment there l4ses-the gaunt
Sceptre of Famine.
There are estimates that 10000 men
are out of work in the city. do not
know how such estimates may be
made up, but many such men at least
are here. If there are but 10000 in
daily need it is a pitiful army. | think
that there are many more than that.
Nor is their Presence due to the hard
winter. The coming of twice the
usual amount of snow has even IA
vored the poor fellows by pouring out
more than million dollars TO city
snow shOvelerS besides perhaps an
equal sum from private hards It
might lie nearer he truth to say that
immigration, anu the immigrants
habit of huddIing near the landing
place, is largely responsible. But the
proportion of native Americans in the
long lines | see standing waiting to
reach the coffee wagons is great. These
men are borne TO the city by vain
hopes and find every avenue of en-
plOyment full to overlooking with the
new arrivals. Five hundred such men,
I'LL more or less educated, mobbed the
doors of an Office where few copyists
were wanted. Not tramps, not drunk
ards, but men with clear eyes and
good, though ha5gard faces. An UNI
usually high class of men have borne
the 10000 snow shovels for the city.
Robert Hunter. who has investigated
poverty in most Of the big cities of
The world. says that 10000 children OF
New York go 70 school every day
not breakfastlesS. as he has been re-
ported saying. but underfed, always
hungry. Teachers on the East Side
confirm his statement. The efforts of
the Salvation Army to relieve distress
by distributing free breakfasts does
not touch the situation. Religion is
an element to be considered. Poor
little Jewish children, their bones
showing at every joint will not eat
food that is not prepared with all the
ceremonial OF their ancient dietary
laws. "kosller' food alone would fill
the need.
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Dyspeptic Father.-Why not?
Equal to Lean Year,

Slowboy was wearing a ;saudy tie
for which he had recently given up 48
cents in real money.
What kind of tie do you admire
mOst?' he asked OF his fair companion
in the parlor scene
"Why, er-tee! hee!-the marriage
tie" she giggled.
And the next day Slowboy hunted
up minister and contracted with him
to make one-Chicago News.
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are ten miles from the city hall north
and east. In Brooklyn. which has al
ways been known as a poor theater
town because of the habit of it's people
OF spending their amusement money
IN Manhattan. there are ten theaters
which were once churches-thc actual
physical structure Of the church mod
flied to suit the new uses This move
ment has Of course resulted from as
marked a growth uptown as that of
Manhattan itself. Famous preachers
have held forth in some of these
bedizened walls. And. as a strange
revenge of time, church services are
held in one theater which never was
a church-by the Mormons of all peo-
pie!
Imagine what shiver of apprehen-
sion must have run through New York
then, where 100, 900 people every night
are in theaters. when the Casino
burned out. showing that it's stubborn
seeming columns were but painted
wood, its exits insufficient. it's fittings
finder. If there had been a crowded
audience, the tale of the Iroquois in
Chicago must have been repeated. All
the nine days wonder. after that dis
aster, of Mayor McClellan's order to
the theaters to make alterations to fit
them for safe use went for nothing.
The danger is what it has always
been. except in a few of the newer
theaters.
OWEN L-ANGDON.
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Passing It Off.

Overheard at the local Theater of Va
rieties. )-Irritable Party (who is sit
ting next to man who is whistling the
air)-COnfOund the fellow.
Whistling Party (truculently)--
Meanin' me, glv'nor?
Irritable Party-Oh. no; | was refer
making so much noise that can't hear
your charming whistle. Sloper
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At the Public Library

('R big. clean. beau
tiful public library
is always warm and
attractive; and this
fact is known by all
sorts and condi-
tiOns of men.
On a very cold
day in Chicago the
public library has
within it's walls a
strange company,a
company oddly in
keeping with the
cnHfiocc rnorb1o TIM
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Have Cause to Blush.

Il wish they'd invent a new express
sion occasionally" said Top, as he per-
used the account of recent wedding.
Its always the blushing BRIDE"
"Well,' replied Mrs. Top, when
you consider what sort of husbands
most girls have to marry you can't
wonder at them blushing Chicago
Journal.
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!, 8 /: Bs:5 : 7! !. !: n !
IL Wl0GTAH * * - xSs AMaAhg ~ ~
His Meal Ticket.

"And, general, did a watch or Bible
ever save your life?'
Yes, madam, my watch once saved
my life"
"Oh, tell me about it! Did it stop
the deadly missile as it was about to
pierce your vitals? Have you the
watch YETI"
mo, madam never redeemed it,;
it saved my life one time when I
found myself broke in Chicago
Houston Post
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Her Own Affair.

what do you think you are going to
hatch out of that door knob and thai.
piece of brick?' sneeringly asked the
old rooster.
'Ill hatch skyscraper if I want to-"
squaWked the old hen, tiercely. You go
and attend to your own affairs. Pm
running this branch of the business
Chicago Tribune
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Passengers in Cold Storage.

UT even furs are no
proof against the
conditions obtain
ing on the surface
lines, and not infre-
quently on the ele-
waited. No doubt
many of the stories
are grossly exag-
gerated. but Cnere
is no question that
the subject Of trans
rortatiOn in winter
for the thousands
,vyh ~11@ ~f am
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Love Laughs at Laws,

Dyspeptic Farher.-lI / had my way
I'd make a law that no girls after Is
should be allowed to marry unless
they'd passed an exam. in housekeep-
ing and cookery
Daughter-That would he no use,
dad.
Dyspeptic Fa,her.-Why not?
Daughter.-Becanse, then, if we
didn't want 20 learn cooking we
should all get married at 17.-Ally
Sloper
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Well-Planned.

IF this menagerie should catch fire,
what would you Go?' the giraffe asked
the elephant.
Il would pick up my trunk and make
for the door," was the elephants reply.
What would you do?"
I'D go to that window and slide down
my neck to the ground" said the giraffe,
with wink at the monkeys.-Cassell's