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Tho Proijrccaivo Parmer, September 24, 1901. Christian Life Column, STRENGTH FOB TO-DAY. , Strength for to day is all we need, As there never will be a to-morrow ; For to-morrow will prove but an other to-day, With its measure of joy and sor row. Then why forecast the trials of life ' With mnoh sad and grave persis tence, And wait and watch for a crowd of ills That as yet have no existence? Strength for to-day, what a precious boon For earnest souls who labor, For the willing hands that minister To the needy friend or neighbor 1 Strength for to-day, that the weary hearts In the battle of the right may quail not, And the eye, bedimmed by bitter tears, In their search for light may fail not. Strength for to-day, on the down hill traok, For the travelers near the valley ; That up, far up on the other side, Ere long they may safely rally. Strength for to-day, that our pre cious youth May happily shun temptation ; And build from the rise to the set of the sun On a strong and sure foundation. Strength for to-day, in house and home To practice forbearance sweetly ; To scatter kind words and loving deeds, Still trusting in God completely. Strength for to day is all we need, As there never will be a to mor row ; For to-morrow will prove but an other to-day, With its measure of joy and sor row. Exchange. 50 CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT KINDNESS. Looking out of our window this minute we saw a blind colored man who is a familiar figure on the streets of Raleigh. He knows the way wonderfully well ; and what is more he knows the route to many offices. He also knows many gentle men by the sound of their feet, and more by their voices. He works when he can. We frequently see him going home at nightfall, stand ing at a street-crossing, awaiting a chance to get across when the stream ci vehicles breaks for a little. Just now he came to a place where tie pavement has been repaired, and the barriers are still up. With in stirictive cautiousness he gently came upon them. Stopping a moment until a young man approached, he asked, "What is this?" The young man said not a word. Another came, and appeared not to see him. An other came and the blind man in quired, "How far does this go?" hot a word. With his faithful walk ing stick, he slowly moved off the walk, stepping easily from the pave ment, avoided a pile of bricks, touched a pile of sand, went around it and landed safely at last on the sidewalk. In his grouping progress be passed five men, four white and one colored, each of them young. And he gave three of them oppor tunity to help him. But each lost opportunity. Rarely have we seen such an exhi bition of brutal heartlessness. Those sien may be members of churches, -t the first breath of Christianity is tot in their souls. They are heathen, or w..-rej. Biblical Reoorder. ILLUSTRATIVE. 'l.iie walking down the street one I passed a store when the pro-tr-tt r was washing the large plate window. There was one soiled s?t which defied all efforts to re it. After rubbing hard at it, fcir -uucli soap and water, and fail t . remove it, he found out the -- v "It's on the inside," he .r-u ut to someone in the store, anv are striving to cleanse the ir..m its stains. They wash it ".th t;.,, tears of sorrow ; they scrub :ti the soap of good resolves; y i v j it with the ohamois of mor- i ; t till the consciousness of t removed. The trouble is : i the inside." It is the heart r,;nl. If the fountain is bit ft. !,lg but the blood of Jesus 11 nt can cleanse the inside, ' hut God's Spirit alone can a-1 nside. Epworth Herald. - Ui 'y, struggle "progress thi& By this we conquer, by tit U f 4ln nl J i MnlnollTT Ut; j, i ns ,l? ondency over the flesh, J- Walker. Children's Column. TOR MT LITTLE SON'S DINNEB PLATE. When thou dost eat from off this plate, I charge thee be thou temperate ; Unto thy elders at the board, Do thou sweet reverence accord, And, though to dignity inolined, Unto the serving folk be kind ; Be ever mindful of th Nor turn them hungry from the aoor ; And unto God, for health and food, a ii i .... - - 7 Ana an tna m tny life is good, Give thou thy heart in gratitude. Eugeife Field. THE DIGGER WASP. Mr. Gerald McCarthy, Biologist of the North Carolina Department of Agrioulture, furnishes The Raleigh Times with a paper on The Digger Wasp. This wasp is a most interest ing insect and our young people will doubtless be interested in the follow ing description of its habits as given by Mr. McCarthy : Considerable indignation exists among the feminine owners of hand some lawns in Raleigh, and probably other North Carolina towns against a "hateful creature" which digs holes in or along the walks, throw ing up unsightly mounds with the soil excavated. The "creature" in question is the digger wasp or hornet, scientifically known as Sph edits Speciosus. This is the largest insect of the wasp family found in the United Statese. It is also one of the handsomest, and as will be seen, the most intelligent of created insects. The active and "hateful" wasp is always female ! The male wasp, like other good creatures, dies young. The female wasp digs a nest in the ground generally going from one and one half to two feet deep. The nest consists of a central gallery with side passages on both sides ending in round cnlls. Each nest usually con tains about a dozen cells. With a foresight unequaled in the whole in seot world, the mother wasp, before laying her eggs, stores each cell with a large fat insect to serve for food for the young wasp, whioh she is never to see, and which is born a helpless, footless grub that must spend its entire larval life ten months in the ground. The grub is utterly unable to forage for itself and must inevitable starve but for the maternal providence. The chief food of the larval wasp is the dog-day Cicada or Harvest Fly Cicada tubicen. This is a very large, juicy insect whose shrill note from trees is frequently heard dur ing August and September. The maternal wasp ruthlessly pounoes upon the luckless piping cicada and thrusts her sting into it at a particu lar spot never elsewhere. The spot selected for the thrust is directly over the chief nerve center of the cicada. The thrust causes instant paralysis of the cicada, but does not kill it. The cicada is many times larger and heavier than the wasp To carry her prey to the nest in the ground the wasp must climb one or more trees, dragging the heavy cicada with her. From the tree she makes a swoop in the direction of the nest, but is usually borne to the ground by the weight of the cicada before reaching the nest. Another tree must be climbed, another swoop made, arid the process repeated as often as required until the nest is reached. Once the paralyzed cicada is safely deposited in one of the cells in the nest an egg is laid upon it by the wasp always in a particular place never elsewhere. The cell is then sealed up with clay. The egg hatohes into a footless grub in 2 or 3 days. The egg has been so placed that the head of the grub lies right over the most unprotected part of the cicada's body and in a part re mote from any vital organ. The grub is thus enabled to secure food without any trouble as soon as born and to feed upon the body of the living but paralyzed cicada for a week before the cicada is finally de stroyed. At the end of this time the wasp grub has attained full growth. It now spins about itself a cocoon of impervious silk and within this transforms to the dormant pupa state in which it lies quiescent until the following summer when it comes forth as a mature winged wasp to repeat the oycle. Thfl blossoms of spring are the YvnnTVhnts of autumn. So a joyful service in youth promises a rich fruitage in after years. Sel. The grace of the Spirit comes only from heaven and lights up the whole bodily presence. Spurgeon. Woman's Work. it TURN HIH DOWN." Pretty maid, if you disoover That your ardent, pleading lover Spends his time in loafing idly 'round the town, If his hair is carried bangy On his forehead, and he's slangy, Don t you hesitate a moment turn him down If you note his eyebrows fusing O'er the nose that he is using. And the very least annoyanoe makes him frown, He has got a disposition That may land you in perdition. And you'd better nerve yourself and turn him down If he pays no marked attention, Doesn't even give it mention. When you meet him in a new and charming gown, Show him to the door politely, Tell him that his Sunday nightly Visits must be discontinued ; turn him down If he talks about the races, Calls the silver dollars "cases," Tells you how he "done up" Smith and Jones and Brown In a little game of poker By a sleeve play with the "joker," bhow him quiokly to the door and turn him down If his breath should often savor Of a cigarettish flavor, And his fingers with the ugly stains are brown, If he meets you with a swagger And you catch a sniff of lager, Get your nerve in proper trim and turn him down Study well your pleading lover Or you may too late disoover That he'll place more thorns than roses in your crown, And if anything about him Gives you slightest cause to doubt him, Do it in a gentle way, but turn him down ! James Barton Adams. DON'TS FOB GIBLS. Don't encourage young men to call upon you who frequent liquor sa loons, billiard parlors or pool rooms. Don't notice men who stare at you on the streets, even if it is a well bred stare. Doubtless they think themselves irresistible and you very much impressed with their appear ance. Don't stand at the street corners talking to young men, though they are acquaintances. Don't consider it a sign of your popularity to be accompanied by several escorts whenever you take your walks abroad. Don't accept promiscuops invita tions. It only oheapensyouandmay draw you into a circle of acquain tances you will regret having made. Don't sanction wine drinking when out to parties and weddings. Your simple act of declining the proffered glass may act as a cheok upon your companies. Tacit disap proval' sometimes does more good than the most eloquent temperance lecture. Don't marry a drinking man. If the sweetheart will not give up the dangerous habit, it is very certain the husband will not. Don't allow men to be familiar with you, to use slang or doubtful expressions in your presence. Don't make appointments with men, either at a friend's home, in the park, or at any place but your father's house. Don't rebel if the visits of a cer tain gentleman are disagreeable to your mother, and she says so. j She knows best, and can see faults and deficiencies that youth and inexperi ence would never disoover. Don't attempt to copy the manners and dress qf your brothers. Noth ing so unsexes a woman as masculine ways . Don't use loud tone in talking, nor call men by their last names without the usual paefix. Men may treat you as -a comrade, but they very rarely marry such girls. Don't be ashamed to help mother with the housework. A practical knowledge ot Dreaa-maKiog, ooox- ing and the general management of a house is worth more than a smat tering of musio or painting. To know how to "set" the sponge for bread is an accomplishment that no girl need despise, and the kneading of it is grand exercise. Don't set your mind too much on dress. While it is your duty to look your best with the means at your oommand, it is wrong to give muoh ! time and thought to the. adornment oJE your person, while your mind is starving for want of proper food. You need not be a blue-stooking, but a good healthy course for reading and thinking is splendid gymnastics for your mental power. Don't come down to breakfast in a soiled wrapper, slovenly shoes, bangs done up in curl papers, and .back hair in a craoker knot on top of your head. You will never see any one better to dress for than those in the home circle. They are the ones to be cheered by your sweet wholesome appear ance and not the strangers. In a word, girls try to be true women, and by so doing you will gain an influence which, like a sweet perfume, will shed its fragranoe upon all with whom you may be brought in contact. Baltimorean. CASING FOB THE TEETH. Without good teeth there oannot be good mastication. Without thorough mastication there oannot be perfect digestion, and poor health results. Henoe the paramount importance of sound teeth. Clean teeth do not decay. The importance of a sound first set of teeth is as great to the child as sound second set is to the adult. Children should be taught to use the toothbrush early. Food left on the teeth ferments, and the aoid formed produoes decay. Decay leads in time to pain and the total destruction of the tooth. The substance of the following rules should therefore be impressed upon ail children. 1. The teeth should be cleaned at least once daily. 2. The best time to clean the teeth is after the last meal. 3. A small toothbrush with stiff bristles should be used, brushing up and down and across and inside and outside and between the teeth. 4. A simple tooth powder or a lit tle soap and some precipitated chalk taken up on the brush may be used if the teeth are dirty or stained. 5. It is a good practice to rinse the mouth after every meal. 6. All rough usage of the teeth, suoh as craoking nuts, biting thread, etc., should be avoided, but the proper use of the teeth in chewing is good for them. When decay occurs it should be at tended to long before .any pain re suits. It is stopping of a small cavity that is of the greatest service. Motherhood. Never has the Revelation of God assumed such grand proportions or so grave a charm, such an awful splendor or such penetrating sweet ness, as at the present time. And it comes as one of old, not to destroy, but to fulfil. Ex. TIE TWO OH MORE PAPERS This Tells You How to Oet Them at Reduced Rates. t M OWADA YS papers are so cheap that nearly every body can afford to take two or more. We have arranged a list of some of the best in the land, and can furnish them in con nection with The Progressive Farmer at a lower price than you can secure them singly. Here is the list. The price to the left is the regular sub scription price of The Pro gressive Farmer and the pa per named both for one year. The price to the right is that special price at which we can send both for one year. :: :: r i NAME OF PAPER AND PliACE OF PUBLICATION. ("bw" semi-weekly, "w" weekly, "sm" semi-monthly, "m" monthly. 3 2fc PhPQ o 2 C5 m H W t w 82.00 Detroit Free Press (Fam.) "sw" Practical Farmer (Agri.) "w" Thrice-a-week N. Y. World (News Atlanta Constitution, "w" .. Home and Farm, "sm" Farm and Fireside, "sm" Woman's Home Companion, m.. Farmers Voice, w .. Gentlewoman (Fashions) m Hoard's Dairyman, w Atlantic Monthly, m .. McClure's (Literary) m .. Ledger (Literary) m Scribners (Literary) m Youth's Companion, w .. The Outlook, m Breeders' Gazette, w Review of Reviews, m The Century, m - The World's Work, m 1.75 1.75 1.90 1.90 1.40 1.44 1.55 1.75 165 1.85 4.70 1.90 1.90 3.75 2.50 3.90 2.50 3.30 4.80 3.80 1.40 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.-50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.75 4.00 3.00 3.50 5.00 4.00 5P So. Fruit and Truck Grower, m., IF you wish more than one paper write for special rates. For instance, we send twice-a-weeek Courier Journal, the weekly Progressive Farmer, the semi-monthly Home and Farm and the monthly Amer ican Queen all one year for only $2.15. :: :: :: :: Ikt-address all orders to The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. A CHICAGO DENTIST Relates Hot? He Found a Cure for Systemic Catarrh. R. A. Norrls, D. D. 8. R. A. Ndrris, Doctor of Derital Surgery, 123 State street, Chicago, 111., writes to The Peruna Medicine Company as fol lows: "I desire toexproes for the benefit of the public my experienee with the famous catarrh remedy, Peruna I was afflicted with catarrh of the head and throat for twelve years. I had tried many reme dies without avail. I applied to several doctors, but they were not able to cure me. I learned of the remedy, Peruna, through your pamphlets and took it for four months. It entirely cured me, and as I took the remedy three years ago, I consider the cure permanent." Hon. Clement M.Hammond is one of the best known newspaper men in New York City. Writing to The Peruna Medicine Co., he says : "For about 6ix years I have had trouble every fall and winter with my voice. At times it has extended to my bronchial tubes and lungs. I think all this trouble came from whooping cough, which I had when I was about twelve years old, and which left me with ca tarrh. Since I have taken Peruna, my voice has been clearer than in over two years, all of which I am willing to tes tify to." Mr. Hammond's address is "The Arlington," 64 Montague street, Brooklyn, N. T. Address Dr. flartman, Columbus, O, for a free catarrh book. a step only; t and not a long step, from our stnooi into a business position or profit. We work for the faithful student day and f night. More applications for compe- tent young people than we have been $ CLKJ L: LV7 Ull, V. lilt clL UUlCi Peele's Business Collet I V Raleigh, N. C. ( LITTLETON FEMALE COLLEGE. FOne or the most prosperous in stitutions for the higher educa tion of young women in the South. 3ir,Panacea Water kept in the building. 3iF,Nineteenth Annual Session be gins September 18. B3FFor Catalogue address Presi dent RHODES, Littleton, N. C. NOTHING TO COMPARE WITH RIPANS. Mrs. Hannah Hayes, aged fifty three years, a farmer's wife, whose address is care Abe West, Yardville, N. J., writes: "For more than six months I took Ripans Tabules for headaches and indigestion, with grand re sults. They were recommended to me by Mr. Miller, a druggist in Trenton. The Tabules always acted very pro- ptly by giv ing immediate relief. I don't think there is anything on earth in the pill or tabule line to compare with them. I shall tell my friends what Ripans have done for me and are still rtoing. I could not get along without them. You may use my name and address." There is scarcely any condition of ill-health that is not benefited by the occasional use of R-I-P-A'N-S Tabule, and the price, 10 for 5 cents, does not bar them from any home or Justify any one in enduring ills that are easily cured, t or sale oj druggists. Ooean View. Virginia, is rapidly- assuming precedence as a Summer Resort. It accessibility, proximity to Norfolk, from which point it is reached by electric cars on a fre quent and convenient schedule, and, above all, its great natural advan tages and attractions and splendid hotel accommodations, easily place it with the foremost of our seaside resorts. The Seaboard Air Line is the direct route to Norfolk from all points South. Jjo 1 ; ; ; 1 h j 1 V 1 SZ jw lodging means straw Mf weakened because the MM! fertilizers are not iWwd L weI1 balanced' flj III in fertilizers prevents this Wi and improves the grain. OTO BOOKS are not advertising catalogues, but are scientific publications, written by the most emi nent agricultural authorities. We mail them frbb to all farmers upon request. Send your name and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau Street, New York. BOOKS Every Parmer and Parmer's Son SHOULD READ! The following books combine the results of the very latest and best science with the best skill of practical farm work and man agement. Each one is written by a specialist who has attained reputation for long continued and conscientious work. Every volume is readable,simple, clear cut, practical, up to date, and throughly scietifio and reliable. Every farmer who strives to keep abreast of the times should read them. Lt. H. Bailey's Principles of Agriculture... 1.25 A. I. Root's A. B. C. of Bee Culture 1.25 Henry Stewart's The Domestic Sheep.. 1.50 Voorhees' Book on Fertilizers 1.00 Practical Agriculture 80 A.ny of the above valuable books will be sent postpaid upon receipt of price. Address: THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, RALEIGH. N. 0. CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND DESIGNS. Send your business direct to Washington, saves time, costs less, better service. My office close to IT. S. Patent Office. FREE prelimin ary examination made. Atty'a fee not due until patent it secured. FERS0NAI4&.TTENTI0N GIVEN 19 TEAKS ACTUAL EXPEDIENCE. Sook "How to obtain Patent," etc., sent free. Patent procured through E. O. Sigger receive special notice, without charge, in the INVENTIVE AGE .1 tl A. A. a Ad ! illustrated monthlv Eleventh car trm Si a. m. E. G. SIGGERS, Late ot v. a. anow & uo. 918 F St.. N. W.. J " w. w.. , ' .uteuiN ftro n n e Really Now Aren't 52 issues of such a Jour nal as THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER worth ONE DOLLAR of any man's money ? :: :: :: AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY. N. C. Cotton Planters' Association. President "W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. O. Secretary Jno. P. Allison, Concord, N. G. N. C. Tobacco Growers' Association. President John S. Cunningham, Cunning hams, N. C. Vice-President J. B. Phillips, Battleboro N. C. Secretary T. B. Parker, Hlllsboro, N. C. Treasurer W. B. Upchurch. Morrisville, N. O. XXXOTJTITX OOMKITTXX. Col. R. W. Wharton, Washington, N. C; Dr. R. H. Speight, Wrendale, N. C; R. H. Ricks, Rocky Mount, N. C; H. H. Knight, Eagle Rock, N. C; W. L. Kennedy, Falling Creek, N. C; Gen. T. F. Toon, Lumberton, N. C; Dr. Ellas Fulp, Fulp, N. C; W. L. Bouldin. Archdale, N. C. IS. C. Farmers' Stat Alliancs. President W. B. Fleming, Ridge way, War ren Co., N. C. Vice-President T. P. Johnson, Salisbury, Rowan Co , N. C. Secretary-Treasurer and State Business Agent T. B. Parker, Hlllsboro, Orange Co., N. C. Lecturer J. C. Bain, Wade, Cumberland, Co., N. C. Assistant Lecturer or Steward Jno. M. Mit chell, Wayne Co., N. C. Chaplain Rev. W. 8. Mercer, Moyock, Curri tuck Co., N. C. Doorkeeper Geo. T. Lane, Greensboro, Gull ford Co., N. O, Sergeantr&t-Arms R. H. Lane, Aurora, Beau fort Co., N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. A. Gra ham, Machpelah, N. C. KXECUTIVK COMMITTEE. J. W. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh, N. C. W. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, N. C. John Graham, Warrenton, N. C. Dr. J. E. Person, Pikeville, N. C. Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, N. C. North Carolina Department of Agriculture. OFFICE KS. Commissioner S. L. Patterson. Secretary T. K. Bruner. Entomologist Franklin Sherman. State Veterinarian Tait Butler. State Chemist B. W. Kilgore. Botanist and Biologist Gerald McCarthy. Postoffice address of all officers, Raldlgh, N.C 9 X. C. CroD Pest Commission. 8. L. Patterson, Chm'n, Raleigh; Dr. B. W. Kilgore, Raleigh; J. Van Lindley, Pomona. . H. C. Agricultural Experiment Station. Director B. W. Kilgore, Raleigh N. C. Agriculturist C. W. Burkett, West Raleigh N. C. Horticulturist W. F. Maseyf West Raleigh, N.C. I tdS f ih :