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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-14
A WOMAN's Discovery

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withstood its severests tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months she
cosghed necessarily and could not sleep.
She bought of US bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption and was
so much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night, and with one
bottle has been miraculouslv cured. Her
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-14

The only complexion powder in TIT
world that is without vulgarity. withou
injury to the user and without doubt I
purifier, is Pozzoni's.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02
TRAINING FOR LIES BATTLE.

Mr.. Carroll D. Wright, United States
Commissioner of Labor, contributes an
article to the New York Tribune on the
chance to earn a living. Mr.. Wright
estimates that in this country there
were in June last %, 600, 900 persons, of
all ages and conditions, engaged in
gainful occupations; and that there
are 46, 900 persons added each year to
the number engaged in all occupations,
for which vacant places there will next
year be 500, 900 candidates-men, wo-
men, and children. If these conclu-
siOns be correct. it necessarily follows
that those persons who desire to COM
pete successfully for the vacant places
should be thoroughly equipped men
tally and physically. The necessity
for this equipment becomes more ap-
parent every day. Even if Mr.. Wright
should be mistaken in his assumption
that the time has already come when
the number of business opportunities
is smaller than the number of persons
DESTROYS of obtaining employment, it
must be admitted that the competition
of the present time is a competition of
skill with skill, or Of skill against the
lack of it. Increase of industries has
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02

increased the wants of the people;
Injuries have become necessities, and
each great invention has carried with
it an increased number of occupations,
many of which were not before known.
But this increase in production has also
made it necessary that there should be
more than musclea and strength brought
into play, and that even the farm hand
must have information of a higher
grade than that merely necessary to
enable him to swing the scYthe or to
handle a hoe. In every department OF
industry men and women should have
not only technical equipment, but
bring to their employment character
and assiduity. The young men and
women who are about to compete for
the vacant places in the business OF the
country could not do better than to
follow MI. Wright's suggestion to
take up something-smithy, jewelry,
printing, electrotyping, rallroad1ng,
engineering, stenography-whatever
taste leads to, and put their whole heart
into learning the art of their work; de-
velop their individual powers; insist
upon making themselves masters of
their trade or profession, in order to
become master-workmen in whatever
calling is chosen; and then the real
satisfaction and then intense enjoy
ment of a serious and active life will
develop to a wonderful degree and
prove that the best citizenship is found
in those who are the best and most re-
muneratively and most enjOyably en-
ployed. n-PhiE0detpbiG Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02
EDUCATIONAL.
THE FORMATION OF CHARACTER

THE FORMATION OF CHARACTER.
1t is a significant fact that, with a
few exceptions, the school-days of well
known authors have been, for one rea-
son or another, periods Of trial and
mental discomfort. Genius, in it's very
essence exceptional, is confronted by
i~nelastic schemes Of instruction made
to fit a common type; and the inability
to adjust itself to rigid academic regu-
lations is often misnamed rebellion
and INSTRUMENTATION. Even Emerson,
equable IN temperament, and imbued
with the sense of duty as he was, could
not be called "the pedagogue's model
boy" The creative mind is prone to
stray far a-1eld, seeking out the I'M
trodden ways. Thus, it often happens
that the man who is destined to aston
ish the world by his brilliance and
originality of his conceptions, often
ranks lower than the mere plodder. 1t
is interesting the note the contrast be-
tween the early training of Carlyle and
that of Buckle. The latter, as a child,
was a constant source of anxiety to his
devoted parents, being so feeble in
health that all regular instruction was
forbidden, lest it might over stimulate
his mind. 1t is recorded that he liter
ally Toasted" on don Quixote, " " The
Arabian Nights" and the works of
Shakespeare and Bunyan, caring little
for other books. Later he was sent to
school, las a change" the physician
giving orders that he was not to study
except when he pleased He was
enough of a boy to avail himself of the
privilege of idleness; but while watch
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02

~v1Igarfze her by making her the tool
of sensationalism and the slave OF
vanity. If a student would know the
real power of music, he must mount
above his own experience and learn
what music is and has been In the gen
eral life of the world. The Indispensable
condition of broad culture as empha-
sized by Matthew Arnold, is the know
ing the best that has been thought and
known in the world" and so, if music
is to be adopted into the discipline OF
one that would be a well-rounded man
or woman, such a one must know the
best that has been done in music, and
the best that music has done for a
kind. It would be almost if not quite
impossible to find in any quarter OF the
globe to-day a savage tribe SO degraded
that it has not a store of songs and
some form of instrumental accOmpani-
ment. Singing and dancing are the
universal, and often the only amenities
of savage life. The fierce joys of wal
and the chase, the longings of love, the
woe of bereavement, the everyday
cares of the household, the welcome of
the coming and the speeding of the
parting guest, tribal disasters and
triumphs-all that can stir the heart
to a quicker ~pulsation is with the saw
age no less than with his civilized
heightened or alleviated by the minis
try of song. -Edrcard Dickinson, IN
the Philadelphia Etude.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02
LITERARY.

ARIsToTLE's MANUsCRIPT-THE ATHENIAN
STATE.
The recent discovery, in an Egyptian
tomb, of the papyrus roll containing
Aristotle's "Athenian State" is the
most important contribution to the
science of antiquity in modern times;
and it is impossible to speak of this
document, which has been brought so
Unexpectedly to light, without record
ing a due need of appreciation, of the
extraordinary industry and patience
displayed by the English editor, Mr.
Kenyon, and his assistants, Messrs.
Warner, Thompson, and Scott in sur
mounting the difficulties of the under
taking. A fac-simile of the original
text is to follow Immediately, but the
little sample already published in the
Illustrated Ne1Cs, is quite sufficient to
give us an idea of the difficulties the
editors have had to contend with.
The newly-discovered manuscript
not only appreciably widens our his
torical horizon, but it shows us the
author in a new light. We knew the
great man as thinker and Investigator,
we knew that he had gathered up all
the tangled threads of knowledge of
his day, and woven them into adurable
web; that he had rescued the inteIec-
tual labors of his own and preceding
ages from oblivion, and made his own
labors the starting point of investiga-
ton for later ages, in almost every de-
partment of science; bnt as an author
he was unknown to US.
The "Athenian State" was not in
tended for publication, but designed
purely for scholastic instruction; and
however much we may be charmed by
the c~learness of presentation and dem
onstration; however much our admira-
ton may be aroused by the authors
unlimited mastery of facts, the clear,
terse style affords no indications of the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02

ing the geometrical and algebraicali
demonstrations on the blackboard, he.
became interested in the subject, and
ended by gaining a first prize in mathe-I
matics. His fathers death leaving.
him in possession of an Independent
fortune, he spent much time in travel;
studying the literature and language.
of each country he t~raversed, and ac-
quainting himself with the customs
and character of the natives. 1t was
one of the peculiarities of Buckles
mind that he cared nothing for music
it was "mere noise" to him-and he
always said he preferred form to color,
until he journeyed through Egypt, and
was struck by the vivid contrasts of
deep blue waters and yellow sands, and
the wonderful tints of the mountains
of Arabia across the Gulf of Akaba.
He learned nineteen languages, seven
of which he could speak and write
fuently, while the others he was able
to read with a A remark made by
him as a boy showed his desire to lead
in whatever he attempted: Il would
rather be first as a shoe-black than
second in anything else" Unfagging
industry was coupled with his am
bition. It is amazing to observe the
vast number of subjects he studied ex-
haustively, invorder to prepare himself
to write 1.-THE History of Civilization
in England" that great work which,
by it's boldness and originality, in
stantly arrested the attention of the
thinking public. Carlyle, on the other
hand, had an almost Spartan upbring-
ing. His education was obtained at
the cost of privations which told upon
his health in after years, and he was
subsequently, obliged to undertake the
work of teaching, an occupation eX-
tremely distasteful to him. 1t is some
times said that a man needs to be rich
in order to be able to write history but
Carlyle, while engaged upon the his
torical works that made him famous,
was also harrassed by the considera-
ton of ways and means. The leisure
and calm of mind needful in such a
pursuit were not granted him; and it
seems as though we need seek no further
than this severe nervous strain to find
a reason for the aspersities of temper
which have made him a by-word. I'm
dOubtedlv it is not a, pleasant thing to
learn in suffering what is to be caught
in song; but in the case of poets and
fabulists, their troubles may be called
their stock in trade. While we grieve
over their misfortunes we must not
forget that, had they experienced only
smooth things, they could not have
given us works instinct with feeling
NeU Orleans TimeS-DemOcrdt.
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golden flow of oratory" which Cicero
attributes to the Aristotelian writings.
This characteristic belongs to another
class of Aristotle's works, of which,
unfortunately, one have come down
to us. But while free from ornamen-
tation, the "Athenian State" indicates
the most careful and painstaking prep
aration, both of subject and construc-
ton.
AS regards the purpose and significa-
ton of this little book, the "Athenian
State, " I am convinced, in spite of the
wide differences of opinion that have
been expressed, that the minority, who
attribute to the author no practical
purpose whatever, but regard the work
as a purely scientific and ~philosophic
treatment Of the subject, are in the
main correct. Aristotle does not at
tempt to conceal that he is without
sympathy for the democratic constitu-
ton of the Athens; nevertheless he
argues convfncingly that this organiza-
ton is essential to the achievement of
the States purpose and aim. The
work is purely scientific presentation
of the manifold changes of constitution.
which Athens had passed through. Tt
is political history and absolutely i'm
partial history is as little to be ex-
pected from Aristotle as from n
other historian. capable of forming an
opinion. He makes no conceaIment of
his sympathy for the moderate states
men and even for thetyrant P~eisisratus.
nor of his antipathy to the democratic
popular leader. It is probable that he
did Pericles scant justice, and shows
a want of just appreciation of his bril-
liant rule, and that, on the other hand,
he overestimates Nikias and Thera-
menes. There is bias, but not of a ma
ture to render his statements historic
ally untrue. He is a century further
removed from the time of Pericles than
Thucydides was. He never experienced
the fascinating personality of the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02
ALLIANCE

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THE PLACE OF MUSIC IN A Liberal EDU-
CATION.
How is music to be studied, in order
that it may become a mean of true
culture? In the first place, music is
not to be studied merely as an orna-
mental accomplishment, a means of
giving a shallow amusement In the
drawing-room. We must get above
what may be called the boarding-school
ideal, in accordance with which music
is looked upon simply as a part of the
final varnish which the young woman
receives before she is shipped into the
world of fashionable society. Neither
does music rise to a share in liberal
education when it is pursued merely as
a pastime, or for solitary, emotional
pleasure, not taken into the serious
purposes of life. If that were all; if
music were only a means of transient,
sensuous pleasure; if it had no grand
uplifting power if it carried no divine
meaning in it's speech-ifI were sud
denly convinced of that, I would aban-
don my vocation instantly and put on
the door of my music room, "Gone to
look for an occupation worthy of a
man." Neither is music to be studied
merely with a view of procuring a
livelihood by it, for a liberal education,
in its very definition, is one that is de-
signed to bring about the harmonious
perfection of our whole being, not
simply to help us in the acquisition of
dollars and Offices. Not that the prac-
tice of music for purposes of emolument
is not a worthy aim, but it must not be
the sole or even the primary aim, but
rather culture, the enrichment of the
mind and heart. To this noble object
enrichment of the mind and heart
I believe that music, rightly studied,
directly tends. The musical study
that is to have a place in a liberal cul-
ture must rise above the merely tech
nical. Leasing said in a letter to Moses
Hendelssohn: can old man who life
long has done nothing but pass his
breath through a stuck with holes in it
Il doubt much whether such an old
man has arrived at what he was meant
for" The study of music must be put
exactly upon the same plane as the
study of the other arts; music, like
poetry and painting, must be recog-
nized as an expression of the striving
of mankind after higher wisdom; as an
element and agency in the worlds
civilization, and as one of the forms
which the divine spirit of beauty as
sumes to reveal herself to men, in order
to subdue and elevate them and Ito
show them that the higher wisdom lies
in the ideal. Such music is, in spite of
the efforts of shallow technicians to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02
OFFICE OF
]. II. TURNER

OFFICE OF
j. Il. TURNER,
SecyTreasr National Farmers Alliance and Iudustr1 Union,
2S9 North Capitol St., Washington, [. c., May 19, 1891.
j w Denmark, Business Manager Progressive Farmer:
DEAR SIR AND observation-disclosures of the 18th inst. to hand,
also the picture of the officers of the N. +. A. & l. U. has
reached me. Allow me, sir, to thank you for this beautiful
picture. l will say further that it is a fine specimen of art,
and think I'll S one of the best pictures of the kind that Ihave
ever seen gotten up, and would grace the library of anyone. l
have had mine nicely framed and prize it very highly.
Yours fraternaly,
J. TURNER, Secy N. F. A. & /. U.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02

clever, persuasive, art-worshlpping
man as Thucydides did. Aristotle
lived nearly acentury later andformed
his estimate of Pericles On purely his
torical grounds; and the history of
Athens showed him P~ericles's activity
paving the way for a transition to
demagogy, which he denounced in
scarcely sharper terms than Thucy-
dides himself. Aristotle's antipaty to
popular sovereignty originated in an
other source than that from which
drank Thucydides the Athenian. The
son Of Nikomachos, body-physician to
the Macedonian King, Aristotle was a
Greek, but no Athenian. Later, as
teacher and friend of the great Alex
ander, he resided in Athens, but as an
outsider, without participation in the
strife Of it's political parties. His pc
litical judgment is a scientific one,
born of experience and conviction:
'%The best constitution is that which
vests the rule in the best individual or
the best class. 4. e., either in a mon
archy or in an aristocracy." That the
democracy afforded a soil best suited
for the development of the worst ele-
ments, was a view which a compare
tive study of Greek constitutions had
brought home with convincing force
to Aristotle's mind. He regarded de-
mocracy as asloping plane from which,
oC he cold tho nonn1O 9 ho1E,0f cot MIN
pose, and half involuntarily were
urged on to assume supremacy. The
military leaders he complained, were
not chosen for their military capa :ity,
bnt for their family connections. and
the troops, instead of being composed
Of trained soldiers, were made,up of
peaceful citizens, who under their in
experienced leaders were slaughtered
wholesale.
The sources of the history of ancient
Athens are well-nigh dried up. Only
fragments trickle down to us, and this
loss is compensated, in part only, by
the new discovery of Aristotle's manu-
script. It is not a history of the
AUL6l1LdL OCdG0, OuO OL AOn0Lldn cOn-
situations; the discovery is neverthe-
less of immense value. We have no
space here to indicate in detail what
we now learn for the first time, or what
the manuscript first presents in its true
light; but the Importance of the work
may be gagged by the single fact that
it tells us that Draco, whom we have
hitherto regarded as the founder of ex
traordinary bloody laws, gave the
Athenians a complete constitution the
leading features of which are specihed.
That Aristotle has not given us a com
plete picture of Draco's time, may be
accepted as another evidence that he
would add nothing beyond what was
justified by rigid scientific investiga-
ton. It is said that, among the treas
ures in the British Museum, there are
other surprises in store for U.S.. Be
that as it may, it is not likely thatany
second papyrus roll will equal in inn
portance Aristotle's book, the "Athen-
ian State."-G Koi6eL, Nord and Sud,
BresLGU, April.
Where are the Best Buggies Nader
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02

Where are the Best Buggies Nader
The Pioneer Buggy Co., Columbus,
Ohio, on receipt of ten cents, viii send
you their treatise on the horse which
also answers the above question
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06

THE Sibley county Independent pro-
poses to ''get even" with that class of
subscribers who, after taking the
paper a series of years and never pay
ing for it, suddenly send it back tothe
publisher with the significant word
refused" written across the margin.
Its plan is to publish blacklist" of
all such. This blacklist will be set in
heavy type and put in conspicuous
part of the paper and left standing
until the persons whose names appear
therein have settled their account.
No mean advantage will be taken of
any one. Every subscriber who orders
his paper stopped in this way will be
notified by letter of the amount he is
owing and then if he does not make a
settlement within ten days his name
will be published under suitable cpl
taph, so that the world may know
who the men are that try and beat
the poor editor out of his hard earned
pay. The publisher is as much en-
titled to his just dues as any other
man, and if a subscriber wants to stop
his paper he should be man enough
to pay up any arrears which he may
owe. Failing or refusing to do so, the
means proposed to be used by the In
dependent are none to severe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06

a BILL for the adjustment of CAPT.
tai punishment in Minnesota has
been introduced in the legislature.
In view of the fact that such great
ado IS nresio@oyer d re-lpr1us after he
has been sentenced to death, and ey-
cry pressure possible brought upon
the governor to set aside the verdict
of the jury, invalidate the law in such
cases, and then lioniZe the condemn
ed, it may be wise policy to adopt
it. 1t will relieve the executive and
establish, at least, more regard for
the efficacy and stability of the Grim
inal code. 1t is the exception rather
than the rule, when the jury which
convicts, the judge who sentences and
the attorney who prosecutes Grimm
al do not join in fearful pleadings
with the governor for executive Glenn
ency to save the neck of the condem-
ned. This being so, it were better to
abolish laws so difficult of enforce
ment and enact in their stead those
that will not require the application
of such powerful pourous plaster to
keep them from passing into innocuOus
desuetude.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06

The interest and usury bill was
much discussed in the Senate Thurs
day and Friday. The rate of interest
will likely be fixed at and 8 per cent
with a severe penalty attached for US
ury. The clause providing for the
forfeiture of principal for the taking
of illegal interest will not be incor-
porated in the bill, and it should not
be. The interest question in one that
must be handled in business way Or
those in need of money will find the
avenues closed against them. For
eign capital will not jeOpardise itself
to accommodate the needy unless it is
surrounded with reasonable safe
guards.