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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13
ACROSS THE CHANNEL BY BALLOON
NounE EnEtishmaa Makes Success
fHI Trip 10 France.

EASTB0T RSE EngianG. Oct r.
Charles Pollock. a nephew a Barren Psi
look started ln g bauecn from here this
morning 70 cross the ECElish channel
The haIl1or descended safely AZ $50 thfs
afternoon nea- peuaTr. fourteen miles
northwest Il AH.ers. A.r Pollock tele-
sraphea that tie trip VAS great s1ccasz
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13

AIz~ka-sreat Possibilities tor
mense Growth of d. L. EarnGng~-
Net n nve years Aas ihere eesa sGch
q aaTnoe- e ocesn-rolzx satlug craft ln
IRIS Asrbor as now -Four large shses
we-s az the OTeEon Improvement cosl
bankers yesterday loading eesl for Saa
Franelsco. Al tae seiaceat Clty dock
vas IKE hark CoIogaaa. aad e.sewhers
about tn4 harsor we're shree grs4n sh1ps-
Tas bark Ceyion. capt. Calhoun. = AZ
I IRE Naeelgy MIA leading -four Cor Hanoia-
la- TIE snip -. Francis. Capt Wsaa.
ard the Norwegian bark SflaFn. Capt
Halse. are leading wheat az tas Wsst So
ast.e elevator for Liverpool England. aa3
Dgnksrk
The prosperous development q business
Sc wheat has been siven lss due pFo2ai-
ueuce. oat the great increase in the eaal
) trade between ,nls port and san FFae-
clsco. wa3ea S TO less maFksa sn SIS way
than ths gain a wheat. has n2t reserved
svch wi6a attention.
Ths coal trade has been ssea8Fly sn-
I creaslng in thls port slnoe the cs4sgsus
schedule y 1881 Went .ato ereof. Tae
meath q September just passed y " three
tines the business - Septeqaeer. asss
I The coal rnlnes q Back D.amoea aad
I Franklin have beea running Wighoat ces-
+ sat.o1. and 3, has been a psrlad - pyos-
I persty . The r.iaers Esch as they have
{ net enjoyed fos several years The en-
+ uloymsat q extra men has been neces-
I STATED a. every paint tn tEaaspcrta-
I ton Il coal from tha rnlHes 70 tas- bank
er&
There are now at The Oregon Improve
-nsrt hankers The bark Highland Light
Capt Herbert. ship Spartan. Cart Pa-
Hses bsrk George r. Niansoa. Capt. crack.
bark Prussia. Capt Jensen. AS are lead
lag Ter san Francisco. and ther carg
/ WlR aEgrera e $50 tons.
BENEFITS of the TsrIn.
Several causes u7ite co bringing aeost
I shls ausrsesozs condlt.on. bat 70 ssne =
/ ir mare directly traceahls saaa to the aaw
/ trrsT schedule. The Guty cn fofe.gn caals
3tasr than aiza.v ca-h8alra6 anthracite
haa been Increased almost M per eent
He 8fTe-e1es stts wou1E rake ia faa 5Ea-
porfat5au uf coa1 froua Australia es Bes-
/ fSh Casamels can D. veat.fY appreciated
/ CerEoes wAsch have herer efNre fsta faks
E frcr t1ose c5uutr.es are rtv 7rssr-3 fFn
+ Seats1s Ausfrelsa has Eeer q mast FORM
! 35ae3a rival Through the existence = caste
SEffsus sG1cn co-ai never obtain sE tass
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13

@eeee eNe -eassEs z--alr- lr rrezt rea-
gre for tas G1ale i1lreare 81 t-- reaI
-aszasss fFez Fas D- Iee 4nsa- ~zH -
rranaearrsaE a-@HE~sE al4 tzs 1-zaeer
- vewea eeaAaE ~ fa.B sov- EeF AAsk2
= -~z-S-zza.s t2< 10 Esz- -@sEs : -~-1-r
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
AN OLD HAND.

81 am very sorry, sir" said the poet,
''but 1 am obliged to call your atUen
ton to the fact that a line in one of my
recent compositions was entirely per
verted and the meaning painfully dis
tOrted by the compositor."
Young man." replied the editor
''that compositor has gone through
more poems than you YER Wroge or
even read. He has put in his life get
ting up poetry of all kinds, spring and
fan styles and heavier goods for winter.
He may have changed your poem, but
when you say he harmed it you pre-
eume. When a man of his experience
makes up his mind { change a piece
OF poetry, a person in your position
should remember the respect that is
due TO superior knowledge and not at.
tempt to c~riUIcIse. washing ton Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
THR WORLDS CENSUS.

In recent months the proposition to
take a census of the entire globe at the
beginning of the next century has been
repeatedly mentioned by the press, As
impossible as it may seem at first
glance, it is nevertheless certain that
an earnest effort will be made to carry
this gigantic project into effect. The
plan was put into tangible shape at the
recent convention, held In Berne,
Switzerland, Of the International Sta
tistical Institute, the original prOpo
sition having been made by DR.. Gull
laume. the director of the Swiss Bureau
of Statistics. The convention appointed
q committee of ways and means, con
sisting of prominent statisticians,
savanIs, travellers and geographers.
who are to propose an acceptable
method of realizing this grand scheme,
and report to the convention at it's
next biennial meeting. Naturally it is
an impossibility to secure, even ap
proximately. the exact data In many
ACSNOAO8 SNSA as Tx POAn4S AAHA4 pNA *
of Africa, Asia and elsewhere, which
have never been even visited by the
explorers and which a census enumer
aUor would never reach. The popula
ton of the globe is now estimated at
LOO, 900, 600, these being the figures of
Professors Benin and. Wagner of Got
tingen, recognized as the leading au-
thorities in this department.. Both,
however, concede that these figures
are not absolutely reliable, and are
largely calculations based on the more
or less reliable reports of travellers.
This is, for instance, the case with such
countries as China, Persia, Arabia and
Turkey. They acknowledge that as
far as China is concerned the figures
may be millions too high or too low,
and that the estimate of Africa may be
fifty millions out of the way, and that
errors In proportion may exist in the
figures claimed for Persia, Siam,
Afghanistan, Turkey and other lands.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
A Proud RECORD.

"Who was that Squire Huxtable that
died last weeks" asked the caller at the
newspaper Office.
He was a man." responded the
editor of the Perkins Junction Palla-
dunn, 'who had taken this paper 10
years, always paid for it in advance,
never expected me to make a local item
about it when he put a new roof on his
barn OF sold his pork, when he came in
to ask me a question never began by
saying, An editor is supposed TO know
everything always sent a 50 bill with
the wedding notice whenever any of
his family got married and never had
an idea he could run my paper better
than I could"
And the editor of The Palladium fur
lively tried to wipe away a tear with
the office toweL.-Chicago Tribune.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09

China, however, has decided to take
an CReial census. This promise was
made by Ii Hung Chang In Berlin
only lately. The governments of Tur
key, Persia, Siam and Afghanistan are
TO be petitioned t assist the agents of
the Statistical Institute in taking the
census of these countries Quite natur
ally the scheme of the institute can be
realized only by the expenditure of
considerable money and the Rpplica
ton Of q great deal Of diplomacy. But
the Institute is sanguine Thep, too,
quite q number Of lands must yet be
explored before 1900 But if geogra.
phlcal research is pushed in the next
years as vigorously as this has been
done during the past decades, then
there will scarcely BET mile of territory
in Africa which will not have been ex-
plored by travellers before the begin
ming Of the twentieth century, and q
census a at least approximately be
maze.
Tnen,. too, in the year 1900 Russia
will have almost completed her two
vast systems of railroads acrors the
continent of Asia, traversing all Siberia
and the wild regions of Tnibet, and
these districts will be open to the
traveller. 1t is accordingly proposed
to send a colony of energetic travellers
TO these regions in 1900, to make a re-
port on the unnumbered millions that
live there. IL is hoped that this census,
notwithstanding it's greatness and vast
ness, can be completed in q single
week in all the civilized nations of the
globe. The attempt is even to be made
to have the census taken on one and
the same day.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
WHERE IS YOUR BOY.

When, after lsmplight, We meet
boys of eight and ten upon the streets
we wonder what their mothers are
thinking of doing; what engrosses their
mind that they take no thought of the
company their boy may be int
Evidently there is not a thorough
questioning relative to their associates
or their pastImes
Groups of men are seen sulking from
one shadowy street to another as if on
mischief bent.
Loud laughs, and often vile language
greet the Ear of the passerby. And one
can but wonder does ever a woman's
voice call you my son" or mothers
boyf'
Involuntarily we blame and despise
the boy who, under cover Of darkness
that he counted a screen against re-
cogniCioD, forget the fl ash of lampIight
from over the way, that betrayed him
as he gave utterance to q thought so
low that we turn from him in disgust
But is that neglected street wait so
much to blame after all4 Is it not the
mother of the child that fully deserves
the censure and contempt nj feelsR
Why were not her boys at home
snugly tucked In bed, or seated in their
own cosy chair It ner side, listening to
some sweet home story, either read or
told to them.
Simply because home has not been
made the dearest place in the world to
them, and mother has not tried to be
their friend and confident.
A mother should be her boys dear
est friend" and the only one that shall
share his innermost thoughts. A trust
confined to her is safe. She will never
Oetray her boy. But without perfect
love and confidence in her, he will
drift away and seek companionehip
elsewhere.
And then it is hard to bring them
back again, and in many instances has
proven impossible. The Household.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
Pun.

Not Worth While. Papa don't
need to say his prayers"
Mamma-Why mott
cause it's most mornin' when he
gees to bed. "-Brooklyn Life.
First passenger. oh, yes, / know
these Southern railroads very well.
I've been riding on this line all my
life.
Second passenge THAT soH You
must have got on a little sooner than
did. Truth.
Mrs. Bunkerhill Yes. all our chill.
dren have proved a blessing and com.
fort to US, except our eldest son. He ia
the black sheep of the family.
Mrs. Bear.-Why, you don't sayi
Mrs. Bunkerhill.-Y he has al
ways turned a deaf ear to all our plead
ings and positively refused to wear
glasses.-New York Evening Journal.
Teacher Johnny, what is windR
Johnny-Wind, sir, is air put in mo
ton.
Teacher. Right. Next boy, what is
the cause of winda
Next Boy.-Rivalry for the prize ring
championship. Boston Courier.
We're you frightened when your re.
volver missed fret
No; my wife held the burglar of
with a hat pin while I reloaded.-Chi
cago Record.
Why do you suppose it is that Joke
leigh, the funny man of the Daily Ban
ner, is always 80 solemn when he is out
In companyI
That ought to be easy to understand,
Did you ever see a banker who carried
bis cash box around with him in soci
eGy9-Cleveland Leader.
''What is an old fashioned patriot"
He is q man that can cast a vote
without remembering that the country
needs Postmasters ."1Chicago Record.
81 am wholly a self. made man." said
the gentleman with the air of money
to incinerate.
They who heard him laughed softly.
It was common report that the bald
area on the top of his head was the
work of hisswife Cincinnati Enquirer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
HR Did DRcRNrLY.


For weeks and weeks Tom Sheppard
had been a sick man at our mining
camp at Black Bear vallty y. Every
body felt sorry for him, and yet a sick
man in q mining,camp was a great in
convenience and a burden. One day
Judge Watkins went up to Q him,
and after finding him no better and no
worse than he had been for many
weeks, he said:
tom, I don't want. to seem cold
hearted about this thing, but the boys
are beginning to wonder why you
don't die or get we'll"
Yes, 1 recon they are, replied Tom,
"and you kin tell 'em I'm goin' to die "
do you feel it's fur the best, TOmR"
81 do. amt got much to live fur,
and might as we'll peg out now as any
other time. I've been waiting fur q
week or two"
"Waitin'I Fur WHAT"
Fur to die decently. I'm no lord or
duke, but 1 want things fixed up in
good shape. 1 want to be washed up,
shaved, hev my hair cut, and get into
some decent buds, and I Won't die till
1 do"
The Judge told the boys what was
required, and that afternoon two or
three of 'em knocked off work and fixed
Tom up. A shirt was borrowed of one,
a coat of another, a vest of another,
and by and by the sick man was rugged
out in tne best the camp afforded.
When ali this had been done, he said:
Now, then, I feel more like dyin',
but there's one more thing l want. L
want Joe Billings TO come up with his
fiddle and play me q few tunes"
But Joe's mighty busy to day" pro,
tested one of the men.
Cant help that. He either comes
or I don't die. I'm gOin' out Of this
camp in decent shape or hang right on
fur the three next mOnthsl"
Joe was sent for, and after consider
able kicking he got his fiddle and went
up to Toms shanty. Tom was propped
up in bed and waiting, and Joe sat
down and gave him the Old Oaken
Bucket" odd Folks at Home" Nellie
Gray" and half a dozen other well
known airs. He had been playing for
an nour, his eyes on the hills opposite,
when Judge Watkins looked In, and
said:
Cut it off, Joe-Tom's deadE"
And so he was, and when the boys
came to observe the pleased and con-
ten ted look on his lace, they were
agreed that he had died decenuy, and
been given a fair start on MS way
New York Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
HOW IT'S DONE IN BOSTON.

He was a stranger in Boston, You
could tell it from the cautious manner
with which he picked his way down
Summer avenue.
1t was evening. A stranger ap-
preached the cyclist.
Sir" said he, your beacon has
ceased it's function"
'SIrG"
Your illumination, Isay, is shrouded
in unmitigated oblivion"
Really, out l don't quite"
tine efdlgence of your radiator has
~evanesced."
MY dear fellow, /"
tine transversal ether oscillations in
your incandescer have been discon
tinued."
Just then an unsophisticated little
newsboy-a rara avis in the Hub
shouted across the way:
Hey, mister, yer lamp is out,"-
judge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
ONE ON THR SUBURBAN LOT
BOOMER.

About a month ago a farmer near
Chicago decided to move to town, SO
ne went to the city and hunted up a
real estate agent and offered to trade
bis farm for city lots. The agent was
all business and was in for a trade at
once.
Il want to show you." he said. "a
block of the finest lots any where in
Chicago. They're centrally located
and cheap as sawdusE. Get in my
buggy, and III take you out to see
them"
They drove out and looked at the
lots, and the agent expstiated at great
length on the advantages of their loca
ton and finally said:
Nov, when can / have a look ct
your tarmH"
I'm snow il to you presently" said
the farmer. It's about ten miles back
on the road between here and town.
Detroit Free Prees,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
WAN rED THE GATE SHUT.

The butchers boy who had called to
deliver a parcel had thoughtles sly left
the garden gate open, says The Chicago
Times Herald, and the z year old ruler
of the house called after him: Here
Come back and shut that gatel"
The butchers boy stopped but
showed no inclination to obey the com
mand Il don't have to-" he shouted
defiantly.
Yes, you do" insisted the 2 year
old. You come right back and shut
it now OF somebody's going to get the
worst licking he ever had"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
HI WAS AL RIGHT.

1t was on a train gong through Ii.
diana. Among the passengers we're a
newly married couple VIC made them
selves known to such an exUent tina
che occupants of the car commenced
passing sarcastic remarks about them.
Inc bride and groom stood the remarks
for some time, but finally the latter,
who was q man of tremendous slzs,
broke OUT in the following language at
his TOrmenGOrs:
Yes, we're married-iust married.
We are going one hundred and sixty
miles further on this train, and l am
going 20 spoon all the way. If you
don't ike il, you a get out and walk.
Sne's my violet and I'm her ~sheIterlng
oak"
During the remainder of the journey
they were left In peace.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09

EELP THAT COMES roo LArE'

, pFts a vearisOme world, this world OF ours
With irs tangles small and great,
rs W. ed inst smother the sprIDRlng nO"0AS'
AID its hap e4~ sJrife with ate;
And The darkest daY of its { isolate DAYS
s. es the help that comes too Iste'
Ali woe Tor the world that is never SAID
TILL the ar ia to deaf to near
And wO~ FOr Tne lac to the LanIIhB ne@u
OF the ringing shout Of cheer'
AbI DO- for thu IaRgard feet that tread
In the muurnfut wake OF Inc DleF'
What hoota.b help VIII. II the heart Is nUmbS
What nOOFeth a bros en- spar
OF love thrown out Wnei. me ups O1N
AND life's bar drlfteth far,
All Far and fast from the alien pat,
Over the mCautng barr
4 pitffu, th,ng the gift to day
That is drnsS and not hug worth,
ThouVu if iU had come but esterdsys
In mad nIimmed with sA eet the Garth
fading r S. in a death cold hand.
That persisted IN want ano death.
Who fain would help in this world OfOurS.
Where the sOIrOwfuI steps must fall,
Bring help in time to the waning powers,
Ere the b er IS spread with the pail
-Ner SENDS deserves when TIA. flags are furled.
Aud Il g dead beyond your call
Fer battling most IN this weary world,
With its Gzngles small and great
It's nesOne nights and its weary days,
And It's strUgg Es fOrlOrn with faJe,
Is that bitterest grief. too deep for tears,
OF the help that Cum0s too late.
Marguerite e. 6&I ester.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
BUSINESS NINETY-SIX YEARS
AGO.

Not only was the field of business en-
terprise thus restricted, but the traDss
action of business within that field was
slow and difficult. The merchant kept
his Own books, or, as he would have
said, his W accounts, wrote all his
letters with a quill, and when they
were written Let the ink dry or
sprinkled it with sand. There were
then No envelopes, no postage stamps,
mo letter boxes In the street, no collec-
zion of che mail. The letter written,
the paper was carefully folded, sealed
With wEx or a wafer, addressed and
carried to the post CfHoe, where
postage was prepaid at rates which
would now seem e~x5ortlOnate. To
send a letter, which was a single sheet
of paper, large or small, from Boston
60 New York or Philadelphia, cost 1871
cents aud to Washington Is cents, and
This at a time when the purchasing
power of a cent was five times what 1t
ls at present. To carry a letter from
Philadelphia, then the capital of the
United States, to Boston and bring
back an answer by return mail would
nave consumed from - 10 10 days, &C
cording TO the season Of the year and
the Observation-Disclosures Monthly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
ON FARMS.

The following is a description of an
electrical plant as introduced on q
farm in Mecklenburg:
The motive power is furnished by a
small brook, which passes the farm at
a distance of about $50 feet and drives
a turbine wheel. About 1 $50 feet
above the w~heeIhouse, a dam has been
erected in the brook for the purpose of
obtaining the necessary fell andforcing
the water into a canal leading to the
turbine. This canal is partly cut into
the ground and partly banked, so that
at the turbine, a fall of 81 feet is OBJ
tanned. The volume of water changes
from 10 cubic feet q second in very dry
seasons to 100 to 141 cubic feet a sec
ond In very wet seasons. With an
average OF 35 cubic feet. the turbine is
guaranteed to furnish Is horsepower,
while in reality it furnishes IS and at
high water 81 to % horsepower. The
turbine drives g Schubert dynamo
machine, which develops all the cleo
tricity needed. From this dynamo,
the current goes to the sO-called switch
board, whence it is distributed to the
various stations. Wires OF different
sizes, strung on poles, conduct light
and power currents to tn yard, thence
to the dwelling and main building,
stables, barns, other farm buildings,
and garden. There are in the dwelling
and main building one hundred incan
descent lights; in the other buildings,
seventy; and in the yard and garden,
twelve, besides two arc LAM pc. In the
lator-a battery consisting of sixty six
large glass cells, with plates of lead in
dufIsed aulphuric acid, which serves
to accumulate electricity. During the
day, when the machines are not in
operation on the yard, this accumula
tor is loaded and contains then sufi-
Gent electricity to feed the lights from
evening, after working hours, till the
next morning. A small machine can
also be attached to the accumuletor
and worked from it's power. By care
full handling, the accumulation has fur
nished sufficient electricity to last five
days without being reloaded. To
operate the machinery, there are two
electric motors, one of 10 horsepower
and the other Of 124 horsepower. The
small motor is fixed and drives the
pumps for the stables, q straw cutter,
a turning lathe, a grindstone, and a
large band saw, which can cut logs Of
thickness up to 17t inches, the latter,
however, only with the aid OF the large
motor. The larger motor is mounted
on iron wheels, and, together with the
thrashing machine, can be put into
any barn, to be connected there with
the electric current by a small cable.
The silos are built in q semicircle
around the last barn and can be
reached, to a distance of 500 feet, by
cable attachments. The distance Of
the motor from the turbine is then
about 300 feet. The system of hand
ling the motors is so simple that any
farm hand can readily understand it.
The turning of a lever admits the cleo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09

The butchers boy came running
back, full of fight.
HE is, ehi" he said, well, who's
going to lick 'em, en-"
Mother is" calmly remarked the
youngster. ''If you leave that gate
open Til be certain to go out into the
street; mother1l e me and III get
licked. Shut it tight, please, so I can't
get out"
And the butchers boy did.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
A MENTAL ~AFFLICTION.

Its a sad thing" said the sympa.
thetic man, ''Dut Blykins has become q
verItable mIser."
Impossible
'It's true. The last I heard of him
he didn't get any pleasure out Of any
thing g cept sitting do IN in his cellar
counting his hoard of anthracite coal
over and over again" Washington
Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09

trio current, which immedreGeI puts
the motor in operation to its full power.
One machinist, who is stationed at the
turbine house, superintends the entire
plant, handles the turbine and dynamo,
and, from time to time, insoects the
motors when in operation One intel
ligent farm hand can attend the
thrashing machine and the large
motor.