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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-21
DISCIPLINE OF lAE wOoDPILE.

Every human male man, who pos
sesses even a lingering taInG of tenn
per, should keep an * and a wood
pile handy, that he may rush out and
work off his wrath when 1t wakes
fierce There is nothing in this vain
old world that will send a man back
to his appointed work with a wilted
collar and tEuer comprehension or him.
self than thirty minutes wrestling
with a full favored exc. He a use
it 40 farcely in the wood. All the
fury of his nature. all the hate he feels
for his enemy, he can intuse into the
axe handle; aud how the chips will
fgl Not very ars~istically, probably,
but they will fly. And presently it
dawns upon the man that he is feeling
more calm. Evidently he is experience
ing a change of heart. H3 does not
hate his enemy at all. He changes
his stroke, and begins to chop on the
Italian system of penmanship-the
up stokes heavy and the down strokes
light. He rather loves his enemy now.
At last he puts all his failing strength
into one terrific blow. He misses the
tip with the axe, and smites the chop
ping block with the handle. a tingle
as though ne had swallo we'd an alarm
clock goes from elbow to hip and back
again. the axe drops from his power,
full hands, and a weak, limp, nerve
less. perspiriug, trembling, gasping
thing, he etag gers to the house, lies
down on the first thing that looks like
a lounge, and is ready to die tneIe
isn'V q fear or a fault in his heart.
! Death has no terrors. and life has nc
temptations for him He has chop
ped out all his base nature, and be If
Just as ethereal and spiritual as be car
be on this side of Jordan. 1t ls a great
medicine. -Burdette.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-21

once spoke to an audience of wo-
men and girls along this liue, and ap-
pealed to the mothers and sIsters to
be kind TO the boys in their homes who
were between twelve and eighteen
years of age, to remember that they
we're passing through the critical pc
riod of transition from boyhood to
manhood, and TO try and help them by
az mpathy and kindness. Some time
later as I was on the tram, a young
lady came and sat down by me and
said: Il want to thank you for what
you said to US the other day about
o Ihave a brother about sixteen,
and we have done just a. you said !;
we have leased him about his nous
tache, and his voice, and his awkward
ness, and laughed the more because it
seemed 10 touch him. He had gotten
go that he never would do anything for
US girls, and we called him an old bear.
Since l heard you I concluded that we
had done wrong and I would make a
change, so that evening I said kindly,
Charlie, don't you want me to tie your
cravat9 I'd like to, yer 80 much I
shall v forget the surprised look
he gave me 1t seemed that he could
not believe that I, his sister, vented
to do something to please him, but as
soon as be saw Ireally meant it, he &C
cepted my ofer with thanks, and since
then he cannot do enough ~for mt
Really l have almost cried to think
thai so little a thing would make him
so grateful. Then I have begun to
make little fancy things for his room
and he appreciates them 80 much."-
From What a Young Woman Ought
to Know" Vir Pub Co., Philadelphia.
Prlce 81 90. postpaid. By permission
81 was just almost killed by it," said
one girl to another II could have cried
myself to death"
did you cry9" asked the other.
mo; I was just getting ready to,
when the dinner bell rang."-Sel.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-21
WISDOM BEYOND HIS YEARS.

what is an orphans" asked the
teacher. None of the children seemed
to know.
well, I'm an orphan" said the
teacher, as not too plain a clue.
Ahand popped up, and the owner.
exclaimed: IAN orphan is a woman
that wants to get married and can't"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-21
A SONG.

EGARDE HAWTHORNE, IN HARPER's MAGAZINE FOR MARCH.
Sing me a sweet, low song of night
Before the moon is risen,
A song that tells of the stars delight
E-caped from days bright prison.
A song that croons with the crickets voice,
That sleeps with the ehadowed trees.
A song that shall bid my heart re oice
At it's tender mysteriesl
And then when the song is ended, love,
Bend down your head unto me,
Whisper the word that was born above
Ere the moon had swayed the sea.
Ere the oldest star began to shine,
Or the faintest sun to burn,
The Oldest words, o heart Of mine,
Yet newest, and sweetest to Learnt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-21
little Folks.
HIS MOTHERS HIS SWEETHEART

HIS MOTHERS HIS SWEETHEART
His mothers his sweetheart-the
sweetest, the bestI"
So say the white roses he brings to my
breast;
The roses that bloom when life's sum-
mers depart;
1t his love is the sweetest rose over
my heartl
The love that hath crowned me-
A necklace around me,
That closer to God and to Heaven hath
bound me!
His mothers his sweetheart Through
all the sad years
His love is the rainbow that shines
through my tears;
My light in Gods darkness, when with
my dim eyes
I see not the stars in the storm Of His
skies.
When I bow meath the rod
And no rose decks the sod,
His love lights the pathway that leads
me to CD!
His mothers his sweetheart" Shine
bright for his feet,
o lamps on life's highway! and roses,
lean sweet
To the lips of my darling! and God
grant His sun
And His stars to my dutiful, beautiful
Que
For his lov3-it hath crowned
me-
A necklace around me,
And closer to God and to Heaven hath
bound mel
Frank L. Stanton in February Ladies'
Home Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-21

Dear EditOrS:-As I have never writ
ten to you and the Little Folks before,
l will take the opportunity afforded
and join in with the merry band Of
Little Folks. I was very much
amused at Jamie Actions account Of
her first adventure with a gun. I
think if she would try a good breech.
loading rife of small calibre she would
like it still better than the revolver and
I'm sure she would not find it half so
tricky as the shot gun. l have q rife,
and my sisters are quite as adept at
target practice as myself.
I like reading very much, but / think
we should read to some purpose, and
not read simply to while" away the
time, as some folks term it, since time
is so precious, especially go to the
young. One poet has written:
Lost yesterday, somewhere between
sunrise and sunset, two golden hours,
each set with sixty diamond minutes;
no reward offered for they r gone
forever" How solemn are the words,
yet how truthful. So let us select
good authors and good books and true
purposes. Since we know that we,
alone have in hand our future career,
then let US strive to shape it SO that
] when we are nearing the end of lite's
journey we may look back at DUR past
life with pleasure, and not with an
aching heart, grieving over lost oppor-
tunities for
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these: it might have
been."-P. c., Ora, N. O.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09

terrain tone: @ThFaw ~ year hands. ag4
the sigsF az Two loaded pssTas t1.rFe1
point blank upon tarEu. The cnn3ucte7
would ask each exc aaw Ear Be was going
ak. his money oui Z BIS pocket. uiN ks the
E.ght change and uUt s; SacS- Then he
would pass gn - he aexj
And thss = tbs stefy ~ Aaw Johnny
Hail held ~ his awn r2 S~eng gers Steve.
81 the throttle, YVES Jerking her thrcugn
according % orders. Thy smashed a.0uS
through he woods. ;srs ac-asS {5ueiy
sNarps ana ratified ever sAaky wooden
or4tSes Red flames shat cat ~ The sr1eR e-
stack into the dark night and tha cAgs
-aFched from sii4 10 st4e as they oaaSrl
alcrc
Johnny Hall continued N ne roa3 many
years af1 became one y the moss 9ogu-
lar conductors In he state. srd g: was
only the ether iay hat &c male his asst
rnn. @na ! know ;aas john Hall 1As
piu Is - he end. foF drawer man never
ran = train cut II Detroit ''- Detroit Eres
Press.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09

AZ TREs>' GOOD MEMORY.
\ Woman Of the stage Who IL said
tn He letter Perfect I'm go Roles.

Mss Ma.y NannA~v wh0 Is known as
an actress all over The Coast has without
cout; one o ths most fundamentally q0ick
ana Te:epiiVS memories possesSs3 by any
member q her particularly sAAet.ns pro-
fess4on. nolwithSt aB3i0g me generally re-
ceirvd opinion that theatrical people are.
as rule. PARTICULARLY blessed IN TIE mat
ter * memories Il - In reality rs 20
means fact for s0u1e ~ the most hyil-
liant stars II the ORA matte armament find
II impossible to include more than a dozen
roles in their roper ,c!gss. and even these
they are obliged 20 restldy r any appre-
clabie length of time interveues between
the dates If their presentation Many q
oar mos; brilliantly intellectual actors ana
actresses in1 hat after years Of severe
study their ability u commit their lines
"a memory easily ant we'll becomes much
diminished, sometimes 20 an extent which
IL anuoyiagiy inC0nVenisnt. this being
again. of course. the result q tao asst3u-
Gus application. The case ~ Miss Nan
nary. therefore. Is 80 unusual As % ~
almost. 4 not quite, w.thcu; a parallel.
While the Eastern leading ally considers
herself a Well equipped i she has a roper
ioire embracing nftr parts, our clever
Western actress is eXceilentiy able - per
form = different role nearly every nigh. n
the year. should she 81 choose, and DO So.
too. without having recourse 10 restudy.
Miss NaDnary n tie present time is thor-
0ughly familiar with - different plays.
and Is letter perfec; In her own part there
in. Her mind seems u be az peculiarly
impTessible and ret1utive quality. for any
Thing tina, she has Cnce learned remains
In her mental grasp from that time forth.
II has been said II This charming lady that
she gas a "bil!ion-wori bran" and. reck-
oninB billions In the American fashion, she
doubtless can claim this distinction.
Ne; only does Miss Sanrary remember
what she once learns but she learns with
almCS. unbelievable rapidly as Il has
been proven that she can commit. and cor
rcctly. nfty sides ~ seventy-fva words
each in the as;onishinsly brief space of
nifty minutes. Such surprising fea:s as
this even she does not perform oyerfre
Quently. hit that she IS capable of so do
ing is susct ptihie 81 demonstration at any
time i san Francisco Call
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09

HoAey are many and varied each is in
4 prosperous condition. enjoying its ian
share o. the trade 0f the section while
scarcely an establishment 6ut has found
X necessary 10 enlarge It's facilities dur
Ing the pas, year 10 accommodate the de-
nlands Of the constantly increasing bust
ness, due 10 the steady growth and de-
Fe.opment VI the town ami the section
Immediately surrounding and directly tr!b-
utafy to IT,
Seven church organizations are locatei
here. hye az which have thsir owu places
u worship. six fraternAl societies are in
flcu:lsh.nS condition. a fully equipped
and caracioUs hospital IS maintained ana
Two excellent schools are conducted in
spleadidiy constructed buildings There
are two places 0f amusement INA largcst
and finest Of which the Bowery Pavilion.
was recently erected by stock company
az cost ot more than 81 - and would
Dc credit To a city Of much greater pre-
tensions. When completed Win stage AMI
fixtures this pavilion will be ample for the
accomn1 cGat.cn ot theatrical companies
anu kindred organizations. local or foreign.
Four mails reach the city daily 1ul are
distributed through two postofdces. thtse
existing before The consolidation Of the two
towns being still continued. While there
Is no regularly organized fire department
the comparative isolation If individual
buildings tends 10 reduction Of rates Of
Insurance 10 the lowest figures There are
three express companies maintaining a.
fees here. each Of which Is money order
office. These are the Canadian Pa
citc. the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern. The Western Union.
Northern FAciae and Postal Union Telc-
graph companies have offices here arI
each transaCts Il large amount ~ business
The business # The municipal! corporation
and of the local courts is transacted IN A
new and connexions town hail CONVEX
;ently located and arranged for the PHI
pose.
..eai estate. town and country. IS held at
very moderate figures and Is purchasaale
on very reasonable terms. Rents are reas-
enable. though the steady growth II me
city during the pas, year has made II a.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09

this place and of its Immediately sur
rounding section is fully guaranteed by
the practically inexhaustible resources
sing within its limits. Lumber and
shingles are At present the basis Of this
districts principal industry, and in this
line the resources are too well known to
require comment. However, this constI-
tutes bat portion Of the natural wealth
of the section. The agricultural posi-
hilities are scarcely realized Westward
~ Scdro- Wooilcy and reached by fine
roads are the famous Olympia marsh
and Samish fats. comprising thousands
OF acres II the finest agricultural lands
In the state, awaiting only development
10 be transformed into a very garden
Magnificent ranges. CAPABLE Of the eup-
port q untold thousands Of cattle and
sheep, remain open 10 the farmer. TO bet
ter country exists fer the purpose OF
poultry raising. the section Is pronounced
the finest in the state for the production
or fruits aud cereals. To The east and
north is a country Of vast extent and
great fertility. whose agricultural posi-
hiiiues arc almost without limit. the lands
being peculiarly adapted for the production
% hay, cereals and fruit o. all this cx-
'ensive territory Sedro-W oney Is the conn
nercial, geographical and railroad center.
and for all its products a permanent and
easily accessible market is found In tho
larger cities Of the Sound through the
transportation facilities found here
Valuable Mineral Deposits.
Another source. scarcely appreciated in
!ts present undevelopet state !s found in
the mineral deposits OF the Skagit river
valley Ruby creek. Baker river Thunder
creek. Sank valley. Day. Shuksan AMI
Slate creeks and tie Cascade district are
iicontestah'y rtcn In mineral wealth and
need bat 'Ae maglc touch - Development
Ia become the source 81 large contrieu-
tons - the commercial prosperity OF
Sedro-N oUey Another greas ana i'm
poTtant Industry is finding development
IL The adjacent coal fields, these at Coke
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09
n|N CLEARED OF ICE.
fam Weather Gives Steamers a
Chance to Move.
.o,aT coHvEkEs At JUNEAU.

r,srs.ns Murder Cases on Trial
..,,X.ls From P"rcupine Report
slide In the t"ast Nountains--
s~.f,ov. NcGraw Appointed Court
Commissioner mt tap" N""e--c"t-
age City Arrives From Alaska.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09
ARE yO

ARE you GOING EAST?
Call a the Northern Pacific Office, Seat
lie, ana make arrangements. Effective
September 18TH rate to Chicago, $tG 60.
and all points in the East III proportion.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09

iE new town Of $ -Wooiley
Is a consolidation q the form
"r scpacate inequalities OF
Noollcy and Sed.o. It Is at
the Present moment The
s:nartr.t and mi r.rnEr.s-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09

Bn,Incs, aetishmensa.
- 12saaeas establishments Of S<sro.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-09

.E7EFEsEF .. 10 $50 80 L-s-asss
Morris tribune., 1899-12-16

The scout looked hard, as If digest
ing the query. Then he thought. AT
last he answered:
"Only some Indians"
"How many" asked the captain.
; WAS seven" said the scout. Nov
six "
ION the warpath?" asked the cap
tain
The scout looked troubled, as though
bored by the questions.
They fired" was all he said.
Now then the war was on in earn
est. But the scout ever after avoided
the captain as a man who talked too
much.
=
The scout had eaten and slept and
lay indifferently looking upward at
the barrack ceiling. About him men
were brushing uniforms, playing cards,
writing letters, reading papers, mend
ing clothes and engaged in the bar
racks occupations generally. At the
far end of the cot-flled room a lusty
cavalry man was singing:
"Bei uns gents INNER va sch1mmer.
In the grounds non-commissioned
duties Of the day. New recruits were
being drilled. singly and in squads.
Now and again a stiff young heuten-
ant crossed to the officers quarters or
bent on inspection went through the
form of examining quarters to see
whether the dust had been properly
brushed away and the floor duly swept.
Presently soldier entered. walked to
where the scout lay and said:
Colonel wants you"
The scout remained immovable for
q few seconds. Then he turned to the
messenger and looked him sQuarely In
the eye. In uaoment he recovered his
speech.
HE'LL"
That was all. Then he arose. DELHI
erately dressed, drew on his long
boots, Huckled lids belt with the am
nnunlEion and revolvers in place. and
stalked to quarters. The orderly halt
ed him at the door.
Colonel wants me, he said.
He passed In. The colonel ignored
the lack Of a salute for the keen-eyed
man before him was not soldier, but
q civilian employe. Then he said:
There is a woman here, the wife
Of Lieutenant Jasper, who Is wounded
at the ferry. She wants to join her
husband. You must guide her over
The scout looked half terrified.
Woman" he asked. The question
had world of meaning, for the colonel
knew of the hostdles on the road. the
dangers Of the trail itself, its double
dangers for woman. He nodded.
Bad" said the scout.
Cant be helped" said the colonel,
The scout stood still q moment
Then he turned and walked out. AS ne
reached the parade ground he saw
woman before the officers quarters.
The sight revived his memory.
In a few minutes he was back at
the colonels quarters, his horse sad
died. his blankets rolled behind the
cantle, the rife slung by the horses
side, the RATA rolled carefully over the
saddle post.
"Tell him I'm ready" he said gruf-
fly to the orderly. The soldier
turned in disgust. He was not used to
unceremonious orders. But the scout
was impenetrable. So the orderly
went.
When the scout was ordered in he
cav q little woman wearing a short
riding habit He looked at her indif-
ferently. The colonel spoke, saying he
was the best scout at the post, and she
might feel safe with him.
II feel it." she said.
The scout broke silence.
Better not GO" he said.
eEOh. I must!" was her answer.
Morris tribune., 1899-12-16
IN SILENCE A HERO.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
There was a simmer Of crimson
light In the sky as he rode along. Sit
ting square and deep in the saddle,
with an attitude that changed very lit
tie as his horses gait varied from lope
to trot, from trot to walk or from WALK
to lope, his eyes fixed straight ahead,
the scout rode, absolutely alone.
Alone and silent, perhaps thoughtful,
perhaps merely dull, the Skinner
struck upon his practiced intuition and
he realized that 1t was nearly night.
He halted the horse for moment at
q ragged ravine, on whose bank al
lapidated shanty had once stood. One
side of the shanty had slipped into the
ravine, and the f1msy and deserted
building was twisted and yawning.
Along its ridgepole, however, there
still remained legible the hugely let
tered and euphemistic sign, belmont
co.'s" The scout did not smile. There
was none to see him, and men who are
much alone soon cease to smile.
Beyond the ravine, into the coulee,
to the little stream whose fierce spring
overflow had cut the ravine one day
long before and undermined the whis-
key shanty with the pretentious name,
the scout rode, now slowly. A pause,
and he swung from the saddle, releas-
ed the long RATA from its post and
carrying the end to stump, tethered
his horse. They looked for Q moment
into each others eyes, brute and man,
neither spoke, though they understood
each other.
In a few moments blazing grease
wood cooked his coffee and fried the
bacon from his haversack. He ate
slowly, as one with whom eating was
a task not to be trihed with. The
crimson simmer in the sky grew
fainter and became gray, dark and
black. 1t was night
The prairie sky .blazed with stars.
The scout still sat, his hands about his
knees, the pipe In his mouth, gazing
fixedly at the solitary enber OF the
FIRE as 1t crew duh. Far away, a moan
ing coyote broke the stiffness with its
over mOurnful voice. The scout drew
his blanket about him, placed his head
IN the hollow Of his saddle and slept,
Morning broke and he arose. Before
aim lay the vacant prairie and the
duty Of the day. He swung himSeltG
back into the saddle and rode, rode
rode. al.
Solitude and. silence had been his
portion so much that language was to
him q cuFfo-a rarity-a luxury. He
seldom heard the sound Of human
voice, and when he did he listened
deeply and answered deliberately, for
his supply of speech was not great. AS
he rode there came a scream from far
overhead shrek, ecreech. But he
did not look upward.
He knew the voice was the voice Of
8 Springfield ball, high in the air. Man
and horse lay down and waited
Neither movde, but both watched.
On the brow Of little knoll. far
away he saw bush wave too fast. It
was far away, but he levelled his rife
and fired
Then horse and man arose as II by
mutual understanding, and, turning
from the knoll, he rode, the report of
the guns behind him merely urging
him to hasten.
He was not afraid. He was not ex-
cited. He did not expect to die; he
did not expect TO live.
Late that night he reached the post,
delivered his orders and turned to 60
The captain stopped him.
meet anybody on the way over?" he
asked
Morris tribune., 1899-12-16
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The scout looked at the ce1Tng, al
the floor. at the desk and at the chairs
It was clear that he was looking for
help. None came.
do you want a guaTd?" asked the
colonel
The scout shook his head. He knew
the danger of numbers
They rode away together. All the
night long they rode, hating during
the day. On the third morning. as the
woman was about to lie down for few
hours rest the scout arose, as one who
was about to deliver an grafton.
"Only six miles" he said.
Fear Of the hostiles had forsaken
her. and they rode rapidly on, indif-
ferent alike to the whistle of the bull
let's. the yells of the braves, and the
efforts OF small parties of bucks to
head Them off. Closer and closer to
the camp. and then, as the sentry ehal-
lenged. the scout turned and let the
woman ride ahead.
He faced the hostiles for moment.
Then he looked around and saw the
guard rush forth and welcome the
fainting wife. The dancing braves jar
red on his sight He turned back to
where the woman had entered the
camp, and then followed her.
The officer of the guard almost hug
ged him. Men gathered about him
The captain clasped his hand. The
wounded lieutenant, now almost well,
wept.
The talk annoved him.-Ph.ladel-
phia Times.