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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
q N n LETTER.

''The Ideal and Artistic in Our
Homes" was the title of an article in
The Progressive Farmer Of Septem-
Der 3rd, and if you have not read it,
please do SO at once, as it is full of
food for thought. All, how true it
is that few men realize the wonder
full influence that beauty of ur-
roundings has on wOmankind And
so many little things there are that
can be done by almost any one which
add wonderfully to the beauty of a
home. True it is that "The desire
for beauty is planted in every SOUL"
but it is equally true that careless.
ness will lessen your appreciation of
beauty There r so many beau
ties in the country that often lack
appreciation. The trees, flowers,
landscapes, clouds and the sunsets
and many other beauties are some
of them. Teach the little folks to
appreciate these things and Go not
frown and look sour if they beg for
a musical instrument of some kind,
for if you will only manage to get
it for them, you, too, will like the
music and it will beguile many a
weary hour.
"No woman a be at her best in
a howell. Life can go on gloomily,
indifferently, mechanically, but it
has 40 vital growth, it gravitates to
nothing if the natural longings and
desires go forever unanswered"
This is true. Four plain walls do
not constitute a home. Love adds
much, but love is not all of life !;
comfort, environment and apprecia
ton lessen the ills, soothe many an
aching brow and make. life what it
was evidently intended that it should
be-a happy existence.
ALI our letters r good this week.
Cowper was a most eccentric old
soul, but I think that his letters r
the criterion of good English. No
young person a read them atten-
lively without benefit.
We are very sorry that with this
issue Mrs. Null gives the last of her
interesting letters concerning her
trip and trust that we will have
other letters from her ere long.
Interest in our Circle is increas-
ing. Let US hear from you.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
FROM CAROLINA TO CALIFORNIA.


DEAR AUNT JENNIE EARLY in the
morning of the 22nd of July we took
the boat in San Francisco for Oak
land, and there took the train for
Sacramento, a distance of eighty
nine miles. We passed through a
billy country, but almost every hill
was covered with fine orchards then
through swampy lands, in which
herds of fine cattle brOwsed knee
deep in grass. Then through a beau
tiful level country very thickly set
tied.
After a few hours ride we reach
Sacramento, the capital of the State.
1t has a population of thirty thou
sand, and is a city of homes and
flowers, the residence portion being
embowered in choice foliage, and the
streets we'll shaded. The State cap
itol building, erected at a cost of
nearly three million dollars, is sit
uated in park of unparalleled beau
ty, covering about thirty acres Of
ground, under the highest state of
cultivation, and planted in grass,
trees and flowers. Here, in Sacra-
mento, in the home of our sister
in law, Mrs. Archibald Null, a very
lovable and gracious woman, we
spent two weeks. Fifty years ago
her husband, then a youth, left
North Carolina, and wendell his way
over the long weary trail across the
Great American Desert and reached
California the day it. was admitted
to the Union. He died the 4th of
July, just a few days before we
started to California, a great disap
pointment to my husband, as they
had not seen each other for fifty
years.
Sacramento averages two hun
dred and thirty eight clear day s,
having more clear days than any
other portion Of the Northern Hem
isphere excepting only Yuma, Ari-
zona Suffers Fort in the city linn
it's is one of the most interesting and
historic spots in the State. Seventy
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some Of the
most W~ide-aWake and progressive young ladies
and young men and some Of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people of this and
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
us a letter on some subject of general interest.
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING, Civ full name and post
office address for Aunt Jennie's
# YOU do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as a Chatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as q rule,
elapge between the time a letter is written and
the date of it's publication.
all letters to Aunt Jennie, care Of
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

train for the city, and the s.n.
evening started toward home
more. 0e
We came back through Coloraa.
Kansas and Missouri. From 81
Louis we went to Memphis. fro",
there on through a part of Alabo0]u
and a bit of Mississippi, and apsia
into Tennessee. At daylight on H.
morning of the 18th of August =
once more saw the green hills 80
dear old North Carolina, audit seer0a
the most beautiful by far of anv ~
the places I have seen. Herr
nature has done so much for r.
Our water needs no ice to cool il
Our mountains are clothed in ever,
green's, and we have plenty of rain
and rarely feel the need of irrigation
Here, TOO, we have fine fruits, and
can grow almost everything needed
for man and beast.
At noon we arrived at Newton
five weeks from the day we left here
and in a few minutes reached oDr
own home quite we'll and very glad
to be among our own people again,
MRS. ALICE NULL.
NJ ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
GOOD REASONS,

'If I stand on my head the blood
all rushes to my head doesn't it?"
No one ventured to contradict
him.
''Now," he continued, triumph
antly, "when I stand on my feet
why doesn't the blood all rush into
my feet?"
Because, replied Hostetter Nc.
Ginnis, "your feet r not empty"
Tit Bits.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
The Home Circle.
JUST BE GLAD.

o heart of mine, we shouldn't
Worry so.
What we've missed of calm we couldn't
Have you know;
What we've met of stormy pain,
And of sorrows driving rain,
We can better meet again,
IF it blow.
We have erred in that dark hour
We have known;
When the tears fell with the shower;
All alone.
We're not shine and shower blent
Is the gracious Master meant?
Let us temper our content
With his own.
For we know, not every morrow
Can be sad
So, forgetting all the sorrow
We have had,
Let us fold away our fears,
And put by our foolish tears,
And through all the coming years,
Just be glad. james WhItcOna6 Il
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legs were in a high state of cultiva-
ton, the hills were whitened by in
Vulnerable focks, the mountain
streams turned the wheels of many
mills, and their mines yielded them
rich treasures in copper and gold.
Churches and schools sprang up on
every hand, and about 1920 a further
impetus was added TO their civiliza-
ton by the invention of an alpha
bet by Sequoyah. It consisted of
eighty six letters, each representing
a complete sound. Newspapers
printed in the Cherokee language
followed, and the country seemed
to have before it a promise of great
ness destined TO surpass even the
medicine mans visions of the tradi-
tionary past, when at one blow
these splendid achievements were
wiped out by act which for perfidy
and dishonor is without a parallel in
the history of nations.
The beautiful, luxuriant land of
corn and wine and gold excited the
cupidity of the Ahabs to the south
of them, and they resolved to possess
it, even if is were necessary to re-
enact on a mammoth scale the trag-
edy of Naboth's vineyard. First,
however, they attempted to acquire
it through the aid of the courts but
when, Notwithstanding their vigor.
Gus wholesale perjury, the highest
tribunal of the land declared the
suit to be without foundation, they
conceived the idea of ~effecting the
spoilatiOn through an executive no
toriously unfriendly at all times to
anything that might rebound to the
good of the Indians. Consequently,
the task was an easy one, and three
as dishonest commissioners as ever
stole the birthright of a people were
sent to negotiate a treaty with the
Cherokees, which was to provide for
relinquishing their country in ex-
change of lands in the Indian Terri
tory. A few corrupt and irrespon-
sible Indians, self appointed and ut
terly without power to represeE the
nation, were inveigled into a secret
convention" and the document
was signed. A blaze of furious in
dignation swept over the Cherokee
nation. A special session of their
legislature was convened, the fraud
ulent treaty disavowed, and it's
signers were placed on trial for high
treason.
General Ross, their most distin
guished citizen, and a man of great
ability and integrity, was sent to
Washington TO intercede with the
government. But it was in vain
that that recalled how his people
had welcomed the white man and
divided their lands with him how
they had been faithful allies of the
colonies and of the Federal govern.
ment during the wars of the Revo-
luton, of 1912, and with the Creeks F.;
and it was in vain that he pointed
out how, Notwithstanding these
services, they were about to be de,
spoiled of nearly all that a people
holds dear by such a gross and pal
pable fraud that it could deceive no
one. A strong detachment of the
regular army was hurried down, and
while the outraged Cherokees re-
fused to go of their own accord, they
nevertheless offered no resistance.
They were elected from their homes,
leaving the accommodations of year
behind, and were marched across
h country between files of soldiers
TO an i~nhospitable wilderness beyond
the Mississippi. On that march
hundreds died of hardships and ex,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

Every one, of course, knows OF
the little republics of Europe, but
very few realize that in the United
States there is a country that is
larger, wealthier and more popu-
lous than San Marine, 6aust and
Monico combined. Those domin-
ions are not, nor indeed is the United
States, more thoroughly republican
than is this little country nesting
among the mountains of western
North Carolina.
There are legends and traditions
which may indicate that ages beyond
the ken of the historians vision, and
when the ancestors of the princes
and potentates of the world of to-
day were dwelling in caves like
wild beasts and were subsisting on
shell-fsh and acorns, these people
were the lords of an ancient civil
zation. But however that may be,
liz is certain. that these peOple-the
Cherokee Indians-were, when first
discovered by the white man, the
most civilized of any of the abo-
rhymes on the North American con-
tinent, with the exception of the
Aztecs and Toltecs of Mexico. Ogle-
thorpe and his colOnists found them
inhabiting a magnifcently beautiful
and fertile section of country, en-
bracing what is now northern GeOr-
gia, southern Tennessee and western
North Carolina. They received him
as a brother, and bade him take as
much of their lands as he and his
people might need. Writing of them
to Wesley, he said, 1T is strange
how used they are in the ways of
kindness and civility but most do I
marvel at their government, which
of a truth is not unlike u own in
some particulars" With truth he
might have gone further and said
that in many things there were
points of superiority in their favor
over the British government of that
day. For with them the idea of a
kingship and a nobility with their
attendant privileges had never
found a Judgment, but their theory
of governments was democratic
differing only in form from other
democracies, and in fact relying for
its strength and stability upon the
consent of the governed. How
ever, it is not my purpose to enter
upon d discussion of their legends
and traditions, through which there
CLEANS an occasional dim picture of
q glorious and all but forgotten past,
o shall / attempt an elucidation
of the origin of the principles that
vitalize their early government.
Their friendship and fidelity to the
~colonists their espoesal of the cause
of independence during the Revo-
lutionary War; their aid, volun-
tarily given, in the wars against
the Creek Indians, YER all consid-
erations that could not be very we'll
overlooked, and consequently when
they p~etitioned the United States
for an acknowledgements of their
government two treaties were nego-
tiated, in 1917 and 1919, which in
vested in them an ~indefeasible title
to their territory and fixed their
status as an independent govern
ment.
Following those treaties the Chero-
kee government was reformed so as
TO meet the requirements of almost
an ideal republic, under which the
little country entered upon a career
of development which would have
reflected credit upon the people OF
any nation. Everywhere the val
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

posure, 60 say nothing of those that
persisted before they became accli-
mated.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13

other through his stomach, he did not
lose consciousness. He sat almost as
stanch and straight in his chair as
though his assailant's shot had
missed, and he seemed the calmest and
least-perturbed of the immense gather
ing. President Milburn and Secretary
Cortelyou were almost frantic with
alarm, but the wounded man continued
to assure them that his injuries were
trifIing
This dramatic scene upon the little
platform was enacted in the midst of
terrific tunult, which continued I'M
interruptcdly for many minutes.
Secret Service Men Active.
When the secret cervice men and the
colored man first threw themselves
upon Czolgosz the assailant of the
president, and pinned him to the floor
lest he should try to use the revolver
again, twenty more men hurled them
selves upon the scrambling quartet
and buried Czolgosz from sight. Every
man in that struggling, crazy throng
was striving to get hold Of Czoigosz to
strike him, to rend him, to wreak upon
him in any way the mad fury which
possessed them instantly when they
realized what he had done.
The greater part Of the crowd was
stunned for an instant by the enormity
Of the crime they witnessed, but when
the reaction came they surged forward
like wild beasts, the strongest tearing
the weakest back out Of the way and
forcing themselves forward to where
the prisoner was held by his captors.
All the time tumult of sound filled
the place, hollow roar at first, pune
tuated by the shriels of women, swell
ing into medley Of yells and curses.
Men said unintelligible things as they
pushed and crowded toward the center
of the swaying mob. They wanted to
lynch Czolgosz, whoever he was. They
wanted to see him and they shouted
vainly at the police officers in front to
drag him out.
Mad Effort to Kill Czolsosz.
The little force of exposition guards,
penned in by the clamoring mob,
fought desperately to hold their pris-
oner from the bloodthirsty crowd.
They had Czolgosz safe and fast His
revolver had been wrenched from his
hand in the instant that Detective Ire
land fell upon him, and he was help
less, bruised and bleeding. His face
was cut when he was thrown to the
floor and a dozen eager, vicious hands
had struck at him and reached him
over the shoulders OF the of1icsrs.
Slowly. very slowly, the little force
OF police made way through the crowd,
dragging the prisoner between them.
They were determined there should be
no lynching. Things were bad enough
as it was, and lynching would have
been the browning horror OF the day.
From outside the building, where the
news spread from lip to lip, more
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13
Assassin Tries 10
XIII President.

him backward to chair and had torn
open his vest. Blood was on his shirt
front and Detective Gerry. answering
his question, said:
II fear you are, Mr.. President"
Secretary Cortelyou sank on one
knee beside the presidents chair and
gazed anxiously into his face.
Tells Friends Not to Fear.
''Do not be alarmed said the presi-
dent, sit is nothing"
His head sank forward into his
hands a moment and then he raised
it briskly, while the stream OF crimson
welled from the wound in his breast
and spread in an Overwhelming circle
on his white shirt front.
But you are wounded" exclaimed
Mr.. Cortelyou, 'let me examine"
''No, no." insisted the president. II
am not badly injured, assure you. "
With bullet in his breast, and an
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13

ASSASSIN. The first shot struck the
president in the breast. the 32-caliber
bullet fattening on the bone. The sec
ond and serious wound was bullet
hole in the abdomen. about five inches
below the left nipple and an inch and
half to the left of the median line. The
bullet which caused that wound pene-
trated both the interior and posterior
walls OF the stomach, going complete
~ through that organ. It was found
that as a consequence Of the perfora-
ton the stomach fluid had circulated
a bout the abdominal cavity.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13
CONFESsES HIS GUILT.
Leon Czolgosz, Without Remorse Tells
of Attack on President.

Leon Czolgosz, Without Remorse Tells
of Attack on President.
Leon Czolgosz, the accused and self
confessed assassin, has signed con-
fession covering six pages of foolscap,
in which he says that he is an an
archist, and that he decided on the
act three days before and bought in
Buffalo the revolver with which it
was committed. He is unmarried
He claims to be member of the
Golden Eagles. Czolgosz has seven
brothers and sisters in Cleveland,
and the directory Of that city has
the names of about that number Of
persons of his name living on Hos
mer street and Ackland avenue, Pol
ish settlement in the far southwestern
part Of the city. Some of them are
butchers and others have different
trades. Czolgosz's father lives on a
farm about eight miles from Cleveland
The assassin is detained at police
headquarters pending the result of the
Presidents injuries. Czo'gosz does not
appear in the least uneasy or penitent
for his action. Czolgosz shows no sign
" IuodL1ty, UuL Is very IStlcSuC ABOUT
much of his career. While acknowl-
edging himself an anarchist, he does
not state to what branch Of the or
ganization he belongs. AS near as can
be learned the facts contained in the
confession are as follows: The mans
name is Leon Czolgosz. He is of Pol
ish-German extraction. His home is
in Cleveland, where he has seven
brothers and sisters. He is an avowed
anarchist and an ardent disciple of
Emma Goldman, whose teachings, he
alleges, are responsible for his attack
on the President. He denies stead
lastly that he is the instrument Of any
body of anarchists or the tool of any
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13

coterie of plotters. He declares that
he did not have q confederate HIS
only reason for the deed. he declares.
is that he believed the present form OF
government in the United States IS
unjust. and he concluded that the most
effective way to remedy it was to Kill
xzthe President. These conclusions, ne
declares. he reached through the teach
ings of Emma Goldman. Five alleged
anarchists were arrested in Cleveland
and taken to police headquarters
After a rigid examination they were
released.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13
STORY of. THE SHOOTING.

authentic Account of Attack Made by
Czolgosz.
Many hundred people had shaken
nands with the president, one of the
last being a burly colored man. He
rnurrnured his acknowledgements of
the honor and moved on to make way
for a heavily built young fellow about
% years old, who was slowly following
him in the long line.
Carried = Handkerchief.
There was nothing to mark him
f,am the thousands around him, ex-
cept that he carried a handkerchief in
his hand and even that, perhaps, was
scarce worthy OF note, for the build
ing was small and crowded, the wealth
er was sultry and thousands of hand
kerchiefs were in constant requisition
The young man moved rapidly to a
position Immediately in front of the
president. so close that he could have
shaken his hand. AS he had done so
many hundreds OF times in the pre-
4 ceding half hour. Mr.. Mckinley bowed,
smiled genially and extended his
hand.
But the young man did not grasp it..
SO quickly that the watchfui eyes OF
the presidents bodyguard had no hint
OF the menace in his movement, he
raised the hand in which the handker-
chief was held and fired two shots at
the president The handkerchief had
covered revolver, which he had car
ried thus openly through the crowd
Czolgosx Quickly Seized.
AT the sound of the shots Detective
ireland OF the secret service force
,eaped upon tho man like tiger and
close behind him came the colored man
who had just shaken hands with the
president. While they struggled with
him on the floor President Mckinley
took a step backward and was instant
Nv elapsed in the arms OF Detective
Gerry. another member of his body
guard. The president did not fall. nor
did he reel. although both bullets had
struck him Half turning his head to
the officer, he asked:
Am l shot.' Evidently he had been
go stunned with surprise that he mad
not felt tho Impact OF the bullets.
while he was speaking the officer ana
secretary cortslJon had been leading
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13
PowDERLY Is ANARCET's FOE.

Enumeration Com missioner Urges Ex-
cluslon From United States.
Washington telegram: Commissioner
OF immigration Powderly is bitter to-
ward anarchists and in an interview
said: 1.-THE immigration laws can pe
amended SO as to exclude from land-
ing in this country persons known 70
be anarchists abroad by requiring OF
every immigrant to present a certn-
cate from the municipality in which
he resided at home to the enect lnat
he was a respectable, laW-abldlns
man; that he was not in any way lden-
tilted with any anarchist organization,
and that he was of good character. ID
order to make such law enectlVe rep
resentatives of the immigration ou-
reau should be stationed in foreign
countries whose duty it should be TO
carefully examine into the character
OF the immigration tending toward tho
United States.
81 recommended in my annual report
for the fiscal year 1900 that all persons
landing in this country be liable to de-
portation during the term they reside
here before becoming naturallzed OF
for the period of five years. 1t is all
very we'll to talk of the United States
as the asylum of the oppressed. That
did very we'll years ago. but that was
before immigration began to flow SO
rapidly to our shores. The need of an
asylum is not so great now as it was
and the danger of making this coun-
try a prison and an asylum for vaga-
bonds is increasing every year.