The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-15

ea6lng as N6n6yi d1Q q years
ago. Geronimo, the fierce old leader
of the Apaohes, now a prisoner of
war, with many other noted chiefs,
are in the Congress, while the Indian
girl, Wenona, daily proves herself
indeed the champion rifle shot Of the
world.
The Exposition attendance is all
that could be desired. On'Saturday
of oar visit, 117, 900 people are said
to have entered the grounds but
this was, of course, an exceptionally
large number. That day in the
crowded STADIUM, or Athletic Arena,
with it's seating capacity of $4,000,
we're gathered more people than we
had ever before seen seated together.
And this Stadimen bears two noble
Inscriptions it would have been we'll
had each visitor carried away in his
heart the truths they seek to express.
They are
"He who Fails Bravely hasNot
Truly Failed, but is Himself also a
Conqueror."
"Who Shuns the Dust and Sweat
of the Contest, on His Brow Falls
Not the Cool Shade of the Olive"
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And sometimes one gets more of
real value from a small matter than
from great buildings or giant ma
chinery. So we still have in mind
the inscription on a button worn by
a little Buffalo school girl. 1t was
this: eff you Won't Boost, Don't
Knook"-rather homely, perhaps,
but full of soundest teaching. What
a world of good would result were
each of Us to put it into actual prac.
tice If we cannot or will not assist
and help along any fellow pilgrim
whom we may meet or whose name
we may hear spoken, let US not push
him backward or say or do that
which would retard his progress.
The Struggle of Life would not be
nearly so bitter if each of Us would
take to heart that little lesson: eff
you won't boost, don't knock"
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Another little exhibit with a sig
ni6oanoe out of all proportion to it's
size was to be seen in Tiffany &
Company's display, 1t was a small
parasol for which some wealthy
American had paid one thousand
dollars. Other objects so ornamented
as to bring similarly extravaganza
were shown, but this small
parasol especially attracted our at
tention. Now while we are study
ing ways and means of crushing
anarchy, would it not be we'll to bear
in mind that the s~enseless wasteful-
ness and o%stentatiOn Of our million
is doing much TO foster that
hatred and bitterness Of which
anarchy is the most horrible express
sion?
X X X X X K
OF course, no Exposition visitor
since that fateful S September 9Th has
left without attempting to see the
of Music, since famous as
the scene of one OF history's greatest
and the exact spot in it,
now ENCLOSED by a box like structure,
Czolgosz fired the fatal shot.
And every day hundreds go out on
Avenue to see the Milburn
where, in the rear upstairs
room to your right as you face
the building, President Mckinley
breathed his last.
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In three days, which was all the
time we could give TO sight seeing
there, one gets only a general idea of
the Exposition, without learning
thoroughly the lessons taught by
each department.. It is much like
hurriedly turning the leaves of an
Illustrated story book, letting the
eye rest a mOmen6 now and then
upon some especially attractive pic
ture, and reading u sentence or two
on each page. Instead of three days,
the thoughtful American might with
profit spend three weeks at this great
Exposition. But, to use a hackneyed
expression, ''there are others"
Within a few weeks, as near US as
South Carolina, we shall
another Exposition-the South
Carolina Interstate and West In
dian. Many of the B lffalo exhibits
will be transferred bodily t. Char