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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
The Home Circle.
THE COMFORT OF THE STARS.

When 1 am overmatched with petty cares,
And things of earth loom large, and look to be
Of moment, how it sOOthes and comforts me
To step into the night and feel the airs
Of heaven fan my cheek and, best of all,
Gaze mp into those alluncharted seas
Where swim the stately planets; such as these
Make mortal fret seem slight and temporal.
muse on what of Life may stir among
Those spaces knowing nuught of metes nor bars;
Undreamed-Of dramas played in OutmOst stars,
And lyrics by archangels grandly sung.
I grow famiIiar with the solar runPS,
And comprehend of worlds the mystic birth
Hinged Saturn, Mars, whose fashion apes the earth,
And Jupiter, the giant, with his moons.
Then, dizzy with the unspeakabe sights above,
Rebuked by Vast on Vast, my puny heart
Is greatened by its transitOry part,
Ny trouble merged in wonder and in love.
Richard Burton, in the Congregation
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

teacher, but I seem to have a gift
that way (not Dragging on myself
one bit).
do enjoy The Progressive Farmer
and like reading letters from differ
ent parts of the State and country,
especially those from the mountsin ms
SWINDELL.
Columbus Co., N. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

The Young Queen Of Holland, the
cultured and beautiful Wilhelmina,
has a special d~etestation Of men OF
the dude variety. She recently de
cfared to an intimate friend that her
bette nO5re was the man who "curled
his hair and used scent" "I would
rather have a man who never combed
his hair at all and who smelt of to-
bacco, than such a creature" said
her determined young Majesty-and
there is no doubt that she meant
what she said.-Leslie's Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

The great fire in Chicago, 1871.
The Conemaugh flood, destroying
Johnstown, Pa, 1889.
Tidal wave at Galveston, Tex,
1900.
Tidal wave in Japan sweeps away
so 1000 houses and kills 2,419 persons,
1889.
LITERATURE.
Goethe publishes Faust, 1898.
Victor Hugo writes Les Miserable,s
1862.
Thomas Carlyle's History of the
French Revolution published, 1887.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays,
1841-71.
John Ruskin's Modern Painters
published, 1843-6O.
Whittier's Poems, 1836-75.
Harriet Beecher Stoves Uncle
Toms Cabin, 1851-52.
Darwin's Origin of Species, 1859.
sTATEsMAAsHrP.
President Monroe propounds the
doctrine that bears his name, 1923.
Sir Robert Peel Premier of Great
Britain, 1884.
John Sherman, U. S. Secretary of
Treasury, resumes specie payments,
1879.
Abraham Lincoln elected Presi-
dent of the United States, 1860.
w. E. Gladstone becomes Premier
of Great Britain, 1868.
Bismarck made President of the
Cabinet, Prussia, 1862.
Count Cavour, l~iberator of Italy,
appointed Premier, 1852.
Louis Kossuth Dictator of Hun
gary, 1919.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Gold discovered in California, 1913 +;
in Australia, 1851 in the Fransvaal,
1887 in the Klondike, 1897.
Diamond mines worked in the
Transvaal, 1870.
Opening of the Mont Gents tunnel,
1871.
Last spike of the Union Pacific
railroad driven, 1869.
Trans-Siberian railroad operated,
1899.
Opening of the Suez canal, 1869.
Alaska coded by Russia to. the
United States, 1867.
First session. of the parliament of
United Canada, 1867.
The Australias under one govern
ment, 1900.
MaximiIlian executed in Mexico,
1867.
Expulsion of the Emperor from
Brazil, 1899.
Assassinations Lincoln, 1865 Gar
field, 1881 Emperor Alexander Il,
1881 CarnOt, President of France,
1894; Shah of Persia, 1896; King
Humbert of Italy, 1900.
Expulsion or Jews RUSSIA,
~1SS2-91.
Massacre of missionaries and con
verts in China, 1900.
Army draft riots in New York,
1868.
Chloroform first used, 1917.
Vaccination legalized, 1903.
Pasteur discovered remedy for
hydrophobia by incubation, 1884.
The Rosetta Stone furnishes
key to hieroglyphs, 1841.-Christian
Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

Mrs. Smith repeatedly reminded
her husband that the silver was hers,
the furniture was hers, and so on,
until poor Smith almost wished he
had married a girl without a penny.
The other night Mrs. Smith awOke,
and, vigorously punching her hus,
band in the ribs, called:
Q "John, get up! There are bur
glars down below"
Q "Eh?" inquired Mr.. Smith, sleep
lily. Q O.
"Burglars-down stairs :" shrieked
Mrs. Smith.
"Burglars?" said Smith, as he
turned over. "Well, there's nothing
of mine there r'-Tid-Bits.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

/ The first piece of gold discovered
in the United States was found in
Cabarrus county, N. c., in 1899. It
was picked up by a boy named Con
rad Reed on the bank Of Il creek near
his fathers farm n Sunday after
Don It attracted his attention
while wading, and he wicked it up
and carried it home to his mother,
who used it as a weight to keep her
kitchen door open. In 1920, it was
pronounced gold by a jeweller Of
Fayetteville, who happened to be at
the house. He took it home, melted
it into a bar eight inches long and
sold it for S35O.-Southern Planter,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
LEADING one HUNDRED NINETEEN CENTURY EVENTS.

An eventful century truly has been
the nineteenth century of the Chris
tan era just closed. From what
soever standpoint it is regarded, its
history ismarvelous. In the knOwl-
edge we have gained during its prog
ress of our own globe it stands I'M
paralleled. There has been wonder
full progress also in science, in
education, and in the adoption of
natural forces to human progress.
Political and territorial changes, too,
have made this a very different
world from that of 1901. 1t is not
possible in small space to even men
ton the events which make the cen
fury memorable, but it may be in
teresting to recall a hundred, which,
if not the most important, are those
hat have had the greatest influence
in shaping and developing the cOndi-
ton of the nations.
WARS AND REVOLUTIONS.
Battle Of AUsterlitz, Napoleon de-
feats Au>trians and Russians, 1905.
Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson sinks
French fleet, 1905.
Moscow burned by the Russians to
entrap Napoleon, 1912.
Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon van
wished, 1915.
Battle Of Navarino, securing Greek
independence, 1927.
Crimean war, Great Britain,
France and Sardinia against Russia,
1886.
India mutiny, in which native
soldiers massacre English men, VIC
men and children, 1857.
Franco-AuStrian war;, 1859, fol
lowed by Garibaldi's campaign uni
flying Italy, 1860.
The great civil war in America,
1876. Surrender of Lee to Grant
at AppOmattax, April 9, 1865.
AustrO-Prussiun war. Decisive
battle, Sadowa, July 3, 1866.
FrancO-Prussian war. Decisive
battle, Sedan, September l, 1870;
followed by federation of German
States in German empire.
Russo-Turkish war. Battle of
Plevna, December 10, 1877.
BOmbardment of Alexander by
the British, 1852, followed by the oc-
CupatiOn OF Egypt.
War between Chinese and Japanese,
1894.
America Spanish war. Manila,
May l, 1898; Santiago, July 3, 1898.
War by Great Britain against South
African republics, 109S-1gOO.
France becomes an empire, 1904 a
republic, 1913 an empire again, 1852 ;
third re ublic, 1870.
General outbreak of revolutions
throughout Europe, 1913.
Rome, seized from the pope, be-
comes capital of United Italy, 1870.
EXPLORATION
IN the Arctic: Expedition of Sir
John Franklin, 1915; belong, 1879 !;
Greedy, 1881 Peary, 1892 :; Nansen,
1894; Duke of the Abruzzi (farthest
north), 1900.
In the Antarctic Biscoe, 1881 Be
leny, 1888; D UrviIle, 1910; Ross,
i84l; Wilkes, 1912; Borchgrevink,
1898.
In Africa: Livingstone, 184O-73 !;
Stanley, 1875-87i Spoke and Grant,
1853
In America: John G. Fremont's
Journey westward to the Pacific,
1926.
INVENTION.
First steamboat, the Clement,
made a voyage from New York to
Albany, 1907; the first steamboat to
cross the Atlantic, the Savannah,
1919.
First railroad, Stockton and Oar
ipgton, England, 1925; Baltimore
and Ohio, fourteen miles long, 1880.
Lighting the streets by gas, first
experiment in London, 1907.
Electric light produced by Edison's
application OF sub division, 1878.
The Mccormick reaper invented,
1884.
Howe sewing machine, 1916.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

Resolve that you will stand we'll
with yourself during the coming
year, whether you stand we'll with
others or not. Resolve never again
to set Il cheap. estimate. upon. your
self or your chances in. Iife:-O. S.
Marden, in Success. o
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

The electric telegraph, Samuel +.
B. Morse, 1897. First line in the
United States, 1914.
The telephone first exhibited, 1875.
The photograph, 1877-88.
Gable laid across the Atlantic, 1857
perfected 1866.
Electric railroad at EdisOn's home
at MenlO Park, 1880.
Photograph First experiment by
Daguerre, 1929 first successful por-
trait by Morse, 1889.
The s~pectroscOpe, first used, 1902
perfected, 1859.
Roentgen rays found to penetrate
solids, 1896.
SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN.
Slavery abolished in the British
Dominions, 1888.
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia,
emancipates twenty-three million
serfs, 1861.
Lincoln's emancipation proclama-
ton, 1868.
First international exposition in
Hyde Park, London, 1851.
First settlement of an interna-
tional quarrel by arbitration instead
of war alabama claim of the United
States against England), 1871.
international Peace Congress sum
! mOned by Russia meets at The Hague,
1899.
Organization of the Red Cross So
ciety at Geneva, 1864.
Organization of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, 1878.
First college settlement estab-
liShed, 1866.
Organization of the American
board Of commissioners for foreign
missions, 1910. First missionaries
sent out, 1911.
Organization of the first Sunday
school union in London, 1903. Amer
lean, 1921.
British and Foreign Bible society
founded, 1904.
American Bible society organized,
1916.
First Young Mems Christian assO-
citation established by George Will
liams in London, 1914.
Tho inquisition abolished by the
Spanish cOrtes, 1920.
Beginning of the Salvation Army,
1868.
Doctrine of Papal infaIlibility
formally endorsed by the Ecumenical
council, 1870.
Bible revision: New Testament
issued, 1881 Old Testament, 1885.
Organization of the first Young
Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor, 1891.
Organization Of the Order Of Kings
Daughters, 1886.
DISASTERS.
Earthquakes: Caracas, 1912; In
dia $1,000 persons killed., 1910; Can
ton, China $1,000 perished), 1880;
Calabria Q,OuO persons buried),
1850; San Domingo (5,OOO killed.,
1872; Southern Italy $4,000 lives
lost, 1852; Calabria 10000 killed.,
1851; Quito $1,000 deaths), 1859 :;
Mendoza, South America C7,OOO
deuths), 1860; Manila O,rOO deaths),
1868 Mitylene $1,000 deaths), 1867 !;
Arequipa and district (25, 900 deaths),
1868; San Jose, Colombia O4,OOO
deaths, 1875; Scio $4,000 deaths),
1883; Charleston, S. G. property
worth $4,000, 900 destroyed and Al
lives lost, 1886 in the Rivera
$1,000 deathsy, 1887; Japan $4,000
deaths, 5000 wounded), 1891.
Famines: Ireland, 1916; Russia
(America contributed through the
Christian Herald Il cargo of corn,
sent on board the Leo, 1891 in In
dia 1887, 1860, 1865, 1868, 1876, 1897,
1899. q In the last two named years,
there were large American contribu-
tiQns in money and grain through
the Christian Herald. In 1897 these
contributions amounted to 100000,
including corr on board the City of
Everett in 1899 and 1900 $500, 600,
including corn on board the Quito.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
C. NJ. & ST, P. Excursion Rates,

From now until Sept. 80, to the Dells
at KilbOurn.
From now until Oct. 81, to Buffalo.
Account of the Pan American EXposi,
ton
Refrigerator service for butter and
eggs to points north daily. Fol-
Chicago and east every Tuesday.
From now until Sept. 30, G. M. & St.
Paul road has reduced round trip rates
to ST. Paul and Minneapolis and
Duluth, Mimi, for further particular
call at the depot or telephone No. 50.
To Detroit, Mich. on July 5, 6, and
!, account of the Annual Meeting
National Education Association.
To San Francisco Cal, on July 6 to
Is account of EpWorth League conven-
tiOn.
To Milwaukee July % to 25, account
of the annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge Benevolent and Protective
order of Elks.
To Chicago July % to %, account of
International Convention of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of
To Cincinnati, Ohio. July 4, and 6,
account of the annual convention
- IllUCu COClCCy vi SIll lHUldu IIHuCdNOI.
To Madison, Wis. on July II and Is,
account Of MOnona Lake Assembly.
To points in south, southwest, west
and northwest on July 2 and Is, Aug.
6 and 20 and Sept. 3 and II, account of
HOmeSeekerS excursions.
To points within 200 miles on July
; and 18th account Of tie Fourth of
July excursions.
To Portland Ore, Tacoma and
Seattle, Wash, and Vancouver and
Victoria B. G. on July to Is, 1901.
Parties desiring to take trip to
above points or San Francisco we can
offer very nice routes going one route
and returning another.
We have circulars of hotel and pri-
vate accommodations at Buffalo. For
further information call at the depot
or telephone No. So.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
Rates Via the G. B, & w.

On July 2 and 16, August 6
and 20 and Sept. and II, 1901 the G..
B. & W. will sell home seekers round
trip tickets to various places in the
west, south and southwest for one fare
plus $500 for round trip. Tickets good
for p days from date of sale. Call the
office for particulars.
In addition to above we have excur-
sion rates to numerous places in this
state and Minnesota, on the certificate
plan, during the summer months.
Also don't forget the Pan-American
excursion via the G. B. line and the
Great Lakes, full particulars Of which
will be given little latter in the
season.
Please call at the Office or telephone
No. 13 or 50 for full particulars.
A. d. HILL,
Local Agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
A Gentle Hint.

In our style of climate, with its
sudden changes of temperatures rain
wind and sunshine often intermingleC
ina single day,-it is no wonder that
our children, friends and relatives are
SO frequently taken from US by
neglected colds, half the death result.
ing directly from this cause, A bottle
of BOschee'S German Syrup kept
about your home for immediate use
will prevent serious sickness, large
doct bill and perhaps death, by
the use of three or four doses. Fol
caring consumption, hemorrhageS
pneumonia, severe coughs, Group or
any disease of the throat or lungs
its success is simply wonderful, as
your druggist will tell you. Get a
sample bottle free from Johnson &
Hill Co. or Wood County Drug Co.
Regular size IS cents. Get Green's
Prize Almanac.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
Can Yeu AnsWerl

Below are given twenty questions.
The answers must be the name of a
noted man, of the present or past.
This contest will be open till July 18th
then the names and answers Of the
most successful contestants will be
published in the REPORTER. Let all
the boys and girls and older ones also
try this-wake up:
!. Why did England so often lose
her roads in South Africa?
,. What did the Emperor of China
do when the Empress usurped the
throne?
3. What did Isaac watch while his
father forged the chain?
t. What is Ii Hung Chang?
5. The lane that has no turn is
what?
6. What did Aguinaldo keep be-
tween himself and the Americans?
7. What do the waves do to a ship
wrecked near shore?
s. Ii the statue of liberty should
come to life what would it be?
9. What does a ship do to a sea
sick man?
10. A story when it is known to be
old is what?
II. What is the end Of the Philip
pine war often thought to be?
L. What is a novel military name
for d cook:
ID. When do you get up to see a sun
rise?
IA. When Max O Rel gets on plat
form what does he do?
Is. What does waiter do when he
has filled half the glasses at a table?
Is. What does the wind do in a col
lection of dried herbs?
Il. In the settlement of disputes do
European nations quarrel?
Is. What did the Jews say when
Hannah the mother OF Samuel passed
by?
10. A pair of well known lovers is
often called what?
20. What will China's eXchecquer be-
if she pays the indemnity claims?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
Parcels Post Service.
I'm The Country Postmaster.


1t is statement submitted to con-
greSS by Representative Bromwen of
Ohio on the subject of a parcels post
service. the objection made to it on
the score Of its expense to government
is answered by a comparison with the
results obtained in Germany. There
1t seems that over loo, 900, 900 packages
are handled in the domestic parcels
post alone. This is an average of
about three packages to each man.,
woman and child in Germany. The
average weight of the packages is
nine pounds Assuming that the
parcels post service would be equally
we'll patronized in this country, the
number of packages handled would be
rs. 100000 as the population is $780,
900. At the English rate of postage
the post office department would
receive $50, 100000. The cost of trans
portation to the government would
be % per cent. or So, 5SS, 900 which
would leave so, 572, 900 to pay the adj
dltlonal cost of handling these
packages. This sum would much
more than meet this additional
expense, SO that there would be a
handsome profit to the government.
1t is probable, therefore, that the
establishment of parcels post service
would operate to reduce, if not to
wipe out entirely, the present annual
deficit incurred by the post office
department. The experience of other
nations which have adopted the
parcels post system has shown that it
is popular and there would undOubt-
edly be as large patronage of it in
this country as elsewhere. Instead of
being a burden it would more likely be
a source of profit to the post office
department.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
RepeaI of Stamp Taxes.

After July l nearly all the stamp
taxes were repealed and business
men were relieved of great incOnven-
fence in their financial transactions.
The repeating act passed by the last
congress abOliSheS stamps on bank
checks, kilograms. express receipts,
money orders, cOnveyanceS, mortgages,
leases and bonds, and in addition a
long list Of articles and documents not
so generally used. The change in the
law will be welcomed by the people of
the United States, for an internal
revenue tax is not acceptable to the
great majority except in times of
great national necessity. That time
has passed in the history of the United
States treasury and congress was wise
in acceding to the wishes of the
people. In addition to the stamps
abolished, others have been modified
SO that after July the receipts of the
treasury will be reduced about 1000
600 annually. The treasury can stand
this reduction and still be in excellent
financial condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
Condemnation Notice,
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COUR
WOOD COUNTY

STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT,
WOOD COUNTY.
In the matter of the application of Princeton
Il Northwestern Railway company TO condemn
certain lands in the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section sixteen Cl6), town.
ship twenty-five (25l north, OF range three (S)
east, Wood County, Wisconsin.
To John Erion, Augusta Erion, Job Mills and
r. W. Mills, an executors of the last will and
testament of Thomas Albiston. deceased and to
all persons interested in the lands described IN
the petition therein:
TAKE NOTICE, that on the 18th day of June,
1901 the Princeton Il Northwestern Railway
company filed Its petition IN the ABOVE entltied
matter in the office of the clerk of the circuit
court for Wood county, in the state of Wisconsin:
That the object of said petition and said pro-
ceed1ng thereby instituted is that said petitioner
may acquire by condemnation in the manner
provided by law the real estate described i'll said
petition for the purpose of constructing
operating and maintaining main line OF rail-
road and station grounds depot grounds, build
ing grounds and yards, and for that purpose to
procure the appointment of commissioners TO
ascertain and appraise the compensation 10 be
made to the owners of and persons interested III
the real estate described in the petition therein
and sought to be acquired in said proceeding,
and hereinafter described, and for such other
proceedings therein may be necessary and
according TO law:
That the real estate described in said petition
and sought to be acquired by said proceeding
is the following, to-wit:
mat part of the northwest quarter of the
north est quarter Of section sixteen Q6l, town
ship twenty-five (25), range three (9 east
described as follows to-wit:
A strip, belt or parcel of land three hundred
$500 feet wide being fifty (50) feet wide on the
northeasterly side and two hundred fifty (25O)
feet on the southwesterly side OF the center line
OF the Princeton Il Northwestern railroad as
SAID center line is now located and staked out
over and across said northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of said section sixteen Q6),
town twenty-five (25), range three (3) east, Wood
County, Wisconsin,
That pursuant to an order made by the circuit
court for said Wood County and dated June 18th
1901, said petition will be heard before the cir
cult court for Wood County, at the court house
in the city of Grand Rapids, county of Wood
and state of Wisconsin, on the Sth day of July,
1901, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day
Dated June 18th, 1901
Princeton and Northwestern Railway Company
By EDWARD NJ. HYZER, its attorney.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
Notice of Final Proof,
LAND OFFICE AT WAUsAU, Wis. I


]
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the clerk of
circuit court at Grand Rapids. Wis, on August
10, 1901 viz George Knuteson of Saratoga. Wis,
who made II. Z. No. 1859 for the So SW14 sec. %
Tp 81 n r +.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz:
Frank Gallagher, Erick Knuteson, Thomas
Chrystal of Saratoga, Wis, Ole Bergerson of
Grand Rapids, Wis JOHN W. MILLER,
July4W6 Register
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
Catarrh of the Head.

All druggists are authorized by the
manufacturers of Bunsen'S Cream
Catarrhal to refund the money where
it fails to cure any case of Catarrh no
matter of how long standing. One
application gives ease and rest. This
is a new discovery and the only
Catarrh remedy sold on positive
guarantee-No Cure, No Pay, price so
cents per box. John E. DAILY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-04
The Greatest Purifier.

DeBell's Kidney Pills cure all d.
seases of the kidneys, That is why
DeBell's Kidney Pills cure Bright's
disease, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Neu-
ralgia, Heart disease, Female troubles
and Urinary and Bladder complaints.
These diseases are the results of un-
healthy or disordered kidneys. De
Bells Kidney Pills cure them in
variably and finally. They have never
failed yet. No Cure, No Pay. Price
% cents per box. John E. DAILY.