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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-15

The Swallowed side of u greatna
tional battles lie rarely orystalizedinto
history, although the pathway of
these great conflicts is thickly strewn
with the bones of many who have
fallen in the race. Not only have
many who felt that the highest civil
trust of the world was within their
grasp been doomed TO bitter disap
pointment, but many of those who
reached the Presidency have retired
with the keenest sorrows because
they did not command the approval
of the people. In all the varied CON
fiots of American politics many
SCORES who have failed or fallen in
the struggle for the Presidency have
drained the cup of bitterness to the
dregs.
The elder Adams was the first to
be crushed by defeat in his contest
for collection in 1900. He had de-
feated jefferson four years before,
but Jefferson was confident that his
success had only been delayed and
he bore himself manfully. Adams,
who never regarded his defeat as
possible, forgot his dignity and self
respect and churlishly left the Presi.
dental mansion at midnight, thus
refusing to receive Jefferson as his
successor. Both lived for a quarter
Of a century, and time and age tenn
pered the asperities which so long
existed between two men who stood
side by eide in presenting the Decla-
ration of independence to the Colo
NAL Congress.
AARON BURR
One of the most startling and pa.
thetio illustrations of the Swallowed
side of our Presidential battles, was
exhibited in the alternating success,
defeat and disgrace Of Aaron Burr.
He was quite as abie as jefferson,
and one of the most accomplished
politicians of his day. He was saga
cious, tireless and unscrupulcus, and
he saved Jefferson in the contest of
1900 by carrying the Legislature of
New York, his own State, that chose
the Presidential electors. At that
time the electors voted only for
President, and the second higest in
the electoral college became Vice
President. Jefferson was just as
distinctly presented to the people by
his party as its candidate for Presi
dent and Burr as it's candidate for
Vice President as Mckinley and
Roosevelt were presented by the
Philadelphia convention in 1900. In
the electoral college Jefferson and
Burr had each 70 votes for President,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-15

"Oratory is q gift, not an aGqaD 4
ment," said the proud politician NE
he sat down after an hours haranS
81 understand" said the mS S'ip
of.fact chairman. "We're not DI""I
you. You done the best you oou'O
Evening Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-15

%This is No. 81 Of our series OF the Worlds
Best Poems, arranged especially for THE Pro-
aREsSIVE FARMER by the editor. In this
series selections from the following authors
have already appeared: Burns, Bryant, Mr. and
Mrs Browning, Lord Byron, Campbell, Eugene
Field Goldsmith, Leigh Hunt, Holmes, Omar
khayyam, Kipling, LRmpman, Lanier
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-15
ssTHE PATHFINDER"

Fremont burst upon the horizon
like a brilliant political meteor.
New and confused political conditions
made him an available candidate,
and he practically overdrew the po-
litical power of the Democrats in the
Northern States. I saw him in the
midst of his campaign hopeful and
sobered by his expected new respon-
sibilities, but after his defeat he was
unknown as a political factor, failed
as a commander in the civil war,
failed in various great financial en-.
terprises, and 1 lately saw the sequel
of his career in the beautiful valley
of Los Angeles, where I visited his
feeble and broken widow, whose
almost lustreless eyss frightened as
I spoke of witnessing the nomina
ton of her husband for she Presi.
denoy in 1855, and whose comforts
of her own home are supplied by
generous friends.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-15
JOHN @. CALHOUN

Calhoun was once "a hopeful a can
didate for the Presidency as was
Clay, bus he was smitten by the
omnipoten power of jackson, who
deposed him from the Vice Presi
denoy with a view of giving Van
Buren, the succession and thereaf.
ter the life of Calhoun was one of
bitter disappointment that doubtless
did much to make him SOW the
dragon. teeth of secession which
later gave such a deeply crimsoned
harvest in the civil war. Van Buren,
was made President in 1885 by the
power of Jackson, but in 1910 he
was largely defeated by Harrison.
He philosophically accepted his de-
feat, as he was confident of re. cleo.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-15
rILDEN's

Tilden, then the foremost OF the
Democratic leaders, and the great
est organizer the party ever had, af
ter an exhaustive campaign result.
ing in his election by a large popu-
lar and electoral majority on the
face of the returns, was d varied into
littleness in the fierce struggle that
resulted in the Electoral Commission
and his ultimate defeat. The blow
that fell upon him was one from
which he never rallied. He had
friends d~evotedly attached to him,
but the cloud of his defeat shad
owed his mastery, and I saw the tenn
pie of the Democrats at the conven.
tion of 1880 when they treated his
letter of declination with little re,
spect. The contest of 1875 dated
the decline and fall of his leadership,
and the honors and the power of
which he dreamed steadily passed
away from him. He was practi
cally unfelt in the later political con.
ficts of hie life, and died in the
shadow of failure in his greatest
hopes and ambition.
GENERAL HANCOCK.
Hancock, like Douglas in 1850 and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-15
BRECKENRIDGEs' g DREAM

. 6GA
first met John G. Breckenridge
at a breakfast party very soon after
his election to the Vioe-Presidenoy,
and never studied a public man with
greater interest. He was the young,
est of all the Vice. Presidents, and
fairly won his distinction by his ex-
traordinary triumphs in the Lexing,
ton Congressional district. He was
then n Of the handsomest men I
have ever met He served his term
of Vice. President, and when he left
the presiding chair it was only TO be
sworn in as a Senatorf from Kentucky.
In 1850 he was permitted by the Anti
Douglas or Radical Pro Slavery wing
of the pOrty, and in the Southern
States he received large majorities
over Douglas, and was given 70 votes
in the electoral college to IL for his
Democratic competitor. Nc man
aver more sweetly dreamed the
dream of reaching the Presidency
than did John G.. Breckenridge, but
when the time came his party was
broken on factitional lines, and he
had to bow so a defeat that he knew
was fatal TO all his hopes. He evil
IDENTIFY had an earnest struggle with
himself before he cast his lot with
the South in the civil conflict, as he
remained in the Senate long after
the Southern Senator'S had resigned.
l have heard his intimate friends in
Lexington discuss the circumstances
which led TO his leaving home and
State to join the COnfederacy. They
claim that he would not have done
so had it not been that he was in
formed on credible authority that
his arrest had been ordered by the
governments, and he summarily fed
to the South. In the Southern army
he never won distinction as a military
ohieftain, but it is only fair to say
that he had little opportunity, as
when he became q commander the
cause of the South was without an
army equal to achievements. He
was called to the cabinet as Secretary
of War, only to witness the expiring
agonies of the Confederate govern.
ment. He was with General John
son when his army was surrendered
to Sherman in North Carolina, and
then, accepting his pasition as that
of a man without a country, he es-
capped to foreign lands, and later r
turned to spend the brief evening of
his life in the unbroken shadows
which fell upon him.
Douglas was a competitor of
Breckenridge and Lincoln in the
great BATTLE of 1850, and he is the
man of all the great political
gIadiators in the Presidential arena
who was grander, if possible, in de.
feat than he could have been in vic
tory. That he was disappointed in
his ambitions he did not affect to
$1,000 - -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-15

nately, he fell in the full vigor of
his life, lamented by every patriotic
heart.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

ut the forefront in multitude of nc.
tivities, although all three of them
have left eighty years behind some
time since. In the sphere of national
politics we have such commanding
figures as Senators Hoar and Hawley.
both of whom must be plead guilty to
the age of seventy-six, while the two
illustrious Senators from Maine,
Messrs. Hale and Frye are both men
Of many years, the first-named being
siXty-six and the other seventy-one.
Our present Secretary Of State, Mr..
Hay, Is far from being a youthful per-
son, having siXty-four years to his
credit, while Secretary Wilson is Older
than that by three years, and Postmas-
ter General Payne Is nearly sixty.
Whitelaw Reid of the Tribune is sixty
five, and Drs. James NJ Buckley and
Lyman Abbott, the veteran religious
journalists, are over slxty-slx.
II we turn our gaze abroad we find
equally strong testimony. 1t is Sir
John Arid, verging on seventy. who
nos buaAI htlG SlNdN ANllS Iuul. IL
Lord Masham, verglng on ninety, who
has just appealed TO the English gov.
eminent to overhaul the fiscal system.
Henry Labouchere, "Labby," the brill
liant editor of Truth, Is a man Of sew
enty The keenest debater in the
House of Commons Is still Sir William
Harcourt, in active opposition at sew.
enty-four. Mr. John Morley Is sixty.
three, and Joseph Chamberlain is only
four years off seventy Francis joseph
of Austria was seventy-two last Au-
gust, Oscar of Sweden il seventy
three, Leopold of Belgium is sixty
seven, and King Christian OF Denmark
is eightyfour. The worlds foreign re-
lations are in the hands OF men over
sixty and seventy Lord Currie is
stXty-eight, Sir Edmund Monsoon is
siXty-seven, Sir Charles Scott sixty
four, and Sir Frank Lascelles sixty.
Lord Cromer. young enough to make
another Egypt is sixty also, and at the
other end of Africa man of seventy
relgns as prime minister of the Cape
IeSlie'S Weekly
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20
YOUNG OLD MEN.
SeptuaEenarian Who Led in Art, Lit
ePatnre, Politics and Finance,

SeptuaGenariau Who Led in Art, Lit
ePatnre, Politics and Finance,
Much has been said during the past
few years about the Importance OF
young men as leaders in finance. indus.
try and politics, and the impression
has been cultivated that only young
men were fitted TO do the great work
Of the world in these progressive days.
But when we take look around at the
men who are actually in the lead to.
day in literature. science, politics, re-
ligion and business we find much TO
disprove this idea that old age is sign
of weakness and inetiiciency.
In our own strenuous land we have
such men as Edward Everett Hale.
Theodore Cuyler and Russell Sage still
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20
LOVE TRIUMPHANT.

Halen's lips are drifting dust;
lion is consumed with rust;
All the galleons of Greece
Drink the oceans dreamless peace;
Lost was Solomon's purple show
Restless centuries ago;
Empires died and left no strain
Babylon, Barbary, and Spain
Only one thing undefaced,
Lasts though all the worlds lie waste,
And the heavens are overturned,
Dear how long ago we learned.
There's a sight that blinds the sun,
Sound that lives when sounds are done
Music that rebukes the birds
Language lovelier than words,
Hue and scent that shame the rose,
Wine no earthly vineyard knows,
Ocean more divinely free
Than Pacific's drainless sea,
Silence stiller than the shore
Swept by Charon's stealthy oar
Ye who live have learnt it true,
Dear, how. long ago we knew!
--Harper's Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20
ROOSEVELT WILL WORSHIP HERE

New Edifice Being Built for Reformed
Church at Washington.
As direct consequence of his becom-
ing member, the church in which
President Roosevelt wOrshiCs. Grace
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

why. Helen. you of all people to
be sitting out a dance"
The pretty girl blushed and looked a
bit annoyed.
Mr.. Hawtrey engaged the number;
evidently he has forgotten me-" she
replied.
Finish it with me?"
With pleasure"
Hawtrey did not appear again that
evening and many were the comments
because of his strange disappearance;
but Teddy looked supremacy happy, for
the girl of his heart had said YES"
The girls chaffed Helen a bit in the
dressing room because her rich cava-
Tier had deserted his principal part
ner; but the young lady did not seem
in the least angry; in fact. she appear
cd, as one pert damsel said, deadly
superior"
After the last guest had gone. Ted
bounded upstairs four steps at time
and burst into the room. Duke drew
long breath of relief and removed
the earnest regard with which he had
been favoring Hawtrey, who had not
apparently moved from his chair-had
not dared to move, in fact.
why, Hawtrey, are you here yet?
Every one thought you had gone and
wondered why" said the young man,
affecting all the surprise possible. while
the victorious twinkle played in his
eyes.
But Hawtrey was game He never
liinched, but replied in his cool color
less draw;
Really. l did not know | was of so
much Importance. The truth is that
this little book is so interesting. and
your brandy so excellent that decid-
ed not to leave this comfortable spot"
Hope Duke didn't annoy you?"
pointedly from Ted.
Not in the least He seems faith
full dog"
Gle is
Good night, Mr.. Armstrong"
Good night, Mr.. IIawtrey"
Soon as the door had closed on Uaw-
trey, Ted grabbed Duke by the fore
legs, and man and dog executed the
maddest and merriest dance ON record.
Then. hugging his dumb slave Ted
| cried
You watched him ali right, didn't
YOU old boy? Well, you saved my
life, perhaps; so lie there ON the rug
or anywhere and snooze all night The
stable Is too good for your dogship
after this"
The next day the engagement of
| Miss Helen Vernon and Mr. Theodore
Armstrong was announced, and in the
same sheet might be seen Il few lines
that read: MIR, Bruce Hawtrey leaves
for New York to-day, en- route for Eu.
rope"
"Hawtrey told ME. Helen" explained
Ted later on. while both were laugh.
ing over the incident, that airs fair
| in love, so | took him at his word"
Il hated him ever since the day he
| spoke of me as Ally and was only
waiting for a chance to refuse him. |
wouldn't have had him. anyway. re-
piled Helen.
well, Duke and | weren't taking
any chances" laughed the dogs mas
ter.--New York News
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20
SAINT AND JOSS IN NEW YORK.
a Comparison of Christian and Bud
dhist Observances.

a Comparison of Christian and Bud
dhist ObserVances.
Long-ago missionaries, whose chron-
ologic notions were n little bit CON
fused, declared that Buddhism was a
palpable imitation of, If not a deliber-
ate steal from Christianity. Besides
the similarities in tenet were those in
ritual and ceremony. This likeness
may be seen by any New Yorker for
himself. The heavy immigration of
Neapolitans and Slcilians has produced
several celebrate Italys in New York.
which celebrate the festas of home
with more enthusiasm even than Is OBJ
served In the fatherland. A feature of
these celebrations Is the presentation
OF yotive candles to patron saints and
to the Virgin.
On the other hand, in Chinatown
nearly every grocery store carries a
stock of Oriental votlve candles, which
are presented to Buddha; the goddess
of mercy, Qwang Yin; the god of war,
Qwang I'll, and the god of literature,
Man New. These candles are
made to suit all tastes, as well as all
conditions of the pocket book. They
range from poor, cheap, little red af-
fairs like the Christmas tree candles
up to stately creations, four, five and
six feet in length. The Italians use
both red and white, while the Chi
nese confine themselves almost exclu-
gively to red. They use white and yell
low upon special occasions, a white
candle being symbolic of death and
yellow one of heaven. or the son of
heaven. who is the emperor of the
celestial kingdom.
Formerly both the Chinese and Ital-
ians depended for their candles upon
importing merchants. In the last few
months the manufacture has sprung
up in New York and now attains fair
proportions, In many respects the
New York candles are better bits Of
workmanship than the imported ones.
The latter are usually softer and
greasier than the former and produce
"A smoker light. The homemade are
manufactured from stearin, paraffin
or wax, although the laSt-named sub
stance is growing into disuse. The
finest quality imported from China are
made from insect wax specially per-
fumed, while one variety Of the Ital-
ian imported is made from clarified
wax of fine quality. perfumed with
the mild scent OF blossoms.
Both Italian and Chinese. SAYS the
New York Post. employ a candle
which is really a shell within which
the candle itself is placed and held in
position by means of helical spring
at the bottom of the she'll. These
shells are often profusely decorated
and are strikingly handsome. The
Italians prefer as ornamentation leaf
work and geometrical patterns. while
the Chinese like minute bas-reliefs Of
men. gods. dragons. mountains and
landscapes. A handsome shell with
candle within ranges from 81 up to
$50 according to size and workman
ship. 1t is durable and is used as an
| ornament in a church or iosshouse
for many years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20
Fibroid Turnors Cured.
"A distressing case of Fibroid Tumor,
which bafaed the skill of Boston DOCTORS
Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, Mass, in
the following letter tells how she was
cured, after everything else failed by
Lydia E. PinEhan's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs Hayes Appealing to Mrs. Pinkham for

Mrs Hayes First Letter Appealing Mrs Pnkham
"DEAR Mrs PNKHAM:-I been under
mnt for long time without relief Hey tell have
cannot sit down without great and the
domen swollen flowing spells years Nv a.
petite good Icannot walk be
"The symptoms of Fbrod Tumor given your little &C.
curate describe 80 write to for Mrs
E. F. HAYES, 262 Dudley st, (Roxbury) Boston, Mass.
Note the result of Mrs. Pinkham's advice-aT.
though she advised Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, to take
her medicine which she knew would help her
her letter contained of additional lnstruc-
tons as to treatment, all of which helped to bring
about the happy result
"DEAR Mrs Observation-Disclosures to you descrb-
ing my symptoms and asked advice You replied and followed
all your directions carefully, and to-day am well woman.
expelled the umor and strengthened my whole system walk
miles
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound worth
lars drop advise all who afflicted with
H. f. HAYES, 262 Dudley st, Q2oxbury) Boston, Mass.
Mountains of gold
e place the health and happiness which Lydia Pinkhams
vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes.
Such testimony should be accepted by convincing
evidence that Lydia Compound
ovarian roubes tumors nfammatons liberation falling
placements OF the womb; backache Irregular suppressed painful
menstralon Surely the volume and character of the testimonial
daily printing the
Mrs Hayes at her above address will gladly
which sick write fuller
her gratitude to Mrs nkham and Lydia
compound so genuine and heartfelt that she thinks trouble
great Tor her to return for
Truly 1t said that is
get tins when some druggist wants to sell something
S~SSS r. Go. Lynn.A
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

f0ro HE father of the administration antitrust bill
Presidents Shelby Culom.
from Illinois Senator Culom author of the
Sherman
of
which a
CulOm of He
Congress
1872 he placed II TO Preside
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

Hedin saved himself only by keeping
immovable in his saddle from morning
to night. The party found even the
small exertion involved in buttoning
coat painful, owing to the effect of
the air on the heart. Two members
died gradually from the feet upward
the brain being attacked last. The re
cent trip was Hedins second in Tibet
The man who can catch a flea in the
dark can hoe his own row in politics.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

but the two are pretty much alike. 1t
is much the same as being a Presby-
terrain, but with a greater degree of
tolerance of views. DR.. Schick says
that there is room for everybody in his
congregation-particularly when the
new building is completed, and the
President and his family sit in a front
pew, affording a first-class attraction
to worshipers at large.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20
EXPLORER NEARLY DIED
IN THIBET'S RAREFIED AIR.

Four members of the Swedish trav.
elers' party died on his recent explora.
tion trip in Europe from the effects of
the rarefied atmosphere there, even the
valleys being higher than Mont Blame.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

Memorial Reform
e d Church, a I
Washington, is to
have a new edidee.
1t is now in course
of erection and viii
b e a handsome
structure of gray
granite. Rev. DR..
Schick. the Presi-
d e Il t s pastor, is
naturally m u c h
elated over his good
fortune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20
The Only Way.

'ora-Do you play ping-pong scion
Ideally?
Merritt-Yes, except when I'm play
ing with cross-eyed girl. in which
ease l just bang away and trust to
luck.-New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

The church belongs to the German
Reformed sect Mr.. Roosevelt is of the
Dutch Reformed persuasion, his people
having been attached TO it for six gen.
erations before him in this country;
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

(Which do you think should be more
highly esteemed, money or brains?"
Brains" answered Senator Sor-
yhum. But nowadays the only way a
man can convince people that he has
brains is TO get money."-Washington
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-04-19
The Fisk Lectures.

The people Of this city enjoyed the
rareSt treat Of the season in the shape
of two lectures by Rev. D. NJ. Fisk,
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The lectures were accompanied by
Stereoptian views illustrating the
salient points. His protector Mr..
Weeks is one of the best in the Unit
ed States, 80 there was no hitch in the
performance anywhere. The subject
on the first evening was who's Who
and Why" mastery exposition of
the fact that, of men who have risen
to eminence in this country a very
large percent-in fact nearly all are
college bred men. The second lecture
kansas and her Progress in Educa-
zion" was equally good and by some re-
garded as the better lecture. The
graduating class of the High School
who secured DR.. Fisk are to be con-
graduated on the good they did them
selves and the people of the city by
getting him here. Only a nominal
admission fee was charged, but the
receipts were sufficient to pay all
expenses.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-04-19
A Pleasant Home Wedding.

Mr.. Sam II. Townsley and Miss Ida
A. Moore, were united in marriage
by the Rev. John II. Lamb. Wednes-
day evening at o'clock. The happy
event took place at the home OF the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cowdan
Moore. four miles southeast Of town.
Mr.. Townsley, commonly known
among his friends as "Sam" is the
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Town
sley and the bride is the oldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. Cowden Moore. Both
these young people are we'll known in
this vicinity as they have lived here
most OF their lives. This long &C.
quaintance has won them a host Of
friends and in this new venture every
one wishes them perfect happiness
and success in all their undertakings.
And in this God speed the Herald
joins with the rest.
The wedding was a home event.
And only the near relatives were
present. After the ceremony a de-
HShtful supper was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Townsley received a
number Of handsome presents the
tokens of Affection OF friends and
relatives. This young couple will be-
gin their new life on the farm Mr..
Townsley has rented, which Is situat-
ed one mile north and one east of
Phillipsburg.