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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-24

A promoter who claims to have dis
covered Noah's ark imbedded in per-
petual snow on Mount Ararat wants
Mark Hanna TO furnish funds for
bringing it 10 the ST. Louis EXPOSE
zion. If Mark puts up anything his
friends will have cause TO be alarmed
at his condition.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-24

Mr. Wanamaker may have been
rather ELUSIVE with the kaiser but
the story that he worked off a pack
of his business cards on him is prob
ably a canard
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-24

America may not be "a fit place for
a gentleman to live in" but that
doesn't necessitate Mr.. Astor's living
elsewhere.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-24

An artificial method has been discov-
cred of giving age to whisky. Now let
somebody find out way of giving it
size.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-24

Cinnamon have broken out in a
new place and are rapidly acquiring
the South American habit.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-24

The peach crop has just been killed
for the fourth time this spring. The
cat is only few deaths ahead now,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-24

The Chicago professor who is
threatening to abolish death is a
promising candidate for place in the
same class with the distinguished
young scientist WHO has so frequently
prophesied perpetual motion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
HOW JEFFERSON LOOKED.

J%efferson's gran lson has left us
this sketch, which is printed in
"The True Thomas jefferson" pub
lished by j. B. L'ppinoott Company /:
Jefferson had red hair, and his eyes
were hazel. His teeth we're perfect.
and at his death in his eighty.fourth
year, not one of them was defective
His skin was exceedingly sensitive,
the heat of the sun causing it to bills
ter, aud he was frequently troubled
by sufusions Of blood, the bursting
of veins in his face and neck,
during unusual muscular exertion
But this ne YER Caused him anv in
convenience. Mr. Jefferson's stature
va oOmmanding-siX fert twO-an1-
d half inches in height, we'll formed,
indicating strength, activity and 70
bust health his carriage erect; his
step firm and elastic, which he pre-
served to his death his temper.
naturally strong, under perfect con,
troll his courage cool and impressive.
No one ever knew him to exhibit
trepidatiOn. His moral Courage WAS
or the highest Order-will firm and
aexible-it was remarked of him that
he never abandoned a plan, a prinoj-
pie or q friend. He retained 20 the
last his fondness for riding on horse
back he rode within thrae weeks
of his death, when from dilease. de-
bility and age he mounted with diff
Guilty. He rode with confidence. and
never permitted q servant to accom-.
pany him he was fond of SOLITARY
rides, and musiug, and said the pres
senoe of q servant annoved him
His habits were regular and avate-
matio He was a miser of imeEroea
always at dawn"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
ABOUT cHt1DREN's READING.

What should children between six
and twelve years of age read?
Answers to this question have
lately been given by Kate Douglas
Wiggin, Mary Mapes Dodge, Edward
Everett Hale, Horace E ,Scudder,
Agnes Repplier, Tudor jerks and
others, together with some extremely
sensible and interesting suggestions
as to the principles underlying the
choice Of ohildren's books. Here is
a single typical list from the ten
included in the article which the
Outlook published in it's Annual
Book Number. The list is:'that fur
nifhed by Mrs Mary Mapes Dodge,
editor of Saint Nicholas.
I. "Alice in Wonderland"
2 CLANS A~ndersen'R Fairy Tales -
8. HRwthorne's Wonder Book
Cor the "TanglewoOd Tales'').
4. "Gulliver'R Travels
5. K'pling's "Jungle Book" Cor
seton-ThOmpson's "Wild Animals
Have Known" or Harris ssUnole
Remus'')
6 Dana's "Two Years Before the
Mast" Cor Nansen's "Farthest
North" or SKennan's "Tent Life
in Siberia').
2. Scott's "Tvanhoe" Tor Howard
Pvle's "Robin Hood" or Lanier's
"The Boys King Arthur''C.
8. Gibson's "Eye-Soy," or some
other good ~nature-book.
9. Cooper's Leather Stocking
Tales Cor Stevenson's Kid
nHpped'').
10. Scudder's "Children's Book
Cor Mis- ReppIier's 'Book Of Fa-
nous Verse''l.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
o LET IT 3

We 81 hunting among the Ten.
nessee mountains and came upon a
log cabin on a sunny southern slope.
The only evidences of prosperity
were to be found in q brood of tow
headed little children who we're
soampering about the dOoryard. The
oldest was a sturdy lad of twelve or
thirteen. He told us his own name
in answer to a query and then we
asked him that of q little shaver of
five or six, who was tagging him
around like a shadow.
ellis name? He ANTI got no name
We just call him M 'nkey. That's
his name-jest Monkey; and he's
mean
"What does he do?"
"Bothersl Bothers dad and nam
and all the young ones and me. He
bothers me when I work and when
I play"
"Do you have to work.
"Work? Well, I should say. I
out all the wood that's out fer this
here place"
He was a worker, sure enough !;
but when he herd the guns go off,
he went eff with them. He fol
lowed us over hill and dale, through
forest and clearing, through stub
BILE fields and bramble patches. AS
he emerged from one of those tan
gled masses of blackberry bushes
which are 80 common in that region,
1 noticed that his little bare shins
from his knee to his ankle were just
streaming with blood.
"WhewI" said 1, alphabetically.
"That's nothin'."
"Don't it hurt?"
"Hurt? You bet it hurts "
"What are you going to do about
itP"
"Do? I amt goin' to do nothin'
but just let it hurtl"
Now, that is the kind of stuff that
makes men Jest let it hurt.
Don't squeal, don't kick, don't put
up your lips but 'jest let it hurt.
1t is not such q bad education as
some others for a boy to go stum6-
ling barefooted around a farm or
through a country village. I pity
the boy who has never done it
Evangelist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
A BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT.

When a woman gets married there
are many things to be taken into
confederation; but not all brides
evince suoh business foresight as
the heroine of the following story,
told by the Rev. w. F Sheridan TO
a writer for the Chicago Tribune:
The bride was large and heavy,
and the groom small and meek look
ing. Everything was regular. After
the ceremony the bride explained her
position
"You see," she said, "farm hands
are mighty hard 30 get in this part
of the country, and harder to keep
You get d good hired man and get
him we'll broke in and the first thing
you know he quits and goes off TO
town or somewhere else. Last
spring I had a first class hand, about
as good as l ever expect TO get, but
just when the season got right busy
he up and q1it me.
"I just made up my mind that l
wasn't going to be left in the same
fix this summer, so here we are "
The bridegroom had nothing at all
TO say. He just stood and smiled
meeklY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14

and not begin TO breathe before 1
had freed my hands from them.
Strange as this may seem 60 many,
1 am reporting it as a facs.. Is is a
power that I verify every year
when the opportunity comes. Dur
ing the past SIX years l have tried
hornets and hum 0lebees al+o with
nearly as good success. have learned
incidentally of other persons VII
have and use this means of proteo
ton against vase strings, aud ba
lieve il may be used by all who have
sufficient self possession TO hold the
breath without intermissiOn from
beginning to end of the experiment
The red achoOlhouse supplemented
the church in it's office of uniting
the community in friendly social
union. The school exoelled in giving
an opportunity through plays and
games for each pupil TO learn the
motives and principles Of action OF
his fellow pupils. He there learned
his most important lessons in hu
man nature He measured the in
t~elleotual forces of his comrades
when they struggled with their les
sons in the schoolroom. He learned
their goodness and unselhshnese,
their directive power and their
trustworthiness, through their be
havior in the sports of the school
ward,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14

Writing to the Raleigh Post from
Helena, Montana, Will Aiken, for.
merly a Tar heel newspaper man,
relates this incident:
~ heard u good story of an old
Indian chief the other day. It seems
that the old fellow had a stake and
he determined to purchase a carriage
for his square and pappooseP. He
went to town and while looking
around saw q fine hearse pass. All,
thought he, here's the thing for big
chief 30 he makes a dicker for the
hearse. Some time later his friends
were treated to a rare sight, as the
old man drove through the streets,
he and his wife sitting in the scat
usually occupied by the driver of the
hearse, and the giass.encased body of
the o.'noern filed with little Iniuns
of all sizes ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
SPECULATIVE MATHEMATICS.

Two club men were discussing the
financial affairs of some of their
acquaintances.
"Now there's Brown. He's been
speoulating heavily in wheat. How
has he come out?"
away ahead
"And there's Williams. He has
dabbled extensively in cats. Has he
made anythingP"
He hasn't done rs we'll as Brown
has. But Thompson-you know
Thompson?"
YES, I know him"
"Well, he's worth as much as
Brown and Williams put together "
"There you're wrong. / know
Thompson's circumstances exactly.
He isn't worth a cent"
"Just so. Brown is worth two
hundred thousand dollars, and Will
liams is two hundred thousand dol
lars worse off than nothing. If you
combine the wealth of the two it
amounts to nothing, the same as
ThOmpson's. Have you forgotten
your mathematics ?"-Youth's Com
panion,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
A SUGGESTIVE ANECDOTE

"Ah, neighbour" aaid farmer,
dolefully, to another, chow unfor
tunate you and I have bsenl I've
done nothing but fret ever since our
potatoes we're destroyed by that IN
timely frost. But how's thi4P" he
asFsd, in amazement,-tvou seem
to have q fine, healthy crop coming
up now"
"Why, yes," was the reply; 81
planted those directly after I found
the first crop was destroyed"
"WhatI and they're coming up
alreadyP"
eyes, while you we're tretting, I
was work. I put off my fretting
till I'd mended the loss"
"Why, then, you've no need TO
fret at all"
"True, and that's the very reason
why 1 dontl"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
The Home Circle.
THE SOLDIERS DREAM

Our bugles sang truce, for the night cloud had lowered
And the sentinel g. ars set their watch in the sky;
And thousands had sunk to the ground overpoWered,
The weary to sleep and the wounded to die.
When resting that night on my pallet of straW,
Bv tie wolf soaring fagot that guarded the slain;
At the dead of the night a sweet vision l saw,
And thrice ere the morning l dreamed it again.
Mathought from the battle fields dreadful array
Far, far I had wandered N a desOlate track:
Twas Autumn-and sunshine arose on the way
To the home of my fathers that welcomed me Dack'
flew TO the pleasant fields traversed so oft
In Hfes morning march when my bosom was young
heard my own mountain goats bleating alott,
And knew the sweet strain that the corn reapers sung
Then pledged we the winecup, and fondly swore,
From my home and my weeping friends never 10 part
Nv little ones kissed me q thousands times DER,
And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart.
Stay-stay with us,-rest, thou art weary and wornl
And fain was their war broken soldier TO stay -
But sorrow returned with the dawning of morn,
And the voice in my dreaming ear melted away.
Thomas Camp
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14

Another circumstance added inter
est TO the spelling book. Two or
three times during the winter an
evening spelling school was held, TO
which not only the day pupils but
also the elder brothers and sisters
and parents from the neighboriDg
districts we're invited. Two leaders
were appointed by the schoolmaster,
who obese for their respective slices,
alternately, one after another, until
all the persons we're ranked on one
side or the other. Then began the
match.
The person who missed a word
left the line and took a seat on the
front bench. The side which spelled
the other down had gained the VIC
tory. After the spelling-match
came Rotations of poetry, oratory
and dialogue.
Byron's ''There was a sound of
revelry by night" Campbell's "On
Linden when the sun was low !"
"Halleck's "Marco B zzaris," the
first lines of which are "At midnight,
in his guarded tent, the Turk was
dreaming of the hour )" Or some.
times ''Webster's Reply TO Hayne,"
and Patrick Hpnry's "Give me lib
erty or give me DEATH" we're favor,
ties with the more intelligent GLASS.
There was, however, a tendency to
buffoopery in the dialogues.
THE VALUE OF WEBSTER 8 ELEMEN.
TARY.'
The difficult spelling of the Eng.
Iish language has it's peroeptible re
action upon the character Of the PEG
pie it tends to make a conservative
people observant of presidents and
punotilios. A person educated for
many years on the spelling book,
and obliged so memorize the spellings
of at least enc thousand words
which form exceptions TO common
analogy, has received a training
which causes him 80 be obseTvant
of the rights of particular individu,
atty. He becomes tolerant of ex.
oeptionE, of whimsical peouliarisies
and idiosyncraoies
He has been forced TO respect the
rights of words to have their partic-
ular combinations of letters, useless
TO the mind of a schoolboy, but REQ,
ognized by the traditional usage of
the people. In acquiring this habit
Of respect fer the ~Teculisrities #
words, he doubtless acquires a toler.
ant spirit toward what seem to him
oddities in his neighborE, and he be.
comes patient ave with hostile opin
Ions. He thus learned the great
Anglo Saxon lesson of fair play, and
will defend even u political enemy in
the right to disagree.
If this is so, the red sohoolhouse,
with its superstitious worship OF
photography at the expense OF
science, literature and more attrao
tive studies, has yet something tC
to claim tor itself.
The texs books of my childhood
made small attempt to adapt theil
instruction TO the pupils mind. Il
he could not understand the text, he
could at least memorize it, and thu
was supposed TO be the chief essen
tial.
When I was six years of age anC
learned 60 read lessons written in thu
collOquial STYLE, l was put TO worl
nrhts a. - 10 = - - - -. uT--II,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
IN TWO PARTs-PART II.

on q geography-R stout volume
with logical definitions as strict as
Noah Webster's. My first grief in
school, as / remember it, came in
my failure TO commit 80 memory the
| definition of the technical term
s'city." I had never cen a city.
The nearest n was thirty miles
away; probably the teacher had
never visited is.
"CoUNTING ~ GAMES.
what is a clty?-A city is a large
town, containing many inhabitants,
Incorporated with peculiar privi-
leges, and governed by q mayor,
aldermen and other officers" / was
told by the teachers TO stay after
school and say my lessons. It seemd
to me a hard punishment. School
education often enforces lessons of
the ~sohoolroom of greater value than
! those within it. The plays and games
that have been handed down by ira
dition from generation 80 genaration
for many thousand years, like fairy
stories, belong TO what may be called
the embryology of our civiliz alton.
Take the counting out games, for
instance, which the farmer boy
found in practice at school.
They point back to an early stage
of humanity, far below the horizon
of the historical consciousness,
when there must have been human
sacrifice. The priest of the tribe
counted out from the assembled
prisoners of wal the ones doomed to
die on the altar of the gods. He
ohanted some passages from the
sacred poems, applying the words to
the trembling prisoners as he touched
one after the other. The children
~observant of the solemn impression
created upon their elders, mimioked
in their games not only the pursuit
and capture of prisoners, but also
the counting out ceremony by which
the victims we're chosen.
learned TO count out first by the
rime, "Ee-ny, NEE ny, mo-ny, mi, es-
ky, lay ny, bo-ny, stri, hui dy, gull
dy, boo"
The favorite game at my red
schoolhouse was called "gool tag
we pronounced ''goal" cool. It was
a variety of the game more widely
known as ~''prisoner's base" The
boy who was "out'' might tag one
running from one ''gool" to another
and get his place.
These games we're interesting and
~educative in shat they aroused and
made active ancient memories of the
race, now surviving rather as in
stiDcts or f~oreb0dings rather than as
possible ~recollections. But there
were other survivals of magic of a
nature kindred TO hypnotism. One
of these Ishall always remember, be-
cause I still retain the power it gave
me, and am not yet able TO explain
it at all.
On leaving my red schoolhouse TO
attend a larger one, a white school
house at the central village, 1 found
a number of boys who, when they
heldtheir breath, could handle wasps
with out being stung-not the white
faced variety of wasp, which does
not sting, but the stinging ones. 1t
was the tradition in that school
that wasps cannot sting a person who
holds his breath.
After seeing enough experiments
on other boys to give me some conf.
dence, I ventured TO handle the vi
cious insects, and discovered that L,
too, could do 1t without being stung
so long as / Obeyed the injunction
and held my breath but I had TO be
very careful in throwing them away,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14

This Is NO Is OF our series Of the Worlds
Best Poems, ar nged especially for The PRO
6REasTvE Ri by the eUitoF. Taking the
names OF SOM of the MIST famous pOeIs In
alphabetical ord Z, from one to i've OF the be t
known productions OF eRch will be given b -
fore taking up the WORK Of the next author. In
this series selectiOns from the follOWihR authors
have already RppeaTed: Burns, February, 1901;
Bryant October, 1871; the Brow ingR, HOverT3
Ger, 1901; Lord Byron and Phillips Brooks,
December, 1901 TGb month we aFd pub .ish-
ing the best known poems Of Thomas Camp-
dell.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
HIS Z m CHINA.

de was very young. To be pre-
else, he was five years and seven
months. AS long as he could re-.
member he had had to set aside a
part of the money he received to edu.
cate the little children of China.
He didn't love them as much as he
should, or he would not have asked !:
mother, they're killing all the
Chinese children, aren't they p"
Eyes, isn't it dreadful? Are you
not glad you are not a little Chinese
boy?"
eyes. But when they get them
all killed, I won't have to send them
any more of my money, will IP''-
The Evening Sun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14

The life cannot be divided into
Watertight compartments, az ocean
going steamers are partitioned of,
g. that q man may say Of III part.
"dere i9 my commercial life, or my
social life, or my political hfe," and
OF another part, ssThere lie my relig-
tous life" Jesus is Captain Of all
the vessel or OF mono of it, ssfeyRn
Christian Advocate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
RECOLLEcTIONs OF A RED SCHOOLHOUSE.

Sv WULLIGn =. HARMS. s'.nI,uI'u'r 81 EGUeatI'a.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14

wdas fol he Youths Companion, and published in H PRosRmsrv FARNER by SPECIAL
permission 4 Perry Mason Co
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-09
IN MEMORIAM.
Services Held by Veteran Fire.
men In Honor Of the Dead.

The Providence Veteran Firemen's as
sociation held its annual memorial Ser
vice and roll call in the hall OF the as
terday afternoon. in the presence OF a
large number OF the veterans of the as
sociation and interested friends. The
hall was beautifully decorated for the
occasion. the platform being outlined
with palms and Towering plants md
above was an arch upon which were the
words I'm Memoriam."
Above the keystone Of the arch was an
open book upon which were inscribed
the names Of the comrades who had died
during the past year. These were as fol-
lows: Edwin Atkinson, 6sth year; AL
bert @. Barton, s7th year; Charles f.
Hubbard, list year; James Kennedy,
7+th year; John Kirby, Sbth year (asso-
ciate).
The memorial exercises were OF a
deeply impressive character and were
conducted by BENJAMIN J. Cornell the
president OF the association.
The chief address was made by Rev.
Samuel IL. Webb. the chaplain OF the
organization, his remarks being takon
from the text Deut w, 32; ASK Now
OF the Days That Are Past"
the Gerbel quartet. which is composed of
the following: Miss l.. Gertrude John
son. soprano; Mrs. Grace Irving Gum,
alto: Mr.. Albert l.. Ladd. tenor. and
Mr.. Christopher b. Pearse. bass: Miss
Maud III. Tower. accompanist
The formal programme was as follows:
Anthem, Rock OF Ages" Buck; prayer
Chaplain Rev. Samuel II. webb; alto
solo, Jesus Lover OF My Soul" Mac
dousnll: address. Chaplain Rev. Samuel
II. Webb: anthem, Lead, Kindly Light"
Buck roll call, Recording Secretary AL
bert c. Winsor; anthem. "In the Blest
Evermore," Havens; obituary. De
ceased Comrades" Secretary Albert c.
Winsor; beneficial report. Treasurer
Washington l. Williams: doxology.
The programme was arranged by a
committee. OF which John r. Spencer
was chairman. the other members OF
the same being James McCord and Will
liam A. Percival.
The beautiful and appropriate decora-
tions we're also the design Of Mr.. Speu-
Ger.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-09
She MAY. Die.
Garda Peterson Fell From Wheel
and Sustains Serious Injury.

Gards Peterson. a swede domestic, lies
on a cot at the Rhode Island hospital suf.
fering from broken thigh and fractured
skull and there Is little hope of her re-
covery.
She fell In front of the fender OF Sub
urban car from Warwick on Park avenue,
yesterday afternoon, and, II is feared.
consussion of the brain may be added TO
her injuries.
Miss Peterson has been employed for
about year by Brig. Gen. Herbert 8.
Tanner. commanding the Brigade OF r. I.
militia. Gen. Tanner lives at 254 Norwood
avenue, comparatively short distance
from the scene OF the accident
Miss Peterson whose only relative IN
this country is believed TO be a sister
Charlotte. also employed as domestic
In Edgewood, left the Tanner residence
at 2 o'clock on her wheel for a Sunday
afternoon outing, She was alone at the
time of the accident so far as can be as
certained.
At noon, today. she was still In a coma
tose condition at the hospital and the
physicians attending had little hope In
her favor.