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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12
QUICK ARREST.

j. A. Gulledge, of Verbena, Ala,
vas twice in the hospital from a Sc
we're case of piles causing "a tumors.
After doctors and all remedies fail
ed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly
arrested further Inflammation and
cured him. 1t conquers aches and
kills pain. 25 cents at all druggists.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12
Habits of
May St. Nicholas.


Every boy should cultivate the
faculty of observation, says an x
change. If he does so designedly, it
will not be long before he will do
so unconsciously. 1t is better to
learn a thing by observation than
by experience, especially if it is
something to our detriment. I would
prefer to know which is the toadstool
and which is the mushroom by obser-
walton rather than by experiment, for
the latter might cost me my life.
There is hardly a vocation in which
observation is not of great service,
and in many it is absolutely e~ssenti-
al. 1t adds to the proficiency of the
chemist, and the frontiersman. OBJ
servation quickens experiment. 1t
leads to inference, to deduction, to
classification, and thus theories are
formulated and sciences established.
An observing boy will become an
observing man, and, as boy and man,
he will have an advantage over those
who have not cultivated the faculty.
A child may know more than a
philosopher about matters that may
not have come under the observation
of the philosopher. A little girl en-
tered the study of Mezerai, the cele-
brated historian, and asked him for
a coal Of fire.
"But you haven't brought a
shovel" he said.
"I don't need any," was her re-
ply.
And then, very much to his aston
ishment, she filed her hand with
ashes, and put the live coal on top.
No doubt the learned man knew that
ashes were a bad conductor of heat,
but he had never seen the fact veri-
fed in such a practical manner.
Calico noticed the swaying of a
chandelier in a cathedral, and it sug-
gested the pendulum to him. To an
other inventor the power of steam
and it's application was suggested by
the kettle on the stove. A poor monk
discovered gunpowder, and an optici-
ans boy the ~magnifying lens.
Two boys of my acquaintance one
morning took a walk with a natural
list.
do you notice anything peculiar
in the movement of those wasps?" he
asked, as he pointed to a puddle in
y the middle of the road.
Nothing, except that they seem to
come and CO." replied one of the
boys.
The other was less prompt in his
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12

A boiler without water will raise
no steam. So with good principles;
they will amount to nothing if not
practiced.-Exchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

one to say nay. She comes and goes as
she listeth. She receives visitors at her
own sweet pleasure. She can coax and
wheedle. gossip and SANDER, without let
or hindrance. She can use her widows
weeds at cloak for all kinds of shady
adventures and transactions.
This is the kind of widow that is most
often depicted in the lurid literature and
stage productions Of the day. Isben can
write her and Mrs Patrick Campbell can
play her to perfection. It would be
amusing, were it not so distressing. to see
how this type of widow appeals to very
young men, To the callow youth in the
high shirt collar and pointed boots she
seems the incarnation of beauty and of
cleverness. He mistakes her vulgar talk
for wit and her tawdry clothes for ele-
gance. If she is at all bright she usually
has a half dozen of such young fellows
in her train. Older men leave her alone.
She expects devote dattention, especially
in public places like theatres and cafes,
from her following, but has nothing to
give in return but suggestiveness and
the vain hope of an ultimate reward
Happily such widows have no place in
Jul Sooo SoOiSlS' OF III they ever nave
they are soon dropped out. There are
only few left now. and we are daily
hearing less about them. Such women
usually drift off into precarious ard
rapid existence in Europe. They are seen
about Monte Carlo and daxime's and
the Cafe de Paris. Though quite willing
to marry money they rarely succeed. be-
cause their fame has gone before them
and the demand for that kind of wife
is limfted.-New York Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
PLAN FOR NAMING FARMS.

Whitesboro News-It is the custom in
the older southern states and in some of
the middle states to give names TO the
farms. 1t is a good thing to do. 1t gives
a sence of locality to a farm. 1t adver-
tiSes the products of that particular farm
and soon the owner and his family be-
come identified with the IAN, and ii will
certainly cultivate love for home in the
children. BY all means, let every man
who owns a farm give it a name. and
have the name appear conspicuousiy at
the entrance 70 the land. so that the
neighors will learn to designate il by
that name.
There Is something sentimental about it
leaving aside the business idea. The peo-
pie who name their farms are generally
people who are devoted to them. But
for heavens sake. in following the sug-
gestion of the Whitesoro News. do not
fall into the error OF calling your farm
''Heartsease. or anything like that A
man whose farm is named ''Heartsease"
cannot sell a pig because purchasers 10
whom he would offer II would think il
was raised on infant blood. hence not In
the best OF health. State press knows
man whose home is called Hesrtsease. q
he has not been altogether happy since.
Il is Dad enough to own a town lot and
house by that name. Farmers should
avoid il as a thing destructive Of happi-
ness.-Gaiyeston News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

ingenious excuses to explain their de-
hnquency the next day.
Oh groaned the manager. If this
were only professional show. and
could me EN- or fire en-" But Il was
not and the manager realized best OF
all that the assumption OF a bossy air
would serve only TO create a further
shrinkage Of the chorus.
And il Is not an easy task to gather
forty men with time and inclination TO
reAearse for eight weeks whose voices
while not wonderfully musical are at
least no, discordent But at length the
first rehearsal began. Copies OF the nu-
sic, which the manager hsd had hakto-
graphed in an odd moment. were distrfh-
uted. the pianist played the first time
through and then with few bars in
PRODUCTION the chorus swung into time.
They were timid at first. for not every
man could read music. and some had TO
acquire the tune by listening TO their
more skilled neighbors. At length the
chorus began TO acquire more confidence.
The coach. Mr.. Jenkins. divided them into
little squads and by dsnt of yelling and
talking managed to pound the idea of the
time into their heads so that II would
emerge from their threats at least 10
some extent as the composer imagined IL.
VIII ii be a success OF nots Every
body in the show thinks II viii be. The
managers one ambition is that il shall
be. for he looks like hunted
animal. but he says with a weary smile
that this week. IL IL is a success. will
make up for the eight weeks OF trouble
and disbursement And that's the way
everybody Else feels
If all goes well and money rolls into
the Golfers into a steady stream next
Saturday night the manager. his frown
quite gone. will gather his company
together. leading lady. star. comedian.
ingenue. chorus girls and chorus men.
and with wine and wassail entertain
them in good fe3lowship-New York
Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
TRAIN SAVED BY TRICYCLE..

What might easily have been a horrify-
ing railroad accident near Payette was
prevented by the prompt act os nervy
young man. whose name is not known.
but whom IL is learned lives in HALEY.
and is making his way home on a railroad
tricycle.
The bursting of reservoir belonging 10
James Hoffman. located few miles back
from Payette. flooded Jorge section.
Considerable damage was done TO 3, me
OF the farms near there and about thirty
feet of track was washed out two miles
west of Payette. The grade was prscti-
cally all swept away for that distance.
leaving the rails dangling in the air.
Just as passenger train No was about
to leave Payette last night. the young
man referred to came in at top speed on
tricycle. and reported the washout. The
train was held there all night while the
eastbound train was held as Weiser But
for the timely warning OF the tricycle.
tourist. the passengers on No. 5 would
have gone into the ditch When the
young man came TO the washout he was
in a predicament and il required good
deal Of hard work and the display OF not
a little courage TO ride across il. He
finally took his tricycle. some distance
and, attaining the highest speed he was
capable OF. dashed across the swinging
bridge OF rails and ties. Realizing the
washout had possibly not been reported
he ran into Payette arriving In the nick
OF time.
After reporting the trouble the young
man vanished. much TO the disappoint-
ment Of the passengers. who desired To
reward him substantially for an act 10
which many OF them realized they owed
their safety. The reservoir covers an
area OF ten acres and there was about
twenty feet OF water in it when il burst.
- Portland GrePnnian
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
N. q. TOWNS HISTORY.

On or aobut the year 1910 the Hudson
Bay Company granted n large tract of
land lying on both sides OF the Red
River, where the present town of Penn
bina now stands. TO Thomas Douglas. bet
ter known to the world as Lord Sell
kirk, q celebrated nobleman of Scotland.
Lord Selkirk was an enterprising Scotch
man, and seeing the poor condition of
some of his fellow-countrymen. who were
ground down by the nobility of their ma
tive land, he bought a large colony of
these poor but honest people 10 settle in
the Red River valley. Under the leader
ship of Miles Mcdonald, they left Scot
land in the spring of 1911, arriving in the
autumn of 1872 at the confluence Of the
Pembina and Red Rivers, where they
built fort. They called this place Fort
Daer. and settled down to work and traf
fic with the savages. who We're as thick as
bees around Pembina at that time.
Pembina fiourished in the heyday of its
youth. among the savages CT the then
lonely wilderness All kinds of people
gathered there from almost every quar-
ter of the globe. Irishmen. Scotchmen.
Englishmen and Frenchmen, wild and
EtChltsS men, SdNdStS, anu IdlI-
breeds who were no less savage, and men
who detied classification. and gave no
account of themselves whatever congre-
gated there and the innocent Indian
maidens became the too easy prey of these
abandoned men. Far away from the
confines of civilization and its influences,
they gave themselves over 10 sensual
allegiance. and these reckless yoyageurs.
left an ever-increasing progeny of half
breeds to mark the spot where they once
held high revelry.
When the Anglo-Saxons arrived on the
scene they could not get their tongues
around the French word, anepeminan.
so they changed it to suit their own taste
and fancy and called it Pembina-pro-
nouncing it Pem-bin-aw. with the accent
on the first syllable. The natives" or
half-bTeeds, however, are still inclined to
accent the word on the last syllable
drawing it out to a fearful length. and
allowing their nasal organs TO have full
sweep in the resononce. Bismarck Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
WILL CLIMB HIGHEST VET.

The highest mountain in the world Is
Mount Everest, in Thibet.
II f. a mile and half higher than man
has ever reached. yet II Is 20 beselimbed.
The peak OF Mount Everest reaches
1900 feet-hve and half miles-above
sea level. The air at that height is 80
rare that If a man were suddenly lifted
from the normal level and set down there
he would probably die In a few minutes.
or an hour or two at the most HIS blood
vessels would burst under the light at
mospheric pressure and his heart would
beat 90 rapidly in an effort 20 secure suffl-
cient aeration I'm tn. lungs that palpita-
ton and death would result
In order to reach the top or Mount
Everest the climbers viii be forced TO
spend three years at various points far
up or the mountain among the eternal
SHOWS. This will be for the purpose OF
acclimatizing the explorers TO the great
altitude. The expedition viii cost about
s51e0o
The highest point ye; attained b. man
Is 2.0s0 feet. the summit Of AconcaEua
the highest mountain In the main cordB-
lera Of the Andes This was scaled ~
Matthias z1rhrigser and Mr Vines. mem
beers Of the Royal Geographical scciety's
expedition IN 1857.
The next highest ascension was 20 the
summit Of a mountain In tho Karakcrarn
H.msiayas. p. srs feet above the sea
feat accomplished by Sir william Martin
Conway IN is2
The new expedition-thst Of Mount Ev-
eFest-has already started for the Hlna-
Iayas- II IL under The direction Of Ar.
Eckenstein. and It's plans include the
ascension not only % the highest noun
tain but % the next highest siso. X 2
rs % f.es
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

friends-hence ideals are very subject 10
education.
George Washington more tnan any other
character is selected by little children as
their ideal, although his character appeals
entirely to adult intelligence. This is be-
cause We have used him as a symbol OF
Americanism
Is it not too bad that the greatest
American before Lincoln should have
been. in measure. worn out in doing
nursery work? The great personalities
as the great classics should be preserved
for the proper age.
1t is interesting TO see with what per-
sistence girls choose men as ideals. In q
quantitatiye study of four thousand child
ren the boys almost never choose women
or girls as ideals. while the girls AT the
age of seven years choose forty-eight per
cent of their ideals from men, and the
percentage increased until, al fourteen
years, sixty-eight per cent of their ideals
were males. These ideals are taken from
public life, from history and from litera-
ture. Can we not find better ideals for
girls OF thirteen than Calhoun? More
fine women should have a place in the
school histories and literatures.-New
York Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
THOUGHTS ON RACE SUICIDE.

The development of our country in all
branches of industry. during the last
decade is simply wonderful and cannot be
paralleled in history. Yet these Stats
tics are not altogether cheerful.
The number of offspring a race pro-
duces is the real test of its permanent
prosperity.
The temptation of the day is TO take
out of the constitution more than it can
bear-by the imitation of the ego. the in
tense pursuit of individualism.
Statistics show that the offspring of
native-born parents has steadily decreas-
ed in ratio, so that if it were not for
our great immigration our population
would be diminishing alarmingIy.
Excessive development of the individual
beyond a certain point always means
impairment OF the breed.
Looking back to the days Of the Puritans
is il not true that the inhoSpitable char
acter of the soil and the tremendous ex-
penditure of vitality necessary TO obtain
a living all through these years has over
drawn human energy and stunted our
race. so that the Yankee family is dying
out?
"A rev generations ago lamines or ten
to twelve children We're not uncommon.
Today some families have become en-
tirely extinct.
Has not our nation been spending too
much vitality? Is it right to rob poster
ity by intensifying individualism 10 such
an extent? To expend so much vitality
in toll and pleasure as 70 threaten the
race?
There seems TO be something in the eli
mate and conditions of America which
keeps US on our nerves all the time.
From President G. Stanley Halls
speech on Heredty at the Sons of the
u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
cAWN'T SEE BLOOMING JOKE.

Lawrence DOrssy, who plays The role
q Montgomery Putnam In The Kari Of
Pavtacket.r was dining WITH sSri-nd
last night IN the Waldorf Astoria. when
a page came through calling = telegram
FOR Mr.. Putnam. Mr.. D'OrSsy was point
T. out as the mar. and he hsd merry
time explaining 70 ths BOY that be Eas
Dorsey 10; P=tnarE-
a secoud message cane and then a
third Friends realized that a Joke hsc
been put NJ on re Enriieh actor sad
h@iped matters along Finally Hr Dor
vsy reanzed fhsi az The room ~ss lssrh-
iHg At his expense I'D adjusting his
uoaicle exclaimed = his friend
Really. Old nan. thss ray - hurscr
n America but foT TIE Bfs q re. "a
chap. ] don; 49, the hioorninE 3ok. -
Ss~ York America.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
PERSONAL TEXTS.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
ONE-SEVENTH HORSEPOWER

II would be difficult to obtain better
proof of the great industrial advancement
OF the United States than is furnished by
the fact that there is employed in the
United States one horsepower in manu-
featuring establishments for each seven
of the population. and that ten years ago
the figure was one 10 ten. anu twenty
years ago one TO fourteen. * is estimated
that the horsepower now available in tbs
country for manufacturing purposes foots
up TO the enormous total OF u.3eaeIo
This is almost double the futures Of ten
years previous. which were less than
6.0o.ooe. while twenty years ago the total
was less than three and half millions.
Not only has the power that can be
utilized in our manufactures increased
with our population. but il has actually
advanced in greater ratio than have the
number OF workers Thes1 figures. be 4
understood. include OIL power used for
manufacturing. AM they make no account
Of the locomotives on railways OF Of the
power in electric light plants or other
similar establishments. OF this total en-
CINE power. fulIr three fourths Of Z :
obtained from steam. Water power pro-
vides for perhaps j. per cent and the
rest is divided among miscellaneous
sources OF mechanical power. While cleo
ericity Is now credited with only a small
Per cent. the growth IN me use q tbs
power Is remarkable and il bids fair at
TO far distant tine 70 rank second only
70 steam According to the figures q the
last census. there Sere employed II nan
ufacturing and mechanical pursuits ia
the United States about 7.1I3.ass persons
and or this showing there would - over
ore ard o1e-half horsepower available FOR
the Use of every person employed IN the
manufacturing Industries o. cur country.
Boston Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
HINT TO Mr.. MORGAN.

Mr.. Morgan owes his wealth to this
country almost as much as 10 his IN
doubted genius. He is not exactly pop
uIsr man Why should he not present the
American people the immense art treas
ure he has been enabled 10 purchase by
reason Of the yielding capacity of Ameri-
csn riches. and At the same time leave
for himself such a monument that future
ages would regard him more in the light
OF a benefactor OF his kind than ss ;hs
very emperor Of finance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

II is a popularity OF the horse 10 arise
on its forelegs first, while the cow first
arises on it, hind legs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

The famine bread upon which .ass
persons in Northern Sweden are now
ssibststing e made from ground p4ne bark
and Iceland nsosA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

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n Birmingham. beginning IL 1ss. nIse-
~ acres % Sums coutasrsng g.z-s sseo-
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-03
Anti-saloon League Meeting.

The anti saloon league met las'
Monday night at the Methodist
church for the purpose of creating
4 law and order committee to look
after and see that the laws are en-
forced with respect to closing sa
looms in Union City.
j. r. Morgan, chairman, called
the meeting to order and w. L.
Alexander was made secretary.
w. L. Alexander, Judge Law
son and j. F. Howard were APP
pointed steering committee to
be known as the law and order
league, with authority to name a
committee of fifteen, whose names
shall not be made known, to see
that the Adams law is enforced.
Several talks we're made. Mr..
Wells said that he did not antici
pate trouble from the saloon men
who had been doing business in
Union City, but from transients,
principally those renting vacant
houses for few days and other
adyenturers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-03
United Confederate Veterans.
ONE CENT A NILE TO NEW ORLEANS

ONE CENT A MILE TO NEW ORLEANS,
For the Annual Reunion at New
Orleans, May 1922, the Mobile and
Ohio r. R. will sell tickets to New
Orleans and return at above rate,
limited for return to May "a,
with privilege of extention to June
Is, 1908. Side trip tickets at
rate of one first class fare plus Is
cents for the round trip will be sold
from New Orleans. Ask your near
est ticket agent or write Harvey E.
Jones, Jr., T. P. A, M. & o. r. R.,
Jackson, Tenn, for full particu-
lars.