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have alfalfa pasture for SO or Is
head or horses. II miles south Of Rocky
Ford.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
An Impartial Umpire.

r. B. Hawley, the Texas RepubIl-
can who came to Congress from that
rock-ribbed Democratic State, now
has two big sugar plantations IN
Cuba.
"The Cubans are a suave and dip
lomatic people," said Mr.. HaWIey'
"They remind me of a story my
grandfather used to tell about Mar
tin Van Buren,. That distinguished
statesman would never express an
opinion on anything. One day, IN
Washington, a man made with a
friend a wager that it was possible
to get an affirmation out OF van
Buren,.
"The man who took the afhrmatlVS
went to Van Buren,. MI. President
he said, two men of my acquaintance
have made a wager. A bets b tnaU
the sun rises in the East and sets IL
the West. B bets -that it does not
Which is rightg ,,;
president Van Buren, didn't ne0I
tate a moment. Tt is commonly ace
cepted that Mr.. A has the rights u
the case he said, but [ shall be gl4a
to hear any arguments Mr.. mas ~
advance in support 0 fhls poSltlon'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10

some mail-bags, and took possession
of the official correspondence.
Zone letter was from the War De.
partment to a lieutenant in GRANTS
army; it contained a captains com.
mission for him. Right under tho
signature of A. Lincoln the auda.
cious Morgan wrote: Approved
John Morgan and sent the commits,
sion on it's way. So there is one off,
Ger in u army whose commission
bears my signature with the approval
of that dare-deveil rebel leadern-
Youths Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
An Impudent Endorsement.

An old Washington gentleman tells
a story which he overheard President
Lincoln repeat, and which he be-
lieves has not been published.
During one of his busy reception
hours, when the President was talk
ing first to one, then to another of
the many who filed the room in the
White House, a gentleman asked if
any new had been received from
John Morgan, whose Confederate
cavalry were raiding Kentucky and
Ohio.
"We1l catch John some of these
days." replied Lincoln. II admire
him, for he is a bold operator. He
always goes after the mail-trains IN
order to get information from Wash
ington. On his last raid he opened
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
The Duty of Parents.

Duty to children is not summed
up in feeding, clothing and sendino
to a better or worse-at present u.s.
ually worse-school. The parents
duty begins long before. It is as
necessary that we should live health
fully and happily before our children
are born, as that we should clothe
them afterward. Only by being in
the best condition ourselves can we
give the. proper heritage to a child.
70 bring a being into the world and
handicap him by your own follies and
negligencesis a poor trick; and yet
it is just the trick that nine-tenths
of the parents play on their off,
spring. Treat your child at least as
well as you would a fellowman, and
be thoughtful of his future. Then,
having once given him the good her.
itage, see to it that his home life
shall be such that his mental and
moral nature may be rightly deveI-
oped. Sick or weakly children will
in their turn produce weaklings;
hating, cowardly natures will have
children who are dwarfed in the same
way; and instead of the race being
helped by these, its general average
will be lowered. Consider, then,
your duty to your children through
yourself. Live in youth and manhood
the sanest, cheerfulest and fullest
life, and make your home reflect
these virtues. So shall your chill
dren be in truth the gift of God, and
you can say with the psalmist, CLAP
py is the man that hath his culver
full of them."-October Womans
Home Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
Her Way.

The six-year-old daughter of a GER
tain naval officer was u~nconsciously
ludicrous the other day. The child
was sewing, when her older sister
asked: "Why don't you use a pat
tern2" The little miss replied with
a dignity greater than her knowl-
edge: 81 don't need a pattern / sew
by ear."-The Pilgrim.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10

memories in after years of their
school days and of the school house
in It's frame work of green shade
trees and gay blossoms.
A visit to most country church
yards viii give one a feeling of lone
illness and utter ~hopelessness because
of the neglect everywhere apparent.
Tall weeds hiding from view the mar
row mounds, even the tomb-stones,
few trees and shrubs, and fewer flow
ers, all speak plainly of lack of at
tention. We remember that water
is sometimes Scarce and that those
who have loved ones buried here live
miles away, perhaps States intervene,
but this is the point: If there was an
improvement league in the neighbor-
hood, these lonely graves would not
appear so lonely and neglected; the
weeds would be cut, hardy trees
planted, and the mounds be neatly
shapen, whether their friends wer
near by or far away. 1t is a duty,
and should be a pleasure to keep the
resting places of III dead decently,
as becomes a Christian people; moth
ing speaks more plainly of the char
acter of individuals or communities,
than the attention or lack of atten-
ton given their burial grounds.
The season for planting shade
trees and hardy shrubs is with US;
any kind of trees and shrubs can be
used, hundreds that may be found in
the woods are just as ornamental
and desirable as those selected from
n~urseryman's catalogue, and may
be had for the digging.
Another matter of which we are
reminded and which we have men
toned before, which people who live
away from town would find of great
benefit and convenience, is the tele-
phone. Having recently known of
an instance where great suffering
might have been avoided, we are
made to realize the great necessity
for them in the home, cut off from
quick communication, where help is
urgently needed. Telephones are
becoming very common, even in some
rural districts, and the more they are
used, the greater their appreciation.
The free use of telephones would
make farm life more attractive and
they may be maintained at a low cost
making possible for persons in mod
crate circumstances to enjoy the
pleasure and benefits to be derived
from their use.-Mrs. S. E. Buch-
anan in Texas Farm and Ranch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10

The statement that Mrs. Jay, the
wife of the Buncombe County doc
tor who murdered his three children
after chasing her from home, was
not quite fifteen years old when she
was married seven years ago, is an
other argument AGAINST child mar
riages. Twenty-Five years old, the
mother of three children, all MUIR
dered by their father, and her hus-
band on the way to the gallows !
Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
Rural ImprOvement societies.

Civic Leagues, Civic Improvement
Clubs, and other associations looking
to the identifying and improving of
the towns are being formed and en-
thusiastic men and women are push
ing forward plans to improve the
beauty and healthfulness of their
towns or cities as the case may be.
There is no reason why this progress
sive movement should stop at the
corporate limits of any town; it
should be continued to every home,.
hamlet and country school or church
yard. These last are in most coun-
try neighborhoOds a most pathetic
sight. As the old adage so oft quot
ed teaches that, CHARITY begins at
home" it would be well to inaugu-
rate the fight against ugliness and
the lack of hygienic surroundings
at home. Clean up, s~traighten up, or
rebuild broken down fences, plant
trees in bare yards and horse lots, |
plant flowers and vines around the
house, repaint and reglaze, pulling
out of the broken windows the d.
lapidated old hats and melancholy, |
tattered suits of old clothes, discol-
ored by rain and sun.
When this is done, put down grav-
eled walks to the gate, the barn and
other places, where business calls you
in rainy or dry weather, to keep the
mud off the housewives floors, saw
ing her much labor.
The school house should by all
means share in the general clean up
and improvements. Too often this is
a most forbidding and forsaken look
ing place, with a weather-beaten
house set upon a bare hilltop where
it's ugliness cannot be hid. The
teacher might take up the subject of
improving such unfortunate sur
roundings and interest the children
in planting shade trees, hardy shrubs
and flowers around the building.
Many of the school houses we have
noticed have not even a wire fence
to protect them from the visits of
cattle and hogs to destroy whatever
might be planted. He or she might
organize a school grounds improve
ment society, the object of which
would be to make the surroundings
attractive. Almost without\ excep-
| ton the pupils would enter into such
a plan with enthusiasm, and if funds
are needed to buy fencing, entertain
ments might be given by the mem
bers for this purpose, which we are
sure the citizens of any neighbor-
hood would patronize literally, and
the desert around would be made Ito
blossom as the rose" and with the
roses. This to our mind would be an
ideal setting for an ideal school.
Such conditions are not beyond the
possibility of accomplishment. There
are in this, and in other States,
hundreds of neglected school houses
and grounds susceptible of a high
degree of improvement, if but the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
THE HOME CIRCLE


POe's Cottage at FOrdham.*
Here lived the soul enchanted
By melody of song;
Here dwelt the spirit haunted
By a demoniac throng;
Here sang the lips elated;
Here grief and death were stated;
Here loved and here minated
Was he, so frail, so strong.
Here wintry winds and cherries
The dying freight blew
While he whose song was peerless
Dreamed the drear midnight
through,
And from dull embers chilling
Crept shadows darkly filling
The silent place, and thrilling
His fancy as they grew.
Here, with brow barred to heaven,
In starry night he stood,
With the lost star of seven
Feeling sad brotherhood.
Here in the sobbing showers
Of dark autumnal hours =
He heard suspected powers
Shrek through the stormy wood.
From visions of Apollo
And of Astarte's bliss,
He gazed into the hollow
And hopeless vale of Dis;
And though earth were surrounded
By heaven, it still was mounded
VT.41 1900, H. ell I'D 10,,,IO1
The dolorous abyss.
Proud, mad, but not defiant,
He touched at heaven and hell.
Fate found a rare soul plant
And rung her changes well.
Alternately his Tyre,
Stranded with strings of fire,
Led earth's most happy choir
Or flashed with ISRAELI.
No singer of old story
Luting accustomed lays,
No harper for new glory,
No mendicant for praise,
He struck high chords and splendid,
Wherein were fercely blended
Tones that unfinished ended
With his unfinished days.
Here through this lowly portal,
Made sacred by his name,
Unheralded immortal
The mortal went and came
And fate that then denied him,
And envy that decried him,
And malice that belied him,
Have c~enotaphed his fame.
Henry Boner ("Boner's Ly-
rios 0l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10

"This is No. 1 Of q series OF Twenty-Five
North Carolina Poems selected especially for
The Progressive Farmer by the Editor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-05
(FYrst notice Dec. S-last Jan 81
IN COUNTY COURT, Villas COUNTY
in the matter Of Of the estate s..
Marcus SanbOrn deceased
q IN PROBATE.

Letters Of administration having been issued
so Mary oaaborn of the Town 81 Eagle RiV-
er in the county Of VilaN ald i5a5e OF WlScOn-
sin on the estate Of Marcus e. 5anborn late Of
the town Of Eagle River in the county Of villas
and state of Wisconsin, deceased, it Is ordered
shat the time until and including the 1rat
Tuesday OF July, A. D. 1903, be. and Is hereby,
allowed for the creditors Of Said Marcus r.
SanbOrn. decea Sed, to pre- sent their claims
for examination and allowance.
1t is further ordered that al claims and de-
snandS against said Marcus Sdnb0rn. dc.
ceased be received. examined and &dJudged
BY this Court at his Office in the Iown Of Eage
River in the county Of Villas AMI state OF Wis
eonSin, at the regular term thereof To be held
on the irSt Tue sday Of June, 1903, and on the
first Tuesday Of July 1903
It is further ordered that notice OF the times
and places at which said llimS and demands
will be received, examin d, aud adjudgcd as
aforesaid, and that the tl44e hereby limited Tor
the creditors to present their claims De given
by publication of this order and notice Tor -FOUR
Successive weeks once in each week, once IN
each week in the Villas County News, week
~ newspaper published in the Town OF Eagle
River in said county aGd state. First puDlca
tion to be within ten days from the date mere
OF. Dated this 2nd day of December, 1902.
BY the Court, n. A. GOLDMAN,
I" County Judge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-05
Monday, Jan. 5th. 1903.
IF rst not Nov. 3-last Jan. 81
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United states Land Office,


Notice is hereby given that in compliance
With the provisions Of the act of Congress Of
Iuae 3. 1873, entitled AN act for the sale Of
timber lands in the States Of California, Ore-
goa Nevada, and Wa 'hington Territory, az
extended to all the Public Land States by act
of August !, 1892, James Langill, Of Eagle RiV-
er. county of Villas State of Wisconsin, has
this day filed in this Office his sworn statement
No 2l2, for the purchase OF the " > W
a. of Section No. 30, in Township No. Il n,
Rauge No IL East and will offer proof to
show that the land sought is more valuable
for it's timber or stone than for agricul ural
purposes and to establish his claimtO said land
before the Register and Receiver of this Of
Ace at WaISau, Wis, on Tuesday the 9Th day
OF January. 1903.
lie names as witnesses: tna@. Nmpelmann,
N T. ,E0lnan John Ii 0bart Mat. Scneribel, al
of r yle River, Wis.
; A IVA nd all persons claiming adversely the
boyt escribed lands are requested TO h!e
their Il iimlSi this Office on or before said Ctl
anuary, 1903
JOHN W. MILLER. Register.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-05
First notice Dec. 15-last 49,
NOTICE For PUBLICATION.
Department of the InteT1O

DEUdI kIlCHL OI tIIC AICCI TOT
Land Office at WauSau, Wis, Dec. IL, l9O2
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has lied notice of his Intention
to make hnal proof in support OF his clam; ana
that said proof will be made before the CLERK
of the Circuit Court at Eagle River Wis. on
January "a, 1903, viz: MathieS Rettler, Who
made Fl E NO. 9775 for the 5 Wa : WA, sec.
49, Up ~ N, K ~ East.
he names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and CULTIVATION
2f said la 0d, viz Joseph rooley, Emmett Mar
co. Angus SOmers, j. j HUM all OF Eagle rlv-
$50 e. JOHN w. MILLER, Register.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-05
Coffee! Coffee.
7 I @ az ! ca!

We have been fortunate in Sc
curing the agency for the Chs,
& Sanborn S Famous Brands .
Teas and Cofees.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-05
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
BOARD o. SUPERVISE RS,
Villas COUNTY,

Continued from last week.
Eagle River, December 6, 1902, O'Clock a.
Name of Claimant Amt asked Amt. allowed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

These Chinese Endeavorers are remarkably lib
ersl Christians. For example. there is in san
Francisco society Of only fourty -four members
that gave for foreign missions. out OF their slen
der purses in a single year the splendid sum Of
s1.521.Ss
And these Chinese Endeavorers are courageous.
A noble instance is that Endeavorer Of salt
Lake City who prosecuted four Chinese gambling
houses. obtained convictions against two and
created sentiment which led 10 the closing OF
them all. He was bitterly prosecuted and threat
ened with death, but declared through his tears
THAT gamble must stop. If I die
In China II is said there many Endeav-
orers that they hold inventions with over a
thousand delegates; and there. also. they
equally heroic. During the Boxer riots more
than half of the North China Endeavor Union
were killed rather than deny their Lord. Twenty
members were left out of society of forty--so IL
went.
One Endeavorer led 10 execution on his
wedding day. just after he had spoken the words.
It'll death do US part" One girl, when sum-
moned. took her Bible in her hand and said
simply, II am ready" They asked one Endeav-
orer. why did you put your best clothes?''
Because" nc answered. 81 think am going TO
the palace of my King" They cut of his head
and then tore out his heart &c get at the secret
of his courage.
What to think OF a that capable
OF such Christian heroism? Should we not glad
ly. at some cost. send them the gospel?
AMOS r. WELLS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

To the Editor OF the Indiana polls Journal:
1 cannot understand why any senator
should wish to introduce bill to repeal
the law now in force which has given us
truancy officers in every county. and seek
TO place this work back in the hands of
trustees. an elective office. OF the several
attempts at compulsory attendance at
school this is the first law that has been
successful, and where enforced as it has
been in this county it is doing more good
than any law of it's kind ever placed on the
statutes of the State, and it would be a
great mistake TO repeal Ii just as IL is be-
ginning to show what Ii is worth. There is
and always has been class of people in
almost every locality that care nothing for
fort to send their children to school, and
this is the first time that a law has been
passed that an officer has been able to
reach them and compel them to send their
children to school. IT is this compusion
that they complain of and call petty tyr
amy, but if this law can be continued in
force for a decade or two and the truant
officers do their full duty there will be so
few illiterates in Indiana that they will
hardly make Il showing. The people OF the
State could well afford TO put up with a lit
enforcement of this law il can entirely
overcome this evil of ignorance Rather
than repeal the law IL would be better to
retain II IL is until its weak places, If it
has any, can be located and amend il. each
time making it little more effective if
possible +. NJ. BLACK, NJ. ID.
Peru, Ind, Jan. -.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

they can combine. to protect themselves
and save the State tens of thousands or
dollars every year in the purchase of text
books. The people are entitled to have free
textbooks as much as they are entitled 10
free teachers and free supplementary books
in every subject of study. Practically every
thing about the free schools is free ex-
cept the books. An unnoticeaby light tax
paid into the common school fund would
pay for them. II the State can handle all
the other school business better and more
economically than individuals IL can do the
same in handling the textbooks.
The people have been saved hundreds of
thousands of dollars since the State fixed
the price on textbooks al about half what
they used to be and made the books uni
form throughout the State. They can save
hundreds of thousands more through free
textbooks. The next economic educational
step is to make them all free or give the
cities and towns the right to make them
free to all pupils. has already been
done by the following States: Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont. Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island, Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Della
ware, Nebraska, Idaho. Connecticut, New
York. Ohio, Michigan. Wisconsin, Minneso-
ia. Iowa. North Dakota. South Dakota.
Kansas, Montana, Colorado, Washington
and Maryland-twenty-four in all.
w. s. HISER, Teacher.
Richmond. Ind, JAN %.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Favors valley Mills site.

TO the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Efforts have been made to represent the
South Side residents as opposed to the loca-
ton of the army post at Valley Mills and I
for one desire to say that L am heartily in
favor of that location. My reasons for this
position are the very facts which the op-
pcnents of the Valley Mills site urge
against il. namely-that the condition of
White river is unsanitary. that the route 10
the proposed site is disagreeable because
OF the offensive odors from the packing
plants and rendering establishments and
that the large number of railway grade
crossings render the route dangerous for
driving. / believe that. once the post is To-
Gated at Valley Mills. the South Siders will
have the powerful influence of the general
government and the military authorities
and that the city will in the end abate and
improve these unhealthful and unsanitary
conditions. This will cause the city consid-
cradle expense, to be sure. but IL will be
borne by the entire city. while the benefits
will be reaped by the property owners of
the South Side. AS one of this latter class
/ am anxious TO see such powerful influ-
ence as the government enlisted for the i'm