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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07

Maryland strenuously opposed Cor
man, speaks in the highest terms of
the Senator. German" says Major
Clark, would have been at home in
the Roman Senate. We have not
had so grim a statesman since Daniel
Webster. l have known German for
nearly a quarter of a century and
during all hat time I eve knew
him to indulge in a laugh in public.
No element of frivolity ever enters
into his dealings with affairs of
State. It is only in his home life,
which is ideal, that he throws off
his burdens. And no man ever loved
home than German does. See
ing him there, at frolic with children,
n would not imagine him to be the
Jove of the Senate, which he was,
and, no doubt, will be again. It is
said of Gorman," added the Major,
chat in all his public career, he has
never passed a Sunday away from his
family ; Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07
Celebrating Our Joys.

But they's one thing I've often
thought about, doc, that I have to
see, an that's the way human crea-
lures is everlastin1g buildin' memo
rials O their sorrers. I don't see why
we should celebrate only when we're
scourged. I've often thought tibet
God might enjoy the novelty of
havin' a steeple rise up into the sky
in JOY an thanksgivin's, instid O.
which most of 'em is sent up with a
vail. Eff houses for orphans is need
ed,-an' it's a livin' disgrace tibet
they are,-but if they are, why not
build one when God sends a little
child into a home instid o. when he
sees fit to take it away? The lady
tibet give the "author's readin'" here,
she was tellin' us about a little
mountain settlement where the young
engaged couples paid for the stained
glass winders, ez love come along, to
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bright-colored panes to stand for JOY
an to fetch the color of it into the
worship. Now, that struck me ez
purity. I wish't they was more thank
fulness brought into our religion, an
less m~ournin'. Not tibet I'd take out
one sweet memorial of the dead. Of
co'se, ez we git along further in spir-
ituaI growth, an come to realize the
unimportance of death an the inn
portance of life, a number O. these
things II pass away of themselves.
Monuments commeoratin' personal
sorrers is APP to selfish things, to my
mind. When they stand for princi-
pie, why, that's different. Sometimes
I think the world shows mo- selfish
ness in sorrer than it does in any
thing else, anyhow.-Ruth McEnery
Stuart in April Century.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07
German, the Sphinx of the Senate.

During his career in the United
States Senate, Mr.. Arthur Pue Cor
man, who has recently been ~re-elect-
ed to hat body, took conspicuous
rank among national legislators.
Among his constituents in Maryland
Mr.. German was long known as "the
SPHINX and his title followed him
TO the Senate, where he was both ad-
mred and feared.
Day after day." said one of his
OLD colleagues, "the grim Marylander
would sit listening to a heated de-
pate over some important measure.
Even II the proposed bill were against
Tie interests of his constituents he
would not interrupt Senators, either
10 ask questions or to combat their
arguments, nor would he mingle in
"e conflict when his fellow-oppon-
r,'S combined to fight the measure.
D"' when the whole subject had been
"l'eShed over, and the vote was about
De taken, German would break
u, oinInouS silence. With calm and
I'"caI Judgment he would review
"' entire subject, and then would
Ill the Senate with an oratorical
."OFt that would win the admira-
"on Of even his enemies"
""Jor James Albert Clark, who for
DS years as a Republican editor in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07
How the English Boys Answer Them.

How the English Boys Answer Them.
Of whom was it. said, "He never
smiled again.? William Rufus did
this after-he was shot by the arrow.
Ny favorite character in English
history is Henry VIII, because he
had eight wives and killed them all.
Edward III would have been King
of France if his mother had been a
man.
Alexander the Great was born in
the absence of his parents.
What followed the murder of
Beckett? Henry II received whacks
with a birch.
The principal products of Kent
are Archbishops of Canterbury.
The chief clause in Magma Charta
was that no free man should be put
to death or imprisoned without his
own consent.
Where were the Kings of England
crowned? On their heads.
What we're the three most impor-
tant FeudaI dues? Friendship, court
ship, marriage.
What do you know Dryden and
Buckingham? Dryden and Bucking-
ham we're at first friends, but o
booono cOntpmOOraripS.
What is Millions chief work? Mil
ton wrote a sensible poem called the
Canterbury Tails"
Give the names of five Shakes
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07
A Peculiarly Offensive Way of Murder
ing English.

From many letters on one subject
I select the following: MANY per-
SOL are bothered by the nominative
and the objective case. I wonder if
you would be willing to take up the
use of you and Z and you and me-
and tell when to use each? [ wish
that you would give a rule to be
guided by-a practical rule"
Where the dash stands in the fol-
lowing senteces,-"Ned will get tick
ets~for you and -" "John wishes
you and - to go with him." "They
tried to hit you and - with one
shot, shall we use the nominative
"T" Or the objective "me"? The diff
Guilty in all such sentences is, of
course, owing to the fact that "you"
has but one form for the nominative
and the objective case, whereas the
pronoUn of the first person has the
form II" for the nominative and
"me" for the objective. But since
the two pronouns are in precisely the
same construction, why not drop out
the "you" and see what form the
other pronoun will take if it stands
alone? Obviously, we should say,
"Ned will get tickets for me-" "John
wishes me to go with him." "They
tried to hit me-"
Our rule is, then, Use that form of
the pronoun which you would use
if it were not coupled with another.
Another rule, equally simple, is:
Use "you and p where you might use
the nominative "we"; use "you and
me" where you might use the object
i've Gus"
The same tests are applicable to
such sentences as the following,
which have been submitted by cor
respondents: "They bought meat for
papa and me" [us]; "That is a Sc
cret between Marion and me" [us1.-
Ladies Home Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07
Couldn't Escape Her.

ct couldn't get out of marrying
her," Henpeck explained. "When
she proposed she said: will you
marry me? Have you any objection?
You see, no matter whether l said
YES OF mo- she'had me-"
"Why didn't you just keep silent,
them"
Chats what I did, and she said:
Silence gives CONSENT and that end
ed me."-Phi1adeIphia Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07
Beware of the Attorney.

A Young lawyer, just starting in
bic profession, hung out his sign in
Connecticut town where there was
only one other lawyer, an aged judge.
4 cIose-fsted old fellow, thinking
70 oct legal advice for nothing, call
Cd mon the young man, told him he
was very glad he had come into town,
as the old Judge was getting super
animated, and then contrived in a
sort of neighborly talk to get some
legal questions answered. Then
thanking the young man, he put on
his hat and was about to leave, when
the young man asked him if he
should charge the advice, for which
the fee was five dollars. The old fell
low went into a violent passion, and
swore he never would pay. The
Young lawyer told him he would sue
him if he didn't.
So the old fellow went down to see
the Judge, found him hoeing in his
garden, and said:
That young scamp that's just
come into town! l dropped in to
make a neighborly call on him, and
he charges me five dollars for legal
advice"
Served you right" said the Judge;
you had no business to have gone
to him"
But have l got to pay it, judge?"
"Of course you have"
We'll, them" said the man, II sup
pose l must" and he started off.
Hold on" said the Judge; "aren't
you going to pay me?"
Pay you? What for?"
For legal advice"
What do you charge"
Ten dollars"
The result was that the old fellow
had to pay five dollars to the young
lawyer and ten dollars to the old
one.
Fiat iustitia ruat coelum.-Ex-
change.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07

pearean plays. Macbeth, Mikado.
Quo Vadis, San Toy, Sign of the
Cross.
A man who looks on the bright
side of things is called an optionist,
and the one who looks on the dull
side is called a pianist.-Atlahtic
Educational Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-07
About Writing Letters.

- - SOo
and meeting a reputable looking pen
son, asked a civil question, naturally
you would expect an answer. In the
vast majority of instances you would
get it. But if you were in business
that involved correspondence it
would not take you long to learn
that out of every ten letters you
wrote, even though enclosing a
stamped envelope for reply, about
from three to five would never re-
spond. In fact if you heard from
half of them it would be a good re-
turn. Now what is the reason of
this? In the first instance it may
happen that the recipient is a per-
son who does not get many letters,
and to whom writing is even as a
dose of medicine. This man, when
he gets out his writing paper on
a Sunday, hunts up his corroded
pen, pours a little water in the ink
bottle, and squares himself at the
kitchen table. The whole house is
enjoined to rigid silence. Pop is
going to write. The act of writing
is a sight. He sprawls all over the
table, dips his pen in the ink, tries
it, wipes it on his hair, and begins
over again. He generally knows
where he lives, and what month it is.
As this goes down he has his mouth
open, his lower jaw works around
slowly with the motions of the pen,
and if you looked under the table
you could discern his toes following
the jaws and pen. He usually gets
as far as "deere bruther" when he
decides he has done about all the
literary work the law demands, and
he quits for the day, and incidentally
for all time to come. You never
hear from him, though like an un-
mentionable place he is full Of good
intentions.
The other man is fully determined
to do it, and he sticks your letter
in his pocket, where it stays till
next winter, when his wife hauls it
out and asks him about it. This
mans head is very much like a CO.
coanut-has a very big round hollow
inside. He is not entitled to any
good intentions benefit. For some
wise purpose the Good Being did not
even give him that. And you'll never
hear from him. And there is the man
who does actually write. Fact! You
would hardly believe it of him. But
he does. The only thing he fails
to do is to head his letter or sign his
name. He is like unto a cracked
egg, not worth full price but as good
as any-about the house.
There are others and others, and
then there is the mar who meets the
duties of the day as they arrive. He
writes, tells what is wanted, and
mails the letter at once. This party
deserves a good long life, a funeral
procession a mile long, and many
tears, for he is none too common
The Inglenook.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-06-11
Were Forced to nln.

Barker 4 Pliter delivered about 10, 600
head Of sbeep At Arlington last week to
Courteney, Of Seattle. Considerable
trouble arose between buyer and sellers
over the deal and government inspect
or required the sheep TO be dipped be-
fore being shipped. This entaIIed a
heavy expense 10 the sellers who had to
build watts aud dip the entire band. One
thousand head were rejected by the buy
or and were brought back 70 the range.
The fact that although several experts
we're there and carefully examined the
sheep for scab and failed to find q single
insect reflects great credit on our county
stock Inspector, A. L. Dothie, who had
looked after the bands before they were
sold. Mr.. Duthie ls thorough in his
work and Ia making an ideal officer.
There 10 talk Of big damage suits as
result Of the deal,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-06-11
More Water Needed.

The phenomenal growth OF Condor
lately has made necessary greater sup.
ply OF water for the use OF the city AM.
the members OF the city council who are
In town have lately been busy consider
ing the most feasible plan for augment
ing the supply. Councilmen Hollen
and Klser spent most Of the day Monday
investigating the spring on the Clark
estate one mile south Of town which II
has been suggested could be pumped up
to town. They found nm apparent good
flow OF water coming from the spring
bat IL was not in shape that any test of
the actual flow could be made. II, when
cleaned out and opened up. the spring
proves TO be Of sufficient volume 10 af-
lord an adequate supply Of water, il
will be secured by the city and steam
pumping plant will he put In 10 force
the water to town. The spring is about
276 feet below the city water tower.
The steam well drill was pnt to work
Tuesday morning sinking well for the
city on the lots where the water tower
stands. Shonld the spring be OF aufii-
cient volume to supply the city the we'll
will only be sunk to the fret vein OF va
ter but II the spring shonld prove insult.
ficient 1t Is probable that the new well
will be sunk 500 feet or more II necessary
60 s~eure : sutacsent Cow 70 suppiSPtne
city's needs.
A new 50 h p gasoline engine has
been ordered and will be at once placed
in position at the we'll which was sunk
last winter and the old engine will be
kept at work at the old we'll. Jay Barr,
an expert gasoline engineer, has been
placed in charge Of the pumping plant
and is getting all the water which the
two wells afford.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-06-11
LONE ROCK.

The sheep owners are busy hauling
their wool to Heppner. Most of the
sheep have gone to the mountains for
Summer range.
A strong move 10 on foot now 10 get a
government reserve esta ablished along
the mountains south OF Lone Rock.
Some Of our people attended the pio-
neer meeting over in Wheeler county
and report having bad an enjoyable
time.
JEFF Hayes hauled over q fine 2-year-
old Hereford bull from Heppner this
week which weighed about 1900 pounds
and was the property OF Joseph Frizzell
he having purchased 1t FROM Oscar Min
or for $l25.
The crops in this vicinity are needing
rain badly.
While on their way to Heppner last
Saturday Irv Bennett and his wife met
with quite serious accident. One of
their horses started to kick and one of
the lines broke aud MIR. Bennett was
thrown out while the horses ran away
with Mrs. Bennett still in the rig and
ran considerable distance before she
was thrown out. She was rendered IN
conscious for several hours. Mr. Bennett
was taken to Heppner and is improving
hut is not able to return home yet.
Mrs. Wick went to Condor Monday
returning Tuesdoy.
DR.. Butler, the anti-tooth ache man,
came up on Mondays stage and will re-
main in our town several days jerking
out old teeth and putting in new ones
for the people.
Hank Morgan, OF Lost Valley, was Wis
ihle TO the naked eye on our streets
Monday.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-06-11
Tho cron Proapaota.

The north wind which has prevailed
for severaldays has been dIsagreeable
hnt, 40 far as we have been able 70 learn.
has a. yet done no material damage 10
the crops. The Fall sown wheat Is need
Ing rain but the spring grain ls said 10
10 growing finely with plenty Of moist
ure yet In The ground. Heavy showers
passed around south and east Of as Tues-
day evening and the indications, at this
writing, are sUmewhat favorable for
more precipitation. The season has
been unusually back ward but the out.
look iu not yet entirely discopragiug.
The Furry Canyon and Maysille sec.
tIons hsve had more rain than the Inn
mediate vicinity of condon has had and
prospects are quite. brignrin lhese Sec
tions Tor m average crop.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-06-11
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

Notice is hereby given that on the 2sd day
Of March, 1908, Colda y W. Vincent, Of Condor,
Oregon, was duly adiudicated bankrupt; and
that the first meeting of his creditors win be
held at Room 600. Chamber OF Commerce
Building, Portland, Oregon, on the
2Sd day Of June 1908, at ten o'clock
A. NJ, at which time the said creditors
may attend, prove their claims, appoint trus.
tee, examine the bankrupt and transact such
other business as may properly come before said
meeting,
patcd at Portland, Oregon. this Sth day Of
June 1908.
ALEx swEEK,
Referee in Bankruntcy
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-06-11

Header Box Floors, tanks. and wagon
wheel Felloes are kept from shrinking
or warping by painting with CARBO-
LINEUM. 1t will double the life of a
fence post at the cost OF one cent pei
post. Clarke & Frazer.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-06-11

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II it fails to cure
Il. W. Groves signature is on each box. asc
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-06-11
For Sale.

Comfortable dwelling and four desir-
able lots in Condor. A bargain. En-.
quire at GLcRE cffice, 14dI7.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-01-16
HElNzE A FIGHT.
Millionaire Mine Owner Said to Have
Applied Vile Epithets to a judge.

Butte. Mont, Jan. 14.-F. A. Heinze,
the millionaire mining man and famous
litigant with the Amalgamated COM
pany, had a fist fight in a barroom with
John M. Dixon, an attorney. Heinze
was accused of having used a vile cpl
tibet against Judge Hiram Knowles OF
the United States court, which Dixon
resented. The result was a fight.
Heinze, who is much the heavier man,
forced Dixon down on one OF the grill
seats, where he choked him until the
attorney cried enough.
1t appears that Mr.. Dixon and several
friends were in the barroom of the ho-
tel when Heinze entered. He accepted
an invitation to join the party, and the
conversation drtfted to politics and in
cidentally to the successes and failures
Of Mr.. Heinze, until finally, after some
time, Heinze is said to have applied a
vile epithet to Judge Knowles, where
upon Dixon took off his coat and de-
clared hat there must be a r~etraction
or a fight. Heinze repeated the epithet,
and Immediately Dixon struck him. Mr..
sHeinze %retaliated with a blow on Dix
on's nose. There were some rapid exr
changes before they were finally seps-
rated.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-01-16

have, what they want as their homes are
at stake and their children should havel
the benefit of the very best conditionsl
ject let ali politicians Ego way back and
sit down. and let efe plain people settle.
the matter In their own counties, all over.
this great western country. for we Ger
Itairly can trust the people most yitally
I desire to cali the special attention Of
every stock raiser to the worlds EXPOSE
tion in st. Louis in 1904, and to urge every
breeder of registered stock to get ready
for one of the greatest contests of the
various breeds ever known In the world.
AS to the proposed merger Of inter-
ests by the packers at Chicago, Kansas
City, st. Joseph, Sioux City, Omaha and
Fort Worth, President Springer said:
Never before was such an unholy COM
bination attempted. Not content with
amassing colossal fortunes in the past
two decades from the stock raisers of the
out as would-be dictators. The stockmen
of the United States have over four bill
lions of working capital. If forced to do
50. we can build packing plants Of our
duct and undersell any packing house
trust. We have men outside this charm,
ed circle" who have money, brains ana
energy, and with these three they also
lave hearts left in their physical an-
atomy. Let us pronounce sentence that
If this merger is consumated, It can OPP
crate lIS SOUU, USV,VUU,UVV LlcIBSI WAlHOuS Cot
tie. without sheep and without hogs, for
we own the raw material and we Will re-
fuse to sell to any packing house trust.
Secretary's Report.
Charles F. Martin of Denver, secre-
tary of the association followed with
the annual report. 1t showed a steady
increase in the membership and scope
of the association.
The afternoon session was taken up
with the annual report Of the executive
committee, introduction of resolutions
and consideration of general business.
Papers were read by L.. G. Boyle of
Missouri on Mortgage Law With Ref
erence to Live Stock" by j. Ithycomb
Of Oregon on 1.-The Great Northwest as
a Stock Country" by ". v. Galbreath
of Texas on Railway Live Stock
Agents and Their Relation to Ship
pers," and by Thomas Kelly of Him
OILS on Movement of Live Stock, and
Prospects for 1909" Each paper wa
| discussed by the delegates.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-01-16
ALoRIcH SHORT OF COAL
Defender of High Tariff Forced to Pay
$18 a Ton. Il

Providence, r. l.. Jan. Ex-senator
Nelson Aldrich Of this state. who OPP
posed the suspension Of the tariff on
coal in the debate in congress last
week, which proposition was designed
to relieve the high price famine, has
been caught short Of fuel at his War
wick Neck castle.
His agent sought for the requisite
supply in many directions, and finally
in the little factory village of Center
vile, in the Pawtucket valley, a pur-
chase Of several tons was made at SIS
a ton, with 50 a ton for carriage. This
price of SIS a ton is one of the highest
paid h~ereabouts since h coal famine
became a question Of national impor-
tance.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-01-16
HAVE THEIR w A
Democrats in Colorado Legislature
Make Radical Rules.

Denver, Jan. I3.-The legislature yester-
day canvassed the vote on state officers.
The only democrat elected was Mrs.
Helen Grenfell, who received S7,013, against
i,342 cast for Mrs. A. B.. Branst, repub-
iican.
Mrs. Grenfell was Endorsed by the pop
ulist state convention.
After the joint session of the legisla-
ture the senate met and adopted Its
rules. A sensational feature was one
making reports of the committee on
elections unbeatable.
Another was a rule providing that If
The president of the senate shall at any
line refuse to submit a question to vote
he secretary of the senate shall, upon
The request OF any member, ~supersede
the president until the question is dis
posed OF s@
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-01-16
vIaNAUD MAKES REPLY.
Publishes Letters UNFOLDING Claims in
.ToscaneIIi and Columbus"

"ToscaneIIi and Columbus"
Paris, Jan. 14.-Henry Vignaud. first
secretary Of the United States embassy
here and vice president of the Amer
icanists' Society Of Paris. has just pub
lished his letters written to Sir Glenn
ents Markham, president Of h Royal
Geographical society, and Charles Ray
mond Boazley. in reply to their criti-
cisms on his book, "Toscanelli and CO.
lumbus." These latest contributions to
the interesting controversy were raised
by Mr.. Vignaud's assertion that. the
famous documents ascribed to Tosca-
nelli, the learned Florentine astrono-
mer, were fabricated. They clearly set
forth arguments against the au-
thenticity Of T~oscanelii's alleged letter,
and favor the story Of the pilot, who is
said to have given Columbus the hint
which led to the discovery Of the west
ern hemisphere.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-01-16
BULL FIGHTER KILLED.
Famous BanderiIio Gored to Death in
Arena at Juarez, Mexico.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. l4-The annual
bull fights at Juarez, Mexico, held in
honor Of St. Guadalupe, the patron
saint Of the republic, reached a thrill
ing climax when the famous banderillo,
Francisco Matillera, was gored to death
by a fierce Samalayuca bull. Matillera
was pierced through both thighs by the
beasts horns and pinned to the para
pet. His bones were broken and his
flesh horribly torn.
Five thousand people, many of them
Americans, who had come to the city
to attend the Ell Paso carnival, wit
messed the spectacle. Several American
women We're overcome by the sight and
tainted, but Mexicans in the audienc
cheered Justify over the torture Of the
banderillo, who was borne from the
arena in a dying condition.