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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-23
AN ESTIMATE OF SENATOR HAMA.

The fairest. most judicial estimate of the late
Senator Hanna yet published is that of the New
York Outlook of February Goth. Midway be-
tween the bitter abuse Of the man by his oppo-
nents in 1896 and again in 1900, and the fulsome
~eulogies of his friends since his death, the follow
ing article sets the dead Senator in his true place
in history:
Marcus A. Hanna, United States Senator from
Ohio since 1897, and Chairman of the Repub-
lican National Committee since 1896, died in
Washington on Monday of this week, at the age
of sixty-seven. Mr.. Hanna was a generous and
devoted friend of Mr.. Mckinley. An almost ro-
mantle attachment existed between the two men.
and all the light that has been thrown on their
relations shows Mr.. Hanan in the attitude of an
unselfsh supporter and not in any sense a dicta-
tor. Mr.. Hanna was a party politician who rep
resented a system which is fast going into the
background, to be supplanted by a view of public
life and a practice of public duties of a much
higher order. He was a business man in politics
rather than a statesman. He looked at the in
terests of the country from a business point of
view, and a legislator ought to look at the inter
ests of a country from the standpoint Of a states
man: which includes the care of business inter
ests but includes also many things which lie out
side of and beyond business interests. Mr.. Hanna
was a straightforward, upright business man. who
carried his business virtues into his public life.
He was a strong friend and an equally pro-
nounced opponent. He stood Loyalty by the men
who were associated with him, and. according to
his conscience, he was a faithful public servant.
He was anxious to secure a practical working re-
latiOn between the wOrkingmen and capitalists.
and his endeavors in that direction were sincere
and arduous. He succeeded in dissipating a great
tanned against him, and he largely gained their
confidence. Among those who knew him well
were many who became his warm friends; and
during the last five years he had greatly ad-
vanced in the regard and confidence of the coun-
try. The best that can be said of him is that he
was a l~arge-minded business man in public af-
fairs; the worst that can be said Of him. that he
| looked at public affairs largely from the business
mans point of view, and. in dealing with them
was largely governed by party considerations. and
his party affiliations brought him into friendly
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-23

We hope that in many neighborhoods in which
The Progressive Farmer is read, arrangements
have already been made for recognizing Sub
Alliances Saturday of this week. If not, there
is no time to lose. There need be little Formally
about such a meeting; the plan of action has al
ready been outlined in The Progressive Farmer.
If it is impossible in your neighborhood to effect
an organization as early as Saturday, let a later
date be fixed on at once. There should be ONE
sort of farmers club at every school-house in the
State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-23

relations with men whose methods were bad. In
the fierce struggles within his own party it was
charged, apparently on good authority, that his
own methods were not above reproach. There
we're evidences that the larger interests of his
later life were educating him out of machine pol
itics into better methods and higher views.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-23
Dilemma for Young Husbands.

After a man has been married a couple of years,
if he doesn't try to act the way he did on his
honey moon his wife thinks he doesn't love her
any more; if he does, she is ashamed of him for
being so foolish.-New York Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-23
THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR

other nations to join in a movement for reducing
their standing armies and general military ex-
penditures, Rudyard Kipling startled Europe with
his now famous poem, "The Truce of the Bear"
In this poem England is represented as a blind
beggar, Russia is Adam-zad the Bear. The Russo
Japanese War has brought the poem. into new
prominence and we are reprinting it herewith:
Yearly, with tent and rifle, our careless white men
By the pass called Muttianee, to shoot in the vale
below.
Yearly by Muttianee he follows our white men
Matun, the old blind beggar, bandaged from brow
to chin.
Eyeless, noseless and lifeless-toothless, broken of
speech,
Seeking a dole at the doorway he mumbles his
tale to each;
Over and over the story, ending as he began:
Make We no truce with Adam-zad-the Bear that
walks like a man!
There was a flint in my m~usket-pricked and
primed was the pan,
When | went hunting Adam-zad-the Bear that
stands like a man.
l looked my last on the timber, l looked my last
on the snow,
When I went hunting Adam-zad fifty summers
ago.
81 knew his times and his season, as he knew
mine, that fed
By night in the ripened m~aizefeId and robbed my
house of bread;
/ knew his strength and cunning, as he knew
mine, that crept
At dawn to the crowded goat-pens and plundered
while / slept.
Cup from his stormy playground-down from
his well-digged lair
Ont on tho naked RIDGES ran Adom-zod the
Bear;
Groaning, granting and roaring, heavy with
stolen meals,
Two long marches to northward, and 1 was at his
heels
1.-TWO full marches to the northward, at the fall of
the second night,
1 came on mine enemy Adam-zad all painting from
his flight.
There was a charge in the musket-pricked and
primed was the pan
My finger crooked on the trigger-when he reared
up like a man.
"Horrible, hairy, human, with paws like hand in
prayer,
Making his duplication rose Adam-zad the Bear!
/ looked at the swaying shoulders, at the paunch's
swag and swing,
And my heart was touched with pity for the
mOnstrouS, pleading thing.
Touched with pity and wonder, 1 did not fire
then
/ have looked no more on womenT have walked
no more with men.
Nearer he tottered and nearer, with paws like
hands that pray
From brow to jaw that steel-shod paw, it ripped
my face away!
Sudden, silent, and savage, soaring as fame the
blow
Faceless / fell before his feet, fifty summer ago.
I heard him grunt and chuckle-I heard him pass
to his den,
He left me blind to the darkened years and the
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06

Harbin, Manchurla, is only three years old, but it is one of the great est cities of Asia. and has the larg- est European population of any Asiatic city, containing G000O Russians, be- sides the soldiers and 10000 Chinese. It will be the great four milling city of that region.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06
It Might Grow.

Miss Koy-No, Mir. Sophtly, I have never really considered you as lover
 MT. Sophtly-But don't you think you could learn to love me little?
 Miss Koy-But little learning, you know, is dangerous sthing.-Philadel phia Press.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06
The Masculine Way.

Wife-.Have another piece of cake, John!
 Husband-No; don't like homemade cake.
 Wife-But tbis isn't home-made; I bought it at a bake shop.
 Husband-Oh, you did. eh? Well, knew there was something about it I didn't like.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06

Mrs. Haskell, Worthy Vice. Templar, Independent Order Good Templars, of Silver Lake, Mass, tells of her cure by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege. table Compound.
 "DEAR MRS. Four years ago was nearly dead with inflamma- tion and alteration. 1 endured daily untold agony, and life was a burden to me. I had used medicines and washes internally and externally until l made up my mind that there was no relief for me. Calling at the home of a friend, noticed a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. My friend endorsed it highly, and decided to give it trial to see if it would help me. It took patience and perseverance for was in bad con- dition, and I used Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound for nearly five months before I was cured, but what change, from despair to happiness, from misery to the delight full exhilarating feeling health always brings. l would not change back for thousand dollars, and your Vegetable Compound is Q grand medicine.
 "I wish every sick woman would try it and be convinced" MRS. IDA HASKELL, Silver Lake, Mass. Worthy Vice Templar, Independent Order of Good Templars -s600O forfeit # original ducsd.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06
LEAF FROM THE PAST.
When New Straw Hat Was a Novel
 and Treasured Possession.

W AGAA a 4vGW 0tEaW 44ot W 00 d 4NOVC1 and Treasured Possession.
 In the early part of the last century there were fewer factories in this country than now, and many things were made by hand which to-day are the work of machinery. This was es- pecialiy true of the braid for straw hats. Rye straw was commonly used, although wheat was also in demand. But the rye straw had longer stems and was more easily handled.
 In driving along country roads, in Massachusetts particularly, late in the summer one would see great bundles of the straw hanging on the fences to dry. When the sun and wind had done their share of the work, 1t was placed in casks where sulphur was burning until 1t was bleached to a pale yellow. Then 1t was split into narrow widths suitable for braiding. The daughters of farmers did not have many pennies of their own in those days, and all were eager to earn money by braiding straw. Every little while men would pass through the villages, calling from house to house and buying the straw braid. They paid two cents yard for 1t.
 "District school" was in session only six months of the year-the rest of the time the children helped their mothers with the homework. When that was done they took up their braids for amusement and occupation. So much a day every girl expected to do as her daily "stint" She would carry it down by the brook or up in the apple tree when the summer days were long; or during the stormy hours of winter she would go with it to the old attic, where the swing hung from the cobwebbed rafters. But all the time her fingers must work busily, lest the men should call for the braiIs and find them unfinished.
 The factories where the straw was sewed were in the large towns. The simplest hats were of the braids alone. More elaborate ones had a fancy cord, also of plaited straw, sewed on the edge of the braid. This cord was made by the old ladies. Grandmothers and great-aunts whose eyes were too dim to sew would take the.r balls of straw with them on neighborhood calls. While they chat ted together, their hands would be weaving the yellow strands in and out, fashioning the dainty cord.
 The price paid for the cord was only half a cent yard, but this was better than nothing to those danes of a bygone generation.
 A poor country girl would begin to think of her hat from the time of seed-sowing. All summer she would watch the billowy grain. When 1t was gathered and only the empty stalks were left, she would tie them into bun dies and hang them in some sheltered nook to dry. Bleaching, splitting and braidlng-these she did herself.
 When the braids were finished and sent to the factory, how impatently she waited! Perhaps grandma con- tributed some of the cord she had made last winter, that the new hat might be more beautiful. At last the hat came home, and then what tryings on there were before the old gilt framed mirror in the .)arlor! How lov- lngly it's owner handled 1t as she placed 1t this way or that on her curly head. Oh, a new straw hat was in- deed thing well worth having Tn Those days OI tue i0ng agO.-5I rlirii-
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06

of Its existence; for while mercury and potash seem to cure and all external signs disappear, the dis. case is doing its destruc- tive work within, or the patient is constantly y h arasse d by returning symptoms and unmistaka- ble traces of the blood poison. Tn ous ands of physical wrecks and
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06
GOou Time to Die

GOod Time to Die Gloomy Man--Who is the fool who wrutc "I Would Not Die iii Spring timeT
 Wife-Fool!
 Gloomy Man-Yes. Springtime is just the season to die. Escape the spring house cleaning, you know.
 The Masculine Way. A pretty girl; crowded car: "Please take my seat," and there you
 are. A crowded car, woman plain; She stands-ard there you are again.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06

the glands of the gons swell the throat and mouth become tolerated. the hair eyebrows drop and often the entire surface of the body with copper-coored poch ckenng and Contagious Blood Poison eaherous and elusive the serpent You be carrying it veins with visible evidences
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06

After suffering twelve years from Contagious Blood Poison, and trying the best physicians obtaina bio, and all the patent medicines procurable, and stead lily continuing to grow worse, I gave up all hope of recovery, and physicians pronounced my case incurable. Hoping against hope, I tried 8. 8. 8. I Improved from the first bottle, and after taking twelve was cured sound and well, and for two years have had
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06
6ssA KILL THE @Y9 SERPENT

The worst disease the world has ever known, and the greatest scourge to the human race Contagious Blood Poison. One drop of the virus of this most horrible of all diseases will polute and vtate the purest healthiest blood and within short time after the first little appears the system filled with the awful poison and the skin breaks out in a red rash;
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06

THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,, ATLANTA, GA.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02
A ROUSING LOYE-FEAST
Not In the Memory CT tho Old
est Partisan Has There
Been Such a Meeting.

Cut OF II All Comes a Messase Telling
of United, Live, Active,
Aggressive Party.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02
HARMOuf
KEYNOTE:
Indiana Republicans Go n.
TO the Campaign With
No Apologies.
A ROUSING LOTE-FEAST
Not In the Memory CT tho Old
est Partisan Has There
Been Such a Meeting.
And Every Utteraace OF the
Leaders There BTecthed
OF Harmony.
Cut OF II All Comes a Message Telling
Of United, Live, Active,
Aggressive Party.
Those Who Were There Receives the
Inspiration CT the Leaders
NosIe utterances.
And With It the Conviction That An
other Republican Victcry Is
at Hand.
And With It the Conviction That An
other Republican Victcry Is
at Hand.

The recent love-feast OF the Repu6-
Leans of Indiana was declared by men
who have never failed in attendance
at these annual renewals of party
fealty, to have been the most largely
attended and the most enthusiastic in
its expressions of party loyalty within
their memory. Those who went to the
capital city of the state to partal1e of
the good things spread at this party
feast have returned to their respective
communities fired with the determine
ton to work as never before for the
continued success of the great party
in the ranks Of which they are proud
to be enrolled. Those who were not
so fortunate as to be there have re
ceived a message that ais wei in In
diana; message that tells of a
united party, a live party. and a party
that is militant, aggressive, ready and
anxious for the fray. They have re-
ceived the inspiration of notable utter
ances of the party's leaders; the in
spiration drawn from the admonitions
and advice of Governor Durbin, the
eloquence and enthusiasm of Senator
Beveridge, the lofty ideals and wise
cOunsels of Senator Fairbanks But.
above all, they have received the con
viction that another victory for the
Republican party is at hand, because
they have found that every man in the
party, from the state chairman to the
precinct committeeman, IS alert, en-
thusiastic, confident and determined
The love feast established a new
high-water mark for party earnestness
and zeal. Harmony, enthusiastic, pa
triotic, unmistakabIe harmony, was
the dominant note. 1t rang clear and
strong from the opening sentences of
State Chairman Goodrichs Introduce
DRY remarks to the rousing three
cheers for the success of the Republi-
can party in 1904 with which the
meeting was adjourned. It reached its
climax in the adoption of Governor
Durbin's motion that it be the sense of
the Republican party to Hold fast to
that which Is good; hold fast to James
cause only through organization can
we win; hold fast to our able senator's;
hold fast to our able Republican repre-
sentatives; hold fast to our able state
officers; hold fast to the principles Of
CIR party upon which we have woE.
upon which we stand today, and upc@
which we shall win in the future"
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02
FURTHER REMARKS
Several Members of Congress PIeas-
antly Heard From.

Several Members of Congress Pleas
antly Heard From.
Following the addresses OF the two
senators Governor Durbin called upon
the several Indiana representatives in
the lower house Of congress who were
I present, each Of whom contributed
very agFeaably to the love feast. !"
district, whose prominent position In
the house this session, has attracted
to him the eyes of the nation, dashed
some hopes when he said: "The gov
ernoF is trying to get an appropriation
from the government for rivers and
harbors and public buildings and a
few other things he wants, possibly.
But we paio into the treasury Of the
state Of Indiana 2 year or two ago
$685. 600 and we will quit on that for
a while" AS Mr.. Hemenway Is the
present watchdog Of the national
treasury; his remark YVES considered
significant 81 have no doubt that the
Republican party will win next time, .
continued Mr.. Hemenway. I'VE are
going to win because we are right. We
have no trouble in getting together
because we have something to get to-
gether about We are cartain to win
because we ought to, and while we
have differences Of opinion about the
man who should be elected, or about
the platform, we get together and de-
ternine how these things should be,
we counsel together and determine
upon the proper man. Out Of the little
stir we have had in Indiana we have
determined, first, that Senator Bever-
is the proper man to go back to the
United States senate. We have deter
mined, next. that James P. Goodrich
is the proper man to lead the Repub-
Hcans next time, and | am sure we are
going to win. I want to thank you
for the kind reception you have given
me, and while Indiana has charge of
the purse-strings we will guard them
pretty carefully. It is said that Indi-
ana never barks when the state comes
around, but we will be as careful as
we can about matters in regard to In
diana's public buildings and especially
in regard to appropriations for the
Ohio river"
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02

senate than this OF ours There L. no
man who stands higher in the counsels
of our party, no man whose advice is
cftener sought, no man whose advice
is ofteneT heeGed than Charles w.
Fair d. "a Al there is no
ms utoa tie faor 81 the senate
whose -. asy wo,- rather hear
in eioqac-t speech AMI Who is sought
more eagerly when they want anything
done. than Albert ]. Beverage of In
diana. Gentlemen, we have already
nominated the president-that thing
is settled. Now we want to make Jim
Goodrich chairman again In Indiana.
Then we want to elect q Republican
legislature and send Albert J. Beyer-
idge back to the senate Of the United
States, unanimously. And II | have
may way about 1t would again placs
at the head OF the national committee
to manage It's affairs in this campaign
the nohlest Roman of them alI-Mark
Hanna OF Ohio. Now, gentlemen. let
US go out and carry this enthusiasm
we get here today to the precincts of
this state OF ours. Let us look to In
diana; let us have no uncertain re-
suits in old Hoosierdom; let us go
down to the precincts and organize,
and organize, and organize, and fight
the battles Of this old party of ours.
Then, gentlemen, we will again vim
dictate the proud position Indiana to-
day occupies IN the states of this
Union and keep to the front the great
Republican party and the grand old
name of Indiana
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02
SENATOR Fairbanks
The Senior Senator Was rendered
Generous Ovation.

Indiana's senior senator. the Hon
Charles ". Tafrban7zs. w2s to- Tered a
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02
Watson Expresses Pride.

ed by the governor as the man who is
in position to provide ways and
means" an allusion to Mr. Watson s
recent promotion in congress to mem
bership on the important committee
on ways and means.
q am proud of the fact that | am
a member of the Indiana delegation in
the congress of the United States"
declared Mr.. Watson. NO state in
the Union is better represented in the
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02

Those Who Were There Received the
Inspiration CT the Leaders
No5Ie Utterances.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02
SENATOR BEVERIDGE
The Object of Special Interest to In
diana Republicans.


Senator Beveridge. whose re-elec-
ton by the legislature which viii be
chosen next year makes him an object
Of especial interest to Indiana Repub-
licans, were cheerd to the echo when
presented by Governor Durbin. The
senator plunged quickly into the heart
of his address. Our guaranty of vic
tory" said he, 'is the certaintv that
we viii continue to do well for the
nation Never forget that the surest
way to win is to deserve to win. With
these lofty views of the purpose Of poll
teal parties and methods of party wei
fare, we must prepare for the coming
campaign. For these are the idaels OF
the Republican millions and indeed OF
the whole American people. And the
thought of the massas must. co1trol the
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02
Ran into onen switch.

Carlisle, Pa, Jan. "A Cumberland
Valley passenger train ran into an
open switch near MELVILLE. Eleven
persons were injured, one Of whom he's
died. 1t is feared others of the injured
will die.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-02
Hoods Jnss0P0FiLLd
ard Pills

Remove all humors, overcome all
their effects, strengthen, tone and
invigorate the whole system.
"I had salt rheurn on my hands so that I
could not work. Itook Hoods sarsapariIa
and it drove out the humor. / continued
its use till the sores disappeared" MRS.
Ira o. R-oWG, RuIuford Falls, Me.
Hoods Sarsanasiila promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-18
TERSE TELEGRAMS

Tho Russian evacuation OF Niuchwang has
been competed.
The Rev. John G. Murray, of Baltimore, has
been elected bishop Of Kentucky.
The plant of the Augusta, Ca, Evening Her.
old was completely destroyed by fire.
The seventh biennial meeting Of the General
Federation Of Women's clubs is in session at St.
Louis.
Elias 8. Holiday was renomnsted for con-
gress by the Republicans Of the ffth Indiana
District.
The Republicans OF the ninth Illinois con-
gressonal district nominated for the fifth time
Henry 8. Boutell for congress.
The Wabash Railroad company has been
authorized to increase its capital stock from
$52 900 900. to 800. 100000.
The Wisconsin state Democratic convention
ratified the last national platform las the code
of national Democracy until a new platform 10
adopted.
The Western Union telegraph company has
issued an order cutting off all race reports from
subscribers in New York city. This is expect
ed to close all pool rooms in the city.
Jimmy Britt and Young Corbett have been
matched for the featherweight championship
OF she world. The fight will take place in San
francisco, but the date has not yet been set.
The Southern Baptist convention will meet
next year in Kansas City. 1t is announced that
almost $4,000 had been raised during the year
for foreign Missions and that workers arc now
needed moro than money.