The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-25

IL to Is they are not content with fir
ing anything less than a pack of crack
ers at a time.
The American toy balloon is a thing
that appeals to the childish Chinese
fancy, and the vendors are doing a
bigger business than they have known
since the Sacramento fair. Little
wagons are occasionally seen, and re-
Gently one boy had an automatic tin
horse that ran on the sidewalk when
ever the owner could find room for it.
The American toymakers find few
patrons in Chinatown, however.
FAMILY SUFFRAGE.
The new suffrage law just enacted in
Belgium contains a provision in which
1t Is distinctly in advance of every
other political community except
Wyoming. 1t gives every married
man two votes, one for himself and
one for his family. This recognition of
the rights and interests of the home is
something entirely new, and in a coun
try cursed as is Europe, with standing
armies and military despotism, would,
if generally adopted, greatly promote
the interests of peace. The married
man, Gays Bacon, hath given hostages
to fortune" He is made more cautious,
conservative and thoughtful by his
needs and responsibilities. He is more
or less influenced by the opinions,
wishes and judgment of his wife. In
short he is commonly spoken of in
society as a family man." And the
welfare Of the family is the main object
for which government exists. Ofcourse,
it is clearly unjust to have the wife
thus represented by another. She can
only be fairly or adequately repre-
sented by herself. The Belgian sys-
tenn has a suspicious resemblance to
the old odious provision of our national
constitution, that slaves should count
for two ffths in the general basis of
representation. But we may fairly
hope that in the case of Belgium, as in
our own, the enactment may prove a
halfway house to the full recognition
of political rights, duties and response
bilities for women.-The WOmam's
Journal.
FOE MOTHS.
One Of our lady readers sends US a
clipping from Good Housekeeping, and
says that she knows the suggestion is
good. 1t is as follows: There is one
preventive of moths, and one
which / have never seen mentioned,
says a writer. 1t is tansy. Sprinkle
the leaves freely about your woolens
and furs and the moths will never get
into them. When I was a child my
grandmother used to send me to the.
tansy patch on the hill with a large
basket in which to bring home plenty
of tansy leaves. In the garnet were
five large, hair covered trunks, studded
with brass nails, filed with her best
blankets, coverlets, flannel sheets, etc.
Some Of them had never been used
until my grandmother had grandchil-
dren, Notwithstanding she always had
a large family to provide beds for.
But the supply of her bedding, linen
and other household articles was in
excess of the demand.
This large amount of bedding, table
clothes, towels and linen sheets was
spun and woven in her fathers house,
and the girls were given full liberty to
take all they were willing to make up
for themselves. That vas part of their
marriage dover. lean well remember
how grandmother took the extra sup
ply out of those trunks in the garrett
once a year, hung the articles on a
clothes line down in the orchard, beat
them, and then put them away again
to lie amid the tansy leaves until
another year. The fourth generation
of her posterity are sleeping under
those same blankets and blue and
white c~overlets now, which proves the
efficacy of that remedy of the olden
time.
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