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OLD COINS.

Here is the Oldest coin ever made
in the world" said a collector to a re
porter for the Washington Star n
day. 1T was made about the year 700
B. @. in Hgina, and you will observe
the design in high relief represents a
tortoise crawling across the face of the
piece. You will not find any dateupon
it, because no coins were dated prior to
400 years ago. The most beautiful coin
ever made, in my opinion, is the silver
piece Of Macedonia, which was current
in Macedon, now Constantinople, 500
years before Christ, or 200 years earlier
than the time Of Alexander the Great.
Though it's face value is only fifty three
cents, the coin is worth a price today
that would astOnish you.
Here is a specimen Of coin Of small
est value ever issued. It is the mite, ,
8o-called, such as the widow of the
Bible story dropped into the slot for
the poor, though it was her last one.
One fftieth of a cent it was worth, and
you observe if you look close that its
shape is hexigonal.
Now, here is a piece of money that
is worth $3.50, 1t is simply a rectangu
lar piece Of gold, stamped with the
characters of China, from which coun
try it comes. Jumps of gold are used
IN China for currency of large demon.
nations.
This coin with the head of the beau
tlful woman upon it, so exquisitely de
signed, vas minted in Egypt during
the rein Of Ptolemy P~hiladeIphus, 25C
Years before Christ. The lovely head
Is a likeness, of Ptolemy's wife and
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queen, Arsenoe, who was grandmother
by six removes to the famous Cleopatra.
l put ltthat way, because there were in
reality several Cleopatras, thoughmost
people imagine there was just one.
Here Is a gold piece that was issued
by Darius the Great before the Children
OF Israel returned from the captivity.
Here IS something comparatively mod
ern-the marriage piece of Ferdinand
and Isabella, issued to celebrate their
union sometime before Columbus dis
covered America.
Here is the smallest coin ever issued
the thirty-second of a ducat, minted
in the year 1850 A. D. in the free city
of Nuremberg. 1t was worth Il cents.
And by the way, it was the Swiss who
first put dates on the coins that they
made.
Perhaps the funniest coins in the
world T those ~roundish, irregular
Jumps of silver from Siam, running
down from the bigness OF a walnut to
the size of a buckshot, ~accorning to the
value represented. You will notice
from the display Of United States coins
in this or other cases that during the
first year when we coined money in
this country, in 1892, we had nothing
but copper. In 1894 we obtained some
silver from Mexico, and two kinds of
silver coin appear. Not till 1899 did
we gat gold coins, consequent upon the
discovery of that precious metal in
different parts of these large and great
United States"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-09

their good looks through ignorance or
intemperance there is no doubt. Good
wine, a good table, a good time and no
restrictions are the murderers of good
health as we'll as beauty. A radiant
wife, who has children and grand
children, recently gave a writer for the
San Francisco ArgOnGut this informa-
ton regarding 1.-The care taking" that
has kept the roses in her face: Ten
hours sleep, funny papers, good novels
and the society of bright people; warm
bath always at 5 o'clock and a glass of
hot water Immediately after; then
dinner, always soup, never any greasy
or spiced dishes, very little meat,
plenty of vegetables, glass of wine
and fruit and coffee. Before break
fast a cool sponge bath, never a cold
one; then fresh fruit, coffee, a soft egg
and toast-this three hundred and
sixty-ive days in the year. l am a
happy woman, and my M of the
ridiculous is the tonic of my life"
Adelina Patti is a very small eater aud
most methodical in her habits. A
wealthy lady living in New York goes
to the gulf every winter ito eat oranges
for her complexion" She goes abroad
to give her digestive system a vacation,
and she takes the Baden-Baden baths
for a skin tonic. A poor beauty, who
kears a Drivate school for a living and
never has more than one months rent
ahead of expenses, eats fruit after each
meal to cool the blood; rides in a jolt
ing car whenever her liver is torpid;
takes o vapor bath when her skin gets
dry, and her complexion is russell
tinted. Her chief drinks are milk and
lemonade, and she declares that with
hot water she can cure any bodily all
ment; she baths in it, drinks it, and
goes to bed with a bag of it for the seat
of pain.
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tains may be destroyed by boiling, In
England, where milk is rarely boiled,
there have been occasional local cpl
denies caused by the use of milk from
diseased cows.
In 1870 an epidemic of typhoid fever
at Islington was propagated in this
manner. Epidemics of Group and scar
latina have also in England been at
tributed to the same cause. The nutri-
tive and hygienic qualities of milk and
It's tendency to transmit disease have
for the last ten years been frequent
subjects for discussion at the sessions
OF the Paris Academy of Medicine. The
matter is sufficiently practical and i'm
portant to attract the attention a little
Oftener Of medical associations in
America.-W, " Goodrich, in Atlanta
Journal.
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GUESTS AND THEIR HABITS.

A m of tact will have little
difficulty in learning the likes and dis.
likes of a guest, as to food, entertain
ment, sleeping customs and the like.
Many of these. things are in fact proper
subjects for mutual confidence, the in
itiative of which should be taken by
the hostess, in a spirit and manner to
invite free communication on the part
Of the visitor. This is especially appli-
cable to games and diversions, whether
of cards, dominoes, lawn tennis, thea
ter, church or prayer-meeting. The
habits and preferences of a visitor
should always be respected to such a
degree as not to place her in an en-
barrasing position. Given conscien-
tious scruples against the playing
cards, it would be very discourteous
for the members of the family to insist
upon playing in her presence; and
scarcely less so to devote themselves to
other diversions in which the visitor
had no interest.
Yet the wife and mother who chances
to temporarily fill also the position of
hostess, ehould not forget that the
claims Of her family are not in any
manner diverted by the presence of a
stranger within the gates" and that
these claims upon her must be met
and discharged, first of all, This con-
~sideration may sometimes bring a seem
ing conflict, but should that be the
case, the path of duty is the path to be
followed Good Housekeeping.
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IN THE
How to Iron Shirt Bosoms and Other
Articles Requiring a Fine Polish.

How to Iron Shirt Bosoms and Other
Articles Requiring a Fine Polish.
1t is presumed that the %starching has
been done and the shirt is ready for
ironing. The following advice from
Good Housekeeping will then be found
useful:
A bosom board is indispensable, and
the best style is that with clamps at
the corners for holding the bosom
firmly in place. The best covering is
one Of short flannel, and if there are
two or three thicknesses so much the
better. 1t is scarcely necessary to say
that everything connected with the
work-irons, boards, covering, cloths
must be scrupulously clean. Plenty
Of salt and strong paper should be at
hand, SO that if necessary the iron may
be quickly freed from any adhering
starch.
The first stages of the work are done
very much as any other articles are
ironed. The best method is to iron
first the neckband (Which is never
~starched), then the sleeves, folio wing
with the back and then with the I'M
starched front. If the wristbands are
to be polished, they should have atten-
ton before the bosom is taken in hand,
in order that there may be no danger
of injuring the latter by any final
manipulations. The bosom board hav-
ing been put in place, and the shirt
fastened in position, if that be practi-
cal, it is an excellent thing to cover the
bosom with a wet cloth and iron 1t over
quickly with a very hot iron. The
cloth is then removed, and with an
iron as hot as it can be used without
| danger Of scorching the linen rub the
bosom rapidly up and down, taking
pains not to pass the iron either across
or diagonalLy upon the fabric. AS TIL
is being done the bosom should be
pulled into place, if necessary.
A polishing iron with a rounded por,
ton is very desirable in this work, as
all the energy can be concentrated
upon a small surface, bringing out
readily all the gloss Of the starch and
the linen. If, unfortunately, the work
should be scared so as to give a yellow
tinge, it should be hung in the sun
which will in a few hours draw out the
discol0ratiOn. This is a valuable fact
not known to every wielder of the
smoothing iron. Some laundresseE
dampen the bosom with a wet clotE
before beginning to iron, instead O
spreading the clo.h over, but the latter
! is much the better way.
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a BOOK AGENTS WIT.

Ready wit and imperturbable good
humor are essential portions of the
successful book agents stock in trade.
This was strikingly illustrated the
other day, when one of these much
abused but industrious and ~enterpris.
ing individuals contrived to gain &C
cess to an irascible and profane but by
no means bad hearted bank president,
who possessed the somewhat rare vir-
tue of being able to appreciate a joke
at his W expense.
Get out of here quick, and go to
hell" he exclaimed to the book agent,
before the latter had time to state his
business.
THANK you" replied the ~itinerant
vender of literature, bowling and back
ing toward the door. Then l shall
have the pleasure of seeing you again"
Everybody in the room laughed, the
banker included, and when the noise
had subsidized he promptly made atone
ment for his rudeness in his own pecu-
liar fashion.
That's one on me, he said, iii
take S. worth of whatever you are
selling, and cry quits. And when we
meet again I hope it will be where
everybody sings hymns.-NtW York
Herald.
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A

A cottage bedroom is capable Of 10
much p%rettiness On a small outlay that
it is a pleasure to take it in hand,
writes Ella Rodman Church in the
Ladies' Home Journal. The red wood
work, however, must not find its way
there, a cream white or pale pink being
preferable. Mating for the floor, with
a small rug at the bedside, is clean
and pretty; and the room with pink
woodwork could have a cream colored
paper or the palest Of sage green. If
preferred, a Kensington art rug for the
center Of the floor can be had in very
pretty tones of green, or in gray with
pink daisies. For the windows scrim
or cheese cloth curtains with broad
hens tied back with ribbon of the
prevailing color. A cotton fringe with
little balls or tassels makes a pretty
! finish to these curtains and can be
ripped off when they need to be
washed. AS the principal feature Of
a bedroom is the bed this should receive
the first attention. The mattress should
be a comfortable one, even if this
necessitates a palmer bedstead, as the
bedroom, more than any other apart
ment, is primarily for use. An ordi-
nary iron bedstead may be enameled
in white or pink, or any other color
desired, and put in M corner-where
a fascinating drapery a be arranged
on a tester of broad triangular fitting
into the corner; or, if the size Of the
room will admit of such an encroach-
ment On it's space, place the head only
against the wall and hang the drapery
over a short pole fastened above it.
This drapery will be very pretty of
cheese cloth, or of cretonne in a small
pattern. A dressing table, lounge and
chairs can be covered to match; and
where cheese cloth is used a lining of
silesia will give sufficient body for
furnishing a spare room
RULES WHICH H RICH A OBSERVE.
The beauty Of form and color that
endures till middle age is rs r as a
hrOun-nve6 blonde. That women wreck
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-09
HOUSEHOLD.
SALMON SALAD.

Take two pounds Of cold boiled sal
mon. remove the skin and bone, break
the fish in pieces, and put into a bowl
with a little salt, cayenne, vinegar, the
mice of a lemon, and a tablespoonful
of oil. Let stand on ice one hour. Put
crisp lettuce leaves in a salad bowl,
add the salmon, pour over a mayor
naise dressing, garnish with olives,
and serve very cold. Canned salmon
NAV be used in making this salad.
CHICKEN JELLY.
Cut q chicken as for a fricassee,
Put it in & double boiler with an even
teaspoonful Of celery seed, cover closly
and let it cook for five hours. Strain
it through an ordinary ~strainer, and
leave it to stiffen. Remove all the fat,
melt the jelly, add salt to taste, and
strain it through two ~thicknesses of
cheese cloth. The quantity will be
about half a pint. An excellent broth
is made by adding three tablespoon
fuls.o of boiling water to one of jelly.
MERINGUE PUDDING,
To a pint of grated bread crumbs
add a quart Of milk; mix together five
ounces Of sugar three ounces Of butter
and the beaten yolks Of five eggs.
Crate the outer yellow rind of two
lemons and with the juice of one mix
all together; flavor with ground mixed
spice to suit your taste; put the mix
ture in a buttered pan and bake Is
minutes. Beat the whites of the eggs
to a spongy froth with three ounces of
fine sugar; take the pudding out of the
oven, add the meringue and when
slightly colored it is done.
HICKORYNUT CAKE.
Four eggs, two cups Of sugar, me
half cup of cream or butter, q cups of
-four, two tablespoonfuls of baking
powder. Bake in jelly tins, and be-
tween the layers spread the following
cream: two eggs, n cup of sugar,
two heaping tablespoonfuls of corn
starch, one coffee-cupful of chopped
hickorynut meats, one pint of milk.
Beat the eggs, sugar, cornstarch and
nuts together and stir it into the pint
Of milk while it is boiling; let it cook
as thick as a custard, and when cold
spread it between the layers,
A NICE SAUCE.
Put one cup g~ranulated sugar and
half-pint of water in a saucepan, stir
over the fire until the sugar is dis
solved, then boil until it spins a thread.
Have ready the yolks Of three eggs
beaten to a cream; pour the boiling
syrup over the eggs in the bowl; stand
the bowl in a pan Of cracked ice, and
beat constantly until you have a thick
mixture, resembling that Of a sponge
cake. Add four tablespoonfuls of
sherry or curacao; one-half pint of
whipped cream may be stirred in at
the last moment just before serving.
For variety's sake this might also be
favored with lemon.
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CHOICE AND CARE OF SHOES.

COWnlu6 IS not the most S0rVlC0aDIo
leather on the farm. This coarse leather
the soonest becomes hard and cracked,
while it is always uncomfortable. Nor
is cowhide the best protection. Both
dampness and cold air penetrate it
more readily than a closer, lighter
leather. For farm wear I find heavy
calfSkin the most serviceable and eff
cient. 1t never breaks when properly
oiled, excludes moisture and cold well,
and is easy to the foot. There are
feathers and feathers. Some cowhide
is close, some calfskin is open. Open
leather is usually highly polished The
polish is used to FIJI and hide the open
pores, Good leather best sells itself,
hence the surface Of it is rarely hid
when it is made into O. shoe.
Gewgaws are often put on shoes and
boots to distract attention from defec-
tive leather; Of course they deceive
only the thoughtless and vain. Buy a
plain, looking boot or shoe, wherein the
leather shows for itself. Pass by the
shoe that is highly polished and adorned
with nickel plate or fancy colors. We
r forced to walk through mud and
snow and wet manure, and over fresh
turned soil, hence our shoes are very
apt to become so rigid that the move
ment Of the foot cracks and breaks the
leather. In reality, the leather does
not wear out; the moisture rots it, and
thus makes it easily broken.
The remedy for all this is oil, which
will fill the pores to the exclusion of
moisture, thus preventing the rotting,
and as it also makes the leather pIiabI9
it will greatly reduce the strain that
breaks it, while making the shoe easy
to the feet But the efficacy of oiling
depends much upon the way it is done.
The leather must be cleaned. Water
may well be employed, for it will enter
the pores somewhat, and when dried
out will leave them all the more open
to the oil. When the leather is clean
place it where it will not dry too rap
idly, and apply the oil while dampnees
is yet just perceptible.
There is no better application than
one half neatsfoot oil the genuine
article not always easy to get,) one
fourth castor oil and one-fourth tallow,
we'll mixed, Do not have the applica-
ton so hot that it is uncomfortable to
the hand. Rubbing, rather than heat,
is to be depended on to get the applica-
ton we'll into the leather. Oil as often
as the leather loses its pliability. This
will double the life of the boot or shoe
and make it easy on the foot, 1t also
makes it warmer and a better protec-
ton against wet, for the pores being
filed with oil, moisture cannot pene-
trate the leather, and the warm air
about our feet is more closely confined,
while the cold air is the better kept out.
Form and Home.
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Poetry.
H DELINQUENT

Nv time is out know, tits true;
NE year is past-the pay is due,
Id n conscience a Renew! Renew"
They say they're needing funds,
Enr that's the way the notice runs,
And every mail brings lots of duns.
r. al the subscribers were like me,
Were would the half-starved printers be!
ruined, sure, it's plain to see.
I'm dreadful 'shamed to be so slow;
Tear behind! how came it so?
a snail could beat my pace, l know.
Two cents a week-and yet, not paid!
Not as much as my old blue hsn laid
In eggs one week in quiet shade.
Two cents a week-it's mOnstrOhs lOw!
And mOre's the shame that I'm so slow;
us late; but, g~reenbacks, t~ravel-GO!
Farmers AdUOcdte
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FACTS FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Information For Mother and Daughter
Opportunities Neglected by Women-A
Cottage BedroOm-The Hoop
Skirt WAREHOUSES and
Their Habits.

OHCIC VOT-O USSIS UHO
Their Habits.
Women who take really good care
of themselves stand the wear and tear
of life quite al we'll as men. The COM
mon fallacy that wives break earlier
than husbands is nonsense, yet every
woman who threatens to marry a man
five years her junior is warnedt 6 ex-
pect a time when she will be mistaken
for his mother. The trouble, according
to the Illustrated American, all arises
from gross -carelessness. In the hum
drum serenity of the best married lives
many a woman comes to believe that
John has ceased to notice the sheen of
her hair, the smoothness of her lips, or
her figures symmetrical proportions {;
so long as she is sweet, r and sym
pathetic, keeps the house well, and
brings up fine sons and daughters, he
cares for nothing more. Never was
a greater mistake INDUCED in, to the
future woe of hundreds Of excellent
wives. During the period when women
are busy in the nursery and filling the
office of mother men are engaged in
earning bread and butter and s0lidify-
ing their financial positions. These
years pass by SO quickly that half their
lives are gone before this fact is real
lied. Then comes the day Of reckon
ing, when the sons and daughters have
flown the parent nest, the housekeep-
ing goes by clockwork and Johns office
regulates itself and needs merely per-
functory supervision. 1t is at this
critical period that, with leisure and
money to command, John finds time
to contemplate the lady by his side.
Naturally, he objects to a fat, lumber
1ng, round shouldered, coarse-ekinned
companion. All the. sentiment of his
youth rises up to protest against this
rough haired, red-handed person identi
flying himself with the pretty girl he
married twenty-five years ago. She is
his wife, and a good one, therefore he
does love and respect her; but pride
C1hN CC44NC1h COS olC PuU W G1LO CO7U
when she waddles, pants, develops a
triple chin, and screws her dull, grizzled
locks into an uncompromising twist.
His brother James carries a lovely
woman On his arm, who is at least five
years older than Maria and has raised
three more children. Why is her
rounded figure in handsome proper
tions, her white hair silky and curled?
She never looks apoplectic, and it is a
positive pleasure to press her smooth,
fair hands. He dimly remembers dur
lug the busy period hearing Maria in
Weigh against the vanity Of her %sister-in-
Iaw-those constitutional walks in all
weathers, baths, m%anicuring, pedicur
ing, ehampoos and restriction in diet.
Maria said then that no good. would
come of it, but her prophecy must be
at fault, for beauty was certainly the
result. T-us, John, the quiet, dutiful
husband, rebels silently, but it does
not take long for a woman's quick con
ception to ferret out such matters and
bewail her lost opportunities.
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ALLEGED FUN.

What's a secret for, anyway, if not
to tell2-S0meTUilIe Journal.
1t sometimes takes an entire lifetime
to pay for one olly.-GaIUestOn NeWS.
A new broom sweeps clean; so will
an old one in the hands of a new janitor.
Union Standard.
Nothing pays a poorer interest on
the investment than wearing a long
face.-RGm'S Horn.
Many a broadcloth husband owes his
position to the fact of his marrying a
gingham girl.-TeHas Siftimgs.
A New York writer says his work
reminds him of a very large eagle. 1t
is so long from tip to tip.-Ter1s SJt-
ingS.
Some claim that the counterpart in
the opposite sex of the grass widow
should be designated the hay-rake.-
Philadelphia Times.
Mother-You careless boy! Look at
your clothesl Have you been playing
football again9 Little Son-No'm; only
fghtin'.-GOOd NeW8.
Shelf is reported around town that
we are engaged. Hell have heard
worse things than that. She-I never
have,-LJe's Calendar.
Dowell-Do you think the love Of
money the root of all evil? Harduppe
No; I think the want of money the
root of all evil.-M Y. Press.
Law books cost a great deal, don't
thew" said one student to another.
Eyes" was the reply. They are high
and dry Washington Star.
Il see you have a new typewriter. ,
eyes. The other one and l quarreled
SO much that I was afraid it would end
in marriage. "-IndianapoIis Journal.
AUiUncemGn, If yOu receive O. sample
cODu of this DUDer. 1t IS to remind non
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Fatal Sweep of a Avalanche Down the
Bitter Root Mountains.

It was a February day or the Bitter
Root mountains, with a warm wind
from the Pacific ocean melting the
snow rapidly. "Along the trail, as we
wound up the mountain SIDE" says the
r~elator, great masses of snow seemed
to overhang us, and more than once I
noticed how ~anxiously the grizzly
haired old guide seemed to be. There
was only a narrow path through the
snow, and the twenty mules with five
packers followed us in single file, The
guide was, of course, in front, and I
was second. We had come to q turn
in the trail, and I halted to look back.
[ heard no warning-no cry of alarm.
The snow on the mountain top began
to move; the width of the avalanche
was fully a quarter mile, and it moved
like a flash. There was 10 rumbling-
no crashing; and in fifteen seconds
later it was all over. I looked for our
pack-train. Not a man or mule had
escaped. They had disappeared, and
for a wide space there was neither tree
nor shrub. Close call that! said the
guide. Come on. All the men in
Montana could not dig them out!
And we rode on in silence. "-Gotden
Days.
Willie-Papa, some one has invented
a magazine gun. What kind IS that
Papa (refectively) 1t must be one that
goes off once a month.-Puts6~rG
Bulletin
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RULES WHICH THE RICH MAY OBSERVE.
The beauty Of form and color that
endures till middle age is as rare as a
brown-eyed blonde. That women wreck