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embroidered. some with single ruche
and pompom, some with double
ruche at 25c.
Children's very pretty calico dresses in
fancy stripes-usual SOC. quality
at 25c
Infants Cream Cashmere Cloaks with
silk embroidery around yoke and
skirt. Regular $3.50 grade at SOC.
5000 Pairs of Lace Curtains
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Richmond Traction Go.
FULL LENGTH BROAD ST.
Chimborazo Park to EXPOSE
ton Grounds
Also, branches to
Reservoir Park from Exposi-
ton Grounds,
and from
Eighteenth and Broad Streets
to lakewood Cemetery
SCHOOL TICKETS

Best Constructed Electric Line in
the United States.
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Carpet Hall Bargains.
OrOokerY Department.

OrOCkerv Department.
Plates, all sizes, each DC.
Cups and Saucers. half dozen pairs 2zc.
Fruit Saucers, each 116c.
Tea-Pots, each l9c.
Sugar Bowls, each 15c.
Pitchers, quart size, Sc.
Sauce Boats, l0c.
Vegetable Dishes, &c up.
Meat Dishes, DC up.
soap Dishes, wire frame with brush
holders, &c.
Old Cups and Saucers, blue, green AMI
pink, l0c.
Plates TO match, Zoe.
Odd China Plates, nicely decorated,
were 15c at lOc.
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good as usually sold for 81 80 here
$l.50
pants up TO 16 years here Ace pair.
We have put on separate tables lot OF
mems black and blue all wool chevi-
OF sack suits-sizes up TO Alto be
sold Saturday at So suit.
Just in time for Saturdays selling
comes a choice lot of Mems Derbys
and Alphines 81 instead Of $3.50
Sale of Skirts.
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5 1, 600 REWARD.
DR. SHEA. MAR VEL Gus MEDIUM

Gives she names OF oeac ana livtnr rr,en<,
els VINO Snd when you VIII marry. also o
business journeys. lawsuits, absent friends
neaisn or anything you know, no matter whAf
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around the room he asks no questions. don't
pump you In any way, but tells you night on
he ~ thoroughly endorsed by leading spiritual
lists everywhere. received from them q GOLD
meoAl ana specs- icense to practice his won.
oertoi powers; creoen tiais 10 one else can show
can give thousands OF references TO both Whit
ano coiored patrons. Twenty-Five years prao
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and See You wall tnd IL lucky 70 coasult this
CHRISTIAN gentleman. He has a medicine thai
WILL cure drunkenness, can be given patients
now
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Special Offering
of Ladies Wei
Kid b ut t on
andLace shoes
tan, chocolate
and b a C k,
eight different
styles in all
the n e W g S t
$ hap g s, the
&C tn "a $2H
quality TO be
sold here Sat-
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RICH. HAPPYAND SUCCESSFUL


with all their undertakings. while those who
poversy. Through his perfect knowledxe o.
chemistry he can kmpart 20 you = secret ehai
frtenos. HIS aid and advice has often been 40
Looted; the result has always been the securfns
OF speedy ana happy marriages and ala you
wishes In love Affairs he never fails. He
has the secret OF winning the affections of the
opposite sex IL is the curse OF Spirttualisu
that in ali large cities there are q class OF mep
and women who claim powers they do no, Dos
sess- They have neither gifts. creden tials. no,
references Surely the coloreo people are MOI
so wanting In sense as 10 throw their time ano
money away on such. DR.. Shea refers to the
Hon. William Denmore, Architect and builder
AZ Cleveland Ave. ano Mr.. Fred Lampe, Rrocer
64i Fulton Street. Brooklyn All have known
MN tor the past seven years. He gives ire
test OF his power 70 ALL The doctor has practic
phts ana Louisville; understands thorouuhl,
the diseases, spells or influences the race Is sur
iect 70. he IS now ana always hao large %
tronage from them
PLEASE READ TIE F0I.LOWING:
Brooklyn Aug. Is, 1s01.-Th1s Is 70 certify ths,
came 70 New YORK from Albany. 4 Was .
stranger in a strange city, OUT of work and ON
OF money had no luck in ANYTHING nnder
took What to do dio not know. Afr1eno sd
v1Sed me 70 go ana see DR.. Shea l did h
told me the cause Of my troubles he took me IN
and treated me as q brother. Through him
70 others; they took my money ana dio me nd
good bless The day Rrst met DR.. shea.
woulo sdvlss II in bao luck, sick or in troIbl'
70 go 70 him 80 once Sincerely
Albert Ayers 2oSz Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, Aug IS, 1SoI-This letter Is 70 certtf,
that my husband had gone away and had peer
absent two years, m0urned for him night auc
day. gave him Cp, as dead Hearing OF ~
TO consult him. He told me that nv Husband
was alive and well, ana where he WAS told M
he would come home and when 10 nv 10,
ali OF IL came true. He is home now cam,
back like one from the dead / also wish to as,
that this month lost $350. lam poor woma a,
ana was almost insane. I went 10 Dr. She
and he told me woulo hnd my money and 4
nsy intense Joy did find A. as he tolo me-
thank Coo there IL a man 50 gifted In our mia
that can help people and tell them what 10 dc
sincerely, Mrs- Rarrett.
I1l-2ard Skraa
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Saturdays Sale CT Wrappers
At Soc

regular DOC
tucked caps, some
with double ruche.
others with full
rufe and val lace
on edge at l9c.
each.
Infants regular soc
Caps tucked and
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Boys Neat Pin Striped Two Piece
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House FURNISHINGS.

Coffee aud Tea Pots; 3-quart size, 15c,
Preserving Kettles, 2 and 3-quart size.
&c.
Wash Basins, large size, &c.
Sauce Pans, 3 and quart sizes. 25c.
Swimmers Ladies', Candlesticks, Cups
and Pepper Boxes, &c.
Tin Teaspoons, lie
Tin Tablespoons, &c.
Wire Brothers, DC.
Large size Nickel Trays, sc.
lockwood Mustard spoons, Ic.
Wire Egg Beaten. &c.
Large size Bread Raisers, ventilated
covers, 19c
A few OF the 3-quart Stew Pans left
about so to close, Be.
One gallon Oil Cans, tin covers, regu-
lar price, Doe to close out 15c.
! Odd pieces of Chamois Skins, to close
out, 10. 10 and 25c
All sizes Smoothing Irons 5-pound 1Oc,
8 pound, l5c; 7-pound. 1Sc; S-pound
22c each.
Odd lot Cake OF Fish Turner's, regular
| 10c at sc.
Odd lot Salt Boxes, about 80 to close,
! at &c.
Towel Rings, oak and walnut, 7c.
Feather Busters. DC.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-03-26

The Genuine Checks Were Given In
Return For Government Work on the
Upper Mississippi River, and These.
with tho, soo-us- Ones TV,,res f,ssi,ed.
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NlhUlNlAs
In Law and Equity Court. City of
Richmond, the 9th day of March, 1898.
ABRAHAM Cox, Plaintiff,
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COT RID OF HIS ROOM MArE.

The following story 10 told by O De-
troit Free Press reporter about a man
we will call Jones, who is now one Of
Detroit's Wealthiest and most promi
nent citizens:
Jones arrived at a country hotel late
one night. tired, hungry and sleepy.
After the IRrder had been raided Jones
asked for q bed and was informed that
his only chance was to bunk with q man
who had already retired. Jones did
not demur, though he promptly made
up his mind to have a bed to himself.
He carried q candle to his room, put il
on q window sill, and when assured
that the occupant of the bed was
awake. watching him, prepared to re
tire. As a fnal act in this preparation
he went to his valise, took out q pair
Of savage looking spurs and began to
strap them on his feet and ankles.
Say, stranger" came from the bed,
"what in creation are you doin', put
tin them long p'inted spurs on yer
heeIsG'
always YEA them at night. Can't
possibly sleep without them. Habit,
suppose"
Jones is a big man, and after the
other had looked him over he crawled
out and began to dress.
Getting upH" asked Jones.
yep. Never sleep after midnight. "
Then when he was in the doorway and
felt safe he said: You doggone var
mint. all I hope ia that you'll have the
worst nightmare ever was let loose.
Thatll give you somethin' to try them
there murderin' spurs of yourn on"
But Jones kicked off his spurs and
slept a sleep that was precisely as deep
as the sleep Of innocence.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14
Social Chat.
HDrrED BIZ AUNT JENNIE. RALE1aH, n. 9.

Here Is column for everybody-ladies. Ren
tIemen, boys, girls. fathers and mothers.
everybody ts invited TO WTtte OF subjects OF In
terest to them. Never mind IL you are not
perfect as q writer, give rs your thoughts and
We win see that they are In good shape before
they are published.
Tar PROGRESSIVE FARMER isa paper for every
member of the family and young and old alike
are its patrons and its friends. We hope to
unite these thousands of our friends "'in . Q
OF friendship hat viii be q help and an tnsptra-
ton to each one Of u.s." The friendship OF each
Of our readers. the confidence of the old North
states sturdy sons, and the trust Of each OF her
daughters, Is what this paper aims to win by
helping each one Of them to do more. to be more
ana to enjoy more in this beautiful world" We
hope this spirit win animate each letter and
breathe through every page. Address letters to
Aunt Jennie" care Of Tan PROGRESSIVE FAR
N Err, Raleigh, N. @.
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sarlly personal experienced Why can.
not we profit by the experience OF 9TH
ers as well as by our ownP What q
deal OF pain and trouble and sorrow
we would be saved it we would but
listen to and act upon the suggestions
and advice Of those older than our.
selvesl And can anyone conceive of
such q state Of perfect serenity and
happiness as would now exist if from
the very beginning of humanity life
each new generation had needed the
warnings of the one preceding it, in
the lesser affairs OF life az well as it
has the greaterl
Buy why try to conceive of such q
stateG It never can be. Everyone has
an Unborn aversion to advice Of any
kind, even IL it comes from those who
by age and experience ought TO be ca.
pable Of giving it. As human nature
is now constituted, and as it probably
always win be constituted, people new.
81 can be persuaded to learn from the
experience OF others. They win con.
tinue to think that their particular
cases are different from those of any
other person, that no one can thor.
oughly appreciate all Of the circum
stances surrounding their individual
lives. SO it was really useless for the
young woman Of thirty to try to point
out to the girl Of twenty the hidden
distractions in her path through life.
She must find them out for herself
Frank Leslie's Monthly.
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CALLED BACK.

It is one of the school laws In Bos
ton, as in other cities, that no pupil
may come from a family any member
of which is III with contagious disease.
One day recently Willie x ap.
peared before his teacher and said
my sisters got the measles, sir"
"Well, what are you doing here,
thenH" replied the teacher, severely.
Don't you know any better than to
come to school when your sister has
the measlesG Now, you go home, and
stay there until she is we'll"
Toe boy, who is q veritable little
rogue. went to the door. where he
turned with a twinkle In his eye. and
said
"If you please. sir, my sister lives in
Observation-Disclosures Bazaar.
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A WORD WITH THE GIRLS

Dear AWnt Jennie:-I have been
reading the letters in Social Chat and
am very much interested in them.
They add mudh to the value of The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
There are many subj ects that claim
our attention. / will mention the New
Woman for instance. If I am not mis-
taken the girls of today, think that to
dress fine and have a beau makes wo-
men Of them. I was not taught that
way. If mothers would have their
girls work more they would find less
time for styles. Girls should begin to
learn to sew when they are five years
old. Give them needles and a thimble.
Have them cut and make doll dresses,
and piece quilts. All girls like such
work if they are encouraged in it. /
think such training Of more impor
lance than learning TO ride q wheel
and many other things they do.
Some girls r silly enough to think
it q disgrace to work. I differ with
them. II they are blessed with health
and strength work will be of great
benefit to them. No matter il their
hands are made darker by dish wash
ing, no sensible person will think less
of them. A little hoeing in the garden
is good exercise. Most girls like vege
tables, then why not learn to cultivate
themG Probably some viii say that
they are abe 10 live without work.
That is a aimsy xcuse How long
will prosperity last if all of as quit
work9 No a will never regret learn
Jag to Work.-M @. /.
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APHORIsMs.


One thorn of experience is worth O
whole wilderness Of Warning.-LoWen
The man who has never beeni in dan
ger cannot answer for his courage
Johnson.
He who has not a good memory
should never take upon him the trade
Of lying .-MOntaige.
A mans own good breeding liz the
best security against other peoples
III manners. chesterfield.
When III news comes too late TO be
~serviceable to your neighbor, keep it TO
yourself zimmerman.
It is not what he has, nor even What
he does, which expresses the worth oe
man; but what he is.-Amiel.
Afriend thatyou buy won't be worth
what youpay for him, no matter what
that may be.-George D. Prentice.
Most men remember obligations, but
not often to be grateful; the proud are
made made sour by the remembrance
and the vain silent.-Simons.
Reading and conversation may fur
nish ne with many ideas Of men and
things, yet it is our own meditation
that must formour iudgment.-Watts.
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AUNT JRNNIE's talk.

Sooner or later We find out that life
is not a holiday but a school OF disci-
pine. Earlier or later we all discover
that this world is not a play ground,
but q school. The moment we forget
this fact the puzzle of life begins. We
try to play in school. Toe Master does
not mind that for His own sake as He
likes to see His children happy,but in
our playing we often neglect our les
sons. We do not see how much we
must learn and many times do not
care. He has an inexplicable solici-
tude for our education and because He
is anxious that we be good students
He visits the school and speaks to US.
Sometimes very gently and then if we
are still playing and do not hear Him,
His voice is raised and startles us as
does a sudden clap Of thunder on a
calm summer night. Our life here
must prepare US for the life we hope
to live beyond-that mysterious High
School from which no pupil returns.
We must become pure in heart-and
it needs much practice-for human
nature is vile at best. God loves as
and will give US no lesson to learn that
He will not help as to understand If
we will but ask Him. received such
q sad, sad letter from q mother whose
eldest son has lined the army. Let
US remember that God cares for as and
ours, wherever we are, on land or on
sea. He permits nothing to happen
by chance. There is a divine purpose
in this war, else He would not allow
nation to be aligned against nation.
We are fighting for humanity's sake
to free our brother man. All Of US
believe we are in the right. God will
show US whether or not, We are really
right.
We gladly welcome several new
members this week, among them one
gentleman who lived through the last
war and I think I voice the sentiments
OF the Chatterer's, when / pronounce
him a man.
This week all write good letters and
we hope to hear from each OF these
writer's again. / must ask the cores
pondents to please be so kind as to
write on one side Of paper only, leaving
q margin for corrections Aunt Jennie
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14
Fl BRAVE AT HOME.

The maid who binds her warriors sash
With smile that well her pain dis
sembles,
The while beneath her dropping lash
One starry tear drop hangs and
trembles-
Though heaven alone records the tear,
And fame shall never know the
story,
Her heart has shed q drop az dear
AS e'er believed the field of glory.
The wife who girds her husbands
sword,
Mid little ones who weep or wonder,
And brayely speaks the cheering
What though her heart be bent
asunder,
Doomed nightly, in her dreams, to
The bolts of death around him rat
tie,
Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field Of battle.
The mother who conceals her grief,
While to her breast her o she
presses,
Then bresthes a few brave words and
brief,
Kissing the patriot brow she presses
With no q but her secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon
her,
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod
Received on Freedoms field Of honor.
IT B Read.
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Home Circle.
LYRIC OF ACTION.

tho mart of the coward to brood
Der the past that is withered and
ubat though the hearts roses are
ashes and dust9
What though the hearts music be
Still shines the grand heaven over
ubance the voice of an angel thrills
clear on the soul:
urird about thee thine armor, press
on to the goalI"
rbo fault or the crimes Of thy youth
Are a burden too heavy to bear2
Whst hope can rebloom on the desc
late waste
NJ a Jealous and craven despairf
Hown. down with the letters Of fear
IN the strength Of thy valor and man.
with the faith that iIlumes it and
the will that def1es.
.oToo latel" through Gods infinite
From His throne to LIES nethermost
fires
"Too lateG" is a phantom that hes at
the dawn
OF the soul that repents and aspires.
If pure thou hast made thy desires,
There's no heights the strong wings Of
immortale may gain
Which in striving to reach thou shalt
strive for in vain.
Then up to the contest with fate
Unbounded by the past, which liz
deadi
What though the hearts roses are
ashes and dustf
What though the hearts music be
fed
Still shine the fair heavens o'erhead,
And. sublime as the angels who rule
In the sun,
Beams the promise of peace when the
conflict ia Won.
Paul b. Hayne.
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reH and marry her. When he came ID
the place where he had murdered hii
comrade, three armed men sprang
from concealment and caught him.
By accident his crime had been dis.
covered. He confessed the murder,
but refused TO tell what he done with
the gold. They hung him on the spot.
II made the acquaintance of Mrs.
Farrell" said Mr.. Barnes i'm conclu-
sion, told her that there was money
coming to her from the United States
Mint at Philadelphia, and with my
help she got several thousand dollars
and moved to Chicago, where she still
lives ."-Ex.
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SOME WAR MATTERS

Dear Aunt JenmGe:-I said at first
that / would take 60 the woods before
1 would join the army, but now can
exclaim with old King Agrippa: Il am
almost persuaded to Din Uncle Sans
army" Some of my school mates q
am still a boy say they had rather be
q live coward than q dead hero. That
sounds very well, but the man who
loves his country a not always feel
content to remain at home and see hls
country's flag trampled in the dust.
Isympathize with Will RetlaW.
think he has q 'bad case"
Now, only q few days ago heard q
little brown eyed girl say that she
wished she were 8 man so-that she
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could pin the armyl So you can see
in what q sad prediCament am II /
have two rivals. One is named King,
and like King Alphonso, his throne is
lettering.
Yes, the war Is here. Some Of our
brightest boys are at the front, and
until here Of late many of us did not
realize how sadly sweet is that word
''good bye." Lst us hope that we shall
soon have peace again.-Jake Charity,
OnsIoW County, N. G.
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PROFITING By OTHERS EXPR
RIENCES.

A girl of twenty recently went on a
visit to a young woman OF thirty.
Mutually, the young woman of thirty
took a deep interest in the girl of twen
y. She studied her comparatively
youthful character, her moods, her
opinions, and was much surprised, and
one might say, shocked at the younger
Homan's views as to the aims and
purposes Of life Although il is not so
very long since the young woman Of
tnlrty was youthful and frivolous her
sell she could not understand the
o'nerstrlVolity, enthusiasm and almost
.oV7l disregard Of the Whysand where
lures OF things. The girl Of twenty
was Oent on having a good time, and
uIu NOT want TO bother with troublous
mental q~uestionings. This worries
sne young woman of thirty, and she
!elE 1t her duty (she is always feeling
~ ner duty to do this or that to give
uer a piece Of her mind i'm the way
u wholesome advice. The result was
'nat the girl of twenty thought the
young woman of thirty somewhat too
Pfim and proper. At this the latter
was o than worried; she was
palned. Her idea, as she herself ex.
pessed 1t, was simply to ''save the
sur rom some of the stupid things I
AN from want Of care-and sense. "
oue mad learned much from rather I'M
p'0asant experience, and she was-good
Su0ugn to want to, give her frinds the
S'nent Of the knowledge thus gained
uotoer that she might be saved from
Earning it in the same bitter way.
Tu' she loon saw that it was impoesi-
S0 20 carry out her laudable purpose;
suaE the girl would have to be allowed
paddle her own canoe, learning how
%s'eer it and the location and char
n;'ef OF the rocks ahead only by run
INTO them and not by the expe-
M oe OF those who had gone before.
d. LUIS leads US to the question: Why
70 have to stuff r in order to be
str 70 steer ourselves safely along the
tsaoa OF iifeH Experience Is the best
Yes, but why is this neces
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WAR TIMES.

Dear AMnt JeRnie:-I come to your
door and knock for admittanCe. You
asked some of the Chatterers TO give
their personal experiences, troubles,
ETC., Of the late war.
At that time / was a mere Lad
but now I am nearly 5O and can well
remember how we had TO do in those
critical times. What did coffee cost
Why we could not get it at all. but had
to use rye. Salt9 Yes, we had TO hive
salt and it cost (when we could buy il
at alp 81 per pound, Confederate
money. SodaG No. we could not get it
at any price, and / we'll rememb Der a
hollow poplar tree, to which I carried
wood, filed up the hollow, and set fire
to it to get strong ashes for my mother
to make potash" to use instead Of
soda.
Ialso wellremember that my mother
and our neighbors would dig up the
dirt in the smoke houses and drain it
off and use the lye as q substitute for
salt. l also recolleCt our fax patch;
also the pants and shirts that ! wore,
made wholly from that fax.
Ny haiti / would plat the straw and
my mother sewed it together. Ny
mother finally made me q brown
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lans hat that lasted me through the
war. Yes, the buttons TO go on our
clothes-my mother made them out az
thread worked together some how IN
the shape of q button.
The women made all their clothes.
Home spun dresses, home spun bon
netts, etc. Some women would weave
straw together and make themselves
fine Sunday bonnets. Everything we
wore was home made.
At one time I gave four days hard
work in the harvest field for. a
bushel Of rye. I hauled apples to q
still house and sold them at $5 per
bushel in Confederate money. One
wagon load Of apples would I'LL all my
pockets with Confederate ''Shin pIas-
ters." Confederate money in deuomi-
nations less than q dollar). One bushel
of apples would buy 5 pounds OF salt.
Salt was about everything we bought,
all other things were strictly home
made.
Ny father was in the wal and was
captured and carried to "Oamp Doug
las" in Illinois.
There were three children and I was
the Oldest.
II this is Of any interest to the Chat
terers I will write again. With best
wishes to all the Chatterers, and The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER Manly. Beta.
N. @.