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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
A MATRON'S ADVICE TO A GIRL
ON THE ART OF PLEASING.

To please men is thing, and to
be pleasing to men entirely another.
1t is q great deal easier to please the
average man than it is to be pleasing
to him. Women used to make the
mistake of trying to please men; now
it is the fashion to make oneself pleas
ing to them. Our grandmothers and
even our mothers have wasted no
end of time in thinking how they
could please the men Of their acquaint
ance when they met. Tney went at
it by thinking, saying, doing, want
ing, and even wearing the things that
men liked best. Il is not so with the
girl of today. One of her primary
objects in life is not to please men, but
to make herself pleasing to them. She
has learned that the man to whom
she has made herself pleasing does not
forget her ae soo o as she separates her
self from him; that he wants to study
her; to know her better. Above all,
he wants to do something for her.
THE minute a man wants to do some
thing for you, my DEAR" said an ex-
perienced matron to a young woman,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
AUNT JENNIE's T

Old news papers form an important
item in domestic economy, and are
useful in dozens of ways They are
nice for polishing all kinds of glass
and after rubbing brass andirons,
tenders, etc., there is nothing that
makes them quite so bright as, to fin,
ish them with a soft old paper. The
same can be said of silver ware. Did
you YER clean a lamp chimney with a
newspapers It not try it, first blowing
your breath into the chimney to
dampen it and in less than two min
utes rubbing with paper it is ready
for use.
Two or three old newspapers placed
conveniently near when ironing will
help to keep your irons clean if you
rub them occasionally. You will need
heaps Of them when you get ready to
pack the winter clothing away for the
summer. The clothes moth, like other
evil doors, has an aversion to printers
ink An excellent moth proof bag and
costing nothing, may be made of two
thicknesses Of newspapers, with edges
folded as if for an inch wide hem and
securely pasted. Take care that your
garments are thoroughly brushed,
wrap a bit of csmphor gum in tissue
paper, aud put in the sack with the
clothes Paste the sacks n the
top as else where and then rest assured
that no moth will trouble the contents.
A thickness or two Of newspaper
placed next the presser foot on the ma
chine when stitching lawn or other
thin fabrics will prevent their drawing
and is easily removed. These things l
have mentioned are only a few Of the
uses to which / devote my old papers.
Many of you can think Of other servi
ces rendered by them, equally impor
tant. Ills ever thus in life's economies
The little insignificant things r. the
ones that when properly used save
dimes, or when abused waste dollars,
A letter from Venice" is good but
I can not publish it as be failed to sign
his real name. Would be glad to know
the name of the writer at once. I have
no intention to allow the names OF
the correspondents to appear in print
against their wishes but I Weuld be
very much gratified if they would al
ways sign their real names for me. and
the ones by which they wish to be
known, as 'Chatterere."
Isabella" writes us a nice letter this
week. She is right as to troubles.
Tell them to Jesus for He knows and
cares for you. A cheerful face, is al
ways an attractive facs, be the features
Irregular and complexion eve 80 ugly.
Do not forget to smile, girls, for I fancy
were I a boy, a girl who liked to smile
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
.ur 5ocial Chat.
EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE. RALEIGH. N. c.

Here Is a column for ev~erybody-ladies, gen.
tlemen, boys, girls. fathers and mothers.
Everybody is invited to write on subjects of In
terest to them. Never MIND If you are not
perfect as a writer. give US your thoughts and
we will see that they are In good shape before
they are published.
TIE Progressive FARME is 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 bond
Of friendship that will be a help and an tnspira-
tiont to each one Of u.s." The friendship OF each
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 will animate each letter. and
breathe through every page. Address letters to
Aunt Jennie" care of TN PROGRESSIVE FAR
MBR, Raleigh, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

tween crullers and doughnuts. A Crul-
Ter is much richer and shorter than g
doughnut. It is lnsde with eggs, while
a doughnut iana&. The shape has moth
ing to do with it. Adoughnut is made
of plain dough-"
"Why, that's what we used to call
poverty cakes up in Vermont" ex-
claimed Mr.. Plunkett, the drug clerk
on Mrs. SINNERS left.
II was about to say" resumed Mrs.
Riggs, severely, that doughnuts are
made of plain dough, raised as bread
is raised, while crullers are not
raised"
but down in the State of Maine we
have what we call plain doughnuts and
what we call raised doughnuts, both, ~
said the medical student.
"And out in Chicago we call those
things ~'sinkers,'" said the tall, long
haired man at the foot of the table as
he pointed to the plate.
The debate lasted long and grew clio
quent. In the midst of it there was
the sound of a chair pushed back and
a satisfied sigh. The new boarder, a
boy-just a plain boy who was learn
ing the hardware business got up end
remarked, as he slid out of the door,
Them things may be doughnuts, OF
crulIers, or fried cakes, or poverty
cakes, but they're awful good. 1 amt
had any before since / left home.
That's why I ate SO many. We used
to call 'em fried holes.'"
The eyes of the boarders turned to
ward the plate in the centre of the
table. 1t contained only a little pow.
dered sugar. The boy had listened to
the discussion, but he had not allowed
it to divert him from more momentous
matters.
II believe that boy will do real well
in the hardware business" said Mrs.
Skinner. after a painful pause.-The
Waterman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
From a Prominent Citizen and Ex-POstmasssr.
A FaIr and Intelligent LADY snaaka.


Mrs. J. A. Duvall, of War
rentOn, N. c., says ANY
one to see me 3 months ago
and see me now would not
take me for the same per-
son. Then l was so nervous
and weak / could not sleep,
eat or stand on my feet, my
voice trembled and / verify
believe / could not have
lived another two weeks.As
a last resort / answered DR..
Beaty's ad. and told him to
send hisanedicines at once.
He did so and from the first
day l began to pick up and
ha va haan n~ufnfn1 In AaaH
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

MARX Twain" in Response to the Novel
Sentiment of "Ihe Babies"
THE Babies" As they comfort us
in our sorrows, let us not forget them
in our festivities. (Laughter.)
like thatl We haven't all had the
good fortune to be ladies-Qaughter)-
we haven't all been generals, or poets,
or statesmen; but when the toast
works down to 1.-The Babies" we stand"
on common ground, for we've all been
there-been babies. daughter and
a~pplause.) It is q shame that for a
thousand years, the worlds banquets
have utterly ignored the baby, as if
be didn't amount to anything. II you
gentlemen will stop and think q minute
if you will go back fifty or a hun.
dred years to your early married life
Qaughter) and recontemplate your
first baby, you will remember that he
amounted to a good deal, and even
something over. You soldiers all know
that when that little fellow arrived at
family headquarters you had to hand
in your resignation. daughter. } He
took entire command. You became
his lackey, his mere body servant, and
you had to stand around. TOO. He
Wos not q commander who made al.
loWance for time, distance weather,
or anything else-you had co execute
his orders, whether iE was possible or
not. Laughter)
And there was only one form Of
marching in his manual of tactics,
and that was the double quick. He
treated you with every sort of inso,
lence snd d~isrespect, and the bravest
OF you didn't dare to say a word. You
could face the death storm Of Donelson
and Flcksburg, and give blow for blow
-(applause) but when he claWed
your Whiskers and pulled your hair,
n twisted your nose, you had to
tax 1t. Uaughter.) When the thun-
ders OF war were sounding in your
ears, you set your face toward the bat
terie5, and advanced with steady tread;
but when he turned on the terrors of
OF his war-Whoops, you advanced in
the other direction-Qaughter nigh.
" glad Of the chance, too. When he
called for soothing syrup, did you VEN
lure to throw out any side remarks
ABOUT certain services being unbecom
ing an eff ;er and q gentlemanQ
NO! You got up and got it. If he
o'uered his pop bottle, and it wasn't
warm, did you talk backs Not you'll
LOU went to work and warmed it. You
so9n descended so far in your mental
:~ee as to take a suck at that warm,
sS,e'a stuff yourself, to see if it was
,s 9u'-tnree parts water to one of
nA' a touch Of sugar to modify the
IN sGI5c, and a drop of peppermint to
nose immortal hiccoughs. can
",'0 II yet. (Roars of Iaughter.)
Auu now many things you learned,
fo,S S0u went along. Sentimental young
Ts stul TOOK stock in that beautiful
~ saying, that when the baby smiles
oh aIa sleep it is because the angels are
"r.sperlng to him. Merry pretty, but
m min" Naughter.) Simply wind
Tue stomach, my friendsI If the
no'y proposes to take a walk at his
ir~ nour-halt past 2 in the morn
u'unt you rise up promptly and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
HE HAD A PRACTICAL MIND.

The people who gathered three times
a day at Mrs. SINNERS table repre-,
sented a wide range Of territory, for
Mrs. SINNERS establishment, like most
New York boarding houses, was Co.'S
mopolitan. The house also enjoyed the
reputation of being a 'thomelike place.
"a reputation due, in part, to the fire.
appearance on the table of dishes
whose social position might be doubttul
but which always awakened pleasant
memories in the minds Of the boarders.
On this evening a plate heaped with
russell circles fecked with white ccu
pied the centre of the table. Mr.. Jim
son, who is a native of New York and
sits at the head of the table, smiled and
remarked:
You may say what you please
about dessert, there's nothing goes so
we'll with coffee as a good, old-fashion-
ed cruller."
"It amuses me to hear you call them
crullers, " said Mr.. Haskins. ''NoW in
Boston we never think of calling them
anything but doughnuts. But I sup
pose the influence Of the early Dutch
settlers of New Amsterdam"
why don't you give them a name
that means something. They're fried
cakes-nothing more or less. Anybody
ia Connecticut;will tell you that" in
terrupted Mr.. Chesterfield, the floor
walker.
"rm afraid you gentlemen are not
given to nice determinations" re
marked Mr.. Collamore, the young law
yer at the right of the landlady.
There's a great difference between a
cruller and a doughnut. A cruller is
sort of twisted, and is solid; but a
doughnut is round and has a hole in it.
Now these are"
ut always makes me laugh to hear
men discuss any question of cookery"
chirped up Mrs. Riggs, the stenog
rapher. ''They g only the outside,
and never notice the essential things.
Now let me tell you the difference be-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
r,,ntor The PROGRESSIVE F0rmer.l
"' YESTERDAY.

.a-,fT Tire 4
YESTERDAY.
Cad fate! That all
The roses fair
Droop like q pail
And scent the air
as when they smiled so gay,
With exhaled incense, yesterday.
Oh, Yesterday
When all was glad
And fresh as May,
With nothing sad,
.v can't the morrows be like thee,
Wild of all that makes US dree9
Twas yesterday
When eyes shone bright
As any ray
o. star lit night,
But now the lights are out In eyes
Fbat rivaled orbs in starry skies.
The smiles so bright
That lit, like fame,
The darkest night
That ever came,
.ro cone from hence and fed away
Within the gulf of yesterday.
To morrow ONE
With Happy face,
But old time runs
Along RpRce,
With ruthless scythe, to have his way
IN leaving a sad yesterday.
To day is bright
And full of cheer,
Without q blight
And all seems fair;
Rnt brighter far the happy ray
That lit the path of yesterday.
Cal joys all past
And flown away
With speed so fast
From light Of day!
WHY could they not to morrow live
With solace still the soul to gives
Oh! bridgeless pastl
With reaching hand,
strive to clasp
Across the land
Where love and song have sped away
Within the arms Of yesterday.
u. B. GWYNN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

''you may be sure that you are pleas
ing to him."
On this point this matron ought to
be well informed, for she ia pleasing
TO man and woman, too. The girl was
a typical young woman of the period,
independent, impulsive and also intro
spective.
Nov, when q man wants to do
any little thing for you" the matron
went on, ''let him do it, even il he is
as old as Methuselah, and pretend that
it is the very thing you want him to
do; that nobody else could have done
it half so well, and that life would
not be worth living if he had not done
that very thing for you. Nine young
women out Of ten nowadays, when a
man offers to do some triffng service
for them, protest. This is a great
mistake. The protesting woman may
please aman occasionally, but she can
never make herself eternally pleasing
to him. Suppose a man offers to mail
a letter for you, to buy some medicine
that he thinks would do your cold
good, to step around to the library to
get some books that you are wishing
for; don't protest. Your impulse and
the impulse Of the average woman of
today is to say rather impatiently:
oh, I wouldn't trouble you for the
world. I can mail my own letter. or
4 never take medicine for a cold, or i
have something else I can read to
night In your heart you appreciate
the mans Cfer, but you obey your
first impulse, and that is to protest.
Nov, 1 know men well, and they aren't
half bad. They are creatures who
never do anything that they don't
want to do, or rather, when they do
a thing it is solely because they want
to do it, and it provokes them beyond
polite expression to have a woman
shown that she had rather do things
for herself. Every woman loves to be
pleasing to men, and the woman who
makes the greatest success along this
line is she who always, under all Cir
cumstances allows men to do things
for her. Every woman should see to
it that she brushes down and chokes
out the impulse in her to protest.
philosophers tell us that that which
helps or hinders fellowship makes the
good and bad Of manners. Protesting
on the part Of women certainly binders
fellowship between them and men.
Perhaps it is putting it too strongly to
say that these p-rotestations are bad
manners, but il ia surely bad policy to
refuse to allow men to serve you. Try
the advice Of q woman Of the world
and do not protest if you would make
yourself pleasing to the sex that can
never rid itself Of the idea that we owe
our being to an expression of its gen,
erosity, tina t if man had not granted q
spare rib that he had about him we
never would have been at all. By all
means let every man living do every
little thing thing On earth for you that
he wants to do. You'll find that you
get q great deal more out of life, that
you will afford himself unlimited op
portunities to pat himself on the back
and that you will not only make sour
self pleasing to him, but that you will
make him pleased with himself, which
ia the scientific basis Of success in So
ciety New York Sun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

write again. It looks like we might
have a great many cheerful letters now
as this is the season that makes us
brighter.
Do not write when you tired and
ri out or shave the blues" so to
speak. Don't tell Of your troubles
and ask sympathy of worldly friends
"Go tell it to Jesus, the world hath it's
share" OF course every one will sym
pathize with you but I think the best
way is to bear you own burden with q
smiling face and have q cheerful word
for others. Do not think that you have
more trouble than any one else. Every
n has his share and he must seek
comfort from a higher power than
worldly friends.
have just been out this evening
gathering wild flowers and have seen
how beautiful everything is. All these
beauties in nature direct u thoughts
to the paradise above and causes US to
wonder, what must it be to be there"
when this world is so beautiful with it's
trees and flowers and we know that
ever the sunset with it's radiant beams
ia nothing to be compared with that
home above.
/ enjoy reading the letters from the
"Chatterers" so well that I am willing
to do what l can towards keeping
Social Chat" up. 1t has been very
kind Of Aunt Jennie to arrange it so we
an know so much Of each other
through this column. So let us hear
from you all. Too many of US wait for
some one else to do all the writing. I
close with best wishes to Aunt Jennie
and the Chatterers Isabella.
Dear AUNT Jennie:-Mrs. Ms letter
describing her school days was very
amusing. Her letter reminded me
Of two young town ladies who visited
here last summer. When at church
one Sunday they spied out a lizard
near them and became so excited that
most persons imagined they had found
a rattle snake or something almost as
dangerous. But / must confess that /,
too, am almost as scared Of lizards as
was Mrs. Ms teacher.
Mr.. Carroll has learned me q new
cure for toothache, but his remedy is
as bad as the ache. In fact, I had rather
have toothRche than to be sick from
the use of snuff. For my part / think
the use of tobacco in any form is an
expensive habit and a foe to health and
prosperity.
was very glad to read Mrs. Rsade's
letter. She spoke of some styles being
ridiculous. l say so, too. But then we
are not forced to grasp after every
frivolous fashion. We should dress so
az to promote tidiness, good taste,
economy, and last, but not least, the
health of the body-God's temple.
There are, however 80 many women
who shrink from the singularity Of
being right.
All, Bonnie Bolt, / sympathize with
you and you have a double portion Of
my sympathy if your girl is a tease
Una, Pamlico, N. Q.
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and health ever since. never weighed so much in my
life and have not been so perfectly well for many years
/ gladly recommend DR.. Beaty's Treatment to ali suf-
fering women. My picture tells the story of recovery
DR.. NJ. Beatty has an enviable reputation for ability
in his profession, and will not promise what he can
not carry out. We advise our readers to write to
him -CUPTsTTAE STANDARD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

Marx Twain" in Response to the Novel
Sentiment of "The Babies"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
The Babies.

4 LUXURIOUS SPEECH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

Dear Aunt Jennte:-It seem that
letters to the Chat Corner are not very
plentiful. Maybe it is time for me to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-07

plan was ordered from Washington yester-
day or on Friday. A very high naval Off
ciaI, in the course of an interview this
evening said: THE Fern is much better
suited for such duties. / do not know that
the change of plans was brought about
by Spain's demand. Indeed. / am inclined
to think it is the result Of suggestion
Fern will be taking supplies from here
by the end of this week, and you
must remember that, though she is
only tender to the fleet, she is still
vessel of the fleet and of this navy. The
survey boat Bache will return as soon as
tomorrow and will relieve the Fern. That
boat can get supplies over to Cuba in short
order. When the Montgomery was at
MatanzaS Investigating the conditions there
her officers were most cordially received. 1t
is strange if Spain has now made objection
to the proposed peaceful errand of the
Nashville and Montgomery. But, however
that may be, it is far hetter that those
cruisers should not go to Cuba under the
present conditions. / should not be sur
prised to learn that Spain had demanded
the recall of Consul General Lee. 1t is only
natural to suppose that she is anxious to
seize upon any circumstance which she
might consider would offset the Dupuy De
LONE incident"
From the general tone of this official re-
mark it was gathered that no special in
StructionS regarding the fleet had been re-
celved, and no steps are being taken to meet
an unexpected crisis in American relations
with Spain. There is much excitement To-
cally over the rumors of disturbances in
anxiety.
1t can be definitely stated that the court
of inquiry will return to Key West Prob
ably it will hold its final sessions hsre.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-07
GENERAL LEE AssAILED.
Attacked by Madrid Papers and His
Recall Demanded.

MADRID, March 6EFor several days the
newspapers have been violently attacking
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee. The I'M
parcial, after remarking that "An Ameri-
can newspaper has insinuated that General
Lee is a member of a syndicate desiring
to purchase Cuba" says: His i'll will to-
ward Spain is so marked that even Ameri-
can newspapers inimical to Spain are re-
marking it," The Impartial calls on the
government to demand the replacing of
Consul General Lee, who, instead of
tightening the bonds Of friendship between
Spain and the United States, daily renders
the situation more threatening.% 1t adds
that the next session of the CorteS will
consider Consul General Lees conduct
The Havana correspondent of the Impair
cial says: Among the packages of food
sent by the Americans to Cuba the GUS
toms officers found watches, jewelry and
other contraband articles. All such parcels
were consigned to Consul General Lee. who
is said to have energetically protested
against such contra band, declaring that it
was without his knowledge"
Other papers accuse General Lee of being
"better disposed toward the Cuban insur-
gents than toward the colonial govern
ment." The Spanish press, however, in no
wise reproaches United States Minister
Woodford, whose conduct is irreproach-
able, and who seiZes every opportunity to
express pacific sentiments"
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN, Ind, March 6. - A large
number of witnesses have been summoned
to appear before the coroner at the inquest
to be held tomorrow on the death of Thom-
as t. Halstead. who was killed by an en-
CINE in front of the Pennsylvania Station
Saturday. The accident occurred shortly
before the arrival of a passenger train,
and a large number of people witnessed it.
Mr.. Halstead, who was quite deaf, was
crossing the track and failed TO hear the
bell. When he realized his danger he seemed
momentarily paralyzed and stood notion
less when the engine struck him, throwing
him fully thirty feet and killing him almost
instantly. Mr.. Halstead was one of Frank
Inns best-known citizens, being eighty five
years of age and having for years been
identified with business interests here. The
funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon
at 80 O'clock