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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
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900 KING STREET,
PHONE 1872 FOR II STY SERVICE.
MEETINGS.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock
a holders of the CROSS MANUFAC1 UR-
ING COMP Any, for the election of Dirtc
tors, will be held at the Hotel Fe chmann,
Alexandria, Va, THURSDAY, March 3rd,
1898, at 4 p IN
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a thrill of terror is experienced when a
brassy cough of Group sounds through the
house at night. But the terror soon charges
to relief after One Minute Cough Cure has
been administered. Safe ard harmless for
children. Charles g. Lennon
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COR. DUKE ANO FAIRFAX SITS.
D6g We Lead IN Low Prices
CHOICE NEW GOODS

Our CEYLoN BLEND OF JAVA and
MOCHA makes delicious cup of coffee. Try
it at 25c per b.
PRUNEs-25 boxes large meaty black
fruit at &c per h.
Our celebrated brand OF HAM !, nice shape
lightly smoked, well cIred and of delicious
flavor 12c per h.
The fine flavor of our SMOKED BREAK.
FAST BACON will please you. Only 1Oc
per ID.
Your thoice of 500 lbs LOUDOUN COUN.
TY ROL LBuTTER at 2Oc per n.
PURE VIRGINIA. BUCKWHEAT 2!c per
lb.
ARBUCKLE's COFFEE 1O4c per Ii.
ROLLED OATS 24c per lb.
NAVY BEANS SC per quart
STAR SOAP 2tc per cake.
Received to-day large lot of SMALL
DRESSED CHICKENS for brolIing
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E'OR RENT.-oFFICE, second floor, over
II S. H Lunts, corner Fairfax and King
streets Will be rented cheap if taken at
once. Apply to American Building and Loan
Associa ion, No. 3O3 King street.
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aSONE PRICE. @
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, &c.
ARE
Gentlemen?

If you are fire away, as weare prepared to re.
ceive you with most magnificent stock of
WINTER CLOrHlNG for Men or Boys.
purchased at anti tariff prices 4 benefit
which we are giving cur patrons
MEMS SUITS in honest ser lceable b.
RIGS, at $3.50, So and So
ALL.WOOL SUITS, well mad and nice.
ly fitting, from $3.50 to 81.
MEMS OvEROOATs uncqualled values.
from SO to SIS.
CHILDREN'S KNEE PANTS SUITS, in
all styles of make and goods, from
$125 to So.
CHILDREN'S REFERS. regular beau
ties from So to 50.
BOYS OvERCOATs from So 80 to
$3.50.
CHILDREN's KNEE PANTS from 25c
to S1.5O.
MEMS SUITS TO MEASURE from
$3.50 up
PANTALOONs TO MEASURE from
81 up.
large stock of Gents vi ter Underwear
All goods marked in lain Figures at the
lowest prices YOU none refunded for any
purchase unsatisfactory.
Es-We give GREEN TRADING STAMP5
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these will positively b, the last sold at the
! p ice-6ic.
A small lot of Chi dren's Scarlet All Wool
Underwear in Drawers, Shirts and Pants in
sizes % to 32. The larger sizes are worth
75c All go at 25c each.
New line of xtra Fine Nansonk Embroid-
cries III d All.Oyers and do not forget that we
handle the STANDARD PATTERNS. Ali
the newest in stock.
Mems Department.
Full line of Co'ored Percale Shirts, Man
h'ttan and Monarch Dress Shirt, Earl ard
Wilson's Collar and Cuffs, and the newest
things in eckwear.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
4 LITTLE a1RL's TR1ALs.
n. G..

Wessrs. EdttOrs:-T am q little girl
ten years old, I live on a farm. do Q
great deal Of work, or at least I think
1 do, but my bwo older sisters, seem 70
think I ought to do more. But / am
the baby, and / don't often do anything
only as I want to.
My grandma gave me a pet pig last
summer, but my brother learned it -
fight, and it got so mean / sold it to Pc
for two dollars. I have another pig
now and a little gray cat. I will close
by asking a few questions. Why 10
the letter z like a pigs taill Who in
vented the first sewing machine and
when9 Where does Gladstone livel
Your little friend, Celia Edna Ne.
Kinney, Highlands, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
YOUNG FOLKS.
FROM THR MoUNTAINs

Messrs EditOrs:-Wiu you allow O
girl Is years old to join your happy
bandi As I have not seen any letters
from jackson county I thought I would
try to write one. If this gets into the
waste basket I will try again. am Q
farmers daughter and I think farm
life is the most pleasant life one can
live. I am sure all the cousins whO
live on a farm viii agree with me. Is
is 90 pleasant and nice to roam over The
mountains and see the beautiful flowers
the sparkling streams and the hanging
cliffs overlRid with beautiful flowers
and eyergreens. Wishing The PIE.
GREssTvE FAR1ER and its editors much
cuCces-Lillie n. Woods, Fidelity,
n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
9ur Social Gbaf.
ED1TRD BY AUNT JENNIE RAJ n. @.

Here is a column for everyhodv-ladies. { en-
tlemeQ, boys, girls fathers and mothers.
Everybody is invited to W It n subjects of 1n-
terrsJ to them. Never mind If you are not
perfect IA VI it + give rs our thoughts and
we will see that they are in good shape GefOre
they al pub,is e..
TrE PROGRESSIVE FARMsRi a paper for every
member of the family and young and old alike
are lis p.trOns aud its friends. We nope to
unite these thou amos Of our friends in a DOnd
of friends ip that wifi Ue a help ard an tuspire.
ton 10 each one of us" he friendship Oh each
of our readers the confidence OF the ola No tn
states o urdy sons. and the trust or each OF her
daught rs, Is what this paper aims to win by
helpiIg each one Of them to do more. t. be more
anu to enjoy more in this beautiful world" We
hope this 9 iTit will animate each let or. and
breathe through every page. Address letters 70
"Aunt Jennie" Care Of Ea6 PhoGRRSsIVS FAR
n b. Raleigh. N. Z.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
A GIRLS DUTY.

Dear AUNT JennGe:-As you invite
everybody TO write, 1 will write q few
lines about girls duties as home. l
think girls should be kind and helpful
to ~thelr Some girls don't
even think of work. They rather BIC
about and read story papers and
novels. Reading novels does them no
good. When a girls mother has 10
COOK she should help her cook and DO
her house work. Some girls SIT IN the
parlor with their beau and let their
Door old mothers do all the cooking,
washing dishes and all sucn drugery.
If l were a young man hunting q wife
| would go to the kitchen for the girl
that helps her mother In preference Go
the that sits in the parlor. l like
to see girls work and try to learn. They
should know how to do every l OF
house work. Il would be q great help
O their mother If they would. / like
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
FROM JENNIE ACTON,

L. there balm any where for a soul SO
sorely tried. I Am tired to dRy-of
worry. Yes, yesterday and the day
before a young man was here q man
whom I can't help deteeting. At first
| did like him, ne was so polished and
polite, good looking too, but now / have
changed and l will tell you why. One
of my aunts had q quilting the other
night and all we girls went. None of
us knew that there would be boys there
but they were there, all the same.
After supper we had games, music and
singing. The quilt vas done and We
all were happy. I had net noticed this
young man especially. I had heard
is whispered that he drank but could
not believe it. Well / know nov that
he actually does drink and this girl has
no more use for him. / am positively
certain thas he 10 not the man for me.
I for one do not propose so keep house
for any man who drinks if l can help
it and | think | eau. ALI We girls ought
to be glad that We have the right TO
accept or req act q fellow. Our rights
90 American citizens are limited but
l am thankful shas I can marry or not
just As I please. They cay that Mr..
Jones is very Eicn Or his father is) and
he is the only child. We'll / still say
be ia not the man for me, for money
does not buy happiness. Ny father
encourages his coming, but mama is
ON my side.
Other girls may risk it if they care
to, but I beg to be excused.
l have just finished . sofa pillow,
that all VINO have seen it say it is beau
tlfuI. I6 was an idea of my own and
cost little. A yard of brown calico,
half yard Of brown flannel double
width; some pretty bright WOODEN
scraps and odd bits of Esphyr. Make
q sq1are pillow of the calico. Cut the
flannel In a long strip. It will NOT
take quite all of it, Gather both edges,
then put Ii around the edge OF the pill
low. Ii will form q square ON top and
bottom of the pillow. Sew il ON this
way. Make crazy quilt squares OF
your scraps large enough TO fill the
spaces on Sop and bottom. Work then
wish bright thread and I know you
will be pleased with it for both aides
can be used as the top. Ihave q tassel
at each corner of mine but you can
leave these OF.
Now, aunt Jennie, please don't give
my post office, or real name.-Jennle
Acton.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
THE MOTHERS OF THR PRRSI-
DENT.

DIR. Talcott Williams of Philadelphia
has made an interesting summary Of
the lives of the mothers Of our PreSi-
dents.
Eleven of them, or nearly half of the
number, were in easy circumstances,
belonging to families of education and
gentle breeding; the other half of the
number struggled with poverty and
hardships more or less severe. The
lives barest of comfort or softnees
we're probably those Of Jackson's and
L!ncoln's mothers, who were pioneers
IN the West, and literally struggled
for the necessities of life.
Some of these women we're unlet
tered, and perhaps narrow and bigoted.
Some were Of the fairest fruit of Amer.
lean civiliz stion. But Doctor Williams
calls attention to the momentous fact
thas all, without exception, were godly
and devout women:
mo American" he says, "has be
come President without the memory
of the prayer he lisped at his
mothers knee. Not q President but has
left some where onrecord his testimony
to the training and religious influence
of q Christian mother"
He notes also the significant facs
that all the Presidents of the United
States have avoWedly owed more to
the influence of their mothers upon
their lives than to that of their fathers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

With Aunt Jennie's permission / want
to give the Ohatterers, a set of rules
which, 1 learn fell out of q young lady's
pocket book and were picked up by an
INSCRIPTIONS newspaper reporter and
thereby found their way into the pub
lie prints. Idon't think the world will
bs any worse by their publication, and
l think we girls can find much food for
thought in them:
1. l don't let q man smoke when he
walks or drives with me. If he knows
no better than to do it, / promptly tell
him what I think of it.
3. Idon't let any man ''see me home
from church. If he hasn't gumption
enough to take me there and sit
through the services with me, he may
stay away altogether.
3. 1 don't let a man friend give pres
ents unless it 10 something of a trifing
cost. like fruit or flowers. And I al
ways gauge q man by his taste in this
respect.
don't encourage any young man
who lie not perfectly polite and agree
able to my mother. Whoever call upon
me sees a great deal of her.
don't allow Q caller to stay later
than ten o'clock. IF he does not go at
that time, I politely tell him my Gus
tom.
lam very much pleased with "Social
Chat."-Eisie, Jackson County, N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

More than half, indeed, were left faith.
erless in boyhood.
The conclusion to b9 drawn from
these significant resemblances in the
lives OF the Presidents ia that the quail
titles given to q man by the love and
daily training of a sincere, God fear
ing mother r those which command
the trust of other men. The nation
has not, herhaps, chosen ita most brill
liant or possibly it's most able men TO
be it's chief rulers. But il has never
chosen q man, from Washington to
Mckinley, whom the majority of the
people did not believe to be honest in
character.
The ''higher education" which the
mothers of u future Presidents are
receiving TO day will enable them 60
give their children Q broad culture
along lines Of mental requirement, OF
which Mary Washington and Nancy
Lincoln never heard or dreamed. But
let them not ignore the honesty and
simple religious faith which these wo
men gave TO their sons, and by which
they were made steadfast in principle,
aud held the confidence of the country
in it's hours of dire need.-Youth's
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
Courage,

,.iIs to strike when mans as
soor OF selfish pain or loss;
~ weakly covers when right Is
h proud worlds heavy cross;
VPV|n Ills 20 speak the splendid word
~ ~ bojd defiance to Q lie;
VI 1ojce for truth Ia family heard
mhen psrty passions mount on high;
nSarfs no struggling cause egpouse,
ia loves no paths by martyrs trod;
80 soul no call can rouse
~ Jare TO stand alone with God
~ man is coward, and no deeds
De valor done on fields Of strife
" nrove his courage. Battle needs
Are naught beside q tested life.
~ dslleys With temptations lure,
Nor hurls his tempter TO the ground /;
Fho champions not the weak, the
whom power and strength with
cords have bound;
B7bo how obsequious TO the strong,
And crushes what he knows 10 weak;
30 matters with a deadly wrong,
And dares no vengeance on lie Wreak;
Vbo crouches meath opinions lash,
Nor d4res his own true thought pro
claim;
Vbo never with an impulse rash
Ran on before his time lis tame,
!. coward, and no work upreRrs
Which lasts. Gods edict on high
laws courage shall ouelast the years,
But every coward soul shall die.
Hattie Tyng Griswold, in Christian
A ArrCAta
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

Will Retlaw seems to think girls
responsible TO some extent for the
young men drinking whiskey. Maybe
we are but I for One have a clear con
science. l simply refuse to have any
thing to do with a young man who
drinks whiskey, plays cards or any
thing of that kind.
G'rls We do have some influence I
know over our brothers it no one else.
for l have seen it proven. have
worked many evenings for my brothers
eng oyment. and / think I have two as
sober, kind hearted brothers as any
girl has.
A young man once told my brothers
II his mother and sisters would do for
him &s theirs did for them he would
not leave home He tried drinking,
that did o satisfy him. He left home
20 get 9 place whore he could earn
money enough to buy what his mother
and sisters might by q listle extra work
have fixed for him. Now that he is
gone, they can Gee and regret that they
did not 90 for him what they might
nave done while he was with them.
Let us as sisters do every thing in
our power z make our brothers EN- y
themselves at home. Then they will
De at hons with us very often. When
# treated other wise they would be
eeeking pleasure and pastlme in q bar
room, or play ing cards, or something
Of That KIND II sisters can keep their
brothers from indulging in these bad
habits it makes it more pleasant for
osher girls.
II We do our duty, then when our
brothers marry or their professions in
life calls them from Us We will have
the satisfaction of knowing thas it was
no tauls of ours that caused them to
leave. We will know to, that no young
lady will have to slighs them because
they are not what they ought to be-
Isabella.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

Dear AWnt Jennie:-I would like to
join In wIth the band of cbaCterers
and discuss some Of the most inter
esting subj cts which I see discussed
in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER week
after week. L wish 20 say Rfew words
in regard to the letter written by Davie
L. Carroll in the defence of bicycles.
I do not deny that the wheel looks all
right with the right kind of rider upon
it, but I do think it is q disgusting sight
to Q q lady perched on n come
splitting down tho streets, looking
worse than the driving gear of O loco
motive. / do not say this to insuls any
girl for they have q right to ride
wheels if they wish to do so, but still l
do not fancy the sight. As you know
We ali have different views OF the same
subject and our minds are not alike
Ii they were there would be more than
one person loving my sweetheart and I
might fare badly. When bicycles first
came about l heard that q lady's wheel
had beeninvented and as / wRs in town
one evening walking along the streets
I heard u low rushing noisS when look
ing back, 10 and behold, what should /
zee bus q Ro,calied lady splitting the
streets like q tornadol OF course | was
frightened for l did nos know whether
she was O man dressed like q girl or
not. If the girls are going TO try K be
men why not put on pants and shirts
and be done with it3 If / was o wheel
rider 1 would always take the back
street.
suppose I have said enough about
the glrlS riding wheels 90 I will cay O
few words in behalf of 'Gr&ndma's"
letter. / heartily agree with her. Too
many think that q wife 10 q slave in
stead of companion. They may love
you, but girls you had better watch
them and mind what kind of o man
you are giving your attention to Take
my advice and never associate with q
young man that touches strong drink
ia the least Tor if you go with him and
give you attentions to hum you may
never expect to stop him from drink
ing. And just 10 long as you associate
with him he will keep On at his mean
ness. They will act all right Rt frst,
but mind when they have you where
you cannot help yourself they will play
havoc with your happiness.
On the other side, young men, when
ever you decide TO marry never go to @
ball room to f1nd O girl and be sure you
never get a girl with a high temper If
you do you will surely repent. To try
to cool her temper would 0e like sitting
down upon a lighted bom0shell TO pre-
vent it's exploding. If you are able to
buy a 10 cent cigar, you are able 20
give your wife enough money to buy
what che needs most. If your wife 10
kind and affectionate, you should be
Young men, take my advice and be
careful what kind Of q woman you
seek for a wife. Success to our Chat"
and Aunt Jennie I will now close as the
girls are getting ready 60 take a ride
on their wheels. Hurrah Chatterers
and make our column interesting
Ben Bolt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

We trust that our correspondents
will be patient with US and not think
that because their letters do not appear
in the mex issue afber they are received
that they have been cast into the much
dreaded waste basket. Lsst week
several were crowded out, this we re-
greet but cannot always avoid.
Several new names have been added to
social Chat circle, since our last talk.
These are all welcomed, heartily. Our
young folks seem especially fond of
love stories. Well, lOve is life. To
love and to be loved is the acme of ex-
istence .Withous love, to live is misery
and to die is to be unremsmbered.
Who is so heartless as to care thus to
live or so diet Human love and sym
pathy are the dearest ties, that bind US
to earth.
Rad the letters this week. I feel
that you are beginning to know each
other and common q from my pen are
somewhat superfuous. All of them
are coed and am delighted to know
that this department of The PROGRESS.
I'VE FARMER is eliciting your hearty
and cheerful support. This corner il
ours and we will occupy it. Good bye,
until next Week.-Aunt Jennie.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

with the money"
i've spills some lemonade on the
liable" cried Harry. Il wonder how
long a bridge 1 shall have to build
across thetR'
And the two young sub engineers,
pleased with these jokes, st the
exoense of their chief, resumed
their work in somewhat better humor.
Behind a pile of timber, q few yards
of wltaiu easy nearing of every word
they sail, stood no less q person than
Mr.. William Harrison himself-tbe
chief OF whom they were speaking
fJr J. n5nl5g, hia hard, old face flushed
sngrlly; out the fush melted into q
smile Of half plying contempt, as he
turned slowly away, muttering:
"WeI, we'll, my fine fellows, it won't
be very long nov before We 9 who's
wrong and Rho's right"
Az the first glance, however, it Ger
tainly dad seem al il Jack Hopkins
and Harry Burt had some eason to
laugh at the bridge which they were
helping to build.
Eteven arches, each having a span Of
80 feet, stood ranged IN stately process
sion over a mere thread of water,
barely sufficient to wet one OF the cen
trail piers. True, the rainy season was
at hand; but, even in the rainy season,
how could this miserable little rivu
let ever swell into a second NiegarAl
So thought Burt and Hopkins, and
90, too, though not Q few Of their
Engisn subordinates. As for the Hin
doO Workmen, who swarmed over the
bridge from one end 70 the other, they
though nothing about the matter. So
long as they got their days wages and
their days food, the English burra
eahlO GREAT master9 was welcome TO
ouIld a bridge over = teacup If he liked
Day By day the bridge advanced TO
ward completion, for the railway, of
winch 1t foimed g part, was q very
important one, and Mr.. Harrison had
received orders TO flash it as Quickly
as possible. But, although he made
all the haste he could, he took good
care that N part OF the work was hur.
'ealy or Ineth5isntly done.
""hetever's worth doing at all, is
worth doing we'll" he would say; land
Us De. ter to put a little extra work into
'ls bride than to have to build anoth.
q, Il Il breaks down"
every cay, aud all day long, the old
~l''" was az his post. in the soiled,
80 sun hat and thread0are cotton
SA7'' at which mis- dandifsd young
pLa9t7 laughed behind his back.
t5.; I'D he keep the men up to
for "o'k, that all was ready a full
rasu' Oatore the time when the
Davt se7'oa Usually set in, aud the
49, @Ay out one was fixed for the
NJ ''ala across it.
n, evening before the ceremony,
II -, l''f'-2n vent out upon the bridge
kin, a''l5 him, and Burt and Hop
logot u'''1g nothing better to do, fol-
stia 1S close upon sunset, but the
d. heat which had prevailed all
The was still as oppressive as ever.
and uole air felt damp and heavy,
tLny ssreamlet that trickled
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

Miss Sharp-Before I gave you that
pie you said my sidewalk needed SHOW
cling.
Hungry Hoby-Yes, lady | reiterate
stasement-it du1 need shuvellin'.
An eff l wuz you I'd keep me eye peeled
fer some laborer an give him de job.
Mornin', ladY.-Judge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

Duty is measured by chance, and yet
the essential idea of duty is neveR
weakened. an bound to do less than
you, but I am lst as surely bound to
do my little assyou are to do your
much .-Phillips Brooks.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
GIRLS ARE WE REsPoNs1BLRH

If we are let US make an effort to
throw the responsibility off of u
shoulders.
If any act of has any influence
on young men let US try to % 80 our
influence will be for good.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

Fine sense and exalted sense are not
halt 90 useful as common sense: there
are forty men of Wit for one man Of
good sense; AMI he that will carry
nothing about him bat gold, will be
every day at q loss for reader change.
Addison.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

"Thst land you sold me is a foot I'M
der water every time it rains"
Don't let that worry you. You
know, as the surrounding country is
more thickly settled land always rises.
indianapolis Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

The latest prodigal son wrote home
as follows: Father, I am coming
home for the holidays" But the wise
father answered: you're a liar. John,
an you know it. You're comm home
for money.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

Fame comes only when deserved,
and then is as inevitable as destiny for
is is destiny.-L0ngtelloW.