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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
BEAU Typo YOU DRsIRR TIP

If So, Here Are Some Hints For You.
Telling girls How to be Pretty
Though Plain" Mrs. Humphry, in the
April Ladies' Home Journal, guran
tees any girl a good complexion who
who will wash her face every night
and morning, and twice a day besides,
according to her directions: THE
water must not be quite cold in winter,
and soap should be used but once a
day. The fogsrs are better than any
sponge or glove or flannel, and they
should be used as the masseuse uses
hers. pressing them firmly but gently
into the skin, and passing them two or
three times over every inch Of the
face. More particular pains should be
devoted to the corners, where dust Is
always liable to lodge, around the
evez. nose and mouth. II a washcloth
ia used it should b of the softest and
daeuE, and plenty of water should be
all away. The drying process should
be equally thorough and %effectual, a
hurried rub opening the way to all
SORTS of roughness and chappings.
| Not one girl in twenty Knows how to
wash her face. and that is the reason
why massage fourishes. It thoroughly
~cleaDsas
WELLS ARE RUINoUs TO THE COMPLEXION.
Continuing, she says:
Wells do more to ruin the complex
ion than any other thing The skin
needs h friction of the air. Constant
covering int rferes with the crcula
ton and the healthy action OF the
pores. It heats the tace, and keeps 1t
covered with an oily moisture which
catches the dust and dirt and gets
into the pores. When the face is left
exposed to the air the duet is blown
IF, the skin is kept dry and clean II
also stimulates the circulation Of the
blood and gives color to the cheeks,
HARMFUL REJECTS OF FACE POWDER.
If people who regularly use powder
| COUlU OILY IChllA9 NNSV@A y"
practice is to the skin, and how ex-
ceedipgIy nasty the results are, they
would gladly try what radiant, per
feet cleanliness would do. Severa
dollars worth of rouge and powder
can be outcome by a plentiful use o
pure water if only ser sibly applied.
HFAITH The KRY TO BEAUTY.
Without fresh air the body canno
be healty, and in the absence OF goo'
health the possibility of good looks ar
diminished. Many a girl whose com
plexion might be clear and softly tn
ted if she only gave it a chance goe
through life with a thick and muddy
looking skin that suggests the adVls5
btity of an application OF emery pap !
because she insists on sleeping with tn
windows shut and therefore breathe
, had air for at least three CHARTERS OF tn
{ night. Scientists inform US that
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
zoNAG = SIRCLE-
The Vampire.

A fool there was and he made his prayer
(Evsu "A you aud u
To a rag and a bone aud a hank OF hair
We - 81 ner the woman Who lid lOt care);
Bu5 the foil called her his lady fair
Even as you and ID
Oh. the years we waste, and the tears we waste,
And the work Of our head and hand
Belong to the woman who did not know
(And now we know that she never could know
And did not understand.
A fool there was aud his goods he spent
Even as you and L
Honor and faith and sure intent.
(Aud it wasn't the least what the lady meanO;
But a fool might follow his natural. bent
Gwen as you and ~
On. the toll we lost and the spoil we lost,
And the excellent things we planned
Belonged to the woman who did not know why
land now we know she never knew why)
And did not understand
The fool was stripped to his foolish hide
Gwen as you and i
Which she might have seen when she threw him aside
But it isn't on record the lady tried.
So some of him lived, but the most Of him died
Gwen as you and ID
And it isn't the shame and it isn't the blame
That stings like q white hot brand;
tie coming to know that she never knew why
Seeing at last that she could never know WhyC
' And never could understand. -RUDYARD KPLING
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

boys helped her. One MIXED while
the smallest minded the calves. An,
other helped get breakfast. The eldest
acted as another woman would have
done and had the house in order when
breakfast was ready and the fifth one
helped his father feed and water the
stock. Ihave 90 often thought of them
and how happy they we're. No, she
d d not need a girl, but she was raising
five good husbands for some other
mothers girls Aunt Jennie.
P. s. Since the above was written
the letter from Mrs. Fllyaw has ar
rived. Very glad to hear from her.
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d d not need a girl, but she raj raising
five good husbands for some other
mothers girls,-Aunt Jennie,
P. s. Since the above was written
the letter from Mrs. Fllyaw has ar
rived. Very glad to hear from her.
BOYS AND OLD MAIDS.
Dear Aunt Jennie:-I wonder what
makes boys so stranger Now I wanted
to fix up Brothers. room and began by
putting dark green shades under the
scrim curtains and was rewarded by
his telling me that he had rather have
seen sun shine in at the windows. l
had worked a pretty scarf for his
bureau and intended to fix one for the
wash stand but l guess there is no use.
There is consolation in his plaiuness
after all for his wife Qf he yer gets
one) will not be troubled by his want
ing this that and the other. The worst
of it ia, 1 am afraid that she will not
care to want any thing herself.
Ihave not said any thing about old
maids but / could hardly keep quiet. /
mean to be one myself, if l never find
a man that I love as Well-as me.
Married women have such a time. I
don't envy them. Ny dearest friend is
married and before ! would do as she
has to, I would emigrate lowell L
don't know where Colo. or Neb. may
be. Talk about the boys being fooled
in the girl they marry; what II her
roses are false and her beautiful hair
was bought at a milliners9 Do those
little items cause real heart aches9 No!
we all know they do not, but when a
woman has drawn a blank in the lot
terry of life the bitterness of her disap
pointment is Il imagine) ever present.
Some one has said that a woman finds
heaven or hell on the day she is made
a bride. 1t may be so; I am afraid TO
risk it. Too many have taken chances
and lost so let the wide world wag
as it will I'll be gay and happy still "
There is q place in the world for old
maids-some very important places
that married women cannot fill and if
we had no old maids, who could take
their places9 Not the men I am sure,
for they haven't the patience. Some OF
my friends tauut me by saying that
when 1 am thirty five I will begin to
get sour tempered and disagreeable.
Tnis may be true, but I do not intend
that it shall be 90. Many young peo
pie seem to take an especial delight in
teasing old maids. I never did. This
is said to be a free country, whether II
is or not. If you want to marry do so.
if not stay single. Whose business IL
il but yours9 I think a good subject
to discuss would be: Which are hap
piest the educated or the ignorant PEG
ple9-Jennie Acton.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
Another Model Town.

Undeterred by the fate Of Pullman
and Dolgeville, the owner of coal
tract near pittsburg is building a
model mining town. Each of its
houses of brick and stone will stand on
quarter acre lot. with flower beds
and an orange Usage hedge in front.
school houses, reading and club houses,
churches and stores will be provided,
thus leaving the miners and their fam
lilies, to the number of three thousand,
nothing to do but to move in and be
happy. Some precautions are, how
ever, to be taken against such an is
sue Of the enterprise as has befallen
other experiments of the same kind.
The homes are to become the property
of the individual miners, and they are
to run the place as in the case Of other
villages The stores are to be man
aged on the profit sharing plan. Club
and reading room membership will In
volve the payment of dues. The sale
of liquor in or near the place will be
barred
"Thc intention is" says the founder
of the town. ''to provide every benefit
with which an employe can be sup
piled. On the other hand, the cost of
producing coal must be made as low
as it can be made legitimately." If
the latter half of this declaration i'm,
plies that the miners are to accept less
pay than that given elsewhere in the
same district for like labor, as an off
set to the provision made in their be-
half the failure of the scheme, how
ever carefully framed in other respects,
can safely be Observation-Disclosures
Post Express.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
President Grants Suggestion

An official who quite generally knows
what he is talking about was dilating
the other afternoon upon the funny
hopelessness for all reasonable pur-
poses of many of the little creeks and
rivers for the Improvement" Of which
Congress was ;sked to appropriate
money under tie River and Harbor
bill.
when Grant was President" said
the official, "he used to alternately
chuckle and fulr*inate against the ex-
pendture of gooG government coin for
the Improvement Of measly little
streams that he himself knew could
never be made fis for any human pur-
pose. There was Virginian who, fall
ing to get CongNss to stick in an ap-
preparation for tue dredging of little
stream down in is section, finally i'm
portuned Grant - the matter.
Let's see,' sad Grant, musingly, )
believe | crossed that stream in 1864
wasn't it?'
"The Virginiat, who remembered
Grants crossing Of the stream pretty
well, replied afflrIl Ilatiyely.
" Look bsys.' said Grant, after a
pause, his face lighting UP suddenly,
why don't you fnacadamize it""-
Washington Post.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Young Cornelius Vanderbilt's punish
ment for defying his father by marry
ing Grace Wilson is to be cut off with
the portion of younger son. The will
of Cornelius Vanderbilt. just dead,
makes his son, Alfred, although Junior
in years, the senior in riches and the
successor to the power which the Van.
derbilt millions WELD. According to
information given by Il person who
should know the facts this is the ulti-
mate division of 500 100000, scheduled
in the vest pocket memorandum, by
which the late Cornelius Vanderbilt al
WAYS knew how much he owned.
TO Cornelius V. Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney, Reginald and Gladys v, his
children, $4,000, 900 each.
There are large special requests to
relatives, to Yale, Columbia and Van
derbilt Universities, to the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art and to various
charities. The remainder Of the es-
tates, in part subject to life interest
held by his widow, is left to Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, his second sur
viving SON. All beluests to the five
children are to be held in trust until
after the maiority Of the youngest, and
thereafter disposal nf any share is sub
iect to the consent Of the other heirs
New York Cor. Pittsburg Post
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. G. A Whitmorc
las or. Services hi weekly alternating
morning and evening" Services " ednes
dav.7 D. III Sunday School 2p. m.
Guild each Lords Day BOP. m. ,other SER
vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church Rev. " s. T. Metzger,
nas,or. Services Sunday 10 A. M. and 500 P.
M. Sunday School, 2 P. " Prayer Meet
ns, Wednesday,, p. m.
United Brethren Church-Rev. William
Duugherty Pastor. Regular Services by
appointment from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at 10 a. IN.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening
Sunday School 2 Pm.
Mite Society S mi-monthly. Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. W. Mis-. Meeting
Montkly at Parsonage.
Moravian Church Rev. M. F. Oerter, Pas
tor. Sunday School every Sunday, IA. m,
Preaching services will be held every other
Sunday as heretofore. alternating morning
and evening at 10 ard $3.50 respectively.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev.
w. l.. Orem Pastor. Services every alter
nate S ,nday at 10 A. NJ. and 700 P. M
Sunday School at 8 A. NJ. Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening at 73O M. Ep'
worth League at $50 everv Sunday.
ST. Stephens Church Protestant Episcoal
-Rev. Ernest Mccall, Rector. Services
every Sunday at 400, p, m, at Walkers
vile at 1890 Il. IN, at Thurmont,
Service SATURDAYS at 400 p. III.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
Jenkintown's Tramp Dentist.

After an absence of over fifteen years
Jenkintown can again boast the posses
sion of a genuine oddity in the shape
of tramp dentist. who carries his
workshop about with him. The itin-
Grant dentist is not an ordinary hobo
but boasts lineage and college edu-
cation. A popularity about this man
is that he carries folding chair with
comfortable head rest, and will pitch
his outfit anywhere he can find job.
His great field is the mill district,
where people have no time to go to a
dentist. The forceps with which the
teeth Of the customers are pulled are
made of solid silver, and were won as
a reward for writing a scientific essay.
Some years ago this strange man was
the leader of gang of desperate
tramps, whom the police had much
trouble to break up. The other day a
Newfoundland dog was brought to him
with an aching tooth. Although a lit
tie out of his line the obliging dentist
pulled the tooth. and, as reward for
his kindness, was bitten by the migrate
full dog.-Philadelphia Record.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
Partly Immune to Electric Shock.


1T is a singular fact" said an cleo
body is capable of becoming more or
less Injured to shocks from live wires.
| suppose the average scientist would
scout the idea, but what | say is borne
out by everyday experience. The en-
ployees of a big electric light works,
for instance, are continually receiving
shocks that would disable an ordinary
man, but are apparently none the worse
for the experience.
Il remember sometime ago couple
of young fellows came in contact acci-
dentaly with live wire at manufac-
tory here in town, and both received
exactly the same current. One Of them
was helper around dynamo and had
met with mishaps of that sort before.
He was knocked off his feet and mo-
mentarily stunned, but was all right in
less than two minutes. The other man,
who was a stranger. fell over as If
struck by lightning, and it was fully
half an hour before he showed the least
signs of returning consciousness. He
was laid up several days, and oddly
enough, was much the more powerful,
physically, of the pair.
II have known several cases of prac-
tically the same sort. The motormen
on the street cars frequently get the
current as they call it, especially in
rainy weather, when wet wood be-
comes a conductor. They tell me they
don't mind it much after the first few
times. 1t is certainly difficult to under
stand how repeated shocks can fortify
the system against the mysterious fluid,
but the fact is as state. I'll leave the
explanation TO somebody else. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
ODeratic Airs for station Calls.

Many Schuykill Valley commuters
invent pretexts for taking at night the
10:40 train from Broad street. so as to
travel with the Singing Brakeman. This
robust and humorous young man has a
good baritone voice, and he sings the
names of the stations. Il am he de-
clares, "the original Singing Brakeman.
have the field all to myself, but this
will not endure. The directors and big
chiefs have been hit hard r. my work,
and it will not be long befl all brake
men will be singers. Won 1t be bet
ter SO? Consider the ordinary brake
man. When he comes to Fifty-second
street he grunts in discord 'Hrump
-hrump, to-ra-ra- -hrump!' The passen.
gers can't understand that and besides
their ears are displeased. But | sing the
stations name clearly, now to the air
of 'Lohengrin's swan song now to the
bird music of 'Siegfried,' and again to
the intoxicating handkerchief motive of
Tristan and Isolde. The passengers
look at me and smile Sometimes they
clap, stamp with the feet, cry bravo
and encore but am obdurato, having
my work to do, and give no encores. ]
admit that | am proud of the fame ]
have won and that my heart throbs
with Joy when | overhear young ladies
SAYING, as | pass through the train:
Look, there goes the Singing Brake
man. '"-Philadelphia Record.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
No 50
LETTERS TO THE POPE.
How to Address Them So That He
VIII Open the Missives.

met a prelate employed in the Va
tican the other day, and in the course
of our conversation began to deplore
my hard lot in having to stay in Rome
during the heat of the summer and
work. "Oh, WE'LL" he said, 'you are not
worse off than we in theVatican. Now
that most Of the employees are away,
we who are left have to work hard"
Work. exclaimed.
"Yes, walk in the Vatican gardens
and count the grapes of the Ropes
vineyard"'
''Do you know that every evening
the mail brings to the bronze doors Of
the Vatican an average of 10000 let
ters and newspapers, to say nothing Of
telegrams? All the latters have to be
opened, sorted, and classified, while the
newspapers are read and selections cut
or extracts made during the night to
be ready for persual by the officers Of
State early the next morning?'
And where does the Pope come in?'
l interrupted. '"rhey say he also
works so hard|
"Much of this work is submitted to
him, and he should read all the letters
addressed Sanctitati Suae LeOni Papae
Nill. tellclleT feSudutl. I1OWeNer, dS
the whole "A hours of the day would
not be sufficient for the Pontiff to even
glance over them, he only sees what
Cardinal Rampolla thinks necessary
for his inspection"
I'm other words, he knows only what
they choose?'
'Oh no; there are communications
which really go direct to the Holy
Father, namely, those through the
diplomatsts accredited to the Vatican
Still, the most secure way of having
letter read by the Pope is to address it
rs follows: "To his Holiness the Pope,
Prefect of the Holy Roman and Uni
versal InQuisition.' as any other than
the head Of the church guilty of open
ing a document so addressed will be
eXcommunicated, according to bull
promulgated by the Carafa Pope, Paul
~"
"And letters which contain Peters
Pence" I asked, inqulringly, to which
got no answer but an expressive nod
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
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Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
A Chloroform Story.

a pet tortoise. owned by lady in
South London, was badly worried by
the house-dog, so the owner decided to
have the manned reptile put out of ex-
istence. friend, medical student
undertook to achieve the business of
killing with a minimum of pain. so he
placed the thing in box along with a
duster saturated with chloroform. The
next morning it was found that the dog,
which had apparently jumped on the
box with the idea of again mauling his
victim, had been overcome by the fumes
of the substance escaping out of a
hole in the receptacle, and was lying
dead, while the tortoise, which had been
doomed to destruction, was alive and
comparatively brisk in its movements.
and looked as though it had considera-
bly, benefited by the chloroform.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
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