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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Transports In sQuarantine.s
San F1ancisco. May g. The health !.
officers have ordered q further detenss
ltion Of the TRANSPORTS ii quarantine for
sixteen days on account 8Of the deEel.5a
opment Of smallpox among the passenss
N0ra aS ME@9Ss%fN
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Two Brothers Drowned.
West Bedford, Mass. May 6.-Chas.
E. Hummer, Jr., and Robert C. Kun
brothers, were drowned in Lower
Mystic lake while canoeing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Gen. Wheaton complains that the
Filipinos refuse to wait after being
whipped to be killed. Why not try q
proclamation on them?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13
. KellogE's Fatal Fan.

DR.. Kellogg's Fatal FAIL.
Allahabad, India, May 6.-The Rev.
DR.. Samuel H. Kellogg, an American
Presbyterian missionary, was killed by
falling owe a precipice while cycling
in the Himalayas a few days ago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Spain is to build ten new wal ships.
It's a bit too early to speculate as to
where they will wind up.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

The lions share is that part of an
estate which is not visible after the
lawyers get through with it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13
Hawkeye Tencher..

Algona,. Iowa. May 6. - The North
western Iowa Teachers association ia
In session here. Gov. Shaw delivered
IN address before 1t this evening.
There is a good attendance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13
snallpox stamped Ont.

San Francisco, May 6. No new
cases of smallpox have appeared
among the soldiers at the Preside or
on board the transport and 1t is be-
Meved the disease is stamped out. Ey-
cry. precaution is being taken.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Wireless telegraphy is probably q
good thing, but wireless politics will
be far better.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13
Naval Vessel Wrecked.

Naval VeN8CI WfecKeu I-
Valparaiso, Chile. May 6.-The gov
eminent has received an announce
ment of the wreck of a Chilean naval
vessel in the Straits of Magellan. No
details are ut hand.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Some temptations come to the in
dustrious, but all temptations come
to the idle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13
Gen. Eagan sails Tor Honolulu.

San Francisco, May 8.-Gen. Charles
n. Eagan, ex-commissary general.
called for Honolulu on the steamer
Australia. Gen. Eagan and his family
WI spend several months on the. ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Ananias was probably the first to
discover that truth is stranger thai
fiction.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13
Do your noble acts today and YOU
mean ones tomorrow.

Complaint is more apt to excite con.
tempt than sympathy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Without charity for the defects OF
humanity there would be no self-es-
TEEN
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13
A man wastes a lot of valuable time
by feeling in the wrong pocket.

Most men prefer to have their pc
theories tested by some one else.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

A woman extracts love from a mai
as a duty and confers it as a favor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Some people make the best of every
thing and others take 1t.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

Love may go where it is sent, but
some times it isn't sent where 1t goes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-13

A mans enemies are few If his rela'
tives all speak we'll of him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
AUNT aNNIR LITTER.

A letter full of good sound n is
the one written for us this week, by A
Raleigh Bly,
l wish il were possible for Us to re
produce ID elight's" letter just as 1t is
written. IG ia a model of neasness and
tells me at onca that the person who
wrote it is careful and tries 60 excel.
One who has written several nice
letters for US before this one comes to
us this week with a new name Sis.
Mooker. To me it is not SO nice as the
one we formerly knew her by, but
then "Ghey say" there is nothing in a
name. I am delighted to know that
YOU think our circle improving with
ca n issue of Toe Progres sive Farmer
and that you appreciate iEs weekly
visits.
Well. Twenty o le, my boy, it seems
that you are to realizs that the girls
are fond of defending themselves.
O lite a spicy reply to your former let
,er appears this week Certainly none
OIL US VIII 1851 Vic A0aS1 NhCAAON y
cause of any thing said in a friendly
controversy.
H1ttie B aeld's advice as to feeding
poultry is good. See if you cannot
send more eggs to market this winter
than ever before by adopting her
methods. There is more ready money
tor farm women in eggs than almost
any other marketable product. A
little exercise, a good deal Of patience
and much vigilance insures you pin
money the year round. Eggs are
salable at all seasons, but OF course we
all know that they bring more in win
ter than in s1mmer and we know too
that they cost the producer more than
when the hens subsisted largely on
bugs and vegetation.
Jennie Actions letter has just arrived
and she is the same lively girl whose
letters We always enjoy.
AUNT JENNIE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
ON o ANS VANITY

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-Well, here /
come again. | wonder if you all d.n't
get tired Of hearing me talk. All wo
men talk, you know, and am no ex
ceptfon. Brother says l am always
saying the very thing l ought not t..
1 wonder if all women are that ways
If they are then I am sorry that I am
not q man. Are they all models like
brother tries to make me believed If so
then I am glad thai I am not a man
for | might be as bad q m 1del as some
I know OF.
What does make men so concaiGed7
I say men and I mean it. Our boys
are exceptions you know but l am
afraid that they too will be men some
day. The man are always C mpli
menting US aud then if We show our
appreciation of the compliment by
taking extra care Of our teeth or the
waves in our hair they are among the
first to say that we are vain. / won.
der if they mean for US to believe them
when they tell us that they think US
pretty, or do they know that they are
''fbbing" and leave the truth to be
told US by our mirrors9 Now let me
tell you ali: no two persons see alike
and what one would ADMIRE another
would not. Ny glass may tell me that
I am ugly but how am | to know that
that man sees me as l see myselt9 And
there ore all l can do is to believe him.
l think it down right mean to tell a
girl that her eyes are lovely when any
body can see they are ju It the opposite.
[ kneW a girl once that was vain Of her
eyes and | suppose it was because some
man had told her they we're beautiful
but then they were large and almost
white and how could she be so foolish
as to believe him even if he was a man
and told her so9 Common sense tells
Us some Things ever If the men do say
differently some times.
JENNIE ACTIN
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
A GIRL,s

ST wish I had not discussed that nat
ter with D Onald last night" said a
young girl to herself, as she walked
slowly home from her class; me is go
clever and 81 much used to argumeat
that, instead of helping, l am afraid
I ONLY harmed him
But when Donald came to speak OF
this matter, hs said: Oar little talk
finally decided me- not to enter that
scheme, Annie. I could talk do Wn
your arguments, but I could not feel
willing to be engaged in tnat which a
high-minded girl like you thought be
low your standard Of right In these
days, when a young man has to fight
every inch OF his way In thu world,
and then struggle to maintain it, the
dust and noise Of the battle are so great
that we cannot always see and hear
the truth. That is surely n reason
that God gives you different lives
from ours; sheltered lives, cAlmer, less
beset, that you may keep the stand
ard high, and that we may ldge our
selves by your standard"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
NOVEL READING,

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-We once COM
menced the discussion of novel read
ing, but it didn't grow to very large
proportions. I think this a most i'm
portant subj 9ct and in the hope of
drawing out the opinions of ADLER mem
bers OF our Circle, will give my views
OF this very common habit. I speak
not of reading standard works of &c
ton, but of trashy novels Of to day.
These, in the first place, are as a
rule, silly. They present ideal or
~OvsrdraWn pictures of life, and cause
false hopes or false beliefs to grow in
the minds Of those who read them.
The hero in most love stories is ideal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14

only said that such correspondence.
usually carried on between vo,,ns lug
pie OF oppofite sexes, makes mnss peo,
mics than friends. I am sor,u S0e
misunderstood me in that pa,t;. You
The sensible young men - 'CalaF
you allude. I expect, have nlon suOA
sense, but 1t is not the wisdom IVY OIL
makes our ''men" and cur 1pch
for the country. It lies ueN'
power of the girl, to decide wb. 'ae
conversation shall be about, wba Voc
is conversing with young men, :. Sls
usually responsible. 'us y
Marie, you are decidedly miss,
when you think most young N.Y. e
eDj wing theselves when thon aS
love nonsense and 80 forth. NJ d ,a,i
some do enjoy it, but a great mon Uuo
not.
With the highest respect for W,
all the other Tablers, 1 still stana :
and defend every single wo.d nt;!
appeared in my last letter.
T~wENTY-0sp
Wake County. N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
BOX ON TOBACCO

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-"uN
Cha tterers are discussing Fne v
habit the views of the editor o.
cas- most widely circulated ~1
may not be out of place. El"',
editor of the Ladies' Home O'u
the current issue of that JoufDo
'sThe use of tobacco IL s,1
which every man mus deGIuT ~
self: whether his health wiz ~
it, That an abuse OF toon'u
cloud the mind and make 3 u 4,
tically useless for business
doubted fact. To some men sors
is a poison. One thing Is C'i r
things baiug equal a man Is ~
better off without tobacco IIo or
There is danger in it, use; sno,
in letting it alone. Oaly Lo ric,
comes from it's use: no Drac'' ~
fl can come to a man fr .ahocc
The habit of che wing toG'''
course, exceedingly vplR al ss
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
Our Social Chat.
EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, N. C.

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some of the
most w~ide-aWake and progressive young ladies'
and young men and some of the most entertain
ing writer's among the Older people of this and
other States the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more tn IN sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
us a letter on some subject of gensral interest,
and writing thereafter as often as possible
VIE WRITING, give full name and post
office address for Aunt Jennie's inf formation.
If you do not wish your real nom me to appear IN
print. give name by which YOU wish to be known
as a CLatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as a rule;
elapse between the time a letter is written ana
the date of its publication.
of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, n. q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
SAYS BOYS ARE TO BLAME.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE: I have long
bsen a S lenE reader Of the Social Chat
and think that The Progressive Far
mer is one Of the most interesting pa
pers published in the Old North s late /;
also think that the Circle improves
each week. What would home be if
The Progressive Farmer were not a
weekly visitor
Aunt J nnie, I hope you and the
Cousins will pardon me for being 80
rough, but Ican't bear the idea of let
ting Twent One pack up such a rough
JOB or the Wake county girls.
For would ye learn the spells"
1 am a Wake county girl. l think
he is rough about the girls talking
love. l fear he has gone too far, for |
think instead of it's being the girls the
fault lies with the boys.
Now, Twenty One, don't understand
me to say that you are one of that
kind, for I think from your letter you
are one our model young mtn. I am
glad to know that old Wake has such
a young man in her limits. l think If
all the young men we're such as you
describe yourself, there would be less
love and nonsense talked.
Wishing Aunt Jennie and all the
Cousins health, l am,
Wake Co N. Q. SIS MooKER !
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14

feeling of relief when he became
pisued at something that didn't go his
way and left, and open rejoicing when
it was whispered Rb5ut that he de-
sired TO come back aud had been told
there was no vacancy at the table
and no likelihood OF there being n
for him. Yet there was no apparent
reason for our dislike except his m6n
ners at the table. That was reason
enough.
He always entered the dining room
with the air of a man vino smelt some
thing disagr eeable. That was his iOea
of an 'aristocratic bearing" He sat
down as if his spine wa dashed to a
ramrod. The irrepressible small boy,
survey inRly him wonderinely, wins
pered, 'Zlt man t'ant bend his bat
(back) GO more zan Bowser tan, tan he,
muzzsr4" (B1Hser being a darky dol,
Of unusual rigiciEy.)
No matter whom the waitress was
serving, he Immediately began to or
der Der to attend to his wants. Never
q please or a thank you were heard
from his lips. He gave HE orders as if
he we're addressing a worm Of che dust
so far beneath him that it was c)nde
scension even to commaLd it. 10 con-
sequence, he was cordially disliked by
the mattresses, who visited upon him
the toughest steak, the leanes5 chops
and the palest pancakes by way OF re
venge. He would send back the meat
the for something l eau cut" and be
made to wait end wait and wait and
finally have slapped down before him
a piece no better than than that he
had sent away. Without q word on
the subject We seemed TO have taci1Iy
agreed to uphold the cause of the land
lady, and swear our steaks were ten
der and our chops juicy whenever he
grumbled-which was continually.
He couldn't eat oatmeal out Of a
saucer, but must have his portion
brought to him in a bowl, and he
ordered one after another of the indi
vidual portions Of cream served with
it until tie girls took to bringing him
plain milk. The after dinner cCf2e
cups were not to his mind, and he
must have a breakfast cup. He did't
want ice in his iced tea and didn't
want it in what he called 1.-The drinkin'
water in short he made three times
as much trouble as any other boarder,
ate twice as much and was always
growing about the price. He was, in
fact, on Chronic Kicker.
He was qui @ as obnoxious to his fel
lows at table as he was to the wal
tresses. And we, also, had no means
OF revenge. Those of US who came
later than he found his dinner occupy.
ing most Of the table. He arranged it
as a general might marshal an army
with glasses of water and iced tea
standing sentinel way out toward the
middle Of the table, and outposts Of
salad and entrees, and inally the force
OF meat and vegetables en- masse and
occupying the space designed for three
And he was constitution lily opposed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
TWRNTY.ONR DEFENDS HIM
SELF.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Possibly a re
formation Will soon take place among
the girls. l feel in great hopes, for
n (Marie) has already felt her ''guiI
ty conscience and risen in defense Of
the girls.
Why. certainly. l acknowledge the
fact that there are young ladies of this
day, who like to talk good common
sense" but, as I stated ia the article,
which appeared in a previous issue OF
this paper, they r few-yes, very
few, pos siDly one out of ten.
kindly ask "Marie" to observe in
my article, that / did not say a 80
ctal" corrts 2ondence was not beneh
cial, for it is exceedingly beneficial ]
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14

THE LARGEST LIFE.

lie upon my bed end hear and see.
The moon ia rising through the gIistenIng trees;
And momently a great aud sOmbre breeze,
With q vast voice returning hItfulY,.
Comes like a deep-toned grief, and strs IN me-
Somehow, by some ineXplceole art,
A sense of my souls straUgeness, snd lts part
In the dark march OF human destiny.
What am /. then. and what are they thaFpass
YOnder. and love and laugh, and mourn ana Weepf
What shall they know OF me, or L, alas!
OF them9 Little. At times, as II from sleep,
We wakeu to this gearing, passionate MOOD
And tremble at our spiritual solitude.
Nav, never once to feel we are alone,
while the great human heart around US hes;
To make the smile on other lips our own,
To live upon the light IN others eye7;
To breathe without q doubt the lmpld air
o. that most perfect love that knows no pam;
To say, love you, only, and not care
Whether the love comes back to Us again
Dvenest self-forgetfulness at first
A tack, and then a tonic, then q need;
To greet with open hands the best and worst,
And only for anothers wound to bleed;
This ia to see the beauty that God meant,
Wrapped round with life, inefably content.
There is beauty at the goal of life.
A beauty gro wing since the world began,
Through every age and race, through lapse and strife,
Till the great human soul complete her span.
Beneath the waves OF storm that lash and burn,
The currents of blind passion that appalL,
To listen and keep watch till we q scern
The tide of sovereign truth that guides IL ali
So to address our spirits to the height,
And so Rttune them ID the valiant whole,
That the great light pa clearer for our light,
And the great soul thu str niger for our soul;
To have done this is to have lived. through fame
Remember us with no familiar name.
Archibald Lampman, IN Atlantic Month!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
GARDEN FOR POULTRY

DEAR z UNIT JENNIE: The no,,r..
on the farm possesses everv a6vo.%
over the man confined to one =. :.
city Its. While, in our exna,o'a
free range of the farm is not thu ~
way to raise fine poultry, yet We d.,
appreciate the foods we may raise =
feed fresh from the garden to onr ~
try. In our experience the fowls
large do not conine themselves
picking up the waste but rsthgr cboo
to take their rations from horse ~.
gers and pig troughs. They tstten !
the corn and perhaps the men Gamma
with lstice that the hens eat thu
heads off
We find it better to have ward,
medium size, and we have about ma
up our mind that hens at large are !
much improvement on hogs at lad
and what woman AN pu5 I'D With
in the door yards But il hens sreys
ed they must be fed and there il nd
on the farm to plant a garden for
chickens. What shall we plaptR
must have lettuce, of cou Sc. Oet
Cut a surprising amount of feed iro
few feet square of lettuce. Then tb
is giant southern mustard. AfeW ID
Of that, and you have a green 4
greatly relished and in quantity fol
numerous f3ck. Winter onions
egg producers. Perhaps We can ia
corner for hemp and suDf JWers. 7
we must have some vegetables for
ter. Cabbage and artichok8s @
first II you do not believe the bid
Ike raw RrtIchokes, watch and soc
chicks devoUr them. Then We
raise some carrots to cook and mix
bran for biddies, a winter breazta8
make her lay. Wacan cook them
mix with corn meal to fatt8n tue
try quickly for market. PROBABLY
vegetable we raise gives less trou0
is more certain to yield we'll 5nan
beets. Then the b3ets keep well Y
is more than we An say for ca5fo
this locality. We put b9ets Ehro1g
bone cutter and feed raw.
The hens greatly relish theraW
tables and the ducks must have
if you wish eggs 10 January. The
ard will stay green long af'ef
aud when iG is gone begin on En9
The mustard will not appear tn8S7
year nor in any way resemble Wy
fashioned sort. A great many
where the vegetables have been
off may be sown to the mustard !
feeding. HATTIE OiP'
Red Willow county. N90
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
FROM EDGE coH6S

DEAR AUNT JENNIE n fD
been reading the leFte[' Edgi
and eeeing none from, res3
East North Carolina, nadne
throw of some of my
write. cousins
circle should talk lees o. I'd
and more of an education eli
how many OF our boys g Emo
6av are growing up w' thew
idea of education, when en- Sp AM
trained to be useful NJ %hen
For the time is comins all ii
Gated will stand first 10 % o. edu
i I ns strive to have az tart
-, E's NAV stand among sog "a 3
Mis- letter receives mo
~ili call again. VIII
amt Jennie. 4
AEigecombe county !
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
THE DISAGREEABLE MAN.

to MOBILIZATION. He usually wore his
elbows akimbo, and at intervals a long
arm would shoot out over into the next
county and return with a cruet Dr. a
bottle of catsup. When the bread plate
was cut of reach he armed himself
with a fork and harpooned a slice, gen
orally transfixing two and drop ping
one somewhere along the line of re
treat.
But what we most emphaticRlly oh
jscted t was his way Of handling what
was passed to him. He couldn't take
a piece Ct cab g without feeling Of two
or three first, nor a lump Of sugar
without paving the remainder. He
would claw over the grapes and pinch
half a dozen peaches before he could
make a selection. He was always ap-
propriatipg other peoples dishes if
they looked more inviting than his
own aud saying, Ca, beg pardon" for
a mistake" that was intentional.
One day a particularly brown and
crisp slice of toast was set at his neigh
boris plate. The D~isagreeable MAJ as
ssumed an absept-ninded air, Preached
out and felt it ell over.
Oh, beg. pawdon; I guess that isn't
mine, l. ii2'
4 think it is now retorted the.
other, a lady like young nan whom
We had't 81 s2ected of so much spirit.
And ever otter Il silenca that could be
cut reigned batween them.
Tee Duagreeab!e Man added. to his
dIsfavor In our eyes by a dreadful
habit of snlhag, one common to small
boys with a cold and without q hand
keYchief. AID it was q babit that got
on everybody's nerves. He might be
safely relied upon TO Introduce al least
one unpleasant topic every day, it any
one gave him a loophole. He actually
began to describe q case of cancer at
dinner one day and had got so far as
the odor raj something terrible"
when one lady left the table and the
lawyer at the other end said in a tone
that would have chopped ice:
kindly spare US the clinic, Mr.. -"
You didn't say anything when
c. was talking about brains; / don't
see why /" But the atmosphere Of
Interpretation round the table was go
uDmistgkahIe that he ceased and fin
ished his dinner with rapidity and an
air OF injured innocence.
We're we sorry to lose him9 "Well
I should say not"
But the DisagreeabIe Man has made
me think, many times, Of the duty par
ents owe to their childrtn in this one
matter Of table alone. Moth
ing places" a person so quickly as be
havior at table; nothing Is a better in
dex of refinement and good breeding
Men may affect to despise the fastid.
iousness that take note of such SIN al
things. as they regard etiquette, but
their tffsc .atlon doesn't make q bit of
difference &c far as others opinions are
cOncerr ed. A person with such habits
as l have described may be tolerated
through the good breeding of those
Fhom his geucheries offend, but he
creates a pre- ldioe against himself it
is extremely hard to overcome.
In republican country no mother
knows to what position her son or
dauughter may be called. Whether
they go toward the top or remain in
the station in which they were born
she car DO them no harm by doing her
best to fl them for any place fate may
call them to occupy. And when she
begins this task-which isSalso a duty