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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
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DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-Wiu you and
the young ladies OF you Circle admit
one other bachelor9
have been a reader and admirer of
Social Chat aver since it was opened
but owing to the heavy shots hurled
at bachelors from the pens of the
young lapies, I have feared and still
fear to ask for admitance.
Having many things to say in my
first letter, I shall say nothing for fear
it will be a confusion of words or as,
Linked sweetness long drawn cut. "
agree with R x" in saying that
man should not live alone but it seems
to me that it would be taking too
much from the pleasures OF life to
take away the romantic scenes OF love-
making.
Also I agree somewhat with 'O,d
Bachelor" Ia saying that love is a
disease, Surely it is a disease, but not
of the head. It is a disease of the
heart. 1t causes aching voids that
cannot be filed save by the quicken
ing smiles of the fair sex. 1t also
affects the whole life of man so that, if
he has one severe case of love or heart
trouble, he never RECEIVERS. l some
what believe in the Roman legend that
man once had two faces and eight
limbs. The gods became angry with
man and severed him in twain. thus
making man and woman. And that
man has W since been going about
seeking the person from which he was
severed and is never satisfied until he
finds her.
This is why I am a bachelor. I am
yet seeking my better half. SAM.
Carteret county, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MACON
GWENTY YEARS AGO.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-I come again
though I feel ashamed, after reading
80 many instructive letters from the
Chatterers to even attempt to write.
But when I tell you all that I am now
ffby two years old you will not expect
very much as ones talents are not so
bright at that age. especially those of
a farmers wife.
I will give a brief description OF my
neighborhood. I live in Western
North Carolina, Macon county, on a
small stream called Turtle Pond, much
noted for mountain trout. Ny hus
band and I settled here twenty two
years ago, just in the wild woods with
no neigh oors except the very numer
GUS wild animals. When we were get
ting our log cabin ready to occupy, I
remember an old gentleman showed
me the spot where he had caught five
panthers before ever moving his trap.
But that was in Civil War time. I
have never seen one since I have been
here in the mountains, which are now
so thicklY settled that they have gone
to other fields. Not long after we
came here my husband caught young
deer and l had it for a pat for two
years. Finally, however, it became
80 mischievous that VIZ had to part
with it. I have plenty Of neighbors
now and there are fields Of grain and
grass with school houses and churches
ia many places where was only the
unbroken forest Whan W. cana here9
am a busy woman. I weave, spin,
and have my vegetable garden, attend
to my COWS, and do my house work
and yet have time to care for my
flowers. I have the most lovely
phloxes and asters and a few house
plants. I also raise poultry and agree
with Mrs. J. L D. as to the Brown
Leghorns being good layers. But they
are so small that I have crossed mine
with the Black LaDgshans, I find that
they lay just as well while they are
much larger.
What has become of Mrs. MULE I
would like to hear from her. Now,
Aunt Jennie, if I see this in print, l
may come again.
MRS N. 81. MCKINNEY.
Macon county, N. O.
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keeper.

A young man does Lo5 find 1T easy to
get along ia the world without educa-
ton or family influence In property
or wealth; but he viii find, in the long
run, that iG Is far easier for him to
make his way among men without any
o. all Of these advantages than TO maze
substantial progress in the world with.
out the reputation Of a good char8c-
ter, even though ne has all THESE other
possession Character S .ands for
something every where, In splCe OF 1Gs
frequent blighElDgs. Men who are
themselves lacking a good one, sppre
ciaJe and value IG IN others. The
YOUNG man whose word cannot be
believed, whose honesty Is not above
suspicion, and whose personal ate IL
not what iG Oughg so be, Is not the
Young man Gna5 the business WCr1Q has
opened places tor. He may nave
health and wealth., L family posi-
tlon, and many friends, out II ne has
not a good character he Is at q Qlsad
vantage in every position IN lie.
When q young m&n who has lost q
good name makes au homes tHJrG 10
recover Is, ne finds G1aG his way up
ward Is a hard oue-A great deal har-
der, IN spite Of ali other helps, thai l5
would have Oeeu had he made a rig at
start without these neIps. Friends
ars comparatively po~erless / their
effor Is TO Win cOLh1ance Tor n VINO
has proved hIms3t unworthy or I5 on
former occasiOns linen 1t Is ina the
young man Is nkely TO r5aLlze as never
before thai "a good name Is rather TO
De chosen EhRn great rIcnes," even as
q worldly Invts sment, because 10 Is so
hard TO get on without a good name, or
tn re kRIn iG Wnen once surrendered.
young man who has that pos
sessiJn ought to count i5 ABOVE price
and GO have a care lest ne lose lt.-Tne
Golden Rule.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

ouaint and curious carving
81, y. he 4nOsts OF that old bed,
% Nv we're long beaked, queer old
ying croyrs upon their heads,
VIZ fierc5ly looked down IN me
5g %; ,E> a cold, ssrdonic grin;
not afraid OF grifins
l[@5en nv mother tucked me in.
amber how il stood there,
Tjrb it's head piece backward rolled,
its broad AID heavy tester
} ned with plaitiOgs, blue and gold,
the great old fashioned pillows
5g loaned with rufH9s , white and thin,
+Ee cover soft and downy
81 When my mother tucked me In.
r.o, cared I for dismal shadows.
"5s,fring up snd down the floor,
=, tbe bleak and grewsome wind gusts
psatiDg 'gainst the ~closs-shut door,
+, rEe rafting of the windows,
' an the outside noise and din;
, as safe and warm and happy
) wren my mother tucked ma in.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
Cleveland county, N. @.
TOO LONESOME WITHOUT THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-I have moved
to Jacksonville since I wrote you last,
and I have not seen The Progressive
Farmer in three months. I feel very
lonely without it, so you will find in
closed 25 cents, please send it to my
address 3 months and then I shall re.
new.
! want to know what has become Of
all the Chatterers and what they are
talking of. I guess they have for
gotten me but I have not forgotten
them nor The Progressive Farmer.
I am working very hard for a Jack
sonville firm and don't get much time
to write. JACK CHARITY.
O1slow county, N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
Social Chat.
EDTTED BY AUNT JENNIE RALE1aH, N. G.

Here Is a column for ev~erybody-ladies, gen
EIemen, boys, girls, fathers and mothers.
Everybody is invited to write on subjects of in
teresG to them. Never mind if you are not
perteGG as a writer, give US your thoughts and
we Will see that they are in good shape before
TIE PROGRESSIVE FARMER 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 a bond
OF friendship that will be a help and an inspira-
ton TO each one of u.s." The friendship OF each
of our readers, the condolences 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
and to enjoy more in this beautiful world" We
nope TINS spirit will animate each letter, and
0reabne through every page. Address letters to
Aunt Jennie,'' care Of TaR PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER, Raleigh, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
AUNT RNNIE's LETTER.

Two letters came last week after
mine had gone to the printer, conse
quently did not have the pleasure of
introducing the writer's. Although
Will Retlaw seems to have forsaken
US, / am delighted to welcome his wife.
She came asking for a reliable recipe
for canning corn. Will some one
kindly furnish it9 We hope to have
many nice letters from her as we know
she Is capable OF writing such.
The other letter to which / refer is
the one from Ka9hrine Walton. / am
very much Impressed with the gentle
ness and goodness Of the girl who could
write such a letter. Yours is the right
idea, Kathrine. The home circle is
the place Of all places on earth to prove
yourselves real ladies and gentlemen.
''They say" that you never know a
person until you live in the same hous9
with that one and oh, how true it is!
So many persons lavishly bestow their
smiles on comparative strangers who
do not appreciate them and reserve
their troWns for the dear ones at home.
Be pleasant and courteous at home else
when you have a home of your own
the one who shares it with you may be
disappointed and consequently IN
happy.
Iagree with you, Tar Heel Joseph"
in thinking that it is best not to think
too much of ''sweet hearts, until after
you obtain an education. ! have
heard so many expressions of regrets
from persons too old to acquire a col
legiate edcation, whose school days
we're spent foolishly thinking more of
sweet hearts than of books. Many
boys and girls have left school never
to return just because Of some frivo
lous love affair.
/ wonder If you are correct as to the
cause of the prolonged silence Of so
many of Jul girls7 No girls, show
him that thoughts of boys do not oc-
cupy al your time.
Don't be afraid TO take a seat by us,
Sam, even il you do claim to be a
bachelor. Some of my best friends
have been bachelors and I know all
our circle will welcome you. 1.-The
more the merrier, you kno ", and did
you know that most girls like boys
who claim to be bachelors7 Now let
me tell you a secret, a great many
girls say spiTeful things simply TO see
what effect they will have on the per-
son to whom they are addressed. I am
glad you had the courage to join US
any way and bespeak for you much
popularity.
Mrs N. II. McKinny is with US again
after many months silence. All will
be interested in her letter and I trust
that, busy rs l know she is, she will
find time to write often.
Read Taffy's letter and see what you
think of it2 He is a lily good natured
boy and seems to epjoy being seeded.
I am receiving many more letters
from new members than from those
who have already joined, and I hope
to see others join US each week. And
let the old members remember that
they too, are always welcome without
calling anne l will say that many
are remaining away so long as to cause
US to beliave they have quit US
AUNT JENNIE.
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Sweet and soft her gentle fingers.
AS they touched my sunburnt face;
Sweet to me the waited odor
That ~enwrapped her dainty lace;
Then q pat or two at parting,
Aud a good night kiss between;
ALI my trUbles were forgotten
When my mother tcked me in.
Now the stricken years have born
me
Far away from love and home,
ALL no mother leans above me
In the nights that go and come,
But it gives me peace and comfort,
When my heart is sore within,
Just to lie right still, dreaming,
Think my mother tucked me in.
Oh. the gentle, gentle breathing
To her dear hearts softer beat,
And the quiec, quiet moving
OF her soft shOd little feet;
And Time, u boon I ask thee,
Whatso'er may be my sin,
When IN dying, let me see her,
As she used TO tuck me in.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
BORROWERS OF BOOKS AND
PAPERS.

For several years 1 have been a silent
listener to the chat Of The Housekeeper
band, but have never before ventured
TO the door. One matter especially
vexing me has been the lending of
books and papers. / wonder how the
other members settle this question.
Living a distance from town, church
and posGofioe, the weekly papers and
magazines form a large part of home
life. OF some Of them, like The Rouse
keeper, we are quite choice, and file
them away for reference. With one
exception, in u immediate neighbor-
hood, those that are our financial su
periors included, the people take few
papers and magazines, and are glad to
borrow ours. We as gladly lent until
we were compelled to learn better.
One young lady, a school teacher, Dor
rowed a years H~ousekeepers for a few
we9ks, and three years later returned
half Of them. Another neighbor, re
covering from sickness. begged maya
zines, and sent home some that she
claimed the hired girl did not carry
away. A third returned magazines
promptly, but with special articles
which pleased her cut out. Still an.
other returned in good time, the secret
being that the inside leaves of papers
had been cut and mutilated Dy the
children.
This interfered sadly with a neigh
borhood exchange, but not despairing,
we agreed to lend one or two maya.
zines to a friend farther away, who
sent in return some equal in value.
This friend doubtless took care Of
papers while with her, but, unknown
at the beginning TO us, she belonged to
an exchange, and our papers travelled
with hers, causing an apology for
their condition when after months of
waiting they came home, bringing only
the one magazine in return for their
wandering.
So few people Sc m to real;z9 that a
book or paper represents so much
money invested to the owner, who
may have denied herself many things
the borrower would not do without to
obtain the coveted reading. No other
of ones possessions seem so carelessly
used or re lent so easily by the Dor
rover as books and papers, until n is
forced to harden ones heart and c,ose
the little library to all outsiders.
1t has seemed better when asked for
reading to give books and volumes of
magazines that one can spare than 90
place the temptation of the borrowed
reading before cur neighbors. With
one family Of boys, chs has proved a
most satisfactory way OF repayIng
many little fRyots done by them, The
pleasure Of caring for and keeping
their own has taught them care for
others books as we'll, until now it IS a
pleasure to see one OF those boys take
a bundle OF magazines Or a book under
mis- arm and trudge home, knO wing IL
Will come back In the condition II
went after giving amusement and
knowledge TO h entire family.
Public libraries are a grand instltu
tIoa in more w ys than one; they
force careless people to return books
III a given time IN good condition, or
pay q penalty. In the meantime, ones
Dookshelves become loaded with maya
zines toe old for reference, too good
for waste paper, which We wish could
be put into circulation and do someone
some good.-M. 8. A. in The House
keeper.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

we are endeavoring to express the
beauty that is in our hearts. This life
Is ful OF gladness and mayhaps it ia
the gateway to another; and to live
we'll here is surely the best prepare.
ton for a life to come. God is good
and we are not afraid"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
LEAVE OFF SWEETHEARTS
TILL YOU'RE EDUCATED"

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-Wll you ad.
nit another young man into the group
Of merry chatterers?
I live in Western North Carolina
have been engaged in farming with
my father.
intend going to college after Christ.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

and place and power. The calm of the
country invites AID we fam would do
with less things and go back to sim,
plicity and rest.
And so it came about, that about.
the year POOL, men began to think and
they saw that to work all day with
your head, and never with your hands,
failed to bring content. The most sue
cessful man was the most unhappy,
and they turned at l6s5 from the city
to the country.
They said, Let us go home-all is
so quiet there" They found, having
taken a little time, that there was a
beauty in the country they had q lite
forgotten, and the melody of the water
running over the pebbles, hakt3ning to
the sea, was a song Of pleasure. They
saw, too, that animals and birds that
live in the open air I've went into de-
cline-that the chipmunk's health did
not fail, nor the quail have nervous
p"EOSbERElOu.
The thought came to them that life
is expression, and art is the voice of
joy that the workman finds in his
work. So they worked with their
hands, They carved in wood and
made useful furniture, or they printed
books and Illuminated them, aud il
Illustrated them after toe manner of
the monks Of the clden time. And
others became skilled in working with
leather, and bound the books in a most
beautiful and artistic manner.
And these people found that the best
Joy in life comes from work we'll done
The women were no longer the mere
pets or playthings Of the men-all
worked and worked with heads and
hands. AND the women were the com
rsdes and companions Of the men.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

And so, though a man were rich he
did not feel ashamed to wear the garb
Of a workIDgman And working with
his hands, he came to understand and
c1mpcehend the needs of the poor.
AID a right understanding and
brotherhood spraug up between them.
and those who had formerly worked
from daylight until dark % found
that a few hours work a day suficed.
For formerly as a great many never
worked with their hands at all, others
had to work all the time. So the toll
ers had time to Ehink, TO read and en-
Joy; and as those who had ormerly
only used their heads, now used their
hands, nervous ~prostration took wings,
and Dr.. Bright and his pet disease be
came obsolete.
And they planted trees and forests
grew; the birds came back and made
the bodghs melodious with their songs
Of love. TIE sewage was used to ferti
lz9 the land instead Of to polute the
the rivers; and fishes played hide and
seek in the bright waters; and as ways
had been found to consume the carbon
instead of liberating it in a clould of
SCOT, the suns rays fell in golden
beams, carrying health and healing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

And the people found that happi-
ness and a reasonable content followed
a just and proper exercise of ones fac
uicies. They further discovered that
man hts a triple nature; Physical,
mental and spiritual, and that to work
a certain number of hours daily, with
ones hands, is the part OF wisdom, in
that il gives zsst to the ex 2rcise OF the
mental and spiritual natures. They
further found that the exercise OF the
spiritual or emotional nature through
music, or the contemplation OF beauty,
was a necessity as much as food and
dfink.
They also discovered that the unrest
and ruin wrought through CVertaxed
nerves In days gone, came largely
through owning too many things. 80
they simpllfied and found, after all
hat the best of life is not to be gotten
through the ownership Of many things;
il comes from work we'll done.
They said: Life is expression and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15
A new MARKET
Carl Epperiy Wants to
Place Horse Beet"
Represents an Oregon Hours-Urs-
es Use Of Commodity-To Sell
IN the Orient.

On one OF the trlus-Fag.dy liners rt
the Orient last month. passing through
Honolulu, was a specimen o. the Nor
west rustler who was thoroughly TN 81,
siecIe-which means up-,o-d1.s. This
was Carl Epperly, formerly selre. sry
of Joseph Holiday. the wealthy broth
er OF the late Ben Holiday. who. by
The way, was grandfather of young Ben
Holiday. son of Mrs. W. &. Irwin.
Epperiy was selling horse beef.
This article. first came into general use
in civilized countries during the Paris
commune in u. when. as Zo.a des-
cribes it in his Ia DeblcIe Go was dis
played in slabs or hunks as ill-coIogsd
meat in the shops of the French cap
ital.
But since then its use has become
more general and the process of curing
il has greatly improved. Horses are
grown now in the wilds ~ western
Oregon and Washington. not for their
speed o. abilities as drauSht animals.
but for their use as food.
At The Dalles. near Portland. there
Is large canning establishment for
the preserving OF horse flesh. and 10 u
doing a big business. Epperiy l. the
outside man for this enterprise. He
goes TO Yokohama, Hongkong and Ma
Mia and other parts Of the far east 10
introduce the commodity.
Stopping for the day tn Honolulu hs
spied the nearest point OF interest TO
the Mail dock. where the steamer was
mOOred-the public market. And here
he remarked
Il can put a better article OF meat
than you see here for half the price
Up in Oregon We are canning "A beau
tiful quality OF horse meat and also
pickeling il in "A boraX solution so that
il keeps for any length OF time in any
climate.
Il can ship 400 pound tierces tn Ho-
nolulu and put corned horse meat in
the stalls OF your market for about five
cents 4 pound. and intend to- do it
No horse meat has reached here vet
IL seems that Epperly has not included
refrigerated horse meat in his roper
toire. but IL is doubtless on the list
Whether il comes in frozen state. in
gaily labeled tins or solemn big bar
rels. just what the pake dealer at the
market will say to- its reception will be
And the consumers to- he
numbered among the Hawaiians and
Portuguese chiefly. as the voluble horse
flesh drummer eXpatiated. will have a
cheap, modern dish which Is claimed to-
be both healthy and appetizing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15
CIRCUIT COURT.
Conviction OF a Japanese Some
Civil Cases

TaSaka Jap. charged with solicit
ing was tried yesterday before a for
eign jury. Judge Stanley presiding
The jury returned the verdict. guilty.
one juror dissenting. The sentence
will be pronounced at 1880 today.
There being no session Of court dur
ing the afternoon the jurors We're eN-
cused till $50 this morning Judge
Perry's court was not in session.
\ nolle prosequi was entered yester-
day in the case Of Thomas Quinn,
Needless driving.
In the ejectment suit OF Luika Ki-
linahe VS. H. 4. Widemanu. a stipula-
ton has been agreed to whereby the
legal representative of the defendant
are auoweI ten days within which "a
answer the complaint filed herein after
the probate OF the will OF ". \. wid--
mann
In the ejectment suit cf waikalan
vs.. J. o. Carter, ct al. trustees uudeI
the Will of BeInice T.. Bishop. a judg
ment has been filed that the trustees
recover of the plaintiff $3.50 costs o
court and SIS for commissioner @
take teStimon"
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DISTRICT COURT.
Quite a Calendar Handled BY the
Judge.

An Hui, the Chinaman who was ar
rested on the premises % President
Dole, and who WIS at first thought to
have been attempting TO SO. fire go
the house. was fined So costs and -
fenced 10 one months imprisonment.
Two drunks paid the usual fine ~
s. each.
Joe Costa. charged wl.L assault and
battery upon small boy. received o.
sIx months postponement OF sentence.
\ japanese who had assaulted a Chi
nese was fined s. and costs.
Three Chinese were arrested for llv-
ing opium n possession. \ mol. pros.
was entered for two. but the other.
Cheong Pau. was fined $50 and cp-.S
He has appealed the case.
The case of Joe Eallua. the m1u
who ran over an caused rh, leash of
the soldier Harrington. was continued
over until Feb. DIST Deputy Marshal
Hitchcock explained that this was
necessary and attorney KauliJ. Trr tho
defendant. made no objection.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15

The undersigned offers for sale at
private application.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15

Further particulars at M osss.