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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20
SURE CURE FOR GROUP.
Twenty-Five Years. Constant Use
Without a Failure;

Whuout OH oIe'
The 6rstindieation Of group il hoarssi
ness, aRd in q child subject tc thst dis:
ease it may DO taken as q sure sign OF
the approach Of an attack. Following
this hosrssness is q peculiar rough
cough. II Chambsrlsin's Cough
Remedy is given as soon - the child
becomes hosrss, CT even after the
croupy cough appears. it will prevent
the attack. It ia ussd in many thous.
ands Of homes in this broad land and
mere. disappoints The anxious mothers.
We hayeyst TO learn Of single instance
in which il has not proved sfeetuI
No other remedy can show such re-
cofd-twsnty-fve years. constant use
without . failure. For sale By B. Il.
Gorrsll, Druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20

whose residence is
OF $50 Goodale ST.,
Columbus, Ohio,
writes the follow
ing about e-ru-na,
DR.. II ar TIM an 8
scientific remedy
for catarrh: AZ
can bear testimony
as to the merits Of
your remedy, Pc
1 hav Q
been taking the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20
. e. . 20 n L o..
5000 e: !: :: M:,%;zz;I!zz;:;%s;x:! 4 ~
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR

Holiday Excursion Tickets 10 Rich .
mond. Va, Washington, D. o. and all
points on the Norfolk and Western
Railway. Tickets on sale Dscembss
22nd to 25th and December 80 TO Janu.
AIRY 1st, good for retun passage Janu.
ayy 4, 1900.
- W. r. BxyrLL,
General Passenger Agent,
EoaAeke, Va
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20
HELPS TRADE.

Whenever young wife proposes
to bake her own brend in order to save
5 cents a week, the man who has put
on the market an Invaluable cure foi
dyspepsia smiles like cat that has
iusr eaten the canary.-Nauvco Rust
Ia.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20
THE MODERN MOTHER

Has found that her little ones are I'M
proved more by the pleasant Syrup OF
Figs, when in need Of the Laxative
effect of gentle remedy, than by any
other. Children enjoy it and it benefits
them. The true remedy, Syrup OF
Figs, is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Go. only.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20
We Want Your Name

for "P ASTIME," the brightest and best
youths and family illustrated story and
numerous paper out New and interesting
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Gold Watches Guns, Bicycles, Sewing Ma
chimes Kodaks, Graphophones Musical In
struments, ETC., free for little work that
any one can do. Address THE PAsTIaE Co.,
Louisville, Ky.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20
TIT ACCIDENT OF BUTTER.

1t said Arabs first male butter
They were carrying milk in skins on
he backs OF capels, and the steady
gging ch urned the fluid to butter,
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8. s. s. FOR THE BLOOD

and I never considered him even good
looking, while as long as mamma lives
he hasn't penny to his name except
his salary, which is by no means
1t doubles the Joy OF tho human
heart, brightens body and brain
That's what Rocky Mountain Tea will
do. IS cents. Ask Your Druggist.
princely.
But Maud You'd have thought
she'd landed Vanderbilt or o poet
laureate the way she acted.
I pretended not to notice her airs
and nursed my grief in proud silence,
but had no doubt that was the most
wronged and unhappy creature that
ever lived. until subsequent events
taught me that our affairs are arranged
by an all-wise Providence in whom we
may safely trust, no matter how dark
our way may seem at tie time. 1
shall never doubt the wisdom OF Provi-
dence again.
To begin with, I found that I was
likely to get lot of amusement out of
this engagement. Fred was madly
jealous Of Maud all the time, though
anyone could see with half an eye that
she was simply mad about him and in
deadly fear Of losing him herself.
he would come home at least three
times week, pale; haggard and Wild.
eyed, q man bsrsit Of hope, The rest
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20

10 Maud and asked her to 60 with me
out to the golf links at 4 o'clock. Then
! telephoned TO Frsd to meet us there
and proceeded to make fetching toilet
with light heart. When We reached
the links there was Mr.. Jones the had
mentioned that he was goiny the day
before.
He Wa looking bored as usual, but
ohesred up when I treated him with
naughty GOODNESS.
I sludsd his attempts OF conserva-
ton, however, and threw Maud in his
way whenever I could.
was rewarded by seeing him seal
himself by Maud's side and commence
q diaquisitiol on Ibssn ~ Fred came
round the hill on his bicycle
No sooner did Fred's eye light on
the couple than he commenced to glare
like mailman, and in spite of my in
nocsnt efforts to keep him away he
wound up by being so outrageously
rude to Mr.. Jones that that gentleman
was COMPOUNDED and Maud went home
in tears.
As for ne, I went to bed happy. My
plan was working to charm.
A day or two later I got mamma "a
ask Mr.. Jones to dinner and managed
to have hin take Maud out. That
settled it; Fred treated Percsval in
saeh on insulting mauAs that even b
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20

For q clear skin clear al the way
through, transparent enough to let sun
shine, rosy cheeks show through, take
Rocky Mountain Tea. Ask Your Drag
gist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20
New York Life Insurance Company.
LEXINGTON, VA.
J. W. Nc CLUNG, Agent,

world lived and sd
fortahe from date OF
premiums are made end second
living death sssue all forms Of policies or%" %
eS Before nsung call and see and lot me show
Ola
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-20
+ ornado odder Cutters


ofc
price line has advanced but we have decided to p M
reach
have before the advance Call for catalogue and s
neighbor
Speaking fodder don't forget that selling Fodder TTne and that h
thing doing day that our doors
Owen Hardware Go.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

booming sound their wings make can
be heard almost any summer evening.
Their cousins, the whippoorwills,
are not yet abroad. In fact, you will
very seldom e them, and must learn
to know them by their cry Of "Whip
poor will" which is usually given five
successive times
a scarlet tanager flashes like a dan
signal into the deep woods, for much
persecution has made all his tribe very
shy. The N elbow, robin like song of
the rose breasted grosbeak conner from
a clearing-do not search for him now,
you will discover him more easily in
the orchard.
This wood is the haunt Of woodpeck-
era and owls, grear and swall. The
long cared owl spends his days here.
and the little ecreech owl nests in that
grizzly sycamore. Here, by the first
pond, a kingfisher sits on a dead
branch, his reflection peering back at
him from the water. Splash! he has
caught a small fish, and hastily swat
lows it, making many ccntortions in the
the process. His home is tunneled in
the loamy river bank near the holes of
a colony Of bank swallows, who are
now circling about the water where
the gnats swarm.
| must lead you further yet, to where
she veeries have their haunts above
the waterfall. You may often have
heard the song OF one from the trees
IN river woods and yet never have
known the singer by name. 1 call him
the echo thrush. Hark the first note
like a either struck, with a rolling
touch, thrice on one string and twice
a third below. Another bird chimes
in, then ten, a score. The sun has
gone, the aftergIow t~ransfgures every.
thing, still they sing; it grows dark
and the Whippoorwills call, yet the
song continues.
You sit a long time by your window
in the dark, watching the caprices of
the fr(f es. a new vista lies before
you; you feel that your horizon has
broadened, you
Love not man the less, but Nature
more"
THE END
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
EDUCATION AND SOME OTHER
MATTERS,

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-T read a spIen-
did article IN education the other day
in which the author says Every man
or woman thinks he OF she can define
education but as a general rule no one
presumes to NEEDLE with a question of
astronomy or Of chemistry with out
first studying it ali his life. In like
manner, it ia to be hoped, in proper
tion as we advance to the philosophy
Of education there will be fewer who
will take upon themselves to SETTLE
eff hand the most difficult questions
regarding it," So, Aunt Jennie, I do
not think I will say anymore Oh that
important question.
W. have such an old History of
E1gland that I want to tell Aunt Jen-
ME and the cousins about it. 1t was
printed in London in the year of 1868
and is witten in old E 1glish. The SIS
are all fs as my little brother said.
Here is a passage taken from it:
Henry had fmarted TO fenfibly from
the experiment of that kind which he
had made in favour of hif eldeft fon
that it waf not to be fuppofed he would
willingly repeat it in behalf of the
~pafionate and headftrong r chard and
he therefore Tefufed the propofal." If
you take the fs or most of them, and
put 8 in their place you easily read it.
1t, the History, is in three volumes
each 9 by Is inches and having $50
pages. There are many pictures of
the kings and queens and it is really
amusing to see the costumes worn by
ladies then. Surely fashion has changed
and | am glad! Perhaps these books
will, some day, be worth something.
They are real curiosities I think, and
l have several times begun reading
them but each time failed to read very
much.
Aunt jennie, wouldn't it be nice for
us cousins to wear badges7 Why could
not we send ten cents to you and you
buy them7 OF course l mean if it
would be convenient for you to do 80.
What has become of Jennie ActonG I
miss her interesting and lively let
Cers.
Hoping the cousins will not melt on
these hot days, and that Aunt Jennie
will be as cool as a cucumber all sum
mer, I am, ELLEN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

rough, unhewn block of marble. He
was chiseling and polishing it into a
form Of matchless beauty. Loose fl wv.
ing robes half concealed as lovely a
form of womanhood as ever nature
modelled. "Where do get your pat.
terms from2' / cried. His face was in
stantly illumined as if by inspi
ration. His glistening eyes looked up
into the blue of heaven above him.
"Yonder," he replied; "She is an an
gel now; God lent her to me for a copy.
l q never equal her; but every day
l am shaping this head and heart more
and more like unto her."
4 boy went out on q bright summer
morning-out from the tender care Of
a fond parents home. In unguarded
moments he catered the pitfalls of
temptation. Over his finely chiseled
brow the dark chestnut churls lay
damp and matted with the last nights
revelry and dissipation. The finger
Of scorn was pointed at him. HIS for.
mer friends and associates passed him
by. The world called him low and
base and vile. From OUT the misguid-
ed throng, to the miry pitfalls into
wbichher boy had fallen, glided a young
mother. With eyes t fl .me and cheeks
aglow, she stopped down, and, with
the white hands Of Love. picked her
boy from the quagmire of sin and
crime. She folded him to her heart,
carried him to her home of purity and
peace, cleansed his polluted garments,
covering his brow with kisses pure as
G3d's love, gentle and tender as angels
footsteps. | saw the cruel thorEs tear
her %quivering fl ssh as, with her own
fair hands, she parted and smoothed
them from his unsteady pathway and
wooed him back to paths OF honor and
rectitude-ot happiness and peace.
Then I asked, Tell me, oh, pure lips
of womanhood, where in all thy realms
didst thou find thy pattern3" She
smiling, said: Child of woman, be-
hold! Ger all the earth, IN every ma
ton, cline and tongue; in the human
and the brute creation; from the an
gel, with the face of a god, to the
vilest worm that crawls; behold The
mother protect her offgpring from dan.
ger. Behold her, if needs be, place her
own helpless body between that of her
child and peril" Surely" l said,
this is the impress of Divinity in the
human heart. And nature gives ue
the grand OBJECT Lessons
LILLIAN LEE ARCHER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
Social Chat.
EDTTED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, N. G.

Here Is a column for everybody-ladies, gen.
GIeme9, boys, girls, fathers and mothers.
terest to them. Never mind # Won are o. not
perfect as a writer, give us your thoughts and
We VIII see that they are In good shape before
they are published,
LIE 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 I'm a bond
OF friendship that will be a help and an inspira-
t1onto each one of u.s." The friendship OF each
of our readers, the confidence 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
ana TO enjoy more in this beautiful world" We
nope this spirit will animate each letter, and
Aunt Jennie" care Of TaR PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER, Raleigh. n, Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
A SCENE.
LILLIAN LEE ARCHER

DEAR AUNT. JENNIE:-It is such a
lovely morning, and the birds are sing
ing so blithely that / must step owe
and chat with you and the Cousins
awhile. d. I come too early9 l decided
that I would not wait for roll call this
time, as / always like for my neigh,
bors to step in at any time.
/ feel rather sad to think that this
lovely month OF June (tor it is still
June as I write is 80 nearly gone.
Beautiful, peerless Junel The queen
month of all the year, and my favOrite
month. It is in June that the even
ings and nights are SO charming. Obi
these fragrant moonIit evenings, when
the stars shire so placidly and the sky
smiles to blue, when the fragrance OF
a thousand brilliant roses is in the
sweet balmy air. From my home I
can epjl ~ such a beautiful scene On
fair serene June evenings, when the
moon is shining with a clear white
brightness over the sleeping world.
Altar in the misty distance [ can see
peak after peak Of dim blue mountains,
some near, some far. 1t is beautiful,
grand, sublime Ole, famous NJ.
Pisgah, so far and 80 high that it's pale
blue peak can be seen but family kiss
ing the peaceful sky and silvery stars
themselves. Green fields and green
woods stretch before my eyes; pic
tureque old chimneys, ruins Of q once
magnificent hotel; cool s~equestered
orchards, where red June apples hang
in tempting display; and far away
nestled beneath a s~helteriug hill the
paIatial home of George Vanderbilt,
with lights fl .shing from a thousand
windows, the very picture of an old in
time castle, where gallant plumed
knights once wandered IL the moon
light With beautiful maidens. l can
not begin to describe the beauty Of the
scene. It might not appear 80 beau'i-
full to some, but such scenes never fail
to appeal to my highest senses. l am
an ardent lover of nature in all her
moods. and June is to me the fairest,
most perfect month in the year. June
brings the sweetest memories to me;
memories OF blissfUl hours, of dear
eyes smiling among the roses, OF soft
strains Of music, of glad laughter
mingled with the last faint trill of the
bira's song, of everything pure and
happy. Cousins, tell me your tavorite
month. Aud how many OF you have
a little name sake3 1 have the dearest
little name sake next door, such a
witching little baby, only 4 year
old. she is very dear TO me. I en-
close some lines which I have written
to her, in commemoration of her first
birthday which she has just celebrated.
Goodbye.
EVA PLAMONDON.
Buncombe County, N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
WARP N WOOF.
Object Lessons

Written for Social Chat.
A maiden was finishing and shaping
the loveliest of wex fowers. Her fin
gers were white and shapely and deftly
they worked. Soon a cluster of beau
tiful wax flowers lay before her.
where do you get your patterns
from9' l asked. "S9eI" she replied,
holding up to my view the sweetest
and loveliest of natural fl 'wers. L
gather them from natures realms. /
can W make them perfect as ma
lure makes them, but I initiate as
closely as I can"
a youth was sketching a landscape,
His Y had in them the light Of the
stars and his cheeks the roseaGe hue
of the dawn. He was copying natures
beauty and grandeur and sublimity
with a stump pencil into an ordinary
copy book. He had penciled her skies,
her green falds, her puriing rivulets
and shut them up in his porEmanteau
and called them his own much as we
are wont in later years TO hold Ia our
hearts the scenes Of our youth. We
smile and reach out to grasp them
when only the impress remains.
"Where do you get your patterns
from7' l Il asked. "See, yonder," he re
piled, pointing in the direction of the
green fields, the skies. the woods, the
purling rivuleys. "See, the be Auties
that nature has prepared for me- to
copy. O: course. I can never equal
them. They are the work of the Di
vine Artist. can only take their i'm
preston, and it is this which fills my
soul with Joy"
A sculptor took into his bonds a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
AUNT JENNIa's T T

Gypsy comes to us this week, and
the music of her life is sweet, for in ii
we detect no discord. am so glad to
know that so many of our circle are
fond Of music. Music uplifts Us, and
no life is totally ~depraved if in it you
find a liking for music.
am delighted to know, Eva, that
you came voluntarily without waiting
TO be formally invited. 1 do not ex
pect to call the roll again, but
all are lnvi ed to call at any time.
do not like to draft" visitors, and
trust that all who like our chat will
consider that they have a standing in.
vitation to write. I am sure that
should your little namesake live to be
a woman your tribute to her first
birthday will be highly priced by her,
and may the lessons you endeavor to
inculcate not only influence her in
after years, but those who read it now.
Your description Of the scenery around
you is delightfully."- we'll written.
Ihave several letters that I should
like to give to our readers, but the
writer failed to sign real names, and
they must be cast into the waste basket.
One is a raillery against woman boss
ism and is laughable, especially when
you remember that women never mean
to rule but simply to persuade you to
do just what they would like to have
you do. Love ia woman's most potent
sceptre and persuasion her abless ally.
Lillian Lee writes US an unusually
good letter this week. Perfection il
unattainable on this earth but We
should ''act we'll our part for there all
honor lies" ever remembering the per
feet pattern, given US to copy.
Now, Ellen, you have mentioned
badges for our circle. / have thought
several times that l would suggest il
but did not know that you all would
care for them. I most heartily endorse
the idea. for a badge would be a kind
of introduction, should you see a per
son with one on
We should rally to our Chat now.
The new editor of this paper-or rather
the old editor who now appears in his
srue character originated the ides
and established our Social Chat d.
~partLnenG" and has written a number
of letters for US under the pen name
of-but I'll not tell you. Perhaps some
of you can guess. Lot Us maintain our
department and also help him in hif
endeavOr to make Tne Progressive
farmer the best farm and home jour
nal in the South. There are few of us
who cannot by proper work obtain one
or more new subscribers and renewals
in respective neighborhoods. Who
will try2 AUNT JENNIE
P. s. The last two paragraphs in
my last letter we're quoted and should
have been marked by quotation marks,
but I notice that the printer failed tt
do 80. A J.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
STAMPS THz GENTLEMAN.

In all questions of manners a young
man should always remember that
while p%olitenes5 is a good trait to &C.
quire, courtesy is infinitely better, ="
writes E ward Box on What makes
a Gentleman" in the Ladies' H)me
Journal. 'Politeness is manners, but
courtesy is heart. Mingling in good
society can give US that veneer which
the world calls a polish Of manners
and true politeness is not to be made
fine art, but is an art pure and simple,
even at its best. Infinitely better is
the cultivation of that courtesy of re-
hnement which enters into the feel
ings Of others and holds them sacred.
What we want young men to have
is courtesy Of manner not regulated by
social code or professional censor. IL
ia idle to say that courtesy is o relic Of
old fashioned days and is no longer
looked for. IL is as much the current
C Din of good society as it ever was.
More than any other element or grace
in our lives, it is instantly felt and rec
ognized, and has an untuiIing indu
ence. 1t calls for respect as nothing
else does. Courtesy OF name and
courtesy of speech are the gifts a
young man should cultivate"
X Y
Common. sense rules in dress and
manners, the same as in any phase of
our livee; and this u young men
should learn and understand" IA
mans are not exterior: they
emanate from within, from himself.
Experience and observation are the
only teachers he can seek and use.
Z .quette books are useless to him. A
young mans progress and favor in the
eyes of others does not depend upon
his being SYSTEMATICALLY 'correcG' in
manner, movement and speech. His
strongest and most lasting hold upon
the respect and COZ tidence Of people
comes from something deeper. He
must not be boorish, nor s%lovenly, nor
uC6QlS6S VI gL0 ACOiAESS VI OEb0IS. ~
is his duty to carry himself we'll &C
cordipg 10 his best instincts, and not
by rule as laid down in etiq uette
books. So with a young mans dress.
At t Benty we do not ex pect cur young
men to devote 20 much time to their
clothes that they shall be correctly
dressed upon every occasion. Such
useless knowledge is, at that time Of
lire, ecquiTed aG the expense of far
more important matters. The taste
for gO0d dressing. 6nd it's knowledge,
so far az 1t Is necessary. C mes to ell
Of us as we progre' S The right sort
OF q young man dresses 10 the neatest
aud best manner be can. and as well
as his income permits. THAI Ia alwey 8
good dressing. To o~verdress ones
station in the world Ia always poor
taste and invariably makes q bad i'm
preston. l yet saw q young
man who either hired or borrowed an
evening suit for a special occasion who
did not loudly proclaim the self evi
dent fact. When a young man wears
clothes beyond his means he invariably
sho ws it, aud he never fails to make a
fool Of himself. This rule is invaria-
ole. 1t is not what a man wears, but
how he wears it, that tells the story"