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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

house. II has been suggested that we au.
,horize one member to every 10000 in.
habitants. That seems TO be the ratio
,hi Is In general favor among the mem.
bers of the committee. This proposition
would entail an increased membership Of
from IS to 30 members"
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

AN Associated Press dispatch ot recent
date quotes Congressman hnp.>ln>, al
Illinois, chairman oi the house committee
on census, ~ stating that 10 attempt Viii
he made 10 decrease the representation ot
the di>iran. h>rmrnt Of negroes; that the
representation viii he based upon popula.
ton. Continuing, he said: 81 think that
y proposition viii I've adopted whi>h viii
increase the present membership oi the
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

WHEN four of the nine members Of the
supreme court of the United States dissent
from u decision, the average citizen should
not I've considered an anarchist II he fails
to regard that decision as a sacred thing.
a case In point Is the opinion recently
handed down on the cigarette law OF
Tennessee. involving the old, perpIeXing
question OF states rights, In modern garb.
This high tribunal recently rendered de.
ti>ion IN the case Of WIN. B. Austin vs..
State Of Tennessee, involving the validity
OF the state law regulating the sale OF
cigarettes. The law was attacked as an
infringement Ut the right ot congress to
regulate Interstate commerce. The Ten.
ues>ee supreme court upheld the law. and
the United States supreme court sustained
that verdict, though no, without disap.
pioval oi some ot the positions taken, and
then upon u verv narrow margin, four out
o' nine members joining In the dissenting
opinion and another member Of he court,
Justice White, placing his assent upon
grounds different from those announced
hv Justice Brown, Who handed down the
opinion.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

CONSIDERABLE interest Is being mani
tested IN quiet way IN the approaching
municipal election. Candidates are max.
Ing u great hustle to get on the non.plItl.
san ,i,lirus ticket. Several gentlemen
who are being urged 10 run tor the
council and J. u. Robbins Tor mayor
stand pr on the proposition that they
will accept nominations only ~ rerrc.
srnia,ives oi u N,iicn'> movement, aud
this l. ~ II should rc,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

TIM term "bli,k>mlth," as used IN
printing offices. means u printer who
doesn't know his business. President
Mckinley, Il, Is SAID, offered the dire,lor-
ship oi the bureau "i engraving aud pilnt.
ing To Frank T.. Sargent, grand master OF
the Brnlhrrhuoj Ol n,omutlvr Fireman.
II he accepts, Sargent viii I've known Ia
the rmpluye> - "nli,k>mith, and lie
might ~ well hc IN reality, - u ln,omo'
tiyr fireman. This II a payment o' a
political debt a, the expense nl the public
service. Why dorsn', the president pu,
this political ">,ok,r" In Office Nv appoint.
ing him bank examiner lie would do
less damage there than ~ the position
offered hlm.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

IT is announced from Washington that
Colonel Russell B. Harrison, the son Of
former President Harrison, serving as an
inspector general Of the army at Puerto
Rico, who was honorably discharged by
an order of the war department few days
ago, has cabled protesting against dis.
missal. General Harrison asked that the
order be rescinded, at least until he had
finished a certain work upon which he Is
now engaged and he called upon his
friends TO secure revocation. The appeal
was laid before General Miles and Corbin,
but II Is stated that nothing will be done
In the matter, which means that young
Harrison will be discharged at the end Of
the month. One OF the reasons assigned
for his dismissal is, Davis commanding the
island OF Puerto Rico, has not been salts.
iled with Harrison's work. II Is also said
IN some circles that Harrison's discharge
is due to politics and grows out of the fact
that his father refused to take an active
part IN the recent campaign In behalf Of
the republican presidential ticket.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
THOUGHTS SUGGESTED By THE
NEW YEAR.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-Being n the
poorest takers IN the whole circle, l
onc9 decided not to say another word
out to give the f)or up to those go
much more entertaining than my s If.
But last night as I sat by a bright
blazing fire thinking of the old year
that was bidding US adi9u and the new
year 80 soon to greet US, somehow l
was forcib!y impressed with some
thing that l just wish to talk about a
little while. I wonder how many OF
US fully realize that time is one of the
most precious of Gods gifts and just
how rapidly it is speeding away.
Whether rightly used or mjsused the
old clock of time ticks on. A minute
slips away with every sixty seconds /;
an hour has gone with every SKY
minutes
We call this the New Year. Yes,
yes, every year IS a new year; every
day a ne day. a day we have never
had before and never can have again.
SO a minute, a day, a year, is a respon
sibiIity not to be thrown away but to
be used in doing some good.
It is a mistake TO become ~despondent
and say within ourselves that there
is nothing I can do" While we may
not all possess the ability OF
Charles 8purgeon to preach the COS
pei, nor may all be blessed with the
possessions Of Cornelius Vanderbilt
that We may giva literally to the poor,
but there is ne. thing that we are all
blessed with, and that is talents. We
all have eyes, ears, hands and feet
then we have hearts to warn, hearts
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
DEVELOPING MANHOOD AND
WOMANaOOD.

For we must not forget that it is not
money, but men and women that the
world needs. Amid all the cares and
vexations of this world and the deoeit~
fulness OF riches we are apt to forget
our responsibility unless we are re
minded by the diviner il fl licences that
surround US and the authors prayer
might we'll be our prayer, LORD G. I'd
of hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget,
lest we forget" that as farmers ours is
the opportunity co influence along the
line OF the highest ideals in the devel
opment Of the strongest character in
manhood, and the m osE beautiful types
of womanhood.
And then the boys on the farm are
in a great measure out of the way of
those grosser temptations that degrade
and destroy, and see very little of
these vices until they frequent the
town. ALI the surroundings of the
life on the farm are calculated to de
velop what is best in human nature,
for IL is a matter Of statistics that the
brightest boys that graduate from our
institutions OF learning come from the
farm.-F&rmer's Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
THE USE OF THE VOICE,

A. Fl J. recently voiced a cause for
Complaint that is far too general in the
feminine world in her paragraph on
Poor r aiding" g. where we may.
we encounter the woman who has
s)meEhiug to say, but says it so
inaudibly, 30 indistiactly or 50 Z
pleasantly that it has no eff ct upon
her audience. Mr.. J D Mehan, a
popular and well-known musician ana
teacher Of v)ice culture Ia this city.
declares il is a misdemeanor to speak
IN a harsh, grating or unpleasant voice,
and that though not all persons can be
taught to sing, all can be taught TO
bring cut the singing Quality in the
voice and thus speak ~agreeabIy. We
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
Our Social Chat.
TDTTED By AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH. N. c.

AS CONTRIBUTORS to his department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some OF the
most w~ide-awake and progressive young iad,es
and young men and some of the most entertain
ing writer's among the oder people or Ghls' ana
other states the ages of the members ranging
from stXteeu to more tn IN sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
us a letter on some subject of general interest,
and writing thereafter as often as possible
WHEN WRITING, give flu! name aud post
office address for Aunt Jenn1e's lntormaClon'
If you do not wish your real name to appear in
print, give name by which you wish to be known
as q CT atterer.
w WEEKS OR MORE must, as g. rule,
elapse between the time a letter is written and
the date of its publication.
all letters to Aunt Jennie, care
of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, &. Z.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16

that can love, and minds that can think
ard learn.
Now, il we keep all these different
powers at work, I think we will rarely
ask, "What can I dot" There are
doubtless many people who have
wa gted their lives and thrown them
q ute away, and what a pity this seems
when the youth of our lives are so
precious. l have seem people whom
old age had overtRken whose great
est regret seemed to be just this, "Ohl
If I had my life to spend again / would
spend at quite differently from what I
have But all this is of no avail; it
is lite impossible to recall one mo-
ment of the past.
Yes, time is one of the most precious
of God S gifts. Let Us constantly re
member this and try to improve our
TINA as it passes. Some people say
I'VE should get all the er oyment out
of this life that there s in it," Well,
l agree to that, but so far as my own
ez p~erience extends Ell JOY ment is al.
ways where l fad it, but it is not al
ways where I seek for it.
And I don't know what is anymore
to be enjoyed than a conscience to as
sure US that we could not batser use
our time if we had it to use again.
AS 1900 Rlides by may il bring peace,
happiness, prosperity and good health
TO you all, and especially to Aunt Je-.
ME, is the sincere wish OF
NETTIE Cross
Franklin 90. N q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
cows : MILK : FOR Z: CHILDREN,

Editorial Correspondence of The Progressive
Having occasion recently TO go over
some old notes on composi ton of milk
from different families OF mammals
recalled attention to this subject.
While attending a fair last autumn IN
a conversation with a physician he
spoke Of using top milk" for children.
I had heard of il before as being a
common practice OF the medical pro
fession and have since talked viii a
number Of that profession and fad il
Is G quite common practice to use cream
or pour off what my acquaintance
called top milk"
Inuuiring the reason for the practice
brings out what ! suspected, that 1t Is
due to a misconceptlon Of the relative
composition OF the cows milk and
that natural to the child's digestion.
How this comes to be or how general
is unknown to me, but I am told it is
% in at least three States.
Therefore to call attention to an er
ror in the practice or so Careful Rno
important a professional practice
n must STOW his authority and req
son. One must believe the practice Ii
founded on reading and lectures rather
than from actual comparisons from the
wide spread practice. By it the casieD
which is harder to digest is reduced as
is probably the sugar and the fat g'eat
" increased which is of doubtful bene
fit, il not positively harmful.
Below is average analysis Of cows
milk where the race of COW was
name and an average of 1913 analysis
of the milk Of COWS whether breed was
known or not. and also the average of
1870 analyses of womsn's milk. These
are from the compilation Of DR.. j.
KONG, and are of the greatest stats
tical value known:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16

The column of figures between col,
umns headed 'Caeein' and fAIbumen"
represent the sun of those components
Of the milk.
These figures chow that while to'al
solids are not variant enough to cause
trouble there are violent differences in
the composition which is rather in.
creased by the above mentioned prec
tice. The fat of human milk slightly
exceeds the general average for cows
milk; the milk sugar is much higher
in amount, while thu casein and ash
are less By 43 and 40 s per cent.
In order TO use cows milk for young
children the treatment should be to
make it more like mother'e milk in the
particulars named. Hsnce the direc-
tions given in Second Report Q. N
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
ESSAY On MArRIMoN9.

Jerome K jerome says: IA meek
department. is a great mistake in tbs
world. Uriah Keeps father was aver
poor judge of human nature, or b.
would not have told his SON, al he did
that people liked humblenees. Their
is nothing annoys them more, as rule
Rows are half the fun Of life, and you
can't have lows with humble meek
ans wering individuals. They turn
away wrath, and that is j lst whs
we do not want. We want to let h
cut We have worked ourselves ur
into a state of celebrating fury, and
then just as we are anticipating th5
enjoy ment of a vigorous set to, they
spoil all our plans with their exaspera
ting humility"
Then, commenting on the act Of
K sntippe, who in a fit OF anger poured
a bucket of dishwater on the head Of
her husband, Socrates, only to head
him calmly remark that $50 much
thunder must needs produce a shower, /
Mr. Jerome continues:
Xantippe's life must have been onS
long misery, tied to thatcalmIy irritat
ing man, Socrates. Fancy a married
woman doomed to live on from day I'd
day without one single quarrel with bel
husband! A man ought TO humor hii
wife in these things. Heaven know
their lives are dull enough9 poor girls
They have none of the ~eDjoyments w5
have. They go to no political meetings
they may not even belong to the Local
amateur debating club; they are ez
cluded from smoking carriages on th
Metropolitan railway, and they neve
see a comic paper-or if they do, they
do not know it is comic; nobody tell
them.
Surely, with existence such a dreary
blank for them as this, we might pre-
vide q little row for their amusement
now and then, even if we do not fee
inclined for it ourselves. Areally sen
sible man does so, and is loved accord
iDgly, for it is little acts OF kindneg
such as this that go straight to a WON
ans heart. Il is SUCH like .proofsN
loving self-3acrifice that make her tel
her female friends what a good HUSBAND
he was after he is dead.
Yes, poor K sntipDe must have had
hard time Of it. The bucket episod
was particularly sad for her. Poo
womanl she did think she would roue
him up a bic with that. She had taker
the trouble to fill the bucket, perhars
been a long way to get specially dirty
water. And then che waited for him
And then to be nat in such a way, attet
ALT Most likely she sat down, and bad
a good cry after wards. It must have
seemed all so hopeless to the pooi
child: and, for al we know, she bal
no mother to whom she could go AMI
abuse him.
What was it to her that her husbaDi
was a great philosopher G eat philoso
ply don't count in married life.
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Franklin Co., N Q.
PRoCRAs rINATION,

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-Wiu you please
admit a str a ln6o your coy corner
this cold days As this is my first visit
I suppose / must not talk too much;
but If Aunt Jennie will permit / will
speak a few words about procrastinR-
ton, especially al it sf-cts the young.
Just think OF the many school boys
and girls who delay studying in their
early school days thinking that they
will have plenty of time to study be-
fore they are grown. But when we
r going to school we are laying the
foundation upon which to build our
future lives; conee qIentIy, if we start
with a poor foundation, there will a.
ways be a defect. AS God has given
US all a talent we should find it out
and employ it early. What response
bilities rest upon the young people Of
this day and SO few are preparing for
them. Boys and girls, u fathers and
mothers cannot live always and so few
are prepared to fill their places. So
let's all begin the new year trying to
improve our talents and perform the
missions for which we were created
as G ID would have US perform them.
D Aisy Belle, where are you3 I must
think you r married, buE if you are
you need not desert our corner. Jennie
Acton, Ellen, and Careless Tom are
also my favorites. Its all unite and
make our Social Chat more interesting
this year than ever before.
With much love to Aunt Jennie and
all the Ohatterers and with bes5 wishes
TO The Progressive Farmer.
BAsHFUL SUE
E1pecamha cnl1nkv N q
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
ABRNEFAc ron IN The HoMR.
Elgecombe county, N. q.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-Work, never
ending work (and they say that a
women's work is done) that
leaves no time for thought nor for the
development of our faculties is not
good for US. And it is not a wise
woman who mana ges thus.
The wise hom- wife simplif1es her
living and turns her back upon the ex-
cessive demands made upon her aud
learns to appropriate the inventions
aud every device for IesseDing her
work. Sne thus secures time for her
self and, best Of all, she finds time and
hours to devote to self contemplation
and spiritual development which every
human heart 80 needs. The problems
of life grow less diff cult. Half che
time when we get discouraged and
Cross it is because we are over worked,
tired out, and our back hurts, and our
heads ache. The greatest help is to
let something go.
A very wise little manager taught
me her method of sweeping which is
an excellent wsy-her idea was to
sweep less. 1t is one of the most try
ing and hardest duties a house keeper
has to do, who does her own house
work. The dust is so hard on the
throat and lungs. Sac managed to
g sweep less and yet have bright clean
carpets. u Sweep bat once a week, 81
she said to me.
And it car be done in this way: fill q
pail full of water, and put in enough
Gold Dust or Pearline to make a good
cleaning suds and dip your broom,
which must be perfectly clean, ia o il
and sweep one width OF the carpet at a
time When the water becomes black
or soiled get fresh and prepare like the
first, and continue this until finished.
Some wipe afterwards with a dry cot
ton cloth wrung out in hot water but
you car do away with this if you are
not strong. Il brightens up your car
pet like new. does not fade a color, and
brussels, ingram or any kind can be
cleaned this way, also rugs and pieces
Of carpet.
A hou e. wife can arrange not tc
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
AUNT JENNIR's LETTER.

D>ubtlees you remember having read
a letter in last weeks paper from Alvin
Horton. / am so glad that he enjoys
our chat and has decided to join US
I appreciated his letter 80 much that
I hurried it in without waiting to
comment on its contents, feeling as
sured that all would enjoy the read
ing Of it equally we'll. We hope to
hear from him again soon.
We welcome you. Bashful Sue, and
invite you to write often. Gould all
boys and girls believe as you do about
seizlDg time ere it flies and making the
Oest of things as they are, how shore
would be their record Of regret! No
houee is secure if built on a poor toun
dation, and to begin right is 80 much
more essential than all the garnishing
possible after the work is done. for no
house can stand whose foundation is
sand. As to our Ohat-yes, we can il
we will. Who will help us2
Why, HeTtle Cross, / had no idea
that you had thought OF daserting US
and you one of our very best talk
ers, too. Well, it behooves US to
modestIy estimate our capabilities, but
after having received SUCH a royal
welcome into the Circle think should
you have displayed a degree Of pride
foreign to your real nature you would
nave been e~x5us8ble. Your entire lee
Ger is very good, but I Vas especially
struck with your appreciation of a
clear conscience as the great enjoy
ment Of llfe-the thing to be sought for
above other pleasures.
Ali K 9ntuckienne, have you never
heard a man say that "a woman's
work is never done"-at all. I fear
we're we mothers, who have little
folks in ths home to make those mil
lion tracks a dar, 90 adopt your met nod
of sweeping once a week the men of
the family would have just cause to
think, even if they were too loyal to
say, that a womau's work ia rarely
ever done Yes, l know that our work
Q worry, but sometimes 1t seems
imperative. 1t is kind to send helpful
suggestions and we trust that more of
our married and unmar ried sisters
will lend a hand and help US to be
helpful to others.
For this cause and to promote soci-
ability and encourage those who seem
to shrink from expressing their
thoughts on paper, this Circle was in
augurated. That it has proven a ben.
eft to many / think none will deny;
that it has a broad field to cultivate
all will agree, and that the work must
be done voluntarily, to be we'll done,
we all are aware. Therefore, I extend
q cordial invitation TO all to JOIN US,
for although we have quite a number
of names on our roll we are not salts
fed And the old members-those
who joined earlY-are earnestly iuvi
ted to return and come oftener in the
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16

sweep but one lcarpet a day as On.
sweeping will answer for a week. /
know house keepers who cannot a
their sweeping. II lays them up AM
units them to do anything else. On
good sweeping done in this manner b,
a strong man andafterwards very ligb
sweeping will answer. Tnis suggestio,
may help some delicate woman as /
did me and it is kind to sugge75 a bel,
for sister women. KENTUCKIENNE,
Scott county, XIV.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16

D airy mans Association. To 3 and 1 90
Oin.s good rich COWS milk add I pint
water, which should be soft, and q to
3 1-6 ounce of cane sugar. Milk
sugar would be better, but it is not as
oft n at hand.
In that report Nj. ". N. Benninger
calls special attention to the fitness Of
milk from Holstein-Friesian COWS for
infants use, while the writer warns
against the use Of the more populsr
jersey milk for the same use without
treatment Rs above noted. The Hol
stein Friesian milk is of such compost
tion that it may be used with less or no
treatment other than perhaps using
top milk" according to common medi
cal practice.
This may seem strange to some read
ers, but the former milk runs from %
to 4 per cent. fat and nearly II per
cent total solids, whereas Jersey milk
from the popular family COW runs from
4 or 5 t. z per cent. fat and the total
solids advance from Is or IA to as high
as 16 or IL per cent. What IL the
finest milk in the world for family but
Ter making may be destructiovo TO in
tant digestion unless carefully treated
4s we have named.
Those who have the Dairymea's re
port me ltioned will see that Mr.. Ben
ringer speaks particularly about the
unffsness Of condensed milk and spe-
cIally prepared invAlids' and infants
food. Tee special report named by
him as from the Pennsylvania State
Department Of Agriculture contains
analy ses Of s brands OF evaporated and
uusw8ereaed creams; II Of condensed
milk 4 Of lq lid FOODS and psptinoids,
with II OF foods fog infants and inva
lids. The chemist, Prof. +. Z Asch-
man, calls especial attention to the
facts that in preparing food for infants
it should be made TO sDproxim 5e as
closely as possible to mothers' milk,
and should have q nU5 rItive ration
over 1 s whereas the ration In cows
milk is about 1 4. (The fractions have
been purposely neglected here since
the analyses compiled by Dr.. Aschman
offer from those given above and a
calculation makes the fractional ratio
differ slightly from what we calcula-
ted here). Mothers milk 1of PROTEIN
GC 6 3 carbohydrate when fat has been
multiplied by 81 and COWS milk IA
nsarly. The ratio, above, of Jersey
N k is nearer right for infants than
/ he average of cows milk, but it is
rom too much fat and not enough
ri sugar which would tend toward
dis 5urbing digestion while the casein
~ not only far too great, but it is har
DER to digest, which increases the diff.
fl Nulty for the infant stomach.
We respectfully submit the above for
IN aid of ali readers and their friends
who are obliged to gu 0stitute other
for the natural food for children and
Erust it may be the mean of saving
much trouble and infantiIe pain, and,
perhaps, some valuable lives.
FRANK E EMERY