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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02
The Stimulus
of Pure Blood

That is what is required by every
organ of the body, for the proper
performance of its functions.
1t prevents biliousness, dyspepsia,
constipation, kidney complaint, rheu-
matism, catarrh, nervousness, weak
ness, faintness, pimples, blotches and
all cutaneous eruptions.
1t perfects all the vital processes.
W. p. Keeton, Woodstock, Ala, took Hoods
Sarsaparilla to make his blood pure. He writes
that he had not felt well, but tired for time
Before he had finished the first bottle Of this med
cine he felt better and when he had taken the
ond was like another man-free from that tired
feeling and able to do his work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02

Volland's Ice Cream, Ices. Fancy Cake
anu Charlotte Russo. 800 y st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02

Every Medicine Chest Should Contain
Old "BraddOck Mar yIand Rye
It's invaluable in case of sudden illness.
The best stmulant for the sick and the
aged. None finer. At grocers', cafes and
clubs D. 2. Mccarthy. mgr, $40 Pa. ave. 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02

$1.20 to Baltimore and Return via II.
and o.. Saturday and Sunday, November
and 4.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02

COFFEES THAT PLEASE,
Teas you can't equal. Sugars a cost. These
facts
at c. D. KENNY cos City Stores
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02
PENNSYINASIA RAUR0An

STATION 9Th and Il streets
1:46 AN. week days. PITTSBURG ENPRESs
A SId P PEHSSs Sats
\ Harr 1dnPs to Chicago clncInnat anapoiis
1880 AN FAST LINE-rullman Buffet rarlor
800 Pm CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EMPRESS
sleeping Gar Washington TO st. Louis, and Sleep
st. Louis D Na5v Gs win to
#fERS Ex Fl aSiedG Pullman Sic D,pr
Car to Pittsb rg and Chicago. Dining Car to Chi
7: a5y P;M. CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI Ex.
PlttsbqrE and Harrisburg to Cleveland and cincin.
40 PM FAcIFIc ExpRE.ss.-rul1man Sleeping
~ AN. fer Kane. canandaieua, Rochester and
1890 AN. for Emira and Remove daily. except
sSnfa daily asn IN da :ns s0
Emporium Junction., with through Buffet Sleeping
daily elespt n bu Wt na NasG
Washington to Rochester.
falo and Niagara Falls daily Pullman Sleeping
Car Washington TO Rochester Saturdays only.
PM ssT 1SEt aRa ffs East daily
az Psrl0r Cars with n Dining Car from Bati%ore
Wilml1Etcnl M is;a5. $:Is, s:5o piains cst
q Is Su1S1 ;;s 7;SS 5I DINING SsT z;so SIS s:Ss
1000 and il 80 IN For Philadelphia only,
Express, 5;45 AM. 1918 PM. week days, 2:6i
For Boston. without change. 7:45 AN. week days
Fe anq ba attn 72o 74s, sls 800.
1o:Oo 1o:50, HOO AN, 12:15, 12:45 100.
2:0l 3:15, $3.50 600 Limted), 4:2O. 4:3i $50,
$40, 6:15. $3.50, 745, 1000, 1910, II :35 and
II 80 PM. On Sundays. 700. 1920 s:15, $500.
9:05, 1880, II 100 AM, 1915, 1916 2:01, S:l5.
$3.50 (4:OO Limited, APO, $3.50. $40, 6:15. $50.
TAB 1000, 10 40 and IL: 80 Pm.
For Pope's Greek Line. 7:45 AM and 4:31 PM.
week days. Sundays. 9:05 AN.
For Annapolis. 700. 300 AN, 1918 and $40
P.L week days. Sundays, 900 M. and 40 Pm.
Express for Florida and points on Atlantic Coast
Line 4:3O AN, 3:12 PM. daily. Richmond
only IL al A. M. week days, 300 f.M- daily;
express for Florida and points Seaboard Air
Line 1885 AN. and 700 Pm. daily. Accom-.
mediation for Quantico, 7:46 AN. daily and All
PM. week days.
Seashore Connections.
For xtlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge, all
rail route), 3:l5 (4:0O Congressional LimitedD
and II 30 p NJ. daily. Via Market Street Wharf.
1000 and II 100 AM. 12:45 Pm. week days.
For Ca Cape May. HOO AM week days. 1850 PM.
daily.
Ticket offices 18th and G streets and at
the station 9th and streets, where orders can
he left for the checking Of baggage to destination
from hotels and residences.
Telephone call .'l441'' for Pennsylvania Railroad
Ca Service.
]. B. HUTCHINSON, J. r. WOOD.
General Manager. General Passenger Agent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
DANCING AND SoMB OTHER
MATTERS. $3.50,

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-I. am almost
ashamed to come in, / have been a
''truant bird" so long. But my last
letter was go lengthy I dared not in
trude SO oon again, there being so
many better and more interestig letters
than mine to fiji the three attractive
columns of Our Social Chat"
Happiness" I am like you: had it
not been for Careless Toms" gentle
hint, I do not believe l should have had
courage to come agan. So. dear cous-
ms, if I may dare hope any Of you are
glad l have stepped in, you may thank
''Carless Tom" Talented, noble
Careless Tom, with his sound princi-
pies and high sense of honor, Aunt
Jennie. if / could write such beneficial
and sensible letters as this brave
member Of the sterner sex, his thoughts
glo wing with boyish2 (or must I say
manly . ardor, I shouI not hesitate to
appear often.
Jsnnie Acton, hare is one Chatterer
VINO loves dancing. Oh how l epJOY
it! 1 DO not see how it is possible for
a lover OF music not to like dancing!
And l do not know of any p astime SO
innocent. healEhtul and graceful as
nice dancing. I think it is much
more refined than silly games. Ial-
ways feel gloEiouaIy jubilant when the
first enhancing strains Of music begin
and the first figure is called.
Icannot understand why cultured,
refined people should have such a
horror of dancing. Ny dear mama,
(who has been waiting in Heaven for
her loved ones six years. was a Cana
dian, born Of Irish Catholic parents
and q true Catholic herselt,-a pobler
sweeter type Of perfect womanhood
never lived, and Lean look up at her
gentle high-bred face as I write EsVeet
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
AN KVAsIVR ANSWER.

"John," said a clergyman to his fac.
totum, Il shall be very busy this af.
ternoon, and if any one calls I do not
wish to to be disturbed"
IAN right, sir. Will / tell them
not in2' ., .
mo, John. That would be a lie."
"An' what1l / say, yer re~verence2"
sob, just put them off with an eva
sive ans Wer."
At supper time john was asked il
any n had called.
Eyes, there did" he said.
''And what did you tell him9" asked
the clergyman.
Il gave hira Tn evasive ans Wer."
"How was that2" queried his rever-
erc9.
He asked me was your reverence
in, an I SEE to him, SEE /, Was your
grandmother q boot owl9"-London
Answers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
NO MAN IS RVER SATISFIED
WITH HIS LIFE.

This does not mean that a man is
thareby necessarily restless or inordi
nately ambitious. But as every ma
grows, his life broadens and deepens,
and his needs broaden proportionRtely.
Every sep of progress we make in this
world simply opens up other and
further regions of thought to the
healthy mind, and in this way men
grow and develop. Right living is
ever progressive living, and if a man.
stops learning he ceases to progress.
When a man is satisfied with his life
or his work it is an indication that
the joy Of living has ceased with him
Since nothing in this word is altogether
complete, ncthing can completely sat
is'y.-Eiward Box, in Ladies' Home
J-urnal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
THE LIFE TRAGEDY OF JOHN RUSKIN.

But the unexpected happened, and
the painting Of the portrait was fatal.
At least the two fell in love with each
other and R1skin found the unfolding
of the romance which might easily
have grown into a tragedy.
Knowing that his wife loved him no
longer. Ruskin bowed to fate without
a word of accusation or blame, and
quietly obtained a divorce.
Then when his wife was free, he
walked into church with her one fac
morning and stood by while they che
Millsis were married
Millais later became the leading ar.
tiet in Engl5n1 and the beauty OF his
wife one Of the charms of L ndon so.
ciety. Never did Ruskin complain Of
the happiness tha: was blotted from
his life when his wife was Lost to him,
but the. sadness OF his last days is said
to have resulted from his great loss.
Ruskin was born in London, in 1919,
his father being a rich merchant, who
NAG the good sense to allow his son to
follow the bent Of his mind. In early
chilphood he showed a ~tond0esg for the
aesthetic.
His first literary patron, who pub
lished in Natural History" the first
printed writing Of the brilliant boy,
was J. O. Loudon.
At the age of 20, Rlskin, then at
Christ Church, Oxford, had just Won
the .neWgate prize poem. Two years
later his fret volume of Modern
Painters" showed to the world that a
poet had been born.
R1skin was graduated from Oxford
in 1889, about which time he began to
interest himself in water colors. 1t
was this study that suggested to him
Modern Painters. "-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
Our Social Chat.
TDTTED By AUNT JENNIE. RALEIGH. n. c.

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department. OF
The Progressive Farmer, we have some OF the
most wide-awake and progressive young ladies'
and young men and some OF the most entertalA5
ing writer's among the older people OF this anu
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 general interest,
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN. WRITING, give full name and post
office address for Aunt Jennie's formation
If you do not wish your real name to appear In
print. give name by which you wish to be known
as a CbattereF. ".t tt a -s'
elapse between the time a letter is written and
the date of its publication. .
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care
of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, n. q. s
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
RLLEN IN ROBSON.

DEAR AUNT JENNTE:-IG has been
sometime since my last letter to so r
S )cial Chat" and I do hope I have
been missed at least a little by your
self and the cousins. I thought per
haps you would like to receive letter
from me, as I am at boarding school.
I have been here just q monthzand
you a imagine how I would like to
be at home once more, if only for q
little while. .. 80
Iexpect you, Aunt Jennie, and most
of the cousins have heard of Red
Springs Seminary, an excellent school
for girls. This is not an advertisement
but l must tell you Of this, my tenn
porary home and would like to tell the
cousins that if any of them are think
ing OF going to a boarding school to be-
sure and come here. What struck me
about the school was the way the girls
all at home. r 2ally, it seems
more like a very large family all at
home rather than at college. This is, |
believe, the fifth year. of the schools
existence and we have enrolled one
hundred and eighteen boarders as we'll
as many day pupils. The teachers are
all kind as we'll as competent and are
liked by most Of the girls. I can say
very little about the girls but they are
simply good natured, healthy, happy,
girls. ,a- -
1 eDjoye& my journey down here
very much indeed and met many
pleasant people on the train. Il was
night when ! got herean / was tired
and hungry too,c4 ga sssr, .s -.
- Aunt Jennie, I would like very much
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM BLAs
@@- DEN.

DEAR AUNT .JENNIE:-I am from
Bladen county and having never seen
a letter from my county I will make a
start.
am not a college boy at all, as the
Cousins will see by this letter. Now,
Cousins, let me advise you to work
hard for an education. 1 have had a
good chance to get an education and
did not accept it. Now it is too late,
I gain kno Wedge every day by read
ing The Progressive Farmer it deserves
more praise than I am able to give it,
I was in Raleigh a few weeks ego. |
enjoyed my visit very much. AS this
is my first letter 1 will close, with best
wishes to The Progressive Farmer and
Aunt jennie. BLACK SMITH.
Bladen county, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
LET THE MAN REFORM BE-
FORE MARRIAGE.

"a girl should never marry a m6n
that she may reform him." writes
Margaret Sangster, in the February
Ladies' Home Journal. "It he is 10
need OF reformation let him prove
himself worthy by turning from evil
and setting his face steadtastly and
perseveIingly to good before he asks
a girl to surrender herself to him
Nor should a girl be too impatient
with father, mother and friends if
they counsel delay in deciding a mat
ter, which is to influence her whole ca.
re2r and her lovers, when they. with
Clearer eyes than her own perceive in
him an unsuitabiliEy to her"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
THE HoUsRKREPRRs' HARD LOT.

= DEAR Aunt JENNIE:-WhiIe the
weather is 30 very cold, and I am 80
interested in your band of Chatterers,
I would, If agreeable, like to join.
There are go many interfssi ing. writers,
I know I can't say anything to interest
you; nevertheless, where there's a will
there's a way. I was especially struck
with Miss A. n HIS letter in last
weeks paper, because I agree with
her on the wrap question.
How many ofyou have ever thought
what a hard time h~ousekeepers haVel
As for myself, l think they have the
hardest time of any class Of people. 1t
is very seldom they can please any ore
with the cooking. Some n else can
always cook so and 80 batter than you"
which 1 think very provoking. /
have finally decided the best way is to
please yourself first. Then il anybody
else is pleased, it's all right; If not.
don't worry over it.
y Well, az this is my fret letter I will
stop before it gets too lengthy. Hoping
my letter will escape the. waste basket,
and wishing the Chatterers much sue
cess, am, 10 'aT ROSE B.
> FranklinO IN. C. s2a... ~ssc-ss.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
LET THE. BOY CHOOSE HIS
TRADE.

Might a. man who at thirty-six years
Of age feels that he has made a failure
be permitted to offer a few remarks9 20
In my opinion, one of the principal
causes for non success in, a bust
ness career is the square peg in
the round hole brought about by the
parents putting their son at a business
in which he can never take an eye sin
gle interest, if, indeed, it be not totally
repugnant to his tastes and incline
tions. Nowadays a business man who
has made q success sends his son 60
high school and university, and the
young mar there perhaps finds that his
his tastes lie toward the practice of law
or medicine, or he may wish to engage
in literary pursuits or to enter the min
istry. But instead Of the parent ask
ing the son what profession he wishes
to enter, it is an sven chance that after
the young fellow lays out his plans to
engage in one of the learned professions
his parent will, after his graduation,
tell him to come down to the store.
And the result can be nothing bus
failure.
The writer speaks not at random,
but from personal experience. When
a boy in my native land ove the sea
1 studied earnestly and diligently to
fit myself for a certain career, but
after &C ing to school and academy for
thirteen years I was sent out here to
friends with the request that they put
me in business. No charge was ever
brought against save that I had no
business tact or application. Indeed,
strive as hard as I might, l could not
give my employers satisfaction, and at
ter being told by firms that
my services were no longer required
1 gave up trying to be a success as a
business man.
Among my schoolmates in in Ire
land was M. William Mcclure, the
Secretary of the Nav York Stock Elk
change. At his studies he ex,elled in
arithmetic, Euclid and algebra. Tnis
Yves of itself a hint as to where his
talents, lay and his coming to America
in 1879, working for Mitchell, Fletcher
& Co. and John Sigrian, Front Street
below Chestnut, were but the stepping
stones to a position in the American
Exchange National Bank of New York.
SO step by step he has risen.
My remedy is this: Let the young
man be given his choice of what field
of labor he fishes to enter. Do not
him or persuade him in any
way, and I am firmly Of the opinion
the number of young men who make
successes will be large, and fewer will
have to admit their lives a failure
Jno. II Robinson, in Saturday Evening
POat-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
AUNT N LETTER.

Ellen comes TO US this week from
R 2beson county, instead of Wake e.
! formerly. l had wondered where you
were, Ellen, and rel oice with you be
cause Of your pleasant surroundings.
We are glad to know that you have
missed us and are happy to inform you
that Tne Progressive Farmer will be
sent each week to the reading room of
your institution. Doubtless there are
other girls, like yourself, who will vel
come it as an old friend.
Well, Eva, I had been wondering
where you were and felf sad because
of your silence; therefore, you know
that / am glad the ''truant bird" has
returned. Diversity of opinion is the
greatest incentive for diligent research,
and while most of Us may not agree
with you in your expression OF faith,
still we believe that you are true TO
yodr convictions and admire you for
your steRdfas!ness. I trust, however,
that what you have said will provoke
no UNCONVENTIONAL discussion within
the Circle, for that I cannot allow,
There are good people in all churches,
and aIs0 some bad ones in all, and how
thankful we should be that this is a
free country aad each person may
think and believe as he pleaees, D.
not remain away so long again, please.
Nellie 'Iends g hard" this week in
regard to home decoration. Her ideas
are good and the articles she describes
are both useful and ornamental. Rugs
made as you say Of tow sacks when
dyed solid colors are pretty enough for
any room and cost so little. / have
often wondered why there are not
more of them in our homes. Thank
you, Nellie, for this helpful letter. /
trust that many will follow your good
example and give helpful hints
regarding home decoration.
A note of warning from n who
feels the sadness of lost opportunity is
B acksmith's letter. I am glad he ap
p4SCLaECS 4uO 44O64CScAFO WOA @OA
the management endeavors to make it
helpful to all classes. Had you tried,
friend Blacksmith, I feel quite sure
that you could have written a longer
letter, of much interess to all.
Rose B joins us this week. It seems
utterly impossible to please some peo-
pie; but after having done your very
best, dome worry for there is balm for
every wound and surcease for every
sorrow. Yes, where there is a will
there is a way" 1 wish that your let
ter had been longer. >s
Now, let me ask you all to read care
fully Violet L2e's letter. Although
this is her visit to US we hope that she
and ell who have written this week
will call often. AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13

God makes soch nights, all white an
still
Fur z you can look or listen;
Moonshine an snow on field an bill,
All silence an all glisten.
Z.kle crep'up quite unbeknoWn
An peeked in thru the WindeT,
An there sot Hubby all alone,
18th no q nigh to bender.
A fireplace filed the rooms one side,
With half q cord o. wood n
There waTn't no stoves (teN comfort
die6)
To bake ye to a puddin'.
*#*
The walnut logs shot sparkles out
Towards the poOtieat, bless herl
An Ieetle flames danced all about
The chiny on the dresser.
Agin the chimbley crook -necks hung,
An In amongst 'em rusted
The ole Queens arm tibet Gran'l er
Young
Fetched back from Concord busted.
The very room, coz she was in,
Seemed warm from floor to ceilin',
An she looked full ez rosy sgin-
Ez she apples she was peelln'.
Twas kin o. kingdom-come to look
On sech q blessed cretur,
A dogfose hlushin' to a brook
Amt modester nor sweeter.
He was six foot o. man, Al,
Clean grit an human natur';
None couldn't quicker pitch a ton,
Nor dror afurrer stFRighter.
He'd spanked it with full twenty gels,
He'd squirrel 'em, danced 'em, druv
asr 'em, " "
Fust this enc, an then that, by SPELLS
All is, he couldn'F love 'em.
But long o. her his veiUs 'ould run
All crinkly like curled maple, e..
The side she breshed felt full o. sun
Ez a south slope in Apil.
She thought no vice he'd .sech a swing
Ez hisn in the choir;
Myl when he made zoe Hundred"
ring,
She knowd the Lord was higher.
An'she'd blush scarler, right in prayer,
When her new meetin'-bonnet
Felt somehow thru its crown a pair
O. blue eyes sot upon it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
THE FooT-PArH TO PEACE.

To be plad of life, because it gives
you the chance to love and to work
and to play and to look up 1.-THE stars;
to be satisfied with your possessions,
but not contented with yourself until
you have made the best of them ; to
despise nothing in the world ezcept
talsehood and meanness, and to fear
nothing except cowardice; to be gov
erped by your admirations rather than
by your diEgusss; to eovet nothing that
is your neighbours except his kindness
OF heart and gentleness of manners;
to think seldrm OF your enemies, often
Of your friends, and every day of
Christ; and to spend as much time as
you can, with body and with spirit, in
Gods out-of- doors-thsse are little
guide posts on the foot path to peace
Henry van Dyke. "
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
HoME DECORATIONS,

DEAR AUNT JENNIE tn tn,
momeser was down to twelve ~.
morning at u home-quite a M,
time for visiting, but / feel il nv 6nt"
as we'll as pleasure to make you eli.
short call. have been reading a.,
epj lying all your good letters ell II,
while and find more pleasure in rea4
ing good letters than in writing SCR,
ones. zs
think we would find it pleasant
and profitable to. consult each otber .,
to home decorations. There are NAM.
things we can make with little exDensJ
that whould add to the attraction ami
comfort Of our homes, if we would
spend a little time in that way. Their
is no one who does not like to see !,
home, well cared for, if he has any can
for anything. By making our own
home neat and pleasant we make obf
ers love it as well as we do, and ad3
cheerfulness as well.
l will tell you how I make rug,
without expense. Take sometime
substantial for a foundation, say A
good thick tow sack. Take scraps Of
any kind of wooden goods, dressgoods
flannel, or anything-even some cot
ton scraps mixed in will answer. Gu,
them about two inches long, one and
half wide stake a pleat in center and sew
on. You can lay off in any way de-
sired by marking with chalk; then
fill in: light and dark, each in it's place.
Put thick enough to stand and com
pletely cover foundation. This makes
a very pretty rug. By using diamond
dyes, rugs can be made beautiful thh
way. They can also bs made with
tow sacks dyed different colors. Take
strips, then ravel out both edges like
fringe and sew On. I have seen soma
beautiful ones of this kind.
A very pretty corner whatnot can
be made of thread spools. Take the
largest for the bottom, and let each
shelf have smaller spools until the top
is reached. The shelves can be any
The spools are put on a strong
and through a hole in the shelf,
or six spools between shelves.
The shelves also get smaller as they 90
up. Paint any color, Or different col
ors combined.
Hope some one else will write some
helps that may be of bene'
fl to US. l very much approve of Mre
J L DIS method of sweeping. ShC
certainly must have experience il
housekeeping and caring for children
have only one precious little child
not quite a year old; can't quite walk
pet. Yet If I were to sweep but once
4 week it would be impossible to get in,
[ take a general sweep all over every
morning. And the family room-oh,
[ don't know how many times a day.
Guess ] have said enough, SO will
stop and give space to some more
interesting writer. NELLIE.
Daplin o., N. @.