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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-16
The Home Circle.
INDIAN SUMMER SONG.

A IuTing song of locusts, the hum of golden bees,
And YOU seem to hear the sap flow through h thrilled veins OF ne ueeS
And the ha4y, may daisy, dreaming world around you seems
Like a mysEO land enchanted-hke a paradise of dreams!
Blue smoke from happy huts,
A rain of ripened nuts,
And far away, DER meadows ringing,
Sweet sounds a # a woman singing,
"COmin' through the rye
Comm through the rye!'
And then the faint, uncertain, silver tenor Of a b
That summons all the winds to prayer in many a clustered dell"
And then = thrush music from groves with golden CLEANS,
The wild note of a mockingbrd, and still the dreams, the dreams!
Blue smoke from happy huts,
A rain of ripened nuts,
And far away, DER meadows ringing,
Sweet sound, as of a woman singing,
Comm through the rye
Comm through the rye!"
FRANK L. Stanton, IN atlanta Constitution.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-16
AUNT N LETTER.

AS1A H4N4N =
"
Did you ever think just what it
means to a boy Or girl to go off to
school? IF you are one of these, let
me tell you that for n thing it
mean individuality-that you are
to be thought Of just as you are,
without regard to what father,
mother, or sister is. Mother will
not be with you to make excuses for
your shortcomings and thoughtless-
ness. You yourself must be the re-
sponsible me-.
Teachers are close observers and
make few mistakes in judging char
acter. This is their business from
year to year and of course they are
proficient. Your roommate will
know you. It may be that you
think differently, but each act of
yours is observed and your faithful
discharge of duties noted.
Resolve in the beginning to be
somebody of whom parents and col
lege will be proud. Do the best you
can under all circumstances. Use no
deceit. Besides being degrading, it
is exceedingly dangerous, for lost
confidence is hard to regain.
Be lively, but careful to engage in
only innocent amusements, nothing
that will bring harm to you and your
fellOw-StudentS.
Be social, not selfish in that you
have one friend only to whom you
show the better side of your nature.
A kind word to a fellow student
often wins a lifelong friend and
vice versa. Do not make fun" of
the "greenies'; they may be the
shining lights in years to come.
Some may not dress as we'll as you
do. Be careful what you say Of
them their hearts may be better
than yours, even if you do not see
them. Time will tell.
Everything that you learn we'll
and thoroughly helps you. Study
ing is hard work, but it pays. Aspire
to be noble, true, good and wise and
always a sincere friend. Do not be
blind to the nObilities around you.
Look down on no one who tries or
does his best; rather stOop and ex-
tend d helping hand. You will not
regret having assisted one who
needed help.
Choose for companions those who
are simply and earnestly DESTROYS to
do their duty, and if doubts, fears
and temptations assail you, your
company will be strong to help you
resist evil.
Remember your chance is now.
This is your opportunity to lay the
foundation for futute usefulness.
Will you do earnest work, or will
you build an insecure structure, out
of proportion, admired and coveted
by none? The world is conservative.
It will give you your dues, but it
will never pay you what you have
not earned.
You may think this too much ad-
vice, but [ am sure you will never
regret needing what I have said.
We have this week an interesting
letter from a Brunswick county girl
also, a well-written fable from Alvin
Horton. Sallie's description of the
scenery around her home reminds
again of the wide territory COW
cred by our Circle. While she writes
with hearing of the waves of the
Atlantic, our writer of fables halls
from a county bordering Tennessee,
and dotted over with towering noun
tains. A Kentucky lady is also with
US this week, and I commend to the
lady readers of the Chat her sensi-
bic letter. AUNT JENNIE.
A FABLE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-16
Brunswick Co., N. G.

The roses of pleasure seldom lD If
long enough to adorn the Dro" ore
him who plucks them for they
the only roses which do nQI INT
their sweetness after they H"'0
their beauty.-Hannah More
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-16

Success is a coquette, and e a o4 d
full lover never wins her'-'o0H
lings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-16

Incidence is the mother of misery.
-Burten.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
INDIAN MAiDENs AT AUCTION.

Mercenary White Men Are Striving
tn Control Their Lands.
There is a queer relic of barbarism
In Oklahoma and the Indian territory
IA legalized traffic In human beings,
the pretty daughters Of the noble red
men," For Indian maldens are often
pretty and occasionally beautiful, al,
though few of these descriptions are
seen In the East. The regions named
are Inhabited chiefly by the Greeks.
Choctaws, Chlcasaws, Kiowas and Co,
manches, with few Apaches thrown
tn to lend spice to the agglomeration.
They live In peace, but not together,
as each tribe has Its allotment Of land
and trespassing Is strictly forbidden.
Many Of the Indians on these reser-
vations are wealthy. Their lands,
which are allotted to them In severalty,
are fertile and valuable and each head
Of household Ia usually possessed Of
fiocks and herds that render him In
dependent Of the rest OF the world.
Yet some of these aborigines are not
satisfied with the products Of their
farms and ranches and not infrequent-
iy seek to add to their incomes by sell
ing their daughters who have arrived
at manageable age to the whites who
may be willing to form such alliances.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

Lord Polkemmet, Scottish lord of
session, usually retired to his coun-
Try residence during the part of the
year when the court does no business,
John Hagart, the Scottish advocate,
equally idle from a similar cause, went
% shoot. and, happening to pass Lord
P.'s property, he met his lordship, who
politely invited John to take, or. as he
said, to TAX, family dinner with him.
self. his wife and daughter.
John accepted the invitation. and
they all assembled at the hour OF din
ner. There was joint Of roasted veal
at the head OF the table and stewed
veal at the bottom, veal soup In the
middle, calf's head on one side of the
soup and veal outlets on the other,
calls foot jelly between the soup and
roast veal and calf's brains between
the stewed veal and the soup.
"Noo," said his lordshlp In his own
blunt way, "Mr. Hagart, you may very
likely think this an odd sort Of dinner.
but yell no wonder when you hear the
cause Of II. We keep nae company,
Mr.. Hagart, and my daughter here ca.
tiers for our table. The way we do Ia
Just this; We kill beast, as II were,
today, and we Just begin to cook II at
one side of the head, travel down that
side, turn the tall and just gang back
again by the other side to where we be
gan"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
A UNIQUE STATE.
Texas Has Paid Allegiance 20 the
Flags of SIX Nations.


Scarcely another state In the union
has as remarkable and interesting .
history as Texas In one respect at
least 1t occupies unique position In
the history of American states. Since
its discovery six different governments
have at different times claimed Its al.
legiance. and as many different fags
have waved over 1t, those OF France
Spain. Mexico. independent Texas, the
United States and the Confederate
states.
The foundations of Texas statehood
were not laid as n British colony, nor
under the grant or control of the Brit
isll crown. as were those of the original
thirteen states Its first settlement
dates back more than 200 years, and its
first American eolonists went there
under terms and conditions imposed
by foreign state, to whose language,
laws and institutions they were total
strangers. There never was, there
never could be, any sympathy between
these first American colonists and the
Mexican government under the old
regime. Separated by vast wilder
nesses from the people of the United
States, and unalded save by the In.
dividual efforts of sympathizing breth.
rem therein, these colonists declared
their independence, established 1t with
the sword, and for nine years main
tanned a stable republic
Texas was neither purchased nor
conquered for the union. Annexation
to the United States was accomplished
through a treaty made by Texas repre-
sentatives and ratified by the free
suffrage of the citizens. No other
state m the Union has had such varied
experience or sailed through such
stormy seas into the haven Of peace
and prosperity.-St. Louis Globe Demo
Graf
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
WOMEN IN OLD EGYPT.

They shared with the Men All Their
Pastime= and Pleasures.
In ancient Egypt monogamy was
praeticed although II was not enioned
by law. There is no evidence of the
existence Of a marriage ceremony, but
the marriage contract secured to the
wife certain rights. one Of which was
that of complete control over her hus-
band, who promised to yield her I'M
plicit obedience! Nearness of relation
ship was no barrier to wedlock, the
union OF brother and sister being quite
common.
Women, both married and unmarried,
participated with men in all the pleas
ures OF social intercourse. They took
part In the public festivals, shared its
banquets, drove out In their chariots.
and made pleasure excursions on the
Nile. AT banquets the guests were en-
tertained chiefly with music and dane
ing. Singing was also an esteemed &C
complishment, and the more solid part
of their education must have been at
tended to, as women often held import
ant offices In the priesthood They pre-
sided at births and burlals.
Ladies of rank occupied their spare
moments In embroidery and In the cul-
tivation Of flowers, of which they were
passlonately fond, and which were Law
ishly used on all festive occasions.
Women of the humber classes were
employed in spinning and in the rural
districts In tending cattle and sheep
and in carrying water-the heavier EN-
Payments being left to the men.
This halcyon state Of affairs lasted
only during the days of Egypt's great
ness; during the period Of her decline
her daughters were fearfully down
trodden and degraded. The hardest
manual labor was assigned to them
and they suffered cruel punishments
for the crimes OF their fathers, hus-
bands or brothers. as the case might
be. Sometimes they were publicly
beaten with sticks. at others thrown
into dungeons or sent to work In the
mines. where the mlserles they endured
were so great that. as the old historian
tells us, they longed for death as far
preferable to life.-The Westminster
Review.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
Anecdotes of Evarts.

One summer when William NJ. Evarts
was at his country home In Windsor,
VI, q farmer who had followed his po-
htical career In the newspapers for
many years was extremely anxious to
zee him In the flesh and drove 10 miles
into town in order TO catch q glimpse
of his idol.
Senator Evarts at that time was be-
ing entertained constantly, dining out
almost every night. and as he drove out
q his grounds to an appointment one
evening the farmer was lying In wait
for him in the road. The latter, seeing
he pale. ascetic face and meager form
u the famous statesman, was disap-
pointed.
well. declare" he exclaimed.
ssooks as II he'd always boarded"
An impromptu riddle Is attributed to
him here at his country place. One
day in presiding at table with a swarm
Of grandchildren about him he asked.
what is the difference between this
goose before dinner and me afterT
After much futile guessing he said in
quiet glee:
Nov the goose IL stuffed with sage,
and then the sage" pointing to himself,
win be stuffed with goose. "-Home
Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
X-RAY
X-RAY



You Americana" said the London
young man as he stopped sucking his
cane. ARE always insinuating that we
Engiishmen don't know what q real
Joke L. Now, just hold your sides
while 60 over this one which I read
IN q home paper q week ago:
"-The Countess lord, you were at
TIE grand dinner last night, were you
mott Just awhile ago heard one OF
those vulgar Americans make the re-
mark that this morning you had a big
had.
s.rhe Duke-Buf. mrady. there's
no<hing in IT."
The American looked a. sober a. q
criminal court judge.
sWeilf' he asked
Don't you see,s explained the dis
gusted Brltisher. poking the other In
ths RIBS with his cane, ''the countess
says some one accused her companion
ChAD Of having big head Cha, had, and
As declares p-ah. had there's nothing
m itr'
Yes, but
sBlarsted idiocy. but whatr
Her companion was duke
Yea"
sAnd not any different from the rest
Il the English nobilityr
mo. But the joke. the jokei II II 90
adroitly put. In apparent inadvertence
desperately the duke admits there Ii
nothing in his hesdi Now, do you seer
well, it's little strange that the
duke could make such frank and can
did admission. but-where does the
toks come inT-Rsooklyn Life.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

When DR.. Thompson, a distinguished
Scotch clergyman, was minister Of
Markinch, he happened to preach from
the text, Look not upon the wine
when It is red In the cup" from which
he made a most eloquent and impress
i've discourse against drunkenness,
stating its evil effects on the heart,
head and purse. Several Of his OBJ
servations were leveled at two cronies
with whom he was well acquainted
who frequently poured out libations to
the rosy god. At the dismissal of the
congregation the two friends met the
doctor being close behind them.
ibid you hear, JohnnieT quoth the
one.
"Did l hearth Wha' didna hearth I
ne'er winked an e'e the hall sermon"
"Aweel, an what thought ye ctr
.Adeed, Davie, l think he has been q
nd In his day, or he couldna sea weel
about It. All, he's been q slee hand,
the meenlster." - Kansas City hide
pendent
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
A Good aa Teeth.

Less than an hours ride from New
York is a community in which a GER
tain meat and vegetable grinding ma
chine has attained such popularity that
1t threatens to affect the dentists work
and income. Not content with using 1t
for the preparation Of hash and similar
made over dishes. 1t is screwed to the
table In many houses and made to do
the work of knife and fork in cutting
up food.
Father and | was talkin about get
tin some false teeth" said one elderly
woman, but since we bought this ma
chine, declare, we don't need 'em, and
we can save the money. | guess 1t
would cost rs much as So apiece for us
to get new teeth, and bought this ma
chine for S1.15, If I'd only know'd 1t,
they had n bargain sale one day when
could got II for So cents."-New
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

While a student at Harvard univer-
sity Phillips Brooks was walking In
the yard one day with a professor. who
asked him what he intended making
Of himself
81 am thinking of the ministry" an
swered the youth.
Then Danish such thoughts" said
the professor earnestly. your man
ner of speech would forever bar you
from being successful In that calling"
Many years later, when Phillips
Brooks was one of the worlds great
pulpit orators. the most expert stenog-
rapher in England took down one of
his sermons and said;
ANY stenographer who thinks he
has conquered fast takers should try
Phillips Brooks" Ladies' Home Jour
nal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
A TIP FOR THE JokERs.
Curious Man Wants TO KAew Abou
Mfngling of Languages.

Curious Man Wants TO Knsvv About
Mingling of Languages.
TITS a funny thing" said the man
with the bad cigar, who had been read
Ing day before yesterdays paper.
whats that2" asked the young man
with the phenomenally short coat.
"Why. the way these fellows that
write jokes for newspapers get things
tangled up" replied the first seaker.
"How is that?" asked the long leg
ged young man.
why. look here" continued the man
with the bad cigar warmly. Did you
tver read a Dutch joke in the papers
where two Germans are supposed to be
talking to each otherT
"Sure did" said the tall young
man, yawning languldly.
"Well, did you ever notice that every
time the guy that wrote the joke has
them jabbering at each other In bro
ken English? What do you think Of
thisY' He picked up the paper again
and after hunting few moments read
as follows:
berwurst-Heinrich, w ies 1t ven
you book beer drink yet that you want
10 yump alrettyf
neutrality-suspicious. It iss xonce
because die beer Is nit hops filed up.
MOI
"Now. that's good thing, isn't itr'
went on the man with the bad cigar.
ST those two Germans wanted to talk
to each other. do you suppose they
would amble around In broken Eng
lishf No; they would spiel II out In
German that they both understand
Suppose you and l were in Germany
for a visit and wanted to tell You
about some sight had seen. would
try to tell you in bum German that
neither of US could speak or would l
talk English? They make me tired
"But that would spoil the joke" pro
tested the tall young man.
"Huhv' snorted the other. Some
things are too bad to spoil"
And then the incident was considered
ciosed.-Chicago Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

And there are many such on the from
tier-men who, for q share OF the
wealth Of an Indian. viii consent to
sunder all the ties that bind them to
their own race. On this account the
Indian territory has of late years
shown a great increase In the number
of halfbreeds.
Various means have at times been
adopted to check this evil and to re-
serve to the red man not only his lands
and cattle, but his women as well
Some years ago the Legislature OF the
Indian nation passed law requiring
that q fee of $1,000 be paid by those
desiring to contract a mixed marriage
But there were plenty of white men
ON the border who were willing to pay
that amount for bride as long as
there was a certainty that she would
bring to him ten times that sum. And
so for a long time past there has been
maintained a disgraceful traffic in
brides. Beautiful young squaws have
been placed upon the auction block and
knocked down to the highest bidder
Oftentmes they thus become the I'M
willing brides of worthless husbands
The barbarous custom has drawn
many white Adventures, attracted
merely by pecuniary gain. for many Of
the squaws have headlight worth
$1,000 or more. The consideration for
"A bride Is usually Monies valued at
about $40 each. At sale last Janu-
airy a pretty member of the Usage tribe
was sold for 2s3 ponies, or $3.50. The
white men usually make arrangements
with the father of the girl to pay a
trivial sum down and TO pay the re
maInder of the price for the bride In
abor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
GREAT VICTORY AT PARIS.
John Wieland Brewery Takes tn
Prize.

Prize.
The John Wieland Brewery OF San
Francisco, brewers of the well-known
Wieland's extra pale lager, have just
received advice under date of August
2s, 1900, from Varney W. Gaskill,
secretary OF the California Paris Ex-
position Commission of 1900. that the in
ternational jury of awards have awarded
them a certificate and medal for the
exhibit they made at the Paris Ex-
position of their Extra Pale Lager
Beer
This announcement is one that not
only the brewery, but the State OF Cal
ifornia as well, can be justly proud of,
for it gives an international reputation
to the largest brewery west of the
Rocky mountains and to very popular
California industry.
The award was based on purity and
flavor, and when it is considered that
the John Wieland Brewery was en-
tered in this exposition with COMPETE
tors of the whole world, Europe as
we'll as America, this success is ex-
tremely gratifying.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

There is more Catsrrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. Fora great many years doctors pro-
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced II incuTable.
Science has proven eatarrh TO be constitu-
tlonal disease, and therefore requires constitu-
uonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
featured by Y. J. Cheney 4 Co, Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the market II
is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case IL fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o..
sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
Mrs. PInkhan Helps
Two Women Through
Change of Life and Cures
Another of SferfIify.
Read Their Letters.

DEAR Mrs. PIsKHAh-I feel that 10
La owing TO Lydia +. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound that | am alive to-
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bed where | had lain for six weeks
with a good doctor to tend me twice .
day. Ny trouble was change of life,
had frequent hemorrhages. Your medi-
cine checked the flow right away. /
am now able TO do all my work, and
backache In unknown. am forty
three years Of age and enjoying good
health. "-MRs ANNIE FosTKB, Cascade
Locks, Oregon.
DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM-When first
wrote to you, was in a very bad con-
dition. | was passing through the
change OF life, and the doctors said l
had bladder and liver trouble. ! had
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pound my health has improved very
much. will gladly recommend your
medicine 70 others and am sure that II
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rs 1t has 10 me. n-MRs. GEO. II. JUNE,
so1 De KAlb Ave, Broollyn. N. Y.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-It was my
ardent desire to have a child. had
been married three years and could
not become a mother, so wrote TO you
10 find out the reason. After follow
Ing your kind advice and taking Lydia
Z. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. I
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coe, N. Y.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
Women,
Rensenrher'
his
4 act

That In addressing Mrs Pinkham
you are communicating with woman
"a woman whose experience in treat
ing woman's Ills is greater than that
OF any living person. male or female.
A woman can talk freely to wo-
man when it is revolving to relate her
private troubles to man.
Many women suffer in silence and
drift along from bad TO worse, know
ing full we'll that they should have
immediate assistance, but a natural
modesty impels them to shrink from
exposing themselves to the questions
and probable examination of even
their family physician. 1t Is unneees-
sary. without money orprice you can
consult woman, whose knowledge
from actual experience is unequaled.
Women suffering from any form Of
female weakness are invited to freely
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass.
All letters are received, opened.
read and answered by women only.
This is positive fact-not a mere
statement. 1t Is certified to by the
mayor and postmaster of Lynn and
others whose letters, all in n little book,
Mrs. Pinkham has just published.
Write for copy, it is free. Thus
has been established the eternal con-
fdence between Mrs. Pinkham and the
women of America which has never
been broken and has induced more
than 100, 900 sufferers to write her for
advice during the last few months.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which she has TO draw from, IL 10
more than possible that she has gained
the very knowledge that will help
your case. She asks nothing In re-
turn except your goodwill, and her
advice has relieved thousands. Here
are some OF the cases we refer to: