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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-07

was not infected with typhoid fever.
In December, 1895, I was asked by
the president of the company to see
q. bow in the village that was thought
to he crazy. I found him sitting up,
temperature 1O4, delirous, with other
symptoms of typhoid fever. The at
ton of the president of the company
was called to the bad arrangement.
of the village and warned of danger.
A meeting of the directors was
called. but nothing was done. The
number of cases have increased year
bv year until now. In September l
was informed by n of the three
physicians who practiced among the
operatives that he had thirty cases
of typhoid fever under treatment N
the village, and that the death rate
was high. This is due to the sur
face water from the row of oUthouses
along the brow of the hill running
down the slope and injecting the
wells.
In conclusion I would say: Use
only underground wells raise the
water by suction see that the soil
is free from pollution within 100 feet
radius of the we'll, and drain all pol
luted soil on the premises away from
the we'll. By a strict observance of
these simple precautions it is possible
in a primitive soil to obtain water
with less than 100 harmless bacteria
per cubic centimeter.-Dr. w. T,
Pate. in Bulletin N. G. Board of
Health.
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herself at the piano and nlo.s
us some old fashioned music
one like those old tunes l IL
seems so much more mUsio iNa
than in the bang, bang Of most @
pieces I hear. No woman ON
neglect her piano. Motbor 'uoQ
we'll although she is an old psa
and enjoy hearing her. Tbos
so many little accomplishment
if not laid aside, CATER ms,,:
with its million duties claims
of your minutes) add So VERY ~
to a woman's womanIinoss
There is no friendship more ~.
by me than the affection Of rug
those old time lovable, genr1a
manly women. I can tell bar v
I think and ask her advice abont
many things that I could not ~.
OF mentioning to one Of these -
fashioned women, for I ALWAYS II
that they are somehow sort Of ona
reach.
Oh, I have found out about H.,
chickens that had worms in az
threats. Cure them by kiIIino Il. /
Now I don't mean kill them -
enough, but they will fall in a d.
faint and you will think them d.
for a minute or two after usino NJ
cure Take d box and put a VI,
netting partition in it. Put the 81
chickens in under one side and h.
an iron rod red hot then hold # =.
der the other side and pour 70,
drops of carbo1ic acid on if and q
fumes will fill the box and kin a.
worms. The chickens will keel or.
as if they are dead too, but irs
throw the box off and let them il
1t will not be long before they vii
be up and as lively as ever. Ever
thing is not dead that seems 50, b7
the worms will not trouble them an
more.
Sugar has gone up, but I expects
make jelly out of all the fruit that
can't preserve and sell all we can.
use. Where is Nettie Cross? have
not seen a letter from her in a ln
time. Hope she will write soon
With best wishes for all.
JENNIE ACTON.
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FROM THE MOUNTAINS. OF TRANsYL-
VANIA.
Cumberland Co., N. G.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE VIII you adj
nit into your Circle, astranger from
the mountains of Western North
Carolina? l have always been an
interested reader of the letters, and
often thought of joining you all be-
fore this, but somehow my, courage
always failed me and I not unfre-
quently began and ended with the
salutation, Dear Aunt Jennie"
1 wonder how the Chatterers, that
have not finished school yet, have
been spending their vacation. Read
ing, I presume, has been the Occupa-
ton of the majority. At least, that
is how I should have spent most Of
my vacation, if there had not been
SO much to have done. But a farm
er's daughter, as lam, has very little
leisure, and consequently my reading
has been limited. And I do. so like.
to read! / think nothing helps one
so much as the reading of good
books. By studying the lives of
some Of the more noble characters,
we ~unconscious1y get some of our
most worthy inspirations.
If any of the Chatterers intend 10
take a pleasure trip during the sum
mer, I advise them to come to Tran
sylvania. For here in the summer
you see Nature at her best. And
what greater joy or comfort can
there be, in all this land, than feast
ing the eye upon the handiwork of
God? The mountains, which appear
to shut US in from the busy world,
seem to have written on their grand
old faces, in living green, THE Hand
that made us is divine" They have
charms for the merry and new life
for the Oppressed.
Perhaps I shall come again soon, if
this letter escapes the waste-basket.
With best wishes. ELIZABETH.
Pennsylvania Co., N. G.
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makes me sick at heart. I look for
ward to the time, when those boys
viii be heads of families, and those
girls, mothers of little children.
And I e poor wives, sad and lonely
for lack of the enjoyment that might
be theirs, if only their simple rights
we're respected. A woman who has
sufficient genuine attraction to win
a man has a right to be treated with
respect, affection and tenderness
every day of her life. Tenderness
does not always consist in being
patted on the head and called little
darling a dozen times a day, but
while these are very, very acceptable,
"kindling wood and buckets Of
water. new dresses, and pleasant
visits are also.
But when a woman is suffering
from bodily pain or is in the midst
of some great sorrow, then Of all
times she especially looks for love
and tenderness, and if these be de-
MED her, her sun goes down at noon
day, and leaves a darkness behind it
''that can be felt" There isa cham
Der in every wOman's soul the door
of which opens only to the master
key of conjugaI love: but rude
fingers snap the key and the door
remains closed. No pleasures of
society, of books, music or flowers,
not even the sweet companionship OF
her own dear children, can ever light
that darkness and the golden harp
that hangs in the dark and silent
chamber echoes never to the touch
of loves burning fingers. .
And the refined, loving husband,
who has a shrew for a wife, how he
is to be pitied as he sits alone in the
gathering gloom while thoughts of
the past fit through his aching
brain, and people the chambers of
his soul with the ghosts Of disap-
pointed hopes! No sympathy for
his aspirations swells in the bosom
of the loud-voiced, bustling woman,
whose commands he must obey, how
ever irksome.
But even for these suffering ones,
the neglected wife and the disap-
pointed husband, life still holds out
a full cup, if they will except it from
the hands of their Elder Brother,
whose eternal love can unlock the
most hidden recesseso of the soul, and
fill it with music when he tunes all
the chords of life until they are in
unison with his own grand scale of
harmony.
o mother you to whom is given
the moulding of your children's
natures, teach them to be unselfsh,
and future generations shall arise
and callyou blessed.
Mrs. MARY E. FILLXAw.
Cumberland Co., N. G.
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AUNT JENNIE's LETTER.

Mrs. Fillyaw writes us an exceed
ingly interesting letter this week.
It is full of good sensible thought
and advice, which if taken by US all
will add not only to our own happi-
ness, but to that of others Is well.
The letter from Jennie Acton, was
crowded out last week, but appears
in this issue.
We welcome you most heartily,
Elizabeth. I often wonder how many
girls and boys there are who read
The Progressive Farmer and decide
that they would like to join III cir
Gle, but after writing those three
words, Dear Aunt Jennie" lay
their intended letter aside to wait
until a more favorable time to write
or until the inspiration ONE to
them. If you wish to accomplish
anything there is never a better time
to begin than now, and / am quite
sure that no one appreciates nice
letters more than your ''Old Auntie."
Noble examples are always inspiring.
Unconsciously we imbibe much from
what we read. Pure healthful
thoughts helps us to be noble, true
and good. But, should we drink
from polluted fountains, how long,
think you, would we survive IN
tainted by it's filth? There is a great
deal of literary trash circulated that
is not fit to be seen by decent eyes.
The secular press is responsible for
much that is said on paper which
should be buried in oblivion. News
papers are our teachers in many
instances and the editors should be
careful as to the studies given their
readers. And reading people, and
especially parents, should not tOler-
ate a paper whose influence is not
pure and ennobling. It is a pleasure
to have a paper such as The Pro
gressi1e Farmer that you "a place
in the hands of your boy DR. girl,
knowing that it is as clean as it is
entertaining without being namby-
pamby or effeminate. We should
be as careful in the selection of our
newspapers and our books as in the
selection of human friends.
Afine list of the best schools inNorth
Carolina-The University of North
Carolina, the Normal and Industrial
College, the A. & M. College, the
Baptist Female University, Guilford
College, Greensboro Female Col
lege, Littleton Female College, Buie's
Creek Academy, WarrentOn High
School, etc, advertise in The PrOA
gressive Farmer on the page oppo-
site that on which our Chat appears.
Please read them and then send for
catalogues, not forgetting to men
ton where you saw the advertise
ments. 1 am sure you can decide
where to send that boy or girl of
yours after being informed as to the
inducements offered to patrons of
the different institutions.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-07
SWAPPING TELEPHONES.

The following story comes from
the Grand Rapids Press, and has
to do with a man and a woman who
are employed in different offices in
one of the large buildings of that
city. Each office has a telephone,
but as it happens n is an instru-
ment belonging to the Citizens Com
pany, the other a Bell instrument.
One day the man had occasion to
use the Citizens line, and stepped
across the hall to the lady's office.
"Have you a Citizens 'phone?'' he
asked, and she replied in the affirm
ative.
well" he ventured, I'm a citi-
zen. May I use it,"
Why, of course he might use it /;
but inwardly she was inclined to
envy his ability to stand up and as
sert his citizenship in this way. for
some of her womanly propensities
we're of the "'newish" sort. An hour
later she balanced accounts with
him.
Have yeu a Bell telephone?' she
asked, on stepping into his ofie. He
did not try to deny it.
"Well, I'm a belle may 1 use ft?''
Elk.
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Our Social Chat.
EnITED n AuNT IENNIE. RALEIGH. 81. q.

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some of the
most w~fde-awake and progressive young ladi5s
and young men and some of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people of this and
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn iXty.
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
If YOU do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as a Chatterer.
WEEKS OR MORE must, as. a rule,
eIapse between the time a letter is written and
the date of it's publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care of
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-07
LITERARY NOTES.

The August, fiction number Of
Scribner's Magazine is always 1
notable one, both for it's short stories
and the unusual number of illuSta
tons. This year it will be found es
pecially rich in these particulars {
well as in other features. The cor
tents include the names of some O
the best-known writers and artist
Of to-day, and, as usual, those d
new contributors to the magazine,
"Josiah Aliens wife" has sharpenel
up her pen again, and with her pa
tent, amiable, unObtrusive husband
'"goes a-visitin'" for The Ladies
Home Journal. Every one, know
ing that Josiah wifei is "obsar7ant
and '"critikal," can anticipate thai
in laying bare the shortcomings ana
mistakes of those she visited SIT
she will have abundant ~OpportunF
for the exercise of her quaint hum0l
and homely philosophy. In Tx
course of her "visitin'" she hna
many things to set right, and their
IS a definite purpose underlying al
her sketches. "Josiah and l Goa
Visitin' is, perhaps the best SerlS
that Mrs. Holley has ever written
superior even to her description 0
the Centennial which established DC
reputation as a humorist-philoSopn9
of the first order. The first Ske'c
Of this new series is published III III
August Journal.
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The Home Circle.
PROGRESS.

In it's giving and its getting,
In its smiling and its fr~etting,
In its peaceful years of tOiling,
And its aful days of war,
Ever on the world is moving,
And all human life is proving
It is reaching toward the purpose
That the great God meant it for.
Through it's laughing and it's weeping,
Through it's losing and its keeping,
Through its follies and its labOrs,
Weaving in and out of sight
To the end from the beginning,
Through all virtue and all SHINING,
Reeled from Gods great spool OF Progress,
Runs the golden thread of Right.
All the darkness and the errors,
All the sorrows and the terrOrs,
Time has painted in the background
On the canvas of the World;
And the beauty of Efe's story
He will do in tones of glory,
When these final blOts of shadows
From his brushes have been hurled.
W3JcO1, tn the august WOm0n'S Home Con
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FROM N N T
DEAR AUNT JENNIE =:

DEAR AUNT JENNIE -
eff any little word Of mine
May make a life the brighter
IF any little song of mine
May make a heart the lighter =;
God. help me speak the little word,
And take my bit of singing,
And drop it in some lonely vale
And set the echoes ringing"
I was reminded of this verse the
other day when an old lady seated
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-07

The Spartanburg Herald quo'''
The Atlanta Constitution upon Vn''
condition in the Southern coVVoD
mill districts which allows a worm
less husband and father, able-Ooul'
and fully competent to work, TO INV
on the scant earnings Of the wife anu
children, and adds that "wor1nl0@
fathers are to be found in every ~
ton mill community in S~paTtan0uI5
county who list not to the cries
the little one over-worked, heeuID2
not their attenuated frames IH'I
wan faces, caused by long our -
labor, necessitated by the intenPo,
ance or worth1essness of the hu'orD+
and father. Some legislation w.
can reach this evil ought to be w. =
vised in the interests of HUMANE
This condition prevails largely IL s !.
cotton factory communities oL
South. It certainly does III oD
lotte. For the most part these v@9~
bonds, Ieeches upon their ohll lLost
and barnacles upon society, are
politicians, and concerning oPp Soir
ion speak loftilX. They spenu 70.
children's money for liquor anu no1
bacco and many of them are y. T i
known to the police. How Wan r,nt
do to run them in under the VaSl"D
aws?-Charlotte Observer.
Time is money, and many p
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-07

Time is money, and many p0Of
pay their debts with it.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-10
IN the NORTHWEST CAMPS.

Tho A.heistan IS shipping 80 tons a
week 20 Traii
V v v
The Sururise Phoenix. win commence
shipping this month
v v V
The British Columbia mine. Summit
camu, Is shipping - tons daily to the
Trail sn1slteV
V V V
The Yankee GIL Grand Forks. has
made It's FIRST shipment TO the CRANKY
sne!ter.
V v
An important strike ls reported IN the
American Boy Sardun, a drift has ur-
covered a 4-fo@t galena vein az high
values.
Wv
Pat Burns. the meat king has pur-
chased a copper property ia Mexico. We
has over 200 men M work on the prop
erty. and the ore r transported 10 the
coast by means - s'e n wagons
WV
Sensational report tom SumptsT give
an account Of a strike on the Belle
Baker claim. The company has a shoot
blocked out for I7o feet u feet wide. Sink
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-10
MINES OF THE SOUTH HALF.
Monarch Ore to BE Tested for Nickel
Manila Ledge Continues
Rich.

According to the Keller Miner, g. l..
Lochman has brought in some samples of
ore encountered In the Monarch group,
which he and w. l.. Douglas own. The
ore is very rich in appearance. Some of
1t Is said to carry nickel. and II will soon
be tested for that mineral. 1t also runs
well in gold and silver. Surface assays
went $l160 The Monarch joins the Gold
Hill on the south. 1t has an eighteen
foot ledge and indications are favorable
for its becoming very rich mine. Five
men are at work.
The whole face Of the drift In the Ma
Mia ledge is In the richest ore that has
ever been found in this great property.
Samples which are daily being brought in
show very large per cent in copper,
besides running several ounces in sill
yer. Just how much of this rich ore
they have on this level has not yet been
determined, but as the full drift is in
rich ore 1t is considered a sure thing that
they have a large body of 1t.
Phillips and Eva have gone out to the
Nine Mile with winters supply and will
resume work on their properties there.
the Harvest Home In running a tunnel
which will tap the ledge at a good depth.
A shaft was sunk on this property last
winter which opened up body of good
grade ore, and Il is their intention to de-
termine the values on the lower level.
The Harvest Home adjoins the Gold
Mountain group which is owned by a
Frank Lang. VIII Murphy and Others
are busily engaged developing the Crown
Point, which they are interested in with
Lew p. Wilmot. They have been devot-
ing most of the past week cleaning and
widening out the tunnel, building a black
smith shop and getting ready for active
development. Two shifts will be worked.
The tunnel Is already seventy feet long,
and shows vein of high-grade copper
and silver ore. The tunnel will be turned
slightly so as to follow the ore. Work
under the. present contract will be con-
tinued at least two months.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-10
PREVIOUS RECORD BROKEN
Large Output From the st. Eugene
True Blue Group to he De-
velOped.

The Rossland Miner is informed by J..
G. Drewry, managing director of the
Canadian Gold Fields Syndicate that the
output Of the St. Eugene Consolidated for
October was 1907 tons, not only beating
all previous records but also far exceed
ing the output for the month of any
silver-lead mine in the Occur d'Alenes.
This puts the st. Eugene Consolidated in
the very front rank OF silver-lead pro-
3 ducers
Last week Mr.. Drewry also visited -
Sunset at Whitewater. and the property
is looking better than ever. The ore shoot
has widened to three feet of very high
grade galena- Mr.. Drewry had very
large number Of samples taken and as
from 4s1 ounces up to s0oS ounces OF sill
YER to the ton. Over two carloads of this
ore has already been sacked and the
company Is only awaiting sufficient snow
TO begin shipments to the smelter.
Mr.. Drewry. accompanied by Mr. w.
II. Jeffery, the company's mining engi-
neer. made second examination of the
True Blue group OF copper properties
tire group. consisting of the True Blue,
Peacock and Copper Queen. Mr.. Drewry
goes from Toronto to Montreal. to meet
the directors Of the Canadian Gold Fields
Syndicate. and arrange plans for carrying
on active development on the True Blue
group all winter. These properties are
under bond to the Hall Mines company
for $4,000. they having spent a very large
sum in development work before they
relinquished the bond at the time OF their
recent financial difficulties. During the
time the Hall mines had the property
under bond they shipped two carloads to
their smelter. the returns from which
were respectively 1ot per cent and 1874
per cent. copper. Mr.. Drewry says that the
True Blue Is one Of the best II not the
best. copper properties in British Column
hia. Already considerable tonnage has
been blocked out and Is in sight in the
mine but II is the announced intention
of the comnny to carry on systematic de-
velopment for several months before
shipping any ore. II Is likely the property
will be equipped with tramway Ia the
Snrfuc
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s,akea Twenty Year. Ago.

mountain. n few miles from Midway.
which was recently sold to r. Dunsmuir
and p. r. Rithet. Of Victoria. Is one Of
the oldest locations in this section. II
was staked twenty years ago and crown
granted about fourteen wears ago II has
a strong continuous ledge averaging SO
10 sl5 In free milling ore on the eastern
claims OF the group and almost any
amount on the western end. where the
ledge carries free gold. An old-fash-
toned mill was nlsced on tho group some
time ago. and this has proved one Of the
greatest drawbacks TO the property. rs
the plant would not save values. The
owners have planned an extensive pro-
gramne ~ work. including the erection
Of a modern stamp mill
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-10

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 8.--Eisht steam.
here today for Liverpool, barcelona. Gem
Oh and Hamburg, with 70. 1911 square bales
or cotton and 4.s2f round bales This IA tbe
from any one port In one day. These
vessels will also carry largo quantities az
other cargo. such as wheat. corn. cotton
seed pfoducts. etc. One Of the vessels
which cleared today for flyerpooi was
the British steamer Mcchsnician. with a.
900 square bales OF cotton, 100 bushels
OF wheat and 5000 feet OF lumber.
This is the largest cargo OF cotton ever
carried from any port. The Mechanicisn
Is new vessel OF 9,oss tons, 800 feet long.
and has storage capacity for 5000 bales
OF cotton.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-10

Government 10 sell = Large Amount
In Minnesota.

lty has been granted BY the intarior de-
partment for the sale OF 30.oooOoo feet 81
dead and down timber on the Tndinn
located on the white Earth and fted
Lake reservations. II IL ia splendid ron.
uiuon and VIII probably bring good
ptlces Huies and regulations governing
az the indian office. II r. probable that
large tracts Of white pine on the Mime.
sofa res.rvau0ne viii be placed on the
matter ~ being carefully considered Nv
the interior department and " darf.s.s
VIII be announced soon
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE MINING WORLD.

were from SO to $40 in gold values. 1t
is from to feet in width. A crosscut
tunnel which has just been started Is
being run from the 250-foot level OF the
old mine and all of the work will be
conferred upon this new lead for some
time to come. 1t is said that deal Is
pending to sell this property to an Eng
lish company. At the Ymir tunnel has
been started on the surface at the LOO
foot level, and II is expected that the
lead will be tapped there In the near
future. The eighty-stamp mill is run
ming full blast, and 1t is said that the
ore that is being taken from the mine
is sufficient to keep forty more stamps
engaged.