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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that was made is DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. Every pill is a gar-coated
globule of health, that changes weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. They're
wonderful in building up the health.
Only 25c. per box. Sold by all Druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19
NEW GUINEA-MEXICAN
GOLD MINES CORPORATION
MAJOR HOWARD. President.
FRED'K WILKINSON, Manager.
10 * MONTHLY DIVIDENDS
ON PRESENT ISSUE $25o,ooo.
TO PROVIDE FOR
VyCREAGED WORRYING EXPENSES.

INCREASED WORhlNG EXPENSES.
Blocks of stock in the above now being sold az
81 per shnrc, full paid and worcestershire, pay
ing nm ordinary dividend OF per cent per month
and an interim bonus OF per cent. CIne ads
vance re ports of the manaGementJ ustl1y tne
continuance of a total 10 per cent. per montn
until 1902 when the bonus only may cease
For q few months TO allow of further deep
lovel deyelopnents.) NOtlessthan 80 allotted.
M avoid exchange rcEnittances may DC sent I'm
do,Ior bills bv mail. Stock re-purchased DIV:
dcnds on p TOO stock ard above that amount paid
weekly IL Observation-Disclosures OF stock below y lOO
monthly, Dividends by vouchers, small amounts
rcmitted in cash or bills. Original investments
rnvs over SEQ per cent. per annum.)
The object of this issue is 10 lmmedlateIy
2ontrol an increased development1unaanu
n return to give the public highly iucra-
tive investment, combined with a leVel~
nriced iegitimatcIy rising stock, unaffected by
brolIlng Or "change" manipulations. Part
pfthe Corporations property is situated IN
the heart OF the Indians country on tho
boundary OF Southern Mexico. some or the
workings date from the sixteenth century,
and are held by private ownership unGcr
agreements with the corporation IncAr
resources have only been tapped ny lonS
naticnce and q special arrangement . WIN
Inc Indians. Provided there is no poitlcaI
disturbances OF these regions anu anPle
wording capital for extensions, the supply Vi
The nrccIous metal should be perennial.
-, ;cnt ions, " i tn rclnittanceS, mines ahN.
4Arosscs to the Treasurer, NcW-Gulhca
fc-ican Gold Mines CorporatlonS tourIu
Floor, CS Wall Street, New York. Appil.
cations will only be entertained StrlcSly IN
accordance with priority of receipt
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19
Admiral Kempf at Cavite.
1Rv the Associated Press }

Washington, Aug 1S.-The hagshlp
Newark having on board Admiral kemp1
arrived at Cavite, Philippine Islands, to-
day from Taku. The Chicago, Admiral
Schley's flagship, has arrived at Monte
video.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19
Iowa Congratulates Conger.
CBv the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 1S.-Governor
Shaw tonight cabled Minister Conger as
follows:
"All Iowa congratulates. After pro-
longed anxiety great rejoicing by State,
nation and all Christendom.
(Signed) "SHAW."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19
RAPIsT RIDDLED WITH BALLS.
Negro Dragged From Prison by Mob Con-
fesses His Crime.
(By the Associated Press

(By Tie ASSUVIdlCU IVoo'J
Doe Run. Ga, Aug. 1S.-An armed
mob numbering fifty men forcihly enter
ed the Jail here last night and taking out
Bill Cater, a negro, rddled him with bull
let's. He died instantly. Cater w2s
charged with criminal assault on white
woman. AS soon as Cater was captured
he confessed his crime and later was
identified by his victim.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19

Honest ducks dip their heads under
water in order to liquidate their little
bills.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19

Barbourville, KY, Aug. 18.-The an
nouncement by the Associated Press of
tho conviction of Caleb Powers was re-
ceived by the people of his native town
az a distinct shock. The verdict coming
So quickly was a surprise to all, as a
disagreement had been expected. The
feeling seems to be very deep, but the
people hesitate to discuss the matter,
save with close friends. The chief topic
of conversation now is a new trial.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
A NEW Conner.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE II am a new
conner, wishing to join the Circle.
I think Memo must have a very
unruly wife, judging by the way he
writes. He should not judge all Wo-
men by one woman. How can a wo-
man be a smiling angel when her
husband storms and RACES if break
fast is late, or if he happens to find
a button missing? IF men would
only take the wife's place for a week
and do all the work that she does, l
feel sure most of them would take
the poor tired little woman in their
arms and promise to make life sweet
for them in the future.
[ think Will Ret1aw had better
answer Nemo's letter, as he an
swered Tennessee Boys so well.
But I think our Tennessee friend
must be a very old "boy" if we must
judge by his last letter.
I wish Jackanna would write every
week, for she writes such good let
tiers.
I will send a recipe for caramel
cake; 2 cups sugar, q cup of butter,
1 cup of sweet milk, 1 spoonful of
baking powder flavor with lemon.
Bake in layers, and use this filing /:
2 cups of brown sugar, l cup of sweet
milk, a piece Of butter the size Of
an egg cook 20 minutes and flavor
with n tablespoonful of vanilla.
Try this and report success.
FLOsSY.
Chatham Co.. N. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
A VOICE FROM THE MOUNTAINS.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE After a long
time I will try to write again. I have
sixteen little turkeys and they and
my little chickens together consume
a good part of my time.
enjoyed Mrs. Mull's letter in the
8th of May number. I hope she
will succeed in taking her antici-
pated trip to Cherokee, and extend
to her, as she passes through Macon,
and any of the Cousins who come to
the mountains, a cordial invitation
to visit me.
I'm glad Loretta has joined the
Chat have read"Ten Nights in a Bar
Room" and think it is a good book.
How many of the C~hatterers wit
messed the total eclipse at Raleigh?
The sun was darkened here for only
a few minutes about eight o'clock.
My garden is not doing as we'll this
year, as it usually does. I never
saw is many worms of all kinds as
there are here this spring. In some
places they have rolled up every
leaf on all the chestnut trees, besides
a number of the leaves on a good
many other trees. Summer visitors
r beginning to come in now, and
Highlands is looking more lively.
highlands such a nice, cool healthy
summer resort. I wish some of the
Cousins would visit Macon.
Well, I am SO hurried [ will not
write any more now. With best
wishes for Aunt Jennie and the So
cial Chat,
Mrs. N. H. MCKINNEY.
Macon Co., N, G..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19

Many men and women to-day owe
their lives to a persistent practice
and general adoption of the ply
sician's prescription that consists
principally of fresh air taken into
the lungs in the right manner. It
is such a simple thing, though, that
many will hesitate to accept it, and
will go on believing in "change of
climate " or cod-liver oils, or in the
much worse belief that death is. the
only and ultimate end that is just in
sight. But if we need not die Of
consumption and kindred ailments,
why will we persist in it?
1.-The doctor" believes firmly in
the bicycle for people of weak lungs
and bronchial troubles from the fact
that it is a violent exercise that COM
pels the rider to puff and blow. And
thus a great quantity of air is drawn
into the lungs and forced out again,
of necessity carrying away with it
impurities and air that has lain dor
mant in the lower air-cells and "a
rying death to the bacilli that is
swarming and prOpagating in this
diseased portion of the human body,
that was intended one of the healthi-
est organs of the entire una sys-
tem.-FIreSjde.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
Chatham Co., n. @.
A SUGGESTION.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il am knock
ing again for admittance. Why is it,
Aunt Jennie, there r SO few let
tiers now? Surely the young ladies
and gentlemen are not losing inter
est in the Circle. I delayed long be-
fore joining it, but I have and al
ways have had an interest in our
corner and I would be glad to read a
number of letters every week.
How would it do, do you think, to
have one particular subject put be-
fore the Chatterers for discussion?
I am sure it would bring out some
of the hidden wisdom that is in our
girls and boys. The young people
need to have something beneficial
upon which to feed their minds to
keep them from drifting into the
~frivolities of fashion and the evils of
fast-going society.
I think that Ihave said enough for
this time, and hoping to be looked
IN with favor, I am,
Orange Co., N. @. JAMIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
THE HUMANEsT LOVE STORY"

The vexed question as to whether
literary men make good husbands
will probably hever be disposed of,
as it needs must be settled by indi-
vidual cases., and no two individuals
are alike. The Grabbed Carlyle and
his high-strung Jane, the latter I'M
d~Oubtedly dwarfed in her literary
product by her constant self-efface-
ment in the presence of her moody
husband, form the subject for Miss
Laughlin's July contribution to the
Stories of Authors Loves, appearing
in the Delineator. She gives a pathOs
to the subject, lacking with some of
the harsher pens that have treatedit.
We quote herewith the concluding
paragraph:
Here, in this old Chelsea house,
Thomas Carlyle realized the vision
of married life he described in his
letter to his disappointed friend.
Here Jane Carlyle lay i'll, year after
year, and he sat above her in his
study and toiled at the great histo-
ries while she hUngered\ for the
touches of his hands. Here, in the
drawing room, night after night, she
lay on the couch, a pale bundle of
agony, and he talked on and on to
her, according to his anguished re
collection, of the battles of Frederick,
when her heart starved for less in
~teIlectual and more human compan-
iOnship. And here he sat, alone and
cOmfortless, when she was gone, and
grieved his heart out that he had
not been more kind, that he had
toiled so for fame, for CrOmweU and
Frederick and Wir06eau, and had
left his little JEANNE to her own life,
conscious always that he loved her,
but content never to tell her so. All,
surely it was the very humanest love
story that one could read, for even
so do not we all?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
A SISTERS INFLUENCE.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE After long
absence, 1 again beg admittance into
your corner. School IS now closed
and perhaps many of us can take
more interest in the Chat and use
every effort for it's improvement.
IwOuld like with Aunt Jennie'sper
mission) tOsay something of the infu-
ence a sister may exert over a brother.
First, let me inquire why a sister
should be more entertaining and at
tractive to other girls brothers
than to her own?
Often while a boys sister is in the
parlOr entertaining other girls
brothers, her own brother, finding
no amusement at home wanders into
the streets and is led by evil com
paniOns into the bar room and bill
lard hall. This is the cause Of
many a boys ruin. While, if a sis
ter should entertain and associate
more with her brother would he not
gradually be drawn away from evil
companions and finally make a man
of himself? Few sisters think of
this.
Eve caused Adam to sin and
thinking plainly of it, women are
partly to blame for mems sins.
Should not the wife do as the sister
ought and spend the evening read to-
gether, singing or playing games?
But instead the husband sometimes
wanders into the bar-room and the
wife gossips with her neighbor in
stead of accompanying her hus-
band to prayer-meeting or spending
the evening socially.
The mother should check her boy,
while young from evil doings, and
if he grows up worthless and sin
full, it is partly her fault, she not
having corrected him as she should
have done.
suppose I have tired the chatter
ers with my poor talk, so Unjust stop.
Tennessee Boy, I like you. I think
you ought to visit several girls so as
to closely observe their characters,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
AUNT LETTER.

This week we have the pleasure of
welcoming several new members.
Flossy comes from Chatham county.
Some paragraphs in her letter will be
appreciated by the married members
of our circle. Try the recipe she
sends and see if she cooks as we'll as
she talks.
Johnny Brown is also a North
Carolinian. He tells us that he is
not a doctor but I think that he
would succeed were he to choose that
as his profession. Cosmetics are
harmful, but to tell a girl simply that
what seems to her a harmless thing
is harmful does not convince her that
your statement is true. You must
tell her why it is harmful; this
Johnny does.
Wild Rose comes to us from South
Carolina. We are glad to have her
in our Circle and hope to have many
letters from her. Kentucky, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and
ether States are now represented in
the Chat. I believe we have no
member.from Virginia yet.
Mrs. Mckinney is with us again.
Hers re always such motherly let
tiers. We appreciate them. High
lands has the reputation of being one
of the most healthful places in the
country and it is natural that it
should be visited by many health
and pleasure seekers. Mrs. NICK.
wishes to know what members of the
Chat were in Raleigh on the day of
the eclipse. If any, I failed to see
them, but I enjoyed the wonderful
phenomenon to the fullest extent.
How many of the Circle noticed the
shadows of different objects just a
few moments before or after the
darkest period? Every leaf seemed
a crescent and the light which shone
between those leaves was likewise
crescent shaped. Oh how I wished
for a kodak to picture them. I sue
ceeded in s%ketching one little branch
while the leaves were crescent.
Please see JAMES suggestion and
kindly propose subjects for discus
sion.
Bashful Sue has perhaps solved
that difficult problem that has puz-
zled me so long. She says that school
is out and all can now find time to
write for the Circle. I hope this is
correct and [ shall expect many let
tiers after this.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19

tial writer's will not criticise nv 1o4
ter too rigidly. 'O-
I think Careless Toms idoou
fashion are o. K. It does soo,.
me that our little sisters won7d W
tired of so much fxation and nr;S 90O
ing especially, their heads and fooo1
Some girls heat the poker and vrin5
it in their hair, risking the chanco ~
scorching an ear, or broiling a. fo,,
head, in order to get their God -oi,,o,,
natural hair transformed into s+otl
of unnatural entanglements, WI
not let it go just as God designed -
regardless Of fashion and practioog
In fact, it does not make the BRETT
girl any prettier in my estimation
but rather detracts from her beantr
and corrodes her attachments.
Then comes the face powders
which are used to an unlimited do
gree on nearly every Sunday morn.
ing. [ do not claim to be- a docto,
nor a guide to fashion, but 7 do
utterly denounce the use of the in.
famous nostrums, though Unjust not
be understood as abusing any ono
who has used them, but ONLY tho
fashion, or the continued use Of
powders. Face powders contain in.
gradients detrimental to health and
longevity, and unwholsome to the
skin. Furthermore, they adhere 81
closely to the skin that they enter
therein and are thrown directly into
the system and lay the foundation
for disease and death. recommend
to those who use them, soap and
water as a good substitute, a solu.
ton of which will cleanse the most
homely face among is.
JOHNNY BROWN.
Davidson Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
FROM THE PALMETT STATE.
Davidson Co., N. G.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE PLEASE admit
another to the Social Chat columns.
I have long been an admirer Of the
Chat. I returned home from school
a few weeks ago, and have appre-
ciated reading The Progressive Far
mer more than ever before.
I think Mr.. Retlaw is too hard on
the Tennessee Boy, and am glad to
see the>latter justify himself. I also
appreciate a young man who has
fitted himself to fill such a high po-
sition in life. And perhaps the girl
that married was young and not
aware Of her being his choice, l
think the girls of this county would
appreciate a young man of such high
standing. But I do not think IwouId
let one girl cast a shadow over my
life for there are as good fish in the
sea as we're ever caught out. For
fear I will make my first letter too
long I will close to come again per-
haps if this escapes the waste-basket.
WILD ROSE.
SDa nburp co
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
Spartanburg Co., S. G.
CHILDREN AND swEETHEARTs.

I often wonder if mothers of little
daughters appreciate what they are
doing when they jest with them
about their "little sweethearts" and
"beaux." There is so much of this
kind of talk that the clear-eyed
listener sickens in the hearing.
While boys and girls are young they
should be comrades, playmates,
friends but the possibility of a ten
derer relation existing should never
for a moment enter the heads Of the
innocent children. When MabelS
mother speaks of twelve-year-old
Jack as her "beau," and the little
girl fushes with self-cOnsCiOusneSS
or with anger, the irreparable wrong
has been done. She will never again
regard Jack as the jolly boy who was
"great fun" The bloom has already
begun to come off the peach. The
longer boys and girls + kept IN
ignorance of the fact that they can
be anything but dear friends the
happier they will be. They cannot
help knowing that grown men anu
women love and are given in mar
riage, but the "grown-up' period
seems very far off to them, and those
who love them should keep them
children as long as possible. They
can be children but Once.-Harpar
Bazaar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19

and then you can more wisely Sc
lect the one who shall accompany
yoH through life.
Where are School Boy, Bachelor
Bob, Old Hardy, Pansy and Careless
Tom. Please write, for you are my
favorites.
With love and best wishes to Aunt
Jennie and all the Chatterers,
BAsHFUL SUE.
Edgecombe Co., N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
Our Social Chat.
= EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, n. c.

\ EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, s. e. =
AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we nave some of the
most W~ide-awake and progressive young ladies
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 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 Information.
If you do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as a Chatterer.
TWO\WEEKS OR MORE must, as a rule,
elapse 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, 1900-06-19

Below the surface dim and CLASH
ing of the struggle for life we near
the undertone of the deep ethlcal
purpose, as it rolls in solemn muSi1
through the ages, it's volume sweIl7G
by every victory, great or small q
right over wrong, till in the fuLLn791
of time, in Gods own time, 1t Sn""
burst forth in the triumphant chorus
of humanity purified and redeemed
John Fiske.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
DEEP : BREATHING,

and the brain and nerves must suffer
the effects.
But an understanding of right
breathing carried into practice will
work miraculous cures and cause
many reforms.
Tight corsets and heavyweight
articles of wearing apparel are not
conducive to a serene and happy
state of mind, for general discomfort
of body must prevail under those
circumstances. And a discomforted
body must reflect it's woes upon faces.
Moreover does it reflect upon the
faces of children whose mothers have
given more care to form" and
society demands than to right living.
Right living means right breathing
to "a great extent. It is a simple
thing to acquire the habit of taking
deep breaths, if persisted in. One
may take this course of physical
training without the services of a
physician, and once thoroughly aC-
Quired the new habit becomes as fixed
as was the old, unless one lapses into
c-arelessness and Indifference again.
Step out into the open air, or into
a room with open windows and where
there is nc fire, and expand the lungs
to their fullest capacity by a slow
drawing in of the breath through
the nOstrils. Should the exercise
need to be taken in d room warmed
by fire, first introduce fresh air by
opening doors or windows. Fresh
air is all-important. After the lungs
T filled and diaphragm expanded
eXhale the air just as slowly as posi-
BILE, letting it pass out though the
mouth.
If ones lungs are weak to begin
with, the inhalation of air by the
deep breathing process will prove
painful. Finding that it is painful,
the patient can cease drawing air
into the lungs just as the pain gives
warming. But in time the painful
sensation gives way to a feeling of
rest and exhilaration, and it becomes
an habitual practice to thus conduct
the breathing,
Our physician requires, and in fact
demands, if his patient be a woman,
that loose clothing be worn and the
corset entirely discarded. If the
patient is a man no such demands
T needed. Men dress sensibly and
in comfort. Women do not, as a
rule, and in all probability they never
will except as the warnings between
life and death choosing demand it.
To master the "art" of right
breathing one should take exercise
of this nature several times each
day, but not of periods of long dura-
ton. An aid to deep breathing for
the purpose of filling the lungs to
the very lowest air-cells is to raise
the arms from the side, lifting them
higher and higher until the fingers
can be clasped above the head. This
as the lungs are undergoing the pro-
cess of filling. Gradually lower the
arms again as the air is slowly ex-
PEELED. 1t is an exercise not I'M
pleasant to begin with, and one that
grows easier and attended with pleas
anter sensation as the patient grows
accustomed to it and as the lungs
grow stronger.
This is assuredly the cheapest cure
in the wOrld-nature S remedy pure,
fresh air. And it is a deadly foe to
tubercular bacilli. NOstrums will
not reach diseased lung tissue, and
our physicians are authority for the
statement that cod-liver oils and
other sO-called remedies for con-
are bUt a waste of mOunv
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19
The Home Circle.
KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE.

Tel you what I like the best
Long about knee-deep in June,
Bout the time strawberries melts
On the vine-somea afternoon
Like to jes' git out and rest,
And not work at nothing else
Orchards where I'd rUther be-
Needn't fence it in fer me!
Jes' the whole sky overhead,
And the whole airth underneath
Sort O SOS a man kin breathe
Like he Ort, and kind o has
Elbow-rOom to keerlessly
Sprawl out len'thways on the grass
Where the shadder's thick and soft
AS the kivvers on the bed
Mother fixes in the loft
Allus, when they's company!
\ X
Lay out there and try to see
Jes' how lazy you kin be =
Tumble round and sOuse your head
In the clover-bloOm, er pull
Yer straw hat acrOst yer eyes,
And peek through it at the skies,
Thinkin' of old chums ats dead
Maybe smilin' back at you
In betwixt the beautiful
Clouds O. gold and white and blue!
Month a man kin rally love-
June, you know, I'm talkin' of!
James White