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ALL uAVE HORSE SENSE
how to Full Understand
Mans Retst Friend.
THE INTELLIGENCE OF HORSES

The Old saying s'Hsr.e SenserIs Deubie-
edged Phra-e-It l. More Than n Ques-
tiOn IL the Wisesr Man Knows Quite as
Much AbOut Horses a. Horses Them
selves Know About Life and Things,
Men Included-Danger TO Colts.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-31
Danger TO Colts.

Until foals are week old they are no.
safe in the company of grown-up horses.
Barren mares especially will attack the
little creatures, biting, kicking, and
tr8mping them 10 death That is not in
fallibly the case, but there is always a
chance of it, hence horse breeders are
careful 10 keep brood mares away from
other stock. II is most unusual for brood
mares to harm colts, either their own or
their neighbors'. But cases have been
known Of mares still with fOal attempting
to steal colts dropped in their pasture.
In size hardly any other domestic AMI
nal Is so diverse as the horse. The aver
age weight Of a standard Percherou is
nearly 2009 pounds A Shetland. on the
other hand. may weigh less than 200. But
animals cross-bred between the diverse
races are true horses, not hybrids, such
as result from the interpreting OF Asiatic
and South African asses. Thoroughbred
stock all trace back to Arabia, Perch
erons 10 the barbs left behind By the
Moors whom Charlemagne overthrow IN
battle. Only the Percheron bulk could
have carried the weight Of knights in ar
NOR. But it is demOnstrable that, weight
for weight. the thoroughbred is stronger,
both in bone and muscle than his big.
=
A thoroughbred has bone something be-
tween ivory and flint for hard compact
ness Percheron bone is soft and spongy.
The big beasts pull great loads over
smooth roads. but in mud soon become leg
weary. A blood cross, otherwise d thor
oughbred one, gives staying power, endur-
auce, 10 any sort OF stock, and very often
symmetry as we'll Pure blood is pre-
po- ent-that is TO say II impreSSes Itself
consistently upon offspring BY thorough
bred blood one means always running
blood Trotters are In a class apart. They
have been developed by Judiclous adnix-
ture Of running blood with common road
stock and fixed and perpetuated By care
ful breeding for trOtting conformation
from trotting stock. with still more
| crosses OF running blood.
Best PIayfeIIosy In the World.
The young horse kind and prankish, is
the very best play-fellow in the world Al
least one solitary child found IL so. The
child was a sad tom boy Her black NAM
my said indeed. she wouldn't nebber cir
mar ied-nebber IN dis worT-widout she
TOXIN stopped de boy-Walk an bOy-ways
she had" bat the tom boy did not very
greatly mind anything 20 long as she had
| Princess-and time 10 frOic with her
| Princess was three years old, blood bay
with black points. gentle a. q dog. fun Of
| frOlic As Z kitten. She pastured all sum
mer In a big old field but her mistress
was hardly over the fence D--
/ fore she came pTancing and whickering
10 meet her. Then when the two Of them
had pow-~owed, when the sugar OF ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24
Our Social Chat.
% BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH,
AUNT n LETTER.

We gladly welcome Reader. :"
Her letter is not a long one, but help
ful-indicative of her real self. We
hope to hear from her often.
Mrs. Ethel comes with suggestions
of subjects for discussion and rem
ders us doubly~ grateful by express
ions of appreciation for u Circle.
Alvin Horton censures us for our
past follies and earnestly ~entreats us
to engage in something more bene-
fetal than "reiterating worn out
love theories and discussing sub
iects which cause discord and strife.
All will regret his not having pro
posed a subject for meditation and
discussion.
We welcome you, Lucius, but smile
to think that you believe Cupid to be
a silly girl. Well, I must not tell
tales out of school" No superficial
adornment adds an iota to the at
fractions Of a beautiful girl, but how
is it with those that are naturally
homely? Beauty fades, it is true,
but a lovable disposition will trans
form the plainest features and make
them beautiful to those who appre-
ciate real worth.
Mrs. J. L. D. writes a chatty letter.
Now 1 want you all to call again and
bring some friend with you.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24
ROUGH MATERIAL.

Young people often think, IF I
only had a chance-if I could choose
what I would like I could amount to
something" A little incident from
the Wellspring makes plain the truth
that all that is required of anyone is
to do the best he can under the con
ditions by which he is surrounded
"You are building a good wall
there" said a passer-by, stopping to
look at a workman by the roadside.
.sSome of your material looks rather
poor to work with, too" and he
glanced at a pile Of rough, jagged
stones.
II amt pickin' my materials" the
man answered, simply. "What [
am here for is to build as good a wall
as 1 can with the stuff that's brought
me-"
The same is true of the life we are
building. We can seldom choose
our material Circumstances we
cannot control bring US THIS happen
ing or that, bring disappointment
instead Of the joy we look for, and
weakness instead of the strength
with which we mean to do so much.
Many a rough and unexpected thing
befalls, many an occurrence which
we not only did not desire, but
against which we cry out in bitter
protest. Still it comes to us-ma-
terial that some way, for good Of i'll,
must find it's place in our building.
We cannot choose our material, but
we a choose what we will do with
it and what it shall do for is
whether it shall weaken or strength
en- the character we are forming.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24
THE F1REs1DE AND THE FUTURE.

Will he be proof against the siren
voices of death through the posses
sion of that strength of character
and courage which makes the well
developed youth invulnerable? VIII
his eyes flash with intelligence and
his soul be rich in truth, purity, and
kindness? Or will he go forth one of
the multitude of morally weak, de-
formed, and diseased seen on every
hand, a deadly influence whose
breath pOiSOnS, whose look blights,
whose touch pOllutes, and whose
every step is marked by sin?
1t is because the future of the race
hangs so largely on the influence of
the home that IwOUld urge on every
parent the sOlemnity of that sacred
spot from which issue such measure
less possibilities for good or i'll. There
IS no place on earth so holy as the
freside. It should be the store-hOuse
to which you bring all the treasures
Of mind and soul, where the brain
should unload its brightest thoughts,
the heart it's sweetest impulses, the
soul it's hottest influences, the hands
their manifest endeavor-a throne
where should cluster all that is
brightest, hottest, bravest and best
in your nature, and where every in
fiuence felt should be sweet as the
fragrance Of roses and pure as the
lilies of the valley. For here the
clay is nodded that is to bless or
blight the race. There is n o school
like the home.
You have een the full blush of the
rising sun falling in Respondent
glory on the %glittering tops of some
lofty mountain, and you have also
noted the same snOw-clad peak re
ceiving its last smile at eveningtide.
Even so the influence of the home
abides with the child from birth to
death.
And what is true of moral train
ing is equally true of intellectual
development. Nothing is more re-
spOnsive than a child's mind, and if
the parent takes the time, thought
and care which it is his duty to be-
stow on the immortal spirit he has
ushered into the world of life, if he
realizes his responsibility and acts
up to the promptings of his soul, he
can easily awaken in that little child
brain a keen love for pure, whole
some, and instructive literature,
which will cling to him throughout
his life and fill all leisure hours with
abiding delight.
Full well do 1 remember, when a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24

DEAR AUNT JENNIE 1T has h..
such a long time since l had q obaI
with you all, not because I havar,S
wanted to, but 1 haye let otbos
things crowd out this privilege.
Now I want to talk to you ahor.
whats hard time we girls are havinn
We have an old widow in our famiIr
and she is equal to any old maid vou
ever saw. 1 have heard people soH
that widows r rs gay as the vonno
girls ours isn't. For when Mr.
Jones comes to e Susie, and Mr.
Smith comes to see Matte, and Mr.
Brown comes to see me, she THINKS
it so strange that we all don't want
to sit in the parlor, but that we oil
pair off. And when we start ont 70
walk she is Mortified that the vouno
men take our arms instead of onr
taking theirs. And she is so afraid
we will let the young men kiss rs
She says when she was young that
no man kisseda girl unless they were
engaged and the day set for the mar
riage; and, oh, so many things-
can't begin to tell you.
have just read "Via Crucis, " bv
Francis Marian Crawford, and I'm
Connection with the DeWilloughbv
Claim" by Frances Hodgson Bur
nett. She doesn't like these books
and thinks we ought not to read
them. Indeed, she doesn't like Queen
Eleanor at all, for she thinks it is
dreadful for a married woman total
in love with any man but her hus.
band. Aren't we Chatterers glad
we don't live in such primitive days?
This is a progressive age and I am
glad we live in it. But if she sees
this letter and finds out who wrote
it I will catch it. q will tell you
more about her next time).
WAKE.
Wake Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Here l am
again with my fingers all stained
with fruit. Preserving is such warm
work, but the thought of how much
we will enjoy the eating in winter
helps us wonderfully, and too, the
cold wet cloth I wrap around the
jars before filing them, is some
relief.
How many Of you find time to
paint a picture every summer while
the days are so long and the light is
perfect? Last season I utilized the
time just after dinner, when most of
my neighbors were asleep, andrested
for an hour or two at my easel. The
result was the completion Of a pic
ture of which I am proud.
I never could believe that very
much benefit was derived by sleep
ing in the day time, provided you
are we'll and strong. Change your
work for an hour or two each day
and see if it does not rest you. lido
not mean simply to change one piece
of sewing for another piece of the
same kind of work. If you have
been sitting until you feel tired, get
up and sweep the-foor, move around
for a while. Try my way of resting
and if you are fond of music and can
perform on an instrument, practice
or play over a few favorite pieces
forget the worry of your work. 1t
will rest you so much.
IF you draw or paint begin a
picture and see if you do not sur
prise yourself and friends by finish
ing it before the fall sewing demands
your attention.
How many of you have set out
''collards" in July and August? l
have just had some put out and
what a fight [ have had to save
them! The rain that I thought
would certainly come, failed to fall
and we watered them several even
ings in succession. I raked some
dry dirt yer the watered space
each time and this prevented that
hard baked ball of dirt that usually
forms after you water them. The
finest collards I ever had were set
out the first of August. With best
wishes for you all. Mrs. J. Id
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24
SEVERAL SUBJECTS.

Wake Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24
GOES FOR CUPID.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Will you
kindly admit a new member into
your Circle? I have long admired
this department., but have felt too
timid to write, but seeing the plea
that Cupid put up for the use of the
curling iron and complexion powders
I felt a desire to let her know my
views along that line,
Cupid uses some very pleasing ar
gument on her side, but her reason
ing was from the standpoint of a
young girl just entering society. and
has not learned to value the true girl
or boy and has not learned that
neither beauty MOI the true value Of
a girl is to be obtained by the use of
the curling-iron and complexion pow
ders. Far from it and if the price
less qualities Of a girl were SO easily
obtained as to be gotten by the use
of these trashy articles Chat were
invented to satisfy the foolish fan
cies of society girls that care for
nothing but to firt with boys), prob
ably the call of our country for girls
with these "priceless qualities
would not be in vain. But to see a
girl, with beautiful flowing hair
touched by the "curling-ir0n until
it loosely falls over the ears and
hides them from view, and her face
hidden behind a thick coat Of "cOm-
plexion powders" makes my heart
sick, and I turn away in disgust,
while my heart means within,
"When will the time come when the
girls will be satisfied to go out into
society in a plain and undisguised
way-as God intended they should ?"
long to see the time come when
girls will denOunce so much fashion
and will devote more of their time in
making the home o pleasant and
attractive to their brothers. By so
doing the boys will not spend their
idle time in drinking and gambling
and other evils.
When this is done we will see the
faces of our parents growing brighter
and happier, and the girls will be-
come better satisfied and more use
full, and the boys will love their par
ents, sisters and the home better and
will grow up into useful men that
will bless their country and, above
all, stand out more valiant as sol
diers of the Cross. LUCIUs.
So,nDCOp 20 NJ ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24
A N SUGGESTION.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Our Social
Chat is the most interesting feature
Of The Progressive Farmer. You
can imagine my disappointment last
week to find nothing of your letters
as I enjoy them more than anything
else.
The articles on canning have very
helpful to many, I am sure, espe,
cially beginners. AS l have never
seen the simple process by which l
prepare glass jars for putting up the
hot fruit, I will give it to you. Atte5
the jars are thoroughly cleansed anu L
drained, rub the outside all over VIII
lard, or any kind of grease, then Put
the fruit in just a trif1e slowly aU
first. Never use a rubber ring Iol
fruit the second time.
Trusting that you will not deS0i'
us again, I remain an interested
READER
Orange Co.. N. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24

The future waits on the. budding
youth of the present. The glory or
shame of the civilization of tomorrow
'prattles by the hearthstone of to-day.
Did you ever think what a world of
possibilities clustered around your
freside, or reflect that perhaps one
of those little Ones whose laugh and
cry fall daily on your ears may some
day electrify a nation or guide a
multitude of struggling human souls
into the radiance of a loftier civiliza-
ton?
If the home atmosphere be har-
mOnious, pure and elevating, if the
early teaching of your children by
example as we'll as precept be such as
to make them so loving, courageous,
and high-minded that they cannot
fail to feel, see, and realize the di-
vine loneliness of purity, goodness,
and truth-if such be the early home
experience, the child will be a flower,
not a weed. True, there may be ex-
CeptiOns, but they are only sufficient
to prove the rule. It is the early i'm
~pressiOns that mold the soul more
than aught else, and when this
thought has taken root in the brain
of our peoplea civilization far trans
cending the high-tide marks of all
preceding ages will dawn in the world.
When you remember that your
child is destined to bless or curse the
world, to be an upward or down
ward influence in the sea of complex
influences that bear humanity on,
what question, problem, or thought
arises to such commanding height or
can in any measure compare with
this?
Here IS a little life waiting to be
nodded. Before it lies the light of
the right, the beautiful and the true,
and also the night of vice and sin.
Now, to the parent is confided this
great and sublime trust. Shall those
eloquent and wondering eyes meet
smiles, sweetness and ineffable love
on every side, while the little soul is
in its most plastic state? Shall they
behold frank, brave and noble &C
tiOns, and shall those little ears, at
tuned to catch every passing sound,
hear tones which are gentle and
kind, words which are pure and true,
Though at once lofty and brave, or
shall the reverse of this darken, har
den and poison a being that shall
leave its impress on many lives in it's
passage to the other world?
From the portal of your home will
some day pass your cherished child.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24
DO YOU READ POETRY?

You have heard persons say, 81
never read poetry" If this remark
is made affectedly, rs if to say,
Poetry is silly, andI am above such
frivolity as reading it," there is no
need to comment upon the foolish
ignorance of any one who knows no
more than to talk so absurdly. But
if it be said modestly, and because
the speaker believes that poetry is a
strange and foreign thing requiring
a peculiar talent for it's appreciation,
then the state of mind from which
the remark comes is one to be pitied.
Poetry is the earliest form Of writ
ing. All the oldest books are either
in verse or are in %poetical style.
Babies begin with nursery rhymes
and understand them before they
can understand prose. Prose re-
quires training for it's appreciation,
and a young reader who can e the
literary beauties of prose needs lit
tie teaching IL literature.-July ST.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24

Mamma" said little Helen one
day on returning from school, "some
little girls asked me to-day if 1 had
any little brothers and sisters, and
just ran away without saying any
thing"
"Why did you do that, dear?
Why didn't you say no?"
Because, mamma, I was too
ashamed to tell them that we were
SO poor that I was the only little
baby we had ever had at our house y
Selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24
Il MOON FLOWER.

Beyond compare, this is one of the
loveliest of all flowers. The broad
saucer-shaped blooms unfold at dusk,
or some later, along with the even
ing star. First n or two will shine
with the brilliancy of the evening
star itself, and as the stars, in train,
follow till the whole armament is
lighted with them, so the beautiful,
pure white flowers follow one another
till the whole of a two or even a
three-stOry front will be cleaning
in the full blown flowers, that under
electric lights are dazzling. The
more prominent the position, the
higher and broader the place to
spread, the more effective is the
moon flower. Until midnight the
vines are white with the wide-open
blossoms, and be the home a palace
or a cottage, no ornament surpasses
this nocturnal bloomer.
Even in the day time the vines are
attractive. The foliage is rich,
broad and green, and covers the
vines from low down, near the roots,
overlapping and dense. The seeds
+ hard, like morning glory seeds,
but terminate well, and the vines
are rapid in growth, as are all an
nual Vines.-G. T. D.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-24

very small boy, how + anticipated
with the keenest pleasure the COM
ing of the long winter evenings for
then in our little home in southern
Illinois our father used to read to
my brothers, sisters and myself sto-
ries from the pages of ancient his
tory, Assyria, Persia, Greece and
Rome. These, with Bunyan's "Pil-
grim's Progress" and a few other
works, were read during the winter
evenings, and I distinctly remem-
Der how the hour for retiring came
all too soon for our father possessed
the rare faculty of investing with in
terest everything he read he under
stood how to explain a book and
add to it's interest by additional in.
cidents. AS a result, to-day ancient
history possesses for me an irresisti-
BILE fascination. Anything that re-
lates to the scenes about which father
used to read has a charm much like
the pleasure felt by n who hears
again the master tones of some
rich but half-forgotten melody.
cite this personal illustration in
order to impress the solemn duty of
parents to surround their children
with instructive, interesting and
healthful literature. Read to them,
explain the incidents described, show
them that you are interested in the
subject, and in this way, little by
little, you will implant in the young
mind an eager thirst for knowledge,
and it will turn in the direction you
have by your course of reading in
duced just as the flower turns to the
sun.
Look to the little ones. Spend
every moment you can with them
teach them unselfshness, gentleness
and loyalty to truth. Educate their
minds and their souls. This, o
parents, is your first and greatest
duty. The children demand it; they
have come at your bidding they +
your guests and your offspring, and
they are in the dark you must lead
them to the sun bathed highways of
goodness and knowledge.
The future also demands it. You
have no right to call forth lives
which, through your neglect, indiff-
erence, and careless ignorance,
shall curse the civilization of to-
morrow, or heap sin and sorrow on
society already grooming beneath it's
load of woe. Then look to the lit
tie ones intrusted to your keeping.
Let them read in your eye, voice,
and action the higher life you wish
to be theirs, and patiently, day by
day, unfold to them the immortal
Jewels of virtue and knowledge. Do
this, and when the end shall come,
when your feet refuse longer to bear
their load, when the snowy locks
fall disheveled on your brow, and
the once silvery voice grows harsh
and indistinct, and when the eyes
grow l~usterless and the eyelids fall,
when the final moment strikes, and
your soul sweeps forth into the great
world of endless day, your mission
will not have been fruitless, OF your
labor been in vain.-B. 0. Flower, in
June Coming Age.
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SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION SUGGESTED

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il think our
Circle is improving. All of the let
tiers this week are good.
I think some one suggested some
time ago that all the cousins take
some subject to write upon. I think
it would be very nice for each of the
writer's to take some subject such as
"Home Life on the Farm" Home
Life in the City" or college Life"
1.-THE Life of the Teacher" etc, and
give in their own original way some
thoughts upon the duties, pleasures,
and peculiar phases of life, in what
ever sphere they are placed. In this
way some who live in the country
might gain valuable knowledge of
city customs, and some who live in
cities might learn something inter
esting about life on the farm.
Now, dear Aunt Jennie, I will tell
you that I did most heartily enjoy
your letter of July 3, and if every
reader of the FARMER did not read it
whoever missed it lost a treat. Much
love to you and all the cousins.
(MRs.) ETHEL.
Cumberland Co., N. G.