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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

1910 the first spinning jenny was put
in use. 1t ginned, oarded and spun
it's own cotton by turning a crank.
A good hand could take off from
four tn six hanks a day-a splendid
Improvement on the wheel and
cards"
FLAX WAS LARGELY GROWN
in the early years. 1t was rotted by
spreading out thInly on the ground,
exposed TO the weather, rain and
sunshine until the outer covering
(of the stems) was rotted it was
then placed upon the fax brake,
which was made entirely Of wood,
two or four pieces about four feet
long, securely fastened together with
wooden pins at each end, with a
block between them, leaving a space
of two or three inches between the
side pieces now over the top of this
trap vas a middle piece fastened at
n end and the other could be raised
up and let down quickly. The flax
was placed across the two side pieces
and the middle piece worked up and
down by a treadle. This was the
fax brake.
after this operation was done with
the fax had to be scutohed and
hacked. This was done with a heavy
board closely filled with heavy
spikes, about the siz, of goose quill
or a lead pencil and about six or eight
inches long. A bundle of flax was
drawn cross this hackle until all
the coarse psrt or towe was removed.
Then it WAS ready for spinning. One
hundred years ago it was spun ex-
actly as it was by the Jewish wo.
men in the days of King Solomon,
four thousand years ago. Now
there T few things intended for
the welfare of the human race that
remain as they we're, unimproved.
There may be machinery that works
fax-pure linen-diferently now,
but one hundred years ago no new
process had succeeded the formula
of ancient times. Flax has not been
cultivated in this part Of the coun-
try since cotton became the staple
crop.
One hundred years ago
A GREAT NEED WAS A SAW MILL
to aid in house building. The whip
saw was the only way by which
plank were out. The log was placed
Q a pit, or excavation, on a car
rage and n map stood over the
log and n stood in the excavation
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
Our Social Chat.
. EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, y. 9.

AS CONTRIBUTIONS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some or tne
most wide-awake and progressive young ladies'
and young men and some of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people of this ana
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thon sixty.
YOU REQUESTED to join by sending
us q 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.
II you do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as q Chatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as q rule
elapse between the time a letter is written ana
the date of its publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

Civilization means, according TO
Webster, not savage. Surely the
people here in 1901 were not saw
age, hut we're a plain, matter Of-faCt
kind Of people. Some were religious
and some we're free thinkers, but all
were kind. honest and disposed 50
do that which was right, with here
andthere an exception.
In farming the methods were ex-
ceedingly crude. Nature provided
most literally for the wants and ne
cessities Of the people. Beef and
pork grew fat in the wild range of
the pristine forest and if wild game
was desired, as deer or turkey, it
could be easily taken with the rifle.
The skin of the deer, fox, and rae,
coon we're frequently utilized for
clothing and would last for year,,
But little money was in circulation
the people did not need it, since but
few articles vera purchased nearly
every thing TO eat or wear was raised
on the farm, il not taken out of the
woods The wild pea vines and the
fnsst grass grew luxuriantly and
only required the saving it in barns,
Corn, wheat and oats made fine
growth on the virgin soil.
In the early years of the century
but
LITTLE ATTENTION WAS PAID TO RAILS
ING COTTON;
only What was needed for domestic
use II each family was cultivated.
The great difficulty the people had
was in having the cotton ginned. In
this section the seeds were picked
out by hand. In the long winter
nights q task was given the children
and negroes, each one TO pick she
weight of an irOn spoon in cotton
this would be enough for the next
days spinning Cotton gins had
not come into general use in the
early years of the century in fact,
~One-fourth of tie century had passed
before the cotton gin was regarded
as q factor of much weight in the
civilization of the century. For the
first third Of the century but little
cotton was raised for market. In
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
The Home Circle.
sERVING.#

The sweetest lives are those TO duty wed
Whose deeds, both great and small,
Are close knit strands of unbroken thread.
Where love ennobles all.
The world may sound no trumpets, ring no bells:
The book Of life the shining records tells.
Thy love shall chant it's own b~eatitudes
After it's own life working. A child's kiss
Set on thy signing lips shall make thee glad.
A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong
Thou shalt be served myself by every sense
OF service which thou ~renderest.
>-EEzG6eth Barrett Browning
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
81

She eyes, and then we expect to
spend the fall in the highlands of
Scotland. By the way, Mr.. Robert,
son, what would be a good pattern
to wear-a Rob Roy, a Mac-Mac-"
He: "'Oh, a Macintosh by all
means !"-Harper's Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
WARM SUNDAY DINNERS OR CHURCH

VAIL SUNOA4 O0 S0O@S0 :
DEAR AUNT JENNIE Two papers
and our Chat corner empty! I am
always disappointed when I find no
letters in SOCIAL Chat, SO I will write
and try to induce others to. do so.
Cannot some one get up a query as
interesting as Sinoere's was? Having
discussed that one SO thoroughly it
seems that all have quit writing. In
reading the various opinions on it,
I see that one writer thinks the
mothers are responsible for the va
rious dispositions of their children.
Of course it was a man who ex-
pressed that idea.
Now, I think that every child is.
born into this world with his or her
own disposition, and that nothing
can change it, any easier than the
Ethiopian can change his skin or the
leopard his spots. If the mothers
are the makers of dispositions, then
it seems to me that every child born
of and trained by the same woman
would have the same disposition,
whereas we know that no two are
alike in face, form or character, the
only exception that 1 have ever heard
of being that of the Simese twins.
Of course, training and education
and religion can help the person to
overcome evil and sinful propenei-
ties. But until the day Of death
must the struggle with a natural
disposition go on. You know that,
in mature age, Paul exclaimed
"Who shall deliver me from the
body of this death?"
Another writer inquiries if it is
right for the husband to insist on
their wives remaining home on the
Sabbath and cooking fancy dinners,
instead of going to church and serv-
ing the Lord as they should. Why
certainly it would be wrong for d
husband to act in this manner. But
l have never known a husband,
either white or colored, to require
any such thing. However, l have
known ladies who ere great church
goers before marriage that did stay
at home on the Sabbath and cook
warm dinners after they we're mar
ried. But they did it from choice,
presumably, and not from coercion
instances of the fact that ''uumar-
ried women seek t. please the Lord
and married women to please their
husbands"
have also known ladies, very de-
voUt Worshipors, and not a few of
these, who, when they married, in
stead of ohio sing men of like faith
to themselves, selected men who were
scofers at reli ion, and sometimes
infdels. And in such cases az these
the wives should not expect that
their wishes concerning religious
matters would have = much weight
as a feather bet re a galC.
Therefore, if a woman wishes her
husband to take her to church and
all religicds assemblies, she should
marry a man who is in the habit of
attending them, or better still, let
her marry che Of the same faith and
order as herself. Remember the
mandate, "Be not unequally yoked
with unbelievers."
Here is the answer to one of
Mites arithmetical problems: If
300 cats catch 800 rats in 800 minutes.
800 cats will catch 100 rats in 100
minutes.
Wishing to see Social Chat full of
letters next time, 1 am as ever,
MRS. S. E. M.
BERTHE Co N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
NOT AN EMPTY STOCKING.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE just imagine
a Christmas morning when not one
child in all the land who hung up>a
stocking the night before should
find it empty on awakeningt Think
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

BRING IT ALONG VISITOR ''No,
l won't come in. If I could see MI.
Jones for two minutes?"
SERVANT "What name shall OF
say, Sorr?"
VISITOR: professor Vandersplin-
kentootleheimer."
SERVANT: "Oob, sure, ye'd better
stop in and bring it wild ye, Sorr ~
London Punch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

#NOs. Z and ) OF our series of the Worlds Best
Poems. arranged especially for The PROGRESS
SIVE FARNEE by the 6dilOT. Taking the names
of some OF the most famous poets, in alphabet
cal order, from one 10 five OF the best known
productions OF each viii be given before taking
up the work Of the next author. In this series
selections from the following poets have a
ready appeared: Bryan, October, 1901. This
month Wea e public hing selections from the
works q RObtrl and f. izabeth Is. Browning.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

1t was in the village Justices
court, and the incumbent of the
Office had fined an Indian for intoxi-
cation. The fine was duly paid, and
the Justice was reaching for his
overooat
"Hol' on" said the Indian, "me
want receipt"
"What in the world do you want q
receipt for?" asked the Squire.
"Well, bimeby Injun diego 70
the Great Father up there. GroaS
Father say, John Joe, have yoa OH
good 1njun an paid all your debts!
81 say yes
"Then he say, SHOW me receipt.
I have no receipt. I got TO go sH
the way down to hell to find Squire
Morgan to get that receipt. "--Ex'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
BITS OF FUN.
ITO be c~OntiRued.)

HER GENTLE HINT.-"Yes l pro,
posed to her by letter"
And what vas her reply?"
"She simply referred me to a GER
tain chapter and page in the Life
of Paul Jones?'"
land what did you fnd?"
''It says, After fruitlessly apply
ing for command of the ship by let
ter, he went in person TO see alb ut
it; and then he secured it. '"-LIfe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

Genuine government
Is but the expression of a nation, good
Or less gOod,-even as all society,
However unequal, mOnstrOus, crazed and cursed,
Is but the expression of mems single lives,
The loud sum of the silent units.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

Since we are to live forever, W0
should live for that for which w
may live forever.-Standard
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
GEMS FROM MRS. BROwN1Ha's AURORA LE1aH."*

Times followed one another. Came a morn
I stood upon the brink of twenty years,
And looked before and after, as I stood
Woman and artist,-eitheri incomplete,
Both credulous of competition. There I held
The whole creation in my little cup,
And smiled with thirsty lips before I drank
'Good health TO you and me-, sweet neighbOr mine,
And all these peoples"
Twas glad that day;
The June was in me, with it's multitudes
Of nightingales all singing in the dark,
And rosebuds reddening where the calyx split,
l felt so young, so strong, so sure of God
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

Pay the price
Of lies, by being constrained to lie on still.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

The eyes smiled, too,
But twas as if remembering they had wept,
And knowing they should, some day, weep again.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afre with God
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

Alas, long-suffering and most patient God;
Thou needst be surelier God to bear with us
Than to have made ue.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
Get leave TO work

Get leave TO work
In this world-'tis the best you get at all
For God, in oursing, gives US better gifts
Than man in benediction.
Get work, get work
Be sure tbs better than what you work to get.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
Written for The Progressive Faner
THE CIVILIZATION OF CENTURY AGO AND THAT OF TO-DAY:
A CONTRAST.
Written for The Progressive Farmer.
BY !. 8. .LrxAuOra. n. D. Charlotte. n. c.

L-Fyar and Cotton Culture; laundering and BLocksmtthing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05
)ne hundred years ago

to aid in house building. The whip
saw was the only way by which
plank we're out. The log was placed
over a pit, or excavation, on a car
rage and one mau stood over the
log and n stood in the excavation
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-28

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-28

Do YOU suffer from Iumbago, rheu-
natisn or swollen muscles? II SO,
procure ct once a bottle or Pam hi l1l,1r
and follow the printed directions. Inc
relief Is instantaneous, as well as iasl-
ing. No necessity to suffer wnen
remedy such as Pain-kiiier - " "
bad Sirtv years of success speaks for
ITSELF Avoid substitutes, there Is put
one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis. Price
% cents and so cents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-28

CATION, NELL & CO., LTD.-Engi-
neers. Electricians and Boilermakers,
Honolulu.
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DR.. T. MITAMURA-Omce, 1853 Nuu-
anu ST.; Tel. White 1S2: Office hours
to 10 a. m. and to D. M. except
Sundays.
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W. G. ROGERS, M.D.-Bye. Ear. Nose
and Throat; las Alakea ST.. opposite
Hawaiian Hotel; special treatment
for deafness
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Or. w. L. MoORE0fice OF DIR. Day.
Beretania St.; hours, 10 q. m to
.. M; 1880 to $3.50 .. M; Sundays,
to Il; office Tel. 80: res. White 1881
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OR. A. N. SINCLAIR.-Boston Bldg;
hours, II to /, to 8. to s; Sundays,
II to 2; Tel. off. Main 1856; res. W. 1851.
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Or. c. B. HIGH.-Philadelpht Dental
College. 1892; Masonic Temple; Tel
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ENGINEERS.

ARTHUR C. ALEXANDER
or and Engineer. 400 Judd Bldg, P
o. Box 1872.
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u. e. GROsSMAN, D.D.S.-Alakea St.
three doors above Masonic Temple.
Honolulu: Office hours, . a. m. to p.
10.
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DR. JENNIE L. HILDEBRANDN.-
Otce. 24s Beretania ave-; telephone
Blue s2f.
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INSURANCE.

8EARDSLEE & PAGE. Architects and
Builders.-Offlce, rooms "a, Arlington
Annex, Honolulu, 81. l.; sketches and
correct estimates furnished at short
notice: Tel. 22S; P. o. box 773.
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OR. A. c. WALL. DIR. o. q. WALL
Office hours, a. m. to p. M; Love
bldg; Fort St.: Tel 49,
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DENTISTS,

Or. DERBY.-Mott-Smi bldg, cor.
Fort and Hotel Sts.: Office hours,
to (.
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RISDON IRON wORKS.-Engtneers
and builders of Pumping and Sugar
Machinery and complete power
plants; office. room Il. spreckels blk:
Tel. 1874.
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rHAS. v. E. DOVE, C.E.-Surveyor
and Civil Engineer; Office rooms
s12-13. top story Stangenwald bldg
Merchant ST.; P. o. box 421 Ordsn
taken for typewriting
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OR. C. L. GARvIN.-Ofaoe, 80 Bere-
tania, near Emma St; hours, to II
q. M, 1850 to 8 p. m, 7:3a to $40 p.
M; Tel. Blue 1881: residence Tel
White 1891.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-28
Offices for Rent.

THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS
Offices for rent in the MCINTYRE
BUILDING, now being erected at cor
ner Of Fort and King streets. this city.
Apply to e. r. BISHOP,
At c. Brewer & Co.'S. Queer
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{. NJ WHITNEY. Md, D.D.S.-Boston
Bldg, Fort St., above May 4 Co.'S;
hours. . to s; Tel. Main 277.
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LUELLA 8. CLEVELAND, M.D.-Of-
Ace 1882 King ST.: hours, 9 to Il q. M.
to p. M; Tel White k1i.
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LYLE A. DICKEY.-King and Bethe
sts.; Tel Main 312; P. o. box 78s.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENTS
MCCLELLAN, POND & cO.-5es-se ~
Stangenwald Bldg. Tel. Main 81.
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DR.. MARY F. BARRY.-Oflce. corner
Beretania and Union Sts.: hours 1e-11
a. m, La p. m; Sundays, M-l1 a. m.
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]. D. AvERY.-Public Stenographer
room s. 164 Hotel street lover Hart
Coz. Telephone Blue 2611-
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l. II. LONG.-Oflces 81 & 80, Campbell
blk. cor. Fort & Mer. Sts.: TeLMz7e
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MISS JAMES-Shorthand and Typing:
308 Judd bldg. Phone Blue 1851
MISS MILLER - Stenographer and
typewriter: room sol. Stangenwald
bldg.
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SALVATION
ARMY WEDDING
1t Will Take Place This Evens
ing at the I. M. c. A.
Hall.

The Salvation Army expect TO have
great time at their wedding service at
the Young Mems Christian Association
hall tonight. Large numbers of tickets
have been Issued, and it is expected that
every available seat will be needed. The
local corps has sent out invitations in the
form of tickets which are to be presented
ac the door for entrance. The usual open
air service at the corner of Fort and Ho-
tel streets viii be held prior to the meet
ing, and the brass band will be out in
full strength to add its share to the fes-
tIvities of the evening. Adjutant Maud
Sharp will have as her bridesmaid her
sister. Miss Winnie Sharp of San Jose,
California, while ". j. Mccormick will
assist Captain Jensen as best man.
The last mail from the Coast brought
the welcome information to the local Sal
vationists of the coming of a distinguish
I'd visitor, Lieutenant Colonel French.
The Colonel has charge of all the
army's work on the Pacific Slope, in the
States and Territories OF California, Ari-
IONA, Utah. Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington, together with Hawaii. He
is expected to arrive by the Sierra, on
July II, and will remain in the Islands
until the return of the same steamer
from the colonies, Oh august ID having
lately taken charge of this group, he
comes to thoroughly inspect and look into
the workings of the Army, and much is
expected from his visit on the line of or
ganization and extensions.
His itinerary as planned by Major
Wood, commences with welcome meet
ings in Honolulu. July Is to p He VIII
then proceed TO Kauai; following this he
will go TO Hilo and after spending some
ten days on Hawaii viii return to Maui,
where four or five days will be put In.
Coming back TO Honolulu a ten-day unit
ed convention will be held and the sew
enth anniversary celebrated. All the off,
GERS and many members from the other
Islands will come to take part in this
series of demonstrate tons.