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The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
ELEANOR
SOME TRAITS OF THE NEGRO RACE

DEAR AUNT JENNIE II will write
for s oral Chat even If / 60 feel
that have nnthi. g of interest to
s4v~ What are you all doing? You
must he doing something beside let
ter writing or else we would rec your
names in our departments oftener
The leaves are falling so fast and
The trees will soon bs bare Cotton
picking i the order of the day and
every thing is busy. This reminds
ma of the e. nerOritY of the negro
race. Wnen h negro has dollar he
feels rich, for he can divide with
~Oue lesa fortun ,te brother and en-
" the half dollar lefE him quite as
much, if NIT m re, than the white
man would the whole dollar; but
t1en his WINS are few and not ex-
enslve. We're we, as a people, as
g4nernu- a. are the n; grOes toward
each OF ar there would ne few needy
II d no very poor peop Q in this coun-
try
Oar anxiety ia always TO put some
thing aide for the inevitab BILE rainy
d1v, while it never occurs to the
negro that there are such things az
my days. Well, it may be thai
he seeS so many such days that thew
have no terror for him. I once heard
Il W. man remark that you could be-
come accustomed to anything save
hanging and that she believed that
you could get used to that if it did
not kill you. I believe that the
negroes are the happiest people ON
the earth. Enough TO eat to-day
and job tomorrow where the white
folks will feed you, is bliss enough
for me to day.
And I agree with Col. J. s. Carr
in thinking that there should be a
monument erected to the Southern
black mammies and daddies. What
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
READING ALOUD.
Mrs j, L. D.

One of the advantages of living
on the farm is that winter evenings
are apt 80 be free from in berr upton.
Many of them may b devoted to
peasant games around the sitting.
room table, or if one of the family
will read aloud fir m good book,
there Can be much profit and enjoy
ment, A current writer rays Ac-
cOrding to a well-knOw literary critic
she best test to apply to d book is to
ask whether it is good enough to
read aloud; if so it is a piece of
god literature. But whD reads
aloud in these days, when volume
is rapidly glanced through at one
sitting? The fine art f reading is
almost a lost accomplishment Few
grown-up people of the presents time
spend long evenings in this way, as
did r lskin's parents, while the lad
listened IN his coZY rrner. Oar
modern reader is unsOoiable, desiring
neither to share his book nor ha wing
patience to listen to another g read
ing. But we cam 1T fOrb5ar d plea
that for the sake of the children the
practice of reading aloud be kept up
t. some degree in the family circle,
Even from physical stand point it
is ex 'ellent exercise, rengthening
organs The mental drill, to-, of
reading at sight, looking ahead to
see what is coming, gras ping the
meaning and giving 1t forth with in
telligent emphasis, correct prOnun-
ClAtiOn and clear enun iatiOn is a
strong argument in it's favor M )re-
over an Intelligent and sympathetic
reader, without affeotAtiOn, il capa-
ole of giving as much pleasure, in
mis- way, as an agreea ole singer.
Some long novel of Dickens or
Chaokeray's will be bon. to hold
the family close together through
much of the winter. "a good plan
Is 50 vary the reAding, choosing a
periodical or d new story occasion
ally, If the suspense can be endured
while the great novel is unfinished.
B ,,ks read in this way Will be re-
memDered best of all through Dut
the cu1ld1 en- s ives, and Cue IN tner's
aandl Ork, perhaps, viii seom far
less burdonsome bec4use Of the di-
version. O
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
ten for The Progssv Farmer.
THE CIVILIZATION OF CENT URY AGO AND THAT OF TODAY:
CONTRAST-.=II
WL.s. ALEXANDER. ~. o., Charlotte. n. c.

We now turn TO lesser, or at leas'
w hold so until they too are gObbled
u
c TTON SEED WERE NOT REGARDED
AS WORTH ANYTHING
tiil TIE cen fury was twO-thirds gone.
In 1870 the meal was ground out for
The nitrogen or ammonia for making
II high grade of fertilizer, and after
"ards was pressed for the oil; and
now millions of gallons of oil are
saved that formerly were thrown
away. In this orr civilization re-
ceived another great impetus The
grazing lands are becoming less in
area ss time passes, and the lands
are uti izrd for farming purposes 4;
and Stree cotton swavs the com
uPrce OF the world, and exerc 'ses
The will and authority of Il m, march
where ever The climate ia Or, %
ii, us, all cereAl4 AMI other crops
have TO give way and admit that
cotton is king For the last two de
rAc ga seen have taken the place ut
our great prairies and pasture landA
bv giving the hull@ for feed instead
Of grass, and the Iich oil cake 10
produce mix and beef Weare rap
IDLY bt C, ming ike the Yank o. q, if n, I
IVA lowed up b. them, IN adopting
their modes nf civilization. L. j.
said in Chicagp that the great
laughter u-es and packing e-tah-
hshm@nts lO~e nOthlT g n the process
bur the squeaI of the hog In the
S"uth, the art of handling cotton
mas reached nearly as fine a point.
Bv usln the lint of the seed, the oil
+ the kernel, then grinding the cake
into the rlche- of cattle food, the
stalks furnish cheap bark for bag
ging-nO'hing is thrown away but
he roots. This great saving is not
vet perfected, but " i'll be in the near
future.
In the civilization of the first halt
of the century we had to lus uI
with very ordinary lights.
THE PINE TORCH AND ''TALLow DIP, -
as the Candles we're called, were the
only lights then in use. Wealthy
eDDe may have used whale OIL op
rare occasions. Nothing better Was
used. In towns the street lamps
contains d oil that made very poor
light, but it was put up with until
the cen tury was half gone. In 1856
petroleum was discovered; in 1s5g
kerosene was so refined that it wa,
burned in lamps I5 then sold al
rs cents per gallon Now a sup rio1
article sells at 10 and Is cents a gal
lon. Gas whs made from fine rosio
after d'stillation, a few years earlier
out was not so good as was made In
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
ITO be COnttnued.)

1t is folly to deny that which II
mans own nature witnesseth t. him
The whole frame of bodies and AOuls
hears the impress of the infinite
power and wisdom of the Creator d
body framed with an admirable
architecture, a soul endo o~ed with
understanding, will, Judgment, NOM
ury, Imagination Man is the epltOme
# the world, contains in himself the
substance of all natur. s, and the ful
nesH of the whole universe not only
In regard of the universalness IF his
knowledge, whereby he CON prehends
the reasons of many things; but as
all the perfeotiOns of the several
natures of the world are gathered
and united in N an, for the perfection
of his own, in smaller volume In
lis soul he partakes Of heaven, in
his body of the earth. There is the
life of plants, the sense of beasts,
and the intellectual nature of angels.
-Charnock.
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
EMPTY STOCKINGS"

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Whether or
not Ne organize clubs for the pur
pose, it ST ems to me that each one
who does not srf fer for lack of
the common comforts of lite, should
bear in mind the appeal III I HE Pro
GRts I'VE FARMER of Novemner 5eh
for Christmas with NJ empty stock
ings Let Us even this early g vo
pare something to cheer tn 40 less
fortunate than ourselves. The poet
has expressed the thought in words
sweeter and more impressive than
any l can frame:
"And thanking the love that has
lowered you
With all that Is dearest and best,
Give fully that from your abundance
Some bare little life may be b essed !
"Oh, go where the stockings hang
empty,
Where Christmas is naught but a
name,
And give for the love of the Christ
child
Twas to seek such as these that
he came"
greatly enj 'yed Mrs. Mull's let
ters regarding her California trip. I
have no long tcip to talk of, but will
say few words about Norfolk and
Portsmouth, Va places NJ doubt
often visited by Chat readers l
hope that none of these fail TO see
the Portsmouth Navy Yard, with it's
relics of ali the great Americ IN wars
from the Revolution to the War
with Spain And nearly always one
or more of our great bAttleships is TO
be found there and may be visited
The guns and other munitions of
naval warfare are quite interesting
to land lubbers. When [ was tAere
few weeks ago, the battleship
"Ft xas," which, und-r the gallant
Admiral Philip, played s1oh an i'm
pOrtant part in the battle of Santiago,
was in the hArbor. / was very much
interested in it's guns and IN the re-
pair, d plac7 on tn sid = where the
Spanish missiles entered, cru u4hing
through the steel arm n plate and
wonndrny several aail rs, one fatally
In Norf 'lk l found no point of
more interest than historic old ST.
Pnul's Church and ohurchyand
There is she oldest grave have ever
seen-that Of Dor thy F4rren who
died January 18, 1873 Tn, re are
many pther quantity carved and
time worn grave stones in this old
church yard, among them one bear
ing u coat of arms that marks the
last resting place of E iz4beth Baco'.
the A1fe of thaE Nathaniel Bacon
who led the Virginia Revolution of
1873 She died in 1891
II
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
SHE NEEDED THEM.
version.

81 wish, john" she said, regret
ully, II had had sense enough not to
destroy alI the latters you wrote me
during the year and u halt OF your
oourtsnip."
He smiled in a gratifed way.
Il knew you would regret that
some time" he said.
''Indeed l do" she replied. II
need u little change the " orst sort
of way, and the man who buys rags
and old paper was here to-day. How
wastetul We are in our yUutL -
He looked at her reproaohtully,
and almost involuntarily his hand
S ught his pOoketboOk. Ii Is seldom
indeed shat resourcetul woman
has to make a direct request for
money.-Chicago Post.
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19

Wesleyan Female College was
found d IN 1886; the first class grad
uated in 1910 This is the first
yoman's college in the world tha'
issued diplomas to their graduates
This fact is not generally known,
but like that worthy branch ut th'
church, she docs not sOlnd abroad
her many excellencies. This branch
of the church has made wonderful
progress in the last century; and
there il thing thas marks the PRO
gress made in the century sn much
de the spread of Methodi>m a. d the
great work achieved in go short Ii
time. The denomination stan "a n
the front line with every advance
ment in tie twentieth century.
A century ago
TRUSTS WERE UNKNOWN,
remained unkn rwn TO the Au ertcAn
governments till after the gr at civil
war between the States. During
this long war a, me men cumulat, d
vast fortunes off the distress {, f the
CDuntry This was the starting po1n {
Of the greatest trusts the world IA
ever known. The year 1895 y
known as "The Bankers Panic " Pa
tEi0tism DIED and greco w llnig b
bankruPted the country The Pres
ident " as forced to issue b ,nds ,r
let the country he driven tn the wal
Suck procedure had never hefcr,
been Witnessed since the Amer can
government was formed, as issuing
bonds in time of profound . ace.
But the wisdom of his onurse has
ainoe-been justified by the plentiful
ness of money, notwithstanding. u E
have raised an army of 10000 men
and f. ught three ears war
Truly, we are wonder ul people,
grown from s, 500, 900 in 1900 tn so,
QOO.O in 1900 Our civilization
has crown with the years.
It is hard to keep up with passing
events in the great march of pro
gress, when trusts are being formt d
ON everything but air and water,
and some of the corporations, finan
Gially, are strong enough to represent
small sized empire-the steel and
iron trust, for instance, that is capi
tHlized at more than one billion dol
lars The human mind can hardly
grasp go grt at an amount.
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19

other race of men on earth wou7d
have proven themselves as true In
their masters trust during the trvipp
times of wal? Their attentive ser
vice to "Mistess" and the little folks
of the household, was III Changed
and their dew tion to them as evi.
dent while the master wea AWAY
fighting against their tree dom as it
as before he went And that mas.
ter's confidence in his slaves faith
ful care for his wife and chl den was
such at he suffered no uneasinese
Who helped to hide the family treas
ures and kept the secret d. to the
hiding place? There are 20 many
ms eances of their fal'h' u ness that
could be recalled, but ny letter is
long enough already.
I nope to read letters from many
of you before next month when 7
will come again.
Mrs j. L. D.
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
{" TIE HOME OF MY CHILDHOOD "

DEAR AUNT JENNIE IL have been
d reader OF social Chat since the
time i5 was organized, but this is
the first time nave attempted to
write for is. There are 40 many
things to DO attended to by the busy
hOusekeeper that many OF Us lmag
inc that we cannot find time to write,
even if we ha some interesting sub
jecG But there Is no one who en-
Joys reading the Letters OF the Chat
rerers more than /, and am always
disappointed when a paper appear
without them.
A short time ago visited the dear
old place Ia the Country where
the happy days Ot NY childhood were
spent, and as [ looked upon every
familiar spot my eyes tiLleu with
tear, ana there came into ny ht arI
an lndescrl ba Ole feeling when 1
thought OF tue many happy hours l
Dad spent with my piaymates around
those old hauuts Out there on Il
little knoll We used 80 hunt for bea
scattered over the ground wht re she
Indians were buried many years ag
he dam, upon which tr, es have
sprung up, is ali tha5 remains now
ing where the great pond OF wate1
ueed tO be. How dear t. my heart
are she tcenes # my childhood
exclAims the poet, aud | tu1nk most
IF Us have the Same tender feeling
tor the OLD home
We did not dream in those days o.
the many burdens and 4"rrOws with
which we have sioce had } contend.
Some of these playmates have l ing
ago been called to another life.
There Was one of whom am now
thinking, the sweetest and most
promising of US all, whose life story
has been d sad one. Her husband.
who should have ielued her from
every sorrow he o"uld, became
drunkard, and the old, old story is
t"ld-he Fl lei ii drunkard's grave
A few years after his death was at
her home one night, when her only
child, boy seventeen years of age.
was brought 'Ome drunk Her grlet
was pita BILE to behold; she did not
live many months longer, and I be
lieve, if such u tn NJ is possible, she
died OF broken heart
Girls, beware of the man who
comes to you with the cd II of liquor
on his breath. Remember that you
are taking a dangerous risk when
you think you may reform him
after marriage. cannot tell how
the saloon curse is to be eradicated
from the face of the earth, but do
pray that something may soon be
done to save the women and chill
dren of our land from It's ravages
How swiftly the years glide by |
| Thanksgiving Day will soon be here
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19

again with all of it's joys and then I
hope to go once more to the old
home place with all of my loved
ones.
Well, Aunt Janrie, I will CLOSE and
max room for younger and brighter
members of the S ocial Chat.
MRS H B,
Guilford Co, N G.
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19

If some of our high ecnools would
pay more attention to the common
school branches and less att, ntion
TO Latin and the col ,gi, 81 they
would accomplish more good We
know quite u number of young men
und women who have ''been pI epared
for college" who cannot obtaln "a Sec
Ond grade certificate to teach in the
public schools What our schools
need to do is to prepare boys and
girls for the active duties of life and
the college course will take care OF
itself Roanoke ChUwan Times.
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
EPILOGUE TO "AsOLANDo."*

midnight in the silence a sleep time,
When Ou your fanCies free
fools think, imprisoned
he lies who loved whom loved
PITY me?
Oh, loved mi taken!
What had earth do
With the slothful, with the mawkish, the nnmanly?
Like the aim, s helpless, hopeless, did drivel
turned hack but marched breast forward
Never Coubed clouds would break.
would
Held bn nf1-d ~ ghb better,
Sleep wake.
No, at MONDAY in the hustle of mans work time
u chPerl
n either
"Strive and thrver' "Spee flight on,
There al here Robert Broo0ping
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19

found in the oil regions in various
places has proven not only a better
article, but ia vastly cheaper Tt g
discovery of oil over such a vast terri
T. rv has raised many people from
povery to miIlionaires. One hun
dred years ago such discovery
"a, uld have bet n lock d upon as the
marhinAtinn of the evil spirit, as
thing to be avoided.
THE WEATHER PROBABILITIES
have cen STUDIED by scientists for
the last thirty years and they can
now say, with good degree OF r
talnty what the weather will be- two
or three days in advance. In order
tD DO this, they must use the cleo
trio current for fifteen hundred or
two thousand MI e. in all dirt CT Ons.
WOMEN MEDICAL COLLEGES.
About the year 1890 the fl st medi-
Cal school for women was established
in hiladelphia. one or more for
men hau been established IN almost
every city of Importance in America; !;
bit the id of esta biIshing wO-
man q college had either lain dor
mant or had never been entertained.
Tue spirit of progress was in the
mind of advanced thinkers in every
iv,llzed and ChristianlZed untry
IN the glpbe; and it was patent 80
all who knew how TO think, that
the time had me when women
ply siciaI sere necessity. It was
kept secret from the world as if
only d few States were allowed 80
participate in it's benefits. Is be-
came generally kno IN as far South
as North Carolina in 1882 when DIR.
Annie L Alexander, first entered the
woman Medical College of Penn
sylvania, being the sec md Southern
Woman so enter the medical prOfes-
sion DIR. Dlmmoo, OF Fayetteville,
of Northern parentage graduated in
medicine eeverAl years earlier, but
never pracuc d 5 puth. Alter serv-
ing in Boston hospital for five years,
sue was drowned at sea while on her
way TO Europe.
Quite number in every State,
since 1885 have gone into the pro
tessi n, and special schools for
women have been started and are
fOurlshing in various cities of the
ULiun. Many other new moves
made by men and women tend to
show that our civilization was not
expected 60 star d s,ill, and It's course
Is ever onward and upward
THE YOUNG MEN S CHR sTIAN AssOCIA
TON
Was an unknown q, gAnlzttipn in the
first half OF the nint teenth Century
Now every town of re-pecta bic size
has an AIS IciAtlon hail In which re-
lglOus services are conducted and
healthy bOuiIy exercise S through u
course Ot traln'ng off rds Doth pleas
ure and profit, while tue mind Is
by no mean neglected as d library LIS
prOvldt d for those who have time to
enj " AMI cultivate the best parb o.
their natures Even now In the sum
IN, of 1901 is being held the Semi
centennial ot the Young Mems Curis-
tlan Ass, cation IN b stOn, having
repre- sontatlves from all parts of the
c1vllzrd world. T, il branch ut
cnuIch work has pr we'd an lmpor.
tant factor in building up the CIV
ll1zAtlOn in the Lass years of the
century and bids fair to act an i'm
portant part In the twentieth Cen
Jury. IL appears now that all thlhgs
re WORKING together to promote the
best interests OF those people who
ielp themselves. This trulsm will,
mold as go, d in building of charac
t. T "a ii does In extending the Ma to-
rial interests OF the State.
ITO he GOntiD2Lpd
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19
NOT FIT TO THINK ABOUT.

Maj. Pickwick-I say, Hawkins,
what do you think of that cigar l
gave you?
Hawkins (weakly)-I don't wan'
TO think of it at all: I'm trying to
forget lt.-Tit- Bits
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19

+NOs 8 AID 9 of our series of the WOrld'I Rest
p ems, arranged especially fOr THE PROGRESS
SIVE FARMER bN the ditOr. Taking tn names
Of some 'f tn mo famous 10 L. in aIDhab IL
cal order, fr I'm one to- five of the best known
J rO. uCtiOt,s ZACH will be given bpfOr- taking
up the work of the ne XII author. m this ries
readr appeared: Bry n , Ocio',er 1871. This
month We a e publ hing selectiOne from the
works OF ROhsr d + iZabe B Brow Mug
The "E iOgu " her gu ted was written just
before Brown ng'~ d a'h OF the third ers ne
sAid: 1t 0Oks lmost like bTs ggiog @, but II Is
simple truth, aid IL shall stand"
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-19

Delays are dangerous, said the
cautious man.
"Not always, said the sad-eyed in
d'vidual. eff a man delays about
proposing, he may change is mind. {"
Topics.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-08-15
Too Much John ID oe.

The campaign against John Doc
Richard Roe and Jane Stiles, alleged
fictitious personages who figure prin-
cipally in divorce cases in Connecticut,
mainly as cover for the correspond
ent in such suits, was begun in the
Superior Court, New Haven, by Judge
Wheeler, during an exparte hearing in
case in which John Doe was named
as correspondent, says the Hartford
Daily Times. When the complaint
had been read, with John Doe named
as the defendants friend, Judge
Wheeler informed counsel for the
plaintiff that he would not accept the
complaint with John Doe as part of it.
Then he said that hereafter while he
was on the bench of the Superior
Court he would not under any circum-
stances recognize John Doe in any
such suits. He stated that If the CO.
respondent was known, the name of
such individual should be entered on
the complaint. and If unknown. then
the papers should announce that fact.
He had become tired of the John Doe
Dodge.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-08-15
A PEBBLE FOR EVERY OATH.
An Artistically Profane Golf-Player's
Record Turned In.

An Artistically Profane Golf-PIayer's
Record Turned In.
There is well-known young man
in Omaha, who does several other
things better than he plays golf He
is past master in artistic swearing
In fact, his anger finds expression in
such coherent streams of explosives
that his reputation as a member of the
Country Club is based chiefly on this
accomplishment. But to get at the
story of famous bit of golf playing
this loquacious young man did last
week. His record is 1877 or thereabouts
and every time he makes the round of
the course his score grows worse and
he gets more vehement in giving ex-
preston to what is uppermost in his
mind. Last Wednesday before he
mans friends jokingly remarked:
Every time you swear put a clod or
chip or a piece of gravel in your
pocket" This was early in the after
noon. Just as the sun was sinking in
the west weary young man with
house. His friends had forgotten him
and supposed he had gone home. AS
he entered the door he emptied a coat
pocket and pebbles rolled all over the
reception room floor. That's the plain
d-ns )" he exclaimed. From another
pocket he dumped 100 pebbles which
stood for stronger number of the
purely masculine vocabulary. Other
pockets produced still more pebbles
and clods which represented other bad
words. His friends tried to call halt,
but he persisted in littering up the
floor. remarking: This amt a cir
cumstance. Just wait till you see the
wagonload of oats the caddy and the
teamster are bringing" This story is
told on the authority of friends of the
artistically profane young man.-From
the Omaha Bee.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-08-15

Mrs. Edwin Knowles of Brooklyn,
the new president OF the Professional
Woman's league, does not believe in
woman suffrage. Discussing the sub
ject the other day, she said that to her
mind the woman suffragist appeared
as ridiculous being. Mrs. Knowles.
who enjoys the reputation of knowing
what she is talking about, expressed
the opinion that nothing was to be
gained by enfranchising women There
are as many ignorant women as men. {"
she says, ''and giving woman the right
to vote would merely increase the num-
Der of voters, while their division on
the issues of the day would be about
as 1t is now. The only thing that
would be gained would be more trou-
BILE for the women" But Mrs. Knowles
has strong belief in club life for her
sex. 1t "broadens" a woman, she saws
New York Times.