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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-15

= Romantic lOvo has been put away in
camphor along with tho rest of our
graudmothcrs' things.
Boys could grow up to be pretty
sensible, on the average, If thcir moth
crs didn't have such queer notions
about what Il boy ought not to DO.
A man can grind himself to fine
powder doing things for Il woman, but
unless he tells her about it she doesn't
tako any stock in it, and if he tells
hor about IL he nccdn't do any grind
ing.
a man who has no faults is fit only
to bo an arclangcl Or door-mat.
The lace night-gowns that man
sometimes secs in shop windows are
probably given to the poor.
The women talk u lot abou, man
trying" to kiss them. No man ever
''trlcs' TO kiss woman; he just kisses
her.
When girl knows that man does
not smoke she ought to find out what
other queer thing thcre is about him
that would make her miserable if she
married HIM. s::s,.k;;J
Love last pretty we'll, considering all
tho wear and tear it has to stand.
When there arc no mon around to
help Il girl float she learns to swim
mighty quick.
It's generally easier to make love to
all The girls some of the time than to
some OF the girls all the time.
No woman ever gets really interested
in man until she begins to worry
about whether othor women think he
has good taste in nccktios. New York
Press.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-15
Worry Thankful

oI viii I've very glad to say II few words for Dr.
P!ctrr's Favorite Prescription" writes Mrs. Y s.
Douglas, Of ManSouvile, Bromc Co, Quebec.
HDurinE the first four months when ! looked
forward to bccouing mother l suffered very
much FROM nausea and vomiting and l felt SO
terrible sick could scarcely eHt or drink any:
wrote to DR.. Pierce and he told me to get his
Favorite Prescription and n bottle Of Golden
Medical Discovery l got n bottle Of each and
when had taken them few days. felt much
better. and when had taken hardly three parts
Of each bottle felt we'll and could eat as we'll MS
any one, and could do my work without any
trouble, Il could not do any thing bcforc). fee
very thankful to DR.. Pierce for his ncdicinc an6
tell all who tell lie they sick to get these
medicines write to DR.. Pierce"
DR.. Pierces Common Sense Medical
Adviser, sent free OH receipt Of stamps tc
pay expense of mailing only. Send a
one-cent stamps for book i'll paper cover
or 81 stamps in cloth binding.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-15
B@hWy

The young mother thinks, when she has
completed the bnhy garments that are to
clothe thu little form. But she Is not all
ready for baby's coming, unless she has
done something more for the baby than
merely to prepare his clothes. Many Il
young mother who goes through hours
OF pain and suffering wonders why it was
not possible to prepare III son,c way for
the baby's advent, and to avoid the
agony that seemed almost uncomfortable.
DR.. Pierce's Favoritc Prescription Is the
one medicine for women which prepares
them perfectly, both for the burdens and
pleasures Of maternity. 1t prevents the
morning sickness from which 80 many
women suffer. 1t Strengthens the whole
body, SO thnt there is no nervousness nor
anxiety. II promotes healthy appetite
and causes rcfrcshing sleep. 1t gives the
mother atrcngth for her trial aud makes
the bnbys advent practically painless.
Healthy mothers have healthy children,
and it Is the general testimony Of those
who have used DIR. Picrce's Favoritc
Prescription as preparntivc for mother
hood, that the children were healthier
and happier than those born after
months Of mental misery and physical
anguish OH the part Of the prospective
mother.
Sick and ailing women are invited to
consult DIR. Pierce by letter absolutely
without fec or charge. As chief consult
Ing physician to the lnvnlids' Hotel and
Surgical 1nstitutc, Buffalo, N. Y, DIR.
X. Y. Pierce, assisted by his staff of
nearly score of phySicians, has i'll the
past thirty years and over treated and
cured more than half million sick and
suffering women. The testimonials of
these cured women are on record. a
large number OF them were cured when
doctors hnd pronounced cure impossi-
bic and after enduring years Of useless
suifcring.
Let no sick women hesitate to take nd
vantage Of DR.. Picrce's offer. but write
at once and so secure the professional
counsel of IL specialist i'll the diseases Of
wouier, entirely free. All corrrspond-
encc strictly private and sacrcdly conf
dental. Address DIR. X. V. Pierce, Buf
r,i
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-15

and first settlers went about their busi
ness just as usual during that hard
season and were chccrcd now and then
by hearing that Chicago was already
beginning to attract attention us sum-
mcr report. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-15
PAEH AIN AnEsE.

nave taken your mGibtue wi,il The vreatest
sasee',on" ns Hs writes Mr, rsrrHr Ri.hl Gf Lock
foIt otn'ion Wcstnrr"land CG. prniin. "Your
mGnpnS niG ,hat suffered fron f,r hkten years, aud
painful monthly trruhl"s can honestiy say I
SaE San wotk q "h"'" day and not Yct tired, and
nrS.oue r;. nI nNinR DT ricrCcH medicines ajwnys
~ !en ured. MY pain "a ~ gone and feel ike a
tImc person: %,. ! suffered with hcadsche all tho
your medicine have been cured 0f ttDufics
@tnat @ ! suffered from for Gfeen years. aud the
peS' doctor In the state could not cure mo"
Dr. Piercc'n Common Sense Medical
ADVISER IN paper covers, Is sent free on
receipt OF al onccent stamps TO pay
expense OF mailing 0HH. Addrcss DR..
X. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-15

DCHi1JCNH! pjHITjDEr!! RD piJE,Gr
I more cAijH lhhn We: can ppsrlbIy nj. ';uaJ
hBhIGDl pyslilrnh bircFtI by FJJfJ t..iiir,p
urESrtj!In. cntci any time. tbinlstii. f., q
q h1dT@sH, CO Lt HEih i.Eti ~ i!;;i: tjtji.I.rti T.
E'Jf.U Is. {.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
CAN YOU RRADi

Not long ago heard a man de
clare that in spite of public schools
and all the opportunities for eduoa
tion the majority of the people can.
not read.
Of course, his assertion was met
with all sorts of prOtestations ard
then he explained that they did not
read understandingly, nor did they
select their reading with care and
discretion; they read simply to be
amused and entertained, and failed
to make the reading part of their
educa 5iOn. He claimed that this
was especially true Of wOmen; that
. hen they read the newspaper they
Skimmtd the portions devoted to
light gossip, and passed by the ques-
tiODs Of the hour, which we're of i'm
portance, and never thought of read
ing editorials and reviews. That was
too sweeping a statements to be
passed by without further investiga
'1OAs GLO 1OSulb Vi WHICH mas D66n 30
force the cOncluiOn that in the main
it had basis of truth, but that un
der the influence of woman's clubs
and current topics classes the "situ
alton, to use Il military expression,
is improving, and that women are
reading more systematically and more
inteligently.
GREAT READING vs.. GOOD READING.
There is one very important thing
to be remembered. and that i. that
being 'great" reader is not, by any
means, the same thing as being a
"good" reader. The one gobbles her
way through a mass of matter, books,
maga zines, whatever she can get
hold of; the other takes a less quan
rity, but makes what she reads q
part of her mental equipments. The
mind of the first is like a oolander
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
FOUR PARAGRAPHS FROM EDITOR BOK'S DISCUSSION
OF MARRIAGE.

noI perhaps is it natural, for a young
man just entering the state of mar
ried life 80 think, at it's very outset,
of its earthly dissolution. But,
nevt rtheless, all the elements of
love, cons ders tiCn and foresight
come in to make this step the wi-est
one which u young man can take.
Making provision for the future Of
those we love is one of the highest
things we are capable of doing in
this world It il the ordinary and
not the wise man who simply thinks
of the present. But we are q bit
larger and wiser when with the pres
ent we think of the future that lies
beyond. Many woman has been
lovingly cared for by her husband
while hewas with her only to awaken
heartbrOken some day with the
double grief of the taking away Of
her husband and the support of her
self and her children. A man can
not control the former, but he Gan
avoid the latter. Many a woman
has gone through tOrtures of suffer
ing by the lack of foresight of a de
voted hu~band-davoted in all save
the Thoughts of what size should do
when he was no Omore-Edward Box,
in the Ladies Hone Journal.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
CLOSE TO A FOUL.

A farmer was working in his field
when a sewing machine man came
along.
Good morning." said the sewing
machine barker, looking over the
fen g.
Morning"
"Y' ur corn seems to be pretty yel-
low"
"Yaas; Iplanted yaller corn"
"You don't seem to have more
than half crop"
"Waal, Iplanted it on the halves. :"
"YOu seem pretty close to fool "
"Yaas, IL ero's only a fence between
u.s."
When the Sc 4 ing machine man
came TO, it required the services of
two doctors TO get him into su3h
shape that he was able to make the
next town Exchange.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
PUNCTU

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il will M.
enter the contest, for VIII Ret1aw,, ,
prize, as l am too young to have tnuI
experience along that line. But II
will write a few words On punotD
Hllty, as the Chat has suffered 50.
verely on account Of its mgmber
not being punctual.
Lee US estimate well the necessitvI
of being punotual at all times andI
on all occasions. Just think Of tbel
misfOrtunes, and awful CaIamites
that have and may occur because oil
lack Of pUnctuality. It is very
necessaI y in all private and publioI
transactions. It is one OF the great
est secrets of suoct SIS IN all kinds oil
business. It is of great value IN re.
gard TO SCI OOls. I have known the
people to get wearied, and sCme gOI
home from church while the ninG
UeE pufed away with his cigar OF
pipe after the appointed time Tor the
mon. the want of punCtuaLty
Causes much Care and trouble IN lam.
lies. One moments delay in some
important national affair may cause
untold suffering One hours delay
In u mail train may cause anxiety
In the minds of thousands Tue des
tlnles OF nations may b6 atf, Cted BY
some great man being b6Dlud time
The writer's of SOCIAL Chat mast
write more punCIualy have
know n many societies to fail because
Of the prUcrastlnatiOD Ut memOtrs'
They would cease to bo puuc.uaL
interest would die out, and gOJa
bhing would cease to Do. Our very
happiness IN this word anu tie L5A'
may hinge upon this very IIlDcPL0'
hope the Chat Corner VIA re'lV0'
AS there is now Il subj ct tor uISlu'
sion, l trust my suggestion SONS
time ago. that they have some SUI
ject to write abyut, Is beEnl5 HUH
/ think she time fyr the contest u
Viii Retlaw's subject too snoT| %
is does not give al fair o1aLc7'
FREEImNKLR.
Pau1icO Co n l.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
AUNT JERNIE's LETTER.

Our old friends are returning and
we are delighted because of it.
Patience is with us this week after
being absent some time.
Sincere gives us her idea as to what
Constitutes a happy home.
By the way, it may be that some
of you failed to notice that Will
Retlaw has offered a nice book as
premium for the best letter on this
subject. We appreciate his kindness
IN so doing and hope that many OF
you will try for it. Memo writes on
the same subject. Both letters are
interesting.
We appreciate Free Thinkers let
ter and predict for him success in
this lite if he really believes what
be writes. l believe that punctu
aIity IS one of the principal virtues
certainly one of the principal factors
of success.
NJ H. comes this week with one
OF u0F u0Ipl ul JCItoES. IL uS6 tudO
the appre ectation shown by Patience
for help received from our page will
induce many hOusekeepers to furnish
items f, Us from their books Of ex,
as they oOuldin this way
help others.
Another member of the Circle
asks me for the names and addresses
OF other mem bers. refused re.
q nest of this kind some months ago,
stating that l felt in honor
bound to allow no one to have my
list. l cannot reconsider this deci.-.
ion, though it would give me much
pleasure to accommodate those who
have asked.
May our old memb bers continue to
return till we have a general re
union. AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
MEMO RF-APPEARB.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE I'm reply to
viii Retlaw's qnery, l would say /:
Let love riae supreme in every word
and act. First, "Be ye not Unequally
vokad together with unbelieverS
Second, "Let your yea be yea and
your nay be nay, fer whatsoever is
more ia of ain." If the ruler OF a
house g rverns with gravity there ia
not apt to be any back lash, while if
he or she stops to give reasons there
will arise differf noe and a cOntrOver-
~. Entertain a ch4ritab BILE feeling for
the erring and win them back by
uufeigned /, We. Never be hasty in
any thing that would in any way
offend others. Keep the Golden
Rule ever before you and strive for
contentment. If overtaken in dis
tress and great trials, stop long
enrugh before giving vent to your
feeling to ask yourself, "WhAt
would Jesus do, if in my stead just
now?" Then you will not go far
wrong.
Some time ago Aunt Jennie said
that letter Of mine looked like
mans half hidden reply to IA wOman's
letter, or words to that affect. But
not so; I was writing from ob'erva
ton and honest convection. If We
ia ke the Word of God for our guide,
we there learn tha5 God put the
training of the little ones on the
mother. and mothers are more &C
BILE for the desires and tastes
of their children than many of them
wouli wish to own. See the charge
of the angel to the wife of ManOah,
Judges 49, s. Also, to show con
clusively that the great respOnsi
bility is with the wife, take SEQ nd
and third chapters of First Samuel,
and there zee what I said before
that the mother builds the house or
she pulls it down. YCu zee, if the
father is God fearing man he simply
consents. 1t rests with the mother. |
MEMO.
Cumberland Co., N G..
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03

taking everything which is poured
into it, but retaining nothing every
thing sips through, leaving it as
empty as it was in she beginning,
bat not 80 clean.
Indiscriminate reading enervates
the mind and lowers the mentals re
ceptive powers; conss quently it
should be avoided. There is no
reason why one may not have Il
course of reading marked out for
her that shall be helpful and eduoa
tive. If there ia no one at hand to
do it, one may join the Chautauqna
Circle or the S ud7 at Home S Iclety,
whose headquarters are at Boston,
and work und-r wise direction,
Ohio oosing special lines along which
the reading is to liza.
READING FOR GIRLS
It Ia absolutely indispensable that
the m dern girl in whatsoever posi-
ton she finds herself, whether that
Of one of the W orld's workers or that
of the girl of leisure, should give
every day portion of her time
to reading. In this way only can she
keep abreast of the times, sharing
is best thoughts, understan iog it's
impOrtaut movements and learning
her own attitu ie toward the world
and the duty she owes t. it. She
must read her daily paper carefully,
selecting with discretion and con
81 i4nCe the one which the will read
regularly. SIe wants TO chOOse one
whose editorial opinions are reoOg
nl2"d an quoted, whose attitude is
fair and which treats large Ques
tinns with tolerance and honesty
If she lives at distance from the
r g Centers where these daily pa
pers are published she may subscrI be
tor weekly or semi weekly edition
of such u paper, in which she will
fnn all the best ca tur, of the daily
editions, it bei"g, in fact, sort of
an abridged edition of the daires in
point of ne"s, with the revie " 8, the
best edit rials, the cri,icrsm+ of art,
music, the or u and all the choicest
CORES pondence from abroad and cen
ters at home. This paper we'll read,
with u goud standard magazine, and |
Il review which will be both enter |
tanning and instructive, with a few
we'll chosen books, may constitute
her intellectual bill OF fare, and will
prove as much as she can digest |
without becoming u mental dyspep-
BIC -Sallie Jpy White, in the Novem
Der Woman Home Companion.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03

poorly endo
If tbja 'wea with thu
ons az oo a. oQt they ara oO tdinn
posed tba+ - - '1'a<, and l,vtn :" geOs,.
nv tho 'D0y number tba;- y ds.
tior d;oa The husband 'FeOd.
country ohr~ol 7 Graves 8. '|'S "
thev ros,5a '''' yard, na., a' tie
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
Pamlico Co n. {
A PRIVILEGE OF WOUNDIS0'

The sarcastic young woman sVn0'
ally has great respect tor D7l w. ..
brains. Because she can say tDlDS
that cuts, she tan~ies bers7I '1E -
rior to her neighb I VINO AH'"' ,,;,
better than to be agreeable But ID.'
is where the girl makes nI''11
A woman is only ha.f "ooaD -
less she is sweet and sTmP" u"
full of gracious courtesy, able TO .S. ~
buke what is wrong ana Z, "'0 ri
wrong doer at ebe same tine.
the sarcastic girl was bali "' Inn at
as she thinks her>eL.. sao "g.Ig g..rr,Dg
willingly trade I'll ''g ,+.sprir
glory of her w0mn-1o'1 L"' ,ne
ilege of stickinE p.Hs .2'' s,n n,.n and
Ii the sarcastic Young " we're
the pc ,e1mlstlo young '"'r ,Ior 80.
forced to depend un eacu osI t,nr7 the
oiety for a few days, We -" For IS
result would be renrh 10. .be other
each saw how agreeable tbss trs tho
appeared, it is possible, ,o5 inward
search, light might 56 turD5r he roreS
after which it WON d not w ugeeforn.~
sonable to hope for "
Young Peoples Weehly
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
Cumberland Co., N G.
ANSWERING WILL RETLAW.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Please allow
me to congratulate Will Retlaw on
| his admira BILE choice OF Il subject to
discuss, and on his unfhilipg scheme
to draw out the best tno1ghts of our
writers on the subject, "HOw to
Make Home Happy"
would Say, there are four things
almost Indispensable tC Ii happy home
health, wealth, purity and love.
Health, first, because with good
health almost every earthly good
can be won, while wi h sickness and
death in a home, there Gan be but
little happiness.
Wealth, because of the pleasures
it prOcuc, s-gOod books, education
and the luxurIes of lite tha5 t. nd to
make home happy.
Purity, becAuee no home where sin
or vice prevails Can be happy. Ea 3h
inmate of an ideal home should
strive to keep his body pure and
living sacrifice, ''hOly and acceptA
bic unto the Lord"
Now, when u young man who has
health, wealth, and pure life record,
falls in love with girl who loves
him, then, &C Ording to the Scrip
lures, he is on the royal road to hap
piness
"Whoso findeth wife findeth a
good thing, and obtaineth the favor
of the L I'd" So much for a happy
home; surely the favor of the L )rd
is not t. be despiSed. children are
d heritage of the Lord"-how happy
then should be the homes where
children are. They are the pou
mans fortune. They are the jewels
of the earth, more precious than
gold.
Every wise woman buildeth her
home, but the foolish plurketh it
down with her hand " | think
Solomon was thinking when he |
wrote this of woman g duty of home |
making, for he goes on to say "Bet- |
ter dinner of herbs where love ia.
than a dinner of stalled OK and
hatred Herewith )" and, NBetter to |
dwell on house top than in a wide
house with brawling woman -
No, l don't know if any of our mod
ern husbands ever flee to the house
top to escape curtain lecture or not.
but do know that some of them a1e
driven to much worse places bv
peevish and unloving, unsympa
thizlng wives. Home happiness lies
chiefly with the women of the land.
In all ages, from time before Solo
mon till time be no more.
b 1T the men are not irresponsible
IN this matter, for they make manv
g1ldod vows to sweethearts that are
nevAr realized by wives. "Better il
is that thou shouldst Mt VOW than
that thou shouldst VOW and not
pay "
Home to be happy should be a ref
uge from the cares and sins of the
world. I know a couple who are
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
Our Social Chat.


Az CONTRIBUTORS tO tins department o'
The Progressive Farmer, have some OF IN
most wide-a wake and progressive young ladieA
and young men and some of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people of this an"
other States, the ages of the members ranglnk
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
YOU ARE REQ UESTEn to join by sendlnf
us a letter on some subject Of general interest,"
and writing thereafter a. often possible
WHEN WRITING, give full name ana PDsI
Office address for Aunt Jennie'E infOTmaIIoh
If you do not wish your real name 10 apPoxa'
in print, give name by which you wish 10 O'
known a Chatterer. -,
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as q RUE
ella pSe between the time letter is WrltIeh I'LL"
the date of its puhlica ton.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care o.
The Prog rpRsive Farmer Raleigh. n. g.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
CAUSES FOR THANKSGIVING.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE: - Procrasti.
baCe thought ever since l wrote
last l would write again right away,
but kept waiting for better time,
| and l find if l keep waiting for the
convenient season l shall not write
at all.
Thanksgiving has just passed and
have Teen thinking of the many
great blessings bestowed on US, un.
warthy though we are, by a Low.
ing Fathers hand, by Him who
doeth all things we'll. He has brought
Us safely through the cares and
trials of another year, and though
many of Us may have suffered the
loss of loved ones and friends so
dear, yet we realize that Gods grace
is sufficient to bear US up in all trials !;
that "God's way is BEST" and we
should be submissive to His will
Many are 80 distressed at '.hard
times. think we should feel thank
1ul it is as we'll with us as it is,
when we consider the numbers who
have not even the necess Al les of lite.
We should thank GOD for the priv
lege of helping some one less for
tunate than ourselves thereby max
ing others happy, which is the great
of
will try it. Dear friends, we do
have so much to be thankful for.
If we will think bout the blessings
we receive We will have no time to
grieve over the misfortunes.
1 have enjoyed the Chat so much
the past few months. There have
been 80 many nice, instructive let
ters. Mrs. Mull's account of her
trip was almost like going ones
self. 1 would be glad if others who
are so fortunate would tell US about
their travel as she did. enjoy all
such letters.
By the way, Aunt Jennie, an arti-
FARMER some time since that has
been of much help to me, Doing up
White Shirt" If the directions
are followed strictly, it is a very
successful plan with me it has been
so, at any rate. The housekeepers
do not realize fully the help they
may be to those who are trying to
learn to be hOusekeepers. Some lit
tie plan of an experienced house
keeper, though very simple, may be
Just what we beginners need to
know.
My letter is getting tno long, go /
will close and come again if this ga
capes the waste basket With hest
Wi"hes to all, PAT1ENor
Sampson Co, N. G.