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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-29
AUNT N LETTER.

Jennie Acton is with US this week,
a little more serious than usual, but
the same Jennie still.
Our letter from A Farmers Wife
is interesting. So many Of our young
people know comparatively nothing
of those days of which she writes.
We hope she will come again.
Do you ever feel that you live on
the very edge of things and remem-
Der with pleasure when you ere in
the midst of the busy whirl Of exist
ence? How exhilarating the en-
deavor to keep pace with the busy
thrOng and the excitement of belong
ing to what is ''gOing on" How
hard it is for some natures to endure
existence far away from these things
even after they are too old to partici-
pate in them harder still is 1T for a
comparatively young person to be
compelled to endure the solitude and
humdrum of every day life away
from them. Men do not appreciate
the fact hat a woman sees only him
and hears only what he tells her,
unless indeed he is good enough to
provide for her a genuinely good
paper. This he can very easily do
and unless he does, the unbrOken
routine of her work may steal the
roses from her cheeks and he will
eventually realize that she has be-
come old + many years have fled.
There is no absolute need that we
drift altogether out of the current.
The old stage coaches are things of
the past. This is the age of steam
and electricity. The telegraph and
printing press have brought together
the ends of the earth and any one of
us wherever we may happen to be
can and should keep in touch with
all that is going on in the world
centers. Nothing enables us to do
this 50 ineXpensively and 50 readily
as a good newspaper. | cannot en-
dorse the policy of some newspapers
that "whatever is, is newes." There
are some sO-called news items that
should be suppressed and there I
some papers published that any man
ought to be ashamed to have enter
his home-even if they cost nothing,
he should remember that character
is above price and that his boys and
girls will read anything that comes
from the post office in spite of his
vigilance. Be careful then as to
what kind of paper you take for
them. There is nothing that so
readily educates as the newspaper
and nothing that SO easily vitiates.
Yes, give your wife a good paper to
read. Let her know something of
the outside world it will cheer her
wonderfully giving her something to
think of beside herself and her sur
rOundings. 1t will add to your hap
piness too for the days will e
brighter and duty less irksome.
Don't try to get the cheapest paper
going very few papers hat sell for
less than a dollar are worth even
their cost. There are a great num-
Der of papers unreliable, trashy, or
immoral, that you might we'll afford
to pay a dollar to keep out of your
home.
Pansy, one of the favorites in the
Circle, will be d bride ere this reaches
the press. Many thanks, Pansy, for
your kind invitation to be present.
Accept your Old Auntie's best wishes
and come as often as ever.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-29
The Home Circle.
FOB A. N A. THAT.

Is there, for honest poverty,
That hangs his head, and a that?
The coward slave, we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a that!
For a that, and "a that,
Our tolls obscure, and a that,
The rank is but the guinea stamp;
The mans the gowd for a that.
What though on namely fare we dine,
Wear holden grey, and a that.
Gle fools their silks, and knaves their Wine,
A mans a man for a that;
For a that, and a that,
Their tinsel show and a that;
The honest man, though eier sac poor,
Is king o men for a that.
Ye see you birkie cad a lord,
Wha struts, and stares, and a that
Though hundreds worship at his word,
He's but a coOf for a that;
For a that, and a that,
His riband, star and a that,
The man of independent mind,
He looks and laughs at a that.
A prince can max a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a that;
But an honest mans abOOn his might,
Guild faith, he mauna ia that
For a that, and "a that,
Their dignities and a that;
The pith O. sense, and pride O. worth,
Are higher ranks than a that.
Then let us pray that come it may,
As come it will for a that,
That sense and worth, DER a the earth,
May bear the gree, and "a that.
For a that, and a that,
It's coming yet, for a that;
That man to man, the warld DER,
Shall brothers be for a that. -BO6e1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-29
Written for The PrOgre

There we're few families that did
not make their own clothing. They
made their own cloth and spun their
Ehread for sewing, and made thread
buttons for shirts and dresses. Gar
ments were spun by hand, every
member of the family contributing
4 part. There were but few cotton
gins at this time, the cotton being
finger picked-that is, the seed were
picked out by hand. The spinning
Jenny, the carding machine, and the
loom with the flying shuttle, were
almost unknown in America. The
first power loom in this country was
put in at Waltham, Mass, when the
century was thirteen years old. Up
so the last half of the nineteenth
century it was ~cOmmOnfOr the negro
women, and many white women, to
spin enoLghduring the winter season
to make all their wOrk-day clothes
to last them a year, and ~replenish the
beds with cOunterpanes and other fur
nishings. Few men could be found
who were weavers, but women alone
spun all the yarn, whether cotton,
fax or wool. | have known a few
women who could spin and reel
eight cuts in a day, but the average
task was from four to six cuts.
People had ceased to raise flax since
the early years of the century. But
wool, spun and woven at home, has
scarcely yet ceased to be an indus
try among the women of the inte-
rior counties. In about every family
in the country you can find the old
fashioned loom, the use of which
will soon be forgotten as it has given
place to steam, and the different
powers that run every kind of ma
Ghinery.
Carpets were d rare luxury in
the year 1900. There were a few
woollen carpets in the houses of
fashionable people in New York and
Philadelphia, but the very elite had
their parlor floors waxed and pol
ished until they would shine like d
mirror. But all this show, whether
carpets or waxed floors, was only
for State occasions and grand recep-
tions. The rag carpet was the glory
of the American house wife. Com
parativeIy few persons, ever fifty
years ago, thought themselves rich
enough to use one except on their
best floor, in what was called their
quality" room.
A man who was raised on d ''pun-
sheon' floor, went to see his arts
jocratic neighbOr on a matter of
business, knocked at the door and
was invited in. When he saw the
beautiful carpet spread nicely over
the floor he hesitated and said: eff
I have been raised on a punCheOn
floor, [ have too much to
walk on that fine cloth with my
shoes on -
It seems hardly possible to think
there was not u century ago a cast
ron pIow in America, when we may
look into "a hardware store and see
from the ordinary bull tongue to the
four-hOrse disc plOw every c~onceiv-
able implement for cultivating the
soil in the most approved manner,
for every plant that is adapted to
growing in our soil, from the noun
tains to the sea coast. The farmer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-29
A CURIOUS CONTEMPLATION.

The Baptist pastor in a certain
Southern town had agreed to say a
few words to the colored brethren.
The colored divine presented him to
the congregation with quite a lengthy
speech ; which wound up something
like this: Brethren, our white
brother will now speak to you on the
subject, Everyday Religion, and I
assure you he appreciates your OBJ
staoles. His face is white, but it
amt that that counts. He's got as
black a heart as any of you"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-29
HOW TO CARE FOR BABY FLANNE1s.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE We all feel
an interest in the dear little babes
but ayoung mother with the first one
appeals to our hearts more, and as a
young mother asks me to reproduce
a recipe in this paper Gas she sees
this regularly that I spoke of in a
household article she read recently.
It is in regard to the care of fan
nels. She says she had the daintiest
of wooden garments for her babe,
made of the softest and finest goods
with delicate exquisite embroidery
done by hand upon them, Yet they
we're spoiled in the first washing by
being made hard and shrunken, and
unfit for the flesh of a tender little
babe. This entailed a considerable
expense to the young mother, as she
had to supply others. It is a great
disappointment but we all have to go
through with some trials of this
kind, but grown persons are not
made to suffer so much as the babe
because Of it's tender little skin.
An excellent method for washing
the baby's fannels Cor any Others) is,
to use water as hot as you can bear
your hands in. Make a good hot
suds Of rain water and dissolve a
tablespoonful of pearline into the
water and wash the fannels through
two waters of this kind, rubbing
them up and down gently between
your hands until they begin to look
soft and white then rinse through
clear water of the same temperature
as that used for washing, and pass
through the wringer. Before hang
ing them out stretch and pull the
little garments into shape if this is
neglected the tiny fbers ~interlace,
and cause them to become hard and
shrunken. Hang them out in the
sunshine. Press them carefully, first
pulling them into shape. A little
borax in the warm water you rinse
in, sOftens them. KENTUCKIENNE.
Scott Co., KY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-29

A correspondent of an exchange
tells how she manages to keep her
bread sponge at an even temperature
through the night during the winter /:
81 put the dough in a deep tin pail,
or pan, cover it carefully and set it
in a ne-bottomed chair-the kind
where the cane is woven to form
small holes. Under the chair I set a
lamp-turned low, for if turned too
high it will cook the bread at the
bottom. The heat is uniform, and
the sponge rises as well as it does in
summer"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-29

We have no doubt in the world
that the evil effects of the cigarette
habit are more to be dreaded and de-
plored than those which follow the
drinking of liquor. And yet how
softly we speak of the former, and
how we berate and abuse the latter,
Whiskey drinking is disreputable Gas
it deserves to beg and decent public
sentiment is arrayed solidly against
it; cigarette smoking is quite popu-
lar, and a young gent suffers no loss
of social favor though he blow smoke
through his nose in the finest parlOr,
It is high time that we call a spade a
spade. The pale face Of many a
bright boy tells the tale Of the work
of the monster that we have n0ur-
ished in our bosom. Some day when
the sacrifice is great enough our peo-
pie will lift their voices against this
deadly enemy as the voice of one
man. But the hour has not yet
come Charity and Children.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17
WEST BOUND IMMIGRATION.
Cause Of Prsssn, Magnitude Puzzles Rail
road Managers.

Railway managers and immigration
agents are puzzled by the extraordinary
Paul special to the Chicago Record Herald
advances the theory that between 1890
and 1900 immigration was comparatively
light into the Northwest, and the present
rush is the natural flood that follows an
ebb tide. II says:
"The census returns show that while
the far west has developed rapidly, its
gain during the last ten years has been
considerably under the average Of any
similar number OF states combined In any
part Of the union. They show the follow.
Ink population and gains for six states
during that period as follows:
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

This increase, however, fell far short of
the increase between 1850 and 1890. The
following table gives the increase of
Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon
between 1870 and 1880, 1880 and 1890,
and 1890 and 1000:
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

ne tolil gam oI SIN aNrtaSc states OF
the union has been during the past ten
years i,763,3os. The total gain In the
six Northwestern states named has been
only I,oas,As3, so that while the north.
west has been building up steadily. these
states are s,ill deficient In their proportion
OF the average increase OF so many states
by 7,o,oa,-nearly three quarters OF a
million"
The theory Is sound but the Illustration
Is not. We are not In this way to com.
pare these six states with six average
states, because the latter exceed us In
population. The true test Is comparison
Of our percentage Of increase with the
general percentage Of increase Of the en-.
tire union. While the whole country In
creased BY but ~ per cent, Washington
Increased by 4S per cent. Idaho 81, Mon.
tana d and Oregon g..
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

II Is seen that while the census Of 1890
disclosed an increase In Washington of
more than 36s per cent, the census Of 1900
revealed growth Of but 48 per cent.
Obviously something occurred between
1890 and 1900 to check the remarkable
growth OF the Pacific Northwest. That
something was the natural reaction from
the boom conditions here In the 8os and
early oos, together with the panic Of 1893
and resulting depression. Intending i'm.
migrants could not sell their eastern hold.
ings. They were forced TO remain.
Now that bu, ers appear tor eastern
farms, the old resolution revives. Many
farmers In the middle west are selling
their property and coming west. The
loies,ones are cheap lands and superior
climate, and conviction that the Pacific
northwest is to experience marvellous de-
velopment by reason OF the growth OF
Asiatic commerce, the exploiting Of Alas,
ka, the development OF vast ship.build.
Ing industry on Puget sound and the Col.
umhia river, and the construction Of the
Nicaragua canal.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

Location blanks for sale at this office
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

Something to depend upon-Giant
powder.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

The best Is always eheapest-buy Clan
powder.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

Prompt attention to orders for cut flow.
ers and floral pieces. City Green House
Baker City, Oregon.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

Always reliahle-Giant powder.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-22
PHILIPPINES SCHOOL LAW
PASSED BY THE COMMISSION AFTER
BEING AMENDED.

Manila, Jan. 21-The act establishing tbs
Department of Public Instruction was passed
by the Philippine Commission unanimously To-
day. after a debate between Commissioner Moses
and Judge Taft. president Of the Commission
over The section permitting religious instruction
IN schooIhouses.
The Commissioners originally were unaui-
mo usIy in favor Of the section. but Commis-
siOner Moses became convinced it was not Vise
and to-day he offered an amendment prohibiting
the teaching of religious doctrines in school
buildings. He declared the Commission would
disregard it's instructions concerning the separa-
ton of Church and State if the Questionable
provision was enacted The Commissioner
characterized as groundless the fears that
Catholic children would not attend the public
schools unless religious instruction was per-
mitted- He said the experience with the Philip
pine schools had already demonstrated this
Referring to arguments OF the Central Catholca
in favor Of Catholic instructors exclusively Com
missioner Moses insisted that compromise was
inadvisable when one Of the parties was predis-
posed against a compromise
Judge Taft offered a substitute permitting
teaching thrice weekly by priests and ministers
to pupils whose parents desired such instrue-
tion. and prescribing the dismissal OF teachers
who attempted to influence pupils religiously.
and the suspension OF the privilege OF priests
and ministers whose teachings create disloyalty
disorder
Concerning the alleged disobedience OF the Ad-
ministration's instructions. Judge Taft said the
question would be whether such use OF school
buildings would involve a tax the people.
He cited the fact that the school buildings IN
use were used for political and religious pur-
poses notwithstanding the opposing attitude Of
the Federal party leaders The Judge said he
did not believe majoroity OF the party OF OF
the people was opposed to it, He believed the
opposition was caused chiefly by fear OF &C.
clasiastical control. The Judge did not believe
the hierarchy Of the Church would approve or
the radical propositions of the Central Carnolca
If experience proved the wisdom OF repeating the
section Il would at least be after the Govern
ment had shown that it is neither pro-Protestant
LOT pro-Catholic.
Commissioner Ide voted with Commissioners
Moses against Judge Taft on the substitute ex-
planning that he questioned whether the SUD
stitute would accomplish the purpose sought
After the adoption of the substitute the onl
was passed unanimously
The United States Philippine Commission Consists
OF Judge William H. Taft. OF Ohio, General Luke
E. Wright, OF Tennessee; Professor Dean G
Worcester. of Michigan; Henry G. Ide, OF Vermont
and Bernard Moses, Of California.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-22
AUTOPSY INDICATES TRAGEDY.
MAN WITH WHOM WOMAN WAS FOUND HAD
A BOOK DESCRIBING POIsONS.

Deputy Coroner OHanlon yesterday afternoon
performed an autopsy the body OF Margaret
Travis who was found dead in Trebold's Hotel. at
e-hundre ed snd-twenty-secon and Amster
dam-ave.. Sunday night
He found marked adema and congestion Of both
lungs and the brain. Tho blood was IN a fluid con-
diton, with a few clots. The cause Of death, the
physician said was pulmonary oedema. due to de
preston OF the heart. The conditions Indicated
either narcotic poisoning or asphyXiatton from
Illuminating gas. II will require chemical analysis
TO determine the cause DR.. O'Hanon sent parts Of
the BODY to Professor Dillon Brown for chemical
analysis
An examination of the in which the woman
was found dead did not disclose any poison
Clarence a. Davis. who was found in the room
with the dead woman Sunday night. and appeared
10 be demented from the effects OF a narcotic, was
somewhat improved at the hospital YESTERDAY
afternoon. When asked II he had not noticed that
the woman he was with was i'll he said that he
had noticed IL. Then he denied that he had been
with the girl The people at the hospital believe
he IS shamming.
A book of general information found on the
man. The curious thing about the book is that
no matter how it is handled. II opened at random
or If put down the back and allowed to fall open
1t invariably opens at the same place. This place
is a page dealing with poisons, and is much dis
arranged for meeting with him.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-22
A CHALLENGE TO CROKER.
WHEELER H. PECKHAM AT A MASS
MEETING DEFIES HIM TO SHOW
THAT HE EVER MADE
AN HONEST nOJTAR
AN HONEST DOLLAR

/ The City Vigilance League held mass meet
! ing in the interests of better city government
last night in the Metropolitan Temple. Seventh
ave. and Fourteenth-st. DR.. Parkhurst is the
honorary president Of the league. DR.. Matthew
Beattie president of the league, chairman
of the meeting. Referring to the chairman of
the Tammany Vice Committee of Five and his
alleged utterance that Richard Croker and Tam
/ many Hall are not responsible for the wrongs
in our city government, he said the people were
in danger of being led astray because Of the
high character of the gentleman, and should be
informed through other sources. "A man who
says Croker and Tammany are not responsible
for the present condition is either lying or else
he is a FOOL said Mr.. Beattie
Wheeler H. Peckham then spoke, saying. in
part:
What has, happened in this city to make men
proud Fifth-ave.. lined either side with palaces
and splendor. And If from that point one will
arms length almost it would rest on the most hor-
great extent to bad city government for years past
Just think of it! At the head of the Democratic
, his hands, is man who never did anything to
bring public notice to himself but get tried once
for murder. Croker defies to show that he ever
made a dishonest dollar ! say that If lawyer OF
ietinG he oJ TTJ he u forced 70 answer dew
Croker to show when he ever made an honest
dollar
The speaker said ne hd0 opposed the TuLHS
powers in this city for thirty-five years and
that there is more stealing now than then. ex-
cept that a larger city gives a larger chance to
the thieves, and they have learned their vocation
more thoroughly and work in more subtle man
ners
James \. Clifford. who dismissed from the
Fire Department for his connection with the
Firemen's Benevolent Association followed Mr..
Peckham in a scathIng arraignment of Commits
soner ScanneH and the corrupt methods in
vogue in the Department He said:
You have undoubtedly read in the newspapers that
I was convicted of nsubordination and neglect or
duty. and that this the reason for my as
was convicted that I was an American Citi-
zen. I tried far lay in me to see that the
money you gave 10 the department for the beneht
faithful servants, the tremen, should reach
them. I was dismissed because l happened always
be nconveniently near when those in power tried
to perpetrate their crooked work on yoJr servants
and 70 put in their own pockets the money which
ought 10 have gone for the benefit Of the depart
nent
He referred to Commissioner Scannen as a
man whose name could not be mentioned in an
edifce sacred in itself and made additionally so
through the presence of women, and then re-
hearsed at length the hardship. through transfer
that is inflicted on men who either have no
into disfavor by opposition 10 the system in
vogue.
Lucien Knapp. former Controller Of Long ISL
and City, was the last speaker. The audience
was a good sized one, and in It were many
women.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-22
MUST PAY INCOME TAX.
AMERICAN HOLDERS OF BRITISH GOVERN
MENT BONDS ARE SUBJECT TO
THE ENGLISH LAW.

American holders of British Government bonds
must pay the per cent income tax exacted from
them by the English Government. At the time the
SIS 00o0OO allotment of Exchequer notes was made
in this country the possibility of a tax not
considered Representatives of local interests
which subscribed heavily for the bonds resent this
unexpected exaction. and have applied to the Brit
ish Government for redress alleging that American
holders OF the securities are not subject to the
income Investors generally will be interested
in the final decision of the British Government be
cause the very important question of liability 10
which holders of foreign Government bonds
exposed is involved
The British law exempts persons whose income
from British sources does not exceed e160 year
On this basis according to a member of the syndi-
cate, who PLACED the loan in this country, some
American bondholders may ask for relief AS the
situation now stands. American holders receive
Investment 1t said that subscribers holding
several million dollars of the have disposed
of their holdings, because of the per cent aeduc-
tion One subscriber is quoted as believing that
the British Government would finally return Ameri-
holders the amount of the tax. although it
might be a long time before the claims acted
upon and allowed.