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70 Daily News.
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With Nest P.o,I.

A Kansas City man has Issued a n,u,,,..
on the Mission Of Wealth " Win Y, y1o
spect to the author. the most trouble o,,n
sas City MOI Journal N-H
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cheap rate. Co California

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Away. Ip-to-Dats.

The Passenger Department OF the Cu.on
Pacific Rs has recently ISSUED a twenty
eight page booklet OF The OYcrlsbd iimii.
ed IL - a magnificent specimen OF puri.
ING. artistic IN che highest degree. and %
embcllished with views OF the tram mra
toned both interior and exterior. together
with much Information regarding the scr,
ice, and also interesting points on tie
route 20 California II makcs one feel like
putting he Affairs in order with the lcas,
possible delay and taking trip 90 the Gold
en- Gate The Union Pacific was the POO
necr line Westward. and it D. not too much
10 say that u has maintained the prestige
which that fact gave %. A trip % CaliioruA
over the Uninn Pacific IN cunncct.oa uIfh
the Chicago A Northwestern and southern
Pacific systems j. delight az al times.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-04

Messages IN bottles from the ga are
common. bat the latest was IN hig DOM
,ohn" What did u say The message
IN 70 said We have Just seen the sca ser
pcnt Philadelphia nmes
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-04

4 woman gets up a good meal Tor 'be
preacher bat she eclipsss al efforts wtrp
her husband brings former lover hom, ~
dine. in order that she may shoW him aa-I
be uiis.ed .-Atchlsou Globe
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Carriers LAX

pest Tor school. home and office II costs %
more than poor ink Always AK Tor Carriers.
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lots % men fool aNay 80 much tine
trying 20 get bold Of some relatives estate
that they neglect shat little business thsy
have OF theu o~n.-W Ashtng ton lla.I Dvm.
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Words are vehicles for thought. bat 20
hicles OF cour-e. are often empty. Puck
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
MENDING AND WASHING DISHES.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE There are
not many housekeepers who can af
ford to throw aside broken articles
of china and glassware, and it is a
good plan to have a mending d'y
and mend all the broken dishes at
once.
A good cement for china and glass
is made of plaster of paris and a
thick solution of gum arabic. Make
a plaster and apply TO the edges with
u brush, then carefully unite The
cherry gum that is found IN cherry
trees is also good for mending china
and glass. RuD the soft gum on the
broken edges, place the peces care
fully together and set away to dry.
A third method for mending china
and glass is to use the comm n whiBe
lead, but the dish must be set away
tor several weeks after mendlng in
order that is may become perfectly
dry.
The hardest part about washing
dishes is getting them ready, then if
you have all the necessary accesso
ries to dish washing, the work is
gu ckly and easily done. Dish wash
ing is rather hard on the hands, but
with a little practice one Sal soon
earn to wash dishes as we'll with h
dish mop as with a cloth. The wire
dish cloths and dish mOps only cost
five cents d piece and both T inval-
liable aids in washing dishes and
kitchen utensils. For washing fine
china and glassware, paper tubs are
preferable to anything else, and it
is best to wash the pieces separately
80 avoid chipping.
The painting or gliding on china
should never be rubbed with a cloth,
but it may be rinsed with warm,
then cold water, then each piece
should be drained until dry. A small
brush is excellent for washing the
fancy portions of glassware, and it
Can be made to glisten after washing
and rinsing if it is rubbed with a
flannel cloth dipped in alchohol, and
then in whiting. All greasy dishes
require a good strong suds and there
Is nothing better for washing china
and glass than a strong suds of pear
line and warm soft water, and If the
water is hard, a few drops of ammo
MIA will soften it and give a nice lus-
tire to the dishes, and nothing makes
the table so attractize and gives it
such an air of refinement as polished
dishes and shining glass.
SCOTT Co., KY. M. Fl.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
Aunt N LITTER.

M. II. writes US q nice letter this
week, and, as usual, it is exceeding
ly helpful. So many of US have
broken china that we do not care to
cast aside In this letter she tells us
how to mend it. Try her methods
and then you will appreciate her
efforts in your behalf. If we could
induce the housekeepers to write US
letters telling of their varied expe
riencea, ~ccess ard failures in
their home work, they would be so
helpful to the inexperienced. EXpe
rience is our best teacher, for we
never forget the lessons learned in
her Sc DOL, but sometimes the tut
ton is rather high. So, if we older
women can aid in decreasing the
expenses of younger housekeepers do
you not think we should endeavCr
to do SO?
Mrs. j. L D. writes a letter that
ought to be helpful to many of our
readers.
hope none of the Cha tterers are
missing Mr.. Wooten's sketches of
life in the old South. His pen pic
lures of the slaves, in last weeks
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, were remarka
bly, we'll done.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE :-Ieaw in some
girls letter an inquiry as to how to
make appropriate and inexpensive
Christmas presents, SO 1 will try to
tell her of some I have seen that l
thought pretty.
Take three or more colors of wool
en- goods and out leaves out (maple
is prettiest). Button hole in silk all
around one that you mean to use for
the foundation and fasten it to a
piece of pasteboard out by the same
pattern. Then out as many az you
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
The Home Circle.
THE EVE OF THE BATTLE =

There a sound of revelrY bv night
And Belgium's capital had gathered there
Her beauty and her ohivalrv, and bright I
The l4m0s shOne DER fair women AMI brave men,
A thousand hearts beat happily, and when
Music arose with it's vOluDtuOus swell,
Soft ewes looked love to ewes VIII CHI spHke again,
And all went merry as a marriage bell;
But hush! bark q deep sound strikes like a rising kneu!
Did Won not hear it?-No, twas but the wind,
Or the car rafting DER the stony street;
On with the dance lat jy be mo 1nhned;
No sleep till morny when youth and pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with hCing feet.
But bark that heavy sound breaks in once more,
As if the clouds it's echo would re eat;
And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before!
ARM arm it is-itis-the oannon's opening roar!
All! then and there was hurrying toand fro,
And gathering tears, and trembhngs of distress,
And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago
Biu-hed at the praise of their own lnveliness;
And there we're sudden partings, such "a press
The life from ont young heArtI and choking signs,
Which neer might be re eated Who could guess
If ever more should meet those mutual eveS,
Since up n night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
And there was mounting in lot haste the steed,
The mastering squadron, and the gathering Car,
Went pouring forward with impetuOus speed,
And swiftly fCrming in the ranks of war;
And the deep thunder. pal On neal, altar;
AMI, mar, the beat of the alarming drum
ROused no the aoldiars ere the m prning star;
White thr lngad the Citzau5 with 6arrOr dImb,
Or whis psring with white hp3-"Fhe fO7! Ele7 coma! they c1me !
From Lord ByrOnS "ChtJde Harold
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
ON THE OLD PLANTATION BEFORE THE WAR"
4 Charming Description of Southern Life in the Days of Slavery
Written By G. s WOoten, LAGRANGE, ". c., for the
Charlotte Observer.
IN TWO PARTs-PART II.

which gave them a delightful flavor
and gave a rich brown color TO the
gravy, which when placed on HON
my or rice or a nice brown biscuit
was good enough for a king. Veg
etables and all kinds of provisions
we're raised an a Southern planta-
ton, so there was never any scarcity
of something TO eat, and like the
prodigal 1 would be glad TO get the
scraps from my mother table. There
on the farm over 100 cattle and
100 sheep About 80 COWS were
MIXED during the summer. During
the month of May while the grass
was tender and the butter was
rich and the weather cool, butter
Was packed in jars and placed in a
cellar for winter use. The butter had
a golden color made so by the grass
grown on the creek bottom. The SO
cret in making butter is to eliminate
the water. Ny mother SKINNED
IF the cream and put it in a churn
and had a little negro to churn it,
and then with a wooden paddle the
butter was separated and then with
her hands slapped the water out. All
the utensils about the milk house
were scalded and placed in the sun,
and by thus keeping them clean
there WAS no chance for any bacte-
ria ID terminate. A glass of butter
milk for breakfast is nourishing and
heajthful. The acid is good for ma
larla. The surplus milk and clabber
was given TO the little negroes, who
wer brought up to the yard every
m rning aud given a piece of bread
and placed before a panof clabber with
a little mOlasses spread overit. Some
the larger ones would have a broken
pewter spoon or = mussel shell to eat
with, while the smaller ones would
put their mouths in like a pig, and
eat, and their faces would be smeared
all over and they would be so full
they looked like theT would explode
The greedy horse leech did not pre-
7ent a more rotund appearance
Sometimes the little rascals would
get TO fighting, then the old milk
woman would have to appear on the
scene with a peach sprout and re
store order.
Every Saturday morning after the
first of Nay 1 and Uncle Caesar
would saddle the carriage horses and
go TO the pasture on Bear creek to
get a lamb. 1t was always a rule to
have baked lamb, garden peas AMI
strawberries for dinner on the fret
Sunday in May. We would take
several little negro boys with us to
run down and catch the lamb. These
little follows YER happy when one
was selected, and they were told to
catch him. Such running and
whooping was never seen or heard.
As there was an abundance of
land that the master did not need for
cultivation, the negroes were allowed
extra patches for themselves. They
we're given every Saturday after Il
, o'clock to cultivate them. One old
man by the name of Uncle BOZ
would make about 100 bushels OF
corn worth 60 cents per bushel and
20 bushels of peas at 81 per bushel,
1000 bundles of fodder at so cents
per hundred, and one bale of cotton,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17

like from the other colors and fasten
them at the stem end to your first
leaf. Vein the top leaf in stem or
outline stitch in some pretty silk
This a be used for a needle cas- il
fixed to hang with several Colors If
baby ribbon for a pen-wiper if
loose rosette of ribbon be tackled
just where the stems grew.
A whisk broom and holder is alwavs
appreciated by a man The brooms
do not cost much and you Can easily
make the holder. The back is Of
pasteboard covered with cambria to
match the velvet or silk of the front,
Cut the back rounded at the top but
the front out square or pointed. The
front piece of board must be wider
than the back so that there will be
room between them for the broom.
EmbrOlder a monogram, forgetting.
nOts OF anything you wish on the
peice tor the front, then plait half
inch ribbon around the edge and
tack the two pieces together. Hang
by ribbon you use in the making.
A quaint pin-oushion is one made
of a little doll standing in a silk or
velvet bag. Make the bag, cut a
round piece of board tor tho bottom
II simply slip it inside and tack it
in position. Put the doll in, leaving
it's head and arms out Stuff the
sack with wool all around the doll
then tie it in a frill around 1T Just
under the arms leaving a pretty bow
OF ribbon in front. Several col0rs
of baby ribbon make the prettiest.
Sofa pillows are of SO many kinds
and so popular just now that i deem
it useless to describe them for they
IRE of almost all sizes, shapes and
co.ors.
Get some cannon oloth and hem,
stitch mother a dozen doilies. They
are pretty and durable.
Get Lansdale cambria and make
the little folks handkerchiefs. Plain
hemstitched or a fancy border put
on with the same stitch are pretty.
Knit mittens gloves with only a
thumb for the children. They like
them and. when made of pretty
bright wool are doubly appreciated.
No boy can have too many ties and
bits of silk may be uti lied in this
way. Get your pattern from an old
one he has discarded.
Girls who have grown tired of
American dolls might appreciate one
of some other nationality. They
Ire easily made, but are rather cost
ly when bought in the stores,
A catch all box for mothers mantle
is a convenience. Four by six inches
is the proper size and you d cover
or paint or embroider it Get a pref
ty wooden box this size and form
fl wers of soft putty, pressing them
leaf by leaf firmly to the wood and
when dry enough paint them in
natural oOlors and you will be sur.
Rrised at it's beauty and usefulness.
MRS. J. Id.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17

But perhaps the most exhilarating
task of the whole year was corn
shuoking Long piles of corn were
made in the BARNARD and a messen-
ger was sent on a horse TO summon
the negroes from the adjacent farms
When the negroes arrived they won d
arrange themselves around the corn,
and one would mount the corn pile
and lead in the hollering, and the
others would join in the chorus
He would walk the corn pile with a
stately tread, with a lofty dignity,
and with a grace and ease of bearing
equal to an actress on the stage.
Sometimes he would be dressed in a
grotesque style and the weird, oomi-
cal look on his face as he would say
something funny provoked peals
of laughter from the spectators.
Log. rolling was a big day on the
farm. Every winter the farmers
we're clearing land and when they
felled the trees, and cut them up
ready to pile in heaps, the negroes
from the other farms invited
TO assist in handling them. l have
seen fifty negro men in a new ground
hollering and singing their songs
and testing their strength. There
was always some Hercules in
strength in every neighborhood who
was the champion, and it was u great
honor to pull him down, OF in the
negro dialect "sink him" Whoever
was successful in this feat became d
hero and was hOnored as much as
the victor in the the sthlet-
10 games of the ancient Creek.
After the d4ys's work was over,
and they returned to the house, the
other negroes would take him on
their shoulders, and march over the
yard shouting and singing. The
orator in addressing an audience was
never greeted with such applause
as this hero of the "hand spike 4"
Hog killing was another great time
All the meat for the whole planta-
ton vas raised on the farm. About
500 were fattened annually and 100
head would he slaughtered at a kill
ing. The first killing would be just
before Christmas so as TO have some,
thing fresh for the holidays and then
there would be Il killing every week
until all we're killed. The pots were
filed with water the night before
and lightwood was placed around
them and at IL O'Clock the hands
we're callet, and everybody took a
drink and the killing begun and by
daybreak the last hog was killed,
Ny father said the meat was not g
good if killed after sun up The
negroes were fed on the shoulder
and sides and the hams reserved fOI
the planters table. l. have never
tasted any meat as delicious as {
Southern ham. They were alwayi
boiled whole for dinner and fried fol
breakfast. The hams we're smob eC
with hickory wood and corn cob
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
Our Social Chat.
= EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, \. c. =

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some OF Lne
most w~ide-awake and progressive yOung'ladies
and young men and some of the most entertain
ing writers 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 a 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.
If YOU do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as a Chatterer.
eIapse between the time a letter is written and
the date of it's publication.
all letters to Aunt Jennie, care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh, NJ Z.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17

%This is. No. IA of our series of the Worlds
aRESSIYE FARMER by the editor. Taking the
naIn's Of SIN of the most famous poets in
SlphaOetl'a al ord T, from one to five of the best
kDown productions of each will be given b -
0Fe taking up the WORK of the next author. In
nus seTleSsele tons from the following authors
nave already appeared: Burns, February, 1901:
Paganl. Oiiob r, 1871; the BrOWDings, Noveml-
~. LeJL. his month W. are publishing the
'e'AnoWn poems, Of Lord Byron.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
AN OPINION.

Josh-Hoss tradin' is a purity I'M
certain business. Most allus both
par'ies ia tryin' to stick each other.
Silas-That's 80. It's like swap
pin green goods for gold BRICKS
Puck.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
WHAT THE MAINE WAVES SAID.

The pOet-or such the Louisville
Times dubs him-had a song about
the ocean in his pocket, and he longed
to read it to his fair companion. It
was u little thing of his own, but
lacking courage to whip it ont boldly
he decided to lead up to it, grace.
iully, of course.
"Miss Daisy" he began, "did
you ever think what Those vast,
heaving pillows, melting on the
shore and then receding, sing as they
come and go?"
mo, I never have" Daisy replied,
calmly, "but when my brother and
I we're on the coast of Maine last
summer we used to listen TO the
wave breaking, and he said they
sounded to him"
"POetical?" interrupted the poet,
lingering the poem in his pocket.
eyes, perhaps So" said Daisy.
''Fhey went 'Slosh, b'gosn, slJsE b
gosh, from morning until night"
"Um!" said the poet, taking his
hand from his pocket-Seleoted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17


Little Ages had been a regular at
tendant at Sunday school last win
ter, says the New York Sun. The
other day the school opened again
after the vacation and the teacher
iecided to have a general review Of
all the ground covered by the pTI'
mary department.. She started
very properly, at the beginning |
"Children, said she, ''after Adam
was created, how was Eve brough'
into the world ?"
Half a dozen hands went into the
air.
Evil Smith may answer, aid enc
teacher 81,
"Made-outen a bone-frum Adam.
"Now, children, that is corFeoS,
And from what bone was Wom"N
created?" bo
There was an awful silence IN snG
classroom. Finally little A8n0'
hand went up like a shot.
"You may answer, Agnes
Her decision came quickly.
1.-THE jaw.bone," said she'
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-08-23
Won waIdersee Censured.

Berlin, Aug. l9.-Since the funeral Of
the Dowager Empress Frederick this has
been Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee's
week. Immediately after the interment
of the remains chorus of criticisms Of
Won Waldersee broke forth in the press
owing to his speech at Hanover.
Papers of the most different shades are
weary of Won Waldersee's talkativeness
which is regarded as not only in bad taste
in the allusion to other nations whose
names paled in China" but as magnify
ing the Chinese campaign far beyond its
actual Importance. 1t is curious fact
that many papers are discussing which
nation Won Waldersee meant as the one
whose name paled. They agree that it
could only have been Great Britain. In
deed, the reference is regarded as being so
direct as to be impolite. The anglophobe
papers, however, rejoice that Won Valdez
see expressed himself frankly" Even
these papers advise him to speak briefly
or not at ALL"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-08-23
Passenger Train wrecked.

Salt Lake, Aug. ls.-The Union Pa
ciic westbound overland limited was
wrecked at Table Rcck near Green River,
Nyo. Three of the train crew and l3
passengers were injured, none seriously.
The accident was the result of collis-
ion between the overland limited and two
light engines, which were endeavoring to
make a siding.
Engineer Garside, of one of the light
engines, was the only person in the ac-
cident who was taken to the hospital. 4-e
will recover. The wreck was caused by
the pilot and crews of two light engines
eastbound forgetting all about the flyer,
which was running on time.
The three locomotives came together
head ON with great force, and were bat
tered and broken into an almost WORTH
less mass of scrap iron. The track was
torn up and the composite car badly
smashed. This and several other ears
left the rails, but remained right side up.
The passengers, many of whom were
asleep, while Others were just getting up
were thrown against the seats and sides
of the cars as the train jumped along
over the ties. Wrecking crews were sent
out from Green River and track was
at once built around the wreck, traffic
being delayed about six hours.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-08-23
CURE SICK HEADACHE.

warning of the accident or any chance
whatever to make an escape.
The noise of the collision and the
screams of the injured passengers
quickly brought large crowd to the
scene and ambulances and patrol wag
ons were soon at the place The car
was SO badly smashed that it took but
short time to remove the dead and
dying
Towerman Albert Haas of the rail.
road declared that the gates were
down and as the car passed the cross
ing he could see Bowman Juggling at
the brakes and heard him shout that
he could not stop the car. The train.
men and the railroad men are not
blamed.
New York, Aug. ia car on the
Fifteenth street Rapid Transit line to
night collided with a Long Branch
Railway company locomotive at Ken
;ington crossing in the lower part of
Brooklyn. The motorman, named Lee
was killed outright and some 20 or Is
passengers on their way to Coney
Island were injured. Three of these.
it is said, will die.