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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-18
Splitting Blood.

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in Dayton,
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-18

Deep Snow in Colorado,
Denver, June 1o.-Fully a foot of
snow fell during the night about Lead.
vile and Cripple Creek.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-18
UNDER STATE SUPERVISION.

Pays 5 per cent on savings depos-
its. interest compounded quarterly.
Pays 6 Ter cent on time certificates
of deposit, not subject to check.
Issues savings certificates on b.
ing and loan plan with definite timA
of maturity and definite payments.
Loans money on real estate to be
repaid on monthly installments I'M
ming from one to ten years, to suit
borrower.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-18
Trustees.

1rustees.
Lee Mantle, president; Chas.
Schatzlein, vi~ee-president; Frank w.
Haskins, treasurer; A. B. Clements,
secretary; Charles r. Leonard, F.
Aug. Heinze, Henry Mueller, James H.
Monteath.
FRED H. FOSTER, Local A~ent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22

eff you and I and eve and eye
And yew and aye (dear me),
We're all to be spelled u and j,
How mixed up we should be -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
DON'T Run AFTER SOCIETY"

Let eacL of us endeavor to be the
best fruit of our kind-nOt as large
or as red as the fruit we see on some
other vine or tree. Make the most
of yourseg-your character, your
mind, your soul, your heart, your
opportunities, and you will find your
sphere in life. It is as absurd to say
that only one kind of fruit is good
fruit as that only one circle of people
in a city OF a country constitutes
"goOd society" Wherever a cOterie
of cultured, well-mannered, we'll
clothed and we'll behaved, bright
minded people congregate, there is
good society. Make yourself n Of
these. Cultivate the morals, the
graces, the charms and enough of
the frivolities to tighten the serious
side of a worthy character; bring
out all of your best self. Do this for
your own sake and out of compli-
ment to your Creator. Then, if
'society" seeks you, and you find it
amusing, very we'll. But do not
waste your strength in running after
"~society." You will never catch it
if you do, and if by mere chance you
should clutch hold of the fringe of it's
mantle, you would soon be snapped
off like an intrusive moth.-Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, in Good House
keeping for January.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
v

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il have long
been a subscriber to The Progressive
Farmer and I have been a close OBJ
server and silent admirer of the
Chat since it's inception.
I wish to say a few words on OBJ
servation, the very foundation of
imitation. Generally speaking it is a
much cheaper school than experience,
for most of the time it does not cost
us cent. It has been truly said
"by the mistakes of others wise men
correct their own" So we learn
there are two sides to observation.
There are things to initiate, and
things to avoid. This should be our
guide in observing others try to imi-
tate whatever is noble, right or use
full avoid whatever is base, wrong
or degrading. By this method of
observing others we can make our
own lives better and purer and our
examples more worthy to be fol
lowed.
Then let US resolve that, beginning
with the new century that we will
endeavor to make the most and the
best of ourselves, not by being ga
nearer of the Word only, but a dOer
also" Then it may be said of US
when our career on earth is ended
"The world was made better because
he once lived in it,"
ONsLOW OBSERVER.
Ons1ow Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
AUNT N LETTER.

The first letter I find on my desk
this morning is one from "Billy, The
Deacon's Boy" Allow me to con
graduate you, Billy, on your marked
Improvement. We have very rarely
received a better letter than this one
of yours.
The article in last weeks paper,
''The Worlds Progress During the
Nineteenth Century" was only the
first of a series of articles by DIR.
Alexander, in which the latter will
discuss many of the Old-fashioned
customs and ways of living and COM
pare them with those of the present
day. DIR. Alexander is a very en-
tanning writer and 1 am sure no
reader of Social Chat can afford to
miss reading a single one of his
articles.
Onslow Observers letter was
crowded out last week, but appears
in this issue.
There is much truth in j. EdOm
Smiths letter in our last issue and 1
hope that our readers considered it
carefully.
Our Social Chat was three years
old last week. It has met with
much greater success than 1 antici-
pated-greater success than the pres
ent editor of the paper, at whose
suggestion it was started, hoped for.
Let US all work together to make it's
fourth year the best of all.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22

ciples,-like Lincoln or Vance,-then
indeed he deserves the highest praise
and honor.
The year which has just gone into
the past has witnessed many a like
trial of the integrity of our dear
home people. To n who was not
firm in his principles, it was so easy
to drift with popular opinions and
feelings. Let us be firm, but not
stubborn, in what we think is right.
And as we all must sooner or later
pass owe the river of death, let US
build an enduring testimony of our
principles by doing from day to day
what we deem our simple duty.
BILLY, TIE DEACoN's Boy.
Mecklenburg Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
Written for h Progressive FarmNl
THE WORLDS PROGRESS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
1.-THE Home Life and Customs of the People.

cults, cakes and pies but it was so
frail it would not stand rough usage.
Early in the century the Dutch oven
was quite common but it was not
heated up more than twice per week.
Nearly all these old-fashioned i'm
plements have been forgotten and
the present generation would hardly
know the use of them. But in those
days the culinary art was as
much ''set by" as it is to-day; I do
not suppose they spent such fabulous
amounts then as now, probably be-
cause there was less wealth in the
early years of the century. Econ
omy was then the rule. 1t is aston
ishing to the laboring, honest a
who lives at home in the bosom of
his family, to inform himself what
was the cost of running this Gov
eminent one-hundred years ago and
see what it has climbed to in the last
year of the century. Not to count
in the extra outlay o~ccasioned by the
late war, and the ~accessions of new
territory within the last two years
expenses amounted to $50, 900, 900.
In 1900 the government spent S12,-
500, 900. If this difference is aston
ishing to the average citizen, what
must it be when they are told that
in four years there is now spent
more than the entire wealth of the
nation in 1900.
Amongst the wants of the early
years of the century, it seems to US
OF the present day that they must
have suffered the greatest inconven-
fence from the lack of better lights.
There was neither kerosene nor gas
at this period. Tallow dip was the
standard light on the frontiers, and
IN many places even talIOw was
scarce. In such places the torch of
the forest was the only light to be
depended on. Gas light did not come
into use in large cities, until the cen
fury was we'll advanced. It was
used in London in 1916 to light the
streets, and in a few years was used
in many public buildings. 1t was
but a few years till it travelled. and
was improved by Yankee ingenuity.
The first oil well, or gas we'll, $50
feet deep, was opened in 1859, and
since then many have been discov-
cred, very few have failed. Lamps
in the homes of the very rich we're
fed with whale oil or vegetable oils.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22

ces will meet him face to face T..
reproach him with his neglect and
shame him with his ignorance Of
their names.
In the cultivation of the voice lie,
a further recommendation. Thu
practise of reading aloud brings in
creased vocal power and tends +.
establish the habit of an agreeable
infection and a distinct enunci..
ton.
Lastly, it makes the other mem
bers of the family partners in the
pleasure and mental stimulus. Il IL
not alone the reader who is enriched
The tired mother, busy with her
mending, is borne into far, strange
lands. The stirring scenes of history
or fiction march before her, and
while she works she is also uplifted
and refreshed.
It is one Of those games at which
"any number can play" and in
which the pleasure increases as the
circle of players ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
READING ALOUD.

The season of the shortest days
and the longest evenings has come,
and the leisure hours which are al
ways given so largely to outdoor rec
reation during the summer will now
be devoted more to indoor reading.
The occasion seems a fitting one to
say a word on behalf of a practise
never so popular as it ought to be,
and perhaps somewhat less followed
now than in former times: the prac-
tise of reading aloud.
The habit, like mercy, blesses him
that gives and him that takes. To
read to ones self is often to be salts
fed with a knowledge of words as
they appear to the eye. To read
aloud is to acquire also a knowledge
of words as they sound. There is
nothing which will SO surely correct
INSTRUMENTATION. Nearly every
reader will recall words which he
has long known by sight, but with
which he has never taken the trouble
to acquire a speaking acquaintance.
While he reads only to himself he
can slur them over or give them
some makeshift pronunciation, which
serves to identify them and saves
the trouble of consulting the diction-
airy. But let him adopt the practise
of reading aloud, and sooner or later
some of these old verbal acquain-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
A PLAIN TALK WITH FATHERS,

Was there eve a boy who, despite
the kicks of outraged conscience,
did not find a precious flavor in the
stolen apple? He is told that GER
tain things are not spoken of in
society. Why? Because it is wrong.
Why? Never mind now; that is not
for small boys to know. They mUst
never think of them. There is the
red a in the bulls face. They
mustn't know about these things,
therefore Immediately they do think
about them and resolve to know.
AS soon as the boys get together
they swap knowledge. They hang
about the older boys and pick up
more, some truth mixed with much
of filth, and the truth obtained
shown in a light that makes it a
source of harm to the moral develop
ment and the physical being.
I had occasion recently to talk
with the physical director of a large
gymnasium under whose care are
nearly two hundred boys between
the ages of twelve and sixteen, boys
for the most part who come from
homes of culture and refinement.
What he told me but corroborateI
the assertions I have made.
Teach your boy that the body is
the temple of the soul; that he may
defle it neither in deed nor thought.
Teach him early and plainly truths
that he must know sooner or later.
Remember that as soon as he goes
to school he is old enough to begin
to come under evil influences. Talk
to him plainly and honestly. Show
him the evil of impUrity and its
awful results. Satisfy his curiosity.
Win his confidence that he may come
to you whenever he seeks knowl.
edge. Then will the talk of Tom,
Dick and Harry fall on needless ears
Good Housekeeping for January.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22

When we consider the style, the
manners, the conveniences of life,
the Injuries in everyday use, that
the common day laborer now enjoys,
which were beyond the reach of the
most cultured and refined at the
dawning of the 18th century, we
wonder how people lived in 1900.
Two thirds of them dwelt in log
houses, or huts as they were ordi-
narily called. Glass windows to the
best of houses in the coast towns
we're at that time considered a rare
luxury. Many good people, land
owners, who possessed horses and
cattle and had plenty of the sub
stantials of life, were destitute of
window glass, as we'll as many of
the now most ordinary cOnveniences
of life. Some people used Oil-paper
others had simple openings in the
walls, which in winter were closed
with plank or clap board, split from
the oboard tree" used in making
the roof. There were great fire
places, frequently big enough to
take in a stick of wood that would
measure eight feet in length and five
feet high in front, a plank for a man
tle-piece, that you had to get on a
chair to reach on top.
The iron stove was a positive lux
ury the furnace was unheard of.
The cook fre-place-when the family
was able to have One-was peculiar
to itself. The hearth was broad and
laid with fiat rock, so that the feet
of the spider and oven could be set
even and would not tilt, also a level
place was wanted to set the coffee
pot. For the purpose of boiling
meats, and the various vegetables,
two or three hOOks-made in two
pieces, to slip up and down as might
be needed, owing to the heat of the
fre-were always hanging in the
chimney ready for use. They were
five or six feet long, the top end
hooked over an iron bar, or a wooden
pole, fastened in the chimney. Iron
pot-hooks were used to lift the pots
with, or hang them over the fire.
Large lids for over O. spider to bake
bread, potatoes or meats, we're made
so as to hold Goals while cooking Sc
as to retain the heat Before the
first half of the nineteenth century
was over, a reflector" was invented,
that was very nice for cooking bis.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
THE QUESTION HABIT.

The small boy has always beer
noted for his questions. There are
so many things he wants to find out
that he must make an early start to
get them all in. But there is not the
same excuse for one who asks ques-
tiOns simply to keep the converse
tiOnal ball rolling. Ada @. Sweet,
in the Woman's Home Companion,
has a word to say about what she
calls "The Question Habit"
The other day I met a girl I had
not cen for a year or two, and the
hour we passed together left me as
worm as if I had spent that hour I'M
der crOss-examination in a witness
box in a, court where someone was
being tried for a grave crime, and ]
myself was not entirely free from
suspicion. Julie is a good girl, but
she asks question with the persist
ency Of a small dog barking at tho
moon on a summer night. At first !
answered readily, but with every re-
ply on the instant came another cues
ton, until I began to writhe as ono
in torment, and when I instinctivelgI
tried to protect myself from the hal,
of interrogations they only peltedI
down the faster. It was futile for
me to say, ooh, l don't know you
are looking very we'll, I think" orI
"I really don't remember. Tho
weather is perfect. Won'tyOu como
out into the garden and look at thu
fCwers?"
Such attempts at escape were ig'
nOred if not actually resented, and
the fire of questions came moFf
quickly than ever, if possible. All
about nothing the queries we're, toe
and the animated interrOgatiOn-pOin
was perfectly unconscious of thf
odiOus part she was playing.
jules ignorance of her Offense
and the unconscious ill-mauners o.
another girl I heard practlcing be-
inquisitOrial powers upon a dignitied
polite and tolerant old gentleman
made me resolve to write this u
the hope that some of my girl read
ers might stop and think whethe
they themselves have even in a sligD
degree the question habit. I hop
none have, but it may be well
think about it and, anyway, SCI
that you avoid contracting such
conversational plague.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
MORAL COURAGE.
AUNT JENNIE

DEAR AUNT JENNIE This is the
first day of the goth century. I will
not try to tell what the past has
been. We have all had our happy
days and our reverses ; we Ire living
in the present-each one ees it in
reality. And the future,-well, my
plan is to make, by past experience,
the most out of it we can. Let US
ever remember that "Life is what
we make it." But standing as we
do between the dreams of the past
and the visions of the future, u
greatest effort should be to improve
the present, for when today is gone
it IS gone forever.
This weeks issue of The Progress
i've Farmer january 1st, 1900 cOn-
tains an account of the death of a
noble North Carolinian. In speaking
of his death it is said "He was a man
of intense earnestness of conviction
and fearlesSness in maintaining his
convictions whether popular or
not. X X X His conception of the
value of his plighted word was ak n
to the chivalry of old, and much to
be admired in these degenerate days,
when the words of most men are so
lightly spoken and loosely kept. In
all the relations of life he has COM
M n tho TanC0n0% nn1
of his fellOwmen, however widely
they may have differed with him in
his opinions. He has maintained a
standard of political Cleanness and
uprightness that has borne and I
trust will still bear fruit in all par
ties where his life is known" And
in another place in the same issue
the editor says Of this man, Gas a
citizen he was Courageous and indie
pendent, too heightened to long wear
the shackles of any party"
What higher eulogy could any one
wish for? If the author of the above
had written page after page, I don't
think they could have paid a higher
tribute to the memory of this noble
man than they did in those few
words. How seldom do we find a
man who is fearless in maintaining
his convictions when they through
ignorance or any other cause have
become unpopular ! "Principle above
party" should be the motto of us all.
When principle has left a man it is un-
safe to trust him though he be bound
with the most solem oaths. On this
the birthday Of the goth century I
fain would cry out, "Give us men
who are true, who will take Paul's
advice, 'HencefOrth be no more chill.
dren tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine ,"
When a man does not have to go
go beyond his social or political
standing to speak a truth or do a
noble deed, he deserves credit for it;
but when he not only does this but
turns his back on his party and per
haps gets, for a time, the i'll will of
his friends for standing by his prin-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
Our Social Chat.
:. EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, n. c. =

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most Wide-awake and progressive young ladies
and young men and some of the most entertain,
ing writer's among the older people OF thls anu
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from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
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but these we're few and furnished a
light scarcely more brilliant than
was had from candles. For fifty
years into the century these
lights were used, for it was not until
1858 that petroleum was discovered,
and even in 1861 kerosene was very
expensive, costing sixty cents a gal
lon. In 1852 I was engaged in tax
ing off an arm at the shoulder joint
at midnight and had but One candle,
and yet the operation was successful.
Even at that late day we had not
made much progress in house lights.
Just think of a family awaking
up some winter morning to find the
ground all covered with snow, not a
spark of fire in the ashes, a flint and
| steel not provided trip to "bOr-
row. a chunk of fire at the nearest
house, and that probably from two
to three miles off. There was no
such thing as a match. When the
friction mach first came, in 1927, PEG
pie were afraid to let one come in their
house they thought that in some
way they were connected with the
Evil One. They learned to I'VE the
fire with ashes so hat it would keep
indefinitely. The first match that 1
ever saw was in 1914. They came
in round wooden boxes-100 to a box q;
costing Is cents a box. It is said
125 billion matches are now used in
America each year.
Table linen was possessed by the
fewest number, and was made by
the mistress of the house, and it was
very pretty, always shown on extra
occasions, when a dinner or tea was
given. On such occasions ''lOaf''
sugar was used for tea. 1t came
wrapped up in black paper, and
tied with Irvine cord. It was almost
as hard as rock, and was broken with
a hammer in pieces about the size of
partridge eggs. China and silver
ware equally scarce. Rich men
hired a silver-smith, who went to
houses and moulded or hammered
out everything that was wanted.
Pewter was used in most families
instead of silver, to make spoons,
mugs and dishes. They would last
a long time, and when battered and
worn, the people were loath to dis
card them after they had served two
or three generations. Steel knives
and forks (the latter had only two
tines) were highly priced, especially
if ornamented with buck-hOrn han
dies. They could be made very sharp,
and would carry an edge equal to
any blade. Handmade wooden
trays, piatters and bowls comprised
most Of the tableware in use one
hundred years ago. The people did
not feel the want of that which did
not exist, consequently life was not
SO hard as we would at first imagine.
j. B. ALEXANDER.
M~ecklenburg Co, N. G.
(TO be CORtinuedD
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22
The Home Circle.
THE Golfers SATURDAY NIGHT.

ia the best known perhaps of all Burns poems. Our yoLl
ought to be acquainted with it the older ones know that
and re-reading. Hence we offer no apology for
the often-quoted extracts that follow:
November chill blaws loud wi angry SUCH;
The shortening winter day is near a close;
The miry beasts retreating frae the plough,
The toilworn cotter frae his labor goes
This night his weekly mOil is at an end.
At length his lonely cot appears in view,
Beneath the shelter of an aged tree;
Z To meet npe their dad wi diohterin noise and glee.
His wee bit ingle blinkin' bonnilie,
His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile,
The lsping infant prattling on his knee.
Does a his weary, carking cares beguile,
Wi ioy unfeigned, brothers and sisters meet,
An each for others welfare kindly spiers;
The social hours, swift-winged, unnOticed fleet
Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears;
The parents, partial, eye their hopeful years
Anticipation forward points the view.
o happy love- s.. where love veil, like this sHsu is found!
The cheerful supper done, wi serious face,
They round the ingle form a circle wide;
The sire turns DER, wi patriarchal grace,
The big ha' Bible, anoe his fathers pride:
His bonnet reverently is laid aside,
His lyart haffets wearing thin an bare;
Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide,
He wales a portion with judicious care;
And LET US worship Godr' he says, with solemn air.
They chant their artless notes in simple guisej
They tune their hearts, by far the nOblest aim;
Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise,
Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name:
The priest like father reads the sacred page:
How Abraham was the friend OF God on high
Or Moses babe eternal warefare wage
With Amalek's ungraciOus progeny
Then kneeling down to Heavens eternal King,
The saint, the father, and the husband prays:
Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing
That thus they al. shall meet in future days;
There ever bask in uncreated rays,
g. No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear
Together hymning their Creators praise,
In such society, yet still more dear,
While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
From scenes like these old ScOtia's grandeur springs,
That makes her loved at home, revered abroad.
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings
An honest mans the nOblest work of God.