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CAN GOSSIP BE MADE 1nPROV1NGI

Mr.. William Dean Howells re.
Gently declared that good fiction is
"only an exquisite distillation of
human facts, which biography and
history more or less attractively
embody and all three T gossip de-
personalized by remoteness of time
or place" He adds that there is no
reason why our own spoken gossip
might not be suoh as to produce the
effect of "all that is charming and
edifying in these forms of litera.
ture." The Youths Companion
finds here the suggestion of a new
fine art.
"Here is the opportunity for a
new fine art Since we do, naturally,
talk about u neighbors, why not
study how to do so fifty and finely,
rather than intrusively and pettily?
No manual of gossipry is yet pub
lished, but when The Perfect Cos.
sip does issue from the press, it will
contain some advice quite easy TO
anticipate. It's first page will forbid
prying, depreciation, malice and
mockery. 1t will recommend the Guilt
walton of charity and a sense of hu-
NOR, the study of character, and of
graceful and unexaggerated express
sion. Criticism 1t may tolerate as
a wholesome social influence, but
criticism will itself be criticized anG
discredited at the least suspicion of
haste or harshness. Good and grace
full acts, noble, charming or odd
characters graphically portrayed,
will be acclaimed among graduates
in the Gentle Art wise interpreta-
ton, generous excuse, delicate ap
probation will enrich their CONVEX
sation. Light and worthless reading
about imaginary people will have
given place TO bright and worthy
talking about real ones. Home and
Flowers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
The MASTERY OF OUR MOODS
ANGELA MORGAN. 4, SDss's, IOi February.

recollection of how some one gained
his wealth flares up wildly in your
mind, and you smile bitterly. YoU
decide that it is only the dishonest
who a succeed in this world. BY
night time you have concluded that
life is not worth living.
Many of Us would receive a genu.
inc stock of surprise were we &c
write a schedule of our moods and
their accompanying causes Try ii
some, time, and see if the revelation
does not shame you'll
On the other hand, there are the
serious things,-the sorrows, the
heavy trials of life,-how can we face
these serenely?
Man or woman, you must meet
these. You are out of work. You
have made effort after effort and
failed. You struggle against the
onslaught of despair that attacks
you anew after each repeated fail.
ure. It is &C hard not to give up
Yes, but remember that it is at lust
such a time as this that you actually
cannot afford to give up. Your
thought forces r your capital.
You dare not waste them by draw
ing rockies 'ly upon them in a mood
of dependency. A hopeful, ooura-
ageous state of mind is indispensa-
BILE to you,-more important than
money. You think money is what
you want, but it is not. What YOU
really want Is perfect control of your
thOught-forces. That will bring
money and every desirable thing
If you can Sc train your thoughts
that each new rebuff only makes
your determination stronger, you
have gained a mighty force,-invisi-
BILE, but none the less potent,-a
magic quality, of greater value to
you than millions. This force is
something that cannot be gained for
you: only by your own undaunted
efforts can you acquire it. When you
do possess it, you W something
which neither loss nor disaster, mis-
fortune nor accident, nor any other
circumstance can ever take away
from you Not only that, but mis-
fortune in your career will be reduced
80 q minimum.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
THE SCORED.

Leslie M. Shaw, the new Secretary
of the Treasury, when Governor of
Iowa, was making a political speech
to an audience, many members of
which tried to make him uncomfor-
table, says the Detroit Free Press, by
interrupting him frequently with
questions meant to discomfort him.
One man insisted on asking a ques-
ton about every five minutes. He
usually prefaced them by such re-
marks as, "Just a minute, please"
or "Let me interrupts for a minute"
Finally, in an unhappy moment, he
broke in with "Pardon me, but"
Before he could finish, the Gov.
ernor replied, "Well, I've pardoned
worse fellows than you in my time,
and I suppose it would be unjust to
draw the line now"
There were 10 more Interruptions.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS
SOME SIMPLE REMEDIES.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE -Four months
have come and gone since I promised
to write oftener. l a offer only
this excuse first, a visit to Gastonia,
and a very delightful one it was,
meeting old friends and attending
the Annual Conference of Western
North Carolina NJ. E. Church. I
grasped many loving hands during
the few days I was there. What a
pleasure it is to revisit a place where
you have lived five or six years.
Gastonia has made rapid improve
ment In the few years I had been
away. Some beautiful buildings for
business on the main streets, also
some private dwellings. Gastonia
has waterworks and graded schools,
also electric lights. It is a thriving
cotton mill town.
After my visit there, On my return
home I stopped in Newton, where l
spent Thanksgiving day with my
married daughter and other relatives.
Newton is q small town, but has
quite a number of manufactures. It,
too, has splendid school facilities.
After l came home the holidays
e. on after they we're over my
family we're sick for some days SC that
l could not write. I kept thinking I
would write a letter on elbow to
Make Home Happy" but the other
letters were so good I conclu6e ed that
I could not do nearly so we'll. I was
glad Mrs. z. B. P. won the book f.;
she is from Western North Carolina,
I believe. Three cheers for the blue
hills contributor
Thanks to sincere for her recipe.
I have been wanting such a one for
a long time. Thanks also to Aline,
Of Kentucky, for directions to make
rugs such things as she suggests
are within reach of every farmers
wife.
Yes, Jennie Acton, there is grumb
ling in more places than your home
but, keep on the sunny side of life, !"
is my motto. Some predict a famine
in our country, as crops are smaller
every year. 1 do not allow such
thoughts to trouble me. If we, as
a nation, do right God, the Great
Giver of every good and perfect gift,
will bless US. If we do wrong, we
need not expect his blessings.
] l have learned some few things
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
HOME CULTURE CoNsERvEs BEAUTY

Mr.. Henry T. Finch, in his brief
essay on "The Evolution of Girl.
hood" published in the Century for
January, calls attention to the re-.
markable uniformity of the ruls
that girls lose their freshness at an
earlier age as the stage of civilization
and culture of the race recedes
The American Indian girls were In
society at eight or ten, and were
ready to think of marriage. By the
time they we're sixteen their fresh
1855 was gone, and there seemed to
be no intermediate stage of young
womanhood between sixteen and
fifty. The thing is almost as strik.
ingly shown in the negro race and
Southern races generally. The hard
work and early marriages of back.
ward races account for this striking
difference as compared with Anglo.
Saxon people. MI. Finch comes to
the conclusion that the matter Of
education is the greatest factor In
the prolongation of woman's beauty
and freshness. "By education I do
not mean so much the lessons girls
learn in school and college as the
culture their minds receive by talk.
ing with other women and with men,
and by reading newspapers, maya.
zines, and books. In both kinds Of
education, the women of America
r admittedly pre-. eminent, and
that is why Max O'Rell could write
that even when one of these women
is plain, she is always in possession
of a redeeming something which
saves her. She looks intelH.
gent-a creature that has been al.
lowed to think for herself"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
INCREASE YOUR CAPACITY TO ENJOY
LIFE.

Nothing contributes more TO the
highest success than the formation
of the habit of enjoying things.
Whatever your calling in life may
be, whatever misfortunes or hard
ships may come TO you, make up
YOUR mind resolutely that, come
what may, you will get the most
possible real enjoyment out of every
day; that you will increase your
capacity for enjoying life by trying
to find the sunny side of every expe-
rience of the day. Resolutely de-
termine that you will see the hui
morous side of things. No matter
how hard or unyielding your envi-
ronment may seem to be, there is a
sunny eide if you can only 9 it.
The mirth-provoking faculty, even
under trying circumstances, is worth
more to a young man or woman
starting out in life than a fortune
without it. Make up your mind that
you will be an optlmlst, thab bhere
shall be nothing of the pessimist
about you that you will carry your
own sunshine wherever you go.
There is longevity in the sunny
soul that eases our jolts and makes
our sides shake with laughter.
There is a wonderful medical effect
in good cheer. Good news and glad
tidings have a magic effect even upon
invalids.
We often see \ whole store or fac
tory or home transformed by one
sunny soul. On the other hand we
have seen them blighted and made
dark by a gloomy, morose, fault
finding person Selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
SECRETARIES GAGE AND SHAW WERE
POOR BOYS.

The retiring and incoming Score
taries of the Treasury illustrate anew
the opportunities which this coun-
try affords to poor boys. Half a cen.
fury ago Lyman J. Gage began work
in a Chicago p~laning-mill, loading
timber, teaming, serving as a night
Waterman, and paying for lessons
in book keeping by helping in the
office. A situation as book. keeper
in a trust company followed; he
rose to be cashier, vice president,
and eventually president of a bank.
Leslie M. Shaw likewise early
moved from the East to try his for.
tunes in the West. He worked in
the harvest field TO pay for his school
ing, studied law in his leisure mo
ments, grappled with the problems
of a local bank, was enabled to put
the finances of Iowa on a firm basis.
and was chosen governor Of that
great State for four years. Not a
single exceptional opportunity for
advance came to either of these young
men. Few readers of this paragraph
but have prospects as bright as were
theirs. How many will climb as
high?-Youth's Companion.
What were your unole's last
words?"
"He hadn't time for any it was a
folding bed. Chicago Record.
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a thin batter. Pour out half Il.
milk and water and when blood-warn
put in other ingredients then add
balance milk and water (this is 70
take out all lumpF). Let rise in
a pitcher set In vessel of warm water
and in four or five hours the yeast
will be ready to make into dough
without anything more added To
-four except a tablespoonful of lard,
if you wish it, though it is just a.
nice without it. RUBY.
Meoklenburg Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

from living In the country and sew
eral miles from town. In the mat
ter of Group in children:
Take mutton suet, shave it, place
on a flannel cloth. Crate nutmeg
thickly all over, and put as warm as
can be borne on. child's chest. This
has always given relief.
Ihave found the pulp of ~sassafras
stems make good mucilage. Put the
pulp in water and it will soon be a
clear, nice muoilage. Also the gum
of cherry trees, if put in water is a
nice mucilage. Anyone can got these
things. I use both kinds in FASTING
labels on fruit jars.
Peach tree leaves wilted and placed
on where there is great pain will re-
lieve it instantly. They must be as
hot as can be borne when put on
When we are so far from a doctor
these simple remedies are very bene
fcial.
am glad the editor has offered
Our Chat a prize. Surely everyone
should try for the book, and thereby
fill up the space allowed US every
week with good letters.
Wishing you all great happiness
this year, HAPPINESS.
Burke Co., n. G.
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AUNT JENNIE's LITTER.

You know that there is compet1-
ton now for the book offered by our
editor for the best letter to this de
pattment cent Us before the first Of
April. Subjects not limited And I
must tell you of another prize that
is to be given the first of May for
the best article on "The Spring and
Summer Wardrobe for the Family. .
Competition begins at once. Get
your article ready and forward it to
me for our page. Could you see the
''Magic Tucker" which MI. T. B
Parker so kindly proposes to give
the n whose article tells best how
to furnish the family wardrobe taste-
fully and neatly, with greatest
economy of money and time, I feel
quite sure you would try to win it.
The article must not be written from
a too saving or niggardly standpoint,
but from one of true economy. I
have a Magic Tucker like the one
Mr.. Parker proposes to give, and 1t
is a treasure to a busy woman. 1t
is simple and has the added merit of
fitting any machine. This, at first
thought, seems an impossibility, but
''seeing is believing" and there are
two machines here in this house of
different make, on both Of which the
tucker works equally well. Please
remember, that if you do not try for
either of these premiums, it is a pos.
tive fact that some one else who
does will get one, or possibly both
of them.
We have three excellent letters
this week. Ruby suggests for dis
cussion a topic that will undoubt.
eddy arouse much interest. She is
one of our best writer's. Mrs. Fill
yaw made good use of a little rainy
day leisure by writing a letter for
our Chat, thereby setting a good OK.
ample for othres. I am glad that
Happiness has returned and explained
the cause of her prolonged absence.
1 hope that she will come oftener
in the future. AUNT JENNIE
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Our Social Chat.


AS CONTRIBUTORS to tins department OF
Progressive Farmer, we have some OF the
most w~ide-awake and progressive young ladies
and young men and some of the most enLerCaIn-
ing writers among the older people OF Lnls anu
other States, the ages of the MEMBER ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join by send1ng
and writing thereafter az 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 10 Dc
known as a Chatterer.
eIapse between the time a letter is written ana
the date of its publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. NJ
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THE LAST LEAF
Leigh Hunt.

NV grandmamma has said
Poor old lady ! she Is dead
Long ago
That he had a Roman nose,
And his cheek was like a rose
In the snow.
But now his nose is thin,
And il rests upon his chin
Like a staff
And a crook is in his back,
And a melancholy crack
In his laugh.
l know it is a sin
For me TO sit and grin
At him here,
But the old three cornered hat,
And the breeches-and all that,
Are so queer
And If / should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the spring,
Let them smile, "a / do now,
At the old, forsaken bough
Where / cling.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
NEGRO HEAD A DEADLY WEAPON

A Mississippi judge has recently
decided thata negro head is deadly
weapon. In that case it was used as
as a b~attering ram and knocked the
.stufing out of another son of Ham.
There is no law in that State against
carrying deadly weapons of that kind,
so the negro can be punished only for
the use he made of the weapon
Wilmington Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
MRS. MARTINS OPPORTUNITY.

Mr.. Martin was talking at the din
ner table, in his usual clever manner
about the inconsistency of women.
"These young ladies who protest
that they are never going to marry -
he broke out-''everybody knows
they will belle their own words at
the very first opportunity"
He paused, and evidently hoped
that Mrs Martin would come to the
rescue of her sex but that discreet
woman held her tongue.
why, Mary" he continued, "you
remember how it was with yourself
l have heard you say more than once
that you wouldn't marry the best
man alive"
"Well, l didn't, said Mrs. Martin
Good manners never can intrude -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
The Home Circle.
ABoU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increaseD
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold.
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And TO the presence in the room he said,
ssWhat writest thouP' The vision raised It's head
And with a look made of all sweet accord
Answered, NThe names of those who love the Lord
sEAnd ia mine one?" said Abou. "Nay not So"
Replied the angel. Abou spake more low,
But cheerily still, and said, 81 pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow men"
The angel wrote and vanished. The next night,
1t came again, with a great Weakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And, 10, Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!
0' Leigh Hunt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
WHAT he HEARD.

Little Montague-I was awake
when Santa Claus came, dad.
Father-Were you? And what
was he like, eh?
Little Montague-Oh, I couldn't
see hint was dark, you know
But when he bumped himself on the
washstand he said
Father (hastily)-There, that'Hd do
Monty. Run away and play.-Punoh'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

/ saw him once before,
As he passed by the door,
And again
The pavement. stones resound
As he totters DER the ground
With his cane.
They say that in his prime,
Ere the pruning knife of time
Cut him down,
Not q better man was found
By the crier on his round
Through the town.
But now he walks the streets,
And he looks at all he meets
So forlorn;
And he shakes his feeble head,
That it seems as if he said,
"They are gone"
The NOISY marbles rest
On the lips that he has pressed
In their bloom
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year
On the tomb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

How many people realize the i'm,
perative necessity of maintaining,
shove all else, a uniformly cheerful
frame Of mind? We have talked
for years of the value Of hope and
faith,-of the necessity for excepting
I'D a brave heart" despite appear.
ances,-yet how many of Us + &C.
tually masters of our minds?
Few of us comprehend the enor.
nous responsibility that rests upon
every human being in the matter of
thought-oontrol. Think TO what q
great extent we are all affected by
the most trivial occurrence. It is
the little things that disturb us.
A woman tears her dress, or loses
glove, and is at once thrown into a
ht of impatience and i'll humor that
IL of greater harm TO her than would
be the loss of a dozen gloves or the
damaging of a dozen dresses.
A man can start the whole current
of a day wrong by losing his tenn
per over a misplaced COLLAR button,
expiating on the lukewarm condi-
ton of coffee, OF putting about in i'm.
potent rage as he just misses a down,
town car.
homogeneous though it may seem,
it is often just such trifes as these
that set u minds in the wrong
channel, and sweep Us on toward
that mental gulf of gloom known as
1.-the blues"
If you are a woman, sensitive and
impressionsble, some tri1ing annoy
anoe may fret you, and cause you to
feel out of sorts. Instead of cutting
OF at once from this undesirable cur
rent, you allow yourself to indulge
q little decentralization. Per
hRps a friend calls and chats with
you about her recent good fortune.
Shy wants you TO rejoice with her in
her success. At any other time, you
would have been glad in her glad
ness; but, in your present gloomy
state of mind, her frank, impulsive
words seem TO take on the tones of
boasting. To your distorted vision,
she seems TO be triumphing Over you.
The pefect lines of her new trap, so
faultless in its tailoring, are hate.
full TO your sight. You smile and
congratulate her, but in your heart
her words rankle and burn. After
she has gone, you abandon yourself
TO 1.-The blues" A survey of your
rooms convinoes you that the fur
niture is Intentionally shabby; d
glance through your wardrobe dis
closes glaring faults in the out of
wen your latest gowns your mir
o tells you that you are looking
jaded and worn. You feel suddenly
hurt and iIl-treated. You decide
that fate is against you. AS the day
progresses, every little incident adds
TO your fOrlorn and hopeless view of
life. A sight of your friends driv-
ing in their new trap accentuates
the i'll feeling you have against the
fortunate in this worlds goods. The
SNos. . and % OF our series OF the Worlds
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GOOD CAUSE TO o

Undertaken Ito bystander at fu-
nera1)-"Are you one of the mourn.
ers?"
Bystander-"I am, sir"
Undertaken what relation TO
the deceasedP"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at all; but hs
owed me five dollars. - Chicago
News.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
HIS RANK IN THE HIERARCHY.

"Ah /" exclaimed the cannibal,
smoking his lips, "what kind Of 8
minister was that we had for din
ner?"
"Your Exoellenoy," replied bis
cook, "I should say it was a prime
minister. "-Household Words.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

RNos. > and 20 OF our series OF the Worlds
Best Poems, arranged especially for THE PRO
5RESSIvE FARMER by the editor. In this
series selections from the following authors
have already appeared: Burns, Bryant MIR and
MRS Browning, Lord Byron, Campbell, Eugene
Field Goldsmith
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Good manners never oan intrude =
E. Moore.
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The Monte Vista journal., 1902-10-25

and every four years thereafter q county
Judge. who shall be Judge OF tho county
court OF said county. whose term OF Of.
nee shall he four years, und who shall
be- paid such salary or compCnsdtion a.
Their from the fees and unllumcnt5 Of
his office or from the general county
fund. as shall be provided by law.
The term OF office Of the county Judges
serving at tho timo OF the adoption VI
this amendment Ia hereby extended 20
the second Tuesday OF January IN tlu
year a. u, 1905.
Sec. 3. Each elect0r voting ut mid
election ana deslrou5 OF voting for or
against both or either OF Uaid uMCqd-
meuts shall deposit In the ballot box liH
ticket, whereOn shall ho printed tho
words FOR the Amendment iu EGlaI1u
to District Attorneys and 'AE1lu.t LHa
Amendment IA Relation 20 LN-r.st Al
torneys," and For the Amendment VA
Relation 10 County Judges and 'AEIiust
the AmcndmcHt In Relation 20 C0uGiy
Judges" and shall Indicate his cEu.|e
by placing cross opposite one or 1Hr
other OF said groups uf v1g41.
sec. g. The votes cast Tor II1 adoption
or rejection OF HH'd Hwru4usut8 HEIU a1
CunylEspl and taH ra.4I. determined tT
tho laws OF tHe gtarg for tEh yEusaaE OK
yotcs for represent lives Va Congress-
Approved March 20 1871.
In testimony whereof, I have ..rHuutn
set my hand and affixed tHa -Fglt a.ll
OF tho state OF Colorado 200 faa city uf
Denver this is day OF September. A
ID. lsy-.
DAVID A. MILLS.
(soal> Secretary o.. s.atu.