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PROVISIONS
New York Provisions.
+ New York, Aug. 6.-Beef, quiet Lar
steady; prime western steam, $1,000. -
Chicago Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 6-Proyisions had good sup
port from packers. The hog market was
steady and aided in an upturn. September
pork started 21a: up, at SIG. S7h, and sold to
$16 S5; September lard. 2hc UP, at $10.87A.
and September ribs 715c up. at sl0.55, sold
at $1650 and touched $1057h.
q Close: Pork-Auglist,i 16.771h; September,
s1e;s2H; October ST o2M; January; SIS. .751kd
ten'ber, $1o.S5; October, 5000; November
$s.70; December, $3.50; January. 1885: May
$S.S21s. Ribs-August, $1045; September
1880; October, $10.22k; January, IS. 20.
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No. winter wheat, 13; no grade wheat, e.
No. 8 corn. l; no grade corn. 2; No. white
oats. ?; No. white oats, 2; No 3 oats. 1; no
grade oats, /; No. rye, /; no grade rye, l.;
/; no grade barley. 1; No. 1 fax. 1; rejected
fax. f. F.f -N'
Inspections Out-No. 1 northern wheat, 11S
%; rejected wheat. 13; No. 8 yellow corn. l.;
No. white oats, l; No. white oats, 4; No. 2
rye, 8; No. 1 fax, 4; rejected fax, /.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
Omaha Live Stock.

South Omaha, Aug. 6.--Cat attle-Receipts
5000; active steady to strong; beef steers
475@3.25; cows and heifers. S3@4.75; Texans
$4.T5@5. .25; Gamers, $I7512.75; stockers and
feeders, $2.75@5. so.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; steady, closed
strong; heavy, $7.40@7.5o; mixed, $7.3o@7. 40;
sheep-Receipts. $500; steady; sheep. s2@
425; lambs, 81. a0@5. 40. s
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Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas City, Aug. 6.-Cattle, receipts. II, 90
head; steady. Beef steers, sS.15@s.10 Texans,
So. .20@4.1 COWS and heifers, $150@5; stockers
and feeders, $2.65@5. so. -.
Hogs, receipts, 5000; steady to strong 3:
heavy. s4075@760; packers, $7.25@7.5o: medi-
uIn 81. 1907 SO; Workers, $73o@7.7 10; pigs, $6.S
Sheep. receipts 5000; sheep, ss.4o@4 25;
| lambs, So. 1906. 10. --,-s,.
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THE FLOUR MARKET
High Premium for Cash Wheat
Hurts the Trade.

Millers are complaining about the dtfhculty
nremium for No. / northern wheat. Buyers
are taking -four to fill immediate REQUIRE
ments and there is some business in nour
tember wheat price The foreign trade, how
ever, is practically nothing. Prices, remain
firm as quoted.
For the day shipments were little lighter
showing 4S,154 brls. o,-,, "A
First patents are quotable 3.so@Sso; second
patents, s36O63. 70; first clears. $3@3.l0; sec
ond clears, 81. 40. 4 -
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Chicago Seed and Course Grains.

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Flax-Cash northwestern,
$1.5O; southwestern, sl.45; September, $131k;
december, $1:2hk: Barley-Cash, new, o2@
Cash. $3.50 81, -
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St. Louis Live Stock.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Aug. Seattle, receipts,
5000 head; market steady; beef steers, $4.55@
and heifers, s2@4.25; Texans, s2sO@5.5o
Hogs, receipts, 4,500: steady; pigs, $7.25@
$50; packers, $740@760; butchers $7.5O@ IS5.
Sheep, receipts, 5000; strong; sheep, $3. 500
4; lambs $4@56 60. =:
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St. Louis Grain.

er; cash No. 2 red elevator, $3.50; September,
627s@62Ac; December, 661hc; No. 2 hard, $50
CSC; Corn, 1.,l lower; No; 2 cash, 57KR5sc; Sep
No. cash, 29c September, 267sc: No 2 white.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee, Aug 6.-F1our-Dull. Wheat
Steady; close, No. 1 northern, 7sc; No. 2
No. i, 50Q57c. Barley-Dull; No. 2, Csc sam
pie, 4S@65c. Oats-Higher; standard 5Sc.
.corn-september, SIC. % .
Corn-Puts, SO c; calls, 54Ac. Vi
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Toledo Grain and Seed,

Toledo. Aug. 6.-Close: Wheat-Dull, easier;
cash, zoe; September, 7o1sc; December, 7Ac;
May, 133sc. Corn-Dull, weak; cash. 63c
September, 55c;sDecember, 41Ac Oats-Dull,
fairly steady; cash. 35c; new September, 32ssc;
newrDecember. 3o%c. Cloverseed-dore act
No. 2 alsike sc. 9oM7 TO- y -
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liquidation; September 5sA @6Ohc; December,
4SQD4sc; May, l51s@45Ac.
Oats, receipts, o2,5vU bu; quiet; track white
western. 51Q52c. ~ .,"a- ~. =. @..t.
Wheat closed, September, 7sAc; December,
6312c; corn, SEPTEMBER, 59kc; December, 474ac.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool, Aug. 6.-Close: Wheat-Spot No.
! northern spring, quiet, IS 11Ad; No. / Cali
fornia, dull, 6s 31ad. Futures quiet Septem-
3.d '... - = -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
Gold for Shipment.

; New York, Aug. f6.:77-Ladenburg, Thalman &
Go. have engaged $500, 900 I'M gold bars. at the
assay Office for, shipment to, Bremen via Paris
to-morfow The transaction is a specia! one
and does not reflect. prevailing rates of eA-
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Official receipts for the past week are as fe

: Hal1foads entering the yarus feporteu re
ceipts for the day by loads as follows: Chi.
cago Great Western, 2; Chicago, Milwaukee (
St. Paul, Z; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha, p; Great Northern, 1; Northern fa
ciflc, 4, Wisconsin. Central, /; total, IT. >,
Disposition of stock Tuesday, Aug. .: 4
Firm - - = Cattle HOGS Sheep
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state Grain Inspection.
Aug. 5.

ions I1-Wheat-Great Northern
orthern, cars; No. 2 northern. 2T;
,;,no grade, 10
grade, l.. d
ss minneapolis st. Iouis-So northern.
cars; No. northern, = 10. o !; no grade, 8
Northern Pacifc-No northern, car; No
q northern, 5; No. 8. 2; rejected, ..
onala--No. 2 northern. cars; No. 3, 8; re-
jeeted il; no grade, -,
s1sT Totals-lNo. / northern 8 cars; No. 2 north
ern, AZ; No. 3, IS; Tejecteo,..7; mo grade, 21
Other Grains-No. winter wheat. Ncars
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Kansas CITY Grnin.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug 6-Close: Wheat,
September, 6Sk@6Sssc December, e3sz@631Ac;
cash No. 2 hard &C new, &c old; No. red,
34s@34Ac. -. -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
Wheat Movement by Roads.

Aug. s.
The following are the receipts and ship
ments at the principal primary wheat mar
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
GUIDANCE In SPECULATION

Is of value. The best guide to success is to
have thorough knowledge of the commodity
in which you are trading and to be in pos
session of all facts and conditions affecting
same We have issued a 40O-page, illus
trated - v-@ - g. -=s' ~
.s.,- go 'Guide to Investors" - 49, =
containing full information relative to all
securities dealt in upon the Exchanges, with
highest and lowest prices for from ten to
thirty years.
1t is conceded by the Press, Exchanges and
Boards of Trade to be authority. It is
invaluable to the business man and enables
any one to invest money, keep the principal
intact and make it pay an income. We will
be pleased to present you with a copy upon
application, also to send you our -r.r
-. Daily Harkct Letter. .,-.
# you have both in your possession, your
chances for money making in speculation will
be greatly Increased. We issue both free
at considerable expense, with the view to
aiding Spectators we appreciate the fact
that money making customer becomes per-
manent one Send for both, and if you de-
eide to enter the market we trust you will
| give consideration when selecting your
broly --
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LONDON FINANCIAL
.Consols md Quotations of An, ,ericnn n
Securities. t 8

London. Aug. s.4 p. M Consols for
money s4 sonsols for g account 4 9september.
preferred, l04sl Baltimore & Ohio, III Ca
madam Pacific, 140; Chesapeake g Ohio. 551as;
Chicago Great w Western,s 32A Chicago. Mil
swaukee e St. Paul 19111;s Denver & Rio
Grande, 451k;: Denver & Rio Grande preferred.
951k Erie. $685.; Erie first preferred. 20: Erie
second preferred, 81: Illinois Central, 16SaS;
Louisville 8 Nashville, 14s; Missouri.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
Chicago Live stock.

Chicago, Aug. s.4cattlee---Receipt r 1890,
including 1000 western; market steady; good
to prime, $685.; poor to medium, S4.75@
7so; stockers and feeders s2:56@5. .25; cows,
s1.5O@7:37h; hefers, s2.5o@6. so ; Gamers, s1.5O
@2.50; bulls, $225@5; calves, S2.5e@7.25; Tex
as-fed steers, $3.25@5.5o; western steers, S.
$3.50. 80 : j'st .fr} s5..-z~-. -
Hogs-Receipts to-day, "a, 600; to- morrow,
10000; left over, 3,134; market steady; mixed
and butchers, s6,75@7.75s good to choice heavy,
$e.75@7.50: bulk of sales, s7.2o@7.65. - 5.s
Sheep--Receipts. 10000; sheep and lambs
dull. and lower; good to choice: wethers, $3.50
ern sheep, s2.5o@4;- native lambs, ss75@6;
western lambs, 5s5 top prize: - -
Official yesterday: Reeeipts-eattle, 5000
hogs, 2,oe7; sheep, 1s,6o7. Shipments, Cattle
1,475; hogs, 1852; sheep, 1873.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
Daily wheat Movement.

d-Cars-Milwaukee, 8; Omaha, 16;
St. Louis, Ii; Great Northern, 81 Burlington,
l. 500. g.; Northern Pacific. 5; Chicago Great
Western. 7. ~ >..-@-s-.'. 80
Wisconsin Central, i Northern Pacific, 1;
Chicago Great Western. l.. -, ...tas -
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CAT1LE-Receipts of all kinds light Butcn-
er cattle steady. Nothing good on sale. Bulls
10Q15c higher than last week. Other stock and
feeding stuff steady. Best milch cows strong,
others. steady. 49, -. Is .......
Butcher Steers-2 $50 lbs, $4.25; I, 920 lbs,
$3.85. --; - ',>' |:+-s. ~ ..
gS5chsr ssd her eeEs 6 and d 1o2o 51s
Cutters and ,canners4-i $50 lbs, >s275; /, 7so
lbs, s2l0; i, 9se lbs $3.50; j, $50 lbs, $l.75.
Ysa1 ns ca!xss ~ 80 10 bf rs 81 l. 20 lbs $685.
70, 7o5 lbs. sS25; :, 7s4 lbs. ss;e5; i 5s2 lbs,
ssSG s s lbs ss1 Az 5s
s2so: ;, 'Hs ss5 lbs, ssss sSv Ids $780, '1O IDS
Stock Cows J. and Heifers-1, $40 lbs, s2.75;
s2.75 =Hi ~ -, ~ = 80 X -
ssSe ssS ns and Feeding sS RSf. is $50 0s
calves $1o7; cow cow and nd i calf, $40; COW wa and
HoGs--No quotable change in prices. Re-
ter although offerings Include no hogs hogs bet.
@7:4o; bulk. s7:so; rough sorts, ss55. T,;'
Isl: 80; i, 252 lbs $40. ,y'., ~ ~ -
/ SHEEP-Receipts moderate Demand fair
at prices steady with yesterdays drop of 1oc
on sheep and 25c on lambs. Sales -
Killing Sheep and Lambs-27 lambs, SO lbs
$3.50; 10 lambs 73 lbs, $3.50; is lambs, 50 lis
81 10 lambs, o4 lbs, s3.25; ewes, SO lbs 50. rs
108 ewes, JOB lbs, $3.50; 80 ewes 95 lbs, 50. .25
4 bucks, 147 lbs $3.50. ... .,-r
Stock and Feeding Sheep and Lambs :
ewes, 80 lbs, $3.50.
4 Among the shippers on the market were:
T. M. Weston, Hayfeld; F. Gibbons, West
4 Concord &c. 9. Perkins, ~Gokato; F. B. Rowe.
\ sauk Center; J. "A: Duffy, A. Delorne, J.
i Boryiel, Red Lake Falls; Flitcroft & Thomp-
son, Colfax; M. Kinsela.> Millylle; Behren-
I field Bros, Heron Lake, IL! D. Stockman
! Woodville; Ed Yocome,< Chandler, 49,.
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Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool.

Mol .No.2
Green salted heavy steer hides. 9A
Green salted heavy COW hides. -. SA ~
Green salted light hides, No 1...... 7A@ 61a
Green salted light hides, No. 2...... 6A 6A
Green salted veal calf, to 16 lbs. 10 Sh
Green salted veal kip ................ 6h
Green salted long haired or runner
kip .............I It9
Green salted deacons, each .........50 40
Green salted horse or mule hides,s
large S295@2.O 90
Green salted or green frozen horse
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Puts md Calls.
Two o'clock reports:
& Puts-Septembe wheat, 65%c.
Calls-September wheat, 66Ac.
T~h-September wheat, CSC.
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Lead. ss
New York. Aug 6.L Lead Quiet unchanged
Copper-Eesy; $11.76@11.95.
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RANGE OF WHEAT PRICE IN tMlNNEAP IS
THE DAYS RESULTS
Wheat
CLOSING CASH PRICES

thern7 Nc. mort rhern,7
.sl
to oarrive No
to s g. +.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06

Extra creamery butter, steady; pack
:: Ing stock, easy. Strictly fresh eggs,
: steady. Live poultry, steady. Potatoes,
easy Fancy country dressed veal,
=: higher. Green fruits. steady New
=: apples, steady =. - rl>-..
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
SOFT HEADED.

A gay young spark, of a fippant
turn, travelling in a stage-coaoh,
forced his sentiment upon the com
pany by attempting to ridioule the
Scriptures, and among other topics,
made himself merry with the story
of David and Goliath, strongly ur
ging the impossibility of a youth like
David being able to throw a stone
with sufficient force TO sink it in q
giants forehead. On this he ap
pealed TO the company, and partiou-
larly TO a grave old gentleman, who
sat silent in one corner of the car
riage. Indeed, friend, replied he,
81 do not think it at all improbable
if the Philistine's head was as soft
as thine Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS

And with them the being beaute.
GUS,
Who unto my youth was given
More than all things else to love me,
And is now a saint in heaven.
With q slow and ~noiseless footstep
Comes that messenger diYine,
Takes the vacant chair beside me,
Lays her gentle hand in mine.
And she sits and gazes at me
With those deep and tender eyes,
Like the stars, so still and saint.
like,
Looking downward from the skies
Uttered not, yet oomprehended,
Is the spirits ~voiceless prayer;
Soft rebukes, in blessings ended,
Breathing from her lips of air. :
Oh! though oft depressed and
lonely,
All my fears are laid aside
If | but remember only
Such as these have lived and died
Henry W. LOngJeLLOtO.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
WI N OF READING.

A young man found that he could
read with interest nothing but sen
sational stories, The best books
we're placed in his hands, but they
were not interesting. One day as he
was reading a foolish story, he over.
heard some say, "That boy is a great
reader does he read any thing that
is worth readingP"
"No," was the reply, "his mind
will run out If he keeps on reading
after his present fashion. He used
to be a sensible boy till he took to
reading nonsense and nothing else"
The boy sat still for a time, then
rose, threw the book into the ditch,
went up to the man who said his
mind would run out, and asked him
If he would let him have a good book
TO read.
"'Will you read a good book if 1
will let you have oneP"
eyes, sir"
SIT will he hard work for you"
"I will do It,"
"Well, come home with me, and I
will lend you q good book"
He went with him and received
the volume that the man selected.
"There," said the man, ''read that
and come and tell me what you have
read"
The lad kept his promise. He
found il hard work to read simple
and wise sentences, but he perse
vered. The more he read, and the
more he talked with his friend about
what he read, the more interested
he became. Ere long he felt no de-
sire to read the feeble and foolish
books in which he had formerly de
lighted. He derived a great deal
more pleasure from reading good
books than he ever derived from
reading poor ones. Besides, his mind
began to grow. He began TO be spoken
of as an intelligent, promising young
man, and his prospects are brighton
a successful career. He owes every
thing to the reading of good books,
and to the kind gentleman who in
fuenced him TO read them.-Ex.
change.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
SHE EXPLAINED THE MEANING.

One of the easiest ways for a law
yer to confuse a witness ia to make
him explain the meaning of a word.
Few people can define a word salts
faotorily, even if they know it's mean
ing. A Western lawyer was GROSS
examining a young woman who had
a very naughty temper. According
TO the Los Angeles Herald, she had
testified shat she had seen the defend.
ant "shy" a book at the plaintiff.
The lawyer seized on the word.
"'Shy?' Shy a book? What do
you mean by that? Will you explain
TO the court what the word shy
means?"
The girl leaned over the desk be
meath the witness box, picked up a
law book, and threw it so accurately
and SO forcibly at the lawyer that he
had hard work to dodge it.
"I think the court now under.
stands the meaning of the word shy, -
said the judge, gravely. The girl
was allowed to finish her testimony.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
TWO GUESTS.
Jones

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il will send
you a parable, and it's explanation
this week as my contribution to our
column.
A certain woman expecting a very
distinguished guest, made every ar
rangement for his comfort and con.
venience. The rooms he was to CO.
oupy were swept and ~garnished,
and made very beautiful. But the
ones she did not intend for him to
see were left in dust and disorder.
"It is no use," she said, "to wear
ones life away doing things when
no one will ever know the difference
if left alone"
The guest arrived and was made
very welcome, and rejoiced to see
the beauty and order of his friends
home and the sumptuousness of her
fare. But on coming down one day
to the morning repast, he, by mis-
take, opened a wrong door from
"A4OA OSOdRO0 q FO4J O40NS@OO6D4C
odor. On looking in he WAS aston
ished to see so untidy and sitting a
room in what he had Thoughts to be
a model home.
He said nothing of his mistake,
however, and his hostess wondered
at his departure at so much earlier
date than she had expected. The
good man left with his heart full of
pity, somewhat tempered with dis
gust, however, for a woman who
cared only for outward appearances,
leaving the inner workings of her
household to run riot. Indeed, he
left that home a sadder but wiser
man.
Now, each of as may entertain a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS OR INTELLECTUAL DRY ROT?

language, or q science, or an art,
and double his usefulness and happi-
ness. And that is the main thing :
TO increase content. There is a mean
satisfaction in stagnation, but there
is a high satisfaction in the knowl-
edge that we are of use to our fel.
lows, and that onr lives are not in
vain.
We can then associate with our
seniors when we are young, and with
our juniors as our hair grows gray ;
for as we age our minds will broaden
instead of harden, our views and
sympaties will grow warmer and
meIlower, and our place in the world
will be higher than if we had merely
dropped our books at the end of
school.
Michael Angelo carried his books
with him sc long as he could read,
and spoke of himself as a schoolboy
Newton said that his great disoov-
cry was but as a single pebble on
the shore of the ocean of truth. We
who are not Angeles or Newtons car
st least copy their example, and at
the end we may, thr ough our hum
BILE, unmatched studies, give TO the
world some fact, some thought,
some fancy that will fix itself in the
memories of a generation to come,
and will make Us the happier that
we have shown this result of living.
Saturday Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29

Is is a curious fancy that educa-
ton is a thing TO acquire in a lump
and have done with as soon as pos
sible, as if is were measles. In nine
cases in ten the child leaves scholas-
tic associations on leaving school.
When the graduates, in white dresses
or their best coats, are reading es-
Gays on the art of government and
the relation of the passages in the
Pyramids 80 the astronomic theories
of the Chaldeans, it would seem to
q sympathetic observer as if the work
of the school has but just begun.
1t is too bad that in many cases it
not only "a but that the scholar
goes backward. This does not mean
simply shat he forgets what has
been taught, for much that we go
through in schools is for training,
not remembrance, but he forgets the
influences that have surrounded him,
forgets the lessons of history he has
learned, forgets to follow those sub.
jects which have been TO him sources
of pure pleasure and profitable re.
search.
One does not so when he enters
the business with a fixed purpose.
He knows that his preparation is
never complete that he must always
study, examine and inquire that he
could not know all that is TO be
known of a subject if his lifetime
we're doubled. That man may we'll
be alarmed who discovers that he
has ceased TO grow; that he no
longer profits by new experiences ;
that he oan no longer address him
self with energy and interest to new
subjects for such a man has come
TO the end of his life, even though
the day of his death may be far dis
Ant.
After falling into business habits
not person in a thousand tries to
fall1out of them. The easy way is
the usual way, though it is not al
ways the way of the higher profits.
If n we're TO take but half an hour
out of the twenty four-though a
whole hour would be little enough
for profitable reading-he would be.
fore long be master of a theme, and
would be a man of note in his
speciality. He could command a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
MAKE YOUR LEARNING USEFUL,

Booker T. Washington believes IN
the culture which makes one more
useful in the world, and more help
full to those about him. The follow,
ing bit of advice which he Often
gives his own students, is worth tne
attention of young people every
where:
Learning is of no use to you IN
less it makes you better able TO i've.
The knowledge you acquire IRON
books is of use only when you Apply
it. Young man, use your geomeSLS
in helping your father lay OUT LIE
cotton rows, your chemistry in snow
ing him how to raise better crOP1.
Young woman use your chemistry
in helping your mother to COOK anu
wash, your skill in embroidery -
assist her in the family mendlng.
Young man, when you go nonIo
from school to night, put On y3T in
overalls and say, "Father, go sls 10 -
the shade and rest, while l noe 'H'
crop or do the milking" I'D
Young woman, tie on an apron O." &c
say : "Mother, you must be tired nd
down and rest, while I WASH a
iron, or get the supper.
Peoples Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
IT sILENCED HIM.

Michael J. Fleming, a prominent
lawyer of Pottsville and formerly
principal of the Donaldson High
School, related the following aneo
dote:
Zone day at school 1 gave a very
bright boy a sum in algebra, and,
although the problem was compare.
lively easy, he couldn't do it. 1 re.
marked:
"'You should be ashamed of your
self. At your age George Washing
ton was a surveyor
"The boy looked me straight in
the eyes and replied:
eyes, sir, and at your age he was
President of the United States. -
Philadelphia Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-29
TIE IDEAL GIRL.
AUNT JENNIE

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Never hav-
ing written for publication, I
hesite TO make the attempts, but
something in Rebecca's letter in
your columns calls to mind the
thought whether, as the American
girl has made such wonderful prog
ress intellectually and become mans
equal in everything except physical
strength, has she not lost something
of that finer instinct that goes to
make up the perfect woman?
OF course, there are exceptions to
all rules but I fear that a certain
modest, retiring manner, natural to
the girl of long ago, has entirely dis
appeared, not giving place to bold
ness in a well-bred girl, but just an
independent manner that to the mas
outline mind at least detracts a little
from her charm. A man admires
an intellectual woman who combines
gentleness with knowledge. But his
ideal is a gentle, womanly, home.
loving girl, one who loves flowers,
music and children.
Of course, the emancipation from
a kind of slavery to man which the
women of other countries have had
TO endure in past ages, and in some