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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-03-17

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-03-17

sTockERs AND FEEOERs-Good
smooth cattle always on hand. II In.
tcrested, write Pence g. Murphy. FL
Paso. Texas. Refer 10 Dun and State
National Bank.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-22
AUNT NNIE LETTER.

Patience writes an interesting let
ter. 1 am sure nearly all readers of
Social Chat are with her in opposition
to the drink evil. I hope that the
Anti. Saloon Leagues, now being orga-
nized in this State will be wisely
managed and accomplish good.
WE'LL Margaret's letter surprised
me. hope she will not fail to write
us of that camping trip. We appre-
oiate her kind words for THE Pro
GREssTvE FARMER, and wish her IN
bounded happiness in her new estate.
Ruth enters our circle for the first
time this week, and we welcome her
heartily. Hers is n of thu most
thoughtful letters that we have had
this year, and commend it especially
to our young lady readers. Come
often, Ruth.
"Reader," of Orange County, dis
cusses the question of arranging the
spring and summer wardrobe for the
family. Don't forget please that on
May 1st the prize tucker offered for
the best letter on this subject will be
awarded. We ought TO have several
more letters before that date. Write
us your views.
We have letters also from a Wayne
County Reader" and q letter from
Rebecoa acknowledging receipt of the
prize offered by the editor.
AUNT JENNIE.
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Onslow Co., N. G.
WHAT Is CHARITY
REBECCA,

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il come again
knocking for admittance. I know I
am a very poor writer, but az has
been suggested by some one, we had
better write poor letters than none
A subject, Charity, has been sug-
gested. I think charity is that love
to God which leads us to think favor
ably of our fellow man, even though
he differ from us. 1 do not think we
should cheat or fail to pay our hired
help to get money to give to more
so-called honorable places. I believe
true charity consists in doing as we
would like to be done by, and that
there is as much true charity in help
ing the poor around our own doors,
as there is 1 n sending it TO the heather
Will some of the Chatterers give a
recipe for making soda crackers
such as those we buy from stores !
Although the prize has been won
on How to make home happy" I
wish to say in regard to that subject,
if every inmate of a home will do as
he or she would like to be done by, I
believe that home will be a happy
one.
With best wishes for Aunt Jennie
and the The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, I
close. A READER,
Wayne Co., N. @.
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"sAY YES AND PROVE IT"

Henry Ward Beecher certainly
owed a debt of gratitude to his
teacher in mathematics, not only
for his knowledge in tuition, but
for lessons tending to strength of
character. He was fond of telling
this story 80 illustrate the teachers
method.
He was sent to the blackboard, and
went uncertain, soft, full of whim.
pering.
''That lesson must be learned"
said the teacher, in a quick tone, but
with terrible intensity. All expla.
nations and excuses he trod under
foot with utter soornfulness. II
want that problem; 1 don't want
any reasons why 1 don't get it," he
would say.
81 did study it two hours"
"That's nothing to me-; l want
the lesson. You need not study il
at all, 0 T you may study it ten hours ;
just suit yourself. I want the les.
SON"
"It was tough for a green boy"
says Bseoher, "but it helped me.
In less than a month | had the most
intense ans of intellectual indie
pendence and courage TO defend my
recitations. His cold and calm
voice would fall upon me in the
midst Of a demonstration.
"On one occasion I remember that,
when reoiting, 1 ~hesitated.
"'No,' came from the teacher.
81 went back TO the beginning,
and, on reaching the same spot
again, mol uttered with the same
spot again. Nor uttered with the
tone of conviction, barred my pro.
gress.
"'The next And 1 sat down in
red confusion.
"The next boy, too, was stopped
with MOI but went right on, fin
ishing and sat down, and was re
warded with, Very we'll"
"'Why,' ~whimpered 1, Il recited
just as we'll as he did, and you said,
MOI.
why didn't you say, Yes and
stick to it? It is not enough to know
your lesson. You must know that
you know it. You have learned
nothing till you are sure. If all the
world says, No your business is to
say Yes /! and prove it,"
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our fair home land, we must let our
every influence prevail against it.
We must place the standard of right
as high for the young men as they
do for US, and insist that they come
up to it before we accept any atten
ton from them whatever. If we
would succeed though we must all
be of one accord in the matter.
Aunt Jennie, please excuse such a
long letter. I only intended to write
a short letter when I began but, as
usual, forgot myself.
Won't some one please tell me how
to clean tan kid gloves?
Jennie Acton, tell me what kind of
vine will make the best shade when
trained around a veranda. Our We
randa is to the west and it is very
warm in the afternoon during the
summer. With best wishes to all.
PATIENCE.
Sampson Co., N. G.
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WHY THE COUNTRY BOY SUCCEEDS.

culture than his CITY rival, with also
more capacity for enthusiasm.
With moral, physical and intel
lectual equipments, the country boy
begins life in a new home with all
the advantages that come TO certain
plants that never thrive until trans.
planted. The boy knows how these
plants begin TO grow and flourish as
they are drawn from the beds where
they have been sprouted. In their
new situation they take root and
grow with a vigor that probably
never would have come had they
remained in the place where the seed
was sown.
The distinguished man who once
said he never passed a barefoot boy
without feeling like taking his hat
off to him, so great were the posi-
bilities under that shock head of hair,
spoke only on what it needed no
learning to know. It is the coun-
try boy, b~arefooted, sunburned and
freokled, who is the ross and expeo.
tanoy Of the nation.-Courier-Jour.
nal.
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The Home Circle.
THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUsT1EE.*

We have not wings, we cannot
soar;
But we have feet to scale and
climb,
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy SUBMITS of our time
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge like cleave the desert
airs,
When nearer seen and better known,
Are but gigantic flights OF stairs.
The distant mountains, that uprear
Their solid bastions TO the skies,
Are crossed by pathways that ap-
pear
AS we to higher levels rise.
The heights by great men reached
and kept
We're not attained by sudden
flight;
But they, while their companions
slept,
We're toiling upward in the night.
Standing on what too long we bore
With shoulders bent and down.
cast eyes,
We NAV disoern-unseen before
A path of higher destinies.
Nor deem the irrevocable Past
As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
If, rising on it's wrecks, at last
To something nobleU we attain.
Henry Wads11orh L~OnQfeLLOW.
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THE YEs-oR. no n

The efforts on the part of mem
bers of the House TO pin one another
down to direct answers reminded
Representative Cspron, of Rhode
Island-one of the best story tellers
in the House, by the way-of an ex-
perience in the last campaign. Mr..
Capron was very much bothered
while making a speech by a man in
the audience who insisted On asking
questions TO which he demanded
either Eyes" or mo" for an answer.
"But there are some questions
finally remarked Mr., Capron, (which
cannot be answered by yes or
mo-"
"I should like to hear one" scorn.
fully commented his annoyer.
"Well," said Mr.. Capron, 81 think
I can prove it. Have you quit beat.
ing your wife? Answer yes OF
no."
The crowd saw at once that Mr.
Capron had the man in a trap II
he said Eyes" it was a confession
that he had been beating his wife
if he said ''no" it was an admission
that he was still indulging in the
Observation-Disclosures Post.
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THE r E =.

Oh, yes, I am a Southern girl,
And glory in the name;
And boast of it with greater PRIDE
Than g~littering wealth or fame;
I envy not the Northern girl,
Her robes of beauty rare,
Though diamonds deck her SNOWY
neck
And pearls bestud her hair.
Chorus
Hurrah hurrah
For the Sunny South, so dear;
Three cheers for the homesPUD
dress
The Southern ladies wear!
Now, Northern goods are out OF aa''
And, since Old Abe's BLOCKADE
We Southern girls can be conteno
With goods that's Southern m MoT
We send our s~weethearts TO tne ""'
But, girls, never you mind
Your soldier-lover will not forg0'
The girl he left behind.
The Southern lands glorious lSnU'
And has a glorious cause; oouth.
Then cheer, three cheers, foF
ern rights
And for the Southern boys
We soorn TO wear q bit OF suA'
A bit of Northern lace, No,
But make our homespun
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-22
G TO BIZ FAMILIAR.

But the veteran always maintains
his dignity ; both the white veteran
and the black veteran. In the noun
tails of New Hampshire 1 met one
of the oolored troops, who was still
fighting nobly, driving a stage on a
country route; and said to him
"What is your manner"
Said he: George Washington,
sab I"
1 said: "That is a name that is
we'll known to everybody in this
country"
Said he: "I reckon, sah, it ought
to be. rs been drivin' heah cher
since de wah l"-Horace Porter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-22
ARRANGING THE SPRING AND SUMMER
WARDROBE.
Wayne Co., N. @.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE As there ap-
pears to be few ~aspirants for the
tucker prize, I will give some of my
ideas on the subject.
Where there are several members
in the family, it is economy to pur-
chase the white goods by the bolt.
Then for a supply of nicer garments,
get cambrics and lawnsdales in short
lengths. It is wise to begin the
white sewing aprons, etc., quite
soon after the holidays thereby get
ting them out of the way before the
other sewing is needed in the spring.
Some of us buy too much trim.
ming for our white garments. While
it is pretty, it is expensive and causes
much more work to make the gar
ments, besides adding to the burdens
OF the laundry. I heard the wife of
a prominent physician remark that
she had never bought a yard Of trim
ming for her children's underwear +;
0NO OSAS4OOLO 10 o NSO4OSS OApOAu1
ture of money.
Soft or negligee shirts for men and
large boys cost ready.made from
seventy five cents to one dollar for
good one By carefully ripping up
a good fitting one a pattern can be
obtained. Good material can be pur-
chased for ten cents per yard and
higher. So that by making them at
home you can save at least one half.
The white shirts should be bought
ready made.
For the small boys a suit of blue
serge or one of flannel is necessary
for the cool days, with white waists
of pique, linen and other white goods.
Ginghams, madras and outings are
good for every day wear. For every
day pants it is often quite easy TO
get several pairs for them from the
good portions Of the mems pants that
are laid aside.
The mother will need one neatly
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he BELIEVED In DISCIPLINE.

Jacob Riis relates an incident
about General Grant which shows
the latter's good sense and true
greatness. Says Mr.. Riis, Zone
night at a fire in New York / saw,
mufaed TO the ears in an overooat, a
man whom I Immediately recognized
as General Grant. The policeman
who blocked his way did not. He
grabbed him by the COLLAR, swung
him about, and hitting him a resound
ing whack across the back with his
club, yelled out, whats the matter
with you? Don't you see the fire.
lines? Chase yourself out of here,
and quick about i'll
"The General said never a word.
He did not stop to argue the matter.
He had run up against a sentinel,
and when stopped went the other
way. That was all. The nan had
a right to be there he had none. 1
was never so much of an admirer of
Grant as since that day. 1t was
true greatness A smaller man
would have made a row, stood upon
his dignity, and demanded the pun
ishment of the policeman. April
Woman's Home Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-22
A TAR HEEL CAPTURED IN sOUTvr.
FLORIDA,

DEAR AUNT JENNIE last a.,
I wrote I said I was no "Crscba,,
but Ill have to take it backnov =.
I pitied a bachelor in his loneI,r.'
and the results were that on Ea,,a
Sunday we we're married. did b.S
to give up my happy home, nv ma
pie and my dear old State, but ~,
not think now that I'll ever re0rs..
My husband asked me last nioh.
which North Carolina paper I wantos
and it took me but a second todeoid.
on the best paper in the S~outh-Tu
PROGRESSIVE FARMER. AS he ia Ooir,
to town to morrow I will writa n
night.
do not know whether it will h
all right to send my Subscription h
you or not but 1 suppose it willmsb
no difference. l have received 4,
copies you were so kind to sendm
and thank you very much for them,
lam living now in a little oottspa
right on the bay, and from the back
windows I have a lovely view Of the
Gulf. The rocks / wrote about are
now mine, but I cannot see them now
as the bluff hides them from view.
I have been trolling twice this
week. The first time I caught a fine
reddish, but the last time the bay
was rough and we did not stay long
enough to get one.
The orange blooms are about gone
now, but the Key is almost covered
in wild flowers. One of my favorits
the thistle, is very abundant; par
of them are white. Inever saw q
white thistle before I came here,
notice the Spanish bayonetS art
going to bloom and I am anxious Il
see how they will look. Saw.psl
metto is getting ready for blooming
too, but the cabbage trees will not b
in bloom for a long time yet.
We are going out to the Miakk'
River on a camp hunt soon then II
have something to write to the Chat
I send you an "invite," as th'
darkies say, to spend a while with
me some winter. I think you would
enjoy it.
write this letter to you but fyt
care to and think part of it will do
for the Chat, you may print it. You
will find enclosed the price Of the
paper for a year and I hope I can take
it as long as 1 live.
MARGARET.
On~n1@&. MI
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PATIENCE
Sampson Co., N. G.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il wish to Ok,
press through Social Chat to the
editor, Mr.. Clarence Fl. Poe, many
thanks for the beautiful book re-
oeived last week. 1t was indeed a
pleasant surprise. It is a gem. And
from one of my favorite authors.
Who can estimate the value of a
good bookI The more you put into
the mind, the more you increase it's
capacity. The more we know the
easier we learn as the nor living
branches a tree possesses, the more
blossoms and fruit it can bear.
With best wishes for The Pro.
GREssIvE FARMER, Aunt Jennie, and
Social Chat.
REBECCA.
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fitting blue print wrapper
black or dark blue duck %,'Q
comfortable dressing saoona1 t
morning wear. Then for bo.% %
clude a dark blue lawn with D
and skirts. "'''a
The young lady needs ~
different things that it is Just Da.'
to try to enumerate. AS for ~ '
pense it will depend very NM .
the chance the family has Of - .
chasing goods. ~
The Social Chat is IMPROVING
feel SO anxious to get the pana, q
a few hours delay makes ma ~
tent. 20
I fully agree with Aunt :T.,,
that real names would be omit.
aooltlon' READa
Orange Co, N. G.
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Saint Augustine we'll hast thou
said,
That of our vices we IA frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed OF
shame.
All common things, each days events,
That with the hour begin and end,
Our pleasures and our discontents,
Are rounds by which we may as
cend.
The low desier, the base design,
That makes another's virtues less ;
The revel of the t~reacherous wine,
And all occasions of excess
The longing for ignoble things:
The strife for triumph more than
truth;
The hardening of the heart that
brings
Irreverence for the dreams of
youth;
And thoughts of i'll all evil deeds,
That have their root in thoughts
of ill;
Whatever binders or impedes
The action of the noble WILL
All these must first be trampled
down
Beneath our feet, if we would gain
In the bright fields of fair renown
The right of eminent domain.
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THE EVILS OF DRUNKENNESS.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il drought
I would have entered the competi.
ton for Mr.. Poe's prize, but after
reading so many interesting letters,
1 decided that would be useless, 80 I
am going to write about anything I
please, with your permission, as it
is too late to try for the book.
Spring is here again with it's
bright sunshine, balmy air, and
lovely flowers. It is so pleasant to
stroll through the woods now and
find the dainty pink and white trail
ing arbutus, or mountain roses as
some call them, peeping through the
straw and leaves, and other wild
flowers too numerous to mention,
while the early spring flowers grace
the front yards in all their glory.
l love the spring and summer with
the little birds pouring forth their
sweet melodies, when Old Mother
Earth is arrayed in all her splendor
by nature and everything seems
joyous and glad.
Isometimes almost envy those who
live where they can enjoy the sun
shine and flowers all the time but l
suppose if it were our privilege, we
would soon grow tired and wish our
lot different. Now we know how
to appreciate them after a long win
ter of cold gloomy weather. I think
though that it would be right pleas
ant to take a view from the top of
Margaret's tree occasionally. I n
joyed her letter 80 much. like to
hear of things away from home, if
I cannot see them.
Is it not dreadful to contemplate
the misery and distress that follows
in the wake of intemperance-the
homes that are made desolate, the
wives, mothers and children who,
broken hearted, are made to suffer,
worse than death sometimes, from
the effects of this greatest of ali
curses to the human race? Think
how the innocent must suffer, starve
and die for the lack of the necessi
of life, that the selfish cravings of a
drunkard's appetite may be satisfied /!
How a men, self-respectiRg, intel
ligent mon, 80 forget themselves as
to be led astray by anything so de.
grading and sinful?
They will say, ooh, 1 a stop
drinking just when 1 get ready ; an
occasional drink does not hurt any
one" Yet it is she occasional drinker
that makes the drunkard. Beware
of the first drink for I assure you
that "where there's drink there's
danger" II you never take the first
drink you cannot take the second.
What inducement is there to drink
the vile stuff God g Word plainly
says shat the drunkard shall come to
poverty, also that no drunkard shall
Inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
When it deprives you of prosperity
while on earth and Heaven after
death what else is there to live for ?
Now If zoe young women would do
anthing TO eradicate this evil from
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-22

1t may be news to many and, in
cidentally, a ''hunch" to the funny
man whose political fortunes may
encourage him to "get gay with
President Roosevelt, to say right
here that, with all his breezy blunt
ness, with all his love for a good
story and all his coma? 0der6e, the
Man in the White House will not
"stand for" a smutty joke or an off
color yarn. He will not shy at an
oath, one of those unctuous, en-
phatic oabhs that sometimes spring
from the lips of strenuous men, but
the "nasty" story 80 frequent and go
favored among politicians of the pro-
fessional type! Mol MOL Roosevelt
don't like EN-. This may seem apart
from a study of Leslie M Shaw, but
I mention it because it is an aver
sion shared by the new Secretary
who is, withal, something of a hu-
morist and much of a raoonteur,
quite as quick at getting back in
badinage or debate as the President
himself.-John II. Raftery, in St.
Louis Mirror.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-22

Compromise in matters of princi-
pie is always a failure. The policy
runs away with the principle, and
we find ourselves in the position of
q negro who was fishing on the coast
of Florida, when a carpon caught
hold of his hook and pulled him
overheard. He came to the surface
and sputtered out: "What I wan to
know, is dis niger a-fshin', or is
dis fish a niggerin Rev. Henry
Van Dyke
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Our Social Chat.
= ED7TF0 nv ATNTJ JENNIE RALEIGH, \. G. y

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department Of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some OF the
most Wide-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.
0 ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
MS 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 Jennte's formation.
II Won do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish 10 Dc
known as a Chatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as a rule
elapse between the time a letter is written ana
the date of it's publication.
r all letters to Aunt Jennie, care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. N Q.
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THE HOMEsPUN DRESS"
Sarasota, Fla.

Correspondence OF The Progressive Farrner'
In THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER no'
long since you published two or three
verses of the famous Co~nfederate
war song, "The Homespun Dress
Wishing to see it in full with all i've
verses and chorus, just as we used II
the days of 81 to '65, I send it 20
you. You will do a favor not only
to me, but to hundreds of your SUD
soribers by printing it in at least ONT
issue of your paper. W. E. IT,
Johnston Co. N. G.