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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20

this will form a puff. Cut a lining
as large as you want the pillow Gov
era good size is to allow fifteen
blocks each side. The blending of
colors may be varied to please the
makers fancy, but where one has a
variety of pieces, the best way to
arrange them is like patchwork, al
ternating the light and dark cOlors.
One can Don have enough filing for
at least one pillow by saving the
feathers when dressing a chicken or
turkey. Dry the feathers and put
them in a bag; hen devote some
idle hour to stripping these feathers,
throwing away the quilts and putting
the down in another bag, and the
feathers, mixed with small bits of
cotton, make a good filing for sofa
pillows.
Another way to utilize the scraps
of silk and old ribbons is to cut them
into narrow, even strips as for car
pet rags, and crochet or knit them
into coverings for cushions. These
covers are quite easily made and
they are pretty and durable. Faded
ribbons and silk pieces can be colored
any of the rich dark shades with the
Diamond dyes for silk, and by mix
ing black velvet with the bright col
ors for the biscuit covers a really
handsome effect is produced. While
these cover are hardly new, they
seem to have come into favor again,
and there is certainly no other such
a beautiful cover that can be made
with so small an expenditure of
money. MARTHA.
Bath Co., Ky.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20
A Story of Lorenz.

Everybody was interested the other
day in the progress OF the great
Austrian surgeon, Lorenz, through
the country, when scores of poor
crippled children we're brought to
him at every halt in his journey. A
wrench, a skillful kneading of the
poor little bones by his hands, and
the babies were sent back cured for
life.
While here he told a story as sig
nifcant as his work: how when he
was a very little, very poor boy he
found one day a glove-fne, en-
broidered, the glove Of a gentle
mantle sign to him of an upper,
unknown life where the best men and
women lived. He wore it proudly,
quite unconscious of his rags and
bare feet.
One day his mother said to him,
sadly: "It will be long before you
can earn the other glove, my son."
Then came the history of hard strug-
gle and defeat. After thirty years,
when his profession was almost open
to him, the outbreak in his blood of
a terrible eczema closed it's doors to
him.
"There seemed" he said in his
quaint English, nothing left to me
but to blow out the brains. Gentle
men, I have known what is despair"
But this was twenty years ago
twenty years of indomitable work.
Now, famous as a great surgeon
throughout two continents, and fol-
lowed by the prayers and blessings
of legions of poor mothers-he has
found the other Rlovel-Saturday
Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20
Look for the Beautiful.

1t is a deplorable fact that the
majority of the women who live in
the country look upon their lives as
drudgery and their surroundings as
commonplace. In many cases this
may be true, but they should realize
that we do not have to visit Yellow
stone Park or the Alps to see pic
turesque and romantic scenery, and
that we have the advantage of our
city sisters in attaining the life beau
tiful. Although the latter have
many privileges of which we are de-
prived, the city with its splendid
architecture and electric lights is
but man-made, while the country
with it's wooded hills and beautiful
moonlight is Gods own handiwork.
Some time ago I visited a lady
whose husband is a homesteader. Her
house, small but comfortable, was
situated upon a hill, and under the
trees at the foot ran a little brook
let with a tiny bridge across it, and
tangles of ferns, wild lily-of-the-
valley and sweet woodruff growing
on each side. An ideal spot for the
artist either with brush or camera!
Yet 1 doubt that she knew the names
Of the flowers and grasses, or that
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20
Sofa Pillow.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-If the house
wife has not learned the art of fine
embroidery, but wants a pretty pill
low cover, she may utilize her silk
scraps for this purpose in making
one of the biscuit covers now SO
popular. The pieces r cut in
squares three inches each way, then
there is a lining two inches square
which is cut from calico or cam
brio. Each square of silk is basted
to a thing lining, a box-plait laid in
the center of each side to make the
edge the exact size of the cambria
lining. Basic three sides, then, be-
fore basting the fourth, fill with cot
ton batting, baste down the edge and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20

more than one kind of fern grew
there. At the home of another home
steader the lady knew the haunts of
the arbutus, and took me to see her
spring with maidenhair growing all
about it. Which one, think you, gets
the most of the beautiful out of
life Mrs. E. Louis Lampson, in
January Home and Flowers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20
Beyond Lore s Help.

There we're many touching scenes
in this little ante-chamber. A worn
little woman, thin, haggard, ragged,
carried in her arms a crippled girl
of three years. She found herself in
the front rank, and timidly handed
up the little girl to be examined.
Hope lighted her face; anxiety and
love were mingled with it. She read
the unfavorable answer before he
spoke it. The child was hopelessly
paralyzed, and he could do nothing
for her. The mother sank, sobbing,
to the cement floor, the surgeon
bowed, and, taking her hand, raised
her up. Tears we're in his own eyes
at her grief. It was not like that
of those who were stronger and had
other children. To the little woman
this child was all in the world. And
DR.. Lorenz, bending, kissed her hand
as he restored the child, saying in
German, which was her tongue,
madam, I cannot help your child.
But God may heal her in His own
time."-John Swain, in McClure's.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20
The Sorrows of Childhood.

May Sheriff., the little girl who
was dangerously burned in her eff
forts to save her doll from being de-
stroyed by fire, is still living. She
ought to live, n cannot keep from
thinking. The child has in her the
great unselfsh motherhood that
dares anything and counts nothing
as a sacrifice. She has been penal
lied rather heavily, and because she
is only three years old aud has not
learned to think as the We Id thinks,
she probably suffers as much on ac-
count of the destruction of her doll
as she suffers because of her own
bodily pain.
Do children really suffer mentally?
Suffer! Why, there is no agony on
earthmore e~xcruciating than the suf-
fering of a child. You are grown
up now and think you have forgot
ten, but you haven't. When you
come to die, or in tense moments,
you will feel that you have a great
white scar that marks the supreme,
wild sorrow that possessed your help
less child's soul. Can't you under
stand the swift, clean agony that
came to that little girl as she tot
tered over to save hal burning doll
with the eyes of China blue-her
doll-her child? Suffer-a child suf-
fer? The man immersed in business
cares finches even now when he looks
back on the years and remembers the
death of the dog, his dog, that died
when he was young and tender
finches at keen recollection of the
cold, bleak sky, the stiffness in the
atmosphere, and the little dark body
that romped no longer, but lay cold
and inert. The bitter, bitter wal
that choked the throat then might
have filled a universe with it's sad,
ness. Children are the playthings
of Grief-a thing that the added
years learns one to fight and, Goo
willing, to subdue.-J. E.. Avery, il
Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20
Reed Had Not Permanently Abandoned
Politics.

In an article on the late Speaker
Thomas B. Reed, in the January Re-
view of Reviews, Mr.. II. B.. McFar-
land gives the following little-known
facts regarding the work and plans
of his last three years:
His devotion to his wife and
daughter was the dominant feature
of his life and the truest index of
his character. It was not chiefly
because he differed with his party on
the question of imperialism" or on
any other question that he resigned
from the House, but because he felt
that at sixty years of age he could
no longer put off the accumulation
of a competence to secure the future
comfort of his family if he should
be taken away. After a quarter of
a century of public service, he re-
tired honorably poor, but with no
intention of remaining permanently
outside OF the sphere tor which he
was best fitted, in which he was most
useful, and which he best liked. Hav-
ing in three year, gathered the mod
est fortune which he thought neces-
sary, he was preparing to return to
Congress from his old district at the
next election, his former private Sec
rotary, Representative Allen, who
had taken his place, being ready to
retire in his favor. He would have
been only sixty-fve when he returned
to Congress, and might have added
largely to his fame. He might have
been again Speaker, and perhaps
even President. But "the night
cometh, in which no man can work"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20
Aunt Jennie's Letter.

1t is between seasons when we are
supposed to have our winter sewing
done and think it too soon to begin
on dainty spring fabrics. Do you
think it would be unwise to fill in
this gap of time or leisure with the
making of undergarments? [ think
it would help wonderfully when the
spring sewing must be done to find
that you have already finished those
garments. One usually feels so Ian
guild and little like work as the
warm days approach, but we always
find that some garments must be
made then whether we feel indus
trious or not; therefore it behooves
us to- do what we can now to lessen
the labor then.
A new supply of table linen, tow
els, sheets or curtains may be neces-
sary for the summer months; if so,
it will be well to have them ready.
Rest seems so sweet when the days
are long and warm. and if we house
keepers can arrange sc as to allow
ourselves this pleasure, it will help
wonderfully in tightening the drudg-
cry and ~tine of everyday work.
Martha's letter will help you to
FIJI in this season with interesting
work that will add to the attractive
ness of home. There are men who
care little for the little feminine
touches of home, while other men,
equally gruf and apparently as
rough toward the world in general,
like to know that the women have a
care as to the beauty of the home.
No man likes a tidy for a chair, but
they all like a pillow placed behind
their heads on a comfortable chair
when they are tired and wish to rest.
If the man of the house appreciates
pretty things, make a few pillows
and see if he does not enjoy using
them. You will then find pleasure in
knowing that his favorite epithet,
"gewgaws," is never applied to them,
for they will be useful as we'll as
ornamental.
Is it too soon to begin to talk of
the flowers and vines you mean to
have in the spring? think not, for
when the garden seed are bought you
can send for flower seeds, too. Then
you will be sure to have them ready
when the time for planting arrives.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20
OUR SOCIAL CHAT

All letters intended for this department
should be addressed to "Aunt jennie care
of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-20

Age without cheerfulness is like
a Lapland winter without the sun.-
Cotton.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09
SENATOR HOAR DISCUSSES
TRUST EVILS AND REMEDIES

Washington. Jan. 6.-Yasterday in
the Senate was eventfu because or a
notable speech by Senator hoar OF his
bill regulating trusts, and an attacb by
Senator Vest on protected indus rteS
through the operation OF the DiugIey
law
Senator Hoar 8 utteranCes were lis
tened to with marked attention He
said that nearly all thoughtful meu in
this country are agreed that some leg-
islation. state or national. ought 10 be
had for the regulation and contrCl of
what are called trusts and of laTg
masses of capital accumulated bycUrpo-
ratiOns or artificial persons holding
property and conducting business with
out individual liability. There wa ne
said. general feeling OF insecurity and
alarm about the matter and we we're
dealing with real peril and not with
a hncied or imaginary danger. He
argned that if his bill Should become
law and prove effective no corpora ION
engaging in the commerce which is
within the jurisdiction of Congress
could keep its condition a secret
is there anything to render II uu-
likely" he asked. that if one of these
vast fortunes has grown from hun
dred thousand to a hundred million in
thirty years that in the hands of the
next pOssessOr in another thirty or fifty
years the hundred millions may become
"A hundred thousand million. or the
thousand millions a thousand thousand
millions? Is there anything to stop he
accumulation of the snOwballS? can
the same power and business ability
and capital that control all the petrO-
leum in the country by and by control
all the coal? Can it control the rail-
road and the ocean carrying trade?
Can it not buy up and hold in one mass
grasp the agricultural and the grazing
lands of new and great states and the
coal mines and the silver mines and
copper mines?"
But great as were the possibilities of
the accumulation of great wealth by
<c%c<c$c<c$ c<c<>A><~ :
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09
THE PRESIDENTS
CURE FOR TRUSTS

Washington. Jan. 7.-President
RoOseyelt's idea on the trust situation
and recommendations to Congress for
legislation looking to their control
were given out at the White House last
night.
Some of his contentious are:
II competition is kept free, independ-
ent capital will make monopoly impos-
sible.
Conspiracies between railroads and
trusts are largely responsible for the
present condition.
The President asks Congress:
To make laws to punish both those
who give and those who receive Illegal
advantages in interstate commerce.
To give federal courts authority to
restrict the traffic of those implicated
in infractions of the interstate COM
merCe law.
To punish corporations that try to
kill competition by lowering prices.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09
EX-SENATOR WOLCOTT LOUDLY
SOUNDS REPUBLICAN SLOGAN

Denver, Jan. 7.-EdwaTd O. WolcOtt
yesterday addressed letter to Chair
man Farley of the Republican state
central committee, proposing a caucus
of the Republican members of the
House to select a candidate for speak
er. The letter follows:
Jan. 6, 1903.
Hon. d. b. Farley. Chairman Repub-
lican State Central Committee. Denver.
Colo:
Dear Sir-The General Assembly
meets tomorrow morning. There is
in the House of Representatives clear
majority of Republican members.
There was never in the history of
the state such an important session of
the assembly as this, or one on wIose
action the future OF the party and the
welfare of the state - greatly depend.
AT time when the Democracy pre-
sents a united front. our party seems
threatened with dissensions of more
or less serious character.
1T is OF comparatively little import
ance who is elected senator. but he
should be a Republican. Of far more
vital moment is it that our party
should be courageous and animated by
n common and friendly purpose. There
are gross frauds upon the ballot to be
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09
STEEL RAIL CONTRACTS LET
FOR EIGHTY MILES OF TRACK

Denver, Jan. G.-The Colorado Utah
Construction Company. which is build
ing the Moffat road. yesterday let a
contract for 10000 tons Of eighty
pound steel rails for use on the first
division of the road now under con-
struction. The contract was awarded
to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany, and under its terms the rails are
to be delivered at any time when called
for by the construction company, with
In this year. the first delivery to be
made in April. The contract price was
not stated. but is understood to be in
the neighborhood Of 100000. The
present market price for steel rails is
from $28 to $50 a ton.
The letting of this contract marks
the second step in the 1903 compaign of
the new route. Operations under the
grading contracts let for the first thir-
ty-siX miles Of the road began with the
opening of the new year, and the cir
eumstances surrounding the letting OF
yesterdays contract for rails show
what progress the road builders expect
to make during the ensuing twelve
months.
The rails contracted for are about
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09

dealt with. The Republican governor
should have his hands strengthened by
united party.
The very foundations of Republi-
canism are based upon the proposition
that it acts always through the will
OF its members, as evidenced by the
wish of the majority, and never in col
luson with the Democracy.
The speaker of the House must be
chosen tomorrow. Before that hour
the Republican members should meet
in free and fair caucus and determine
by vote in the ordinary and customary
way their choice for speaker | am in
formed that. although most of the
members desire so to meet. no concert
ed arrangement for such meeting has
yet been effected
For these reasons. and because
know your sturdy devotion to Republi-
can principles and traditions. take the
liberty Of respectfully requesting you,
as the recognized head of the party Or
ganizatiOn. to call upon the Republican
members of the House of Representa-
tlveS, to meet in caucus at an early
hour, at some convenient place, to de-
termiue by the vote of the majority
OF the members present their choice for
speaker. Yours truly.
"EDWARD o. WOLCOTT"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09

enough to lay eighty miles of track
IN" company expects the grading con-
tractors to have made sufficient prog
ress by the opening of spring 10 permit
track laying. This VIII be begun at
Leyden Junction. the present terminus
OF that portion of the road already
built. Further grading contracts it Is
expected will be let before spring, and
the rest of the steel rails will be ready
in time for use upon this extension
Several of the principal steel COM
panies OF the country offered to furnish
the company with rails, and. 1t is said
there was active competition in the eff
fort to get the order. The Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company is furnishing
the greater portion of trackage ma
terial for other western roads which
enter Colorado.
The rail specified by the cunstruc-
ton company in the contract is the
heaviest used by railroads in the coun-
try. and is similar to that which the
Denver & Rio Grande is using in relay.
ing the tracks on the main lines of the
system and in replacing the narrow
gauge Transcontinental roads running
into Denver use a somewhat lighter
rail
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09

LAMAR SURE OF A
SUGAR FACTORY

Denver, Jan. Ga Lamar special tc
the Republican last night says:
A sugar factory for Lamar for the
season of 1904 is now assured The
organization of the company was com.
pleted to day by electing A E Bent
president, W. C. Gould first vice presi.
dent, n. B. Novels second vice presi.
dent, l.. Writ Markham secretary ant
c. c. Huddleston treasurer Three
eastern companies have made PROPOSE,
tions to build factory for the 1870.
crop, and two more have notified tn,
Lamar people that their proposition.
Will be laid before them in few days
One of the five propositions will be ac.
cepted by the local company and pre-
parations begun at once for tho cree.
tion Of the factory.
Arrangements are being made by 10.
cal contractors to manufacture the
large quantity of brick which will be
needed in the buildings. A large acre.
age OF new ground will be placed under
cultivation near Lamar this season
with tae special object of getting the
ground IN condition for the growina
OF sugar beets next year. The acreage
already in beets here is sufficient ia
support factory. but It can be doubled
easily.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09
REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION

dluonal appropriation for steam heat
OF $1,000. as requested by the prison
commissioners We believe that q sep
arate board OF control for this institu
ton should be created, as we do not
believe that the prison commission is
the proper body to conduct the affairs
at the reformatory. This would entail
no additional expense on the state.
We believe that a reformatory should
be established in a suitable location at
some point in the state convenient to
markets, where farm land may be util-
lied to financial advantage. The prop
erty row used for the refOrmatory may
well be used as a Prison hospital for
tubercular criminals and for the Grim
ina! insane. The separation of tuber
cular from non-tubercular subjects in
state prisons is not a novel form OF
philanthropy. Such separation has
been had for a number of years in
some of the other states. In the state
prisons Of New York. in the five years
that have passed since the segregation
OF tubercular subjects. the deaths
from tuberculosis have leSsened seven
ty-One per cent. With this and like
facts before us. II is scarcely less than
criminal for Colorado deliberately 10
expose helpIesS persons TO one ot ihe
most terrible of the infectious diseases,
in some cases. certainly adding to pen
atty far greater than that contemplat-
ed by the law
A total appropriation of $4,000
aside from its earnings, is recommend
ed for the panitentiary. The Bertillon
system of identification is recommend
ed. The board hopes to see the man
agement Of the penitentiary taken out
of political control and the civil service
system instituted
The board asks that the Board Of
Pardons be authorized to employ a sec
retary other than the secretary OF the
Charities and Correction Board
The establishment of an institution
for the feeble minded is recommended
board of county visitors Is recon-
mended, and the bills prepared by
county judges for the juvenile court
are endorsed.
The board asks for an appropriation
of $500, an increase of $500 over the
last one