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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-10
SUNSHINE COLUMN
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF INTER
NATIONAL SUNSHINE SOCIETY.
FROM SUNSHINE HEADQUARTERS.
A Final Word on Chow to Be Beauti-
full"

Is TO keep our promise made to the
"dear little girl" last week. Sun
sinners always keep their promises,
you know, and if this were o So, we
should still want to say something
to Tighten the "scraggly" clouds and
help the little girl to become as
plump and sunshiney as anybody.
Don't think all we say is original;
some of it is and some of it isn't.
/ have spent hours and hours study
ing up the authorities on this beauty
quest, and consulted some of the most
noted and successful. "beauty" spe-
c~ialists in New York and Chicago.
There are some few points that they
all agree upon and these Pm going to
"pass OF" to you. Some tested, tried
and proven remedies for physical de-
fects that affect not only the looks
and feelings but the health. Health
is the foundation for loneliness. An
emaciated woman is not a well wo-
man. She suffers and makes others
suffer except in rare cases. She can
get well and grow charming if she
wills. The thin woman must learn
not to hurry if she desires to be cured
of emaciation.
Bones are much in style, but it is
! never a good plan to go to extremes.
Girls and geraniums should not be
"scraggly."
The willowy girl is very charming
when she is graceful and dainty, but
when it comes to downright scraggly,
scrawny skinniness-well, no one
likes to look unfed and WHISKY and
fragile.
Now the woman who is ooing to be
of good figure, graceful, pretty and
delightful to look at, must be clothed
in flesh; she cannot be a living skele-
ton. While by no means fat, she
must have enough flesh upon her to
look well, and each bone must have
it's padding of firm, smooth flesh.
There is nothing easier than trans
forming a skinnowy girl into we'll
rounded, good shaped woman The
fat woman has twice as much trouble
getting herself down to better pro-
portions. All the thin girl has to do
is to learn to live according to the
rules and regulations of plain COM
mon sense.
This means that a woman must
have good digestion, and must be
capable of exercising; that is, of
walking a sufficient amount each
day. 1t means that she must be
cheerful in disposition. It means
that she must be intelligent, clever
enough to know when she has taken
enough exercise and when she still
lacks it. She must be a very clear
headed sort of woman or she will
not attain her beauty idea.
The thin woman's severest task is
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-10


explanation of the bony woman, if
one makes a study of the subject. 1t
IS quite a different matter, however,
to supplant the angles with curves.
For the bony woman is ninety-nine
tines out of a hundred the typical
creature we summarize as "al
bones" The supersensitive, highly
strung, ~delicately constructed wo-
man, who is never still an instant
while awake, is a difficult proposition
to a beauty culturist who knows that
the road to hesh-gaining is largely
by the paths of self-control, repose
and calmness
She must, if she wishes to gain
flesh, make a business of c~ultivating
calmness and placidity; she must
preserve an equal and serene temper,
come what may.
The English maxim, "a bony wo-
man and a sweet temper never dwell
under the same roof" probably had
it's origin in the fact that a thin
woman is a creature with hypersen-
sitive nerves. Easily Jared and sick
nerves, are at the bottom of most
feminine tempers.
The old saw, "fat and good ma
tured," did not spring into common
usage without a cause. 1t is under
stood that fat people take life easy,
at least slowly. Per contra, though
we may not proclaim it as an adage,
we all agree that scrawny subjects
usually worry the flesh off their
bones," or "will not stay still long
enough to get fat"
A noted beauty specialist says:
Joining the Don't Worry Club
and living religiously up to the by
laws of that organization, IS as good
a general recipe for acquiring curves
as 1 know Of"
The trouble is, the woman
is a constitutional worrier in many
cases, or she has been one so long
the habit is too fixed to be shaken off
with the enrolment of her name on
a club register. No matter how am
bilious the newly-elected member may
be to live up to the principles of the
club, she is very likely to find the
task a hard one, at first, requiring
persistence and intelligence.
In vain do I say to her that physi-
cal curves will not come to beautify
a life of "bustle" and worry, an ex-
istence frequently made up of trou-
bles that are yet to m~aterialize. The
thin woman nine times out of ten
really seems to take pleasure in be-
ing worried. For a woman in real
distress, I have only the tenderest
thoughts, but this is a quarrel with
the angular woman who too often
worries over little ills that are COM
mon to us all and that we should rise
above and look over the tops of.
Sometimes the habit of worrying
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-10
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER

CURED by any woman willing to prac-
t%iceountil she breathes correctly with
out any mental effort. Initiate your
lungs. Fill up your chest with
ozone. Let it trickle all the way
down into the very cellar steps of the
lowest lobes. There are plenty Of
women who air out their homes every
morning who haven't decently aired
their lungs for twenty years. She
should always hold her chest up, he1
neck firmly against the back of he1
collar. In this bearing she will find
a quickened pulse, will drive the
weary thoughts out of her mind ano
scatter low spirits to the wind.
Every morning when you arise
stand up straight and fine; place one
fattened palm on your chest and the
other on your abdomen; take a long
deep low breath; this will lift VI
the chest; exhale slowly, keeping the
chest up as high as you can anC
pressing the abdomen in slowly. Dc
this five times every morning for {
week. Then ten times then longer
The moment you are fatigued, yor
must stop.
Thin women require nourishine
food and should eat frequently i
they can digest what they eat. Blu
to force a thin woman to eat ant
precipitate a rebellion in an out
ragged stomach, only makes matter,
worse.
The fat forming foods are man,
of them very easily digested. Anon.
these are innumerable cereals (no
patent breakfast foods, which shoul'
be avoided), but wheat foods, rice
hominy, corn meal, oat-meals, wit
cream.
The fat forming vegetables, sue
as peas, potatoes, beans, egg plant
and green corn and all vegetable
containing a large amount of starch
are delicious in many ways. Tn
thin mn should also eat salads
ripe fruits and green vegetables t
receive the laxative effect they be
stow. The best diet for acquirin
curves is composed of fish, eggs
soups milk, vegetables, fruits, fari
naceous meals, grains and sweet pud
dings and custards. Meats an
poultry do not aid in fesh-gainine
Long hours of uninterrupted sleeI
and as many ones in the open al
as possible, are a part of the pleasan
regimen recommended for thin VIC
men and girls. The young girl VIII
has shot up fast should be encou1
aged to sleep all she can.
Drink all the fresh, pure waite
you can; not much at a time, bu
| quarts and quarts of it in g day.
An oil rub is excellent also. Tn
tissues may be nourished through tn
skin by these oily applications.
Fresh air, quiet, rest, mental cor
troll, proper breathing, occupatio
and nourishing food-this is tn
regime | would prescribe for m
"scraggly" sister, and especially
a Sunshiner. Nothing like it t
round the corners, replace angle
with curves, broaden physically, men
tally, and life generally.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-10

The thin woman's severest task is
mental. A famous French doctor
once said: "The only way success
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-10

Sometimes the habit of worrying
may be broken by an out-of-door life
and correct breathing. The thin wo-
man rarely breathes correctly. With
out normal breathing, which means
deep breathing, no thin woman need
expect to acquire the power of re-
pose upon which the grace of curves
and perfect beauty of proportion de-
pend. Normal breathing can be ac-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
TRAINS May RUN
THROUGH TODAY

The Pennsy and the d. L. & W.
each sent two trains up to Danville
yesterday. On the former road the
first train to arrive was at 10 II a. N. ,
this laid at South DanvilIe until II 10
when it returned to Sunbury. The
second train arrived from Sunbury at
? :2l and returned at + 81.
On the D. L. & W. both trains came
up from northumberland during the
afternoon, the first arriving at 2:11
and returning at :43 and the second
arriving at ) :43 and returning at s 81.
1t was stated at the D. L. & W. sta
tion last night that in all probability
trains on that road would be run
through this afternoon. At that time
water was reported as falling and
there were but five feet of water upon
the tracks at Catawissa.
On the Pennsy, too, traffic may be
resumed sometime today, although on
either road it all depends upon how
fast the water continues to fall The
ice on this side of Catawissa and
Bloomsbury did not move so that none
of it lies upon the track and the only
obstacle to contend with is water
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
Interested in the War.

NaturaliZed aud -naturalized Rus
SLAMS in Shamokin and vicinity are
mauifesting deep interest in the Far
Eastern war situation and those who
are able to read the English language
with any degree of intelligence eager
ly devour every bit of information in
the daily papers concerning the latest
developments.
The naturalized Russians feel the
more secure because no matter what
happens they are not subject to draft
in the army. The newcomers, how
ever, who have not been here long
enough to get their papers, have a fear
that if the Gar needs men, he will
summon all his former subjects now
in this country to the tatherland to
help maintain the supremacy of Rus
sia.
The Russians living about here are
as a rule confident that in the event of
war Russia will easily win. They fire.
quently have disputes with men Of
other nationallties who take delight
in teasing them about the strength Of
the imperial army.
There are not many Japaneses here,
but they and the Chinese who make
Shanokin their hone are equally as
positive about Japan chances as are
the Russians concerning theirs Sha-
m0kin Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
Annual Conference of Prominent State Ed
uCatorS

HARRISBURG. Feb. lO.-Twenty
| five members Of the County Superin.
tendent's department of the Pennsyl.
vanis State Educational association
| attended the annual convention of the
organization yesterday morning and
afternoon at the High School auditor
ium. Among the speakers of the day
were Deputy Superintendents Henry
HOuCk and j. /. Stewart, and well
known educators from the state.
The annual election held in the af-
ternoon resulted as follows. President,
George W. Weiss, Schuylkill Haven /;
vice presidents, Matte NJ Collins,
Driftwood, and Frank r. Hall. Wash
ington secretary, G. ". Moore, West
Chester, and treasurer, J. w Smoke,
Anuville. 4 committee on institutes
was elected and consisted of G.. W.
Moore, Ercildoun: Samuel Hamilton,
Braddock, and a. G.. G. Smith, Media.
Among those present were: Samuel
Hamilton, Braddock; Eli NJ. Rspp,
Hamburg; T. S. Davis, Altoona :;
James J. Bevau, Mauch Chunk G. L.
Gramley, Rebersburg; George W.
Moore, Ercildoun; J. Kelso Green,
Carlisle; H. V. B. Carver. Middle
town a. G.. G. Smith, Media James
G.. Dell, Huntingdon; II. c. Klinger,
Oriental; J. G. Taylor, Scranton; NJ
J. Brecht Lancaster; John W. Smoke,
Benjamin Apple, Sunbury; G. ".
Weiss, Schuylkill Haven; Daniel P.
Stapleton, Lowisburg d. H Gardner
York
II. V r. Carver, superintendent of
this county, welcomed the visitors in
a short address, and Frank p Hopper,
of Luzerne county. responded at the
opening of the morning session. Fol-
lowing a talk on The County IuSti-
tute" by ]. O. Taylor, of Lackawanna
county, Superintendent Henry Houck
made one of his characteristic address
es on the benefits of county Institutes
and interspersed his remarks with
humorous allusions to past experiences
in the world of education A discus
sion followed and A. G. @. Smith ".
w Ulrich and Il. b. Teitrick partici-
pated. Supt. J. Q. Stewart also made
few timely remarks.
Good Schools was the subject Of
Superintendent Garver's afternoon
talk. His words were supplemented
by remarks by d. II. Gardner, c. L.
Gramley and II. X Bender, who gave
their idea OF what constituted a good
school from a county superintendent
view point. Among the superintend-
ents who also spoke We're Messrs.
Rapp, Bevan, Becht, Rupp, and Hamil-
ton. Election and routine business
brought the session to an end
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
POST. .NORTEN
EXAMINATION

By order of District Attorney Ralph
Kisner a post-mortem examination
was made Friday afternoon, to deter
mine the cause of the death of Harry
II. Creglow Mr.. Creglow. was taken
| i'll last Monday with a slight cold, but
did not seem to be seriously indispos-
ed until Wednesday night when he
suddenly grew worse. He died early
Thursday morning after great suffer
ing
The pOst-mortem examination was
made by Dr.. p. G. Newbaker and Dr.
E. A. Curry. The District Attorney
was also present. After a careful ex
animation it was found that death
was due to uraemic poison, resulting
from a form of kidney disease.
The inquest was held on Saturday
before Justice OF the Peace J. p. Bare,
acting rs Coroner. The witnesses eX-
amincd were DR.. wbaker, DR.. Curry
and Harry g. Mowery, father-i in-Iaw
of the deceased The finding of the
Coroner's Jury follows
Commonwealth of Penn'a., County
of Montour:
Iuquisition taken in the Borough of
Danville, in the Couuty of Montour
and State of Pennsylvania, aforesaid
the sixth day of February, y. D.,
1901, before J. p. Bare, Esq, a Justice
of the Peace III and for the said Coun-
ty of Montour and as such acting as
Coroner aud upon the solemn oaths
and ai1irmations cf George W. Miles,
Joseph r. Patton, William Robinault,
Edward German, George W. Reifsny-
der and Horace II. Furman, six good
and lawful men of the County OF Mon
tour aforesaid charged to inquire
when, where and by what means Harry
Henry Creglow came to his death
who, having viewed the body OF the
said Harry Henry Creglow aud having
heard the evidence produced before
them do find and say that the said
Harry Henry Creglow died on the
morning Of the 4th day of February,
\. D., 1904, in the home of Harry g
MoWery, the father-in-lpw OF the said
Harry Henry Creglow AMI with whom
he was at the time living, in the First
Ward of the said Borough Of Danvilie,
in the County and State aforesaid.
And that upon the evidence of Dr. p.
@. Newbaker, Dr.. Z. \. Curry and
Harry G. Mowery we find death was
due to natural causes to wit: Blood
resulting from inactivity of
the kidneys.
In witness whereof we the said act
ing Coroner, as well as the said res
peotive jurors, have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 9th day of Feb
ruary, A. D.. 1904.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11

Baltimore has had an awful baptism
Of fire Sunday and Monday over $3.50.
000 600 worth OF property in the bust
ness section of the city was swept
away. and although Washington and
Philadelphia sent a small army OF fire
men and the best apparatus. the com
bined forces were unable 60 cheek tha
flames until the city was swept mile
or more in length and many build
ings were blown up with dynamite
The fire broke out Sunday uesr noon.
and although the tiremen had rhe al
vantage Of mild weather. and things 40
first in their favor, there were series
Of explosions IN distilleries, whlc.
created a fiery furnace IN almost . see
ond. and sent volumes uf burning
material hundreds Of feet away. sat-
ting fire % other structures uuriI
whole blocks were a roaring volcano
While the loss Will paralvza husi
ness for a time. the tre LACKS the har-
rowing scenes had it occurred at night
IN the poor or residential section. oT
during zero weather. The insurance
will largely cover the loss and q new
and magnificent business section viii
spring up on the scar af the ruins
While the heart of tHe great RepubHc
Will go out in sympathy with BaItj
- rs
fulness that the burden does not fail
on that class Of people VITO would
have hean utterly helpless without
charity. and would haya suffered great
deprivation In any event.
The Baltimore fire I- r.a greatest
since the Boston couHagutiau Of Nov
ember 9. 1872, when fT acres were laid
waste, Do lives were lostard 500 build.
Iug> were destroyed. vlrIB property
los. of So. 0.000.0o The Chicago dra
began on sunday night October s.
1871. and burned until Tuesday mora
ing The flames destroyed ar arga 80
three ard Cus-Half square miles. -. 500
people were rendered homeless. $50
We're killed. and ,faUWa0aH verrh al
property lost on February @. laa-.
am sS 1000. 900 fire destroyed -ue eHlef
Uart 0f tMe business section ct PBfsr-
SON y j. ON Nav s.. .auE. a twenty
four hour fre did sla.Wa.WH fsma-
.u jacksonville. Fla Uu Arr. e.
lg0u ottawa aud Hu.L Canada Htd
SI-. 1000. 00u fire on Egua H. .H##
Hrbostu bad - s-.H1a.Hl1 r1uE81rs-
tion December Is. 1885, Nav Ta-s
had 20 sI-.goo. .o11 fire which destroyed
$50 building, -tIF finest .r r.# r..r
In London Nuvamhar 81" .~ -
city n1d % 81. .1H1 H#r f.a
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
AN UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE

Passengers on the early morning
train, east, due at South Danville at
III a. M, had unique. not to say
decidedly unpleasant experience Tues
day morning when they found them
selves stalled on a section of submerg-
ed track where the water extinguished
the fire in the locomotive and left
them helpless for an hour or more.
The train which was known as num-
Der four, arrived at South DanvilIe
over an hour late 1t was known that
the track in the vicinity OF Roaring
creek was submerged, but a couple Of
rclght trains an hour or so before had
gotten through and the passenger de-
clded to make the attempt.
All went we'll until a submerged por-
tion of the track was reached which
passes through G. w. Eckman's farm.
For awhile the train ploughed brave
ly through the water, which was then
slightly above the first step of the
coaches; finally, the wheels stopped
and the train was left standing in the
midst of wide sheet of water with
the swollen river and its frowning ice
gorge on the left. The rise of the wat.
er was so rapid that it could be seen
crawling up over the step of the
coaches.
The passengers did not like their
situation and made inquiries as to the
cause of delay when they were horrifi
ed to learn that the water had extin-
guished the fire in the locomotive and
that they were powerless to advance
or retreat. The situation, however,
was not hopeless one. The temporary
telegraph Office opened near Roaring
Greek during the former food was
easily reached and the office at Sun
bury was made acquainted with the
plight OF the passenger train.
The wait seemed a long aud anxious
one to- the stranded passengers. II was
easlly.an hour from the time the train
stopped in the water until locomo-
tive sent out from Sunbury in response
to the telegram reached the spot 10
haul them to place of safety. The
water which at first reached only 10
the first step rose so rapidly that the
top step was covered when the train
was withdrawn.
Among the passengers we're several
ladies who became very nervous dur
ing the long wait while the waters
rose and swirled around them. A
farmer with heavy farm wagon at
tempted to rescue the passengers. bur
although he drove into the water quite
deep he was unable 10 get close enough
TO the cars to be Of any service. II
was about noon when thp srallad
s~HSvr Jraln passed south DauvllLe on
its way back 10 Sunbury It was run
ming backwards, after the locomotive.
its own useless engine bringing up rhe
rear
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
.SI>UATION At
ROARING CREEK

Along with several other communi-
ties along the n orth Branch, since the
formation of the ice gorges, the farm
ers who occupy the depression of land
lying about the mouth of Roaring
creek have been having a trying ex-
perience.
Some idea of the height of water
may be formed when it is stated that
a house car on the railroad siding at
| Roaring creek was very nearly ubmerg
e1, the water rising to within about
eighteen inches of the top of the car.
The water yesterday morning was
within eight inches of the height at
taincd at the previous flood. The wat
er reached as far as Col. Eckman 5
barn yard and he was obliged to re-
move his live stock. His house is sit.
uated on higher ground.
\ number of other farms were less
fortunate and the buildings, houses
and bans, were flooded. These farms
are practically abandoned, the fami-
lies having taken refuge among the
neighbors on higher ground. There is
a feeling of grave uncertainty as to
what might happen in the face OF con-
ditionS existing and the household
goods have been removed from the
houses in the flooded section While
the fleeing families themselves enjoy
the hospitality of the more fortunate
ncighbOrs their furniture is stored
about in the barns or III vacant looms
wherever such can be found on the
high ground.
Among those who have moved are
Charles Hartman, Truman 2. Road
armel, Peter Schlee, Fleming Stewart,
James Drum and Frank Drum The
live stock also had to be moved from
the farms on the lowland and these
along with their owners are given
shelter and are cared for by neighbors
who live out of the reach of the food.
Edward Shultz, whose farm lies
short distance above Boyd 5, is having
a repetition of all the trouble he ex-
perienced during the previous food.
The water is up to the very threshold
of his home. He has removed his fam
lily as we'll as his live stock. His
horses are taken care of by William
Baylor and his cattle by Miles Reed.
The public road from Boyd's to Ken
nedy's is deeply submerged, at Boyd's
only the railway of the bridge appear
ing above the water To reach Dan
Vile from Roaring Greek yesterday il
would have been necessary TO drive |
around by Union Corner. Thomas
Elmes. Clark Kase aud Samuel Schlee, |
three residents Of Roaring creek, yes.
terday morning walked to Danville |
aud arc0mnIisho5 ~ +-----v.r vrvI'Out
by taking the fields and |
keeping on high ground. The ice in |
the river they said showed no signs of |
giving way None of it had drifted |
over the river bank and from what |
they could see they were not inclined |
to think there was much likelihood of |
the ice gorge breaking at present.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
General Secretary Won OGDEN Vogt


There is quite stir IN Christian
Endeavor circles here caused by a con
templated visit Of General Secretary
Won Ogden Vogt of the United Society
of Christian Endeavor, who is booked
for Bloomsbury and Dauvi.le on the
18th and the 18th instuts
General Secretary Won Ogden Nogt
is making a three week, tour of the
state and will nor have long 20 re
main in DanyiIle He Will give the
I1th and the 18th to the Bl-County
Union of Montour and Columbia cOuu-
ties. On Thursday, the 18TH he will
be at Bloomsbury during the day and
evening. On Friday the 18Th inst, be
will be in Dauyille, bur during the
day only. Is he Will be obliged 90
leave on the 81 train for LewishurE.
the next point of his itinerary
At Bloomsbury the meeting viii be
held in the Presbyterian church and
during the day will consist of con
ference with the union workers I'm
the evening there will be mass meet
ing. Entertainment Will be furnish
rd all attending by the local union OF
bloomsbury.
At DanviIla the session Will be held
i'm MahouIug Presbyterian church.
The morning viii BE- devoted 90 per
sonal work among the members lu
the afternoon there will De- confer
euce of local w0rker,
General Secretary Nogr has Just
completed a similar tour cf New York
state Today he is AZ Beaver.