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t I mm VOL XM NO. 35 VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY, APRIL, 14 1904 TERMS fl A YEAR CASH At the Grand Stand next Wednesday the people will watch the candidates as they conne in. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. HEALTH SUGGESTIONS. Proper Diet. Letter No. 8. of a series of 20. Copyrighted 1901 by Christine Merrick. • As a nation we have newer learned, that aa« ounce of a prevention is worth a pound of mire. \Vo forge gaily ahead, doing what pleases us •and tail to awake to the fact of our folly until we reach a point where we have to go to work to repair •injuries. It would lie a great comfort ll those who. takt^a deep and peburisr .joy in saying “I told you so,” could feel that this sort of blunder was •confined to men. But women hold a prominent place lit the. ranks of those who possess a capability for recklessness and a faith in remedies. Several causes have joined to pro duce this state of affairs. In the first place' women are too busy. They always cut out more than they can accomplish and go on {he i rine : pie that there are at least twenty-seven hours in ever/ day. If •their.work Were purely selfish ono •could ojuderau them unreservedly. But as a rule a big share of it is done for others. Had the ordinary woman a sense of proportion sho i mould see that somm.imes she does future for those about her when she •does loss, so to speak. In other words, if she would spare herself •.a little there would bo a l kclihouil ithat she would be able to stand for more in her family and social life. But this is something that is hard for her to learn. A woman almost always means well. If she didn't there would be morohance for her. She might ho converted from the error of her ways. But her ways are so good that there •seems no ground for criticism. Yet •even while she justifies herself in her course of overwork she feels that ■something is wrong, somewhere. I heard one woman voiee the opinion of many not very long ago. “I have so much to fill my bands,” ■she said. “I work all day and have comparatively little time to bo With the children. And when the active employments are out of the way and I want to give myself Lo my family there is nothing left worth ; giving. ” There is the trouble. The woman breaks herself down by over exertion in some good object. She does not' take time to preserve her nealth She wears her nerves to what is .popularly known as a “frazzle,” and ■she takes medicine to build herself •up- On the grotiud of “live and lot live” her altitude and action might |7be justified. For wbat would be • come o( quacks and patent medicines it were not for the women? Men 'patronize these, too, but after all, the women, with their generous confidence that there is a panacea for evely evil under the sun, are the best patrons of proprietary remedies. have said that women lack a sense £ proportion. In nothing do they "display this more than in the faith that they can labor for years to make them selves physical wrecks and then restore themselves to health and strength., by a few bottles of some well advertised heal-all. If they could onoo have it borne in upon them that “earth bears no balsam for mistakes,” that it takes longer to climb up hill than it does to run down and that it is castor to lords of creation, at any rate, is duo to be sticking spurs into the side of keep well than to get well they to the idea cherished bv most of would have made a long stride them that the food that agrees with towards health and happiness. them must he unpleasant, and UnT Of course it might not be so interesting! There are still plenty of women who “en joy poor health,” If they did not have something the matter with them, what would there j furnish bo to talk about? Thoy would have lost one of they unst absorbing topics (d Conversation. Moreover, they would miss the delight we all know in being worse off than our neighbors. Every one who has read “The Mill on lire Floss” recalls the pride Mrs 1 Pullet lull in tho amount of physic she had taken, a pride whioh her htlnband shared. “Pullet keeps all my physio bottles,” said Mrs. Pullet. lie won’t have one sold. He says it's nothing but right folks should sec ’em when I'm gone. They fill two of the long store-room shelves already. The pill boxes are jt« the closet in my room,—butt there’s nothing to show for the p;Ih-K if it isn’t the bills.” that which tliev love is pretty sure to be considered bad for them by the odvooalos of rational diet. There is just anough truth in this to t' cm with a" ground for tlfbir couiplaint. It.sliotild be the work of (he honHekee.por to provide a variety on her table and if she feels that, for tho sake of peace in tho family sho must furnish some unwholesome articles, to sandwich these in between o.thor items which will make less strain Upon tho gastric powers. It can be done, but it takes time and trouble. It has bocouio a truism that wo are a nation of dyspeptics. Glide in your stomach like that When it comes to tho question be tween sticking in spurs in tho first plaqo or applying remedies to cure the harm the spurs havo done, one iB hard put to it to decide which is tho greater folly. STRAWBERRIES Those who have strawberries arc now reaping the benefits, gathering the fruit and sraaking the lips over them worse than a pair of lovers under the mistletoe.' We spent Sunday night in tho country, had strawberries for supper and break fast and brought some home iu a shoe box. The strawberry is tho first fruit that ripens, beginning in a w’hlloone hears some happy man or woman boast of an unimpaired' through April and until May digestion. But that same fortnnatol f°' v 10ws across a garden will supply person is likely to take advantage of a family with ail the berries they snob luck and do all s'ovta of rash J uau 1,80 during tho season, things. The truth is seldom j Besides serving tho berries raw appreciated tba, the person who wiu > ‘'.ream and sugar, they aro | begins by feeling he can.eat every- 8 00< ^ for perserves, jam, jolly, wine March, or when the whippoorwills anil bats begin to hollo, and lust publishM in pur cojfnty papotfj and MEMORIAM Resolutions of Harmony Baptist Church- Death has again invaded our ranks and claimed ono of our members as his victim. W. G. Gunn who was for somo years a deacon and as we can not say no to his mandates, wo must submissively say the will of tho Lord bo dine. * Therefore bo it resolved, 1, That m the death of our brother we havo lost a good member and deacon. 2, That the church and commu nity have lost a faithful friend. • 3, That wo extend our prayoisan-.l sympathies to tho wife, children and afilioted mother, that tho will of tho Lord be douo. .4, That these resolutions lie J he American hqsbamj |u»y not genora1Iy on(1s by |10t Sffi cordial, vinegar,shortcakes, shofftort nulto so i*W 0Cnt L1h| able lo eat anything. i ' ja-ud cauninig. Every garden should ■A! a copy bo fuimisncd to tho bereaved family and spread on our minutes in memory of him. By order of church in oonforonoc. .1ERRY CLEMONJS, CIIAS- C. GRAHAM % M. KELLY, April, 10,1004, Committee. ** Mr. Wita . be quite so . wife's physic record Pullet* but there are plenty of women who openly or unavowodly, tbl'o to eat auyt • • , bi j d l)( , ata rt e ,,| have a strawberry bed. /U least, lot tne o—. 1 : ^ right and an attempt tthtdg to supply J HONEYBEES him with a tolerably good Htorniteh. * V Mr. MACK FLOYD DEAD Rev. J. M. Kelly reports a good meeting at llarmouy Sunday Ho l • i .. , . mm vviui it-luiuiuij; Y ifOOCl nlOilKtvJ}. i . . . . * 'm a cheiiBli tbo same modest pride as t°|„ ... .«• * "’u’ca that make nreaohca ttaoveevery h«coik\Sunday j- , »ii kvemfhe can cat almost anvthinoG The oratw . ”; , . . J their doctors and druggists’ bills. . .. . J , ' -mng Mr Mack Floyd was buried a ' Apart from this class arc women who are so busy at their various avocations that thoy do not take proper care of tliomselvesr. “I uever'kiiow I am tired until I break in two in tho middle,” I bear'd a woman say once. There are many like her. When the “breaking in two? comes, it is naturul that the victim should turn lo what pallia tives she can find and endeavour to repair damages by drugs. N ot for a moment would I criticise the physioiau or belittle the advan tages of medieines. But it is much better to keep well in the first in stance, or if one is run down, by natural common sense methods than lo make one's stomach a goueral deposit for drugs of sorts. Such common sense ways are not far to seek. In fact, they are .so dose at hand, so every day, that sometimes something nasty taken out of a bottle they aie contemned on that very account. The patient feels as Naaroan did. If some hard thing were required, it would be done, but diet, exorcise, correct clothing seem futile, useless things.. A doctor, a prescription, appeal far more lo the imagination Bat let us consider the common place remedies;' The question of diet should be studied by every woman, both for her own sake and for that of her children. The mother of a family should know that there are certain foods that build up bone and muscle, others that make flesh, still others that liiay mease the palate but do little beside', .'lie should learn wbat these aye iml give serious thought as to how to combine them to win the best results for her family. Sho should know that food may be wholesome atid yet appetizing, that food which tastes good is more easily digested than that which does not tempt the appetite. If she will bca'- all this in mind sne will grow to feel that her profession as a house keeper, which she may have thought of as a small thing, is in reality a very important affair. Much of the prejudice against wholesome food, in the minds of the foolish to let him do-it. He is i after using up tho powers ‘of stomach j sw tb which should stand by him in later life. If bo makes drafts on his principal now he will have none to fall back npon when he is older. Do not allow him to. indulge in gnddle cakes and green fruit and pickles and similiar deadly dainties If ho has never had them he will not miss thorn and the fact that he would enjoy them should move you no more than does his plea to be allowed to consume unripe fruit. -In either case ho must pay a penalty. Yet the mother tries to spare him the anguish which will oomefrom green apples and, cheer fully permits him to suffer that which follows other, unwholesome articles of die f . There are sundry conditions which should regulate the provision of food a mother makes for her house hold. The man., woman or child who takes active outdoor exercise can digest a food that would lie heavily upon the stomach of the person who leads a sedentary life. This distinction should be borne in mind when planning tho day’s meals. The member of the family who will ongage .in vigorous bodily work, outdoors or indoors, will need something more substantial to oat than those who are to be seated at a desk or typewriter or sewing machine. The latter should eat more lightly and their food should be selected from among those articles that give nour shment without over taxing the powers of’digestion. We all know persons who think it a simple matter to eat indigestible ’food and then take tablets of pepsin or something else lo assist the over worked stomach. I heard a young girl who came of a line ot dyspeptics asserting triumphantly ,one day that she could eat almost anything without subsequent discomfort if she only put enough red pepper on it. “My child,” said an elderly man who heard her, “that may answer when it is absolutely necessary as grow older, but you arc too ybhng T -’-mony last Friday. lie was 81 /firming more freely and earlier j ola ° nC 8, j tllel8 . ul ^ an usual. They seOm to be not so Dooly :l J ', lg a ;J* 1 f “\ spiteful as usual, and there is some of J 0 Baptist ^ Iuuer ^ pleasure iu handling them if you WJW preaahed , )y his fT J like the business. My way ot hiving bees is simple* and others may profit . by the experience: I never rattle a bell or make any noise for them while they are swarming.- The old style of making a racket to settle them is ! ouly a custom, and I have never seen wherein it did any good. When they have settled, I place the gum on tho ground close to the spot where they will fall, tilt the gum to leave about an iuch space' under tho side next to the bees when they fall. Then, without sprinkling, without smoking or anything, I strike tho limb above them, if they arc on a limb, hard enough lo jar them loose. They fall to the grouu 1 iu a wad aud will not scalier on the way, and yery little after they come to the earth. By the time they scatter, you can be far away if you wish. The bees will in most cases crawl into the gum andare no more troudle. I have not had a single swarm to go back to the limb. If they cluster outside, rake them, down with a board to the mouth of the gum. 1 had a swarm to pitch fully 10 feet from the ground in an oak. I had to move a limb below them to give a clear passage to the ground. I eat the gum on the ground, tilted it back to give them an inch or more for entrance. Theu I_ struck the liinb with p pole, and the bees fell in a wad to the ground the entire sixteen feet and scattered oyer a yard of ground like a lump of mud. But they went into the gum without delay and without coaxing. The fall killed probably 100 out of the supposed 2.0,000, or about a match box full; They are less -trouble this way and I have not lost a swarm. Holly, Friday at noon.- Tjjef Masons took ohargo of the - body after the church service and buried! it in form at the order IliS, wife, to whom he has been married about 00 years, yet lives, a saintly woman with the evening shades of life drawing around her. \ientry’s show at Cordele Friday had some posters iu Vienna saying the show will be “here,” which was missleading. The primary will be over before another issue of this paper appears, and our next will give the result of the vote. The Progress has tried to bo perfectly fair and impartial toward all candidate, showiug no Apodal favors aud denying no rights. No communication has appeared in this paper advocating a particular candidate without tho real name of the author being published with the article. Several have been turned down and the pay declined beeanse the writer was not willing for his name to go through the press. The Progress expects to live on and on, and has tried to retain the good will and friendship of all. Here’s good wishes and congratulations for themon.who will win next Wednes day. The Sugar Cane Convention in Jacksonville May 4, 5 and 0 will be good thing and will impart information to the farmers well worth the learning. Tho fare for the round trip will be $0.00. TLe delegates from Dooly as named by the goyenor, are, J. S. Pate, and J. M.. Davis of Cordele, Alex MoSwain and K. M- Patterson of Arabi F. J- Lewis of Vienna and W. O. Sanders of Pinehurst. . There w.ijl bo a decoration atthe Cemetery at Mt. Olive church on Tuesday.i .tbe W** 1 .- of- this, month, next /i’uesday week. Let a good crowd attend and carry dinner and implements for working the grounds around the resting place of the dear ones who are gone. cb ,hn 0 «