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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12

Senator Riddebcrgor chapperoned fifteen
persons to the circus on Monday evening, aud
arrived after the ticket office had been closed,
thereupon he purchased tickets from specu-
lator OH the Street, and they proved bogus.
Then the senator asked a police officer 10 ar
mixed and took the senator In custody. Max
ing known his identity he was released at the
station, and yesterday morning laid the mat
ter before the commissioners, and all con-
cerned were called up for nm explanation,
after which the senator shook hands all around
and laughed the matter oil
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12

THE National Manufacturing Company made
O street parade yesterday with brass band
and about thirty men and boys, with banners,
dressed In Mikado suits. They were advertls.
ing the "DAIsY SOAR Dust" which has high
reputation for cleansing purpOses.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12

''DAIsY SOAR DUST" has become quite by.
word in the last few days. 1t is Washington
article, and is now in use In the leading hotels,
Frank Wards diaries, &c. It certainly makes
things shine. 1t is for sale in all the grocery
stores, and seems to do better work than any
thing ever used for cleaning.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12
Bonnets,

Especially appropriate for middle.aged ladies.
the Euggnie, Duchess, "Vauoni" The
"Odette" Square Crown Is one of the fdvortes.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12
Crepes and Gauzes.

Null Crepes, all colors, CSC.
Crepe Franchise, Soc.
Crepe dc Leine, "a inches wide, only soc.
Heavy Crimped Crepe, In all cclors, at 75c.
silk Null, 30 inches wide, in Beige, Black,
Cardinal White, and Cream, CSC,
Albert Gauze, pure silk, all colors 81. 10.
Handmade Velvet, extra quality, all colors,
SIC; formerly sold for SIPS.
19Inch Handmade Velvet, only sl.2j; for.
mcrly sold at SLIGO.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12

The members of the Capital City Gun Club
made the following scores at the regular match
yesterday. The showery weather prevented
larger attendance
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12

ELFCTRIO work of all kinds done. ]. II.
4l9 Twelfth street northwest.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12

have reduced the better part
of my FIRST shipment of Weloh,
Margetson g. Co. London-made
Neckwear, which formerly sold
for 75c, 81, and 91.25, to SOC
each. This great reduction in
FINE GOODS. combined with
the large and varied assortment
in styles and patterns of my
present stock OF 80 CENT Scarfs,
make it the largest, handsomest,
and cheapest line of Neckwear
ever offered in Washington.
have also added all the late
styles of the best domestic man
ufacture in Silk, Satin, Lin On,
and Pique.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12

LIGHTNING RoDs of sufficient surface and
properly placed are to lightning what good
roof is to rain. j. II. Kuehling
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12
Feathers.

ostrich Tips. 3 in bunch, all colors, French
heads and curled, $50 bunch.
Extra fine quality of the same at "a and csc.
Ostrich Pompons, new designs, beautiful
tints, zoe and Si.2i.
Space will not allow us to enumerate all the
specialtes of the Millinery Department We
call your attention to the Jet Beaded Crowns
at 10C.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12

We have an unlimited assortment in Prince
Albert Suits, Single Pants, and Alpaca Goats at
Tiives 10 suit the times. We viii be r.eased to
see you ut the popular
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12
We Have Been Studying
TIC FeCUTTdTTlTe IaSIe5 anu TUTIIS OF NUT dUOsI
from the Day we Opened Our Store, in
M ILLIN E r Y |!

And have made this subeota specially The manager Of this Department
US they Certain shapes and coors Hats which are the most
We would particularly call attention to the and large
latest extensive Millinery the
"BCn Narche," We specify only few.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12
Observation-Disclosures

Experience has taught those who have
but friends will still Strictly
One Price Money refunded everything entirely satisfactory
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12
Tho Senator Didn't Get In.

AT this time have lightning rods repaired or
new ones. ]. II. Kuehling.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12
Flowers,

Your choice OF either only CSC each.
POPPIES-A bunch containing large open
Poppies and Buds, rubber stcams.
R0SES-A bunch containing @, with rubber
stems.
BOUQUETs-Roses,w with Plquets and Leaves.
PINKS-A bunch containing 80.
IS CENTS Marguerltes, Cherry Sprays,
Snowballs, with fine White Flowers,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-12
Daisies That Are Daisies.

Fine French Nontours, at SOC, 75c, csc, and
1924.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER FEBRUARY "A, 1886

gently, knows what he is doing and
can count with some certainty upon
results. He takes his chances On
no mere guess-work in which the
brain sleeps and muscle takes the
place of brain. To sum it UP in brief
the successful farmer must be an in,
telliaent, an ~Observant, a thinkiny
a re54ding man. He must not ONLY
study Nature as he comes in every.
day intercourse with her, but 6e
must be ready and willing to profit
by the experience of others. He
must not cling to old methods be-
cause they are old, nor to his W
because they are his own, if better
can he found and are within his
reach.
In these days of printing presses
and ready mail facilities, no farmer
should be without at least one Jour
nal devoted to the farm, especially
when the price Of such publications
is SO insignificant. 1t would be ut.
terly impossible for him to read reg
ularIy the unprete ding agricultural
paper without deriving more than
an equivalent for tho amount Of
money invested in the way Of sub
scription. Happily no farmer is
now confined to an inferior order of
publications, for the best are within
the reach of all. Among these We
trust it will not be egotistic to say
that The PROGRESSIVE FARMER will
be found a CLEANER for the farmers,
a receptacle and dissemination Of the
best thoughts of students Of agricul-
ture, and Of the boosted experience
Of the workers i'll the fields who
have achieved success and point
the way that their brother-workers
should go. In a word, this Journal
aspires to be an %edncdtior, not with
fine-spun, wordy themes, but with
plain, practical, hard-sense teach
ing, based upon solid facts. 1t will
treat of all subjects connected with
the farm in which the farmer, the
farmers wife, son and daughter
may be interested, and for each it
will be a friend and instructor. We
hope to see it become a household
companion in thousands of farm
homes in this our beautiful State,
welcomed as a friend that comes
to lessen the daily toll, and make
the home life brighter and pleas
anter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24

Our able contemporary, the
Wilmington Star, in a well-concelved
and admirably written article on
"labor difficulties and complaints
has this to say:
The danger with laboring organi-
zations is that however excellent the
theory and sound the basis upon
which they are founded and propose
to operate the practice does not cor
respond. The tendency in carrying
out the principles and theory is to
Socialism, and Socialism is really a
halfbrother to Nihilism. Nihilism
means a reign of terror ending in
death. X X X x 1t is the bad,
the imprudent, the cruel men that
will ruin any good cause. 1t is al
ways better to compromise difficult
ties rather than to let them grow to
extremes. There is no doubt that
the laboring classes when united
have a tremendous power at their
command. There is no doubt of
their grievances being often just and
we'll grounded. But the danger is
i'll not using that power always dis
crectly, humanely, wisely. 1t may
he used mercilessly if a few bad men
should dominate, and to the ruin
of capital, but in doing this labor
may bring poverty and suffering
upon itself: 1t is a mighty sword
this power-and it has two keen
edges.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24
WORTH INVESTIGATING.

Mr.. w. Ii. Snow OF High Point,
has devised and tested a plan for the
curing Of Tobacco, which we trust
will be thoroughly investigated by
our Tobacco farmers. We learn that
he cured in his barn 1000 pounds OF
Tobacco in three days, with only
one load of wood-the curing space
16x2O feet. The thermometer at no
time during the three days, was al
lowed to go higher than 40 degrees.
He strips the leaf from the stalk in
the field and takes it to the barn
where it is strung On wire and hung
in frames, which are placed in posi-
ton by means of pulleys. The lot Of
Tobacco referred to-, was stripped,
taken to the barn and placed in po-
sition in one day, by four grown
hands and eight children, at a cost
of 1862. Mr.. Snow claims that the
leaf can be cured more uniformly by
this process. If, under this process,
he can retain the rich waxey body
while he the proper color
he has made a point. At all
events he has accomplished enough
to justify an examination of his pro-
cess. II our farmers can find any
plan for cheapening the present
method it will be SO much clear
money in their pockets. We would
be glad to know how this tobacco of
Mr.. Shows stands in comparison
under the hammer of the auction
Ger. Will he tell us?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24
STOCK.

The growing interest among our
people, in improved breeds Of stock,
is a most hopeful and encouraging
evidence of genuine progress. The
number of pure blood Jerseys, for
instance, in our State, a dozen years
ago, could have been counted on the
fingers of a hs,n |, and now they are
to be found scattered in every Sec
ton of the State. We see no reason
why the Piedmont Section should
not make improved breeding Of
stock a specially it it's system Of ru-
raj economy. We have a climate
for the development and growth of
stock, nowhere to be excelled,-we
have the soil and all the natural re-
quirements for growing the grasses
and cereals most successfully, and
we trust that in the near future our
farmers will devote more attention
to this most important branch of
farm economy. 1t is a waste of
money to feed and care for four
cows, which do not supply more
milk than one good Jersey-when
the cost of keeping either OF them is
as much as that Of keeping the Jer-
sey. Keep no more stock than can
be kept well. 1t is not enough to
buy a COW whose pedigree can be
traced back through a long line of
ancestors in the "Herd Book" 1t
must be we'll cared fort should be
the pet Of the whole family. No
equal amount invested on the farm
will pay better than the money in
vested in good stock, and no where
in the South can it be more profita-
bly, done than in Piedmont Carolina.
1t is true that the great body of our
farmers do not feel able to pay the
high prices which pure bloods COM
mand, and here comes in again the
plea for cooperation among u
farmers. If one cannot do 1t, four,
five, six or more, could. Form
Clubs and the matter can be easily
managed. Let our farmers econo-
mize by keeping better stock.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24
INTELLIGENT M

This is an age of progress, of
thought, of action. It is a practical
age. Thousands of busy brains are
at work dayefter day to devise new
methods, new\ appliances to do the
work of human hands, easier, better
and more expedtiously than it was
done before. AID 80 to-day one
man in the field oflabor, of produc-
ton, is the equivalent of a score of
men half a century ago. In all the
departments of human industry, the
brain is being cultivated b. cause it
is a recognized fact that the cultured
brain masters it's work with ease,
and accomplishes much, while the
u~ncu.tured struggles along in the
dark, as it were, and accomplishes
but little. In all the multiplicity of
mems avocations, there is none to
which this applies with more truth
or force than to the work of the
farm.
1t is a mistake to suppose, as some
do, that the work Of the farm is
simply muscular ~exertion, a mere
routine, without variation, of plow-
ing, planting and harvesting, that
all the farmer has to do is to turn
the soil, SOY the seed, and gather
the ripened crop. There never was
an assumption with less foundation,
there never was a greater error.
The farm is one Of Natures many
laboratories, and he who enters that
laboratory as a worker must study
it, must master its mysteries if he
would work to a purpose, or hope to
succeed. He should know the char
acter and constituent elements of
the crop he proposes to raise, of the
soil best adapted to its growth, and
the best methods of culture. With
this knowledge he proceeds intelli-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24
THE MORTGAGE SYSTEM.

+ This is an offspring OF the home
stead law. At the time of its adop.
ton, it was regarded az an evil, but
a necessary one. The merchant
asserted to it with distrust, but it
offered protection and security. The
farmer accepted it with m~isgivings,
but it promised aid in relieving him
Of the entanglements and embar-
easements into which he had been
unwittingly drawn by treacherous
negro labor, and the more treach-
erous king Cotton" Now, mer-
chant and farmer alike regard it as
"a delusion and a snare"
1t begets ertrauagance. The far
mer, in fixing the amount, when he
gives the mortgage, generally
makes liberal allowance. for unfor--
een contingencies, and he almost
invariably exhausts the whole sum
by the time the note is due, and
not unfrequently buys many things
which he could and should do with
out.
1t encourages and almost necessitotes
the one-cr0p system. When he plans
his crop, it is not a question as to
how much hay, potatoes, corn, wheat
oats, meat, &c, will be needed to
meet the demands of home con-
sumption, but the question follows
him by day and haunts him by
night-how much cotton or how
much tobacco will it take to release
me from the mortgage? Indeed,
in some places in the State, the
merchant will not accept even a
mortgage, unless the farmer will OBJ
ligate to plant a large portion of his
farm in n crop.
Hdestroys system and method an the
arrangement and management Of the
farm. The mortgage must be met
tt all hazards-he depends chiefly,
if not absolutely on the one crop to
do it; hence, this is attended to,
even to the neglect and ruin of ali
other crops.
Bat infinitely aoorse than all this, it
undermines that spirit Of independence
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24

uhich should al,pays be cherished By
erery man md especially the filters OF
the soil. He conveys the owner
ship of his crops, frequently before
they are planted, to the merchant
and eserves to himself only the
right to cultivate, harvest and de-
liver it, and meantime to enjoy the
humiliating and degrading refec-
ton that he is only a tenant on his
own land! a
We said it was the offspring OF
the homestead law. Farmers wanted
and needed credit, but the mer-
| chant wanted and needed protec-
ton for the value of his wares.
The. homestead law interviewed to
the amount of Il legally fixed sum
hence, the mortgage system. But
it has been abused and misused by
both farmer and merchant in num-
berless instances. Both merchant
and farmer would be infinitely bet
ter off, in our Judgment, if no home
stead law, no stay law, nor no lien
law had ever existed. They have
been the fruitful source of discon-
tent, of costly litigation, and in u
Judgment, have done more to de-
st, ~ that confidence betwe N man
ana man, which is the true founda-
ton OF all prosperity, than ali things
else combined, and we may add,
that these laws indirectly encourage
and propagate dishonesty and vii
lainy. But they are a necessary
evil. We must endure them; but
we feel that we should admonish
our farmers to adopt such meth
dds as may relieve them Of the ne
cessity Of thus loading down their
energies. The merchant should
nave and must have guarantees
that he will be paid for his goods.
He would be unfit to attend to his
business If he were satisfied with
less. He would soon be wrecked
and ruined. But the very best guar
antae he a have, and n that
will always command his confidence
and the safest and best for the far
mer, is to let him see you raising
your own supplies at home, and
that you are frugal and economical
in the management of you business.
Did any one ever know as many
rs ten farmers whose credit was not
good, who thus managed their
affairs? Unload! Uunload, far
mers! Rid yourselves Of the mort
gage which will hang about your
neck IA a milestone. But it may
require the selling OF a p .rt Of your
land. Be it SO, if need be. Let it go.
1t does not belong to you while it is
under mortgage, and to be frank
with you, it most probably W.
will again. Young farmer, when
you start to town to give your first
mortgage, get down from your
horse, and sit down on the roadside
and think it all over for at least
three hours. Get on your horse;
go back home; walk into the kitchen;
sit down and take your baby on
your knee and ask your faithful,
sensible wife what you ought to do
about it. And for one time in your
life, take her advice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24

CHATS THE WAY THE MONEY
GoEs."-A yolng man in our town
not having the fear of the trickster
before his eyes, was led to try his
luck not long since, by an advertise
ment in a Northern paper, which
promised, on receipt of twenty-five
cents in postage stamps to give a plan
for making from FIVE to twenty
five dollars a day" The stamps
went and the answer came: "Flsh
for fools as zoe do" The fortune
hunter is a sadder, and, perhaps, a
wiser boy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24
Winston, n. c., Feb, "a, 1896.
This paper entered as second class matter at the
Post OD1ce in Winston, ". Cl

We must admonish our farmers
against the danger of allowing to
bacco to rob their meat houses, corn
own bread and meat first and then
add tobacco or whatever other crop
will bring the most money. Bread
and meat frst, IS the only safe rute.
In November next our people
will be called upon to vote for nine
members of Congress, members OF
our State Legislature, three Supreme
Court Judges, Six Superior Court
Judges, twelve District Solicitors
and all County Officers except Clerks
of Courts.
-Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour,
of New York, died on the 18th inst,
at his home in Utica, aged IS years.
He was four times a candidate for
the Gubernatorial Chair of his State
and twice elected. He was the De
mocratic candidate for the Presiden-
cy in 1863 and was defeated by Gen.
Grant.
"A letter from Jno. A. Mitch
ener (late of Johnston County,, Una
tilla, Fla, says by the recent cold
weather all the oranges were lost ex-
ccpt such as were made into wine,
'sbut the trees were not killed and
the future of Florida is brighter than
ever. Mark the prediction-mOre
people will come to Florida next
fall and winter and more real estate
will change hands than ever before"
1t is gratifying to note the progress
of any section, but especially are we
pleased to see thrift and progress
in our Dixie land. Y
For the many kind and compli-
mentary notices ofTHE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, by u brethren of the
State Press, we tender our most
grateful Acknowledgements. By un-
firing devotion to the interests Of
our people, and an unselfish purpose
to aid to the extent of it's ability in
promoting their welfare, and the de-
velopment of the material interests
of the State, THE PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER hopes to prove itself worthy Of
all the many %fattering things that
have been said about it. 4
"A Northern Syndicate has
bought 225 900 acres of land, says
the Norfolk. Landmark, in Eastern
North Carolina for colonization pur-
poses. The lands are surrounded by
the waters of Pamlico and Albemarle
~sounds,--is within five hours of Nor
folk, by rail or steamer and within
sixteen hours Of New York. The
day will come when this section will
be one vast truck garden supplying
the great cities of the North Allan
tic Coast with all manner of vegeta-
bles and fruits.
-Worn-out lands. There should
be nc such word. There are lands i'm
the older countries of Europe and in
England which have produced crops
annually for a thousand years, and
are better to-day, than they were
hundreds of years. 1t could and
should be SO here. Whenever you
see a farm "run down. and the land
swear out you may be sure that the
system of culture is wrong-radical-
~ wrong. There is not a farm in
our State, especially with a red clay
subsoil, witch cannot be made rich in
ten or fifteen years, by a proper sys-
tenn of culture and that too without
spending a dollar for commercial
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-11-20
TIE NEWS IN BRiEF

\ vein Of coal seven fee; thick of Tin" quail
itv. was Thursday struck at Mouar Vernon,
Ills, at a depth Of 50 let
The authorities at Atlanta have license
thirtv-six ne-roonS. a. tho liquor law per
nit, the sale OF dom SIC wine.
Nearly all the rson.y reqnjr'j has b,en
contributed for monument at indianapolis
10 SCHUYLER CUlfaX 10 Is unveiled next
May.
The directors of the Illinois Central road
have voted TO issue lnE1 shares Of new stock
at 1876, giving the stockholders the right until
Jan. 20.
At the entrance to the ch inter of deputies
Il Paris. "a workman fired "a revolver five
times 10 call attention to lawsuit be had
brought
The lighthouse boari IN, decided to take
immediate steps toward the lighting of the
Bartholdi statue, nj an estimated cost Of
$3.50 Icr month
a snow-plow ran down three section men
Thursday, near Panora. Iowa. jams Far
row and his son was killed, AM Joseph Davis
fatally wounded.
William X. Roberts an aged and infirm
man who for many Years has been treasurer
of Lewis and Clark county Montana has
been convi ted ii epbezziing 30
The Masonic Relief association, in session
at st. Louis, elected officers Thursday. Mar
tin Collins, of st Louis being chosen pres-
len. The II xt meeting viii be held al
Toronto. Ont.
In fit Of Jealousy Wednes lay night, at
HolmeSville Miss, George NJ Gum shot
Dora Thomas, aged Il, ami then riding to his
farm shot himself dead, first NJ his cook
to witness the tragedy. Miss Thomas Is not
seriously wounde /.
For the eighteenth time in seventeen years
the planning mill of j. X Russell 4 Co, Full
ton street, Chicago, was Thursday Quilted by
flames, the loss being S10,G0. The cause
was the overturning Of a lamp in a curtain
rod factory on the upper floor
At the American cattle convention in Chi
cago Thursday, resolutions were adopted
which among other things rounlly denounce
the policy of Land Commissioner Sparks as
detrimental to farmers, and st forth tina
his broad charges Of fraud were hot found II
on facts.
The storm in Connecticut Thurs lay de
stroyed a number of large tobacco she'd
which contained this years crop, and the
losses will be heavy. Many buildings were
unroofed at Hartford, and chimneys, trees,
and fences were blown down, creating loss
Of several thousand dollars
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-11-20

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Nov 20-During the
address of Gen. Logan at the campfire here
Thursday night he said: have been charged
with saying things that a regard for my per
sonal advancement should have left unSaid,
but don't care as long as | am right. | be
lieve in ptnsionlng every Union soldier who
served in the army and has an honorable
discharge, who was wounded or contracted
disease in the war, or who is now. through
no fault OF his own, incapacitated from earn
ing living Every Union soldier over ~
years Old should I've pensioneL And say to
YOU, members Of the Grand Army, if YOU be-
heves in this You must place the men in
power who Will carry it out. Further l
think n Union soldier just as good as any man
to represent this government abroad The
boys who saved the government should be
provided for