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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-08
A WORD FOR THE FARMERS

Rev. Joseph Wheeler, in his SER
mon last Sunday morning, said in
substance this: Many tillers Of the
soil seem to be displeased with their
occupation. They are not satisfied
with being simply farmer and are
disposed to want a change in pur-
suit. But the farmer is the mon
arch of the land. He is freer, hap
pier and better off in almost every
way than those engaged in other
pursuits. The merchant reaps the
reward of his toll in silver and gold,
but these are not essential to the
enjoyment of human life. The farm
er furnishes food for his neighbor
and for the world, and there is
in this thought satisfaction that
does not come from being engaged
in other occupations" Let those
farmers who are disposed to be dis
satisfied from the humblenesst of
their lot, or from short crops, or
other causes take courage and
remember that they are indeed the
monarchs of the land" and that to
them the world owes living. There
is no more independent being on
earth than an honest, systematic,
industrious, frugal farmer Concord
Times
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-08
WINSTON, N. c., DECEMBER 8, 1886.

! seasons IN all IaUlCuOeS so Cnat Sufh-
cient time is allowed from the culti-
vation of crops for us to restore it
to it's virgin richness. Ny vanity
If such it is-cOnstrains me to
believe that by persistent effort we
may make our lands more product
i've than they were when we took
the forest off them. In this way we
are allowed to provide for the null
titudes of increase in population and
thereby leave to posterity super
ior inheritance to that of stocks and
bonds. Nature provides non-veg-
etating season Of sufficient length to
afford time to put the farms in a
productive state Neglect on our
part at this season is as wrong-doing
as to neglect to plant and cultivate
at the proper season. ldleness
has no place in natures programme
and when it prevails it is counter
balanced by want.
Let us be up and doing at this
season. Dig, scrape, haul and com
post every fertilizing thing found in
unavailable places. Do this as early
in the winter season as possible
while the weather is suitable and
while these scrapings contain most
nutriment for plants, and thus give
more time for decomposition to take
place. Occasionally take back
sight and see if you can improve on
former methods. Back sights arc
as necessary in engineering as front
ones. Later on when the wet
weather sets in see after water fur
rows. Take shovel with you and
trace each one and ut the first APP
proach of break mend it, and
where the water has been near the
top make them higher Eternal Wig
ilance is the price of success in this
important calling -.~s.
The resources for fertilizing mate
rial are ample. Less than an eighth
of the earths surface is under cult
vation. There are left seven eights to
replenish from. Scarcely a day
passes but / see field deeply COW
cred with grass and weeds just killed
by the frost. These are in a better
condition for turning than they can
ever be again. The weather at this
time is fine for it and yet l see none
of it doing The dead growth will
bleach and leach and get poorer
each day. It should be turned under
and locked up for the next crop.
Bare lands need not be turned this
early in the winter, unless it is stiff,
clayey land. The object of winter
following is to decompose the previ-
GUS crop left on it, and render clayey
land friable by freezing. These pre-
cautions demand as strict attention
as the gathering and housing crops.
D. NJ. PAYNE, Secretary.
The farmers of Edgecombe are on
the move A meeting was held at
Tarboro yesterday to organize
club, the call for which was signed
by sixty of the leading farmers Of
that section Of the State. The
club movement is spreading in
all portions of the state. The
editor of The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
acknowledges a cordial invitation to
be present.
The farmers of fOrmondsville town
shin. in Greene county, organized a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-08

The farmers of ofOrmondsville town
ship, in Greene county, organized a
club on the 3rd inst.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27
JUPITER's SATELLITES.
-Four Moons that ReVslve Around the Nest
Interesting Planet.

-Four Moons that ReVslve Around the Most
Interesting Planet.
Jupiter rejoices in a retinue OF four
moons that revolVe around him, as our
moon revolves around the earth, only
much more rapidly. The nearest moon
completes revolution in forty-two
hours, and the most distant one is but
sixteen days and sixteen hours in max
ing Il circuit. Ever since Calico dis
covered them in 1910, they have been
objects of great interest to observers.
A few persons possessing exceptional
visual powers, have seen one or two oil
them with the naked eye. Most OBJ
servers, however, require an opera-glass
to bring them out as tiny points of light.
A small telescope will improve the
view. But it requires the most power
full telescope to show them under the
best conditions, for then the glowing
points are transformed to discs or tiny
globes of intense brightness, shining
with surprising splendor as they
course around their great primary.
| Inc 1OuT moons are all NlSiulO
at times, but oftener only three or two
or one can be seen. On rare occa-
sions, the whole four disappear, and the
huge planet moves moonless on the
celestial path. There are three causes
for the disappearance of the moons.
They may be eclipsed, passing into the
shadow which Jupiter casts behind him
for fifty million miles; they may pass
behind the planet and DO occultod; or
they may pass in front of the planet and
make transits over his disc.
An astronomer at the Dun Echt OBJ
servatory records an interesting OBJ
servation of the transit of the fourth
satellite. AS he watched the tiny bright
spot in its passage over the planets
disc, he saw it overtake and occult its
own shadow. Therefore, the sun, the
earth, the satellite and the part of the
disc occulted must have been in 8
straight line. The earth, to an observer
on Jupiter, was, at the time, making g
transit over the sun, and must have
dwindled to black sphere, no larger
than pins head. 1t is safe to say
there were on the planet no observers
endowed like human beings, to behold
transit of the earth; perhaps this was
not the case with the satellites. S. Youth
Companion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

The first in conversation is truth,
the next, good sense, the third, good
humor, and the fourth, wit.-Stoif.
When Fogg heard the landlady be-
low stairs pounding the beefsteak he
remarked that Mrs. Brown was tender
ing banquet to her boarders. Boston
Transcript.
Beware of prejudices; they are rats,
and mems minds are like traps, Pre-
JUDGES creep in easily, but it is doubtful
if they ever get out Christian AdvO-
cate.
The mind of childhood is the ten
derest, hottest thing on earth. Let
parents stand as watchers at the temple,
lest any unclean thing should ENTER
NJ Y. Eraminer.
"What is the first thing you would doi
Jones, if you were stung by hornetP"
asked Smith, who had been reading an
article on the treatment of stings-
Howl" replied Jones, solemnly. And
the conversation abruptly ended
N Y. Independent.
"A disciple of Blackstone at Albany,
Ca, was met carrying home 'possum-
He was asked: "Hello, j., what is
that?n "'Possum! "What are YOU
going to do with him?" 'Tm going to
have big 'pOssum supper "How
many will be there?" Two; me and
the 'possumr'-AlGnta Constitution.
John is very kind to the poor,'t
said Mary, "but after all it may be mora
for the sake of praise than doing good"
look here, Mary" said her husband,
"when you see the hands of our clock
always right you may be sure that there
isn'tmuch wrong with the inside work"
Chicago Mail
The latest anecdote about the olo
lady who thinks she "knOws every5
thing" is about how she went to q
church sociable, and as she entered the
church the Young ladies said: Good
evening, auntie, we are glad you came;
we are going to have tableaux this
evening" Eyes, l know, know"
was the reply. Il smelt 'em when 1
first came in. - Western Rural.
-'Aw. "drawled city swell to a coun-
try boy, whom he met in the road ono
freezing morning, "the superlative go
lidity of the circumambient atmosphere
renders extraforaneous peregrinatiOns,
much less detachable than subtegulane-
GUS pursuits, don't you know" ''Gosh-
amity," said the boy, "do it though? ]
thought it was too dang cold for that. y
! Merchant FTavsl<r,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27

fort The article is accompanied by a.
plan of the place, made from survey
by the engineer of the Cambridge wa
ter-works, whose great new reservoir
is on Stony brook, close by. This plan
sustains the description of Thevet, in
regard to the ditch and gen@al fea-
lures. This ditch, which took its water
from Stony brook, Prof. Horsford
found was known to the proprietor
from boyhood, who supposed it had
served for purposes of irrigation. But,
though the property had been in his
family for century or more, he had
never heard of it being used for any
purposes whatever. The ditch is, alto
gether, about two thousand three hun
dred feet long, of uniform level from
the point on Stony brook, where it re-
ceived the water, to where it discharged
beyond the fort into the Charles. Dos
ton Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

of the forty-three thousand new
members of the Presbyterian Church
last year about twenty-one thousand
came from the Sunday-schools. - hrTsT
tiGp Union.
The late Senior Dona susanna
Beintez Vindade Parejo left $500, 900 to
found boys school in Madrid, and
$3.50, 900 in medical charities.
The State of Pennsylvania hA&
eighteen schools for soldiers orphans,
on which SIS, OO0,O has been expended
during the past twenty years.-PhiIGdet]
ptiG Press.
I'm the 1875 colleges and the other
institutions of learning in the country.
attended by $4,000 young men, there
are now 210 Y. NJ. G. Associations
N. Y Examiner.
The Norwegians of Brooklyn hGTe
founded a hospital for the benefit Of
their fellow countrymen. A deacOnesS
from the old country has entered upon
the work as e.-BrooElyn Union.
"A Waterbury paper mentions citi-
zen who removed his daughter from a
great female college in consequence Of
the prevalence there of the banefuE
and disgustinghabito of chewing gum
Hartford COurdnt.
The London correspondent of
Science announces that the old public
schools in England are relaxing their
strict adherence to the classics. Rug
by" he says, sis about to institute a
modern side, and changes in the same
direction are gradually introduced at
Elton, her great rival, Harrow having
long had something of the kind
That was good bit of advice given
by an old and reverend minister to some
young theologues who were seeking
hints as to sermon writing. CHOOSE
your text" he said, "then try to Iiv0 it
for week, and at the end of that time
you will be in a condition to write" If
this method of preparation.were in more
frequent use, audiences might have less
reason to complain of "dry" dis
courses CongregatiOndlist.
In Chicago school, recently, the
class that was reciting the Language
| lcSSOn WeTo IequcSGou W give sui
tence with the word capillary. A lit
tie girl wrote, 'Isailed across the ocean
in capillary" When asked what she
meant by that, she turned to Webster's
unabridged and triumphantly pointed
out this defnition-"Capillary: a fine
vessel" Further Investigations showed
that nearly all the class had made the
same blunder.-The AdUGnce.
"A curious company went over from
New York to Brooklyn a few Sunday
nights ago. 1t consisted, among 9TH
ers, of the Rev. Mr.. Haweis, CORTLAND
Palmer, Andrew Carnegie and two
daughters of Bob Ingersol. Mr.. Beecher
knew they were there and he arose
to the situation and preached one ofthe
very best sermons that ever came from
the Plymouth pulpit. After the sermon
he was introduced to the little party!
One of Colonel Ingersolrs daug hters
told him that that was the first time she
had ever been in church in her life,
whereat Mr.. Beecher said that she was
the prettiest pagan he ever saw, and
the priests and the agnOstics laughed
heartily at the pleasantry.-N Y. Tn
hama
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27
AT THE MORNING SERVICE.


The sermon was long and the preacher was
prosy.
The cushion was soft and the corner was
cosy;
And, musing, knew,
BY my side in the pew
was dear little face that was dlmpled and
rosy.
A stray bit OF lace and the curl of a feather
Lay close to my cheek, and didn't care
whether
The service was long,
Or flirting was wrong
In lonely back pew, as we knelt down
together .E
In reading the prayers we had one book be-
tween us;
so sweet was her smile that, had nobody
seen us,
While bent on our knees
70 how Cupid did teaseD
had stolen kiss, with the prayer-book to
screen US.
ing,
In my drowsy old brain felt love faucles
teeming;
Then my heart gave q hump
BY my head got bump
'On the back of the pew-I had only been
dreaming,
LITE.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27
ALBANIAN MARRIAGES.
A Very Curious Piece of semi-Barbarlan
Etiquette.

A Very Curious Piece OF Semi-barDarian
Etiquette.
When damsel arrives at a marriage
able age, the parents publish the fact
among their friends and acquaintances.
Should no sutton come forward, it rests
with her brothers to find one. Abrother
thus circumstanced will sometimes come
up to a male friend on the street and
make the complimentary proposal
then and there. "You are just the man
l wish to see'-thus goes the formula on
these occasions; my sister is now four
teen years old; you must marry her"
AS etiquette forbids plump refusal,
the gentleman thus honored gives half
acquiescence, and then hurries off to in
struct some old lady to act as go-be-
tween. Should he be satisfied with
the report made, after due inquiry
by this adviser the wedding is
arranged; but not until the very
last moment is the expectant bride
groom allowed to see his future spouse,
and then it would be contrary to the
prescriptions of society to draw back,
however unpreposessing she might
prove to be. After the performance of
the ceremony very curious piece Of
etiquette comes into play. Among the
Asiatics and uncivilized people gener-
ally it is the rule of the bride-elect to
feign coyness; but among the Arnauts
the bridegroom has to make this pre-.
tense. After the marriage feast is over
and the newly-made wife has withdrawn,
her husband fingers behind and is sub
jected to variety Of rough usage by
her relatives. Here, however, the sub
lection of the husband ends and his
reign commences. The wife is now
subject to his caprices, and is expected
to be subservient to his commands and
wishes. Chicago Interior.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27

Among recent publications is q
book of advice to homely girls, telling
them how to cultivate health and beauty.
There is great rush for the volume,
but of course no young lady will buy it,
if she can avoid it, and thereby &C.
knowledge that she is one of the homely
girls; but they get over that by sending
their little brothers after it. When they
are forced to go themselves, they inva-
riably remark that they want it for a
friend.-N Y Mail.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27

The mortality statistics of Atlanta
disclose a frightful percentage among
the colored population. Over SO out of
every 1000 die annually, although the
mortality among the whites is only Is
in 1000. --AtLaHta Consultation.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-03
Inventor of the Lightning-Rod.

One of our German contemporaries de
voted recently some space to the expert
ments of one Procopius Diwisch. and de.
tails number of interesting device.
produced by him. Among them the
lightning-rod occupies a prominent po-
sition. and Diwisch' 5 biographer claim,
for him the priority of invention in this
field, on the strength of the fact that h,
erected such a conuivance in his garden
in 1884. So far as dates are concerned
Diwisch can by DO means be counted a.
the original Jacob in the lightning-rod
business, as the thing had been don,
some time before by several others, and
the idea of drawing sparks from the
clouds had been suggested by Franklin
in 1919 Indeed, records show that be
fore Dlwisch's date two houses in Phila-
delphia were struck by lightning during
thunderstorm, and the one protected
by lightning-rods was not injured, whil
the other was severely damaged. w
might enter more into the details of thi,
question, but priority claims on modern
inventions must now be handled so FIRE
quently that our readers will pardon u
for refusing to dig up dead issues. Jus
tlce must be done though the heaven
fall, but sometimes the wish is heard
family that the heavens would fall on a
few of the men who had done it be.
fore Electrical World
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-03
To the Public.

The undersigned has sold THE CLARION
Bindery and stock to Nj. Robert Sproule,
from whom ! purchased same six years ago,
and he will use it in doing the binding for
the present State Printer, as well as for the
public generally. l have known Mr..
Sproule for many years, and have had
extensive dealings with him, and take
pleasure in commencing him to the public
as a careful. competent and efficient work
man, thoroughly posted in all branches Of
the bindery business All orders entrusted
10 him will be promptly a1d faithfully exc
cuted. Mr.. Sproule Is prepared to make
all kinds of record and blank books, and
will give special attention to the binding or
re-binding Of law, literary and other books,
magazines, music, etc. For the present
the Bindery will occupy the third floor OF
Tue CLARION Building. ]. L. POWER.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-03
Inc American Exposition.

EDIloE CLARION: The American Ex-
position, at New Orleans, has now been
opened for nearly two months, and no
person who has visited it can tell tie
truth without SAYING that it is magni
fcent exhibition, well worthy of the la
tronage of all. While it is not quite so
extensive in the Main Building as was
its predece .sor last year, d building COW
ering SO acres Of land not being filled up
in few months, the display is large, is
varied and instructive enough to well re
pay the cost of visit, while in he Gov
eminent or Safes Building, the di>p play
is absolutely better than it Was last year,
each State and Territory being repre-
rented aud comp .ting with each
other for the supremacy in excel
ling their displays of last year, ex
ceiling each otner this year. AS IA
source of instruction aud pleasure
nothing can Compare with the New Or
leans Exposition for the small price, and
every one should visit it who can, a
such an opportunity will not be offered
the people of Mississippi again this
century. At this Exposition you can
travel all over the world, including the
| United States, in one week and see what
it would cost you whole year and a
| mint of money 10 ses. otherwise. The
managers, with Sam B. Mccormick, a
| Missssippian, as Presidents, with Sam
h. Buck. Mississippian, as Direc
ior-GeneraI, have done all that
sine aud money could accomplish
to make the Exposition a success
| And having made ali their arrangement ;
for the Exposition TO be kept open until
| the 1st of April, they appeal to the PEG
pie of the South to sustain them in
their efforts to advance the ind ustrial ano
material interests of the South by this
grand Exposition, which brings before
| the world the unlimited and varied re
sources of the South as they were neve
shown before.
4 Coupled with the grand display o.
machinery, and the productions of tn
world, are also some of the most enter
tanning amusements in connection witt
the Exposition. Among these is Th
Destruction of Pompei by the truptiol
. of lava from Mount Vesuvius hundred
of years ago. This grand Pyfotecni
+, display is not surpassed by anything Q
. The kind ever before attempted in th
world, and would warrant one making
Journey of one thousand miles Just to sc
1t alone. 1t is represented Tuesda,
: Thursday and Saturday nights only.
: BY way of helping the Exposition til
railroads are all reducing their rate.
q The Morgan road.has done so from Texa
/ The Mississippi Valley has done so, an
: now comes the Illinois Central low rat.
: with an Exposition ticket thrown
free to boot. The rates are as follow
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-03
Possibilities of Photography.

With a lens made of rock-salt, II
might be possible to photograph in the
dark! Abney has succeeded in pre-
pairing plates which are sensitive to the
rays lying beyond the red end of the
such plates used with rock-salt lens
there should be a possibility of photo
graphing bodies which possess a high
temperature, although that temperature
may be far below that needed to render
them self-luminous. 1t is even possible
that such a plan may some day be so
perfected as to give us information about
the dark suns" that are believed to
crowd the tirmament-or rather heaven
ly bodies which once were seen, but
have now cooled down 50 as to be in
visible. Photographic NeUs.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-03
sth Day of February, A.. d., 1856.

commencing at IL O'Clock NJ. In rront OF the City
HALL in jackson, Missssi spi, at public auction to
the highest bidder, cash, will proceed sell the
following described lands, or suI1ciency thefeo
10 satisfy the deis secured by said deed,
the cost oil executing this trust, viz: Lands In
Linc0d. county, State Of Mississippi, described a.
The hi OF hi an the hi oil sec 2 and the So
az vi NV or sec s, and the Or OF ar Sec T. auo
the hf OF ne a. se-- 2, aud the hf OF ne or,
The nw or OF ne qr, and the hi NV or, and ihs
NV or OF NV qr, and the ht OF or, aud the e b
oi sw or, and the or the or, and or OF BE
ar, ana hi OF sw or, and sw qr of or, aud O.
ii ne Or sec. 10. and hf OF hi and the hi SCI
IL, aud hf OF nw or -, and hf OF or, ano
or OF ne or and Or and v hf OF or, and
IT ue qr sec IA, and NV Or oil NV or and or
Or vi or and sw ar vi ne or sec. Is, aud
" and hf oil or anu nv qr Oh &c or %,
c hf OF or and hi or "a, and west !
VI NV qT sec. 70. aud hf sec 30 and ne ar OF q
e. 3d. aud W hf of hf sec. IS, all in /. T. X
and the NV Or Of or sec ? an hf OF lots and
aud 4, and also lots AID aud aud y In sec.
and ne or sec IA, aud al OF sc Or and or Of
ar Sec Is and oi 10 in sec. Is and NV or OF ne a
and be qr oil Or sec IS, and or aud hi .
sec. q, aud ne Or and n hi Of or sec. ~ and
hi OF or and hf of ne Or and or OF nv a.
sec Is, aud or Of q and or of NV or ant
or o or aud hi OF or sec. 10 and Sc "a
and hf si neqr and $ III OF nv Or and or OF nv
gr see- 20. aud ne or OF or and hf OF q a,
u, hi oil ne Or and or OF ne or and &
Or aud west hf sec - and hf Of or sec ~ in
s. X = being vi 555o more or less to.et b.
| dryers and buildings situated the following de
scribed iands L nI sec il-sec II, part of l5
or and ms OF NV or Sec 1, i. T. X. The NV or o
nv qr 4 the n al OF or g. T. I, K y; sns
also ths following lands in LIrr>sce eazafy in sal.
State, viz: Ne sr Of Sc qr sec. IA, add the hf o
sw or oil see. 30, Z, 4 10 L, and the sw ar sec
l. and NV Or sec and e hi of or sec. Is, and
al oI hf 81, and kI OF nw or sec 81 in r. Z
K H. l., and Or VI Or sec. s. and ne or of n
qr and " OF qr ., and or OF Sc or SCI
II IN T. Z, 4 10. r .ani sw ar vi Or sec. S,
K III, h., and b. Of or and or OF ne or sec.
and { hi ol qr and al o se or and sc or of n,
or and So Or OF " "a. I. I, x. 10, T.. and
nj OF ar sec 8, and hf OF Sc or Sec Is and
Of sw ar sec - 4. :, X IL, b. being i5ou acre
more less j. J. GREEN
tan.6. Txpstse.