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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-08
Massacre of Christians In Tonquin.

PARIS, Jan. General De Courcey. com
mander of the French forces in Tonquin, tele-
graphs the War Office as follows: During the
latter part of December rebels destroyed the
Catholic mission houses at Ughean, AMMAN.
and killed French missionary and i've hundred
native Christians. A column of French troops
were sent in pursuit of the rebels. 1t overlook
and routed them, and captured their arms and
Ammunition ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-08

SoME favor tariff for revenue only. and some
% taFih with incidental protection. and some tar
favor the free use Of Salvation Oil for cuts and
bruises
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-08
Illness of the Princess of Wales.

LONDON, Jan. THE Princess of Wales is
prostrated with serious illness. The symp-
toms were developed last week, and were at
tributed to pleurisy. The appropriate remedies
were administered and the disease was arrested
Sir Oscar Clayton, surgeon to the Prince of
Wales, is in constant attendance on the Princess
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-08
Mr.. Vance and Civil-service Reform.

Washington Special.
Senator Vance does not believe in civil-service
reform, and he is not disposed to believe that
anybody else really believes in it So he has in
troduced bill to repeal the law II am not
one of those who think that the fodder ought to
be given to the OK that does no work, nor am
in favor OF putting in Office the sbirk who does
not belong to any party, and who fires away at
one or the other just as 1t happens to suit him.
| am not in favor of putting mugwumps or
lContinued on second Pa..el
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-08

PITrsBURG, Jan. Gabriel Bachter and his
son Joseph. aged fifteen, were suffocated to-
night by gas from q coke store used in drying
plaster in new house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-08

CONTINUED on Second Pase.l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02

II.
Beneath this Wondering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye;
But start not at the dismal void /!
If social love that eye employed,
Ifwith no lawless fire it cleaned,
But thro' the dew of kindness beamed,
That eye shall be forever bright
When stars and sun are sunk in night.
Within this hollow cavern hung
The ready, swift and tunetul tongue,
If ~falsehood's honey it disdained,
And wherei it could not praise was chain'd;
If bold in virtues cause it spoke,
Yet gentle chord never broke;
This silent tongue shall plead for thee
When time unveils eternity.
Say did these fingers delve the mine,
Or with envied rubies shine?
To hew the rock or wear the gem,
Can little now avail to them;
But if the page of truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mOurners brought,
These hands a richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on wealth or fame.
v.
Avails it whether bare or shod
These feet the paths of duty trod
If from. the halls Of ease they fed
To seek affections humble shed;
If grandeur's guilty bride they spurned,
And home to virtues cot returned
These feet with angels wings shall vie,
And tread the portals of the sky.
Anon.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER; JUNE g. 1856. !

covered with ~cockroaches, SO much so
that the vegetable could not be seen, SO
voraciously were they engaged IN suck
ing the poisonous moisture from It. !
adopted the same plan the following
night, but my visitors were not nearly SO
numerous should think not more than
a fourth of the previous night. On the
third night I did not discover one; but
anxious to ascertain whether the house
was quite clear of them, | examined the
peel after | had laid it down about hall
an hour, and perceived that it was COW
cred with myriads of minute cock
reaches. about the size of a. flea. l
therefore allowed the peel to remain till
morning, and from hat moment | have
not seen a cockroach in the house. 1t is
a very old building. and | can assure
YOU that the above remedy only requires
to be persevered in for three or four
nights to completely eradicate the pest.
OF course it should be fresh cucumber
peel every NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Journal
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
IMPRISONING THE BABY

Baby's clothing is very inconven-
iently arranged. No matter how
carefully it is handled, the long
clothes have a tendency to crawl up
to the little chin, OF get into a bunch
under the little arms, causing much
discomfort and leaving the tender
little feet bare and cold. Now, a
string or pretty ribbon that can
always be hid by a cloak-tied
around the the long skirts just be-
low the little feet, prevents the baby
from getting into a bungling bundle,
keeps the dainty skirts smooth and
gracefully arranged, and the little
one from taking cold. Why not put
the baby in a bag at once and be
done with it? Well, and why not?
We n sure that the helpless little
creatures would feel far more com
Portable tied up in bags than they do
now, done up in the awkward bun
dies known as "baby clothes" The
"bags" would be roomy, of course,
with a drawing at the top and an
other at the bottom. Have as much
embroidery as you please, but no
sleeves, unless the bag is made to
open behind. The fashion of dislo-
eating a baby's shoulder by bending
back the little arm to force it into
the sleeve of a garment made to
open in front is both useless and
cruel. No wonder the little things
scream and kick when they are be-
ing dressed. Talk about a dress re-
form association for women! It is a
reform in baby clothes that is most
needed. Why not consider the sub
ject a little?-Fnrm and Fy:reside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
WISDOM FOR THOSE ABOUT TO
MARRY.

They who marry for physical char
acteristics or external considerations
will fail of happiness.
Never both be angry at once.
Never taunt with a past mistake.
Never allow a request to be re-
peated. .a
Let a kiss be the prelude of a re-
buke. 90.
Let self-abnegation be the habit OF
both.
Il forgot" is never an acceptable
excuse.
A good wife is the greatest earth
ly blessing. 81. .4.e ..r
If you must criticise, let it be done
lovingly. ... ... r...
Make marriage a matter of moral
judgment.
Never make a remark at the eX-
pense of the other.
Give your warmest sympathies
for each others trials.
Never talk at n another, either
alone or in company.
If one is angry, let the other part
the lips only for a kiss.
Neglect the whole world besides,
rather than one another.
Let each strive to yield oftenest
to the wishes OF the other.
Always leave home with loving
words, for they may be the last.
Marry into different blood and
temperament from your own.
Never speak in loud tones to one
another unless the house is on fire.
Never deceive, for the heart, once
misled, al never trust wholly again.
Never find fault unless it is per-
fectly certain a fault has been com
mitted.
1t is the mother who molds the
character and fixes the destiny Of
the child.
Do not herald the sacrifices you
make to each others tastes, habits
or preferences.
Let all your mutual accommoda-
tons be spontaneous, whole-souled
and free as air.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
THE BABY.

For his OWL dear sake Baby ought . o
mind" She sets fair stones and firm
who begins with the earliest CLEANS of
intelligence to teach her child self-con-
troll. When she has impressed into his
mind the cardinal truth that she must be
obeyed implicitly, however Justify will
and temper pull the other way, she casts
about the neck of passion a silken thread
that will be a strong rein in the hand of
the man. "Mother'' and conscience"
are and should be interchangeable terms
until he passes the confines of infancy.
Wholesome discipline bears earlier fruit
than the lasting good done to boy and
man. Baby is healthier, happier, inf
nitely less troublesome for comprehend
ing that "No" and "Do" are non-elastic
words on mammals lips. The sooner the
lesson is acquired the better for all par
ties. ..sss ts,...# Il, ..f.f. +.
There is no fixed period in which to
begin the good work. By the time the
infant knows his mother, responds to
her smile, and is lulled by her voice it is
possible for her to establish a hold upon
his will. Never allow him from this
hour to know that he can disobey you.
h young horse who has once taken
the curb between his teeth, and thus
learned his might and his masters weak
ness IS never quite safe thereafter. IF
you delay to measure your strength with
Baby's until he can walk and talk and
enter into the motive-as well as the
meaning of an order, you may grid up
the Joins of your mind for a conflict.
Half the patience and pains the young
girl over the way expends in training
her canary to eat from her lips, perch on
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
NO LIGHT IN THE WINDOW.

AS the train passed along in the
night, with drowsy passengers out
stretched upon the seats, the con-
ductor was observed frequently peer
ing out Of the frosty window into
the darkness. The night was black,
and nothing could be seen but a
sheen of snow over the shadowy
landscape, and yet the conductor
shaded his eyes with his two hands
and held his face-a weary-looking
face it was, too-close to the win
dow pane.
Choking to see if your girl is
awake yet?" inquired the inquisitive
passenger with a coarse laugh.
The conductor looked around and
shuddered, as with husky voice he
replied simply: afs.f
eyes"
And then the inauisitive passen-
ger became garrulous and familiar.
He sat down beside the conductor
and poked him in the ribs as he
lightly said: ,.f ..s..
"Ah, l see. Going to get married
and quit the road. Going to marry
a farmers daughter. Worth much?'
"She's worth a million to me-
Further remarks in a similer vein
did the passenger make, but the con-
ductor deigned no more replies.
Suddenly the whistle Of the locomo-
tive gave a long, low moan, the con-
ductor stuck his eyes still closer to
the window, seemed to fasten his
gaze upon some object in the dark
ness, and then fell back in his seat
with a cry of despair upon his lips.
The passengers gathered around
to inquire the trouble, when the
brakeman assisted his chief to rise
and led him into the baggage car.
The conductors face was as white
as the snow banks which fringed the
iron roadway, and in his eye was a
look Of fearless grief.
"Poor SAM" said the brakeman
upon his return, otis a bad night for
him. Four weeks his little girl has
been i'll. Night after night he was
at her bed, but then she got better
and he came back to his train. He
arranged with his wife that if all
was we'll with the little one she'd
display a lighted lamp right in the
window Of the sick room. The boys
all knew it, and every night we all
looked for the light almost as eagerly
as Sam himself: He lives by the
side Of the track back here a few
miles-and tonight there was no
light in the window for Sam."-Chi-
c0gO Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
WOOL GROWING sTAr1sr,oo

The year of 1886 witnessed a loro.
falling off in the number and valsse
of sheep in the United States. Tppee
same may be said of swine. while aH
other species Of live stock has in
creased in value and numbers. Th
decline in sheep, in aggregate vaIno
has been II per cent; that of sw;n,
somewhat larger. In some instancas
the increase in the value Of otboS
live stock has reached as hipb .,
25 per cent. The causes of the do
cline in sheep and swine are obyioN,
the first has not been only in tho
lack of protection but also in the
uncertainty in regard to that which
exists. The decline in swine haI
been the unfriendly action againS5
it's Introduction in our principal for
eign markets-an action based unon
error, if not wilful misrepresenta,
ton. The aggregate value Of the
sheep in the United States is st
down at 500, 867-an industry Of
a magnitude and general diffusion
which should call to it's aid and en-.
couragement the best effects Il can.
italists and the law-making power
The present number of sheep in tbp
United States is set down at 1922.
331, valued at an average of s191
cents per head. The mutton breeds
range from $2.15 to 1915 a head
The greatest number 0 fsheep in any
one State is 6,S02,615 in Texas. Cali.
fornia comes next, with 5000. $685.
followed by Ohio with 4,753,O34.
One of the great drawbacks to
sheep husbandry is the presence Of
vicious dogs. No State in the Union
is exempt from this nuisance. Geor-
gia probably complains most loudly.
We have but very meagre recordso of
the destruction of sheep by dogs.
Illinois is the only instance before
us as we write, from which State We
have a report of losses by dogs Of
1888 sheep in 1885, a rate of one
to every so. In the older States
sheep husbandry is encouraged al
most as much for its benefit to the
farmer as for it's wool and mutton.
Kansas reports a very improbable
business from sheep raising during
the last four years; but from the
same authority comes the statement
that the number Of sheep increased
25 per cent. in that State during the
year 1885. The business has Ger
tainly been Improbable in California
for several years past.-Pactc Rural
Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
HOW TO BE RID OF REACHES

| beg to forward you an easy, clean
and certain method of e~radicating those
loathsome insects from dwelling houses.
A few years ago my house was infested
with cockroaches Tor "clocks," as they
are called here), and | was recommended
to try cucumber Feelings as a remedy. I
accordingly, Immediately before bed
time, strewed the floor of those parts of
the house most infested with the vermin
with the green peel, cut, not very thin,
from the cucumber, and sat up an half
an hour later and watched the effect.
Before the expiration OF. that time the
floor where the peel lay was completely
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
BLEEDING AT THE NOSE.

The best remedy for bleeding at
the nose, Is given by DR.. Gleason at
I'M of his lectures, IS in the vigor-
Gus motion Of the jaws as if in the
act of chewing. In the case of a
child a wad of paper should be in
serted to chew it hard. It is the mo-
ton of the jaws that stops the flow
of blood. This remedy is so simple
that many will feel inclined to laugh
at it, but it has never been known
to fail IN a single instance, even in
the severest cases. no 80 .s535llJ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
LUNCH FOR AN INVALID.

A nice way to prepare a very
light lunch for an invalid (and to be
taken with a cup of weak tea) is to
toast three milk crackers, then pour
boiling water over them, draining it
off Immediately, spread jam or mar
malade owe them, and pile them up,
set them into the oven while you
make the tea, and take both into
the sick one, and it will prove appc-
thing and refreshing if unexpected.
CHICKEN PATTIES.
Chop very fine the dry poorest
bits left from baked chickens; sea-
son carefully with pepper, salt and
a little chopped celery. Make a
light puff-paste, roll a quarter of an
inch thick, cut with a neatly shaped
paste cutter lay a narrow strip of
paste all around; then put some Of
the mince on the paste cut another
piece the same size and lay over
Boil fifteen minutes.
IN TINS.
Take one cup of sour milk, one
egg, a little shortening, a teaspoon
full of bi-carbonate of soda if the
milk is not very sour, less soda will
do. Make a thick batter, add a little
salt, and bake in a hot oven. If you
cannot obtain sour milk, sweet milk
and baking powder will answer. To
a teacupful of sweet milk allow a
heaping teaspoonful of baking DOW
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
BETS AND BUTTER SAUCE.

Take two Bermuda beets of med
ium size. Wash and dry them with
out breaking the skin. Boil them
for thirty-fve minutes in fast boiling
water, slightly sailed, which must
entirely cover them. Then scrape
off the skin, cut the beets into slices
and the slices into strips. Melt an
ounce Of butter, add to it a little salt,
pepper and a teaspoonful of vinegar.
Pour it over the beets and serve.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
Aousehold.
FRIED BREAD.

Beat three eggs and season them
with salt and pepper; cut some
bread in thin slices and dip them in
the beaten egg, and fry a delicate
brown i'm hot lard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
OMELET WITH SPINACH.

Pick, wash and chop a handful of
spinach ; put in an omelet pan an
ounce of good butter; when it is
hot, add the spinach with a little
salt and pepper. Then beat up three
eggs with a tablespoonful of sweet
cream and a little salt. Add to
the spinach and finish as a plain
Omelet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD CO.

PIEDMONT AIRLINE ROUTE.
Condensed Schedule IN effect Moy2, Sc.
Trains Run by 75O Meridian Time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
S~LEEPING-CAR SERVICE.

SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
On trains so and 81, Pullman Buffer
Sleeper between Atlanta and New York.
On trains 81 and SD, Pullman Buffet
Sleeper between Washington and New
orleans, Washington and Augusta. Pull,
man Sleeper between Richmond and
Greensboro. ts
Through tickets on sale at principal
stations to all points.
For rates and information apply to any
agent OF h company, or to
1 C. W. CLEARS,
ata Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent.
E. B. THOMAS,
Genl. Manager.
RICHMOND, VA.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02

her finger and answerher call will ~,
your dearer charge comprehend tbn.'
is your place to control, his to ohor
Babyhood.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
gostry.
LINES TO A

Behold this ruin twas a skull
Once of ethereal spirit full; ...a
This narrow cell was life's retreat,
This space was thoughts mysterious seat!
What beauteous visions filed this spot,
What dreams of pleasure long forgot;
Nor hope, nor joy, nor love, nor fear,
Has left one trace of record here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-02
Real Estate Sales.

Ira Godfrey has sold to John r. Dos Passes,
for S4.756.95, two lots, 25 feet front each, on
the east side of New Hampshire avenue, be-
tween NJ and N streets.
John H. Strain has sold to John r. Dos Passos,
for SIG, 666. So three lots, 45.2x153 feet each,
at the southeast corner of Dist and + streets.
A. A. Birney, trustee, and Katharine M. Muir
ray have sold to VIM. H. Goddard, for $50, 900,
vania avenue and Az street, fronting 52.11 feet
on the avenue, and improved by brick build
ing.
Martha NJ. Read has sold to E. Boyd Faulk-
ner, for 81, 131, three lots, 1Sx9O feet each, on
the south size of l. street, between 26th street
and Pennsylvania avenue. Martha NJ Read
has sold to James Dripps. for $9,OS9.4O prop
erty comprising nine alley lots in the square be-
tween 9th and 10th d and E streets south west
and also three lots, 24x1OO, on the west side OF
9th street. between d and Z streets southwest.
Hubby, for 500, 900, the property on the west
side Of 9th street, just south of street, now
occupied by Hills paper store and Darby s
printing Office.
c. ]. Hillyer and Thos. J. Fisher have sold to
Martha A. Ryan, for $6,25O, lot 2642x95, at
the northeast corner of 18th and r streets, and
a lot 25x93, at the southeast corner of 18th and
Riggs streets.
Thomas B. Higgins has sold to w. X. Ryan,
side of Corcoran street, between 18th street and
New Hampshire avenue.
John b. Wakefield has sold to VIM. f. Nc
Lean, for 81 500, a lot 26x75, on the north side
of street, between 10th and Goth streets.
w. Clarence Duvall has sold to $. Lewis Will
son, for $40, 900, the residence the south side
OF + street, just east of 4th street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-02

SLANG TERMS APPLIED To FAMILIAR PIAI
ANDCHURCHES

SLANG TERMS APPLIED To FAMILIAR place.
ANDCHURCHEs.
Boston Letter to Providence Journal
There is a corner on the slope OF Beacon Hill.
at the junction Of Mount Vernon and West
Cedar streets, where Che sidewalk slants des-
perately, where in winter the Ice collects and
around which il is at any time rather difficult
to get without falling To the dwellers at Wess
End this is known as Point Judith, and many
are the wrecks that have been made on its
treacherous verge. The familiar title OF q DOR.
ton OF the next street is one OF the happiestex
amples of the sort OF local wit we consider.
ing. Aristocratic and sedate old Chestnut
street takes It's leisurely and dignified way he.
tween stately and antique mansions to CharleG
street, crosses it, degenerates SO far TO enter.
tain line of livery stables, and becomes In
Then there are the titles by which irreyerent-
ly Jocular persons hove designated the churches.
listers to the spiritual needs OF his congregation
is popularity known, from its ugly steeple, like
an oid-is a, mo HIv sa a. The
street church, which boasts, suppose the ugli-
est steeple in creation-certainly IL Is 70 be
as the Church of the Holy Dragons Tail" the
Church of the Holy Corn-cob,' the Church
OF the Holy Corkscrew, and from the fancied
resemblance OF the spire TO a pile OF those arti-
Giles, the 'Church of the Sacred Demijobns"
The church on Somerset street. which was taken
down year or two since TO make room Tor
graceful splre was richly adorned with the
crockeus characteristic OF hamboyant Gothic
architecture, known to scorfers as the
Church OF the Holy Asparagus" while prede-
cessor of the Rev. M. j. wage succeeded 6y his
attachment 10 horses, yachts, and the like, with
his eccentricities in the pulpit, in winning Tor
the church OF the Unity the theatrical sobriQue
OF "Hepworths varieties"
Every BODY knows that the wayside of Beacon
hill from the shady nature OF It's dwelIers ID
known as Niger Hill, and that, for a similar
reason, the lower end of Joy street, where the
contrabands swarm, and where one can hardly
walk without treading on sprawling pickan
Mes is familiary designated Coon Village"
In something the same spirit, q location at the
North End, IN which dwell Irish laborers ID
dubbed ''Shillalah court" and in south Boston
one finds 1T. ID. Alley"
The impossible social gulf which separates the
South End from the West End is well enough
known; and, indeed, knowledge of this Is es-
sential TO any thing like proper understanding
of Mr.. Howelis's novels. In view OF the general
exodus from the former portion of the town ON
TO the new lands, and the number vi nouUsau1
riches whose dwellings are 10 be found there,
the sarcastic phrase that dubs the Back Bay the
new South End" has a cruel and biting signii-
icance. Dweilers newly settled upon Common
wealth avenue, especially those on the wrong
side, are said not 10 be particularly fond OF thS
nickname.