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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
MORAL COURAGE IN EVERY
DAY LIFE.

Have the courage to discharge
a debt while you have the money
in your pocket.
Have the courage to do without
that which you do not need, however
much your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak your
mind when it is necessary you
should do so, and to hold your
tongue when it is prudent you
should do SO.
Have the courage to speak to a
friend in a "seedy" coat, even
though you are in company with a
rich one, and richly attired.
Have the courage to own you are
poor, and thus disarm poverty Of its
sharpest sting.
Have the courage to tell a man
why you will not lend him your
money.
Have the courage. to "cut' the
most agreeable acquaintance you
have, when you are convinced that
he lacks principle. "a friend should
bear with a friends infirmities." but
not with his vices. .
Have the courage to wear old
clothes until you can pay for new
ones.
Have the courage to wear thick
boots in Winter, and insist upon
your wife and daughters doing the
anne.
Have the courage to prefer COM
fort and %propriety to fashion in all
things.
Have the courage to acknowledge
your ignorance, rather than to seek
credit for knowledge under false pre-
fences.
Have the courage to provide an
entertainment for your friends
within your means-not beyond it.
Have the courage to take a good
paper, and pay for it annually in
advance.-The Mristion Witness.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
A TRADE

A trader who was fortunate in
giving credit was asked the other
day by a c~onfrere, who, being
less clever, always had a lot
of failures on his hands, the cause of
his success, and he replied: "When
a new customer asks me for credit,
if, upon taking advice l feel justified
in giving it to him, [ subscribe for
the local paper of his place and
study closely the way he advertises.
In the first place this investigation
shows me what profit he realizes on
certain articles, and SO indicates
whether my customer works on a
good basis or not. Besides this
result which cannot, however, be
exact, in view Of the sacrifices that
are made in some cases, [ learn also
from his advertisement what his
standing is, as well as if [ opened
his account books. AS long as my
debtor advertises theoretically, his
advertisements well got up, carefully
looked after, and in good position,
he can get credit from me all he
wishes; he is a good risk. But if
] discover that his advertisements
are badly arranged and defective, [
set myself about settling his account
and stopping his credit. The e
chant who cannot pay for his adver-
tisements; and who allows them to
stand in the paper as a contra-ac-
count and ip defective shape because
he doesn't Care to take them out, s
a dangerous customer. As for the
nan who throws away his money
on advertisements in WORTHLESS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
/. NONE WILL MISS THEE "

Few will miss thee, friend, when thou
For a month in dust hast lain,
skillful hand and anxious brow,
Tongue of wisdom, busy brain
All thou vert shall be forgot,
And thy place shall know thee not.
Shadows from the bending trees
Ger thy lowly head may pass,
Signs from every wandering breeze
Stir the long, thick church-yard grass
Wilt thou heed them? No; thy sleep
Shall be dreamless, calm and deep.
Some sweet bird may sit and sing
On the marble of thy tomb,
Soon to fit on joyous wing
From that place of death and gloom.
On some bough to MARBLE clear;
But these songs thou shalt not hear.
Some kind voice may sing thy praise,
Passing near thy place of rest,
Fondly talk of "other days.
But no throb within thy breast
Shall respond to words of praise,
Or old thoughts of other days."
Since so feeting is thy name,
Talent, beauty, power and wit,
1t were we'll that without shame
Thou in Gods great book were writ
There in golden words to be
Craven for eternity.
Chambers Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
ROUP IN FOWLS.

The Poultry Keeper endorses the
following from a correspondent, Mr..
I'll. G. Wheeler, as one of the best
remedies tried for roup in poultry.
The remedy is as follows: "Bromo-
chloralum, diluted one half and
injected up the nostrils with a small
glass eye syringe. Battle the head
and stop up all the cracks near the
place where the fowl places its head
at nights. No need to separate
your fowls under this treatment.
Also grease the head and throat
with an ointment composed of equal
parts of lard, kerosene oil and tur-
pentine once slightly, no more.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20

chopped rye. 1t may be safely
claimed that rye is indispensable to
to those who expect to keep large
numbers of chicks. So many of
them die for want OF green food that
it is hardly necessary to call atten-
ton to it.. as facts are stubborn
things and suggest care and due
regard without advice from other
quarters, and if farmers will take
advantage of rye as a winter grow
ing plant, much sickness will be
avoided, and constipation of the
bowels prevented.-Ne Poultry
Keeper.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
GRASS IN COLD WEATHER.

If our readers desire to give their
fowls an opportunity to forage a lit
tie in the winter, let them SOW a
small space in rye. 1t is not too
late in some sections, for the rye
will not be required to grow higher
than Il few inches. 1t will not only
afford the fowls an occasional pick
ing of green fool but will spring up
early in the spring before anything
else begins to shoot. Pastures that
contain orchard grass will also be
found serviceable, especially for
early spring feeding, and clover
will be useful now and until quite
late. Young chicks from the incu.
bators will need some proportion OF
green food. and there is nothing
better for them than to feed them
three times a week with finely
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
GUlLFORD NURSERIES

\ RE LOCATED ON THE CAPE
~ Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad,
three miles south of Greensboro, \. c.,
where can be found a fine assortment OF
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs.
Vines, Plants, &C., consisting in part of
the following:
Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Cherry.
Apricot, Nectarine. Ounce, Fig, Null
berry, japanese Persimmon, Strawbe. ~.
Raspberry, G~ooseberry, Currant, &c. &c.
Speciahtes.-Apple, Peach, Plum and
Cherry Trees. My stock of Peach con-
sists of 100000 trees of the best varieties
for market and home use; of Plum. Wild
Goose, Shropshire, Imperial Gage, Green
Gage, Washington, Peach Plum, Rich
land, Weaver, &c; of Cherries, all the
leaders for market and home consump-
ton; ofGrapes, Concord, Ives, Champion,
Nortons, Martha, Delaware, Worden,
Niagara, and all the best Wine and Table
Grapes. l have 10000 vines ready for
fall planting of the above varieties and can
give special prices to those who contem-
plate planting vineyards. OF Strawber-
rises, all the best and most proftal lie
kinds.
Send your orders early; they will be
carefully filed, and no pains spared to
please the purchaser.
Special prices given to large planters.
Correspondence solicited.
Catalogues mailed to applicants.
6. L. ANTHONY, Prop'r,
Vandalia P. O., NC.
Shipping point: Greensboro, Nc.
3O-3m. &c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE!

When you visit Winston with the
purpose of buying Groceries you will do
we'll to call at D. S. Rays New Grocery
Store, and examine his goods and get
his prices before buying. Satisfaction
guaranteed as to prices and quality of
goods. Ny motto is: Quick Sales, Small
Profits and Fair Dealing with all.
Very Truly, D.. S. RAY,
One door below the office of The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, 4th street,
3l-3m. Winston, N. Z.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20

In an Indian mound near Oak
land, Ind, was unearthed recently
a stone wall ten feet square. Within
were five or six skeletons, three
copper vessels filled with fifty
pounds Of rich silver ore; a copper
axe, weighing eighteen pounds
attached to a stone handle, and a
number Of stone hatchets.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20

No Fertilizers ever introduced have been
more universally successful or generally ap-
than the above brands, and, while not
intending to say anything to detract from the
reputation of any other fertilizer, we think the
experience of the past twelve years %justifies us
in claiming that for Wheat, Glover and Grass,
and the Improvement of the soil, these ma
nures are not surpassed by any of them. The
are unusually rich in ammonia, and real bone
phosphate every atom soluble in the soil and
available as plant food, and they are in such
perfect chemical and physical condition as to
render their action prompt, continuous and
lasting. The quantity and condition of these
valuable elements make these manures OF
exceptionally high grade, and they are reason
ably sure to give satisfaction.
ALLISON & ADDISON,
Richmond, Va.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20

sheets simply because they cost less
than those in a good journal, he is a
hairbrained fellow who knows moth
ing about business, and who must
be dealt with only on the terms of
cash down.'-Journa! Of Fabrics.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20

DR.. Hook, a German naturalist,
finds that the Eastern hemisphere
affords 269 plants and ffty-eight
animals useful to man, while the
Western. world contributes only
ffty-two plants and thirteen ami
mails.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05
CLAY-EATERS.

ION Christ, the solid rock stand;
All other ground is shifting sand"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05

nearly all the lines on the east coast In Sicily
1t is the "Sicule" company that rules the railway
system, and Ia the island of Sardinia it is
the Sardenha company that runs railways
there. Now, on all these italian railways
no passenger Is allowed pound OF personal bag
gage, except that which he can carry in one
hand into the cars, and which he can there stow
away conveniently without annoying any other
passengers. Even then he is not allowed to
take too big valise, grip-sack or basket. All
trunks or large valises, large grip-sacks and bias
kets must pay regular freight tariff per kilo-
gram e Is pounds.
They have in this country no system of
checks, neither have they in England. and no
one, but those who have tried it, know the in
convenience Of arriving at an italian railway
station thirty minutes before train time, and
having vast pile of trunks between you and
the slow weighers of luggage After you have
reached the aforesaid weighers they cry out the
weight, call a number which is pasted on to your
trunk, and-the thing is not yet finished You
have now to go to Office close at hand, and
clerk takes the number writes off two copies of
how many pieces Of baggage you have the
weight, the price and the number pasted on to
your trunk; and after you have duly paid the
freight you allowed to depart with your
ceipts, which you must hold on to and present
at the end of your journey before your trunks
can be handed over to you.
There are many other annoyances which drive
an American half mad in travelling on the con-
tinent great many people even prefer to
travel in one of Cooks tourist companies they
call them caravans" and cookies" over here)
than to have their patience so terribly tried at
railway stations in country where they do not
know the language.
Cooks tours" are great help to thousands
who otherwise could not travel abroad. / refer
to Cooks personally conducted tours" where
from the time you leave New York and land at
Liverpool you are taken in hand by a competent
person. who guides you through England, France,
Italy, Switzerland, Austria Germany, and pays
all your hotel bills gets your railroad tickets,
hires carriages for you, ''cicerone" to do up Lon
don. Paris, Genoa, Naples, Rome Florence,
Venice, Milan. the Alps, the Rhine, Vienna,
Munich, Dresden. Berlin. Cologne, Brussels,
Antwerp, and, last of all. you placed on
board of steamer at Liverpool. passage all
paid. and you sail for New York. having accom-
pIished all that have limited at between the 1sJ
of May and the Oath of August. at a price less
than for three months in California and there and
back Such excursions have their disadvantages.
The people are not always cOngenial; get
tired of sightseeing. and others cannot get
enough of it; some would like to linger amidst cer
tain scenes or see more of the famous museums,
while others want to put things through by day
light But, take it all in ALL for the man or
woman whose purse and time are limited COM
mend me to Thomas Cook & Son. of London.
]. c. FLETCHER.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05
An Address to the Clergy.

Boston Herald.
The clergy can do two things; they can lay
out their work for year as the merchant pros
poets his business, looking far ahead with def
mite aim, or they drift with the tide, preach
ing sweet soft gospel and currying favor gem
orally because they have nerve for the lead
ership of society. The latter sort Of teachers
are too numerous, and the former sort are too
few. That point has been reached in American
society where Christian congregations cannot
drift with the tide and be simply elegant relig-
ious club houses, where the people gather ones
a week for religious dissipation. The cay has
also come when each denomination has some
thing else to do beside bringing single individu-
ais to a particular way Of religious thinking.
The question that men are asking is What 10
the Christian Church doing TO lift modern soci-
ETY. to higher planet Each denomination has
this question to answer. If the Christian relig-
ion is to make any decided advances in America
or is even to hold its own, every congre-
CATION must reconsider its methods OF
doing its work and examine anew what it is aim
ing at. Where is the dead woodl Where is the
failure2 Why are the services not attended,
Why have we lost grip on the workingmanf
Why have we neglected to increase the family
life and to insist on the family education in the
home? Why have the public schools been bur-
dened beyond endurance with the training OF .
children in their home 6utiesl Why have
churches almost ceased to work through the
minissrations of parentsl Why have great sos
cIal organizations grown up around the Chris
tian Church and begun to do its works What is
a church worth that promises men a good here
after but does not do its part in making this
world a wholesome place to live inl These are
some of the questionings that are heard today
far and wide, and IL the churches are to rendoR
the service to society that 1t needs. there must
be far broader and more organizing eonsdera-
ton Of what Christian congregation ought TO
aim at than has been manifest in the past.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05
The Peculiar Diet of Certain North Caroline
SandhiIlerS.


4 Carolina Doctor, in Atlanta Constitution.
/ have seen "sandhllers" in certain parts of
North and South Carolina, and some within ten
miles of Columbia, while engaged in eating their
dinner. and have observed them consume, with
evident relish, large quantities of clay, and,
what's more, have joined in their frugal repast
and partaker of some of the stuff myself. it is
nearly tasteless, but some of the clay eating
epic ures profess to enjoy it because of delicate
flavor it possesses. 1t is white, devoid of grit
and not unlike the kaolin of which plates amt
saucers are made. There is nothing dis
greeable about this clay, and it may be taken
into the stomach with impunity. 1t is
not injurious as an article of Diet Indeed, many
contend that it insures longevity aud wards off
several diseases. There are we'll authenticated
instances of wonderful longevity among clay
eaters" and it is we'll understood by such of thei
faculty as have studied the subject that none of
the 'sand- killers" suffer with indigestion or
dyspepsia, and have never known one to die OF
consumption; in fact, foolish as it may seem, L
am constrained to believe that this strange habit
exempts the "clay eaters" from many of the all
ments to which the rest of the human family are
heir. OF course there is nothing very succulent
or nutritious about slice of clay but certainly
aiiays the cravings of hunger This is done by
distending the walls of the stomach. 1t Is not
to be expected that clay diet will take entirely
the place of bread and meat, but it does this to
d certain extent.
In my country practice, which occasionally
carries me out into the sandhills occasionally.
say, for although the sandhillers are the sickli-
est looking, most cadaverous and woe begone be-
ings in the world they are the healthiest). have
good opportunities study their peculiar habits.
They can subsst exceedingly limited quanti"
ties of meat in fact they get very little to eat,
and that fat bacon about thrice a week They
are not lazy, but decidedly shiftless. They are
troubled with few wants, however. and these
are supplied easily
800 they eat only sort of clayW
GAS general thing yes" was the reply. "but
sometimes their table is garnished by kind of
yellowish mari, somewhat scarce, which they
consume with keen relish 1t is said to taste
sweet. and they use it as a dessert They, how
ever, draw the line at red clay. This not even
their iron-clad stomachs can digest. Don't you
eat red clayP asked gawky old fellow. No,
Stree, was his animated response; L have occa-
sionally had er brick in my hat bat I'll be blamed
ct l banker after making my bowels a brick-
yard.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05
What George w. childs Is Said to Spend.

Howard In Boston Globe.
Take our good friend George W. Childs, of tbs
Philadelphia Ledger, for instance. He not only
lives in gorgeous style in Philadelphia and has
magnificent estate at Wooton, but maintains
charming residence at Long Branch, and now
contemplates, see, the erection of monument
that Mr.. Chids spends. They can't afford it.
Already a very, very rich man, with an income
from his paper of over 81 900 a day. Mr.. Childs
finds it very easy matter to spend in the course
of the summer $25O,O00, and yet he keeps no
Yacht
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05
The snnarior Cancasian.

Baltimore American.
Who says the white man is not superior2
Every time an Indian brave went over Niagara
he proceeded to the happy huntiag grounds
direct. Nowadays, the venturesome pale face
goes through the rapids, comes out safely and
stars in dime museum at salary of 5000 a
week. In the face of such a record the Indian is
nowhere
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES !
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 27, 1877.
Dear Badeau-Your letter Of June Is catches
me in the act of packing up for an absence of
three months and leaves me only time to say
that the marked honors paid to General Grant
by all classes from the sovereign down to the
masses of England, touch our people, especially
his old comrades, with great force. All the pa
pers of every shade of politics chronicle his
movements and furnish the minutest details.
We all know that he and Mrs Grant went UP
from London last evening at p NJ and were
the guests of her most gracious Majesty. VIC
toria, at Windsor Castle. l esteem these marks
of favor, not as mere compliments TO the Gen
eral and his country, but foreshadowing of
the judgment of history on his wonderful career
Now that he is untrammeled by the personal
contests of partisans all men look upon him as
the General Grant who had the courage, with
Lee at his front and Washington in his rear, to
undertake to command the Army Of the
Potomac in 1864, to guide, Object and
push it. through sunshine and storm,
through panic and denunciation, steadily
surely and finally to victory and peace; and
afterwards though unused to the ways and ma
chinery of civil government, to risk all in under
taking TO maintain that peace under the Consti-
tuition and our civil form of governments There
have been plenty of people trying to SOW dissen-
sions between us personally, and feel my con-
science clear that, though sometimes differing
minor points | never doubted his patriotism
firmness and personal friendship If the Gen
eral and family be still with you. give them the
assurance of my best love- and believe me most
truly your friend, W. 7. SHERMAN
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17
NUMBER -.

who does this is selfish, and, rs the
term implies, selfish person thinks
simply Of himself and is not much
good to 2uybody else. The rich
have the power TO reward and pun
ish but to use the power to punish
is apt to react on themselves. IThe
"Almigbty Dollar has its dev0tees
among all classes and conditions.
The devotion il universal, amounting
almost to national idolauy. The
passion for gain for it's own sake is
so strong, that to crafty it simply
feeds a flame which becomes strong
er and stronger the more it is graft
fed. Er.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17

THERE is no doubt but what a
plentiful supply Of dollars makes
everything pass along a little smooth
er. 1t is not only each person s
right but also his duty to be econom-
ical 10 his expenditures Of money.
There is such a thing as bad luck
and good luck some are endowed
by nature with health, strength and
ability; and some are even started
in life with fortune. This is good
luck, while the opposite Of these
conditions is bad luck. Bat man,
a woman or child will never be
Stunned or avoided, nor discrimi-
mated against by a person of good
principles, simply because dollars
are scarce with them. The person