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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-14
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31
ENDED THE EXAMINATION.

Sim McSnitter was being tried in
San Antonio for trying to bride a
colored witness, Sam Johnsing, to
testify falsely.
"You say this defendant offered
you a bride of $50 to testify in his
behalf?' said Lawyer Gouge to Sam
Johnsing.
Yes, sah."t
Now repeat precisely what he
said, using his own words"
He said he would give $50 fl
He can't have used those words.
He didn't speak as a third person"
No, sab; he tuck good keer dat
dar was no third pusson present.
Dan was only us two. De PENDANT
am too smart ter hab anybody lis
TENN when he am talking about
his own raskaiity.'
Il know hat we'll enough; but
be spoke to you in the first person,
didn't he 2"
Il was de fust pusson myself
You don't understand me. When
he was talking to you did he use the
words, Il will pay you s50?"
No, boss; he didn't say muffin
about you payin' me $50. Yore
name wasn't mentioned, cept dat
he told me dat eff | got inter a
scrape dat you was de best lawyer
in San Antoine to fool de jedge and
jury"
"You can step down."-Stftings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31
C~ULTIVATING

If any of our readers desire to in
dulge in growing their own peanuts,
they can do SO by giving to any dry
soil a thorough pulverization and
fertilization with decomposed stable
manure. Let the surface be even,
and plant about the time of planting
beans, getting fresh and unbaked.
nuts, which should be removed from
the shell. Plant in hills from two.
and-one-half to three feet apart, two
kernels in each hill, SO as to insure
at least one plant to every hill.
The surplus can be transplanted.
When they come up keep clean by
hoeing. This is as fully necessa-
ry as with other crops. When they
begin to run and blossom the vines
should be covered with earth, bios
SONS and all, to a depth Of about an
inch, leaving the ends Of the vines
just out Of the ground. With good
cultivation the vines will grow rap
idly, and the earthing operation con-
tinued. They will continue to grow
until frost comes, and then, as soon
as the leaves are touched, they
should be lifted from the ground,
leaving the nuts clinging to the
vines, in which condition they must
be thoroughly dried, seeing to it
that they do not mould or are de-
stroyed by rats OF mice. With good
culture and luck a quart may be
gathered from a single plant SO if
the farmers boys wish to grow their
own, either for use or a few hills as
a curiosity, there is no great Difficult
ty attending the operation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31
IN THE FIRELIGHT,

The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stiffness everywhere;
Like troubled spirits here and there
The freight shadows futtering 90.
And as the shadows round me creep.
A childish treble breaks the gloom, .
And softly from a further room
Comes: "Now | lay me down to Sleep
And, somehow, with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
My thought goes back to distant years
And fingers with the dear ones there;
And as | hear the child's amen,
My mothers faith comes back to me
Crouched at her side | seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
Oh, for an hour in that dear place
Oh, for the peace of that dear time,
Oh, for the childish trust sublime,
Oh, for a glimpse of mothers facet!
Yet, as the shadows round me creep,
| do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic of that treble tone
And "Now | lay me down to sleep!"
-Eagene Field.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31
TURNIPS AHEAD.

The Committee on Agriculture, to
whom had been. submitted the in
quiry, What article of food will
sustain life the longest?" reported
that the matter had been thor
oughly Investigated, and that the
conclusion had been reached that
nothing could beat turnips. They
were palatable to extreme youth
and old age. A careful post norton
showed that they contained sugar,
water, starch, lemonade, taffy, pos
sum-, rost duck, and cod-liver oil.
Eaten raw, they supplied a long
felt want, cooked in water they
hushed the cries of children and
stopped the jaws of old women.
They need no oysters or cranber-
ry sauce to flavor 'em to a certain
pitch, and the saving in pepper
alone will almost support a family
through a hard winter. 1t had
been satisfactorily shown that the
turnip had more staying powers
than goose meat, more poetry than
soup bones, and domestic
happiness than a leg of mutton.
The report was accepted and
adopted, and Bro. Gardner paid the
committee a high compliment on
it's thorough research.
On motion of Whalebone Hooker,
the Secretary vas instructed to
forward a copy of the report to
the Commissioner Of Agriculture
Detroit Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31
GOT THE JOB.

The other morning a boy about
fourteen years of age knocked at
the door of a house on Brush street,
and asked the woman if she didn't
want the snow cleaned off the walk :
GLOW much? ," she cautiously in
quired.
Thirty cents
AZ won't pay it. IF you want to
do the work for ten cents you can
go ahead"
He leaned on the handle of his
snow shovel and looked thoughtful,
and she finally queried:
"Wen, what do you say 2"
Its just as that woman around
the orn told me-" he replied. II
shoveled off her snow and she gave
me fifty cents. | told her I was
coming to you, and she said"
Il don't know her. What bust
ness is it to her"
Eyes, but"
What did she say?'
"She said I'd get left. She said
that any woman who a plush
sacque and passed it off for a three
hundred dollar sealskin would be
meal enough to go out at nights and
shovel her own snow"
"Boy!' whispered the woman as
she turned white clear around her
neck. [ want you to clean off the
snow. When you are through I'll
give you a silver dollar, and [ want
you to 60 around and tell that wo-
man that any one who buys and
IA dollar store jewelry and four
t%een-shilling shoes hasn't got sense
enough to fall off a bob-taiIed carr
Detroit Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31
ARE YOU THERE, MORIARITY (?

The winds were whispering low,
and the sentinel stars had set their
watches, if they had any set, up in
the skies, as Mrs Tomly leaned from
her chamber window, and asked, in
a low, trembling voice:
ais that you, Heary?'
Now it is a popularity of Mr..
Tomly that when under the infu-
n he has great difficulty in find
ing his home. He has been once
arrested as a burglar, and several
times kicked out, SO when he heard
the female voice say, as that you,
Henry p he said.
"'Fore | ansher that question I'd
like ter know if that's you, Sharah,'
holding on to the front gate and
leering up at Sarah's chamber Win
dow.
why certainly, Henry, it is me-"
els this the cOrner of Austin ave
nue. and B street,"
Why of course it is, Henry
"Then," said Henry, Indignantly,
as he swayed around against the
fence, " of coursh it's me. What yer
ask fool questions for? Don't you
know your own husband ?"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31
flashes Of fun.

-DecduSe the DaDy Is Il HCUle yell
yer is no sign he is a Chinaman.
AS a predicted, the winter
has been very open and lots of cold
weather got in.
Whenever my wife scolds me-"
said a hen-pecked topper, Il go
right straight and liquor"
The bangs having gone out of
style among young ladies the rolling
pin and dashboard begin to look
more hopeful.
An awfully homely man at a
sociable where kissing games are
played looks as lonesome as a straw
hat in a snow storm.
Certainly there is such a thing
as the poetry Of motion. That is
the reason the kangaroo is popular
ly regarded as a spring poem.
What would a woman do with
out hair pins? p asks a writer. Wo-
mar would do all right, but what
would the poor little hair pin do?
At the fireside:
Wife-You have been very n
tertaining this evening.
Husband-Ah yes! | forgot for
the time e ng hat [ was married.
Aged Belief want to 60 to the
masquerade party in some light
and fashionable costume.
Practical Brother-Put a quill pen
behind you ear and 90 as the old
gray goose.
Judge (to small witness)rLittle
boy, do you know the nature of an
oath? .-
Small witness-No sir.
Judge-Do you know what you
to tell?
Small witness-Oh, yes, sir. That
old baldheaded lawyer told me what
to say.
-"George, who is your family
physician ?" DR.. SmoOthman,"
What, that numbskull How does
it happen you employ him?" "Oh,
it's some of my wife's dOings. She
went to see him about a cold in her
head, and he recommended that she
wear another style of bonnet. Since
that she won't have any other doe
tor"
How much out of the way was
the little child who defined SANDER
as "when nobody did nothing, and
somebody went and told on't"-or
that other toddler who said "chaos
was a pile of nothing and nowhere
to put it,"
"A little boy in one of the Ger
man schools, while engaged in defin-
ing words, made a mistake that was
not a mistake. He said: "a dem
agogue is a vessel that holds beer,
wine, gin, whiskey, or any other
kind of Intoxicating liquor.
"Yes,' said Alderman Masterson,
president Cleveland treated me with
distinguished consideration when |
called at the White House" "In-
deed how so p "Why, he told Dan
Lamont not to set the dog on me-"
"A lady OF charitable disposition
asked a tramp if she could not assist
him by mending his clothes. eyes,
madam" he said, II have a button,
and if you will sew a shirt on it |
will be greatly obliged"
Some one says that the Nor
mons are towards, and wouldn't
fight. All the same, they are the
only people in this country who
have the Spartan courage to marry
a dozen of wives in a three years
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31

The rearing and feeding of live
stock is the salvation Of impov-
erished farms.-SOuthern CM. and
Dirie Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31

1t is estimated that $1,000 work
ers are on strikes in various parts
of the country.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-28
rhn mig Labor Pnrnaa.

The labor demonstration on Saturday
night in Philadelphia in honor of the re-
turn Of the Pennsylvania delegates to the
recent convention at Richmond proved to
be the largest turnout that has occurred
since the reception to General Grant on
his return from Europe. There were
&c, 900 men in line. The transparencies
carried were emblemntic of the numerous
trades and not single Objectionable BAN
ner was displayed, the order forbidding
oil satire on the manufacturers or politi-
cal matters being strictly obeyed. There
were six divisions, all under command OF
Major Lewis A. Ross. The procession
moved promptly at sp. m. 1t required
on hour to pass given point.
The delegates prior to the parade were
| received in the Academy Of Music. The
address Of welcome was delivered by
James Welsh, president Of Typographical
Union No. 2. George Hawkes. presided
Among the transparencies carried were
those bearing these notices: We are
opposed to Sunday funerals. Our only
hope of success is in arbitration. oui
cause is right all the time. Away
| patronize honest labor. Sea that the
/ Knight of Labor label is on the hat yor
are about to buy. Welcome TO our dele
gates. Our cause is Just, our aim il
Justice. Our emblem Is one OF homes
labor,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-28


The wives Of two Bohemia farmers, who
lived nlne miles from Cedar Rapids. Iowa
were murdered on Thursday MIGHT nv !,
Bohemian, who cut open their heilds with
an axe. "''-
The large harm of Sylvester Kenneav in
Salisbury township, Lancaster county. Pm,
was burned yesterday, with horse, thret,
cows and all the seasons crops, Loss,
" ,OOO. The fire was OF ineendiary ORIGIN
] Inc trunk containing jewelry SAMPLE,
valued az $4,000, belonging to the agent q
cincinnati iewelry firm, which wa,
checked Tor Kansas City from Wakena. Mis-
sourl, on saturday has not arrived and can
not be found.
The captain Of the British schoone rtyle
Tory, at Key West, yesterday, reports having
peeh aboard the American schooner Flo
renee l.. Genoyar, Captain NJ. Veazle, or
Thursday. The Genovar was abandoned
and was total loss on Moselle Shoal pa
hamas, The log book was found on M,
vessel. She was bound from philadelnhi,
to Key West, with coal.
Joseph T. Clark, prominent citizen n
New Hampshire, committed suicide yester
day by hanging himself In his barn nj Man
chester. He was overweighted with bnsi
ness cares, and keenly disappointed at nav
ing Jailed to receive nomination for Con
gress In the First district. He was a soldie
VI lhe Union ana had been mayor OF Man
chester and member Of the state leelsla
ture. 'i'i"
Counsel for the seven condemned Ohioap
anarchists said yesterday that anotbe
motion for u new trial would be- mad
before Judge Gary on the ground OF newt
discovered decisions, which, It Is ayerred
show that the instructions OF the court wer
improper, which held that a man who IN
cited an offence by speech or writing wast
be held equally guilty with the actual ne,
petrator Of the deed. poi
A dispatch from Boston says two rive
thieves entered Fort Independence bv n,
open easement on Thursday night and stoI
several articles. The garrison, which con
sists OF Q single soldier, was asleep al tn
throp, which Is defended by a aolItar
civilian watchman. He. however, was yinj
liant, and succeeded In capturing both man
J whom he turned over to the police.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-28
oousr Vos BSUsr Ds4D.
End of She Career OF n EpIsiiDg nisllrd
Diplomat

BERLIN Oct. 25.--C0unt Frederick
Ferdinand Won Beust, tho distinguished
Austrian statesman, died yesterday at
Altenburg, his estate on the Danube, in
his 18th year His wife was present at
his deathbed, a. was also his eldest son,
who iS an attache at the Austrian en-
bassey in st. Petersburg. His second
son, who is q student at Vienna, was not
present. 1t is said that lie leaves no
fortune.
The death of Count Won Beust closes
one of the most remarkable and varied
political careers Of the present century
Few statesmen have experienced greater
vicissitudes Of fortune. He yentured to
contend for supremacy with Bismarck,
but was badly worated in the struggle.
The Prussian victory at Ssdowa destroyed
the plans Of lifetime. AS minister OF
Saxony he met with nothing but disgrace
and discontinue, but as chancellor Of
Austria Hungary he met with better luck.
la measure he may be said TO have
created the dual empire, but for perfectly
satisfactory REASONS he resigned his minis
| terial post TO Count Andrnssy. As foreign
| minister he had much to do with the hos
| tility Of Prussia and Austria, and wheI
the time came for reconciliation il wal
| evident that his antecedents scarcely
fitted him TO inaugurate the ALI
ance with Germany. As ambassador
to London and afterward to Paris Ii,
spent 10 years quite successfully, retiring
in 1889 into private life.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-28
rns apoAFrasr-aonDHs FraHr.



PHrLApEIpHIA, Oct. 23.-The final ar
rangements for the Hght to finish be-
tween Dominiek McOaffrey and "Spar-
row. Golden have not been made, but
each of the pugilists has deposited for
felt OF $500 and gone into active training.
McOaffrey is at the Sherman House in
Atlantic City, under the care of his old
trainers, ALI Lunt and Prof. Nixey, and is
already in the pink of condition. Golden
is quartered at Abbott's Hotel, Ooney
Island under the tutorship of ALI Powers.
He is reducing his ayoirdupois. Golden
q a very deceptive m@ in appearance,
and there are very few men who know
him who will believe that he weighed 2O8
pounds when he left the city on Monday
last, but such is the fact. II will require
hard work to bring him down to 1866
pounds, the weight at which he expects
to enter the ring, but great care will be
taken that he is not overtrained.
All Powers, his trainer, has world
wide reputation. He has trained many
pugilists, the most noted being John l..
Sullivan, and he has yet to have pupil
to lose fight. Powers is highly i'm.
pressed with Golden, and says he is Q
sure winner. "When get through will
him he will be able to fight for two hour
without rest" says Mr.. Powers.
1t has not yet been decided where the
fight is to take place. McCaffrey posi-
lively declines to fight on Pennsylvania
soil, but is willing to go to Ohio or Con
, necticut Golden is willing to fight any
where. The ambition Of his life has beer
to fight McOaffrey, and he doesn't car
where it takes place. Applications 70
permission TO witness the fight are pour
ing in from all the leading cities, but yer,
, few of them have been considered. 1t hn
i been definitely settled that there shall b
but 80 persons at the fight, including th
!, principals and two seconds. The othe
= "a spectators have all been selected, an
A each one of them contributes $250towar
!, the purse, which Ia to be awarded to th
!, winner. Besides this, the principals al
| to bet so, 500 on the outside. Four Ne
4, York club men have offered to give 80 ,0C
toward the purse for the privilege of wi
Il Messing tho fight, but they cannot
70 accommodated unless the articles (
Il agreement are changed.
r. The fight will probably be one one
the hardest fought battles that ever toe
n place In the United States, and u
ID greatest interest is being taken in it in Q
4. sporting circles. McCaffrey is favori
A.. in this city, but the Golden people a
n taking all bets that are offered. A prom
= nent manufacturer last night laid 5000
j. $175 and $500 to $3.50 on McCaffrey, al
.. there is one man who already holds oy
n 81. 600 in bets. The betting is equal
ali strong In New York, but Golden rules
ma the favorite at BOO to $50.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-28
ohes,cr,s mig strike.

CHESTER, Oct. 25.-The printers and
folders in the Eddystone Print Works
struck to-day, and in consequence the big
mill shut down, throwing about $50 hands
ont Of employment A long-stending
discomfort among the employees cululi-
lated in tho discharge of i've men and q
boy from the printing department | lis
morning. A boy named McGinniss, who
was filling mans position at low pay,
asked the foreman for an increase and was
discharged. Another man was delegated to
take his place, but declined and was told
to go by the foreman, and four Others
who did not want to take the place were
discharged. The men in the room imme-
diately left and the strike spread into the
other departments and in the afternoon
the entire works were stopped. The en-
ployes held o meeting and appointed {
committee TO see if the matter could bt
amicably settled, but MIR. Simpson de
clinod to meet them. Tho strike is not {
union matter, as many Of those who wen
out are non-union men.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-28
Ho,yIt, and t;nnrre.

Henry George has challenged Abram 5.
Hewitt to meet him in a series of public
discussions of the issues which they re-
speetiyoly represent in their political
capacity and Mr.. Hewitt has declined
the challenge in very readable letter,
which he opens by saying he does not
see any good reason for changing the
attitude announced in his letter of &c
ceptance-' would not make any
personal canvass, but trust to the voters
of New York to pass upon the relative
fitness Of the candidates for mayor by
the record they have mado in public and
private life. He repeats that his motive
for accepting the uAited Democratic nom
nation was that it Afforded the earliest
opportunity for putting the seal Of pubIic
condemnationupon the doctrines Of which
MI George ia the most conspicuous pro
mulgator doctrines which arc destruc-
tive TO social order, ard therefore. to tho
very classes sought to De benefited He
reminds Mr.. George that, while ii ia true
neithor Of them, a. mayor within lis
proper aphera Il action, e5,ta DO any.
thing 70 intro iuoa new principles Of lagis-
latiol, Set stle moral effect u y2ur cleo
ton ~DpId e an Endorsement Of your
peculiar giay. e. e tha a0tufe of pro
Pertyih taFt esa f@iss yo1t name ~oaa
never have hsen SIT gested tor tliis puai
tion.' The cecil most significant plank
In Mr.. GegFsas platform is coughed il
those wofls arh.t III ta7ation apor
buildings aud Improvements ought 20 Is
abolished ami taxes st3ol!ba levied upol
the land irrespective Of Improvements.
This looks e M, ilwaitt as i declaration
that, i an attempt wer0 made 70 carry
into practice woald tand 70 redac
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-28
---------7SE-e-7S7---=
THE CHICAGO PAOKBRs.
How the PinkcrIon Guards Left
mia 6asunl0xaa Amman NRtlHNteds

CHIoAao, Oct. 22.-The last OF the Pinker-
ton guards and about the last of the non
union men employed by Armour n Com
pany left the stock yards last night. Inc
train was In charge of detail OF 10 police
who gave directions that the windows OF
the cars should be kept closed, and that no
noisy demonstrations should be made.
There were on the train 20 Pinker-
ton and nearly 100 non-union men.
yards and until Halstead street was
passed everything was quiet but after that,
one OF the officers In charge says, the
pinkerton men opened the window and
begun singing. When the train reached the
| corner of Fortieth and Winter streets shot
| was fired and the officers, seeing the flnsf
l of the gun, judged II was fired at the car
Others also heard, and there was commo
| ton Immediately. The shot was fired from
a cabbage garden near the tracks. IN
Il officer skdered two OF his men Il
i lump oil the train, which at tho time wa
going at a pretty lively rate, and ascertain
the cause Of the firing and arrest tn
| parties found. The officers saw some peo
Pile seamper from the cabbage garden, bu
could not catch up TO nor distinguish them
Evidently the bullet was aimed at the ca
In which the non-union men were, but
was badly directed and passed over 1t. N
further incident occurred during the pas
sage Of the train to the city.
All was serene In the packing distrlc
during the day. There were no disturb
ances at any time and old employees az
peared to be perfectly satisfied with III
condition Of affairs. Thousands were take
back yesterday.
Tho butchers met Inst night and as n
suit OF their meeting expressed their satl'
faction at working as Armour y 20.
butchers arc now working.