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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27
HICKORY FAIR.

No county in the State has devel-
oped more rapidly, perhaps within
the past ten years than Catawba.
The thrifty growth of it's villages
and towns, the increasing use Of
improved agricultural implements
and machinery. the neat and
improved appearance of its farms,
all indicate that its people are enter
prising, prosperous and progressive.
Hickory fair, in the main, was a
~ucccss-a most gratifying
The stock, and notably the cattle,
were exceptionally fine. Short
Horns, Dcvons, G~uernseys and Jer-
seys we're exhibited and the owners
may well be proud of them. Of
thcse we propose to say more in
he future. The ladies department
a is always the case in our State
was highly creditable. We never
s;.w a Fair where the ladies did not
do their full duty and where their
department was not highly credita-
bic. We had the usual horse racing,
trotting and running-a fine display
Of harness and saddle horses, an
unusually large number Of colts
many Of them very fine. The Off
GERS of the Fair were constant and
faithful in their laborious duties and
were ever watchful for the comfort
and pleasure Of the thousands of
visitors who crowded the grounds.
I'VE have seen what are termed
"Qtelligence Offices" on similar
occasions, where the visitor might
obtain information relating to the
fair &C., but never before did we see
them portable and propelled by
steam. Wherever you were on the
grounds and whatever you might
Yant to know, there was either the
polite, indefatigable and ubiquitous
j. G. Hall, OF the energetic and ire
pressible D. w. Rowe or the kind
and watchful President, R.. P. Rein
hardt, OF some other of the hard
working officers at your elbow to
answer all questions. One Of the
most unique and ingeniously con
structed establishments we have
ever seer vas erected on the grounds
by the Piedmont Wagon Company.
1t vas constructed-sides floor, end.
top, all of Piedmont Wagons. The
Dor was not only comfortable but
with pictures adjoining the walls,
Canary birds, beautiful young ladies
and sweet music, it was a most
delightful retreat from the hustle
and dust on the grounds.
In one department we were dis
appointed. The field products were
splendid in quality but deficient in
quantity-an evidence that the
farmers Of Catawba, as a class took
but little interest in the success of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27
SNAKE BITE CURED BY SALT
PORK. .sr.H .E...

While Ozias S. Freeman, of Pas
sale: was walking on the farm of
Howard McIhone, in Ulster county,
a few days ago, he came upon a
r~attlesnake. He jumped back but
he received a scratch from the rep
tiles fangs on the back of hand.
The reptile escaped. Mr.. Freeman's
hand began to swell at once, but
the farmers wife in the nearest
house covered it with a poultice of
salt pork, and soon the swelling dis
appeared, and no further trouble has
been experienced.-New York Sun.
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TO TAKE BRUISES OUT OF
FURNITURE.

Wet the part with warm water F;
double a piece Of brown paper five
or six times, soak it in warm water
and lay it on the place; apply on
that a warm, but not hot, fiat iron,
till the moisture is evaporated. If
the bruise be not gone, repeat the
process. After two or three appIi-
cations the dent or bruise will be
raised to the surface. IF the bruise
be small merely soak it with warm
water, and hold a red-hot iron near
the surface, keeping the surface con
tinually wet. The bruise will soon
disappear.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27

Eleven new vessels are to be added
to the U. S. Navy. !
There are lO4 m~illionaires in the
city of San Francisco. .
Snow falls have been reported the
past week from several points in the
West.
The Concord Register reports the
cotton crop in that county mice but
light
The U. S. Government revenues
have amounted for the past month to
81 900, 1000 a day. ..F H"H
Large investments are being made
by Northern capitalists in mineral lands
in Pulaski county in Virginia.
In 1880 the population of the United
States was so, 1885, 1873. Official estimates
now put it at 58,420,OOO.
"A negro preacher in Charlotte is
organizing a colony to go to Liberia and
is meeting with some success. I
Three women, a Mrs. Fyck and her
two daughters, have been arrested in
Tennessee for running an illicit dis
tillery.
-Ex-Gov. Jarvis, Minister to Brazil,
writes to a friend in Raleigh that he
expects to visit this State sometime in
December next.
Hon. S. S.. Cox, who is now in New
York, has rendered his resignation as
minister to Turkey, to run for Congress
in his old district.
j. E. Crews & Co., have purchased
the Germanton Enterprise and have
III. Balm is the editor.
1t is the opinion of some that por-
tons of the coast of Texas and Louisiana
are sinking, to which is attributed the
recent disaster by tidal wave at Sabine
Pass.
Out of the 1916 specimens of build
ing n ornamental and building stones
in the Smithsonian Institute in Wash
ington, l25 have been furnished from
North Carolina.
President Cleveland, accompanied
by Secretaries Bayard, Endicott, the
Postmaster General and private secretary
Lamont visited the Richmond fair last
tuesday. In response to a speech of
welcome the President made a brief but
pa'fiotlc reply, which was heartily
cheered.
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Washington correspondents are


discussing why Mrs. Cleveland did not
go to Richmond with the President.
Well, what difference does it make
whether she went or not?
Last Saturday night G. M. Holden
shot and MORALLY wounded Gus Walker,
floor manager in Meals Warehouse in
Danville. They were young men and
both from North Carolina.
Maj. E. A. Burke, of New Ooleans,
who has just made a three months tour
of inspection in Honduras, thinks the
prospects for gold and silver mining as
good there as in California and Nevada.
The dairy interest is making graf
flying progress in the South. In 1870
there were 2,375,995 mich COWS, in 1880
3,276,7lS, in 1886, 1902, SAT, an increase
of /, 126,5 52 in sixteen years.
The Charlotte Chronicle has been
changed from an evening to a morning
paper and has been enlarged, all Of which
are signs of prosperity in which we con
graduate it's industrious and energetic
proprietor. .,.. t s
R. w. Aston, a young man from
Georgia, employed as clerk in the Treas
ury Department in Washington, created
a sensation last Saturday by shooting
himself through the head in the presence
of his fellow clerks. yr
Reader, do you think THE PROGRESS
sIvE FARMEP is the paper that should be
in the family Of your neighbor? If so,
will you not mention it to him? Will
not each one of our subscribers try to get
one subscriber to it? Can't you-won't
you do this much for your paper?
The earthquake of last Friday seems
to have been severe at Summerville, S.
c., the place which was so badly shaken
August 3lst. Some seventy-fve or a
hundred chimneys were rebuilt after
those shocks, were so much injured by
the shake of last Friday that they will
nave to be taken down.
One of the most fendish crimes is
reported from Ontario, where a landlord
is said to have ordered a sick woman to
vacate the house she rented from him.
On her refusal to do so he nailed up the
doors and windows, fired the house,
killed her when she attempted to escape
and threw her body into the fire. What
became of him is not stated.
How long have you been a reader Of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER? And have
you eve tried to get a subscriber for it?
Our paper has succeeded beyond u
expectations, but a little effort on the
part Of our readers would aid us greatly
in extending its circulation and would
be highly appreciated. Give US your
kindly aud. There are twenty-five thous-
and families in this State who. should
have it. Send us a subscriber.
Last Friday was another earthquake
day. A sharp shock was felt at Charlotte
at 1913 o'clock in the morning and two at
2:45 in the afternoon. Loose bricks top
pied fro n houses, and some plasteringwas
shaken down, but no serious damage
done. 1t seems to have been a pretty
general shake up as it was felt as far
West as Columbus, Ohio, and also at
Washington, and nearly all the cities
South of Washington. .
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Winston, N. c.. Oct. q, 1880.
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Charlotte has a little sen'a'io" 2
There is a spot on the corner OF one
the blocks in the city where ram ,":~
every day from three to four ociocH hnt
the afternoon. 1t is a heavy mist o&
enough to wet umbrellas, waterproo,lt'
&C., placed under it. Two stunteu fapt
trees grow there, within eight or zen the
of each other. and from above t nes
moisture seems to come. Large nun I,, 70
of people visit the spot every u"'
witness this strange performance.
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ANOTHER STEP FORWARD.

Bill Apps letters r published
weekly in the Atlanta Constitution
and ire secured by copyright. But
by special arrangement we are graft
fed to announce to our readers that
these letters, fresh and sparkling
from his pen, will be reproduced
weekly in our columns, under the
copyright. ~t-- ...#
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-23
JUSTLY WITHHELD.

In the Revelation from God Those Points
VIII CHI Are Not Revealed Are to Ne
Considered ~ Irrelevant.
In . Divine revelation we must cx-
pect many points Of information to be
reserved. You send q child, for in
stance, on an err nd to a distant street.
and you give him the streets name and
the number Of the crossings, and repeat
to m. perhaps more than once. his
particular bus ness; but yon do not de-
tain and perplex him by either history
or panoram exhibition of the city he
sits. When | was child spoke as q
child; and the converse is also true.
When was q child was spoken to rs q
child. Such knowledge was & ven to
me as was proper for my childhood's
estate. And ven in our manhood, and
with reference to our fellow-men, there
are always topics rs to which We are
more or less ignorant. and as to which
speculative information withheld.
Thus a government sends forth 3
colon st; but YES b m just information
enough to enable him 10 perform his
PaTtlCuidi WoIh. N SohCi" ! Shai SCS oh
inter Or officer with a snecial duty; but
here, too. there is lence as to what
ever does not belong to this duty. 70
enlarge the official directions e ven in
either case, SO as to include all the
knowledge the SUPERIOR may possess,
would perplex the agent and withdraw
his attent on from that VIII ch concerned
it. And if we were to expe It such 81
lence in a parents dealings with child
and in a governments dealing with a
suballern, how much more reason have
we to expect in the dealings OF God
with man! God knows all things, and
endures from eternity to eternity! Man
comes into the world knowing nothing,
lives ut the best lfe which endures
for q few years. and IN this short life is
charged with the momentOus question
OF settling his own DESTINY for the eter-
nifty To come. Silence, then, on IL "
relevant questions is what we would eS-
pect in the revelation of an all-wise
God, and Of the irrelevancv He is tie
sole judge.-ReU DR.. Frsncis Wharton.
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FOR SUNDAY READING.
o,Frs FoR the CHRIST CHILD.


Gold. frank,ncense and myrrh. they brought
the newborn Christ
The wise mon from the sast-snd in the
The f fSs.sroush. ought precious sif.s they h.apea.
with love unprlcod;
And Christ, the babe, looked on and won
dered not at all.
Gold, fraukincense end nyrrh. I. too. would
o. King King q ssS'iihrul hearts, upon Thy Christ.
And. poor and little worth although the offer.
BecaSse Thou art 20 kind, dare to think I
may.
I bring the Gold Of Faith. which, through
stili seeks the Holy Gbild and worships ..
And owns II m for It's Lord, with slsdness
And Joins the angel choir, singing in cho.
rus sweet.
The frsnkinoense I bear is worship which
Lko perfume floating up higher and higher
Til oS the wings of prayer IT nnd, the far
And falls q y falls tho dow. to freshen hoas~
and will.
And last bring the myrrh, haif.bi,tcr anA
OF nv own selfish heart, through ,acr,acs
And break tho vase and spill the oil upon
Thy feet,
o. Lord Of Christmas Day. as did the Mag.
dalene.
Gold. fraukircense and myrrh-'tis oil have
70 bring
10 thee, q. HOLY Child, now throned In
Heavens midi
Because Thou art 20 kind. take the poor
Offering.
And lot me 70 forth blessed. as once the
Wise Men did.
--S,.son CUaiioe. In N. Y. Independent.
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FOB OUR YOUNG FOLKS
DID you EVER see sANrAs

Did you ever SOC Santa Claus. Robbsef
do wish could; and I've tried.
nv mamma has seeu him quite 0ftcn--
IL only could keep By her sdel
Where the stockinEs are hung by the tree,
He's sure 10 come right down the chimney
With some bunAls or other for mel
One day teased my mamma %.
That .se said g night e, creep p,.,. r oshind-
And peep out when had . mind.
But the minute vc got n the doorway
Tie must be the ehyest OF mem
He scampcred away up the chimney.
30 it's no use to try It again.
No; children never can see him,
But heard Q slexh-bells last night:
It was after papa came TO supper,
And the shutters and doors were shut
Mamma said: "rherc. don't you hear it
dashed 10 the door Ike rocket;
He was faster than that, can tell!
could almost have cried with vexatioH;
TIL mamma said: 'See where he sic ghed "
Were the tracks that his runners ha made! I!
What u very small sleigh he must have.
No bigger, I'm snre. than nv sled!
Aud how II can carry euch bundles,
l can not get into my head.
Nurse says Santa Clsus is my father.
what nOnsensei I've often been told
How Santa Claus livos in q palace.
SOme p,ace where Il ALWAYS is cold.
Papa couldn't climb down that chimney,
And he never could ride in tn It sleigh!
don't IN nix aurse KIN Tvs much about It
"'' ~ Our Lat,e Ones.
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De EVER READY.

Chr,stssas NsS Aft1aA sS suAAen Death
The Test ~ Be Applied.
Suppose that Christ was to come 70
US at this moment. that for "a the earth
swung suddenly away into darkness and
silence, that unto us the heavens were
opened, would He find in us that which
he at this instance would ~cept and
approvep Should we be able to well
come Him now at that swift coming!
II there be to as any element and power
of faith toward, Christ which the world
has M t been able to allure or to cum
quer; IL there be desire after Him be-
cause of the loveliness and holiness con
joined in His spirit; If there be gratitude
for the unmeasured blessings VIII ch lie
has d rectly bestowed upon us; II there
bc true longing for that bet or ''coun-
try" VIII ch He alone exhibits to us; il
there he the tenderness and the strength
Of . heart full of symp. thy. charity.
p ETY.. such as were supremely in Him,
and il there be affection or reverence
in that heart towards Him elf He W II
recognize it, He will bring out each
grace into full exhibition before our own
consciousness; He will coRsumate it W
calling Us to Himself through death; he
will crown it all by His Divine gifts and
benedictions. II. then, We are ready
now to cay amen we shall lie ready
whenever the summons comes and we
are called to cross without warning the
crystal thre" hold. Dying grace is only
the complet on Of living faith. 1t is the
inner assurance of our readiness In
spirit for that coming Of Christ VIII ch
has been prepared for long before.
There have been cher. swecter and
nObler elements in us than we ourselves
knew, ind as the shadows part and the
Lord appears we shall know surely that
We are His.
II we can meet this sudden test, we
need no more be afra d of sudden death.
The imagination recoils from It l know.
The instructive love Of life in us shrinks
instantly and inevitably from it We
! would love to sav farewell to fr ends
| We would love to arr nge the things
which must I've LETT in the hand, Of 9TH
ers. We would love to 60 on, step by
step, out Of the gradually fading br ght-
ness, through the deepening shadow Of
the end. till up earth's dark glade we
see the gates Of heaven nnc!ose. But
we need never be timed before the
thought of sud len death # we are pre-
pared as l have suggested. Within
ourselves is that which Christ Himself
b; t / wrought, in which He has glad
ness. Th, n we shall share. when we
die. in the fig ire of the transiigured
Lord; not see Dg it merely, as silently
and suddenly it came 10 the Apostles,
but ourselv 8 being part eipants in It.
And that W II he all thai de tn is to the
| disciple. s. SfOyrs. d, d,
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"You arc wicked, unprincipled boyi" I
returned, defantly, springng behind the
door 70 avoid his second sttark. In his
fury be jerked the door with such force %
10 throw himself against tablo that stood
near. His howl Of pain brought his mother
70 tbs scene Of conflict
"That young viper few at me like .
tiger, and hammered my fnce into jelly"
screamed he, wiping the blood from the
slight wound.
ftried to explain, but Aunt Phillis would
not listen to me. Grasping me by the arm,
she shock me roughly, and then, after box
case, declaring, that ns q punishment for
my ungrateful conduct, I would not be per-
mitted 10 speak for Q month, except when
answering questions.
Icrept upstairs Is fast as my suffering
and binding tears would permit, and
throwing myself upon my Sed, gave way TO
an 0utburst Of grief. The pain inflicted by
the cruel blows had received was nothing
TO the excruciatiug torture Of soul was
compelled TO endure.
What sad, sud Christmas IL had been 10
me- Only Q fortnight before I had, in
dumb agony, listened to the clods rattling
upon the codln-lid Of my dear father, who
oil my Life had shielded me from hardships.
The dear old parsonage with its vine-clad
porch, rose up before me, and In its shad-
Ow behold my silver-haired father, doz-
ing in his easy chair, the golden rays Of q
summer sunset touching his sa.nted face as
with the pencil of an angel. Again, his
gentle voice thrilled my soul Us in days
gone by, and, in fancy, his loving fingers
were upon my head as We knelt SIDE by side
In prayer.
No doubt no intended to prepare me for
the shock that had almost crushed me, but
the summons came suddenly, and while
slept the angels carried him into Abraham's
bosom.
How long would have wcpt over my
shattered life l can not tell, had not Aunt
Phillis' shrill voice called me back to duty.
''Take 'em " ite dimity curtains down
from the window, Elsie. Like as not the
master will spatter 'em with terbacker
juice. Them college chaps Is wool.
gatheriD' set ct best" she said, with EN-.
phasis.
l obeyod her promptly, but my heart
ached for Master Newville, who expected
to find tho comforts OF his refined home in
this diminutive apartment that was devoid
alike Of ornament or convenience. What q
different welcome was my dear old father
wont to givo tbs stranger within his gate
AsSS OssAAAo cVOhAu6s oo Woo SAAAG
kindling for tho morning fire, John came
suddenly upon me, and renewed his attach
Of tho morning.
$50, Miss Stuck-up, you arc 70 bc tht
lady, and the servant" he began. "Real
ly, fool proud of my smart cousin. How
fortunate to have your highness counted q,
one Of the family"
"Shame on you, boy, to thus torment {
girl smaller than yourself"
It was Master Newvillc's voice tina,
startled tho young coward, causing him tt
sneak around tho kitchen out of sight
After speaking u few kind words to me-
my champion went into tho house and w
the narrow stairs to his cheerless room.
Johns taunt concerning my hnshir
nerved me to action, and from that momen,
I set my facs fxedly towarl Is gaining {
point from which he would feel honored ir
claiming mo rs ono Of the family. Thi.
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SOMETHING Asovr oOlls

They Were nisAs Many Centursss Ago
The japanese "Fesss Of Dolis".-0ssnas
Dolls.
Dolls are by no means modern b
vention. Dolls Of baked olay. q wood
and of other things have been found n
Egypt in tombs, whore they have lain
buried since before the time sf Christ,
Dolls are now much more carefully
made than they we're in ( rmcr mes,
and great deal of skill is need In,
their manufactur. In the little town
of Sonneberg. Germany. hundreds Of
thousands of dolls are made every
Of papier mache, but many fine ones
are made with wax or ON heads. All
dolls of the same size VIII oh have like.
faces are made In one mold, and there
have to be as many mOlds ~ there are
different kinds Of faces. It takes thirty
or forty persons to make single doll.
as each workman does only one thing
In Japan, children have every year
what is called ''ieast of dolls" This
is held only on one dav Of the year, a.
which time all the dolls that have boz
longed 70 the family are brought out
from the safe places where they arc
usually kept and put upon tables with
many kinds of playthings. Sometimes
there are more than hundred dolls.
some of which are dark with age, for,
often dolls two hundred years old are
shown at this feast They are droased,
in all sorts of ways. some like court Ia.
dies and gentlemen. and some | ke COM
mon lad es and gent emen. Some OF
these dolls are very small. and some are
as large as q little girl. The feast OF
dolls lasts only one day, yet the toys are
shown for many davs.
Dolls used by East Indian children
are very different from any used in this
country. They are all made Of wood
pa nted with different colors. Each
doll has baby in ts arms, aud is fixed
to wooden tlock 80 that il can stand
up. The clothes are only pa nted ones,
its arms are not jointed, and the on. y
tn ng that can be taken off is the head.
which is fastened into the lody with q
peg. Common wooden jonted dolls
are made mostly in Germany by poor
people, who whittle them out BY hand.
Young Folks Cycioped q.
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CHOICE EXTRACTS.

"A great hand is careful lest it crush.
-BrOVning.
Nothing but the Infinite pity is suf-
ficient for the infinite pathos of human
hfe. - -Shorth0use.
When death. the great reoonciler.
has come, it is never our tenderness Tat
We repent of, but our sever,ty.-Georye
Eliot.
Grief. it is truly said. is sacred; ut
grief brought forward promi cuOusly,
Rarped upon. condoled over. made the
staple of CONVEX -ation. becomes rapidly
profane.-Gaa Hamit,n.
He is the greatest man who chooses
the right with nvincible resolution,
who bears the heaviest burdens cheer.
fully. and whose reliance on truth and
virtue is the most unfaltering.-W Il.
Channing.
Our life is IN apprenticeship to the
tr tn taat around every circle another
can be drawn; that there is no d in
nature, but every end is beg ming;
that there is always another dawn risen
ON m dno0n, and under every deep q
lower deep opens.
When any earthly iect kindles
one desire to fame. one sh0lld ask:
.'Is tn 8 desire in harmonv w,th the " II
of Godp DO " sh to possess the oh, ,ect
which charms me becau>e it would en-
able me to serve God betterP" II ones
heart replies '.No!" then one should
trample upon the desire % evil, because
truly spiritual mind W II ''desire moth
ing but the knowledge OF Gods will and