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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-03-18


"a man indorsed his companion,
who wanted to get trusted for bottle
Of wine, saying If he refuses to pay
for it, l WILL" The man did refuse to
pay, and so did the endorser, as he
said he would.
Mrs. Elizabeth L. G. Emerson, who
died in Rochester recently under cir
cumstances indicating great poverty,
left a fortune OF 100000, 100000 of
which is bequeathed to the Presbyte-
rian Church Of that city and the rest
to the children and grandchildren OF
the Rev. D. W. Eastman, of Smith
vile, Canada, her adopted father.
Richard Greene, a grandson of the
Revolutionary General, Nathaniel
Greene, was private soldier in the
Union army. He has been reported
a deserter to two regiments, to one OF
which he never belonged, while the
charge in the other he was relieved of
at the time He is now an applicant
for apension.
lizard luck" )" said one tramp to an
other, 81 waited by church door for
half an hour to-day, thinking mebbe
some of ,em might invite me home to
dinner. But to'ards the last | heard
'em all git up an sing We're Coin
Home to Dine No More and / skip
ped you bet. Don't want to 60 to no
such home as that, been thar too Oft
en-. "-Danville Breeze.
Glow many legs has a calf got, call
ing his tail one?" This is an old in
terrogative chestnut, the answer to
which from the thoughtless is Give
OF coursel' But when the gigantic
intellect Of the wise and thoughtful
gets down to the question, the
calm answer comes "0nly four be-
cause calling a calf's tail leg dosn't
make it one!"
"a sheriff had a writ against
Quaker, and asked the Quaker's wife
if he was at home. Yes, she replied,
me will see thee in a moment. The
sheriff waited long time, and final
ly suggested to the lady that his time
was precious and she had promised
that he might see her husband. No
friend,' replied the dame, 4 only
promised that he would see thee. He
has seen thee, and not liking thy looks
has avoided thee and left the house ("
We have heard Of pie-eating, egg
eating, rat-catching and in fact nearly
all kinds OF contests, but the very lat
est comes from Tifin, Ohio. Miss
Lizette Herbiz, teacher OF German in
the High School of that city, succeed
ed in soundly thrashing thirty-five
boys in exactly thirty minutes, with
out getting out Of breath. There is a
bright future in store for that young
lady, and if she don't made her mark
! i'll the world, it won't be because of a
lack Of "git up and git"
A tramp applied to a crVsty mer-
chant for small loan.
"It's against my principles" he said,
"to give money to such fellows as you"
81 hope, sir" said the tramp, that
you will change your mind in my case.
| want so little, you know"
GLOW much will satisfy your
"You may determine that sir"
"Well, here's nickel, now don't
spend it for whisky"
"You might do that, sir" said the
tramp taking the money, "but
won't"
81 night" queried the surprised
merchant. "What doyou mean?"
"Well, mean that you look like q
man that would drink fve-cent whis.
ky, and | know I'm not that kind
good-day," and he disappeared. .--Mer
chant Traveller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-03-18

The Best Saive in the world for cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chiiblaine, Cornes, and all Skin Erup-
tions. and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required II isguaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refun-
ded. Price 25 cents per box, For
sale by J. B. Hash.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-03-18

1.-Wear a "snug" corset.
Wear narrow, thin shoes.
9.-Use coffee, tea, spirits and tobac.
co.
4.-sleep on feathers in 3 small
close room.
5.-Eat rich food rapidly and at ir
regular times
6.-Sit up in hot, unventiiatec
rooms until midnight.
Stuff yourself with cake, confec
tionery and sweetmeats.
8.-Employ fashionable doctor
to attend to You in every slight all
ment.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-03-18

TOMBSTONE, Arizona, March s.
News has been received here to the
effect that band OF thirty Apaches
ten days ago attacked party Of trav-
slers ct point fifteen miles south
west Of Eocosia, Sonora Mexico, kill
ing one Mexican and one American.
The Indisns. who it is believed, be-
long to Geronmino's band, then pro.
cseded to Browns mine, where Kern
gns killed last September, and killed
Brown and & companion, James
Moser. The band then started south
and camped one mile south Of San
Pedro, where they stole eighty horses
from the settlers. They then went in
ths direction of the Sierra Madrc
Mountains.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-03-18
Japanese Government Reform.

japanese Government Reform.
Important changes have recently
been effected in the form and con-
stitution OF the japanese Government.
Hitherto there have been three prin-
cipal offices-those of Prime Minis
ter, Prime Minister of the Left and
Prime Minister of the Right, which
rank in the order named. The Coun-
Gil of State only existed in name, hav-
ing no responsibility and no power
apart from the three Prime Ministers
As q consequence the heads OF the ex-
ecutive departments were not per.
sonally responsible for the admin
istration Of the trusts in
their charge, The new reform con-
sists in the abolition OF the Cout il o.
State and the offices Of Prime Min
listers, and the formation of respon
sible Cabinet, consisting of the chief
of the departments with one of thei
number as President Of the Cabinet
Several other changes have been mad,
the principal one being the abolition
Of the Department of Public Work
and the creation of a Department o
Communication, controlling Post
Offices, railways and telegraphs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

A French physician asserts that
ne has discovered a soporifc whose
effects can be exactly limited to the
time required. This will. he says:
enable travellers to sleep comforta-
bly, and confidently during jour
nry. lie measures his doses by
miles. Thus you can take fifty
mile dose before starting on a rail,
road journey, and open your eyes.
pleasantly refreshed, at your proper
station.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

Wheeling, W. Virginia, is excited
over The discovery that, in spite OF
the -cshinsling Of a house alleged
to be haunted, there still appears
upon the roof cofin-shaped- mark,
which has been noticed upon it ever
since a man murdered his wife and
concealed her remains in a coffin iii
the loft. For twenty years the
house remained tenantless, and when
sold recently new roof was put on,
but the coffin mark has again APP
peared.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

Dsngor A neglected cold Or cough may
lead to Pneumonia consumption or other tltal
disease. Stro1lg's pecsarai Pills will cure D
cold as by magic. Best Thing for dyspepsia, ,in-
digestion, sick headache rs thousands testify.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

HEM Nfor working people. SEND
WN 10 cents postage, and We
DL ,,'1,ns VIII %;'' yss ,,ms;s {;:s' s.s sey,t #
goods that will put you in the way Of
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than you ever thought possible at amy
business. Capital not required. You
can live at hom- and work in SPAR
time only, or all the time. All OF both
sexes, Of all agrs, grandly successful.
50 cents to SIS easily earned every
evening. That all who want work may
test the business, we make this nnpar-
allele! Offer: To all who are not well
satisfied we will send 81 to pay for the.
trouble of writing us. Full pa ticu-
lars, directions. etc, sent free. I'm
'"ense pay absolutely sure fol all who
start at once. Don't delay. Address
SnNsoN & Co.. Portland. Maine
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

WOODEN SHoEs.-In the town OF
Clymer, N. Y, there is a large set.
tlcment of Hollanders, the Older
members Of which brought from their
falherland the simple manners and
industrious habits which have al
ways been characteristic Of that
phIcgmatics race. Nearly without ex-
cep,ion they arc engaged in general
farming and dairying, and to supple
ment their farm lahors they make
tie wooden shoes or clogs which are
so closely allied to the typical
Dutchman. In no other place i'll the
Union is this industry carried on so
generally or to the same extent. Du-
ring the coolest days and long even
ings of the winter the Hollanders
ply their knives and shaves almost
without cessation. The business Is
really a monopoly, and of late 1t has
proved rather profitable, the de
mand for the shoes for decorative
purposes enhancing their value and
largely increasing the demand -
Eastwood and cucumber are the
woods used, and each shoe is bored
and cnl. from a single block. and
they become 20 we'll seasoned that a
we'l,made pair is well-uish indies
tructible by ordinary use. The Hol-
landers, in their settlement, preserve
the language of their native land tc
large degree. though the younge:
generation adopt the custom and
language of this country.-Boston
Transcript.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

In Iowa 955 women own and di.
rect farms, Is manage farms, s own
aud direct stock farms, 20 manage
dairy farms, 5 own green houses, l3
are school superintendent, 81 man
age high institutions of learning, l25
are doctors. S are lawyers, ~ are
ministers, 3 are dentlsts, 10 are
prole: :sional nurses and | civil cngl'
necr.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

The Mississippi State railroad
commission has fixed the maximum
rate Of passenger fare at three cents
per mile on all regular standard
gauge roads in the >la.c. Roads
which extend beyond the State are
affected by it only when so far as
their operations within the State are
concerned.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

A Missouri farmer WHO has been
testing seed corn from the butt. the
tip aud ,hc middle OF cars for three
wears, finds that the corn from the
,ip of the ears will pen first, thai
from the middle next, aud that from
the butt last.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

1t is a curious fact lhat while the
names of all of our animals arc ol
Saxon origin, Norman names are
given t. 4 sb they yield.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29
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you will get free package OF
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you in work that will at once hing you
in money faster than anything else in
America' Ali abou. S2GO.OO0 in pres
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everywhere, of either sex, ef all ages,
for All the time, or spare time only, to
work for us at their own homes. Ior-
tunes for all workers absolutely assured
Don't delay II. HALLErr Il Co.,
Portland, Maine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-05-29

II :ort OF sorts with headache, stomach
disorder, torpid liver. pain in back OF side, con-
stpation, etc neglect may be fatal. One Gose
4 few doses restore to new health and vigor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01
A TIMBER SPECULATION.

W. see mention made in the Char
lotte papers that a company of Ium-
bermen Of Buffalo, n. Y, are con-
templating purchasing, if the out
look suits them, 100000 acres of
timber land in North Carolina, upon
which if they effect a%purchase, mills
will be erected, timber cut down,
sawn into lumber and sent to north
ern markets. The company repre-
sents about $1,000 900 which will
be invested in the industry. We
have heard of a good many Of these
land buying syndicates of late years
and az a general thing they expect
to buy timber land and all at about
fifty cents to a dollar an acre, not
the value of one we'll grown tree.
With transportation and the faciIi-
ties for handlingth lumber of course
there is a mint of money for the
purchasers who buy at such a price,
but not much for the man that sells.
If all the million of dollars here re-
forred to were invested in land it
would amount to four dollars all
acre, not a very big price for such
property as these lumber men are
looking for and not much of a lonan-
"a for the men who sell it.
While we welcome to our State
all enterprises which are calculated
to promote herprosperity or develop
her resources, u enthusiasm does
not mount high owe the slaughter
ing of our forests, sold at a beggarIy
price, to enrich a few spectators
who rob our lands of the protecting
trees, and put little or no money in
pockets Of those who part with them
for a trife.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01
+ CLUBS.

Th&farmers of Beaufort county
proposeN to organize during their
week of court. They are organic
ing in the COUNTIES Of Moore, John
ston and Chatham. We have a let
ter from Virginia, asking for form
of constitution and bylaws, and
which ssure US that the farmers
of the Old Dominion are beginning
to arouse themselves to their true
interests.
On the 18th inst, a club was
formed in Zeb, Rowan county. Off
GERS: E. G. Lentz, President, Ran
SON Jacobs, Vide-president, G. A.
Jacbs, Secretary. Executive com
mittee: w. F. Thompson, II. G.
Miller and E. SFink. 1t is known
as the FranklinTownship Club, and
the next meeting will be held at
Zeb on the evening of the 25th at Z
o'clock. ldfRowan, though 81 w
to move willy soon be pushing her
delinquent peighbors into line.
We learn that a club has been or
gained at Third Creek on the w.
n. c. r. r., and ask some memberto
be kind enough to give us the
address of the officers and other
particulars.
lTHE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is anx-
ious to help in every possible way
the organization of our farmers and
earnestly asks that every officer of a
club to whom this paper goes, will
e to it that their brother farmers
throughout the State are kept in
formed through it's columns of their
progress. Write us if only a few
brief lines and let us keep the prog
ress of the movement fresh before
our readers.
Every club in the State is inter-
ested in all the work Of all the other
clubs and we will take great pleas
ure in keeping their movements and
progress before the public. Write
to our paper and tell us what you
are doing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01
y THE NATIONAL GRANGE

\ The twentieth annual conron.
Of this body met in PhiladeIpbia on
the 10th inst, and twenty sar ol
States we're represented. Governo1
elect Luce of Michigan and WaatoOr
of the Michigan State GRANGE C".
ernor Robe Of Maine, Lienton."t
Governor Jones, ofNew York, Gon
eral Lipscomb, Secretary Of St.t.
of South Carolina, Governor p " y
Pattison, of Pennsylvania, and
large number of other d~istinon;sboa
representatives Of the order. Nortb
Carolina was represented by W p
Williams, Senator elect from p;tt
county and master Of the Stoto
grange. Reports showed that tbo
general outlook for the Order is
very encouraging. The memhor
ship in Connecticut doubled durina
the last year. The secretary saws
awe have to-day something in tha
neighborhood of 1850, 600 members"
and he regards the order at present
as being stronger numerically and
otherwise than in any previons
period in its history. For the in.
formation Of those who think the
Grange movement has played out
we cite the fact that the grangers
Of Texas have sent their PURCHASING
agent, Mr.. J. M. CalIowy to New
York where he has established his
office, to buy goods for the Grange
Cooperative Stores of Texas. The
business amounts to more than ST.
600 600 annually. One Grange at
Olathe, Johnson county, Kansa,,
completed last Summer a Grange
building that cost 100000. In it
they have Grange halls, Grange
bank, Grange stores &c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01

Forest fires that have been burn
ing in Brunswick county for some
time past broke out with renewed
fury the past week, swept over a
great extent of country, and caused
no inconsiderable amount of damage
to the farmers. Barns and outhous-
es, and a great deal of fencing have
been destroyed as we'll as much val
liable timber. The prolonged drouth
has made everything as dry as a
finder and a fire once started spreads
with astonishing rapidity. In some
places where roots are considerably
matted the fire is said to have eaten
the ground to a considerable depth.
- WIminqton Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01
A BOYS LETTER.

We publish elsewhere a l~letter
and a right sensible letter, from a
farmer boy Of Burke county. We
publish letters with pleasure from
boys and girls because we like to hear
what they have to say and we like to
encourage them to think and write.
We would like to hearfrom a dozen or
more every week, on any subject
they choose to write about and we
hope that u young friends will
avail themselves of the invitation
and write to us often.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01

In a dog show in Philadelphia there
is one dog nine feet long and five feet
high, which will do pretty we'll for a dog.
Judge Scott, of Illinois, has granted
a stay of proceedings in the case of the
condemned Chicago anarchists, until the
Supreme court can review the case.
According to the latest assessments
the real estate and personal property in
North Carolina is valued at 100000 900,
an increase of 5000, 900 over last year.
Col. A. B. Andrews has been re-
elected President of the Western n. c..
Railroad, a position which he has held
for several years with such signal ability.
-Messrs. Louis Dagger & Co., solicitors
of patents, Washington, D. c., write us
that for the week ending Nov. %, forty
patents were issued to citizens of the
Southern States.
We have a letter from one of the
most prominent, intelligent and progress
sive farmers of Mecklenburg county,
strongly endorsing the movement for a
Farmers Convention.
Reports from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana
and Missouri, show the acreage of wheat
planted this fall to be a slight increase
over last year, and the outlook for the
growing crop favorable.
There is but one ex-President now
living, but the widows of four presidents
still survive. Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs.
Grant and Mrs. Garfield. All of these
receive al annuity of $1,000.
Charles Francis Adams, grandson
of John Adams, second President of the
United States, and son of John Quincy
Adams, sixth President, died at his
home in Boston last Sunday, aged 80
years.
Numerous inventors have been at
work ter years OH car couplers. Up
to this time about seven thousand
patents have been granted, and every
week a half dozen or more are added to
the number.
According to the report of Post
master-General Villas there has been an
increase of 1858 post offices wei last
year, l.444 of which were in the Southern
States and Indian Territory. There were
22,7l1 postmasters appointed. 1t cost
$29,955,S98 to transport the mails. The
total expenditures of the Post Office
Department were a little less than $751;
100000.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.

This body assembled in the city
Of Wilmington last week. 1t was
the largest convention of Baptists
over assembled in the State. It's
deliberations were characterized by
unity of purpose, and harmony OF &C.
ton. Differences in opinion existed
and very naturally, but as a rule
they were subordinated to the one
grand purpose Of advancing and
promoting the cause of the Master.
There are about 1900 white Bap-
lists in the State of which $4,000 were
represented by this body. The de-
nomination has doubled it's numbers
in u State within the past twenty
years.
The speeches, the reports, the
resolutions were all inspired with a
spirit of progress. Grand and glo-
rious as is the work accomplished in
all it's departments Of labor, during
the past year, in Missions, in Minis
terial education, in strengthening
Wake Forest college and charging
and sustaining the Orphanage, still
frword was evidently the watch
word Of everyone present-minister
and layman.
The peculiar policy of the Bap-
lists recognizing and granting in
their convention to each church
IN inherent sovereignty, exercising
none ofthe prerogatives ola judicial
body, and assuming no control over
the churches which it represents,
but actuated and bound together by
principles which r inherent in the
various objects which it seeks to
promote, this convention Of big
Drained and big hearted men, act
ing in harmonious accord, was pleas
ing to look upon.
1t Withhold it's next Session in
Durham in November of next
year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01
that thew intend to make that voice

heard.
It means that the great industry
Of the soil, the foundation upon
which all other industries rest, sue
coed or fail, shall have a measure OF
that attention from Legislative bodies
which it's importance demands
It means, in brief, that the farmers
of North Carolina in coming thus
together mean business.
They will not meet>t to dabble in
politics in any way. They will con-
slider questions relating to the
farm, methods of farming, crops,
economy and other subjects IN
which, as farmers, they are inter
ested, butthere r great questions OF
public policy in which they have a
vital interest, in which heretofore
they have had little to say, which
they may discuss, too.
The labor question.
The road question.
The convict labor question.
The Agricultural college question.
The Department Of Agriculture
question.
These and others which might be
enumerated every farmer in North
Carolina is interested in, but their
voice has never been heard in the
discussion of them.
Through a State organization,
composed of live, progressive, repre-
sentative farmers, they a voice
their sentiments with a potency to
command the ear of the legislator
and his obedience. 1t twill represent
and speak for no clique, clan nor
combination of schemers, butfor the
great body of farmers of North Car
Dina, for whom it will speak and
speak by authority.
We commend the movement and
wish it God speed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-12-01

Our farmers are putting III
large crops of small grain: Oa.s
sown in September are coming up
finely after lying in the ground lC u
over two months.-Mr. john "
Griffin, one of the many good far'n,
ers of New Salem township, kllleu
IS months old pig, of the Polanb-
characteristics breed, which we'g%
ed, net, 466 ~pounds.-Monr0e In"
quirer.