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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

than AYERS SARsAPARILLA. Numerous
crude mixtures are offered to the public
as "blood purifiers which only allure
the patient with the pretense OF many
cheap doses, and with which 1t is folly to
experiment while disease Is steadily be-
coming more deep-seated and difficult OF
cure. Some Of these mixtures do much
lasting harm. Bear In mind that the only
medicine that can radically purify the
vitiated bloodis
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
KILL THE LICE.

Every spring we see in all the
papers inquiries how to destroy lice
on livestock. Some have patent
nostrums, some advise snuff, tobacco,
carbolic acid, coal oil, some of the
essential oils, etc. All these may be
a sure thing, but + either eXpen-
sive, nauseating or unsafe. Simple
remedies are plenty and safe. Per
haps the best is old brine. Fish
brine is the best, or beef or pork
brine, either to be reduced a little
with water. Any old rancid grease,
in which fry a few onions, is a sure
thing, rubbed we'll along the back
and around the head. Look out for
the lice on all young stock in the
spring.
Perhaps no feed for poultry is
equal to an occasional feed of onions,
to preserve health and rid them Of
lice; they penetrate the whole sys-
tenn, enter into the perspiration and
thus drive out the vermin, which we
think is the. greatest pest of the
poultry yard. Some buy patent
nest-eggs, simply a hollow glass egg
stuffed with cotton and scented with
carbolic acid. A spoonful of sulphur
in the nest is equally as good. With
out something of the kind in the
nest of the setting hen, the young
chicks + apt to come off covered
with lice, which may soon destroy
them.-Fnrm-F Treside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
THE CORN CROP OF 1885.

The corn crop Of 1885, according
to the returns to the Department Of
Agriculture, reached the largest to-
tai yield ever reported-1,936,OO O,-
900 bushels. The next largest yields
were those of the preceding year,
1895, 600, 600 bushels, of 1880, Ill.,
$4,000 bushels. The average price
per bushel on the farm, as reported
in December last, was 1878 cents !;
and this was the lowest price ever
reported, except in 1873, when it
fell to 31.8 cents, from the accumu-
lating effect of several heavy crops
in succession.
The total home value in December
of the crop of. 1885 was $685., 674,-
$50, and this gain is the smallest to-
tai sum realized by the farmers of
the United States for any crop of
corn grown since 1879, the value
reached in 1880 being 1919, IA ,499 ;
in 1881 1872, 40; in 1882, $780,
639, 5000; in 1888, $648, 600, 900; and
in 1884, 500, 1885, 1853. The crop of
1881 was the nearest a failure ever
recorded, the average yield per acre
being but 1876 bushels, whereas the
general average since 1871 has
been about 26 bushels. In 1882
the yield was still a little below the
average, being 24.6 bushels; yet the
total value on the farm Of these two
successive light crops was over
$265, 900, 600 greater than that Of the
two enormous crops of 1884 and
1885.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05

A good horseman writes that his
method of treating both farm and
driving horses, and a method which
he has found to be a good one after
many years's practice, is to give no
hay in the morning, only a feed of
grain at dinner time we give a good
mess of cut feed, and at night an
other feed of cut food or a feed of
grain. Just before retiring for the
night or soon after the horses have
cleaned up their other food, we fill
their managers with good, sweet hay,
free from briars thistles, trash and
mustiness, being particular to give
the driving horses clear timothy
hay, and the other h~orses--the work
animals-either the same Or that
which is mixed with not more than
one-half clover, and good hay at
that. By this means the horses are
always in a good condition to work,
are given plenty of time to eat the
single daily feed of hay we allow
them, and can endure more work
and longer drives than those which
are stuffed with hay at every meal.
Y. Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
USE OF SALT AS A FERTILIZER

All plants contain a certain guam
tity of salt, or the elements of which
salt is composed, viz, chloride and
soda; therefore salt furnishes food
for plants, and is consequently a
fertilizer. But it has the most re-
markable effects on some crops, as
clover and grass, cabbage and beets,
all sorts Of roots, and wheat and
oats. Applied to grain crops it seems
to help these to procure abundance
of silica, fori it produces a stiff straw;
it also makes the grain clear and
thin-skinned. Being extremely solu-
BILE, it should be used when the. crops
are in a growing condition, which is
early in spring. For clover 200
pounds to the acre is used, for wheat
800 or 400 pounds; it is most useful
for wheat in rich, damp soil, as it
prevents the grain from lodging.
For cabbage, mangels, beets and tur-
nips 600 pounds per acre is used.
It seems to be most effective on light
soils.-Er. i Il ~ Il
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05

The ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN
DoG.-Dr. A. S.jPackard has con-
tributed to the September number
Of the american Naturalist, a paper
Of universal interest on the origin Of
Americans dogs. he concludes that,
though the impression that the do
nestle dog of the Old World has de-
scended from the wild species dis
tinct from the wolf, may be well
founded in America, the evidence
tends to prove that the Esquimau
and other domestic varieties Of dogs
were domesticated by the aborigines'
and used by them, long anterior to
the discovery of the continent by
Europeans, the varieties in question
originating from the gray wolf or
the prairie wolf. The subject is fully
illustrated by quotations from the
accounts of the early explorers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
SONG OF THE ATWOOD SHIRT

Nv father bought an undershirt
OF bright and flaming red
"All wool, I'm ready to assert,
Fleece dyed" the merchant said,
"Your size is thirty-eight, 1 think
A forty you should get, ~
Since Atwood goods are bound to shrink
A trihe when they are wet"
That shirt two weeks my father wore
Two w~ashings. that was all
From forty down to t~hirty-four
1t shrank like leaf in fall.
wore it then a day or two,
But when twas washed again
Nv wife said, "Now twill only do
For little brother Ben"
A fortnight Ben squeezed into it,
At last he said it hurt;
We put it on our babe-the fit
Was good as any shirt.
We ne'er will wash it more while vet
We see its Pickering light,
For if again that shirt is wet
Twill vanish from our sight.
Chicago NeUs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05

1t was on the piazza of a fash
ionable seaside hotel. Madam Gree
sus, who had just come from her
cottage, over a long stretch OF con-
crete walk, seemed decidedly warm.
Don't you find it tiresome to come
so far foryour meals ? asked a lady.
"Oh, would not mind it." was the
reply, off those c~onsecrated pave
ments were not so hot"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05

THE cOUNTRY's PROGRESS.

The following statistics show the
growth of the country since the
year 1860:
Twenty-Five years ago we were
30, 900, 600 people; now we are over
50,0O0,O0O. I w
Then we had al cities and towns
OF over 5000 inhabitants; now we
have 286 Of such cities and towns.
Then the total population of our
cities was 5,OOO,OOO; now it is about
IL, 900, 900.
Our coal mines then produced
$4,000, 900 tons; now IS, 600, 1000 tons,
or six times as much.
The iron product amounted to
100000 tons of ore; to-day it foots
up over 100000 tons a year-al-
most a ninefold increase.
In 1860 our metal industries en-
ployed about $4,000 hands, con-
sumed 500, 600, 900 worth of mate
rial, and turned out about $18O,OOO,-
600 in annual products. To-day the
same industries employ 300, 900
hands, consume $3.50, 600, 900 of ma
terial, and their annual product
amounts to $500, 900 600 a year.
In 1860 the wood industries en-
ployed 100000 persons; today they
employ 100000, while the value of
their annual product has trebled.
The wooden industry employed
10000 persons then, and now en-
ploys 100000 while our home mills,
which produced goods of the value
of $4,000, 900 in 1860, and now turn
out an annual product worth $780,
OOO, 1000. :.
Finally there is cotton. In 1860
we imported 227 900 yards Of
cotton goods; in 1880 we only i'm
ported 7O,OOO,O0O yards. In the
meantime the number Of hands en-
ployed in American cotton mills has
increased to 100000, and we export
over 10000 900 yards of cotton
goods a year, instead of importing
227,OO0,OO0 yards as we used to do.
The silk industry employed 5000
persons; now it employs $4,000,
seven times as many.
We import no more silk goods
now than we did in 1860, but our
own mills, which produced goods
of the value of $50, 600, 600 then, now
turn out a product of over $40, 900,
600 yearly. #+.s' *a5l 81" @''' p.
In 1860, $4,000 persons were en-
ployed in American pottery and
stoneware works; to-day about &c.
900 are employed in this industry.
The chemical industry, which en-
ployed 5000 persons then, now en-
ploys 10000.
In the meantime we have nearly
five times as many miles of railways,
and double the number of farms, and
yielding more than double the num-
Der of bushels of cereals.
In the production of sheep we
had 22,000,O0O of them in 1860; to-
day we have over 40, 900, 900 0 fthem;
and whereas we then produced in
this country 10000, 900 pounds Of
wool, now we produce 100000, 900
pounds.
Finally, the total of our exports
has doubled. In 1860 it stood at
$500, 900, 900, and now it stands at
about 5000, OOO, 600 : Philadelphia
Commercial List.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05

"A sixteen-year old girl in the
Boston Globe asked for a remedy for
too hard hands, and a "Mother" in
Maiden sent in the following heroic
remedy: A sixteen-year old girl can
soften and whiten her hands by
soaking them in dish-water three
times a day.
Your fare, young lady," said
the stage driver, as a pretty miss
stepped from his vehicle and was
tripping away. ooh, thank YOU"
responded the absent-minded little
beauty II think your mustache be-
comes you real well, too" She got
her ride free.
-"What is the price of this axle
grease p asked a new clerk of a gro
Gerry dealer; "there is no mark on
it." 1T depends on your customer;
if he asks for axle grease, charge
him fifteen cents a pound, but if he
wants butter, make it thirty-eight
cents."-PhHadelphio Call.
A farmer was hoeing hard on
his patch of land when one of those
town loafers approached the fence.
Hello, Farmer B., what dc you think
of the outlook ?" "What outlook ?"
Why, the business outlook" Did
MT know there was one" 1--WE are
all thinking about it down at the
store, and they sent me to hear what
you had to say" "Oh, yes, l see
well, tell EN- if they will stop talk
ing and 60 to hoeing that the coun-
try will prosper without any outlook.
Do you hear?"
Eyes, SIR" said Jones to Smith,
las men grow in age and experience
they advance in knowledge" II
don't think So" replied Smith.
"Don't think so. That's rather sim
gular. The opinion [ hold on the
subject is the universal opinion" at
may be, but | have my w opinion,
nevertheless, and it is that the
younger we are the more we know.
Why, when | was a youth [ knew
twice as much as my father. Now
| am aged and l don't know half as
much as my son."
The other night on all Arkansas
railroad train a passenger called the
conductor and asked: care we on
time {" Eyes" "Glad. Are we on
the track p II don't know, but I'll
go forward and ask" He went
away, and, returning, said: 81 am
Informed that weleft the track about
five miles back. We are nov run
running On the country dirt road,
and if we don't meet a wagon we'll
be all right. You see that there is a
big bend in the road back here and
We save time by taking a short cut.
An Irishman, who was a dealer
In a small way, and kept a little
donkey and a cart, came on one oc-
tcasion to a bridge where a toll was
levied, but to his disappointment,
found that he had not money enough
to pay. A thought struck him. He
Embarrassed the. donkey, and put it
into the cart. Then getting between
the shafts himself, he pulled the
cart, with the donkey standing on
1t, to the bridge. In due course he
Was hailed by the toll-collector.
Hey, my man." cried the latter;
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
flashes Of fun.

"A Marlboro young man prom
ished to take the affirmative side of
a discussion before the lyceum if he
could choose the question. This was
agreed to, and he decided on: "Will
gunpowder eXplode?"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16
DIED..

On the 10th of December. 1885. in Morgan
w. Va. Mrs. SUSAN STfERRARD.
wife Of Hon. Geo. w. sherrard, IN her 62d
year.
At her home near VancIevesvillc. Berkeley
February Sth. 1856. Mrs. CATHARINE
MCKEE, wife of Mr.. Hugh Mckee, aged 6S
years.
In Winchester, Va. February 9th, 1856. Mrs.
HEATING, wife of Mr.. Thomas Heating, aged
20 years.
Near Halltown. January 31st. 1886. ALICE
v, oldest daughter of NJ. K. and Jenny Lam
caster, aged 8 years, month and days.
Cease thy weeping. sorrowing mother,
Though her body's meath the sod,
While you are weeping her souls happy
In the bosom of her God.
Why, then, should You he grieving,
She has only gone before
Gone to join her little sister.
On that bright and lappy slore.
They are happy oh so happy.
Would you call them back again,
From a world of endless glory,
To u word of grief and pain.
Strive to meet your little darling,
In the mansions of the blest,
Who're no sorrow e'er can enter, .
And the weary are at rest.
BY her Aunt and Uncle. sa
E. NJ. tS W H. d.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16
Predestination in Marriage.

Talmage in q recent sermon on
marriage said: ''Because most mar
riages are fit to be made convinces us
that they are divinely arranged
Almost every cradle has an affinity
toward some other cradle. They may
be on the opposite sides of the earth,
but one child gets out Of this cradle,
and another child gets out of that
cradle, and with their first steps they
start for each other. They may di
verge from the straight path, going
toward the North, or South, or East,
or West. They may fall down, but
the two rise facing each other. They
are approaching all through infancy.
The one all through the years of boy
hood is going to meet the one who is
coming through all the years of girl
hood to meet him. The decision of
parents as to what is best concerning
them, and the changes of fortune,
may for time seem TO arrest the two
journeys; but on they go. They
may never have seen each other
They may never have heard of each
other. But the two pilgrims who
started at the two cradles are nearing.
After eighteen: twenty, or thirty
years, the two come within sight
At the first glance they may feel Il
dislike, and they may slacken their
step; yet, something that the world
calls fate, and that religion calls
Providence, urges them on and on.
They must meet. They come near
enough to join hands in social &C
quaintance, after awhile to join hands
in friendship, after awhile to join
hearts. The delegate from the one
cradle comes up the east side of the
church with her father. The del
egate from the other cradle comes
up the west aisle of the church. The
two long journeys end at the snow
drift of the bridal veil. The two
chains made out of many years are
forged together by the golden link
which the groom puts upon the third
finger of the left hand. One on
earth, may they be one in heaven.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16
Book Notices.

THE SOUTHERN B1voUAC. for February, has
been received from its publishers, B. F. Avery
& Sons. of Louisville. KY. Its contents are !:
Bass Fishing in the Shenandoah. Under the
NEagnoIias. W. Il. Seward on Reconstruction.
Drifting, The Story of Black Dan. Lid6cll's
Record of the Civil War, Robert Lee. A. H.
Stephens Impression of Gen. r. E. Lee. Poetry
and Criticism, 4 Birds-Eys View. Bragg's In
vasion of Kentucky. City Building in the South.
The Third Day at Gettysburg. Comment and
Criticism, Editors Table, and Salmagundi.
PETERsoN's MAGAZINE for March opens with
an article that will attract more than ordinary
interest "Salem and Salem Witchcraft.'' il
Illustrated with cngravings of the house where
the witches were tricd-a fac-simile OF the
death-warrants. etc. etc. The other articles
are of the usual high character of Peterson
There is charming steel-engraving, colorcd
fashion-plate, colored pattern for Java canvas,
year. Charles ]. Peterson, S06 Chestnut ST.,
PhlladelpSia. 81,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

A bill has been introduced in the
Virginia Legislature to incorporate
the PowelI's Valley Railroad Com
pany. The incorporators are james
E. Yates, J. S. B. Thompson, Richard
Mccoy, NJ. l.. Walton, H. Fl. Down
ing, NJ. c. Richardson, T. II. Stith,
Basil B. Gordon and S. S. Turner.
The road is to commence at some
point on the Manassas division of the
Virginia Midland railroad, between
Riverton, in Warren county, and
Strasburg, in Shenandoah, thence
through the Powcll's Fort Valley and
Massanutton mountains, by the most
practical route, to some point on the
Valley branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad between the town of
Edinburg, in Shenandoah county, and
Harrisonburg, in Rockingham county.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16
MARRIED.

In Winchester at the Parsonage of the ". E.
Church South, February 10th, 1856. by Rev.
John s. Martin, Mr.. A. G. SHAVER; of Shen-
andoah county, Va, and Miss CORA b. TOT
TY, OF Winchester.
In Middletown, Frederick county. Va. Feb
ruary 10th. 1886. Lieut. JACOB ALMAR0DE,
of Winchester. and FRANCES WILEY, of
Middletown.
At the Reformed Parsonage, in Martinsburg,
February list. 1885, by Rev. J. A. Hoffheins,
Mr.. FRfTZBY T. MONAGHAN and Miss MARY
j. POOL-both of Berkeley county.
In Winchester, January 2Sth, 1886. by Rev.
j. b. T. Reed, JAMES RUSH and MOLLtE l..
McDONALD-both of Clarke county, Va.
At Calvin, Oak, January 5th. 1885, JOIN
w. WEST, of Dakota, and MAGGIE @. EN-
MERIT, daughter of George and Susan EN-
inert, formerly of Berkeley county.
In the Episcopal Church at shepherdstown,
February Sd, 1856. by Rev. L. r. Mason. Mr..
ABRAHAM VANAIETER and Miss MARY v.
MYERS-both of Berkeley county.
At the Lutheran Church in Shepherdstown.
February Sd. 1886 Ivy Rev. D. VI. Moscr, Mr..
AARON THOMAS MYERS and Miss MARY
C. HOLLIDA-both of Berkeley county.
At the house of her grandmother, Mrs. Levi
Hiett, in Frederick county, Va. January 21st,
1886, by Rev. j. r. Graham, D. D.. FRANK z.
COLSTON, of Clarke county, Va, to Miss
LUCY A. PIrMAN. of Frederick county. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16
Not Symptoms, but the Disease.

1t would seem to be a truth appreciable by
all. and especially by professors of the healing
art. that to remove the disease. not to alleviate
its symptoms. should be the chief aim of med
icatfOn. Yet in how many instances do we sec
this truth admitted in theory. ignored i'll prac-
tice. The reason that Hostettcr's Stomach Bit
tcrs is successful in so many cases. with which
remedies previously tried were inadequate to
cope. is attributable to the fact that it is med
icine which reaches and removes the causes of
the various maladics to which it is adapted
Indigestion. fever and agUe. liver complaint.
govt. rheumatism. disorder of the bowels. uri-
nary affections and other paladics are not pal
lated merely. but rooted ont by it. 1t goes to
the fountain head. 1t is really, not nominafly,
a radical remedy. and it endows the system
with an amount of vigor which is its best pro-
lection against disease.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

Private charity has been doing
some good work towards relieving the
suffering poor in our midst, but much
more should and can be done. Some
need assistance of whom the general
public have no idea. Look them up
and give them all the aid you can in
these times of extreme scarcity of
work and money. Thou art thy
brothers keeper, and to whom many
talents have been given of him much
will be required. Gas we did it unto
one of the least of these" &c.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16
Resolution of Thanks.

Resoseed, That we, the ladies of
the Charlestown Baptist Church. do
hereby return our most sincere and
heartfelt thanks, to one and all who
in any way contributed, aided or as
sisted, in making the Dinners and
Suppers SO great a success, and, that
the iiberality of the public in general
will ever be held in greatfal remem-
brance by US.
Mrs. w. L. WILSON, Treas. u
FOR LOW PRICES OF LUMBER
see advertisement of
Messrs. WILLET & LIBBEY.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

Among the bills introduced in the
House of Representatives last week
were the following by Hon. VIM. l..
Wilson, of this District, viz: For the
relief of the minor heirs of John w.
Coontz; for the relief of the legal
Representatives of Lewis W. Wash
ington, deceased: to require the re-
coinage of the subsidiary silver coins
of the United States into like coins OF
proportionate weight to the standard
silver dollar; and referring the claim
of William F. Wilson to the Court OF
Claims. 81
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

Secretary Lamar and Attorney
General Garland, by reason of their
determination to have the title of the
Bell telephone monopoly investigated
and the fraud by which it is said to
have been secured looked into, have
become the targets against which are
being hurled the invectives of jour
mails in the interest of the Bell mo-
nopoly. The investigation will go on,
however, and President Cleveland
will sustain his cabinet officials in
their honest course.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock died
Tuesday afternoon at Governors Is
land, N. Y, of a malignant carbuncle
and a complication of kidney troubles.
His funeral took place at Trinity
Church, New York city, last Satur-
day morning, and the interment at
Norristown, Pa, Saturday afternoon.
His death causes general and pro-
found regret throughout the entire
country.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

Wentzell's Patent Tobacco Mois-
tening Apparatus is so simple and
possesses such valuable qualities that
no large dealer can well afford to be
without one. The consequence is
that they are coming rapidly into use
in the cities, and must soon be in
troduced into country stores. For
further particulars address w. w.
& J. B. Wentzell, GIG Ninth st., n.
W., Washington, d. c., or Harper's
Ferry, w. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

DIN. FERRY & Co., the well-known
Seedmen, of Detroit, Mich. announce
that they are on their feet again and
ready and anxious to receive orders
for seeds from ecery one of their old
customers, and from as many new
ones as feel kindly disposed toward
them. They are in condition to fill
promptly every order with new seeds
of the best quality.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

From the census reports it appears
that in 1860 the population of the
State of West Virginia was 376, csc,
in 1870 it was 442 ,014, and in 1880
reached 618, 456, having nearly dou-
bled in twenty years. The increase
from 1860 to 1870 is less than 1O0,
900, while the increase from 1870 to
1880 is nearly 100000, showing a
rapidly increasing, current of inmi-
grafton.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-02-16

A meeting of the workingmen and
socialists in Trafalgar Square, Lon
don, on Monday of last wesk, result
ed in great riot, in which houses,
stores and hotels were sacked and
great damage to property done.