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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-19
~STREET-CAR ~COURTESIES.
An Exchange Of Civilities Between Two
.. r5....r !" Solid" Teutons. --...-

This is how it happened on a
Chicago street-car: One had just
dropped into the only %unoccupied
space, leaving a few inches to spare,
into which the other. proceeded to
squeeze himself, provoking thereby a
rapid interchange of social feeling,
couched in the choicest language of
the faderland, which, failing Of the
desired p~oignancy in expression, civil
tiles were continued in very bad En-
glish. ..9 q:
Said the first: "Dot's rigid; got
oop on mine neck, Wy dond you ? dot
dond hurd me; bile on; dot makes me
nodding difference; go het
Returning the look with n of pro-
found contempt the other replied:
40, watts der madden nit you? [ got
me shoots so much rigid to sit down
like you! You should bay ten cend
for a seat. You use so much room
like a alderman !" "
"Ish dot so? I dond vas a pigs like
you, any ways not; I dond wand a
hull car by mine sells neider. You
are Won pigs, for sure! s.. Z s.as
In response to which the other ex-
claimed: "Vy ish der reason vat you
call me pigs for? You know vat you
are your own sells. You are de out
side of a sassitch, dots all, und you
are a pigs also too"
This sharp courier seemed a little
too much for the first party, who sub
sided as far as talk went, but with
stubbornly braced shoulder he resisted
the heavy pressure placed upon him
by his equally stubborn opponent
There they sat, straining against each
other, fairly bristling with suppressed
rage, each determined to yield not al
inch, until Robey street was reached
when the first conner and In 9
haunting way said: "Take my sead
misder; you can lay down now uf yor
wand to: goot nighd, my lofe."
In evaporation the other retorted
"Oh, to der duyfel, you crazy hum
pug!"
"Radts |" yelled his tormentor, a
he dropped off the car-step and mad
for the sidewalk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-19

the-water, now demolished. Nearly a
century ago the paper hangers were
stripping a wall upon a landing place
on the second floor: when the entrance
to a secret chamber was laid bare.
The room, which was only eight feet
square, evidently remained exactly as
the lastloccupant had left it. Upon a
small table we're the remains of a
meal, with a teapot in which the
leaves had long since crumbled to dust
and cup that still held a silver spoon.
A priests black cassock was ~carelessly
cast over the back of the only chair.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-19
THE PPfRQf6GRBEFSSSIIYFE F4RMEEIR1 JyYFNNEE IS, 1854

with half a pint of water, and set it to
boil until it becomes acthick syrup, when
take it off and add the juice and rind of
the fruits; cover the stewpan and place it
again on the fire; as soon as boiling COM
mences1S skim well and add one glass of
water by degrees, when add half an ounce
OF good ge%latine,ts dissolved, pass through
a jelly-bagg, add a few drops of prepared
cochineal to give an orange tint, and then
fill a mold and place it on ice until ready
for use. 49, ~ 49, Ia .~,.-I
1aF $50. r> ~FRICAssEE OF FOWL 9r a'nIE-
Divide a fowl into eight pieces, wash it
well, put the pieces into a stewpan and
cover with boiling water, and one tea
spoonful of prepared seasoning; let it boil
twenty minutes, pass the stock through
sieve INTO a basin;~ta take QUIT the pieces of
fowl, trim nicely, then put into another
stewpan two unces of butter, with
which mix good spoonful Of -four,
moisten with stock, put in the pieces of
fowl, stir occasionally until boiling, skim
well, add twenty button onions, let SIM
mer until the onions are tenderrwhen
add a gill of cream, with which you have
mixed the, ,yolks- of twp eggs stir in
boil; take out the pieces, dress in pyramid
on dish and serve. If you require to
warm up theremainder, OF. theyabove5 rput
it into a basin which stand in a stewpan
in which you have placed a little warm
water; put the cover over and let it boil
gently, by which means the 3eontents Of
the basin will get warm without turning
the sauce; when hot dish up. and serve.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-19
FAMOUS SECRET CHAMBERS

Hiding-places were frequently con-
trived beneath staircases and were en-
tered by the removal of a step.
Secret rooms in town houses were
uncommon, but at Sparrow house, in
Ipswich, there is one on the roof, and
not many years ago there was an an
cient house in Canterbury High street
with two or three secret s%taircases in
the thickness of the walls.
A secret chamber at Workshop
mano house, burned down in 1851,
was reached from the roof and the
trap-door that gave admission to it
was entered by lifting n of the
pieces of lead with which the roof was
covered. This was an unusually large
apartment, with a fireplace and a bed.
Ham house, near Weybridge, is
probably one of the very latest exam.
pies of a house containing priests
holes. It was built some time after
1850; and Evelyn in his dairy under
date of Aug. 23d, 1878, says: "My
Lord (the Duke of Norfolk), leading
me about the house, made no scruple
of showing me all the hidden places
for popish priests"
Comparatively few secret chambers
were made in the thickness of chin
neys; but great numbers were placed
between floors, as in the case of the
interesting hiding place discovered a
I~ngatestone hall, in Essex some thirty
years ago. When the room was en-
tered, after being closed for genera
tons, the chest in which the sacerdo
tai vestments and COMMUNICABLE
had been deposited was found in per
feet preservation. The floor of tn
chamber was the "cold ground, upo1
which a layer Of twelve inches OF SAN
had been placed to exclude damp:
Perhaps the most dramatic discov
cry was at the manor on Bourton-o
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rIgdEtfN suomoq
FAITH, HOPE AND o

BY SLEEPY HOLLOW. u
When yon bright sun of orient morn,
Shall no more show his face tt.-'
And yon pale moon is no more seen, = ~.
In light of queenly grace:
rndving faith will still live on, ..,...E 300
THE soul eternally to bless; o..
Then far more radient Heavens own face,
viii light a brighter land than this. RI.
When Won bright stars have faded all, E.lf
That deck the concaye sky; t. d,
And of their light no ~twinkling ray, p
. Falls on the mortal eye HiJ .i EEH@ rtr-
JTndying hope will still live on, .
Nor Of one pleasure shorn - -.
But still as cheering to the soul, RI:
As on creations morn.
When all that's lovely here of earth, ...:.
Hath lost its power to please
q And all the paltry things of time, =
Give neither Joy or ease;
Undying love win still live on hH
Love to the Great Creator given; :.~
And in fruition swallowed up,
Faith, hope and loves the Christians Heaven
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The Weekly News and Observer.

The Weekly Nea0s and Observer is a long
ways the best paper ever published in
North Carolina. It is a credit to the peo-
pie and to the State. The people should
take a pride in it. It should be in every
family. 1t is an eight page paper, chock
full Of the best sort Of reading matter,
news, market reports, and all that. You
cannot afford to be without it. Price
S1.25 a year. We will furnish the Weekly
Neus and Observer: until January LIST,
1889, for ST. Send for sample copy.
Address,, News AND OBSERVER Co., RAIL
EIGH, n. @. .-. o-..
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ORANGE JELLY.

Procure five oranges and n lemon,
take the rind off two of the oranges and
half of the lemon and remove the plth;
put them into a basin and squeeze the
juice of the fruit into it; then put a quar-
ter of a pound of sugar into a stewpan
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furnish all the quantity necessary from
cows, buffaloes and goats, pressed the
highest order Of mammals into service
that is, the mothers of the infant
generation of Burmes. '# -t1-' i-.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22
PETER CARTWRIGHT.

An old lady tells an interesting Incl
dent in the life of Peter Cartwright. the
eccentric evangelist, which she herself
witnessed Gown IN Indiana a half cen
fury ago Among the people TO whom
the Rev. Peter loved to preach was a
widow. the mother OF two vain girls who
were wont 10 decorate their heads and
bodies in a way To offend the plain old
parsOn. Their MINES We're Peggy and
Patience. About the most valuable pos
sessions of their widowed mother was
a feather bed ana a brass kettle. two
articles priced above rubies in those pio-
neer days. During one Of the intervals
between Cartwright visits. the widow
died. willing to one daughter the feather
bed. 10 the other her brass BEETLE. The
daughters were no sooner IN possession
of the coveted property than II was =old
TO buy what IN those DAYS were called
fine clothes. All this was poured into
Cartwright's ears Immediately upon his
next arrival in town. That the bed and
kettle should have been put to such
-groyeling purposes made him very i'm
dlgnant. and to express his indignation,
he resolved to avail himself Of the first
opportunity. Ii came when he was IN
the pulpit He was laundering away on
death and judgments. wnen Peggy and
Patience entered the meeting honse. he
passed moment and then exclaimed:
And there comes Peggy with her
mothers brass kettle on her head. and
there i Patience. her head J. decked out
with her mothers feather ts4l.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

ESTABLISH CANNERIES.

While fruits from the tree and vine
grow in profusion throughout Kansas.
and thousands depend upon canned
goods for their vegetables in many sec
tions yet there are very few establish
ments in the state for the canning OF
these products. To ehterprising firms
with reasonable capital opportunities are
offered for rapid accumulation of wealth.
Tomatoes, peas, green corn, beans and
fruits are sold here in immense quantities
all brought from distance, while the
crop. only meagre for want of a market,
in easy reach. must be used in season or
left to rot upon the ground. With cam
neries the incentive for raising these nee
essaries Of life would be greatly en-
HANGED, keeping thousands of dollars at
home which is now sent abroad. not only
from this city but from almost every
city and town in the state There's mil
lions in such industries and the benefits
are so far-reaching in their effects that it
is really cause for wonder that it has
been SO long neglected. We have spoken
OF this before and shall speak of it again.
1t is too important to be allowed to 90
by default and longer.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22
KANSAS MANUFACTURING INDUS
TRIES

The forthcoming report of the state
labor commissioner, Frank III. Betton.
promises to be unusually interesting and
valuable as showing the progress of the
state in its varied industrial interests.
The following resume and comparative
statement is taken from advance sheets
furnished us by the commissioner:
We estimated in our first report that
we had succeeded in obtaining state
ments from industrial establishments
representing about two-thirds OF the total
capital invested in the state IN such en-
terDriSes, the aggregate amount beng
S13 224. 600: upon this basis we placed
our estimate of the total capital en-
ploved at $4,000. eco This did not in
clude railroad shops or mines of any de-
scrptiOn but was confined to private es-
adjustments where labor was employed
to a greater or less extent III
wage-earning capacity. In our
second report, the actual returns from
establishments of this class represented
a combined capital OF Sl9.3S0, 42i.Ss. or
nearly half million dollars more than
our estimate of the year before, ami
while a much larger per cent OF the
whole was presented. still it did not in
clude ALL From the best information
Obtainable. we estimated the reports re-
ceived as representing 81 l2 per cent of
the total investments, and upon this
basis placed the total capital of the state
invested in private industrial establish
mentS of this character IN round num-
berS at S22 900. 600, a gain of SO. 0OO,O 600
over the estimate of the year before,
In this, our third, report. will be found
the returns from $50 private establish
men:s Including Touring mills, repre-
senting capital of S2i 0l3. $50, or more
than $4,000. 900 greater than ourestimate
of one year ago. We assume that we
have succeeded in obtaining returns rep
resenting 80 per cent Of the whole. This
would place the total capital invested at
this time at about S26 SOC, 900, an increase
during the year of four and half mill
lion of dollars. 1t will be seen that our
estimate of the whole capital invested,
based upon what we deemed was the
percentage of the whole which we had
actually received, has in the succeeding
year been exceeded by the amount actu-
ally reported, thus showing that i'll no in
stance have we presented an over-esti-
mate For instance. in 1885 the COM
hined capital reported was S13,2 goo.
We estimated this at two-thirds of the
whole. and fixed the total capital at
S19. 600. 900. Our returns in 1885
amounted to 1856. 424.ss. or $3.50
424sS greater than our estimate. We
placed the received reports that year
1SS6, at eighty-seven and ond-hah per
cent of the whole, and estimated the
total capital at S22,G00,000. This year
1ss0 the capital actually reported is
$24, Obj, 80, or $2,013. 80 greater than
our estimate of last year. We place our
this years reports at 80 per cent of the
whole. and fix the total at SIC, 300 900. an
increase over last years estimate OF
81. SOC. GEO.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22
CONE TO WICHITA.

VI this time IL is but natural that the
victims of the billiards. in the north
should be looking for climate where
they would not be subject To such eX-
treines and while casting about for a
place To make 4 home Wichita should
not escape notice. Here we can offer
everything that tends to the making OF
ideal home. \ fertile soil where the
fruits of the north aud south flourish
equally; a climate that knows neither
extreme. but presents the delightful
mean OF the only true temperate zone. a
country of miraculous wealth. now IN
the midst Of rapid development: city
which can now offer the advantages IF IA
city and has all the promise OF youth: an
intelligent thrifty people who are CON
servative in their views and stand ever
ready To welcome all who desire 10 make
homes amung them: religions. law
abiding people who know the Waite of
education and have shown their appreci
alton in the splendid system they have
built In short there Is nothing lacking
and to those of the extreme north and
south who desire change there : no
place that can offer equal advantages
with Wichita.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

the curiosity to learn if possible what
they all found to do. As stated IN our
last. now they look blue and hungry
for business, but we caught on to
the following as reliably showing what
they have done IN the past: During the
first eleven months of last year the trans
fers of city real estate amounted 10 $751;
47S.t5O. besides an unknown but very
large amount sold on deferred payments.
The grand total of transfers between
January. 1880. and December, 1887, is
S72 .461.1.0.
We have taken considerable pains to
CLEAN the foregoing for the reason that
it affords an electric light to guide the
capitalists of Springfield. 1t matters not
what the future Of Wichita is to be-
whether she is to go on increasing IN
population and the amount of her realty.
or whether she is TO have a reactionary
future. What ever she got she has got.
and if not another building Is erected
she can hold her own.
In looking over the field we cannot
discover wherein there was as much To
make of the Wichita of 1880 a city of
her present population and wealth OF
real estate dts dl the ttiss' UdtS 10 iiitthr %
still larger one of Springfield in less
period of time. Here and in this is the
cause of the discrepancy: Springfield
sllImbered while Wichita went sowing
and reaping. When $2o0. 900 was asked
to bring packing house that would
employ $50 men and bring an increase
of some / 800 population. they raised it
here in two or three DAYS time without
a solitary grunt from any quarter. while
if we do not much mistake the enterprise
of Springfield its citizens will be
slow to subscribe a like amount to
bring TO their doors railroad of in
estimable greater benefit. Wichita
has doublv. threbiy made up for all its
contributions in the enhanced value of
its realty, making OF the same sized lots
sim larry located. that sells in Spring
fild for $50 bring from $3.50 to $3.50.
We are free to say that. whether it be
termed ..gas" or wind that has
brought Wichita from homestead in
1870 to be the largest and wealthiest and
most populous city in Kansas in 1888, it
is gas or wind" which Springfield is
sadly needing. When Springfield invites
big manufacturing enterprise to To-
cate, Wichita goes down into its pock-
cts and hires it TO come. and it comes.
That is what has made Wichita-that is
what has kept Springfield from outstrlp-
ing Wichita in the race.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22
GREAT FAITH IN WICHITA.

The following extract from letter to
J. z. Johantgen from a leading and
wealthy citizen of Kentucky, and taken
as fair and intelligent statement of
what we may expect as a basis OF future
values of real estate in Wichita. 1t is
gratifying to know that a few non-resi-
dents ar9candid enough to tell the truth
about our growing city. He says. Il
have all along had great faith in Wichi-
ia. 1t is the best city have ever visited
and as soon as money matters ease up a
good inside property there and none of it
mortgaged, and don't intend to sell al
1,rnsant =
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

The reports of the destruction of
human life from the effects of the UNI
precedented cold in the north and north
west are frightful, The temperature has
run as low before, perhaps. but never to
remain for so long period. During the
past month the Arctic waves have swept
over the sections named in Such rapid
succession as Ia constitute almost one
continuous blizzard. Attending the people
little or no opportunity to replenish their
supplies of fuel. The loss of live stock
of all kinds amst ALSO be terrible though
little is said OF that in the dispatches.
We think ii has been pretty cold in this
latitude at times, but the severely cold
snaps never last longer than a few hours,
and are nothing TO compare with what
the people of Dakota. Montana and Min
nesota have experienced.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22
FROM THE STRIP.

Mr.. \. r. Henderson, who went out
from Wichita about a year ago with a
colony and settled on tue Neutral Strip.
is in the city and made the EAGLE a call
Yesterday. He makes a very favorable
report of the condition of those who
have made for themselves homes in that
country; they are all doing well for a
new country and are well pleased. The
only thing they need to place them on
an equal footing with the best in the
land is railroad connection with the out
side world. and this they expect to get
from several directions within the pres
ent year. some i'm six months. Mr.. Hen
derson says it would be gratifying to the
people there TO receive some sort of gov
ernmental recognition-to have the pro-
lection of law extended over them in
some shape-still if this is not accorded
them they will not suffer for there is lit.
lie need to invoke the laws interference
in local matters. inasmuch as the Citi-
zens are of the better class and need but
little legal restraints.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

In the conclusion of lengthy and
very strong editorial upon the chow" to
gain more votes. which are necessary
for the Republican party to return to
power, the Iowa State Register makes
this very pertinent and, we think we'll
timed statement: The party is brought
face to face with the fact that it is out
Of power, with the majority in the
northern states no longer responding to
its old platform. 1t can keep to the old
and arbitrary line and stay out of power
There is the other road. to turn to the
future, while not forgetting the past,
and get enough votes in the border states
to make up for the lost states in the
north. 1t is plain question for earnest
party consideration, and should be dis
cussed with broad comprehension and
good spirit. The Register, for its part,
looks upon the Republican party as one
capable of great things for the country s
sake. If it can at once tranquilze the
nation, and restore itself to power. it
will have served the Republic and man
kind only less than it did in conquering
the rebellion and saving the Union.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

The Chicago News, IN discussing the i'm
migration question. makes a good point
in favor of good citizens only, when it
says: mo sane person proposes to pro-
hibit immigration. But it is political
necessity, forced by the law of self-pre-
servation, that it be restricted to such
persons as are fit to be citizens of a re-
public dependent upon the intelligence
and morality of its people for its contin-
ued existence
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

Meade Center Republican,: There is an
immense field for Wichita capital in
southwestern Kansas. Why should our
people buy at Kansas City if what we
want can be obtained in our own state
with less freight; There should be direct
communication by rail between Wichita
and every one OF the southern tier of
counties of the state. Let the capitalists
of the Peerless Princess awaken to the
field which bids them enter.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

Seven hundred bales OF cotton was tn.
total Of this staple raised in Ciisutauqma
county last YEAR. and 81 go is the
amount 81 wealth II brought TO the
esghty families Of colored people engaged
IN it, culture
! Buriingame paper states tllas reg
imeDtai sncampTnent OF tho third Insan-
try. Kansas national guard. vii be held
at Bnrlingame IN the sTrln-, 10 last sax
DAYS. Burlingame viii contribute The
rations.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

The Peerless Princess has now, among
her other curiosities, a scion of noble
blood, the eldest son OF an English noble
man. There are "a great many different
kinds of people in Wichita.-kansas City
Star.
Yes, in the aggregate upwards of forty
thousand. And while no two are pre-
ciseIy alike in some respects, they are as
one man when it comes TO Wichita S in
terest Therein lies big secret.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

The spirit OF the Times makes a good
shot when it declares: I'VE have been
asked who are You in favor Of for presi-
dent? And we reply;We are in favor OF the
one who will best protect the interests OF
the American people at home and
abroad
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22
The Marion Record suggests that, be-
tween dogs and free traders. sheep own
prS arc bayincr a hard fine


ers are having hard time.
\ Republican club has Just been or
canized at Winfield. President. f. p.
Greer: vice president. E. B. Buck; secre-
tary. Col :. +. Fink: treasurer, \. B.
TAYLOR; executive committee. W ".
Madden. Ben r. Henderson AMI \. d..
Crow.
Kansas has the most productive zinc
mines in the world. with the possible ex-
crption of tho>, OF Belgium. This l. a
fact not generally known: IN fact. zinc
l. Il product not ALWAYS enumerated i'll
the list al resources os the Suniiower
state. Missouri has long laid great stress
upon the wealth al her zine lnins.s. ami
Vet statistics for last wear show that the
entire stale of Missouri. with mines seat
tered over the southwest and southeast
corners OF the commonwealth. yielded
only $50 tons of the metal, while tiit.
Short Creek diggings. covering an area
about three miles square in Cherokee
county, Kansas. produced s, use tons dur
lns the same period.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-22

The third week of the great religious
revival begins most auspiciously this
morning Much good has been accom-
plished; more than can be estimated: but
the work is just cieverly begun. Let
every christian rally to tie charge, and
the multitude who have been almost
persuaded, let them at once become al
together such as they know they ought
TO be: and let us all unite in the on
slaught to be made this holy day with
renewed vigor upon he strongholds of
satan.