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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
Chaainy Meteors.

We caution u readers to pat no ~
lance in stories about meteors which
come very near those who were startled
by them. We were fooled once, about
thirty years ago, by one Of these brilliant
wanderers in space, 1t passed right over
the Litchiield fair grounds, apparently,
and struck the earth over on Chestnut
hill. We were 30 fully convinced thas
1t buried itself in Litchfield soil that we
cogitated upon the advisability of going
owe to unearth the thing.
"Pshaw, joe said the good old fatha
when we reported the matter on our ar
rival home, Iii was nor likely hundreds
of miles away" lit can't be, father"
we replied; III. b. Graves saw il and
said he should think it passed over john
IL. lIubbard's house, or at least not
farther down than the fair grounds
Why, father, we heard it,
The mex days New York papers weak
ened our faith in our ability 10 calculate
on niebeoric distance. The same brilliant
sphere was reported by telegraph as hav-
ing been seen by people in Kentucky, and
a few days later a westward bound trans
atlantic steamer reported having seen u
1000 miles out at sea.-Winstsd Conn
Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
Doing Eurnns In Three Weeks.


1 did tie continent If Europe in ex-
actly three weeks, spending no more than
three days at the most interesting points
In four months | saw all that / could
have seen in eight months. Travelling ~
| did was very extensive, and / hay)
Ggured ii ont tina for what it cost me -
four months lcoH.l, If | had taken things
quietly aud slowly, have remained over
there for :lu months. Travelling on the
wing, as it were. a maj naturally goes 10
some one Of the famous hotels, as his
stay will lie brief. If he had time no
would hunt up a quiet room and good
eating house, and take in a city slowly,
dispensing for the most part with high
prired guides and other unnecessary ex.
penses. The American tourist is the best
game found ia III, nets of the Europeans,
mainly on account Of his rapid system
III travelling. -Con.reSsman O'Null in
Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
A Troublesome staple.

Cotton is the most troublesome staple
OF the worlds commerce. From the
hour Of picking until the moment il
passes out Of the loom as a fabric il is
susceptible Of n million changes. each one
Of which affects its value on the market.
A bile Of cotton is so sensitive to heat
and moisture thatthe weight varies every
minute OF the day, as you wiz find by
actual experiment. On this account
buyers and sellers are represented at tho
COMPRISES by men who are styled
''wcighers, but whose duties are
thing more than recording .eights or
checking OH receipts. On their judgment
the value Of q shipment or consignment
can be increased or diminished by sew
eral hundred dollars, hence factories are
careful to place only their ~clearest head.
ed and most reliable men az the scales
A daub of mud at one corner OF o bale
may justify rebates with one package.
while on another the sellers representa-
tive would not consent toany deductions.
The deleterious effects of exposure to
weather can be estimated at a glance by
askillful man, but, nevertheless, the pro
cess of weighing is accompanied by moro
frequent contention than any other part
Of the business. Then you must remem-
Der that if any crooked work has been
done, a bale Of cotton can be traced all
the way from the mill through a hundred
hands until you finally reach the planter
who sold it in the first Place.-Globe-
Democrat
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
yolapuk the Fad In New orleans.

The study Of Volapuli is the current
fad with New Orleans ladies. 1t is Ius-
siblc that not all Of them could give q
tangible reason for learning a language
that appears to be a hash up Of all
others, that has no literature and which
no poets, or essayists or actors use, and
which apparently offers a store of practi-
cally useless information. 1t is not GER
tain that all Of these students will stick
until they acquire the language, although
it is believed that a fair knowledge Of it
may he acquired in less than n half a
dozen months. Nolapuk, however,
makes an original fad, and the study Of
IL is very good training, that may lead to
something better. more pleasant and
more fruitful Of good.-New Orleans
Picayune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
How noys Con Make NInncy.

Russell Sase's advice: by % getting
r position; 81 keeping his mouth shut,
~ Observing; 81 being faithful; 81 max
ing his employer think that he would bs
lost in q fos without him; 90 10 be 20
Ike. This is a god way for q young
man 10 begin after he gets there. If lie
llvrs up 10 these rules he will not want a
G.irnd at [ Lrt 50: any length Of time
ia fact, DOT Ut all
jag GoalI's policy: Keep ont Of Tad
company and SO 10 work with q will.
The boy who does that is bound 20 get
on il the worll."
Cyrus ". Fields scheme: ''Punctu.
nl.,y, honesty and brevity," Mr.. Field
aays, ''arc the watchworLs of LIE. In
.Iryiews in Washington Post.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
Writer and Reader,

zen the discovery Is once made that.
sven apart from any merit Of ones own
0ere Is an audience provided in advancs
By the energy Of publishers and editor,
che sense Of responsibility becomes very
gnat, and with it the feeling that per.
haps, even If what one writes is not ~sr,
good or important, il may assume a ceJ
tin merit through reaching some on,
who needs just that word. A clever
woman once said that an orator must
speak with much more confidence to an
audience of five thousand than to one OF
Q hundred, because among the hundred
there might be no one who cared for the
particular thing he was saying, whereas
among the larger multitude there woul.
probably be at least one. THIS the
writer for any journal that circulates by
", hundred thousand may feel that there
Is a reader always awaiting him some
where, and who knows but what he says
may fit the precise need Of that one?
Now, 10 have one reader each week Is
really a great thing when we consider
how much some stray scrap in n news
paper, perhaps not in itself especially
wise, has occasionally influenced ourown
lives. Nothing encouraged me more to
undertake these papers than a remark Of
my friend, Mr.. James Parton, who told
me that the n part Of his literary life
OF whose usefulness he felt absolutely
certain WAS the series of papers that he
contributed weekly during many years
to The New York Ledger. lie rarely
heard from them again. he said-It
seemed n good deal as if they had beer
written and thrown into the sca-yct il
was ON them that lie relied tosatisfy him.
self that he had been Of some real and
permanent use TO somebody, in lis long
career rs a writer.-''T. ". H." in Har-
per's Bazar. o..
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
a Misleading PremonItion.

A negro woman Of Pulaski, Tenn, told
her friends that she would surely die at 2
o'clock Oh a certain evening. So about
fifty of taem gathered around her bed
and shouted and prayed anil sung in an
ecstasy Of religious fervor as the hour
drew q for the soul to take its flight.
But it didn't do it. On the rontrarv, the
woman went into an apparent trance,
from which she arouses occasionally 70
eat a square meal.-New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
The Great Gold p.posiforics.

Tie treasury ST The United STATES con.
tains S2s2, 100000 in gold; there Is de-
positcl in the National lanh If France,
$685., 900 900; the National lunk Of Ger.
many holds Sl07, 900. 900, Wide the bank
of England, with it, 500. 900. 900, is tie
least OF this great quartet u gold dcposi
tU:.es. New York Slar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
Catching Dairy led Fish.

Some miles ipyonl Turnev f. rs, from
the brow of a lii, we boxed down hun.
dreds of feet on Crystal lake. a CLASSY
sheet Of water more tlan q mile in length,
now all ablaze with sunshine. We fol.
lowed n steep road that led below TO the
meadows, green as English ones that
poets sing of, that skirt the rced-edged
waters to where a dairy stands, its low
roofs trailed across by clincing hop vines.
Just heS the lake leaps over stony stems
q dozen feet in leight, and pours It's
foaming floods iTto a rapid stream thai
hurries on to Hat creek. These mimic
falls span 150 feet. and circle many atiny
isle Of richest grass and flowers. The
mistress Of this dairy stands on her stepa
an leisure moments and feeds her fishes
curds. They crowd By hundreds open
mouIhed and eager. She takes advantage
Of .leir hunger and drops a hook among
them. She draws a prize every time
and throws it into a tank to lie con.
renient for the frying pan. That morn.
ing she had hooked twenty.
"And how do you catch them again."
1 said, watching the pretty creatures dart
TO and fro in their narrow prison.
That's just what Ill show you now,
asI'm going to let you folks take them
al home" And scizing a pole with an
iron point on the end this relentless wo.
man spearcd her fish with every dash.
finging it out on the wet floor, where il
wriggled and painted for a moment, and
when t became quiet was carefully
slowed away in a basket by Mrs. Char
ley. The lake had plenty more, and the
mistress never found any trouble catch
ing all they could possibly use.-Ninetta
Eames in Overland Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
The Mother Of NanoIenn.

OF Nine. Mere's economical tendencies
we have an amusing anecdote. She was
once rebuked by tue emperor for not
spending her million francs a year. II
will spend it, abe replied, cautiously,
ION condition that you give me two"
She lived in Rome for over twenty-five
years, greatly respected by everybody.
II is a curious fact that the emperor
always spoke to her in Italian, but wrote
10 her in French. There is not m Italian
letter written by him TO his mother ex-
tant, although he Frequently wrote In
u,at language 10 hin sisters.-Saturday
Review - Naaua ftas
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
IMFANTIlE
SKIN DISEASES

Our Oldest child, now six years old, when an In
FAM six months old was attacked with a y%iruleni,
u aligrRnt skin disease. All ord nary r.m'd e,
falling, we called our family hy.irisn, who at
ible "a, idii,. unit the lover PARTON Of the liIte
tel Ow's y rson, IRON the midd = fth back down
10 his kne. 5, was one solid ash, ugly, painful,
bloIched and malici u. We hal 10 rest at night,
no peace by day Finally y, We acre sdy 5 d 10 ny
the 'UTlcuKA REMEDits. The effect was simply
marvellous. In three or tour weeks 4 complete
Gu c was wrought, leaving The little fellows person
Us whi,e aud healthy rs though b, had never leen
atiack.d. In my opini n your valuable remedie,
saved his II and To-day he Is a strong, healthy
oh Id, perfectly well, no repetition OF the disease
having ever occurred,
GEO, Il. SMITH,
Atty al Law and Ex-pros. AIRY, Ashland, q
REFER nee; j. g. wrist, Druggist, Ashland, y,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07

European flower collectors have visited
all the countries in South America in
search Of rare orchids, and during six
months of the present year $500 was
paid for these curious plants in one town
in Venezuela - Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
a Thread from Wood.

IN Austrian has patented n process for
getting thread that can be spun and
olcachvd from wood which is cut in long
lengths and boiled til it will cleave apart
in t,bIuus punches by shaking in water.
It i, then shredded by hand, or by ma
clliae-y, and spua Ike hemp. This gives
d very fine thread. and less boiling gives
q coarscr one.-E. i. Mail and Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN,

Are born in,o the world eve'y day with some eeze'
matuus Fiction. such A. milk crust, seal had
seuri or dandruff, ure to devrloue into an agoniz
irg rzema. the itchi & burning and designation
of which make life a prolonged torture unless
pro eTly tr sied.
A warm b tn with CurIcURA SoAP, an exquisit,
skin e~auIifier, and q . ngl- application u CTI'
CCEA, the 'r at kin Cure with q lite tUTIcuRA
REsoLvESr, the New Blood Purid'r, are often
SUI ci'nt TO arrest the progress OF the disease. and
point 10 a perman nj aud sIFei, CURE,
n-uce. no mo he rhu loves h = children VIII
takts y ide H. their beau y purlt' and health. and
IN 1-st wing upon them a chi ds creates, inhrr
itsuee, n skin without a blrmish, and a body
nOu ishei by pure blood should TAIL TO max,
uial OF the CuiIcuRA X MEulEs.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07

Chioroform was tiscovered by Samue.
Guthrie, Of Sacl;ett IIarbor, u. ", in
1891, and independently by kiebis. in
1872
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07

Diamonds are found at present in five
counties Of California, as follows: ANA
dor, Butte, FL Dorado, Nv ada and Trim.
".
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07

MI Ais
- YOU?

no you feel duh. languid. low-spirited. life
lcss. and indescrihably miserable, both plysi-
cally and mentally; experience q sense OF
fullness or hloating after eating, or OF gone
ness" or emptiness OF stomach In the morII-
Ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste In
headaches, blurred eyesight, floating specks
before the eyes, nervous prostratiOn or eN-
b%austion, irritability of temper. hot flushes,
alternating with chilly sensations, sharp,
biting, transient pains here and there. cold
feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or
disturbed aud undressing sleep, constant,
indescribable feeling Of dread, or'of imPend-
ing calamity?
II you have all, or any considerable number
Of these symptoms, you are suffering from
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
complicated your disease has become, the
greater the number and diversity OF symp-
Dr. Picrce's oldcn Medical Discovery
will snbdue Ii IL taken according 10 dircc-
tons for a reasonable length of time. III not
cured, complications multiply and Consump-
ton of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart Disease,
Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
maladies are quite liable to set in and, sooner
or later, induce u fath1 termination.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
cOvery acts powerfully upOn the Liver, End
through that great blood purifying organ,
~cleansrs the system of all blood-taints and i'm
purities, from whatever cause arising. IL Is
equally eilcnciOus In acting upon the Kid
neyS, and other eXcretory organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As
an appettzing, restorative, tonic, IL promotes
digesi ion and nutrition, thereby building up
both fish and strength. In malarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity in curing Fever and Aeuc, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases.
DIR. P'eree's Golden Medical Dis.
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Address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BAsR,
New Orleans. La.

R { N { NIB Err .1 TSi. the E GI;.s"s: e G .Ha
Early, sbo are In charge Of The drawings. ~ a
guarantee Of absolute ~fairnes. and integrity, that
the chances are all equal and that no one can pos
sIbly divine what number will draw q Prize,
REMEMBER that the payment ~ all Prizes Il
guaranteed N TOUR NATIONAL
BANKS Of New Orleans. and the Tickets are
signed y The President Of All Institution, Shuse
chartered rights are recognized IN the highest
anonymous schemes
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07

Sold everywhere. Price; ~CUTICrkA. 50 cents
CuTICt RA soar, o. csa :; CUTICURA REspL.
VENT, sll00. Prepartu - ruTrER DRUG AND
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ss-SeTd Tor "H0w TO Cure kin Diseases 81
p.y,s, SO iIust raj ion.. aud inO estImOui Is.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
aFoR The BLOOD IS The LIFE"
vi

which Is Scro fUla Ofthe Lungs, Is arr sted
and cured by this remedy, ii taken In the
earlier stages OF the disease. From It's mar
velOus power over this terribly futal disease,
when first offering this now wOrld-iamed rem
edy TO the public, Dr. Pierce thought seriously
Of calling 1t his "C~oNsUMPTIoN CURE" but
abandoned that name Us too restrictive for
a medicine which, from It's wonderful COM
bination OF tonic, or strengthening, Alternative,
or blool-cleansing, anti-bilious, pCctnml, and
nutritive properties, Ia unequalcd. not only
az a remedy for Consumption, but for all
Chronic Diseases of the
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
CURES ALL HUHaCRS,

from n Common Blotch, or Eruption, 20 the
worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, "FcvCr-sores,"
scaly or Tough Skin, in short, ell diseases
caused by bad blood ars conquered by tuis
powerful, purifying, and inyiNnrniing mcai-
It's benign influence. Especially has il mani
tested Us potency in curing letter, Eczema,
Erysipclas, BOils, Carbuncles, Sore Eves, Scrof-
ulons Sores and swellinrs, HIp-inint Disease,
white SwcllingS," Goitrc, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in
stafnps for n large Treatise, with colorcd
plates, on skill Diseases, or the saUe amount
for u Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"FoR THE BLOOD Is THE LIFE"
Thoroughly cleanse 1t by using DIR. Plerce,s
Golden Medical Discovery, ard good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
strength and bodily health will be established.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-31
GREEN MANURING.

At the East Tennessee Farmers
Convention the subject of green ma
nuring was discussed and the follow
ing opinions expressed
President Dabney, of the State UNI
versity, thought green manuring the
best possible, and the cheapest means
Of enriching land. He had made care
full study of turning under pea vines.
He found that the pea vine roots gave
more and richer fertilizer under the
soil than there was of vine on top.
The land experimental on was very
poor. One could cut the pea vines for
hay, if hay is scarce, and still get a
good result from the roots. He had
found that the root system of a pea
vine crop was equal to one ton of COM
mercial fertilizer. He thought that it
depended somewhat upon the soil as
to whether it was best to turn under
the vines or allow them to remain
upon the top as mulch. The pea and
clover and other such crops probably
acted in two ways: Drew the mineral
fertilizer from the soil and made it
available for crops and also gathered
the nitrogen from the atmosphere. In
reply to request Or. Dabney said
that clover might in time exhaust the
land, and take all the strength out,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-31
WARREN COUNTY FAIR,

To be Held Oct. 10th and nth, 1888.
Mr.. Fl. A. Foote, Secretary of the
Warren County Agricultural Society,
and editor of the Gazette, land in
whose columns may always be found
something to advance the interests of
the farmers) writes us private letter
in regard to the Fair. The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER has the most i'm
plicit confidence in the enterprise; it
knows the people of Warren; it knows
that with such energy and efficiency
as is to be found in the officers selected,
supported by the whole-heartedness
for which the people of noble old
Warren have ever been distinguished,
that it will be success And THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER intends to be
there. Bro. Foote says:
."One great object of agricultural
fairs is to get the farmers to compete,
thus bringing out their latent energies
and causing them to raise better stock
and crops. Hence the Importance of
letting them know in advance what
the stimulants are. We also offer
$1,000 in cash premiums, and charge
no fee for space or upon articles ex-
hibited. do not think I speak un-
advisedly when [ say that our Fair
will be a success beyond expectation.
Please state that Warren county
will hold it's first Agricultural Fair in
Warrenton on the 10th and l lth of
October next"
Write to him for premium list.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-31
FARMERS ALLIANCE IN PITT
COUNTY.
From Greenville Reflector. |

Mr.. ED1roR:- The Pitt County
Farmers Alliance held it's first meet
ing after organization on the Sd OF
May, 1888, on the 9Th of July. It is
remarkable and gratifying to learn of
the progress of the Alliance. Six Sub
Alliances were fully represented and
some of them have nearly one hun
dred members enrolled. There are
many applications for membership,
and we doubt not that by the next
regular meeting of the County ALI
ance it will number over one thousand
members The last meeting was quite
interesting. The writer, knowing that
the farmers feel the need of unity
among themselves, believes that they
intend to unite as band of brothers
and make the Alliance what every
farmer wishes it to be. By the next
regular meeting we hope to be able to
give the total membership, that the
people of Pitt county may see the
amount Of good the Alliance is and
intends doing. An interesting and
instructive called meeting will be
held on August 2lst. Our delegate,
Bro. w. A. James, will have just re-
turned from the annual meeting of the
State Alliance. Every member is in
vited and requested to be present.
ALLIANCE MAN.
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No. "a

but it had not done so yet, and green
manuring kept the soil in the best con-
dition, made best crops and if in the
remote future it ruined the soil it was
more than we now know, so that the
best thing we could do was to go
ahead with the best light before U.s.
Mr.. Keefauver said that he would
place clover or peas as a foundation
for rotation. With the land in clover,
the growth could be turned under or
cut off for hay. He always cut it for
hay. The clover prepared the land for
small grain.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-31
EXTRACTS FROM AN ADDRESS
Delivered By W. II. Rand, Esq, Before
auburn Alliance, No. Al, on Sdtur-
day Afternoon, july 14th, 1888.

auburn AUia,ace No. Al, ON Satur-
dag Afternoon, July 14Hb, 1888.
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND BRETHREN OF
THE ALLIANCE: Taking into consid-
Grafton the cause for which we are
allied, together with the potent evils
and pressing need of the times COM
bined, we naturally arrive at the con-
clusion that some discussion in regard
to matters that pertain to the welfare
of our organization is expedient;
therefore, in order to perpetuate its
existence and push forward it's inter
est, we should participate therein
freely whenever occasion demands,
and as to what nature the subject we
propose to discuss shall be, is clearly
implied in our Constitution, and as
political economy and non-partisan
politics are allowable and are the alb
sorbing topics of conversation of the
present day, I will, in the interest of
the Alliance, speak briefly in regard
to those subjects. Politically, seeds
of discussion have been sown, sores
have been made by our nominating
conventions that defy the curative
properties of medicants to heal, and
what must be done to counteract the
supposed injury done, seems just now
to be a complex question, that will
not cease to trouble political circles
this side of November. To bring
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-31
OFFICIAL ORGANS OF FARMERS
ALLIANCE.

National Alliance-iSouthern Mer-
cury, Dallas, Texas.
Alabama-AMance Banner, Athens.
Arkansas Wheel Enterprise,
Little Rock
Mississippi-7he Farmer, Winona.
North Carolina-THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, Raleigh.
Louisiana-1he Union, Choudrant.
Tennessee and Kentucky-7he
Ioizer, Nashville, Tenn.
Free Speech, Beaumont, Texas, OF
the counties of Jefferson, Orange,
Tyler, Hardin, Chambers, Liberty.
Florida Florida Alliance,
Mariana, Fla.