The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-03-06

The forthcoming report of the Super.
intendent of Public Instruction will show
that North Carolina expended last year
for public instruction 1866, 600, the col.
ored people receiving SO per cent of the
amount.
Counterfeit silver certificates of the
denomination of SIS are in circulation
They are three-sixteenths of an inch
shorter than the genuine certificates. The
only bank detector required is a carpen-
ter's rule. ~ -
, 1.-THE dog corps in the French army
says the New York Sun, "is now being
trained at Belfort. Large dogs are chosen
Every day they are shown soldiers in
German uniform and taught to fly at them
on sight"
Rev. J.C. Price, of Salisbury, who
was recently rendered the appointment OF
Minister to Liberia, declined the high
honor, upon the ground. that his race can
not,spare him from the great educational
work he is doing for them. ,e.,
If a writer writes "none are," the
Chicago Mea0s jumps on him. Ifhewrites
"none is" the Paducah News strikes him
with a club; which causes the Louis.
vile Courier Journal to inquire "When
is that new newspaper grammer to be
out? ?"
Miss Varina A. Davis, Jefferson
Davis daughter, writes of "Serpent
Myths" in the February North american
Review, showing incidentally how the re-
mains of the ancestral serpent worship
still persist among the negroes of the
South.
According to a writer in the New
York San here is a new sort of actress
She received bouquet of roses, accom-
panied with a very costly piece of jewelry
She replied, thanking for the roses, and
begging leave to return the "thorns
(the jewels), which she did.
"A company has been formed at Pitts.
burg, with a capital of 500, 600, to manu-.
facture brick from blast furnace cinders
The industry is successful in England, and
the projectors count on turning out 80, OO(
bricks a day, and believe that they will
be sold for SIS per thousand.
The papers say Dave Bringle, Of
Salisbury, tried last week to commit sui.
eide with a dose of laudanum. He was
recovering from an attack of 'delirium
tremens Poor Dave, twenty years age
he was one of the finest specimens Of
manhood in Western North Carolina.
The Statesville Christian ADVOCATE
prints this brief but very significant para
graph: "The pastors and the people
come together and kindle a big fire al
which the evangelist may warm himself
There is no such thing as jealousy among
ministers of the gospel; of course not.
1T is said that Europe ispreparing fo1
war in earnest. France is strengthening
and arming her feet, and there is a rumor
in London that the Tory Government will
come out with an anti-Russian policy. II
the powers combine against Russia, the
Bear will be likely to have a rough ex-
perience.
The Wilmington Messenger says:
"Three gentlemen accidentally met in
one of our places of business yesterday,
and each of the three were suffering from
a boil, and had a handkerchief tied
around his neck" What does the brother
propose to prove by this; that the locality
is bilious?
A copy Of the special illustrated edi-
ton of the Lexington Dispatch is upon
our table. The "write up" Of the town
is nicely done and the illustrations are
very fine indeed. Bro. Eldredge has made
a success Of the undertaking and we doubt
not he has the thanks and gratitude of
his people for his efforts in their behalf.
The State Convention. of the Pro
hibition party of North Carolina will con-
vene in Greensboro, on Wednesday, May
18th, 1888, at ten o'clock, a. M, for the
purpose Of nominating a full State ticket,
and also for the purpose Of appointing
delegates to attend the National Pro-
hibition Convention, on the 9th of jane,
at Indianapolis, Ind
We are requested to announce for
the benefit of ex-Confederate soldiers, and
others who may be interested, that the
,r;oo of Mooro's Roster cf North Caro-