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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03
Canada and the Washington Treaty.

TORONTO, Ont, August st is
claimed the dominion government is
investigating the violation of the
Washington treaty by the dominion
government, in the treatment of Cana
dian vessels passing through the
American canals.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
As ISOLATED Press Dispatches and
Specials Up to the Hour OF
Going to Press.
A Canard.

BERLIN, August 3.-Rumors of a
meeting between Queen Victoria and
Emperor William at Baden are Off
cially declared untrue.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03

-Ex-Sheriff Oglesby, of Maverick
county, is in the city with his coat off
and looks like he means business y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03

GENERAL ALGER, ex-governor of
Michigan and defeated candidate for
the republican presidential nominal
ton in 1888, has drawn his check for
100000 for the benefit of the republic
can national campaign fund. Gen.
Alger is like Blaine, too true repub-
Hcan to skulk in his tent, when the
title is on and the enemy are in
fOl :.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03

THERE is a great deal of sympathy
expressed for Ed. Braden the sue
cessful bidder for the erection of the
new city hall, inasmuch as the city is
already largely his debtor for work
on streets. 1t is not yet learned, how
ever, that Braden is himself kicking
to any considerable extent. Braden
and his honor may understand this
thing better than the sympathetic
press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03

THE democracy were not particular
ly anxious to discuss the fisheries
treaties in open senate session, when
it came to the point. Sherman's mo-
ton to discuss was voted against by
every democratic senator. All the
same, the debate will be open and the
country will soon see more fully than
ever just how fully Grover has sold
out, through Bayard, the New Eng
land fisheries of this country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
DEMANDS OF THE N. G.. F. S.
ALLIANCE.

Resolved l, That the N. G. F. S. ALI
ance hereby enters its earnest protest
against the policy of giving away the
labor of our %convicts, and demands of
our Legislature the enactment of such
laws as will hereafter prevent this out
rage on the rights of the taxpayers of our
State. Adopted.
Resolved2 2, That we demand such
changes in our laws as will reduce the
costs in litigation in minor causes, and as
shall enlarge the jurisdiction of our JUS
tees of the Peace. Adopted.
RESOLVED 3, That we demand that laws
shall be enacted to prohibit our public
officials from receiving or using free
passes or free tickets on our railroads.
Adopted.
Resolved a, That we demand that our
Legislature establish a commission for the
regulation of freights and tariff on the
railroads of our State. Adopted. ~
RESOLVED 5, That the above resolutions
be published in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
for the next two months with a request
that the press of the State copy. Adopted
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
The Weekly News and Observer,

The Weekly News and Observer is a long
ways the best paper ever published in
North Carolina. 1t is a credit to the peo-
pie, and to the State. The people should
take a pride in it. 1t 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
'$1.25 a year. We will furnish the Heekzy
News and Observer, until January LIST,
1889, for 81. Send Q sample COPY.
Address, News AND OBSERVER Co., Raj
EIGH, N. G. LELAI1 u. I4s~i.l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
SECURE A HOME!
Building Lots Only $50 Each

The undersigned takes this method of informing
the public that he is prepared to sell building lots at
Asbury, N. c., only six miles from the city of Raj
eigh, on the North Carolina and the Raleigh & Au-
gusta Railroads. Persons who take advantage of
this opportunity and build at Asbury will have
the benefits and advantages of the city without any
of its expenses. The trains on both roads, going
East and West, make regular stoppages, morning
and evening, and it is only a matter of ten or fifteen
minutes ride between the two stations. The lots,
which are 80 feet, front by 210 feet deep, are sold at
the small price of $780, 90 a lot. The lots are going
rapidly and those who wish to purchase should
SAMUEL j.
On premises at Asbury, N. G..
Where it is not convenient to pay whole amount
cash, payments may be made by installmente; title
reserved until full payments are made.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
IN MEMORIAM.
CoLLY MILLS FARMERS ALLIANCE, No. 837.
KEITH, Pender Co., n. g., hos
A~, 1893

COLLY MILLS ALLIANCE, NO. oo|.
KEITH, Pender Co., N. O., -a
August 7, 1888.
AS a memorial committee it becomes
our painful duty to chronicle the death OF
Bro. J. J. Pridgen, which occurred at his
home in Canetuck township, Fender
county, N. c., August Sd, 1888, in the
10th year of his age.
On Friday evening just. as the sun was
sinking to rest in his Western home the
spirit of Capt. Pridgen went out and to
rest forever with the God who gave it,
near the spot where "threescore and ten
years ago his eyes first met the light OF
heaven. 4. .su sTHuT.tfe En- 80
In early life he connected himself with
the Missionary Baptist Church, of which,
to the close of his earthly career, he was
a consistent and acceptable member, con-
tributing always to it's support 2 ~
3 He held the civil Offices of member of
County Court and Magistrate, and the
military positions of Captain of Militia
and Lieutenant in. the Confederate army.
He was besides, an honored Mason and
the charter President of the Colly Mills
Alliance. All these positions be filled
with fidelity and credit. Capt Jackson,
as he was Familiarity called, was one who
cleared God and eschewd evil" Simple
in his tastes, frugal in his habits, and
social in his disposition. At home he dis
pensed generous and pleasing hospitality
that made ones welcome doubly sure.
Although his early educational advan-
tages were meagre, yet being literally
endowed mentally and morally, he made
his impress, and that for good, upon the
community in which he lived. Being of
a sympathetic and pacific nature, his heart
was ever open to the cries of helplessness,
and the benediction vouchsafed to the
peace-maker is his to enjoy evermore.
In every relation of life Capt. Pridgen
was a true man, and the world was bet
ter that he lived in it.
1--WE shall meet, but we shall miss him.
There will be one vacant chair"
about the hearthstone, in the church, in
the Alliance which can scarcely be filled.
A consistent Christian, a patriotic citi-
zen, an industrious farmer, an affectionate
kinsman, a faithful friend-a good man
is gone.
Peace to his ashes, honor to his mem
DRY, and may the "peace that passeth
understanding" be his to enjoy forever
in that beautiful land which sin can never
touch nor sorrow cloud.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty
God to take to Himself Bro. J. J. P~ridgen,
therefore
Resolved, That while we sincerely
mourn his departure, we bow with
Christian submission to this dispensation
of Divine Providence.
Resolved, That we commend his ex-
ample, as a Christian gentleman and patri-
otto citizen as worthy of emulation.
Resolved, That WE tender to his be-
reaved family our tender sympathy in
this their great affection, and commend
them to the loving care of Him who doeth
all things well.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tons be spread upon the minutes of the
Alliance, a copy transmitted to the family
of the deceased, and a copy sent to THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER with a request to
publish. w. G. KEITH,
JNo. WRIGHT WEST,
S. WALLACE CoRBETT,
Homriftoo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
CloVan Baptist Female Institute,
MurfreesbOrO, N. G.

The fall session of this well known and popular
institution begins Oh. Wednesday, Sept. 10Th.
1t offers superior advantages for instruction in
Literature, Music, and Art. The work < of the Liter
airy Department is divided into se0en schools !:
Mathematics. Latin, French, German, Natural
Science, Moral Philosophy, and English Literature.
The teachers in charge of these schools are specially
qualified by their preparation and experience for the
work committed to their care.
The Music Department is under the care of teach
ers of culture and refinement, who have taken I'M
usual pains to qualify themselves for their work,
and who are well known to patrons as most popular
and successful.
The lady in charge of the Art Department gives
her entire time to her work, and spends most Of her
vacations in securing additional instruction under
the best masters.
The location of the Institute was selected in
preference to several others. in some respects more
eligible, on account of it's celebrity for health and
the history of the school for forty years fully sus-
tains this reputation. Its health record is not sur
passed by any institution in the State.
Charges are very moderate. For catalogue or in
formation, address
jl17tf j. BREWER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
North Carolina College,
Mt. Pleasant, N. c..

Next session begins the first Monday of Septem-
Der. Location healthy. Terms moderate.
Fol catalogue or particulars, address, ?
Rev. j. G. SCHAID President,
Mt. Pleasant, N. G.. :
Aug. 3, 1888. au74t
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
Roses, Flowers, Seeds, Etc

Choice Ever-blooming Roses, Geraniums, Coleus
and other outdoor bedding plants, Tuberoses,
Spring plants. Handsome Cutfowers, Bouquets
and Floral Designs. Choice Flower Seeds. Send
for Catalogues u Orders by telegraph promptly
.It7TE9LE Raleigh, NC.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
Transplanting a Rabbits Nerve.

The British Medical Journal contains q
full and scientific account of a remark
able operation recently performed by Dr..
Gersung, of Vienna, being the trans
plantation of nerve from rabbit to o
man. The patient is Professor Won
Fleischl, distinguished physiologist OF
the University of Vienna. Sixteen years
ago he was poisoned by cut during post
mortem. His thumb had to be amputated,
q disease of the nerve intervened, aad
after some years the whole system OF
nerves of the thumb and the first fingers
was affected and became very painful.
Gersung's operation consisted in taking
as long a piece as possible OF sciatic
nerve from rabbit, which was still pal.
pitating, and inserting it in the place OF
six centimeters of the diseased medlan
nerve cut from Fleischl's hand. For a
few hours there was great pain. This
then entirely subsidized and healing be-
gan. Two months have now elapsed,
and the pain has not returned. The sue
cess is believed to be permanent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
A JTniaue TELEGRAPH System.

There has grown up among the farm
ers of county in Michigan telegraph
system which might be extended
throughout the rural districts every
where. The system began by two farm
ers connecting their houses with wire
for their own convenience and operating
their line with an ordinary Morse in
struments. Gradually other farmers ex-
tended the line to their houses, and after
time the wire was run into q neighbor-
ing village. Seven years ago the COM
bined farmers and a few village
merchants organized themselves into q
company and it has since been extended
until now it has sixty-five miles OF wire
and ninety offices, two-thirds of the lat.
ter being in farm-houses, and nearly all
the rest in stores where these farmers 90
their trading. One or two newspaper
Offices, as many more railroad freight
offices, the County Telephone Exchange
and the larger post-offices are all con-
nected. Every farmer is his own opera.
tor, battery n an and line repairer. OF
course, any quantity of private COM
munication is kept up between the stock
holders of this Independent system.
There are two or three Independent sys-
TENS of these lines in the country, ar
ranged so that they can be connected
with each other at intersecting points,
and the whole scheme is being worked
very cheaply and successfully. - Chicago
Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
Wanted Two Millions.

One of the girls in fashionable society
in New York made up her mind to get
married the other day, and after con-
6ding her intention to her father, she
said: "What do you intend to do for
me-" The father was wealthy man,
and thought that he was showing a
liberal spirit when he answered: "Well,
will give you 500, 900 to buy house
and $25, 900 to furnish it with" "And
what will you give me to live on2" the
young lady demanded, with dissatisfied
look on her face. "Oh, I will allow you
the interest on another 500, 900" replied
her father. "But my cook will cost at
least $1,000 a year. How do you think |
can possibly manage with so littleP
The father looked slightly grieved, but
only said: "That must do while l am
living; you will probably have more
when am gone" The young man who
was interested in hearing the result OF
this conversation between father and
daughter said when he heard it: HE
might at least have given her two
millions" The marriage did not take
place.-Nep York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
Crops for Thistly Land.

It is not safe to plant fields invested
with thistles with some kinds of crops.
This and the decreased yield of any crop
are the sufficient reasons for getting rid
of thistles as soon as possible. Thistles
seed before any kind Of spring grain can
be harvested, and also:in winter wheat or
rye. Only with hoed crops can the
thistle be tolerated, and with these it
makes an enormous Increase in work. In
corn or potato hills the thistle plants
kept under between the rows find refuge
in the hills, where they must be pulled
up, or better still, covered with earth
and smothered. 1t requires nearly two
years with hoed crops in succession to
make full end of either thistles or quack
grass, as some scattering specimens will
generally remain the second year, no
matter how thorough the cultivation of
the first crop may have been. But the
decaying roots of heavy growth of
thistles will furnish plant food sufficient
to warrant this plant of double cropping.
The Canada thistle root runs deep, and
Is excellent for the land after it is GER
tainly dead. .-Amerieon CuStisator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
WORDS OF WISDOM.

To be rich is not to have wealth, it is
only to have enough.
Progress could never take place If Gus
tom was strictly followed.
Patient plodding often accomplishes
more than inactive genius.
Whatever is the sub ;ect of faith should
not be submitted to reason, and much
less bend to it.
We can finish nothing in this life; but
we may make beginning, and bequeath
a noble example.
They pass best over the world who trip
over it quickly; for it is but bog--f
we stop we sink.
True friends visit US in prosperity only
when invited, and in adversely they ccme
without invitation.
We cannot conquer a necessity, but we
can yield to it in such way as to be
greater than if we could.
Our passions are like convulsion fits,
which make US strong for the time, but
leave US weaker for ever after.
Excess of ceremony shows want OF
breeding; that civility is best which ex-
cludes all superduous formality.
Every good act is charity. A mans
true wealth hereafter is the good that he
does in this world to his fellow men.
Great results cannot be achieved at
once; and we must be satisfied to ad-
vance in life as we walk, step by step.
Success secures the appreciation of the
world, for as the wise man says: "Men
will praise thee when thou doest we'll for
thyself.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.

To Tell the Age of Horses.
To tell the age Of any horse,
Inspect the lower jaw, Of course;
The six front teeth the tale will tell,
And every doubt and fear dispel.
Two middle 'tnippers" you behold
Before the colt is two weeks old;
Before eight weeks two more will como;
Eight months the corners cut the gum.
The outside grooves will disappear
From middle two in Just one year;
In two years from the second pair,
In three the corners, too, are bare.
At two the middle 'tnippers" drop.
At three the second pair can't stop;
When four years old the third pair goes,
At five full new set he shows.
The deep black spots will pass from view
At six years from the middle two;
The second pair at seven years,
At eight the spot each ''corner" clears.
From middle ''nippers" upper jaw
At nine the black spots Will withdraw;
The second pair at ten are white;
Eleven finds the corners" light.
As time goes on, the horSemen know,
The oval teeth three sided grow;
They longer get, project before
Till twenty, when We know no more.
-MarylGnd Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
Tie Caprices Of q Sultan.

Most of the tales about Add Hamid,
the Sultan of Turkey, are indeed trivial
enough. They mainly illustrate his
feeblemindedness and caprice. Take
the one of the Court pianist. One day
his Imperial Ma, ,esty sat IN his Imperial
palace cutting out silhouettes of black
paper. as a solace from the cares of state.
All at once he called for soft music, and
bade his Court pianist to play polka.
The latter, thinking to please the Sow
ereign more, sat down at the instrument
and thumped out the Imperial March
with all due energy and fervor. Not q
word escaped the lips of the Sovereign,
and the pianist never gave the matter a
thought until that evening, when O mes
senger from Yildiz informed him that
the Sultan had no further need of his
services. In other words, he was CASH
iered-deprived of his appointment, his
house and a salary of $500 year. Alas
q wrong tune will suffice to ruin man
in Turkey. Another time, during a
pantomime at the Court Theatre of Yil-
diz, Dussap Pasha played the Imperial
March while jibbering jackass brayed
and prauced about the stage. The Sui
tan was furious at hearinghis own sacred
and particular march played as an &C
compartment to the dancing of COM
mon donkey, and he dismissed poor
Dussap on the spot. The penitent Pasha
was, however, afteward restored to I'm
perial favor, as the whole affair proved
to be nothing more than Court intrigue
to work his disgrace. With his musi-
clans the Sultan has always been capri
cious. HIS pet violinist, Wondra,
wished to leave the Court and 60 to
Paris to study there with the best mas
tiers. A petition was accordingly pre-
scnted to his Imperial Majesty, who alb
ruply tore it up, flung the pieces at the
messenger, and said: "Why should he
study2 Is it to earn money! If he
wants that my treasury is open; let him
help himself, and stop here. I wish it."
So, willy-nilly, Wondra had to stay
Pail Null Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
Cooked Feed.

The more pounds of pork made from a
bushel of corn or other grain, the greater
the profit to the pork raiser. And it is
the profit that is derived from the bust
ness which is the prime cause in nerving
Us to work, and plan and watch our
business closely, giving attention to all
its details. How soon our interest flags
when it is apparent that no profit is in
view. But one dollar invested in hogs
and corn, bringing an increase of fifty
cents with it on market day, 'pires the
feeder with interest and vigor. Profit is
the motive that drives all business. 1t is
conceded that the most successful pork
producers either soak or cook the grain
fed to their pigs, having found by ex-
peri ence that it pays them to doso. The
successful feeders furnish US patterns to
follow. G.. r. Wildes, Rome, Ind,
gives the result of his experiments in
feeding cooked and raw corn, in which
one bushel of raw corn made 10 pounds
of pork, and one bushel of cooked corn
made 10 pounds of pork; at this rate,
10 bushels of uncooked corn would
make 100 pounds of pork, or 81 bushels
of cooked corn would make 100 of pork,
making a saving of 4! bushels to the 100
pounds. Of course there is little more
time used in cooking food, which is
partly offset by the better quality of the
manure. This year in the drouth Sec
tion where corn is scarce, it will be of
double interest to parties to save their
corn by cooking the feed. - Prairie
Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13
Harrow the Young Corn.

The best way to keep cornfeld
clean is to begin dragging it before the
corn comes up, or just before it breaks
through the ground, with drag having
slim and slanting teeth. Such drags
are generally lighter than those used for
harrowing-in grain. Beginning thus
early, the whole surface is stirred so that
no grass or weeds are able to get start
even in the cornhill. The season per-
mitting, this dragging should be kept
up once or twice week till the corn is S
or inches high. The advantage of
dragging is that you get over large
field in short time, for the drag sweeps
several rows at once, and it cleans the
grass from the hills as from the open
spaces. 1t does not destroy the corn
plant, because the teeth are slender and
slant back. To one who has never seen
it done it may seem like ruin, but have
noticed that those who once try it a.
ways keep it up. After this we cultivate
only in the open rows, and the hills are
kept clean by closing up to them and by
throwing the soil in among them, thus
covering up any grass or weeds that may
want to start anew.-Neao York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-13

she will get on, or rather stay on, better
if you let her alone. After dark the
next evening place a dish of water,
another of whole corn and oats where
she can see them when she wakes up in
the morning, take down the board from
the front Of the nest, but do not dis
turb the hen. In the morning, after it is
daylight, the hen will see the corn and
water, come off, eat and drink, walk
about and fix up her feathers after the
fashion of sitting hens, and probably 60
back to her nest and settle down as con-
tentedly as though she had chosen that
nest in the first place.