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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
TO KEEP A BOUQUET OF FLOW.
ERS FRESH.

A queer way to keep a boquet of
flowers fresh, but a very striking and
effective one, is thus described: In a
vessel of water place a plate, and on
this stand a bouquet of flowers,
weighted at the bottom, so as to stand
upright. This being done, the bou-
quet is covered with a bell glass, the
rim of which ought to fit exactly the
fiat part of the plate; the bell glass
should be entirely filled with water
and without the least air bubble. Then
raise all together bell glass, plate and
bouquet, and place on a table, leaving
on plate around the base of the bell
glass a little water to keep the air
from entering. The flowers in this
situation will be preserved in all their
freshness for several weeks, and their
beauty is increased by a great number
of bubbles of gas produced by the
respiration of the leaves, and which
attach themselves to the leaves, look
ing like pearls. The edge of the plate
and the water that it contains should
be concealed by a light bed of moss,
in which are set some flowers A bou-
quet thus arranged produces a charm
ing effect, especially in the evening
Good Housekeeping.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
A TOPSY-TURVY WORL

This is a sort of topsy turvy world.
No one seems to be satisfied. sa
One man is ordered to eat eggs be.
cause they are nutritious, and another
is cautioned to leave them alone be-
cause they produce bile. .'n
Robinson takes a sherry to give
him an appetite, while Brown, who
has a wine cellar, can't touch it on
account of his apoplectic tendencies.
The prize fighter reforms and be-
comes a preacher, while the theologi
cal student leaves his university to
become aprofessional base ball pitcher.
One rich man wears poor clothes
because he is rich and can do any
thing, while a poor man wears fine
clothes because he is poor and wants
to create the impression that he is not.
One man escapes all the diseases
that flesh is heir to and is killed on a
railroad; another nan goes through
half a dozen wars without a scratch
and then dies of whooping cough.
The laborer with ten children keeps
out of debt on $40 a week, while
many an Unmarried bank official with
a 500 a week can't get along with
out helping himself to the banks
funds.
Gods people die and bad people
live. The man who is fat with health
can't get employment, and the nan
who is making money hand over fist
has to give us business OF account of
his i'll health.
One man is spending all the money
he can earn in taking a girl to the
theatre and sending her flowers, in the
hope that he may eventually make
her his wife, and his neighbor is spend
ing all the gold he has saved to get a
divorce.
The doctor tells Morrill, that if he
doesn't stop work and take a rest he'll
go into a decline, and then tells
Blakely that if he does not abandon
his sedentary position, and 60 off
somewhere and work on a farm, he
will die of torpidity of the liver.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28

drank up her life; and what think you
was the incessant plant that poured
into my anguished heart? 2" Oh, kiss
me, mamma, do kiss me; I cant go tc
sleep! You'll kiss your little Ellen,
mamma, won't you? 1 can't go to
sleep. I won't be naughty if you'll
only kiss me Oh, kiss me, dear mann
ma, I can't go to Sleep"
Holy little angel! she did go to
sleep one gray morning, and she never
woke again, never. Her hand was
locked in mine, AMI all my veins grew
icy with its gradual chill. Family the
light faded out of the beautiful eyes;
winter and winter grew the tremu-
lous lips. She knew me, but
with herlast breath she whispered: IL
will be good, mamma, if only you'll
kiss mel" t@f@.."
Kiss her God knows how passion
ate but unavailing were my kisses
upon her cheek and lips after that
fatal night. God knows how wild
were my prayers that she might
know, if but only once, that I kissed
her. God knows how I would have
yielded up my very life could / have
asked forgiveness of that sweet child.
Well, grief is all unavailing now
She lies in her little tomb; there is a
marble urn at her head and a rosebud
at her feet; there grow sweet summer
flowers; there wave the gentle grass;
there birds sing their mathis and YES
pers; there the blue sky smiles down
to-day, and there lies buried the fresh
ness of my heart.-Ladaes Home Jour-
nal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
kiss ME, MAMMA, I CAN'T
SLEEP"

The child was so sensitive, so like
that little shrinking plant that curls at
a breath and shuts it's heart from the
light.
The only beauties she possessed
were an exceedingly transparent skin
and the most mournful, large blue
eyes.
had been trained by a very stern,
strict, conscientious mother, but l was
a hardy plant, rebounding after every
shock; misfortune could not daunt,
though discipline tanned me. I fancied,
alas that I must go through the same
routine with this delicate creature; as
one day when she had displeased me
exceedingly by repeating al ~offense, T
was determined to punish her severely.
1 was very serious all day, and upon
sending her to her little couch I said:
CHOW, my daughter, to punish you,
and show you how very, very naughty
you have been, I shall not kiss you to-
night"
She stood looking at me, astonish-
ment personiied, with her great
mournful eyes wide open-I suppose
she had forgotten her misconduct till
then, and l left her with big tears
dropping down her cheeks and her lit
tie red lips ~quivering.
Presently l was sent for. "Oh,
mamma, you waU kiss me; l can't go
to sleep if you don't!' she sobbed,
every tone of her voice trembling, as
she held out her little hands.
Now came the struggle between love
and what I falsely termed duty. My
heart said give her the kiss of peace;
my stern nature urged me to persist
in my correction, that l might i'm
press the fault upon her mind. That
was the way I had been trained, till [
was a most submissive child; and [
remembered how often l had thanked
my mother since for her straightfor-
ward course.
1 knelt by the bedside. "Mother
can't kiss you, Ellen" I whispered,
though every word choked me. Her
hand touched mine; it was very hot,
but I attributed it to her excitement.
She turned her little grieving face to
the wall; blamed myself as the fra
gile form shook with half-suppressed
sobs, and saying: Mother hopes little
Ellen will learn to mind her after
this" left the room for the night.
Alas in my desire to be v [ for
got to be forgiving.
1t must have been II o'clock when
I was awakened by my nurse. Appre-
hensive I ran eagerly to the chid's
bedroom; l had had a fearful dream.
Ellen did not know me. She was
sitting NJ, Ierimsoned fromAthe~ fore
head to the throat; her eyes SO bright
that I almost drew back aghast at
From that night a raging fever
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28

must be chopped fine, and with rolled
cracker put through a colander into the
liquor again, when a sprig or two of mace
is added, a few grains of allspice, plenty
of salt and pepper and a pint of cream,
and patience to whip it. When brought
again to a boil, a delicious bisque of
oysters will be ready for the table.
Beat half a pound of butter to a cream;
stir in the yolks of six eggs, six ounces
of sifted sugar, half a pound of Sultana
~raislns, the juice and grated rind of two
lemons; add the whites of the eggs
beaten to a foam. Line a buttered mold
with slices of citron, blanched almonds,
candied orange and lime rind and other
fruit, angelica, vanilla and rose drops, and
pour in the mixture; V with oiled
paper and cloth. Serve with a sauce
made of butter, lemon, sugar and old
sherry. ~ 1t~
Roast it entire; bone the neck as far as
the shoulders, and tie them up as well as
the legs, which hide make use of skewers
to fasten it to the spit, to which you must
attach it without piercing it; cover it
with slices of bacon and buttered paper,
which take off when it is three-quarters
done, in order that the meat may brown;
it will require at least two hours roasting;
it should be thoroughly done, and not the
least redness about it when it is cut;
lamb can be served with green peas,
asparagus, spinach and new potatoes;
mint sauce is an in%variable accompani-
ment of roast lamb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28
CAUSES OF PREMATURE AGE.

Do women grow old naturally, or is
premature age forced upon them by
too intense living? We pour life too
full and wear out the measure. A
quart pot will not hold three pints,
neither will forty years hold the con-
Germs of seventy. More than two
thirds of the average woman's time is
spent in worry over her sewing or in
preparing food. AS though our backs
and our stomachs were the immortal
part of u.s. What would you think
of a gardener who should give no
thought or time to anything but the
pots his slips were rooted in d? Or of
a musician who should spend all his
time polishing his violin and never
once sweep the bow across the strings
until the air is full of nightingales and
heaven? Take n quarter the time,
my dear, that you devote to fussing
over the cut and make of your various
suits, tearing around after bargains
las though the saving of two cents on
a yard would compensate you for the
wear and tear of the beautiful fabric
of life y icing cakes, or preparing
fancy dishes, and devote it to recrea-
ton or a walk in the woods, and at 40
you won't look like a lost leaf of
Pharoah's parchment, Fl
Nature never intended that we
should live as we do. If she had
meant we should eat puff paste, she
would have grown it on some of her
trees; if she had intended we should
twist and drape and rufae and distort
twenty-five yards of goods to make a
dress she never would have started
us out with a fig leaf. The first thing
she did with man, and woman, too,
was to turn them loose in a garden
with the birds. The willy inventions
of the devil finally stranded these free
children of nature in fourteen room
furnace heated houses, with servants
to wear the patience and the thousand
and one non-essentials of domestic
torment to p~recipitate old age before
its time. A closer adherence to
natures primal laws as to diet and
outdoor living would fllthe world In
time with a handsomer and harder
race.-Am6er, an Chicago Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28

WINGS
BELL

LAURA BELL.
Beautiful birds have plumage
Beautiful thoughts have wings.
Stars shine high above the sigh
OF earth's vague ~whisperings
Under the earth's broad bosom
Never a beauty lies
But shall burn its way to the rim of day
And flash to our wondering eyes.
Beautiful gems lie hidden
Under the fold of earth;
Even the slime hides a thought sublime
Till the time of the lily's birth.
Even the birds went creeping
Wingless and featherless
Till plume by plume as the roses bloom
They borrowed the singers dress.
Beautiful birds have plumage
Beautiful thoughts fly high,
The poets song cannot slumber long
It's track is the boundless sky.
Under the infinite heaven
Never a wing unfurled
But shall find it's way to the verge OF day
And flash ON some wandering world.
s .ts -Ameficda CaItigator
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28

Imaginary evils will soon become
real ones by indulging our reflections
on them; as he who, in a melancholy
fancy, sees something like a face on
the wall or wainscot, can, by two or
three touches with a lead pencil, make
it look visible, and agreeing with what
he fancied.-Swaf.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28

Passenger and Mail Trains run daily except Sum
day.. - aH- t#- =
FAYETTEVILLE to Bennettsville and return on Mon
days, wednesdays and Fridays from Fayetteville
to Greensboro on Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and Satur-
days, Wednesdays and Fridays; from Greensboro
to Mt. Airy on Tuesdays, Thursdays and SATURDAYS,
and from Mt. Airy to Greensboro on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Trains on Factory Branch run daily except Sun
day. . ~- w. =.
j. W. Fry .as .e& g :
General Superintendent
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28

THROUGH PULLMAN CARS
Train No. 50.-Washiagton to Atlanta; At
lanta to- New Orleans; Danville to Columbia
and Augusta; Raleigh to Ashevil!e, Hot Springs
and Morristown.
Train No. 52.-Washington to New Orleans;
Washington to Columbia and Augusta; Rich.
mond TO Greensboro: .Releigh to Greensboro;
Salisbury to Knoxville.
Train No 5L-New Orleans to Atlanta; At
lanta to Washington; Augusta to Danville;
Morristown. Hot Springs and Asheville to Raj
eigh.
Train No. 53.-New Orleaus to Washington;
Augusta to Washington; Knoxville to Sails
bury; Greensboro to Richmond; Greensboro to
Raleigh.
tDaily except Sunday. *Daily.
E9 w. A. WINBURN,
w. A. TURK, A. ID. I. A..
d. p. A., Asheville, N. c.
Raleigh, N. G..
| -s JAMES l.. taylor.
G. p A.
Washington, d. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-28

To every pound of berries add a pound
of sugar; mix without a particle of water;
cook for two hours.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-25

So, the known ocean paths are the
highways which the ships of the world
have the right pass and repass without
tolls. Such ocean paths, like highways
over the land, have always been regarded
as inherently incapable Of private owner
ship, and from this cause water freights
have universally been maintained at the
minimum.
Highways are of great antiquity. They
must have existed in ancient Egypt in
high degree of perfection, for the Egyp-
tians had hard, paved roads over which
they carried immense blocks Of stone for
the pyramids. Highways also existed
among the ancient Hebrews, for in
Judges V, 6, Deborah sings of aban-
doned highways: In the days of Shan
gar the son of Anath, in the day Of Jael,
the highways were unoccupied, and the
travellers walked through the by-ways. ="
In ancient Greece and Rome road build
ing was a great science, but the Cartha-
ginians seem to have excelled all others
Us builders of great roads. The general
reader will recall the Roman Via Appia,
Wa Aurelia, Tyrrhean coast roads, and
the famous Flamminian way Roman
military roads were very numerous.
Humboldt says that the ancient Incas
built wonderful roads, and he refers to
their mountain roads over the Andes.
The evolution of the road and the evo-
luton of road vehicles have necessarily
been simultaneous, the growth of the
vehicle demanding such modification
of the road as to render it useful and
safe. Chariots are the most ancient road
vehicles of which history speaks. The
first chariot was made by Erichthonius,
of Athens, 1856 b. c., and the earliest
purposes to which transportation was
applied were war and agriculture, war
first, and most universally. In England
the earliest vehicle was the 'carretta, "
in the Thirteenth century, used chiefly
for women. Next came the two-horse
litter of the Fourteenth century. High
ways themselves are, in England, said to
be of immemorial antiquity, or else
created by act of Parliament"
Horses and camels are found in abund-
ance in the regions first peopled by man,
and riding on the backs OF animals
doubtless preceded the custom of driving
domestic animals harnessed to vehicles.
The various methods Of transportation
have necessarily been determined by the
climatic conditions of the countries
where travellers have journeyed. The
known methods of transportation may be
briefly summarized asfollows: Riding or
driving horses, mules, asses, oxen,
camels, elephants, dromedaries, reindeer,
dogs, sometimes ostrich riding among
Africans of the interior; snow skates, in
Lapland; skating on frozen canals in
Holland, with bundles on the head, and,
lastly. oriental palanquins. These
methods have often involved the use Of
peculiar vehicles. such as the Syrian OK
cart, the twO-wheeled French brouette,
the Italian coach of the Sixteenth cen
fury, the Maltese ''calesse." the Russian
telega, which is a rapid cart, or the many
notifications of vehicles seen in all ages
-Cbieag0 Current.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-25
Where the Poor of Paris Are Fed.

The noblest and most beneicent of
Partisan charities, the ''Mouthful Of
Bread. - has received new extension. A
vast hall has been erected in the Mont
martre quarter, and there every poor
creature that makes application receives
a large piece OF bread aud bowl Of hot
coffee The applicants are asked no
questions and need present no tickets.
That they are hungy is sufficient title
to relief
After eating, each person is required
to wash out his or her bowl at sink
where water is kept perpetually running.
They are admitted by squads OF fifty alta
time, which is as many as can be cOnven-
iently accommodated and served at
once A register is kept where any one
NAV inscribe his or her address, with an
account Of whatever NAV be wanted in
the way OF clothes. The managers of
the institution send to have these state
ments Investigated, and if the applica-
tion is found worthy of recognition, they
generally find means to satisfy the want
from the stock Of cast-of clothing sent
them by the charitable.
Very piteous sometimes are the cases
that come under their notice. The other
day man, seemingly well dressed and
wearing a foulard tied around his neck
over his closely buttoned coat, presented
himself for the ration of bread and eof-
fee. One OF the directors took him aside.
"My friend. he said gently, ''you have
not the air of person in need of such re-
lief. Our charity is intended solely for
the starving For answer the man
threw back his coat Under it there
was neither waistcoat nor flannel, only u
thin calico shirt fastened with a Din.
He was teacher of the French language
out of work
Sometimes people faint for want of
food before they can be served For, as
a rule. the French poor are very proud,
and they viii put or the evil day Of ap-
plying for ehlrty in any form as long as
they possibly can. Organized efforts are
now being made to obtain sufficient
funds for the opening Of one OF these
nobly beneicent establishments in each
of the Partisan ACCOMPLISHMENTS Phi'a-
delyHiG Telegraph.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-25
A Horse that Draws Drinking Water.

The sagacity exhibited by some of the
horses employed by the fire department
in New York is very remarkable, and
their exploits have been frequently de-
scribed in our daily newspapers. But
for the first time we read in one Of our
evening contemporaries of horse in the
service Of our ambulance corps, which
Is not far behind any TIRE engine horse we
have read of in point of intelligence.
The horse pulls the ambulance in search
Of patients for the New York Hospital,
and during the whole period of his
philanthropic career as an ambulance
horse he has never once been given 4
drink by any Of the stable hands. He
believes in the maxim that God helps
those who help themselves, and helps
himself accordingly.
A telegram reporter went down to see
how he quenched his thirst, and was
edited by the intellectual behavior of
the animal, which he describes as follows:
There is an ordinary faucet with the
pail under it in tie stable, and to this
faucet the horse made bee line
First he dipped his nose in the pail to
see if there was any water there, but
finding there was nome he proceeded to
open the valve by turning the handle
with his nose. He did not turn it on
quite enough at the first attempt, so ne
gave it another nudge, and held his nose
under the spigot while the water poured
over 1t to his apparent immense satisfac-
ton. 'But what a lot Of water will be
wasted when he leaves 1t running the
moment he has had enougbl" calculated
the reporter.
Wait and see, answered the diver.
And there was no water wasted, for the
moment the horse had concluded his
drink, he went at the faucet again with
his nose and shut off the flow com
ple:ely.
docs he always do that" again
queried the newspaper man.
Certainly" answered the driver, as
be patted his four-footed friend on the
shoulder. AS long as I've known him,
that horse has neser had drink that he
did not draw from the tp for himself,
lust as You have seen him do this
time. 7-!SeieHeihe marian.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-25
pesperate Fight with CaEea Boar

Pezon, the wild beast tanner. was. says
a Paris CORES. Ondent, near being killed
recently by black bear. The menagerie
was at ChalOns- sur arne, and he had
lust entered the bears cage 10 pat it
through its usual exercise, when the AMI
NAL pulled him down on the floor. The
spectators were seized with panic. Some
fled OUT OF the menagele and others
screamed; but Poems son At once en-
tered the cage to rescue his father, though
the Young man was without aus weapon.
lie attacked the bear with furious kicks,
which had but little or no effect. and he
would, probably, have failed TO save his
father and perhaps have himself fallen a
victim to the bear If a soldier. who was
one Of the spectators. had not drawn his
saber and handed it to young Pezon
through the bars of the age. With this
he stabbed the bear. At the first thrust
the infatuated animal left the elder
Pezon. and, standing on its hind legs,
tried to hug the son. The latter, how
ever, plunged his weapon several times
in the bears stomach. The animal was
not then. however. killed, and continued
pursuing his adversary. In the mean
while the young mans father had gotup
and left the cage. The contest was st
length put an end to by one of the men
employed at the menagerie fetching
gun loaded with big shot. Firing iathe
bears face, both its eyes were blinafta'
and young Pezon was able to MAKE MS
escape out Of the cage. His fathr vas
not dangerously in ured, though two Of
his ribs were broken.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-25
the raw till we come to the hill-soston
Courier.
Wanted A Thumper.

A farmer about fifty years old stopped
4 number of people on Mcnroe avenue to
inquire his way to a gymnasium, and he
was finally asked if he was going to take
lessons in boxing.
NO, not exactly he replied, "but l
want TO see a thumper.n
He was directed TO the right place,
and after looking the establishment over
he said to the proprietor:
Il live out here about fourteen miles.
I've got a hired man who has got so sassy
that can hardly live with him. Hes
got too big to lick with a CAD, and I've
got to cuff him up TO a peak. | want to
take lesson with the gloves, and when
l 90 home I'll astonish John Henry with
bit of science
One of the boxers about the place said
he'd give a lesson for dollar, and the
old man peeled down to his undershirt
and put on the gloves. He was shown
how to pose and how 10 hold his guard.
and then warned to look out for himself.
You play you are John Henry, the
hired man, he said.
''All right
Io1 Nt httu ApolAHE 1oui tiulu aNa1f
and I've called you lazy coyote"
Exactly"
you have sassed me back, and go
for you like this-and thisr'
And the old man struck right and left
and followed the boxer around the ring.
He was doing noble work when some
thing shot over his guard and hit his
chin, and he went over like a log and
laid there until they threw water on him.
Then he sat up, looked about in a dazed
way, and feebly inquired:
Nv hat was itin
John Henry hit you"
"fIe did, eh7 Then that settles it
Here's your dollar, young man, and
here's the gloves If I'm liable to get
such lick as that I'm going home to
tell the hired man he can boss the whole
ranch and be hanged to imP-Free
Press.