The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21

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season. 1t is feared that he will never be
able to stand a season Of hard work again,
nor even bear the training that will be
necessary to get him in condition to trot
anything near his old record, 2:lO. {
PLANT sunfowers; they@.are said to:
ward off malaria, and the seeds, which
are produced in abundance, are a valuable
food, when fed in moderate quantities to
horses, cattle and poultry. The stalks, if
chopped, make most excellent kindling
On cold. winters morning to start the
kitchen fire in a, hurry. 7" w /
1t is seldom that a negro is sufficient
ly unhappy to attempt to take his own
life. The Charlotte Chronicle gives the
following case, however: Anegro named
Scott Cowan tried to kill himself in
Mecklenburg county as an officer was
taking him: to Jail. He slashed himself
severely with a dull knife.
The terms of twenty-six Senators,
thirteen Democrats and thirteen Republic
cans, will expire on the 3rd of next
March. If New Jersey elects a Demo-
cratic Legislature, the political control of
the next senate will probably be depend
ent on the casting vote of the next Vice
president of the United States. - ,l,
The Prince of, Wales is always &C
companied by two detectives. They
| dress as gentlemen, and are ever at his
heels. At the theatre they are at the
back of his box, at the races they stand
just behind him, and it is their business
never to have him out of their sight He
has no responsibility of them, but they
can never. leave him off their minds. They
live at Marlborough House on the fat of
the land, but their position is not one
that is coveted by their brother profess
SIGNALS of Scotland Yard.
1t is worthy Of remark that, in a
company of sixteen delegates to the State
Farmers Alliance, who happened in our
Office at the same time last week, seven
of the number had lost an arm-the right
arm. Upon inquiry we were. informed
that six of the seven had lost their arms
in the cotton gin, while one met with his
loss at the battle. of Charlottesville. One
of them remarked that 1.-THE cotton gin,
since the war, had made more one-armed
men than were made in battle during the
whole war" Cannot some ingenius man
invent a cotton gin that will be less de-
structive to the strong right arm of. the
South? 1t does seem as thought might
be done. a.. .
Mr.. R. E. Jackson, Of this county,
has left at this office some specimens Of
iron and mica ore which are considered
very fine. The iron, which is magnetic,
is found in great abundance on the plan
tation of Mr.. J.. NJ. Jackson, Of this
county, which is located about fifteen
miles north of Raleigh, on the Raleigh and
Oxford public road, the tract of land con-
tanning about one hundred acres. DR..
Battle, of the, State Experiment Station,
who has seen the ore, but who has not
yet analysed it, thinks it will produce IS
per cent. of pure iron. 1t is Mr.. Jack
sons purpose to have . scientific exam
nation made at an early day, and if the
result shall justify it, he will take. steps
to sink a shaft and open a mine. Those
who are interested in such matters are in
vited to call at our office and examine the
specimens.
The Odd Fellows of North Carolina,
at their late State Assembly, having de-
cided to establish an Asylum or Home
for the children of deceased brethren,
Mr.. W, F.. .Beasley publishes a sensible
article in the State Chronicle, in which he
suggests that the Masonic fraternity and
the Odd Fellows might best serve the
object both have in view, for the orphans
of their deceased brothers, by agreeing to
divide the care of these INDECENT children
by letting the Odd Fellows take the boys
and the Masons the girls. He concludes
as follows: IT believe it is a wrong
policy to mix boys and girls in institu-
tons of this character and hence am con-
vineed that separate homes, as suggested
above, would not only be best for the
children, but by being sepafate they
would command greater respect and con-
hdence from the people of the State"
The Fayetteville Journal, a very re-
spectacle and reliable newspaper, is re-