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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-21

A popularity Of Hoods Ssrsaparilla is
that while 1t purifies the blood. 1t i'm.
parts new vigor to every function of the
BODY,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-21
weather Forecast.

q. 9. SIeNAL OFFICE,
Washington, D. c., Oct 81.
For the next "A hours for Illinois:
Fair; warmer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-21
DIED.

Nothing will go soon make person hot
So cold treatment.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-21
TALK ABOUT UNITING.
The Committee on consolidation
Meet.

Representative Citizens OF Rock ISL
and ana Moline Exchange vtews---
Saturday Evenings lGeetIng--.-A
Resolution.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-21
Geo. w. D. Harris.
Real Estate and Insurance.

22s Seventeenth ST.. under Commercial Hotel ROCK ISLAM
a w rates.
The following among many bargains offered:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

The practice of removing the surplus
fruit from trees which have ambitiously
undertaken more than they can properly
perform without injury to the present
crop, and permanent injury to the trees
themselves in many cases, is an operation
which needs only a careful, thorough
trial to commend itself to all painstaking
fruit growers. Many who acknowledge
that the crop, after thinning, will sell for
more money per tree than if not thinned
are still unwilling to admit that the gain
will pay for the extra labor involved.
Well, about how much more time is re-
quired to remove 500 apples, pears or
peaches in June and 500 more in October
than would be occupied in picking the en-
tire 1000 in October?
Further than this, it is a well-known
fact that the production Of the seed Of a
fruit causes by far the greater draft upon
the vitality of the tree than the formation
of the pulp surrounding it; also, that
1000 small apples will contain nearly
twice the weight Of seeds found in 500
specimens double their size of the same
variety, and thus be much more exhaus-
tive to the tree. An incidental benefit
which may result from thinning of fruit;
the horticulturist may, in thinning the
fruit, notice many young shoots that by
pruning-time next spring will become
stout limbs to be cut off; whereas, now
they may be easily rubbed of; while the
plant-food required for the formation will
be saved for the tree and fruit-Popu7Gr
Gardening.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
NOTICE.

In addition to contract made by Capt.
Darden for 10000 yards of bagging, I
have just closed a contract with the J.
Turner, Morehead & Co. Mills for all the
cotton bagging they can make to Deem
Der LIST, at 124 cents per running yard.
F. o. B. 2 per cent. off for cash. It is
A inches wide, weighs II ounces per
yard. Will be shipped to Business Agents
as fast as it can be manufactured, say
from 10000 to $4,000 yards per month.
Will be shipped with cash draft bill of
lading attached. Orders will be filed in
regular order as received. Business
Agents who have not done so, will place
their orders at once for bagging.
W. H. WORTH, State Business Agent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
A NEW METHOD OF PLANTING
CANE.

A really new method of cane planting,
says a Southern exchange, has at last
come to the front. The ground is no
longer bedded horizontally at the bottom
of the hole, and recovered lightly with
earth, as has been the practice here from
time immemorial. On the contrary, the
new process requires a vertical position.
The operations are carried out as follows:
The two or three ounces Of manure or
the quantity usually applied, is spread at
the bottom of the hole, and the latter is
then filed up with the whole of the dung
intended ordinarily for three or four
months after planting. In the middle of
the hole thus prepared and filed up, a
sort of cell is dug by means of a strong
mining bar, which is forced as deep as
the hard soil, and pierees it for an inch or
two. This is for the plant to occupy, the
heart Of the latter being scarcely visible
at the exterior surface of the hole. Ex-
pertinent made upon a sufficiently large
area in February last gave, it is said, most
marvellous results. Whilst the ofshoots
from the upper part Of the plant rapidly
threw the first stalks, those of the bottom
part swelled excessively, and, piercing
the soil in all directions, finished by
emerging in enormous buds, in such a
manner that the tuft in a few months &C.
quired immense proportions.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

Rev. P. 81. Massey, District Lecturer
Of the Farmers Alliance, will address the
farmers Of his district at the following
times and places, on the beauties and pur-
poses of the Farmers Alliance. T. B.
Long, State Lecturer, will be present at
as many of these meetings as possible:
Oaks, Orange Co., Tuesday, Nov. s,
10 a. N.
Fairfield, Orange Co., Wednesday, Nov.
6, 10 a. m.
Little River, Orange Co., Thursday,
Nov. 7, 10 a. m.
stoney Creek, Orange Co., Friday, Nov.
8, 10 a. ~.
Morrisville, November IL, IL a. M.
Holly Spring, November II, II a. m.
Houses Greek, November IL, IL a. m.
Farm Hill, November IA, IL a. m.
Auburn, November Is, IL a. II.
Panther Branch, November Is, IL a. m.
All officers and members of the ALI
ance are most respectfully requested to
give publicity to these appointments and
be present to take part in the speaking if
they desire to do so.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
SOME GOOD HORSE SENSE.

Bad fences make breachey horses.
Timid drivers unsafe horses.
Too heavy loads make balky horses.
Gentle treatment makes gentle horses.
Abuse in the pasture fields makes wild
horses.
Slow and careless drivers make lazy
horses.
Good grooming makes sleek and healthy
horses.
Long and hard pulling makes wind
broken horses.
Regularity in feeding and work makes
long-Iived horses.
Harsh language and rough treatment
makes timid horses.
Too much physic will make unsound
and unhealthy horses.
Irregular feeding makes thin horses, no
matter what quantity is given.-NaHOmGl
&ockmGn and Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
JUST HOW BABIES FEET ARE
SPOILED.

"Now stamp down your foot, dear.
That's it. That shoe is too large. Let
me see a size smaller" o.
REALLY, madam, if you take my adj
vice." began the shoemaker, but the
madam cut him off with
"I want a smaller shoe. That one fits
like a sack" T.. ..,
The smaller shoes were put on the
child, a pretty little tot of about 2 years
of age. They fitted tightly and showed
that the foot was a very small one, but
they pinched the child and made it cry.
Mothers exhibit more vanity than
judgment in their selection of shoes for
their young children" said the shoe
dealer after the lady had disappeared, to
a reporter who wanted a pair of russell
ties. Gone will bring her baby here and
try a pair of shoes on it hat will look
"real sweet" I know what that means
and am always sorry for the baby, who
is-usually in its first short dress, and as
skittish as an old maid about having its
feet interfered with. I don't say I am
going to put a shoe on it size larger
than the foot seems, but I do; at least I
get on as well as one can when the foot
is operated by a perpetual motion power.
Then / trust to the mothers sense for
results. If it's her first baby she will be
indignant and say that she does not want
the treasure to look sloppy in his shoes.
They must fit exactly o she won't take
them. I tell her that the child's weight
will push the foot out at least one
fourth of an inch and that the shoe is just
right. If she objects again I give up and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
THE RALEIGH TOBACCO MAR
KET.

To-day saturday. closes n of the
most successful weeks that our marke.
has had this season. Both warehouses
were full except Monday. We give some
of the prices obtained: Mr.. r. L. Will
hanson, of Wake county, sold 466 pounds
for $22O.38, making an average of $47.O9
per hundred; L. j. Tilley, of Durham
county, averaged $48.25 per hundred for
one load; Mrs. M. w. Womble, of Wake
county, one load, 200 pounds, for $685.,
average $29.72 per hundred. We can
give several more similar ones. Our
buyers all have larger orders and are pay
ing big prices for the tobacco. The mar
ket is now in better condition to handle
the tobacco than before, with more buy
ers, more orders, more money represented,
more push and energy, with Mr.. w. G.
Moore Manager of the Capital Alliance
Warehouse, and T. N. Jones Manager of
Jones' Warehouse, the farmer can feel
safe that he will get full market price for
his tobacco on the Raleigh market; COM
mon smokers are selling for S4.OO to
$500 per hundred, good $500 to $4,000;
cutters, common, $500 to $500, good
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

find what she wants. The little foot is
squeezed into q tight shoe and the baby
objects by squalling. She says the seraph
is teething or hasn't had its usual nap,
and declares the shoes are just lovely and
papa wall be delighted.
"Ehe chances are that when she wants
another pair she viii leave the baby at
home, and bring down the other pair lit
orally burst out a t-the toes. She wants
several pairs to take home for trial, and
I notice that the only ones I consider
unsuitable she selects. Children would
have better looking feet if they had wise
mothers, and the fault lies in the first
shoes worn. One pair too short will ruin
the feet, no matter how loose subsequent
ones may be-"
"Then some women accept your ad-
vice."
eyes, after the little people have laid
the foundation foe corns and bunions. I
know many children between the ages Of
two and three years who have both these
affections because their mothers wanted
them to look cute" rass~r
els there no change in the shape Of
children's shoesT'G1 =
"None. There can't we'll be, because
the sole must be sufficiently broad to
stand the wear and tear. Square toes
are preferredto round, because they allow
freer development of the toes. In Euro
pean countries they make very stylish
shoes for children. They will have. heels,
pointed toes, patent leather tips, and so
forth, Some mothers buy them1here,
but the plain, common sense shoe is, the
best, and the. children, when they grow
up, will appreciate the fact by. having
perfectly formed feety free from corns.
The, springfield introduced afew years
ago is now worn by children as young as
two years old, but is more fashionable for
| children in their teens. 1t is nothing but
a strip of leather inserted between the
sole and that part Of the shoe pressed by
| the wearer's heel. It is seldom that a
smaller than No. 8 is made with a regu-
lar heel, and that on the commonest use
plain-low and broad"
CHOW are babies shoes numbered ?"
"No. 4 is the first size out of babyhood.
No. 0 has a soft sole of white kid and
p~BSteboard, and is the successor of the
knit wool boots that are worn by babies
in long dresses. Nos, l, 2 and 8 have
what is called the turned sole, sewed to-
gether on the wrong side and turned out.
There are from four to five buttons on the
side, and a black tassel is now. fastened at
the top@in front. The latest is to have a
Yamp of French kid, with calf uppers, or,
what isstill better, a half-boxed round
toe, tipped with patent leather. 70 NeD
York HAL ard Erpress.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
STATE DELEGATES TOTHE Ma
TIONAL FARMERS CON-
GRESS.

Governor Fowle has appointed dele
gates from this State to the National
Farmers Congress, to be held at Mont
gomery, Ala, November 1915. They
are as follows:
Delegates at large-S. B. Alexander, of
Mecklenburg. Alternate, J. T. LeGrand,
of Richmond; L. L. Polk, of Wake; alter
nate, Joseph Rhem, of Craven.
First District-W. A. B. Branch, of
Beaufort; alternate, W. r. Shannon
house, of Perquimans.
Second District-Elias Carr, of Edge
combe; alternate, w. n. S. Burgwyn, of
Vance.
Third Districts. B. Oliver, of Wayne;
alternate, Duncan E. McIver, of Moore.
Fourth District-W. F. Green, of
Franklin alternate, A. w. Atwater, of
Chatham.
Fifth District-David Richards, of Per-
son; alternate, B. F. Haynes, of For
sixth District. Il. Clark, of Bladen;
alternate, D. n. Bennett, of Stanly.
Seventh District-R. B. Reinhardt, of
Catawba; alternate, Julian Allen, of Ire
dell.
Eighth District-W. A. Graham, of
Lincoln; alternate, w. w. Lenoir, of
Watauga.
Ninth District-Frank Coke, of Bun
combe; alternate, A. II. Hayes, of
Swain.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
SEED SAVING.

The average moisture of this summer
has done considerable mischief in connec-
ton with seed production. A great deal
of the seed will prove infertile if collected,
and one should be very careful in select
ing, either for home use or for the mar
ket, the SEEDS of flowers, fruits or grains.
Excessive wet or drouth are the two
chief difficulties to be encountered in
seed-growing; but fortunately for the
ordinary farmer and gardener he does not
have to make his own collection of seeds.
Reliable seedsmen can be found now,
where the best seeds can be procured.
Still every cultivator of the soil saves >
few seeds of some choice variety Of plants,
and others depend upon their W seeds
for nearly all their crop. It should be
remembered by those that it takes a long
summer to enable most plants to perfect
their seed crop, and a short summer or
inclement weather will often make all the
labor involved alb ortive. A week or two
of very wet weather will rob most seeds
Of their fertility and make them unfit for
planting. In gathering the seeds this
year a close examination of the seeds and
pods should be made. All pods that have
become unduly enlarged by the wet
should be rejected. Those that have
damp -moulds or black, decaying spots
on their under side. should likewise be
pulled off and destroyed. Shrivelled
pods are also unsuitable. If the pod ap-
pears all right outside the seed inside is
generally good; but after a long wet
spell of weather the seeds in perfect pods
are sometimes worthless. So much mois-
ture> has been absorbed by the pods that
the seeds become rbloated and infertile.
When the water evaporates they will
either shrivel up or begin to decay. Such
a season as this every pod should be burst
open on one end and the seeds inside in
spected. If they are soaked with water,
a little mou1dy, or full of tiny black
spots, it is useless to save them. Accept
Only those that are perfectly sound. 1t
usually takes two or three years to re-
cover from the effects of one bad season
for seed production, for a good deal of
poor seed will be put on the market the
following spring. Too much carefulness
in this direction cannot be taken; not
simply by the gardeners, but by the seed
growers aswell. Seed may be scarce and
dear next spring; but that is all the more
reason why only the-best should be pur-
chased.-A. B. Barrett, IN Farm and
Vneuord.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
OF THANKS.

HOLLY SPNGs, Oct. 81, 80.
WHEREAS, a. s. Barnes & Co., J. B.
Lippincott & Co.. and the Standard Music
Co, Winston, through their agents.
Messrs. Packard, Tharton, Denmark
Bragg and ADDISON, contributed so much
to the interest Of education at the State
Fair in comforting upon different schools
various and more than valuable prizes.
RESOLVED, That we are due them our
sincere thanks, and much of our influence
and patronage. :
By order of the Trustees Of Holly
Springs Institute.
@. F. S11ER, Principal. s;
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
LETTER FROM A SISTER.
FAIRFIELD ALLIANCE, No. $50,
Oct. &c, 1889.

Oct. 26, 1889.
Mr.. EDTroR:-Not "at the request
Of our order" or anything of the kind,
Int simply because our little lodge is
seemingly dead to The Progressive
FARMER. Notwithstanding l am a
farmers wife and am of the weaker
sex. I am determined that we shall be
heard from. Our order is not very
great, and as others have said we
have some slack" weakened "
members, but nevertheless, we have
among us good, firm and enthusiastic
members who will be faithful to the
end"
Our Alliance met in regular order
this evening and was very interesting.
We had excellent and intelligent
speeches from our President, J. @,
Tenty, and J. G Kimball, Lecturer.
Bro. Hicks suggestion in regard to
aiding the widows and children of
deceased Alliance men was considered
and discussed at some length, and all
seemed greatly pleased with the idea.
IhaVe no doubt but that the resolu-
ton could readily be passed with us,
though nothing definite was agreed
upon. We are about sixty in number,
and one good thing to be said of Fair
field is that at least one-third of its
members are "good sisters" AL
though [ could sXmpathize with our
Spartan sister this eve, as it was
q cold rainy evening and there was
not another of my sex in the house,
and the good brethren all looked as
if they thought 1 had better been at
home.
We have never been SO fortunate
as to hear one of your able addresses,
but we are living in great hopes of
hearing you yet, and cordially invite
you to come in our midst and awake
us. 1t seems that some of our mem
oers are almost sleepy enough to nod;
but they shall not tumble, so long as
we have so many strong arms in our
great army to hold them up. With
best wishes to The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and all its worthy readers, 1
am, Yours very truly,
II r
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

Gen. j. NJ. Leach is at home again
from Washington. Although still help
less his fractured limb is improving.
In Tennessee, five men who were con-
Teted of murder on the same indictment
will be hung on the 23d of December.
The damage to the cotton on a steamer
on fire at Savannah amounted to about
$4,000. The steamer was not damaged.
+. NJ. Arthur was Monday at Denver,
Col, almost unanimously reelected Chief
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neerS.
Last week it showed in various nlaces
IN New York, Pennsylvania, MARYLAND.
Virginia and in the mountains of this
State.
A 81 bill lost twenty-four years ago by
John Unger at Wesnersville, Bucks Co,
Pa, while digging a trench, was found
last Thursday.
HSSoA1 E4AOoy al Ou1CaSO,
presided over a woman's meeting held to
promote the location of the Worlds Fail
Of 1892 at Chicago.
Rev. G. P. Snow and family left last
week for Salem, Mo-, where Mr.. Snow
aaS been assigned work in the Missouri
conference.-the. Airy NeOs.
Careful examination discloses the fact
mat Levi P. Morton is the first of the
'ioe-Presidents of the United States to
axe out a license to sell liquor.
a Salem county, N. j., farmer, John
nO0eSon, caught a strange bird recently.
~ SAID to have a face like a monkey. is
rOu' the size Of a grown fowl and has
Tunage of wondrously varied hue.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
&c QUESTION ANSWERED
NEW York, Oct. 25, 1882

NEW York, Oct. 25, 1882 =
r., Ep1roR:-In your speech az
,t nn o ask "why should a ". .
AID bearing four per cent; nteIess
ooI 18th 1917 cents on the dollar Wnlie
Do To farrog cannot be mortgaged Tor
goou c. 49, third of their value, at
NOR to 10 per cent. interest ?" take e
the liberty to give you my answer L
gIe0 TIE bonds are more readily
nood i needed by the investor into
cash again for his use in one o"y' Il
r04 ! The security of the q. S. bonds
rroater than any other kind OF In;
- rastment, as it includes for the n0na
voTv mortgaged farm and all other
1~ronerties subject to the laws OF the
On > Some rich men prefer less inter
0.t Nth the most security, with safety
and punctuality in payment OF IN
e4I There is not gold, silver and
roner money enough in u country
per capita to supply the demand,
Tbich cause the rate of interest to the
individual borrower to be worth upon
Good security as you state from 7 to
20 Der cent, showing hedemand ex:
ceeds the supply of money. When
Unnply exceeds the demand in all sea-
sons then money like anysother thing
will be at lower price interest rates.
The country should issue more bust.
ness currency money to supply de-
mands from land owners, that they
NAV borrow at 8 or 4 per cent.
Yours, GEO. W. DEAN,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
MARRIED.

At the residence of G. C. Grady, the
brides father, in Duplin county, Oct. 9th,
by J.. MGR. Grady, ]. p, W. G.. Korne-
gay, to George F. Grady. !
The groom, the bride, the brides father
and the J. P. are all members of the ALI
ance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

$500 to $4,000; filters, common, $500
to $500, good, $1,000 $14.OO; wrappers.
common, $1,000 to $500, good, $500
to $4,000; fancy, $4,000 to 500. Special
sale of bright tobacco at Capital Alliance
Warehouse Friday, Nov. 9Th, 1889.
JAS. I. THOMPSON,
r.nRepofte, co. Nr,rket.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
ATTENTION, WAKE COUNTY,

RALEIGH, N. G., Nov. l, 1889.
There will be a meeting of Wake
County Alliance On Tuesday, Nov. 18th,
at II o'clock. W@ Important business.
W Alliance men will call on Bro. R. j.
Powell, County Business Agent, when in
want of groceries.
Fraternally,
A. @. GREEN,
Pres't Wake Co. F. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

For a thoroughly reliable and guaran-
teed Black Winter Dat that has been
grown here with unequalled success for
ten years for November and December
planting. Apply to
A. ]. MCLEOD, Rowland, n. c.,
or W. a. WORTH, s. B. A, Raleigh, n. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
GENTLEMAN'S DRIVING CLUB.
CHARLOTTE, N. c.

The Richmond and Danville Railroad
viii sell round trip tickets to parties at
tending the meeting of the Gentleman's
Driving Club, Charlotte; N. c., Nov. 4th
to 7th inclusive, good returning until and
including Nov. 9Th. at the following:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

And correspondingly low rates from
intermediate points. .
W. A. TURK, D. P. A.
Raleigh, N. c., Oct. %, '89.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

suspected of a design to lynch him.
Greensboro Worknom.
Miss Addie Hamilton, just appointed
a notary public in Washington by the
President, it is said, is the second of her
sex ever appointed to a similar position
in Washington, the other being Miss
Emma Gilletty. The appointment of a
lady as a notary public is of common oc-
currence in New York and in many
Western cities.
1t is said that preparations for the mar
rage of Mary Willing Clymer to ex-Sec-
rotary Thos. F. Bayard are practically
completed. The brides trousseau, which
has been the subject of thoughtful con-
slderation for several months. is elegant
and tasteful. The issuing of the wedding
invitations alone remains to complete this
interesting event. Miss Clymer resides
with her mother in the stately family seat
IN the vicinity of Lafayette square, Wash
ington, near the residence of the late
millionaire philanthropist, ". W. Cor
coran, and opposite the historic D.catur
mansion, where the hero of the war
against the Tripolitan pirates died after
his fatal encounter in a dual with Can't.
Barron. The wedding will be a quiet