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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
CONCERNING HIVES.
The Causes and Proper Treatment of
Painful Disease.

This disease, called by the doctors
uIticaria, occurs In the form of small,
rounded or irregular-shaped blotches, of
a reddish or pinkish color, ranging from
the size of a small pea to that of the palm
of the hand. The spots are generally
raised slightly above the level of the
surrounding skin, but may be pulled up to
the height Of an inch Or more. The dis
comfort of their presence arises principal
ly from the burning and tingliDg sensa-
ton which always accompanies their
eruption, and which has given rise to the
popular name OF ''nettle rash"
There are several varieties of the dis
ease, distinguished by the appearance or
tendency of the blCtches. Sometimes they
are small, fat nodules, and not larger than
a pea. In this form they may disappear
as rapidly as they come, and leave no
trace behind save the scratches on the
skin. Other varieties may show the
presence of hemorrhages at the affected
spot, and still a third kind is accompanied
by reformation of water blisters. Some
times tumors of a considerable size appear
at these spots
The acute cases often come on attended
by some disturbance of the stomach, &C
companied with fever and headache. The
rash may effect nearly the whole body at
nee. In this case the blotches are apt to
disappear rapidly, without leaving a trace.
In the chronic form the individual spots
may come and go rapidly, but crop after
crop appears during a series of weeks or
months.
There seem to be a multitude of causes
for the eruption, and they may be either
external or internal. Certain irritants
applied to the skin will cause it. Among
these are ~nettles, caterpillars, jelly-fsh,
feas and mosquitoes. Liniments or the
application Of cold may have the same
effect.
It follows disturbances of the stomach
or digestion, such as may be caused by a
change Of diet, an overloaded stomach,
certain drugs or highly seasoned food.
In individual cases there may be some
peculiar article of diet which will bring
on a crop of blotches. Among these are
fish, oysters, CLAIMS, HOLSTERS, pork, oat-
meal, strawberries and mushrooms. In
children the presence of worms may be a
sufficient cause.
The treatment must be directed toward
the special cause acting in each given
case. Emetics or laxatives are indicated
when it is known to be some irritant
which has been taken into the digestive
tract. Bathing with soda-water, vinegar,
alcohol or carbolic acid will give srelief to
the intence itching. One remedy may
fit one case and not another. Acute cases
generally yield readily but the chronic
form is often very Stubborn Youths
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24

81 am just in from Lexington, where
l have teen attending the annual com
mencement of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute." The speaker was Governor Fitz-
hugh Lee. eyes, 'Stonewall' Jackson
was once a professor at the institute, and
the latter is still redolent of his eccentric
tiles. I knew him we'll, and he was the
last man you would have picked out of a
crowd of military men, not knowing who
he was, as possessing wonderful energy,
endurance and executive ability. 1t was
only in the heat of action that these char
acters famed out. At other times he was
dull, uncommunicative and apathetic. In
the parlance of the day he was a crank
in many things, but a terribly earnest one.
When a professor at the institute he was
the butt of the students jokes. Yes, he
was religious. He was known in the
army as the Blue Light Elder Geh. J.
R. Jones was his classmate at West Point
and was noted for his profanity. One
day, in the battle of Charlottesville some
mules attached to our ammunition wagon
got stalled and finally got balky under
the lash. Jackso on was looking on when
Jones rode UP. The latter took in the
situation at a glance.
"See here, Jackson he shouted, let
me cuss EN- Jackson smiled, but de-
INJURED by shaking his head. While Lees
army was crossing the Potomac into
Maryland some of the mule teams refused
to leave the water. Col. Harmon, Jack
sons quartermaster, rode into the water
and poured volley after volley of curses
and lashes on the mules, and got them to
moving again. Jackson sat on his old
sorrel taking it all it. Harmon, on per-
ceiving him, quickly rode up with the
apology.
"'I beg your pardon, general, but
cusses and blows are the only language
that a mule understands. y Washington
Letter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
KISSED HER FOR CIGARS.
The Girl Didn't Wake Up, but the Con
ductor Did.

"I'd give twenty-five cents for per-
mission to kiss that girl" remarked an
insipid-looking youth on an Albany bound
train last night, indicating with a motion
of his hand an unusually handsome young
woman asleep in a seat near by. The
young man was one of a group standing
in the rear of the crowded car. Another
young man said:
"You have my permission, sir, gratis"
"'Fraid she wouldn't regard 1T as suti-
cient," laughed the first.
"I don't know" replied the other; II
have great influence with good-looklng
girls-TTl tell you what I'll do: I'll bet
you a good cigar I can kiss her without
waking her."
"Done!' cried the youth. "Tl give
a ciga if you dare to do it anyway, and
two more if she don't wake up"
"It's a 60"
The daring young man stepped up to
the sat where the pretty girl slept,
learned over softly and kissed her squarely
and audibly upon the mouth. She stirred,
smile a little, but did not wake. The
group of men had watched the proceed
ing in breathless suspense, and a long and
simultaneous sigh broke from them as
young impudence Strengthened up after
the operation and re-joined the group,
several passengers who had seen the per-
Torrance staring at him in establishment
"By Jove, that was elegant" the fellow
of insipid aspect exclaimed as he handed
the successful kisser his three cigars.
But there was another reckoning to be
made. The conductor came hurrying
down the aisle and "wentfor" the dar-
ing passenger, metaphorically speaking,
"hammer and tongs," crying: "See here,
young man, don't you ever try that again!
Are you a gentleman, sir? Don't you
know that 1 can arrest you for such a
perfo1 nance as that 7"
The young man colored, but laughed
nervously as he answered, mo, I don't
much believe you can. l guess there isn't
any American law against a fellow kissing
his own sisters thare?"
1t has not appeared yet whether or not
the young woman learned of her brothers
astonishing exhibition of disrespect, or
whether, if she did, her displeasure les
sened the qualification derived from the
cigars won in such a questionable manner.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
ROAST PIG.

Take a choice fat pig six weeks old, not
younger, though it may be a little older.
Have it carefully killed and dressed, and
thoroughly washed. Trim out carefully
with a sharp, narrow-bladed knife the in
side of the mouth aud ears, cut out the
tongue, and chop off the end of the snout.
Rub the pig well with a mixture of salt,
pepper and pounded sage, and sprinkle it
rather Literally inside with red pepper, and
a dash outside too. Make a rich stufing of
bread crumbs; corr bread stufing is de
rigeure for pig, though you can put half
of one and half of the other inside of Mr..
Piggy if somebody insists on loaf bread
stufing. If you use corn bread, have a
thick, rich pone of bread baked, and
crunble it as soon as it is cool enough to
handle, season it highly with black and
red pepper, sage, thyme, savory, marjoram,
minced ~onion-just enough to flavor it
and plenty of fresh butter; moisten it well
with stock, cream, or even hot water.
Stuff the pig well and sew it up closely.
If you have a tin rooster and open fire,
the pig will be roasted by that much
better. If you hav not, put the pig in a
long pan and set it in the oven, and leave
the toved door open until the pig begins
to cook, gaadurlly closing the door, so
that the cooking will not be done too
faSt.-AmeTican CutiU0tor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
THE CHARM OF SOUTHERN
GIRLS.

The Southern girls shines brightest at
home. She has not forgotten the old-time
respect that children should have for the
mothers who gave them life, and the
graceful affection in which she holds the
gray-haired woman who kept a brave
heart amid the horrors of war and in the
sickening days of poverty and privation
that followed in its train, and, though
she has had all this to bear, has taught
her young daughters lessons Of self-help,
of courage in misfortune, that can never
be effected.
Those of true modest womanhood did
not need to be taught, for they were in
herent. When the Southern girl walks
on the avenue she is as distinctly recog-
nizable as though she were marked "From
Georgia. or placarded An Albanian
Her step is easy, for it was learned
from Dame Nature herself, and the slen-
der feet might belong to the daintiest
ankle that ever cleaned in the shadows
of the Orange Walk at Seville.
You never knew be. ore how lovely a
costume of simple white could be. and vet
you say to yourself that the c~ostliest de-
vice of the cunningest milliner in the Rue
de BAG could not be more effective in de-
molishing the masculine heart.
Every woman who sees her knows that
that hat was the work of the wearer's
slender fingers, but how becoming it is,
lighted by the s%oftest, sweetest, brown
gray eyeSl
And as you look your thoughts are miles
away from the crowded avenue and it's
interchanging scenes. You are young
again, and the romance of tue far South
comes back, and you smell the orange
trees as they were in bloom so many years
ago, and with Owen Meredith, you un-
consciously say, ooh, that we were
eternally youngl"- Washington Herald
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
rHe WORK BOX.
from American Cultivator.l
CITY POINT EDGING.

CITY PUNT EDG1AGs
Make a foundation chain of % stitches.
LIST row-Make a shell in the fourth
stitch of foundation chain (by putting 3
double crochet, l chain, 3 double crochet
in same stitch, chain Is, skip Is stitches,
make a shell in the twentieth stitch of
chain, chain L, make a shell in the last
stitch of foundation chain turn.
I'd row Chain l, make a shell in shell
of last row, chain |, l double crochet in
loop between shells, chain l, shell in shell,
chain Is, shell in shell; turn.
Sd row-Chain /, shell in shell, chain
Is, shell 10 shell, chain l, l double crochet
in first loop from shell, chain l, l double
crochet in mex loop, chain l, shell IN
shell; turn.
4th row-Chain l, shell in shell, chain
l, l double crochet in first loop, chain l, |
double crockett in next loop, chain l, |
double crochet in next loop, chain l, shell
in shell, chain IL, make 2 double crochets
in middle of foundation chain, drawing
the 4 chains together, turn; n double
crochet in each of the first 10 stitches of
chain IL, turn; + one double crochet be-
! tween each of 10 double crochets just
made, repeat from y twice, making Arrows
in the square, chain l, shell in shell; turn.
9Th row-Chain l, shell in shell, chain
Is, shell in shell, chain l, l double crochet
in first loop, chain l, l double crochet in
next loop, chain l, l double crochet in
next loop, chain l, shell in shell; turn.
9th row-Chain l, shell in shell, lsingle
crochet in first loop, 4 double crochet in
next loop, l single crochet in next loop,
chain l, shell in shell, chain Is, shell in
shell; turn.
LIST row of second scallop-Chain l,
shell in shell, chain Is, shellin shell, chain
l, make a shell in first loop; turn.
I'd row-Chain l, shell in shell, chain
l, double crochet in loop, chain l, shell in
shell, chain Is, shell in shell; turn.
Sd row-Chain l, shell in shell, chain
IL, 2 double crochet in first stitch of last
row of square in first scallop, drawing the
four chains together, then make a square
the same as in the fourth row of the first
scallop, making a shell, chain l, l double
crochet in loop, chain l, l double crochet
in loop, chain l, make a shell turn.
4th row-Chain l, make a shell, chain
l, l double crochet in loop, chain l, l
double crochet in loop, chain l, l double
crochet in loop, chain l, make a shell,
chain Is, make a shell; turn.
9Th row-Chain l, make a shell, chain
Is, shell in shell, chain l, l double croche:;
continue through the row; turn.
9th row--Like the last row of first
scallop.
EDGE FOR BABIES sKIRTs.
Cast on 6, knit across plain.
1st row-Over, purl narrow, knit 2,
owe 3 times, purl l, knit l.
I'd row-Slip l, knit 2, purl l, knit 2,
over twice, purl narrow.
Sd row-Over, purl narrow, knit l,
over 3 times, purl narrow, over 3 times,
purl narrow, knit l.
4th row-Slip l, knit 2, puri l, knit 2,
purl l, knit l, over twice, purl narrow.
9Th row-Over, purl narrow, knit s.
9th row-Cast off 4, knit 6, over twice,
purl narrow.-HoWe Cheer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
CHILDREN ON MARRIAGE.

Children are the keenest of observers
and the most practical deducers; indeed,
their deductions are often more astonish-
ing than agreeable to thei' elders. Though
we laugh, we do not always enjoy having
our weakness revealed to us by the bab-
bling of babes.
Six little children were at play, and
whether it was that they grew tired of
familiar games or that that junate prin-
ciple, at is not good for man to be alone"
craved expression, they determined TO
have a wedding. John, aged 8, should
marry Hattie, aged 5, and Brother Harry
would speak "the words that bind"
Now, Harry had never heard a mar
riage ceremony and was entirely ignorant
of the prevalent pledges, but was he at a
loss2 Not he. He knew what papa and
mamma considered of paramount virtue,
and surely what they each so eagerly de-
sired must constitute the requisite of a
happy married life.
The candidates for wedlock were re-
quested to stand side by side and gravely
obeyed.
"Hatty, will you get up in the morning
and see chat John has his breakfast in
time and that he has good things to eat
and never has to wait for his meals? p
"John, will you give her all the money
she wants?"
That was all, but does it not contain
the quintescence of married felicity ?"-
Kansas City Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

II one wishes to cool a hot dish in a
sdry, 1t will be found that if the dish be
PAced IN a vessel full of cold, salty water
' WI! cool far more rapidly than if it
"0Ou IN water free from salt.
10 not scrape the inside of frying pans,
%ter this operation any preparation
H. Is liable to catch or burn to the pan.
me pan has black inside, rub it with a
-9u crust of bread and wash in hot water
12ed with a little soda.
q dish of charcoal placed in your meat
Juer will keep the articles sweet and
su1!esome almost as well as ice. Char
va Is a great disinfectant. If occasionally
sG Tor cleaning the teeth, it will sweeten
breath when everything else fails to
tae physician is frequently asked by
" patents for something that will re-
STs" moth" and freckles. A writer in
Pharm. Zeit., says that a wash consist
d equal parts of Tactic acid and glycer.
will do the work, and is harmless
'0eo applied to the skin.
Apiece of sponge fastened to a stick OF
ne IS a good thing with which to clean
~ chlmneys. 1t is a good plan to be
sGa.eef particular about the care of lamps.
~ them often, rub the burners when
n " gummy; sometimes boiling a short
N N soap suds is good for them when
"lckS will not move freely. Always
very day and in the daytime. Never
e. d nearly empty lamp, as the space is
st with explosive gas. Neither is it
ae5r 70 blow down a chimney when
y empty of oil and turned up high.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
STRATEGY WITH HUSBANDS

The Indian squaw is the slave of her
brave. She works for him and serves
him, even as his horse or his dog work
for him, but, unlike the dog or horse, the
Indian woman is possessed of power.
The only voice she can have In the COM
munity, her very supremacy in her own
wigwam, is through her influence over
the men of her family. This beinf the
case, she must be a very remarkable squaw
who does not fatter, wheedle and cajole
her husband, and by every possible
means secure as strong a hold as possible
over him.
We all know households today where
these wigwam tactics are pursued. The
master is irascible, overbearing and OBJ
~stinate. The wife is his equal in most
respects, and in some his superior, in self
control and a good temper particularly so.
For the peace of the household it is i'm
possible to directly oppose the dicta of
the master, who is of a sort that wants to
know best about all domestic matters, the
discipline Of the nursery and the kitchen,
as well as the routine Of the stable or the
ordering of the wine cellar.
Now, in the matters Pertaining to
kitchen and nursery, the wife knows that
her husbands ideas are wrong and that
her own are right, and by a constant
series of small receptions the tyrant is
led to believe that hts measures are carried
our, whereas in point of fact, they are
quite properly ignored. I do not say the
wife is blameless, but / say that the fault
lies first with the husband, whose tiresome
tyranny forces his wife into subterfuges
for the sake of the general good. There
is a large class of men who have to be thus
cal led.-l0ude ROaOe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
NOTICE.
FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. 7, 1889.

FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. 7, 1889.
The Cumberland County Farmers ALI
ance having made a satisfactory trade ar
rangemgnt with j. & o. Evans, merchants
in Fayetteville, whose house is known as
the Farmers Exchange, would say to
their brothers in the following counties
and all good Alliance men when trading
in Fayetteville, upon presenting to these
gentlemen a trade card, the same cour-
tesy will be extended to them: Samp-
son, Harnett, Moore, Chatham, Mont
gomery, Richmond, Bladen and Johnston.
w. w. AUTRY, Sec'y .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
ANCIENT G
Early Acquaintance of the Chinese with
Engineering Science.

-AS
The Chinese suspension bridges, dating
from the time Of the Man dynasty C202
B. G. to 22O A. d., furnish striking evil
dence of the early acquaintance of the
Chinese with engineering science. Ac-
cording to the historical and g~eographi-
cal writers of China it was Shang Lieng,
the commander of the army under Kaen
Tsu, who undertook the construction Of
the roads in the province of Silence, to
the west of the capital, the high mountain
and deep gorges of which could be reached
only by circuitous routes. At the head
os an army of 10000 workmen Shahg
>Lieng cut through mountains and filed
up the valleys with the soil obtained
this was not sufficient to raise a road high
enough, he built bridges resting upon
abutments or projections. At other places,
where the mountains are SEPARATED by
deep gorgeS, he carried out a plan of
throwing suspension bridges stretching
from one slope to the other. These
bri, ges, appropriately called by the Chinese
writers "fying" bridges, are sometimes
so high as to inspire those who cross them
with fear. At the present day there is
still a bridge in existence in Shense, 400
feet long, which stretches across a gorge
of immense depth. Most of the bridges
are only wide enough to allow of the
passage of two mounted men, ratings on
both sides serving for the protection of
travellers. 1t is not improbable that the
missionaries who first reported on Chinese
bridges two centuries ago gave the
initiative to the construction of S1Snen-
sion bridges in the west.-hon.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
r A

It was excellent advice that was lately
given to young ladies urging them to
marry only gentlemen, or not marry at
all. The word is used sin its broadest,
truest sense. 1t did not have reference
to those who have fine raiment and white
hands and the ~veneering of society pol
ish, merely, to entitle them to the dis
t%inction, but to those possessed of true,
manly and noble qualities, however hard
their hands and sunbrowned their faces.
A true gentleman is generous and I'M
selfish. He regards another's happiness
and welfare as well as his own. You will
see the trait running through, all his &C
tons. A man who is a bear at home
among his sisters and discourteouts to his
mother, is just the man to avoid when
you come to the great question which is
to be answered yes o no.
A man may be ever SO rustic in his
early surroundings, if he is a true gentle
man he will not bring a blush to your
cheek in any society by his absurd be-
havior. There is an instructive politeness
inherent in such a character which every
where commands respect and makes the
owner pass for what he is-one of natures
noblemen. Do not despair, girls, there
are such men still in the world. You
need not die old maids. But wait until
the princess passes by. No harm in delay.
You will not be apt to find him in tee
ball room, and / know he will e be
seen walking up from the liquor saloon.
Nor is he a champion billiard player. He
has not had time to become a champion,
for he had too much honest, earnest work
to do in the world, I have always OBJ
served that these champions" were sell
dom good for much else.-Erchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
g0RtrN.
woNDER WHY IT'S so.
FATHER RYAN.

FATHER RYA
work where some find rest
some huu he weary world goes on
And 20 wonder which is best
Isomeulsr comes VIXEN life is gone.
sIeep when some eyes wake.
Some eye Is. TTeary night hours go;
90 hearts beat Where soLe ne0iS ~
some nften wonder why tbs &C
-.1s faint where some wills fight.
Some w. 1--we he tent and some the field
Solo Ironder who are right
G Tpa ones who strive or those who yield.
hands fold where other hands
some lifted bravely in the strife;
Are M.Sronoh ages and through lands
Ana 50 On the two extremes OF life.
halt where some feet tread,
sons teipss march, a thorny way :
I'D u~oTrle on where some have fed,
SoHe ela asF when others shun the fray.
.vords rust where others clash,
so Gn1,e fan back where some move on,
Ssgs full where others flash
TntiI t6e battle has been won.
Came sleep on while others keep
THE vigils Of the true n brave
rbov will not rest till roses creep
LLTound their names above the grave,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
r HIS TAX.

West Gardiner boasts of a dog that
earns enough to pay his poll tax. He is
a big mastiff and does a big chu1ning
every week, the churn being fitted up
with a sort Of threshing machine treadle
on which the dog walks. The most re-
markable part of the transaction is that
the dog enjoys the business sc well or has
such a sense of responsibility that no in
ducement can entice him from the work
during business hours.-FadrfeM (Me.)
Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24

Train so connects with Wilmington &
Weldon train bound North, leaving Colds
boro 11.57 a. m. and with Richmond &
DanyiIle train West, leaving Goldsboro
200 p. m.
Train 81 connects with Richmond &
Danville train, arriving at Goldsboro $40
D. M, and with Wilmington & Weldon
train from the North, at 3.15 p. N.
s. 1. DILL, SURF.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
Salem Female Academy,
Salem, NC
Largest, Oldest and Best Female Col
lege in the South.

Session opens August 9th, 1889. Faculty
so Professors and Teachers. Special features
the Development of Character, Health and
Intellect. Fully equipped Preparatory and
Collegiate departments, besides frst-cIass
schools in Music, ArA Languages and Conn
AUG Rkv. ]. Il. (LEWEIL, Principal.