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AT HIS OWN GAME.
The Festive Fakir Faxed Off the
Grounds at TOnka.

1t is not often that the merry fakir
gets ''done up'' by the people whom he
attempts to make his victims, but it
does happen occasionally. and couple
of gentlemen who attended the saenger-
fest picnic at Spring Park yesterday
with intent to make money, furnished
a striking example of this. The two
gentlemen selected shady spot and
inclosed it with a rope tied to stakes
and trees. Toward one side of the ''ring"
was the regulation "ring ana cane"
fake, while the other man had turned
his inventive mind to the concoction of
more seductive scheme. A large china
washbowl was set OH the ground about
ten feet from the rope, and the unwary
public was invited to toss nickels and
dimes into it. Any man tossing a coin
so that it struck and remained in the
bowl received from the proprietor
in the ratio of five to one
on his investment. Three young
fellows with more nickels than caution
started in to "beat the game" They
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
PERSONAL MENTION.

Reuben Spahr and George Trepamier leave
this evening for Seattle w. 7.
w. A. Vanderbury has returned from
Europe, where he spent the winter travel
ing.
Miss Minorah Zimmerman. Of Mankato, is
the guest Of Miss Edith O'Donnell, on East
Fourt eenth street.
Rev. I. II. Edwards, of Chicago who is
visiting in the city, occupied the pulpit of
st. Marks church yesterday.
F. D. Dibble returned yesterday from a
still-hunt for the South Dakota capital site;
but he didn't find it by a dam site, nor even
town-site.
j. L. Ritter, M. j. Einstien, j. r. Thomas
W. j. Masters, j. M. Wise, Robert Lamm,
Bruno Bierbauer, r. Jache, J. Flachedhar
and d. p Hunt of the Daily Free Press, at
tended the saengerfest yesterday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
NOT SIMPLY FEMALE.
Mrs. BallfngtOn Booth a True
Woman SalVatiOnist.

The audience that gathered in Market
hall yesterday to hear Mrs. Ballington
Booth speak at the meeting of the Sal
walton Army, was an immense one, fill
ing every seat and every available inch
of standing room in the hall. A large
majority of the audience was COM
posed of an altogether different
class of people from those
who are in the habit of attending Sum
day afternoon services at the Salvation
army barracks. The average intelli-
gence of those in attendance was evil
IDENTIFY Of niger order than that of the
general run Of the army's followers,
and the dress and appearance of many
who occupied seats in the hall stamped
them as respectable and well-to-
do people. Mrs. Booth seems
refined and cultivated in her manner
ana speech, perhaps more so than she
otherwise would on account of the great
contrast between her methods and those
of the ordinary ''sister."
She talked quietly and intelligently of
the work of the army, and kept her
hearers interested, and even enthus-
iaStic, throughout.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
MOSES DISCOUNTED.
Dr.. Simmons Finds Additional
Wonders in the Rainbow.

Dr.. Simmons Finds AOOltlOnal
Wonders i'm the Rainbow.
At the First Unitarian church Rev.
II. M. Simmons yesterday preached on
1.-The Divine Revelation in the Rain
bow" taking his text from the Biblical
legend of the flood and of the rainbow.
established there as sign of Gods
covenant of order on earth. He traced
in detail the discoveries concerning the
rainbow from Aristotle down to Airy,
showing, little by little, how this mys-
FERROUS, transient and Elusive spectacle
is, after all, one of the best proofs that
nature gives of her universal order.
the sky, for modern thought to read,
lesson of the fidelity of nature and
faithfulness of God far better than
Moses fancied. 1t tells us that each of
those myriad rain drops is sphered as
perfectly as earth or sun. lttells us
that the lmpalpable light that paints
those drops is yet as true as the gravity
that molds planets, and holds them in
their orbits. 1t shows how each ray,
while speeding SO swiftly that
it would go from here to Washing
ton before you could wink, is yet
thrice bent by every drop in unerriIfg
angles, and separated into its WOndrOuS
colors. Even this fleeting and flimsy
rainbow reveals the religious truth that
the whole universe, from milky way to
minutest mist speck, is filled with
presence far diyiner than the tickle
gods of old story; with power ruling
all things, not by petty and partial acts,
but by the perpetual and perfect prOvi-
dence of universal law.
Hinder this revelation even the floods
which seemed to our fathers signs of
the divine anger, appear rather as parts
of system that blesSes the world, and
proofs of the divine beneficence. Even
that terrible disaster in Pennsylvania
came mostly from the faults OF men
rather than of nature and teaches them
to correct those faults. So far as it did
come from nature. it came as neces-
sity from those same beneicent laws
that have brought the welcome rains of
these last weeks. and that fill our fields
with life and make the Mississippi
write it's long line of blessing from here
to the gulf. Even disasters teach that
the world is we'll made-and teach men
to work more wisely-and inspire men
besides with more mutual sympathy
and brotherhood, as this last one has
illustrated by the pr0mptness of the
whole country to help the suffering.
The worst storm is still spanned by the
rainbow revealing the divinity in nature
and in the human heart.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

soon discovered system Of throwing
the five-cent pieces against the farther
side of the bowl, so that they would
bound back to the near side and slide
gently down to the bottom. They began
to work it by wholesale, and soon forced
the fakir to move his cash-trap further
from the rope and reduce the odds.
Even this didn't avail him, and they
won quarters, halves and dollars in
rapid succession, until he was forced
to give up and retire. Meanwhile
the crowd of young fellows eager to
''ring a stick" had broken down the
rope on the other side and were rushing
in on the sharp-featured Hebrew who
kept the cane rack, and actually drop
ping the rings directly over the most
desirable canes until he too was forced
to pack up and leave amid the jeers and
libes of the Youngsters who had sue
ceeded in doing him up. It's SO seldom
that fakir gets the worst of it, and
they are so quick to ''dO' an unsuspect-
ing citizen that the two fellows got very
little SVmDathV from the crowds
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
poet, has a firmly held conception of

a poet, has firmly held conception of
what Heaven will be, as she told me the
other day. She is quite ambitious in a
literary way, but has been hindered
from carrying out her plans by ILL
health. She declares that Heaven will
be place where people can accomplish
the work which they had wished to do,
but could not do on earth. No tlleologian
in the world, she says, can shake her
belief, and it is source of much hap
piness to her. She proposes when she
is in Heaven to write poem OF two,
and at least one novel.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

j. A. Bixby & Co., 623 and 625
NicOllet Avenue.
Gasoline Stoves, $3.50 to $50.
Baldwin Refrigerators, fOrty-twO
STYLES
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

J.. A. Brush, Photographer.
Best Photos 50 per dozen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

Brush, The Photographer.
Best Cabinets So per dozen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

j. A. Bixby & Co., 623 and 625
NicOllet Avenue.
White Mountain Ice Cream Freezers.
Jewett Filters and Coolers at reduced
prices.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
She Will Write Poetry in Heaven

Lewiston Journal.
A talented Maine woman, who has
and deserves an excellent reputation as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
The A. q. III. Convention.

About 800 delegates to the convention
of the insurance branches of the An
cient Order of Hibernians met at Win
dom hall yesterday afternoon. After
the report of the committee on Gre
dentialS. a debate arose as TO certain
changes suggested on the plan of in
surance, Finally adjournment was
taken to 9 o'clock, as it was decided
that no action that would be binding
could be taken on Sunday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

". ANTED-A good horse and buggy for
w equity in house and lot inside OF
Twenty-second st. and Eleventh ave. south.
Eleventh ave- south. ia
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
HOW MY BACK ACHES!

A Back Ache, Kidney and Uterine
1l Pains, und Weaknesses, Soreness.
OLameness, Strains and Pains re-
~ Heved in one minute by the
Cuticura Anti.Pain Plaster. The
first and only pain-killing Plaster. New,
original, instantaneous, and infallible. The
most perfect antidote to Pain, Inflammation,
Weakness, ever compounded. At all drug
gists, 25 cents; five for S1.OO: or, postage
free, of POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Cor
PoRATION, Boston, Mass.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
LOCAL MENTION.

Brush Makes the Best
Cabinet for So per dozen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

Male.
A PPRENTICE-Situation wanted by
II young man with some experience in
paper hanging to attend paper hanger and
get a chance to learn the trate thoroughly.
Address J 81, Globe. 14O-4l
RAkER-Situation wanted by a first class
ID baker; all kinds of bread. Address F.
Egenauer, 1882 First av. north, Minneapo-
lis. 5
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

Cabinets, So Per Dozen,
At j. A. Brush's. Photographer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24

Don't Wait, Go to Brush's
And get Cabinets for 50 per dozen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16

chosen. 1t will be an able, c~onserva-
tive body and we confidently look for
good work III e..
AS was to be expected, the County
Alliance of Cumberland is preparing
to make the visit Of the State Ali
n c as comfortable and pleasant as
possible. We hope to e a properly
accredited delegate from each of the
eighty-6ve counties organized with a
goodiy number of visiting brethren.
Elsewhere we publish reduced rates
with instructions for delegates and
members.
re- We would advise each dele
gate or member who expects to attend
the meeting to call on their railroad
agent at their earliest convenience and
ascertain if he has received instruc-
tions to sell tickets at reduced rates,
if he has not, notify us at once, o we
may arrange it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
OPPOSITION TO RUSTS

THERE is a very strong sentiment
Il among the people of Washington
Territory, which is soon to become a
State of the American Union, in OPP
position to combines and trusts, and
it has been known for sometime that
an effort would be made in framing
the constitution of the new State to
insert a clause prohibiting forever
what is known to the present genera
ton as commercial trusts. The con
stitutional convention has been in
session at Olympia, W. T., for sew
eral days, but the first intimation of a
fight on the question of trusts and
combinations was made on Wednes-
day last, when John Kirmear, of
Seattle, chairman of the committee on
corporations, introduced a very plain
ly worded resolution denouncing
trusts and combinations as among the
worst existing evils and likely to in
terfere with the industrial growth of
the new State. The resolution calls
for the instruction of the special com
mittee to report in favor of a clause
in the constitution to prohibit any
agreement between local corporations
with other local corporations, as well
as foreign ones, to fix the price of any
commodity upon the pain of FORGETTING
property and franchies Immediately.
Judge Henry, of Olympia, moved a
reference to the corporation commit
tee, but Mr. Sullivan, of Tahoma,
tried to prevent the motion from be-
ing put by a point of order that it in
terfered with the Presidents preroga-
tive, but his point was overruled and
the reference motion prevailed by a
vote of 43 to %. The committee will
doubtless favor a strong clause despite
the opposition of delegates who, under
various pretexts, hide their fear of, or
interests in, corporations, and, judging
from the above vote, it is safe to say
that trusts and combines will not be
allowed to prey upon the people of
the State of Washington. There are
indications, we r glad to say, that
similar clauses will be inserted in the
constitutions of the two Dakotas, and
also, in that of Montana.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
~THEzCOTTON CROP.

THE June report of the statistician
Il ofthe Department of Agriculture,
at Washington, shows an improve
ment in the condition of cotton dur
ing the past month. The early planted
areas are well advanced. That which
was planted in May and that which.
had not terminated before the season
of drought is late and small. There
was frost nearly throughout the cot
ton belt on the last of May and the.
first of June, which prevented GERM.
nation, already long delayed, and ar.
rested the growth of plants. There
is general complaint of the effects of
a dry and cool season continuing
through May and into June in delay
ing termination and growth and
favoring the prevalence Of lice. The
percentages Of condition by States is
as follows: Virginia, SO; North Car
DINA, So; South Carolina, "a; Geor-
gia, Sc; Florida, go; Alabama, 81;
Mississippi, 81; Louisiana, 90; Texas,
80; Arkansas, 80; Tennessee, 80; gen
eral average, 87.6 The wide varia.
ton in date of termination has had
the effect to make the crop later by a
week or two than that of 1888, and
the stand is not so good. Some plants
came up in April and some late in
June. The caterpillar and boil worm
have appeared in Texas and Louis
lana and some parts of Mississippi
The setting of lights and the catching
OF the miller that produces the cotto1
worm have been general, promising
the mitigation of future depredations
The crop was generally kept clear
during the period of drought.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
OUTRAGEOUSLY BRUTAL AND
DISGRACEFUL.

WITH what feelings of shudder-
w ing horror the American youth
have read of the gladiatorial contests
among the old Romans, where thou
sands of her young men were matched
against each other and were forced to
slay each other in the arena to crafty
a brutal and barbarous desire among
the ~populace. How repugnant to
every sentiment of refined, Christian
culture the bullfghts of Spain and
Mexico! But the elevating influence
of Christianity had never been felt by
them. What a sad and ~deplorable
comment on our boasted civilization,
was the brutal and barbarous prize
fight on the 9Th inst. in Mississippi,
between those brutes in human form
Sullivan and Kilrain? And what
is to be said of the hundreds who tray
elled thousands of miles and the thou
sands who focked hither from New
Orleans to witness it? Sullivan will
return to his home in cultured Bos,
ton" to be applauded and ionized by
public receptions and grand ovations
by a people who, during recent years,
have had much to say about ~"relics
of barbarism." Every consideration
of decency and self respect demands
that the people should put their seal
of condemnation on the American
prize fighter. He is a foul and dis
graceful blot on our civilization and
should be stamped out without mercy.
They and their aiders and bettors,
when caught in any State, should at
once be introduced to the ball and
chain, the mortar-hod and the anvil
in the penitentiary, and required to
give exhibitions of their muscle power
for twelve hours every day for ten
years. 1t is said that the State au.
thorities Of Louisiana and Mississippi
made some effort to prevent the fight,
but if the printed reports be true, it is
evident that their efforts were not
seconded by the local authorities. In.
deed it was claimed by the gang that
there was really no law in those States
to prevent it. If this be true, there
should be no excuse hereafter. Nc
decent American can read the sicken
ing and disgusting story without feel
ings of humiliation and shame, and
no rejecting man a witness the
avidity with which they are con
sumed by the millions of readers
without being profoundly impressed
with gravest apprehension as to the
future of our civilization and of oul
country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
THE A

TINE meeting of this body will be
l. regarded with interest by the
whole brotherhood throughout the
State. Important matters will claim
it's attention. Officers for the ensuing
year will be elected. The matter of
the consolidation Of the Alliance.
Wheel and Union will be acted on,
and in anticipation of its consumma-
ton, important questions should be
considered. In the national meeting
nearly twenty States, having organi,
cations, will be represented. The
action of the Birmingham Conference
will come up for consideration and the
ways and means by and through
which we may aid in accomplishing
the purpose of that meeting. The
vitality important matter of placing
our State Agency on a safe, practical
working basis must have attention
This can and must be done.
But we feel assured that the Stat,
Alliance, when assembled, will b,
equal to all demands or emergencies
Tor d selections of delegates bv th,
countles, so far as reported. have bee
admirable. First-class men have bee
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
THE STRENGTH OF A NATION IS
IN ITS HOMES.

TINE last census of France showed
l. that out of Is, 5l3,3 1875 rural popu-
~lation, there we're 5000, 600 land
owners living on their lands, 4,57O,-
900 farmers and tenants, and only
3,255,OOO day laborers. The value
of land under tillage varied from
SIO5 to 1923 per acre and the rem of
land from 1854 to $l2.14 per acre.
With this distribution of lands, Civ
ing to it's millions permanent homes,
and with its liberal provision for a
widely difused diversified intelligence
among its people, founded on a wise
system of practical, industrial training,
need we wonder at the progressive
ness and prosperity of the French
government?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16

the columns of The PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER, explicit instructions as to how
to raise it. He desires to know the
kind of land best suited to the plant,
what fertilizer is best, the best time
for sowing, and any other information
he may be able to give concerning it.
1t is a curious fact, says the
Tennessee Farmer, that only two Euro.
pean countries, Germany and Great
Britain, at: the present day import as
much barley as the United States.
Practically, all the barley consumed
in Europe is grown there, except that
received from Canada.
Since the last issue of The
PRoGREss1vE FARMER, Kilrain and
Sullivan, the pugiIists, have met in
the State of Mississippi and fought.
The battle, which lasted two hours,
was a thoroughly brutal affairoand
resulted in the defeat of Kilrain, who
received terrible punishment The
Governor of Mississippi is making
stenuous efforts to arrest the men, and
says he is determined to do it if they
remain in the United States.
The National Potters' Union,
which was in session at Wheeling,
West Virginia, last week, unanimously
adopted a resolution condemning, in
the strongest terms, all trusts and
combines, and declaring them to be
prejudicia1 to the interests of capital,
Industrial enterprise and the consumer.
The union also, in discussing labor
saving machinery, decided that the
time has not yet come when skilled
labor could be replaced by automatic
machinery.
At the last meeting of the Cum
berland County Alliance a local com
mittee, consisting of brethren w. H.
Tomlinson, W. W. Huske and G. ".
Lawrence, were appointed to make
the necessary arrangements for the
meeting of the State Farmers ALI
ance, which takes place in the city of
Fayetteville on the 18th day of
August next. At the same meeting
Hon. Wharton J. Green was chosen
to represent Cumberland in the an
nual meeting at Fayetteville.
x At the beginning of the pres
ent year North Carolina had 1859
miles of railroad in operation; capital
stock, $25,56l,8O1 F.; bonded debt,
$25, 638, 500; unfunded debt, ST, 523,
l45. The total cost of our roads,
with their equipments was $5O,O5O,-
693. For the year 1887 the gross
earnings of our roads from passen-
gers, $834,5ll; from freight, So, 136,
lat; from all sources, 3,269 ,O78; net
earnings, 1898, 344; interest paid on
bonds 1872, $50; dividend paid on
stocks, $4,000.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
CONGRESS-.
THE Executive Council of the
Il Scotch. Irish Congress of Amer.

THE Executive Council of the
i Scotch Irish Congress of Amer
lea, consisting of the President,
Robert Bonner, of New York; the
Secretary, A. G. Floyd; the Treasurer,
Mr.. Frierson, both of Columbia, Tenn,
and the ce-Presidents from the
various States and Territories, met at
the Glenham Hotel, in New York city,
on Thursday last, to transact business
of Importance. Among the Vice
Presidents present we're Col. T. T.
Wright, of Florida; Mr.. A. G.
Adams, of Tennessee; DIR. Hervey
Mcdowell, of Kentucky, and Mr..
VIM. O. Mcdowell, of New Jersey.
Among letters of regret from other
Vice Presidents were those from Hon.
A! T.. Wood, of Hamilton, Ont, and
Col. Mcclure, of Philadelphia. The
meeting was enthusiastic, and meas
ures were passed which insure the
continued and accelerated progress of
the organization. All matters not
definitely settled by the council were
given in charge of an executive com
mittee appointed by the chair.
On this committee we're appointed
the secretary and treasurer, Col. j. F.
Johnston, of Birmingham, Ala; first
vice president at large, Col. T. T.
Wright; DR.. J. S. Mcintosh, of Phila-
delphia; Prof. Geo. McKoskie, Prince
ton College; DR.. Robert Pillow and
Col. II. G. Evans, of Tennessee. The
president was added to this committee,
which meet at the Glenham Hotel on
Friday to arrange some important de-
tails, notably the publication of the
first Scotch-Irish history, which will
be principally under the control of
the secretary. The annual dues we're
fixed at So, which also entities the
applicant to a copy of the annual pub
LEGATION. All members of the Scotch
Irish race are eligible. The organiza-
ton is social and historical in charac-
ter, and devoid of political or ~sectarian
significance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The funeral of the widow of
President John Tyler took place in
Ricomond, Va, on Friday morning
last. ...
The total exports of agricultu-
raj products from the United States
for 1888 was less by $22,268,46O than
for the year 1887.
There has been a heavy fall in
the price of sugar in London on the
refusal of the German syndicate to
continue purchases. "When thieves
fall out, honest lei get their dues"
Major T.. M. Field, assistant
secretary of the British and Ameri!
can Mortgage Company, has been ar
raigned in London and remanded to
prison for fraudulentlY issuing cou-
pons Of the company to the amount of
IS, 900.
= During the period from 1877 to
1888, the average net imports of
wheat into Europe per annum were
2O3, 600, 900 bushels, of which the
United States sent 95, 900, 900 bushels;
or nearly half, and Russia supplied
II, 900, 900 bushels.
In the issue of THE PROGRESS.
I'VE FARMER Of June the 18th, Mr..
Jas. Norwood, of Hillsboro, made a
statement concerning lucerne, which
has attracted the attention of severa.
of our readers. One of them, a good
farmer of this county, desires Is tc
request Mr.. Norwood to give through