The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29

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this city on Saturday Ell: route to WASH
ington, N. c., where he is'to conduct a
series of meetingG tits said his power
is equal to THAT Of Pearson or Jones, but
tha4'his sfvin d;fa~a frorn ei+te-.
The son of. ,a.farmer living in the rain
belt of eastern, Colorado attempted to
| climb a corn stalk on his fathers place
the other d4y, bu. became dizzy, and fell
to the ground, breaking his arm. The
boys parents talk Of bringing suit against
the Government for allowing crops to
/ grow to- such abnormal dimensions.
Senator Ransom has secured from the
Navy Department the services of the
Marine Band at the celebration of the
centennial of the ratification of the Fed
eral Constitution, which viii take place
ON Noyember 21st at Fayetteville, n G.
The Wa Department has also agreed to
lend flags and bunting for the celebration.
Asingular case of drowning occurred
in Albemarle Sound just outside of Eden
ton. Two men on the steamer of the
| Norfolk and Southern Railroad were
Wrestling on the stern Of the boat when
they lost their balance and fell overheard.
Before the steamer could be stopped or
assistance rendered both were drowned,
One was fireman and the other was an
engineer; & @z e /
AamAle giraffe wa born atthe. Zoologis
cal garden in Cincinnati Sunday after
no8h. This is said to be the first born in
captivity in America. Managers OF the
geological garden say. that none have been
born in captivity elsewhere except in
London, and none there since 1877. The
youngster at the Zoo is nearly five feet
and a half high, and his estimated weight
is $50 pounds. - s
The Baltimore medical colleges have
stirred up the colored population by re-
fusing admission to James Credit, ayoung
colored man who is anxious to. study
medicine. He applied in turn to the
presidents of different universities and
though offering to pay the usual tuition
fee, was turned away. He will go to the
Long Island College hospital, in Brook
lyn.-Columbia IS. Co. Record
We would be glad if the readers of this
paper would bear in mind that Raleigh
has one of the most complete hardware
houses in the South in that kept by
Messrs. Julius Lewis & Co. Having the
advantage of about Is years successful
experience, they stand willing and able
with low prices to stand the friends. Of
all wanting hardware. vYougshould either
call or write to them for p prices 1913
Rev. DR.. Talmage announced to his
congregation in Brooklyn Sunday night
that the board of trustees of the church
had purchased last week the property,
$50 by 200 feet, on the northeast corner
of Clinton and Greene avenues, on which
to erect a new tabernacle to replace the
burned one. It is understood that the
price paid was in the neighborhood of
1925 900. Mr.. Talmage will personally
break ground for the church on the after
noon of the 18th inst.
A h~ustling young man in New York
named Nose Soloman has just been sent
to the city prison to serve out a sentence
for obtaing money under false ~pretenses.
He had been leading the dual life of a
beggar and a man in society; residing in
a fashionable boarding house, daily don
ming a disguise and begging from door
to door, nightly splurging as a member of
the Stock Exchange. Too many young
men with slender pursis are trying to keep
up with society at a pace that kills.
In a village in the canton of Lucerne,
Switzerland, there is a society of old
maids. 1t numbers eighty members, and,
strangely, enough, is under the patronage
of the st. Catharine matrimonial agency.
The members perform acts of charity, and
are highly esteemed in their neighbor-
hood. The municipal council lately pre-
sented them with a banner on which is
the following startling inscription: "Wo7
men are an evil, but they are also a bless
ing. They remind us of the onions that
make Us weep, but that we love all the
same"
Yesterday, Thursday, while Peter Wag-
staff, colored, was digging a hole to put
in an apple tree, near the keepers lodge,
on the Battle Ground, the mattock struck
a six-pounder cannon ball. Peters eyes
expanded to almost the size of the ball,
when he took it up and discovered what
it was. It was an American ball, as the
British fred only three-pounders, the
Americans skies. This valuable relic will
foLa itc p1ooa in tba u,coY1uo nc tho Hrc+