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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
WHAT TRUSTS" HAVE COST
WALL STREET.

Wall street is suffering from its conf
dence in trusts" The penalty it is pay
ing is in the form of a heavy fine. The
losses which have been occasioned by the
collapse Of the trust" speculation are, of
course, irregularly distributed. They can
not. be accurately computed any more
than the extent of the profits realized by
the " insiders" who were smart enough
to "unload" on the street in general.
In round figures the capitalization of
the four "trusts which took the leading
position in the share market-the sugar,
lead, cotton seed oil and Chicago gas
trusts-is somewhere in the neighbor-
hood Of 5000, OOO, 900. Comparing the
selling prices of these alleged securities
now with the prices they attained but a
few months ago there is a shrinkage of
between $6O,OOO,0eO, and 500 ,O0e.
What proportion of this is an actual loss
to wall street is hard to determine. Some
portion of the advances doubtless repre-
sented paper profits. But it is safe to
say that fully halt of that vast sum has
come out of the pockets of unwary lambs
and o~ver-confident bulls.
" al street is said to learn nothing and
forget nothing. But it is likely to have
an abiding lack of confidence in "Trusts."
-NcaO York Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
SCALED LIKE A SERPENT.
A Philadelphia Poiiceman's Strange
Malady from a Snake-B;te. 4.

AOA4 q SA6AC-D-ICs r.
Policeman Edward Dawson, Of the
fourth district, on Friday visited the ZOO
logical garden, not to see the animals, but
to seek medical advice, says the Philadel-
phia Press. On officer Dawson's hand.
between the second and third fingers, is, a
little open wound no larger than a pin
head, that has remained since 1866, when
he was bitten by a blacksnake in Aus
tralia. He wanted to find out whether
the keepers of the Zoo had any particular
specific for the bite of a snake, and told q
remarkable story,
Dawson passed his boyhood in Berwick
township, Gibbs Land, Province of Vic
voria. When a boy of fifteen years, play
ing in the bush, he was bitten. He ran
home and his mother sucked the wound
to extract the venom. His father, who
was a high police official, sent for Prof.
Haliford, of the Melbourne Hospital, who
injected ammonia into the lads wrist, and
no i'll effects Immediately followed from
the bite.
But for years Dawson has suffered from
a most p%erplexing malady, which he can
not but attribute to the snakes bite. As
soon as spring weather comes the palms
of his hands develop a scaly eruption
which looks like the under part of a
snakes body, and a like trouble appears
in streaks on the legs below the knees
and on the feet. The very puncture in
the wrist where Prof. Halford injected
the ammonia always shows a dark circle
around it. The eruption is very painful,
and policeman Dawson has difficulty in
gripping his club when it is necessary to
have it ready in discharge of his duty.
Dawson has consulted eminent physi-
clans in this country and Austr ala, and
has ever travelled In India to see if native
knowledge of Venomous serpents could
find a remedy for his case. He says he
has spent more than he ever made trying
to get cured. His visit to the Zoo yes
terday was prompted by a review in the
Sunday Press of a magazine article by
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell on snakes and their
venom. He asked Head Keeper Byrne
to show him the snakes, and among the
collection he found one that he said was
Of the same species as the one which bit
him. The snake he picked out is called
the indigo snake, and ONE from South
America. It is about seven feet long,
and, being a new arrival at the Zoo, little
has been learned of its habits and nature.
Dawson showed Keeper Byrne the swell
ing of his hands and their snake-hke
palms. They looked "raw" and infamed,
and the scaly surface was singularly like
a snakes belly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10

1t was sold at auction some years ago.
The book which secured the highest offer
was a Hebrew Bible in the possession Of
the vatican. In 1912 the Jews of Venice
proposed to Pope Julius II. to buy the
Bible. aid to Jay for it its weigat in
gold. It was so heavy that it required two
men to carry it. Indeed, it weiged 325
pounds, thus representing the value of
half million of francs(e2O, Ooo). Though
being much pressed for money, in order
to keep up the "Holy League" against
King Louis XII. of France, Julius II.
declined to part with the volume.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
DEATH OF BRO. R. A. WHITE
PoPE's CHAPEL ALLIANCE, No. 467,
Franklin Co. N. G. /.

PoPE's CHAPEL ALLIANCE, No. 49,,
Franklin Co., N. G.
At a regular meeting of-the above ALI
ance Nov. Both, 1889, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted: 4 st1s /.
WHEREAS, Bro. R. A. White, aged 81,
superintendent of the Alliance cotton gin,
F%ranklinton, N. c., on the 18th day of
November, 1889, had the misfortune to
get his hand caught in the gin, which
neeessitated the amputation of the arm
above tie elbow, and whereas, on the
second day thereafter God, in His infinite
wisdom saw fit to remove by death Bro.
White from his earthly home as we trust
to a home in glory therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we bow in humble sub
mission to the will of Him who causeth
things to work together for good to them
that love the Lord.
Resolved, That in the death of Bro.
"AAeO3 liz WI10 LAS lOSG q GIuOj OCHOICO
and faithful husband, the Alliance a worthy
member, the neighborhood a kind and
good neighbor, the community and Church
of God a highly respected citizen and
member.
ResoFved, That we do most heartily
sympathize with his family and relations
in their sad bereavements, and recon-
mend to them the grace of God, which
will enable them to bear their Affections
under all circumstances.
RESOLVED, That we who have the mercy
of God are allowed to survive our brother,
who met his death in consequence of the
sad accident above mentioned, strive to
emulate his Christian life.
RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolu-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10

elected with Hon. Thos. Gregory
Skinner for its President, who will
r~ecreate themselves until the Christ
mas holidays are over and on the lst
day of January, 1890, will meet and
agree upon a premium list to be pub
lished on or about the lst of Fehru,
airy next, and at the opening of the
next fair at that place Hon Henry
Grady, Georgia's noble son, and Col.
L. l.. Polk, of THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, may from this time hence,
forth take notice that they will be ex-
pected to be there, Providence permit
ting, when and where we wish to
make out a bill of rights. "equal to
all and special privileges to none"
had the pleasure of meeting the breth-
rem and quite a number of the noble
sisters at their hall (Nicanor) Per
quimans county, on the 10th inst, and
it affords me exquisite pleasure to
state that they are fully aroused and
are in good working trim, and could
you meet them and share their gener
Gus hospitality, l know you would re-
peat your visit among them. Hon.
John D. Parker, ex-Representative, is
one of their number, and is an Ali
anceman, inside and out, and from
top to bottom. He has a hog 8 years
old, estimated to weigh, by the middle
of January next, $50 or 900 pounds.
1t is surely a mammoth hog.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10

tons be spread upon the record of the
Alliance, a copy to the bereaved family
n a copy to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
for publication
A. L. ALLEN,
CALVIN PRITcHARD,
F. NJ. SToNE,
Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
u11ANcE NOTES

r.Iwavs give the=name and number of
LAIT Nance, your postofice and your
your plainly, when you, write to the
county, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Preslto - Chairman of Executive Com
Agtne Of the State Alliance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-10
UNCLEAN CURRENCY.
How To Improve the : bominabie Conc
ton of Our Money.

How TO Improve the Nbominabfe CondI-
ton of Our Money.
The condition of the large portion OF
the Government currency now in cir
culation-greenbacks and silver GER
tiicates-is simply abominable. The
bills are badly worn. torn, ragged,
greasy and rank smelling. Can't some
thing be done to remedy this? The
present condition OF the National bank
currency is bad enough, but it is far
superior TO the Government currency.
Neither the banks nor individuals will
voluntarily send il to the Treasury De-
pGrtment at Washington for redemp-
ton in clean, new bills for several rea-
sons, viz, labor ana expense required
for it; loss of the us of the money for
several days; loss that might arise
from counterfeit bills that the Treas
ury experts might discover among the
bills sent in for redemption. 1t might
be said in reply: We'll. now. it is
very easy to find fault; but what's your
practicable remedy?n
In answer the following remedy is
proposed by Mr.. !. II. Newton in the
Springfield Republican; Let the pres
ent bank examiners. or special agents
appointed for this purpose. be author
lied and directed to enter all the Ma
tional banks and require all the Gov
eminent currency each bank has on
hand TO be delivered to them for ex-
animation. Let the currency that is
clean and in good condition be returned
TO the bank, and have the balance sent
to the Treasury Department, after
punching holes through all the bills
so sent, to render them useless, doing
this in the presence of one or more
officers of the bank, and then giveithe
bank a draft on the United States
Treasury for the amount so Cancelled.
in case any question should arise over
an alleged counterfeit bill, then have
it sent to the Treasury Department for
a critical examination and decision.
IL it proves to be a genuine bill, then
send the bank a new one for it, other
wise let the bank lose it. and be
educated" thereby to be more
careful about taking in counterfeit
bills in the future. This would assist
the Government in ferreting out
counterfeiters. By this, or a similar
method. the Government currency
could gbe kept in a good, clean and
healthy condition. The National bank
currency might be treated in the same
way if thought advisable. A similar
method might also be pursued for
keeping the coinage of the country in
good condition. Coins weighing below
a certain fixed standard, and at the
anne time above another lower fixed
standard, should be redeemed by the
Government at par value, while coins
falling below the second standard
should be redeemed as bullion only.
If. In addition TO the above, all the
banks and moneyed institutions were
required to wash or cleanse all the
coins they received before paying them
out again, all danger from transmit
ting contagious diseases would be re-
moved, and then we would have all the
money of the country in a clean, sweet,
healthy and quite perfect condition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-10
HOME AND FARM.

IF the farmer saves his own seed,
care should be taken in its selection.
1t should be the earliest, the largest
and the best.
AS soon as the peach and pear
crops are off cultivate among the trees
to kill out the grass and weeds, in Or
der to save labor next season.
Chocolate Cookies: One cup OF
sugar, two cups of butter, two eggs
and flour enough to roll; roll thin and
sprinkle with sugar before baking.
"A poor. old moving machine had
TO worry along with loss of time try
ing to get good work out of it-throw
it aside and get one capable of doing
full days work.
Baked Cabbage: Cut the cabbage
in pieces aud boil till tender in sailed
water, when cold chop finely. add two
beaten eggs, little butter, pepper and
salt and two tiblespoonfuls of cream,
stir together and bake till brown in a
buttered dish; serve hot.
Foam Pudding Sauce: One teacup
| of sugar, two-thirds OF a cup of butter,
one teaspOonful of -four, three gills of
boiling water. Beat together. till
smooth. the sugar, butter and flour;
place over the fire and stir in the
boiling water Flavor with lemon. -
Household.
Bran is one of the best foods for
cows that are expected to calve in a
month or more. Bran abounds in
phosphates, and will largely con-
tribute to the growth of bone in the
embryo calf Many cases of abortion in
cows arise from lack of a proper sup
| ply of the necessary food elements that
support the dam and young.
Rats are among the worst enemies
that the poultry-breeder has to con-
/ tend with. They are ever on the alert
and ready for any kind of mischief,
and from the time the egg is laid un-
Til the chick is fully feathered it is one
continual battle for the ownership; and
if the breeder relaxes his vigilance for
"A moment, the rats will be likely to
come out first besto
-Jellied Grapes: One-third Of a
cup of rice, two cups of grapes. one
half cup OF water and two spOOnfuls of
sugar Sprinkle the rice and sugar
among the grapes while placing them
in deep dish. Pour on the water.
cover closely and simmer two hours
slowly in the oven; serve warm, as
sauce. or cold. as pudding. If served
warm as pudding, increase slightly the
proportion of rice and sugar The
| Home.
The best food for young turkeys is
an omelet made fresh every day as fol-
lows: One pint OF sweet milk, two
eggs well beaten, all stirred together
and cooked in a shallow saucepan.
After a few days season with little
black pepper, which acts as tonic.
In about ten days thicken the mixture
with the crumbs of soft egg bread, and
when the turkeys are a month old let
pan of fresh milk come to a boil,
break some egg-bread into it and let it
cook until it thickens. Farm and
/ Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-10
Trying 10 DO Too mu-h.

Nothing can be more useful to a man
than the determination not TO be hur
ried. The popular idea that mans
prosperity or his usefulness depends
upon the amount Of his business is not
a correct one. Here. as everywhere
else, quality coaats for more than
quantity The most successful man is
not he who is always doing. Ask an
old merchant how to succeed. and he
will tell you: do not try to do toe
much. We make merchandise OF oGc-
selves in order to satisfy our constantly
expanding volume OF want the meas
ure. as we are told. OF civilization. The
moro wants we are unable TO refuse the
more civilized we become. If this be
civilization, let us go back TO barbar-
ism at once. We are rich and bus
ter people. but we are politically, indi-
vidually and socially less independent
people than were Americans OF two
generations ago. Leisure IS necessary
to democracy. With no leisure there
can be no intelligence, and without in
telligence democracy can not exist. "A.
II. Peters. in Forum.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-10
Sailing BUTTER.
Never Forget That salt Has No Amnlty

Never Forget That salt Has No AflnIty
for Tat.
Fat readily absorbs odors. but it does
not absorb salt. So salt absorbs odors.
aud should therefore be kept entirely
away from them. 1t is often spoiled
for dairy use because it is not so kept.
But il does not penetrate fats. 1t
really unites with the water in the
butter and becomes brine, and the
brine. though oil and water will not
mix, adheres to the butter granules
in fine drops, and fills the interstices,
but never penetrates the solid, com
pact fat. The fryer always shows the
brine in small drops, like dew. 1t is not
spread evenly over the polished steel
because of the fat adhering to it. Some
very interesting as well as instructive
experiments have been made with salt
by Prof. w. NJ. Hays, at the Minnesota
Agricultural Experiment Station. He
found that even the merest film OF
butter was impervious to salt. He
tried different thicknesses of butter,
all with the same result. 1t is salt
proof. The only way tina. it remains
in butter to flavor it is purely mechau-
ical. 1t can be mixed with butter, but
never blends with it, 1t is always me-
chanically held in the minute spaces
between the butter granules The
smaller the granules, the more thor
oughly can the brine be distributed
through it. The Importance of this is
self-evident How can it best be even
ly distributed throughout the mass?
Washing aud sailing butter while it
remains in small granules is the COM
nonsense way of doingit. II the but
ter is gathered before sailing, it is
hardly possible to salt as evenly, by
any amount of working. as it easily
can be if the salt is applied when the
butter is in a granular condition. II
the salt is all right and at once dis
solves as it should, the butter can BIO
Immediately pressed into a solid mass
and prepared for market. This pack
ing butter directly from the churn is
becoming a common practice The
writer was recently cordially thanked
by an old maker of fancy butter for
having told her that by the granular
process there is no need of a second
working. and she could at once pack
her butter for market. A trial had
fully satisfied her. 1t saves awor,r.
avoids iniuring the grain of the butter,
and lessons exposure to the air and
consanuent loss of flavor II d. Cur
tbs, In Farm and Fireside.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-10
Funerals N Venice.

Where is the person who. upon the
first eager introduction to the gondola,
has not felt that he is stepping into
his coffin when. with scant grace. he
creeps into the black cabin of the
1.-the black boat? With me the i'm
preston was perhaps deepened he
cause in our passage up the canal we
twice made way for a funeral process
sion bound for the island cemetery to
the north of the city. The one funer-
al was that Of girl She lay under
a blue pail in the middle of the boat.
a crown Of white flowers, symbolical
OF her virginity. being over the pail.
The other was a youth. whose tender
age was marked by the crimson pail.
Both were lanked by tall candles.
After the bodies came the friends in
other gOndolas, priests in violet. and
acolytes in scarlet. The sun blazed
upon all from the blue heavens. so
that even this dolorous scene, enacted
on the smooth purpled water. between
the high widowed old .'palazzi." was
not wholly melancholy. - Cornhill
Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-10
OHIO MOUND RELICS.
A Gigantic Man Buried Alongside Colos-
sal Panther.


Soon after the LIST of March left for
Southern Ohio to collect relics TO be
placed on loan exhibition in the Smith
sOnian institute at Washington Dur
ing the last two months eleven large
mounds have been opened and their
contents taken to the museum and
placed on exhibition.
These mounds vary i'm height from
eight to thirty feet, are generally con-
zeal in shape. and contain all the way
from 800 to 10000 square yards of
dirt. They were built by the aborig-
ines OF. this country hundreds of years
ago TO serve as burial places for the
distinguished dead. They are gener-
ally placed near some stream in "a
valley and not unfrequently on high
points of land. which command
a good view of the country, but
the larger ones are in the valleys.
These mounds are usually composed of
clay. sometimes of sand, and often
have layers of charcoal or burnt clay
in them. These layers are often as
brightly colored as if they had been
painted.
The first mound opened was on
rather high ground, the third river
terrace. This mound was Is feet
high. 90 feet wide and 10 feet long.
1t took six men eight days to dig
through. When about twenty feet
from the eastern edge we came upon a
thick layer of burned bone. This
layer was six inches thick and the
width of the trench. The ashes of
which it was composed were either
resultant from animal or human bones.
we could not tell which, but at any
rate, whether animal or human, it
must have taken thirty or forty skele-
tons Gf cremated) to have made that
many ashes.
About five feet above this layer, or
nine feet from the summit of the
mound, was a skeleton e very large
individual which had buried by the
side of it the bones of Il
panther. Whether the person had
killed the panther aud il was buried
with him as an honor or whether the
panther had killed the individual
can not say. This, much, however,
can be said, that in forty three mounds
opened no find of this nature has been
made. Ii is therefore quite interest
ing and important The skull of this
panther was very large. teeth very
long and sharp. II would take a
mound-builder Of a great deal of nerve
to attack beast Of this size If he had
nothing but a stone Ratchet and bow
and arrows to defend himself with. So
if he did kill the panther he is GER
talnly entitled to great deal of credit.
just below this skeleton and lying on
the layer of buried bones was a medi-
um-sized parsonage who had buried
around his neck, Be .ween his upper
and lower jaw, one hundred and forty
seven bone and shell beads. The shell
beads were made fem the thick part
OF couch and Vyrula shells These
shells must ha been carried from the
Atlantic ocean, as they are ocean
shells and not found inland, or the
tribe TO which the man belonged may
have traded with tribes near the ocean
and thereby got the beads. Cincinnati
Commercial-Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-10
PICTURESQUE HOLLAND.
Charming Couhtry Full of StranI
Sights and Honest People.

Charming Coudtry Full of Strange
Sights and Honest People.
Holland is a charming country and
deserves more time from the tourist
than it ordinarily gets. A land so
fresh and sweet and clean, the canals
with picturesque windmills all along
their banks, the red tile roofs powered
in green, the fat, contented-looking
horses and cattle, the comfortable ap-
pearance of the people, and their
houses, the mountains Of cheese and
butter, fresh rolls and tempting vege-
tables, and the thorough kindness and
honesty of the people constitute a re-
freshing contrast to one accustomed to
city ways. ! believe it is impossible
to find poor bread and butter or an I'M
tidy room and bed in Holland, and
after series of struggles with the
lordly hotel clerk barons In America,
what luxury it is to be received by u
kind y-faced man who does not look as
if he knew every thing in the world
and little more, TO be given a large.
wcll-furnished, home-like room, an
appetizing meal, to be treated with
marked courtesy and to feel as if you
were making a visit to your uncle in
the country. In America if you take
dinner it costs you $3.50; if
you lack that much of complet-
ing the day then it is worth
only 80 cents in allowing for it.
and every thing is based on the plan
of making traveller pay for some
thing he hasn't received. In Holland
the bill is generally less than one ex-
poets and the little customary gratuity
is most cheerfully given. And then
did you ever hear of a cab driver who
looked as gentlemanlv as parson or
professor who would drive you
about town for an hour, who did not
claim any extras for overtime and
who would be perfectly satisfied with
35 cents and 5 cents for pourboire?
| They have them in Holland. Our
average waiter in America is a colored
man who wears a slouchy dress-coat.
carries towel that often looks as If
it had been used for a door-mat. and
has trousers and shoes that would befit
a tramp. The Holland waiter is so
neat and gentlemanly-lOoking that it
seemed almost an insult to give him
an order for a meal. and more than
once it was impossible to avoid the
impression that some substantial BUSH
ness man of the place was addressing
us. The maid servants with their
tidy caps and aprons. always the same
whether seen in the shop, house og
street, are really an artistic feature OF
every place, and are enough in them
selves to make the country attractive,
for they seem to represent the univer-
sal cleanliness and wholesomeness of
this paradise for haters of dirt.-Cor.
Chicago Journal.