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

TINE eight new Senators who will
take their seats when Congress
meets in December, will make the
Senate stand thirty-fve Republicans
to thirty-nine Democrats, provided
the Montana contest is favorable to
the latter. Under the Constitution
the Senate must be divided as nearly
as NAV be into three equal classes
the terms expiring two years apart.
Three of the new Senators will have
terms expiring in 81, three In '93'
and two in 95, and the length OF their
terms will be decided by lot. When
Colorado was admitted slips Of paper
were numbered and put in a hat to be
drawn by the two Senators to decide
their fortune. Senator Teller then
cot a term of but four or five months
because the term of the class with
which fate cast his lot had almost ex-
pired. This seemed like hard luck,
but by having a term that expired so
soon he was thrown back upon the
same Legislature that first elected
MIN LOT f6-010C61On1 oAN 81 81"
terms, a long one and a very short
one. Some such thing may happen
to some of the new Senators If in
any case the Legislatures hold over
for two years. However, they will
have to trust to luck for their assign
ments. With the West Virginia
cases in their present condition, the
House, without the members from
the new States, has l64 Republican
and a l6l Democrats. There have
been five deaths: Cox, Democrat;
Gray, Democrat; Laird, Republican;
Nutting, Republican, and T~ownshend,
Democrat. These do not change the
status of the parties at all, as the de-
ceased members will be succeeded by
a member of his own party in each
case. The FIVE Representatives from
the new States add that much to the
Republican majority, giving them l69
members-a majority of 8; but only
two more than q quorum.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29
"THE COTTON BAGGINGC CRAZE

FINDER the above caption the
u wise and eminently practical
Charleston News and Courier has the
following to say:
"The Boston Commercial Bulletin is
published in the interest of manufac-
turers, and, as a general thing, its
statements upon any subject in which
the farmers of the South are con-
cerned should be taken with a table
spoonful of salt. But the Commercial
Bulletin has been laboring with the
cotton and jute bagging problem and
has made some discoveries which will
be of interest at this time. 1t says,
for instance, that "the cotton bagging
craze seems likely to end with the.
current year." and that lutte bagging
is steadily crushing down its rivals"
Pine straw bagging," we are told,
"burns like touchwood," "will not
stand the hooks, and, to some extent
it stains the cotton" Some of the
cotton> bagging," we are further in
formed, "notsbly that manufactured
by the Lane Mills, of New Orleans,
forms an excellent covering, but much
of the cotton bagging is merely a
coarse sort of drill which gives way
at the slightest strain" and while ad-
hitting that there is "a place for
properly manufactured cotton bag
ging," the Commercial Bulletin ex-
presses the opinion that "its price
stands in the way"
But this is not all nor the half that
the Commercial Bulletin says. In the
1ase Of its own positive assertion that
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29
U IS IN COTTON.

Much has been said recently in the
public prints about rust in cotton, and
in the spring there was a general COM
plant issued against blight, as the de-
stroyer of the apple crop.
Nodoubt these enemies to the farmer
have been busy enough in many places,
for a number of the rusts or uredine@
and the blights, OF ustilagine@, are
fearfully destructive, and I have seen
much of their work this summer in
the grain fields and on the pastures,
but | think most of the injuries to
cotton and apples, as referred, are,due
this year to minute insects.
These insects are &C comparatively new
corners, or rather their relatives were
hardly known in this section ten years
since. They have probably been i'm
ported largely with exotic plants and
fruit trees from Northern nurseries.
The attack on cotton charged to
rust is largely the work of a small
mite, or what is called North, the
"red spider" sc well known and so
troublesome to all florists there.
The loss of our apple crop through
this section is due to a minute beetle,
well-known North and West as a most
dreadful enemy to the apple grower,
but hardly noticed among our nursery
men until the last few years. Its
ravages, which have been very sweep
ing in our part OF the State, have been
ascribed to blight.
Both of these insects are we'll known
to American entomologists; their
modes of attack have been fairly
described, and remedies have been
suggested for ~destsoying them and
reducing the heavy losses they occa-
sion. It is too late in the session now
to describe the enemy or t prescribe
remedies with any beneficial result.
Not a number of your excellent
monthly appears without containing
articles which indicate that our farm
ers in every section are fighting
against unknown foes as well as
against odds. These facts appear
even more frequently in u weekly
and daily papers, and they all indi-
cate the wisdom of our Legislature in
providing for an experiment station.
Such enemies as rust and smut are
yet not at all understood, and there is
a crying need for farmers institutes
in order that whatever is known of
improved methods, mean and sappli-
ances, etc. may be disseminated prac-
tically and effectually among the peo-
pie. Far too little is known of agri-
culture as a science or art; but much
of what has been long and well estab-
lished as truth has not been practiced
by our farmers, because they have
not seen it illustrated or it's utility
clearly proven. Let us have the in
stitutes to be conducted as a part of
the new experiment station, and in
connection with the State agricultural
departnent.-Sowtherm CuttaUator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Rey.fC. N. Donaldson, of -Virs
ginia, formerly pastor OF the Fourth
street Baptist Church, of Norfolk, has
accepted a calf to the pastorate of the
Baptist Church in Winston, NC;
. Gen. Green b. Raum, of Illinois,
formerly Commissioners of Internal
Revenue, has been appointed successor
to James Tanner, late Commissioners
of Pensions, and has assumed the
duties of the Office.
A debating society of Freder-
icksburg, Pa, has come to the conclu-
sion that q "cross and clean woman
does not make a better wife than a
dirty and good natured one."- A
questionable decision.
DR.. Huntington is. reported to
have remarked, on the floor of the
recent Episcopal Convention; that
/" when a man cannot<express himself
in ffteenlminutes it. is tine for him to
returnsto the study of English"
Mr.. Edward Il. .Ammidown,
ah eminent protected manufacturer
and importer Of cheap. labor, has re-
signed the Presidency ofthe American
Tariff League. The vacancy can be
readily supplied, as there are, in the
League plenty more left Of the same
sort.
= The last lie of the jute men,.
SAYS the National Economist, "Iis to the
effect that the cotton bagging is taken
from the bale and j6te substituted at
the city congresses. However we'll
stuckfto, this is simply a lie. Cotton.
covered bales go through and on ship:
board without discrimin alton !" =
= New York Is getting on rather
slowly with her Worlds Fair boom;
the first subscription to which-$20,-
00oh5was received or Tuesday last
from Hill Bros, Broadway miAiners.
However, the committee expressed
the hope that they would be able to
raise at least SIS, 900, 900 by the end
of the week. a.. ,l:.
- For ten years the. peach crop
in. Connecticut has been a failure,
and peach growing, before that time
was a profitable industry, has been
nearly abandoned. But this year the
peach trees bear abundantly, and the
quality of the fruit is fine. The
scientists cannot explain either the
cause of failure Or of renewed vir-
idity and abundance.
Last week the members Of the
New York Cotton Exchange voted on
the proposition to report the present
system of inspection and classification
of cotton. A vote was cast to sseer-
tain the feeling of the members on
the matter. The Board of Managers,
after consultation on Monday de-
cided to let. the system now; IN use
prevail for the present.
= The Philadelphia Record, refer
ring to the Fayetteville Centennial
celebration, which occurs next month,
mentions the fact that Washington
had been inaugurated and a cabinet
chosen before North Carolina gave
her approval to the instrument, but
adds that she was not the last State
to ratify the constitution, both Yer
mont and Rhode Island having fol-
lowed her.
In 1885 John Ankrum, a we'll,
known farmer of Marshal, Iowa, re-,
ceived from the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington a pint of winter
wheat that was highly recommended.
In 1887 he harvested three pecks
from his pint, and in 1888 from his
three pecks he raised nine bushels.
This year his nine bushels have de-
veloped into a crop of 200 bushels or
more of an extra quality of hard
winter wheat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29

Col. Harry Tracy is now in
Washington City.
Read the State Business Agents
card in this issue. 1t is. important.
The exact number of Alliances in
the State, up to Saturday, Oct. 26th,
was 1898.
Secretary G. M. Heath, of ALI.
ance No. 1888, notifies us of the death
of Bro. Jas. L. Burnes, which occurred
on The 18th inst. in the 3Oth year OF
his age.
spanish Grove Alliance, No. STA,
notifies THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER that,
on the l4th of September, they &C.
cepted and adopted the Act incorporat.
ing the State and Sub-Alliances.
Bro. W. N. Hanna writes to in.
form US of the death of Bro. J. M.
Lineberger, who was accidentally
shot on the 4th of October. He was
a member of Bethesda Alliance, No.
l,43l, and was 46 years of age.
The County Alliance of Charles
County, Md, met on the 18th inst.
Although the farmers were very busy
seeding wheat, the county as well
represented by good and earnest men
The future of the Alliance in that
county is safe.
"A note from Toluca Alliance
Cleveland county, says: eve are but
young yet, but we have some good
Alliance men among our members
| Since we were organized we have
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29
The Washington Econ

The Washington Economist says: A
conference was in session at the State
Department last week in which all the
maritime nations of the world were
represented. The object of the con-
ference is to discuss ways and means
of avoiding disaster on the sea. The
already great and rapidly increasing
intercourse between continent and
continent demand every protection
against the dangers of the sea. This
international conference is an impor-
tant nov which may result in much
benefit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29

= J. L. Ramsey is u authorized
agent, to receive subscriptions and
advertisements for The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. 80 -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29

~. Our friends in writingSto' any OF
our advertisers, will favor us bymennon-
log the fact that they saw the advertise
ment in TIE PROGRESSIVE FARMHR.
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no Won want your communication pub
1ished9 IF 50, give us your real name
Ead your p~ostofhce.
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Do you want your paper changed TO
mother officer State the M at which
Eou have been getting, it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29

~ The date on your label tells you
when your time il out. 4
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29
ALLIANCE NOTES.

ALWAYS give the name and number of
your Alliance, your p~ostofice and your
county, plainly, when you write to the
President Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance.]
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
A Useless "NOtice. ("

The Commissioners Of Logan ooun.
ty have caused notice to be served
upon Recorder Garrett, informing him
that he must do so. and-so, and not do
this-and-that, etc. As the Auditor
and Recorders duties are prescribed
by law. Mr.. Garrett will probably
endeavor to obey the law without
regard to the "order" of the Logan
Commissioners. Some men when
"clothed in a little brief authority
play tricks before high heaven which
make the angels weep" and ou'
official neighbors over the count.
line seem to be Of that class
They would probably appoint tn
Presidents Cabinet for him, if the.
were all of one political party.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
A Bit Of Human Nature.

It was at The Dalles. A dear,
good old lady came into the depot
with her daughter. She was very
nervous. Some great weight seemed
TO be on her mind. Throwing her
eyes around in q fdgety manner, she
walked straight up to the ticket
agent and asked:
"When does the next train 60 to
Portland9" >,
"The next train goes at 2:1O," said
the agent.
"Is that the 6rst train9"
ayes, the very first train"
"Isn't there any freights?"
"No, madame"
"Isn't there a special?"
"No, no special"
"If there was . special would yor
know it-would your"
| "Certainly, madame"
"And there ain't any9"
"No."
"I'm awful glad" said the old lad,
as she took off her glasses and said T.
her daughter: SHOW, Marian, W
CAN CROSS THE TRACK"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
:NucA wsol shipped Via Blaokfest. q

:Nuch Weol shipped Via Blaokfoet. q
The Rogers Brothers have CON-
menoed the work Of shearing their
sheep for the annual CLIP. They
have big job on their hands, this
year, owing to the rapid increase OF
their flocks. Year before last they
realized 5000 from their. wool; last
year Gil. 900; but this year they ex'
poet to realize over $4,000 from the
sale of their wool. Their aocks are
in Custer county, and they ship thei'
wool via Blackfoot, a. they get bet
ter through rate to Boston by Black
foot than they can get from Woo
River. A
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
Not a California Bear.

Anybody can catch cold thi'-k'nd
Of weather. The trouble is to let 90,
like the man who caught the bear.
We advise our readers to purchase OF
J. A. Rupert bottle of Santa Abie'
the California King Of CONSUMPTION,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs and
Group Cures, and keep it handy
'Tis pleasing to the taste and death to
the above complaints. Sold at sl.oo
. bottle or three for $3.50. Cai'forms
Ca..R.Cure give. immediate relief
The Catarrhal virus is soon displaces
by its healing and penetrating nature
Give it q trial. Six months 'reatmen
Isl.oO; sent by mail sl.lo.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
ALeap.Erog Challenge.

The Silver State says the girls OF
Lovelocks are experts at leap.frog and
show much agility at the game, and
will probably challenge tho ladies Of
Winnemucca to compete with them.
The Carson Tribune advises the Love
lock damsels to try the Carson girls,
and if they can display more agility
(whatever that may mean) than those
Of the Capital, their passage will be
paid from and to their homes.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
New Orlesuists on the salmon.

About IS tourists who came from
New Orleans in = body are stopping
at the Salmon River Hot Springs,
about four miles from Challis. They
are enjoying themselves hugely, and
intend to remain all summer. They
say that their report will be SO favor
able that next summer at least LOO
persons will come from New Orleans
alone, to summer at the Springs.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
raE SECOND DISTRICT COURT.

Tweaty .ulnth Day Of the May, 1889,
Term-Ris Honor H. W. Weir, c. j.,
Presiding.
Krause W Krause.--Decree OF d.
vorce granted plaintiff.
Work Bros & Co vs. w P Callahan
and J c Ford ct al, intervenors.--
Case on trial before jury.
is Childs ct al vs. T j Edgingtor
ct al.-Jurat ordered, nunc pro tune
and defendants have three days from
date to verify their answers or to fill
anne ended answers.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
How to Tell q Woman's Age.

How to Tell q WOman's Age.
Girls of . manageable age do not
like to tell how old they are, but the
Reading Telegram says , on can lind
out by following the subjoined in
structions, the young lady doing the
figuring: Tell her to put down the
number of the month in which she
was born, then to multiply it by 2,
then to add s, then to multiply it by
so, then to add her age, then to sub
tract 395, then to add lis, then tel
her to tell you the amount she hal
left. The two figures to the righ
will tell you her age, and the remain
der the month of her birth. For ex
ample, the amount is s22. She is 2;
years old and was born in the eight
month (August). Try it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
An AbyOln ute Cure.

The Original Abietine Ointment is
only put up in large two-ounce tin
no xes. and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, ehapped hands,
and all skin erupt,ons. Will posi-
t,vely cure all kinds of piles. Ask
for the Original Abietine Ointment
>old by 5. A. Rupert ut % cents pei
box-by mail 30 cents.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
LOCAL JOTTINaS.

am S<Auo& p0SoSAo ou"
.hirts At cost. GEoRGE KRIxG.
&c. Fox sells ladies', misses aud
eaildren's shoes at Eastern prices.
A carload Of pipe for the Ketchum
water works passed up the road, yes
terday.
Come and examine the Woodbury.
Frui. Jar, and you will use no other.
10. GEORGE KR1Ea.
Thomas Strahorn and Thomas
Tracy and wife arrived from Chicago
to-day. They are registered at the
Alturas.
II YOU desire the best and cheapest
Zoe on Wood River, see A. M. Fur
dunn or leave orders at Whitman y
Walkers store.
SAM. M1LLsAPs.
Hon. G. S. Varian left to-day for
Salt Lake City. He liked it so WE'LL
up here, that he stayed two days
longer than necessary.
Mrs. Sarah Roach will keep for
sale, to families and Others, all kinds
of6ue pastry, bread, etc. Her estso'
lishmeut is at Rupert's corner.
Now is good time to order YOU
Dress Suits Tor the HALEY Springs
Hotel opening. IT you delay, yo'
NAV be too late. 4. ANDERSON,
The Tailor.
Go to w. S. Mack's to have you
house, sign and carriage painting
paper. han xing. calcimining, ETC., done
and carpets taken UP and relaid.
want to close out my entire stoc
OF summer goods, and am therefor
giving great bargains in that line.
'"~e-'' ELoF ANDERSON.
Master Frank BurkhaEt arrived t.
.dsv from San Francisco, where he a
landed the public schools during tn
p.st wear. He will probably c'e'
for bis father, at the mill and 'umo'
yard.
A gang OF sheep. shearers arrive
from Oregon, day before yesterda
.nd vent on to the Pah Simari vale
ii. K.,chum. They were under co
,r.ct TO shear the $4,000 sheep b
longing to Dave Woods.
Halt. a. carload of heavy copp
wire was received to-day, it hav'
been only eight days on the v
from Chicago. 1t will be stretch
from the river to the springs in til
-. ..o,.,;no. on the 10th inst.
W. call the attention Of our read
IN the advertisement of the "Steal
Wind Mill Co." in another co'u"
II is warranted to be the best
most durable mill made. They vi
a reliable agent here and offer g
Inducements to the right man.
Next Sunday there viii! be mass
ST Charles church, in this CITY,
and 10 O'Clock q. m, school az P
Also, sermon in Bellevue Sa' g
church At 8 o'clock p. IN. On .
Az June 16, mass at Broadford
,p: 5 and sermon in HALEY
the same hours.
Wa. Presiden, Holcomb, Gen
Manager Cumming aud ooPe'' Nv
,sn. Rap-lje. Of the Union Union r =
railway, ran up the WOOD Woo, n
branch Thursday, and stopped
long enough to visit the h.,sy
Springs. They were as,onl'eea
delighted with them, and promise
do What they could to induce '0o
20 visit them. =.
W.kefulness at night IS %
S.x.n.rAN NERvINE cures ~
h.nco il blessing. AT d'usl
"When ws say that sAAAk
NrRv1Sr cures rheumatism we
;t"-Frisoo Journal. AT drug
Cnred one of my patients q.
l.osy, and also greatly p ben n, y
for paralysis. Dr.; I. bE1 y"
" Roseville, Warren Co..
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
The Worst Gaze of Scrofula Cnred.
Cnticura Remedies.

Cure every species Of asonizinR. humilnting, Itch
ing, burning. scaly, and pimply diseases Of thu
skin. scalp, and blood. with loss Of hair, from
pimples tn scrofuls, except, possibly, ttchyosis.
Sold everywhere Price, CurICURA, &C.,; SOAP
26c.; RRsoivENT, 81. Prepared by the PorrEl
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boston.
~ Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases" q
pages, so illustrations. end 100 tsstimonials.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
Seeds I Seeds E! 4! Seeds ~!

A large stock of GRASS sEEDs-a'
kiuds-just received by the
CorTIs HARDWARE COMPANY,
HALEY aud Bellevue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
LETTER LIST.

Ii, Of L....rs r.n.inins IL tho 5an: 1870.
pestolncs for tAe vssx ,ssss Letter. win please
Psssons calling e. any OF
Az "Advsstissd." p.<,,ct
Bssers. Mr. Geo vsrdict Mrs EdA
Brancs. ,s, Harrington Conneiiy
Dos's'' GUY HAMMER. Postmaster
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
Ice Cream and Cakes,

Every day and evening, at Mrs
Rosch's Bakery and Restaurant.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
Alturas County Warrants Mt Par.

Alturas county warrants, drawn
against the current expense fund,
received at par at this office, in pay
ment of subscription or advertising
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
PlMPlES TO SCROFULA.
A Positive Cure for Every Skin, Scalp,
and Blood Disease Except
Ichty0sis.

Rseriasls 6 Years. Head, arms, and breast
solid scab. Back covered with sores Best
Doctors and medicines fail, Cured BY Cnti.
cura Remedies at cost Of 1915.
have used the CCTrcuRA RrkEp1Es with the
best results. used two bottles Of the CurlcrRA
REsoLvHNT, three boxes Of CuTIcuRA, and one
cake of Cpr1cuRA SOAP, and am cured Of ter.
rtbls skin and scalp disease known - psoriasis.
had 1t for eight years. 1t would get better and
worse Al times Sometimes my head would be q
solid scab, and was at the time began the use Of
the CrrlouRA REMEDIES. My arms were covered
With scabs from my elbows to shoulders. my breast
with sores varying in size from penny to dollar
| I had doctored with all the best doctors with nc
relief, and used many different medicines without
effect. Ny case was hereditary. and began e
ARCHER RUSSELL,
/ naahlar Ohio.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08
Skin Disease 0 Years Cured.

Skin Disease U Years Cured.
am thankful to say that have used the Curl
ouaA RrMrp1Es for about eight months with great
success and consider myself entirely cured Of salt
rheum, from which have suffered for six years.
tried nuMcer Of medicines and two OF the best
doctors In the country, hut found nothing that
would effect . cure until used your remedies.
MRS. A. McCLAFLlN, Morette. Mo.
The Worst Gaze Of Scr0fula Cnred.
We have been selling your cuTIcuaA REMEDIES
for years, and have the first complaint yet to re-
eelve from purchaser. One OF the worst cases Of
Scrofala ever saw was cured by the use Of i've
bottles Of CurIcuRA RKsoLvRNT. CurIouhA, snt
CUy1CURA soar.
TAYLOR L TAYLOR. Druggists,
Frankfort, Kansas.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-08

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