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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
SEWING ON

when I get a bright idea, I always
want to pass it along" said a lady, as she
watched a young girl sewing. "Do
your buttons ever come of, Lena?"
"Ever? They're always doing it.
They are ironed off, washed off, and pulled
off until 1 despair. I seem to shed but
tons at every STEP"
"Make use of these two hints when
you are sewing them on, then, and see if
they make any difference: When you
begin, before you lay the button on the
cloth, put the thread through so that the
knot will be on the right side. That
leaves it under the button, and prevents
it from being worn or ironed away, and
thus beginning the loosening process.
"Then, before you begin sewing, lay a
large pin across the button, so that all
your threads will go over the pin. After
you have finished filling the holes with
thread draw out the pin and wind your
thre ad round and round beneath the but
ton. That makes a compact stem to sus-
tain the possible pulling and wear of the
~buttonhole.
1T is no exag geration to say that my
buttons never come off, and I'm sure
yours won't if you use my method of
sewing Youths Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
THE cURIos1TIEs OF TASTE,

A psychologist, discoursing on the
sense of taste, says: "Strictly speaking,
with the tip of the tongue one can't really
taste at all. If you put a small drop Of
honey or oil Of bitter almonds on that
part of the mouth you will find, no doubt
to your great surprise, that it produces no
effect Of any sort; J GU only taste it when
it begins slowly to diffuse itself and
reaches the true tasting region in the
middle distance. But If you put a little
cayenne or mustard On the same part you
will find that it bites you Immediately
the experiment should be tried sparingly
while if you put it lower down in the
mouth you will swallow it almost with
out noticing the pungency of the stimu-
liant. The reason is that the tip of the
tongue is supplied only with nerves which
are really nerves Of touch, not nerves of
taste proper; they belong to a totally
different branch and they go to a different
center in the brain, together with the very
similar threads which supply the nerves
Of smell for mustard and pepper. That is
why the smell and taste of these pungent
substances are so much alike, as every
body must have noticed, a good sniff at
a mustard pot producing almost the same
Irritating effects as an incautious mouth
ful."-NeUGrk Sunday Call.
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FORTY PROVERBS OF THE SEA.

He who would learn to pray should go
to sea.
When one falls into the sea he stays
there.
When you walk, pray once; when you
go to sea, pray twice; when you go to
be married, pray three times.
Women are ships and must be manned.
The sea refuses no river.
All the rivers go to the sea, and it never
oyerruns.
The sea is not soiled because a dog stirs
it up.
To a drunk man the sea only reaches
to the knees.
If the sea boiled, where would one go
to find water to cool it?
What comes by starboard goes by lar
board.
Being at sea, sail; being on land, settle.
He that will not sail till he have a full,
fair wind will lose many a voyage.
Unless you have the wind astern you
must know how to navigate.
You cannot sail as you would, but as
the wind blows. EF
In a calm sea, every man Is a pilot.
To a rotten ship every wind is contrary.
What fear would we have of the waves
who had Noah for a pilot2 ..s.-
Every sea, great as it is, grows calm.
A large ship needs much water.
Where the ship can 60 the ~brigantine
can go.
1t is easier to get away from the bank
than from the bottom.
The ship which doesn't mind her helm
will mind the hidden rocks.
He who can steer need not row..
1t will not do to have two mainmGsts
IN a ship.
Better lose an anchor han the whole
ship.
Do good and cast it into the sea; if the
fish ignore it, God will know it,
If clouds look like they had been
scratched by a hen, get ready to reef
your topssils then.
The full moor eats clouds.
He who sends a mean man to sea will
get neither fish nor salt.
Every port r in a gale.
A mariner must have his eyes on the
rocks and sands as we'll as on the north
star.
I'll goes the boat without oars.
From the boat we get to the ship.
Don't judge the ship from the land.
The freshest and sweetest fish come
from the safest sea.
No one can complain of the sea who
has been twice shipwrecked.
The sea isn't burning.
He that is embarked with the devil
must sail with him. United Service.
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TRIBUTES TO THE FAIR SEX.

Confucius-Woman is the masterpiece.
Herder-W Woman is the crown Of crea-
ton.
Voltaire-Women teach US repose,
civility and dignity.
Whlttler-If woman lost US Eden, such
as she alone can restore it.
Bulwer-To a gentleman every woman
is q lady in right of her sex.
Lamartine-There is a woman at the
beginning of all great things.
E. S. Barrett-Woman is last at the
cross and earliest at the grave.
observation-disclosures is the most perfect
when the most womanly.
Richter-No man can either live piously
or die ~righteously without a wife.
N. P. Willis The sweetest thing in
life is the uncIouded welcome of a wife.
Beecher-Women are a new race,
recrested since the world received Chris
tianity.
Voltare-AIl the r~easonings of a man
n no worth one sentiment of a woman.
Leopold Schafer-But one thing on
earth is better than a Wife-that is a
mother. '. .#~
Michelet-Woman is the Sunday of
man; not his repose only, but his JOY, the
salt of his life.
Luther-Earth has nothing more tender
than a woman's heart when it is the abode
of pity.
Shakespeare-For where is any author
in the world teaches us beauty as a wo-
mans eyes?
Margaret Fuller Ossoli-Woman is
born for love, and it is impossible to turn
her from seeking it.
Louis Desnoyers-A woman may be
ugly, ill-shaped, wicked, ignorant, silly
and stupid, but hardly ever ridiculous.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

motion, or it liked the fierce heat from
the open furnace. 1t reared itself up,
and in the hope Of frightening it | made
a kick at it, taking care, of course, not to
let my foot go within striking distance,
as my light ducks would have been no
protection against those awful faEgs. 1t
was an unfortunate demonstration; for
the snake, SO far from being intimated,
accepted the menace as a casus belli, and
advanced upon us. We were besieged.
The driver sprang out on n side of the
engine, holding on the handrail which
runs along the boiler; the fireman went
up the pile of logs behind him like q
mountain cat; "Tom" vanished from the
scene on the opposite side of the engine
to that the driver had taken, calling to me
to follow him. They were all as much at
home skipping around on the engine in
the lark as squirrels on the top branches
of a beech tree; but to MT the unfamiliar
situation was perfectly bewildering, and
being partly fascinated by the loathsome
thing, L was unable to stir, and my feet
seemed rooted to the spot. The cobra
raised itself TO strike! I tried to jump
off the engine, but I could not move. l
would have called out, but horror had
tied my tongue. The next instant I ex-
pected to receive the mortal wound, when
the fireman slipped down from the logs
behind the snake, seized it by the tail, and
flung it bodily into the furnace.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
A RIDE WITH A B r.

Snakes, says a traveller in India, very
much affect the hollow crevices of roots
OF old trees, and thus they are frequently
carried into the woodyards at the railway
stations, and thence are occasionally trans
TERED to the engine tenders. This was
exactly my case. AS the fireman took
up a log to throw it into the furnace,
gown dropped a lively cobra on to the
Leot plate. 1t was not a very large species
OF "spectacles," about four feet long: but
a one-foot hooder is quite enough to
grant a passport to the stoutest man that
ever hoped, and to frank him to that
country from whose bourne no traveller
returns. So being four human beings on
that footplate, and consequently some
what crowded, we skipped back with
much aacrity. Unfortunately, none Of
US had a stick, or the matter could sneeS-
lily have been ended. AS it was ali we
could hope for wa that the reptile would
glide off the engine and drop on to the
track. But the creature showed no in
clination to go. Either it knew the bv-
law against leaving the train while in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

Died, at her home, in Burke Co., N. c.,
Sept. 5th, 1889, after a short illness Of
only a few days, sister N. E. McGimsey.
She was born May 10th, 1852, and lived
with her husband, W. w. McGimsey,
twelve years. She was an acceptable
member Of the NJ. E. Church twenty
years. Her pious life and peaceful death
should be an example for all. She leaves
a kind husband, a father and mother and
four sweet little children to meet her one
by one on the other shore.
H. N. PAYNE, Pres't.
Preamble and res olutions pissed by
Linville Alliance, No. 453, Oct. 10, 1889:
WHEREAS, Since it has pleased Almighty
God, the Supreme Ruler of the Universe,
who is too wise to err, to remove from
US our beloved friend and sister, Mrs.
Everline McGinsey, who was a member
Of this order in good stancing, be it
Resogved, That in the person Of our
sister we recognize all the elements Of a
true member, a devoted friend and faith
full Christian woman.
RESOLVED, That in her death our ALI
ance has lost one of it's most worthy
female members.
ReSOtved, That we mourn her death as
a great loss 10 our Alliance, while to her
sainted spirit it is everlasting gain.
RESOLVED, That we deeply ~sympathize
with the bereaved parents, the lonely
husband and the dear little motherless
children who are left to mourn the loss
of such an obedient daughter, cheerful,
loving and devout wife, and gentle, pious
Christian mother.
Next in the graveyard we laid her body
beneath the cold clay and turf, dust to dust
and earth to earth. Oh, what an awful
thing to part with one we hold So near
our hearth But if we are right earnest,
and SO remain, God has said we shall meet
again. And why then should we mourn
to-day for one who could no longer stay
upon this worlds deceitful shore, but has
gone to life forever more
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN.

If 1 say to a friend in passing, "Come
around n see me o-morrOw," it is my
duty to remain at home during that day
or to send word if obliged to go out. We
nave no right tt say these things on i'm
pulse, and then waive the responsibility
they incur. It savors of moral worthless
ness and responsibility.
l once knew a gentleman who was
prone to make cordial speeches to people
in whom he really felt no interest. In a
public conveyance one Saturday morning
he encountered an acquaintance from a
neighboring city, who was journeying to
another State in company with his wife.
Now, my friend had but slight acquain,
lance with the couple, and really felt no
especial regard for them; but with an
elusive air he smiled, and said: ct wish
you were not obliged to hasten on your
way, we should be delighted to have you
stay over Sunday with u.s." To his utter
amazement the couple conferred together
and accepted his invitation with thanks.
When he arrived home with his en-
cumbrances he found that his wife had
given the servant a holiday, and that the
presence of these almost strangers would
utterly spoil the pleasure of the Sunday
dinner to. which she had invited a few
intimate friends on the day before.
What on earth made you ask those
people to come home with your" cried
the wife in d~espairing tones.
Because l never dreamed they would
accept" explained the husband.
Alas, too many invitations are given be-
cause the people are not expected to &C
cept!
l wish the expanding minds of children
could be i~noculated with the vast import
ance of sincerity in speech and action. |
wish they could be indelibly impressed
with the idea that to make ever so small
an invitation for the sake of creating a
pleasant impression upon the recipient, is
as reprehensible as passing spurious coin.
Morals are matters requiring several
generations to rectify, and human beings
grow more moral in tendency with every
century. The passions of men and we
men are vast emotions, which only the
Creator and time can control and improve.
The most strictly educated and carefully
trained men and women sometimes be-
come the most immoral in after life, and
in our search for good, whether in our
W hearts or our neighbors, we are con-
stantly surprised by stumbling upon hid
den ~propenSities for evil. We are all
working out toward something higher.
But as we go, we might help the growing
generation by teaching it to be sincere
above all things, and strictly accurate in
keeping Its word.-ENG Wheeler Wlco1.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05
IN MEMORIAM,

At a regular meeting of Pelham ALI
ance, No. 1872, held Oct. 18th, 1889, the
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the Heavenly
Father, in His allwise providence, to re-
move by death our brother, W. L. Terrell,
therefore
Resolved, That in the death Of w. L.
Terrell this Alliance has lost a good, sub
stantial brother-one devoted to the prin-
ciples of our order-his family a kind and
loving husband and father and the com
munity an upright, honorable citizen.
ResOlUed, That we will cherish the
good qualities of our brother and tender
to the bereaved family our sincere SYM
pathies.
ResoZved, That we wear the usual badge
of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tons be spread upon our minutes and
a copy be sent to THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and Caswell Mws for publica-
ton. W. G. SWAIN,
G. B. Voss,
J.. w. COLEMAN,
Committee.
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WELL INFORMED.

Simplicity of language is good, no mat
ter to whom one is speaking, but it is best
to avoid talking down." even to young
children. Every teacher finds, ooner OF
later, that children are often better in
formed than are supposed to be-.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a
dialogue overheard in q kindergarten.
The teacher was giving an elementary
object lesson.
"What is that ?" she asked, as she
touched the table.
Wood"
"And what is this ?" she added, touch
ing the fender"
"Iron."
every good! And what is this p
taking up a bottle"
"Glass."
Excellent. Now what is this p
fumbling her watch chain.
Brass" answered one of the small
boys, and with that the lesson ended.
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96Etrg.
u 70
JESSIE.

When I remark her golden mar
"Swoon on her glorious sno
1n,sryel not that sight so rare
Moth rayish all beholders;
summon hence all pretty grIs
fGp . for besuteous tresses,
ron sbalI find among their ours
Ana !oI none 40 fair as Jessie's!
- 1oss;e,s ewes are oh so blue
AN Ia fnfi of sweet revealings-
rbev seem to look you through n tnrouSn
And read your inmost feelings;
NJ hiack emil such ardent hres,
NJ ~ brown such truth expresses
Init Il all We gallant 'squires.
mhore are no eyes like Jessie's!
Nov vo,ce like liquid beams that roll
NJ Trom m0onland to the rlver)
steals subtly to the raptured soul
Therein to lie and culver; =.
Or falls upon the grateful ear
wi+b chaste and warm caresses-
LII concede the truth (who hear0
There's no such voice as Jessles
of other charms she hath such store
Ali rivalry excelling,
Though / used a. JecuVes gaIore'
THEY'D fail me in the telling;
Rnt now discretion stays my hand-
Alden. ewes, voice, and tresses
Of ali he husbands in the land
There's none so fierce as Jessle's!
Chicago News.
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70 the Brother Farmers Of the
Alliance

At the State Convention of the Alliance held
at Fayetteville. Aug. 18th, 14th and 18th, last,
the undersigned was appointed an agent for
the purpose Of aiding and promoting the
work OF bringing settlers to buy the surplus
lands OF Alliance farmers throughout the
State. All such farmers who have land to
dispose Of should send for blank forms to p.
NJ. Wilson, the State immigration Agent, who
has offered to facilitate the business.
1t would be well to give a full description
of the land for sale, together with a statement
of the lowest price for which it can be bought.
All blank forms, when filed out, and also all
other communications on the subject, should
be addressed to me, in care of Mr.. Wilson,
immigration Agent, at Raleigh. There will
be no charge for this service.
Fraternally,
JULIAN ALLEN.
statesville, Oct. "a, 1889.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

less criticism of others and of ourselves.
we naturally find the pleasantest thing on
the whole in all personal matters is self
restraint. We have our reward. We
also pay the price. And we pay it, in
one way, in the conspicuous stiffness of
action and in the set conventionality of
u faces. 1t is true that English men
and women have often the grace that
comes from athletic training, but this is
personal rather than significant, and finds
its best expression in the field, on the
river, across country, ver the highland
moon, or up the mountain side.-Nurray'S
Magazine.
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NOTICE.

FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. Z, 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
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NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.

1 hereby give notice according to law that under
and by virtue Of Sectiod 677, of the Code Of North
Carolina, and acts amending thereto, / have this
day duly incorporated the "Co-operatiye Alliance
Store"
The business proposed is that of busing and
selling farm produce and the carrying ou the bust
ness Of general merchandising.
The principal Office and place of buslne SO of said
corporation shall be at r. N. Wynnes, Wake
The duration Of the corporate existence shall be
for the period Of ten years
The capital stock shall not be less than one thou
sand dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars,
divided into shares Of the par value of twenty-five
dollars each.
The stockholders Of the corporation shall not
be individually liable for its debts.
CHAS. D. UPCHURCH,
ee176w Clerk Superior Court.
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NOTICE.

10 the members Of the Farmers Alliance OF
Wake County:
On Friday of each week I will leave al
the Office of our State Business Agent,
and at the Alliance Tobacco Warehouse.
q statement of prices as they have been
given to me, and at which the brethren
can trade for one week from the date
thereof. j. D. ALLEN, @. B. A.
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STATIONS.

Train so connects with Wilmington &
Weldon train bound North, leaving Colds
boro 1857 a. M, and with Richmond &
Danville train West, leaving Goldsboro
200 p. n.
Train 81 connects with Richmond &
Danyille train, arriving at Goldsboro $40
p. M, and with Wilmington & Weldon
train from the North, at 3.15 p. n.
s. L. DILL, SURF.
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THE LATEST AND BEST.

Col. Walter Clark, author Of "Clark'e
Code of Civil Procedure, Overruled Cases.
&C., writes:
Ihave examined with much care and in
terest The North Carolina Manual~Of Law and
Forms, by Messrs. Jones and Holding. The
work has been compiled with great care and
labor. It is well designed and we'll executed.
Justices Of the peace, county officers, lawyers
and Business Men will find in a compiled
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nation that cannot be found anywhere else
without considerable labor and research. It
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M. B. Barbee, ESQ, one of the leading JUS
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inc in The North Carolina Manual of Law
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the needs of Justices of the Peace, to guide
them in their official duties, Than any work
yet seen by me. I take pleasure i recon-
mending it to the Magistrates of the State.
CD. Upchurch, Clerk of Superior Court of
Wake county, writes:
In it are more statutes, forms and decisions
relating to the duties Of county officers, and
especially to clerks of the Superior Courts,
than I have been able to find in any other
book. No county officer ought to be without
such an excellent aid.
I. A. Murchison, Esq, of Dunn, N. O., says:
It is the best form book for North Carolina
LAWYERS, Justices of the Peace, Business Men,
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NOTICE.

Having this day qualified as Executor under the
deceased, before the Clerk Of Superior Court OF
Wake county, this Is to give notice to all persons
indebted to said estate to make payment to me at.
to whom the estate is indebted to present their
claims on or before the 10th Of August, 1890. or
this win be plead in bar of their recovery.
JAMES WARREN EDWARDS,
au131m Executor
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For Hay and Pasture Upland.

We Will sell the best mixture for Middle and
Eastern North Carolina, sacked and put on
board cars here, enough to seed one acre for
$3.50. ne have ried1.
WILLIAMSON d UPCHURCH.
Raleigh, N. c., Aug, 1889.
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DANVlLLE DOTS
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Various it'n- from thr 'i'} ON 'h' h'n'
Especial to Ihe liin'..l
DANvuLe. VA, August 2l-Sam
Best. whre boy fourteen yearsof age,
VAS arrested th.. morning. lle is the
fourth MON ber OF the band OF young
M.hwaymen Nh So doings have before
lera rsplrttJ.
rhnun Nl.an anu ir T. Beasley' ot
H4nhnsc.Ity Tenn. ore here armed
uitharDqgi-ition from tie Governor
OF I'.uros-aa aud necessary paper, from
g. vernon lee for lhe alrls. ci Joseph
u Thornton. charged with 0b.almug
money url ial-e prelcnsos. Thornton
wsr formerly % farmer ot ths county,
.ra ius Two wears past has been an en-
ll.}e ol iht panfillc street Railway
Comp uy. b. IS alleged that when
tu.fmon Nllt ittmipB thf'' years ago
he wen. i' i'nhe--te ana 7'id Il IaiI
oil mHie, 1.' "'ro" l." D1"sley .
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