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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
THE RIVERS OF RUSSIA.

The Russian Gazette has received some
disturbing intelligence on the subject of
the rivers of Russia, which play such an
important part in the internal communi-
cation of the country. The Dnieper has
become SO shallow that navigation is diff
fcull at even the deepest parts, such as
between Kiev and Catherinoelav. Small
boats can only pass now where vessels
sal ed formerly. The Volya it elf rs not
much better, and the river steamers are
unable to reach Mini Novgorod. La on
sequence of these facts a meas
ure of river dredging and %stricter regula-
ton for the control of the navigation OF
the greater rivers, such as the Don, the
Dnieper, and the Volga, is being advo-
Gated, and it is believed that that the
minister of ways of communication has
the subject under his serious considera
ti0p
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
IN PURE WATER AND ICE.

at is very hard" says Prof. Tonry,
"to convince some people that a glass of
perfectly clear, colorless water, with no
odor or taste, may be more impure than
water coming from the kitchen sink
which may be used to wash cooking
utensils, yet in many cases I have found
such water" This is a striking state,
mtnt, but Mr.. Tonry is able to de non
strate that it is based on a multitude of
well-studied facts. There is no absolute
ly pure water in nature, but there are
limits beyond which the contamination
of drinking or cooking water cannot be
safely allowed to go. The presence of
chlorine in water indicate the kind of
organic impurity dangerous to health.
A drop of solution Of nitrate of silver is a
convenient test. If it produces in a
lumber of the water in question a white
cloud, chlorine AMI its released impuri-
ties are present to a probably dangerous
extent. Boiling will, as a rule, destroy
diseased germs. The popular theory that
freezing purides water Mr.. Tonry thinks
is incorrect. "Pure ice," he says, els
almost as hard to obtain as pure water F"
He mentions a case where typhoid fever
was traced directly to the use of impure
ice.-B fillmore Sun,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
AT HOME.

If people would only keep a little Of the
suavity which they waste on strangers
for the home circle, how much more
charming life would be.
When among acquaintance, almost
everybody is agreeable and obliging,
while they are surly and glum to those
who are the nearest to them. 1t doesn't
seem worth while to converse around the
family table. There the little eff you
please" and Il thank you,' are dropped.
If only their own folks are present.
some people are apt to drop their good
breeding for the time. THIS is all wrong.
A certain pleasant freedom from restraint
makes home happier; tut carelessness
and ~crossness will brake the charm entire
", and make home a pla e to eat and sleep
in, but nothing else.-NeW York Ledger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
JUDGE THURMAN'S DAUGHTER
Welded AGAIN.

Miss Maud P. Thurman was married at
San Diego, California, Saturday evening,
to Mr.. Thomas S. Clifford. The bride is
the daughter of Judge Allen G.. Thurman,
and figured co~nspicuously last week in a
divorce case in which a decree was issued
in the San Diego Superior Court severing
the bonds which united her with Lieut..
William S. Cowles, of the United States
Navy, now commander of the Dispatch.
Since the divorce the bride has insisted
on being called Miss Thurman. 1t is said
that she had been engaged to Clifford for
several months. Clifford is several years
her junior. The bride is reported to be
worth a good deal of money, while Mr..
Clifford is a clerk, making only a fair
salary. They met for the first time about
three months ago at Tia Juana, Hot
Springs. Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford will live
in the brides cottage in San Diego for the
present.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
WAS CHARLOTTE TEMPLE A
MYTH

Generations of readers have wept over
the story of Charlotte Temple, and the
unfortunate girls tombstone is still pointed
out to strangers in a New York grave
yard. BUT at this late day it is claimed
she never existed. The librarian of the
New York II storical Society said to a
reporter not long since
!" regard her as a myth. l think no
such person existed, O f she did that she
never was buried in Unity churchyard.
There are no historical facts to support
such a claim that / have ever been able to
discover. In the early part of the century
Susannah ROwson wrote a story of Char
lotte and Lucy Temple. 1t was one Of
the first books of that class ever written
or published in this country, and went
through many editions, and made a pro-
found impression. People were not so
quick to discern between facts and fiction
as they are now in this novel writing and
novel -reading age, aud the probabilities
are that story came to be believed as true,
and has been handed down to the present
generations as an early American romance.
I consider the stone in the churchyard
bearing the name of Charlotte Temple
simply as a fraud. There is nothing to
indicate that there was any such grave in
the yard prior to the year 1850. About
that time the church was undergoing
some repairs, and as near as l can ascer-
tain, one of the st~one-cutters at work on
the church took the opportunity to carve
the name on The slab. The cutting bears
evidence of having oeen done alta com
paratively recent period. There is no
other ms Tiption on the stone, though at
one end is a large square space cut out as
fit was intended for a metrl plate. Such
a plate doubtlesSly existed, and has been
lost or stolen, or else an inscription wa
once carved there and was cut out entirely
at the time Charlotte Temples name was
cut on the stone. 1t is believed that the
person who perpetrated the act is known,
but as positive proof is lacking he was
never prosecuted"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
THE BABY.

When a baby comes into a household,
it comes as a sort of mon arch-that help
less little handful-and it begins to reign
forthwith. It's voice-not exactly the
voice of the turtle, either being heard in
the land, al other sounds are forgotten.
1t mattersNnot who has no dinner so
that he has his, nor who is tired so that
he enioyes himself, Ordinary occupations
cease, and a group gathers about the cradle
to see him put his fist in his mouth.
King Baby, you know anything about
all this? If you did, you might look for
ward very sadly for, in after life, there
will be no such alteration for you. Words
OF wisdom viii fall unnoticed from your
lips then, though when YOU have learned
to say bla! bla! the household NOR goes
into ecstasies .-NeaO York Ledger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
gGEtrN.
GOOD CHEER,

= dear. tits the fall of the year !'
"Oh deaf He robi | one autumn morn,
Piped Tue Gbadow down IN the meadow,
k.situnS tbe harvesters pulled their CORN;
NheI0 ned it over and over again,
and ne RbhPesrts of the field folk echoed the
strain.
.now and the blow, old winter, 1
k IiUfch at us any day;
May cL = they're moving, the g~olden-rod's
The stu3Ole
goOrIaaTTT1thing's old and gray;
And t'Saisv tainted at meeting Jack Frost,
The ia 8 nTimroses' bright, yellow lantern Is
lost
m in the sun a sparrow begun
Tnen litter and cherp and sing,
10 'Sweet! Oh, how sweet such a bright
AH' dav to greet,
O y in his fingers, and great drifts of
his his footsteps so lusty and bold.
acbip, chip, a-chee-chee, there are bright
things to see,
,,.ba roses and daisies nave fed;
II ~ IN is still smiling, all sorrow beguiling,
Ind nothing is really dead.
= An Sowers will come back, and nobody's un-
ronTI see if you only keep in the sum-"
rron merry and gay as a holiday
lH M Of wakes in the summer with bees,
Great chorus started, clear, strong and
whOle-hearted,
Gro ssboppers, crickets and chickadees:
An seasons are good, and have gifts to be
A. vonII see if you only keep in the sun
-COngTegGtiOnGliSt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
HINTS TO

Shortening for pies should be cold and
hrm. Have the water also cold, and stand
IN a cool place while mixing and rolling
out pastry.
willow furniture that has not been
Stalned or painted can be washed with
SAN and water and a brush; dry thorough
" before exposing it to dust.
Glue that is delicate and nice for
mounting ferns and sea-weeds is made of
I'VE parts of gum arabic, three parts of
White sugar, two parts of starch, add a
very little water; boil until thick and
white.
Heartburn may be relieved almost in
sanity II half a teaspoonful of table salt
oe dissolved in a wineglassfuIl of cold
Water and then drunk. When the eyes
are tired and weak, if they are bathed in
Snghtly saline water they will 500 be-
come soothed.
For the removal of foreign bodies from
the stomach, the highest authorities are
now recommending the eating of potatoes
only, in large quantities, cooked in differ
ent wages to stimulate the appetite
Eases are cited in which articles ofiewelrv.
ofaSs weights, nails, pins, etc., were sue
c~esSfully elected, after a few days of the
potato diet. Nothing should be eaten
out potatoes during the time required,
"Alch varies from two to nine days.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
GOOD COMMON SENSE.

A Duluth manufacturer has recently
increased the wages of his married en-
plOyes and given single men notice that
after a certain time if they are not
married their services will not be required.
This will perhaps be regarded by many as
a mere whim, but is based on sound
business principles. AS a rule married
msn are more trustworthy and conse-
quently more valuable to their employers
than single men. A man who has no
place that he call home is not altogether
a man. To be a full grown manly man
n must have something to love and
cherish, upon which to bestow his manly
affections. The man who packs every
thing he has in a grip sack and is always
ready to change his place of residence as
soon as the next train goes is a rolling
stone that gathers nothing.
The man who has a wife and children
to love never becomes a tramp and the
man who has a speck Of manhood in his
breast tries to be respectable for the sake
of his wife and children, if not his own.
sake. It is easy enough to see thai a
man who feels that he has something to
live tor is more trustworthy thao one
whose affections never 60 out to anything
out of his own vest.
Marriage may sometimes be worse than
a failure, but in ninety-nine cases out of
a hundred it is a mans fault. The man
who cannot hold the affections of a good
wife to the extent of makeing his lot a
hundred times more pleasant and happier
than that of the homeless wanderers is a
failure whether married or single. And
whether he be penniless or worth his
millions, he is a failure all the same.
There is nothing illogical or unbusiness-
like in the position of the Duluth manu-
facturer. The man with a wife and a
home is a more trustworthy employe, AZ
he is also a better citizen.-KnO1UiM
Hyoron7
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
MARRIED HER GRAND-UNCLE.

A marriage having unusual features was
celebrated at the home of the brides pa
rents, at Masillon, Ohio, Friday night,
The bride was Miss Annie Crone, aged
"a, daughter of Frank Crone, a leading
dry goods merchant. The groom was
Valentine Fries, of Huron county, O., a
grand-uncle of the bride, aged 65, who is
president of a bank at Huron, owner of
six vessels on Lake Erie, a large stock
holder in the Lake Superior Copper Com
pany, president of the Cleveland Iron
Ship Building Company, and also inter
ested in other enterprises in the Forest
City. His wealth is estimated at 81
5000
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
NOTICE.

FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. Z, 1889.
The Cumberland County Farmers Alli-
ance having made a satisfactory trade ar
rangemgnt with J. 20. 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. AUrRY, Sec'y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
TO TAKE CARE OF THE HER.
MITAGE.

The Ladies' Hermitage Association of
Nashville, Tenn, having procured a char
ter from the Legislature granting to it the
dwelling and tomb of Andrew Jackson.
together with a tract of twenty-five acres
which surrounded it, proposes to repair
the house, which is in an extreme state of
d~ilapidation, and to lay out the grounds
IN the form of a memorial park. With
this objection in view the association has
issued a public appeal for funds, which is
Endorsed by the Andrew jackson League
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

Two cups sugar, two cups bread dough,
three fourths cup of butter, one cup
raisins, one egg, Tablespoonful soda,
nntmeg. cinnamon. Add more flour If
the dough is too thin.
L MON PIE.
One lemon. one cup sugar, three eggs,
one cup water, half tablespoonful corn
starch. one tablespoonful -four. Cook
over a kettle. Bake crust separate. Frost
with the whites of the eggs.
sPICED MoLAssEs CAKE.
One cup sugar, half-cup butter, stir
well together; three eggs, n cup mo-
IasseS, one cup SOU cream, n teaspoon
full soda, one teaspoonful cloves, nutmeg
and cinnamon, q cups flour.
CORN MEAL GEM
One u g~ranulated meal, two teaspoon
fuls -four, two ~teaSpoonfuls sugar, one
heaping t~easpoonful baking powder, one
egg and sweet milk enough to make a
thin batter; bake in gem tins in a we'll
heated oven.
CREAM CAKE.
Five eggs, one pint of sour. cream, one
cup of sweet milk, one cup of butter,
four cups of sugar, two teaspoonfulS of
soda, four of cream Of tartar, flour to
make a stiff batter. This makes a very
large and delicious cake; bake forty
minutes.
CHRISTMAS DOUGHNUTs.
One cupful Of white sugar, two eggs,
three tablespoonfuls of butter, n cupful
of new milk, one teaspoonful of cream of
tartar, three -fourths Of a teaspoonful of
saleratus, a pinch of grated nutmeg, one
half teaspoonful of salt and -four to roll.
Cream the butter and sugar, add the eggs
and beat well, stir in the milk, and mix
with the -four in which the soda and
cream of tartar have been sifted. Cut in
rings and fry in hot lard.
CHARLOTTE Russo.
Split ten lady fingers, and arrange them
il amold. Dissolve One-third of a box
Of ~gelatine in a pint of rich milk. Whip
three pints of cream to a froth, beat the
yOlks Of six eggs, and mix in half a pound
of sugar; then beat the whites and add
them, strain toe gclatine over these, stir
quickly, pour IN the cream, flavor with
vanilla, and pour into The mold. Set on
Ice for q time, and ornament the top with
whipped cream, or ice with ta~ncy-colored
icing.
MUTTON PoT-PIE.
Cut most Of the meat from three or
four pounds of the less Shapely parts of
your mutton, and put the bones over in
plenty of cold water; then cut the meat
IN thick slices and these in inch squares.
Cut also half a pound Of salt pork in thin
strips about two inches long by half an
inch wide. Add a small onion with two
cloves stuck in it, and simmer the whole
for an hour longer until the meat is quite
tender. Have your crust ready, prepared
as tor chicken, potpie, drop it in with a
handful of chopped parsley OF a little
thyme, and boil until the crust is done.
Roll three or four milk crackers, and add
this powdered cracker to a cup of sweet
crerm. Take up the meat and crust, then
drop this in, and let it come TO a boil and
pour over.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

Andrew Carnegie has appointed a com
mittee OF prominent Pittsburg citizens to
select a suitable site in that city that he
may buy it and erect thereon a free
library, which is to cost $75O,OOO. The
building, it is said, will eclipse anything
of the kind in America. .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

The temperance organization that has
done by far the most good in this country
is the w. G. 7. U. Now the public is in
formed that the magnificent society is so
split by internal Gissensions over the third
party movement that a division of the
union is threatened. Such a break would
be the saddest misfortune that could be-
fall the temperance cause. Don't do it,
ladies. Drop the discussion altogether,
and remain united.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
10 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. ALI such farmers who have l~nd to.
dispose of should send for blank form- TO r.
III. 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 an
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, cct. q, 1889.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

Train 80 connects with Wilmington &
Weldon train bound North, leaving Colds
boro 11.57 a, H., and with Richmond &
DanviIle train West, leaving Goldsboro
zoo p. m.
Train 81 connects with Richmond &
Danville train, arriving at Goldsboro $40
D. NJ, aud With Wilmington a. Weldon
train from the North, at 3.15 p. m.
s. L. DILL, Surf.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
Salem Female Academy
Salem, M Q.
Largest, Oldest and Best Female COZ
lege in the South,

Session opens August 9th, 1889. Faculty
80 Professors and Teachers. Special features
the Development Of Character, Health and
Intellect. Fully equipped Preparatory and
Collegiate departments, besides frsf-cIass.
schools in Music, Art, Languages and Com
mercial Studies. Send for Catalogue to
au6 Rev. j. II. CLEWELL, Principal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

Dude to doctor :" Anything seriously
wrong with me, doctor?" Doctor. slow
ly-"Your condition is serious, but not
necessarily fatal. I have discovered evil
dences of a growth of brains. "-Phi2a-
deZphia Ledger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

Rowan County Grit.

The unsigned has bought the Rowan
County Milestone Quarry of E. E. Phillips,
deceased, and will continue to supply the
public demand for Millstones from this
celebrated grit. Millstones and all kinds
Of Granite work delivered on board carr
at Salisbury, N. c., at the lowest possible
price. Address,
IT. WYATT,
Lock box lao, Salisbury, n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

The human skin is composed of three
layers, averaging in all between one
twelfth and one eighth of an inch in
thickness, and, in extreme cases, as much
as one fourth of an inch in thickness.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.

Kitty-So George has Tilted you'll Why,
the wretch! But viii you get over it,
dear?
Minnie-Oh, I'm almost reconciled al
ready. I rather like it.
why, what do you mean?"
81 can eat all the onions I want, now"
-LoWeU Citizen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
WHY HE WAS PUNISHED.

"HanS, you got punished to-day; what
fol? :"
Because, papa, Edward Lang had been
fighting"
'AnsI with whom had Ed ward been
~fghtng?"
with me, apa."-FIegende Bloetter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
THE LATEST AND BEST.

Col. Walter Clark, author of "Clark's
90 le of Civil Procedure, Overruled Cases"
&,'., writes:
] nave examined with much care and in
terAst The North Carolina Manual Of Law and
F rms, by Messrs. Jones and Holding. The
work has been compiled with great care and
L. Dor. tits we'll designed and well executed.
J Justices of the peace, COUNT officers, lawyers
aud Business Men will find in a compiled
form, ready to hand, much serviceable infor-
nation that cannot be found anywhere else
without considerable labor and research. 1t
is a most excellent work and shOuldc command
a large sale.
M. B. Barbee, Esq, one of the leading JUS
tees of the Peace in North Carolina, says:
S l find in The North Carolina Manual OF Law
and Forms a work more ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to
the needs of Justices of the Peace, to guide
them in their official duties, han any work
yet seen by me. l take pleasure In 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 | have been able to find in any other
book. No county officer ought to be Without
such an excellent aid.
"A. Murchison, Esq, of Dunn, N. c., says:
It is the best form book for North { arOllna
LAWYERS, Justices of the Peace, Business Men,
&c, that l have ever seen.
PRICE BY MAIL, $500.
EDWARDS & BROUGHTON,
PUBLIsHERs. RALEIGH, n. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
TE9saVEEssED STOCK FOR SAiEl

One Jersey Bull four years old, one
Holstein Bull Calf dropped Feb. Oath, '69,
both registered. A few Victoria pigs.
Address, S. A. LOURANCE,
ap16 Mooresville, N. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

A TIA TIC & NORTH CAROLINA R.
TINE lab { II,
To Take Efrc58 % A. NJ, Tuesday, J IL" Is. 80.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
THE REMAINING TERRITORIES.

After the admission of the two Dako-
tas, Washington and Montana, there will
still remain five territories that will be
candidates for admission. Four of these
have at some time formulated constitu-
tons that have been left to season. Two
of these, Idaho and Wyoming, are nov
engaged in either ~revamping constitutions
or making new ones. The third one,
New Mexico, is about to engage in the
same work. The question of the admis-
sion of these five territories will probably
come before Congress at the next session.
The latest estimates of population made
by officers of these several territories
show the population to be as follows:
Arizona. $500. $4,000
Idano !0O O O ~
Utan.; 000
The figures here given, especially for
New Mexico and Utah, will probably
bear trimming down. No territory has
a right to statehood by virtue of popula-
ton or other qualifications. There is 40
statute comforting on a territory right of
admission. There are, of course, numer-
Gus p~recedents. But the Federal Govern
ment exercises the sovereign right of both
admission and rejection.-San Francisco
I,H.Is
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

This manufacturing company is established -bS
Alliance men, and run by Alliance men, in the
heart of the world-renOwned golden tobacco belt.
Arrangements perfected for manufacturing as good
smoking aud chewing tobacco as is made. Orders
solicite Alliance prices will be given to this and
other States. Price list furnished. We refer to
Col. L. L.. Polk. Sec'y N. c. S. F. A, w. III.
Worth, S b. { Raleigh, N. c., Capt. s. B. Alex
andcr, Chm" Ex. Com, N. c. s. A, Charlotte, N.
c., and Elias Carr, President n. G. s. e. c..
Granville County Farmers Alliance Tobaec6
Manufacturing Co., Oxford, N c.. ap161m
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
COW PEASl

One thousand bushels Cow Peas for
,ale by s. S. NASH,
apr3O Tarboro, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

50.
GUING W EST.
DAILY
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
NunsEhO1A.
RAISED CAKE.

Two cups sugar, two cups bread dough,
three fourths cup of butter, one cup
rasins, one egg, tablespoonful soda,
nutmeg, cinnamon. Add o flour If
the dough is too thin.