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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-02
NOTICE FROM SECRETARY
"BEDDINGFIELD.

1 have on file in~my Office a number of
orders for Constitutions. | am not filling
these orders because | am waiting to have
some new ones printed, which will con-
tain all the changes made by the State
Alliance at its session in AsheviAe. AS
soon as these can be printed, all orders
will be filed promptly.
Fraternally,
E. @. BEDDNGFIELD,
Sec'y n. G. F. s. A.
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SUB BUSINESS AGENTS OF
MOORE COUNTY.

You are requested to meet the County
Business Agent at Jonesboro Thursday
September 18th, or at Carthage, Friday,
10Th, to attend business of Importance.
Do not fail to attend. Hour of meeting,
IL o'clock. D. o. BRYAN, G. B. A,
Moore County F, A.
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DEATHS.

Bro. A. NJ Marshall, a member OF
Brassfeld Alliance, Durham county, dIeo
on the 22d OF August, aged about y years.
Bro. Richard Wright, a member OF
Pleasant Grove Alliance, Nc. 999, Cleye-
land county, died on the 3lst of July
aged 20 years.
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All communications for L. L. Polk
President National Farmers Alliance anG
Industrial Union, or for J. H. Turner
national secretary, should be addressed
to them, 51l 9th St, N. w, Washington.
D. G.
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NOTICE.

Not ce is hereby given that the Bo. 4
of County Commissioners of Wake count
have ordered an entire new registrat;oy
of all the voters of Wake county for 1900
J. P. II. ADAMS, Register Deeds,
ET-OffcjO NorL
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Index to New Advertisements.

7. w. Blake-Seals.
A B. Deans-Land for Sale.
x. Y. Z.-Situation Wanted.
W. R. Rowland-Gin Repairs.
U. M. Collins, Y. S.-Receipt fer Stag
gers in Horses.
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The National Economist Almanac is the
cheapest and most valuable publication
for farmers and Alliance men that has
ever been presented to the public. 1t is
a perfect handbook and gives valuable
facts nowhere else to be found. For two
cash subscribers to THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, we will mail a copy of the
almanac postpaid. You can't afford to do
without it. 1t is worth ten times the
price.
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NOTICE.

County and Sub-Business Agents will
please send their names and postoffoe
address, with certificate of bond, at once
to the State Business Agent,
w. II. WORTH, Raleigh, N. G.
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BUSINESS AGENTS.
Fall Terms on Guano and Acid

/ am prepared to furnish the North
Carolina Farmers Official Fertilizer upon
the following terms, viz:
Car lots r. o. B., Richmond, Va, payable O,
P Fas3 bic, Jan. 5t6, 1881. SS 3 .
Payable Nov. 1st 1891. On
Oct. 1st, 1890. .......... ....... -. .... SCI n
PAYABLE Jan. 9Th, 1891. ........-...... ...'@SS
Payable Nov. lst, 1891 .@S
Parties desiring to purchase on time
will please send orders and notes direct
to Durham Fertilizer Co, Durham, N
Cash orders, as above or, through this Of
fee.
, North Carolina Farmers Alliance Bon.
Phosphate guaranteed Is per cent. avail.
able Phosphoric Acid uns Is IL to "A
per cent at any railroad d, pot in North
Carolina at $16.4O.
Yours Fraternally,
w Fl. WORTH S. B. A.
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am prepared to furnish material, and repair all
of cotton gins. Shop on East Hargett ST.,
Raleigh, n. G.. Call on or address,
W.R ROWLAND.
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Southern Prize TurDip Seed !

The Genuine Southern Prize Turnip Seed ft
eale and sent postpaid / pound 60c.; Is pound Soc
II pound 2Oc.; / dozen papers 25c, ; ounce NC
Address JAS III. ENNlSS, haleIgh'
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BRO. S. OHIO VIII SON,

Representing this Office, will lecture at
the following times and places:
Lenoir, Caldwell Co, Wednesday, Sept. 8, ii a. m.
Newton, Catawba Co, Thursday. Sept. q, II a. m.
Statesvi lie, Iredell Co., Friday, Sept. 5, II a. m.
Bro. Wilson will carry samples of
goods, giving prices, and will give any
information about the workings of the
Agency. Come out to hear him, and
every Business Agent should be sure and
meet him.
Fraternally,
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For Sale |!

Several tracts of and suit bile for gro wing brigh
tobacco. Apply to A. B DEANS,
Wilson. n. C,
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The agency will always keep posted
and buy in the best markets at lowest
prices on the day the order is placed.
W. Fl. WORTH, State Agent.
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MANUFACTURERS Of PLUG TOBACCO
The GGOrgia Alliance Record

Is a large 8 page weekly devoted to Alliance
news, agriculture, horticulture, stock raising,
literary n general news. Ser for a sample
copy. Addrt IS ALLIANCE RECORD,
Montezuma, Ga.
, 1890-06-05

1t appears that the prevailing meth
cd of disinfection by means of burning
sulphur is considered by some of the
leading intercollegiate as of less value
than it has heretofore been considered,
thoHgh-pF. Edison strenuously main
-6ins the contrary. DR.. ]. G. John
son, on the other hand, read a D
before the Kings county Medical soci.
tety in which he stated that he had
proved the present system of fumiga-
ton as worthless for the destruction
Of disease germs; that the fumes of
burning sulphur do not penetrate
woolens as disease germs do. He also
stated that he had propagated diph-
iberia from the clippings of blankets
after they had undergone a thorough
process of fumigation by burning sui
phur. DIR. Prudden. of the New York
city board of health, appears to have
come to the same conclusion, and in
both New York and Brooklyn currents
of steam are to be recommended for
d~isinfecting purposes instead of burn
ing sulphur. Medical Record.
, 1890-06-05

A good story, in which two distIn.
guished Louisianians and a no less
distinguished Georgian figured some
what ~conspicuously in a restaurant in
Washington, D. c., was related TO a
newspaper man. The Louisianians
were Hon. Thomas j. Semmes and
Mr.. James Degendre, OF this city, and
the Georgian was Hon. Ben Hill, son
of the late senator, and himself a
prominent Georgia politician. The
party were en- route to New York city
I attend the centennial of the su-
preme court of the United States.
On the arrival of the train at Wash
ington, D. c., the usual time for bresk k
fast was announced, and Messrs. Sem
mes and party, taking advantage OF
the opportunity thus offered, fastened
TO the nearest restaurant. Each or
dered as his taste and inclination
prompted, and settled his own account
Messrs. Semmes and Hill attacked the
bill Of fare to the extent of 81, and Mr..
Legendre contented himself with a
seventy-five cent meal.
Breakfast ended, the three gentle
men each handed the waiter a silver
dollar-the exact amount of money
due by Messrs. Semmes and Hill.
Twenty-Five cents were due Degendre,
however, and this amount the waiter
returned to him on his tray. Mr.. lie
gendre had enjoyed his breakfast, and
being in good humor, replaced the
quarter on the tray to tip" the waiter.
The waiter, placing the money in n
glass on his tray, passed it to Mr..
Semmes as a gentle reminder Of what
was expected of him. Mr.. Semmes
was. however, busily conversing with
his friend, Mr.. Hill, at the time, and
in an absent minded sort Of way
quietly appropriated the tip money
under the impression, no doubt, that
it was his change. The waiter was
dumfounded, and Mr.. Legendre, some
what embarrassed, beckoned to him
aud dropped an additional quarter on
the tray to soothe his feelings. This
the waiter passed to Mr.. Hill with the
hope that he, at least, had caught
on, " and that Mr. Semmcs might finally
be brought to a knowledge of his mis-
take. But he again made a serious
error. Mr.. Hill dealt with the tip
money just as Mr.. Semmes had done
in the first instance and the conversa-
ton proceeded in the ordinary way.
Mr.. Legendre was already u fifty
cents in the scheme, and was conse-
~quently not further inclined in hat
direction, and before the waiter could
recover sufficiently TO explain the
mistake the three strangers left the
restaurant and were on their way to
New York.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
, 1890-06-05
Trimming on Large Ears.

Modern surgery has not hesitated to
cut a new nose out OF the cheek, to
loop up a dropping eyelid, or engraft
the skin Of one person upon another,
but it has not until now given a mans
ears a setback. To DR.. William w.
Keen, Of jefferson college, came a
brother physician 10 repair a job hat
had been badly done by natures prem
tice hand, so to speak. The young
man, for he was only 10, was all ears;
that is 10 say, his ears were not only
abnormally large, but they tapped in
a painfully absurd manner
The surgeon proceeded to lay bare
the cartilage by removing the skin
from the posterior surface OF the auri-
Gle, and then excised a long, narrow
piece Of the cartilage-V shaped in
cross sections, as if he had run n min.
nature pillow over the ridge on the
back Of the ear Great ARE was taken
not to cut clear through and thus
cause a scar on the anterior surface.
The edges of the cartilage were then
drawn together by catgut stitches, in
addition TO those in the skin. This
was done while the young man was
etherized. He went to sleep with long
ears, and he awoke with short ears
very sore ones, and so intricately fas-
tened into position that for some nights
he had TO sleep fiat on his back. But
when the wound had healed and the
plasters were removed he found him
elf possessed of symmetrical and fair
sized ears.-Philadelphia Letter.
, 1890-06-05

The girl has at once courted and de-
fed superstition, for while her toilet
appointments, paper knives, etc, are
all in horseshoe shape or have for
handles the left hind foot Of rabbits,
she has a weird, moon shaped clock
from which the i'll omened cuckoo an
nounces the hours. The most horrible
corner of the room she rarely shows,
for it represents an unfulflled pur-
pose.
When she furnished the room, she
decided to have a coffin in it, a la
Bernhard She wenttoan undertaken,
was measured, selected the style Of
casket and then told the undertaken to
have II sent to her boxed SO that no
one would know its contents. The
poor man was as scared as Tam
o Shanter when he saw the witches at
Alloway kirk. His fair patroness be-
longed to a large family, and he knew
he would lose all chance of future pa
tronage if the father got wind of it so
he went e him and told him of his
daughters strange freak. There was a
breeze in the house that night when
the father gave his daughter the choice
Of his money or her coffin.
That is the reason one corner Of her
room has no tenant ave a skeleton
and a black draped dais which was
to have held the coffin. The girl who
designed this horror breeding room
has been a belle for two seasons, and
people seeing her childlike face would
take her foran artless debutante.-Miss
Grundy's Washington Letter.
, 1890-06-05

There vas a line ten feet long at the
ticket window in the Hudson River
railroad waiting room and the police
man on duty vas busy reminding the
slower travellers to be brisk with their
change, when a tall, thin, elderly wo
man, with spectacles and with a com
plexion like a halibut, peered in at the
ticket clerk and said:
What do you ask for a ticket to
PoughkeepsieT'
zone dollar forty seven"
"Is that the lowest pricei"
only one rate"
ELIZA Smith went up last month
and only paid one dollar and thirty
cents"
There's been no change, madam.
Do you want n ticket"
Would l save anything if l went
To Peekskill, got off and bought an
other ticket theref"
Costs nor Hurry, madam, there
are others waiting"
"Well, 1 only wanted to price tick.
cts. / never knowed Eliza Smith to
tell the truth before and l just wanted
to be SUR that she hadn't broke no rec
ord. "-New York Tribune.
, 1890-06-05
A voudoo That Failed.

In 1881 a criminal trial occurred in
Sumter county, S. c., in which the
defendant was a colored man by the
name of johnson, who had killed an
other named Davis, the former having
in his possession a charm which had
been given to him by an aged negro
named Orange Isaacs, a voudoo con
jurer, who assured him that it would
protect him from all danger as a result
of his crime. The object of the muir
der was TO enable the criminal to marry
the widow of the murdered man. The
charm given him by the conjurer was
composed of beeswax, foxes hair, a
little sand from the shoe of the person
who was TO be killed and a brakes
foot, the whole being sewed up in a
small cotton bag, which he was to
wear over his heart next to his skin.
This, it was claimed, would obtain for
desired. In addition to this he was to
get a charmed bullet which he was to
put in his gun and fire at Davis.
The negro thus protected shot his
rival, buried him and proceeded to
take possession of the widow, who, as
it appeared, was no wise reluctant.
The body was found and various cir
cumstances traced the crime to John
ston, who was put Oh trial. The jury
comprised niue whites and three
blacks, and a vast throng of negroes
surrounded the court house while the
trial was going on. Curiously enough,
two of the men composing the jury
were taken violently ill and others
had to be substituted for them. John
ston was found guilty, and was sem
fenced to be hanged. Three hours
after the sentence the sheriff of the
county, whose business it was to hang
nina robust man in the prime of
health dropped dead. The murderer
was, however, executed. Columbia
RppiStpr
, 1890-06-05

A new method of Kidding steamboats,
OF rodents has been successfully tested
on the steamer Sentinel. The young
est son of Capt Cole was some time
ago presented with a pair of spotted
snakes, which, as they were perfectly
harmless, were deposited in the hull of
the boat until they could be conven-
iently housed. A few days later a
great connection was noticed among
the rats, which always infest steam
boats and barges in great numbers.
While moored at Golionda landing
hundreds of them were observed scam
pering ashore OF the handspring and
stern lines. The evacuation continued
all night, and in the morning the cap
tain found both snakes dead, having
been literally torn to pieces by the in
furiated animals, but not of the
latter was found remaining on the
boat. Galveston News.
, 1890-06-05

The preliminary steps have been Ia
ken, and it is reasonably certain that
the monster bridge, with its six rail
way tracks, roadways, foot paths, etc,
will in due time connect New York
with Jersey City, Hoboken, etc. In
structural arrangement it will resem-
BILE that lesser work of Mr.. Lindenthal,
the Seventh street bridge across the
Allegheny river, but in its mammoth
proportions it will dwarf even the giant
cantilever bridge recently completed
across the River Forth, in Scotland.
1t will enable the traveller to depart
from or arrive in the great city with
out recorrs to the ferry boats, and, as
a scenic feature of the day, will com
plete, with the Bartholdi Statue of
Liberty and tina Brooklyn bridge, an
Incompatible trinity -Pittsburg Rul-
letin.
, 1890-06-05

Encouraged by the success of the
Forth bridge, French engineers have
formed a syndicate to build a bridge
over the Bosphorus between Roumeli
and Anadoli Hissar. The plan has a
length of 500 meters, which is to be a
single span, or half again the length
of the longest span in the Forth bridge,
and the height will be 20 meters.
Nothing is yet settled, but it is prob
able that the concession will eventu-
ally be obtained and the connection of
Europe and Asia by a railway will
thus be established Cor. New York
Times.
, 1890-06-05

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, Ill. .
makes the statement that she caught
cold. which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for a month BY her family pbysi-
clan. but grew worse. He told her she
she was a hopeless victim of consumption
and that no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New Dis
coyery for Consumption; she bought a
bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from first dose. She continued
its use and after taking ten bottles. found
herself sound and well. now does her W
housework and is as well as she ever was.
Free trial bottles OF this Great Discovery
at B. B. David's drug store, large bottles
SOC and 4 LOO.
, 1890-06-05

A curious machine for cleaning oht
the Sacramento river and various bars
is about TO be constructed at San Fran
cisco. The machine is not adredger,
but a great submarine pillow, which
simply clears the channel as it runs.
1t is propelled by three engines of the
combined power of 81 horses, and
while going at the rate of u miles or
more an hour scoops out a space 6 feet
deep and forty feet wide. The debris
is showed on either side so that instead
of the banks being weakened they are
strengthened. - New Orleans Plea
yune.
, 1890-06-05

Every a who is a general reader
has doubtless noticed how often, when
he has been reading of a certain sub
ject, lie run across the same subject in
an unexpected place, and an incident
OF { kind brought to my attention a
very curious fact, which was a revela-
ton to me. l had just finished W. w.
Story's poem, 1.-THE Letter of a Roman
Lawyer in Jerusalem, " in which Story
presents the legal aspect of the case of
Judas Iscariot, and suggested that in
b~etraying the Saviour he was only at
tempting to give Jesus Christ an OPP
portunity to declare and prove himself
God, and that he only accepted the
thirty pieces of silver TO give his act
the appearance Of a betrayal for a
bride.
l laid aside the pamphlet containing
the poem and picked up a book, in
which / found an article on the ancien.
coins of the east, and one of the first
things l read was that the piece" OF
silver of two thousand years ago was
the name of a coin, and that its value
was thirteen cents. 1t did not require
much calculation then for me to see
that the price which was paid Judas
by the S%anhedrim for betraying Christ
was only IS. 80.
Do you know this unexpected infor-
nation made Story's poem have a
strange effect upon met Story points
to the fact that Judas carried the pub
lie purse and could not have been ava
%ricious, or else he would not have been
trusted with this fund for the poor, for
which he rendered no account TO any
one, yet he betrayed his master for
1890. l had always. thought that
thirty pieces Of silver" meant some
large amount, and the statement aston
ished me when l read it, but referring
to a work o numismatics l saw that
the piece of silver" of Jerusalem was
about the same value as the ''ore
piece of Denmark, which is just thir-
teen cents, SC l suppose the statement
is true.-St. LOUIS Globe-D Democrat.
, 1890-06-05
THE GHOST OF A SHARK.
The Fantastic Vision which ForetoId
Sailors Death.

ns Fantastic Vision which ForetoId .
Sailors Death.
Five years ago last summer, when
yellow jack played such havoc in Rio
Janeiro, it was almost impossible to
get men TO ship for hat port and
many vessels went out short handed,
among them the good ship Clio, of
Baltimore, of which l shipped boat
swain and acting second mate, said an
old skipper to a reporter.
There was nothing remarkable about
the voyage out We had a good run,
arrived safely, discharged our -four
and took in our coffee without having
a man sick with the fever or anything
else.
In Rio we picked up a young Eng
lishman, Ned Halpin by name, a
thorough sailor, who soon became a
prime favorite with all hands.
We passed Cape St Rogue or the
homeward voyage, one dark, squally
night, with now and then a dash Of
rain. The wind was southeast and /
walked the quarter deck, impatiently
waiting for eight bells. Halpin was
just coming down the mizzen rigging,
when l saw lin swing far over the
side and peer earnestly into the sea-
When he dropped to deck l asked what
he was looking at.
He replied:
We'll, Mr.. Shelby, l either saw my
twin brother swallowed by a shark, or
l saw my own ghost and the ghost of
a shark, and l never had a brother, so
it must be me-"
l charged him with having rum in
the f~orecastle and with drinking more
than was good for him, and ordered
him forward. He started, but as he
reached the break OF the half deck he
called me.
There it is now" he said, pointing
into the water clear 'longside. Hooked,
but saw nothing but the rushing phos-
phorescent foam as the seas broke
against the vessels side.
l admit that / was somewhat i'm
pressed by the mans earnestness, but
ordered him forward roughly, and,
eight bells striking soon after, the in
cident passed my mind.
The nights for about two weeks were
alternately squally and fine, and
every squally night Ned would see
hal image. We made a quick run
with good weather from latitude 10
north to the Capes of Chesapeake and
would have forgotten all about the
matter had not Ned often said: Boys,
I'll never see Baltimore" When the
white tower of Cape Henry came in
sight many a joke was passed regard
ing Ned's shark, but the poor fellow
shook his head sadly and muttered:
III never see Baltimore"
A tugboat took us in tow and the
men were aloft furling gallant sails,
when there was a cry and a splash of
water, then a shrek Of mortal anguish,
and as the cry Of Man overboardl |"
rang through the ship poor Ned vas
seen TO sink beneath the calm surface
of the bay, his life blood staining the
water around him, while the dorsal
fin Of the shark that for twenty years
has haunted the Virginia capes told
the Mortified witnesses that Ned's Wis
ion was true, and added but another
chapter to the psychological mysteries
that happen from time TO time. and
which no man can explain. -Philadel-
phia Times.
, 1890-06-05

The largest and most beautiful cats
eye in the world weighs 40 carats, is
owned in London and is insured for
80, 900 rupees. The finest private col
lection of pearls in the world is owned
by Mime. Dosne, sister-in-law of NJ.
Theirs, The biggest emerald in the
world weighs 3 1850 carats, and is in
the imperial jewel Office, in Vienna
ladies' Home journal.
, 1890-06-05

Many unique devices have been re.
sorted TO for booming embryo towns,
but that employed by the real estate
pushers Of a hedgling on Puget sound
takes the lead. Two professional
wrestlers were matched and the result
of the contes telegraphed throughout
the coast. 1t vas not stated whether
the contest was held under a big fr
tree or on the tide flats. Exchange.
, 1890-06-05
Notice.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Wyoming and Eastern railway
company. a corporation incorporated
under the laws OF Wyoming Territory on
March 18th, 1889, will be he'd at the In
ter Ocean hotel in the city Of Cheyenne,
county Of Laramie, Wyoming Territory,
on "Wednesday. June IL. 1890. at the
u OF 10 o'clock, a IN for the election
o. trustees Tor the ensuing year and the
TRANSACTION OF such other business a NAV
come before the meeting Dated Ma
18th, 1890.
WILLARD r. JONES. President
Attest: j. d. NEGUs. Secretary.
, 1890-06-05
We hare the pretftesf and
best line Of carpets ia The
city. .4IPI TaSrnbHU r. Co.
THE WYOMING PACIFIC I'M
PROYEMENT COMPANY.


The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wyoming Pacific improvement
company will be held in pursuance of the
requirements of the by laws of said com
pauy at the Inter Ocean hotel, Cheyenne,
Wyoming territory, on the second We'd
nesday Of June. llth proximo, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day. for
the election of officers of said company
for the ensuing year, and for the transac
ton Of such other business as may prop
erly come before the meeting.
- AMOS T. French,
Secretary Of the Wyoming Pacific I'm
provement company.
Dated Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory
, 1890-06-05
STORAGE

For household goods or
fserchan disc of any de-
scyiptiOn. Terms reason
able and Insurance effected
acheH desired. w arehONses
on Cheyenne = Northern
track. Call and ger essi-
mates. Cheyenne CONNER
csai company.