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The morning call., 1890-07-23
Note the Prices !!
COLORED DRESS GOODS.

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At zoe per yard-Superior quality
STRIPED ENGLISH MOHAIRS. 40
inches wide, variety OF styles, former
price SOC.
At zoe per yard-ENGLISH "BRIGH-
TON" SUITINGS, % inches wide,
choice line of shades. regular price
soc.
AT SOC per yard-GENUINE SCOTCH
CHEYIoTS, "a inches wide, reduced
from SOC.
At soc per yard-ALL-W FRENCH
PLAID and STRIPED SUITINGS,
80 inches wide. worth Coo.
TAILOR SUITINGS, in checks and
stripes, sc inches wide, reduced from
40c.
At SOC per yard-ALL.WOOL SCOTCH
CHEYI0TS. in small, neat checks
and stripes. SO inches wide, reduced
from 75e.
AT soc per yard-ALL-WOOL FRENCH
SERGE, superior quality, worth 65c.
AT 75c per yard-42-inch ALL-W0OL
FRENCH FOULE DRAP, in COM
plete assortment Of shades, regular
value 81.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29

so n i'd. It is a mistaken idea that
because turnips are cheaply grown
that they will grow we'll on poor land.
The best way to grow a small patch
of turnips, if old land is sowed is to
fence off a lot in early spring and pen
the cattle on it at night until growing
time Cow manure is of a cool ma
ture, and seems we'll adapted to the
turnip growth. 1t should be turned
under occ4 sionally, which will i'm
prove the condition of the soil and
preserve and more thoroughly mix
the COW droppings with the soil. L
have seen turnips sown in this way,
and at the same time grass seed sown
plentifully, and the next summer a
fine lot of hay was taken from the
ground.
Prepare the ground well and have
a smooth seed bed, that there may be
no lmpediments in the way to hinder
growth.-IBo&. d.. Baird, IN Southern
Cuhavator and Djrie Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
SALEM, OREGON.
A Word About the Situation in the
Great Northwest.

Mr.. EDIToR:-Hoping [ may not
tire your readers too much, l again
write from this Northwest country.
There is quite an influx of immigra-
ton to this Northwest country, espe
cially the Willamette Valley, here in
Oregon, and nearly all of these people
come here are members or in hearty
sympathy with the great movement
known as the Alliance. Oregon is
now honeycombed with societies of
this kind. You hear of it all along
the line; it is talked of On the streets,
in the workshops and on the farm.
The warning is, let US organize. In
every voting precinct we find them
breaking away from their old movings
and most emphatically declare the
people shall and must rule. What is
true to day of Kansas will be true of
Oregon.
In many of our Northern papers
we have lately seen the partrait of
the editor of THE PROGRESSIVE FAR.
MER. He is a prominent figure in the
National Alliance of the United
States. North Carolina seems to lead
in this momentOus movement, and we
bid our brethren of the South God
speed, and should any of you ever
come to this fertile valley Of the coast
you will receive a hearty welcome
among your own kindred.
Many who are renting from year to
year or even farming on old farms
and buying fertil ;zers could Dol build
for themselves a splendid home in this,
one of the first countries under the
sun. AS I have said before, many are
the natural advantages here in this
valley, climate healthy, plenty of pure
running water, good fruit and rich
soil.
1 shall always try and give the
readers of The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
the plain truth without any coloring.
And should any of its readers write
me with amp they can expect an
early reply, and a reliable one, too.
Very truly
GEO. W. MEEKs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
SELECT TRUE MEN.

GATH, n. @.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none, and to
reach that point we must have men
who are not for sale, men who are
honest and sound from center to cir
conference, true to hearts core; men
who will condemn wrong in friends
or foe, in themselves as well as others;
men whose consciences are as steady
as the needle to the pole; men who
will stand for the right if the heavens
totter and the earth reel; men who
can tell the truth and look the world
and the devil right in the eye; men
that neither brag nor run; men that
neither flag nor finch; men too large
for party name to sway; men who
know their duty to their country and
have pride enough to do it; men who
know Their places and fill them; men
who will not lie; men who are not too
lazy to work 0 too proud to be
poor; men who are willing to eat what
they have earned and wear what they
have paid for.
I say to all, let us do our duty, select
them, yes hunt them out, bring them
out, put such men IN Office, from the
lowest to the highest, and we will be
rewarded and not until then can we
expect relief.
S. M. ROBERTSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29

Mr.. H. B. Hunter, ST., of Warren
county, May %, 1890, writes: al
planted the seed last spring, both
broadcast and in drills, and got only
a poor stand in both, but this spring
1 am cutting a splendid crop off both
plots. 1t is from three and a half to
four and a half Fee high. l am salts
fed that on good land lucerne is a
very fine crop. 1t is folly to expect
great results from poor soil and indif-
ferent preparation"
Mr.. F. Swift, of Guilford county,
May &c, 1890, writes: IL began with
Iucerne last year IN a small scale. I
was told that | could not grow it on
account of the weeds. [ determined
to give it a fair trial, and when the
weeds and lucerne e high enough
to cut, l moved them together. l
found that after being moved, the
lucerne grew much faster than the
weeds and soon got ahead of them. I
never saw anything to equal its
growth 1t grows we'll with me on
stiff clay. | have sown some more
this spring and never got a finer stand
of anything. Shall SOW six acres more
this fall. [ have Red, White and
Alsike clovers, but consider that n
acre of lucerne affords as much feed
as three acres of either of the others,
all having the same attention. Ny
n~eighbor, Mr.. W, to whom you
sent seed for trial last spring, failed
with it, and now thinks his failure
was caused by not moving the weeds.
I have no fear but that l can get a
good stand of lucerne if 1 have my
land will rolled 30 that it can be easily
moved"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
WEEKLY WEATHER CROP Bull.
LETIN
For the Week Ending Friday, July
nth, 1890.

CENTRAL OFFICE, Raleigh, N. G.
The reports of correspondents of the
We ky Weather Crop Bulletin, issued
by the North Carolina Experiment
Station and State Weather Service,
co operating with the United States
Signal Service, show that during the
week ending Saturday, July 18th,
1879 generous rains have fallen in
the central AMI western portions Of
the. Sga'e, breaking the drought which
prevailed in those districts before seri
Gus damage to crops had resulted.
Though light showers fell also in the
Eastern District, it continues very dry
in many places and crops are still sui
fering, excepting cotton. The rain
fell during the early and latter part
of the week, accompanied by rather
cool nights. The intermediate DAYS
were warm and bright. Maximum
temperature during the week SO,
minimum Sc degrees. The effect Of
the weather, on the whole, has been
to restore the favorable outlook for
this years crops. The general condi
ton of crops is, corn good, except
that upland corn was somewhat dam
aged by drought; corn planted after
wheat was cut, very good; tobacco
fair, melons abundant; fruit-apples,
peaches, poor.
Eastern District. Light showers &C.
Cured 18th to l4th and I65h to 10Th,
with some very warm days between.
The average rain fall was AZ inches,
which is an inch below the normal.
A hail storm injured crops in parts of
Pasquotank county. In some places
it still continues very dry, but crops
withstand drought we'll, and the out
look is cheering.
Central District. The drought has
ended this week, as nearly every
county reports abundant rains. The
average for this district was l.28
inches, which is slightly above the
normal. Heaviest rains reported were
Raleigh, 2.87 inches; Smithfeld, 2.2O;
Jonesboro, $50; Lumberton, LOS.
Corn and cotton are fruiting well;
cotton extra fine. Tobacco in good
condition, curing in progress.
Western District. Copious rains
have fallen this week, the average for
the district being I.26 inches, which
is nearly the normal amount. 1t is
still dry in some places where crops
have been somewhat damaged. Corn
had been injured, but the timely rains
will improve it. Cotton, corn excel.
lent; tobacco probably not quite as
good as usual.
II. B. BATTLE, Pr D.,
Director.
@. F. Won HERMANN, Signal Corps,
Assistant.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
FROM ROCKINGHAM.

Mr.. EDIToR:-On the 10Th Of june
the Farmers Alliance held a mass
meeting at Wentworth, in Rocking
ham county, and j. B. Smith, our dis
trict lecturer, was present and gave
us a fine lecture. He handled the
subjects on which he spoke Iucldly
and in a business like manner. The
financial question was first in review.
He gave us a clean cut analysis OF
that, also the Ire sury question,
in which he went into the detailed
workings, answering objections. The
Alliance in Rockingham is nearly a
thousand in number and increasing.
l must take The PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER to task on n point. 1t says
we must elect men who will be faith
full to our interest, to justice, to truth,
and all those who have not served Us
accordingly must be r~epudlated.
This is all we'll, but how are we going
to do it 4? The element who have
ruled this country so miserably are a
great deal more shrewd and cunning
than farmers would like to be. They
have the time and.the money, but the
farmers will be in a new business
without surplus time or money. They
have no: a controlling vote in all parts
if well utilized in the primaries. In
some they will succeed and in some
they will not. The consequence will
be that in some few cases the nomina-
tons can be so controlled as to place
men in the field who are not in sym
patty with our interests There we
have two candidates, one of either
party, and both hostile. In this case
this case the farmers votes will be
cast in the air.
What l am driving at is your advise
is good and you have told US it must
be worked out in the primaries, but you
have not measured the difficulties in
the way, for if you had you would
still have some sympathy for US in a
failure. The undertaking is tremen
dously arduous and likely sometimes
to fail in the very bud of success.
But rest assured every man will do
his duty. Homes loved ones, truth,
justice. liberty and country demand
him to do it. North Carolina will
stand to her ancient record for a fear.
less love of liberty, of justice, of
right, of pure government. AS she
was the first to brave the British lion,
the first to declare her independence
of his oppression, she will be the first
TO slap the signet seal of her condem
nation on that huge tyrannical oligar-
chy which holds it's annual meetings
in Washington.
W. r. LINDSAY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
HOW TO DESTROY REACHES
FoREsTvILLE, n. @.

F~OREsTvILLE, n. 4.
Mr.. EDIrOR:-We have been
troubled with reaches in our cook
room and they had become so numer-
GUS that | could find them almost all
over the house. | tried strichnine,
rat and insect poison, powdered borax
and killed a great many by scaldlng,
but could scarcely miss them. | wrote
to the Atlanta Constitution for a rem
edy, the answer was sprinkle powdered
borax in the room. Mr.. Peter Powell,
of Grove Hill, N. c., seeing the en-
quiry, was kind enough to write me
how to catch them, and l want to let
all who are troubled with them know
it. Get a wire fly trap and u a
wire through the trap near the top,
run it through a piece of bread on the
ms de at the same time. Set the trap
where the reaches travel and next
morning if you haven't got half a pint
of reaches 1 will be badly fooled. Do
not put anything in the bottom of the
trap, move everything out of the room
that they will eat at night when you
set your trap. Pour boiling water On
them and give them to your chickens.
These reaches increase so rapidly that
l would advise that you commence to
destroy them as soon as discovered.
Every roach egg will hatch out from
twenty ty forty young ones.
W. B. SMITH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
H TURNIP CROP.

Now that the farmer is through
with most of his crops he should see
to sowing a good patch of turnips
There are few crops that the farmer
raises that pay him better than the
turnip, for the time and expense it in
wolves. Turnips are not only valu,
able for the table, but most stock will
10 we'll on them, sheep will eat them
greedlly, and make returns in wool
and mutton. For young cattle they
are just the thing, furnishing material
for making bone and muscle. They
are good for hogs, and are a great
help in keeping the system in good
condition, and make hogs fatten faster.
[ do not know that they have much
fat forming qualities in themselves,
but they aid in keeping the appetite
good and the whole system in better
condition. One of my neighbors fat
tened a lot of hogs last fall that he
said fattened much faster after he fed
them on turnips. He cooked them
not that they were any better but the
hogs ate them better. Objections are
made TO feeding mich COWS on turnips
on account of the flavor impaired to
the milk, and similar objection IS made
to feeding beef cattle on turnips, on
account of the meat having the often
sive turnip taste, but | have eaten
mutton that was fattened on turnips
alone and I discerned no bad flavor.
But it is said If the turniPs are omitted
a week before killing, the flesh will
not taste of turnips. The meat of
beef fed freely on turnips is usually
juicy, tender, healthy and well.
favored. 1t has been SAID that the
reason the English produce better
mutton than we do is because they
fed largely on turnips.
Many claim that there is nc feeding
value in turnips, but [ cannot but
think differently. l have g sheep
kept on a turnip field that made the
best of mutton, and that tasted of no
other feed.
Last winter was an unusually warm
one, and the turnips had thrifty tops
growing all the time, and [ have seen
young calves that did we'll, not only
well but grew fat and we're sold in
early spring for beef. They we're fed
a little bran and meal in addition, but
not much. 1t seems to me in the
South, where winters are milder, the
turnip could be made a good pasture
for young cattle all through the win
ter season. It seems to me it would
be a good advantage to mich COWS to
Craze on through the day. I have fed
the tops to mich COWS in the fall after
pastures had failed, with good results.
The turnip delights in cool mois,
ture, and therefore a rather heavy soil
is to be preferred to a light one. Soils
entirely new are best, having abun.
dance of ashes from the brush burned
on the ground and vegetable mold.
They produce the finest and sweetest
roots. Ola land well MANFRED makes
larger turnips, but they are more
liable to be worm eaten, and are not
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29

fare" but of this Congress was the
Judge, and il decided otherwise. l
hold that the government is able to
manage our financial affairs better
for the people than any set of men
bent on amassing fortunes for them
selves. The government can and
ought to issue and regulate the
amount of gold and silver and paper
money in circulation, and not leave 1t
in the power of a few by contracting
the circulation to double the value OF
what they have.-J. N. Whitehead, 4"
The National Economist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN,
BRE CHREN.

Mr.. EDIToR:--From what l can see
there ace many jobs being invented
to stife or thwart the designs of the
farmers in the 5th district. Swaps
and trades to nominate are being
made, and these things are being done
by lawyers, etc. Let the farmers of
North Carolina keep Their eyes open
and upon these things. Brethren,
read The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and
be informed of these tricks.
Yours, H. D. M.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
CRIMSON CLOVER--(TrifoIium In
cavuatum)


Mr.. EDIToR:-This clover is earlier
than rye for fall sowing for winter
grazing or early spring cutting. Sow
from September lst to goth, ID
pounds to the acre on shallow, well,
prepared stubble land, or in cotton
fields after running light harrow or
sweep between the rows. Sow when
there is a good season in the land OF
just before a rain. 1t can be cut
from the land by or before the 18TH
of April. Plenty of time to plant the
land in corn or cotton or any other
summer crop. All crops grow wei
after it. l have been growing it to[
tenv wears. B. P. WILLIAMSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
~
SUCCESS WITH UCERNE.

Many of the farmers who CO. operatei
with the Experiment Station during
1889 in testing ~lucerne, and who too
early gave the experiment up as a
f. lure on account of the rank growth
Of weeds, have been ~agreeably sur.
prised to find that, in spite of neglect
the lucerne has taken hold of the
land.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29

Keep the best room open at all times
to the boys and girls, and let there be
books and papers from which they
may educate themselves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Public Advice.
From the Now York Sun
noise.

FROM TIE New lBIk sun.
The other day when horse drawing
cart full Of coal got stalled on West
street, the public was promptly on hand
with advice.
Put on the whip!" shouted the
driver Of an express wagon.
Take him by the head ~ added a
tlWckman.
Light bonfire under him ~ called
a lnan from the sidewalk
Cant you see he is stuck on the cen
teT?" querled a man who was probably
an engineer.
IF that was my boss" said Il man
with a bundle of clothes under his arm,
''Id tie cloth over hiseyes. Pve seen
it tried a hundred times, and it makes
'cm pull their best"
Don't believe it, said man with Il
cane. I've owned horses all my life,
and I've had some bad ones among 'cm.
The only thing to do is To blow into
his right ear"
'You mean the left" said a small
man with a very thin voice.
FNo, | don't! ! mean the right ear.
I've tried it often enough, ! guess
i crowd Of fifty people had gathered,
and now the driver got down and looked
the ground over. One wheel was down
in q rlrt He stood looking at it, his
hand on the horses hip, and everybody
around him rendering advice, when Il
couple of sailors came along, and one of
them called out:
faye! mate, but here's q craft on q
reef"
cover with her, then"
Both seized the wheel for q lift, the
driver clucked for the horse to go ahead,
and way went the load as easy as You
I 4 49,. .>f
the whole crowd who had not advised
tho IriNer how to do it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Bernhardt's Literary Vandalism

Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press.
81 remember" said my bookish friend
with laugh, "a funny thing which
Sarah Bernhardt did in our store when
she was last here. She dropped in one
morning, and, of course, all were ex-
ceedingly anxious to wait upon her
Finally it resolved itself as my duty, and
/ sold her quite a bill of books. l
showed the great actress every atten-
ton, and she seemed pleased, Just as
she was going out she reached for my
pencil, and asked me something in
French which | did not understand.
Seeing that | failed 20 catch her mean
ing, she looked all around on the coun-
ters, but apparently did not see what
she wanted. Then, as quick as flash,
before ! could comprehend heraim, she
took up volume OF one of the very best
sets of Scott in the store, bound in tree
calf, opened it to the pages, wrote some
thing on it, calmly tore out the leaf,
handed it to me, smiled and walked out,
On looking at the leaf, | saw that she
had written q pass for two to her per-
Torrance that evening. But she did it
at the cost of running one of our best
sets of books in the store"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Married HIM just the Same.

st. Joseph corr. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Last fall a young Engiishman named
Montague Baynes who was engaged as
bookkeeper for the Lyon 4 Judson
Hardware Company, lett the city sud-
denly After his departure it was
learned that he had stolen $500 from his
employers. He was traced 10 st. Louis,
but the detectives lost all trace Of him
there At the time he left he was en-
gagged to be married to a beautiful Young
Girl named Edna Moorley, the daughter
of Mrs. MORLEY, who moved in the best
society. 1t was thought that Baynes
dishonesty had caused the girl to break
the engagement, but recent develop
ments show that this was a mistake.
About month ago the girl left home,
ostensibly TO visit relatives IN Atchison
County, Mo, but ii was discovered that,
instead of going TO visit relatives she
went to Baynes and married him. They
are now living iii Texas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
The Way OF the World.

The Philadelphia Ledger says:
''There are over 200 churches, with 100,
600 adherents, on the west coast of At
RIGA In Northern Michigan, it is as
serted, there are several counties with
out church, and thousands of men,
women and children who never saw
one. It Is a New York clergyman who
remarked the other day: You can al
ways get ten good Christians to sympa-
thize with the suffering people on the
other side of the globe where you can
get only one to sympathize with the
suffering people of your own parish. .
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Atmospheric Dust.
From tho ponnlor Scinncn Monthly.

From the Popular science monthly
Extremely fine particles OF mineral
dust may exist in the atmosphere, and
do exist there more frequently than is
generally thought, while they escape
detection by our senses. The author,
while making experiments on the Peak
Of Tenerife in 1878, found the knife
edges Of his balance so clogged with this
invisible dust that the balance refused
to act. When wiped off, the dust col
lected again in q few minutes, and it was
only by continually wiping it away that
he was able to go on with his investiga-
ton. Prof. Plazzi Smyth, while on the
Peak Of Teneritie, witnessed strata
Of dust rising TO height OF
nearly a mile, reaching out to the hori-
zon in every direction, and SO dense as
to hide frequently the neigl4boring hills.
Prof. :. r. Langley, looking down from
the height Of $4,000 feet on Mount
Whitney, Cal, into a region that had
appeared clear from the valley below,
saw "a kind Of level dust ocean, in
visible from below, but whose depth
was 5000 or I 900 feet, as the upper por-
ton only OF the opposite mountain
range rose clear Y out of it,"
Dust storms are classified by DR."
Henry Cook according to their inten-
sity, as atmospheric dust, dust columns
aud dust storms DR.. Cook has OBJ
served in India that there are some days
on which. however hard and violent tile
wind may blow, no dust accompanies it,
while on others every little putt of air
or current of wind forms or carries with
il clouds of dust
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28

seized him by the shoulders, shook him
well, "to put the bones right again" as
they expressed it, and then continued
to work as before. The Bazaarmaster
and the policemen would come and
few seconds with hercuIean vigor by
way Of example, which was never fol-
lowed. 'Yallah - ("Hurry on
"Marhabbab y every good, y the men
would cry, and they would sing and
scream with a vigor that nearly drove
us wild. But for the occasional applica
ton of a stick and great frmness we
should have got nothing out of them but
mise