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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
CURIOUS FACTS.

The art gallery at Sacramento, Cal, has
many Chinese visitors.
An Augusta CMe.) lady, who has
reached her SEVENTEEN year, is cutting a
new set of teeth.
VIM. H. Clark, a colored student, took
the prize at the intercollegiate contestin
Ohio, for the best essay.
1t is said none of the "blue coat boys"
who go all over London without hat or
cap in all weathers had even a touch of
the grip.
DR.. Know, the German physician who
discovered antiryrine, is said to have
made more than a million dollars from the
sales of the drug to sufferers from the grip.
An engine on the East Tennessee and
Virginia road is regarded with supersti-
tious dread by the railroad men. 1t has
killed twenty-seven people during its
career.
A cat in Santa Cruz, Cal, has become
so expert in climbing up the door and
raising the latch to get in that the carry
ing of 8 big rat does not now interfere
with her performing the feat.
Lemuel Case, of Ironton, Wis, is said
to be unable to drink a cupful of almost
any liquid without having to efervesce
from his mouth as though he were an
animated mineral water siphon bottle.
A one-legged colored man in Egbert
county, Ca, has produced the first bale
of cotton every season in that county for
several years. He is prosperous, and IS
accommodating a handsome independence.
The largest forest in the world stands
on ice. It is situated in the Ural and
Okhotsh Seas. A we'll was recently dug
in this region, when it was found that at
a depth of $50 feet the ground was still
frozen.
Bridgton, Me-, has at least one absent
minded citizen. He met with an acct
dent and was confined to the house for
several weeks, but forgot entirely that be
held an accident policy emitting him to
$25 a week.
The sudden appearance of a mouse on
the floor of the British House of Commons
upset the dignity of the eminent gentle
man near it and led to a little panic that
made it necessary to drop business for
awhile
Iron is rolled so thin at the Pittsburg
Iron Works that $4,000 sheets are re-
quired to make a single inch in thickness.
Light shines through one of these sheets
as readily as it does through creased It's
sue paper.
It is not often the case that a man
passes his entire life in the home in which
he was born, but such was the experience
of Samuel Banley, a highly respected
citizen of Porter's Corners, N. Y, who
died recently aged 81 years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
THE MOST COSTLY WOOD.

The most costly of all the various
woods now in use among cabinetmakers
is what is technically known as French
walnut; it does not, however, come from
France, but is brought from certain parts
of Persia, Circassia, and Asia, its growth
being thus exclusively Oriental. To
work the logs into a%condition for veneers,
they are first subjected to a steaming pro-
cess until they become almost as soft as
butter; they are then fastened to a iron
beam, which r~eVolves around a finely
tempered knife with a razor-like edge of
the same length as the log. Every time
this beam turns around it moves a frac-
ton of an inch nearer to the knife and
a thin sheet of wood is shaved off with
great smoothness and laid IN the floor;
these sheets are in fact but the one hun
dred and twentieth of an inch in thick
ness, and indeed the veneers are fire.
quently made as thin as 175 to the inch.
The veneers used on furniture are some
what thicker, the thinner ones being used
on picture frames, also for covering walls
in some cases.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
A TERROR.
If You Can't Agree, Why Don't You
Fight it Out?

young people are terrors." This con-
else statement, says the New York Tri-
bune, at least is made by a certain mem
Der of Congress who represents a district
not more than 100 miles distant from
New York. He invited the other day to
his house to tea a gentleman whose sepa-
ration from the partner of his joys and
sorrows" has but recently ceased to be
the talk Of the town. Immediately upon
being seated in the drawing room the
gentleman was approached by the little
daughter of the host with:
Where is your wife 2"
Somewhat amazed and decidedly en-
barrassed, the gentleman stammered
forth:
"I don't know"
Don't know" persisted the infant
terrible, "why don't you know2"
Finding that the child kept on asking
troublesome questions despite the mild
reproof of her parents, he concluded to
make aSclean breast of the matter, and
have it over at once. So he said with
calmness:
We'll, we don't live together, we
think, as we can't agree, we'd better MOI"
He stiaed a groan as the child began
again, and darted an exasperated look at
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
LARGEST FEE EVER PAID A
DOCTOR.

"What was the largest fee ever paid to
a physician ?" a friend asks. Doctors, as
a rule, are reticent about their fees; but
there is a story, probably authentic, that
DR.. Willard Parker was paid 800, 900 for
the successful removal of an excrescence
from the face andneck of the son of one of
the wealthiest families in the vicinity of
New York. Commodore Vanderbilt be-
queathed $4,000 to n of his doctors;
but milEionaires seldom remember the
physician in their wills. They leave that
to be settled by the executors. DR.. Par
ker's fee in the case alluded to is probably
the largest ever paid, in this vicinity, at
least.-New York Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
TO COUNTY ALLIANCE PREsI-
DENTS,

OLD Sparta, N. c., Feb. 20, 80.
In accordance with section Is of the
statutory laws of the National body, I
have this day appointed Bro. ]. B. Oliver,
Mt. Olive, State Crop Statistician, and
request that each County President at
once select a county crop statistician and
report his name and address to the State
officer: These county officers will be re-
qulred to make there reports during the
year. One May lst, showing acreage;
Z August LIST, showing condition, and
n IN November, showing yield. The
Alliance is in a position to compile the
most reliable agricultural report ever
issued, and l trust the officers will appre-
ciate the necessity of it.
ELIAS CARR, Pres't N. c. F. s. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
TWINKLINGS

There is just so much of the foo in
every man; if it does not crop out when
he is young, it will when he is old.-At-
Gibson Globe.
"Some gymnasts are too fresh" re-
marked Arnold, as he looked at an ex-
hibition of tumbling. eyes" added
Constable, and somersault. "-Puck.
Little Marie-Oh, Edith, there's a hole
in your stocking as big as a silver dollar.
Edith-Why, Marie, how you exaggerate!
Marie-WelI, it's as big as 80 cents, any
way.-Light.
Mccormick want two poached eggs
on toast. Walter-Yes, sir. "And be
sure and have them fresh laid" Eyes,
sir; III have them laid on the toast, sir"
- Yonker8 Statesman.
Birgs-So James got five years. Well,
he ought to have known better. Some
men V will learn anything. Braggs
What did he do? Briggs-Talked
back to a policeman.
Simpson-So Miss Westside refused
you, did she? Fizzletop-Yes, when 1
asked her to form a matrimonial league
with me she preferred the brotherhood
to the league.-L5ght.
Tcmmy-Are the bald-headed men
near-sighted, papa? Papa-I think not;
why do you ask? Tommy-At the pan
tomime I never see any bald-headed men
in the back part of the theatre Boston
Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
Tie Box Of Books for !hs Farmers
Fewer Acres with a System of I'm"
proVement."

BY J. ROMULUs CLINE, A PRACTICAL FARMER.
A system tending to the improvement Of the
soil, condensed into a book. Fully endorsed. '"Tbs
the pen of a North Carolinian. "-Ne1OtOn BHtS"-
prise.
SHOULD be in the hands of every farmer. and In
cheap at S1.OO. Hickory Press and CGrO4iRtGn-'
We heartily recommend it to the brotherhood
and farmers generally all over the South. "-Cdt0oO
6d COUNTY, Farmers Alliance.
A. Former.
Price IS cents postpaid, or 5 copies for 500.
Silver or postal note: Liberal discount 70 ne
brotherhood on quantiteA
is091m CGtaWba, n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
NEW RITUALS AND NATIONAL
CONSTITUTIONS.

The new rituals with burial service,
and the new Constitution of the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
are now ready. Brethren can get sup
plies by ordering from State Secretary.
Rituals so cents per dozen, National Con-
situations 25 cents per dozen, State Con-
situations so cents per dozen, by mail
post paid on receipt Of price.
E. G. BEDDINGFIELD,
Sec'y N. @. F. S. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
PROBABLY'THE BIGGEST FOOT
ON EARTH.

A pair of shoes made in Boston in 1900
for a man in Jersey measured as follows:
The length of the foot, % 3-8 inches.
Length of the heel, 6 inches.
With of the sole, 81 inches.
Width of the heel, 81 inches.
Circumference over the instep, 20
inches.
circumference lengthwise, A inches.
In one of these shoes two sizeable men
put all four of their feet and did not fill it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22

her parents. But the ~precocious young
ster would not be quoted, and at last she
exclaimed:
Cant agree? Then why don't you
fight 1t out as pa and ma do?"
l am unable to say what occurred SUBJ
sequently.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
THE BROOK AND THE FARMER

After a long spell of rain a certain
brook which had never boosted Of a depth
of more than a foot, became a small river,
and as it went rushing along it called out
to a farmer in the field:
"Save what you can of your mill as
soon as possible, for [ am going to sweep
it away. Also, drive your cattle to the
hills and send your family out of the house
and prepare for the very worstl"
The frightened farmer fastened to obey,
but had not half completed his labors
when the brook again sunk into insignif
canoe and went winding it's way as be-
fore. Indignant at having been put to
such fright and haste, the farmer was
talking Spanish to the brook when an
owl on a thorn tree near by observed:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22

This manufacturing company is established ~
Alliance men, and run by Alliance men, In toa
heart of the wOrld-renOWne golden tobacco belt.
Arrangements perfected for manufacturing as good
smoking and chewing tobacco as is made. Orders
solicited Alliance prices Will be given to this and
other States. Price list furnished. We refer Il
Col. L. l.. Polk. Sec'y n. c. S. F. A., w. Z.
Worth. S. B. 4 Raleigh, N. c., Capt. s. B. Alex,
ander, ChmT Elk. Com, n. G. S. A, Charlotte, 4.
c., and Elias Carr. President n. G. 5. E. G.
Granville County Farmers Alliance TobaeGa
Manufacturing Co, oxford, n G. ap1GIE-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22

Willow chairs that have lost their
natural color can be restored by using a
solution of chlorine. Clean cane-seated
chairs with salt or ammonia and warm
water. Apply it with a nail brush, scrub.
bling it well, rinse with cold water and
dry thoroughly. Wet the under part OF
the seat, and when dry it will become
taut.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
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GOING WHERE FATHER GOES

by request.l
Where are you going, nv son :"
I said to the five-year-Old,
The bright little one with the truthful eyes,
And the locks like FURNISHED gold
"Where are you going, my son -
And he danced on his dainty toes,
As he lisped in his pretty, winning tones,
I'm going where father goes"
Father, so thoughtless now,
So little inclined to heed,
Dc YOU ever think of the little feet
That will go where your footsteps lead
OF the beautiful, trusting boy,
With his face so full of light,
That ever thinks, in his childish faith,
That what father does is right?
How many Of us who slip,
How many of us who stray,
Ever think of the tracks that follow ours,
As we step from the narrow way?
Let us order our steps Alright,
That in seeking heavens repose,
Cur little ones may say, in truth,
I'VE are going where father goes u
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22

The bow-legged toad OF the Star-Lea7er
says: eve fought under the Stars and
Bars" he was as correct n this, as when
he instructed his readers that the Star
Spangled Banner was composed at the
battle ofNew Orleans - Western Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
Beware Of Fraudulent limitations!

See that our Trademark (same as above)
appears on each jug.
Send for book " History of Microbe Killer"
given away by Lee, Johnson & Co Druggists,
sole agents, corner Fayetteville and Martin
streets, Raleigh, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22
MORAL q.

cit was much your own fault. Sudden
wealth and power coming to n who has
always lived in poverty is sure to cut a
dash and come down with a thud."-De-
trOIt Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22

Pick the fish up fine, and soak over
in cold, soft water. In the morn
wipe dry on a towel, and mix with
twice the quantity of cold mashed pota-
toes. Dip into egg and bread crumbs and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-27

may be translated ere this into several con-
tinental languages, and read with gusto by
the Germans, French and, Austrians. The
Following is the shape in which that par
ticular lie is now going the rounds of the
English press.
MISS lAEz CoULToN, who made certain reve-
lailons TO New York authority with regard to
Inc treatment received by girls at the hands
oil the Mormons, and appealed to the American
people TO stop the Mormon traffic in girls, has
incurred the resentment of the Saints Her
return to Salt lake city has been signalled by
persecution and demands for5 retraction Of
her damaging statements. The lady's friends
In Salt Sake city have presented her with a
SIX shooter, and she is practiclng with it, as
she proposes to resume missionary work at
Fillmore city, which is a hotbed of Mormonism.
The Saints of old were counseled to have
praises in their mouth and a two-edged sword
in their hand. Miss CoULToN proposes to
bring the Mormon Saints to reason with a
slx-shooter, whereby the moral equilibrium
may perchance be re-established.
ofcourse there will be many capable of
approaching the fine satire of the above in
its reference to the Saints of old with
praises in their mouthuand two-edged
sward in their hand; and the ridiculous
figure and mock heroic of a slight woman
with six-shooter bringing the morals of
the Mormon Saints''to an equilibrium. But
while some will do that, how many of the
good, staid people of England will take the
paragraph as solid trash and quote it in
proof of the the terrible condition of affairs
IN Utah! Miss CoULToN's lie has opened
up for her the possibility of new occupa-
ton, one for which she is eminently fitted
and about the only one; she should apply
without delay for a place in dime
museum, where she could sit between the
fat woman and the Circassian beauty and
be announced by the stentorian voice of
the lecturer as the heroic Miss INEZ CoUL-
TON, who did more towards civilizing that
ancient and barbaric race, the Mcrmons,
than the great Congress of the United
States. Whereupon the heroine could rise
and say: kind people cannot tell lie
did it with my little hatchet-No, no,
mean my little six shooterr'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-27
THE THINNEST YET.

The Tribune gives the following reason
why the law-abiding Mormons should be
disfranchised for what it says they say
they believe:
The Mormon may believe that JOSEPH SMITH
IS prophet; no one objects TO that; he may
believe that his religion is the only legitimate
religion on earth; no one objects to that; but
when he goes further, when he says he believes
THAT The man who stands in JOSEPH SMITHS
stead is the rfghtful ruler of the world, and he
has to obey him in all things" that takes from
him the power to stand up and honestly swear
That he Will obey the laws and commands OF the
government of the United States.
Well, inasmuch as the Mormons do
'stand up and honestly swear' to obey the
laws, and, what is of vastly more import
ance, actually obey the laws far better than
their opponents do, it would seem that there
something wrong either in the
premises or in the conclusion given
in the above extract. That the Nor
mons are actually obeying the laws,
not those relating to polygamy alone,
but all the laws, far better in Utah than the
are obeying or ever have
o0eyed them, is matter of record in the
courts of the territory, the courts being
under the entire control of the non Nor
mons.
Butin addition to that, no Mormon, so far
as we know, believes that President WooD-
RUFF is 1.-THE rightful ruler of the world"
that idea has been distinctly disavowed by
the church presidency in public manifesto,
and is disavowed in the authorized creed of
the church. The Mormon creed teaches
submission ito kings, rulers, and magis-
trates," and these are not provided for in
any part Of the church doctrine as church
officials.
The proposition to disfranchise men for
that the meanest paper in
America says they say they believe, is
about the thinnest thing we ever heard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-27

ductive OF consequences disastrous to the
highest degree to the cause of ireland; and,
moreover, would render his (GLADsToNE's)
retention of the leadership of the Liberal
party, based as it is mainly upon the prose-
cution of the Irish cause, almost a nuIlity
Surely there was something more than lime
in Mr. PARNELL's eyes when he could not
see his duty in view Of all these circumstan-
ces; it was selfshness. And while it was
sacrifice in view of the promised land to
vacate the position of leader, yet it was a
sacrifice that would have endeared him
still more than ever to his country, and
would have done much towards burying in
forgetfulness the great crime which is
proving his ruin. The personal sacrifice
would have raised him to the plane of the
unselfish patriots of the age, and stamped
him statesman who recognized that his
cause was greater than any personal inter-
est But now he is likely to be compelled
to sustain the humiliation of defeat in his
own party and driven not only from the
the leadership Of the Irish party, but from
public life in disgrace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-27
THE KELLNER FAILURE.

OF course everybody hare will sympa-
thize with Mr.. KELLNER, the East Temple
street merchant who was forced to the wall
yesterday morning, and had to close his
doors, turning over his stock and accounts
to creditors. The gentleman has been with
US only few months, it is true, but his ac-
quaintance has been pleasant one. and he
has made many friends here who will re-
greet that misfortune has overtaken him.
In this connection another matter should
be mentioned. This is the only CONNER
c1al failure of any magnitude which has
occurred in this city for many years. In
deed, while it is small in the amount in
volved as compared with failures else
where, it is perhaps one of the largest
which ever happened here, and will neces
sarily occasion some comment in
mercantile and financial circles of
the east 1t is not apprehended
that it will have much of an Injurious eff
fect on the standing of other local COM
merclal houses, yet it will be only natural
If an inquiry shall DE made to learn if the
causes which led to the downfall of Mr.
hELLNER exist as to other houses: in feet.
If there is any special reason why there
should be apprehension ana nervousness
regarding the mercantile concerns of Salt
Lake. We are confident that such an in
CURRY will not prove injurious in any re-
spect On the contrary it will demonstrate
that trade is in healthy condition. that
merchants doing legitimate business are
In no trouble, and that the outlook is pe-
culiarly bright and promising. The going
down OF Mr.. KELLNER is not chargeable to
any unhappy or unhealthy condition of
things commercially in this community.
nor can it be attributed to the
financial stringency,n of which we
hear so much. The cause of the fail
ure may be found readily 1t lies
IN two things-first, the lack of suf1.
Gent capital with which to carry on the
large business which the gentleman set out
TO do, and second, in the inability to attract
custom. Trade is not built UP and estab-
ished in a day. In a place like Salt axe
where competition is close and shrewd men
are in it, the building up of trade takes
time as well as energy, and Mr.. KELLNER.
we assume, didn't have the capital upon
which to exist until profitable business
was established. In other words, his ex
penses simply ate him up before he had
created business out of which to make
those expenses.
The failure cuts no figure whatever in
Salt Lakes mercantile status; and it can
not be used as an argument that the city is
not In its ordinarily prosperous ana safe
condifa,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-27
MAKE SOLDIERS OF THEM.

We suggested several weeks ago that a
probable solution of the Indian question
would be found by making soldiers of the
remnant of our aborigines that have sur
vived our steel
The policy of the first governor of Utah.
BRIGHAM You've, was embodied in favor
tie expression of his to the effect chat it
was better to feed than to fight the red
men. His policy has been more or less ad-
hered to by the people of Utah, and as
result we have had very little trouble with
the indians, though surrounded by several
OF the most warlike tribes.
Weare not among those who believe there
are no good Indians but dead Indians. We
are not IN love with the Indians, either.
but we are not ashamed to record that the
red men have good qualities in their make
up, and certain heroic virtues that chal-
lenge the admiration even of their heredi
tary foes the whites.
The mind of the Indian is bright and keen,
his will power enormous, his friendship
| slow and sometimes uncertain, his hatred
swift and lasting. He can endure fatigue.
make long marches on short rations and
amid appalling exposures to the wind and
sky. His delight is in war or the chase.
Manual labor doesn't suit him; indeed, he
looks upon it as degrading and as an unfit
occupation for the warrior he takes himself
to be. One occupation, and one only.
seems to fill his ideal of what he should en-
gage in, and that is war. Peace enervates
and, in our day, generally debauches
him. His faculties are fully awake only in
the forced action of march or battle, and
none of the dull, tame sports of peaceful
industry have any charm for him. He is a
soldier, his martial ardor being of a differ
ent kind, indeed, from that of the drilled
automaton into which the perfection of
military science has turned the white SOL
der, but ne is a soldier nevertheless. It
will take several generations more before
he can be induced to take up the arms of
industrial warfare and engage in the battle
of agriculture, manufacture or commerce
for the support of himself and family.
Then why not, we say, make soldiers Of
the Indians? Why not use regiments of
these native sons in exploring Alaska. in
penetrating the mountain Businesses in the
interests of science, in making SURVEYS of
the western plateaus! They would be Just
as serviceable to the engineers or scientists
or explorers in charge of these expeditions
as any other auxiliaries. Then, too. if
there were any killing to be done among
the border Indians, these regiments could
be utilized for that purpose so unpleasant
to white man.
There would be found abundant oppor
tunities to keep the Indian regiments suffi-
GENTLY employed during each season to
prevent them from becoming FESTIVE. I'm
less something of the kind is done, the red
race of this country and with all its
faults race composed largely of stoical
heroes-will soon be extermirated, and we
shall have completed our own dishonor in
dealing with this remarkable if inferior
race