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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

would give a powerful impetus to the
fruit interest in the county
and State. 1t would teach our people
to appreciate more fully the opportun
tiles for pleasure and prof, now so
commonly disreg arded. 1t would in,
vite immigration of intelligent men
from without the State to engage here
in fruit growing. 1t would help to
change the unsightly quilted, bare
fields of the country into pleasant
vineyards and orchards and in many
other ways benefit this community,
This is well worth trying for. All
that is needed is a little effort on the
part of those directly interested in the
local frui5 business. Surely there Is
energy and executive ability enough
among our local horticulturists to carry
to a successful conclusion such a
scheme as here suggested Will they
do it ?
Yours very respectfully,
GERALD Nc NARTHY.
n. @. Ayr. Exp't Stain, Aug. 2, go
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
HOW WE ARE PROsPER1NG.

A Nebraska farmer recently loaded
up his three teams, n with corn, one
with oats, and n with potatoes. Be
hind one team he hiCched a fat steer,
and behind another he hitched a fat
COW. With this outfit he started to
his "home market" where he sold the
products Of his farm. The fat steer
bought him a suit of ordinary cloth
ing; the fat COW bought him a com,
mon o~vercoat; the load of potatoes
bought him a hat and pair of gloves;
the load of oats bought him a pair of
boots and a pair of socks, and the
load of corn bought him a suit of I'M
derclofhing. He went home whoop
ing for " Harrison, protection, and the
home market" and wearing upon his
person the products of a fat steer, a
fat COW, a load of corr a load of oats,
and a load of potatoes.-Mead county,
Is. Dakota Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
THE BOOK OF THE ACTSOF THE
HAYSEEDS.

And it came to pass when Grover
departed from the White House that
Benjamin reigned in his stead.
And Benjamin spoke to all the PEG.
pie in his message and said, behold,
your taxes shall be kept very high
so that you shall be prosperous and
happy.
And the Lord blessed the farmers
with bountiful crops, yet they pros.
pered not.
For their substance was devoured
by the tax gatherers, and by those
who loaned money at usury and by
such as collected tolls on the iron
highways.
Then there arose a great murmur.
ing among the people. And they
said, how long shall we suffer these
things !? Have we not been robbed,
10, these many years ? Can a man
raise l2-cent orn and pay 3 per cent.
a month?
And the tillers of the soil said one
to another, go to! let US bind our
selves in a great alliance. And i
was so.
And many scofed and said, it
would come to naught. Can the
farmers stick together And they
laughed. Selah.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
BORN LEADERS

Inc Rev. y. y. Adams wrote:
Great men always appear when a
great crises is reached. The right
man in the righs place, at the
right time. It is difficult to see in the
creation of strong and original souls
anything less than the direct hand of
the Lord. At such jnnctures, when
it needs them most, society always
has the least material out of which to
make leading minds. Nor can you
find in their ancestry or surroundings
anything like the data sufficient to &C
count for their appearance, in season
for their work, or a proper qualitica
ton for it. When the tale of bricks
is doubled, then, runs the old proverb,
{ Moses comes But the fact that he
does come, exactly the man for the
hour, with just the qualities Of a great
leader, is the irresistible hint Of Di-
vine power, a heavenly provision for
the emergency, a force from without,
injected into the needy life of human
ity, when its own supplies are languish.
ing and low. The times when the
greatest men have been born into this
world have nearly always been the
least adapted to produce great men,
and these heroes in turn have been
the men Of all others least in harmony
with their surroundings. Take Moses,
as an example. There were few Mo
sale natures. He was an isolated nan
He reached the zenith when his PEP
pie were utterly respondent. Paul
the Apostle was another Of these pro-
vidential men. So was Shakespeare"
In our own country take a Wash,
ington, or a Lincoln, and inquire who
their fathers were. In this inquiry
you may include every name cited,
and you will find that they were dis
tinguished for nothing above other
men, save in that th3y we're the
fathers Of their distinguished ons
Frequently the leader and reformer's
own people, who are apparently bis
peers, are bind to his ability and often
jealous Of the position that Providence
mas clearly assigned hun. When in
the supreme agony of the darkest
hour laborers in field, shop OF mine
were crying fer aid, when the sun Of
prosperity seemed as if it would rise
no more-when Iaborers and farmers,
banded together, looking each other
in the face, and asked OF each other
if the desolation of destruction
must surely engulf them--when
Ia hoy, rrio,c o0J ForDo o1IIoocoa -Oro
cropping aimlessly in the ere 3ean
darkness, then u Moses came, onr
leaders appeared. While to-day, as
centuries ago, the Red Sea roll in
front of our hosts, the Pharoahs Of
our times-"Trusts ARE III the
rear, fanked by pools and combines,
the Sea Of Despond will divide when
the Grand Master Workman shall
wave His wand; then discord and
strife and partisan politics shall down,
and the monopolistic hosts shall know
the force of the waves of popular in
dignation; then with the Ieac..:s at our
head, in unbroken phalanx. We will
pass over the corrupt par 5 of I'D day,
and toilers in factory or farm will,
like the children of Isr#eI, find their
Canaan, and, as under M,ses, the law
shall be: eff thou lend money to one
of my people that is poor, that is by
thee, thou shalt not be To him as an
usurer; neither shalt thou lay upon
hiu interest"
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
WEEKLY WEATHER CROP But
LETIN
For the Week Ending Saturday, Aup
I'd, 1890.
CENTRAL OFFICE, Raleigh, N. G.

CENTRAL OFFICE, Raleigh, N. c.
The reports of correspondents Of the
Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued
by the North Carolina Experiment
Station and State Weather Service
co, operating with the United States
Signal Service, show that heavy rains
continued throughout the State until
the 3Oth of July, the remainder of the
week ending Saturday, August I'd,
1890, being warm and bright. Fears
have been entertained that the heavy
rains of the past two weeks would
cause serious damage to crops, but the
injury done is far less than might
have been expected. Cotton has been
shedding badly in~scme places, but
the plants are so well advanced and
full of blossoms and fruit that the
present loss is not sufficient to justify
any gloomy anticipations. In a ma.
jority of counties the rains have been
Just what was needed, and the general
prospects for cotton, corn and tobacco
continue excellent. The weather dur.
ing the week has greatly benefited up.
land corn, but injured crops on low
ground. Mr.. j.. W. Morrow says that
Plneville township a show cotton
tapping in FIVE foot rows and FIVE to
six feet high.
The highest temperature during the
week was "a, the lowest 81 degrees.
The average rain fall was 3.75 inches,
which is nearly 2 so inches above the
normal amount. The following are
some of the heaviest rains reported:
Edenton, Chowan county, $50; Eliza,
beth City, P~asquotank county, 40;
New Berne, Craven county, 5 SO;
Raleigh, Wake county, 578; Smith.
field, Johnston county; 3,85; Lauren,
burg, Richmond county, 700; Ayes,
vile, Stokes county, 700; Lemon,
Caldwell county, 400; Old Fort, Nc.
Dowell county, 5 90; AshevllIe Bun.
combe county, so inches. Next
week will continue warm with plenty
of sunshine and not much rain.
Eastern District. Cloudy and cool
weather prevailed, with heavy rains
until July 3Oth, followed by warmer
weather the rest of the week. The
average rainfall 3 26 inches. Some
damage reported to cotton and tobacco.
Cotton is shedding, but not badly, and
rust has appeared. The heavy rain
did less damage than expected.
Central District. The average rain.
fall for the week was 1852 inches,
which is more than three inches above
the average. The Litter part of the
week was bright and warm. Cotton
has been damaged and is shedding,
but not as badly as was anticip sted.
The rain has been f .vorable for corn,
grasses, potatoes and vegetables, has
slightly injured tobacco. Rust re,
ported on cotton in Richmond county.
Western District. Rainy weather
continued until the 29th, followed
by warmer weather with plenty of
sunshine, which was greatly needed.
The average rain fall for the week was
800 inches, two inches in excess of
the normal. Less injury to cotton
reported in this district than in others,
though it has shed some. Corn and
tobacco improved, especially upland
corn.
H. B. BATTLE, Phi D.,
Director.
G. F. Won HERMANN, Signal Corps,
Assistant.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

The above IS a lair estimate Of the
cost of raising an acre of corn in Cass
county, and the yield given is a good
one. In order to come out without
any loss, the expense must be reduced
1886 per acre, and it cannot be done.
But on that same corn, on which the
farmer loses in unrecompensed labor,
nearly five cents per bushel, the rail.
road makes a ne5 gain of Il cents per
bushel.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

slander-monger. Again, wecoma
Polk. Welcome Beaumont. Wi,
come all workers to the cause of tro
people against aristocracy and the
money power.
And that is who Polk is.-K. nso,
Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

In the olden time it was thought
necessary to dry the entire moisture out
CT the new cut grass before it was put
away for hay. This has been dis
covered to be an error. The best hay
is that which has been but partially
dried before going to the stack. Inc
study and experiment with ensllag9
led to this discovery.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
OWNS THE FARM ?"

Discus ing Senator Leland Stan
ford's dictum in regard to railroads,
that the essence of ownership is con.
troll" the TURNER'S Alliance figures
out that the railroads own the farms
IF this country, because they control
the revenues from the same. 1t gives
the following account of sales of one
acre of corn:
One car corn, GA bush. 36 lbs. at ? nc per
............ S14s SO
CHARGES.
Freight, $3.50; Inspector, 4Oc.; commits
Tota' net pro9uct...................... S87 So
1t goes on to say:
1t will be seen that the freight on
above car of corn amounts to a little
over 81 cents per bushel. This is the
gross share the railroad company gets.
Its net share is about that amount. or
Al cents per bushel. Now, let us see
how much the farmer gets out of it.
This corn was raised in Cass county,
and it is fair to suppose that the land
it was raised on was worth $50 per
acre. 1t was raised in a good corn
year, and it is fair to suppose the
yield was about so bushels per acre.
The account then would stand thus:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

To care for the widows, and edu-
cate the orphan children of a dead
brother, is a duty that ought to be
quite pleasant to perform.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

If the Alliance is a good thing for
a farmer, then it surely is worth the
trouble that it will cost it to keep
clear of all improper and unworthy
people who may seek to join it for un.
worthy motives.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28
Good Manners,
From the Uhatauquan.

From the Chatauquan.
1t is the subtle way in which social
selfishness crops out. The old
fashioned division of society was into
superiors, equals and interiors. One
of the rasest things in American soci-
ETY. is genuine courtesy toward supe-
riors. Toadyism there is plenty of,
and it is a distinguishing habit
which it Is unnecessary to condemn
here. The more common and less
conspicuous mistake is withholding
through selfishness the Difference
which is due superiority. Let a per-
son of a little more culture, little
better position, larger experience, be
thrown among us and we too often
assume a cold dignity.
The glorious doctrine of the equal
lty OF all men we quote in selfdefense.
Unselfishness would alter this man.
ner and tell.us to do honest thing
and the only polite thing-give his
worth it's due and ourselves the OPP
portunity of gathering what we can
from his broader life. This principle
is constantly ignored in our villages
and towns. The sharp lines which
are drawn between cliques is really
often, ifnot as n rule, the fault of
those who feel their social position
to be less than of another set who
assume a rigid formality when
thrown into their company. The
manner that shows Difference COM
bined with self-respecting independ-
ence is one OF the most charming
which good society sees.
The great strain on this principle
undoubtedly comes from association
with equals. A man is polite to his
daily associates IN proportion as he
lays aside his own claims for consid.
GRAFTON 'lnd substitutes theirs. But
it must be spontaneous, natural, I'M
pretending unselfshness.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28
Cripples Made in Childhood.

Cripples are so common a sight in
every day life, says DR.. j. B. Bissell,
in Babyhood, that unless our atten-
ton is arrested by an aggravated
case, we pass them daily with hard
ly more than a sympathetic look.
Yet, out feelings would surely he
aroused if we realized that most of
these cases are due to the neglect of
some one who had charge of them
in their early years. A fair amount
of care and consideration latter
proper instructions, perhaps), on
the part of mother or nurse of these
MANNED ones in their infancy, could
in all probability, have made the
difference between a human being
capable of earning a living and a
useful and happy member of society,
and a miserable, decrepit, defenseless
creature, dependent upon the com
munity for it's livelihood and upon
charity for existence. The greater
number of deformties begin in in
fancy and childhood. The most
important of all the varieties OF
lameness, because of it's frequency,
and because of the serious and even
fatal results which often follow it, is
that belonging to disease Of the hip.
joint. 1t comes on gradually, with
out apparent cause, getting better,
or entirely disappearing at times, to
return again later, and in n more
marked form each time, but lulling
tho victim and its friends into a
false security, until it is too late.
In this common bone inflammation.
the earlier it is discovered, the great
er are the chances to recovery with
out abcess or deformity. A moder-
ate amount of knowledge on this
subject would have taught the moth
er that at the first suspicion of
trouble in walking, the child ought
to have been placed under the OBJ
servation of some one competent to
judge of the condition and the neces-
sity of treating it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28
VERY nearly

Every nearly
"And walking, or IN the under.
ground, or on the top of 'bus?"
"A little of all three, and the club
to finish with
swell. and have you found your
plot?"
"Yes, but | can't write it now, SO
am not much better off than before. {"
Good gracious! Why"
Because" said Stephen, bending.
and kissing her eyes, "the story is
so pretty that | have no words in
which to tell it; no character that |
have hitherto conceived is good
enough to play part in it; no Incl
dent that have known or imagined
but seems poor and tedious beside
it,"
"Then it is very good?"
"Perfect!"
"And is it real or ideal?"
"Both."
won't you tell it to me?"
'Some day."--London World.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28
SpinSterS' Paradise.

Ukraine, Russia, is the real para
disc for the spinster. And il in this
country prototype of the Russian
province could be found, it would
be populated in less time than one
iQagines. In Ukraine, think of it, We
spinsters and celibates, all the court
ing is done by the womenl The man
has nothing to do with the affair.
Like Marianain the moated grange, he
merely sits and waits.
If the young woman feels stealing
DER her a fancy for particular
young man, she does not pine away
in green and yellow melancholy. -
But she buckles on the armor of her
affections and sallies ont like n CON
quering hero. To drop smiles and
come down to matter-of-fac Ian
guage, the young woman, when she
tails in love with some young man,
without delay discloses to him the
true condition of her feelings.
Does he love her? Then the mar
i'uSo celeihobJ IL dtIuIiSeu WITHOUT
delay. Does he not love her? Then
the love-sick damsel plants herself
in his residence and announces that
she will stay there until II revolution
shall come i'll his feelings. The
young man is helpless, because the
friends of the young woman will
avenge any affront that the young
man shall offer to her.
But he is not compelled by either
law orcustom to endure her presence
forever. When he becomes tired of
the attentions of the love-lorn lass
he pickup his lares and penates
and move out. When the affair
reaches this climax it is equivalent
TO an announcement that the young
man positively will not wed.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28
Test of Character,
from the New York Ledger.


Some one has we'll remarked thai
the sharp,st test of mans charac.
ter is in his treatment of what is in
his power, and wholly below him.
Motives OF self-interest are sufficiently
strong and numerous to produce ir
reproachable conduct toward supe-
riors or equals in strength, or knowl-
edge, or station, or wealth, or intel
ligence. They have it in their power
to defend themselves from our at
tacks, to bring us to account for our
misdoings, to resist injuries, to re-
ward benefits, Much of what renders
our lives valuable is in their hands
to bestow or to Withhold. When,
therefore, we so order our conduct
so as to conciliate and please those
who can thus control our happiness
and welfare, it may be a token of in
telligence, but not necessarily ofnoble
character. When, however, we come
into noble relations with those who
have no such power, who must accept
vii bout appeal what we choose to
give them, who have no more sub
stantial reward to bestow them graft
tude or affection, and no severer pen
atty than secret and inpotent wrath,
we show something of our true selves
by the way in which we treat them.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28
THE REASON WHY.

The reason why | love you
Il not alone because you re fair,
And the magic OF your presence
Is like sunshine everywhere:
Not because your hair is auburn
And floats in Laughing waves.
Like the ripping dancing sunbeams
In the fairest fairy caves.
Not because your eyes are brighter
Than the twinkling stars above,
Nor that your voice is sweeter
Than the whisperings of love;
Not because the shells of ocean,
With'their many tints 80 rare,
With the pure and bright complexion
Ofyour face can ne'er compare.
Or your mouth of rosebud sweetness,
Or your teeth OF pearl divine,
In form a very goddess,
Where every grace combine;
No. It's not for these love you
With passion strong and true,
love you, yes love, because
My darling. it is you.
-Chauncy Wlkie.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

HE Empress Eugenie has just pre-
sentec to the fathers who have the
keeping OF the mortuary chapel at Farm
borough, where the remains of Ma
poleon Ill and the Prince Imperial
are Inferred, magn ificent alter cloth,
made from her wedding gown. The
cloth has been made by the Empress
herself 1t is trimmed with the lace
and embroidery which ornamented the
dress
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

WHEN man says he has new type
writer 1t is hard to determine whether
ne has got new machine, or employed
a pretty new woman to play on it;
hence two new words have been invent
ed: "typoscript, to signify the type
written manuscript. and "graphotype"
to signify the ma chine-that is, the
passive machine; the active machine
retains the typewriter" sobriquet
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

1T Is not at all cause of wonder that
Mr. Stanley should not say much about
MS recent travels. He has been offered
Szoo' ooo TO write book describing that
Journey lie will undoubtedly accept
some such offer, and in order to keep
1alth with his publishers he declines to
tell through intervie WIS what the book
is expected to re zeal. Mr.. Stanley
cannot be blamed fol- such "a course.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

ANDREW CARNEGF E, the steel king,
mas offered to spe md not less than
$l'ooo. ooo Tor cent raj free library and
branches for the city of Pittsburg, pro-
Vloeo the city Will maintain them. The
offer will be laid before the council
soon and 1t Is believed that it will
be promptly and enthusiastically ac-
cepted. The same donor has spent
nearly $3oo,OO0 on the Allegheny City
free library.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

The surest way to abolish poverty
In this and every other country is to
give each individual the utmost re-
ward OF his own efforts, and to take
care that no one individual is able to
obtain wealth by devices which create
That wealth at the cost OF others.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

ONE OF the Parnell witnesses was
libelled by Sir Richard Webster the
attorney for the Times, in his closing
argument This witness sued Webster,
and to settle that suit the Times paid
This man $1,000 and hll the costs which
ne had incurred in retaining lawyers.
etc A little English idea in this par
ucular would be salutary ard just on
this side of the water
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

A SINGULAR coincidence was the
simultaneous death of Riley Swan at
Weatherford, Texas, and Jacob Birch
of Kittaning, Pa The singular feature
49, the former was bit item to death by
rats; and the latter died from eating
Chestnuts
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

No ONE except free white person
or an alien OF African nativity or a
person OF African descent can become
u citizen OF the United States. Chin
csc, Maylays and Japanese are ex-
cluded The act specifying the above
was passed in 1870.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

IHE French academy of science has
discovered, by experiment, that each
human body is in itself an electric
battery, one electrode being repre-
sented by the head and the other bv
the feet Therefore it is the proper
thing TO sleep with ones head TO the
north and feet to the south.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

THE clergyman in Massachuse It's
who recently put a stop TO the kissing
games which his congregation in
dulged in at their sociables is suffer
Ing severe martyrdom in conse-
quence. The young folks have nailed
up his gate, tied up his door,
frightened him when he was returning
nome on dark nights by firing off re-
voivers' and have strongly limited that
he had better resiga.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-28

IHE New York Sun produces a
grouped engraving of the supreme
judges OF the United States, two OF
whom-Fuller and Lamar-had forgot
ten to shave their heads on top be-
fore sitting for pictures.