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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
A COWBOY.

An amusing incident is reported from
Union e III yesterday, says the Kansas
City Globe, which illustrates the degen-
eracy of the cowboy, and what a little
man may accomplish if he has his nerve
with him. About 2 o'clock in the after
noon Sam Frank was sitting in front of
his place of business eating an apple. Sam
is a young man, twenty two years of
age, and weighs los pounds. He was
evidently feeling unusually frisky, and,
casting his eye down the street, he noticed
a cowboy approaching. The stranger
was six feet tall, weighed at least 200
pounds, and was clad in full cowboy re-
gala, consisting of wide-brimmed white
hat, somewhat the worse for wear, a blue
shirt, which was tucked under his pants
at the waist, around which was a belt
holding two murderous-looking revolvers.
The guns were stuck into the strangers
leather belt, giving him the appearance OF
a walking arsenal. Corduroy pants and
high-topped boots completed the cowboys
outfit. AS the native of the plains swag-
gered past the little man the latter sud-
denly fred the apple at him, striking him
sharply on the left ear. The cowboy
turned toward his assaiIant, who sprang
from the seat, and, Selling the two re-
v~olvers, snatched them from the aston
ished strangers belt.
Didn't ] warn you never to come tc
Kansas City again carrying concealed
wespons?" angrily asked Frank. 81 an
a United States officer. Come with me
you are my prisoner"
To the surprise of a dozen listeners, the
apparently thoroughly scared cowboy
allowed himself to be led into a saloor
and to be cast into a back room, which
his captor announced was a cell. A few
minutes later, when search was made FOL
the stranger, he could not be found. HI
had escaped down St. Louis avenue
through a window. A strange feature o.
story is that the cowboy was perfectly
sober. having just arrived in the city. The
revolvers are of Colt and Smith & Yves
son manufacture and of A calibre. The
owner may recover his property by calling
upon the little man who successfully car
ried out the great practical joke of the
season.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
FACETIE.

"When I drink 1 can't work, and so 1
let it alone"
"The drinking?"
mo, the working -Fziegsmde B5otter.
Prohibitionist Concluding a lengthy
dissertation on the problem of the age)-
"And what is your solution, sir?
Kentuckian--" Whisky straight
Times.
Pretty girl How much is this stuff a
yard?"
I~mpudent hopkeeper-"A kiss"
Pretty girl-"Then 1 will take three
yards. Ny grandmother will pay you"
Pick Me Up.
Papa-"H I have to speak to you
again I'll whip you"
"The terror-"Sav mana what did
you have a little boy for if YOU can't get
along better with him than YOU do 27-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mine eyes have seem the coming of the woeful
Russian grip.
1t Is going through the country on a kind of fvipg
trip;
Chicago Tribune
0inmy- Where you goln to-day,
Jack2 Let's go skatin'."
gack-"Im going to school, amt your"
Jlmmy-"Ye but the teacher will
DISMISS US all the same. Mickey Hooley
has got two mice in his pocket, and he's
goln' to let them out on the floor
hearney Enterprise.
She Charlie, you know you prom
lSed me Somethinr borJ.or ~
birthday
He-"Yes, I know"
ohe-" Well, I saw a diamond breast
pm Yesterday IN a shop window that was
h. Perfectly heavenly, was it?
Say, Fanny, don't you have any earthly
,WlshesE DO you think Of nothing but
heavenly things ?"-Teuas S9itfinqs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
THE JOURNALIST, REPORTER,
EDITOR.
A Witty Newspaper Mans Definition
of the Three Stages of Development.

At the recent annual dinner of the
Pittsburg Press Club, George S. We'll
shons (St. Geo. one of the best known
and wittiest newspaper men of the State,
got off the following in response to the
toast, "The Reporter"
"There are three grand divisions, = Mr..
Welshons said, Gin newspaper work
journalists, reporters and editors. Speak
ing more accurately, there are three stages
of development. A journalist is a calf re-
porter. He is a reporter in the miniature
tadpole stage, when his head is so big that
it takes all the rest of his person to shove
i. around. If he is lucky, by and by he
legs wear out they make an editor out Of
him. The final stage of a frog, you know
the extreme removal from the tadpOle
is the bullfrog, too stiff to jump, too
old and tough to eat, who just sits on the
a. the old days the editor called a
man a chicken thief, nowadays the re-
porter finds the feathers in his backyard.
The weapon Of the old-time editor was
the epithet; that of the modern reporter
is the evidence. What the editor used to
assert the reporter now proves.
eff the people who complain of what
the reporter wri es about them would
only consider what he does not write
about them, they would shrine him in the
friendliest corner of their hearts. The
waste baskets in a daily newspaper Office
of any town do more to keep it's citizens
in good repute than any other agency,
excepting the fear of the law and the
hereafter. Not all that the reporter
writes is truth. He is not infallible him
self, and those who are the sources of his
information are much less so. There are
very many men who cannot tell a straight
story. There are others who do not try
to. The man who tells the story to the
reporter is usually an interest d party.
He has a purpose to serve in metamor-
| phosing this or suppressing that. The re-
porter has no desire except to get the
truth accurately and completely, and to
write it quickly and entertainingly.
"An men do not love the reporter, and
I am glad of it. The fear and hatred of
bad men is as a chaplet above his brows.
It is the assurance Of his honesty to his
badge of honor as a servant of truth. If
a time ever comes when all men love the
reporter, it will be time TO bury him. He
will have forgotten his mission, betrayed
his trust and shamed the noble fellowship
of men who have made the white cross of
the Pittsburg reporter the decoration of a
legion Of honor"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
POVERTY NO BARRIER TO Mas
RAGE.

The Rev. Royal 81. Pullman spoke on
marriage at the Universalist Church last
night. He said: +" 1T is not only not right
to refuse to marry, but it is dangerous. A
man il not less a man because he is poor,
and a couple who do not marry on account
of poverty should not hesitate, provided
they are in real love. Each strengthens
and draws out what is best in either.
When one is weak the other is strong. /
knew of a bride who lent the groom the
fee for the minister, but they were sue
cessful and lived for years in JOY and con-
tentment. Do not wait until you can
furnish a house. Honest love, with pluck
and determination, will win. Young girls
should not be afraid to go in the kitchen
or work in the laundry. Good men ap-
preeiate knowledge of this work. Man
hood is awakening to the fact that woman
is not his toy or beauty, but a creature of
divine value. 1t has been suggested that
should vote, but the corruption of
American politics would degrade her. A
most masterful force of our nature, en-
dorsed by the church as honorable, re-
quires US to marry. 1t is said Adam had
no option. Neither did Eve, but she mar
ried the best man living"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
BILL NYE HAS THE GRIPPE.

The grippe is getting to be an old
theme, and so Twill touch lightly on it
here. I'm just convalescing, and if it will
let me alone [ will let it alone. Avoid it,
gentle reader, if you can. Do not laugh
at it or treat it lightly. Fight shy of it,
pass by it and light out. / was the pic
:ure of health when it came along and
touched me gently on the laTynx. Now
l am pale and sad. The doctors did not
know exactly how to deal with it at first.
They had to look about a little and see
fer themselves. l could not eat anything
f r several weeks. It was not for the
same reason that l did lot eat when I
was publishing a paper in Wyoming,
however. This time L had the opportunity
without the desire. Then | had the de-
sire without the opportunity.
This symptom was followed by fever,
hay fever, cough, heaves, dimness of
sight, loss of sleep and hair, pains in the
joints, back and chest. Everything that
was discouraging. Then I began to hear
about people who committed suicide be-
cause they had the grip. Friends came
in and said I looked kind of Eighty and
desperate. My wife hid my revolver and
gave the rough on rats to the delighted
and overjoyed rats I imagined that /
was going to die of heart failure or soft
ening of the brain. 1 thought Tcould
hear my brain softening. When I turned
over l thought I could hear it slosh up
against the rafters of my head.-Pits-
bMr0 DiSDDtcb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
INTERVIEWING A CORPSE.
An Instance in which a Reporter Talked
to a Live One.

"Ihave had a good many extraordinary
things happen to me in my life," said
Emigration Commissioner Stephenson
yesterday, "but 1 never expected to be
interviewed for material for my own
obituary. l had just got home the other
afternoon when the door-bell rang, and
the servant, by my instruction, brought the
visitor out into the dining room, where !
was mixing a drop of rum with two drops
OF gum-doctor's prescription, I assure
you-for an incipient case of la grippe.
Brother of the deceased, l pcesume?'
began a sleek, looking young man in q
suodued tone, as he approached me.
; Who's dead?' I asked, as I tossed off
my medicine. Mr.. Edmund Stephenson,
said he, a little more briskly. Died this
morning, and l have been sent up from
the Herald to interview some OF the
family
. We'll, you should have seen that
young fellows face when [ informed him
that he was interviewing the corpse, An
Italian sunset was pale in comparison. I
reminded him, however, of the uncer-
tainty Of life and told him that he was
perfectly welcome to wait around as long
as he liked, so that he could be on hand
IN the event of my being called to a
happier sphere, but he excused himself
on the plea Of pressing business, and
escaped."-NeW York Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
HINTS TO ~HoUsEKEEPERs.

SIet should be used instead of butter
for making sauces, gravies, etc.
Ammonia will frequently restore colors
that have been spoiled by acids.
Nothing is better than a glass fruit Jar
for keeping cooking raisins moist.
Very finely sifted coal ashes are excel
lent for cleaning brass. Rub well and
polish with a woollen rag.
When acid of any kind gets on clothing
spirits OF ammonia will kill it. Apply
chloroform to restore the color.
Keep nickel, silver and
nouns bright by rubbing with woollen
cloth saturated in spirits of ammonia.
A small box filed with lime and placed
on a shelf in the pantry or closet will alb
sob dampness and keep the air in the
closet dry and sweet.
For frying eggs, have plenty of fat, and
dip 1t up over them with a spoon, instead
of turning, also placing them in the pan
from a saucer, one at a time.
An old recommendation often o;van
young housekeepers is to use tea leaves
WI 4O0NC ~
in sweeping carpets, but their use on de-
heate colors should be avoided, as thew
viii surely stain light carpets.
Water should only come to the boiling
point for making tea or coffee, and not be
allowed to boil for ever FIVE minutes. Ii
you are q doubter, trYit and convince your
self of the difference in flavor.
To clean lace haste your lace nicely OF
a piece of muslin. Rub it freely with
cold starch until it forms a paste on it
Put it in the sun to dry, and wher
thoroughly dry rub off. Your lace will
then be clean and need no ironing.
a most excellent recipe for beef tea is
to take one pound Of beef, chopped; pour
over it a pint of rich, fresh milk. Boil
in a farina kettle for three hours; strain,
and season with salt and red pepper.
Taken hot it is more palatable than cold.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
DER HASH VAS GOOT.
Adventure of a Dutchman Who Knew
Nothing About Western Ways.

A Dutchman was travelling in the far
West, says TeDaS Sttings, and stopping at
a hotel IN a small town, called for dinner.
He was a little late, and a big dish of
hash was about all the waiter set before
him.. Being very hungry he could not
restrain the anger that boiled up in him
as he looked at the boiled down product
of the hostelry.
See here, my frund, did'n l dole you
to pring me yum dinner? A tog couldn
eat dot shtuffI" The waiter protested it
was the best that could be done, and the
guest broke out again impatiently. "Vot
is dot? Der pest dot gan be done for q
hoongry draveler who goesh his breakfast
mitout? We're ish der landtlort off dees
meeserable hash house? Dell i'm to COOK
me Something's goot to eat at nee fort
widt!.
The waiter disappeared through a side
door and Immediately afterward the
startled guest heard a gruff and angry voice
~pronouncing these terrible sentences:
"The rascal refuses to eat the dinner
furnished by my house I'll see about it
Let me git at him"
The guest began to shovel in the hash
like unloading coal, and a fer ce-whiskered
stalwart fellow with two pistols and {
dirk at his waist came tramping toward
the table.
"Haf [ der pleasure OUT attressing del
andtlort ?" said the Dutchman, rising
~nervously, and bowling with extreme pc,
likeness.
"Meester Landtlort, will you blease be
so kindt as to ordter der waiter to prine
me a leetle more ouf dees hash 2"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
TOBE HENPECKED THE SECOND
TIME.

The hour was growing late; the pas
sengers in the sleeper had all gone to
bed. A porter approached "lower g.,
and jerking the curtains apart, mumbled
something. Whats the matter ?" de-
handed a rather O~ld-looking man, getting
out and following the porter, who had
stepped back a few PAGES.
You'll have to change cars.
"What for 2" the old man Numbered.
"You want to go to st Louis, don't
you? ?"
yes"
"This sleeper goes to Kansas City"
why in the thunder didn't you tell
ne SOP"
az didn't know myself till just now"
Where is your pumpkin-headed con-
duc:or?"
Back in the smoking compartment"
The OLD man went IntO the SIN king
compartment and thus add, eSsed the con-
ductor:
Didn't you know I wanted to go to
St. Louis ?"
"Not until 1 happened to look at your
ticket just now"
"And now I've got to change cars at
the mex station? ?"
Eyes if you want to go to ST. Louis"
"This is an internal on age. Listenl
For six years I have been rourting the
widow Hennipin. Sometimes my chances
would be up and sometimes they would
be down. 1t rocked along this way till
last week and then l married her, and
now we are on our wedding tour For
the love of humanity please let this car
go on to St. Louis, for it won't do to pull
my wife out of bed at this time of the
night and make her change cars. She'll
swear I didn't have sense enough to know
where I wanted to go, and all through
life she'll hold me down. If you believe
in the liberty of man let this car go on
to st. LOUIS; don't help to henpeck me.
If you don't come to my aid that woman
will always believe that [ am weak-she'1
never have any confidence in me-win
hold me down and rise over me, I tel
you"
GIVE have nearly reached your station.
Hurry up"
$50 can't you help me?"
81 cannot"
"Then l am lost-lost and henpeck9d
for the second time in my ife."-Arkam-
sas Traveller.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
9nMsEh0la.
ORANGE JELLY.

OAN0NO S
One half teacup of cold water and one
half box gelatine; soak one-halt hour, then
add a cup of boiling water, n cup of
sugar, juice of one lemon, and one pint
of orange juice. Strain while pouring
into a mould.
YELLOw AK.
Yolks of four eggs, one cup of sugar,
one-half cup each of butter and milk, one
teaspoonful of soda, two t~easpoonfulS of
cream of tartar and II cups of -four. A
u of ~well-Aoured currants added to
this cake makes it nice.
SERVING BANANAS.
A f~avorite way of serving bananas in
New Orleans is to cut them lengthwise in
two pieces, dust them with powdered
sugar, a little lemon juice and bits of
butter, and to bake them in the oven for
twenty-five minutes. They should be
basted with the butter once or twice
while baking, and served hot in the dish
in which they are cooked.
RICE WITH CHEESE.
Boil half a pound of rice; drain and
shake dry; put a layer of this in a pud-
~ding-dish, season with salt and pepper
and dot with bits of butter. Crate a
quarter of a pound Of cheese, and sprinkle
each layer of rice with the cheese. Let
the last layer be of rice. Whip one egg
with a gill of milk, and pour over all
sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter
and brown in the oven.
RICE Piss
For two pies, take two tablespoonful
of rice, wash and put into a crock with q
quart of milk, and cook until perferectly
soft. Let it cool add three w~ell-beater
eggs, with three tablespoonfuls of sugar
and one Of butter, half a ~teaspoonful Of
salt, cinnamon or nutmeg for seasoning
If you like, add a ~teacupful Of ~raisins, bur
these are not essential. Bake with only
one crust; have a nice rim around the
edge. They are nice with a frosted top,
CREAM PIE.
One pint of scalded milk, two table
spoonfuls of corn starch, three tablespoon,
fuls of sugar and yolks of two eggs. We
the starch with a little cold milk, beat the
eggs and sugar until light, and stir the
whole into the scalding milk. Flavor
with lemon or vanilla, and set aside tc
cool. Line a plate with pie crust and
bake. Fill it with the cream, and cover
with froSting made of the whites of the
eggs beaten dry, with two tablespoonful
of sugar. Bake to a delicate brown.
BISCUIT GLACEs.
Cook one pound of sugar and a pint OF
water together for five minutes, then add
a tablespoonful of vanilla sugar and the
well-beaten yolks of six eggs, whisk over
the fire for a moment, and strain in an
earthen or china bowl. Beat until stiff
and cold, then, if you use it, add four
tablespoonful of brandy. Whip in onep pint
of cream, stir it into the mixture, then
fill it into paper cases or small biscuit
molds. If in molds pack in rough ice and
salt and freeze for about i or two hours.
If in paper cases place them in a freezing
cave for q or three hours.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
THE NATIONAL ECONOMIST
ALMANAC

This Almanac will be a Farmers and
Laborer's Union" Handbook, and will
contain valuable facts as to the origin and
growth of the Alliance, Wheel and Union,
md much information as to what these
great orders have accomplished, concise
and authentic statements Of the objects
and methods of the orders, a full directory
Of the National and State officers for the
ensuing year, a digest Of all the different
State Constitutions within the order, the
constitution and the proceedings of the
Farmers and Laborers' Union Of America
that will meet in st. Louis in December.
1t will contain A Manual of Parliamentary
Usage peculiarly adapted to use in the
Alliances, Wheels and Unions. Also
about 60 pages of statistics, relating to
land, transportation, currency, agriculture,
manufacture, population and miscellaneous
matters of interest to every one, making
in all a neatly bound book of over 100
large pages, filed with just such informa-
ton as every farmer and laborer needs.
These tables and figures give the other
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are with us, why the rich are growing
richer and the poor getting poorer Don't
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
10 the Brother Farmers Of the
Alliance

At the State Convention of the Alliance held
at Fayetteville, Aug. 18th, 14th and 18th, last.
the undersigned was appointed an agent for
the purpose of aiding and promoting the
work of bringing settlers to buy the surplus
lands of Alliance farmers throughout the
State. All such farmers who have land 20
dispose of should send for blank forms tOPs
M. Wilson, the State immigration Agent, wh0
has offered to facilitate the business.
Tt would be we'll to give a full descriptions
of the land for sale, together Nth a statement
of the lowest price for which it can be bought
Al blank forms, when filed out, and also all
other communications on the subject, should
be addressed to me, in care of Mr.. Wilson,
Immigration Agent, at Raleigh. There viii
be no charge for this service.
Fraternally,
JULIAN ALLEN.
Statesville, Oct. "a, 1889.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18

Train so connects with Wilmington &
Weldon train bound North, leaving Colds
bero 11.57 a. M, and with Richmond q
DanViIle train West, leaving Goldsboro
200 p. m.
Train 81 connects with Richmond g
Danvile train, arriving at Goldsboro Sic
D. m, and with Wilmington q Weldon
train from the North, at 3.15 p. m.
S. L. DILL, SUPE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18

To leave the soup kettle uncovered
while the soup is boiling is to sacrifice
aroma, and to lose that peculiar nutTitive
and digestible property present in dishes
cooked with all their steam tightly closed
in upon the meat. Cover the soup kettle
steam-tight and boil it gently from M
side, if you want good soup.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18

One of the best methods of cleaning
hair brushes is to put a full ~teaspoonful of
Of household ammonia into a basin of
warm water. Dip the bristles in and rub
briskIy with the hand, or better still, with
another brush, When thoroughly clean
sed put in the sun to dry bristle- side up.
Two brushes may be thus readily cleansed
at once.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18
Tie Book d Books tr Eta Farmers.
Fewer Acres with a System Of In
prOYement."
% J. RoMULUs oLINE, PRAcT1oAL FARMER

!" SAANAs A F6AC14CAL EAh4EBa
A system tending to the improvement Of the
soil, condemned into a book Fully endorsed. taTh0
best work on the subject we have ever seen frOm
the pen of a North Carolinian. '-NeaCtON Enter
prise.
"Should be in the hands of every farmer, and "a
cheap at SLIGO. -H;ckO1y Press and CdTOliRi0a.''
I'VE heartily it to the brotherhood
and farmers generally all over the South. "1CGtGag-
6G County FdrH7e s. Alliance.
mo farmer should be without it. GO HtrOBA
Il. FOTn6g.
Price IS cents postpaid. Silver or postal note.
Liberal discount to the brotherhood on quantities.
Address, j. r. CLINE,
jS2S1m CataWba, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18

This manufacturing company Is established -bE
Alliance men, and run by Alliance men, tntdG
heart of the wOrld-renOwned golden tobacco bef1s
smoking and chewing tobacco as is made. OrdeEE
solicited Alliance prices will be given to this and
other States. Price list furnished. We refer Co.
Col. L. l.. Polk, Sec'y N. G. s. r. A., W. H.
Worth, S. B. { Raleigh, N. c., Capt. 8. E. Alex
ander, Chm'J Ex. Com, N. c. S. A, Charlotte, n.
c., and Elias Carr, President N. G. s. e. G..
Granville County Farmers Alliance Tobacco
Manufacturing Co., Oxford, N. C. ap16lm
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18

The Russian government owns 3,787
miles of railroad these lines serve as a
complete check on all other lines, and in
this way the government protects the
humblest subject. IF the citizen is thus
cared for in despotic Russia, what ought
we to expect in this free America ?-AM-
once Mercuru.