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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
SLIGHT FAvoRs.n ETC.

"Have you done anything for met
asked the condemned man in pitiful
tones as his lawyer entered the cell.
Eyes, indeed" said the legal gentle
man, gleefully.
"oh, what is itl' demanded the muir
derer "a pardonl'
NO"
'.A Communication of sentenced"
ono"
"Then in mercy's name WHAT"
az have succeeded, " said the lawyer,
Sin having the day of your execution
changed from Friday to Monday. Fri
day Is an unlucky day, you know. y
Yankee Blade
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

From the latest source of information
the personnel of the Brazilian navy con
sists of / admiral, 2 vice admirals, 10
rear admirals, 20 frst-class captains, 80
frigate captains, so lieutenant captains,
40 first ieutenants, 10 second lieu
tenants, s153 seamen, 346 marines, 500
apprentice marines, $50 engineers and so
members of the medical staff. Cadets
enter the Imperial Naval School of Rio
Janeiro between the ages Of twelve aud
fourteen. The preparatory course is di-
vided into three yearly periods and the
final course comprises four years.
That the influenza now epidemic in
Europe and parts of this country is com
paratively harmless in itself is well es-
tablished. Yet the reports of many
deaths Of invalids or aged persons who
had contracted the malady show very
clearly that such classes of people cannot
afford TO disregard its early symptoms.
Their feeble frames and low vitality may
not be able to resist the assault of puny
enemy. Nothing short of a physicians
care, therefore, should satisfy them if at
tackled by the disease. Persons in robust
health can ignore the approach of the I'm
pleasant epidemic if they like, but those
to whom existence at best is a struggle
cannot take too great care of themselves
at this time. When the candle is already
pickering it frequently takes only another
capful of wind to blow it out.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
" 0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.



The Dry Goods Chronicle says that a
new and very heavy quality of bengaline
has made its appearance, but its thick
cord, while rendering the fabric remark
ably handsome, prevents its draping as
gracefully as some of the lighter varie-
ties. It will, however, be much admired,
for in plain, undraped arrangements its
effect is very rich. The principal shades
in which it is offered is old-rose, serpent,
very dark blue, emerald, golden-brown,
seal, dove and putty. The dark-blue,
browns, gray and putty are used for
long wraps, upon which are placed hand
some decorations of fur and passemen-
terie. Court or full, long trains on even
ing gowns are elegantly made of this
heavy silk.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
The Ivory Production.

There are annually killed in Africa a
minimum of IS, 900 elephants, yielding a
production of quantity of raw ivory,
the selling price of which is some 81,
100000. This quantity is shipped to
various parts of the world-to the Amer
lean, the European and the Asian mar
kets. A large quantity is, however, kept
by the native Princes of Africa, who are
very fond of, and, as a rule, very good
judges of ivory. The production out of
Africa is only insignificant. India is the
largest consumer of ivory, and China is
also a good market.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
GOOD OLD FASHIONED
FOLKS.


the people of to-day amt as they
sed..o be,
in pretty sure they're not the
= re many just as good as those
ID to know,
cores and scores among them that
only so and so.
j Id to always take a man exactly as he
said,
But now its safe to take him just the other
way instead.
does my heart just lots of good to meet
once in n while
of those good old-fashioned folks 50
nearly out of style.
lldn't say the world in honesty is slipping
back,
Souldn't say that Christians hunting grace
have lost the track,
l wouldn't say that men to-day are less the
friends of truth,
Because they seem to differ from the ones I
knew in youth.
Those statements l refuse to make, but this l
freely say.
Those people please me quite as well as those
meet to-day.
Their hearts and hands were honest and their
lives held little guile,
Did those old-fashioned people now so nearly
out of style.
We're wiser than they used to be. we m y be
weaker, too,
And good old homespun honesty may less our
hearts Undue.
These later days we all are bent on getting
rich so fast,
We haven't time to think of things they
thought of III the past.
We're wildly striving after gold, we rush and
push and crowd,
And after while wen each be wanting peck
cts in his shroud
But none of US can e'er outrank within the
afterwhile
These good Old-fashioned people now so
nearly out of style.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

When someone mentioned the name of
Bouhnger in the presence Of Henry NJ.
STANLEY, the explorer asked; "who IS
Boulangerl Inever heard of him before. >"
This illustrates how brief a career some
noted men may have. Stanley was in
the wilds of Africa for less than three
year,, and in that time Boulsnger rose
from obscurity to the greatest notoriety
in France, dropped back to his
original obscurity again. Well might
Stanley ask the question.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

CLOVIS the world using youl"
BADLY"
. ''Lost money!"
eyes; Pm the victim of Browns fail
ure.
81 didn't know Brown had failed"
eyes, he failed to pay me S25 that he
borrowed six months ago. y Washington
Capital.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
Fossil Fnotstens

A great discovery of fossil footprints
has just been made at Bosworth's quarry
at Holyoke, Mass. Here is a clean sur.
face of shale about 1OOx4O feet. on
which are seen about two hundred tracks
Nearly all of them are in rows, the lone.
est one containing seventeen tracks. The
tracks are from six to eight inches in
length, and were probably made by a
reptile that, if it had front feet, seldom
used them This is, without doubt. the
largest uncovering of tracks for many
years.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
IT'S WAIT.

She was a young woman of an inquir-
ing turn of mind on her way home from
college, and during a delay at a station
she walked up and down the platform
calculating the probabilities.
~ wonder" she said to her papa,
''what is the weight of this trainl"
"Really, my dear, I couldn't say,
but"
81 know what it is, " interrupted an
impatient drummer, ''it's about four
hours and half.
Then the girl went in and sat down to
think awhile Washington Critic.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
PLEASANT FOR AUNr1E.

Johnny waiting for his pIateful of the
turkey)-"Mamma, you've put the mus
tache cup at papa's plate"
Mamma-''Hush, Johnny, that is all
right
Johnny-''why, no, it isn't Aunt
Jubilee needs it good deal more than
he does; don't you, 1"- Chicago
Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

Lady of the House-"Rosa, who i
that dragon you had here in the kitchen
Yesterday"
Servant Maid-"Ah That was my
sweetheart; but I shan't have anything
more to do with him because he is al
ways making remarks about everybody.
Only yesterday he said: Rosa, your mis-
tress is the handsomest lady ever saw.
What business has he to talk about you
in that fashion,"
Lady" Still, he seems to be a very
decent sort of man and I don't see why
you should jilt him"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

strange misconception of things.
might, if so disposed, blow out the fame
caused by the igniting of the aeriform
substance used for Illuminating purposes,
but as for blowing the gas out, fear it
would be too much for ordinary lungs.
Good night, young man. "-Aerehdnt
TraDeler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
Growing OLD
Pm growing old, they tell me;
Thar sav I'm rattinr. .nrar =

Pm growing old, they tell ne;
They say I'm getting gray.
And that my face has not the gro
It had once on a day.
And in my gait I showis
That I am growing old
Hurrahl I wouldn't know it
III was never told
Pm growing old, they're saying
Hurrah! They do not know
A cheerful mind is not the kind
To any older grow.
The worlds as bright as ever,
I'm happier each day,
And I'll feel young forever,
No matter what they say.
Hurrah, for growing older,
And better all the while,
No look ahead to when I'm dead
WIN take away my smile,
That brayely will be showing
And lighting up my face
They think I'm older growing,
Hurrahl It's not the case.
H C. Dodge, ia Detroit Free RI
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
An Odd viii.

Captain H. Smith, Of Hager' OWE
Nd, who died recently, leaving y, ii' II
some property, directed in ms VIII a,,o ,.ai
his funeral expenses should not ., eaSst ~
$50, and that his remains be conveyed 70 u
the burial place in spring ' m-soad in
directed that his body be "i4I t, that
cloth, packed in unslacked hus' a. .,i' n sIIr
W. water 1q int into his coffin until the lime Gre
mated the body.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
A Corn Comnetition.

]. E. Bradley, of Northborne, Mo-,
offered S35 sewing machine for the
best twelve ears of corn that were
brought to him. The corn was weighed
and Eli Circles, of Carroll County, won
the machine, his twelve ears weighing
eighteen pounds and eleven ounces. It
was pronounced the best corn ever raised
in the county.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
AocouyrIye FOR THE sr1cKIyEss.

81 observe the Twistem girls are very
lofty in their manner-quite stuck up
since they have got into society, re-
marked the Judge
"Wen, that's all right and perfectly
natural, replied the Major.
'tHow sol"
"Old man made his fortune in the mu-
cilage business, you know. "-Pitts5urg
Chronicle.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
TINE WORKS WONDERS.

Husband married three months
Goodbye, darling. Do you wish any
thing from down town. Any gloves,
feathers, flowers ~"
Wife-"Nothing, dearest"
Same Husband Zone year later
''What's that you wantl"
Same Wife-"Ten cents worth of hair
pins, please.
Same Husband-"Great heavens! 1t
seems to me you are always wanting
something. You must think I'm made
of money. "-Epoch.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
LrsT HIs MIsFoRTUNE.

The astonished surgeon explained;
''AIy good man, am here to save your
life. -
That's Just it, " shrieked the wounded
man, give been paying premiums to an
accident insurance company for fifteen
years and now, when my estate has fair
chance of getting enough to pay all my
debts, you want to rob my creditors Of
IN ' yoar body. n-London Tit. Bits.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

1t was little Dots first visit to a farm,
and she went with her aunt to see how
the pigs were fed. The little one gazed
in establishment at the young porkers for
moment, and then, placing her hand on
her curly hair, she said refectively;
"Auntiel"
eyes, dear"
"Does 200 put all the piggies' tails in
curl papers3n -TTd- Bits.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

Mrs Crossgrain during a squabble) -
81 fiatter myself that what say is gen
orally true"
Mr.. Crossgrain-''Yes, Maria, you
have said a few good things. When we
were engaged. for instance, you said that
YOU couldn't imagine what saw in you
to love- Hi, there, help Don't tear
my hair all outi"-La1renee American.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

"a very ridiculous story was circulated
about me last week. Did you hear itl"
"What was it2n
Il was said to be suffering from an
overworked brain.
II heard it. As you say, it was very
ridiculous. "-Soeiety.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

"Gracious, Henry" said the doctor
wife, ''where on earth did you get that
black eyel You look as though you had
been run through threshing machine. y
"One of my patients"
''Who?"
"Jinks. He broke his arm and have
had it in a sling for the last two months.
He insisted that he was well and I said
be wasn't
''What them"
''He went to work and proved it. -
Washington Capital.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

''Room 49," said the fresh hotel clerk,
as he tossed key to very unassuming
individual who had applied for accom-
modations. ''Don't blow out the gas,
please.
Don't do whatln
Don't blow out the gas"
'My young friend you have a very
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

A Chester Gyt.) woman dislocated her
shoulder in making her bed.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11


DROI given Of che industrial
paintqth for The past yeal
Only the Purest 7bsTe yge,.
20 the Jobbing Trade. -.
Physicians Preseript ,e sr1 a .-.I,ns
We Keep a Sfss7. and 1875
a Agents Timber of new in.
.S organized in the
the last four years, or
1zafy /, 1886, is over 1900,
divided as follows: Iron furnace com
pauies I26, machine shops and foundries
AL, agricultural implement factories IS,
-four mills 545, cotton mills 267, fur
niture factories 22O, gas works 1O1, water
works sS1, carriage and wagon factories
17s, electric light companies, 475; min
lug and quarrying enterprises, 1901 /;
lumber mills, including sew and planning
mills, sash and door factories, stave far
tories, S0s6; ice factories, 2ss; canning
factories, 425. stove foundries, %; brick
works, 500; miscellaneous iron and steel
works, rolling mills, pipe works, ETC.,
1s4; Gotten congresses, liz; cotton
seed oil mills. 145; miscellaneous enter
nrises not included in FOREGOING. AIS.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

The Miss of Miss - Pleasant fol-
Auntie-A Common Feature
Very Ridiculous, Indeed -
Cause and Eject, Etc, Etc.
A maiden stood with a SNOWFALL,
Her sweet face all aglow;
She waited and she waited
And then she made the throw.
But did she hit her obiects
Well, mol grieve to say,
She only broke a window,
For her neighbor Ger the way.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

School boys generally sympatHzs with
one of their number who is subjected to
the teachers rod, but in school at
Marysville, CAL, the other day, lad
undergoing punishment struck the
teacher, woman, when the other boys
pounced upon him and gave him a severe
drubbino
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
WAKE CoUNTYALLIANcE BUSI
NESS AGENCY READY
TO WORK.

The Wake County Alliance Business
Agency is now established at 3O7 South
Wilmington street, Raleigh, and the
Agent is now ready to attend to the
wants of the Alliancemen of the county.
IF you want to sell your farm products,
stock, or the handiwork of your wives or
daughters, or if you wish to purchase
anything in this market, your Agent may
be of material benefit to you. If you
have stock of any kind to sell, give me a
careful description and price of same that
I may record it in this Office, or if you
wish to buy stock, call at this Office and
examine my registry. Consult this Office
on the market prices of all your PRODUCTS,
and bagging for covering your cotton.
Cotton stored and money advanced on
same at tn. lowest rates for charges. Let
your wants be known at this Office and
they shall be attended to.
r. JAS. POWELL, Bus. Agent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25

trict, and the business at headquarters
will show a heavy increase during this
quarter.
While in st. Louis / was pleased to
note, when comparing system OF
exchange with those of other States,
although in most instances they had
more money than we did, ours had
the advantage in being more simple,
cheaper and safer. Brethren, let us
rally to the support of our State
agency, and make it a grand success,
and thereby insure its ever returning
benefits to augment and roll on with
the increasing trade.
And finally, let us show ourselves
in line in every forward move against
our enem es. Work, our cause is a
good one, and no well-informed and
fair. minded man can say aught against
our declared principles: equal JUS
tice to all, and special privileges to
none" This is surely liberal enough
to satisfy the demands of any one, ex.
cept the old grip sacks of avarice, and
the old political 6nter6unks, who have
already robbed a coniding people too
long The drum beat of doom is
sounding in their ears, and Oil how
they dread the day when they are to
be driven out upon the bleak plains
and be tethered down to Craze upon
the dry stubble of a st retribution
Never was there in ali the history of
the past such q united struggle among
the masses-it is worldwide in it's
Scoop, and in it's intensifying sweep
seeks a broader freedom for the op-
pressed in every land and cline, and
have it they will or every jeweled
Gro wn and every sceptered head and
every bloated tyrant will be trampled
into dust. Our purposes are noble
the greatest good to the many-as
high above the sordid schemers after
unholy gain as the glittering spires of
archange1 palaces are above the neither
most vaults of hell This is a righte.
Gus warfare and one in which no pa
triot will hesitate to enlist for life.
IS Strike deep and unerrlng, nor dare to retreat,
Though thousand by thousands the enemy meet;
The thicker the 70 men, the frmer stand by,
Remembering your watchwOrd, We conquer or
de-"
d. REID PARKER.
Trinity College, N. c., Feb. 8, 80.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

Q.-Has q County Alliance the right to
levy a tax of fifty cents on members Of
the Surveillance to pay the salary of g
Business Agent?
A.-The Constitution does not authorize
or permit any tax levy or assessments
except such as are expressly provided for
in said Constitution.
Q.-Are Sub Business Agents required
to give bond2
ALI Business Agents and other
officers of the Alliance through whose
hands the funds of the order or its mem
bers pass, should be securely bonded.
Q.-From what date should we base
u report in renting the National FIVE
cent per capita tax?
A.-From report made County Alliance
at its October meeting and upon all male
members in good standing.
ELIAS CARR,
Pregd't State Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
PUBLIC SPEAKING.

At 10 a. m. on the first Saturday il
March, 1890, Rev. 6. w. Greene, Presi
dent of Wilkes County Farmers Alliance
will address the people of Moravian FALL
and vicinity on the objects and principles
of the Alliance All are respectfully in
vited to be present and hear him, the
ladies especially. I also, as Business
Agent of Wake County Farmers Alliance
earnestly request every Sub-Business
Agent in the county to be present on the
above named day.
F~raternally,
r. - A. A. LEACH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
DEATHS.

Bro. Jessie T. Thorn, a member of
Blooming Alliance, No. 1,O39, Wilson
county, died on the 9th of January, at
his home in that county. He was %
years old.
At his home, in Currituck county, on
the 18th ofJanusry, Bro. Jackson Walker,
Vice President of Comjock Alliance, No.
l,249.
At her home, in Johnston county, on
the 18th inst Mrs. Elizabeth EIdridge,
relic of the late Jno. Eldridge, aged about
Sc years, A good woman gone.
A memorial committee sends us appro-
pirate resolutions concerning the death on
the I'd inst, of Bro. W. A. J.. Hamrick,
of Wilson Alliance, No. 1876, Cleveland
comfy.
Bro. Richard L. Owens, s. A, of Gum
Neck Alliance, No. 1924, Tyrren county,
died on the 31st of January, aged about
80 years.
In Randolph county, on the 26th OF
January, Mrs. Elizabeth Spikes, aged about
40 years. She was a member of Fork
Greek Alliance, No. BOG.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
NOTICE.

To the Secretaries Of the Su6-AHiamces OF
North Carolina:
You are hereby directed to pay out of
the money now in the treasury of your
Sub Alliance, to your County Secretary,
the FIVE cents per capita on each male
member in good standing, as per article
2, section Z, of the National Constitution.
County Secretaries will please remit the
amount as Don as received to. the State
Secretary,
Please be prompt, as our National
Secretary is in need of the funds.
Fraternally,
ELIAS CARR, Pres't N. e. T. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25

The National Economist Almanac is the
cheapest and most valuable publication
for farmers and Alliance men that has
ever been presented to the public. 1t is
a perfect handbook and gives valuable
facts nowhere else to be found. For two
cash subscribers to TIE P-RoGREssrvE
FARMER, we viii mail a copy of the.
almanac postpaid. You can't afford to do
without it. 1t is worth ten times the
price.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
THE BRUNSWICK COUNTYALLT-
ANCE READY TO WORK.

S~HALLoTTE, N. c., Jan. 80, 1890.
The Brunswick County Alliance BUSH
ness Agency is now ready to attend to
the wants ofthe Alliancemen of the county.
If you, want to sell your farm products,
or if you wish to purchase any thing Id
the markets, your agent may be of mate
rial benefit to you. Consult me on the
market prices Of all your products and
oagging for your cotton. Let your wants
be known to me and they shall be attended
to. : e. Z. STANLEY, Business Agent. :
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
NOTICE.

In obedience to instructions from the
State Executive Committee, I have just
visited several of the Northern cities to
make arrangements for trade with lead
ing houses and manufacturers and am
now prepared to have orders filed on
very favorable terms. All orders should
be sent through the County Business
Agent unless cash accompanies Sub-Busi-
ness Agents orders.
W. b. WORTH, s. B. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25

Mrs. B. J. Edwards, Of Monroe. Ga,
general agent for the sale of DIR. Miller's
"Home Treatment and Buckeye Pile
Pastiles" in the State Of North Carolina
will send sample boxes of Home Treat
ment" to all desiring them and answer
all correspondence withrespect to agencies
The proprietor, DIR. NJ. Miller, of South
Bend, Ind; may be consulted by letter,
free of charge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
NOTICE.

2 We offer our high grade potato manure
and ten per cent. ammonla+ed top dresser
to the truckers of North Carolina. These
goods are made from the best materials
carefully prepared and put up in 200
pounds new sacks.
OLD DOMINION GUANo Co.,
ia146w Norfolk. Va.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
GET SEAL.

II you write to the State Secretary. the
Business Agent the Trustee, the Presi-
dent or the Chairman Of the Executive
Committee, dO"sO under seal of y0Wr AN
GRce. How can these officers know that
you are a member of the Alliance, egcept
wben goa aOTtte 1nder seal? This is bust
ness, brethren. The seal is your protection
against imposition. Use it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25

NORFOLK, Va. Jan, q, 1890.
The Business Committee OF, the Farmers
Alliance of the counties of Norfolk and Prin-
cess Anne, recently convened in this city,
have unanimously reelected me as their shoe
house for the hear 1890.
It gives me pleasure to inform my Alliance
friends thai I shall use every effort to appre-
ciate the renewed confidence of the Alliance
by making prices that suit the times. Ihave
no salesman on the road, but solicit CORE
spondence and will send samples ON app11ca-
ton. GEO. Il. WHTEEH0h61,
Dealer in Boots, shoes, Trunks and Yalises,
% Market Square, Norfolk, Va. SEA
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-25
TO THE ALLIANCE BUSINESS
AGENTS.

This Office has information for your ALI
ances which cannot be sent to all for
want Of the address of the Business
Agents.
50 Please send number and name of
Alliance and address of Business Agents
at once. Fraternally,
W. n. WORTH,
State Business Agent.
October 9TH, 1883.