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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08
NAL
What the Knights of the Quill are
Doing.

The Wilmington Messengers In
dustrial Edition " was a great success.
No North Carolina newspaper has
ever gotten up such a paper.
We are in receipt of the Alliance
Quarterly, a most excellent publication
published at Atlanta. It is brim full
of instructive reading matter.
The National Economist has come
out in a new dress. 1t has a neat
cover and opens in the form of a book.
It is the handsomest and best publica-
ton of the kind in America.
Mr.. H. A. Banks, who has been
stationed at Salisbury as correspondent
of the Charlotte Chonicle, has been
called to the Office in Charlotte. We
are pleased to know that he is getting
on finely as a journalist, and hope
his success may continue undated.
An announcement was made in the
last issue of the Salisbury Waterman
to the effect that hereafter the paper
would appear under the management
of -Messrs. T. K. Bruner and J. W.
Rumple. No doubt the paper will be
kept up to its former high standard.
Our enterprising neighbor, the
State Chronicle, is a big success as a
daily, and the weekly is better than
at any time during it's existence. It
not only exhibits commendable enter
prise in laying before it's readers a
great variety of news and information,
it warmly advocates all measures tend,
ing to the relief of the masses of our
State and country.
1.-THE Sturdy Oak" is the title Of a
new monthly publication recently
started at Attleboro, Mass. It stands
on a curious platform. One thing is
that it will work for a law to compel
lazy people to work, and that the gov
ern give employment to people
who are unable to find work. It's
doctrine evidently is good, and it con
tains a variety of instructive reading.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

Kansas. Anarchy of this kind is on
the ascendency. The time is not far
off when our North Carolina farmers
will conclude to sit down on papers
that continue to style their demands
for justice as "worse than anarchy"
A great many frozen snakes have
been taken into their bosoms and
warmed. 1t is time to stop this rep
tile warming.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

"THE RED.HEADs GET THERE."-
Col. L. L. Polk makes formal an,
nouncement of the fact that he has
associated with himself in the editorial
conduct of The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
of Raleigh, Nh. J. L. Ramsey, of this
county. We predict, as heretofore,
tnat MI. Ramsey will prove a valuable
acquisition to the FARMER. A red
headed Iredell man is caution in the
newspaper business. -StatesvGIe Land
mark.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08
W1K1.Ds A M1aHTv INF1uENcE"-

"WIKLDs A MIGHTY INFLUENCE."-
Mr.. J. L. Ramsey, of Iredell county,
is now associated with Col. l.. L. Polk
in the editorship Of The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. Mr.. W. F. Daily takes the
place of D. H. Browder, former bust
ness manager. THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER is ably edited and as the
organ of the Farmers Alliance Yields
a mighty influence Wilmington Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08
J. J. Dunn, Sec'y.

THINKS IT A COOP IDEA.-THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER suggests the
propriety of having a big Alliance
rally and picnic in July, and proposes
Greensboro as the most suitable place
to hold it at. We think the idea a
good one, and endorse Greensboro as
the place. We have no doubt a large
number would go from Fender, as the
G. F. & Y. V. makes it so easy to &C
cess.-Bmgaw Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08
AT a meeting of Haw Pond Ali

AT a meeting Of Haw Pond ALI
ance, No. 1899, Stokes county, the
following resolutions were passed
without a dissenting voice: "That
we will not trade with any merchant
who uses his influence against the
interests of the Alliance; that the ALI
ance will not %patrOnize any tobacco
warehouse where one or more men,
bers of the Alliance r not employed;
that this Alliance will not support any
candidate for any Office who uses his
inau nee against the Alliance, and
who will not pledge themselves to try
to ena t such laws as the farmers of
North Carolina may ask for.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

Bro. s. w. White, business agent
of No. lib, Randolph county, writes
that they now have 80 male and "a
females, and a majority of them are
live, active members.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

Do you want your communication pub
ished2 If so, give us your real name
and your p~ostoffce.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

The farmers of Ellsworth, county,
Kansas, are making arrangements to
purchase a Touring mill of their own.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

Do you want your paper changed to
another Officer State the one at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

~ Our friends in writing to any Of
q advertisers, will favor US by mention
ing the fact that they saw the advertise
ment IN The Progressive FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

81 The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

T.. L. POLK, EDITOR.
+. L. RAMSEY, ASSOCIATE EDIT 1R.
w F DAILY. BUSINESS MANAGER.
Raleigh, N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

The Progressive Farmer is the
OHcial Organ of the N. c. Farmers
Association and N. c. State Farmers
Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

Bro. Powell, Business Agent
for the Wake County Alliance, is now
located on west Wilmington street,
and is prepared to furnish groceries,
&C., to the brethren at very reasonable
prices.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
And They Moved.

Down in East Thirteenth street.
the other day. two pedestrians sud
denly halted and looked up at a
tourth-story window. The lower
sash was raised, and the head and
shoulders of a child about two years
old could be seen. In three minutes
there was group of a dozen men
and women, aad the child had got
it's breast on the lower sill and was
reaching to get hold of string
hanging from the cornice- q remind
er of some disaster to kite.
Heavens! he'll fall" gasped one.
Certain to smash down on the
pavement added a second
''Stop! stop! Go back" shouteda
third.
Everybody had something to say,
and while they we're saying it the
child wriggled further and further
over the sill. At length woman
with a basket on her arm cried out:
'sWhat fools you men are! Why
don't you run and ring the bell and
notify the mother?"
Three or four started, but they had
not crossed the street when the
child lost it's balance and pitched
out head first. There was amurmur
of horror, but it was checked as the
fall Of the child was stopped two feet
below the sill, and there he hung.
squalling, with a leather strap buck
led to his right ankle His bowls
brought a woman to the window,
and she pulled him up, depositing
him inside, and then said to the gap
ing crowd below:
"'Thoughu I:didn't know my bussi-
ness, eh? Well, I Just do, and you
can move on!"-N. Y. Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
=
/ 4 WON ANS QUESTION:.
DO yss knew yon have asked for tho csstli-
Sst thing 5s55is III

70 yss knew yon have asked for the eestli-
Ever mnde BY the Hand above
y woman's heart and Q woman's lie
Ana Q woman's wonderful love?
~ You know you have asked Tor this price.
less thing 81 sE5
Asa child mighthnve asked for toy.
demanding what others have died to win,
q :, "a the reckless dash Of hoyi
Iou have written my lessons ofIduty cut;
Manllke you have questioned me-
I now q, stand At the har ofmy woman's ssA
:, Until have questioned theA
1 ['' require your bread should be always
good,
Your socks md your shirts should be whole;
reqsire Jsurhearttob be true ms Gods stars
], And pure rs heaven your soull
lou require cook tor your mutssn and
beef lsl
require . far better thing;
Aseamtvss You're wanting for sticking -
and shirt F
want man and kinga e
King Tor the beautiful realm sailed hsne,
And a man that the maker, God,
snail look MON as he did the first
And say, It'll very good!
I am fair and young, but he rose will fade
From my seft young cheek one day,
VIII you love me then mid the falling leaves
i, AS you did mid tho bloom Of May,
- "ur nedft nm ocean so s6rOnR ana deep IA
may launch my al! on ito tide?
& loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made a bride!
lrequire all things that are good and true,
All things that a man should be;
You give this all ] would stake my life
10 be all you demand Of me.
II You cannot do this. a aundress, a cock
You can hire. with little to pay,
But q woman's heart and woman's life
Are net to Be wen that way.
--Grantham Journa d.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
LIGHTING THE FIRE IN WINTER.


An then the room gets good an warm; the
tie starts tn bile,
An mntner pottersd own the stairs an STAINS
an yawns awhile.
And SEE: NOW, pap, you go an rouse them
sleepy hovs o. yours.
For it's snowin and they's lots to do beside
the morning chores
An then she breslles up the hearth with that
old turkey wing,
An stoops and pulls her stockin's up an tie
EN- with a string,
An Towser yawns an stretches out an acts
little shyer.
When git up o. mornin's fer to light the
kitchen fire.
An when the boys come trompin' in an
scrouge around an spat
An kick the dog md poke the fire an set
down on the cat,
The cotfee-pot's billed over an the biscuits
steaming hot.
An mother says, "Fetch up the cheers an
pours the coffee out
My cup runs over with a joy the rest don't
know about:
Fer the blessin's OF the Lord to mes q daily
DRAWN higher
When get o mornin's fer to light the
kitchen fire.
Edward S. Hopkins
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
Winans' Secret Grief.

While Farmer Winans was in con-
gress he was found one day by Tim
Tarsney standing in front of a large
painting in the national capital,
shaking his head as if in deep de-
spondency. There was nothing in the
painting apparent to Tarsney to
which Winans' evident dependency
might be attributed. 1t was a large
and noble landscape Of glade and
forest and lake, with grassy fore
ground on which repo sed few life
like sheep. Tom laid his hand on
Winans' shoulder, and said in a
sympathic voice; .sR ouse up, old
man; what can be the m a tter?''
"Ah, Tim,' returned Farmer Win
ans, II never look upon this picture
without growing sad and despond-
enU."
II don't see how you draw de-
spondency from this fine landscape"
said Tim, as he glanced at it's am
pie proportions. What can be in
it that makes you sad?''
"Oh,' calculated Winans, with a
SIGH, II never see those sheep without
thinking Of the id tariff. Idon't
see how | can get around wool in my
district"
Il don't blame you," was the en-
phatic reply OF Tim, as he wrung
Winans' hand. 81 newer see a barrel
of salt but what have the same sad
thoughts. But cheer up. tell the
farmers to leave off growing sheep
and grow hogs; that's the twist for
the farmers, Winans. Put me in
mind Of my client, Misther O'Briens
beyant at Bay City. He came in one
day and stated his case, the maddest
man | ever saw Says he; It's this
way, Misther Tarsney. / hev a lot
there below that's lower than the
sthreet an the wather poipe busted
an let the wather inty me cellar.
Off [ goes to the clark of the wather
boord tax him for damages. Iwant
damages, SEE I to the clark. An'what's
it1or, Mlshter o Brien? SEE he. It'sfor
wather in me lot, SEE / An what
harrum is that, SEE he. Harrum
ennff, ssz ], an | want damages, SEE /.
q don see what damages yiz would
want for wather in yer lot, SEE he.
But it KEN inty me cellar, seq /.
Well mend the the poipe an thdraw
the watler off, SEE he. DRAWN the
wather off won't pay me .damag es,
SEE |. We have nothin' to do wlu
damages, SEE he. Ye have, SEE I. We
haven't SEE he. TIL see that viz hev,
SEE |. All we can do for yez, seq he.
an that's foinal, is to repair the
poipe an thdraw the wather off. An
what'll pay me for chickens, seq /.
Ye lostsome chickens? SEE he. / have,
SEE |, as fine q lot as liver was in the
Saginaw valley. They roasted in me
cellar and the wether KEN in an
thdrowned 'em. An, SEE lie, 10
| me face; an SEE, he, Misther O'Brien,
why the divil didn't viz raise ducks. p
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
Returned After Many Years.

Returned After Many Years.
William Lanark, a wealthy old
farmer OF Lanark county, died four
teen years ago, leaving, $4,000,
the distribution ofwhich was made
the occasion Of a law suit by some
Of the surviving members Of his fam
lily. Among the male heirs was
Stephen Holiday, u married son,
who in 1864 left his wife and two
children and went sailing on the
lakes in the schooner Ada Ora Ike,
which was lost in a heavy storm off
Cleveland, and Holidays family
supposed he went down with the yes
sci. sHis widow subsequently, mar
ried q Toronto man named Derusha,
and secured an order, for the pay
mentot Stephens share Of his fathers
money to her and her two sons.
This was followed by an order that
the money should remain in the
court.
-Four years ago Mrs. Derusha, Ste
phen's wife, died, and lately Stephen
returned to Canada and told Of his
miraculous escape from the wreck
after being washed about the lake
for hours dashed to a spar. and Of
being picked up by q propeller, ttr
which he went to Honduras and Cen
trail America. He has beer identi-
ed by his only surviving son and a
neighbor who knew him years ago,
and Mr.. Justice Armour has made
an order for the payment Of his
share OF his fathers estate. Toron-
to Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
The Youngsters Uttered.

The Arounderis authoritatively in
formed that the following was an ac-
tual occurrence at the gospel tent.
meeting on Niagara street. near
Hudson. A member had just ceased
speaking about a cure OF asthma eff
fected by prayer when q lank in
dividual arose and asked for the
privilege of the floor.
'Ifyou have had experience you
may speak, brother" said the pre-
siding officer.
Il have hadexperience. NY father
was sick with the asthma for fifteen
years. and he was finally brought to
pray for his recovery Intense in-4
terest manifested among the hearers
He prayed fifty years and emphatic
ally he died of the asthma
Hysterical laughter among urch-
ms on rear seats and consterna-
ton among the leaders. Buffalo
Courier.
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the face, and laid a peculiaremphasis

the face, and laid q peculiaremph
on the name.
/ never sawany one so thoroughly
caughtin my life. | knew in a rnu-
ment that she knew / knew, as Punch
would put it. She turned perfectly
scarlet to the roots 81 her hair, and
then quite white, and didn't speak
for atleast a moment. Then she
pulled herself together as only a
woman can, and adroitly changed
the subject. u
But she has been monstrously civil
to me ever since, much to the sur
prise Of my friends. am plain ard
embarrassing; ! am not a parsonage;
Ihnven't a tarthing- not even tX-
pectations and they can t make Of t
where the attraction lies. They h, d
better ask Nine. Destrier OF Oxford
street to enlighten them. London
World.
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ing and packing up his clothes, nor
OF tie train that would take him to
Ediaburg lit was there thatshe lived.
He thought Of her even to the exclu-
sion OF the simplest means ofreach-
ing her, and was content to walk
about the streets in state of happy
dream; and about his dream of her
face were interviewer dreams of glad,
green fields, murmuring brooks, and
1nelodious woodland; for he pictured
her rs some fair and vague embodi-
ment Of spring; some pale phantom
clad in white draperies of morning
something, seen in the heaying haze
--evanescent; on the borders of the
mere. This dream foated even as
the haze; and full of it, he wandered
seeking the country instinctiyeIy.
BY nightfall he had wandered long
way through the many struggling
villages that hang. like children
round the skirts Of London. He was
passing through one of these when,
fatigue pressing upon hin, he turned
into the bar of an inn and asked for
some bread and cheese.
Come a long way, govenor?" ask
ed one of two rough fellows.
Il am going long way" replied
pumpty. II am going north-very
far north.
And what may yer be going north
for, if may make bold to ask?'
81 am going to the lady Hove, and
| am taking her beautiful presents of
jewelry.'
The two rough fellows exchanged
glances, and it is easy to imagine.
how Dumpty was induced to let them
have his diamonds, SO that inquiries
might be made of a friend round the
corner regarding their real value.
Having, waited a little while, Dlmpty
paid for his bread and cheese. and
went in search of the thieves. But
soon the imagined face of Henrietta
Brown came between him and all
earthly things, obliterating all re-
memberance of thieves and dia-
monds. and in it's bright influence
he wandered for few days, living on
very little, sustained by his dream
and the crusts that his appearance
drew from the pitiful; for now all his
money had been spent or stolen, and
he slept in the hay racks that chance
afforded. And SO he went until the
first week Of his quest drew to it's
close. But as bodily strength grew
feeler the vision grew more beautiful
and emphatic, until at last he even
neglected to ask for crust, and
wandered foodless from sunrise to
shutdown. Yes, it was soft sum
mer's night when Dumpty lay down
tor the last time, and the heavens
were filled with glorious stars.
Dumpty had continued walking all
that day; but now a great WEAKNESS
had come upon him, and he had
thrown himself upon some hay that
was lying near the roadside. He lay
there looking at the glorious stars,
dreaming of her, feeling all sense of
things slipping from him, and in
their place, a divine oblivion en-
wrapping him, bringing her closer,
revealing her more intimately to him;
and as the ecstacy OF death deepened
and thickened about him, and when
he opened his eyes for the last time.
it seemed to this poor vagrant that
one Of the stars came out of heaven.
and laid it's silver face upon his.
sho ulder.-St. James Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
"a Lion Tanners Magic Wand.

Science comes along to rob tie
lion tanner Of much Of the glory that.
comes from the danger Of his work.
There has late been invented a light
wand with an insulating grip for tile
hand, connected by a flexible wire
with g battery, Of which the power
can be vnried at will. An expert
ment with this form Of applied sci
ence is said to have been successfully
made. New York journal. 4
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Bile position, and he had done the
work demanded ofhim so marvellous
" we'll that it was felt that any
change in which Dumpty was con
cerned would be like challenging the
wisdom Of Providence. Drmpty had
viewed with unalterable calm the
various dynasties that had come and
gone through the swing-doors and
had ruled in the back room. What
did it master to him? There was his
desk by the dim window; there were
his pens; there was his pen-wiper;
there was the ruler; there was the
blotting-pad. Du1npty was always
the first to arrive and the last to
leave. Only once in his thirty years
Of service had he voluntarily accept
ed q holiday, and when asked how
he had spent his holiday he an
sYered that he had walked about in
the morning looking at the shop
windows, and in the afternoon he
had gone down to the office to see
how they were getting on He said
that he did not like holidays
An obscure, clandestine, taciturn
little man, whose conical head was
leaned on enc side, as if in token Of
his humility, occupying in life only
the space necessary to lean over a
desk.
It seemed that Dumpty had no
other ambition than to be allowed
to stagnate at desk for the rest OF
his life. And his modest ambition
would, ne doubt, have been realized
had it not been for a slight accident
1.-The one accident that had found
its way into Dumpty's well-ordered
and closely guarded life. One day
one summers day-When the heat
ofIthe office was more than usually
intense, when the odors from the
deep areas penetrated between the
window and vim dow-sashes, Dump
ty's somnolescent senses were moved
by soft and suave perfume At
first he was puzzled to say whence
it came; chen he grew aware that it
proceeded from the bundle of checks
which he held in his hand; and then,
that the odoriterous paper was one
pale pink paper check in the middle
Of the bundle. Hehad hardly seen a
flower for thirty years and could not
determine whether. the odor was that
Of mignonetteorh oneysuckle or vio-
let. But at that moment the checks
we're called for; he handed them to his
superior, and with cool hand and
shear brain continued to make en-
tries in the ledger until the bank.
closed.
But that night, just as he was fall
ing asleep, q remembrance of the
insinuating perfume returned to him.
He wondered whose check it was and
regretted not having looked at the
signature. And many times during
the succeeding weeks he paused as he
was making entries in the ledger to
think whether the haunting perfume
was rose or violet, or mignonette?
Not rOse-of that was lie sure. And
in these moments vague emotions
were astir; hopes dead long ago or
hopes that had not been born, shad-
ows OF dead dreams-dreams he had
y L. Il
world that swims below the waves Of
consciousness wasin motion. Norhad
its pulsations died wholly away, been
driven back into the neither depths Of
unconsciousnessby these we're rule of
his daily lite, when the same delicious
odor, which he now recognized MS
aheliotrope, cameand took him again
with it's entire sweetness. lie sought.
foritnmid the bundle al ,hecks which
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
NIB, DUMPTY'S IDEAL.

OR thirty years
in the firm OF
Sheers, Dent (
Co.. bank ers
Lincoln linn
fields, London,
Edward Dumpty
had worked low
down in the list
Of clerks. The
firm had always
doubted his ca
pacity to hold a
more RESPONSE