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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-21
RA1E1GH. n. c.. Jan. 9, 1889.

It is hereby ordered by the Executive
Committee of the North Carolina Farm
ers' State Alliance, in session IN Raleigh
this day, that the State Alliance Busi-
ness Agent shall, on and after Febru-
arv LIST, 1890, fill orders only from
County and Sub-Alliance Business
Agents when cash for the full amount
of the bill shall accompany the order.
Except orders from such County Ali
ance Business Agents as shall have
filed their justified legal bond with the
Executive Committee of their County
Alliance, and the State Business Agent
been duly certified of the same under
seal of the County Alliance.
S. B. ALEXANDER,
AChm'n Elk. Committee.
The small amount of cash in the
hands of the State Business Agent, and
the increasing business of his office,
render it necessary that the above
orders should be made. County Ager+~
should always send in cash for
amount of bills not later than twehvy
days after receiving them. Prompt
ness in these matters is very necessary
and will greatly oblige,
|, F~raternally,
w. II. WORTH,
S. B. A. n. G. F. S. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-21
DO Eou Feed

The Wilson Advance, Wilson, N. c.? $50 per
year, cash in advance. The Advance is an old,
esteem of the people of the section in which il
cirGulates. 1t is bright, sprightly, clean. 1t is
under new management. 1t does not give all the
will give you your moneys worth. 1t contains
every week, a letter from Bill Arp, Bill Nye,
washington City, and a two-cOlumn selection
from the writings of Artemus Ward. Send fora
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tic, scathing satire of Bill Nye, and the quaint
excruciating humor of Artemus Ward. If you
would nke to read it weekly, subscribe. If you
don't, why, very well, it has cost you nothing.
400 +.
G0 Editor and Proprietor, Wilson, NJ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-21
], s. niNt Tax 9sii o. land in 1866 and
1867 Refunded,

James B. Mason, Attorney-at-law, Chapel Hill,
N. C.,'wil collect this tax for FIVE CENTS on
the DOLLAR. Send your receipt to him. If
lost. write the facts to him. He refers to the
best citizens of Chapel Hill. 4l3
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

The United States Arctic discovery ship
Jeanette, better known as the Pandora of
Sir Allen Young from whom she was pur-
chased, was crushed by the ice in q dogs.
north latitude and 1856 dogs. east longitude.
and was pcrforce abandoned 10y her gal
liant crew, but few of whom survived the
subsequent suneriugs TO which they were
exposed 10y the iuclemeucy of the weather.
Her commander, Lieut.. De Long, United
States navy, before leaving her to lead the
retreat in which he persisted carefully
seved mp a record of the events of the voy.
age within piece of black India rubber,
placed the package in an empty boat water
cask, and intrusted it to the mercy of the
waves, in the hope that, should all the de
voted band perish, their fate should not be
shr0udud i'm uncertainty.
The cask messenger was faithless to its
trust. Several articles which had belonged
10 this ship were found near Julianshaab
on the Greenland coast, in June, 1891, just
three years after her loss, 1t is supposed
that they were drifted thither on a mass OF
ice 10y way of the north pole,-Chambers'
journal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
Irnd rrnreled wien a Mnrlclnn.

Coming across on the Aurania with me
were anumber ofintensely convivial spirits,
among whom were several ladies' Accord
ing to custom, as the steamer approached
Sandy Hook the steward made up his bill
for sundries, and presented the several ac.
counts to whom they belonged.
A genial old party from Chicago offered
to match pennies with a man from Pough-
keepsie in order to see who should pay for
the cigars The man from Poughkeepsie
won
Then q New Yorker became interested
and offered to match the victor for his bill
The man from Poughkeepsie again won.
Then all Of us in turn matched him for
sundries, and the man from Poughkeepsie
still won In fact, the man from POUCH
keepsie won everything.
The last to match him was a somewhat
giddy specimen of young womanhood Of
the blonde persuasion who hailed from
Detroit. She had a bill to pay, and again
the pennies were dipped with the usual re-
suit. For the fourteenth time the man
from Poughlleepsie was proclaimed the
victor
"Oh, Mr. S." petulantIy exclaimed
tho representative from Detroit, you
ought to give me another chance. Pm
sure you couldn't beat me again"
The man from up the Hudson smiled
grayely.
MADAM" he said 81 promised dying
brother just before l sailed never to beat
anybody at anything from seven up to
matching pennies more than fourteen
times"
He then politely turned on his heel and
went ON deck 81 didn't travel one season
with Hermann fornothing," he afterward
observed as he made his final adieu.-
New York Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

Puck could put a girdle round about the
world in forty minutes, but he was slow
compared with the most ordinary dream.
We survey mankind in China and Peru at
the same instant of time, and in the course
Of one revolving moon we may walk with
Plato in the groves of Academe, applaud
Luther Mt the diet of Worms, set out for
holy Palestine with Coeurde-Lion, assist
Noah in building the ark, and call on the
mountains to cover us at the day of judg-
ment,
Many stories are told showing the differ
ent count of time. Lord Brougham relates
that he dreamed dream of long continued
action during a short doze while a droning
counsel was pleading before him. Lord
Holland fell asleep while listening to some
one reading, dreamed a long dream, and
awoSe in time to hear the conclusion of a
sentence the first words of which were in
his ears when he became unconscious. DIR.
Abercrombie relates that gentleman
dreamed that he had enlisted for a soldier,
joined his regiment, deserted, had been APP
pretended, carried back, tried, condemned
TO be shot, and at last led out for execu-
ton After all the usual preparations he
awoke with the report, and found that a
noise in an adjoining room had both pro,
duced the dream and awakened him.
Another dreamed that he had crossed the
Atlantic and spent fortnight in America
I'm cmbarking, on his return, he fell into
the sea, and, having woke with the fright,
he found that he had not been asleep ten
iuinutes.All the Year Round.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

The San Angelo CTex) Enterprise says
1.-THE term 'greaser,' as applied to Mexi-
cans of the lower class, was not started, as
many suppose, as Specification of disre.
spect, but was applied by witty war CORE
spondent in 1916, just after the battle of
Pala. Alto, to those Mexieans who had
forsworn allegiance to their own country
and in preference to fighting taken the
task of loading and unloading provision
trains, which then consisted mostly of
bacon. In this way they gained the name
of the 'greaser brigade" Whatever the
term implies, it is much older than The
Enterprise supposes. 1t was known to the
United States volunteers who came to
what is now the Indian territory in 1881,
at the end of the Black Hawk war. The
story that the name Meverick, applied to
yearling cattle, was given on account of
the head of the San Antonio family of
that name is equally fabulous. 1t was in
use in Louisiana before that state was a
part of the United States, Dallas News.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

The cause of Talleyrand's lameness has
long been a matter of dispute During the
iifty-two years which have elapsed since his
death his deformity has been accounted
Tor i'm all manner Of ways
Some stories have it that the defect was
congcnital; others that it was occasioned
by an accident which befell him in his in
fancy. The most curious explanation of
all is that offered by writer in The Quar-
terly Review. ITO quote the very words
of our informant, an eminently distn-
guished diplomat" says the writer, "Tal.
leyrand's Vienna colleague, Baron Wessen-
berg, told me years ago that his lameness
was owing to carelossness of his nurse, who
laid him down in field while she flirted
with her sweetheart, and on coming back
to her charge found some pigs dining on
the infants legs. am sure that Wessen-
berg told me this as an established fact,
md / am all but sure that his authority
was Talleyrand himself"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
ReeordIng Earth Tremors br Photogrnnhv


The utility of the microphone for OBJ
servation of earth tremors and noises was
soon recognized, and Italy has for some
time held foremost place among the ma
tions which have taken advantage of the
special adaptability of this instrument. 1t
is now found that photography possesses
admirable capabilities in the way of sup
plementing the work of the microphone in
making these delicate records. Sig. Ba-
rata, finding some defects in method of
mechanical registration of the motion of a
seismo-microphone, had recourse to the
following device.
A telephone wire is connected with a
subterranean microphoDe Before the tel
ephone diaphragm, and connected with its
center with fine aluminium wire. is a
short slip of the same metal, fixed below,
and having curved piece at the top,
which rests against a small mirror, nova
BILE about horizontal axis. This mirror
reflects the light from a lamp and lens to
Photographic paper on rotated drum.
The light is momentarily shut off every
quarter of an hour by shutter arrange
ment, worked electromagnetic by the
clockwork which moves the drum.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
Iefrauders Of the Spanish revenue.

defrauders OF the Spanish revenue.
ANY one who waits at the Landport gate
may zee stockings, dress improvers, and
other recesses being stuffed, coram publico,
with small packets, which, as the average
profit is 20 per cent, viii well pay the
trouble and risk of carriage. was told of
one very successful method of smuggling
which is much practiced. Dogs are brought
to Gibraltar from their Spanish homes.
From six to eight pounds weight of tobacco
is tied round their neels, and with this
they run straight home, carefully avoiding
everybody in the shape of a custom house
officer. They are trained to crime by the
agency of men dressed in custom house
uniform, who thrash them numerically,
and thus instill wholesale horror of the
appearance Of a government servant
Norare frauds committed upon the Span
ish excise alone. Often enough it is found
that the food supplies for the Gibraltar
market have been cunningly tempered
with, as when the vendors of live turkeys
increase their selling weight by examining
sand down the Threats of the poor birds be-
fore they cross the neutral ground.-Mur-
rays Magazine.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

Green Howell, an old colored man from
Midwife, is only partly colored, though a
full blooded negro, his skin being as much
white as it is black. lie has white circles
around his eyes and mouth, and his neck
is almost entirely white, The forehead and
top of his head are so white that it gives
him the appearance of being bald headed.
In reply to questions Green said that he
had sbeen turning white for five or six
years. The skin on his body and legs now
is almost entirely white. He said there is
no feeling in the change and no pain about
it, except that when he is in the sun the
white skin blsters.
Green is over so years old. The white
skin exposed to view is as clear and healthy
looking as that of a Caucasian.-Sayan.
nah News.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

On our homeward way we encounter the
nightly exodus of Spaniards male nd fe-
male, young und Old, who come into the
town on daily permits FOR trade or labor
and have to return before the fortress gates
are closed. OF these there are between three
and four thousand and many Of them make
a handsome income by daily smuggling
small quantities Of tobacco, concealed by
many devices in their clothing or their
loads. Their numbers are so great that
even IL the Spanish frontier guard does not
afford some connivancc, which is not very
improbable, it must be impossibleto search
them all effectually, and the women espeei-
ally are the greatest and most successful
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

ASS for every of Nervous Diseases remedy he's been able
with the Nervne Tonic which pleasant and harmless in
its upon the youngest child the Oldest nvd
ua Neenths of all the ailments which the human family heir
dependent exhaustion and impaired Digestion When
sufficient supply of food in the blood general of debility
the bn spinal marrow and is the result Starved like
arved muscles become strong when the right kind of food supplied and
thousand weakneesand ailments disappear the AS tho
nervous system must supply all the power by which the vital forces of the
body carried is the first suffer for of perfect
Ordinary food does not contain sufficient quantity of the Kind of numen
necessary repair the wear present mode of living and labor imposes
upon the For this becomes necessary that food be
supplied This production the South American Continent has been
found by contain the essential elements of which
formed This accounts for its magic power to ali forms of
deranp ements
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
From Two standpoints.

A prominent politician was blown up in
a boiler explosion in one of the western
states of America, but escaped with a shak-
ing. Interviewed by reporter the same
night and describing his sensations at the
time of the accident, he remarked that all
the bad deeds in his whole life seemed to
pass through his mind while he was in the
air. A local paper of opposition politics
commented upon the statement next day,
and presumed that the fortunate survivor
must have been up about six weeks.--
All the Year Round.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

Dignified Stranger ION railway train)-
No, am not travelling for my health. l
was delegate to the Pan-American con-
gress.
Enterprising Drummer-That so? I'm
in the hardware line myself New York
Weekly.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

mented on the people around her.
DO you remember" she asked, "the
text painted over the cemetery at homer"
He thought moment The rich and
the poor meet together, and the Lord is
the maker of them all Wasn't that it?"
She looked around her again and said
with feminine emphasis, "Well the first
half of it applies to this car, if the other
half doesn't. New York Times.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

MONTICELLO, Wis, Feb. 81. -- A
farmer named johnson, living north of
here. was nj New Ghrus, and on re-
turning homo found his house destroyed
by fire and lis two little children
burned 10 DEATH His wife WAS away
some distance after water and knew
nothing Of the fire until She got in sight
of the burning house.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
scrininre FnIniled.

\ young person from Maine, whom the
eN.geucies OF hurried journey had
brought TO the city very early one morn
ing. bearded train at Foriy-second street,
aud before she reached Harlem thus com
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
CRAwFoRDsv1LLE, IND, Aug. 90, sc.
20 Ae Grent South Amertcan Medtctne a..


DEAR GENTS Il desire to say to you that
have suffered for many years with very seri-
GUS disease of the stomach and nerves. l tried
every medicine l could heal, of but nothing
done me any appreciate good until was adj
Vised to try your Great South American Nervine
Tonic ard Stomach and Liver Cure, and since
using several bottles of 1t must say that am
surprised at its wonderful powers to cure the
stomach and general nervous system, If every
one knew the value of this remedy as do, you
would not be able to supply the demand.
j, A. HARDFE.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
A very Delioate Heat Discovery.

The new bolometer has been put to splen-
did use 10y Professor Langley, who with its
aid has measured the heat radiation of the
light OF the glow worm. He states that
the light given by this highly scientific in
sect is accompanied by less than one-four
hundredth part of the heat given by an
equal amount Of gaslight. This means
that the light Of the glow worm is four
hundred times more economical of energy
than gaslight, and also vastly more eco
uomical than the electric ight.-New York
Journal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

Mexican children are very seldom rude
or saucy. They are taught to be polite I'M
der all circumstances, and to all people.
Some parents would rather have their boy
be almost anything else than a grosero or
rude person For this reason one hears
little quarreling or rough talk among chill
dreu playing, and sees hardly any fighting
or bullying of little boys by larger ones.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

Nervousness and
Nervous Prostitution,
Nervous Headache and
Sick Headache,
Female Weakness,
All Diseases of Women,
Nervous Chills,
Paralysis,
Nervous Paroxysms and
Nervous Choking
Hot Flashes,
Palpicajion of the Heart,
Mental Dependency,
Sleeplessness,
st. Vitus's Dance,
Nervousness of Females,
Nervousness Of Old Age,
Neuralgia,
Pains in the Heart,
Pains in the Back,
Failing Health.
Ali these and many other &C
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
Too Stunning.

"That sealsl1in sacqte Of your wife's ia
stunning"
eyes. 1t knocked me cents-legs. ~
Epoch.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
Ex-Ireas. montgomery Go,
"A SWORN CURE FOR ST. "

CRAwFoRDsvILLE, IND, May 49, 1886.
My daughter, twelve years old, had been af-
ficted for several months with Chorea or st.
Vituss Dance. She wa reduced to d skeleton,
could not walk, could not talk, could not swAl-
low anything but milk. l had to handle her
like an infant. Doctor and neighbOrs gave her
up. commenced giving her the South Ameri.
can Nervine Tonici the effects were very sur
prising, In three days she was rid of the ner-
Vousness, and rapidly improved. Four bottles
cured her completely. ] think the. South
American Nervihe the grandest remedy ever
discovered, and would recommend it to every
one, MRS. w. s.. ENsAINGEE.
Slate Of Indiana, Ice.
Montgomery County, Cos
Subscribed and sworn to before me this May
10, 1887. CHAs. M. TRAVIS, Notary Public.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
CUR Z S

Broken Constitution,
Debility of Old Age,
Indigestion and Dyspepsia,
Heartburn and Sour Stomach,
Weight and Tenderness in Stomach,
Loss of Appetite,
Frightful Dreams,
Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears,
Weakness of Extremities and
Painting,
Impure ana Impoverished Blood
Boils and Carbuncles,
Scrofula,
Scrofulous Swelling and Ulcers,
Consumption of the Lungs,
Catarrh of the Lungs,
Bronchitis and Chronic Cough,
Liver Complaint,
Chronic Diarrhea,
Delicate and Scrofulous Children,
Summer Complaint of Infants.
J cured by this wonderful Nervine Tonic.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21

Mr.. Solomon Bond, a member of the Society
of Friends, of Darlington, Ind, says: AZ have
used twelve bottles of The Great South Ameri-
can Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure,
hundred dollars worth of good because have
not had good nights sleep for twenty years
on account of irritation, pain, horrible dreams,
and general nervous prostration, which has
been caused by chronic indigestion and dys-
pepsia OF the stomach and by broken down
condition of my nervous system. But now can
lie down and sleep all night as sweety as a baby,
and feel like a sound man. / do not think
there has ever been medicine introduced into
this country which win at all compare with
this Nervine Tonic as o cure for the stomach
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
ISIS DANCE OR CHOREA.

CRAwFoRDsvIILE IND, June %, 1887.
My daughter, eleven years old, was severely
afflicted with St. Vitus's Dance or Chorea. We
gave her three and one-half bottles of South
American Nervine and she is completely re-
stored. believe it will cure every case of st.
Vitus's Dance. have kept it in my family for
edy in the world for Indigestion and Dyspep-
STA, all ferns Of Nervous Disorders and Failing
Health from whatever cause.
JOHN 4. MIsH.
State OF Indiana, L..
Montgomery County, E 81
Subscribed and sworn to before me this June
%, 1887. CHAs. W. WRIGHT,
Notary Public
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-21
NERNQuS DISEASES.

many other complaints cured by this wonderful
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-16
THE C STAGE.

The innumerable patrons OF the
Olympic will have Sisson's American
Gaiety Girls to agitate their risibilities
this week. The company is made up of
about thirty pretty girls and two or
three more or less hOmely men, and
they give a performance full of fun,
frolic and prettiness. Gene Schultz, the
handsome avant courier of the eOmpa-
ny, says his girls are all natives of this
country, but just as full of gaiety as
any of the importatiOnS we have had
from London, or anywhere else. The
show opens tonight.
Charles Ell. Hoyt's bright satire OH
American politics, entitled "a Texas
Steer" with the original New York
cast, scenery and accessories. begins an
engagement of three nights and
Wednesday matinee at the MetropOli-
tan this evening. If the play receives
the same reception here 1t has IN all the
large cities, the Metro politan will be
packed tonight.
Every seat and every inch of standing
room at the Grand last night was oc-
cupied, and many applicants were
turned away. Leavitt'S Spider and
the fly was the attraction, and proved
a very strong drawing card. 1t is sim
ply a first-class speciality company, with
good singing and dancing, cleve r pieces
OF specially work and a host of shapely
girls. Everything was heartily APP
plauded. and the company put in such
humor with itself that il exerted itself
to the utmost. 1t will doubtless do a
good weeks business.
THE Texas Steer" company, which
opens this evening at the Metropolitan
opera house, will arrive this morning
from Indianapolis, where they have
been received with the greatest en-
thusiasm. The play, as has been de-
scribed in these columns deals with
political life in Tex as and Washington,
and the satire of AuthOr Hoyt causes
the keenest of amusement, while it
never Offends. A feature of the engage
ment in st. Paul will be the fact that
while the Minnesota legislature is in
session its foibles will be ca~ricatured
nightly by the clever comedians
of Hoyt & Thomas company.
on the road. this is the first time they
have played In any city where a legis-
lature is in session, and to mark the
event the popular business manager of
the company. Bury Dasent, sent a tele-
gram last evening to the author of the
play, stating that he was perfecting ar.
engagements by which a cordial invita-
ton would be extended to the members
of the Minnesota legislature to be pres
ent at tomorrow evenings perform
ance. 1t will certainly be amusing to
watch the real candidate for legislative
hOnOrs witness the efforts of the candi-
dates for a senator's tOga evolved from
the fertile brain of Charles E. Hoyt.
The reserved seat sale for the Step
MAX lecture will open this morning. at
tine Metropolitan.