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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15
RESOLUTION BY STATE ALL
ANCE.

1t is not the custom to publish very
much of the proceedings of the State
Alliance. But some parts have been
published. One resolution passed al
Morehead in August should have been
published earlier, but was overlooked
1t was a resolution of thanks to the re,
firing officers of the State body, and
was as follows:
ReSOlUed, That the thanks of the
State Alliance are due and are HEREBY
rendered to our faithful and Impartial
retiring Oficers-President Elias Car,
Vice-President A. II. Hayes. TREASURE
j. D. Allen, Chaplain S. j. Veach anu
Assistant Lecturer r B. Hunter; tn1y
we will ever remember their faItbIW
services as Alliancemen and as Gu
laborers in this grand and nobl4 WORE
and that these resolutions be publlsheu
in the reform press of North Carolina
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15
n. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A "mob proof jail" is the latest
thing out. A mob proof Congressman
will be the next thing that will startle
the world.
There was an Alliance speaking
at Union Ridge on the 18th, We regret
that we could u o be present according
to invitation.
President Polk has changed his
address from 344 D. St, N. w, to At
Iantic Building, F. ST., N. w. Wash
ington, D. @.
- The Emma Juch Opera Troupe
had a 81, 100 house in Raleigh n night
last week. Such things are another
cause for hard times.
The OcdIa Demands is a new Al
lance paper recently started at Ocala,
Fla. 1t is full of life and stands square
on the Ocala platform.
-. Another minister is in trouble
and has his face full of shot for kissing
another mans wife. Rev, j. 7. Aber-
nathy, of Snow Hill, is the minister.
:. Corn sold for 80 cents per bushel
in Chicago a few days ago. Yet on the
same day it sold for % cents in Kansas,
less than 500 miles from Chicago
Why is thatG
~ Mr.. J F. Murrill, editor of the
Hickory Press and CaroliniGn, and
one of the oldest journalists in the
State, died at that place last Sunday
quite suddenly.
There is some good reading in
this issue of THE Progressive FARMER.
Read all of it carefully and be con
WINGED, The article by Mr.. w. j. Peele
is rich, rare and racy. Read it twice.
~ Senator PETER, Of Kansas, has
made a good start. The Senate was
hardly in working order before he in
troduced two valuable bills. But, of
course, it will be like casting pearls be
fore swine IN that Senate.
= The Clinton Caucasian is not sur
prised that the press should misrepre-
sent and Wall street give money to
check the Alliance, since they saw
5000, 900 voters represented at the Su-
preme Council at indianapolis.
~ We always did think that girls
could do a great deal for reform. At
Sartoria, Nebraska, the girls won't
dance with a young man unless he is a
member of the Alliance, and the dane
ing has to be done on the Ocala plat
form.
y. Our thanks are due Prof. B. D.
Barker, Principal of Apex Academy,
for an invitation to an entertainment
TO be given by the students of his ex.
ceIlent school on the 18th Of December.
We trust that it will be an enjoyable
affair.
- One Of the best members of the
North Carolina Legislature spells do
"doo." enough "anuff," opposed up
nosed." when writing. But who will
saw that he hasn't got the right ring to
his spelIingg Besides that, his is sound
spelling,
Farming pays some people. 1t
novs those who don't farm, frequently.
pressed pork is now selling in Raleigh
hv farmers at s. cents. Citizens of
Raleigh pay 12I cents or 90 per cent.
nroft, Should the man who raises,
Kills and sells a hog, get no more
for it than the man VINO cuts u
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

would take a man eleven years to count
it, dollar by dollar. How shall we get
rid of this investment if we should
ever desire to sell2 And what would
be the effect of selling SO much silver
at tie price of silver2 There is some
thing wonderful in our silver policy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15
ROsINDALE, Bladen Co., \. y
N----z 100

W. II. Worth, Raleigh, NJ O.: ~;
DEAR SIR AND Bro. Il used the Alm
ance Official Guano this year on sorJd
cotton, peas, potatoes, cOllards che 4be
turnips with satisfactory results, t 10
yield of corn being more than d2u arer
Can say it is the best fertilizer eve
1. s. PERRY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

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published 2 IF so, give us your real
name and your p~OstOftice.
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Do you want your paper changed to
another office State the at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

Mnny Of our subscribers haze been
carried through the summer. Crops
are nOlC being gathered and sold. Il
yOW Ure due anything, send 1T right in.
for 1Ce ore needing MONEY, bad.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

In writing to anybody, always b.
sure to give the nameO of your p~ostotfice
and sign your name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

@~ Our friends III writing to any of
our advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER
w~ The date Oh your label tells you
ghen your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ oF the N. G. Farmers State Alliance
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
A NIammorh Horse.

Valley City, N. d., has, it is said, one
OF the most extraordinary specimens OF
horse flesh in existence. He is Il sorrcl
stands fully nineteen hands, or six feet
four inches from the floor to withers,
his legs are three feet six inches before
touching the body, and u small bronco
can easily walk under him. a man six
feetin hcightcan'tsee over his back, even
when standing on tiptoe. In length he
is fully thirteen feet or seventeen feet
from tip of nose to tip of tail. When
standing with his head as ordinarily
checked up, seven-foot man, by stand
ing on tiptoe, can just touch the base of
his ear
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
DOGS AND GHOSTS.
Fierce CANNES Terrorized by n Made L
Spook.

Fierce CANNES Terrorized by n Made Up
Spook.
Perhaps you are not aware" said n
young lawyer to q scribe of the Charles
ton Is. CO. Democrat, that dogs and
horses are as much afraid of ghosts and
other uncanny and mysterious things
rs are the most timid of the human
race. proved it one time on two dogs,
ut any rate. Not long after the war the
negroes were SO bad about our place in
kentucky that it was with difficulty that
we could keep our belongings on our
place Every other method having faile
finally hit upon the plan of frightening
them by appearing before them dressed
as ghost is said to habilitate itself.
Of course the negroes were successfully
frightened away from us, but upon one
occasion l also frightened our two
watehdogs as badly as any negro ever
was frightened by ghostly apparition.
The dogs were fierce fellows and would
allow no stranger or strange thing on
the place; but one moonlight night they
came upon me in spectral attire. The
dog that first caught glimpse of me
just bumped up his back until all four
of his feet covered not more than six
square inches of Kentucky soil. His
eyes stood out and his hair stood up,
and he began moving backward, never
for an instant taking his eyes off nv
figure. His companion came up, went
through the same movement, and both
began backing cautiously from me.
And as long as could see them they
put distance between us in that way.
\ few moments later I heard them
barking at home. half mile dis
tant. They had taken refuge under the
house, and it was four days before we
could coax them out again"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
parliamentary Obstruct,on,

a remarkable instance of parlia-
mentary obstruction recently occurred
in the lower house of Hungary. After
"a debate. extending over five weeks,
the house decided by one hundred and
lightweight votes to lightweight to
CLOSE the discussion on the principle of
the administrative reform bill Here
upon twenty members of the opposition
leach brought in counter bill, backed
In every case by ten signatures, which,
according to the existing rules of the
house, must be disposed Of before the
ichamber can go into committee on the
Eoriginal measure. The ministry has re-
isorted to the only remedy in its power
by decreeing that the house shall sit
spontaneously without vacations, until
1.-THE reform bill Is passed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
Fined Himself.

Perhaps the most Disguised man in
Somerset county, says the Lewiston
Journal, is justice of the peace who
is the owner of a fine garden, the pride
of his heart. The other day he was
informed that an unruly COW had
wrought desolation in his Eden, and at
once ordered The animal sent to the
pound. Then he went up to view the
wreck cand after noting the vacant
places where the beets and corn had
been, the trampled-down squashes and
cabbages and demoralized pea vines and
sunflowers, and ascertaining, as he sup
posed, the owner of the COW, he made
out writ against the individual, CON
tanning fourteen different and distinct
counts, including trespass, forcible
entry, malicious mischief, nuisance,
riotous and disorderly conduct, and as
sault and battery with intent to kill.
1t was then that he learned that the
trespasser was his own COW, and his ire
cooled ms he meckly paid n field driver
for getting her out Of the pound.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
PRESIDENTS SONS.
Tho Hayes Boys-Tho swayncs-Gen.
Hayes Wealth.

Hayes nCaltns
Writing on the topic of presidents
sons. 1 am reminded that cx-president
Hayes has two young men who bear his
name, says Carson Lake in the New
York Press, but who were seldom heard
of while he was in the white house. In
decd, the gentle qualities that distin-
guished their father and mother seem to
have kept them in such seclusion that
very few people to-day in the
entire United States would be I'M
able to say positively whether or
not President Hayes has any
sons. Webb Hayes is prosperous
manufacturer at Cleveland, o., where
he pursued the even tenor of his way
during his fathers administration, and
has built up reputation for business
ability and integrity which is all his
own. Orchard Hayes is member of
the law firm of Swaync, Hayes &
Swaync, at Toledo. The Swayncs arc
the sons of the famous justice of that
name who was once on the bench of
brothers of Gen. Wager Swaync, of
this city, the associate of Judge Sidney
Dillon, the law firm of Dillon e Swaync
being the attorneys for Jay Gould and
the great corporations in which that
famous financier is the chief owner. 1
am told that the legal abilities of
Birchard Hayes are of high order.
BY the way, cx-Prcsident Hayes may
safely be ranked among the millionaires
of this country, and his wealth has
come by happy combination of lcgacies
and good business management. His
grandfather, rutherford Orchard, left
him several hundred acres of land in
Fremont and near Toledo. The growth
of the latter city during the last twenty
years brought Mr.. Hayes property into
fair reach of it's business center by
means of strcet-car lines. Instead of
placing it on the market he has held it
until he could plat it himself, build
houses on it and sell houses and lots, so
rs to make all the possible profit. Twas
talking the other day with gentleman
from Toledo, who told me that the ex-
president had realized about three hun
drcd thousand dollars within ten years
from his sales of houses and lots on his
property, and who estimated the value
of the remaining property in Mr.. Hayes
hands at not less than five hundred
thousand dollars.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
Dsen Who Travel.

An old railroad man named Lawton,
now sleeping-car superintendent at
indianapolis, Ind, has kept record Of
his journeyings since 1868, and the
total is @,SSS.246 miles. Conductor s. G.
Boone, late Of the Reading, has covered
2'S47,0o0 miles, and another Reading
conductor has ridden something over
l,697,700 miles. Even these figures
would be far surpassed By the record Of
some OF the old captains of the ocean
steamships.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, s25, 900, ooo
OFFICERS:

PREsIDENT-GEN. FITZHUGH LEE,
Ex-Governor of Virginia.
1sT VICE PRESIDENT - PEYTON L..
TERRY, President Roanoke Trust,
Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
I'd VICE PRESIDENTS. w. JAMESON,
Secretary and treasurer Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SEcRETARY-JOHN OFT, late Cashier
City Bank of Richmond.
TREAsURER-J. c. DAVENPORT, CASH
Ter Commercial National Bank, Roa.
noke, Va.
GENERAL CoUNsEL--Hon. G. A. Nc
HUGH, Counsellor-at-Law, late OF
Charleston, S. G.
GENERAL MANAGER OF AoENCIEs-D
B. JESSE, late of Lexington, KY.
GENERAL TRUsTEE-HoN. HENRY s.
TROUT, President First National
Bank, Roanoke, Va.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY - Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31

OLD papers for sale at The Times office
10 Cents a hundred.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31

1. INSTALLMENT STOCK. = Mem
bership fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock the first month, after that the
monthly dues are 60 cents per share.
2. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
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yielding dividend, payable seminar
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by check to the shareholder.
8. The stock is expected to mature in
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4. There is no investment anywhere
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With the assets OF the Association in
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conceive Of a safer investment than it's
stock affords to the prudent investor.
Apply at Home Office, ITO Jefferson
street, or to
JAMES r. TERRY, or to SIMMONS,
CARPENTER & TINsLEY, Roanoke,
Va. apr19-1y
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-20

There was an object of curiosity on the
market the other morning which quickly col
lected a crowd 1t was farmers dog Of
medium size, and he had on a collar studded
with enormous tacks, leather bands around
his body ornamented the same way, and
fastened 10 his forelegs just above the feet
were the same gaffs as are used on fighting
cocks
You see" explained the farmer, "every
time Belshazzar comes to town with me he is
tackled and chawed up by some of your
smart Alecks I've got tired of 1t, and I've
fitted him out to defend himself As I've
brought him all the way in a wagon, and as
I'd kinder like to know how the old thing
will work, some of you may bring up your
best stock"
man went across the street and got a
Newfoundland about as big as a yearling
calf, and he had no sooner caught sight of
the country chicken under the wagon than
he went for him. There was a roar. bowl
and yelp, and then the big dog broke for
the woods with the little dog close behind.
One mouthful of tacks was plenty for the big
'un. and his yelps Of pain and terror could be
heard three blocks
Come. Belshazzar, git back under the
wagon" said the former. We've struck il
plumb center. and the medal is ours Jist
let EN- come up and pitch in as fast as they
want to We hain't no wings but we git
thar jist the same detroit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-20

Eyes, darling he said, in tones Of deep
tenderness, Il would do anything to show
my love for you"
ABR sighed the gentle maiden, that's
what all men say when they are striving &c
win a woman's heart"
Put me to the proof" he exclaimed, in
wild passionate tones, put me to the proof,
test me, and see if | fail Set me any task
within the bounds of possibility and it shall
be performed"
All" she murmured, ''if could only be-
heve YOU
Put me to the test Say to me to do this
or do that and it shall be done"
"Then | will put you to the test"
"AhF he exclaimed, exultingly, you shall
behold the height, the depth, the length, the
breadth, the circumference of my love
What Is the testr
The maiden dropped her snowy lids until
the silken iashes rested on the peach bloom
of her cheek, a slight smile dtmpled the cor
ners OF her mouth, and bending over the
youth who knelt at her feet she whispered:
"Marry some other girI!"-Boston Courier
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-20

Yadrintseff, the author, who has de-
voted many years to the study of prison
life in Russia and Siberia, and who is now
editing The Oriental Review at st. Peters
burg, writes of our provincial prisons:
almost in every 'ostrog lookup
there is a corridor nearly underground
which has the moisture and smell of 3
grave. In this corridor are the cells for
the more important common law prisoners
awaiting their trial. These cells are half
underground. The floor is always wet
and rotten. Mold and fungi cover the
walls. Water is continually oozing from
beneath the floor. A small painted win
dow makes the cell almost completed
dark. The men are kept there in irons
There is no bedstead, no bed The prison
ers are lying on the floor, which is covered
With worms and myriads of feas; and for
a bed they have rotten straw, for cover
ing their poor overcloth torn to pieces
The moist and cold air makes one SILVER
even in the middle Of summer; the sentry
runs away to breathe fresh air; and in
such cells the prisoners spend several
years, waiting for their trial. Even the
most healthy of these prisoners become
insane. Michael Malkotf in Chicago
News
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Inc return trip was made &C., -,
- &C. sn' IRAN sped along at fearful rnte
VI speed The excursionists were OH H. ny =
yV"y huin"r aud were at the beisbt -
.hef festivities when the frigbtfuI shr;oI -
ing OF the locomotive whistle startIl,
everybody The train came To a fnlI &C.
anu aihong those who rushed ont w. w.
'ne mayor and marshal of Blue Rock
/ AT the head Of the train tbe, f,,,-a ~,
engineer and conductor taIkino, ,,1t.,, ''io
, .ai. VINO heid one hand to his side, from
"hicn the blood was streaming.
oreat dodl 1t is our tramnr ~
claimed the marshal.
lou are right" said the MAYOR. "sfv
poor ieilow, what is the matterfp
ne tramp fell in fainting fit before
ne could answer the question.
You see, said the engineer "th;a
was tramping through the woods when hn
came 10 the track and found two train
miecAers tampering with the rails. Well
inns tramp or whatever he is, jumped on,
the Two seoundrels like tiger. He d;e
aoied one Of them, but the other stabhod
nm IN the side and ran away. So he bnilt
a ire on the track, and as soon as co.,, -
stopped the train" SOW -
Just then several passengers came Nm
with the wounded wrecker, who had baep
seriously injured by the tramp.
The villain evidently thought that be
was mortally wounded, for he moda a EN-
confession. I'LL
Il think, said the Blue Rock mavor
that we owe debt of gratitude 70 ~,
preserver. Many men in this fix wonlJ
not nave turned over hand to save ms .
ne tramp opened his eyes and smiled
family '---
Did you know we were on the train2o
asked the marshal.
"oh, yes; saw you when Won went nm
the road this morning. and I bpno aho1,r
mere because | saw those two chaps acting
suspieiously on the track"
Come, now, who are you and where ia
t your homer asked the marshal.
Il am a gentleman. I have forgotten
/ my name and all about things that han
pened years ago. | can tell you nothing
more"
By George" said the mayor "Ibelieve
he tells the truth"
We must take him to Blue Rock and
care for him, said one of the party. "He
shall have the freedom of the town and
/ the best there is in it,"
THANK you, said the tramp, with a
smile. Il am satisfied now"
a spasm of pain contracted his features.
gasp, fiuttering of the breath and
the unknown was dead.
Tramp or gentleman? Who was he and
what lay back of his misfortunes?
These were the questions the Blue Rock
excursionists asked each other on their
way home. Atlanta Constitution.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-20
Noiseless Carriages.

A large number of carriages of New
York are now equipped with rubber
tires nearly two inches thick and com
posed of many layers of rubber of vari-
GUS degrees of springiness. Carriages
thus equipped are able to roll over the
stones without the deafening CHATTER
and jerkiness which results when iron
tiers are used. In the attention which
people pay to their private stables New
York is making rapid strides in an Up
ward way
There is more interest now taken in
the horse show than there IS in the
opera, and the breeding and training
of carriage horses has been taken up by
enthusiastic miIionaires without mum
Der The assertion that we go to Eng
land for snowy trappings for private
stables is no longer true. American
carriages have all taken prizes in Euro
pean fairs, and the crack coaches il
the Coaching club, as well as the mos
widely admired dog carts and brough
ans, are OF native manufacture. They
have taken up the American buggy il
England and France, just as we have
adopted the dog carts and tilbury here
Cor. Richmond Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-20
Table Manners.

A napkin is not intended to be used
as a bib. The fashion of pinning it
about ones neck is obsolete, and only
permissible in the very young or those
quite beyond the pale of middle age
who are unable to measure accurately
the distance between the cup and the
lip.
1t is not polite for hostess to press
the guest to be helped again" She
should ignore the fact of the previous
helping, and simply say, shall help
you TO so and so!'
A habit of passing things at table
savors too strongly of an acquaintance
with the boarding house, this handing
of dishes being the prerogatiye of the
servant -Jenness-M Miller Magazine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-20

Nutmegs and mace two of the prin-
cipal spices Of commerce, grow in the
same pod The tiny tree upon which
they grow is almost identical with a
pear tree two or three years old. The
nutmeg is the center or seed of the
fruit, which is about the size of an OF
binary hens egg. The best comparison
of the fruit would be with the hickory
nut. In ripening the outside cracks
open, showing the nutmeg inclosed ii
a thin lacy covering, which is the mace.
1t is found in ali the tropical islands OF
America and Asia, the most fruitful
trees growing in Jamaica, some of them
yielding as many as 5000 nutmegs in 6
year-New York Ledger.