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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-26
A BREAK IN THE TELEGRAPH.

Owing to a break in the government
coast telegraph line south of Kittyhawk, it
was impossible last night to get any further
particulars as to whether the steamer
got off. Those in the city who are
acquainted with the character Of the
coast where she is ashore do not
think it probable that she will be hoated
without assistance. A telegram from
kittyhawk last night said that when the
vessel Went ashore heavy fog prevailed,
and that the captain had lost his reckoning.
The vessel is in no danger and the most
umid of her passengers had been landed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-26
KIBSLINGs NURSERY,

WHITE BLUFF ROAD.
DLABTS. bouquets. Designs, Cut Flowers
4 f,irnisiAnd 10 order Leave orders e. DAVIS
BROS cor Ilun aud YORK sE4 Tbs iseii Raj
way passes throukh TIE D1Fsery. 1siephonssi9
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-26
A Leg Amputated.

COLUMBUS, GA. May 25.-At Bostick
yesterday afternoon Oscar Ryckett of Tai
bottom jumped from a moving train and
fell under the tender. One leg was horri-
bly, crushed and the other was dislocated.
He was taken to Talbotton, where his leg
was amputated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-26
Wares Sunday School Association

WAREsBoRo, GA, May 25.-The Ware
County Sunday School Association held its
annual jubilee to-day. About 200 people
were in attendance. A special train was
run from Waycross. which brought large
number OF the Sunday school children.
Irainmaster Moeers accompanied. and added
much enjoyment. Prof. $. II. Settle deliy.
sred ali address OF welcome on the part Of
Waresboro's schools. The response was by
PRESIDENT w. r. Williams. the most en-
husiastic Sunday school worker in the
'ounty. The banner was voted 10 Pine
syel Sunday school for ths best singing.
several short speeches we're made during
he day. Everything passed nicely.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-26
Granted a Divorce.

New YORK, May 25.-Mrs. Laura Green
has been granted an absolute divorce from
Douglas Green, of the former firm of Green
& Bateman, brokers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
LATEST ADULTERATI0N TRICK.

How long it is since the coffee bean
was adulterated and the ingenuity Of
man was exercised to provide a substi-
tute for the popular and stimulating
berry it would be bOOtlesS to inquire;
suffice it to say that almost every
known vegetable when roasted has
been used in this way. The newest
substitute is at least novel, for it con-
sists of the coffee bean itself. The one
which has hitherto been most popular
in Holland, at all events, was an imita-
ton bean made of dough with a slight
admiXture Of ground coffee. This,
when baked, was a remarkable imita-
ton of the real product of Arabia, and
when used in the ordinary way the
beverage so obtained was sure not to
act in a hurtful way to sensitive ner-
vOus system as, though the color was
all right, the effect was not stimulating.
To DR.. Ross, of Amsterdam, the credit
now belongs of adulterating the coffee
bean. This, though apparently a con-
tradictiOn in terms, is not really so, for
he has hit upon a plan which every
one agrees does great credit to his in
genuity. By a chemical process, which
is remarkably clever, he manages to
extract every particle of the oily sub
stance the berry contains, and in which
the active principle exists, without at
the same time injuring the appearance
of the bean. This bean is then covered
with a little varnish, and is ready to be
put on the market and sold as coffee,
which is minus it's original properties.
The change which has been wrought
by these chemicals in the appearance
of the bean is 50 slight that it can only
be observed after a very minute and
close microscopical analysis. Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
REIUVENATED C~HESTNUTS.

The exchange editor, with all his vir-
tues, is not infallible; and it is surpris-
ing to see how he will some times snap
up an aged paragraph as though it had
been the light of day only a week be-
fore. An odd experience, tending to
prove that There smoothing new under
the SUM- was that of a Well-knOwn
syndicate Ie~tter-writer, who discovered,
some years ago, in an Out-Of-the-Way
place, an explanation of the origin Of
the term "Uncle Sam" The source
of his information was 50 obscure that
he felt almost as though he had
originated the explanation himself;
and he proceeded to send it out into
the world over his signature. It was
picked up by the exchange editors and
spread like wildfre all over the Jul
try. Probably every newspaper in
the United States with a circulation of
ten thousand or more printed that
article. Some time afterward. looking
through the appendix to WebSter's
Dictionary, the correspondent who
had written the article came upon a
dissertation upon the origin of Uncle
Sam" exactly like the n which he
had appropriated and had thought so
new" He did not enlighten the ex-
change editors; and, for all | know,
they are still placing the article to his
credit. Another experience Of the
same writer was with a story of Chief
justice Marshall. Some public man
repeated it to him as new. According
to this story, Marshall, who was always
a slOuchy man, was walking down the
street one day, when he was accOsted
by a stranger, who said to him, See
here, old man, [ wish you would carry
this chicken down to my house." The
chief justice gravely took the chicken
and walked down the street with it to
thehOuse which the man had indicated.
When the stranger arrived, he offered
Mr.. Marshall a piece Of money, which
was accepted and pOcketed. 1t was a
long time afterward that the man
learned that he had paid the chief JUS
tice Of the United States for carrying
his chicken. The writer thought this
story a very good one, and he elabo-
rated it in one of his letters. Some
time 4fterward he opened a copy of a
well-knOwn First Reader, and there, in
large type, suitable for the youthful
eyes, was the story of Chief Justice
Marshall and the chicken, told almost
exactly as it had been told to him. Yet
the exchange editors revealed in that
story of Marshall, and it had an extra
ordinary circulation Prom Re
roasted C~hestnutS,'' by George Grant,
ham Balm, in August L~ippincOtt'S.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
HINTS TO ~HOUsEKEEPERS.

All fresh meat should be put to boil
in hot water. but for soup in cold.
The flesh of good veal is firm and
dry, and the joints stiff. The flesh of
good lamb and mutton is red. with the
fat very firm and white.
To keep eggs fresh, as soon as they
are taken from the ness rub them en-
tirely over with butter, and put them
IN a cool place and they will keep good
for months.
simple remedy for neuralgia is to
apply grated horse radish to the temple,
when the face or head is affected, or to
the wrist when the pain is in the arm
or shou-der. Prepare the hOrse-radish
IN the same manner as for table use.
At the present time. when metal
trimmings are fashionable, it should be
remembered that it is difficult to find
any white wool goods on which gold or
silver trimmings may be used without
their becoming furnished. This is due
to the use Of sulphur in bleaching
white goods. .
Inbuying wash silks, if the house sell
ing them IS not known to be absolutely
reliable, il is safest to secure SAMPLES
and wash them before selecting mate
rial for a gown or shirt waist. These
silks may be wOrn ST long without be-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
HIS FEELINGS L~ACERATED.

A tourist with a greasy hat and a
illing-tO-take-alm Ost-anythln x
preston Of c~OuntenancG invaded the
premises of a North Side family yester-
day morning and knocked at the
kitchen door.
Il haven't any hot coffee and biscuit
for you" said the woman who came to
the door.
"You might have waited, madam,
for me to introduce myself, replied
the tourist.
= don't need any Introduction, she
rejoined sharply. "Get back there,
children. It's only a man. Isuppose
you're after a plate of porterhouse
steak with onions on the side"
mo, ma'am, | don't insist -"
ooh, you don't! You'd be satisfied,
wouldyOu, with a bowl Of good oatmeal
and sweet cream?"
Yes, ma'am. Id be very thank
full
well, I haven't any. How would
some stewed asparagus and a cup of
chocolate strike yOu!"
THAT would suit me exactly"
Haven't anything of the kind in
the house. Would you like some
minced CLAIMS on toast, or planked
whitefsh with baked potatoes, or a
strawberry short-cake and vanilla ice
cream with -
Madam" interpo5ed the tourist,
pulling up the detected remains Of a
shirt collar and Strengthening himself
Il came here with the intention
of accepting anything in the shape of
cold victuals or even warmed owe
grub left from yesterday that you
might have to offer. You have chosen
to tantaIize me and to wound my feel
ings. I wish you to understand dis
tinctly, madam" he said, folding his
arms and looking at her with superb
scOrn, that [ don't want the earth. y
He raised his hat, made a profound
bow, shifted the air as if to ascertain
whether the wind was blowing from
the direction of any eligible kitchen in
the neighborhood, and strobe grandly
away.-Chjc0gO Tribute.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04

coming ~nOticeably sOiled that it is sell
dom necessary to have them washed
when made up in gowns, but shirt
waists and blOuses, especially if worn
in travelling, often are the better for
cleansing.
If you want to send milk off in bot
ties, with a basket of dinner or a
travellers lunch or for the baby's tea,
first put into the bottle, if one pint, two
tableSpOOnfulS of lime water, if quart,
four tablespoonfuls. 1t will keep even
in hot summer weather; and, if you
will wrap the bottle in a wet cloth and
then in a dry one, it will keep cool into
the bargain.
To make an impermeable glue soak
ordinary glue in water until it sOftenS,
and remove it before it has lost It's
primitive form. After this dissolve 1t
in linseed oil over a slow fire until 1t IS
brought to the consistency Of q jelly.
This glue may be used for joining any
kinds of material. In addition to
strength and hardness it has the adj
vantage of resisting the action OF water.
Fish should frequently be brought
into the dietary. 1t is easy Of diges
ton, and rich in phosphorus, which IS
required by the brain. Delicious,
fresh country eggs are almost equal to
any meat, and can be cooked in a
variety of ways. Vegetables, fresh
and we'll cooked in plenty, and a wise
selection of cereals and bread and
plenty of milk, will give materials for
any number of changes and cOmbina-
tiOns.
AS a remedy for a sunburned face,
take a piece of clear pine gum arabic
about the size of a flbert and melt it in
a ~wineglass full Of boiling water, soft
ened with a slight pinch of carbonate
of soda. Melt a piece of camphOr the
size of a pea in a teaspOOnful of eau de
cologne, and add this to the boiling
water with a teaspOOnful Of ~glycerine.
Shake the mixture for twenty minutes.
Dab on the face with a soft cloth every
night before you go to sleep.
\ delicious way Of serving ice cream
is to fill watermelons with that delicious
dainty. Thefruit must be cut in halves,
and the seeds taken out before the iced
cream IS put in, and a piece of the pulp
should accompany each helping of
cream. Another novel idea is to cut Il
ripe pine apple into neat little round
slices, on each of which is placed a
spoonful of iced cream. This cannot
be conveniently eaten without a deS-
serU-knife, but is a delightful combina-
ton III very hot weather.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
HE WAS WITH HIS MOTHER.

\ small boy sneaked out of a house
on Croghan street the other evening
and waited till the policeman came by.
"Whist,' he whispered, holding up
a finger, stop a minute, will YOU"
'Whats the row." inquired the
officer.
Amt no row; Ieastways not much
of a one
"What do you WANT
want to ask you a leading ques-
ton"
Fire away"
would you run in a great big man
for hittin' a wOman?'
"Of course l would. Where's the
man?'
That's all right Would you do it
if he'd jist slap her face?'
Sure, if l had a witness or two"
"Well, you wait here for a few
minutes"
whats up?"
"Chance for business, mebbe."
"What is it,"
"Well, pa come home awhile ago
and slapped ma cause supper wasn't
ready, and then ma she wiped him one
over the snOOt with a stove lid and got
him down under the table, and when l
come out she was lickin' the Jerusalem
jumpin's out of him; but pas game,
and if he should git the upper hand Of
ma before she's done with him 1 want
you to run him in for slappin' her
jaws. See? Wait a second" and the
boy made a dive into the house and
was back in q minute.
Il guess you a go ahead" he said
''pa's piled down in the corner and ma
is sittin' on him in great shape
Detroit Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
BEN FRANKLIN INTRODUCED
BROOM CORN.

Benjamin Franklin is said to have
taken a seed out of a broom brought
from England, and from this single
seed has been grown all the American
broom corn in the last century and a
half. Whether this be so or not, the
cultivation of broom corn has grown
immensely in this country. Formerly
it was only grown in New England,
but now it is cultivated in every State
in the Union. Before the war, in the
South it was not an %infrequent thing
for a slave to have a little patch of
broom corn near his cabin. In the
winter nights he would make up his
product into brOOms, and thus add a
little to his scanty stock of pocket
mOney.-ORce o. Week.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Ignorance never settles q question.
He who knows most grievGS most
for wasted time.
Timei is the old justice, that examines
all offenders.
If YOU do not hear reason, she will
rap O over the knuckles.
Life, ikeevery other blessing, derives
it's value from its use alone.
No man is so worthy Of envy as he
that can be cheerful in want.
WhOsOever keepeth his mouth and
tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles.
Good temper is like a sunny day; it
sheds it's brightness on everything.
Nature is full Of tendencies and OBJ
structions. Extremes beget limitations.
Cultivate not only the cOrnfields Of
your mind, but the pleasure grounds
also.
He who can take no interest in what
is small will take false interest in what
is great.
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than
labor wears, while the key often used
is always bright.
Self-wil is so ardent and active that
it will break a world to pieces to make
a stool to sit on.
A weak mind is like a microscope,
which magazines IrlnlnS IhnSS, DuI
cannot receive great ones.
1t many times falls out that we deem
ourselves much deceived in others, be
cause we first deceived ourselves,
Those who, without knowing us,
think or speak evil, do us no harm; it
is not us they attack, but the phantom
of their own imagination.
1t does men good to admire what is
good and beautiful; but it does them
infinitely more good to love it. We
grow like what we admire; but we
become II with what we love.
Although men are accused for not
knowing their own weakness, yet per
haps as few know their own strength.
It is in men as in soils, where some
times there is a vein ofgOld, which the
owner knows not of.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
WHAT THE FATHER MEANT.

a young fellow, and not the most
prOvident one in town either, has best
girl in Third street and he went up to
see her one evening last week. During
the first few minutes, and until the
accident happened, the young lady's
small brother assisted in entertaining
them by his innocent and child-like
questions always 10 interesting to a
visitor, especially on such an occasion.
You got a watch?' asked the boy,
after he had made more inquiries than
ever an assessor made.
Yes" and the young man pulled
out a very nice little 12-karat gold
ticker which the boy seized upon.
Does it RUM
"Certainly."
Z didn't know watches run when
they got wet"
well, this one isn't wet
Never wasn't wet" asked the boy.
Not that I know Of
"Then what did papa mean when he
told sister you had your watch soaked
about half the time?'-DetrOit Free
Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04

very general use. By providing means
for making in non-hygrometric and adj
hesive a results obtained whichmakes
it at once available for use in many
ways, and manufacturers will speedily
take advantage of the new conditions
III utilizing the discovery to their profit.
The invention consists in applyingt to
either n or both sides of the sheets of
vegetable parchment or oil color of
varnish, so as to form a product sus-
Ceptible neither to humidity nor draft.
When the layers are dry the surface
may be ornamented by printing, en-
bOSSlng, stamping or otherwise pro-
ducing decorative designs thereon. It
can then be vanished, glazed in an
oven, or finished in other ways, For
the purpose of giving the exact appear
ance and smell of leather, a mOrdant
OF varnish, capable of sustaining pow
dered leather which has been pre-
vlOu8ly placed in tanners OOze or
scented with brick sap, is spread over
1t, This imitation leather retains. it is
said, all the desirable qualities Of
the natural skin, forming it's basis
especially on its being absolutely proof
against the action of fatty substances
while at the same time it resists the
action of light acids. a remarkable
feature of vegetable parchment is that
when used as a vehicle or support of
oil color and varnish, it offers an inn
pOrtant advantage over cloth, plush
and the like, and can bedyed any color.
n. 7. Commercial Advertiser.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
A COOL CLOTH WITHOUT ICE.

One of the most useful hints for sick
room attendance is very seldom known
outside of a hospital ward, and not
even there in many cases; the hint is
how to obtain a cold cloth without the
use of ice. Every one knows that in
fevers, or weakness, a cold cloth on the
forehead or face, or base of brain, is
one Of the most comforting things in
the world. In the tropical hospitals,
and where ice is scarce, all that is
necessary is to wet a linen cloth, wave
it to and fro in the air, fold it, and
place on the patient. Have another
cloth ready, waving it to and fro, just
before applying it; these cloths have a
more grateful and lasting GOODNESS than
those made 50 by the Burning cold pro
duced by ice.-The Ladies' Home
,TOMrDuL
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
FINE VARNISH WORK.

The finest kind of varnish work, such
as the wooden work Of harps is thus
performed: The wood is covered with
about six layers of white hard varnish,
and allowed thoroughly to dry between
each; this entirely fills up the pores of
the wood. The face is then rubbed
quite smooth with fine glass paper.
The ornamental painting is then done,
after which about eight or ten coats of
varnish are laid on, and at every third
coat the varnish is rubbed with fine
glass paper to remove brush marks.
When all the varnish has been put on
and has become hard, the surface is
rubbed with fine pumice stone powder
and water on wooden rags; the work IS
allowed to stand for a day or two, and
is then polished with yellow tripoliand
water and then washed with a sponge
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
TELLING THE TIME OF DAY BY
THE BEARD.

q never carried a watch in my
life, said a New Yorker Of fifty. "A
watch is a habit, not a necessary
article. No man who carries q watch
can be any more regular i'll his habits
than am. I can get up at a certain
minute, and 90 so every morning. I
can tell the time of day by feeling my
face. The beard grows exactly 50
much, and you can come within a
reasonable time Of the hour by passing
the hand over your chin. Not that it
is often necessary, because regular
habits soon become second nature and
you neve think of wondering about
the hour.
"Of course, the man who lives on
trains and boats a good deal has to
wear timepiece and time table."-N,
Y, Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
LITERAL ENGLISH.

\ woman went into a Cross Avenue
drug store to have a prescription filled.
The druggist compounded the drugs
and as he handed the bottle to the Gus
TONER, he said pleasantly:
Here's your prescription, ma'am-
shaker
"Tndonothing of the kind, snapped
the woman, and [ think you've a
good deal of impudence to ask me to-"
You don't understand" exclaimed
the druggist; q mean that when you
take the prescription, you must shake"
= won't take the prescription if it's
going to make me shake" objected the
customer.
Good heavens, woman, it's the bot
tie you are to shake" shrieked the
druggist.
What good will that do me?'
queried the woman.
He means, madam" said the drug
gist's assistant, coming to the rescue,
. that the mixture in the bottle should
be well shaken before taken"
"Well, couldn't he have said so?'
asked the wrathful customer as she
looked a farewell suspicion at the I'M
fortunate druggist detroit Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
RARE CONFEDERATE SILVER
COINS.

Messrs. Roberts and Collins, of Car
ter8yille, Ga, have, if they have not
recently disposed of it, a coin in their
possession which is only thirty years
Old, but is worth more than a thousand
times it's face value. 1t bears the date
Of 1861, and is one of the four pieces
struck at the Confederate Mint at New
Orleans before that institution was
closed. The coin is a h~alf-dollar, and
has the Goddess of Liberty on one side
and a stalk Of cane, a stalk of cotton,
and the Stars and Bars of the COnfed-
eracy in a coat Of arms, with a liberty
pole through it and a liberty cap on
the other side. OF the four known
specimens Of this coin. one is in Meri-
wether county, Georgia, one in Louisi-
ana, the Roberts-C Collins piece. above
described, and one which sold for $500
in New York City in 1868.-St. Louis
ReDuJIic.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
A BRUTAL

Il can't let this girl travel over this
road on that half ticket said the new
conductor.
"Why not2 What is the matter
with my little girl" asked the mother.
She is no child. She is more than
half grown"
well, if that don't beat anything
then I'll give it up. Here poor little
road on a childts ticket for the last ten
years, and now all at once she is no
child. That's a new way to worry the
travelling public"
The mother paid the fare and then
the girl pulled herself out like a tele-
scope. -TeaaS SJiftings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
HOW ARE YOU OFF FOR SOAP

At Queretaro, near Mexico, soap is
the currency Of the place, and a legal
tender for the payment of debts. The
cakes are about the size Of common
brown Windsor and worth a cent and
a half apiece. Each cake is stamped
with the name Of the town where it is
current and of the person authorized
to manufacture and utter it. Celaya
soap viii not pass current in QueretarO.
1t is by no means uncommon to use
these cakes for washing the hands and
face, and they never lose their current
value as long as the stamp is pre-
Served-DatrOEt free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
r

A new product of manufacture, and
one capable Of industrial application in
many ways, has been introduced by a
Brussels inventor, who has discovered
an improved mode Of rendering veget-
able parchment more adhesive than
are the makes now in use. The mate
rial in question, as is we'll known,
varies according to the degree Of damp
ness in the air, and this defect, and
also its want of adhesiveness, have
hitherto precluded it from coming into