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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
CONTROL.

The Long, Lark Doctor, who deals
out IL n" ''honors unsought" in
the Wilmington Messenger, came out
some days ago with a terrible tale
about what would happen if the Gov
eminent should have to buy the rail
roads. 1t was a reply or something Of
the sort to an editorial in the Clinton
CaucdSSial1. The CuucuSsiaH only spoke
of Government control" Is it posi-
BILE that this great man who used to go
bird-shooting with Thomas jefferson,
does not know the difference between
''owncrship" and "control." The
Alliance people will be satisfied when
the Government takes charge OF the
railroads, express companies and other
corporations and compel them to deal
fairly with III people. The railroads
in North Carolina are practically under
control of our State government now
by means Of the Railroad Commission,
and no doubt when the commission has
time to set in better shape we shall be
greatly benefited by it's adoption.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

the secretary promised that he should
have an opportunity of explaining the
matter also to the executive commit
tee of the Farmers Alliance and also
to the Alliance in session. The SeCre
tary remained at MOrehead until the
day after the date of the report Of the
executive committee, and Mr.. Barnes
has never yet given him the promised
opportunity of explanation. L feel sure
that the Farmers Alliance, being
reasonable men, would have quickly
understood the situation and would
have understood all the action OF the
secretary of the Assembly as fair and
honest to all parties.
5. The secretary Of the Assembly did
rent the Bell Hall for the Alliance, and
contracted for the improvements and
personally superintended the moving
of the Assembly benches to the hall.
He requested Mr.. Bell to send the bill
of rent, etc, only to him for payment
and expected that this would be done
as it was a contract. II Mr.. Barnes
insisted OF paying the rent, etc, after
the secretary had lett NOrehead City
it was without the knowledge or
approval Of the secretary and contrary
to his Instructions and expectations.
The Teachers Assembly trys to keep
faith with everybody concerning the
use of their building and have never
broken the slightest promise made to
their friends, the Farmers Alliance,
and we ask no verdict but simple JUS
tee, and a statement in accordance
with the facts.
r. @. HARRELL,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
A S~UB-TREASURY PLAN IN


If it is unconstitutional to allow the
farmer to store wheat, cotton, and
tobacco, and receive a loan thereon, is
it not unconstitutional to store bonds
in vaults and receive a loan thereon?
AS no gold ~circulates, it being only a
commodity, is it not stored away and
paper issued upon it? The gold for
Europe" cry is ridiculous, for are we
not already under blockade by a
Mckinley tariff, and our barns over
flowing with crops ready for Europe's
gold? How is the gold t. leave us, and
what is to prevent us from draining
Europe instead? Protection" CLOCK
ade) ruined the South during the war,
and now we are blessed with a McKin-
ley blockade in time of peace. The
national bank ~sub-treasury plan seems
to operate we'll, and it might be well
to test its "constitutionality'' in the
courts, by way of bringing to light a
Few matters that do OF @get in the
Vcapltallstic) papers.
Ham P. H. JACOBS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

Bring it along the more the merrier We are prepared to pay HIGHER
PRICES for SNOW WIRE CURED than any other market. Freights are
cheap a mere ihe when increased prices are taken into account. Our rail
road facilities are good. Send your tobacco to Oxford, N. c., you will get good
prices and quick returns, Buyers for all classes and from every part Of the
world are located in Oxford. You will find us
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

SOME FUN.

The idea Of a newspaper that pre-
tends to be something resorting to the
ridiculous plan Of criticizinS the per
sOnal appearance of the associate editor
Of this paper. This act has caused the
NeWS and Observer to become laughing
stock all over the United States. With
all the foolish things done by the writer
he has never sought to carry a point
by speaking of the appearance Of any
man. 1t simply shows hat the Nc,c8
and Observer was down in the cellar
and struck upon this idiotic plan which
has caused so much fun. Some of the
great newspapers in New York got
down in the dirt a few months ago and
called ugly names and said absurd
things generally, but none of them
ov~erstepped the bounds of legitimate
journalism far enough to say that the
other editor was ugly, vulgar or had
a pug nose. The corpse who wrote
that article in the NelcS and Observer
evidently has been dead to good, hard
sense many years. He should crawl
into a hole and pull the hole in after
him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
r. G. FARRELL,
Secretary Teachers Assembly
AN EXPLANATION.
WINSTON. \. c., Aug. 16, 1S9.

WINSTON, n. c., Aug. 16, 1891,
There seems to be a misunderstood
ing about the circular sent out by my
self, written and ordered to be printed
and sent out by f. Ashton, Chairman
Of the Tobacco Growers Association.
1t is a request and not d levy IN the
delegates to the counties. There has
been none paid in as Yet and if the
farmers do not want anything done,
they need not send amount asked.
The committee cannot work without
funds. w. NJ. HINSHAW.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

who want office. They IRE trying to
make them believe that the people are
not dangerous. but Notwithstanding
this, most of the politicians are becOm-
ing badly cross eyed trying to watch
the drift of the people with n eye
and keeping the other on the road
mapped out by the old party leaders.
If this uncertainty continues much
longer every one of them will have to
wear green goggles before the congress
siOnaI campaign begins. Alexandria
LQO Farmers ViFetfc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

Hunt, Cooper & Co., Meadows Warehouse
Bullock & Mitchell, Banner Warehouse,
Cozart, Rogers & Co., Centre Warehouse,
R. Y. Minor & Co., Minor Warehouse,
R. F. Knott, Manager Alliance Warehouse,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
STUDY Of CLIMATE.
Europe Is Ahead Of America In the
Details of Meteorology.
NEW FlRE-PROOFWALL MATERIAL.
Remarkable Development Of Muscle in q
Man So Years of Age.
SCRAPS OF EVERYDAY SCIENCE.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,

WRITTEN FOR THE DTSPATCH.l
At the recent International Conference of
Meteorologists at Munich, Mr.. Harrington,
who was one of the delegates from America,
expressed himself as much pleased with the
cordial way in which European meteorol-
ogists have shown their appreciation of the
meteorological work done in the United
State. Mr.. Harrington, after studying
closely the meteorological methods adopted
in Europe, was particularly struck by the
fact that the study of climate has, in gen.
eral, been prosecuted by European meteor
ologists to q degree of refinement that has
not yet been attained, and is, perhaps,
scarcely appreciated in America.
For instance, an eminent climstologist,
criticising the location Of some instruments
on q rise of ground and amid trees, posi-
bly, 100 feet above the surrounding plain,
objected that these instruments could not
properly represent the climate OF the sur
rounding country, but that they should
have been placed in the open, fiat fields
near at hand.
eff this person be correct" said Mr..
Harrington" 1t is evident that the de-
mands of agricultural climatology are very
different from those of dynamic meteorol-
ogy or the study and prediction of daily
weather, and it will be an important result
of our European journey if we shall have
received decided stimulus in the direction
of minute climatology."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
CANN1BAL IRON WORKERS.

The Fan Tribe of Africa smelt Ore and
Make Money of the Metal.
A gentleman, for 30 years . missionary to
the Fan tribe of Africa, has presented to
the University of Pennsylvania one Of the
most important archaeological collections eve,
made. The Fans are the powerful race Of
cannibals mentioned by Du Chaillu as the
ruling people of the equatorial region. The
collection shows considerable degree Of
civilization and high mechanical skill, espe.
cially in metal work. Native iron, it seems,
is plentiful, lies near the surface, and is
smelted by simply building a fire over the
exposed ore. A very queer-looking bellows
is used, and is said to be effective. The iron
hammers weigh about 25 pounds, but the
anvils, strange to say, are of stone.
The Fans are the only people in Equator
ial Africa who have a currency, and they
are strong monometalists. The money is of
iron, wrought into pieces resembling rusty
hair pins with fiat heads. They are put mp
in bundles of ten, and 100 bundles is the
market price of wife.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
jokes FROM WILDER.
The Merry Little Story Teller Has
Trouble Over in Brooklyn.
DREAMS OF TWO RELIGIOUS MEN.
How the Jolly Bartender Gets Solid Will
Political Factions.
A THIRSTY HANS FUNNY EXPERIENCE
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPAroR.s
Time to me truth has taught.
'Tis truth that's worth revealing,

WRITTEN FOB THE D1SPATORst
Time to me a truth has taught,
'Tis truth that's worth revealing,
More offend from want Of thought
Than from any want of feeling.
Dr. Talmage invited me the other day to
the wedding of his daughter in Brooklyn.
always, as a rule, hate to go to weddings
or funerals. But went over to DR.. Tai
mage's house and laid my plans as gen.
orally do when I 60 to Brooklyn. took
with me chart of the locality, as travellers
generally do when they are making q jour
ney through Switzerland. I find that as q
general rule visitor to Brooklyn is always
sure Of one thing; the cars all land at
Greenwood Cemetery.
I arrived at the house little before the
ceremony ut the church was over and found
. number Of people already gathered there.
But upstairs where the presents were, there
were very few people; so I thought that
there was my chance. While was looking
over the different presents, noticed that
the detective who was there kept an eye on
me and thought possibly he, living in
Brooklyn, did not know who was But
pretty soon others came in and began eyeing
me. I am accustomed to being eyed, yet
this seemed rather strange. Finally said
to myself 'There must be something
wrong," and on examination I found that
my time having been so limited in getting
ready to 60 to Brooklyn, had neglected to
change my trousers There I was; dress
coat, vest, and dress shoes, but everyday
trousera am sure that would never have
happened at any other place but at DR.. Tai
mage's church or home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
Fluid for Natural History Work.

One of the most perfect preservatives
known is carbolized cocoanut oil, which has
been adopted in many museums for natural
history and microscopic work. Cocoanut
oil and carbolic acid mix freely in all pro-
portions. The mixtures generally used are
oil raired to the specific gravity of 100 and
29o below proof spirit by the addition Of
acid. While the ordinary gum and glycer-
Tue process is absolutely useless for any an
imals except certain families of fish, this
mixture is good for every kind of verte-
brate. The most delicate frogs are unin-
jured by it, and the fugitive tints on the
skins of snakes are beautifully preserved
by it; moreover the skins can be packed
away without any fear of their turning
color, as they always maintain q silvery
and natural appearance, in pleasing con-
trast to the ordinary museum specimens:
Carbolic acid also enables cocoanut oil and
turpentine to be mixed together, forming .
splendid microscopic fluid. The leg of q
fly, simply laid on q slide in . drop Of this
fluid, and covered with an ordinary cover
ing glass. without any cell being made or
cement employed, has remained on table
unaltered for ten montha
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
Got Mixed on His Drinks,

Some of these good and religious people
that disagree with each other about ono and
the same thing remind me of plenty of
other people who know what they want,
and that somebody else wants to give it to
them, but they can't agree as to what it is
They are like the Dutchman who was going
along the street one sultry day, and thought
he would have beer, so he stopped in a
saloon. Two gents being waited on by the
bartender-seemed as though bartender
and, when it came his turn to secure At
tention of the B. T., he asked him in a
confidential way, what he made for those
gents.
"Why, that was flip"
'Yaw, yaw," says Dutchie, "maks me
one of dose"
He enjoyed it greatly and went out re-
freshed and jubilant at having discovered .
new drink. Later in the day he got thirsty
again and stopped in another saloon, went
up to B. T., and, in q confidential whisper.
said:
'sMake me Yacob."
ga what?" asked the astonished B. Il
"Make me Yacob," repeated the Dutch
man, not at all disconnected at the strange
manner of the B. T.
"What's that?" inquired B. 7.
"It vos drink, )" replied Dutchie.
eWell, tell US how it's made and I'll make
it for yez. I'm the champion B. T-we've
got everything to make drinks with, and
you bet 1 kin make anythin'."
'sVell," replied Dutchie, "you takes
some fine ice and puts him in glass and a
spoonful of sugar and some sherry vine and
an egg and you shake him all up.''
"Oh, you mean flip" said the B. T.
the jovial customer. 'T dought it vos
Yacop"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

came down to tell you that am the Demo-
cratic nominee for Alderman for this dis.
trict, and thought would come down and
see the boys I heard they had something
sgin' mel
''Oh, Mr.. Duffy, agin' you? Not ting.
Why, upon my word, before any man down
here votes agin' you, I would cut of my
right hand. I"
Well, come on, boys" said the candi-
date, '1et's have q drink.
Everybody jumps up, including "Old
Duffy. A little later Mr.. Robinson comes
in and says: ''Good morning. Mike. am
running as Republican candidate for Alder
man in this district, and thought would
come down here and see how the boys arc
feeling"
"Oh, to be sure, Mr. Robinson, all tho
boys are wild you to man. Rather than
have any man agin' you I'd lose my left
arm, sure"
So the candidate offers drink, and "0ld
Sport" takes one with the rest. Finally
another man comes in any says: "Good
morning, Mike"
"Good morning, Mr.. Kennedy" says the
other, what brings you down here?"
the Prohibition ticket, and 1 thought I
would see how the boys are going to vote"
'The boys are wild you, sure" says the
bartender, ''you know they are; why, we
came from the same county. Rather than
have man agin' you, I'd lose my two
legs"
"All right, E" says the Prohibitionist, TIN
glad you're with me"
"Old Sport" takes his medicine with the
rest and then resumes his seat Ia tho corner
and smokes In silence. After the candi-
dates and everybody else have gone he turns
to Mike and begs drink 'For the love of
st. Peter, as you are going to be cripple,
anyhow"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
xx1CUT1oN OF QUEEN MARY.

Suppressed Details Of the Affair Now
Given by Hon. Louis winsheld.
rwRrrrEN FOR THE DrsrArcr1
The Hon. Louis Wingheld, who died re-
Gently, was a literary genius as well q
'tRlobe trotter." His adaptation Of Schil-
ler's great tragedy, "Mary Stuart, is the
best English version of the great German
poets masterpiece, especially In historical
accuracy. In this work he was aided by the
private papers and memoranda of one of
his ancestors, who was tho only royal COM
missioner present at the execution of the un-
fortunate Queen.
In looking over these papers, the Hon.
Mr.. Wingfeld made several important dis
coveries in regard to the execution which
have hitherto remained unpublished. Hume
says that Mary was assisted in preparing
herself for the block by her women. This
is not the case, as mono Of her women were
allowed to approach nearer than the line Of
soldiers which surrounded the scafold. The
executioner himself attempted to cut away
the neck of her gown, but was very nervous,
and, finding the knife he was using too
slow, seized the cloth and tore it away his
hands
w lille sHc Wad IcCltluS Qer laSt prayer,
the 'De Profundus," not only were the
drums kept beatinr, but the Calvanistic
exhorters who were present and the major
ity of the witnesses OF the execution did all
they could to drown her voice by shouting
the most insulting epithets. AS she mounted
the scaffold stairs the prayer book which sne
carried in her hands was snatched from her
by one of the Calvanistic divines.
Hume also says that the executioner
struck off her heac with two blows of the
Ak. The e1ecutioner made very bungling
job of it 1t took altogether four blows be-
fore the head was off The first struck the
base of the skull, the second was between
the shoulders. the third only partially cut
of the head, requiring still another to COM
pletely sever it The most horrible detail
in connection with this legalized murder
was the fact that when the executioner held
the head aloff saying, ''This is the head of a
traitor" the head parted from the wig which
the dead Queen had worn, and fell upon the
platform Of the scaffold. 1t did not stop
there, as has been said, but bounded off
upon the floor below and rolled in among
the crowd gathered to witness the execu-
tion, when it was picked up and tossed back
upon the scaffold by one of the soldiers.
These are not pleasant facts and made
the execution far more brutal an outrage
than commonly supposed. s
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
Detecting L.meness in Horses.

When examining horse with view to
purchasing, always have him led down a
steep or stony descent at the end of halter
and with no whip near him. Many horses
when brought out of the stable are excited
by the presence of strangers, and become
still more so at sight OF whip. A slight
lameness may, therefore, be momentarily
overlooked by the horse himself, just as a
man, under strong excitement, will some
times cure sore foot. Leading the horse
down q slope will show any defect in his
forequarters, and running him back will de-
yelop any weakness that may exist in his
hind legs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
APhysioiogical CuriosityI

A singular phenomenon in muscular de-
velopment at an advanced age is noticed by
the Lancet In a military bicycling trip, in
which the party made 100 miles in ten
hours, one of the riders was Major Knox
Holmes, veteran cyclist of SO years, who
arrived at the termination of the expedition
five minutes in advance of the rest His
condition is physiologically peculiar. In
12 weeks training he has, in . most
striking manner, developed muscle" In the
external and internal vasti, the rectus, and
the muscles which form the calf of the leg.
It has become so entirely part Of physio-
logical doctrine that after three score years
and ten there is no new development of mus
Gle, that if this record of actual develop
ment in one whose age exceeds by IL years
the traditional span Of human life had not
been established beyond question, Its possi-
bility would have been doubted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
H.w.. Bound to he a Cripple.

Some barkeepers are decided characters.
never try their mixtures, but do enjoy
their chaff They we're quite as influential
as any of the politicians in the last cam
paign, and had the politicians genius for
being all things to all men for the sake of
getting votes or selling drinks. Each one
OF them tolerates one particular lounger,
who never is kicked out when his money is
gone. In certain saloon down down on West
and politicians assemble, there is a lounger
known as ''Old Sport. Of all the men
who sit around to be treated he is one Of
the most constant. He generally sits in a
corner of the saloon on beer keg, and has
but little to say except IN reply to the in,
Just before election in came Mr.. Duffy.
The bartender said:
"Good morning, Mr.. Duffy"
'Good morning, Mike; glad to see you I
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
BAD HANDWRITING.
It has Been q Stepping Stone to Fortune for
Many q Man.

It has Been q Stepping Stone to Fortune for
Many q Man.
There are many bad habits against which
young men entering business life are
warned, but there is one that has never
been mentioned, but which keeps men down
almost as much as liquor. says business
man in the St. Louis Globe-Denaocrdt re-
fer to the habit of writing good hand.
School teachers and parents both think they
are doing their duty in teaching boys to be-
come fine penmen, but as a matter OF fact
they are often running their chances for
life. If a good penman occupies clerical
position the chances are very great that he
will never rise any higher. Merchants like
to see their books neatly kept, and if man
satisfies them in this respect, are very re-
luctant to remove him.
With bad penman the case is different.
They would be glad to have a better one in
his place, and when an opening for promo
tion occurs the poor writer will, in most
instances, be chosen to fill the place.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
A Now Industry for Amerfca.

Preparations are being made in this ooun.
try for the manufacture of new material
for lining vessels. 1t is made from the col
lulose of cocoanuts, which has the property
of absorbing eight times its weight of water
The material, which is made into sacks, is
used as a lining for vessels, and it is not
only extremely difficult to make hole in
it, but should it be punctured by shot or by
any other means, the thrush Of water will
have the effect of instantly expanding the
material and filling up the gap.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
WAGES AND PRICEA

The Statistical Work Authorized by the
United States Senate.
The United Safes Senate Committee on
Finance will conduct. this winter, the most
important economic investigations ever
made in this country or abroad The inten-
tion at first was simply to inquire ints the
effect Of the McKinley tariff act on wages
and the cost of living, but the plans have
been gradually widened until now it is de-
cided to trace the whole course of wages
and prices in America and Europe for the
past 80 years.
DR.. Roland P. Falkner, of the Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, will
have charge of the investigation at a salary
of $1,000; the report will hardly be ready
within year, though several specialists
will be employed under him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

Men whistle sometimes when they hear
the price of the best carriage in the market,
and are surprised to learn that many houses
are built and furnished more quickly than q
frst-class carriage can be made. 1t is
possible to build good carriage in month,
but one that will rank as the very best that
workmen can put together cannot be made
in less than four months, and very often
where the vehicle is made to order six
months is expended in completing it. An
artist or sculptor furnishes no more inter-
esting stndy to those fond of watching
skilled hands at work than the various
artisans in perfectly equipped car
riage factory. The painting Of q
carriage alone is an undertaking that re-
quires months of time when the best work
is desired. Nine different processes are re-