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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11

taken back to serve out the other two
years of his service. We understand
that his wife is wife is furious; we also
learned that she used to perform in a
beer-hall concert in Philadelphia, but
we can't help it. They set out to Stay
and got Stayed, and must make the
best of it. We never attack anyone,
but if stepped on we always seek to
make it hot for the steppist.
A few plain words .-Being on this
subject, and not wishing to refer to it
again, we wish to say a few words to
Our home readers. The question IS
often said: "WhO is the leader Of
society in this town. We desire to
settle that question right here andnOw.
We are. There isn't the slightest doubt
that we 7 the only man in this town
using perfumed soap, a toothbrush,
and having q white shirt which but
tons behind. We are the only one, so
far as we can learn, who has regular
summer socks, eats with q fork, or
knows to what use to put q table nap
kin. We don't brag Of these things.
We were brought up that way. we
are gentle and refined. No n ever
saw us expectOrate on the floor while
dancing, and we don't want a brick
LAYERS trOwel to eat ice cream with.
We trust this Will settle this question
at once and forever.
We shall see.-We understand that
the court house ring, which has vainly
tried to use this paper as an organ,
has declared that we shall never hold
an office in this town. 1t may be
! proper in view of this declaration, to
defend our position. We are fitted by
| nature and education tOmake the best
mayor this town ever had or will have
if we don't get it. We want the office.
It properly belongs to us, because we
have the dignity and education to grace
it. If we were mayor n the COVER
nor came mere he would be received IN
a manner to do him proud, andtO make
our own people proud Oflts mayor. All
our mayors for five years past have
been q set of drunken and ignorant
galOOtS whom every decent man was
! ashamed Of. 1t is time that a decent,
honest man like us was put at the head
of municipal affairs, and we say plainly
hat we mean to get there. If the ring
sees fit to oppose us the members there
Of must abide the consequences. As
to the city printing, that will of course
come to the Kicker, and there viii also
be considerable JOB work to be done;
that. Of course. IS Of secondary import
ance. What the people want is a sober,
honest. educated man-Onoo eve fit to
grace the balls Of Congress or to hold
down the chair of governor. They
have found such a man in AS. and we
shall be nominated and elected with
out doubt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
WALL PAPERING
Suggestions to Any Courageous Amateur
About to Try a Hand at It.

The cost Of papering lies nowadays
largely in the labor employed. So a
sight Of the many pretty papers that
can be cheaply bought is apt to inspire
a housewife with a desire to try her
own hand at wall papering, To such
an ambitious soul the following hints
may be helpful:
Selectfrom the household one patient,
sympathetic helper and Danish all the
rest. Two pair Of hands make the
work easier, one person being required
to stand on the steps and lay the paper
even with the COrnice, the second re
naming on the floor to unfold the
double up strip and place it evenly
with the hung piece all down the edge.
A beginner should select a paper
neither too thin nor too thick, and
which has a distinct mark on the pat
tern, repeating itself at short intervals
so that the strips should match exactly.
First, the wall should be we'll cleaned.
the Old paper or whitewash removed,
and all cracks and holes filled with
plaster of paris and allowed to dry.
For a room requiring eight or nine
rolls of paper, four pounds of flour
should be heated to a stiff batter with
clear. cold water. Then, having a
vessel full of boiling water at hand and
a vessel containing the batter, large
enough to hold two pals full, pour the
boiling water upon the batter. stirring
it briskly, and the batter will swell
and its white color change to q yellow
iSh hue. When this occurs stop pour
ing in the boiling water. and a fine,
smooth paste will be found.
1t is usual to cut the strip Of paper a
little longer than is necessary, so that
it can be cut off neatly at the base
board, after it is put on, as the base
board may not be straight 0 parallel
with the ceiling.
Take care to study the pattern Of
paper we'll before you cut it out; then
unrOll q piece from which the left hand
imprinted margin has been evenly cut.
Cut off the strip, and lay it face down
ward on the table, keeping the top of
the strip always to your left hand g;
now paste over well and equally, be
| ginning at the lower end. When about
half done fold it over, pasted side to
pasted side, while yOudraw the rest on
to the board to finish it, and when one
strip is prepared mount the steps, at
tach it gently to the wall overhead,
while the assistant draws down the
doubledup piece. When quite straight.
dab the edges with q clean cloth and
sweep lightly with a clean cloth, or q
soft, long-haired brush, all wrinkles be
fore you from left to right, Lastly,
loosen up the bottom of the strip suffi-
GENTLY to cut it off the right length,
and press back in place again,
Begin your work away from the
window. 50 that the joints may show
less, and that the strongest light may
not fall op your first efforts.
When a corner is reached, cut the
strip if necessary; if the same strip is
half on n wall and half on the other,
the paper is more liable to crack in the
corner of the room.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11

and when the "a Ieaped from the
treStIe and the timbers of death began
TO lily IN all directions these four white
winged messengers stood over and
around me and protected me from
harm by wardlng off everything that
came towards me-"
ANOTHER CAROLINA STORY.
Once [ heard a North Carolina min
lister relate his experience. He put
much stress on his call, and it was
WIerd and rough. He had received a
call to the ministry but would not obey
IL. lie was a business man and as he
was prOspering he did not care to
change. The call, however, was plain
1t could not have been palmer had
God come down IN person and talked
with HIM face to face. He knew he
ought to preach, but he would not.
lie was q married man and had an in
.terestlng family consisting Of a wife
and three children. His call to the
ministry was a mystery to him, and he
SAID nothing about it-nOt even to his
wife. One night he had a dream, and
the next morning he surprised his wife
by telling her that he proposed to close
up his business at once and begin to
preach the gospel. He told his dream
and it made his wife's blood run cold.
In his dream it appeared that he
had failed in business, his goods and
merchandise were all gone, and his
lovely home, with all of his household
and kitchen furniture, had been sold
by the sheriff; his wife and children
he had buried, and all the friend he
had in the world was his s~ix-year-old
little Mary, and he did not have even
bread for her to eat. He was sick, and
cast out and Stunned by society. and
all the world vas a dreary, bleak vii
derness to him.
1T may not have meant anything, .
he said, "but [ believed it did, and in
thirty days l had disposed Of my store
and have been preaching ever since,
and my family are all alive and well
and we are happy"
Dreams may be like idle words,
And meaningless as a sod;
They may be sent by heavily birds,
Direct from the hand Of God.
@ r. King, IN Atlanta Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
APECULIAR1TY OF THE CAPITAL

Washington is the only city of a
quarter of a million inhabitants in the
Union that has no factory girls. The
lack Of manufacturing and commercial
enterprises reduces the working women
to a minimum. a few are employed
in retail stores, Photographic galleries
and private offices, but the majority
who earn their living are in politics.
tenement house life, Even the poorest
little colored nanny has a house Of
her own, where she reigns queen Of the
castle and high priestess of her daugh-
ter'S picaninnieS.- " UShingtOR Letter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
THE RIZO KICKER.

Fer-ouaI.-We never speak of our-
selves in the columns of our own paper
when we an possibly avoid it. It is
not in good taste for any editor of a
great 5rwnaI to do so. We shouldn't
DO SO on mis- occasion if not forced to
IN ordnc % set certain rumOrs at rest.
A9o'a 3 Year ago Major \. BOyt
Dudley -."uck this town with his
tamliE, lie subscribed for the Kicker
and all w,uc well for a time. He was
made ~%.stant County Clerk, and it
was e.. Until he began to get drunk
and li~ht his cigars with deeds and
naort@2-Cs that We had anything to
say. IL felt revengefuI for ourremarks,
and IL order to get even with us gave
a Crane 0GIty night last week and
cut "~ deed. Not only that. but he
braG-rl Il it, and 50 did his wife. The
ide& was to bcIlttle and degrade US in
q social Wy. GHt we don't think any
Il VII ny 1t OF again. We teie-
granhet up t. Joliet that Major was
here. and day before yesterday he was
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
WOMEN WHO OWN JEWELS.

Mrs. J. G. Aver has a million of dol
lars in pearls alone. Mrs. w. X. Van
derbiIt has a cOrOnet worth $500, 900.
Mrs. J. J. Astor's jewel box was richer
than that Of Lolita Paullinia. Mrs.
William AstOr's jewels are said to be
worth S., 600. 900. The emeralds of
Mrs. c.. p. Huntington are immensely
valuable, as are her rubies. Vastly
richer is this lady than was Marie de
Medicis in precious stones. We read
of an heiress in England of the ROths-
child connection whose pearls are worth
$500. 900. No one knows how much
money Queen Victoria has put into
iewelry. but it is a great deal Jel-
ness miller M0gdzjne.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
THE DAIRY SIDE OF JAY GOULD.
Hard Churning in Boyhood and Warm
Milk in Manhood's Prosperity.

The financier asked me, Did you
ever churn!"
l said that l had a recollection Of q
peculiar up-and-dOwn churn | used to
operate when [ was a boy. and which
was the cause of many blisterS on my
~adOlescent hands. He smiled pleas
antly and continued:
The churn that l have in my mind
was a different one, and it had a great
deal to do with my career My father
had a little dairy farm in Delaware
county, and the special products OF
that farm were butter and cheese. We
had q rotary churn, which waSOperated
by a treadmill, on which we worked q
large dog and some times a sheep, In
course Of time the dog and the sheep
came to understand what vas in store
for them when they saw the people
about the place setting the Churn up.
ThereupOn they were in the habit OF
disappearing. On such occasions, to
supply the missing motor, was pressed
into service, and eventually l came to
understand that when the churn was
being prepared /, too, was in danger
of involuntary SerVitude: so l used to
disappear. On one occasion, however,
| demonstrated so bitterly against be
inc made the substitute of the dog that
my father chaStiSed me with a good
deal of severity, and after brOOding
over the matter all night l concluded
to leave the farm and seek my fortune
elsewhere. So, like many another boy,
| packed up my few clothes, and in
the early morning left the farm and
started out into the world for myself, >,
1t was thus that this mar who holds
the finances OF the United States in the
hollow of his hand, as it were, was pro
iected into the world from an obscure
country farm. What struck me in
this conversation was the modest way
in which Mr.. Gould subOrdinated his
intellect to that of the dog and the
sheep.
L have known men," he said later,
"whO after achieving a small or strik-
ing success in Wall street, spent sew
eral days in glOrificatiOn Of their
achievement, guzzling champagne in
bar rooms Unfortunately. / never
did anything in hal line"
Mr.. GOuld'S remarks on this subject
led to a question which. under the cir
cumstances, was not at all impertinent.
This was as to what his favOrite tipple
really was. He said in reply:
i have never been able to drink
spirits with any satisfaction. l would
like to drink claret, aud l have tried
very hard to make it a part of my
daily regimen, but it does not agree
with me. | find, indeed, that the only
thing that | can depend upon as asuit-
able drink for me is warm milk. Now,
when | have had a particularly busy
day and have been under an unusual
strain, | find that | don't sleep very
well; 50 | never so to bed at all now
without having a small spirit lamp by
my bedside and a pint or two Of good,
fresh milk III a pan. When | become
aware that | am wakeful and restless
| light the lamp, warm the milk, drink
a little Of it and Immediately fall
asleep, -FrOnt on intercieic urith JOhn
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
TO MAKE ORANGE MARMALADE

Choose the largest oranges, with
Gear skins, as the skins form the
largest part of the marmalade. Weigh
the oranges, and weigh also an equal
quantity Of loaf sugar. Peel them,
dividing the peclS into quarters, and
put them into a preserving pan, cover
them well with water and set them on
the fire to boil. In the mean time pre-
pare your oranges; divide them into
cores, then sCrape with q teaspoon all
the pulp from the white skin, or, in
stead of peeling the oranges, cut a
hole in them and scoop out the pulp,
removing carefully allthe pips, Have
q large basin near with some cold water
in it, to throw the pipS and peelS into
-apint is sufficient fora dozen oranges.
4 great deal of glutinous matter ad-
heres to them, which, when strained
through q sieve, should be boiled with
the other parts. When the Deels have
boiled till they are sufficiently tender
to admit Of a fork being stuck easily
into them, strain them; scrape clean
all the pith, or inside, from them; lay
them in folds, and cut them into thin
slices OF about an inch long. Clarity
your sugar; then throw the peels and
pulp into it, stir it we'll. and let boil for
about half an hour. Put in Jars and
tie down with bladders. This IS an
eXcent English fOrmula.-RluuI C0lj-
.fOr5i0H.
77L,eo q,bo hare COON tho H,.o,,,,o Die
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
MISS EDWARDS ON WRITING.

Miss Amelia B. Edwards says that
the secret of success in the writing OF
fiction is TO be summed up III a single
word-sincerity. In the conception
of my own stories the plot flashes
across me sometimes in its entirety,
sometimes only partially, but [ wait
and it works itself out. The characters
present themselves as real persons
might; they do as they please and say
what ONE into their heads. not what
comes intOmine. The blessed privilege,
the exceeding great reward Of the
novelist is to console the sOrrOwful and
suffering and ease the burden OF pain"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
WOOD FOR THE PRINTING PRESS

The wood pulp business is generally
regarded as in its infancy in this cOun-
try, and vet the product is enormous.
The Philadelphia, Pa, Record, which
makes its own paper, has furnished q
piece of special information which
gives an inkling Of the magnitude of
the general consumption Of wood pulp.
It states that a single edition of the
RecOTd-15O.0 900 copies of a 12-page
Daper-reQuired II tons Of blank paper,
to produce which 81 cords Of poplar
was used. In % hours from the time
of telling the tree it had been turned
into printed paper. The process is thus
divided with respect to q test case:
ChOpDing Il cords Of wood, 8 hours in
manufacturing into pulp, u hours;
transporting to the record office, 1
hour and 20 minutes; Wetting paper
preparatory to printing, 80 minutes;
printing 10000 copies, 10 minutes.
This shows the rapidity with which
raw material may be turned into a
finished article, going through numer-
Gus processes. If the Record average
80 cords of poplar daily, it would
amount to IS, $50 cords annually. 1t
must then be considered that this is
OnlS one paper in one city, and that
about every newspaper IS printed from
material consisting largely, and often
almost wholly, Of wood pulp, which
is also used in the production OF nearly
all common and medium grades Of
paper for almost all uses. 1t is thus
seen that the consumption Of wood in
pulp making is Of great magnitude.
With the enormous consumption Of
wood for railway ties, buildinE end the
added requirements Of the printing
press, it is not strange that ca" t,resrs
are rapidly disappearing. liver state
should pass laws for the en,rUrage-
ment of tree planting. II step. ."a not
soon taken to restore our woods, there
will be ere long a tree famine Ccian-
tifC american.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11

Sub-AlEance Business Agents are
especially requested to read the recon-.
incubation of the State Executive Com
mittee in regard to trading direct with
State Agent. Those who have awaited
themselves of its provisions are well
pleased. w. H. WORTH, S. B. a.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
CURRANT SHERBET.

One pint Of cJlrrant juice, one pint
water, n pint sugar, two eggs
lwhite51 Boil the juice, water, and
sugar. skim thoroughly, and pour it
while hot into the eggs beaten till
foamy. Beat it we'll and when cold,
fpchyp
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11

Let financial reform be the motto.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
COMMON GINGERBREAD.

Half a pound of butter. half a tea
cupful Of Ginger, n pint of molasses;
two pounds Of flour. one tablespoonful
Of s~aleratus. Rub the flour and butter
together and add the other ingredients,
Knead the dough well. Roll tout, cut
it in cakes. wash them over with mo-
lasses and water and bake them in a
moderate oven.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11

Those 7chO haze seen the GrOupe Pic
tsre Of 0tn' Leaders ore enthusiastic
oU"r it. Subscribe 1IO1U and get one by
T<iUrH mail, free.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
A MERCHANTS DREAM.

A merchant in Mississippi told me
this story:
Il was on a railroad train some time
ago and we had a terrible wreck. The
engine and three of the coaches were
whirled headl0ng from q high trestle
and several people were killed. One
man sitting just back of me was killed
outright, as was also a lady in the seat
lust in front of me and the man occu-
Dying the seat with me was most hor-
riDly crushed and mutilated. He was
killed also, but I came out Of that
wreck unassisted and withouta scratch.
Of course everybody said it was a
special act of providence that saved
me. know it was, and can't help but
think that my life was spared for some
great purpose or other. j..
A few nights after that l went
through that same wreck in a dream,
and Just as the crash came l saw four
angels in white lowering about me,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11

\ tablespoonful of arrOwroOt, mix
into q paste. smooth with a tablespoon
full Of brandy, add boiling water until
it becomes a stiff jelly; sweeten with
loaf sugar, and CRATE nutmeg IN the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
EGG CRUEL.

Beat Eolk Of one egg with one table
spoonful Of sugar, pour a cupful Of
boiIin- water over it; add the beaten
white. With any desirable seasoning,
Milk nay be used instead Of water. 2,
Boil e--S until they are as hard as pos
sible: mash the yOlks smooth, as fOI
salad dressing. and thicken boiling hot
milk with them. adding a little salt.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
A Memorable. Christmas Dinnes.

The misery endured during those four
months at Bonner lake in our little dark
cabins under the snow would fill pages
and make the coolest heart ache. Christ
mas was near, but to the starving its
memory gave no comfort. It came and
passed without observance, but my
mother had determined weeks before
that her children should have treat on
this one day. She had laid away few
dried apples, some beans, a bit Of tipe,
and small piece of bacon.
When this boarded store was brought
out the delight of the little ones knew
no bounds The cooking was watched
carefully, and when we sat down to our
Christmas dinner mother said, 'Chn-
dren, eat slowly, for this one day you
can have all you wish" So bitter was
the misery relieved by that one bright
day, that have never since sat down to
Christmas dinner without my thoughts
going back to Bonner lake.
The storms often would last ten days
at a time, and we would have to cut
chips from the logs inside which formed
our cabin in order to start fire. We
could scarcely walk, and the men had
hardly strength to procure wood. We
would drag ourselves through the snow
from one cabin to another, and some
mornings snow would have to be SHOW
eled out of the fireplace before a fire
could be made. Poor little children were
crying with hunger, and mothers were
crying because they had 50 little to give
their children. We seldom thought Of
bread, we had been without it so long.
Four months of such suffering would fill
the bravest hearts with despair-Cor,
Century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
A Victim Of Science.

The frog has been called .'the victim
Of science" because he is always being
dissected for the purpose of seeing how
he can get along without his most essen
tial organs, how his blood circulates and
how his nervous system acts He is Sc
lected for such ends not, as is commonly
imagined, because his structure is at al
humanlike, but for the reason that he
will endure being chopped up to such q
remarkable extent and still retain life
You can remove his brain and he will
get along fairly well without it, swallow
ing whatever is put into his mouth, and
otherwise behaving as usual, though In
an automatic fashion In fact the ami
NAL Will live indefinitely under snch
conditions, as experiment has shown
II you cut out his lungs he viii not die
for long time, because he can breathe
very well through his skin. Human
beings breathe through the akin all over
the body In email degree, the blood In
the superficial vessel taking up certain
amount of oxygen, but the function Is
exercised more satisfactorily by the frog.
Besides, his nervous system affords an
interesting study under ingenious torture
by the anatomist, and the oorpuscles In
his blood being remarkably large, that
fluid serves admirably for the instruction
Of the seeker after medical knowledge
Interview in Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

This is the critical season for wheat and
oats, aud while there is absolutely no
protection against destruction by hail,
yet the farmer can purchase assistance in
shouldering the loss at very small ex-
pense. The storm which visited the east
ern portion of this county DESTROYED
thousands of bushels of grain, and in
many Instances farmers sow a brilliant
crop prospect absolutely ruined in mo
ment. Some of them were well insured
and such as were fortunate enough to
hold policies in the Hek1a Hail Insurance
Company will never regret their pru-
dence. This company not only insures
at reasonable rates, but pays every dol
lar of its losses promptly and in full. 1t
issues two classes of policies. one insures
for five and the other for seven dollars
per acre. That is to say-if YOU hold a
policy you receive that amount of money
for every acre of grain DESTROYED by hail,
without any reference to the market
price OF grain, cost of harvesting, or any
other contingency. Geo. R. Whitney &
Co. have the agency, and have insured
thousands of acres Do not delay in
making yourself secure.