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MIlI CInan EarIN.

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
LITERARY.

Gid Granger. By VIM. 0. Stoddard.
12mO. $1.25. Boston: D. LOthrOp Co.
AS a protest against the tOo-ready
criticism by their elders of the indif-
ference and lack of energy of the
young people of to-day, Mr.. Stoddard's
latest story a stand as an excellent
example. Gid Granger, the country
boy whom his hard but well in]tentioned
father seeks to discipline on the old
stern lines, proves a more wide-awake
and practical business man than does
the father whose loose methods are
making both farm and money slip
away. How Gid, on his own hook,
went into the great chicken scheme
and the improving of reclaimed farm
land and how he really saved his father
from loss and disaster are told in Mr..
StOddard's own direct, homely and
half-humorOus manner as is also the
parallel story of the development of
the latent yearnings toward an artistic
and musical training that are displayed
by Gid's equally determined sister
Marian. AS a story of American coun.
try life with it's harsh as well as it's
helpful sides, and with that under cur
rent Of purpose, effort, pluck and ac-
complishment "Gid Granger" will be
found equal to Mr.. Stoddard's best
work and will find interested readers
alike in young and old.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

and there can be no doubt that the.
Greek genius brought it to great per-
lection, for the ancient writers cyl
IDENTIFY thought as much of their paint
ing as of their sculpture.
The reasons Bonner gives for con-
Guiding that the pictures are frescoes
are: that the colors on the wall are real
fresco colors; that the careful prepare
ton of the stucco rendered any mixture
with the colors unnecessary; that in
many cases he has found the joints,
though carefully concealed under the
ornaments, where a fresh ground had
to be made; that fresco being the most
lasting process, it was also the most
likely to be used for wall-painting.
From the direction Vitruvius gives
about wall-decoration, it is clear that
fresco was the only suitable method,
and he points to the ancient Greek
walls as models. In fact, Bonner be-
lieves that tempera paintings would
long ago have persisted. 1t is true
that the Egyptians painted in tempera
thousands of years before the Pom
peians painted their walls, and that
their colors have shown greater dura-
bility than those of the POmpeians;
but this is mainly owing to the ex-
IRENE dryness of their climate, while
at Pompeii the pictures almost always
come to light in a very damp condition,
and take several weeks to dry, before
the preserving varnish can be put over
them. The process of frescO SeccO chat
is, wetting the wall, covering it with a
layer of lime and painting upon it; or
painting straight on the wet wall with
colors mixed with lime) has also been
traced at Pompeii, while tempera has
been used principally for retouching.
Bonner refutes an rrOr of Carcani,
adopted by Overlook in his second
edition that the frescO cOlOrs combine
chemically with the stuccO and become
inseparable from 1T. This is not the
case. The water alone penetrates into
the stucco, while the particles Of color
adhere firmly to the surface. Through
the absorption of the water, part of
the hydrate of lime in the stucco is dis
solved. 1t rises to the surface and is
converted into carbonate of lime, Civ
ing the paint a coating which not only
protects it, but imparts greater lustre
to the coIors. 1t is evident that the
thicker the stucco is, the more water it
absorbs, and the more time it allows
for the composition before drying
while a larger proportion of the solu-
ton of hydrate of lime is developed
Edinburgh ReUiew, January to March,.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

alter, and follows us even to the tomb.
Is there another companion, except
the Word of God, so tender, SO faith
full, so soothing? Is there another
power that so awakens and holds the
human heart?
AS the love of God is UNNECESSARILY
great, so no one has yet fathomed the
depth ofmusic. 1t is the lOvelanguage
of the soul; it is the medium between
this and the other world, between the
natural and the supernatural. We
shall for all time continue to study
this language, for it shall forever help
to bring us nearer to God. All men
need an ideal world, and all men love
to wander therein; religion and music
are it's portals.
Let us accept music as a most pre-
cious gift of God; let us study it with
reverence; let us practice it with hui
mility and diligence, so that we may
catch and drink in the spirit of love
which it breathes, which is of God.
Let us bear in mind that music is to go
with us to Heaven, and that there we
shall have it in all it's glory and
beauty.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
NEW BUSINESS

have just completed arrangements
whereby all members who have
vegetables, truck andfruits of all kinds
can have them handled in Washington
City on very favorable terms by r. A.
Wheeler & Go. Also I have made ar
engagements with A. r. Hano & Bro,
of Philadelphia, for shoes. All orders
passing through this office must con-
form to the rules of the Executive Com
mIttee. Where orders are made and
signed by President, Secretary and
Sub-Business Agent and sent direct to
the house, they will ship on 80 DAYS
time; but I would advise all to send
cash and get the five per cent. off. All
persons wishing Illustrated catalogues
with prices can get them by writing A.
K. Hano & Bro, Philadelphia, Pa,
under seal of Alliance.
w. II. WORTH, s. B. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
OBITUARY..

Sister Alkaline Pitmon, of Ledger, N.
c., died March 81, 1891, aged 40 years.
Brother ". K. Sparks, of Ledger,
N. c., died November 9th, 1890, aged
As years.
Sister Harriet Allison, of Junaluska
Alliance, No. 1773, died March 18th,
1891. Her Alliance passed resolutions
of respect.
Brother w. F. Wicker, of Pine Ridge
Alliance. No. POSI-. died March 18th,
1891. His Alliance passed resolutions
of respect.
Brother Bryant Lane, Chaplain of
Cotton Plant Alliance, No. 649, died on
the 9th of April, 1891, of paralysis. A
good man gone.
Brother Samuel D. Sharp, of Yadkin
Valley Alliance, No. 14O7, died March
18th, 1891. His Alliance passed resOlu-
tions of respect.
Brother James Squires, Of Union
Ridge Alliance, No. ITO, died March
18th, 1891. His Alliance passed reso-
buttons of respect.
Sister SaIieL. Farnell, ofPiny Green
Alliance, No. 321, died iii March last,
aged Is years. Her Alliance passed
resolutions of respect.
Brother Earnest Bender, of Piny
Green Alliance. No. 321, came to his
death by drowning, March 9th, 1891.
His Alliance passed resolutions Of re
spect.
Brother j. R. Brown, President of
Earpsboro Alliance, No. 800, died
March 18th, 1891, aged 60 years.
Touching resolutions of respect were
passed by his Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
HOW OLIVER OPTIC WRITES A STORY

HOW OLIVER OPTIC WRITES A STORY.
AssoonasIhave settled the incidents,
or the principal ones, in my own mind,
[ take a bit of waste paper and write
out the names of the characters who
are to figure in the story. I have a list
of names I have invented, though I
sometimes use current names. When
1 am satisfied with this list, I take out
my ''Plot-book."
have been writing stories for forty
years, and have the plot-books I have
used for nearly all Of that time, includ-
ing all my books. I transfer to this
book the names of the characters.
With each one of them [ have assOciat-
ed the part he is to play in the story.
This is all [ have to guide me as I pro-
coed, for [ write nothing but the name
in the book. Sometimes, though rare
ly, l write out on another page of the
book, a skeleton of the antecedents of
the character, with dates and ages, in
order to avoid mistakes. Then I ar
range the introduction of the charac-
tiers, mventing the scenein which some
of them are to be presented. I consider
it necessary to begin with a stirring
incident in order to catch the interest
of the reader, and give him a fellow
feeling" for the hero. 70
have before me the plot-book and a
schedule in which appears each chap
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
SPECIAL NOTICE TO DISTRICT
LECTURERS.

After consultation with the Executive
Committee in regard to the lecture sys-
tenn formulated and adopted by the
National Legislative Council; and
whereas in many of u districts
lecturers had been at work for some
time and appointments had been pub
lished before the action Of the Leglsla-
tive council was known; and whereas
the time is so short from May district
meetings, as per order of our National
President, to our annual meeting of the
State Alliance; and whereas the May
meeting would bring an additional ex-
pense to the order, and the change
would carry confusion to our brethren
on account of appointments already
published, it is therefore ordered that
the lecturers already appointed must
continue their work till the regular
meeting of the State Alliance, and that
the system proposed by our National
Legislative Council be deferred till that
meeting. ELIAS CARR,
Pres n. @. F. S. A.
w. S. BARNES,
Sec'y N. G. F. S. 4.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
TO SUB-ALLIANCES WISHING TO
TRADE DIRECT WITH THE
STATE AGENT.

The State Executive Committee
recommends that each Sub-AIliance
who wishes to trade direct with the
State Business Agent, make a deposit
of a sum of money with the State Bust
ness Agent, the money to be used for
such Sub-Alliance only, and to be with
drawn by the Sub-Alliance at anv time.
This will enable each Alliance at all
times to do business with State Bust
ness Agent without inconvenience to
either. Each Alliance will be entitled
to trade to the full amount of the de-
posit. S. B. ALEXANDER.
J. M. MEwBoRNE.
Executive Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

ter and the page on which it begins
and ends. know where 1 am all the
time, and my difficulty is not to stuff
out these chapters, but to condense
within the space allowed to each. L
work in the forenoon only, four or five
hours, writing three chapters, making
a total of 5,4OO words. Oliver Optic,
an the Ladies' Home Journal.
The New Senior at Andover. By
Herbert D. Ward. 12mo, $1.25. Bos-
ton: D. Lothrop Company.
To tell a good school story is not an
easy thing even for the trained writer
of stories; to tell a great one denotes
the genius. It is certain that no reader,
young or old, can close Mr.. Wards
"New Senior at Andover" without the
enthusiastic declaration that it is a
good book; it is by no e certain
that some who read it will not declare
that it is a great book. Mr.. Hughes
"Tom Brown at Rugby" and Canon
Farrar's eric" stand out as great
stories of school life-the one has be-
come a classic, the other a standard;
Mr.. Wards "New Senior" cannot only
hold it's own with those two famous
stories, but a really attract and re-
tain the attention of American readers
with even greater facility than the
books noted. For it is American.
Neither in language, plot nor makeup
is there the least suspicion of that
heavy English air that until now has
dominated too many stories Of school
boy life. Even to the utterly absurd
school-boy pranks and yells it is in
tensely American, while the descrip-
ton of the ball match between Exeter
and AndOver surpasses any of the rec
Ords of cricket matches that are the
pivotal point of every English school
story. This fires the blood and rouses
the enthusiasm of every reader who
has played or watched a match game,
and old alumni will live their days of
excitement over again as they read.
The character drawing in the book is
peculiarly strong. It is personal with
out being familiar or aggressive and,
to even those who do not know the
Phillips Andover Academy, the doctor
will be q center of delightful study-a
true type of the conscientious and
noble American school principal. John
Strong, the central figure-the poor
boy who works his way against all
odds, is no "sOfty" or goOdy-goody,"
but a clean, manly, practical and de-
termined lad, to know whom through
this story will be a tonic to the weak
kneed or the thin-skinned young fell
lows who cannot take a dare OF stand
the sneers of fools and DULLES. The
story is so evidently the outgrowth of
Mr.. Wards own school memories and
experiences that this, too, adds zest
and interest to the narrative which
can be recommended to all readers as
a strong. helpful, humorous, pathetic
and absorbing story of life in an Ameri-
can boarding school told by one who
was an American boarding-school boy.
The illustrations are all excellent;
many of them + direct reproductions
Of AndOver buildings and surround
ingS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
NOTICE TO ALLIANCE BRETH-
rem.

In the future any brethren coming to
the Office of the State Business Agent to
get Alliance prices, or to make an order
for goods, will please bring their Trade
Cards with them, as it is annoying to
have to examine the brethren in order
to ascertain whether they n members
of the Alliance. You car secure Trade
Cards at this office.
Themanufacturer of our F. A. Official
Guano requests all to bring their Trade
Cards when they come for guano.
Fraternally,
w. H. WORTH, S. B. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
MARRIED..

Mr.. A.. D. Taylor, President of the
Johnston County Farmers Alliance,
and Miss Mary A. Bridges were united
in marriage April 22d at the home of
the brides mother.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Mr.. Barker, of Clay
ton. They Immediately started on a
trip of pleasure, and are now stopping
at the Orion House, Wilmington.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
NOTICE OF F. S. BLAIR FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT.

Having been summoned under pen
atty as an important witness in a muir
der cas at the next term of the court
for Hartford county, I very reluctantly
omit my appointment for Dare and
Hyde counties till Tuesday, May 9Th,
at Manteo and at Swan Quarter, Thurs
day, May 9TH, 1891. F. S. BLAIR,
District Lecturer for First district.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

Sub-Alliance Business Agents are
especially requested to read the RECON-
State Agent: Those who have avaiIed
themselves of its provisions are well
pleased. ". H. WORTH, s. B. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
OUR SPRING STOCK!

Whether you purchase or not. 1t will be time
well spent, because you'll know what the correct
Spring styles are, and what our prices are when
you're ready to be fitted out. Never was there
inclosed within the walls of a store in the city
such a stock of Clothing as. we will show you.
Our Sacks, Getaways and Prince Alberts are
in the newest styles, designs, patterns and effects;
They are in their freshness, like the first bud
that announces the approach of Spring, and will
take in our Boys and Childred's department, and
you will find it lacks nothing in completeness.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 9, 1889.
w %. DAINL EDS
Sec'y N. @. +. S. \.

RALEIGH, N. O., Jan. 9, 1889.
It is hereby ordered by the Executive
Committee Of the North Carolina Farm
ers' State Alliance, in session in Raleigh
this day, that the State Alliance Bust
ness Agent shall, on and after Febru-
airy 1sf, 1890, fill orders only from
County and Sub-Alliance Business
Agents when cash for the full amount
of the bill shall accompany the order.
Except orders from such County ALI
ance Business Agents as shall have
filed their justified legal bond with the
Executive Committee of their County
Alliance, and the State Business Agent
been duly certified of the same under
seal of the County Alliance.
S. B. ALEXANDER,
Chm'n Elk. Committee.
The small amount of cash in the
hands of the State Business Agent, and
the increasing business of his office,
render it necessary that the above
orders should be made. County Agents
should always send i'll cash for full
amount of bills not later than twenty
days after receiving them. Prompt
ness in these matters is very necessary
and will greatly oblige,
~-Fraternally,
w. II. WORTH,
S. B. A. N. @. F. S. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
LE AIDE 8!
All the Officers of the
N. T. A. & I. UNION

AND THE
Presidents Of all the State Alliances
Artistically grouped in a Beautiful Picture on a fine
enamelled card, 19x24 inches. Executed by one
of Ameri as best Artists, and would be cheap
at $1.OO. This Picture should hang in
every Alliance Hall and Home, and
will be sent, postpaid, ready for framing,
to any Alliance or individual who will send
us two new Subscribers, with s.. 90, or any paid-up
Subscriber who will send us one new Subscriber with
$1.OO. Address
THE PROGRESSIVE ARMER RALEIGH, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
Our Beauties
MEMS FINE CLOTHING!
BOYS'FINE CLOTHINGl
YOUTHS FINE CLOTHING!

The line of Fine Clothing that is now on dis
play on our counters is the finest that Durham
has ever seen, and you will not begrudge the
time 1t takes to look through
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-05-27

Sadie Anderson. Va; Lou Brown. AK
| Fannie Paris, Va.
Excellence on Pisno-Prof. Esenbergi
| Class-Mary Relves. Ga; Maude Wilson
Texas.
Prof. Meyers Class.-Bessie Metzger, Penn.
Prof. Hamer's Class-Gertrude Abby, Va.
Amelia Pearson, KY.
Music on Piano, Second Honor-PIof. Eisen-
berg's ClaSs-Ida Kinloch, 8. G.
Prof. Meyers Class.-Laurs Gilmer, Texas.
Vocal Music. Second Honor.-Miss Doug
lass's Class.-Mittie Afford, Texas Eva Bowe.
Va; Bette Coffey. N. c.; Alice Hill, Kan;
Amelia Pearson. KY.
Prof. Meyers Class.-Laura Giimer. Texas.
FIRST HONOR, STAR MEDALS.
Music on Piano-Prof Eisenbergs Glass
Alex. Read. Texas.
PROT Meyers Clsss.-Minnie Bohon. XIV.
Prof. Hamer's Class.-Maggie Hogshead, Va;
Nettie Strickler. Ca; Annie Walter, Va.
Vocal Music-Miss Douglasss CIass.-Fannie
Colbert, Ind. Ter; Page Osborne, Va.
English Composition-Miss Strickler's Class
-Rozelle Mercier, Ga.
Scholarship-Lizzie Hanger. Va; Sue strib
ling, w. Va.
DIPLOMAS.
observation-disclosures Bohon, Ky: Lucille
Foster. La.
Music-Minnie Bohon. KY; Maggie Hogs.
head. Va; Nettie Stricken. Ga.
Literary Observation-Disclosures Hanger, Va.
Sue Strioling. W. Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-05-27
PRrAlnRl.

Mr.. Harry NJ. King, formerly OF Staunton
has been elected Superintendent of the Water.
works at Buena Vista at salary Of $500.
The many friends of Mr.. E. I, Jones, of Buena
Vista, will be pleased to learn that he ia re.
covering from his recent Illness, and is now
able to go about again.
The Bridgewater correspond emit of the Sp;ri,
ofkhe Valley says -
1.-The Rev Dr. aswss of staTnton preached
Church in this place, short time ago."
1t affords us great pleasure to announce tina,
Ex-senator John F. Lewis. of Rockingham
has so far recovered from his serious illness al
to be able to walk about. We hope he will
soon be entirely restored to health.
Capt. E. R, Keys, Of the Augusta Mining ant
Improvement Company Of Vesuvius, who hal
been successfully operating manganese minei
at that place. was in this city several days las
week.
Rev. A. D. Mcclure preached last Sunday, In
the morning.in the First Presbyterian Church
to a very large congregation. the Commence
ment sermon of the Augusta Female Semi
nary" and he also filled the same pulpit at tn,
evening service.
The wife of Prof. W. W. Robertson, Superin
tendent of the city schools. after having ha
the grippe and other sickness, was. on las
Thursday. very seriously paralyx ed, and he
condition. we are sorry to state, is extreme
critical.
Mr. L. D. Young Is now employed as travel
ing salesman for the Staunton Shoe Factory
He is well-known for his experience as q mel
chant. and for his reliable character in all re
spects. Those who deal with him can rest al
sured that they can confidently rely upon an
statement he may make in reference to hi
goods. His friends here regret that he has lei
The Dry Goods business In which they dea
NTH hun SO Satisfactorily.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-05-27
ANNUAL MEETING OF GERMAN BAr


ANNUAL MEETING OF GERMAN BAP-
TIsrs.--The Annual Meeting of German
Baptists or Dunkards will commence at
Hagerstown, Nd, next Tuesday, June 2nd.
1t is expected that 1OO,0O people will bs
attracted there by the meeting. They will
come principally from Illinois, Ohio, IL.
diana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Msrylan d
and Virginia, though there will be repre-
sentatives from every one of the twenty
eight States in which the sect is establish.
ed.
The meeting will be held on the grounds
of the Ksedy Institute, on which the dele.
gates aud their families will eucamp. The
meetings will be held daily in their new
tabernacle, recently crested, and which
stands about one hundred yards from the
Keedy Institute. This building is 1875 by
135 feet in sizs, and is illuminated by eight
electric are lights, and will hold about three
thousandspeople.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-05-27
DEATHS.

MILEY-Near Cedar Grove, in Rock bridge
Miley. Her remains were interreI at Fair
field on Sunday.
WITHROW-Near Brownsburg, Va, Wednes-
day, May 20. 1891 Mrs. Sarah l.. WithrOw,
widow of John WiIhrow. aged seventy seven
years.
NOCTURNAL her husbands residence in
StaunLon, Thursday May 2ist, at A. NJ.
Mrs. Maggie S. McGuffin. wife of Charles R
McGufHn and da lighter OF Mrs ]. Wayt Bell
aged 20 years. She leaves two little children
The funeral was from the First Presbyterian
churcP Friday afternoon.
HUFFM AN-May 20. 1891, near Dorcas, THU
comfy. Mrs. Catharine, widow OF the lat,
Rev. Geo. Huffman, aged IS. Interment a
Mt. Zion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-05-27
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

nave decided not to hold an examination
tfii after the Peabody Institute" which will
be held this summer as follows:
Bedford City, July 4th to 3lst.
harris onburg, July 9Th to 3lst.
For Colored Teachers, Alexandra, August 81
to 18th.
Certificates given at these Institutes will b.
endorsed for Augusta County. Our State Su
perinfendent of Public Instruction suggest,
tnat In the employment of teachers. schoo
ofhcers give preference to those who attend
these Institutes. heartily endorse the sug
gestion. IA word to the wise, etc."
E. o. PEALE, Supt.
mayH-4t Augusta Countv Schools