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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

infectious, and is gradually extending
to other places and to other industries,
The protected mills should not be
permitted to be used as hotbeds for the
propagation of monarchial institutions.
The citizens of this Republic will not
long consent to be taxed to support
such wrong.
If the bounty provided ito increase
the welfare of American workers" is
not used for that purpose, then, as
sursdly, it has been obtained on false
pretense, it's benefciaries are receivers
of stolen goods, and the only condi-
tions on which the government has
any right to interfere with the prop
erty of the citizens at large have been
grossly violated.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

WE have receiyed a resolution,
signed by J. L. Thompson, Secretary
pro tenn, denouncing a certain man as
having been guilty of falsehood. We
cannot take the responsibility of pub
fishing such things. The party who
sent this failed to put the seal of bis
Alliance upon it; and we cannot pub
ish it without clear authority from his
Alliance to do so.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

Democrats of to-day to follow. com
mend their wisdom to your careful con
You will observe that they do not
think it an unconstitutional scheme"
to supply the people with money.
Respectfully yours,
r. II. FERGUSON.
Buffalo, New York.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

IF "AIliance" will send us copy of
Miss Columbia's Spelling School, we
will gladly publish it. We have no
copy at hand just now.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

indignant protests q outraged peo-
pie. But history ! speak of it as
distinguished above md beyond all
other things by it's supreme sense of
humor. It will be mentioned for years
to come, with explosions of most spon-
taneous laughter, as the Congress that
brought forward and passed tariff
bill to discourage and destroy our
foreign commerce; and then paid large
sums out of the public purse to assist
certain steamship lines in their efforts
to create a foreign commerce. It's hu
morous speech-making against free
trade, and it's amusing position upon
the question of reciprocity will be held
up, in the future, as the only original
and absolutely unique specimens of
roaring farce to be found in the annals
of American craftsmanship. 1t seems
a pity, that Congress so uproariously
funny as the late Congress has shown
itself to be cannot be continued forever.
We shall sadly miss our mornings fuu,
as we look over the newspapers, and
try to find some amusing thing to help
us over the depressing cares of our
tOilsome days.
WE feel easier now that the Fifty
first Congress has expired. There will
be no further organized raids upon the
public treasury for some months to
come. There will creep across the
landscape of our free American life in
the future no baleful shadow of Force
bill. The farmer, who has been and is
being robbed by the minions of a
thieving tariff, will submit to the pro-
cesses which take the bread away from
his children, and prosperity and hope
fulness out of his home, with a feeling
of some slight relief, that the mis-
dispersed from the National Capitol,
some of them not to return any more
forever 1t is some little comfort to
know that the dastards who have
stolen millions of the peoples money
to waste it in all sorts of jobbery have
gone away for time at least to divide
and enjoy their stolen swag. There
are some elements of relief to over
strained honest natures in the fact that
some of those who have stood, for the
greater part of two whole years, upon
the elevation of the Congressional tri-
bune, reeking with every species of
venality and rOttennes5, are gone away
for the time being from the public
gaze into we know not what places of
darkness, to plot for future spoliations
and robbery. Yes we are glad the
Fifty-frst Congress has expired. If it
has done one thing during it's ignoble
existence to Tighten the weight Of the
burdens that press upon the shoulders
of the toiling people, we do not know
what it is. If it has done one thing to
widen the horizon of hope for the COM
mon people-if it has done one thing
to quicken and encourage the aspira-
tions of the lowly masses-it has not
come under our notice. Yes, we are
glad the Fifty-first Congress has ex-
pired.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

The young German Kaiser wishes to
keep Greek and Latin out of the edu-
cational course. Nonsense. The Bal
timore Herald much more wisely sug-
gests that as 'to the Universities, it
would be better to eliminate beer and
the ridiculous duel"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

THE dowager Empress Frederick, of
Germany, recently visited France, and
the President of the French Republic
declined to call upon her in person,
but sent funkey to call upon her as
his representative. We confess that
we cannot. see the difference in princi-
pie between the sending of a represen-
tative and going in person. But then,
we are not President of the French Re
public. Come to think of it, we are
rather glad we are not President of
any country, where a lot of fools can
be found to hold daily meetings of
protest against the offering of ordi-
nary civilities to an illustrious woman
who comes visiting in the most peace
full fashion imaginable. 1t is evident
that all the fools in France are not yet
dead.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
CIRCULATION.

The actual circulation of Volume V,
which closed with the issue of Febru-
arv 18th: 1891, was as follows:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

THE Congress that has just expired
by constitutional limitation will go into
history as remarkable for several
things. 1t will be celebrated upon the
page of the future historian as the first
American Congress that made a sue
cessful conspiracy through a committee
upon rules to strangle the freedom of
debate. Posterity will read of the late
Congress as distinguished from all it's
predecessors in the attempt it made to
pass force bill. 1t will be spoken of
by future patriots as the first Congress
that was rebuked by the organized
farmers. 1t will be mentioned in ages
to come as being so infatuated in it's
purposes and attempts to serve the
few at the expense of the many, as not
to be- able to read its own doom in the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

Hogg, Democrat, has 162. 845 majority
for Governor of Texas. He came near
getting all the corn.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

father, II. c. Dichl, having no son, shaped
his daughters education with the view of
bringing her forward as Il reformer. At
the age of lG years she appeared at many
public meetings of the Greenback party
and delivered recitations. Her parents
moved to Montrose, Colo, where they lived
a short time, and then returned to Kansas.
The daughter accompanied them, and soon
after accepted a position in the office of the
register of deeds at Great Bend. Later she
was appointed deputy register, which posi-
ton she filled for two years, when she re-
signed Dan. l, 1880 to go to her parents in
Oklahoma.
Miss Diehl joined the Farmers Alliance,
and though but 81 years old became a
leader and speaker. She vas unanimously
nominated by the convention of the peo-
ple's party in session at Guthrie for regis
ter of deed, and was afterward Endorsed by
the Democrats. She conducted an aggres-
sive campaign, and accompanied by her
father stumped the county. Her speeches
evirccd ability and earnestness, and she
got the largest majority of airy one on the
ticket. She has the distinction of being
the first woman to hold office in Oklahoma,
and also is the youngest oma in the
country to conduct u political campaign in
her own behalf.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

THE CENTElS IN DIFFERENT DECADES.
burg, the county seat Of Decatur county,
and twenty miles east of Columbus, Ind.
The closcne>s with which the center of
population, through such rapid westward
movement as has been recorded, has chung
to the parallel of 80 dogs. of latitude can
not fail to be noticed. The most northern
point reached was at the start, in 1890; the
most southern point was in 1880. the pre-
ceding decade having witnessed Il rapid de-
%velopmcnt of population in the southwest,
Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Lou
isiana having been admitted as states and
Florida annexed and organized as IL terri
tory. The extreme variation in latitude
has been less than 10 minutes, while the
hundred years of record have accomplished
u movement Of longitude of nearly 9.5
dogs.
Assuming the westward movement to
have been uniformly along the parallel of
30 degs. Of latitude, the westward move
ment of the several decades has been as
follows: l190-lS0O, II miles; lSG0-lO, &c
miles; $4,000, 80 miles: 1S20-3O, 80 miles;
lS30-4N, SIS miles; 1S4O-5O, IS miles; 1S5O-6O,
81 miles; 1SG0-1O, ~ miles; 1S7I-SO, - miles,
and 1SSO-9O, IS miles, a total westward
movement of 5O3 miles. The sudden ac-
celebration of movement between 1850 and
1850 was due to the transfcr of !. consider
able body of population from the Atlantic
to the Pacific coast, twelve individuals in
San Francisco eXcrting as much pressure
ut the then pivotal p~oint-viZ., the crossing
of the SD meridian and the Both parallel
us forty Individuals at Boston.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

the walls Of her wrath upon her wicked
sisters head, IN occupation in which she
was ably seconded by Mr.. Tom when he re-
turned from putting their recent guest
aboard bis train.
The end, however, was not yet. Within
a fortnight Mrs. Tom received Il note from
the Englishman, dated ut New York, in
which he said that he had been much i'm
pressed with the loyalty and devotion of
her maid, Ellen, who was undoubtedly a
most worthy young person, and he went
on to beg Mrs. Tom to find some way to
bestow the incloscd-a $50 bill-upon her
to aid in her courageous and praiseworthy
effort.
Thus retrilution came to Mrs. Tom.
She was overcome ut what she had done,
and there was nc comfortable way out of
it. 1t was impossible to explain to the
Englishman how he had been deceived.
Nor could the bill be plausibly returned on
the part of Ellen. There seemed nothing
to do but to keep it and thank the donor,
which Mrs. Ton accomplished, it must be
confessed, with much less thar her usual
grace. The bill hangs on the wall of eel
len's' room today-a double warning
against theatricals in private life, and
the utterance of pretty romances which
have no foundation in fact.-Hor Point of
View in New York Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
QUEER PLAYING CARDS..
THEY WE'RE PAINTED DURING THE
WAR OF 1912.
Their Interesting History A Curious
Relic Brought Down from the Old Days
When Cards Were Used for Visiting
PurpOses-Somc Interesting Facts.
Especial Correspondence.

MOBILE. Ala, Jan. 2G.-Maj. George B.
Clitherall, who died in this city not long
ago, had in his possession the most ex-
trAordinary packet cards probably in ex-
]istence, and they are no doubt the most
unique and singular relics ever handed
down from mother to son.
During the war Of 1872 Mai. Clitherall's
mother va; stationed with her husband,
who was II United States army officer, at
Fort Johnston. The officers of Il garrison
thus situated have often been placed at their
wits end to find amusements. and it can
easily hr imagined that cards. in those
days when luXuries where brought from
England and cardboard at the h">t was a
rare article, were much needed Tho sin
gle pack of cards at the fort was soon used
up, and it was not until the ingenuity of
Mrs. Clithcrall came to the rescue that the
deficiency was rrlmrdfed. She suggested
to one of the officers that if he would pro-
vide the cardboard she would paint the
cards. From a supply he had fordraughting
purposes he cut out fifty two blank cards,
and Mrs. Clithcrall set about her unique
task. The illustrations which accompany
this can give but II faint idea of the sin
gul.r beauty of these cards.
During Mrs. Clitherall's former resi-
dcncc in England she had learned how to
paint beautifully, and she possessed that
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

Lawrence, Earl of Fnrrrrs, distant rela-
tive of George Washington, had Il most
%tyrannical temper, and one day, in IA fit of
passion, he cut down with his sword his
steward, an old gentleman named John
son. The latter had given NJ provocation
for the deed, and the crime WIS an act of
brutality, ineXcusable save thai the earl
may not have been well balance, mentally.
He was brought to trial for killing John.
son, aud demanded and received tue priv
leye of being tried by his peers.
The house of lords was throngcd during
the hearing. The evidence proved to be
conclusive, and Ferrers wHS sentenced to
be hanged at Tyburn. Appeal, were made
to the king for clemrncy, but in vain.
Ferrers met his fate with considerable
bravado. He was carefully a,lired for the
occasion, and insisted OF providing Il silken
"ord for the ceremony. To this whim the
exeu,%ioncr agreed, and the earl was
turned off otherwise like any other CON-
mon felon.
1t may be worthy of mention that this
unfortunate nobleman was not only re-
lated TO George Washington, but was also
a direct descendant of King Edward Ill
of England. His motto, Singularly enough,
was, %'IIonor, the reward of Chi
a Herald.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

The greater thliftiness of pigs from a
SOW that has borne one, two or three
previous litters is partly due doubtless
to the greater amount of milk she gives.
There is probably as much proportional
difference here as between a mature COW
and a heifer with her first calf. Besides,
in the young sow the milk is not so rich,
as part of what should go to make it is
kept for growth of the mother. It is
possible to keep sows too long, but this
is more frequently from their learning
bad habits, becoming unruly Or eating
their young, than from failure to give
full messes of milk, or to produce good
Vtters of thrifty young, and sometimes
even farrow more than they have teats,
in which case it is economy to kill the
weaklings in excess. -Nor'west Farmer.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
a DurStiOm Never .Askcd IN iiDD1 S2etetY.

A Question Never Asked III tnou S~3eiety.
Ii is Il rule of good society that rs soon as
you arrive you affect to have always been
there. or other asCcntS men boast; of So
cial success, rarely. Your millionaire, COR
eXarnple-;tnd millionairiSm is getting so
common as to he almost vulyar-your mill.
ionnirr never tires of telling YOU how he
worked the multiplica1io ion able until cents
became dimes, and dimes well suwn bios.
somcd presently into dollars, till hundreds
Swelled To hundreds of thousands, and tho
man who had been Il blithe youth but
twenty years before became the posscssor
of an uneasy tu1nor he calls Il fortune.
Once this narrative L. begun, no matter
that yCf seat YOU breast with reluctance
to hear hu the tedious tale, while loud bas-
soons prrvhancc are calling yout to wedding
fe;lStS. pray hear the modern Wilmington
with patience.
The recital of this story is his main CON-
ISOLATION for the boredom of complicated
possession in which his life Is :ncXtricably
involved his "recouplncnt for the irksome
vigilance with which he must defend his
hoard against the inctSs;lnt attacks Of
cheats and bcggars, subscription papers
and poor relations. But the man who has
won his way to that Elusive sphere we c,.u
society sends to swift oblivion all his proc.
esScS. In society the man asks another,
How did you get here or ru~nSrntulntes
HIM on moving among better people than
he did ten years ago. Theoretically soci,
ETY. is stationary. Even while breathlcss
from climbing, 1he newcomer affects tC
have always been atop.--Edwaru Eggles
ton in Century.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
He knew the Animal.

The teacher of Il Sunday school had been
reading IA story of the centurion who had
great faith, and whose servant was healed
at the Lords word. The teacher had
dwelt on the lesson Of the story, and had
seen thu. that was properly enforced; and
then she said to II bright boy in the class:
"And now, can you tell Inc what a cen
turion is?'
"Ycs'm," said the boy, very promptly;
'it's Il horse with a mans head on."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
Friends.

ut is .he rdic, of the world,' SoId the
nlan-" laugh aud the world laughs with
you; weep and YOU weep alone Friends
arc many when the purse is long, but wnen
care and ailliction come-ah, how is it that
| hould know this sad truth, that in such
times as these friends are indeed few! The
loyalty of friendship is something | have
long consrrrated in my inmost heart of
hearts. One should be free with all pos
SESSIONS, but should be miserly of his
friends. Make friends as you tread life's
earlier path. Keep constantly terrifying
your stock Of friends, or the latter will
soon pass from OIL. The friends of our
youth are no doubt the best of all; cndur-
ing through life without thought Or need
of change. AS Thackeray said, we are
so much alone in this world; you who have
anything to love hold that friend to your
heart-and thank God!"-Detroit FREQ
Press.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
Best Way to Raise Hens

Grasp them firmly with the right hand
under both wings, and lift them gently.
I have tried prying them up with a
board, but they seem inclined to resent
it more, and it is apt to cause a great
disturbance among the rest of the flock;
then, too, you never know which way a
hen is going to point, and she always
starts so suddenly that if your footing is
not secure you might get hurt. So, on the
whole, I think the former way ia prefer
able.-Poultry Journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

III Is Il single playing card,
the knuve of clubs.
In order to understand and appreciate
the v;l'ir OF this simple piece of paStcboard
Il few words Of introduction ~to the origin
of visiting cards are necessary. The practice
Of employing playing cards for visiting
PURPOSES is Il very old one, and its origin is
involved in ~ob>curi1y. 1t has, however,
been n,ilhorliutivcly asserted that the first
person in England to Use the white back of
a playing card for III those days the cards
had plain white backs in calling upon a
friend, and not finding him at home,
seized the opportunity to indicate his visit
by writing his name on the back Of one of
il pack of cards lN."g ready to serve his
purpose.
This practice seems have spread rap
idly, and DIR. Charlton, in his "English
Notes and Queries says that in examining
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

1t was recently maintained before the
Paris Academy that s%hortness of sight was
q defect incident to civilization or to an ar
%tiicial condition Of life. An examination
Of the eyes of wild animals shows tina,
those captured at the age of six or eight
months remain long sighted, while those
captured earlier or born in captivity are
rear sighted.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

and female suffrage are matters of history.
He is a Republican, but regarding his ap-
pointlnent Il Democratic paper of New
York city said the other day:
"His selection is most favorably received
by the leaders of both parties. The feel
ing is that he will fit the mission perfectly.
He is alert, untiring, much given to in
quiry and the old civilization of China will
stir him profoundly. The missionaries, it
Is assumed, will be delighted. Mr.. Blair
takes a lively interest in all mission work,
and those who labor in the Chinese field
will find in him both Il c%oadjutor and a
friend"
The new minister is now IS years of age.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

minister to China,
has been in public
life so long that
his n a III e n Il
i VS. are we'll
known to all the
people of the II
try. Pro b a bl
N e Hampshir
lever sent q man
to w Washington
" h o achieved a
greater fame for
individuality than
Blair. His efforts
in behalf of edu-
-%s@~ -~~LsEs%:--
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

painted on the back of the trey of clubs
and the queen of diamonds respectively.
But the invitations to card parties printed
from copper plates were large enough to
cover the whole back of the card.
The Duchess of Grafton's card is printed
on the back of the ace of hearts, and the
Lady Northumberland's on the back of
the ten of spades and ten of hearts, and at
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

Il lot OF Old papers IL" came
across Il number of such
cards dated l712-l7G4, many
of which were printed from
elegant English copper
plates on the backs of old
cards. The size Of playing
cards being found too large
for ease in handling they
were often cut in two, and
those of HE Earl and Count
eSS of Northumberland were
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
'E77e Reading Habit.

;saw IL young ma:l entcra Restaurant fol
breakfast the other day, approach the cash
ier's desk, address Il word to the cashier
and receive Il book. l asked what it all
meant. and learned that the customer al.
ways had in the keeping of the cashie,
some volume that he read while at break.
FAST. 'They are always good books" said
She cashier with Il smile, land [ read them
5etwecn t:mes.'-New York Star.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03

rugged ship, the finish Of which is per-.
The words "Frrc Trade and Sailors
Rights on one of the flags indicate the
trend of the times. Mrs. Clithcrall OBJ
tanned from IL naval officer the correct in
formation as to the rigging of a ship, and
she has reproduced with marvellous tidel-
ity all the nautical details, so that the eye
of a sailor in those days would have found
no fault with the accuracy of her work.
Mai. Clitherall gave the cards to the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
CORA DiEHL'S CAMPAIGN.
1t Has Ended in Her Election to a
County Office.

Oklahoma is certainly a progressive land.
1t was settled in Il day. and now, though
less than W years of age, presents the APP
pearance of a long inhabited country. The
first election Of county officers has just
been held, and though women are not al
lowed to vote there, Il young lady was
chosen to an important position.
Miss Cora V. Diehl, register of deeds
elect for Logan county, Oklahoma, was
born in Union county, Pa, Jan. 10, 1869.
When II years old she moved with her
parents to Great Bend, Kan, where the
family lived on a farm for five years. Her
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
Upon two pitchers in the British museum

Cpontwo pitchers in the British museum
are to be seen domestic cats in the interior
of a school of music. One is tied by d
string, and the other stands upright on a
stool, and Il young man is offering a cake
to it. All these pictures, which are anthem
tic, and which date back more than 2,OOC
years, reproduce the image of Il cat, per
haps Il little simmer than ours. but like
the animal as we know it.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-03
The Richest Clergymcn.

The Rev. DR.. Charles r. Hoffman and
his brother, the Rev. DIR. f. a. Hoffman,
dean of the General Theological seminary,
both Of New York city, arc said to be the
richest cleraymen in the United Stutos.
Thc wealth Of cnch of them is about sl4,-
0OO.O CM -"Ipcch.