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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-22
AN APPEAL.

MIR. EDIToR:-We, your committee,
find that on brother, Z. 3 Lee, had
the misfortune. on Noyember 10Th. to
lose his dwelling by fire, with all It's
contents, leaving him and his family
without Il change Of Taiment. He lost
it all. We very earnestly appeal L.
our brethren for help for our worthy
brother Phase help = little Al !"
mittances, 20 matter how small, VIII
be highly appreciated by him and LIS.
Address ali remittanceS t. jackson
Fitzpatrick. President. or !. i. Nor
gan, Secretary .ostUnice address:
AQu0ne, Macon county, \. I.
Yours Ii3teru1liv,
! II N0FGAE Slc'y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-22

Mr.. EDIT0H:- Our little Alliance
Union Grove is firm in the faith Of
our order, and is getting ready for tue
great battle Of 50 and we regard TnE
P~RoGEEsS,VE FARMER as an indiSpen~i
BILE counsellor. Let Us ali stand firm
and united, nd work for the things
that make for peace, and Things
whereby one MAJ cdi:y another
Yours fr tterna3!r.
7. N. HAN>-A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-22
uOG FEED!

Why complain that you cant make
meat in this country when You can
feed YOUR hogs On m~uiberries from the
1Oth of May until the first Of August
a beautiful lot of the ever Learing mul
berry trees for sale, and offer special
inducements to the Alliance. business
Agents viii do we'll to correspond with
Us Tor all sorts of fruit trees.
J. :. WESTBROOK.
Old North State Nurseries.
Fuison. DupIn Co. n. <. lG3SJ
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L TIER z l. CASTOR.

J II, MORGAN Slcy .
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
PREPARED By
Or. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass
Prize q; six bottles, Is. Worth e5 q bottle
In MemOriam.


The death of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
F. 5mithey's 11.year-old son,
Frank, on Tuesday last, was one
of unusual sadness. He was a boy
of much promise. Bright, energetic,
noble and upright, he was the OBJ
ject about which many hopes were
conferred.
His disposition was peculiarly
attractive, for by his upright char
acter and his honest demeanor he
drew around him many friends,
both young and old.
AS a Christian he was faithful,
conscientious and devoted. He
always took an interest in religious
matters and when last November
he united with the church, he
evinced a devotion to Gods work
and love for the services of Gods
house that is rarely seen. An
oft mentioned purpose he had set
before him in life was to do good.
His grasp of the great saving truths
of the Bible we're firm ard clear,
and his faith in the cleansing pew-
er of Christ's blood was perfect. He
rested on Christ as on 1.-The Solid
Rock"
When death approached he was
not afraid to speak of it; but men.
toned the subject frequently to his
parents and his pastor; and when
on Tuesday, March II, the Master
called for him he did not draw
back but went calmly and with
out fear, knowing that the pro-
tecting arm of a loving Saviour
was beneath him and a heavenly
home was before him.
Many hearts extend their tender
est sympathy to the bereaved fam.
lily and pray for them in this hour
of bitter sorrow.
Father I will that they also
whom thou hast given me, be with
me where I am" w.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26
Let's reason together.

Let's reason tOSetner.
Here's a firm, one of the
largest the country over, the
world over; it has grown, step
by step, through the years to
greatness-and it sells patent
medicines ugh!
That's enough -
Wait a little
This firm pays the news
papers good money (expen-
sive work, this advertising j
to tell the people that they
have faith in what they sell,
50 much faith that if they can't
benefit or cure they don't want
your money. Their guarantee
is not indefinite and relative,
but Mfnske and adsoAuts-if
the medicine doesn't help,
your money is son call.
Suppose every sick man
and every feeble woman tried
these medicines and found
them worthless, who would be
the loser, you or theye
The medicines are Doctor
Pierce's @Golden Medical Dis
covery," for blood diseases,
and his "Favorite Prescrip-
tion," for woman's peculiar ills.
If they help toward health,
they cost $I.oo a bottle
eachl If they don't Me1
cast nothing!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26
March 10.


1s15-Napoleon reached Fontainebleau on his re-
turn from Elba, having been joined by many
of his old officers and soldiers; meanwhile
LOU XVIII and his court had taken refuge
in Belgium.
Isl7-Birth of Seth Green in Rochester, N. Y,
fish eulturist.
l823-Iturbide abdicated the Mexican throne and
was sent into exile.
1s5s-Lucknow, the stronghold Of the sepoy in
surgents, captured by the English.
ls65-Last great battle of Gen. Sherman's army
at Bentonville, N. c.; the Fourteenth, Fiji
teenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth corps and
cavalry division; the Confederates fought
will unusual desperation.
1s71-The French insurgents nominate a central
committee of the national guard, headed by
Assy, a workingman, h took possession Of
public offices; Theirs issued a circular enjoin-
ing obedience TO the assembly.
1673-San Salvador destroyed by earthquakes; 80
killed: loss Sic, 100000
in Atlanta Of ex-U. s. Senator John
p. King; born 1893.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26
Arrested For Periury.

STURGEON, Mo-, March 2O.-Ir
the summer of 1889, soon after the
death of B. P. Richie, President Of
the Sturgeon Saving Bank, it was
discovered that two notes held by
said bank against one Marcus F.
Stephenson, aggregating some ST..
300, were missing. One of said
notes was secured by a deed of trus,
on Stephenson's farm, and the exc.
cutors of B. P. Richie attempted
to foreclose the same. Stephenson
brought IN injunction suit to re.
strain the sale of his land, and in
the suit he produced the notes in
question, claiming that he had
paid them to Richie, President OF
the bank, in his lifetime. This
MI. Ritchie's executors denied,
stating that they had seen and list
ed said note after the death of the
bank President. But Stephenson
was successful in the injunction
suit, and an appeal was taken to
the Kansas City Court OF Appeals,
q decision in which is expected to
be handed down this week, the case
having been submitted on briefs
some two weeks ago. But now a
new feature of the case has devel-
oped. One Sylvester Logsdon has
made affidavit before q Justice OF
the Peace that he found the notes,
they having been lost or misplaced
by some means while an inventory
was being taken of Mr.. Ritchie's
effects soon after his death, and be
gave the notes to Stephenson, and
that, in fact, he stephenson
had not paid them off as testl.
fed by him on the trial referred to,
A warrant charging Stephenson
with perjury was issued, and he
has been arrested and released on
q bond of 5000 to answe before J.
]. Winseott, Justice of the Peace,
March 81, 1891. The State expects
to eorroborate Logsdon's testimony
by others who had knowledge O.
his finding the notes at the time
and the defense will rely somewhat
on the fact that Logsdon was {
witness in the first suit and failed
to testify. Altogether the cast
presents many interesting features
and the final outcome is eagerly
watched for by everybody in THU
section.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26
THE LEDGER.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Members of the Fifty-frst and
Fifty-seoond Congresses are quar-.
relling over the public documents.
At Jefferson City, No., the Uni
versity endowment bill Wa sent to
the Governor.
George H. Snyder was convicted
of the murder of his wife in San
Marcos, Texas, and will hang.
Henry Roth, of Bucyrus, O., is
to inherit his wife's property if he
visits her grave ten times in FIVE
years.
Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian,
died suddenly of heart failure in
the Windsor Hotel, New York, at
1915 O'Clock last night.
The Keystone National Bank of
Philadelphia has suspended pay
ment. No statement as to assets
and liabilities has been made.
Three deaths occurred in the
Dean family at Springviile, To-,
under Christian science treatment
before a physician was called.
At Fort Reno, 1. T., grave
troubles exists between the civil
and military officials because of 1.-THE
sale of liquor to Indians by troops.
Worlds Fair architects expect to
save "a, 600 600 by substituting
staff, a French material, tor marble
and granite in the buildings.
A legislative committee is lnves-
tigatlng charges of bribery in con
neciion with the election of Chas,
n. FELTON,, United States Senator
in California.
The point has been raised in a
smuggling trial in Utica, N. Y.
that the exclusion act does not pro-
hibit Cinnamon coming to this
country by rowboats.
Diamond 10" Reynolds estate
will reach nearly $4,000, 900. He
lett no will, but his intention will
be carried out. Among other char
tiles provided for, a magnificent
training school for boys will be e.
tablished.
Joseph Perrien, a wealthy De-
troit miller, was enticed from home
Thursday night and held for ran
som by unknown men. His cap.
turers failing to secure the ransom
asked for-s30, OOO-released him
late yesterday afternoon.
The newspapers are wasting
considerable valuable space IN
order to print the full name Of
Hawaii's new queen. The full
name of the late king was short
and jaggy.
Alaska is now the roomiest oil
our territories. 1t contains eigh.
teen square miles for each inhabit-
ant. Its population consists O
%, 1856 natives, 4,419 whites, 2,125
Chinese, 80 blacks and 1858 half.
breeds.
The Boston Herald finds cause
for rejoicing in the fact that none
of the 1,461 abandoned farms Of
Massachusetts, lie within the city
limits of Boston. Farming in Bos.
ton certainly appears to be in 6
healthy condition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

attended him. but he grew continually
worse under their care, and every body
expected he would die. i had heard OF
the remarkable cures effected by Ayers
Sarsaparilla, and decided TO have my
hoy try it. Shortly after he began 10
take this medicine, the ulcers com.
meneed healing, and, after using several
BOTTLES, he was entirely cured. he ID
now as healthy and strong as any boy
of his age."- William f. Dougherty,
Han pton, Va
"In May last. my youngest child,
fourteen months old, began to have sores
gather on its head and body. We ap.
plieG various simple remedies withous
avail. The sores Increased in humble.
and discharged eopiously. A physician
was called, but the sores continued to
multiply until in a few months they
nearly covered the child's head and body.
At Last we began the use of Ayers Sar-
saparilla. In a few days a marked
change for the better was manifest. The
sores assumed a more healthy condition,
the discharges were gradually dimin-
ished, and finally ceased altogether.
The child is l~ivelier, its skin is fresher,
and it's appetite better than We have OBJ
served for months Frank NJ. Griffin,
Long Point, Texas.
"The formula Of Ayers Sarsaparilla
presents, for chronic diseases of almost
every kind, the best remedy known to
the medical world."-D. NJ. Wilson,
NJ. D., Wigs, Arkansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

The W. C. T. U. will meet Mon
day afternoon at 2:3O with Mrs. s.
S. Craig. The President especial
ly desires every member to be IN
attendance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

An appeal for aid in behalf OF
10000 miners who are going to
stlike for eight hours May l has
been issued by President Gompers
of the American Federation of
T ohor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

Henry Woodward, formerly OF
this city, and Miss Yerger, of Kan
sas City, will be married mex,
month. The LErGER with a host
of friends extends congratulations.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

DR.. J. S. Bradley and Hugh
Logan, both of Laddonia, were
Friday found not guilty of selling
liquor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

DR.. French will make Mexico .
visit once q week in the future. He
will arrive from st. Louis every
Saturday andremain until Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

Bring your horse and jack bills
to the LEDGER office. We are
splendldly equipped for such work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

o. r. Kendall is home from the
South, where he has been handling
mules this winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

r. T. Freeman & Son last week
bought two spans of good mules
-onefromJ J. P. Wilson. Wellsviile,
the other Of 8. @. Coil, Of Audraln.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

The question of the hour: What
10 the Easter bonnet to BET
The lobby is the power behind
the throne in this country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

the tEHpLfo ~
eases peculiar to
children nothing
else Is so effective
as this medicine,
while its agreea-
BILE flavor makes
it easy to admin
lister.
my little boy
had large scrofu-
lous ulcers on his
neck and throat
from which he
suffered terribly
Two physicians
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

J. N. Harrison was over from
Auxvasse Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26
The Safest

ND most powerful Alternative 10
n Ayers Sarsaparilla. Young and
old are alike benefited by its use. For
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26


st. Patrick,s Day; St. Patrick, patron saint of
Ireland, born 3s2; arrived in ireland about 422;
lied about 493.
i640-Death of Philip Massinger, French m
poet
of Bishop Gilbert Burnett, historian.
l7N-Death Of Jean Baptisse Rousseau, French
lyric poet; born 1870.
IT76-Boston evacuated by the British
iS41-President Harrison called an extraordinary
session of congress to legislate upon the sub
iect OF finance and revenue.
s61-Titl of king of Italy conferred on Victor
Emmanuel.
1s6a-Battle of Kelley's Ford, Va, eight Federal
cavalry regiments and a battery against Fitz-
hugh Lees cavalry; first purely cavalry battle
of the war; loss about 100 on each side.
ls64-Cavalry battle at Manchester, Tenn
lsSO-Died in London, England, Thomas Bell
English scientist, aged 50 years.
ls82-Died, Zachariah Allen, inventor Of the auto
matte cut off valve for steam engines and a
hot dir furnace; born in Rhode Island Sept
Is, 1875
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26


Es-Death of Edward, king and ~~
martyr. AMIE~
iss4-Ivan the Terrible, while MN
playing a game of chess after A~-~
his bath, fell back in a swoon EY@S
and died. @n
C: :: :; E: E; 6; :: :: :; =; !; :: : g.; 3: e.; :; >: {:
George land II; born 1916.
f76S-Death Of Rev. Lawrence JOHN c. CALHOUN.
Sterne. author of 'Tristram Shandy;'' born
1918.
i7&-Birth of John Caldwell Calhoun, southern
statesman; died 1880.
of John Horn Tooke, politician and
~philologist; born 1876.
l812-New Spanish constitution promulgated by
the cortes.
panic In New York; before the end
of April failures to the amount of more than
$780, 900, 600.
observation-disclosures Of Vera Cruz by American
forces: on the eth the city and the castle,
with 5000 prisoners and 500 cannon, strren-
dered-
ls65-Battle at Bentonville, N. c., and retreat of
Gen. Joe Johnson's army on the ed; his
army surrendered April %; Union loss t,646,
Confederate 2,s25.
1S1-Insurrection at Paris; after q brief conflict
the troops fraternized with the insurgents,
who captured and shot Gems. Lecomte and
Clement Thomas
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26
March go.

March 20.
i727-Death of Sir Isaac New ~
ton; born 1912. 49,
75I-Dea of Prince Frederick M
Louis, son of George Ii and M
father of George Ill. ~
l793-Death of Chief Justice III F
Mansfield; born 1905. "
1810-JoEn MeCloskey, cardinal, ~ '
born in Brooklyn, N. Y; H.
died in New York city Oct. @~h
10. 1885. fSS@A2
lS11-Birth of the king Of Rome ~ ~
(since styled Napoleon ID. 10
1828-Henrik Ibsen, poet and CARDINAL h'cLos-
dramatist, born. hHf
1S39-The Anti-Corn Law league formed.
l652-Publication of Uncle Toms Cabin by
Mrs. Stowe.
lS71-1f,0o political prisoners liberated in Paris.
iSs1-The Bank of France saved by the courage
OF the governor, Marquis de Ploene, and by
the forbearance of Citizen Beslay.
~Is76-Triumphal entry of Alfonso XII into Madrid.
isso-15 lives lost by laundering of a French tor
pedo boat Off Cherbourg.
March Fl.
isol-Batt'e of Alexandria; Alb
ercrombie MORALLY wound gs5SsES
is0i-Kipgdom of Etruria erect S2s
ed by Napoleon ~ ~&a
lSO4-Execution Of Due d'En- ASt, III
ghien by order of Bonaparte; NN
born 1772. ~
lS29-Duel between Wellington "a M y
and Earl Of wincheisea. er%Ik
isa3-Death of Robert Southey, AfFXS.AES
poet laureate; born 1774- "NFNfNi S
Rehabilitation of the king of ROBERT sovTHEY.
Bavaria.
O-Tria Of Pierre Bonaparte at Tours on charge
of killing NJ. Noir; acquitted, but ordered to
pay 81, 900 10 Noir's family.
i~s51-Marriage Of the Princess Louise and the
Marquis of Lorne.
f2-o -Efpa In IJopr Ear~ Fua;Da. p fYlA ~anpto
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26

lS0l-Battte of Alexandria; Alb
ercrombie MORALLY wound
ed.
1S01-Kipgdom OF Etruria erect
ed by Napoleon
iSO4-Execution Of Due d'En-
ghien by order of Bonaparte;
born 1712
1S29-Duel between wellington
and Earl Of Winchelsea.
iS43-Death of Robert Southey,
poct I~atyraata. Form f.-A
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-26
TIMELY ANNIVERSARIES.
Current Selections from Hist0
ry's Broad Page.
March IL.

March IL.
fifth proprietors of New Jersey gave the
people a liberal consultation, and more than
100 ouakers came from England and settlea
below the Raritan.
r7Ts-Engiish ambassador recalled from Paris.
lsts-Revolution at Vienna; hight of Prince Met
ternich.
,sna--Execution of Orsini and Pieri for attempted
assassination of the emperor OF France,
1869 Great artillery battle at New Mailrid, No.,
I'm which the Federal engineers and artitlerists
under Gen. John Pope demonstrated the vast
superiority of the new style OF siege guns and
rave a new feature to the war; at night the
Confederatss evacuated. their retreat being
concealed by q furious thunder storm
,ssA-Capture OF Fort De Rassey. La. by the
Union forces.
States. a..
fEp-Marriage of Princess Louise Margaret OF
Prussia 10 Duke of Connaught at Windsor.
March II.
loo -T proprietors of Massachusetts, Bay Col
ony received a charter from King Charles J.,
and were incorporated by the name of THE
Governor and Company Of the Massachusetts
Bay in New England"
Ns1 II granted William Penn a large
tract of land west of the Delaware
17g7 John Byng shot at portsmouth
born 11p4; was charged with neglect or duty
in an engagement with the enemy OF Minor
ca, and condemned for an error in Judgment
| Soo-Pius VII elected pope,
| isOs--Death of Klopstock, German poet; born
IDA.
| ,sss-Capture of Newbern, N. c.; Union loss "a.
Confederate $50
March 10.
| i49a-Coiumbus returned to Spain after his Amer
lean discoveries.
| l672-Declaration of Indulgence to noncouform.
lists issued by Charles II.
i74+-Louis XIV declared war against England.
| IT&-The ~eolonists began the contest known in
America as King Georges war.
| i7sl-Cornwailis defeated Gen. Greene at Guilford
Court House, N. G.
lSe0-Maine admitted into the Union.
| ls49-Death of Mezzofanti, cardinal, born 174
| IS64-aoo.0 600 volunteers called for.
| iS85-Sharp cavalry battles at South Anna River,
Va. Tayior's Hole Creek, N. c.. and Ashland
| ls6o-Schenck's bin for cash payments passed by
the senate.
| isT3LConvention for the total evacuation of the
French departments in September on pay
ment of indemnity signed at Berlin.
| tSS9-Explosion Of Brypmally colliery, Wrexham
England; "a killed
| March 16.
149s-Henry VII of England granted . commits
sion of discovery to Cabot and his sons similar
to that which Columbus had received from
Ferdinand and Isabella
i79s-Unsuccessful siege Of Acre by Napoleon
lsl2-Badajoz, Spain, invested by the British
under wellington; French defeated.
iS15-Kingdom Of the Netherlands constituted
William l proclaimed king.
is56-Birth of the imperial prince; amnesty grant
ed to 1.0oO political prisoners in France.
1S61-Death of Duchess of Kent, aged 70.
1ss2-Battle at Pound Gap, Tenn.
~IS63-Expedition up Steele's Bayou, Miss, Second
division. Fifteenth corps, and navy under AID
miral Porter.
1se5-Battle at Averysboro, n. CT Union loss 54
Confederate S65.
1s67-Evacuation of Mexico by the French.
1So-Embezzlement of $4,000 by Edgar Swan
teller of the City National bank, Lynn, Mass.
discovered.
Island.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-22
gumrma1 aud Gumrier.
The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
liShed in COnnecticut.

DELIVERED BY CARRrKRs IN THE CRY, 10
GENTS A WEEK, 80 CENTS MONTH, $S
FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 YEAR. TEE
SAME TERMS By MAIL.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-22

monty called the century plant. A tower
ing column rises out of the center of the
plant to the height of sixty feet, but 1t IL
often relegsted to the rubbish heap as
worthless, for the reason that as thing of
beauty it has no further charm for the
eye. Yet many thousands of the shaving
people of the old world utilize this shaft
of the plant. They make use of it as a
razor strop. The strop is made by taking
the shaft of the agave and cutting into
lengths of twelve inches; these are split in
to four or a. many quarters as possible,
allowing to each piece suiacisncy of the
pulp or heart of the stalk to present sur
face not less than one inch, on which to
strop razor. The heart hardens in time
and presents fine, soft and naturally lu-
bricated surface for stropping razor.
The world is growing smaller. A grant
of FIVE and a half millions for
cables between Narseilles and Tunia
and Oran was recently agreed to
in the French assembly. France win
soon bind her possessions in Africs
more closely to herself by cables, Russia
is constructing railroad across the great
Siberian plain, and a railroad is about to
be constructed from Beyroot to Damascus.
By reopening the Suez canal Europe short
ensd her water route to the East by the
circumference of q great continent, and
by the Nicaragua canal the United States
proposes to make q similar shortening Of
the water route from its eastern to its
western coast. The binding of the world
closer together by cables, railroads, tunnels,
telegraph lines and possibly by air ships
will be one of the special features of the
next century
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-22
ammonia In Bread Making.

From the Bakers Helper.
This substance takes its name from the
place where it was originally made, near
the temple of Jupiter Ammon. 1t is one
of the best known products of the labora-
tory. 1t is most easily obtained by the
action of lime on sal ammoniac, or mu-
rate of ammonia. The sal smmonisc and
lime are heated together in a retort or
iron pot, and by the action of the salts
employed are raised into vapor and con-
densed again into earthen receivers. The
carbonic acid of the chalk unitss with
the sal ammonisc, generating carbonate Of
ammonia.
A small quantity of this in the dough is
acted on.by the heat, and the gas thus lio-
Grated raises the mass, SO as to produce the
light, fluffy, faky appearance SO desirable
in bread and biscuit. When first produced,
and 30 long as it keeps from the action OF
the air, carbonate of ammonia is In hard,
white, translucent masses, crystalline In
appearance, with pungent smell and
sharp taste If air is allowed to reach 1t,
it gradually falls into powder and loses
strength. Some of the best bakers always
allow it to "slaek" before using it, claim
ing that in its original state it does not
work SO satisfactory as after the action of
the atmosphere upon it.
1t is frequently called "heartshorn," from
the fact that an impure carbonate of am
monia is sometimes obtained by the de-
structive distillation of deer horns and
kindred substances. Among English bak-
ers the common name for il is "yolatile. u
descriptive of one of its characteristics. In
English recipes it is frequently abbreviated
to "vol." 1t is now said to be largely pro.
duced from coal tar, and great quantities
of It are made in the United States.