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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-08-24
ne ANSWERED II ONCE.
A Prsetieai Mechanics wsy or Reply
ing 90 Man OF Leisure.

ing 90 Man or Leisure.
The workman clipped away at the block
Of stone while the pleasant looking, eid-
erly individual with a cane watched the
process closely. The elderly individual
appeared very friendly, the workman
quite Indifferent to all else save the obdu-
rate granite upon whose surface his chisel
scarce left trace.
"Bless me, that IL very interesting, very,
indeed.p
The old gentleman beamed. A large
particle OF stone disengaged from its
resting place OF ages by a blow Of the
hammer struck him under the eye, but
he kept on beaming, nevertheless.
Rather delicate process, fancy"
The workman was celebrating leaf in
the unyielding stone. The old party
moved nearer. A chip OF the granite few
into his mouth, but he gave slight heed.
g ! dare say 1t requires long and ardu-
Gus training TO acquire such skill"
The workman's face was hardly less Inn
passive than the surface of the rock at
which he worked. Not syllable had es-
capped his lips.
81 have great admiration for educated
labor"
The elderly individual spoke heartily.
The cordial smile that played around his
lips corroborated and strengthened the
impression conveyed by his tone. There
was still no response from the stalwart
artisan, however. With undiminished
stroke the hammer rose and fell, and at
each blow the stone took added form and
beauty.
81 wish there were more such men in
the world. They are the very sinews Of
society"
The old gentleman was Illuminating
aloud. He had seemingly abandoned the
project Of engaging the toiler in CONVEX
sation.
6Sir--u
The stonecutter had suddenly dropped
hammer and chisel and was confronting
the elderly party.
"Many say so. Quite delicate. Very.
All, indeed. Kind in you to say So"
The elderly party gasped for breath.
"What, what do you meanr' he stam-
mered in astonishment.
The artisan smiled.
81 have answered all your observations
consecutively, ! think" he quietly OBJ
served. 81 will also say in answer to the
questions which you probably propose
asking me, inasmuch as they are tho
usual queries propounded by gentlemen
OF leisure to working men, that believe
labor is better of than 1t was II, 600 years
ago; that In my opinion there Is no
doubt about the value of manual training
in the schools, and that have not fully
decided in my own mind what will be the
result OF silver legislation"
MY dear fell"
The etonecutter waved his hand.
IT'S all right" he declared. az have
found by experience that the only way to
get any work done 10 to wait until each
gentleman OF leisure has asked all his
questions and then answer them in .
lump and categorically. II IL . great
saving Of times lido It In justice to my
family, sir. Excuse me, sir"
The workman turned again to his task,
while the elderly party was prompted 70
proceed on his way.-Detroit Tribune
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-08-24
Her Yearn.
Miss Daisy Sweet-If-
Young Hanks-If what?

Young Hanks-If what?
Miss Daisy-f you had plenty of money
and perfect disposition, and(your eyes
were only brown and your hair curly,
and you were winning fame in your pro-
fession and were highly connected, and
would promise to take me to Europe next
year, and always let me have my own way,
and never care to smoke or stay out late
at night, and did not belong to any lodge,
and would keep stylish team and plenty
of servants, and truly loved me and
really wanted mamma to live with US,
and-why, what is the matter, Theobald?
Hanks-I-I- drops dead.) National
Tribune
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-08-24
Cheap TrnnsportatIon

Stranger Ton the Kansas prairies)--
What are you waiting for, my friendsH
I've noticed you out here every day for
week. N
Hustler Rufe and his famiIy-LWe hain't
got any money for car fare and the old
woman KANT walk so we're waiting for
cyclone tew blow us inter the mex,
county Boston News.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-08-24

son Sunday will stop on signal or tolet on
passengers.
Additional trains will leave Carlisle daily eA-
cent Sunday at 5.55 a. m, 1890 p. m, 4l3 p M,
stopping at all intermediate stations, arriving AZ
Harrisburg at $40 and .15a, m and 80 ?, ny
Evening Mail runs daily between HarflsnulS
and ChamherShnrg.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-08-24
Between Williamsport, Shippensburg and Inter
mediate Points.

Leave Williamsport for Hagerstown, 6s25, 7:15,
1855 a. M, and las and 6;45 p. m.
Leave Hagerstown for Williamsport, $50 a. m.
and 12:15 lbs and sos p. m.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-08-24

Additional trains will leave HARRISBURG ( %
except sunday at s2s and 1035 a m, II aa 81 n.
ppn =; M !; * 4 M stopping at all intermsdlato
tions ,4..aan Hap-
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars pe ~ nress and
erstowm and New York on Atlanta ESppress and
Night Express east and on memphis
New Orleans Express west. and
Pullman sleeping Cars on Night Ex IPnhls and
Naw i nrleans Express between PbiadeipAla az
New Orleans --t---
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
Physicians Centuries Ago.

In some countries, where physicians did
not thrive, sick people were placed on the
roadside that travellers who had suffered
with like maladies might suggest rene
dies
Such crude efforts were supplanted at
Rome by shops in which various drugs
and medicines were sold. Then, as now.
qnacks abounded and the government, for
the protection of the people, ordered that
all remedies should bear a label declaring
the character Of the medicine, the name of
its inventor, the sickness for which it was
prepared, with n list OF its ingredients and
full directions rs TO the way In which il
should be taken
For disorders of the stomach favorite
prescription VIA TO the effect that the suf-
ferer should read aloud in clear. distinct
tone some book or speech and then take
moderate exercise.
Physicians were divided, as now, into
various classes of Observation-Disclosures for
the eye, for the throat, etc Even in those
old days women practiced medicine, al
though they did not reach prominence in
the profession.
Surgeons used various Instruments, re-
scmbling in some measure those of today.
They had ear probes, syringes instruments
for cutting btasss, and the like. In very
early times dentists came into notice, and
an ancient author refers to gold filings. -
Professor a. p. Montague in Youths
Companion
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
A Cure Tor EnIhn,ss

liz the human race i'll the near future to
be entirely bald on the top of its head
where the hair onght to grow? is a cues
ton agitating tonsorial circles and the
manly victims thereof. Some peoplc are
born bald, some achieve badness and
others have it thrust upon them, and it is
with the latter class that the distressing
consequences of modern living have the
most to do. AS everybody is cognizant.
the glory of man as well as woman is his
hair. Baldness is venerable, but il is not
always venerated, and then it is fright.ully
announcement. In n woman art supplies
nature, but unlucky man has no such
remedy that cannot be detected, and how
ever indifferent to appearances he made be,
1t is not in his disposition to meekly sub
init to the trouble it entails
wise parent afflicted by u loss of hair
should take lesson in hirsute develop.
ment from the lower classes In Europe and
give his offspring the benefit. Whoever
saw bald wOrkingman or shopkceper in
Francey Whoever found among the peas
ants OF Europe shining patest Thc reason
for this natural matching is a most simple
one; these people live outdoors, unbonnct-
ed, and it is only when man becomes reck-
less and snperrefined in his living that
the hair falls. So much for civilization.
But having discovered that civilization.
not to say dissipation. is at the root of fin
de siecle's hair falling. why not counter
act this difficulty by starting the little
chaps Alright, not merely in the paths of
virtue, but by taking away their hats and
caps and making them go bareheadcd un-
til they are fully grown? One of these
days the wisdom of some of the Old World
customs will strike home in America, and
it need not be called anglomania either
Boston Herald
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
where Nature Beats Science.

method of treating mother of pearl
shells consists in drawing upon them with
brush and wax varnish any designs de-
sired, after which they are placed in bath
Of weak muriatic acid. The latter eats
away the outer coat wherever it Is not pro
tected by the varnish, the result being a
lovely cameo with raised figures In white
on pearly ground. Nature, however,
beats art hollow at this sort of work.
In the cretaceous epoch. hundreds of
thousands of years ago, there lived certain
cephalopods, since extinct, which science
calls "ammonites." The pearl they pro
duced was of wonderful beauty and many
fossil ammonites dug up today have been
so operated upon by the process Of decay
as to form elaborate patterns on the shells
in pearl and white.-English Mechanic.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
a Cook in the Time OF Louis XVIII.


Louis XIV had genuine passion for
hort,culture. He did not content himself
with perfecting system of lighthouses and
OF heating appearances for all his cha
teauN, but he gave impulsion also to the
growing of grain Of all kinds, of vcgeta-
bles, and especially of new varieties of
trees. for which 80 many royal nurseries
were at that moment established
But he was most ut case before cooking
furnace, now overseeing his pufs la IA
nat1que, Drowned to n turn over n red hot
fire, now preparing i'll accordance with es.
tablished rules beverage called coffee.
Just then coming into fashion, or concoc-
ting one of those pics Which he seat care
fully wrapped up. to NJ. de Button in re-
turn Tor quarter of venison received from
that famous naturalist At the same tame
as his father-inlaw, Stanislas, Louis Nv
invented tables which came in without be-
ing touched by human hands to offer their
contents to surfcited palates; but those of
the King of France came up from under
the floor, while those of the king of Poland
descended from the ceiling.
One Gun almost imagine a monogram on
monarchs who were yourmands and we
DO recall Careme's wtticism, us not the
science which nourishcs the equal of the
one that kills." IA profound and sensible
Thought from n chef of whom I.ouis NVIII
did not hesitate to take lessons. That
King, who died afflicted with the govt for
having indulged too freely in the pleasures
OF the table mcrited one day the praises
OF the celebrated chef whose counscls he
followed with docility
a great lover of musscls, he gave Talley-
rand the recipe Tor II sauce which added
greatly to the taste of that dish; and as
Talleyrand communicated to the king the
reflections of his head cook, the monarch
replied, "Caremc is right, but very much
fear it will be n long time before Shall he
able to create a minister of the public
cuisine. Paris Intermediaire.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
SUMMER RESORTS.
ROCKLEDCE

HOTEL AND OBSERVATORY, on
the summit of Mill Mountain, 2}S miles
from, 900 feet above, N. and W. station
at Roanoke, Va. The FINEST SUM
MER RESORT in Virginia-Granda and
extensive scenery-capacious porches,
neatly furnished rooms, beautifully laid
out grounds.
The observatory commands view OF
the surrounding country for many miles,
including the Peaks of Otter. Guests
OF the hotel admitted to the observatory
free. Board by the day, week or month.
Good stabling. Special menus to
parties.
E. a. LEWIS, Manager.
p. o. Box 1866, Roanoke, Va. 5 90 I'm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
SUMMER HOMES,
MINERAL WATERS,
Prices to suit the times.

Best dyspepia water in Virginia. Six
teenth successful season under one man
agcment. Over 100 guests at the Roam
oke Red tho goth July. Accommodations
for 400 guests, Hotel Lucerne and Roam.
oke Red Sulphur Springs.
For terms, analysis OF water (red sui
phur and chalYbeate) and certificates OF
eminent physicians and others for cure
of dyspepsia, lung, throat, heart and
female troubles and hay fever, write for
circulars to f. j. CHAPMAN,
26 I'm Salem, Va
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
CREATION.

a singing bird enc day upon spPay
Seemed happy for the pleasure in bis heart
The singing gave him. So Lot tho poet impapt
Ills song of mnny chords In his own vay,
Whether Of cheer OF dole, Of fact or fay.
And although sometimes singing to theznapS
With love OF appreciation in his art,
What matter IL true music's in his lay?
Songs from his inner self abroad are tossed:
A hearing for these winged souls he beepeakss
And whereso'er he goes, listeners he seeks,
AS otherwise their melody might be lost.
A thinker said. in words of high sequence,
"a poet must create an audience"
Edward S. CTeamer In Now York Sun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
Grew Anxious.
-Argosy

The residents Of Gainesville, Mo-, be-
came somewhat alarmed and unusually
pious. few days ago. ON discovering
that the ore in zinc mine thereabouts,
at depth of eighty-five feet, proved 80
hot that it could not be handled without
thick gloves. They thought that satan
had suddenly changed his abode and
moved his heating apparatus unpleas-
antly near Cartersville.-Yank Blade.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
Cats Destroy Field Mice.

Cats destroy great numbers of field
mice, though the sight of tabby in his
woods nrouses the virtuous wrath of the
orthodox keeper quite as much rs the hint
of n two legged poacher lying in one of his
pheasant coverts.-Edinburgh Scotsman.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
Makes Some Dincrenc.

Boutton-l didn't meet Jack Goodneart
at the restaurant today.
Cpton-No; Jack Is married man now,
and it's three days since pay day.-New
York Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
A House. Breaker Sentenced.

George Brown, colored, was tried
yesterday in the Montgomery county
court and sentenced to the peniten.iary
for FIVE years for breaking into and
robbing the store OF Spindle, Shelton \
Co., at Christiansburg, several weeks
ago
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
CHANGE OF CONSTITUTION.

I wish to call attention to change in
Constitution at the late meeting at
Greensboro, N. O. We can now trade
with any parties who are not members
of the Alliance by adding a small
amount on the Alliance price. The
following was recommended by the
State Business Agent, and was adopted:
1. recommend that those who are
eligible be allowed all the benefits of
trade arrangements by paying the
regular fees for entrance and annual
dues, and that they be made honorary
members having all the benefits and
ad~vantagesof the Alliance, except they
cannot participate in its private meet
ings. Thisrecommendation was made,
especially, for those whose chur n
regulations preclude them from join
ing secret societies.
2. That the State Business Agent be
allowed to sell to those outside of the
Alliance, at an advance over Alliance
men, and pay the same taxes to the
State that others doing the same bust
ness pay.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
PEOPLES PARTY STATE PLAT.
FORM.


That we favor the strictest economy
in the administration of the State Gov.
eminent.
That we favor the fullest develop
ment of our educational system in all
of its departments.
We favor the fullest announcement
to the great agricultural and mechani-
cal and manufacturing industries of
our State and all enterprises tending
to build up our State and to develop its
varied resources.
Whereas the last General Assembly
of North Carolina failed to pass a bill
reducing the legal rate of interest to 6
per cent. and whereas we endorse the
position of those who used their efforts
and votes to pass such a measure.
Therefore
We demand of our General Assembly
at its next sessi IN to pass a bill reduc-
ing the legal rate of interest to 6 per
cent. q
Wedemand of our General Assembly
at its next session the passage of a
secret ballot law, with a provision in
said law that will secure tOvoters who
cannot read an opportunity to ote.
We deplore the corrupting use of
money in elections as tending to de-
grade manhood and to corrupt the
ballot box, and we do denounce all at
tempts to subvert the rights of the peo-
pie at the ballot box and an effort to
deprive them of afair and honest count
when the votes have been cast.
Whereas, there are large railroad
properties and interests in this State
now escaping taxation in whole or in
part and whereas, further, it is in the
province of the General Assembly of
North Carolina to make all property
in the State bear its equal burden of
taxation; no Y, Therefore,
Resolved, That we demand of the
General Assembly of North Carolina to
force, as far as is in its power, all rail-
road property and interests that are
now escaping taxation, in whole or in
part, to pay it's full and equal share of
taxes for support of the Government
of North Carolina as the property of
farmers, labOrers and other citizens
are now taxed.
3. That we demand that no further
franchises or privileges In the way of
amended or extended charters or other
wise be granted any corporation claim
ing exemption Of taxation, until such
corporation or corporations make a
complete n unqualified surrender or
any claimed exemption from taxation.
Whereas, it is believed by many that
there will be an effort to repeal the
Railroad Commission bill or cripple it
by amendments; therefore
We demand of the next General AS
sembly of North Carolina that it shall
sustain the present Railroad Commits
sion bill, that no amendment lessening
or hampering the power of the Com
mission shall be passed, and that only
amendments Of any at alb such as
may or will increase the efficiency Of
the Commission and perfect the ma
chinery and details of the same, shall
be enacted INFO law.
ResOEUed, That this Convention en-
dorse the platform adopted by the Ma
tional Peoples party at Omaha, July
4, 1892.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
LETTER FROM TEXAS.

M 4PsMERsvILLE, Collin Co., Tex.
one EDlToR:-I have thought for
Sut 6a s1,le l would give you a few dots
SfanI G p neglected it till now. Crops
erMbnItl mus are good-never were bet
Fear6orc prices are very low. The
b T the I2t mas been fine for gathering up
fainin9, ''n INST, since then it has been
EnyseIf AS | am a North Carolinian
ever er' heat ieel Interested. Politics is at
! is the 5eas IN this country. I suppose
hink the same same in North Carolina. /
tate w wit copies party will carry this
INV NV civil i will tell You how WV we stand
Id day 20 Community. We baVd%i voters
. vote w;tb ,oGe Tor the Peo1 party.
es lbngnr eICher one of Ee old par
avery 70 means povert ruin and
RVe forSoL one toung ses. They
lhicA ,Jeffaresan everXl lciple for
RntrbIled - cont and are
REe mt W. Jay by Etreet. We
parties hey are tht
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
HE KNOWS DR., EXUM.

SHINE, Greene Co., N. G.
H4R. EpIFOR:-In view of the many
les / see published in the Democratic
apers concerning DR.. w. P. Exum, l
eem it due HIM and the people of
Forth Carolina to say a word In his
.ehalf. | have known him intimately
'nd ~favorably for twenty.four years
nd can truthfully say that he has
cen a consistent man and honorable
itizen since our first acquaintance.
e has been my family physician for
Fenty-four years and I have had a
reat many dealings with him during
hat time and he has always given en-
Ire satisfaction not only to me but to
be community, as far as my knoWl-
dge goes | have always voted the
emOCratiC ticket but shall vote for
y. EEum this year, if I should live
ntIl the election, and so will the COM
Punlty almost to a man. The vile
anierlngS of the newspapers only
buses his friends to stick the closer to
m' We want a change, and In him
le people have a man who will stick
them through thick and thin. The
q~tocrats have no use for him and
Ell they may not have.
For any information wanted con-
erning myself will refer inquirers to
osal0m Taylor, Monroe Lancaster
John K. Moring, all honorable citi-
sls and my nearest neighbors. Can
fdre8S one or all of us.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES n. TAYLOR
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
rrTrs TO "A

Eireside-Cream of the
sop'd Reform Press.
,arbt is not between capital
rbe real IT, between the politicians
i labor, Jn fort Worth Ad0dnce.
spdtba Peo Worth EUenimgN eses which
TbeForI we been independent so far
las beretolG; q concerned, on Monday,
= politics led the full Populist ticket
BE la4th na |L.Pjoneer Exponent.
otis ns5 1irical bosses are surprised to
The pollI[f farmers and laborers able
and 50 m 1l;nS to publicly discuss the
and Willie 5av with them. Organiza-
sues OF tn9 me- pS and discussion did it.
ggc"ry. monster of capitalism has
The Silly entire possession of this
DOW aIlnOI It's piebald tail is wrapped
cOuntry. % around the press, and the
conpleIe.yo and the stump will go
ss 9S2yCleburne PJor0oy.
peg oonov robbed from the working
The no ~ tn. corporations and trusts,
people o ;y,sod in part by flooding them
beng use" sheets, trying to deceive
Fltn Every paper sent out IS paid
y with blood money'-1"S coming
Is'S' o,,,.b Dakota RuraIist says:
Inc CO, TOS treasury plan would give
be Sa0 t IL our currency. Window
isn p pune plan must be devised. He
90 y. SJn none. The farmer does and it
f ssaP%nIere The old parties refuse to
scuss 1t.
, WI is going up, up, up. The dollar
lOu'y mnch more than formerly; that
u!S Except in cases of debt, in
d t"O taxes and other items as the
PISss' and monopolists have for SALE
H. Coming Crisis.
c..ro1 D. Wright, United States
missioner of Labor, declares that
+naI cost of manufacturing a ton
5toaI rails in this country is not more
svO 60 "a greater than it Is in England.
az d1tv 1913 44aton. What becomes
the SiO?-Laborers' journal.
The organization OF the railroad en-
LOS Nv the Santa F9 management
cSar their State organizer, is proof
e%gb that this railroad corporation
Managing the Republican campaign
N its money and influence. Dare
nsf them decline to join the organi-
.5n2 It is as much as his job is
nrfb to refuse! Protection for
Emprican labor ats.-IOTch OF
liberty.
last wear Kansas had 60, 900, 900
rIshpis Of wheat which sold at about
! average of IS cents per bushel,
Tbich amounted to $45. 600, 900. This
ear we have 70. 900, 600 bushels of bet
n wheat which sells, we may say, at
cents per bushel, amounting to $35,
MWO. Coal is higher, taxes no lower,
interest Just the same, salaries OF OIL
ias all safe, freight rates all right.
Fho pays the bills?-BeGcOn, Great
Dad
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
FNNESS MILLER I~LLULTRATED
MONTHLY FOR

Glye8 up the first page of tire issue
d handsome and life like picture of
trs Frances Hodgson Burnett. A
E@Scn OF the life of this entertaining
Oman accompanies it. Besides this
6r1 are a score of other features of
SIesVto women and the home, stories,
,T USry and useful hints for young
DheeperS Each new subscriber to
d 0 e0S M'Lter Illustrated Monthly
anU NO a Sear) IS presented with Mabel
Hmo10 y; Inyslcal Culture" a hand
FINELY U1egy illustrated book.
ia T;r IILLER ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY
l'u Avenue New York City.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER: NOVEMBER 8, 1852

man and the dollar. The st. Louis
platform is broad enough for all honest
men to stand on. The Peoples party
motto is equal and exact justice to all
and special favors to none.
So, brethren, let us keep In the mid
die of the road and vote for wife and
babies; for home and prosperity in the
future. Brethren, listen: ksay don't
be sidetracked by false reports, for the
plutocratic papers are paid to lie.
J. A. SPAUGH.