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The Progress., 1892-04-02
Farm Hints.
Jewella Has Something 10 Say I5ou
the Outlook for Fruit.

Jewella Has Something to Say About
the Outlook for Fruit.
To The Progress:
As the most important question,
outside of politics, to the people
of this vicinity seems to be the
welfare of the fruit crop, thought
that perhaps a little fruit chat
would be acceptible to your read
ers, and especially to the ladies.
who are deeply concerned in this
matter. as fruit is no longer looked
upon as a luxury, but a necessity,
and the loss of the same not only
misfortune, bat a calamity. 1t
seems to be the impression, Mr..
Editor, that the fruit in general is
all killed, and people base their
opinions on the severity and late
ness of the last cold spell; but I
am not exactly with them. ]
think there will be peaches enough
left about a fourth Of a crop-to
keep us all from forgetting the
taste of peaches and cream; while
the ladies can make up the def
cheney on pear preserves and ap-
pie butter, as the pears will aver
age about half and apples nearly
a whole crop. The reason the
fruit was not injured more was
the preceding weather before the
last spell. 1t has been a steady
cold winter, except about two
weeks in February-a frost or a
freeze nearly every morning for q
month or two and the fruit trees
as well as all other vegetation, ad
vanced slowly, the sap not flowing
freely, and the buds not open be
ing Injured to the cold where tough
and hardy. All early pears, how
ever, such as Laconte and Kietfer
are gone, as are also about half O
the Howells, while such varietie:
as Japan, Golden, Dwarf, Bartlett
Duchess and Seckells are compare
lively uninjured, while apples il
general are all o. X. The loss
however, Of the general peacl
crop, while a great loss to thu
growers, will also be q great tinan
cial loss to the city, as the crop a!
first promised would have given ,
great deal of surplus fruit tha
could have been utilized by th,
canning factory in Shreveport
However, that which is ones los
is another's gain, and perhaps tha
which is lost by the fruit grower
will be reaped by the growers o
melons, that fruit so dearly loveC
by the colored population and ou
boys. JEwRLLA.
The Progress., 1892-04-02
Potatoes.

Bedding sweet potatoes might
be attended to now, or later, just as
Well. So you get good plants by
the first Of May; they viii be in
time. April plants have not done
the best for the writer. Why we
do not know. Our greatest sue
cess in getting early potatoes has
been where we used plants from
late bed. There are people who
would not put out draws in April.
We do know from hard experience,
orr best luck has been with late
draws Southern Live Stock
journal llIsridian Miss
The Progress., 1892-04-02

so Per bale. $4,000. On tha
other hand Ne make what surplus
no one can Use: so 80 bales If
cotton at ) cents per pou4d. CT
$25 per bale, Is E75j0. which
means bankruptcy to the cotton
belt. How many farmers believe
the above figures to be correct ?
We will see how far the figures
are wrong January l, 1893, or say.
in proportion TO the above figures.
r. X. G.
The Progress., 1892-04-02
A Good idea.

"Whcn my children were little"
said q rather original mother,
whose methods, although some
what eccentric. were in the main
excellent, Il taught them what
we celled emergency catechism,"
to which they would answer as
glibly as possible, standing in a
row and saying it together to the
great amusement to those who
heard them. Here are some Of the
questions and answers you can
easily supply yourself:
What would you do if you were
lost in New York; What would
you do in case of fire? In case
Of being in runaway In case
of floating off in a boat? In case
of drowning, if any one tried TO
save your aud number Of other
questions of the same natura'
Did they ever have cause to ap-
ply themp said one amused list
ner. 'Only once" was the ans,
wer ''aud that wa5 when Il pail
of ponies that l was driving raI
away. The little dears sat perfect
ly still just ss they had been told
but it might have been sheer frigh'
after all."-The American.
| What a good suggestion for on.
young mothers in this ''em-rsenc!
catechisIn." Thus the little one
are prepared t. act, should any o
the accidents befall them, IS stat
| Cd above.
The Progress., 1892-04-02

The pot house politicians of
Shreveport have no use for the
city, parish or State government,
except, like vampires, to suck their
life blood.
The Progress., 1892-04-02

Il w KNEW

q Ts t,,T the baby fl.-.,-.
Pressed % aiIS' thu v.u.u" VI..r
Would b. cold and stit tu-u .loE
Newer trouble IL IgliG:
Would thr bright eyes o. Ol.T dazzling
Catch the frowu Upou ou brow,
would the prints OF rosy fingers
NrN us then as tiIyV dJ ROW.
Ah. these little ice-cold fingers.
How thy puini Ouv memories back
To the hasty words AM actions
SircWn along our backward track
How these little hands remind u>,
AS an snowy grace th-y lie.
Not 10 scatter thOTu>-but roses
For oar reapiug by and by,
Strange We never pTiZr the music
Ii.l the sweCt-voiced bird has flown:
Strange that We should Sli@ht the viU-
lets
Till the lovely flowers ar" gone:
Strange that SummcI skies dIi sum
shine
Never seem One-half so fair
As when winters snowy pI"ions
Shake their white down IN the aiI,
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away.
Never blosSOmed IN such beauty
A. adcrnS the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight ON
memCry
With their beautiful perfume.
Come, u us i'm Sweete. accents
through the portals of the tomb.
Lei lis gather ~ the smbeams,
ling all along our IA n:
Let Us keap the wheat and roses.
Casting gOur the thJrnS'aud ciah;
/, Let Us trd our Swe test comfort
In the blessing. of TODAY:
With patient Gaud removing
All tine HsteI~ from oar way.
May Riley Smith.
This is such a sad little poem
that l feel Ioath to dwell on til,
sweet truths which it contains
But we might be strengthened i
we discuss it. for Why should w
hesitate to contemplate tie saj
things Of life? Sorrows will come
to Us all. and after We have reach
ed ripe old age, down the vista
Of years VIII appear tie sombe-
Eays. with here and there a flicker
Of light, or glad burst Of Joy. lie
us follow the prccepts of the LITTLE
poem, and prize the music" and
love the violets while we have
them; and by all means guard on
actions and words, and never heed
lessly wound another's feelings
Then we will have no regrets, anC
each day will bring its compensa
tiCns and reward.
-. ot ia find our sweetest comfort
| ~ ia tleSS'ng@ of to-day:
NIih Il p,i.ent hand removing
! ~ 80. Driers from our way
The Progress., 1892-04-02
save The Pallets.

#a#
Save The Pallets.
II an increase OF eggs is desired
in the poultry yard, before very
large sums Of money IS expended
in the purchase Of everlasting
layers, We would recommend the
keeping of no hens after the first.
or at most the second year.
Early rullets give the increase,
and tie only wonder IS that peo-
pie p1sist, as they do, in keeping
up a stock Of old hens, which lay
one dIy and stop three, instead Of
laying three days and stopping
one. In some parts Of England it
IS theinvariable rule to keep pull
lets miy one year. Feeding Will
do reat deal-a surprising work
indeel-in the production of eggs,
but net when old hens are cOncer-
ned. They may put on fat, but
they cannot put down eggs.
Theirtales are told, their work Is
over; lOthing remains to be done
with than bat to give them the
smell ofthe kitchen fre.-West-
ern Agrculturist.
A DOM easter has invented q
machin, for greasing chickens, t.
be run ~ steam or hand power
The FrGch have long used a ma
chine fc feeding fowls. The food
is iDjeced into the fowls crop
with syringe connected with a
reservoir of food, the contents be-
ing unler constant pneumatic
pressue The fowls are confined
separately in small ''pigeon-holes''
in a lage revolving rack, each
with itshead and neck protruding
The feeler stands ready and siezes
the fow's head, inserts the nozzle
presses4 cutoff knob, and with
draws il and the fowls corp is fill
ed, andso on until all are fed
Texas farm and Ranch.
.**s
For two or three years, with pro
per car. a well made farm wagoI
will ned no repairing. II mus
be housed and possibly have
coat of paint daring that time
When L begins to need repairs,
will probably sell for more than /
| is worth, as the repairs will be tw
or three times the interest of
new wagon. 1t was once remark
ed Of country blacksmith that tn
wagons of some of his neighbor
ing farmers added as much in cos
of repairs as did the expense o
horse-shoeing. The more a farme
thinks about these wastes, the bet
ter will he appreciate some plac
where all wheeled vehicles an,
farm tools generally can be houses
when not in use.-HOme ant
Farm.
~
Farming must be made more
matter of business and must b
conducted upon business princi
pies. 1t is an error to manag
farming loosely and compare 1t
results with those obtained by tn
systematic merchant or manufac
turer. To become accustomed t
keeping accounts is to be able t
discriminate with certainty be
tween profit and loss.-Home an
Farm.
The pot-house politicians O
Shreveport have no use for tn
The Progress., 1892-04-02
C. e. SATTERLEE,

c.. +. SATIEhLEE,
cn.wropn Master.
Leaves Shreveport every Wednes-
day and Saturday 1T II m., giving spe-
cial attention TO all way business.
Rates ON this line are run IN connec-
tion with the Texas and Pacific Rail
way at Alexandria and Shreveport.
giving through rates, which includes
Insurance. TO and from all railroad
points and Red River landings.
Through tickets to and from Red
River landings and all points on the
Texas and Pacific railway.
No bills of any character whatever
viii be paid for account of above
steamers unless accompanied by a
written order OF
NJ. L. SCOVELL,
Supt. L. and p. Steamers.
+. II. HINTON,
GEN. Freight Agt., Dallas. Tex.
GASTON MESLIER,
Cen. Pas. and Tkt. Agt., Dallas, Tex.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15

LIE Doao OF trade Chicago which grain
CRIME and shame the the century The
nghsn gram syndates
ana tne man who works the keys Pardge
mas packed with u two billions
d. e usuai and four times
"hen EUROPE goes wants cop
ne decrease when the visible supply
uay "nen the bears all frightened their
snores the world struggles Partridge Jumps nby his
nunoeo and SELLS ss day pounded the
nve cents This the conditions,
no" care ne Simple enough The bogus firm to
oner down by requires settlement
ele an understanding between daring
backed with cash. will break any tho
on tn Drakwhen others take selling public
week or the Chicago He'll Pandemonum has RIM with
The scenes at times beyond description
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15
The AWFUL LIE.

telegraph lines burdend throughout che nation with the e
p o 'ne minnesota alliance has combined with the emocras r.
desperate and contemplate It is fso 90 &c.,, .r " ID
thiefs 1 o"0' ""u os
e ~ as ever oaed to utter itself from peoples party man
Lie man who allowed would have the word in
iected into his rotten carcas with
asserting No in the peoples party considers the
mere sum total of % habreed got years
ago. OF the
uREA the with
VINO were already expelled from local
IKE Muller who lett the state under
banker ior etcwhch by
every daily paper the state both parties
lnnt leaders and who In them
use Like lost Banshs crying the wilderness pushing
through the brushwood political
m eggs on the d rarity Corruption and
treason perfumes the horrid air with stencil.
10 on with the oge OF damnaon Phelps
ce your o8nce out tonghor the hour comh
rattle over the stones of h highway the first sn
- wv '' SUI
10 use myself traitor and God getting our
temple. = o-o ~ " '
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15

The counties of Akin, Anoka, Bel
trami, Cass, Chisago, Itasca, Kama
beer Lake, Mile Laos, Pine, Scott.
Steele, and Winona will be entitled
each to one delegate at large, upon
the basis adopted.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15
Institute Dates Omitted.

We.are Printing $4,000 Bills with which to adj
vertlse the Institute Work from the types used in
our Institute Advertisement heretofore ocCupvine
this space. The Dates are omitted. tor one week.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15

The Basis Of Representation.
The basis of representation for
delegates to the peoples party State
Convention, is as follows, as fixed by
the Executive Committee, based on
the independent vote in 1890. To
the number allowed by the vote in
1890, one has been added for each
county, at large:
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15
Mr.. Donne|ly Enters the Field,

Hon. lgnatus Donne has royalty prncey
ampaener never trod American
s Mr. Donney taking the train for Chicago
DRESS Philadelphia recently paid him EVENING" And vet this
giant among human intelleets this
MASTER
lor human rights this
terest to humanity,
sSTY-FIVE LECTURES
e1cent expenses We of caupapn addresses
"onout stunt We ask local committees
Turns out It's these the
Will be in connection with possible secure the
nall meetings Arrange 40 that tho
town'speople may hear him.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15

as 70 time OF day will be instances Future a
"eea''er' Bills will be sent two weeks ahead
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-01
= The Law of PrOmissOry Notes.

There are five essential elements to the
legal validity of Il negotiable draft, note
OF check:
1t must be payable in money; that is.
gold, silver or greenbacks, possibly. also
in United States currency, not i'll any
kind of merchandise. Thus note pay
able in one hundred calves" has been de-
cilcd to be invalid.
1t must be payable without any con-
in5ency or uncertainty. note prom
Using to pay lone thousand dollars out o.
the proceeds of ore to be raised and sol.
from any mine" is invalid. But a par
ticuar fund may be designated, as: e!
promise to pay out of the estate of B.
deceased.
1t must be paid at a certain specified
time-a time certain to arrive. A note
payable to A. B., "when he is twenty-one
years of age" is not good, for he may no,
live to be twenty one, and 50 the time is
not certain to arrive But a note pay.
able "on demand" is held to be good, for
demand is in the nature of things certaiE
to be made at some time. The owner OF
such note would not possess common
sense if he never demanded payment
1t must be payable to the order of
certain party therein named, or else pay
able to bearer. Otherwise it is not nego
table, although as a simple written con
tract it is good as between the make,
and the person to whom it is payable
But it is not capable of Endorsement un
less the words order" OF bearer" ar-
pear
The amount payable must be specified
and certain. y note for one hundred
dollars with interest" is good, because
the interest can be calculated and thus
certainly ascertained, but a note reading
Pay one or two hundred dollars" is not
GOOD
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-01

Apropos of longevity, one of the Wen
ncse papers notes some remarkable in
stances, beginning with the Greek philos-
opIer Democritus, who lived to be one
hundred and nine years. Two actors,
Lucias and Galerias, lived so long that
tia" first enjoyed dramatic career of an
entire century, the other returned ninety
years after his debut to salute Pompey
from the stage. Anacreon, Pindar, Soph-
ucles, Bacon, Kepler, Newton. Voltaire,
Bodmer, Halter, Euler, Gleiner, and
other celebrated poets and thinkers,
reached the age of ninety years. One
Jenkins of Yorkshire, England, died in
the 18th century, one hundred and
twenty-nine years old; at one hundred,
i've still could swim across the widest
rivers. A certain Barre of Shropshire,
who attained the age of one hundred
and fifty-two years and nine months,
:" us the subject of nine kings of England.
This lively old person at the age of one
hundred and twenty married his second
wife. He. was nearly rivalled by a Dane
named Drakeberg who married at the
discreet age of one hundred and eleven,
and, surviving his bride of sixty, took
another wife later, to cheer his declining
years. He died at one hundred and
forty-si The Prussian soldier Mittel-
stedt was in all the campaigns of Fred
crick l., Frederick William l., and Fred
erick the Great. He fought in seventeen
BATTLES, was often wounded, but lived to
see his one hundred and tenth anniver
Sary
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-01

Anecdotes of Rossetti are just now "in
the air" Here is one: He went one
day with friend for a stroll through
the poorer quarters of the town. and was
greatly attracted by the shops in Seven
Dials Outside one he saw in a cage u
curious round ball of spikes.
"What is the price of that?"
"Ialf crown"
"Could you get me some more OF
them?"
"Certaimly."
swell, let me have twenty tomorrow
evening""
The retail dealer, whose stock consisted
of a few linnets, chaffinch or two and
four OF five staggering larks, looked
aGhast.
Said his friend on the way home:
"What on earth did you want with al,
those hedge hogs?"
I'll put them in my garden, said
Rossett, "and when feliowa come to see
my pictures they'll pass through the gar.
den Look at this little round ball, one
OF item will say: why, it's alive. And
here's another and here's a third! Why,
the garden is full of them And then
They'll he in such good spirits at the dis
covery that they'll buy my pictures!"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-01
A Bird Story.

A woman living on one of Portland's
elmshaded streets, so it is said noticed a
couple of young orioles that had fallen
from the nest to the street where they
were in imminent danger of being run
over or devoured by the numerous cats
and dogs in the vicinity. She asked the
first man who came along to watch them
for her while she rushed into the house
for basket, in which she carried them
to the top of shed and left them. In q
abort time the parent birds had found
.heir lost babies and carried them away.
Each placed wing under one of the lit
lie fellows, and then each one tapped its
outside wing,-two wings serving for
both land thus they safely supported
heir precious burden. How they found
the little ones so quickly is wonderful,
as the top of the shed was quite a dis
;ance from the street.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-01


DR.. Hugh Blake Williams tells tn"
Chicago Heruld a dolefu story of the eX
perience of a young physician. "Hon
have no idea, my dear boy, he said, 80
the difficulties which environ the youn
man when he first starts ont in the praC
tice of medicine and surgery When
first started out | was trying to do both,
and co sidered myself competent to d"
either, but somehow the balance of tn"
community where | started, doHn IN
old Virginia, did not seem to aGrr'
y it'll me. | used all the arts usually "m
ployed by young practitioners. ha"
my horse brought round every morning,
and used to gallop around rs though
there was pestilence i'll every section o
the county and nobody could get well
until got there. had boy regularly
employed to call me out Of church in the
middle of the services, and | used to 3"
ont with rush that would break up a
camp meeting. None of these things
seemed to work worth a cent. TO add to
my discontinue, the balance of the doc
tors in town seemed to have leaguc,t
against me and to be working against
my interests.
"Finally, however, my chance came.
There was a medical convrmtion one day
in the next county, and all the doctors II
my own town except myself went "N"i
to attend it. That afternoon an Irish
man named Rafferty, fell in IA s"wrr
and broke his leg. | was the only doc
tor left in town. and | got the case.
fixed that Irishman up in the hra;
shape you ever saw. put more spliHt5
on him than would be needed for TIL"
fractured leg Of an ELEPHANT. l CIV"
him big drink to settle his nerves, AN
when left him had the neighborhood
covered with tanbark for several squares
to stop any nois" that might disturb the
patient | went around in the morning
expecting to find him calm and com
posed and found him hot and clamor
Gus for my blood. What was the mat.
ter? Well, don't want anything more
than is necessary said about it, but, t.
tel the whole truth to you, found had
set the wro Z leg"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-01
TuE GERM ARMY.
It's Comp"sitton $4,000 strong The
Time Each Man Must Serve.

It's Composi,ion $4,000 strong The
Time Each Man Must Serve.
Tie. entire land forces of tine empire
'or;n IL union army under the command,
D. war and in peace, of the Emperor who
h;t, lle power and whose duty it is to
50. to it that every part of the army is
complete in numbers and III fighting trim
AMI that uniformity is established and
preserved as to organization and fOrma-
lion, armament and equipment. The
Emperor also regulates, by way of impe-
rial legislation, the active strength,
formation and distribution of the several
rontinyents composing the imperial
army.
In conformity with the treaty of fed
Grafton of November %, 1870 the above
cited provisions do not apply to Bavaria.
Provisions as to the number of men
actually kept under arms and forming
the peace army are contained in the mil
i,ary law of the empire of May 2, 1874,
which has been repeatedly amended III
the course of time. By its original pro-
visions the peace strength was placed, up
to December 81, 1881, at 401 ,659 non
Guiding officers and one year volunteers.
This number was increased after April |,
1881. to 427,274; after April l, 1897, to
.6S. 400; and after October |, 1891. to
i9G, 1888 men. Adding to these $4,000
Ulcers, surgeons and bureau officials,
AMI also 1000 one year volunteers, we
have total strength of SIC, 900, which is
still 30 900 less than the force which the
French republic deems absolutely neces-
enry to keep constantly under arms.
Every German is liable to service, and
in the performance of this duty no sub
stitute is allowed. Exempt from COM
pulsory service are only the members of
the reigning or formerly sovereign
houses, who, however, without ex-
ccption, deem it proper to enter the
army.
The liability to service commences
with the completion of the seventeenth
year. and ends with the forty fifth year
Of IA mans life. During his liability to
service every German has to serve i'll the
ranks, generally from the twentieth year
of his life up to the 31st of March of that
calendar year in which he attains the
age of thirty-nine. Unqualified for duty
are those not capable of bearing arms OF
undergoing the hardships connected
it'll the military profession; all Grim
inals are excluded from the honor of be-
longing to the army.
During the time man belongs to the
army he serves three years in the ranks,
four i'm the reserve, then he belongs for
five years to the first levy of the Land
weir, AID finally up to his 18th year in
the Landsturm.- Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-01
A New system of Electric fraction.

A Baltimore inventor claims to have
perfected a remarkable electric railway
system. In this system neither over
head wires, storage batteries, surface
conduits or underground conduits are
employed, the motive current being con
veyed to the Car by induction from buried
conductors extending along the line of
travel The inventor is sanguine that
his system will revolutionize existing
methods of operating railways electric
ally as it is free from the respective
drawbacks which have operated against
the universal adoption of the conduit, the
storage battery, and the overhead trolley
for electric traction. The details of the
;nvention are not yet given out, but il
she claims made can be sustained, q most
important advance in the art of electric
locomotion may be looked for.