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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
GENERAL BUFFERS BRAIN.
Heavier than Webster's and Perhaps the
Heaviest on Record.

The autopsy of General Butler showed
that the brain was four ounces heavier
than that of Daniel Webster. DR..
Cilly, the Generals physician, made
the autopsy. He refused to give the
exact weight-whether it was sixty
two or sixty eight ounces. Webster's
brain was fifty eight ounces, but it had
been wasted by disease, and it was esti-
mated that it's weight normally was
sixty-fOur ounces.
Daniel Webster's brain weighed fifty
eight ounces, but physicians estimated
that six ounces had been destroyed by
disease and the use of alcohol. If COM
pared to weight Of Webster's brain at
death, General Buffers brain is next to
the heaviest on record. If compared
to the estimated normal weight of
Webster's brain, General Buffers
would be first among the brains whose
weight has been recorded. Cuvier's
brain, the heaviest on record, weighed
sixty-fve ounces
The average weight of the brain in
men is about forty nine ounces, says
the New York Sun. The brain of Ed
ward H. Ruloff, the classical criminal
who was hanged on May 10, 1871, for
one of his many murders, weighed
ffty-nine ounces. It's great weight
was due to an enlargement of thelower
part, the upper part, where the moral
qualities are supposed to reside, being
very deficient. Ruloff is the man who
united a lovefor p%hilology, an intimate
knowledge of Greek, and not a little
learning of various sorts, including &C
quaintance with law, with propensity
to kill people who stood in his way.
Criminals ordinarily have small brains,
but Ruloff's was next to the heaviest
on record at this time. General But
ler's brain now takes second place and
possibly the first.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04

of hinges which did not reach the
dulled ears of the Royalist, and he was
too much under the influence of brandy
to note that the end of his sabre was
dripping with blood. With a grunt of
approval he returned to his comrades,
and Polly from her window, heard
them ride away towards the British
camp.
After waiting until they were out of
earshot she hurried to release her
lover.
AS she crossed the room a black
stream that wound its way from the
base OF the clock to the middle of the
polished floor like a snake, caught her
eye. Her first thought was that the
red coats had spilled some liquor. She
leaned forward and touched it. It was
warm, and as she rose a ftful CLEAN of
the fire showed her hand crimson with
blood. With a frightened cry she
sprang to the clock, and as she opened
it the body of the poor officer fell
heavily forward, the blood gushing
from two great gasnes in his breast.
He was dead.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
WONDERS OF oLDRN TIMES.

Nineveh was fourteen miles long and
eight miles wide, the whole city sur
rounded by a wall 100 feet high, SO
thick as to furnish ample room for
three chariots to be driven abreast
around the top. Babylon was fifty
miles within the walls, which were
seventy-five feet thick and of the same
height as those of Nineveh. This mon
ster wall had twelve openings or gates,
which were closed by enormous brass
shutters every evening at shutdown.
The Temple of Diana at Ephesus, which
was about an even hundred years i'll
building, was AGO feet to the first sup
port of the roof. The largest of the
pyramids was originally 481 feet high
and 1873 on the sides, the base covering
eleven acres. The stones, which are
in 2O8 layers, average sixty feet in
length. One account says that $50, 900
worked for twenty years in fashion
ing the Titanic pile. The famous
Labyrinth of Egypt" contained 300
rooms or chambers and twelve halls.
Thebes, Egypt, at the present time,
presents ruins twenty-seven miles in
circumference. The remains of many
of the buildings, such as columns,
arches, ETC., are of such gigantic size
that no known modern machinery
would be equal to the task Of pulling
them down, to say nothing of putting
them in their present poeitions.-St.
Louis Republic.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
MANY MODES OF PREPARING
MILK,

Milk contains all the elements that
are required to sustain life, writes
Elizabeth,Robinson Scovil in a valuable
article on Life in the Invalid's Room"
in the April LADIES' Home Journal.
It is usually the chief article of diet
when solid food is prohibited.
There are many ways of preparing
it, and these have three ends in view,
to render it more palatable, more di,
gestible and more nutritious. After
living upon milk alone for a few days
many invalids become exceedingly
tired Of it, The skillful nurse will
never permit this stage to be reached.
She knows that her patient must de-
pend upon this foodfor nutriment, and
she tries to give it so that it will not
pail upon the tagging appetite. To
secure this she must vary the mode of
presenting it. 1t may be given just
brought to the scalding point, but, not
allowed to boil, and served in a cup
like tea or boullon. Ice cold, just
taken from the refrigerator in sum
mer, or the cold closet in winter, and
served in a glass. Frozen: To do this
have two tin kettles, one much larger
than the other. Put the milk in tie
smaller one, and stand it in the other;
fill the space with pounded ice and
coarse salt, two thirds ice to one-third
salt, we'll mixed. In ten minutes, with
a knife, scrape the ~congealing milk
from the sides OF the can, and beat the
mass thoroughly. Repeat this opera
ton every ten Or fifteen minutes, until
the whole is frozen. The beating makes
it smoother. Sugar and any f~avoring
can be used if ice cream is desired, and
water ice can be frozen in the same
way. Favored: Add sugar or salt,
vanilla, lemon, rose-water, stimulant,
as brandy or whiskey, when it is
ordered; or, if permitted, a little strong
coffee or tea to disguise the milky
taste. Mixed with lime-water, add one
Dr. two tablespoonfuls of lime water,
add one or two tablespoonfuls of lime
water to each glass of milk. Pepton-
lied: This proces IS partially digests the
food before it is taken, and relieves
the stomach Of some Of it's rcsp0n-
sibility.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
CRAZY L L LOVER.
A Tale of the Revolution

In the hall of a deserted mansion at
White Plains stands an old clock which
has a history. 1t is owe a hundred
and fifty years since the French maker
gave it the finishing touches and set
its big pendulum in motion, and a CEN
fury since the brass hands marked off
the last hours of British supremacy in
America. The house was the home of
Miss Polly Carter, an eccentric old
creature, who lived alone and held lit
tie communication with the outside
world. She was called "Crazy Polly
by her neighbors, who disliked her
most heartily. She died way back IN
the ifties, at the advanced age of go,
and vas promptly buried and as
promptly forgotten.
She was so withered and ugly in her
last days that it was difficult to credit
the stories Of her great beauty when a
girl. 1t is said that at a grand ball
given in the old Robinson Manor
House, at Yonkers, an English Cover
nor remarked that she was not only
the most beautiful but the most charm
ing young roman in the Provinces,
and danced with her so often that his
angry spouse led him home by the nose.
At her death the d~ilapidated house
and worked out farm passed into the
hands Of a grand nephew in the West
who still ownsit Everything of value
in the house was sold except he old
clock, which, with its rusty works and
battered case, was passed by as a
worthless piece Of rubbish.
In the sad story Of Miss Carriers life
the old clock plays an important part.
In the days of the Revolution the Car
ter house, then a fine old place, lay
within the British lines. Colonel Car
ter, it's over, was with the Continental
army, as was his nephew and intended
son,in-law, Lieutenant Lawrence Car
ter. His daughter, Polly, remained at
home under the protection Of a maiden
aunt.
They were sad days for the poor girl,
days of anxiety and fear. For weeks
she had received no tidings Of either
father or lover, as the ~neighborhood
was infested with red-coats and all
means Of communication cut off.
One rainy afternoon while sitting
before a fire dreaming of the days
when horrid warfare should be athing
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
Poetry.
Written for The PROGRESSIVE FARMERl
THE TALE OF CANNIBAL ISLAND.

There once was an island far out in the sea
Where law was unknown and the people were
To do as they liked and live as they choose,
And this is what ed t. their crimes, [ suppose,
For now must tell you a horrible tale
Twill cause you to tremb e, grow sick and turn
RutF $ iii you must hear it. This people for food
Would kill one another-they'd drink human
And a man roasted whole like a barbecued pig
Was thought quite a dainty Tor little and big.
But while all agreed the refrs shment~ the food,
Not one would agree to furnish the food;
So in order that ratiOns might never be lacking
They chose them two ChletS-each Chlet had his
And then they'd set days for the two bands to
And the victors would feast with greed and de-
So they killed N they eat-these cannibal
Till news of their feasts reached our civilized
lands,
Then we Sent to Them preachers to teach the poor
To love one another alive, not as dinners.
Both bands were then summoned to Lear this
And no one attempted to show twas wrong
teaching.
The p eAchers were earnest, they spoke WIN
Till time rolled around for the cannibal meal,
And still they preached on and might have
preached longer,
Their voices were clearer, their arguments
Than wien they began, but in spite of all that
Their audience were hungry, the preachers were
tat.
The signal was given and both bands together
Fell on them and killed them, then fell on each
other
And kept up the carnage till all of one band
By death was swept on of the face of the land.
The VictOrs then shouted and Toasted in glee-
These people who dwelt on this island so free
Till the dead were all eaten, then hungry oLce
more
They craved human food, and for drink, human
go e.
They bore it awhile, then brother 'gainst brother,
And tierCer tan ever, they fought one another.
They fought, and are nghting, for still 1t goes on,
Beginning each , ay at the earliest dawn,
Unceasing it wages far, far in the night,
A horrible, hideOus, C]annibal fight.
x x
Kind readers and friends, 1 now will explain
The above is not true twas born in my brain
But il points to a truth which all men may see
In this home of the brave and land of the free"
Through political glasses reveal the above,
Then discern and sppiy the true cannlbal love.
s. h BRIGHT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
ARRESTED HIS SWEETHEART.
The Dete ctive's Charmer Was a Man in
Female Attire.

Female Attire.
q sent my sweetheart to the peni
Tertiary two years ago." said L. A.
Juhring, a successful detective to a St.
Louis Globe Democrat man. For a
year OF. more a very slick young crook
had been working the country banks
of the South for considerable amounts.
I was put on his trail and tracked him
to a hotel in Memphis. He wasa hard
some young fellow, small of stature and
had a hand and foot like a duchess.
The moment I got sight of my man I
suspected that he was not a stranger
to female DISCUSSES. My evidence
against him was a trife shaky, so l
concluded not to arrest him at once,
but to give him an opportunity to make
a play that would surely bag him.
THAT evening a very stylish young
lady occupied the seat next to me at
the supper table. She was quite pretty
and altogether charming.
u fell into conversation with her,
and learned that she was from New
Orleans and a daughter Of a wealthy
banker on Canal street.
II forgot to watch my man and
spent the evening with the young lady
in the parlor. She was an expert at
the piano, had a beautiful c~ontralto
voice, and sang sentimental songs to
me until my heart just crawled over to
her.
"She intended to go away the next
day, but I persuaded her to postpone
her departure and paid her assiduous
attention. Opera tickets, suppers, car
riages and flowers spoiled a 800 bill in
two days.
CT suddenly discovered that my
bank worker had flown, but I didn't
worry about him much. The bankers
daughter interested me far more than
the bankers robber.
"The evening of the third day she
was playing the piano and I was play
ing the fool. I was logging one of
those beautiful yellow curls which
hung over her shoulders like a shower
of gold. The refused and I made a
p~retence of cutting one off. She sprang
up from the piano in playful resent
ment, the curls caught in the music
rack, the wig came off and my fly
check manipulator stood before me.
II was the worst sold man that ever
played the sucker, but I had sense
enough not to show it. Icoolly took a
pair of handouts from my pocket.
What said the fellow with a sheer,
would you subject your sweetheart to
this indignity9 Then he laughed as he
slipped his dainty hands through the
jewelry and allowed it to fall to the
floor and tangle itself with the yellow
curls that had learned to love so we'll.
But I ran him in, and he got on the
various counts fourteen years in the
pen"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
TIME N MONEY.

a couple of bachelors were talking
about their forlorn and Undouble con
jition.
"WeIl," said one, q should have
married long ago, but I haven't had
time enough to think about it."
Timer" echoed the other. thine?
Well, if the adage is true that time is
money, then | haven't had time enough
either" and they went on their lonely
ways detected and sad.-DctrOit Free
Press
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
HOUSEHOLD.
LADY FINGERS.

Beat the yOlks of three eggs light,
add one fourth of a pound of powdered
sugar and beat until they are light and
frothy. Add one-eighth pound of -four
and mix well, adding the whites Of
three eggs beaten to a stiff, dry froth.
Bake in a moderate oven Is minutes.
STEAMED HOMINY.
Soak one cup of hominy in three
cups Of water and salt to suit the taste
over night, In the morning turn it
into a quart pail, then put the pail into
a kettle of boiling wafer. Cover tightly
and steam one hour. Add a t~eacupful
of sweet milk and cook half an hour
longer.
HAM C~ROQUETTS.
Take two cups of fine minced ham,
or, better one cup Of ham and Of
veal, mix well with one-quarter cup of
bread crumbs. Add two tablespoon
fuls of stock or gravy, and season with
n teaspoonful Of salt, One-quarter
teaspoonful of pepper. Add the yolks
of two eggs, make into small balls,
cover it with egg and bread crumbs,
and fry.
EGGS IN CUPS.
Butter some small china cups and
sprinkle them with chopped parsley.
Put in each a teaspoonful Of Drowned
butter and a little chopped mushroom.
Break in a fresh egg. Sprinkle with
more mushroom, and a trife more of
Drowned butter, and cook IN the oven
or the range until done. Butter may
be Drowned by putting a piece the size
of a large walnut in a clean skillet, and
letting it heat until it takes on a brown
color. A dash Of lemon juice preserves
it, and it may be used as required.
PANCAKES.
Two cups Of prepared -four, six eggs,
one saltsp oonful of salt, milk to make
a thin batter. Beat the eggs light, add
salt, two cups of milk, then the whites
and -four alternately with milk, until
the batter is the right consistency. Run
a teaspoonful of lard over the bottom
of a hot frying pan, pour in a large
ladleful of batter and fry quickly. Roll
the pancake up like a sheet of paper,
lay upon a hot dish, put in more lard.
and fry another pan cake. Keep hot
over boiling water, sending half a
dozen to the table at a time,
FRUIT CAKE.
Cream II pounds Of butter, add II
pounds of brown sugar and beat to a
cream; add the yolks of twelve eggs,
beaten light, and when we'll mixed Il
pounds of -four, mixed with half ounce
each Of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and
a~llspice. Add two pounds each of
raisins and currants, seeded, chopped
and Toured. One half pound each of
citron and candied fruit, chopped and
Toured. Mix well, add the whites Of
the eggs beaten to a stiff, dry froth,
and lastly one cup Of wine Or brandy.
Steam the cake two hours, being very
careful that the steam does not con
dense and drip from the lid of the
steamer and drop in the cake then;
bake slowly one hour.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
SHE PREFERRED A COMET.

81 wish I was a STAR" he said, smil
ing at his own poetic fancy.
Il would rather you were a comet"
she said, dreamily. His heart beat
unanimously.
And why2" he asked, tenderly, and
at the same time taking her unresist-
ing little hands in his own. "And
why7" he repeated, i~mperiously.
"Oh," she said with a brooding
~earnestness that fell upon his soul like
bare feet on a cold oil cloth, because
then you would come around only once
every fifteen years."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04
NOTICE.
S~ECRETARY's OFFICE
N. @. T. STATE ALLIANCE.

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. s. 1892.
Secretaries of Sub and County Ali
ances will please send all money for
Polk Memorial Fund to Mr.. Fl. ".
Aver, Raleigh, N. c., and not to me.
1t will save trouble in this Office.
Fraternally,
W. S. BARNES,
Sec. Treas. n. @. Z. S. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-04

told her I had n in my pocket which
was luck and if she didn't object I
would prefer using it. To this she
acquiesced, and the contest began.
After tapping the eggs together lightly
a few times, I noticed Rosa smile
dandy at my precautions movements,
then by a swift dexterous stroke she
attempted to knock my egg from my
hand. She failed to dislodge my egg,
and the hard lick gave me the victory.
Depositing my lucky china in my
pocket 1 clasped my little darling to
my heart, and as I imprinted a kiss
upon her blushing cheeks, she whis-
pered yes
After w were married [ confessed
the deception I had used, pleading that
the end justified the means, and begged
forgiveness.
Imagine my chagrin, when she
placed her small dainty hands upon
my shoulder, and replied: L would
never have proposed deciding the ques
ton so dear to each of our hearts in
that manner, had I not knooUn of the
china egg in your pocket
Mutual deception necessitated mu-
tual forgiveness which was sweetly
granted by a mutual kiss"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

A new Methodist church was dedi- cated at Tower Hill. Ills.
 There is rumor of row and possible dissolution of the Pittsburg glass trust.
 "Dink'' Wilson was found guilty of murder in the first degree at Syracuse, N. Y.
 A shooting is in prospect between an Ironton (O) editor and a prominent politician.
 Henry Raub, a Missouri crank, on his way to "see Cleveland" was ar rested at Kansas City.
 The Credits Communication company has begun rehabilitating the lapsed en- terprises of Sioux City.
 Professor Louis c. Lutz, one of the Cincinnati Art school faculty, died from an overdose of morphine.
 On Nov. 16, Miss Elizabeth Elkins. second daughter of the e1-secretary of war, will be married in New York.
 It is stated that Francis H. Weeks. the New York forger and absconder. will plead guilty when arraigned for his manifold crimes.
 Enoch N. Fletcher, living near Ma con, Mo, has filed suit against John J. Murphy, a neighbor farmer, for S40G0 damages by reason of an assault with knife.
 There is much interest felt in New York in the movement of the Brazilian government to secure Americans and American vessels for the navy of that country.
 Mrs. Cleveland has had a narrow es- cape from appearing before the Ameri- can public as writer of fiction, a lot of manuscript written by her when a schoolgirl being rescued from publish CTS to whom nercenary person offered
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-08
Jewish Prosecutions.

PITTsBURG, Nov. 8.-W. c. Fox of Washington, ex-consul to Brunswick, Germany, is in the city on his way home from Chicago. In talking of the persecution of the Jews of Germany, Russia and other countries he said that Alexander Maritz Simon, a wealthy banker of Hanover, and United States vice consul there, was doing much to succor them, and has established for them an immense industrial school at Hanover, the buildings and grounds occupying 70 acres, at a cost of $300,- 000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-08
Fatal Roller Explosion.

BIRMINGHAM Ala. Nov. 8.-The boil CTS of the Elrod mills at Sand Moup- tain exploded yesterday. Superintend ent Richard Elrod and Engineer c. Dickinson were instantly killed Robert Bullock and Philip Elrod were fatally injured Damage to mills, S90, ,o00 No cause is assigned unless it was lack of water in the boilers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-08
The Husband on the Trail.

DETROIT, Nov. 8.-A big sensation was created at Windsor. Ont, when il became known that an elopement fn high life had taken place from there. It is said that Mrs. Charles s. Camp. bell, wife of one of the biggest mer- chants in that city, had fled to Chicago with Joseph Revel, a medical student. The husband has followed the couple with the avowed purpose. it is said, of shooting Revel. The Campbells have two small children, who are at Wind GOT
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-08
Found Murdered.

NEVADA, Mo-, Oct. 8.-Mr. and Mrs. Morris Miller left home on Oct. 10 for a visit to Ethel, Mo, leaving two sons behind. George Miller went away next day, saying he was going to visit friends at Green City. As nothing was heard from him, after a few days 8 search was made and his body found in a cornfeld short distance from his home. There were two bulletholes in the body, and he had been dead several days. Frank Hall has been arrested, charged with the murder. Jealousy is the supposed cause of the crime.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-08
st. venson at Home.

BLooMINGToN, Ills, Nov. s.-Vice President Stevenson arrived at his home from Washington Sunday slightly fa- tigued, but in the best of health. It is General Stevenson's intention toremain at his home most of the time until his departure for the capital in Decem Der. He may make few short business trips but will be here almost continue ously resting and looking after business affairs. The marriage of his son and secretary, Lewis G. Stevenson. and Miss Helen L. Davis will occur in two weeks and will be brilliant event. The members of both families are bnsily engaged in arranging the details of the occasion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-08
vtna Baldwin still ariss,np.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 9.-So far no trace has been found of Vina Baldwin, the l3year- old girl who ran away from St. Joseph's convent in Carondolet last week. She has sister living at 2227 Rutger street whois very anxious about her. Vina's father died last week in Chicago. Vina has dark hair and eyes and is of slender build. When she left she wore q blue cap and navy blue dress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-08
THE BUSIEST PLACE.
San Francisco Taking the Best Worlds
 Fair xhibit For Her show.

San Francisco Taking the Best Worlds
 Fair xhsbit For Her show.
 CHICAGO, Nov. s,-The busiest place at the Worlds fair these days is the California building
 M. H. DeYoung. director general of the California Midwinter fair, and other officials of that enterprise, make the California building their headquar- ters, and from morning until night there is throng of callers, and most of them are exhibitors who will move their stock from here direct to San Francisco.
 The California managers have se- cured half rates from all railways for exhibitors freight and have got the railroads to agree to reduced fares for visitors from the opening of the exposi- tion.
 California is taking it's choice of Worlds fair exhibits So great is the demand for space that it has twice had its territory enlarged by the commis- sioners in charge of Golden Gate park and now the managers are obliged to ask for another extension of terri tory.