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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
CANDID.

Doctor-Your wife is in a very criti-
cal state, and I should recommend you
to call in some specialist to consult on
the case.
Husband-There, you see, doctor, I
was right again! l told my wife long
ago she ought to get proper medical
advice, but she always thought you
might be offended ! Iiegend BIaetter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
THE DOUBT.

Some one came past Deacon Pod
Jerry sthe other night about 10 o'clock,
""1 was surprised to find that good
man carefully examining his woodpile.
what arc YOU looking for9" asked
the passer-Jv.
'1s5 examining this load of wood
y, see II l. vas all right, " answered the
2o'' man Il bought it from Brother
own yesterday, and to night in
r''1e meeting he called himself so
r',,'I kinds e a miserable sinner that
~5'sa1 maybe it was the quality of
MS load Of wood which was weighing
}1 his Iaia6.n
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17

Remember dat regulations am ohfen
got widout d~eservin'; remember ole
Ananias wild his mise'bul picayune lie,
an do de bes' you kin.
An you white folks in de back ob de
church, if Bruddeh Samule says he
tanks de Lawd he's homes; if Bruddeh
'Rastus tells you he hates de sight OBJ
chicken pie, remember dat King David
says, "All men am liahs," an keep
youh hen house locked.-Ch0rleS Bot
tell LoOmis, an Century.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
IN A BAD FIX T H WAY.

'Mr. UptoWn's mother in law must
be on a visit at his house" said a Har-
lem tobacconist to Pete Amsterdam,
one of his customers.
what makes you think so?"
HE bought a dozen of the cheapest
cigars I've got. He is either trying to
smoke her out, or else he is running
for office. "-Teras Siittjngs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
ITEMS OF


A New York prison association was
formed in 1869.
The Howard Prison association was
formed in 1865
The witchcraft laws of England were
not repealed until 1876.
The Persians did not punish MUIR
derers for the first offence.
Nearly one-half the murderers in
this country are unmarried.
French criminals were condemned
to the galleys as late as 1850.
The bastinado is still a ~favorite pun
ishment in turkey and Egypt.
The Mosaic law prescribed an eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
During the Saxony heptarchy muir
der was punished only by fines.
In 1903 the first English shilling was
minted. 1t bore the kings image.
The United States mint was estab-
lished in 1892 and at once began opera
tions.
Egypt has every year thirty-three
thousand arrests for some variety of
crime.
The cities of Italy represent forty
two per cent of the crime Of that
country.
In the fifth century before Christ
refined copper was deemed as precious
as gold.
Over LOCO series of Greek coins,
issued by independent cities, are known
to exist.
The first English laws against coun-
terfeiting were issued in 11O8 by
Henry I.
In 1914 Napier's coin-weighing ma
chine was put in use in the Bank of
England.
The first American coins were made
in England in 1912 for the Virginia
company.
The trade dollar was intend, d for
use in commerce with China, India
and Japan.
In 1851 the invention of milling the
edges of coins, to prevent clipping, was
introduced.
The first English gold coins we're
minted in 1857, in the forty second
year of Henry III.
At the beginning of the Christian era
the relative values Of gold and silver
were as n to nine.
New Zealand has set apart two
islands for the preservation of its re.
markabIe wild birds and other animals.
A strange whim is displayed by a
saloon keeper in New Albany, Ind. He
has two polecats which he treats as
pets.
The State of Massachusetts at one
time previous to the revolution claimed
the Pacific ocean as it's western boun-
dairy.
The first building erected in the
United States for the Federal Govern
n ent was the United States mint in
Philadelphia.
A steam jet casts but a light shadow,
but if it is given a charge of electricity
it takes an orange brown hue and its
shadow ia very dark.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
a CITY Jay IN THE COUNTRY.

City used to think that if there
was any honesty in men it was to be
found among farmers. 1 don't any
more.
D1to-#hat shattered your agricul-
sura] idol:
CITY, spent four weeks in the
country his summer with a family
mat promised to give us perfectly
pure milk.
Dl.t0-D.dn't they9
Gty-Eo; the brazen things watered
the COWS right before my face every
morning before milking.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
Poetry
THE GOLD BUGS.

v-. making his celebrated speech
,s,,o congress, recently, Congress
O',r S-arav. of Pa, quoted the follow
ing lines: c.+ber
me. ~ ere they never have soWn;
III ~. -rrIen the jewels from labor
Nt.r-t-l- .asd to Mammo2 a throne
r.r,ne Of their god shall be crumbled
"Eof -.a ter be swept from his hand,
AM If + the naughty be humbled,
And ."- -.,.I he chief In the land.
-.r.rard of the harvest hath said it,
'[g .,- never uttered a lie,
VI. -rGrts and poets have read it
hlo =. us of earth and of sky.
-....-.m who hath reveled in plumber
'IMl. .,..rpI OF conscience is dumb,
I.r. - the cart hQuake and thunder
ne -.--.t-t and torrent shall come"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
HOUSEHOLD.
STUFFED ONIONS.

p.rr.H somegood sized onions. Take
..,+ III. mjddles and fill with butter
md sr-,akIe q little salt and and sugar
.r,r rran. Cover the onions with
Thin slices Of bacon. Cook thoroughly
and serve in their own sauce.
BANNOCKS.
Take q large half pint of Indian
meal aid sit and a teaspoonful or
tobas97-nfuI according to taste) of
brown sugar: scald till stiff. When
cool. adj q spoonful Of melted butter
two WEI ucaten eggs and half a tea
s~na5nfal Of soda dissolved in a gcant
c1p Of o1ttarmilk or sour milk. Bake
in Gem pans half an hour.
01IELET FRIED.
Six f--s. six teaspoonfuls Of milk,
half a Gun Of melted butter and a little
salt. b. the eggs well and add the
milk. G...sr and salt. Butter a hot
criddIe and crop the omelet on it like
large cakes When they begin to set,
turn uy lie -jge, and as they brown,
fold them over and over. Let them
lie a moment and serve as hot as
possible.
F~.IrASSEE OF SWEETBREADS.
Carefully remove all the tough and
fbrous sNiua. Put them in a dish of
cold water for ten or fifteen minutes,
and they are then ready to be boiled.
They mu.- always boil twenty minutes,
no matter what the method of cooking
may be. Take two good sized sweet
breads, and after they have been
cleaned. place them in a stewpan with
& pint cf broth and a teaspoonful of
salt and white pepper, four small
onions and a blade of mace; add two
ounces Of butter rubbed smooth with
one teaspoonful of flour. Simmer all
together for half an hour. Beat up the
yoIks Of three eggs in half a pint of
cream, and CRATE into it one-fourth of
nutmeg. Add this gradually to the
contents Of the stewpan, and cook a
few minutes, and shake all the time
while hemix5ure is cooking. Remove
the onions and mace. Serve sweet
breads with the sauce around them.
ROAST PA~RTRIDGEs.
Cat of the feet and tie down the legs
very closely. Lay a sprig of parsley
inside the bird, and fasten a thin slice
Of salt park on its breast. Put it in a
saucepan with one or two thin slices
Of pork, and q very little water. Cover
close and simmer gently half an hour,
Or until tender, When done, remove
the partridge, cover it with soft butter,
dredgo VITA -four and place in the
oven T. brown. To make the gravy,
heat q Tablespoonful Of butter in a
small frying pan, add a tablespoonful
OF flour and sir till smooth and brown.
SKIM off The fat from the water in
which the partridge was broiled and
add 1t gradually to the Drowned -four.
Season with pepper and salt. Serve
t1e partridge with the gravy poured
around j.. Garnish the dish with
parsley. E-ast cartridges are apt to
be very ary. Cooked according to
y1a method they will be juicy and
1elcj0Usly favored.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
A PHILOSOPHER.

Hungry Higgins-These here gravel
roads is mighty tough on shoes.
Weary Watkins-Yes, that's so, but
where there is good roads the people
has money. and where people has
money they amt so many dogs.-In-
dtUnUpOIiS Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17

It costs a great deal Of money to run
a paper like The Progressive Farmer.
IF you ore anything, send the money
to-daH Don't tra5t uatu to-morro1c.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15
Have You Ever Stepped To Think

that you arc only getting half as much
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II is a fact however, because the Journal
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The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15
u. A, X. NOTICE.

We tskc this opportunity Of informing
our subsoribers that tho now Commits.
Toner Of Pensions Inns been appointed,
lie IN nm old soldier, and ws believe TIM,
soldiers an d their heirs will receive
justice at biu hands. We do no, unt,ci.
patio that there will 10 my radical
changes In tho administration Of psn.on
aiiairB under tho now regime.
We would ndvise. however, that u. h.
soldiers, sailors. and their heirs, take
steps 10 mako application nj once, II
they have not already done no, In order
10 secure tho benefit Of tho early filing
OF their olaims in case there should DO
any future pension legislation. auch
legislation In seldom retroactive. There.
lore II Is Of great Importance that nppli.
cations be flied In tho department at tho
earliest possible date.
II Y. y. Soldiers, Sailors. or their Wild.
ows. Children. Or Parents desire inform.
htioo In regard TO pension matters, they
should write 10 The Press Ciaina Tam.
pauy, nj Washington, d. O., and they
will prepare aud send Tho necessary No.
plicailon. II the, lind them entitled I'm.
der the numerous lava enacted for their
benefit AJjfeus
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15

When the special session OF congress
was called Cleveland and many of tho
congressman who advocated the repeal
OF the Sherman law claimed that the
stringency in money matters was largely
due to the cxistance OF that law and
that tho repeal OF the law would be i'm
indefinitely followed by increased activi'
ty in business. Ii has boon some time
now since the bill repeating that law
was signed by Cleveland, but tho activi-
ty in the business affairs Of the nation
that was promised has not yet made it.
self perceptable. Tho enemies Of silver
we're decidedly mistaken MS to the real
cause Of the hard times. Congressman
Bland says that there Inns been reac-
ton in favor OF silver since the repeal
bill was passed and 1t is altogether like
ly that some Of the eastern people are
getting their eyes open TO tho fact that
the Sherman law had very little If any.
thing TO do with the stringency in mon.
ey matters. IL is to be hoped that this
reaction in tho interests OF silver may be
40 sweeping that il may force even Clevc.
land to modify his position on the money
question and permit Of legislation in be.
half OF silver.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15
THE TOLEDO WEEKLY BtApB,
And book containing all the Nasty
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And book containing all the Nasty
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In answer to general demand from
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cloth bound, all OF the "Nasby letter.
ever written by tho lato d. r. Locke,
emitting perhaps fow unimportant let
ters on local or forgotten topics. Only
few Of these letters woro ever published
in book form. Everybody has read some
OF thcin, but who has read all OF them
The book contains over 500 large pages,
and MI the Nasty Letters written dur
ing period of twenty. five yesrs; also u
portrait Of j. r. Locke from his last
photograph. 1t would sell at ono dollar
or more, but will never be placed on
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now being printed and bound, and one
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The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15


The administration at Washington
feels that it was INSTRUCTED by the PEG.
pie in 1892" and is determined 10 go it
blind. 1t doesn't see any instruction in
the vote Of 1893. McKinley's $4,000 in
Ohio, Greenhalge's $1,000 IN Massachu-
sets, Jackson's 25,Oo0 in Iowa, Palmer's
2',O0o in New York, and Jsckson's 49,.
900 i'll Pennsylvania arc simply idle va.
porings that did not scare patriotic dem.
ocrats. Snap the whip and drive right
along. But, mind you, the American
people will be standing IN the middle
Of tho road" next year, aud the next year
after, and the years after that.-lntei
Ocean.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15
ANNUAL NOTICE nAlIoSERY PROPOSAL.

Notice 10 hereby given that the board u
Colorado. will, until Dec. Seth 1888. NJ the Of
tiso Of the county clerk Of snid county In Hoi
yoke. Colo. receive sealed proposals. for ths
furnishing Of supplies for the county officer,
Of said county, fron January !. 1894 70 Jnnu
ary !. isos. consisting Of printed letter head
printed cnvclops. blcttcrr. letter nics. biach
Ink. red Ink. pencils. various blanks foI
county ofnccrs, records. monthly statamrnta
Eco cards, conveyance blanks, marriage II.
ccnse. Autographs. tax receipts. ccrtiseat,
sale. redemption, annual school reports, ns.
SCISSORS biAnks, assessment roii, marrinx,
REGARD, road oversecr's report, legal cap
scratch pads, paper fnstncrp. rubber bands
crasors, otAco pins. paper knives. full SGT Of
| election blanks and cards. ofiioial mud sam.
pis baiiots tpfintcdl. also all publishing Of
nominations. notice Of election, REDEEM or
of warrants, reports Of county oniocrs, ia,
saionotica and NIL other notices md printing
for county ofi1oora Of said county, connected
with county government for thu year Ispa.
All proposals for blanks, letter heads and
cnvriops, prices 10 DO per thousand for which
nampics can be seen At the county clerk. Of.
fics. Material bought per dozen. Proposal.
TO be made accordingly. Tho right " reserved
to reject my or nil bids.
Witness my hand this day Of Dec. 1875
r. W. BEGGs, County Clerk.
ny l.. LIZ BLANC. Deputy
ny order Of tho board " county commits
sionerr u Phillips county, Colorado.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15

Ing. they found their political rulers in a
squabble and state OF disorder, only OK :
celled by the famous scrapping match in
the British parliament. Unpleasantness
wns in tho air plainly. To SEQ how in
the twinkling Of an eye the members OF
the superior sex snatched their feet off
desks, threw away their cigars, straight
ened themselves up, husbed their angry
words and began cooling as gently us n
dove on the arrival of tho visitors. was
mn object lesson both to those who did
and did not believe in woman taking
part in municipal government.-Ex.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15

In commenting on Governor Waites
Mexican coinuge scheme the Denver
News says:
Colorado governor insists that the
state legislature shall mike monkey Of
tho state, monkeys Of ITS people and
double. tailed monkeys and on rangou.
sangs and gorillas combined Of the party
TINT elected him 10 the Office no fills"
Tho Denver Republican says.
at Is hardly necessary for US to say
that the whole proceeding 10 q gross
trnvessy on common sense"
The Denver Times says:
"The Times ventures TO predict that
tho astounding proposition OF Mr.. Waite
will 10 rePudiated by the miners Of the
state st large, by the farmers and bus
fness nen, BY tho workingmon and by
the state press aud that tho legislature
will refuse to seriously consider it,"
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15

This IL u competition Of rather an unusual nn-
ture. II Ii common 10 offer prize for tho best
story. or picture, or architectural plan. all the
competitors rirking tho loss Of their labor and
the successful one merely selling his for the
amount Of the prirc. hut the Prc~s Claims Com.
panys offer Ia something entirely diffcrcnt Each
person Ia asked merely To help himself. and the
ono who helps himself to tho beet advantage Is to
be rewarded for doing II. The prizc IL only a
stimulus to do something that would DO we'll worth,
doing without II. The architect whose compcti.
tive plan for club house on certain corner /.
not accepted has spent his labor on something oi
very little use tohim. But tho person who patents
simple md useful dcvicc In tho Prc.s Claims
Company'a competition. need not worry II he fail
tosecurc tb.priss. He has substantial result "a
show for his work-one TINT will command Ia
value In tho market Mt any time.
The plain man who uses my article In his
daily work ought To know better how To Improve
II than the mechanical expert who Studies Il onl,
from the theoretical point Of Wow. Oct rid Of the
Idea that an improvement can bc too simple To be
worth patentinr. Tho simpler tho better. The
person who best succeed. In combining simplicity
and Popularity. will got tho Press Claims Com
pnny'r twenty Ave hundr-d dollar.
Tho responsibility Of this company mny bc
about three hundred of tho leading newspaper
Of the United States.
Address tho Pres. Claims Company, John Wed.
dcrburn. managing attorney. 6is y street, N. W.,
Washington. u.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Frank II Lewis. OF tho county Of
Phillips, state of Colorado. by his certain deed
OF trust dated tho 9Th day Of October A ID 1921,
and duly recorded In the Office Of tho county
clerk and recorder Of Phillips county Colorado,
on the It'll day Of october a ID 1891. In book 10 At
page "a Of the records In said office. did convey
to tho undersigned. Edwin d Hanson. as trustee.
the following DESERVED property. situate In tho
said county OF Phillips. and state Of Colorado,
known and described rs follows. to-wit Tho SO
or 90 OF sec ten lio) in tp eight 49, forty
three az W OF sixth (6) IN containing ono hun
drcd and sixty ti6o) acres more or lcss according
to government survey. Which said conveyance
was made in trust to secure tho payment Of one
certain pronissory note OF even date with said
deed OF trust, for the principal sum Of ten hun
dred and eleven dollars .oii.) executed by tho
said Frank II Lewis, payable to tho or,icr Of L d
Hanson on or before two years from ,ald date.
and bearing interest ut tho ratio Of 10 Ter cent.
per nnnum from date until paid; and
Whereas. Tho said deed Of trust provides that
In case Of default in the payment Of said proris-
sorry note or any part thereof. or thc interest
thereon, according to the tenor ind effect Of sale,
note, then II shall be lawful for tho said trustee
to sell and dispose of said rial estate aud prem
iSN ih ehc hhhntf IN hiu uted OF trust set fDfth
| reference to which is hereby mado for greater
certainty. for the purpose OF paying raid note
and interest, and expenses In executing this
trust; and
Whereas, Default has been made In tho pay
meni Of said note and all interest thereon. and
the same is now due and unpaid. and by reason
OF such default The Hanson Produce Company,
tho legal owner and holdor OF said mote. has 70
qucs'si that sale be made Of tho said property
FOR the purpose OF rayins said noto and interest
and expenses Of executing this trust.
Nov Therefore. Notice Is hereby given that In
pursuance OF the power and authority In mo vest.
al by tho the terms Of sad deed Of trust. aud on
account Of tie default Us Aforesaid. will, ION tbs
10Th day of January, A ID 1894, at the hour Of u
o'clock In the forenoon Of said day. ut the south
door OF the court house. In tho county Of Phillips
state OF Colorado. scil tho above Described prop
crty. and all tho right. title. benefit. anil clut,
OF redemption. Of tho said Frank II Lewis, III,
hcirs and ss~iEns therein. Mt public auction. fol
tho highest and bost price the snms will bring In
cA-h. for tho purpose Of pa,ing tho said not, and
MI interest duo thereon up 10 tho timo Of saic to
ec'her with costs and expenses Of cxccu ting TIL,
trust.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15
The ol-Growors Association of ca,


The Wool-Growors Association of Col
orado and New Mexico have asked Gov
ernor Waite TO call an interstate conven.
ton OF wool growers for tho purpose OF
taking steps to aid in protecting the
wool industry against the enactment o,
such ufiiriendly legislation as that pro
posed by the Wilson tariff bill. Here IL
n chance for Governor Waite to take nc
ton that may result IN benefit to the
wool industry Of the state but, owing to
the free trade policy of his party, it is
not worry likely that he will DO very en-
thusastic in his support OF tho WOOL
growers in their fight against the pas
sage OF the Wilson bill.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15
All Free.

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The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-12-15

Another victim OF the Hoke Smith
pension policy has died in this state. II.
Q. Adams, Of Roscoe, ILL.,, was membor
Of tho Twelfth illinois Cavalry Regiment
end his death was due to causes
which were apparent years ago, and
which secured him ANAL pension. But
Hoko Smith know better than tho sur.
gsons or examiners who passed upon Mr..
Adams case, ind this small pension was
suspended several months ago until Mr..
Adams should present proofs to Hoke
Smith that would convince tho young
ex.Confcdcrato that the pension wns
necessary. Like in 10 many other in.
stances, death was tho only witness thu,
could give Mr.. Smith proof strong O.
nough 10 convince him. Since Mr.. Ad
nms IL dead, and nm examination demon
stratcs that hc died from tho effects Of
tho same wounds ihat secured him 4
pension, Hoke Smith may be convinced
that he Was not fraudulent pepsioncl
upon the government. II Ia rather hard
upon tho old soldiers that they must di.
10 convince tho administration that the,
arc not impostors, but many Of thcu
would rather go TO thsir graves than b,
branded ~ dishonorable mon, and eacl
OF these deaths but adds TO the ignomin,
Of Hoks Smith and tho administration
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