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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM.

As we leave this i'll famed ravine and
turn toward the east, the lofty wall Of
Jerusalem and the massive towers Of
the citadel are Immediately before us.
We are on the outer slope of Mount
Zion, the sanctuary and the abode Of
David! The ponderous blocks which
form the lower strata of the wall might
have been shaped and put in place by
some prehistoric race Of giants. More
than almost anything else to be found
around Jerusalem, or within, this wall
bears an appearance of great antiquity.
We can easily believe that it's founda-
tions were laid in the time of David,
though it's upper portions are unq les
tionably modern. The books vary.
One a Y it was the work of Sultan
Suleiman in the sixteenth century;
another, that it was erected much
earlier; and my guide, a most intelli-
gent and well informed Jew of Hun
garian origin, told me that it WAS built
by the Crusaders after they had got
possession, for the purpose of protec-
ing the inhabitants against the rascally
Arabs, who would ride up in small
parties, rob some rich family, and be
off with their plumber before anything
could be done to stop them. But, how
ever this may be, the wall, from six
teen to twenty feet in height, fully en-
closes the town; and, although it could
soon be knocked to pieces by a ten
FOUNDER cannon, it stands in good
order, solid enough for all peaceful
purposes, and perfectly separates the
city from the country about it,
Charles a. Dana, in Nc Eure's Mega
zine, for December.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12

preached at a quick trot I lurched
across the road as intending to join the
men on the other side, and to avoid
running me down the driver was
obliged to pull on the reins Quickly.
That gave me my opportunity. 1
looked up and say Jenkins's evsl face
gazing down upon me. In au instant
a cooked revolver was pointed at his
head, and as I shouted, Hands upl
Drop those reins," every man sprang
to his post.
The robbers were taken completely
by surprise. Before the driver could
strike the horse, two men held the
animal by the head. LOUIS Jones
turned a complete somersault back,
ward and over the tail board of the
wagon, only to land in the arms of the
two waiting reporters. Jenkins came
sullenly down from his seat, and a
steel bracelet was placed upon one of
his wrists; then his helper was invited
to alight and manacled to his employer.
When the tarpaulin was lifted, six
dead bodies were found in the wagon,
which was placed in charge of two re
pOrters, who mounted it's seat proudly.
Then the strange procession marched
towards the place where the carriages
were waiting. No inquiring police
man who would have telegraphed the
news to the Central Police Station was
met, and the robbers were safely
escorted into the carriages, after l had
taken from Jenkins pocket the keys of
Dash College and large knife. Louis
~ Megorgee, an December Lippjncott's
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
TURNING THE TABLES ON MR..
DEPEW.

''Some years ago." says a writer in
the Detroit Free Press, who might
have been imagining and might not,
II was in a small town in New York
State where Chauncey Depew was
billed to make a speech that night,
and it happened I stopped at the same
hotel he did. Just after supper the
editor of the local paper dropped in to
see Mr.. Depew and the distinguished
gentleman proceeded to have some fun
with the country journalist. He had,
too, and every now and then he rounded
up a sentence against the editor by
saying: ooh, you can't believe every
thing in the newspapers" the editor,
having used newspaper matter very
largely in his argument
after the speech mixing was over
the editor met Mr.. Depew in the hotel
Office again, and there was q big crowd
present.
"'Well, my friend, inquired the
genial Chauncey, what did you think
of my speechP
The editor hesitated q moment.
care you,' he asked solemn'y, the
genuine Chauncey N. Depewf
Certainly, why motif
Are you the one that all the news
papers have been saying was the finest
speaker, the greatest talker, the sharp
est etumper and the brightest wit be
fore the publici' pursued the editor.
81 guess I'm the one,. blushed toe
gentleman. 'Whyi
"Oh, because you can't believe every
thing there is in the newspapers and
Depew shook hands with the editor
and called it square. Charity and
Children.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
ALLEGED FUN.

First Chicago Girl-Do you love
your husbands Second Chicago Girl
Indeed 1 do. Ilcve him more than
any man lever married.
He: my income is small, and it is
cruel of me to take you from your
fathers roof" She (anxiously): Il
don't live on the roof."-TFd Bits.
Ada: why does Clara speak of
George as her intendedi Are they en-
gagedf' Alice: mo; but she intends
they shall be. "-HaTtfOrd Telegram.
II hear Galley is going on the stage
in q farmyard play" Yes" us he
to take q leading parti" eyes. He
leads in the cowa"-Rarper's BG>.
Gould you oblige me-" said the col
ouel, with q fve-dollar billf' Il
can" replied the major; bill collector
left one for you 10 minutes agor-At-
Lanta Constitution.
"Why. does Mrspasts wea such
short t~rousersi" Because they ft
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
A LITTLE LsVITY.
BY R. PENSTOCK.

Ilove a girl as sweet as a rose;
A beautiful girl with a roman nose
All, she Is q honey.
But | am away, away out of reach
Another young man stands III the breach
And, he mas the money.
Nicholaa (showing Patrick through
the new church)-''Vell vot you drinks
OBJ dot church9'
Patrick-''It bates the divil."
Nicholas (solemnly)-''I vos please
NIT vot you say. Dot a der intention
vot for dose church vas built"
Grover to John
Something like this
Let's GU and l
Lay down and die
And in the golden city M ct;
Then while hold
You shovel the gold
From off the golden street.
They both looked sickly
Ana died very quickly
But now tLey sing like this:
Silver, silver everywhere
All the street. are silver here
eur agony now 10 mortal can tell
For where there's silver to US tits hill
Sunday school Teacher (catechising
her class on the Bible characters
"Who was Jacob9"
Sci Kohne "a converted Jew)-"Dot
vas my fader vot seels clodings Sleeper
dan Meester Isaacstien."
CHATHAM STANDARD
Our wife tells US che has eaten turnip
tops till her hair is turning green. AS
we don't wish our better half to pose
as a dime museum freak, we hope our
delinquent subscribers will come to
our rescue.
We are indicted for murder. The
following is a brief account of the un-
happy affair. A man boosted in our
presence that Virginia had completely
showed under the reformers, and when
we softly whispered New York and
New Jersey in his ear he dropped dead.
We hope to give a graphically illus
trated account of our trial later.
No sample copies will be sent out.
Our devil requests US to publish the
following lines. He say 8 they came to
him in a dream since the repeal bill
passed:
If some of your money is in silver metal,
And with it you dislike to reVol,
Come to the office your subscription to Settle,
And throw your silver down to the devil.
BILLY"
Love-A lingering longing for-for
more lingering longings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12

him. 1 asked for a small loan and ho
said he was SO short his corns made his
head ache. Truth.
Jack-Would you change your name.
bliss Smith, Jessie-Indeed I would.
It's the dearest wish of my heart.
Jack-Well, I won't go any further,
then. Ny name is Smith, too.
Hayrick (afEer the ceremony)-How
much are you going to tax US for this
spill 'e9 Parson-The law allows me
81 00~ Hayrick-Suppose we say 81 so,
and you needn't kiss the bride2
Tommy-Can the fish see to swim
right through those big breakers,
mammal Mamma-Yes Tommy whyf
Tommy-Why, because l should think
the suds would get in tn sir eyes,.
Teacher: who can tell me what
useful article we get from the whaleG"
Johnny: "Whalebone Teacher:
Right. Now, what little boy or girl
knows what we get from the sealg'
Tommy: Sealing wax "-Racket.
MADAM, have you the recipe for
this pier said the tramp Yes; would
you like to have a copy Of it?'' replied
the good oman mo, madam, but I
should like to destroy the original"
said the tramp.-Harper's Bazor.
Little Dot-The teacher saws this is
a free couhtry, but seems to me every
body we saw in Europe was just as
we are Little Dick-No, they isn't.
There houses there stands by their
selves and has windows on all sides
and you can't do a thing without bein'
seen.
Lady Canvasser-I have here a
preparation for identifying the COM
plexlon. removing sunburn, eradIcat-
ing pimples. The lady next door sent
me. She-Mrs. Worldover-She did,
did she3 Well, you go back and see if
you can't sell her something to remove
that corn from the end of her nose that
came from sticking it into other peo-
pies business.
Aunt Eunice is conscientiously op-
posed to the words dead" death"
and die" as being both pagan and re-
pulsive. When her father died, there
fore, and it became her duty to send
the sad tidings to her brother out West,
he telegraphed as follows: Jesus has
taken father home" What was her
amazement and distress to receive,
hours later, the somewhat disguised
reply: WHO is Jessie, and where is
her home?'-LJe.
"The next train for Chestnut HILL
leaves at 5:17-17 minutes after five.
Train now read, on track No. 5. Track
No. 5 for SLY train to Chestnut Hill"
Those were the words of the guard, and
they rang through the waiting room in
Boston with penetrating distinctness.
As soon as he had uttered them a fair
young thing rushed up to him and said:
rs the train for Chestnut Hill ready
yet9 And what time does it leave7"-
-NeU York World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
ON THE PACIFIC.
Loneliness of the Great Expanse Strech
ing Out From the Golden Gate.

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ing Out From the Golden Gate.
Tnotice an item in the press stating
that the City of Picking in her recent
trip sailed twelve hundred and forty
miles without meeting a single sail,
writes a correspondent of the Wash
ington Star, and this fact is cited as
showing the loneliness of the Pacific
ocean. In the summer of 1850 | left
San Francisco on a sail vessel formerly
from Baltimore) for Panama, a dis
lance OF four thousand miles, and on
the entire route, which lasted forty
three days, we eve saw a sail Lone
illness is no word for it, especially
when we lay becalmed in the tropics,
with our vessel floating as helpleesly
about as a chip on a mill pond, the
ground swell keeping up the monoton
ous roll of the vessel from side to side
all day and night, and after day, each
roll beng &C ,ompanied by a flap of the
sails and a creaking that might have
passed for the flap of the wings and
the wall of lost spirits.
When we read about Noah and his
ark we are apt to think that he must
have had rather a lonely time, but
when he was out only forty days, and
besides, with all the animals, etc, on
board, he had plenty to occupy his
time and attention, and if he wanted
amusement to while away the time he
had only to start a sparring match be-
tween his monkeys and parrots. True,
there is no report Of any such proceed
ings on his part, but that is doubtless
because there was no modern news
paper reporter on board. I tell you a
man cannot realize what loneliness or
comfort is until he has made some such
trip, and if he wants to complete his
education in that line he should pre-
face it with a tramp of two thousand
miles over the mountains and across
the deserts amid wolves and wild In
diaps; as thousands of fOrtyniners did.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
A CAPTURE,

we had not yet reached the desig-
wv spot when we heard the rattle of
.aploly'moving wagon. For a mo
snI5 We were all sadly perplexed. We
K,n uo' act like highwaymen and
had every wagon that travelled the
6.a Il the distance we saw the
sy outline of a gray horse. The
aI n lad always driven a bay ami
"a -ueFe was no time to arrange
sfoo pS' even if we had dared. But
u"o TO be quick and decided.
a. ~ OF you walk on the other
H. " 'ne road, and two walk on this
inn Il Il You hear me cry out, two
~ "Ino horses head, two to the
ia 'he wagon, and one to a posi-,
6E0s pOSl1e me-" As these instruc-
Ss sPe given, each man was desig-
IRss " name for his place. Men like
|aers' unt have to be told twice. ]
a n Se'es 4 upon a repeti.
&Gb boS lg-drunken tactics
AFsviono cesstully employed
AS the horse ap.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
ITEMS OF

The first bricks made in this country
were manufactured by the Virginia
settlers in 1912.
Diamond cutters in Holland have
succeeded in cutting stones SO small
that it takes 1, 500 of them to weigh a
karat.
In Mexico there is not one wagon
factory. Every man makes his own
or gets it from a neighbor or another
country.
There is little town named Mark
neukirchen in Saxony, where nearly
every inhabitant is engaged in the
manufacture of violins.
The electric railway has penetrated
even the fastnees of the Tyrolese noun
tains, a road 81 miles long being pro-
jected between Riva and Pinzolo.
A pneumatic tube connects Paris
with Berlin. 1t is used for postal pur-
poses and makes it possible for a letter
mailed in Paris to be delivered in Ber-
lin In 35 minutes.
A new glass for thermometers is I'M
affected by a heat of 1 900 degrees, the
ordinary glass being unreliable above
$50 degrees on account of its tendency
to soften.
The grand total number of coins
gold, silver, copper and bronze-now
in circulation throughout the United
Kingdom is more than 900, 900, 600,
which would mean three for every in
habitant of Europe.
The Hebrews had no coins of their
own until the days of the Maccabees,
who issued shekels and half shekels,
with the inscriptions: Jerusalem,
the Holy" Simon, Prince of Israel"
These bear no images.
During the 18th century the Chinese
emperors made money from the inner
bark of the mulberry tree, cutting it
into round pieces and stamping it. To
counterfeit or to refuse to accept it as
a legal tender was punishable by death.
The earliest American coinage was
made for the Virginia company at the
Bermudas. The coins were of brass,
with a ''bogge on one side, in memory
of the abundance of hogges that were
found on the islands at their first land
ing"
One silver half-dolIar is one-half the
weight of the silver five franc piece of
France, Belgium and Switzerland. Of
the fve-lire coin of Italy, of the five
peseta of Spain, of the fiqe drachma of
Greece and exactly the same as the
form of Austria.
Very large amounts of private gold
coins were formerly minted in this
country by individuals. Reid, of Geor-
gia, the Bechtlers, of North Carolina,
the Mormonsin Utah and several bank
ing firms in California, all once did a
large business in this line.
Queen Elizabeth raised the standard
of English money to a point higher
tn IN was ever before known, but at
th same time made q separate coinage
| containing half the usual amount of
precious metal, for special use in Ire
land. Its good enough for the Irish"
was her remark when a remonstrance
was made.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
TO ALLIANCE MEMBERS OF N. c

The Executive Committee will meet
in the Secretary-Treasurer's Office,
Raleigh, Thursday, Dec. 14th. The
regular day for county meetings, 2nd
Thursday In January, 1894. GctU be OBJ
SerUed except In those counties where
the speaker failed to be present at this
last quarter. Secretaries of those
counties In which the speaker failed to
attend the county meetings will cor
respond with me at once, SO arrange
70 be visited in January.
County Secretaries please attend to
the above notice, no matter if you have
notified me before this.
Truly yours, W. S. BARNES.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
NUFF1N TO MAKE 1T Wild.

A colored cook at Charlestown, ex-
pecting company of her kind, was at
a loss how to entertain her friends.
She decided to explain the matter to
her mistress. That lady said. you
must make an apology" LA misses,
how car I make it?' cried Chloe II
got no apples, no eggs, no butter, no
muffin to make it wild. "-Erchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
7Uu9kHOED
BEEF TEA.

III fAt from a pound of
~. chop it as fine as sausage
JUL! and roar over it a pint of cold
n'1,, T.. it stand half an hour or
Ta,e, then PIT it over a slow fire;
nO',' .I..1 lied five minutes, strain
VIZ r,asaa val salt and little pepper.
anu P.TATO PUFF.
n.4o+, n.fT. with the addition of a
.,I, add meat, makes an excellent
.!5 StSr luncheon or tea. To two cups
pSr aort mashed potato allow two eggs,
VI bs,.ra. two tablespoonfuls Of
n ".1.o3 bn.rsr and one cup of sweet
nIgt B-as aIl together until very
+rbt then adj the cold meat chopped
DS fine. Mix thoroughly, and bake
~ veil ,n-rarad gem pans or IN a shall
low puddr@ dish.
TrHB0T ALA CREAM.
p,,,,vaau skin and bones from cold,
.,,Lo5 fsh Of any kind, and shred the
s,b very faa Let a quart of milk,
10 Isroe slice of onion, two sprigs
/ - narsr ev. half a teaspoOnful of thyme,
.,a,o 70 bill. then stir in a quarter of
on,nna Of Hsur which has been mixed
With cupful If cold milk. Cook until
+ comes to thick cream; take off the
y
fire. add q quarter of a pound of but
Tor salt. AID a dash of cayenne, and
the volks Of two eggs. Strain the
same through a sieve. Butter a bak-
inc dish. and put in first a layer Of
unce then one Of fab. Finish with
sauce, and over it sprinkle fine bread
crumbs. Bake for an hour in a mod
crate oven. ,
CREAM OF CELERY SOUP.
Cook two small heads of blanched
celery from which the green leaves
have been removed for forty five min
utes in a quart of water in which a
chicken or a leg of veal has been boiled.
Add half an onion and a sprig of pars-
lev, salt and white, pepper. At the
end of this timestrain the soup through
the sieve, then add to the strained,
mixture a pint Of boiling milk. Mix
two even tsbIespoonfuls of -four with
the same amount Of butter and stir
into the soup. Let the soup boil for
ten minutes after the thickening is
added, stirring it constantly. Then
pour it at once into the hot soup
tureen. If you wish the soup very
delicate add a cup Of cream after it is
put into the tureen.
To BOIL HAM.
Soak the ham IN cold water over
night; in the morning wipe it off and
carefully remove any rusty or dis
elored spots. Cover the ham with
cold water and let It boil very gently.
IN this depends the sweetness and
takiness Of the ham A ham weigh
n9 twelve pounds should be cooked
Iour Or five hours. Afew whole cloves
and a bouquet Of sweet herbs may be
sQled to the water with good effect.
when the ham is done set the kettle
sn the fire and let the ham remain in
Tue water until cold. 1t will absorb a
great deal Of the juices that have boiled
w. Then take off the skin, lay it in
large dripping pan, and spread over
%"mItufe made after the following
Iscaons: Take half a cupful of brown
'ugaf' ~teaspoonful of Drowned -four,
~ mo'sten 1t with port wine. Then
~ tae pan in the oven, and let the
~ ~ Ofo"n. When cold, cut it in very
nn slices, and the flavor will be de-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
Poetry
Cor the Western Rur ].
Eftten '0' THE s r.
ARA EDNA ROsTNCRANs.

-|ARA EDNA Rus NOfNANo'
,+h III heavenl} Father,
are ne sJl' IN beavy / ad.
STTS endHr. 4, Ind wept in sorrow,
eGs PFt-HS . ' he mountain oad.
b5lcAD'.
-r.-n the summit
us 50 far oo r., climb alone,
.GS9ia,e d d Gea,i 5-e load Lgro"n'"
come from above me,
fbtn yol y 81 Guild o ee
Of tb-; 2I b.s ny load for thee
W. not that He who bought thee
"Tbirl { est shed Ills blood TT thee
vi mt M h z We, lie and comfort OeT"
-fsd "Oh. Lord forgive me
Theal GI III dared to dOuoI
Thai e sIm- 80 warm and tender,
NsyTnl ~ as II e a out
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-09-06

while Z. Rhett went down on being hit
by pitched ball. He made his way to
third as Weaver followed him to second.
Then, because of no coacher being quick
Ia fault with the Asheyille team too
otten) Weaver ran to third and forced
Rhett out. Clarke knocked a fly to
Perry, who got it of course, and the
Reds got minute at the willow. Craw-
ley was given his base and McClung dis
covered when too late that he had let the
opportunity go by without hitting any
thing. By this time Crawley started
from third home and was nicely run
down between Fleming and Clarke.
Connors died at first.
Goose eggs were in order in the sew
enth for both sides. For Asheville Alex
ander, A. Rhett and Fleming made the
outs, although Alexander made magnifi-
cent run for first. In the Reds half Dick
Weaver got fair chance at Jobe's fly
and the batter's first name was Dennis.
Perry was put out by L. Rhett, and
Moore laid the loss OF his life to Alcxan
der.
In the eighth E. Rhett and Weaver hit
the ball but went out at first, the latter
by a very pretty stop by Leahy. Fletcher
got single to left and was the only man
to score, Clarke making third out. One,
two, three and the Reds went back to
field for the ninth time. Leahy flew out
nicely to first. Flournoy forgot that
Alexander was ple ing and Captain
Moffett planted a ball in A. Rhett's
hands which started the feldward pro-
cession.
The first Asheville man to bat in the
ninth was Alexander and he thumped the
ball for another double and scored on the
ball by which Bambcrg got to first, on
McCluugs error at first. A. Rhett flew
out, and Young and Bamberg went
out at bases. Knoxville was al
lowed to make one run just to please
EN-, and the run was Crawley's. Nc
Clung was stopped at second by a good
throw-down by Fleming. Conners flew
out to E. Rhett by fine stop, and Jobe
got out between Bamberg and L. Rhett.
This wound up the business for the
boys from the Centenary town that so
recently shamefully guyed Asheville's
players, and 10 to 4 made up for every
thing. The crowd was happy and ex-
pressed the hope that the thing might be
done twice over. The score:
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-09-06
SILVER MEMS TRIUMPH.
They Appear To Have a Major
1ty I'm The Seua;e.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Thcre was
significant vote in the Senate Yesterday.
Stewart was speaking for silver, but de-
sired to rest before concluding his re-
marks today. His friends therefore
moved that the Senate go into executive
session. This was taken as test vote
1t resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, But
Ter, Call, Cockrell, Cooke, Daniel, Davies,
Dolph, Dubois, Faulkner, Harris, Hun
ton, lrby. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Nevada, Kyle. Mitchell of Oregon.
Morgan. Pasco, Peffer, Perkins, Pet
tigrew, Power, Pugh. Roach, Shoup,
Stewart. Teller, Turpic, Vance, Vest,
Walthall, and Wolcott. Total 35'
Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Brice,
Catferey, Carey, Cullom, Dixon, FRYE,
Gallinger, German, Gray, Hale, Hawley,
Hoar, Lindsey, McMillin, Mcpherson,
Mills, Palmer. Platt, Proctor, Quay,
Smith, Squire, Stockbridge, Villas, Voor.
hees, White of louisiana, Total 2S.
So the Senate proceeded to executive
business, and at 4:4O O'Clock adjourned
until today at noon.
The vote was a triumph for the silver
men.