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

usual the crop will be far below the
estimate. The acreage Is calculated by
the Department of Agriculture as prac
tlcally the same as last season. The
general conditions affecting the crop
have been unfavorable. a late and
cold spring, followed by protracted
drought in Texas are resulting in poor
stands, with considerable replantiDg
and some abandonment of acreage.
Excess of rain and several storms in
the Atlantic States, with drought again
in other sections, and serious damage
by worms in the Gulf States are the
feature Of the season. These things
are not the u,ual indications of a good
crop.
Assuming that a general killing frost
will occur at about the usual time, my
advices indicate a probable yield of
about six million, eight hundred thou
sand bales. Frosts last year Eel earlier
than for several years and seriously
curtailed the crops.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10
COTTON CROP
A Probable Yield of Six Million, Eight
Hundred Thousand Bales.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3O,-Alfred B..
Shepperson, author of Cotton Facts, !"
has furnished the Southern Associated
Press with the following opinion as to
this years crop. Shepperson is neither
a buyer nor a seller of cotton, but pos
sesses unusually good facilities for ac-
curate information concerning the en-
tire cotton belt. He said: While in
many sections the cotton plant has ma
tured so large a proportion of fruitage
that the yield would not be ~appreciably
increased by delayed frosts, there is a
great deal of fertile bottom land upon
which the plant will continue to make
and mature fruit till killed by severe
frosts. No frosts have yet occurred in
the cotton belt. Estimates at this time
of the probable size of the cotton crop
are therefore based upon the occur
renee of general killing frosts through
out the South at about the usual or
average dates. Should these frosts be
DELAYED until later than usual, the crop
will easily exceed any present estimate
by several hundred thousand bales,
while should they occur earlier than
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10
PENSACOLA sToRM-swEPT.
The Most Destructive Storm in Twenty
Years--Railroad and Telegraphic
Communication Cut of-Great
Destruction of Property.

PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct. 3.-The most
destructive storm that Pensacola has
experienced in twenty years began at
6 O'clock yesterday morning and ragged
with increasing fury until a late hour
yesterday. The nearest approach to
Yesterdays gale was the storm of 1881.
The storm had been brewing since Sat-
urday. Hard rains fell Saturday after
noon and Sunday, but a storm of such
great intensity was not expected by
any one.
At 4 o'clock yesterday the wind
freshened and the rain increased in
force. By 5 a. M, a terrific southeast
gale was blowing, which continued at
the rate of fifty miles an hour until
noon, when the wind shifted to the
south and increased to sixty miles.
Between 1 and 8 p. m. it began to shift
to the southwest, and at 2:45 p. m. the
storm had reached its climax, the wind
at this time having reached a velocity
of Sc miles an hour, The rain fell In
torrents and was swept in binding
sheets through the streets. At the
Bay front people stood in a drenching
rain, watching the mighty elements in
their work of destruction. No loss of
life has been reported, but upon every
street uprooted trees, broken fences
and rooaess buildings testify to the
storms force. On Baylen street wharf
the large building used by Warren 6
Co., for smoking fish, was blown into
the bay. 1t was stored with cured fish
and their loss will be great. On the
same wharf, a dwelling and it's con-
tents was lifted from its foundation,
and dropped into the bay. The great
II - - A. D.
gese bark Josephine and the Norwegian
bark Wilhelia was blown on the beach.
One of the vessels is in a dangerous
position, but it is thought that both
can be foated. The fishing smack
Isabella is also on the beach. Before
the storm reached it's height, several
steamships that were taking on cargo,
raised steam and ran down to the lower
bay. where they had plenty Of sea
Railroad communications are euf
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10
STILL RIO.
Provisions are Scarce and a Panic Pre-.
vails--The Governments Side.

vails--The Governments Side.
LONDON, Oct. 2.-The Brazilian lega
ton in this city to-day furnished the
United Press the following information,
in dispatches from the government at
Rio Janeiro, bearing date October 1:
THE Insurgent squadron, under
command of Admiral Mellos, is still in
the bay of Rio Janeiro, with it's fighting
elements weakened.
MANY of the members of the crews
of the rebel war ships are DESERVING
daily. During the recent engagements
between the land forces and the feet,
the shore artillery damaged some of
the rebel vessels. Two steamers that
attempted to land insurgents at Santos
and on the island of Santa Catharina,
were repulsed. The land forces are
united and loyal to the government.
Public opinion is wholly opposed to the
insurgents"
Adespatch received by the Exchange
Telegraph says that Admiral Mellos,
who commands the insurgent Brazilian
fleet, yesterday re opened fire upon the
forts defending the bay of Rio Janeiro.
The dispatch adds that the lombard
ment was maintained without cessa-
ton throughout the day.
Provisions in Rio Janeiro are selling
at famine prices. Panic among the in
habitants again prevails.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10
MOBILE UNDER THE WAVES.
A Southeaster Raging in Alabama and
Regions F1ooded--The City of Mo-
bile Largely a Wreck--Loss
of ifa

MOBILE, Ala, Oct. IA southeast
gale broke here this morning about 4
o'clock and the wind has been increas-
ing in velocity ever since, until at this
hour Il p. n.y. it is blowing at least fifty
miles an hour. The barometer is still
falling. The wind has blown the water
in from the gulf until the river has
reached Royal street which is four
blocks from the river and at an eleva.
ton of about fifteen feet from mean
river height. There is no possible
chance of estimating the money dam
age. All the wholesale and a great
portion of the retail district of the city
is four feet under water and thousands
of dollars worth of goods have been
damaged.
The pilot boat Ida Low has been
driven on the wharf at the foot of St.
Francis street.
The bay boat Heroine was driven on
the Mobile and Ohio wharf and almost
totally wrecked. The Crescent City,
another bay boat, left Point Clear at
the same time she did this morning,
and has not since been heard from. 1t
is reported that three dredgers work
ing in the channel have been lost. 1t
is also reported here that some fifty
miles of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad along the coast are under
water, and that the Biloxi bridge has
been swept away by the gale. Nothing
has been heard from the Gardeners, in
the marshes east of the city, and the
worst is feared. Telegraphic com
munication is cut off in almost every
direction and from the present outlook
Mobile will be entirely cut of from the
outside world when dark comes. In
this city houses have been unrOofed,
trees blown down and one cotton ware
| house has succumbed to the fury of the
gale. All the smoke-stacks of all the
manufacturing industries have been
blown down. Street car traffic has
been totally suspended because of dam
age to the electric wires and the city
will no doubt be in darkness, as the
waves are fast encroaching on the
electric light works which may be ur-
der water in another hour.
The busiest thoroughfares Of the city
are being navigated in boats and par
ties are wading up to their armpits in
an effort to save goods. It is given up
by all to be the worst storm that has
ever visited Mobile. The southern part
of the city presents a scene of wreck
age as if it had been bombarded. The
towers on the court house and Christ
Church are tottering. Dredge No. 5
turned over near the light house and
three men were thrown into the angry
waves. At great peril the crew of the
tug, Capt. Sam, steamed to the rescue
and saved two of the men, the other
being lost. An unknown white man
lost his footing while wading from the
Union depot, at the foot of Government
street, and was swept under the bridge
and drowned.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10
THE LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for a Week.

for a Week.
New YORK, Oct. 2.-Wall street is
dull and stocks are lower to DAY.
BERLIN, Oct. "A hotel near here
collapsed this morning, killing seven
people.
LONDON, Oct. 2.-Six thousand coal
miners in Yorkshire who went on a
strike July 25th last, resumed work
this morning.
HAMBURG. Oct. 2-Three new cases
and one death from cholera are re-
ported here. Two previous patients
nave sUccumbed to the disease,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Attorney Gen
eral Olney has appointed Solomon G..
Well Assistant United States District
Attorney for the Eastern district of
North Carolina.
WASHINGTON, D, c., Oct. At is
understood that the Commute on For
eign Relations at a meeting to day de
clded to make a favorable report on the
nomination of J. J. Van Allen, to be
Ambassador to Italy.
MARQUETTE, Oct. 2.-The entire
seventy thousand dollars stolen from
the Mineral Range train on September
10Th has been recovered on confession
OF thieves who state that they got it
from the original robbers,
JONEsBORO, Ga, Oct. "A serious
rot occurred yesterday at the Cabin
Greek Baptist Association. A negro
discharged a pistol into the congrega-
ton, after which a free fight occurred.
1t is reported that two people we're
killed and several seriously injured.
HUNTINGTON, Tenn, Oct. 2,-The
Bank of Carroll, the oldest bank of the
city, has failed. Cashier r. f. Trus
low acknowledges using S., 900 of the
banks funds. The county funds are
locked up and the public schools may
be forced to close. Truslow has turned
over all his property.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct 4-The strike
has been declared off on the Illinois
Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Val
ley railroads, The men will not be
required to handle Chesapeake, Ohio
and Southwestern cars, but these cars
will be handled by local authorities
The strike on the latter road is still in
force.
LYMAN, Mo, Oct, "A passenger
train on the Francisco road dashed
through an open switch and ran into a
standing train l the yard this morn
ing. Then engineer and fireman we're
killed and several passengers injured.
The switch was opened by train wreck
ers. This is the fourth attempt made
within a month to wreck trains on this
road.
SANANToNIo, Texas, Oct 2-Reliable
reports received from all parts of
Southwestern Texas show that three
fOurths of the cotton crop has been
picked and about half already mar
keted. The crop has been gathered in
a hurry during the last ten days.
There will be no top crop. The crop
will be 40 per cent. short of last years
| yield in southwest Texas.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 2.-The
greatest political sensation of the Iowa
campaign, this fall, was sprung this
morning by Senator L r. Boiler, OF
Harrison county, who in a letter to
Chairman Scott, of the Populist Cen,
trail Committee, announces that he has
bolted the Democratic ticket and will
support Joseph for Governor. Senator
Bolter has been a Democratic leader in
the Iowa General Assembly for sixteen
| years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10

off, The mail train on the Pensacola
and Atlantic road, which left here for
Acknowledgements morning at 5 80,
could get no furthey than Bohemia, on
the bay shore and was compelled TO re-
turn. The thirty five p m. train on
the Louisville and Nashville also n
countered washouts, and was COM
PEELED TO return to the city. The only
train reaching the city during the day,
was from the North at 4:35.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
CAMELS OF MONGOLIA.

Thousands Wend Their Way Over the
Rough Trails of the Tartar Steppes,
The popular idea regarding "the
ship of the desert" is completely at
fault if applied to the camels of Mon
golia and Pechili according to the Cen
tury Juvenile natural histories talk of
the soft padded foot for which the an
imal is so distinguished, as if SANDY
bottom" were the only surface upon
which he could walk with comfort. But
the greater part of al! mercantile
transport in North China is performed
by camcls, and, except in the immediate
neighborhood of Pekin, sand is an un-
known luxury to this much-enduring
beast
How vast is the number of camels
thus employed may be guessed from the
fact that during one days journey we
passed more than eight hundred wcnd-
ing their dilatory way from the Tartar
stcppcs TO the plains of Chilli. They
chiefly carried soda-soap, kind of an
imal alliali or I've found on the borders
of Mongolia, and cut into blocks, each
weighing about two hundred and sixty
pounds.
At no time is the camel a prepossessing
object. But here nature provides him
with 50 shaggy n covering that his un-
calmly form becomes even more hid
cous. Cancels wool, by the way, used
for padding clothes, is an article of con-
siderable traffic hcreabouts, and when
spring zcphyrs take the place of winter
blasts, the hcrdsmcn of the plateau
shear their camcls by process which
. preserves the merit of extreme sim
plicity, pulling ont by hand whatever
has not been shed naturally. Many an
imals are kept for the sole purpose of
1 yielding wool, but the amount obtain
able from each is singularly dispropor-
toned 10 the huge bulk of its producer.
A heavy fleece taken from full-grown
camel villa seldom average over seven
pounds, while eight dollars is high
price for the picul Of one hundred and
thirty three pounds
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
Queer History of Some Words.

Speaking of the strange, eventful his
tory Of words, the Hartford Courant
notes that queen" originally meant
simply woman, but now designates
the most glittering place which the
earth can bestow, while with the Slight
ly different spelling of "quean" it
stands for woman If different sort;
so, too, 'knave" at the start meant
only boy, as in the German form,
"linabe;" but as boys go wrong some
times the word in time obtained an I'M
pleasant meaning The word imp"
might have been added as having very
much the same history of "knave," for,
meaning, first, scion or shoot, it next
stood for child, and now it means an
inferior devil. Lord Bacon spoke of
"those most virtuous and goodly young
imps, the duke of Suffolk and his
brother"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
COUNT THE STARS.
Don't Buy Flag That Has Not the
Proper Number.

Persons who are disposed to purchase
expensive American flags should count
the stars, says the Upholsterer. The
patriotic wife of well-known news
paper man greeted her husband at the
dinner table the other day with the
gleeful assurance that she had secured
splendid bargain" She had bought
a handsome silk flag, worth perhaps
five or six dollars originally, for two
dollars.
"Therc must be something the mat
ter with that flag" said her husband.
"Oh, no." quickly responded his wife.
81 examined it very carefully. 1t is
perfect"
"Did you count the stars?" asked her
husband.
mo, did not" answered the wife,
somewhat obviously.
The stars on the flag were counted,
and it was found that they numbered
thirty-cight; it lacked just six stars of
being an American flag.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
heresy to suppose that, if there is any
truth in the Gresham story, they
thoroughly understand each other.

A SYRACUSE court has settled the
question that kissing woman against
her will is in no respect part OF taking
the census of the United States of
America. Mrs. Samuel Wilson, of
Skaneateles, brought suit against John
I. Doyle, census taker, Tor forcibly
taking kiss as well as the census, and
Syracuse jury has just awarded her
$3.50. The award is none too large. 1t
is proper to keep the public business
entirely separated from purely private
enterprises.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
ON A COMET.
That Is Where n Scientist Believes Hades
Will BE Located.

That Is Where n Scientist Believes Hades
Will BE Located.
What do you think of the idea of hell,
the future abode of the wicked, being
situated in the nucleus of some gigantic
comet? This opinion, says the st.
Louis Republic, odd as it may seem to
those who have given comets and the
future state of the dead bat little at
tention, has been entertained by many
really eminent scientists and philosO-
pliers, among them the learned Dr.
Winston, the friend and sometimes ad-
wiser of the great Sir Isaac Newton.
In answer to the inquiries of "A friend,
who wrote TO ask the doctor for some
tangible proof on the subject, the fol-
lowing unique theories were adj
vanced. -. According 10 my
calculations and deductions, this theory,
which you rightly say must belong TO
me and me alone does locate he'll, the
awful prison house of the damned, in
the fiery nucleus of some perhaps yet
undiscovered comet of unthiuliablc
size.
SIN this wide.circling chariot of FIRE
they will be whirlcd in the twinlIiEg
of an eye from the intolcrablc heat of
the surface Of the sun back into space
hundreds and hundreds of millions of
miles from the great torch-bcarer of our
system.
THUS instantly the wretched tenants
will be given two uubearable extremes,
ono ,f cold and tba pf hpr pf lp1f. this
to continue through the endless ages of
eternity, while the Almighty is dispens-
ing the seventies Of Justice" Did NOR
tai man ever harbOr q more horrible
idea than this?
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
A Friendly settlement.

Maj. Campion, in his book son the
Frontier" describes a deer hunt, in the
course of which he found his dog
astride the dead body of n deer, while
an Indian stood a little way off, bow
and arrow in hand. BY signs he made
the white man understand that he had
wounded the deer and the dog pulled it
down. Then he cut up the deer, tied
the fore half of it up in the skin and
placed it on one side. The other half
he laid at Maj. Campion's feet, deliver
ing himself Of a speech in the Ute Ian
guagc. The white man understood his
meaning, but not word of his address,
The Indian and the dog had killed the
deer together, and the dogs owner was
entitled to half the game. The major
was equal to the emergency. lie rose
and delivered in full the classical
defamation: MY name is Norval, 4"
with appropriate gestures, just as he
had many times given it at school
Nothing could have been better. The
Indian and the white man shook hands
with cffusion and each with his share
of the vCnisOn rode away.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
ONE KIND OF SAVING.
A Thrifty Woman's Economy That Comes
Exceedingly High.

Exceedingly High.
A thrifty woman had joined one of
those cooperative saving societies,
whose earthly function is to protect its
patrons against eXtortionate prices by
securing to them a reduction of ten per
cent. at the stores belonging to the
combination, says the Detroit Free
Press. She was enthusiastic over the
opportunities for economy the scheme
presented and her husband was rather
disposed to be sl,cptical on the subject
At the close of the first week she had
talk with him.
"You don't believe in the society?'
she said, tentatively.
mot altogether" he confessed.
"Well, whether you do or not, I've
saved ten dollars this week; over one
dollar and fifty cents a day for six days"
"IIow?' he inquired.
''By using my tickets, of course. |
bought one hundred dollars worth of
things and only paid ninety dollars for
their"
"Ah, he said, beginning to figure
ayes, did, and next week I'll save
twenty-five dollars, or over four dollars
a day." and she was more enthusiastic
than ever.
'No you won't, my dear" he said,
emphatically "You are altogether too
economical. This business of spending
two hundred and twenty-five dollars to
save twenty-five won't work. You
throw that ticket in the fire and begin
to rctrench and reform in some other
direction, please" and she began to cry.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
summons.

In the District Court of the Third Judicial
District Of the Territory Of Arizona, in and for
the County of MHricopa.
JOsEFA GLEASON, Plaintiff,
VS..
W. K. GLEASON Defendant
action brought III the District Court of the
Third Judicial District of the Territory OF
Arizona, in and for MaTicOpt County, and the
complaint filed in said MaricOps County, in
the office of the Clerk of said District Court.
Ia the name nf the Territory Of Arizona W.
X. Oh asUn, defendant, greeting:
You are hereby summoned and required to
appear in nm action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff, in the District Court of
the Third Judicial District of the Territory of
Arizona, in and for MaricOna county, and an
swer the complaint therein filed with the Clerk
OF this said Court at PheniX, in said county,
within ten days after the service upon you of
triS summons, il served in this said county, or
If served out of this said county and within this
sai0 Judicial District, then within twenty days
thereafter, or in all uther cases within thirty
days thereafter, the times above mentioned be-
ing exclusive OF the day of service, or judg-
ment by default will be taken against you.
Given under my hand and seal of the District
Court of the Third Judicial District of the Ter
ritOry Of Arizona, in and for MaricOpa County,
this 18th day of January, A. D., 1898.
lSeall c. II. KNAPP,
Clerk of said District Court.
By J. II. STOUT, Deputy Clerk.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-18
August
Flower

I had been troubled five months
with Dyspepsia. The doctors told
me it was chronic. had fullness
after eating and a heavy load in the
pit of my stomach. suffered fire.
quently from a Water Brash of clear
matter. Sometimes a deathly Sick
ness at the Stomach would overtake
me. Then again / would have the
terrible pains of Wind Collie. At
such times would try to belch and
could not. I was working then for
Thomas McHenry, Druggist, Cor.
Irwin and Western Ave-, Allegheny
City, Pa, in whose employ l had
been for seven years. Finally used
August Flower, and after using just
one bottle for two weeks, was en-
tirely relieved of all the trouble. l
can now eat things dared not touch
before. Iwould like to refer you to
Mr.. McHenry, for whom worked,
who knows all about my condition,
and from whom I bought the medi-
cine. live with my wife and family
at 80 James ST., Allegheny City, Pa.
Signed, JOHN D. Cox. y
G. G. GREEN Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. s. A.