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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18

a BALL Df1EoS u BEAUTY.
and serge suits with brass buttons are seen
everywhere, and blue suits with military
braid are at a premium, and these dresses
are just as sure to break out in the west
as they did here. It is the unconscious
effort to show how much the girls ad-
mire uniform. They like the uniform
in the abstract, and they like it in the
application. It has always been so and
always will be, and who blames them?
The band passes the school. Discipline
is forgotten, and girls and teachers crowd
the windows to see the soldiers pass. A
handsome man may walk along the street
in plain clothes and receive passing
glance, but the magnificent little runt
behind him in uniform becomes the
object Of keen interest. The chest boy
must stand in a corner and gnaw his
moustaches when a captain with his uni
form asks the girl TO dance.
The Russian admirals and captains and
counts, in their dark green, had many
admirers at the great ball given in their
honor, and none Of them lacked partners.
but they one and all tried to OBTAIN the
felicity of dancing with the belle Of the
bali, who had been quick witted enough
to have gown made Of dark Russian
green sicilienne, bordered with sable,
and with no ornament save her own
beauty. The dress was princess front
and back, with demitrain laid in two
heavy plaits. She did not lack partners.
Let some other bright girl do the same
If she wants to create sensation.
So many Of our bellies and beauties are
getting the most stunning gowns ready
to go to Chicago that it is only fair to
tell other young ladies what they are go
ing to wear so that they may not be
handicapped in the race One has sage
green cloth skirt, with two ruffles of
changeable silk green and white, made
with short British military jacket of
dark red, opening over a white Grape
vest, regular Tommy Atkins" jacket.
and very neat and pretty it is. This
same jacket of full tailor make, which is
quite expensive, will also be worn with
a black serge skirt with the gold braids
down each side. The hat to go with this
will be anything that suits the complex
ion or caprice Of the wearer.
Another is of fine blue serge as to
skirt, with several rows of black stitch
ing around the bottom. The waist is a
position jacket buttoned with small
round gold buttons and trimmed with
hussar gold braid and small frogs Others
have hussar trimmings in Black silk
cord and frogs. Sailor styles are ram
pant, and some Of the advanced houses
that's the very highest priced ones-have
a quantity of regular sailor caps for
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18
FsaEMaKs FUND INSURANCE COMPANY.

VI oaiH Il Id1iCISCU, OdI1IOFuId.
Incorporated in 1868.
Commenced Business in 1868.
ID. j. Staples. Pres. b. Faymonville, Sec.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
for Infants and Children.

ssCastoriais so well adapted to children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, N. D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, z.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
M OF FUSION.

1t is not our province to speak
authoratively for any political party,
but we give the news and discuss
parties 80 far as necessary for the
general information of our readers.
Hence we r not able to deny or con
firm the rumor so industriously cir
culated that the Populists and Repub-
licans r preparing to combine or
fuse" These reports were sent out
from Raleigh by a space writer whose
imagination is almost limitless. We
have heard several prominent men in
both parties say that there is no truth
in the rumor.
Our opinion, judging from observa
ton more than anything else, is, that
there will be no fusion, nor will any
efforts be made in that direction by
responsible persons. Oil and water
will not mix. The platforms of the
two parties are as unlike as day and
night. Indeed there is a far better
prospect of fusion between the Demo
cratic and Republican parties, for their
National platforms NEAR nearly the
same thing. Leading men in both
parties are on excellent terms and the
organs Of the two parties are very
affectionate. Just before the election
many Republican oficeholders and
ofice-seekers, seeing that Cleveland
was ahead, went over to his support.
The consequence is that many Repub-
licans will be kept in Office. Very few
Democrats have been appointed in the
North to relieve republicans. When
the Cabinet vas made up one of the
most responsible places was given to
Gresham, lifelong Republican. Presi
dent Cleveland, Secretary Carlisle and
John Sherman are constantly hob
nobbing. All this means something,
but what7 People who only see one or
two papers cannot keep up with what
is generally termed the inside as
well as an editor who reads hundreds
of papers from all secti 2ns OF the coun,
try, and for this reason anything of
this kind is harder for them to un.
derstand.
AS we see it, there is mo positive proof
of fusion between any of the parties.
If so, it does not appear on the surface.
We write this for the general public as
a matter of news and opinion, and
while it is correct, we believe, it is not
official.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
LETTER FROM MISSOURI.
President Miller, of the Missouri State
Alliance, Writes Very Kindly
Gravity of the Situation.
GRANGER. Mo.

GRANGER, Mo.
Mr.. EDITOR Enclosed find one dol
lar which place to my credit on your
subscription list. as | have been re
ceiving The PROGRESSIVE FARMER since
May, 1892, except during the campaign
some copies were delayed for weeks
and some were never received. The
Alliances of North Carolina are to be
congratulated upon having so true and
ably edited paper for their official
organ, not betraying the principles of
our noble Order in the hour of trial and
danger. These are times that try
mems souls. Never in the history Of
our nation have the people watched the
acts Of Congress as they will the com
ing extra session Aug. 9TH.
The dollar is in one end of the bal
ance and the manhood and liberties Of
the people are in the other end and
Congress must decide which shall be
mightiest, the dollar or the manhood.
During the last Is years we can
see how the monied power has we'll
nigh destroyed our Republic. THE
love of money is the root of all evil
is only too true with our nation. We
have fashioned our monetary system
after Europe until the liberties of our
people have been lost sight of. We are
asked to accept a single gold standard
in order to carry on commerce with
Europe. For over 10 years England
has tried to force, by her armies, the
suOjugation of the United States to
English rule, but failed to coerce by
armies: They, through Congress and
by bad legislation, have placed us
where it cost the blood of our fathers
to free US from. The situation is a
grave one indeed. The monied power
must be dethroned or we and u chill.
dreu will be slaves.
Our State Alliance meets Auo,7et "a
at Brookfield, Mo. 1t is exnected at
that time we will begin to bfiId IN the
work In u State which the last cam
paign shattered. We have had monv
hard places to pass in u Order IN the
State, but we" think the nrosnact ia
good. Respectfully,
JOSEPH MILLER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
GOLD AND SILVER.

There is as much difference IN re-
Iigious editors as there is in secular
editors. Often one is a p~lutocrat and
the other a Christian. The last issue
of the Christian Patriot says:
One thing is plain, gold and silver
should be treated alike. Both were
made by God. Both were made to
serve as money. AS grain is generally
used as ~breadstuff; as God made grain
to make bread out of, so God made
gold and silver to make money out of.
AS grain is adapted for food, so gold
and silver by the qualities they possess
are adapted to serve as the medium OF
exchange. As the habits of most men
make grain breadstuff, so the CONNER
cial habits Of many lands and ages
make the precious metals the standards
of value. Some nati0ne i've On bananas
or potatoes, and soma 9..tions have
conducted their business With cattle or
iron or clam shells. Tho exceptions
do not prove that gold and silver are
not the proper mediums Of exchange.
Congress should treat both alike. If
the free coinage of silver ct the preseLt
ratio is unwise the free coinage Of gold
should be stopped. Let the United
States buy the gold it needs'to coin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08

It will be remembered that at the
meeting Of the State Alliance Execu
tive Committee, on November 23d,
1892, the name of Bro. S. o. Wilson
was rejected by Bros. Alexander and
Johnson, of the Committee, as one of
the employees of the State Business
Agency. Bro. Mewborne opposed the
action, as no charges were brought
against Bro. Wilson, either for mis-
conduct or inefficiency. The State
press commented upon the action for
some time afterward. Naturally Bro.
Wilson felt that an injustice had been
done him, as his work had been salts
factory during the period that he
travelled for the Agency.
At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee on August I'd, 1898, Bros. Alex
ander, Johnston and Mewborne voted
for a correction in the minutes, giving
as a reason for their action on the 23d
of November last, that as Bro. Wilson
had taken such an active part n the
last campaign, having been chairman
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
H SHERMAN c

An act directing the purchase Of sjIUer
bullion, and the issue Of treasury
notes thereon, and for other purposes:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, that the Secretary
Of the Treasury is hereby directed to
purchase from time to time silver bull
lion to the aggregate amount of four
million five hundred thousand ounces
or so much thereof as may be offered
IN each month, at the market price
thereof, not exceeding one dollar, for
three hundred and seventy one and
twenty five hundredths grains of pure
silver, and to issue in payment for
such purchases of silver bullion treas
ury notes Of the United States. to he
prepared by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, in such form and in such denom-
nations, not less than one dollar nor
more than one thousand dollars, as he
may prescribe, and a sum sufficient to
carry InCo effect the provisions of this
ac' Is Inereoy appropriated out of n
money In the treasury not otborwiso
appropriated.
Sec. 2. That the treasury notes ;so,,od
in accordance with this act shall 10 -
deemable on demand, in coin at 49,
Treasury of the United States, or 81
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08

of the Peoples party, they thought it
best for the Alliance that some one
who did not take such a prominent
part in politics be substituted tempo
rarily, at least, and that it was not
their intention at the time to create
prejudice against Bro. Wilson in the
future. This action was deemed neces-
sary owing to the fact that the public
might have thought Bro. Wilson was
suspended for wrong doing or inefi-
cheney.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
GREENSBORO FEMALE co. =

We call special attention +. - -,
vertisement in this issue Of Grsanobsa1ll
Female College, of Greensboro y y
Rev. DR.. T. L. Reid is the Presidiagnt. y :.
the College, assisted by a fine fac~I~l
of fifteen excellent teachers W. y
warmly recommend this irstifntiEoOO y
the patronage Of our read,rs. Ra srS
to read the advertisements and rrI'
to the President, Rev. DR.. + Lib
Greensboro, N. O., for further i3fre
nation. -"I
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08

Inquiries have been mada as to the
whereabouts of John B. Eaves, chair
man of the Republican State executive
committee. 1t seems that no Third
party" folks know, but the Charlotte
Observer comes forward with the infor-
nation that he is in Rutherford county.
This leads us to believe that there is no
fusion in progress between the Third
party and the Republicans, as it took a
Democrat to tell where he is. A lead
ing Third party man told us the other
day that the last time he heard of
Eaves he was killing rye Ticker in the
Office of Chairman Simmons just after
the election. If that is true, the Demo
Gratis must be about ten months ahead
in the fusion business.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
Mrs. Bilkins on the Sick List--Schoo
Committeeman Being Removed
The Mule has Been Shipped
to The Journal.
-'sHelIo! Mr.. Editor "

R-"HellO! Mr.. EdiCOr
R-"Hello! Major. Any news?"
n" Not much. Betsy has bin
right sick fer a week and that has
give me a little rest. She don't storm
at me so much when she is sick, an
I'm sorter boss Of the ranch durin' of
the time"
R.-"What seems to be trouble9'
B.-"I kant tell you. I tole Betsy
that she had an attack of the Sherman
law. but she lowed that l would euffer
fer that when she got well again. The
doctors an everybody are tryin' ter
diagnose the Chicago platform now,
an sick folks amt gittin' much atten-
ton. Say, I see in the NeUs and Oh
serUer and Chronicle that a Teller at
SCOTS Hill says nobody there writ the
''open letter" erbout Capt. Ashe. What
does that signerfy e.
RI can't tell you"
betsy lows that it means that
nobody around there can write q good
letter like that. She says none of the
folks what loves Capt. Ashe knows one
letter frum another. | recken they
have used up all the educated timber
there maxim Democratic school COM
mitteemen, like they have insome other
places. In our beat they couldn't find
ennuf Democrats to fill the places ov
the Populist school committeeman
what they turned out, so they had ter
go out ov the township an git one of
'em. I alters thought schools were
non partisan an that school commit
tees were selected for their fitness an
not for perlitical purposes. The legis
later will have ter repeal their charter
if they don't quit that sort ov business
purity Soon"
Ram sorry you lost your mouse
colored mule in your efforts to bring
the tariff question to the front again"
B.-"Well, there is an o~verproduc-
ton of mules anyhow, an I would
rather give all ov mine away than see
theD Democratic party lose sight of the
only issue they put in the Chicago
platform that wuz plain enough to be
understood. 1 shipped my mouse
colored mule Gin ter the Atlanta
Journal Saturday. 1 expect she will
kick sum ov them Journal editors over
into Lucyana before she is there a
week"
R-"That won't make any differ
ence if she is a Democratic mule and
favors a gold basis"
Dwell, that is whut she is. I
raised her that way an she will never
depart from it. If she gets IN the
Chicago platform, she will stay there
until Congress ruins the country, or
longer"
RI don't see how your mule will
get through South Carolina. Governor
Tillman may have her arrested and
put in a dispensary, owing to the fact
that her name is Gin"
B-"Le5 'em arrest her. Gin is a
Democratic mule an she can get away
with Gov. Tillman and the R. & D.
Railroad both put together. Good
bye"
~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
READ THIS.
RALEIGH. N. c.. JuIv is 1S

RALEIGH, N. c., July IS. 1892
Mr.. j. ". Denmark, Business M1aQqI
PROGRESSIVE Farmer:
DEAR SIR:-We recently run for
short time an advertisement in Tn
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and we run atts
same time the same advertisement ID
four other leading papers in the State
and we write to say that we received
ten replies from the one in your papa
to every one received from 1.-the Other
papers combined.
Yours truly,
EDWARDS G BROUGHT0X
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
EDUCATORS COLUMN

JOHN J. INGALLS, is classified nav .,
"a statesman out Of a Job Nam
school teachers are in like Ccn5it;aS!
There are many school boards And
committees looking for a teacher, W.
propose to arrange for these extrpma
to meet, and the focal point is in f5s
column.
OUR PROPOSITION, for tL.s spsa,
only, is this: | fyou are a teacherse
ing a position, or if you are a commit
teeman or an Individual looking for,
teacher, we will allow you to state thu
1act through this column in a space d
one half inch once for IS cents. twig
for 50 ceisrs, three times for Is cents o.
five times for 81. Cash must accom-
pany the order.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Salem Female COllege-salem, N. G.
Chester, Pa. As' WesV
way Always mention The PRoGREss1vE
rARMEF when writing to advartiSara
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
NOTICE OF GRANGE SPEAKING.

Hon. Will R Williams, Master of
the State Grange will deliver a public
address at S5oney Hill Grange, Nash
county, on Thursday, August II, 1898
Everybody invited.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08

If you feel weak
and all WORKOUT take
BROWN IRON BITTERS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08

TEACHER WANTID? Well, tLen, sa etIet a
with your lame and address in this column
This amount of space in this cOulmu. = cene57
n week or five weeks for 81. Address Tn
PROCESS I'VE FARMER, Raleigh, Nc.
A GOOD TEACHER? an A. B. Of -c oIgs
Teach German? French? Latin! Greek: Sais
factory references furnished? Wish s,lodh
n. c.? Well, then, say so in this column O1s
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08

Over twenty years of experience AMI
experiment in making Dobbins' Elec
trio Soap hiss enabled us to bring out
now a new sc soap. the best in the
world, Doboins' Perfect Soap. Ask
grocer for i.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08

The best thing yeti" That is the way a young
nan put it who made arrangements to work for
can get further ton by dropping them
a card.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-11

stTuments beautiful tapestries, photo
graphs of interesting Siamese scenes and
quaint pictures of Buddhistic Psychological
subjects.
In the agricultural exhibit pyramid Of
preserved fruits and vegetables is the most
prominent thing, unless ones attention is
attracted first by the carved deer heads
and antlers that surmount the square arch
of the frieze. Crystallized squash and DO
tatOes, cut into miniature flowers and CT =
talized roses that retain their odor are
among the remarkable things to be seen in
this pyramid, and there are little candies
each containing some kind of spice, that
American cOnfectioners ought to learn how
to make.
The Siamese have a peculiar way of pre-
serving meats. They pound them dry I'M
til the fbers separate and look something
like vcrmicelli and use them for soups and
teas. Specimens of chicken pork, duck
and fish treated in this way are on exhibit
ton, md there are % kinds of dried fish.
The Siamese farmer must be creature of
artistic instincts if he uses such agricul-
tural implements as are to be seen here, for
they are inlaid with mother of pearl and
woulI make good parlor ornaments. The
cigars are curious looking things, with
wrappers of bark, leaves and paper, and
some of them look like iirecrackers.
Slams display in the Transportation
building is more decidedly curious than
modern. 1t comprises specimens of the va
rious vehicles used in the country, of which
chairs are most numerous-blue chairs for
weddings, green chairs for officials, and
chairs in which the priests carry their idols
about. Bullock carriages and several kinds
of boats that might be able to keep up with
them in a race show that Siam might get
an idea or two from some other nation in
regard to transportation facilities.
In the Forestry building she has an ex-
hibit of her native woods, among them the
largest teak plank ever exported, and in
the Woman's building there is Il costly dis
play of cmbroideries in gold and silver and
silk, and some beautiful tapestries of very
curious designs. The wife of Phra Suriya
Nuvatr, charge d'affaires of the Siamese le-
cation at Washington, and who will prob
ably soon be minister plenipotentinry is
principally responsible for the display in
the Woman's building. She is remark
ably progressive woman and has manifested
great interest in this department.
The irrepressibility of South Dakota is
well illustrated in her position in the Agri-
cultural building. At the corners of the
| booth are columns made of tho trunks OF
! trees with the bark on. Some of these have
sent forth green shoots that give promise
of developing into good sized branches,
though they are of a tender, delicate green,
owing to the absence of sunlight. The
people about the booth are very proud OF
them and watch over them carefully for
fear they may he broken off.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-11
An international Visitor.

1t will be new to many readers that the
mosquito is now firmly established in Lon
don. 1t is to be found in certain large no
tells which are the resort of visitors coming
from the continent and the supply seems
to be maintained by constant importations
from abroad Visitors who are familiar
with the noise and bite of the mosquito as
sert that it is the true pest in its worst
form, and there is no reason for doubling
their experiences.
A ludicrous mistake in identity on this
point recently occurred at a large collery
in the north of England. The men in a
distant part of the mine complained that
the workings were full of mosquitoes"
and refused to enter the gallery. AS it
takes something worse than a mosquito To
frighten collier, the manager went down
to explore and discovered much to his
amazement that the workings were full OF
huge, hornetlike, yellow banded flies,
whose larvae We're Matching out from the
wooden props which supported the roof, in
the warm atmosphere of the pit. The buzz
and rustic of wings was indeed formidable,
and the bite of the supposed mosquitoes
would by analogy be something very ter
rible indeed.-Iondon Spectator
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-11
No. 21S.-TranspOsitiOn.

He ONE that he had travelled much,
He thrilled Us with his strange narration
And offered to Dur sight and touch
Substantial TWO to his relation.
Flowers gathered where on Persias shore
The poet THREE now rests alone;
A cedar splinter from the FOUR
Supporting SolOmon's great throne.
From FIVE famed mount a pinch of ashes,
Whose flames once told that Troy was taken
Of course we knew our friend veracious
But at this point some heads were shaken.
Munchausen's self could scarce compare
With this great traveller of our own,
But those who know him best declare
He never left his native town.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-11
eoTTlcELLps MADONNA

The crown of stars burns bright above her
hair
Mas,y her hair and flaming like red gold
And from the orient scarves, that deep iLfod
Her chaste white brows, the patient face shines
fair.
Young angels eager flock about her chair,
Tend'ring the book, for there shall stand en-
roll'd
Her chant, of whom the swift archangel told,
This is that Virgin that a God shall bear"
Oh, crimson anguish oh, sad passionate
mouth
Oh, lips that pout and droop like clots of bloodl
Oh, tired ,velils saggng as ripe corn
in autumn All the languors of the south
fhrob in thy veins! And sorrow at the flood
Walls, ut were better had not been born!"
Maurice Hewlett in London Academy.