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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06
The Revolution Over---Zeke and Betsy
Make Up and Betsy Calls Zeke Her
"Dear, Darling Dootsy Wootsy"
The Party Peril.

DeaT1 DaIIluS OOOGSy NVOGSy
The Party Peril.
B.-"Hellol MI. Editor"
R-"HelIoI Major. I hardly ex-
pected you this week"
B.-"OhI I'm all rite ergin. Ne an
Betsy have buried the Ratchet"
R.-"How is that2 I thought there
had been a terrific row and that a di-
vorce suit was started some days ago."
B.-"Well, you see, I tux on 80
erbout that 22d ov February Dizziness
that Betsy got sorry fer me. She found
that I wuz rite an she wuz rong. She
lowed that she was comm out fer
Wimmin suffrage, and would git me
1ected ter the legislator in spite ov
Tom johnson an Henry Upchurch.
That set the fire ov patritizum ter burn
in inmy buzzum ergin an tole Betsy
she was smarter than Queen Victoria
an purifier than Clerpatrie, an she
threw her arms Ground me an lowed
that I wuz her dear, darlin' dootsy
Wootsy." Then she sed 1 wuz her
VALENTINE an her Christmas gift an
lots more things. 1 tell you sum things
are hard ter stand, an SIGH az that is
one ov them. 1t il a site the way sum
ov these wimmin kin honeyfuggle a
feller when they wanter put him in a
guide humer."
R-'"Then I suppose you will enter
the race for the legislature"
B.-"I reckon l will, that liz if there
In emmy demokrat party by that time.
I see in the papers that the party will
be ruint if Simmons is not konfirmed
az kollecter ov eternal revernew. That
bein' the case I reckon Ill hev ter run
on sum other ticket"
R.-''Strange that a great party
with 'undying principles should be in
danger of dissolution because of the
failure of the confirmation of arevenue
collector"
B.-"I can't ackount fer it. 1 asked
Betsy what it meant an she lowed it
Wuz beyond her comprehension. 1 tell
you when things git past her under
standin' it IL time ter look out fer
snags. She is the smartest woman in
the country exceptin' Mrs. Lease.
Betsy says "a party il in a purity bad
fix when it gifts so it kan'G hold up it's
he'd till a revernew kollecter gifts kon-
frmed. Good bye"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06
I-MPORTAN7T

When farm products are low and money
scarce, you can't afford to take chances On
Fer tilizerS
Now is the time to get only the BEST TS
best, in the end, is always cheapest.
The N. G. Alliance Official Fertilizers are tnS
best.
For four years nothing has equaled them Ii
field results. They are used by more gOOd1a[L.
.ers than any fertilizers sold in the State wv
guarantee the standard fully maintained
We will try to keep them in store at prOm
.nent railroad points. IF there are none @CyOI
depot, get your Sub-Agent to order them ul~'
from the Durham Fertilizer Company, DuIn""
N. c., or MI. w. Fl. Worth, S.. B. A., NJ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06
AL QUIET ALONG THE PoTo-
MAC.
The Pension Question Drawn on for .
Little Excitement.

Government Finances WtnSfon's F~0-
kc Buildimg-COoI StW Free and
Sugar Protected
Especial Cor. PROGRESSIVE FARNER.]
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 3.
President Cleveland's absence and
the calm after the passage of the Bland
seigniorage bill has had a tendency to
produce q sitting atmosphere In the
National Capitol. Yesterday several
members grew warm over the pension
question and nearly called cath other
liars. Such incidents are disgracetul
in the extreme, but will ccu daily
until the halls are filed with sober,
earnest statesmen.
The debt statement issued this after
noon shows a net decrease in the pub
lie debt, less cash in the treasury, dur
ing February, of $12, 366, us. The in
t~erest-bearing debt increased $4O,s31,-
go; the non interest bearing debt in
creased 81, 381, $40, and the cash in the
treasury increased $54, $780, 65. The
balances of the several classes of debtat
the close Of business February % were:
Interest bearing debt, 1926, 872, 600;
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, 81, 81, O2O; debt bearing no
interest, 1919, 612, 995; total, $1,OO7,-
$50, O15. The certificates and treasury
notes offset by an equal amount of
cash in the treasury outstanding at
the end of the month were $609, 900, 907,
a decrease of 81, 149 274. The total cash
in the treasury was $787, O75, 1874. The
gold reserve was 500, OOO, 900. Net
cash balance, $38, 662, 1854 81. In the
month there was an increase in gold
coin and bars of &34, 797, 2O3, the total
at the close being SLIT, 462, 797. Of
silver there was an increase of 81, 1885,,
OO1. OF the surplus there was in
national bank repositories SIG, 800, 1928,
against SIG, 688, 354 at the end of the
previous month.
II the public interest-bearing debt
continues to grow at the rate of $40,-
600, 600 per month, Uncle Sam will run
out at the little end of the horn in a
short while.
A delegation of Winston citizens
came up during the week and have
been closeted with Congressman Grady
Messrs. Henry w. Fries, j. A. Gray
and w. A. Blair made speeches in
favor of Winston's claims. 1t is thought
that the bill will be favorably reported
during this session, but the government
finances are too low to begin the work
and the bill will likely go over.
The Senate Committee will probably
leave coal on the free list, but the
Sugar Trust will gain the day and
sugar will be protected from one to
two cents per pound. If the bill goes
through in that shape the average
citizen may put a little money in
his pocket when he goes to buy sugar.
When the President and his man
Friday (Gresham) departed for Roam
oke Island, N. c., it was given out that
the President was veXed over public
matters and wanted to get off some
where to let his brain cool. 1t is gen
orally thought that his brain will not
cool much while he is away. The
many cases Of fine liquor and beer put
on board the Violet gave rise to this
rumOr. If the party escape the jim
jams they will be lucky indeed.
DAvY CROCKETT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06
IGSScS.

We need not tell you that when Bro.
Worth read this account he forgot that
he had so longed to see the beautiful
shores of America once more, that the
very sight Of land on this side thrilled
him and filled him with that spirit of
patriotism which vented itself in the
exquisitely sweet tones of his melodi-
GUS voice, and that he positively re
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06

The Alliance Carriage Co., of Gin
cinna5i, O., will send their complete
catalogue of vehicles and harness.
showing over 100 different styles of
vehicles, from a road cart or farm
wagon to the finest pleasure carriage
ones taste can suggest. Also an end
less variety of harness ranging in prices
from SIS 90 upwards. If you have not
had this catalogue, send for it now; it's
free. Ask for catalogue ID"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06

Prof. B. Irby, of the A. & NJ. College,
has a nice lot of Mosby Prolific seed
corn for sale. If you need anything in
that line, send for it before the supply
is exhausted. Remember that pure
seed is what YOU want for planting.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06

Our friends coming to Raleigh are
requested to stop at the Central Hotel,
corner Wilmington and Hargett SITS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06
MARRIED.

In Nash county, On the 3Oth of Jan.
uary, Mr.. Q. II. Murray and Miss Lima
Cone.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06

Every person using Railroad Mills
snuff who will cut this out and carry
to j. G. Ball 6 Co.'s will get a sample
package of their snuff free. Q3OO
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06
Indian Games,

Americas great general purpose fowl 1
have also excellent pens OF B. Plymouth Rocks
and Brown Leghorns. Eggs S1.25 per 10, $500
for SO eggs. r.. L STROWD,
(l3O4 Chapel Hill. N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06

For Malaria, Liver Trou-
Die, orIndigestion, use
BROWN IRON BITTERS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06
The CORN FOR THE SOUTH
MOSby Prolific.

Makes good crop on poor, and phe-
nomenal yields on rich land. From
two to four ears to the stalk. Grows
twice as thick as ordinary corn, is most
excellent for ensilage, or curing in the
shock. Having a small cob, it makes
large yields when shelled, is eaten up
cob and all by horses and even hogs.
Makes beautiful meal. Price 81 so per
bushel; 80 cents for ] bushel; so cents
per pix Shipped promptly on receipt
of money.
Address
d IRBT
RALEIGH, N. G.
On sale at L. R. Wyatt's, Raleigh,
N. =. Q32D
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06

If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN IRON BITTERS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22
POLITICAL POINTS.

Westmorcland, too. has declared for
Walton.
Attorney General Hensel will resume
his Lancaster law practice.
Factory Inspector Watchorn will 1t is
said, become a coal operator
Judge Goff denies that he is a candidate
for the West Virginia senatorship.
James s. Hairah, of Beaver, Quay's
right hand man. can, 1t is bellved be Gen
eral Reeder's deputy
John p. Ell1n, the bright Republican light
of Indiana county's bar, leads for the dep
uty attorney generalshlp.
Captain Delaneys appointment as fac
tory inspector Is generally regarded at
Harrisburg as foregone conclusion.
Insurance Commissioner Luper, after
twelve years official service, will assume
the presidency of large Philadelphia in
surance company.
The Fetterolf clerkship boom seems also
to be out of the woods. The powers that
be are evidently bent on dsciplinng
Charley Voorhees,.
The story of Mckinley Harrison COM
bine against Tom Reed for speaker is
ridiculed everywhere as the most aslnine
invention of the year.
Chris Magee denies emphatlcally that he
Is dlsgruntled at the new cabinet or that
he has yet preferred u request of any kind
to Governor-elect Hastings.
There is rumorln Harrisburg that Gov
ernor Pattison will succeed Mr.. Wilbur In
the Lehigh Valley presidency after his
gubernatorial term expires. II isn't cred
tied.
Angered b. Tom Wstson's charges OF
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22
The Price Of Health.

These are days when-to borrow a
phrase from the school boys vocabulary
1T is almost dangerous to be safe"
The busy sanitarians, not content with
daily frightening one with new revela-
tions about predatory microbes, infec-
tious bacilli and militant disease germs
in general, each tale more terrifying
than its predecessor; seem of late to be
sitting up nights trying to work out un-
expected combinations of novel menaces
to health. happiness and even life. 1t is
getting so that one can hardly pick up
a modern newspaper without feeling a
premonition of surprise and shock
thanks to bacteriology and the thous-
and and one satellite ologies that clus-
ter sycophantly about II.
In single day, for example, we re-
Gently noticed two distinct accounts of
epidemics so queerly inspired that we
are led to make note of the causes. In
Middletown, N. Y, for instance, a ty-
phoid epidemic is attributed by the
learned physicians to the fact that the
victims had eaten oysters which had
Keen experimentally planted near the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

fraud, Congressman Black, of the Tenth
Georgia district, offers to resign and let
the people try another ballot for his sue
cessor.
The seats of Senator Laubach, Demo-
crat, of Northampton county, and Floyd
W. Weliver, Democrat, of Montour, elect
ed member of the house, are TO be con-
tested
The official Republican plurality in Ohio,
for secretary of state, is 1906 The total
vote of the two leading parties falls 9i,Gss
short of that of last year, the Republicans
losing 1884 and the Democrats 1886.
Pittsburg paper intimates that Col
onel Lambert will retire from the insur-
ance commissionership after time, MAX
ing way for Chairman Gilkeson. No red
son is assigned in support of this unique
theory
The following additional congressional
contests ara reported: Third Missouri
district, Orton, Republican, VS.. Dockery,
Democrat; Sixth Arkansas, Myers, Re-
publican, VS.. Neill, Democrat; Third
North Carolina, Spear, Republican, VS.,
Shaw, Democrat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22
That Traction Company Ordinance.

The upper branch of councils will to-
night, in all probability, pass upon the
muchmooted ordinance giving the
Scranton Traction company permission
to lay double tracks on Franklin ave-
nue., between Lackawanna avenue and
Spruce street. A petition and a protest
are both in circulation for signatures,
and councils will do well. before reach
ing decision, to give careful heed to
both sides of the subject. Certain gen
cral truths which are cited in favor of
the protest have only remote bearing
upon the case. 1t Is true that city
franchise should not be given away. 1t
is true that the corporations which
make a practice of utilizing public
thoroughfares ought to be so restricted
and regulated by the city that the
public, in whose interest these fran
chises are nominally awarded, would
be, in real fact, the gamers, both in
good service and in fair rentals. These
and many other things are true in a
general way; but the immediate ques-
tion in the present instance is simply
this: "Will the advantages to the city
from double track on Franklin ave-
nue. outweigh the disadvantages of
such tracks to the property owners who
oppose the changer"
We say this Is the immediate question
because, Independent of any general
considerations, the Traction company
already has the legal right to lay a
single track on this street and is there
fore not seeking to dispoil virgin ter
ritory. Franklin avenue, to be sure.
is narrow thoroughfare; but the ques-
ton of putting q street railway track
upon it having already been decided in
the affirmative, the present interroga-
tion is merely whether or not by doub-
ling this track the public will double its
cQnveniences. Those members who be-
lieve that it would should vote in the
affirmative upon the pending ordin-
ance; and those who believe that it
would not have no honest recourse but
10 vote IN tne negative. In any event,
the company will continue to run cars
on Franklin avenue. as heretofore, and
its purpose in asking for double track
is, as we understand 1t, merely to re-
1ieve the Lackawanna avenue lines of
enough cars, by way of Mulberry street,
TO prevent the overcrowded and con-
gested conditions now so frequently
noticeable, particularly during the busy
noon and supper hours.
These are the considerations that
should influence action on this matter.
To promote the convenience of citizens
generally should be councils aim. The
Traction companys own wishes when
they clash with this, should be subor-
dinated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

mouth of city sewer. To make sure
that this trifling fact was the lurking,
but deadly cause, other oysters from the
same bed were placed under the micro
scope, and 10, they were found to be
literally infested with typhoid bacilli.
Thus millions of bushels of oysters an
nually grown in proximity to the sew
age discharges of our great cities are
now proved to carry within their ugly
shells untold possibilities of disease and
DEATH which that innocent biped man,
little realizes as he deftly lifts the sue
culent bivalve from the half shell and
transfers it, uncooked, to his stomach.
Not less interesting is the claim of
medical science with regard to a severe
epidemic of diphtheria now raging in
Chewton, Pa, that it was caused by
the transmission of diphtheretic germs
in old school books. Several months
ago, 1t appears, the school directors of
that thrifty village decided to purchase
knowledge cheap, in job lots. The out
come of their negotiations took form in
the arrival of a consignment of second
hand text books, direct from Philadel-
phia junkdom. Within two weeks af-
ter these books had been distributed,
diphtheria was in serious evidence, and
fortnight still later, the schools of
Chewton had to be closed instanter, and
the young idea left to shoot at home.
In the meantime, the offending books
were burned; and now the epidemic is
rapidly abating
These are merely two instances, casu-
ally culled, of the fright that moderE
science is daily purveying to the sons of
men. 1t would be unfair to science not
to say that it Is also doing its level best
to keep pace in the matter of cures.
But all the same, it remains a fact that
eternal vigilance is today the price of
immunity from the ambulance and the
undertaken,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

The institution of contest by Judge
Sittser of the Wyoming Sullivan judi
cial district will be learned with regret
by the judges many Republican friends
In this city-not, indeed because they
fear Judge-elect Dunham will not be
seated. but because the dragging of
such a contest through the courts is
little calculated to invest the bench
with new dignity. We do not believe
that If there was election crookedness
in the Forty-fourth district two weeks
ago 1t was confined to one party; or
that a fair elimination of irregular bal
lots would leave the Republican candi-
date in minority
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

know If Its children are at school, and
it can only know this through school
census. Its absence is a crying shame
which the legislature should remedy
next winter" Representative Farr will
note the omission and, as probable
chairman of the next education COM
mittee, promptly supply it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

There is nothing in Japan's reply to
Secretary Gresham's offer of America s
mediatory services which can fairly
be construed as u reflection upon the
dignity Of our flag. Japan declines to
listen to third nations before she has
officially heard from China; but the
declaration is courteous and in good
spirit. 1t is cheap and picayunish
view of the subject which imagines that
the United States has been belittled
through any attempt on its part to end
bloodshed by the substitution of a
peaceful arbitrament
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

The need of state school census has
seldom been more eloquenuy voiced
than in the following paragraph from
the Philadelphia Press: This state
keeps count Of the coal that is mined
and the oil that is pumped. 1t watches
and tallies the product of field and fur.
mace. But of its children, more precious
than all the rest. 1t keeps no account
1t provides over $5,O00,OOO year for
their education and then is ignorant
how nearly all are taught. 1t counts
the children safe In the school house,
but keeps no tally of the thousands
going to destruction outside Of the
school house. This state needs school
census to answer these questions. In
dependent Of truancy laws and COM
pulsory education this state needs 10
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

The Republican who cannot see that
the people want rest from costly tar
if agitation and unsettling experiments
should consult an oculist.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

At a dinner recently given in his hon
or in Jersey City, Archbishop Satolli
said: 81 love America and the Ameri
can people, and If you wish to give me
real pleasure use no drapery for orna
mentation except the American flag"
This was the speech of a genuine pat
riot, fit to rank beside the patriotic
utterances of that other eminent Amer
lean Catholic, Archbishop John Ireland.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22
SCRANTON, NOVEMBER %, 1894.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city,
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population 1894, 100000.
Registered voters. 20j99.
Value of school property, $5O,ON.
Number of school children, 1900.
Average amount of bank deposits, SlO,-
O00 00O
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn"
sylvania.
Canproduce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point in the United States at
which to establish new Industries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

The country has done nothing to de-
serve the appearance of Governor
Waite on the lecture platform.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

The president has sprained his ankle
but his confidence in Grover Cleveland
IS still proof against any accident.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22

The office, in many state instances, is
apparently seeking just now how most
easily to avoid the man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22
Lost Manhood Restored.

LOSL NIaTf1OOu Restored.
Weakness Of Young Men Cured.
If you have been given up by your ply
stefan call upon the doctor and be exam
ined. He cures the worst cases of Ner-
Sous Debility, Scrofula, Old Sores, Ca
tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec-
tions of the Eye, Ear Nose and Throat,
Asthma, Deafness, Tumors, Cancers and
Cripples of every description.
Consultations free and strictly sacred
and coniidenlai. Office hours daily from
am. to pm. Sunday, 9 to2
Enclose five 2-cent stamps for symtpom
blanks and my book called New Life"
l will pay one thousand dollars in gold
to anyone whom l cannot cure of EPI-
LEIPZIG COMMISSIONS or FITS
DIR. Z. GREWER,
Old Post Office Building, corner Penn
avenue and Spruce street.
SCRANTON, PA.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22
Modern Cost.

YOU CANNOT FAIL TO BE
PLEASED WITH OUR EXHIBIT OF
THESE GOODS, AND IF YOU DO
NOT SEE MADE Up WHAT YOU
DESIRE, OUR STOCK OF COVER
INGS TO SELECT FROM IS COM
PLETE.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22
ParlOr
Furniture i.
WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS
THERE HAS BEEN RADICAL
CHANGES IN THE STYLES OF
ParlOr Furniture,

ALL WHICH HAVE BEEN TO THE
ADVANTAGE OF THE BUYER, AS
THE NEW AND TASTY PATTERNS
ARE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE
OLDER ONES. THUS ENABLING
THE PURCHASERS TO FURNISH
THEIR PARLORS IN UP-TO.DATE
STYLES AT A