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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

California has a $500 acre prune
orchard.
Victoria, Australia, had a gold out
put of about SIS, 600, 600 last year.
Westminster bridge, built in 1850,
was the first in which the foundations
we're laid by the aid of caissons.
Some Of lie Comstock mines are so
deep that no means has yet been de-
vised to overcome the excessive heat.
A Persian legend makes Christ say,
when I come again, after 1000 years,
I shall come in the form of a woman"
The green ants of Australia make
nests by bending leaves together and
uniting them with a kind of natural
glue.
AS there were just l3 marriages in
Henniker, N. Fl last year, the brides
are all the objects of superstitious
solicitude.
Civil enginseers say the wings of the
butterfly display the greatest possible
lightnegs combined with the greatest
possible strength.
A Georgia girl who raises pigs marks
them by cutting their tails off very
short. She says it takes a bushel less
corn to fatten them thus.
American buggies are s~uperseding
those of English make in London and
Paris. The only light, graceful vehicles
in Europe come from this country.
In what are called looming
mirages," distant objects show an
apparent extravagant increase in
height without alteration in breadth.
A curious growth with unusal re-
suits is reported from Tombstone, Ariz.
The roots of a tree are said to have
grown around a water pipe and caused
il to break.
A Manitoba farmer has a garden
patch, the soil of which he imported
bodily from a warmer climate. On it
he grows vegetables which are entirely
foreign to his neighboThood.
It is the secretary bird. OF South
Africa, that can whip any snake of
twice its size. Stanley used to aver
that the reptiles would crawl away
from this birds shadow in wild fear.
H~ortense Thevanon Buisley died in
San Francisco in 1866 and her body
was sent to New York for burial. 1t
was placed in a cellar and forgotten.
A few days ago it was found and she
was buried.
Two persons playing dominoes ten
hours a day and making four moves a
minute, could continue 1890 years
without exhausting all the combina-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
ALLEGED FUN.
vania

He-SO when you married me it was
simply a matter of dollars and cents,
was itG She-Exactly you furnish the
dollars, I furnish the sense.
There is no clean towel in my
room," said a New Yorker travelling
in the West, to the hotel clerk. "Oh,
get out! That's what you said yester-
dny. You're a kicker"
Mr.. Noopop-My baby cries all night.
l don't know what to do with it. Mr..
Knowitt-Tu tell you what I did. As
Don as our baby commenced to cry, I
used to turn on all the gas. That fooled
him he thought it was broad daylight
and went to sleep.
Harry lat the all year round hotel In
the Rockarondle mountains-Papa,
does the landlord charge $500 a day
now, same as in summer9 MI. Brown
Yes, Harry, and why not9 Harry
I think he might charge less. The days
are much shorter, you know.
Carrie-May used to be fond of Ian
guages and used to say that she hoped
to marry some great linguist, and here
she has gone and married old Hocksby
Scadds. Millie-Then her hopes have
been fulfilled. She has married money
and it can talk in all languages.
Old Lawyer Ito young partner)-Did
you draw up old Moneybag's willie
Young Partner-Yes, sir, and so tight
that all the relatives in the world can
not find a flaw in it. Old Lawyer with
some disgust) The next time there is a
will to be drawn I'll do it myself.
An English provincial newspaper re-
Gently called attention to a feeding
bottle Ii. e., nursing bottle advertise
ment, which concluded with the words:
when baby is done drinking it must
be unscrewed and laid in a cool place
under a tap. If the baby does not
thrive on fresh milk it should be
boiled" This is a trif1e hard on the
babV.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
SHE MEANS

The following Love Letter, was
picked up a few days ago, the owner
a have it by applying at this Office.
My Deer Dere Henry-I imbrace the
present opporchoonity to let you no as
how i am, and hope that these few
lines will find you enjoying the same
Blessin. Why don't you only rite 1
sweate line to tell your sufierin Kath-
run all about her pritty sweate Henry.
Oh my sweate Henry-my turtle dove
my pigin-my deer deare Hen-how
my poor sole is longin for your sweate
voice, In my minde I can heer you
singin Yankey doodle as you sung it
the day that you asked me for mi hart.
Mary weldon has got q baby! Oh my
deer henery do KUN out and lets git
marred. SO no more at present from
your own little lovin
Kathrun Belcher.
To my sweate henery
P. 8. Part Sekund. Josier tllbbs has
RACED a new house and Sallie lives 30
snug. butt she often ites Josier when
he feels poorly. My sweate henry Let
US keep house and if you love me I
wont whip you when you feel poorly.
nor i wont look at nobody else so I
wont Daddy SEE as how I must git
married, because I've let it run too
long already.
P. s. Part Thurd.
my pent is bad mi ink is pail
mi luv to you shall never fale
for henery is mi own true luve
mi luck, mi duck mi Turkle Dove
P. s. Noty Beny. Mothers ded. So
no more at present from your luvin
Kathrun An.
-PrOgressiUe Age.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
TO SAVE THE TREE.

The Baptist brother was passing
along by the Methodist brothers house
in the country town, and the Methodist
brother was sprinkling with the hose a
good sized shade tree which was badly
withered.
"What are you doing9" inquired the
Baptist brother, hanging over the fence,
neighborlike.
Il don't want to lose my tree"
The Baptist brother looked at the
tree and at the hose.
'"That won't save it." he said, with
the air of a tree doctor.
why won't it9"
you've got to do something more
than that.
'Thunder!" exclaimed the Methodist
brother, still sprinkling away; you
don't expect me to immerse it, do
you?"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29

forms are built some times out of paper.
put they have the appearance of being
quilt OF stone. The public should
watch the sallies of the partisans and
discern the false from the true, the
sheep from the goats.
Modern mugwumpery makes many
mighty ~makeshifts, many misrepre-
sensations, much misery. Political
Grlckery and fraud have borne off the
laurels from many a hard fought con
tese' but, according to the laws of retri-
outlVe justice, the laurels O fade
and the vanquished become the vic
tors. Truth must never die ice is
fully convinced, after wandering all
over the State and c~onversing with all
Kinds OF men, good, bad and indiffer-
ent' and after calculating upon the
ngures OF former elections, and after
due e~liminations for prejudices, gov
eminent pie, policy's sake, etc that
the men and party, who and which,
bear the Alliance principles at their
mast head will carry North Carolina
Oy a big majority this year, A. D.,
1894, They will have a good majority
In the legislature-such a majority as
Will place in the United States Senate
a man worthy of the high honor.
Senator Ransom has played traitor
TO the best interests of the people. He
has failed to legislate for the peoples
good. He has sold his birthright for a
mess of political pie. and the pie is
getting stale now. He is a trickster
and a ''makeshift." Elected once too
often, he has dimmed the lustre of
glory that did once circle round his
brow. He will make way for his sue
cessor and non shall weep. His po-
Iltlcal life ends in darkness-no star of
hope is near. Like all petty, policy
pie eaters, he goeth home, ''unwept,
unhonored and unsung." He was in a
position to bless the people-he did not.
He was in a position to strengthen the
vote for the free coinage of silver when
the voice of his State beckoned him to
do so-he voted against the voice of
wisdom. His die is cast. The people
must rule. The will of the people must
be the law of the land.
Joe Jackson says that our State be-
You'd question will send a reformer to
the next session of the U. s. Senate.
He's only a tramp, but tramp sense
must not always be ignored.
THE END
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
WHAT IS A / +
The Teacher Accepted One Definition,
but Didn't Take Warning.

4ne eaCner accepted One Definition,
but Didn't Take Warning.
The pretty school teacher, for a little
advertisement, had asked her class for
the best definition of "wife" and the
boy in the corner had promptly re-
sponded: "A rib"
She. looked at him reproachfully, and
nodded to the boy with the dreamy
eyes, who seemed anxious to say some
thing.
MANS guiding star and guardian
angel" he said in response to the nod.
1.-THE helpment," putin a little faxen-
haired girl.
Zone who soothes man in adversely"
suggested a demure little girl.
"And spends his money when he's
fush," added the incorrigible boy in
the corner.
There was a lull, and the pretty,
dark eyed girl said slowly:
"a wife is the envy of spinsters."
zone who makes a man hustle" was
the next suggestion.
"And keeps him from making a fool
of himself, put in another girl.
'Some one for man to find fault with
when things go wrong" said a sorrow
full little maiden.
stop right there" said the pretty
school teacher. "That's the best def
nition."
Later the sorrowful little maiden
sided up to her and asked:
"Aren't you going to marry that
handsome young man that calls for you
nearly every day9'
Yes, DEAR" she replied. But with
us nothing will ever go wrong, He
says so himself. "-ToledO Blade.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
SYNONYMS.

Steal a chicken, and you are a thief;
steal 81, 900 from your employer, and
you are an embezzler; steal IS, 600 from
the government, and you r a de-
faulter; rob your competitor or the
stock exchange of $40, 900, and you are
a fnancier rob him of 800, 900 to $780,
900, and you are a wizard oraNapoleon
of finance; wrecka railroad and gather
it in, and you are a ''magnate; )" wreck
a great railroad SYSTEM and you are q
railroad king" conduct a "negotia
ton" by which a strong nation plum
ders a weak nation of thousands upon
thousands of square miles of territory,
and makes the weak nation pay mil
lions of money indemnity for the wrong
it has suffered, and you are a diplomat
Truly, ''the times are out Of joint
Religious Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
poetry
rwF @yr BROKEN HEART

.f+ar death has claimed Its
Of no avail H. wrongs and shortcom1ng
III to beWaLnoou during Ee1r lie Time
feHasris the goHO
ssSSSntn. hands has pressed dt that f. brow
nastb's ICY swept those IeaLu 2oT
ITS f1g5toIf's left upon GnSS nn +Sere
md all tn I'd pains SURVIVING UH0A
-od in livid death, they stare
~sough locAfe sce like vengeful doomi
NE in the EN- 90 the graves drea0 Lara
II risen from Heath could not consume
'4fiSSsbOw what go" 800
lin that rigid Il P fooks seem yet to live,
gTTbose angu nLobs in deaths embrace
With stIlriTTing for a vent oBl'e'
,.ao,act, the angry, word
cha cold negIoets. doth rankle deep,
y. pOke IN H a tne sting that scared
al deeper 80 true and made thee weep
-, through palpitating air.
lnPeLeetGing into endless sRaC4 +bara
'VibraLInnSs will culver ever Cnere
nose never find a resting PIA0e
illnesses they'll be,
Al. living .%SIrta NH through b years,
FOr5sHs5 as the surg1ng OF LnS SCI he snbaraa
C~esseles?? ling with the music Oh ~hesPnoAeS'
.o tones can now erase
No . lords that made those Panss "PR0"
The %y!UctoILtrace, upOn that race,
Like ems deep wrought OF sorrow there'
5ebased may be reclaimed,
The most Lt H. learn to weep n 1eelt
The heart!95ooa scared for what hath panied,
md Cg1aon1nded feelings never neal
alas. that blighted life
FOO lst ooo,mDense with bitter tears;
To n e to calm the strife
IqSS 7 fST which my bosom tears
so closed, meath lids as white
those E!i n snow on Alpine, peak;
AVns5iTT frd a ray of light
V9 Titbin and there forg1Vness seak!
,-.,b+ast gem its soul of light
I1e gl fHose. rejecting nevermore
D0tta l5TI rays to mortal light
ls gan0V crushed, it lies at ruins door.
.,r the doomed in torments dire
hIGou. not more than he who's failed
Ela4Eo amends and QuenCh the fire
IQEaH Hongs death has come and qua1Ied.
that ouickens by the grave
AWIULs lives. is ever famed,
E9IVsS% IN Dity a m~addening ave
A49 auuf han the tortu es Of the damned.
4, broken in the GOLDEN bowl,
a. WboIe the urn in every part,
DgSttbaTe view, with angu1shed soul,
M. ashes of q broken heart.
Ine%n'' U. B. GWYEN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
HOUSEHOLD.
mo uApM OvER ANY FISH.

no WARM OVER ANY FISH.
Remove all the bones and skin, pick
,1a fab into small pieces. Make a
5,svn. butter sauceof milk mot water,)
.ra little thicker than usual, and a
hard boiled egg chopped into it; flavor
With a little onion and a little nutmeg.
Bptter a dish, put a layer of fish and a
little salt and pepper; pour over it
anne of the sauce; then another layer
dRsh, and so on until the dish is full.
Crate some stale bread crumbs over
the TOP. stand the dish in a pan of
water. and bake three quarters of an
hour.
WHITE SOUP.
Whenever you boil chickens save
teliquor, and if you have carcasses or
legs left put them in and boil down to
three quarts of liquor. Next day skim,
put on the fire with one blade of mace,
three cloves and two onions. Boil
slowly for two hours, strain and return
it to the fire. Just before serving
thicken with one ounce of -four wet
with the liquor until smooth. Beat up
the yolks Of four eggs, and add tothem
one pint Of new milk. Stir in quickly
and serve.
TOMATO SALAD.
Put t1e tomatoes on ice for several
hours Make the mayonaise, and set
ton the ice until wanted. Wash the
crisp part of the lettuce in ioe-cold
water and shake dry. When ready to
serve, make little nests with two or
Elfee lettuce leaves each, and arrange
uniformly on the dish. Peel and cut
te tomatoes in halves, and place one
ID each nest, put a tablespoonful of
a~a!onnai89 on each tomato, and serve
"olce, If the tomatoes are not peeled
Until just before serving they will be
oand much frmer than if peeled be-
'e placing on the ice.
RHUBARB AND CRUST.
wash the rhubarb and cut it into
PDSces about an inch long. To every
y'ula OF rhubarb allow a pound of
%saf' Put the rhubarb into a porce-
9a lIned or granite kettle, cover it
'''l Tue sugar, and put it on the back
ga'' OF the range until the sugar melts
I'u Ofing 1t to boiling point without
%''lg' Let it boil gently till tender,
~su Turn 1t carefully into a dish. Make
~u' puff paste, cut it into strips or
i@aIVS, and bake. Serve warm on a
,a''8s' With the hot stewd rhubarb in
"parate dish. This is a delicious
MY sS'"'ote for the usual soggy rhubarb
u BOILED ASPARAGUS.
sasn the asparagus carefully in cold
aad cut off the tough white ends.
m3 rps The white part that remains,
ss, suF0T into cold water to soak for
ss su @Inutes. Tie it IN small bundles
s5 Pa.% into a kettle of boiling water,
4. VOL Tor about half an hour. AT
s,, slo q twenty minutes add a tea,
b So15ol Of salt. While the asparagus
rRas 9 toast q Iares of bread, butter
Csbsnrs NJ and lay on a heated platter.
tsi, = tie asparagus with a skinner,
'C"' Lne strings, and lay it ON the
qs3r we heads ali one way. Have
os t,s heated half a pint of milk. Rut
tor ,.esPoonful Of butter and one OIL
bot o %Sether till smooth, add it to the
&ab ~.k' stir AMI let it boil until il
We, \. season 1t with salt, pour il
asparagus and serve.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
TIKI END.
1T WAS NO SIGN.

The Congressman was telling his ex-
perience in the back country district,
as he always loved to do when his
arduous labor let up on him for a few
brief moments.
Said he: 'Once I was caught On the
road just about dark with a lame horse,
and it was necessary for me to stop
over night ten miles from the place l
was billed for. l made for the nearest
house in sight and there was no one
there except a woman and her sick
husband. The responded to
my hello and came to the door"
Can I stay here" I asked, ''and get
feed for my horse9'
What your Nance she inquired.
I old her"
"Who air you9'
am a member of Congress from this
district, trying to getto the next town,
and my horse has gone lame on me-"
The whats" che asked; coming out
to the gate.
THE member Of Congress from this
district"
"Oh, air you3" she asked in doubtful
tones.
Certainly, you don't think I'd tell
you a lie, do you?" 1 said a little
nettled.
she looked at me in a brown study
for a minute.
We'll she said, ''bein' o Congress
man amt no sign you would not, but
I'm sorry for that horse and l recken
you a stay"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
HIS GRUDGR AGAINST THE ROAD

On a Michigan venue car the other
day a woman had a baby about a year
old on her lap, and next on her side
sat an oldish man, who was evidently
fond of babies. The child looked at
him, and he smiled and CLICKED in re-
turn. He was getting along finely,
when all of a sudden the kid puckered
his lips and began to howl.
''Therel there! Don't cry, my pre-
cious lamb" said the mother in sooth-
ing tones.
"seems to be afraid of meG" observed
the man.
Yes, sir, he does, and I can't make
it out. I had him out in the country
last week and he saw hogs and horses
and cowsright along, and never seemed
to care about EN-"
A giddy young woman across the
aisle began to giggle, and a man stand
ing up and hanging to a strap uttered
a gruff "haw! haW - and slapped his
leg. The old man flushed up and looked
hurt in his feelings, and seeing another
giggle and another haw.! haw! On the
way, he rose up and went out on the
platform and said to the conductor:
This is about the tenth time I've
been insulted on this road this year,
and the next hyena who does it is 60
ing to get both eyes knocked into one!'
Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1894-05-18

ilibustering by Mr.. Cannon. Ii re-
suited in fixing the limit OF debate at sc
minutes.
Mr.. Hermsn's amendment was de-
feated.
An amendment was adopted author
izIng the secretary of agriculture to In
vestigate the nutritive value OF food pro-
ducts; also an amendment providing for
the introduction of ramie, Chinese
plant resembling silk; also an amend
ment providing that persons who should
knowingly publish false weather FORE
cast or warning should be fined in sum
not to exceed 5000 or imprisonment not
exceeding 80 days or both.
An amendment was adopted authoriz-
ing the secretary OF agriculture to in
quire as to the feasibility of displaying
weather signals from postal cars.
AT p. m. the consideration oil the bill
wac concluded and the committee OF the
whole having risen the bill was favor
ably reported to the house and the pre-
vious question being ordered the bill was
passed in spite OF Mr.. Marsh's efforts to
recommit.
At 04 the house adjourned.
The herald., 1894-05-18

to Captain Clark of the mo-
hfcan.

Instructions to Captain Clark of the RIO
hican.
WASHINGTON, May H.-Captain Clark
ing sea feet. which sailed from Port
Townsend today, has had certain discre-
ticnary powers conferred upon him to
deal with such sealing vessels as he may
meet in the closed sea but if he finds
any vessel with skins aboard, evidently
taken since due notice of the provisions
of the arbitration agreement, such yes
sells will be seizsd. The exact status of
the British sealer Triumph, which re-
Gently returned to Victoria after a
warning" from the British cruiser Hya-
cinth, is not clearly known hero, and it
may be the subject OF another dispute
between the governments of the United
Statea and England. The Hyaclnth wac
sent north at the urgent request of the
British Columbisns to give notice to the
sealers OF the passage OF q restrictive
act. Some of the officials were
told that il she encountered the
Triumph with freshly taken seal skins
aboard 1t was the duty of the command.
er under the act to eeize the vessel and
return her to port. Then it would re-
main for the court to decide whether
the master OF tine Triumph took the
skins knowing OF the result OF the srbi.
tratioE. 1t was this point that caused
delay in the final passage of the British
act, because of Secretary Greshsm's in
sistsnce upon this point, and when the
British government finally yielded it
was supposed there could be no doubt
remaining as to the liability to seizure
of vessels that sought knowingly to
take advantage of the delay in the psss-
age of the British act. 1t May be that
the Triumph really was formally seized
by the Hyaclnth, inasmuch as she was
ordered to report to Collector Milne, at
Victoria; but the TACT that she was al
lowed to dispose of her seal skins does
not bear out that superstition. and it is
expected that more will be heard OF
the matter.
The herald., 1894-05-18
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bi
URder Confederation.

The Agricultural Appropriation Bill
Under Confederation.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Among the
bills fsvorably reported in the house
today was one by Chickerine of New
York, from the committee on railways
and canals, to inquire into the iesasibil-
ity of constructing ship canal from the
Hudson river to the Great Lakes.
After the call of the commi tees, the
house went into committee OF the whole
to consider the agricultural appropria-
ton bill.
Representative Herman offered an
amendment raising the appropriation
for irrigation investigation from $4,000 to
$25, 900.
The discussion OF the paragraph deal
ing with the investigation of irrigation
matters led to serious difference of
opinion. The members from Texas,
California and the srid regions of the
west and southwest, where the subject
OF irrigation is burning question, de-
manded one and two hours to discuss
the paragraph and amendments, while
Mr.. Hatch Was willing to conCede only
20 minutes.
Mr.. Hstch's motion to close debate in
the 20 minutes was amended by Mr..
Cannon OF Illinois 30 as to make it one
hour when the house divided, 81 to7T,
aud Mr.. Cannon made the point of NO
quorum. Then followed period of
The herald., 1894-05-18
THE N. II. A.


Program for the Tenth Annual Con-
vsntion of Editors.
ST.. LOUIS, May 1.-THE programme
committee of the National Editorial as
ISOLATION met today and completed ar
rangements for the tenth annual con-
vention. which will be held at Aspury
Park, N. j., next July. % to 9th. The
committee has sought to eliminate
dresry essays from the business sessions,
which will be devoted to the brief,
pointed consideration of the most vital
questions that engage the attention of
newspaper publishers and editors. Pa
pers will be read by prominent dele
gates, and the different states and dis
tricts presented will make their annual
report, which will be followed by the
election of officers and routine business.
Several evening sessions will be held,
when the other festivities do not inter-
iere and PAGERS and talks from some Of
the brighteat journalists in America
will be heard. Robert j. Burdette has
promised to speak. also Colonel Mcclure
of the Philadelphia Times, Harris Tay-
lor of the Boston Globe, joe Howard.
jr., the famous New York reporter, and
Fret Assistant Postmaster-G General +.
III, Jones.