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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
ITEMS OF

The circulation of the blood is af-
fected by music.
Total number of books in the Bible,
66; chapter, 1,189, verses, Be-, 173; words
us, 746; letters, 8 1866, 48O.
The fastest long-distance run ever
known was on the New York Central
in 1891-439 miles in 425 minutes.
Whenever lightning strikes the
Sahara desert it vitrifies a small por
ton of the sand, making a sort of
glass.
The Suez canal is SO miles long, and
reduces the distance from England to
India nearly 1000 miles fer ships.
"Mint Mark" means the letter or
mark on the coin designating the mint
at which it was struck, as IS" for San
Francisco; 20. c." for Carson City
80" for New Orleans. The coins struck
at the parent mint in Philadelphia bear
no mint mark.
Wooden vessels bound for Philadel,
phia after a severe January, usually
stop at the Dele ware breakwater to
prepare against the dangers of the pas
sage up the bay through floating ice.
The chief feature of the preparation is
to sheathe the vessels hull just above
and below the water line with the sap
pine of Sussex county. The remark
able toughness of this wood makes it
an excellent material for the purpose,
and mills near the breakwater turn out
many thousand feet of this lumber
every spring.
French war Office experts are divided
in opinion concerning the value or
danger of Ejffel's tower in case of a
siege of Paris. German staff officers
have written quite freely about the
matter, principally holding the view
that the tower would afford a fine target.
Some French officers agree with this
view; others say the forts around the
city would keep the tower out of range,
while it would afford an excellent post
for observation. From it the opera
tions of the enemy could be observed
for q radius of A miles.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
FUN.

Teacher-"What have the various
expeditions to the north pole accomp-
Iished7" Dull boy-"Made geography
lessons harder"
Teacher-"What became of the chill
dren of AgamemnonY Pupil (after
mature deliberation)-"I think they're
dead by this time. "-Harzem Life.
People don't die very often over
here, do they ?" inquired the smart New
Yorker. mo, only once" replied the
Philadelphia. And there was an in
tense silence. -PhizGdelpbia Record.
An old lady, who claims ito know
all about it" says the only way to pre-
vent steamboat explosions is to make
the engineers ''bile their water on
shore" In her opinion, 'all the Dustin
is done by cooking the steam on board
the boat. Snap Shots
Mrs. McPhiz-"Tell me, doctor, is
there any danger of becoming insane
by using complexion bleaches9" DR..
BIunt-"None at all. When a woman
begins to use them she is about as
crazy as it is ever possible for her to
be. "-Boston Transcript.
Teacher-"With whom did Achilles
fight at the battle Of Troy7" Pupil
I-'Pluto." Teacher-''W rong. Try
again." Pupil-''Nero9" Teacher
'NeroG How do you" Pupil-"Then
it must have been Hector. I know it
was of our three dogs,"-HaUO.
Fact is" said the grocer, ''there is
no money in coffee nowadays" That's
a comfort" replied the customer, "but
there's most everything else in it. In
the last pound I got there were eight
beans, three peas, six shingle nails and
a handful of gravel stones. boston
Transcript.
Paterfamilias-So thatscienti6c text
book of-yours says nothing ever re
mains exactly the same, doesit7 Every,
thing is progressing either in n dlrec-
ton or the other7" His son-"Yes,
sir" Paterfamilias-"Bosh! b eauthor
of that book never heard Of the United
States Senate. Chicago Record.
''There is one thing" said the new
boarder, emphatically, "that will have
to be settled before I make up my mind
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
THE TROOPERS FAREWELL.
After the War was Over Came the Part
ing of Comrades.

After the War was Over Came the Part
ing of Comrades.
After ee'ssurrender come the march
to Washington and the grand review.
Even as we rode through the streets of
the capitol a thousand clerks were busy
making out the parchment discharges.
Regiments were marched to the depot
companies dissolved as if air. The
government had no further need of
soldiers-the soldiers were anxious to
get home.
All the way up from Appomattox we
of Clusters Third division had been
nerving ourselves up for the double
parting. There were men who had
shared each others blankets and pipe
and bareback till the bond between
them was more than brotherly. A
few squads might return home in com
pany, but peace would separate most
of us forever. The old veterans-those
who had messed together, charged to-
gether and bound up each others
wounds-rode closer together than
usual, and one missed the rollicking
songs and the rough jokes of the march.
The camp, the march and the battle
field welded men together as relation
ship could not. A handshake and a
caress goodbye" would not do at
parting.
After the review we had a day for
the parting. We sat down together
to talk, but there was little talking.
The very first words called up a night
of hardship-a long day of hunger and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

The DOGS o L NOSE.

thu dogs nose is always cold
why II Won friends, as Tve been told.
III ten sS Us and years, and years ago
M9 WEI many / don't really knoWI
How acamea rain on sea and shorei
IngI[IIS was never seen before
US tnca It fell unceastng down
Or SIT II he world began to drown.
I'll inst before the heavy pour
butJ man-his name. was Noah
An lI him an ark, that he might save
E6gHlh family from q watery grave;
MA in IT. also, he designed.
Al n shelter two of every kind
6dgSbasst- Well, friends, when 1t was done
Oh eS9ooTk clouds Obscured the sun.
SSLL4tI Father Noah safe led the way
RPHySiiIe after him, In close array,
TTama all the animals In pairs.
~ Ia0nards, tigers, wolves and bears,
4TPS deer, the Appropriateness,
NJ rabbits, squirrels, elks, walruSes,
TTPPe camels, goats and cats and donkeys,
Ibe beavers, tall giraffes and monkeys,
TTbs rats, the big rhinOceroses,
The drOmedaries and the horses
The sheep, the mice, the k~angaroos,
uvenas. elephants, koodOos,
And hundreds more-'twOuld take all day,
Ny friends, so many names to say
And at the very, very end
n the procession, NOah's good friend,
The family dog, with merry din,
Helped drive the crowd of creatures In;
And then, with loud, exultant bark,
He gayIy sprung aboard the ark.
Alas! so crowded was the space
He could not find in 1t a place;
So, patiently he turned about,
Stood halfway in and halfway out,
And those extremely heavy showers
Descended through nine hundred hours
And several more. and at their close
Most frozen was his honest nose,
And never could it lose again
The dampness of that dreadful rain;
And this is why-so I've been told
We find the dogs nose always cold.
-MdTUdret Eytinge, IN Detroit Free Press.
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SSS
but could see nothing, and, getting
down from my place, crossed ove to
his side of the cab, thinking the signal
would be visible from that seat.
His eyes had grown wonderfully
bright and were fixed upon something
in the darkness.
Springing lightly up beside him, /
gazed In the same direction, but the
light he saw was not for me.
"Where is it, fatherG" I asked,
eagerly.
His eyelids closed a moment and then
opened slowly.
Dear Ned" said he, Ii beautiful ten
derness, 1.-THE signal is put out for me.
1t mean a report to headquarters-a
long lay. of-and-rest."
He sighed gently and his head fell
back IN my shoulder.
For the first time in my life I drew
near the presence of death and my
thoughts flew to the mother who was
waiting I'll return. My tears fell thick
and fast and 1 stroked the damp hair
that clustered about his forehead and
kissed him again and again.
The hand that had been guiding us
safely through that night of storm over
those black miles of peril fell from the
lever and I cried aloud in agony.
He reused himself again, leaned for
ward, gave the throttle a tremulous
push and looked at me with the glory
of eternity shining on his face.
81 shall be found at my post, lad,
and the Master will care for you aud
mother. Don't cry, dear, but tell her
how I got the summons"
His breath grew shorter and I gath
cred him closer to my heart, listening
intently for his last words. Softly but
clearly they came to my benumbed I'M
derstanding:
Stand by the engine, Ned! Run
her through on time"
A smile settled on his white lips and
all was over. Faithful unto death
The situation was beyond description.
1t vas some time before I could realize
that I must bear the great responsible
ity of my fathers position. I still
chung to that dead body, kissing and
caressing the quiet face, but at last his
words: run her through on time"
came to me, and, laying him r~everent-
ly back on the cushions, I clambered
down, opened the furnace and filed it
with coal. I soon had a full head of
steam again, and, taking my place
close by my fathers side, 1 grasped the
throttle firmly and asked Heaven to
help me to stand by the engine in obe-
dience to his dying command.
Daylight looked in upon us to put a
seal on the bitterest nights work a boy
ever knew. The storm ceased to beat
upon our windows and the sun arose
to usher us promptly into Denver.
When I saw that we were not a mo-
ment behind the regular hour I felt en-
couraged to believe that out of my sor-
row I might begin a life that would
always keep the name of Edward Jack
son as bright as my father had left it.
Like him, I was determined to be a
railroad man ION time. "-CbicHgO
NeUS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
HINTS TO -HoUsEKEEPERs.
M. QUAD.

To polish jewelry use a paste of
powdered chalk and spirits of wine.
To clean marble boil four ounce of
soft soap with four of powdered whiten-
ing and one of soda. Apply hot, and
let it remain on the marble for a day
or two.
There is a false economy which costs
more than it returns, such as saving
old medicine bottles, partially used
prescriptions the tacks, taken from the
carpet, or working days to save or
make that which can be bought for a
few cents.
To keep tins in a state of dazzling
brilliancy wash them inside and out
with hot water and soda. Dry them
and rub the outside with a paste made
of whiting and water. When this has
dried, rub it off with a soft cloth and
polish with leather and dry whiting.
A new method of cleaning clothes is
suggested. Dip the clothes brush in
the yolk of an egg, 80 that the bristles
are quite wet. Allow it to dry and
then use. This treatment has, it is
said, the effect to make the brushing
especially effective.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
AS VIEWED BY AN ENGINEER.
Impressions of a Piano Solo From a Rail
road Mans Standpoint.

SS04 - 8NSA4
road Mans Standpoint.
1 was lettering around the streets
one night" said Jim Nelson, one of the
oIo locomotive engineers running into
New Orleans, toe reporter. "As had
notnIng to do I dropped into concert
ana heard a sleek looking Frenchman
play a piano in a way that made me
teel all over in spots. As soon as he
a down on the stool 1 knew bv the
way he handled himself that he under
stood the machine he was running. He
tapped the keys way up one end, just
as II they were gauges, and he wanted
70 see II he lad ~aser enough. Then
ne looked up as if be wanted to know
now much steam he was carrying, and
the next moment he pulled open the
throttle and to the main line as if he
was half an hour late. You could hear
her thunder owe the culverts and
bridges and getting faster and faster
until the fellow rocked about on his
seat like a cradle. Somehow l thought
1t was old 49, pulling a passenger train
and getting out of the way of a special
The fellow worked the keys on the
middle division like Lightning, and then
he flew along the north end of the line
until the drivers went around like a
buzzsaw, and I got excited.
about the time I was fixing to tell
him to cut her off a little he kicked the
hampers under the machine wide open,
pulled the throttle way back in the
tender, and how he did run. I couldn't
stand it any longer and yelled to him
that he was pounding on the left side
and if he wasn't careful he'd drop his
ash pan. But he didn't hear. No one
heard me. Everything was flying and
whizzing. Telegraph poles on the side
of the track looked like a row of corn
stalks, the trees appeared to be a mud
bank, and all the exhaust of the old
machine sounded like the hum of a
bumblebee.
81 tried to yell out, but my tongue
wouldn't move. He went around
curves like a bullet, slipped an eccen-
trio, blew out his soft plug, went down
grades so feet to the mile and not a
controlling break set. She went by
the meeting point at a mile a minute
and calling for more steam. My hair
stood up straight, because l knew the
game was up. Sure enough, dead ahead
of us was the headlight of a special.
In IA daze I heard the crash as they
struck, and l saw cars shivered into
atoms, people smashed and mangled
and bleeding and gasping for water. ]
heard another crash as the French pro.
fessor struck the deep keys away down
on the lower end of the southern divis.
ion, and then I came to my senses.
There he was at a dead standstill, with
tbs door of the fire box of the machine
open, wiping the perspiration off his
face and bowling to the people before
him. If I live to be 1000 years old I'll
never forget the ride that Frenchman
gave me on a piano. "-NeW Orleans
Times Democrat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

to remain with you" "And what is
thatG" inquired the landlady, anxiously;
the new boarder paid a high price and
paid it promptly. 1.-THE Coffee" was
his response.
Mother-Why don't you study harder,
and get into a higher classG" Tommy
Don't want to git into a higher
class" Mother-"Why notG" Tommy
-'"-Cos I kin lick everybody in my
class, an if I git higher, everybody
in de udder classn be able to lick
me, sect"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

In former times live oak was largely
used in naval construction, and war
ships had their frames and plankipg
principally of this wood, so that a web
of historical sentiment and romance
has been woven about the tree. The
wood lis still used to a considerable
extent in building ships, but its value
has increased largely on account of
the diminished quantity now avail
able.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
A LEGAL CROSS EXAMINATION.

Skill in examination is perhaps one
Of the most important qualifications of
the attorney, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, and considering the big re-
tanners of the present day runs back to
an exhibition of skill in on Ohio coun-
try court several years ago. It is SINH
lar to a case tried in Dallas county
court last week. The case was a mur
der, and a ross roads lawyer was re-
tanned for his reputed skill in criminal
cases. On cross examination he went
at the witness after this manner:
"Now, (ahemD Mr.. Tomkins, you
say you saw the defendant kill the
man2"
eyes, SIR"
"Yes-well-how did you know it
was the defendant"
Because I saw him."
"But, sir, how did you know it was
him7"
i've known him for thirty years. "
"You haveG"
YES"
"Known him all that time9"
Eyes"
"You state it under oathG" -.
YES"
Chow did he kill him?"
"He shot him with a revolver"
"How do you know3"
ST saw him"
"Did you see the revolver?"
Certainly"
"Did you see it revolve9"
mo, SIR"
AHA! How did you know that it
was a revolver9''
1T looked like one"
"Um-huh! Did you see him pull the
trigger9"
mo, of course not
"Ah! Then you admit he didn't pull
the triggers"
ST saw the blaze and smoke"
did you Gee any bullet in the blaze
and smoker" Would the blaze and
smoke have caused deash2"
"Of couse not"
"Then what danger was there in
fringe"
1.-THE bullet was found in the victims
head"
did you see any bullet strike de.
ceasedQ"
"Of course not"
The attorney solemnly addressed the
court.
eff your honor please, we would like
to introduce testimony in impeach.
ment. Here is a mon who swears that
he saw one man kill another with a
revolver, yet he neither saw the bullet
leave the pistol nor strike the victim.
He didn't even see the man pull the
trigger"
Are you addressing the courtG'
asked the judge.
"Why, certainly, if your honor
please"
GLOW do you KNOB?
why, your honor certainly hears
me-"
yes, but you neither see your words
leave your mouth nor strike the courts
ears"
The ~attornev cat down -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

IN, ,ue greatest speed attained by sail
h. SHIPS, according to Mulhall, was
h., Sue James Raines, APO miles in "a
JAM ', and Flying Cloud, 412. The
Az. Aet ran 2,28O miles in seven days,
"aslng 325 miles a day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-25
AUGUST FOR HEALTH.
It Must be Whether You Take a
Vacation or Not.
Take Time Now to Strengthen
Nerves and Body.
Soc That Every Part OF the Body
Becomes Well Fed.

Eleven months for business, for mo-
noy.maklng, for absorbing WORK. Take
August for becoming strong and vol.
Get back to your proper weight re.
iievs the tired nerves OF their irritabh.
ity; Gil the body with rudy, vigorous,
serviceabIe blood. You will work to
twice the purpose with clear head and
body undisturbsd by aches and pains.
Give Paine's celery compound fair
trial in August
WEAKNESS aud lack OF strength is a
matter OF the nerves and brain. It is
the exhaustion OF nerve centers that
produces tho feeling OF lussiiude and
depression.
Digestion and assimilation are the
frat TO become Affected by diminished
nerve power, and US these functions nre
80 closely connected with every part OF
the body the entire system shares in
thcir disorder. Mon and women about
middle ago take little exercise, their
blood becomes slow and impure and all
their important organs sluggish, while
u constantly increasing load Of anxiety
and care keeps their nerves from being
propesly Roasished. Such persons will
hnd steady gain In health, in vigor
and good spirits from PainO's celery
compound taken steadily through the
month Of August
The reason for the high regard in
which Paine's celery compound ia held
by physicians for building up the weak,
the sickly ahd the nervous, is because
all its ingredients arc known TO medical
men to feed the nerves and TO provide
pure and rich blood for all tho weak
parts Of tho body. Every trace Of ner.
vous exhaustion disappears when the
nerves that govern the functions Of the
body are thus abundantly supplied
with their appropriate food.
The disturbances OF tho nervous sys-
tom, whether neuralgia, rheumatism.
debility, extreme nervousness or heart
trouble, arc due to arrangement in nu'
triton. Headache, sense Of weight
on top OF the head, feeling Of constric-
ton about the forehead; these are very
significant symptoms and should be
needed. Better and more complete
nutrition 10 demanded for the nerves
and brain. Thin, pale faces, wasted
frames, unhealthy skin and low spirits
tell unmistakabIy OF blood too thin and
poor to properly nourish the body.
paine's celery compound brings an in.
creased, natural appetite, assists the
assimilation OF the food aud quiets and
restores q healthy nervous action.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-25
SOME veRY coon ADVICE.


A Leading Agricultural Paper GU the
Value OF Fairs.
In the current issue OF the National
Stockman and Farmer there is IN editorial
advising support OF fairs, in the course
Of which ia this paragraph:
"Thosu who have observed carefully
the results which follow where agricul-
tusal fairs are properly conducted know
the influence which they exert upon
the farming interests Of tho country in
Which they arc held. 1t ia safe to say
that the improvement in live stock and
agriculture in general in this country is
due moro to the fairs than to any other
one cause. Enthusiasm il contagious.
aud visitors who inspect the exhibits
are liable to become as interested in i'm
provements in all directions as arc the
exhibitors. Fairs, when conducted as
they should DO, arc great object LESSONS
that can BIO taught in no other way, and
the impressions they make are torclbIe
and iar.rcaching. Many who have
been successful in breeding or farming
owe their success TO impressions and
ideas received at somo such exhibition"
II il notable that tho West Virginia,
Iowa, Now Jersey, Vermont aud Ohio
state fairs all come in the same week
this year, us well Us the New England
fair at Worcester, Mass. 1t is safe to
predict that the Wheeling fair which
opens September 3wiit BIO the equal OF
any ofthcm.
From this date on committee OF Ia
aim will ho mn Tim Urnnnh dnilv in
charge Of the womon's and similar de.
partments. Tho associations Office on
The ground Is also now open, with ]. b.
Handlan, superintendent of privileges,
in charge, and he eau DO seen there any
day during business hours.
Tho speed entries close Monday even
ing ut IL o'clock. Some firat.class fast
ones arc already on the list. and the best
horses that ever went on tho track arc
promised.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-25
of.hola.. NJ. Thomas residing At Knox.

fthela.s Nh Thomas residing at Knox
Hon. Johu W. Mason and son. Of
Fairmont. Autographed At the MeLurO
yesterday.
Mr.. W. s. Emery, Of Grand Rapids.
Mich. representing the New England
Furniture Company, is in the city.
Miss Lillian Brady. Of Baltimore, Nd,
Il the guest Of her uncle aud aunt, Mr.
and Mira. Joseph EMS, otSthe South
Side.
John r. Rhisldafier and family have
removed from Pleasant Vadley. where
they spent the summer, TO Fourteenth
street.
Henry Kunkle, of ULrichsville, O..
who has been the guest OF Edward
Jones, Of the South Side, returned home
yesterday.
Misses Rose Haley and Roweua Ward,
OF Wheeling, are visiting thelr mother,
Mrs. Ward. OF Gardeners Run.-CIdHHg'
Ton, o.. Independent.
Mrs. D. 6. Hildebrand, Of Baltimore,
who has been visiting Mra. I. ID. Gar
win, at Leatherwood, for several weeks,
left for home on yesterday.
4ira T. r. Kennedy, Of Thirteenth
street, aud her litlo son returned yes.
terday from an extended visi! 70 heF
father, down at Woodland.
T. NJ. GaryIn. esq. has moved his
Offices 10 1916 Chapltne street, opposite
the Paxton fountain. He now has ele'
gant apartments on the ground floor.
p. c. Jarvis. Of Mannington; A. John.
son, OF sistersville; W. D. Boyle. Of
Warrington; J. J. Carpenter and s. NJ.
Johnston, Of Cameron, were guests at
the Behlcr.
W. II. Gillespie, of sistersviiie, ono OF
the claimants iu tho celebrated William
son oil suit in Tyler county, was In
town yesterday and figured on the
Windsor register.
Miss Julia sarratt pleasantly enter.
tanned number OF young friends last
evening In honor OF her guest, Miss
Cecilia Horny, q most accomplished
young lady Of MISUNDERSTANDING
Herald
Miss Marie Jerico, OF Wheeling, who
has boon visiting Mrs. William Decker,
oithis place, returned hom0 Thurtday.
evening. Miss Nottie Mckeenan, OF
East Maiden street, lie a guest oil friends
in Wheeling Washington, Pa, ObserVa.