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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18

Thoughtful manner, he moved on and was over
heard to murmur: II wonder if that fellow
keeps that square in sight to remind him of how
he should have lived or is it an emblem of how
he s going to live hereafter
D. w. Armstrong, the aged father of Mrs
Armstrong, our prison Organst died at the fam
lily residence at 700 O'Clock Saturday evening,
of consumption. The funeral services took place
Monday afternoon, from the COngregationalist
church. conducted by Revs. j. Fl. Albert and c.
A. Greasy, under the auspices of the Minnesota
Lodge No. l.. l. @. 0. F. of which deceased was
an active as we'll as the Oldest member in the
State of Minnesota. Keepers Stilkey and Hall
and foreman Sullivan, members of the lodge,
were among the many who took part in the
last sad rites at the burial of their old friend
and brother.
Last Saturday evening took especial
pains to part and brush up the eleven hairs which
still continue to deck our Uranium, and got one
of the choir members to twist our hickory neck
tie into a superb double bow knot, with the full
intention of paying visit to the prison
night-schOol and give the professor a few illus
trated points on the beauties of the study of
physiOgnOmy, and strike him for a years sub
scrptiOn to THE MIRROR: however. as we
approached very near the SchOOl-rOOm door and
was about to enter. we discovered a bevy of
young lady visitors from the city, seated costly
upon the platform: being, as all the boys know.
somewhat modest. and considering that the
school had attraction enough for one evening.
we turned hastily away, and in sad disap-
pOntment, stepped up to a cell close by, and
quoting a stanza from our Shorn Poet, began to
eXpOund its hidden beauty, when we discovered
that our listener was an innocent looking Po-
lander, who could MT understand word of Eng
fish, This second cruel disappointment broke
our heart and we made a bolt for our office and
ordered our foreman" to set up that grub re-
port blank for Steward Benner in ''black-face
type" and then turned to our desk and began to
write poem about our prison rat-catcher, this
being the only subject which poetical con-
tributOrs had not yet struck. But we will visit
the night-schOOl and get that subscription yet
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18
Fricasseed JOkelets.

recognize. but can't place you. soliloquized
the runner, as rubbing the edge of the door
between his shoulder blades, he spoke of the
ups and downs" in his irritating career.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18

Once, Mary had little lamb.
Though little-yet quite enough:
But without green peas. our Mary, now.
Would think it "a little tOugh.'
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18

The editor scratched his head he did,
AS editors sometimes will,
And thought of the empty space to fill
Where he scratched and edited.
Eloquent themes in his mind shont clear,
TO write-Seemed rhetOrcS play:
But the pen had struck, would not obey
1t had got upon his ear.
SHORN POET
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18

The boy stood on the burning deck,
In his pants and gallusses:''
He rolled his shirt sleeves to his neck.
And lodged realities
"InnOcuOus desuetude!'' he cried,
pennsylvania and Oregon.
Hawaii is Para BlOunt-ified. . .
And fast the flames rolled on
There came a crash. silvery sound:
Upon that deck it fell.
Then 1896 bObbed round.
And found that bOy--in it.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18

Little drops of water, little grains of sand
Make the milk and icemen, and the bold brigand
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
FERTILIZER FOR T

In response to a frequent inquiry by
the brethren In regard to giving cotton
for fertilizer, I have succeeded in OBJ
tanning a contract which may be of
service. For 300 pounds of middling
cotton, delivered f, o. b. at your depot,
not later than the first day of Novem-
Der, 1894, you can get a ton of N. O.
Alliance Official guano, the guano to
be shipped from any point you may
prefer from which the company ships.
You pay freight on the fertilizer, the
company pays freight on cotton.
No Y, bear in mind that the cotton
must be middling, and if it does not
grade up to middling, you will have to
pay the difference between the price OF
middling and the grade you deliver.
You will also be required to guarantee
the weight of cotton so delivered, or
have it weighed by a sworn weigher at
point of shipment. Of course your
shipments of cotton must be made &C
cording to direction of the company.
All brethren wishing to avail them
selves of this opportunity, will please
direct their correspondence to Durham
Fertilizer Company, Durham, N. O.,
who will give all the information de-
sired. In no case write to this Office
about this matter.
The above arrangement does not in
any way effect our present contract.
F~raternallY,
w. II. WORTH, S. B. A.
Feb. "a, 1892.
N. B.-The prices of guano adver
tised and sent out from this Office are
without interest and payable at the
dates mentioned. If not paid at ma
turity, interest will be charged.
W. II. w, S. B. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

become known. Poultry is in great
demand and we think for the next
three months if not all the summer it
will bring remunerative prices. Can
furnish shipping coops and simply
charge rent OF sell them to you if de-
sired. We can handle bacon, lard,
fish, wheat, -four, corn, meal, potatoes,
&c. Prices r lower on all products
than they have been for years. We
have sent notice to all of our shippers
not to send any more eggs North for
the present as it does not pay. There
were more than 30, 900, 600 eggs sent
into New York last week. We will
try to handle all poultry and eggs
shipped here to your advantage. Do
not send eggs by express unless rates
are very low.
We are selling eggs here from 8 to
-12t cents per dozen. Our No. 1 fresh
and good size) bring from II to 12b per
dozen by the a Good fat hens
weighing 5 pounds and over bring
from 10 to II cents per pound gross
alive, but not in this market. Spring
chickens weighing ! of a pound to 1
pound are selling from 90 to 80 cents
each here. We do not advise any
shipment here or elsewhere if you can
do as well at home.
~Fraternally,
W. III. WORTH, s. B. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
H WHOLE TRUTH.

The grannies of conservatism are as
Stunning the ''holier- than-thou" air In
regard to the Coxey movement, as they
do about everything else. They are
trying to make people believe that be-
cause the South has shown little or no
sympathy with Coxey's methods every
thing is as it should be down this way.
They surely know better, but even If
they were right-if all our people were
prosperous and employed at remuner-
alive wages-it would only go to prove
how narrow and selfish the aforesaid
grannies are, in that the rest Of the
country and the world may go to de-
%struction so long as their own section
doesn't suffer. Richmond Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
THE DIFFERENCE.

Mrs. Anna L. Diggs, of Washington,
The Washington correspondent of sew
eaI prominent papers, got her dander
apone day recently and wrote the fol-
lowing for the Times of that city:
HIS COXey were coming to Wash
4gFonto petition Congress for the issu-
alce CT $500, 900, 900 of interest-bearing
TTIla3, instead of a tramp and a gam
Oef, ne would be a gentleman and a
gafi9t; The entire banking fraternity
nUgIa laud him as a statesman, Eng
Tal would cable approval, and Messrs.
Cleveland and Carlisle would banquet
mn, II the peace army were march
ms M 70 tae capitol to petition for $780,
~SyVV bonds to build the Nicaragua
qua Senator Morgan would meet
SSn at Rockville and step and mark
III sTe With rank and file until the CAPT
%sIeps were reached. IF, instead of
5 %5!lng a banner bearing the strange
V.5, Peace On earth, good will to-
S g~9 men, but death to interest on
Mus as their motto read, Build the
s,oCCaHIagua canal" Major Moore would
S,55;S5nlently forget the statute which
csnis1S the parading of banners on the
iF6pasOl grounds, and the foot-sore sol
h. "S would be permitted to rest upon
gi,E Sapltol steps, while the distin-
TgsIso rural gentleman from Ohio
he oo5lng respectfully listened to by
F"%"aate committee On foreign affairs.
ge, lay .CoXey and his motley crew"
tim r. SoImlng to ask Congress to sane
sf1n3; T. Huntington's scheme for the
gboito~ OF Pacific railway bonds, the
be Ia!IerdemaliOn outfit" would
vo1 715'Sn free transportation, and it
B1tf G5 quite the proper thing.
o0nin SINCE these audacious idIers are
ia co163t 70 petition Congress to exercise
~SVlIntlonal prerOgative. and to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

coin some of precisely the same. sort of
money which Abraham Lincoln rdeTed
when the nation was in peril, WIN these
marching fellows are off. wrong And
must be IN all ways bluffed, ieered and
headed off. Mr.. Coxey is Coming tn
ask fora kind of money that would not
entail a debt upon the people: that
would go directly to the laborer' who
would be employed, and money that
would not be ~serviceable as an invest
ment for idlers who live off the toll of
other people, therefore Coxey Is a
crank and possibly a criminal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

A writer in the Courier Journal hits
the truth squarely on the head when
ne says that the real struggle in this
nation is no longer between the North
and the South, but between the AFRO,
CANT and greedy East on the one hand
and the toiling millions of the West
and the South on the other. We have
long been convinced of this fact, and
why the masses down this way should
allow themselves to be deluded by the
cry OF ''nigger" when the plutocrat is
the same everywhere, whether he
fought with Lee or with Grant, is
something that partakes of a mystery
to us.-Richmond EUenIm0 Stnr
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
DUR L U

That we may be more enlightened as
to what is going on in the different
parts Of our great country, we ought to
diversity our reading. More Western
and Northern papers ought to be read
in the South and more Southern papers
should be read in the West and North.
Believing this the best thing to do to
everlastingly obliterate the preiudices
of the past, we have arranged a list of
papers to offer with The PRoGREssTvE
FARMER. The price in the parenthesis
is the regular subscription price of the
paper and the other figures are what
we charge for the paper with The Pro
GREssTvE FARMER for one year. Re-
newals for the other papers cannot be
taken at the club rates, but all netU
subscribers can. You can renew for
our paper and get the club rates:
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

l desire to call the attention of the
members of the Alliance who have
still, notes and unpaid accounts for fer
tilizer, to the fact that the Durham
Fertilizer Company have been eX-
tremely lenient with them during the
financial depression, and have waited
on the Alliance people and have car
ried their notes and accounts in a time
when it was extremely i~nconvenlent to
them, and caused them many hard
ships, but they did this with the pur
pose of protecting and helping the ALI
ance brethren when they sorely needed
this help. Brethren, you now have
your crops on hand, and while these
products may be very low, you owe 1t
to yourselves, to your Alliance and to
the company, to pay at once all that Is
due for fertilizer. Let me beg you n
insist that you will at once send to the
company any. sums that you may be
due them. They must have this money
to furnish us fertilizer again thissprIng,
and a payment to them now means a
credit to you again in the spring. so
do not delay another day, but send the
money to them at once. This is I'M
portant and must be attended to at
once
We are going to furnish you the same
high grade goods that we have done
heretofore, and do all we can to accom-
modate you this year, but to get this
favor you must pay up what you owe
Fertilizers are ready for shipment
now for the spring trade, and you can
send in your order.
w. II. WORTH, s. B. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
YOU GENTLEMEN

1x1;+h Our Friends Who
rev W 10 subscriptions Weekly.
ssHo Beaufort county, sends
renewals. Alexander county,
- two renewals -
sDds' Lecturer Thompson sends
<SS DaauaIg and one new subscriber
~'Ten q Mangum, Durham county
w" thanks for two subscriptions
SOU a Plaster, Rowan county,
LEh new subscriptions. Come
sHn Gath, Cleveland county, sub
,1 ! and sends a renewal 0 .
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prper, Atlanta, for two sub
F SGps sent in oo,,ntu
~WN writes: ST like your paper
sns S,uat have it, am ready to vote
Move, Pitt county, sends two
~n1Jond writes: "Your paper inn
tSDsT' + such a thing is possible. You
proves = Grand work and the people
Ctate Secretary Barnes sends in
rsnewaIs and two new subscrib-
s,I .om Madison county, and three re-
'srals from Ashe.
1p Tucker, Lenoir county, sends
-, ,snewals and one new subscriber.
wv Tucker is an active reformer and
DD" w.. that reading matter is the right
hing to get recruits.
TcFreeman, BERTHE county, sends
...roIs for himself and a neighbor,
"Iwrites: "Ishould consider it a big
p = n miss the weekly visits of The
COHESIVE FARMER. It shall not stop
aIcsp help it. The Alliance is grow
ing here"
The following friends have sub
,,,iAd renewed, or sent the same for
,tbors. B Jones, Granville county;
JCMcAuley, NJ cklenbury; j Barnes,
Wavne. d Johnston, Alamance; Capt
Tobn N Parks, Iredell; s P Clark, Viii
m.sAR eece, Burke; B B Goodwin,
BFLswrence, S q Covers, ] P Good
win. Wake; ] L Travis, Washington;
JHGaliam, Alamance F Long, Gas
ton: A Hamrick, Cleveland; Dongald
Johnson, Moore; A B High, Wilson; R
n Johnson, Chatham; L J Jones,
franklin; L P Freeman, BERTHE; Thos
Wswain, Tyrrell; R SSaunders, Rock
ingham; TB Flemming, Warren; W
W Gaddy, Arson; Jessie Holland, LIE
noir.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

therefore, keep from food twelve hours
Defore killing. All poultry, but more
especially turkeys, should be killed by
bleeding In the neck, and picked while
the body is warm; and in no case
should poultry be scalded; wet-picked
poultry is not wanted in this market,
and will not sell for what it is really
worth. AS soon as the poultry is
picked, take off the head at the throat,
strip the blood out of the neck, peel
back the skin a little, remove a portion
OF the neck bone, then just before pack
ing, except in warm weather, draw the
skin over the end and tie and trim
neatly. Draw the intestines, making
the mcision as small as possible, and
leave the gizzard, heart, ETC., in. Pull
out the wing and tail feathers clean.
Undrawn poultry can be sold to a
limited extent when there is no other
to be had, provided there is no food in
the crop, or entrails, but as a rule has
to go at very low prices.
Packlng.-Poultry should be entirely
cold, but not frozen, before being
packed. If packed with the animal
heat In, it will be almost sure to spoil.
Sort your poultry carefully, and have
the No. 1 stock of uniform quality.
Pack the No. 2 stock in separate pack
ages. Ifyou have any old bull turkeys,
put them in a separate package or with
Nc. 2 stock. Line the boxes with clean
paper, but never use straw in packing
and wrap the birds in paper. Pack as
closely az possible, backs upward, legs
out straight, and see that the boxes are
so full that when the covers are nailed
on, there cal be no possibility of the
contents shifting about. Boxes are
the best packages, and should contain
from 100 to 200 pounds. Larger boxes
are inconvenient to handle, and more
liable to get injured.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
A SAD JOKE.

Apractical joker ~perpetrated a joke
by sending to Senator Quay a nicely
bound book entitled on the cover
What Congress is Doing" Senator
Quay opened it, looked through it,
smiled and laughed. Then he passed
it to Vice President Stevenson, who
did ditto, and then sent it to Senator
PETER, who did ditto, and thusit passed
around the Senate and all over the
grave, SC, seigniors did ditto. They
thought it a good joke. But there are
btsof peoplein this country who would
relish the joke more if there wasn't
quite 50 much truth in the jest. The
book which so excited Senatorial mirth
vas filed full of black pages.-WII-
nington Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
MCDOWELL COUNTY MEETING.

Mr.. EDTToR:-McDowe County ALI
ance passed the following resolution on
the 18th day of April
RESOLVED, That as the birth day of
u i~lustrious and honored late Ma
tional President, L. L. Polk, is the 2sth
day of April, that it is hereby ordered
by the County Alliance that each Sub
Alliance in the county meet on that
day and observe the day in memory of
our great af1iction in the loss of so
brave and so good a man, and raise as
much as can be by cash and otherwise
for the Polk Memorial Fund, and fer
ward the same to Bro. Marion Butler,
to apply on the monument to beerected
to his memory. A. J. DULA, Pres't.
JOHN Q. Brown. Sec'Y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
THE ALLIANCE PRODUCE Elk
CHANGE.

DEAR BRETHREN The alliance Pro
duce Exchange" is open for the hand
ling of farm products. We do not
purchase your products but will sell
for you to the best advantage possible:
Write us what you have to sell and
will let you know about what we can
get for it. Eggs are higher here than
in New York and we have been getting
better prices. Think we will be able
to handle more and more as u plans
for putting only fresh eggs on market
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
REPORT OF ALLIANCE PRODUCE
EXCHANGE.

Eggs, strictly fresh, No. 1, tested, II
cts. per doz. per crate.
Eggs, No. 2, tested, 10 cts. per doz.
per crate.
Eggs CsmalD No. 3, tested, 8 cts. per
doz. per crate.
Eggs from wagons and crates, 8 to 9
cts.
Bacon hams, 10 to II cts.
Fat hens, 25 to 80 cts. each.
BOOSTERS, 90 to 25 cts. each.
Spring chickens, 90 to 80 cts. each.
W. FL. WORTH, S. B A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
NOTICE.
Nav 8. 1894

RALEIGH, May 3, 1854.
From and after this date Alliance
Sewing Machines sold to persons who
are not members nOW in good standing
will be charged $22 so and members
ordering must have the seal of their
Alliance on the order. or $22. so will be
charged. We have sold about fifteen
hundred, and 1 doubt if the same mum
Der have been sold by any other person
that has given more satisfaction.
w. II. WOR H, s. B. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
DIRECTIONS

For Preparing, Packing and Shipping
Poultry for the Boston Market.
Killing and Dressing.-Food IN crop
INJURIES the appearance, Is llaOle {
sour, and purchasers object to paylns
for this worse than useless WelgnS;
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

DR.. J. 81. Daniel, Dunn, N, c., offers profess
sional services to those suffering with cancer.
Write for pamphlet on cancer, its treatment
and cure. QO78)
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
WHAT OUR ADVERTISERS SAY.
OFFICE OF
BARNES BROS,
Electric Power Job Printers,
RALEIGH. N. G.. July %. 1893.

Mr.. Denmark, Business Manager:
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is an adj
vertising medium. Besides answers
received from North Carolina, we have
received them from Mississippi, New
Hampshire and Pennsylvania, and our
advertisement was only inserted three
times. BARNES Bros,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

Eggs are now worth 9 to 10 cts. per
dozen in Raleigh, and the prices are
looking upward. They have sold as
low as 8 cents per doz here. The prices
North do not justify in shipping, and
if the above prices will justify, our
large number of crates if the market
should'remain as firm as it is now. The
closing exercises of the schools here
will many to come here and an
increased demand is looked for In next
80 days. w. ii. WORTH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

THE FARMER alone, SLOO
The Cotton Plant, Columbia, s.. @. Q.OO rs
Labor's Tribune, Carthage, Mo. d.OO LIS
Industrial News, Jackson, Mich. Q.O0 In
The Sentinel, Lebanon, Mo. 1OO) LIS
Peoples Party Paper. Atlanta, Ga. d.O0 I75
Farmers Tribune, Des MOines, Iowa. Q.OO l.SO
Western Rural and American Stock
mar Csemi-weekly) Chicago, Ill Q.5O 21O
National View, Washington, D. O. Q.00 L5O
The Voice, New York, n. Y. Q.OO l.8O
Peoples Press, San Francisco, Col. Q.5O LIS
Albany, N. 7. ESQ $50
Southern Mercury, Dallas, Texas. Q.UO 1.75
Tdings, Emporia, Kansas, 1.6O
Topeka Advocate, Topeka, Kan, Q.0O l.75
The National Watchman, QO0 LIS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

From hundreus OF testlmonlaIs, Q
WE. FARMER, DISTRICT MASTER WORK
MAN KNIGHTS OF LABOR, FORT WORTH,
TEXAS.
Ihave examined the work, "Labor
and Capital" by e. A. Allen, and con,
slider it a frst-class work, which should
be read by every one who is interested
in the reform movement and the prog.
ress toward a higher civilization. The
more equitable distribution of wealth
is the great problem of the age, and
should be studied by every citizen, and
Labor and Capital" throws much
light upon the subject which every one
should know.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

AUGUST Post, NATIONAL SECRETARY OF
NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE, MoUL-
TON, Iowa.
Labor and Capital" will prove in
structive to the student of the labor
and farm movement.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
STATE AGENCY DEPARTMENT,
Uuder this Head Will be Found Every
thing Relating to the Agency.

thing Relating to the Agency.
have just completed arrangements
whereby l can furnish all undertakers'
supplies. In many counties some of
our brethren have written to me to try
and get them undertakers' supplies, as
they have a small business in the coun-
try. Ican now supply them with all
grades of Innings, hardware, caskets,
cloth covered and metallic, raised top
and plain collins. Also burial robes
for men, women and children.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15

This extremely popular Book, in one Volume Of about
five hundred octave pages Of large and handsome plea
type, on antique paper made especially for it, is strongly
and handsomely bound, and retails at $500.
We have received quite lot of these books, and will mail to any address,
postpaid, for 81 so; Dr. we will give one years subscription to The Progressive
FARMER and N copy Labor and Capital for So 90. To anyone sending Is q
Club of six oneyear subscriptions, with cash, Sc 90, W will send a copY free
NmU IS the time. Strike before 1T is too late. Address
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, Raleigh, N. O.
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hundreds of testimonials, for want Of space, we can give b
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OF space, we can give but few .
JOHN P. STEELE, NATIONAL SECRETARY
FARMERS MUTUAL BENEFIT AssoOLA-
TON, Mt. VERNON, Ill.
l have read with much care yourneW
work, Labor and Capital, " and I pro
nounce it a valuable addition to the
reform literature of the day. / believe
I may say the most valuable because
it deals so clearly with the ancient az
well as the modern of these great ques-
tions, and gives information not easily
obtainable from any other source. Its
accounts of the great labor organize
tions of the country are fair and truth
full, and its illustrations are work fart
THOs. J. OGILvIE, ASSISTANT CoMnGB
sIONER OF AGRICULTURE, BELLBUCKA
TENN,
Ihave carefully examined Mr.. Aliens
new work, Labor and Capital" and
find it a splendid work well adapted to
the times-ful of valuable information,
and it ought to be read by all classes.