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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-06
VARIOUS MATTERS CONSIDERED

Mr.. EDITORIALS I hardly ever see
ANYTHING in your paper, l send you a
few lines from our corner to let you
know what we think of the times
Bnder the present financial system of
government I do not see any chance
for the farmer or any other laborlng
class to live and pay out of debt by
hard work and economy.
One of the first things that ls thrown
at a farmer when he complains OF hard
times is why don't you make some
thing to sell7 Oh, yes; come out, you
men of millions. Come out and try
the summer sun when it is a hundred
in the shade. Here is a hoe. Take
this row of tobacco or cotton and work
alongside OF me We are making some
thing to sell at from 4 to six cents q
pound. That is if cur crops are o
blown down by the wind, eaten by the
worms or providentially destroy cd
some other way. We a make just
about twenty-five cents per day, end
with that and what We have got and
what we nave not got we may be bare
" able to squeeze through. And when
we have made all that we car and get
nothing for il you can hear the politi
eians yell worse than C0maDche In
dams, OUerprOdWctiOn.
This is a lie that we farmers cannot
get together. People going clothed in
rags and starving to death and yet
there is too much Of everything made.
Oh, you Congressman who are III
Washington, sent there to represent
the people, a people oppressed by class
legislation and taxation and have been
fer 10 these many years. A people
who by the help Of God have to earn
their daily bread by the sweat Of their
brow. Why don't you enact laws for
the benefit of the men who sent you
there as well as for the princes of Wall
street, Did you know such is being
done4 If not then step down and out
for you are too ignorant to clean hen
roost, and too mean to hold the soap
for an honest man to wash his dog.
Friends, I guess you all remember
the fellowa who came around before
last election and made such .howery
promises and told you just elect us
and we will give youfree silver, reduce
the tariff, etc and everybody called
them able men. And they were able
indeed! Able { outlie Anannias; able
to excel the devil himself in deception;
able to put Judas to- shame in their
~pretentions Of false promises and to
make the bones Of Arnold turn in the
grave in their treason to their country's
interest.
Resolution passed at the last regular
meeting OF billiard Alliance:
Resolved, That we will not support
any man for Office who will not pledge
himself to vote for a reduction of the
salaries of cur public officers from
President down to of the
county.
If the prices of our products and
labor have to come down, let the office
holder bear his part Of the burden and
all share alike.
Yours fraternally,
@. A. MITCHELL.
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EDITOR PROGREssIVE FARMER Raleigh.
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JOHN P. STEELE, NATIONAL SEG : sso1g
FARMERS MUTUAL BENEFl
TToN, MT. VERNON, Ill. oeg
Ihave read with much care yG"T n no
work, Labor and Capital; .;o anu to q ftt
nounce it a valuable addl'ioT bslg7
reform literature of the day. = bccaus
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well as the modern of these gT9 at s85 sly
tions, and gives informasIo aoI nUo II
obta;nabIe from any other soI nrpaniigs
accounts of the great labor oOd truth
tions of the country are ran ,rork ofsh
full, and its illustrations are "'
TEos. J. OGnvIE, ASSIST EIr BUCEp
gIoNER OF GRICULTURE' D
TENN, AlleDt
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

The Moors hold by their boards
when they swear in order to give
weight. to their oath, which after this
formality they rarely violate. The
length of beard seems to weigh with
them more than the stock of brains.
Admiral Keppel was sent to Algiers
to demand satisfaction for the injuries
done to his Britannia Majesty's sub
jects by their corsairs. The Dey, en-
ragged at the boldness of the ambas-
sador, exclaimed that he wondered at
the insolence of the English monarch
in sending him n message by beard
less boy.
The Admiral somewhat nettled, re-
piled that If his master had supposed
wisdom was to be measured by the
length of the beard, he would doubt
less have sent the Dey he-goat This
answer so enraged the Dey that he
ordered his mutes to attend with the
bow-strings saying the Admiral should
pax for his boldness with his life.
Nothing daunted by this threat the
ambassador took the Dey to the win
dow, and showing him the English
fleet, said if it was his pleasure to put
him to death, there were Englishmen
enough in that fleet to make him a
glorious funeral pile. The Dey, who
wore a long beard, took the hint from
the man who had none.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
Things Worth Knowing.

To clean the dingy rattan chair that
has never been painted wash it in hot
milk in which little salt is dissolved
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

The following should be kept for
reference: Barley, broadcast, two to
hree bushels; bean, pole, in hills, ten
% twelve quarts; beets, in drills, five
10 six pounds; broom corn, In hills,
light to ten quarts; buckwheat, one
Jushel; cabbage, in beds, to transplant,
lalf pound; carrots, in drills, three to
our pounds; Chinese sugar cane,
welve quarts; clover, red, alone, fif-
zen to twenty pounds; clover alsike,
llonc, eight to ten pounds; clover, lu-
,,erne or alfalfa, twenty pounds; corn,
n hills, eight to ten quarts; corn, for
soiling, three bushels; cucumber, in
ills. two pounds; fax, broadcast, one
md one-half bushels; grass, Kentucky
Ilue, three bushels; grass, orchard,
three bushels; grass, English rye, two
bushels; grass, red top, three bushels
s.Ttss, timothy, one-half bushel; grass,
Hungarian, one bushel; grass, mixed
:. ..wn. four bushels; hemp, one and one
aIf bushels; mustard, broadcast, half
,ushel: melon, musk, in hills, two to
nree pounds; melon, water, in hills,
ur to five pounds; millet, common,
,roadcnst. one bushel; oats, broadcast,
wo TO three bushels. onion, in drills,
i've to six pounds; onion for sets, In
lrills, thirty pounds; onion, sets, In
r.lIs, six TO twelve bushels; parsnips,
i drills, four to six pounds; peas, in
,r,lls, one and one-half bushels; peas,
roadcast, three bushels; potatoes (cut
ubersl ten bushels; pumpkin, in hills,
our - six pounds; radish, In drills
SIGHT 10 ten pounds; rye, broadcast
ne and one-half to two bushels sal
ify, IA drills, eight to ten pounds
pinnch, in drills, twelve to fifteer
sounds s1gc, in drills, eight to ter
sounds; squnsh bush varieties, in hill
bur @ Six pounds; squash, running
'arlotlCs, hills, three TO four pounds
onatoes, 60 transplant, quarter pound
urn'p In drills, one pound; turnip
lfoGdcast, half pound; yetches, broad
asst, two to three bushels; and wheat
r)adrast, one and one-half to tive
hLsAcls."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

The Russian snow-shoe Is long thin
strip of well-seasoned birch wood,
about seven feet long by four inches
wide, curving upward like skate in
front, and with slight longitudinal
groove along the centre of the under
surface, which gives a grip on the
snow when going up hill. 1t is fas-
tened to the foot by q leather strap
passing over the toe, and birch bark
witty around the heel. On these shoes
the Olonetz peasant almost lives dur
ing the winter-shooting down the
steepest hills, scaling the most diff
cult slopes, and traversing the thick
est and most broken forest with an
ease that seems well-nigh miraculous.
Running, or rather skating, on snow
shoes in an open and hilly country,
with n slight crust on the snow, Is one
of the most eXhilarating forms Of ex-
crcise possible. The shoe is not lifted
from the ground, but allowed to work
freely from the ball of the foot. Over
the fiat, four or five versts an hour is
considered good going for a long dis
tance, though on a squirt considerably
more can be done. The double shuttle
which old Feodor used to develop on
occasion filled us with envy and ad-
miration. Snow-shoeing down hill,
however, is the cream" of the sport.
A few quick steps launch you into
space, and, bringing your shoes paral-
lei, leaning slightly forward, swaying
your body to meet the inequalities of
the ground, and guiding yourself with
Il long sticlI-provided with knob at
one end for propulsion against the
snow, and Il hook at the other end with
which you may ''hang on" to any
handy tree when ascending a hill
down you shoot with ever-increasing
velocity, and Il delightful feeling of the
absence of all effort, till your momen-
tum dies gradually away on the plain
below But going back again-ah! that
is different matter, and on n slip.
perry slope an awful conviction of i'm
potence comes over the beginner when
he pants about half way up, blown
with his exertions, and feels that just
at the critical point his shoes are be
ginning to slip from under him, and
he will be carried down again in an
ignominious squatting position at the
bottom of the hill.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
How to Keep Ice in a Sick Room.

A very simple but little known
method of keeping ice is to draw S
piece OF thick flannel tightly over
some deep vessel, like a bowl, for
instance, and fasten it there. The ice
is placed on top of this drumhead and
covered loosely by another piece of
flannel. In this condition the ice
keeps cold and even freezes to the
flannel. Thus small piece of ice can
be kept near the patient all night, so
as TO avert many weary marches up
and down stairs to the refrigerator.
TO break the ice sharp needle or
hat pin is the best thing Force it in
and you will be astonished to see how
easily it will divide the ice - Youth' s
Companion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
SHADES OF BLACK.
How the Human Race Graduates from
Black to white.


A familiar human example will make
this general muddliness and uncertain
ty of nature realizable to every one.
If we see negro in the streets of
London we Immediately recognize the
broad difference that marks him nff
from the common mass of white men
by whom he Is surrounded. But that,
of course, Is only because we take an
individual instance. We say quite dog.
matically: This man Is black, thick
Tipped, flat-nosed; / call him q negro.
These other men are white, thin-lipped,
sharp-nosed; l call them Europeans"
Quite SO; that Is true, relatively, to
the small area and restricted number
of cases you have then and there ex-
amined. But now suppose you go on
to the Scudan-a rather difficult thing
to manage just ut present, Mr.. Cooks
through bookings to Khartoum being
temporarily suspended-and start from
thence down the Nile through Nubia
to Alexandria. At first on your way
you would see few but thoroughly
negroid faces-black skins, thick lips,
fiat noses, etc, according to sample.
AS you moved northward into Egypt,
however, you would soon begin to find
that, while the skin remained as black
or Learly as black as ever, the fea-
lures were tending slowly, on the aver
age, to Europeanize.
Yet there would be nowhere a spot
where you could say definitely: Here
l leave behind me the Nubian type
and arrive at the Egyptian" Never
even could you pick out three or four
men quite certainly from a group on
some riverside wharf, overshadowed
by doum palms, and say on the evil
dence of skin and features alone:
These men are Soudanese, and the
remainder are Nubians.'
Then, If you went on still through
Sinai and Palestine-the regular East
ern tour-you would find at each step
the tints getting lighter and the faces
more Semitic. Passing further through
Constantinople, Athens, South Italy,
you would observe at each change a
lighter complexion and more European
style, till at last, as you crossed Prov
ence and approached central France,
you would arrive pretty well at the
familiar English type of face and fea-
ture.-The Cornhill Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
A W0MAN'S LIFE.
SOME THINGS MEN DON'T CONSIDER
Thousands of Women Suffer Daily for
Years without Complaining.
ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERS ]

Men cannot know the sensibilities hi
den in the delicate organisms of women
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

A neat laundry bag can be made of
white Java canvas worked in block
pattern with red embroidery cotton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
An Electrical Typewriter.

An electrically operated typewriter
has been for some time In use in Bos-
ton, which is so arranged that 1t may
not only be used in the ordinary man
ner for office correspondence and copy
ing, but may be electrically connected
with similar instrument at dis
tlnce, so that Il copy of the work may
be automatically reproduced thereon
even in the absence of an attendant
Such II machine apparently possesses
great possibilities of future usefulness
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

The introduction Of grated pine
apples into cake is voted a erea
success
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

In packing bottles or canned fruit
for moving slip rubber band over The
body of them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
Forest Resources.

The value of the product derived
crom our forest resources amounts to
more than $1,000,000 annually, and Is
surpassed in the value OF annual prod
uct by no other single industry except
ing agriculture.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

The amount of gold coin in actual
circulation in TIE world is estimated
by the Bank of England officials to be
about sos tons.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

To clean the dingy rattan chair tha,
has never been painted wash it in no,
milk in which little salt is dissolved
Steel knives or other articles which
have become rusty should be rubbed
with little sweet oil, then left for a
day or two in dry place, and then
rubbed with finely powdered, unslack
ed lime until every vestlge Of the rust
has disappeared, and kept in dry
place wrapped up in bit of flannel.
There is false economy, which costs
more than it returns; such as saving
old medicine bottles, partially used pre-
scriptions, the tacks taken from the
carpet, or working days to save or make
that which can be bought for a few
cents.
In packing bottles or canned fruit
for moving slip rubber band over The
body of them.
The introduction Of grated pine
apples into cake is voted great
success
A neat laundry bag can be made of
white Java canvas worked in block
pattern with red embroidery cotton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

V the SenSlDllltleS MD
organisms of women.
)usands suffer without
ing why, and die the
daily for want of
ledge that relief is so
at hand.
Lydia e. Pinkhdm
will forever stand
highest in the love of
suffering women.
Because she discov-
cred the cause of
woman's weakness
and suffering, and
found the means to
remove it.
Diseases of the
Uterus and ovarian
troubles are most uni
versal; you can see
their ravages in pale
faces; it is inicated
by halting steps, diz-
illness, faintness, irri-
liability, melancholy,
extreme lassitude,
nervousness, sleep
lessness, and disturb
ances of the stomach.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-19

FUNERAL OF CAPT. NOVELETTE,
remains of Capt. w. d. NOVEL;, who
died aboard the steamer Harry Randall
last Wednesday night, were brought to
this city at ? O'Clock yesterday, and in
tered in Bethel cemetry. Meade Post
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
the order of Red Men, and Washington
Harbor No 81, Of the Masters and Pi-
lots Association, of which organizations
the deceased had been member, turn
ed out full numbers. The pall-bearers
were chosen from these organizations.
The funeral services were conducted in
Lees chapel, Washington. Upon the
arrival Of the cortege in this city it was
augmented considerably by several
hundred friends and acquaintance of
the deceased, who followed the remains
to the grave. At the cemetery the
casket (Which was covered by United
States flag was opened, and the large
concourse of people who had formed
the procession and almost as many
more who had assembled within the en-
closure passed in front of the remains
and took last look at the face of the
dead captain The remains were sub
sequently inferred. Several beautiful
floral pieces and an immense lot of cut
flowers decorated the mound. One Of
the designs was steamer Of roses with
the name Harry Randall' worked in
colors, another was large pilot wheel,
and another an anchor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-19

FAMILY Row.-Silas Jackson. col
ored, went home Saturday night drunk
and in warlke mood and soon be-
came engaged in fracas with his wife
and son. He attacked both and was in
turn set on by them in which he soon
emerged second-best, with cut on his
forehead, scratched face and blood
running all over him. He subsequent
ly appeared at the station house and
swore out warrant against those of
his own household. The evidence this
morning showed that Silas had precipi-
tated the trouble himself, during which
chairs were demolished and the con-
tents of the mantelpiece scattered. The
defendant was fined So.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The races at the Driving Park thi:
evening were we'll attended.
The little daughter of Mr.. Chas. A
Schafer is seriously ill with pneumonia
Revival services will be held at Trim
ity and at the old First Presbyterian
Church tonight.
The steamer T. V. Arrowsmith has
arrived at Baltimore. She will be
overhauled and painted.
Mr.. Joseph A. Carr, who is well
known in this city, died in Washington
on Saturday, aged Al years.
The mercury to-day registered $50 in
the shade, and the temperature was as
warm as that of a July day.
Mr.. T. w. Staples while walking OH
King street, near st. Asaph. Saturday
night fell and badly cut his head.
The opening of Mr.. A. A. Pruden IS
bicycle agency Saturday attracted a
large crowd and number of sales were
made.
Minor Johnson, a negro wanted IN
Culpeper for burglary, was arrested in
Washington yesterday. The Virginia
authorities will send for him.
In Washington on Saturday Judge
John Critcher, of this city, chased a
colored boy who was charged with hav-
ing stolen goods in his possession, and
had him arrested.
Ex-senator Henderson, of Missouri,
has purchased 101 acres of land near
Ballston, adjoining the 100 acres he re-
Gently purchased, and is gradually i'm
proving the property.
a little colored girl named Gaddis
was run over Saturday evening by a
coal cart in the northern part of the
city and had her leg broken. Doctor
Klipstein set the broken bone.
AT a meeting Saturday night of the
Bachelors Club twenty-seven new
members were elected. These gentle
men were members of the Musical AS
ISOLATION which recently disbanded.
One of the ammonia pipes burst at
the outside of the ice factory to-day,
but the only damage done was the loss
VI dnOuo MY pOuiiuo VI dhiuOhin. hO
factory was not in operation at the
time.
There is a gentleman living near
Marshall, Fauquier county, who has
twenty-one children, seventeen Of
whom are boys. All sit down at one
table made expressly for them, and all
have good appetites.
Mrs. Hancock, who lives on lower
Prince street, yesterday attempted to
drive a rooster from her yard when the
chicken gave fight, flew at her and
stuck its spurs into her hand. Mrs.
Hancock's son went to his mothers as
sistance, when the rooster attacked
him and kept up the fight until the boy
killed it.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Washington on Saturday to Carroll D.
Hahn and Mary w. Cole, both of Stan
ardsville; Andrew Miller of Alexan-
dria, and Cora Tinsbloom of West
moreland county; Joseph F. Straton of
Richmond, and Ida Franklin of Man
chester; George Washington and Lot
tie Carter, both Of Caroline county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-19

THE COMMITTEE in charge of the min
net and play to be shortly presented at
Lannon'S Opera House were charming
ly entertained by Mrs. Benoni Wheat
at her residence Saturday evening. Mr..
Z. B. Hay, of Washington, was present,
and will co operate with the ladies in
making the programme most attrac-
tive one, also taking part in the per-
Torrance. The cast will embrace some
decided talent from abroad. Comment
is needless when it is announced that
the clever and versatile wife Of popu-
lar physician, and whose histrionic
ability is known all over the State, with
young lady for whom ali predict a
tlattering career in her chosen profess
sion, will play leading parts, assisted
by several well-known gentlemen, who
will leave the forensic arena for the
footlights that evening in behalf of
sweet charity. With this array of tai
ent and under the management of such
efficient patronesses success from an ar
tistic as we'll as financial standpoint is
already assured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-19

SENATOR GoRDoN's LEcTURE.-There
is much interest expressed here in re-
gard to the repetition to be given by
Gen. Gordon of his lecture on the Last
Days of the Confederacy" at Metzerott
Music Hall, in Washington tonight.
The impression made by the lecture is
the same wherever delivered. OF its
reception in Atlanta the Journal says
''Gen. Gordon is born orator. His
voice is rounded and full, his diction
eloquent and graphic, his whole man
ner impressive. And for substance his
lecture is based upon a wealth of scenes
and incidents at once new and interest
ing in the extreme