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AR. In Iee Cream.

A positive cult has been reached in
the service of ice cream. The caterers
stop at no apparent obstacle in turning
out appropriate designs So cleverly is
everything counterfeited in the frozen
sweet that it is often wise man who
knows when he is eating his ice. A bag
Of rice for wedding party, the grains
falling out with defying perfection,
prompted recently guests refusal Of
his plate, and confidence to his amused
neighbor that "he was willing to throw
rice, but not to eat it raw. I"
A young bachelor who had boasted of
the skill of certain caterer in turning
out different designs in cream empha-
sized his assertion one evening last win
ter by promising little supper to a
small group of friends at which the ice
should completely deceive them. In due
time he gave it. When the guests reach
ed the table, plate of Blue Points on
the half she'll, properly resting ON bed
of crushed ice, with bit of lemon at
the side, was at each cover. No sus-
picion was aroused that they were other
than they seemed till, beginning to eat,
the company found that the oysters in
deed were real, but the beautiful shells
and the apparently succulent lemon
were only frozen creams.
A point was scored for the host, who
declared himself satisfied, and chatting
dish was set before him for the prepara-
tion of mushrooms sautes. At the mo-
ment when they were ready to be served.
trifiing accident occurred in the ex-
tinguishing of the lamp, and the sery.
ant was told to take the dish to the side
board for service, where plates with
small squares of toast were i'll readi-
ness. These plates were handed around
in moment piled with mushrooms,
plump and appetizing. that every guest
would have sworn were prepared before
his eyes, But they were not, as was
soon discovered. They were chocolate
cream nodded in marvellous imitation
OF the brown buttons and resting ON
genuine toast, the chatting dish of course
having been mere blind.-New York
Times.
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Lifting the Dress.

A recent writer from Paris says.
among many other things, that Amer
leans are spotted by their very conser-
yative or overmodest manner in which
they lift their dresses at the back to es-
cape the dirt II it is fair, we'll dress
ed Frenchwoman allows her gown to
sweep along the streets, which are de-
lightfully clean, but if rainy she lifts it
ON one'side nearly to the knees, showing
asilk petticoat that perfectly harmonizes
with her costume. fine, silken hose and
we'll fitting shoes, and / fully agree
with the critics that there is nothing
conservative about this. The writer
goes on to say: II notice in the shops
some changeable effects in narrow strip
ed hose, but have seen only black when
viewing the uplifted skirts. The tan and
russet shoes and hose are not as much
in evidence as they were in London.
The use Of half hose for boys and girls
up to s years for the latter and 10 for
the former is universal KNIT Goods
Review
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WHAT 90 THEY 90 WITH III
rhe Mystery Of the Constant Chinese De.
mand For Ginseng.

The Mystery OF the Constant Chinese De.
mand For Ginseng.
Passing through the wholesale district
the other day reporter stopped in at
one Of the large houses to ask about
prices. When ginseng was reached in
The list, the dealer said:
"What the Chinese use ginseng for is
to the masses one of the mysteries of the
age, but that they gobble up every ounce
of the herb that the known world sup
plies is nevertheless a fact. Because the
most thorough inquiry has failed to
bring about complete unfolding of the
secret is not regarded by the average
American as sufficient reason for refus-
ing from So to So per pound, ON the
average, which the Celestial offers for
the root Some of the largest firms in
China make specially of handling the
American export of ginseng and coin
money at it. Some of our shrewdest
traders have coaxed for the secret, and
have offered money for it, but the gray
matter at the other end Of the China
mans cue doesn't seem to soc it that
way.
"The American ginseng is growing
scarcer yearly. The cultivated root has
not the wonderful power which fixes the
value Of the wild article--at least it
does not manifest itself to the same de-
gree. This fact renders the cultivation
of ginseng rather Improbable, 1t might
be planted and allowed to grow we'll for
years and years and then be salable at
good figures, but not otherwise. The
older the plant the more pronounced the
wonderful properties of the root. In
view of the fact that it is growing
scarcer, unless the demand diminishes,
the price of ginseng must go materially
higher within the next few years.
"We encounter some funny expert
ences in buying the root. The diggers
are often the poorest people, and far
from enlightened. Well, the root is hard
to get, and when it is thoroughly dried
the weight shrinks like nickel's worth
of soap after hard day IS washing, SO the
digger resorts to all sorts of deceptions
to fudge an. ounce or two in q pound
and reap more Of the precious dimes and
dollars. For instance, we have frequent
" gotten in root which was well dried,
but suspiciously heavy. Upon investiga-
tion we fonnds that many of the pieces
were loaded with lead, thus almost
doubling the weight Of the whole lot
Thiswas done w1th'a great deal of cum
ming and ingenuity. When the root was
green, ewss split, and lead melted and
poured oS driven inin slugs. The root
was. then allowed to dry, and in the
process the seams entirely close up, COM
pletely hiding the lead, which, in case
like this, was almost worth its weight
in gold. Nashville American.
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A ministers ouery.

Rev. Hugh Johnston, D. D., writes
from Washington to Zion's Herald that
the woman question" entered largely
into the discussions that the preachers
meeting in that city has been having on
the constitutions Of the M e. church.
He asks: Since there is no sex in saint
hood, in intellect or in Christian work,
why should woman's absence from the
governing body" Of the church be so
marked when her presence everywhere
else is SO essential? When in our prayer
meetings we eneed to use Sydney Smith 3
stress Of emphasis, 20 that men would
praise the Lord, " and when
In the world 3 great field Of action,
In the bivouac Of life,
You will find the Christian soldier
Represented by his wife.
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Tho Club Question.

There will be many women to in.
dorse Mrs Helmuth's remarks in the
matter Of inordinate club joining for wo-
men. In her recent visit to Boston il
was mentioned to her that Mrs. Mary
A. Livermore was enrolled in 81 clubs,
and that Mrs Micah Dyer, Jr., belong
ed to 90 This Mrs. Helmuth considered
"intemperance, saying that it was
about as reasonable TO adopt 20 religions
as to belong to 90 Clubs. Mrs. Dyer,
submitting to the inevitable interview.
defends the position. IL should have an
swered Mrs. Helmuth, IL | Had been able
to attend the reception" she says, ''and
should have told her that If she only
knows Sorosis she is in danger of grow
ing selfish and narrow There Is nc
limit to the number Of clubs woman
may join with profit. SO long as she re-
serves time enough to look ont for her
home duties. T"
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THE UNHAPPY cABMAN.
Ono of the Gotham fraternity Tells a Tale
of Woe.

of Woe.
A claimants life amt all beer and
skittleS, said an up town Jehu the 9th
er day. Nobody ever thinks of givin
poor cabby tip, and lots of 'em seem
to take sort of pride in never payin a
cent more than the legal fare. A man
don't haggle over 15 cents in store, but
he will fuss over that rate card till he's
black in the face for fear he II give me
too much. After that they'll walk off
and stick out their chests as though they
had done a good action. They calls it
bein strong minded, / pose, and strict
ly just and all that sort O. blarney-
mean. / calls it. More than once I've
driven well dressed man down town
and had him jump ont and go into one
o. them big office buildings.
Wait, ses he. III be out in min
ute. ;
"Well, sayi HI'd waited till he come
out I'd be there yet. All them buildings
has two or three entrances, and he goes
in one ana slips out o. the other.
Why man should take cab down
town when he's hard up beats me.
s'pose he can't fool the cable car out Of
a nickel, but he can do me out of a dol
lar. Some of 'em will get out of cab
in some mysterious way when they gets
towhere they want to 60. You drive on
to the address they've told you, likely
10 or IL blocks farther on, and find your
cab empty. How they do it is one too
much for me. It makes lots of noise get
tin out Of a cab when it's movin, but
they do it. Women don't often beat a
man out Of his fare, but they're pretty
bad about payin 'em. I'd rather take
my chances any day ON bluffin a man
out Of more'n his fare than woman.
You can't rattle woman half as easy
and she's twice as obstinate.
About the only time we get cinch
10 in winter when there's lots o. slush
around There amt any talk then about
drivin to the station house and askin
the sergeant at the desk what's the fare
from Twenty third to Fifty eighth
street. Take it all round, cabman' e
life is a dogs Life, and yet there's just
as much competition as in anything
else New York Tribune.
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Eccentric sronLlsh sculptor..

The work Of the monkish sculptors,
both in wood and. stone, shows vast
amount Of humor. Witness the gar
goyles Of our old churches and the
devils, half human, half animal, which
adorn the upper galleries and form the
corbels and brackets Of many cathedrals
These one can scarcely believe to have
been modelled seriously as conceptions
OF the spirit Of evil, for, if the doctrine
of the personality Of the devil were held
faithfully, it is scarcely probable that
artists would have expended their satire
upon as terrible and vindictiye person
as the arch fiend, nor would the monks
have allowed their misereres and stalls
to be decorated with burlesques of his
satanic majesty. Good Words.
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~
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; 1t is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs Is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt In
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend 1t
to all and have made II the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale In 60c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gists Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try 1t. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SKRUP Co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. u. kfW YoRx. Nv
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AGENTS WANTED

In every county in Oregon, Washington
ensderfer Typewriter price $35, The only
practical Typewriting Machine at q low
price, eighty-four letters and characters
weighs 8 pounds, no RIBBON, all latest
improvements, every machine guaranteed.
Only cash agents wanted. Address Pal
mer 4 Rey, sole agents. Box 13l, Port
land, Or.
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NEW WAY EAsT-No DIST.

Go East from Portland, Pendleton, Walls
Walla via 0. r. q N. to Spokane and Great
Northern Railway to Montana, Dakotas, St
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, st
Louis, East and South. Rock ballast track
fine scenery; new equipment; Great North.
ern Palace Sleepers and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars; Buffet Library Cars. Write
@. g. Donovan, General Agent, Portland,
Oregon, or r. /. Whitney, O. P. u T. a.,
St. Paul, MIMI. for printed matter and In.
formation about rates, routes, etc.
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SMALL FRY swINDLERs.

Some OF the meanest of these are they who
reputation Of the greatest OF American t0ncs
Hostetters Stomach BltterH, by Initiating III
ou wsTd guise. Reputable druggists, however
limitations Of or substitute for this sovereign
remedy for malaria, rheumatism, dyspepAia
constipation, liver complaint end nervousness
Demand, and If the dealer be honest, you will
get the genuine article.
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The Romans and Greeks ate with
their fingers, and one writer Of the
former nation gives comical story Of
q glutton Of his day who, when he
went to feast, always wore gloves,
that he might have the first chance at
the meat before it was cool enough for
the other guests to touch it with their
6ngers.
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There is more Catarrh In this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For Q great
many years doctors pronounced II local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
BY constantly failing TO cure with local
treatment, pronounced II incurable
Science has proven catarrh to be a con.
stitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by r. ]. Cheney q Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional al
cure on the market. 1t is taken ninternally
IN doses from 10 drops TO teaspoouful.
1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case II fails 70
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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FTTs.-Ail Fits stopped free by Dr Kiino,s
Great Nerve Rest0Fer. No Fits after the first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and q. OC
trial bottle free TO FIT cases Send 10 Dr. Kline,
93l Arch st., Philadelphia Pa.
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The old physician had sent his new assistant
out to see patient. "Did you take his tenn
peratureI ne asked, after several other ques-
tiOns. ooh, no." responded the Young man
with confidence, 81 left 1t with him"
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Piso's Cure is the Medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds. --MRs. M. g.
BLusT, 6prague, Wash. March 8, 1894.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10
RALEIGH, N. c., DECEMBER 10, 1895.

to blame because their COWS do not
yield more than $50 pounds of butter
in a year, and other crops in like pro
portion. Because they work hard they
feel that they have done their full duty,
and when they realize that they are
continually running behind, become
discouraged, and say there is no money
in farming. True, and there never
will be for those farmers. In the com
mercial world large per centage or
the business men fail, largely due to
incapacity. 1t takes just as much, II
not more ability to successfully run a
farm as a commercial business. There
was, perhaps, time when it did not,
but that time has passed never to re-
turn. In times of general depression
the business of farming is no worse
than any other business. There is
money in farming for the brainy
farmer, and there always will be
There is profit in a fruit orchard that
returns $50 to 800 per acre, but unless
a man knows how to care for his fruit
trees so that they will yield good, clean
fruit, there will be no money it in for
him, and according to his experience,
no money in the business. A writer in
an exchange says on the subject:
The trouble is, not that farming is
going to dogs, and that the country has
no more use for farmers, but largely,
because they are SO obstinately welded
to old ideas and methods. Business
methods have been literally revolu
tioniZ9d during the last sixty years,
and without complaint from business
men; but the average farmer hates
radical changes more than he hates
sin, and never would change without
the stimulus of something like financial
ruin or starvation.
IF the season of low prices is hard
on farmers, it has its phases of good
1t forces them to think, and that to the
man 'sot in his ways is the most dis
agreeable Of all work. He hates think
ing as applied to his business, and the
me thods Of his grandfather or great
grandfather would still be in vogue,
could he have his ."-Oregon Agri-
culturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10
No. 4

De easily fed bey ond her limit; and. as
practical conclusion, increased feed
with superior lot of COWS will in
crease the butter product, but if fed TO
an inferior lot of COWS waste can be
but the result. 6. That the character
OF the food has some influence on the
character of the butter, but even here
oreeo influences m re than food. 7 That
Unere Is no constant relation between
"no Outter product al d the cheese
ProOucG. That the caseine ratains q
constant percentage, and that this per.
centage does not appear to respond to
increase of food. g. That the caseipo
appears to remain constant. without
regard to the season. 10. That increase
IN the quantity of milk is followed bv
an increase in the total amount of
caselne. II. That insufficient food
acts directly to check the proportion
OF butter, and has a tendency to de-
crease the caseine of the milk and sub
sCltuVe aIbumen. 10 That the best
practice of feeding is to regulate the
character of the food by the character
OF the animals fed; feeding superior
COWS nearer to the limit of their pro
duction than inferior COWS; feeding. if
Tor butter, more concentrated and
nutritious foods than for cheese; feed
ing for cheese product succulent ma
terlal, which will increase the quantity
of the milk, yield.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10
THE DAIRY.
CREAM RAISING.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Comparative tests of cream raising
are requently published in which it is
shown that more cream has been OBJ
tanned by one method Or apparatus
than by another Extravagant claims
of manufacturers are made in their
circulars. When people are properly
educated on the subject of cream rails
ing these absurd claims will go in one
ear and out the other.
A DUTY FOR EDITORS
Milk set when first drawn, or at g.
temperature of SO or 95 degrees, will
Weld all its cream es soon as or very
soon after it's temperature has been re-
duced to As degrees, if the reduction be
quickly made. If there is any process,
method, apparatus or device by which
more than all the cream can be OBJ
tained, it is the duty of agricultural
and dairy papers to ascertain what
that process is and let the world know
it just as ION as they can.
THE REAL QUESTION.
A comparative test amounts to but
little, if it does not show that the pro-
cess or apparatus producing the most
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10
THE FLORIDA ORANGE CROP.

Weeks bsfore the season arrives,
when this fruit ordinarily begins to
move north ward, the very small crop
has been entirely absorbed, selling on
the streets. The price is 81 so to 81 80
per box, depending on quality and dis
tance from market, and the fruit is now
going out in small lots. Trees are re
covering remarkably we'll, but it will
require years, according to the opinion
of the best posted growers there, to
reach the 5000 OOO-b0x crop again.
Mgr @. F. A. Bielby of the florida fruit
exchange places SO, 600 boxes as an out
side limit of the yield this year. 1t is
only a guess to estimate what next
years crop will be, but the consensus
of opinion points to yield probably
under rather than over 1, 600, 900 boxes.
While it is thus shown little or no
fruit will be shipped from the State,
most of the very small crop being re
quired by Florida hotels who cater to
northern guests, it is more than prob
able that unusually large quantities of
fresh vegetables will be moved out. In
some sections Of florida the acreage of
peas, cabbages, beans, tomatoes and
lettuce is unprecedented, many farm
ers who are obliged to look to other
crops than oranges having gone more
largely into the cultivation of such
stuff In spite of the fact that the pro
duction in some sections is being re-
stricted by the use Of a smaller guam
tity of fertilizer, it is believed the
amount of fresh vegetables available
for outside markets is liberal. Ship,
ments will begin in earnest at an early
date, prices up to the present time be-
ing nearly nominal. Cucumbers sell
in such eastern markets as New York
at 81 to So per crate, Florida and Nor
folk green peas meet some favor, with
string beans 6Oc. to 81 per half barrel.
American AgriCulturis5.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10
FACTS FOR OAIRYMEN.

Observe the following 12 points in
your dairy operations: 1. That the
production of butter is largely depend
ent on breed. 2 That there is a struc-
tural limit to the production of butter
to each COW. That when the COW ls
fed to this limit increased food cannot
increase the product. That the supe
riorcow has this structural limit at
greater distance from ordinary feed,
and more ready to respond to stimuli
than the inferior COW. That conse
ouently the superior COW is seldom fed
TO her limit, while the inferior COW may
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10
LIVE STOCK.
CRUSHED OATS AND CUT HAY

To test the relative merits of crushed
VS. whole oats in feeding horses. one of
the great London omnibus companies
some years ago conducted an interest
ing experiment, says the Farmers Ad-
vocate. Of the 5000 horses in the
company's employment one half were
fed on crushed oats and cut hay and
straw, and the other half on whole oats
and hay.
The ration allowed per day to each
horse, according to the one system,
was: Crushed oats, Is pounds; cut
hay, u pounds; cut straw, d pounds.
The q 1antity allowed according to the
oldsystem was: Whole oats, 10 pounds; !;
uncut hay, 13 pounds A daily saving
of six pounds Of food was thus effected,
and this saving was not merely in the
quantity, but iu the value of the ma,
materials employed, for straw in the
former case was substituted for hay in
the latter.
The advantage OF one kind of feeding
over the other was far more apparent
when reduce d to money value. The
saving by using the crushed oats and
cut hay was nearly five cents per day
for each horse, which was equal to
$500 per day for the 5000 horses. And
this saving was acc mpliehed without
any sacrifice whatever; for all the
drivers and those having charge of the
horses agreed that the difference in the
horses was decidedly in favor Of those
fed on crushed oats and cut hay and
straw.