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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-14
From Jackson County.
ORA ROGERS
EAST LA FORT, n

EAST LA FORT, N @.
MT. EDITORIALS | nave NOT seen any
letter from Jackson county IN the
young folks column or your paper I
thought l would write one lam a little
girl IL years old. | have three brothers
and one sreter. My papa is @ strong
AIlIancemaD but does not take your
paper. Oar cousin j M. W.ke is tax
ing 1t. lie lets Us read almost every
copy be gevs like to read the young
folks Column very mucn, ard would
IKE to ask them 8 question. What DO X
IN the Bible does MOI contain Gods
name ii any form?
Your friend,
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YOUNG FOLKS
From Johnston County
CARLTON, n @

CARLTON, N @.
Mr. Edttor:-Wil you allow a little
girl IA years old to write a short piece
to your good paper7 Papa has been
taking your paper over nine years. I
will answer Maggie A!llson's question,
The word cheese is mentioned IN the
Bible three times. I will ask a que
Ulon. How many chapters in the Old
Test6ment7 Yours truly,
SUDIE r WRIGHT.
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From Onslow County.

FLoX N. G.
Mr.. Edttor:-Will you allow two
girls space IN your valuable paper to
write a short piece for the benefit Of
the young folks column7
We attend sunday school every Sun
day except something beyond u
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BROILED

EkOILED
lie large. fresh m4shr,som4. pare the
sJa.rs WASH carefully. drain III "a cIorh.
season with sltt and pepper, haste with
oil and Oroil on a double grId,ron over
3 brisk fre; dish up CO MN bread
soasr, press hmm juice AID pour
melted butter over n serve.
RTEWED CELERY
Slowed celery l. very nutritious and
sppenzfnE. Wash thoroughly and cut
in sm ,l pieces about a. string beaLs
are ca sew II cid water unfIl very
taDdar and the water cooks out. season
with butter, Rulo 81 d cream. A de
ilcsoI7 s.eR can be made froUa odcs anG
ends Of crld beef or lam0 cut IN small
pieces oud all sed to sImritr for IN
hvur. tim a III a fey stalks Of celery
cut fae, al d just bsf re taklng IF NJ
the ss3vp, some cold stock cr gravy
Serve on slices OF crisp with
baked potatoes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-14
FPTTTEpS

Exc l}ent f~rlCJers may be nIade
either OF cold bailed rice, OF cold boiled
tsrlrss by taking a cu2ful of eltoer
and sCIrTIng 1t INTO a batter ny comb
iUlng two cupfu.s OF wheat Fl ur, TT"
te8spoonfu!s OF baking po~d-r, a plnc0
Of SAT-, two we'll beaten eggs and mix
enough u maze II of the ordinary bat
ser consistency 1t should De beate"
brIskIy until the batter Is thoroughly
smooth, and then baked IN lard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-14

PASSENGERS LEAVING RALEIGH AT O0
an. MAKE close connection a. GreeLs~
bOrO for all points North and south:
also for all Western North Carolina
points, arrtvt < IN AsbeviIle 352 D.
m, and Charlotte ll:4O Il. m. DOahle
dali trains between Raleigh. Char
lOtte and Atlanta
No. II, leaving Greensboro at l:33 d. LII, ar.
irving at Raleigh at 965 n. NJ. carries a sleeping
car No. 81, leaving Raleigh at 4: 3 .. m, also
carries a Sic ping car. All rains leaving Raj
eigh fer Greensboro c meet there with fast
tn Ough train- Tor the North and South. in
GLIDING Two limit-d vestibults each way.
Through ticket on sale at prlucipal stations
TO all points. For rates or Information. apply
to any agent OF the ompany, or 70
J. 5. 3. FHOMPSON. SUpt. first Division. Dam
vile. Va.
W. B. RYDER, Supt. Second Division, Char.
lOtte, n G.
w. GREEN, w. A TURK.
Gen'l superintendent, GenI Pass. AgL
Washington, u. 4. Washington. {. q
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POETRY

Written for THE PROGRESSIVE FABHER.1
GOODBYE! GOUD-BYkI SWEET
HEAR 7.
BY E. NEWLIN STOUT.
The birds return al touch Of spring
And II the ~am old 80 z
That in our youth the, Used To sing
With vulcts just a strong;
r. ~IIH I. Ell 81 Z,
II seems to me
l. tainted nov BY art
Each seems TO say,
In tauutiuE WaN
aGooi-ott! Goodbye. sweetheart
The ross bloc " on dale and hill.
nd ,i their Fragrance rvu d.,
WAR oft We wander forth at will
In loves tucn-ntn~nJ bound;
Yet. on e-Ch leaf
Irr4c in grief
These words WI zen ne'er depart
These awful words
or flowers and / ds-
'Goud-5 t. Good 'ye. swte3 heart"
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to blush and eimper and look con-ci
Gus when boys are around This Ia
very silly indeed, and no sensible girl
does il. Boys and girls shoufd o. COM
rates, and should meet and know each
other III a aImple, natural fashion, az
brothers and sisters d. And 1t, as Is
often the ca e, the sOn7 a q daughters
Of certain faimllIes are in school TO
gather, side by el0e il recIlaUIOna, there
Is all the more th4uce for Lnelr having
fun when school Ia over Jack is apt
tn be polite to jill if she na- helped
him out IN his arithmetic Do you re
member W1IttIer's . ETY. staz Ii aboue
the echuOl house aud the little ecene he
r~ecalIs2
I'm sorry that I speit the word.
la t t 20 &LOVe you.
n yer, d At gUls, luCuIEe ] any
thing which has an air OF myaCery II
your dealings with BOY friends Let
the ak and talks and drives De open
and uLder the eye of cur older friends,
and you viii tint that h bre4 " bright
c"mpanIou~h'p II q clever by viii be
Is rnmg worm having
SISTERS should ! ok out for their
brothers III Countless ltICle wavs. A sls
ter "a make home so pleasant ana
CHEEKY that her brother Will prefer II
Of an evening to ny other place. She
m!} Jake prIoe IN having ner brothers.
escort when sne goes about, ond even
If she d e. not pt, Il u.ariy care TO 60
s new here when h proposes II for
anus m"nr, she wll oOise hIn # she Ii
me loving ard un-esti-n risCer | have
,n mind. AID sacr.h e her own iucllua
Ia. II TO keep rim con.p4ny.-Harp"r's
\ 5ung People
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M. ANDREWS.
Largest Dealer in the State.


CHARLOTTE, NJ O.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-02-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
WILLIAM Il. GRAIN. congressman
from the Eleventh district of Texas,
died at Washington on the 10th of
pneumonia. aged 4a
TIE right of the women of Ohio to
vote for members of school boards was
sustained by . close decision of the SUI
pFeme court at Columbus on the 7th.
The president on the It'll signed the
bill prohibiting prize fighting In the
territories and District of Columbia
WILLIAM H. ENaLIsH died At Indicn'
apolis. Ind. from inflammatory rheu-
matism, superinduced by an attack of
the grip. He ran for vice president on
the democratic ticket with Winfield L
Hancock at the head in 1880.
GEN. JOHN GIBBoN, the famous Indian
fighter, died at Baltimore, Nd, re-
Gently, of pneumonia, aged SO.
A MOVEMENT was reported among
leading republican politicians of 1ndi-
ana to send ex-President Harrison to
the national convention at St Louis
as one of the delegates at large.
THE local option bill was defeated in
the lower house of the Ohio legislature
at Columbus and the senate passed q
bill to increase the liquor tax to $500.
THE National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial union, which has been in
session at Washington, adjourned on
the 9Th. The ''sub-treasury plan," to
which the alliance has been committed
for a number of years, and the demand
for an increase CT the circulating me-
dunn to $50 per capita we're eliminated
from the platform.
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LEST rHE EARrH REyoIcE ANn

LET THE EARTH REJOICE AND
farmers sing. With our new hardy
grasses, clovers and fodder plants the
poorest, most worn out, toughest
worst piece Of land can be made a.
fertile as the valley of the Nile. Only
takes o year or sol At the same time
you will be getting big crops! Teo-
<inte, Giant spurry. Sacaline. Lathyrus,
what q variety OF namesi Catalogue
tells you'll
If You WILL CUT TINS OUT AND SEND Il
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse. Wis, with 14c. postage, you win
get tree their mammoth catalogue and
ten grass and grain and fodder SAM
pies (Nvorth $1,000 to get q start). They
arc fine, the editor heliaxes. fKl
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1t, and in a dream saw our poor man
tried. convicted and actually sentenced
to be hanged, and was myself possessed
Of a frantic desire to attend the hang
ing in person. my non-appearance being
wholly due to the fact that could not
f,nd my shoes, being separated from
hem fqr some unexplainable reason.
I woke up suddenly, frightened to
find myself enveloped in darkness, re-
lieved only by an uncanny red glow
from the fast-dying Goals upon the
hearth. Everything was so still. Not
the smallest sound except the ticking
of little clock In my darkened bed
room. and the clicking Of the dying
cools.
was possessed withs strange sink
ing fear. I was afraid to move, afraid
to turn my head to the left or right
lest see something lurking in the
gloomy corners. was cold, too, and
trembling. Tho room was chilled; I
fancied it must be just before dawn.
My fear increased rather than dimin-
ished as the moments dragged by. I
could hear my heart beating. I soon
became enthralled by terror. had q
kind of instructive animal fear of i'm
pending danger. thought Of the
money. It was locked up in the cabinet
at my right hand, not two yards away.
1 found myself listening painfully. tor
turously. My throat seemed swollen.
1 swallowed in gulps.
endeavored to rally my courage, to
persuade myself that I was awakened
from a nightmare and was nervous;
that there was nothing to fear, and that
I was making baby of myself. AL to
no purpose. Something was going to
happen; something was happening at
that moment which would bring me
hurt.
I could not throw OFF the notion.
Just then it began to rama regular
downfall, rs if the bottom had suddenly
fallen out of the clouds. / have never
known it to rain SO heavily. A perfect
deluge. and every drop seemed to pene-
trate my soul. I did not move. lay
back in my cushioned chair helpless,
| and felt that could not have raised my
hand to my face if my life were the for
felt. Such pouring! 1 found myself
listening behind the rain-behind all
the pattering noise listening Tor an
other sound. I had grotesque idea
| that the elements and this something
| that was coming to me were colleagued
| together, the one to screen the approach
| of the other.
Twas listening with every fiber of my
body drawn taut. Listening for what
l did not know. Something beyond,
behind the rain Then I heard it A
sound distinct from the rain-patter.
A sound emanating from our little
drawing-room-a scraping, saving
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had never seen before. Hs sat upon
the floor, and held my head across his
knees. while he wiped the blood from
my cnt forehead with pocket hand
kerchicf. which every now and then he
would squeeze out in q basin of water
at his elbow.
don't suppose there was ever moro
terrified young man upon this earth of
ours Imagine an inoffensive young
man turning up in q town where an
intimate friend lived, coming in on the
very train that takes this intimate
friend out. Imagine the intimate friend
cordially inviting the newcomer to his
house. telling him there was nobody
in 1t, but that he could put mp there,
make himself lord and master, fcd
plentJ to eat by foraging around and
get q good bed. Then to make the
thing complete, give him the wrong
keys BY which to let himself in.
Imagine this newcomer booming about
town until II o'clock. then striking out
for his friends abode; ovcrtaken by
the rain; at last 20 arrive at his in
tended abiding place to discover he has
the wrong keys, which necssitates his
climbing into the house like burglar.
Imagine him piling into the first bed
he comes to, very soon sinking Oft into
the untroubled slumber of the inno-
cent at heart, to be awakened Mt the
peep OF day by something tumbling
down the chimney. Not hcbgoblin-
that we're better-but a young women.
despatched and grimy. but still a
oho n x,
dend than alive. Imagine it ell. if ye u
can. for that is what happened to the
misguided young man, who held me
across his knees and wiped the blood
from my broken forehead On that
memorable St. Valentines morning.
Imagine 1t, and tell me if men through
stupidity don't cause half of oil the
trouble in the world. We explained it
all to each other as best We could, for
I was really i'll, and quite ready to &C
off iE,o another swoon.
When the servant girl came he went
for the doctor. and Mary got me to bed.
Dick came ut noon, and was horrIied
at what had happened. But the doctor
| had pronounced me more frightened
than hurt; and really, but for tho
dreadful cold caught. and my wound
ed forehead, it did not amount to my
thing, aud soon became q tremendous
joke.
And it turned out that this friend of
Dick s, whose acquaintance ] made in
such an unconventional fashion, was
the very client whose money l de-
Tended.
And it also came about that-that
he-that THAT we have-we have
grown to know each other very we'll;
| and Dick-Dick is TO look out for an-
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AMERICAS DAUGHTERS.

America is represented in Guatemala
by Q woman dentist. DR.. Luella Cool.
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt has presented
to the police pension fund check foa
$500. This is a token Of appreciatior
for the services rendered by tho poles
at Miss vanderbilt's wedding.
Mrs. Livermore's objections to 10
porters are as unique as some of he,
other theories. Reporters are p@stif
erous SET" she said in Boston the othes
day. They often ruin = lecturer BY
reporting his address in full, thereby
rendering 1t unfit for future use."
Miss Caroline B. Hendricks, daugh
ter of the late A. W. Hendricks, and
niece of Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks
was admitted recently to practice law
In the circuit and superior courts O.
Marion county, Ind. Miss Hendricl.
has the honor of being the first womap
admitted to the bar in that county.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-02-14

Mr.. Cyrus Edison, who was 1t one
time the commissioner Of health Of
the city and county of New York,
has made q discovery which, il is
said. may solve the problem of the
cure of consumption After numer-
Gus experiments he has produced q
fluid which he calls aseptolin. It con.
tains g IS per cent of carbolic acid, and
TO every ounce of 1t there is added one
hundredth of grain of a new salt called
pilocarpin- phenly-hydroxide. The asep-
tolin Is injected under the skin and
Into the blood. It has also cured every
ease of malaria and La grippe in which
e has been tried.
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A Sensible Valentine.

A Sensible Valentine.
Sweet Phillis. sweet from the topmost
thread
OF your golden head
To the rosy sole Of your dirnpled foot
In its satin boot.
Fair Phillis, cair in your dainty dress
All the loneliness
OF folded bodice, the drifting grace
OF caScade-!ike lace.
Dear Phillis oh. for q word to say,
AS true word may.
How dear you are to this heart" And
then
He laid down the pen.
Il needn't be quite such an ass" he said:
So he sent instead
A box of imported candies fine
As q valentine.
And the girl who received II, with voice
intense.
MurmureJ softly: This has some sense -
Madeline 3. Bridges, In Brooklyn Life.
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sound. 1t came from the front portico.
1 knew some one was cutting through
the Venetian blinds into the house. My
faintest doubt vanished soon, when 1
Enthusiastically heard the blinds dragged
back and the sash creak as it was pushed
up. Some one was entering the house:
This person, whoever it was, knew of
my brothers absence. Good Heavens!
1 thought of Henry, our office man. He
brought the note-an open note. It was
he who caused the delay which pre-
vented my depositing the money. 1t
was as clear as day. Irose rigidly to my
feet In twinkling my mind was
acutely active, and thousand ways Of
escape surged through my brain in a
moment l unlocked the cabinet and
grasped the large pocketbook which
contained the notes, and thrust it into
my bosom. To what purpose did not
know. l retreated into the dense dark
ness Of my own bedroom. where stood
uncertain and shivering.
The windows were too high from the
ground to admit of my jumping there
from without mourning the risk OF
broken limb; besides, there was no
time. At the first sound Of my putting
up the sash, I would be detected and
overpowered. I heard q heavy tread
along the hall An idea flashed into my
head like the incision of a blade. I
clutched the money in my bosom and
stepped into the empty fireplace. In
another moment I was scrambling up
the sooty chimney with the agility of
finished chimney-sweep. and I kept
scrambling till made stronghold for
myself.
What went on down below ! did not
know. In the cessation of the rain
could hear the heavy tread passing to
and fro in a search. knew, for that
money. But !, from my lofty vantage
ground. could only thank Heaven again
and again for such a blessed deliver
ance.
I vas so benumbed with cold and
fright that think lost consciousness,
and would probably have tumbIed
down the chimney but TINT WINS so
rigid and SO walled in could not
The next thing remember was
opening my eyes and seeing the square
Of wan light abnve me. Then realizing
all. my strength gave way. and fell
heavily, striking my heod against
something which left ne senseless for
hours. When came to myself, I was
in the arms Of . young man whom 1
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-02-14

JOHN B. ROBINSON, of South Africa,
Is thought to be the richest man in the
world. His fortune is estimated at
$3.50, 600, 900. In 1873 Robinson was in
debt He had kept a grocery store in
the Orange Free State, but he could
not make both ends meet. He and his
wife begged their way for 300 miles to
Kimberly. Here Robinson laid the
foundation of his enormous fortune by
picking up rough diamond worth
1900. His ambition now is to be
worth 81, ZOO, 900, 600
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-02-14

EGBERT BORCHGREvINK, the Norwe.
gian explorer, is arranging an expe-
dition to the south pole next winter.
The scheme that the explorer has in
hand is to travel over 100 miles inland
on snow shoes and sledges, with three
Norwegian companions, till he reaches
the south magnetic pole. He expects
that it will take him more than two
years to do so. He says q commercial
company has been formed in England
for the purpose Of whaling and this
company has agreed to send out an ex.
petition. next September. Eleven
scientists are to go with the expedition.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-02-14

The cattle growers of the United
States will probably have to encounter
In the not remote future O vigorous
competition in the European markets
from Australia That land of vast
areas of cheap grazing lands is capa.
BILE of producing an enormous supply
of meat and the quantity is increasing
from year to year. Shipments of live
cattle from Australia to Europe have
not been very successful, but it is said
that chilled beef has been sent from
Sydney to Liverpool in such good con-
dition as to sell in the markets at the
prices obtained for beef shipped from
Chicago.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-02-14

THE news comes from BraudeuburR,
Germany, of discovery which excites
the deepest interest In scientific, com
mercial and industrial circles. Dr..
6elle has contrived q photographs in
strument which will in minute details
reproduce the various colors Of objects,
persons and landscapes brought within
. specified range Of the camera, the
colors losing none of their original
brilliancy and shade. DIR. Selle sent .
number of photographs in eolors OF
rose bushes, peacocks, crazy quilts and
tropical butterflies TO some experts for
their examination. which were greatly
admired.
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II hapl ened IN this way. lovs. as you re-
I wrote tender lay. love. and sent It
sti aight to you.
1t was a valentine. love. In which truly
said
Unless you would b. mine. love. would.
aiss. be dead.
l praised in every line. love. your sweet
and perfect ways,
And piaced you In my shrine, love, to wor-
ship all my days.
I said that roses red. love. were in your
cheeks a-bloom;
Your eyes were STATS, ] said, love: your
breath sweet perfume.
Your voice was music rare. love: your
=. g,ace fairy's own;
And that your wealth Of hair. love. like
golden sunshine shone.
promised to be true. love. and ever to
AL this said to you. love. in happy days
Of yore.
And now. though years have flown. love.
Our hears are still as young
AS WREN at Cupids throne. love. our fret
gtd songs were sung.
That valentine of yore. love. now repea.
t. day
With praises even more. love. than when !
wrote the lay.
I thought loved you then, love; L know ]
love you now;
70 you 1 kneel again, love. anu greater
love avow.
You're 1earer every way. love, more beau
tic1l and sweet
Than when that Cupid's day. love. allowed
ME to entreat.
I've fond you are divine, love, your purity
and worth
Have made this home of nine, love, a
haven on the earth.
So place this valentine. love. beside the one
OF yore,
And tell me you are mine. love, as sweet
ly as before.
Tou are my sweetheart yet. love. and your
true love am !,
And W. will not forget, love. to be SO till
We die.
III. C. Dodge, in Chicago Sun.
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Mr. SPERRY's bill to provide for de-
livery Of letters in towns and other
places where no free delivery exists
says that whenever not less than 20
persons who receive their mail matter
through the same post Office petition
the postmaster at such office to appoint
carriers to deliver and collect the mail
from such person the postmaster is to
do So The carrier is to receive from
the person to whom the mail is deliv-
cred q compensation agreed on. and If
no agreement Is made. they may de.
uand not exceeding ono cent for each
letter. They arc to receive no other
oompensatiou.
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Easily Accounted For

'Please, sir" whistled the boy with
two front teeth missing, Minnie VIII
ilan1s' mother says Minnie can't come
to school cos she's got o stitch in her
side"
''Who is Minnie Willinmx' mother?"
the new school-teachcr asked.
''She's tho seanstress-"
The teacher turned refectjvely TO tho
How wonderful arc tho
influences Of heredity!" she n,uttered,
N. o. Times-Democrat.
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The Minneapolis Times says: There
has been more or less lamentation in
most parts of the country over the de-
cline of church going and wondering
what is going to become of us If tho
weakness in faith keeps increasing.
In Missouri they have fixed it by SIM
ply putting good looking girls to work
Us ushers in the churches The imme-
diate effect has been to call out the
old sinners in large numbers It is
suggested that If coffee and rolls were
added, the churches would not be able
to hold the congregations.
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ANTHONY CoMsToCK. of the Society
for the Suppression of Vice, will ask the
New York legislature to pass a bill
prohibiting the appearance in public
of women in knee dresses, tights,
boomers and all feminine raiment.
Living pictures, burlesque shows and
comic operas are also to be suppressed
by the Comstock bill, which has for its
object the elevation of the American
nfana