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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28

brother9" Flossie (meditatively ,
"Wellp papa, if it's just the same to
you, I think I'd rather have a little
white rabbit. Once a Week.
The new woman prisoner looked
over the jury of gentlemen in the box.
May it please the court" she said
with great hauteur, II desire to be
tried by a jury of my peers" THAT
is impossible madam, I am sorry to
say" replied the gallant judge. This
court hasn't the power to summons
angels to serve on juries. "-Detroit
Free Press.
Little Johnny has been naughty, and
has to be sent from the table without
having any desert. For an hour he
has been sitting in the corner of the
room crying At last he thinks it time
to stop. "Well! I hopa you have done
crying now" Gays his mother.
Haven't done," says Johnny, in a
passion; I'm only resting."-Modes
and Fabrics.
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DoN'Ts FOR HOUSEWIVES.

DON'T let vinegar weaken on your
pickles, and don't let it eat them up.
DON'T let cheese mould-throw it out
if you cannot use it up when fresh.
Don't let bread grow musty-make
it up before it grows past using into
buildings and bread cakes.
Don't throw out a bag Of stale soft
crackers; put them in a big shallow
pan and let them get crisp again in a
moderate oven.
DON'T put your clothes on the line
and leave them to the mercy of the
winds.
Don't dig with one side of your broom
until it looks freekish or 8 your best
broom to scrub with.
Don't kill yourself washing when a
little washing powder or ammonia will
help you so willingly.
Don't use napkins or tablecloths to
wipe dishes with-don't.
Don't let the ashes choke up your
CRATE, and so burn it out.
Don't keep up a big fire in the range
when you've no need of it..
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HOW SHE PROPOSED TO HIM.
Dear lack Seemed so Obtuse She Had to
Tell Him.
am your true friend,
LILLE M. BRYANT,

Dear Jack Seemed so Obtuse She Had to
Tell Him.
A young married woman, the wife
of the private secretary of a Western
Congressman, was one Of a party
the other evening talking about
leap year. Il proposed to my hus-
band" said she, land it wasn't leap
year, and I'm not a new woman"
Every one was anxious to hear how
she happened to do it, for she, is a love-
ly woman Of the womanly type, and
the last one in the world to ever ask a
man to marry her. Teen, too, she was
a belle, and had hosts of admirers,
many of whom would have been glad
to have won her.
"Why, 1 don't know how it happen
ed. You see, Jack had been attentive
to me for years, and every little while
would tell me how much he loved me,
and ask me if 1 could care for him. 1
put him off, and then after two or
three years he began to neglect telling
me of his love. In the meantime I
learned to love him, and tried in every
way to make him speak, but when he
called he wanted to see me alone
and always tried to have some of the
family about. When we were alone he
was moody and silent, and no amount
of sweetness on my part would bring
him to another avowaI. At last he
called and said that he was going to
Washington. That there was no use
of his staying out West. There were
no ties to hold him, and no one for
whom he especially cared. I used my
best endeavors to dissuade him, and
limited in every way possible that he
might expect a favorable answer it he
would ask me to marry him. Jack
said good night to the people,
and 1 went to the door with him.
We stood at the entrance some time,
and l tried 80 hard to bring him out,
but no use. He spoke of no one caring
for him, and all that sort of thing.
Finally, we shook hands and left. I
saw him walk down the yard, and as
he reached the gate I called to him to
come back. 1 had seen him leave me
forever in that minute, and could not
stand it. When he came up the steps,
I said: Jack, I care for you a great
DEAL The rest naturally followed,
and we were married in the spring.
Washington Post.
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HOW TO MAKE A MILLINNER'S
BOW.

In an article on home millinery a
London journal endeavors to impart to
the amateur in cold print the feeting,
Intangible essence of a successful
bow" as follows:
4 When making a bow, never skfmp
pur rit6on. Three yards should be
flowed if you wish to trim a fair sized
hat. Never cut the ribbon until the
bow is finished. To make a nice full
bow of six or eight loops, take the end
OF the ribbon in your right hand, the
wrong side uppermost, holding it to-
ward you. Then plat it, keeping the
Aaits as straight as possible. Change
1a ribbon into the left hand while
lth the right-you join the plaits by
nding them tightly round with thick
b. 16) cotton. Change it back to the
ht hand, and make a loop, as long
short as you desire, by bringing the
bon over to where the first plaits
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HOUSEHOLD
DELICIOUS RAISED BUNS.


Use one quart of milk; boil n pint
it. Add to the whole quart a piece
1 butter the size of an egg, two-thirds
bf a cup of sugar and two eggs beaten
Itogether, one-half a cup of black cur
rants and one-halt a cup o fyeast. Let
The mixture rise over night.
sPICED APPLE PUDDING.
Three cups of bread crumbs, one pint
bf boiling milk poured over them, three
cups of chopped apples, n cup OF
seeded r~aisins, n cup of sugar, two
eggs. one teaspoonful each OF cloves,
cinnamon, mace and salt. Steam half
an hour, then bake twenty minutes.
SALMON STEAKS.
Skoep for an hour or so four middle
cut, good sized salmon steaks with a
glass of sweet oil, salt, pepper and the
before serving, broil them light brown
over a charcoal fire, and garnish with
chartered lemons and serve with a
bowl of tartar sauce.
TARTAR SAUCE.
Put in a salad-bowl two egg yolks,
salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix thorough
" with a wooden spoon, while adding
to this slowly and gradually a pint of
sweet oil, dropping in a teaspoonful of
vinegar at a time when the sauce is too
thick. Add some finely chopped ger
kins, capers, parsley, and two table
spoonfuls of prepared mustard; mingle
we'll and serve.
BEEFSTEAK AND KIDNEY PUDDING.
Two pounds of lean, juicy beef, free
from gristle (the under side of the
round or chuck is BEST. Cut it and
two lamb kidneys into pieces no larger
than the end of your thumb; roll each
piece of meat in -four aud season with
pepper and salt. Forth crust use one
pint of sifted -four, three ounces of suet
and water enough to make the dough
soft enough to roll out. 1t should be
at least half an inch thick. Grease a
quart bowl we'll, preferably with drip
ping or suet, and lay the crust in it,
bringing it we'll up on the sides and be-
ing careful not to cut it off so close that
it may slip. Put in the meat, pour In
/ gI&pE~zold water and cover the pud-
ding exactly as you would a pie. Some
line the bowl and allow the crust to
turn over to form the top, but it is bet
ter to cut it off and put the top on
separately, pinching itdown we'll. Tie
the bowl containing the pudding in a
Toured cloth and boil four hours, OBJ
serving the same precaution as with
other boiled puddings-that is, not re-
moving the lid except to put more
water into the pot, and this added
water must always be briskly boiling.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
A CASE O ACES

Many ladies possessing rare and
valuable laces, which perchance have
been handed down to them from one
Dr. two generations, prize them as high
ly as the most costly jewels, and to
them a dainty lace case in which to
fold away their treasures would be in
valuable. A very lovely n could be
made of fine boiling cloth and satin. P
double piece Of white satin, fourteen
inches long, and five and one half
inches wide, should be filled with one
or two layers of perfumed cotton and
afterwards bound about the edges with
fine white silk cord, thus forming a
pad, around which the lace could be
carefully folded. This pad should be
placed within the boiling cloth should
be embroidered all around the edges
in buttonhole stitch, with fine white
flo floss, and upon one side, the word
81 aces" as we'll as a few flowers scat,
tered about, should be embroidered in
white or delicate shades of washing
silk. The two sides could be gracefully
fastened together by mean of narrow
white ribbons, tied in a boW.-Woman-
kind.
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are fixed. Plat this loop and join
again. Turn the loop and hold it to.
ward you, make another loop, and pro-
coed in this manner until your bow is
large as you require. To keep velvet,
etc., the right side outward, before
plating give it a half twist. Pass the
remaining end round the centre of the
bow, being careful to hide the cotton,
and then slip it through, dra wing it
tight. If using n of the popular
buckles, pass the end through the
buckle, and, in either case, cut it
sharply off, or secure it at the back.
In making velvet bows be careful
not to crush the velvet when passing
it through the buckle or in knotting it.
The tighter your ribbon is tied the bet
ter your bow will stand up. The
length of the loops can be varied &C
cording to fancy or requirements,
sometimes cutting some of the loops to
make shap ends. In piece velvet such
ends must be neatly hemmed.
For the straight bows, now so much
worn on hats and bonnets, the loops
on each tie-bow-should exactly cor
respond in length, though you may
have two short loops andt two long ones,
a long and short on each side. For
practising bow,making get some long
strips of colored glazed cambria, and
make as many different-shaped bows
as you can devise.
When a bow is once made, and
firmly tied, it can be pulled into any
position. In narrow ribbon it is not
necessary to join each loop; turn the
loop each time, holding it firmly,
as in the broader bows, and when as
large as required fom the bow by pass
ing the end through and drawing it
tight.
Remember that much of the success
of your hat lies in the manner in which
the bow is tied. If badly fastened on
it will not stand up in the professional
way, and that homemade effect you
were so anxious to avoid will be pro,
duced. Cheap ribbon is seldom a sue
cess in millinery, and good ribbon
should never require moving.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
OLDEST RAILROAD IN THE
WORLD.

The Baltimore & Ohio is the Oldest
chartered railroad in America, and the
oldest passenger railroad in the world.
On the 4th of July, 1928, ground was
broken for the promising enterprise by
Charles Carroll of CarrolltoD, the only
remaining signer of the Declaration of
independence. At that time it was
only designed for a horse railroad,
for steam had not yet been evolved
into a practical motive power. 1t was
the original intention to extend the
road ultimately to the Ohio River,
hence the name which it now bears
was given to it at it's beginning.
On the 22nd of May, 1880 the road
was opened for business from Balti-
more to Ellicott's Mills, 10 miles. The
first American passenger a then used
was almost IL feet long one horse was
attached, good for eight miles an hour,
carrying % passengers. The driver
sat in front, the conductor stood on the
steps behind. Many old timers remem-
Der the old Relay Station where horses
were changed and yarns spun of the
wonderful new railroad. The first
driver, Mr.. Galloway, who was after
wards made engineer, lived to see the
road perfected from the primitive one
horse power to it's climax of wonderful
display at the Worlds Fair, where he
held forth with pride as the first en-
gineer of the first passenger railway in
America.
Very o after the road started a
more ambitious car was used, known
as the ''double decker" Then a tread
car was introduced, the object being
for the horse 30 move it's own a and
passenger car attached at the same
time, a sort of animated fourlegged
locomotive, which is doubtless more
humorous to read about than it would
be to ride behind, particularly in this
day of lightning speed.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS followed quickly
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FROM BERTHE COUNTY.

AULANDER, n. O..
Mr.. EDITOR:-I want to write a little
letter to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. l
am a little girl IL years old. l am the
youngest of three sisters and we all go
to school. Papa takes your paper and
I love to read it, most especially the
young folks column. He takes the
Caucasian and Biblical Recorder, but
I like The PROGRESSIVE FARMER best.
Before closing 1 want to ask a question.
What battle of the Revolutionary war
was preceded by prayer.
Yours Truly,
LIZZIE CARROLL LANG.
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A QUESTION R o NASH.

DRY WELLS, N. 9.
Mr.. EDITOR:-I will now attempt to
write my first letter to the young folks
column. am a farmers daughter Is
years of age. 1 am going to school
now and like my teacher splendid. My
studies r spelling, history, grammar,
arithmetic, geography and physiology.
Ny school will not continue much
longer, and I will be very sorry when
it closes. Before I close 1 want to ask
a question. What was the cry of the
great Virginia Orator. Let us all hope
for a happy new year,
l am your true friend,
LILLE M. BRYANT,
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M OF THE E

Many years ago, when the two lead
ing political papers of Boston we're the
Post and Atlas, almost every morning
the Post had an editorial on the LILY
ing Atlas" and the Atlas on the LILY
ing Post"
It was said that the two editors
were the best of friends and dined to-
gether every day.
Some years ago we found in a shire
town in the the State of Maine that the
Democratic and Republican papers
we're both printed On the same press,
and probably to a considerable extent
edited by the same man. THE good
people of the county paid their money
and took their choice.
We think it is Mark Twain who
gives us a description of how he once
ran on the strength of his good charac,
ter for Governor of New York against
Governor Hoffman.
He had carefully investigated the
history of his ancestors for several
generations, and finding nothing
against anyone one of them concluded
that he might run for Governor of
New York on the strength of his
character.
But he had hardly started his cam
paign before he was charged by the
opposition papers-fret, with having
set fire to a Roman Catholic Orphan
Asylum-Second, with having been
lynched out in Colorado-and third,
with having publicly stated that Gov
ernor Hofman's father was hung
the result of which last accusation was
that on the following night a mob of
his fellow citizens came in his front
door as he went out the back.
At the next public address he gave,
several exceedingly dirty children
came upon the platform where he was
speaking and called him Pa-and he
declined to stand any longer as a can
didate.-Our Dumb Animals.
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R o A VIRGINIA R

NEAPOLIs, VA.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I am a little school
girl II years old. I enjoyed Christmas
very much and received many pres
ents and I like to go to school. 1 go to
Sunday school, too. My grandpa is the
only man in the town that takes THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER. I like it very
much and I want to know what
kin negroes are to white people by
Adam in sight of God and the Bible.
Please correct my mistakes. I will
close for this time and if this escapes
the waste basket perhaps I may write
again. Your friend,
NETTIE CLARK.
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A FEW QUESTIONS.
MAGGIE SEAWELI

ROLEsvILLE, N. @.
Mr.. EDIToR:-WIl you please allow
a girl II years of age a space in your
young folks columns I like to read the
paper very much, especially the young
folks column. I think it is a very good
paper. I will ask a few questions.
When did CORVALLIS surrender
Whom did the British offer fifty thou
sand dollars to forsake his country's
cause9 And what was his reply9 I
am always anxious to g THE Pro,
GREssIVE FARMER come.
II P DEBNAM.
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ANSWERED
ROLEsvILLE, N. 9.

R~oLEsvILLE, N. @.
Mr.. EDITOR:-WW you please allow
a little boy II years of age a space in
your young folks column. Papa takes
your good paper. I like to read the
young folks column the best of any.
l also wish to answer the school girls
question. Which of the Apostles was
crucifed with his head downward?
st. Peter. l will ask a question. Where
did Sunday get it's name9 I will close
for this time. W. T. DEBNAM.
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FARMER several years and he likes it
fine. Papa has seven Children and I
am the oldest. 1 have two sisters and
four brothers. You may know 1 have
lots to do. I live on a farm 10 miles
south of Durham. I like the farm very
we'll. Papa raises most anything that
is raised on a farm. May 1 ask a ques-
tion9 What General died at the mo-
ment of victory.
Yours truly,
EMMA I. UPCHURCH.
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FROM MARTIN U N

DARDENs, N. @.
Mr.. EDTToR:-Wil you please allow
me space in your most valuable paper
to correspond with the boys and girls
of the young folks column. l enjoy
reading their letters ever so much. l
am a girl of sixteen, go to school every
day, and have a very kind teacher. If
my letter escapes the waste basket I
will write again and ask a question. I
will close my letter by saying hurrah!
for THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and its
young folks column.
Yours respectfully,
MYRTLE WATERS.
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FROM MOORE COUNTY.
B~ENsALEM, N. @.

BENsALEM, N. @.
Mr.. EDIToR-Wil you allow a school
girl 10 years of age to write to your
good paper3 Ny father takes your
paper and he likes it very we'll. I like
to read the young folks column. l am
going to school. My teachers name is
Mr.. Langley. I have two sisters, their
names are Minnie and Mary. I will
close, and hope to see this in print. If
this letter escapes the waste basket I
will write again.
Your friend,
MAGGIE SEAMELL
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
ALLEGED FUN.

Senator PETER has discovered that
the average cost of burying a United
States Senator is something over So, 900
Let US call it 81, 900 apiece and finish
up the job.-Life.
A father usually worries as much
from fear that his daughter will marry
the wrong man as her mother worries
from fear that she will not marry at
all.-Atchison Globe.
Little Flossie was watching the ele-
plant in Central Park. The huge ami
mails trunk was sweeping the floor, and
she exclaimed, Papa, why don't he
stand stilI on that leg, too?'-Youth's
Companion.
"You and your sister are about the
same siz9, and you look exactly alike.
Twins, aren't you9" asked the visitor.
Course notI" exclaimed Tommy,
highly indignant. ''5he's a girlI"-
Chicago Tribune.
I'm so happy" she said. ever
since my engagement to Charlie, the
whole world seems different. I do not
seem to be in dull, prosaic Eastbourne,
but in" "Lapland," suggested the
small brother. Tit Bits.
"Who was it," asked the pretty
school ma'am, "who said, Give me lib
erty or give me death?" Patrick
Henry, mama" replied a small pupil.
"And which did he get9" Both,
ma'am."-Harper's Bazaar.
A Missouri farmer figured it out one
rainy day that hehad walked 300 miles
in cultivating one acre of corn He
theceupon sold his farm and moved to
town, where he walked 6OOmiles to find
a job.-Arkansas Traveller.
81 can't remeber where 1 put my
glasses" said Dunco1n5e. "Have you
looked for them7" asked Mrs. Dun
combe. No; but / will as o o as I find
them" said Duncombe. II can't see
we'll enough without them to look
now."-Harper's Bazaar.
MI. Newrich: "And what did you
say they called this affair9" Mrs. New
rich; "Oh, you ignorant man! Will
you never learn? This is what they
call a Pink Tea" Mr.. Newrich: "Well,
from the size of some of the women
should call it a Beef Tea. Puck.
They were talking about the various
methods of celebrating the passing OF
the old year and the coming of the
new. did you ever dance the old
year out and the new year in?" he
asked. "Y indeed, scores of times, "
was the reply. And then she was sor,
ry she spoke.-Tit Bits.
Boy: Say, MON, I busted my ball. "
Mother: "You shouldn't say bust,
John; you should say burst" ''That'a
what teacher said, but when the prin-
cipal asked me who that was, I said it
was a burst of Gen. Washington and
he licked me, so 1 thought I would
stick to bust!'-Truth.
Proud father (who has just been pre-
scented with a SOM: "Flossie, little
daughter, which would you like best
to have-a little sister or a little
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FROM CASTOR COUNTY.

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. G.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Will you let a little
girl write to your good paper9 I al
ways enjoy reading it. I am 9 years
old. I study arithmetic, grammar,
geography, reader and spelling. Wish
ing you all a happy new year.
lam yours truly,
ANNIE @. JACKSON.
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FROM DURHAM U N

DURHAM, N. @.
Mr.. EDIToR ALLOW me, a little
school girl to write to your good pa
per. am Thirteen years old. I go to
school at Patrick Henry Institute,
Durham, N. @. Mr.. Burk Smith is my
school teacher and I like him fine as
silk. We have a large school. Papa
has been taking THE PROGRESSIVE
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YOUNG FOLKS
FROM LENOIR COUNTY.

KINsTON, N. G.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Will you allow a boy
to write to your paper9 I am thirteen
years old. Papa takes your paper and
I like to read it. If this escapes the
waste basket I write again.
Your friend,
JESSIE J. PATE.
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POETRY
WEARY NOT.

Sow with a generous hand,
Pause not for toll or pain;
Weary not through the heat of summer,
Weary not through the cold spring rain;
But wait till the autumn comes
For h sheaves of golden grain.
Sow, and look ownward, upward,
Where the starry light appears
Where, in spite of the towards doubling,
Or your " hearts trembling fears,
You shall reap in joy the harvest
You have sOWn to-day in bitter tears;
Adelaide Proctor.
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The date of the label on this paper
shooUs aUhen gour subscription UGs ont.
Is yours out? Then reneW, please.
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Yours respectfully,
MYRTL WATERS.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-14
 IRON TRADE REVIEW.

Cleveland. O.. Feb. 1s.-The Iron Trade Review today says:
 While there is no pronounced increa SC In mill tonnage from week to week, the feeling in the iron market continues hopeful. A significant feature Is the general steadiness of prices on finished material with so many mills only partly employed. The confidence that larger or ders are not far ahead serves to hold prices while the mills are unwilling to make the sharp cuts that might result in fuller order books, wanting rather to be In a position to take business at a profit as the demand grows.
 Conditions governing the high iron market have not changed. A production in January in excess of consumption caused some settling of prices on foundry grades, but the lowest prices on southern irons are not made by the largest inter- ests in that section. The latter are now making prices in the north at $8.50 Bir- mingham for No. foundry and $7 50 for gray forge. There has been better in qury the past week for foundry irons and buyers who have long been holding off are placing moderate orders. In Bes- semer pig there Is better feeling. There is more inquiry in Pittsburg and it Is known that some of the steel companies there will be purchaser of metal for April and May delivery
 Furnace companies are firm, and while $12.50 in the valley is possible on prompt delivery, little more than three and four months business can be done below $15 at the furnace. Billets range from $17 50 to SIS, later deliveries taking the higher price. Yet some Cleveland business that was closely competed for brought bid at SIPS delivered.