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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-22

For tho cost of a policy on your life
| ke the above address,
CAREY j. HUNTER, Supt. for Va. Il N. q,
Raleigh, N. O.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-22

HUBBARD BROS. & CO.'S. LETTER.
New York, July 21.-(Special)--Our
market has shown strength to-day I'M
der a better tone in financial circles
and reports of deterioration in the
crop in the Atlantic States due to the
recent heavy rainfall throughout that
section. This steadiness brought buying
orders for local account which soon
compelled the execution of stop orders
on an ascending scale, and the mar
ket has shown an absence of sellers
despite the adverse reports from
abroad where the demand for cotton
for immediate delivery has fallen to
small proportions.
The trade in America has not yet
appeared in the situation, but it is be-
lieved if politics become more settled
that they will buy largely. New cot
ton is appearing in Texas but not in
as large quantities as expected. The
feeling regarding the market has not
changed though the constant demand
for contracts for continental account
has placed the holding in strong hands.
At the close the feeling was easier
but the undertone of the market has
been steadier to-day than for the past
week. Trade expects higher market
abroad tomorrow.
HUBBARD BROS. & co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-22
NEW ORLEANS
OTHER MARKETS.

VI II1It -IAAIttN y I y
Norfolk, nominal, rs; - bales.
Baltimore, dull, III; - bales.
Boston, dull, ~; 200 bales
Wilmington, nothing doing, Z; 2
bales.
Philadelphia. easy. 7ss: 20 bales.
Savannah, dull, 65s; 159 bales.
New Orleans, steady, 612; 2,o74
bales.
Augusta, dull, I; a bales.
Charleston, nominal, 1aA; l bale.
New York. steady. ~; - bales.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-22

Every year these have been more
and more beautiful. We can
please almost any design in plain
and fancy work
We ask the patronage o. our North
Carolina schoo for all wor6 leeded
in our line, and viii give prompt at
tention TO all orders
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
A LITTLE HERO.

Ishall never forget alesson ~Ireceived
when at school, says a correspondent
in an exchange. We saw a boy named
Watson, driving @ COW to pasture. In
the evening he drove her back again,
We did not know where, and this was
continued several weeks.
The boys attending school were near
ly all sons of wealthy parents, end some
of them were ounces enough to look
with disdain on a scholar who had to
drive a cow.
With admirable good nature Watson
bore all their attempts to annoy him.
81 suppose, Watson" said Jackson,
another boy. one day, Il suppose your
father intends to make a milkman of
you97
why not9' asked Watson.
"Oh, nothing. O0ly don't leave much
water in the cans after you rinse them
that's all"
The boys laughed, and Watson, not
in the least mortified. replied:
Never fear. If ever / am @ milk
man, I'll give good measure and good
milk"
The day after this conversation there
was a public examination, at which
ladies and gentlemen from the neigh
boring towns were present, and prizes
we're awarded by the principal of our
oobooI ord both WotoOo on6 TooHoon
received a creditable number, for in re-
spect to scholarship, they were about
equal.
After the ceremony Of distribution,
the principal remarked that there was
one prize, consisting Of a gold medal,
which was rarely awarded, not so
much on account of it's great cost, as
because the instances were g r which
rendered it's bestowal proper. It was
the prize of heroism. The last medal
vas awarded about three years ago to
a boy in the first class who rescued a
poor girl from drowning,
The principal then said that, with
the permission Of the company, he
would relate a short anecd0te.
Not long since, some boys yer fly
ing a kite in the S rect. just as a poor
lad On horseback rode by on his wey to
the mill. The horse took fright and
threw the boy, iDjuring him SO badly
! that he was carried home and confined
| some weeks to his bed. OF the boy s
who Internationally caused the disas
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

ter, none followed to learn the fate Of
the wounded lad. There wes one boy,
however, who witnessed the accident
from a distance, who not only vent to
make inquiries, but stayed to render
service.
Tine boy soon learned that the
wounded boy was the grandson of a
poor widow, whose sole support con
sisted in selling the milk Of a COW, of
which she was the owner. She was old
and lame, and her grandson, on whom
she depended to drive her COW to the
pasture al now helpless with his
bruises.
"'N9ver mind, good woman said
the boy I will drive the cow
But his kindness did not step here.
Money vas wanted to get articles from
the apOthec6ry. I have money that
my mother sent me to buy a pair of
boots WITH said he, but 1 can do with
out them for a while oh, no. said
the old 4 cannot consent to
that; but here is q pair Of heavy boots
that | bought for Thomas who can't
wear them. If you would only buy
these we should get on nicely
The boy bought the boots, clumsy
as they were, and has worn them up
to this time.
well, when it was discovered by
the other boys at the school that our
scholar was in the habit OF driving a
COW, he was assailed every day with
laughter and ridicule. His cowhide
boots in particular, were made matter
OF mirth. But he kept on cheerfully
and bravely, day after DAY, never
stunning observation, driving the
widows COW and wearing the thick
boots. He never explained why he
drove the COW, for he was not inclined
to make boast of his charitable motives.
1t was by mere accident that his kind,
nees and self denial were discovered by
his teacher.
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
ask ycu-was there not true heroism
in this boys conduct? Nay, Master
Watson, do not get out of sight behind
the blackboard. You were not afraid
of ridicule; you must not be afraid OF
praise"
AS Watson, with blushing cheeks,
came forward, q round of applause
spoke the general appreciation, and the
medal was presented to him amid the
/ cheers Of the audience.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

rrUesome stain of black, that was
g. ylY but surely spreading over the
e 70 front.
film afraid it's ink" I said in
q4@varl0E accents of despair.
'Iok' Where in the world would
al Y ink come trom7"
I.er voice lad a hard, sharp quality,
that I had heard once in awhile before.
Evidently her ladyship's mood was
last losing it's amiability, and I felt
some tremors Of fear.
1 knew altogether too we'll where
the ink came from. With an awful
certainty looked at my once immacu-
late white ~WaistcoasG; it was now a
gruesome, soppy mass of Smiths blue
black commercial writing fluid. The
emergency was frightful. Was there
an outside exit? And then the dress
horrible! [ had known 8ff9ction to
outlast the crash Of fortunes, and to
vanish like frostwork at a dish of
gravy spilled over a new gown. Since
that day I have utterly refused to be
lieV9 all stories Of hair growing gray
from fright and anguish. It is abso,
lutely impossible that any one should
be scared as I was.
Alice looked up from her ruined
fnery and caught the woe-begone ex-
preston on my face, and, overcome
with the righteousness Of the situation,
che burst into a little ripple Of laughter,
IN which I was obliged to ,in.
"Oh, here she is," said a familiar
voice, and Mrs. Sturdevant Hamilton,
accompanied by the handsome Dick,
turned in from the long staircase. I
saw the young gentleman's Jaw drop
suddenly, and the sight comtorted me
amazingly, and gave me courage to
meet stormy weather.
why, Alice!' cried the aunt, and
her stern glaces wandered from Alices'
luckless gown to my lamantable white
Waitcoat in a manner that showed that
two was rapidly being added to two
with the customary result. "What in
the world, Alice, have you been doing3"
Il rather think, aunt" she mischiev-
Gus replied-"I rather think that we
have been getting engaged"
Dicks face still wore q gloomy and
sardonic expression; but he managed
to pluck up enough spirit to make one
of his abOminable puns.
1T strikes me-" he said, sadly, that
that is a melancholy waist of ink"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
ALLEGED FUN.

Udlity.-Mother: Your penwiper
has V been used at all" Little
Johnny: Don't need it, my new pants
Is black. The American.
Isaac: "Oh! Rachel, you e de light
of nine souI!" Rachel (shyly): Den
" don't you turn down de gas, Isaec5"
Vat, uad me a stockholder !'-Lsfe.
Mrs A: DO you use condensed
mlk?' Mrs. B. II think it must be
Condensed. There is eve o than
& pint and g half in q quart. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
a Georgia man applied for a divorce
O. the ground that his wife had whip
Ped MIN in the presence Of company"
The jury granted him a divorce, re-
turning the folio wing verdict: "In the
opinion of this here jury the wife COM
mitted a grave offense in publicly
whipping the plaintiff. She should
have taken him to the barn or to q
room if whipping was necessary" At
lama Constitution.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
TORss This!

WeoheF Gne Hundred Dollars reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's
Cstarrh Cure
-. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST &TEUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,Os
WALDIgG, KINNAN& MARVIN, Wholesale Druge
gists, Toledo, O..
Hall's Catarrh Cure il taken internally, act-
Ing directly upon the blocd and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
56c. per bottle Sold 10y ali Druggists.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
Questions and Answers.
ONsLOw SCOTT
PROVIDENCE. N. @.

PROVIDENCE. N. Q.
Mr.. EditOr:-Wll you allow a little
girl II years of age to join the young
folks column7 Grandpa has been TAX
ing your paper a long time and likes it
very much. I like to read it, too. I
like to read Uncle Z9ke's talk as we'll
as the young folks column. l will ask
some questions for the young folks to
answer. Who was the first President
of the United States7 Who was Poca-
hontas9 I will answer some questions.
John Adams was the second President
of the United States. De Sofa was
buried in the Mississippi river, which
he discovered. Wishing The PROGRESS.
sIvE FARMER much success in the
future. Your friend,
NJ. EDITH CAvINEsS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
From Martin County.
ALMA THOMPSON
DARDENs, N. @.

DARDENS, N. =.
Mr.. EditOT:-I will once more at
tempt to write a few lines in behalf of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER Hurrah
girls and boys and let's try end build
up the young folks column more. /
see there is not any letters IN the last
paper. Let's try and do better. We
received news tonight that Mckinley
is elected and the Republicans are re
joicing. We hope it will be to the ad
vantage of Or country. l have been
interested very much IN the story that
las been continued on fifth page, and
hope Mr. WomOie will give us another
as good. Respectfully,
COTTIE GUKKIN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
From Nash County.

HUNTS, N Q.
Mr. Editor:-Will you allow q little
fellow to write to your valuable paper9
l will answer a few questions and ask
some. I will answer a question asked
by Annie Lee Shutord. Who succeed
ed Green Elizabeth It was King
James. And one asked by Willie
Dozier. When may a mans pocket be
empty and yet have something in it9
When it has a hole in it. I will close
by asking a few questions. How many
newspapers were published in North
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
MARY G. LAWRENCE.
Questions and Answars-
APEX, N. @.

APEX, N. @.
Mr.. EditOr:-Will you please per-
nit me space in your good paper to
write a short letter to the young folks.
[ wish to say to the young folks, keep
studying your books, and also your
pen and ink, and write to all of your
cousins. l will answer and ask a few
questions. I Will auswer Billy Thomp-
sons question. How many acres does
a square mile contain9 1t contains $40
acres. I will ask some. Who was the
first convict in the United States peni-
tentiary, and where was he FRONT
Who was the first sheriff of Wake
county. Best wishes to THE PRoGREs
sIvE FARMER and it's editor.
Yours truly,
ONsLOw SCOTT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
From Wake County.
WILLIE SUTTON.

NEW HILL. N. Q.
Mr. EditOr:-Wil you please allow
me a space in your young folks col.
umn7 | am a little girl IS years old.
Papa has been taking your paper sew.
eral years, and we all like to read it
very much. lam going to school now
and like to go very much. Ny teach.
RS name is Mise Leila Herndern. I
nave three sisters; one of them is mar
ried; and three brothers, all of which
are married. I will close by asking a
question. What verse in the Bible is
the longest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

Carolina in 1861? What General was
taken prisoner while he was sitting on
a stumpG I will close by wishing THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER much success.
Your friend,
WILLIE SUTTON,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
HOUSEHOLD
DROWNED WHEAT BISCUIT.

The Boston wheat biscuit, heated
and Drowned in the oven, then
moistened with hot milk and served
with sugar and cream, make a delici-
Gus and appointing breakfast dish.
RADIsH AND CUCUMBER SALAD.
Select small red radishes; cut into
thin slices and soak in cold water for an
hour; also soak the cucumbers in cold
water, but do not add salt to either.
At serving time drain both, put them
into the chopping tray and chop quick
ly. Arrange lettuce or cress in the
salad dish, and put over this the chop
ped mixture. Pour over four table
spoontuls Of salad oil, and then a table
spoonful of lemon lice and q little
onion juice. Season with salt and pep.
per and serve at once.
APPLE DUMPLINGs
O larter and cor after peeling one
apple for each dumping, then put the
parts together with sugar in the mid
die. Eavelop each apple in pie crust,
and If they are to be baked set them in
a pan like biscuits; if boiled, put each
dumpling II q cloth and tie securely,
leaving room for the dumping to swell
a little. After boiling one hour turn
out and serve with sauce. In putting
the crust around the dumping care is
needed to avoid too much overlapping.
Little bags crocheted Of very coarse
tidy cotton, and drawn up when I'm
ished with stout cord, are particularly
nice for boiling dumplings in.
BOX STEW"
For the stew take two gills of cream,
one gill of milk, one gill of oyster juice,
three ounces of prime butter, a good
size dash Of salt, half t"easpOOnful pep
par po3 one dozen good sized oysters:
whip the butter to a cream, add the
cream, milk and oyster juice and whip
again; put into a saucepan, let come to
a boil, Immediately raise from the fire
and add the oysters, and let boil up
just once and pour into warm oyster
bowl. Sift over the top powdered
and garnish with bits of butter. The
oyster retains it's plumpness when
stewed in this manner Sprinkle a lit
tie lemon juice over the sifted waters.
MEAT LIFT OVER.
The recipe requires one-half pound
CT cold meat or fowl. Chop the meat
fine, and mix with it two tablespoon
tulg Of cream, a tablespoonful Of chop
ped parsley and papEIka to taste. This
mixture is to be Embedded in a jelly
made in the following way: Measure
an ounce of gelatine, and let it stand
until soft in four tablespoonfuls of cold
water. Put a pint Of cold water in a
saucepan, and add to it a slice of onion,
few leaves of celery, a bay leaf and a
Glove. When the water bOils, strain it
over the gelatine, aso moderately
with salt, and add @ small t~easpOOnful
of beef extract. When the liquid be-
gins to thIcken, pour half Of it in a
small mould or deep dish or bowl.
Make the meat mixture into a fat lay
er, some what smaller than the siz9 Of
the mould, put it on the jelly and
spread evenly. Then pour over it the
remainder of the j-lly. When stiff
turn the contents of the mould out on
a bed Of lettuce and pass with it a
mayonnaise dressing. Any delicate
ism That is not very oily may be served
IN the same way.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

"This K ray is doing wonders for
mankind" EYES," replied his wife,
it has done lots for mankind. Maybe
it will be developed in the course of
time to where it will enable woman
kind to see whether her hat is on
straight OR not without looking in the
glass. "-Washington Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
FOLKS
From Chatham County.

FFOW county
WALDO, N. @.
Mr.. EditOr:-This is my second at
tempt to write to the young folks col,
umn. I will ask the cousins a few
questions. When and where was the
first stockings knit, and who knit
them? How many times does the word
mulberry appear in the Bibles I will
close by wishing The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER much success.
Your little friend.
ALMA THOMPSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
POMONA HILL NURSERIES,,
POMONA, ". @.

Two miles west of Greensboro, n. c., OF the
Southern Railway. Well known for thirty
years. Up with the times with all the new as wen
as the old fruits that are suited to my trade,
which extends from Maine to Texas. The new
Japan fruits and all other good fruit and flow
ers [ have, as shown in my new illustrated
catalogue, free to all. Agents wanted.
Qs90 ]. VAN LINDLEY, Prop'Ts
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

Wiggins-Are you for free silver or
for gold9 Waggies-I'm out for green
backs just at present. Lend me $40,
will you9-Somerville Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

We begin to hear of many disastrous
explosions about this time Of year, The
winter blast is already blowing up the
valIeys.-Puck.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
POETRY
TIE KISS DIDN'T GIT.

ova consent ard bent her head
n, TTouyht her strangely kind
with pouted fps, : J2sL me " ste aid
H7L1r1an's privilege. All twas sad
\ IA rrIinQuiSh it-and yet
rbaswps test kiss | ever had
Was that kiss l didn't get.
Then how she Iaughed-the dainty sprite-
And s0Othed my scOwling brow;
ave a churlish IaUt that night
scarce forgive her now.
And vet twas better IA I'm sure,
Than if our lips had met
rar in remembrance VIII endure
That kiss l didn't get.
:, 'rfs in lif6-the aims we miss
VIII SHINE forever bright
And leave q fragrance lise the kiss
tailed TO get that night.
All years may come and ears may go,
But ne'er shall | forget
The sweetest kis> Iii ever know
The kiss-I didn't get.
WILL Adkins.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-08
FACTS ABOUT Farm PRODUCTS

corn, hogs. cattle, butter and eggs. We
give the gold price. % that the farmer
can tell whether there has been : grad
ual decline In his products a measured
In terms Of gold, for tho Populi6ts
charge that there has been and upon
this charge they base the claim that
the farmer ought to vote for tho cheap
Bryanese dollar.
Let us take arst the average price Of
wheat, corn and eats. measured il
gold, In the Chicago market from 1868
to 1896 inclusive. It will b observed
that % compared with 1850 and 1870,
wheat has only In ave years been al
low, and that compared With tho price
Of 1873 1t has in four years been high
or. In the No Of corn the average
price In gold has never been - low q
In 1873, aud was onceein 1SS3-twice
a. high. II the IS business 10 respon-
sible for the fall In the price Of wheat.
ons would not expect to see corn, q
kindred product, 90 up. Judge Pal
mer's oats arc coming home to ro0st,
too. In 1873 oats In Chicago brought
Is cents In gold. Only twice since then
has the average price Of oats been -
low. Here 10 the table:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-08

which they would not have dared to
spring in 1s92-and they know It. they
have told the farmer that there has
been q gradual and steady declins In
the prices Of his products and here Is
the absolute and unanswerable proof
that their statements ars not true.
Here are the facts, gentlemen.
What have you 70 ny % tie farmers
Of South Dakota n answer theesto?
Talk about tho Rothschilds ana LAM
bard street u cheap ana tirssous.
Ranting about the inco0slstsncy u
some advocate means nothing and
proves less. Here are the facts ppon
the most important ~proposition ySu
have advanced and the ons upon which
yo0 rest your whole case. The prices
arc quoted IN GOLD. they NOV thAt
Il ron have told tho truth abont the
100-cent dollar. the farmer has Qnined
~ It, = his average prices O III the
leading products u HI farm have
shown M advance over ~ pricss
which prevailed N 1s73. You haye IL
ready talked away from ysur 6nss the
wass earnsrs and tho bssinsns met
Ton are n0w requested 70 come Into
court and show cause why tn farmers
should not vote against you. Herr are
thu tmMkA 1n MAHA 80 -A--A~-a-A- 49, IN
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-08

No moro thorough and complete am
swer could b given to the Populist
charge. The figures show that corn,
hogs. cattle. oats, butter and eggs have
risen in average prices since 1873 and
that the fall In the price Of wheat be-
came most noticeable In 1894. Before
that time the fall In the wheat price
was moro than compensated BY the re-
duced COST Of production and the low
eeing Of freight rates. The facts then
show that II the statsment Of the Pop
ullsts II true. that gold has been stead
ily appreciating the farmer has been
getting tho big end Of the bargain. ~
his prducts rose In gold value up to
and including 1897. For IL part the
Argus-Leader does not 80 Just how
Judge Palmer: Orator 0oodykoonts.
Candidate Kelley and the rest OF the
Populists will meet them. hut they
must meet these facts, Or stand before
the people q South Dakota - self
confessed dsmagoguss and jueglers
with the truth. They have used thu
immediate low prices and business de-
pression to draw = conclusion which
does not follow-and they know It.
They have trisd to arouse class pre5u-
dice end sectional hatred-and they
know Il. They have sprung "a issue
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-08

The chief c~ontsntion Of Judge Pal
NOR, Orator 0oodykoonts. Candidate
Kelley and other Popnlist speakers In
South Dakota II that the "demonetisa-
tion" Of silver In 1873 knocked the bot
tom out Of the pricss Of farm products
by cutting tho money Of the country
In two. Thsre are two good reasons
why this cannot b true. In the arst
place the money Of the country Vas
not cut In two. 10 1879 the Per capita
circulation In the United States was
$500. In 1853 It was $33.S1. In 1898
It Was Sass. So this disposss Of nnm-
Der one. But has the Bottom been
knocked out Of the prices Of farm pro-
ducts"f Il It has It 10 . serious mat
ter for South Dakota for South Dakota
IL almost exclusively an agricultural
state. and the prosperity Of the farmer
IL the prosperity Of every business
man. What are the facts. for the facts
arc what the people want to know. The
Argus-Leadsr has besn collecting data
on this question. and u prepared now
to give tho average gold price since
1861 Of al the chief products Of the
South Dakota farms, viz: Wheat. cats.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-08

Ii value more than the wheat ana cot
ton crop put together. There has been
invented 10 improved machinery To
produce hogs, cattle Or ezra. though
soma In the production of buttsr. What
arc the Dubuque prices II gold for hat
ter and eggs, from 1861 to 1927 Hsrs
10 the table:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-08

Thus It will Do seen that hogs aver
aged higher in gold from 1881 to 1892
than from 1861 to 1870 and from 1871
to 1850.
Or take butter and eggs. South Da-
kota 10 Z great producer Of these pro-
ducts which IN the county aggregate