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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29
THINGS WE o U KNOW.

That pork is the most i~ndigestible of
meats, and should never be given to
children.
That beef and mutton are most diges-
tble and nourishing.
That in directions for measurements
in cooking, one teaspoonful ean a
rounded spoonful, or as much above as
IN the spoon.
That one pint of granulated sugar is
one pound.
That a cupful of butter is equal to
half a pound.
That one heaping teaspoonful of but
ter equals two ounces.
That a cuptul of rice added to waffle
batter makes the wafies both tender
and digestible.
That olives should be eaten from the
fingers, never from a fork:
That hiccoughs may be stopped by
pressing firmly on the pulse, and
breathing with the mouth tightly
closed.
That baking soda thickly sprinkled
over a burn will ease pain and prevent
Ois.ering.
That a little lemon juice in a spoon,
then a dose of castor oil and more
lemon juice over the oil will mask the
uisagreeable taste.
That half GaspoonfuI Of soda mint
taken at intervals of an hour viii
greatly relieve heartburn.
That a loop of tape sewed on the
wrong side Of a pillow sham will save
the wear and tear of pinning.
That a girl of twelve or fourteen
should be allowed to select her OWL
wash dresses under the observation Of
ner mother Home and Farm.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29
A Boy Ouerist.
LUCY JONES.

Mr. EditOr:-I will write again as it
has been quite a time since I have
written. I will ask the cousins some
questions as I have none to answer
What was Jobs property7
What did Job do for his sons9
With what did Satan smite Jobs
How many prophetical books are in
the Bible8
Who is sometimes called the Evange-
lical prophet?
Where did Job live9
What was his character9
What was his greatness9
Where did the parents of Jesus go
every year8
For what purpose did they go7
How many apostles had Jesus7
Which did he choose first7
Where was Christ transfgured7
Who wrote the book of Acts7
Who were offended with Peter and
johns
Where did Paul dwell at Rome9
If a hawk would catch A chickens
in A days how many chickens would
he catch in one day2
/ will close wishing The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER much uccess
Yours truly,
r. P. MILLER.
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JOHN A. MILLER.
From Currituck County.

Co1NJoCK, N. @.
Mr. EditOr:-WM you allow me
space in your good paper3 Papa takes
it and likes it splendid.
I have been going to school all the
season, my teachers name is Miss
Annie J. Upton, I like her splendid.
School is out and she has gone home.
I will answer Jesse e. Pigott's ques-
tion. What Gen. made his men remove
their fints from their guns9 It was
Gen. Gray.
I will ask a few questions. What
Gen. threw down his gun and prayed
that he might be shot when the men
were falling all around him and what
great Gen. was killed in that battle9
What Gen. said ''Give them hail
Columbia boys9"
How many presidents have been
from West Point9
I will close my letter now wishing
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER much sue
cess. HORACE A. BRUMsEY.
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fortune, amounting to $50, 900, to the
local newspapers, "the perusal Of
which has given her many happy
hours" 1t is items like this that
warm the cookies of an editors heart.
we give it as a news item, not q sug-
gestion.-Ex.
National f)Wers have been adopted
IN various countries asfollows: Greece.
violet; Canada, sugar maple; Egypt
lotus; England, rose; France, feur-de-
lis; Germany, corn flower; Ireland,
shamrock; Italy, lily; Prussa, linden:
Saxony, mignonette; Scotland, thistle:
Spain, pomogranate; Wales, leek.
At one period of French history large
feet were counted a great distinction
among the nobility. If nature did not
provide this fashionable requisite, the
deficiency was supplied by artificial
means, and the length of the shoe indi-
Gated the rank of the wearer. A prin-
ce's shoes were feet in length, those
of a baron 6 inches less, and those of q
knight were Is inches from heel to toe.
For seven years the st. Lawrence
river gradually decreases in depth,
then for seven years it gradually in,
creases in depth, the difference in level
being about five feet. Why it does so
no one has yet discovered.
A flock Of wild pigeons so numerous
as to recall the hunting stories of days
that were supposed to have passed
forever, has taken possession Of a
grove in Shasta County, Cal. When
the birds are on their foraging expedi-
tions they are said to form a line a
mile in length, and from one one to
two hundred yards wide, while the
sound of their wings is like that of a
furious, storm. At night they gather
in a black forest where, over an area
of about 100 acres, they seem to cover
every twig and bough.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29
OUSEHO
STRAWBERRY JAM,

04AA OAAAAA S0h
Select four pounds large, ripe straw
berries, remove the bulls, place the
berries in a colander, rinse off with
cold water, drain well and place, them
in a kettle over the fire; boil thirty
minutes then add four pounds sugar,
boil five minutes. Fill them into small
ius, close and set aside.
PEAS ON TOAST.
Pour a can OF sweet, small peas into
o saucepan to cook until tender. Into
this stir the following: A half cup Of
butter, beaten to a cream, with a table
spoonful of -four, and a quarter tea
spoon of salt. Add a half-cup of hot
water. Pour the peas and gravy over
six light brown slices of toast, arranged
on a large platter. Serve quite hot.
sPICED CHERRIES.
For four quarts, prepare n quart
of vinegar, one pound of sugar, one
teaspoonful each of cloves and CHINA
mon: enclose spices in a thin cloth.
When this syrup is boiling, add the
cherries-a few at a time-and when
cooked skim out into jars and add fresh
cherries. When all are heated boil the
syrup a few minutes and fill the jars.
Seal.
SIMPLE SALAD.
Small potatoes not suitable to cook
for ordinary use should be laid aside
and used for salads. Boil them, and
while warm peel and slice thin; chop
some parsley and an onion, and add to
the sliced potatoes; sprinkle with salt
and pepper, and pour over two or three
dessertspoonfuls of oil or melted but
ter, and moisten the whole with vine
gar. Sliced beet and cucumber can be
added to the salad before the oil and
vinegar are mixed with the potatoes.
MACARoONs
Shell half a pound Of almonds and
blanch them-that is, pour boiling
water on them, drain and rub between
the folds of acoarse linen towel to re-
move the dark skin. Place them in a
mortar, a few at a time, and pound I'M
til reduced to a paste; then add a tea
spoonful of rose water. Beat the
whites of four eggs to a stiff, dry froth;
add to them two cupfuls Of powdered
sugar and one half teaspoonful Of al
mond essence. Max well and add the
almond paste. Oil yellow or white tea
paper, drop the mixture on it by the
teaspOoniul, placing the macaroons
far enough apart so they will not touch
II baking. Bake slowly until of a deli
cate brown.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29

to find me. I could hear him coming
by his labored respiration and the
fwirling Of the ooze as he moved.
Round and round the space he went
stealthily, until at last he made q cum
ming rush and caught me by the ankles.
Got himl He yelled it with a glee
that Was unmistakable.
''Mere words could never convey the
sensation of that moment. Half suf0-
Gated, past all ordinary fear, I closed
with my poor old mate, and we went
staggering to and fro across our prison
until at last I managed to throw him
so that his head struck heavily against
the wall. After that he lay quite still.
I believed at the time that I had killed
him, but we knew afterwards that it
was that blow which preserved his
reason.
"The rest can be told in a few words.
After that I lay there like one in q
dream, while the pestilential air slowly
did it's work. Sometimes I fancied I
could feel cool breezes blowing down
on me, and at others heard some one
telling me to wake up, for the whistle
had sounded at the pits. How long I
lay so I can only conjecture. / really
knew nothing more until I was reused
by the sound of that coal barrier
crashing down before the picks and
spades of a dozen reecuers, and the
hubbub from q dozen threats as they
broke into our tomb.
Only just in time. Old Jim's face
was only just out of the water, and
they said that no human being could
have lived in that atmosphere for
another two hours. And young Jim
we'll there was just enough life left in
him to last three days.
IT'LL the end of that third day I kept
to my bed, and then they sent to say
that he was going, but thath wished to
see me first. / reached the house just
in time to catch his last whisper.
"'You-youu take her, mate Marry
her-no one elseI Only-only, youth
let. my ring stay there. Promise-me
that
"What could I do but promises I
had no thought then of marrying his
sweetheart. But it was his dying wish,
and for years Jim and I had been like
brothers.
Just ayear later Iasked her if there
was room in her heart for me, and-and
we'll, that's enough. Now you know
why my wife wears two wedding rings. {"
London Tit Bits.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29
CURIOUS FACTS.

The perfectly round pearls r the
most valuable; next come the pear
shaped, and, lastly, the egg shaped.
The story goes that the sulphur
mines now located near the Matches
trail, Wash, about fifteen miles from
Buckley, were fret discovered by a
camper, whose fire took hold of the
rocks, which burned and created such
a smell that he had to To- two or
three miles to get away from the
fumes.
A Bay City, Mich, man recently saw
an advertisement Of cigars manutac
tnred in China and sold there at about
one cent each. He sent an order for
$50 of them and 81 so to pay the post
age on them from China. In due time
the cigars reached Bay City. The GUS
toms authorities opened the package
at the postofice and took the pur-
chaser's breath away by informing
him that the duty was $24 30. The
cigars are still in the postohce at Bay
Guy, and will probably be sent to
Washington to DO be sold at auction.
The lord ch~ancellor's seat is called
the "Roolsack," and the judges like,
wise sit upon woolsacks covered with
cloth, in aIlusion, it is supposed, to
wool having been in ancient days the
staple commodity of England.
A lady died the other day in Eng
land and in her viii it was found that
she had bequeathed the whole of her
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29

brothers trotting all the week getting
different kinds of patterns.
Well the girls are all right in their
own places.
(Yes the girls are all right in a way
but they don't way muchD
There is not one boy in one-hun-
dred that knows how to make up
bread, he would have the dough stuck
from the end of his fingers to his
elbows. I viii close by saying I love
the girls fondly, yes, dearly.
WILLIE r. JAMES.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29
YOUNG
Alone Star Girl.
DUBLIN, TEX

DUBLIN, TEX.
Mr.. EdGtOr:-WM you allow me
space for q letter in your paperG My
papa takes your paper and I love to
read the 5 5h page. Oar school is out,
we had a nice time the last two days.
My teacher was Miss Bessie Herndon
I liked her very much. I was pro-
NOTED to the 2 he grade.
Igo to Sunday-school every Sunday
possible. Our pastor is Rev. W. II. Mat.
theWs.
I will close by asking and answering
some questions.
Some one asks how many verses in
Mark. There are 678.
I will ask some questions. Where is
the st. Brandon's Isle9
Who was father Kino?
Who was Madam De Guercheville7
I will close hoping this will escape
waste basket and wishing The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER much success and
prosperity. Respectfully,
LUCY JONES.
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A Girl Lover and Cirl-c critic
RoxBoRo, N. G.

4s "
Mr.. EditOr:-I will write my second
letter to your paper. I am a farmer
boy aged 16.
People are very busy working corn
and tobacco in this neighborhood now.
I have a tobacco patch and hope to
bacco will be selling high when Isell it.
Sometimes the girls say they want &
tobacco patch. If you do give them
one do not have it near a road for they
will run and hide if any one comes
along the road, and if it is near the
woods they will come to the house
scared ALMOST to death, saying they
heard a panther crying, and it would
only be a squirrel or a screech owl
~chattering. The busiest time the
girls have is when they get new dres-
ses They have the old sewing ma
chine roaring like a steam engine try
ing to get their dresses done by the
next Sunday, and they keep their little
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1873

I will also answer M. e. Tabular
Alisons question, if 555 dogs catch 556
rabbits in SIS days, how many rabbits
would they catch in one day9 They
would catch one rabbit in one day.
will ask some questions. Which
was Abraham's child Of promiseG
At what age did Abraham diet
Where was he buried, and by whomg
When the Queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon what did she dot
I will close for this time wishing
THE Progressive FARMER and all it's
readers much success.
John A. MILLER
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29
THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN A Pix.

An amusing anecdote is told of the
celebrated Chief Justice John Marshall,
by his descendants, in illustration of
the curious lack Of practical sense of
that wonderfully profound legal lumi-
nary.
Returning one afternoon from his
farm near Richmond, Va, to his home
in that city, the hub of his wheel
caught on a small sspling growing by
the roadside. After striving unsuc-
cessfully for some moments to extri.
cate the wheel he heard the sound of
axe in the woods, and saw a negro man
approaching. Hailing him, he said,
IF you will get that AXE and cut down
this tree I'll give you q dollar"
81 en- git yer by 'thout no axe, Of
datis all you want"
Eyes, that's all, " said the judge.
The man simply backed the horse
until the wheel was clear OF the sap
ling, and then brought the vehicle
safely around it.
You don't charge a dollar for that,
do you9" asked the astonished chief
justice.
mo, Massa, but it's wuf dollar to
larn some folks sense"
The quick itted darky got his dol
lar without further questioning.-Ex.
change.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29
A BUSINESS AFFAIR.

Mrs. Wickwire-Henry, I want $40.
The church is going to start a revival,
and we cannot get the Rev. Mr.. Ham,
merbook for less than $3.50 3 night.
. Nj. Wickwire-Two hundred and
fifty dollars a night! He must be run
ming one of those business revivals I
have been hearing so much about
Indianapolis Journal.
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POETRY
VIEW OF IT.

.,Le that write of fields Of green where
The IIGJLLS5Ss and daisies rule,
L ION never struck them fields and ploWed
IL a GeOrgy muIe; IA Ill. - An.
wen Lo4 never had to drive the scampering
IL cattle hOme!
them that sing of woodlands sweet. and
Anu softly sighiTg pines,
IL Ibriers and vines
t they TTSi amt as purity as it looks from far
IH away!
ru.t LET 'em come and try it-where people have
D..or 70 the he sun has blazed away along the chilly
SAo oTF from then until the stars look from
90, tn Tue yon lore the day was done they'd all
IL make tracks for home!
And yet, they keep on singing of country life
And leSve out all the mortgages and notes we
LIN have to meetl
rUo thank 'em for their co~mpliments-for all the
put stiIlNwe amt as purity as we look from far
away!
Frank L anton.
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Prom Rowan County.

ROCKWELL, N. @.
Mt. EditOr:-WM you please allow
me space in your paper to ask and an
swe some q~uestionsG I will answer
VIM. Henry Jordans question about
the scholars he had in his Sunday
school, Here it is. The sons of Jaooy
were -. The Tsraelites comprised
Jericho 2 times on the seventh day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
GREECE AND TURKEY.

History furnishes fewer spcctaclcs more
conflict between Greece and Turkey on
the island of Crete. Crete belongs TO
Turkey, having been conquered by the
Turks over 200 years ago. but two-thirds
of the people are Greeks and Christians.
The Turk, sick and feeble with his long
continued debauch, out of sympathy with
human progress or human liberty, regard
less alike of dcccncy and humanity, taxes,
robs, Expresses, slaughters and massacres
his subjects, especially his Christian sub
jects, with the blind folly and fury of a
drunken dcbauchee. The nations of Eu-
rope dcnounce, protest, threaten, but the
unspcakablc Turk pays no attention to
them and returns again and again to his
drunken frenzy.
Plucky little Greece, herself conquered
province of Turkey since IT'S, rose up
n century later and galluntly fought out
her liberty, Now she seeks to help Crete.
Her ships have sailed TO that island, and
her soldiers, uniting with the Crctan
Greeks, have taken possession of Crete.
Greece is doing what the great European
powers should have done century ago.
But these powers, ncglectful of their
own duty to protect human life and sus-
tain human efforts for liberty and civiliza-
ton, are not going TO let plucky little
Greece whip the Turk and libcratc Crete.
Big England and France and Germany
aud Austria and other mighty Christian
powers unite To hold off little Greece.
Let Turkey alone" they say. "or we will
whip YOU And they did, unitcdly, bonn
bard the insurgcnt camp.
Was ever such sight seen since the
world began? The Turk. who once
threatened all Europe and all Christian
civilization. now nearly knocked out of
existence by little Greece and kept in the
ring only by the other nations of Europe.
There can be only one meaning to this:
The days of the Turk are numbered and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
rp,,I.----<---
lRuST INVESTIGATION
t;nn III Wholesale Grocers' Assoria-
'oh Iesti6ed-Tobacco Trust
Taken Tn.

81. New York, Feb. % -Tbo ;oin. ,or;s,.
trusts rnum appointed to investigate
Prcsidontt nee ITS sitting today.
GERS, oSSna smith Of the Wholesale Gro
day. "''on was the first witness to-
ou chairman Lcxow asked n number Of
from tho , destined to elicit information
dOminatod "'.heSS that the association is
were narr;o ~ Ihe sugar trust hut they
Mr. sm "i,i,'n' IN response to nucstion
the drnw tn Sald he had no KNOWLEDGE of
the nrioo ils up of a code of ruleS n make
so I , Vi sugar Uniform
sugur 1ou wish to be Understood that +bc
uniyerSnI nlahy makes the price of sugar
saIn "i everywhere. and NOT tbe Wheic-
"Tba WyI aSsociationp' "
has nv Wholesale Grocers' association
price ', Of sma to do with reculatin" the
orr, n ne witness says the oosto,, 49,,
American w. ADOPT the price fixed bv tbe
over tho c "usar company as the price all
lea" "a' T,sB b. Duke. president 90 .,o Accom-
ness ,r1tdcco company. wac ~ nc NM ';t
Duke ne Allen q Ginter c nvM,
were ,b m Sons, and Baldwin , cnmmnnv
.Did i"e companies original" o eoihpumi
'Ca IN. organizedf, " ''ner companies after
W. eo, sir; nine others"
nlo w neh as ed as to rho n,
m tooE discharged when .ne th number of en-
n rTos place witness was sne consolidation
p'Algfred not to answ as uncertain and
'ourhed until tOmorrow ,,..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25

the European powers are simply delaying
the funeral until they can agree upon Il
perfectly legitimate, just and Christian.
like division of the funeral baked meats.
Greece is not, however, estopped. Its
courage and defiance of the allied fleets
of the dominant powers will have moral
effect that will hasten the end of the sui
tan's atrocities whenever Mohammedan
meets Christian. That is the irrepressi-
BILE conflict, the cross against the cres-
cent, and the cross must finally win the
battle of religious freedom, whether on
the island of Crete or in the streets of
Constantnople.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA.
4 CURE FOR IT.
Not Il Patent CurcAll, Nor Il Modern
Miracle, but Simply Rational Cure
for DysDpDsia

| Tor Dyspepsia.
| In these days of humbuggery and de-
| ccptiOn, the manufacturers of patent med
| icineS, as a rule seem to think their med
| icines will not sell unless they claim that
| ii will cure every disease under the sun.
| And they never think of leaving out dys-
pepsia and stomach troubles. They are
| sure to claim that their nostrum is certain
to cure every dyspcptic, and he need look
no further.
In the face of these absurd claims it is
| refreshing to note that the proprictOrs
| of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets have care
fully refrained from making any undue
claims or false representations regarding
the merits of this most excellent remedy
for dyspepsia and stomach troubles. They
make but one claim for it. and that
is, that for indigestion and for various
| stomach troubles Stuart's Dyspepsia TNb-
lets is radical cure. They go no further
than this, and any man or woman suffer
ing from indigestion, chronic or nervous
dyspepsia, who will give the remedy Il
trial, will find that nothing is claimed for
it that the facts will not fully sustain.
1t is Il modern discovery. composed of
harmless vegetable ingredients. accepta
bic to the weakest or most delicate stom-
ach. Its great success in curing stomach
troubles is due to the fact that the med.
zeal properties are such that it will di-
gest whatever wholesome food is taken
into the stomach. no matter whether the
stomach is in good working order or not
II rests the ovCrworked organ and rcplen-
ishcs the body, the blood. the nerves. ere
atng healthy appetite. gives refreshing
sleep and the blessings which always ac-
company good digestion and proper as
Similation of food.
In using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets no
dieting is required Simply eat plenty of
wholesome food and take these tablets ut
each meal. thus assisting and resting the
stomach, which rapidly rcgainS its proper
digestive power. when the tablets will be
no longer required.
Nervous dyspepsia is simply condition
in which some portion or portions of the
nervous system are not properly nourish-
ed. Good digestion invigoratcs the ncr-
vous system and every organ in the body.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by
all druggists AT 30 cents per package.
They are manufactured by the Stuart
Chemical company. Marshall. Mich.
ANY drugoist will tell you it gives uni.
vetsal satisfaction. I-AH.lGAA ALL
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
DIED OF LCMpY Jaw

lineage, Feb, 22.-Peter l. c,r
h b"s o1 years Of age, died at the conn mar,
hospital last night after having upd eyanny
an tbat optratiGn for what DR.. Robertsosso n nt
1 Rmho CITY diagnosed as lnmpy Jaw '0'' n o.
IL non Dh. Knows of only one sncb o nr.
~, cd Wn ;.h a human beng had been a, s,st
su WIN lumpy jaw. Carvey had I hoon
suffering with the disease for more w., Iee !,
year lie is supposed to have con-, u. .al al
th IN .ac disease while working among ast
ac at the stock yards. More than o'is cat,
h bis Iarvey had tooth extracted i Eear
s ulS Jaw ana it is the option of tho Iron nb,l
i infant at the hospital that germ Of Ply n.y.
n 'irJ,,oh became lodged in the u too tIe
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25

The encyclopedias differing as to the
date of Mr.. McKinley's birth, Privat,
Secretary Boyle ascertained from Mr.
Mckinley's mother that he was born
January 20. 1913, at Niles, Trumbull
county. o. We suppose his mother would
he regarded as better authority on this
subject than the encyclopedias, as it is
very certain she was present and partici-
patcd in the event to such an extent as
to make it memorable to her at least.
The interest in such an event is gener-
ally confined to the participants. but it
sometimes becomes interesting to the pub
lie.