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The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26

At a special meeting of the association
held Saturday evening at Bosworth Post
hall, Major Green in the chair, it was
voted to hold the annual reunion August
18th at Long Island, Casco Bay hotel,
Charles e. Cushing, proprietor, where a
breakfast and dinner will be served.
The members will assemble at 8.15 a. m.
August 18th, and the association, with
the old regimental colors, will march with
a band of music to the Harpswell boat,
Portland pier. The ladies of the mem
bers will assemble .at the boat at S.45
sharp. Much enthusiasm was manifested
and large attendance is expected.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26
Maine Festival Chorus.

There will be rehearsal of the chorus
on this evening at Kotzschmar Hall,
conducted by Mr.. Chapman. A rehearsal
with but half the singers present is a
waste of time, and for this reason, as
well as the fact that there will probably
be no more rehearsals until September,
should induce every member to be pres
ont
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26
Star Pointer Won.

Star Pointer beat Joe Patchen at
Chicago Saturday in the free for all
pace for purse of $4,000, in three
straight heats. Time, 2.03, 2.o3 3-4,
2.O4 IA
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26

For earache put couple of drops of
Thomas Electric Oil on bit of cotton
and place it in the ear. The pain will
stop in few moments. Simple enough,
isn't it.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26

Lynn company that night as civilian an:
Al that time he was arrested by the
military authorities and summary
elected from the grounds.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Eolians.

1t is an acknowledged fact that the
charm and beguile to degree possessed by
no other force or agency. A vast con-
course of people sitting hushed as death
or swayed at will to tears or laughter, by
the mysterious influence of melody, is a
sight so familiar that few of us stop to
ponder on the power Of music over our
daily lives. There is no better illustra-
ton of this fact than the sscrowds that
flock to the performances of the Aeolians,
who will be at Riverton Park, during
the week of July Goth. This entertain
ment consists of varied programme of
embracing all those popular features SO
necessary in catering to all classes of
amusement seekers, and lightened with
abundant comedy. Bell, flute, and
French horn solos, cornet, piccolo, xylo-
phone, and bottle solos, DUETS, trios, and
ensembles, follow each other in rapid sue
cession, the whole constituting superb
musical festival of consummate excellence
and artistic worth.
NIcCuIlum's Theatre.
It is BARLEY McCullum's policy, at the
Peaks Island theater, to vary his attrac-
lions in order to please all classes of
theater- goers. Last week Moths a
strong drama, was presented. This week
"Niobe.'' a three act comedy, by Harry
and Edward Paulton, will be the attrac-
ton. :sNiobe'' had long, successful run
4 the Bijou theatre. New York and has
since delighted large audiences in every
city in America. 1t is the story of a
Greek statue brought to life by the agency
of electricity and the complications that
are evolved are ezcruciatingly funny
"Niobe" is conceded to be one of the
most laughable Ct modern comedies It
will undoubtedly give great satisfaction
and pleasure to all the patrons of McCul-
lu1n' S theater this week and you can't
afford to miss it.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26

Substitutes York and Moore shot in
place of Corps. Jeffrey and Henderson,
who were absent. Another substitute,
Priv Sawyer, fired the following string:
4 4 5 8 4-29.
This team made the highest score at the
is the highest team score made on the
range by local company teams. They
claim the championship of Portland and
will be prepared to receive challenges of
contests
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26
LIGHT INFANTRY MARKsMEN.
They Claim the Championship and VIII
Defend 1t.

To settle the matter of supremacy in
shooting, among the rifle teams of the
local military companies, the Portland
Light Infantry issued notice that its
team would be on the range Saturday
afternoon at Q O'Clock and would be pre-
pared to meet any team in the Portland
battalion. No company team appeared to
contest and the Portland Light Infantry
team shot with the following result:
Sergt. Lidback, 4445 4 4-2S
Corp Moore, 5344 5 4 3-28
Mus Fessenden, 3445 4 4 E28
Priv Slower, IA 4 4 8 5--29
Priv. Gray, 54445 8 4-29
(Substitutes.)
Mus. York, 444344 5-2S
Priv. Moore, 3 3-25
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
The abundance of God.

Does your spirit faintH The divine
promises are a dropping honeycomb,
better than Jonathan's. Dip your pill
grim staff into their richness, and put
your hand to your mouth like him,
and your faintness shall pass away.
Are you thirsty9 They are the flow.
ing streams of the water Of life, Of
which you may drink by the way and
lift up your head. Are you overcome
by the sultry- burden of the days Tney
are as the cool shadow of g great rock
in a weary land. Have your steps
we'll nigh slipped4 They are a staff in
your hand, on top of which, betimes,
like Jacob, you may lean and worship
God. Are you sad4 There are no
such songs to beguile the road and to
bear you on with gladness of heart.
Put but a promise under your head by
night, and we're your pillow a stone
like that at Bethel, you shall have
Jacobs vision. The tnirstiest wilder
ness will become an Elm, with palm
trees and wells Of Water.-Presbyte
rian review.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Pictures, or Bank Notes

An old woman in Scotland was living
In the most abject poverty. Her negh-
oors thought it strange, knowing that
abe had a son in America reputed to
De IN comfortable circumstances. One
Jay one Of them ventured to ask her
about the matter.
Does your o never send you
money!
No. reluctantly answered the moth
err out eager to defend him against the
implied charge of forgetfulness and
.ngradtude, she quickly added, But
ue writes me nice long letters, and
SENDS me a pretty picture in almost
every one Of them"
Where are these picturesi' queried
'ue visitor; may I see them3"
why, certainly" was the answer.
anu the old woman went to a shelf
Huo took down the old Bible; and there
S9'"een the leaves lay the pictures"
,u0' her son had been sending her
"ULl america through all the years.
"nat we're theyH Nothing more nor
%sS 'nan bank notes, each for q con-
'7o'e amount. During all this
"neot need the woman had had under
~ uand sum of money sufficient to
,oI'S her every want, and che did
~ now it. She had looked at the
o.ures; she had thought them pretty
S'ures; they had been to her re.
AHuers OF her far-of son, and evi,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

dence that he had not forgotten her;
and that was all.
OF what does the little story remind
youG Are we not often, like this VIC
man, finding pictures" in the book,
where we should find wealth for the
supply of all our needs7 Gods prom
Uses are bank bills; they are checks
and drafts upon the bank on high.
We look at them, read them, admire
them; we think of the love that
prompted God to make them and give
them to US; we imagine circumstances
10 which they would be peculiarly and
exceedingly precious and helpful.
Then we shut the Bible, and leave
them there, and go out to face the pow
erty and restitution of life. We do
not use them, spend them, buy with
them, live upon them as we might and
ought. Yet the mistake is ours, not
Gods. He has given them to us. He
means that they should be used as the
coin of the realm" He is not to blame
il we persist in seeing only the pictures
in them and upon them. What are
the promises to you, pictures" or bank
notes3 Golden Rule.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
II is Own Business.

eff q man wants to drink whisky,
that is his business" says the saloon
apologist.
Let's see When two men in their
spree ran q car OF the Southern Rail.
road off the switch and out on the
main track down the grade, till it
stopped on a high trestle, it became the
Southern Railroads business"
And when a loaded freight train
came along and rushed into the car,
causing a 800. 900 wreck, destroying
much valuable merchandise, it became
the business of great many merchants
and shippers, as we'll as the railroad.
And when three dead bodies we're
dug out from under the wreck, it be-
came the business Of some wives and
orphans.
And when the taxpayers are called
upon to support the families whose
natural providers have thus been sud
denly taken away, it will become the
business Of several other people.
One mans drinking often becomes
the business of several hundreds or
thousands of people, and the man who
cannot perceive this fact ought to be
sent at once to an institution for the
education of the feeble Mo,
tive
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
The Sitting of Peter.

rrke's gospel we are told
10 o PsIer IN the days Of old
DO" Was suited;
now. though ages intervene,
Anu - tine same. while time and scene
n Are shifted.
desires us, great and small,
! cheat to sift us, and we all
as Are tempted;
AZ. one. however rich and great,
Z. by his station or estate
Exempted.
~ house 80 safely guarded is
DUt he, by some device of his
Can enter;
a. heart has armor so complete,
.RUt be can pierce with arrows feet
It's center.
ror all at last the cock will crow,
Who hear the warning voice. but go
Unheeding;
.GIl thrice and more they have denied
The Man of Sorrows crucif1ed
And bleeding.
oos look of that pale, suffering face
viii make US feel the deep disgrace
OF weakness;
We shall be Suited till the strength
Nf self conceit be changed at length
To meekness.
Wounds of the soul, though healed,
will ache,
The reddenlng scars remain, and make
NOnfessiOu:
T ,st innocence returns no more;
We are not what we were before
Transgresslon.
Rut noble souls, through dustand heat,
Dp.so from disaster and defeat
The stronger;
And conscious still of the divine
Within them, lie on earth supine
No longer.
n W. Longfellow, from Riverside
Edition of HoughtOn. mlthn & 20.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
t'He1p"

1t would make an exceedingly in
structive Bible reading to take the
word 'help" and run it through all the
moods and lenses in which it is con
jugAted in the Scripture. He is our
help and out shield" "a very present
help in trouble" From whence shall
my help Gomez My help comes from
the Lord, which made heaven and
earth" Our help is i'll the name of the
Lord" This was the testimony of the
apostle to the Interpretation of God in
his behalf when he stood before
Agrippa and told the story of his con
version and of his obedience to the
heavenly vision, and of what had come
of it: Having therefore obtained the
help that is from God, l stand unto
this day testifyiDg both to small and
great" 1t would brighten all faces to
realize fully what sources of help there
are for burdened and tempted and sin
full souls in the grace of God.-The AID.
vance.
JESUS looked down into the heart of
Matthew and seeing there wOrth-in
a crude state perhaps, but capable Of
development-said to HIM, Follow
me-" And the first exhibition of that
worth was seen in the fact that he i'm,
mediately arose and followed Him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

BISHOP HUNTINGTO says THE mind
wants steadying and setting right many
times a day. 1t resembles a compass
Get on a rickety table-the least stir
Of the table makes the needle swing
round and point untrue. Let it settle,
then it points Alright. Be perfectly 81
lent for a few moments, thinking
about Jesus; there is almost a divine
force in silence. Drop the thing that
worries, that excites, that interests,
that thwarts you; let it fall like sedi
ment to the bottom, until the soul is
no longer turbid, and say secretly a:
Grant, I beseech Thee, merciful Lord,
10 Thy servant pardon and peace, that
imay be cleansed from all my sins
and serve Thee with a quiet mind"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Southern Railway
Condensed
IN RFFECT NOV. ~, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.

NORFOLK AND LIMITED.
$40 p. m. Oaily.-Solid vestlbule
trains with sleeper from Norfolk to
Chattanooga via Salisbury, Morganton,
Asheville, Hot Springs and Knoxville
Connects at Durham for Oxford,
GAINESVILLE and Keysville, except Sun.
day. At Greensboro with the Wash
ington and Southwestern Vestibule
Uimited) train for all pOins North and
with main line train No. IL for Dan
vile, Richmond and intermediate local
stations; also, has connection for Win.
ston, Salem and with main line train
No IS, United States Fast Mail" for
Charlotte, Spartansburg, Greenville,
Atlanta and all points South; also,
Columbia. Augusta, Charleston, Sa
vannah, Jacksonville and all points in
Florida. Sleeping Car for Atlanta,
Jacksonville and at Charlotte With
Sleeping Car for Augusta.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
11:45 a.. m. Daily.-Solid train con
sisJing of Pullman Sleeping car and
coaches from Chattanooga to Norfolk,
arriving at Norfolk at 5 q. M, in time
to connect with the Old Dominion
Merchants and Miners, Norfolk and
Washington and Baltimore, Chesa
peake and Richmond s. s. Co.'S for all
points North and East.
Connects at Selma for Fayetteville
and intermediate stations OF the VIII
son and Fayetteville Short Cut daily
except Sunday for Newborn and More
head City daily for Goldsboro and Wi
mington and intermediate stations oD
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Express Train.
$50 a.. m. DaIly.-Connects al Dur
ham for Oxford, Keysville. Richmond
at Greensboro for Washington and all
points North.
Express Train.
800 D. 10. Daily-FOr Goldsboro ano
intermediate stations.
Local Accommodation.
300 g.. m.-Connects at Greensboro
for all points for North and South and
Winston Salem and points on the
| Northwestern and North Carolina Rail
road. At Salisbury, for all points II
Western North Carolina, Knoxville
Tenn, Cincinnati nd western points
at Charlotte, for Spartanburg, Green
vile, Athens, Atlanta and all points
South
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH, N. G.:
Express Tran.
3:O5 D. m. Daily.-From Atlanta
Charlotte, Greensboro and all points
South.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
$40 D. m. Daily. From all pointl
east, Norfolk, Tarboro, Wilson ant
water lines
From Goldsbcro, Wilmington, Fay
I etteville and all points in Eastern Caro-
lima
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
IL AS a. m. Daily. From New York
! Washington, Lynchburg, Danville AM
Greensboro, Chattanooga, Knoxville
Hot Springs and Asheville.
Express Train.
1858 a. m. Daily.-From Goldsbor,
and intermediate stations.
Local.
7:2O q. m. DaiIy.-From Greensboro
and all points North and South. Sleep
ing a from Greensboro to Raleigh.
900 o. m Daily except Sunday
From GoldsbOro and all points East.
Local freight trains also carry pas
sengers.
Pullman cars on night train from
Raleigh to Greensboro.
Double daily trains between Raleigh
Charlotte and Atlanta. Quick time
unexcelled accommodation.
W. Fl. GREEN,
General Superintendent.
". A. TURK,
General Passenger Agent,
Washington, D Q.
J. M. CULP. Traffic MANAGER
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

MANY men prefer a sure salary,
though they have to put their nose 60
the grindstone Of confinement and
drudgery, than for that salary to be
uncertain, though, thereby, they should
win q crown of eternal life and happl-
ness here inexpressIbly and full Of
glory.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
JOHNSTON COUNTY ALLIANCE.

Notice to the Sub Alliances in Johnston
County.
Four OAKS, N. c.,
March 25. 1882.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Johnston County Alliance will be
held at the court house in Smithfad on
Thursday the III day of April, 1897.
Owing to bad weather, no meeting
was held in January.
GIBSON GERALD,
E. D. SNEAD, President.
Secretary-Treasurer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Sunset. N. G.. Oct 6, 1895.

I have been using the N. @. Official
Alliance Guano for the past five or six
years on my farm under my tobacco
and corn crop. I think it is the best
fertilizer I ever used and will have no
other when l can get the Official
Ct. w. Parker.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Merritt. Pamlico Co., N. @.

I've used n. Q Official Gu8nO for
Irish potatoes during the year of 1896,
and am glad to say that its equal is
vet to be introduced in my section.
Your Phosphate is equally good for
corn or cotton. Edmond TiDgle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Shelby, N. O., Oct. {. 1898.

l have used the r. A. Official GuanO
and Phosphate this year and am we'll
pleased with it, and will use no other
In the future if l can get it. My neigh
bors who used other brands see the re-
suits of it and they say it is their
choice in the future.
G.. A. Champion,
Pres. Ross Grove Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

UNBELIEF is departure from the liv-
ing God. How SIMPLE is thIsl As long
as you trust God, you are near him
The moment you doubt him, your soul
has departed into a strange country.
Faith is the link between Gods full
ness strength and our emptiness and
weakness DR.. Saphir.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Maribell P. O., Pamlico Co., N. @.

I've used N. @. Official Guano for
potatoes and am glad to say that I've
used it with better results than any
heretofore used. We need no better
for our Eastern North Carolina soils.
N. L. Balance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Pres. Ross Grove Alliance
Merritt P. o.. Pamlico Co N q.

Merritt P. O., Pamlico Co, n Q.
AS I have used N @. Official Guano
for the year 1896, am glad to say that
it is far better than any yet used.
Your Phosphate is equally unexcelled.
johnson SOruell.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Pilot Mountain, N. O.,
September %. 1896.

I sold 1,175 sacks of your Farmers
Alliance Official Guano for tobacco
this year, and results from it highly
satisfactory, and can't be beat.
John NJ. Flippin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Pilot Mountain, N. O..
September %, 1896.

I used six bags of Farmers Alliance
Official Guano this year and think /
made 2 600 pounds of as good tobacco
as l ever made. Will pse it again.
g. A. Taylor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

For COUGHS, ASTHMA AND THROAT
Disorders 'BrOI1n's bronchial TTOches"
are an effectual remedy. Sold only In
boxes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Copal Grove, N, G..

/ VIII 80 that the N. @. Official
Farmers Alliance Guano I bought
through j. n. Miller from you has
given me good satisfaction. It is the
best I ever used. D. W. Palmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
Madison. N. O., Oct 10, 1895,
ave been handling N. Q. Official

I have been handling N. Q. Official
GuanO for several years where there
were other fertilizer ageT ts selling other
brands, and my sales have been far
greater than theirs-generelly more
man all theirs together. It is the best
seller that has ever been sold on
market. j. 2. Wilson.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
The Closet L esson.

nprssssd Is the man that endureth temptation
E- T6sn NJ is tried he shall receive the Gro Wn
n NE which the Lord hath promised 10 them
love him JAMES EE.
Thou refuge of my soul,
Ga thee, when SORROWS rise,
On Thee. when waves OF trouble roll,
MY faintlng hope relies"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

In THE great day when the muster
roll shall be read, Of all those who are
converted through fine music and
church decoration and religious exhi
bitions and entertainments, they will
amount to the tenth part of nothing;
but it will always please God by the
t~Oolishness of preaching to save them
MAT believe.-Spurgeon.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

.@Grief bannished by wine will come
again,
And come with a deeper shade,
leaving, Perchance, on the soul a
stain,
Which sorrow had never made"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

Uon+o6I twenty Thoroughbred Buff
w 644OON! Cochin Hens. s.. P. WOOD
CresweL, n. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
EDGEcoMBR COUNTY MEETING

The Edgecombe County Alliance
will meet in Tarboro on April the 9Th
at IL a. m. Delegates will please take
notice. Yours truly,
It. B. LLOYD,
March "a 1892. Secretary.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
r1rfstian Life Column.

EDITED BY REV. d. H. TUTTLE'
Beaufort, N. C.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
SEEDS IF. O. b. RICHMOND, VA.

SEEUS u y. bJ hICdnUNU9 VA.
Glover per bush
Prime Red ....... 81 80 Choice Red. .......S S. co
Mammouth .... 5 80 Lucerne ........... . 81
Crimson prime -. 2 IS Crimson CHOICE. 2 rs
Bses charged extra Is cents for above.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
HARDWARE.

Powder. best rifle per keg........,..... 81
Hames-
No ~ hook. iron bound, per doZ........ 8
No3h ok, iron DOUnd. per dOZ"........ 8
No l6 hook, brass bound per dOz....... 6
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

Plain wire, put up in rolls of 100 to 100 pounds.
Barbed wire put up IN rolls of lou POUNDS eacn.
Five pounds staple to the roll at &c per pound.
Plain wire not galvanized, from mill, per hun:
Nos. 6 to 9. IS 70 Nos. 10 to 11...,...$l so
Plain Wire, Galvanized. From Mill:
Nos. 6 to g.. 50 20 Nos. 10 to IL .......$2 II
Nos II and 12H... 2 20 Nos. ID and H..... 2 40
Buck Thorn Fencing .........u... o.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-04-09

New York, April Especial
Telegram.-At the Republican
primaries in aristocratic East
Orange, N. j., last night, F.
Clarkson Cuff, the colored coach
man of Edward V. L. Lane. was
nominated as the candidate Of the
party for president of the board Of
education, defeating DR.. George
Bayles the present president of the
board. The friends Of Dr.. Bayles
were so confident of his nomina-
ton that they did not think it
worth while to appear at tho polls.
Cuff is almost unknown. There
is some talk of running DR.. Baylss
as a independent candidate. The
colored voters are jubilant. and
say they will work with will to
elect Cuff, and that ne is fully ca
pable of filling the position for
! which he has been nominated
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