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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
A Cheering Vision.

I'm far from home, the night is chill,
Eoshrouds the restless sea, the earth,
No stariiQht shines, no kindly beams,
OF darkness to dispel, CLEAN from on
high.
A wanderer, dashed against the shoals
of time,
The sea of night, its pillows surging
crv aloud, a ray of hope sublime
Shines through the mist, my bur-
denen soul to cheer.
7 call with trembling voice into the
past
To take me back into its arms once
more,
And lift this veil of Night, that I may
cast
Ny tear dimmed eyes toward him
loved Of yore.
And looking DER the waters dark and
wild,
The Savior of the world mine eyes
I hear a Voice: BE not afraid. my
I'll guide thee till thou rest, within
the fold"
And safe within that presence III
abide.
Till death shall hold me in his icy
arm,
And bear me DER the waters rolling
tide
Where ain and death no more shall
do me harm.
And when the breath of the eternal
morn
Shall kiss this faded, furrowed cheek
of mine,
0, Savior, Holy One-ot love-frst-
born,
Receive my soul and keep it ever
Thine.
Arthur Linden.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09

turns on your personal character,
young men and women Of America,
on your purity spotless as the stars,
your integrity 6rm as the hills, your
devotion, patriotism, public spirit, bal
anced Judgment and piety toward man
and God. II you be vicious, and by
vicious I do not mean drunken, licen-
tious, blasphem0us butselfsh, greedy,
carnal, faithless, frivolous, given over
to your pleasures or to personal or ma
terial gain, woe to the twentieth CEN
tury in your sacreligious handsI
This great country has built up with
infinite sacrifice, labor and genius, vast
systems of commerce and mRnufac,
ture, enterprise and finance, as I have
said, but also, beside and above all
these material triumphs, immense in
situations Of learning, of charity, of
all sorts of beneficence vast in cost,
splendid in design, in equipment, in
endowment and in blessed efficacy;
universities, colleges, school Systems,
hospitals, ssylumg, refogm0tories,
homes for orphanage and for aged, for
the insane and the incapable, for the
poor and unfortunate, q magnificent
development of humanity. ALI this,
the gloriment of our age is, however,
yet dependent on q continued lavish
ing Of time, money, labor and vigilant
wisdom and devotion, on the part OF
those who come after US. This g
fury has created and fostered them
and turn them over to the twentieth
to be under your control. The great
hearts, the generous hands and wise
brains which have created and built
them to their present grand proper
tons will, during the first quarter Of
the next century, have been transla-
ted to their heavenly rest and reward,
will have left to you these well ordered
trusts solemn and sublime. We stand
face to face with you now to scrutinize
you and ask, what are you7 Are
you equal to such holy trust and king
DON'T lam not to play with, praise nor
fatter you, as you may perhaps have
perceived, but to ask you the most
searching questions which can pillow
the conscience or stir the mGnliness Of
ingenious youth. 1 charge you to
search yourselves and answer them.
Chief of all these systems Of benef.
cence, divinest of them all, lol the
church of Godl Mother not only of
all the charities and civiIiz atoms, but
generator of the very spirit which
makes them possible and actual, geniuA
of their creation, main source Of their
support, chief director of their works
the great human heart full of divine
sympathy, which homes them all
preaching freedom, dignity and equal
rights; the soul and immortality for
man, king for this world and prince
for the enternities and the universe ;
proclaiming God over all blessed for
ever, setting forth his worship and HE
Son; heralding truth; championing
righteousness and planting it, with
love, deep in the souls of msn.-SeIec
ted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
This Century and Public Opinion.

The century has set public opinion
into command of all things, every
where. There are no more absolute
monarchies in C~hristendom or outside
it. China and Turkey are simply de-
pendent for further existence on the
public opinion of Europe as to whether
they shall be held longer tolerable.
African petty realms of tyranny are
giving place to the spheres Of inhu-
ence," the transparent euphemism
which phrases the new domination.
Japan is no more the private preserves
of a mikado, but Is governed swiftly
and wholly by japanese new opinion.
Even stout, rough Russia feels the
thrill of this new rule and responds to
it, surely, If reluctantly. The auto
cratic traditions of German imperial
ism are broken and William H., with
his absolutisms, is yet subject to this
majestic sovereignty, and in spite OF
himself, rules only by it's grace. The
government of Great Britain is more
instantly controlled by the opinion of
its people than is our own. The popu-
lar will is swift and supreme-H the
new emperor of the solid world.
What the mere form of government
may be is Of ever less and less account
because the soul under the form is the
same, the public will. Its fiat must be
obeyed through any form. We hold
u OWE free Republican shape the
best. We need not quarrel about that,
1t is just as good and just as bad as any
other, just as good and just as bad as
the public will which governs it. o,
for the time when this public will shall
hang up the bosses as ~curiosities In a
museum, or no more use and extirpate
she saloon. Then the civic millennium
will appear. This public opinion is a
good ruler or accursed, as may be, but
no artlice of government can work
we'll save as this government of the
governed be sound and just. No eel
OF best men sitting down In q closet
can construct a constitution of gov.
eminent which will work well. Begt
laws cannot save corrupt communities
Sound opinion is the outcome of sound
character. All in our national future
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
NOTICE.
BURLINGTON, N. G.,

OOhA4NG1ONB IN. W.
February 26, 1897.
Diving to the failure to hold the
County Meeting of the Alamance
County Farmers Alliance at the regu.
Lar time in January for the second
quarter, the said County Alliance is
called to meet for second and third
quarters or Saturday, April 8, 1897.
Let the Sub-Alliances in the county
send up dues for both quarters if they
have not already been sent to the Sec
rotary. The meeting is called a few
days ahead of the regular day for con
venience. Let there be a full attend
ance, and an old fashioned revival.
j. W. HOLT,
President County Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
Railway
Condensed Schedule.
IN RFFRCT NOV. "a, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.

$40 p. m. OailY.-Solid vestibule
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
Oimited) 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. 35, 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.
HAS a. m. Daily.-Solid train con
sisting of Pullman Sleeping q and
coaches from Chattanooga to Norfolk,
arriving at Norfolk at 8 a.. m, in time
to connect with the Old Dominion
Merchants and Miners, Norfolk and
Washington and Baltimore, Chesa-
peake and Richmond 8. 8. Co.'S for ali
points North and East.
Connects at Selma for Fayetteville
and intermediate stations on the Viii
son and Fayetteville Short Cut daily,
except Sunday for Newbern and More
head City daily for Goldsboro and Wi
mingtOn and intermediate stations on
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
Express Train.
$50 m. DailV--COnneCts at Dur
ham for Oxford, Keysville, Richmond
at Greensboro for Washington and all
points North.
Express Train.
300 p. m. Daily-For Goldsboro and
intermediate stations.
Local Accommodation.
200 a. 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 in
Western North Carolina, Knoxville,
Tenn, Cincinnati and western points
at Charlotte, for SpartRnburg, Green
vile, Athens, Atlanta and all points
South.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH, N. G.:
Express Train.
3:O5 o. m. DaiiT.-From Atlanta,
Charlotte, Greensboro and all points
South.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
$40 p. m. DRily.-From ali points
east, Norfolk, Tarboro, Wilson and
water lines.
From Goldsboro, Wilmington, Fay.
etteville and all points in Eastern Caro-
lima.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
11:45 a. m. Daily.-From New York
Washington, Lynchburg, Danville and
Greensboro, Chattanooga, Knoxville
Hot Springs and Asheville.
Express Train.
1858 a. m. Daily. From GofdsborC
and intermediate stations.
Local.
7:2O q. m. Daily.-From Greensboro
and all points North and South. Sleep
ing car from Greensboro to Raleigh.
800 D. 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. 81. GREEN,
General Superintendent.
W. A. TURK,
General Passenger Agent,
Washington, d. Q.
J. II. GULF, Traffic Manager.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
A Book That 10 Good For Old and
Young.

Send IS cents to Rev. D. II. Tuttle,
Beaufort, N. c., and get n of the
most touching and helpful books you
ever read. How it does encourage one
to pray. 1 want all the boys and girls
that read The PROGRESSIVE FARMER to
have it. The book is illustrated. The
name of it is Touching Incidents and
r 9markable Answers to Prayer"
Three books for one dollar. Cut this
notice out as it will not appear again.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
MARRIED.

At Wilson, on March 3rd, Mr.. How
ard f. Jones, late of Warren county,
and Miss Estelle Brodie. Rev. T. @.
Bayli@ oficiated. Mr.. Jones is one of
the most popular young men in the
State. The bride is q charming and
accomplished young lady.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09

GUANO-Auiance Brands
N. G. Official Farmers Alliance Guano. g per
Potash
Progressive Farmer GuanO % per cent. PhOs.
Ac, = per cent. Am. II, per cent: PotashJ
% per cent. Av. PhosphOric Acid
Write for prices. ~ BUY NO OTHERl
Peas
please write us, stating Quality, OuantitY.
price sacked f. o. b. cars.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
WILL USE 1T IN THE FUTURE.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June %, 1894.
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, ~ O.
GENTLEMEN:-We hand you here
with our check for $55.O co., in settle
ment for advertising account. We
have had very satisfactory trade In
North Carolina this season, and are
willing to attribute a reasonable share
of the result to the advertisement IN
your paper. We have always looked
upon your paper as satisfactory in this
respect and will make use Of it I'm
the future.
Yours truly
D. II. OsBORNE& Co,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
HARDWARE.

Powder. best rife. per eg...""....." 500
Hames-
No ~ hook, iron bound, per dOz........ $50
No shook, iron bound, per dOz..........,, 800
No 16 hook, brass bound, per dOz....... 625
Plow Lines
Cotton, with snaps, SO feet long. doz.... 185
Madras Hemp with snaps, 80 feet " 49,. l85
Fence Wire
In 900 to 5OO-lb. lots. q cts. per hundred pounds
less. Plain wire. put up in rolls of 100 pounds.
Barbed wire put up in rolls Of 100 POUNDS each.
Five pounds staple to the roll at &c per pound.
GaIv. barbed from stock .............. 5 800
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09

No. LIZ, Our GUNNER" Canspy Top....., 81 Is
Write for catalogue.
Sewing Machines
Improved Farmers Alliance with full set
attachments and automatic bobbin
w1nder. All latest improvements, fine
~ finished, frst-class in every particu-
lar. Warranted by manufacturer for
10 years, carefully adjusted, ready for
immediate use Price, freight paid 10
any railroad station In North Caro-
Lille n u
Needles per QOZ. 70
Prepared Agr'l Lime and Land Plaster:-
mond, Per NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ;oIHSSS. - 80. $50
Land Plaster, car load lot (. o. b. Nor
IOlk4 per Ton. 1UU
ton. ..!!... 100
/" car load, 4" -. 3 Sc
Cotton-Seed Meal, per ton t. o. b. Colds
boro. n c.. less car load IOts. .......nn % %
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09

The following ware goes with each stove above:
l Straight Pot, ] Bulged Pot, 2 Bread Pans, Ties
Kettle, l Long Frying Pan, l Round Frying Pan,
l Griddle, l Elbow. 3 Joints of Pipe, 2 Pot Covers
l and Lifters. Every Stove guaranteed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09
tive prices various size pkgs:
Meats

Dry salt short rib sides, Richmond. 80.
Dry salt extra short clears, " zee.
Dry salt heavy fat backs, " ....
Dry short salt backs. " go.
Mess Pork, go,
Short cut pork, 80.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09

NnFFFE RAISED ONE CENT PER POUND.
OUT E6 Circulars free. j.. D. RICE, Utica, Mich.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-25

wheat acreage in 1896 was "a ,61S, 646,
the yield 427 ,6S4 346 bushels. and the
| value $3lO,6O2 $50. OF this crop, about
per cent remains. The average price
was 1916 cents per bushel, the highest
price since 1891, when it was 1873 cents
ing at an advance, and how much
higher it will go l do not know. The
increase 10 price and yield should
amount to at lesst S75,0O0,0OO, if not
500, 600, 900 OF course, l have no fig
ures bearing on the yield for 1897, and
1 make no predictions as to huctu atoms
in prices. The causes in the rise of
the price of wheat, as is we'll known, are
due to the failure of crops in Argentina,
in Europe, the famine an India and in
creased ex orts of flour to japan and
China
Wheat is only one article. Take
corn. Of course the crop has not yet
been harvested. The prospects are,
however, for an abundant crop, and as
it's price is regulated to some eXten t
by that OF wheat, good prices should
be realized. There has been falling
Off in the acreage of about 1000, 900 as
of acres standing is 80, 095, 05l. 1t is i'm
possible, with no figures at hand, to
estimate the corn product and the
price. 1t is equally impossible, for the
same reasons, to estimate the average
prices and Increases in values, if any,
of vegetables, hay, dairy products poul-
try, etc. All we know is that there has
been a general increase in the average
all along the line.
Just as the food Of livestock has in
creased in value, so have beef catJle,
sheep, hogs and other stock furnishing
US our meat. 1t does not apply to
draught or driving horses and mules
The demand for them has fallen off be-
cause of Overproduction in past years,
increase Of steam and electric rail
ways, and of bicycles. With the ex
C aption of bicycles, these causes have
tended, with the decreased price of
horses, to decrease the price of oxen.
Our figures show that ia the United
States there are about Il, 1854, 667 horses,
value at 1924, 649, 1896, as compared
with 15, 1884, 57 in 1896, the value of
which was $500, 40, 1856. There has
been falling off 10 the number of
mich cows, hut their value has in
creased by So, ,44S, showing that
American dairymen are turning their
attention to improved breeds of cattle.
their number has deere ased l, 480. lao,
their value has increased by 81 ,853,-
2O7."
ADVANTAGE TO THE SOUTH.
'sHow has the south been benefited
by these Increases in farm products?'
st has been benefited in proportion
as other sections of the country. What
that proper tiOn is can not be approx
mated. 1t is best to look at general
facts The south produces crops pc
culiarly it's own-fruits, all varieties
of vegetables, tobacco, rice, sugar. cot
ton, etc.-all of which are in demand
in their own, western and northern
markets, and some in foreign markets.
If times are prosperous, if the prosper
ity of the people at large is augmented
by the prosperity of the farmer, are
not the products of any one section,
saw the south whether thew are pec-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-25
FARMERS OF THE SOUTH.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WILL
SON ON THEIR NEEDS.
Rapid European Communication-He Ii
Endeavoring tn Have More Direct Lines
Establish ed t. the Gulf Ports.

"The farmers of this country should
be Just now the happiest people in the
world, because they are the most
prosperous"
This observation was made to a cor
respoudeut of the Manufacturers
Record by Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson in his cosy office in Washing
ton Mr.. Wilson was in the midst of
preparation fer an extensive trip
through the west and northwest. He
is not seeking vacation, but goes
west to study the condition under
which horses can DE raised for use in
the armies of Europe. He will ind the
cause for the complaint, and will cor
rect it, that our horses do not possess
sufficient durability 20 meet the strain
of army life. Should he succeed, he
will revive a market for American
horses which torive best on the plains
of the west AID northwest. la OctOoer,
after his return, he Will direct his at
tentlon to the south, not that that
section needs more than any other its
agricultural scope broadened, more
practical and less theoretical plans for
re munerative farming. more modern
methods for the development OF its IN
exhaustible resources, but because he
has been requested by President Nc
Kinley to visit the south first aud to
study its needs first. OF his plans for
that visit Mr. Wilson spoke at lepght
during the interview.
FARMERS IN GENERAL.
sLet me talk first" he continued, "Of
the pros .erity of the American farmer
in u general sense. We have heard OF
the signs and prospects of prosperity for
a long time. Now l believe greater
part of the genuine article is right
here with US. And why? Because the
farmers crops and their increased
Drices have exceeded his most sanguine
expectatlOns, and when the farmer Is
prosperous then the swheels of COM
MERGE and manufacture are humm1ng.
Then, too, these hard times have not
been without their lessons to farmers.
Thew have taught them to be more
economical, to get down to 'hard pan,
to avoid the mortgage rs they would
rattlesnake, AID hence is their pros
perity greater. The increase during
the past year in the price Of farm pro-
ducts-wheat and other cereals, vege-
tables and cattle for dairy uses and
slaughter---has amounted to hundreds OF
millions of dollars. 1t may be as great
as $500, 600 900, as has been roughly
estimated, but we have not yet collect
ed and collaied sufficient figures and
facts TO Justify us in deducinR a-reason-
ably reliable estimate. We DO not
speculate here. If did, our specula'
ton. IN, ght BE- used by other specula-
tors in their commercial transactions.
We are not in that line of business
Our statistics, however, show that the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-25

Don Carlos, the pretender to the
throne of Spain, whose adherents are
now openly advocating his cause, is the
nephew of Charles VI, and son of Don
Juan, who succeeded Charles and mar
ried the Archduchess Mari. There sd
of Austria. The present Carlos was
born in 1S4S, and was educated princi-
pally in Austria. He married in 1867
Margare: de Bourbon of Bourbon, sis
ter of Comte do Cham bord. In 1868
Juan abdicated in favor of his son,
whose stand ard was raised in France
by his partisans in 1872. In that year
Carlos issued a proclamation to the
people of Catalonia. Arsgon aud Va
lencia, urging them TO come to his
side, and in the following December
his brother, Don Alfonso, took COM
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-25

mand of the Carlist bands in Catalonia
Carlos himself entered Spain in 1873
"to save his country" and for a year
or more The war ragged. In 1876 the
last stronghold of his party was beaten
down. Carlos from Paris issued q
manifesto saying he would retire to
stop blood shed, and would come forth
again at the moment fixed for redemp-
tion. France expelled the pretender
in 1881 on the ground that he had
allied himself with De Chambor He
claims there are 1000 clubs in Spain
devoted to his cause. He seems like
wise to have a few bold, easy friends in
the chamber, and the government.
with Cuba and the Philippines and
her ideas of war with the United States,
is not over-comfortable at the present.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-25
Fire Department.
Southern Pacific Excursions.

Commercial Agent Hunt, of the
Southern Pacific, has received tele-
graphic notice of a reduction in excur-
sion rates to California points, i. e.,
Santa Monica, Long Beach, San Pedro,
San Buena Ventura and Santa Barba-
ra. The first excursion to be run
Thursday June 2nd, and each succeed
ing alternate Thursday during the
summer. Limit for return ninety days
from date of sale with privilege of
stop overs west of Cotton. Rate from
Ell Paso S45.
The Southern Pacific announce the
following excursions, round trip rates:
The Southern Pacific train leaves Ell
Paso at so p. m. daily, reaching New
ond morning and by taking the close
connecting fast trains east and north
ward at that point passengers reach
Chicago, Cincinnati and Nashville the
! following morning and New York early
! the second morning.
| AL year round trip six months limit
| tickets on sale to Los Angeles and San
| The Southern Pacific Is the direct
| line to California, no change of cars
| being necessary. Train leaves Ell PasO
at 1886 p. m. daily, reaches Los Angeles
at 9:20 the following evening and San
Francisco at 6:15 p. m. the following
day:
The tickets will allow stop overs in
California both going and coming.
! For further particulars, folders, etc.,
call on:
- T. E. HUNT, Com'l. Agent.
| HARRY TURNER, Ticket Agent.
| Offices corner San Antonio and Oregon
! streets and passenger depot, Ell Pa
SO, Texas.
G. w. BEN, Traf. Mgr, Houston, Tex.
L. j. PARKS, Asst. Gen. Psgr. & Tkt.
Agt., Houston, Tex.
Mining Location Blanks for Sale al
| This Office
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-25
DIR. G.. G.. Brown.
DENTIST
Rooms 3 and 4. Mundy Bloch
Notice for Sealed Bids.

Notice for Sealed Bids.
The Territorial Fair association
offers for sale the following privileges:
One bar privilege.
One soda water, lemonade and ice
cream privilege.
One candy, nut and cake privilege.
One popcorn privilege.
One cigar, cigarette and tobacco
privilege.
One restaurant privilege.
One pool mot including book-making)
privilege.
One check stand for bicycles priv
ilege.
except those used in the races, will
have to be checked.
One shooting gallery privilege.
One merry-go-rOund privilege.
The association will receive sealed
bids for any or all the above privileges
to sell on the grounds during the week
of the Territorial fair to be held at
Albuquerque, N. NJ, beginning Sep
TENDER Ii and ending September IL,
1897.
The above privileges are exclusive,
except the bar, which will be allowed
to sell cigars and cigarettes and all
kinds of drinks usually sold over q bar.
Bids will be opened August 70, 1897.
at 2 o'clock p. m.
The association reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
AS an evidence of good faith q check
for 25 per cent of the price offered
must accompany the bid, which will be
returned if the bid is not accepted.
Address all bids to j: E. Saint, Seq
rotary, Albuquerque, n NJ, plainly
c. F. MYERS, President.
J. E. SAINT, Secretary.
|
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-25

Mining location notices for sale a
The HERALD Job once,