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Potash

IS as necessary to plants
bread is to man. Some cron ~
need more Potash than otberpn
but none can do without i
The character Of soils must
also be considered, some soils
being more deficient in plant
food Potash, phosphoric acid
and nitrogen) than others.
Every farmer should read
our pamphlets containing full
particulars of the large number
of experiments made by Experi.
ment Stations with fertilizers on
different soils and crops.
These pamphlets can be had free on application
CERTAIN KALI WORKS, % Nassau St,
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An old Waterloo soldier, who was in
charge Of O gun, was aeked what he
could Gee when the battle was going on,
and he snswered: Nothing but smoke
and dust" He was then asked what
he did, and he simply answered, II
stood by my gun" Whether we can
see what is going on or not, or know
whether the struggle is in our favor or
not, yet we should stand in our places,
trust in God and do good until the
end. - [~5tatesville Christian Herald
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A Political Grand Swell in Ma Bill
kin's Towaship--9is Neighbors See
That the Democrats Are Crying Stop
Thief" In Order to Make Their Own
Escape-7is Health Nearly Broken.
B.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Helio! Major. Any news to
dayF"
B.-"Mity little. We are havin' a
powerful time out here derlitically.
I'm dom my best ter hold cur men In
line, but they are breakin' away like
wild cattle. They see whar the News
and Observer an Chairman Simmons
sre AKIN questions ter keep frum an
swerin' questions, an they know some
thin il rotten. So they r Dustin
their traces ter git out ov the Dyma-
KRAFT party. They see a lot Of little
peanut business erbout the penitentiary
an the Agricultural perdiem an *
penses, but that don't cut any ice with
'em. What they Wanter know il why
the News and Observer and Chairman
Simmons don't explain how it il that
under POpulist control the receipts ov
the cfice of Secretary Of State hev in
creased pearly thirty Thousand dollars
a year. They zee that during the
tWenty-odd years ov dymakrat con,
troll several hundred thousand dollars
have disappeared, an that il why our
folks are dissatisfied. It IL purity nigh
breakin' my heart, but ! cant help it.
If Josephus Danills and Chairman
Simmons can't explain where that
money hez gone to, / can't. I'm afraid
the Populists are going ter git out q
hand book an tell aWl about that leak
In the Secretary ov States Office under
dymakrat management, an lots ov
other things too numerous an onpleas
AIT ter answer. Ny private opinion is
that if we can't explain them mig things
we orter quit askin' questions erbout
little things, and my Majors are think
in the same way. I did low ter run
fer Kongress on the dymakrat ticket
this year, but I'm afraid my opponent
will ak me erbout that $50. 600 a year
leak an floor me completely. We
dymakrats are In a terrible condishum.
Rather than answer all the unpleasant
q~uestionsthat are goin' ter be asked us,
we had better do like the Spanish sol
diers are doin' in Porto Rico-jlst
give up without a fite. I'm afraid
they will be akin US why them bonds,
railroad stocks an the cash wuz found
lynn Ground among old papers an trash
In the Office of the State Treasury
when Treasurer Worth TUX charge Of
Office, an lots ov things ov that kind.
kind. May the good Lord hev mercy
on our poor miserable souls. GUIDE
bye"
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NOTICE.

A competitive examination for the
Bingham Free Scholarship will be held
in the city of Raleigh, in the Agricul
tuTal Building, IN Friday, the 18Th dav
or August at 2 o'clock o. m. Studies
to be examined on: English Grammar,
Spelling, Arithmetic, and History Of
the United States. This examination
is free to all young men in the Fourth
Congressional district.
w. +. STROUD, NJ. c.,
FOURTH Congressional Dist.
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FREE PASSES.

The following spicy items were made
public last month when : the senate
offered a resolution requesting the
chairman of the interstate commerce
commission to place before that body a
copy Of the testimony of Mr.. Milton
II Smith, president of the Louisville
& Nashville railroad, relative to free
transportation at a hearing held before
the commission December 6, 1897:
Chairman Morrison: As q matter of
fact, you do have a large free list9
Nj, Smith: Yes, sir.
Chairman Morrison. Made up of
senators and representatives. To what
extent does the Judiciary figure in that,
# at all2
Mr.. Smith. I think I will have to re-
Ter you to our attorney. think Mr..
BaGter has been of the opinion, and I
lear most Of Our attorneys haze been
Of the same opinion, that at IS 1UtH not
to appear before q judge umteSS he has
q pass, if he wants one. In other
words, they proceed On the idea that if
a j ldge can afford to take q pass they
ca efford to give it. l believe that
zoos us harm. I believe that many a
Judge leans backward for fear ne will
ye accused Of favoring, il he can, the
company, and for that reason he leans
the other way, and SO decidedly as to
show 1t. NtaIics ours)
Chat! man Morrison: As a matter Of
fact, you have not dlscrImInated
against the judiclary7
MIR. Smith: No, sir.
Chairman Morrison: Aud you have
o Disseminated against the Federal
Judiciary, have you2
Mr.. Smith: Now, as to the Federal
Judiciary, l do not know. There mag
be-Judge Baxter is not our district
attorney now. II Judge Baxter put
the Federal judiciary On his list I have
no doubt the pass would be issued.
But if they are issued to them it is ex-
ceedingly limited. There may be one
or two passes issued to the Federal
1dges.
Chairman Morrison: Would it not
be a discrimination against q Federal
Judge on your road anywhere that did
not get ones
Mr.. Smith: I am sure, however,
that the judges of the supreme court of
the United States do not mold trauspor-
tation owe the Louisville & Nashville
railroad.
Chairman Morrison: Well, Ibid not
apply it especially to the judges of the
supreme court. = = + I wanted to
see how general it was, and since there
was some Of it, how particular you
were not to discriminate against any
body.
Mr.. Smith: If they want a pass and
ask for it we give it. We do not press
them on them. They may not ask di,
rectly for them, but may have some
friend to do go"
The italicized statement in the above
is a pointer to show the power of the
free pass. The railroads do not think
it safe to try a case before q Judge who
has no pass. What then must the far
mer who can give no pass think in a
contest with railroads before a ! ldge
with a pass7 But we are proud to
know that 60 far as North Carolina is
concerned the free paes no longer ex
erts its pernicious influence on editors.
Legislators and judges. This evil
received It's death blow last fall when
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER proclaimed
it illegal and Judge Robinson in Raj
eigh, the next day took the same posi-
Eion. Wasn't this e wicked Populist
act9
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With the issue for September, 1898
the subscription prize of Self Culture
will be reduced from So 90 to 81. 90 per
year. At the same time this excelleDS
magazine will be increased in Size and
it will also be illustrated. We are
pleased to note the success OF this
splendid periodical and predict a
greatly increased circulation as IT suit
of the changes proposed.
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A New Feature.

We are minded for some time at
least, to give attention from week to
week to the current lessons in the
Sabbath school. It is o our purpose
TO discuss these lessons specifically
from their religious standpoint, but to
show how they tear upon human char,
acter aid public life. The trouble
with many preachers is that they hold
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-09

themselves apart from the business
and social life Of the people, and the
trouble with many people is that they
hold the ministry, the church, the
Sabbath school and the Bible as some
thing apart and distinct from their
daily life. In doing so they make a
terrific mistake. The Bible is a lamp
to the feet, to show a man where he
ought to walk and not not where his
neighbor ought to walk, or to perfect
his knowledge in the geography of the
surrounding country. The social. pc
liticaI and business aspect Of the Bible
are about as important as the relig-
ious. In fact, there is no religion
worth the having that does not con-
meet itself clasely with the daily life
of humanity. Whether men believe
the Bible or not, and in this we will
not have any discussion with our read
ers, they have obtained from it the
germs of right living, just laws, and
sound business principles, and hence
this book is not one to be laid aside and
read only one day in the week, nor re-
garded with a superstitious reverence.
but read just as the school boy reads his
text book, or the farmer reads his pa
per, to find out what ia in it to help
US get on in the world. The reason
we take up this subject is to get our
reades who believe in the Bible to look
at it as an everyday book and to show
those who do not believe In it the vast
amount of good practical common
sense that these lessons contain Wal
lace's Farmer.
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State Normal and
Industrial Col1Prl

Offers the young women of the sto,o
thorough professional, literary, cIeS
steal, scientific, and industrial pd1oo
ton. Annual Expenses 800 to sIS0
Faculty OF 80 members. More tbon
400 regular Students. Has matricniIon
ted about 1, 500 students, representa-
every county In the State exceDt t11ds
Practice and Observation School ~
about 200 pupils. To secure bo0rd; ~
dOrmttOries all free tuition aDnIfcn
tiOns must be made before AugustI
Correspondence invited from those
desiring competent tt ained teachers
For catalogue and other informa.
Gion, address
PRESIDENT MOVER
GREENSBORO. n. q
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PRIZES AWARDED.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
I herewith send you a list of the
awards In the sewing machine contest
which closed July 81:
D. W. Fusaell, Rose Hill, n. O., first
prize
Z. 7. Farehaud, Amboy, N. c., sec
ond prize.
A. J. Moye, FarmvilIe, N. c., third
prlz3.
Mrs. VIM. Ranisbottom, Chadbourn,
N. O., 50 so cash.
Mre- Alex. Mcdonald, Leaksville,
N. @, 50 so cash.
The premium machines, harness,
ETC., will be On exhibition here during
tbs State Alliance, after which they
will be forwarded to the successful
contestants.
Fraternally,
T. B PARKER, s. B. A.
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Work touches the key of endless
activities, opens the inioite, and
stands awe struck before the immenef-
ty of what there is to do.-Phillipa
Brooks. Q
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If a man builds, nature straightway
sets to work to undo his building.
Rust eats into the iron and decay into
the wood and little by little time raw
ages and destroys. But if a mar
plants, nature proceeds to complete
his unfinished work. He soWs q seed
and behold wheat, he plants a cutting
and behold q tree. Such is the differ
ence between working alone and work
ing with God. He who sows truth in
human hearts works with God. The
seed drops into the heart; lies there;
is long time hidden; sprouts, pushes
forth the blade and ear, and finally
the full corn. Not at once, often only
after long delay but it fails not. Heev-
Of an earth shall pass away all things
material decay. But my words shall
not pass away :" truth is imperishable.
- Lyman Abbott.
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WRNTrn Agents for new Farmers
mANED Manual. 1t contains Cot
ton Sellers Table that runs from Sc. to
1Oc. 1t ggures the 165hs and 2Oths.
Also for the Bible Looking Glass. 1t
teaches the Bible by illustrations.
Latest war books. Outf6 free Agents
sell 7 out of 9 calls. Agent in Walker
Co, Tex, sells 90 in S hours. J. L.
NICHOLS & Co., Atlanta, Ca.
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l.. b. EARKER, s. B. a.
Hiilsboro, ". O., Aug. 2.
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-23

was shaking the earth as before, and
the river and rapids were again the
rushing, seething, whirling, irresistible
torrent as of old. Then We le ,rned
what had made Niagara run dry.
"The winter of 184S had been one of
the coldest on record. Such ice had
never been known there, [ guess, as
formed on Lake Erie that season. The
breakup came earlier than usual
though. Toward the end of March a
stiff northeasterly wind came up. and
its force was SO great that it moved
the great fields of ice, then en-
tirely seJarated from the shores, up
the lake, piling the foes in the great
banks as they moved. Toward night on
March 30 the wind changed suddenly TO
the opposite quarter and became tre-
mendous gale. The lakes surface was
packed with miniature icebergs, and
these were hurled back by the storm
with such force that a great dam was
formed by them at the head of Niagara
River. This dam was for the time so
impregnable and complete that the
current of wa er that finds its way
from the lake in the rushing channel of
that river, to be at last dashed over the
gigantic precipice at the Falls OF Mag
ara, was held in check, and only very |
small portion of is usual volume could
Cad passage thr ough the great pack OF |
ice. Consequently it was not long be-
fore the river above the falls was drain.1
ed of its supply, and, as the ice dam
was strong and stubborn and held its |
place, by the time the morning of 3lst
came The stream was virtually exhaus-
ted, and for "a hours the thunder0us
voice of Niagara was hushed. Some
time during the night of the 31st or
tho early morning of April l the ice
pack gave way under the great pres
sure from above, and the long-res.rain-
cd volume of water rushed down and
reclaimed its own."
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-23
THE FUTURE OF THE HORSE

INDUSTRY.
Many horse breeders are led to believe
that present low prices will con tinue
almost indefinitely. To imagine that
horse raising will never prove remun-
erative, or that horses will never again
bring good prices. is in my opinion
great mistake. The farmer must have
his horses. The mature horse on the
farm today need have little fear of his
being displaced by machinery. No
motor of any kind will give the same
satisfaction under all circumstances
that good team will, at an equal cost.
Steam has been tried as motive pow
or in blowing on large scale, but it has
never come into general use. Electro
city cannot be used on the farm until a
perfect storage battery in invented.
Electricity will do very well for propel-
ling street cars on their smooth, solid
tracks, where each successive trip is
made over exactly the same route. On
the farm it would be quite different.
The bicycle has undoubtedly taken the
place Of many horses, but not to the
extent generally supposed.
Because horses are cheap now, is nc
reason why they should remain SO. Any
other branch Of the live stock market
fiuctuates with the supply and demand.
Because the horse market has been
away down for several years, il
one Of the best reasons for predicting
an upward turn before long, and horses
will then be as high as they are low
now. Horses will become scarce as well
as other stock. They are certainly scarce
In our section now. Very few strictly
good marketable b orses can be foHnd.
Farmers quit breeding years ago. II
did not pay; horses could be bought for
less money than it cost to raise them.
The supply has been cut of at both
ends. There are several classes Of
horses that are bringing good prices
now, and will SO continue in spite Of
steam, electricity or bicycles. The extra
heavy draft horse and the family coach
or driving horse will continue to be 10
demand for the next century at least
The supply Of horses that will mature
and be marketable in 1900 is very small
indeed. The farmer who owns good
brood mare or two can very proitably
turn his attention to raising good horses
In order to raise good ones, he must
breed a finely built, sound mare to an
equally well built, sound sire. Con.
stitutional and structural defects
are largely hereditary, and should be
carefully avoided.
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-23
AN APPALLING SILENCE.
WHEN NIAGARA FALLS RAN DRY
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

WHEN NIAGARA FALLS RAN DRY
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
SAT 5 O'Clock on the morning Of
March 81, 1848. just fifty years age" !"
said an old resident of Western New
York to New York Sun reporter, 81
awoke with a sense of something ex-
ceedingly strange depressing me. I
was born twenty-five years before with
the roar of Niagara Falls in my ears,
and had lived ever since then within q
mile of the laundering cataract. When
I woke that morning oppressed by that
strange feeling i5 was some time be-
fSfe l discovered that it was caused by
the unm istakable and astounding fact
that the rumble and roar of Niagara
was gone.
''Certain that some unheard-of catas-
trophe must be impending, sprang out
Of bed, dressed hurriedly and ran from
the house. Early as it was found
scores of people had been awakened as
l had been and were hurrying pell-mell
toward the Falls to learn what was he
cause of the alarming quie; ude. It was
soon learned, and sight was Witness
ed at the Falls Of Niagara such as had
never been seen before, at least by peo-
pie then on earth, and it is not within
the bounds of probability that such a
sght will ever be witnessed again.
Where had been that stupendous cata-
ract was but a naked bed of jagged,
black and Shiny rocks, and theprecipice
was bare from shore TO shore.
1.-THE American chaDnel of the river
had dwindled to the dimensions of a
creek that one might easily step over,
and the water that still ran in the
British channel resembled some inlana
river affected by a severe Aug ust
drouth. Goat Island was as big as two
Goat Islands, as the water had shrubk
from every side of it, leaving a wide
expanse of ragged, savage-looking
rocks, which no eye, SO far as the re-
cord was, had ever seen before. The
bed of the Canadian rapids, far out in
to the stream, was dry, as was the space
between the lower end of Goat Island
and out beyond the tower, that we'll
remembered old landmark. long since
gone.
1.-THE rocks thus exposed were black
and forbidding, giving the dry river bed
the appearance of a tract of timber
through which fire had swept, leaving
only myriad of charred stumps stand
ing. The Three Sisters looked forlorn
in their enhanced dimensions. The
great jet of water which had from time
out of mind leaped into the air from
the snarling rapids south Of these
islands, and is leaping there to-day, was
not leaping that morning. aud there
was not enough left of the rapids to
snarl.
"This extraordinary condition of af-
fairs at Niagara continued all day, and
there was no sign of change when the
disturbed people, weary of waiting for
one, went TO bed late that night. When
we awake the next morning, however,
the old familiar thunder Of the falls
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-23
DFHORNING COWS.

] have practiced dehorning for q
number Of years, and have probably re
moved The horns of 300 creatures. I
would not have herd with horns. MY
cows flock together like so many sheep
and have no differences arising from
inequality Of strength or dislikes to
settle. Scarification, broken horns,
goring, cruel thrusts and general fights
are things of the past. AS think Of
1t, money could not hire me to keep q
herd Of horned cows. An ordinary
herd will suffer more pain from broken
or shelled horns than from dehorning,
to say nothing OF gouging and goring.
It Is an act Of mercy instead OF
cruelty to remove the horns from cat
tie. once dehorned sixty-four cows
in four hours OF given day, and the
evening milking only fell OF twenty
pounds Of milk. and In many case
after cutting off one horn and while
preparing to cut the other, the creaturs
would eat anything offered It. II hurts
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-23

she complains that she is getting
no eggs In winter, and that her flock is
s'run out" Had she reversed this
policy ahd bred only from her most per-
sistent winter layers, she would now be
in possession of a valuable flock in
stead of one that is "run out.''
1t is as easy to breed up strain OF
persistent layers as one Of extra large
boned fowls. All tnat is necessary is
to breed from the best and most vigor-
GUS Of the kind you desire, and in
few years you will have just what you
want. I once owned a B. P. Rock
pullet that was, as the boys say, a
"whale" / mated her with whale"
of cockerel and fully so per cent.
OF the chicks hatched from her eggs
were whoppers; but they were as
clumsy as Brahmas, and most Of those
who purchased them declared that
they were rather too much of good
thing, and / got rid of them.
II your flock is running out" do
not cross it with something entirely
different, because you will then have
only mongrels, but go TO work and
build it up by mating few of the
very best specimens Of your flock with
a good male, keeping only the chicks
from this mating. Follow this course
few years and you will have flock
you will be intensely interested in and
proud of.
II would like to adopt that plan,''
said lady at a farmers institute few
days ago, shut I simply haven't the
conven fences" I pointed out that all
that is needed is 6x6 ouse in yard
30 feet square. Forty-eight-inch poul-
try netting is cheap, and one roll will
make a yard IS feet square. Early in
February, place the male and the eight
or ten females you desire to breed from
in this yard, and they will soon lay
enough eggs to provide you with 100 tC
$50 chicks, then they may be allowed to
run at large. If they are high flyers
clip one wing when they are yarded.
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-23

TICKLE THE EARTH WITH A HOE.
The gardener will always find abund-
ant success if he will not neglect this
tickling Of the soil with hoe or culti-
vator. It is wonderful what tillage will
bringout OF the soil. Most men must
till tokeep down weeds. They do not
realizethat the benefits of this work
are far above any mere weed killing.
By persistent cultivation we get the
soil loose and mellow, porous and light, !,
50 air can enter and roots freely branch
and distribute themselves throug hout
the entire mass of earth within their
reach Furthermore. tillage is break
ing-up process, particles Of rock and
organic matter being reduced in size
and made available for the nutrition Of
crops.
Then there is the immeasurable ef-
feet OF shallow surface cultivation in
forming a mulch upon the surface Of
the ground, thin layer Of loose, dry
earth to cut off the rice of moisture to
the surface and its subsequent evapo-
ration and loss to the use Of the grow
ing plants. Water in drouth is q
pricelese boon to vegetables and conser-
wing the supplies OF moisture is one Of
the most vital subjects with which the
agr iculturist has to deal. Tillage is to
certain degree manure, as was claim
ed by Jethro Tull Of old.