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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
THE DAIRY.
-EDTTFD BY-
FRANK E. EN-.

FRANK %. mighty M. 8.
Agr1culturist North Carolina Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, and Secret3ry-T Treasurer
North Carolina DairYmen's Association.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
ALLIANCE PRICE LIST.
SUBJECT TO MARKET FLUCTUATIONS.

Make all Postofice Money! Orders.
payable Z. B. PARKER, s.. B. A.,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

Carolina COeK Scove.-Fne Agency
has been handling these stoves for eight
years with entire eatiefact-On Price,
with full set OF wara and oipe ready TO
set. f. o b Greensboro, n O..
No. 7. IQWI No. Z, 20-inch. ....u
No. 8, 18-inch ILL 90 No. s. &-inch.,ss.'A e
The following ware goes with each stove ABOVE
l Straight Pot, Bulged Pot Brea1 Pans. 1Jea
Kettle Long Frying Pan 1 Round Frying Pan,
1 Griddle, l Elbow 8 Joints of Pipe. 2 Pot Gov era
and Lifters. Every Stove guaranteed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
RIoHMoND- Va Nav 1n ,oa

S00AL
RICHMOND. Va, May 10, '9s.
Mr.. 7. B. PARKER
DEAR S1R:-Your letter of the 9 u to
nand ordering 5 barrels OF Fancy
n1ur at IS. We are very sorry. but
" ls the very lowest price we can name
on Fancy -four to day. The wheat
market Is up TO $1.S3 per busheI.
IL Is very hard for as to give you
quotations on four to last until thev
reach you, as the market is such an
excited state that We don't know
where -four is going to. We can give
you our prices for to, day, but they are
subject to change without notice
Best will cost you 81. so, Fancy So,
Dandy Sc 70, Winner S. so, Princess
20 30. Pure lard in cases or tubs, 7a;
Compound in tins or cases, 5o.
We remain, yours truly,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

Notified butter Will De caused by an
@ Y distribution of salt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

Inquiries regarding Dairying cheerfully an
swered.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
Another War Tax Case.

Jefferson City, Mo, Nov. 29.-Attor. ney General Crow has filed with the clerk of the state supreme court peti, tion for mandamus against the Ameri can and the Wells-Fargo express com. panies, to compel these companies to pay the war tax on receipts for shipment of freight. The case is in all points ex. actly similar to the suit brought by the attorney general some weeks ago, and which Is still pending in the court The petition will be taken up by the court in 8 few days, and the matter of issuing writs will be determined then.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
NEW GOVERNMENT BILLS.
All Those Of .h srme Determination
 Will Res. mb,e Each oaler.

All Those ef th- srme Gefs animation
 Will Ressnlb,e Each oaler
 Washington, Nov. Secretary of the Treasury Gage long ago decided to have bills of the same denomination look alike. That is, he wished tine five dollar silver certificates, the five dollar United States note and the five dollar Sherman treasury notes to bear q close resemblance to one another.
 The first of the designs under the new system is fo- the one dollar silver cer- tifcate, The notes will soon be out Clearness, simplicity and protection against counterfeiting have been the re- suits chiefly aimed at. The new design Is somewhat less artistic than some of the present silver certificates.
 The difference between a silver certifi- cate, 6 United States note and Sher- man treasury note of any denomination, will be indicated by the wording and by the color of the seal. The latter distinc- tion will serve the purpose of bank clerks who have to separate the notes by classes. The ordinary citizen, who cares only for the denomination of the note and not especially for the law under which 1t is used, will find hereafter that be has to deal with only five forms of notes in the denominations from $l to $20, where he formerly had to deal with 16 different forms if he handled silver certificates, United States notes and Sherman notes.
 The advantage of this will be great in the case of persons handling money in large amounts, i'll the case of persons of defective vision and in the case of those who cannot read and write and rely on the general appearance of @ note to de- termine its denominations. The latter class will hereafter be able to identify $1 note by the devices, whether it is is. sued under the legal tender act, the Sherman act or the Bland law.
 The designs for the higher denomina- tions of notes are in the course of prepa- ration at the bureau of engraving and printing. Secretary Gage. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip and Treasurer Rob. erts have examined and approved all new designs and are much pleased with the success of Chief Johnson, of the bureau of engraving and printing ill adapting them to the purposes of a con. venient instrument of circulation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
Vetoed the Bill.

Ardmore, I. T., Nov. 92.--The Chick. asaw legislature recently raised the mar riage license from $50 to $500. The president has vetoed the bill as reason that the United States does not wish to discourage intermarriages. It is said that the license matter will be present. ed to the president again with the ex. planation that the Chickasaws do not wish to discourage intermarriages, but that,the object ofsthe high license is to lessen the abuses which has attended the intermarriage system in the past.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22

1eSdfKNtla. Ark, NOV. 23, 1S9S, one and one-tEird fare on certificate plan.
 Annual Conference Nj. E. church, south, Little Rock, Nov. g. one and one-third fare on certificate plan. Return limit Nov, g. Convention Masonic Templars of America. Hot Springs, Ark, Nov. 29 to Dec. 6; one fare for round trip, $3 65 Dates of sale Nov. 26, 27 and 2s inclusive; return limit, 7. Dec, 10.
 Farmers, National Congress, Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. t to II; one fare for round trip S12.90, Dates of sale. Dec and 5; return limit 21 days from date of sale: White River Conference M. E. Church South, Clarendon, Dec. to '; rate of one and one third fare for round trip Ion certificate plan. Dates of sale Nov. 2S to Dec, inclu- sive; return limit. Dec. 10. Please remember that the Cotton Belt Route is now prepared to name Winter Tourist Rates" to the Southeast, for the season 1S9S-9
 Also Holiday Excursion rates to the south east, the rate to be one fare for the round trip. Dates of sale Dec. 20 to 21; return limit 50 days from date of sale,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
Veteran Actor seriausly HI.

New Yoxk, Nov. 22.-Oharles w. Couldocl1, the veteran actor, lies at the point of death in this city. Mr. Coul. dock is suffering from form of dropsy of the heart and has been dangerously Ill since Nov. 3, when he was attacked with what was considered violent form of indigestion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
Girl Killed In Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Nov. ss.-May Boecka, aged 2S years, was shot and almost in. stantly killed. Vincent Tortorelli, an Italian beer bottler, aged 50, was ar. rested on suspicion of having committed the murder. Tortorelli is married and has family and the dead woman is supposed to have been his mistress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
No Protest Yet Made.

New York, Nov. 22.--That the 90 round bout between J. J. Corbett and Thomas Sharkey will be brought to a decision before the Lenox Athletic club tomorrow night without any police or other interference is now almost a cer. tainty.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
Cigarette Law Declared Void.

Knoxville, Nov. a2.-The anti-cigar. cite law passed by the last Tennessee legislature is declared unconstitutional in an opinion given out by Judge Cald. we'll of the supreme court of the state. The decision will likely be contested in the United States supreme court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
Trial of the Admiral Dewey.

Boston, Nov. 22.-Admiral Dewey. the first of the auxiliary cruiser class of merchant vessel to be constructed under the act of congress authorizing the work, left here for her speed trial over the gov. ernment course off the New England
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
Shaw Hangs Next Friday.

Dallas, Nov. 22.-John B. Shaw has been sentenced by Judge Hall to be hanged at Cleburne on Friday next. Shaw killed Thomas Grain on Nov. 8,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22

FOR SALE-Two fine mich cows with
 young calves. Apply to I. J. Bloom. Main Street Meat Market.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
cottonmill Operatives Strike.

Augusta, Ga, Nov. 22-Three thou sand operatives of the cotton mills here have struck on account of a reduction in wares.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22
Mustering Out the Eighth,

Wooster, O., Nov. 22. The muster ing out of the Eighth Ohio volunteer in- fantry, the "Pfesident's Own, began here today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-22

WANTED buy 300 to 300 acres of land w in Jefferson County. Address TX" care Graphic. If
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Iron horseshoes have been founG
dating back to the year 4S1.
The capital letter 20" will be founG
but twice in the Old Testament, ani
three times in the New.
At the Strozzi palace, in Rome
there is book made of marble, tho
leaves being of marvellous thinness.
Munster, in Westphalia, has a public
school which has just celebrated the
11O0th anniversary Of its foundation.
There is clock in Brussels which
has never been wound up by human
hands. 1t is kept going by the wind.
The Chinese dress in white at fun
erals and in black at weddings, and
old women always serve us brides.
maids.
Among the Anglo-Saxons in the
seventh century men wore gloves,
while women covered their hands with
their sleeves.
The Goldfish over the speakers desk
in the Massachusetts, House of Repre-.
sentatives was first placed in position
Jan. II, 1898:
Over the 100000 bottles, of the
value of $35, 900, are recovered each
year from the dust yards in London
and returned to their owners.
Vienna has bicycling female mon.
key at the Geological gardens in the
Prater. 1t is trick rider, and has
learned everything by watching men.
The elephant does not smell with
his trunk. His olfactory nerves are
contained i'll single nostril, which is
in the roof of the mouth, near the
front.
Porous glass is one of the latest
novelties. The holes are so small
that neither dust nor draught follow
its use, and yet the ventilation is said
to be excellent.
"Fiasco" originally meant bottle
or flask. When the italian glass
blowers detected flaws in the vases
they were blowing, they made an Or
binary bottle of the failure, and hence
the name.
A shoemaker says we wear away
quite two inches of shoe leather in a
year. A pair of boots that would
"last lifetime" would consequently
have to be provided with soles from
eight to nine feet thick.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30
Animal "Famine Funds"

If we examine the stores made by
mos Of the vegetable-eating animals
that lay by famine fund.-" we shall
find rather curious similarity in the
food commonly used by them. They
nearly all live on vegetable substances
in concentrated form Natural food
lozenges, which are very easily stored
away. There is a great difference, for
example, between the bulk of nutri-
ment eaten in the form of grass by a
rabbit and the same amount of sub
stance in the Especial preparation" in
the kernel of nut, or the stone of a
peach, or the bulb of crocus, off
which a squirrel makes meal. Nearly
all the storing animals eat "concen-
trated food" whether it be beans or
grain, boarded by the hamster, or
nuts and hard fruits by the squirrel,
nuthatch and possibly some of the
jays. But there is one vegetable-eat-
ing animal whose food is neither con-
centrated nor easy to move. On the
contrary, it is obtained with great
labor in the first instance, and stored
with no less toll after it is procured.
The beaver lives during the winter on
the bark of trees. AS it is not safe,
and is often impossible, for the ami
NAL to leave the water when the ice
has formed, it stores these branches
under water, cutting them into lengths,
dragging them below the surface, and
fixing them down to the bottom with
stones aud mud This is more diff
cult work than gathering hay.-Lon-
don Spectator.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30
FIGHTING BOB EVANS,
How He Disciplined American Blue
jackets Who Had Deserted, -

How He Disciplined American Blue.
jackets Who Had Deserted. ~
Fighting I9sF Evans is something
Of disciplinarSan, stt1ffe following in
cident shows:
Once on the Mediterranean Station he
was temporarily in command of his
ship when French genGarmes brought
aboard a large number of American
bluejackets who had deserted. It was
the custom on such occasions for each
bluejacket, as soon as he was released
on the deck Of the, yassel to turin and
hammer the c sCs af seaHnlance of the sgen-
darme until he was pulled away. This
sort of thing had tendency to make
the gendarmes afraid to bring in de-
sertels, and Evans determined to stop
it. In the presence of the gendarmes
and their captives he announced his de-
cision. The first bluejacket was re-
leased, and promptly knocked his gen.
darme fiat. Evans picked up the gen.
darme's sword and struck down the
sailor. Exactly the same performance
was gone through with as each Of the
next six bluejackets was unshackled.
The eighth permitted his gendarme to
60 Ii peace. The seven men who had
been cut down all escaped with their
lives. Evans said that they owed their
preservation to merclful Lord, who
turned the edge Of the French police
mans tin sword. The seven injured
men were invited to make charge
against Evans, but they said they
didn't want to. AS they put 1t them
selves: TO-
They guessed they had run up
against something they didn't know
anything about"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30
|ERVOTJS DEPRESSION.
lATALK WITH MRS. PINKHAM,1

l4TALE WITH MRS. PINKHAM.1
woman with the blues is a very un-
iGtable person. She is illogical,
ippg and frequently hysterical.
heeOndition of the mind known as
blueS," nearly always, with wo-
results from diseased organs of
anton.
tssOurce of wonder that in this
advanced medical science, any
sn should still believe that mere
! dRill and determination will
rome depressed spirits aud nerv-
ISin women. These troubles are
atons of disease.
Tery woman who doesn't under
d her condition should write to
0, Mass, to Mrs. Pinkham for her
&C. her advice is thorough COM
sense, and is the counsel of a
ned woman of great experience.
the story of Mrs. T. S. BENNETT,
pAalia, Kansas, as told in the fol,
ng letter:
JsAB Mrs, PTNKHAM:-I have suf-
Tor over two years with falling.
cement and liberation of the
and this spring, being in such
akened condition, caused me to
lornearly six months. Some time
lfged by friends, l wrote to you
l'lce. After using the treatment
you advised for a short time,
errible flow stopped.
an now gaining strength and
ana have better health than I
mad for the past ten years. 1
say to all distressed, suffer
@en' 10 not suffer longer, when
) one so kind and willing to
nE Pinkham's Vegetable Com
y a woman,s remedy for wo-
ls. More than a million wo-
we been benefited by it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30

A French engineer who has been on
a tour of inspection was not impressed
by the big things in this country. 81
shall report to my government" says
he, that the biggest things In America
are the little things. The French peo-
pie are experts In domestic economy,
and live comfortably by saving what
average families in the United States
throw away. But Americans are, on
the other hand, experts in Industrial
economy. They make money by saw
ing wastage in business, and lose some
OF it by wastage in domestic economy.
The attention paid to small details In
big works is amazing to me. | visited
some establishments where I believe
that the profits are made not In the
manufacture proper, but in the saving
OF materials and labor by close atten-
ton to details that are looked upon as
trlf1es by us. For example, | saw q
grlndstone in operation in a large es-
tablisment automatically sharpening
lathe and planer tools. This machine
costs probably as much as 100 of our
ordinary grindstones cost, but I see
that 1t automatically grinds all the
tools for 800 high-priced mechanics,
and it only works few hours each
day. The skilled mechanics in our
country frequently stop their regular
work to grind their own tools, and then
do it only imperfectly. In the United
States tools are all accurately ground
to the best shape by the machine so
that the men can do more and better
work on this account in a given time. l
believe that that machine has brains
the brains of the inventor-and it has
no doubt revolutionized work of this
kind in American machine shops. This
is but one case out of many that have
noted during my stay In the country"
The visitor correctly defined q peculiar
characteristic Of American inventive
genius. The vast engineering achieve
ments, the immense manufacturing es-
Establishments and the leviathan ma
chinery are, of course, most conspicu-
Gus and impressive, but these big
things are comparatively few in num-
Der, while the novel improvements in
little things-usually classed as "Yan-
kee notlons'-are legion, and each con-
tributes its mite toward the general
sum Of the country's business prosper
ity. 1t is certainly wise to give full at
tention to all details.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30

successful Authoress.-Returned
|dt-By the way, Mrs. De Beauti, l
not seen your charming daughter
| ny return. When l left she had
snlned to submit her first novel to
|HelshtOn Magazine. Has she been
(Sstul In her literary aspirations?
! De Beauti-She married the edi-
New York Weekly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30
THE BUMBLE.BEE,
He Does Not Fear the Cold, and Is Found
Even in the Arctic Regions.

Even In the Arctic Regions.
In the st. Nicholas there is an
article on '"The Bundle Bee," written
by Barney Hoskin Standish. Mr..
Standish says
This chunky, hairy, noisy fellow is
king of the cold. He stays with e
summer and winter, and is said to
prefer the Arctic region to the tropics.
l do not doubt this, for he will sleep
out OF doors any cold night of the
spring OF fall without asking for an
extra blanket. Indeed, he is home
less for nine or ten months of the
year, lodging wherever night over
takes him, on a blossom, a leaf, and
even upon the ground. If he has any
choice in the matter I think he pre-
fers the thistle, where the spines are
thlckest. Perhaps he is aware that
these stingers will guard him from the
skunk and the snake while his own
are in body stifened with cold and
drowsy with sleep.
There are three kinds of humble
bees reared in q nest, queens, drones,
and workers. The queens alone sur
viye the winter. They apparently
spend the first few weeks of spring
waiting for red clover to bloom, the
first blossom of which is the signal for
nest building. Before this thew visit
the willows. hum a soft bass about
the lilacs, thrust their long tongues
into the honeysuckles and grow fat at
the exhaustless honey-iars of the
waterleaf, and then the play day ends
and labor begins.
Nest building with them does not
mean nest construction. One bee
alone could not well do that, besides,
she is in big, bustling hurry now;
she has actually seen a clover blossom.
Out and in among the dead matted
grasses of last years growth she
goes, hunting perhaps for the aban-
doned nest of field-mouse. 1t will
be remembered that these little ami
mails build upon the surface of the
ground soft nests of grasses in which
they winter. From these they have
runways leading in different direc-
tions. The bee goes down into the
dead grass, scrambling on as best she
may, until she finds one of these run
ways, following it up to the nest. If
it is occupied she goes elsewhere, if
not, the mouse nest straightway be-
comes bees nest and the little crea-
ture begins her preparations for house
keeping.
She now collects mass of pollen in
which to deposit an egg. AS the egg
matches and the baby-bee grows she
keeps this mass moistened with honey
and he helps himself, eating out q
cavity larger than white bean. In
this he spins a complete cocoon.
When this is done he takes long
nap, in which he changes from a grub
into humble bee with wings and
legs. Meantime the parent removes
the thin coating of pollen from the
upper half of the cocoon and appar-
emily spreads yellow secretion, OF !
varnish, upon it, as if to keep out
moisture. She is also now busy col
lecting more pollen and laying eggs
i'll it, and constructing a rude cell or
two in which to place honey, as if for
a rainy day The first bees that hatch
are worker bees, and at this time are
downy, pale and baby-like in appear
ance and behavior. In later summer
queens and drones are Matched.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30

7ssla Is pressing on in Asia. She
absorbed three Of the richest Chi
provinces and gained a group Of
rs ports and impregnable for.
90 for the terminus of her great
|rIan railroad. One might think, to
these plans on paper, that America
Great Britain were to be summar-
goTded out of that quarter Of the
h, But It will not be so. The fact
bat the Anglo-SaxOn race is domi-
hin China and Japan, above all 9th.
Liens, and Is likely to remain so.
vast preponderance of foreign
/. Of those empires IS with Great
|,Iu and the United States.
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Diverse.

"See those two fellows over at the
third table? I'll bet you might search
the city and not find two men of more
opposite vocations!
zone is a maker of small arms and
the other makes filters for bicycle
stockings. Cincinnati Enquirer,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30
Library of Condemned Books.

The italian Government has resolved
to found at Florence at public expense
library Of all the books which have in.
cured the censure Of the Sacred Con-
gregatlon Of the Index. The Vatican
has protested against the measure, on
the ground that the majority of the
books In question are improper to the
last degree, and that the establishment
Of a collection Of such a nature IS an
affront rather against public morality
than against tile discipline Of the
church.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30
What will Become of Gilman

None can foresee tho outcome OF the quarrel
between foreign powers over the division Of
China. lis interesting to watch the going to
pieces OF this ancient but unprogressive race.
Many people in America are also going to
pieces because of dyspepsia constl patton,
blood, liver and stomach diseases. We are
living too fast, but strength, vigor and good
health can be retained If we keep of aud cure
the above diseases with Hostetters Stomach
Bitters
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30
po.uty Is Blood Deep.

sloOd means a clean skin. No
40 oi.iS UOut t. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
E gnUr blood and keep it clean, by
Jean .! gG tSe lazy lazy liver and driving all i'm
Hg q ipo S,' the body. Begin to-day to
|tss i mUIe boils, blotches, blackheads,
z 7 ls%Icgkly bilious complexion by taking
tAs. pay slVfhs ca1ty for ten cents. All drug
a iisss.S.facton guaranteed, lOc, 9jc, SOC.
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;. oils cure nausea, indigestion. 25c.

uare Is such a pretty story in
nov about how Edison came to
rua-I wish some of these bright
.n.ts would explain how l came
indianapolis Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30

,..t friends are apt to appear bad in
ear theatrcals' =, ooo
r.,r Italy exported 2l,WO antique and
y J! S Works Of art valued at &l20, QUO, one
Althwbicb went to Germany,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-30

w; ii. Griffin, Jackson, Michigan, writes,
Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by drug: