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TREE OF tlBET.
Fabulous PrIccA Paid For the Leaves
of the Sacred Growth.

Fabulous PrIccA Paid For the Leaves
Of the sacred Growth.
Few persons probably have heard Of
the marvellous tee of Tibet. Neverthe-
less for a long time it has enjoyed q
great reputation in the east. 1t is a sa-
cred tree, and fabulous prices were paid
for u few of its leaves.
In his ~"Souvcnirs de Voyage au
Tibet" Pero Hue speaks of this won
derful tree. 1t is essentially Of Il literary
and artistic turn of mind and has the
strange habit of producing images and
hieroglyphics upon its leaves. Some
times religious figures take the place Of
the letters. Pere Hue called the mystic
rious thing 1.-The tree of Il thousand
images" These images are found on
the leaves, on the stems and on the
trunk. Near the temple of Bnddha, in
the village of LiCusar, Tibet, this
great tree has stood for years, the plague
and the puzzle of all the botanists who
have ever received the gift of faith.
A great antiquity was given to the
cree; indeed it was claimed that it had
existed from time immemOrial But an
investigation not many years ago proved
the images Oh the tree to be fakes. The
trick was simple enough, like every 9th,
or trick when it is found ont. In the
spring and in the summe on dark
nights a lana, endowed with acroEatic
power, with his pockets full of band
stamps, climbed all through the tree
and stamped the leaves with all sorts OF
holy images and characters, the most
numerous being the following formula:
"Om name padone ON GLORY to
Buddha in the lotus) This is also
stamped upon the bark, and the leaves
and portions Of the bark are sold to WIS.,
itors.
, 1898-10-29
Tho Ralston Call

mo RalStOn Call
The first Tuesday of every month
is ramed as Health Day, and on this
day all persons are requested to eat
only the purest Of food, drink only pure
water. cultivate c~heerfulness, exercise
literally, and. if the day is pleasant. to
spend not less than one hour in the
pure air. By so doing it is hoped that
the better health which follows may
lead to a higher plane Of happiness
and usefulness in life"
Tuesday, the first Say of November,
is the next Health Day and we propose
70 celebrate it by organizing a public
health club to which you and all your
friends are invited. Come one, come
all, and meet us at G. A. R. hall at 2:3O
o'clock in the afternoon of Nov. LIST.
Be prompt.
, 1898-10-29
BAPTIST.

Rev. H. Warren Nice. pastor
10 a. m, early prayer meeting.
II a. M, preaching service. Subjd
"Unselfishness."
1915 p. m, Sabbath school. Superb
tendent, George A. Hertzog.
4 p. M, Bible class. led by the pastof
$50 p. m, B.. Y. p. U. Subject
LEADERS in Japan" Leader, Mrs
Ulen. 81
7:3O p. M, preaching service. Sub
ject, Strength of Young Men,"
Tuesday evening: c. c. c. Leader
Mrs. UIen.
Wednesday evening, Bible clasi
Led by THE pastor.
Thursday evening, prayer meeting
Subject, Meeting the Worlds Needs.
Friday aftern Oon at $3.50 p. M, re.
ceptIcn TO juniors. {
All are cordially invited to these SER
vices.
, 1898-10-29
HARD UP.
Out Of Three Hundred Accepting Free
Bed. Only Five Had "thr !'ricc.'

Out Of Three ndr tcccptinE Free
Beds Only Five Had "thr !'ricc.'
A short time ago a curious test was
applied at tie London Congregational
Unions Free Shelter For Homeless Men
at Medland hall, in the east of London
The object OF the test was to ascertain
if the men were really as rennlless as
they represented themselves to be. The
free shelter is intended for men who
have not the fourpence necessary to pay
for a nights lodging elsewhere, and IL
night Edward Wilson Gates, the shrewd
superintendent of the philanthropic
work Of the union, announced that he
would give sixpence to each man present
who could prove hat he had some
money, but less than fourpence. Acnuc
king laugh passed over the 800, that
being the maximum allowed in the hall.
"But how shall ! know that.you have
, 1898-10-29

In a New Zealand town one Of the
municipal candidates, a pronounced
Scotsman, had received a present of u
huge Scotch thistle, which at the mo-
ment happened TO be lying on he table
of his committee room. A friend. enter
ing, withdrew suddenly with the re-
mark, Il beg your pardon; | didn't
you We're at luncheon. SAN
Wave.
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II notice. Miranda" remarked Mr..
Eeggschoice, "that your first husbands
clothes do 0 fit me"
"No, Cyrus" conceded Mrs. Neggs-
choice, with a little sigh. "You don't
lit them. Chicago Tribune.
, 1898-10-29
PRESBYTERIAN.

Fremont street, between Second and
Third.
Sunday school at 1915 p. M, W. A.
Jones, superintendent.
Y. p. s. C. E. meeting at $50 p. N.
Topic. "Helpfulness." Leader, Carl.
Hayford.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening Il;
7:3O. 1
The public is cordially invited
tend services.
SCANDINAVIAN LUTHEI
ITY.
Sunday school at 2:3o I'M, J. G.
Wintermeyer, M. D.. superintendent.
, 1898-10-29

Soothing, healing, cleansing. De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is the implac-
able enemy of sores, burns and wounds.
1t never fails to cure Piles. You may
rely upon it. F. H. Eggleston.
, 1898-10-29

Rev. ]. P. Warner, pastod
Glass meeting at 1880.
Morning service at II.
sermon. Christian Work Grea4
Miracle" !
In the evening the PASTOR will D
h.J subject, Young Men and
reliance
A cordial invitation Is extsu
the public to attend these service
, 1898-10-29

Is exceedingly anxious that the demo
Gratis should Obtain control Of the next
congress. They never took so much in
terest In Il elections before.
We have IKE single gold standard"
IL this couniry-have had 1t a good
many years And yet We have YER
varieties of money. We have, approx
mately. about equal amounts Of gold.
silver and paper money. And M kind
Of money rs just as good as the other.
A silver dollar or a paper dollar is just
~ good. all over the world, as a gold
dollar. And we have, too, q plenty Of
money, and more coming all che time.
What IL the matter with our money?
Are the fusionists mad because all our
money 10 as good a gold? And which
kind a money do they want d~epreciat-
cd! These are the facts. and facts are
better than speculAtions.
A fusiontst vote, In the present con
dftion Of affairs. 10 a vote to weaken
and embaxsa1 our own government
and strengthen the hands Of Spain.
Prestdank Mckinley will ask congress
70 asthorise the enlistment Of more
nea n tie navy and some democrat
WI ~ o.. II object" That u whaA
tsnocsaassUs fsr.
-o-
, 1898-10-29

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the trouble and cure Sick Headache,
~Bilfousne<s. Inactive Liver and clear
the Complexion. Small, sugar-coated,
don't grippe or cause nausea. F. H.
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Our dried fruit is all
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any little girl was covered with = rash
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15

J. w. s. Robinson.
Fifteenth District Columbus and
Robeson-J. a. Brown and Stephen
McTntire.
Sixteenth District. Cumberland
W. L. Williams
Seventeenth District Granville and
Pe~son-A. A Hicks.
Eighteenth District. Alamance,
Gas we'll, Orange and Durham-T. E.
Cheek and James M. Satterfield.
Nineteenth District. = Chatham
J. A. Goodwin, POpulist.
Twentieth District. Rockingham
William Lindsay.
Twenty First District. -Guiltord-
J 0hn N. Wilson.
Twenty Second Distric Moore and
Randolph. G. Black.
Twenty Third District. - Arson,
Montgomery, Richmond and Union
J. K. Jerome and Charles Standback.
Twenty Fourth District. -Cabarrus
and S5anly-R L Smith.
Twenty-Fifth District. -Mecklen
burg-F. + Osborne.
borne.
Twenty-Sixth D strict. Davidson,
Forsyth and Rowan-R B. Glenn and
John G. Thomas.
Twenty Seventh District. -Davie,
Iredell and Yadkin-J. A. Butler and
T. @. Heirston.
Twenty Eighth District. Stokes and
Surry -
Twenty ninth District. Alexander
Catawba, Lincoln and Wilkes-D. A.
Lowe and J. 81. Burke.
Thirtieth District Allegheny, Ashe
and Watauga-W. Q. Fields.
Thirty First District. - Caldw well,
Burke, Mcdowell, Mitchell and Yam
cey-G. G.. Eaves and w. l. Lam
bert.
Thirty Second District. Cleveland,
CASTOR, Polk and Rutherford-M. Fl,
J dstice and o. f. Mason.
Thirty Third District.
Haywood and Madison-W. J. Cooke
and 7. J. Murray.
Thirty Fourth District. Henderson,
jackson, s vain and Transylvania-J.
Franks, Rep
Thirty Fifth Dlstrict.-John Fl. Dill
lard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15
COTTON.

A recent report from the Depart
ment of Agriculture makes some start
ling statements s to the production and
price OF cotton in the United States.
In ~ our cotton crop was1 1874 O84 924
pounds, with an average price of %, 19
cents per pound.
In '98 the crop was reported at s.
667 600 600 pounds, and it's value at
6 % cents per pound. It would seem
that, roughly stated, we grew in 1895
four times az much cotton as we did in
~, worth a trife more than one fourth
as much per pound.
Commenting on these facts, Wal.
Iace's Farmer, an Iowa paper, gives
some advice to our Southern people
advice which they should not fail to
heed. Says its editor:
The first time we made an address in
the Southern States cotton growers
told US they could not grow cotton for
less than 10 cents per pound, and they
we're then selling it for 8 The next
address we made, some years after
wards, they told US they could not
grow cotton for less than 9 cents per
pound and had to sell it for z. Now
we suppose they cannot grow it for
lees than Z cents and have to sell it for
a trife over 6 The strange part of
the story is that while constantly
growing it at a loss the total produo,
ton has been increasing by leaps and
bounds, and there seems to be no way
to stop it. Associations OF cotton grow
ers will meet and pass resolutions to
decrease the acreage only to 1nd that
the acreage and yield are increasing
year by year. We suppose there are
two reasons for this one that cotton is
grown mostly by n%egrolator on shares,
that the negro and the mule thorough
ly understand cotton growing and will
do nothing else. The second reason ia
the opening up Of vast cotton regions
in the State of Texas, where land is
cheap and for the present productive.
The sooner our Southern friends
learn to diversity their farming the
better it will be for them and for the
nation at large. If Southern farmers
would grow more hogs end less cotton
they would shut off to a very consider
able extents III markets for hog prod,
ucts, but they would bo better custom
ers of other sections in other lines
Texas alone grows nearly one fourth OF
the cotton crop of the entire country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15

and carried them by votes and not by
force, fraud nor intimidation.
This election was not a reputation
of the present State government. 1t
was not perfect by any means. but the
people were not yet ready to make a
change. This the Democrats under
stood and they made the campaign on
the negro issue. They appealed to pas.
sion, to pref ldice, to sentiment. Ud
fortunately, eve for the negroes, there
was some little foundation for the Cry
of negro rule, though the foundation
was like unto a mustard seed. The
negroes will not be allowed much rep
resentation hereafter, (Ehough Demo,
Gratis have given them cmce in the
past).
It the situation in North Caroline
had been half as bad as pictured by
unscrupulous newspapers and speak
ers, then it would have been the duty
of every good citizen to aid in better
ing matters. But it was a campaign
of Misrepresentation and exaggeration.
The corporations of the State poured
minis of money into the campaign fund.
The people mutt for a time, at least,
perhaps a long time, live under what
will probably be corporation and bour
bon domination, the worst kind possible,
when it is drunken with power. Toe
future is not pleasant to contemplate.
but let us hope reason will prevail.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15

Both branches of the Vermont legis-
lature have passed a joint resolution
approving President McKinley's de
mends for the retention of the Philip
pines.
On Saturday, November 5 the cruiser
Maria Teresa sank in a storm thirty
miles norGh of the island of San Saliva
dor, in the Bahamas; her were
rescued.
The "Curfew bill" designed to com
pei children under the age of Is to be
off the streets after s p. M, in winter
and 9 p. NJ, in summer, has been
passed by the st. Louis city council.
Says the Chatham Citizen: An.
other great campaign has been fought
and fought quite bitterly. It has been
not only a bitter fight, but has been on
a plane rather beneath the dignity of
the people of our State. However, the
contest is over and each Of US, whether
on the winning or defeated side, should
try to forget the differences of the
campaign. We all have to live under
the same officers and the same laws.
Those who have been elected owe it to
the defeated party to treat them with
the courtesy of brethren of a common
country and the defeated owe a recip-
rocal duty to those who have been en-
trusted with authority as officers of g
common country. The n should not
be insolent nor the other sulky."
The campaign is over, and vi trust
that ell the bitterness and i'll feelings
engendered by it will go with it. The
Kings Mountain Rstormer truthfuIly
says: I'm the heat of politics life long
friends often differ, fall out and even
fight, and when the campaign is over
they can't imagine why they did so.
Such is life, especially political life. It
seems to US that if there is anything a
man will fight over quicker than he
will his bench legged ise it is his po-
litical candidate. Strange, but never
theless true. Many of our readers can
now look back and see how foolishly
they have acted. They almost desire
20 hire a kicking machine and 60 out
in the back yard and put it to work;
and then vow they never will do 80
again, but they will"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15
THE MEX ~LEGIsLATUR
SENATORS

SENATORS
Chose not other wise marked are
Democrats)
First District. - Camden, Chowan,
Currituck, G ates, Hartford. Pasquo
tank, Perqlimars-Thoma G. Skinner
and G.. ". CoWper.
Second District - Beaufort, Dare,
Hyde, Martin, Tyrell, PamIico, Wash
ipgton-H L. Ward and g. W Miller.
Third District BERTHE and North.
ampton-W. E. Harris, Pop.
Fourth DistrIct H Halifax E, L.
Travis.
Fifth DIS ric5-Edgecombe-R H
8peight
Sixth D .striot-Pitt-F G. James.
Seventh District Franklin, Mash
and Wilson-T. @. Collier, R. A. P.
Cooley.
Eighth District -Carteret, Craven,
Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow-Jamet
A, Bryan and ]. Q Jackson.
Ninth District -Duplin, Fender and
y a. DaAL04 aAO L. Hill.
Tenth District Brunswick and New
Hanover-W s. Davis. \
Eleventh District = Warren and
Vsnce-T. o Fuller, Rap.
Twel tn District. A
W nitaker.
Thirteenth District - Johnston j
A Q Jones.
Fourteenth District. -Bladen, Har
nett and Sampson-F. P. Jones and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15

Thus a favorite way of the machine
to fatten is to use the Legislature to
levy blackmatl on corporations, and OF
this DIR. Swallow seems ignorant. The
machine being drained of pocket, and
lis great boss~and his satellites being
hu0gry, q bill ia introduced IN the
Legislature of g kind obj t~cuonable to
some railroad Or other ~c0p1ra5i0n that
may be picked out to bleed. The Law
Is referred TO con nitEee, reported
back to the House, Is pressed to pass
age, the effected corporation is alarm
sd, its lobbyists appear on the scene
and, go to the head of the machine:
Can't such and such a bill be de
t~eaCe03" Yes, if the corporation Will
pay the tribute demanded" The cor
poraClon pays, the machine tattens'
and then on the principle that COCA
turn deserves another, If it can De
made at some others expense, does not
hesitate to give to the corporations
power to recuperste at b expense Oh
the general public and at a mucn
| greater ratio. And so the corporations
are bled for ems Of Thousands oy tne
machine and rob the people BY MIL
llons.-Philadelphia American.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15
RLRCTIONAFTRR THOUGHTS.

No man, no matter how badly
beaten or how much opposed, should
ever apologize for doing what he con.
ceives to be his duty. Hence The Pro
GREssTVE FARMER offers no apology for
It's cource during the recent campaign.
We fought for what we believed to be
right; WI fought for it openly, square
ly, fairly and conscientiously. II we
made mistakes, they were honest mis-
takes; il VIZ did any one an injustice,
it was unintentional; if we did any.
thing vi are ashamed of, we do not
know it. What our course in future
will be depends upon the policy pur
sued by the D JmoCratic party. AS we
said last week, we propose to keep the
pledges and platform of the victorious
party before the people, and fearless y
the wrong condemn and impartialIy
the right defend" IL the Democratic
Legislature needs the lesson to be
learned from the defeat of the Fusion
lists, due doubtless to the extravaganza
and broken promises of the Fdsionist
legislature of 81, and faithfully keeps
and performs every promise, we shall
say SO, aod it shall have our endorse,
ment. 1t it fails TO keep it's promises,
we suppose THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
will get partisan again and condemn
it as strongly al we condemned the lass
Fusion Legislature.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15
T. B. PARKER
Hillsboro. N. @.

The Raleigh correspondent of the
Wilmington Messenger, November
11Eh. says:
''The State Superintendent of Public
instruction to day completed the euno.
mary OF some interesting returns from
the counties. These are complete.
They show that the superintendent for
this year for white public schools is
$537, 1875; negro schools 1924 672 As.
sessed value of white property $685..
LOG, 232; negro property SO, 476 682.
Number of white polls paying tax 178,
733; negro polls II, 638 White insL
vents IA 718; negro 10, 714 Amount
actu lily paid for school taxes by whites
$499 232; Oy negroes $50, 696
1T is very interesting to near Rapub
lican and POpulist leaders here talk
about the result of the election. The
P0pulists say they knew a month ago
That the State was going against them.
they ali declare they want the negro
question settled; want the negro elm
mated from politics. One suggests
that no negroes be required to pay
taxes ana then be not allowed to vote.
1t developed, according to statements,
that the Popullst and Republican chair
men early IN the campaign, at a con
fierce at Greensboro, agreed that the
negro QUESTION must be settled. Re-
publlcaus knew the negro had ruined
their party in this State. They say 80.
80 far not a white Republican or q
Populist has been found here who does
not rejoice at the expulsion of the ne
gro editor Manly from Wilmington,
Some say they would have aided in it
and that they wonder at the forbear
ance Of the white people there"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15
CAN ALSO GET CaILDRAN,s
SHOES

From Business Agent Parker-.sepd i,
Your Order.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Please allow me space in this issue
to say to the brethren that we are now
turning out Children's shoes and can
fill orders promptly for any size from
No. 6 up. L9t the orders come in. We
need the money /; the children need the
shoes. have had them examined By
a reliable merchant doing a shoe bust
ness in one of our largest towns. HI
say they r A 1. better than the chill
dren's shoes that he has in stock, and
he is supposed to buy the best in thu
market. Yours for Shoes,
~ r PARKED
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15

The election last Tuesday resulted in
a victory for the Democrats in this
State. But such a victory
The result is a landslide. But not
quits as complete as the elections in
1894-96. In other words, the Populists
and Republicans carried more counties
this time than the Democrats carried
in either Of the two previous elections,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15
SAD BUT ORIGINAL JOKES.

First Fusionst: Well, we're beat but
how did it happen9
Second Fusi0niet: Well, the Denis
had the Cooke and Aycock. Then
they got cur Fountain end our K .tchiD,
and seeing they were dead sure TO have
chicken pie, we helped 'em out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15

The delegation In Congress from
North Carolina will stand as follows:
First DIstrict-John 81. Small, Demo.
Graf.
Second D -strict-Geo. II. White, Re-
publican.
Third District-Chas. r. Thomas,
Democrat.
Fourth D strict-John w. Atwater,
Populist-D Democrat.
Fifth District-W. h. Kitchin,
Democrat.
Sixth District-John D. Bellamy ,
Democrat.
Seventh District-Theo. f. Kluttz.
Democrat.
Eighth District-R z. Linney, Re,
publican.
Ninth Dlstrict-W. T. Crawford,
Democrat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15

Pamlico-George Dees.
Pasquotank-J. B Leigh
PendeT-Gibson James,
Parquimans-F. b. Nicholson
Person--C. A, Whitfield.
PISt--W. J Nichols and Y u
hill. "s
Randolph M Williams !
Richmond-H. G. Wall and H.
Mclean.
Robson q B. Patterson and
Oliver.
Rockingham. H. Love and
Garnett.
Rowan-Lee s. Overman and n :
Julian.
Rutherford F. Alexander
8ampson--Allen Daughtry and T. !
Mathis.
-Stanly--J. n. Brown.
Stokes--W. ". King.
Surry--W. F. Garter.
Swain-R L Leather wood
Pennsylvania Geo. W. " ilson
Tyrrell-Ab. Alexander, Rep.
Union--R. L Stevens.
Vance--James E. Eaton (c2ll Ra,
Wake--W. II. Holland, G.. I PovoI
and J. D. BoushRIl.
Warreu--John 81. Wright. Rep,
Washington Republican.
Watauga--W. B. Council.
Wayne-W. R. Allen and J, 4
Wood.
WiIkes-W. s, Hall and J NJ RI,
chett.
Wilson-H g. Conner.
Yadkin-H s. Williams, Rep.
Yancey-W. M. Austin.