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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CONVENTION.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
Pursuant 50 cali. the Peoples party
of the Seventh Judicial district assem-
bled in convention at Maxton, May
18th, for the nomination Of candidates
for Judge and Solicitor. Hon. John D..
lowers, one Of the original Populists Of
Robson county, was made permanent
Chairman, and j. T. SeawelI, Of Moore,
Secretary. Herbert B. SeaWell, the
present Solicitor, was nominated q
candidate for Judge Of the Superior
Court by exclamation, and J. 2. Cam
eroa was endorsed for Solicitor. The
convention was well attended, haE-
monious and enthusiastic.
J. Z. sEAwRLL, Sechy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
NEWSPAPERS TO BLAME.
American Newspapers Told BIanco
She Was Coming.

Tampa, Fla, May 17-Every news.
paper correspondent at Tampa has
been officially notified that in future
no mention must be made of any expe.
dition similar to that of the Gussie last
week, until the success of the expe-
dition has been assured by the return
Of the boat. Army officers are much
chagrined over the failure 50 place the
sorely needed arms, ammunition and
supplies, with which the Gussie was
started. into the hands of the insur-
gents. They believe that, had not such
wide publicity been given to the affair,
the chances for success would have
been much greater. 1t had been ar.
ranged by Captain Dorst that the in
surgents should meet the expedition
and take care of the supplies, but the
fact that the news of the contemplated
departure of the Gussie was published
almost twelve hours before the hour
fixed for leaving, "a undoubtedly
communicated toGeneraIBlanco at once
and enabled him to establish an eff
fectuaI patrol Of the coast.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
STATE NEws.

aEAm Of the State Press-Drops # Turpentine
and Grains Of Rice from the East Clusters
81 Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
S~eEth-staIks Of Corn and Grains of
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
aud CottOnS Seed from the South
Astock company has been formed at
Monroe to establish a telephone sys
TEN.
samI Ferrabe, of Winston, who shot
himself with suicidal intent last week.
died, says an exchange.
new war song, Under One Flag"
Oy Mt. E E. Forsythe, of Raleigh is
growing in popularity, We expect to
publish the words in a few weeks.
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. William
hlOert is said to be the only Forsyth
GtIzen now living, who fought in the
Mexican war. He is drawing q pen
sion OF $40 per month.
Our Superior court held here last
week was remarkable for n thing
and that was that there we're no State
VI county prisoners in Jail, nor was
any one committed to al during the
~fm.-Chatham Citizen.
Owing to irreconciable differences
Us'Ween the parties composing the
tu'ler Machine Co., it has been de
~1eu oy mutual consent to put it in
Nv hands OF a receiver. Elk Sheriff A.
4On mas been agreed upon as receiver
VIII probably accept the position
-L%nOlnton Journal,
last Thursday as T. D. Medlin was
Alng into town, and while about
bn Jules from here, he was attacked
osrke coachwhip snake. The snake
Al ulm a lively fight but he happen,
Oh nave a stick in his hand with
snaru Ehe reptile was killed. The
Mo- measured nine feet in length
~'u'Oe Journal.
na,,5 understand a young man with
LifaeaSe license in his pocket came to
to- last Saturday, and became
Iean audllar with spirits, showed the
tormooss and in return therefore was in
de Cy the prospective bride that
adv iu not marry him. The young
~LisefVes a medal for her courage.
"''e'on Reporter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
CUBA A LAND OF PLENTY.

So Says Senior Book, Who Is Waiting
For Permission to Return to His
Plantation on the Tsland--The Present
Blockade Gould Not Force Havana
into 4 Surrender in 100 Years Twenty
thousand American Troops, He
Thinks, Could Not Take Cuba.
KEY WEST, May 1s Senior G Book,
the wealthy Havana cigar merchant,
who is waiting here for permission to
go to Havana on the German steamer
Polaria, denies the stories of the euf
fering and starvation Of the people in
the large Cuban towns. He claims to
have over 6 400 men working on his
tobacco plantations, and, incidentally,
raising fruit enough for themselves
and a large community besides. Senior
Book says he is informed as to the real
situation and can set as many more
men at work raising food stuffs when
ever needed. The farmers who are
raising produce for the Spanirds, he
explains, r armed and protected by
14C AOWC4 @G4C@4WS &C 6S5C&&S GA9B WAS
present blockade cannot starve Ha.
vana or any other part of Cuba into
suTrendering in q hundred years.
When asked what was becoming of
the Cuban population meanwhile he
shrugged his shoulders and remarked
"Tne stories Of the burned fields and
desolated farms between Havana, Sa
qua la Grande and Matanzas told by
America Investigators were true when
written, but a fortnight puts those
farms in working order when protec
ted by the government, and we are
raising a crop every 40 days.
1.-The island will be captured by the
United States; the force against us is
too great, butit will be many months
yet. lam a German. Yes, I am also
a Spaniard, but I wishit were all over
tomorrow. Yet it will never end as
the war is now being carried on.
Twenty thousand American troops
landed there cannot take the island.
It ia not like the Philippines. The peo-
pie Of Cuba are armed by the govern
ment, and they will fight. How soon
I go I do not know; / wait now for the
permission. I know the situation and
am not afraid of starvation in Havana.
Further, you have but four weeks now
to the sick season and fighting for you
then will be impossible"
The naval authorities here are said
to be fR hting vigorously against the
release of the Polaria. They say her
admission to Havana now would be
the height of folly, and it is believed
that the permit which it was under
stood had been granted her to proceed
to Havana, If it has actually been is
sued, will be Cancelled on representa-
tions to Washington. Naval ofic sre
point out that while the Oienfuegos
cable has been cut, cable communica.
ton between Havana and Madrid ie
still continued. probably through the
Santiago de Cuba cable, which it is un
derstood was to be cut by q detached
vessel of Rear Admiral Sampson'e
squadron. Thus. while the situation
here is so critical that the censor is
s~uppreesing all information az to the
direction and movements of the two
United States equadrena, it would be
most unWise to &c nd to Havana q self,
announced Spaniard and an English
newspaper correspondent. Mr.. Knight,
of the London Times, both of whom
are fully informed of the very facts
this govern msnt is endeavoring to keep
from Spain.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
r BAGIBY,

Ye that mourn, let gladness mingle with your tears. He uas your son, but
% hi is the nations He made your household bright; now his example
innresa q thousand households Dear to his brothers and sisters, he is now
brother TO very generous youth in the land. Before, he was narrowed, ap
Before, he was gOurs; he is yrs He has died from the family that he might
live Il the nation. Not one name shall be forgotten Of neglected; and it shall
bv and by be confessed IF our modern heroes, az it il Of an ancient hero, that
he did more for his country by his death than by his whole hfe-BEECHER.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

In England there has just been in
vented an apparatus called the Tugrin
fog dispeller. 1t will enable a pilot
or the officer in the coming tower of
Il warship to see through the denSest
fog objects several hundred feet away.
During the experiments bricks lis
feet from the mouth of the dispeller
were clearly visible in a dense fog.
Without the dispeller one could see
nothing at distance of fifty feet.
The apparatus consists of an out
look pipe eight feet in length and
three inches inside diameter. At the
mouth of the tube is wide tiange. A.
pipe of the same diameter, connected
with blower from the engine. enters
the tube from below. The outlet tube
may be pointed in any direction.
When the dispeller is in use the
blower sends a powerful stream of air
up through the pipe into the tube, and
the current hurtles into the fog, bor-
ing hole through it, as it were. The
action on the suspended moisture is
two-fold. The fog is rolled back in
every direction, the high pressure OF
the blast Produces cooling influence,
and the moisture in suspension con.
denses and falls in rain.
A great cone of clear atmosphere
with its apex at the mouth of the tube
results.
With the aid of this fog dispeller'
pilot can readily pick up his buoys
in fog and keep a lookout for APP.
preaching craft. With a powerful
blower, the inventor hopes to make
the contrivance useful at 1000 feet
Galveston News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24
NEWSY CLEANINCS.

Geer. Republican, hal 1871 plurality
for Governor Of Oregon.
The Nicaragua Canal bin will not be
pressed at this session OF Congress.
Lieutenant Commander J. D. J. Kelley
has been appointed President of the Naval
Auxiliary Board
The officers implicated with DR.. Jameson
In the Transvaal raid have been reinstated
In the army with few exceptions.
The most rigid precautions against yellow
fever have been taken by Surgeon Generals
Steruberg and Van ReyDen, Of the army
and navy.
Mail reports Of the battle Of Manila re-
ceiyed In L0u7ion show that Dewey hand
ling Of his ships commanded the admira-
ton Of neutral spectators.
Prince Alexander Galitzine, member OF a
high Russian family has been taken to
Bloomingdale Asylum New York City, de-
clared to be hopelessIy insane.
General Merritt declared in a speech at
San Francisco in favor Of anueXlns the
Philippines, saying that what the. navy
has won the army will hold"
Mrs. Stewart l.. Woodford, wife OF Gener'
al WOOdiord, American. Minister 10 SPAN
arrived at New York from Havre on the
II'"|i Inn A'"aHhhlp La
hEr daughter.
Colonel John D. Morisay, a COLORADO
pioneer, vino made and lost seVerallortu g
and who was once worth 20, 1000, OOO; died II
poverty in Leadville, Col, and his divorced
wife viii bury him.
The gwners ofthe British steamer Roman
which towed the disabled steamer IL
Champagne, Of the Compagnie General
yransatlantique, into Halila1 on IeDru
J ary a. lave been awarded +i5o'o savage
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

Let a man once fall into the habit
of pottering, OF tinkering at his house.
his body, his character, and always
there is danger that he will become
a confirmed cobbler Where he should
rip off a rotten roof from ridge to cor
nice. he will stick Il shingle, piece
OF slate, Il scrap of tin, amid ever in
creasing leaks, dry rot and general
decay. He braces, and holsters, and
patches walls and fences until his
farm looks as though it had combi-
nation OF Saint Nitus dance and de-
Iilium tremeus. He thinkers at his poor,
perishing frame with cure-aIlS and To-
tions, pills and plasters. He braces
up his decaying virtues with good
resolutions, and poultices his vices
with good intentions. He fences his
follies with certain--or rather, uncer-
authorizations. And, after all, he
is the same old man. Decaved and
decaying, weak here and warped there;
ont Of plumb, disjointed and covered
with patches that do not renew him
nor mend him at all, but merely EN-
phasize his degeneration. Ladies
Home journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

Several well known cyclists have
lately, it is said, been rejected as un-
fit for military service by means of
hypertrophy and other diseases of the
heart. Medical men will be rather
surprised that the numbers are so
small. There must be few of us who
have not seen the ill-etiects Of over
exertion on a bicycle. The comuonest
is palpitation and temporary dllata-
ton: but even this i sometimes very
difficult to cure. In case which oc-
Cured recently a lady ordered for a
fortnight's change Of air after IN
fuenIa. chose to spend it in bicycling
about fifty miles day. As result.
she has had, ever since that time,
now nine months agO-a pulse which
on the least exertion rises to l2O,
though she has not ridden again. That
temporary dilatation occurs is enough
to show the great strain pnt upon the
heart, and it is an added danger that
the sense of fatigue in the limbs IL so
slight. The rider is thus robbed If
the warning to which he is accustomed
to attend, and repeats or continues
the strain upon the heart. As in other
similar cases, the effect is to render
that dilatation permanent, which was
at first hut temporary, and to cause "a
increase in the muscle Of the heart by
repeated excrtion. The heart pro
duced is of large dimensions and thick
wulls-a condition which may, per
haps, give little uneasimess to it.
owner, but which a medical man Wi. |
view with considerable distrust AMI
apprehension. Weakly and elderly
people cannot be too often told that
no exercise is more easily abused,
though if taken in sensible measure
few are more healthfuI or enjoyable.
British Medical Journal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24
.s1aIklNo ncHTa Zoe YEARs acc.
So,sI aud scientific Method. Adopted By
savage and civilized Peoples.

Sol aud scientific Methods Adopted By
S.var. and civilized Peoples.
II has been less than 100 wears since
civilized humanity used many odd de-
vices for the purpose Of obtaining ire.
In this country, then, claiming 10 be
"enlightened, the finder box, with
steel flint. was the apparatus most
generally used. However, if there
was no finder box in the house, the
old fint-lock musket, with few grains
of powder in the pan, together with a
few shreds Of paper or creased rags,
we're considereda household necessity.
Rubbing sticks together until they
we're fired by friction was the method
used by the savEges of that time IN
nearly all the lands OF the globe.
There was one single exception, how
ever, to all Of the above, as well as
any of the more common methods OF
striking light, and that method was
practiced by a rude tribe OF semi-say-
ages inhabitiug eastern Thibet. Curl
Gus as il NAV seem, these rude sayages
obtained fire by strictly scientific prin-
ciples, which involved a wonderful
/ knowledge Of compressed air.
The apparatus used consisted OF
/ wooden cylinder two and half inches
/ long 10y three-quarters of an inch IN
/ diameter. which closed at one end.
Into. this cylinder (which tapered of
at one end until it was not larger
than a common lead pencil was fitted
an air-tight piston, which had large,
fiat knob at the top the other end OF
the piston was slightly followed out,
the indention bring intended for the
reception of a small piece of finder or
punk. When this apparatus was IN
use it was held in one hand, the piston
being inserted with the other, and
pushed about half way down. very
sharp blow was then given with the
palm on the piston. At the same ~
slant the fingers were closed around
the knob and the piston instantly with
drawn. If everything had worked TO
perfection the scientific savage was
usually rewarded by finding that the
finder had been lighted and fire
assured. Sir William Gill, an Eng
lish scientist who Investigated this
queer mode Of striking light, says
that at requires skill to use the fire
producing apparatus, as well as science
I to invent it. San Francisco ChrOni-
Gle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

4 charming anecdote Is told # Pro-
fessor D'Arcy Thompson. While col-
Quoting examinations at a certain AM
versity he learned that one OF the stu
dents to be examined. young lady,
was so timid and so nervous that It
was likely that she would not do her
self Justice and he was asked 10 make
allowance for this. Professor Thomp-
son asked to be presented to her be
fore the hour for examinations, and
after meeting her suggested that as
they had few moments at their dis
posal he would be pleased ifshe would
show him about the museum. She
gladly asseuted to this, and they spent
a delightful half hour. When the
dreaded time approached the nervous
ness of the Young woman became ap-
parent. Finally she summoned cour-
age to ask when the ordeal would take
place. The conclusion Of the story is
obvious. Professor Thompson told
her the dreaded hour was over. While
they sauntered about he had put her
through a rigid examination. She had
answered his questions brilliantly, and
more than satisfied him.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

The most magnificent and costly
pearl necklace in the world is in the
possession of the Countess Henckel,a
lady we'll known in London and Paris.
1t is made of three historical neck
laces. each of which has enjoyed con-
siderable celebrity in former times.
One of them, valued at 500 ooV, was
sold to the Countess by Il grandee OF
Spain, and it is known as The neck
lace of the virgin of Atohha; the sec
ond belonged to the eN-Queen OF Ma
Piles. and the third was the famous
necklace belonging to the Empress
Eugene, and by her lately sold to a
London ieweler for 800, ooO.-NeW
York World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood.

!: What suffering frequently results
from mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mother 5 neglect to
properly instruct her daughter.
Tradition saws woman must suffer,
and Young women are so taught.
There is little truth and great deal
of exaggeration in this. II young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to q physician fer eNamlna-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkhan's address is
Lynn, Mass.
The following 1etterfrom Miss MARIE
F, JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa, shows what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs,
Pinkham helped her:
my health became so poor that L
had to leave school. | was tired all the
time. and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. l was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. l was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
nv friends became alarmed. My
mother, who is a firm believer in your
remedies from experience, though per
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
Won for advice. I followed The advice
you gave, and used Lydia E. Pinkham
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
YOU directed, and am now as well as
ever was. have gained flesh and have
a good color. am completely cured G.
irregularity."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24
THE LABOR WORLD.

- 49,. d. CO.,, D, f,.+o-i,,
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V"e'ec mas '"'''S -'"o 9''"' '''
Germany has Gi2, 600 working women.
Toledo. Ohio. has "A union of 326 news
boys.
The Unitcl States contain more than
so 600 miuers.
p..,,, .,r,.,r.. .Ior,.s lonorJ Wadnes-
day half-holitav.
,roor.. .;.1 .,,l,. half million tradas.
,,,,ini,.'. -, ,.' y" w -" ''''''
-
iTte az, ".,N ',," '''''' -
Tue ''N"N" o' '.''''''H
Waco, IeNt~. is now strictly an eight
hour town for carpenters and painters.
Competitiou of convict printers with free
men has been abolished In New York state
The treasury Of the United Pattern
Makers Society of England contains $50
600.
Az y ras,,lt NJ q striI,, in +be Maintain
tran ,ninas ,,t I,,5}inr Coi DO hundred
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

From he Democrat, Goshen, Ind,

From he Democrat, Goshen Ind
When neuralgia is accompanied bya duh,
heavy pain near the heart, frequently be-
coming intense, it generally terminates
fatally. Mrs. Nancy Flynn, who lives near
Goshen, Indiana, survived such an attack
and her advice is worth needing.
In the fall of 81. " she said, Il began
to have trouble with my heart. There was
a sharp pain in my breast which became
rapidly worse. The doctor was puzzleG
and put me under the influence OF opiates.
These sharp attacks followed one another
at intervals and became weak and had
haggard look | was constantly in pain,
seldom slept and had no appetite.
AT the,end of two years | was confined
to my couch most of the time and the doe
tors agreed that my death was only mat
ter Of a short ti1n".
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24
A Serious Time.

"When had finished one box noticed
an improvement In my condition, and when
had taken twelve boxes was completely
cured Those pills have done for you
what we could not do said one of my
physicians, they have saved your life
That was two years ago and my heart
has not troubled me since. believe | owe
my life to DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, and take pleasure in telling 9TH
ers about them"
Among the many forms Of neuralgia are
headache, nervousness, paralysis apoplexy
and locOmotor ataXia. Some OF these were
considered incurable until DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People were formu-
lated To-day thousands testify to having
been cured Of such diseases by these pills.
Doctors frequently prescribe them and
all druggists sell them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24
Spreading Rails Cause Wreck.

Roanoke, Va, June 2O.--A passenger
train was wrecked two miles west of
Shawsville. Three persons were killed
and several injured. Engineer Horner
was buried beneath his engine and Fire
man Sadler was so badly scalded that
he died two hours later. The train was
running down grade attthe usual rate,
and just at the entrance of a cut the
fange of the outside rail broke, derail-
ing the engine. The mail coach. jumped
over the embankment and was over
| turned, being completely demolished
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

Some experiments recently in Bel
ciun tend to throw doubt on the truth
OF the assumption that insects are
Guided TO flowers by the brightness Of
their colors. Brilliantly, colored dahiias
were covered so a. to show only the
discs. and butterflies and bees sought
these flowers with the sane eagerness
and frequency as those which we're
fully eypusei. The conclusion reached
that the insects were guided 10y their
sense OF smell rather than by their
sight seems conclusive. philadelphia
Record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24
Try AIIsn,. Faat-Tass.

A powder % shake iu the shoes. II you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, Try A..
lens Foot-Ea-., IL rools the feet and makes
Walking easy. Cur-s swollen and sweating
feet. bli-ters and cali1u- spots. Relieve.
eorns aud bunious % pain and giyvs r-~tarI
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and shoe stores for 2jc. Trial Package FREE.
Address. Allen 5. 0lmsted. lie Roy. y. 3
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without ii. Cascarets. Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin today to
Danish pimDles. boils, blOtches. blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists. satisfaction guaranteed, Zoe, 25c, SOC.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

A town official in Middletown, Conn,
was recently sentenced to thirty days
in Jail for contempt of court in falling
to have the town hall opened for a
session of the court.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

Mrs. Weeds-I'm so sorry for you!
Did your husband have his life in
sured?
Mrs. Younglove--Yes, but what do
| care for that? Oh, my burden is
too great!
Mrs. Weeds-There, there, poor
child! l know just how you feel. I've
been through it all. But don't lose
the policy; you'll need it presently. -
Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

By wav Of variety she deliberately
md openly yawned.
''You frightened me, said he.
Really
"Er- well. / was more grIeTed than
II looked as IL might
never see your face again. -Cmria-
natl Enquirer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

The Swiss city Of Lausanne, with
only Al, 00p inhabitants, has seventy
two girls schools and fifteen boys
schools largely frequented by the ing
hsh,