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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21
ADOPTION OF THE CAT.
When II Was Introduced TO Human
society IL n Mystery.

1t is impossible to trace the origin of
the domestic cat with certainty to any
existing species or variety Of wildcat.
Indeed, the time at which the cat was
first domcsticatcd and introduced to
human society is simply a matter of
conjecture. Prof Shaler expresses the
opinion that the demonstration of the
eat must have been much later than
that of the dog, while naturalists give
reasons for believing to the contrary.
Some people agree with Prof. Shaler,
and for this reason: That dogs were
probably first domesticated in order to
assist in hunting, and, therefore, prob
ably in what is called the hunting age
Of human society. whereas the cat has
"owh"rc been rorcr"liy used as hunt
.-t -,-.-,A. re CO.. :. re
garious; he loves TO hunt III racks, and
when introduced to a human family. he
regards the family as his pack and
hunts accordingly, so that he is easily
made serviceable by the human hunt
er. The cat, on the contrary, is I'M
social; it lives alone and hunts alone,
so that it cannot be expected to be cas-
lily trained to hunt, either with IT en- or
for men. In fact, the only member of
the cat family that has been known
to have been trained to hunt is the
cheetah, though an ancient Egyptian
painting, which may be seen in the Brit
ish museum, represents a cat which is
apparently assisting a hunter to catch
birds.
There is another reason for thinking
that the cat must have been adopted
by man after the hunting age. namely,
the cats wonderful attachment to To-
calities. Animals like the wolf, with
which the dog is most closely allied.
follow their prey over vast tracts of
country, and seem entirely destitute
of local attachment. The wildcat, on
the contrary, settles down in particu-
lar spot and waits for it's prey to come.
When removed from its accustomed
habitat it seems to lose its skill. and
therefore would be useless to man in
a hunting age, because in that age
men seldom had fixed habitations, but
roamed abroad, where game was to be
found. OF course. much of this is con-
lecture. Whether the cat or the dog
was first adopted by man cannot now
be certainly known, but the cat was
we'll known as domestic animal at
an early period of human history
Boston Journal.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21

| was reading an advertisement of
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy in the Worcester Enter.
prise recently. which leads me to write
this. can truthfully say | never used
any remedy equal to it for collie and diar-
rhoea. | have never had to use more
than one or two doses to cure the worst
case with myself or children. w. A.
Stroud, Popomoke City, Md. For sale at
JaDeck Bros. Drug Store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21

M. l.. Yocum, Cameron, Pa, says 81
was a sufferer for ten years, trying most
all kinds of pile remedies, but without
success. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
WAS recommended to me. | used one
box. 1t has affected permanent cure"
Az permanent cure for piles DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve has no equal. Janeck
Bros. drug store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21
beauty IL blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic clean your blood and keep it clean
by stirring up the lazy liver and driving
all impurities from the body. Begin to-
day to Danish pimples, boils. blotches
blackheads. and that sickly bilious com
plexion by taking Csscarets,-beauty for
ten cents. All druggists; satisfaction
guaranteed, 10c, Csc, soc.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21
This Is Your Opportunity.

On receipt of ten cents. cash or stamps,
generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
SO Warren St., New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr.. Of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. l
can emphasize his statement, 1T is posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used RS directed. ~
Rev. Francis w. Poole. Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21

1t is great leap from the old fashioned
doses of bue-mass aud nauseous'Iphyscs
to the pleasant little pills known as De
Wits Little Early Risers. They cure
constipation, sick headache and bilious
hess. Janeck Bros. drug store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21
BKUTHENS,
Sc Warren St., New York Gil

The farmer, the mechanic and the
bicycle rider are liable to unexpected cuts
and bruises. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve
is the best thing to keep on hand. 1t
heals quickly, and is a well known cure
for piles. Janeck Bros. drug store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21

THE KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT
Ea. the N
ia' s!mile ~ O.
>/ |1~NS>e<|" wrapper.

Thirty five years make generation.
That is how long Adolph Fisher, of
Z,nesvlle, O., suffered from piles. He
was cured by using three boxes of De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, Janeck Bros.
drug store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21

Children like it, it saves their lives.
We mean One Minute Cough Cure, the
infalibe remedy for coughs, colds, Group
bronchitis, grippe and all throat and
lung troubles. Janeck Bros. drug store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-21

nT0O THE HERAD and keep
NT8I posted. One dollar
"AD a year; 3 months CSC
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
Kidney and UricAct id Troubles Quickly Cu1a,
You May Have a Sample Bottle Of Great ~
covery, Dr.. Ki1rner's SWamp.Root Sent y
Free by Mail.

Men and women doctor their troubles
SO often without benefit, that they get
discouraged aud skeptical. In-mest
such cases serious mistakes are made
in doctoring and in not knowing what
our trouble is or what makes US sick.
The unmistakable evidences OF kidney
trouble are pain or dull ache IN the
back, too frequent desire to pass water.
.scenty supply, smarting irritation. AS
kidney disease advances the face looks
shallow or pale, pUffI or dark circles
under the eyes, the feet swell and
sometimes the heart acts badly.
Should further evidence be needed 10
find out the cause of sickness then set
urine aside for twenty four hours; il
there is a sediment or set ling it is
also convincing proof that our kidneys
and bladder need doctoring. A fact
often overlooked. is that women euf r
as much from kidney and BLADDER
troubles as men do.
DR.. Kllmer'e Swamp-Root is the dis
covery OF the eminent physician end
scientist and is not recommended for
everything, but will be found just what
is needed IN casn Of kidney and had
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK !
KANSAS.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
In another one Of his arGIcles. Mr..
Matthews says:
There may be inquiry as to how
Kansas could pay off so much of her
mortgage Indebtedness since 1890 One
reason is that a change in the law in
that year gave the mortgage the priv
lege of paying eff a mortgage in install
ments of 500, or multiples of that sum,
and thousands of farmers awaited them
selves Of that privilege, and this year
will see their farms clear despite the
hard times. But how did they get the
money, even the small sums9 The an
sWer is found in the Rmezjng produc
%tiveness of Kansas since 1890, notwith
standing the crop failures. The State
Agricultural Departments figures
show that since 1890 the farmers of the
State have raised in crops and live
stock nearly 50. 600. 600, 600 worth OF
produce. The value of those seven
years of produce is more than the ma
tional debt Of the United States. The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
RALEIGH MARKET.
COTTON.
WELL PLEASED.

I am we'll pleased with THE PROGRESS
sIvE FARMER as an adv ersising medium
My ad. IN it is bringing me many in
quiries, many more than / expected
and what is better, it is bringing me
orders with thu cash. For those who
wish to reach the farmers and poultry
men Of that great farming and truck
ing section between Richmond, Va.
and Savannah, Ga there is no better
medium. Hardly one tenth of the
replies to my ad. mentioned your pa
per, but as I am running an ad. in no
other pepper, I know it ia your paper
that is doing the work.
WALTER L. WoMBLE.
Breeder of Thoroughbred Fowls, Raj
eigh. N @.
February 26, 1898.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

A Piece of Barbarism that Meets No De
tense in Any Quarter.

A Piece Of Barbarism hat Meets No De-
tense in Any Quarter.
Last July President Mckinley ap
pointed a colored man, named Baker,
postmaster at Lake City, a email town
in Williamsburg county, S. @. The
appointment ives d~ispleasing to the
white people of the section because OF
race pre- JUDGE. and also because it was
understood that it vas made in yey-
ment of a political debt arising from a
deal made at the st. Louis convention.
On account of these feelings it was
found impossible to obtain any place
in the village for the post Office, and
it was located in a email s~chooihouse
on the outskirts On the night of Mon
day, the 21st, a mob surrounded
| Bakers house and set it on fire. When
the family attempted to escape they
were greeted with volleys of rife bull
Elets and Baker fell dead at the first fire.
His wife was wounded and q baby boy
in her arms killed. Two daughters
were wounded, and according to some
reports fatally. The deed has called
forth the strongest condemnation, and
from no source has this been stronger
than from the representative newspar
pers of South Carolina YORK
Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
cATARRH CANNOT BE- CuRE1

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Oatsrrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it YOU
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catsrrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly On the blood and C
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. II was prescribed bv
one of the best physicians in this coun
try for years, and is q regular prescrip
ton. I5 is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood
purifiers, acting directly on the mu
cous surfaces. The perfect combina
ton OF the two Ingredients ia what pro.
duces such wonderful results in cur
ing Catarrh. Send for testimonials.
free. +. j. CHENEY & Co
Props, roleOo. 0.
81 Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Mention this paper when you write.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
Tor Sale

Cabbage Plants; the hardest. larg-
est, earliest and best known varieties
Wakefield and Succession, grown in
the open air, from seed Of Henderson
6 Co, and Thornburn & Co New
York; will stand heavy free zing With.
out irjnrv. Price. less than s 900,
81 so: s 900 to 10 600, 81 25; owe 10 600,
81. Special express ate very low &c
all points. Address: NORMAN II
BLTTCH. Express Agent and Post
master. MeegetS, 8 Q.
Mention this narer when YOU write
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
NATIONAL SHROPSHIRE RECORD
ASSOCIATION.

At the meeting Of the National shrop-
shire Record Association held at Lang
ing, Mich, February 22d, a number OF
enthusiastic Shropshire breeders were
present.
Rules of Entry, Constitution, and
Articles Of Association were adopted
which embrace features of the record
ing business that will tend to higher
quality, Uniformity and purity of
blood in Shropshire sheep.
Rules of Entry. Constitution, ETC.,
will be printed and ready for distribu-
ton about March 15tb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

J. T. B. Hoover, Secretary-Treas
urer North Carolina Farmers State
Alliance, will speak at the following
places:
HYDE COUNTY.
Swan Qurter, Tuesday, March 9Th,
at IL o'clock a. M.
Juniper Bay, Wednesday, March
9th, at IL o'clock a. m.
Lake Landing. Thursday, March
10Th, at IL O'Clock a. m.
Fairfield, Friday, March 18th, at II
o'clock q. m.
He will have samples from the shoe
factory, and represent the Business
Agency. The puolic are cordially in
vited to come to hear him.
BEAUFORT COUNTY.
Pantego, Monday, March 14th, II
o'clock a. M.
Yeativille, Tuesday, March 18Th, II
o'clock q. NJ.
Hunters Bridge, Wednesday, March
10Th, IL o'clock a m.
Acresvllle, Thursday, March 17Gh,
II o'clock a, m.
Beaverdam. Friday, March 18Th, II
o'clock a. m.
Old Ford, Saturday, March 18Th, 8
O'Clock p. m.
MARTIN COUNTY.
Bear Grass, Monday, March 21st, 9
o'clock p. 10.
Jacksonville. Tuesday, March % ad.
II o'clock a.. m,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
GOOD EVIDENCE.
New York. March 8.
February 26, 1898.

NEW York. March 8, 1898
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh,
N. @.
DEAR SIR:-As strong evidence of
our opinion concerning your paper as
gn advertising medium, we simply
mention that we have always had it
on our list and our advertisement has
never failed to be in a single issue dur
ing the season of advertising.
Yours very truly,
GERMAN KALI WoBKs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

For RELIEVING THROAT DISEASES.
COUGHs AND aOARsENEsS use "BrOGUn 8
Bronchial ITOches. Sold only In boxes.
Avoid limitations.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

"A scheme AouCCCIGQ 10 ELCNGHG IL
Major From "E x%tinguishiDg" Himself
In War--Wants A Government Home
For 'Incurable Married Men"
B-"Helcl Mr. Editor"
R-"Hellol Msjor. Hope you have
gotten over your angry feeling toward
your better half"
B.-"But I haint got over it. I'm
madden now than I've bin fer sum
time. In fack I'm too mad ter tell the
truth or act honest. L I were ter take
q lot ov butter ter town ter sell I'd
make it half beef taller OF sumthing ov
the kind. If cum stranger was ter Ok
me who wuz the farther ov my coun
try I'd tell him Benedick Arnold or
Jesse James. I'm too mad ter see
strate an feel to mean ter look a dog
square in the face"
Rim afraid your digestive or
game are out of tune, o else you are
growing old and childish. Evidently
something is wrong with you, for you
e report yourself in a good humor
nowadays. 1 pity you"
B.-"You are mistakin'. I kin digest
anything frum buck wheat cakes to
raw potatoes An I'm not gittin' ole
ter any considerable extent. In fack /
feel like a two year Old The trouble
IL mostly on account ov var failin' ter
cum accordIn' ter skedule. You see l
didn't much wanter go ter war when l
Wuz tryin' ter scare Betsy. But she
made me so blamed mad that l hRvn't
got over it yit. I wanter go ter war
now. Anything ter git away trum
this naborhood Every time I cum
inter the house Betsy wants ter know
how many Spanish I've slain durin' the
day or somethin' ov the sort. l5 makes
me so ALFRED mad / can't breathe a
Christian breath. The diplomats an
the plutercrats are wurkin' awl sorts
ov skeemes ter prevent wal now that
I've got IN the noshun ov d5n' shore
enUf, an l believe that Betsy Is at tnr
bottom ov the whole business. She
don't want me ter go ter war an VIII
glory fer myself an my descendants
She liz wurkln' ergInst me just like she
did durin' ov sum perlitical campanes
in the past. Toe Amt no encourage
ment fer a married man ter live In this
Wurld. Sum INES l SIT dow n n think
it Rwl over I look back an remember
how Wimmn' new bin giEln' man inter
truble ever the wurld began. !
kin see poor ole Adam n know jist
how he feIG wnen Eve got him inter a
peck Ov truOle erOOut sum apples an
peaches. l KIN aWlgo see poor Samp1oD
after he got ruined when DelIian cut
off hJz hair, which WIZ the secret Ov
hiz CRATE strength Solomon had toe
r~eputashun ov bein' the smartesG man
on earth at one time. But after he ned
married SIX Or seven hundred times he
began ter go down hill an folks didn't
appreciate hIm enuf ter put up q
monument ter hIz memory. OF course
sum folks are always a DRAWN lucky
numbers. But / don't belong ter that
class. I think the government orter
establish a home fer incuFable married
men an let those ov US who failed ter
draw lucky numbers go there an
spend the balance ov our days in peace
Gudebye."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

A Scheme Concccted To Prevent The
Major From "t xtinguishiDg" Himself
In War--Wants A Government Home
For "~Incurable Married Men"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
NOTICE.

In writing US, please give us a listd
your neighbors end friends not mi
su ecribers to THE PROGRESSIVE FA
MEP, but whom you think might n
the paper if they knew its merits. vi
will thank you for so doing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

g disorders or troubles due n :,
q id and weak kidneys, such |
catarrh of the bladder. gravel. n,
5Ism and Bright's Disease, ah,osq
toe worst form of kidney troubls
c0rrects inability to hold urlnp I
smartIng in passing it, n proro.s
overcomea that unpleasant NJ ce.sitr'
being compelled to get up many IT,.
during the night.
The mild and the extraordinary "a.
of this great remecy is soon resl,s
1t stands the highest for It's wcnd, /
cures. Sold by druegiete, pIIce a.
cents and one dollar. So unIvers.r
successful is Swamp-Root In oucs
curing even the most distressing COO,
that to Prove it's wonderful merit ;,
may have a sample bottle and q Inv
Of valuable information, both sent j
solutely free by mall, upon recent
three two cent stamps to cover cost
postage on the bottle. Mention RaIoi
Weekly PROGRESSIVE FARMER and so
your address to DR.. Klmer & q
Bnghamton, n Y. This generous Of
appearing in this paper Is a guarsnl
Of its gcnuinonesa
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
POLITICAL

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
Many of our political enthusiasts gre
30 strongly opinionated and so aggresg
lively ultra that they narrow down
within their own circumscribed views,
and honestly think that everybody
who differs from them are wicked or
incompetent. They do not seem to ap
prehend that, as human nature is weak,
they themselves may be wrong; or, at
least, Incompetent TO judge those who
are carrying more than they aTa even
able to estimate.
It is true that a very small lad can
lead q gentle pony as soon as he can
keep from under its feet, but it re-
quires a stronger and more experienced
hand to manage a noble span; and it
demands the most skillful charioteer to
gather up the tangled reins over q fly
ing chariot drawn by q thousand rest
less, fiery, wilful war horses, and guide
them safely or surely to any greatly
desired result. It is even 80 in politics.
One good, honest man may be amply
able to lead his party to good results in
his county where only restricted, sim.
pie elements prevail, but when he be
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

am sure that those who advertise
in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER are rich
ly rewarded / was overwhelmed with
replies to my ad. in it.-B. +. White,
Mebane, N O., February Is, 1898
Griggs courier., 1898-07-29
TRADE REVIEW.
Check In the Phenomenal Movement
Of Grain-Business Not Dis
turbed by War.

New York. July pr G. Dun & Co.. in
their weekly review OF trade, say: "a
state of war does not disturb business
But reaction after phenomenal move
ment of grain causes relative loss, which
many mistake for decrease in the volume
Of trade. So much grain has been re-
quired and shipped during the past u
months that decrease was inevitable,
and granger and Pacific roads show q loss
in earnings even compared with 1892,
though not much yet compared with last
year.
AFTER the surrender at Santiago barely
week Of rest has preceded the sailing Of
the Puerto Rico force, but meanwhile the
presidents proclamation opening Santiago
to trade on terms singularly favorable to
Inhabitants there, and the rush to build up
business in western Cuba, are occupying
the thoughts of many enterprising firms.
Reduction of one-half in the tax heretofore
paid. with honest instead of Spanish ad-
ministration. brings home to Cuban resi-
dents the meaning OF the change, and
they also learn to use money of which u
paper dollar is as good as gold. which is,
for them. step forward. ..
with abatement of foreign needs and
prospects of excellent crops in many for
eign countries wheat has declined during
the week three cents in price. Corn still
goes abroad in astonishing quantity, all
the circumstances considered, exports
having been in three weeks 5,077, ,S47 BUSH
els. against 6.GS5, 1895 last year. TheSprice
has not changed in spite Of the decline in
wheat.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-29

PROF. CHARLES E. MuNRoE, noted
chemist and dean of the Columbia uni
versity. has been experimenting with
jovite, new explosive. and predicts it
will take the place of gun cotton on
the Vesuvius. Jovite is the invention
of a Swiss named Blomen and is a
mixture of certain coal-tar products
and a metallic nitrate. 1t can not be
exploded by concussion, but it has an
energy equal to dynamite. Shells fill.
ed with jovite have been fred throu oh
IA inches of nickel steel armor with.
out bursting until after coming out at
the far side,
Griggs courier., 1898-07-29

A RESIDENT of West Gouldsboro. Me-.
has in his possession curious stone.
the size of which is constantly increas-
ing. 1t was found so years ago on the
shore of cove by the brother of the
present owner, who carried it home
because of its remarkable resemblance
70 large egg. Afterward it was nc.
tlced that the stone had increased in
size; and in ten years it had doubled
its weight. Originally the rock tipped
the scales at about ten pounds, and
now. at the end of 80 years, it weighs
C5 pounds. Large sums have been Of
fered for the curiosity.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-29

Adm. CAMARA is English on his moth.
ers side. for his father. who was q
marine captain. married Miss Liver.
more. in Liverpool He. like his com.
rade, Adm. Cervera. graduated from
the naval academy at San Fernando,
which he entered in the very year that
the latter was leaving (ls5l). He saw
service in the Morocco expedition. and
did not gain his captaincy until 1871.
In private life Adm. Camara is some.
what OF moody recluse. He is an an.
cient monarchist, and was one of those
who advocated the giving of the crown
Of Spain to Alfonso XII.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-29

LAST winter Commodore schley re.
marked to company of gentlemen in
New York, that if the time should
come when we should have any diff.
hculty with foreign nation, involv.
ing naval operation, there would prob.
ably be some surprises in store in
connection with the performances OF
our gunners. He stated that the prac.
tice of gunners in the Unitec States
navy, firing at targets, ETC., was, he
believed, more thorough and better
than In any other navy in existence,
and that the Workmanship of the gun.
ners In tho American navy was super
ior to that of any other.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-29
THE ISLAND PUERTO RICO.
10000 Under Gems Miles
and

the Union dock in Brooklyn Sunday.
The sight was al the more significant
as the cheers came from Spanish
throats. The 254 prisoners captured
on the four prize steamers now in port
were about to sail for home under the
British flag. They were on board the
Hesperia, of the Anchor line, and just
as she backed out of the dock one of
the patrol gunboats came by. With
one accord the prisoners raised three
mighty cheers, which startled the peo-
pie on the Brooklyn shore and could
be heard on Governors Island. 1t was
the best they could do in thanking
Uncle Sam for the kindness lavished
on them while they were prisoners.