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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

There are fully 1000 campaign ora
tors on the stump in Indiana, and in
ten days more we are assured that
nearly double that number will be at
work in New York. How devoutly
grateful the people ought to be who
live in the states of this union that are
not considered doubtful.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

Natural gas, with 600 pounds pres
sure, which will force a solid flame
seventy five or eighty feet into the air,
was struck by Mr.. Il. II. Mastin at his
well between Westport and Kansas
City, last Saturday night. Mr.: Mas
tin will Immediately sink several other
wells, and at once form a company
with sufficient capital to supply the en-.
tire city at an early day. This insures
another boom for those enterprising
cities.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

Why die not the Register in its last
i.sue notice and give us some comments
Oh the remarkable speech made at the
courthouse last Monday night by MIR.
Christie, alias Chastain, a colored re-
publican orator travelling around
through Missouri speaking specially 10
his own race? We are informed, by
b ,th colored and white men that Chris
1is,alias Chastain, in his said speech ad-
vised and urged his people TO "borrow
money from democrats and not repay
them;' to s'live with democrats in the
winter, get all out them possible. and
abandon them in the springs" to "buy
goods from the democrats on credit and
not 10 pay tor them;" in other words.
Esget every thing you can out o
the id democrats, they owe it Il
you," aud many other similar proposi.
tions, and that the above sentiments
and propositions were heartily ap'
plauded by the colored audience.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22
TIGHTEN THE BURDENS OF THE
PEOPLE.

The people of the country do not
realize what they are paying in import
taxes and the republican party relies
greatly upon an illustration imprudent-
ly brought into prominence by Mr..
Harrison when he said that if men did
not know how or when they paid taxes
they could not be very much hurt by
them.
This does not at all follow.
A mans life may easily be taken and
he not know that he is being lulled to
sleep by a fatal opiate. A man may.
aud thousands of men do, kill them
selves by the use of alcoholic stimu-
lauts, and with a faulty which is very
singular TO the onlooker, attributes
every ailment brought on by drink to
other causes, and find continually but
one relief, and that in more drink.
So it is exactly with our high tariff.
1t is a tax upon the mass of the people
which keeps the millions poor, while it
enriches, unnaturally and unfairly, the
favored few. But, by a phrase, prOtec-
ton TO labor, unknown and unthought
of by the ~Originators of the system,
who openly advocated il for the manu-
iacturer alone, our people have been
lulled to sleep and made to believe that
prosperity could be brought to a
try by a high tariff, and that the peo-
pie could be enriched by taking their
money out of their pockets by Il high
tax.
The French financier and philoso-
pher, Corbert, SAID that the art of tax
alton consisted in SO plucking the
goose as to cause the fewest squeaks.
In this art mp to this time the republic
cans have been not only adopts, but
successful. The day has come, how
ever, when The goose feels the p~lucking
of its larger feathers, and the process
begins to hurt. The goose is squalking,
and its proposes to continue squaking
until the plucking is reduced to reason
able proportions.
AS Mr.. Thurman pointed out in his
speech at Port Huron, the people can
see no good reason for paying into the
national treasury as taxes upon neces-
saries of life two hundred millions of
dollars per annum if one million is
enough. More than this, they cannot
see why they should be compelled by
inordinately high protection, to pay
five dollars in taxes to the manufacture
ers of the east for every dollar that
they pay in import taxes; that is, that,
annually, while they pay two hundred
million dollars into Uncle Sans cof-
fers, they must pay II thousand mil
lions of dollars into the pockets of the
manufacturing barons OF the so-callcd
nine Industrial states. This vast sum
transferred, W ithout one cent of value
received, is robbing Ii section of the
country TO enrich the other; is plaster
ing the western states with mortgages,
which if this policy continues will lead
to foreclosure, when the autocrats OF
New England will be the landlords,
and our farmers will be tenants-at-wll,
and not their will either; a condition
similar to that which is rendering Ire
land an unhappy country when it has
the soil, climate and the genial people
to make of it the happiest on earth.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

Ask the first republican you meet
who is condemning the course of the
democratic party in this canvass if he
has read the Mills bill. The chances
are 80 in 100 that he has not. AS an
American juryman he is willing to pass
Judgment against a document without
seeing it, when it is easily to be had.
and TO say that men in congress who
are as patriotic IS he himself is, are en-
d~eavoring to strike down Ameriea5
interests rather than uphold fh6sa
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

The New York Sun says of Mr.. Har-
rison's letter of acceptance 1.-THE let
ter lacks the ring and decision noticed
in President Cleveland's document. 1t
contains few striking passages"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

Slater Index :--"Any democrat who
took part in the recent primaries and
fails to support the nominees, is not fit
to be c~ountenanced in any party"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

There was a hail and wind storm at
Dodge City, Kansas, last Thursday,
which did great damage to property
of all kinds.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

her hands; oh, see her now toss up q great
big one and saying, ~ got him; l got him."
and there she had hin, her fingers in his gills.
and can hardly lift him out OF the water. or
all the fun and excitement we ever had this
beats il all. This alone paid Us for our trip.
Inside of hall an hour some dozen of us had
caught Gall with our naked hands) one hum
dred or more fish. There is nothing here but
Il cannerv. Indian huts and Indians. They
locate tho salmon canneries where a mountain
stream flows into the 0oesn, all of these
streams being as full Of fish as this ono.
The whistle blows and we get aboard and
skip of. We go from Tongas to Loring,
another salmon fishery, but 1t being ten
o'clock ut night and raining, we do not go to
shore. After leaving Tongas aud before get
ting 10 Loring. we assembled IN the cabin,
and with the piano and violin for music, we
sang out OF Gospel Hymns n number Of
hymns and then retired. after a most delight
fully spent day. Up Monday morning.
August 20, clear and nice and scenery fine,
we arrive at Fort WranXle ut 10 o'clock aud
stay here three hours. This Is Il port of en-
try In alaska. Our cannon fires ~ we come
fNS ""N eho hhtuh tOhhU uO"h W iiOOb
us, ~ at other places, with their curiosities to
sell us. We go ashore and spend the time
In looking al the totem polls. there being a
great many Of them here, and some of them
evidently were put here many years ago over
the graves OF their dead chiefs. After Il nice
stay our whistle blows for all on board. Now
we are OIL again, going through most beautI-
ful scenery; mountain after mountain, some
clear OF snow, others black with pine and
cedar trees; going through narrow channels;
numerous inlets branching out IN various
ways. Now we see our first glacier. every
one on upper deck seeing the beautiful sight.
great fields Of snow and green ice showing
Themselves all around us, although these are
probably five or six miles away from us; the
air becomes cooler, blowing from the Icy
mountains; our OvercOats on. blanket shawls
over our laps and wraps over our heads.
Our captain now calls our attention to the
first floating Icebergs; rs We come nearer we
see plenty Of them dosiing- srn"nd. on 'hi~'-
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

President Carnot's speeches in his
tour of France show that he under
stands the value of true constitutional
republican government.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

The steamer La France coming into
collision with the steamer Sud America
sank the latter, eighty-ons passengers
and the crew being lost.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

Mr.. Harrison had the bad taste to
make his G. A. r. receptions the occa-
sion of partisan political speeches.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

The anarchist bomb-maker, Charles
Bodendick, has been arrested by the
police OF Chicago.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

Prairie fires have been raging for a
week in the vicinity Of Bismarck,
Dakota, and have done much damage.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

The question is again raised in Lon
don as to whether or not Stanley is
dead.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

Many lives have been lost in the
floods in Austria. They are abating.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

hours in passing It, 1t was SO broad, and
nothing but snow and ice. We soon arrived
at Chi lcat, the most northern port we touch
on the trip. Chilcat is nothing bur q large
salmon cannery, tho largest on this coast.
After being safely anchored we 20 ashore In
the mail boats and inspect the mOdus Oper-
and OF cutting, cleaning and canning their
salmon. First we see the large salmon just
caught and put In the basin, where one man
with II graphing hook lays them on n table,
another cuts off their heads, another cuts off
the fins and tail and takes out the enlrails.
another puts them into a wheel for cut
ting them into one pound pieces. then
u machine packs u pound into each can,
a chain then passes each can through
so der, then cooked same as Joseph B.
Silver does his canned goods. Our ship
Is now being loaded with goods from this
cannery. We have Just been out on the
steam tug Of the canning company to see
them catch salmon; they have what they call
fish traps. they bslng nets something like
a partridge not only on u much large scale ;
they lift the nets once u day. We saw them
make one haul and they counted out 584
salmon, weighing an average OF ten or eleven
pounds each, or about 5000 pounds OF fish
We lay here all day and trade with the Chill
cat Indians and amuse ourselves looking at
the beautiful maiden Indians and squaws,
some of them having their faces BACKED and
CREASED to keep from getting sunburn,; they
look hideOus. We arrive at Muir glacier In
the morning early; this is n beautiful sun
shiny day, and we hope to have such II day
tomorrow TO 20 up ON the glacier.
Thurday, August Odd. We are up at $3.50
| this morning and out on the upper deck
thermometer 40 degrees; snow all around us
on the mountain tops, some three Of the
highest beng, one 1900. another l6 900 feet
| high and hardly II clack spot (rock) showing,
being all snow. We are also In sight OF the
great Muir glacier, the largest IN the world
every passenger on board knowing we would
on the lookout. Now we see II large whale
frOlicking around IN the water; now rs ht
~ showing his large lorked tail 80 plainly we
conclude he Is standing on his head for Ou
amusement. Al $3.50 we discover our ilrsl
iceberg from this glacier. and ~ we come
closer to the glacier we boon see more ant
more. We soon come up to Pacific glacier, d
large one it IL; we pass 1t by and rs we pas'
iceberg after lDsberg, some OF them acres d
hugh masses of greep-blplsb cOlored Ice look
ing like clear glass with TIE bright beapiif4
! morning sun shialng on them. we look will
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

Two Nickel Show Cases for sale al less
MI bsll price. Apply to j. IL. SENDEN.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22
Merchants, Read This

Vostizza, Greece, has suffered from
further shocks of earthquake.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

STATE OF MISSOURI,
County OF LAFAYETTK.S
We, ID. Y Prigmore President, and X. &.
Rnor6n. Cashier, of said bank, and each OF III,
do sole swesr that the above statement IL
true TO the best of our knowledge and belief.
ID Y. PiIGMORE, President.
X. G. BOOTON, Cashier.
Subuc, ibed and sworn TO before me, this l7th
Law OF September il. ID. Eighteen Hundred and
Eighty-eight.
anI xed, ut Office In Alma, Mo-, the date last
aforesaid.
Commissioned and qualified for n term o.
piring A pril 18th, 1859
~ Il. W. NEAL. Notary Public.
Correct:-Attest
4, r.. iET yE lp,rse,o,..
j 7. GooDWIN''S
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

The indianapolis Sentinel says of
Mr.. llarrison's letter of acceptance -
at is not the letter of Il statesman. IL
is the letter of a demagogue. 1t is
uncandid, dishonest and sophisticsl in
its treatment of the principal issues
before the country and in its al;usiOns
to the other questions involved in the
present campaign it rises to no higher
level. 1t is a petiifogging document
from the first word to the last. The
impression which the generals tariff
u~tterances will produce upon the aver
age reader is that he is absolutely with
out convictions upon this question.
He begins by an effort to place his
adversaries IN q false positiOn-a posi-
ton which neither by word nor by
action have thoy shown the slightest
intention or disposition to assume.
When it is remembered that General
Harrison and his party in Indiana have
been for many years demanding reduc-
tions OF the tariff and that he ran for
governor upon a platform declaring
explicitly that the government should
in its revenue laws give
possible exception tu.azelbltsdof ,ssss
mary nsssssi !. ! ssiSsszs2aiss s.
s LII IA Az ssts!sEAesrity o.
3 <<E1Ees 90 sdS bee6fnes manifest.
s4& Ifesettied convictions would
(1z6td{ BE- capable OF such fragrant incon-
HIency. But the general is not only
,{ufincere-he Is cowardly In his dis
foassion of the tariff issue. Declaring
pHi,hself In accord with the declaration
afsthe Chicago platform he attempts t.
break the force of its demand for fret
szlisky by declaring that an occasion
bot likely to arise for the repeal O
Af<sa internal taxes. And yet the Chi.
b<to convention has said to the coun'
ktry, in plain language, that rather thar
E8~Hfrender any part of the protective
Ebystem, the republican party would
keapeal the whole internal revenue sys'
Ef1as. General Harrison says he in
G9rses the platform, but he also say
fthat the policy it proposes will not b.
carried out. We believe this is tn
first time that q presidential candidate
has ever asked the suffrages OF th'
people upon the ground that the poll
cy which his party proposed woul'
not be carried out"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

letter that q ao1etls 5ihing save
its veal - ~slization. This
lettee 8 the first public
affera&<e;H{ &s republican candidate
<i7ssth e people of the country
- ot9cttunity to take his measure and
<as i3evitable comparison with his op'
ronent must result in the conclusion
that he lacks altogether the marked
ability, the justified self confidence, the
firm opinions, the courageous bearing
and the unusual power of luminous
statement which characterize President
Cleveland"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11
CHRISTMAS, 1888!

Bisque Dolls 25c., Soc, 75c., $1.25, $1.83,
$500, $500, $500. Our Sl.OO Bisque
Doll is the largest and finest ever
7 shown here for the money.
Kid-bodied Dolls, Csc, Soc, and 81.
All other kinds of Dolls, Nankeen, China,
Wax, Bisque. and U~nbreakable, at
all prices, from one cent up.
5000 Chlldren's Books, from 5 to SO cts.
These goods are about one-half price.
Velocipedes, Hobby Horses, Desks, Chairs,
Wagons, Carriages, Beds, Cribs,
Bureaus, &c.
Mechanical toys, tin toys, bases, toilet
articles, fine vases, jewelry,
China toys, drums, papetaries,
figures, wooden toys, glass
and crockeryware, in all
styles. shapes and prices.
We have every line complete and are
making IN elaborate display of them.
We have the largest and most complete
line Of Christmas and Holiday Goods
in the State, and invite you to call.
WooLLoorT & Son,
oc161y IA E.. Martin st.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11

Everybody wants to buy the best goods for the
least possible money. and here they are: Say what
you will there is nothing so attractive as the best
quality ard Lowest Price. This combination in
DRUGS, MEDICINES and SEEDS can be found at
the old reliable Drug Store.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11
The Weekly News and Observer.

The Weekly News and Observer is a long
ways the best paper ever published in
North Carolina. It is a credit to the peo-
pie and to the State. The people should
take a pride in it. It should be in every
family. 1t is an eight page paper, chock
full of the best sort of reading matter,
news, market reports, and all that. You
cannot afford to be without it. Price
$1.25 a year. We will furnish the Weekly
NeUs and Observer until January LIST,
1889, for ST.. Send for sample copy.
Address, News AND OBSERVER Co., RAJ
EIGH, n. G. s.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11

To my farming friends and the public generally,
I wish to say that I have on hand and can furnish a
full line of Gold and Silver Watches, Gold Jewelry,
Gold and Steel Spectacles, anddo all kinds of Watch
and Clock and Jeweiry Repairing as low as honest
labor and material can be put together.
AND SEE ME. fe91y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11
THE NATIONAL FARMERS CON-
GRESS AT TOPEKA KANSAS.
POMONA. N. c.. Nov. %.


Col. l.. L. PoLK.-Dear Su:-I
attended, by appointment of the Gov
ernor, the National Farmers Congress,
held at Topeka, Kan, on the l4th,
18th and 18th inst. I went vaa Biz
mingham and paid full fare to that
point. From there, vaa the Memphis,
Fort Scott and Kansas City road the
round trip ticket was only $500.
There was a good delegation from
most of the States, while [ was alone
from North Carolina. Much interest
ing work was done, similar, | suppose,
to that of the Interstate Farmers
Convention. Being National, it was
of more varied interest, however.
Their work of course is calculated to
have it's effect on our lawmakers, as
leading agriculturalists from all the
States were present. Many resolutions
of much interest to farmers were dis
cussed and passed. !.
I was well pleased with my trip and
the meeting would have been better
pleased could | have had an Aaron
with me to have done the talking for
the North Carolina delegation, but, as
it was, your delegate did the best he
could. The next meeting will be held
in Montgomery, Ala. l hope North
Carolina will have a good delegation
there in 1889.
Kansas is a fine looking farming
country. Topeka is a great city of
some forty or fifty thousand inhabi-
tants. While there, they had their
grand celebration on the result Of the
late election. 1t seemed that near the
whole State were there and enthusiasm
ran high. Four years ago, at the same
place, they hung St. John in efigy.
Quite a change. But this is the way
of the world; so, let her go. On my
return [ spent one day in Kansas
City, a place [ visited twenty-five years
ago. 1t was hen a small village on
the banks of the Missouri river. Then,
five miles south, was a little town
called West Point; now the city ex-
tends to the latter place. Street cable
cars run in all directions. [ went out
to West Point on the cars and crossed
the Kansas river to Wyndot. Kansas
City, including the smaller adjoining
towns, covers somewhere in the neigh
borhood of ten miles square. 1t is
certainly a lively new city, with a great
future. Birmingham, Ala, was the
next most interesting city on my line,
and, being in the South, is worthy Of
mention. 1t is fast becoming M of
the great American centres-a fine
city, we'll built, with a grand future.
I took the trip during my busiest
season, and in my hurry to get hack |
did not stop to "take in" many places.
I was from home only ten days, but
[ feel we'll paid, if l did go at Il sacri
fee for the good of Old North Carolina.
Yours truly,
J. Van LINDl.EY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11
SEE WHAT
MRS. %JOEPERS0N'S REMEDY
WILL DO FOR
NURSING MOTHERS { FEMALE TsuvslEs'

HopEwELL, P. O., M~ecklenburg Co., N. G.
MRS. JOE PERSON:
Madam:-Four years ago l took a
violent cold, which resulted in quinsy,
and after suffering almost death, got re-
lieved, but alas, the disease was in my
system, and eliminated in a womb
trouble, which caused me great suffering
that winter and spring. l could scarce
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I would pray to die. I begged my hus-
band to let me try your Remedy--he
bought me one box and it has made a per
Indigestion, and furthernl"'t, after the
birth of five of my children. | would
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Neuralgia. I have not been uoubled with
either with my last two children. l keep
a bottle of the Remedy in the house all
the time, my husband says it is better
than doctor. With all my other children,
I had great trouble with them through
dentition. [ can truthfully say, never did
children cut teeth with so much ease and
as little trouble as my last two have.
Whenever [ see any sign Of their teething
[ commence taking the Remedy, it keeps
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Very truly,
MRS. ABNER ALEXANDER.
Send for pamphlet containing testimo-
malls of cures made among our home peo-
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11
NOTICE!

Having been appointed Executor OF the estate OF
Henry ". Rhodes, of Marks Creek township.
Wake county, N. c., this is to notify all parties
holding claims against said estate to present the
same for collection within the next twelve months,
or this notice will be p'ead in bar of their recovery;
and all persons indebted to said estate are warmed
to come forward and Ia &c settlement at once.
J. w. SMITH. Executor.
Dec. I, 1893 lift
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11
For Sale--Jersey Cattle !

Of all ages. Registered, Pure Bred and Grades.
Berkshire Pigs. One Norman Stallion, five years
old, and grade Mormon Colts. Yearlings and
j. M. HARRISON,
se116m Prop. Mill Bridge Stock Farm.