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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

Tnr victory Of Spokane yesterday, In the
Kentucky Derby, Is the most crcditablo
performance In the annals Of the turf.
Spokane, with us pounds up, boat Proctor
Knott the Western crack, In the phonom-
email time Of e.3il. This breaks tho rec
ord, just as Mcmphis-cntcrcd horse
might be expected to DO. Luke Black.
burn aged three, with 1902 pounds mp, at
Monmouth Park, August IL. 1850, covered
the distance In 2.3i. Fircnzl, In his four.
ysgr-old iorn,wil ll3 pounds up, Angus.
= lSSS, made it in ?3L Jim Guest, al
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

CmcAoo. H., May a-Owlng to the fact
that work In the Pullman shops Is slack. Il
Is reported that about i.2Oo employees have
been laid Of. or about IS per cent Of the
icgu or f-.'c. aud that the wngcs Of iao
Others have been reduced This action. Il Is
said, is only temporary. o. several large con.
tmcis are coming bach will give employ.
mcnt 10 the full force.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

TuE reception to Gov Gordon, Of Gcor.
gia, by the people and Governor Of New
Jersey yesterday Is one Of the notable
signs Of the times. Tho speech Of Gov
Gordon on the occasion, which we pub.
lish clsOshcre Is in fine temper and is
worthy tho ablcs, Of the public mon Of
Georgia, and Que OF the ablcsi men In the
country.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10
hound AhenipnIn,h.

DuLurH, Mimi, May o.-Ficrcc forest fires
are burning In Northern Wisconsin, east Of
Gcogcbic Lake. Several railway stations
have been burned, aud report, from the
Ncrmillion range state that al the towns In
that vicinity nrc surrounded by flames.
Great damage has been done 20 timber. All
the telegraph wires from there into Duluth
have been down for two DAYS.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

and paying the bank bonds 80 long ago
repudiated. The people cannot afford
always to stand in fear and dread Of these
bugaboos. II constitutional reform is
needed, they should hold a convention in
spite Of Impossible rascality foreshadowed
by The Eramhler.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10
An Old Officer nena.

ST. LOUIS No, May "a private dispatch
received here this noon reports the death 10
day at Orlando. Fla, Of Gen. William 4
Harvey, the oldest officer Of the United
states Army. Gen. Harvey was born In
August $500, aud was retired some Eve
years Ago.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10
I'm Mlnnesofa.

FAmn,uLr MINI, May o.-Firc broke out
In the timber near the walcott Mills Tues
day night aud spread rapidly over the
wooded country between there aud Fair.
bault destroying everything. The farmer.
abandoned their houses anu removed their
families aud household goods 10 open fields.
The damago b estimated at sDO.nOO.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10
AI,out Adrian. Mich

ADRIAN, Mich, May 0.-Extcnsivc wood
fires are raging In this county. Stephen
Carpenter, aged sixty.two, while lighting the
flames on his premises In Madison, Tuesday,
was overcome aud died Of suffJcaiion before
assistance could reach him.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

ST. louis. No. vaY a--i,lvcr feet and
falling Weather t,ftiy aud warm. Departed.
Cly of houfoc. Nfirhoa
LOUISVILLE ~. Nay p.-illvcf falling. with
iccl lncact on ~" FILLS and icctG inches In ne
canal Weather taif and warm.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

ASoKA, MIN, May o-Potcr Hanson,
aged fourteen, was instantly killed yesterday
by Northerd Pacific passenger due here az
0'i5. Tho boy irll 'pd the train struck him
and cut or the tfp - his head aud one Lex.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

SOME OF the Northern Democratic pa
pcrs are discussing the question OF n can
didate for President in 1892, but do not
seem TO DO able TO get beyond Hill or
Cleveland. They are beyond doubt good
men, but we agree with Tile Picksb,rg
Herald that 'any Democrat with ability,
good record and a national repu.
taton, under the present circumstances,
would be much stronger candidate than
either Cleveland or Hill. Such candi-
date could and would steer clear Of the
factions In New York, while promising to
treat all good Democrats fairly and justly.
New York is Democratic State, and in
this way II could be moro certainly kept
in line than in any other way. The time
Is not too far of for Southern Democrats
TO begin to discuss these things that they
may decide on some plan 10 avoid the
local New York quarrel and secure a
national victory" The corruDtonists Of
New York sold us out the last time, and
they will do 1t again. We must do as the
Republicans do, go West for candidate.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

workings accumulates, and the mangled
bodies were not recovered for some time.
The mine is operated by the Alliance Coal
Company It is an old-working mine and
the shaft is 500 feet deep.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

DISCUSSING the failure Of the Lcgisla-
urc to pass tho Moody bill The NaJuac
Herald condemns Gov Taylor's part In the
performances, and says he "velocd bill
that was step In tho line Of Democratic
thought, Ms W. think, ior no good aud &C.
ccplablo rcasou.p
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10
10 CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS

We solicit letters and communications upon sub.
jccts of general interest but such must always be
accompanied by the name aud address Of the
writer. ns a guarantee of his good faith and re-
spouslbiity No notice can be taken Of anony-
nous communications
Communications for publication must be written
on one side Of the page only, and, with all other
matters connected with the editorial department,
should he addressed: 10 the Editor OF Tho APP
zeal, Memphis, Tenn.
We cannot, as rule, undertake 10 return articles
not found suitable for publication.
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Meteorological Report.

WAR DEPARTMENT. U. S SIGNAL SERVICE
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May o 1889
Shth Mer Time Bar. Temp. Hum
y a. mss. sssss'suV ~
Spm................ .........,... .5luu9 rs %
Maximum temperature s.; minimum tempcra
turc, os Rainfall for day, 600 River gauge, 3
PM. l.2 change in past twenty -four hours, 90
fafI
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10
FOREST FIRES.
Re. 'orts stlll Pour In OF Great Damage
being Done at Many Places.

HuIHH DOHe uI hIuhy FIhcoH.
MARQUETTE, Mich, May 0.-Tcrriblc forest
has are still rigging In this section. The viii
lcsc Of Norway Is surrounded by flames.
Two buildings have been burned at Vulcan
Iinc, and miles Of flames are spreading
throughout the homestead district. Bruce
Crossing and Matchewood have been de-
strOyed, the refugees seeking safety in
bitches and cellars, and many are missing.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10
THE WEATHER.
Indications.

~ WASHINGTON, May ., 1889.
For Alabama and Mississippi Fair sta
ND tionary temperature; variable winds.
For Arkansas Fair, followed in western
portions by light rains southerly winds slightly
cooler in the western portion stationary In the
western portion.
For Tennessee Fair. southcrly Winds stationary
temperature in eastern poriion slightly cooler in
Mcsicrn norton.
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OXFORD, MISS.
Resolutions Adopted by tho Faculty OF
the University on tho Death OF DR..
r. a. p. Barnard.

r. a r. barnhFa.
To the Editor Of tho AppctE
UNivEnsrrY on Missistrri, May ST. am
authorized 10 furnish you aNcopy Of the
resolutions touching the death Of DR.. Bar.
nasd We shall be very much obliged II
you will give them room In the columns OF
your valuable paper You- respectfully
JoHN WESLEY JonSsoNh ,Fsr
Secretary OF the Faculi.t
RESOLUTIONS
OF the Faculty Of the University II Mississippi con.
| corning the death of Dr barnard.
| lNiyEHuY 90 Niuiss iri, May DIT nrnnri,
cN'chanrullor Of the Uuittrsi ui Mississippi died
biz homo 10 New iofg city. During BIZ conncc.
ton with tbs university tNu ycar az Professor 81
Mathematics aud Autonomy. thrcc ~ president
and two AZ chancellor. he always discharged his
highest efficiency Aiicr b. departure from 30,
| indtutiun be always manifested Aeon Interest in
| u, wcllnfc This iiculty the ciotc
Resolve, That We hear ~ his death With rcgriiui
sorrow recognizing The itst that In Il The unlycr-
| siiy has lust q friend the cause 81 education
| sifuur support and science n vigorous ndyoCa'c
| ! hat We rCincmlcf with feelings 81 admimtiOn
/ hs many noble achlutcincu IN science. his cum
| mHnliuf position among educator his numerous
aud Instructive cpntubuilus % ncnufai literature.
That Ne would respectfully tcudot 10 his h..
1 uatcd VII, our cuuduicnCe and ylupau >. aud
rNpnua to her o n qualification that bis he. pro.
| uI.hfd o. the young men 81 the Couutrt On exam
] pc wOrthi 10 their Initiation.
That these resolutions b. sprcnd un0n the min.
/ uirf ~ the Faculty, q copy forwarded b. Mrs..
liirnnrl ~ the OKisrd pipcn, b. the Afalaacls
| nnd TIA ATRIAL ant 20 the New Nurk EItaiHy
A true COPY from the MINUTES
ions WEstrY JOHNSON.
foCrutary Ut TIE faculty.
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THE MEMPHIS APPEAL

TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-10

OUR NEw YORK OFFICE
Eastern Office Of THE APPEAL. No 70 Tribune
building New York. J. T. Van Dorcn, Special
Eastern Agent
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27
THE CROP OUTLOOK.

TT Attest returns estimate the
IL American wheat crop OF 1889 at
500, 600, 900 bushels in excess Of last
wear. This will leave not less than
$50. 0O0. 900 bushels of wheat for ex-
port. Last year the exports OF wheat
-four amounted to $4,000, 0OO?bush-
els Notwithstanding the obstacles. to
the export trade that were created by
speculative operations in the Chicago
wheat pit. In the present favorable
conditions the corn crop of this year
promises to be enormous Last years
Weld of Indian corn vas estimated to
be nearly 1000, OOO, 600 bushels, and
it is probable that it will be exceeded
considerably by the crop of this year:
Last years exports of Indian corn and
corn meal amounted to but little
more than $4,000, 900 bushels. But
In consequence of the short crops OF
wheat and other cereals in Russia and
Austria the exports of Indian corn
promise to be greatly stimulated in
order to supply the poor of Europe
with cheap bread.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27
A

DR WEASEY, Botanist of the q,
LIS. DEPARTMENT. of Agriculture says
the Chicago Farm, Field and SochmGa,
has just completed a new bulletin on
the agricultural grasses of the United
States, comprising not only the infor.
nation contained in the bulletin on
the same important subject, issued in
1884, but. a great many important adj
ditions. There is an important and
interesting chapter upon the cultiva.
ton of grass as an agricultural indus
try, containing many historical facts,
and numerous very practical sugges'
TONS In addition also to the scien,
tifc description given of each variety
or species of grass for the benefit OF
more investigating minds, the Doctor
gives considerable information of a
more practical nature in regard espe-
cially to those grasses which have
been found by experience to be the
best adapted to the wants of farmers
in. different sections of the country.
Practical suggestions, for instance, in
regard to the quantity of seed required
per acre, as to date of sowing, best
time for cutting, the soil and climate
to which the various grasses are
specially adapted, and in the case of
pasture, suggestions as to the proper
combination of different grasses to
secure the best results; all these facts
are plainly set forth, so as to be with
in the comprehension of any prac-
tical and ordinarily intelligent reader,
however unfamiliar with scientific
names. The report on the chemical
composition of American grasses by
Mr.. Richardson has also been repro
duced in an appendix to the present
bulletin, as well as a glossary of the
terms used in describing grasses. The
work will be embellished with 100
plates.
The bulletin comprises a number If
valuable comments both from botan.
lists and scientific observers, and from
practical farmers giving their opinions
and experiences with the different
grasses. Altogether it is probably
the most complete publication on the
grass question yet issued in a prac.
tical and convenient form, and should
be, as it doubtless will be, found in
the library of every intelligent, pro.
gressive farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27

they cannot buy the cotton at the
price at which they sold it; that the
Trust and the Liverpool Cotton Elk.
change may resolve to their hearts
content against cotton hagging, but
they wiH BE- forced to surrender to us;
that the farmers must not listen to
the spectators and conspirators, but
stand firmly together, and a brighter
day will soon dawn upon us. Georgia
adopted a resolution urging every cot
ton farmer in the South not to sell a
pound of cotton COR less than twelve
andra half cents per pound.
All the States, as far as heard from,
adopt the constitution for the consol1-
dation. Hurriedly, L. L.: P.
T. San Alliance man, a regular
Is Georgia cracker" came dressed out
and out in cotton bagging. Three
hundred and sixty members IN, his
county have uniform suits of it and
they are literally the, cotton bagging
brigade. a)e ... =
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27

ance. He was a typical hayseeder.
AS we first saw him on the street. his
walk-anything but graceful-hair
disheveied, ashort-stemed clay pipe
in his mouth, he looked anything but
an orator. But when Bro. j. b.
Freeman, of Henderson county, got
aroused he had the undivided atten-
ton of his audience. I have listened
to Hale, Everette, Daniels; Voorhees,.
Falandigham, to our w Vance and
scores of others, but l. never heard
such a voice before. Not only great
volume but a rythmitic sweetness
that was wonderful. We hope the
"twin babies" are boys and that
they will take up their fathers
mantle. =
Z OLD FoGY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Eifel Tower (Paris) was
struck by a thunder bolt on the goth
inst. without any serious damage be-
ing done.
The Chicago Farm, Field and
Stockman says: "Never before in the
history of this country has there been
such a desire and concentration of
effort for the education and enlighten-
ment of farmers as at the present
time"
The Baptists, Methodists and
Presbyterians of Norwood, Stanly
county, united in a meeting last week.
Up to Friday night there had been
about thirty conversions and the
meeting was still going ON. The
awakening is interesting and wide
spread.
The Farmers Alliance in the
neighborhood Of Laurinburg, in Rich
mond county, will hold a grand anti.
trust, basket picnic next Thursday,
the 29th inst, to which a number of
speakers have been invited, among
them the editor of this paper, and he
will be present.
Stanly county voted last Thurs.
day on a proposition to subscribe
100000 to the capital stock of the
Yadkin Railroad, to be built from
Salisbury to Norwood. The subscrip-
Etion was carried by a majority of 701,
and the prospect for the early build.
ling of the road seems to be good.
It is said that among the mem.
bers of the present Georgia Legisla
Eture there is an old:time typica,
Edarkey. His name is McIver, and he
represents the county of Liberty, the
stamping ground of the numerou'
false Messiahs, King Solomons anc
Queen Marys. He is more than Il
years old, and has the appearance @.
the family carriage driver of the
wealthy ante bellum Southern planter
The Charleston Nes0s and Con
rter, of the 2lst inst, says: GA well
known dealer and exporter of rio,
said yesterday that the outlook TO
the rice crop is now exceedingly
gratifying. Reports from differen
sections say that the rice is in exec
lent condition, in fact better than 70
years. The crop on the Pee-Dee an,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27
FIELD PEAS FOR FODDER.

It is stated in the American Agr''
cWttWsst that tho field or COW pea Is
one Of the most valuable plants for
the South. The writer has seen a
crop of cow peas which yielded tour
tons to the acre of most excellent 100
der and it-ieft background in the bes'
condition for sowing wheat. be
knows of another farmer who soWea
peas among his corn at the last pillow,
ing, covering them with the pillow, anu
the yield of the two crops was a ton
and half of corn fodder and at IeaS'
thirty bushels of peas to the acre.
with a large quantity of pea straw
which was also a good cattle food
From this he very sensibly concludes
that the common opinion prevailing
that the South is not a stock country
is entirely unfounded. With the
long growing season, the really rlcn,
but badly managed soil, and the gres'
variety of fodder crops and feeding
stuff, it is not at all exagerating tie
matter to say that the beef cattle csD
be raised to 1000 pounds in three
years, at a cost Of one cent per pouno
live weight, and in addition there Is
large quantity of manure which j
really invaluable to the Southern
farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27
: EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

TIE who would believe that the
Ill great movement of the farmers
and wealth-producers of this country
is only a rippled surface, caused by
sentiment or sudden ebulition of pas
sion, should have witnessed the action
of the representatives of Southern
agriculture in their meeting at Mont
gomery this week, and the great
gathering of Georgia farmers in their
State Alliance which. has just ad-
journed.
He would have seen that the com
motion is deep, and is moving with a
force that will be irresistible. That
principle and conviction r involved,
and that the masses are being drawn
together with common sympathy,
common interest, common purpose
and inhexible determination.
The meeting at Montgomery was
harmonious and earnest, and will bring
forth good fruit. The resolutions,
the essays, the speeches and the action
of the body, all showed that the great
material interests of the country are
being zealously looked after, wher-
ever and in whatever capacity their
representatives meet.
The Inter State Farmers Associa-
ton planted itself solidly, squarely
and enthusiastically on the great
platform of the Alliance: Equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none" It declared in emphatic terms
against jute bagging and the jute
trust, and adopted unanimously the
stalwart resolutions of the Hon. W.
j. Green, which we're adopted by our
State Alliance against trusts, COM
bines, pools and monopoly. The AS
g~sociation elected it's officers, except
Mr.. Youmans, of South Carolina, was
elected e -President from the State
at large, and MI. g. F. V~andeford, of
Nashville, Tenn, was elected Secre-
tary. It will meet in the city of Nash
vile on the third Tuesday in August
next. 1 will give the proceedings
more particularly hereafter. was for.
tunate in having the privilege of visit.
ing the Georgia State Alliance in ses.
sion in this city today. 1t was a
large body of earnest, intelligent,
patriotic and brainy men. Indeed !
cannot remember ever to have seen
a body Of farmers superior to this, and
was profoundly impressed with the
fact that they were, to a man, tire
mendously in earnest. But I mus
stop. Greatly worn by the excessive
labors of the past ten days, | mus
seek the sleep and rest SO great!
needed.
Let The PROGRESSIVE FARMER tel
our good brethren in North Carolini
that Georgia and the whole South ar
with them in their resistance to trust
and combines; that we will throttl
the baggtng trust; that thousands O
gamblers in futures all over the Ian,
are " shaking in their boots" becaus
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27

the South Santee rivers is, however,
under water to a great extent and is
badly damaged. IF the crops else
where are not overhoWeds said 1.-THE
dealer, 'and the weather is favorable,
you can make the prediction that the
crop will be very fine. It ought to
commence coming in within the next
three weeks
y Latah county, Idaho, comes to
the front with an ice mine. The dis.
covery was made in Pine Greek Can.
Won, it is said, two thousand feet
above the sea. A chilling current OF
air, comming from the direction of a
bed of moss was the first thing, that
attracted the attention of a party of
geologists to it. They removed the
moss and discovered a vein of ice 500
feet long andsfrom four to six inches
thick. The several layers of powders,
debris and ice a~lternated to a depth
of forty feet. The biologists think
this formation belongs to the glacial
period.
We are glad to be able to an
nounce that Col. Mann Page, of Bran.
don, Va, has consented to contribute
an article or series of articles fol-. The
PRoaREssivE FARMER on railroads.
His well-known ability, his great op-
portunities for knowing the "true in.
wardness" of the situation makes him
prominently fitted for the task. The
Colonel. is Vice President of the Vir-
ginia State Alliance, and we appreciate
and thank him for his compliment to
The PRoGREssIvE FARMER for taking
the position it has, and adds "That
every brother should subscribe for
their papers and so encourage such
papers as are willing to lay before the
people the naked facts in regard to
the management of chartered lines of
public transportation, how they are
conducted and to whom Partially is
shown, and that cannot be bought up
to remain silent for railroad ADVERTISE
ments and free tickets" i~@E pt,.%
The experiment stations Of the
United States are now said to employ
more than three, hundred and seventy
experts in agricultural science and
practice, and are supported by a ma
tional appropriation of $500, 900, to
which the States add about $685.
900; $725,OOO a year may seem a
large sum to expend annually for
agricultural experiments, but it is less
than ten cents for each of the $780,
600 farm.workers of the country, less
than two and one-half cents for each
of the 80 1000, 900 of our population
directly dependent upon agriculture
for their support, and less than one
and o%ne-fourth cent for each. of the
60, 900, 900 of our people who consume
the products of our farms. The farm.
ing lands, farm implements, and live
stock of the country are estimated to
be worth $l2, 600, 000, 000. The ex.
pertinent stations cost us, therefore,
about 1928 a year for every, million
dollars invested in agriculture. Or
reckoning the annual value of the
products of our farms at $4,000, OO0,-
600, we r now spending about
33 l-3 cents for every thousand dol.
lars worth of products in an attempt
to increase the value of those products
in future years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27

Bro. R. j. Powell, of Wake, is a
clear-headed, practical farmer, who was
always on the alert and kept the good
of the Alliance ever before him. Cool,
clear and lucid, he invariably made a
good impression in his talks.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27

We gave you in No. % our impress
sions of our President-elec Bro.
Carr, and we are disposed to add, un-
less we are greatly mistaken, there
will be some effective work done in
the next two years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27
ALLIANCE NOTES.

ALWAYS give the, name and number Of
your Alliance, your. postofice and your
county, plainly, when you write to the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance.