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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04
VEGETABLE BUTTER.
Family of Plants Which Takes the
Place of Cows in West Africa.

Place of Cows in West Africa.
Butter is the name given, in a
chemical sense, to all Oleaginous sub
stances which remain solid at tenn
perature of seventy-one to eighty-six
degrees Fahrenheit, For popular pur
poses it is a misnomer, as all the fatty
matters included in the term could
hardly be used by modern housewives
even for culinary purposes. The
plants yielding the butter, although
not confined to one country, nor even
to one natural order. are nevertheless
more abundant in West Africa and
India than in other parts of the world,
and are mostly of the order Sapotacea.
The Bassia Parkii, a plant indigenous
to West Africa, and which derives
its specific name from the renowned
African traveller, Mungo Park, is
particularly rich in the product,
and is source of great utility and
profit to the natives. The fruit Itself
when ripe is eaten by them, and is said
by travellers who have tasted it to be
not unpleasant. 1t is about the size of
a large prune, rather sour, but other
wise of an excellent flavor.
The butter is obtained from the
seeds. The following is the manner
in which the fruit is collected and
treated: The crop commences at the
end of May and finishes during the last
days of September. The women and
children go each day into the forests.
especially after storms and tornadoes,
and fetch large baskets or calabashes
to the village filled with fruit which
the wind has brought down. They
throw them into cylindrical holes. that
are found here and there in the Bam-
barra villages, even in the middle of
the roads. Whilst in these
holes the fruits lose their flesh.
which rots off; they are left there dur
ing several months, sometimes for the
whole of the winter. The nuts are
then placed in kind of vertical oven;
fire is kept up under them, and this
causes them to lose their moisture.
As soon as they are dried, the shells
are broken, and the white kernel is
peeled. and then ground and made into
homogeneous mass Thi; is then
placed in water which is kent boiling.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04
Jewellers IN ROCKS.
Lieutenant Schwatka Discovers a Queer
People in Mexico.

Lieutenant Schwatka Discovers q Queer
People in Mexico.
All doubts as to the existence of the
cliff and cave jewellers, concerning
which there has been 80 much con-
troversy for many years, to say moth
ing of an expenditure from various
sources of over five hundred thousand
dollars in efforts to prove that the race
was extinct, have been set at rest.
Lieutenant Schwatka," the noted ex-
plorer, arrived here a few days ago.
During his trip he has made discover
les that in an archaeological sense are
important. His party has been sue
cessful beyond all expectations in their
explorations. and especially in South
western Chihuahua Here living cliff
and cave jewellers were found in great
abundance. and as wild as any OF the
Mexican tribes before the Cortes con-
quest. The abodes in which they live
are exactly similar to the old
abandoned cliff dwellings of Arizona
and New Mexico, concerning which
there has been so much speculation
and so much money spent in investi-
cation. 1t was almost impossible to
get near them so wild and timid were
they, being moreover exceedingly
frightened by armed white men. The
cliff jewellers of the Barranca Del
Cobre are most of them stark naked,
wearing only, as Schwatka says, "a
wild look and a pair of rawhide SAN
dals." Upon the approach of white
men they fly to their caves or cliffs by
notched sticks placed against the face
of the cliffs if too steep, although they
can ascend vertical stone faces if there
are the slightest crevices for their
fingers or toes. At one point a woman
entirely devoid of clothing. fled
to a river bank upon being surprised.
Being unable to cross she climbed
notched stick twenty feet high. and
then assembled a perpendicular cliff
fully fifty feet high, the alternate hard
and soft strata, forming inches an inch
Or two in depth, which she had utilized
in climbing. A flock of children, upon
being surprised, fed to the rocks and
low brush like SO many quail. The
notched stick, or monkey ladder, lead
ing to the cliff dwellings, as seen in so
many places in the Sierra Madres,
may account for the cliff dwellings
in Arizona and New Mexico being
pronounced inaccessible, the sticks
having rolled away and left the
buildings unapproachable to the dis
coverers The cliff jewellers discov-
cred by Lieutenant Schwatka are sun
worshippers, throwing their newborn
children out in the full rays of the sun
on the day of their birth, and showing
by many other forms their devotion to
the great luminary. They are unusu-
ally tall and well formed. with skin of
blackish red, very much nearer the
color of the negro than the copper
colored Indian of the United States.
From Information secured it is esti-
mated that the cave and cliff dwellers
number from 10000 to IL, 900. They
are armed only with horns. arrows and
stone hatchets. On. NJ. Let
ter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04

African teak wood weighs from
forty-two to fifty-two pounds per cubic
foot works easily, but wears away
tools rapidly on account OF the quanti-
ty of slick in it. 1t contains an OIL
which prevents the iron in contact with
it from rusting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04
LONE HOLLOW;
Or, The Peril Of the Panroys.
A Thrilling and Romantic Story
OF Love and Adventure,
Oh JAMES NJ. MERRILL. AUTHOR OF BOGUS
BILL FISHER JOE" AND
OTHER STORIES,

dco2yriJat, 1882 By tie Il " Ke,lo71 Tsrs-
paper Compdnyl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04

EVIDENCE seems to show that age affect
the intensity of sleep more than the fro
quency of dreams.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04

lido lift up a hearty
prayer that We may
never have a President
who will not either pur-
sue, and compel his
Cabinet advisers to
pursue, the civil-serv-
ice policy pure and
simple and upon a just
has $, allowing m e n
accused to be heard.
and deciding against
them only upon compe-
tent proof and fairly
either have that kind
of a civil service, or,
for Gods sake, let US
have that other frank
a n d bold, il brutal,
method of turning men
and women out simply
political opinion.
Let US have one or the
other.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04

The folio wing example of the dead
" parallel will repay attention:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04

Especial Dispatch to
the Globe-Democrat.
First Assistant Post
master-General Clark
son still continues his
work of decapitating
fourth-class postmas-
tiers of the Democratic
variety and substitut-
ing for them Repub-
licans- During { h e
week Just CT os Q d
changes were made in
Lola offices. The high
est number OF changes
made in one week was
I.0i6. The latter num-
Der broke the record.
" hic b breaking oc-
Cured about the mid
die OF May. The past
week gave the record
\ close call, although
Mr.. ClarkSoa made no
special effort. Since
the incoming of the
present administration
over ITO o Democratic
postmasters OF t h e
fourth class have re-
tired from office either
voluntarily or involun-
tarily.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
LETTER FROM ANTIOCH.
GATH, n. c., Aug. Is, '89

GATH, N. c., Aug. Is, '89.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Will you please give
me space in the columns Of your
esteemed paper to let the Alliance
brethren know that Antioch Alliance
is still alive and at work. Although
we are weak in numbers, we hope to
make up in zeal the deficit in mum
bers. The brethren of our Alliance
are working together, with a determ.
nation to throw off the bands OF
tyranny that have in the past 50
efectually kept the poor farmers bur
dened with troubles. We have de-
termined to exert our most strenuous
efforts To annihilate all trusts ana
monopolies, that so unfeelingly Cypress
the poor farmer. We feel conhden1
of success, for in union there Is
strength. The Alliance is fast mar
monizing our people and strengthen
ing their affections for each other:
We expect to contribute something
to the Business Agency Fund as soon
as we can. / hope every AlnaIOo
will do all within their power to RAISE
the fund. I would suggeSs
to those who are mo-
already members, and who are ellglOs
to membership, that they come ln'U
the ranks at once. Why neglect sucn
an important part of the farmers sue.
cess? And brethren, let each one OF us
put our shoulder to the wheel anu
push; when this is done, the Vlc'0ry
is ours.
Much success to Col. Polk! Much
success to The PROGRESSIVE FARAEh.
Long may its columns continue "
proclaim to our brethren the tldlng'
of Joy; that the farmers are tast 10
coming consolidated and harmonlzeu
together as an Alliance band trom
North to South, and from East l"
West. Fraternally yours,
s. w. ANDREWS, Secy'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03

will make our support, with all the
rain we have had, if the season is
favorable from now on.
But, brethren, to revert to the ALI
ance, it is one Of the greatest things
that has ever been gotten up for the
farmer. Just our little lodge, alone,
has saved this year, in what little
trading we have done, over one hun
dred dollars. When our business
agency enables us to all go together
then indeed will we be "solid."
We have elected J. S. Holt, Presi-
dent, and j. G. johnson, Secretary
for the ensuing term.
With best wishes for the success of
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and the
earnest, heartfelt hope that an AL
wise. God will bless the Alliance in its
efforts to do good, | am,<
F~raternally yours,
j. G.. JOHNSON, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03

allowance of the special rate or rebate
was essentially unjust and,corruptlng;
it wronged the small dealer, often
times to an extent that was ruinous,
and it was very generally accompanied
by an allowance of free personal trans
portation to the larger dealer, which
had the effect to emphasize its evils.
There was not the least doubt that
had the, case been properly brought to
a judicial test these transactions would
in many cases have been held to be
Illegal at the common law; but the
proof was in general difficult, the
remedy doubtful or obscure, and the
very resort to a remedy against the
party which fixed the rates OF trans
portation at pleasure, as has already
been explained, might prove more in
furious than the rebate itself. Parties
affected by it, therefore, instead OF
seeking redress in the courts, were
more likely to direct their efforts to
the securing of similar favors on their
own behalf. They acquiesced in the
s~upposition that there must or would
be a privileged class ~insrespect to
rates, and they endeavored to secure
for themselves a place in it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
FROM JOHNSTON COUNTY.
BENroNyrLLE. Aug. 20. -!

BENToNvILLE, Aug. 20, $50.
Mr.. EDIroR:-f you will give me
space in your paper, I will let the
brethren know that Bentonville Ali.
ance, No. 743, is yet alive and stands
by the true principles at Allianceism.
At our last meeting we passed the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That we, the members of
Bentonville Alliance, will not use any
trust bagging at all.
RESOLVED, That we will not patronize
any gin that uses trust bagging.
Resotted, That we, Bentonville ALI
ance, No. 743. respectfully ask John
ston County Alliance to do likewise.
Resolued, That we ask all farmers
not members of any Alliance to help
US in this great cause.
RESOLVED, That the Secretary send
these resolutions to The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER for publication.
At the recent election of officers P.
H. @. Dupree was elected President,
and E. 7. Westbrook, Secretary for
the ensuing term.
sCorn crop is very good; cotton, on
light land, not so good. /. will close
by saying give us plenty of good men
and women, trimming full of Alliance.
ism, and we will not leave a stone un.
turned. ~Fraternally,
E.. T. WEsTBRooK, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
MADISON SEMINARY ALLIANCE,

No. 1876, Marshall, NC, Aug. Is, '89.
Mr.. EDIToR:-As we are all united
and working for the same good and
glorious cause and that cause the pro-
motion of the agricultural class both
morally and financially, I thought it
might be of some interest to the
brethren to know something about
what the farmers are doing in this
section. Our Alliance was organized
the 18th day of last April with 81
members-it now numbers 76, 81
males and Is females; we also have
IL others elected for initiation. All
seem very much interested and are
working together as a unit. Most all
the male citizens who are eligible
have joined the Alliance.
Almost every settlement has its ALI
ance. There are two Alliances with
in three miles of us, one numbering
near a hundred, the other something
owe a hundred.
Indeed, I hear Of but little opposi-
ton except from those who by the
Constitution are excluded. Some of
them seem very anxious that the
Farmers Alliance should prove a
failure, but we are determined that
their hopes in this respect shall never
be realized, and when we hear of
trusts being organized not only on
food and clothing, but also on the
tools with which we cultivate our
crops and the different kinds of ma
chinery, it draws us close together and
makes us still more determined.
I have heard a great many of both
political parties say that in the future
they intend to ignore party organiza-
tions and vote for the man who will
dare to stand up in the face of this
hydra-headed monster and ask fer the
repeal of those obnoxious laws which
authorize the organization of trusts.
I regard this as a move in the right
direction and hope that the brethren
all overIthis country will not only talk,
but do likewise.
Brethren let us all stand together
and no longer be duped by dema-
gogues and politicians.
Yours fraternally,
r. n. BRANsoN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
PEAR LEAF BLIGHT AMI -
APPLE PoWDERY M1LDrv,.HE

Nurserymen need not be tola
extent of the losses inflicted ba lie
above fruit tree diseases. N.Y. te
co-extensive with the region are
apples and pears are grown "Aers
gard to the latter, the French fe.
lings hitherto depended on AZ S0ed.
against the diseases, having succnp proof
to its attacks, compelling the nnruaF
men to seek seedlings of the Jsy'
pear for propagation, any ef6cao %paa
and not too costly remedy will be WaSQ
ly welcomed. VAIN.
Prof. B. T. Galloway, Chief Of q
Section of Vegetable Pathology y :
Department of Agriculture I h., ~
Gently succeeded, as the regnIt re-
practical experiments, in proviGiS.'
remedy which he feels justi6ed
recommending to the public as ~, n
efficacious and economical. The W. wa
edy consists of the application ~ 4.
Fungicide with an appliance by Whit
500 plants were sprayed in a I ~
and a half at a cost, not inc1n6 Hsl
labor, of $4.75 for each applicat;a4g
five being required to secure good
suits.
Experiments of a similar patn,,
were carried on in the same nnrsos:.
by which . block of some 2OO oSs
apple seedlings affected by The Pow Po'
DERBY mildew, was treated with
preparation at a total cost of mot -
ceeding 2 cents per 1000 trees, ~,
results in this case also have provaS
highly satisfactory and full detail, :"
both experiments will be found !"
circular No. 8 of the Section of Vs,a
table Pathology, issued by Prof, al
loway, and which will be ready f.,
distribution in a few days. Tbo@
desiring to receive a copy should send
in their names without delay.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
DOWN ON TRUSTS.
TRENTON. N. c. Aug. l9, '89.

TRENTON, N. @. Aug. l9, 'S9.
Mr.. EDIToR:-It seems that no one
of u Alliance at Trenton can pluck
up courage enough to write a line to
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. We have
here a membership of thirty-four, and
four TO initiate next meeting. Our
meetings are all very well attended.
We meet every Saturday. We de-
sire above all things that the jute
bagging go and never return. We
want cotton bagging for cotton and
cotton bagging for guano, and in fact
we are in favor of, and will labor for
the breaking up of all trusts of every
kind. We may go slow but lets go
very sure, and when we strike let nus
burst the trust companies. We in
dorse the Birmingham meeting and
will not use jute bagging if they
would give it to us. Success to The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Fraternally,
G.. G. ANDREWS, Sec.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
A WORD FROM PITT,
BETHEL ALLIANCE, No. 7O3
Aug. rs 1880

ANO. IU0.
Aug. 26, 1889.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Allow me space fr.
few words from this Alliance ipk.
half of the Business Agency Fund !
would urge upon the brethren Of
North Carolina the importance Of
pushing forward this all important
matter l think it highly necessary
that this fund should be raised Is
soon as possible, in order that the
Alliance may have a commercial
standing. Let us stand firmly UPON
the principles of truth. Let us not
break ranks, but work together as a
solid unit and we will be sure to come
out triumphant. We need not expect
to gain the victory without a struggle.
The merchants are very restless; thew
believe that the Alliance is determined
to put a stop to oppression and to bea
free body. Many of the merchants
are "cutting under prices" and are
prophesying the breakdown of this
united body. We have a merchant
to furnish our Alliance at a very
small per cent, and we have shown
to the merchants and agents of this
community that we are united. We
are glad to say we purchased our
guano directly from factory this year,
and we r proud to see that there is
some business capacity in the ranksot
the Alliance. Our Alliance has con.
tributed sixty-three dollars to the
Business Agency Fund, but we ought
to do more, for we have more than
one hundred members. We trust
our Alliance may prosper" and cause
her members to be free and independ
ent. Now, brethren, let us all be up
and doing, and stop being laughed at
by. our adversaries, for our weakness.
F~raternally,
J. S. L. WARD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
LETTeR FROM GARNER, NO. IA.
WAKE Co., N. c., July 80, 'S9.

WAKE Co., N. c., July 80, '89.
Mr.. EDIroR:-I would like to pass
a few words through u paper for
the benefit of the members of the
Alliance. And I would say in the
outset that I think if more of them
would remember the solemn obliga-
ton which they have taken upon
themselves, that there would bea bet
ter turnout and more interest taken
in the sub lodges than there is at the
present time. But / fear it is with a
good many as brother Tracy said In
his speech at Auburn on the 23d of
July: "A good many had joined the
Alliance expecting forty acres and a
mule, and great things all at once, and
because they failed to get them, they
are getting slack and are, dropping
off" [ say it would be a good thing
for the caus of the Alliance if all
such men we're out and gone. There
is no true manhood in anyone who
will take upon himself the solemn OBJ
legations of the Alliance and then
break and violate them as some do. [
think if they will but remember their
obligation a little oftener they will be
better men and do more for the cause
in which they are enlisted. But [
think many nave simply joined the
order for the purpose of getting into
society and with the hope of making
themselves popular, and keep up with
the times. / would say tothe brethren
that we have no sort of use Tor such
members; they. are a positive hind
rance and the sooner we get rid of
them the better it will be for all con-
cerned. What good is there in a
man who joins the Alliance, pays UP
his dues, gets the word and does not
show his face in the lodge again for
six months? I repeat, we have no
use for such members. Where a
mans treasure is, there also is his
heart / am not looking altogether
for the benefit that / shall reap from
the Alliance. [ am looking to a future
day when my children and the chill
dren cf others shall have grown up.
l desire that they shall be freer peo-
pie than we are now.
Brethren, while you are preparing
yourselves in other ways, do not for
get to improve your lands and raise
more corn, hogs, and small grain, and
this will help you along to fight the
battle that is before you at the pres
ent-time, and one that is well worth
your attention. Do not forget hog
and hominy as you go along. So
brethren, | will leave the matter be-
fore you foryour consideration. Think
of your obligation and come to the
front, and we will be able to pass a
railroad commission or any other com.
mission that we want.
Fraternally,
q NT -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
AsHE COUNTY
WAGNER, Ashe Co., N. G.

WAGNER, Ashe Co., N. c..
Mr.. EDIToR:-It is a source of
much pleasure enjoyed by your writera
TO inform you that on Monday, the
18th inst, the county of Ashe was
organized at Walnut Hill by our es-
teemed brother S. M. Silver, of Yancy,
officiating as organizer. The county
organization was composed of dele
gates from eight Sub-Alliances gotten
up by Bro. Silver in quite short space
of time, and that too, under very un-
favorable circumstances on account of
such an unusual amount of rain and
high water. The farmers of Ashe
highly appreciate the necessity of
allied action, and that at once, for
while our brethren in the South and
East have more directly to contend
with the bagging trust, we of this
mountainous and delightful region
have to contend against the mercan-
tile and other professions who are
throttling very existence.
We desire and recommend that
O1O' 04N0L OC SOub JACK DIS soon as
possible to complete the organization
of the county. IS the minds of the
people are fully prepared to award
him a successful campaign.
As you T no doubt greatly an.
noyed by the pen of so many ignorant
farmers, I will close this time by Civ.
ing the names of the officers of the
Farmers Alliance of Ashe county,
hoping that you will give us space in
your columns for the same.
W. T. Coloard, President; Jacob
Blevins, Vice-P President; VIM. H.
Witherspoon, Secretary; w. w.
Hudleras, Assistant Secretary; Jesse
Osborne, Treasurer; VIM. f. Ashley.
Chaplain; Capt. John Dent, Lecturer
S. Blackburn, Doorkeeper; VIM. Cox
Sergeat-atrArms; j. E. Harley, Coun
ty Business Agent.
Fraternally,
WIN. q. WITHERsPooN. Sec.