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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-10
BOSTON'S GRAVE-YARDS
A Study of Them Is Recommended to TIL
EstheticaIly Inclined.

a Study of Them Is Recommended to the
KstheticaIly Inclined.
There is one advantage of having our
ancient burying grounds here in Boston
open to the people-which is especially
worth considering that the desira-
bility of improving the character of the
monuments in our public places is SO
generally admitted. This is the artistic
taste shown in many of the SCulptured
slabs in the Old-time gravc-yards, which
/ once heard an eminent sculptor say
were much superior in design to the
work seen in our modern cemeteries.
The blue and gray stones harmonic
much better with the grass and trees
about them than would glaring white
marble. and their delicate scroll work
sets off the simplicity of the less elabo-
rate monuments. while the coatS-of-arms
and other devices on the statelier me-
MORALS are carved with admirable skill.
AS the years roll on some of these monu-
mentS must be more or less defaced Dy
the ''corroding tooth of time and it
would be pleasant to have some Old
Mortality, with reverent and Skillful
hand, deepen the impress of the letter.
ing that only family tells of the bygone
worthy whom the stone commentaries.
Care, however. should be used 10 pre-
vent such Il result as is recorded in
Dealings With the Dead as having
taken place in a monument to the build
er of Faneuil Hall in the old Granary
burying-ground. According to the au-
thor OF this work. that devoted anti
quarry. the late LuciuS NanliuS Sar-
gent, the words Up. Funnel" on tho
tomb of Peter Faneuil were placed
there by some well-mcaning rcstorcr
who was misled by the popular pronun-
citation of the name in his day. | recall
the fact that Wendell Phillips always
pronounced Fancuil as if it were spelled
Funnel, and perhaps he also may have
followed the usage which was prevalent
among the worthless of Il former gencr-
alton. | always regretted that tho
great anti-Slavery orator was not Hc"-
manently buried in the old Granary
burving-ground instead of being re-
moved to Milton and placed by the side
of his widow in the rural cemetery
there, for his proper place was near tho
side of his father. the first mayor of
Boston, in the city which was the scene
of his highest flights of oratory. and Of
his nobleSt philanthropic efforts. Such
an association of the worthless of earlier
and later times would have 4 striking
impressiveness as we'll as felicity
Taverner. in Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-10
The Care of Dresses.

Instead of brushing the dust from y
gown or the mud from a drabhled
flounce, inch by inch. take your dress
out on clean short grass, after the dew
is off. and holding it by the shoulders,
sweep it and beat it against the sward,
turning so that all sides of the skirt will
touch the ground. The grass acts as \
fine soft brush, taking out dust, and
freshening every part, while 1T does
not wear dresses as a hair-brush or
whisk-broom does. Lawn dresses and
grenadines are refreshed safely in this
way, when a brush would fray them,
The flounces and plaitings of silk are
thoroughly busted. and the hens of
drabbled waterproof cloaks are cleansed
without the disagreeable need of touch
ing them with the hands.
Inter-Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-10
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Senator Blair is completely pros
tratcd by the vote on his educational
bill. So is the bill. --Philadelphia
Press Rep).
Congressman Mckinley should
whisper into his phonograph: "Whom
the gods wish to destroy they first make
mad. Shoe and Leather Review.
--Webster's unabridged dictionary
contains less than one-half the number
of words contained in Senator Blair's
speech on the education bill, but it has
the advantage of telling something new
all the way THROUGHPUT ca Herald.
What the farmers of this country
are suffering most from is a system of
taxation which compels them to sell
their products at the lowest prices and
buy their supplies at the highest, and
drains their resources to swell the pro-
fits of protected" capitalists. N. Y.
Times.
Henry Wildeye Blair failed to
force his everlasting education bill
through the Senate, and it seems to be
about time for him to fulfill his threat,
made short time ago, to leave the Re-
publican party. 1t is rumored that the
post of envoy extraordi mary to the court
of Luna will be offered HMM. Y.
Sun.
The most singularly idiotic PEN
sion scheme that has yet been put forth
is that of Senator Ingalls,, who wants
pensions granted to women who may
hereafter marry disabled veterans, with
the additional advantage to the latter
of procuring divorce whenever deemed
necessary at an expense of SIS. Before
long it is likely to be mark of dis
tinction for citizen to draw no pension
from the Government. - Philadelphia
Record.
The unseating of Democrats in
the House of Representatives is going
on without any reference whatever to
the evidence presented. 1t is done on
the broad plea of the contestant in the
Catchings case, who declines to figure a
ma iority, but claims a seat on the
ground that Democrats are such uncon-
rascals that more Republicans
than Democrats must have voted.
Louis Republic.
Cotton exports prove nothing
against the free-raw-material argument
at least their smallness now proves
nothing. Were the duties taken OFT, how
ever, from the raw materials that enter
into the construction % the machinery,
so that the latter could be obtained at
less cost, there would in all probability
be so much more profit in the business
that the number of mills would increase
until the production outstripped the
home requirements and the Southern
markets would be considered worthy of
attention. and Finance
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-10
THE HELIOGRAPH.
How Military Signals Are Transmitted by
Means of Sunlight.

How Military Signals Are Transmitted by
Means of Sunlight.
Lieutenant Beall, of the local signal
service office, has made requisition for
an instrument known as 1.-The hello
graph" and as soon as it arrives he will
begin experimenting with it with a
view to establishing communication
with Fort Sheridan and various other
points from five to twenty miles distant
The Photograph, which has long been
used by the Government, is an arrange
ment Of mirrors whereby signals can be
transmitted from one point to another
on clear days by means of flashes of
sunlight.
A complete instrument consists essen
TALLY of two plane mirrors and sight
1ng-rod- The mirrors are usually sup
ported on tripod. and are fitted with
vertical and horizontal tangent screws,
by means of which the mirrors can be-
turned on these supports so as to face
any desired direction toward the sky.
One of the mirrors is so mounted that 4
motion OF three or four degrees about
its horizontal axis can be given it indie
pendently of the tangent screw, so that
the flash can be thrown on or of the re-
ceivin@ mirror quickly and at will Both
mirrors of the instrument are used when
the signalman facing the receiving sta
ton has the sun at his back. When tho
sun is in front or nearly at his right or
left, only one mirror is used.
A code of signals corresponding
to the Morse code of telegraphy IS
used, combinations of long and
short flashes indicating the different
letters. The man at the sending-sta-
ton. by means OF his sighting-rod, sue
ceeds in locating the mirrors at the re-
ceiving-station, and then communica-
ton is easily established.
The instrument has been used with
great success in Arizona and New Mex
leo, sometimes exchanging signals at a
distance pf forty miles. During the
pursuit of the blood-thirsty Geronimo,
General Crooks men used it for the pur-
pose of keeping the regiments at head
quarters informed of the movements of
the Indians. The Photograph is used in
the siGnal-service department for tho
reason that on smoky days, when it is
impossible to use the regular flags the
instrument Will throw a flash through
the hazy atmosphere so as to be dis
tinctly seen at the neutrality-suspicious.
Lieutenant Beal does not expect the
instrument to work in this section of
country for q distance of more than
eighteen or twenty miles. Chicago
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-10

and arose and went to my own rooms,
my friend and protector still keeping
close to my side.
''On the morning of tho next day. as
sat wondering what had happened to my
servants. and whether my father had
been appraised of the disaster to the
castle, felt something pulling at the
skirt of my coat. l put out my hand
and found that it was the invisible dog.
Imagining that he wished me to follow
him, 1 arose, and, obeying the impulse
given me by his gentle strain upon my
coat, l followed him out of the door,
across the courtyard, and into the open
country. We went on considerable
distance A gentle touch OF my coat
admonished me when l turned from the
direction in which it was desired that /
should go.
After walk of about half an hour l
approached great oak tree, with low,
wide-spreading branches. Someone was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-10
FINED FOR SWEARING.

II CromweIls Time Profanity Was an
Expensive Vice.
Laws against swearing were strictly
enforced during the times of the Com.
monwealth and with the largest possib.-
Interpretation against the accused.
We are reminded of the reproof that
Sir Walter Scott put into the mouth of
Cromwell: What can it avail thee to
practice a profanity SO horrible to the
ears of others and which brings no
emolument to him who uses it?''
Every oath was counted. For single
oath the fine was IS. Sd, but the charge
was reduced to IS. 4d. each ION taking a
quantity" Humfrey Trevett, for swear
ing 10 oaths. was put in jail until he had
paid 33s. i'd. to the poor of Hartford.
John Huishe, of Cheriton, was convicted
for swearing % oaths and two curses IS
one time and four oaths and one curse
at another. OF course great nCn. Der
of 8wearing cases were disposed of at
petty sessions without being sen. in for
trial. One Justice returned the names
of 10 persons whom he had convicted of
swearing since the previous sessions.
We are not left without examples of
what was considered swearing in those
days.
William Harding, of Chittlehampton,
for saying several times in court Upon
my life was adjudged to be within the
act of swearing, for which he paid 6s
sd. Thomas Rutland was fined for
swearing lon my troth." Gilbert North
colt had to pay IS. Id. for saying Upon
my life" Thomas Courts was fined for
swearing in court: God is my Witness"
and, Il speak in the presence of God"
Christopher Gill, being reproved by Mr..
Nathaniel Durant, clerk, s'for having
used the oath, Gods life, in discourse"
went and informed against the minister
himself for swearing.--St Louis Re-
public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-10

THE tariff question has grown too
broad to be straddled by small poll
tician like McKinley.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08
JUST BEGUN.

The work of reformers has just be-
gun. The man that has not the cour-
age to proceed can easily fall back
into the ranks of the party he left.
They will be hailed with JOY. There
ale millions in the farmers and labor
ers organization now ready for the
battle. How many of them understand
the cause of and the remedy for the
evils of which they justly complain !
One fourth ? Hardly that many. The
people must be educated on the great
questions-espe ,ially the money ques-
ton. Let them once understand how
they are robbed and how they can
prevent it, and the movement of the
tillers and toilers will never stop until
good times-better times than even
the most hopeful ever dreamed of are
brought about. Fail to educate and
the tidal wave that is passing over the
country will subside and the vicious
system will rob and plumber as usual.
Now we want every farmer to take
some good progressive labor paper
one that advocates their interests.
We ask old workers to continue in
the work and enlist new ones by
spreading good papers over the land.
-CLt6urne, Texas Tribune.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08
NO WAR IN SIGHT YET.

Mr.. EDIToR:-Prof. Chas. L. Coon,
a young teacher of Denver, N. c.,
raises a great cry this week in the
Lincoln Courier. " He heard a man
say there was more cause for war now
than in l86O," and charges the Ali
ance with having this mans views,
and then leaves the reading public to
find out as best they can whether this
particular man belongs to the AUlance
or not
He does not even say whether this
man is of the white race or as black
as some of the charges he makes
against Speaker Reed farther on in
his article.
His whole fears seem to be for the
safety of the Democratic party.
would like to say, for his consolation,
that if all the advice which is gratui
tously given the Alliance was taken it
would "bust not only the Demo
cratic party but the government itself.
War This war cry must be out.
side the Alliance. We have never
smelled gunpowder at any meeting we
have attended. Who are the insti.
gators of war Not the farmer.
Why? Because he would have all
the fighting to do.
Did you ever notice a little ice dog
wnen a row with big dogs was brew
ing? He does about all the barking.
Where is he when the real fight comes
on? If you will look under the house
you are sure to see him at a safe dis
tance and not saying a word.
The party lash will not drive the
farmer longer unless it is composed
Of solid matter. The Alliance is not
antagonistic to either party, but some
politicians may expect to hear "some,
thing drap" in the near future. There
must be a change, not so much of
parties as of leaders.
Our Alliance, (HiIl's Chapel, No.
852) is moving slowly but surely.
We number about so members. We
initiated five to-day, June 7th. We
are unit On the demands of the Ma.
tional and State Alliances.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is read
by most Of our me nbers and we think
it one of the best papers in the United
States. Every body seems in good
cheer here except the professed poll
ticians. They are for some cause very
sad. Wishing The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER continued success,
l remain yours,
J. WILL MCINTosH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08
No. %

lature he temporarily seems to forget
his summer campaign promises, he is
now ready to tell us how his pet
scheme for our relief failed to pass be-
cause Of some unfaithful member who
happened to have too many railroad
passes in his pocket.
do no. advocate third, or if you
please fourth party. There is nc
need of this, but the farmers a,5d
laborers can rule this State, and 'ahev
should not grumble at class Legislation
if they fail to do so. Let the IN 90 20
the township conventions ard see that
Alliance men are SEN to the county
and district convention3. This is the
way to shape things this year, and at
the same time contEol both Congress,
siomal and legislative nominations No
m an can be elected without the vote
of the Alliance but we must be in
the field early and late or the "ward
politician " will "run the machine
as he has done for so long a time.
: In union thee is strength"
The Alliance in Guilford is wide
awake on all things. Most of the
z subs buy their supplies through
our State Agent
Preparations are being made for
the grand rally, July % and "a, and
q large crowd is expected. B.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08
FERTILIZERS FOR CORN.

Results of experiments conducted
by the N. @. Experiment Station in
the counties of Bladen, Chatham,
Gates and Macon in 1889 show that
cotton seed meal without exception in
both large and small applications in
creased the yield materially and
proved remunerative. This was also
the case when combined with other
ingredients. Acid phosphate alone in
all cases except one Increased the
yield but slightly and proved unre-
munerative; this was also the result
when combined with kainit. Acid
phosphate and cotton seed meal did
better. Kainit alone was generally
unsatisfactory. The complete fertilizer
in proportion of 200 lbs. of acid .phos.
phate, 100 of meal and so of kainit
per acre in the main proved satisfac.
tory. The season on the whole was
favorable for corn, but as will be re,
membered was not an average one
II. B. Battle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08
HOW THE POLITICIANS sQUIRM

Mr.. ED1ToR:-Since Elias Carr
dropped his little "bomb y upon the
placid waters of the political lake, it
has looked like a surging sea in the
midst of storm. Col. H. G. Jones
led off and all the political papers
have chimed in until the whole band
is now in play, and the chorus is:
=" Keep the Alliance out of politics or
the country is ruined.
Being no prophet, Of course l can't
tell how this will be, but l think there
is just now danger to the Alliance,
whose motto should be: "Keep the
politicians out of the Alliance" "
OF course every politician is in favor
of the farmer. The farmers know this
because he tells them so every two
years, and although when in the legis-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08
NEW YORK LETTER.

Some Facts for Farmers.
(From our regular correspl lndent)
FARMERS ALLIANCE EXCHANGE,
335 Broadway, New York,
June %, 1890.
How many farmers know that on
nearly every tool we use on the farm
we are forced to pay from 10 to 33
per cent. profit in order that the man
ufacturer Can sell agricultural imple-
ments in free-trade Europe. In other
words, the farmer in Europe buys his
made plows, harvesters,
hatchets, etc, from 10 to 33 per cent.
cheaper than the American farmer
Then the American farmer is taxed
again to protect the manufacturer
from the pauper labor of free trade
Europe. These manufacturers who
have large export trade, are very
close and secret especially IN regard
to terms and price. [ have seen sufi.
cient in the short time our Exchange
has been in operation to demonstrate
that nearly all lines of American
manufaGtuc uced goods are furnished to
the foreign consumer cheaper than to
the American. Why is this and how
can we remedy it H.? These questions
are vital to every farmer in the
United States. We hear upon every
hand the expression "that the ALI
ance is becoming power in politics. !"
1t is, and will the farmers reap any
benefit therefrom ? l admit that the
farmer is like the drowning man and
will grasp at any straw, whether it
offers him permanent relief or not,
and feel qaite sure that professional
politicians, who seek Office as busi-
ness, will try to use the order to pro-
mote their personal ends. [ think
our reforms will come not so much
from putting men in Office as demand.
ing Legislation for our benefit. l
think every man should act upon his
own judgment and throw off the
party yoke, refusing to accept for
granted everything told them by those
who make a business of politics.
Speculation is the great evil that has
fastened itself upon the commerce of
this country and demands a tribu e
from every consumer and producer
upon every article he uses. [ am
quite sure that the different Alliance
Exchanges will exert very strong
influence in regulating abuses and do
more than anything towards giving
the farmer full value for his produce.
Every farmer should give his hearty
and earnest aid because he and his
family will be benef ;iaries.
OSWALD WILSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08

organization is not alone for the pur-
pose OF making farm life more social
and pleasant not solely for the pur.
pose of 0ettering the financial condi
tion of the farmers, but it reaches out
further and takes in broader latitude.
1t is not only great educator, but is
destined to be the great reform of the
nineteenth century The Alliance of
Georgia has already saved the farming
class millions of dollars, but half the
work has not been accomplished.
The work is just opening up and now
is the time to grid your armor on and
go to war bravely and determinedly.
Remember also, that great victories
are not won in an hour or great revo-
lutions produced in day. Patience,
time and persistence are required to
bring about all great reforms.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08

ana passenger rates have been accom-
plished without injury to the railroads.
They have prospered while the people
have been benefited. The market
value of the stocks of our most i'm
portant railroads has been steadily
as shown by the folio wing
comparative statement:
1879 1850.
Georgia Railroad & Banking Co., 78 90.
" Central ~ III
From the foregoing it is plain that
ruin and bankruptcy did not follow,
neither did it cause cessation in rail
road building in the State, but on the
contrary ever since we have had a
railroad building boom (that l attrib
ute mainly as caused by commission)
But there are times when the
people know and appreciate the ad
vantages that would result from special
acts; but from causes unsatisfactory,
the law makers are sometimes slow to
heed the expressed wishes of the
people, AMI slower still to act. Their
tardiness may result from sundry
causes-negligence, secret opposition
to the measure, based on (presumed)
superior intelligence, which in other
words mean, that fellow feeling
which makes US wonderous kind. 1"
Experience has taught us that these
doubling Thomsses ever avail them
selves of free Pasess over the roads
and then free return and re return
passes are inducements for Thomas to
about divide the legislative time be
tween the railroads, the legislative
halls and his home and neighborhood.
In conclusion, brother commoner,
if you are not receiving justice at the
hands of your railroads, and really
desire reformation, and want a com.
mission, see to it that you do, so far
from electing a fellow feeling repre-
sentative, that he is not even nomi-
mated believe you elect members
this fall. If so, every lover of the
people and their prosperity should
search diligently for your truest men
and elect them on the measure that
the people want? Then and not until
then can North Carolina have rail
road commission.
Keep TrammelIs answer to Texas
as a standing advertisement, and in
every issue of The PROGRESSIVE FAR
MEa point your finger to it and say
commoner of North Carolina, look
here! and request all papers that are
on the same line to do likewise.
If there is a paper in your State
that is not on this line l would like to
know it and learn the reasons why he
is not. All this is prompted oy fell
low feeling of GEORGIAN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08
GRAPES AND THE BLACK ROT.

The black rot in grapes is here in
North Carolina, and it behooves our
grape growers to be on the alert to
stop it's ravages. From wh4t see of
it this spring l am of the opinion that
this fungus will never be as destruc.
tive here as it has been in the noun
ta1ns of Virginia and elsewhere. This
is owing to the fact that dry, hot
weather is apt to come here about the
time it begins to develop. 1 have
seen marks of it on few vines, but
in every instance this year the vege-
tative portion on the leaf has been
checked before making spores, and
unless very wet weather comes it is
probable that the fruit will not be
attacked. Only one or two vines at
the n. G. Agricultural Experiment
Station have been attacked, and no
effort has been made to check it as the
design is to study this season its pro.
gress. 1t is now well known that in
the Bordeaux Mixture and Eau Celeste
we have the means for checking it.
Directions for these mixtures will be
found in the annual report of the
Station W. F. Massey, HorttculturEst.