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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-11

Congress Of the United States. Under
the decisions of the Supreme Court of
the United States no State com mission
can fix a rate commencing at a point
in the State and going to a point out
of the State. When your cotton is
shipped to New York the State rail
road commission cannot lessen the
chage which is placed upon your cot
ton. When the products of the West
are shipped to Georgia for your use
the State railroad commission cannot
lessen the rates. They cannot cross
State line with their rates. The re
suit is that as you o into South
Carolina upon the Richmond and Dan
vile rates go up enormously, while as
you o into Tennessee competition
between the Western and Atlantic
and East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia keep them down outside the
State to the same rates fixed by the
commission for inside the State.
Numerous and ruinous have been
the burdens placed upon particular
loo alities and particular enterprises by
discrimination. Prominent among
these we're the rates furnished the
Standard Oil Company, by which q
tremendous monopoly was built up
the only power that checked it was
the struggle between competing lines
that fought for the business.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
Our Population.

You can send it to Jabez Thornton g said a breezy old man In the Examiner office yesterday morning.
 lie mad just deposited S7.SOfJr years subscription and 3 guess at tns cei.sus, with claim to win some of ike big prlzes.
 h due time Nr. Thornton had filed out :Iis list of towns.
 Il dent kuow much about most of 'em," he said, "Iut I'll bet the finest colt in ny band, hit it right on Yuma"
 Il know everything alive in the town outside or the Prisou-hlack and white, Gringo, Mexican and all-and I've count ed them up often at election times"
 "Ihere's just G63 people there, and if that misses the total moro than twenty, I'll eat ali that go over. You can just as well send that road scraper you gIve for the best guess ca Yuma, right along. cause if 1 can't guess 1t nobody can"
 If Mr. ThorntOn's guess is as close as he IS confident, he'll get the road scraper righ, enough.-SaD Francisco Examiner.
 The Times is no better acquainted with JabeZ hornton, than ha Is with the population of Yuma. The estimate falls far short of the actual number, an6 Mir. Thornton will lose that colt. should he bet it, as the best judges in the yicin- Ity, place the total at about 1000. The gentleman will establish grand reputa- ti n for cannibalism, in case he lives up to his promise of eating all that go over 6i51 plus 20. - Times
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
SMELLING M MEXICO.

We have upon numerous occas ons re- ferred to the fact that obstacles thrown around the introduction of Mexican ores ores into the United States by Secretary NIndom would have the effect Of caus Ing Mexican mine owners to turn their attention to the reduction of their pro duct at home. The recent unfavorable information from Washington City has had just the result forseen by us, and at this time not less than four new propo- sitions are on foot that will probably cad in the erection of as many smelting plants in the state of Chihuahua alone and of two others situated in one of the northern states of our sister republic 10 the latter We will give no further publicity as We are under obligations to remain silent in regard to them.-El Paso Bullion.
 Rats! This is another one of the lead rings publications for effect As the tariff now stands and has stood for years, lead bullion pays its duty and cannot and does not come into the market of the United States to compete with the lead of this country produced by the smelling ring. There has been 10 in reference by Secretary Windom with the importation of Mexican leld orls. 1t is only with the fraudulent" importa- tion of ores, i e. mixed ores, doctored ores that has raised such commoticn in the ring camp. What the ring wants, and their henchmea are trying to get for them, is to import lead ore mined by peon labor at % and 90 cents per day, free of duty, and the tariff on lead bul- lion kept where it is. so that they can have the market of this country to sell in, They want to destroy the lead min ing industry of the United States, and 1t the same time keep up the price of Gheir manufactured article, the duty now on metallic lead.-Socorro Chleftiar.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
THE BELLS OF LYNN.

When the eve is growing gray. and the tide roll
 ing in sit and look across the bay to the bonny town of
 Lynn;
 And the fisherfolks are near, But wist they never hear The songs the far bells make for me. the bonny
 bells of Lynn The folks are chatting gay. and hear their merry
 din, But look and look across the bay to the bonny
 town of Lynn
 He told me to wait here Upon the old brown pier To wait and watch him coming when the tide was
 rolling in Oh, see him pulling strong, pulling OCT the bay
 tome, And hear his jovial song, and his merry face I
 see;
 And nowI he's at the pier My bonnie love and dearl And he's coming up the sea washed steps with
 hands outstretched to me Oh, my love. your cheek is cold, and your hands
 are stark and thinl Oh, hear you not the bells of old. the bonny bells
 of Lynn?
 Oh, have you nought to say Upon our wedding dayl Love, hear you not the wedding bells across the
 bay of Lynn' Oh, my lover, speak to mel and hold me fast
 mine ownl For fear this rising sea- and these winds and
 waves that moanl s But never word he saidl He is dead, my love is deadI An mel ah mel I did not dream; and I am all
 alone Alone, and old. and gray; and the tide is rolling
 in; But my hearts away, away, away in the old grave
 yard at Lynn
 Fred E. WeafherlY
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
4 Necessity Of Health,

It is Q prime necessity Of health that the action of the bowels shonld be kept regular. But the way to overcome a temporary it of constipation, or to remedy chronic costiveness, is not to deluge the stomach and drench the bowels wllh purgatives of violent and and painful action. The happy medium between an Imperative and violent cathartic is Hostitter's Stomach Bitters, which acts just sufficiently upon the bowels to relax them, without pain, and which being wholesome tonic, as well as aperient, has the effect of strengthen ing both them and the stomach, and promoting the well being of the whole
 internal economy. The removal of bile from the blood, increased activity of the liver, usually dormant in cases of costiveness, and sound digestion follows the use of this benificent medicine, as thorough and genial in its effects as 1t is safe and pure iH composition. Rhuema- tism, fever and ague, kidney troubles and debility are also remeded by it,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
Four Apaches Killed.

Colonel Crews-Read of the British army, who is one of the owners of the San Pedro ranch with Captain Scobell, did a fine piece of work over in that re- zion few days since. Fresh signs of Apaches were discovered Tn the vicinity of the rGnch, where fine horses are br, d. and Col. Crews Read, who is noted at home and in British army circles as one of the best all around shots of the age. determined to hunt down the red skins. who were doubtless the remnant of the band which recently defeated some Mex ican troops over on the Bavispe. Ac- cordinely the Colonel took few trusty men with him, struck the trail and fol- lowed the Apaches up to point near Janos where he completely surprised them, killing four out of the five seen, capturing their horses, arms, etc. The man who escaped was recognized as an American, and is said to have formerly been about Silver City, N. NJ, and Cliff ton Arizona, and is said to have left that section several years ago with the Al acaes.-El Paso Herald.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19

A CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION has been formed, the result and first fruits of the International American Conference. The five republican states are to be con federated under one form of govern ment. It is to have chief executive
 a cabinet of five members-one drawn from each of the states-and congress of fifteen representatives, three being from each Republic in the confederation. These Republics, like the states in the north, will retain independent statues for the regulation of their own domestic affairs. The president will hold office for one year, and will be drawn from each state respectively; thus giving each state, once in five years, the head of the general government. A preliminary compact has been signed for ten years and if at the end of such time the Re public is a success, the union will be made permanent. Honduros is tenn porarily to be the capital and at that place a federal constitution will be signed and the Republic of Central America" make her debut on the 12th of September. This is a monster stroke by Hon. James G. Blaine It has an area of 175,S67 square miles and popu- lation of 2,S53,0G0 souls. Success to it.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT
Something New and Good.

Col. Durr has again mado a step for ward as public benefactor. It had come to his ears recently, that some of the ladies of Tucsen were complaining about the beer sold ir this city being bitter. Being on confidential terms with his grandmother, a famous old lady who has spent her lifel studying the likes and dislibes of her sex, he wrote her. explaining what was the matter with the ladies of Tucson. The grandmother knew at once the remedy, and straight way sent a carload of the celebrated Extra Pale Erlanger Standard Beer. This beer arrived yesterday, and has been sampled by tho best judges in this city. and pronounced the best family beer in the West. It is just the thing for the ladies, and no bitter taste is car ried with it. The Colonel asks that every family try few bottles of tbis beer, and feels confident that they will have no other afterwards. The grar dmother has never made mistake abe ut the wants and needs of Tucson, and will answer for the satisfaction given by this new beer with her reputation, which is good.
 The Colonel has been instructed to sell this beer at SIP per bbl. and s2.2O per dog, so that all may share in the luxury nd benefits afforded by It's use.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19

IAN important change has been made in the Mckinley tariff bill, which is now pending in the house, and will in all pro- bability become law. Sugar has been placed on the free list, but bounty of two cents a pound will be paid on the domestic product. This is good sound Republican doctrine. The American sugar grower is now well protected. He will receive foreign-prices plus the boun- ty, making prices at which he can sue cessfully compete with the foreign pro- duct. He can now develop his resour- ces, until in time-and no. such a very long time either-a high protective tar if can be put on the foreign product, and United States can produce all the sugar for its own consumption. Just as all of our great American industries have been established by protection, so with sugar. Eventually We can sell our products at prices to compete with the foreign article. This is a good measure. Not only docs it open the way for the future prosperity of the sugar industry in the United States, but for the present, sugar can be bought for free trade pri- ces.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
Patriarchal.

Middle aged ladies are commonly re- puted to have more or less difficulty in computing their ages. The report is probably slanderous; but story in Harper's Young People proves that the feminine mind does sometimes have trouble of a similar sort in early childhood.
 Carrie came home from school the other day rather depressed about her examination.
 ''How did you get on with your questions% asked mamma.
 ''Im not sure of but just one ques ton, but 1 know I got that right"
 "What was it2"
 GA man was born in 1S41 and died in 1883; how old was he2"
 "And what was your answer2"
 ''Oh, I added 1S41 and 1883 together It made an awful old man. 1 guess it must have been Methuselah.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
Biz Railroad Business.

The London and Northwestern Railway company has a capital of 9105, 600, 900, an annual revenue of f1O, 300, ,000, and an annual expendi- ture of f5,3O0,OOO. The number of persons employed by the company is 60, 900, and in the locomotive depart ment 16,000; the miies operated are 2,5O0; there are 500 stations; 3O,OOO signal levers are in use; there are 13, 800 lamps lighted every night; there are 1, 400 cabins; the number of passen- gers carried annually is 57, 900, 900; the weight of tickets issued 90 tons; the number of tons of goods and minerals carried, 36,000, 900 annually; engine per year, 55, 525, ,334.-Once a Week.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19

THE Southern Pacific Company is using its vast influence to attract i'm migration to California. They have two land offices, and m addition thereto are inducing the large land owners through out the state to cut up their great farms into small holdings. Kern county is al present, being made the objective point of interest, one large colony having been established in the vicinity of Bakers field, and several others are to be located in advantageous portions of the county. From Kern the work will go on through out the state, not as whole, at once, but the best lands of each county are to be allotted and occupied separately. In stead of common invitation to "come to California" the new movement has been "come to Bakersfield in Kern county, where at a reasonable figure you can be provided with a good home" The result has been the placing of many families from the rich regions of Indiana, and so pleased were they with thelr new homes, that they rendered the agent a banquet. By directing homeseekers to one particular spot, they do not waste their means In looking all over the state, as many have done heretofore. The plan is grand one and would work well in Arizona. By this means the territory would gradually he settled up, to the benefit of the new corners as well as to those already resident of one of the fairest spots on earth.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
Electric Bitters.

TEis remedy is becoming so we'll known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise.-A purer medicine does not ex- Ist, and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys. will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as we'll as cure Malarial fevers.-For cure of Headache, Consti- patton and Indigestion, try Electric Bit ters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed. or money refunded.-Price 50 cents and S1 per bottle, at pr. Martins drug store.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
DESERTS.

1t has been SO long the custom in Ari- zona to speak of deserts, that certain re- gions are called deserts, not because they are deserts, but because the name of desert is given to the plains in contra distinction to the mountain and table lands. But Arizona is nows settling up with a population that is coming to stay, and 1t is about time that things should be called by their right names. Certainly We have some barren lands in this territory; what country has not! but the practice of calling all plains and open lands deserts" should bs discon- tinGed. With the exception of few spots of minor importance, grass grows luxuriantly everywhere throughout Ari- zona, and even the ''barren" lands possess a growth of ironwocd and mes quite trees where thousands upon thou sands of cords of wood may be cut. Such lands according to the common ac- ceptance of the term, cannot be called ''desert" by any fair application of the word. Webster tells us that desert" is ''forsGken, uninhabited, as a desert isle. Hence wild, untitled, waste uncul- tiyated soil, and empty" This being the meaning of the word desert, it is plain that We have no deserts in Arizona. The plains of Arizona, immediately ad- jacent to the Gila Verde, San Pedro, Salt and Colorado rivers, have running streams of water passing through them, and there are many springs and small streams that flow short distance out on the plains and sink. owing to the ab- sence of hard pan, or substrata that will not hold water. With a very few exceptions, water has been found where ever wells have been dug. There IS no good reason for designating land as ''desert" that will produce from 20 to 10 bushels of wheat or barley to the acre, and will produce sugar cane, corn, alfalfa, and all kinds of fruits, berries and vines equal to the best produced in California and the east. The same use of this word is made to the rich bottom and table lands all over the territory land that will probably produce two crop year, and grow everything that can be grown in a temperate climate. and many things, such as oranges, pine apples, figs, pomegranates, and lines, which are usually common only to tropi- cal climates. When we get beyond the table lands immediately adjoining the rivers and small streams, We invariably find good growth of grass setting in, which usually increases with the ati- tude as mountains and foot hills are ap- preached. Good water can be found almost anywhere n the foot hills at depth ranging from 20 to 90 feet and on the plains at a depth ranging from 80 to 100f feet. There. is no use in mis- calling the rich bottom lands and plains of Arizona deserts any longer. Land that will produce as rich crops as could be produced in any other section of the world, or that produces grasses equal or superior to the plains Of Texas. is not desert land, and the CITIZEN protests against the further continuation of this islander upon Arizona.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
Why We Have old Maids.

She was very young, and her school was a district school near her fathers farm. She was drawing a salary of $40 per month. An agent of one of the prominent music houses of St. Paul went travelling through that portion of the state selling organs For several days he made intellectual attempts to engage the interest of the schoolmistress. The business of nego tiating for the organ she left entirely to her parents, and the young exqui site felt as though he was left out in the cold So he asked her one day: ''Why is 1t that so many schoolma'ams are old maids2"
 With perfect "sang froid" she re piled: Because we do not care to give a $40 salary for $50 man. ."-Detroit News
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19

IT will soon be time for the republicans to choose a delegate to congress. It matters but little to us where he comes from, so long as he is the right man and will make Arizona a worthy representa- tive. We do not want mere figure head --an automaton to introduce bills that never pass-but a man that will get there every time. There are just such men in Arizona if they can be in duced to take a turn at the wheel 4 live aggressive man that will lift Arizo- na out of the net of territorial nonentity and place her on the high plane of state hood, preparatory to entering therein. Geographical pride will undoubtedly have much to do with the coming con test, but for ourselves it is the man and not the locality we seek.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
Crane Fruit fin the South.

It has been said by more than one southern fruit grower that fortune was waiting the man who had the courage to plant a grove of grape fruit trees, and depend on them fora living. Heretofore there has been nosystematic cultivation of the trees. Two or three trees are planted around the yards or orchards for ornament as much as for anything else, and allowed to take care of themselves. If Ifpsoperly treated, however, their yield would be much larger than it is today, and a good profit could be made from them Garden and Forest.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
Is Consumption Incurable?

Read the following: Mir. c. H. Mor- ris,. Newark, Ark, says: "Was down with abcess of the lungs, and friends and physicians pronounced me an Incur able Corsumptive. Began taking Dr. Kings New Discovery for consumption, am now on my thlrd bottle, and able to oversee the work on my farm. It is the finest medicine ever made"
 Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says: Had 1t not been for Dr. Kings New Discovery for consumption I would have died of Lung Troubles. Was given up by doctors. Am now in best of health" Try it. Sample bottles free at Martins drug store.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
THE PROSPECTOR.

He is not the man ywho makes the money out of a good mine, but the par ties V ho purchase from him. This terri tory is dotted over hill and dale with abode5 of these rugged sons of hard and honest toll, but how very few of them reap the fruits of their mineral discoveries. The reasons for this are numerous, and vary according to cir cumstances. The very privations that the prospector is obliged to endure while developing his find, leads him into all manner of eXcessses after a sale Is made. A few thousand dollars seem very large to him, and too often he does not stop to realize that it is possible to exhaust his fortune until he finds it entirely gone, and is obliged to go prospecting again. Again, the sprospector almost universally lets go of his property too soon-before it is fairly in shape to bring the price of mine, and realizes but a comparatively small amount for it. While there is only dead work to be done he hangs on, enduring all manner of hardships and living upon almost nothing; but as soon as ore begins to come out in sufficient quantities to at least pay all expenses and afford a good living, he his ready and anxious to sell. We do not mention this matter in the hope that any correc ion will be made, for it is in the very nature of the prospector to do just as he has done in the past-work hard, suffer all manner of prlvations, make strikes, get fair sized ''roll," and turn up shortly, "broke." Of all men who help to explore and build up a new toll and less recompense, than the rug ged prosrector We see in our every day walk of life. Sometimes he is met on bleak and barren hills,. with DO com panionship save that of his trusty burro \ unity of labor is by them shared alike, for whilst the faithful animal is carry ing the blankets and tools, and often water for both, his master is wrestling with pick and hammer, pounding and digging where instinct or fancy directs him, and doing his utmost to solve the mysteries of nature. Sometimes he makes a strike, too often he returns worn out, but never disheartened, and occasionally through accident or other causes, the prospector returns to his hills no more. Yes, the fortune in a mine comes to the shrewd, careful buy CT, the man who can see a mine early, and at the same time is too sharp to be fooled by indications"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
A Remarkable Colored Man.

On a plantation in Edgefeld county, $. C., lives a negro who Is puzzling all the people in that section. Nearly every night, about half an hour after he goes to bed, he enters into what ap pears to be a trance, and breaches a sermon. He Is quite illiterate, but without a book and with his eye closed, he takes a text which by ref erence to the Bible is found to be cor rect in chapter, verse and wording In these trance sermons he uses better language than he does in ordinary converSation.-Philadelphia Ledger
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-19
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends ard neighbors talking about it. You may yourself be one of the many who know from personal experience just how good Q thing it is. If you have ever tried it, you are one of its staunch friends, be cause the wonderful thing about it is, that when once given trial, Dr. Kings NeE Discovery every after holds a place in the house. If you have never used and should be afflicted with cough; cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest troubles, secure bottle at once and give it fair trial. It is guaranteed every time, or money refunded. Tnal bottles free at pr. Martins Drug store.