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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26

such a tariff would entail7 Simply
placing the burdens of this Ubiquitous
system more largely upon the poor.
The Democratic party Of to day Is
not democratic, and the Republican
party is not republican only in name
The traditions of these parties are r
ferred to, the grand and glorious prin-
ciples are boasted of, but the traditions
and principles live not in the bosOms of
the present incumbents. They are
dead and sleep in the graves of a Wash
ingtOn, a Jefferson. a Calhoun or a
Lincoln. Twice cursed. Oh, land of
the sunny South! Torn and rent by
the iron heel of war. Made the camp
ing ground of a nest of plunderers in
reconstruction days. Made to bear the
brunt of millions of robbery by the
financial scheming and stealing, and at
last the friends she~ha5 nursed in her
own house has turned against her.
With sly cunning they would deceive
their mother. They would tell her
that the mar who is continuing to pay
the bonded debt in cart-wheel dollars
is a Democrat. They would tell her
that the man who wants to cancel four
hundred millions Of g~reenbacks and
throw all the control of the money III
private hands, is a Democrat. The
blacklist and deepest plot of John Sher-
man was eve so base as this.
Let me tell the people something.
The average politician will never leave
the money bags till driven away by a
whip of scorpions-by force. Force is
the only thing which will make them
tell the truth and have any sense.
Force of the voting power. The side
on which their bread is butCered is the
side they are going to take. If the
people will butter, their bread for their
own advantage thousands will spring
up ready to do the peoples bidding,
But if the people follow the lead of the
enemies of Democracy and of Republi-
canism-Of their enemies, they become
hewers of wood and drawers of water
slaves. w. r. LINDSAY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
AUBURN SOLID.

At a meeting of Auburn Alliance,
No. Al, held OF the 10th day of Decem
Der, 1891, knowing there been q
request made by the National Coun-
Gil the Ocala platform be brought be-
fore the different Sub-Aliiances
throughout the union, and after an
examination Of the proceedings of said
Council, it was unanimously
Re8Olrod, That the above named Al
lance do endorse our worthy Presi-
dent, L. L. Polk, and the representa-
tives in the National Council, and we
do pledge ourselves to support the
plans adopted by them until something
better may be substituted
Knowing the depressed condition Of
ouc country, and feeling that the only
hope for relief is through and by the
Alliance, we do most earnestly ask all
true Alliancemen to co operate with us
in forwarding the demands of the
National Council and also the Sub
Treasury bill.
Yours fraternally,
NJ. T. WILDER, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26

Mr.. EDTTOR:-This Alliance seeks ad-
mission in your valuable paper for the
first time in it's existence. The feeble
effort 1t knows will deserve the waste
basket fate. But it wants to show to
the brethren that it is with them in the
great fight of reform. and as the new
year comes it seems as if our brethren
have taken new life and courage.
At our last meeting in 1891,
which was on Monday n Christmas,
we had a grand rally, and great en-
thusiasm seemed to get in our brethren.
We had two questions for discussion
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
AN APPEAL.

We, the members of Mt. Carmel ALI
ance in council assembled, do make the
appeal to each Sub-Alliance in North
Carolina for our unfortunate brother,
W. D. Smith, who has lost a good horse
and is not able to buy another. We
hope that every Sub-Alliance in the
State will aid our brother. Let each
Sub-Alliance send five cents to James
A. Morris, secretary of Mt. Carmel
Alliance at Carmel, Montgomery
county, N. c., and it will be highly aP-
preciated.
HIRAM MORRIS, Pres.
JAMES A. MORRIS, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
OFFICE OF BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

Raleigh, N. ", Jan. 10, ".
The Board of Agriculture has under
taken to make an exhibit of the re-
sources of the State of North Carolina
at the Columbian Exposition, and has
appointed the Worlds Fair Executive
Committee to carry out this purpose.
The committee appeals to the citizens
of the State to give them a cordial sup
port, and to aid III furnishing an ex-
hibit that will be illustrative of the
States resources of every kind.
We confidently expect that North
Carolina will be able to sustain herself
in high competition with the rest of
the world,
Every country in the world and every
State in the Union is expected to par
ticipate at this, display of the worlds
resources and progress in every de
partment of human effort. 1t will
give ONE idea of the extent of this Ex-
position when it is remembered that
$50 acres, more than a great plantation.
is embraced In the grounds, and that
$50 acres will be covered with the
necessary buildings. These buildings
will be filled with every conceivable
product of nature and art, and North
Carolina a and will respond to what
is expected Of her.
La order that our State may take her
proper place at this great Exposition,
the Board intends to make collections
in the following departments:
Agriculture-FOOds and food prod
ucts, etc. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES wines,
and garden products, etc. Live Stock
Domestic and wild animals. Mines,
Mining and MetaIlurgy- Minerals,
building and monumental stones.
Foresty-Timbers and other forestry
products Fine Arts-Painting, deco
ration, etc. Ethnology-Indian relics,
and specimens illustrating the progress
of labor and invention. Liberal Arts
Education, engineering, etc. Manu-
features: Fish and Fisheries-Fish
products and appliances for catching
fish.
All correspondence to be sent to T.
K. Bruner, Commissioner in charge of
exhibits and Secretary of the Commit
tee, at Raleigh, N. @.
w. F. GREEN, Chm'n.
J. r. PAYNE,
A. LEAZAR,
w. E. STEVENS,
S. L. PATTERSON,
Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
THE ALLIANCE IN VIRGINIA.
Meeting at Boydton on the First of
January.
Yours fraternally,
NJ. T. WILDER, Sec'y

n4CCI4AS @S DOV0kS4A S4 44~ A NSS VA
January.
MR.. EDITORIALS quite a number of
our members are subscribers to your
paper, l will ask you to publish a few
dots from I'll county meeting which
met in BoydtOn on the 1st inst.
We had a full delegation, but as we
had only a one day session, could do
but little except attend to routine bust
ness. Our next meeting will be on tie
10Th of March, and our district lecturer,
Bro. J.. Haskin HObson, will be with
us, and we will have a two days
session.
Our brethren seemed to have lost
none of their zeal for the Alliance.
They did not hesitate to express them
Iieved that the Alliance is the instru-
ment through which it must come.
The money CROP of this county is
almost exclusively bright tobacco, and
the farmers until 1890 were getting
fair prices. Since then the American
Tobacco Company has continued to re-
duce the price until nov cur average
price is about what it cost to raise it.
l have lever seen any set of men so
completely OutdOne az the farmers in
the bright tobacco belt. Our business
is ruined, our lands are rapidly de-
Ginning. In fact we can hardly sell at
any price. But few tobacco farmers
in this section have hired more than
one hand; men who have before been
working four to six hands. This is all
brought about by a corporation given
its charter by another State, and our
law makers have nothing SO far to re-
lieve us. It is fully believed that our
relief must come through national
legislation; that if Congress passes a
law to protect manufacturers that they
certainly can and ought to pass some
law to protect the farmers not from
pauper labor, but from greedy and
soulless trusts and combines.
The people are growing impatient.
They feel that they are being wronged,
and unless some steps are taken by this
Congress to give financial relief and
suppress the charter of corporations, /
fear the result will be a revolution.
/ enclose you a resolution that was
unanimously passed at our meeting.
We hope to put the people to thinking
on this subject and also our law makers.
B~raternally,
T. g. ALLEN, Sec'y.
Skipwith, Va.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
AN APPEAL.
BRYANT, n, O..

BRYANT, n, {.
Mr.. EDIToa:-Our Alliance, No. 1875,
Of Chatham, N. O., earnestly petition
every Sub Alliance in our STATE to con-
tribute some small amount to our
worthy brother J. P. Wicker, who had
the misfortune TO lose his horse by
lightning in August last. His loss
IS great for a poor farmer without
means. Any assistance to him will be
duly appreciated by him and his neigh
bor5. Send all contributions to A. Fl.
Sloan, Secretary Deep River Alliance,
No. 185, Bryant, Chatham, N. G
H. 9. FARRELL,
A. q. MARKS,
J. w. COLLISION,
Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
SILOS AND
JAMES A. MORRIS, Sec'y.

A plain description of all that per
tains to the silo is what has been needed
for some little time. A man wishes to
know what a silo is, what it is for, how
it "a be built, what to put in it, and
how also to feed the ensiIage and in
what propOrtion-these and similar
questions the practical farmer wantsto
see discussed in a plain and careful way.
Such a description can be found in Bull
letin 80 of the N. O. Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station ct Raleigh, a bulletin
of Is pages, Illustrated with 10 cuts.
1t will be supplied upon application
free to farmers in North Carolina, and
those outside at a cost of 6 cents. Plans
are given for construction of silO with
bill of m~aterial-the total cost of which,
with entire construction, is about ST.. so
pet ton for ensilage put up. If farmers
cooperate and use in common the
power and machinery required for cut
ting corn for the silo before filling, the
cost to each will be very materially les
sened. In fact, there is no reason why
power and machinery, by being moved
from farm to farm, could not be sup
piled in the same way rs grain is
threshed, at but slight cost compared
with the prime cost of the machinery.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
RESOLUTION
Passed by the Rowan County Farmers
Alliance, January IS, 1892.

Passed by the Rowan County Farmers
Alliance, January IS, 1892.
WHEREAS, the partisan press of our
State has repeatedly and p~ersistently
charged against our order; that it's sole
aim is the destruction of both old polit-
zeal parties and the erection, upon the
ruins thereof, of a new party whose OBJ
joct is to further the personal ambition
of some of our leaders, and whereas,
every true Allianceman knows that the
above charge is false, and whereas we
desire to refute such charge. and hurl
the same back into the teeth of our
emies as the emanatiOn of an evil con
science, be it
Resolved, That we, a majority of the
farmers of Rowan county, through Our
delegates in county meeting assembled
in regular meeting, do declare that our
prime object in Organizingth Farmers
Alliance is the securing IN a just and
legal manner such changes in the or
ganic laws of the land as will secure
forever to ourselves and children after
us the much needed rights and priv
leges heretofore denied us, laid down
in the Ocala platform, to which bill of
rights we are unalterably pledged and
for the advancement and accomplish
ment of which we claim the privilege of
freemen to cast our ballot for men who
are undoubted opponents of our faith
and present an unbroken front to a
common enemy whenever and where
ever found.
9. That a copy of these resolutions be
furnished our county organ, the Caro-
lima Waterman, and the Daily Herald
and THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER with the
request to publish the same.
Respectfully submitted,
J. G. BARNHART,
I, P. JOHNSTON,
T. B. BROWN.
Committee.
Unanimously adopted in open meet
ing this January Is, 1892,
Given unterm signature and county
seal. M, L. RITCHIE, Cor. Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26

Every farmer and gardener should
avail himself of the opportunity of
securing one of T. w. Wood & Sons
new seed catalogues. This is a most
useful and comprehensive work, and
contains much needed and valuable in
formation about all crops, and throws
much light on the question as to which
are the best and most profitable crops
to grow. The fact that this firm does
the largest business in the South IS
most convincing evidence of the high
grade seeds they send out, and a sue,
cessful garden or field crop is assured
by the use of their seeds. Catalogue
mailed free. Send for it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
MAKE YOUR COMPOsTs.

Manure should be carefully saved,
best under shelter where rains cannot
reach it, 0 sun overhead it. It is the
best basis we can have for a compost,
as in fermenting it aids decomposition
in the other materials Of the compost
which need it. For a corn or cotton
compost the following is a good for
mula for a ton:
Stable manure 900 lbs.
Kalnlt. 200 F"
Acid Phosphate. $500. 500
Cotton Seed. ......... 400 "
If your soil is rocky, or has red clay
sub soil, az is the cas- in many local.
ties of the central and western sections
of the State, the kainit may be lessened
and the quantity Of stable manur in
creased. In the sandy soils Of the east,
kainit is essential and be increased.
Its value as a rust preventive is well
known. Where cotton seed meal is
handy use it in place of cotton seed
n half of the quantity. Lay down I'M
der shelter some of the manure, then a
layer of acid phosphate, then cotton
seed, sprinkling each layer with kainit
dissolved in water, until all materials
are used up. Wet.the heap if it heats.
If the manure is well rotted the heap
should stand three or four weeks to
thoroughly kill the seed then mix well
before using.-H. B. Battle, ". c. ED-
pertinent Station.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26

If cut sf order, use Besehan's Pills.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15

Professor Garner, who by means Of the
phonogTaph and also number Of instru-
ments devised by himself, is making I care
full study Of the speech of monkeys, said in
q recent interesting address in London that
there was serious side to monkeys as well
as funny one, and in his search for the
speech Of these interesting animals he had
found among them stoics and philosophers
~ well as clowns.
Monkeys usually looked at theindividual
addressed, and did not utter these sounds
when alone or as mere pastime. They nm
derstood and acted in accordance with the
sounds when initiated by the phonoQraph
or other mechanical means, and this indi.
Gated that they are guided by the sounds
alone. and not by signs. gestures or physlc.
a influence. He had discovered that some
monkeys could count three and had favor.
tte colors, but he did. not think they had
names for them. The apes, however. might
have. and he had found three instances
where monkeys had acquired sounds which
belonged to another tribe. Why should Il
be thought strange that monkeys could
talkf It was true that their language was
quite meager and suited only to 4 low
plane Of life, but it was equal to the task
OF coming their thoughts into words al
sufficient number to ex press all that they
were capable of thinking, and their speech,
however low, might be the cytula from
which all human speech had sprung.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15
Definitions of pluck.

A London journal asked for definition
OF "pluck," and the following are some OF
the answers received:
Silent endurance coupled with cheerful
energy.
The bow from which are shot the arrows
Of heroism.
Pluck is that spirit in man which fails ia
understand the meaning Of despair.
Fearlessness free from foolhardiness.
The chivalry of natures knighthood.
That which enables one when fighting
against adverse circumstances and knock ed
down to rise and try another round.
The heart Of a lion in the body Of Z man.
The best remedy for despair.
The force which converts an or,1in.rv
man into hero.
Honest daring without caring.
An iron tonic for invigorating the neryes.
The absence Of fear in the presence Of
danger. =
The stuff that heuces are made Of.
The courage to do the right thing At the
right moment.
lrrepressible stout heartedness.
The indomitable 81 will,n before which
the mountains OF fear become molebilIs.
That which keeps man up when he's
down.
The pulse Of enterprise.
The offspring of courage and the mother
Of success.
Bottled energy. opened by the corkscrew
OF emergency.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15

FIG. n-ExPERn6ENr IN BUBBLE BLOWING.
Is taken into the mouth while blowing the
bubble very curious and beautiful effect
b obtained. The body Of the figure disap-
pears in = cloud Of smoke, as II it were UNI
dergoinR fumigation.
A more elaborate piece Of work in the
shape Of moving wheel Of bubbles Il
shown in Fig. .. in which the framework
u made Of wire and straw: and the bubbles
are suspended to disks Of cardboard. II
properly constructed. it can be made to 10
volve BY gently blowing upon It. Many
other similar experiments can be Per
formed, which will readily occur to those
interested in the subject. and some very
beautiful effects can be obtained.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15
SCIENTIFIC RECREATION.

srx~tsrtous Phen0mena Of tho Soap Bubble
Beautifully Illustrated.
A common soap bubble illustrates in
most beautiful manner many important
scientific principles, and even now all the
pbenomena presented by these films OF SOAP
and water are not clearly understood. per
hans least Of all why 9 solution Of soap
should possess this property of forming
bubbles to such high degree. Popular
Science News describes a. follows some
pretty experiments Originally illustrated
Il Ia Nature) which may be performed N
the way OF bubble blowing.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15
volapuk.


volapuk, or the universal language
as It Is called, is the invention Of Ger.
man Roman Catholic priest, Johann Mar.
tin Schieyer, of Constance, in Baden. he
published his system in 1870. On account
OF It's extreme simplicity-its grammar
contains no artificial genders, a single con
Jugation and no irregular vcrbs--it is very
easily acquired. The volapuk dictionary
contains 1900 words, while any imagina.
Die new word may be easily formed hy
composition. No sound is employed which
IS not common the world over; every word
Is accented on the last syllable and the
photography is strictly phonetic. The
name is from vola, Of the world, and puk.
language 1t is estimated that over 1o.Ooo
persons IN Europe have mastered it. and Il
America also. -
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15
Parsons. Sarah r
Weatherwx Jacob

WHITNEY's SUBDIVISION OF Tract FIVE,
BLOCK Two, EVANS & LEWIS GRAYs
HARBoR HOMESTEAD.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15
CONTINUED on page 81
Curious Form Of Pocket Dial.

A peculiar form Of pocket dial is bere ii.
iustrated. which Is used by the peasants OF
the French Pyrenees.
rms instrument has a movable head
holding piece OF metal, which moves on a
Joint like the blade Of a knife. For conven-
fence In carrying, 1t is turned down as in
Fig. and placed In the cylinder. When IN
use the metal style is turned outwardly. es
In Fig. |. al | the instrument suspensies.
by the ring the top so that the shadow
Of the style IL thrown vertically mon the
cylinder. The extremity OF the shadow
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15
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Containing full Local,
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15

Two trains each day via UnIq
Pullman dining and sled
Upholstered Reclining 2
Pullman tourist sleet
are run through to all points q
Aberdeen at 10 80 am. For frys
nation apply to ]. G. p
Or E. +. ELLIS, Gen. Agt.
9o3 Pacific ave. Tacoma, VISA
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15
Highest market price paid rs
rents by the Fidelity Loaa
Company. Inquire at this o.

Putup in neat watch-shaped bottlQ
coated. Small Bile Beams. 80. Pr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-15
Waiting ana Getting

1t has been sad that the reason so few
people get what they want in this world
Is that they do not want it hard enough.
There is profound truth at the bottom of
this conceit. Earnest striving and perse-
verance are rare qualities A little strug-
gle and then falling off; faint effort,
and then despair. This is the usual story
OF attempt to get any thing, whether 1t
be a physical, mental, or spiritual good.
But to long for thing so strongly that for
the sake Of it, attainment one can conquer
obstacles, live down opposition, ignora
discouragenent,a and work persistently and
through ears of trial and obscurity toward
the fuIfllment of hope-is not this the
record of all grand achievements and the
history of all purposeful lives2
Many more wishes might be realized if
people were more willing to pay this price
for them. Any thing worth having in this
world is dear, including experience
g MUS itself has been defined as only III,
limited patience or endless capacity fo1
hard work.
1t was told OF some celebrated general
that he never knew when he was defeated
By and by he coul1 not be defeated A
little of the same spirit infused into ordi
nary life work would make many dream
possible that now seems to the wistfu
dreamer as eKtravagant as the cIoudiesr
castle of pain.-Harper' Magazine.