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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19

There is a demand for a comprehensive and
authoritative book which shall represent t'
farmer, and set forth his condition, the 211
snces surrounding him, and plGns sr4 Pro2ss1
for the future. This book has been written y
Hon. ". A. PETER, who was elected to t'
United States Senate from Kansas to succeed
Senator Ingalls,. The title ia The EASHEs'
SIDE, and this indicates the purpose Of The F0G
In the earlier chapters, Senator Peter DE-
scribes the condition Of the farmer in vareu
parts of the country, and compares i! viii III
condition of men in other callings. lie carefully
examines the cost of labor, of living, the Pre-"
crops, taxes, mortgages, and rates Of 1;sEsA
gives elaborate tables showing The inc''%
Of wealth in railroads, manufactures banking
and other forms of business, and be compare
this with the earnings Of the farmer, and 81"
wsgs-workers in general. In = clear, to7a.'
style, with abundant citations of facts snd d.
ures, the author tells how the farmer rsscl'
his present unsatisfactory condition. Iha7h'
lows an elaborate discussion Of "The Wagon
which is the fullest and most authoritative p"
entation Of the aims and views Of The Ea1n.n
Alliance that has been published, inc.ld1gI
discussions Of the currency, the questions y
interest and mortgages, railroads, The '-' "
crops, n other matters of vital ccIze1aaac''
This book is the only one which nP'
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to emphasize its value. 1t is & cou-sr..1n
the facts, figures, and suggestion 0-.~ =
farmer ought to have ct hand.
THE FARMER's SIDE he's just 5ao- H5ls
and makes a handsome ard subs. -
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
WHAT OUR ADVERTISERS SAY

Mr.. Denmark, Business Manager:
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received from North Carolina, we have
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19

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for the transmission Of intelligence,
should be owned and operated by the
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pie.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
Politics in kan sas

= - 0-OS HI N0"S9S-
Inc Topeka AdUOcdts is the organ of the Peo-
p es party and Alliance in Kansas. AS if cir
cuIates IN every State in the Union. If kpens its
readers posted on national as well as State poIi-
IIcs: II is the leading reform paper of the great
Farmer one year for 81 50.
1,,e ADVOCATE PUBLISHING co.
Topeka, Kansas.
The Lamar register., 1893-07-15

Does fhe Garry Cloves, Besidss?
Penelope-She is an awfully
thoughtful girl.
Tom Barry-Indeed?
Penelope-Yes. Why, she has
trimmed her new theater hat with a
pair of opera glasses for the use Of
The gentleman who sits behind her.
Truth.
The Lamar register., 1893-07-15
wanted 10 Know COR sar..

1t was very slow train indeed, and
the travelling man remarked to the
conductor:
Mould there be any objection to
my getting of this car right now'
..Why my dear sir. its in motion
al don't doubt it; but thought ia
like to look at it from the outside to
see which way it is going"
The Lamar register., 1893-07-15
sweet sympathy.

Wibble-Where are you going in
such hurry'
Wabble-Down to the doctors. A
woman ran her umbrella into my ear
this afternoon.
Wibble-Well. l hope you will be
able to get It out
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26

reach the completion of their tasks and
have everything in shape as soon as
possible.
The exhibits are still coming in from
every direction. and as fast as they ar
rive they are seized upon by their own
ers and conveyed to their respective de-
partments. In most of the large build
ings great piles of boxes await their
turn to be relieved of their contents,
and as fast as they are taken away 9TH
ers arrive to take their places.
When one views the immensely OF
space that is to be covered by the ex-
hibits of all kinds it seems an intermin-
able task to fill il, and it hardly seems
possible to get things arranged within
the time allowed for the completion of
exhibits; but, Judging from what has
already been accomplished, but little
further time will be needed to finish
the work of installation.
There is Just about IS much to inter
est one in viewing the people at work
al the fair as there would be were it all
finished. When it is all done there will
be the display of products, curios, etc,
but at present there is much to be
learned in the different methods of
doing things in vogue among the
various nations. 1t has been said by a
great many of the early visitors at the
fair that they wouldn't have missed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26

In a stroll about the fair grounds
there are many sights to be seen that
are extremely amusing. To behold a
diminutive specimen of manhood, with
spectacles on his nose, all bowed up be-
hind one of those trundling chairs, try
ing to propel a Northumberland
woman with near-sighted eyes and an
irascible temper is something well cal
culated to stir up pity in the bosom of
a professional executioner. And when
the ground was wet and soft and the
crowds were thick the guides who en-
gineered those man-killing wheel-chairs
were indeed fit subjects for commisera-
ton.
At lunch time there is a general
parade of baskets and boxes, and there
is a wholesale scramble for sequestered
hooks wherein to discuss their con-
tents. Since the knowledge became
general that extortion was being prac-
ticed in some quarters 4 hourishing
business has been done by the lunch
stands outside the fair grounds. Many
of the visitors also come provided with
all the comforts of home in the shape
of eatables. Some who do not care to
be seen carrying lunch boxes may be
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26

the week has not been large enough
to crowd the grounds, and the
going has been constantly improv-
ing so that the discomforts of the
first day have almost entirely dis
appeared. and a visit to the fair
is now much more pleasurable. Each
day brings forth some new attrac-
tons as the exhibits are unpacled and
installed and fresh features of interest
are constantly being added about the
grounds.
The electric fountains and search lights
have been completed and are now in OPP
Grafton at night and the displays are
perfectly dazzling. The gilded statue
of the Republic and the dome of the Adj
ministration building CLINT in the flash
ing light and the whole city of white is
flooded with splendor. These displays
undoubtedly surpass anything of the
kind ever witnessed before. and their
magnificenee will be one of the great
est wonders of the fair when COM
pleted. The search lights are stationed
on the Agricultural building and by
their aid the whole country for miles
around can be illuminated. In addition
TO these there are many great are lights
which lend their brilliancy 20 the scene.
Those portions OF the fair which still
remain unfinished are now receiving
the attention of a doubled force of
workmen, who are putting forth every
effort to bring them to completion. Day
and night the work goes on almost un-
ceaSingiy. one force relieving the other
at regular intervals. scarcely losing a
moment, so eager are the exhibitors to
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26
PLAYING koVKS GEN.

Batavia; he gives the dates of many of
the games imported into Europe, such
as dominos, chess, lasquinet and
baccarat, that have submitted to many
notifications since they left their
native country. Some of these games
were known in the twenty-third
century B. C., in the reign of Yao.
The kouen gen is n species of top,
the first word signifying vacuum, and
the second apparatus, together mean
ing vacuum apparatus This appella-
ton is wrong and shows how little the
Chinese know of the causes of the
most elementary scientific phenomena
The kouen gen is composed of two
cylinders, four or five inches in
diameter, connected together by .
small piece of wood, narrow in the
center. The size of the toy varies, but
the preceding figures are about the
average. To operate the top the player
holds a stick in each hand, about the
size of a cane, twenty inches in length
A cord yard and a half long is at
tached to the end of each stick. 1t is
not a house play by reason of the
danger and the exercises that belong
to it.
The top is placed upon the ground in
front of the player; the cord is placed
under the top and it is taken up by
raising the sticks, the arms being ten
or twelve inches apart. When the
arms are raised and lowered alternate
", keeping the cord in the narrow
part, the top begins to hum, having a
tone corresponding to the size of the
kouen gen that is caused by air enter
ing the different sized openings The
quality of the music of the Chinese
toy is something like our metallic top.
This play develops strength, skill and
grace. In fact, when the kouen gen is
impressed with its maximum speed of
rotation the player must be very active,
not only with his arms and limbs, but
all the muscles of the body. The exer-
else is varied. The cord is suddenly
made taut by spreading the arms,
launching the kouen gen several yards
into the air. : A skillful player viii
catch it upon the cord when it falls
without stopping its revolutions, face
in an opposite direction, or, extending
the arms in the rear, catch the top,
bringing the two sticks to the front
with one hand and continuing the ex-
ercise.
The successive movements constitute
a hygienic exercise which is very much
to the taste of the Chinese.
A similar play. called the devil, was
L q rrrrR
of the present century in France
About 1912 it was at its height and
was played many years after. The
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26

observed about noon-time to quietly
steer for corners remote from the
throng, and when they think no one is
looking reach into their inside pockets
and draw forth adult-sized sandwiches
which they speedily dispatch and re-
sumo their tour of sightseeing.
There will soon be a better outlook
for provender, however, for the rigid
investigation of the fair officials into
cases of extortion has put the restau-
rateurs on their good behavior. and the
action of the people in boycotting the
restaurants has had salutary effect.
so that the difficulty some have expert
enced in obtaining creature comforts at
moderate prices will soon be overcome
and it will be no longer necessary tc
load ones self down with food or trans
form ones self into a perambulating
commissary when contemplating a visit
To the worlds fair
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26
CLEVELAND'S BRIBERY.
The Power of Patronage to Be Used a.
Doodle.


The man who, in a legislative body,
sells his vote whether for money or any
other valuable consideration, is guilty
not only of taking bride. but of be
traying his constituents, not to speak of
the personal dishonor attaching to one
who is so degraded that, for a valuable
consideration. he will support a measure
to which he is really opposed
The man who offers money or any
other valuable consideration TO a mem
Der of legislative body, is briber and
a corruptionist Nor does it make any
difference whether this corruption Is
exercised in village council, or in the
halls of congress; there is but one name
for it in any case, and but one opinion
among all honorable men for both the
briber and the bribed.
One of the most astonishing develop
ments concerning the present admins
tration is the frank announcement that
President Cleveland is having prepared
two bills-one repeating the silver pur-
chase law. and the other ''low tariff
measure-and that he proposes to force
them both through the democratic con-
gress by practical bribery. The two are
coupled together for this reason: while
there would probably be no difficulty
in getting a majority for the tariff bill,
it is absolutely certain that the free sill
yer democrats are in a majority in con-
gress; the free silver men are bitterly
opposed to the repeal of the silver pur-
chase law, unless free coinage bill is
substituted for it, and this Mr.. Cleve-
land will not allow.
Hence the amazing fact is developed
that the administration intimates to
democratic congressman that no offices
are at its disposal for the benefit of
their friends except they shall vote for
the presidents two bills. The vast
power of patronage of the federal gov
eminent is to be used for ''boodle"-as
a bribe 10 free silver democrats to for
swear their convictions, betray their
constituents, and vote for repeal of
the silver purchase law. This is plain
case of proposed bribery. The president
is to become corruptionist on large
scale. He is to be the greatest lobbyist
the nation ever saw. for he has greater
amount of 'boodle''-in the shape of
Electromagnetic bestow than any boodler
who ever figured in the third house. :"
Toledo Blade
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26
AmusIng Ingratitude.

It is often said that physicians are
well used to ingratitude, but perhaps
they could bear the unpalatable
drarght with composure if it were
always as amusingly presented as in
the following case:
DR.. J. VI. Warren had been in the
habit, for number of years, of giving
professional advice to a lady in reduced
circumstances, whom he regarded as
hardly able to offer him any eompensa-
ton
At length she ceased consulting him,
and he did not see her for long time
Finally, happening to meet her in the
street. he said to her:
why, Mrs. -, what has become of
you? You haven't been near me for
months"
well, the fact is. DR.. Warren" she
said. in all simplicity, II didn't seem
to gain very much, and I thought I'd
consult pay doctor,"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26
DEMOCRATIC ADMISSIONS.
Points Upon Which the New Administrs-
ton Has Become Enlightened.

Points Upon Which the New Administrs-
ton Has Become Enlightened.
lit has not taken two months of DEM
ocratic administration to elicit certain
interesting admissions. Let them be
recorded for future instruction, and
compared with the charges made by the
democratic party when it was out and
wanted to get in.
l. BY the administration, its various
tariff experts and democratic leaders
generally-That the revenues of the
government cannot be greatly reduced
without borrowing money. or else leav-
ing government without means for
some necessary expenditures. As Mr..
Morrison puts it, billion congresses
have come to stay.
.. By Secretary Herbert and other Of
ficials of the new administration, each
after his kind--That the public service
under the former republican admins
tration was creditably efficient, faith
full and Aonest. One new officer after
another, when bowling out his predeces-
sor or chief subordinate, has honored
himself by honoring the good work
which has been done for the country.
8. By all the tariff experts who have
been trying to help the new admins
tration-That extensive reduction of
duties cannot be made without impos-
ing new duties on articles now free, or
leaving the government without neces-
sary funds. Some take one way of put
ting this and some another. Messrs.
Wells and Atkinson admit the deficien-
cy by proposing to make a forced loan
from the pensioners. Col Morrison ad-
mits it by proposing to put back duties
on sugar.
4. BY Col Morrison, who knows con-
gress better than any of the rest-That
a proposed new duty on sugar will
probably fail. In that case the presi-
dent may have to veto a bill for mad
equacy or else sign it knowing that it
means bankruptcy.
5. BY substantially all the democrats
who have any sense-That the McKin-
lev tariff is harder bill to repeal or
any revision of it which the majority of
the people can be expected TO support is
puzzle for democratic statesmen which
rivals squaring the circle.
8. By the secretary of the treasury
That it is not necessarily dishonest in
motive, nor treacherous to the people,
nor trucking to Wall street." when
the secretary of the treasury meets and
confers with bankers of this city about
finances. The administration would
have avoided some d;scredit if it had
conferred little sooner
:. BY most of the people who voted
for change-That they do not know
now what change they voted for.-N.
Y. Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26
CURRENT COMMENT.


Many an able democratic editor
is beginning to feel sorry already that
he elected President Cleveland.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Democrats who visit Washington
should don a dress coat, silk hat and
a buttonhole bouquet, and see the
white house doors swing Chicago
Inter Ocean.
SNow that Cleveland and Carlisle
have thoroughly demoralized the ma
tons finances, it might be well for
them TO turn their attention to the
tariff.-Albany Journal
There is to be a clean sweep of
the republican officials, it seems, only
Mr.. Cleveland's civil service reform pre-
tensions will not permit the use of so
brutal a term--Cleveland Leader.
THE present administration has
signalized itself so far by hauling down
the American flag at Honolulu and
turning the hose on the office-seekers
at WESTINGHOUSE Louis Globe Demo-
crat-
The democratic party shows its
friendship for the farmers by the sum-
mary dismissal from the agricultural
department of Mortimer Whitehead,
the lecturer of the National Grange.
Actions speak louder than words
Toledo Blade.
8Wayne MacVeagh comes outin hot
indignation against the presidents vio-
lation of the principles of civil service
reform. lie didn't get that foreign
mission his soul coveted. Mugwumps
are all right at the polls, but when it
comes to passing out the pie. they are
not In it, Wayne.-Toledo Blade.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26
DEMOCRATIC EXPENDITURES.
Loose financial Methods OF C1eyeiand'z
Admfniefr,ztioa.


The month of April last was demo-
cratic month; the den3ocratic admins
tration had got into fSll swing. We
state this merely as facs which every
body recognizes, and which said every
body can apply in a manner to suit him
self to the other facts we are going 20
state. Now those facts are:
1. The expenditures for the month
exceeded the receipts by s4.s23, SIS.
9. The deficit is 81, 7S5, ITO larger than
that reported for April. 1892.
3. This loss is entirely attributable to
increase of expenditures, the actual re-
eeipts having been 81, ~, 143 more than
in the corresponding month last year.
4. The growth of revenue is derived
solely from the gain in customs, as
there is slight decrease in the returns
from other sources of income.
s. The increase of expenditure is not
in the item of pensions but of interest;
the interest payments for last month
being s5.O95, 1853, against s1,765,66O in
April, 1892. The increase of pension
payments for the month was only $685.
726, while there was decrease of S31I.-
GA in the ordinary expenditures. But
the increase of 8, $50, 202 in the interest
item carries the total of the expendi-
lures for the month s.. 179, 254 beyond
the figures for April, 1892.
6. For the ten months of the present
fiscal year, ended with April, the re-
ceipts were s2s, SIS, $50 greater than for
the corresponding months of the pre-
ceding year, but this gain was more
than offset by an increase of $50, O31, $50
in expenditure. The excess of income
of s., 6a1, 2lO for the ten months of the
preceding year was thus turned into a
deficiency of 1851, 325 during the last
ten months, making the treasury S1O,.
49,, SIS poorer than it was year ago.
Now put these facts together and
then take in some other facts. First,
the acknowledgements congress, "
whose work covered both of these years,
had an overwhelming democratic ma
jOrity in the house. Second, the col
lectiOns were made by republican adj
ministration until two months ago.
Third, it is shown by the record that
llAt AulCIhGA OOAACONAOAAS AheaeAC
during Mr.. Cleveland's first term were
$50. OO0. 900 less than during Mr.. Arthur's
term and about $500, 200, 900 less than
during Mr.. Harrison's term. Here we
have two facts to account for the de-
fciency; first, carelessness and ineffi-
cheney in the collection of revenues by
democratic administration, and, sec
ond, enormous increase of expenditures
by democratic congress. The falling
off of receipts from internal revenue in
the first full month of the present adj
ministration is likely to be regarded as
startling fact. 1t indicates that the
same old carelessness and favoritism
which cost the country probably $780,
900. 900 to $500, OOO. 900 in Mr.. Cleveland's
first term are getting in their work
AGAIN Troy Times
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-26

seeing the buildings in process of con-
struction for anything. and truly there
were wonders performed in the line of
architectural ingenuity.
Besides the electric light displays at
night there is another big attraction in
the grand musical concerts which are
furnished by the exposition band An
elaborate programme Is prepared each
day and some of the numbers are fairly
enhancing. The band occupies large
pavilion in the grand plaza east of the
Administration building, and when it
Is performing the surrounding space is
usually black with people Among the
members of the band are some of the
best musicians in their respective lines
In the country, and their director, Prof.
Liesegang, is an acknowledged leader
among the musicians of Chicago.