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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-14
JUST STEPPED IN.
Nate Harkins Thought He Was Go
Ing Aboard and Went Overheard.

Fred Harkins. first mate OF the steam
snip Cedarbrand. lying at Pierrepont
stores. Brooklyn, fell overheard from
JEWELS wharf early this morning, and
nut for the prompt assistance of several
Eatchmen he would have drowned
Harkins said he supposed he was going
enoard his vessel when he stepped into
me river, He was locked up on
charge OF intoXication.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-14
UrOOkIyn Dreyittes,

me Kings County Elevated Railroad In Brook
Ea VII open the new extension from Montsuk
''snus to the city line on Monday. -,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-14
TO CARE FOR MISS HOWE.
Court Takes Action in the Case of
an Insane Woman.

an lnsahe " o"AH'
Miss Celestine Howe, Of Brooklyn, has
been appointed committee of the person
Of her sister. Sarah Cushman Howe, by
the Supreme Court. The Brooklyn
Trust Company is made the committee
Of her estate.
Sarah Cushman Howe Is q member of
well-known Brooklyn family. She was
declared insane at Monticello a few
weeks ago. She Is unmarried, and has
lived in Sullivan County for several
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-14

For all kinds Of headache
and all other couditionsresult-
ing from constipation go by
the book on Beecham's pills.
Book free, pills 25c At drug
stores; or write to b r Allen
Co, 3e5 Canal st. New York.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-14
WOMEN WHO POSE.
What An Artists Model Says Of
Women Painters.

likes and dislikes just as we all have.
One of their disllkes Is the woman
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-14

During the last hour of business there
was moro or less realizing by the
traders and the general list reacted is
to per cent. I.ackawanna. however,
jumped SIS to 1874. the demand having
developed the fact that there was little
stock for sale under that figure.
Minneapolis g. St. Louis shares
dropped 8 4 per cent. rumors having
been current that the Company liz find
Ing It difficult to raise the funds de-
ment Of the accounts between the two
corporate
The sales Of listed stocks were 30, 900
shares. In the unlisted department
10. 200 shares of Sugar and 200 Lead were
traded in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
DR.. FOOT TELLS WHAT A FEW
OTHERS KNEW TO BE TRUE.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer
A few years ago 1 was travelling
through the West, and neal Chicago
met up with an old gentleman who
should have lived South. He was with
out a doubt the hottest rebel l ever
met. In conversation he found I was
from North Carolina, and enquired if I
knew of a family by my name who
moved from North Carolina to Chicago
before the war. / could see in talking
that they had been great friends, and
this Southern man stood very high as
a gentleman and lawyer. not only in
Chicago but in several other Western
cities where he had lived. I think he
died in 1875 or 1875, but anyway his
brother lawyers wrote up and had pub
lished the life of this gentleman and
lawyer, which was II of the most
complimentary / v read. The first
of the book was his life and the last
part of it were pieces written by
friends and lawyers. In our converse
ton about the war he mentioned Lin
coin and the way he was killed, and in
every way spoke kindly of Booth. He
then and there gave ma the history of
the hanging of Boo his friend after
Booth had gone to him and plead for
the life of his friend, and after getting
the promise of Lincoln to pardon him
his first thought was to go and tele
graph the good news to his mother and
then he intended to be the one to de
liver the message to his friend. but be-
fore he could reach there Lincoln had
ordered him hung, and when Booth
found what he had done he held up his
right hand and swore to avenge his
death, which we all know he did. This
old man was a near relative or friend
to the family of Booths friend, and it
was an interesting story to hear, and
as the old man talked he would warm
up in the rebel style of 1863-64, and I
feel confident could he have gotten a
whack at old man Abe, Booth would
have been saved the trouble and his
life. There was no love or respect for
Lincoln, but a hatred for the deception
he had practiced on Booth and his
friend. A FRIEND.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
ALLIANCE ORGANIZERS.

Jas. Il. Wright, Carlton, N. G. A..
gamer for Sixth district, compoeed ~
counties of Johnston, Wake, Durham
Granville and Vance.
Z. Meg. Dunn, Populi. N. 9. Oro.n
Ter for Seventh district. composed -
Cumberland, Robson. Bladen C0Inr@
bus and Brunswick counties.
Elijah w. Flake, Rockingham N
c., Organizer of Eighth district, com
posed of Harnett, Moore, Richmond
Arson, Uni IN, Stanly and Monteom.
cry counties.
Geo. E Hunt, Michael, N. c., Organ.
izer for Tenth district, COMPOSED If
Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, For.
syth, Davidson, Davie, Yadkin and
Surry counties.
j. z. SOssaman, Huntersville, N. @
Organizer for Eleventh district cow,
posed of Rowan, Cabarrus. Mecklen.
burg, CASTOR, Lincoln and IredeIl
counties.
First district, composed of the coun.
ties of Currituck, Camden, Pasouo.
tank, Perqulmans, Chowan. Gates
Hartford, Rev. T. ". Babb, Hartford,
N. &.
Ninth district, composed of Ran.
dolph, Chatham, Orange, Person, Cas-
we'll and Alamance, J. r. Means. Trim
ity College, N. @.
Fourth district, Don @ Sanders, OF
Burgaw, N. c., Organizer. COUNTIES
in the district. Wayne, Duplin, Ons
low, Fender, New Hanover and Samb
son.
Twelfth District, composed of the
counties of AIexande-, Wilkes, ALE
ghany, Ashe, Watauga, Mitchell and
Surry. J. W. Cox, EdwardsvilIe, N. G.
George ". Hahn, Tuscola, N. G.,
Organizer for Fifteenth district, com.
posed of the counties of Haywood,
jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Clay
and Cherokee.
A. w. Parker, Sylvia, N. c., organ.
izer for the 14th district, composed OF
the counties of Buncombe, Yancey,
Madison, Henderson, Transylvania and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
TIME ANNOTATED.

a few days ago the Lucama, the
fastest ocean steamer, came into New
York % minutes ahead of all previous
records. The average time made from
Liverpool was 81 81 knots. The best
time heretofore was 81 "a knots an
hour. She came across the IN 5
days, z hours and % minutes.
Two days before, J. s.. Johnson rode
a mile in Buffalo on a bicycle in a min
ute and 35 2seconds, which is IA seconds
less than the previous best bicycle rec
ord, and is one-tenth second less than
the best record made by a running
morse, Salvador holding that record. In
fact, this speed on the bicycle has not
been equaled by that attained by any
other form of progression by man, ex-
cept by a locomotive or perhaps ar ice
boat. The fastest time by a locomo-
tive was that made by 999 of the New
York Central last year-32 seconds.
Next comes Johnson's bicycle record, a
mile in 1:35 4. Then comes Salvatore
running record of 1851, Then Robert
Us pacing record of 2:O14. Then Alix's
trotting record, 2:O34. Then comes the
record, probably. of one of the fast
steam yachts like the Vamoose or the
Now-Then. Then the skating record,
held by J. s. Johnson als), of 2:453.
Thus in five different ways-by loco
motive, by bicycle, by horse, by boat,
by statesman has succeeded in GOV
ering a mile in less than three minutes,
and of covering it in three different
ways in less than two minutes. d
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
GOOD LUCK CRAzRD u,,.

A Philadelphia special
nve months James B Jamison' q h,. For
smith, who resided at 525 south N N50a;
street, was out of work. Yoa,o. Nlnth
secured a position and immas be
went to the Schuylkill ripouately
drowned himself. I and
Ja9ison' with his wife, boarda,
the Ninth street house, H. 'ue0 at
sober, industrious man, and was a
period of his long enforced idIe TIE
made no COMPLAINT, but was ann o1,nes'
" cheerful. Yesterday morninp PareaI
o1ered work ct a blacksmith sboo "a'
Ninth and Federal streets. After .op at
ing the position he wen bomo secuf'
bis wife OF his good fortune ana told
Gnen apparently in the best "a ne Was
he lett the house aboDt noo1 spirits
one who knew him saw him ~ and no
That. Late in the afternoon y 70 after
guard while passing along the 10 q park
the Schuylkill, near SrrawberrDn nks Of
sion, found a hat and coat. A. uan-
couId De discovered to lay CLAIM ~ ~ one
artlcies' 1t was suspected that " me
one had taken them eff and in% some
into the river. jumped
Accordingly the stream was dra3o.,
and 1t was not long before tho HSseo
was brought to the surface Oooy
taken to the morgue, where j. wsa
identified. " W8s
Such stories are common. Perbon.
good luck made him crazy, but I IL \,
more likely that he was crazy befSrss
he secured the position. He was sl IN
other victim OF the single stanoo Us
policy Of the government
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04

repealed clauses of the Sherman law.
1t is for the express and only purpose
of retiring aud destroying the Treasury
notes with which the bullion was pur
chased. Every dollar of it coined now
re Tres another dollar before it goes into
circulation. There is not a cent added
to nor taken from the amount of
money in circulation by it.
There is absolutely nothing in the
claim of the Democrats now that they
are coming silver. The claim is for pur
poses of deception. Thenextspeaker you
hear ranting on this claim, ask him if
there is one cent added to our ~circulat-
ing medium by the coming that is be
ing done now: Ask him if every dollar
of it put into circulation does not retire
a paper dollar, which is destroyed.
Ask HIM if this coming is not done
under the unrepealed clauses of the
Sherman law, that Republican law
which the Democrat denounced rs "a
miserable makeshift" for free and un-
limited coinage, which would have
added to our circulating medium. Ask
him these questions and note his reply,
and you may get him where you a
denOunce him as the son of that old
fellow who is called 1.-The father Of
liara
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
SOME MORE DEMOCRATIC ~
ECONOMY.
SOME

Hon. Thomas E. Watson replies tc
the Atlanta Journal relative to the
bond issue In his usual unique style, as
follows:
The Washington correspondent OF
the Atlanta Journal, being DESTROYS OF
having the bond issue pill go down as
smoothly as possible tells us that a
change in the tariff always brings new
bonds.
Had we suspected that tariff re-
FORM carried a litter of new bonds
along with it, we would have een the
Mckinley bill in Hades "'ere we had
fought" it.
II they had told us that ''tinkering
with the tariff" was going to AUS q
swarm of bonds to fly out and sting us,
here is one sinner who never would
have tinkered.
If there was any comfort to be had
by showing that the Washington cor
respondent of the Atlanta Journal did
not know what he was saying, we
would show it. We could pile up stacks
of proof to show that there is no Siam
ese twins connection between new
tariffs and new bonds, but what good
would it dO2
The bonds are on us.
Will the Atlanta Journal tell us
whether any bonds we're issued when
the Mckinley bill became a lawl
Were any issued when the Walker
tariff became q LAVE
DID Henry Clay always carry a tariff
bill in one hand and a lot of new bonds
in the Cther3
The tariff bill passed by the last Con
gress has no connection with the issue
of bonds by Mr.. Cleveland. He issued
$50, 600, 600 before the Wilson bill had
passed the Senate.
He was governed then by the same
reasons which control him now-secret
pledges to Wall street, made while he
was a candidate.
Where are those Democratic orators,
like Crisp and Garrard and Moses, who
were meandering about the country.
preaching the lOveliness OF he 'rigled
ton, and showing to the people how
many millions had been saved"
Where are these millions that have
been ''savedV" We would like to see
one of them, or at least to shake hands
with some man who had seen one of
them.
All that we can see is an empty
treasury, and a brand new $50, 600,
COO mortgage on our national estate.
By the issuance of the $50, coo, 600 in
bonds last year, Mr.. Cleveland added
81, SEQ. 600 per year to our taxes: By
the issuance OF the $50 600. 900 now be-
ing prepared, he will add another
81. 500. 600 to our taxes.
With cotton, wheat, land, and Ia
Dor going dOVn, and taxes going up
che people are sure to have a high old
time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04

convicts on the roads and raise enough
money by taxation to buy machinery,
hire teams and other hands and inn
prove their roads, say to all such
counties, God speed in your work this
is the best thing you can do to improve
your condition. / would like to see a
small tax levied for the purpose of sup
porting the convicts, for buying and
operating the machinery and for hir-
ing such other hands as may be needed
10 push this work along as rapidly as
possible; and this tax will enable us to
get the help Of the people in the cities
and towns, and the country people
won't have to do all the work as they
nov do. There are a good many coun-
ties in this State that continue to pay
as much money for feeding the con
victs in jails as it would cost them to
work their convicts on the public
roads. I would like to see every per-
son who commits a crime in a COM
munity, and thereby Injuries the com
munity, put to work on the public
roads so that he will thus be of some
benefit to the community which he has
injured, and thus pay back to the
county some of the money that it has
cost the county to carry his case
through the courts.
For my part I hope the colonies and
the majors and the professors and the
doctors will keep on stirring up this
road questi IN. and I hope instead of
abusing them for doing it, the farmers
will meet them half way and join in
with them until we have good roads in
every part of this good old State of
ours. Very truly yours,
BRYANT SMITH,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
ERRATA.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
WAYNEsVILLE, N. @.
Please allow me to correct some of
the more important errors in my article
published by you recently:
Better personalities should be ''bit-
ter personalities" Party applica.
tions," a little further on, should be
party affiliations" Dishonest con
duct" in referring to Mr.. Pearson's
conductin tampering with the Populist
convention, should be "Gishonorable. "
In the last sentence Impoverished
country" should be ''imperilled coun-
try" and "morose and selfish conduct"
should be 'unwise and selfish conduct. "
But most of all the paragraph begin
ming 1t is the rue patriot who, ETC."
is brokon into three sentences and so
changed verbally as to destroy any
point or force that may have been in
it. 1t was written: To the thought
full patriot who considers the distressed
condition of our countryside moment
Gus questions that are pressing for solu-
tiOn-the great wrongs that are crying
TO heaven trumpet tongued for redress
what a spectacle this presen's!I"
GEO. e BOGGS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
THE POSTAL DEFICIT.

The Postofice Department of the
United States has suffered necessarily
in the commercial depression of the
last year. The deficit is larger than it
has been at any recent period. having
reached the great sum of 50, $50, 600, as
against something over S., 600, 900 the
year before. There was positive de-
crease Of receipts to the extent of $3.50
900, but the large deficit is in the in
crease of expenditures resulting, itmay
be presumed, from the extension of the
postal system.
There have been suggestions from
political parties that the rate of post
age should be reduced to n cent. If
this policy had prevailed the deficit
would have been very much larger.
The PostOfice Department undertakes
to do too much. As n of it's officers
shows, there is misunderstanding
among Congressman as to their privi-
lege under the franking act, for viola
ton of which no penalty is assigned. 1t
is within recent observation Of many
persons that the frank of a Congress
man covers all sorts of personal and
political matter which properly should
be charged postage. The department.
is d Ding toe much to express business
at too cheap a rate. 1t is doing a large
banking business. Congress is assign
ing it too much work and charging too
little for that work. The postal de-
partment is a banker, it is a carrier,
taking freight as we'll as letters; it de-
livers newspapers to subscribers.
Enlargement of the functions of the
postomce results in deficiency which
must be made up by common taxation
and interferes with the business of
some of the community. If the gov,
eminent were to engross for all execu-
tive departments as largely as it has
engrossed for the postal department
state socialism would be we'll nigh a
fact.
While the deficit is large, it is true
also that the conveniency and efficiency
Of the postal department was never
greater. -ChicagO Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
DEMANDS
By the Farmers Alliance and Industha
Union at Topeka, Kan, Feb. 6, 1894.

By the Farmers Alliance and Tndustda
Union at Topeka, Kan, Feb. 6, 1894.
Finance-We demand a national
currency, safe, sound and flexible
issued by the government only, a full
legal tender for all debts, public or
private, and that without the use OF
banking corporations; a just, equitable
and efficient means of distributing
direct to the people at a tax not to eE'
coed 2 per cent. as set forth by the
Sub-Treasury plan or some better sys,
tenn; also, by payments in Discharged
it's obligations and for public improve
ments.
O.. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the Legal
ratio of 16 to 1.
b.. We demand that the amount o.
the circulating medium be lncreased
at least $50 per capita exclusive OF leg"
reserves.
G. We demand a graduated income
tax. In
d. That our national legislation snan
be so framed in the future as noI
build up one industry at the expense"
another. A.
e. We believe that the money OF the
country should be kept as u =
possible in the hands of the people SnG
hence we demand that all nafona a -.
State revenue shall be limited 70 UW0
necessary expenses of the goVer InGIis
economicaIIv and honestly admins
tered. .ovirqs
banks be established by the g0Uo[n
men5 for the safe depositot the em
ings of the people and to faclll'a"
changes. oil the
natural resources Of WealLI' should
heritage of all the people ana
hot be monopolized for specu'no ~ land
poses and alien ownership now
should be prohibited. Al cornora-
held bv railroads and other oneods.
tons In excess of their actua IEo,1l1
and lands now owned by aliens, l%ent
now be reclaimed by the Cove
and sold for actual settlers oy b.
Transportation-Transpo[rd . hubble
ing a means of exchange arLEo,,I5 own
necessity, the government sn the IN
and operate the railroads
teG Re T Of t seie PToPi6o, and telephone ooosss iieS
the po~stOfice system, OeLhe toIiigence,
for the transmission OF nD0i 5T tho
should be owned and operateI+ bs peo
government In the interest,"
ple
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
SILVER COINAGE; WHAT II
MEANS

There was a strong effort in Congress
in 1890 to get the coinage of silver Q
stored to it's original equality with
gold. A bill passed the House provid
ing for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver. The bill went to the Senate,
passed with amendments and went
back to the House. The House did not
concur, and committee was appointed
to confer with a committee of the Senate
and arrange a bill that could pass both
Houses. AS a result of the work of
this committee the Sherman Law"
as it is called, became the law. This
was a compromise on the part of the
silver men with the gold advocates.
This bill instead of providing for free
and unlimited coinage of silver, pro-
vided that the Treasury Department
should purchase 4 SOC, 900 ounces of
silver bullion per month at the market
price, provided that the said market
price did not exceed 81 90 per ounce;
and it further provided for the issuing
of Treasury notes with which to pay
for this bullion, and the coinage of
enough of the bullion to redeem the
Treasury notes. The bullion overland
above the quantity required to coin
these standard dollars was called seig-,
niorage, etc.
The people did not like this law.
They condemned it as a deceptive sub
stitute and demanded its repeal, and a
free coinage law in its stead.
The Democrats denounced it in their
platform as "a miserable makeshift"
that should be repealed, and promised
the people of the county in 1892 that
if elected that would repeal it and re
store silver to free and unlimited coin
age on an equality with gold. The cleo
ton passed. The Democrats were the
victors. The President called an extra
session of Congress to repeal whatG Not
the Sherman law but simply one, and
that the best, clause of that law-the
purchasing clause-which added
monthly to our circulating medium
the cost of 4, 500, 900 ounces of silver.
This clause was repealed and the pur-
chase of silver stopped. The increase
of the circulating medium stopped.
Internationally repealed and no prom
ised free coinage law enacted or even
considered in it's place.
A demand on the Treasury for bonds
was soon made. Silver men said no;
issue no more bonds, but coin the seig
niorage. A bill was introduced to coin
the seigniorage and pay it out. It
failed to become a law. Bonds were
issued and the interest bearing debt in
creased, but no increase of the circu-
lating medium.
The purchasing clause of the ''miser-
able makeshift'' had been repealed but
the other clauses had not. The clause
requiring the coinage of enough of the
bullion purchased under the law into
standard silver dollars to redeem the
Treasury notes put into circulation by
its purchase, was not repealed. The
coinage now is in obedience to the I'M
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04

Have you arranged to keep your cat
tie warm and dry this winterP If you
have not got a good barn, by all means
fall upon a some plan to keep thesnow,
rain and bitter cold wind from their
bodies. They will require less food
and your humane work will be doubly
blessed.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-24

ping and all the water drawing for the
house, washing included, from cumber-
some artesian pump in the yard.
On such lines were Nora's days run.
She was slow to learn and she easily
forgot. But she could have learned and
her duties were many. Her mistress
grew tired of the moulding process, and
could not see why she was dull witted
and unambitious. She was discharged.
She was, nevertheless, perfectly faith
ful, willing servant, easily made COM
petent one with more sympathy, patience
and aid in bearing her physical and men.
tai burdens. The writer was not sur
prised when Nora confided her plight to
her before her departure, though she
did not need the tale to realize it. Morals
story represents the stories of ten thous-
and Noras all over the land; and there
are many mistresses like Morals mistress.
Harper's Bazaar.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-24

after the rest and nap, they opened
the front door to go through the
starry night to the old festival hall
across the track. The violinist led
the little procession, violin in hand,
once more king with his sceptre 60
ing forth to conquer. Marcelite and
the doctor would gladly have ling
cred behind the others; but Mrs.
Hazen pulled her husband back into
the dark hall, and healed the old
wound by calling him once more
Father" and SAYING
81 think our boy would have died
from disappointment at not hearing
that music, even if you had not let
him go. Sit down stairs with me to-
night, Father"
And that is why the old lovers took
their places beside the new ones in
the audience, while the violinist, in
response to the applause, smiled
down upon them, and played "Home,
Sweet Home" Christian Register