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The oasis., 1894-09-27

TIE cattle interests which before the enactment Of the tariff law of 1890 had to contend with the low priced Mexican cattle, now find themselves given over to the competitionof those cattle and all that prevents large in fiux of Mexican cattle now is the fact that the Wilson-Gorman law provides that before this clause goes into opera tion the secretary Of the treasury shall issue a proclamation putting it in operation. When did the Ameri- can people ever before witness such a spectacle as a proclamation the direct effect of which is to benefit the fore ign producer
The oasis., 1894-09-27

SINCE the hearty endorsement of the territorial administration by the democratic convention at Phoenix, the silence which seized the Gazette has became positively vociferous.
The oasis., 1894-09-27

TIE democrats are as restiye as was Napolcn III before his famous 'pleh- iscite" and the proclamation of the third empire. Arizona must be dem ocratic on it's admission or the count ry is lost Two democratic United States senators and democratic member of congress. It appears this has to be promised before a democrat fc congress will admit Arizona. The Constitution only requires that the government adopted by the new state shall be republican in form, but our friends construe this to mean that it must be democratic in politics.
The oasis., 1894-09-27

THE Saturday Review, published at Phoenix, last week, contained false and garbled statement of the opera tions of the territorial loan commis- sion, casting what is intended to be q severe reflection on Governor Murphy. Just as the forms are closing for the press the editor is in receipt of the full facts in this matter, which will be given thorough ventilation next week. The democracy are in desperate straights when compelled to resort to methods so dishonest and rascally.
The oasis., 1894-09-27
REPUBLICAN TERRITORIAL TICKET

THE safety of a country comes from its peaceful masses, its troubles from its uneasy politicians. .- BENTON.
The oasis., 1894-09-27

fft uEf r nf .a fics al'ravg r 4a f saa-r dae~i W aatImI
 Il pap. 4DH county
 w Omrt sen par lleaaa r.lsa Go this rGl
The oasis., 1894-09-27

MISSOURI should stop up that min isterlal Cave who siezes every oppor- tunity for showing what an ass he is by lauding the Host cause and pro- claiming its righteousness. He cam not reverse the verdict of history, and his paug efforts iodo so make him efa and the people Of thcSettHfidicu
The oasis., 1894-09-27

igrei pur
 Mb4 @4a 4au a.so o,a~idi act oi fies ident Cleveland in relation to silver? And would any subsequent act of bis be any better.
The oasis., 1894-09-27

riir democratic niaifWm demands
 .peNt6 tne mcnrbapts 'icease lag bf taeae1e ia9 IatHe This brilliant ian was ft onaetme9t oi he last e@mmAfir eeaulre Nm $ the 4sua history Hearm3eIa'i0 h,'--
 an Vheimg aaamHa ai c- ri1una.. Its euacinea AMed.- ately followed by demand for rcpeaL and some of the strongest advocates are lOudest in after dcnuuciation. !.
The oasis., 1894-09-27
THOSE having charge of the execu-
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iiH'n he Nilsnn-'Forman tariil law cii Nnaf hhW few tho ir- rnli ef iie Al rsH ftt4, tIta tniine ila 'HltiA'a UiIr iu cti8 nig "tH
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The oasis., 1894-09-27

Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
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The oasis., 1894-09-27

appropriate prayer to oe adopted u raafade
 iiQH 0ug 2 lrd llan lone3 Waite, Waite, Naites
The oasis., 1894-09-27

Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
 Most Perfect Mace
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
LETTER FROM GUM NECK.

Mr.. EDIToR:-Inclosed you will find
81 for w. B. COoper's subscription to
your valuable paper that have been
reading for the past four years and
look upon it as being the best paper
have read. ana fully satisfied that I
have gained q good many ideas from
reading it.
Money is very scarce in this vicinity,
but we can boast of one thing here in
Gum Neck, we are all right 80 far.
We took your advice last year and
made compost heaps out of the seed OF
our 6 cent cotton and raised rye, corn,
potatoes and peas. consequently our
farmers have raised and shipped from
this point to the North about 40,O0O
pounds of meat and have some three
or four thousand barrels of corn yet,
and have plenty of bread and meat for
this years support.
Some are talking politics very strong
and are waking up from their lethargy
and we think that every true Alliance
man ought to think of our financial
condition and study reform. We dc
not feel discouraged in the Last; think
the Peoples party will go through like
a top this time in Tyrrell. We think
that the farmers are being more united
all the while and am satisfied they viii
stand together in the next campaign.
| used to be q staunch Democrat unta
saw my error; ever since have been
THIRD party man and a true Alliance
man.
FraternRlly, j. H y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

called politics is destitute both of COM
mon sense and a sense of shame.
listened to a Democratic upstart
ease himself of burden the other day
in which he said: There are men in
this country who have been voting the
Republican ticket who for the life of
them can't tell you why there are men
all over this country who for a gener
alton have been voting the Democratic
ticket who don't know high tariff from
red heifer; and there are men who
have been voting the Third party ticket
who don't know anything only that
they have fallen out with the govern
ment and gone to cursing it."
Such seems to be the stock in trade
of those who direct the affairs of gov
ernment and control it's operations.
The people are ignorant and must be
kept so in order that knaves and politi
cal fools may, booted and spurred, ride
them at their own pleasure and for
their own qualification and profit. Why
Is it, that after so much is said about
an Intelligent and free ballot that such
pains is taken to keep the people in
ignorance7 Persons either directly or
indirectly connected with the govern.
ment, buy up all the influential news
papers in order to stop their mouths,
i. e., to get them to play hush SO that
matters of great moment, in which the
whole people are interested, never see
the light, except through the reform
papers; and then when the people take
pains to inform themselves they dare
not give expression to an opinion at
variance with the bosses for fear of
their burlesques and fearful brow
beating. Ridicule takes the place Of
argument and reason.
Well, I admit from personal knowl-
edge of great many Democrats that
they know very little difference be-
tween high tariff and a red heifer, and
they are not likely to know so long as
they follow their present leaders Be
we men and suffer such disasteri Let
us be men or give up the name.
JOHN ANM0EB
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
GETTING TAME.
The Nc,cs and Observer of the 3Srd

The NctCs and Observer of the 3Srd
said:
MEN without political convictions
may be excused for suppOsing that the
Populists will allow the Republicans to
swallow them, but thOse who know
that it was chiefly intense feeling on
the part of the men who became POpu
lists that led them to forsake their
former political associations. will not
credit that such a swallowing process
is practicable. The POpnlists have their
convictions. They are not opposing
the Democratic party simply to wreck
it. They are nearer the Democratic
party than to the Republican party
TheY stand closer to Vance than they
do to John Sherman. So they are not
apt to be swallowed whole as the Re
publican Junta at Asheville have
planned.
The NetCs and Observer is either
getting ready to hop or wants some
body else to flop. The millennium must
be pretty near for the Democratic
brethren actually admit now that the
Populist brethren are m9n of cOnvic
tions. We expect the Ne1Cs and o.
serUer is about right when it says the
Republican Junta" can't swallow the
reformers as a body and the Demo
cratic Junta" can't do it either. The
true reformers and those who are join
ing them are not ready to be swallowed
by the twin plutOcratic octopus. The
twins nuat ha content with swallowing
each other.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
HOW TO GROW MELONS
From 7 hree to Four Weeks Earlier Than
e-. the Usual Time.
PROSPERITY, N. @.
NULoH1Na FOR MELONS.

AULCHING FOR AELONS.
Mr.. EDITOR:-The best land for mel
ons is old field, or other land that has
remained idle sufficiently long to be
void of grass seed. In either case it
will be best to turn the ground IN the
latter part of the summer, about the
time the broom sedge or other growth
natures unripe seeds, or other growth,
should never be turned under.) Plow
the land thoroughly and lay off into
rows about eight feet each way. In
order to form loose bed beneath the
hills, it will be best to run some mar
row plow, such as a coulter, several
times in each of said burrows. At the
check draw sufficiency of dirt to make
the check level. Then place on the
check a half peck of stable manure
freshly dug up. This for early plant
ing is much better than rotted manure,
as it generates heat and prevents the
seed from rotting. The seed may be
planted shallow in said manure and
then the dirt drawn over the manure
80 as to cover the seed about II inches
deep don't cover too deep)
BOXES WITH GLASS TOPS.
These boxes are made by mailing
four boards of proper length together
and then fit a pane of glass, preferably
about 12 inches square, in the top,
making all sufficiently tight to exclude
the air. The side of the box opposite
the glass is to remain open. After the
seeds have been planted, box should
be placed over each hill. Where boxes
are thus used the seeds may be planted
a week or ten days earlier than usual,
say about the first of April for the
climate of North Carolina, but to make
sure, it will be better to plant other
seeds in the same hills in about week
or ten days after the first planting.
The seed being elevated above the
surrounding ground, they will not be
apt to sob and rot from wet weather.
When the vines getnearly large enough
to commence running, the boxes should
be removed and the vines thoroughly
worked. Dig the manure away from
the vines and mix thoroughly with the
soil. If the vines fall o. er. it will not
matter, as the roots at this time pro
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

or garden as will best develop them
'Fntn rseful and self f-supporting mem
GIVIqEIs9vqS7.
Tins viii give direct connection be
tween our State institutions, supported
entirely by the Sta q, and each child of
school age in the State, furnishing the
most perfect syetu;n of education and
at a less cost than by any other system
within the scope of human ability, be
cause it is conformity with the laws of
nature, which are the laws of God.
Time fOrbids entering into detail of
expense, etc, but none of these prese ut
difficulties are as great as that to be
encountered from partisan politics
Discover a principle and the details
necessary to it's enforcement can al
ways be supplied
Our present public school system is
In keeping with the action of a mill
owner who, having at great expense
established his plant, including an en-
gine of ample power to drive his whole
machinery, only utilizes this immense
power in running a single shaft, whi n
is not connected with any other ma
chinery in hiz mill, and for power to
run the latter he places his reliance
upon the chance of procuring it from
an outside source, a folly too egregious
TO be entertained by any sane man out
side the realms of 80 called politi ;al
science.
Since writing the foregoing 1 see that
the President of the State University,
in his report to the Trustees of that
institution, strongly protests against
efforts making to arouse denomina
tional opposition against the Univer-
sity l agree with him that there
should be no denominational prejudice
invoked against it or any other institu
ton, but do insist and will continue to
insist that the present system of using
funds wrung from every taxpayer in
the State to maintain institutions of
learning from which no direct benefit
is derived by all the children in the
State is as unjust as it is unnecessary.
A crime against humanity in the per
sons of the children of the State.
J. B. SMITH
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
LETTKRFRoM THE MOUNTAINS.
MAB HILL, N. @.

MARS HILL, N. Q.
Mr.. EDITOR:-Things would some
times be funny were they not 80 seri-
GUS Old partisans worry and worry
themselves out to find an explanation
for the hard times and the scarcity of
money and yet the public mind is not
set at rest.
An old proverb says: "Where ignor-
ance is bliss tits folly to be WISE" Now
it seems to me that the only bliss some
men will ever know is the bliss Of
ignorance.
Men live through two or three gener-
ations without reading, not to say
studying the Constitution of the United
States or the State in which they live,
and yet propose to settle great ques
tions of State and finances as if they
were thoroughly posted in the princi-
pies of constitutional law. But it ap-
pears that what in these last days is
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

The best time to dress mutton is in
the early morning, when the sheep
have partially empty stomachs, says
the Indiana Farmer. The head is
severed from the body by either knife
or ak. The gambrils are quickly in
serted and the carcass hung up just
high enough that it will not touch the
ground. If the operator is not an ex
pert in removing the pelt he had bet
ter make an opening in the upper part
of the carcass as it hangs, and with the
aid of funnel turn in pail of water
to arrest the gas and prevent it from
permeating the flesh from the entrails.
The hind legs are skinned down to the
gambrel joints before it is hung, and
the skinning process begins here.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
EDITORIAL SUGGESTIONS.

kitchen refuse is highly recon-
Handed for the poultry, but it is in
iuOus if it has become sour.
fhepouItry busines3is crowded with
lille details, and if anybody is too big
GbO laz7 to attend to small details,
bSPOulry business is no business for
ta
Esilaga is a fae food for cattle, but
fHtermented and stimulating, hence
n0uId be fed in small quantities, a
lSsral amount of other food going
Hhit.
Need out your poor COWS, as t eey
/" eating up your profits, and take
'9a care Of Your good ones, then you
Woe better satisfied with your busi
AIr
A!Ou have hilly land, hard to cult
N' 1t may be converted into perma
w. pasture Clover and the many
Ils1Fs Of grass can be started on it
w your horses and cattle will get
~! days Of grazing there.
nowhere else has economic forestry
'a1osd 80 far as in Germany and
au'e' =, Students of forestry in Eng
49, auu india finish their course of
~. y! W a visit of three months to the
h.. ~ suitable forests of Germany.
\, annual visits have developed
tn3' system Of apprenticeship, ex
Mn over five months, from the
VI Aorll to the middle of Sept.
s.g. ''el system of branding horses,
AFs 'uo sheep IS reported from Aus
ph.3 lie brand is kept at the re-
Son neat by the action of electricity
tsE aSe batteries. From these a
tSo 'uOa Carries the electric energy
GRi, OIand, which is heated from
in,e, 1t Is claimed that this brand
lGo,asl' IVY safe, that it marks without
lastn,' aud Is kept at a uniform tenn
eSio os,e days of high cultivation, OF
Ao.,s %oooIs, and books and news
Gt o"nout number, it seems al
Apeb 1VPlme u to be ignorant. Innc
&dsd = = industry is knowledge more
&8ss..a man in the dairy. Grand
b ~ 7 oelng made in dairy progress
N&ts 1ofm, and old methods and
'Gr are are rapidly passing away, and
'eno' 'oer Of conducting the business
NJ practiced, or else there is nc
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

Great advance is IT ported in the cul-
tivation of cotton in the Russian prov
inces of Central Asia. Nine years ago
the yield in Turkestan was not more
than ten thousand pounds. Last year
the output was two million, one hun
dred thousand pounds of cleaned cot
ton. The cotton districts available to
Russian enterprise have an aggregate
area capable of producing eight to ten
million pounds annually.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
No. 8

ceed wholly from the bottom of the
plants. Draw the manure and earth,
mixed as aforesaid, around the plants,
but don't hill deeper than they origin-
ally grew. 1t is a great mistake to
hill the shanks of plants with a view
OF forcing roots from parts that nature
never intend d should produce any.
Thus treated the vines will not fir0
IN dry weather, and the manure will
also act far better than when left in q
body. Strange as it may seem to some,
1 prefer manure fresh from the stable
to well.rotted, especially for early
planting. Hog pen manure and cotton
seed, mixed, and half peck applied
to each hill is excellent for vines, and
If tablespoonful of salt be mixed with
the manure for Zach hill, good results
will follow. This compound has been
spoken of very highly by those whO
have tested it.
Boxes placed as aforesaid will also
protect the vines from insects. This
Is an important feature, for when the
stems of the vines are once bitten by
insects, Striped bugs they never de
so well.
HULCHIEG FOR 1EELeN VINES
A year or so ago noticed that the
vines of a melon patch that were ad-
jacent to potato patch that had been
mulched with leaves remained green
much longer than the vines in the resi-
due of the patch. Immediately took
in the situation. Fhe roots from said
vines ran out under the mulch and
we're protected from drouth
Since the above occurrence, have
seen in an agricultural paper mulehing
for melon vines very highly recon-
mended by certain parties who had
tested it. But as melon vines are tropi-
cal plants, requiring a warm climate,
it is deemed best not to apply the mulch
very thick, lest the ground be kept toe
cool AS an illustration, 1 will state
shat it is orshould be, generally known
that while mulching is of great benefit
to the Irish potato, it is virtually death
to the sweet potato, one requiring =
cool, the other warm climate.
Hence I have a compromise to offer
on the subject, which is to mulch only
on one side of row, or rather mulch
every other middle Then in case
there be suhiciency of rain the roots
would principally draw their susten-
ance from the sunny or unmulched
side. But in case of drouth the roots
oo the unmulched side would protect
the vines against the effects thereof.
1t Is considered best to give the vines
one thorough plOwing and apply the
mulch Immediately thereafter before
the ground has been run together by
rain.
In order to eOonomize with the mulch
material would suggest that the rows
be laid off, drilled five feet and ten
feet apart alternately, mulch the five
feet spaces and leave the ten feet Un-
mulched. The vines. could be readily
turned SO as, in the main, to occupy
the ten feet spaces.
| Now in order to carry out the fore
goins plans some little time will be
necessary. But show me a man that
devotes a portion of his time TO max
ing farming pleasant and delightful
and will show you man that makes
farming profitable.
BRYAN TYsoN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
J. B. SMTFH

The British Government in India
has gone into the dairy business, to
the extent OF establishing dairy farms
in places where troops are stationed,
for their exclusive benefit. Frequent
outbreaks of enteric fever having been
to polluted milk supply, the dairy
farms we're established with manifest
gain in the health of the troops The
farms have generally proved self-sus
tanning, and that at Allahabad shows
q profit
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

1t should be remembered that sows
that are prolific breeders should have
help in feeding their pigs just as soon
as possible. In couple of weeks the
pigs of such q SOW should be fed fre-
uuently with sweet, warmed milk A
SOW with large litter of pigs should
not be expected to furnish all their
food longer that ten days or two weeks.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

-. c.,olin, Reform Press Association.
0a.,~s,L L. Ramsey, Prestdent ;
s.:;"s Srs R,fler. Vice President; ; W. 3.
S.rgg. Secretary,
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.I FARMERS ALI
q esATIoNHD5 III and INDUSTRIAL
AN" UNION.

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JUDICIARY.

e Secretary Harri''"io
cGs JUDICIARY.
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@..;5: .,..;:555:,,rIcyrus y: {: Thompson Rich
D11sS 51l3.S.os t Lecturer-J.T. B. Hoover
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-30

main at the Frenchman's house. When
I finally reached Grand Forks I had been
absent over ten days. and a party was
just organizing 20 20 out in search OF
my body, Il being the general impression
that had persisted.
MY Fort Totten assistant had even
more severe trial than I was subjected
10. Not finding me al the halfway sta
ton when he reached there. and knowing
that II was essential that the mail should
leave Grand Forks every Tuesday. he
had pushed ahead. reached Grand Forks,
and returned nearly 20 the halfway sta
ton when the second blizzard overlook
him. Incredible as IL may seem, he re-
manned two days and half on a slight
elevation in the prairie without eating
drinking or sleeping. One Of his horses
was frozen 10 death, and he saved his
own life only by walking continually up
and down a narrow space where the snow
lay lightly. When the storm cleared he
found that he was within a mile Of the
station. Not one man in a thousand
would have proved as faithful as he OF
been able TO Withstand the privations he
encountered
Mr.. Roach says there IS no place for
him equal 10 North Dakota. He loves the
boundless plains and the magnificent eli
mate, and even the memory Of the biz
yards he has encountered does not
weaken his allegiance to his adopted
state