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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27
HOW TO EXTIRPATE NUTGRAss,
OR COCO.

A four page circular Gllustrated) on
nut grass, its description and remedies,
has just been issued from the Division
of Botany of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. In accordance
with the instructions therein contained
the plan of campaign to extirpate nut
grass is simply to prevent it maturing
seed above ground. Nearly everybody
thinks that the nuisance reproduces it.
self from the nuS alone, whereas it
propagates a thousand times more from
the seed. Hence, to effectually and
quickly destroy nut grass On any land
infested with it the soil should be fire.
quently stirred during the growing pc
riod of summer 50 as to stimulate each
tuber and seed to sprout. The best sea
son for fighting it is between midsum-
mer and frost time. Although myriads
of the sprigs will show themselves
above ground in day or two after each
working of the soil, even in the spring
months, yet the seed stems will not
shoot up till late in the season, and the
secret of success is to cut down every
tall stem while in the Towering stageat
the latest, and the earlier the better.
The old method of destroying COCO, or
nut grass, by cutting it off beneath the
ground every time a sprig appears
above the surface is a useless expendi-
fIIRn of labor Te 10 TSrnyVScSEn NnI- -
pillow or chop down the grass at the
intervals Of working Indian
corn, collards, or any other crop. By
the above method two years are ample
time in which to rid any ground of
COCO. In fact, n season is sufficient
subdue it, except that in subsequent
years a few scattering sprigs will show
themselves, which can easily be pre-
vented from going to seed by close at
tention. One cause that has enabled
COCO so long and so defiantly to hold its
sway in the South is that there are so
few crops which are hoed or p!owed in
the fall of the year.
In addition to the above methods of
destroying nut grass by cultivation and
cutting, another which has received
too little attention may be profitably
Choke it out with a vigorous
growing crop. After the summer-culti
crop is harvested, pillow and pre-
pare the land thoroughly then seed it
heavily to some winter crop adapted to
;he soil. Crimson clover is the best for
,his purpose in most localities, and is
the same time a very profitable crop1
:or improving light soils and for winter
Winter vetch may be used
10 advantage in some places; and crop
ping with rye OF rescue grass for win
ter grazing, to be turned under for
green fertilizer in the spring, is far pre-
to leaving the land bare. The
crop in any case should be
ploWed under in the spring and followed
Dy a we'll cultivated summer crop. The
increased fertility of the soil resulting
from this treatment will enable the
farmer much more easily to kill out
any remnant of nut grass or other
weeds.
Extreme are should be exercised
CnaE only pure seed be sown, for by the
Snoughtless use of impure seed the
LaEmer Is fostering the evil which at
to tOner Glmes he is trying by costly labor
d
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27


1t will be noticed that the price of
wheat, together with all cereals, has
been growing less each year. 1t will
also be noticed that with more than
twice the number of bushels of gross
production upon nearly three times
the number Of acres of land that the
money received for the products was
very nearly the same.
+ Sheep, hogs, cattle and horses have
deprecated in the same proportion,
while neither your notes nor interest,
your tax nor the salaries of your off
Gals has decreased a particle. So, you
see, it takes double the amount of the
products of your labor to liquidate your
obligations.
FARM VALUE AGAIN.
Census Report)
In 1860 the wealth was Sic, 000, O0O, 900
OF this the farmers were
worth. 1000, 900, 900
In 1870 the wealth was 1000, OOO, 600
worth af ....-.,...... Ii, 200, OOO, 600
In n 400 SU Wase....,.... $1,000, OOO. OOC
~ w Snr9 Sno IL, 900, coo, OOC
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27
Decentralization OF SILVER

Effects of 6 liver Demonstration.
The worlds product of gold in 1853
was $155 45O, 900. In 1892 it had fallen
to $13S, 961, 900.
Thegold product.inth the United states
was $65. 600, 600, in 1853 was $55, OOO,-
600. In 1892 it had fallen to $33. OOO,-
O Thus it will be seen that the gold
product of the United States has de-
creased about one half, and that Of the
world is much less in the 40 years.
Against this decline in the gold product
we find that the population of the
United States has increased during the
time from %. OOO, 900 to about 65,O0O,-
600. and the worlds population has
probably increased in about the same
ratio.
Now, through the influence of the
bondholding, banking and money
power of the world, silver has been de-
m~onetized and gold made the only legal
tender in payment of debts in all the
leading commercial nations OF the
earth. What is the natural result7
Had the population and business OF
the United States decreased one half in
the past forty years, as gold has, then
the value of gold and property would
have remained equal, but with popula-
ton and business vastly increased and
gold reduced one half in its annual
production, besides the present large
output being used in the arts and den
tistry, it is no wonder that the demand
for gold has immensely increased, and,
like any commodity, as the demandin-
creases the price goes up, and just In
proportion as the price of gold goes up,
all other property goes down.
Had the free coinage of silver and its
legal tender qualities not been de-
stroyed then our debt paying currency
would be double what it is now, as the
amount of silver coin and. bullion in
the world is about equal to gold. To
show the effects of a single gold stand
ard we submit the following statistics:
FAILURES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Failures in the United States from
1864 to 1898 were
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

In 1890 the farmers esti
mated worth was. -, 10 Co., OO, OOO
While the rest of our
population is worth. At, 900, OOO, Jul
From this SIS, 900, 600, 900 we must
deduct the mortgages, 81. 600, 900, 900;
this leaves them worth $11, 600, 600, 900
out of $62, 600, 600, 900, while they rep
resent 45 per cent. of the population.
FAMILIES AND HOMES.
Total families in y. ........1 IL, $780, $50
Number living on farms. . $4,000 600
Number living in homes other
than tenants. .....-.... o,1SU, lZ0
Of the families on farms 80 per cent.
are tenants.
Of the families living in other homes
than farms So per cent. are tenants.
Of the farm owning families 80 per
cent. have their farms mortgaged.
OF the home, owning families % per
cent, have their homes mortgaged.
Average amount of farm mortgage,
So, 100; average amount of home mort
gage, $1,139.
The above statement, reduced to
numbers, is as follows:
Farm families who own no
homes 1,444, 900
homes ...........,.>..-. 5.159, 796
Total families who own no
homes {, 1899. 795
Farm families who own mort
gagged homes ........... 752, 76O
Other families who own mort
gagged homes. 72O, 618
Total homeless and mort
gagged families. sos, ia
Total families who own their
homes free. 4.617, 976
Two-thirds of the families with mort
gagged homes or none at all. Don't we
need a change9
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

OF the richest men in the s+o.,~
to the Democratic party, but tho "elong
LACKS much OF paying all the taT party
white Republicans and the noarn The
much OF the taxes. In the noot pay
years the members of the FpSs TWO
party have paid much of tho VOples
Hence the negroes are under Ua4es.
obligations to the Democratic poclal
Some OF them vote and work VITA larry
party, and when they do 81 WI The
being hired no n blames them Uncut
OF them voted that way this year 'T Tpe
Messenger would have US bniio" Inc
the negro voter has not kent foi.I mat
the Democra &c party. We d. WIN
lieve that is true, W. underston noI DE-
many colored people, in certain snat
ties, voted the Democratic tiotot 0l'
1892, after getting promises from IN
leaders that representatives of tho pal'y
should be placed in a few snhor5 -"ce
positions, such as they could fiji a'9
these promises were not fulfilled, DO'
This is a white mans goyernmo..
No party:can make that an issIo IL n
future. The white people who VIC
once frightened into voting the nom ol0
cratic ticket on that acc0nnt IImaNo -
learned this, and will not Vote +b lave
selves into financial slavery becaT Tnel 4:
such a hue and cry. 0'"uS0 OF
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

1t is claimed that the second growth
of sorghum is very injurious to cattle,
killing them in a short time, though
the first growth is considered excellent
food. What it is that causes the cattle
to die from eating the second growth
is not known, but cattle raisers report
losses from such food, however.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

The custard pie is the poor mans
natural dessert. There is no aristo'
cracy about the custard pie, T T,a3'2 ~
to say, no upper crust. -Bo8ton T,g. a'
ScTiDt.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26
Many Happy
Christmas
Sentiments,

The Review this week takes pleasures
IN presenting to its readers number Of
Christmas and New Years sentiments
written expressly for this paper by dis
t1nguished American literary characters.
They are all short but well worthy Of
everyone's perusal. Among them is ene
by James Whitcomb Riley. the Hoosier
poet, he whom Oliver Wendell Holmes
styled the American poet of nature.
Thsn there are few lines from fthe in
imitable, BlllNye, whose humor is appre-
ciated wherever the English language is
known. Eugene Field, the poet, critic
ana newspaper writer also contributes
few lines, while John Townsend Trow-
bridge, beloved of all children, sends us
a verse on ''Years and Art''. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton takes peculiar but SEN
sible view of Christmas, while Mrs. ED.
E.N.seuthworth who is now an invalid at
an advanced aged, wrote this note
for the Review while reclining in her
easy chair. Other contributions appear
from the pens of DR.. Robert Collyer,
Chas. Dudley Warner and Julia Ward
Howe. They will be found on different
portions of this page.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26

fcontinued: sWhe1e do you folks sing
next Monday night2''
sat the Grand Opera House in Mime.
apolis," replied the tenor.
The fat man laughed cheerily and said
''Speaking of Minneapolis, that re-
minds me; why does miller wear red
|suspenders?' Nobody replied, but the
answer came just the same. ITO keep
his pants up" ..
A dozen men arose, with looks of
wicked determination. Just then the
train slowed up. The fat man moved
TRANQUILITY to the door and waved his hat
with parting gesture of warm personal
regard.
"When your company comes to Chaska
jest you ask for Tenant: What Tenant?
Why, le'Tenent. see?" and he was gone
Miss Florence Walcott's glorious Titi-
an red crowned head had fallen back
wearily; she was asleep and dreaming
we'll, heaven knows what the tair Florence
was dreaming; anyway, heavenly smile
played over her features. I he train again
creaked on painfully and thumped the
rails. 1t had just made five miles while
the fat man was asking conundrums.--
Minneapolis Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26
4 PREACHERS OPINION
Rev. Morrill, of Minneapolis Discusses Cap
ital Punishment.

In a sermon on Sunday, Rev. G. L..
Morrill, discussed the laws relating to
capital punishment. he said: ''It has
been repeatedly proved that capital pun
ishment lessons murder-that where the
law 1nficting capital punishment has
been repealed the state was glad to have
it placed again upon the statutes s-yet a
member elect from our county to the
state Legislature is reported to be active
.ly in favor of Imprisonment for life.
When there is any uncertainty of the
guilt of the accused, we believe life i'm
prissnment is best, but when entimen-
tai governors with pardoning powers
turn loose 'lifers,' known to be guilty of
the sin upon society, one out of every
three which had the primal curse upon
it, then reason unites with revelation in
declaring swhosoever sheddeth mans
blood, by man shall thy blood be shed;
at the hand of every mans brother will
I require the life of man.
imprisonment for life, with easy pos
sibility of pardon from political puppets
is not a terror to evil doors. Attacks
upon the life and virtue of citizens have
Instantly and increasingly followed in
the wake of the absence or abolition of
the death penalty. We commend our
St. Paul solons to the first, full and final
uthority in this most important matter,
which is not human sentiment but a di-
vine revelation, and history's commen-
a ry thereon.
<Kindness to cold-blosded murderers
is cruelty to society.
"There are hundreds of men in this
Northwest waiting to see whether MUIR
der in Minnesota is going to be safe.
"Let the law be executed, not in spir-
it of bloodthirstiness, but Of devotion to
ciety, ~.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26
Honor thy sons and daughters
that thy days may be long in the
land Which the Lord, thy God. giu-
eth thee. Eugene Field.

the most comfortable to sit n-there
amt none of you Catholics, be you?--
they're the most comfortable to sit in
because they are all we'll PaddOed-so
many Irish sit in 'em." Bishop McGol-
rick gave me that one. says to him {:
"Bishop, can you tell me"
Arthur Donaldson, the basso cantante,
had produced a huge jack-knife, and
running his thumb over the keen edge
of the big blade, was gazing thought
fully at the fat mans breast.
The fat man was abashed for AN III
slant, but he rallied. Suddenly, as if too
create diversion, he remarked. "What
dye say to little music?"
And, producing big cigar, in brok-
en- wrapper, he held the end to his
mouth, pretending it was cornet, and
lingering the imaginary keys, he emitted
sundry shrill and ear-plercing sounds to
tune which resembled "Sweet Mario !"
"Excuse me-" he added, apo)ogetica,
ly, when he stopped to take breath. 81
got bad cold and can't ito myself no
justice. Man told me it Was good time
to lay in coal, so I laid in coal-bin all
night. That's how I got coaled. Sec?"
"Troopers, amt you?' continued the
fat man with sudden flash of intelli-
gence, and an air of good-fellowship.
'Well. alters did like show folks, par
ticularly operay folks. What the differ
ence, now, between the fellow that sticks
up your pictures on the fences and a
proud doctor9 I know what you think
I'm going to say, but I amt. You think
I'm going to say because they're stuck
up. No; that amt it. Ones a bill-post-
er and the others d pill-boaster. Good
amt it? Chauncey Depew gimme that.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26
A BAD CONUNDRUM FIEND
Bucolic Humor Ladled Out on Train by
Fat Man.

Travelling from one small town to
another, as the Metropol;tans have beeu
doing, is an experience that frequently
becomes decidedly interesting and anus
ing, if one enjoys being close observer.
There are many Curious and highly in
teresting individuals in these rural COM
munities and there are others whose in
tellectual1ty would shine in the halls of
congress. A man IS not always an in
ferior parsonage simply because fate or
the powers that be, or back taxes, or
something of that sort, has doomed him
to live at water tank station. Large
cities do not make the brains always, as
an instance like the following will show.
The members of the Metropolitans,i in
cluding Florence Walcott, w. H. Eich-
man, Mr.. Abdill, Miss Mcneil, Arthur
Donaldson and James Durand, had
boarded the day coach at little town
in Wisconsin, preparatory to settling
themselves down for long ride. The
train was clinking dismally over the un-
even road-bed, six hours late. The day
was cold and sleety, and everybody was
glum and detected. The members OF
the company were ruefully specializing
upon their chances of stopping at little
station long enough to get hot coffee. \
young clergyman was f,srtively glancing
over his spectacles at the handsome Miss
Walcott, deep in a love story, across the
aisle. Manager Eichman was using bad
language to himself as he figured out
how much money would have to be re-
funded to the discriminating public of
Smalltown if they got IN too late to
sing. Everybody was chilly, cross, tired
and miserable. Suddenly, at way sta
tion, fat man drifted in and Numbered
heavily down the aisle. His coat and
vest were unbottoned in spite of the in
tense cold. His face was purple and
mottled. His mustache was died beau
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26
God bless Us, everyone, prayed
Tiny Tim, With all hale greetings
of the season.
James WHitc0m6 RizeY.

tiful blue black, with a frost bitten, gray.
ish tinge to the roots.
He rubbed his big, red hands, briskly,
and beamed amiably upon the operate
assembly.
"Let's ask conundrums,'' he remarked
abruptly, addressing nobody in particu-
lar, and taking in the whole car compre-
bensively. ..
"My dear sir,'' said the comedian Of
the company, whose,pale face was vrink-
led with trouble lines, and who wore the
solemn aspect of dissenting preacher,
"My dear sir, we all know that the hen
went across the street to get on the other
side; that the man called his rooster
Robinson because it sCrusoe', and that a
sealskin sacque is like an elephant be-
cause it can't climb a tree; have you any
thing now to effer2"
81 am chock full of 'em,p responded
the fat man cheerily. ssWhat was the
first money mentioned IN the hble?"
ssThe widows mite, :" timidlY suggested
the young clergyman.
"When the dove brought the green
back, said the comedian wearily.
"Both dead wrong" !" said the fat mar
4 perfect glee. ssNoah stocked the arl
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26
Photography and Crime.

The investigation into double mur-
Ger occurring the other day at James.
town, N. Y, may revive interest in pho
Biography as means of detecting crimi-
nals-a matter that a few wears aoo
claimed the attention of scientific men
and the police authorities throughout
the world.
1t has long been tavorite theory of
investigators that the last object seen by
person while alive remains photo
graphed upon the retina of the eye after
death. 1t was therefore argued that the
image of murderer would be outlined
upon the eye of his victim with suffici-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26

"Government is impossible without
law, law without penalty is null,ty and
the penalty which does not fit the crime
is premium on passions begotten OF
hell.
"True mercy cannot ignore transgres.
sion. The wages of sim against the laws
relating to nature sis DEATH Human
government, like the divine, consists Of
laws, penalty and punishment. Capital
punishment is derived right from One
who declares He will sby no means clear
the guilty.
"The death sentence is not pleasant to
the transgressor-itf falls from the lips
of the judge hot with PHYS tones-but
the murderer who carries the viper of
sin must suffer its sting.
against Miss Ging's murderers as in
div1duals we have no illwill. For their
unfortunate wives and children we have
nothing but powerful sympathy. But
for the society they wrong institu-
tions they try to destroy, the laws they
trample under foot, the blood they shed
and the misery they entail-they should
be hung by the neck until they are dead
hung so high that the world may see
that there is not foot of ground in
Minnesota on which murderer can re-
main with immunity."
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26

Women haze come TO make
Christmas q burden rather than a
joy, with their wholesale, indis-
crimi1ate. erpensiue giving of pre-
sents. People wAo can lilly afford
TO giUe presents wiU folloW the ex-
ample Of the rich. and W011en Will
often injure their eyes With w0rst-
ed w0rk and en2lrOidery and gr0an
oUcr what they deem a necessity.
I do not fozlow the fad, gi;ue no
presents and beg my friends to
glUe me n01e.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26
Bill N'Ie.

I says to him, Chauncey, can you tell
me the difference
Eichman reached a1ound towards his
hip pocket and the fat man was quiet
for moment, but only for a moment.
ado you believe in magnetism" he
suddenly inquired of the young clergy
man. "Put your hand on that winder
glass; that's right. Now, do you feel the
pain2"
And the fat man chuckled hoarsely,
and turned even darker purple, with
apparent symptoms of impending apo
plexy, while the young clergyman
shifted uneasily in his seat and smiled
feebly and tried not to look vexed.
Miss MacNeill. the contralto, laughed
merrily, and the fat man bestowed on her
a look of gratitude.
~ am mind reader, too," he said
much encouraged, and with q glow of
pride at his own versatility. ssNowMiss,
jest you think of something, and I'll tell
you what it is. Have you thought of ita
All right. You're thinking can't tell
youT'
This time Miss MacNeill did not laugh
and the humorist was visibly disappoint-
ed. He was lost in reflection.
"Life'', he resumed with solemnity-
elite is serious thing. We are here
to-day and tomorrow we are in Mendo-
ia. We have to kind Of cheer each 9TH
er up as we journey along''
Nobody smiled, and the fat man evii
IDENTIFY felt that he was loosing ground.
He squared himself to renewed exertions.
aHere's good .one,'' cried he, With j
sudden burst Of animation. s.Why's !
lady's corset like colt in pasture2 Be
cause they're left out at night and taken
in IN the morning. !"
The young clergyman arose With 4 lush-
ed face, and, avoiding the gaze Of the
soprano and contralto, beat 4 hasty IS.
treat into the next car.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26
Year by year We build, uncer-
tam OF the issue, but with courage,
confident thai the best is yet TO be.
Ch0S. Dud2eu Warner.

ent vividness to give the detectives a
clue to his identity. This photograph
would necessarily be minute, but might
be easily distinguished by the aid of a
microscope. The system was tried with
varying success in this country, but ne
yer persistently, and has of late been
practically abandoned, and dependence
placed upon the usual police methods.
In Paris, however, the city in which the
art of crime detection has attained a
greater degree of perfection than any,
where else in the world, it has been con-
stantly In use, and although results have
not been invariably successful, they have
been in measure helpful.
The test at Jamestown was not entire.
ly satlsfactorv- III. photographer max
ing 1t nad no previous experience IN the
art ct photographing the eye. AID his ar.
rangements were necessarily imperfect.
He himself is confident that better re-
suits mag be attaired in the future. The
retina of the eye of the murdered woman
showed only the lower half of a man,
his features having been be- ;ond the
range of her vision at the moment that
death supervened., The outlines, So ia,
as they were indicated, were distinct
and even the texture of the clothing worn
BY the murderer could be distinctly rec.
ognized: Without the features, howev.
er, the photograph was worthless for. the
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-26

with two of kind. There was q pair
of pole-cats and each had (s)cent with
him. &.
Miss Walcott and Miss McNeill made
pretext of looking out at the scenery
through the windows that were coated
with an inch thick frost.
+ "Why're the pews in the Catholic
churches the most comfortable to sit in p
asked the fat man, making another play
at the young clergyman. .
"And why are the pews in the Catho-
lie churches the most comfortable to sit
in2" repeated Eichman with the sonorous
voice of the middle man in the minstrels.
1.-The pews in the Catholic church are