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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

case as this to deal with. Two men,
such as you are by the very nature of your
crime, lost to all sense of remOrse for what
you have done. To think that you, lay
lor should be the keeper of a male brOthel
and that you, Wilde, a man of raputed
culture, should be such perverter of a
young man. There is no doubt but that
the verdict is a just one and | shall give
you the full penalty allowed by law and
only regret that it is not more severe.
You are both sentenced to hard labO"
for the term of two years
Wilde did not look at the judge While
the sentence was being pronounced. lis
eyes rOved around the court room. His
face never changed color and he looked
like man who had made up mis- mind
TO make the best of bad situation.
Taylor smiled when sentence was
passed.
As Wilde turned in the dock and pre-
pared to go to the prisoners room, the
crowd present cried: shame, shame.
This shouting caused Justice Wills to
rise and eXclaim in a loud and determined
voice, "silence, silence"
During the time the jury was deliherat-
ing upon the verdict, Lord Douglas Of
Hawick strOlled out of court loom and
into the court yard, where he walked
about nervously smoking a cigarette.
His face still shows traces of his recent
encounter with his father, Ills eft eye
being much discolored. During tle hLal
stages of Wilde's trial today there was
an immense crowd in front of SIe Old
Bailey and the windows of AL re heish-
boring houses were filed with highly
interested spectators.
Oscar Wilde and Taylor were, at the
conclusion of the trial, conveyed to New
gate where they waited until the war
rants were signed for their detention.
Both men were conveyed in the prison van
to PentOnville, where they will serve out
their sentences unless a pardon should be
granted or unless they should be trans
ferred to another prison before the eX-
piratiOn of their term.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30
THE CYCLING CLUE,S hiring.

Chicago. May 26-The annual run of
the Associated Cycling clubs today was
4 complete success. There were 1929
cluhmen in line. with 1000 others who did
not belong to the club making $500 wheels
in the parade. The run was from the Art
institute on the lake front to South Ev-
anston and return. The Illinois Cycling
largest number of men in line. The
POStOffice Cycling club took second prize
of SIS. Their membership numbers were
31S and 291 in line.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30
WANTS THEM SUPPRESSED.

Savannah, Ga. May 25.-Col. Geo. A,
Mercer commander of the Georgia militia
has requested Governor Atkins to take
steps to suppress the Gate City Guards,
noted military company of Atlanta,
which withdrew from the State list some
time ago but continues as an independ-
ent organization.
Colonel Mercer declares this company
to be a standing menace to the discipline
and efficiency of the entire States enlist
ed force. He declares that every member
of the company is liable to prosecution
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

II was white still. Not a drop OF Dlood
Redeemed it. l held up my LETT loot
".PuIl off that boot, SAID. &c
THE boot. high cavalry SORT, cam III, oI'
Not twipge of pain; not color OF D! .;'a
AT this point | broke into presl, III h.:
A fear sliced me the like OF when nai
never overcome me since. hau i I ~ tbe
awov in the midst Of battle ana III IN. uu9
view of two armies: felt 10 VIM Inn
vas torn by no pain. 1t came Over , ia
liz some dream of horror, tnat ! VIZ tho
m 'n and had tainted and that III IA Jn y
S u,m Of tbe story | would be Dratuet 4b d
coward from one end OF me if. M"t a,unfr 20
other, wherever soldiers Dullt o"ii hp re-.
- held up the right boot 10 " was
noreJ 4 cupful of blood ran OUT. l Iis,
m nnrar 80 clad to see anything IN my tl4e'
7 vo,,IJ NOT have taken gold for as me-
drIn If If such was the relief 1t DrouSnit.
I had been pierced through Tue u"N''
O'"Wben night fell, while we Stlit ng en
our lines we we're whipped. 1t had pc
g c,un ~ rain. with a sad, hopeless drlzzle
f7bat took the heart out out OF man
I was living on some blankets IN one GVl
nor If a negro cabin. Over in an",het
norner under a blanket, lay my dearest
friend dead All about were Wounueu
mon: the doctors had turned the Place
into a hospital. At last a doctor Whom
knew came in
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30
ALTGELD DEFENDS HIMSELF.
A Falling off in Pardons Since He Has
Boon Governor.

Chicago, May 2j.-Touching the charges
made by one of the speakers at the
double lynching at Danville, ILL.,, last
night. that the mob did not propose to
allow the law to take its course because
Governor Atgeld would pardon the
prisoner the governor, who is now here,
said today:
"rhis is simply the result of Republicans
villiticatiOn and a part of the deliberate
lying which has been carried on for sew
eral years. The newspaper men know
that the records in the capitol at Spring
field show that | have fallen below the
average of pardons and communications
granted, while the number of prisoners
have nearly doubled, and consequently
the number of applications for pardon:
has doubled"
The governor then proceeded to quote
figures in SuStenance of his argument.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30
RATTLE WITH APACHES.

Phoenix, Ariz., May 25.--Information
has been received here through j. ]
Frazer, prominent cattle man, whose
ranch is in the Sierra Anchas. that q
party of cowboys have had a fight with
ApacheS on the warpath, who are be-
lieved to be members of Apache Kids
band. \ squaw was killed and another
Indian wounded. The cowboys believe
that the latter killed himself The fight
took place in upper San Pedro valley in
the vicinity of the San Carlos reserva
ton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

and that it is penal offense to belong to
it under Georgias military law and if
the Gate City Guards are allowed to con-
tinue as at present, there would be moth
ing to prevent negroes all over the State
forming military organizations in no wise
subject to State discipline or control.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30
CARLISLE CANCELLED HIsDATEs

Louisville, Ky. May 27.-On account
of Secretary GreSham's death Mr.. Car
Isle has cancelled his appointment TO
speak in this city on next Wednesday
night. The secretary will leave for
Washington at 5 o'clock tomorrow. but
will return to Louisville next week. Be
sides his speech in Louisville. Mr.. Car
Isle will probably speak at one or two
other points in Kentucky.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30
WILL LAUNCHED MONDAY.

New York. May 25.-The Worlds copy
righted London special says: The World 5
Glasgow correspondent telegraphs that
Nalkyrie will be launched on Monday.
w. II. Walker. owner of the Ailsa, has
just been blackballed by the Royal yacht
squadron as was Mr. Clark. owner of the
Satanita last year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

To pervert the truth seems to be the
royal road of a New York baking
would follow to success. 1t claims
Worlds Fair award when it was not
even an exhibitor. DR.. Prices took high
est hOnOrS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30
ESCAPING FROM BUTLER.

al e. he sAid, We We got to take Oh
~ "'Neyer while Tn alive l replied
I'm too young to talk about gong tllrousL
| life on one leg.
"Then he told me the army Woulu nav
TO retreat that night; thht ne hau Nv
ambulances; no means OF trahSporJaIioin
The wounded, including myself WYulu
have TO be left behind. They would De
prisoners to the Yankees. ,,r,, 7
Thought of Butler and that newspaper ac-
CONT of nv firing on the gunbOat after
if had surrendered. / made sure Butler
would hang me like a dog, once he got
hands on me. 1t was at this Juncture
when [ determined he shOuldn I get me-
| was as strenuOusly against hanging
as against amputation; ,.,...
eve were on an old sugar pIanttlon'
Before the fight | had seen some rough
two-whcel sugar carts. l made thenl
hustle about and get me n mule negro
and a sugar cart. They bandaged my
leg and put me in. The last thing the
doctor did was to give me a two-ounce
hottie of morphine and show me how to
fake if. Then he said goodbye, and l
could see that he thought it was forever.
He probably figured that if the Yankees
didn't kill me the morphine would.
"All that night, all the next day, all
the next night. that rough cart jolted on
through the rain. For whole 80 hours
lived on morphine. A Last we got to
Shreveport. When I was lifted out of
the cart my ankle was swollen to ele--
phantne size. But l escaped Butler, and
had not tainted away in battle. and
these two relefs almost made me rest
easy. 1 got back into Texas, and at
last was well again. As soon as l could
sin in a saddle was back with my bat
terry again in time to take part in a cam
paign against General Canby-who was
afterwards killed by the Modoc Captain
Jack-in New Mexico. We left Texas
with over 5000 men, and on our return
eight months later mustered fewer than
1000. ashington Star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

"Before taking it l had falling of the
womb; such bearing-down pains, back.
ache, and kidney trouble. ] had had
eight children, and was approaching the
change of life.
II took the Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound and Liver Pills; was
cured of all my troubles, and passed
through the change all right, and now
am tifty-four years old and well. Nv
daughter had catarrh of the bladder, am
it cured her. l send you my picture wit
my grandson, whose mother was cureo
BY your remedies. l will recommenG
your Compound to every body"
L. KELLY, Patchogue, Ii.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

The secret to strength to many is the
perfect digestion that attends the use
of Prices Baking Powder in preparing
food
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

Savants in their laboratories and wome
in their ovens alike find the purest am
strongest baking powder to be DR., Price
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

Quaint old English glass makes the ta-
BILE look dressed up" All that is needed
more are dishes that Prices Baking Pow
der has made appetizing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30
TRYING TO FIND A WOUND.

1.-TWO of my men came along and drag
ged me to the rear, out of the way OF
immediate harm.
Are you hurt, captainT asked one
81 told them l couldn't tell. l had faller
and couldn't get up; that was the extent
of my information.
"He tore open my coat and vest. Ny
shirt was white, and save for powder
stains and the general CRIME of battle
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29
A TASK.

ina smart but wicked Virginian,
who Is editor of the Richmond Times
and who has kicked the Declaration of
Independence aside to become one of
English rulers of this country, through.
by and for England, says: 'It seems
to be a hopeless task to make a Popu.
list Cor free coiners, for that matter)
understand that money does not and
cannot issue out of Government"
We think so, too. That citizen who
is green enough to allow any one to
convince him that. money does not
and cannot issue out of Government, "
should soak his head in a creek. Indeed.
he should go off and eat grass with the
calves. The Times gives its readers
credit for knowing less than ten-year-
old children.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29
FARM WAGES IN THE SOUTH.

The study of the financial questions
has recently become a conspicuous tea-
ture of the daily life of the American
people. 1t pervades all circles. We
suppose there are few persons of either
sex, in any city, town or township in
the United States, who are not able to
take an active part in a financial de.
bate.
Some of our American students of
finance have recently returned from a
visit to Mexico, where they applied
themselves with much assiduity to the
study of the free coinage question.
They have come back fully persuaded
that they must oppose the free coinage
of silver because in Mexico, which is
a silver country, the Mexican poems, or
farm laborers, receive wages Of only 20
to 25 cents per day and they fear that
the wages of American farm lab0rers
would be reduced to this mount if we
should decide on free coinage.
The New Orleans Times Democrat
dSSoIbS bQdU g40 "oSO6 III A4O0y LII
laborers in the South have already
reached a lower rate than those paid to
Mexican poems. On the basis of last
season, when cotton on the farm sold
for 5 cents a pound and corn at 40 cents
a bushel, the Times Democrat says that
the total income for a tenant farmer
and his wife was $50, or about II cents
a day each. The same paper adds:
There are many farm hands III the
South working now for SIS per month
wages, with additional pay of one
bushel of meal and fourteen pounds of
meal per month as rations, and who
are trying to support their families on
these wages, and working from dawn
of day to dark to do it,"
These farm hands in the South are
negroes. The Mexican poems r most
lY half-breed Indians. The former are
much the better workers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29
LOUIS PAsrRUR.
His Services to the Live Stock Industry,

His Services to the Live Stock Industry.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
1t Is not generally known that the
great scientist, Louis Pasteur, who has
just passed away at the age of seventy
two, devoted several years of his busy
and rem arkably useful life to g study
of the diseases that annually commit
terrible ravages among 1--we stock in all
parts of the world. His studies result
ed in a preventive remedy for anthrax,
Dry and bloody Murrain, Black Leg,
Black Quarter, Quarter Evil, Splenic
Fever, Splenic Apoplexy, Carbuncular
Fever, Bloodstriking. Charlton, Milz
brand, R4uschbrand. etc.
These diseases are very prevalent
among cattle, sheep. horses. mules,
goats and swine; and before Pasteur's
discovery, the annual loss amounted
to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Use of Pasteur's Vaccine has re
duced this loss to almose nothing, and
millions of dollars have thus been saved
to the owners of live stock. The live
stock industry throughout the world is
greatly indebted to Pasteur for his
wonderful discovery.
Among the fl oral tributes at P~asteur's
state funeral in France last week were
several wreaths representing the live
stock interests in that country.
HAROLD SORRY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29
MONEY PLENTY IF YOU HAva
ANYTHING TO SELL.

The market columns of the Kansas
City World, September 9Th, contained
the following:
"W. w. Cowan, local manager Of
Logan 6 Co.'S commission house, re
ceived to day the following query by
wire from a Wall Street broker:
AT what price for corn will farmers
stop buying coal and selling corn, to
induce them to burn corn3 What do
you think of ic9'"
The Burlington Courier, commenting
upon the dispatch, says:
The Wall Street brokers' inquiry is
significant. It means that farmers
may expect to receive a price just 8ut,
6cIent to keep them from burning their
corn rather than to sell it.
"And it means the farmers them,
selves have nothing whatever to say
about the price they are to receive for
their products, that being fixed bya
gang of gamblers who did an
honest days work Ill their lives. TO,
peka Advocate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29
A WAREHOUSE CONTENTION.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
FARMVILLE, N. @.
There has been a combination form
ed by the warehouse men of Edenton,
N. O., to nullity the act of the last
legislature regulating warehouse
charges. The warehousemen in Green
vile are charging the maximum
charges allowed by law and also one
percent additional for insurance. We
are all justly incensed at them for so
doing. Please score them in your next
issue. This has hurt our cause in
this county as most of the warehouse,
men are members the Alliance and
pretend to be Populist. This combine
to my mind is as despicable as was the
combine of the JuTe Begging manu-
features at which we were 50 incensed.
Men in u own midst forming a con
bine to render null a just and proper
law intended for the protection Of the
farmer. Have not these lei violated
our antitrust law. If the legislature
in North Carolina is to be treated with
contempt by every one who thinks his
business has been interfered with then
will all laws become contemplate n
the eyes Ct the poor laboring man.
If these people succeed then the Al
lance had better surrender it's charter
If we are not strong enough to success
f1llv resist this handful Of capt. 4lists,
then the legislature of '93 did not go
far enough but should have repealed
or1r charter for if we are only a side
show to a political party and that
party cannot do anything for the peo-
pie.
never was so mortified in my life
and / have almost lest confidence in
man. Alexander gone, Carr gone,
johnson gone, Scarboro and Sander
ling the same and now our warehouse.
men in Pitt gone. Where are we att
what T we to dot L. there no balm in
GIlead. A. J. MoYH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29

state and an unpopulous State should
no consolidated as a Senatorial district,
and the quota of Senators of the two
gtates be elected jointly by the voters
- rho two States. If such is the case
it should be done.
The Constitution should be sc amend
ed. if possible, that each party should
always have representatives N each
Hon "A of Congress in proportion to It's
voters If a party is so small that 1t
has only one tenth of the voters OF the
II 8. ard though it's voters are scat,
tered over the whole country, L THINK
it should have one tenth OF the mem
bers of the Senate, one tenth OF the
members of the lower House and one
tenth of the Federal officers.
The Populist party, in 1894 mao
about - per e n of the voters OF the
U s., but they elected only about q
ner cent. of the members of the lower
House of Congress. Instead OF having
only seven Congressman, they are
Justly 6QGlGI6u W 6OOU"
course, they almost have their snare
of the Senators.
Will not the nation deliver itself
from this tendency to a further CEN
t~ralization of political power9 We
should have dissemination Of power
and of wealth. It can be done without
weakening the ties which hold the peo-
pie together as a nation.
In a future article I propose to show
that one-ffUh or less of the voters of
a party Can control the party without
resorting to any clandestine work.
They can do it by this same gerryman-
dering principle.
WALTER GARDNER.
G~ardnerville, N @
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29
A RIGHT MOVE AMONG THR ~
ORED PEOPLE. w.

Prof. R A. Caldwell Ecol.), ofr,.
boro, N. @, hands us the foIlou,ne0aS '
publication: el LOT
The National Protective Aasoo;..
convened in regular session at Mis%l
burg, N. O., October 18th and IoH
Delegates were present from q S'u,
the Northern and Western State. VI
from all the Southern States On auu
dred and eighty five thousand colU,
people were represented.
This organization was set On
eighteen months ago by f. FowIar H O'
Diego, Cal, and has for it's ohi,ot "a
promotion of manufacturing ortsU
prises among the colored people ons
the advancement Of the race aIona IS
vocational lines.
Officers were elected as foTlou.
President, Geo. W. Taylor, Va s.o
rotary. J. s. Workman, N. @ Gano,s,
Counselor, Prof r. A. Caldwell N n
Treasurer, F. F. harrington. N. G M.
Treasurer gives a 50, 500 bond), Vrco,
Presidents. Robt. Small, S. CIV
Coleman, N. G.; B. K. Bruce, Wash.
ingtOn, D. G.; Wiley Jones, Ark P
P. McCabe, Kan John Mitchell. Va
DR., E Derrick, N. Y; VIM. H Stills
Pa Elk Judge John Strader, Mich
Prof. II @ Culps, Mass ; George h I
Montgomery, Miss.
Among other business TRANSACTED
was the purchase of cotton factor,
sites at M%iddleburg, N. @, and GoodeI
Ferry, Va and the establishment O
two training schools-one at R,dgeway
N O., the other at La Cross, Va. Fly
hundred dollars vas appropriated 70
the schools, and they will open within
the next thirty days.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29
WAGES OF FARM LABoRERs.

Weassert confidently that 5hefarmer
on the average lands Of the nearby
counties around Richmond cannot pay
his labor twenty five cents a day from
wheat raised at sixty and seventy cents
and corn at forty cents a bushel. The
single gold standard will enhance the
price of gold finally to the extent that
labor cannot be made profitable at ten
cents a day. The less wheat a farmer
produces when he has to sell that grain
at fifty cents a bushel the better If he
is. He cannot harvest and market
wheat at that price with labor az
twenty five cents a day with any profit.
When the facts are all put together,
the superior quality of our farm labor,
the long hours it serves, the heavier
and more costly food it uses, our farm
labor under the single gold Standard
about as cheap as the cheapest laborm
the world. and the profit of the farmer
is less and less each year.-R'cbmond
Star
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29
SOCK 1T TO EN-
That's What We Are Here For---WC
Haven't Got ANY Sense.

That's What We Are Here For--We
Haven't Got ANY Sense.
The Liverpool (England) Cotton As,
ISOLATION has announced to dealers in
American cotton that unless it IS baled
just exactly in accordance with certain
prescribed rules, that said American
dealers will be fined $25 for each bale
so prepared.
Now that's the way we like to see
things going.
What's the use to belong to a coun-
try and not do just what it tells us TOT
That's right, John Bull, sock it to us.
We haven't got any or man
hood either.
You told us to demonetize silver in
1873 and we did it.
You told us to do it again in 1898, al d
we did it some more.
You told us to sell you u bonds for
Is cents less than they were worth, and
we done it.
Now, dear John, Wen bale the cotton
just as you want us to, and if you say
the word, we'll put a ten dollar gold
piece Gf we a get it, in the middle of
every bale.
We will do anything to please you.
from yelling III threats sore for the
big-bellied bloat who manages our
affairs from the White House TO kiss
ing your foot.
If our fathers alive they would
lam the stufin' out of you, but we
haven't got manhood enough left in us
to kick a hound dog for licking us in
the face.
We stand ready to give our rich
to your titled libertines, and
throw in millions of dollars to boot.
Wen do anything at all for you
from paying you two hundred million
dollars a year tribute in gold and bonds.
to wearing tin ROSTERS to please your
lackeys In this country.
So just bar down as hard az You
want to. What are we here for4 Sock
it to us.-Viglant.