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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-26
A Friendly Offer

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-Facts
have come to light that during the
American panic Of 1898 Russia of
fered the United States loan OF
$60, OO0,OOO in gold, with no specific
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-26
Artist Healy,s VIII.

PORT GIBSON, Dec. pa copy
of the last will and testament OF
the late Geo. p. A. Healy, the cele-
brated American artist, Of Paris,
has been received by Lawyer c. G..
Mounger, of this place, to be pro-
bated here, in order to pass title to
certain real estate in this county
belonging to the estate. The will
was probated at Chicago, and the
estate inventoried about 100000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-26
Chrlstmas Eve Tragedy.

RICHMOND, KY, Dec. 26.-Tues-
day night at Berea, in shooting
fracas between drunken men, Will
johnson and Less Mitchell were
killed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-26

Tomorrow is st. Johns Day,
which will be celebrated by the
Masonic fraternity.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
APPROVED METHODS OF PEA.
NUT CULTIVATION.

Every year finds a greater develop
ment of peanut cultivation in the South.
The soil of a peanut farm must be con
tinually renewed by heavy dressings
of marsh mud, woods litter and lime,
and the preparation of land for a single
crop costs more than is required to
purchase fairly good land of the same
extent. Iuasmuch as it is very exhaust
i've to the soil, it is not customary to
take a crop from land oftener than once
in three years.
In some instances the seed is streWn
in burrows, but raised beds known as
the hill plan are generally preferred.
In preparing for the SEED the soil
should not be plowed too deep ard the
ridge beds are laid off three feet apart.
A marker is then used to level and fix
the hills, about 16 inches apart, into
which two seeds are placed. An iron
cultivator with two small teeth is used
to lightly cover the planted nuts, and
then nature begins her motherly work.
II the land is perfectly dry the plants
will come quickly, but decay sets in
wherever the planter is foolhardy
enough to use wet land. Damp is the
dreaded foe of the peanut either in
planting or harvesting time.
The young stalk grow s until it reaches
a height of three or four inches and
thence becomes a curiosity to the bot
anist, akin in miniature to the umbrella
tree, o showing signs of becoming q
vine. It punches in every direction,
throwing out runners, sometimes as
many as twenty four in number. On
every Joint Cf the vine il formed a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
rHR $50 TAX ON DRUGGISTS.

The legislature levied a tax or $50
on all drug stores which sell whiskey.
This is a pretty high tax, but one Of the
druggists in town remarked that If
Douglas Hileman had arranged it so
that the druggists could AetWrn the
stamps IVithOUt defacing them, thedrug-
gists wouldn't mind paying the tax"
The above I clip from the Concord
Times, which, it seems, has 10 respect
for our Representative Mr.. A. F. Hile-
man, but continues to pile abuse and
vituperation on him about tobacco
stamps, , after Mr.. Hileman was hon
orally acquitted, before a Democratic
court of inquiry, Of any guilt in said
charges, malIciously brought by Den-
ocrats, on the eve of Mr.. Hleman
leaving for Raleigh. Again, the Times
editor seems to be sick over Mr.. Hile.
mans appointing w. @. Coleman q
magistrate. I would like to ask this
81, 900 postmaster editor if he can point
out one single instance where w. @.
Coleman has been guilty of a djshon-
orable act9 I remember a near kins-
man of this editor, q Democrat, who
was appointed a justice of the peace
and hung out his ehingle, advertising
himself a MISUNDERSTANDING never
known in this towL-that, too, after he
had swindled his creditors out of the
sands of dollars. 1t is needless to say
his own party would not p~atronize this
despiser Of justice.
In regard to the druggist complain
ing of the tax of $50 imposed on all
druggists who sell whiskey by the pre-
scription, I must say there is but one
druggist in this town who sells whiskey,
he having a monopoly of this county.
Let us see how easily he can pay that
$50, as compared with the tax of the
farmer:
One bl. orn whiskey, 40 gas,
40 gals. sol SOLD S for 81 so per gal. . 1i p 90 90
Profit ...,.y..............96 81 90
40 gals. rye whskey. $1.75 per
40 gals !; sold at 81 per gal. 100 50 90 90
Profit ............9.......$ 90 90
suppose this democratic druggist
: sells las he has a county monopoly
| some ten barrels of whiskey per year
, nice profit, is it not9
, On his farm, the farmer would
have to sell two bales of cotton TO get
; $4,000; and three bales % get $50. 90.
Oh consistency II
J. w. MEHAFFEY,
j Concord, N. @.
P: 8. Since writing the above I learn,
!, on unquestionable authority, hat Mr..
Hileman was not in the House wher
} the vote was taken on the Douglass
resolution. Yet the Times continues
1t to misrepresent Mr.. Hileman. 1t is the
D editors stock in trade; misrepresenta
70 uon' ]. w. NJ.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

regards Justice; and what is the con-
ditions that confront us TO day2
1st. A monopoly through and by the
Democratic party in the name OF poll
holders who have been disfranchising
and destroying suffrage and the rights
and liberties of the people.
End. We find throughand by discrim-
mating laws enactedb by the Democratic
and Republican parties that a few men
in one corner of this Nation, backed
by the Rothschilds of London, have
been able to form a monopoly on
money which is enslaving human flesh
a second time. This is done by the
gold standard, and to day by the power
of this monopoly the bone and sinew
of sixty millions of people and the sub
stance of Gods earth which is the
salvation of this life.
Now, Mr.. Editor, what destroyed
that first great monopoly on human
slavery9 By the destruction or re,
tirement of the Democratic and Wing
parties from power. and by that
destruction or retirement, and a third
or new party installed in power, it was
then that the great exter sion of suf-
frage, rights, liberty and happiness
came to US.
3rd. In order to extend suffrage,
rights and liberties, as regards the
ballot box in this State, the people
have rose up in their might and have
retired, in part, the Democratic party
from power.
4th. In order to break up this great
money monopoly, which is enslaving
sixty millions of American people a
second time, by preventing them from
er ioying the blessings of God, such as
the fruits of their. own labor, it really
looks like it will be necessary for the
people to retire the Democratic and
Republican parties both from power,
and install a third and new party in
their stead. This is the only remedy
or RI redress for the sixty millions OF
people who sre victims and prey to
public robbery, while about six mil
lions are growing richer on the sub
stance of the sixty millions.
J. I. LEWIS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
THE CAUSE OF THE CLASH.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
SAINT Inns n @

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
SAINT LOUIS, N. G.
What is the matter with the gold
bug subsidized press of the State and
the legislature? It looks reasonable to
suppose that if this legislature was of
the same kind as the pre- 8 they could
not possibly fall out. Why3 Because
they would be to Cleveland as John
Sherman is to Wall Street. But if this
legislature is of, by and legislating for
the interest of the people Of the whole
State, then I am not surprised at this
uprising and clash of the goldbug press
Of this and other States against such
legislation. The position taken to day
by this goldbug subsidized press, politi-
cally speaking, carries my mind back
to the 1tties and sixties, which re-
freshes my memory as regards the
position taken by the press in many OF
the States in that day in upholding the
two old monopoly parties in that the
most barbarous period in the history
OF this country up to that time, and,
Mr.. Editor, you know, and thousands
OF others by age if old enough, or by
history if posted, that in that period
TINS country was ruled and governed
~ the Democratic and wing party
any you know under their reign tina
ne" men IN this country had a mo
nopoly on human slaverv o,d that al
humanity of this country that was no
IN that monopoly was shnt ont Of sr
clety and almost out of the co,,1t-v .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
F~IRE-FANGED MANURE.
To Destroy Willow Trees.
apondence Of the Progressive Farmer.

correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
PROSPERITY, N. G.
1t stable manure be thrown into a
heap and permitted to heat until it turns
white it becomes fre-fanged and value
less, barely being worth carting to a
field. This matter has been thoroughly
tested and there can be no doubt about
it. The heat expels the ammonia,
which is the principal fertilizing ele-
ment of the manure. Measures should
therefore always be adopted to pre-
vent heating.
TO DESTROY WILLOWS.
Soon after the bark begins to strip,
say early in May, girdle the trees by
cutting through the bark about six
feet from the ground. This can be
done with a Ratchet or drawing knife.
Then strip down the bark in strips of
suitable width, leaving it attached to
the trunk at the root. Let the trees
stand thus until autumn, when they
may be cut down. Some will have
died, while others will be quite green,
but in neither case will they ever
sprout. Much of our best land that
has been permitted to grow up in will
lows can thue, aided by ditching (blind
bitches where the surface flow of water
is not too great always BEST be readily
reclaimed. BRYAN TYSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
ABOUT FEEDs.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
The question of feeds for dairy cattle,
viewed from its various standpoints, is
one on which a great many a and do
disagree. One sees all manne of sug-
gestlons as to the best milk and butter
producing foods, while the experiment
stations burden us with innumerable
tables, formulas and rations. Feeding
cannot be IN exact science. We may
have accurate analyses Of feeds, but
the feeding question includes also the
matter of price, the branch of dalrylng
followed, and the very important con-
sideration of whether we produce or
purchase the feed. In q general way
it is safe to advise a dairyman to pro-
duce as much as possible on his w
farm. Yet this must be governed
somewhat by the size of the farm. In
tensified farming is the order OF the
day. Some of the small dairy farms
are wonders in this respect, and the
man who is making dairying a side
issue-and q much neglected one at
that-by keeping only a few i'll cared
for COWS on q good sized farm is as
tonished at the man who can keep a
good1y number of COWS on a small farm.
lin the matter of feeds M must not
Be too eager to try everything ha hears
recommended, nor'yet too conserve,
tive. Ensilage has evidently come to
stay, as shown by the number of silos
built, and one finds any number of
dairymen advocating ensilage as the
greatest help in feeding dairy stock.
Others put equal trust in>roots, and the
late A. L. Crosby predicted that we
would have a root renaissance
The same writer was also an advocate
of COW peas. better known, perhaps, in
the South than the North. New clovers
and forage plants come before the pub
lie from time to time, the merits of
which can be better determined after a
few years experience and experiment.
An alleged new forage plant called
sacaline has attracted attention of late
and according to some authorities is of
doubtful value.
Various mill products and byyprod-
ucts are well known factors in feeding
dairy stock, among them cotton seed
and linseed meals. Cotton seed meal
la said to impart a firm grain to the
butter, q fact not to be overlooked in
warm weather. Then let it b remem
bered that every pound Of cotton seed
meal brought On to the farm adds to
its fertility. And when we remember
also that dairying naturally exhausts
the fertility of the soil less than any
other branch of agriculture we can
understand that it is possible ii i'm
prove rather than diminish the fer
tility of land by q judicious system of
dairying.
In the Eastern States the corn crop
has always been cut and the stalks
saved as regularly as the corn itself.
Such has not been the practice in the
Western States, except perhaps for the
past few years, and then only to a linn
tied extent. But last summer the severe
dry weather in the Western States
caused farmers to cut their corn and
save the stalks, and the lesson they
learned will not be forgotten by them
as they found corn stalks good food,
especially for dairy cows. OF course
the better condition in which they are
saved and cured the more valuable
they r @ +. w. MOsELEY.
Clinton, Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

Let us not be penny wise and pound
foolish. improvements are not waste.
Good roads may easily increase the
selling value of your farm more than
they will cost you in increased taxes.
The best is always best, and we should
be determined TO have our share of it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
WHAT OUR ADVERTISERS SAY

EUW5r TUD T1nU5TE
Raleigh, N. O., July %, 1898.
Mr.. DemmGrk, Business Manager
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is an ad-
vertising medium. Besides answers
received from North Carolina, we have
received them from Mississippi, New
Hampshire and Pennsylvania, and our
advertisement was only inserted three
times. BARNES Bros.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

The tops of plants and trees want
heat and sunlight, but the roots need
shade and moisture. Utilize all the
vegetable rubbish on the farm for
mulching purposes. Thousands of tons
of such material are wasted because its
valueis not appreciated, orevenk known.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

There is very little time when grow
ing rye is worth much as a feed for
stock. Until about time for it to head
the leaves are watery and contain little
nutrition. After heading the stalk soon
becomes innutritious and wood like. 1t
is possibly better to SOW rye for spring
feed than to leave the surface uncov-
cred in winter, but in most localities a
growth of crimson clover isworth more
both for feeding and as green manure
than rye is at it's best.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
Your money

back if you want it-Vacuum Leather
Oil. Get a can at a harness or shoe
store, CSC a haIf-pint to SIPS a gallon
book "How to Take Care OF Leather,"
and swob, both free; use enough to find
out ; if o don't like it, take the can
back and get the whole ofyour money.
Sold only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing
everywhere-handy cans. Best oil for farm ma
chinery also. Ifyou can't find it, write to
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Rochest d by.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

bloom, the outgrowth of which is COM
monty known as "a spike;" and down
into the ground this goes and makes
the peanuts. Each vine is clustered
with a heavy punching of nuts, num-
bering $50 to 300.
From the time the plant shows itself
above ground three civilizations are
necessary The first is to cut out the
grass and weeds, and the moment
punching begins they are barred of. :"
and two weeks later are bedded. This
is the last working, harvest time com
ing when the vines have clambered
across the three-foot spaces and begin
to mat together, clinging and twining
obstinately if allowed to grow too long.
Some planters allow their nuts to
speckle by attempting to handle them
before frCst mes.-FrGnk Chambers,
Tennessee, in American AgricWZtUrist.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
MackercI Fisheries in Kerry.

A Kerry cores pondent of United Ire. land writes: Dingle, on the extreme western coast of Kerry, is now the center of very active operations in the mackerel fishery industry. Large takes of niackerel have been taken off the coast, and the recent trade whic h has sprung up in the caring of mack. erel during the autumn season for the American market has brought employ ment and money to the doors of the the Kerry peasant and shoplzeeper. Dingle is, in fact, hive of industry at the present moment, owing to the cur ing and packing of maclkerel for the American market. Every man, woman and child is employed, and thousands of cases are dispatched weekly to Liv, erpool and Glasgow for conveyance to American ports. The macllerel are found off the coast in great shoals, and a fleet of boats is engaged in capturing them, landing the fish in Dingle, where they are cured and prepared.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
Photographinc n Train.

"At a way station the other day." said a traveller, II saw an amateur photographer photograph the train. I dare say this has been done a million times before, but I had never happened to see it. When the photographer was through, he waved his hand as he might have done to single sitter to let him know that he could get up and stretch his legs. In this case the ep- gineer was practically the sitter, and
 when the photographer waved his hand he opened the throttle and snalsed the train out of that big open air studio almost before the photog- rapher had had time to turn around" |"
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
A UNIQUE FACTORY.
Where Medicine and Food Is Manufae-
 tured for Dogs.

Where Medicine and Food Is Manufae- tured for Dogs. One of the two factories of this coun- try for the making of patent food and patent medicine for dogs has been de scribed in the New York News. The founder of this novel esta blishment was 6 Scotchman. He was employed in London kennels, studied the needs of dogs, thought out special treatment for them, and finally took out patents on food and medicines, and in his unique business amassed fortune.
 On the second floor the visitor enters the receiving room of the raw mate rials. Thousands of pounds of butchers scraps are brought here in the course of a month. Oatmeal in wholesale quantities and tons of herbs are used. The old-fashioned dogs bane, boneset, catnip and beet root, under various scientific names, find use as food or as medicine.
 The second floor is occupied by four curious machines with great cylinder attachments. After the fat and the meat have been sorted, they are ground separately in these machines, and then placed in great wooden tubs where various mixtures are added.
 The next process seems so much like the ordinary bakers work that one is quite disposed to taste things, and when the round and square cakes of a tempt ing brown have been taken from the brick ovens, one really envies the aristocratic dog. After cooling, the biscuits are packed in neat pasteboard boxes.
 According to size these boxes are la- belled for pet dogs, for greyhounds and for St. Bernards. There are spec tally prepared dishes for cats. Suffi- cient food to keep pussy for two days may be had for five cents But it costs a pretty penny to keep dog. A large dog must have six or eight cakes beside a quantity of meat. The meat costs probably about ten cents and the cakes are four cents apiece.
 The most interesting department is that of the patent medicines at the top of the building. The mixture of herbs and chemicals are boiled in great ket- ties, and the liquid is brought up to this floor to be put in bottles of various sizes and labelled ''cure for mango" 'liniment for sprains, and ito prevent badness" Sure cures for seventeen diseases, and pills as we'll as liquid med icines are made.
 This curious establishment also makes dog collars, dog soaps, crates for carrying or shipping dogs, dog brushes and combs, blankets and mack intosh waterproofs with hoods, for greyhounds.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
4 RUSSIAN EMPEROR's METHOD.
How He Replenished and Maintained the Imperial Treasury.


 Imperial Treasury.
 Among other expedients to raise money, Ivan resigned the crown in favor of a Tartar khan, who was bap- tized under the name of Simeon, says the Gentleman's Magazine. Ivan feigned to withdraw himself from pub lie affairs, but in realty he held on to them, and made the new czar call in all the charters formerly granted to the monasteries and bishoprics and all the charters were cancelled. The curious interregnum, or by what other name it should be designated, lasted nearly a year, and then Ivan declared he did not like the new regime, and dismissing the baptized heather, again took up the scepter which, as a matter of fact, he had never really discarded.
 He issued fresh charters to the monas- teries, but was careful to keep back several fine slices of the revenues, ex- torting from some of them fifty thou sand and from some others one hundred thousand rubles annually. We shall See, as Ivan character is unfolded, that this spoliation of the monasteries was not the only thing in which he resem- bled our own merry monarch, Henry VIII. He would send his agents into the various provinces, there to buy up at low prices the whole of some partic- ular commodity for which the province was noted.
 After retaining the monopoly for awhile he would sell for high rate and even compel merchants to buy at the prices he named, He followed similar course with foreign imports. creating a monopoly and forbidding others to sell their stock until he had disposed of his own. By these means he cleared two hundred thousand Fubles in year.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
A Yankee skipper,s Cordwood.

Capt Robbins had an experience with the peculiar taxes in Sicily, says the Portland (Me.) Press. He took over cargo of oil from Philadelphia to Marseilles and had thirty cords of ordinary four foot frewood to pack the oil barrels with to prevent their roll, ing. It is called by the sailors ''oil wood" He paid for this wood one hum dred and fifty dollarf in Philadelphia. He did not sell in Marseilles because he expected to get more for it in Trapani But the dealers there offered him only fifteen dollars for the whole of it, say, ing that the enormous tax upon it would not allow them to offer more. He declared that he'd bring it back to America before he'd sell it at that price, and so he did, and it is here in Portland now, after travelling eight thousand miles over the ocean, and it may go three thousand more, because if he can't get decent price for it here he will take it back to England, where he is going from here with spool wood. There he can get about one hundred dollars for it. England doesn't want cordwood. She has got enough coal, and less is paid for cordwood there than nara
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
Supreme Courtesy,

A Bengalese magistrate, having been informed of the whereabouts of a mad dog, armed himself and went to the place where the rabid animal lay by a house door. He learned upon inquiry that two women were in the house and sent word to them that he was about to shoot the dog, and, therefore, they should not be alarmed by the report, and that as he might not inflict fatal wound at the first fire, and, in fact, might miss, they should remain within until notified. Such 8 supreme cour- tesy is in ma rlcd contrast with that of western civilizGtio