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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09

masses in order to be in full harmony
with q confidently looked for goldbug
Republican administration. Tnespoils
are all they want, and they know they
will get them with or without the sue
cess of the party, and therefore they
will be the gamers, in either event,
provided they ''stand in" with the gold.
bugs. But the voters will be losers
and their prayers for deliverance from
Bourbon" rule may all be in vain if
they vote themselves into goldbug
slavery.
If there ver was a time when honest
and patriotic Republicans should assert
themselves it is now If we persist in
the policy mapped out by the late con-
vention, we will certainly be the losers.
We should retrec9 our steps, not pre-
c~ipitately, but as cautiously and grace
fully as it is possible to do so, and plant
ourselves upont the true Republican plat
form recently offered to US by the Pop
ulist committee, at the joint meeting
in April. This is the platform the PEG
pie want and the one that will assure
us the grandest victory eve achieved
in the history Of the State.
RTFU3 AETTS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09
NEWS FROM KlLDER N. c.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
It you will allow me space in your
valuable paper I will let you hear from
old Randolph.
The farmers Ct this section are kill
ing grass rapidly. 1t has been wet
for nearly two weeks and they had
gotten behind with work, but crops are
looking we'll. Wheat is ripe now. I
am cutting to day June 1st) and it is
fairly good. 1t will be about all har
vested this week-the first week of
June-which is rather early for bar
vesting wheat in this section.
Think that the Peoples party of this
county approve the course of Chairman
Butler on fusion. We think that if we
cannot fuse on principle that it would
be best not to fuse at all.
Yours truly,
ROBT W. YORK
bro York sends a specimen head of
his wheat, which is very fine. He will
live at home and board at the same
place if he has much of that kind of
wheaE.-FDITOR.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09
WHEN GOLD GOES OUT.

The gold men declare that if we have
free coinage it will drive gold out of
the country. Now, is it not a fact that
since we ceased to coin silver gold has
left our shores and the administration
had issued 1852, 900. 900 of bonds to
keep it here2 And is it not a fact that
while the law compelled the treasurer
to coin 50, 600, GOO of silver per month
that gold piled up9 Then with these
facts fresh in the minds of the people
how can an honest man believe these
goldbug lies. Remember with no c0in-
age gold goes and with coinage gold
stays.-Labor's Tribune, Carthage,
Mo.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09

We were pleased to meet Mr.. Jos. J.
Alien, of Franklin county, a few days
ago Mr.. Allen is something of a speller.
A year or two ago they had a series of
spelling matches at Metropolitan Hall,
III this city. Mr.. Allen came over,
and, Notwithstanding many prominent
educators and other professional men
took part, MI. Allen carried eff every
prize. He has stayed with the Demo
cratic party through thick and thin,
but says THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
contains the best Democratic doctrine,
and is the most reliable paper he takes,
and he renewed for a year in advance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09

Men have various ways of carrying
their money, says an exchange. Butch
ers, grOcers anu bakers carry It in q
crumpled wad, Bankers in nice, clean
bills laid at full length in a morocco
pocketbook. Brokers always fold their
bills twice. The young business man
carries his money in his vest pocket,
and the sporting man carries his in his
trousers pockets Farmers and drovers
carry their money in their inside peck
cts. E :itors carry theirs in other PEG
pies pockets.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09

Without pursuing the matter further
at this time; without going into a state
ment of the reasons which Influenced
us to become an advocate of free coin
age-though these can be had If de
sired-we renew the invitation to The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER to rnake good it's
charge that we have gone back from
the position taken April II, 1890, and
again assure it that our files are at it's
service to enable it to make up its case.
What will it do about it9 An answer,
please.
You will notice that Mr.. Caldwell adj
mits that he subordinated his own
views to those of Mr.. Cleveland from
1885 up to 1890. But then changed
I again, and then, to use his own Ian
guage, dumped over to THE PROGRESS
sIvE FARMERS side" He winds up an
editorial: LAS we see it, after consid-
| cradle ref ction, is the lack of a suh.
Gent volume of currency in circulation.
TIE Landmark is a convert to free sill
yer coinage"
So Mr.. Caldwell had two changes in
| his views up to this time, according to
his own admission. Tne next year,
1892, we found him advocating the
! cause of The Sheriff" (Cleveland) for
| President. He did this knowing that
Cleveland was opposed to free coinage
Che admits as much above) but went
! right ahead. When Cleveland began
his war on silver by calling an extra
session OF Congress to repeal the Sher
man law, the Observer was the first,
ard almost the only paper to stand by
him in this State. Just how many
times edito. Caldwell has changed in
the past three years we are unable to
say, but he has finally wound up in the
goldbug camp. But if the Chicago
Convention declares for silver, we pre-
sumo he will keep up his record, for ne
has already given gOldbug boilers a
lecture. Recently we heard a Demo
crat declare hat editor Caldwell shall
not be a delegate to Chicago this year
because he is against silver. But if
you will take his utterances in 1891:
THE Landmark is a convert to free
silver coinage" he is the very man to
elect. Certainly he would be "a con
venient delegate" for he can change
sixteen times to one" any day in the
year, and his silver views are so flexible
that he will support John Sherman,
Ben Tillman or Gov. Altgeld for the
Presidency, if either of those worthless
are put up. Democrats are SO prone
to change their financial views that
they ought to be required to give at
least three days notice of proposed
changes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09

Messrs. s. & D. Berwanger have
marked down the price OF clothing to
remarkably low prices. They sell
nothing but standard made goods and
represent things just rs they are and
have but one price to all.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09

Henry Gle VS., the Wall street banker,
says that if the goldbugs fail to control
the two old parties and the silver men
elect two thirds of the members of the
next Congress, Wall street will still
ward off the free coinage craze( e.; that
Wall street has a mysterious reserve
force lying back that no Congress will
dare to ignore. We presume Henry
Clews and his desperate gang of finan-
cial cut threats will threaten to blow
up the Capitol and destroy a silver
Congress. But there are men in this
country who are too brave to be fright
ened even by threats of that kind.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09

the Vice-President and the important
Things He Told Zeke
B-"HeIlol Mr.. Editor.
R-"Hello! MejDr. Are you still
in the silver ranks?'
BIN rite thar an thar ter stay
I'm a patriot if they ever wuz one"
R.-'Then Col. Johnston has not
been cut to take dinner with you?"
B,-"No. he haint bin out ter see me
hut that wont make any difference.
He kin come cut an stay a week II ne
wants ter, but I'll still be a silver man.
an I won't be like Vice President
Stevenson, either"
R.-"What's the trouble with the
Vice Presidents"
B,-''Bl6med if I know. He won't
talk erbout anything except the wealth.
ar an crops. l heard he wuz cCmln'
ter Raleigh last Friday an l saddled
nv mule and rode into town ter see
him. fer I had heard that Wall Street
wouldn't object to seein' him the next
President, roJVjAin' the people kin be
fooled. I softer saooeaed down my
hare an brushed tHe3 mud eff my
close an went rite ter the 4ar0orra
House ter see him. He spoke ter me
sorter polite like an asked me how
awl my folks are gittin' on. 1tole him
thew WIZ awl we'll 'cept Betsy, an she
wuz well, 'ceptin' her pollyticka, which
air too Populistic ter suit me. Mister
Stevenson lowed that WIZ sorter I'm
fortunate, fer a house divided erglnst
itself il liable ter fall at emmy time. |
tole him I didn't mind that, purvidin'
my part ov the house didn't kerfumIx
Then he asked me erbout my crops an
nv nabors an the like, not lettin' me
git i'm a word edgewise. Then l toIe
him 7 Wuz a silver man, an wanted ter
know whar he stands. Says l, MI.
Vice President, eff we nominate you at
Chicago will you promise ter stand by
the dollar GU our daddies an do rite
by silverY' He wanted ter know IT 1t
had bin rainin' much at my house
durin' the past week. I told him yes,
too much. He sed he wuz glad ter see
CROPS lookin' fine. I asked him if he
wuz in favor ov Is to /, or bust. He
sed he WIZ glad the rainy weather
Wuz over, fer crops air needin' sun
shine. Then I sed: Mr.. Vice President
are you-a silver man or a goldbugF
He lowed he believed crops air the
forwardest he had ever seen them for
the time ov year, and if the season
holds guide they will be a plum site
ter see by August. I thought I'd try
erginI an sed: Mister Stevenson, do
you believe a single standard or q
double standard the best?' He sed:
I'm nifty thankful the fruit didn't awl
git killed last spring. We kin hardly
git erIong when the fruit crop il a fail
ure.' had ter give it up, and l don't
know anymore erbout Whut sort ov a
bug the Vice President IL now than !
did before I talked with him. Guide
bye"
~ ~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
A Losing Business.

As 4 prediction the following point.
or" was safe enough, but, considered as
advice, 1t would have been much better
II no lottery ticket had come with It..
Gnats do not reform when candle.
moths warn them not to fly into the
fire:
One OF Bcauregard's old soldiers sent
him dollar and requested him to send
him lottery ticket which would win
o big prize. He said: II was always
at my post and never disObeyed orders.
] came out of the war with not clothes
enough to wad shotgun" The Gen.
Fral answered:
my dear cOmade: ] send YOU a
ticket that ! hope will draw prize,
and beg leave to give you the following
pointer: II you stick to the Louisiana
lottery for four years as faithfully "a
you did to the Southern COnfederacy,
you will not have clothes enough to
wad a pOp-gun."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
BcCalSncd.

Sir Claude dc Crespigny tells In his
memoirs" how Colonel Burnaby, that
hero of reckless deeds, once crossed the
Channel In balloon, and Of the adven-
ture which befell him by the way. The
first striking incident In his voyage was
the sudden and very rapid descent Of
the balloon. lie threw out pieces Of
paper. and noticed that they huttcred
In the air above. Then, to save himself
from going down into the water. he be-
gan 10 throw out ballast. The balloon
took an upward turn, for II had been
within five hundred feet Of the sea.
Then he found that the balloon had
come to q dead standstill. He threw
bits Of paper out OF the car. and they
one and nil fell straight into the Chan.
mel. He was thus, It was clear, be.
calmcd In air.
For an hour he remained In this exas-
perating position. but at length be de.
sccnded again within less than quar-.
ter of a mile OF the water, and again
reascended q little. Things were No
better ut this lower altitude; the bal.
loon continued becalmed. What was
to he done? In order the better to con.
slider the question, and to pass the
time, the "mad Englishman" took
cigar out of his case and calmly light
ed It, regardless OF the fact that there
was Il continuous escape Of inaamma.
BILE gas Just above his head. He might,
indeed, have smoked as safely In a
pOwder-maGnzlne.
Since no cnange took place In his po'
sitiOn, and the balloon did not, as might
have been expected, catch fire, he re-
solved to ascend. He flung out bag
of ballast, which fell with a loud thud
into the water and up shot the balloon
to a height of three thousand feet,
again to remain stationary.
Out went another bag, and up sailed
the balloon again, this time to an alti-
tude of mile and half; but still pre-.
vailed that hateful calm. More bal
last followed, and the car continued to
ascend until the aerOnaut found him
self at a height Of two miles.
But Mt length; In the midst OF cloud.
land. the balloon began to move, and to
Burnaby's great satisfaction, toward
France. Presently getting clear OF tho
clouds, he was able to sec the town
and harbor OF Dieppe, and there he
safely landed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
HUMIDITY.

The collar melts upon the neck,
The shirt front 10 sagging wreck.
The cambria tie
II oil awry
And lacks It's prime solidity;
The 'kerchief DER our brow we nip.
From every pore we ooxe and drip
And all our glee
To miser-ee
10 turned by old Humidity.
The airs gulf Of slussish grease,
4 surf of oil, murky fleece;
The agile 6y,
Stuck on the pie,
Devours Il with avidity;
There's not q breeze to stir the leaf.
The long. drinks respite is but brief;
And out Of sorts
The dog cavorts
Froth.sculptured by Humidity.
That soon It may, oh, let us hope,
Turn into rain or toilet soap,
Or anything
To make us sing
Of our restored lucidity;
Oh, may Il vanish to the sky,
Nor grease the pan the chop to fEyj
We've learned enough
About the tough
Grim demon Of Humidity.
New York Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
A MIRACULOUS STONE
Il wss Taken from the Base Of Q Phi
lar and the Pillar etill Stood.


e Was Taken from the Base Of Pill
lar and the Pillar eti1l stood.
samarcan is great and noble city
towards the northwest, inhabited b.
both Christians and Saracens, who arr
oubject to the great Kaan's nephew,
CaidOu by name; he Il, however, mt bit.
ter eDmity with the Kaan. I will tell
sou Of great marvel that happened at
This city.
1t IL not a great while ago that eiga.
lay, own brother to the Great Kaan,
who was lord Of this country and Of
many IN one besides, became a Chris.
tan. The Christians rejoiced greatly
ut this, and they built a great church
IN the city, in honor Of John the Bap.
list; and by his name the church was
called. And they took very fine stone
which belonged to the Saracens, and
placed 1t as the pedestal Of column in
The middle Of the church, supporting the
roof. 1t came to pass, however, that
Sigatay died. Now the Saracens were
full Of rancor about that stone that had
been theirs, and which had been set up
IN the church Of the Christians; and
when they saw that the Prince was
dead, they said one to another that now
was the time to get back their stone.
by fair means or by foul. And that
they might well do. for they were ten
times as many a. the Christians. 80
they got together and went to the
church and said that the stone they
must and would have. The Christians
ackno wledged that It was theirs indeed.
but offered to pay large sum Of money
and 30 he quit. Howbeit, the others
replied that they never would give up
the stone for anything In the world.
And words ran SO high that the Prince
heard thereof, and ordered the Chris.
tians either to arrange to satisfy the
saracens, II II might be, with money,
or to give up the stone. And he allowed
them three days to do either the one
thing ox the other.
The Saraceis would on no account
agree to leave the stone where It was,
and this out of pure despite to the
Christians, for they knew well enough
that II the stone were stirred the church
would come down by the run. So the
Christians were In great trouble and
wist not what to do. But they did do
the best thing possible; they besought
Jesus Christ that he would consider
their case, SO that the holy church
should not come to destruction. nor the
namc Of its Patron Saint, John the Bap.
tst, be furnished by Its ruin. And SO
when the day fixed by the Prince came
round, they went to the church betimes
In the morning, and 10, they found the
stone removed from under the column;
tho foot Of the column was without sup.
port, and yet 1t bore the load as stoutly
% before! Between the foot Of tho col.
umn and the ground there was space
Of three palms. SO the Saracens had
away their stone, ana mighty little Joy
wlthul. It was glorious miracle. nay,
It u 10, for the column still 40 standeth
and will stand 40 long as God pleaseth
st. Nicholas.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
A Leopard Hunt In Africa.

Started out hunting ut 8 o'clock. Came
upon small herd Of mswala, followed
them carefully, but could not get near
enough TO have shot. After an hour
I found that was not alone In being
Interested In the mswala. A leopardess
had stepped In between me and tho
game. When first saw her she was
crOuched like cat. Then she moved
stealthily ana quickly toward the game.
crept rapidly toward the buck. For
about a quarter Of Il milo moved
Rtealhtily and quickly toward the game.
I was then within a short distance Of
them. and could family hear the crea-
lures In among a clump Of trees.
was thinking how best to stalk ana get
q shot, when the lcopardess again ap-
peared about eight yards from me and
close to the mswala. She had cleverly
crept to windward and was now almost
within striking distance. She crOuched
and moved her head slowly from side
10 side In order more clearly to see her
game. TO get better view she slowly
raised her head and sat on her hauncli.
es. Then she took still better view by
putting her front paws on a log. which
raised her two or three inches higher.
Then she showed her head and shOul.
ders above the grass, and I succeeded
in putting a snlder bullet through her.
She was six feet In length. 1t Is a very
rare thug to see leopard at all, and
most unusual to see them In the day.
time. The natives were delighted.
ind the killing of the leopard raises mo
to heroic plane, while, as a matter Of
fact. the mere killing of the beast was
as easy rs the shooting Of a retriever
dOg.-Century.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
l-emuel hit the ground with O thud.
It was plowed ground and

Lemuel hit the ground with O thud.
Fortunately It was plowed ground and
soft. He was dragged along some
twenty yards before he could let 60,
and then he lay for some time before
he sat up and looked around. He was
daxed. but he saw he was In some ones
cotton field. Over short distance lay
the collapsed balloon In q haxc Of 40.
cending smoke. Then he arose, stood q
moment unsteadily, braced himself and
took his bearings. Things looked famil.
iar. At his feet lay hoe and NIL about
ndlatcd the weedy cotton rows. All at
once the knowledge OF where he was
came to him like a fash. That hoe was
his hoe; that field was Ills fathers. none
other In that country was so badly kept.
Then and there Lemuel took of his
coat. took up that hoe and went to hoe.
ing. He stuck to It till shutdown In
spite Of his dizziness, his aches and his
bruises. Next morning he was out Mt
sunrise and has never since quit work
Ing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
tarion, stood strnight up toward The

tarion, stood strnlght up toward The
realms Of boundless space.
Far below vas all the country, spread
out AZ though map In relief. With lite
rivers, hills, forests, road and town.
A grand sight, but far beyond the luck
less spectators appreciation.
young man." again spoke the aero
naut, III you ever get out Of this alive
you can thank the Lord on your knees
the balance Of your life. All you can
do ID to hold tight and trust to Him to
save you. You may drop easy and you
may come down hard. Pray for the easy
drop. I've done all could for you, and
now I've got to leave you"
80 saying, he loosened the ropes that
held the parachute, bound his wrists to
one Of them by heavy leather bands, 90
a. to prevent his hold breaking in the
descent. As Lemuel saw these prepara-
lions the thought Of being left alone
enabled him to find his voice.
"For Gods sake." he gasped, don't
leave me-
But prayer and protest were unavail.
ing and the aerOnaut Jumped. Up shot
the balloon, relieved Of the weight, and
down shot the parachute until It spread
outand leisurely dropped to the ground.
It was cold up in those regions of
the higher air, but Lemuel dared not
let 60, even with one hand, to button
his coat about him. A great bird, an
eagle or hawk, came at him screech.
ing viciously.
SHOOT yelled Lemucl, and the az.
tonished bird "shooed."
For long time Lemuel never dared
to look below, and when he did he no.
ticed the earth he had left coming rap.
Idly up toward him. Then he knew the
balloon was falling and at such rate
as foretold disaster. Nearer and nearer
came the woods and the fields. Lemuel
shut his eyes and prayed. Just before
the ground was reached breath struck
the balloon. careened It and carried It
along nearly parallel to the surface.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
soiling Potato FOLIAGE.

1t has long been known that beans
VIII rust II they are cultivated while
their leaves are wet SO that soil will
stick to them. Many farmers now be-
lleve that the leaves Of the potato. es-
pecially In the late stages of their
growth, are equally liable to be injured
10y cultlvationq when wet. 1t Is a good
plan to let the cultivator lie idle In a
rainy time anyway. Weeds are killed
better while the soil Is dry. while II
cultivated during a rainy spell they are
only transplanted and made harder to
kill than ever.