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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

all who r deDeTdanf Un0n hID7.
LABOR CANNOT BE HOARD ed; + e
lie day is gone forever; lost Wago IS g. e
never reimbursed and therefore steady
employment and good pay in good
money are essential to the comfort and
happiness Of the American laOOrer and
his wife and children, and he will be
unfaithful to himself and to them If he
does not insist upon the adoption and
maintenance Of 8uCh g policy as Will
most certainly preserve the value and
stability of a( our currency and pro
mote the regular and profitable conduct
Of ell our industrial enterprises He
cannot prosper when the country IS IN
distress, when is industries are pros
trated, its commerce paraly Z0d, its
credit broken down, or its social order
disturbed; nor can he prosper when the
fluctuations of the currency are such
that he cannot certainly know the
value of the dollar in which his wages
are paid, or estimate IN advance the
cost Of the necessariCs Of life"
Of course most Of the above is true,
as be draw8 the distinction between the
poor mar and the rich man, but that is
juat a little sugar coating for the long
string OF falsehoods he spouted out in
the balance Of his speech.
We want to ask the candid reader if
he ever knew a period OF greater dis
trese, Of as many business ~dizas>ers,
and as great an army Of unemployed
as we hive had in the past two or three
years, and all admit that it is growing
worse. Wages have been cut in nearly
every business, and yet this very sye-
tenn Of finance has been put into full
play during the past three years. We
have had the single standard since 1898,
but Carlisle ia ks like it is yet g thing
Of the future. Like ''prOaperity,n Il is
always somewhere in tire future. The
goIdbugs are playing an ingenious, but
desperate gam3. In order to explain
away the wreck and ruin they ere
causing and get the chains fully fast
ened, they are arguing that the single
standard is just what We need to make
the country prosperous, when really
the single standard is g fact now, and
is causing nearly all the trouble. 10
addition t. the ctoppag8 Of The coinage
of silver entirely, they have worked
through some scheme to rs duce the cir,
culation of the alleged $25 per capita
to $3l in the past month or two, and it
will be put a ahort time until it Is far
below that, and yet they continue to
lie. The man who votes the goldbug
ticket any longer is either a fool or a
rascal, Or both.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
NORTH CAROLINA INVENTORS

Have given to the world many nota-
BILE inventions. There is not a com
munity IN the State that does not pos
sess or more local geniuses, who
have ideas that are patentable, and
which if properly developed will bring
fame and fortune TO their owners. Il
is often the case that some simple little
appliance devised by the housewife, the
storekeeper, the farmer and others to
expedite work or lessen labor, puts
into play an entirely new principle in
invention viii III may have far greater
value than is known to the originator.
North C~arOlinians who have evolved
such ideas owe it to themselves and the
industrial enlargement Of their State
to ascertain if the same is patentable.
All such are requested to send a brief
description, sketch, or photo to the
Patent Law Department of the AssO-
ciated Trade and Industrial Press, 61O
Thirteenth street, Washington, j.. c.,
and they will hear something to their
advantage. This enterprise is man
aged by a well known North Carolinian
who will take a personal interest in
the furtherance of inventive genius in
the Old North State. Other State
papers are requested to copy this notice
and send marked copy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
THE ALLIANCE TANNERY TO BE
STARTED.

HILL BORO, n. O., April 6. 1896.
DEAR BRETHREN Your State Execu-
tive Committee, through its Chairman,
Bro. a. T. Hileman, has just completed
q trade with q gentleman, reported 10
De q first class tanner, to begin at once
the erection Of a tanng in plant upon
your property near HilIsboro. This
plant is to be built and equipped on the
most improved plan now to be found
| Ground will be broken for thi8 purpose
before THE reaches your County Score
tary. This was necessary before be-
ginning the manufacture OF shoes, as
the leather products Of this country
are virtually controlled by gigantic
leather trusts. By ueing the hides Of
animals slaughtered for food by the
people OF North Carolina, and making
ther6from shoes, etc, we save in two
ways, and to a great extent place our
selves beyond the power of these trusts.
Three hundred cords of tan bark have
been advertised for, to be delivered
here at once. By the first of May, not
sooner, we viii be ready to receive the
hides OF sheep, goats and COWS. These
ahould be placed IN bundles OF 100 lbs.
each, bat 200 or 800 Ihs. each would be
better. Each hide should be marked
with name Of owner (unleSs the whole
bundle be sent by one person. in order
that il g be weighed, classified, end
properly entered on our books. Re
member, no price can be named for
hides until they are examined and
classified. The better the hides, the
better the price. These who send hides
can take stock in the shoe f8c50ry,
trade through the Agency, or be paid
in Gosh, It is best for members of
Subs. to ship together, SO as to save ex
peIs2sin freightand drayage. Samples
Of leather tanned by u special ard
new process will be sent to every Sub
Alliance Secretary as 0 O g ready for
use. Full directions for taking care Of
the hides of sheep, COWS and goata, and
manner Of shipping, etc will soon be
published. Do not send hides here be.
before the first Of May. Address 7.
Ivey, S. B, A. Hill8boro, n. G. Raise
all the money possible for the shoe fac
tory.
By o,d9r of Executive Committee.
F~raternaEjy,
T. IvEY, S. B. A.
w 9 RAPNES Sno'v TrooC
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
BENEDICT ARNOLD CARLISLE.

Ga last Wednesday night Benedict
Arnold Carlisle, Secretary of the Treas
ury, and chief tool of R~othschiId in the
bond issuing and currency contraction
going on il this country, madea speech
to the w~orBingmen in Chicago on the
currency question, In his Introductory
remarks he said:
The wealthy man, the man who has
accumulated property or boarded
money. is always exempt from many
of the most serious consequences Of q
financial or industrial disturbance. He
has both means and credit, and while
he may be subjected to much loss and
inconvenience, neither he nor his fam
lily will be pinched by hunger, or com
pelled to go without raiment or shelter.
It is the poor man and the man of
moderate means, the man who has not
been fortunate enough to accumulate
property or money, but who depends
upon his wages or upon the products
of his own LABOR for the 6 of sup
porting himself and his family, that
always feels the first aud most disas-
trous effects Of a business or industrial
depression, nc matter whether it re-
suits from a deprecated and fuctuat-
ing currency or from other causes.
Such q man has nothing to dispose of
but his labor, and nothing with which
to support himself or his family but his
wages OF the proceeds of his own labor,
and any policy that even temporarily
suspends Or obstructs the industrial
progress Of the country, by diminish
ing the demand for the prod ucts of
labor, or by impairing the capacity or
disposition of capital to employ labor,
must be Injurious to his interests and
indict more or less suffering upon
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

"willing to CO." the negotiations were
closed.
We cannot too earnestly urge upon
the Peoples party the necessity and
Importance of preparing to make this
a campaign for the vital principle of
the free and unlimited coinage Of gold
and silver at the ratio of Is to 1, and
for financial reform and other vital
Issues, cordially inviting men of all
shades of political beliefs and former
party affiliations, to cooperate with US
upon these tundam9ntal principles Of
the Peoples Party. Your State Com
mittee, after mature elaboration ard
interchange of opinion, are fully agreed
that organization in the various town
ships, counties and districts should b3-
gin at once and be pressed forward
vigorously in preparation for the op
preaching campaign; but the nOmina,
tion of candidates for the various eff
cos should be postponed until after oUr
National Convention shall have been
held at St. Louis on July 221d, and
the course Of political opponents
shall have been outlined and laid down.
Let US make this a campaign for hon
e3g principles Of government, and may
c. ID defend the right.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
loo PIGS Given Away Worth $1,000
TO IN PRODUCE

my ImprOved Chester " hites into new neigh
array one toar pig, value $40 90, to the fr-t
eligible applicant from each Detgl DO, hood. Not
to exceed ten will be given into each state and
only one in each county. These pigs Ere f ON
the Worlds Cham ion herd. winners Of E959.OO
ia p ICES at the = Orld's Columbian and best
State and Independent fairs.
TO INTRODUCE
Whinery's Swine Advocate. a O-page monthly.
price z5c. per year, we will, while they last, give
who will send his own address and that Of ten
neighbOrs who are interested in hogs. The Adj
vocate is the most concise practical, up-to-date
swif e paper published, devoted to all breeds,
This advertisement will not appear again,
WILLIS WINERY, Salem. Ohio.
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The Sheriffs OF n. c.

Are cordially requested, when bringing prison
ers, or visiting our city, t. remember the old
reliable S1.CO-a day Hotel Harrison House. All
the delicacies of the season served in home.hhe
style. For reference, any Mason, DAD Fellow.
Republican PoPulist or Democrat W no Lasever
stopped here Cnce viii, I know, Kind re. on
mend it to their frieLd5.
Thanking the above organizations for their
wa.chfuI care and generous bestowaI Of patron
a e, aud begging the continuance Of the saline J
am, Gratefully,
us2D Mr. E. NJ HARRISON, PROP.
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A trial box of Oak Balm. which will cure yor
II you are sick, weak, headachy, or unable I,
work or suffer from female troubles which doc
tors cannot cure. Oak Balm is the only natUra
genuine remedy for these disorders. l am ST
box free ii you will send me your name ard ad
dress. Ms Nj. C.. HOOVER.
Q840 Box IA Elm City, n. c.
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A breeder would have to have con
siderable confidence in his stock to give
away 81, COO worth as an ad advertisement
and expect future sales to make it up.
Willis Winery, of Salem, Ohio, has
faith it will work. See his advertise
ment on this page.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

All kinds Of Building Stone furniaho0
cheap Window and Door Stills, En-
CINE Four ations, Curb Stone, PAVING
Blocks ard Mil Stones a specially
Call On Or address
JAMES A. RTTCHIE.
Q88O Faith, n. ..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

Read the advertisement on this pag3
100 pigs given away-and write for
particulars at OTC9.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

The foregoing proposition not being
satisfactory to your committee, the fol
10 wing proposition was submitted by
your committee to said sub committee
of the Republican party, to wit:
PEOPLES PARTY PROPOSITION.
WHEREAS, The differences between
many of the cardinal principles of
the National Peoples Party and those
of the National Republican party
are so divergent as to be i~rreconciIa
BILE; and,
WHEREAS, 1t is manifest that in order
for two political parties to success,
fully and ~honorably co operate to
gether, that such co operation must
be based upon at least n cardinal
principle, which is common to them
both; therefore,
Resolved, That the sub committee of
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g?asF Teachers Handbook

Containing valuable information, VIII
be sent to any teacher or friend Of edu
cation upon receipt Of q stamp.
CHAS J PARKER,
Mgr. Teachers Aid Association.
1859 Raleigh, \ c.
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a, E HOLTON,
Chairman.
H L GRANT,
Member State at Large.
JAMES II. YOUNG,
Member State at Large.
J. O. PRITCHARD.
THOMAS SETTLE"

The counter proposition" referred
to in the foregoing letter from the Re
publican Committee was an exact copy
Of their first proposition, set out in
full above, and was the only proposition
submitted to your committee on which
''co operation" was offered to US, end
it will be observed was based entirely
on a division of Offices, while our PROD
osition was cooperation" on one of
the principles Of the Peoples party.
to-wit: the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio Of 16 to 1, to
which the Republicans, through their
United States Senators from the South
and the West, were already committed
III writing in the resolution above re-
ferred to and signed by said Senators.
But it being deemed by said R9pub
lican committee to be an abandonment
Of the "R9publican organization in
North Carolina" to accept that prin
ciple as the basis Of co operation.
and the Republican Committee ex-
pressing their position to be that
CO operation upon the foregoing divis-
ion of officers, regardless Of principle
vas the ''limit" to which they were
FOR COTrGHs AsTuJ. AND TuDo.u
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
WANTS

VAN O-POsitiOn By experienced gr8dU4f.
to t-ach Music, Latin. etc. TEACRFR.
G9i9 1UlD, CabarrUs Co., y. &.
WANIED.-Five hundred new Sub.
scribers to enter cur list during the
month Of March.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
Raleigh, n. =.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

For COUGHS, ASTHMA AND THROAT
DISORDERS, use "BrOoUn's Bronchial
TrOcheS," Sold only in boxes. Avoid
limitations.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Good Books-Rev. D. Il. futile, Raj,
eigh, N. @.
Peach Trees-R. s Johnson, Stock
ley, Del.
Direct Um-Bit- Racine Malleable
Iron Co., Racine, Wis.
One Hundred Fine Pjge Given Away
Willis Winery, Salem, Ohio.
Always mention The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER when writing advertisers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

W. S. BARNES, Sec'y Treas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-30
Ear Boring and Tattoolng.

In Burma there are two ceremonies
which mark the important passage OF the
borderland between childhood and woman
hood or manhood In girls 1t is the boring
of the ears and in boys the tattooing of the
legs above the knees. To the ceremony OF
the boring of the ears friends and rela-
tives are invited and it Is made the occa-
sion of a house festival With the prick of
the needle the little maid OF IL is promoted
TO the privilege of flirting and lovemak-
ing and the serious business Of life then
begins succession of straws Is gradual
" inserted into the hole bored till IL is
large enough TO admit the tip of the finger
or even larger In these ugly holes glass.
silver gold or jeweled tubes or short rods
are worn. In the ears of the women of the
Kachin hills have seen rods of silver worn
six inches long and an inch in diameter,
and IL is not unusual To see a woman when
travelling place her cheroot or railway tick
ct into the gaping hole in the lobe of the
ear.
Every Burmese man is tattooed from
the waist TO just below the knee. The col
ors are indigo blue and dark red, and the
subjects lions. tigers, etc. The operation
is very painful, so that these ornamental
skin breeches are tattooed gradually, the
boy being at the time placed under the in
fluence of opium. A Burman would con
slider it TO be sign of unmanliness not &c
have his legs tattooed. -Longman Maga
zine
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-30
The Uses of Weeds.

1t is hard to find anything in the world
that has not dark as well as a bright
side and that has not bright spot, nc
matter how dark the outline may be. Pro
fessor l.. III. Bailey has a good word for
the vilest weed. He says the truth is that
weeds always have been and still are the
closest friends and helpmates of the farm
er. 1t was they which first taught the
lesson of tillage of the soil. and IL is they
which never allow the lesson, now that II
has been partly learned, to be forgotten.
The one only and sovereign remedy for
them is the very tillage which they have
introduced. When their mission is finally
matured, therefore, they will disappear be
cause there will be no place in which they
can grow. 1t would be great calamity II
they were now TO disappear from the earth,
for the greater number of farmers still
need the discipline which they enforce.
Probably not one farmer i'm ten would till
his lands we'll if it were not for these pains
taking schoolmasters, and many of them
would not till ut all. Until farmers till
for tillage's sake and not to kill the weeds
1t is necessary that the weeds shall exist
but when farmers do till for tillage's sake
then weeds will disappear with no effort oil
ours.-Practical Farmer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-30

We are having some elegant skating
on the pond.
Hiss Alice Rowland is 1T home foi
the holidays.
Letha Stephenson is spending few
days in Kalamazoo.
o. Z. Holmes and wife are making
old friends visit here.
Misses Rosetta and Lizzie Howes
spent Christmas in town.
Kris Kringle brought an infant son to
Mr.. ald Mrs. VIM. Butcher.
Little Hazel, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs F. +. Phillips, is quite i'll.
Prof. Loree and wife have gone to
Tecumseh to spend their vacation.
Misses Bradfied and Clarke have
gone to Spring Arbor to spend few
days.
Oscar Bryan of Kalamazoo is spend
ing few days with friends in this
place.
The M. w. A. will hold public in
stallation of officers Jan. g. A short
literary program will be gwen.
The leap year ball given by the
Young ladies of Lawrence at the opera
house, last Wednesday evening, was a
decided success.
Hattie Sanborn, who has been i'll
with pneumonia for eight weeks, is
now slowly recovering, to the delight
of her many friends.
Mrs Witter who has been teaching
at Hagar, and Frank, who has been at
tending school at Ann Arbor, are AT
home for the holidays.
The Christmas entertainments were
well attended Old Santa himself was
at the Methodist church and behaved
admirably, greatly amusing the small
children and some of the older ones
too.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-30

G. l.. Heron of Chicago Is home for
the holidays.
Mrs. N. Ferguson has been visiting
friends in Albion.
w. ID. Smith and family of Galesburg
spent Christmas I'm town.
Miss Cora Slack of Kalamazoo Is
visiting Gubieviiss friends.
Alb. Chase visited his parents in
South Haven over Christmas.
Miss Lizzie Healey. who is teaching
school In Almena, Is at home.
w. ID. Dunn of Kalamazoo was call
ing on friends here Christmas.
Frank Friedman of Kalamazoo is here
visiting his uncle, Saul Frank.
Eddie and Emory Howard have been
visiting their sister in Holland.
Miss Lizzie Sweet was home from
Kalamazoo for few days visit.
Miss Nettie Sherwood was home
from Kalamazoo for Christmas.
Henry Sage and family of Kalama.
ZOO visited his parents over Christmas.
Miss Minnie Blyth of Kalamazoo is
spending the holidays with her parents
here.
Mrs. John Bowles aud son Fred have
been visiting Mrs. Nj. Thayer in Battle
Greek.
The band boys are rehearsing for a
play which they expect to present IN
the near future.
The X of P's will hold New Years
dinner in their hall to which all mem
bers of the order are cordially invited.
Saul Frank has bought an addition
to his Pine Grove farm and we shall eX-
pect soon he will become full fledged
farmer.
Old Mrs. Beardsee died at the home
of her daughter north of the village,
Thursday evening. The funeral was
held at the Baptist church Saturday.
l.. f. Heron has moved back to Kal.
amazoo, where he has been promised
work in his old position with the Model
Casket Co., after being laid Oft several
months. So much for the returning
prosperity
Geo. Young and family of Otsego, j.
ID. Holmes and family of Paw Paw and
Noble Whalen and family of Blooming
dale helped devour turkey at u. w.
Bush's on Christmas. A tree was had
in the evening for the little folks and a
very nice time was enjoyed by all.
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The skilled ,yclist who has developed
the proper muscle and has got rid Of the
sense of fatigue which haunts the begin
ner just as IL haunts and daunts the man
who IL learning TO swim, can keep on his
bicycle all day and II his frame Is not
shaken by a fall or MS temper triei 10y Sise
pricking of those internal tires. he will re-
turn In the evening with his nerves In per-
feet order and his limbs as little tired as
II he had been strolling for the same time
up and down the terrace or lawn This
means that he can choose friends or do
business within half a century instead OF
within two villages. and that his powers
of locomotion at will are multiplied at
least fivefold, or in the case of the really
skilled and healthy, eight or ten fold. That
Is new freedom. great multiplication
OF power for men, and especially for wom-
en-. who. we notice. enjoy it much more
than men do and contriye somehow TO
avoid the look of care which lis the special
mark of the bicyclist, and we shall be curl
Gus TO note. when time has been given for
the change TO operate fully, what its pre-
else effects are. They will not all be good
They will probably increase the general
happiness, for, let the cynics say what they
like, friendship is great sweetener OF life
and pleasant conversation one of the few
really enjoyable occupations but they will
impair neighborliness which rests in O
degree we none of us like TO formulate up
on the sense that we must not quarrel
with or avoid or even sharply criticise
those among whom IL is our lot to live.
The constant habit of the bicycle dissi-
pates the mind just as a constant INNER
sion in society does and for the same rea-
sion it renders reflection less frequent
and less enjoyable Why think when you
can reach pleasant circle five miles of in
half an hour and with no perceptible fla
tiguef Let those who doubt that this effect
will be produced in the country note the
curious increase the cycle is causing in the
habit of meeting at lunch and indeed in
the substitution of lunch for dinner You
cannot bicycle back on a dark night with
your wife or sister in full dress, but you
can lunch at 2 o'clock and cycle back in
the cool of the evening with great enjoy
ment and no danger
Cycling, in fact, will increase the scat
tering and movability Of country society,
to the increase of its pleasures and the
loss of much of its steadfastness and quiet
The ancient rootedness'' of the country
sides will be greatly diminished, and we
are old fashioned enough to believe that
in that quality was much not only of
charm but OF utility. -London Spectator
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-30

%. Lamphear Is home from Ann
Arbor, spending the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Greenman are
home from Ann Arbor for the holidays.
Messrs. j. r., ii. j and Will Mower
ate Christmas turkey at Levi Stokers
in Lawton.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Finley of Hart.
ford and Mrs Emma Young and daugh.
ter of Lawrence spent Christmas at L.
IF. Munsell's.
JOS Rrown and family attended the
Christmas reunion of McGowan and
Brown families at George McGowan's
in west Lawrence.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Palmer of Goble.
vile spent two days of last week al
their daughters, Mrs. A. +. Jabobs,
returning Saturday.
Attorney Chase of Grand Rapids
spent Christmas at the home of his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. +. A. Chase, and
left on Monday for Traverse City.
Mrs. H. A. Carris and Mrs. Leora
Drew ana son of Lawrence, and Mr..
and Mrs Charles Halbert were enter
tanned at +. A. Chase's, Christmas day