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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
A CURIOUS ASSOCIATION.

One of the most comical, but, at the
same time, remarkable associations IN
this country is The United States
Hay Fever Association" None but
the wealthy a afford to belong to the
Association, but the poorest can IN
dulge in a gorgeous luxury like hay
fever.
It is an old institution, but very few
people know that there is such a band
The twenty third annual meeting will
be held at Bethlehem, n. H, on Au
gust 25 n. Many prominent people be-
long to the association, and most of the
members attend regularly. There is a
list of supposed exempt" places pub
lished annually, and the members HE
away to them whenever they can dur
ing the summer. However, it is gen
orally known that a change Of locality
and rest almost invaribly gives at least
temporary relief, whether the patient
goes to a SO called exempt" locality or
not. At the annual meetings promin
ent physicians discourse l%earnedly, and
generally humorCusly, about the causes
Of the 6 isGeessas what remedies have
been tried, and how successful they
have been in not efectiDg cures.
Hay fever is very closely related to
catarrh of head, and generally attends
each and every case of catarrb, though
the two diseases, if they are separate
and distinct. may not always get in
their work at the same time. Catarrh
is worse in the winter and during rainy
weather. Hay fever never gets down
to business much except in hot weather.
People who are nervous, and who lead
sedentary indoor lives are generally
the shining marks selected by hay
fever. 1t is claimed that small germs
attack the uco membrane in the
nose and prJduce the frequent, and Of,
ten, ~incessant sneez ing. That may be
entirely correct, but there is proof on
the other side. A trip Of a hundred
miles will relieve the hay fever, and it
also disappears when the first frost
comes in the fall, leaving the victim
free until hot weather again, The best
evidence that it is not a germ disease
is the fact that a load Of new mown hay
will generally start the patient into 8
fit of sneezing. If the smoke from a
burning sulphur match is inhaled, or
any puDgent odor, the hay fever gets
right down to business. Some people
have what is called RI se fever" A
rose held close to the nose will produce
symptoms exactly like new mown hay
will produce when brought near a hay
fever sufferer. Both diseases evident.
ly r closely related.
! So far no quick cure has been dis
covered, though many things will give
temporary relief. The mucous mem,
brane being more or less il famed, gen
orally due to impure blood, which also
causes most nervous troubles, a blood
purifier generally produces more last
ing benefit than anything else. At any
rate That is the cOncensus of opinion as
cleaned from the views of the mem
bers Of the Hay fever Association, and
they ought to know as much about it
as anybody else. It is to be hoped that
the next Congress will make an ap
preparation to investigate the trouble
and, if possible, find a remedy, for
hay fever is not much of a joke, as
thousands can testify. 1t deserves to
rank along with t~ubercolis and other
troubles.
Ye weary silver Democrats who Are
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
CREAM OF THR PRRse

Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and p..
Paragraphs From Reform Pane. 0c
A change of some of our No4i.
committee is what we need, rather tbD
a change of platform,-Arkon"a
Kicker.
Put $50 per capita of money in ci,o.
lation and the papers will ha 6T',
with advertisements of employers woat
ing hands. Missouri World.
How do you know money when -.
see it, By the government stamn a.
yet some fools say the g~overnmsn.
can't make money.-Cleburne HeraJ4
Oats are selling at II cents per bns1.,
in Defiance. Whoop it up for the poI5
standard-"There's millions in inIIs
the miIlionaires .-Advance Guard n,
iance, Ohio.
The parties that demonetized siIvo,
and have refused for thirty years T.,
remonet "a it, are not to be tr1sto3
with reconciliation now.-Proerees
i've Farmer, Mt. Vernon III.
There is about as much logic in per.
hitting the foxes to build our chicken
coops as there is il allowing bankers
to issue u money and m~illi0naires n
own our railroads. Farmers Outlook
It is amusing in the extreme to hear
Grover Cleveland talking about so.
Der" thoughts. Certainly he does not
evolve such out of his own brain nor
borrow them from Carlisle. Sound
Money.
The welfare and security Of society
rest upon the personal liberty OF the
Individual; personal f~reedom-ot
thought, speech and action. 4 people
should be governed only by its own
consent Saturday Critic.
when the devil was sick the devil
a saint would be. When the devil was
we'll the devil a saint was he" When
the Democrats are out of power they
are friends of the people,; when in
power they r for the other fellows
Missouri World.
Senator Tillman has called Carlisle
the Judas from Kentucky, "Presidm
Cleveland a ''besotted tyrant" AMI
John Sherman the "arch fend from
hell" yet he says the reason he can't
join the Populists is ''they are too rad.
icaI." Rats!-Times Statesman.
Some men say we need but little
money to do bustness with it can be
with personal checks, etc. TIE check
Is about the same as a coin certificate.
There must be something behind it to
back it. We can do without checks,
but without money, ne7er.-AIliarce
Advocate.
Mr.. Cleveland should eend his body
guard to protect the treasury. He
should be willing, as a pious PresOy.
terian, to risk fate and dodge the
cranks for a few days if the thieves
who are robblng the pubic treasury
daily of a million dollars can be caught.
Southern Mercury.
Senators Teller, Dubois Pettigrew
and Cannon have quit the Republican
~monopolist party. The grand old party
that used to be-which freed the
slaves, is out in a new game. 1t Is
committed to the gold standard, which
means that both black and white are
to be sold in bondage to the banker and
Shylock American Enterprise.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30

The Advocate is somewhat at a loss
to understand why $500, 900 of Kansas
mortgages should have been sold for
$34l the other day in the face of the
TACT that Kansas has been redeemed
and her credit restored abroad bv the
election of a republican administra.
tion.-Topeka Advocate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30

Ye weary silver Democrats who are
heavy laden with mortgages, bonds
and the gold standard, come join the
Peoples party and find rest for your
tired hearts and minds by acting in
conslstence with your profession
Daily Tribune, Augusta, Ga.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
COMMITTEE

The State Ext cutive Committee Of
the Peoples party will meet in this city
on next Friday, July 3rd, to fix the
time for meeting of the State Conven'
ton and euch other business as may
be brought before the meeting.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30

The Wilmington Star is Dragging on
its financial editorials. They may be
good, but the great length of them is
driving men to accept the gold faith.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30

The Progressive Farmer Is the Official
Organ Of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30

Do you want your paper changed GC
another offices State the n at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30

FhSS paper sTTtersd "a B~sc0nd-cLdss RSGtteT at TIE
Post OfScG in R6LeS0h, ". c,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08

After woman marries man she
finds that she has to speak more than
once to get his attention.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Dcauty Il Henri Deem.

"Beauty Is but skin deep" That In
n skln-,lcep saying. Beauty IL heart
deep. II IL out Of the heart we desire
1t. II II out of the heart 1t grows. This
IL not a mere saying like the other. II
IL the fnct and secret that we are eager
TO penetrate. There Is. indeed. skin
deep beauty: n mere unearncd, unlivetl.
bodily Inheritance; but out of some
heart. through some llfc.carning. II
must always have been originated and
evolved. The grandest beauty may
walt. i,s secret glory not shown forth.
for n lifetime; covered In with n plain.
even Ungnlnly exterior, rs Il noble
building Is roughly boarded up while
It IL being carefully wrought to Its
perfection. Many woman goes
through the world like this. Or the
true beauty may he 80 tender In Its be-
glnnlngs that 1t needs to he hidden,
shleied-,nOt made of before Its time
lest II should be spoiled ana perish In
the exposure. So the final heritage
waits. while present outer poverty In
permitted. which. like the opposite con-
dltlon. may have come down through
some strain Of ancestry: the outer he.
traynl OF Il far-back. inner want. or
such waiting, little further on. n
wonderful loneliness may DO horn. \
plain woman. with beauty In her soul,
has often been the mother OF a marvel.
Otsly beautiful child. Beauty
Is seed In the nature. 1t will germl-
nate, bud. leaf out. blossom. II the
beauty Is inside you. and alive. yO,,
wlll-sOme time. sOMewhere-be q
form of beauty. How else did God
make out Of His own beautiful thought
the beautiful world? You have only
got to live. love on and wait You
shall have your birthrIght. Certain of
this. will you care II even II does not
wholly come to you within the three.
score years and ten? When you come of
age you shall possess your estate. Only
never barter It away for mess Of
pottagc you happen to he hungry for
Ladies' Home Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
HOOP PARiNos A PANAceA
Blacksmith Tells Queer raics Of super.
stitiOus Persons and DOus,

stitioms Persons and Dous.
What becomes of the parings from
the hoofs Of horses In blacksmith
shops? A horscshoer who was asked
this question let his hammer fall Oh
his anvil and told reporter some
queer things-that dogs make away
with most Of the parings. which are
esteemed great dellcacy In canine
households: that choice pairing Is a
fancy tldbit which can be secured
by the commonest dog II he be wa.chful
and Industrious. The gl,ie In the par.
ing Is probably the part rclished, the
smith said. -. ,-,
Negroes have a superstltious fond.
ness for hoOf parings. Some are said
to carry a piece for good luck. Others
use the parings to make decoctlons for
various diseases. An old whitc.liaired
negro. suffering with tOotlacle. went
into a Grand avenue shop not long ago
and said that II lie could get some
horse hoof parings to smoke III his
pipe he could cure his toOthachc. The
biacksmith's helpers were ready to as.
sist him, and being wagg!sll lot VI
follows. they did even more than vas
expected. The old ncgro's pipe was
filed with parlngs. horse hair aud other
things that made the vllcst smell I'm.
ag!nablc when a match was touched
TO them. One of the helpers Inhaled
the smoke from u cigarette. which act
the old negro initiated with his pipe.
1t was momentarily expected that he
would collapse. but he didn~. lie
walked away. saying: "ioun- gentle
men. I'm done cured. when yer get dc
tcofache. jes smoke boss hoof."
A story Is told that gypsics tole away
valuable dogs by occasionally drop
ping a small pairing which the dog
finds and eats. The animal continues
to follow the gypsy until lie Is caugh,
and carried away.
Horse hoOf parlngs are not the only
thing IN demand at a blacksmith shop,
The scales which the smith hammers
from the glowing metal are considered
a valuable Ingredient for medicines
which negroes make. Iron scales and
molasses boiled together are admins
tered for dropsy and liver complaint
Housewives also mix the scales with
the soil In which gcraniums are plant
cd. This Is said to cause the blossoms
TO take on a much darker hue. kansas
City Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Feminine F'ancies In Gloves. q

Feminine Fanctes In Gloves. %
For walking, travelling aud general
outing wear, four hook OF button gloves
are correct In glace or pique kid, the
latter being heavier than the usual
dressed kid. These are In tan. brown
and gray shades. Channels gloves In
white are very stylish for wear with
cotton or piIue costumes, and rs they
wash aud clean easily are not eXpen-
sive. Black gloves IRE well favored In
Paris with light toilettes trimmed In
black. but here they are chiefly nOtic-
ell with mourning gowns, or with even.
Ing gowns CT black and some brilliant
contrast. White and ficelle, very pale
straw, suede are the fashionable even
Ing cOlOrs for full dress, with pearl
gray. lavender ana pale tan following.
White glace ana suede gloves In four
hooks or buttons. plain or stitched on
the back with black, are worn for Wis.
itlng. concerts. driving, etc. There Il
much favor shown to such gloves In
white glace or dressed kid with hook
fastenings. After white the tan and
brown shades are favOred.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-02
LITTLE CHANGE ~. u hBt re-.
AN EFFORT TO ARBITRATE THE DIFFERENCES
OF THE STRIKERS AND THEIR EM-
PIOYERs MEETS WITH LIT

Hamburg. Dec There has been little. If any,
change in the strike situation here to-day Inc
proposaI made Yesterday by Herren iiachinaHh
Chief OF Police: Hinrichsen President o. the Mu-
ncipal Council and Noack. Chairman Of the Trades
Court for the formation Of court OF arbitration
TO settle the dispute submitted 10 the Union
Of Shipowners who referred il 10 the Joint ASsocl
alton Of Trades The "i,orscnhale' says that the
employers will not accept the proposal as IL stands
but they might agree il if the court should con-
sist OF four employers and four workmen In ad-
dition TO Herren Iachmann. Hinrichsen and NoacK'
The original proposal was tnat the court should
be made up % Hcrren Hachmann. Hinrlchsen ana
Noack, shipowner and four delegates from the
workmen Ii is apparent that the snipowners tear
70 uust tneir interests 20 court OF "hlch ohH or
o, tneir number would be memDe9, tSp-- ANY III
view OF Inc tacl that acceptance or the proposal car
fleu Win u an agreement tnat the decision o. thc
court shOul be binding.
There are now about l5 900 strikers and it has been
found necessary for their unions 10 extend ad 10
number 0. them. The distribution OF st.ike pay
began today and nearly 1000 men received money
from their organizations
London, Dec THE Berlin correspondent OF "The
standard ttiegTaphs that Emperor William Is tahing
me keeesi interest in the strike Of the men IN me
shipping trade and hat he receives long detailed re-
ports OF the situation.
The dispatch adds hat a majority OF the taken
on to hl the places Of strikers had abandon tne
work owing their incapaciiy The strike seems TO
have resolved = c1lcc; money aid the strikers.
and 70 place pckeis aDOui the railway stations II DIS
suade Berlin workl1en from going - the ports 10
take the places OF The men who have quit work.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-02
THE NAIL TRUST DISSOLVES.
REASONS FOR THE STEP AS GIVEN BY THE
TREASURER-HIS VIEW OF THE FUTURE
OF THE INDUSTRY.

At meeting OF the Wire Nall Manufac cturers'
Association held at the Waldorf yesterday. it was
voted 10 dissolve the organization. John H. Parks.
treasurer Of the association. said that its aairs
would be wound up once A new card OF extras
was adopted by the manufacturers in order to con-
FORM far as possible. the desires of toe retail
trade.
The Nail Association" said Mr.. Parks. has been
in operation since June, 1895. 1t has lived much
longer than its most sangune promoters expected
and as financial undertaking has been an un-
precedented success. It's present abandonment Is
not due TO any adventious conditions in the organ
zation or to any internal differences or shortcom-
incs. but solely to the large growth Of outside com
petition which has sprung up within the last few
months We do not think 1t would be good busi-
ness 10 continue longer policy which Is increasing
competition so rapidly.
The nail manufacturers OF the United States
have facilities for production which, when en-
ployed full time, will turn out about four times as
many nails as the country requires A good many
nails being exported but these. in addition
TO the domestic consumption. will not begin 10 ABB
sorb the possible product OF the American manu-
faciurers. Az a consequence the mai! manufacture
ing business up TO the date of the present organiza-
tion. had long been known as one of the most un-
profitable Industries in the iron and steel line
Without an organization there Is no profit In the
business. 1t is like almost all other staple iron
and steel articles. where the facilities for produc-
ton greatly in excess Of requirements-proft-
able when operating under some good cooperative
plan and Improbable otherwise Low prices on
nails are now likely 10 prevail for some time.
In nutshell, this whole matter Is simply a
shuttle from high 10 low prices. deliberately
planned and undertaken. and II is done as can
scarcely he dorc under any other form OF CO.
operative organization without any one losing
dollar.
Whether the manufacturers are ever likely TO
get together again is question or much doupt.
Certainly il vii! be long time before they can 90
so; and. meanwhile. the consumer will have the
benefit Of cheap nails, while the MANUFACTURER
Will have TO work without proft-and who is 20
be benefited? There are about seven or elght
large Western nail concerns. in each line OF cut
and wire nails. that for a long tire prior to the
formation OF this association did from ~ to 50
per cent OF the business. and have no doubt that
IL viii again grayitate to them. BY operating
their mills double turn and scaling costs to the
lowest possible limit they may obtain some pront
their outputs There is little chance for the
smaller manufacturers 10 cope successfully with
them open market. II Will be a question
again OF the survival OF the httest. with the
usual result
New-York tribune., 1896-12-02
TO PROVIDE SCHOOL ROOM FOR PUPILS.
PRESIDENTS OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AID
ING THE MAYOR IN HIS GOOD WORK.

PRESIDENTS OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AID
ING THE MAYOR IN HIS GOOD WORK
Mayor Strong received visit recently from the
presidents OF "A number Of charitable institutions.
who called to discuss the overcrowded condition OF
the NewYork public schools and the necessity for
providing ample and suitable school facilities for
schoolless children. Among them were r. Fulton
Cutting Robert W. De Forest. Henry Rice and the
Rev DR. G. II. Parkhurst This call was followed
by letter from the Mayor to the presidents on No
vcmber q. for the purpose OF explaining more fully
his views on the subject. In this letter the Mayor
says. among other things
II * perfectly apparent that to provide sufficient
school accommodations viii utc"ssitatc an In
creased expenditure of the cys money above
what IT has been customary 10 make during recent
years It is not unlikely that such an expenditure
would Increase the tax rae. nor. on the other
hand IL It Il dehatabe proposition that the city Of
New-York must no, fan behind other cities In the
respect that II can and should furnish not only the
physical accommodations necessary FOR housing
every child OF "A school age but maintain "A system
Of education second TO none believe that In pur-
suing such a course II would in fact. be economical
FOR the city. as /, would rob the almshouses and
charitable institutions OF many Of their inmates.
and establish feeling Of pride and progress In the
rising generation that would make them sef-re-
speciing and self-supporting
Until IN. last day OF ny administration. and
even thereafter. | intend In every possible way to
keep the subject Of our public schools before our
citizens and to leave effort unmade TO make
the choOl buildings and the school system OF New
York what n should be-hrst and foremost In the
country"
The men addressed have sent the Mayor reply.
I'm which they take the ground that a wise expendl-
tur. FOR the purpose under discussion though
seemingly costly. H. really Cn.ical. and the only
way to avert misery and crime In the rising
generation. The taxpayers OF N"w-lork they De
lcyc will willingly assume the additional burdens
resulting from judicious use OF public funds IN
providing for the proper education or me city
Youthful pOpula ton They continue: Adequate.
wise expenditure in beneficial education must con-
tribute directly the sclrsupport and self-respect
Of the children Of our ely.
The X.DDGO appropriated In 1866 FOR new
school buildings seems large. because II has been
too long delayed Yet IL would not suffice to supply
immediate requirements. particularly IN IN" pri-
mary grades the growth OF our school popula-
don IL is estimated exceeds !. go annually Lib
eral appropriations for new buildings ought 20 be
me, willingly by the property-owners OF our CITY
who hav. most at stake In this our municipal well
fare and who feel the heavy penalty OF popula-
ton OF neglected children II shut out from schools
and abandoned 10 "A life Of ignorance and crime
New-York tribune., 1896-12-02
prropu GLIB MEETING.

The Reform club held Its regular ahhua' meeting
las, evening and elected trustees 10 serve M
years from January l. rhe me" e...'ru VII,
- ,v,,, warner Simon Sterne. Edmund $. Whit
,., 1obn q Agar and Herman {. Schwab. fe-
norris of committees were received and the mem mem.
,o po - ,ho ch,b had general discussion of plans
for the next municipal campaign
,r,a committee on Sound Currency submitted a
long report. showing that during me campa's" 'h'
committee had distributed copies oi
sprcnation of ass 100 copies. and In that way han
caused TO be printed about l.oov lasr V rd TWO
iiue' i roIorcd posters illustrating th' financia,
est,ons involved in the campasn ana s,riSe
ABOUT s copies Of hs work
la 900 copies OF SOUND MONEY Ie ns luz "'
,",:.oIyeI an expense Of about Nivr
New-York tribune., 1896-12-02
LAY EREpER1c Lurz.

Jay Frederic Lutz died at his homo. NO. -n west
Seventieth-s st. on Sunday, from typhoid FEVER aftef
a short illness Mr. Lutz was born In this city on
May 30 1863 and was the son of Jacob iutZ VINO
lives at Farmngdale. ~ J. In 1873 Mr. Lu'z was
graduated from the High School at Freehoid' ~ d.
and Immediately afterward came to New-forK 10
start in life for himself. He had only ~ he was
engaged as office boy by the firm Of Sneider camp
bell G. Co. Nos and Union Square dealers III
clocks bronzes and statuary. on salary oi sz n
week SO hard and industriously did ne LABOR
that five years later he became partner
in the firm A few years later he went to Chicago
and engaged ir the clock business HaVihs
amassed a considerable fortune he returned 10
New-Yorls and entered the New-York Standard
Watch Company, OF No. II John-st. at the time OF
It's reorganization being elected vice-presdent ana
treasurer which Offices he held until MS dsatn
on May 49, 1893, Mr.. Lutz married Miss Eliza oetn
Feeney of Bangor. Me. and lived at NO. 1S west
Seventieth-st He generous man. anG nad
4? rye circle Of friends and acguaintances MI LUZ
was n member of the Colonial and Hardware ciubs
and NJ the German lutheran Church. F1fteenth-st
and Sixth-ave. ~ =, ,,a,,,. o,a
Miss Serena Lutz a brother. William ID Lu,z ana
his father Jacob Lutz. survive him. Inc Duriai
will be at Woodlawn Cemetery to-day.