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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25
The new YORK TIMES.

B TIMES is a news aDer for intelligent
men and women who wan to rea All the news
of the word ever day. Tn paper has dis.
tinguiehtng merits of it's own 1t Is neither
1t j. not frivolous or visionary 1t sees plenty
of good in the world and tel s about 1t. It tells
OF the tad when it must, tut not UnwhOIe-
some y t pi t. ii h fullness tho record Of
human endeaVDr in many tleIds outside OF husi.
ness, politics. and w n in literal re-. religion
scienCe. art. SPORT, an0 household mAtttrz NJ
paper in the count y pri, It's 81 many hook re-.
vie IS and so much BOOK news. No paper bas
so complete = financial pag-- ad4iIy ANIMAL las a.
investors and officers of financial tn~ti, utiNns
Is market repOrts wool, cotton. breads uTs
farm products. ere arr the hest N lhr rUunrrv'
The Democracy of THE FINE i IF The old,
fasAiOned sort as ord as Thomas J ffpreoD.
majority ru. z, no hO~siSm. no machine tyranny
II = divorce of politics from private mOury.
making, n sound Cnrr-nr Y. indu trial emsn1.
patton and everyday hoT estY. 70 r"m,t+ The
al va "ce of the Democratic PARTY al ng these
lines 1T labor5 with heart and conscience ana ali
its might,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25

If I remember correctly, We had
coined only about fifty million of silver
and about twenty five millions of gold
IN this country up t. 1919. From 1887
to 1873, at which timo the r publican
party struck down silver, at the ratio
of 16 to 1, it was at a premium Of three
per cent. over gold.
With greater propriety and truthful
| ness could thesiIver advOca les have said
that the free coinage Of both metals
at the ratio of 16 to I, from 1850 to
1860, meant monom96allism for gold,
than can the goldiEe5 now say that the
coinage of both metals at the ra 10 of
Is to 1 mean monometallism for sill
yer.
Gold was more abundant then than
silver is now. | presume it has never
occurred to the author Of this pamph
let that there is such an instrument as
the constiUuti1n, and that this ought to
constitute our rule and guide in all
things.
Like all single metal standard mon
he ignores the constitution, tile laws
of Congress as well as platforms,
pledges and public opinion, and rtcog
Mics nothing as money of final re-
demption but gold coin. Isupp 2se it
has has never occurred to his mind
that the coined silver dollars of the
United S ares are a legal tender in
the payment of all debts both public
and private as we'll as gold dollars, and
that the Unitcd States Is by law bound
not only 30 receive silver dollars for
all it's cIstoms and tax dues, but also
silver certificates and Sherman notes
if the government Is bound tO re-
ceive their notes and silver for all OBJ
legations due it, why should It not
pay GU these same notes and silver
for its obligations.
Ace not Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Cleve-
land guilty OF indictable treason In not
treating silver dollars with the same
dignity, respect aud fairness as gold
dOllarsR
The constitution and the laws of
Congress and especially the funaing
acts, the strengthening credi5 act, h
resumption act, the Bland Allison act
as we'll as the famous Sherman acG,
command the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to Ia Ildate all the ella m against
the government IN coins; anu this in
csuitd all bonds, greeuOacks, Sherman
notes, silver certificates and all other
claims. In 1873 both houses Of Con
gres5 construed all these acts TO mean
both gold and silver coins, except the
Sherman act Whicn was not TIE a
law.
In the face Of all these acts and this
resolution OF Congress ami the exprts4
will Of the American people at ballot
box, Mr. Carlisle insists in ignoring
silver dollars as dollars # final re
demptiOn, and forcing upon gold the
constitutional ami legal duties of bo5h
go}I aud SILVER d lars. Ard the oniy
excuse for euch treason IS the fAc5 that
MS prCdsc ssOrs set lin the example
OF ignoring silver.
But for bun. this kind OF treason is
lot indIct sole before Congress or il
the courts.
More in the future on this sane in
famous pamphlet.
W Il KITOaIN.
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economically AID honestly administer
ed.
() We demard that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit OF the S wings
of the people and to facilitate ex
changes.
% We are unelteYabIv opposed to
the issue by the UalJeo States of inter.
est 6aaring bonds and demand u Ply
m9nt Of all coin obligations Of the
U1lted States, as provided by existing
laws, in either gold or silver cpIn, az
the option Of tine government aud not
az the option Of the creditor.
LAND.
We demand thai no land shall held
By corporations for speculative pur-
poses, or By railroads In excess If lueir
needs as carriers. and all lands now
owned b. aliens should b. reclaimed
by the government and heId for actual
settlers only.
TRANSPORTATION
(G) The Government should purchase
or CONSTRUCT and operate a sufficient
mileage Of railroads 90 eff sc4uaisy con
troll all rates Of transportation on a jIet
and equitable basis
() line telegraph and telephone, Ike
the p@s5oftico gystem, being a Necessity
for the transmission Of intelligence,
shuuia b9 owned and operated by The
G2VernmaCU III the Interest Of the PEG
pie.
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS.
W. demand Cne election OF United
States Senators by a direct vote OF the
people. That each State ehail be di-
vided int two districts Of nearly eUtal
v,,ing population, and that & Senator
from each shall be elecJe3 by the peo-
pie.
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
4 lying upon the good comm0n sense
OF the American people, and believing
that a naJprI5g CT them, wh-n unln,
II fenced bV party preju1Ice, will vote
On al questions submitted To them
their Merits; ana further to IF ct
ually annihllaGe the DernIcIouA iDony
IL legislation we demand Glrect legis-
latlon by means Of Uhe initiative and
referendum.
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The New York Weekly Tines.

The subscription price Of TIE NEN-Y0RK
WEEKLY T .ltS IS ONE d LIAR n lesr.
FtE WEEKLY IME l., capital q Vs.. AMER
1t G nta1ES ali me GU rent ne " cbBdeuS-ti from
the di~patct e5 and TeWOrts of he dAll Iii ion
: e-iCes literary mailer. disc & ! Us upon agri.
cuIturrl TOPICS ny pr1t ticaI f.rmer7, fuu and
uuce, live stock etc, aid a carefully prepared
v eeKIy wool market.
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BRO. sCaoOLFIeLD's VIEWS

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
REIDovILLE, N =.
In a recent issue you ASK f.r the
views of Correspondents Rs TO what Is
oest to be done. | cannot tell You
what is beet to be done, bus l can tell
you my opinion of what IL be5g not
to be done. 1t is BIS not to try to 90
g thing that cannot be done, that IL,
- harInoulz4 the Pbputi Is AID R,pub
tic4ns, or tn P5putists aud d m Gratis
On one electoral ticket. It is peat not
to try To c1erce the people, hui let them
have g free aud voluntary expression
Of sentiment 81 the polls L. I3 0esr
nos to turn the 5ta.e government over
INTO the hands OF anv one pOllIica;
party. Il is best not TO pu5 too mach
power into the hanis Of any one III m
~ party, Less they g m5 i~ntoxicatao
with power and override law and JUS
5jca.
Bi:netelEism will triIIm Dh and that
at no disaau5 Day, and NOT through the
fundamentally OF any ono party. Tne
business interests Of t1e country viii
demaad it ia such un.ni4rakable Lerms
that Con5re 8 dare nos refuse.
The above is Us near a30 partisan SIS
I can get Il. Yours truly,
~ IT SCu1CV UTrrn
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NATIONAL ALLIANCE DEMANDS
Adopted at Washington, D. c., Feb
ruary 6. 1896.
FINANCE.

We demand q national currency,
safe, SOUND and fl XII DE; issued by che
general gCv=rnment only a full legal
tender for all debts and receivable for
all dues, and &c equitable and efficient
mea 8 Of distribution OF this currency,
directly ID the people. at the minimum
Of expense and wiccour the inr@rven
ti"n Of BANKING corporations AID IN
sufficient volume to ransac5 tie Dusl
meas Of the country on a cash basis.
(d) We demand the free aud u1Iim
tied coinage Of gold and silver sc tie
legal ratio OF Is 20 1
O) We demand Is graduated income
tax.
(c) That our national Legislation shall
be SO formed in the future "a not t.
build up n industry at the expense Of
another.
(d) We believe that the money Of the
country should be kept as much al
possible in the hands of the people, and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenue ehall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government
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ours very truiv,
GEO E HUNT
PLATFOkM UGG srRO.
A Platform on Which All Good Men
Should Unite, Regardless of Past
Party { ffliations

A Platform on Which All Good Men
Should Unite, Regardless of Past
Patty + ffIiations
Correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
1. We demand the free aud un.imi
ted coinage of all the American pro
duct of gold and silver, at the legal
ratio Of 16 grains OF silver to 1 OF gold,
independent of any foreign country.
2 We demand that all national
banks of issue be forever abolished,
and that the government issue legal
sender treasury notes in sufficient
quantity that when added to the god
and silver. shall make q volume not
less than $50 per capita. all OF which
shall be a legal tender in pay men5 Of
ali debts, public and private al d that
cur volume of money shall be IN
creased by the general governm ut ! II
proportion as population ana business
shall Increase.
3 We denounce in the strongest
terms the issue of interest bearing
bonds in time of peace. and we demand
such legislation as will prohibit any
further iasue or sale Of bonds, Without
the s anctiOn of both The UlIJed States
Szuate and House of Representatives
4. We demand such legislation a.
viii secure to the peopl4 the right TO
elect the Preside nt of the United s ates
and Senators by Il direct vote Of the
people.
5 We demand a graduated income
tax,
Upon the above five planks as a plat
form I stand ready to strike hands
with any and evary man, reg ardIess of
former party BfitIa5Ions.
A N 'rity of the people of these
United States must sever party ties
and come together on thu above, or a
elmjiar platform, or prosperity viii
never come and our liberty VIII soon be
gone.
Fer the sake of all that is good, and
for the sake Of your wives aid c0il-
dren, I beg and entreat every man.,
let us come together and save our
country. II any OF you have any
thing better to suggest, let US hear It.
GEO E hunt.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE DEMANDS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25

the volume of money by the destruc'
ton of greenbacks, that nearly every
honest industry was p~eral'Zed.
Bu5 bad as these conditions were,
had Mr.. Cleveland been honest, true
to. and in sympathy with the masses
of the Americ N people, he would al
most at once have checked the tide Of
ruin and destruction, and long ere this
he could have had US on the road to
prosperity and happiness.
TIE first time Mr.. Cleveland ran for
President l supported him heartily,
but during his fist term of off;e he
de .eived me, 50 I didn't support him
the last time, because l had no conf
dtnc9 in him whatever, but fully be-
lieved then that he was an enemy to
the masses Of the people, and IN this
have not been deceived. But millions
of men, no doubt, have been deceived,
and TO some extent they are to be pit
led. Good men do sometime make
great plumbers through ignorance, but
Mr. Cleveland cannot be excused for
for in his message to that extra ses
eiOn Of Congress, he tells Congress, In
Substance, If not In exact words, that
the country i5 on the verge of a dread
full panic, and that something must D8
done TO avert the impending evil, viz
a Financial panic" This, regard, as
unmlst4ka0te proof that ne saw the
true condition of the country. But
this makes him all the more culpable.
Why's We answer, becau1e the remedy
to be usad t. avert the impending evil
was 80 plain and simple hat any ten
year old school boy ought and could
have G the remedy and the only
remedy.
This is evident from the fact that the
word PAM, Fin tnls crnne:t ton means
to "s1rlnk." Then a financial panic
means a shrinkege Of the volume Of
m rney. The PLAIN English OF this is,
the people have noU enough money
Tnen an ordinary school BOY would
have seen ina moment hat the remedy
and Only remedy was to increase the
volune Of money enough to meet the
necessities of the people The way Gus
of this dilema Is and was so plain hal
we can tcuthfully say, The way is so
plain that the waytarlng man, though
a TOD, may not err therein"
Was Mr.. Clevel4nd such q fool as
not to see and know the remedy to be
Applied in order to get ous of this diff
hcuiJ>2 NJ; verify he saw it plainly.
But did he recommend an Increase in
the volume OF moneys No! A thou
sand times NO! But why did he not7
B cause he Is a traitor I'd the best in
rerpata # the masses Of the American
people!
Jusg think of what he recommended
as "a remedy for oar inadequate sup
ply Of m)uey, VIZ D sCroy a part Of
what we have IL order 20 have enough!
l. not that a wonderful reccmmenda
jion for the President Of the United
nn,i,a ,hanh; au.oS
Ia rho unconditional,
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SaIuting the Flag.

Coffee IS now served out, and for If
+oon minutes the sailors sit and sip II
before beginning the morning work OF
eo,,,hhing decks and cleaning ship. ms
work should be finished by five mll'-
,,+os to 6. when the bugle sounds the
6rst call for colors. Upon which the
nno rtermaster bends on the flag to the
holvards of the flagstaff at the stern
and O signal boy does the same WIN
The "iack" at the bow, and both STAND
readv to hoist them at o'clock. A lit
tle period of waiting follows, and then
g o'clock is reported by an orderly to
tho officer of the deck, who sends the
orderly to report it to the captain. Pres
only the orderly returns and reports
The captain says, Make It, sir"
Thereupon the officer Of the deck or
ders:
Sound off,
Then ring out the clear, majestic
notes Of the salute to the flag, while all
the men about the deck face it as II
scars with dignity aloft and floats out tC
tho morning breeze; officers and mel
touchinS their caps in reverential salute
oe # comes to rest and the music dies
away in long, full notes.-St. Nicholas
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LAMPS ARE VERY ANCIENT
Some Facts in Their History h's"
Are Odd ard Interesting

Some Fncts in Their History :" me-"
Are Odd and Interesting
To the Egyptians has been gwen Tue
honor Of inyenting the lamp out II
seems more than probable that tney
received it from the older ciylllZa'ion
Of India. The lamps originally uSeu
nv the Hebrews, the Egyptians anu
the Greeks were simple fiat vessels,
with q small handle at one END, aHo
at the side little projection WIN d
hole. forming a nozzle. In the PACK
was n larger opening, into when the
oil was poured. The oil used was
generally vegetable, but accordlhs ~
Pliny it was sometimes Of liquid D'''-
men. ,,,.
The lamp commonly used in Ngyp'
at the present time Is sman So
vessel, with tube in the Do'o"'' :"
which IS placed a wick Of cotton t"iSt
od around q straw. The common lamp
of India is small earthen sauceI'
with q bit of twisted cotton for WlcA'
The ordinary travellers torch, or lamp
in india IS a bundle of strips OF rags
on the end of ii stick, with oil poureu
over It. In "bible lands the lamp
commonly used is a small eartheh-
ware plate, with the edge turned up
to make it hold q small quantity Oh
OIL
Among the most beautiful ruins OF
antiouity that have been preserved
are a great number Of Egyptian, Greek
and Roman lamps, formed of clay, met
al terra Gotta and bronze. The muse
um at Naples contains the f1nest Vari-
CIV Of specimens to be found any
where. These were recovered from
the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum'
Some lamps were hung with chains 10
bronze candelabra; some were sup
ported by beautiful brackets.
In 1874 Ami Argand, a Swiss residing
in London, made an entire revolution
in artificial Tight by inyenting Durh'
or with q circular wick the flame De-
ing thus supplied with an inner ano
an outer current of air. To Argano
| we also own lIlt INV ShAloH " w.
mon glass lamp chimney. lie was
very DESTROYS of increasing the nSh
given out by the lamp that he MAJ
Invented. and to that end had mad
many experiments, but all to no put
pose. J.,
, One night, as he sat at his work Ia
bic thinking, he noticed an oil mas
lying near off which the bottom IA
been broken, leaving a long-neckeo
funnel-shaped tube. lie carelessl'
picked this up, and, almost wlthou
thought" placed it over the fame o
his lamp. The result astonished an
delighted him, for the flame becam
a brilliant white light. Argand mad
! practical use of the hint thus give
4 him by devising the lamp chimney
philadelphia Times.
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CABLE SPARKS.

The greater part OF tho Montreal Exhlpl-
ton buildings was destroyed ly lire. Inc
loss W Il be about $3.50, 900.
The Russian loan of 1,C00,Oo0,O 600 francs,
(s2CO, OOO, tOO,) issued by the Rothsehi'os' mas
been covered twenty-five times over IN Pars
The business portion of IlGracombe, the
well-known bathing place on the north coast
Of Devonshire, Eng, was burned, involving
a loss Of $500, OOO.
Advices received from Iajunga, Madagas-
car. report that caravan of two French
men and tn. ee Englishmen has been massa-
cred by the Fahavalos near Ambolipiana.
DR.. Grenfel writes from Labrador to ST.
Johns N. F., that hundreds of people are
perishing of starvation and arc appealing Tor
food and clothing to relieve thair distress.
A revolt on the Isle of Pines, penal set
Element off the Coast Of Cuba, was discovered
in time to prevent the murdef OF the COVER
nor and the seizure of the guariship by the
conycts.
The party of Philadelphia manufacturers
who went to South Ameri "a seeking eniarg-
ed markets for thei. wares has arrived IN
Rio de Janeiro.
Tho Westminster Gazette says that dur
ing the debate on the home-oflce vote on
Friday next Home Secretary Ridley VIII
probably announce mitigation OF the lr 81
political prisoners.
The catch OF % Canadian vessels engaged
in catching seals in Japanese waters Tor th'
season jus. over was 1900, While the eater
of American and other vessels in those
waters swelled the total to 25,524
The House of Commons has adopted IN
motion to appoint select committee to IN
ouire into the administration Of the Brltisl
Chartered South Africa Company and the or
igin and circumstances of the raid oil III
Jameson into the Transvah.
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na;ns caused by Ovarian and Womb
t,.orbles. / cannot express my grat!-
trde / hope and pray shat other SUI
Sar;nc women will realize the truth
and Importance of my statement, ana
accept the relief that is sure to at1e y
o. rse of the Pinkham Medicine. -
Mas JAMES PARRISH, 25Ol MarsnaA
81. q d. Minneapolis, Mimi.
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Professor in English (tO young man.
How would you punctuate the follow
inc: "The beautiful girl, for such she
was. was passing down the street.
stuGent-I think, professor, ! would
mako dash after the beautiful girl.
-NVoonsocket Reporter.
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their advice, but fount
until 1 took Lydia
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. OH what
n relief it is, not to
have that tired feel
ing day after day, in
the morning as much
as at night after a
hard days work, and
L. ho free from al
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To Cleanse tia System

EFectually, yet gently, when costive or ol'ion''
or whom the blood is impure or sluggish 70
permanently overcome habtual coastipatIon'
- o,,cn the kidneys and liver to healthy
activity without irritating or weakening them'
- oisnol headaches, colds or feyers, use syrup
of Figs.
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nan who devoted 25 year,
Of his life TO CONDUCTING
A POULTRY YARD AS A
BUSINESS. not as a pas
time. As the living of him
self ard family depended
OF il. he gave the subject
such attention as only a
need OF bread viii com.
mard, and the result wss a
grand success, after he had
spent mich money and lost
hundreds Of valuable chick
ems In experimenting. What
hs learned in all these years
Is embodied Ia this book,
which we send postpaid for
IS cents in stamps. It
teaches yol how 10 Detect
end Cure Diseases, how TO
Feed for Eggs and also for
Patching, v hich Fowls to
Save for Breeding Purposes
and everything. indeed, you
should know on this subject.
BOOK PUB. HOUSE.
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OH! WHAT A RELIEF.

81 suffered with terrible pains in my
left ovary and womb. My back ached
all the time.
Il had kidney trouble badly. Doc
TORS prescribed for me, and followed
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OKLAHOMA MAIL STAGE HELD UP
Bill Doolin and His Gang Begin Their Opera
tons Again

IUH5 hEaIH'
In lonely gulch several miles west OF the
village of Lacey, in the northern part OF OK
lahoma. the regular mail stage was held up
by band Of outlaws, who riaed the express
and mail sacks, taking all the registered let
ters and all the yaluables carried by the two
passengers in the coach.
There is little doubt that tho robbery was
The work of the reorganized gang OF "Bill'
Doolin. the condemned murderer and out
law, who escaped from the Jail at Guthrie
several weeks ago with a dozen desperate
cut-throat and robbers. A big force of Unit
ed States marshals has been in pursuit ofts1
outlaws ever since their escape.