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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

The fire in the Pennsylvania State Cap.
itol probably started from spark of ora.
tory.-Baltimore Life.
The Pennsylvania State Capitol has
gone up In flames. This means that there
will be a big job for somebody later
Boston Globe.
Some of Pennsylvania State Senators
and Representatives ought to be a little
more than half baked by this time.-De.
troit Free Press.
There's one thing that's tolerably GER
tain. The dome of Pennsylvania Capt.
tol wasn't fired by any Pennsylvania
statesman.-Boston Herald.
The burning of Pennsylvania State
House unfortunately will not prevent the
Legislature from meeting and passing
laws.--Chicago Tribune.
Pennsylvania must now construct new
State House. New York and Rhode ISL
and show how the contracts should not be
made.-Boston Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
were perfect in size and mechanism,

were perfect in size and mechanism, It
being possible to cut human hair and
cobwebs with their tiny steel blades.
1t took several days Of Mr.. Won Schoe-
ler's time to produce them, too.
"The scissors lay on the carver's
workable. The fly started across the
table, and he took flight. The shears
were so light that the insect moved
away with the case before Mr.. Won
Schoeler could rescue his precious lit
tie prize. The fly has not been seen
since. Neither have the scissors. The
former owner of the scissors says the
fly Is at home cutting out a new pair of
light trousers for summer use."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

covering the great business traffic in and
out of the city, the important through
trains as well as the principal suburban
trains arriving and departing during those
hours. This will avoid delays, which have
been, at times, very annoying, and permit
of much faster service than could have
been maintained under the old arrange
ments; and, as speed Is one of the prin-
cipal factors in travel in this age, this
feature will prove an important one.
Quite number of the great improve
ments which have recently been made in
the northern part of the city can be seen
from the trains as they pass over the new
viaduct. Among them are Grants Tomb.
ST. Luke's Hospital and the buildings of
Barnard College and Columbia College.
on Morningside Heights. and very soon
the grand structure of the Cathedral of
St. John the Divine will be observed.
Further north, and on the west side of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

steel drawbridge, at an elevation of "a
feet above high tide.
This massive structure is remarkable
In being the first four-track drawbridge
ever constructed. and is the largest bridge
of the kind in the world. 1t is 400 feet
long and weighs $500 tons. The draw
bridge is So feet O inches wide, from
center to center of outside trusses, and is
carried on three very heavy trusses. Be
tween the central and each of the two
side trusses is clear space of 20 feet.
which permits the passage of two sets of
double tracks. The floor is corrugated.
and the rails are bolted to it on steel tie
plates. The trusses of the drawbridge
span are GA feet high in the center and p
feet high at each end. At the highest
part of these trusses is situated the ell
CINE house, which contains two oscillating
double-cylinder engines, which turn the
draw. and can be worked together or SEP
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

ing tipped with sharp. claws. The leg
and foot 10 like that of the raccoon.
The tail is in shape reptiles, narrow
Ing down to a point at the tip from the
size of the bodysc 1t coils Its tail like a
snake, and looking at that end alone
one would take 1t for reptile. The
tail is also covered with down and very
small feathers, which present a scale
like appearance. The queer bird is
known as the dono.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
New Limo to Warrington, ID. (

The Monon has established a new
through sleeping car route between Chi
cago and Washington, ID. c.. by way OF
Cincinnati, via Monon, q, H., & D., b.
d o. &. w. and b. & 0. Railways. The
sleeper Is ready for occupancy In Dear
born station at 8 p. m. and leaves at
2:45 a. m. daily, arriving at Washington
at CAT the following morning. Schedule
in effect Jan. "a.
AS the sleeper goes through without
change, and the hours of leaving and ar
irving are most convenient, this will prove
altogether the most comfortable as well
as the most picturesque route to the ma
tional capital. City ticket Office, 232
Clark street. Depot, Dearborn station.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

The Douo Represents Bird Beast
and Reptile.
The most wonderful freak yet discov-
cred IL a product OF Patagonia. The
head and breast are distinctly birdlike.
The beak Is that OF carnivorous bird.
The plumage Is that of the bird OF the
tropics, bright red and green predomi-
mating, but all the colors Of the rainbow
being there. The legs, although cover
ed with down and feathers. are dlstinc-
lively animal-like In shape, the toes be-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

~ heal applications. q they cannot reach the
diseased portion q the ear. There d only one o,
ysy 20 cure deafness, and that Il by constitu-
sionsl remedies. Deafness Is caused BY "a In
lemoo condition Of the mucous lining OF the
kustschiAn Tube. When this tube Is 1n6amod
you have 2 rumbllng sound or imperfect hear
rs and when 10 y entirely closed, Deafness e
taken out and this tube restored 70 les normal
CONDITION. hearing win be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten arc caused by catarrh,
wn'c ,n, = nosnng pw an innamed condition Of
We win give Ono Hundred Dollars for any
case o. Deafness lcaused by catarrh) that cam
s nos p cured by Halls .Cstarrh Cure. Send for
$3.50, =. ,. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. O.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Remarkable En9ineerInx Feat.

Remarkable EnGincerInx Feat.
One of the most remarkable feats Of
engineering on record is nearing compile
ton. and the passenger entering New
York City from the north will soon
ride over one of the grandest examples of
steel railway construction yet accomplish
ed in this age of marvellous results in that
direction.
Going south at 149th street, the tracks
of the New York Central begin to rise
gradually, and ut 135th street they cross
the Harlem river on the new four-track
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

TwIps 10 Size. shape an1 Activity.
THIS r. what those importnnt litt,s eegans.
the kidneys, are when healthy. n disorder
they may diRer In all three particularl Dis
ease usually destroys them s1reos.lyely, not
the other Il sent pa falyred. Give 70 both Z
healthful IMPULSE. without exciting them.
with Hoafefter's Stomach Dittsrs, which
forestails such dreadful maIadiee ~ Bright's
disease and diabetes Use the BItters. also.
for malsriai. bilious. rheumatic. nervous.
bowel dnd' kidney troeble. nsf
--t5l & RI -------r--~------v s..s
1t Is admitted by most divers that
twenty-five feet IL about the limit II
which they can see under water.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

The annual increase of the German
nation during the last 1--WE years has
been more than five times as much az
that OK the French.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

Since the year 2627 b. C.-ten years
after the accession to the throne of
Hoangti-or 4,523 years ago, the Chi
nese are known to have irrigated their
lands for agricultural purposes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

A French astronomer is OF the opinion
that the red glow of the planet Mars is
caused by crimson vegetation. He
thinks that the grass and foliage there
are red, not green as they are on earth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

my dear fellow, she is an angel. How
exquisitely lovely her complexion Is. They
say she uses Glenn's Sulphur Soap"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

If you want a reliable dye that will
color an even brown or black, and will
please and satisfy you every time, use
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In or.
der to be healthy this is necessary.
Acts gently on the liver and kidneys.
Cures sick headache. Price % and soc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
GREATER NEW YORK.


Com pIction OF the New York centraiss
Four-Track Draw-BridRe Over the
Harlem River. and OF the s3,O0O,O0O
Steel viaduct.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a godsend to MELVIN. b. Mcclellan
Chester, Fla, Sept. IL, 1895.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
For Spring

1t will make your blood rich, pure and
nourishing; cure that tired, nervous feel
ing, enable you to sleep, give you a good
appetite. Thousands have been saved from
or cured of disease and thousands are kept
in good health to-day by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. 1t will do as much for you.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

There is wealth IT contentmept; pow,
err in patience. and JOY in being CRATE
full.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
No.to-Bac for Fiftv Cent?.

Over 400. 900 cured. why not let No-To-I,ac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
saves money. makes health and manhood Cure
suardn 'eed. SOC and 81. all druggists
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Prepare

For spring. 1t is trying season. If it
finds your blood impure, impoverished,
weak and thin. you will be tired, dull,
languid and an easy victim of disease. Do
not wait till these troubles overtake you.
Take a course of Hoods Sarsaparilla now.
This medicine will fit you
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

Coughing Leads 70 Consumption.
Kemp's Balsan will stop the cough e
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
z sample bottle free. Sold In % and 20
cent Bottles. Go at once; delays are
dangerous.
When men begin drinking, they gen
orally stop thinking.
Mr.. Winslow'e BoorHlne synUy for Cnfldrun
eeeshing; eoftens the yuma reoucee tndaDRa1kca
yvr tU 10c boz Of Cascarcts, candy caxharttc, n
- liver aud bowel regulator mado.
CAscARKr stimu. ate liver. KIDNEYS and bowels Nov
eT olckfn. weaken 0rilo Zoe 49, 80
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

.h ws.s e S,sSs O. ss::'ys a.:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
rage in Sweden.

woman Suffrage In Sweden.
In Sweden women vote for all cleo
tive officers except representatives.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

CAscAKKrs stimu.at liver, kidnsys and bowels Nov
or scken. weaken or gripe. iOc.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-01-02

ment. 1t was shown that high
dues always made strong unions.
AS a starter in that direction it
was enacted that all attached
locals should change their laws
so as to make their dues not
less than 80 cents per
month, and preferably rs cents
per week, and that steps be
taken to provide for reasonable,
but at first, low benefits. Six
months was given such unions
to comply with this require
ment.
The committee on the eight
hour movement recommended
that the executive council lend
it's assistance to the defense of
the constitutionality of Utah's
eight-hour law; that an advisory
board be formed, composed of
one member from each union
affiliated at the city where the
Federation has it's headquarters
Washington; that this board
meet monthly; that a series of
mass meetings be held simultan-
eously during the coming year
in all the labor centers of the
country on Feb. %, May 1,
July 4, Sept. 6, Nov. "a; that
public speakers, newspapers and
the labor press be enlisted as
much as possible in the agitation;
that circulars be printed and dis
tributed and committees ap-
pointed to wait upon employers;
that data bearing upon the
question be collected and dis
tributed in preparation for a
general movement for the re-
duction of the hours of labor,
and especially during the spring
of 1897. A committee of two
to wait upon congress was pro-
vided for and an assessment of 1
cent per capita ordered on the
membership of the affiliated or
CARNATIONS to defray the neces-
sary expenses.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-01-02

most WITHOUT exception IneIc
were so cast, as many delegates
explained, from technical consid-
erations.
Another sensational incident
was the charges against Presi-
dent Gompers. There had been
a misunderstanding between the
president and Secretary Nc
Craith; the latter had, undoubt-
eddy, at one time, seriously doubt
ed the good faith of the presi-
dent in relation to matters on
which there was a decided differ
ence of opinion. 1t is equally
evident, however, that the Sec
rotary had nothing to do with
spreading the rumors that led to
the investigation. Mutual enc
mics had obtained knowledge of
some of their difficulties, and
presuming on the difference of
temperament and lack of con-
genialty existing between the
two gentlemen, had magnifed
the mole hill into a mountain.
Succeeding events had cleared
away the secretary's suspicion,
but the external influences,
which were generally supposed
to emenate from the unseated
delegates, referred to in the pre-
ceeding paragraph, had made
them public property; hence the
investigation. There may be
many trades unionists disa tis6ed
with Mr.. Gomper's conservatism.
There is no doubt, however, that
he enjoys the personal confidence
of the membership of the Amer
lean Federation to a degree un-
equalled by any leader in the
hisotry Of the labor movement.
The investigation resulted in the
adoption of the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, That the delegates
to the sixteenth annual cOnven-
ton of the American Federation
OF Labor do hereby declare, in
the most unqualified language,
their fullest confidence in Presi-
| lo>,+ 0o-o,..o1 -. - .>..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-01-02
THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION
American Workingmen Confer on
Matters of Common Concern.


American Federation of Labor
at Cincinnati was one of the
most harmonious and business
like of recent years, and for all
believers in letting well enough
alone, probably, the most satis-
factory. No new policies were
inaugurated; no declarations
were put forth looking to the
agitation Of more radical re-
forms; but the best attention of
the convention was divided be-
tween plans for more thorough
organization and for more effec-
tive work in behalf of such mod
crate measures as the eight
hour propaganda and label agi-
tati0n.
The discussions took wide
range. Cuba, free silver, immi-
grafton, the supreme court, to
say nothing of a hundred and
one more or less technical mat
tiers bearing on trade disputes,
occupied the attention of the
delegates and drew forth from
ambitious or devoted orators
frequent animated bursts of elo-
quence.
The first and one of the most
exciting discussions grew out of
the Pomeroy incident. That
Pomeroy was a ''fakir'' and that
he was "crooked" there was tes-
timony in abundance. But the
convention was embarrassed bv
his non-appearance in his own
behalf, and the fact that many
of the charges were ola personal
character not essentially within
it's jurisdiction. Finally all
counts were practically aband-
oned except the one that he had
attached his official signature
as a Federation organizer to a
partisan document. Here was a
capital offense. The time had
come when labor flakes" should
be made an example of. His
credentials were rejected by a
vote Of 1876 to 1876, only 16 out
of the 121 delegates present v0t-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08

their property ia lost by the foreclosure
of their mortgages. The two men who
had $50, 600 each now owe Mr.. Arnold
half they are worth, and the same is
true of the four men who were worth
$40, 600 each, and times do not improve.
Here are now 993 men who have "gone
broke and are working for wages
when they can get employment. And
Mr.. Arnold prospers and is now worth
not less than 5000. 900.
Another year passes and the six men
have also failed and their mortgages r
foreclosed. Mr.. Arnold now : owns"a all
and has finally become q millionaire
and there are 500 men ON the island
Without q nickel. They r looking
for a job and begging Mr.. Arnold to
give them employment. Thus we see
what goes to the making of a million
sire, and, of course, it is ten times
more disastrous when man accmulRtes
ten millions, for then there r 1899
men broke and they and their families
are dependent upon wages. In order
to become a Rockefeller and own one
hundred millions it is absolutely neces-
Gary for 80, 999 men to give up their last
dime and work for wages if they can
get work to do.
Every reader who has learned the use
of his q can see that this is no
fancy picture-the more the pity. In
any city or State of the Union where
there is a single millionaire there r
OF necessity 999 men without a dollar.
Ia it any wonder that we have millions
of tramps-no, not trRmps, but actual
outlaws, not welcome anywhere, and
forced by the police move on-when We
have more than four thousand million
aires, and not a few OF them multi
m~illionaires9 Do you ask what shall
we doc Where will thing end9 Ishal
have to give my view of that matter
at another time.
JOSEPH AsBURY JOHNSON,
855 Market st., San Francisco.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08
FOWL WAS DEAD.

The editor of the Dansville Breeze is
a devoted poultry ~fancier, and what he
knows about poultry would compare
well with what Horace Greeley knew
about farming. A subscriber sent him
the queEy recently: "What ais my
hens9 Every morning I find one or
more of them has keeled over to rise
no more" The reply was: "The fowls
are dead. It is an old complaint, and
nothing can be done except to bury
them"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08

III men now own the whole. 81, 600, 900
223 are broke and are working for wages.
But that is not all, for 500 Of the Ut
men, namely, the 800 who have only
$500 each, and the 200 who have only
$3.50 each, r in debt to Mr.. Arnold,
have mortgaged their place to him and.
are trying to keep up appearances and
pay interest. But times are dull and
they are unequal to the struggle; so
two years later they have lost their
places mortgages foreclosed - and
now we have 723 men broke and
working for wages. In the meantime,
on account of depression in business,
the 300 men who had kept their 81, 600
each through the first five years have
run behind and had TO borrow %
of Mr.. Arnold, so that each one is in
debt to him $500. The other more sue
cessful men have also felt the hard
times and have had to go to the bank.
for loans, always secured by mortgage.
Mr. Arnold is now worth a good deal
of money. The 800, 600 loaned at ten
per cent. returns him $40, 600 in inter
est; his bank brings in $40, 900 more,
and he has the 5000, 900 acquired by the
foreclosure of mortgages. Heis worth,
in fact, at least $3.50, 90, and his income
is large.
Two more years pass in our island
Calnnv and tho hard kiroao nWo--e~
so that all but six men have failed and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08
THE CURRENCY OF TL1z UNITED
STATES.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
HIGHLANDS, N. @.
Are we as a nation required by our
government to follow after foreign ma
tions ruled by crowned heads as to what
our currency shall be, and compelled
to value all property at it's value In
gold9 It seems to me that the laws of
our country and Congress, and officers
who control our country, bankers,
bondholders, goldbugs end money cen
tiers all lead us to arrive at the corclu
sion that gold is the standard of value.
Why's Because those who trade or
travel out of the United States find
that gold is valued in all countries. It
is the scarcest metal out of which
money is coined, and this has caused
u government to adopt a gold stand
ard Of value in the United States Of
America. Had the United States con
stltution declared to coin gold only for
money, and that injunction strictly
o0eyed by Congress, we would all have
been happy and satisfied. We would
have hadno great money panics, no I'm.
settlements Of money values, sudden
and disastrous, to crush one section or
interest in order to advance another
section or interest, but a uniform stan
dard of values.
But the United States constitution
declares, section 8, clause 8: ''That
Congress shall have power to coin
money, regulate the value thereof, and
of foreign coin"
Section 10: mo State shall coin
money, make anything but gold, and
silver coin a tender in payment of
debts"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08

J. T. Pitman, residing near Gads-
den. Ala, has just received news to
the effect that his father, Rev. N. w.
Pitman, has been found alive and we'll
at Albany, Ga It was reported that
Mr.. Pitman had been killed in the
seven days battle Of the Wilderness,
and since that day he has been mourned
as dead by all except j. f. Pitman.
who believed his father was alive and
has been active in the search ever
since the war.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08

Plant string beans every month until
the season is over, as they grow rapidly
and are not difficult to secure. Peas
may also be had in succession until
well into the summer il frequent plant,
ings + made, and the work Of doing
so takas but little time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08
THE NASHVILLE CONFERENCE

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
"AYNEsVLLE, N. Q, May %, 81.
Fea your reply in your last issue
No some questions I asked with inter.
est. Allow me to reply TO lsome state.
menes made By you as well as sneak
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08
Classification Of Hides.

No, l. This class must have no cut, score, OF
or grub hole. Must not be hair slipped, moth
eaten, or otherwise damaged.
No. 2. This class may have one or two CUtS
scores. or grub hOles-may be partially hair
or moth eaten.
NO.3. This class embraces all inferior to N
2. and are pa1dfor according to extent Of dam.
age.
A Flint hide is dried without salt.
A D. D. dry salt) hide is sailed fresh, remains
In salt for 10 days, when the loose salt Is shaken
Toprepare o. S. hides spread them smoothly
upon q floor in a cool place, leaving no folds, OF
creases, and cover them well with salt, It L
better to use salt 1beraliy-what tho hide does
not absorb may be used again.
To ship q. s. b des, put two or three inS
bundle. hair side out. roll n tie with a strong
Irvine.
Flint and dry salt hides may be put in bales
flesh side Out-2OO or 300 pounds to the bale.
If hides belonging to different parties are
shipped in same bundle or bale, each hide should
be marked plainly with owners name and post
Office.
Address the package to T. Tvey, s.. B. A, Hills
boro. n. e, and notify US of shipment, sending
bill of lading.
The prices we pay will be as much as the same
class Of hides will net yOuin the New York maj
ket. We charge no commissions.
Quotations tO~-day-sUhjeet to market huctuk
t1ons-fOFh hides delivered at Alliance tannerV
Nc. l Flint, 20 pounds and up, per pOund9
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08

Hides will be taken in exchange for IeatherGt
market value for each. T. IVEY, s.. B. A.
HiLsborO, NJ