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The herald., 1897-08-29
THE HERHLD'S MUSE


a note of
L too sammy-a mighty bad one though;
She She said liked the females and didn't care "a rap ~
1 o go o Dances and around,
nd nn % daa low no grass to grow when @ my ee @ was on e ground
I tell first long pants.
Twas Twas at dance this time met "dozy" gal;
Her hair brown beer and her were large and black
You bet she was a but old some than
She ] saia shed be my sister ter but hat I eou%n' @ s
& And In made the proposition to change her & name to Rice
That bowed worshpd the ground beneath
everything havea a fact you mus know
And not long in finding out that all cake dough-
But she married the other fellow How did it pass?
Well. listen and will tell you He both gray
some 40 or 50 summers and had lots @ of sliterng gold
He told her monsrous stories which mounted lies;
Said, without the a and a
s o%f o him ms m0neu S GFs @ G n m @ had ad never had
Said T He'd lea take up the mOrtgsge pay all the bills
So with all sight
praised my rivals fortune his manners and good looks
His princey of dressing and his learning
Well Sam it's the same old story, how and
made lad~the bunder of my life
For she that was my sunshine became anohers wife.
he took my darling from with but selfish thought
M Vain n are the hopes of happiness when love love dearly bought
For love- with ducats a delusion a blind f.
met (my adoredon ven years after this
Her girsh face wihered, her health
Her dark eyes a deathy
And threads Of noticed that beautiful
that they call husband the miserable BEAST
& know that she she would rather be young mans willing slave
is he story Of my tie lovea affair."
And if you the object, then will
I've done duty by and through thick
And want you the profit and do best
You know how things going right field;
YOU be shs disheaened lad;
And don't forget the gal that didn't
The herald., 1897-08-29
President Faure's Cognac

The full history of the missing keg of
cognac sent by President Felix Faure to
a Russian general in the Ural district is
now known. The contents of the keg
were not. as had been supposed, drunk
by spirit loving Russian railway people.
who had smelt good French brandy, and
resolved to have it at all hazards 1t
appears that the barrel containing the
precious stuff, specially selected by NJ
Faure from the very best collection of
The herald., 1897-08-29

foot foremost" the Express still thinks
that the effect of the silver standard is to
isolate Mexico from the rest of the
world. commercially, and that any in
ternal development secured thereby will
be at the expense of foreign trade. But,
bless us, that is just what the Repub-
lican protective tariff is supposed to do
for the United States If it be sauce for
Uncle Sans goose, why not sauce for
Mexico's gander as we'll? What is the
difference whether that sort of prosper
ity comes through silver currency and
high exchange or by Dingley duties.
The herald., 1897-08-29
An Irish Chesterfield

The Broadway car was crowded. A
stop was made for transfer purposes,
and woman of prodigious proportions
forced her way into the space between
the two rear cross seats. The old man
with the Van Dyke beard and gold
rlmmed spectacles looked his disgust,
The pale, thin young man who had been
measuring ribbon and cutting off
samples all day smiled in sickly man
The herald., 1897-08-29
A Second-Sieht Problem Solved

1t was past midnight, and M. Ivremort
was fumbling about in the hall and num-
bling angrily to himself.
whats the matter?' called out Mme
Ivremort from the floor above.
There's two hatracks here, an don't
know which one to hang my hat on"
'"Oh, hang one on each and come to bed"
Paris Figaro.
The herald., 1897-08-29

The revolutionists in Uruguay are like
the Cubans, in that they had nothing to
the government they are fighting against
South American anarchy seems to be of
the same brand as that which curses
continental Europe.
The herald., 1897-08-29

A millionaire tramp" has been robbed
of $500 in an Illinois town. 1t can no
longer be denied that a great wave of
prosperity has struck somebody.
The herald., 1897-08-29
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State of California. County of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. NJ Holt. superintendent of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
first duly sworn. deposes and says: That
for the FIVE months from February l, 1897.
tc June 80, 1897 Gnclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was l,29o.6So
copies being an average daily circulation
of s6OA.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,071,567, being daily aver
age of $500 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219o59, being an average fos
each Sunday of 10;431.
L. NJ. HOLT.
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of July, 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County OF Los
Angeles, State of California.
The herald., 1897-08-29

The esteemed Express thinks that the
condition of Mexico, as set forth in an
interview with Mr.. Lanphar, published
by The Herald a few days ago. is ex-
ceedingly deplorable. Granting the low
atty of the gentleman in question, and
conceding his purpose to put the best
The herald., 1897-08-29

A San Francisco poet has been sued for
$106.62 by a saloon keeper. Anybody
to be obliged to take his pay out in
poetry. The inspiration and the result
would then get together, in the case
cited.
The herald., 1897-08-29

The Cong gressional Record has at last
caught up with the torrent of eloquence
that was bottled up in the leave to print
privileges of the honorable members,
and stopped publication for the time
being. The speeches came in like voices
from the dead for two weeks after con-
gress had adjourned.
The herald., 1897-08-29
Easily Explained

did you know that English colonial
women marry more titled Englishmen
than American women do?"
mo. How do you explain it?"
Il think they must bid higher. Chi
caGo Post
The herald., 1897-08-29

The French are banking greatly on
the fact that the czar has at last used
the word "allied" in speaking of Russia
and France. But what is the word of
a crowned head, spoken at a banquet?
The czar will be the friend of France so
long asit suits his purpose and no longer.
He is the dictator. The French will have
to be content with what they can get
The herald., 1897-08-29

Ever since the bathing season began
this year." says the Chicago Chronicle,
there has been an unusual number of
accidents resulting in DEATH From
which it would appear that it is still
unsafe to take bath in that town.
The herald., 1897-08-29

The Klondike stories are getting big
ger and bigger. Two weeks ago the mug
gets were kept in kerosene oil cans. but
now a washtub is the smallest permis-
sible receptacle. 1t is possible, however,
City. And now we have the cordwood
idea,
The herald., 1897-08-29

Democratic papers are not taking
their cooked crow gracefully.-Minne-
apolis Journal.
Why should they? The prosperit,
shouters promised US all chicken.
The herald., 1897-08-29

A pugilist is said to have got lost on
his way to the Klondike country There
are others that would not be missed very
much.
The herald., 1897-08-29

among the colored brethren is slowly
but surely getting beyond the calcimin-
ing stage.
The herald., 1897-08-29

The ice is pretty thin on the Chicago
wheat pit. A break of five cents in one
day wipes out large amount of mar
The herald., 1897-08-29

A colored artist is doing we'll in Paris,
where his pictures have attracted great
deal of attention. The use of the brush
The herald., 1897-08-29
The HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
WILLIA1 A. SPALDING,
President and General Manager.

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT: 221 East
Fourth street. Telephone 156.
BUSINESS OFFICE: Bradbury Building,
222 West Third street. Telephone 247.
The herald., 1897-08-29

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ing. Chicago.
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The herald., 1897-08-29
Does Your
Shoe Pinch?
The
Clothing
Corner

we cant help you out any that painful subject but every
other item incidental to your comfort we're right in it with
The herald., 1897-08-29

Disdain not now to shed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
"IRRRLEVANT.@

Judge Robinson said SONG very
shocking things at Wake Superior
Court. For instance, in his charge to
the grand jury, he said:
IF you found your Judge coming to
his court on a free pass it would be
your duty to present the man whogave
it to him. It would be the duty Of the
legislature to impeach the Judge It
the railroads can afford to give me a
free pass they can afford to sell other
people their tickets cheaper. The rail
roads might as well transport the jury
here to sit in judgment on their casses. "
This was sharp, pointed. OF course
it was irrelevant" if not positively
Unconstitutional" But at any rate
the grand jury acted upon the charge
and prominent officers Of the Southern
Railway and Seaboard Air Line will
have to appear at January term of
court to answer the charge of having
given free passes.
B3ing the first time such present,
ments have been made, a great sensa.
ton was created. Prominent State
officials will appear as witnesses. And
the end is not yet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
CROPS.

Reports Of crop conditions published
in American Agriculturist of Oct. OH,
are not very encouraging. For in.
stance take the one from Georgia:
IF there is a bluer set of farmers in
the United States than this county
holds, our hearts go out to them. No
corn crop to speak of, cotton mostly
dead in the fields, cotton pickers hard
to find and only to be had at 14c per ID
(ginned cotton), pea crop not good,
sweet potatoes ditto, and, to crown it
all, cotton-our only money crop
bringing almost nothing. Sugar cane
and ground peas are the only crops
that are even fairly good. Bad seasons
and inefficient help did it-except what
congress is responsible for in failing to
put an import duty on cotton"
And here is from Mississippi:
1.-THE drouth continues all vegetation
is drying up. The cotton crop is surely
q short one, and all fall crops are a
failure. There will be some sweet DO
tatOes where planted early, but tur-
nips and all garden truck are dried up
and ruined"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
CUBAN AFFAIRS.

1t seems that the Conservatives have
won in Spain and the result will be a
new cabinet, known as the Legasta
Cabinet. This probably means that
Weyler will be forced toresign as com
mander of the Spanish army and that
more concilatory tactics WILDE adopted
towards the Cuban insurgents.
Ali this means that Spain has given
given up the idea of whipping the
Cubans in the usual way and will try
to compromise matters. 1t is given
out by the authorities at Washington
that this government is very well
pleased with all this and it is thought
that the war can be ended without dis
turbing the friendly relations between
this country and Spain.
This is news from the Spanish side.
But it is by no mean certain that the
Cuban patriots will accept overtures.
They r as strong as ever, if not
stronger, and can carry on the war at
the present rate for an indefinite period.
1t is hardly probable that they will
consent to anything short of complete
indepence. If they do it will be a fool
ish procedure.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
A GOOD SHOWING.

The list of cotton and wooden mills
in this State, given in last weeks issue,
is a very good showing for our
State. and in considering it, the bulle-
tin predicts that the day is not far dis
tant when North Carolina will be able
to spin and weave every pound Of cot
ton it raises. g
In connection with this, the follow
ing facts may prove interesting: The
bulletin says 1.-The total number Of cot
ton spindles is 1.O69, go. From the best
information we can get, they can spin
daily into No. 30 yarn 529, $50 pounds,
or one half pound Of raw cotton for
each spindle, or altogether Iii,
bales of Al pounds each; or during
the year of 800 days, SSS,S26 bales,
lacking 1885 bales of being as much as
was produced in North Carolina in
1889, that year producing SS6 261 bales.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12

The Caucasian in saying THE Caucas-
San's fight" overlooked the fact that
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMERS editorial
on "Granting Free Passes Indictable,
appeared on the day before Judge Rob
inson's celebrated charge was given,
and it was not until the day after the
charge was given that the Caucasian's
editorial of the same nature appeared.
So far as we know, not q paper IN all
North Carolina had called attention TO
the duty of Judges in regard to this
violation of law until the appearance
of our editorial. If any paper will es
tablish such a claim, we will no longer
contend that we fired the fret gun OF
this great legal battle. Until this is
done, we think that if any paper
can call this contest Its fight that paper
is The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. This is
said merely as a correction for we ad
mire the Caucasian's noble stand on
this question.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
GOES FOR OUR AADkRMRN.

The Truckers and Planters Journal
of Chadbourn, N. O., is out on the war
path, and writes up Raleigh aldermen
in this style:
"It you have a low down job to be
done, take it to a board of aldermen.
The city of Raleigh sees fit to throw
open its saloons the night through, dur
ing State Fair week, as a compliment,
we suppose to the farmers of the State.
As a matter Of fact, it is a gross insult
to the fair management to have in
creased the means of debauchery to
the lawless, the rag-:sg and bob-tail,
which are always such u nuisance
about fair grounds. The city had done
better to call in it's h~ell-hounds and
close its devil-dens during fair week"
Perhaps the Journal is right.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
AHEAD AGAIN.

We have not forgotten a certain old
proverb about horn blowing, but it is
also true that in the newspaper world
everyone blows his own horn, and we
are, therefore compelled by circum-
stances to take q little ''toot* for our
selves occasionally. The Caucasian Of
last week says:
Judge Robinson in his charge to the
Grand Jury. at Raleigh last week,
charged that free passes were unlaw-
full under the railroad commission law,
and that any railroad violating this
law should be indicted. We congrat-
ulate Judge Robinson. He is the first
Judge who has done this. The eau
casian called attention to this matter
in its last issue and asked why the Su-
perior Court judges did not charge the
Grand Jury. = = The Caucasian's fight
for reform along this line is gaining
ground"
Honor to whom honor is due.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS VIC.
LATR THR LAW,

Notwithstanding that both the
National law since 1888 and the State
law since 1891 have made free passes IL
legal, and the Inter. State Commerce
Commission has again and again so de-
'cided, Maj. wv. Wilson, Chairman Of
the Railroad Commission, has, it is said,
ridden free by these illegal favors of
the railroads. No wonder he has never
thought railroad fare too high. His
fare has been low enough. He could
have no sympathy with those who have
to pay and found the price too high.
There have been some of the Commits,
sioners from time to time, who would
not take free passes The grand juries
in the several counties along the lines
of the railways can find out which ones
have used passes and which have not,
if they will do their duty.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
MORE ITEMS FROM THE ABODE
OF THE POOR. u

The Times is a live, hustling little
daily in the Capitol City, one month
old. It bids fair to be a success. The
Graham Tribune is a new candidate
for public favor, from Alamance
county. The Danbury News Reporter
has changed hands, but continues
"Pepper"y yet. The Morganton Her
aid no longer has a Cobb, but you may
still 'Count" on it and the Carthage
Blade, which though edited by a Foote,
was not at the foot of the class, is now
in charge of a Campbell. Yet it is de-
cidedly better for a paper to have a
Campbell on its hands than for the
paper to be an elephant" on some n
else's hands. To all these brethren we
extend the right hand of fellowship,
and wish them all the success that can
possibly come to a quill driver.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
OUR FARM ARTI6LEs.

Keep your eye Oh our agricultural
columns. We will make this to your
interest. Among our recent contribut.
ors On agricultural topics have been
Prof. Frank e. E nery, a talented
writer connected with the Agricultural
and Mechanical College; J. Van Lind
ley, the famous proprietor of the
equally famous Pomona Nurseries; B.
T. White, Of Alamance county; DR.. D.
Reid Parker; @. K. McQuarrie, OF
lFlorida; g. 81. Turner, of Mississippi;
Bryan Tyson; George Quinn, of Ten
nessee; and our writer's on dairy sub
jects, T. W. Mosely, e r. Towle, and
e. L. Vincent. We think farmers will
also be interested in our Weekly Di-
gest Of agricultural bulletins, prepared
by Mr.. J. Linn Lsdd and condensed
for our readers. We have another
treat In store for all interested in dairy
ing. By special arrangement, we will
reproduce a series of articles on Zone
Hundred Hints in Dairying," by the
late Col. T. D. Curtis. These will give
the very q~uintessence of dairy litera
ture, and we r assured by Mr.. Mosely,
who is collecting them, that they alone
will be worth the price of the paper q
year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
VALUE OF REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY IN THR STATE.

The State Board of Tax Equalization
has completed the summary OF the re-
turns of property values, as follows:
Number of acres of land q. 763 853.
value $11O 463 977; town lots 80 998.
value $44, s86. 685; horses; horses 172,
7O8, value S.. 547, 92O; mules 129, O52,
value 81. 786, 976; cattle b94 339, value
"a, 175. $50; hogs 1880. 40, value ST.
582, 876; sheep S34 $50, value 1917. 496;
bicycles 5 1872, value $128, Sol; unenu.
merated property $58 755, 100; bank
stock 50. 739 846; foreign building and
loan stock $146 2O1; State building and
loan stock 1874, 1Os; dogs So, 1874; total
1924. 143 594,
We are informed that Mecklenburg
county failed to report any bank stock
while last year it reported 1858, 900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
POPULIST STRENGTH IN CLONE
STAR" REGIONS.

Speaking of the strength of the PEG
pies Party in Texas, the Southern Mer-
curry has this to say:
1.-THE experiment Of running a
straight Peoples Party ticket on a
straight PopuIist platform has been
tried many times; notably in Texas,
and always with the same results
great increase in the strength of the
party. In 1892 the peoples party in
Texas polled los, 600; in 1894, 100, 900;
in 1896. 239 900 a clear gain of 131, 600
votes inside of four years. The Mer-
curry realizes that Texas Populists are
accused by fusionists and their allies
of fusing with the R republicans in 1896,
but the official record of the peoples
party in Texas completely refutes this
charge"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
COTTON N GUAM

The farmers of North Caro,.-
already purchased this voou
tons of fertilizers. The averon.
crop Of the State for the no e
years, as per Latham, AIeras
Co., was 443, 900 bales W.
formed by 1.-THE bulletin of fl.
ment of Agriculture, that t6o
now running in the State co,,lS !
to their full capacity, worb y
bales, and Latham, Alexenda.
put the actual consumption ~
Carolina last year at 258 923 h.,
Now supposing-and everv >
knows exactly-that the fertiii,''
upon an average at the rate NJ ~
of cotton per ton. Then from tS.'
age product deduct home Or stas.
sumption, and we have but ~,
bales left to bring cash into tba
with which to meet the acconns
the 2O3 09S tons of fertilizers Il Mn.
every dollar of this to paw fl, =
i1ers brought into the State a.
lack 1901 bales meeting the !
Hence the only real ADVANTAGE !
State at large derived from the -
crop comes, it seems directly tb'
those who are engaged in manpfss
ing and sending out the Rni,bss
stead Of the raw material.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
HOW DAResT THOU,

Concerning some sneaking a
party man, Our Home, Marshvfkr
this to say: =
Some sneaking Pop has intfps
that the poorold worn out land thai
rented for a State farm in AnsoD,,
ty was selected to give relief tocs
Democratic patriotsO who didnts
to cultivate the land themselves. \
now comes a Populist State pspeS
the information that the rent psa5
this farm is four times what it ia WI
Aren't these Pops mighty mean
to be talking about 'unterrifed d
Gratis in such a mannerf"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
A PERTINENT QUESTION

The Tennessee Baptist and Ref
prophesies that the reduction III
price of the Biblical Recorder toll
will ruin that paper. Now, we ID
inquire: If the Recorder, with a
Baptist minister in North CarOlh
agent, cannot live at the subscrit
price of 81. so per year, how canl
PROGRESSIVE FARMER-a larger q
afford to be sold at 81 per year, u
we have the assistance of all our
scrIbers2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
N. R. r. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Will some one give us the address OF
Lane. of Alabama, President Of the
Cotton Growers Association
1t is reported that there is q library
Sof so, 600 volumes, in Western North
Carolina owned by an ex professor in
Harvard University. Reports as to its
whereabouts are somewhat indefinite.
Can't the man that started the report
tell US something more OF lit
The Charlotte Observer called some
paper 'the organ Of the disappointed
Office seekers" The Fayetteville Oh
server and Caucasian both say "It
meant me-" Hold on, brethren, the
game is not worth the candle. At any
rate, To US it seems an empty honor.
The catalogue of the Reliable Incu-
bator and Brooder Co.. Quincy, ILL, is
out. 1t is quite handsome. The mum,
Der of medals and premium ribbons re
ceived by the company, and the great
number of letters of praise from poul
trymen all over the cour try prove it
beyond doubt, truly reliable" Get
out of the old ruts by buying an incu
bator. See their ad. elsewhere, and
write them.
The Hayseeder has appeared. One
copy reached US just at night, and we
carried it to our place of abode for fear
it would burn the Office in our absence.
After examining it, however, we
brought il back to the Office without
increasing our policy in the fire insur
ance company. This is a sad blow to
us. We feared we would be unable to
purchase any coal, this winter, but
had hoped the Hayseeder would suffice.
AS it is not sufficiently hot, we shall
have to ask subscribers to pay up
Cold weather will SOON be here.
This government was based on the
idea of equality before the law, and no
privileged classes. But the corpora
tions in their determination to govern
the country, have created a privileged
class. Big shippers, rich and tnfluen-
tiRl oRceholders and plant politicians
ride free over the railroads, Ave
their freight, express matter and tele
grams carried free, or at greatly re.
duced rates. The cost of doing is simply
added to tie price charged others.
Shall we enforce the law by aid of off
Gals who help violate it3
\Rev. DIR. Kingsbury says several
reputable Populists of this State have
suffered a change of heart and gone
over to the Democrats. 1t D 10
us that the learned Doctor might get
out his Calling gun and capture one
of these CRITTERS" There is some
vacant space in the State Museum, and
such a curiosity would be a great at
traction. If the Doctor will capture q
specimen, have him Theoretically
sealed up, marked fright side up with
care" and shipped to Secretary John
Nichols, it might be the o of bring.
ing many people to the Fair next
week. We've heard Of these critters
penore, but they seem as hard to cap.
"use "a en- ordinary ghost.