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The Yale expositor., 1897-11-19
Thanksgiving Day.

Governor Pingree's first Thanksgiy
ing proclamation is at hand. Ii hasnc
irills or trimmings and reads as fol.
lows
To the People of the State of Mich.
| igan, Greeting:
In pursuance of time-honored Gus.
tom l nave the honor to hereby ap-
point Thursday. November 25, as n
day of general Thanksgiving.
The people of this great common
wealth. are requested on the above
named day to abstain from the ordi.
nary avocations of life, and devote the
day to exercises and recreation an
propriate to the occasion.
lt IS good day to forgive offenses.
TO gather together in family reunion.
TO forget or suspend differences of
opinion in religious beliefs and politics,
ana to remember the great number of
needy people throughout the state.
ana also TO do kind acts and return
thanks for the many blessings we en-
joy. w -
The spirit of philanthropy among
our citizens has been active in nrovid-
ing for the needs of the suffering and
the unfortunate. Christian workers
have brought many to acknowledges
Their obligation to lead better lives,
and, countless numbers have been
made happier for their efforts during
the year: For every temporal and
spiritual blessing enjoyed it becomes
us TO render devout thanksgiving unto
God.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the state at the capitol at Ian
sing this 9th day of November, i'm the
year OF our Lord, 1897, and of the in.
dependence OF the United States of
a America the one hundred and TWENTY
nrst. IL. ). Pingree, Governor.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-19
YALE. ST. Clair County FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10 1897
General News.

Moses Mtchaels, a Port Huron cloth
ing dealer, has failed.
John D. Meir, of Almont, has beer
taken to the Pontiac asylum.
AT Oxford IA new industry has beer
started, that of the production of chic
!. ory.
The Port Huron Club House wa,
badly damaged by fire Sunday morn.
ing.
The Tri-County Republican is the
new name for the former Hydrant al
Romeo.
Fifty four trees have been set on the
grounds of the new Catholic church 4
Emmett.
Port Huron has five parks. fourteen
churches, live banks and thirteen
school houses.
Brown City now has n laundry which
has been put an operation by II. Stone
burg, of Detroit.
The Eclipse Novelty store at Mar
lette, has closed its doors under "A
chattel mortgage.
John Perkins, an old resident of
Memphis, died recently, leaving a
property worth 100000.
The Cross Roads Weekly, at Meta
mora, will consolidate the Edifier
plant at Lapeer. with its own.
Grandma Sullivan, Of Arcadia, died
recently, aged IA years. She never
lie.
II. w. Swaisee, of Kings Mills, lost
his barns by fire last week, with entire |
contents, including five valuable
horses.
There is considerable counterfeit
money in circulation in Sarnia. II ia
said about half the silver pieces offered
at the stores are lead
G. G. McGregor, general merchant at
CarsonVille, has been recommended
by Congressman Snover as the future
postmaster at that place.
Miss Dottie Wagg. daughter of a bo-
tel keeper at Croswell, was quietly
Nov. 10, to Forest Brake. re-
Gently from Marine City.
Monday, November 20, "A special cleo
tlon Will be held in st. Clair, looking
towards the bonding of the city for
S2,oOO for improvements of the city
hal and fire department.
George Cane, young man 2l years
)t age, was assisting, last week, i'm
Dutcherlng hogs at Alex. Schells' near
burnside, when he slipped and fell ON
knife which penetrated his body rup-
lring his bowels. DR.. Campbell. of
5rown City, gave no hopes of his re-
'oYery' and he died in great agony.
Adler Franks, Kimball township
armer, drove his team of pacing
'onies to Port Huron Saturday, loaded
Ip with "bug juice, had a runaway.
,ot thrown out, his head coming i'm
ontact with telephone pole, and he
now dead. There were two other
ccupants IN the buggy who received
evere injuries.
John b. Dyar, of Detroit, is now try- :
ng to get people To take stock in an
lectric railway from Port Huron to
IL. Clemens to connect there with the
lapid Transit for Detroit. It ia stated
hat Nelson Mills of Marysyille has
lbscribed $1,000 and Mark HOPKINS
10000 towards this road.
Ex-County Treasurer Samuel X.
NTH passed away at his residence at
anilac Centre at 2 p. m. Monday. He
as had pulmonary trouble for some n
me and has spent the last year in a
'uitless search of health in Colorado
nd New Mexico, returning home two
lonths ago. The funeral was con.
ucted under the auspices of Custer
odge, F. q A. NJ, of which he was A
Iember.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-19

"The worst cold ] ever had in my
lie was cured by Chamberlain Cough
Kennedy" writes w. II. Norton, of Sut-
ter Creek, CAL "This cold left me
with a cough and was expectorating
all the time. The remedy cured me,
and | want all of my friends when
troubled with a cough or cold to use it,
Tor It will do them good" Sold by
Will Lennon & Co.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-19

Warning: Persons who suffer from
coughs and colds should heed the
warnings of danger and save them.
selves suffering aud fatal results bv
using. One Minute Cough Cure. II T.
an lntallible remedy for coughs. colds.
Grant Holden. O'''0''
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-19

Our Stock of Furniture contains
anything you want and at Prices
that Defy Competition.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
THE WASHINGTON SHOW.

Mckinley & Co., cifsuF owners,
Washington. D. O., seem t. be doing
q very poor business. Among the
many grand and thrilling acts of these
celebrated clowns as advertised last
November were to be-:
L. A direct exhibition open to all the
people Of the methods IF making money
more plentiful by stopping the coinage
Of it and burning a part, we now
have.
2. The capture of that unique and
anomalous creature, Prosperity, the
unsuccessful quest Of which, has cost
the political lives of $4,000 pie hunters
and several political parties.
In these two acts the celebrated per-
formers have proven dead failures
The people r getting very much dis
gusted. The first act only exhibited
the rottenneas and hypocrisy of these
gents. In the second they succeeded
only in driving the beast still farther
away and arousing the wrath of the
people. Realizing their desperate
straits, Johnny Sherman, the wizard of
the whip, recently appeared upon the
scene and announced something new
and startling:
"AIl 1 do" announced the wizard,
''is to crack my whip and Uncle Sam
will crane his neck and reach out in the
Pac fc Ocean, and gobble up a lot of
brine and every one Of the Hawaiian
isles" Accordingly at the appointed
time Colonel John cracked his whip,
but Uncle Sam wouldn't move an inch.
The affair was a dismal failure, and it
is thought that Uncle Sam will give
the clowns their walking papers when
the first opportunity presents itself.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
TIE SHOE FAcToRY
correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.

correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
North Carolina needs q good shoe
factory. This is admitted alike by
friends and foes of the Alliance. The
factory at HiIlsboro came to fill this
long-felt want, but just as victory was
in sight-just as the institution might
have become creditable to the Alliance
and to u State, as well as have be-
come a source of profit to the stock
holders-the farmers from indifference,
from ignorance, or some other cause
failed to come to the aid of the factory.
As a result Of their supineness, the
factory stands idle, a laughing stock
for Its enemies. AS in the Seriptural
parable, the anti-Alliancemen and mo-
nopolists point the finger of scorn at it
and say, Behold They began but are
unable to finish" They see mi an in
dustry that might have been q profit
able one; one Of which ever Alliance
man and every farmer throughout our
State might have been proud-yes, cit
might have been"-Whittier says these
are the saddest words of mortal tongue.
We said, ut might have been." 1t is
not yet too late. sit may be-" Yes; it
will be, if every farmer in North Caro-
lima will work and labor for its uccess
as it is his duty to do.
Something must be done. Time flies
rapidly, and it is no longer in order to
advance theories and talk of it in q
casual and careless manner. He who
h~esitates is lost. Again we say, it is
time not to talk but to work. This isa
TEfneI s H. SIViOn, and so far AZ n6s
been built with farmers contribution.
If it is to be started, farmers must
start it. They can do it. Are they
willing to continue the efort3 That is
the question. Only a small amount
from each farmers and from each ALI
anceman would be necessary to start
it, but this sum must be given immedi'
ately.
Monopolies and money sharks want
the shoe factory to fail. Il is not in &C
cordance with their ideas on the ques
ton. 1t is built by AIliancemen-no
trusts nor ]plutocratic combines have a
hand init. That's why they want it to
fail, and that is one reason-ono only
why North Carolina Alliancemen
should work to makei it a success.
Farmers of North Carolina it rests
with you whether the shoe factory,
which has been thus far built solely on
your contributions andin the success of
which, if you have any pride about you
you are interested-shall start or shall
remain idle. 1t is in your power now to
start it. Go to work; it is yours, and
you must work it. Act at once, and
encourage the farmers friends and dis
courage their enemies by saying firmly
and boldly-not by words but by acts:
THE shoe factory shall start, and start
al onceI' C.P.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13

in times when the public granted no
franchise, and conferred no right of
eminent domain, is far older than the
common law, older even than the civil
law, and was recognized by both as a
necessary and unquestioned rule"
This important statement la followed
by q long procession Of quotations from
the opinions and decisions of the high.
est courts, placed insuch pertinent and
pleasing context as to enlist and hold
the attention Of any one really inter
ested in the important subject, even
though he should be below the average
in comprehension. The distinguished
author says:
by all the decisions (of our United
States Supreme Court the right to fix
rates being not a judicial but a legisla-
tive power, TO be exercised by the Leg.
islature itself, it logically follows that
the remedy for a harsh exercise Of the
power is a recourse to the people at the
ballot box-not to the courts. For an
unwise or oppressive use Of its powers,
the Legislature is not subject to the su
pervision Of the Judiciary, which is
merely a CO ordinate branch of the
government. 1t is only when the Leg
islature does an act-whether wisely
or unwisely-which is not within the
scope of its powers, that the courts can
declare it demonstrations THE Star,
San Francisco, Gal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
LIKE A MIRACLF
How a LoGomotor AtaIia Sufferer Was Cured
From the Evening News, Detroit, Mich.

James Crockett, a steady old Scotch
man, living in Detroit, Mich, at sc
Montcalm Street, was asked about his
wonderful cure.
First" he said, 81 must tell you
something of my life before my almost
fatal sickness. I was born in Scotland
In 1922, and came to this country 10
1913 lam a marine engineer by trade.
In 1872 I was in the employ of the De-
troit and Cleveland Navigation Com
pany, and for fifteen years was chief
engineer on one of their big passenger
steamers. Ny first boat was B. N.
Rice, which was burned at the docks
Then I was transferred to the Rubie,
which was chartered to make the
run between Detroit and Cleveland.
81 brought out the new steamer, the
'Citv of the Straits and for years acted
as her chief engineer. Ii is a great re
sponsibility, the position of chief engin
.eer on those big passenger palaces.
Thousands Of lives are held in the keep
ing of the engineer. The anxiety causes
a great nervous strain, and the strictest
attention is necessary. Not for a mo-
ment must he lose his watchfuiness.
For fifteen years. carefully watched
the big engines and boilers without a
single accident, and only noticed that
I was getting overwhelmingly
With6tGsSS warning I was taken sick, and
in less than a week I was Frustrated. l
had the best of physicians I grew
gradually worse, and at the council Of
doctors, they said I had nervous pros
tration, and had destroyed my whole
nervous system and would never be
able to be up again. They said I had
worn myself out by the long nervous
strain caused by watching and worry
ing about the machinery. For three
longyears I was unable to move from
my bed without assistance. The doc
tor said I had locomotor Rtaxia, and
would never be abe to walk sgain.
"The pains and sufe ing I expe
rienced during those years are almost
indescribable. My wife used to put
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13

tory Of this country than had Senator
Harris. He had almost completed his
795h year, having been born in F5Dru-
airy, 1918, and first became a member
of Congress in 1849 His Congressional
career thus began earlier than that of
any member of either House, antedat
ing Senators Morrill, and Sherman by
seven years, and Hon. G. aIusha Grow,
now a member Of the House from
Pennsylvania, by one year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
PARDONS.

The people Of North Carolina have
been led by several papers to seriously
consider the number of pardons made
by the Governor. Every pardon that
he has granted has been widely adver-
tised. Some people were made to be
fearful. This has caused US to look into
the matter. We find that the number
OF pardons granted is not extraordina-
lr1y large, but that it has seemed so be
cause the papers have written long no
tees on the subject instead of mere
notes as formerly, and also because
they have dwelt on one pardon until
another was granted. This is only nat
ural to a change Of administration. We
find also that no pardon has been
granted wRhout cause, more or less ad-
equate according as different men Judge
things. In nearly every case the Judge
who conducted the trial has signed the
petition for pardon. We write this
with no desire to defend anybody, but
rather for the sake of the good name of
North Carolina. We look confidently
forward to the day when politics will
nave no such disgraceful Influence. Let
North Carolina's honor be maintained.
no matter what party Is m poWer.-
Biblical Recorder.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
respectfully,
SENATOR HARRIS.
A True and Useful Man Called to His
Reward.
l.. 9. ARROWOOD.
Sec'y CASTOR Go. Alliance,

A True and Useful Man Called to His
Reward.
WASHINGTON, July 8 Senator Isham
G.. Harris, of Tennessee, died at his
residence here a few minutes before 5
o'clock this afternoon. The Senator
had been getting constantly weaker for
several days past, the intense summer
heat. which has prevailed, greatly de,
bilitating him, and no doubt fastening
his end. There were times when he
would rally slightly, which gave his
family hopes that he would be able to
regain sufficient strength to be remov-
ed from the city, but his vitality had
become too much exhausted to with
stand the strain. This morning the
Senator revived somewhat, but only
temporarily. During the afternoon he
sank rapidly and passed away peacea-
bly,.
Probably no man in public life had
been identified with more Of the his
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
TIE RIGHT TO REGULATE.

We 6ndin The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
published at Raleigh, N. O., an address
delivered by Judge Walter Clark, of
the Supreme Court Of North Carolina,
on the Right to Regulate Railroad
Passenger and Freight Fares" The
address is one that should be printed
in pamphlet form and scattered broad,
cast through the land. Its clear and
irretutable reasonings, with it's COM
pact statements Of historic facts and
judicial decisions, make 1t a most ad-
mirabIe document for popular circula-
ton. Judge Clark says:
THE right of the public to regulate
the charges Of common carriers, even
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
BATTLE WITH RATS.

WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa July 6 While
tearing down an old granary on the
farm OF George Settler, In Loyalsock
to wnship yesterday, three carpenters
were attacked by a swarm of gray
rats. The rodents fought like demons,
and bit and scratched the men about
the legs and arms. The men with clubs
slaughtered the animals right and left,
and after the battle was over they
found that they had killed 2O5 rats,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13

eight or ten hot water hao,
70 stop the pain. Those that attU caoda
see me bid me good bye when came q
me, and ! was given up. Tboe oey LETT
said nothing more could he doS ooctOa
I'VE tried every known ronu aeiofn ne
my wife kept reading the grtin1 Iuy, sOt
DR.. Williams Pink Pills fo S.T5eS abOuI
pie to MT. Finally she said ale Po.
cost on cents, ana she wanted IT, Only
II | would try them. To pIeas " k1aoV
consented, and the first boT aetl
relief. l continued to use t Ave De
about two years before I co n99 To-
strength enough to walk, t. c LUZ Get
but sure, but what ! am to do1 sloR
wholly to DR.. Williams Pink1 bH dq
Pale People. IAs to-
Il am nearly seventy five ve,,,
today, and there is not q man !. Ga
whole city that can kick Iiotm ts
walk further than I car 70 ~ ne Q
any one has locomotor afeT;oy U
reads this, let them come and a. 1lat
TO day. Can you tell me a man i + = y
IN this big city that can do betterrV S Ssl
that3" said Mr.. Crockett, as he LiS %9
she reporters hat, which was held IIT S;S
above his head. Ha
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills for D.,
People made me what am 70 d. EaS
'G2ly wish I could persuade otheS, ;. !
do as I did, and take them before N Y
too late"
(S1gned) JAMES CROCKETn
Before me, a Notary Public, ner.o,
ally appeared James Crocket NV.
signed and sWore to the above st ns'
ment as being true in every particnIs"s'
ROBERT E. HULL JR NotGrV Pl6jc
Wayne County, Mich
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for PoI.
People contain all the elements nao.a
sary to give new life and richness r
the blood and restore shattered news
They are for sale by all druggists n
may may be had by mail from DR. WI
iiams' Medicine Company, Scbenects5y
Y, for SOC. a box, or SIX boxes ta
50 50.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
BRWARE or DIN TMENTS FOE
CATARRH THAT CON-
TAIN MERCURY,

"a will surely destroy the
senseo of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable sphys:-
fans, as the damage they will do Is ten,
fold 10 the good you Can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by T. J. Cheney 6 Co,
Toldo, o., contains nc mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucuous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure, be sure you get the genuine. It
is taken internally and is made in To-
ledo, Ohio, by T. J. Cheney 6 90. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists, T6c per bot.
tie.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13
APRoPOs OF KANSAS.

A Kansas farmer planted his farm in
popcorn, and gathered # Q his barn.
Ban G0ok fire, the corn popped
and filed a ten acre field. His old
mare, thinking it a snow storm, lay
down and froze to death.
Same Kansas man lat the Populist
meeting in his own neighborhood)-
Fellow sufferers, dry weather, Hess
ian flies and gold bugs prey like YAM
pires on our State. Our once fair State
is plastered owe with mortgages so
heavy that we have to bore q hole
through them with an auger in order
to plant corn. Rouse, We slaves!
A man was riding along on horse
back with a jug of whiskey tied with a
strap to the saddle horn. After the blow
had CEASED the jug handle was found
inside the jug and the strap was stick
ing out of the nozzle, the Jug having
been blown inside out without splitting
a drop Of liquor.
In discussing the prohibition ques-
ton in Western Kansas not long ago, a
citizen from the short grass country
said: Il think that Kansas is in need
Of good deal of irrigation. There are
times when it is so dry in the western
part of the State that you have to soak
a hog over night before he will hold
swill. There are places where water
is wet only on one side. I knew a place
where the owner of a ferry boat hauls
water eleven months in the year to
keep his ferry running, Why water is
so scarce theirs that the men won't
drink it. The aus of this drought is
that the railroads of Kansas have cor
nered the water supply of the State to
put into their stock.
Here is another drouth story told by
a travelling man. was driving across
the country to a little town in Western
Kansas the other day, when I met a
farmer hauling a wagon load of water.
"Where do you get water9" said I.
up the road about seven miles" he
replied.
"And you haul water seven miles for
your family and stock9"
"Yep."
"Why in the name of sense don't
you dig a Well9"
Because it's just ag far one way as
the other, stranger"
Back in the 7O's we had a terrible cy-
clone in Western Kansas. It blew the
cracks out Of the fences, pulled a CHS
tern out of the ground, moved a town
ship line and changed the day of the
week"
This last fusilade induced one of the
listeners to speak up. He said: II
do not know much about cyclones, but
once when I was at sea l saw a water
spout pick up tons and tons of water
and carry it a mile and"-
Hold on" cried the Kansan. eff
you are going to degrade this CONVEX
sation to the level Of a common lying
contest, I will retire" And he got I'D
and walked away pompously.
A prominent KansRn is accredited
with telling this:
Tell you what's a fact. I have
known 1t blow twelve days and nights
on a stretch and hold a sheep up against
the side Of a barn until he starved to