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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-07

The republicans of this county
have said Cor at least those of them
who sanctioned the recent recount
farce have said iD that of the 1858
voters in Barton county, 1744 of them
do not know how to vote. Do you
believe it, reader? Would you not
rather trust to the honor, business and
integrity of any one of the men who
cast the LIZA ballots which the con-
test board threw out, rather than to
the honesty or intentions of the man
who was instrumental in having such
ballots thrown out? It is about time
that such old, fossilized frauds were
sat down upon by men of all parties.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-07

AND another big-bug bank cashier,
who but short time ago tore bis
shirt for the continuation of the single
gold standard system of finances, has
now torn himself loose from all earth.
ly moorings and drowned himself.
This victim was Richard Cornelius,
cashier of the National Farmers and
Planters bank, of Baltimore. Nd, and
he drowned himself in a pond On jan
uary 4th. On the same day Chris
Schauer, president of the National
Bank of Savings. of .Pittsburg, Pa,
hung himself in his barn, because of
business depression. And there are
others.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-07

We ARE told by an itinerant picture
peddler few days ago that firm EN- :
ployed LOO artists and that in Kan.
sas alone they had 200 agents who
we're taking from fifteen to sixteen
orders day for pictures at $1.9S each.
This would make for this outfit alone
near $4,000 day drawn out of Kan
sas. Add to this the many hundred
of other schemes, including medicine
showA quack doctors travelling over
the country guaranteeing a cure or
no pay and always taking the patents
note for respectable amount and
getting the same cashed at the nearest
bank, letting the cure follow at its
leasure afterwards. Is 1t any wonder
the people are asking "where am I
at?-Dwight Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-07

Poor Joe McCullagh. His was a
bright mind, an untiring one. HIS
heart was large, and he had won for
himself reputation as one of the best
newspaper men of the United States.
The announcement of his death by
suicide last week was startling as it
was unexpected. But the reasons
given for the rash act, by those who
have carefully noted the drift of
events, furnish political object les
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
DANA'S MAXIMS.

Charles A. Dana, late editor of the
Sun, gives the following maxims in his
book, The Arto of Newspaper Making;
1. Get the news, all the news, and
nothing but the news.
2. Copy nothing from another pub
LEGATION, without proper credit
8 Never print an interview without
the knowledge and consent of the per,
son interviewed.
4 Never print a paid advertisement
as news matter. Let every advertise
ment appear as an advertisement.
5. Never attack the weak or defense.
less, by argument, by invective or by
ridicule, unless there is some absolute
public necessity for doing 30.
6. Fight for your opinions, but do
not believe that they contain the whole
truth or the only truth.
z. Support your party, if you have
one; but do not think that all the good
men are in it and the bad ones outside of
it.
8. Above all, know and believe that
humanity is advancing; that there is
progress in human life and human
eff airs; and that is as sure as God
lives the future will be greater than
the present or the past.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
WHAT COTTON BUYS.

Cotton is the most representative ar.
ticle Of export produced by the United
States. The fereign demand for it is
steady, and for a long period of years
considerably more than half the total
product has gone abroad to meet the
demands of European spinners. While
wheat aud other cereals constitute q
heavy item in the settlement of our
international balances, and manufac.
tured goods swell the total to enormous
proportions, cotton is, nevertheless.
the one staple commodity that the
world draws from America, and the
M product which it will be compelled
to buy from u.s., irrespective of agri
cultural developments or extensions
elsewhere.
No wonder then, that cotton has
come to be regarded as the great maker
of exchange for this country. The
majority of people, nc doubt, continue
to believe that the product nets the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

nation millions of dollars after paying
our foreign bills. Practically it does,
considering the export as nj item in
the balance sheet, but how few, on the
other hand, have considered the fact
that cotton which yielded millions Of
surplus cash thirty years ago, is now
barely paying the bill for the three
commodities most commonly imported
namely, tea, sugar and coffee To
show the gradual change that has oc,
Cured in trade relations with other
nations, we have compiled the follow.
ing little tables, which are worthy of
study:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
CITY STREET CAR LINES.

Word comes to the United States
from Glasgow and other cities Of Great
Britain that the ownership of street
car lines is productive of the very best
results. Some cities, on account OF the
municipal ownership or control OF street
car lines, gas, electric lights, ETC., are
entirely relieved from taxation.
The owners or street car lines in this
country, seeing that the interest of the
people is awakened, and realizing that
delays are dangerous, are striving to
fasten upon the people long, termed
contracts. In Illinois the street a
companies, with shameful audacity, are
striving to secure a fifty year extension
of their franchises, which do not ma
lure until elk years from this time.
In Indiana the whole State is stirred up
on the questions relating to control Of
street cars. Michigan has for some
years led in the movement of secur.
ing better things from street com.
panies; in fact, in the whole country
this subject is receiving wisest atten-
ton.
Should the community in which we
live own or control its own street cars7
What is the advantage3" This is a sub
ject vel worthy of the study of Chris
tiau citizenship committees. The ar
gument seems to be overwhelmingly in
favor of such ownership on the part of
the city. Christian Eadeavorer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

w- Did YOU eVer think that, at 81
q gear, THE PROGRESSIVE GARNER is q
cheapest paper published in North Car
olina2 1t costs lots of money TO run it.
Every other 81 Carolina paper that IN
any way approaches it in size, uses pat
ent outsides, or is merely a re hash from
some other paper. THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER is all home print, 8large pages
every week, and contains something
for every member of the family. Now
is the time to subscribe. Give US a
trial.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
THE OLD SILVER L

The following from the Chenoa Oll)
Gazette will read with interest for it's
excellent sentiment, if not the poetic
inspiration it breathes:
"How dear to our hearts is the old sill
yer dollar,
When some kind subscriber presents
it to view;
The liberty bust without necktie or col
lar,
And all the strange things that to us
= seem so new;
The wide spreading eagle, the arrows
below 1t,
The stars and the words with the
strange things they tell;
The como u fathers, we're glad that
we know it,
For some time or other twill come
in right WE'LL
The spread eagle dollar, the old silver
dollar,
That we ell love so WELL"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
WoMAN'S TRUEsT ACCOMPLISH
MINT.

Several of the great educational il.
situations for girls announced this fall,
for the first time in their history, class
es for sewing as one of their chief at
fractions" writes Edward w. Box in
the November Ladies Home Journal.
''The girls of the fashionable world are
joining sewing afternoons as they
are called. Common sense has come
to the rescue in pointing out to girls
that sewing is an art, and one of the
finest of accomplishments. In yolden
times the needle was the pride of the
clever maid; none vas prouder than
she who. with her own hands. could
fashion her own dainty lingerie.
1.-THE modern girl, in taking up her
sewing, only comes back to first prin-
eiples. But they are sturdy princi-
pies to which she is returning, and she
will find them 80. Tt ia a small thing
which sometimes causes a revolution,
and the needle, small as it is, by q gen
eral adoption can do much to elevate
American girlhood to a pinnacle of
usefulness which will win for her ad
miration the void over. So essentially
feminine an art should never be allowed
ed to die out, and when it's possibilities
artistic and useful, are better under
stood by our girls, their own pride will
keep it in its proper place: among wo-
mans highest arts and truest accom-
plishments."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
RECAPITuLATION

The figures given above are from
Treasury trade reports. They show
some very curious results. Thus our
imports of C IF % have apparently in
creased four fold IN value, aud al
most the same proportion in quantity.
The American people are using nearly
three times the amount of tea con-
sumed thirty years ago, but are pay
ing approximately only one third the
former price for it. Our sugar i'm
ports have climbed to amazing totals,
but the average price has declined
sharply. The cotton figures are no less
important. They reveal the enormous
value of this staple, the average ex
port price with the exception of two
stated years. having always been
over 5000, 600, 600.
But it is in the recapitulation of the
totals that the chief interest lies.
Thirty years ago, our cotton exports
were 1882, Az 374 heavier than our to-
tai imports of tea, sugar and coffee.
Four years later the credit balance was
$27, 600, 900 less. Not to go into detail,
it may be stated that in thirty years
the credit balance has dwindled from
1892 OOO. 900 to s. 900, 900. In other
words, Wi exchange our surplus cot
ton crop for the three commodities,
tea, sugar and coffee, and have practi-
calIy nothing left over after making an
annual settlement. OF course, the fig
ures should not be viewed in the light
of an actual loss, since our foreign
trade is expanding to a degree where
Europe owes the United States q greater
sum with the close of every year.
They are significant, however, as show
ing the changing features of our com
MERGE relation, and they should also
attract attention to the great field that
is open to the United States In the
way Of domestic sugar production.
Every dollar that is sent abroad for
that staple might be retained at home,
we're the proper Efforts put forth to en-
courage what is distinctively an Amer
lean industry. Tea and G. f9e will al
ways be articles of import, but the
United States can raise sugar as easily
as she grows cotton, once a start is
made. And since the cotton exports
appear already to have reached msxi.
mum figures, which our consumption
OF the imports named will undoubtedly
grow from year to year, it would seem
that the time is not far distant when
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

build up one industry at the ~
(D We believe that the mor.-
country should be kept 40 %y
possible in the hands Of Tho
and hence we demand that all NJ
and State revenues shall be- Iiniet
the necessary expenses of the aas
ment economically and honesSSSN \
ministered.
(e) We demand that postal ,.L
banks be established by the ~o0a
ment for the safe deposit Of S"S
of the people, and to faciIitss1
change.
% We are u~nalterablv opDo,,
the issue, by the United Statae "
terest- bearing bonds, and demss%3!
payment of all coin obligations y
United States. as provided BY any,
laws, in either gold or silver cGs
the option of the government AMI !.
at the option of the creditor.
4hAN0EO
now owned by aliens should N
voting population, and that SaSsr
from each shall be elected bT |
people of the district.
DISTRICT LEGISLATION.
Relying upon the good, comm
sense of the American people, and
lieving that a majority of them, II
uninfuenced by party preiudia !
vote right on all questions submiH
them on their merit; and, furthg
efectually annihilate the peni3I
lobby in legislation, we demand d
legislation by means of the iniig
and referendum.
r. A. SOUTHwORM
Sec'y-Treas. n. f. A. and !
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
THE WORLDS TELEGRAPH NIT

Consul German writes from 2 lrich,
as follows:
The total length of the worlds tele
graph system has now reached 900, 600
kilometers a. 9O8 1923 milee). exclusive
of 300, 900 kilometers Q81, 44O miles)
OF submarine cables. This mileage is
apportioned as follows: Europe, 2,84O,
900 kilometers q, 764. 700 milee); Asia,
500, 600 kilometers (3IO, 685 miles,
Africa, 100, 600 kilometers &C., 19
milee); Australia, $50, 600 kilometers
(217 479 niles; America, 4 O5O, 900
kilometers q SIC. 548 miles, It will,
therefore be seen from the above that,
notwithstanding the steady increase
in the building of telegraph lines all
over Europe, America leads and has
almost doubled the mileage of Europe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

cotton, instead of yielding a surplus,
will not pay for the tea, ccfse and
sugar of the nation.
The little tables quoted above re-
veal several interesting facts not
touched upon here, and will bear closer
study. They cover five year periods,
thus precIuding an actual yearly av-
erage, but are representative of the
changes already mentioned.-The New
York FinRncier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
SHOE FACTORY IN MRxrco.

According to a Paris paper, a syndl
cate has been formed with a capital OF
So 600, 900 (Mexican) to establish q
large factory of shoes, boots, etc , IN
Mexico. The work of construction
will be commenced at once, and the
object of the syndicate is to send an
immense quantity of shoes of cheap
quality to the American and European
markets and to take advantage OF the
fluctuations of exchange with foreign
countries. -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
1880 I
(OFFIOIAL)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE DEMANDS.
Adopted at Washington, D. c., February
s, 1906.
(OFFIOIAL)

&, 1896.
WHEREAS, The Declaration of Indes
pendence, as a basis for a Republican
form of Government that might be
progressive and perpetual, states:
"That all men r created equ@t;
that thew are endowed with certain II
alienable rights; that among these are
life. liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness: that to secure these rights, gov
ernments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the
governed"
We hold, therefore. that to restore
and preserve these rights under a
Republican form of government, prl-
vate monopolies of public necessities
for speculative purposes, whether OF
the means of production, distribution
or exchange, should be prohibited, and
whenever any such public necessity or
utility becomes a monopoly in private
hands, the people of the municipality,
state or union, as the case may be,
shall appropriate the same by right of
eminent domain, paying a just value
therefor, and operate them for, and in
the interest of, the whole people.
FINANCE.
We demand a national currency,
safe, sound and flexible; issued by the
general government only; a full legal
tender for all debts and receivable for
all dues, and an equitable and efficient
means of distribution of this currency,
directly to the people, at the minimum
of expense and without the ~interven-
ton of banking corporations and In
sufficient volume to transact the bust
ness of the country on a cash basis.
(G) We demand the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver and gold at the
legal ratio of Is to 1.
6) We demand q graduated income
tax.
(G) The government shall purchase
or construct and operate a sufficient
mileage of railroads to efectually con-
troll all rates of transportation on a
just and equitable basis.
6) The telegraph and telephone,
like the pOetOhice system, being a ne
cessity for the transmission of intelli
gence, should be owned and operated
by the government in the interest of
the people.
We demand that no land shall be
held by corporations for speculative
purposes or by railroads in excess of
their needs as carriers, and all lands
claimed by the government and held
for actual settlers only.
EXECTIoN OF UNITED STATES SENATORS.
We demand the election of United
States Senators by a direct vote of the
people. That each State shall be di
vided into two districts of nearly equal
() That our national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

If you love your
neighbOr as yourself"
it's just 8 chances to 1
you'll get him to sub
scribe for The Progress
siVe Farmer. Don't be
selfish, but let him
share your enjoyment
in reading it's columns
It's your duty--a pleas
ant duty. When once
he gets acquainted
with the p he'll
thank you for persuad-
ing him to subscribe.
We want 5000 new
subscribers during the
o Of
Shall we cOun on O
for One-just one?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
TRE VALUE OF CONsTANCy

1.-THE constant drop Of water
Wears away the hardest stone.
The constant gnaw Of Towser
Masticates the toughest bone.
The constant cooling lover
carries on the blushing maid:
And the constant advertiser
Is Ene one who gets the trade.n
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

~ MGny Of Our subscribers haze
been carried through the summer.
Crops are now being gathered and sold.
If you are due anything, send it right
in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
IT'S only noble to be good;
Kiud hearts are more than coronets
And simple faith than Norman blood.
-Tennyson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
HEART DISEASE.
some FACTS REGARDING TIE RAPID
INCREASE OF HEART TROUBLES.
Do Not Ne Alarmed, but Look for IN,
Cause.

,.r,s,r, troubles at least among Americans are
certainly Increasing. and while this may b. iary.,ly
a1s , TO ne ne excitement and worry 81 Amcric an
~ linen NE. II 10 more often the result OF WEAK
stomschs OF poor digestion.
neal organic heart disease 10 incurable: t,u; uot
enc cas-. In hundred Of heart trouble Ia organic
Inc close relation between heart trouble and
poor digestion Ia because both organs are c.a-
sroued ~ branches OF the great nerves. the
S!mpethefic and fneumoeastIic
IN nuctner way. also the heart 10 Affected iy
mar form OF Poor digestion. which causes gas AMI
fermentation from haf.digested food: there IL a
ieeiing OF oppression and heayiness in the chest
eaused ~ pressure OF the distended stomach on
.he heart and lungs. interfering with their action
hence arises paipitation and short breath
roor digestion also pcisons the blood makes 40
heart ~ '' INV
ne most sensible treatment for heart TROUBLES.
~ 10 improve the digestion and TO insure the
pr mpt assimilation of food
ms can best be done 10y the regular use after
meals OF some safe, pleasant and effective dircs-
i've preparation like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
"nicn may be found at drug stores ana
which contain valuable. harmless digestive ei,-
hehts IN pleasant. convenient form
IL is safe TO say that the regular persistent use
OF Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets at meal Tim, will
OF stomach. -
fuil sized pack, Of the tablets sold by drug
gfsts at so cents ~ '
Little book on stomach troubles mailed Zee.
Address Stuart Co. Marshall. Mich noal&2.-.t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Miss Oliver's Recital.

The recital by Miss Katharine E Oliver
wednesday evening. December Il. at s
O'Clock. will be from Ian Maclaren's Be
SIDE the Bonnie Brier Bush and other
scottish selections. Maclaren. whose home
MISS Oliver visited. expressed his full salts
faction with her Scotch accent. and compii-
mented her upon her thorough understand
ing OF the spirit Of the book At her recital
In Drumtochty, one of the WORTHLESS remark
ed thar he Never thocht there could be sic
a Wumman In the wurl." Miss Oliver comes
to Washington under the auspices of thr
ladies' OF the National Homeopathic Hos
pitai and for the benefit of that institution
VIII give also matinee recital al IN.
o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27

COCHRAN Suddenly. on Friday morning Novem-
m 9sr rs isg,. a. fTSsdense HSsta Of rnss-
Cochran in the forty-hrst year Of his age
Funeral t9i'a,e from 5esidsfre Of his sister Mrs
Monday at 10 am.
1851 DIR. W. w. FIERCE.
Funeral from his late residence, % Sd street
northeast. ON Monday, at O'Clock. lntermeut
At Arlington.
after long Illness. MARY vIlGINIA
HUGHES; wife Of Thomas J. Hughes.
Funeral Sunday. November -. - p.m fn.in
her late residence. S3i2 street northwest
lnterment at Glenwood.
LusBY. On Friday. November 81 1897. at 40
an. MARTHA A, daughter Of the late
Funeral services be held at the residence II
her sister. Mrs. Jane Gordon. No. 1913 South
Carolina avenue southeast. Monday. November
%, = pm. Relatives and friends invited.
LYONS will be removed from the vault at
Mt oliret cemetery and inferred Monday
|. November - le5', at i;So O'Clock pm.
McAULEY On Friday, November &c. 1885,. at ,
O'Clock am, ROBERT McAULEY. at Lis resi-
denoe. No. 30 L street northwest
etery. ..
MCINTYRE. On November as. 1887. at 1880
O'Clock an. FANNIE d.. beloved wife Of John
Funeral f.,,n. her late residence. 1916 South
O'Clock. Friends and relatives are invited to
attend
MYERS. In Lexington. Va, Friday. November
nephew II. H. P Myers a. Miss hs TaTfiERiNE h s
MYERS. in the eighty second year Of her age.
native OF Georgetown. ID. &.
PERRY. ON Saturday, November q. 1891. MARY.
relict of the late Josiah Perry. In the eighty
Obsequies at the chapel GIenwood cemetery.
Monday, November -, pm.
ROY. On Saturday. November 81, 1897, at m;sS
an, at 34o Pennsylvania avenue, JESSIE X.
ROY. aged thirty six years.
Funeral notice hereafter.
RYAN. On Thursday. November % 1897.
MICHAEL RYAN. born in Nochavelin Parish.
ington last forty seven years .'''e' VI
Frreral from residence cs X stree, northeast.
sowL. At the residence Of her daughter. Caro-
line Isdell, so3 North Carolina avenue. Novr,n-
Ter Is, 1897 at l2:45 pm. ELIZABETH a.
sowI. in the ninety ninth year Of her age.
interment at Hagedorn Mills, n. Y.
TIBIs CHARLES W; TIBBs. on November e;
Sd street southwest. after long illness.
lie lived a life much admired.
Ana died death t %y be , ass stsl, n,rx
Funeral from Virginia Avenue Church. LIST and II
streets southwest. Sunday. November D. at
MERRIAM. In loving remembrance of our dear
father, DIR. z. c. MERRIAM. who died two
years ago today. November "a. 1855.
BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
SEUFFERLE In loving remembrance Of PERCY
l.. SEUFFEkLE, who died two years ago to-
day, November q, 1895.
Loved In life. remembered I'm death"
BY HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY.
WALKER In loving rememt rance Of my beloved
husband, FREDERICK WALKER. who Re
parted this life one year ago tomorrow. Nov'.m-
Der Is, 1895
BY HIS WIFE.