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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08
N. R. p. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

They put Broker Chapman in jail
because he was true to his trust-the
Sugar Trust.
1t has been decided that the peanut
is not q nut at all, but a pea with a
shell on. Most other peas are in the
same fix. Science is wonderful.
The bankers panic continues to get
Ia its work. Five New York banks
are about to consolidate. They say
they must reduce expenses, business
being poor" Good for them.
Broker Chapman says he is enjoying
his confinement in the Washington
City jail. Criminals don't always brsg
about it that way, but they frequently
continue their criminal career and get
in again. Probably the broker will
land in jail again before many moons.
Rev. A. G.. Harrison, pastor of the
Peoples Tabernacle, Washington, D.
c., a sound money preacher, no doubt,
has decamped with about So, 900 church
funds and borrowed money. He wants
every dollar to be 'tas good as every
other dollar" and we suppose the
money he carried off is that kind.
The New York Times is sure that a
''sound banking currency will be sue,
cesstul." Of course it Will-for the
bankers. Place a me- in a ten acre
lot with q barrel of water and plenty
of ice and he will not get thirsty; but
If other people have to depend upon
him for q supply they may be disap
pointed. Same way with the bankers
and their ''sound currency"
The rapist fares badly north of Mason
and Dixon's line as well as south of it.
At Urbano, Ohio, Friday morning,
Charles Mitchell, a notorious negro,
was lynched for an assault upon Mrs.
Eliza Gaumer. He was tried in court
and sentenced to twenty years i'm
prisonment. But when the sheriff at
tempted to take the tiend to the peni
tentiary a mob interferred. The mill
tia fired into the mob, killing two men
and Wounding six dangerously. But
the mob finally conquered and secured
the negro, hanging him in the Jail
yard and Kidding his body with bullets.
Indignation ran so high that the
sheriff and captain of the military
company had to secretly leave and go
to Cincinnati to save their lives.
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ITHE pIsARPRARINe Rec MAN.

-
One Of the darkesA bIots upon the
history of the American people is their
treatment of the Red Man. Not con
tent with wrestling the land from him
in early colonial days, they now con-
tinue their depredations, and if the
wronged Indians make protest the gov
eminent orders out a terrible band OF
we'll armed soldiers upon the defence
less but chivalric ''savages."
The newspapers, in UNFOLDING the
martial ~murderers, say the Indians are
the aggressors, but we believe that IN
nine cases out of ten if the Indians were
treated fairly there would be no blood
shed.
Now comes a dispatch from Denver
stating that the Cheyennes are on the
war path. Troops are after them. II
we were in the Indians position, we
might occasionally put on the war
paint and hunt scalps, too.
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crRcUMsrANcAs ALTER CASES
u

Representatives., q headline for this
at once! John M. McJones stole $3.50
at Turner's department store yester,
day"
New Editor. right. Here it is.
"A Vile Thief Plies his Nefarious Call
ing at Turner's-The Wretch will
Doubtless be Caught and Severely Pun
ished-Police Hard at Work-The Vii
Lain"
Reporter.-"Holdl Hold! You're
as green as grass. I'll bet you get fred"
New Editor. is
itY"
Reporter.-"Why, McJones is old
Money bags cousin and a leading light
in society"
New Editor -"Oh, yes, yes. This is
it.: The Highly Respectable MI Nc
Jones the Victim of KIeptomania-
Much Sympathy Expressed from all
Quarters-No Prosecutions-He Says
he Regrets the Occurrence"
And the Manager came down, read
the headline and raised the new editors
salary.
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BE DEFINITEN

WhlIe the p0llGlcal SKIES arHnOG very
bright, yet to the experienced onlooker
there are some encouraging signs. One
of these is the ~perceptible decrease in
the number of parties that are trying
to ''straddle the fence"
People are getting tired of dilly-dally-
ing and shrewd evasions Of direct ques
tions. They show their respect for the
man that is honest enough to stand up
for his convictions, and the man who
does not will eventually have to take a
back seat in the political arena, as well
as in the business world By parties
and party leaders these facts are be-
ginning to be realized, and they are
acting accordingly.
The two old parties took a much
more definite stand on the silver ques,
ton last year than in 1892. While the
result was not very encouraging to
~silverites when viewed in a certain
light, there were some indications of
the coming revolution. For twelve
years, the two old parties have alter
nately shared the fruits of victory.
This indicates unrest, doubt, and un-
certainty on the part of the voters
They r inquiring why the promised
relief does not come and they demand
a definite and truthful answer. They
are not tied to any one party, because
their replies r vague and equivocal.
The old fable about the negro who did
not know where he was going, but de
sired information from his runaway
steer on that point, is becoming less
and less applicable to the majority of
American voters. They are not follow
ing blind party lead, and though they
may not for awhile yet find the solution
to these vital questions, they are not
resting. They are searching for it.
And though, as we have stated, the
Republican party took a decided and
IN questionable stand, for the gold
standard, last year, yet when they were
asked how prosperity would result
from such a course, they were rather
taken aback. Their indefinite replies
reminds us of a little incident.
There once lived near us a man, who
prided himself, apparently, in the use
of long and elegant phrases and words,
however little he knew of their mean.
ing. He sold some wine occasionally
and q schoolmate of ours once ventured
to inquire what quantity he sold daily.
"Well," hereplied, with-we suppose
AN air of profound learning: 81 sell
On an average more or less every day"
The gentleman in question, thought
with these choice phrases he was ex
pressing his ideas very definitely, but
in reality u comrade left no wiser
than before. Replies of this inexplicit
nature have been palmed off on the
people for several years-several years
too long. They r beginning to in.
quire whittier are we drifting9" and
they demand no ambiguous answer.
Let President Mckinley and Score
tary Gage come to the stand and an
swer these and q few other pointed
questions. The people are waiting and
listening. Perhaps they can throw a
little light on the situation.
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WORK FOR A-LLIANcRMRN.

Owing to the busy season and other
causes, we fear there has been but lit
tie activity in many of the Sub ALI.
ances lately. No matter how good the
reasons may have been, this condition
of affairs should not be continued.
Every Sub Alliance should meet at
least once or twice a month and keep
up the interest and seek to perpetuate
the good work already started. While
there has been much to discourage US
all, there is much to encourage. We
have not accomplished as much so far
as we hoped to do, nor have the ma
terial benefits appeared as rapidly as
the impatient one expected them to
come, But the Alliance has been a
gigantic power for good, and will con.
tinue to be unless we falter just as the
goal appears in sight. Alliance edUca
ton has laid the foundation for a new
era in government. It has built and is
building schools and colleges. 1t has
induced people to read and think, to
meet together and discuss matters
directly affecting the welfare of the
farmer. The new issues so important
in the affairs of government were born
in Alliance halls. But few of them
have been enacted into law as yet. In
fact, the Alliance membership has
never been large enough to force their
adoption, for the word "force," as
harsh as it sounds, may be properly
used here, for no set of politicians will
enact good laws, laws for the benefit
of all the people, unless they are
forced" to do so. A new party will
soon become corrupt and prove treach-
erous; unless the politicians know that
their very existence depends upon
carrying out their promises. But, as
we said above, the issues were born in
Alliance halls. Alliance speakers, news
papers and writer's have kept the issues
before the public until hundreds Of
thousands Of people who never be-
longed to the Alliance, who are not
eligibl eunder thee Constitution, have en-
DAOOCO UAC PAAACGRACS 0Au THO AOhNOA 40
still working. The ablest magazine
writers are now, many of them, at
least, thorough Alliancemen. But if we
lag in the work, if we do not continue
todefend Jul principles in an organized
way, those who would come to our as
sistance will become disheartened.
Then, too, many young men are grow.
ing up. They should be taken into the
Alliance as fast as they come of proper
age and taught to defend the principles
their parents have battled for so long.
In a financial way the Alliance has
had a checkered career. Money has
been lost in many sections on CO opera
tive stores and other enterprises, and
some individuals have suffered in that
way. But, as a whole, the Order has
been a success. Millions of dollars were
saved the farmers of the South in the
successful fight against the Bagging
Trust. Millions more were saved later.
last year, in the successful fight against
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The address to the Peoples Party"
issued by the populist senators and
representatives in congress says there
must be concentrated action and an
avoidance of all entangling alliances to
insure success" A careful perusal of
the address would impress a true
blue" Populist with the idea that it
was issued in the interest of a continu-
ance of the present ''entangling alli-
ance"-judging from our own impress.
sion.-Tulare Valley Citizen.
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ought to be miserable. why don't

ought to be miserable. Why don't
you goS"
servant.-Er-er-beg pardon-but
er-er-Chapboy'sa broker-rich, sir"
Jail Official. -'Oh, yes, yes. OF
course, 1 meant to have a little dnery
in the cell, er-carpets, cigars, lounges,
sc. We mustn't er-er-ruin the poor
fellows constitution. OF course, he'll
nav me for them when he arrives.
GExit servant, beaming and smiling.
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z OF Il PRESS,

Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Patriot,
Paragraphs From Reform Papers,
General WeyIer's wife does up be,
hair the same as the general does I'D
the Cubans-in paper.-American En-
terprise.
Whenever a woman wants to puts
letter or receipt where her husband will
not find it she secretes it in the family
Bible. -Grange Advocate.
Your duty to the Alliance demands
part of your time and abilities towards
the PRONUNCIATION of its grand princi.
ples.-Pa. Alliance Farmer.
In the new tariff bill spunk is on the
free list. We have our opinion Of
man who is compelled to use imported
''spunk. "-Philadelphia Call.
The increased tariff on sugar will
bring a "wsve of prosperity" to the
sugar trust, but how about the people
who consume the sugar9 .Tulare Valley
Citizen. -o1a
The improvement of business is all in
the newspapers. It is not apparent in
the neighborhood where anybody re-
sides, but always somewhere. Mid
land Journal.
The fear of public opinion mak@
many a man do right. The fear of the
press has saved the people many a dol
lar of tax money.-Cedartown Ad'
vance Courier.
An exchange remarks that the men
who don't have time to read news
papers" frequently find time to pur'
chase gold bricks or. green goods
Pomona Herald.
It is a poor consolation to tell a re-
tail merchant ''there is plenty Of
money in the banks" while his custo
mers have no money to buy goods
Southern Mercury.
Down in Texas, if a man callinghim'
self a populist is caught advocating
fusion he is branded as a counterfeit
and ''sent back to the minis and res'
sued. Lincoln CVa) Citizen.
Grover Cleveland is the only man in
the world who has been able to &C.
cumulate millions fishing and hunting
ducks. We believe he amassed most
of this catching suckers. "-Saturdsy
Critic.
Some doctors say that children shoula
not be rocked in cradles, as it retardS
the growth of the brain. Some OF our
statesmen must have been rocked 8
great deal in their infancy.-OEaDgS
Va, Observer.
That Chicago man who claims 20
have discovered a process Of convert
ing base metals into gold should eH
pertinent on the cheek of some OF tnoSe
protectionists who are insisting tnS'
American manufacturers need mo0
Observation-Disclosures Star.
It is an outrageous crime agalns'
God and humanity, that in a lana o.
plenty abounding with all the adVap
tages of unlimited natural resources
there should be a man, woman or GNU
who is compelled to live in poVeFg
and observation-disclosures Expires
Lord Chatham said: "You cannO
indict a whole nation" A very lew
moneyed men who believe the WoriaI
theirs because they have the most"
the money in it, should remember ""
people are necessary to keep NIuD
ming, and some day they may a
notion to all violate the law az ~
same time.-Ottowa Journal.
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81 am standing noI Just behind the
s%TtqGn, and in full gLOtg Of the coming
sunset. Behind ne are the shadows on
lie track, before me lies the dark UGuey
Gnd the TiUer. When I nIingLe tCtth tts
dark wdters I UGHt to cast one hngeT-
ina look upon q country whose govern
EGent 90 Of the people, for the people,
Gnd by the peOpR."-L. L. Polk, July
fth, 1890.
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The region between the frsE az ~
second cataracts of the Nile is the q"
test on the globe. It never rains FneI"
and the natives do not believe torelsD
ers who tell them that water can y
scend from the sky.
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No 9.

Jail Oficial.-'Here, I understand
we're to have a lev 80 day prisoner
here soon, John Chapboy is his name.
Go down, and fix a CELL"
servant.-"John ChapboyG Er-er
d. you know hint"
jail OmciaL-''No. You go fix a cell
as I tell you. Thett-the villain, he
GeaA@ w. Er3N~ w.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-01

Relation OF Catarrh TO Consumpuon
When catarrh has existed in the nose,
head and upper parts OF the throat for
any length OF time, the patient living in
district where people are subject to
catarrhal affections, and the disease has
been left uncured, the catarrh almost IN
yaribly extends from the windpipe and
thence into the bronchial tubes. These
tubes convey the air into the different
parts OF the lungs. The pam hich &C
companies this condition is OF a dull
character, felt in the chest behind the
breast bone, or else it Is present under
the shoulder blade. The cough that &C.
ours at this time is dry, comes at vary
ing intervals, is hacking in character
and is usually most troublesome in the
morning upon arising or on going to bed
at night. ibis peculiar character oil
cough is often the first evidence that
catharral disease is extending into the
lungs. About this time you will have
shortness OF breath and palpitation oil
the heart which always goes with con-
sumption. You should then immediate
ly call on DIR. S. CLAY TODD and be
will give y )u relief.
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All Can re Cured II They Apply soon

Ali Can Be Cured III They Apply SUI"
This young lady had lost all hopes OF
ever regalning her health, The skill OF
DR.. Todd and little medicine start her
on the right track; she says: | bad ul-
GERS in the stomach and liver, yomited
after eating; l doctored with five doc
tors without relief, have been sick or .
years, the last year very sick, and had
lost all hope OF help, had terrible thirst.
felt il could lie in the river and the wa
ter run right through me, l would be all
right. my stomach was terribly bloated,
gas and water raised in my mouth, great
pain in the side and stomach and awinl
weak and nervous. | was taken to DR..
s. Clay Todd February 20 and he gave
me one treatment and told me to re-
turn in three days and / would be better,
and feel 80 much better, don't feel like
the same person. don't know when
felt go well and do not vomit any more,
or have to drink water, IA have no
thirst; on the way home l began to get
better notwithstanding the rougbness oil
the roads, the pains all left me and have
not since returned.
MISS ANNA SWANSON.
Four and one-half miles northwest oil
LaPorte. Ind. March 3. 1896.
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fhea may mean
hord
gfmn
and
Calumet
OF oood ana ~
onyenenc
qe:nosur gica
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Catarrl,.

Rev. Weber, the great evangelist, recov-
ering from dreadful case oil catirrb.
He has been great sufferer:
DIR. s. Clay Todd. Grand Rapids, Mich.
MY DEAR BRoTHER:-I do believe that
medicine OF yours will cure any cataIrh.
am better now than ever before. Won
deriu meetings here. Address me at
Adrian, Mich, care OF Lawrence House.
Yours In Jesus.
REV. WEBER.
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andu which
Yellow far back the ulcers or con
bronchial Perhaps
cough will have you take cold The disease
OF cold be
ou begin raise roth then slight mucous then heavier
There
had in all the World hospital
these DIX D. CA1
knowledge the required has the remedies
remedies
him before patient bis Office New Jewe
Ioupe Calumet Immedi relief
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have been visiting my brother, Mr..
Dirk Van Zomeren, OF Fremont, Newago
county, Mich. His daughter, Wllkie agel3,
could not hear or talk, but she had two
months trea 'mene OF DR.. s, Clay Todd,
and can now hear and talk.
LEvINUs VAN ZoMEREN,
Cooper, Kalamazoo Co., Mich, Dec. 10,
1891.
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ARE YOU ALWAYS SLEEPY?

DO you get up nights?
Can you control your urine?
ls there pain in your back?
Or Nervous Prostitution?
Or Nervous Debility?
Or lmpotencey?
Any incltzation to Paralysis?
Ever hau rheumatism?
ls Storas11 weak?
Do you feel worn out?
ls there a sense OF goneness?
Pains in back oil head?
Are you dreadful nervous?
Not much or too much urine?
Does 1t hurt y on to uriuate?
Does it smart or burn?
ls there weight or pressure in lower
parts abdomen?
Does your urine settle?
Brickdust or cloudy deposit?
How long this way?
Married or single?
About what age?
Then call on DR.. s. Clay Todd at the
New Jewell House, Calumet, Mich. He
rs the famous Specialist Physician who
|ls curing all these dreadful complaints.
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DR.. S. CLAY TODD,
SPINE COMPLAINT IN LAURIUM
OF Grand Rapids.

Rome 100 sorI-Couid not Hoid up
His Head-Cured fn Days.
nv little son three and one-hali years
old. could not hold up his head, had to
nave il held up by brace until he began
treatment with DR.. s. Clay Todd, at the
New Jewel House, Calumet, Tuesday,
March 80 and Friday, April I'd, the boy
had 40 far recovered that we took tue
support off. OTTO sELLBuhe'
lnr;I 8. 1897. Laurium, Mich.
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Terrible Backache Cured.

bad terrible steady backache for
four years without any let up at all;
sometimes could hardly straighten up.
Could not ride in a wagon on account OF
the greater pain from theiar OF the wagon
and have walked rather than ride. |
have now been under the treatment OF
DR.. S. TODD, 16 n. Division street,
Grand Rapids, Mich, ten days, and yes
terday | rode invent y five miles and nine
miles today in a wagon without pain at
all-the first time for four years.
would cheerfully recommend ID. Todd to
those who have great pains in their back
AVERY DowNER.
October Is, 1890 Alpine Mich.
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Rupture In the scrotum Cured.

Our little boy was cured OF rupture in
Scrotum by DIR. s. Clay Todd. We are
40 glad because Johnnie was always in
40 much pain, and cried all the time. but
now his rupture is all gone and he is al
WAYS happy and runs about and jumps
and plays. Mr.. AND MRS. JOHN PRINs.
1913 Jeanette St., Grand Rapids, Mich,
March 81, 1895.
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Consumption Cured.


he said he felt Very much discouraged
and 80 did his friends and the physicians,
who had done their best without being
able to give him any relief. He says.
Il had consumption since last Septem-
Der, falling very rapidly, employed three
physicians without relief, until | was
taken TO DR.. Todd's Office last Friday by
my father and friend. DR.. Todd gave
me treatment and told me | would be-
better the next day and | was very much
better. The change took place at 2
O'Clock that afternoon and have been
getting better rapidly ever since. Now,
the third day after the treatment ! have
scarcely any OF the burning pain in my
lungs and cough and raise but little.
am gaining in strength and feel better in
every way. | feel like new man.
even whistled tune this morning.
LoRAN KEEN.
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Deaf From Infancy.

He save: "When was too small to
remember they say had good deal Oh
earache; / haye been hard OF hearing since
can remember. nave been under the
treatment OF DR.. s. Clay Todd slice Feb.
5. 1896, and am pleased to cay that 4
have been greatly benefited. can hear
ordinary conversation. | am 81 years
old. n. f. HCNTLEY,
Michigan City, Ind, Feb. IA, 1896,
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Lock Box Grand Rapids Michigan
andc a carly Directions In all languages
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Mr. peculiar shaped head from
birth the backar from front to back OF head ~
inches ~ forehead to side OF back OF head
FOOLISH could not learn and never tried
gather with his tongue
Under the treatment April 20 his forehead
now az inches wide and the good
JUN r'NiO iANi
April 25, 1897. Calumet Michigan
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CATARRH CURED.
Have YOu CatarrhY

Have you discharge from nose?
Ia the nose or throat sore2
Have you pains over the eyes?
Are your eyes watery?
Have you a dry cough at night?
Ia there continuous dropping OF mu-
Gus in the back of your throat?
You can be cured quickly and perma-
nently by DIR. s. Clay Todd, now at the
New Jewell House
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He was dear rn,rsy-,hree Years.

Mr.. X. W. Smith, of Mechanic street, was
ueag thirty-three years, and the last eight
Years was deaf indeed, but In three days ne
van near ordinary conversation. He says;
\ Il was deaf. thirty-three years until took
.one treatment of DIR. Todd laet Friday. and
now can hear ordinary conversation.
r. w. SMITH.
Boilermaker.
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MENTION, Quo, May 10, 81
TO all whom it may con-
cern: hereby cert fy that i
was afflic ed for s years
with disease of the Hip
Joint, during which time i
suffered the most excrutiat-
ing pain, with but very little
intermission. From the
Joint il followed the direc-
tion OF the hone. destroying
it to within about fiveinches
Of the knee, when it dis
charged from half a pint to
a pint OF matter a day,
small pieces Of bone coming
away from time to time. I
tried all the physicians that
/ could hear OF, / thought
would belikely to benefit me;
l then tried patent medicines,
linaments and salves, and
derived no benefit, but con-
tinued to lose strength. Fl
nally hearing OF the success
OF DIR. S. C. Todd in the treat
ment OF such diseases, /
placed myself under his care
and was entirely cured.
HANSON ROBY.
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Catarrh! Catarrh |!

n
spreads the wnoe
VIII DE
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