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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-26

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this Office.
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-26

Edited and Published by the In
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-26

Contributions solicited from all SOuI ;es.
Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-26
HITS AND STRIKES.

Four st. Louis policemen have been
indicted for stealing from burned
out building which they were employed
to guard. Still it is said the police
force is insufficient.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
FORAGE CROPS FOR COWS.

The article by Mr.. O. @. Moore on
pages 1 and 6 was reprinted from a
! Concord paper. Since printing it on
these pages we have received from Mr..
Moore a corrected manuscript copy of
the article. Among a number of CDR,
rections we notice that, speaking Of
sorghum, he says:
I'VE plant in rows 81 feet apart,
using about u peck seed per acre.
We give clean culture and begin feed
ing when 4 feet high. When 80 or 40
rows are cut off, we pillow the stubs,
hoe out weeds or grass two or three
times and usually cut nearly as much
forage from suckers as we had at first
cut"
Again, MI. Moore says:
I'VE seed crimson clover with oats;
SOW in August or September-1 peck
clover, 1 bushel oats per acre. If land
is moist at time OF sowing we always
get good results.
I'VE also SOW clover crimson with
rye in August. Rye is cut about April 1
to 10Th, then in May the clover is cut.
We also SOW with millet last Of July or
early in August, make hay of millet
when in bloom.
Sow with sorghum in August, clover
seed 1 peck, sorghum seed half Dushel,
cut sorghum for hay just before frost"
Unless a farmer has more forage
than he can haul to barn or stack, by
all means he should save the entire
corn plant. When fodder IS ready to
take, cut the stalk close to ground,
shock on a tripod, leave in field until
cured sIR ,ient to crib the corn. hugk
corr off and feed stalk long if 40 con
venient way can be made TO cut into
inch length. We use a Milwaukee
corn husker and cutter combined this
machine to the corn crop is as the
wheat thresher is to the wheat crop,
and every township where corn is
grown should have such a machine.
The cut stover we fl I'D to be a valuable
rough food, it ia fed in winter with
siiage or mixed damp with bran and
meal or as dry forage-it is good any
way.
ANY farmer who has not used corn
slower will be surprised to see cattle,
sheep and horses pick at a stack or
loose corr stover for hours at a time
after having had a full feed in barn"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
TWO abb MAGAZINES.

The July Arena is an educational
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in more than a
technical sense. The reform confer
eUce at Buffalo, in which polite Il and
social reformers are vitality interested,
divides attention with the annual meet.
irg OF the National Educational Asso-
citation at Los Angeles, and the general
contents are diversified enough to at
tract readers of various tastes aud
le8nings.
BeDjamin Fay Mills is again to the
front with a stirring article calculated
to arouse the highest feeling OF 4
who reads it-"Between the Animals
and the Angels" That stirring poem,
which has really created an epoch in
American poesy, the Man with the
Hoe" by Ed win Markham, is given,
with Ga illustration of the famous
painting which inspired, while follow
ing it is a most interesting resume Of
the discussion, hostile and sympathetic,
provoked by the publication of the
poem in San Francisco. 1t is entitled
The II oe Man on Trial." al d is the
work OF Edward B. Payne. That vital
subj oct-direct legislation-is brought
forward in articles by A. A. Brown and
Eltweed Pomeroy-articles showing
the growth OF the direct legislation
movement, likely to be astonishing to
many people.
The July Coming Age opens the sec
ond volume Of this vigorous and able
Boston review. TIE trontispiece is an
admirable full page portrait of the Rev.
copalian divine contributes a conversa-
ton Of exceptional interest on The
Progress Of the Past Fatty Years"
The editorials in Toe Coming Age
its tendency { . socialism,, but other.
wise it is undoubtedly true that The
Coming Age has taken a front rank
among the able reviews of present day
Thought. II is optimistic and construc.
! tvs in character, and aims to educate
! and climate the moral as well az intel
| Ieceual eide OF life. The department
devoted to Health Through Rational
Living is a feature of real value and
very essential to those who appreciate
the fact that the body, brain aud soul
each require consideration.
Not the least commendabIe of it's
traits is its endeavor to raise the moral
standard of the country, without
which no lasting good can come.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
THE THINKERS.
TAXATION.

A low estimate of the approprla'
tions made by the Fifty. fifth Congress
puts the amount at 81, 500 600, 900, or
$3.50, 600 900 a year. All this money is
| collected in taxes from the people, and
North Carolina will pay not less than
$50, 600, 600 of it, $15 900, 900 annually.
For the pension fund alone North
Carolina pays s. 900, 900 annually. To
the army and navy we pay o than
81 900, 900. Our part OF the Spanish
indemnity for the Philippines is not
less than $500, 900, and the future alone
can reveal our part of the cost Of con.
quering this brave people. When Con
gress unanimously voted $50 600. 600
for the immediate increase of the navy,
our representatives voted a tax of
81, 600, 600 on the people of North Caro-
lima, and we all applauded.
The sum total Of taxes paid for all
purposes in North Coordination State,
county, city and school purposes-does
not exceed So. 600, 600 Less than the
amount paid to the Federal govern
ment for the n item Of pensions.
The amount paid for schools is about
81, 900 900. Could the money paid for
pensions be turned into the school
fund, it would then be sufficient to
sustain a good ten months school in
every district, and give $40, 600 a year
to each county for high schools. Oar
part Of the increased cost of the army
and navy Cikely to be permanently
would more than double our school
fund.
For every So which the North Caro-
lima taxpayer pays for all State, ooun
ty, and city purposes, including
schools, he pays $15 to the Federal
government. The drst is for his direct
benefit, the latter returns to him only
indirectly. Ia it good economy to
stint every local enterprise, refuse to
improve our roads, and to supply the
most necessary convani8nces in order
to save a few cents out of the So,
while, ignorantIy and without protest,
we add to the $159
OF S18 paid to county, State and
Nation, 81 is for the education of the
children. To reduce by one half the
amount paid for education would re
duce the entire amount of taxes by one
thirty sixth. To double the amount
paid for education would increase the
o0Eire amount nv only oOa eiohheenth
Which course will the wise father and
patriotic statesman pursue8 Will he
decrease or increase that small part of
his large tax bill which goes to educate
his children9-N. @. Journal of Eiu
cation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
WOODARD AGAIN.

Speaking of the horsewhipplng OF
Mr.. Woodland, of Warsaw, to which
we referred last week, the Charlotte
Observer remarks that pers ms have
been lynched on evidence as trail and
INSULT 3ient as that against Mr.. Wood
ard. The Monroe Journal also puts
the matter in the right light when it
says:
Suppose the crowd had started cut
with the notion in their heads that
somebody should be hanged instead Of
horse whipped; hanged Mr.. Woodland
would have been. And does any one
suppose that in such q ISL his inno-
cence could ever have been established
Would not the LADY have forever re-
manned firm in her first declaration
that he was the man, and her friends
would have never allowed it to be
questioned, and to Mr.. Woodlands
misfortune Of continuing to be hanged,
would have been added the unutter.
able disgrace attached to his name as
that or a guilty man Justly punlseo Eor
his crime and the horrible cloud there.
by resting upon his family and his
children's children"
The Journal might have scored
another good point by adding that in
such a case, the guilty person would
have gone on, undiscovered and un-
punished. That is one of the greatest
evils of mob violence. Let us have
law and order.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
THIS is IMPORTANT.

1t is time now for each school TO cast
about and decide among Themselves
whom they will have for local com.
mitteemen. The to wnship Committee
will have the appointment of these, but
we feel sure they will endeavor to
please the patrons of the school. b
sure and look well to whom you have
appointed, as the success or failure
depends moro Or less on these men.
You need men that will do their duty
to your school and select teachers be.
cause they are good ones and have the
tact to teach, and not because they are
good clever people aud you would like
to see them teaching. Think of the
great responsibility resting upoa you,
and do your duty fearlessly. In ap.
pointing the three district or township
committeeman the county board will
endea7or to keep the old ones, because
they are already into the work a0d
will have this advantage Kings
Mountain Retormer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

Ag~gregations of capital for tho
opment of our resources arc U,7'
quickly formed, and great corporot;n lug
undertaking immense financial aS
prIses are springing up evervwbo"
Our business life is undergoing st,o"
transformations that are changin,s sS
very habits of thought as we'll ou'
mode Of living. vi
Money is in the air. It is on ava
heart and tongue. 1t is the MISERY
worn by the new found ROYALTY
the open gateway to social grace -
favor. Our very centres of life o
~powerhave been stormed and cantnsaS
We are now gravely told that i :;
impossible to run a college on az
fashioned business principles. Ttmns.
have an endowment or go down. 49,
having an endowment too often moo1|
that it has a dictator, who has maid ~
the privilege Of directing it's poIior
Better have no college at all than thu.
it should do the bidding of anv oro
man, whether he is a saint or q sinno,
People are throwing up their hats bo
cause of the advent of this new 6o1
Maybe they are right and we wroDs
but we are for the old South with it,
mule and its Niger; with it's provin.
cialism and simplicity that have frr,
nished fun to the cartoonists for man1
a day; with it's small towns that tried
to put OF city airs, and failed; with ito
railroads that ran two mixed trains q
day and broke at that! The South
with all these Disadvantages, did mt
do the bidding of a lot of nabobs and
money mongers! There are some tbippo
in this world, brethren that are better
than money; one Of these things il
manhood. - Charity and Children
(Relig)
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
MR.. CARNzGIe's RETIREMENT

Andrew C~arnegie's retirement from
the great iron works which he founded
at II }mestead, Pa, with 800, 900 900 is
the most interesting item Of news for a
long time. H proposes to distribute
this sum during the remainder of his
life and die a comparatively poor man,
as he says it is a disgrace for any man
to die worth a million of collars. Here
Mr.. Carnegie's troubles will begin. 1t
has been easy for him 20 accumulate
money, but whenh he wants to distribute
it to altogether worthy obi 7cts he will
not go far without meeting difficulties.
Already be has been obliged to instruct
his secretary TO keep from him all beg
ging letters. He wants to distribute
the money to suit his own ideas rather
than those of anybody else. He will
probably wish before he dies thai he
had kept on in business and making
money rather than retiring. While
he was in business he could probably
make his money do more good than he
can now.
1t would have been better for Mr..
Carnegie, as he probably sees now, if
he had not accumulated so much.
Then be would have had less trouble in
distributing money to worthy obj cts
that he is unable to use himself. Once
in the early history OF Rochester, N.
Y, a question arose among the direc
tors Of the savings bank what to do
with the plus, which was rapidly
growing. This money really belonged
to the depositors, but some of the direc
tors thought it might be used to erect
an imposing bank building, in which
would be many offices that could be
rented, making further profits to the
bank. At last Harvey E y, a veteran
Rochester miller, rose in the. directors
meeting and suggested that the best
way to dispose of a surplus was not to
collect ito either give more interest
to depositors or ex CT less interest from
borro wers. HLrgey E rs philosophy
was a good one, and we commend it's
moral to Mr.. Carnegie. American
CuItivator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
AT THR A & M COLLEGE.

At a meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees Of the College in this city last
week, Dr.. George T Winston, form rly
President of the University of North
Carolina, but now at the head of the
University Of Texas, was elected Presi-
dent Of our Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College to succeed Col. a Q Holla-
day. Dr.. Winston is we'll known in
North Carolina Being an energetic
man "Who never does things by
halves we trust he make the College
more successful than it has yet been.
DE-. Winston has made some mistakes,
but we believe he IS br2iny enough to
learn lessons from them, end il , his
success is assured,
The Board also passed the following
resolution:
"Re8OIUed. That the North Carolino
College OF Agriculture and M chanic
Arss, IN all its departments, including
lectures, study and teaching, be open
t. women"
This is a new departure. the wisdom
Of which can, we suppose, be determ-
ined only by practical test.
Thus far we must say the new Board
Of Trustees has made a splendid reg
ord, eviucing a broad and liberal dis
position. The Reorganization Com
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
ALLIANCE NOTES.

Before leaving home for your County
Alliance, please call on your neighbors
for subscriptions and renewals for The
Progressive Farmer and fof orders for
State Business Agent Parker. Please
do not forget this.
Catawba County Alliance, which
meets at Hickory, July 14sh and 15sh,
has q most interesting program pre-
pared and the meeting will no doubt
be 10th instructive and entertaining.
We learn from tina Mercury that the
work of re organizing dead Subs. IN
Catawba is making progress. Let the
good work go on.
Many county secretaries and officers
have, we are glad to see, responded
promptly to our request FOR notices of
county meetings. Now let some bother
in each county furnish us with a re
port of the work of his county meet
ing as early after the meeting as posi-
BILE. Tue secretary should do this, but
if he neglects it, send a report yourself.
Do not fail to attend your County
Alliance meeting. The January meet
ings were poorly attended because Of
the severe cold weather which pre-.
vailed throughout the State at that
time. The late season also kept many
from attending the April meetings,
The necessity for a full attendance at
the July meetings is therefore in
creased. Get a list of new subs cribers
and renewals for The Progressive Far
mer and send them up by your kub.
delegate if you cannot attend.
Bro. Robert Cooper, President of
Franklin County Alliance, made US a
pleasant call when in Raleigh last
week. He tells us that the Alliance in
Franklin is in better shape than for
many months, and is making good,
substantial growth We are inclined
to believe that he gave away the Sc
cret of this increased interest in the
statement that the lRdies-the farmers
wives and daughters-are taking more
interest in the Order. This is a hint
which the brethren and sisters through
out the Ssate should take to heart.
Franklin County Alliance meets Thurs
day, 18th.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
MONEY AND

Money was never so powerful as it is
today. We r being commercia.iz=d
in the South at an charming rate.
Capital and capitalists are being in
vited, and they r coming. Our cities
are growing rapidly 10 wealth and
population. 1t is not at all improbable
that the next census report will show
one, If not two, North Carolina towns
with a population Of thirty thousand.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

mittee hes, we think made some un
wise suggestions, but these have in
most instances, been rejected. At it's
next meeting the B0ard will consider
some other important matters, and il
these are dis 3ussed and settled with
the view OF promoting the best inter
ests of the State and College rather
than those of any party or clique, all
will be well.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
JUSTICE FIRST, CHARITY NEXT.

JUSTICE FIRST, CHARITY NEXT.
Andrew Carnegie announces that he
has retired from the great iron works
which he founded at Homestead, Pa,
and will distribute during the remain
der Of his lie the 800. 900 900 which he
has managed to accumulate. This lat
ter resolution Of Mr.. Canegie's we
shall not c:iticis9, but we are inclined
TO agee with the London Daily Ohron
lcle, which thinks Carnegie means to
cheat thedevil by turning pioUs at the
end Of b S days" and fears no amount
of philanthropy can make good the
harm he has done.
Mr.. Carnegie would sand much
higher in the estimation Of thinking
people did he revere charity less and
jus les more. OLy a few snort years
ago this phiiauGhrooistW ordered a
cut in the already low wages of the
laborers at L Hom stead works. They
went on a strike and Tor months
Poilanthropist Carnegie EepU the
works shut down aud fortified, guarded
by PInkerron thugs, until fGally he
broke up the Steel Workers U1ion I'D
crowded out his decent workers for
degraded Poles and H lnga.ians.
Greater and nobler than charity is
justice.
Had Mr.. Carnegie been just to his
laborers, we would now have more
confidence in his good intentions in
founding libraries and colleges.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

The trusts can stand any amount OF
denunciation if no bite is to follow the
bark; indeed, far from being disquletea
or disturbed by such Remuneration
trust proasers may well welcome 1t 90
supplying a needed vent for the blow.
ing off, in harmless way, Of the WorKea
up feelings of an injured people, Tor Il
some escape be not offered the pressure
of the bottled up feelings must finally
become 80 great az to blow the touu.
dations from beneath the trusts. Anu
go those POLITICAL notables who play
for the money contributions OF tn0
trusts aud the support of the peoPl0
are publicly loud in their d3nuncIaEon
Of the trusts, secretly fervent IN theH
assurances that no bite shall folio" tn'
bark, whereupon they are freely III
given by the trust managers who, VIII
sour and angry face to the pu2i'c ou'
with a knowing wink to these tO'So'00
pat them o the back and bid them "
go on with their bitter but purpos9ly
misdirected denunciation, feeling IL"
we'll that through such denunc's
ton their interests can best be saF7e"'
philadelphia American.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11
A POPULIsT VIEW.

There seems to be a division in all
three of the political parties as to the
proposed constitutional amendment.
We believe the Populists would be
generally for it, if they were assured
that it would, when enacted, eliminate
the negro question from politics with.
out disfranchIsing white voters II
this q Iestion is eliminated, P1puljst3
Would have an opportunity to difcu8'
the great State and National issues
without being called "black hearted"
The negro voters have never been any
benefit to the Peoples party. They
are. especially in towns and clyIes'
purchasable voters as a rule aLd the
negro LEADERS" Of the towns and cities
nearly always work for and vote the
local Democratic ticket. Another
reason Why we are inclined to favor
the amendment is that the elimination
Of the negro question from politics
would take all the wind out OF the sails
OF the cheap j0hn D3mocratic editors
that r continually yelling ''nIgg9r,,
at their super iors. Our Home, (PopJ
Marshville, N. @
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

II ia now announced that Bible stu
dents will hereafter have to pay more
for the Oxford Edition Of the Bible. A
trust has been formed by the publish
ers and an advance in prices has been
ordered. What will the trusts seize
NEXT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-11

The shortest and sureet way 70 Nv
with honor in the world is to %. -
reality what we would appear 70 ~,
and if we observe We shall ina Wv,
all human virtues increase o..
strengthen themselves by the pf70''0
and experience of them. -SocraEes'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
BRIDGEPORT.


R. c. F. Perkins. of Cleveland, division
freight agent of the Pennsylvania COM
pany, was in town yesterday calling on
J. Z. Trueman.
Robert Howell pleasantly entertained
the Whist Cub at his home in kirkwood
Thursday evening.
]. Z. Adams, the conductor on the pike
car, has returned from his home at Nor
ristown. where he has been on the sick
list the past week.
Louis Cortland has completed his course
Of pharmacy at SEQ college and will re-
sumo mis- duties at Dents drug store next
week.
J. E. Beck, an old resident of Lansing,
is confined to hts home with sickness.
A well attended and very successful sup
per was given Thursday evening in the
city hall by the members OF the Third
NJ. L. church.
Rev. W. L. Dixon will be home to-day
from a short business trip to Pittsburg.
Mrs. w. j. Bratton is confined to her
home, threatened with typhoid fever.
Mss Norma Muhleman left yesterday
for Woodsheld to spend a few weeks with
relatives.
Walter Steer, of Cadiz, was in town yes
terday.
The Wheeling Natural Gas company is
rapidly getting its line to Brookside under
ground.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
OTHER RELIGIOUS MATTERS

The congregation of st. Pauls Ger
man Lutheran church is making re-
pairs to that edifice.
The committee soliciting funds for
the Benwood NJ. E. church has already
raised about $4,000.
The Rev. Samuel Schwarm will con-
duct the usual services tomorrow at
the First English Lutheran church.
The special services at the Wesley NJ.
e. church are being largely attended,
and a great deal of interest is being
manifested in the meetings.
The congregation Of the First Chris
tian church is seriously contemplating
the erection of new house of worship,
which will be necessary if the congre-
cation continues to increase in num-
bers.
A twenty minute service at the noon
hour will be held daily in St. Matthew
P. E. church. The rector, the Rev. N.
S. Thomas, will deliver a short address
each day. On Maundy Thursday there
will be the celebration of the Holy
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25

Of coal for w. H. Browns Son, but it
is not likely that she will be able to
get out before tomorrow morning.
The Pacific arrived with tow of emp
ties.
The rise which is expected to keep
the rivers at a good shipping stage for
several more days to come, is coming
out of both rivers. There is a desire
Oh the part of some Of the coal opera
tors to hurry the coal waiting shipment
to New Orleans to that market before
the low water season sets in. The
Smoky City which is now en- route
south will return to Louisville run
ming light for another tow of coal and
will proceed to New Orleans with It.
Some Of the coal which the Dodsworth
will take out Sunday is intended for
the Smoky City. Much manufactured
products are also being sent to the
southern city. The Pittsburgh Trans
portation Company is taking quite a
lot Of it. Most of the shipments, how
ever, are rails.