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Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
Meudicant Students,

Concerning the poorer students OF
Russia the Saturday Review says:
Their mendacity is passive rather than
active. Unlike the mendicant friars,
they never ask, but they know much
will be given them. They know, too
strange fact in strange country-that
the university is open to ALL irrespec-
tive of means or position. Thus the
university becomes the poor Russians
golden opportunity, for here, as else
where, there are many posts, for which
graduates alone are eligible. A stroll
through the streets OF Moscow during
term time furnishes abundant evidence
of the popularity Of the university. Tho
uncompromising military blue and
green uniform which stamps the stu
dent and which he can never, save
under dire penalties, exchange for
plain clothes. is to be met with at
every turn. A few rich students are
caught sight of driving: the many are
on foot
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
HOW WE HAVE GROWN.
Wonderful Increase In Population and
Wealth of the United Statesk

The population of the United States,
which was about 100000 In Washing
tons time, is now $4,000, 900. The larg;
est city in the country then Philadel-
phia, had $4,000 inhabitants, now 1t
has 100000 or 100000. New York,
then with $4,000 population has $780,
600 today Chicago, then hunting
ground for Indians, with no place on
the map until over a fourth of a CEN
fury after Washington's demise, has
more population now than was be-
tween the Potomac and the country's
southern line at that time. The
states of New York and Pennsylvania
have each at present many more in
habitants than the entire United
States had 100 years ago. says Leslies
Weekly. In 1893 the area OF the coun-
try was $4,000 square miles, while 1t
Is now 100000 Its western bound
airy. which was the Mississippi then,
was long ago advanced to the Pacific,
and has now been extended to the
philippines in Asiatic waters. It's
southern boundary, which was latitude
81 degrees at that time, the northerly
line of the present state of Louisiana,
has. in the passing years taken in
Florida, with that territory's former
extension to the Mississippi, and reach
ed down to the lower part Of the Gulf
OF Mexico. It's northerly line, then
the Great Lakes, has, in the case Of
Alaska, been stretched far north of
the Arctic circle. In the year of Wash
ington's death the receipts of the gov
eminent were 100000 and its expen-
diturcs $9000000. In the fiscal year
1899 the expenditures were 800 900, 900
and the receipts were slightly below
that mark. The wealth of the coun
try, which was less than 1000 900, 600
then, or much below that of the single
city of New York, is 100000 900 900 at
the present time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
Turnpike Roads.

"Cncle Sans" government is
taking an interest in good roads.
Here is what James Wilson, Secre-
tary of Agriculture, said in regard
to this question while on his way
thru Missouri to attend the Good
Roads Congress held at Topeka,
Kansas, last week:
"Of course the government does
not undertake to build turnpike
roads in the different states" said
Secretary Wilson. "Our work in
the interest Of bettar roads in the
country is limited TO discovering
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
The Death Penalty.

Frankfort, Ky, Sept. 2G.-The
jury i'll the ease of James Howard,
on trial for alleged conspiracy in
the assassination of Gov. Goebel,
this morning returned verdict of
guilty, with the penalty fixed at
death.
The jury retired at 9:lO and re-
turned with the verdict at DAB.
The court room was crowded with
spectators.
The verdict was II surprise, as
the general public were led to be-
licve that the jury was divided on
the question of the guilt or inno-
cence of the defendant. 1t devel-
oped that the delay in reaching a
verdict was over the degree of
punishment, some of the jurors
favoring the life Imprisonment
while Others stood out for the death
penalty and finally won their asso-
ciates over.
After the verdict had been rem
dered, Howard was remandcd to
Jail where he was followed by his
bosom friend, John q. White,
who seemed almost paralyzed by
the verdict. Towards cheeks al
SO blanched rs he stood up to ac-
company the jailer back to his cell.
The jury which tried the case was
divided politically, nine Demo
Gratis, one Republican and two an
ti-Goebel Democrats.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04

Whenever I'm not sure of Emmy
thing Pm willing to Tern insted of
sticking to what | sed first. I'm
always ready to here the other
side, and | don't want Emmy more
of this contradickshun or emmy
more of these 'mebbies' or mites
when know what I'm talking n
bout neither!"
So | showed paw the map where
he could see Lake Soup peerior IL.
cent in the United States, but Lake
Michigan is, and paw looked AT it
II srckond or two and then he
didn't say Ennything, but com
monet to smoke hard aAd loo. like
if h" was thinking solIum thots. -
Georgia, in the Chicago Times
Herald.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
Another Recruit.

Philadelphia, Sept. THE
Philadelphia Times, heretofore an
Independent newspaper and which
heartily supported Mckinley at the
last election, will announce its
purpose tomorrow to advocate the
election of William Jennings Bry-
an for President. Editorially it
will say:
-Four years ago, in the sudden
crisis that divided the councils of
the Democratic party, it seemed
better to the Times to sustain Mr.
Mckinlcy'S election as President.
The decision was made in good
faith. The result has shown it to
be wrong. 1t is repented and re-
canted.
"All of the evils of the sO-called
Republican policy have returned
sevenfold, developed and extended
till the very foundations of the
Government seem threatened.
a false economic system has
resulted in vast combinations of
capital that throttle individual in
dustry and hold control over all
the functions of government, and
the spokesman of the administra-
ton, Il representative of one of
these great trusts, is calling upon
his fellow capitalists for contribu-
tons to buy another four years
license to rOb-anOther four years
life for their inflated prosperity.
imperialism, miltarism are the
natural outgrowth of commercial
ism in politics; Of the power of
the few over the many; the eleva-
ton of money above manhood.
THE condition is one that the
country must meet, and meet now,
and the way to meet it is by re-
assertion of the Democratic idea
and the election of Democratic
President
mo one can question the ability
of the Democratic candidates. For
the rescue of all that has made a.
merica glorious in the past and
that can make her strong in the
future, it is duty to support their
election"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04

the best material for building
roads and tell the people how to
build roads scientifically; how to
build roads that will last. We do
not recommend a certain kind of
material found in certain states to
be used for road purposes general
ly, but we 60 into each state and
after tests and an analysis, tell the
farmers the best material they have
in their vicinity for the building
of roads. The farmers are Il con
sentative class of people. They
object to spending money in eX-
pcrimcnts. | am satisfied that if
the farmers of any Missouri or
Kansas county knew the best ma
tcrial in the county for road pur-
poses and knew how to construct
good roads there would be more
turnpike roads built. The govern
ment has come to their rescue and
is now experimenting for them.
last year the Agricultural de-
partment built about thirty miles
of experimental road. We are
gradually getting at something
tangible. We tell the farmers a.
bout our experiments and in the
future will he able to help them
greatly along this line. I am GO
ing to the Congress at Topeka to
tell what the department has done
and to find out what the people
want and see what can be done
for them, Most of the experiment.
al road built by the department is
in the East, but we intend to eX-
tend the scope of our experiments
and pick out the best material to
be had in each state for road pur-
poses and show what can be done
with it,"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
To Jail For Principle.

New Hayen, Conn, Sept. 30.
Fer two years William Carter has
remained in the county Jail be-
cause he will not pay n 81 tax.
He said it was against his princi-
pies to support the militia and so
he refused to pay the nominal tax
levied for the support of that body
He was east into prison and has
remained there in spite of the inn
portunities of his friends to settle
and rejoin his wife and family.
They tried hard to induce him to
leave the prison when he received
bequest of s., 900 from his un-
Gle last year, but Carter was firm
and declined to let II cent go to-
ward settling the bills of the State
militia.
Yesterday Carter's friends again
visited him and implored him to
come home. He said that he had
been thinking of paying his mill
tary tax next spring, but that he
had decided to remain thru the
winter at any rate.
The city of Derby, where he
lives, has tried to obtain the pas
sage of a bill thru the Common
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
An Interesting Old Manuscript.

An interesting old manuscript has
Just been unearthed and added to the
Central Public Library at Hampstead,
England Its date is about 1898, and
it is entitled Strange News from
Hampstead, giving an account how
divers evil spirits did on Saturday,
the 18th day of March last, appear in
the night on the new walk near ye
Wells and tear up a hundred trees by
the roots and afterwarde almost killed
Black Cow. tooke the blood and then
vanished away"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
Church Dedicated.

Centralia, Mo-, Sept. 3O.-Tht
new Baptist church at Huntsdalc,
in this county, was dedicated to.
day free of debt. The building
has just been erected ut IL cost ol
- 300. Rev. s. :. Keith is pas.
tor Of the church. DR.. :. +. Tay.
Tor, president Of Stephens College
at Columbia, preached the sermon
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04

Council annulling the charge a.
gainst Carter, as his confinement
has cost the city more than 81 900,
but the movement is opposed stout
ly, as hundreds of citizens will re-
fuse to pay their military tax in
ease Carter is freed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04

him, for the evidence in both the
Powers and the Howard cases
prove him to be guilty beyond all
question of a doubt"
Senator Jones came out of his
office while Senator Blackburn was
talking and heard part of his
speech.
I'VE will have to get YOU to
come up here, Blackburn, and talk
to the newspaper men," said the
chairman of the Democratic com
mittcc.
ut is privilege" replied the
Kentucky Senator, and he jumped
into the situation in the Eleventh
Kentucky congressional district.
"All the cut-throats, assassins and
fcudists who have diSgraccd Ken
lucky for sevcnty-iive years have
come from this district" he said.
1T is the only district the Repub-
licans will carry this fall, and they
will try to steal enough votes there
to overcome the Democratic ma
iorities in the other ten districts.
Bryan got 10000 more votes in
Kentucky in 1896 than Cleveland
got in 1892. And yet a Republic
can returning board with Bradley,
the Republican governor, at its
head, counted in eighteen Mckin-
ley electors by n plurality of 2S1.
Bryan is 10000 votes stronger in
Kentucky than he was in 1896.
Altho Brown and the other lead
crs who stood with him are sup
porting Mckinley, they won't be
able to carry with them more than
one-third of the II 900 voters who
supported Brown for governor.
1.-THE Eleventh congressional
district, known as the mountain
or feud district, has normal Re
publican majority of from 5000 to
10000. They have habit in that
district of holding back the returns
until the returns from the balance
of the state are all in, and then
ringing in a sufficient number of
tissue ballots to give the Rcpubli-
cans Il plurality in the state. In
1896 this district sent up Repub-
llcan majority for Mckinley of II =
600. Last year, after amending
the returns four or five times, it
sent up n Republican majority of
5000. The congressman from
that district, in Il speech few
days ago, served notice on us that
this year they would send up n
majority of at least 10000, and II
leading Republican politician, in
an interview recently, said the
majority of the district this year
would be double that of last year,
or 5000. This is more than they
have of living beings in the dis
trict, Republicans, dogs, cats,
monkeys and mules combined.
The fact is that there are not more
than 25,OOO legal voters in
the entire district. 1t is from this
district that every assassin that
has ever diSgruced the state has
come"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
Audrain Courts.

CIRCUIT COURT Bird Monday i'm
January, LIST Monday in June,
Sd Monday in September.
COUNTY CouRT-lst Monday
in February, LIST Monday in May,
lst Monday in August, LIST Monday
in November.
PROBATE COURT-2d Monday in
January, I'd Monday in March, I'd
Monday in May, I'd Monday in
September.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04

One Word About kcntgcl!y.
Chicago, Sept. Ex-senator j.
G. >. Blackburn, Of Kentucky. is
in Chicago. He brought no olive
branch, but plunged pell nell into
II brand new war. "I have filed
my protest against the national
committee putting Z. Watt Hardin
on the stump" said the vitriOlic
Senator, and he dashed off senten-
ces so redhot that crowds gathered
to hear his interview.
ri am backed by the entire Dem
0cratic committee of the state" he
continued. Hardin would be
Missed out of the state if he at
tempted to speak in Kentucky. He
is not supporting the state ticket
now, but is willing to support the
national ticket because he is re-
lated to Adlai Stevenson by mar
riage. Senator Jones tells me
that Hardin will not be booked to
make any speeches in my state,
but that the committee will use
him in Illinois and the West"
Senator Blackburn then began
to talk of the situation in Ken
lucky. Bryan will carry the
state" said he, whether the leg
islature repeats the Goebel law, a.
mcnds it or does nothing. If the
law is amended it will increase his
vote several thousand. Bryan will
run 1000 to 10, 900 votes ahead of
Bcckham, and Beckham will be
elected Governor.
Somebody asked question and
the Kentucky fire-eater started on
a new track. I'VE will make Ken
lucky good state to live ill.," he
said, "before we get thru with it.
All the un-penitentiaried and I'M
hung assassins are taking refuge
in Indiana, and New York is the
asylum for our broken down po-
litical hacks. We will hang the
assassins and cutthroats as we get
to them. Taylor is now making
speeches for the Republican party
in Indiana. But we are Il patient
people, and thank God, Mount will
not be Governor of Indiana forev-
er. A Democratic governor will
be elected and then Taylor will
eithn" have to como hucl, for trial
or leave the country, We will
hang him if We get u chance to try
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-10-04
Debt Ever Growing.

washington, sept. 70. senator
Morgan, of Alabama, addressed Il
largely attended Democratic rally
in this city this evening.
OF the coinage question he said:
1.-THE only way to settle the fl
nancial question is to pay the pub
lie debt, and it would be very easy
TO do so by saving some of the
wild expenditures we are now
making. In the course of a few
years we could save over 800, 600, :
600, and we should commence to-
day, in order to save the interest
which the people are paying. The
system created by the last Congress
is designed to increase the nation
al debt, and under that legislation
the debt cannot, and will not, be
paid, but will increase from year
to year. The payment of the debt
would not underpin the national
banks, but would force them to the
old Jacksonian idea of specie ba-
sis, and we would not be depend
ent for n circulating medium on
Government bonds. When that is
done the financial question will be
settled.
1.-THE Almighty made both sivlcr
and gold for money only. They
are not so useful as iron. We
never travel on railroads made of
these metals, nor do we have our
utensils made of them. They are
useful simply because our Creator
made them for our use as money,
but, had he considered Mckinley
and the Republican party, he prob
ably would have created but one.
However, | can see no inclination
of the Creator to decrease either.
| am in favor of silver as a circu-
lating medium, because it is the
money of the poor man, and while
it is circulating it draws no inter-
est. The paper dollar is constant
~ drawing interest which some
one is paying"
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sible, delegated power of Congress,
unless we had direct legislation at
the same time. 1t would make Con
gress more corrupt, because there
would be greater necessity for the
monopolies. Mere opposition and
criticism Of this plan will not be
effective. The people want positive,
constructive measures. This plan
is a positive and constructive one,
although a centralizing and bad one.
Propose in it's place Federal direct
legislation and the peoples direct
over the trusts and m~onOpolies.
Direct legislation makes for equal
rights for all and special privileges
to nom It kills the lobby, because
there is no money in making deals
when the people hold the final YER
dict in their own hands. 1t educates
the voters, because it forces them to
study the question at issue. It rep
resents the triumph of self-govern-
ment over government by the few.
1t is not even necessary that you
declare in favor of the system, but
only that you pledge your party to
submit the necessary National
amendment to the State legislatures
and State amendments to the peo-
pie.
Put it into your party platform.
ELTWEED POMEROY,
Pres't National Direct Legislation
League.
Sharples Cream Separators--Proit-
able Dairying.
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FIRE IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, N. c., Sept. 13.-
Washington is in ashes. Such de-
Struction has never been surpassed
IN the towns history since the Civil
War, and the property loss far ex-
ceeds that of war, when the town
Was burned by Federal soldiers. The
loss Of today is estimated at one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
though it is believed that upon a
careful examination the loss will far
exceed these figures.
The fire originated in Brabble's
restaurant, about 1 o'clock. 1t was
Caused by a defective stove fue. In
d few minutes the building was a
total loss, and the fire had spred to
all adjacent buildings. From Water
street, beginning at the oyster fac
Tory, up the street a distance of two
hundred yards or near to the Crys-
t9I Ice COmpany's factory, and from
ine cOcner of Water Street up Mar
net 10 Main street, the town lies in
ruins.
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RANKING AND FARMING.

z.spondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The gross earnings of the 1876
..+ional banks of this country for
.ho year ending Sept. 1, 1898, are
riren officially at $143, 294, O87, while
5bo net earningsar r put at $50, O32, 972,
~ averaging per bank of $14,
The official reports put the New
YORK price of the cotton crop pro-
5uced in the same time at 1920, 552,-
so6 this, of course, was the gross
nine of the crop. When all the ex-
oarse of production and sale of the
we're deducted was the the net in.
come from the entire crop, toits pro
5ncer. equal to the net profits of the
national banks of the country? 1t is
onite evident it was not.
Banking is not the only business
that is more profitable than cotton
+srming, and bankers are not the
only people who have, and keep in
thorough touch with, a compact or
~ganization for their own protection,
while the farmers are about the only
neople of any craft, calling or pro-
fession and who are an unorganized
nrey to all other organizations. The
farmers could, if they would not al
low designing demagOgues to excite
and divide them, form themselves
into the strongest organization on
American soil. Why should they
not do it? United we will stand
respected and heard; while divided
we are pointed at with scorn and de-
rision. and we find none to sympa-
tbize when when we have been
duped. No farmer who does not
ioin and stick to his organization
should complain of the exactions of
trusts and combines, when he has
the remedy and refuses to use it.
Wake Co., n. G. D.
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KLLEBREW'S
and Forage Plants"

No work on Southern agriculture
has attracted so much attention as
the book on Grasses and Forage
Plants of the South" by j. B. Kill
Hebrew, recently issued by the Uni
versity of Tennessee. The demand
for it has been enormous. 1t is dis
tributed to those applying for 1t at
the cost of publication.
The book discusses the character
istics of the principal praises, the
maintenance of pastures and mead
ows, leguminous forage plants, wild
pastures, etc. It is fully illustrated
with original analytical engravlngs
by Scribner, our greatest grass eX-
pert. and embellished with a large
number of half tone cuts of field
operations.
KaILe6rew's former wOrk on grasses
is nOaO entirely out of print and
brings So q copy. This neW book con-
tnins all the Information IN the for
mer work, re-a0ritten, and embodies
the results of twenty gears additional
experience of the Writer and all the
Information attained By the egpert-
ment stations and the United States
Department of Agriculture.
It is a complete manual of the cul-
ture of grasses and forage plants OF
the South. It contains about 14O
pages, and is written in a style to be
understood by everyone.
The book will be supplied at 20
cents a single copy or SIS per hun
bred. bound in paper; 80 cents a
COPY or S25 per hundred bound in
flexible cloth. Address,
THOS. d. NORRIS, MANAGER,
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PRESS,
Knoxville, Tenn.
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The Progressive Farmer will be
sent to any address from now till
january 1, 1900, for 80 cents. You
can't keep posted without it.
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NOTES FROM sTANLY.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
DrOuth still continues. Creeks
are drying up. Wells and springs
are dry or failing. Water has not
been as scarce in 20 years. The Wis
caSSet Cotton Milling Company, of
Albemarle, had an artesian we'll
drilled last spring which is the main
supply of water for the two cotton
mills and the entire town. Without
this both mills would have been COM
PEELED to shut down for the want of
water. j. A. CAUBLE.
Stanly Co., N. G..
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robson COUNTY ALLIANCE.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The brethren of Robson county
will please take notice that the Coun-
ty Alliance meeting has not been
changed, as was proposed at the last
meeting, but will meet at Raft
Swamp Alliance Hall, at the regular
time (the second Thursday in Octo-
0er), 1t is expected that we will
have an address by a speaker from
another county at that time.
G.. NJ. D. HOWARD,
Pres't Robson Co. Alliance.
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THE MARKETS.
COTTON.


Norfolk, Va, Sept. 10, 1900.
Farmers stock nuts are quoted
TODAY as follows:
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FROM JACKSON COUNTY.

Our next regular County Alliance
meeting will be held with Loves
Chapel Sub. on the second Thursday
in October, 1900. Let each Sub.
come fully represented, so we will
have a revival of the Alliance. We
need a shaking up of dry bones"
Fraternally,
T. NJ. FRIZELL, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-18
MI MARKET.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept. Is, 1900.
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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET.
New YORK, Sept, Is, 1900

Watermelons-per carload, $500
$40 medium $15O@$20O large,
fine.
Fine melons in fair demand.
Onions-Southern, yellow, per
bskt., 6O@9OG.
SOUTHERN POTATOES.
Sweets, yellow, prime. .... 2.0O@2.20
Sweets, yellow, common,
per Dbl. 1.OO@2.OO