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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-15

overshadows all previous triumphs of this charac-
ter.
A Criticism of Three Parties.
About six weeks ago the Editor of The Pro-
gressive Farmer and Cotton Plant, wrote the
following criticism of the three leading political
parties, and this criticism, which has not yet ap-
peared in this paper, seems to us to be worth re-
reading in the light of the election returns. We
wrote:
"In the course of some complimentary allu-
sions to itself a few weeks ago, an esteemed
North Carolina contemporary-weu call it the
Kicker-remarked: FModesty forbids US to say
that the Kicker is the best paper in the county,
Similarly, expediency forbids us to say that if
we were called upon to act as critic for the three
parties prominent in this National camraign,
we should speak about as follows: The Republi-
can Party is too subservient to the great pro-
tected interests of the country; President Roose-
Welt less inclined to stand up against them than
two years ago; and the party leaders grievously
wrong in their attitude toward the negro and
the South. On the other hand, the Democratic
National leaders this year have shown a decided
disposition to ape the Republican Party in order
to get popularity; by omission of the income tax
plank and in other ways they have made a hui
initiating appeal for the help of the money pow
er; and the party is without a well-defned and
positive policy. As for the Populist leaders, they
include a number of sincere and honorable men;
but they are being used as cats paws by the Re
p%ublicans in some sections; and the party has too
many impractical ideas to be safe.
$50 much for the more disagreeable features
of the several parties. Looking on the other
side, for the Republican Party it should be said
that it knows it own mind and that it's candi-
date, aside from his deplorable misconception of
the negro, is probably the worthiest it has pre-
sented since the Civil War. For the Democratic
Party it should be said that it stands for a re-
turn to ~stricter constitutional standards, and
that It's success means an end to the scheme to
reduce the South's influence in National affairs.
For the Populist Party, it should be said that it's
leader is one of the ablest and cleanest men in
American politics, and that if moderate Bryan
ism fail in the Democratic Party, more radical
Populism will flourish as a distinct party.
These are the things, as we said in the outset,
which we should say, did not exrediency forbid.
Were we to say them in spite of expediency. we
should request that in quoting them you give our
verdict as to your own party as well as the other
fellows party"
Why the Democrats Were Beaten.
This criticism of the Democratic, Republican
and Populist leaders still SENS to us to be lust:
and in the declaration that "the Democratic lead
es this year have shown a disposition to ape the
Republican Party, hoping thereby to win popu-
larity," the real secret of last Tuesdays Demo-
cratic rout was pointed out. The Platform adopt-
ed at St. Louis was a ~tolerably vigorous docu-
A"% T-l-o 1-1o
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-15
MIR. Bryan's Program for the Party.

Not without reason therefore is the declaration
OF George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts :
1.-The experiment ofsmaking a secondhand Re-
publican Party out of the Democratic organiza-
ton Will never be repeated" Already Mr.. Bryan
IS out In a call to his followers to organize for
1908. Last Tuesdays result, he says, "was due
to the fact that the Democratic Party ATTEMPT
ed to be conservative in the presence of condi-
tlons which demand radical remedies. It sound-
ed a partial retreat, when it should have ordered
a charge all along the line"
In conclusion, Mr.. Bryan's Commoner sums nm
the reforms he would have his party advocate IN
The Democratic Party must make it's attack
thisf ashton:
upon the trusts so vehement that no one will
suspect secret aid from them. It will be to it's
advantage II 1t VIII begin the next campaign with
an announcement that no trust contributions will
be accepted, and then prove it's sincerity nv
giving the public access to it's contribution list.
The party must continue it's defense of H.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-15
EDITORIAL
CURRENT EVENTS: THE DRIFT OF HIM
AS WE SEE 1T.

The battle is over, and Theodore Roosevelt has
won one of the most notable victories in the his
tory of American politics. The latest returns in
dictate that seven of Maryland's eight electoral
votes will go for Parker, thus making the total
vote $40 for Parker and 1856 for Roosevelt, in
stead of 1873 to 343 as first announced; but this
still leaves the New York Judge the worst defeat
ed candidate since Horace Greedy. And Roose-
veltis plurality in the popular vote completely
overshadows all previous triumphs of this charac-
ter.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-15
Judge Parker's Views.

Judge Parker's Views.
The defeated candidate, Judge Parker, has also
issued an address to the people which seems to in
dictate that he has not retired from politics. In
tact, a strenuous battle for leadership between
him and Mr.. Bryan is now predicted by many.
The most significant paragraph of the address
is the following:
"ln the presence of a defeat that would take
away all personal ambition, were it true that 9TH
erwise it possessed me, [ do not hesitate to say
that in my opinion the greatest moral question
which now confronts us is: Shall the trusts and
corporations be prevented from contributing
money to control or to aid in controlling cleo
tins? %
Judge Parker might have won many votes by
bringing this issue to the front early in the
campaign; while by waiting till the end was al
most at hand, he made it easy for the Republican
voter to say that the Democratic managers did
not oppose the acceptance of trust money until
1t became apparent that they could get none.
Mr.. Parker also declares that "before long the
people will realize that the fairfield trusts and
lnegal combinations are absorbing the wealth of
the nation" and his remarks indicate that he now
looks Tor a more positive remedy than the mere
application of the common law.
miscellaneous Election Notes.
What we have said in preceding paragraphs
about the American people liking a man of indie
pendence and positive convictions is borne out
not only by the election of Mr.. Roosevelt, but
Oy the Guoernatorial elections in Mississippi and
missouri. The Republicans carried Missouri by
lo'Ooo majority for the Presidential electors. but
Joseph w. Folk, the Democratic candidate for
GOVERNOR led bis ticket by $4,000 voters and goes
In with $4,000 majority over his onnonen+ Over
IN Wisconsin, La Toilette who has stood so,ara1v
against corporation influence and machine rule,
won a splendid victory in spite of the boiling
ucket against him, and may go to the United
otates Senate, if he will. Our readers will recall
'nae we nave too recently paid tributes to these
Folk who rooted out the grafters in St.
LOUIS politics and prosecuted Democratic and
nepuDilcan thieves with equal vigor, and to La
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The New FORK Centralis New HlSh
Speed o. Ton Electric Locomotive

cpeeuOt NOa Aieotrb Locomotive
The most powerful electric locomotive
IN The world has just been completed for
Sne New York Central & Hudson River
Haliroad IN the shops of the General Elec-
TIC company and the American Locomo-
I'VE Works at Schenectady, N. Y.
ms locomotive is one of between thirty
n fifty which will be used by the Rail
road Company for hauling the through
passenger trains within it's Electrical Zone
5rom Grand Central Station through the
Park Avenue tunnel to Croton on the
MAN Line, O distance of 81 miles, and to
iWhite Plains on the Harlem division, a
distance of "a miles.
h viii be the heaviest steam railway
Passenger service which has ever been
banded by electric locomotives. With
pne of these locomotives trains Of ten or
more cars will be hauled at express speed
OF 90 to 20 miles per hour, and the de-
sign and mcthCd of control are such that
two or more locomotives can be coupled
together and operated by q single en-
glneer from the leading cab, so that the
size OF the train that may be under the
control of one engineer is practically un-
limited so far as the question of motive
power.
In general design the locomotive 10 dou-
BILE ended and symmetrical in construc-
ton, so that it can be run IN either direc-
ton with equal facility.
Mounted on the main frame of the To-
connective is the steel cab in three divisions,
in which are located the various devices
for operating the locomotive. The loco,
motive is equipped for both straight and
automatic air braking, signaling devices,
bell, whistle, headlights, air-sending de-
vice, electric air compressor, ETC., being as
complete in every way with respect to op-
Grating devices as a steam locomotive.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10
HERE AND THERE.

The Aldrich system is two rows OF
corn and two rows of cotton, all four
feet wide. You make about a full crop
of each, is the claim. Experience
seems to bear out the claim. Try it.
The cheapest way ia the long run,
to clear land, is to dig or pillow out
the trees. There is no easy way to
clear land, to get it into cultivation;
be sure you do not plow the land
when it is wet.
Timothy hay is not suited to the
needs of the sheep. Digestive disor-
ders occur when timothy hay is fed,
which often result in the loss of the
sheep. Clover and mixed hay may be
fed to the flock with good results.
In popping corn there is always a
considerable loss of weight. Accord
ing to some recent experiments, 100
grains of unpopped corn weighed Is
grams, while the same quality fully
popped weighed 90 grams. The diff
ference of four grams is claimed to be
the amount of moisture expelled.
Take time to clean the mud off
the horses legs after they are done
with their days work. You would not
like to go to bed with your old muddy
boots or If you did, there would be-
rumpus before morning when your
wife found it out. And that surely
would not be comfortable.
In raising chickens for market
purposes, only one breed should be
kept. If more than one breed is kept,
the result will be a flock of mongrels
after a while, with III two alike; and
the eggs will differ same as the fowls.
Uniformity is what the market wants
as we'll as good quality.
ITO get a living" is the mandate
given to every son of man. Mems es-
Inmates of what constitutes a living"
vary as the stars in Heaven. To some
it means food, shelter and clothing
only: to the enlightened it means this
and nore-books, travel, pictures, SOL
itude, and leisure to get the best each
contributes.
On account of the fleece and car
cass both having to be considered
there is more difference in value be-
tween a good and a poor sheep than
between the good and poor animals of
other kind of stock. The fleece is very |
important and the carcass equally SO,
and neither must be neglected at tho
expense of the other.
Year by year the Dorset breed df
sheep becomes more popular as it be-
comes more widely distributed. OF
recent time the demand for rams
and ewes of this sort has developed tc
large extent in the northern south,
Kentucky, West Virginia.
Virginia and North Carolina having
purchased a great many OF them.
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TIME ENOUGH FOR A NAP.
S~leeping-Cer Porter Thought That
rip Van Wrinkle" Could
Sleep It Out.

Joseph Jefferson has "in his time played
many parts" yet SO closely is he ldenti-
fed with RIP Van Wrinkle" that the
public never lost sight of it when it had
the privilege of seeing him. While he was
playing IN Missouri once he boarded a
VIGOROUSLY slow train for St. Joseph.
lie went into the ~sleeping-car, but not
TO go to bed, as the tram was que at St.
Joseph late i'll the evening. 1t dawdled
along, however, says the Philadelphia
Press, and finding that it could hardly ar
rive before morning, he ordered his berth
made up.
AS the porter finished his task Mr.. JET.
ferson said: This is the worst road | ever
travelled on: l fancy Pm In for a full
night of it,"
Deed, l reckon you is, sah," replied
the porter.
Positively the slowest road! tn be
morning before we are there. Dc you
think you'll get in before I'm awake?"
Slow road, sab! Bound to be plumb
mo'nin', sab. But one of the passengers.
sab, was tellin' me that you's the gentle
man what once went to sleep and sep
years.; and l reckon, sab, dat if you take
n o dem maps we'll be able to land you
mighty close to st. 10 fore you wake,
sab"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10
P CHILDHOOD.
Right Food Makes Happy Children
Because They Are
Healthy.

Sometimes milk does not agree with
children or adults. The same thing is
true Of other articles of food. What
agrees with one sometimes does not
agree with others.
But food can be SO prepared that 1t
will agree with the weakest stomach.
AS an Observation-Disclosures, no matter
how weak the stomach, can eat, relish
and digest a nice hot cup of Postum cof-
fee with a spoonful or two of Grape
Nuts poured in, and such a combination
contains nourishment to carry one a
number Of hours, for almost every
particle Of 1t will be digested and taken
UP by the system and be made use Of.
A lady writes from the land of the
Magnolia and the hooking bird way
down in Alabama and says: 81 was led
to drink Postum because coffee gave me
eour stomach and made me nervous.
Again Postum was recommended by
two well-known physicians for my chill
dren, and / feel especially grateful for
the benefit derived.
Milk does not agree with either
child, SO to the eldest, aged four and
one-half years, | gave Postum with
plenty of sweet cream. 1t agrees with
her s~plendidly, regulating her bowels
perfectly although she is of a consti-
pated habit.
For the youngest, aged two and one
half years, I use one-half Postum and
one-half skinned milk. l have not
given any medicine since the children
began using Postum, and they enjoy
every drop Of 1t.
81 neighbor OF mine is giving Postum
70 her baby lately weaned. with spler-
aid results. The little fellow is thriy-
ing famously." Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum agrees perfectly with children
and supplies adults with the hot, in
MIGRATING beverage in place OF coffee.
literally thousands of Americans have
been helped out OF stomach and nerv-
ous diseases by leaving of coffee and
Postum Food Coffee. Look in
for the little book. THE Road to
MELVILLE"
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Greatest In the World.

Arlington, Ind, Dec. 9th (Special).-
MIR. w. A.. Hysong, the photographer,
who moved here recently from Sapp, KY,
Is firmly of the opinion that Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills are the greatest Kidney Rem
edy the world has ever known.
In the years 1901 and 1902" says Mr..
afflicted with Kidney Trouble. NV
joints were sore and stiff and l finally
got 30 bad l could not turn in bed with
out assistance, In the Spring Of 1903 I
induced, by a friend, to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills end after uSfng ono and one
half boxes ! Vas and am still completely
cured; Several of my neighbors, too, used
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and in every case
they did as recommended"
Cure the early symptoms of Kidney Dis.
ease, such ns Backache, with Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, and you will never have Bright's
Disease.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

the loosen and finer Il will stay, and
the richer it will get. If the land is
nearly level, pillow it together in wide
lands or strips, the way it drains the
best. Plow together at the same place
three times or more, so there will be
much slope between the center of the
strips and furrow. After that pillow
crossways in small strips-that drains
your lands-it also produces much bet
ter, and will not cost you a cent more.
If water stands on land that is well
pulverized it gets hard when dry, but
if it is well drained it stays looser than
clody land and cracks less. The clods
attract the fine particles, causing it to
crack more. If land is worked when
1t is wet. also where water stands on
the land, and it then gets dry, it
cracks easily, then when it rains again,
instead Of the soil washing in the
cracks the ground sweIls till the cracks
comes it is in nearly the same condi-
ton as before.
Wherever rain collects it forms q
scum on top of the soil, even where
it is sandy, causing less water to be
absorbed, and more to run off. Many
fail to raise good crops after deep
plowing, because below the surface it
was left too cloddy, and the subsoil,
generally cracking easier, let's down
the dry air to the roots. After pillow.
log about six inches deep, use a har
row that will leave the clods on top.
it is a great mistake to let the clods
stay below the surface. When you
have the first blowing well pulverized,
have a good skim plow or scraper at
tached to the beam, to scrape the fine,
rich, Loose soil into the deep furrow at
the second blowing, which should be
over Is inches deep.
The subsoil or poor soil should be
on top, although it checks the young
plant in growing, but the plant that
grows the fastest and tallest will not
produce the best or most. l do not
think it necessary to plow deep oftener
than once in 20 years, and l hope my
readers will try a little piece that
way, to be convinced. | have noticed
where there was rich soil, well pulver-
lied below, and about four inches of
sand on top, it produces good corn
even in the driest year. Deep plow-
ing gives the taproots a chance to
grow strong before they get to the
hard, dry subsOil, then they can grow
through it easier to reach the water.
Some imagine that the roots should
grow near the surface and that they
need much air. They only grow out
OF the surface when it is too wet, then
when it gets dry the plant suffers SO
much more. l have noticed where the
top soil is too rich and loose, too many
roots grow too near the surface. The
same ccurS if it rains often and only
a little at a time. Then when it gets
dry, especially after heavy rains, the
crop suffers severely, producing much
growth but poor gain. Most farmers
know that five stalks of corn to the
hill five feet apart, especially if it is
dry from tasseling to ripening, will
not produce half as much corn as one
stalk two feet apart. Why, then, do
they keep on planting so far apart?
1t pays well to soak corn before feed
but do not let it get sour; stock
will like it better, and it will do more
than twice as much gCod.-Cor. Jour.
nal Of Agriculture.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
How I Suffered with Itching and
bleeding Eczema-Until Cured
by Cuticura.

mo tongue can tell how I suffered for
Ave years with q terribly painful, itching,
and bleeding eczema, my body and face
being covered with sores. Never in my
life did l experience such awful suffering,
and I longed for death, which l felt was
near. l had tried doctors and medicines
without success, but my mother insisted
the first bath with Cuticura Soap and
one application of Cuticura Ointment,
and was soon entirely well. Any per-
son having doubt about this wonderful
cure may write to me. (Signed) Mrs.
Attic Etson. Bellevue. Mich"
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Guaranteed Mining Investments.

We are the largest mine operators in
the West, and cordially invite you to
write for prospectus and full particulars
about our nine associated companies,
which have joined in forming our In
U gsst 00o Guar, Guarantee te association, with s.
vestors against loss. Write for free in
formation and be convinced. Arbuckle-
Goode Commission Company, 325 Olive
Street, St. Louis, No.
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Asatomicsl Note.

Mrs, Nolan had made some disparaeins
temyrks about the costume of her hus-
bands bosom friend, Mr.. herlihy, and
they were promptly resented.
His hat is turning green wild age is
lt?" said Mr.. Nolan, with fine scorn, land
his boots is rusty and cracked lookin','
did l hear We sayf Listen now to me,
Mary Nolan. If livery mans hat an boots
as warm O heart as Phelim Herli-
hy's there'd be more proud wimmin in the
worrld!"-Chicago Record Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

An organist in England played Fight
che Good Fight" at a wedding. This is
>commented on as a vindication of the
EBrIjsS rpa m fpP t5ensbI gBro q 36Fs' d,d The
know he was joking. 1t was merely an
Rccident.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

This story about Santos-D umont in
tending to spend a whole week e~Euising
about in the clouds may be all riflif
enough for the ~credulous, but personally
we don't believe there ever was a pipe
made that would stay lit 30 long.-Indian-
epolis News.
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Good Interpreter.

Homeboy-How did you manage to get
ali over The world and never speak a
word of anything but English?
Spondulix-Because money talks, and it
seems to be fluent IN all languages.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10
Just az with Her Father

Your daughters music is improving"
Iaid the professor, but when she runs
:losely."
Just like her father" said Mrs. M.
ritch. He made his money in the gro-
Gerry business. "-Philadelphia tublic Led.
yer.
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WHAT FARMERs sHoULDKNow
Many Things to Learn by Hearing,
by Reading or by Personal
Experiment.

A farmer must hear OF read much,
then experiment much to learn a lit
tie. Nearly all farm lands need bet
ter drainage. The better it is drained
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

Christmas purchasers should read che adj
vertisement OF the Msrmod-Jaccard jewel
ry Co., Of st. Louis, and write for their free
catalogue. This firm Is perfectly reliable
They promptly return your money if tho
goods don't suit you.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

A great deal of the friendship others
have for you is like the -come-any-time in
vitation. -Atchison Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

Things 60 wrong in this world without
any help. but the things that go right
wouldn't be appreciated if it were not for
the efforts they require.-ChIcago Recoro-
Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

A woman always thinks il is her hus-
bands duty to tack down the carpet, as
he has such liberty of speech when he hits
his finger instead of the tack.-Baltimore
American,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

People who work only when they are in
spired are seldom busy.-Chicago Record
Herald.
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I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved nay life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins. Norwich, n. Y, Feb. IL, 1900.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

A plucky man refuses to stand and lei
others pluck him.-Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

1t ia the thing that has no reason for ex-
istence that goes right on existing and re-
fuses to be choked off or stamped out
Judge.