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The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
suBDlvlDlNo THE SOIL.

The Democratic and Republican Ways OF
Doing 1t Explained by Figures.
The policy Of the subdivision OF the soil Is
one that tends to strengthen our National liie.
God grant that it may be long before we have
In this country tenantry that is hopeiessy
such from one generation TO another.
These fine words and true are from
the lips of Ben Harrison in one OF the
little campaign speeches which he has
been making every day for two weeks
Now measure the words by the per-
formances of the Republican party.
s.The policy of the subdivision Oh
tho soil'' is one which the Republican
party has practiced for many years,
and the ..subdividing' had gone on SO
rapidly that there promised to be very
little left for the people until the Dem
ocratic party, four years ago, declared
that the Republican kind of ''subdi-
vision" and silence must stop and
began the restoration OF public lands
TO actual settlers. The manner IN
which the Republican party was "sub'
dividing the soil" before the election
OF President Cleveland may be taker
in at glance from the following table
of the acres of public lands voted ava.
by the Republican party and OF th'
corporations among which 1t wa
"subdivided:"
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
CULTIVATION OF WHEAT.


Colonel Curtis system of Rotation ana
Method Of Manuring.
have raised thirty-fve bushels OF
winter wheat to the acre by the follow
ing culture. The previous crops had
been corn and oats. This is the usual
rotation in this section OF the State. I
Sod ground is plowed for the corn and
the land is manured with barn-manure
either plowed under or put on the
autumn before. The last is the best
way. If farmer has barn-manure II
n nut on the surface and narrowed In
with the wheat, and If he has none,
commercial fertilizers are used. NO
one thinks of getting good crop OF
wheat without some extra fertilizer.
In INV own case heavy coat OF barn.
manure, made during the summer, was
nut on and we'll narrowed in. The
wheat was sown broadcast, and as the
land was a clay-loam it was not rolled,
as it was not necessary for securing the
needed compactness of soil. II the
land is mellow and light it is always
best to roll it, as wheat will do better
in n firm and compact soil. The roots
take a stronger hold and the plants
/ will not rise up so readily when pried
by the frost. In the spring. II the
ground is baked, crusty and hard, II
should be gone over with a square
toothed harrow.
In my crop, no extra work was done
After the wheat had been harvested,
the land was plowed, manured and
sown with fat turnips. The weather
. being very dry, the turnips did mo-
come up soon enough to make goot
: crop. Enough wheat came up to mak'
it an object to let it grow, and in thi
: way good crop was obtained OF volun
, teer wheat. The best way to prepar
; the ground for a good crop OF wheat, !
} to make it rich. Barn manure is tn
1 best. The so-called ''phosphates" vii
? do. in the absence of the other; but tn
: wheat-grower on old lands must enric
D all the soil if he wants to get goo
9 crop. A clover sod, or land in hig
2 state of cultivation, will usually brin
{ good wheat; but even on such land tn
! chances will be improved by using Sc,
0 eral hundred pounds of a commerci'
fertilizer per acre. Any old sod lar
I may be fitted for wheat by plowing
July and several harrowings. This
q a shorter cut than the old method
% summer-fallowing, in which our fathe
is had so much faith, and by which th'
y grew good crops of wheat -. H. Gu
It's. IN Rural NeU Yorker.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
For Tariff Reform.

Congressman AshbelP. Fitch, OF New
York City, has resigned his member
ship in the Republican organization OF
his district. In his letter of withdrawal
he uses these words: my reason for
this resignation is that lam not willing
to advocate or support the new doc
trines upon which the party managers
have decided to make this campaign.
1 am in favor, as were Garfield,
Arthur and Folger. of reasonable
revision of the present tariff in the d.
rection of decreasing the cost OF the
necessaries of life and OF supplying
American workmen with cheaper raw
materials for manufacture. l believe
that such revision will increase
wages and production in this country
and will tighten somewhat the heavy
load of poverty and hardship which sc
many people in our city carry hope
lessly from year to year. 1 am aisf
absolutely opposed to any reduction O
the tax on whisky.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
WHISKY AND TAXATION.

Effect of the Government Tax on the
Consumption of Alcohol.
The Christian at Work has been
studying the effect of the Government
tax upon the consumption of whisky.
We have not space to give the long
array of figures on which 1t bases Its
conclusion, but it affirms that "Gov-
ernment supervision and the ninety
cent tax diminished the consumption
of whisky in one year to the amount
of 9S, 3SS, 1886 gallons, which. but for
the supervision of the tax, would have
been manufactured and consumed. =
1t thus appears "that the amount OF
whisky consumed per capita in the
United States, under a high tax, Is less
than half that consumed thirty years
ago under free whisky" Such facts
tell very strongly against Colonel In.
gersoll's poetic argument that the
abundance and cheapness of whisky
have nothing to do with the consump
tfon. 1t would be strange If law O
political economy which operates witt
regard to all commodities shoult
be suspended with reference u
whisky. These facts, as our con
temporary says, "show that the prize
of whisky. chiefly affected by the tax
has most decisive effect upon the am
cunt of whisky consumed. and there
fore holds the closest possible relatio
to the morals of the people. ."-Chrts
tian Register.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
DOES WEALTH CORRUPT ?
walter scott's Theory That Saving mol
Getting, Is the Mother OF Riches.

walter scott's Theory That Saving, Not
Getting, Is the Mother of Riches.
Wealth is said to corrupt our species.
We do not believe it. Wealth is one
of the great civilizers of man. Wealth
corrupts when it is suddenly got, or
unjustly distributed; when, owing to
monopolies or entails. or some other
barbarous system, it is prevented from
diffusing itself naturally and justly.
But where all have an equal chance;
where all start nearly even; where all
have certain degree of instruction to
begin with; where superior skill and
virtue alone give one man an advan-
tage over another, there wealth is an
unmixed blessing.
We ought to rejoice that the desire
of wealth is so universal and so strong.
II keeps the vast machinery OF the
world going. 1t has suggested the
most beneficent enterprises and the
most usefulimprovements. we owe &c
IL the fact that man who can earn one
dollar a day can be better lodged, bet
ter fed. Letter clothed, better taught
than kings and mobiles could five hun
dred years ago.
Sir Walter Scott truly says that say
ing, not getting, is the mother Q
riches. This truth is wonderfully Il
lustrated in the history of some familie
once poor but now noted for thei
wealth.
John Jacob Astor had brother, no
so well known as himself, but VIII
possessed in an eminent degree the pc
culiar characteristic of the family-th
art of saving money. 1t is told OF hir
by an old New Yorker, that intendin
to operate upon the feelings OF an az
ouaintance of whom he was about I
make some purchases, he gave to tn
son of the latter, who was playln
about the store entrance, a brigi
!, penny. The trade having been col
cluded, the thrifty Astor said to II
, little fellow: johnny, you've playe
) nit the penny long enough; give
. back to me.
,, Johnny, much surprised and not
little disheartened, handed over Il
a penny, and Astor. depositing it in
= pocket, walked of. He became We
rich MANN Y. Ledoer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
why Monopolists Have Always Wanted
Very High Tariff.

The Republican platform adopted at
Chicago and indorsed by candidate
Harrison declares that imports must
be checked" by a higher tariff. Now
the surplus products of the farm which
can not be sold in this country and
which must be sold in foreign countries
are paid for by imports from those
countries. They can not be paid for in
coin, because there is not enough coin
in existence in those countries to pay
for the American farmers surplus
products. Therefore they must be
paid for by imports from those coun-
tries. That is by bills of exchange
drawn upon the credit produced by the
sale of the imported articles in this
country. If imports were checked
it follows that the farmers surplus
amounting to five hundred millions o1
dollars and more per annum would bt
dead loss, that the American farmer
would have to lessen his produc
ton by FIVE hundred millions pei
annum, that many workmen now EN-
ployed in agriculture would be forcet
into the trades and that iron and stee
workers and machinists and black
smiths and carpenters and bricklayer
and weavers and miners and all work
ine-men outside of agricultural indus
tries would have sudden and terribl
competition from the farm hand
thrown out of employment This is n
idle prediction. 1t is an imminen
peril.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

One reason why monopoHsts want a
very high tariff is that they know that
it will drive farm labor off the farm
and into competition soith labor in the
factories, furnaces and mines. Thus
they expect to force down the wages OF
labor. If they can "check imports =
and prevent the farmer from exchang-
ing his surplus products for imports
from foreign countries, they can drive
the farmers sons and hired help on the
farms and get their labor at their OWE
price. Their purpose is so transparent
that it can not be disguised. Harris
burg (Pd.) Patriot.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE.

AyrER the starch is made, and while 1t Is
still boiling hot, take q sperm candid and
stir it through quickly about half dozen
times. and you will find that your irons do
not stick
no yor salt down cucumbers to draw out
the Juice. Their chief attraction is their
crisp freshness, ano this, too, makes tneD'
more wholesome. like other vegetables
they are unwholesome only when stale ana
wilted
THIRTY yards of cotton cloth may be
bleached in fifteen minutes by one largo
spoonful of sal soda and one pound OF chic
ride of lime dissolved in soft water. After
taking out the cloth rinse it in soft cold
water so that 1T may not rot
TnB old corner cupboard is being devel-
oped in high art style; the lower portion
used as a closet, while the shelves above are
left open for drapery curtain, or covered
by closed doors of plate glass, stained glass,
or open fretwork, lined with bright-colored
silk.
To RESovArE velvet, free from dust BY
laying face down and whipping smartly
then brush with caIncfs-hair brush, daml
on the wrong side with borax water ano
hang pile inward in the sunshine to dry
taking care that there is no fold, or wrinkle
on the line.
SAX one or more newspapers, knea'
them into q pulp, dip the pulp in a suitabi
solution of oxalic acid. While wet, fore
the pulp into any crcvice or hole made b,
mice or rats. Rcsult-a disgusted retreat
with sore snouts and feet, on the part OF th
| would-be intruders.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
16s,64s,e44 SO

Among these fifteen corporations,
the Republican party divided, then,
these 163, ,643, 944 acres. What do such
enormous figures meanP They convey
an idea only when compared with
figures which we can understand. For
the purpose of such comparison we
give below the total number OF acres
of farm lands in eleven Of the great
agricultural States of the Union, with
the number of farms into which they
we're "subdivided."
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
A Reliable Remedy.

AIIcocK's PoRoUs PLAsrERs never IAN
to give speedy proof of their emcacy e the
best external remedy for Weak BACK
Rheumatism, Lumbago. 6ciatica, Colds
Coughs, Sore Throat Pulmonary and KID
ney Di6iculties, Malaria, Dyspepsia, Heart,
Spleen, Liver and Stomach Anecuons'
Strains, and all Local Pains.
They have been in use for over thirty
years, and their value has been attested BY
the highest medical authorities as well q
by voluntary and unimpeachabie testi
monials from thousands who have usee
them
ASK for ALLcocK's, and let no explana
ton or solicitation induce you to accept
substitute.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

Sheep DO better on short PASTURE
as they Craze close to the ground.
Tall timothy or clover does not suit
them.
When grain or grass is ready for
the barn, house it at once. Every |
day it remains in the field it loses In
value. .-Rurai Nev Yorker.
A poor tool on the farm imposes
tax upon the user every day it is en-
ployed, often greater in year than
the whole price of a good tool.
Trail tomato vines on trellises, and
they will not be weighted to the GROUND
by the fruit. More air and warmth
will reach the tomato, and rot Is often
avoided.
Honey is said to be remedy for
insomnia. 1t should be eaten freely
on bread Immediately before retiring.
The sleepless should be willing to try
so sweet a remedy.
An eminent botanist says that the
best time to prune vines is while the
grapes are ripening. and that the
Young shoots should be selected Tor
this purpose, as they require for their
development large quantity OF sugar,
to the detriment of the ripening fruit.
1t is fact, confirmed by expert
ence the world over, that clover used
in a rotation where other crops are
we'll manured will return to the surface
soil, through its decaying roots. as
much plant food otherwise lost to vege.
tation as is removed when the top Is
cured for hay.
There's many little tough, dried
up, weather-beaten farmer in the back
!. districts whose only knowledge ola per
is the one which confined its swine
who can give more hard. sound com
nonsense hints on practical farm
management in an hours talk than on
!. of these theorists could by the devo
tions of a years space in his depart
ment."
If the cover of a tin can OF bakin
: powder be so tight as to require muc
time and labor in getting it of whe
q first opened, do not put it on again eve
e lightly, because the probabilities ar
i it will always make trouble. instead
n tie a piece of thick paper over the cal
1t it will answer the purpose OF the tt
Is cover in keeping out the air and du
C and one is sure it can be quickly r.
p moved. :.
ID Salt Fish: Boil in plenty OF watt
lg a piece of salt fish that has been
le soak for at least twenty-four hour
Il When sufficiently boiled to allow OF
pick out all the flesh in small flake
~ and put it by. Slice very finely
IN couple of onions, fry them in salad
w till they begin to color; add toma
b. sauce, a dash of pepper, and the co
lr- fish. Let the whole simmer on We
We slow fire for couple of hours, sha
M ing the saucepan occasionally.
lot 1t does not appear to be general
th known, even among farmers, ''that t
on value of lime as q fertilizer depends
es, most entirely on condition and co
ev- position of the soil to which it is {
ite piled. If any injurious acids exist
the soil it may neutralize them
I'VE forming a new compound which is 81
on able for plant food. Again, lime is
The most active agent for rendering
hat soil mellow and setting the plant ft
the free to be assimilated by vegetatl
,ia. while it is itself direct plant food.
the fact, there are few kinds of soil VIII
;wo are not benefited by coat OF lime m
TWO or less heavy, according to the cor
one ton of the soil.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

Besides these, we have the lumber
trust, the cotton bagging pool, and
pools and syndicates innumerable' ex-
listing for no other purpose than to
shut down mills, to throw workmen
out of employment, to prevent COM
petition, and to rob the ouyer by
s.bulling" prices.-St. Louis Arpu6lsc.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

INvAL1ps, aged people, nursing mothers,
the happiest results from judicious use OF
DR.. Dr. Shermans Is Prickly Ash Bitters Where
the liver or kidneys are affected, .promps
action is necessary to change the tloe
toward health, ere the disease becomes
chronic-possibly incurable,, and there I.
range Of noterto msdica. Sold everywhere
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

Experience, with unerring finger, inoi-
The enlightened rely upon her, the ignorant
and credulous abjure her guidance, and are
misled by charlatanism and bombast For
MANY years Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
has been achieving victories over disease
which are recorded In testimony from thou
sands of the debilitated. nervous, dyspeptic
bilious and alaria-persecuted.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

WHEN the cash is here, then the casnie'
IA here also; but when the cash here
there. the cashier is there iikcwise.-
Wdshington Critic.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

Iris a waste of time to look back at ones
own mist lkes when there Is so much more
fun in watching the mistakes Of other peo-
ple-Uotsl Mdil
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

THERE are men who because they ma
life an empty dream themselves. insist on
trying to make it bowling nightmare ior
overv bodv else.-1fercldnf Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

The centenarian may not be o musician
but it is certain that he is beating ume--
D1nsuflle Breeze.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

SEND for Glenn's Sulphur Soap II trou
bled with any trouble Of the skin:
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, SC.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

A TREE Is like the man in hurry nc
he leaves he rnakcs good use Of MS i'no
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

Ir affiicted with Sore Eyes use Dr.: Isaac
Thompson,s Eye Water. Druggists sell it20c
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

Ira man were compelled TO sleep In al
attic what locality would ne prefer
Adr,atic. Of course.-Tcras Siftfngs.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

THERE is an air OF respectaoiiity aDou,
being in debt 1t proves that you na'
credit ce-Phnddeiphia Call
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

NorwrrHsrAxprSa calfskin shoes are
called s.calf Shoes" horse-hidc shoes can
not be properly abbreviated "horse Shoes
Shoe ond Leather Rertcw.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

AuAcE for large steaks-Holstein cattl
-Boston Commercial Balicti't.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

THE fs,lian will work at almost an!
thing But the frst thing he turns nj
hand 1, ia usually Q hand organ.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

WHEN is dcsponieni lover like tumor'
When he is cut out.-LUe.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

II IL q wise man who knows nls owa
name when he secs II in the newspaper n's
ofhotel arrivals s.,-s.s .... s--,r-
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

A COMPOSING stick-an awkward writez
Of music.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

Ir knowledge is power, the spring onion
must know q thing or two.-P'uso"'s'
Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

How TO get even with some men; r.
them what you owe them.-De''o" -
Press
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

II IL one Of the pecullarities Of things IN
general that the freshest men generaiiy
Tan tho stalest stories Boston Commsrctol.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

TIE people who bet on elections do
wrong, but the man who never bets u no
botter.-Ns,pbmppor Herald
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

Compare the two tables and some
matters worth thinking about will pre-
sent themselves. The Republican party
subdivided more soil among fifteen
railroad corporations than is owned by
by all the farmers together OF eleven
States, New York, Indiana, Connecti-
cut, New Jersey, New Hampshire. Illi-
nois, Ohio, Wisconsin. Michigan, Min
nesota and West Virginia Moro land
was voted to these fifteen railroads by
the Republican party than is owned by
almost 1900, 900 farmers in the States
named, and suffices to support prob
ably population of 100000 persons.
So much for the mischief wrought
by Republicans in "subdividing the
soiln among the railroads. Now,
what has the Democratic party done to
restore these lands to the people since
1852 Here is the brief table show
ing the restorations of lands previously
granted to railroads alone:
Acres.
Lands in granted railroad limits re-
stored .............-...---... zioo'4i'
Forfeiture Of railroad grants by acts
OF Congress. .-..--.-. -. ~o'-So,"s
rai,road indemnity lands restored q, ,3s3, ,60'
Restored already. 51,sSs.a6
Railroad forfetures under bill OF
House of Representatives. es.......... 54,3s3,'o
ro,a, 1O6, COS, &c
These restorations of railroad land
alone, completed and projected durini
President Cleveland's administration
have given and will give back to tn
people as much land as the combine
farms of New York, Indiana, Connectl
cut, New Jersey, New Hampshire, WIS
consin, Michigan, Minnesota and Yves
Virginia. These are railroad restors
tions alone.
The land question, it will be fount
is a big question this year.-Atbdn
On ~ argus.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

A SILENT th'ef-a bad book.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

BnrArrAsr is the proper place to call sas
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-03

rREEi A s-foot French Glass, Oval
Front. Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, nEn.
CHANTS ONLY. R.W.TANsILL q Co.sCnAce&o
HAxo i'll This is 2 put,up lco, saio ~ ~
pa11or curtains
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-15
OF FORECLOSURE SALE.

IN
John s. Mailman, Plaintiff, vs. John NJ,
Blackburn and Mrs. John P. Thielen, defend.
ants Sheriff Sale, No. 9,769.
Order Of sale and decree of foreclosure and
SALE
Under and by virtue of an order of sale and
decree of foreclosure and sale, issued out of the
Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles,
Der, A. D: 1888, in the above entitled action.
wherein John 8. Mailman, the above named
plaintiff, obtained Judgment and decree of
foreclosure and sale against John M. Blackburn
Der, A. D. 1888, for the sum of 81 ,0O4 25 in
lawful money of the United states, which said
decree was, on the 26th day of November, A. b.
1888, recorded in judgment book 8, of said
Court at page -, am commanded to sell all
that certain lot, piece, or parcel of land, stu.
Los Angeles State of California, and bounded
and described as follows:
Lot number four az in block number fifteen
(15) of the Park tract, according to map of said
Miscellaneous Records of Los Angeles County
to which map and the record thereof reference
is hereby made for further and more particular
description.
Public notice is hereby given, that on Mon
day, the Oath day of Decem Der, A. D. 1888, at 10
of the County of Los Angeles. on Spring street,
will in obedience to said order of sale and de-
cree of foreclosure and sale, sell the above de-
scribed property, or SO much thereof as may be
terest and COSTS etc, to the highest and be t
bidder for cash in lawful money of the United
ates
Lated this 2sth day of November, 1888.
JAMES G. KAYS,
She riff of Los Angeles County
By JUSTIN WILLIAMS, Deputy Sheriff.
WIN. II. MITCHELL, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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