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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
WIDE AWAKE FoR JANUARY.

Taking up the January WIDE AWAKE
one is led to reflect that this magazine
has a particularly happy and kindly
way of enlisting the interest and the
fancy of its readers by it's Prize Compe-
titions. Its amusing Nonsense Ami
mails" were enjoyed by young and old
and showed tina the drawing lessons at
school had really ira med young fingers
to express ideas with the pencil; the
'Lamblxin, Prig or Hero" competition
was not a bad course" in Moral Phil
osophy. The ssPrize Anagram" compe-
tition amused thousands of readers.
For 1891 Miss Runners Prize Art-series,
ssThe Drawing of the Child Figure" bids
fair to be of great interest to children,
while the Prize problems in Horol-
ogy,'' by E. II. Hawley of the Smithson-
ian Institution, will call forth the eff
forts of the students in the Latin and
High Schools
The stories and articles of the JAM
uary number are each excellent of their
kind and are by such authors as Susan
Coolidge, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Mar
garet Sidney, Elbridge S. Brooks, Ern-
est Ingersoll, Kirk Munroe, etc
WIDE AWAKE is $40 a year; 20 cents
a number; D. Lot hrop Company, Bos-
ton. Mass.
The Secret of Keeping a Floor Clean.
The first essential is to have good
mop: old underwear makes one of the
best materials for this use: old stock
ings answer very well. Soft water is
the best to wash floor with, and hard
soap enough should be used to make
good suds. The secret of making a
floor look we'll Is in rinsing it we'll with
clear water. Many who use their
strength lavishly fail to make the floor
look clean through lack of this careful
rinsing. The careful worker sees that
the mop docs not come in contact with
the base-boards sufficiently to soil
them.
After being mopped the floor ought
to become dry before people walk over
it, as tracks spoil the looks of it. Some
mop the kitchen after the children have
gone to bed, in order that the floor may
have time to become dry before it is
used. This is desirable only where the
floor is painted, as it takes an unpaint-
ed floor SO long to get dry that the room
would be liable to unpleasant dampnesS
in the morning unless fire were kept
up until a late hour. Nothing adds
more to the attractiveness of kitchen
or to the reputation of the housekeeper
than a tidily kept floor; and it is good
investment of labor to take pains with
it.-Rural New Yorker.
An Eye-Opener.
A Michigan man. fifty years old. did
not know until the other day that a
husband could not legally thrash his
wife, provided he vas the stronger. and
when arrest a6 for + n at CffanSn he talked
about the bulwarlss of liberty in a way
to bring tears to the eyes of the glorious
American eagle.-Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

The tailor is a good fellow to have around
he can always make some fitting remarks.
-Elmira Gazette
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

THE trouble in lending our ears is that
the borrowers take such liberties with them
before returning them.-A tchison Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
Weakness.

Weakness.
There is no symptom of i'll health mere
discouraging than weakness. That con-
slant feeling of fatigue and Discrimination
to exert oneself. Life to such seems languid
and insipid, and the invalid almost becomes
reconciled to die. Do you suffer thus 3
Would you be enthusedl Do you wish your
strength renewed? Try bottle of DIR. Bulls
Sarsaparilla- 1t will greatly assist your
recovery. Soon will you then experience a
feeling Of new life and returning power.
No longer will the least exertion give ia
tigue and cause your heart to palpitate un-
naturally. No more will that feeling of dir
illness Cypress you when you suddenly get
up from your chair. No longer will indi-
gestion and urinary disorders continue to
break down your constitution. Every func-
ton will resume its natural activity and
you will soon enjoy glorious feeling of
self control and confidence. No longer nerv-
Gus, afraid and imaginative of gloomy dis
aster. Ambition will take the place of dis
enlargement and you will be happy in
health and kindly hOpe.-Caldwel Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
How's Thisi

HOW8 THIS!
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cane not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last fifteen years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm
West & Truax. W holesale Druggists, Toledo.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system Testimonials free.
Price, &c per bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

WHETHER crowding the cars is right or
not, great many people stand Up for it,
Philadelphia Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
THE OLD RUT

the easiest by far Many people
a
of and
cake of SAPOLIO
house cleaning
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-24
ARTYKUH XIX.

l. laden czionek Bractwa sw Franciszka ME ma
PREDICT prawa do wsparc,a w czasie chorobv. AZ No no
pppfYwle 6 mleslecy, %rachujac cd dnia %przyjecia 90 do
2. Jezeli W clqgu 6 mlesiacy przyjety ME wplac,
wtstepnego ustawam' naznaczonego, wyklucza 90 sic 2
Bractwa.
8. Jezeli okaze sic potrzeba zmiany powyzszych
ustaw ola korzyscl Bractwa, wniosek takowy staw1ony
byc powlnien tylko ma zgromadzeniach roeznych.
4; Wniosek, poprawa lub dodatek, zawsze DO.
tw'erdzonym bye musl przez mleJscowego ks. probosz.
cza, 1naczel pozostaje takowy wcale nieobowlazujacym
czfonkow Bractwa Sw. Franciszka.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-24
M 6dIuRay SIZE!

Panic Jczu Chrystc, kt6ry dla zapaIen,a scrc ma.
szych ognlem Iwoj miioSci, odnowi!cs kwieto blizny
Meki Twojoj M cicIo sw. OLGA naszego Elancisaka,
race spraw6 %iaskawie, '&by6my, pzcz ~ast"g' lego i
mollitwy nicsli %awa2e ochomie jar]mo kr@y&a !
aby6mY stall sic godnymi owocdw pokuty, Amen.
In duszo %Hmariycl liram: Ojrzc nasz, ....
IdrowN6 Maryo, Try IgHy WieoIny odpoc1ynek etc.
w Imiq OLGA Syna DuoLa sw. Amen.
20 lkoie|enip %modlltwy, wslYscY roHejdq sig spo.
kojnle do domu,
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-24
V
Obowlqzh Cztonkow ~ oqolnosci.

Kazdy cAonek zdrowy Bractwa sw. Franc1szka
powinien stawic sic bez ~wyjatku:
l.. Ma zgromadzenia roczne, w~zgledem oboru
urzednlkow, kwartalne nadzwYczain e, pod kara
rs cnt.
2. Ma kazdem zgromadzeniu ma sobie obrac
miejsce, ma kt6rem zachowac sic pow>nien spokojnle
az do kolca.
8. Kto ma zgromadzenru zechce movie, prosic
powlnien Prezydenta o g}os, ME wolno mu sic pre-
dzeJ odzywac, al P~rezyGent ma to zezwoli. Otrzy
mawszy pozwolenie, movie powinlen %spokojaie z
szacunkiem da wszystkleh obecnych. Pc ukonczeniu
sweJ mowy, zabiera napowr6t swe miejsce.
f. Cz5onek rozmawlalacy podczas obrad Bractwa,
piaci so cnt. kary.
5. Ktokolwiek ma zgromadzeniu zechcia1by wyzy-
wac Brata swego, o~kazywac sig grubianinem LIB
chec do k}6tn!. tego Prevalent natychm1ast wyklucza
re zgromadzenla. Gdyby dobrowolnie ME chcla}
opusci6 m'ejsca posiedzen1a, wykluczonym zostaje z
Bractwa, traoac wszelNle do nlego prawa.
6. UrzednicY tytu}owan1 bye powlnni wed4ug
urzedu tego, jaki piastuja.
okazuiac Sic krnabrnym, p}aci 25 cnt. kary pc rz
pierwszy, pc raz drugl so cnt., pc raz trzeci IS cnt,
ktora zap}acona bye musl ma n%astepnem posledzenlu.
Jezei zas pc raz trzeci Brat powofany do ~porzadku,
sfuchac ME chce, wyklucza 60 sic ~natychmlast z
Bractwa.
8. Jezell dwoch Brac, razem sig zgtosi o s}owo,
Prezydent daje pierwszehstwo podiug alfabetu.
9. Jezel kto zachoruje, powlnlen uwiadomiG pi-
smlennie 0 ten Dyrektora chorych, podawszy do
k}adnie sw6] adres.
10. Je&eli sic wyda, il Brat jeszcze pc chorobie
ouoleiai "sparcle' z Kasy brackle], poWlnlen nlesfusz-
ME %uzyskane wsparcie %zwr6cic, a iezel sic wzbrania.
wyklucza sic go z Bractwa.
II. Jezeli cz}onek Bractwa sw. Franciszka nalezy
i do innego Bractwa, wolno mu udziaf braG W pocho-
dach i %wsp6lnej komunii sw. W tenn Bractwie, do
kt6rego naprz6d naleza!.
II. Obowiqzklem kazdego Brata z osobna bedzle
starac sic o dobrobyti wzrost cafego Bractwa a szcze-
golnie wiernych wsp61brac1 swoich Polakow oddaiacych
sic obrzyd}emu i hanblacemu na}ogowi piJanstwa,
takowych namawiac do trzezwosc1, azeby SAM siebie
/ szczescla famlljjnego ME rujnowali.
XVII.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-24
Przyczyny aUydazenla 2 Brdctwo.

Kazde Bractwo chcace wzrastaG dobre wydawaG
owoce, kazdego czasu wykluczyc powlnno n1egodnych
cz}onk6w swoich. PrzyczynY. ola kt6rych z Bractwa
wykluczonym oyc MONA, So nastepujace:
l. Jezell pc upfvwie roku okaze sic. re ~przYjety
do Bractwa jz dawniej cierpia} ma jaka chorobe tai
2. Kto W p~rzeciqgu 6 miesiecy ME p}aci przazna-
czonych do kasy Brackle] podatk6w.
3. Kto sic wzbranla pfaciG nan w}ozonej kary.
4. Kto udajac chorobe, wspareie Cd Bractwa przyj-
mule, Tub tez takowe marnotrawi.
S. Kto ma zgromadzeniaeh okazuje sic grubljani-
mem lub sfucbac ME chce Prezydenta.
6. Kto opuszcza paraflalne nabozehstwa, szcze-
g6lnie W nledziele i swieta.
7. Kto ME przysteSuje do wlelkanocnej spowiedzi
i komunil sw.
8. Kto cz}onkiem jest towarzystwa Cd Koscio}a
sw. zakazanego.
9. Kto ME p1aci ma utrzymanle ks. Proposzcza,
szko}y, koscio1a i "a siedzenie W kosclele.
10. Kto dzecl swoich ME posySa do szkoly kato-
liekiej, albo ich wcale ME posy}a do szko}y.
II. Kto dzeci swo]e posY1a do szko}y publicznej
lub luterskle1.
-: Kto SIG rz upije, ma zadanie kazdego z
cz}onkow wykluczonym bye moze-
10. Jezeli sic komu udowodni, re parafa lub po-
jed ynczych Jej czfonk6w burzyt przeclw m,ejscowemu
ks. proboszczowl Tub Bractwu, natychmiast z Bractwa
wykluczonym bye pow1nien.
II. Jezeli Prezydent nakazuje komu, zeby mlejsce
zgromadzenla opuscl} a tego ME uczynl.
ARTYKUH XVIII.
Porzqdek no zgromadzeniach.
1. Prezydent dale znak dz~onkiem ma rozpocze-
ce obrad, wtenczas wszyscY uklekna, a Prezydent
%zrobiwszy znak Krzyza sw. odczyta nastepulaca mo-
dlltwe:
M6dlmy sic!
Boze! xt6rys serca wiernych Twoich Ducha sw.
oswleceniem nauczy}, daj nam W lynne Duchu dobrze
rozumiec, poznac rzeczy zbawienne z Jego pociechy
zawsze sic wesellc. Pzez Pana Naszego Jezusa Chrys-
Tulsa. Amen. 800. Ojcze nasz 49,. Zdrowas Marya $50.
Chwa4a OJcu etc. -.
2. Sekretarz /. przeczyta nazwlska w~szystkich
urzednlk6w %maiacych bye przytomuYmi ma zgroma-
dZeniu.
3. Sekretarz |. przeczyta protok6} 2 ostatniego
pusiedzenla.
4. sokretarz II. prxeczyta kary Bracl "a przesta-
picnic ustaw, kt6re sig wplaci do kasy.
5. Prevalent %zapytuje SIC, czy sic osw1adczy} ia
XII cz4onek nowy wzgledem ~przyjecia do Brurtwa ! cy
godzen jest ~przyjecia?
6. ~Sprawozdanie komitetu ola chorvch.
7. Obrady zwyczajne lub nadzwyc jne.
s. Odczytanie przez Prezydenta nazwisk wszyst.
klch cz}onk6w Bractwa pobor miesleczne] wplaty do
kasy przez Kasyera.
8. sekretarz II. wywo}uje nazwiska wszystkicl
~majacych place kare, kt6ra odbierze odda kasycrow1
Ia pokwitowaniem, zarazem zbierze sk}adke ma ME
slccznq msz4 sw.
10. Zakohczenie modlltw4 nastepujacq, ktorq Cd
czvta P~rezydcnt:
w lmie OLGA etc.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-24
LEKA RsT W O

E K A r s T w o
MA
Ma CO lem swiecie lest tylko
iedno lekarstwo. DR.. Heinego
zlOty specyfik (Dr. Heines
Golden Specifik).
Moze bye danem W ili&ance
kawy Tub herbaty, bez wiedsy 80.
&ywajacego, a sprowadza kuraoya
szybka, i trwaia, zar6wno ozy pa
event Jest umiarkowanym pijakiem,
czy nafogowym opojem. Tysiace
opoj6w zostaio w~yloczonvch O.
tym speoyfkle m W swojej
kawie bez ich wiedzy, a dzisia-
oni moga sic p~owstrzymad cd pa
lonych trunkow z wfasnej wolf
Zayzwanie tego lekastwa ME wv.
woiuje zadnego szkodl,wego skut-
ku. Ia ~wyieczenie sic reczy. Zg}oi-
Gle sic po cyrkularze bliAsse
szczeg6ly. Adresowad W ~zaufania~
GOLDEN SPECIFIC GO.
Ra Street. Cincinnati o.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-24
XIV.
Oloapiu2hii OdEmierneQO.

OOOlUVZh5 OUsU7t7HtyV'
1. OdHWlcrncgo pr%eHnacZh ~lreHyddnt ma kaZdenl
kwortalncm zgromndHouu podiug aliabetu.
2. OhowIQ2kiem lego Jest otwIera6 %amykad
drzwi mlelsca p~oslelaei pllnowad, a&eby mkt me
wszedI opr6cz czonk0w Bractwa.
3, Nh kaadem Hgromad&enu prHytomnym byd
4, w n,cdopiInowanie obowiqlkdw pfaoi 80 Ont,
kary,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19
NATIONAL FINANCE.

S nator Pfeffer in a recent address
in Washington denounced the policy
of the Treasury Department in oc-
casionally intervening to- relieve the
stringeney of the market as wrong
in principle and an injustice to Kan
sas and the West. He wanted the
stringency relieved, not by anticipa-
ting the payment on bonds or By
purchasing the peoples indebted
ness at a premium, but by the issue
OF more money. He favored the i'm
mediate issue of $500, 600, 600 in 81
treasury notes. This sum, or SO
much thereof as was necessary, he
would loan out, 10 per cent of each
loan to be paid each year, 9 per cent
to be applied to the extinction of
the principal Indebtedness and 1 per
cent covering the interest. In that
way he believed it possible to re-
deem every mortgaged home in the
land within period of fifteen
years,
Ex-Congressman Warner attempt
ed to get at the Kansas Senator's
meaning little more clearly by
putting a few questions to him. To
these Pfeffer replied that Gen.
Warner and himself argued upon
separated premises, the questions
being based upon the monetary sys-
tenn, which made money the stand
ard of value as well as the medium
of exchange. His own system eli
minated from money not only the
element of intrinsic value but the
power to limit or control the value
of things of use. He continued
speaking in this strain for over an
hour, and as one of his auditors re-
marked. eff the people of Kansas
are not proud of their new Senator
nov they never viii be-"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19
STATE NEWS.

"A mad dog was killed at Mar
shall Thursday.
Snow fell nearly all day at Shel
man Thursday.
The smallpox excitement il
Southwest Texas has subsidized
The tender vegetation has been
injured by frost at Floresville.
Another one of the Edwards
heirs has been found at Albany.
The prospect for wheat in Har-
deman county still remains bright.
"A reunion of the blue and the
gray at the Worlds Fair is proposed.
The grand jury recently in ses-
sion in Columbus found So true
bills.
A great many cattle are dying
in and around Haskell county owing
to the cold spell.
Santos Lopez Las been jailed at
San Antonio for smuggling horses
across the Rio Grande.
There were fifty chattel mort
cages filed with the County Clerk
at Waco in one day recently.
But Spencer, of Uvalde, has
been arrested charged with the mis-
appropriation of public funds.
Ernest Linnert, farmer living
near La Grange committed suicide
Thursday by shooting himself.
Memorial services of the five
deceased members of the last Legis-
lature were held in the House Fri
day.
Tom Deskin has been arrested
on three charges of the theft of
horses IN Karnes county. He gave
bond.
The dummy line from Waco to
Alta Vista is completed, and trains
will begin running the latter part
Of this week.
Pat Dryer, bridge carpenter
whose home is in Sherman has been
since February 25th and
,oul play is suspected.
The examining trial of Albert
Cress, charged with the shooting of
4. D Walden, came up before JUS
ice Seymour at Salado.
The Missouri, Kansas and
Texas is erecting extensive shops at
1reenville, which when completed
will give employment to 800 men. 4
"A dispatch from Gainesville I
avs that an officer was there Tues
lay hunting for a young white
7oman who run away from her home 6
q Greenville last Sunday for the
of following young negro
IAN to Guthrie, o. T. She was not {
'orth hunting. i
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

AT the beginning of the present
session Of the Colorado Legislature
the House of Representatives cleo
ted Mr.. Hanna its Speaker. Mr.
Hanna was continued ia that posi-
ton only for q week, when the
House changed its mind in regard
to him, or grew tired of him; and,
then, by majority vote, it declared
the Speakership vacant, and elected
another Speaker, Jesse White, to
the chair. The supreme court of
the state has just decided that they
had the right to do this. The &C.
ton is noted for the reason that it
is without precedent.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

The cold weather is driving the
negroes out of Oklahoma and they
are coming south by the scores.
They are the immigrants that Nc
Cabe imported into Oklahoma from
Arkansas and Texas to starve. They
are very indignant and claim that
their friends who are going to tough
it out in Oklahoma are going to call
on McCabe for assistance to keep
them through the winter. A mob
of cold and hungry negroes are des-
perate enough to do almost anything
and as their violence is directed to
McCsbe and his clique there will not
be many white people interest them
selves in in it. The above are the
sentiments of all the negroes your
correspondent has conversed with
on the subject.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

SIX Of the prisoners in the Hen
Messy case at New Orleans were
discharged and the other three viz
tually discharged. Great dissatis-
faction was manifested at the result,
and q mass meeting called. The
prisoners were remanded to Jail to
answer another charge. -
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

Anthony Golden, charged with
burgiarizing the Fort Worth and
Denver depot, was sent up for two
years.
The Santa Fe has contracted
with Topeka firm for the erection
of a hospital building, 70x140 feet,
at Temple, to be three stories high.
"A jury at Bolton, in the case OF
S. II. Hickey, charged with theft,
after having been out eighteen hours
stood six and" and were dis
charged.
DIR, Samostz, a druggist Of Aus
tin, has been sentenced to two years
in the county jail for aggravated as
sault and throwing acid upon DR..
Bennett.
ALI Cross has been arrested at
Bolton charged with the attempted
assassination of D. G. Walden, and
was granted bond in the sum of
$1,000.
&C. C. Hcoden and Aid Crowder
had difficulty at Commerce, which
resulted in Hooden's being stabbed
near the heart. He will die; Crowder
is IN Jail.
The saloon of Wischan &
Cooper was broken into at DeKalb
Thursday night and robbed of
whisky and what cash there was in
the drawer.
The third hearing, in the case of
James Massey, who killed Nose
Burton, came up before Judge Burke
ut Dallas. The defense is that Bur-
ton was too intimate with Massey's
wife.
Many new farms are being |
opened up in Tom Green county, |
and large crops of cotton are expec-
ted from the irrigated sections. |
Some raised a bale and half last
wear and assert that that is not the
limit.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

Henry WATrERsoN, the bright
brainy, and persistent chaperon of
the "Star eyed goddess of Reform"
thinks David Bennett Hill is done
for; that he will go down in the
Senate Maelstrom overhadowed by
Morgan, Gray, Voorhees,, Butler
and others; shat he will lose con-
troll of the machine and that will be
the end Of him"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

WaITE caps are organizing in Ok
lahoma and trouble is expected be-
tween them and the deluded negroes
who were induced to go there from
all parts of the South. The white
caps want the negroes to leave and
the negroes in defiance say they will
burn the town before they go, if
made to leave. e5s
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

THE members of the board of con.
troll of the Worlds fair have been
considering financial questions fol-
several days, and the result will be
a report recommending a reduction
of salaries and expenses in the sd-
ministrative department of the COM
mission.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

THE general rejoicing all over
Illinois over the election of General
Palmer is an evidence of the fact
that the people heartily'approve the
ratification by the Legislature of the
peoples choice at the polls in the
senatorial matter.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

UNITED STATES SENATOR GEORGE is
pleased with the result of the recent
congress inasmuch as he thinks it
insures the success of the party in
1892.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

A BOY died IN Baltimore who had
been smoking cigaretts and eating
pie, and of course the crusaders
against the use of tobacco lay it all
on the cigarettes, though it may
have been the pie.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19

The National Alliance organ pub
llshed at Washington says the ALI
anee is growing.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19
"rHE FARMER PAYS FOR ALL"

L
People who study the report Of
the commissioner of Agriculture
who keep abreast of the census bull
letins, know how great man the far
mer really is, but it would be news to
many to find how momentous the ag-
ricultural interest of the county are.
There are some who are inclined to
make hurry over sold hay seed" to
put him on the stage as figure OF
fun, to class him as prey for the
bunco steerer, but at this season of
the year, and at the honest at be-
comes apparent that the toiler of the
soil is much more important man
in the commonwealth than is gener-
ally conceded. Just now the Al
lance movement shows that when
these same tillers of the soil pull
themselves together and take hand
in affairs political of the nation, they
are there an important factor. But
in the agricultural reports, though
facts and figures may to some seem
dry it Is unavoidable in singing
peans of praise to the farmer.
Did space and the readers capacity
for figures permit, much that is in
teresting and remarkable might be
said concerning the heavy impor-
lance of agriculture as factor in
commercial movement. It might
be said, for instance, that
according to the report of the com
missioner OF agriculture for the
season 19S9-90, there were, then, on
the farms of this country Is, 663, 294
horses, values at $685., 1914, 1927; 2, 257,-
STA mules, valued at $179,444,481:
Is, 298, 625 mich COWS, valued at
1856, 226, 1916; 35,032,417 oxen and
other cattle, valued at $597, 236, S12;
AZ, 9,079 sheep, valued at $50, $780,
1886; and 50,301, 592 swine, valued at
1921, 1907, 1873. Adding these sums
it is found that the total
of farm animals was 1885,
l52,481, valued at the vast sum of
81, 507, 050,058 It must be under
stood, too, that these figures, vast |
as they are, are, in all probability, |
made up from the various assessors
,oports, and that, if that reports
ire perhaps 30 per cent below the
actual mark.
The vegetable crop for the last
Tear was valued at $49, 100000, the
ruit crop at 100000, beef and veal
1860, 100000, mutton $45,000,000,
milk, butter and cheese, 1917, 000,-
100, poultry 0O,5O0,O00, cotton
eed $4S,000,000, the cotton crop,
or the same year being worth $685.
46, 900, the sugar and molasses
rop $408, 945, 600. Adding all these
cures together we find that the
arm products of the United States
Dr. 1889 80, including stock, reached
he grand total of So, 256, $780,
The San Francisco Argonant from
'hich these figures were culled con- f,
luded a long agricultural report
18th the statement that agriculture
'-day maintains about 209, 900, 900
the Q. S., Europe, Canada and
ustralia, and represents q capital
7 800, 900, 100000.
All these figures and many more
light be instanced to- show the
reatness of the farmer and how true
as the English sign board which
I'd on it four figurers the first a
ng, labeled, ~ rule all'; the second,
priest, with the the legend, 81
'ay for ALL; the third, a soldier,
ith the inscription, 81 fight tor ALL;
I'd lastly, farmer, whose boast
rs, 81 pay for ALL"