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The Forage Wonder.
New MexIcan.


 The American Agriculturist for this month contains an article detailing in full the success which Prof. Paul Wag- ner, of the agricutultural experiment. station at Darmstadt. Germany, has met with in producing valuable for age plant from tue wild pea of Hun gary The New Mexican was the first western newspaper to lay the result of Prof Wagner'S experiments in this direction before it's readers. and it is gratiiied to note the attention the subject is receiving rom American agrieulturists generally.
 AS has been stated this wild pea grows prolificallY in every part of New Mexico ana no doubt the seed pods of this. if gathered when ripe. could be utilized for producing here the samo wonderful article of forage that k en- listing so much attention now in Ger many.
 Among the extraordinary features which Prof. Wagner found this plant Lathyrus Silyestriesl to possess may be noted. in addition to what has al- ready been said of 1t in these colums, the fact that it appears earlier in the spring and remains green later in the fall than alfalfa: possesses much greater nutritiye value than alfalfa: ithriycs on the poorest soil without water; plants a year old send their roots down six feet, and older plants have been seen with thirty feet of root The plant also reproduceS it's self at a remarkable rate, sending up fresh shoots from the crown off the ronts and on plant three years old. the stalks being feet in length. have been counted eighty-seyen stalks Springing from the crown root. These features are certainly sufficient to at- tract a great deal Of attention tethis new forage wonder from the farmers of the arid vest.
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fru,t snlpang.
Arizona RepublIcan-

Considerable attention has been turned of late in the direction of fruit shipping, and the best varieties of grapes and other fruits to grow for this industry Heretofore farmer or so-called fruit grower endeayored to gel in his little vineyard or orchard just as many varieties as possible. That is all very well for our local ped lars, but when it comes 10 fruit ship ping sufficient of each variety must be had if any success is obe obtained. Then the question Is what varieties shall we plant to fill this demand
 California has been in the past and is now conceded to be the grape coun- try Of the United States. and today that industry is far in advance in quantity oyer any other section of the country. But Arizona, Salt River valley. is rapidly coming iO the front,
 in this product particularly Our eli
 mate is much better adapted to their growing and preserving, and our soil
 and atmosphere ripens them from two Go four weeks earlier. For an carly
 grape here. as there, the Sweetwater and seedless are perhaps the best the latter however is more of a home grape and used for home preserving.
 The next grape that ripens and is q shipper is the Lady Downing which is much larger and iuicier than in Cali fornia. and of course comes earlier than them But by far the best ship per of any is the Black Mower grape taat has been ripsning here for the last two weeks. The Black Mower grape also grows better here than in
 the Golden state, and is a better ship per sells better, and will demand q better price than any other grape. and furthermore is sure crop. Vel lington Richins of Mesa, has patch of these grapes, and his vines are loaded, and he says they have not had an oa year since he planted, and wi.l Eraw with less water than any other grapes, The Rose of Peru, the Elm
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rrehI.to.Ie IrrIgalIon ln ArI.ona.

In the July Anthropologlst MT. r w. Hodge gives some interesting notes on this subject, from which we take the following:
 In none of the extensive arch@olcg- ic remains of Southern Arizona are the industry, perseverance and degree of advancement of a large pueblo pop ulation more faithfully illustrated than in the many works of irrigation that abound ill the valleys and on the mountain slopes of this section.
 Judging from the remains of exten- sive ancient works of irrigation many of which may still be seen passing through tracts cultivated today as well as across denscly wooded stretch es considerably beyond the present non-irrigated area, it is safe to say that the principal canals constructed aud used by the ancient inhabitants of the Saiado valley controlled the ir- rigation of at least s5e,0o0 acres. even without considering the economical methods employed by a primitive pco- pie in all it's undertakings.
 The mode of canal construction em- ployed by these paeblo builders was auother indication of their patience and industry, Their canals are mod
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peror and the Flaming ToSay are also geed growers and shippers. L. B. Johnson of Mesa has been engaged in the fruit business this spring, and has shipped over 7,50O pounds of grapes. and has realized from to Y cents per pound, netting him about s2.50 per hundred.
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els for the modern farmer to initiate; yet they could be dug in no conceivA able manner save by the laborious process of hand excavation with stone or wooden implements, the earth be- ing borne away by means of blankets, baskets, or rude filters. Notwsth- standing this, tie outlines of at least a hundred and fifty miles of main ir- rigating ditches may be easily traced. some of which meander southward from the river distance of fourteen miles.
 Unlike ordinary irrigating ditches, these were constructed in such a man ner as to control to some extent the depth of the current as well as to pre- vent waste through seepage. The bed Of the canal was about four feet wide, but the sides broadened in their ascent to within fo IT feet of the bank. where bench, three feet in width. on each side of the canal had been made From these benches the banks continued. broadening until they reached the brinks, which were about thirty feet wide. Thus. main ditch consisted SO to speak, of one watercourse within another: so that if at any time a small current of water only could be supplied al the head gate, owing perhaps to drouth the lower and narrower ditch was doubt less always filled sufficiently to supply the towns beycnd. while during the rainy season the upper and much broader portion of the great canal would readily accommodate all sur pluS waters
 Several years ago when the Nor mons first settled at Mesa City and began the irrigation and cultivation of the fertile plain about them, they utilized this ancient canal bed for q considerable distance, including that portion encireling the knoll of volcan- ic tutl mentioned The writer has been informed by one of the founders of this settlement and builders of the Mesa caral. which is nine miles in length. that the saving to them by using the ancient canal was from s20- 000 to s25, coo
 In tracing the routes once pursued by many of the canals, great depress- ions the sites of ancient reservoirs are observable. The remains Of one of these reservoirs, nearly mile long by about a mile and a half wide, oc- cur on the open plain at the terminus of one of the main canals that formed the source of water supply of Los Mu- ertos. and about three miles south west therefrom. It is possible that this depression was, in part, at least. natural sink. deepened by artificial means to serve more fully the purpos- es of a storage basin of surplus waters from the Los Muertos irrigating sys- tenn. Every cluster of communal structures in Los Muertos was sup piled witha reservoir on a smaller scale than the one just mentioned, a single canal forming both it's inlet and outlet. Sometimes lesser com munal dwelling shared with a neigh boring structure in the water supply from a single storage basin.
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 The telephone is now nsed by deep
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Vuring Tigs.

The California state Board of Hor- tlcalture has just published in pam phlet form, detailed description of the method of preparing figs adopted
 hy George 4, Raymond of Miramontei
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rnrIr DnYINo uNnEn aLAss.


 A Los Angeles correspondent of the San Francisco Call tells of a new device for drying fruit under glass or thin cotton cloth. which he says was originated by C. ]. Calkins, of Los Angeles, who. however. claims no pat ent upon his idea.
 Glass cases about 6xs feet in surface measurement and abont eight inches in depth are provided for the fruit, which Is laid en two trays The trays are placed on rollers in such way that they may be inclined toward the suns rays as the sun changes.
 Mir. Calklns' experiments prove that the glass cases conserve the heat of the sun to a considerable extent and increase It's intensity almost two-fold. When the normal temperature is SO deg. the sun shining on these glass cases increases the interior tempera- ture to so deg And the rate of in- creased interior temperature is cumu- latiye. So that an outside temperature or say 100 deg. would make a tempera- ture Inside the glass of fully OF more than l5o deg
 Though the glass cases are more ey- pensiye than tiic siry mother earth. they are net nearly so expensive as the evaporators Nor do they per- form their work as quickly as the eyaporator can. But the difference in the cost Of the two plants 10 say nothing Of the fuel necessary for the quick work of the eyaporator more than compensates for the slowncss of the glass process.
 And theslowness is only relative Mir. Calkins has proved IL is a far quick CT process than that Of earth-drying, far cleaner far safer aud surer. and very much cheaper than the eyapora- tor process.
 Air. Calkins says his device is par tiealarly adapted to places where the sunshine is intermittent. During the absence of the sun for time at least. the drying process continues under the influences Of tle heat stored up in the glass cases. and the fruit itself is not subjected Co the rayages of worms or to tue influences Of moiS- iurc at night or ncipient showers in the daytime.
 The danger of burning the fruit un- der glass eases when the sun is very hot, k obyiatcd by yeutilators.
 California fruit growers are rapidly coming to the conclusion that if they wish to be ina measure independent of gIutted markets and the rapacity of middlemeu. they must dry their own fruit, and hold ii until adyanta- gcous prices are offered. Hitherto, there has been good deal of trouble about q satisfactory method of drying fruit. Sun-dricd fruit needs great care to pregcnt it's becoming dirty or worm infested during the process, while. as to eyaporators, no perma- nently successful machine has yet been found. The method above de- scribed appears to form satisfactory solution of the diiiieulty. Where growers cannot afford to use glass they might adopt the cotton cloth, which Is almost as effective as glass in storing heat, as any one may dis cover by spending an hour in closed tanf nm n vvarDA simmer day
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The telephone is now nsed by deep water divers, a receiver and transmit ter combined is affixed to the inside of the helmet near the divers ear. By a slight tura of his head he can speak into the phone, and he can helr read fly from it at all times. Its value in deep-sea work for reporting progress orreceiying instructions is clear,
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vehcmence without feeling is raut,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09
WHATEVER ones opinion NAV

WHATEVER ones opinion may be
of some of his political acts, every
one must acknowledge that the
death of James. G. Blaine removes
one of the brainiest statesmen of his
time. Of late years he had differed
so often with his party that it seems
a stretch of the imagination to call
him a Republican. To both of the
leading measures of the present ad-
ministration-the Mckinley tariff
bill and the force bill-he was un-
alterably opposed, and he never
shrank from making his opposition
known; and he is generally credited
with having prevented this Govern
ment making humlliating specta-
Gle of itself by declaring war upon
puny Chilli. 1t was not lis politics,
but his staunch Americanism that
gave to Blaine his fame, fame OF
which the American people, without
regard to political opinions, are
proud.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09

SENATOR C. F. COCHRAN has in
trodueed in the State Senate a bill
providing for the rigid inspection OF
banks and all other financial insti-
tutions doing business in Missouri.
Nearly every state in the Union al
ready has laws regulating banks,
trust companies, building and loan
associations and other corporations.
In st. Louis alone there are $50
building associations and over 20
trust companies, while institutions
large and small of the same kind ex-
ist and are growing up in all parts oi
the state. 1t strikes US that this is a
splendid bill and we think it should
pass unanimously both the House
and Senate. With good financier
as inspector, shareholders in the va
rious institutions referred to through,
out the state would not only feel safer,
but as matter of fact, would be
safer. Senator Cochran is one o1
the most able and industrious men
in the Senate, and carefully considers
all matters coming before that body
The fact that he introduced the bill
is of itself a good reason for Its be-
| ing worthy of passage.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09

We notice from the Shelbina( Mo. }
Democrat whose editor is Chairman
of the Judiciary Committee OF the
National Editorial Association, that
Hon. Owen Scott, of Illinois, has
done some good work in Congress
for the printers of the United States.
An effort is being made by the Post
master-General to repeal what is
known as the Scott law prohibiting
the government from printing re-
turn envelopes free of charge.
That official, referring to the Scott
Law, says: If the government
would furnish envelopes free OF
charge, as some congressman has
proposed, no doubt it would be-
come similarly popular" and hum
dreds of millions would be called
for in year. So law to furnish
any useful article free OF charge
would become popular"
In answer to that, wesay isit pro
per to tax the whole people to furnish
free envelopes to small portion
tax payers7 Is it right for the
Government to interfere with the
private printing business OF the
country in this wayg Because q law
is popular don't always make i
right.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09
AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
Reply to "Citizen" as to the Pun.
ishment Inflicted Upon Smith,
the Rapist.
To the Editor of the Ledger.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, Feb. 4.-"An eye
for an eye" is the language of holy
writ. Two eyes for two eyes is just
as applicable. We should be slow
to Judge lest we might err, and to
Judge properly we must be acquaint-
ed with all the circumstances of the
case judged of and should in all
fairness put ourselves, if possible, in
the position of the actors in any
case. "Citizen" admits that the
hurley negro deserved a horrible
death but that the one received was
"wicked and inhuman. The as
sertion may, on its face, be a true
one but if properly viewed the death
that Smith received was the only
one be deserved. A father may
have had taken from him his child
but under ordinary circumstances
death came to 1t while in a loving
mothers arms or while on its peace
full pillow, surrounded by devoted
friends. 1t is in this sense that we,
as a Christian people, look upon
death as sweet. The stricken father
kumbly bows to the will of his
maker and the broken-heartedC Chris
tian mother sees her child put to
rest with a satisfied belief that the
will.of God has been executed, and in
humble submission the parents and
friends go to their homes saying "all
lis well." There is no Ire in that
fathers heart; the "civilized coun-
try" complaineth not. Death has
come and the will of the ruler of the
universe has been obeyed. But
contrast this instance of every day
life with the death of the 3-year-oId
babe that Smith SO tortuously dealt
with. Innocence IN its whole being,
an emblem of purity in itself, SO
brutally, cruelty and inhumanly
murdered. Citizen says "that he
never read anything SO horrible as
Smiths death and that language is
inadequate to express the horrible,
ness of the affair and that it is inn
possible to conceive of anything
worse" In all fairness l deny the
truth of the assertions. The death
of that innocent babe--mutilated
cut, torn and raped--is an instance
of punishment as far above thai
which Smith received as the Heaven
is above earth. Who can conceive
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09
STOCK FEEDING.
The Farmers are Feeding Out Their
Corn Instead vi Shipping.
From the Laddonia Herald.

From the Laddonia Herald.
The farmers in the vicinity of
I.addonia have ceased shipping their
corn and other feed off the farm as
they used to. 1t is a far better idea.
They put it into beef and pork and
ship. They thus save the manure
and get the speculation on the stock
besides. This portion of Audrain
is becoming one of the most famous
stock feeding sections in northwest
Missouri.
Following are among some of the
feeders:
A. C. Stotler, 100 cattle, 100
hogs.
Chris Marburg, 260 cattle, 2eO
hogs.
A. X. Dick. 100 cattle, 100 hogs.
W. H. and w. B. Lewellen, 100
cattle, $50 hogs.
Joe Gelvin, 80 cattle, 100 hogs.
+ Geo. Ferris, A cattle, so hogs.
]. B. and al. Robertson, A cat
tie, 60 hogs.
joe Able, 200 cattle, 200 hogs.
Frank Friar, 60 cattle, 100 hogs.
R. H. McClintic, 200 cattle.
John Bridges, 81 cattle.
Chris Marburg will begin feeding
1870 more this week.
But of all the feeders, J. r. Shell
beats them all. He shipped 100
Colorado cattle to Chicago and
struck bad marKet. Everybody
advised him to sell. Most any one
else would have sold under the cir
cumstances. But not so with Dick.
He actually traded cattle; traded
his 100 head at So per hundred
weight for 115 yearlings at 81 per
hundred weight, taking his choice
of the lot, and then had the other
fellow knock off 81 per head for the
"cullings" and bought 81 head at
the same rates. He received a third
cash on the first trsde and was thus
free to buy the other 81 head, and
had a handsome balance left. Mr..
Shell now has his 153 yearlings
running in stall; fields near Lad
donia.
In addition there are number of
heavy feeders not reported in this
list, owing to our inability to learn
the number of head they are feed
ing.
J. w. Scoggins, near Farber, is
feeding 100 cattle and 110 hogs.
T. R. Yates has a bunch of lis
cattle and 125 hogs.
Our figures may not be correct in
every particular, but there is no de-
nyIng the fact that more stock is be-
ing fed in this locality this winter
than any previous winter.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09

It's .fying in the face
Of Nature to take the ordinary pill.
Just consider how it acts. There's
too much bulk and hustle, and not
enough real good. And think how
it leaves you when it's all over
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets act
naturally. They help Nature to do
her own work. They cleanse and
renovate, mildly but thoroughly, the
whole system. Regulate it, too.
The help that they give, lasts.
They're purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, the smallest, easiest,
and best to take. Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, In
digestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
arrangements Of the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels are promptly relieved
and permanently cured. One tiny,
sugar coated Pellet for q gentle
laxative three for cathartic.
They're the cheapest pill You can
buy, for they're gndrd,steed TO give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good You
get.
This Is true only Of Dr.. Pierce's
medicines
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09
sEsaT0R VESTS LETTeR.
Except the Force Bill. the Anti.OptIon
Bill Is the Worst Measure Ever In
tr0dHeed In Congress.

correspondence ui the Ledger.
JEFFERSON Cry, Feb. livery
body knew, when the resolution
was put through endorsing the
Anti-Option Bill and instructing
Cockrell and Vest to vote for the
measure, that Senator Vest was
strongly opposed to it.
This morning Mr.. Fogle introduced
resolution declaring that the House
admired Vest and had unlimited
confidence in his integrity and abil-
ity as a statesman.
Davis, of Henry, moved to amend
by inserting the name of Senator
Cockrell, which was accepted by
Fogle. Then Davidson, of Marion,
wanted w. FL. Hatch's pane put in
the resolution. A pretty fight COM
menced. Davidson, from some
cause, opposes Fogle on every hand.
Fogle made strong speech in op-
position to Davidson's amendment.
The senior Senator and MIR. Hatch,
the Speaker said, had not voted
contrary to the will of the House.
After several roll calls on motion to
postpone and to adjourn Davidson's
amendment was adopted and then
came the vote on the resolution as
amended. When the last name on
the roll was called the vote stood:
Ayes "A, noes "a. But before the
Speaker could announce the vote
members began to change and
finally the vote stood: Ayes Al,
noes "a.
When the resolution was: sent up
to be read the following letter from
Senator Vest to Hon. J. G.. Patrick,
member from Jackson county, -ac-
companied 1t and was read in con-
nection with the resolution:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 28,
1S93.--DEAR SIR-I take this oppor-
tunity of expressing my deep regret
that the Democrats of the Missouri
House of Representatives have en-
dorsed the Anti-Option Bill. Ex-
cept the Force Bill, this is the worst
measure that has came before Con-
gress during my service here. The
bill antagonizes the doctrine Of
states rights and violates the Con-
stitution openly and palpably.
1t pretends to be a revenue meas
ure when, in tact, it is only an ex-
ercise OF the police power by Con-
gress in the respective states as to
transactions between the citizens of
those states, and as to commodities
which are not intended to 60 out of
the state.
If Congress has the power to pass
this bill it can exercise every re-
served power given by the Consti-
tuition to the respective state gov
ernments.
| can understand how a Republi-
can could vote for such measure,
bat it is impossible for me to see
how any Democrat can give it his
support. AS for myself, l would not
vote for it under any circumstances
but would rather quit public life
forever. Your Friend,
| G.. G. VEST.
The Democrats feel badly over
the way the thing stands at present
| QUID NUNc.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09

NAT. HUTTON, son of Col. Hutton,
OF this city, who for some time has
been connected with tho Kansas
City T mes, resigned his position
there this week and accepted po-
sition on the staff of the Chicago
Times where he will do special
work. Young Hutton is one of the
brightest young writers in the State
and will make his mark in the jour
nalistic world.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09
Father Dempsey Ill.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo. Feb. 2.-The many
friends Of Rev. Father Dempsey
will note with profound regret the
Illness which units him for duty,
and confines him to his home on
Clark Ave. The straightforward
manliness in all his business rela-
tions, the quiet Christian bearing,
living the religion which he so
patiently teaches, and the gentle yet
strong influence of this priest single
him out to all observers as the faith
full minister of his Lord and Master
Jesus Christ. 1t is sincerely hoped
that his sickness will not as
sumo a serious form but that he will
soon be able to be at his post, and
spared many years to the parish
which holds him in such high es-
TEEN. READER.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-02-09
VEST COMMENDED.
His Attitude Toward the Antt.0ptiOn
Bill FIatteringly IndOrsed.

New YORK, Feb. 2.-The Sun
says editorially this morning of SEN
ator Vests vote on the Anti Option
Bill:
Every Democrat respectfully
salutes George Graham Vest of Mis-
souri,. Contrary to instructions
from the Legislature of his own
state he voted against the Anti-Op-
ton Bill ito preserve his self-re-
spect,' but he did more than that.
He made conspicuous exhibition
of statesman ready to defend
against the attacks of noisy and
demagogic folly crucial principle
of his party and of common reason"