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The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Bat,le.hIp Iown.. Flr.. rr,p.

Philadelphia. Nov. 9-The battle
ship Iowa will be sent down the Del
aware river from Cramps shipyard
next Tuesday on her preliminary
builders trial trip. The trial will take
place of the Delaware capes over the
course and is merely for the purpose
Of satisfying the builders of the shin
that her engines and other machinery
are in proper working condition and
capable Of meeting the requirements
Of the government specifications.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Election Rules In Billville.

| kiiY decided that the election Is against you.
| Voters are expected to repair to the polls
.nhy. A prize OF one barrel OF pure Georgla l,i
fno1nshine Is offered to the voter VINO poiis
the most votes before breakfast:
Do not obstruct the polls. When you think
that you have voted sufficiently give some
other American citizen chance while you
are resting yourself. A.,
There are only GOO different tickets in the q,
field. % you ought not to have any great dill
Guilty 90 finding the party you belong to.
The votes will be counted according to the
Billville arithmetic. specially prepared iof
able circumstances, declares that one and
one 10 ten. Each man dispnting It Is favored
with q deed to a cemetery lot.-Atlanta Con
stitubon.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
There Is more Catarrh in this section of

There Is more Catarrh In this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurablc. For a great many
years doctor; pronounced 1t local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly falling to cure with local treatment,
pronounced 1T incurable. Science has proven
cntarrh to be constitutional disease, ana
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j..
Cheney Il Co., Toledo, Ohio, is tine only con-
stitutlonal cure on the market 1t is taken
Internally, In doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
Address, i. j. CHENEY * CO..
Toledo Ohio.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
What the President Says.

III take pleasure in stating that I per-
hally know persons who, once abb
lutely bald, have regained their lost
lir through the use of DANDERINE.
y wife, whose hair was falling out
.,'cAl some cause. has -rocoivad- grant
benefit from it. l heartily commend
Thus writes Edmund
b. Murdaugh, president Of the Terri
torial normal school to the Knowlton
company Of Guthrie, Okla
homa. from whom Danderine can be
obtained for 81 per bottle, If not kept
in stock by local druggists.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
THE NEXT SENATE.
The Gold People Cannot Controa It-fhe
House.


New York, Nov THE development
in the contested congressional helds
have been few, but In one respect, im-
portant; they practically demonstrating
that the gold forces will fail to control
the Senate in the Fifty-fifth Congress,
which control yesterday was deemed
probable. At that time the apparent
division Of the forces was as follows:
Gold Republicans 3s, gold Democrats
S-total 49,
Silver Republicans o. silver Demo
Gratis 90. Populists 9-total A.
Majority for gold, 2.
One Of the gold votes in that table
was credited to North Dakota, but 1t
now appears that the legislature OF
that state will elect a free silver advo-
cate to succeed Senator Hansbrough.
To emphasize the truth Of this fact,
Hansbrough, who made the campaign
as a candidate for senator, has an
nounced his withdrawal from the con-
test. This will make the Senate a tie
between the gold and silver forces, and
should Senator Dubois assertion OF
last spring-that no financial or tariff
legislation should be accomplished that
did not provide for the free coinage OF
silver-remain in force in the next
Congress and there be no individual
changes of attitude on the subject by
senator's there Is but little likelihood
that anything will be uone In that IL
rection for years.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Famine In India.

London, Nov. 9.-The viceroy of In
dia, the Earl Of Elgin, cables there
has been no rain anywhere in the
famine districts during the past week
and test relief works have been op-
ened in all the Madras and Ocean dis
tricts and In parts Of the Bombay Dec
can, as well as in Kamatak, Konkan,
Chappur, etc.
Prices are still rising slowly. About
$1,000 men are already engaged on
the relief works.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
An Important Difference.

To make 1t apparent to thousands.
who think themselves i'll. that they are
not afflicted with any disease. but that
the system simply needs cleansing. Is
to bring comfort home to their hearts.
as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Company only,
and sold by all druggists.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
To lie ConsIdereL,

First Boarder That forger you
were talking about yesterday has been
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
Second Boarder =" That's gloomy
prospect for man."
First Boarder-''Well, I don't know.
They get first-class meals at Thanks
giving and Christmas. s."-Puck.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Glasgow to Ala don Tia. .ation.

1t is announced that, commencing with
January i. 1897, the city OF Glasgow, Scot:
land. will case to levy taxes Of any kind
whatsoever upon its residents The city
authorities have ascertained that from thht
future can be borne by the incomes which
viii be. received from the public. works rs.s
wa rel. works. gas and electric light plants,
\st reel railways sewage farms and other In
Ethutions Of lesser magnitude, all of which
Rre paying large, profits annually 10 tne CITY
Urea aIry.-The Manufacturer.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
The Minnesota Plurality.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Nov. 6.-Charles
A. Pillsbury Of the Republican Advis-
ory committee issued statement this
morning calling attention to the fact
that the Mckinley majority of $4,000 IN
Minnesota was greater in proportion to
its population than any state west of
Pennsylvania, except Wisconsin.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
DON'T Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life lWav,

II you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, be made
well, strong, magnetic. fun OF new life and
vlgor, take No.tO-Iac the wonder worker
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds In ten days. over 100000 cured.
Buy No-ro-Bac from your druggist. who
will guarantee cure. Booklet and sample
mailed free. Ad Sterling temedy Co,
Chicago or New York,
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Result In Missouri.

st. Louis, Nov. 8.-There are yet ten
counties in Missouri to be heard from.
But the indications are that Bryan
will have from 10000 to 65,OOO plural
ity, and Stevens, Democrat, for COVER
nor, from $4,000 to $4,000. 1t is not
thought the complete returns will be
in before next Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Left Desiitutc!

Not Of worldly goods, but Of earthly COM
fort, Is the poor wretch tormented by ma
laria. The fell scourge is. however, shorn Of
Its thong in advance by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters Its only sure preventative and rene
dy. Dyspepsia, bliousness, constipation,
rheumatism, nervousness and kidney COM
plants are also among the bodily afiictions
which this benehcent medicine oyercomes
with certainty. Use 1t Systematically.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
A MEXICAN Courtesy.

Washington. Nov. 1.-THE Mexican
minister has Informed the secretary of
state that American cattlemen will be
permitted to cross into Mexico in
rounding up their herds under the
same conditions as are applied to
Mexican cattlemen by the United
States customs.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
The Glass Eve,

Il suppose" said the man in the yell
low ulster, ''it doesn'. hurt your glass
eye when you get anything in it,"
Does it look as If it would ever be
likely to have pane in it?" responded
the other frigidly. And he gave him
the CLASSY stare.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
What the Average Baby Measures.

An average child measures about nineteen
and half inches at birth. If a boy, and hal
an inch less If girl. A child increases more
rapidly in length the FIRST week than at any
subsequent period and should gain Inch
dnxins the first month of Its Lfe.-Ladies
HsIe Journal
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
mo., E.p,o.l,e sun.tane. knern.

T4,e most explosive substance SO far dis
covered is chloride of nitrogen. which prop
IerIy consists Of three parts of chloride, unit.
ed with one of nitrogen. Its terribly explosive
character, which has 40 far prevented Its ac'
Icurate analysis, Is due to the fact that 1t 4
Ia combination Of one of the most active with
one Of the most inert elements In nature
ISt Louis Republic. a
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Oregop.s Vote.

Portland, Ore, Nov. 6.--Complete re.
turns from every county in Oregon
give Mckinley 46,79-. Bryan 44,262;
McKinley's majority $3.50. Official re-
turns may change these figures
slightly.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

"Dickic, amt 1t queer that little new
babies nllus comes down tn chimneysT'
"Naw they knows that Janitors don't low
'em in fats"
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

A copy of the Companion's Art Calendar
for 1867. which rivals the famous yard OF
Roses'' published by The Companion few
years ago, is given free to every new sub
,criber to The Companion for 1897. To new
subscribers the paper Is also sent free from
uary, 1897. Thus new subscribers will re-
ceive,. free, handsome four-page folding
calendar. Autographed In twelve colors The
Companion free every week to January.
1897, and for a full year to January, 1893.
by sending the publishers $f.75, one year, g
subscription. Illustrated prospectus for 1S9!
free. Address The Youths Companion. 1o3
Columbus avenue, Boston. Mass
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Sold BY druggists, 75c.

pitcher keeps his best coat on in the
office and wears his old coat at home"
Yes, he doesn, want his wife TO know
girls"
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

Snakes and wild animals claim an increas-
Ing number of victims in India. According
to the last yearly. return 3.0i+ persons per-
ished from snake bite. and ., ,0S6 were killed
by wild animals, tigers and wolves being the
chief dangers.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

A great amount of fine celery IL be.
ing raised around Denver.
A coal combine has been organized al
Denver, and the price Of soft coal will
be advanced to 81 per ton.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Did You Ever scean Indianr

Expect not, so send a two-cent stamp 10
the General Passenger Agent Colorado Md
land railroad. Denver, and he will send you
fine colored picture Of one.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

Stockenlooper is sorry that this cam
paign is over" .Whyf" 'Because he can't
continue TO cure his wlfe's insomnia by talk
Ing politics to her."
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

believe Plso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption.-An NJ. Ross
WillinmspOrt. Pa. Nov. II. 1S9j.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Mn. NXin.IoNY,s sootninr sxruI

burlington is not going Into society thl,
winter" "Wby not?' ''He had to sell hIi
dress suit to help out on his election bets"
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

Just try iOc box Of Cascarets, the nnes
liver and bowel REGULATOR ever mnle.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

$50 you think Barbara is In love with Mr..
Fritters?" ''No doubt about 1t; she used to
make fun of his bald head, and now she says
1t is perfectly beautiful"
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

"Uncle Simon, why does all the world love
a lovery" "Becausc they know he will be
spending money as long he can raise n
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

Cascarets stimulate liver. kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken. weaken or gripe.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

for orchidfen tsethng softens III reduces nnam.
nation allays pain wind collie. 25 bottle.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

Leprosy frst appeared on the Hawaiian
ala ntis In 1894. To-day there are about
200 iepers there Of whom 500 are women.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

When bilious or costlve. eat a Cascaret
-andy cathartIc. cure guaranteed. 10c. 8c.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

Celebrating in 1897 its seventy-hrst birthday,
TuE COMPASSION offers its readers many excep-
tionally brilliant features. The two hcmispheres
have been explored in search of attractive matter
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21
81 per Annunl, in advance

and was called the Nancy Hall, but
coming into existence about the time
of the famous ''Nancy Hanks" en-
gine, it soon began to be called after
it. 1t has short vines with heavy
leaves, which cover the ground quick
ly, thereby smothering out the grass.
Testing it side by side with the
bunch yam, the odds are so far in
favor of the Nancy Hanks.
Some fall crops of Irish potatoes
were planted in August from the
seed saved from the spring planting.
They are growing off quite well. A
few early cabbages have been set
out, and plant beds for the later
crop are all up. The onion crop is
up with a good stand, but there is
not much money in Florida raising
onions at IS cents per bushel and
only small crop has been planted.
Celery is being tried in small guam
titles. In some experiments on new
muck it was failure but on well
enriched low pine land it has done
extra well.
S. P. Shepherd.
Palm Springs, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Let Your Light Shine.

While the development of the prac-
tically unlimited resources of Florida
is of great Importance, as these must
constitute the foundation of her
wealth and prosperity, yet is it
equally important that these re-
sources and her many and superior
advantages be made known to the
outside world, in order to induce i'm
migration upon which, rapid growth
and progress must depend.
Agriculture is to a great extent in
the experimental stage, but were the
results already achieved generally
known to the farming element of the
North and West, such a tide of i'm
migration would flood the state as
would speedily convert her waste
places into gardens, fields and groves,
surrounding prosperous and happy
homes.
Could the class referred to under
stand the possibilities of an acre of
ground in this favored climate where
in every period of the perennial sea-
son, sufficient may be grown to sup
ply the wants of man and beast, how
gladly would they bid adieu to eli
mate which compels excessive labor
during the heated term in order to
provide for protracted season of
consumption without production and
seek new homes in a land where con-
tinuous production, gives, to each
season, time for rest and relaxation.
Could Northern tillers of the soil
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, October 21. 1896.

since the first of July, and have a
good coat of vegetable matter to
turn under. We believe in keeping
the land full of humus so that when
commercial fertilizer is applied it
will do twice as much good as
on the bare bleached soils of the
clean culturist. We find that the
beggar weed is ahead of anything
that we have seen to build up the soil
in our groves, and it is a growth that
one can with a good steel plow and
chain cover up entirely out of sight,
which one can not do with the crab
grass. In fact the later is about the
worst growth to plow under that [
ever saw, except conch pea vines.
Our groves are coming on fast
where they have been worked and
fertilized this and last year. In some
next year there will be a good many
to ship. In two more years there
will not be much trace of the freeze
left, in groves well cared for. There
are a few groves in this neighbor-
hood that will be as large as ever in
one more year. Nearly all the bud
ding has been done, and there are
lots of fine buds here, of better vari-
cites. No more sweet Sevilles.
In the meantime, while we are
waiting for our groves to bear again,
we are fast learning to make living
out of the soil. Some growers have
made enough corn to last them a
year and others part of the year.
One man planted five acres in an old
grove, put on $37 90 worth of fertili-
zers, watered it once during the dry
weather and gathered 80 bushels Of
shell corn per acre. All of our grow
ers have saved enough or more than
enough hay to do them. The mower
and hay rake has been kept busy for
some weeks.
When we mention the sweet potato
crop we find that we can not esti-
mate it for quantity or quality. we
all raise the best potato that can be
found and the countryis full of them.
One of my neighbors has two acres
of cowpenned land that will make
enough potatoes for this whole pre-
cinct. I have nine rows 100 feet long
planted the first of May, that [ COM
menced to use from in two months
by grabbing out the big ones and
leaving the small ones to grow, and
have kept the family supplied with
them ever since. The varieties are
the Nancy Hanks and the Provl-
dence. The former is the most pro-
ductive and earliest, is fine yellow
yam, without any pumpkin tiavor'
and the best potato to eat new OF
any. 1t was originated near Orlando
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

For the Florida Agriculturist.
The Vital Defects of the Southern Sandy
Soil.
One year the writer applied about
two tons of fertilizer per acre worth
about $8O.1O and shipped 332 bushels
of Strawberries from a little less
than three acres. Probably thirty or
forty bushels more per acre could
have been picked if the shipping sea-
son had continued. Of that two tons
about 12 per cent-880 pounds-was
potash, worth six cents per pound,
$3.50. That was the amount of pot
ash that went on an acre. The plants
were not as large as they grow on
the strong soils of Louisiana and
around Charlestown, and it would
have been difficult to crowd on to
plants of their size any more berries
than they carried.
One year the writer had charge of
a strawberry field for an ebsentee
who furnished him for the earliest
application nothing but cotton seed
meal. It was applied under protest
and with misgivings but I must ad-
disappointed. The plants made a
beautiful rich dark growth, but it
was not long before they were at
tackled by the fatal ''white-bud' or
dieback. The new leaves came out
very slowly and small wrinkled and
pinched. Hundreds of them were no
larger than ones finger nail. Even
the old leaves formed while the pit
tance of potash lasted, seemed to
shrink and grow smaller.
What was the cause of this? 1t
was not depletion of the soil. 1t was
new land. This was only it's second
crop; it had been copiously enriched
the preceding year with raw ground
bone. 1t seems to me I am fairly en-
titled to the conclusion that the
trouble was the lack of potash.
1t is a common expression among
strawberry growers that cotton
seed meal will do to make plant
growth but that potash must be ap-
piled to make fruit" [ believe even
this use of cotton seed meal is dam
gerous unless it is well supplemented
with potash. Plants require potash
and phosphoric acid in order to make
a full and healthy growth, no less
than the fruit. No doubt most of my
readers have seen the engravings rep
resenting a number of pot plants
grown at Rothamstead in soils con-
tanning different fertilizer constitu-
ents, some with potash omitted, some
soda, some lime, some phosphorlc
acid, etc. The soil containing no pot
ash produced plants not fourth as
large as that composed of all the ele-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21
ments, of plant food, blended in

ments, of plant food, blended in
proper proportions.
The fact that many orange trees,
especially seedlings fruit once in two
years and on alternate years little or
none; and that an application of a
fertilizer strong in sulphate of pot
ash, late in the fall or early in the
winter brings them to regular an
nual bearing, indicates that they
were stinted in their supply of that
element. That such has often been
the case with trees that were nearly
or quite barren every other year has
been demonstrated by several we'll
known growers.
The bridging of ''off years. in ap-
pie orchards in this country and
England, by a free use of potash in
the form of ashes or of sulphate of
potash, is a matter of frequent rec
ord, showing that even soils contain
ing much higher percentage Of pot
ash than that of Florida require an
application of this element.
The growers of corn and cotton
have the same experience, in Florida
as the fruit growers. They have
found that the "white- bud" and Of
ten the rust in these plants can be
cured or prevented only by an appli-
cation of kainit. The only element
in kainit worth mentioning as soil
feeder is potash, and we cannot avoid
the conclusion that this was the
missing food that the plants needed.
White bud is simply poverty, it is a
paleness and yellowness of the
growth, amounting sometimes al
most to whiteness and accompanied
by very stunted condition.
I may be told that there are varie-
ties of trees like the Baldwin apple,
the Kieffer pear and the bitter sweet
orange that will bear every year
whether manured or not. These de-
ciduous fruits may do so for a num-
Der of years in succession in soils
better balanced than the Florida
soils. then break down and become
barren or perish. But in the Florida
soil, which is practically destitute of
potash, even that inveterate bearer,
the bitter sweet orange will not yield
fruit but few years before it must
receive potash in some form or it will
cease bearing. This the writer has
demonstrated in his own experience.
G.. J. Powers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21
Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Orange County Farm Talk.

We are all busy during these beau
tiful October days plowing out the
orange groves and getting them
ready for the winter. We have let
the grass and beggar weed grow
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-09
AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS.


Governments Deteottvss' search for N ost
txpsrt Countsrfeitsr.
New YORK, April 2.-Emanuel Ming.
er was arrested last night and con.
fined in Ludlow street Jail in default
Of ss0.O0O bail. The secret service
agents Of the federal government be.
lieve they have solved the secret of this
mysterious mans life, and at the same
time have = counterfeiter who has
batfed all their efforts for II years II
Is case that has been handed down
by many retiring chief Of the secret
service to his successor 1t was In 1879
that the government detectives first
began hunt for a penman who, by
his painstaking handicraft and ar.
tistic skill, could, with simple
pen, ink and paper, SO success.
fully initiate costly engraved United
States greenback or bank note that
IT defed detection by any except ex.
perts They found traces Of his work
in many parts Of the country, but
every time they thought they had
definite clew he would vanish and
they would be compelled to begin their
chase over again.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-09
BREvlTlES.

The Hannibal 4 St Joseph depot at
Breckenridge, Mo-, was destroyed by
fire.
The entire Kaw Indian reservation
has been leased to Texas cattlemen
for two years
Hon. A. W. Terrell, United States
minister to Turkey, arrived in New
York on the 5th
Near Salina, Kan, Anna Norberg,
aged II, was burned to death while
helping keep prairie fire under con-
troll.
A dispatch from Wichita, Kan, says
Marsh NJ. Murdoch will enter the race
for governor before the republican con.
vention.
Hon. W. j. Bryan, OF Nebraska, and
ex-Gov. Horace Boies, Of Iowa, will
speak for free silver at Kansas City,
Mo-, Wednesday evening, April s.
At Mascoutah, ILL.,, Albert Bocquet,
young man afflicted with rheuma.
tism, deliberately committed suicide
In the presence of his mother.
Adolph L. Meyer, proprietor Of o
Chicago clearinghouse, has been ar
rested on a charge Of poisoning James
Fenton, 60 years old, who has lived
with him for II years.
A. Rozelle, chairman Of the state
peoples party committee Of Missouri
has issued call for the committee TO
meet at Marshall April "a At the same
time there will be meeting Of the
peoples party press committee at the
same place.