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Don't starve the Land.

There is no economy in withholding
manures from the SOIL You cannot
cheat nature There is Just so much
available fertility in the soil and not a
pit more. The plant can only use what
it finds, and if the supply is inadequate
it must go without The farmer must
have rich soil and keep it rich. The
soil is properly an immense storehouse,
and the wise cultivator will see to it
that he has large capital of the nature
of all elements of plant food in his soil.
Buy manures and fertilize by all means
If you do not produce enough, and in
fact few farms are there that produce
all the manure that could be profitably
employed. You must feed the soil right
up to the handle just as surely as you
must feed horse or COW we'll If 1t is
to be of any real use in the world. Men
sow with the vain hope that some luck
will grow the crop. There is no luck
in farming. There is a reason for every
thing. If your crop is poor, the great
chance is that you failed to supply
enough available plant food to push it
along and develop it in good shape.
Better use too much manure than too
little. But there is small danger that
any one will use too much fertilizer.
Many a farmer has economical in the
spring by Withholding fertilizers and
in the fall has read his mistake very
plainly, for he has perhaps saved 81 in
manure and lost 81 on the crop. He
who saves manure in the sense of fail
ing to apply it literally wherever need
ed is penny wise and pound foolish
w. P. Perkins in Farmers Review.
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Purchasing Power OF Silver Has Not De
clIned but Gold Has Appreciated.


Purchasing Power OF Silver Has Not De-
clined but Gold Has Appreciated.
prepared for The American by Col.
E. R. Jefferds, an American Engineer,
now in Shanghai) Gold, in the
for of money, is never seen
in China, neither are gold ingots
in use in trade, but are used for hoard
ing only. Hoarded gold is generally
found in only two forms. One is in
ingots shaped like boat about Sc
inches long, 0S inches wide, and weigh
ing 11.575 OF. Troy weight; the other
is in the form of gold leaf, measuring
about eight inches square and weigh
ing abou thirty grammes. The relative
value of gold to silver was in the be-
ginning of the Ming Dynasty CA. d.
1879, one to four; under the Emperor
Wan Ii Q594 of the same dynasty. one
to seven; at the end of the Ming Dy-
nasty Q635), one to ten; under the
Emperor Kung-hsi Q622) of the pres
ent dynasty, one to twelve; under the
Emperor Kien-lung Q73O, one to TWEEN
ty; in the middle of the reign of Toak-
wang QS40), one to eighteen; at the be-
ginning of the reign of Hunting $3.50,
one to fourteen; in 1882, one to sixteen
TO eighteen, and at present one to thirty.
Gold not being used in China as money
but as commodity. it's only value is
for boarding and ornamental purposes,
thus the people can readily comprehend
that gold has advanced nearly one
hundred per cent since 1882. One ounce
of silver will buy just as much rice
corn. cotton, silk or other commodity,
except gold, as ever it would, but gold
is too high for all but the very richest
people to indulge in. Precisely the
same conditions, as far as values are
concerned, prevail in the United States,
only our people have been bulldOZed
into the belief that all values, except
gold, have gone down, down, while the
value of gold remains stationary.
Mr.. r. E. Bredon, commissioner of
customs, in the Decennial reports OF
the custom house, Shanghi, says: ut
would be impossible in the space at my
disposal to discuss the influences which
tell on the movements and value Of
the precious metals in China, even il,
writing witt only the trade of a single
port before me, am in position which
qualities me to do so. l can only say
that, in the general opinion, tael of
silver buys as much produce as it did
when it had a sterling value" This,
believe, is fair general statement. An
intelligent native says that as regards
| prices. a man who has an income of
one hundred taels year, can now buy
a greater quantity of useful articles
| than he could with the same money ten
years agO.-The American.
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READY FOR ACTION.
Silver Party VIII Now Absorb the Best
Elements of Two Old Parties.

Silver Party VIII Now Absorb the Best
Elements of Two Old Parties.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the American Bimetallic League
was held at the rooms of the league,
Sun building, Washington, D. c., jan
uary 81, 1896, at which, after some dis
cussion pertaining to the union of the
various silver organizations of the
country under one head, and some fur
Their discussion as to recommendations
to be made to the conference to be held
on the 22d instant, it was resolved that
the arrangements between the presi-
dents of this league, the National BIZ
metallic Union and the National Exec
utive Silver Committee, to unite these
and other organizations under one
head for more efficient work in the sill
yer cause under the name of the
American Bimetallic Union" be and
the same is hereby ratified and ap-
proved.
The officers of the united organiza-
tions are: Gen. A. ]. Warner, president;
Hon. R. c. Chambers, first vice-presi-
dent; Hon. II. G. Miller, second vice
d. hlSHl, 6SuCI al oOCi C
tary; Elmer c. Warner, secretary for
Washington, d. c.; Geo. P. Keeney, Sec
rotary for the Pacific coast; Thos. G..
Merrill. general treasurer; Eugene
Davis. treasurer for Washington, D. c.;
Hon. Thos. j. Clunie, treasurer for the
Pacific coast. Executive committee:
A. ]. Warner, Ohio; r. c. Chambers.
Utah. Henry G. Miller, Illinois; j. B.
Grant, Colorado; Joseph Battell, Yer
mont; VIM. NJ. Stewart. Nevada; Mar
ion Butler, North Carolina; Thos. G..
Merrill, Montana; Jas. NJ. Turner, Mich
igan.
Thus the more perfect union" of the
three principal bimetallic organiza-
lions of the country is consummated.
That the American Bimetallic Union"
will be. potential factor in the great
struggle for silver restoration goes
without saying.
The organization as above set forth
could scarcely be improved upon. Not
only is the personel of its officers unex-
ceptionable, but geographically and po-
litically they are about as evenly di-
vided as practicable.
The executive committee consists of
four Democrats, three Republicans and
two Populists. Their names will be
a tower of strength in all parts of the
country.-National Bimetallist.
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A BLOW IN FAVOR OF SILVER.
struck by England, but Evidently with
out Intention.

out Intention.
To the Editor of the Ledger: No more
forcible argument has been made for
the return by this country to bimetal-
lie standard than the threat of the Eng
fish bankers to destroy the credit of
this nation If it persits in the attempt
to maintain national honor. Our Eng
lish masters can we'll afford to press
the cup of humility, filled with the
dregs of dishonor, to the lips of those
who, self-seekingly, have made the
financial affairs of this nation depend
ent upon the whims and policies of the
European bankers. Like sharks they
have followed the ship of state, wait
ing for the storm that, in the distress,
they might fatten and feast.
Here is nation first in resources,
first in the genius of application, first
in native powers, abashed by a coterie
or English Shylocks, who threaten to
visit dire disaster upon it IL the attempt
is made to uphold a long and estab-
llshed national policy; and congress.
yea, the wise % men of the land are
compelled to counsel over the displeas-
ures of this cabal.
Is it not about time for some modern
Monroe to arise and announce a dis
tinctive American policy-one that will
not entangle itself in European greed
or be subservient to the pleasure of
money sharks? In which turks the
more venom, In which lies the greater
danger. England's aggressions on a
South American republic, or English
mastery Of American finances? A Su-
premacy so potent that national esteem.
dignity and honor must tremble in as
serting ITSELF 1t is some comfort In
know that the impotency of the Amer
ican financial system is at last about
to dawn upon the nation, and even to
penetrate the dense fog that has so
+ ling enveloRed the white house. Were
II not for the magnitude, the serious
! ress of the situation, that plaintiye
ez'yy. FOR help by It's blind habitant would
be amusing. oh, Grover. how often
these silver cranks have told you So
bat you would not heed them. But in
the hour of thy distress they will come
TO thee with silver and greenbacks
galore.
God moves in mysterious way-na-
tons are his instruments to work for
the good of humanity Whenever the
strument becomes useless it is cast
aside. The war cloud may be purposed
10 serve that mysterious power that
moves all nations. all time to work for
the manifest destiny of man. is awak-
enng the public conscience of this peo-
PIE from the lethargy. the supineness,
.nhe 30 long has held them in the grasp
Epa' II 90, aud the subtle chains
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mental stage, yet we are not diseou-
aged for the future. We believe that
if the profit to our young trees could
be shown, it would be seen that water
ing them was very profitable.
Q.-How do you irrigate corn?
Ave run the water along the rows
of corn and can thus water about four
acres per day. In watering trees, we
can water about eight to ten acres per
day. The cost of running the engine
and tank is SIS to Sc per day.
Q.-What Is the total cost of plant
like yours with capacity to water twenty
acres?
Ave have machinery to irrigate
eighty acres, and the cost for engine,
pump and pipes would fall between 5000
and $1,000 ordinarily, but we got a
secondhand engine. 81 ,00O-plant
should irrigate about eighty acres.
ON surface irrigation. at what
time of day is 1t best to make the applf-
cation of water?
A.-At any time of day If we could
run our plant all night, we would make
the application during the latter part
of the day.
Professor Tracy would like to say
that 1t is not so much the contour of the
land as it is the character of the soil
that concerns irrigation. Some people
think that because they have a stream
that is in good position for irrigating
therefore they can surely irrigate.
Q.-Is it possible to irrigate from a
two or three-inch well, where you have
to draw the water for seventy feet?
Professor Taft think so, and if
you can't do it with one we'll. drive
three or four and have a reservoir But
that 70-foot lift is rather hard ques-
ton to consider
Professor McCleur.-There is one
place in Illinois where irrigating is be-
ing done, and that is at the insane asy-
lum at Kankakee. They have there one
pump, and they pump water from the
river. They have not done any expert
menting. They got a man from the
West who was perfectly familiar with
the work OF water. 1 happened to be
there this fall, and saw them irrigating
a cabbage field They were running
the water between every two rows,
each row being forty rods long The
water must have been six to eight
inches in depth. They had watered
that field from one to three times, and
they said that was enough They said
in general way that there was no
doubt but that their crop was at least
double that of last year. They used SO
much water each time that the ground
was too soft to walk en- One could not
step on it without sinking down some
distance. The water ran between the
rows, which were rounded up pretty
we'll. They seemed to retain the moist
ure for long time.
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rhs senate Votes for Free Colus


On Saturday last the senate placed
itself on record as being in favor of the
complete restoration of silver to its
former position in the monetary sys-
tenn of the United States. By vote of
AZ to 35 it passed the house bond bill
with an amendment providing for the
free coinage of silver at the ratio OF
Is to 1. There were twelve pairs an
nounced of which, of course, six were
for silver and six against. So the total
vote of the senate on the question is
4S to Al. There are at least eight other
senators who are decidedly friendly to
silver. Their utterances show them
to be standing on the border line, as 1t
were, and that their votes are con-
trolled by other considerations than
the real merits of the ISSUE There are
actually not less than fifty-six silver
men in the senate today, and if Wall
street were to change front on the Ques-
ton, free coinage would have a unani-
nous vote. A dead issue that in the
face of the most strenuous efforts of
hostile administration and all the po-
tential influences that the money
power" can bring to bear. carries the
United States senate by such major
ity, is, to say the least, somewhat
anomalous thing. 1t looks very much
as If the oddities may have to 'kill' it
some more.-Ex.
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Early Vegetables in Chicago.

Already the Chicago market is feel
Ing the influx of fresh vegetables from
the South. Tomatoes are becoming
quite abundant and are quoted at from
$3.50 to SO per crate. Lettuce, carrots.
parsley and the like are in considera-
BILE supply. Strawberries are quoted at
from 20 to so cents per box, and the
dealers experience some trouble in get
ting rid of them. We are thus remind
ed that the communication with the
South, that great early market garden,
is becoming more perfect every year.
But there is one thing that the South
cannot produce and that is late vegeta-
bles. The North will always hold her
place there. Tie early trade from the
South does not cut much of a figure in
comparison with the later market. The
sale of strawberries at half dollar
per box is of necessity limited. In the
first place there are few that can af-
ford to purchase them, and in the Sec
ond place they lack the quality of the
berries picked nearly ripe from the
vines.-Farmers' Review.
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Cost of Handling Ear Corn.

A gentleman from the country says
that the cost of carrying ear corn one
year, or longer, is probably greater
than many figure it, on account of the
shrinkage. For instance, the cost OF
1000 bushels of corn at 81 cents is
$40; interest at per cent for year,
$14.70; expense of crib, $40; cost of the
corn at the end Of one year, S244.70.
But it is estimated that the shrinkage
will amount to 20 per cent, or 200 bush
els; therefore, there will remain but
800 bushels to sell. So $244.70 actually
represents the cost of 500 bushels at the
end of one year, or a fraction over
80 cents bushel, without figuring any
thing for insurance or risk in holding
showing that p cents now is equal to
about 80 cents bushel one year from
now.-Ex.
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Small Cost of Spraying.

During the last year the Delaware
experiment station made some exhaust
i've tests as to the cost of spraying
trees. In using the Bordeaux mix
ture they sprayed the trees six times.
and reckoned in the cost of ma
terials and cost Of labor. and found it
to be two cents per tree per spraying
or Il cents per tree for the season. The
result was that the rot was reduced TO
one-third what it was on the unsprayed
trees. They found also t6St four spray
ings gave about the same results as six
sprayings. and that there was about
twice as much rot with two sprayings
as with four or six. So we see that
four sprayings, or eight cents per tree,
Is all that it really costs. This en-
pkasizes the reasons we have frequent
ly given for spraying
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Michigan horticulture, Convention.


CONDENSED from Farmers Review
Stenographic Report.)
Mr. Williams, of Douglas, continued
his remarks as follows:
In Douglas, my land consists of so
acres, elevated 40 to As feet along the
river. The country is gently rolling.
We did not try to use windmill be-
cause our land is so sandy that an at
tempt to build a reservoir would be a
failure. So we have purchased 10
horse power engine and 600 feet of A.
inch iron pipe. With the assistance of
these we are enabled to irrigate by
bitches. We were at first greatly puz-
zled to know how to get over the raw
ines and bitches in the field. for we
could not be all the time moving that
heavy iron pipe. We finally hit on a
plan to make water run up hill. We
did that by means of big homemade
hose constructed of duck. We put this
duck hose on the end of an iron pipe
and lead the water where we want it.
It is so constructed that we can couple
it quickly. We have about 800 feet of
tAfAS A1Ooc ~ uoCs anu IL dHSWcIS the
purpose very well, but of course viii
not stand much pressure. We have
had little experience in trying this on
bearing fruit trees. We tried it on 400
peach trees. and those trees bore fruit
much more heavily than usual. We
also watered an orchard of cherry and
plum trees with strawberries between
the rows. The strawberry plants were
about ruined when we began the water
ing, but they revived at once. Most of
our irrigating this last year has been
on young growing trees and on common
field crops. such as peas, beans and po-
tatoes. We now have cur machinery
and fields ready to begin operations
the coming year. While we realize that
some Of eur work il yet in tbs sxperi-
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of Shylock are broken, who can say
that Venezuela has not performed well
her allotted part in advancing the
tide of humanity to broader and freer
field? Anything that will break the
bonds of financial slavery that now
holds this country to Europe may be
accounted as divine blessing. Turn
on the dogs. Respectfully,
L. w. Taylor.
In Tacoma CWash) Ledger.
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Best of All

To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, vixen the
Springtime comes. use the true and per-
feet remedy. Syrup Of Figs. One bottle
will answer for all the family and costs
only 80 cents: the large size 81. Buy
the genuine. Manufactured by the Cal
ifornia Fig Syrup Company only. and
ar sale by all druggists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18
WIN Soon Be ON the Run

The bold efforts of the gold press to
belittle the washington convention are
highly indicative of the uneasiness in
the money centers at the rapid growth
Of the American bimetallic sentiment
that thrives on business failures and
bond issues.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

The stuffed calico cats which are
used as tUys are put to l. good purpose
by some of the Maine farmers. They
are placed in trees. and, are said to
scare off predatory bids.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

Detroit can boast of one cigarette
factory, but it does not make the COM
mon, everyday article. 1t manufac-
lures only the finest imported Turk
ish goods
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls ;atarrh Cure
f. ]. CHENEY 6 CO, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known f.
J. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be.
iieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WALDING. ISlNNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
iy. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system Testi-
monials sent free. Price. Zoe per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills, &C.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

Liberia was founded in 1921 as re-
public for emanclpated negroes, yet
after seventy four years of existence
the colony has less than 10000 lnhab-
itantS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

1t is announced that the skin of a
socalled serpent, measuring sixty-four
feet in length, is on exhibition at the
Bombay Zoo.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

The great breakwater at Plymouth,
England, contains exactly the same
quantity of stone a. the great pyra-
MIDI SOC. 900 tons.
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DON'T Be Too Late for the steamer

Don't Be Too Late for the Steamer,
And don't omit when you are packing up
your effects preparatory for the voyage, 10
include among them a supply of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, the great remedy
Tor sea sickness. Travellers for pleasure or
business seeking foreign climes, or who To-
comote by steamboat or train, besides
yachtmen aud mariners testify to the
remedial and preventive efficacy of the
Bitters, which is Incompatible for nausea,
headache, dyspepsia, biiiousness, rheuma-
tlsm, nervous and kidney trouble.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

The foundation of church at San
como, Guatemala, has been snifted
Ieven feet by the growth of two large
white gum trees.
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About hundred families of Poland
ers are on the <vay to Willapa Valley.
Wash. About half of them expect to
settle at nolcomb and the others at
Pe-EH.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

DIR. Elliot Coues, the discoverer of
the ''true source of the Mississ. ppi, "
says that il Is branch inches
across and inches deep
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

He saved a beautiful girl from un-
der the very feet of runaway horse
yesterday" Goodness; They must
have made a hero of him ON the spot?"
No, he got too badly splashedr'-Chi.
cugo Record.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-18

The latest photograph of the Hon. 1.
n. Walker, communicating chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Write to
F. II. Lord, Quincy Building. Chicago.
and you will receive one free.
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1t is reported that cable will soon
be laid between Iceland and the Shet-
land Islands, the northernmost point
of the British telegraph system.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRIcULTURISTS
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cultiva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture. viti,uiture and Fiori-
culture.
HE second talk OF

HE second talk of
DIR. Kedzie was
upon the Simple
Chemistry of the
Farm" Everything
in the earth is made
up of about 65 kinds
of matter, but 80 to
SO per cent of the
mass of organic
matter is composed
nf fnnr nnlu oar