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The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-10-23
ANOTHER SURPRISE
For The Little Friends of Mr. Ernest
Embry.

An invitation from Mr.. Ernest
f. Embry to every little boy and
girl in Texarkana, under the age of
ten { inclusive of 10): Dear little
friends; Last fall, I had the pleas
ure of taking a hundred and six of
you to see Prof. Gentry's Dog and
Pony Show, On next Tuesday, Oct.
Oath, Messrs. Norris Bros. trained
animal show, will be here, and it
gives me great pleasure, to invite
every little boy and girl in TeXarka-
ma, Texas and Ark, under the age
of 10 years GO included) to meet at
the Embry Drug Co.'S. drug store
at 200 o'clock p. m. sharp, and
my able chaperones, who are Misses
Mamie Hynson, Cudgie Hynson, CO.
zette Keller, Minnie Talbot, Mable
Talbot, Eva Payne, Maidel Turner
and myself, will meet you and be
prepared to take you to see the
grandest aud greatest congress of
trained and educated animals in
the world. | have purchased six
hundred tickets at the regular
price for children, 50 do not stay at
home, thinking "there will be
enough without me" Assure your
mama's or papa's that you will be
well taken care of and that you will
be returned home safely. Hoping
to see you at the appointed time
and place, l remain your friend,
1O222t ERNEST F. EMBRY.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-10-23
Nick Brauminer,
,HhnnH ll1. l52 WEST BROAD

FRESH POULTRY
Is coming In now every day, fat and ten-
der A fresh spring goose, or duck, or a
tender chicken for roasting, makes a
tempting morsel this clear, cold weather.
II you prefer prime roast Of beef, leg Of
lamb or mutton, steak or chop, we VIII
send you the choicest to be procured, fat,
juicy and tender.
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|0F INTEREST TO FARMERS
Some Notes and Comment on Agricultural
Topics.

great Is upon the two foot thermom-
eter
In view of the influence which tenn
perature has upon the growth Of plants.
the importance Of the fact shown is
apparent. Evidently the irrigator can
Increase the temperature of the soil by
application Of water Of proper tenn
perature. 1t is also evident from cor
responding observations at the shall
lower depths, that the cooling effect
on the soil from evaporation may be
considerable.
But as the application Of water warm
er than the soil will carry heat down
into the soil and raise the tempera-
ture in spite of the cooling effect Of
evaporation, SO an application of cold
er water has the opposite effect and
chills the soil. both by the direct alb
straction of heat and from evapora-
toni. G. Carpenter, Colorado Ex-
pertinent Station.
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That we have stood alone among the
commercial and naval nations in the
neglect of our shipping interests it
would be folly to deny. But the out
look for shipping facilities equal to
the increased and constantly increas-
ing volume Of American trade was
never better than it Is now. The gov
ernment of the United States, looking
forward to a rivalry in foreign trade
with England and Germany. must i'm
prove our shipping laws or be forced
to acknowledge defeat before entering
the race. The Republicans stand
squarely for the projected improve
ments. The Democrats have always
been antagonistic to our shipping and.
like the dog in the manger. they seek
to throw cold water on a Republican
policy that is bound to produce bene-
fetal results If carried into effect
New Orleans Daily Item.
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TumbllnH Muatard.

We illustrate tumbling mustard,
known scientifically as Sisymbrium AL
tissimum. This is one Of the plants
that have already obtained too great
4 foothold in this country for us to
hope to exterminate them. Tumbling
mustard Is called so from the fact that
when it Is ripe 1t breaks of and is
blown along the ground by the wind.
The rounded shape of the plant makes
this characteristic of great value, as to
the propagation and dissemination Of
the plant, as it is said to travel even
faster than the Russian thistle. The
plant was introduced into this coun-
try from Europe previous to 1878, as
1t was first noticed In that year in
Philadelphia. 1t is probable that it had
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been growing in out-of-the-way places
for some years before being noticed.
Since that time it has spread over
much of the country between the two
oceans. 1t bears numerous seeds, the
seed pods containing frequently 100
seeds each. AS the plants are very
numerous on each plant, the number Of
seeds q single plant may bear is almost
beyond calculation. Prof. James Fetch
or Of Canada by careful calculation
came to the conclusion that one plant
with which he came in contact con-
tanned not less than ], SOC, 900 seeds. The
pods are round and long and stand out
almost at right angles to the stem on
which they are borne.
The means of eradication is to plow
under or cut down with a sharp hoe
before the seeds have ripened enough
to grow. This must be early, for seeds
will sprout and grow while yet very
immature. The plant is easily killed
when cut on at the roots, while its
seeds are yet uniformed. A man can
eradicate a large area of it in a single
day. Being an annual. 1t will rot grow
again from the root.
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today is unsurpassed for quality and
excellence. The California raisin crop
for 1897 amounted to 80. .704 900 pounds.
while the gross product for the past
six years, 1892 to 1897 inclusive,
reaches the impressive total of 49S.-
314. 800 pounds.
Under the duty laid by the Dingley
law on raisins, 21z cents per pound,
the American producer has been able
to increase his sales for home con-
sumption until the great bulk Of the
raisins consumed in this country are
now grown in American soil. Under
the lower duty of cent pound i'm
posed BY the Wilson law the imports
in 1S94-95 were about 5000, 900
pounds. against 6.593.S23 pounds for
the fiscal year 1S97-SS under the higher
duty Of the Dingley law. The greater
part Of this reduction in imports Of
raisins has fallen upon Spain, whose
Valencias formerly held the highest
place In the American market. Now,
however, Americans are eating home
grown raisins. which are better in
quality and lower in price than raisins
Of foreign production.
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Protection and Raisins.

An interesting story of tie success
full development of one of those "in-
FAINT industries" which free traders are
so fond Of sneering at is told In con-
nection with the remarkable progress
Of raisin growing in California. The
early experimenters in this line OF
grape culture were ridiculed for their
pains and perseverance, and were told
it was sheer folly to attempt successful
competition with the more favored
districts and the firmly established in
dustries of the old country. Their
faith survived, however, and as a re-
ward of the heroic persistence of this
devoted band of experimenters, the
raisin growers of the Pacific coast are
today in almost undisturbed possession
Of the great home market. They have
won the fight by sheer grit and solely
on the merit of their product, which
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CAUSE OR COINCIDENCE.
Cuxloas lnAlRsreacs ManifesteA RseaEa.
Ing Marine Protective Lsglslakaen.

~AO0e IN SOtN ObO6SVO0s
Cux10as InAl1ereaco MaaifestoA RegaH6.
lag AaEi.s Protective Leglslaf3sA
In its enumeration of the important
measures to come before congress at
the regular winter session, which be-
gan December s. the New York Trib-
une Of December 1 includes legisla-
ton relative to the increase Of the per-
maneat military establishment, the
Nicaragua canal, and the recent terri
torial acquisitions. The Tribune OBJ
serves:
Here, then, we have three important
measures, aside from the regular ap-
preparation bills, one of which must be,
while the other two may be. dealt with
by congress before its expiration, on
March 3, 1899. Several of the general
appropriation bills, notably the Army
bill. ,ne Naval bill and the Fortifica-
tions bill, may, and probably will,
contain new and important provisions
made necessary by the annexation OF
Hawaii and the acquisition of other
new territory since the adjournment OF
congress last summer
Has not the Tribune overlooked one
very important subject OF legislation
that should receive attention at the
closing session of the Fifty-fifth con-
gress? The national Republican plat
form Of 1896, on which the members OF
the present house of representatives
were elected, contains a pledge and a
promise which the American people ex-
pect will be redeemed More than ever,
in view of the extraordinary develop
ments Of the past eight months. do they
expect and require the fulfillment OF
the solemn obligation to provide ade-
Quate legislation for the restoration OF
the American merchant marine.
Therefore, the omission by the Trib-
une Of this subject from its list of i'm
portant measures which should claim
the attention of congress is somewhat
peculiar. But the New York Tribune
is not alone in this popularity. 1t is a
fact that the principal pressure for ma
rine protective legislation comes from
newspapers located at points remote
from the centers of disbursement by
foreign shipping interests of large sums
Of money in the shape of advertising
patronage. Is the silence of that por-
tion of the press more Immediately in
contact with these alien influences
matter of cause or of coincidence?
This question is being asked by many
persons who marvel at the rela-
lively small amount of considera-
tion which the subject of marine legis-
lation receives in the columns OF the
newspapers Of Atlantic seaboard cities
newspapers which in other matters
of doctrine and policy are always rated
as Republican. 1t is, indeed, matter
of wonderment.
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of cour,e Not.

We are not going to increase our re-
ceipts by lowering duties and letting
In a food of foreign goods. There need
be NO doubt on that point. But We
may and should keep in force the val
revenue act until the need of extra
money ceases to press. 1t bears hard
" upon no one. 1t produces the max
imum Of revenue with the minimum
Of hardship and its weight is not felt
at all by the people. Let the war
revenue act stand while our expendi
lures are obliged to be large, and ado
to it, IL necessary, by a trifing tar o.
tea and coffee. As for tariff revision,
neither has Senator Hanna suggested
It nor does any Republican dream oi
It. That Interpretation Of the inter
view is . stupid or vicious blundE.-
Spokane (Wash.) Chronicle.
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Not an Untried Experiment.

After discussing at considerable
length the American Economists re-
cent array of facts as to the enormous
payments by American shippers OF
merchandise to foreign vessel owners,
aggregating $5,40O, 100000 in the last
thirty-six years, the Haverhill (Mass.)
Gazette reaches this sensible conclu-
sion:
Long, long ago should there have
been enacted by congress law under
which it would be possible to build up
the American merchant marine. A
measure like the Elkins bill, which
provides for ten per cent discrimi
mating duty, would do the business.
Why not at least try the experiment."
The policy Of discriminating can
hardly be considered an experiment.
It was the policy adopted by the faith
ers of the republic, the wise, far-seeing
patriots of a hundred years ago, and
under its successful operation Ameri-
can ships carried 90 per cent Of Ameri-
can commerce. 1t was only when this
policy was abandoned for the folly of
maritime reciprocity, craftily devised
by England for our undoing. that
American prestige in the oversee car
rying trade began to disappear. Il
has continued to disappear ever sincte
until from 80 per cent hundred yeara
ago the proportion had dwindled to lit
tie more than per cent in the month
of September. 1898. Surely it IL time
to act.
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This is the magnificent answer Of
the west to the offer BY the Republican
party Of scheme Of protection that
protects all adequately and equally.
This Is its answer to the charge that 1t
was so infected with the cheap money
virus that It would never return to
sound national policy. This is its an
swer to the Democratic claim that the
west had renounced its Republicanism
permanently. And that answer is pro-
claimed at time when 1t means most
for the party and the country: at
time when it saves the house from a
Democratic majority, and restores the
United States senate to Republican con-
troll It is, in all ways, a most happy
event for u.s. It comes at time and
in a manner when it will be most to
our advantage. The west will be re-
stored to its old seat Of honor in the
Republican party. 1t has shown that
1t needs but consideration and fair
treatment to be loyal when others
falter. 1t has proved that it can lay
aside manfully an error and accept its
party gospel from the lips of ma
jority, II only it believes that equal
justice will be done to all and that it is
not to be a sacrifice to older and more
influential sections.
''The west knows now what it owes
to the Republican party. and the Re-
publican party knows what it owes to
the west. There will be, we predict. no
more misunderstanding between them.
and henceforth there will be none more
influential in the national councils of
the party than the representatives OF
that section where the great. decisive
and unexpected victories Of this cam
paisn were won against what appeared
to be overwhelming odds"
The sum of it all is. protection did 1t!
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believe It Is conceded on all hards
that all young pear trees should be eul-
tivated, at any rate, up to the point
where fruiting begins. Here cultiva-
tors differ; some preferring to continue
stirring the soil with the plow or
spade several times during the growing
season while others would SOW to
grass. and top-dress with manure dur
ing the winter, while still some others
would allow the trees to take their
chances without manuring. In tne
opinicn of the writer, good Judgment
would determine q modification OF
these practices according to circum-
stances. the end to be gained being
vieor sufficient to develop strong.
healthy fruit buds. and carry to Cnatur-
ity a fair crop Of fruit without an ex-
cessive stimulation Of wood growth.
which tends to make the tree cast IT.
fruit and become more susceptible to
attacks of the blight. In this. soil and
variety must be considered together.
For instance, a standard Bartlett or
rich or strong soil, II highly cultivated.
is exceedingly liable to blight; on
Door soil. uncultivated, it would not
have yigor sufficient to perfect full
crop Of fruit; per contra, a standard
Seckel would be benefited by generous
cultivation, on a fair soil. and is COM
parative failure or poor soil. even with
moderate cultivation, and completely
so il uncu,.:ivated. Right here. the
seasons too, exert a manifest influence
and present sometimes q nice point b
the anxious eultivator.-W. 81. Caaooll
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Wood Lots.

Throughout a very large portion Of
the United States every farm has GER
tain part of its area under wood, either
planted, as in regions otherwise tree
less, or Of natural growth, says a gov
ernment circular. The value of this
wooded portion, besides affording pro-
lection from the wind. is chiefly for
fuel, fencing and railroad ties, with
some building material and the wood
needed for special uses about the farm.
Without the wood lot a farm very often
would be an improbable investment,
because the farmer could not afford to
buy the wood which now costs him
very little except the labor Of cutting
cases the wood lot keeps the farmer
going. His labor there during the win
ter. when otherwise he would be idle,
makes up for any deficit in the culti-
waited land, and the ready money he re-
ceives from the sale of fuel, ties or
other material, is indispensable to his
comfort and prosperity. In two direc-
tions. then, material and money. the
product Of his wood lot is of high i'm
portance to the farmer. But In the
majority Of cases this part of the farm
is far less useful than it might easily
be made. This is true because the
farmer does not study it's productive
capacity as he does that Of his fields
T.,
it yield as freely as he might, with lit
tie or no additional labor, If he went
about it In the right way.
The Globe-republican., 1899-01-05
LIVE AND DEADISSUES
POLITICAL SURPRISE IN THE
RECENT ELECTIONS.
Uow Republican Control Of Congress
Was Saved by the etrength Of the
TaziR Issue In States Previously We'd
ded to Free Silver.

The potency of the tariff issue in de-
termining the results of the November
elections becomes more and more ap-
parent from a survey of the leading
events of the compaign and of the
marked changes wrought thereby. 1t
was in the middle west and the far
west, in states where the free-silver
craze had been the strongest, that the
battle was fought and won. Party
managers were never before so COM
pietely at fault. They figured that the
east would be found more solid than
ever for the gold standard and that the
west was and would remain unsound
on the money question. They were dia-
metricaiIy wrong in both calculations.
In the eastern states the losses to
sound money and the gains to the free
coinage ranks were SO great as to
wholly reverse the alignment OF parties
in the house of representatives, giving
the control of that body to the Demo-
Gratis, Populists and other Free-Silver-
ties by safe working majority. In the
west, on the contrary, there were enor-
nous gains for Republicanism and
sound money, and by these gains the
control of the house was saved to and
now rests with the Republican party.
What caused this extraordinary re-
versal Of political form in the states Of
the west and far west-in California,
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming,
North and South Dakota, Utah. Colo
RADIO, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri?
Wherefore the gain for sound Repub-
lican doctrines and the loss for Popu-
listic heresies in these twelve states?
Let the question be answered by the
Chronicle, an ably conducted daily
newspaper of Spokane, Wash. No
where in the country has the case been
more plainly or more truthfully stated
than in the following from the paper
Just mentioned:
There is something vastly more i'm
portant to this section than free silver,
even il this were not the delusion that
1t is. That something is a proper pro-
tective tariff. Why was it that the
west was so prostrated that it grasped
at free silver or any other remedy that
even promised a relief? Because Dem
ocratic policy had enacted free wool.
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Influence Of Irrigation on Soil Temper
The control which irrigation gives Of
soil conditions is we'll known by stu
dents of irrigation and is more or less
realized by farmers in the arid regions.
The extent of this influence is, how
ever, not often recognized, and Il 4
rarely that an illustration as clear as
was shown by soil temperature obser-
vations made at the Fort Collins sta
ton during August, 1897, is to be OBJ
tained. In this case our soil ther-
mometers being placed in the grass
plat were so situated, that the irriga-
tion Of the lawn flooded, to depth
Of some inches, the ground where the
instruments were placed, and the irrf-
cation was continued long enough to
saturate the ground underneath. The
temperature at depth of six feet had
been nearly uniform at 81 degrees for
q number Of weeks before the date Of
irrigation on August 18th.
With the application Of the water Il
was noticed that the temperature i'm
mediately rose, reaching temperature
q n degrees almost Immediately after.
The temperature fell almost immedi-
ately after the irrigation, SO that dur
ing the next three days it had fallen
to 64h degrees. On August 18th the
irrigation was repeated. and this time
the effect Of this added to the effect
Of the first was to increase the temper
ature to 75h degrees. The tempera-
tufe dropped rapidly to So degrees. and
then dropped gradually, not again
reaching 81 degrees until October. The
effect Of irrigation on the plat of
ground and its vicinity, was felt for
more than q month.
The effect on the temperature at two
feet and at three fset in depth was
much the same. At the first irrigation
the temperature at two feet was i'm
creased over that At the lower depths.
At the second irrigation the effect on
IL deeD thermometsr vas almost -
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and focks of sheep that cover our
mountains and feed in our valleys were
Q burden rather than a source Of profit.
Because Democratic policy had de-
clared for free lumber, and the mighty
wealth of our boundless forests was
unclaimed and could not be realized.
Because a Democratic policy had made
lead free, and our richest mines lay
idle, since it would not pay to work
them in competition with the cheap
dead brought in from without. These
three items of Democratic free trade
meant depression and ruin to the west.
And that section, In its misery and dis
tress, knew not certainly what was its
disease or what the remedy. but sought
blindly for relief, from free silver or
from anything that might remove the
new conditions and restore the old.
It distrusted both the old parties, and
the Republicans. remembering the
slump to free silver. distrusted it."
After adverting to the fact that in
some of the old tariffs the interests Of
the west had been slaughtered by the
cry for low duties on raw materials"
whereas in the Dingley tariff the bal
ance was held equally and the western
producers of lumber. coal, wool and
lead received fair treatment, the
Chronicle continues:
''Now comes the proof, and these
states, supposed to be devoted to the
worship of cheap money and Populism,
wheel solidly into line. The answer to
q Republican protective tariff, which
for almost the first time does full JUS
tice to the west and gives it its right
full place in the national economy, is
Republican victory In Washington. an
other in Oregon, another in California.
It is the redemption of the Dakotas. It
Is success In Wyoming. 1t is such 4
tremendous gain in Idaho that the state
Is surely Republican at the next cleo
tion. And sll these gains are won not
only without my compromise or con-
eession to the cheap money sentiment.
bot on platforms that declare outright
cor the maintenance of the gold stand
ard and against the free coinage OF sill
vse.
The Globe-republican., 1899-01-05

A New York paper says lit must be a
firm purpose not to dim the luster of
the war heroes that is keeping Mr.
Dingley from pointing out how the re-
suit Of the election is q vindication of
the existing tariff law" Mr.. Dingley
doesn't have to point out" any bene-
fits that accrued from the tariff law.
The people know that protection made
prosperity, and Republican prosperity
made Republican victory certain.-Ta-
coma CWash.) Ledger.
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Evidently the tariff wall around this
country is not so high that exports can
not jump over it. The foreign trade Of
the United States Is now nearly g ,OoO.-
0oO. 900 year. and the increase IN the
volume Of exports was $107. .0o0. 900 dur
ing the past eight months.-Aberdeen
g. d. News.
The Globe-republican., 1899-01-05

Chemistry Of tho Corn KerneL
Bulletin 50 of the Illinois Expert
ment Station treats Of the chemistry of
the corn kernel. In part it says:
BY mechanical means the corn kernel
has been separated into four different
parts. These may be designated (see
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Ian.e.ee OF rore,t..

Before Z convention Of horticul.ur-
lists DR.. J. A. Warder orce said:
While 1t will not be insisted upon
that the general rainfall will be in
cEease9, ~ il 90 generally supposed,
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The writer's investigations have
shown that, while large samples Of
corn Of single variety grown under
uniform conditions are markedly uni
form in composition, single ears from
the same field show vide variations.
The variation in the proximate COM
position of fifty different ears of Burr's
White corn grown from the purest seed
and under very uniform field conditions
was as follows: