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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-04-05

Tor this purpose for each county Ln
the United States, that IL, the maxi
mum and minimum yield and the
maximum and minimum price which
may be q ccepted without yerificatiOp,
is the obj ect of all extensive CORE
spondence now being carried on by
the Agricultural Division under the
direction of MIR. l.. q. Powers, Chief
Statistician in charge of that division.
Three simple schedules have been
prepared and printed on different
colored paper in order that they may
be readily distinguished one from an-
other. One of them covers ordinary
garden vegetables, a second covers
fruits, and the third the great staple
field crops. Each asks about the
units of measure employed and the
net price realized, and the two more
Important schedules, those for staple
field products and for vegetables. ask
for the highest and lowest yield of
each crop per acre. These schedules
are being mailed to prominent
farmers all over the country and in
many instances returns have already
been received. When the returns
have been received and tabulated,
scheme will be made from them of
what is TO be accepted as correct in
each case and what is to be probed
farther. The only aim of the office is
to get what was really the intention
of the farmer in answering the ques-
tions. If the presumption is strongly
against his meaning what the sched-
ule says, the Office will try to learn
by correspondence from the Super
visor, or the EnuInerator, or the
farmer himself what the real facts
were.
If the farming public will continue
TO cooperate with the heartiness al
ready displayed, this effort will result
in a more trustworthy census of
farms than has ever been taken.
Farmers. as class, are less able to
cooperate than the representative of
any other great industry. Hence the
the Census Office can do more for
them than it can for centralized lines
Of business, which can and do make
their own investigations, and it will
do its best to present a full and ac-
curate photograph of this leading oc-
cupation. The Director of the Cen
sus urges every one interested to aid
the work.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-04-05

Free trade England has q wall
paper trust capitalized at $3O,OO0,000
and embracing practically every
manufacturer of wall paper in the
United Kingdom. Didn't some body
cay the "tariff is the mother of trusts ~
In England free trade seems to be q
good enough father of that sort of
iniquity.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-04-05
The Census Office.

TO build up great Office like the
Census Office in fifteen months from
absolutely nothing to ali efficient ma
chine, employing about three thou
SAND men in Washington and about
fifty thousand men elsewhere in the
country, is a difficult task, and entire
success is out Of the question. The
office naturally compares itself with
the stage Of preparation attained at
the same period ten years ago and
tried by this test. it has gained sever
al months on its predecessor. One of
the problems before it is bow to put
in the time thus secured in such q
way as most to benefit the Census.
In the Agricultural Division the
need of time for preliminary work is
perhaps as great as anywhere in the
Census Office. Farmers, as a class,
do not keep their accounts as well as
manufacturers, and the returns from
farmers may occasionally include
serious errors which a trained eye
will at once detect. Hence the farm
schedules must be examined and
such errors corrected before the
tables can be made up from them
with safety. IF e farmer reports
that his land sown TO wheat was ten
acres and the yield four thousand
bushels, it is clear that an Average
yield of four hundred bushels to the
acre is incredible, and must be re-
jected Or corrected in accordance
with the probabilities. Sometimes
the truth can be made ont by an ex-
pert from comparison with entries in
other parts Of the schedules; some
times correspondence must be open
ed to settle the doubt. All this ranks
under the general head Of verifying
the schedules, aud the Agricultural
Division plans to give all the time
possible to the work Of verifying
each Of the millions of farm schedules
To accomplish this in the time al
lowed, the work Of several hundred
clerks will be required. aud they
must have hard and fast rules to
gnide them. For example, they
might be told: When the wheat re-
ports show product of over forty
bushels to the acre, they are suspi-
cious and must be laid aside for al
expert to pass upon. But any such
rules must vary with the section of
the country. A yield of twenty
bushels in one section might be more
questionable than q yield of forty
bushels in another. Hence the divi-
sion must fix in advance what is the
range of reports in each part Of the
country and for each crop that may
be accepted as probable on their face
and not requiring special examina-
ton. To get the limits of probability
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-04-05
Pithy. Pointed and Pertinent.

"A m8u VINO talks all the time can
hardly expect to get reputation for
deep thinking.
Dom Paurs press agents, both in
this country and in Europe, are try
ing hard TO earn their money.
Mr.. Bryan is off on another ten
thousand mile continuous talk fest.
What wonderful lung power that
man has.
The faction fight of the Texas
Populists is quite as important as
that of the District of Columbia
Democrats.
South Dakota is preparing to do
the Senate, and the country, a favor
by retiring Pettigrew, the Filipino
Senator.
The new Carnegie steel combine
will doubtless result in encouraging
the forwarding of applications from
towns in need of public libraries.
= 1t should not be lost sight of that
the sugar and tobacco trusts would
be the largest beneficiaries of free
trade with Porto Rico.
Every resolution calling for infor-
nation that the Democrats have ask
ed Congress to adopt has furnished
an additional reason for the re-elec-
ton of President Mckinley.
Here's q chance Cor the flying
machine man. A responsible Paris
Club offers prize of $4,000 to the
one can who take his machine over q
specified route Of seven miles in
thirty minutes.
AS the nomination will be equivo-
lent to al election, it is not surpris-
lug that there should be numerous
aspirapts for the Republican Vice
Presidential nomipatiou.
The Democrats favor free trade
with Porto Rico, not because of their
love OF the Porto Ricans, but because
they regard it as an entering wedge
to free trade with all the world and
it's consequent reduction Of the pay
of American wage-earners.
Gov. Roosevelt is to be congratu-
lated on the enemies be has made
siuce he became Governor of New
York; they have already made it GER
tain that he will be renominated and
reelected.
Those who are advocating interven-
tion by this government in the South |
African war are, with few possible
actuated by no higher
motive than q desire to embarrass
President Mckinley.
Kentucky Democrats will gain
nothing in the end by their attempts
to distract public attention from
their own rascalities by making sem
sational charges connecting Republic
cans with the killing of Goebel. The
truth is bound to be found out.
The Chief of the U. S. Weather
Bureau has issued al order against
cigarette smoking by the employees.
He seys he has convinced himself by
that cigarette smoker
in not fit tn he truSted with imnOr.
tant work.
The Senate did well in passing the
bill authorizing President Mckinley
to appoint commission to study
Asiatic commercial conditions. Now
let the House do likewise. We al
ready have large Asiatic trade, but
there is more to be had and we want
it.
Hon. A. r. Greeley, VINO has re-
signed the office. of Assistant Com
missioner of Patents to- practice pa
tent law, making speciality Of copy
rights and foreign patents, in WASH
lngton, was recently referred to by a
aud successful patent law
yer as "the ablest aud best equipped
nan that has ever acted and served
"a Commissioner of Patents" The
government lost the services of this
official ::by not paying him
'ufficient salary. The hint. should
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-04-05

Indian Relics Wanted
of f.snlI MlI pay good price for perfect su,oinnens
'a3 stone falics. S-Sos - y,
0n~ WV. 81. JoHHsoN, FonsYrH.
over Taaey County Bank.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-02-22
Glorious News

Comes from DR.. DIR. d. 3. Careile of
Washita, l. T. He writes: Four bot
lies OF Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terri
BILE sores would break out on her head
and face, and the best doctors could
give no help; but her cure is complete
and her health is excellent This
shows what thousands have proved
that Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. It's the supreme rem
edy for eczema, letter, salt rheum. u1-
GERS, boils and running sores. 1t
stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
expels poisions, helps digestion builds
up the strength. Only SO cents. Sold
by e.. Brauch, Druggist Guaranteed
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-02-22
Truth About the Beers.

The following sensible letter from
r.. Cubbon, son of Mr.. c. H.
pbon, in reply to the arguments
Boer sympathizer; appeared in
Chicago Evening Post OF
/ IS.
IL wish to point out a few absurd
to which John Herbert gave
/ in his last letter Of Jan. IS pub
I'D in these columns.
I'm the first place, he refers to the
n Republic as if it we're an indie
dent nation. This is not so.
he than a century Great Brittan
lowned the land the Beers now
hpy and that to the south Of it.
Beers came and settled the
hern PORTION OF it. They re-
bed here but a little while, and
moved northward, crossing the
Ter Vaal. Seeing England paid
attention to them and their OBJ.
e portion 81 territory they de.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-02-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.


From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. Is, 1900.
Neither excitement nor surprise
accompanied the final vote on the
financial bill in the senate. 1t
was known from the first about
how every Senator would vote
and that the size of the majority
for the bill would depend entirely
upon how many Senators were
present when the vote was taken.
This bill acceutuates the fact
that of late years all the really
important legislation of Congress
is rather the work of conference
committee than of either House
or Senate. In this case, the con-
ference committee will start out
with two bills, the origional bill,
passed by the House, and the
substitute bill, just passed by the
Senate. There is only one abso-
lutte certainty about the sort of
bill that will in the end be agreed
to by the conference committee,
and that is, it will retain TIE
cornerstone of both bills the
gold standard.
While the opposition to the
Nicaragua Canal treaty, because
of its failure to provide for abso-
Lutte American control of the
canal in war as we'll as in peace,
is still quite talkatiye and active,
it is losing, instead of gaining in
the Senate, and the indications
all point to the ratification of the
treaty.
| Although neither of the reel.
procity treaties now before the
Senate has been ratified and there
is no certainty that all of them
will be, 4 new one was signed
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-02-22

clared themselves free and independ.
ent. England, not wishing to lose
this valuable territory, straightway
sent an army oy soldiers to this por-
ton of the country. The mountains
that nearly surround it are impassa
bic except in few places, one of these
being at Majuba Hill. Here they
were ambushed and great many
were massacred. Another large
body of troops was sent to their aid,
but on the way Gladstone stopped
them and forwarded treaty to the
Beers. In this he offered them their
independence, except in one restric-
tion:-They were to have no voice
in international affairs, such as max
Ing of treaties, &c. Also, they were
to give all persons in their domain
equal rights and to hold and sell no
slaves.
The agreements were not kept by
the Roers, as is shown in the follow
ing facts:--
The son of a Boer may vote at
the age of IS. The son OF an out
lander at 80.
"a Roman Catholic can hold no
government position.
"A negro who had formerly been
a slave must wear tag to show his
inferiority to his brother blacks and
the Beers. He is compelled to walk
upon the roadway, not being allowed
on the sidewalks.
As for the English forcing their
language upon them, the Beers
children are not allowed to learn
English at school,
"From 1852 to 1864 they had
twelve years independence. Dur,
ing that period there were three diff
ferent republics in that country, each
trying to cut its neighbor's throat.
They were so utterly devoid of union
and order that they had about II
shillings in their treasury and could
collect no taxes, and no country OF
money lender dared to risk loan to
them. They were nearly destroyed
by the blacks on the border lines
and but for the timely aid of British
troops they would have been totally
annihilated.
"The present war is a rebellion,
not rebellion as justifable as that
of 1916, but like rebellion to that
of 1861.
'In 1916 the colonies were fight
ing against taxation without repre-
sentation. Today the mother coun-
try is defending her noble sons
rights against this same outrage"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-02-22
The Bloodiest Battle.

Did Veterans and all others inter
ed in history will read with inter-
the following facts culled by the
nneapolis Tribune from speech
Gen. Gordon at the unveiling Of
lonument to the confederate SOL
rs who lost their lives at the bat
of Franklin:
The opposing forces in the battle
Fe nearly equal in numbers, ag-
gating about 90, 900 infantry on
III side. But the Confederates
Re the attacking forces and the
erals were entrenched behind de-
ces hastily thrown up in the night.
e fight was a desperate one and
casualties were appalling, espec-
v on the Confederate side.
hong the general and field officers
y were greater in proportion to
nbers engaged than in any other
tie of the civil war. Six general
GERS we're killed, six wounded and
captured making total loss Of
for the Confederates. On that
:, too, 13 regimental commanders
+e killed 3z wounded and nine
tured, while at the close of the
5000 of the rank and file lay
d or disabled on the field. The
eral loss was about one-third that
he Confederates.
bf the Confederate forces engaged
infantry lost 80 per cent. The
in in Stewart corps by divisions,
/: Loring's 20 per cent; Wal
US IS; French's IS. In Cheath-
as corps the loss was: Bates
per cent; Browns 81 /; Cleburn' S
In Loring's corps, Johnson's di
on was the only one OF the corps
was in the battle and in the sec
charge the loss was 81 per cent
sickett's charge at Gettysburg is
In spoken of as one of the bloodi-
Episodes in history. The loss of
kett's division was Fl per cent
lie the Confederate loss at Frank
of the entire infantry engaged
80 per cent or i2 per cent great
lhan Pickett loss. Gen. Gordon
Undoubtedly justified in saying
the battle of Franklin was the
pdiest Of modern times, and even
soing further and expressing a
lDt 'sif in any of the bloody battles
the world from Marathon to
Iterloo, from Waterloo to Bala-
ya and from Balaklava to Gettys-
x there was no more desperate
Ing than was displayed on some
Itionso Of this famous field. !"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-02-22
The latest from South Africa
ito the effect that the Beers are
treating from British territory
eparatory to making a stand on
eir own.

Sioux Falls is to entertain a
|tional political convention on
Z 9th of May. Just think OF
ht, you who can remember the
|esent Queen City as consisting
little else than a row of log
tracks and Charlie Howard's
bre. She is now prepared how
er, to take care of the immense
bwd which will attend the fu-
n-pop convention and nomi-
lie William Jennings Bryan for
tecond and final defeat.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-02-22

tnlS week ana sent TO the Senate.
The new treaty is with Great
Britain and provides for recipro-
CITY with the Island of Trinidad.
one of the British, West Indies
Sugar and asphalt are the princi-
pal products of Trinidad sent to
the U. S., and the asphalt beds of
the island are controlled by an
American concern which has
practically monopoly and has
piled up an enormous fortune by
its sale in the u. S., since 1t came
largely into use as a street paw
ing material,
As regularly as the Legislative.
Executive and Judicial appropri-
alton bill comes before Congress
there is lot of talk to the gall
lerieS about the civil service in
Washington and the large and
growing number Of pages and in
efficient clerks carried on the pay
rolls. This week in the House,
while the bill was under discus
sion, the same old talk was en-
gagged in but there was an addi-
tion in the shape of few breezy
and truthful remarks by Repre-
sentative Hemenway, of Ind. He
told the House--what e. cry per.
son in Washington knows to
be truth--that the reason there
were incompetent clerks in the
government departments was
that whenever the head of de-
partnent attempted to weed out
the incompetents he was bully
ragged by Senators and Repre-
sentatives to stop. He cited one
case in which fourteen Senators
Insisted upon the retention of a
clerk known to be incompetent.
1t is notoriously true that every
department of the government
carries on it's rolls clerks who do
little or nothing to earn the sala-
ries paid them, and il is also no.
torlously true that only those in
competeuts who haye Congress
sionak ''pull" are able to hang on
to government salary for any
length of time.
Senators do not seem in any
hurry about the Quay case. A
caucus of the majority was held
this week, and steering COM
nlittee named to look after the
Legislative programme, but not
word was said about the Quay
case. The present understand
ing is that the Hawaii bill and
| the Porto Rico bill are to have
the right OF way in the Senate
until disposed of. The Porto
Rico bill will be taken up in the
House Mondays
The House committee on inter
state and foreign commerce de-
cided by vote of 8 to S in favor
of the laying of Pacific cable
by private company and the
payment of All annual subsidy for
twenty years by the government
for the use of the cable for gov
ernment messages. There is
likely to be lively fight on this
question on the floor of the
House, as there is a strong senti-
ment IN favor of government
ownership of this cable.
| Representative Levy of N. Y,
has introduced bill providing
for the construction of an 18th
mian canal between the Atlantic
and Pacific which differs RADICAL
lily from all previous bills. It
provides for negotiations between
this government and all mari
time nations, with a view of se-
curing their cooperation and con-
tributions to the cost of the.canal,
each nation to contribute in pro-
portion to its shipping tonnage.
In other words, to make the canal
an international institution.
Exclusiveness is catching.
For long time the Senate resta-
urant has had one dining-room
Evening journal., 1900-12-24
NOVEL NEW CENTURY
EXHIBIT In RICHNOAD

From S. X Mckee, general secretary
OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion, Of Richmond Va, the Evening
Journal IS in receipt of the following.
Richmond, Va. Dec. 20 1900.
"As one of the features OF our new
century events. we propose 10 give an
exhibition OF 1901 calendars. Tho
same will be artistically arranged and
kept on free exhibition from five to ten
days. AS a means of obtaining Calen-
dars from the merchants. manuiactr-
ers and corporations of your city. we
would appreciate it If You Will insert
q local in your paper, calling attention
to the exhibition, and suggesting that
calendars be sent by mail, addressed
Yosng Mems Christian Association,
Sixth and Main streets Richmond, Va.
We trust that this Will not be incon-
slstent with your rules, and that you
will gladly help us and your home In
dustries. as the exhibition will be a
splendid advertisement as well as a
novelty. We are requesting only one
paper in each city to insert this item
of news gratis Calendars should
reach us by December 81"
Evening journal., 1900-12-24
1000 sl9l,865 slO2.80O

Besides the recommendation for
smyrna river a special report for q
new project to cost $4,000 was made.
A special report for a large amount
for a new project was made for Mis-
pilliOn river 1t was expected that the
committee would report faycyably for
the full amount asked for Broadklln
creek since the appropriation was TO
have been used to complete a project
begun. Another surprise was the fail
ure to appropriate for the inland
waterway betwean the two bays VIII
mington Board of Trade members are
naturally disappointed in the failure 10
get anyIning fer the maintenance of
he Christiana harbOr. Senator r. r.
Kenney and Congressman Walter o.
HOffecker worked hard for the appro-
priations. The attorney for the Board
Of Trade also appeared before the COM
mittee and urged the importance OF
the proper maintenance Of the Christi
ana river improvements
One important matter was taken up
however by the River and HarboI
Committee. That was the ordering OF
survey to be made Of the Whining
ton harbOr for a new project. which
will be intended to widen the channel
bulkhead both sides, and maintain the
depth of twenty-one feet in the Chris.
tlana river. This means that another
appropriation may be made for tn,
Wilmington harbor by the next Cen
gress After the survey has been com
/ pleted the estimate OF cost VIII b.
found and the committee then Will b
asked for the amount required
Evening journal., 1900-12-24
WAYFARERS NOTEBOOK
If Read Before Supper il viii Aid Your
Digestion There is Nothing Pit
In Il to Lull You to Sleep
Espsets to live a Hundred Years

During the visit Of the grand jurors
at the Ferris Industrial school on We'd
nesday last Dr. Caleb Harlan made a
short speech. The doctor is still vig-
orous, but is not as active as formerly,
but exercises much care in preserving
himself. He said during his speech
that ne was Sc years old and expected
to live Go be 100 years old Tie said
that when ho has reached that age he
viii ten young people how to live tC
reach the hvc-acure mark Having
become 100 years old, he SAYS be wa
expect 10 live @ quarter more.
Evening journal., 1900-12-24
ferris School Bo,s Skate

Miss Mendinhall. of this city. has
given q pair of skates to each OF The
soventy-one boys in the Ferris Indus
trial School. During the recent cold
snap the boys were permitted 90 enjoy
themselves on the ice pond on the
school farm lt was a treat for the
boys, and their maneuvers were en-
ioyed by the attendants. The gifts
came as q surprise TO the boys and al-
most Immediately aiterWard the iree1e
came, giving them an opportunity to
put the skates 20 use
Evening journal., 1900-12-24
OATAR RH ca NKoT BE CURED

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the dsenso
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional dis
ease, and ia order 90 cure ia Won must
take internal remedies Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally and acts d.
rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Halls Catarrh Cure is not "a Quack medf-
cine IL was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians in this country for years
posed OF the best tonics known. com
bined with the best blood purifiers, act
Ing directly on the mucous surfaces The
perfect combination Of the two ingredi-
ents IS what produces such wonderful re-
suits IN curing Catarrh. Send FOR tesd-
monials free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO. Props, Toledo o
Sold by druggists price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Evening journal., 1900-12-24
WeiI,s Active Canvass

Professor Moses We'll is making an
active canvass for the office Of justice
Of the peace. He wants to succeed
Magistrate Kelley or Magistrate Daley,
and his petition to Governor HUM is
signed by many men prominent in To-
cal political affairs.
Evening journal., 1900-12-24
Recention TO Emnlores

Employees of the Diamond State
Brewery were given a reception On
Saturday evening at the residence Of
Mrs. Joanna StOeckle and Harry j.
Stoeckle, manager Of the brewery. Each
emplOye was presented with a 50 gold
piece and a turkey as a Christmas
present.