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The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05

tatiot, fertilizers, and soil management
upon the yield of crops. The work ID
based upon analyses by new and ex-
ceedingly sensitive methods, by which
the amount of plant food in the soil
moisture itself, which is the grcnt nu-
tritive solution for the support OF
crops, has been determined, and not
by digesting the soils in acids which at.
tack the inert mineral matter of the
soils.
While the conclusions appear to be
in conflict with the opinions held fol
so many years by agricultural chemists
they are in strict conformity with the
experience of good farmers in all cOun.
tries, and with actual facts which have
long been established by agricultural
chemists. The fertility of the soil is
thus shown to be due to physical
causes which control the supply OF
water and plant food which it con-
tains, as the soil moisture in all cases
appears to be about the same in com.
position and concentration. The fertili-
ty is therefore controlled by physical
cause, and a chemical examination of
a soil can not be expected to indicate
the yield of crop. 1t is believed thai
simple physical method will be de-
vised for determining the relative fer.
tility of soils.
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THE TIDE OF POPULATION.
Promise of Brsghtening
Agricultural Future.

The trend of American popuiatioa TO-
ward the cities is causing much discus.
sion and some alarm in the east. At the
present rate of urban gain the country
districts will be almost depopuiated be-
fore the present century reaches the half
way mark. An idea of the magnitude of
such city attraction is given in figures
lately submitted to the census bureau
relative to New York. In 1880 the pro-
portion of the population of that state
resident in cities was 56.4 per cent. In
1890 the city percentage was g.. 2, and In
1900 1t had reached 1928. At the pres
ent time, therefore, nearly three-fourths
OF dwellers in the Empire state live In
cities. Within less than a generation
the proportion of urban population has
Increased from about one-half to three
fourths of the whole, says the Los An
geles Herald.
1t may be assumed that the tendency
OF population to gravitate toward the cit
les is the same in all the eastern states.
but in varying degree. It does not fol-
low, however, that this crowding toward
the cities will continue until the coun-
try districts are practically deserted.
There Is no reason to doubt that the
natural law Of equilibrium will regulate
the flow of population as 1t regulates the
level of water. The tide of population
is now running strongly from country to
city, but the time must come when the
tide will subside, relatively, and per-
haps recede.
Two primary factors are likely to check
the trend of population toward cities of
the United States. They are rapid
transit and the increase In demand for
country products. The crowding of
eastern cities has already led to such
advances in house rents that decent liv-
Ing on a moderate income Is impossible.
Coming to the relief of the millions thus
situated is the boom of rapid transit.
At the present time person may travel
Is miles from the lower end OF New
York city In various directions, as quick
ly as 1t was possible to reach Central park
dozen years ago. When the under
ground railway system is completed IN
that city, with its suburban connections
much faster time may be made. As q
consequence. New Workers will spread
out over territory within q radius of so
miles from the center. Similar condi-
tions will be seen in other cities.
AS the population Of the United States
is increasing at the enormous rate of q
double In about span Of a generation,
the future Of agriculture must brighten
by reason of the increasing demand for
farm products. The farmers life will
be easier and HIS labor will yield better
returns. AS consequence the young
men of the country districts will frd II
advantageous to stick to country life
rather than to risk the vicissitudes of life
in the cities.
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Best Men For Farm work.

The best men for farm work-those
who have been raised on farms and
understand the wOrk-have most OF
them gone to the towns and cities, and
the boys as they grow up are going. A
farmer who raised three strapping big
boys, all now in cities, said to me that
he would have to quit farming because
he was unable to obtain any satisfac-
tory help. One of his boys said few
days ago: 81 wouldn't live on farm
and work like father does if l had
to peddle papers for a living. He used
to make US boys hump when we were
at home, and then we couldn't do the
work to suit him. I'm glad I'm out Of
IT," Rural free delivery and the tele-
phone will not stop the exodus of boys
from the farm while the late-and-early,
push-to-the-limit methods prevail. The
city laborer knows that the minute the
whistle blows his days work Is done.
The boy on the farm and the hand on
the farm know that they must work
as long as the sun shines, then do q
lot of wearisome chores when they go
home. IL do not consider the work
hard" said a spirited young farm
hand, "but they keep us in the field too
long. We get out early, and then are
not expected in until sunset. Riding a
plow or cultivator is not hard work.
but twelve to fourteen hours of 1t q
day is monotonous and wearisomc." 1t
is not possible to work regular" ho":s
in harvest, haying-time and when
rains interfere much with seeding, and
the boys are well aware OF this, but
il is not difficult to SO manage that the
rush and hustle will not last the en-
tire season. Farm life is not monoton-
Gus unless it is made so. II is not
weari5ome unless made so. II should
be the most attractive life one can live,
and can be made SO. 1t should be at
:ractive to the boys AMI hired men,
and it can be made so. 1t is not lone
some" on the farm to any person with
normal brain and open eyes. 1t is
lonesome only to the rattlepate who is
everlastingly and eternally hankering
for company" and wanting to be in
a crowd Of some kind or other.-Mr.
Grundy, in Farm and Fireside.
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On Oct. 10th the Kansas City Southern
Ry. Port Arthur Route( will run cheap
excursion from Kansas City and all stations
in Missouri and Kansas to Lake Charles
Shreveport, Beaumont and Port Arthur.
The rate for the round trip will be SIS,
limited to n days from date Of sale, good
to stop over on going. trip at all points. en-
route, provided final destination is reached
inside of Is days from date of sale. This
exceptionally low rate, together with lib
eral stopover privileges allowed, should in
sure a great crowd, especially in view of the
fact that this Is the most delightful season Of
the year to visit the Southland. Similar low
rates will probably be placed in effect from
points north and east Of Kansas City: Ask
your ticket agent.
Every effort will be made by the Company
to secure the safety and comfort of its pa
trone. All inquiries relative to desirable
locations to visit or other information win be
cheerfully furnished. Address either S. G.
Warner, G. P. & T. A., F. Il. Roesler, 7. p.
4 ]. A. or j. Il. Morris, 7. P. A., Kansas
City, Mo.
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OoSoRCH aao1 SsoSAoo - S1V.<e
The man who wishes to locate in the
Southwest this fall has little excuse for
staying at home, 90 far a. railroad rates
are concerned. The Santa Fe announces
very low one-way second-class rates to Cal
ifornia-$33 from Chicago, $25 from Kan
sas City, SEQ from st. Louis, and proper
tomato reductions from the East generally.
These tickets are on sale every day, unit!
November 30. They are being availed OF
BY those wishing to settle in the San
fornia, likewise Arizona passengers. The
same line also offers a rate of about hall
the Southwest generally, the first and third
Tuesdays of each month; the last semi
monthly excursion filled every available
car. On October 20 a special bargain-coun-
ter round-trip home seekers rate is adver-
tised for $50 from Chicago, and SIS from
kansas City to central and eastern Texas
and to Oklahoma. also $ higher to Pecos
Valley, of New Mexico.
The mere sightseer will be more inter.
ested in the excursions to Los Angeles and
San Francisco that are booked ON the
Santa Fe the latter part of October, ac-
count American Bankers Association. The
rate then, out and back, will be $62 sc
from Chicago, $50 from Kansas City,
and similarly reduced from other points
Anyone may 60 who has the price in his
pocketbook. Special parties will take in
the Grand Canyon Of Arizona, on the
way, and will be personally escorted
Those wishing to try an ocean voyage can
extend their trip by Oceanic line steam
er from San Francisco to Hawaii and en-
Joy weeks outing in the isles of peace
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HERE AND THERE.

In scientific forestry the young
trees are thinned out, the underbrush
removed, and every means possible
taken to give air and sunlight to the
growing tree.
II you value the wool product an
even condition must be kept up. Sheep
starved in the winter will have weak
spots in their vol next spring.
-Sugar-cane grows nicely in Mis-
souri, lowlands. Some negro farmers
show fine experiment patches this sea-
son. Some day the juicy cane-stalk
may be offered as a market delicacy.
Handle the sheep reasonably often.
No one can tell by looking at sheep
whether it is poor or fat. 1t may look
plump and seem fat and yet be little
more than q skeleton.
With better schools, telephone
connection and free rural mail delivery
the tide flowing into the cities from
the country ought to be reversed. Moth
ing can compare with country life ii it
can be lived in comfort.
One of the best rations to keep tho
lambs growing when pastures get short,
js a mixture of equal parts of bran and
ground oats, TO which is added one
tenth oilmeal.
Many midland farmers have mi
grated to the gulf coast to grow rice.
Success has not been, nor viii be, in
variable. 1t is evident the majority
of the rice growers must combine 9TH
ar agricultural pursuits in order to
thrive.
in Ecuador, South America. the
days and nights are of uniformity, IL
hours. The temperature, the year
round. is about 80 degrees. This tenn
perature suits the potato, and. as a
result. the finest sweet potatoes of the
world are grown there.
Mr.. Jim Bailey, a prominent farm
er in south Georgia, had great success
raising hogs and lost none by chol-
era. He accounted for this freedom
from cholera by saying that he always
fed his hogs on top of pile of saw
dust, and thought the turpentine Pre-
vented the disease. {?
-Macaroni wheat, of the variety
known as the Wild Goose and import
ed varieties, has this year produced a
very fine crop in Texas and the Da-
kotas. This is well, since the imports
Of macaroni, yermicelli, ETC., during
the II months ending with June, 1905,
were valued ct the respectable figure
Of tl.17l,s22.
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Still Another Case.

Franksville, Wis, Oct. l2th.-Many re
markable cures have been reported from al
over the country but there is one right hers
in Franksville which is certainly worth pub
fishing, and which has not as yet been giver
to the public.
Mrs. Louis Markison of this place had beer
. sick woman for quite long time and could
not find anything to give her any help. Sh<
.uffered all the painful symptoms Of, what
is generally known as female weakness
Every woman who reads her story will under
stand these distressing conditions which
:ombine to make the livey Of many womel
one long burden of weakness and suffering
Mrs. Marhson chanced one day to heal
of new remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills
that was said to be a splendid medicine fol
women's weakness. She determined to tr,
some and soon found herself getting better
She kept on with the pills and was cured
Speaking of her case Mrs. Mafkison saye:--
II can and do praise Dodd's Kidney Pill
as remedy for female weakness. They ar,
the best medicine have ever known, an(
have done me great deal Of good"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05
FARMER ANDPLANT
RAISE MORE HOGS.
More Hogs Than He II DO.
ing Mt Present.

American farmers should raise more
hogs than they are raising at present.
The great deficiency in swine in the
United States is not condition oalcu-
lated to be for the good of the people.
With increased population there should
be marked increase IN the number of
swine raised In the past the hog has
been one of the great sources of cheap
meat. This cheap meat has been
found In the homes of the poor as well
as the rich. Moreover it has been a
staple article of diet on the farm.
Much as 1t has been maligned, it has
Deen a healthful and nutritious food.
Instead of hogs increasing with the
population there has been a decrease.
The result has been high prices, to the
detriment of the consumer and indi-
rectly to the producer. The consumer
is feeling the deficiency now and the
producer will feel it later, when we
nave a financial depression. for the
reason that the farmer Is dependent on
the prosperity of the cities for his own
prosperity, as well as vice versa. What
ever affects one class of citizens will
affect other classes The limited sup
ply of hogs has lessened the demand for
labor In handling them. This Is not
felt at this time, for the reason that
commerce in using all the labor 1t can
get. But In the time to come 1t viii
make a great difference to all of us
whether there is large or small vol
ume of hogs to handle. Increase the
supply of hogs so per cent. and we in
crease the labor demands for handling
them. In time Of depression this will
mean employment for thousands who
would otherwise be idle.
Let no man think that there is as
much profit to a community in supply
ing small quantity of products at a
high price as in supplying a large
quantity of products at a comparative
ly low price. A large volume of all
things means prosperity. Money is not
wealth, but only a means of exchang-
Ing wealth. Famine means poverty
and distress, no matter how high the
trices may be. An agricultural COM
uuuity DcCOueS TlCu ny TcdSQu VI Iuc
very large volume of products 1t can
turn out. Many money panic has
been stayed by bounteous crops, and
many a money panic has been aggre-
vated by poor crops.
1t is patriotic duty farmers owe the
nation to keep up the meat supply. 1t
will be pity If the time comes when
the farmer and his family can not af-
ford to eat of the meats they produce,
as is said even now to be the case in
some parts of the world. The hog is
capable of a great rate of increase
Two litters year make it possible to
turn famine into abundance within q
single season. The brood sows should
be given more prominence on the farm
than at the present time. We can not
do too much to increase the swine sup
ply. Instead of 46,OO0,O00 hogs in the
country, as shown by the January re-
port of the department Of agriculture,
we should now have over 70,000,0O0 to
keep up with the ever increasing popu-
sation.-Midland Farmer.
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OUR GREATEST CORN RIVAL.
Argentina Seems Destined to Be-
come Our Greatest Rival In
the Raising Of Corn.

Corn Is king of American crops. It's
yearly value Is much greater than that
of any other. 1t seems also more Sc
cure against rivalry than any other.
Canada, Russia and other lands
compete with us in wheat. Com
petitors in cotton are growing in many
places at an ominous rate. But the
United States has seemed to have pref
ty nearly a monopoly of corn grow
Ing. In this industry, however, rival
S also arising which may before long
,e developed into great proportions.
That rival is Argentina, country
which for more reasons than one might
well be regarded as the United States
If South America. IT is onl; about
two-fjfths as large rs the United States,
and has only one-fifteenth its popu-
lation. But its soil is wondrously fer
tile and its climate genial, aid 1t Is
growing in population and in the arts
of civilization at gratifying pace. Its
product' on of cattle and sheep, OF
hides and wool, of linseed and various
other things is well-knOwn to DO great.
II is to be remarked that it Is also
becoming a great producer Of corn, for
which crop its soil and climate seems
: 10 be particularly well suited. The last
years crop of corn is reported to have
covered 100000 acres, and 10 have
measured 100, 100000 bushels. That is,
If course, very much less than cur 94, =
OOO. 900 acres and 2,523,000,000 bIshels.
Yet approximately 10 the population
Of the country, it is creditable show
ing. Moreover, it is to be observed
that the Argentines get more than
thirty bushels from an acre, AMI get
4 dollar of their currency, or "A cents
gold, bushel for it, making yield
Of $500 an acre, while we, with our
boasted higher civilization. are con-
tent with 27 bushels 10 the acre, which,
1t 40 cents q bushel, means yield OF
only $10.S0 an acre.
There is no occasion to get scared
At the specter of Argentine competi-
lion In the corn market. Yet it Is evil
dent that Argentina is destined before
long to he so considerable a producer
Of that crop as to cut figure In the
markets of the world, and probably to
rank as rival of the United States.-
Hay Trade Journal.
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ADMIRAL SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE-RU-lNA.
say that Mrs. SchIey has taken Pc
'--W S. SCHL LEY---Washin d. c.

The has all opposition and has its
the hearts the people The natural tmdy which
people have felt about giving endorsements remedy
giving Gratitude and desire help others has inspired
thousands of people give public testimonials for Peruna who
heretofore would have consented such publicity.
the annals of medicine has happened that
many of international reputation have been willing
give unqualified and public endorsements proprietary remedy
No of advertising could have accomplished such result
catarrh of whatever
phase body This is why it receives
many notable and unique endorsements
Address The Drug Mfg Co.. Columbus Ohio for free
on
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05

International Live StOck Exposition
Chicago is beginning to consider means for
making the International Live Stock Expo-
sition, to be held this fall, better than any
ever held. Over $33, 900 600 of live stock was
handled at the Union Stock Yards last year,
almost three hundred thousand carloads OF
live stock being received at the Chicago mar
ket during this period. This makes the city
one OF the greatest live stock centers in the
world.
The international Live Stock Exposition
has been an educational agency of the great
est value to those who have visited the show
in recent years from the cattle ranges and
feeding grounds of the west. These sources
of supply are placed within easy reach of the
city by such trunk lines of railway as the
Chicago 4 Northwestern, which brings to
Chicago each year 10000 carloads of live
stock, raised and fed in the territory it
reaches. The people living in this rich agr-
cultural region, tributary to Chicago, are
evincing each year more interest in the bet
terment of their stock. The exhibition at
the Union Stock Yarde during the Interna,
tional Exposition this fall will be one of the
most notable ever seen, and its chief value
will be along educational lines, looking to
the improving of breeds and raising OF
standards, which means just so much more
money in the pockets of the producer.
Full particulars as to the program Of the
International together with announcement
of low railway rates via The North Western
Line Will appear later.
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Pe-ru-na Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio,
Gentlen7en:---"I can cheerfuIIy
ru-na and believe with good effect.

DMIRAL ScHLEY of the foremost notable heroes of the
~ Nineteenth Century. that the
every Spaniard of steady clear head
daunted courage and prompt decision.
Approached by friend recently his opinion asked the
efficacy of Peuna the national caarrh remedy Without
slightest hesitation he gave this remedy his appeared
conversation that Peruna has been used his family
It'll favorte remedy.
endorsements indicate the wonderful hold
Peruna upon minds of the American people.
question that great and famous Admiral Schy
other giving his
his positive conviction that the remedy all that
it's.
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Arrest of a Queen.

The arrest Of queen is an unusual
occurrence. This, however, befell in
italy, where the Italian queen. riding
her bicycle in part of the park al
Monza from which the general public
is excluded. was stopped by a guard
who reprimanded her for trespassine
and demanded her name. Qceen Mar.
garet afterwards sent the man her pho
tograph and ten-franc piece bearing
her effigy. with that of King Humbert,
m Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05
A Monster DeyiIflsh.

devilfish was caught in a fishing
seine near Tampico, Mexico. Ropes
were thrown around the monster, and
by aid of horses it was drawn ashore
It weighed two tons, measured Is fee,
long and II feet wide from the edges
of the pectoral fins, and its mouth was
five feet across. Fancy meeting that
creature!-Golden Days.
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"She's demure-looking little thing
mot at all the style you would pick out
for a successful politician" said the
stranger in the western town.
"Well, you can't always tell about
these demure little things" returned
the new woman. "This one beat us all
out"
"How was that?"
why, while we were all chasing
around looking after appointments she
quietly slipped in and married the
mayor before the rest of US knew what
she was ut."-Chicago Post.
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Money Talks.

~Witness," said the cross-exi mining
lawyer, "are you willing to swear that
the prisoner was smoking . pipe at the
time?"
"No. SIR" replied the witness; 81
never swear. But / nm willing TO bet
you ten dollars to five dollars that he
was."LChicago Evening News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05

Telephone mistakes may have their serious
sides. A man who wanted to communicate
with another named Jones looked in the
directory and then called up a number. Pres
emily came through the receiver a soft fem.
mime "Hello!" and he asked, "who is that!"
This is Mrs. Jones'"
"Have you any idea where your husband
IT,"
He couldn't understand why she rang of
% sharply until he looked in the book again
and discovered that he had called up the
residence of widow.-N. Y. Yorker.
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The steamship Britannia, of the
White Star line, wnich ushercd in the
era of speed ami luxury in ocean travel.
now, after 20 years of service. goes to
the boneyard. She first reduced the
record to below eight days. has never
lost day through accident to her ma
chinsry. and has crossed the Atlantic
$50 times. travelling 20 times the dis
tance around the earth.
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HaItbut from the Pacific Coast.

HnItbut from inc FacIuc COaoG
Considerable quantities of the hall
trt consumed in this market are now
brought from the Pacific coast; the
wholesale fish dealers in this city take
from two to four carloads OF II a week
It comes through from Seattle in re
fyigcrator cars in about ~ days. II
sells at Wholesale at about two cents .
pound less than Atlantic halibut.-N
Y. Sun.
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October 10Th only, the NJ, X. CT. Rywi,l
Indian Territory at rate Of $500 for the
round trip, final limit November 10Th.
Rate Of $500 will also apply from
Cincinnati, 5000 from Chicago. No
one can afford to miss this opportunity of
seeing the great southwestern country in the
fullness of its glory and prosperity. For
further particulars write George Morton,
G. p. 4 T. A., M, X. 4 T. Ry., st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05
Two HleWa.

Dolly 1t was intensely cold last
night. stayed at home.
Molly-I thought it was quite COM
Portable. 1 went sleighins with Jack.
-Ainslie's Magazine.
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statues to viIlier..

The late Mr.. villiers, Of England,
was wont to call himself the most celc-
brated man in that country, for he alonc
had the distinction of having three
statues erected in his honor during his
lifetime.
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A Countess a. a Nurse.

The countess of Wisborg. wife Of
Prince Oscar of Sweden, is at present
In London going through course Of
training as q nurse, in order that she
may help her husband In the mission
ary work he has undertaken In West
Africa.