FARMING IX JAPAN.
A BuMinesrt in Which 22,000.000 Men
and Women are Engaged.
From the Chicago Record.
There can be do market for Amer
ican agricultural implements and
machinery in Japan for two very
simple reasons. First, the farms are
not big enough, and, second, labor
is too plenty. If a Japanese farm
er should introduce a modern reap
er and self-binder upon his farm he
would cut down everything in the
way of crops while he was turning
it around, and there wouldn't be
anything left for him and his family
to do all the rest of the season.
Most of the farming implements
are of a primitive character and
many are home-made. Just as the
New England farmer used to whittle
his ax helves before the big log fire
in the winter, so the Japanese farm
er makes his own flails and rakes of
bamboo and the handles for his
hoes, spades and sickles in cold
stormy weather. The iron portion
is fashioned at the nearest black
smith shop. These tools last for a
lifetime, as they are kept with great
care, and are often passed down
from generation to generation.
Everything is done by hand. You
can travel all day in some of the
iarming counties witnout seeing a
horse or a mule or any other kind
of a beast of burden, and goats and
sheep, cowb and swine are equally
scarce.
Japan is one vast garden, and as
you look over the fields you can im
agine that they are covered with
toy farms where children arc plac
ing with the laws of nature and rain
ing samples of different kinds of
vegetables and grain. Everything
is on a diminutive Bcale,and the work
is as fine and accurate as that applied
to a cloisonne vase. What would an
Illinois or an Iowa farmer think of
planting his corn, wheat, oats and
barley in bunches, and then when it
is 3 or 4 inches high, transplanting
every spear of it in rows about as
far apart as you can stretch your
fingers. A Japanese farmer weeds
his wheat fields just as a Connecti
out farmer weeds his onion bed, and
cultivates his potatoes and barley
with as much care as a Long Island
farmer upon his asparagus or his
flowers.
When grain is ripe it is cut with a
sickle clse to the ground. The bot
torn ends are carefully tied together
with a whisp or a straw; the bunch
is then 'divided and hung over
bamboo pole or rope, like Monday's
washing, to dry; sometimes in the
field and sometimes in the back yard
and even in the street in front of the
house.
When it is thorougly cured the
heads of grain "are cut off with
knife, and the straws are carefully
bound up and laid away in bundles
The heads are then spread out upon
a piece of straw matting and beaten
with a flail. Another method o
thrashing is to take handfuls o
straw and pull them them through a
mesh of iron needles.
After the thrashing is done the
grain is taken up in a sort of scoop
basket made of bamboo and shaken
by one woman who holds it as high
as her head, while another woman
stands with a large fan which she
waves rapidly through the air and
blows the lighter chaff away from
the heavier grain as they are falling
The richer farmers have separators
built upon a primitive plan and
turned with a crank. People often
winnow grain by pouring it from
sooop upon a fan 3 or 4 feet wide,
upon wnicn it is tossed gently so
ai to leave the chaff in the air when
it falls. Another method of thrash
ing is to beat the heads of grain up
on a row of bamboo poles. Some
times you see a whole family at it
Jbvery variety oi agriculture is
carried on in a manner similar to
that I described and the soil is in
constant use. A couple of acres are
considered a large tract of land for
farming purposes. Most of the
farms are of smaller area, and the
crops are greatly diversified. Upon
such a little spot of land will be
grown almost everything known to
the vegetable kingdom; a few square
feet of wheat, barley, corn and mil
let, a plat of beans perhaps 10 feet
wide by 20 feet long, an equal
amount of potatoes and peas, then
8 patch of onions about as big as
grave, beets, lettuce, salsify, turnips.
sweet potatoes, vegetable oyeters
and other varieties of cereals and
roots occupy the rest of the area.
The farmer looks upon his grow
ing crop every morning, just as the
engineer will inspect the movements
f his machinery, and if anything is
wroDg repairs it. If a weed appears
in the bean patch he pulls it up; if a
ill cf potatoes or anything else
ails, it is immediately replanted.
And when he cuts down a tree he
always plants another to take its
place. The artificial forest of Japan
cover many hundreds of Bquare
miles, and by this accuracy,economy
and care the prosperity of the coun
try is permanently assured. As one
crop is harvested the soil is worked
over, fertilized and replanted with
something else.
The largest area of agricultural
ands in Japan is devoted to raising
rice, perhaps as much as nine tenths
of the whole, and, as that crop re
quires a great deal of water,the pad
dies are banked up into terraces,one
above the other, and divided into
ittle plats 25 or 30 feet square, with
ridges of earth between them to
keep the water from flowing away
when they are flooded. All farming
and is irrigated by a system that is
a thousand years old, and some of
the ditches are walled up with bam
boo wicker work.
The farmers live in villages and
their farms are detached, sometimes
a mile or two and three miles away
rom tneir Homes, inere are no
ences or other visible signs of divi
siov, but every man knows his own
and, for it has been in his family
or generations. Irrigating ditches
and littlp paths are usually the
boundary lines.
Theoretically all the land belongs
to the Emperor, but the greater part
of that under cultivation has been
held by the same families for gener
ations, and has always descended
from the father to the oldest son
The official statistics of Japan
show that there 11,400,008 men and
10,918,053 women engaged in agri
culture, which is more than half the
total population.
A book on kidney trouble and its treatment
will be mailed free to anyone who will write
for it, addressing the BukerPillCo., Bangor
Blaine; or the patient may enclose .Vi cents in
Postal Note, or cash In a registered letter; and
one box or miner's mis win De mane togetn
er with the book, post paid to the same art
dress.
linker's Kidney Pills is a new and m&rvell-
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aches and pains throughout the bouv. Hack-
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and these pills will remove the kidney trouble
cure the aching back, and parity the blood.
Being a new discovery. Baker's Kidney pills
are not yet on sale at an arug stores, in en
quiring, be tore yon get BnkeT'e, (price AOcts)
or address linker rill as above, and men
tiontnts paper.
Southwestern trade supplied by Meyer Bros
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Convention in the Woods.
Creston, la., Aug. 31. The Re
publican Senatorial Convention of
Adair and Madison Counties has de
veloped remarkable and peculiar
aspects. When the time came for
selecting the place for holding the
convention both counties wanted it.
As neither would waive its claim,
compromise was effected, and the
convention is being held in a dense
forest between the two counties
The Chairman sits on the dividing
line with one foot in Adair and one
foot in Madison. Each county is
entitled to twelye delegates, and
they sit in their respective counties
on either side of the dividing line
and in this position the convention
has been deliberating for five days
Each county has a candidate
Adair delegates cast their twelve
votes for Senator Kilburn, of Fon
tanelle, who is seeking renomination
and the Madison delegates suppor
Richard Price, of Winterset The
delegates were chosen on account o
their staying qualities, and they are
proving their reputation as such,for
up to this morning 3,010 ballots had
been taken without a choice, and
is impossible to determine when the
deadlock will end.
The convention temporarily ad
journed to-day to meet Sept. 21
when the struggle will be renewed
Thousands of people have visited
the Senatorial camp, and a daily pa
per has been printed on the ground
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Buggy Paiiut, Machi: e Oil.
Groceries and Farm Produce
ON THE PLAINS.
Or any place else hardware Bach as we eel! is
not ao easy to nnd, therefore keep tble store in
mind. Kemember that tools of all kinds are
what make civilization what it Is . No matter
what your trade or occupation, we have some
thing yon can nse, something that you need,
but we make It easy for yon.
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Bay H where you can get tstral(tht brands.
Chase Sanborr.'s coffees are always pure.
It matters not whether von pay ns :!5c, :;oe
US l-ftc, ".rc or 4oc per pound for Chase and
Sanborn's coffees you tret your moneys worth.
Coffee sold by other firms is mixed up by job
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yon buy of us you get all the advantages of
dealing with the producer, as Chase A San
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APPEALED TO M'KINLEY.
Missouri Farmers Ask How They Are
Protected by Protection.
Maryville, Mo., Sept. 4. The In
ter State Harvest Home association
met here to day, fully 500 strong in
delegates and visitors. Amonsr the
matters entertained were the follow
ing preambles and resolutions:
Whereas, On Tuesday, September
3, 1895, Mr. David Lnbin of Sacre
mento. Cal, in an address to the
farmers of Missouri, at the Inter
State Harvest Home meeting at
Maryville, this State, stated "That
the staples of agriculture bein
largely exports, could be protected
by a bounty on their exports, but
tnat a tariu on imports cannot pro
tect these staples sold in the open
markets of the world, a portion of
which is an export." He further
made the assertion that because this
is bo, the staples of agriculture were
not protected, but were sold at home
and abroad at the world's free trade
prices. If this ia true, it must neces
sarily follow that the producers of
agricultural etaptes must pay for
the entire cost of the protective sys
tem to manufacturers and receive no
direct, or indirect benefit therefrom:
Whereas, This, if true, would be
injustice to the producers of agri
cultural staples and
Whereas. We the farmers of Mis
souri, in mass meeting assembled,
desire to be informed as to the truth
of the statements made by Mr.
Lubin and, believing, that Hon.
William Mcivinley, Governor of
Ohio, is fully informed a9 to the
operation of protection by tariff on
imports,
Resolved, That we respectfully
and earnestly request the Hon. Wil
liam McKtnley to criticise and fully
explain said statements of Mr.
Lubin, to the end that we may be
properly informed on thi9 important
subject and that he do this in the
leading newspapers of Missouri.
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The Campaign in Ohio.
New YorK World .
Es Gov. Campbell, who reluctant
ly u.'C'-i ted ilii' i: rated call of his
party in OLio, modestly says: "I
vill try to win. Bat the question of
winning is another matter.
OLio is naturally a Republican
State. The Poraocrats have t arried
it but four times in eighteen years.
TLey won in 1S77 by 22.000, ia 18S2
by 19,000, in 1SS3 by 12,500, and in
18S9, when Governor Campbell was
elected nfter a gallant fight, by 10,
872. The average Republican plu
rality in their eleven victories be
tween 1879 ami 1S93, was about
20,000. In 1S93, the tidal-wave year,
Goy. MeKicley had 80.000 plurality,
and last year the Republican candi
date for Secretary of State had the
quite unprecedented plurality of
137,000. But Gen. Harrison barely
saved the State by a plurality of
1,072 in 1892, and 12S,000 Demo
crats did cot vote last year who
voted for Cleveland in 1S92.
Though naturally Republican,
therefore, Ohio is under normal con
ditions a contestable State. Gov.
Campbell is very popular. Mr.
Bushuell, the Republican candidate,
is very rich. Personally it is a man
against a barrel. The contest is sure
to be an animated one, with a Sena-
orship and perhaps a Presidential
nomination at stake. If the Demo
crats are really united on the ticket
and will work for it there is possibly
a lighting chance to win.
The President's Greetings.
San Francisco Poet.
"A short time ago," said Deputy
United States Marshall Harris, "an
old rancher up in the mountains of
Lake County grew tired of walkin
five miles over the hills to get the
country paper from his mail box, so
he felled a big tree across the road
so that the stage would be compell
ed to travel a longer route that led
past ms nouse. A warrant was is
sued for his arrest for obstructing
the United States mails, and I went
up to serve it.
"I found the eld man sitting on
his back porch smoking his corncob
pipe, and commenced reading the
warrant: 'The President of the
United States sends greetings.' Just
then the long barrel of a muzzle
loading rifle was shoved out of the
kitchen door and aimed at my head
I saw a nervous little erav-headed
woman at the other end of the gun
with her finger on the trigger.
could see a bright gray eye twink
ling through the buckhorn Bight as
she remarked:
- -iou git, an aon t you come
snoopin' roun' hyur agin. The
President sent his greeiin's onst be
fore, when the old man cut some
timber on Gov'ment land, an' it cost
him bout 100 an inightv nigh a
month in jail. Then he found out
that the President didn't know
nuthin' absut it. If the President
wants to be friendly with the ol
man, he 11 have to come right hyur
without sendin' no greetin'e. Git!'
Tnrkev is Threatened.
Constantinople, Sept. 4. It
is
officially announced here that Rus
tern Pasha, Turkish Ambassador to
England, has telegraphed to the
Foreign Minister that he had an
interview relative to the Armenian
question with Lord Salisbury, whom
he bad assured that the Sublime
Porte is not opposed to the reforms
proposed by the powers signatory
to the treaty of Berlin, but that
Turkey could not permit control of
Armenia by an international com
mission. Lord Salisbury replied that under
the circumstances it would be use
less to continue the interview. If,
he said, the Porte persists in its re
fusal, the powers will undertake the
suggested reforms and rest satisfied.
If, however, the Porte continues to
resist, Lord Salisbury added, it
would be a signal for the dismem
berment of Turkey. The dispatch
has caused the greatest uneasiness
here.
"Trust Those who Have Tried." 4
Catarrh caused hoarriEss and difficu'tv
in speaking. I also to a gRcat extent
Lost hearing. Bj the use ot E!v Cream
Balm dropping of mucus has ceased
voice and hearing have greatly improved
J. V. Davidson, Att' at Law-, Mon
mouth, III.
I used Elv's Cream BaLm, for catarrh
and have received great benefit. I be
Here it to be a safe and certain cure.
Verv pieasant to take. Wm. Frazer,
Rochester, X. Y.
Price ot Cream Btlm is fifty cents.
Half Million.
Boston, Mass., Sept., 1. Fire de
stroyed the extensive freight sheds
of the Boston and Albany Railroad.
The British bark Barbadian, lying
at the Boston and Albany wharf,
was pulled out by tugs after one
of her yards had taken fire. The
steamer Burton, from Progreso, had
just uiscnargea o,u- oaies oi nemp
at the Albanv wharf, and the cargo
was burned, with the other goods in
the freight shed, which also included
a large quantity of flower for export.
The Cunard steamer Cephalonia
was not damaged, beyond the blis
tering of the paint and scorching of
the rail on her starboard side.
The loss is estimated at $500,000,
of which 200,000 falls on the Bos
ton and Albany Railroad Company
Tnousands oi Women;
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THIRD AXD LAST MONTH
Of the $50,000 (Jift Distribution
to Sobscribers of the Twioe-a-Week
Republic.
The extraordinary distribution of
$50,000 in gifts to subscribers of
the "Twice a-week" Kepublic of St.
Louis, which was begun by that
paper last July, will end on Septem
ber 30. The "Twice a-week" Re
public has the largest circulation of
any newspaper or periodical in the
Western United States, because of
its general excellence and it intends
to increase the number of its readers I
by means of this unparalleled offer.
It gave away nearly 10,000 in pres
ents during July to subscribers who
answered correctlv the question:
'Where does the word 'silver' first
occur in the Bible?" and during Au
gust it gave away nearly 7,000 in
gifts to those who were the first to
tell: "where the word 'gift' first oc
curred in the Bible."
The remainder of the 50,009 in
gifts will be distributed during Sep
tember to subscribers who will tell
where the word "paper" first occurs
in the Bible. One thousand extra
prises of special value are to be
awarded to the first 700 and last 300
persons who send ti correct answer
to this question and enclose $1 to
pay for a yearly subscription. Every
subscriber who"sends a subscription
to the "Twice a Week" Republic
during September and does not se
cure one of the 1,000 special gifts,
will receive a present valued at 81.
42 4t.
Is reorganized and will open lor; he pres
ml year.
MONDAY SEPT. 9, 1895.
DEJMBTMENT8.
Classic, Scientific, Normal, Commer
cial and Music
A thorough coarse In etaa departmeat
be given.
TUITION REASONABLE,
Poplis will also be rrceired for
Grammer and Primary Grades.
For further information, call onor address
J00. W. RICHARDSO.V, A. 11.
Principal.
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Arrival and departure of trains at
WorUna.
12:10 p m
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U 27 p m
No. T, Freight Ja'.ly exwiit Sunday
NORTH MOl'ND.
o. bat.
No. 1 Express dailv -
No. 2, Express tiailv ...
SOCTU KOl'XD.
5 :i V m
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No. Friesht daily except Sunday
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tween Km saa t'.ty. M.. and ritislmrv.
Kan., Joplin, mo. Neosho, xio.. Snlnher
firings. Ark.. Siloam Serines. Ark.. an,l th
direct route from tha outh to St Louis. Chi-
cato, ami points norUi an.l northeast and to
Ivnver, Opden, san rrancisco. Portland and
ointavest aud northwest. No e(tiiee has
een spared to make the passencer eontnment
of this line stn-on J to none lu the west. Travt 1
Via the new line.
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