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Newspaper Page Text., . ., H-. .M...H.I.. .... "in ii . , i . i.i i. i-i .1. ii - . ..i.- ' mo ...M.. .,,.m i " - AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FARM AND HOME. How Plow Point Should B Ground -Only Lars Silo An ProBtablo- Oll-Foaked Cob Mk Good Kind llugf General Farm Matter. . Pin Vtalnta- NVnny all plow, whether riding or walking, are now made wltn large, al most square cut, points on the shear, and In consequence when the plow Is new. roots adhere and double over the point, which gives a rocking; motion to the plow and makes good work Impossi ble. It Is claimed that the point wears very fast, and that It soon becomes suf fldently rounded to allow everything of the kind to pass off, and while this Is true I much prefer having a plow that will do good work from the begin ning, than to wait for several weeks, and In plowing have to stop every now and again and clear the point or tne plow, says a writer In Bnrai Life. There is no satisf action In the use of such a plow, and If the manufacturer has failed to do his work In a proper man ner the point should be rounded by file n, .rrinrintnne before the Dlow Is used. Sometimes It may be necessary to tike the plow to the blacksuiltn snop ana have the point made hot and cut, but the file or grind-stone Is to be preferred If too much work Is not required. Only Lars Silo Are ProBtablo. The silo depends on entire exclusion of air for the preservation of Its con tents. It Is filled with vegetable matter and carbonic acid g.is, which, being heavier than air, excludes Its entrance from above. But If there la any leak beiew through which the smallest par ticle of air can reach the ensilage. It will rot so far as the air extends. There Is always more or leas rot around the edges of silos and at the top. But this top loss Is prevented by covering with some worthless material, which will rot and preserve the ensilage below. It is not practical generally to make a silo for less than four or five cows, as the waste of feed In the small silo will be too great proportionally. Oll-?oaked Cob for KlndllaK. Much of the danger of using kerosene oil for kindling fires would be avoided If corn cobs were handy to be dipped Into the oil and nsed , for kindling. The cobs win hold more oil than will wood, and if dry sticks are piled over the soaked cobs they will quickly make a blaze, which is always needed on cold mornings to lift the volume of cold air that is always found In pipes and chimneys after the fire goes lown. It Is not best to dip more than one or two cobs into the oIL If all the kindling, especially that on top, Is wet with oil, the fire will sometimes quickly burn off the oil, and then, -without lifting the cold air, a dense volume of carbonic-acid gas win settle down Into the stove, making the start ing of a fire worse than It was In the beginning. Keepias Hog la Barnyard. We once knew a farmer who would not keep hogs. Be was prejudiced against pork as unhealthful and against the hog as being an especially uncleanly animal. It Is true, as he used often to say, that no other farm stock will eat hay or other fodder that a hog has nosed over or has trampled upon. But that Is Itself no good rea son for discarding the hog. One of his beat uses Is to keep in the barn yard, or rather In that part of it which has the manure pile. Of course, no other farm stock would be fed here. If cattle are fed grain of any kind, or if horses are -fed whole oats, the hog will get much of bis living, from the grain passed whole in their excrement In doing ibis he will add his own drop pings both liquid and solid, to the pile, and thus convert It Into much more effective manure than the farmer can get without the labor of turning over and composting the manure pile. Ex change. ' Fprsrinj Gripe Vine. The advantage of , spraying grape Tinea Is not alone in preserving fruit from mildew and rot. Even when these are not present on vines u nop ray ed, a close examination of the leaves ; will show patches of brown, beginning early -in the summer, and gradually spreading during the season. The ripen ing both of fruit and of this year's growth of wood depends on the vigor and healthfulness of the leaves during the growing season. Whatever Injures the leaves must by so much delay the ripening of fruit and Injure Its quality. Now that the Bordeaux mixture sp oiled earlv In the season is known to no neglect in applying It Late Fall Peed I nit with Tlmotby. Wherever It is desired to permanent ly seed land for meadow or pasture timothy and. In fact all the grasses will succeed better If sown In fall, even though late, rather than in spring; we have sown timothy seed up to the time the ground freezes up, and have had a better catch than could be got by spring seeding. There Is some growth of timothy whenever an open spell of warm weather comes during the winter. If the ground Is covered with deep snow the timothy roots will make some growth under it The wheat sown late may winterkill, but the grass win not even when exposed to frequent freeiiDg and thawing. No doubt the tiny plant is thrown out to the surface, but It catches bold of the loose, wet soil again and grows as rap Idly as ever when suitable weather comes. On the other band, the spring sown grass seed barely gets rooted before it is liable to be pinched by droughts, and that too, before It has got deep enough root to withstand in Jury from this cause. Chanorlns from Green to Dry Feed. All farmers recognize that sudden change in spring to green feed for stock, after being used to dry feed all winter, is unwise. But when the change Is the reverse, the effect though perhaps more Injurious, Is apt to pass unnoticed until loss of health compels attention. . A rough, staring hide always shows that the animal Is, or has been, constipated.,- It is not necessary to dose with physic to rem edy this evil. That will purge the sys tem violently, and be followed by Equally violent reaction. Whenever green food Is superseded by dry ths change should be gradual. Cornstalks do this very nicely. When put up In the fall they are always more or less damp from their natural Juices, which only slowly dry rjnt during winter. The worst constipation Is from tim othy or other meadow grass hay. Clo ver Is rather laxative than constipat ing. All animals fed mainly on mead ow hay should have a small amount of linseed meal, or boiled whole flaxseed fed dally with a few oats. These will keep the bowels In good condition, and also give the animal a sleek, shining coat which Is the natural result of good health and good digestion. s Care of Farm Roadside. Much of the attractiveness of coun try scenery, and with It the farms and 'country places it includes, depends on having well-cared-for roadsides. This subject Is getting more thought from farmers than it used to do. Because the roadsides do not have to be tilled It Is often thought they are the fair re-1 ceptaele of whatever stumps, stones or other material Is unwelcome else where. Whenever a farm has to be sold whose owner takes this view of things he Is apt to discover his mis take. A row of maple trees far enough from the - roadside fence to allow a path for walking or bicycling Is a paying Investment for any farmer to make. If he lives ten or fifteen years these trees may be tapped, and having plenty of sunlight they wtll yield more and better sap than he ran get from trees of equal size in the woods. What Grain Chaff I For. In its wild state the chaff of grain served a very Important purpose In shielding it from too early sprouting, which with all kinds of grain would insure Its destruction by the ensuing winter. If a head of wheat rye or barley or of Indian corn is exposed to the weather all winter some of Its grains will survive till spring or of the winter grains will fall out in time for the best seeding in fall. It Is thus that these grains were perpetuated In the ages before man learned to culti vate and care for them. Even now heavily bearded grains are less like ly to be Injured by rotting In mow or stack lr the straw ana grain are wet Often in threshing the straw will be rotted around the band, while the grain protected by Its chalt is uninjured. Keep an Account. It Is to be regretted that there are not more farmers who Imitate the ex ample of a farmer In Vermont who kept a close account of what It costs him to manufacture and sell butter. After considerable bookkeeping with respect to his dairy herd, he found that he made butter at a cost of 13 cents a pound. How many farmers are there who have been making but ter for years, who know with anything like reasonable accuracy what It costs to make it or whether the manufacture has been any profit to them? Home-Grow Beef. Since the monopoly of the beef-shipping business by Chicago millionaires, it has been almost impossible for farm ers to find home butchers willing to purchase their home-grown beef prod uct. Yet steer or heifer beef fattened at home Is better than beef brought by rail many miles, and kept for weeks, perhaps, on lee before it goes into the hands of the meat retailer , Color Blindness Increasing- ' "Color blindness is on the Increase," says a New York optical expert "The causes of this defect In vision that may be otherwise perfect are not very well understood. It would seem that the use of tobacco had a good deal to do with it I have examined a great many for color blindness, having on several occasions been employed by railroad companies to do so, and In every instance where the man exam ined was found to be color blln.1 he was a user of tobacco. Women are seldom afflicted in this way, hence It must be caused by something that men do which women do not What cases exist among women will be found to be Inherited from male ancestors. I have never known a woman to be color blind whose father was free from the defect I am a smoker, and my perceptions of color are unusually good, so that it Is not Impossible that a man may use tobacco without such an effect, but I believe a large propor tion of the cases are caused by to bacco." " . i, How to Meet Ill-Temper. Ill-temper is a babtt, and grows with every repetition, while it weakens with lack of exercise. In dealing with a ohlld. It Is now acknowledged by a thinking people that to remove the causes of fault or to check H in the bud, is Incomparably better than to antag onize It afterwards, for thus a good habit is formed and an evil one hin dered. And what Is thus true in child nature Is equally so In all human na ture. Sympathy, in its best sense, la a po tent instrument in allaying this evil. If we did but realize the mental condition of the one we blame for giving way to anger or irritability or fretfulness, we should usually find more reason to soothe than to condemn. i At all events, most of us have proved the futility of criticism on this point; and the true appreciation which comes from a wise sympathy will suggest many far more potent methods. Artels' Food. The secret in making angels' food lies In the baking of it. Sift one cup of flour and one teaspoonful of cream tartar several times through a fine sieve. Beat the whites of nine eggs to a stiff froth, and to them add one cup and a half of sifted granulated sugar; mix carefully into this, stirring constantly, the sifted flour, and add one teaspoonful of ex tract of vanilla. Pour this batter Into an ungreased pan and bake In a slow oven for forty-flve minutes. When baked, turn the pan upside down on something that will admit of the air passing under It, and allow It to stand until the cake falls from the tin. Ice with white icing. Be careful In mak ing this cake to have all the ingredi ents as light as possible. . . , . The Speed of Blood. It has been calculated that assuming the heart beats C9 times a minute at or dinary heart pressure, the blood goes at the rate of 270 yards in a minute, or seven miles an hour, 168 mile a day, and 61.320 miles a year. HE NEVER MADE MISTAKES. Mr. Smith Coalda't Convince the Tel lr that Ha tu In Krror, "Excuse ms,"' remarked the little, mta to the paying teller at the bank, Mint t believe you remember m.r ' MTa,H replied the teller, "I remera br you. X.ur name Is Smith John dailth. I cashed a 12,500 check Mr you this morning." "Tea, sir, that's right; and I'm glad t. see that you remember me, as you mad a slight error this morning, and . "We never make errors In this bank. sir.- ' ' "But. sir; It Isn't right" "t can't help whether It's right or wrong. You should have counted your money before you left the desk." I did count It air, and It seemed all right; but after I reached my hotel I counted It again, and found that you had mad a mistake." "I have told you, sir, that we never make mistakes here." ' . "But air " "Don't but me; I know my bnslnes. The money was all right when you counted it here, and you have either lost some of It or else had your pocket picked. Tou will have to stand to one Ids, as there are others who must he attended to." "I would like to convince you that . "Tou can't convince me of anything, and you wtll oblige me by leaving the premises." "Had I not better leave my card, so you may send for me In case you Jlud that you have made a mistake r "Ne, sir; I don't want your card." "Very well." replied the Ilttlo man. meekly, as be slowly took his depart ure. The next morning, however, and for a week following, the following ad vertisement appeared In all the princi pal dally papers of the city: "If Mr. John Smith, who cashed a check for 12.900 at the First Natioual Sand Bank on the morning of the 6th Inst, will call at the bank as early as convenient, be wlU greatly oblige the paying teller." The paying teller had Inadvertently overpaid Mr. Smith the sum of Misplaced Admiration. Elisabeth Stuart Thelps gives. In Mc Cure's Magazine, some reminiscences f Wblttier, the humorous side of his nature aa well as the serious one. Hu was full of frolic. In a gentle way; no one of the world's people ever had n keener sense of humor. From every Interview with him one carried awav a good story or a sense of having hail a good time. He never darkened th j rioT or hmlowMl the heart. He iininr- I lted aud Invigorated. "I like." he. wrote to a friend, "the wis Chinese proverb: 'You cannot pre vent the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you may prevent them from stopping to build their nests in your halrf " A certain story with which Lucy Lar com is connected made one of the amusing Incidents In his life. : A caller, one of the "innumerable throng that moves" to the doors of the distinguished, there to Indulge the weak curiosity of an Ignorance too pitiable to resent, made himself troublesome ono day In the poet's home at Amesbury. "I have come, sir," he said pompous ly, "to take you by the hand. I lave long wished to know the author of 'Hannah Binding Shoes.' " Now, Lucy Larcom happened to be sitting. In her serene fashion, silently by the window at that time, and Mr. Wblttier turned toward her with the courtly bow into which the Quaker poet's simple manner could bend to finely when he chose. "I am happy," be replied, waving his hand toward the lady In the window, "to have the opportunity to present thee to the author of that admirable poem Lucy Larcom !" A Risky Service. The African Lakes Company bas be come so careful that It compels its agents to pay their own funeral ex penses; so many agents died that an order was actually Issued compelling the agents to die at their own expense. For a long while the company has en joyed a monopoly of trade. PHYSICIANS WISH IX THEIR OEM. KB4TION. The above elan ot scientist recognise, and hav. reiieftii'rUv borne testimony, to the elttcai'f ol Hosteller's .Stomach Hi (torn a remedy slid preventive of fever and ague, rheumatism, wanlol vigor, nvcr conipisim, aim souit uturr ailments and infirm condition of the system. Experience and observation have taught them its value. They but echo the verdict Inn ince pronounced by the public and the pre?-. Gnlv the benighted now are ignorant ol Amer ica tonic anil alterative. : The banister of life is full of splint ers, and mankind slides down it with ttontiderable rapidity. DKtrifSU CAHKOY BB CCBED. By local application", a they cannot reach the diseased portion of the car. There it only one wsy to euro deafneas, and that la by constitu tional remedies. Ijeafnew Is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous limns ol tne Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed rou -ou have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear- nc. alio when It IN entlteiy ciosea, uamvits is the re.uit. and unless the inflammation can he taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condition, hearing will he destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing hut an inflamed condition ol the mucous sunaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars lor any can ol deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bend fur Circulars: free, r.J. CHENEY CO, Toledo, O. Bold by druggists. 7. Hall's Family i'lils are the best- Great things are not accomplished by idle dreams, but by years of patience and wisely directed stndy. CLERKS AND BAI.KSMEN-MALE AND FE tttale Kmployed and unemployed; send stamped self addressed envelope at once Utr registration application blank to Employees Industrial Association. Home office, Mi Wash ington street, Portland, Oregon. We will forfeit $1,000 if any of . our pub lished testimonials are proven to lie not genuine. The Piso Co., Warren, Pa. - We want your tea-trade for the rest of your life. Do you see now how we can afford to say : . "Get every sort of Schilling's Best of your grocer, and get your money : back on what you don't like"? ..'. A Schilling St Company baa fraucisce THE PLATFORM FELL. Many tojured. Possibly Sum Killed, In an Amldant at Hum, fla. Memphis, Nov. 28. A special from Macon. 13., says: Thirty people, 8.000 bales of cotton and hundreds of ton of heavy tinibcf all went down lu out loud crush at 7:80 tonight, at the Central Railway Jouipanv compress In this olty. jrour teen injured people, all employe ol the compress, nave beeu removed rrora tne wreckage, but it is thought more are under the debris, and it so they aro dead, or will be before they oan be ex trleated. Several employes are miewlnp, and it is feared they are under the wreck. The platform was twenty feet hifth, 850 foet long, and HO feet wide. Over BOO feet gave way without warning, the supports beiug rotten. It is be lieved tout two teams and their drivers were caught boneath the platform, as it extended over the street, and the teams are said to have been going un der the nlatform lust before it fell. Ko great was the noise accompanying the oollapsa that it wa beard a distance of a mile, and many people in the neighborhood were badly frightened. All of the injured were taken to their homes and to hospitals, and given attention by surgeons. Several are badly hurt. The wreck of the platform covers several sores, and presents an appalling sight in the tnooulight. The: hunt for dead bodies, supposed to be buried beneath the wreckage, will not begin until tomorrow, Si derricks and other appliances for raising cotton and timber cannot be procured before then. The damage to the machinery was only slight THE EXPERIMENT V-RIFIED. Optla Perves of Blind 1'ereoai eeptlbl to th Cathode Key. Vew York. Nov. S3. Thomas A. Edison bus verified the experiment re ported to have been made in fan Fran oloo by means of the cathode rsy, in wbiob a blind boy ha been enabled to distinguish light Edison experiment ed last night on two tubjeots, both blind, from Newark. Many tubes were tried, eaoh with increased strength, and finally the tubjeots were enabled to distinguish flashes. One of the men was able, after a time, to my when the light wa turned on and off. The most successful results were attained with a red globe, and it is Edison'a intention to continue experimenting in this line until much more tatisfacory results are : reached, which be confidently predicts will be soon. DRINK-CRAZED MURDERER. A Saa Pranrlico Carpenter Csed a Gao With Ueadly Erreet. Ban Francisco, Nov. 33 James 11. Chillis was shot and killed by John Miller, a carpenter, on Clementina street this afternoon, while attempting to prevent the latter from committing another murder. Crssed by jealouny and drink. Miller oalled at the resi dence ot Miss Nellie Kyan, with the in teution of killing ber. Ilia first shot, fired at ber as she opened the door to admit him, missed her. She rushed into the street and called upon Cbilds, who was passing the house, for protec tion. He tried to prevent Miller from shooting again, but, exasperated by his interference. Miller turned upon him and shot Childs through the bead, kill ing him. Before he could renew his attack upon the girl the murderer was arrested. THE PRESIDENT'S PLEA. Ask Governor Budd to Commute Word..' Sentence. Sacramento, Cel., Nov. 83. Gov ernor Budd this afternoon received from President Cleveland a personal plea for the commutation of Salter D. Worden, sentenced to hang for trainwrecking in Tolo county. The president states as ground for his interest in the case that, while a resident of New York ttate, before his elevation to the presidency, be had formed 'a great friendship for Salter D. Worden's mother, a muslo teacher. The governor hat alto re crived a personal appeal from C. P. Huntington, president of the Southern Paoifio, for commutation of the death sentence. Knight Declare for frc Silver. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. S3. The general assembly of the Knights of La bor declared today for free silver by adding to the seventeenth plank the de claration submitted by the committee on law. At originally framed, this plank held that interest bearing bonds, bills of credit or notes should not be issued by the government, but that when need arises, the emergency thou Id be met by legal tender not interest bearing money. The added clause de clares for free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 18 to 1. regardless of the action of any other nation. MeAnllfre and Carroll right San Francisco, Nov. 23. Jack Mo AuiifTe, the lightweight champion, and Jimmy Carroll, hit old-time rival, toughc ten rounds in thit city tonight. The mill wat an exceedingly tame one, and thought by tome to have beeu fixed. McAulifle wat given the decision. Shoet were not mads "rights and leftt" till the year 1472. Wounded In a Duel. Paris, Nov. 23. A duel bat been fought between M. Pierre Legrand, a member ot the chamber of depotiea, and M. Henri Turot, editor of the Petit Bepublique Francaise. The latter wat wounded in the arm. ' Will Abandon It olony. London, Nov. 28 The Rome corre spondent of the Timet expressei the opinion that Italy will abandon Ery tbea, itt Abytsinian colony. Russia to Invada Asia Minor. London, Nov. 23. The Daily Mail't Berlin correspondent reports that Russia it mobilizing the Cauoatut army with the intention of invading Asia Minor on the pretext that brigandage makes the occupation of the oountry a necessity. - 1 ' Washington, Nov. 28. The presi dent itsued a proclamation today, re adjusting the boundariet ot the naval reservation in Alaska,, which wat found to encroach on land belonging to the Qeeek cburoh, in contravention of I'.usiia'i concession in Alaska. i SOME FACTS ABOUT SMUQQUNO Supsrvlslng Spsolal A Crawl Clles HI Annual Hanarl. Washington. Nov. 83. -J. J. Crow, nnareisins ansulal agent of the treasury, in his annual report, devotes ooualderablo attention to smuggling. Opium smtiggling, the report saya, has deoroed larguly during the last year, us the result prinoipully ot the redus tion of th rate of duty from l to tf per pouudt 188,850 pouuds of smoking opium was imported at bun FrauoUoo during the year 181)6, upon whloh t(l8,40 was paid in duty. Lat year the amount was 88,18 pound, upon whloh duty aggregating 1688,708 was paid. The report shows there hat been a noticeable increase in the smuggling of diamonds sinoe the duty on precious stones waa increased by the Utllt aut of 180-4. A return to the rate ot duty provided in the aot ot 18U0. Mr. Crow ley ssys, would be iu favor ot ths rev enue and of the legitimate trade. During the past year 8,888 Chinese persons applied for admission to this oountry. Of tbee, 1,81 were iu transit to other countries; 418 were re booted and 8,610 were admitted. The nnmher of Chinese arrested for viola tion of the exclusion law waa 1V8, aud the number deported 130. UuUer the treatv botweeen the United States and China, providing tor the depart ore from and return to this oountry of Chi nese laborers, 030 laborers left the United States and 100 returned daring the past year. The joint resolution of congress, ap proved March 1, 18tf6, prohibiting the transportation through the Uuited State of merchandise destined for places in the free sons ot Mexloo, Mr. Crowley says, now obtains of shipping goods to the sou libra, via Mexican seaports, and the only apparent result accomplished by the legislation re ferred to bas been lens buaiuess for American railway companies. It it mggested that the removal of the re strictions imposed, at least to the ex tent ot allowing the transportation of goods oontinged to places in Mexloo trora the seaboard to the Mexloan fron tier, under the nsual transportation entries, would involve no dauger of lots to the revenue of our government " Attention it oalled to the tblpmeutt of Canadian goods in trautit through the Uuited States to points in Cauada, and to the transportation of free and dutiable merennndite in bond between ports in the United Htttet through Canada. New line of travel have been opened, which require constant care and turveillanoa. The report ibowt that during the last calendar year, loaded cart to the number of 430, S73 were tent over Canadian roadt from one point in the United Bute to another. CIViL SERVICE PRINCIPLES To 11 Adopted In Chicago Schools la th Near Future. Chicago, Nov. 23. The olty board of education bat decided by a practic ally unanlmoua vote to embody in its new rule the principle of the exist lug civil service law. The employes ot the board, excepting tuperinteudonts, teachers, the business mauager, chief engineer, architect, auditor, attorney atid board clerk, are to be placed under a tyttem that will conform as nearly as possible to the line followed by the city civil servioe commission. The aotion of last night doet not give the school employe Into the handt of the existing commission in ths city hall. It make a civil service commis sion out ot the board't own committee on rules, or a body subordinate to that committee. The aotion took the form of a resolution which wat adopted after a lively discussion, snd in which the committee oo rule wa directed to em body the necessary provisions in itt forthcoming report. It wat generally understood that the quettion of civil servioe would come up at last nigbt't session of the board, and there wat an unusual number of vis itor. Only two member were absent, The triumph of the new rule wat ac complished after a tharp and tpioy fight among the member. YOUTHFUL BURGLARS. Two of Tkso Caught In Seattle Man' ' Ksideac. Seattle, Nov. 23. Two young men, esch under 20 yean of age, are in the city jail Tbey gave tbier namet at Charles Phillips and Chris Soott Scott it suffering from a bullet wound in the left arm, inflicted last night by H K. Bayliss, whose residence they were burglarising. For the last two weekt, the city ha been overrun with burglart, and the police could not cap ture any of them, although from twelve to fifteen residence were looted. The young men made a confession to the chief of polios this morning, with the result that the officers are now in pos session of about fl,600 worth of stolen property that the young burglars bad hidden itt room 20 of tfie Paoifio lodging-house, on Washington and South Second streets. Tried Ling' flan. Athent, Nov. 23. The socialist who killed the rich merchant, Frango Paulo, in the open street of Patrat lust Sunday hat committed tuicide by ex ploding a dynamite cartridge in hit mouth. It it not known .bow be ob tained the explosive. St. Louis', Nov. 23. Colonel Fred erick Grant, of New York, ton of Gen eral Grant, who it here attending the convention of the Society of the Army ot the Tennessee, called on Mrt. Jeffer ton Davit and Mitt Winnie Dsvis, at their hotel, accompanied by General George V. Henry, of Jefferson bar racks. He held an informal interview with the ladies wbioh lasted about fif teen minutes. The widow of the Con federate president expressed herself at greatly pleased to meet Colonel Grant , French Torpedo-Boat Collided. Brest, Nov. 23 The torpedo boats known by the numbert, 88 and 81, of the French navy, came into oolliaion during the maneuver off Cape de la Cbevre. The former boat tank and itt orew it misting. Number 81 wat also badly damaged, and wat towed here. Number 83 wat one of a series of three boats, and her complement of men was sixteen. Her length wat 114 feet, and the had a speed of twenty knots. Number 81 is slightly tmaller, but alto bat a complement of tlx teen man. . .. wtmimtm as Iron. . K.'HE.Ai or othsr leaf W bTulacsd between two smooth blockt of Son 2nd h.v. a pUla lm.re.-lou .verv rib and fiber of Itstlf left on . hafd turf.ee ot th. iron plate, a Ur tny h.v. oeea driven .uddsuly foiether by tb. Mplotlon of t l of dvnnmlfe. Another .xp.rlm.ut In thi, uu. aud oh iu.ily made with . .moot- block ot Irou or . eel and a c.k. of compressed inn poo ler A delicti. ptt of lac. I. E th. metal turfacr .nd th. disk of powder It taM on top of the fabric; Wh th. powder 1. d-tontd ne lac. will b. utterly annihilated but It. luipretalon will b. clearly toft on th. m.tal. The multitude it Uk. u either bear, you op or twallowt you, according to ths wind. ,?1e,Mee.erirV mm wai Got Your Christmas Gift Free two ounce bag, and two coupons inside each four ounce bag of Blackwcll' s Durham. Buy a bag of this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon which gives a list of val uable presents and how to get them. nneTWraeMviwM'WMMMe'Msei Is t&'a&& ilu Ii mi i 1 1 sil mum ail nM ii Cheapest Power IX GUARANTEED ORDER.. i-1 B. P. Htrculca, Gat or Cattlloe. 1-3 It. P. Hercultt, Gat tt Casellne. i-i II. P. Regan, Gas or CaMline. i-j H. P. Oriental, Gat r Cttollne. 1-4 H. P. Otto, Gat or Gasoline. i-4 II. P. Pacific, Gar or Gasoline, 1-6 H. P. Hercules, Gat or Gasoline. mo H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gawlloe. State Your Wantu aad Writ tor Prices. tOS-7 Sensome Street San Francisco, Cal... Gat, Gaiolln. aid Oil r Of the Breast. Mr. A. II. Craaitrjr, I 158 Kerr St., Memphis, Term., tayt that hi wife paid no attention to a small lump which appeared in ber breast, but it toon de veloped into a cancer of tb. worst type, snd notwithstanding tb. treatment ol the bent physicians, it continued to spread and grow rapidly, eating two hole in her breast. Tb doctor toon pronounced her incurable. A celebrated New York tpecialitt then treat ed ber, but th. con tinued to grow worse and when informed that both her aunt aud grandmother had died from cancer b zare tb. case up a hopeless. Someone then re commended S.S.S. and though little hop. remained, sb begun it, and an improvement wst no ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and when she bad taken several bottles it disappeared entirely, and although sev eral year hav. elapsed, not a tign ol Ihe disease ha ever returned. A Real Blood Remedy. S.S.S. (fuarnnletJ purely vt it tab It) Is a real blood remedy, and never fails to cure Cancer, Eczema, Rheumatism Scrofula, or any other blood disease. uur Dookt will be mailed free to any ad drett. Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga. U1II m rDrC To ,nr address, our ... . mfllLtU rllLt simolsl I'rle List of HOUSHHOLO GOODS. ITO. This circular Is Issued (or th benefit of our eomilry customers wlincannot avail itaemselvee til our tislly Hi.urlnl Hales. Send us your sJ- dreiis, You will find both right. WILL A 11 gnoni ana p A KINCK CO., 81R-I20 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. WHEAT. Make money )v aue cesslul siieculatlcm In Chlraico. W buy snd SOU Wheat Ultra nn margins, fortunes have been mad on a small imikIiiuIiik by trading- In luture. Write lor inn particulars, nest 01 reieren! aiven. Hev. ersl years' eiperleniie on the Chicago hoard ol I'rade, an Downing, II ol. kliu A ( u a uifi iwnlnir. oroiinh knowledge ol the husl. nes. ;o., 11. ''hli'BKo Board ol Trade Hrokcrs. Offices In Cortland. Oroion. and Hpokane, Wash FRAZER caxl SES1 IN IMS WORLD, VtllEZMOE Iu wearln finalities are onsnnassd, actually outlasting two notes ol uy other brand. Free Iron Animal oils. UKT TUB UBIJIHI. FOR BAI.g BY ORKHOM AND CSV-WASHINGTON MKHI)HANTSW1 and iMalers generally. iyf( Pn' fa! Wall," ESUVER PILLS as ISsOns Tbla to as, . ,??-" ,or D. Sol r Dn.ssl.ts at Sao. a boa .P1-"" tr. A4AM Df.BoMnt.hed.C. Phils, fa. 'builMwTiittfAl.! t lough brrup. Ttl Ooo Beet Coush M.rn n. Tuim In I In. B .l K 'j . v. . v.. Canoe p Mw Gp USEFUL BOOiS GIVEN AWAY. INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING ART AND FANCY WORK. Mrs. Nll T)gietl of Boston ha nxwiitl, wrlHstl a bonk. "I'aniiy Work and Art Ucxita. tlOIIS, ' tnai Bl'V, ui'iiv iiiMirumiiMIS lOf .LI.. .t.,l ini. lialllM .UlW.irM. IUM.,fM I..U ..t.ili.- uln sush' jns, l iu., wltU Hlty Illustrations! This hook, tniri'th. ur Willi "rlll.-i'Vu. COUPON NO. Tit 0" tVif fIKI nay rmilrr Mis nof lo on ttifiv oj "Jtnwy H'ort and Art lto oniltoHS," and "tiutttnul Illl IIMllItt ly h. lug," will M in (, lii any rr-!r who (urwarils Hi altai'llt-d dllflkitt and s i-wit aisinp to Molls, Itk'lisnf. mm A Co,, litir lliigton, Vf, l'V.u II, al olti-r Is nid In advertise Ilia rnllatil I. inoiid I'ves, and to gel llivlr Ihh.Ii iih.ii hum dyeing I'lilo h hands nf women who want lit truss wl! by making tlisit old ulolhiiig loos "Hi st that plawond byes hav hern III stsml.nl hm dyvs lor iimjrly lw..iily years, and that their sale iiitwascs from y, lo yr, Is prmd uooltiv that limy hsv never bad ait equal. Many thousand dollars worth of valuable articles suitable for Christmas gifts for the younjp and old, are to be given to smokers of Blackwcll' Genuine Durham To bacco. You will find one coupon inside each aavtaas M w r 1 M U(itwl 1 lljstMW new m0'mmmgfVnm Rebuilt Oas and .....Gasoline Engines, ...FOR SALS GOCAf Hercules Gas ....Engine Works Eofrlnei. 1 to 300 H. P. cfmZZb. We will cr-nr;:,'!' ':',, Pay the .rr- Postage, and send Jou THIS SET OP HOUSEHOLD KXIVES Con.lillne ol a t.nrh bread knlle, U Incti eat knlle and rlim suit, .......At 21 Cents tor the Three...... Tbea knives ent bread end cake with, out eriiml'llns, and II hot as well a It cold. Also " 51 Rogers Broa.' Genuine Triple Plated " Knives and Forks IT tfj CC I'nr th srt of t knives Slid Ml VOtVj lurks, a shown above. Or nan style, only slnsl plated, AT SI N for the set. 1'iutal paid by us. To eaoli rus. ti.miT who has nnl rwvlvsd our new Kail Cat alogue w will send H In. OLDS & KING, sot wsii.te tt ... rosatwp. on HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL. Ill 1. BUPPEIT'8 F1CE BLEACH. ' MMK.A. nVPFEtT asyi: ! anpiwitaM th. Iat that there ere thousands and thousand, of the ladies ol the United mates that woaid lu to try my World Ronownsd VACS HLKACH: hut hav been kept from doing soon arcounl off the rlee, which (s fi per bottle, or I bottlo taken together V. In order lh.it U of Diet may hare an opportunity, 1 will mall Iree a sample bottle, safely narked, plain wrtppar, on receipt ol Meant. HXKI.fcH, pimples, moth, eallowness, blark heads, acne, ecietua, olllnes or roughness, or any dlsooloratlon or disease ot ths skin, and wrinkle (not caused by facial ipresslon,) FACE BLKACII removes absolute, ly. It doe not over up, as cosmetics do, but It It s cur. Send for tiy book "How to b Beautiful," fro. en application. Address all communication rcall on MHf, A. KCrrCRTV Room I, Golden Bui Building, f orUand, Or Srtcul, Tikms To Aotina, HEADQUARTERS " GUNS BOUOsI PRICES. send tor Catalogue, G. W. 8HREVE TtB Market rttreet, Saa Irranelsoo. Cal, SURE CURE rou PILES K?i,i.j:f AM-eya Vin nio,r'i' IHl.ttMrb, luHf.. A vslll. Cwsular, Mill IrM. 1'l.e e U'uuu.u. utL IIOSANku. PMI Pa, KlIfTIHst and fll-a oured: no pny until cured: send for book. 1ms. MiNsrisM) Into, . f 5 PUUriflll, ij taw :M QtJ . P. N. U. No. 677. J. N. TJ. No. 7M i 1'otiu),J Market St., ban frauclsou.