HOUSE MAY KILL IT.
-title cton of Favorable Actio ea
Homestead Bilk .
Washington, Jan. 18. The support
er o the free homestead bill fear that
the measure, has ben killed, so far as
tliis congress is concerned, by the ac
tion of Speaker Keed in referring it to
the house committee on public hinds
for the consideration of the senate'
amendments. The house committee is
not strongly in favor of the plan. That
committee voted to report - the bill to
the house by a majority of only one,
when it provided only for free homes
for the Oklahoma settlers.
The senate amendments greatly
widen the scope of the bill, extending
its provisions to all public land states,
and it is doubtful whether the house
committee will sanction the changes.
The bill's supporters fear that if the
committee does not make an adverse
report, it will keep the bill and take
no action on it before adjournment,
which course would effectually dispose
of it
' la the Sonu,
"Washington, Jan. 18. The proceed
ings in the house today were very
; tame. It was private bill day, but the
whole time was consumed in passing
through the house bills favorably acted
upon in committee of the whole before
the holdiay recess. The widow of the
late Major-General Gibbon was the
beneficiary of one of the bills passed
carrying $100 per month, and the
widow of Brevet Major-General W. A.
Nichols, of another, carrying $75 per
month. The free homestead bill, which
came back to the house with senate
amendments, was referred under a rul
ing of the chair to the committee on
public lands.
a fe for Retlraaieat.
Washington, Jan. 18. A bill fixing
the age for ret irement from the -classified
civil service was introduced by
Representative Gillette, of Massachu
setts. It proivdee that any office in
the classified service held by a person
who at the time of the passage of the
act is over 63 years of age, shall be
come vacant in three years. Any office
in the service shall hereafter become
vacant when the person holding it be
comes 65 yean old. Veterans of the
civil war and their widows are excepted
from the provision. 9
For the Purchase af Caba.
Washington, Jan. 18. Representa
tive Spencer of Mississippi, has intro
duced in the house a bill as follows:
"The secretary of state is hereby au
thorized to offer to the government of
Spain a sum of money not to exceed
$200,000,000 for the purchase of the
island of Cuba. And the sum of $10,
000, or so much thereof as may be
necessary- to defray, the expenses of j
pending negotiations, is hereby appro-1
priated." - ' - ' ' -
. WAS BLOWN TO BITS.
Draamlta. Exploded la Miner Deadaa's
Cable. ; ..... . . 0
Seattle, Jan. 18. In attempting to
thaw out a few sticks of dynamite by
placing them on a hot stove, F. Den
dauf was instantly killed and horribly
mutilated at Black Diamond Thurs
day. ' Thursday morning about 10
o'clock, Dendauf, who is in the employ
of Lair son Bros., took ten sticks of the
explosive to his cabin to warm them
up. From that time until noon . he
was alone, and the exact manner in
which the accident occurred can never
be known, but during the noon hour,
when all hands were at dinner, a ter
rific explosion was heard. Everybody
rushed out and found the entire Bide
and part of the roof of Dendauf 's cabin
had been torn away and hurled against
the side of another cabin sixty feet distant.-
The interior of what remained
of the cabin was a total wreck, every
thing in shreds and fragments, with
the body of Dendauf in the midst.
Some flying missile, presumably a bit
of the stove, entered his head near the
right eye, going directly through the
skull and leaving a hole two inches
square; the right leg was broken in
two places between the hip and knee,
and the flesh of the whole right side
hung in tatters. Death must have
been instantaneous.
BLUE CUT ROBBERY.
Alleged Leader Claim There I Con.
plraoy to Coavlet Him.
.Kansas City, Jan. 18. John Ken
nedy who was indicted as the leader
of the gang which twice held up and
robbbed Chicago & . Alton trains at
Blue Cut, wrote out and signed
statement today charging that there
was conspiracy to convict him. There
seems to be some grounds to substan
tiate his statement as regards John
Land, an important witness against
him. It is given out, moreover, from
authoritative sources that the robbers
secured almost $30,000, and not $2,
800, as first claimed by the express
company. For, the conviction of the
men concerned, it is also said big re
wards have been offered. In 1883,
Land, who lives in the Blue Cut local
ity, was convicted of perjury in falsely
e wearing , that three of his neighbors
had been connected in the Jesse James
train robbery of that year near Inde
pendence. Land is a state witness in
the present case. '
St. Petersburg, Jan. 18. Today, a
ukase was published which refers to
the necessity of the resumption of the
mintage. It seems likely that the
council's decision on the currency
question will be prolonged, and as the
country is anxious to settle the"doubta
which have arisen as to the cash values
of gold coins, it orders the minting of
imperials of a value of 15 instead of 10
roubles, these coins, however, being of
exactly the same weight and fineness as
eiistiug e'ns. :
Veil Into Moltoa Metal.
Rowland, B. C, Jan. 18.-rGoorgo
Bradilon, a slag-pusher at the smelter
at Trail, while pulling away at a pot
today and walking backward, tripped
and fell into another red-hot pot of
molten metal that was in his path.
Braddon was burned from his neck to
the calves of big legs, ,and there is slim
chance for his recovery. "
Preeldent of Ceuador., 'V'
Lima, Peru, Jan. 18. General
Medarto Alfaro has been elected con
stitutional president of Ecuador by 54
votes.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
SewBlBg, Hopkins Co waai's Review
of Trade.
The past week has proved an un
rteady one in the wheat markets.
While there has been no wenkening in
ihe basic position of wheat, and while,
indeed, the position today is stronger
dhan a week since, the bears have upon
;wo or three occasions raided the mar
kets and broken prices. To our minds
these fluctuations prove nothing against
the deal. We don't know but prices
will be lower, and are not talking about
what will be the results, but we write
if the foundation of the markets, and
dealers must manage the rest The
winter wheat, usuallly two-thirds of
the aggregate crop, is depleted to
smaller remains in farmers' hands than
for years. . Consumption must soon re
tort to spring wheat, and that reserve
i undoubtedly small. We are break
ing away slowly from foreign prices
and before harvest it will be a homo
lemand and supply.
According to expert testimony many
af the believers in wheat who have
been watching the upward march of
values for the past two months have
been rather doubtful of its stability, in
view of the cheapness of other cereals
tnd their product. The fact that corn
has entered the list as a competitor for
bread consumption led to a halt in the
advance and many traders were greatly
influenced by this circumstance. The
argument is made that flour is being
adulterated to snch an extent with corn
meal, and the call for corn meal is in
sreasing at such a rate that the demand
for cash wheat will gradually become
mrtailed, and, with a lessening of the
lemand, perforce a decline in price.
One writer in discussing this phase of
the wheat situation asserts that such a
use for corn meal and other substitu
tions for wheat must be only credited
to restricted areas. The theory ad
vanced is that poor people who would
most likely use this adulterated article
as a human food do not buy flour, and
hence the first argument falls to the
ground.
Market Quotatloae.
Portland, Or., Jan. 19, 1897.
Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $4.60; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.50; graham, $4.00; su
perfine, $2.80 per, barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, o384o; v al
ley, 88 87o per busheL
Oats Choice white, 4043o per
bushel; choice gray, 88 40o.
Hay Timothy, $13.00 per ton;
clover, $8.00 9.00; oat, $8.00 10;
wheat, $8.00 10 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $18.00 per ton;
brewing, $20.
Millstuffs Bran, $15.00; shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 35 40c; Tilla
mook, 40c; dairy, 23 80a
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,65 70c;
Early Rose, 8090o per sack; Cali
fornia river Burbanks, 65c per cental;
sweets, $2. 00 8. 60 per cental for Mer
ced; Jersey Red, $2.50.
Onions 85c per sack. "
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.00
2.60; geese, $6.00; turkeys, live, 10c;
ducks, $44.50 per dozen. .
Eggs Oregon, 17)4 18 per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, 18 c Young
America, 13o per pound.
Wool Valley, lOo per pound; East
ern Oregon, 68c
. Hops 9(3 lOo per pound.
' Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3. 00;
cows, $3.352.60; dressed beef, 4
4Ko per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.003.25; dressed mut
ton, 5 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $3.25
8.50; light and feeders, $2. 60 3. 00;
dressed, $4. 00 4. 50 per cwt.
Veal Net, small, 6c; large, 5)0 per
pound.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 19, 1897.
" Flour ( Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$5.25; Novelty A, $4.75; California
brands, $5.60; Dakota, $5.50; patent,
$6.25.
Wheat Chicken feed, $2 7 per ton.
Oata Choice, $24 25 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $23 per
toa. '
Corn Whole, $33 per ton; cracked,
$28; feed meal, $28.
Millstuffs Bran, $16.00 per ton;
shorts, $19.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, $24; oilcake meal, $28.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $9.00
10.00; Eastern Washington, $13.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 24c; select, 23c; tabs, 22c;
ranch, 18c.
Cheese NativeWashington, 12c. .
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $16
18; parsnip, per sack, 76c; beets, per
sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; ruta
bag as, per sack, 75c; carrots, per sack,
8545o; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.25;
onions, per 100 lbs, $11.25.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.00,
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 8c; dressed, 1013o; ducks,
$2. 00 3.60; dressed turkeys, 15 16a
- Eggs Fresh ranch, 16c; Eastern,
19o per dozen.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, SJao; mutton, sheep,
6o per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6o per
pound; veal, small, 6c,
Fresh Fish Halibut, 6 6; salmon,
6 8; salmon trout, 7 10; flounders
and soles, 84a
Provisions Hams, large, 12c; hams,
small, 12Vc; breakfast bacon, 10c;
dry salt sides, 60 per pound.
San Francisco, Jan. 19, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 70
80c; Early Rose, 70 75c; River Bur
banks, 50 76c; sweets, $1.501.60
per cental.
Onions 6085o per cental. . -Eggs
Store, 2123o; ranch, 24 2 7.
Butter Fancy creamery, 26c; do
seconds, 1820o; fancy dairy, 17c;
seconds, 1416c ;
Cheese - Fancy mild, new, 11
llsc; lair to good, .8 10c; Young
America, ll12o; Eastern, 18 14c.
Wool Choice mountain, 6 7c; poor
do, 4 60; Ban Joaquin plains, 8 Bo;
do foothill, 6 80 per pound. ' :
Hay Wheat, $8. 00 11; wheat and
oat, $8 10; oat, $6. 00 8. 00; barley,
8. 00 8. 60 ; alfal fa, $6. 00 7. 50; clover,
$6.008.00; stock, $5. 00 6. 00 per ton.
Tropical Fruit Bananas, $1.00
3.00 per bunch; pineapples, $2 4.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, naval, $1.60
2.60; seedlings do, 75c 1.25; Mexi
can limes, $6. 00 6. 50 common lemons,
J1.00 1.25; good to choice, $1.50
9.00; fancy, $2. 50 3. 00 per box.
Apples Fancy, $1 1.25 per box;
onunondo, 40975ft -
Tea is better fresh if it
isn't, what does the grocer
mean by telling you that he
has some tea just come
from abroad?
Fresh doesn't mean just
picked; it means just roast
ed. Schilling's Best is
roasted as fast as your gro
cer wants it-no faster
in San Francisco.
A Schilling Compear
Jm r randsca
3
Oladatoae'a Advice to Tonne; Men.
Be sure that every on of you has
hi place and vocation on this earth,
and that It rests with himself to find It.
Do not believe those who too lightly
say: "Nothing succeeds like success."
Effort, honest, manful, humble effort,
succeed by 1U reflected action, espe
cially In youth, better than success,
which, Indeed, too easily and too early
gained, not seldom serves. Ilk winning
the throw of the dice, to blind and
tupefy. Get knowledge, all you can.
Be thorough In all you do, and remem
ber that though Ignorance often may be
Innocent, pretension Is always despica
ble. But you, like men, be strong and
exercise your strength. Work onward
and upward, and may the blessing of
the Most High soothe your cares, clear
your vision, and crown your labor with
reward. .
A certain youthful curate wa taken
to task by the new Archbishop of Can
terbury for reading the lesson or the
service in an Inaudible tone. Where
upon the young man replied: "I am
surprised that you should find fault
with my reading, as a friend of mine
In the congregation told me that I wa
beautifully heard." "Did she?" snap
ped the bishop, and the fair young
curate collapsed. Ills lordship bad
once been a young clergyman himself,
and be knew a thing or two about the
"friend." .,::'
MOTOR AMD M1SEKT.
Compressed air as a motive power for
street railways will in time supersede elec
tric wires and the trolley. Necessity and
invention make rapid changes, but some
old, sure, unfailing methods will hold good
for all time. The nerves are the electrio
wires of the human system, and often
"jangle out of tune." aa when neuralgia
slips the trolley of the system and it grinds
ana groans with pain. The old motor for
the cure ot pain. St. Jacobs Oil, will
always act as electric influence on the pain
stricken nerves, and will send a current of
cure through the disordered wires, and
bring about a perfect restoration. Nothing
new can improve upon what is known to be
the best and rarest in the treatment of pain
ful diseases.
William B. Phillips, of New Madrid,
Mo. is credited with a total of 1,350
squirrels in three days' hunting on Lit
tle river. . :' '
ON SECRET Or LOSGBVIIY.
Those anxious to prolong this rapid transi
tory existence of ours beyond the average span,
should foster his digestion, newttively by ab
staining from indiscretions In diet, and afflrm
ativelv bv the use of that peerless stomachic,
Hostetter's stomach Bitters, when he experi
ences symptoms of indigestion. The impair
ment o! the digestive function Is fatal to rigor.
Subdue with the Bitters, also, fever and ague,
biliousness and constipation.
Typhusantitoxine is the latest medi
cinal discovery. It i alleged to be
sure preventive for typhus fever.
For lung and chest diseases Piso's Cure
is the bent medicine we have used. Mrs,
J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Out., Canada.
CATARRH CAKNOT BR CUBED
With LOCAL APPLICATION'S, aa they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and In order lo
cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts di
rectly on thebloodandmucoussurfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
nrescribed bv one of the best Dhvsicians In this
country for years, and Is a regular prescrip
tion, it is composea 01 me wbi wines Known,
combined with the best blood cilrifters. acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination ol the two ingredients Is what
produces such wonderful effects in curing
catarrn. eena tor testimonials, tree.
F. 1. CHENEY A CO., Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ' -
The light of the moon is only about
one-six hundred thousandth that of the
sun.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ilia, which vanish before proper ef
fortsgentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the svatem, which the pleasant
family laxative, Hyrupof Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and fa
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effect are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promote internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acta. It is therefore
if important, in order to get it bene
ficial effect, to note when yon pur
chsae, that yon have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the moat skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Tigs stands highest and is most largely
Jlid and gives most general satisfaction.
tltaiSPCNSABU
TO ANY
PIMI SMOKES.
"AWAY WITH
MAKBniirrs."
Dsslsrs' But
teller.
SAMPLE, 10C.
OKU DOZKM, DUO
ECLIPC MFC. OO,
By Mall.
Aa-eat Wanted. Portland, Or., V. S. A,
GURU CURE for PILES
a w 11 a rvnriiitttf
1 StIOS, Blvdln. f rretfudlnr PIlMrteUaiaaMIS
MM-KO'S PILI RgMgOV, im
rnirntU. .boaaae.PaUa.ra.
waiaig nutij, ssiar-ajnf or rrotPudlnr nluj
la iifitfuu,
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OFINTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Clover fthould Bown Thickly I"
Order to Deetroir the Weed-A Faraa
of 'Ten Acre Enough-Kcepta Ap
ple In Wt.
The Use of Clover.
Farmers who tow clover seed thinly,
with the expectation that It will spread
o aa to ail the vacant space, make a
great mistake. It will spread, but o
slowly that weeds, which abound in ail
soil that Is rich enough to produce any
thing, will crowd and tuut it: On the
coutrary, If the seeds are close enough
together, and the soil 1 In good euough
tilth and richness to make a clover
plant each two or three Inches square
of space, the clover will go very far to
ward crowding out the annual weed.
like ragweed and charlock. These start
very early, but their early growth is
alow, and they are completely hidden
under the broad leaf of clover when It
get It third, fourth and fifth leave.
Where the clover once gets the start,
It will keep it. We have een In grain
flelda In June or July good clover
growths, aud have examined under
them the -oil with a microscope, find
ing there thousands of weed that had
germinated and put out one or two
leaves, only to be smothered down ny
the larger clover growth. It la well
knowu to farmer that the second year
crop of clover, if a good seedling, Alls
the soil so that nothing else can. grow.
But the first year's clover crop eannot
smother biennial weed like red root,
Bhephurd'a purse and th plantain.
These atart In the fall, and are ready In
spring to make an earlier growth than
newly sown clover can be. American
Cultivator. "
Tea Acres .
A farm of ten acre can be made to
produce all of most thing a large fam
ily needs, and can be mu at small ex
pense. To begin with, a driving borne
and two cow can be kept on It, at small
expense, and the horse will give a world
of pleasure to the family, while the
cows, If so managed that one I fresh
In the prlng and the other in the fall,
will furnish milk and cream la abun
dance, and ought In addition to furnish
all the butter needed. Then a quarter
of an acre of poultry yard stocked with
forty or fifty hens will glv egm and
chicken In abundance, and a few tur
key for Thanksgiving and the holl-
daya. An acre in garden and small
fruit will furnish vegetable and fruit
sufficient for the family want, so that
there will be a constant succession from
the time asparagus comes In April un
til winter sets In, and then the cellar
will be clocked with canned fruit and
vegetables to last through the winter.
Allowing two acre of land for pasture.
one for garden and truck patch, which
Includes small fruits, and half an acre
for ornamental grounds around the
house, we have six aud a half acres left
to cultivate. .
Keeplnsr Apples In Pita,
Apple can be kept In cellar better
than above ground provided they be
not brought in contact with the soil,
This Is sure to Injure their flavor,
though It prevents either rotting or
wilting from contact with changing air.
There should always be some box or
barrel to enclose the apple before
burying them, and they should be cov
ered deeply enough to be near the freea
ing point all winter. If the apple are
sound when put in there will be little
or no rot when they are taken out of
their winter quarter.
Aboot Doctoring Fowls.
While It undoubtedly la unprofitable
to doctor very sick fowls, It Is advisable
to treat slight cases, or rather diseases
In the first stage. Such ailment like
colds, sore head, lameness from cramps
or rheumatism, etc., can beeaslly treat
ed, and It is advisable to do so, bat
when these troubles turn Into roup,
cholera, liver troubles, aud other con
tagious diseases, then It is far better
to kill the patient. It must not be for
gotten that poultry and eggs are food
for us, and diseased poultry and egg
are as dangerous as diseased beef or
pork would be. We firmly believe that
when a fowl once contracts a con
taglous disease the taint can never be
eradicated from the system, and we
will not eat such meat, no matter
bow apparently cured the fowl may
be. Netither will we eat eggs laid by
hens that have hud a contagious dis
ease. Yet In this particular, how care
less are farmers? Column' Itural
World. , .
Mnklna- Wagoa Boa,
The first thing to do I to fit the bot
tom board. Cut them a few Incbe
longer than the box I to be when fin
ished, and aw off the ends after whole
I put together. Do not try to econo
mize by using less than six good side
straps, or going without rods, for the
box will soon become so loose and rick
ety as to be a constant anoyance.
Basswood, according to the Western
Plowman, is the best material, ail
things considered, for wagon boxes.
It la tough, light, and If kept dry, very
durable. Klin does very well for bofr-
torn boards, If the right kind of elm
Is selected, there being a great differ
ence In the timber going under the name
or wnite or water eim. vve nave in
some of our forests, quite common, a
tree which Is called chestnut elm, but
not generally distinguished from the
common water elm, so very similar Is
It in appearance. The wood of this
tree very, much resembles that of the
chestnut. It Is firm In grain and will
not warp more than basswood. Beach
Is sometimes used for wagon boxes. It
Is durable, but too heavy to recom
mend. Pine makes a light, nice box,
but Is more expensive in some localities
than most other lumber, and not as
l,Mil,l. - 1 ... t An fl t A
. being so easily bruised and chipped
Coloring Butter la Winter.
There 1 no moral wrong In coloring
winter butter; provided it be made of
cream that ha not acquired bad odors
from feed or from exposure. We have
known farmer to color butter that
was made for their own use. - They
claimed, and truly, that .the yellow
color made the butter more appetizing,
though the taste wa not changed. But
a strain of Jersey or Quersney blood
will Import more color to winter butter.
an an elan will feed nR With Corn
stnrk. - The atalks of corn are better
feed for milch cow than I timothy
hay, but where stalk are the principal
feed om corn or corn meal ought al
ways to go with tliem.-Arnerlcan Cul
tivator. British Wheat Imports.
Th London Times) says: "The sub
joined table, which give the value of
our Imports of wheat from various
countries for the eight mouths ended
Aug, 81, show that the United Stales)
has profited appreciably by the parlinl
failure of the supplies) usually put ou
the market by Its competitor: ,
ismi. - lsiw.
Russia ........ 3,4 12.000 , H.T.(XX)
United 8tats .. ,040,(X)0 6,,V),(XK)
Argeutlua .. .. I.SWI.IMHI 3.7:W,(XX
India . ... 612.tX l.Km.CKH)
Australaala .... '-,000 SMKK
lti-itlh Nnrli
America ...i. CWl.fXK) 8211,0m)
Other couutries. 1,288,000 JC7.000
Totals ......3.21 4.000 110,013,000
Retains Oood Cows.
I think I should ask that I might give
thla faith to those engaged In dairying,
vl.: That you can raise dairy cow
with the absolute certainty of success,
and no guesswork about It cows that
will make from ten to twelve pouuds
of butter a week-ami It all hinges upon
the proper selection of both of the dam
on oue side and th sire on the other,
It Is not a theory. 1 huvo bad a Oue
chance to travel and observe for the
last eight years, aud 1 kuow what I am
talking about If there W anything to
make me feel wild It Is to see a farmer
keep a lot of worthless cow aud breed
and feed a cow that will not puy for
her keep. Cow Culture.
Straw for Fattening; Rtork.
When cattle, horse or sheen are fed
very concentrated and nltrogenou
food they will often show a decided
liking for grain straw, which if fed on
alone could not be eaten lu uR)cimit
quantities to sustain life. What this
fattening stock seeks lu the straw 1
first more) of the carbonaceous element
of food, and secondly, something that
will distend their stomachs while fur
nishing little nutrition. In thl respect
the domestic animals are wiser than
cian, who, when he can get It, overloads
hi stomach with Indigestible food, and
then resort to drug Instead of to more
bulky food for relief.- Exchange.
The Klberta Peach.
So many varieties of fruits are Intro
duced with a great flourish only to m
discarded In the course of a tew years-
Some kinds, however, seem to Insure
permanent popularity, whk'h la a sign
of their value. The Klberta peach is
one of these. It seem rather to grow
In popularity as the year roll by. It
Is considered the most desirable of all
the yellow flesh peaches Crawford'
Yellow excepted. I'ossibly some of lis
popularity come from Its high color
ing. It is oue of the darkst of all, lu
this respect approaching a nectarine.
Mechan'a Monthly.
Deep DralnlnK.
Deep underdratalng la a protection
against damage from droughts. That
may seem paradoxical to some that we
drain to get water out of the soil and
drain to get water Into the soil yet ws
know from personal observation that
growing crops over and around the
drains, in time of severe drought, will
show almost as much superiority over
those growing on unit rained land as
would be seen by comparison of the
same lands in an excessive wet time,
-Ex.
Pare Water for Hoss.
No more animal Is more likely to
suffer from lack of water than Is the
hog. This Is mainly because this stock
is often fed milk or swill, the latter
usually having more or less salt In It,
and both ntterly unfit to take the place
of water. Fattening hog especially
should tie given all the water they will
drink, as It keeps them from becoming
feverish, which Injures the quality of
their pork.
Farm Notes.
. If trees are pruned properly whilo
young the necessity of cutting off large
limbs will be avoided.
The first month of milking will d.
clde the question of whether the heifer
should be kept In the dairy or turned
to the butcher's block.
Do not attempt the raising of too
many varieties of apples. If for home
Use they should be timed to como In at
all seasons; but for market too many
kind will make a great deal of trou
bio, without yielding a corresponding
degree of benefit Let neither the ear
ly nor the late supply consist of more
than one or two varieties;
-All machinery, wagons, etc., that are
not under shelter will pe exposed to
snows and rains, and consequently ren
dered almost worthless for use in the
spring. If It 1 cheaper to buy new
tools every year then there la an ex
cuse for neglecting the tool, but it Is
generally -the case that the farmer
who does not take care of bis Imple
ments has but little interest In bis
farm.: ,,-..';
Are pure breeds high? This may be
considered by examining the methods
In England. No farm In that country
contains any but choice beef cattle, as
the farmers endeavor to excel In choice
beef. ' Although the English farmers
have been using the Shorthorn breed
of cattle for over a century, yet It Is
nothing unusual for a choice bull.to sell
for 11,000, They want only the best to
be had", and they find it pays to use
no other
When looking over the prices quoted
for any article produced on the farm,
and which Is - be sold, It may be no
ticed that there 1 quite a difference
between "Inferior" and "extra choice"
grade. . The difference between 3 and
4 cents per pound Is but 1 cent, but It
represents $2.60 on a 250-pound hog.
Only the "extra choice" brings the
highest price, and no farmer should
sell auytblng that cannot be so graded.
Good beef cattle should not weigh
less than 1,600 pounds each, and as It
Is not difficult to make every animal
In a herd wolgb 2,000 pounds, the
cause of lack of profit In cattle can be
easily pointed out Inferior stock. At
the fair many of the "prize" steers
are the result of using pure-bred Hliort-
horn or Hereford bulls with common
cows and pushing them with liberal
feeding. Any fannor can do the same.
No prize steer has ever yet been seen
that ws not a pure-bred or grade ani
mal v .
r.iiRACLES
The Wonderful Progress Made Within the
Past Few Years.
Diseases That Our Mothers Thought Incurable Now
Cured by Falne's Celery Compound.
It is difficult, almost iiniKMwiiilo, to jmrmm are not awaro that any such
overeNtlnmt the Importance ot mwnt They do not know th
. ,, , , . 1 nothing goe on In any part of the body
advance, iu medicine and surgery. Umt tvwy Mm m
In surgery there is the application o( jy , of," The etommes of thl,
the X-ray in tfotimiiiiiliig complicated sympathy I familiarly illustrated by
fractures. ' I heiuliiche, indigestion, rheumatism,
In medicine there Is the serum-trout- mmialiga, etc, About every case of
uient for germ diseases, and more lm- sleeplessness, nervousness and dyspup:
portunt still, the extended use ot sla is "sympatetlo strike" by bruin,
1'ulnt)' celery compound ill the treat-, nerve or stomach, induced by the low.
ment of the many disease that arise ering of Ui general health,
from a faulty or impaired nervous ) IVntpln who think to got rid of thus
tom.-- troubles by some medicine that d litre-
This class of ailment cause mora gards the general health of the body
suffering ami earlier doath than all are on the., wrong track. In getting
others, aud that is whv so much pub- such disctiitc a neuralgia and rhenma.
Ho prominence was at once given to tlsm out of the system I'ulne' celery
Palne's celery compound when its ills- compound proceeds at once to restore
mvcry wns first announced by Prof. 'normal appetitn and regulate the
Phelps of Dartmouth college. nerves, as the foundation lor luilMIng
Th rapid and sum way that Palrte's up the health and vlgor
celery comiound cures neuralgia, rheu-1 It regulates the bowels without delay,
itiatiwa and nervous debility 1 marvel- and sees to it that the ixiiwmtms lm.
ous even in the. eye of thl wondor- mora that are bursting through the
working quarter of the century. skin, in what are, for purpose of
Ancient miracles were contrary to classifying, called skin diseases, ars
natural laws, whereas th remarkable given a ready outlet. On this basis
power of Paine' - celery 'compound to purified blood and regluated nerve titer
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understanding of the natural cause of disease, such a eeaema, salt rltmttn,
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gothor ami lmmiotiiatHi all, is under- aiuti celery compound and carefully
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