(TOPICS FOE FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. farmers' Bora Should Be Taught ttelMrellaace tram lufaacj Plant Treee A Balance for the Qrtudetoue -Feeding Down Tonne Oralis. Boya aa tha Farm. I am acquainted with an Instance where a certain farmer brought his boy up Just as you would train a colt lie ' was never allowed to exercise the least amount of Judgment In anything per- talulng to farm matters. In fact, be waa a mere machine. When the boy waa IS hie father waa stricken down with a lingering disease, but stlU the latter persisted In pursuing the course of training his boy. He planned every thing until three weeks before his death. To-day bis boy knowa but little more than an Infant about laying out bis WOrfc''t:'"'. v':7 As soon as the boy la 12 years old hla training should begin. Show him that he Is of more consequence than a ma chine, that be is put here to think, plan and carry out work. Give him a piece of ground and teach him the first rudi ments of farming,' letting him see all the wlille that he Is working for him elf. As he grows older, give him a colt or a cow, and let him raise stock for himself. Then take him Into confidence as to the buying and selling of farm produce, and occasionally let him man age the farm for a day or so. Above all be patient with him. Nothing dis courages the average boy more than fault-nnding, which makes him grad ually lose ail confidence In his ability to work. Good Judgment, patience and elf-control will train your boy so that, .when at last you are unable to run the old farm, you will have some one who can easily assume the entire manage ment in everything and do credit to his parent's early training. Orange J odd Farmer. ' Plaat T ' If yon happen to lire on the prairie where you have no woodlot, suppose you make the experiment of planting a few trees. Some yards even are bare . of trees. Shade Is grateful in the hot weather and you owe It to your wife , and children to at once beautify and cool the yard with trees. Get a few thrifty young maples and set them along the road In front of the house. . Put In one good white elm where it will shade the yard and porch (light ning Is not so partial to the elm as to some other trees) put a frame around them to -protect them, and In a few years you will be surprised at the amount of pleasure you will all get out of It- .-.,.,,.; .x.,,:.,., .- Then, If you have a spare sandy, low-lying corner that Is not good for much else, you might put It to good use by planting a lot of cotton woods there. Ton won't miss the ground and In a few years the value of the wood for light fuel will more than repay your trouble. - Pf course you will not forget the Im portance of putting out some fruit trees. Three or four dollars win give you enough cherry, apple and crab trees to supply your family needs In the course of three or four years; and by Judicious repetition of the process It will not be long before you will have a thrifty orchard which will prove to be the most profitable spot on the farm. Select a gentle southern slope If you have one, and It not, do the next best thing. . ' , Balance for Grindstone. .- . ' One of the most satisfactory little Improvements I have lately made is a balance on my grindstone. I turn with a treadle, operated by my foot, and this balance not only makes the stone , turn easier, but also make It run much steadier. To make the balance, I got a piece of iron about five-eighths of an Inch thick, 3Va Inches wide and 10 Inches long. Had blacksmith punch bole In Iron 2 inches from one end, of size to fit on grindstone shaft, on end opposite treadle. It should be put on so that long end of iron would be opposite the little crank that treadle Is fastened to, so that when treadle la being pressed down by the foot the long end will be going up, and when ' the treadle Is going tip the weight of Iron will be going down and help raise treadle, thus forming a balance. Far mers' Union. Plaatlaar Cncnna. era In Kldea. : . Instead of planting cucumber seed In hills where the roots of a dozen or more plants will crowd each other, we long ago learned that it la much better to plant the seed In ridges only very lightly raised above the soil around them. In the ridges the seed may be put five to six Inches apart If some of the vines are attacked by the cucum ber beetle others will escape, while It la rarely that a bill Is attacked without losing all the plants In It Cucumbers thus grown sre much less likely to dry out late In the eason than If planted In hills. Ex. FeedtasT ttnwn Toons Gra'n. ' On very rich land spring grain Ur apt to grow too rank and Ita straw will break down before the grain Is filled, making the entire crop a failure. It Is on such cases that pasturing stock on spring grain may be a benefit to the crop. We say "may be" advised ly, for the trampling of the plants In soft earth must always be Injurious, however great may be the advantages of cropping off Its surplus growth. The amount of feed that can be secured by feeding down spring grain Is very email It may pay to pasture with beep, or even with calves which will not seriously poach the soil. But bet ter than this, on very rich land, Is to run over the piece with a mower, cut ting the leaves to within two inches of the ground. These leaves will not grow again, but their check while the root beneath Is rapidly growing will end up two shoots for one. American Cultivator. Effect of Food oa Kara. A systematic series of Inquiries In regard to the effect ot food upon the ise of eggs, develops the fact that most feeders sre very much In the dark Upon this subject It has been foutd, however, that the grains have much less effect In increasing the size of eggs than meats, bran and other nitrogenous foods, but grams fed In excess will make the ben too fat, and bar eggs will either be small t - be retained until fthiiortuaUy large. As to the affect an the number or eggs, opinions art about equally divided. Perhaps the answer to either question depends more upon tha breed than upon any particular food. The Ideal food for laying hens as given by prominent fancier Is as fol lows: "The combination of SO pounds of corn, 15 pounds ot oats, 10 pounds of wheat, 10 pounds of barley and 13 pounds of wheat bran, thoroughly mix ed, gives the largest number of eggs possible. This Is used as the morning soft food, with 25 per cent, of meat food, the afternoon feed being mixed grains." ' . Quack Oraaa on dandy Poll. It Is very dHttcult to rid sandy soil of either quack grass or of Its equal pest, the Canada thistle, because where there la no hard subsoil the roots run too deeply for the plow to bring them up. The sandy soil Is also so porous and has so little vegetable mould that the qnack roots do not die quickly. even If not allowed to send up shoo's. But on land wholly destitute of vege table matter, It Is hardly worth while to get rid of quack. It will keep a sod and prevent the sand from blowing, which Is difficult to do with any of the cultivated grasses or with clover. ' Farm Notes. Poor hay makes a poor feed. The time of cutting and manner of curing are Important Items as regards quality- :. While mistakes do not always result in loss. It Is as Important to know how to avoid mistakes as to be successful. One of the surest ways of killing out noxious weeds is to cut them oft close to the top of the ground as fast as they show up. , .There Is a fairly good demand 'In market for well matured animals of medium sise that are in a good thrifty condition. . i It la Impossible to feed cattle with profitable results that have been stunt ed during the early stages of their ex istence. . Keep up the cultivation until the crops can be considered ss made. There Is little risk of giving too much cultivation; the opposite Is generally the case. ' T ' Booth Carolina's Wild Beasts. If a circle be described with the Charleston city ball as a center and radius of fifteen or tweuty miles, there may be found within Its limits at least twenty-flve different species of wild animals, several of them In sufficient number to make their capture for the sake of their skins a profitable employ ment the Charleston News and Courier. The list consists of the black bear, the bay lynx or wildcat, the gray fox, the Virginia deer, the raccoon, the 'possum, the gray rabbit, the swamp rabbit, the pole-cat or skunk, the mink, the Canada otter, the fox squirrel (three varieties), the Carolina gray squirrel, the flying squirrel, four spe cies of rats, four species of mice, and three species of ground mole or shrews: All these are found in considerable numbers, while some, even of the larg er and more Important, are very abund ant":.: ' . In addition to these, the common seal is an occasional, though rare, visitor in the harbor, while the panther, the beaver and the wolf have become ex tinct In this circuit within one or two generations the latter having been killed within thirty miles of the city In the memory of men now living. If we extend our circle to Include the lim its of the State, we must enlarge our list by eight or ten more species, such the red fox, the woodchnck or ground hog, the musk rat, the ground squirrel, and several others, while the panther, wolf and beaver may possibly be still found very rarely In the wild regions of the Blue Ridge. The Behavior of the Japanese. The Japanese are as courteous as they are theatrical and artistic. Their courtesy and their art are very closely allied. Their keen sense of courtesy, and their unflagging practice of It, has, I believe, as much to do with the quiet. Desa and fitness of their funerals as has their fine artistic instinct They are as a cation even prouder and more stodioos, I think, of their courtesy than of their artistic excellence. "Cry It; It will do yon good."" I said once to a poor Japanese woman, who, crouch ing beside ber dying husband, was con trolling herself with an effort that would, I feared, make ber ill. She laid her little, slim, brown finger upon ber trembling, red Hp and shook her bead, then whispered: "It might disturb him." "Cry; It will do you good. I said the next day when the man was desd, and she seemed almost prostrate with grief ana over-enrorcea scir-con- trol. "It would be most rude to make a hideous noise before the sacred dead," came the soft reply. ,, Tbe Making of a Dictionary. , " The first five letters of the alphabet have now been finished in the new and monumental Oxford Dictionary. , An Interesting table which has been1 pre pared shows the number of words giv en under those letter to be 89,501. Of these 66.254 are main worda.i 10,1M are special combinations explained un der main" words, and 13,181 ar4 subor dinate words. An analysis of t(e main words brings out that 47,786 are in current use, 15,052 are obsolete, and 2,510 are alien. The figures illustrate the Immense amount of labor Involved in the undertaking which Dr. Murray and bis colleagues have in band. 1 A Royal Bracelet. ' A little story Is told In connectlot with a bracelet always worn by the Queen. It was given her by the Princv Consort In tbe second year of their marriage, and held In a medallion the baby face of the Prince of Wales. When ft third child was given to them the Queen had this picture removed and carefully preserved, and that of the new baby put In its place, and so on through all the royal line of infants. Now the little daughter of the Duke of York smiles up in tbe face of the grent grandmother from this love-token, as did her grandfather long years ago. About Horeee. Gray horses live longest, writes W W. Long; roan horses nearly aa long Cream-colored horses are deficient In staying power, especially In summer weather. Bays, on an average, are the best ' Horses with black hoofs are stronger and tougher than others. . Very few gtrkt uudet twenty are oh' eaougu to be poUt WEEKLY- MARKET LETTER. ftawalag, Hopkins A Company's Pat law ' t T rati a. Outside of some little manipulation ot July options, markets were dull and fairly steady last week. Spring wheal in tha Northwest is above the average, both as to quality and acreage sown, the whole Southwest from Kansas City to Galveston (a feeling elated over the crop ot winter wheat The Kansas hard wheat is ot flue quality.: Texas has a big crop. Proctor Tavlor. th well-known mil ler of Qulncy, III., and member of the Chicairo board of trade, has just re. turned from a trip to Oklahoma, where he has been to see for himself about the likelihood of getting a qnsnttty of soft red wheat for his milt Hie result of his inquiries and observations on tho spot was, in his opinion, tlmt Oklaho nia would raise between 80,000,000 and 85,000,000 bushels of excellent quality wheat unless his information is largely astray on acreage. He saw a field threehed" that yielded 43 bushels to the acre, and returns of 35 and 88 bushels were quite frequent His oh serration was confined to the line of the Santa Fe Railroad,-an he said only the best farmers those having threshing facilities of their own had yet threshed their wheat, but withal he came to the above oonolnsion as to the total yield. . The Minneapolis Market Record ol June 28 says; The prospect for wheat in the Northwest is not impaired dur ing the past week. The growth is very heavy and the head is forming. By opening the straw it is found that the heads are of unusual length. There is nothing now in sight to prevent a large yield. It is to be borne in mind that there is yet time for many accidents. If no accident happens to it there ought to be more than 300,000,000 bushels harvested in Minnesota and the Dakota. Allowing 60,000,000 for the other spring states and about 30, 000,000 of winter wheat, which is now practically assured, and the outlook is for a crop for this country of 575,000,- 000 buaela of wheat. The question of prioe is also promising, for with the small stooks to be carried forward, in ail countries, the new orop will go more quickly into consumption and leave small surplus to be carried over to another crop. f : Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 6667c; Val lev, 68c per bushel. Flour Best grades, 13.60(38.60; grahram, f 3.25; superfine, 31.25 pel barret . : Oats Choice white, 33 40c; choice gray, 3739c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, 16 16.60; brewing, 118(3 19 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13.50 per ton; middlings, $31; shorts, 115.50. Hay Timothy, $10(318.60; olover, $11.50(312.50; California wheat, $10 13; do oat, $11; Oiegon wild bay,t3 10 per ton. Eggs 13c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 80 85c; fair to good, 25c; dairy, 20 (3 2 5c pet roll. Cheese Oregon, HJi'c; Young America, 12c; California, 9 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $32.50 per dozen; broilers, $1 1.85; geese, $3 4; ducks, $3.50(3.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10c per pound. " . Potatoes. Oregon Burbanks, '40 60c per sack; sweets, $3.75 per oenUl for Merced; new potatoes, $1.00 1,10 percental. Onions California, new, red. SOo $1; yellow, $1.85 per cental. Hops 7(37 3o per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4c. . , . v , Wool Valley, 10(312 ic per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8c; mohair, 19 20o per pound. : Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, Jc; dressed mntton, 4 6c; spring lambs, 6(37 per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4; light and feeders, $3. 50 3; dressed, $S 4.25 per 100 poonds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50; .cows $2.60g 3; dressed beef, 56'o per pound. 5 5 ' ' . ;' Teal Large, 8; small, 4 4Jo per pound. ; "' Seattle Markets. ' "... Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 17c; ranch, 1012a Cheese Native Washington, 10 llo; California, 9a Eggs Fresh ranc, 14 15ft Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, l bens, 11 12c; spring chickens, $2.50 3.50; dncks, $46. I Wheat Feed wheat, $25 per ton. Oats Cltoice, per ton, $20; feed $21 Corn Whole, $20; cracked, per ton, $20; feed meal, $20 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $19; whole, $18.50. t Fresh Meats Choice' dressed beef, steers, 6o; cows, 6c; mutton sheep, Cc; pork, 0)4c; veal, small, 6 7. Fresh Fish Halibnt, 84c; salmon, 4 5c;" salmon trout, 7 10c; flounders and sole, 8 4; ling coad, 4 5; rock cod, 6o; smelt, 84c - aa Fraaeisea Markets. Wool Choice foothill, 9 11c; Ban Joaquin, 6 months' 8 lOoj do year's staple, 7 9c; mountain, 10 13c; Ore gon, 10 12o per ponnd. Hops 8 12o per pound. ' ' , Millstuffs Middlings, $16.50 20; California bran, $13 14.60 per ton. . Hay Wheat, $8 11; wheat and oat,$7 1 0;oat,$6. 60 8. 60 river barley, $56; best barley, $6.508; alfalfja, $5 7 clover, $6 8. - Potatoes New, in boxes, 40 60c. Onions New Ted, 60 70c; do new silverskin, 80 90 per cental. - r 17 u t : . . i . n . emu iruia Appien, soigdac small box; do large box, 40 50c Royal apricots, 2040o common cherries, 15(325c; Royal Anne cherries, 2535o per box; currants, $1.0C2.00 per chest; peache, 25 60c; pears, 20 40o; cherry plums, 20 40c per box. Butter Fancy creamery, 17)c; do seconds, 16 17c; fancy dairy, 15 -16ic;good to choice, 13 14o per pound. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 8c; fair to good, 77io per pound. Eggs Store, 10! llo; ranch, 13 16c; Eastern, 12 18; duck, 13o per dozen. ' Citrus fruit Navel ; oranges, $1 2; seedlings, 75c$1.25; Mexican limes, $6,607; common lemons, 76c 1.60. It took ; the ; Washington ' experts three weeks to count the cash in the New York ub-tr.-iigury. They bandied $198,888,000 in all. Will In Grave. ..... , ; Almost a parallel to the Jacob Z. Da vis will discovery turns up in Indiana, tor after lying In a hiah'a coffin for nearly 80 years, a will has been ex humed at Leavenworth, In that state, and its terms are liable to Increase a troublesome litigation among the heirs ot the man who had the document bur ied with him. Jacob Kissingen was tho man. The will ana fun in I lie urviiletlt. beOSU'e when Kismiutt'li died, although tho wilu was believed to have been made, no body could find it,. So the heirs went to law and have Wen at It for three decade. 1 A few days ngo a dispute arose which could bu cleared up by the family Bi ble. So the old grave was opened and the book taken out It was iu a good state of preservation, , and, when opened, to the surprise of everyone, dis closed the old man's will. By the terms of the document found In tho grave the property of Kiramigtm was divided equally among five chil dren, one of Uieiu resident ot Ger many, and born ot Kissingeu's first wife. - And this is where the new trou ble begins.. None of the four American heirs ever heard of the father's first marriage, and not one of them guessed tlmt he had a brother in Europe. The Germau heir, of course, has been in ignorance, too, ot tha exist ence of his American brothers, and the property and money bequeathed to him. If he presses his claim now, it is said that the four brothers who live here will have quite a hole in their pnrsos when they pay him what ia his by his father's will. . lee-Break lag sal pa. Vice-AJmiral Makarow, of the" Rus sian navy, hasleen studying the con struct ion and use of powerful ice-break-ing ships. At a recent meeting of the Imperial Geographical Society at St. Petersburg he expressed the belief that with two such ships, each of 10,000 horsepower, acting together, a line ot free water communication could be kept open in winter to the port ot St Petersburg, and he added that they could even force their way through the glacial ocean if the thickness of tbe ice did not exceed IS feet. : Beraa Fewer ef I.l(htnlnf . A recent thunder storm in the neigh borhood of Berlin afforded an opportu nity of measuring precisely the power of a flush of lightning. The experi menters took as a basis tha amount of Iron fused by a flash of lightning, and according to the statement whicfii they have published, the power ot flash of lightning is on an average equivalent to 7,000 horsepower. HOITT'S SCHOOt. One of the bput schools for bora on ttila ena.it In in cltsrs ol ex -State Supenniendnit Ira U. Mniii, Ph. U.,at Burliname.au Mateo oouniy, accredited. A single polypus has been cut into 124 parts, and each in time became a perfect animal, Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me large doctor bills. C. 1 linker, ti'-'X Regent So,., Philadelphia, Pa., lMw. I, KS, A man in a balloon four miles alove the earth can plainly bear the barking of a dog. - . now this We offer One Hundred Dollar Reward for an; case of ( alarrh that Cannot be oared by uau t alarm vure. . t. J.CHKNKY k CO.. Prow.. Toledo. O. We. the onderalrneil, nave known F. J. Cheney fur the Ian 16 years, and believe hfta - perlectly honorable In all buinea traAaettons, and ltnnuiU able to carry out any oblif. I1UU ipeuv uy uivir unu, Vi r a Tsrx. Wholesale lirassMa, Toledo, O, . WlLDIKD, K IMNAN A MAIVIK, Wboleaale Drugglalii, Tuledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cur Is taken Internally, act- ins directly upon the bluod and mucous aur lereSuf thesi'stem. Price Mr. per bottle. Sold ay all drUKRlsu. Testimonials free. Hall's family pills are the beat. Russia has 41,800 pnblio schools. while Germany, with only half the population, has 69,000 schools, with nearly three times as many pupils as tbe Bnssian. , A new method of testing tbe hsrd. nesa of steer- balls has been devised. Tha balls are dropped from a fixed height on a plate glass set at an angle; If properly tempered they rebound into one rceptaole, and if they are too soft, they drop into another. Stop! Women, And consider thai fn addressing Mrs. Pinkhamyou are confiding your private Ula to a woman -a woman whose ex perience In treating woman's diseasea Is greater than that of any living phy sician, male or female. ' . You can talk freely toavroman when it Is revolting to relate your private trouW.es to a man; besides, ft man does not understand, simply because he is a man. MRS. PINKnAM'S STANDING ' INVITATION. s Women suffering from any form of female weakness arelnvi ted topromptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letter are re ceived, opened, read, and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk other private illness to a woman. Thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mra, Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experienrvj which she. has to draw from, it is more than possible that sho has gained the very knowledge thai will help your case. She asks nothing In return except your good will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, Is very foolish If she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. WHEAT - Make money by suc cess ul speculation In Chicago, we buy and sell wheat there on mar- !rtns. rorianea hare been made on a small leiiinnlns; by trading In fmrires. Write for lull particulars. Best ol reference siren. Sev eral veers' experience os the r:hicatro Hoard ol Trade, and a thoronirh knowledge of the bnl es. Dnwninir, Hopkins a Co., Chicago Board ot Trade Brokers. Offices in Portland, Oregon, Spokane sua neattie. nssn. w ....... .. f Was, Vmiijjri buornors Hraur abouid always bs J 9 aaed for eaudran (attuu. It ao.thae the ealld, aort. 4 a oa tbe some, allayasli paln.eurva wind eolle.and ta a tbe lat rnaanv for Stan-baa. Iweaty Sra eeall a i Tbnttla. it t tha beat ol all. - 1 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hat RI PTI KB and ril.ES eared; no pay an til cored; send for book. Lias. MaNartsxe oBTSarisxo, ia Market St., aaa Prancisoo. f ..-.a A I (n ft kite. truuxa ftrun. i uu shxmis n A GASOIINK HOISTIN ENGINE. it . Does tha Work f the team Caalaa Better ead With T.ea Cost. The use of gss and gasoline engines In mines and for all power purposes la very luuuli on the iuurease. New usus for them are being found every day, They are being used nulla extensively for pumping, for hoisting, and for other work in mining. Mr. W. F. Patriok has an article In a recent number of the New York Engineering and Mining Journal giving experience with a gaso line hoisting engine at the Southern Eureka mines In Utnli. Mr. Patriok BitTS! "Wo have had tha engine In use for some time, and have found it highly satisfactory and iu the highest degroe economical. Wa are engaged in sink ing, and of course only hoisting Inter mUtently. Our engine is rated at 25 horaotower, and hoists a load ot 1,100 pounds from a depth of 276 feet in 46 socouds. Our consumption of gasoline has averaged only 0.7 gallons per hour. The amount ot water used in cooling the cylinders is very small, largo galvanised iron cooling tanks are pro vided with the engine, and only enough water is required to replenish what la loot by evaporation. In many of our Western mining districts water for stuam plant would cost at much or mora than tho fuel. "The engine is provi('at with eleo- tric and toroh iguiters, both of which wor very saiiMtnoioriiy. one man con, by means of the self-starter, easily start the engine alone; after starting it requires no attention, except to tee that the oil cups are feeding properly. "By mentis of tho operating levers near the shaft, one man can hoist. dump the buckets, run out the waste, A Hemhi IMitlKf Ktil. ' and In such work as ours, or at small mines, have time to do the tool sharp ening and timber framing. "The machinery is noiseless and n (a The gasoline tank is placed out side the engine loom, underground, and below the level of the engine bed, and the gaaolina it drawn up as needed by small pump placed on one tide of the engine. Thtt arrangement preventi all possibility of an explosion. In fact, I consider it safer and more economical than steam, and when tbe hoisting is done, it can be shut down and there la absolutely no consumption ot fuel and no possible danger of explosion." The illustration given herewith shows a type of engine very much in use in mines throughout California, Oregon, Idaho, Arlsona, Mexico, Utah, Montana, Nevada, etc. It is built by the Heroules Gas Engine Works, of San Francisco, In all sixes, from two to two hundred horsopower. The engines are built extra hcaw, the hoisting drum being the same base as the engine, and. geared direct. - The levers operating the hoist are positive In action, and are within easy contiol of the operator. About three thousand of these engines are in use In different parts of the country, and in every instance have demonstrated their superiority over any other power lor the purpose used. They are also matte to burn distillate oil, which redo. oet the fuel cost very materially, and where water aud fuel are scarce, the saving in these items quite often enables the property to be worked where otherwise the exense at tendant upon operating ft Steam engine ! would preclude it, Mot aa Oflleial Day. The governor of Illinois is not re quired to Work on Sunday, It seems strange that such a question should have been raised. But it came before the tupreme court with reference to figuring up the time si lowed him by the constitution In which to act upon bilit alter the adjournment of the gen eral assembly. The tupreme court has decided that Sundayt are not official D'Aumale'a Three Willi. Bo rich was the Due d'Aumalo that lie had to make three wills to properly provide for the disposition ot bit prop erty. One of them relates exclusively to that part ot his property which is in Franco, while the other deals with the wealth deposited in England, possibly from motives ol precaution. ' The latest estimate of tbe population of tbe globe hat been made by M d' Amfreville, who places it at 1, 479,7211, 000. The number of Inhabitants to the square mile in Atis it 48; In Africa, 15; in America, 8; In Oceanic, and the polar regions, 8; in Australia, 1, The yearly increase of the population of the earth It about 6 to every 1,000. At this rate the population doublet every 189 years. ' ' A faly while traveling from Tyrone to Altoona, Pa., had her pooket picked In a car, and she was hustled off miles from bur destination because she bad not money to pay her fare, Thore were fourteen men who witnessed the act, and not one of tbem had the manliness to lend her fifty cents. The French minister of war recently offered a prize for the swiftest bird in a flight from Perignonx to Paris 810 miles. There were 2746 entries and the winner did tbe distance in seven hours and 84 minutes. Marie Tberesa't equestrian statue, re cently unveiled by Emperor Francit Jo- I teph. at Presshurg, it laid to be the first monument erected in Hungary to a sovereign of the Hapsburg line, which has ruled over the ooi ntry for 871 years. ; : Ker Boise City, Idaho. 400 feet be low the earth's surface, there is a sub terranean lake of hot water, of 170 de- greet temperature, it has pressure enough to ascend to the top floor of the honses, and will be piped to them for nesting purposes. - ... i The first public library in England was founded by the corporation of Lon don some 800 years before the British museum wat established. Cromwell borrowed booki from thit inttitution and ' forgot to return them." We pay $500,000 a day to foreign thip ownert for carrying tn goodt told or purchased. Influence af War aa Tors. Within tha past few weektftOrr- man faotorv which uiuks lead toy to! dlert, hat reHelved to many orden for Turkish and Greek soliliert for next Christmas that It announces through the European reis its Inability to 1111 any more orders this year. The makers of to uniforms, garnet, plotuict and tlmliar tovt are alio running overtime, niuklnir tuectaltiet tlliiKtrntlng the Tiireo-Greek war. Even the toxttle In district are preparing to roup the gold en harvest and material of every tin nglnable description in Turkish ami Wreck designs Is being mitmifticttmtd in largo quantities, - SOUND REASONS fOB AHI'ltOVAI.. There are several enaunt reasons why lbs medical irofewlim recommend kihI th iiiMtit urefer Ho.lclUT i Mumach Millers nlxive Hi ordinary cm hart lea, II il.wa not drench slid weaktui the bowels, 1ml alta rather tlie.il forces nature In act; It la botanic and safe; lis action Is never preceded by an Internal earth quake like that iirtHliicvd by a lt h-i c Mima tlve. r'ur fm'ly fWe years pant U lm Inmn a household rvuiedy tut liver, ituuisi h and kid ney trouble. There are two btisinets men In an English town named I Came and II. IS. Went. DRUNKARDS CAN BE SAVED Tt, en v in for drink I m (Ma, ft murvvitxii curt hir w ti irli Iikm imim iiif)VrHj .nUH "Aiitt Jh,m which imp.-!"!! Iittltrlit Uvt U ttM IW irtttiet tlrintc withmii knowm whir, It otui (m given .-ftl.y in itm, trHtM, huum utttt th tilt, If "Anil J-mi" la nut stall, by yniir trui.K) ifiitl on rlolliaf lo (lit Hpiiuvh rhumhttl '.. tu llrtwU way, New York.ftiitl It will It mmt iHwiiwid, in tttn wrMwr, with tuli itiiwtini' tu.w tu niv ti-liy 1m rurMi.tit. uiftiUtl fi. In 1893 itatirUlctf of Yin. torn to Pari wor kept by the polioe, to wlmm pro prlator of hotaU mul lnmnJinK houwi had to make wtunm. TIivha nutUtirn wm KiiKliih. 43.878: Ameriottuii. 42,817; UormHiin, 8H.943s AN OPEN TO MOTHERS. wa ARK ASSERTInO IN Tilt KXCI.USIVK llsg or THE " PITCHER'S I. DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Jlyamh, MamfhuulU ths originator 0 "PITCHER'S CAST0RIA," ths ,. teat . , , wutt nat oorn ana does now bear the fao-UmtU signature of ThuiithsorMnal PITCHER'S CASTORIA" whlFhh.,.i need in. the fwmee of the motJurs of America for over thirty yeare. LOOK CAREFULLY at th wrapmr and tee that it I. the kind yort have always louaht ytf sIJ . m on the an-A hat thi ignature'of(rjPc wrapm per, 0 one hat authority from me to use mu name ejt The Centaur Company of President. March 8, 1SD7. Do Not Ba Do not endanger the life or your child by accepting a cheap tuhstitute which torn druggist may offer j ou (becaose bo makes a few more pennies Oft It), tho ingrcdicnw of which even he lot not know. The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMllE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having Tho Kind That Never Failed You. UGASOXS Walter Baker & Co.'s f a la Si Breakfast Cocoa. ' W fMasJta. cup,. .. .. Be sure that yea set the tannine srtkla ateos by WALTER BAKtiR CO. Ltd., IMrcsteier, Mass, listabllshee lsO. Have you tried it. No, or yon "I suffered minor? from rutin me in three weeks. I would not tmrt J. E. Allison, 300 North Ninth street, ours ail kinds of pain and weukness. The tU'ady, toothing current from It bringt life to the weakened nervus and miuctla. t!ull or get the book with Information, froe. SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO., tst Wktn urtllne la Aditrliur CHEAPEST POWER... IN GUARANTEED ORDER. M H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline. 1-2 H. P. Hercules, Gad or Gasoline. ' ; i-t H. P. Regan, Gas of Gasoline. '3 H. P. Oriental, Gator Gasoline. 1-4 H. P. Otto, Gas or Gasoline. 1-4 H. P. Pacific, Gas or Gasoline. 1-6 H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline. mo H, P. Hercules, Gas or Gatollte. State Your Wmntt and Write tor Prices... 403-T Sansome Street Saa Frencltco, Cel... flat, Qtiolint and Oil Don't waste stamps. Save Urj your Scm,tfs Besfyt0 ' tca-tidcts, and send several guesses for;:, that . missing word in one envelope. back tea, at your grocer's. Rules of )iilet publithed In hn. advertisement about the first and n.ld,n of each month. " Easily, Quickly, Permanently floitore. Weakness, KervousnoM, l)r.bl!lt 111 law sll tha tr.la ' '. i iii earw, ,,,, '- rr. eta. Km, ,' laalupai,i aj ". Hliar, a. ata.l " ImiuaitlarA iM. r J!!?"'" ,ntii SMilanaMo ana rjZI matii.il i.iJf "iLPs EB!E MEDICAL CO., SAili'S.!: BASE BALL GOODS .CS.J5;' We rarry tha mniHomplft Una of (lvniiis.ia ami Allrlil..,o,UiMi tlis (. , tUlts U.lrOaatt Maui 10 OKufi rnl luroiir Aitileiiutaulttgut. -WILL FINCK CO., HI a-80 Market San rraaolste, Csl. ? ivZ"7" ' ' il'MK" wrltlne to atisertiaera, l,as", W uiaullun ibis !.r. , LETTER COURTS OUR RIOIIT TO TUB W(iltl) "r.BTnoi s Tai.V a. ri. i v -.'. m CASTORIA" AS OUR .MAUaMASlt. Z. """iwnw, ws tame on every OG&Z7& wraoner which Chat. II. h'lrtnh. I. Q&&y-tj, rWpi I 4 TOR USING Brcaute it is tbsolute!y rture, Bau it is not nude by lite so-called Dutch rroceu in which chemicals sre uscX Because beans of U flnml quality are used. Because it Is maJe by S method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor an4 tidor 01" the beans. Because It Is the most economics!, costing less thn one cent OH, THE PAIN! All the fill no that man tnflVrt from are thi t Miiltof weakness. The nervi's are weak or the miiwUnt are wonk. If nitither of tin", tha vital functions ni'wl ttttnKtli. What it butt'T than olwtrioity, whloh fills rVHty prt of tho body with new vitality every day ? Dr. Sancen's Electric Belt.... wouldn't stiff,.r from pain of any kind. In mv linnb. u,,,l..'. k..i. ..-..t u-irh m tu.li J.,- ... Portland. Wast Waslilagtoa Rt Portland, Or. pirate mrntlmt thtt pafxr. Rebuilt Gas and ... Gasoline Engines FOR SALE CHEAP Hercules Gas ....Engine Works Engine., 1 to 200 H P, -