(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.
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tbe lat rnaanv for Stan-baa. Iweaty Sra eeall a i
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oBTSarisxo, ia Market St., aaa Prancisoo.
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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, -