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FAHM AND HOME.
THE
A Yoaaat Colt Barely licttira fro
tu-FM4 Water Qoo4 tor Cowa
War Taaaperarr 'aacaa Ara Beat
Valaa of a Oood Bpria oa tha faraa.
" Baadllaa Poala,
Whatever method la employed in
handling foals, It ahould have In view
the full and unretarded development
of tba growing colt. Any young animal
on tba farm mut recover from any eet-
baek It may twelve during Ita growth,
ami tba aim ahould be to ketp It al
ways In a thrifty condition, and gain,
lug each day uutll fully matured. If
the foimff xlt la stunted at any period
of Its growth, the effect is sure to for
loar, and It cannot be overcome without
extra food and care, greatly In excess
of what have been required to keep
It In constantly growing condition. Ia
fact, the cbancee are that It never will
recover and be what It might have
been. It may grow to be a well-developed
horse, but It would have been
that much better had It suffered no
check in Its growth. Breeders Ga
aette.. , ,'...
Fonda for vYateriaar Cow.
So much Is said about the need of
pure water for cows that most people
bave coma to the conclusion that pond
water Is always objectionable. It may
be near large cities, where various
kinds of refuse get into it, and so also
may the spring water of such localities
be pouuted with typhoid and other
germs. But away from large cltiea or
villages the pond water as found on
many farms is as pure as that which
cornea from springs. Cows will drink
It. even If the wster be muddled, rather
tlan the water freshly drawn from
iprtng or . well. . The reason is because
In summer the wat.r Is warmer. If
allowed, cows win wsde Into such
ponds, letting the water cover the r
adders. This Is very refreshing to
them In a hot day, but is best done
wuere there Is a running stream, so as
by exposure to the air by Its motion to
keep the water fresh.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
much labor to put np. But the wove,
wire fenca has a still greater advan-
tan In the fact that Itnn U an
taken down and set n ( With a ' "!
few hundred rods of this fence, no ' - Trmdfc
other fencing material would be needed There was not much activity w bust
on any farm. Under permanent tiess in the wheat market during Uis
lenee, such weeds aa Canada thistle past week partially owing to the very
not weather throughout the the states
. sat or the Kooky mountains. On svo-
and quack grass will And A secure
home, from which no cultivation can
dislodge them. -
Jount ot the temporary strength of the
xrn market prices cdvsnced S cents.
bnt the advance did not bold and the
:Ke was at about the asm as weak
( The July returns of the departments
i )f agriculture indicate the average oon
I jition of spring and winter wheat com
is .T points
' Bow Beets Were laaprovad.
It Is by successive planting of beet
seed from the plants which showtd the
greatest percentage of sweet, that tba
amount of saccharine matter In the
beet has been Increased from eight per
even eighteen per cent, aa some ot we . , .. , ...
mnnth.
Vilmorin, a French seed grower, took
the lead In these cxperleuients. It
might be supposed that In testing the
beets It would thereafter be Impossible
to use such beets for. planting. But
vilmorin waa very careful In testing
The Orange Jndd Farmer eaysi
Iu the spring wheat district the
month has been wholly favorable and
previous high condition of the crop, Is
lully maintained. Tba present oondi
tion, 83. S, is practically the lame aa
rejr last month. Should it go to
to only scoop out a smaU part of lb. hBfTft wjth no htnn dr,wWk thera
bulb, numbering each specimen, snd , abuluUll0, in lituation juatifT
when the test of each waa completed. ln I)eoUtion 860.000,000 bushels,
"tf L. ''ith n"r,y "00.000.000 bushels in the
uw ru-ow juicn. uw , Dakota and Minnesota alone. This,
.reaiment. nowever. tne Deew oecame , with , reMOMble tainty of at least
teas productive tnan in inose varieuea ji5iOoO.0OO bushels of winter wheat.
grown umier natural conatuona. ros- make this year a tout wheat
aIKI la, tV A. , .aw haS 1 1 T
" " , crop of 8.5,030,000 bushela.
Deets yielding such high percentages or F(lr Ult t wwk thedeorease in the
-.1 ..1.1 1-tam JIm. Kaa. . . . ...
Ruuuiu grew aw mrg v,,ble supply was 874,000 bushels.
varieties wnose sap is not tnua over-; ,j ,oU, u ow but uoa.ooo
easily. Ana yet it may not ne any i Xhe wea,hCT WM th controlling in
banter for nature to change the car- Jn .. Mr m.rV! iinrin. tha
bonlc acid gas absorbed through the ,ast wevlc, There WM renewed activity
each being different forms of the earns
chemical substance, carbon.
Stock la Kalar Weatker.
Stock at pasture ln summer often suf
fer more from cold In wet weather
than they do from the cold of winter.
The constant evaporation of moisture
over a range of about 1 cents. Dur
ing the first part unseasonable tempera
ture and lack of moisture prevailed
throughout the entire corn belt, This
Imlnoed liberal buying for speculative
cconnt, forcing prices up 3 oenta from
last week's finish. Later, when nor
mal conditions set In, the early buyers
which la hastened by the warmth gen- Pronl. resulting in one cent ue
erated by the body chills the skin, and f'"10- Sentiment ia decidedly loss
rivwt th. anin.i ww i. known aa bearish. Conservative operators prefer
cold, but to really Internal fever. Milch ! buying on the weak spots, believing
cows and those heavy with young auf- " P "
fer most, as they cannot so well run '.' Prffc eonditiona from now on.
.rnni v k-i Mm. wniie all un acciuenis ibtot uie noiu-
lating. Every farmer has noticed that f- Keoeiptt primary points fell off
after rain has fallw. all itav the milk ' siiarpiy, ou promiae siignny wnser
Match Cndar Bearlao' Tree.
Almost all klnda of fruit trees suffer
late in the summer for lack of water.
T he best way to keep moisture in the
soli Is to thoroughly mulch It with
straw, cut grass or anything that will
present an open, dry surface. If noth
ing else can be procured cultivate a
little loose soil under the trees as far
aa the roots extend. Many people do
not think of loose soli as a mulch, but
It Is one of the best It Is for this rea
son that an orchard in bearing ought
always to be cultivated rather than
kept in grass. In cultivated soli every
little shower sinks down where it will
help the roots. But If the surface Is
left hard and uncultivated, even the
heavy rains, if there Is a steep descent.
may run off on the surface and do little
good. There Is sn especial need of
moisture while the fruit and lta seeds
are being formed, for this requires pot
ash which cannot be used by roots until
It Is dissolved by wster In the soil. .
- Ike Tatae of a Good Apr Ins.
A spring of pnre water on any farm
: adds at least a hundred dollars to its j
value, and if near a city It Is worth
much more.' Often such springs can
U- foand In hillsides by digging six or
eight feet, especially If the soli shows i
springy places during . winter and
spring. If the spring Is higher than
the house It can be conducted Into the
kitchen by force of gravity, and the
water can be turned off or on as the
l-ousewlfe ! may desire. There are
doubtless hundreds, and possibly thou
sands, of farms where the best pure
water can be conducted Into the bouse
at slight expense. If the wster has to
be lifted a hydraulic ram will force the
water np hilL This costs somewhat
more, but It will generally pay.
yield shrinks If the cow has been ex
posed to the wet. For this reason A
shed ln the pasture Held may be a good
Investment Better still Is it to get the
cows np to the barnyard under shelter
and cut some grass for them, giving a
bran mash to increase the nutrition.
Wet grass in field or cut does not have
the proportion of nutriment to lta bulk
that the same grass has in dry weather
with only Its own natural juices In It.
! Matara Btadiea.
I We cannot but feel that an element
ary knowledge of plant growth and of !
other processes of nature will some
time be considered a natural part of
the education of all boys and girls In
the country, and this not simply be
cause it will make them more success
ful farmers or fruit growers or truck
raisers, but because aa a matter of
mental discipline It la an excellent
schooling for anybody, helping to train
tbe mind to habits of observation
which can be nsed in any field of life,
and giving a knowledge of facts and
processes which will furnish pleasure
and entertainment In all after life, even
If it Is not made directly profitable in
work on the farm or the garden. Gar
den (ind Forest
A Ckcap Good Alia.
A good silo fan be built cheaply and
easily by the exercise of a little thought
and ingenuity. If possible, construct
It in any of the farm buildings, for it
will then cost not more than SO cent
per ton of ensilage. Get all the height
yon Can, rather than diameter. If jou
already have a large silo and yon are
troubled with mold over the top before
you get a layer fed off, divide it with
rough lumber, and so have two. Try
to get at least twenty-four feet in
height Figure on a cubic foot per day
for each cow or steer to be fed. In
building outside of a building it la need
ful to have tbe silo double and large ln
space aa a protection against frost.
Frost will get In through one thickness,
aa in the caae of matched lumber silo.
Better use a rough hemlock, two thick
nesses, with waterproof building paper
between. Agriculturist
A ante Tree Borers. .
It behooves apple growers to be on
the lookout for tbe borer, which. If un
checked, will ruin their trees. The
parent of this borer la a brown-and-white
striped beetle, about three
fourths of an Inch long and somewhat
plump. , It lays Its eggs either at night
or very early ln the morning, and la
not easily seen against the apple trees.
Washing the trees with an emulsion
made of whale-oil soap and water, with
enough carbolic acid to make it smell
strongly, will keep the beetle away.
But it la safer to bind some clotn
around tbe tree trunk to tbe height of (
two feet from the ground, and saturate (
that with tbe emulsion, aa tbe odor will ,
remain through the whole season, In-1
stead of being washed away by rains, '
as it might be on tbe tree.
next week.
appointing.
Tbe cash demand was dia
Fartlaad Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 86 68c; Val
ley, 67c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, S. 60(88.00;
rrahram, $3.25; superfine, $3.86 per
barreL
Oata Choice white, 8840c; choice
gray, 87 (g 39c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $18 d 10. 60;
brewing, $18 19 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13.60 per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts, $16.60.
Hay Timothy, $10(318.60; clover,
$11.50(313.60; California wheat, $10
12; do oat, $11; Oregon wild bay, $99
10 per ton. :
Eggs 13(3 14c per doaen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 85J40o;
fair to good, 80c; dairy J 354380c per
roll.
Cheese Oregon, 11 o; Tonng
America, 12,c; California, ICQ 10c per
pound. .
Poultry Chicken a, mixed, $3.508
per doaen ;broilera, $l,5033.3fr;geese,$3
(33.60; ducks, $3.50(1 1 per doaen;
turkeys, live,10c per pound.
Potatoes. Oregon Burbanks, 40
60c per ssck; sweets, $2. 75 per cental
for Merced; new potatoes, 60 (600
per sack. :
Onions California, new, red, 90c
$1; yellow, $1.25 per cental.
Bops 7Ji8o per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4c. " :
Wool Valley, 11 13o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7g9c; mohair, 30c
per pound.
- Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethen
and ewes, 3 i 2ic; dressed mutton,
4 o; spring iambs, i per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4; light
and feeders, $3. 60 3; dressed, $39
4.35 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.76(33;
cows $2.25; dressed beef, 45)c pel
pound.
Veal Large, 8; small, 4(340 pel
pound. -
A Secret Kwna.v,"'
A strange newnpr . which many
persons win be eager to obtain had Its
existence disclosed for the first time at
the Von Tauten libel trial in Berlin,
It seems that certain ariatoornts at
Kaiser Withelm's court turn in the goa
sip they bear to sn editor, who prints
off limited edition ot the news thus
collected for the contributors and
very few other pomona. To got at this
ohronique scnmlaleuse a member of the
secret police forged, with full soquies
cence from his superiors, the name of s
uobluumn high in court circles.
KNTEKI-nllK
Or OKB.tT
MO BNT
PITH
Hnve, ra now, hail their enrrenu "tnrnd
awry," u Hamlet , h an aimpk ot ilva.
iwmla. Nnpotpoii lallNl In Improve hialvMiti
atc ai AUNtvrlita In rontMiittfmt., It ia Mid, ot
iuuiKiiun urwiKnt on ur tout UHiiHcrwit.m
in caiin. In urlrr lo avnlil il .i(, atwinln
Iroio owr In.lulnMif. anil nrvwlr the nival b
- i i .i ... . u... :
Biur Srcllr than n dielul lo In Improving
tho Ion ot tha tmnavh. lint complaint,
ehilUand lerer, ami rlitm malum ar anuiht.
talol by lb Htilvra.
In Rome there are few houses bear
ing the number 13. Nearly all the
nouses that should bear those figures
are tuarktxl 13B or I4A.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We at aftftertina in the court mr rtaht to lh
exciiHivc use ot in mm "caiokia," ant
" W rcHKR'a CAS rouiA," a out TimK Mark.
1, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyaania. Mauacliaaetta,
atht originator of "FlTCUKa'SCASrOKiA,"
the aame that ha bora and doc now bear the
auMlmilttiittiaturcofCIIAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. ThlaUtbeorifiaal"riTCHKR'S
CASTORIA " which ha been wed la the home
of the mother of America for ever thirty year.
Loo Carefully at the wrapper and aee that it ia
Vu kini fit Wt atwayt tumgkt, aad haa th
aignatttrs of CUA9. H. FLETCHER oa the
wrapper. Ho on haa authority from m to n
any nam except The Centaur Company of which
Cha. H. Fletcher la Frcaitleat.
Mart , tin. SAMl'SI. FITl-Umt, M.U
i Th Lord Mayor Rob.
The lord mayor of London is entitled
to wear an earl's robe whenever a
crowned head visits the city. The pres
ent lord mayor bad such a robe made
for use at the recent jubilee festivities
which cost him 500. . ;
T .. r a- .'iiaT .aw -x. . .JKBF
A little thing happened down at the
home of Schilling's Best tea the other
day that cost the- firm a clean $300,
and the most interesting feature ot the
matter is that they could have got out
of paying it if they wanted to becaoss
It was a voluntary tiling and no one
expected them to do it.
It seems that, in the earlier part of
the missing word contest, A. Schilling
A Co. promised $100 each to the two
persons who sent in the largest number
ttt Schilling's Best yellow tickets before
June 15.,
It seems fair that the oonanmers of
the tea ahould get those prises. A
grocer has a better opportunity for col
lecting tickets; and then, too, he makes
profit on the tea. But two grocers
won the prises, and A. Schilling & Co.
paid the money.
Now comes the funny part they
wanted consumers to get $200, and were
determined they should. Bo they paid
another $200 to the two oonanmers who
bin! sent in the two largest numbers of
ckets. '
That is handsome, to say the least.
A Botaaleal Clock.
Among the botanical curiosities
hicta have been found in the isthmus
of Tehnsntepee, lately much explored
T naturalists, is a botanical clock. It
is a flower which in the morning is
white, at noon is red, and at night
blue, and the alterations of color are so
regular that the time of day can be told
from tbe tint of the Dower.
Thomas Weutworth Illgglnson U
low In England and Is writing a series
it articles on foreign travel.
"Susan Escort and Others." a rollec
Hon of short stories by Edward Ever
ett Hale, will shortly be Issued.
It. N. Stephen will soon bring out
the historical romance, "An Eiumiy to
the Klusr." based unon his drama of
the same name which was presented
with such success by B. II. Botheru.
The long-expected new volume of
Justin McCarthy. "History of Our Own
118," which bring the story down
from 18S0 to the diamond jubilee, niak.
Ills' tbe third volume In the compiled
work. Is announced fur publication.
Edward Bellamy's new boukV'Equal-
rty,' la now promised to appear In
few days. The alight delay Is due to
tbe necessity for the book to appear
simultaneously In the United mates,
Great Britain, . France, Oeruiany,
Switzerland. Belgium, Italy and other
countries. It la of Interest to recall
that over 400,000 copies of "Lookln,;
Backward" have been sold In thai
country alone.
That famous mart of books, pictures
and other treasures, known to more
than one generation as "Cbrtatle's," Is
to be celebrated In a volume by W
Huberts, who Is juat the umn In all
Loudon qualified to write It It Is
called "Memorlala of Chrtatlo'a," ami
besides traversing the annals of the
great house of auctioneers It will guth
er together stories of many famous
sales and record prices.
Miss Jeannette L. Gilder, In her
Lounger" columns of the Critic, take
rather discouraging view of tbe p
cuulary benefits of Action writing. Bhe
says; 'There are not many men, or
women either, In this country maklug
even 13.0(H) a year out of fiction. The
person who makes $10,000 a yenr out
of that branch of literary work may
count himself fortunate, 1 do not l
lleve then are five writers of Oct Ion
In thla country who make as much bj
tbelr pens alone."
. v Feed for Swine. "
Bows and shoats should have rings
put into their noses, and then turned
into tbe orchard. They will eat up all
tbe wormy fruit, and tbe fruit and
grass will keep them In growing condi
tion. Feed mlllfeed slop night and
morning, and give them plenty of clean :
water to drink. Give tbe bogs and
pigs once a week a mixture of wood
ashes Cumberland coal or anthracite
will answer If it Is broken op One and
a little sulphur. This is an excellent
appetizer. It also purines the blood.
If the pigs must be kept np, keep their
pens and yards very clean; whitewash
inside and out, and feed grass, osts
and peas, or corn fodder, once a day.
Lh not feed corn during tbe summer.
Millet for Catwora.
Aside from its feeding value, millet
Is a very useful crop for clearing the j
ground of cutworms. A few years ngo
the agricultural experiment station of
South Dakota sent out questions con
cerniug tbe cutworms, one of whl:h
followb: W1H a crop such aa millet.
' which tbe worms do not like, and
which effectually chokes out all other
growth,- leave tbe ground free f.-um
worms In the fall? Out of sixty Br
ewers received, only one reported thaf
worms bad followed a thrifty crop of
millet. All the others reported that
corn after millet stood the best chance
of being unmolested by wire worms.--
Agriculturist, :
Temporary Fences B.
Every year the amount of interior
fences is lessening, and it Is not, as la
generally thought, because fencing ma
terial Is growing scarcer. In fact, the
greater cheapness of Iron makes the
woven-wlre fences really ebeaper, con
sidering their permanence, than many
ef the old-time lencea which cost to
far of Grain Drills,
Tbe grain drill is much too expensive
an Implement to be left to rust by neg- J
hct In caring for It The fertilizer (
urllls are especially liable to this In- '
jury, because they have held some
acids which cannot help rusting what-
ever Iron they come In contact with, j
'.Vhlle In use tbe friction prevents rust ,
formation, but If phosphate is left la ,t
the drill over night some Injury must (
result. ; Worse still happens If the drill (
m leu our oi aoor to ue wer, ana runt
ed by rains. We have known careful
farmers who kept grain drills In good
condition twelve to fifteen years. But
tbey kept them under cover, and al
ways greased the parts most exposed
to rust before putting away.
. Seat! Market. "
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 17c; ranch, 10(3 13c.
Cheese Native Washington, 10
lie; California, 9)0. '
Eggs Fresh ranch, 1718o.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
bens, 10 11c; spring chickens, $3
3.E0; dncks, $2.60 (g 8. 76.
Wheat Feed wheat, $36 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $31 ($33.
Corn Whole, $30; cracked, per ton,
$30; feed meal, $30 per ton
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$19; whole, $18.60.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6o; cows, 6)'c; mutton sheep,
6c; pork, te; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 8(8 4c; salmon,
45o; salmon trout, 710c; flounder
and sole, 84; ling cod, 4(85; rook
cod, 6c; smelt, tic
It is well known that continued dark
ness has caused the vision of animals
to become partially destroyed.
noirri ichool. .
Home Life Among the Indiana.
Mrs. AMce 0, Fletcher contributes a
paper with thla title, one of a series on
similar subjects, to the Century. , Mrs,
Fletcher says: One would hardly sup.
pose that there could be particular
rules aa lo the manner of sitting upon
the ground; but here, as In every other
part of Indian life, there Is a rigid ob
servance of custom. Men msy prop
erly alt upon their heels or cros-eggid,
but no woman may assume tbene atti
tudes. She must alt sldewise, gather.
Ing her feet well under her. and make
a bread, smooth lap. When working
she may kneel or squat, and when
resting she, aa well as the men, may
ait with legs extended; but at all other
times men and women must olwerve
tbe etiquette of poature distinctive of
aex. To rise without touching the
ground with the hand, springing up
lightly and easily to tbe feet, la a bit of
good breeding very dlrilcult to one
not to the manner born. Careful par
ents are particular to train tln-lr cull
dren In these niceties of beharlor.
Among the Wlnuebagoa the little girls
are drilled in the proper way of stand.
Ing when under observation on dress
occasions. Tbelr position of hands and
feet Is also the pmier omi for the worn
en In certain religious dances. While
among tbe Sioux, a mother with
good-sized family of boys anil girls pro
pounded to me the qitewtlnn whether
white women did not find their daiigli
ters more trouble, thsn their sons; she
was sure she did. "Iok at those
girls," said she; "l have tbe!r clothve
02
Who will get it ?
Schillings Best tea is not only pure but it
isrf because it is fresh-roasted.
What is the missing word ?
..'..'....'. -v.
Get Schilling' $ Best tea at your grocer'; take out the Yetlow Tkltn
(there is one in every package); send it with your guess to nUJrchs bvlo,
before August 31st.
One word allowed for every yellow ticket.
If only one person finds the word, he gets one thousand dollar, J
several fin.l it, the money will be divided rqiiitlly among them.
Every one sending a yellow ticket will get set of cardboard crtfjiiP
babies nt the end of the contest Those sending three or more in
envelope will receive a charming 1898 calendar, no advertisement on it,
Besides this thousand dollars, wc will pay $ 150 each to the two
who send in the largest number of yellow tickets in one envelope betsttt
June 15 and the end of the contest August 31st.
Cut this out
for two weeks.
You
won t sec it again
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Kowhvre arc bov lrettcr eared for and mar
thor.wiKhly UDKHt than at Holu'aHchuol, Hurl.
Intrant. Man Malao eountv. ral. ln pharira fit
ir is. Haiti, ph. d. Kuiena Aug uat luih, j to make, their hair to braid, aud lo see
mm urr imiu uuw iu u.-hi. v.
my boys arc no trouble." As I glanced
at the group of children, the gloasj
braids of the gtrla falling over their sin
gle smock, and tbe boys, naked but
for the breech-clout, their mlulnhire
svalp-lock ornamented with a lints
sleigh-bell surmounting a snarl of
frowsy hair, I recognized the klnnliip
of tneteroal pcrplcxltlca the - world
orer. ,.
' French paupers are provided for by
the funds arising from a ten per cent
tax on theater tickets. This tax aver
ages $10, 001000iyeari
HOW'S THI9T
Saa Frmaclsea Maraata. ,
WoolChoice foothill, BOllc; San
Joaquin, 8 months' 810o; do year's
staple, 7g9c; mountain, 10012c; Ore
gon, I018c per pound.
Hops 8 13o per pound. ;
Millstaffs Middlings, $16.60
SO; California bran, $14(814.60 per
Faraa Alotcav ' ...V'
The burdock, considered a nuisance
ln this country, haa been cultivated as
an article of food In Japan for centu
ries. ( The roots, leaves and tender
shoots are cooked and eaten, and the
annual value of the burdock crop la
said to be about $400,000.
It will pay any farmer to read about
his business; no matter how experi
enced he may be there are many things
he will never know from bis own ven
tures. Especially In such work aa
dairying Is reading beneficial, because
there are so many problems which re
quire scientific attainments, and which :
farmers can bear of only through con-'
stant reading. ! , ; j
June and July are the months for
digging tbe peach tree borer out of the
trunks. This work may be done with
out Injury to the trees, and Is very nec-
Mwarr Tha mftttwMl ta trt cnt ItitA tha
opening made by the borer or Insert , , looivc; iancy oairy, iocs
wire, but care snouid De nsed tnat tne " '""""r" i""
work is done so as to insure th.de- CheV6rJar mild n.ew 805 Ui
struction of tbe borer. , 10 goou, 1 s o per pound.
,.. . , . . , , . xgg Btore, ixtaiiso; rancn, iocs
milch cow has broad hind ,ai7Z v... , ;
W otter On Hnndred Dollar Rewaril for
anr o( ;tarro that cannot b curvd by
Hall' catarrh Cure. -
F. i. CHENEY A CO.. Propa.,Tnlrlo, O.
W, th mu!eria,n-(!, hatr known r. i.
Chemry fnr tha )at Vi year, aud -bellev him
fjerler-tly honorable In ftll buMtne traaacifoii,
and anaiwiallT able to carry out any obliga
tion made by their Arm.
. . WT TaiX,
Wholenale imglt, Toledo, 0.
Wai.Diao, KiMNiH I Mtrm,
Wholesale bruRSlnu, Tuledo, O.
Hall' Catarrh Cure I taken internally, ant
lnx directly upon the blood and mueoua ur.
face of the vtem. Frlee 'be. per bottle. Bold
by all druKKiKts. Tetlmotiiaui fre.
Hall' family pill ar th bt.
- Football was a crime in England dur
ing the reign of Henry VIII.
I that! recommend Piso'a (Jure for Ron.
anntption far and wide. Mr. Matliiran, ' -,,,,,1
l'luiuatead, Kent, Kngland, Kor.B, lmti. I w"'"'
The atargazers of the Mount Hamil
ton obserratory say that there are lire
hundred million burning suns in the
milky way.
TO MOTHERS OP IASCB MILES
i ton.
Hay Wheat, $11; wheat and oat,
t710; oat,- $78 rirer barley,
$6 6; best barley, $608; alfalfa,
$5 5. 60 cloTer, $8 8.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 60 90c
Onions New red, f576o; do new
silrerakin, 86(g$l per cental.
Fresh fruit Apples, 20880c per
small bon; do large box, 80 60c Royal
apricots, S040o oommon cherries,
16(?-25c; Royal Anne cherries, 20g80o
per box; currants, . $1.00(3 LS0 per
chest; peaches, 25(60c; pears, 90(8
40c; cherry plaint, 2040c per box.
Butter Fancy creamery, lOcj do
A good milch cow
quarters and thin foreshouldera, thin
and deep neck, pointed withers, bead
pointed between the horns, flat and
fine-boned lege and One hair. Choose
one with udders well rorwara, wide
apart and large enough to be easily
grasped. A medium-sized cow will
give more milk in proportion to the
food she eats.
doaen.
Citrus fruit Narel oranges, f 1
g2; seedlings, 76c$1.25; Mexican
limes,$4.766.60; common lemons, $1.
A wine eask which holds 97,000 gal
lons, and is the largest ever built, may
be seen at Maltermora, CaL Th. steel
, hoop around it w.lfb 40,000 pounds.
In this workaday world few women
are ao placed that physical exertion
is not constantly demanded of them in
their daily life.
Mrs. Flnkham makes a special appeal
to mothers of large families whose work
is never done, and many of whom suffer
and sailer for lack of intelligent aid.
To women, young
or old, rich or poor,
Mrs. Finkham,
of Lynn, Mass.,
' extends
her Invita
tion of
free ad-
rice. Oh,
Wnman f An
I L,TJ lives basso-
. , hH Vriflcedwhena
word from Mrs.
Finkhsm. at
tho first approach of weakness, may
fill your future years with heslthy joy.
Mas. A, C. Bubi.br, 1123 North Al
bany avenue, near Humboldt Park,
Chicago, 111., ssys: " I am fifty-one
years old and have had twelve children,
and my youngest is eight years old. I
have been suffering for some time with
a terrible weakness; that bearing-down
feeling was dreadful, and I could not
walk any distance. I began th. nss
of Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and 8anativ Wash and they
have cured me. I cannot praise your
icemnans enough.
College Men in Public llfe.
R. C, Iehnienn of England, who was
a candidate for election to parltmiient
at the hands of tbe Caiubrldgo conetlt-
nency, In an addrtna be-fore the stu-
donu of Harvard College recently, gave
expression to thla view: "The proper
aim of a utilverwHy ought not to be
niereiy to make knowledge useful. It
ought to broaden men's views and
make them Intelligent and lirtercarinx
men, able to wv tlielr coimtry In ail
I shall cite the example of Glad
stone, bs snowing the effect of eollege
training. He know, more alx,ut the
navy then most of rJie ollicers, nml more
alxmt . oathedrala- than anybody elsr,
and yet be Is now the only great limn
to staid np for freedom and Justice In
Enroaa politics. He and other col.
lege -non show a range of knowledge
and .nterent In subjects wlUch other
do not. A large part of the Influence
that these college men get In college In
Engki'td la due to the union six-lothw
of O.sford and Cambridge. They are
large, social organizations, open to all
studemU who wkh to join. They arc
the clulis wHh thrtr remllnr rooms,
writing rooms, debating halli, and so
forth. I hare been told that some Hke
organization has been proposed foi
Harvard, and I hope that It will suc
ceed, as H baa bad lu Oxford and Cnm.
bridge such an immense influence on
tbe men In public life."
Beetles of Great V Ine.
Tbe most remarkable gold beetles li.
tbe world are found In Central Ameri
ca, Current Literature says. Tho heml
and wing cases are brilliantly polished
with a luster as of gold Itself, To sight
and touch tbey bave all the seemlni
of that metal. Oddly enough, another
specie, from the. same region bn the
appearance of being wrought In solid
stiver, freshly burnished, These gold
and silver beetles hare a market val
ue, They are worth from $25 to $M
each. - .; ' ': '
A Sardonic Pnmreatlnn.
"I'm sure," sahl tho girl who Ia cj
gaged, "that Herbea-t Is a prtee."
"Yes," replied MIhs fiyeiiiie, "but in
a case of this kind It's so dilllcult to tell
wh(thfr you've won a flint prize or a
booby prise." Wftslilugtoii Star.
Praaala's Aanawr ataaapaly. ,
llio working of amber in Prussia ia a
monopoly in the bands of a firm whlc't
owns the two best mines, the Palmnluk
en and Kraxtepelle. For tiie concession
it has, according to a reiwrt from the
British oonsnl at Uantsig, to pay to the
(lernian government a royalty of 050,
000 marks a year. It la reckoned, says
the London News, that this firm has,
up to now, paid no less than $1,000.
000 in royalties to the German govern
ment. In addition to tha output from
the mines in? 1898, a good deal of amlier
waa picked up on the beach at tiie Pi I'
Inn, in tbe province ol East Pruaaia,
being washed np with tho seawood dur
ing the prevalence of northwesterly
gales, The shore atPillan alter a storm
is sometimes covered with a layer of
seaweed three feet thick, among which
th. amber Is found entangled. Men,
women and children find eaay and lu
crative employment in searching (or the
amlier along this part of the anilwi
coast. Tbe people engaged in this pre
carious " work often earn $4 a day 01
more, In 1898 about 100 tons of ran
amber came to Pantsig to be worked
up, as compared with 140 tons in 18U4.
It is nearly all melted to make lc and
varnish. The larger pieces are also
made into beads, which are sent ail
over the world. The beads known to
the traIe at the Leghorn corals, are in
strong demand.
Kaaalaa Railroad.
Ituasia, With over 4,878,000 square
miles more than the United fitatos, lias
168,000 miles loss of railroads, says
the Boston Courier, Most of tho en
gines burn naphtha oil for fuel, with
excellent results. This oil I the ref
use from tbe first refining and costs
about 40 cents per barrel. This oil ia
also used for general lubricating pur
pos. None of the engines have bulls,
but instead they have two whistles.
The engine, are finely painted, the
wheels red, the frame black, jacket
and cab green, with a An. black stripe;
th. inside of cabs nearly w lilts, or
cream color. The speed of freight
trains is limited to 80 miles an hour,
and the fast express is limited to 86
in ilea per hour. In switching and
making np of trains alt signals are
given by sound that Is, the switchman
has a tin horn which tie blows and the
engine driver is obliged to repeat this
signal by whistle before lis goes
ahead. ' When and engine stops th en
gineer Is required to give three short
whistles.
State
Agricultural
College...
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KCIKNTiriC rtfl'lI'MKNT .
TIIK SCUT IM Til at ST4TK.
Military irafnlnt by t'nltrd rJUle oMnr,
1 wl-two liMlrnrn,r.
Stirroumllnan hfalthlnl nd moral,
Fre tuition 1 No Incidental fel
KipenM. Iiieltidlits board, room, clntklnt,
wa!ili, book. tr., about HW i-r aetiuol ynt.
rail Tars Opwaa bylMibM Ss.
Fot eatalottn or other litloraiton addrtai
THOMAS SS. OATCH. Pm.,
t'ortaltlt, thvion.
Genista
lilwtiiiUUll
How to Attain IL"
A Wonderful K
Medleal Hook, wntira
for Ha Unly. im
etpraiay b had frw,
aealed. In plaia !.
spt.oa applieatloa.
ERIE MEDICAL CO.,
"ara at,.
urrALO, is. v.
8ise mu am wusf
Ws carry th rorni complet tin of omnalo
ami Aiuietieiioixiaon in oa.
tuns s uaifoiajs subs to oaois.
Stml for Our Aihleile I tlou.
WILL It FINCK CO..
aia.as. Jark St., Mas fraaeUeo, Cal.
WHEAT
Ma Biomtr tir "
Mta ul apeetilatlon la
(rhieaao, Vi bur
ell wheal ther on mr-
am, rorlaue hav bees nt1 on a ainau
bewliinin bv trAilllltf in iitiunt. virn inr
lull inriif iiUr. lien ol rnleri in' given. Sev
eral veara' exaerleitraon th t'liieo Itoard of
Trale, and a Ihoroitwh anowledir of the bud
tie. !., nliiir. Ilimitlii A !;.. Ch eaeo liord
ol Trad lirokert. OKli ea lu Porilaud, Ore-,
Spokane and tteatlla, Wuh.
Nlnsnlar alrfeet of Cold.
A bar of lead cooled to a point about
$00 decrees Fahrenheit below aero, ac
cording to th. experiments of M. Piotet,
gives out, when struck, a pur. musical
sound, Solidified mercury, at the same
temperature, is also resonant, while a
coil of magnesium wire vibrates like a
steel spring.
Th. Kiel canal is lighted over 63
miles by electricity, and is the lonirnat
distant:, in the world lighted continu
ously in that way.
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Ht fiiratiiMrwit ttsftiitttf j
i stv iImi ifUMMi, aJly nil imlA, mresa in rv.trr,
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s Am m 4B m ,
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rfV ttvr ltuuli) ski wifi m 1
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( oaciv
Achef
Lsme Pack,
Rsllraad Back,
Stitch In the
Hack, Lumbago
and al back
. iroub'es sre in
stantly relieved
ty .v..
ill
DRUNKARDS
imm
CAN BE
SAVED
The emvlnt tor drink iHm -
cure for which lie been dlxnivered nailed "Ami-.
lm. whloli make the Inebriate lima all lane for
In. ng drink without kimwinir ah, u o ...
S'y;' e''e'ly In lea, eorr, mup ai.d u,e like. I
21Z ,S.i" iy "'sii end
oneacillarto the Iteiu.vM t'hn,in.i ,-n .u, u -
i J " . mix, i, win we eitl IHiNtna d, In
plain wrapper, with full direetlon how to alv
awretlr. luformallon wallad free,
The mean temporattire of the earth
taken as a whole, is 60 degrees P.. and
the average annual rainfall Is 80 Indies,
TIVPTIIRK and Pints eared; p,r n
JV tlleorediend tor book, Ha. Mirmriai.A
QTarii.p,alMarkl St., Hau Kratiolie"
CM Inti'ie, .iirrni.niir II . ' M
1"" "'""aaiaaaM,aa 1 ,
Its sootlilng, wsrmlng, Invlg
crating current penetrates ths
weakened tlssu-s, snJs the
lift-blood tioundln throngti your
veins, relieves ths pain, takes
out ths soreness, warms, tones
an J strengthens,
re-enforces na
ture and .
Cures -Perm
tn.ntfy.
It Is worn whlls
you sleep, and
can be regulated.
KeaJ about It in
the Utile book
Three Class s
of Men," free by
mall or at ths
office. A physician's advi.s
fiee. Call or aJdress
in
SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT C0.
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