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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1897)
A GIANT PUMPING PLANT Packer's Great Irrigation En terprUe a Success. Haadrd of Aar at Wkul Land Along th ltntmiBt Rlvr Sap piled With Water. Pumping plant have been ao im proved in the lvt few rear as to lead one to hope tliat in that direction lie the aolution of the irrigation question. George F. Packer, although considered one of the most conservative men in the county, hat led off in number of things. Borne year ago he chocked off tome land and put in a flume (or win ter irrigation and planted alfalfa. He made a aurvey himself to determine the practicability of taking the water out of the river below Stony creek to water the river land, and wanted the co-operation of aoine of the farmers to build the canal. ' He oppraed both the Colusa and the Central district because he did not believe in that plan ami time haa shown that he waa wiaer in that than many of us. He. wanted to know who waa to manage. Again he comes to the front. The Hercules Oaa Engine Works of Sun Francisco baa Just completed, on his home place, the largest gasoline pump ing plant in existence, which will be used for pumping water from the river with which to irrigate several hundred acres of land. This plant consists of an. 80-horse power, horizontal single cylinder, Ber enice engine and a Erogh Manufactur ing Company s ' JS-iuch centrifugal pump, guaranteed to raise 8,000 gal- Ions of water per minute 37 feet high, There ia also a smaller pumpof 400 gal lons a minute capaci v driven by the same engine. This is for tank purposes. The engine is arranged to use either gasoline or distillate oil, and as the lat ter is very cheap it will no dpjbt be the fuel selected for use. The 20-inch suction pipe, made of No. 10 steel, paases through the levee, on an incline, into the river, and at its lower end is a large foot valve weighing 1,200 pounds. , A 20-inch discharge pipe carries the water from the pump to a head box 22 feet square and 8 feet high. For the foundation of the machinery an excava tion was made and filled with concrete. The first test made showed a much larger pumping capacity than the con tract called for, the flow of water ex ceeding 7,200 gallons a minute or 432, 000 gallons an hour, or 10,368,000 gal lon per day of 24 hours enough water to cover 884 acres an inch deep, or 88 acres 10 inches deep every day of 24 hours. ' A very important part i the exceed ingly small cost of the fuel, it being only one-eighth gallon per hour for each horse power actually used, and I Queer Petition for Pardon. I James Johnson, a convict in the Mis- souri penitentiary, has petitioned the eovernor for a pardon on the uroond ! that he "wants to go to the Klondike ' gold fields." Italy Cotton Maaufactaroa. The growth of the cotton industry in Lombardy, according to consular re ports, has been remarkable that is, the number of spindles in Italy is stat ed to be nearly 1,800,000; also some 70,000 power looms, besides a very large number of hand looms; and of all these about half are credited to Lom bardy, and, as a large proportion of the spinning mills work day and night, the spindles may be calculated as equivalent to 2,500,000 in countries where only day work prevails. All kinds of raw cotton are used, but chiefly Indian and American of medium qual ity. Until recently the yarns were almost entirely confined to the lower counts, even the general average being 20' to 22', but many spinners are turning their attention to the finer counts, which have hitherto been im ported from Switzerland and England, while no insuperable difficulty has been encountered either on account of labor or the climate.- Calico printing has aleo become a business of considerable importance and - the amount is con siderable, both of yarns and cloth, which is now sent to Tunis, the Lev ant, South America and the Balkan States, v ' Arabian horse manifest remarkable courage in battle. . It is said that when a horse of this breed finds himself wounded and perceives that he will not be able to bear his rider much longer he quickly retires from the conflict, bearing his master to a place of safety while he has still sufficient strength. But if, on the other hand, the rider is wounded and he falls to the ground, the faithful animal remains beside him, unmindful of danger, neighing until assistance is brought. Tfiaoeophleal Kindergarten, A tbeosophist kindergarten is the la test step in educational fields a kin dergarten and fresh air venture com bined. Mrs. Katherine A. Tingley, the head of the American Theosophists, has rented a farm near Fort Lee, N. Y., where she proposes to give poor .East Side ohildren a chance to get a breath of fresh air.r : : , , Fawaa Water. . 7 , , Tho purest water in the world i said to be, that of the small Swedish river Loka, which in 100,000 parts contains ,onlv 434 parts of mineral substances. the price of the fuel i lees than 10 cent a gallon. It the whole fore should be need, there would be only eight gallon an hour, or lee than 100 gallon a day of 84 hours. The fuel item then ia lea than $30 for covering- 88 acre 10 inche deep with water oi less than 00 cents an acre. If naed for wheat, one sack to the acre will pa? all the expense of putting 10 inches of water on it Just as it i wanted moat. This pumping plant, destined to revolutionise agriculture In the Sacra mento valley, was put in operation Fri day, August 8. -.-- . Early in the morning a party of Co- lusan drove to the ranch of Mr. Pack er, which i on the river below Prince ton, to tee the great pump make a trial of it strength. The air wa cool and the drive moat pleasant, though dusty. Arriving, they found the engine placed in a concrete oblong, square basin, sloping towards the cut in the levee that leads to the river and the great 28-inch iron pipe extending from 88x3 J foot reservoir down the concrete baaiti, on through the cut in the levee and river hank into the water, The machinery waa all clean and bright and G. V. Tibbetts and Arthur Pope were on hand to put it in motion. John E, Doak of Snn Francisco, having tlif work in charge, was there, and as th engine started, the great belt moving slowly at first, and increasing in vela city, the water began to come with force into the reservoir. It gushed for awhile, when one of the smaller part of the engine became clogged, and it waa stopped for arrangement Just then, as all stood still, there wa a splash and a wild shout came from those who had climbed upon the edge iol the reservoir. All rushed up and j found Mr. Stice, of Beit Blnff, who is here buying fruit, floundering around in the water, having lost his balance and tumbled in. There was much mer riment at bis expense, and it had a healthy action on the crowd, bringing laughter and good will all around. Again, the engines started, and forc ing 7,200 gallons to the minute, the great reservoir was soon overflowing, and all pronounced it the grandest of successes. . The success of Mr. Packer's enter prise will show conclusively that it will be immensely profitable to irrigate even wheat lands that are at all favor ably situated. Who would not give a sack of wheat an acre for the privilege of 10 inches of water at will? It would make a difference, one year with an other, of five to ten sacks; there need be no summer-fallowing. A certain crop every year. But then there comes in a more profitable crop alfalfa and sugar beets. . This plant was put in for Mr. Packer for $3,600, but the head of the com pany inform ns that this was an in ducement and that another would come higher. Colusa Sun, August 6, 1897. Wind Stopped Train. The violence of the wind on the Grampian bills is so great that on sev- eral occasions it has broueht to a stand still trains traveling from Perth to the north. ITEMS OF. INTEREST. A Minneapolis genealogist reckons up four billions of persons between Wil liam the Conqueror and one of hi de scendants now living. The finish1! portion of the new con gressional library of Washington has rbout forty-four miles of shelving, which will accommodate over 2,000,000 volumes. Artificial rubber is being sought by Mr. Berthelot, the French chemist, who predicts that bis product will be better and cheaper than the natural product of Para. A new industry has been started in Michigan. Block of sawdust stuck with resin are made and sold for fuel, and it is said that for a quick, hot fire this has no equal. Several French and German dentists have lately made investigations which convinced them that, hollow teeth are favorite breeding places for tuberculo sis and microbes. A drunken Polander in New York was found sound asleep the other night while his leg was burning with a big blaze. The leg was wooden and got against a coal stove. Detectives detailed to look after pro fessional shoplifters always look to see if their suspects are wearing gloves. The volcano Popocatepetl, Mexico, ha been bound to an American syndi cate whose object is to mine sulphur, take ice and wood to the city of Mexico, and carry tourist up to the crater. A Frenchman politely passed tooth picks to a Turk at a banquet in Paiis, who declined saying: "No, thank you I I have already eaten two of the accurs ed things, and I want no morel" A naturalist states that the pnfflng np of frogs and toads on being disturb ed is an instinctive device for terrify ing their foes. Professor Forbes, the British engi neer, conclndess that electric transmis sion of power may be profitable up to a distance of nearly 1,000 miles, although he formerly regarded such an ideas as absurd. V ... j ' In Japan, small children of the poor who have the gift of straying and no nurses to look after them, are safe guarded by the simple precaution of hanging label round their neck which tell their name and addresses. I Qom of the Netherlands. The queen of the Netherlands ha re fused to wed Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, who, in addition to his ill looks,, is reported to be shy and retiring, al though likewise reported to be exceed ingly amiable and good natured. he has declared that she will marry one of her own choice only. Eligible princes to mate with her are by no mentis plentiful. Her future consort must 1 decidely a Protestaut priuce. The choice, then ia practically limited to Gorman, Danish, Swedish or F.unlich prince. There is some question as to whether the German Ktnperor, who must be reckoned with at this juncture, will allow a prince of any of these nations to step in. Prince Bernard of San-Weimar is. In reality a German subject. The grand duuhyover which he will eventually reign is one of the six comprised in the German empire; ia the largest of the minor Saxon States, and consists of three detached districts, Weimar, Eisenach and Neustadt. The Saxe Weimar family is the oldest branoh of the Ernestine line, and hence of the whole Saxon house. - By treaties of succession the Grand Duke is the next heir to the throne of Saxony, should the present Albertine line become extinct. He is entitled to the predicate of "royal highness." Klondike In Van. Great river. Lots of shiver. Awful cold. Much gold. Winds moanly. Nights lonely. Dark as hade. ".. . Who no maid is . ' No street. Mountain steeps. Nary hike . , Klondike Chicago Times-Herald. The Indian Twin Diamond. : Mrs. William Astor, it is said, has bought for $125,000 the famous dia monds known as the "Indian twin." They are cut cushion shape, weigh eight and a half carats each, and are of pale blue color, so full of fire that many perfect stones seem lusterless by comparison. "The twins" were the property of Warren Hastings when he was governor-general of India. Improvements la London. American improvement are more and more attacking London. West minster and Waterloo bridge and the Victoria embankment are to be lighted by electrioity; and one of the reasons for its nse, urged in the London council. was that it would make the city more attractive in the sight of rich Ameri cans. The proposed improvement will cost about 9110,000. .- Coetly Imperial Train. The German Emperor's impeiial train cost $880,000 and took three years to construct. There are altogether twelve cars, including two nursery carriages. The reception saloon contains several pieces of statuary, and each of the leeeping car is fitted with a bath. Thm Millions for a School. Boston i to have a new public school named after Paul Kevere, which will coat, including the site, about 13,000,. 000. The bni Iding will he constructs I of light pink granite, gray, red and white brick and terra cotta. It a ill contain public bathing facilities for the children. - - - - - ' The newest thing in letter boxes is a box with an electrical attachment, which will ring a bell In the kitchen when a letter is dropped in. NERVOUS PROSTRATION. "Will you kindly allow me," writes MissMakt E.SAJDT, of Job-town, N. J., to Mrs. Pinkham, " the pleasure of ex pressing my gratitude for the wonder ful relief I have experienced by taking your Compound? I suffered for a long time with nervous prostration and gen eral debility, , caused by falling of the womb. It seemed as though my back would never stop ach ing. I could not sleep. I bad dull headaches, I was weary all the time. and life waa a burden to me 1 sought the 1 seashore for relief, but all In vain. On my return I resolved to ijWM" give your medicine a trial. I took two bottles and waa cured. I can cheerfully state, If more ladies would only give your medicine a fair trial they would bless the day they saw the advertisement, and there would be happier home. I mean to do all J. can for you in the future. ; I have you alone to thank for my recov ery, for which I am very grateful," FARMERS MALMIM 0 fit tsuo. (tor i writ In 14, fALb CLARK'S RIGHT-LAP Plow and dr Combined. Thoroughly works th Boil to s depth of to linchei. i , Iavm no Plow Crust. I'lacei the teed 8 toinchrfidown, thoroughly covered with light, loM toil. Everr farmer that baa uaed It RKCOM MENUS it.. . FIRST ANB TAYLOR ITS., FORTH a)B, OR. Onnnral Ant for Oregon, Waahlng- toa and Idaho. RtJFTUKK and PItK curedi no per on til mired: aend for book. tiM. MiMariSLI tinuniu, ?3S Markat St., Sao Fraaetaoa. Jt at Cuutt'h aWalt TlWI-M lf m'r 1 ItT Onion', "II niiw .wy na f' 3 ) 0 THE FARM AND HOME MATTERS Or INTEREST TO FARM ER AND HOUSEWIFE. Th Old-Faahloned Trad Power la : Comlna lata Daa Aatata The Vain of Straw "d for Farm Horse . Par Drinking Water. Power for the Farm. A farmer needs a power that Is both cheap and ready for use and one that can be depended upon. He also wauta It to be safe from fire and explosion, and easily moved to different parts of the farm buildings. There Is one power that meet all these requirements quite well, and one that the farmer might use to greater advantage than he does, and that I the tread power. It wa used exclusively o farms forty year ago for such limited use a auy power was applied to, but, for some reason or oth er, was quite generally abandoned. But the tread power is coming back Into use gain for such work, as a cheap and In expensive power Is needed. This (low er ran be obtained In almost any slue required, from a power Intended for a goat or dog np to a power for four horses. The sum lies t are often used to run bahy separators, cliuru and such things as these, and the largest to run feed cutters aud heavy threshing machines. A two-horse tread power will run a circular saw for sawing wood, and a two or three-horse power will tun a medluni-slxed cutter for cut ting ensilage. When a farmer has the horses It Is the cheapest kind of power that can be obtained npon most farms, aud the cost Is within the reach of most farmer. The windmill has come Into use to a considerable exteut, especially for pumping water for stock or family nse. Witb proper attention It does good work, and Is, of course, Inexpensive In operation after once established. An other kind of power that has come Into ns Is the gasoline engine, and fur nishes one-horse power at only one or two cent an , hour. This matter of power seems to be settled among the three forms: The tread power, wludmlll power and gasoline power. The first I comparatively Inexpensive In the first cost While the other two power named are expensive at the start, It costs icarcely anything to operate tbeui, and the gasoline engine, can be nsed for any work upon the farm to which stationary power is ever applied. But, for pumping water alone, nothing will take the place of a good wind power. Mirror and Farmer. The Value of Straw. It used to be said that no straw should be sold from the farm because It so greatly belted the manure pile. But so many uses for straw came np that its price weut far beyond Its mano rial value. Now straw Is regarded as one of he farm products that can be most easily spared, provided It Is near enough to the market to be sold with out too great expct.se for marketing. Farmers are learning the same thing about timothy hay. It also sell for more than It manurlal valne. But this Is not true of clover bay. It takes from the r-oll and returns to the soil more than any other crop tbnt the Northern farmer grow. But It has the advan tage that the nitrogen It take from the soil Is from decomposed air, and that after a clover hay crop has been cut, the il It has grown In Is always rich er In nitrogen than It wa before. American Cultivator. Pare llrlnklnn; Water. It Is well known that alum will re move organic and other matters from water, so as to render It clear and pure; but It Is now said thai fluoride Is su perior to alum for this purpose. One ounce of fluoride Is used to every 1,000 gallons of water. After all. the best purifier Is nature's own. The minute organisms known as bacteria are the chief causes of the Impurity of drinking water. These Invisible creatures have to live aa well as their larger brethren, and I hey must ent to live. As soon as they have eaten all In the water that there Is to feed on, they die. Ir. Frank' land ha recently stated, from his re cent examination of water stored for two weeks, that It seems as pure and free from bacteria life as If It had been passed through the best of filters; but It seems strange that this should have to recently come under Dr. Frankland' experience. , Every one know that there Is no purer or better water in the world than that which Is supplied to seafaring people. , Almost any kind of water stored awuj In a ship's tank be come absolutely pure after the vessel has been a few week at sea. This Is usually ascribed In popular language to fermentation, but there Is , really nothing to ferment; It Is simply that the bacteria have eaten everything In the water there Is to eat, and then died of starvation. Median's Monthly. Tb Va'n of a Good Pnrlaa-. A spring of pure water on any farm adds at least a hundred dollars to Itn lvalue and If noap "It tr It im w.t. much more. Often such springs can be found In hillsides by digging six or eight feet, especially If the soil shows sprlugy 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 housewife may desire. - There are doubtless hundreds, and possibly thou sands, of farm In New England where the best pure water can be conducted Into the house at slight expense. If the water ha to be lifted a hydraulic ram will force the water np hill. This costs somewhat more, but it will gen erally pay .American Cultivator, A Few Old Thlnaa. Have we a hen all In all as good as the old-fashioned Dorking? They were nearly as good layers as the Leghorns, and nearly as good In flesh as the Ply mouth Itook. They were good home keeper, and were very hardy. They laid late In the fall and early In the spring If not always In the winter. They did not get out of health easily. I believe In a race of White Leghorns that has come to me at a high figure as next best They lay more, are great pets and are busy scavenger, but have jo spare flesh. One more good old thing that I long for Is the old-fashioned cow. In central New York forty years ago I could get a first rate cow easier than I can now. We have now a few splen did high-bred animals, but our common run of cow 1 nowhere aa good a It wa. Solomon Hoxle, who hn done a vast deal of Importing, confirms this. II say that "wt had a native breed forming that w nouia uv neiu ou to." Shall w go back to try It over again Orange Judd Farmer. Nltrat of Rod. 1 Nitrate of soda Is seldom used In the compounding of the fertiliser sold lu Ohio, for the reason that a much cheap er source of nltrogeu Is found lu the refuse of the Western slaughter houses. Moreover, ultral of soda la nn easily soluble salt, and It la doubtful whether It Is advisable to use It In the full, at which time most fertilisers are applied In Ohio, In our experiments It Is ap plied only In the spring, after growth has begun In the cnae of wheat, or at the time of planting in the case of spring crops. If sown on wheat about the middle of April aud a timely rain follows, the effect of the nitrate' will be conspicuously manifest In a short time.' ''' ."''.".- ' In effectiveness dried blood stands below nitrate of soda, but It Is probably prerrnble to nitrate of snda for fall use because It nitrogen Is In a less easily soluble form tlinu that of ullnile of sotla.-Ohlo Hlntlou Bulletin. Th Real t'oaan Eirn, Which Is really beet, the white egg or .the brown; the large egg, or that of medium sixer There 1 much argu ment lu the poultry paper of late, try ing to prove that the birds which lay the "best doaens" at the shows are really the best utility birds. If the Judging were based on uniformity of color and uniformity of slie, just fur enough abov the average that the breed could be laid up to It, the point might be considered proven. Hut too often the egg are over-slued (double- yolked, perhaps), merely liecaose the hens are out of condition, too fnt or otherwise. Looked at from the pro ducer's standpoint th frequent over used egg Ia not desirable. It cost more to produce, It Injure the sale of the average, and a a ruin. It brings him no more tnouey. Nevertheless, the breed that always lays good-slaed eggs If there are enough of them I a good breed to have. The consumer likes such eggs American Gardening, Trantaaant of Alkali Land. "Will any form of potash, aucb a Wood ashes, etc, Improve or enrich oil that show white alkali on the sur face lu the spring! I put on from thir ty to fifty ton of table manure per acre." Thu write a perplexed Colo rado farmer to Kural New Vorker. Fol lowing Is the reply: The wood ashes would not b likely to benefit such soils, except as they supply potash. The sul phate of potash would do better, hut sulphate of lime ot "land plaster" would do ns well and be much cheaper. If the drainage of this land Is good. yon can wash most of the alkali out by Irrigating It Th object in using the daster Is to change the form of this al kali so that It will dissolve and wash away. fttock to Olaan Orala Fla'da. It Is a great mUtake to let any stock except poultry glean after the grain harvest has been gathered. The oneh- Ing of the soli, and Injury to young clover caused by other stock nurulng over the fields, more than offsets what good the stock can gain by gathering the wasted grain heads. There are very few wntd head In modem grain harvesting, except such as are bent down and cut off with too little straw to lie gathered In the bundle. If allow ed a free range, the fowls will gather most of the grain, ami they will pay best for It aa grain ao gnUterwl always sets tli hens to laying again. Farm Not a. If a young tree I leaned by the wind get It back In line at once, for never again will It be no enslly done. Stake, If necessary. The custom of tondlug farm wagon so that the heaviest weight Is uimiu the front wheels Is all wrong and adds materially to the draft. The heaviest weight should be carried by the hind wheels. This hn been proven by offi cial and) careful tesits. The root crops are among the most Important grown. , 80 far as actual food value Is concerned they do not rank high, but they are always relished by stock in winter because they afford change of food, thu promoting the appetite aud keeping the animal In condition. The best working animal must come from working sires and dam. A colt from a pampered sire may be hand some, but when It comes to bard work be will tie "soft" and cannot be counted on to do hi share of the pulling all day. The best sire. If not the prettiest Is one that work In the harness every day, - ' Lumpy Jaw In cattle is an annoyan'.e dreaded by dairymen. An Ontario farmer reports that he has used spirits of ammonia for year and cured every case, no matter bow bad It was. Ho rub It on the lump or Jaw once or twice a day, and the difficulty gradual ly disappear. The remedy Is a very simple one and Is easily tested. The beat In a blve of bees when the weather la very warm I Increased by the animal beat given off from the bodies of the Insects. Thl hou!d re mind those who have bee that the hives must be In the shade or the col ony will become reduced by disease. The most honey 1 only secured when the colonies are large and healthy. Borne of the New York dairymen who bad ben Induced to raise their calves and breed for better cow report that tbey could not easily be Induced to revert to the former practice of buy ing their dairy cow. Hy raising good cows the milk and butter product on some farm ha been doubled, and no report shows less than 60 per cent Im provement. The result Is that farmer who could barely retain their farms un der the former system are now reunit ing profit every year. There has always been some doubt lu regard to the propriety of sowing clo ver hay very early In the sprlug. At the Michigan station seed was sown on plots every growing month In the year by way of experiment. That seeded in March did fairly well, but the plots seeded In April, May, Juno and July did better, the August plant not grow ing very large. The amount of rnin and other condition were not stated. Thu result do not accord with tboso obtained by farmers In this section, a the March wheat seem to thrive best First stoker of Lalolfsrs, Sir Isaac Holden, who recently died In England at an advanced age wm fdmniii In anlijiica and Invention. He wa the ion of a collier, but hi Inven tion and enterprise brought him a splendid fortune. , He retired from parliament In 18U8. He h the repu tation of having, among other useful In ventions, boon the first man to make luclfor matches. 8lr Isaac had method of his own lu rnrd to eating and drinking. For breakfast he par took ot a baked apple, one orange, a bmicli ot grapes aud a biscuit made from banana Hour. Ill midday meal oonslsted of very little beef or mutton, with now and again a imall cupful of soup. If lie partook ol fish, he had so much loss ot meat. For supiior he practically rWntd his breakfast menu. ''After the system hn been built up, and the period of manhood reached, all starch foods should be banished from the human diet." Such was the creed of this good, quaint old mun and gnu erous philanthropist. An absolute teetotaler he was not, and Yorkshire will be as proud of him as it wa of Hir Tatton 8yks, who lived on ale and apple picv tUr Isaac' son Angu in herit the title. He represent the Huekrose division of Yorkshire In Par liament. ''' ' ' " :-' MKHB lIUNDl.lta OF XBRVKK. Bnnta penvlah, querulous pwple mm mar bmttlL-M ol tinrvva. Tlia lnal aouiitl agitate llioir aonnurliinia and riifflot tnlrluter. No doulit llioy are born o. Hut may not their m.rmni' Im aim-llurau-il, if linl eiilirele f llevtuir Umttiwailouably, and with Hmtottor'a Hmmacth Miu-i. by t'tiilivalHK ihi'lr dlgmilou and Itiourliig tnimicoiiiiilaUiaMliiillatlou ol Hie food with tlile admlrehla mu-rvellva. thev will xporlettu a (Hlr and irtf xrcwiilll gain In livrvv n,iiiriiiiu, I'jraiwjtftia, Ulliouaiteee, VlllllWtlUII and rheoinalMw yield lu th uiiuirn. At the last congress of German Vine yard 1st I'rot. Wormian reported that he had found living bacteria In wine which bad boett bottled US or 80 year. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHER). We are aeaertlng In the courts our right to Ik emclulve umt of the wwd CArUIA," aud " fl 1 CIIKR t An roalA," a our Trad Mai a. X. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannla, Mauachimelt, waa the originator of " I'lTCIIKS S CAS ruRIA," tb earn that ha borae and doe no tear Hi fce-ilrau signature of I'll A. H. VLaVrCMKN oa every wrapper. TUIa lalheotlgloal " MTCHHK'8 CAM TO I A " whick aa been need in the annus of la mother of America fur ever thirty year. took Carefully at Ihe wrapper ana art that II Is ikt Had jwn Adfw altraj tOHfM, and ha th signature of CHA. II. flKTCtlKft oa th wrapper. No on ra authority from me to uae aty nam except The Centaur Company of whtck Chas. 11. Fletcher to rreaident aVurca i, tH. aAMUKI. HTCIIK, MUX ' The Central London Underground railway, wbiuli i to be operated by electricity haa a large oontruat fur elec trical equipment with a prominent New York Brm. There I mora Catarrh In thl eeetlon n( Ihe eouitiry than all other diwaaee put tKgnltier, and until the 11 few year a ur.u..1 to lie Incurable. Pur a great many yarrio-lfra pro- uuunmi n lh-i uiaesar, ami preeeriewti li-i reumlte. and by eunelantiy falling to eure lr local treatment, pronmtneed it incurable. HciiH' baa proven caiarru in be eonetiiu tttiaal dieaM, and therefore re4ttlre cuutl tntliiiiai treatment. Heir Catarrh Cur, man ufactured by t. J. I'hcticy 4 Vo.. Toirdo. 4)., I lite only cotiaitluttoiie! eure oft tn market. It I taken Infernally In do from lu drupe to trapHnlttl. It act dtreetly on lb blood and niucou eiirlace ol tbe eveirra. They offer one huu'trrd dollar lor any eaa It fall lu cure Send tor circular and icMiwonlel. A'tdp-w. K. J. HttXli A CO., Toledo, o. S-ild tav drnggi!, ?. Hull lainily l-iliear the beet. A 'postofllce clock In Sydney, New Poiitli Wales, emit an electric liitl't flash lasting five second every hour during the. nlgbt, tints enabling those living miles anay to ascertain tbe exact time. .,' 1 ' -:' ' I'lso's Cure for C'ontinnllii la the bet I of ail caliph curea.--4iworg W. Lois, Kabu eher, La., August Hn, IWft. Alexandria, Vs., ha raised the ban a hiili from the earlier day ot the set tlement made It unlawful to bring In oysters between April and Heptemlier. Between 1878 and 1881, in a single Koman villuge diet let. 7V7 head of families in a population of 1,800 fam ilies were dogged for not paying their taxes. An Angora cat, which by accident was locked in a trunk under some cloth i )ng at Tullahotua, Tenti., remained there for seven day and revived when taken out. -: ''.. .: '".' JL Herailet Special f2,aetnal horsepower) Price, only $183. 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