TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED
OUR RURAL. FRIENDS.
FOR
By Improved Mathada tha Prodoc
llmiM at tk Iwa May b Greatly
Incraaaad Baa Fratt Traaa ' far
Bhada Saerthora Cowa aa Mllkara.
" Maklae; Laad.
Not only can man convert great
areas which are overflowed by the rlv
tra or aeaa Into fertile soil, aa baa been
done in Holland on an extensive scale,
but be can also, by wise management,
greatly Increase the productiveness of
tracts already nnder cultivation. The
man wbo makes bis farm produce twice
as much as It did at an earlier period,
baa practically enlarged Us area. So,
too, has tbe man wbo by subsolllng or
draining baa deepened tbe soil tbat be
cultivates. As Smerson said of the
farmers of Concord wbo adopted Im
proved methods, be bas found a farm
under the one tbat be formerly culti
vated. The plants have a much greater
surface from which to obtain food aud
moisture. Practically the area of the
laud has been enlarged.
Then If we take productiveness In
stead or area as tbe standard of meas
urement the man wbo seeds bis land to
the best advantage really gains a good
deal over the one wbo does not fully
realise tbe area that be cultivates.
Thus, a man planting .otatoes In bills
two feet apart and In rows three feet
apart will have about 2, A) more bills
on an acre than will one who plants In
rows of the same width, but who has
the bills three feet apart In the row. If
the land Is In good condition to pro
duce the crop, and fertilisers are prop
erly used, the closer planting should
yield as much to tbe bill as the other,
and a very much larger crop will be
secured at a considers t:.- lower cost
per busbci. '
In tbe various ways we have men
tioned, and In others which will sug
ges: themselves to thoughtful minds. It
Is possible to do what, as far as results
are concerned. Is equivalent to making
land. , Some one, or more than one, of
these methods Is open to almost every
farmer. In working out some of these
plans not a few farmers would find at
least a partial relief from tbe burdena
which now welgb heavily upon them.
And work In this direction carries
double reward. It gives material bene
fits, which can be reckoned In dollars
and cents, and also gives encourage
ment and pleasure and an Increase of
mental power. The man who enters
upon any course of Improvement learns
to think better as truly as be learns to
work better. Thus be not only accom
plishes mncb in the present, but be also
qualifies himself for still more efficient
effort In the future. Practical Farmer.
Beat Fralt Trace for Shade.
The denisens of towns find tbe pear
one of the most satisfactory fruit trees
for shade. It Is deep rooting and many
other things may be successfully
grown right up to their trunks. In
secis irouDie tnem little. They grow
rather fast, but It Is many years be
fore they get an objectionably large
size. The apple makes a spreading
Dead, and there Is soon shade under Its
branches, and besides, tbe beauty of Its
blossoms In spring makes tbe tree ap
preciated fully equal to a mere orna
mental one. It Is not a very serious
robber of tbe soil. The cherry makes a
desirable shade, but birds make too
free wttb tbe fruit, and here Is tbe
temptation to break branches. Tbe
sour or pie'eherries are, however, not
relished by birds. European walnut
trees grow rather slowly. It Is usually
ten years before they produce nuts In
any quantity, but aiter this they are
regarded as treasures with which their
owners would not willingly part For
utility and grateful shade combined
few trees can rival them. Ladies'
Home Journal.
' ebortborn Cowa aa Mllkara.
The Durham or Shorthorn cattle of
England were originally a dairy breed,
and undoubtedly came from Holland,
of tbe same stock which originated tbe
Dutch cattle, and also, probably the
IIolstein-Frieslan breeds. Where at
tempts have been made to keep up their
milk giving capacities, the Shorthorns
are still good milkers. In a late Eng
lish contest tbe Shorthorn cows won
the three highest prizes for quantity
and richness of milk, and the fourth
prize was won by an animal that was a
half-blood Shorthorn. In this country
the Shorthorn bas been mainly valued
for Its ability to fatten easily and at
tain large size. To this end calves have
been allowed to suck tbir dams, with
the result tbat after a few years the
cows liecame such poor milkers tbat It
required two cows to furnish enough
milk for a single calf. Such a policy
will soon ruin tbe milking capacity of
the best milkers. Exchange.
Tka Farm a Good Place.
There Is no place on earth more suit
able to the successful rearing of good
young men and women than on the
farm. Tbe Isolation Is considered an
objection, but a proper amount of seg
regation Is an advantage. The bane
of our civilization Is tbe crowding Into
the cities more people than can And
useful and profitable employment In
most neighborhods farm houses are not
so far apart, nor Is tbe village so dis
tant as to preclude tbe social contact
wbicb Is necessary to tbe highest and
best culture wbicb can be obtained any
where. Real enterprise finds the wsys
necessary to bring together the best
talent and tbe most desirable elements
of society, for tbe pleasure and tbe
profit of the community.
Whitewash for Fcale. '
A Tennessee correspondent refers to
Mr. Saunders' note In regard to tbe de
struction of scale by lime wash, and
remarks that be practiced It success
fully a half a century ago, adding, bow
ever, a little soot with the lime wssb
in order to take away its glaring color.
It has also been in use by the old Ger
man settlers of Pennsylvania for a
couple of centuries, wbo applied it not
merely for tbe destruction of scale, but
for all other Insects and Injurious fun
gus. No trees can be healthier than
those old-fashioned people can present
No one need fear the San Jose scale, or
any other scale, who applies annually
a eout of whitewash as described. So
many of these admirable horticultural
practices of our forefathers have been
suffered, to fall Into disuse to be r-
placed by other more complicated and j
leas satisfactory applications that cor
respond. Like Mx, Saunders, thos
wbo bring these old, worthy practice
again to the foreground deserve mors
thanks than those who are continually
talking of - new notions. Mechan'i
Monthly.
Cheairaeaa of Ma Vcad,
Considering Ha nutritive value flax
seed Is now a cheaper feed than almost
any other grain. But It Is so concen
trated food that only a little can be fed
with advantage at any one time. We
think that farmers who do not grow
flaxseed, as very few In the East now
do, might profitably buy some Unseed
meal, which for feeding purposes Is bet
ter than the whole seed, and use It with
other feeds. The new process oil meal
contains very little oil. It la therefore
all the richer In nitrogenous nutrition.
It has sold very low tbe past two or
three years, because grains of all kinds
have been so cheap. Now that grain Is
likely to be higher oil meal will also be
dearer. But It makes so rich manure
that aside from Its feeding value this
alone Is likely to be nearly as valuable
as the cost of the meal, besides Its value
for feeding. American Cultivator.
Ftitk In ke Milk.
ftllrnukn (lAtumil tAiv -mii,h mmn ill
strainer for removing filth from milk.
Any substance that dJseolvea In the
milk will pass through the strainer . that the early planted corn promises
with the milk. If gait Is dissolved In' well and is practically beyond damage
water and poured through strainer, from frost. The planted corn is in an
It is well known that the salt wlH be 'entirely different position. Under the
present in the water after the process most favorable weather conditions it
of straining. In the face of this fact, j can make nothing bnt nubbins and fod
so plain to all, full reliance la placed der. The final result promises not
on the strainer to perform an impost- more than two-thirds of a crop, and
blUty. There is nearly always tilth on frost within the next two weeks might
the teats or udder when a cow lws further, reduce the yield,
been In ber stall over night, and. while! Tbe advanced values for wheat have
the strainer may arrest tbe solid por- attracted speculatiton to corn and ra
tion of the manure from reaching the ' suited in some improvement in values.
nUk, yet tbe urine, Attn on the hsnde A still further advance would have
of the milkers, and even fine diut. will taken place had It not been for the
pass Into the pall. The remedy is to
wash tbe bands before milking and
also the udder and teats of the cows.
. Blnalaei Grapa Vlaea.
The fact that cutting a ring through
the sap wood of the current year's
growth, so as to check its return, will
both Increase the sice and hasten tbe
ripening of grapes. Is well understood
by most grape growers, Tet wherever
the fruit will ripen naturally It should
be left to do so, as Its quality Is not
nearly so good when It Is ripened by
tbe ringing process. A better way Is to
divert sap to the fruit by stopping the
growth of all tbe outer shoots. This
will Improve the quality, and cause
earlier ripening. Tbe grapes will not
look so well as those that have been
ripened by ringing the vines. But they
will create a demand for more, which
tbe ringed grapes will not
Hereditary Taatea.
There can be little doubt tbat the Ilk
Ing for certain kinds of food Is heredi
tary. Fifty or sixty years ago nobody
had a natural liking for either tomatoes
or celery.. Now a great many people
are born with this taste, or at least have
the liking for these vegetables In all
their forms so soon aa they can eat any
kind of victuals. It may be In such
cases that It Is the mother who Influ
ences ber unborn offspring to a liking
for certain foods. This Is Indeed the
way In which most hereditary Influ
ences are transmitted. The mother
rather than the father Is always the
most Important faotor as regards likes
or dislikes, while the male parent influ
ences tbe physical form more than does
the mother.
Let tka Hops Ripen.
The weight and value of hops In
crease very fast towards the last of tbe
ripening. It is then that the germ fer
tilization of the hop by tbe male blos
som makes Its most rapid progress. It
Is this which gives tbe aroma and
flavor which makes the hop valuable.
Yet every year many bops are picked
before this maturity is obtained. It is
usually done to save the crop from
storms, which may beat down the vines
and injure tbe bops. But It Is better to
run this risk, and have bops to sell
which have been fully ripened. The
others may look all right, but the ex
perienced bop picker will prefer the
mature bops every tine.
Tka r extraction of Tr-ee.
Attention Is called to tbe fact that a
great many trees through which elec
tric wires pass are dead. After heavy
rains many of these trees begin to
droop and die. Tus leaves, saturated
with moisture, lead the current down
Into the body of the tree. Tbe compa
nies claim tbat all of tbe wires are In
sulated, but constant swinging among
tbe branches cuts off tbe covering, and
tbe wire becomes bare. A great deal of
complaint Is being made, and suite are
to be brought against tbe electric com
panies. rnrface Water la Walla.
Wells are often dug In depressions,
the idea being that In such places
springs of water are most apt to be
found. But if so dug the well should lie
stond and cemented for twelve or
more feet from the surface, so that
shallow springs cannot find entrance.
The deeper springs will generally be
free from surface impurities. Then if
the well Is tilled around about so as to
turn surface water from It there will
be little danger that it will bo contami
nated in any wayv
Tne CacuTa Plant.
Tbe cultivation of tbe cassava plant
bas been begun In the United States. It
Is a shrub from six to eight feet tall,
and bears large tubers underground.
These are first heated to drive off the
poisonous acids and they are then made
Into tapioca and dextrine. It is said
tbat tbe latter can be more easily manu
factured from this plant than from
corn.
Management of Lata Cabbage.
There Is nothing better than frequent
cultivation of cabbage to make It grow.
Every time the soil Is stirred, and espe
cially in such warm, wet weather as
the whole country has lately bad, there
Is liberation of plant food In as large
amounts as even a gross feeding crop
of cabbage can require.
To Keep Cat Flo were.
Cut flowers will keep very fresh If a
small pinch of common saltpeter is put
In tbe water In which they stand. The
ends of the stems should be cut off a
little every day to keep open tbe ab
sorbing pores.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Haaklat Coaiaany Havlaw
or Trad.
The leading feature ot the market
(luring the week has been the rapid
lubsidence oi the speculation that in
part oaused the marked and snrldon ad
vanoe in values, The market is now
onoe more upon a plane of action wbeie
uppliea aud demand can be expected
to exert the controlling influences.
The forward movement of the winter
wheat crop has been fairly large and is
now about to be supplemented by in
creasing receipts ot spring wheat Up
to the present time export clearances
have bwn sufficiently large not only to
prevent any increase, but to cause a de
crease, in available stocks that were al
ready reduced almost to depletion. The
advanced values have checked export
sales, and we may, with the larger re
ceipts in the near future, look for In
creasing stocks at oentera of accumula
tion. So, while the general situation
remains as strong aa ever, the advanoe
apears over for the time being, or at
least until the foreigners again become
large buyers of wheat
In corn the week has resulted in some
marked changes. A large crop is no
longer anticipated by anyone, and tne
nnlv nilMHtlnn In linw amall it ftnaV
I prove. We are justified, from all the
information obtainable, in claiming
enormous receipts ot corn sold to arrive
before the extent of damage to growing
crop had become known. Since then
farmers have ceased selling freely and
receipts next week promise to be much
smaller: The market, relieved of the
selling pressure tor country account,
supported by sn excellent cash demand,
promises, with the aid of the lucres.
itig speculative support, to advanoe still
further.
Pertlaad Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 86c; Val
ley and Blnestin, 89c per busheL
Flour Best grades, 4.40; graham,
$3.85; superfine, $3.60 per barrel.
Oats Choioe white, 87c; choice
gray, 8c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $18919; brew
ing, $120 per ton.
Mtlistuffs Bran, $14 per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts, $16.50.
Hay Timothy, $l!i 13. 50; clover,
$1011; California wheat, $109
11;. do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $99
10 per ton.
Eggs 171920c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 609 60o;
fair to good, 409 45c; dairy, 809 36c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, Ujt'o; Young
America, 13 lie; California, 9910c per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,509
3.75 per dozen; broilers, $1.35(32.35;
geese, $596; ducks, $494.50 per
dosen; turkeys, live, ll(12jc per
pound.
Potatoes. O.egon Burbanks. 409
45c per sack; new potatoes, 50o per
sack; sweets, $1.40 per oentaL
Onions California, new, red, $1.25;
yellow, 80o per cental. .
Hops 10c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 696c.
Wool Valley, 14916c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10913c; mohair, 80c
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 2 g2 i'c; dressed mutton,
5c; spring lambs, 6 per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.60;
light and feeders, $394; dressed, $39
4.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.759 3;
cows $3.25; dressed beef, 495c per
pound.
Veal Largo, 4 )o; small, b 9 6o
per pound.
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' Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 20c; ranch, 10913a
Cheese Native Washington, 109
llo; California, 9)c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 19920c,
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 109 Ho; spring chickens, $3
93.50; ducks, $2.6093.76.
Wheat Feed wheat, $30 per ton.
; Oats Choice, per ton, $33.
Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meat, $23 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,'
$22; whole, $22.
; Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 64c; mutton sheep,
695j0; pork, 7c; veal, small, 6.
. Fresh Fish Halibut, 4)c; salmon,
495c; salmon trout, 7910c; flounders
and sole, 894; ling cod, 496; rock
cod, 6c; smelt, 2 9 4&
' San Fraaelaco Market.
Wool Choice foothill, 9913c; San
Joaquin, 6 months' 8(9 10c; do year's
staple, 799o; mountain, 11918c; Ore
gon, 10913c per pound.
Hops 6912o per pound.
? Millstuffs Middlings, $19922;
California bran, $14.60915 per ton.
Onions New red, 70980c; do new
silverskin, $191.10 per cental.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 40 9 60c.
Fresh fruit Apples, 409 65c per
large box; apricots, 20940c; Fontain
bleau grapes, 209 80c; muscats, 359
85c; black, 259 80c; tokay, 86940o;
peaches, 40975c; pears, 40 9 60 per
box; plums, 20950c; crab apples, 159
85c-, ....
Hay Wheat, $14.60; wheat and oat,
$10913; oat, $10913; river Dariey,
$798; best barley, $9912; alfalfa,
$8910 clover, $7.6099.50.
, ' Cheese Fancy mild, new, 9o; tail
to good, 798o per pound. '
; Bntter Fancy oreamery, 26927c; do
seconds, 24925c; fancy dairy, 23c;
good to choice, 18920c per pound.
Eggs Store, 15919c; ranch, 319
26o; Eastern, 16 9 20; duck, 169170 pel
dozen.
Citrus fruit Oranges, Valencias,
$1.5093; Mexican limes, $596; Cali
fornia lemons, fancy, $4; do common,
$1.603.60 per box.
News comes from South Amerioa that
a proposal is on foot to build an elec
tric railroad over the Andes, connect
ing the republics of Argentine and
Chili.
Italtwey Material for Japan.
More railway material for Japan it
soon to be purchased. A set of tpeel
ficatloii for material snfflutent to build
about 160 miles of track have recently
been received by Joseph TJ, Crawford
Philadelphia, Pa., consulting svitineer
for the Japanese government These
Include some IB, 000 tons of 60-pomid
tteol rails, and about a, 000 tons of fish
plates, bolts, etc. Thirty locomotives
are also included.
' CROSS OUTRAOKS
Cpon the stonmrh and bnwa.lt r perpetrated
dv miittititnea oi iiijiiait'imi eue who, noon
exj rlvn'liiR fthe annoyance ol cotliatloii
tu a slight dvaree, tnnlnata lliulr bowels Willi
drenching evacuatits, which eufcebla thy in
tt'Btiiial iiiniiihrane to wrlou extt'til, tome-
ihnfM. errit. siiiierimintMn ttyiniiitery or piles,
HiMtvtlvr'a Ntoniwh illllnra In the trn itu
redaneura tor Uirn nostrums, sine it I at
tmee invleorailii(, KMl mid effectual. It also
MnlihviilyaiH-ml, malarial Mniivlainti, lima
aiattatu auu aiuuey iruutni'e. . ...
Foreign Cardinal.
Cardinal di Heinle's death, aocordin,
to the London Tablet, litis made the
number ot foreign cardinals greater
than that of the Italian for the second
time within twelve mouths. There are
now 81 ot the former to DO of the lut
ter, a state ot tilings which, unti
within a few years, had not occurret
for many centuries.
Eighteen persons live in a one-room
shanty, sixteen by twenty feet, in the
town of Woodstock, Vt, not far from
the Bridowater line.
HONK PHODfJCTS AND I'l'ltK fOOB,
All Enaiprn Svriin. to-called, nmiallv vrr
Unlit colored aud oi luvy body, U nwUi (nun
gluroo. "JVil (VonfH Vriiu" It Bind Inrni
iiftar Vane and ) Mrlctly ure. It ia lor nal
bv tlrsl olnw KrocvM, lu eatta only. Mumtlm-
tiiM hv th I'll:!!,! l iliHY MVRrrl'A. All trtll.
I uinc "fra tiuriim nW have the tnauulae-
I turvr'i name lltliotrraplied on every can.
Two bottles of Piso's Cure for couaimnv
tion cured me of a bud limit trouble. Mrs,
J. Nichols, I'riiiiTton, 1ml., Mar. 2)1, 18U6.
Three million five hundred thousand
steel pens are used throughout the
world every day in the week.
A Centenarian Pawnee.
Corley Chief, one of the best known
of the Pawnee Indians near Perry, O.
T., who died the other day, was said
to be more than 100 years old. He
took part in most of the Indian wars
and was the leader ot his tribe in many
of its battles with the Omges. This
war was waged half a century ago. The
two tribes are separated by the Kansas
river. '
There la more Catarrh In (hit amnion at the
country thau all other dteaat wit together
aud until the lent lew yearn wasetiptMwvt to lie
insurable. For a ureal many yearn do'ior pr.
aouuceu it a local umeaie, ami rrvscritwti local
remedies, and by constantly tailtiia to cureby
local treatment, pronounced It tnvnralile.
Science haa proven catarrh to be a eoiiNttiu
tiona; disease, and therefore reo.utrea conMl
tutlonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh 4'nrc, man-
nlactured by r" J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. 11., in
the only constitutional cure no the market. It
la taken Internally In dose Irom 10 drop to a
ice.poou!!ii. 11 acta aircctiy on tne ninoa ami
tuiicoiu turfecee ot the system. They offer one
snnilrea dollar lor any case It laila to cure.
8eud (or circulars and teatimonlals. A'ldr-.s,
r. 1. CHKNKY CO., Toledo, 11.
Sold br druarists, 7uc.
Hall's Family Pill are the beat.
The Athens- check factory is to be
operated by electricity. This is the
first cotton factory in Georgia to use
electricity as a motive power.
THREE HAPPY WOMEN
Relieved f Periodic Pain and Backache.
"Before using Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, my health was
being gradually undermined. I Buf
fered untold agony from painful men
struation, backache, pain on Uff of my
head, and ovarian trouble. The com
pound entirely cured me. Hits.
Geoxois Wass, 923 Bank St, Cincin
nati, O. "
" For years I had suffered with pain
ful menstruation every month. One
day a little book ot Mrs. Pinkham's
was thrown Into my house, and I
sat right down and read it. I then
got some of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound and Liver Pills. I
can heartily asy that to-day I feel Wee
s new woman ; my monthly suffering
la a. thing of the past I shall always
praise the Vegetable Compound for
what it has done for me. Mas. Mi.n
aret A.idebsox, 303 Lisbon BL,
Lewlston, Me.
"Lydia E. lfcnkhara's Vegetable Com
pound has swred me of painful men
struation and backache. . The agony
I suffered during menstruation nearly
drove me wild. Now this is all over,
thanks to Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and
advice." Mrs. Cabbis V. Williams,
South Mills, N, C
The great volume of testimony
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Manly Power
The Strength, Activity and Brain
Power of Manhood are Restored
to Weak Men Who Use Doctor
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Ceerr Belt baa
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an electric Sui- .
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weak man.
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Increase the brain power, and remove all the
weakening effeete ol indiscretions, excesae,
etc., In (t, restores your strength.
Are You Weak?
It will core nervous debility In any lorm, (or
electricity is the life of the- nerve and makea
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a Caaah Srrae.
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CHEAP AT TM$. PRIC.
The Man at the Sandwich IalanH 'ad
. Poeted Hint. :
H made a beany meal at one of the
restaurants near the depot, and as he
rose with his hand In 'tis pocket
said to the oroui'letor:
"Two rears ago in ti e Bamlwlc
Islands, I net a insn from this town
"The bill Is 60 cents." said tl.s pro-
M'tetor as he crooked his linger.
"Tes, I know. And I lit nun ctinuiill,
observed that some day or other
might find myself tu this town."
"Please baud over your hill, sir."
"Certainly, and ho lidded that If
ever did and felt hungry and was dead
broke to call on you. He couldn't re
member jour name, but he said you
were called tlm man with the big
heart." ,
"I want BB cents, ulr," exclaimed the
proprietor. ; .
"1 know you do. And the man added
that, while you didn't profess to run an
orphan anyluin, you never refused to
chalk It down In the case of au nnrortu
nate. You may put uiy account on the
slate."
"You pay cash or get the boot," said
the proprietor aa he came out from Ihc
hlud the counter,
"That was another matter he
ferred to," coutluued the stranger. "He
said that r.t rare Intervals you gsve
man the boot, but the kicks were few
lu uumher and lightly administered. If
In your Judguieut "
In my Judgment I'll kick your heels
over your bend," shouted the proprie
tor as he seised him and led hi in aut
to the door.
"The iMtrolter whom I met In the
Sandwich tslauds said that you some
times blustered and blowed around, but
It was only for moral effect."
"I'll moral effect you, you old dead
beat Take that aud that, and that."
Seven vigorous kicks were adiulnls-.
tered, tbe lHt of which lifted the man
Into the rtrect. lie crowted over,
turned about on tbe curbstone and
called across:
"1 counted 'em and there were only
seven. Seven times eight are nrty-six.
or not quite 8 cents kick. Bay, old
man, I like your large-hearted and lib
eral way of doing things. Call It even
8 cents a kick and louime come over
and eat $50 worth of grub.'
His View oris.
The wheelman who waa scorching
through Washington Park rounded one
of the curves Just as a little girl about
four years old started to run across the
road lu front ot him. He set his teeth,
turned bis bicycle sharply to tbe left
and flew out of the saddle In one direc
tion, while tbe machine went tumbling
lu another, the little girl escaping by
hair's breadth.
"You careless bruter exclaimed a
sharp-voiced matron who came run
nlng up. "You monkey on two wheels!
What do youm van by racing about tbe
park la this dare-devil kind of way
Haven't you got any consideration for
other folks? Don't you know you're
always liable to run over somebody t
Do you want to scare people to death;
Some people haven't got tbe sense they
were born with. If I bad my way
about It I'd stop this business mighty
quick. You might bare killed my
chlldr
Yes, ma'am,", replied the young man,
who had gathered himself up and was
making an Inventory of bis damage.
liut I didn't. She gets off without a
scratch, while I've got a skinned elbow,
braised knee, a sprained ankle, and a
me shoulder. There's piece of skin
as big as a half-dollar gone from the
palm of my hand, my hair is full of
dirt, I've ruined a suH of clothes, and It
111 cost me $15 to have the machine
mended. If I'm not kicking, ma'am, I
don't think you ought to kick."
He picked up his broken bicycle, put
it over b is shoulder, and limped slow
ly away In the direction of the nearest
repair shop. Chicago Tribune.
.' Advloe.
No matter what you sell, advertise It,
wMh your name and address as a mat
ter of necessity, but don't place your
name at the top of tne advertisement
In the largest type, followed by a con
glomeration of what you muke, so mix
ed up, and so Inslguttlcant, tuat one
can't : separate tho wheat from the
chaff.
It is not the business of the adver
tisement to sell good. It Is to assist
yonr salesmen and your catalogue In
selling.
It Is the business of the advertise
ment to create correspondence, to sep
arate the probable from the possible
customers, to bring Into your olllce let
ters which indicate that certain people
desire certain goods, and It Is then your
business, and the business of your em
ployes, to sell them.
. U ulcus tbe quality of the goods, and
the quality of tbe advertising, hsrmon
ize, there Is no profit In publicity, ex
cept that transient profit that no decent
man cares about.
The conventional advertisement has
a value, although It has looked back
ward over a quarter of a century.-
Hardware. ;
tlpurgeoa'a Htorlea.
Where did Spurgeon get all the good
Stories with which his writings and'
speeches were Illustrated? The Rev.
William Denton tells bow many years
ago be used to meet trgentleman at the
British Museum .searching diligently
folios of the fathers and other ancient
books. ' '
"May I ask you," said Mr. Deutou
one day, "what work you are engaged
In bringing out?"
, "I!" was the reply; "don't you know
who I am? I am Spurgeon's man en-
I gaged In looking up stories for hi in In
books not generally read or fumlllar to
I l. ....l.TI ' I fr-..I i.
iub jfuwiv, imsi Aeicgmjiu,
Kentucky's Prlxe Flan Story.
C. A. Wilson, a reliable farmer of
this conuty, vouches for tbe following
fish story: While angling at Cloverport
on Monday Mr. Wilson claims to have
caught a five-pound catfish, and when
It was cut open a pocketbook, a hymn
book and a Testament were fonud In
the stomach. Ley'ngton Herald.
Oldest Unleereitr.
The oldest university in the world is
El Azhar, meaning "the splendid," sit
uated at Cairo. It Is the greatest Mo
' bammedan school, and has clear rec
' ords dating 975.
A great many fathers sit up half the
night these night to fan their wive
and children.
Closed August 31st
That SchtUing's Best tea missing-word
contest closed August 31st.
We shall announce the winners and the
word at the first possible moment. '
A $2000.00 missing-word contest begins
at once.
Schillings Best baking powder and tea are
What' is the missing word?
Every ticket taken from Schillings Best
baking powder or tea is good for one
guess at the missing word.
Send your ticket with your guess and
name and address to m
MONEY.BACK, SAN FRANCISCO.
Htf Telegraph Cable Contract.
The largest telephone cable contract
ever given Is reported from 8t Louis
as result of the telephone wires being
placed under ground in that city. The
statement that the contract covnra 880,-
000 feet of cable containing fully 100,
000,000 feet ot No. IB B. 8. copper
wire, 3,000,000 pounds ot lend easing
and thousands of pounds of paper
Insulation can only be appreciated
by comparisons. Sit hundred and
fifty thousand feet equals about
134 miles, or about the dlstsnce
from Mew York along the oosst
to Caiie May, or the very end of New
Jersey. The small wires, if spliced to
gether, would reach nearly half round
the earth, the total length lieing 18,000
miles. - One thousand tons of lead
would equal in weight a solid prism of
east iron ten feet square and 45 loot
high. ' .
Aa American Waman ravoresj.
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, wit of
the English secretary for the colonies,
and daughter of W. C. Endicott, Mr,
Cleveland's first secretary of war, as a
special evidence of the favor iu which
(Jiieen Victoria holds her, has received
from her majesty the gold Instead of
the silver Jubilee medal. The gold
medal was conferred, as a rule, only on
royal personage.
It Is estimated that I, SAO acres of to
bacco wero raised In hufliuM, Conn.,
last year, which probably averaged the
growers not far from 9300 an sere. At
this average, the total value of Suf-
field's orop would be 100.000.
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
W ARK ASBHTIHO IN THE COUBTS OUK BIOliT TO Til
EXCLUSIVE UE Of THE WtJHD "CA8TOR1A," ANI
PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS oiK Ihadk MARK,
. DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, or Tlunntil. Mn..n
Uo$ tint originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA." ths gams
that hai borne and doe$ now
bear tha fao-ilmlU signature of CWrXefi5 wrapper.
TlUi it the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," whUh hot been
uted in the hornet of the mothers of America for over thirty
yeart. LOOK CAREFULLY at
the kind yrm have alwavt bowifht V,4r ' iAa
( not tne tignatur
per. Ao one hat authority from me to use m name ejeeeoi
The Centaur Companu of
President.
March 8, 1897.
sw--.
Do not endanger the life of VOtir
which wins druggist may offer yon (because ho makes a few more pennis
w ... uigicuicnia oi wnicu even lie does not know.
I he Kind You Have Always Bought"
BEARS Trie FAC-8IMILE SIGNATURE OP
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
A perfect type of th hlfliwt
Walter
Hi raft's
. It .e-enS Si
BREAKFAST COCOA I
IIA
jLt Established
11 JZl
Atrsolutefti Pure
Costs Less than
Be ear that yea let tha
law article, aaae at
WALTER
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hi .....us. sura. HMMniMMUiM,
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DO YOU WANT
SEEDS
Oet thim at headquarter. I oarry by (ar Ilia
arae.. assortment on tha coast. KinenilH-r
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alngua. ; E. 4. MOWKN,
nl rronl St., Portland, Or,
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Len. thi. rums, aliar. all psln, onrns win r..llr..nil is S
m. . . m All drutftjifltA. otp writ
mujcfi
"a IinU.7?6E LaTlT'S.ViT
because they are money-back.
HALF
LIuiuJLIU UIIUlliiLi
1Yr.25c.2Yr.30c,
Free CATALOGUE
Free Send lor it
llunll Lamberson,
Portland, Oregou.
PRICE
p Drugs...
4
Patent Medlclnet
at Cut Ratea.M
W00DARD, CLARKE CO.
Wholesalaand Ketall Unliable, Portland
Wtcarrr mntembli Hue of ivmi,,jqa,
aud Aluletiei.eodaMH tlx t.'oa.t '
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order f cllnra la mianfaetar.'
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Delicious Nutritious
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leaves no Plow Crust, k,
Pleee the wed to4lnchidown,tharoufiiiy
covered with Unlit, loos toll. ' ,,.
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nrnl Agent for Orefon,
ton sad Idaho.
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