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Newspaper Page TextTHE FARM AND HOME MATTERSOr INTEREST TO FARM. ER AND HOUSEWIFE. Thar la Too Mach Wutt of Land and Cropa Proper Way to Water Horaee-Help for tha Throning Sea-eoa-Hav Harneea that Fit. Too Largo Farms. Our farms are too Urge. They are not tllliMl thoroughly enough. There ta too much waste both of lands and cropa. A man may not bo able to be come rich In a few years upon a few acres, but by care and thoroughness he can make a comfortable living for his family, and also save something for old age's support In Scotland, accord ing to a recent government report, there are 0,227 agricultural holdings of one acre and under, 20,150 of from one to Ave acrea, 33,821 of from five to fifty acres, 25,668 of above fifty acres, and seventy-sir of more than 1,000 acres. There are In this country abundant opportunities for the "small farmer growing cities are consuming more and more of the products of Mother Earth, which no one can produce so well as the "small farm" man, who can give them the Infinite pains necessary to their best development, arid Is willing to take eare to get tbem to market In proper condition. This Is the secret of the "small farmer's" success. Farm News. suit, and Im my Judgment they will reach the same conclusions that I have, that under some conditions burning Is an advantage. SENORITA CISNEROS ESCAPE. f, Watering Horace. - In no other way do farm horses suf fer so much as from being Inadequate ly watered. They are compelled to work steadily for five full hours each half day In the broiling sun with no water. The farmer Is very careful when he goes to the field to see that his Jug of drinking water Is not left be hind, and he drinks often If the day la hot. But It never enters bis head that his horse ts a sweating animal, and In proportion to his body has a smaller stomach than a man, and needs as large a supply of water and at as fre quent Interval. Not only is It humane to provide water for the horse, but It pays. The sweating process Is a cool ing one. Tbs Is nature's way of conn teractlng the beat, and when water is given In sufficient quantity to sustain the sweat the horse can do more work with safety. It Is but little trouble to give a team a drink two or three times each half Bay, and any man who will try the experiment will never abandon it. By providing a barrel on a log boat, or even on a wagon, enough water can be taken to the field to last two or three days, and If the barrel Is a clean one the water will keep In good condition. With a pall the horses may be given a drink a couple of times each half day. No time need be lost, for It will take no longer to give them a sip of water than to sit on the plow handle while they . are resting. There is another very great advantage in this occasional watering. When so watered the team on coming to the stable may be allowed to drink all they want without fear of bad re sults, and the grain may be given so as to give tbem plenty of time to eat It. When not watered from morning until noon it ia not safe to give drink until they have stood and cooled off, and ev ery one should know that It Is not the best way to feed a horse before he has drank. Oermantown Telegraph. Painting Farm Machinery. The wooden parts of all farm ma chinery should be painted every three or four years and the Iron parts that are worn should have a coat of paint every season, and the sooner after the season's work la over the better. No matter how well protected, the pol ished metal portions will draw damp ness and corrode. Some grease the mold boards, shares, etc., but this does more harm than good. The proper way Is lo paint them. : - Get five or six gallons of raw lluseed oil. a gallon or two of white lead, a mall box of Russian blue, a small box of chrome yellow In paste form and ten to fifteen pounds of Venetian red In powder. For the wooden parte there la nothing better than Venetian red and raw Unseed oil. The mixture win make a dark red. If a bright red Is preferred mis some chrome yellow with It In the proportion of fifteen parts of veuetlau red to oue part of yellow. This makes vermlllton, the brightest red known. If blue Is wanted mix with white lead, four parts, with one of Prussian blue. This will give a dark blue, which can be made aa light as wanted by addlug white. Green la made by mixing yel low and blue. Any of these colors will answer tor the wooden portions of, the machinery. Do not use any drier, as the paint will last much longer without It In winter a much longer time be tween coats ts required for paint to dry than la summer, but when It has become solid It lasts much longer than If It drlea rapidly. Po not use white lead to palut metal surfaces of any klud, for the acetic add It opntalns will tend to corrode Niem. For all this kind of work use venetlon red and oil or get some of the commou black paint sold especially for this purpose. For the portions whlcu are expected to scour, . wold boards, plow shares and similar points, etc., use a paint made as follows: Mix yellow ochre with coal tar and thin to a work ing consistency with turpentine. This will effectually prevent rusting, but It wlil rub off quite readily when the plow Is to be used. Orange Judd Farmer. Eating Peaches. It Is somewhat fortuuate that the woolly coating on the shin of the peach ts so objectionable to most iieople that they remove It before beginning to eat the fruit. It Is almost always the re ceptacle of germs, which. If taken Into the stomach under certain conditions, are extreniely Injurious. Hence, when ever the peaches are eaten raw the skin should be removed, not alone because its woolly covering Is unpleasant, but still more because It Is uuhealtbful. For still- stronger reasons peaches should never be dried with their skins on. In sucb case tbe number of germs which a pound of dried peaches will carry can hardly be estimated. Still, if the stomach be entirely bealtby, any number of germs taken Into It will do no injury. Nobody can surely know this of himself or herself. That some can eat the peach, peeling and all. without injury la no proof that ethers can do so. Additional Foots Rrantht to Light ay tha laveetlganlon. Havana, Oct. 11. The escape of Senorita Evangeline Caasio, otherwise Oswio r Cienero. has oaueo.1 anita a ! seusation in Havana. Investigation made by the authorities have dev looped a number of additional facts. It Is now asserted that the young woman escaped between 1 1 o'clock and midnight, Wed nesday, over the roof of a neighboring house, and through It to the street, where the police found a ladder. The police also found on the roof a loaded revolver and a now rope, evidently used aa a guiding rope to enable the escaping prisoner to cross .the plank bridge from the house near the Casa de Kecogdiat to the roof of that prison. some oi the details of the young t vi ban s escape are quite romantic, i ne companions ot the young woman ay that the day before Senorita Cassio escaped, she received a package be lieved to contain drugged ' candies. Contrary to her usual custom, she ,tlii not at once distribute the candies to her prison companions, but waited unitl Wednesday night, when aha urged them to partake of the confections. They did so, and soon afterwards fell into a deep sleep, and did not awaken through out the night Ferdinandea, the jailer in charge of Casa' de Kacogdiaa, ami tour employes of the government on duty there, have been arrested and con fiued incommunicado, pending the re suit of the inquiry luto the escape. Madame Ana Milan de Bendon, who has been in charge of the hall at the Casa de Recogdias, where Senorita Evangeline Cassio was confined, and in whose house in San Knfael street the police several months airo found trunks containing dynamite ami cait ridges, is one of the four employes who, with the jailer, have been arrested, and held, pending the inquiry being made into the circumstances of the es cape of Senoiita Cassio. THE TROUBLE IN GUATEMALA, JIM AND JOHN. Help for Threshing. When threshing la done by steam power, it Is tbe constant effort of those who run these threshers to have the work of threshing In each neighbor hood hurried through in as short a sea- son as possible. Their own expenses are quite heavy, and the threshing business will not pay unless they can get steady work while the season lasts. It Is the farmer's Interest, on tbe other hand, to postpone grain threshing until fall work is well out of the way. The grain Is In better condition for thresh- - Ing then, and, what Is quite as import ant. It Is not so difficult to secure the help needed. To keep a steady flow of grain In tbe straw mow or stack to tbe machine requires three, four or five men, according to the distance the bun dlea have to be pitched. All are needed that can work without being In each other's way. It Is the hardest work that is now left to be done on the farm, .and is also tbe dirtiest. There Is al ways some nesting in tne mow or stack, and this means some dust from the partial decay of straw or chaff. The men who go with threshing machines get bigger wagee than tbey can at any other farm work, and tbey fully earn what they receive. Few people can go through a Job of threshing without tak ing cold and having throat and lungs and nostrils greatly Irritated for sever al days after. It Is under such condi tions that tubercular consumption Is most apt to begin. American Cultiva tor. If aha the Calves Gentle. Much of tbe value of a cow depends on her being gentle. There Is no way to make sure of this except by accus toming tbe belfer calf from the first to be handled and petted so that she will never fear man's presence as threaten ing Injury. There Is another object In this. By free handling of the heifer's udders, both they and her teats will be enlarged. This will also cause the milk glands to develop, making the cow a better milker all her life. . Rye aa Hog Feed. On light, sandy soil corn Is a very un certain crop, and many seasons It will not yield so much grain as a crop of rye which usually succeeds . well - there. We have known some farmers on sandy land to grow rye to feed tbeir hogs. It is excellent for growing pigs, but when fattening time comes some corn should be fed, even though Ik has to be pur chased. 1 Burning a Clover Field. I am decidedly In favor of burning over my fields once In three or four years, writes Waldo F. Brown, In Na tional Stockman, as by so doing we kill myriads of Insects aa well as tbe spores of fungi, and there can usually be enough stubble left on a Mammoth clover field to do this. There to no crop better to burn over than clover be cause nitrogen Is the only thing Iqst, as tbe phosphoric acid and potash are made more quickly available by burn ing, and aa the larger part of the nitro gen generated or developed by the clover Is stored in the roots there is ,Aisually enough of this Important ele ment of plant food left after burning, and as tbe atmosphere Is a great store house of nitrogen, upon which we can draw whenever we grow clover, I do not mind burning a little of It. My first experience In burning over a field was more than forty years ago, and the result was so satisfactory that I have watched and experimented with it ever since, and am convinced that it is,"good farming" and scientific to do It The heaviest yield of wheat grown In Ohio of which I have any knowledge, an av erage of fifty bushels per acre on a ten acre field, was on a field of Mammoth clover whicn was burned over before plowing, simply because the owner found It impossible to turn under the mass of haulm on tbe land. I have proven that burning will destroy the cutworm and save the crop of corn also. I would use Judgment In doing this, and would not burn what I could turn under on a soil lacking In humus, but i recommend readers to carefully xjuerUiiejit along this line and note re-; respecUvely, IFaras Note. A flock of turkeys will clean out the large green tomato or tobavoco worms In short order. In the large tobacco fields of the South the turkey are given full liberty and perform valuable service. .. Nature evidently Intended that the pig should eat little at a time and often, and Ita stomach was fashioned accord ingly. Tbe most guccesMful, breeder ', the one who recognizes that fact and governs bis feeding operations accord ingly. . Do not feed corn to pigs, colts or calves, but use ground oats, bran and middlings, as those foods contain more mineral matter than corn and better promote the formation of bone and tis sue. , It Is time to put the fat on tfce animal after tbe framework is com pleted. Straw may be added to tbe barnyard manure because It Is plentiful, but It ia better to utilize tbe straw m some man ner before It reaches the heap. It should be cut with a feed cutter and used for bedding before throwing It away, In which condition It Is an excel lent absorbent and more quickly de composes In the heap. We Judge of a farmer by hi own farm and of a farm by what we see m passing It, saye a contemporary. If all Is neat, and tidy, fences and outbuild ings, as well as dwelling bouses, In good repair; If tools, wagons and ma chinery are boused and painted and animais sieea ana contented, we are satisfied that tbe owner la a good farm er and is prosperous. The comparative values of corn. wheat and barley for pork making seem to be about as follow from re cent experiments at tbe Canada and United States experiment stations: To make 1 pound of pork, 4 pounds 11 ounces of bary was consumed, mak ing the barley net 60 cent per bushel. Its market value was 25 cents. On wheat, a pound of pork was made from 4 pounds 6 ounces, returning 70 cents per busbeL Four and one-ialf pounds of corn was required, making 1 cash value 63 cunts. At market prices, barley, 25 cent; wheat, 65 centn; corn, 35 cents, the pork cost 2.5 cents, 4 cents and 2.85 cents per pound, Bsrrlos O Terrain tha Rebels by S)apr -. ' lor Pares. . San Francisco, Oct. 11. The steam er City of Para arrived today from Cen tral American ports, bringing the latest news of the revolution in Uuatemala prior to the receipt of the dispatches concerning the capture of Queaalteu ango by the government forces. While those on board had not heard of tbe re taking of Qnexalienango, they are for the most part disinclined to accept the news, aa tbey say that Barrios main tained a strict censorship over both press and telegraph. Shortly before the City of Para left Pan Jose de Guatemala, 10 days ago, a conference of the Americans, English and French consuls was held, as the result of which they waited upon Presi dent Barrios, and asked for informa tion as to the use whioh he proposed to make of the steamer City of Panama, informing him that jt waa currently rumored that lie intended to leave the country. Barrios stated that he pro posed to nse the vessel for the transpor tation of troops, sud bad no intention of abandoning his followers. On September 29, Morales issued a proclamation throughout the city oi jGuatemala, offering to allow Barrios to escape, in the hope of avoiding further bloodshed, but the City of Para sailed before Barrios' answer was made public. Consul-General Carrillo today re ceived a dispacth to tbe effect that the revolution was at an end, and that Barrios was again in complete control of the situation, which was confirmed later on by private cables to prominent business men who have large interests in Guatemala. Tha Keaeaatloa of Qnrzalteaanga. New York, Oct 11. A dispatch to the Herald from Guatemala says: .. The news of tbe evacuation of Quezaltenan go by tbe rebels and its reocenpation iy tne government ioroes is itniy con firmed. The consular corps there lias sent the following message to President Barrios: "The city of Quezaltenango has been abandoned by the rebels, and we have notified General Garcia Leon. - The city has been for some time without proper authorities and all desiring the re-establishment of order and peace respectfully beg you to give the neces sary orders to that effect Confiding in your well-known rectitude, Mr. President, we trust the occupation of Quezaltenango will bring peace for which Quezaltenango prays and is grateful." The United States cruisers Alert has arrived at San Jose, where she is now anchored Objectionable Order Keeelnrted. .' Seattle, Oct. It. A telegram was received here today from tbe United States treasury department, stating that Secretary Gage had rescinded the recent order reducing the pay of seamen on the revenue cutters from f 28 to $35 per mouth. It is now expected that the sailors on the cutters Grant and Perry, who quit tbe service here will re-enlist Eighty Horses Burned. -Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 11. At 2:30 this morning the barn of tbe Kansas City Transfer Company waa almost totally destoryed by fire. The loss is about $300,000, partially insured. Eighty horses were consumed. A sec tion of the roof fell, carriyng down eight firemen. None waa fatally hurt. Verdict Was Jullty. Marslifield, Oct. 11. The jury in the case of the State of Oregon vs J. N. Russell, after being out 14 hours, brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree. .Russell was on trial for killing his son-in-law in November last. He was given a trial at the May term of the circuit court, but the jury failed to agree. His defense was insanity. Jim and John were townsmen and chum vnd went out to sec baas bull. It was rsu full sneTtiiKin, ami the blrwhern were llks frying is at breakfast time. Jim had a bald head and John had a crick in the back." They sot fornn underdone ro' am. laughed at everything. Jim's lialil pot wan a "hitiing mark, like a braas door piare. a stray nail, tierce and sharp, from a imium net. Riruca in spol anil iu!lifl furrow, ltttaaeti him. Jim's v.m mii,1 fi looked like a tick owl's, and John laughed, lie laughed au hour atrniiiiit along. The 5n.ui mit late intu twilight. Meanwhile ohn had xhed his coat, and a cool damp droit got In its work on his back. The time came to leave, but John couldn't, tin couliln I bend or get up. Lumbago had sel In, in its worst form, He IntiKiia hvt who lauglia lat and J tin had revenge. Rut they got down town to Jim's room, when nam, uere a auiiK-tmiiK ail (Ilium ath letes lose for hurts and ailmenta, and it's the het known cure for lame back." 11 ruonea it on John1 back and aame on lux own head. They were both feeling cured and comfortable from the tte of Ht. Jucotw uu, winch Jim always kept in a h mis place. He was a aiairt hiimielf and knew what waa bent. They went to bed. John laughed in his sleep. Moth rose In the morning tresli as daisies; thru Jim laughed at jouii, v Nebraska' New Ballot t.aw. v The uew ballot law of Neharska, passed lost winter by the legislature, is causing some confusion, aa it revolt!' tionisos the manner of arranging the ballots. The tickets wiil be printed iu separate columns, with a pictoriuj do vice at the head, and not a single col tunn, with the names of the candidates arranged alphabetically, aa heretofore. The choice of judges ami clerks of elec tion is also vested in the county judgea. The changes are so radical as to create a fear of trouble at the November elec tion. - ' - Mob Irlll In tha Navy. The men of the United States navy are to be taught how to handle mobs. Whether this decision has been brought about by the frequent eruptions among the labor element in the last few years or just on general principles, the naval authorities refuse to say. Certain it is that the drills are to be generally intro duced, and the results are expected to be highly beneficial to good order. Greater New York's Police. Greater New York will have a good ized army of peace preservers. The uniformed force will be increased to about 10,000 men, and they will all be clad in blue, with plenty j( brass but tons and gold lace. The polios sur geons and matrons will have to dou the blue. Paper Insulated Cables. A new invention is one to insulate telegraph cable wires with paper. The interior cable is lead covered, and thin spirals of paper are wound around each uterior wire. The oust is satd to lie one-fifteenth of rubber insulated cable WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Unwafiig, Hopkins a Company's Review of Trails. Wa have had something of a slump In wheat since we wrote you I ant, due to several causes, chief among which I ITEMS OF INTEREST. 1 he one thing for which luce paper may be used and be considered good form on a table is for cheese. Marriage at midnight, the ceremony being perforroec4by a coroner, is the laat Kansan eccentricity reported. The tea plant is said by Chinese writers to have been cnltivated in that country from at least 8,000 B. C The gossamer iron made at Swansea, waies, is so nun mat 4, sou plates are needed to make an inch of thickness. There are in tbe United States 70,- 000 bee keepers. The average product of each hive is twenty-two pounds. There are in France 1.803,400 un married women between tbe ages of 93 and 60, and 1,876,0 unmarried men aged over 80. Tha difference between a planet and star is this: A star shines by its own light; a planet by light reflected from another body. Near Alvord, Iowa, a can of stamps which were stolon from tbe postofflce at Lester, in that state, two year ago, was plowed np recently. t , - The speculative astronomers are now arguing that the moon is in the shape of a plumb bob, and that the large end is always towards the earth. The nephews and nieces of the Eng lish sovereign are entitled to wear strawberry leaves in their crowns In stead of the fleurs-de-lis appropriated to the use of princes and princesses.' Evidence of the complexity of cath ode rays is found by M. H. Deslandres in tbe fact that when a ray Is turned aside by a neighboring body U is di vided Into several unequally deviated rays. Anthropologists have ascertained that the Andaman islanders, the small est race of people in the world, aver age less than four feet in height, while few ol them weigh mure than seventy ix pounds. ' . . ' Lion tamers, as a rule,, prefer lions to lionesses, and dislike a troup of both sexes mixed. In snoh cases the danger of entering tbe den is quadrupled, and mischief is pretty sure to result sooner or later. , being tho yellow fever scare, a decider slackening of speculation, and Inmeaai" receipts from both wintor and sprln wheat sections. News, however, could not in any manner lie construed bearish, and had not the' bulls taken fright so easily and dumped their hoi ings on a narrow market, wa should have seen an advance instead of a t! olhie Foreigners have been good buyers again on the decline, and oould our people got rid of the Idea thai wheat is high, and inaugurate a buying movement, we ' should see a sharp and rapid -adavnee, Exports have been large, amounting to 0,(188,000 bushels for the week. The world's shipments amounted to 9.600,000 bushels, while our visible supply increased 9,403,000 bushel. The English visible also in- oreaBod 126,000 for the week. Our vis, Ihie supply is now 10,000,000 bushels, against nearly 60,000,000 year ago. while our exports are nearly 8,0000,000 bushels a month. Take those facta into oonaideration.aud note also that France will have to import at least 80,000,000 bushels, Russia a exportable surplus on the present crop is estimated at only 60,000,000 bushels, or less than half ol last year. e have had a rather featureless market in corn, and values have ruled rather dull and life leas within a narrow range of prioe. Receipts of com art large, witli a good demand. Export continue to be heavy, the clearances fot the pait week aggregating 6,683,000 bushels, the low price proving to im quite attractive to foreign importers. Tbe visible incroaseed 1,60,000 bush els for the week. Provisions have not escaped tha gen eral dullness that has prevailed and tin market Is very quiet, but has a firm undertone that needs ouly a fulr buying movement to develop into a bnll mar ket. Keceipts of hogs are somewhat larger than estimated and of good qual ity. There ll a good demand from abroad for cured meats and lurd, and this will probably increase heavily at soon a cold weather sets in. Pennies have jnst lation in Hawaii. appeared in circn- Csnsellhelro Was Killed. London, Oct.." 11; The Brazilian le gation here has received a telegram from the government at Bio de Janeiro stating that Canudos, headquarters of the religious fanatics led by Antonio Conseilheiro, was captured after a cam paign in which over 8,000 Brazilian officers and soldiers were killed, wounded or invalided. Tbe dispatch adds that Conseilheiro is dead. A weak solution of salt in water is a good remedy for slight indigestion, especially that characterized by a sense of weight and oppression. What Neglect Leads To. Mrs. Cham. King's Experionoex A woman's body ia tbe repository of the most delicate mechanism, and yet most women will let it get out of order just as if it were of no con sequence. Their backs ache, heads throb and burn they have wander- Ing pains, now here and now there; ex perience extreme lassitude, thai don't-care and want-to-be-lc ft alone feeling, ex citability, Irritability, nervousness, leeplessness, and the blues, yet do nothing to help themselves. These Indicate wromb complications. LydiaE. Plnkham's Vegetable Com pound will relieve all this trouble. Mrs. Chas. Kino, 1815 Bosewood St., Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I had bearing-down feelings, back ache, burning sensation in my stom ach, chills, headache, and always had black specks before my eyes. I some times had four and five fainting spells a day. I had several doctors, and tried many patent medicines. I commenced to take Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound, and I never bad anything give me the relief that it has. I can truthfully say it has cured me." Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 75c; Val ley and Ulnestem, 7778o per bushel Flour best grades, $4.00; graham, $3.70; sujicrfino, $3.&0 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 82 34c; ohoie gray, 80 ( 83c per bushel. Barley reed barley, $19ga0; brew ing, $30 per ton. Millstuffa Bran, $14 per ton; middlings, $21; shorts, $18.60. Hay Timothy, $12(3 13.60; clover, $10(311; California wheat, $10 do oat, $11; Oiegon wild hay, $i(i 10 per ton. Eggs 16ft 17.0 per dosen. Butter Fancy creamery, 46($47!Vo; fair to good, 8640c; dairy, 85(g86 per roll. : Cheese Oregon, 11K! Yonng America, ia,c; Ualilornia, 8 a) 10c pet pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 3.60. per doicn; broilers, $.150(82; geese. $8.60; ducks, $34 pet doaeu; : turkeys, live, 8g tto per pound. Potatoes. O.egon Burbafiks. 40 46c per sack; new potatoes, COo pet sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. Onions California, new, red. $1.36; yellow, 80o per cental. - Hop 13815o per poand for new crop; I8B6 crop, 67c. Wool Valley, li lSo per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10(3 1 Jc; mohair, 30c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 3 ViSaS'c! dressed mutton, Bo: spring lambs, 6,' per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.60; light and feeders, $3M; dressed, $5(8 5.60 r 100 poinds. Y Beef Gross, lop steers, $3, 76 8; I cows $3.36; dressed beef, 46ytt'o per pound. Veal Largo, 4 Ji5o; small, 5,'s (it 6c per pound. Seattle Marketa. Butter fancy native creamery. brick, 24 (3 26c; ranch, 14C4 16a Cheese .Native Washington, 10(3 lie; ualiiornia, 9WC. Eggs Fresh ranch, 22c Poultry Chickens, live, per pound. hens, 10c; spring chickens, $3.60 8; ducks, $3.60(8.76. Wheat Feed wheat, $28(330 per ton. Uats Uholce, per ton, 123. . . Corn Whole, $23: oraoked. per ton. V23; feed meal, 28 per ton. . Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $22; whole, $23. : Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6o; cows, 6c; mutton sheep, Si6,'ic; pork, 7c; veal, small, e. Fresh Fish Halibut, 6c; salmon, 8l,jc; salmon trout, 710o; flounder and sole, 84; ling cod, 4(95; rook cod, 6o; smelt, 34c. jtrteslan Walsr In Sahara. One of the must Important results of ths Kgl'yllan expedition the Nile has been the tllacovery lliat by sinking deep wells water limy h found In the deaort In many places wnere us pres ennu had not been sumiectixl, Not only will this elve n soonr hauls for mill tary nperiitlunsbtit It Is possible that water may lie found In siilhVleiit quan tities to sorve for Irrigation, In whioh caao tlis Sahara may be turned Into a flower Kim en. . Its aridity comes iroin no material sterility of the suit, but simply from lack of moisture. ALMOST 1NMIDK Ol'T. The mninseh thai I not tamed thin by I linking upon Ilia "briny wsvs" must Iwa well fertlfloil mi, Tlissamrleaiipsrstosean Iwran Irti-ttil t.rimf ueuMlnkmtMl With thstllolll aelile no popular anionic trvelr tiv siul land HiMlelter'saioniaeh Hlitwrn. . It di'lemli lhi vtm aattiKt malaria and rliilintlni and aiiUliieii llvsr uouiplalul, ponaliiatlun and dynHipla, To make white soup use veal for stock, and beef for brown stock; to color amber soup use a little burnt ugar, Just enough to make the diwlred amber shade. - AN OPEN LCTTtN TO MOTH CM. We are SMMilns In the courtt our right lolki t-liulie uae nl Die wmd "CASTOHIA." sni " m'CHKH'acASI'OKiA," as our lid Mai a. I. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, ot Hyanals, MauachttMtta, waillieorlgitMtorof"NTC!IKR'eCAroKIA," th name thai has bora sud dues now bear the (ac simile Ig-iietur of C II AH. K. FLKTCIIKa OS every wraer, This la the original " MTCIIKK'a CAhTOHlA" which has been lined In Ike howta of th mothers of America fur over Ihttty years. Imk Carefully at the wrir and see that U Is th4 Si'ad fOD kam aaa.M , and ha lbs Igaatm-a of CHAS, M. FI.KTCHK on lb wrapper. No on has authority (row at to as my wsnte esnpi Th Centsar Company of which Chas, II. Fletcher la Ftcaldtal. Man A t, tUff. OAMUKU nTCUiUl, MA. Persons who suffer from the cold should wear loose clothing In chilly weather, remembering that two thin garments retain - more heat than one thick one. li0 HlWattli, sio. ' The readers ol th It Miner will be oleetpd Is learn tlisi there i ai leanl one dreaded dlaraae Ihsl eliiche been able lueiirelnsll lisitsees and Hist Inratarrlt. lUII'n Catarrh cure It th only Imtlilvevur now knimn hi the nieillrsl Iran fiitiy. t'siarrh bnlits eontlltiiiloutt dla- ae, rrtuirteuniiiuiitiiial treaimnt. Ilnll't Catarrh v.'uret taken ttiteriietlv.etfiiMn dimulv neon Ibe bUtmt and mueoitt iitrlece of the m s. Im, thereby deetruvtna lb loundsilon ol the din-ane, snd jiving the patten! ao-entlh by bun, line up ibe roiwmuiiiin aid smihuhs neture in didng Ita work. The pronrlettm have an mnc-n isun in lit etirsuve power, that iliey II wild Inr llt of teitituonlala. Addmu. F. J, I'll t.NKY, 4 1 o.. Toledo, O. offer One Hundred Ihillara lorany rsae Ihsl IBIW io .nrt. rwimi inr liat Ol leMlIUOlliei Hold be driitalnii. ?(. Ilatl't r'eniUy I'lllt era the beat. If you should spill grease on your floor cover It at onoo with corn meal or try baking soda. Moisten the soda and rub it on the grease spot with a cloth. HUMS! FRODt CTS AND Fl'KE FOOD. $20002 Shilling's Hat tea U tha best you can get for anythin2 like the money It costs. SaUUzf's Cttt Uktog pov,. dcr is the best you can g at any price. A BcklMlae ft Csmnsay an Fiaiirlae . . ' gg Take for it nervous hsadaohs a cup 0f motliiratcly strong tea wit two or three dices of lemon, Infused. bestmadb and w Pay Freight. POMONA PUL1PS Cataiaio Fmks. Nrnil yournams HI'KI.1. I.AM1IKRSOK Portland, Or. ,0 Dru&s. k c Patent Mtdldnei mt Cut tores... W00DARD, CLARKE A CO. Wbuletal and Retail Drutgl.tn, Portias, . t, . .... . . i. . Mi.MKMn mnwiT, rtMHiarnaa erenrry eua Ibe surf S-lrta u3 Sow lu rnH-h lliotu, A ana bw ill iiAnaeea. wiih msur luwiitira llluMrsiiuitt. nat, ew. Tlo im snd most wwursle Inruraitllaa Mailed In snr adareea kr ki wai. WILIS fUi.CB.. rMia,,(i,. -I) IIIT I NO, WiH. Ins Ihe imifc'b, pi'pnint ru Bay have Irleil kII k. ri'medleaand only lound mllel from Induct Hon, fstarrh of the Mionisoh, In Irvine Ufa. IHI TH I lli yu will Sud al l lilt" p,', l. tin receipt ol aanie ill deliver II to voi uearest eaprt-a oSu-e free nl nl,er, AseiiL ..FRANK NAU Portland Hotel I'heriuanv. - Main and Murrlaon street, FWIll, 0. Alt Ksatprn Svrnti. M,a.lld. n.M.ltv Hat ait eulorrd and of heavy body, I made (rout Slin-iwe. -Tnt MVs la-fpt" ts made from uiiar t'ane and laairlrlly pur. It I lor aale ny nrai-eisaa ena-era, in rent only. Manulae turrd by ibe Pacini- c:uat Pvaur Co. A II sen, nine '-V tlar-tm Ib-ipa" have th manulao turvr't nam litbusraphed an every eau. For binding of cot and wounds ah way use linen, not cotton, as the fibres of cotton are flat and apt to irri tate a sore plaoe, white those of llnnen are perfectly rounded. , IMto's Cure for ('otiaumpltmi ha been a family niedb-liie with u einre lau.V- J. K. Mwliaoit, mu l.M Ave., t'hU ago, III. If the Kiss stopper becomes fastened in the neok of your bottles try placinc the neck of the bottle in ht water for a few minutes. Tbii wUt general! loosen the stopper. Try Betlllins'i Best tea and baking powder. There Is nothing so repulsive as un derdone game, lie snre it is well doni in the cooking. Varicocele Dcstro Physical Energy. Take the Knap Out of a Mas . Rob Him of Ambition. Makes lilm Weak and Nervous, Mothing burtt a man's vitality more than Varietsrelv. It riralu iliinemt vigor aa wall aa Ibe phyatrat fori.-, and the man alio baa II taniily hall Ihe man lie ought lo be. Nothing rnr It an imlrkly at Or, Sandgn" Kleriria Helt, wblrb now srranxMl eapei-ially Inr tall troubie. Ha work It done quirkl, th worat Km a yielding In one or two tnnntna. "I bought a No. Hell lsat March for Varico cele and wore ll every mgbt until I aaa en nrely cured ol my trouble. I bad Varicocele or eight yetra. and I have not now Ihe alithl. .t ey wpioni of t. Vourt truly turn C liiu itiiraelmlle, Or." . SAN DEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. 4A3 West Vt'aablRglna St.. Fertlaad, Or. Plrtut wMm MM faptr lyt FTI KR aaat FIMtR cored; no par na il til enred: tend for book. hat. Maaarial.s a Funesarisui. m Market St., ksa rraaoiano. Ran Fraueltc Markets. Wool Choice foothill, 813c; Saa Joaquin, S months; 6 lo; do year's staple, 7)9o; mountain, 10O13c; Ore gon, 13($14o per pound. Hope 1 1 Mo per pound. Millstuffa Middlings, $19.60020; California bran, 141Q per ton. unions new rea, 7UG$buo; do new silverskin, 85c fl percental. Potatoes New, in boxes, 80($80o. - Butter Fancy creamery, 37 28c; do seconds, 26 26c; fancy dairy, 23 24c; goon to choice, ?u24p per pound. Egn Store, 202oc; ranch, 830 84,o; Eastern, 18(325; duck, 20o per dozen. Citrus fruit Oranges, Valencias, il-.503;Mtxican limes, 4.60(36;Cali for'nia lemons, fancy,3. 60;do common, 12 per box. Hay Wheat.119 d 16; wheat and oat, $11(314; oat, $10(312; river barley, $7(S58; best barley, $1012; alfalfa, $8 0 9.50 clover, $8010. , . Fresh fruit Apples, 66 70c per large box; apricots, 20(9 40c; Kontain- bleau grapes, 16(32So; muscats, 30(3 86c; black, 30 80c; tokay, 20330o; peaches, 86 50c; pears. 85c Co! SI rer box; plums, 30J40o; crab apples, 20 86c. The hospitals of the Metropolitan asylum In London have 8,000 beds set apart for scarlet fever and only 700 for diphtheria. In every mile of railway there are even feet and four Inches that arc not covered by the rails the place left be tween than for axpsngioa. ' BUY YOUR FUR GARMENTS nirect from Ihe manufacturer and eava Bilddtentsn't profit, at ' we ondenell them all. Our garments are euatont mad and aoi Ilk those thrown together In New Voik aweai-aborM, where flllh and diacaea reign. Our garinanta are guaranteed aa toduralnl. Ity and airle, Our prtrea on fur :apn range from npwsrdai , on Fur Collarettes, from .1 upwsrda; Keek Itoaa, from 7 up warda; genuine Alaska Ocalakin tiarmente aiad front ! op warde. Writ tor Information ati4 catalogue. SIMvr-f lM Loading Fnr Manafactwrer. . SllVenieiU, l4S thlT M., I'orlland, Or. 4 aim i jo r "O0WER JL ...FOR. PROFIT 8 Power that will tare you money and make you money. Hercules Engines are the cheapest power known. Burn Gasoline or Distillate Oil; no smoke, Gre, or dirt For pumping, running dairy or faro machinery, tbey have no equal. Automatic in action, perfectly safe and reliable. Send for illustrated catalog. XX XX Hercules Gas Engine Works Bay St., Sao Francisco, Cul. 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