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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1897)
TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Grass Needs Mineral Plaut Food-Uow to Keop Fruit In Wlntor-Ham ofcowld B Packod la Balt-Uav Pur Poultry Stock. - Phoapttat. for Qrass Land. Whousver tbe grass seeding fall tho Mains In usually luld upon ths weather. But that U uot always correct, ven In ' part Uraas belong to tbe am bo tanlcal family a wuuat, only tbe grain - baa bad a greater development of Its teed. All farmer uutlerstaml that tbe wheat crop needa phosphate . to be grown successfully, year after year, on the samo land. To be sure, the toll U cultivated, and there Is a new sr-edlua; with aouie manure each year, for the grain crop. Yet farmers thluk that grass, without reaeeitlug, and without new auppllea of mineral matter, will continue to grow. The result la that the grass gradually dies out and I replaced by mosses or other weeds of low or- ganlsntlon that can live without miner al plaut food. Not only la the amount of grass lessened, but Ita quality Is also Impaired by luck of the mineral On land that has long been without phosphate cattle will uot thrive, and cows which give milk will take to the eating of old bone to secure the miner' al nutrition they require. People who . have learned that ground bone Is good to make hen lay are apt to forget that tbe more bulky cow has an equally wonderful operation to perform. That la to take from ber grass feed the- nu trltlon required to make milk, which Is less concentrated thau the egg, but con tains very nearly the same kind of nu trltlon. When we began using mineral manures on grain, we found that the secoud and third crops of grass seeded with the grain did not run out as they used to do. It Is far better to apply the phosphate with the grain. The grass seeded with It will get the effects of the mineral fertilising for at least two years thereafter. To Keep Fruit la Winter. If fruit sud vegetables must be kept In the bouse cellar, a room should be portioned off In the coldest part, If the other Is too warm, and made secure against rata and mice. This Is ben done by having the partition of brick and the floor of good cement, laid so tbe rats' cannot undermluo It. No language can describe oue'i fueling on discovering tbe work of a family of rats In bins of apples, potatoes or o;h er vegetables. Such a mom should have a window open to the north. If possible, securely proteciitd by, wire screen, so that cold air can be let In when needed. Keep apples on the coldest side and potatoes on the warmest, If there Is danger of frceslng. In extreme cold weather an occasional pall of hot wa ter or a lamp or two may be needed, but the colder such rooms are, up to tbe danger point, tbe better stuff will keep. Some think that yoi'ntr grass cannot bear sunshine, and that n grain crop Is needed to protect It A nurse crop In winter Is often of bencllt by holding the snow, and thus shielding the ten der grass from cold, drying wluds; but In summer grass likes sunshine as well aa doe grain. Tbe grain robs the grass of needed moisture when both grow together. New England Fanner. Pack Haras In Bait. Those who Inteud to keep any smok ed hams and shoulders for next sum mer's nse should use salt for packing. It Is more cleunly, and better In every particular, than ashes or other articles commonly used. All that Is necessary Is to so place the meat that the pieces will not touch each other, covering well the top pieces. The salt will not be .wasted, as It may be used over again or taken to make brine. Hams packed In this way will not be musty or dirty on the outside, nor will they take any more salt ttinn bad been absorbed be fore packing. Pure Poultry Stock. ' A great many farmers who keep a Sock of Plymouth Kocks are careless In regard to keeping stock pure. Be cause a ben is speckled, It doesn't ne cessarily follow that It Is a Plymouth Rock. One of the surest Indications of Impure stock Is a feathered leg. Formerly It was not uncommon to see the Kock with more or less down and even feathers on the shanks, but It has become so rare that It Is now taken as a pretty sure Indication of Impure blood. Always avoid a fowl so blem ished, or serious trouble In this direc tion will follow before the difficulty Is entirely eradicated. If all poultrynien would be careful and throw out speci mens so blemished, It would be but a comparatively short time before tbe difficulty was entirely removed. Noth ing can add more to the beauty of tbe Plymouth Hock than a clean, bright yellow shank. Michigan Farmer. Cultivation of Leg-ame. The progressive farmer, who thinks closely about bis business, will not expect any plan to perform miracles for blm. He will fully understand that no clover nor peas can ever get from the air the potash and phosphoric acid that long cultivation has robbed his soil of, and be will, while supplying these, realize that be Is enabling tbe plant to get for blm, without cost, the nitrogen that be would otherwise have to buy, either by feeding purchased grain to animals, or by purchasing It In the form of a commercial fertilizer. Legumes will give us the nitrogen, and In a soil deficient In vegetable muttor, will give us this, and It Is found that applications of commercial fertiliser are more effective In a soil well stored with humus, than In a barren soil. Put no plants, grown contluously on soli deficient In mineral matters, will ever make that soil fertile In the full mean ing of the word. That Is, no Impover ished soli can ever become permanently a fertile one from Its own products. If a man Is so situated that he can pur chase food grown on other land, nnd feed It on his land, and return to his soil the manure thus made, he cun In crease tbe fertility of bis acres. But there are few farmers thus favorably situated, and these are mainly dairy men. The man who cannot make a profit In feeding purchased food must get the plant food his soli needs, of a mineral nature, by the direct purcuano of the phosphoric geld and potasn, of which cultivation and cropping ha robbed It, No plaut that be can grow, Will restore these things to Jbls soil, and tbe sooner farmers generally learn the limitations of legume culture, the sooner they will realise tho great bone' nts that come from their Intelligent out ture.-IIonrd's Dnlrymnn. Dried Corn. One of the waya of keeping sweet corn In good condition for using Is to dry It. The method Is Very simple and easy. Only those ears should bo taken that are still In thulr succulent stage. If the corn has begun to harden drying It Will harden It still more. It should be boiled fully as long aa would tie' re quired to thoroughly cook the corn on the ear. Then with a curved knife mads for cutting corn from the cob, strip the grain off and put It In an evaporator. The more quickly the drying Is effected the less danger there will be of flies laying their eggs In It, as they are apt to do when the corn Is house dried. Af ter a few hours exposure of the corn at a temperature of 150 to KM) degree the corn can be taken out and placed In tight bugs, which should be hung up where air can reach them. Two 01 three days later take out some of tho corn. If It Is damp, heat It all over again. This dried corn, If put up right will keep as well as If In cans. It will bo betterthan most of the canned corn that can be bought at stores, for the latter Is apt to bo too old, as there Is much In crease of weight wheu the sweet com approaches ripening, though It la at the expense of delicacy ' of flavor and sweetness. . Thin tint the Fruit. " Experienced fruit growers have time and again urged farmers to thin out tbe young apples on the trees, but such advice Is not generally accepted, being regarded a "vandalism," or waste of that which might be remunerative, yet the Massachusetts experiment station, after careful tewta, keeping dose ac count of the cost, as well as making a close comparison with tree thinned and not thinned, found that with apple trees there was an extra profit of one dollar by thinning, and a gain of 61 centa with plum trees, besides permit' ting of better facilities for destroying Insects and diseases. Good Hloe Orase Pasture. Where you have what we call a good, solid, well-nuttited blue grass pasture, that same land will produce at least twice the amount of feed, for the rea son that kt catches the snow, hold the rain much better, and uot half the rain runs off that does from our short pas tures. It holds a greater amount of moisture, because the grass Is a mulch for tbe soil, and t wUl keep growing for weeks In a dry season, after It hn ceased to do on other land that 1 g raxed to death. Western Plowman. Farm Notes. It require but a small amount of capital to get a start with sheep, and In opening up a new farm they will help materially to commence tne in come, consuming muen wuicu woutu otherwise go to waste, both In tbe pas tures and In tbo stables. Cement floors to stables are enld to be cold end uncomfortable In winter, which Is an objection, but floors should always be kept well covered with cut straw, leaves or litter of some kind. There Is no floor that serves better as protection against rats, and cement enables the farmer to construct hi floors In a manner to collect the liquids and thus enrich bis manure heap. Many farmers who are suulclently progressive to Invest II or t'i In a sit ting of eggs from pure-bred fowls have been ridiculed for their extravagance In so doing, but after they have es tablished good flocks their nelghltors who ridiculed them usually promptly come over and request to "exchange eggs," so as to derive benefit from the enterprise of others at a trifling cost. ; There Is no poorer economy than In buying a poor harness because It Is cheap. Well-tanned leather, with due care, will resist dampness and will keep sound a long time. Harnesses should never be kept In the stable. There Is too much ammonia In stables, which will quickly cause a harness to rot. When used In warm weather the har ness should be cleaned often aud kept soft and flexible with oil. Lowland pastures should always con tain redtop In some of Its varieties. II makes tbe cleanest, nicest looking and sweetest turf of any grass. The tine leaved varieties should be selected for cultivation In pastures. Meadow fescue Is a valuable pasture grass, where the soil Is good, and on sandy soils red fescue Is perhaps one of the best spe cies we can cultivate, associating with It English bluegrass. Dehorning cattle Is now practiced ex tensively, but there I a right time for so doing. Tbe born should never be removed when flies and Insects are troublesome, and tbe Instrument should be scrupulously clean. Late In tbe fall IS an excellent time for the op eration, and It Is txtfter to experiment with a few, Instead of dehorning tbe entire herd. Novices can have the op eration performed by a veterinary sur geon, if preferred. : ' ; , 1 H For many reasons fall tree planting It preferable to spring planting. There Is much more time to do tbe work prop erly. Tbe roots are firmly established during the winter. , The tree or shrub Is then In condition : for Immediate growth on tbe opeulng of spring. Near ly all deciduous trees and shrubs can b shipped and transplanted In autumn to advantage; also, roses In tbe open ground, when slightly protected with suitable mulching. - There Is nothing "fancy" In breed ing animals of pedigree, The animal are bred for merit, and any farmer can be a breeder of pure breeds. But few keep stock for pleasure or "fancy," the object being to secure as large a profit as possible. Tbe loss resulting from the nse of unfit animals on farms Is larger than all tbe taxes paid by farm ers, and the gain of a few more quarts of milk per day amounts to a large sum In a year. In the winter of 1872 corn would not bring 12 omits a bushel In many parts oi the West, and coal was til a ton. In consequence a good dal of corn was burned for fuel. Now coal In same localities can be bought for about one- half the price of twenty-five years ago, while corn Is worth rather more. If It was ever real economy to burn corn the time has gone by, probably never to return, WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. tOfnoe of Downing, Hotskltu A Co., Oliicaio Board oi Trade Broken, ni-7W0hubet oi turn. uieroe cunning, rortiend, urssos.j The past wsek has been a very quiet on in the grain trade, with narrow fluctuations. Europe took 0,800,000 bushels of our wheat, and from other countries about 8,000,000 bushel. A dispatch to the London Time from Buenos Ayrss lays that there have been goad rain In the sonth and a slight rainfall In the north, so that the harvest Is now secure. It 1 estimated that 1,000.000 tons of wheat will be exported. llrootaliall, a commercial authority of Liverpool, cabled that a spools! agent Investigated crop condition in ltussala and pronounced the spring wheat crop In the important southeast district to yield not ovor 00 per cent of lust year. The leuelpts ol spring at Minneapo lis by the flouring mills have been very large, running as high as 1,100 oar in one day. The Amor loon visible supply increased 1,188,000 buihols, and now totals 88,980,000 bushels. A year ago today the visible increased 9,411,000 bushels and totalled 84.8S8.000 bushels. Itegardlng tho full wheat. Much re lief lu the drought regions has Win ex perleuced by quite extended rains, which in many place were fairly lib eral, and in others loss Important. The effect has been to revive cheerfulness and confidence where the seriousness of drought conditions was having a dis couraging influence. These rains have not accomplished all that Is needful, but if they be soon followed by more moisture there will be much done to overcome the drawbacks which have been attending autumn seeding ojiera tlons. It ! yet too early to offer an explicit opinion as to the probable relative area of autumn sown wheat, but it now seems practically conclusive thst there will be shown considerable gain over Isst year. It is In evidence that Oc tober sowing of wheat if followed with ordinary favorable conditions msy he expected to result well, snd In faot the wheat sown as late a the middle of November ha possibilities favoring a good yield. The rains have had the effect to weaken the market sentiment to some extent, and wheat value have receded. Other influences have also had more or less bearing in the same direction. The large foreign demand which served in an important degree to stimulate the advancing tendency of values some weeks ago ha been modified, a might have been expected a a natural result to follow that abnormal activity. , rortUn Market. Wheat Wslla Walla, 7t80c; VaN ley and Bluestem, SaiJHSo per bushel Four Best grades, 8-4.60; graham. 13.70; superfine, 83.60 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 88 84c; obolos gray, 8Ut8ao )r bushel. Barley Feed barley, 8 1 "(3 30; brew ing, 8ao per ton. V Alillstiffs Bran, $14 per ton; mid dlings, 131; shorts, 118.60. Hay Timothy, lsrJia.SO; clover, 10(tll; California - wheat, $10; do oat, 111; Oregon wild hay, tj$10 per ton. Eggs 30o per dosen. Butler Fancy creamery, 4(a0o; fair to good, 86 40c; dairy, 86(1 86o per roll. Cheese Oregon, 11 Ko; Young America, 1-c; California, 9$10o per pound, Poultry Chickens, mixed, 13.00(3 9.60 per doesn; broilers, tl.609.00; geese, f 4.l)00.OO; duck, fa.U0Qt4.UU per dozen; turkeys, live, 8($8o per ponnd. Potatoes Oregon Burbsnk, 8540e per sack; swrntt, 11.40 pes cental. Onion Oregon, new, red. VOu; yel low, 80o per cental. Hops 8 (41 So per pound for new crop; 1898 crop, 6 $7o. Wool Valley, 14(18o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 7(8 Mo; mohair, 80c per ponnd. ; Mutton Gross, beat sheep, wether and ewei, :.r0ga.00i dressed mutton, Co; spring lambs, per pound. Hoits Oross, choice besvy, 84.60; light snd feedor, $8.00 4.00; dressed, 5. 60 J! (1.000 per 100 ponnd. Beef Oross, top steer, 83.76(98.00; cow. 8 a. 60; dressed beef, 4($5)tc per pound. Veal Large, 4Bo; small, 5 6o per pound. - '.- -, , Hit Market. Butter Fancy native creamery. brick, 28 85a; ranch, 10 16c Cheese Native Washington, 10 13c; California, 9 Ma Eggs Fresh ranch, 2fln. Poultry Chickens, llvo, per pound, hens, loo; spring chicken, 3.60 8.00; ducks, $3.60(34.00. Wheat Feed wheat, $37 per ton. Out Choice, per ton, $21(833. Corn Whole, $33; cracked, per ton, $33; feed meal, $326)38 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $33; whole, $23. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, stoers, 6c; cow, 6,t(,0i mutton sheep, 6c; pork, 0)tc; veal, small, 8. . Fresh Fish Halibut, 4c; aulmon, 4 Sc; sulmon trout, 8o; flounders mri sole, 8,'t,'34; ling cod, 4B; rock cod, 6c; smelt, 2c. Fresh Fruit Apple, 4066o per box; Balaway eacne, 6000o; olings, 80 40o; prunes, o per pound; pears, 76c$l per box. a Freneleco Market. Wool Nevada 119 14c; Oregon, 19 14c Northern 1416o per pound. Hops 11 14c por pound. Mlllstnffs Middlings, $30(823; Cal ifornia bran, $16.00016.60 per ton. Onions New red. 70($80c; do new llverkln, 90c$U0ir cental. ' Butter Fancy oreamcry, 2738c; do seconds, 3520o; fanny dairy, 98 & 24c; good to choice, 30(g22o per pound. 4 Cheese Fancy mild, new, ttc; fair to good, 78o per pound.. Eggs Store, 18 (3 25c; ranch, 84 87c; Eastern, 1681; duck, 80o per docen. .. .. ,, ' Potatoos New, in boxes, 80B0o. Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valenolui, $1.60(38.00; Mexican limes, $8.00(3) 8.60; California lemon, choice, $2.60; do common, $13 per box. Hay Wheat, 12 16; wheat and oat, $11 14; oat, $1019; river bar ley, $78; best barley, 1012; alfalfa, $S8.60; clover, $H10. Fresh Fruit Apples, 80a7B.e per large box; grapes, 1680c; Isabella, 40 50c; peaches, 2660u; pears, $1.00 (j)1.40 per box; plums, V6(jj(40o, Qulsn Bab who know 1 a phrais In very common us among ths Spaniards, snd hslps ovsr many, many dlfltoultle. It It Mpresslvt. ; What the wsathsr may bt the coming winter, who knows? It may be snowy, wst, stormy, cold, frssslng, and run ui hokum sua pstii, wnu snows t Hums of us IimIiiv, lisle and hearty, may lU .... ... k.. I.I.I. .!,...,!,,., crutches, who knows Befor the autumn mergss into winter many nmy bavs symp toms of spprosi'hing trouble, of ths old rheumatism coming on, or of tlrst attack nKii) wuosmiwsT i list acoiiumiru.ii. But tiisra is mi thlim everybody known. ths bent thing to do Is to be ready for the west her oonilng and to tska hold of wlmt Is. KvertSHly knows what Is best. , With Ht. Jacobs Oil in ths home, everybody knows tliev luive a sure cure for rheuma tism, acuta or chronic. It is likewise known tlmt In any slugs of it, ths grvnt remedy does Its work of cum perfectly. If When it Is so well known Wliat is bust. nrsat OlfU to Kdueatlon. M. Euloglotis OiMirgiuff, the founder nf the Holla University, who died re cently, bequeathed 9,0000,000 francs to the Bulgarian government tobespplied to the country's need; 0,000,000 francs for a technical school to be established at Holla and large sums for other pub lic Institutions. iiomk yitopfcT awi vvnn root. All Ksntrrn Pvrup, en-mlled, uiusllr verjr lUht niilnrd mitl III I11.MW tmttv. la mill frolU gliiuiHU.. "7Wi Umtlen iWju" It iiiwls from uur I'sno siid Uitrlctl pure. It is lur sle bv ItrKl'ClwMi riM-er, In vans only. Mniiulnc li'irnl bv ha 'a. iru Cotrr Hriil'r (to, All mm nin "tm liimirn IM)" h" tnsuutsa tutor's nsiu llUingmplieil on vr on, A rlr Inrrnt. When the continual and unreason, able attacks upon tho courts are con sidered, orderly people are apt to tuke a liberty with the poet and make his couplet read: "No rongce'er saw the halter draw with good opinion or the law." Bloekton Independent. ITEMS OF INTEREST, Of 78 historic king of flootlumi 81 are ald to have died in battle or to have been murdered. An outlaw, throe moonshiner and two other men were arrested at the Hun nelton camp meeting at Kiugwood, W Va. It la estimated that the lumber cut of the Miramiohl and trlbutariea, Canada, will tbla season amount to 113,000,000 foot An ostriuh live about 80 year, and the average annual yield of a bird fn captivity 1 from one to four pound of plumes. Caesar llid not cay "Et tn, Brute. Eye witnosses of the assignation de posed that he died fighting, but silent like a wolf. Nearly every man, woman and child in Egypt Is a smoker of cigarettes, and a pipe is hardly ever seen in the mouth of a native. The largest winged insect In the world ia the Atlas moth of Central Bra ail. It wing extend 14 Indies from tip to tip. One of tbe severest penalties to which criminals in Holland were in snoicnt times condemned was to be deprived of the use of salt. A strong mlcrosooiie shows the single hairs of the head lo be like coarse, round rasps, but with tooth extremely irregular and jugged. Ureal Britain and Ireland contain 8H0 banks, the most important being the Bank of Enlgand, whloh liaa a cap ital of $78,000,000. The Coliseum at Borne was bnilt by Vespasian to accommodate 100,01)0 spectators. It ouver five and a half acres aud was 130 foot high. The oyster it one of the strongest creatures on earth. The force required to open an oyster Is more than nine hundred times its weight After forty years of hard, dangerous, and expensive missionary work there are in Jnpun today about 110,000 native Christians, in a population of 49,000, 000. Attempts have been made to produce spider ailk, but have failed, the fero cious nature of these Insect not per mitting them to live together in com munities. It i computed that all of the houses in London and New York could be built of the lava thrown out by Vesu vius since the first recorded eruption in A. D. 78. ...'. Trr Schilling's Best tea sad Uklnt powder. I'spor l'nlrwr Tostad. During the war between Japan and China the Chinese soldiers wore un derclohtlng made of paper. Experi ments made with these goods in the Prussian army proved unsatisfactory, a they were foundto last only two or three daya. ' ADVICE TO WOMEN. Ton eannot have nerve trouble and keep your health. ; In ninety-nine oases out of a hundred the womb, the ovarlea and tbe blad der are affected. They are not vital organs, benoe they give out soonest. Mrs. Lydla Pinkhain's egetable impound, by building up . the nerves and restoring woman' or ganism to it natural state, relieves all these troublesome uterine symptoms. In confirmation of this we, by permission, refer to the following; women, all of Whom apeak from experience t Miss Cbma VAX Honw, 101 Bharswood St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss Oraoi Cot. tont, 1434 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O.; Miui. Nkwkix, 60 Ryerson St., Brooklyn, N. V.; Mrs. Isahil Ohkho, ISO Chestnut St., Woburn, Mass.; Mb. A. II. Cota, New Rocholle, N. Y., and many others.' ' Women suffering from any form of fe male weaknesa are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. ' . You can talk freely to a woman when tt Is revolting to relate your private ills to a man (Si -' I . I E. : I I SMS (Wk avfuiH TutK Oou4. DM 11 II lnt!-e. .,mrr ft I o I ARMY AND ALASKA. Heaorat Nalson A. Miles Makss His An , Dual Report. Waibington.Oot, 95. General Mllei, msior-seneral commanding the army, ha made bi report to the secretary of war. General Mile say in parti "The army, although Inadequate In point of numbers, was never in a higher state of efflcienoy. "The progress that ha been made on the Pacific coast in the establishment of modern batteries of artillery have made it necessary to occupy new ground and to adopt a new aysteid of defense." Attention its Invited to the ruori oi Oeneral Morriam, commanding the de partment of the Columbia, especially to the need of a larger garrison at tne en trance to the Columbia river, and to his report on the condition and necessities of the iireut territory of Alaska. As ail the other territories have been occupied by military posts and measures have been adopted for building mllitury roads, brldirlnu rivers, and, in luot, aiding and blocking out the way. for ooonnat on of the vast territories uy cltisens, it Is deemed but just and ad, visable that tbo same liberal aptrit should be manifested toward that grunt and Important territory. Ho says: VA far aa practicable It would, in my opinion, be advisable to have its water thoroughly examined by such of the naval force a could be used for that purpose, and a military reconnoiter. log and exploring parties in past year have been sent to tbe country tu lur nish knowledge of its character, re source and necessities, this, in my judgment, should be con tinned on a larger and more liberal calo. While there I no conflict between the popula tion, composed of some 20,000 Indian and the white explorer and settlors, yet, a the former are supplied with modern arras, they may become turbu lent and troublesome. Hucli bus been the history of nearly all the tribes In the other territories, llenoe, it would bo but reasonable to anticipate the necessity for a military force In tliutt territory by the establishment of at least three military posts to support the civil authorities, to give protection to the white settler, and to aid In maintain ing law in that remote section. " In the last 10 year much attention has been given to coast defenses, and most benellcial results are apparent. Approximately, $28,000,000 ha been appropriated by the government, which is nearly one-third of what is required to put the country in a safe condition of defense. Although the general de- sir of our people, he ssys, i to main tain peace with alt nation, and tbe policy of the government la one of good will and peaceful relation with all others, tt would be more judicious to provide defenses than to remain in a condition of insecurity and permit the accumulated wealth of many genera tions to be destroyed or endangered by any foreign power with which we sre liable to come in oontact." , lie recommends fort! don t'.on appro priations in the West a follows: San IMo J r, Hho rrmwlM-o ................................... l,.; i Columbis river ,............., MA.im) fusel sound...... 1,1U,M) II recommends strongly an increase la the army of at least two additional regiment of artillery, eaying that by December 81 a number of positions will be armed in part or fully with modern appliances of war, and that in these im portant positions there are no trooii stationed and none available for assign ment to the station without taking them from stations where they are at present Imperatively required. Us suggests the necessity of adding four infantry regiments, and recom mends that congress fix a standard of itrength on a basis of tbe total popula tion. This standard, he thinks, should be a maximum of ono enlisted muii to very 1,000 population, and the mini mum, one soldier to every 8,000 popu lation. Robbed Their flsnsfaetor. Tacoma, Wash., Oct. B6. Andrew Norlin was held up last night near Puyallup and robbed of $10, Norlin had been working in Montana, and, while in Spokane, met two men who were "dead broke" and beating their way to the coast, lie hod $75, and took pity on them, paying their way on freight trains. In repayment for all hi kindness, as soon aa they got off the train at Puyallup, they almost choked their benefactor to death, and took what money he bad left. Norlin gave a fairly good description of the robber, and the police have hopes of capturing thuin. ' - ''' I. If on tho Trail. ' Chicago, Oct. 25. A letter by C. J. Gregory, formerly of Chicago, who loft here for Alaska in August, I a clear portrayal of the hardships of the White pass: - "There have been six suicides," he writes, "three hangings and eleven killings, beside a number nf duuths from exposure. It oust $1 to get a let ter through to Skaguny, and 10 omits to get it mailed. Price here are very high. Flour at Lnko Bennett brings $00 a sack; bacon, $1 por pound; beans, 1 per pound; horseshoe nail bring 60 cent apiece; a pair of shoe will bring any price yon like or want to ask; over alls, $5." Troops for lud la. London, Oct. 85. A large draft of soldier ha been ordered to get ready to reinforce eight British cavalry regi ment now in India. Survey of Seal Ielandi. Washington, Oct. 95. General Duf- fleld, of the geodetic survey, ha word from the Pribyloff Islands, under date of September 8, which indicates that the party engaged in the survey of the seal islands, under the direction of hi ton, will complete their labor this season. . Yellow Fover at New Orleans. New Orleans, Oct. 85, A 7 o'clock 50 new oases and five deaths hud been reported. ' A Powerful Revolver. Han Francisco, Oct. 25. What is perhaps the most powerful rovolver In this country has just been received from Bavaria by Theodore Kykta, the hand writing expert. The weapon is the in vention of Bergmann, the well-known Bavarian mechanic, and la called an automatic puoket pistol, because all it requires Is for the marksman to sot tho pace by pulling the trigger once, where upon it empties itself of six loads in two seoondn, (ending a 89-caliber iteel bullet with such velocity that a six-Inch hardwood plank 1 pierced at the dis tance ef 800 yard. important Reeeot Dlseovery. The Smithsonian Institution has re solved a collection which is of import ance to the arcbaeologlit. It ll known a the Seton-Karr contribution, having been discovered by this Englishman in Somatlland, on the eastern eosst of Af rica. The Implements were purchased from ths discoverer by the Smithsonian Institution. There are about 50 pieces In the collection, made of flint, of qur tide, and ranging in sixefrom an Inch or so In length to half a foot, soma weighing veral ponnd. The objects are supposed to be spear heads, battla axes and wedges, trnnoheon, blud geons or whatever they may be termed. Tbe discoverer had this to say on the subject of his find and the locality where the objects were unearthed; "Certain landmarks as to the four rivers mentioned in Genesis led me think that the Garden of Eden, if it ever existed, may have been here, and that these very tools bad been made and used by Adam and his numerous descendants. At any rate, my discov eries in Egypt and Homaliland lead m to the idea that man's original home, or the place whore he was gradually evolved, must have been In Africa, or at least, In a tropical land, where clothe were unnecessary and food plen tiful to hund." WAKB VP. Yet, wenptotlierlnr which UirMtens foil If your Itiiliwyn snd Wsddcr are Inactive or wens. ln'(yu know thst If you Isll lo Impnl lli.-ui to e--teiii, ItrlKhU diw-sMi or diabetes wityotiT Uh liixtctler's Mtomsnh Hlnere without d--lnf, It hM s moat beuork-utl ftnt upon Hie kidneys wd.m lussUh, sud uiu Uie IwweU, liver, tumsch enU uervou eytm. " One of the visitor to the Tennessee Oentennial wa a Rather ford county man, 84 year old, who, until his trip to tin Nashville exposition, had never been on a railroad train. AN OPEN LCTTtR TO MOTHERS. We ere eMrrtln In th courts onrHvht loth eclulv uh of the word "CAaroaiA," aud rrrcHKM SVASTOaiA," as our Trade Mark. I, Dr. SuRioet rllcher. of Hysnnts, MseaadioseUs, u the originator of " MTCHBK SCAS rORIA," tbe asm that ha bora snd dots now bear the BBc-almlle signature of CIIA. H. VLBTCHKR oo every wrepper. This Is the original " NTCIIH' CAHTURIA" which basBeea oaed la the bones ef th mothers ef America for over thirty yearm. Look Carefully st ths wrapper and sre thst tt Is Ikt tint you A auttyi taught, sad bes the siSDBtur of CltAS. H. FXKTCHKR OS the wrapper. No on has authority from mtt to aae aay name rsttpt The Centaur Company of which Cbaa. M. Fletcher Is Prtaideat. . Mnt i, iter, SAmmi, memta, iux, The relative of Joe Sullivan, who died in Oakland, Cal., and waa seven feet eight inohe in height, hsve put a guard over hi grave, fearing that a bowman will steal his body. lee kewakd, atea. Ths readeniol this paper will be nleaeed to learn that (here ) al Ifiaat one dreaded diac-aa that u'Uiicw banbeeu ahU-loenr In all Heatspot and that It catarrh. Hall'a Catarrh Cur Is th only oeltlve cure now known to the UM-dlral fraternity. Catarrh belli seontiliiitlonal die- eaM. rniutreaacuiHiititiionai treatment. Hall a catarrn t tire lataaeu intrruatiy.autin wreouy li-on the blood and miu-oii. aurler-N ol the aye tetn, thereby detruytn tbe foundation of the iliteaui, and glrtn the patient strength by biilldinr u d the contlttutton snd aeaiatins nature In dulnt ita work. Tbe proprietor have ao niiH-h faith in Ita curative powert, that they niter One Hundred Ihillare lor any eaa that It laimto eure. seno lor nil oi totnmonitia, A ddreea. K. J. t H (..N K V, A Co., Toledo, O. Hold by driglt, J.Vi. Hall's Faulty Pills era ths beat. One of the most cnrlons results of the investigations made by doctor in the Russian jail I the statement that each group of criminals has It own peculiar color of the eye. Plan's Cur for Consumption hss saved me largo d.s-tor bills. 4J. 1.. Maker, 422 Kegeitt tig., I'biladslph'a, I'a., Dot). 8, Itt. Diamonds have been discovered, in rare instances, in the meteoric atones which have fallen to the earth. eaaaaa JL Hercule Special 1i actual horsepower) Price, only $185. 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And the more you willM. joy your cake and eating. A HchlHinf ft CoMpaaf . baa PraiKlKo ast ' A Confederal Roll of Honor. An effort is being ma!e to comtil "a roll of honor" for the Confe'lnn t Museatn, in Richmond, Va., of all i soldier and suitor who served the On. federate cause, with a verified r-jioit of tbe various command to which they were attached during the four yr 0f the war, Hurvi vor and friends ol tliota living or dead are appealed to to mat up the record, A floral curiosity i on exhibition 1 the Temple Gardens, London. It In $5,000 orchid from Ven-zula. It bat a white flower which In slmpo riej. bios a sea-gull with outspread jnga Cardinal Riclielion hated chiMrc and loved cats; when he died hit ite'Angora pot refused to eat and an, pprlsliod. ' " Handel, the composer, nsed, whiat traveling, to order dinner for three, or if hungry, for five, In either Londoner Paris. 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