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
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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
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Hercule Special
1i actual horsepower)
Price, only $185.
Dentists....
(tat your auppllea of ntatoat rates.
arte tiock and low prloea,
uootia guaranteed.
Woodard-CIarke & Co., Dentil Depal, Porlliii
A Gart-Load oftGold
- ll yon onmpea a
cart-load of gold at my
leet It would not brlnsr
such Joy and jrladneaa
Into my life," So writes
a prominent man after
utlns- ths method of
self-iraatmcnt that ha
rettored to many men
who had been wracked
by eaceaaee, over-work
or evil habits of youth.
, ...... " unit oook that
h.'-rt,l'J' pUla bn,d Hhont ohsrjl
b, writing THI ERIK MEDICAL CO.,
6 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y.'
1. 10.? 2' oh,enia i no patent medicines
losttho book under plain letter senl,
t u "CH'kPSk'N TltTMINO.' 1
twal lorohllareatwtbli,. It K,ta.t lno ..ijHuVm.fv
L-... irum., uuur. an ,,!,. nrrm (.ll0.and t, t
Ihn h-ai renimU for dian-licea. XwenO Sva otuli a i
tfUU. j11' ' hgj f all. 1". J
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free
(to all
Quick:
The tooner you begin t$
use SeMtittf't Dtst tea and
bakin; powder,- the better your
opportunity to get gome of
that $3ooo.oo.
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.
Electricity
Is Life
The caust oi
all ductte as iht
waste of encrry
the orgaot of
the body Km
not sufficient vi.
Ufiiy to keep up
their natural ac
tion. They re
quire aid. Elec
tricity gives It
through thtprop-
J peruse of
DR. SANDE1VS ELECTRIC BELT
This belt 111 It the nerves with elect neat mm.
which qiiU-kl)- i lo the aaaiitanc af lea
weaker lunrtlona. renews the life in tlim.tu
they are aiiahled to tnrow off dleaM It it s
eltuple euro and never alia. Mr, A T Kao'in,
famona at a phytlelan and S'ud. nt ol Hleoca
snd medloliie forliiirt- yeara, baa publithelt
book. "T lire Clei of Men." upon the etua
ol wrakne. and tllteate and lie cure by eite
irteltv. It la worth II. "UO to any man, ant H
sent free, clone I r tied, toauv addrvte or eas
bo bad si tbo office. Call or a'ddrou
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5S West Washington at.. Portland, Or.
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Vegetable, Gran
and Flower
Bulbs and Rosea,
Fruit and Shade
Treesj Spray Pumpjo Bee Supplies
J rertduers J Catalog free jsjtjs
BUELJL LAMBERSON, Portland.
ItfrTrittT and Plt.KS enrid: no pevtm
It til cnnxli tend for book. Inn. Mimniia
A rViRTSKril.li, ill Market St., ban franulaoo.
x. r. IS. If. " Ho. 44. '91.
THEN writing to ad vartieore, please
miHlltiR IM pr.
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Tills Handtomo Capo repreaenled by this cut, s cnmnlntiiMi el
Kleefrtv Heal and Aatraehan, with twlvis lallt. ri-ultrlyraidat
fJtl, will be told durltif this month tor 15. Our tuk of .Mnile
Soal (raw an-1 nianufaulurod) Kurt, la now complete. Tie liuliet
from all parts ol the country are rvo.iu-at.-d to aeud tor vrleet
and oatalosus. lil-hi price paid lur all klndaol raw turt.
SQ51lrf I.eadlna Fur Maiiufaeliirer,
. aiivenieia, 14s T!lrd s, .or,uUd, or.
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