The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, December 10, 1897, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textinr 111 , ', ; :,":,',',,,,'.' lljzit , ;.. -. ' - .1 , wfekly market THE YUKON RUSH HOW THE THOUSANDS WILU REACH ALASKA. Vhmrm Are Many Routes Spoken of, Btt a tt Only Two Ar Advteabl. for the Gold Seeker to AttemptSome if the Dlffieultlee to Ma Overcome. Special Correspond06-! Mow many will go to the Klondike next yr, how will they be transport ed, are questions now being asked by transportation companies aud the thousands interested in one way or an other in the great movement about to tak- place. - Even the man going thither to seek his fortune U vitally in terested in these matters. It there is too big a crowd he may not be able to secure a passage, or to get a proper outfit, or be snoop ssful in transporting it into the interior. He wonld better not trust too much to luck nor depend too much upon being able to trrel in the regular way. Certainly, so lar al the regular atoamera are concerned, their berths will all be engaged weeks tn advance, and the man who neglect to secure passage early may have to wait a long time for hia turn to oome around. JEven on the overland trains there is promise of inconvenience, if not delay. So great a rush, all in one di rection, will tax .the rolling Stook of the railroads to its utmost, sinoe cars will have to go back empty. The lowest estimate of the number of people who will start for Alaska next spring is 60,000, while some who have given the subject much attention place the .figure as high as 800,000. At an average of 800 to each vessel, it would require 170 steamers to convey the min imum number, while 680 would be necessary to accommodate the maxi mum. To send 170 steamers in the months of February, March and April would make it necessary for two to ail each day. There ia now advertised pot one-quatrer the steamers necessary. The others will no doubt be provided, for there are numerous transportation projects on foot, but nothing definite about them can yet be said. This is sufficient to show that the man who intends to join the first great rush by the way of the passes and lakes would do well to make sure of his passage to Dyea or Skaguay. As to the route by the way of St Michaels and the river, that will not be open till June, and extensive transportation projects now under way will be sufficiently developed long before that time to make it well to postpone any estimates until later. Tli ere are but two well known and undeniably practical routes to the Yu kon mines.' One is by the mountain parses from Dyea and Skaguay to the lakes and thence by boat down the lakes and rivers, and the other is by ocean steamer to St. Michaels and thence up the river by light draft steamer. All other routes are yet to be proved, and all who try them must expeot to meet with the tribulations and uncertainties that lay in the path of the pioneer. Undoubtedly the great majority of Yu koners will try the passes, since the mi hps can be reached in this way two or three months earlier than by steam er, and, of these the greater number will go over the regular Yukon trail by the way of Chilkoot pass, the next greater number going from Skaguay over the White pass. It is well thoroughly to understand this route and its variation as to the two passes. Linn eanal, about 100 miles north of Juneau, penetrates a number of miles northerly into the coast mountains, the very head of it be ing divided into two arms by a rocky promontory. Into the easterly arm flows Skaguay river and into the west erly arm the Dyea river. Both are rapid, ice-cold mouutain streams, nav igable for canoes only for several miles. At the head of these arms are located the new towns of Skagnay and Dyea. From these points it is necessary to cross the high mountain divide to Lakes Lindermann and Bennett, where boe.ts are constructed for the journey down the river. Until the past season the Yukoners have used the Chilkoot pass, from Dyea, exclusively, the Chil kat Indians packing all the supplies at the usual rate of 15 cents a pound. The route ia '37 miles long, and the summit- of the pass is 8,200 feet high. The Indians have always refused to pack by any other route, declaring this to be the best one. Last summer, ow ing to the great rush and the eager ness of all to get over at any cost, the Indians raised their price for packing, until often as high as a dollar a pound was paid them. This, and the crowded condition of the trail, led many to try the Skaguay trail, which, though 41 miles long, was asserted to be better, because the summit of the pass was some 600 feet lower. It was found, however, that the trail was not so good, that the river had to be crossed several ' times, and that, though the pass was somewhat lower, the trail led up and down hill so much that the actual climbing done was greater than by the Chilkoot pass, where the ascent was gradual to the foot of the summit di vide, when one very steep climb was necessary. The practical result was that a very much larger percentage of thot-.e who tried the Chilkoot pass suc ceeded in reaching the lakes, than of those who attempted thi Skaguay route. Nevertheless, improvements are now being made on both trails, and both will be. extensively used in the spring, it being much easier to go in over the snow, when the rocks and mud which made the trails so difficult last fall are covered up. Thcie are projected improvements for both of those trails, in the nature of railroads and tramways, but as yet only Chilkoot pass stows anything tan gible. A combined railroad and tram way is under construction and is prom sed" to he completed by the first of Feb ruary, for the taking of freight from Dyea through to Lake Lindermann. The probabilities are that this convenience will be provided by that time, or shortly thereafter. The company oper ating it purposes to contract to carry freight from Dyea to the lake at a price much below what it would cost to pack It over, and to handle it so promptly that by the time the owner can walk over, the trail his freight will get thoiujh. With this tramway in opera tion, and nothing similar on the Bkag- nay trail, the Chilkoot pass would get all (tie travel. There are, However, still other tramways and nilroad pro mts on both. trails, but when they will be ready for use is uncertain. At the PK-auul time it would seem as though this Chilkoot tramway will be the only thing ready-early enough to accommo date the first rush in ..February and March. Until that time, there is ap parently little choice between the trails for winter travel, and those who go in before February may take either. For those who go in over the snow Yu kon sled is necessary. This is a strong skeleton sled aud may be purchased at any regular outfitting point. Many take dogs to help draw sleds, but all can not do this. If it is done, special provision must be made for food for the animals. After the lakes have been reached, the remainder of the route is the same for both passes, consisting of about 600 miles of lake and river navigation to Dawson City, at the mouth of the Klondike. It is BO miles further to Forty-Mile, and Circle City is 800 miles down the river from Dawson. The new town of Kara part City is still about 600 miles further down the Yu kon, at the mouth of Munook creek, not far above the point where the Tannanah flows into the great rivet. This entire lake and river journey la made in strong boats, usually built out of timber whipsawed by the Yukoners on the banks of Lakes Lindermann or Bennett. There is a small saw mill there, but it is unable to out, enough timber to fill the demand. Doubtless other mills will be taken in as soon as the tramway is completed, but miners should not rely upon this, but should take an outfit of tools and material for building a boat, as well as oars and rowlocks. Efforts to take in boats over the pass last fall were unsuccessful, even in sections. Though it might be easier to do so over the snow, it is doubtful if it would not consume as much extra time and labor as the building of a boat would require. When the tramway is at work, special ly constructed boats could no doubt be taken in to advantage, and valuable time be saved. The route leads through Lake Linder mann, 6 miles, a portage to Lake Ben nett, 1 mile; down the lake, 84 miles; tli rough Cariboo crossing to Lake Tag ish, S miles; down the lake 19 miles; by river to Lake Marsh, 8 miles; across tne lake passing vtinuy Arm, 19 miles. Those who go in the win ter and early spring can proceed to this point by drawing their boats on sleds, but there they must wait for the ice to break nn before proceeding down the river in their boats, unless they intend to go through light, dragging sled over the snow and ice. Twenty-five miles below Lake Marsh is the dreaded Miles canyon, and just below this place are White Horse rapids. Both of these places may be safely run in the boat if the utmost care is exer cised. Many boats have been wrecked here and their contents lost, while sev eral unfortunate anen have been drowned. No one should attempt these difficult passages without first having carefully studied the situation. Thirty miles further down the river is Lake Le Barge, 80 miles long. Five Finger rapids are 163 miles below this lake, and Rink rapids are 3 .miles further. These are the last of the specially dan gerous places, though care must be ex ercised during the entire journey. - As to other routes from the coast, there are bnt three that have any prominence, and none of them is as yet sufficiently known to make it advisa ble for the ordinary gold seeker to at tempt them. One of them is the Dal ton trail, leading northerly over the mountains just west of the Chilkoot pass, and paralleling the lake and river route for about 300 miles, finally striking the Yukon below the most dangerous rapids. It is claimed that this is the best route for a railroad, but it is yet to be shown how practicable it is for general use. The government will probably attempt to send in a re lief exjedition by this route early in the spring. The Takii and the Stiokeen routes, one starting from Tako inlet, near Ju neau, and the other from the Stiokeen river, near Wrangel, converge at Lake Teslin. Small river steamers can nav igate this lake and pass down the Hootalinqoa river to the Yukon below the rapids, and thus to Dawson and be yond. It is claimed that such steam ers will be built on the lake in the spring and that trails will be opened ior ' g J up to the lake and pack trains put on, , can DeFdrawD by to be followed soon by railroad,; bnt, or(J farm team u d 't until this is actually done the gold ,... ,., ,,,,. . . . seeker would do well not to intrust himself to the uncertainties of those ; routes. ' . j Undoubtedly the most comfortable i and easv way to reach the Yukon mines js by steamer from one of the Pacific coast ports to the mouth of tne Yukon, at St. Michaels, and thence by light D,...,.o lln ,h mi, nam tha Aiu O : i A-i : 1:X ..j, ..... D -I- Circle City, and 1,773 to Dawson City, The trouble with this route is that the river is navigable only three months in the year, and then only by small river steamers, because of frequent bars. The ice breaks up about the 30th of June and toms again about the same time in September. There are now several steamers on the river belonging to the Alaska Commercial Company and the aorta American iransportation ano Trading Company, both of which bave i ,i . ik. :u irauinx puain vu mo uyci, ueou- quarters at ht. Michaels. Both com- panies are building several new vessels tor next year s tramo. The outlook for this route next sum- mer is that the number of steamers on the river will be utterly inadequate to accommodate tne persons wno win oe landed by thousands at St. Michaels by steamers and sailing vessels, though there are numerous projects on foot for building steamers on the river in the spring or towing them thither. As every vessel on the river will probably run in connection with some regular ocean line, and as the pobabilities are that the ocean liners will carry more passengers and freight than the river steamers can handle, it would seem as though the only persons who will stand any show of getting through to Dawson by this route will be those who pur chase through passage from the starting point to their destination for them selves and supplies. Those who pay passage only to St. Michaels, or who reach that point by independent steam ers or vessels, will probably be unable to proceed any further. Notwithstand ing this promises to be the condition of affairs next summer, there will doubtless thousands of men take pass age in all kinds of craft for St. Mich aels, without providing means for get ting beyond that point. Much disap pointment is in store for many on this score. TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED OUR RURAL FRIENDS. FOR Beat Way to Feed Corn Fodder-How to Banian the Hat - A mount of Water a Cow Drink a a Teat of Her Milk Value. Feed In a: orn Fodder. I last winter put the cowa Into a feed lot adjoining the farm. Three pigs for each cow were also placed lu the lot, The cows were taken Into the barn twice a day. fed ear corn; broken, aud after being milked, were turned Into the lot and given unhusked com rod der. In this way each cow received oue and one-third bushel ear corn per week and one bushel of com In the tod der. The pigs, lu addition to what they picked up, were given buttermilk and some skim-mllk. In return for this feed I received four and one-half pounds butter aud ten pounds of pork per week per cow, or about two pounds butter and four pounds pork per bushel of com. The cows were provided witn a good shed and a thick layer of straw to He on. Agriculturist Oettlnu- Hid of Hats. An unusual Interest has been aroused in the destruction of rats this season because of the great number found In eotnerlbs aud lu the vicinity of poultry houses. The loss from this source has been considerable, to say nothing of the annoyance. If trouble In corn cribs Is to be avoided next year, set the buildings on posts eighteen Inches high, and around the top tack a strip of old tin or invert a tin pan and place it over the top of the post. This will not always keep them out, but will do much towards preventing their en trance. Where cribs are on the ground and hare been undermined by these pests, a number of methods of getting rid of them, more or less successful, have bten suggested. If a well-trained for ret and a good rat dog can be secured, great numbers can be killed lu a short time. The ferret will go Into the holes under the crib and run out the rats, which can then be disposed of by means of the dog or guns. After the rats bave been well cleaned out by this means they seldom return, or at least not for a long time. In closed bins, where carbon bisulphide can be used, they can be got rid of in short time. Merely place an open dish full of the chemical on top of the grain and penult It To evaporate. It will permeate every point and kill all living creatures. In using the bisulphide, remember that it is very inflammable, and all lights and fires must be kept away from the build ing while It Is being applied. Orange Judd Farmer. The Water a Cow Drinks. M. Dancel reported to the French Academy of Sciences bis experiments to determine the effect - f the quantity of water cows drink upon quantity and quality of milk. "He says," writes Dr. Galen Wilson, to Practical Farmer, "that, by inducing cows to drink more water, the quantity of milk yielded can be Increased without Injuring its qual ity. He asserts that the anioun of milk Is proportioned to the quantity of wa ter drunk. In experimenting upon cows fed In the stall with dry fodder that gave only nine to twelve quarts of milk a day, that when this dry food was moistened with from eighteen to twenty-three quarts of water daily, their yield of milk was Increased up to twelve to fourteen quarts a day. Be sides this water taken with the food, the cows were allowed to drink the same as before, and their thirst was excited by adding a little salt to the fodder. The milk was of good quality, and the amount of butter satisfactory. He found, by a series of observations, that the quantity of water habitually drunk by each cow was a criterion to judge of the quantity of milk that she would yield. Traction Engine. The self-propelling steam engines to be used on ordinary roads are not near ly so much in favor as they were when r V. .... H.. K., .......1 An the puffing traction engine Is sure to do. As the traction engine costs sey. eral hundred dollars extra, and Is sev eral hundred pounds heavier, it is not now In much favor. Many good coun try bridges that would stand ordinary loads bave been broken down by the "Bellini eujjiue, eilim,lll, JUBB UUIU IU the owner of the engine and the county. , In many places notices are put up that if traction engines cross certain bridges they must do so nt their own risk. Winter Window Plants. , The plants for midwinter and early spring blooming should be brought Into the house, but the room should be only moderately heated. Give abundance of air every mild day. The temperature 0f the room at night should be twelve t0 eighteen degrees lower than during the day. Remove all dead leaves. Give . . .... oni, enougD water to moisten tneeartu m th.g pg. The earth should not be made pasty. Chryxantbeiuums.-To prolong the period of blooming, take up the cholc- t est specimens with a large ball of earth, and set them In tubs or boxes. Keep the plants upon the porch In a protected situation for a few days until tbey recover. They may then be brought into the house. Beds of plants should be covered over with a large muslin sheet during frosty nights. Insects. For the aphis and plant lice, smoke with tobacco stems. Window plants can be easily fumigated by plac Ing them under a barrel. Hose bushes in the greenhouse can be kept free of the aphis by the free use of the syringe. American. ; To Farm Driveway. The entrance drive or "lane," as it Is usually called, Is an Important feature In the surroundings of a country home. The success of landscape effect depends largely upon Its Judicious location and arrangement. While the shortest Hue Is the most practical course for travel between two points; artistically consid ered, a long, narrow, straight line, fenced on both sides, unadorned by trees, Is something to be avoided, If pos. nilile. If the driveway must be straight, let It be through an open field or fenced on one side only, and lined with trees, or If inclosed by two, fences let tbem bo fifty feet or more apart, with a row of trees on each side. It may then nn awer for the family orchards of all kinds of fruit and nut trees, or If plant. ed with manles.' beech or oaks, will eveutually form a magnificent avenue. American Gardening. Piueon Notes, We would caution beginners, bolter invest your money in one or two good birds than In half a doieu cheap scrub birds. As soon as yon see a pigeon In your loft that Is sick or out of condition, move It from the other pigeons at once, and treat, and, if too far, use a hatchet. A handful or two of hemp seed given each day to a flock of pigeons will help them throuirh moulting. Every fancier should have leg bands, and keep a record of your bird, as this is the only way we cnu prevent in breedtmr, as they are cheap. Look! Look for the little red mites that infest the young birds In their nesta, as they kill more young pigeons than disease this time of year. Nests should be cleaned frequently, and saw dust and tobacco stems put In. Linseed va. Cotton Seed Meal. While fully grown animals with strong digestive organs can eat cotton seed meal properly diluted with straw or hav without serious injury. It ia doubtful whether It Is advisable to make this part of their ration. Lin seed meal cna be purchased at about the same price as cottonseed meal, and has equal nutritive value. The new process meal Is the kind fcenenilly used. It la not so fattenlug as the old process meal, because more of Its oil has been expressed. Faxsecd whole Is a very rich feed, and If boiled so as to swell It out all that hot water can do it may be given to cattle, sheep or Horses witn safety. Only a very little snoum oe given at a time, as the oil In It makes it very laxative. Weaning; Foal. Foals that are about to be weaned In the fall of the year, should, prepara tory to the time of Isolating them from their dams, be taught to eat freely of grain, pulse and other highly nutritive food. The loss of the dam's milk Is a severe check to their constitution and growth, which even n abundant sup ply of hay or grass will not wholly com pensate. A variety of food is not only permissible, but to be advocated, al though grass or good hay and corn should form their staple diet. Too many different torts of food can hardly be tried, says a high authority on the mat ter, "but, of course, they must be given Judiciously, at various times and In small quantities." Live Stock Journal. Bedding Absorbentm The only proper way to keep cows is to keep them clean. It is Just as neces sary to bed cows and keep them clean as it Is to feed and care for them in any other way. I milk forty cows the year round, and always milk in stable, summer and winter. If I Bud any or my cows lu a condition to need wah Ina, somebody gets a hearing, and the second offense Is sufficient for a change In help. The platform and drops should be so constructed that all tlte drop pings, both liquids and solids, will tie received in the drop. An absorbent of some kind should be placed in the drop to soak any liquid matter. : Fall Manuring Winter Grain. There is no better time to topdress wiuter grain than late fall. If it Is done after the ground Is frozen It will be all the better. The loose sail will not only poach lens, but the manure lying over its frozen surface will prevent the al ternate freezing ami thawing which Is more trying to winter grnln than Ut continued cold weather. Besides, If the winter groin field is seeded with clover In the spring, as It always should be, the topdressing of manure will be juat , what the young clover needs to give it protection early, and make it grow vig orously later in the season. Small Potatoes. Save all the small potatoes for seed that are of the regulation form. These may be the only seed available In the spring, while If they are not needed when planting time comes they can then be discarded. We would not have It understood that we are Indorsing small potatoes for planting. Large seed Is preferable every time. Drain the Land. A farmer can raise more bushels of better grain, corn and wheat, or any other produce, on fifty acres of well underdralned land than he can on 100 acres of wet land, and be can do it with less than half the labor and expense. Farm Note. A good pedigree always adds to the value of a horse for any purpose. When wheat Is sold buy back bran end shlpstuff enough to feed out the straw. The average farm can be run a good deal better without a dog than with out a pig. Hard work Is not so apt to Injure horses If they receive proper attention afterwards. There are some good butter cows in all breeds and they are even found among scrubs. The most clear profit in raising good horses is in the fact that you have raised them yourself. The farmer who cannot supply com fortable shelter cannot afford to winter stock. One advantage in having the manure reasonably fine Is that It can be more evenly distributed on the land. A short-legged, short-haired sheep Is often heavier and will produce more wool than one that looks much larger. The restless spirit of a growing colt Is a sufficient guarantee that It will take exercise If the opportunity Is af forded. In order to make good beef and to make it easy steady feeding of the most suitable food from the first Is es sential,; Every kind of a crop grown on the farm Is needed, and somebody will pro duce It and realize a profit In producing and marketing. . In selecting farm stock to use as breeders, secure only such animals as arebeiilthythemselvesand have sprung from healthy, vigorous stock. To Injudicious feeding may be cred ited a large amount of the fatality among bogs and with care in feeding a large amount of disease may bv avoided. Farmers' Union. NO ntPFBRENCB. Phvsloal troubles of a like nature romtng from different cause are often a pule to those who suffer pain as to their treatment and curs a in iLt e of lumbago from eold or a strain in some way to the same muscles. The treatment of such need not differ una with the other, woiu re enoiiKh and should have prompt attention, an mailing disables so much an lame oaen. wi.. n. I.. Oil will nHtle tlin question, lw ellli'iicy is i sure In either case tliere is no inm-nnee in ui kwi" and no doubt ot the cure, Kangaroo tails for soup have bo nt tn Loudon from Australia, A shipment of 8,600 weight was sold at the rate of 13 a ioscn tails, in Aim trails they are considered a Kr"ttt dulioacy. KKt'UTATIONM MAIR IN A BhY Arepreeioiiaacarve. lime trlM the worth ol a manor medicine. Huttr' Hiomauli HII tern In tony-live growth, nn 111:0 lti-- haritv lleh that arnlli Ui erevlcea ! AlMas'srwe't II ttourlahts perennially, " Ita reputation haa aa llrm a t.nu aa tin; reeua thennelvea. Nu medietas la more lilguly i- gaoled aa a remedy lor lever ami ague, unions remltienl, eonstlpullon. liver ami kidney Ula orUera, uefvounneaa ami rheuniallani. The loiiL-wst strubxht railroad line In America Is on the Lake Shore railway, bciriuiiinit at a point three miles west of Toludo, Ohio, and running til) miles without k curve. $200CX22 If you use too much of Sciittins Best baking powder it don't spoil the cake. But . why not make your all t money go a lar as it win oy using just enough of Schilling's Best baking powder one-third less than of the brand you are used to? chilling ll ContiMMy San rraiKiKu w. An old Knglish "Manner" Hook" says: "A lady should dip only the tips of her lingers in the sauce bowl, mid should not let food full out of iior mouth on the tablecloth." AN OPEN UTTER TO MOTHERS. We are ataertiue tn the court our right to the exclusive ne of the word " CAM'ohiA," aid " WXCHKK S CASTOKIA." aa wi t rail Mai k. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyaniil. Mawutehutctta, waa theorigluator of " H IXHKirS C AS t'OK tA," the aaine that baa borne and dove now bear the fuc simile aignature of CItAS. li, M.I'.iCIIKR on every wrapper. Thla ia the original " PITCH l; Ji CANTORIA" which haa beva used In the homca Of the mothera of America for over thirty year. Look Carefully at the wrapper and are thut it ia Uu kini yu kmn always tauskt, and haa the signature of CIIA3. 21. K'l.KlX'HUK on the wrapper. No one haa authority from we to nse my name except The Centaur Company of which Chaa. H. Fletcher ia President...'. ifanM i, is-i?. bAMLKL. PITCHKK, M.0, A New Hartford, Conn., man one day sot over 1,000 tobacco plant, mid the next morning found that tint cut worms had destroyed evory plant but one over night. HUMS IMtODI-CTS ANI Pl'IIK FOOI'. All Eastern Syrup, awatlei1, nanallv verv light colored and ol heavy body, In nnole from giueoae. "Tt'a tumtftt m-tu" ta nowle irmi huar Cane and ta mrietlv pure, it n ior -aie by tlril-ein Krneern. tn cann i.tt'tv. .VlHiiiiiae tured by the lUome Cuter hvarr !. All b:i ume "T'ti uttnten Ihntt" have Hie uianuiae turer'a name lithographed on every mil The legislature of Uruguay tins con ferred citizenship and the tiiiu of !!, 000 on Or. Sumirvlli as a recognition of his discovery of the yellow fi-ver microbe. ' 1 King Solomon'H Traantire." mily A hriMlw'aejil Tunle giiowfl. rt,. liujltonary.) t,.tM a ti.ix. 4 wpnkw' trlnirnl, Majtou t.tirmU:el Co., 1'. (). ilol J, Piiilalella, Pa. An international congress hag been arranged at Paris for the discussion of the means of preventing tires in thea ters and other places of public report. We will forfeit 11,0110 If any f our pub lished teitiniuiiinlK aro proven to bo not genuine. Thk i'mo ;o.( Warren, I'm. Try Schilling's Beat tea sod baking powder. Rumia has the muni rapidly increas ing population of any country in the world. The growth during the Inst 10U yeais has been a fine lion less thiin 1, 000,000 annually. A Dutchman of Wocrt has founds way of spinning thread from peat, which is woven into clothing. The fabrics tints mails are comparatively cheap and intended for ordinary use. Nine hundred and fifty telegraph gnb-maiine cables are now in ora tion, most of them in Km ope; their total length is over BU.000 miles. It is no unueuiil thing for a vessel plying bewtcen Japan and CoihIuii to carry 1,000,000 fans of all kinds us a single item of its cargo. Stop! Women, And consider that tn addressing Mrs. Hnkham you are confiding your private Ills to a woman a woman whoae ex perience in treating woman's dineaucs is greater than that of ny living phy sician, malo or female. You can talk freely to a woman when It is revolting to relate your private troubles to a man: besides, a man docs not understand, simply because ho is a man. ... MRS. PINICHAM'S 6TANDINO INVITATION. Women suffering from any form of female weaknesBJvrelnvi ted to promptly communicate with Mrs. Plnlthom, at Lynn, Mass. All letters aro re ceived, opened, read, and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private Illness to a woman. Thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Plnkham and the women of America which has never been broken, - Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that sho baa gained the very knowledge that will help your case, bhe asks nothing In return except your good will, and her advice has rellevud thousand.'). Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very A foolish it she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. "ra H l.llurS W.ltllt All tlofc AU.S. Beat liiuifli Uyrti. TantM OoihI. LETTER. menu milldlng, rurtlsnd. reguu. The event of the week in tha ChlcnsD wheat market was jump of o In on day in the price of JJucembor options. The sentimental figure ol tl was reached for moment. The bulk of the wheat in Chicago l n tl' hands of a powerful oliqito, who are 1" P""' tion just now to dictate to tho short gellor of December. These people) keep on declaring tliere U to be no oor. ner, but suueeae It almost certain. The outcome of the May price tie pends altogether on tho world's stalls tioal position. Europe would not ba taking 6,500,000 bushels of wheat and flour from America tnone week If thuia did not exist extraordinary necessity for it, But no One knows how long this demand will keep up or whether tha price fairly discounts the situation. A good illustration of how little cmi be decided with exactness about go vast a quostlon as the wheat supply is the conflict ol two respectable authorities In the mere interpretation of an official Russian crop report. The Corn Trade Nowt declares it shows a shortage of 103,000,000 bushels, compared with last year, while Beerlmliui makes the shortage only 1,000,000 bushels. The profession of crop statistics I like the ology. It is so big a field as to permit of all sorts of differences and to enable each teacher to pose before thoae imme diately around him as the only really authoritative one. Nothing would affect the sentiment at Chicago quicker than a fulling off in Northwestern receipts. ut on this comparatively simple problem there is no unanimity, riiisburya fortnight ago prndittted ontifldcntly Unit the car lots at Minneapolis and Ihilntli by No vember SO would be down to smalt flit area, with' not over 80 per cent ol the crop left in the hands of the farm er. There has all through November been perfect weather for marketing; but the authorities at Minneapolis are now predicting another two weeks of free movement. The weatlmr ia to count a great deal on the price between this and Doctneber 10th. It will tnnke easy or difficult the continued move ment of wheat between Duluiu and Uhicago; it will keep open or chute up navigation between Ohiogao and Uuf alo, and will Influence, too, the move ment from the spring wheat farmer into Unluth and Minneapolis. - Portland Market. ' Wheat Walla Walla, 70 77c; Val ley and Ulueslotn, 78(?!)u per buahel. Four Host grades, t. 33; grham( 3.60; superfine, fa.SS per barrel. Oats Choice white, 81(P&c; ehoioe gray, 83 (it 33a per btishol. Hurley Feed builey, 11K'$20; brew ing, f'JO per ton. MillstilT Bran, 15 pur ton; mid dlings, shorts, f 16.60. liny Timothy, fl a 13.50; clover, 10(11; California wheat, $10; do ost, 111; Oregon wild buy, 0 ft 1 0 per ton. ' Kgi;a 23(ii!36c per dozen. Hotter Fancy creamery, 60(S5o; fair to good, 404Cic; dairy, fJOtsHOu j Kir roll. Cheeso Oregon, HVi Young America, i'iu; California, 0($Mu per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, tl-75r$ S.S0 por doexn; hroilorg, t.00( 3.G0; geese, 5(tti; ducks, 3.00 c? 4. 00 pur dozen; turkeys, live, 9(g 10c per pound. Potatoes Oregon linrbanks, 815(3-100 per sack; sweets, 11.40 por cental. Onions Oregon, now, rod, BOc; yel low, 80c per cental. JIops 8 14o per pound for new crop; 1H98 crop, 4(t()o. Wool Valley, H(l 0e per pound; Katrn Oregon, 7(sH3o; mohair, SU 322o por pound. Mutton Gross, best ehoop, wethers and ewes, $).G0; dressud mutton, So; spring lambs, 6tjc por pound. Hoks Gross, choice heavy, fl.DO; light and feeders, o0c 4.00; drogsod, 4.60S-00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, t3,763.00; cows, 93.35; dressed heel, 4(0,0 per pound. . Veal Largo, iiQa; smalt, 6,(i 6o per pound, Healtle Market, Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 2"o; ranch, ItkdSlHc. Cheese Native Washington, 13)g'o; California, 0'ao. K.'gs Fresh ranch, 80(ft!i3c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, bens, loo; spring chickens, $3.60(4 8 00; ducks, $3.608.78. Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $103O. Corn Whole, $23; cracked, por ton, $32; feed meal, $22 per ton. Barloy llolled or ground, por ton, $23; whole, $32. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, So; cows, 6o; mutton sheep, 6ci pork, 7c( veal, small, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 5c; salmon, 84c; salmon trout, 710o; flounders and sole, 84; ling cod, 4(2)6; rock cod, 6c; Binelt, 8J4e. Fresh Fruit Apples, 60c $ 1.25 per box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 8540o; pears, 76c$l per box. Man Franelaeo Market. Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 13 (914c; Northern ll(12o per pound. Hops 10 14c per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $20(323; Cal ifornia bran, $17.60 18.00 per ton. Onions Now red, 70 (980a; do new silverskin, $1.40(1. fl() percental. Egs Store, 1826; ranch, 40 41c; Eastern, 1724; duok, 26o per dozen. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 12o; fair to good, 7 8c per pound. , Citrus Frnlt Oranges, Valencia", $1.50($3.00; Mexican limes, $3.00(4 8.00; California lemons, choice, $2.00 3.60; do common, 750$! per box. Hay Wheat, 1214.60; wheat and oat, $U(il8; oat, $10(912; rivcr'bar ley. 78; best barley, $10!2; aliaira, ioO.50; clover, $8(5(9.80. Fresh Fruit Apples, 25B0o per large box; grapes, 25!40o; Isabella, 6075c; peaches, 60oge$l; pears, 76o $1 per box; plums, 2036o. Butter Fanoy oreamery, 27(8 28c; do seconds, 2426o; fancy dairy, 4c; good to choice, 19(22o per pound. Potatoes New, in boxes, 85 80c, WEEKLY FREE Tit I A L TO A1SV UONiM MAN. The Foremost Medical Company In the V.'uild hi the Cote of Weak Men Makes Title Offer. II AIM ItMltlUMtK, HEALTH, XN. ElttlY AM I, UNO I, KB. In all the wnrUl Inilay -.In all the hlalnrv of Hie world -iiiiiliielnr mir limtlniltiiii linn Ui'u,,i anil reamri'il m liinnv ii.pn ga ,, th bin,,., I ItlUU MKl'U'AI' COMPANY, uf Uuffalo, N, Y. Cy-vi SCIENCE TRH1MIN3 Una ta due to the laet that the e,,iinmiiv trnlaaemn tiivenlluna and ill.i'irvnilvk wliii i, have no equal la the whole realm ul tueilli al aetenee. Ho mush deeetilinn haa been praeileed In a . vertblug that thla grand old viimmM iiuw jnakea a aiarillng iiltnr, They will aend their tnagleally alfmtlvg gp. rtlianee nd a month's eiiurae of itmuv temeiitea tuMlilvely en trial, Wllhviil tiutmav, toany reliable man. Ant o dt'ihtr pertf htt ptiti vntlt rtntlhart kmwn iit into iti-imneMtji! by (l tmtiVHt The rtrleMe.tli'Nieiitnnanv'a AnplUiiee and Keniediea have been talVid of 1111 wrltleu about till every man hat heard id mem. The hlgheat nmlleal aulliortilua lu tha world have lately emniiiemli'ii them. They pONHHta marveleiia ;iowr to vitalise, develop, renture ami analgia. They enaie vlitnr, healiliy tlMiie, new life. They il drain lliat taftlie eui'ruy, They eure all edeeta o( evil hahlit, eicraaes, Overwork, They give full atrength, development and tone 10 every portion ami organ ol ilie body. raiture linfoMllle, aue no harrier. Title "Trial Without hatwHts" offer la limited to a hurl time, and alluitou iutit be wad gt once, Not'. O, D. tehente, no (tee-piiii no espo. ane a elean ttimlneati promaitiou oy a eoui. tiaiiy ol blgli Ituaucial ami pruiialoual aland- "virile to the H(!K HKPfi-AI, rojjPAKY. Hiiftalo, h. Y., and refer to their offer lu this llr. ... At a recent meeting of the Institu tion of Civil luiginceig In 1iielon, the opinon was fiprerncd that the coming material for ship-building is nickel at eel, but that before it can he exton. aivlwy tigtwl, further deposits of nickel must be discovered. The psaltery of Spain is gnpimsed to luv bwri Introduced Into tlmt country by the Moors. It is still lu common use among the peasants. , ,. Among the numerous, superstitions of the CtHMgck there is none stronger than the belief that they will enter heaven in a better state if they are per sonally clean at the time they are killed. The kaiuion Is the favorite Instru ment among the ladles In Turkey. Its shape f oatitnlih'g that of a harp laid fiat. It has 72 Wirings, in sets of three, and is played with small plectrum. flKAFNKHM CANNOT UK Hl llv lineal gnpltrvllnita aa they eaniml marb lite i)i'Maed portion ol Hie ear, There ia only one way to eure ilratnana. ami that la l,v eouollin. ti.it.nl ruiinMii-a. lii-alnexlaeai a ii ly an in-flnnx-d condition of Hie niuenua lining of me Kunaehiau 1uw. When lliia lulw la lunamrd you have a riininlhig Miund or inir(ei t hear ing, and when U la entirely el.l, ili-fm a la the rtaull, ami uutrts ihe Intlaiuniaiiuii van he taken out and lint in tie restored to lt normal eouilltiiiu, hearing will hs dvairoyrd forever j . nine enaeii out of lea are eaut bv t aiarrh, allien l nothing !ut an Inlliuuvd couilllion of tlin uineoiia miriaeea, We ill give tine Hundred Pnllara for any ream of ilenf uea, (miiM-d l.r eatarrh ) that nantint be eureil ly Jtal a l alarrh Cure. Heud lor eir cuiaraitree. r j niEf!E 4 ro.iTolc,0i 0. Koift by .iT.itrtfM. Vn lUU'i KKMi.iy Hill r th ht I Cure Varicocle. No operation" No clainps or comprtaeorg No detention from work. No poiiibW danger. No lotion or medicine Simply gal- vnie elec tricity. It la nalurn'ii remedy, my Electric Body rial U rv, in form of a lielt, la pin on when you g to hed, and the milil, eahilarailng, eonllnuoiia cm r. n t writ through llit.eimrt'ieil veins dur. tug the nluht kpi wtily dlSMilveathrlronhleatel enrea III a fi w e. . Mr pnntpliiel, "llin'e Cliu.M- of Men," l an ill'uatrated trealtae on thla eouipiaitit, ami every aueh sufferer annual riMtd It, mint free 011 anpiteation. Andrea, SANOEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. 58 Wajejt t ftl..tigtti Mt., l'ftlliU, Or. Htut utniitm tht Sitter, Me carry the mnat complete Hue of Ovinnaaiuia aud Athletic ilooda on m i.'omi SUITS U UNIFORMS MADE TO ORDER. send for Our Athleilo Cataingiie. WILL & FINCK CO.. lS-SUO Market St., San Franelaeo, Cat. IBIIIffil" money by lueeeaf ul 1?! II Lei I 'gpectilation In t'hii-agn. Vie I J i f r II I buy and aell wheat 011 mar- II 1 1 kill I glna, Fortunea have been inmlii on a niiall te-giiiultiR liy trailing III In nirea. Write for full lutrMeulara. Hnt of rei erenee given. Several j-eara' eaperldneunil the Chieavn Hnnrd ol Trade, and a tliorimuh know ledge of the hnalneaa. Mend lor our free reh-r-enee bonk. IMlWNI.NO, ill ll'KlNS A CO., Chicago Mount of Trailu llroki-ri. Otfluoa lu J'ortlaud, Oregon and Seattle, W'ltnh. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGS FREE Bucll Lambcrson IBOmONTST Portland. Or, YOUR LIVER U it WlOllK? Get It KiKht. Keep it Kiulit. Moore' a Kevealed Kemady will do it. Three doaea will make you feel better, tint it from your drugglat or ny whohmitle drug hou'ae, or Irom.rHewart Si llolmna Drug Co., Ueattle. Dentists.... (let your auppllaa of tin al cut nitea. Large atocik noil low prleua, floods guaranteed, WooM-We t CoM Dental Depot, hlki ' W MM. WtNHi.ow'fi f-witoiuNQ Hyhit ii uu Id fciwnyn be 1 W ttntfd for cfelltlrtm tthlii(f, ilKOMhi1 t,l IiUl.rc. Letii f h yum, AllAY-iiil tin, our wind mite .and li 1 tlt hmt rumwl fir llKrr!iKk, Xwant, flv U boltO. It 1 ili bent of nit. i AAJaV.A..JfcAAa RODS 2 flir tmelng and lw.'ittlng OolJ or Wllver Ore. ItiHi or hiirlfil t rewnirwi. SI. I'. UW1, UK, Bux 3,17, Uoutiiliiiton.UOUU, n. t;. No. SO, 'T, THKH writing to advei-tiaera, l lease fit Jf GROWN Y ? . . naeutioa tuig paper.