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IMPFSOVING WILLAPA HAftBOR. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
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tji.rint church, New Zealand, Decern-
mm" 8. If duration was from one to
fo mintitos, and the vibrations were
fiuii) uoi'tli to south. - '
A tumble storm broke over the Fiji
' ItiknJt November 11 and again Decern
bar J 8, the Wind attaining a Telocity
of 85 miles per hour for Borne time.
Several small vessels were blown ashore
ami wracked. The Union Company's
stesiners had a arrow eeoape from
similar fatps, but put to sea and cruised
about until the storm subsided.
The mountain tribes of Uoodenonaa
inland recently attacked Thompson's
station there, and after looting the
(tore, murdered four boys and speared
a number of other employes. Tbe mag
inn-ate and a force of 14 armed police
visited the scene for the purpose of
avenging the murders. -
At the Maoquarie islands, December
6, four men were drowned by the acci
dental swamping of their boat.
The bark Loongana, which arrived
December 14, brought the news of the
drowning of Brother Bernard, a mis
sionary, and 18 natives, near the Gil
bert islands. The missionary's party,
in three canoes, struck a shoal and all
were lost.
As a result of a conference between
the ministers of agriculture of the vari
ous colonies, a trial shipment of apples
and pears will be forwarded to London
in the near future.
Reports from the country districts of
Victoria show that the cyclonic storm
of November 18 did immense damage,
scores of buildings being blown down,
, and many persons being injured.
December 8, Jack Griffiths, of Cobar,
who held the world's record, and Pro
fessor Bax, of New Zealand, engaged
in a club-swinging contest for the
world's championship at Newcastle,
Two-pound clubs were used, and, ac
cording, to the conditions, the evolu
tions per minute were to be counted.
After both had awung the clubs for 40
hours continuously, the match was de-
lared a draw.
Percy Cavill, upon his return to
Sydney with the mile and five-mile
championships of the world to his
credit, was accorded a reception by the
swimming association. McKun, a New
Zealand amateur, recently ran half a
mile in one minute 59 seconds. No
vember 80, H. Craemer established a
new world's record for the mile walk
at Auckland. His time was 6 minutes,
27 8-6 seconds.
CAUGHT BY A CAVE-IN.
Tannel Near
Five Man Entombed In
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Anaconda, Mont, Jan. 17. At an
early hour this morning the discovery
was made that five men were entombed
in a tunnel which the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company is constructing for
waier-flnming purposes under a bluff
about half a mile beyond tbe city
limits. A large quantity of powder,
which had been carried into the tunnel
for the use of the night shift, was ex
ploded by some means now nnknown,
wrecking the face of the tunnel, which
is about 180 feet long, and resulting in
slide of earth, which closed the tun
net completely at a distance of about 40
feet from its entrance. From the mo
ment of the discovery of the accident,
diligent effort has been made to reach
the miners, concerning whose fate the
deepest anxiety has been felt. At 10
o'clock tonight, those engaged In the
rescue work felt sure that the noiscjof
the "miner's signal" reached them
from within the tunnel.
It was proposed to drive a three-inch
pipe through the mass of earth that
had filled the tunnel. This plan was
followed and a 80-foot length was suc
cessfully driven. A second section was
attached, and, to the joy of the anxious
spectators, it penetrated the mass of
earth.
Immediately, at 11 o'clock, commu
nication was established with the im
prisoned men. Four of them were re
ported alive and well and one dead.
. Tbe work of reaching them is going
on vigorously. The men through the
improvised speaking tube, reported
that they suffered neither thirst not
hunger, but they wanted candles. It
is not learned how the explosion oc
curred. .
- New Canadian Mining; Iawf.
Washington, Jan. 1?. -In a few days
the treasury department will make
known the details of tbe arrangements
recently concluded with Canadian
Minister of Interior Si (ton respecting
the transportation of goldseekers and
freight to the Klondike. It is learned
that tiie Canadian government is about
to issue new customs and mining regu
lations for that region.
"xpSnin Taylor Says It Can We tne at
Small Ripens.
A Washington correspondent saysi
in his report recommending the iin
aroveuitmt of Willapa rivor and Mail
)oat slough, ttoptwin Taylor, of the
iorp of engineers, sava:
"Willapa river empties Into the Pa
lillo ocean through Witlaoa harbor
tbont S5 miles north of the mouth of
;he Columbia river. The entrance to
IVillapa harbor trom the ocean has for
aaany years maintained a depth of over
18 feet at mean low witter, and at the
present time has a depth of about 81
feet at mean lower low water.
"The mouth of the Willapa river is
mnsidered to be in the harbor about 13
miles in a direct line from the ocean
nr. From the ocean bar to this point
he depths are ample for any class of
teasels, ranging from 87 feet to as much
is 70 feet at mean lower low water.
Near its mouth the Willapa river ia
joined by the North river, which flows
in a course nearly at rignt angles to
that of the Willapa. Just above the
junction of these two streams is a bar
having a ruling depth of water over it
if about 16 feet at mean lower low
water. The bottom of the river at this
bar is lumpy, and the material forming
it appears to be fine, hard sand and silt.
The bar separates the deep water of
Willapa harbor from the deep water of
that part of Willapa river below Mail
boat slough, which is a small cat-off
channel, leaving the Willapa river
about one-half mile above South Bend,
the principle city on this harbor, and
joining it again about 13 miles below
thecity. Immediately above the lower
and or mouth of Mailboat slough is an
other bar, having a controlling depth
of about 14"V feet at mean lower low
water. These two bars have existed
with about the same depths which they
have today since the earliest recorded
surveys of this harbor were made, ex-
sept that the upper bar has scoured
sway from two to three feet since 1893,
when the government began the con
struction of a dike closing the upper
snd of Mailboat slough.
"The principal businesses of Willapa
harbor are the the lumber business and
the fish and oyster business. Located
at Sooth Bend are three sawmills.whose
combined aggregate daily capacity is
about 150,000 feet. It is reported that
two of these mills are to be rebuilt with
largely inoreased capacities.
"The lumber is mostly shipped to
San Francisco in small schooners, as
deep-draft vessels are denied charter
for cargo from this harbor on account
of tbe two bars above mentioned. It
is claimed that, were these two bars re
moved, the mills located on this harbor
would be able to compete with mills of
Paget sound, Columbia river and other
deep-water Pacific coast ports in the
foreign lumber trade. Whether the
lumber business of this harbor would
be so extended or not may be ques
tioned, but there can be no question
but that the present trade would be ma
terially benefited, as tbe vessels which
now carry the lumber experience delays
on account of these bars. One flood
tide is required for loaded vessels to
cross the two bars. Before the harbor
throat (distant about 19 miles from
South Bend) is reached, the tide is
ebbing. As insurance companies pro
hibit vessesl towing to sea on an ebb
tide, they are forced to lie at anchor in
a rather poor roadstead, called North
cove, for about 24 hours. During the
winter southwest storms frequently
spring np, and vessels maybe barbound
from one day to a week after leaving
South Bend.
"I am of the opinion that the most
advantageous and economical method
of improving these bars is to dredge a
channel through them to a depth of 20
feet at mean lower low water. Near
the lower shoal mud flats, which are
covered at a two-loot stage of tide, ex
tend about 1 miles to the north and
about one mile to the south. At high
tide this forms a wide expanse of wa
ter, and for this reason the channel
through the lower shoal should not he
less than 200 feet wide. The channel
through the upper shoal may be reduced
to 100 feet in width. The waters of
the Willapa river carry but little sedi
ment in suspension, its course is Bliort,
and for 12 miles above South Bend it
is a tidal stream. For these reasons it
is believed that a dredged channel
would be fairly permanent.''
The estimated cost of this improve
ment is as follows: Dredging at lower
shoal, 250,000 cubio yards, at 20 cents,
(50,000; dredging at upper shoal, 100,
000 cubio yards, at 20 cents, $20,000;
engineering, contingencies, etc., 17,000;
total, 177,000.
frOrd of Trade Urokers. 7ll-?14Clismbrol Coiu-
utT Building', Portland, Oregon.
Exports of flour and whoat from both
.Hxista 'ast week were 4,595,000 btmh
fls, or 700,000 bushels more than the
previous week, and double the same
week last year. Receipts are expected
to fall oil. We have now reached tha
time where the exports generally de
crease; at least they have in the past
years, as the first six months of the
rop year generally marks the largest
oxnort business. There it every indi
nation, however, of a good export move
ment from now on, as liberal engage
ments have been for; wheat, corn and
.lata. , Foreigners continue to buy mod
erately when the market gets weak, so
that the outward movement will grad
ually cut into the wheat stocks, which
are none too heavy if the exports are to
keep np large. Argentine news favors
an exportable surplus of about 85,000,-
000 bushels, but some good authorities
make it only 8,000,000 bushels. This
ia used as a club by the bears and con
sumers to pravii an advance here.
Thorewill be no Argentine wheat avail
able in European markets before the
latter part of March. In the meantime
their light stocks will be reduced, and
they will have to come in as buyers.
The American visible supply of wheat
increased this week 47,000 bushela, and
now totals 88,868,000 bushels against
63,873,000 bushels for the correspond
ing period a year ago. Although the
movement of corn for 1897 was 116,
747,000 bushels, and the shipments
97,427,000 bushels an inorease in the
receipts of 24,000,000 bushels and in
10,000,000 bushela in the shipments,
they were less than the arrivals of oats,
receipts of the latter being 1,888,000
bushels in excess of corn, while the
shipments were 7,000,000 bushels
greater, aggregating 104,666,000 bush
els. Tbe feeling in corn and oats is
bullish. There is a strong disposition
on the part of many local traders to
keep on the long side. The Trego-
Smith people have accumulated big
line, and they are getting quite a fol
lowing. Exports of corn for the week
were heavy.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 7273c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 76 77c per bushel
Four Best grades, (4.25; graham.
fa. 40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 85 36c; choice
gray, S3 34c per bushel. .
Barley Feed barley, f 19(320; brew
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid'
dlings, $21; shorts, $18.
Hay Timothy, $12.6013; clover,
$1011; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild bay, $910 pet
ton. .
Eggs 18 20c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 65 60c;
fair to good, 45 50c; dairy, 40 50c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 12 Wo; Young
America, 12c; California, 9 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(3
8.25 per dozen; broilers, $2.00 2. 50;
geese, $5.508.50; ducks, 5.006.00
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llc pet
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 40 50c
per Back; sweets, $1.25 per cental.
Unions Oregon, $1.752.00 pet
sack.
Hops 5(3 1 6c per pound lor new
crop; 1896 crop, 4g6o.
Wool Valley, 1416c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 78o; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.50; dressed mutton.
6)c; spring lambs, 5c per pound
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;
light and feeders, $3. 00 4. 00; dressed,
14.50(2 5.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2.75(3 3.00;
cows, $2.50; dressed beef, 4(go per
pound.
Veal Large, 43'5o; small, 6g
6c per pound.
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED
OUR RURAL FRIENDS..
FOR
Potasb Fertiliser aa Protection
ignlnet Froat -1'rofltsln Sheep-Kate-
in -Vain of the Bllo-Water! n
Stock in WInter-Ueneral Notes.
Protection Auainst Frost
It baa been noticed that the liberal
application of potash fertilisers, espe
cially the crude salts, lessens to a cer
tain extent the Injuries which the crop
may suffer from frost. This ta an
Item of considerable Importance, espe
cially In the case of tobacco, which la
often greatly Injured by frost la early
autumn. The cause of the protection
which kalnlt, for Instance, offers to
plauta against frosts is found In two
sources. In the Bret place, on account
of tbe hygroscopic nature of the salt,
the moisture of the soli Is more securely
held, and there ta lesa rapid evapora
tion. One of the prime conditloua of
the formation of frost Is a rapid evap
oration and consequent cooling of the
surface of the soil. Anything which
prevents this, of course, tends to dimin
ish the Intensity of the frost. In the
second case, the presence of a potash
fertiliser produces a more luxuriant
vegetation, and thus secures a more
perfect cover of the soil, affording In
this manner a less rapid evaporation.
These two causes combined undoubted
ly have a tendeucy to diminish the
danger from frost to which a crop may
be exposed. Portland Transcript.
Ordered to Kgypt.
London, Jan. 17. The morning pa
pers announce that the first battalion
of grenadiers, now at Gibraltar, lias
been ordered to get in readiness for ser
vice in Egypt The other line bat
talions are under similar orders.
There is evidence of preparations lot
an important oampaign.
A Filibuster Captured.
' Havana, Jan. 17. The Spanish gun
boat Algaria has captured off the coast
of Cuba, near Manzanillo, a fishing
smack from Jamaica having on board a
cargo of war material, medicines and
clothing.
President of the Preach Senate,
Paris, Jan 17. M. Loubet was re
elected president of the senate today.
JM. Sciinurer-Kefitner was defeated for
ro-election to the vice-presidency, : ':
X Danger of Starvation. '
Seattle, Jan. 17. The report of Ma
jor Kucker, who was sant to Dyea re
cently for the purpose of reconnoitering
the ground preparatory to starting the
(iovi-rment relief expedition and to in
terview persons returning from Dawson
on the need of relief, lias been received
here and forwarded to Brigadier-General
Murriam at Vancouver barracks.
While the exact tenor of the report is
imt known, it is stated that it dig-cihd-m..'03
any unnecessary expenditure
i.f energy am! money in parrying out
Wo j'i'.'fLsed nxjxnJitioit, ' '
Northwest Notes.
Antoine Maxine, a half-breed got
into an altercation with John Emanuel,
an Indian, at a dance at Little Mission,
and fatally stabbed him with a butchei
knife.
The state board of audit and control
has rescinded the rule whioh it adopted
of taking from the old soldiers who
are inmates of the State Soldiers'
Home 25 per cent of their pensions.
. Sherman county farmers have not
bow n as much ground to grain this fall
as is customary, owing to the fact tha!
they were kept busy harvesting unti;
late, and since harvest have devoted
their time principally to getting theii
grain to market, leaving but little time
to devote to seeding. What grain was
sown early in the fall looks well.
The action of the state board oi
equalization in raising the Jackson
county assessment 50 per cent on stock! j
of merchandise has caused a storm ol
criticism and protest in that country.
Merchants are trying to arrange a meet
ing, to be composed of one represents-
tive-of each firm, to take action in th
matter. It is proposed that the repre
sentatives shall select three of theii
number to take immediate legal actios
to prevent the county clerk from enter
ing tbe CO per cent additonal assess
ment. ; .:
The Frenoh-Fiagstaff Mining Com
pany has determined to adopt the list
of cyanide, which is necessary to treat
the ores from the deep levels of the
mine. The company also intends to
put in dry crushing rolls, instead oi
the 10 stamps additional, as projected,
and will suspend mill operations foi
a month or two, to admit of grading re
quired by the new installment of ma
chinery. Meanwhile drifting will b
pushed actively north and south from
the main, shaft at the 600-foot level.
Lewis county tax collections fbrth!
month of November were over $37,000,
Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick. 80o; ranch, 16 18c.
Cheese Native Washington, 13o;
California, 9)0.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 23c.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50(3
8 00; ducks, $3.50(33.75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $1920.
Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton.
$23; feed meal, $23 per ton.
Barley Boiled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $23.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 6)o; mutton sheep,
sc; pork, 6c; veal, small, 7. ,
Fresh Fish Halibut, 56c; salmon,
3c; salmon trout, 710c; floundert
and sole, 84; ling cod, 4 (5; rock cod,
5c; smelt, 2, 4c
Fresh Fruit Apples, 4090o pei
box; pears, 25 75c per box; oranges
navels, $2.76 per box. "
San Franclaee Marhet.
Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, IS
14c; Northern 78o per pound.
Hops 124 16c per pound.
Millstnffs Middlings, $22 24; Cal
ifornia bran, $18.6019.60 per ton.
Onion New red. 70 (3. 80c; do new
silverskin, $2.25(3.2.50 per cental.
Eggs Store, 22 24c; ranch, 353
28c; Eastern, 16(3.19; duck, 16c pei
dozen.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 12Jc; fail
to good, 7 8c per pound..
Citrua Fruit Oranges, navels,
$1.60(32.50; Mexican limes, $4.00
4.60; California lemons, choice, $1.6C
2.00; do common, 76e$l. 25 per box,
Hay Wheat, $18. 60(3,15; wheat and
cat, $13 14.60; oat, $1118.50; best
barley, $11 13; alfalfa, $11 11.50;
clover, $10.60 13.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 50o$1.26 pet
large box; grapes, 2640o; Isabella,
60 75c; peaches, 60c$l; pears, 76c
si per box; plums, 20 36a
Butter Fanoy creamery, 28cj do
seconds, 2627o; fancy dairy, 36o;
good to choice, 2435o per pound.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 45c$l. ;
The city of Rah way will soon possesi
the largest dome in the East. It ia to
be erected over the New Jersey statt
reformatory.
The famous Louis XV drawing-room
suite, composed of a sofa and six arm
chairs, with old Beauvais tapestry, -lias
been sold in Paris to a London dealei
for $70,000. : ;
Peru balsam with nine times its
weight of collouion is advised by Pro
fessor Klein for an elastio and water
wet coating for small wounds.
Profit in bheep.
xne proms on our suet-p are gov
erned by the cost of production, by the
uae of the fodders and straw, the coarse
feed, which will not bring anything In
the markets, especially corn-fodder.
and by the cheapness of grain. We
can make the fleece pay the keeping
of the sheep for one year, on good,
flue-wooled sheep and from these cal
culations It would leave the owner the
lambs and manure for his profit One
hundred merino sheep, given abun
dance of bedding, will, between De
cember 1 and May 1, make at least
forty two-horse loads of manure. 1
scarcely need to say that both the sum
mer and winter manure of the sheep la
far more valuable than that of the
horse or cow. Its manure on high-
priced land that requires fertilizers
cannot be estimated at less than fifty
cents per head per annum, and I should
be Inclined to put It still higher. The
profit Increases just as the market
value of land and tho cost of keeping
Increases. The Western grower gets
the lamb and about one-half of tbe
fleece aa the profit on each sheep. In
dlana Farmer.
Value of the Silo.
On any farm where corn does well,
more cows can be kept on a given ntim
ber of acres by using a silo than with
out one. Corn produces more cow food
per acre than any other of the ordinary
crops raised. When It Is made Into
silage there ts less waste than when
dry-cured. Cows eat the whole plant,
ears, butts and all, and do not leave the
coarse stalks, as when field-cured. The
ears of corn are soft and easily masti
cated and digested; so there Is very lit
tle waste of grain. So the silo saves a
great amount of work In husking and
grinding corn, which is necessary when
It Is dry, to get It In proper condition
for the cow to get tbe full benefit of It.
Another thing: If one has a silo, the
harvesting, cutting Into short lengths
and storing the fodder In condition to
feed is all done at one wholesale job
early In tbe season, when the days are
long and the weather good. Hoard's
Dairyman.
Watering; the Stock.
A good well of soft water Is neces
sary, especially for cows giving milk.
The water should be pumped directly
Into tbe trough of a morning; after the
stock have all been watered, let the
rest of tbe water out. Tbe cattle should
be watered twice a day. Water fresh
ly pumped from a well about twenty
feet In depth, will be about the temper
ature of (10 degrees; this water Is pleas
ant for the cows to drink, and they will
drink a large quantity of It. Let the
water out of tbe trough after the cattle
have finished drinking, especially of an
evening, and with a board cover the
trough over. This takes but a few min
utes, and It prevents Ice and snow from
filling up the trough. This is one way
of keeping up the milk supply, and
keeping tbe stock In sound health.
Horses, sheep and bogs need water fre
quently, but If the water Is Ice cold they
will drink but little of It Baltimore
American.
that shoes should be reset every four
or six week. With the above precau
tlons the horse's foot may be kept reit
sonablyaouftd. Massachusetts Plough
man.
lioaa In tlmnll I.oa.
It la neither profitable nor always en
tirely safe to keep great n inn here oi
hogs together. Besides the liability to
disease getting among them, there
always a certainty that the stronget
wllferowd the weaker from their feed
ing places, so that the Inequality In slat
Will Increase Instead of decrease. Iu
every Utter there are always one or twe
weaklings that were born runts, and
unless given better chance than their
fellows, they will always remain runts,
The best way to manage this Is when
the pigs are seven or eight weeks old
take out the stronger ones and wean
them, giving the-m plenty of the best
food that can be got to make growth,
Then the runts left to suckle the sow
alone will In two or three weeks more
take a start that may make thorn as
good as the others, so that In later life
all can be fed together. No other feed,
without tbe sow's milk, will do this.
tlioiwh such other feed should be given
and the pigs be encouraged to eat all
they can lie made to eat. American
Cultivator.
Artificial Duck Hatching.
. This Is n gttmt feature In the local
native Industries of Formosa. This 1
how It Is managed: A long, low shed ts
built, mostly of wattles and mud,
which has a thick thatched roof. All
around tho luslde walls are arranged
rough wood troughs, which are tilled
up with grain and roarted pnddybuak,
on which Ui eggs aw placet! as fast
as they can be procured. In the sum
mer particular precautions are taken,
but In tho winter the eggs are covered
over with uullted coverlets, and far
more care Is taken to exclude cold
draughts than is ever dreamt of In a
native dwelling house. The gmlu,
which Is spt-lukled with a little warm
water, sets up fernieutuitlon, and that
with the help of the warm paddy
husk, which Is continually being
changed, hatches the eggs In about
thirty days. By this simple and inex
pensive process the breeder Is enabled
to sell young ducklings at about a pen
ny each. "
Retaining Moisture. .
The farmer who has a little rill, ra
vine or draw running through his farm
along which a line of shrubbery has
grown np, when cleaning up his inmi,
offended by the sight of tills, Is careful
to clear It away, lest he be charged
with negligence and unthrtftlness. The
consequence Is that when tbe rain fulls
the water Is carried off rapidly, taking
more or lees of the soli with It. The
warm sun coming out, soon dries up
and evaporates tbe moisture. This Is
a great error. Every one of theae ought
to be carefully preserved by retaining
the shrubbery, If already there, or
planting It, If already taken away or
wanting. Want of proper care in this
respect more than counteracts the Urn
eflclal effect of all the trees that are
planted. Another method of awl.tting
In retaining moisture Is by forming
ponds, and surrounding them with
shrubbery and trees. This might and
ought to be carried on to an hundred
fold greaaer extent than Is at present
done. Western Ploughman.
in vixtNitss ttiior.
Amons the discomforts of Ills and the
fiin thereof, reaching to svery family.
there Is that widt h can so easily mltlgato or
entirely cure, the wonder is why we sntiure
and suffer so much. From big pain" to
little aelifi, whlrh are the wear and tear of
the Lrbysli ill otrnetur in man, - -
alwsvs remedies good, betlei ami b. 1
choice should always bo for the beat as the
surest and the cheapest, In chroni" or
acute millerlng with rfieuinatlsni.inumlgla,
sciatica or lumlmgo, or with tha minor ail
ments or sprains and bruises, or of '''"""
and silliness, theelllcaey of ft. Jacobs H
and the fullness thereof In so many com
plete and perfect cures mKlt stsua o
the best remedy forpaiu. Why tlimishoiili
we stand on the order of go ng for it ami
not go at once t In immlwrlesi i cases in
Birgruvatious of discomforts and pains r
from delay. Why should wesufUrT ,
Poe lias immortalised the raven,
Whlttinr the robin aud Longfellow tho
iiow bird that sung to the monk Felix.
TUB Ol HAN SCAltB.
.,.,, it,. aii,l..i,,Hn entaiisleinniit Hh
Spain over Cnlia Is losome extent tiillueueiiis
the stock market, Wall slreet eipeels no seri
ous cimiiliUinis. Never! lielesa serious cum-
n cm nm won mner iimiwn r- - -to
(olio n attack ol biliousness wliluli Is not
oluickeu t the outset. The ,
means to this end is Hosteller's Httunacb llll
UT. un siliiilrsUle remedy, moreover, lor clys
Hsla nislarla, kidney trouble, ollllutlwn
Slid nervuusuesST
Among the natives of Mexico there
r , -I 1R11 .
are, according to jjuiiiiiuhb, boohs iuv.
000 survivors of the Axteo race.
AN OfCN LETTC") TO MOTHtM.
We are asserting; In the courts our right toB
of in, won .joihwi, '-
ItOMSI r-HOIHTTS AHO rVKX POOO.
All Ksitern Brir, so-eilled, tmuallv vnrr
Hunt colored and 1 heavy body, Is irt,,
glucose, "fin Itorrim Isdn" is mudc jrum
uirsr 1'sns d Is sirictly purs. It is lor nils
hv fti'st-elsss srooers, in esos oiilv. Miimtfsu
tiired ur the I'Ai isle i'iust CVBl'P Do. All k.ii.
ulite "iVu Moi'du inim" hsvs the nisnuiau
turer's nsiits lllhotrspiied on every esu.
la' w - J
exclusive us of llie wont
l'l I'CMISK'o CAoivKIA,
CAS'I'OKIA.1
as out Xrsde Msrk,
t, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyennls, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCH ISR'S CAB rORI A."
the same that has borne and does now besr the
fcc-slmlleslsnatureof CHAS. It. WtTCIlhH on
every wrapper. Thlsistheorliinsl"l'iraiKR,
C.VSTORIA " which has been used In the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty vest
Look Carefully at the wienper and see that It la
Ikt Unit ym kait nw.H iongkt, and has the
slmiature of CHAS. II. rXKTCHKR ou the
wrapper, no one lifts autnomy irom w
my name except The Centaur Company oi whkb
Cliss. 11. Fletcher is president.
Mank S, Jj7. SAMUiq PITCH Kit, 1
I know ilmt rov Hie was saved bv I'lso':
Cure for ('iinsuiimtiuii.Jnhn A. Miller,
Au Pablo, .Mu iiigau, April 21, mo,
STsTsorOum, City or Toledo,! .,
I .l-t'AN f-OI'NTV. I
Fiiakk J. t'HKNCV makes oath that he Is the
'iiHirDsrtneroitneitrmoI r. J. 1 iisnsv a t o.
ilnliitr hn.liiekri In the t'ltv of Toledo. Count!
h,1 riiMtiv aforcKMtri. snd that the ssld Arm wll
nav the sum ol UNK MI'M'KKII Dol l, Alt lor
esch and every ease oi Catahbii that esiuiol be
cureu ny tne use 01 uah. s atahkh v-a.
Hwom to before me ami subscribed In mi
tireaeuce, this 6th day ol Decern tier, A. P. Isse.
I .!. f Jiotary Public.
Methods of Preserving; Ess:.
In the consular reports for December
an Interesting account Is given of ex
periments made In Berlin to test va
rious methods of preserving eggs. All
were treated on July 1 and opened at
the end of the following February. Salt
water, salicylic acid, rubbing with salt,
covering with bran, etc., did not pre
vent tbe eggs from spoiling. But eggs
varnished with vaseline were all good
at tbe end of February, and so were
those preserved In lime water and
those preserved In a solution of water
glass. Tbe lime water sometimes gives
the eggs a bad taste, the solution of
water glass causes the egg shell to
break easily on Immersion In boiling
water and putting tbe vaseline on eggs
takes too much time.
The Hot Shoe Evil.
Fitting tbe shoe not, so frequently
practiced, cannot be (00 strongly con
demned, as tbe sensitive structures be
neath tbe horny wall are seriously In
jured, the pores In the horny tissue
closed, and the secretion of the hoof
seriously Interfered with until tbe hoof
finally becomes brittle and easily
broken. Tbe majority of shoeing smiths
argue that It requires too much time to
obtain a perfectly plane-bearing sur
face on tbe both the foot and shoe with
tbe tools Intended for that purpose;
that the shoe can be made to bear all
around alike much easier and quicker
by placing It on the foot hot until the
foot Is charred wherever touched by
tbe hot shoe. No doubt this Is the most
rapid way of fitting shoes, but when
we take Into consideration the barm
done by such practice we And that
nothing has been gained, but that
much of the value of the horse has been
lost; for of what value Is a horse with
out a sourd foot? It Is also important
Straw for Fattening; Stock. '
In all grain-growing districts straw Is
plentiful, and where It Is used as feed
Is reckoned, and rightly, as food of
very Inferior nutrition. The Idea of
using It to feed fattening stock Is said
to have originated with Joseph J. Me
cbi, a London alderman, who a gener
ation ago made his name famous by his
writings in agricultural topics. lie
largely Imported linseed meal for fat
tening beeves. But he found that If
cut hay was used to extend the ration,
only a small amount of the linseed meal
could be eaten without cloying the ani
mals. If clover was used still less of
the oil meal could be eaten. But when
he used cut straw which has not pro
telds, a good deal of meal could be eat-
wlth relish, and the animals fat
tened faster. But when he fed Indian
corn meal with cut straw, less of the
corn meal would be eaten than when
fed with cut bay. This vindicates tbe
practice of American farmers, who
feed much Indian corn, and compara
tively little oil meal.
Value of a Bone Mill.
The bono-cutter Is as necessary to
the pouJrrymnn as his feed mill. It
enables him to use an excellent and
cheap food, and gives hlim a profit
whore he might otherwise be compelled
to suffer a loss. It Is claimed that a
bone-cutec pays for Itself ta eggs, and
really costs nothing. Bones are now
one of the staple articles of food for
poultry, and no ratio should have thein
omitted. They are food, grit and lime,
all combined In one, and the hens will
leave all other foods to receive the cut
bone. If cut fine, even chicks ami
ducklings will relish such excellent
food, while turkeys grow rapidly on
It. To meet with success requires the
use of the best materials, and green
bone beats all other sulistsuiccs as food
for poultry. Poultry World.
Keeping Grade Fowls.
The grade fowl Is all right for poultry
keepers who keep fowls for eggs or for
sale as poultry, without trying to be
gin as breeders for sale alive. Tbe
grade can never be depended npon, and
the grade roosters should be killed oft
every year, and only tho pullets kept,
When It Is desired to replenish the
flock a full-bred cock of one or the other
of the breeds from which the cross Is
made should be used. If a third breed
is Introduced Into the strain the
progeny will be mongrels, and good
tor notnmg ror any purpose. Most
farmers try to experiment with too
many breeds. More than two will re
sult In practical ruin to their flocks.
Hall'a Catarrh r!iire la taken intemallr, and
sets directly 011 the blood and mucous surfaces
01 the system. Kcnti lor tcMiinomais, tree.
r. J. CII KNKV A CO., Toledo, O.
twin nv nTiiriii-c, 7,1c.
Uall's Family Pills are the best.
Aner being swindled by all others, send u statu l
tor PHrtlculMrs or Kins Molommrs irvaNUre, tut
IIM.1 relit'Wer or manly slrsnsllt. MASON
til KM If Al, IU, r. O. llox 747, l'blUKleltila, I
A Boston genius has Invented a fire
machine that will squirt out fires will
Band instead Of water.
BEWARE OF MORPHINE.
Special forma of Buffering lead many
s woman to acquire the morphine
habit. One of these forma of suffering
Is a doll, rirsisteut pain in the side,
accompanied by beat and throbbing.
Mas. Luc V Fkasuc r , Derby Center, V t. ,
anys: "I was very
miserable! was so
weak that I could
hardly get around
the house, could do
nothing without
feeling tired out.
"My monthly
periods hod stopped
and I was
so tired
and nerv
ous all of
the time, I
was trou
bled very much with falling of the
womb and bearing-down pains. A
friend advised me to take Lydla, E.
I'lnkham's VcgetableCompound; I hare
taken five bottles, and think it la the
best medicine I ever used. lS'ow I can
work, and feel like myself. I used to
be troubled greatly with my head, but
I have had no bad headaches or palpi
tation of the heart, womb trouble or
bearing-down pains, since I commenced
to take Mrs. I'lnkham's medicine. I
gladly recommend the Vegetable Com
pound to every Buffering woman. The
use of one bottle will prove what it
can do." '
f . . Js9
ha
1EDIUL
m
0.1 TRIAL
IHI
The Thermometer Button.
Have you a thermometer button? It
Is the latest thing out, and consists of
tiny spiral of glass tubing contain
ing the quicksilver, which Is fastened
to a small metal disk or button that
may be worn on the lappcl. A circular
scale locates the mercury with refer
ence to the beat. Bo when any one
wants to know whether It Js hot enough
for you, au you need do Is to point to
the button.
Misunderstood.
He asked the maiilen to fly with him,
But ah, what did she do?
She merely said: "Are you one of
Xucine craiy inwutors, too 7"
To Any Reliable Man.
Marvelous sppllanes and one month's remsdles
of rare power will be sent on trial, without any ad
vsnee payment, by the foremost company In the
world In lie treatment or iii.n, weak, broken, dis
couraged from effects of sioc-mm. worry, over
work. Ao. Happy marriage M,urfi, eonipl.te res
toration or development of all robust conditions.
The time of this olftr Is llniltsd. No :. O. 11.
scb.mp. no deception, no exposor.. Addrena
no NISUSHA ST.,
iiu vr A 1.0, M. V.
ERIE MEDICAL CO.
Both tha method and results when
Syrup of Fijjs Is taken ; it is jiloasnnt
aud refreshing to the tasto, anil acta
pntly yut promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver aud Bowels, cleanups the vvs.
torn effectually, dispels colds, head,
aches ami fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy of its kind over pro
duced, pleasing to th taste and ao.
cf'ptahle to tho Blomitt'h, prompt in
its action and truly hcncticial in its
effects, prewired only from the most
healthy anil affrceulfe substances, H
many excellent tpialitiesoommeiid it
to all and have utado it the must
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bettlet by all lending drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute,
CALIFORNIA FI3 SYRUP CO.
um mttuisoo, OHL
lOUISVIUt. Kt. iitW fORK.
Dr. Sanden's
Great Invention
No moM rhetirrmn-m; nff nior Urn bwik.
hthiu-y uouUIra, nTvnii .'('. llty, eu
The caune of til ill . am. wrtkii Uovr.
rftm bjf thli grM life retifwvr, lit. tmixlctt't
KitH'tric niu if imurttMrt) rimy ihioinw ikmiv
for hours bi ttme, but Ml its up 11111 jr and
rctNtttrtnc ftll tlntorsiftmittillH'lriiatur.lhBliai
comli Uuu. i!itl for fr btiuk.
SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO.
IBS Wast Washington St., I'ortlaod. ur.
das.
V 1
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In buying iwrt MffMf l-i
t."Nuislbm
at oulUvftitao wwuduu Intwrtorar-futB
uwskyi rftrgajjr itismia tn origin.
Ctafll of tU tMt ftml der.re! mnhM 10
t hsvl. TIm IhnM la alvruro
iniNb r ft u-ifl aort for
FERRY'S
and aliastM (st your manor's srarta.
, sits eenis per paper avvrrwaera.
aiwsvs ids neat, nsao Aanuat rrsa,
. o...remaca.otr,titti.
i...
wins
For Accidents or Skit ruts, for KJotv
dilur. Traveler. Rancher or Family.
Prici S5.5S. r:.U:,mzi i co hH h
GROWN r
ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGS
ra rRcc
o Bucll
Lambersori
IftO f RONT 5T
POPTLAND, OR,
WHEAT
Make money he siieeesiul
tsK-ulation in ;meea.
. Ms
but- and sell wheat ou mar.
Klus. Fortunes hsv beau
msde on a small WsUmltiK by tr minis In fu
tures. Writs (or full psrtlmilars, Itt-nt ol rel-
erenes given. Several years' experience on tha
Chlesso Hosrd of Trade, and a ihoroiiKh srioa.
ledge of the l"lnea. Send lor our dee refer-
nee book. DOWM.MI, itoraiNS a ro
hlesso llosrd ol Irsde Brokers, umues In
Portland, Ori-son and Seattle, Wash.
YOUR LIVER
Is It WroiiR?
Get it Riuht
Keep it Right.
Moori'i Kvsi1d lletnttiiy will ft o it. Throe
dow?i will mftke you feol better. Oct it from
our drtifttiriMt or any wholesftW) drtig home, or
from Hiewrt St Holm Prnirt'o., Sumtlo. .
r? u t l n it 0 m
Mm. Wm.Miw1, rWutijro
.Mel for ottilUrtiti Urkihiiitf
tms the an tin . oliArs sill imtn. mirt
Jh tjt rmr-1v f f-r J n.rriicev Twvnijr
k awn, it in mm mms or u.
7 J e TMrNjo! f,V"1
into KrmJf rtiould fcl-njrbt J
HIT ItinM.ibMi the ektUi.mtfU 4
i wind rnlt.-.aw.tl HI
vastly ft mbu ft i
1 J I'
T . s ';
Hercules Special
(2i actual horsepower)
Price, only SI8S.
DOWER
PROFIT
Power tbat will save you money and
make you money. Hercules Engine
are the cheapest power known. Burn
Gasoline or Distillate OH; no smoke,
fire, or dirt For pumping, running
dairy or farm machinery, they have do
equal. Automatic ia actio a, perfectly
safe and reliable.
Scad for illustrated catalog.
Hercules Gas
Engine Works
Bay St., San Francisco, Cal.
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Bortt uuith Hymp, Tsuuhi UhhL Vm
in u id.. ptfUl fty nrmfif!,)
Iracins and lonatln Oold or silvsr
out or buripii iK-HHiui-s. JM. I.
s.ll. lios ml, f-tomulnifioiiaUoua,
X. I'. X. t. No. 4, 'US,
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V"M writing to ad vortisei-s,
IT mention (bit papsr,