The Oregon mist., February 25, 1898, Image 4

,U'JI11CULTUJIAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAIN rNQ TO
FAR M ANO HOME.
THE
After rrolncln Fin Frnlt. Learn
I' iiw to Fell It for th Moat Money
Plymouth Rock Ueia Have Many
I'ol n ta of Excellence-Brief Note.
Frnlt Growing.
An apple trea will nearly efire for
limit, but the man who wants good
trees In the future will thin hla frnlt,
If .tree bore cue hundred apple I
should remore fifty. If the next year
It bore two hundred I should leave one
hundred to ripen, and the next, It It had
a thousand I should leare six hundred.
This will get the tree Into the habit
of bearing. A peach tree that will set
a thousand peaches needs to nave six
or seven hundred thinned off. Thns
you will get more bushels to the tree,
The more you throw ftway the more
you will have, and you will practically
get M for II.
After producing fine fruit learn how
to sell it for the most money. The
fruit which brings most la that which
Is neatest, fullest aud most honestly
packed. Pick your fruit carefully and
In the cool of the day. Pack In cool
place and In tight packages, for the leee
air that reaches the fruit the better.
Then put the crates In cool place. la
packing grade your fruit; the finest
first, then medium, etc The three or
feur grades should be uniform through
out. Ask your dealers what kind of
packages sell best. Next get ft good
dealer and tell hftn you have good
thing. Have your commission man- go
and see your place. The business side
of fruit growing mesne belief in your
self and then making those with whom
you trade believe In you. Finally, do
not go Into the business until you have
thought It ont and made up your mind
that you will suceed. Grange Homes.
which winds will soon break from their
hinges, making It Impossible to operate
them except by lifting the door and
carrying It around. The sliding door
on Iron rollers are easily kept In order,
and are worked so easily that a little
child has power enough to operate one
of them. They have also the advaa
tage that the door may be slightly open
ed and kept In that position, whlo
would be difficult to do with a door
swinging on hinges. The sliding door
came Into use when basement baro
were constructed. In such case the
doors on the lower side, where they
were 10 to 12 feet above the basement.
had to be put on rollers. The convent
ence of the sliding door now makes It
more leslrable on barns, however they
may be constructed.
tawing Graaa Bred.
Clover seed on grain Is sown as earlj
as It can be done. It will be an a (Wan
tage to go over the grain field with
smoothing harrow, which will not only
benefit the grain but prepare the
ground somewhat for the seed. Do not
try to seed by using the hand, but sow
with a seed sower, wheelbarrow seed
sower being excellent If the wheat
planta have been loosened by frost sow
the clover seed and run the roller over
the land. The weather conditions
must, of course. Influence the matter.
Many farmers sow clover seed on the
snow, allowing the rains and melting
snow to carry the seed down; but there
will occur a large loss of ed, which
will be eaten by birds, some will freeze
and become worthless, portions will
not be covered by earth and the
catch" will largely dwind on spring
conditions.
Profitable Ban
In my operations In the poultry line
1 have never found any breed to pos
sess so many points of excellence, with
The ordinary treatment of the average
farmer, as the Plymouth Bocks. They
pay me. I have had a flock of forty
Plymouth Bock hens average me 1.45
,er hen for the year, with a country
market for poultry and eggs. They
bad the run of the farm and barn, with
an abundance of sour milk and such
grains as the farm produced. This
seemed to furnish all they desired, ex
cept grit, which was supplied In plas-
tor scraped from the walls of an old
house. Now, with a larger flock, I am
feeding buckwheat mostly, raking It
deep into chaff and straw, with bone
and meat scraps obtained from butch
ers. The hens have plenty of warm
water to drink, and they take lots of It,
too. My hens are kept In what was
ouce a hay bay, now fitted with win
dow ftnd devoted to poultry. It Is
light, warm and roomy. Joins the main
barn floor by a sliding door, and the
hens are let out ft while each day and
given the run of ty entire barn, 'both
for exercise and to save scattered
grain. It works as well as a more cost
ly arrangement and keeps the fowls In
splendid vigor, Last spring there was
scarcely an Infertile egg in all my
hatch. Maine Bulletin.
Growing Tomatoes.
A tomato grower of Charlestown, V.
v a.,is reported to have grown last sea
son many tomato vines from thirteen
to fifteen feet high, trained up to long
edging strips, one end of which was In
the ground. The tomatoes, which were
of the common varieties, were trained
to this unusual height by pinching off
the runners, or branches as they ap
pear, and wben quite small. The soil
In which they grew was composed
chiefly of well-rotted coal ashes, which
had been on the ground for several
years. The vines produced well and
on Sept 21 were full of smooth, green
tomatoes, but not of very large size.
Many farmers do not know that to
mato vines can be so trained.
.Straw Stack Stable.
Wherever grain is largely grown the
straw left after threshing will make
a cheap and warm stable for stock the
ensuing winter. All that is needed Is
to set posts in the ground close enough
together so that they will form a good
support for ft flat roof, and pile the
straw over It and on at least three
sides. The side not built up against
may be used wholly as a door for stock
to run In and out, or It may be boarded
hp, and one or two board doors made.
Sometimes this straw stable Is made
against the side of a stack, and the ani
mals are allowed to eat into It This,
however, is s dangerous practice, for
late in winter stock may eat far enough
so as to disturb the balance of the
stack, bringing it over on them, and
smothering them. Where the stack is
built over a stout shed there Is no such
danger, it can be easily made as warm
as any basement barn, and without
much cost except of the straw. Ameri
can Cultivator.
Potatoes After Corn.
It Is possible to grow a good potato
crop after corn If the latter has been
planted on an old sod heavily manured
In such case ft good deal of the virtue
of the sod was not secured by the corn
crop, and there is besides a dressing
of well-rotted manure to be turned up
by the spring plowing. It Is much bet
ter to plant early potatoes on such land,
and to plant them as early as a good
seed bed can be had. Without a fresh
sod to decay and furnish plant food
and moisture in midsummer, the re
sult with late potatoes would be that
they dry up Just at the critical time
for making a crop.
WEEKLY MARKET. LETTER.
. Bowing Grae Seed.
One of the questions being discussed
at the farmers' institutes is whether
the old-time custom of sowing grass
seed on grain is as beneficial of good
results as sowing the seed alone. It is
true that the grain shades the grow
ing grass, but the stronger root growth
of the grain crop must to ft certain ex
tent affect the young grass. Then
there Is the advantage, when grasaseed
is sown without using groin land, of
thorough preparation ef the soil for
the grass crop, which Js not the case
when grain is seeded in the fall and
grass in the spring. It is possible that
if grass seed is sown on land that is
fine and ready for the seed it will make
much greater growth than when sown
on grain snd thus escape the effects of
the dry season, which usually comes in
summer. On sandy soil clover and the
various grasses may be seeded down
In August, but on clay soil the frost
may throw the plants out during the
winter. It Is a mistake, however, to
suppose that a grass crop can not be
grown from spring seeding without the
aid of a grain crop. ',
Golden Bod.
This native plant deserves a place in
all gardens, and especially in those
having a collection of American plants.
U Is so hardy, so showy, and so easily
grown that It deserves more attention
than It often gets. Each little shoot
broken away from the old plant In the
spring and planted In almost any way
or place will become quite a plant by
.fall. A clump of it lights up the corner
in which It grows like a bonfire. One
of the chief merits of the plant Is Its
?ate flowering quality. By Its use we
prolong the season greatly. With It
should always be grown a variety or
two of our late native asters. The two
plants are boon companions, and one
seems lonely without the other. Cer
'aiuly the yellow glory of the golden
rod Is greatly heightened by the purple
haze of the less showy but equally
neautiful flowers, and between them
there Is a contrast that is full of most
iiurnioniou effects.
HHding Barn Doors,
There should be no toleration of the
old. fashioned swinging burn .door,
Varieties of Peacbea.
It Is believed that failures with
peaches in many sections are partially
due to the proper varieties for each
section of the country not being select
ed. To learn more on the subject th-
work of testing the varieties has been
submitted to twenty-four experiment
stations, and it is believed that the Re
sults will be very beneficial. One of
the great difficulties In the way is that
of procuring varieties true to name. It
is seldom that a peach grower sncceeds
In procuring the exact variet'es order
ed unless he knows from whom to buy
or has evidence that no mistake will
be made-
Money In Bneep.
. Many farmers who got rid of their
sheep because wool did not pay have
found that they made a mistake in so
doing, as the ewes could have been
made the foundation for something bet
ter. Sheep are not as easily procured
now as two years ago, and fewer com
plaints are made regarding the profits
from them. Oxford sheep, which pro
duced heavy carcasses last year, on an
Ohio farm, averaged eight pounds of
wool per sheep also, thus proving that
mutton breeds also pay as wool pro
ducers. The Best Turkeys for Breeding,
It is not surprising that turkeys
should soon run put and become infer
ior In every way, when we remember
how so many farmers choose their
breeding stock. All the late birds
stunted by corn feeding while young
are saved, while those that are large
and fine are sent to market The idea
Is that the small bird will be fully
grown, and as large as the largest by
spring. But it never Is. Saving the
best birds for breeders Insures earlier
laying of eggs, and an early crop of
turkeys next year.
Profits in Blackberries,
Perhaps It Is safe In asserting that In
proportion to labor and capital invest
ed no crop pays as large a profit as
blackberries. Growers who complain
that blackberries do not pay should
first estimate the expense. There are
blackberry fields that have borne crops
for ten years, which have never re
ceived a pound of fertilizer or manure.
and, outside of cutting away the old
canes, with rough cultivation in the
spring, have received no labor. What
blackberries would do for the grower
If treated like strawberries is j et to be
demonstrated by some. -.
Stock that Galna in Value.
One of the best rules for profitable
farming is to always keep as much
young-growing stock as possible, and
to discard early that which because
of age is declining in value. Food that
makes growth Is always much more
productive than that given the fully
grown animal which only requires to
be fattened. In a hog the first 100
pounds cost less than the second hun
dred. After a hog ge'-, to be 300 weight
most of its food goes to maintain Its
present condition, and there Is very
little profit to the feeder.
- Value of the Cow Pea.
Analyses made at the Colorado Ex
periment Station show that pea vine
bay Is richer in protein than either clo
ver or alfalfa. The pea vines contain
materially more nitrogen than alfalfa,
and are valuable for green manuring.
There is ft considerable amount of pea
vine hay made In Colorado. The vari
ety grown for that purpose Is known
os the Mexican pea. .
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trad Condition! la th Leading Cities
of the Werld.
There was uniform strength in all
speculative markets during the past
week. Cliiosiio May wheat sold from
UM to OS 8-8; May pork, flO.SO per
bbl to (10.76; Liverpool and foreign
markets np in proportion. The Ameri-
3an visible supply decreased 888,000
bushels during the week and now to
tals 85,634,000 bushels compared with
,668,000 bushels last year. In 1897
Uie decrease tor the corresponding
week was 1,287,000 bushels. The
mount on passage increased 1,400,000
snd the world's shipments were 5,801,
000 bushels, of which America con
tribntod 8,420,000 bushels. The first
f the year wheat stocks at Buffalo,
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore were 8,618,000. At the
close ot last week there were 6,093,000
showing a decrease of 9.823,000 bush
els for the five weeks. During this
time exports of wheat alone from th
tour points named were 6,018,000.
These figures show that the four points
received - 3,495,000 more than can be
aocounted for, except on the theory
that the wheat was shipped direct
from Ohio. Pennsylvania, New York,
Maryland, Virginia, and other terri
tory immediately tributary to those
seaports. It will surprise the trade to
learn that Atlantic porta are receiving
weekly about 700,000 bushels from
points outside of the visible. All
long the line wheat seems to be com
ing from unexpected source. The
movement in the Northwest is increas
ing and dumbfounded even the bears.
However, Mr. Letter seems to hold
prices up and we would not be sur
prised to see a further advance.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 74 75c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 7778c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, (3.75; graham,
13.30; superfine, (2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 86 87c; choice
gray, 83S4c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, (19(820; brew
ing, (30 per ton.
Millstiffs Bran, (19 per ton; mid
dlings, (34; shorts, (30.
flay Timothy, (12.60; clover.
(10 U; California wheat, (10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, (9(310 per
ton.
Eggs 1718c per dozen.
Butter Fancy oreamery, 65 60c;
fair to good, 4550c; dairy, 40 50c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 12Jo; Ymmg
America, 13,4c; California, 910o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, (3.75
3.00 per dozen; hens, (3.00 8. 50;
geese, (3.506.00; ducks, (4.50(6.00
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llc per
pound. '
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 45 60c
per sack; sweets, $1.75(33 per cental
unions uregon, f.uu(gZ.iU por
sack.
uops 4 (sine per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4 6c.
Wool Valley, 14 16c per pound
Eastern Oregon, 712o; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Uross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton
7o; spring lambs, 5'8'c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, (4.00;
light and feeders, (3.004.00; dressed.
4.50(5.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, (3.00(33.25;
cows. (2.50; dressed beef, 4, tie per
pound. -. r
Veal Large, 65$o; small, 6
7o per pound.
Seattle Market.
cutter rancy native creamery.
brick, 270; ranch, 22 (a 23c
Cheese Native Aatiniiigton, 13c;
California, 9)o. .
Eggs Fresh ranch, 23c
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound.
hens; 12c; spring chickens, (3.60
8 00; ducks, (3. 60 3. 75. .
Wheat Feed wheat, (23 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, (23.
Corn Whole, (23; cracked, per ton.
(23; feed meal, (23 per ton.
Barley Rolled or gronnd, per ton,
(22 23; whole, (22.
Hay Puget sound, new, per ton.
(12 18; Eastern Washington timothy,
(18; alfalfa, (12.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef.
steers, 7c; cows, 6c; mutton sheep,
8$c; pork, 6)$c; veal, small, 8.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 6 7c: salmon,
8c; salmon trout, 10c; flounders
and sole, 84; ling cod, 45; rock cod,
6c; smelt, 24c, .
Fresh Fruit Apples, 60o$1.75 per
box; pears, 26 75c per box; oranges
navels, (2 2. 75 per box.
COOK INLET TO THE YUKON
It
an overland
ever become
would be the
backing the
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Ban Franelsco Market.
Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon;
14c; Northern 78o per pound.
Hops 12 16c per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, (2225; Cal
ifornia bran, (20.5021.50 per ton.
Onions silverskin, (2.652.85 pei
cental.
Eggs Store, 13 14c; ranoh, 15c;
Eastern, 18 19; duck, 14c per
pozeo.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, HUc; lair
to good, 7 Be per pound..
Citrns Fruit Oranges, navels,
(1.00 1.50; Mexican limes, (6.50;
California lemons, choice, (1.50
1.75; do common, 75c(l. 25 per box,
Hay Wheat, (16 18.50; wheat and
oat,(1617.50;oat, (14.5018.50; best
barley, 18.5016; alfalfa, (10.50
11; clover, (1112.50.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 25o(1.40 per
large box; grapes, 2640c; Isabella,
60 75c; peaches, 60c(l; pears 75c;
(1 per box; plums, 2085a
Butter Fancy oreamery, 26c; do
seconds, 24J25c; fancy dairy, 23o;
good to choice, 21 (3 22c per pound.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 65c ( 1. 16
Xaeeeds th Son's Brlgbtneu.
Taking Dr. Elkins's measurements
of its distance, the star Arcturu ex
ceeds the sun in actual brightness 6,000
times.
To improve her complexion, ft vounir
lady in Worcester, England, was in the
habit of eating about two wax candles
every week.
The long tails of the shah of Persia's
horses are dyed crimson for six inches
at their tips a jealously guarded privi
lege of the ruler and bis song.
Need of a llallraad to the Interior
Alaska, .
) Among the many railroad scheme
projected for the Yukon and the in
terior of Alaska this season, the one
that is receiving careful consideration
among promoters is a line from Cook
Inlet over the glaoier and down the
Tanana river.
The subject is one that engages tli
attention of railroad men of tho Coast,
Several surveying parties, it is report
ed, will be sent early to the North for
the purpose of ascertaining as soon
possible the most feasible route from
the coast to the interior. The Lake
Teslin and Stiekoen river route has re
ceived a good deal of attention recently,
and every move ot the surveying par
tics is closely watuhed by the Canadian
Paoifla Ihis rond will certainly be
among the first to penetrate the wild
oi AiasKa at ine nrst lavoruiile oppor-
tunity. It is not expected that any ot
the great transcontinental systems are
contemplating an extension, but any
traffic connection jt could form would
it is understood, be most welcome,
is not unilkely that if
route to Dawson should
possible, the British road
first to offer its help in
project
The Portland Telegram buys that P,
J. stone, a prominently-known man
ot the Northwest, who is now in
Alaska, after looking over the situa
tion carefully, believes that it is quite
practicable to get a line through to the
river in American territory. The im
pnrtanoe of a railroad in developing the
vast resources of the interior, increas
ing the outpnt of the mines, insuring
an adequate food supply to the miners
of the xukon, and, incidentally, help
ing to make the entire country trttm
tary to the t-oant cities prosperous, it
treated in a recent latter. As a route
he suggests from Prince AVilliam sonnd
to some point on the Yukon, within
Americcan temtorv, and advises that
the value of such a construction he im
mediately brought to the attention oi
congress by memorial
What this country needs most it
railroad from some point on the
Yukon, in American tertitory, to
Prince William sound, on Cook inlet
Of course, I know nothing about the
country to be traversed by such a rail
road, or the engineering dilfloulties that
have to be encountered, but I think
that it might be safel" presumed that
they are not of a serious character.
The mountains in the northern por
tion of this continent are so insignifi
cant that the whole country may be
considered one vast plain. The same
may be said of the northern part of
Asia and also of Europe, where I have
traveled, explored and prospected, and
it would seem strange, imleetl, if the
country between here and Cook inlet
was an exception to every other part
of the world in this high altitude.
Besides, enough has been found out
from actual observation to make it
pretty certain that there are i,o serious
difficulties. There is sufficient tim
ber along the line for all the purpose!
of construction and operation, and the
snowfall is not such as to aerionsly in
terfere with railroad traffic, and to my
mind a railroad is needed in this coun
try more than was ever needed in the
whole history of railroading throughout
the world.
"This country possesses an abund
ance of what all the rest of tho world
needs, and all the rest of the world
possesses in abundance what the people
are sorely in need of here, that is, some
thing to eat. Tiiere never wa a winter
in this country when there was a suffi
ciency of food, and this winter promise!
to be at least 100 per cent worse than
any preceding one, and it is more than
likely that next winter will be still
worse in this respect.
"From what I can learn it seems im
possible that the supply of food can
keep pace with the increase of popula
tion, and I cannot see how there can be
any doubt but that a railroad over the
route mentioned would be taxed to itf
full oapacity, as tho country pioducet
nothing bnt gold, and all the necessary
comforts and luxuries of life and any
thing else that may be wanted must
come from without. One of tho resulU
of the construction of such a railroad
would be an enormous increase in the
production of gold."
Not the Only Rinhes.
Unless the Canadian government re
peals its regulation of last fall, restrict
ing the size of claims to 100 feet, there
is not likely to be very much prospect
ing on British territory this year. The
miners regard s double claim to the dis
coverer, and a 100-foot claim to each
subsequent locator as inadequate com
pensation for the neks which they take
in the Klondike country. If the mis
sion of the committee recently sent to
Ottawa with a petition for a modifies
tion of the regulations proves unsuccess
ful, there will be a big exodus of miners
to American territory. As a result the
vast area westward from the Alaska
Northwest boundary to the Buhring sea,
northward to the Arctic ocean, and
southward to the Pacific, will be thor
oughly prospected.
The miners will be overlooking some
rich British gronnd in the banitis be
tween the headwaters of the Klondike
and the Mackenzie, and in the vicinity
of the Big Salmon, the Stewart, the
Pelly, and the Hootatinqua, but there
is just as rich ground on thn-Ainerican
side, and the more liberal American
mining laws promise larger results.
Already, tbete are 1,800 men on
Minook creek. Other Alaskan streams
which will receive attention from dis
gruntled Klondikers are Birch creek,
Tanana river, Koyakuk river, Copper
river. Porcupine river, Koekukwim
river and their tributaries and the
streams flowing into Kotzebne sound,
The advice of William Ogilvie, the
Canadian surveyor, that miners who
CHINKS IN A NUM.
Whatever may be th mutter with China
and other eoitn tries, it is said that for the
reason that most of them have so little to
feed upon and so very imieh hard work to
do thev sutler itreatlv with iieurolui. It I
it doubtful if they could suft'er more than
eur ptwjilo Uo, owing at times to the ex
tremely damp, chilly atmosphere In winter,
which eeenn to hav a peculiar iiilluene
uiwii the nervous svstem so as to produce
this slleetloii, but Happily for our comfort
nd the cure of tlio puin.yt. Jacobs Oil is
recognised us its sovereign remedy. With
jiatii produced front cold there is tin nhxn
lute need of the warmth and strength w hieh
St. Jai.niw Oil gives, ntxl through this
mean it performs Its oftlee promptly and
surely.
If en Eimitiun dies before noon the
funeral must take place the sains day.
If death ooours after noon, tho funeral
may not, bo delayed after the next tiny.
CUSTOMS CASKS PKCIUKD.
The rrnarsl annralsers of goods passing
through the Custom House have nis.de several
deuisions lately which, uiilll nsssed neon liy
1h8euretry of tho Treasury, will hohl seed.
Rut winl ih.., ! iihllli in that a Hurler, no
syslm tnlllnn In strentlh csn us properly ses-
laiuea without trie ia or riiweoer nim-(i
Hitters, s ssuUI tonic snd remedy tor insUrla,
rheumatism, dypepla, constipation and
biliousness,
The lamest telegraph offloe In the
world is in the general postoffice build
ing, London, over 8,000 operators be-
ng employed
The Power
of Schilling's Bist baking
pvwder is wonderful. ,
K New Charm.
Evidently women hav tired of the
raliblt's foot as a charm, for they are
now wearing turkey's foot mounted
in gold or silver, eith ir as chatelaine
ornament or a ft pir . Just what luck
the ttirkMy's foot is supposed to carry
with It Is not kno'sn even to the en-
terprlNing jewelsrs who are selling
these trinkets Ilka hot cakes. It gives
the average man ft shiver to meet ft
nrotty. dainty-looking girl with her
Ascot tie held in plane by big tur
koy's foot, with outspread toes snd
lonir, skinny Shank. lie is apt to re
mark, not what will women l wear
iiitf nuxt. but what won't they bs
wearing. Everybody who knows any
thing ubont it at all knows that the
only rubbit's foot whioh lias occult
power is the foot of molly cottontail
that has been "killed in the full o' the
moon at 12 o'clock at night In grave
yard by a red-headed nigger." A cer
tain young woman who wears one of
the charmed, bnt by no means charm
ing, turkey's feet, say the foot is no
good unless it bulonged to ft big fat
I gobbler which has been saved by the
j owner for some special occasion nd
j stolon by straight-haired darkey par
son at midnight when the moon is new.
WOMAN TO WOMAN.
A Slimmer Novelty.
A summer novelty in jewelry will be
studs and buttons and pins of oarved
pink anil mother-of pearl set in silver,
or with skeleton silver patterns tut out
over the pearl, .
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.
A Hen 'a Voot-Kasa. a nowder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of rorns and
bunion. It's the ereatest comfort diseov-
ery of the aire. Allen's Foot-iCase makes
tight-titling or new shoes feel easy. It ie a
certain cure forvhilblains, sweating, damp.
ralious and hot, tired aching feet,
have over 10.000 testimonials of cures. 1 ry
it today, bold by all druggist and "hue
stores, itv mall lor&'ic. in stamps. I rial
naekaire FRKK. Address Alien a. Olm
sted, Le Koy, N. Y.
According to Milsson, the aoologist,
the weight of the Greenland whale is
100 tons, or 324,000 pounds, or equal
to that of 88 olephants or 440 bears.
an open i en-en to mothcrs.
we are assertlnr in the eourts ourrlisM to the
exclusive use of the wora "CAaTONJA," "d
rU'CHHH SCAS rOKlA," as our Trsde Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel l'itchcr, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
atheorlsinatorof"PITCHKft'SCA9TORIA,
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac simile signature of CH AS, H. FLETCHKR on
erery wrapper. This is theoriglnal " PITCHER'S
ASTORIA " which has been used la the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it I
tkt kind jtvH kavt alwayi bought, and has the
signature of CIIAS. H. FLETCHER on th
wrapper. No one baa authority irons me to us
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chaa. K. Fletcher la President
March t, ifyj. SAMUBI, KTCHKft, aUa,
The largest hotel in the world is the
Waldorf-Astoria, in New York city,
10,000,000 establishment, built by
illionaires for millionaires.
Kitchen Table.
A handy device for kitchen us is R
tahlo having the top made of series of
shelves attached to a tilting frame by
which the row of shelves can be raised
to a vertical . position and need as s
cupboard. ' '
The Oldest Rank Not.
The oldest bank note in the world
was pi in toil in China in 1888 83
years before Uiitlnnburg, th retmtud
inventor ot printing, was born. It was
issued 800 years before bank notes ware
circulated in Europe.
Women ftre being taught by blttep
experience that many physicians can
not succcsutully handle their petralUr
ailments known as female diaeasea, .
Wlica the romsn of trwisy errl
ncs such symptoms
as uauuaujio, nsp
, yousneaa, lassitude,
Whites,
or
pelniul
menstruation, pains In groins, bflsring
down sensation, palpitation, "ftfon,,
tcelln; and blues, she at once take
LycliA E. rinlihura's Vegetable Com
pound, fooling' sure) of obtaining Im
mediate rollct,
Should her symptoms be daw to her,
he writes to ft woman, Mrs. l'lnltham,
I.jnn, Mass., who promptly explains
liar ease, sod tolls her fre how to get
well.
, Indeed, so many women are now
ppoaling to Mrs. l'lukhnra for ftdvlce,
that ft score ot lady secretaries art
kept constantly nt work answering
th grout volume of correspondent
whloh cornea lit every dav.
IT Permanently Cured. ?to fltsor nervousness
I alter flrat (lav's use of Dr. Kllua's Or!
Kerve Kesturer. bend for FKr K ).U trial
boltlr and trratlss. 1R. K. 11. KUK, Ud., IMu
Arcn mreet, Philadelphia, Pa.
Pnenuiatl Crutea.
A new crotch for cripples has an
Obci Hating arm rest pivoted to the top
of the crutch and fitted with pneu
matic cushion set in the tipper part of
the rest. . - v
1 believe Piso's Cur is the only medlelne
that will cure consumption. Anns M.
Ross, Williamsport, I'a., Hor. 12, '(.
It costs $5.74 per million gallons to
pump water to Chestnut 11 ill reservoir,
Boston. The engines pump 8,938 on
one pound of coal.
After being- swindled by all olriers, send us stamp
fbr particulars of Kin Solomon's Treasure, the
ONLY renewer of mauly strength. MASON
CHKMK AL CO.. P. O. Boa 747, Philadelphia, Pa.
To Present Trolley Aeeldents.
To prevent accidents on trolley oars
the trucks -are provided with forked
frames, which extend on eaoh side of
the wheels and end in small wheels,
resting on the track to push a person
out of the way if he falls under the car,
the wheels being so small that they will
not pass over anything lying on the
track. .
Safety X,autp.
To prevent the escape of oil when ft
lamp is upset ft plug of cork is fitted
round the wick tube to form a tight
joint with the reservoir tube when the
burner is In position.
A fibrous preparation ot steel, made
in the same manner as the so-called
"mineral wool," bypassing an air blast
through molten steel, is coming into
one for cleaning, polishing, etc, instead
of sandpaper.
Two New York men have invented
an electric dental mallet for use in
hardening tooth filling, the tool having
s central bar, which slides back and
forth as the current is made and broken.
Notwithstanding nil the efforts of
inventors, no one has been able to dis
cover ft substitute for leather. For
shoes, bolting, harness and s thousand
other uses, "there, 's nothing like
luather."
A resolution appropriating f S to pur-
oUttee copy of the Uible was recently
introduced in the Uuorgia legislature,
it having been discovered that there
was no copy ot the book in the state
library.
iiidii ritonut'TS and rtiKss rmit.
All Kasiern Hymn,
ciiivuae. "7eit ftflri
fcusar Cane and Is strictly pure,
so-called, nanallv very
iiKuteoioreij ano oi neavy uouy, is ansae irnm
:iiieus. "7cn tjnnltn Drtpt" la made trera
II Is for salt
by flrstmlass vrocers, i eahs anlr.
tured by the Pscirtc Coast SrsuM'o.
rjr"
Hirer s name lithographed on every can,
Pouble Knd To Clip.
Double-ended toe-clips sr being made
in England for use on bicycles, the to
pieces extending on opposite side ot
the pedal and balanoing in any position
Manulse-
All (en-
CATARRH CANNOT BM CCRIEO
With local applications, tut they raimni reach
theses! of the disease. 'rrh la a blood or
cen!ltiiilnna! disease, and in order to cure It
you must tsas Imsrnel rsivdtes. Ilalt's Ca
tarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and aetartlrectly
on the blood and muroiia surfaces, flail's ca
tarrh ('ur la not a anack mediein. It wss
prescribed by on of the bet physirlass In this
ft untry tor years, and Is a racuiar prescription.
It Is oumnased ol the best tonics known, com
bined wlih thebeat blond purifiers, artln di
rectly on the mucous snrfaees. The perfect
comblnntion ol the two Ihrredtents Is what pr,
duces, n-h wonderful results In curing aalarrh.
tteud for testimonials, free,
, K. J. CUKSKY CO., Prcprs , Toledo, O.
Pold by drumfire, price 7fln.
Halls Family Pills are tb beat.
Lake Erie is the lake of th "wild
cat," the name given by fierce trib
of Indians exterminated by th Iroquois.
In 1774 Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, but it was prob
ably not far from 80,000.
start over the passes between March 1
and 20 will reach liawsoon as soon as
those who start now, will be unheeded.
Nothing can stop the mad rush. Mr.
Ogilvie is mistaken in his opinion that
miners who start in March will reach
Dawson as soon as those going in now.
What he meant to say is that miners
who start now have no advantage over
those who wait for decent weather.
Miners are reaching Dawson every day,
but they are gaining nothing by their
extraordinary expenditure of physical
force and money.
When they get to Dawson they find
that work is not so plentiful as they
bad imagined. One man muy be worth
(115 a day where another would not be
worth $3. The demand for labor is nol
Adding pencils are being made which
have a sliding register plate set in the
side of the pencil case to be raised by
pressing the point of the pencil against
the paper or desk and register any num
ber of points.
In the hospital at Brisbane, Austra
lia, the u.e of the brand method of
treating 1,903 typhoid patients has re
duced the mortality from 14.8 to 7.6
per cent.
In Guy's hospital, London, the pho
tograph is used to record the speech of
epileptic patients from day to day that
their progress may be noted by com
parison. Boston's highest tide wss April 16,
1851. It rose to 1S.60 feet, and was 88
inches over the coping of the navy yard
dry dock.
ji
' taVafi - v-a-; ' ' r i i tYliHl ssa'
fcuius WHtrltThTltSt (AitS.
Beat C-rasu Syrup. Tastes (iiui. Use
In tlate. KnM hv ilruKtrlAts.
R Established I7S0. X
Baker's
Chocolate, i
celebrated for more
than century as A
delicious, nutritious, V
and (leah-formlng S
beverage, has our
well-known " J3j
. Yellow Ubel t
on the front of every
package, and our
trademark, "I ,a Bell
Choeotatiere,"on th
nnr.
, NONB OTHER OENUINO.
A MADS ONLY BV
g WALTER BAKER L CO. Ltd.,
K Dorchester. Mass.
SfiSc56i0i4taitat3SrtSi4(5tJJtat5atXii!;
ffijfc BACK..
Weak Kidney t, Lumbmgo, Rheu
matism anil Sciatica Art
Cured by Dr. Sandcn'a
Electric Belt.
It Conveys a steady, soothing nurrent ef else,
trlrlty Into th weakened muscles, giving Ultra
a healthy nerve power wnlch revives there. II
makee idem strou. It It curing hundred!
every month.
hook about It Ire, by mall, or ot th ofllce.
Addreaa
SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. '
SS Weal Washington St., Peruana, or.
iruiu asentliM Mis ruurr,
grow paying orop because they're
treats and always the keel. Kor
sal everywhere, Kefiia substitute.
Biles: to Kerry's Seed and prosper.
lets deed Annual fre. Writ for It
D. M. Ft WW CO., Ostreft, Mleh.
CUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OF FIGS
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trQTTMIIn-
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fiartment of the Interior and to be need by U
H. srmy officer detailed In A lufca. Ilie beat and
miM iletalled map or A lenke In s Islence. Will be
mailed upon reompt of nrloe (SOcl In io stamps, or
money oritur. l)IKl,PH K RAVf, fublisber
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Jnmbe Wiiint OoIt,
brilluuit Wear seeds.
Waste l-Oe, IW 14 eeats.
above I nkee. worth tl 0 we will
MSII ymu frve, together wlta eus t
great Clint H Keea 1'eti.lcaiie J
twin revel p er tnt ant toe sen
tutege, WelavlteyaurtrS'leaud
nuw when sua enne try lsr'i
3 seeds r-'U wlltDever get alette wit li .
eut th, Peteteaaatil.fiO
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WHEAT s
Mate money by aoooesfnl
leuon in cnieego. v)
nd sell wheat on mar.
Porlutwe have in
meoe ou a emeu negintmig bv trading In fu
tures. Write (or lull oerilcnlafs. Host of ref
erence given. Several years' asoeriencenn th
Chicago Hoard o( Trade, and a morough know
ledge of the biMljioss. Mend for our free refer- -
nc hook. UOttNlNii, Miil'KlNH Co..
Chicago Bnard of Trad Brokers. Offices ill
Portland, Oregon aud Seattle, Wash.
XnorthernJL
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Portland, Or,
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YOUR LIVER
Is It Wrong?
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Keep it RlgbL
Moor' Revealed Iteinedy wllldolt. Three
Amut will v fNl 4, J.A.
J &J"J?l.-"!-V vonr drneelat or anv wholeeala dm aonaa.
u fiuni, an pnin. onrea wieo rone.ana ie a i ; - .
the beat reioiNt for diarriioie. Tweaty See eeaii a j from Stewart it Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
as ,
TJATtd fhr tracing and lncetlna Gold or Hllver
KIIIIX Fire. t or hiirle-l Iretunires. M. it.
ItWU OWLKU. Una 337. Mnulblnulon.tJonii.
No. . '.
to advertteera, pleaee
bottle. It larhe hert of
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