TUB DOLL'S WOOlNa
TiM UUlt French doll a tltmr lit
tie dolt
Trtcaed cut tft the wtet of
dr;
Her ra of hue
A meet delloate blue
And dark m the ni-to wr hr
treec;
Hot dear little mouth wtu fluted and
-. rel.
And thU 11W1 FreftA doll wa so very
well bred
That whenever aoooeted tn-r lltUe
mouth ttd:
"Mamma! Mamma."
The atofkltw doll, with on arm and
m let,
Had one been ft hamtaotnn young
M!ow.
Hut now he appears.)
lUlhor frowsy and bits-trod
m hi u.n rvUnentU ot yvltow;
Ye hit heart gave a eurtoua thump
as he lay
In mi "! toy cart nir the window
on day
And heard th twec voice ot that
French dolly y:
"Mammal Maitkntaf
He listened o long and ha llatoned so
toard
That anou h grew aver o tender
' It'a everywhere known
Tttat iha feminine tono
Gets away with all masculine gen
dr.
Ha up and ha wooed her with aokllor-
ly seat.
But all ah'd reply to the love ha pro-
t eased
Were thwo plaintive worda (which
perhaps you have gueued):
"Mamma! Mammal"
It mother wei Uttle lady of 5 -Youohaafed
her parental protection,
And although stockinet
Wasn't bluj blooded yet,
8he really could make no object Urn,
80 aoldler and dolly were welded one
day.
And a moment ago, as I journeyed
(hat way,
I'm sure that I beard a woe baby
voice aay:
"Maunma.! Mamma!"
Eufeoe Field.
A Promise Under Stress.
w2v HE Comtease de Moncley
-who will soon change her
'name, aa you shall see U
one of the moat delirious
wtdowa Imaginable, and
also one of the cleverest 1
have ever met. From the
very first day she knew tre-
claely how to avoid any exaggeration
that could be considered bad taste In the
expression of her sorrow, without fall
tng into the other extreme and mak
ing those who saw ner In her widow's
weeds think she must wear mi satin
under her crape. Early In April she
had quietly Ktt her Parts apartment,
where no male visitor had .ix foot
since her hubanl's death, AtU It was
only by ncolit-nt that, a weeU Inter.
X discovered (he address she had so
carefully conceal! from everyone.
It was "Sycamore Vlile, Ctiantilly."
On May let there might have been
aoen to srrtve at a Uttle bit of a
house, attuuted at a convenient dis
tance from Sycamore Villi, several
trunks, an English tart ard a pony,
a saddle horse, a bull tarrler, two
servants and a man bordering on 30.
That man was myself.
I hasten to add that, In this circum
stance, I acted solely at my own risk
and jhrlt, without any authorisation,
whatever, and with no othjr motive
than my love my profound loveto
prompt me to hope that, my change
of domicile would not be a doad loss.
Ah, well nothing verrtur. nothing
win. And what did I venture? The
salon, the May fotea, the Or -ml Prix,
the mob in the Allee des Poteaux, a
few balls what were they In compar
ison with the charms of a moat attrac
tive neighborhood? I have known
men to cross the seas and spend for
tunes to follow to the ends of the
world adventuresses whose whole body
was not worth the tip of Mm me. de
Monday's Mile flnrer.
Clartsae's pretty anger Whjn I pre
sented myself at her house, en the
day of my arrival, was my first de
lightful recompense. In spite of her
grand air, I saw that the was touched,
and I doubt If evjr lover experienced
so much pleasure in bdng shown the
door by a pretty woman. She took
her time about it, too, and only
pushed me Into the street after a
regulation Philippic to which 1 lis
tened very humbly, replying enly so
much as aras ne:-fary to lengthen
the lecture, which concluded In t'lose
words:
"And now you will do me th favor
to return to Paris. The train leave
In an hour."
"An hour!" I objectcl, timidly.
"This Is hardly time to ship two
horses and a carriage and throw up
a lease"
"What Is this!" line criod; "A lease!
You have presumed to go, sir! What
audacity! A lease! And, If you plc-ase,
where is your house?"
"A long diirtance from her," I has
tened to repiy; "tut the othir end of
the forest. I am sure It must have
taken me fully three-quarters of an
hour to came Jiere."
To be precise, it had taken me about
Ave minutes.
"To ithlnk," ah 3 exclaimed, "what
a poor woman, deprived of her pro
tector. Is exposed to! You would not
have dared to do this If my husband
were still alive. And to think taat
he conaiaersd you his bt friend!
i - i "rles!"
"He has never had any cause to
eompUln," I m'irmurod. "Let us talk
together of him."
"Never!"
"Then let us talk of ourselves, that
Will be better still."
This suggestion shocked hsr so tha
tt took me a long time to calm her.
Finally she lid not wish to let me go
without havi'ig sworn nsvor to set
loot In her house again. It in need'
less to say that It took half an hour
to persuade me to make this premise
which I broke the next morning and
as often as possible.
I paes aver the months that fol
lowed, merely declaring that in this
vale of term there Is no mre .happy
lot than that of such an untappy
lover as I was. Clarisa had the most
adorable way of anndhllaitln me with
a look from her blue eyes eyi that
were Intended for quite another pur
pose than anndhUlinting whenwer aha
aw that I was going to fall on my
knees before her, and I must confess
ho taw lit at least tan tlm. during
every visit I made her, atlll In despite
of her express prohibition. And when
I so far forgot myself as 10 toll her
that, it ' the Intent were as good as
the deed, the late lamented ought to
have a heavy grudge against "his
beat friend," seeing that I loved ihls
Wife madly from the first.
"Not another word," she would say
severely; "you blaspheme against
friendship. Poor Charles!"
And her white, Jlmpled hand would
pltUi-smly stop my mouith, iw that, If
I had followjd my incllnatbn, I would
have blasphemed from morning till
night like the worrt traitor to friend
ship In the world.
The day she left off crap. I pro
fited by the occasion naturally
enough, It seems to me to prr-p-ise
myself in set terms as oandllate to
succeed poor Charles. j
That evenlnglt was a June eve
ning, and the atwjlas made the most
of tha iower which certain vegetable
possess of IntoxlaUln one with their
perfume-that evening her hand dldL
i
not mop, my mou'.h nt all; tt i nched
for the bll. Clarte did i.t threat
en this time; shs acted, 1 saw that
I was on the point ot liu put out
by her norvar.ta, who eonsU e l i t an
old woman who had been nurse,
and whm I could have blowMd over
with a brth. However, tt was no
time f.r wiry' pientlhise, V tvh.u'
walling fo NMtx'y to seUe m by the
collti. I t.vik my hut and lcJ.
Whott uy broke, I had not chwed
my eyes; not tlnvt the Uu,ttor.
seemed dexpwate, for I had l.MNied
to rmd Cttirtseo's eyes. Hut all niglvt
long, I had rcia!d over and over
again to mytlf:
"Heaven grant that the HMIo hotel
!n the Avenue FrliHllatid ' .nlll for
sale! We would be so eamrrta.Ne
there,"
In apfte of litis, I was ta further
advanced when September vame, the
last month of my lo. I wa wo
longer shown the door when 1 Kke
of my catv1ld.kcy, but CUriaae assume 1
a bored air an t jalmly tulkJ f ome
tlUittf el Hetween oursvlvea, I
would raittwr she rang the bell, for
I divined -hit she was thinking-
"My dtr friend, you d iwt dis
please me; !' the oontiury. Hut
you mu.t confess that. In the solitude
of Chanttlly, I luvs scnrcely hid the
opportunity to enjoy .ny wldvwliood.
Let me we It It Is really wot thy of
Its reputation. In year or two we
can talk of your alTalr."
In a yetir r twjJ I'rty aul charm
ing as she was, CtartMe would have
a score of adorers around her, and
adorers around th woman mt w(Ms
to marry are llk Hies In milk; they
may do no great harm, hut they cer
tainly do not Improve the milk.
Hirly In September, Mme, de Mon
cley Informel ma one dy th'U ah-
was going to Paris on the morrow to
have a look at her apartinmts.
"I alncerely hop," aha addod, In a
tevere tone, "that you do not think
of accompanying me."
"How nan you suggtsit tjch a
thing?" said I, with apparent sub
mliislon. "You leave at"
"At I In the evening, as I do not
wiah to be seen. I stall tend Xanry
In the aftrnonn to prepre my room.
Ah, poor Pari!"
She no longer aald, "Vir Clwirlea!"
I admit that this "Poor Paris!" made
me much more uneaay,
Tlie next evening at J oVlofk the
doors of the express train hli-h stop
hardly minute, were alrdy tlosed,
Clartsse had not appMrl. Sh
reaohed the station Just aa the bell
rang.
"Quick, hurry us, nuulan e'." crleil
the ratiroal otTlcUI,
"Hurry!" I repeated, oiwnlnji a com
partment at random ami helping
her In.
But lna;nl of Retting In, she fll
back, almowt f.vltrung, In my arms.
Here la what she hid seen, and what
I, too, had seen over her shoulder
of, the ;ompartmeuu were
unoccupied, and three men, perched
like monkeys on the back ot the seats,
held to -tlMr shoulderj thre gone.
whereof the ban-eU shone In the limp-
light like cat non. One ot them, as
we opened the door, had th mud In
a terrible voice: "Pon't ctne In,
I had closed the door so iutckly
that we hal rot heard the end of the
sentence. Then Ciarlase and I lundlvl
ourselves Into the next comprtmen
without quite knowing what Wit were
doing. The train wits nlreily under
way. We wore al-me. Mm. Je Mon
cley seemed t.alf dmd wl'h fear, and
I must confess I ass violently sTtakvn.
"Did yoa see themr" h cried.
"What can be hapiwnlng in that com
partment? They are gliig to nght
to kill each other! What terrlhli twg
etly Is to bj enacted right blde us?"
"I don't unlers'.and It at all," I re
plied. "Only one explanation seem
possible to me. They are hutrtirs Who
have suddenly gone craiy. Otherwise
why should they climb upon the
neats? If they simply wanted to kill
each other, they could do it without
all that gymnastics,"
"No." suggested ?larle, ''It Is some
dreadful American kind ot ilm-1 In
such a case, It seems, they climb up
on anything they can flml. But why
didn't they stop them at Clwiitllly?"
"The train Itself scarcely stopped
there."
"Did you hear how they called out:
'Don't come InT The wretches, they
don't want to be disturbed while they
are killing then. solve. 0dnees!
Just listen !"
The fusillade had commenced right
beside us, sever.il gun .ih'i had
sounded, dominated by a shrill, pierc
ing cry, which still rings In my ears.
nen a deathly silence ensul; they
were all dea-1, howivcr bad ihots they
might have been.
Though we were making about fifty
miles an hour at (he time, I made
ready to get out upon the hue And
find out what was going on In our
neighbors' compar;mei. As I low
ered the window, two arms seized me
and a voice broken with an? iih bu
which sound ?d very sweet, Just the
same gasped behind me;
"Philip, If you love me, lo not go
They will kill you!"
It was precisely Hko tho fourth act
of "The Huguenots,'' except that my
name Is not Raoul.
I saw the advantago of my situation
and I resolved to i-roflt by It. I pro
fited by It so wall that, after a dla-kgu-i
too Intimate to be repeated hwe,
I was in a position to sing If I had
had a voice, whlol I haven't "Thou-
ou ha-ant said it."
For she had sail It.
For she had said It. Poor Charles
was dlaUnoel now, She had said the
sweet worla: "I love you."
A prey to emotions bordering on the
hysterical, Cl.'irias.) sobbed nnl clung
to me with all her strength, though
I had not the faintest deelre to in
trude on the massacre naxt door.
They could kill themselves at their
ease. Let every m-vn tend to his own
affairs. As for me, I was very much
occupied Just then.
That Is why, early the next mi-rnlng,
I hurried to my lawyer to spenk to
him about tho Ilttlo hutel In tin- Ave
nue Krledlanl, which was still for
sale, but, thank fortune, Is now no
lohger In the market. Decorate rs and
furnishers are at wjrk in It, owl when
January comes you will an it occu
pied by a certain young coupla that
I know of.-
But let us rot an Jclpate. When the
train pulled Into the city, my com
panion and I had quite forgtten our
neighbors, or what was left of thwn;
but now the authorities mu.U be In
formed and the bodies removed, I
had Jumpji out, and was looking for
a sergeant de vllH, When I beheld
the door of the famous compartment
open and three hunters calmly de
scend from It, carrying, rollel up In
a rug, an Inert mass which looked as
If It might be the body of a young
child. .Without an Irwtiant's hesita
tion, I seized one of the aHjasslns by
the collar.
"Sroundrol!" I rVr-d. "What have
you got In that rug?"
"Don't make such a row," he re
plied, "or wo'll have a hunar-'d peo
ple at our backs. It Is only my poor
dog."
'Dog," I repeated, Indignant at the
man's coolnssn. "Come, come, you
oannot deceive mo, I saw II t,ll."
My captive, whom I still held by
the collar, opened the corner of th
rug and showed me a setter's muazle,
wlth.blool and flecks of foam on It.
I dropped my hold on tho nan's col
lar In the rreateat confusion.
"Really, I scarsoly know how to
apologize," I said. But, frankly, It Is
not astonishing thut I should have
Ktnn AiotkiritA 4hp.tn man -p.tilr'h', nir ,,n
the scats of the narrlage and Shooting-"
"tHtll, tho explanation Is very lm
pie. My dog was bitten thte weeks
mx I had the wound cauterised and
thought tlw animal was etuM.I. We
had been hunting all day tnvir (VII,
but no sooner wure we on the tra4n
than hydrophobia developed und th
animal b'gan to snap at us.
"To attempt to put the liemt out
w to tempt death, and thtre waa
nothing for It but for us to cll.nb up
on the sta'a and shout the dog. W
wore not able to do so until 'ifter we
loft Chantllly, for the xor brute had
taken ift-ge under the seat. Finally,
by calling It. I persuaded It t put Its
head out, and then ws shot It, I tell
you, Its a trip w shull not stun forget,"
"Nor shall J," I replied, and I re
joined Clarisse, who was waUlr.g for
me at little distance and whose
curketty wu vrnitly cxeltixl to see
me thus (tolttely take leave of the
a&Kftlna,
"Well, then," she said, making a
tittle face when I told hr the etory,
"tha doesn't count, I take back
But at the an ma time hs softly
iKiueeaed my arm with her own, and
I saw (n her eyes that "that" did
"oouit."From the French In the
San Franolsco Argonaut.
8IIK WAS MIta AtUUTT.
Some Incidents In the Ufa ot Dr.
Julia Smith.
Dr. Julia Holmes Smith, recently
nominated by the state denwratlu
convention of till
nils for trustee ot
the stale unlver
My, enJoa the
dltlnvtion of being
the first woman to
be placed ill a po
litical slate In the
"I state. She was
I born tn New Or-
leans, and eduoa
NA ted In New York,
h'l w "fr
pa, atrua 11. saif u. fi,d to th hlator
lan John 8. C.
Abbott, who died three yearn after
ward. She then returned to New Or
leans and taught school for several
years. In 1871 she was married to
8bln Smith, who later becam gen
eral manager of A. T, Stewart's Chi
cago wholesale house. She rjculved
her medical education at the Boston
university and the Homeopathic col
lege of Jhtoago. She has betu a resi
dent of Chicago for more than twenty
years, ten of which she h.is been a
practicing physician. I. Smith Is a
member of various womin's clubs,
She Is a pleasing speaker and prom
ises to make political speeches during
the coming campaign,
A FU1CNCH J0UHNAL13T.
Drumont's Forced Hemoval from Paris
to Brussels.
The fact that M. Kduuard Drumont
has r""""d his antl-Hemlilo Journal,
the l.iure parole,
from Purls to Brus
sels, in order to
place himself out of
reach ot the new
French press law,
greatly excites the
Journalist lo world of
Purls. M. Drumont
hi now &0 years of
age. It may be said
that theantl-Semltlc
movement In France
was started by the
M, nw. pauMowti, publication of his
"Im France Yulve" which made a great
stir In Paris and ran through several
edition. The author was prosecuted
and fined and the selxure or the work
ordered. Not long afterward appeared
"La Fin d'un Monde," another attack
on the Jews which led to a duel be
tween the author and the editor of the
Paris Onlols In which the formes was
wounded. He has been Imprisoned for
violation of the press law. Before
launching Into antl-B mltUm he had
won no little success In higher forms
of literature.
EM PK 1 10 It OK JAPAN.
Tho Ruler of the Warlike Mikado
Land.
The war between Japan and China
over Coret. makes the rulers of these
countries of more
than usual Interest.
Muisu lllto, emper
or of Japan Is about
42 years of age. He
succeeded his father
at the age og 16
years, and was re
stored to full power
a year later. The
emperor Is a gentle
man of courtly
int In, educated In
tho sciences and
MMHtun urSaY. rl. He knows the
minutest details of his kingdom's
needs, opens parliament and delivers
his own addresses. His court Is the
center of aulturu and talent, the men
who surround him being men of bril
liant minds knowing well how to as
sist In guiding the government. The
emperor enjoys lifo In all Its phases.
WAR IN NICARAQUA.
Chief Clarence, Leader of tho Mos
qultos, War Is Hgaln rt.cklng Nicaragua,
This time the Indians ot the Mosquito
territory nave risen
against the govern
ment. A picture of
Robert Henry Clar
ence, the boy chief
of the Mosqultos, ac-
companles this
sketch.
He was
driven from the res
ervation by tho Nlo
aroguans some time
ago, but was taken
back by the British,
May 21. 1894. and re-
'iiTS?iTi.AttKNOiL eontly Issued a dec
laration of sovereignty, proclaiming
himself the hereditary Chief of Mos
quito, and calling upon all law-abiding
and loyal residents to obey his author
ity, Tho trouble In this country dates
from February last, when tho Nlca
ragunn government tried to gain con
trol of the Mosquito Indians by send
ing a military force to occupy Blue
fields, the capital of the territory. The
Indians assert their rights of self-government
under the provisions of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
HOP INTELLKilSNCE.
The Price for Picking Fixed The State
Fair Exhibit.
We are expecting from 1,600 to 2,500
pounds to the acre on all good yards
well tended. A. D. H., Lane county,
Oregon.
Hops are looking well generally, but
a big crop Is not anticipated. Lice
are reported In some quarters, Otsego
Republican.
Messrs. Manger and Henley: Reports
from the plantations are generally
very favorable, although mould Is men
tioned In one or two places.
Messrs. Wild, Neame and Co,, hop
factors, London: With the unsettled
weather and low temperature mould
has Increased, and the prospects are
not so bright as a week ago,
Chehalls Bee: The condition of hops
In Lewis county is fair and nothing
more. While the yards about Chehalls
look very well, It , cannot truly ba
said that a big crop is promised, with
the exception of E. Russell's second
year yard which will yield a ton to
ft V.T
5
II!
the acre It up pen run ere count for any
thing. The Kxt-hnng't and Hop Warehouses,
London: with the exception of com
plaints of mould In pWcrs and ver
min still lingering, the reports from
plantations, are generally gsul, the
growth and vigor of the bine being
all thnt can be desired. Washing and
sulphuring are going on In principle
plantations,
Yakima Itatich: Conditions surround
ing the hop crop have been leos favor
able the past week than at any period
since the plants begnn climbing the
poles, The weather has been cold
down to the frost line tn a few local
ities, and strong winds have prevailed,
together with more than usual cloud
iness, and the growth has been retarded.
W, II, and II. Le May, London; Many
reports to hand this morning agree
(hut mould la threatening the Holding
grounds and If the wet weather which
we have had more or lens the Inst ten
days continue much longer It will se
riously aff(Kl the crop. But holders
nt hops seem Indifferent and are box
lens to clear out, conaetmently brew
ers are securing hops at ery low prices,
New York Homestead: The hops are
better than ever before. The growth
Is strong and vigorous, no vermin,
and the season Is In favor of the hop
mer., being damp and warm, The
trospeels for a large crop were never
better than now. The Increase In
acreage In this state Is the greatest
jver known. Young plants are grow
ing well, and the old vine always win
ters Well here. "
Bun la Rosa, California: The hop crop
never looked finer for live years than
now. There Is also a large Inonase of
acreage In this county, (estimated old
and new yards about l,oj acres, and
the estimate for 1XU4 crop is put at
about U.Ooo .hales. No lice or vermin
la sight! fine growing weather, and
the most unusual thing Is thnt we
have had 84 Inches ot rain In June,
nut corn, hops, fruit, grape and all
but the hay crop are largely bene
fitted, From.Oermany, Knglaml, the Pacific
coast and this state advice ss to the
growing crop have been very favorable,
both as to quality and quantity. There
Is now every Indication of a world's
crop of very largo prop-irtlons. The
demand here has been very light In
1K93 growths, brewers the only depen
dence, and they buying from hand to
mouth In as small a way a possible.
Holders lave been free sellers and the
tone has been quite weak, though
prices have nominally changed but
little, Brewers seem to rather prefer
state lo Pactrlo coast lots, and the tat
ter are now quoted no hishcr thn
state. For yearlings and old-olda there
Is seldom an Inquiry and they are
quoted nominal and of uncertain value.
N. Y, Producers' Price Current, July
jMth.
At a meeting of the hop growers held
at Salem on Saturday over l,om acres
of hops was represented, A resolution
was adopted declaring In favor of
paying 40 cents per nine bunhi-l box
for picking. The matter of a state
fair hop exhibit was also discussed.
The board has offered a Unit and sec
ond premium of l;5 and $15 rep-ilve-ly
for the "beet display of hops cured
and In natural state, not leas than loo
pounds In halt, and not less thiin one
hill In natural state." A special "hop
and fruit" day 1ms been decided upon
for the week am! an effort will be
made to have prominent grow m-s give
addrctojes on the hop tuples. There
will be no entrstivw money charged for
the exhibits and a large and hand
some lot of hops should be shown.
This seemed to meet with much favor
by the grower and It Is almont cer
tain that one of the most attractive
sect Urns In the big pavilion next Sep
tember will be that containing the
hops. The growing crops are retried
In tine condition. There Is no mould
and the llco are doing no pere-ptihle
damttge, The crop will be very large,
The Chehalls (Woso.) Nugget de
scribes an eighty acre hop yard that
has Just been started In Yuklma coun
ty. It says: "On the MeCook-lllscock
ranch at Moxee, which Is under the
superintendence of Fred M. Mead, the
new yards comprising eighty acres,
have been appointed with high wire
trellis system towering twenty feet
above the ground, and are ranged In
lines through the yards, while the
outer poles are firmly braced with
heavy limbers. From ol to Mlo, and
from each side of the yard, heavy cross
wires are stretched. This system was
built ofter a common pole sytem wns
established, and before the erst crop
after planting. All this has beui done
at the expelise of thousand of dollars.
The yard this year Is twined from the
trellis with four strings to each hill.
The twine cost l.5 dollars, (about
200). An average of twenty-two work
ing men have been kept constantly
employed on the place for the pBt
eighteen months. Two larite kilns
were built last season, and two new
ones will be constructed before "pick
ing season. Next fall the crop will be
harvested."
RAISING PUMPKINS.
Tho use of pumpkins n a fall nnd
winter food for cattle can not be too
NEAR
DEATH'S DOOR
FROM
li
Dear Sirs: I can scarcely realize I
was so near death' door, the result of a
bud attack of inflnmnitttion of .tho kid
neys. My urine wan bloody and terri
ble palm near tho spine. I tried Bnvoral
remodioa, but got no roliuf. Wlion I
was suffering terrlMy a copy of your
Medical AdvlHor was received by some
one in our household. After reading
part of it I sent for a bottle of Dr. Grant's
Kidney and Liver Cure, and after five
doses I folt relieved. I continued taking
until I had taken three bottles, and wai
completely cured.
Gratefully your",
J. A. ALEXANDER,
773 Hoyt street, Portland, Oregon.
Price $1 per Bottle
ft3 UL
highly recommended. Te fact that
they are the cheapent and most easily
raised of all our winter green foods Is
not generally Known, or at bast not
acted upon, Coming at a tlm whi n
pasture Is getting very short, and be
fore the farmer wants to cotnmenc
using his roots, they bridge the gap
between summer pasture or soil ug and
Winter burn feeding, besides keeping
tip the llow of milk which so often
fall oft about this time. Those who
plant them usually drop few seeds
Into eauh hill of corn, and lot them
take their chances. Th! Is wrong, for
the pumpkin Is a plant that require
a great Cent of moisture and sun, and
planted In this way It duett not get
enough of either, U has to share thd
former with the oorn, which nlno needs
lot of moisture, (specially duitng the
growing season, and the sunshine Is
shut off by th foliage of tho corn. In
addition tn this there Is very lit t Im
land that Is rich enougH to support
two crops, pumpkins should be grown
by themselves like other crops. For a
pumpkin patch choose a light soil,
say Country tlentlenmn. A sandy
piece of bottom land Is Just tlm thing,
the richer the better. However, a
comparatively poor soil will do. After
plowing and harrowing, lay It oft In
check row ten feet each wsy. At
each check dig a small hole and put
In one or two forkfuls .-. manure. The
pumpkin, like corn, Is a coarse feeder
and the manure need not be thorough
ly rotted, Cover up the manure with
three or four Inches of earth, making
a perceptible ' hill," Sow four or flv
seeds In each hill a soon a danger
of frost la over, which Is usually about
the first of Muy. Whn tn second or
third i-Hf, thin to two plants tn a hill,
and If the ground 1 rich, they may
With advantage be aguln thinned to
one, when danger from the striped bug
I imr which Is shout the time the
plant begin to run, Cultivate them
alternate ways every few weeks till
they brgln to run, which will be In
about two mouths after sowing. Oath
er the pumpkins a soon a tho first
light frost hits killed th leaves, and
olore 1 lii-iii In a cool place, here frosts
will not nncli them. A good plun I
to put them on a Imrn floor, or other
place, where they ran be sorted a
th y are fed, ulng lhos first that are
beginning lo rot. In thl way they
may M kept until the (lrt or middle
of January, where the thermometer
does not fall more than ' or 20 degrees
below fveexli'g fioliit. Beside being
excellent fxd for rattle, h s are fond
of them, 'liny ere soi-t.-tl nes uod for
keel In In s In health uhllw being
full -nnl. Mo- p v-m so a 1 rn to est
them aitli rtlb-h.
BOMB UCrnciTaTAKINiT NOTES.
Hoard's. Dnlryma.i: " There It no
greater ol tacle In the w- y of making
fine tuitte. than tho Inability ot the
maker to discriminate between that
which Is ipmhI butter met that which
Is better and that which Is best. Here
In lie one of ihe advantage possessed
by the ctiamery, In.tmmich as It I
easier to teach one person.
To know good butter when he see
It H ml to locate and point out defect
when the butter I not Just right, than
It I to teach fifty or a hundred per
son, The private dairy hits many ad
vantage not possible to the public
creamery, and the finest butter In the
world I made In the private dairy.
Alas! that It Is also true that the
poorest butler come from the private
dairy; and still more lamentable Is tt
that the maker of this poor butler are
utterly unaware of Us Inferior qual
ity. If evtry butter maker In the land,
whether man or woman, and whether
In a dairy or creamery, would com
mence mw to learn how to Judge but
ter; commence now to com pi re one
sample with .mother, commence now
to educate their .lenseg of lght. tate
and Htnell, noting particularly h-iw one
sample or churning of btit'.er differ
from another namplu or churning. anJ
trace tenult back to caunc. there
would be a decided improvetneiit In
the average quill.y ot butter In a
very few months.
JCNS BUTT ICR
I generally aocepHl a the standard
for qunlliy. The June gru, as a
rule, finish u the Ideal color, flavor,
nnl grain, It Is euMer to mak- good
butter In I hi mouth than any other,
but by careful attention to condition,
by nupplyig the proper food, by prop
er ripening f the cream, and churn
ing and working, and coloring, June
butter can be very closely Imitated
In all other month,
If the private dairymen whs fall to
secure the beat price for ttnlr butter
will put away nil prejudice nnl con
celt, and, InstJttd of inwardly "cuss
ing" the commlHlon men and Ui. buy
er, give themaelv,- ad their- method
i,l honest overhauling, and discard
the way of their grandmothers they
will lay the proper foundation for
future Improvement In the quality and
prices of their butter.
After proper attention lo cleanliness,
one of the most
UNIVERSAL MIfcTAKIM
mude Is In allowing the milk to sour
bu fore removing the cream. Hounlng
ami ripening are not the n.uuo thing
but they proceed so early together
that souring I In a large degree the
Indicator of ripening. If the cream
Is sour when skimmed the ripening
process has already oommsnwd and
unless Immediately cooled below 60
degrees and kept cool, It will continue,
ELMIRA, OREGON.
Do You Inow Whore It Is ?
MRS- W T. KAYSER,
Lire Thare and telli in the Follow
Ing Letter of the Wonderful Benefit
Beoelved from using Dr. Grant's
MJioines,
EuiiRA, Oiikoon, April Oil), 180 1.
Dii.,PAi!t, tiiuNT, ProHliUmt 0. W. 11.
Mfg. Co., Portland, Oregon.
Sir,-l wlnli to exproHS mv heartfelt
thanks to you for tho grout Ivnotlt I re
ceived from lining your medicines. I
have been a constant suH'ercr tor
Twelve Years
with spinal trouble" and the complaints
so peculiar to women. I have doctored
with several different doctors, and from
some of them I received temporary re
lief, but from none of thorn huve I re
ceived the relief I huve from using your
remedies. Tho
Congo Oil,
was particularly beneficial, as It lnntant
ly relieves the pain ami quiets the nerves,
and after tiHing it I can go to sloop anil
not awaken until break of day. I inn
very grateful for the relinf obtained and
will do all I can to encourage the cute of
your medicines. I have ttwwl one and u
half bottles of (!ono Oil and two and n
half buttles of vour .Native Diwovcrv for
women's ulmnibtiH, and ihut is all the
mediulno I have taken in
Six Months,
and I am in better health than I huve
been for the pant twelve years weigh
more and can work without feeling as
. though I should
Drop Deid
every minute, and it is due to your med
icines that I feel this well ; and I am
willing that all who are ulllicted should
know of the wonderful results from using
your medicines. - .
Respectfully,
MitS.W.T. KAYSER,
Sotp Everywhere.
Congo Oil, price 50o. and $1.00. Native
Discovery, price $1.00.
with the result that at rhurnlni time
some of the cream will be iver-rlps.
... ,.,i.,.,i bv the growth
and development of bacteria. These
bacteria are not micnw"i "..--but
minute plnnts, and they rulr
both warmth and air for growth. This
ripening process bi rinm ' 8",tt,
best Illustrated by the action of yeast
In brend making. Yet s but a col
lection of bacteria, and the yen,
cakes of various kinds at the grocers
are pl mer-rlng the way for "luetic fer
meiiiM" "pure culture" and other pre
paration ciintiiliiing the proper spe
cie of cream ripening bacteria. The
good bread maker does not "set her
sponge" at noon for th next day
baking, neither I she utterly unmind
ful of the varying condition which
test her experience nnd skill. There Is
a time to mix, a time to mould, and a
time to bake, and If lhes are not at
tended to, each In Its proper time and
order, the resulUng product 1 nw
or l" unsatisfactory.
Tha better way to ripen cream t to
skim It while sweet and keep It cool
and sweet until 12 to 20 hour before
churning time, then warm to M or 70
degree, and, If necessary, add starter,
keep warm (so the bacteria can multi
ply) and when sulllclenlly ripened drop
everything else and churn, Just a th
bread maker stops sewing, or washing,
or any other work to attend to her
bread when it Is In proper condition to
mix or mould. The proper degree of
. .. . 1. .. , 1.
riiintiMMi t an ii measured iiy ma i
line tablet which Prof. Farrlngton
,..,I in nor columnsthe al
ha
Iksll
In the tablet measuring the acid
In
the cream-but more timmny 11 w
de
termineii ty smeii snu mi
-1. .1.1 o i-ltu-nnit (-ream
and
I
uiiu.lu ....... 1., I.,.fh Imm! anil lioielt.
having no disagreeable odor or taste
whatever, ana nas an even, smooni,
snu velvety appearance on in pau
or spoon. As In bread making mo
die
In
cream ripening, no description can
i.ly.,i vu!..n In 1,1 riiiu-n whtoh 1
be
will
dispense with care, observation, com
tu.,.lu,.M m n,l mHmitl-v tiV th Oliclfltor
To become iui expert In cream ripening
one must carefully observe the smell
and taste and tne Iooks or me cream,
and note the resulting enarecier
of
1 no putter, uiki 111 n; wa euupi
means to the end.
the
USES OF THE SMOOTHING HAR
ROW.
(Albert Le.)
In the olden day the chief work of
the harrow was the preparation of the
seedbed, and tt whs laid aside whti
planting was done. Then the weak
sprout wa left to crowd It way
through packed or cruted il, and
when nt length It readied the surfuc
It wa destined to find a man of weed
already In ioeelon of the bind. Dur
ing all of thoie year spent In deplor
ing such condition as Irremediable the
needed Implement lay on the premises
unused. Now the harrow follows the
planting, weed are not allowed to
get a start, and th soil Is kept met
h-w all the time. Cmlcr these condi
tion the young plant ha no difficulty
In reaching daylight, and it ha tha
field to Itself when It pet up. The
vulue of the work Id preventing too
rapid evaporation of moisture 1 no
Mitmll Item In the account. After the
crop I up, the harrow Is the v-ry Im
plement with which to do the early
iniyivntlng, which It docs rapidly and
well. Here 1 where (hi tool I not
11 mil half a much as It might be with
profit. Those who do not have success
In this work, may trace their failure
to neglect or lack of car In execution.
The teeth of the harrow for best
work mut be small, slender and sharp,
end should have a backward slunt of
from forty to fifty degree, ttood woik
cannot ti expected where the surface
of the field I covered with coarse rul
blih. Ik-re Is a mutter of forethought
Unit should receive attention In the
preparation of the noil. Anything that
clogs the teeth I likely to tear up the
P'ftnl. If the noil Is mellow and free
from oliMiructlon the teeth glide
through the hill, doing the best kind
of work without Injury to the plants.
Even In the garden 1 often run a lig.t
harrow over the ground when the
pea, benns, beets, etc., are nearly
ready to break through the soil. It
help the plant, and saves a great
ili-al of hand work In Its wholesale de
struction of weed. Here It I neces
sary to slant the teeth o a to do very
hhallow work; and I try to drlv-i ro that
the home may not step on the row.
The lever attachment with which the
slant of teeth I 10 readily changed
to any deslrei! angle, wa a great Im
provement on the rigid old-style har
row,
HE IS A QUAKER.
The Founder of the Big Camp Meeting
A nunc in lion.
The Rev. Dr. El wood H. Stokes Is
preside of the Ocean drove Camp
Meeting association
1 ne Ocean Grove
camp meeting,
wnien is of nutlonnl,
ana almost world
wide fame, Is held
In August, and Is at
lenaea oy niany
tnouHBnti of per
eons. Dr, Stokes Is
SO years of age. He
was born In New
Medford, near Phil
adelphla, and as his
.Ptt, S, II. STOKES,
parent were ortho
dnx (.Junkers, he was brought up in
Ulcers Broke Out
SLUGGISH LIVER.
Cured by Using Dr.
Grant's Sarsaparilla.
Dear Sirs: I wish to thank Dr. Grant
by letter for tho wonderful cure eflbeted
upon the by using his Sarsaparilla and
Grape Root. Last summer I was taken
sick with what the doctors called la
grlpp, I did not seem to get any better.
My liver was in a horrible condition,' as
I was conntuntly throwing up bile.' My
legs commenced to swell and in a short
time Ulcers broke out all over them and
1 suffered terribly. A traveling man
whom I knew advised me to try Dr.
Grant's Sarsaparilla and Grope Root. I
did so, and after taking seven bottles I
was completely cured, scars all healed
up and I felt like a new man. I highly
recommend Dr. Grant's Sarsaparilla and
Grape Root to all afflicted.
Yours truly,
REUBEN WARNER,
Colfax, Wash.
Price 50c; 6 bottles $2.50.
,hat faith. Wh,nr..! "
to I'hl anvipnia a """ ;.
a nn-moer or m ....- - - t
flrt wnon. Whim por
utltu tr.l Church In Trnton. !r.
Htat mvmnt ihst r-
KtokiH iarii" - - .
,4 h'th;"
tiruv ramp ",,, jmm
p.H.M.CAM. . Ml)HlM.
P. 1. DtUE HI,
eVoarlaUr. f
lifjpito! lib fattfj
Manufeoturtra f
FIRST-CLASS
Drain Tile.
of all -
vie t SU th
HARD TIMES.
OmCC AND FACTORY
independence, ' Oregon,
FARMS FOR SUE!
Uilwliht?.O.nur.tU ll rm f"
a0ftl,Mherttlan,Urtwu. lto4 this IM A
OMii-nblv jiua-biww:
X o, 1. sent, all 1-tver.boMom land, 10 arr
In VuUtVNUon, t, S in rl:
huyr i"f cmf" 1 tmmvHt l in
fUr llMlstut lnimliallyt it "'
HlitirltUn tin omuity ris pri" i l"r crs
mm hui, Knrtlu i fruit laud.
No,l tt crw.ll In diltlvtlnii. all lvl
well fniicmt, SUM J srtt. U bIh'oI mt nrrh,
HU mlirn fruin MwrkUti. Il nf to U.n.
Tnte ! rv rl a cn-rk Uiiumi lnl: Hn
hop lnt. and th " clili kn mii. li In in
stai: trlc IT l-r u-rn. t iuuiwh. ImImoi
in n )nr, Thm wmtll In tonl
liir mill nf th P'. I"'"1 lr
UioumiiiI fw-t. This pi will iwll fur Ki
per Bf UUm full.
Nn.i. ftHMf,Mn cultivation: Ht jfsrl to
DclicHit mid itliurvl. Mill cmw huMon Una.
lru li per acr. on-half h, baln In
on ) r.
N. 4, it hcmw. all In eulllvsiton wlHi sum.
mf fallow wheat, buyer uniM.IUlrarop.
Two nd a half mil to Wirtito, un mil
to M-hool Mild rhurrli, 1-ail't ail v. l, No.
nil fcjf fruit or bos; prlt W w?r wi
No. 5, IS mtw. all lvrt enmk b.ltim tMid.lA
itm III cultivation, 4 arr of Umt-r
wali-rml lr Milt cra: jHlntllra bi Hlwn
dnin I Si tiillm Uiiwtiool and fliurt'b. Unyi-r
t-ut puMWMiua liuuiMluiu'ly; prU-s Wmr
aero.
I Imveoihir farm of all (tm-H(itiiin r
aalo Ijimt bouahl and Mild lor nm nut-tli-nu.
,1'nrlim fiavlti land if ati will do
Well U ll.l III Willi With III If 1 1 lev wUl tl
...l an I u lot "f I'Nnter'. ink and let lw
iwoplc aw what t Ituvv lur aalm.
I'.tl. RrNuM,
Ileal Katat A sent Hiienilun, llrtnim.
?6iMBERl
LUMBER.
-THE-
Kalis City
SAW MILL
I now running In hill oinmilon and turnlnt
nut fin Lumber as can be round lu th
BUit of Ort-jjon, A giwd k Id-road to nioun.
tain IIiiiIrt Biid a .
FINE PLANER
low been added to tin- Plmn. Alt order fltlod
on ahnrt notice.
t
ProprUtora.
HOME BUILDERS
Will consult IbMr best jd
toreata by purobasing tbelr
SASH AND DOORS
of tbe rehab) manufacturer,
M. T. CROW
Iudopondeno, Or., eiioow..
or to Ferttnaoo 4 Van Moer.
Sngar pine and cedur doom,
alllizea, ou baud.
SCREEN DOORS.
Fine Jersey Stock !
Those nnraona rt.j,i,i.,.. . . .
m urncu air nnlrv
Pliruoara are mil in. .,1 ii,.,. "",
BERT SIGNAL
H. R. No. 38,002.
1 a full, blooded rpiilaUred
Cll m-rul,.., ....... ... u... . ...7.
" ""v " lor me nwisiiu of iu t.
$2.00.
Addmsaorcnll on .1 n p.ui,. .,
or, at hlamrm miles e
H. M. LINES,
still engaged 11, n,0
Nctary Public, Collactian and
INSURANCE BUSINESS.
Thanklni tl,em.bl.oft r .Hr. 1,1 '."H
IU a fair
DR. ' JWHDAN & CO'S
GREAT OF OAT0X1
7 Bn r4nl,0
Oa anil I . . '
am T won.n-rfnl1v,r,,
I'rlvnt. a a-., . .
inai T:".""":-'''me niilirii-
.t,i, 0, ir ""'M-l-'iaoa.wa i " .
IfTtla
. "vtf li,
h li
I5ANKH.
TUB IXDEl'ENDEXCE
National Bank
Capital Stock, $50,000.00,
If, IllKMf'imKIW. . hMW
ABKAM HKION, Vle.,,,
A gnrl hanking m& sehang
iraaMtli 1nu md, bill dlseiMinM,,
marelal prc4)U grnwd: d(Klu rmlv t
urmil aewnint ubj!t to ehk, intManst;
oa tlm opoIU,
fJlRWTOIlh.
It, t, Umlth, A, Vtlim, i. A.' Ail, f
Jiwtinn, A, J, Ooliiiu, I. W, !
iiikhw- a.
Hliwbbarg,
1
Commenced Business March 4, 1
f .UHiUImmI If attooal AuUwnt
-TUB-
fust ran em
of lodefwmlwoa, Oregon.
Capital Stoaki
Suralaa,
$BO,O0Q4
t4,000.
l.fctWPKft, L, W. ItOliKRTMO",
fraaldMit. VleFrii4tt
W. 11 HAWUr,CbWr.
DIHKCTOIW.
I. R. Cooper, U . Hbrln, U-wl Kttiukt
... .
A -..Mwf kaHfclH I....I..U. .h.....
Hnr and sell, tcbang ou all Itupurtaat
point. j
Ik ln r,-l vt-d autijxtt to ehork or oa
mtm . m. Mtmm,
Oitlo ituura: . in. lu 4 p. m.
twmui Jtr.j th! tuts of oi-:i i
Polk County Bank,
MONMOUTH Or.
J. H. II4WIKV...
PnwiW
I'. UCAMfHKU.
t'L II
IIU ClMWfcLL.
-culilar
Paid Capital, S30.0C3.
DIRECrOlW,
J. II. Ha. ley, P, L. Campbell, I.M.WmpMi
J.u. v, iiiiurr. j.k. mump, r.a.rukU
JiMMitib i rvn.
A general bauklug and aebng btutaaa
Inui-aiuO; bwna uia4; Or(-lu retain
uli)nt to -nek or uu twmnmuiof dcpiasr
Inlrrmt paid on tlm apnu.
- ir pnxtf vault and burglar proof atfc,
iu,c lioura- a. ui. to 4 p. m.
UAILltOAU.1.
TIME TAULE,
alap44aae aa4 Moumoulk MufafUs
Imvm
lndepeudo(w.
'jCY
M0UU.UUJ1.
. 1:10
ll:li
I til
ai
t.ti0
:&
hat)
m
in
East and South
via
The SHASTA Route
of the -
Southern Pacific Co.
California r xir?a trnlna mn (!tlT,HoMlng
Hi Hit alaliona bvlwwu i'orilauud ud Albany.
Houth Kortfe
"57)5 r. a. Lv. 1'orlland Ar. fka.al
lorap. m. Lv. Albany Ar. :..
VkU a. m. Ar. Bn Kraiiclaoo Lv. 7a)ur.a.
. Rpatburg Mall (tiiy.)
Lve. . Arrlvt.
Portland .... SSO a.Jt. Roactmrg ....J.!.
Hueburg....7JXlA.M. Kirtliuiif ...AMA.U.
Diaig Car; ca0f-da Eii
PULLMAN BUFFm SLEEPERS
I Sttioiid-Clasa Rloepln; Cars attacbed
to an ibrougii u-aina.
West Side Division.
Between Portland and Corvellis.
Mall trntn dally (except BundayO
ia 11. 1 Lv Portland Ar
H:Wa 111 1 Ar lmlpontMH..Ar
U:l6l 111 1 Ar (orvnlha Lv
1:M p
lit) ft
At Albany nnd Curvallla, oonnwt with tnUS
Own fwlllil rtlliual
KxnMi iruin aalljr (exwpt SundayJ
p"mi Lv .fvFllaml . ArT8:5m
I:PJ JAj.iw.iiinvlll LvUailpi
Oregonlan Railway Division and
Portland and Yamhill Ry.
Airlle mull TrUweekly.
U:lu a III
6: 'JU p 111
tt.Oipm
l.v....lrtland..Ar I JHlf. p m
Lv....Moniin.m)im LV7-Saa
A r- Alrlld , Lv 7 m
Tlinniiili tlcketa to nil piiinta In the Kaaterj
iniuilll. una mimih, (-nn oe ouiaium
from f. M.8T1VLK, Aitnit, Independvnc
R. KOKHLRii, K. V. ROGKItH,
M iiiumcr. Aant. (). K. ft !'. Aft.
IMUTLAND. OllKUON.
Mti MiP Am
tn-Tt.7 .irMwrnsa 'bi
American and Euroiiean Pliu.
THOS. GUI NEAN, Proprietor,
Seventh and WiiHhlniiton 8tn
PORTLAND, OltKOf 'N.
BRICK YARD
J. R. COOPER
Of Indepoudence. havinp & stara
engine, a brick machine and several
acres of finest clay, is now prepared
to keep on band a fine quality of
Brick, which will be sold at reason
able prices.