NORTIIWESTBREVITIES
Evidence ot Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All tha Cities and Town of the
Thriving Slater UM
Oregon.
The tax levy for Clatsop county cbli
year will be between 12 and 13 mill.
The latent clean-up of the Virtut
mine in 13a Iter county, is estimated et
120,000. . "
It is expected tbat the distillery in
Grants will be started np about No
vember 1.
For tbe fourth time in four years,
Crook county la the first county to aend
in its assessment roll to the secretary
of state.
Tbere are now 701 pupils in The
Dalles public sobools. This is the
largest number ever enrolled at one
time in that school district.
Tbe sheepmen of Grant county met
in Canyon City last week and effected
an organization similar to tbat of the
Idaho Wool Growers' Association.
In running a tunnel into the Black
Republican mine on Frozen creek, a
tributary of Myrtle oreek, the workmen
have struck very rich ore, bearing oop
per and gold.
A phenomenal pumpkin vine was
raised this year by a Dalles man. It
covers a space as large aa that between
tbe four corners of intersecting streets
in Tbe Dalles, says tbe Chronicle. It
bears tweuty-two large pumpkins of an
average weight of twenty-four pounds,
to say nothing of the small ones, and
li'ince has over 440 pounds of pumpkin.
Henry Kemino, of Farmington, in
Washington county, was attacked one
day last week by a mad boar. He was
driving tbe bogs out of a stubblefleld,
when tbe infuriated animal rushed
upon him and thrust bis tusks into
Kemino's thigh, above tbe knee, strik
ing tbe bone and laoerating the mus
oles. If blood poisoning will not set
in Mr. Kemino will reoover.
Ben Hagen, a farmer living near
Pendleton, came into that oity one day
last week with a load of wheat. While
descending Rourke canyon be found tbe
straw tbat bad been placed on tbe road
on fire. He was into the fire before be
discovered it Tbe banks were too
steep above and below, so that he oonld
not turn out, so he whipped up bis
team and ran bis horses all the way
through the fire. It was rather hot,
and four sacks of wheat were set on fire
while the team was dashing through
tbe flames.
Tons of fish are going to waste on
the beaohes in Uppertown and Alder
brook, says the Astorian. Within the
past few days millions of sardines have
been thrown np by the high tides on
the shore along the oity front, and it
has appeared to spectators that some
thing should be done towards paoking
this magnificent artiole of food. Tbe
fish are as fine in quality as any ever
put up in oil, and it would seems tbat
a new industry of renumerative and
large proportions only awaits the en
ergy of some praotioal man.
Washington.
Wild fowl are plentiful oh Willapa
harbor, and the run of silverside
salmon over there has begun. All the
traps and nets are having fine oatches.
The United States cirouit of appeals
for the ninth district has decided in
favor of the oity of South Bend, in that
city's oase against the water company
tbere.
Bears are plentiful in the neighbor
hood of the Coquitlam river, says the
Vanoouver News-Advertiser. A num
ber have been shot by Indians within
the past few weeks.
Waitsburg is now lighted by elec
tricity. The plant was installed by
home oupital and enterpirse. It has a
capacity of 600 16 -can die power lights,
and will be run by water power.
It cost Walla Walla oonnty $500 to
extradite and bring from the Indian
territory Daniel White, a soldier,
.barged with seduction, and then no
case could be made against bim be
cause be married the girl.
Tbe big bear tbat is one of the fea
tures of interest at tbe Tacoma hotel,
broke loose from his chain last week,
and it required tbe combined efforts of
tbe hotel force, 500 spectators, and
nearly a quart of chloroform to secure
bim again.
Tbe harvest of tbe cranberry marsh
near Uwaco will be about completed
next week. Tbe crop will be between
6,000 and 8,000 barrels of berries this
season. So far, no frost has reached
this section, and the orop will be one
of the largest, and the berries superior
to any yet gathered.
Tbe farmers around Colfax have be
gun seeding and the amount of fall
planted grain which will go in this
year will be greater than tbat of any
ptevious year if the weather continues
favorable. Tbe rise in tbe price of
wheat is stimulating the farmers to in
creased activity, and nearly every inch
of summer fallow bind will be planted
by election time.
Tbe Yakima fair paid expenses and
a few hundred dollars over. All purses
and premiums have been paid, as also
tbe employes, and most of the inci
dental expenses. Tbe commissioners
worked bard to make tbe fair a success.
Tbe report of tbe superintendent of
tbe Clark county poor farm shows tbat
at tbe end of tbe last quarter, Septem
ber 80 last, there were seven inmates,
four men and three women. Tbe cast
of supplies footed up $213.68. and the
superintendent's salary was $180
BROKE A SHAFT.
Ateamthln Pari CroMad tha Ocean
Willi Ona Screw.
Southampton, Oct. 30. The Ameri
can line steamship Paris, Captain Wil
kin , from New York, Ootober 7,
reached the dock in this city at 9 o'clock
this morning. She reports that at 9 A.
M., Ootober 8, in latitude 40.46 north,
longitude 161 west, while going at a
moderate rate of speed in calm
weather, her starboard tail shaft broke.
The engines were immediately stopped
and a boat lowered and an examina
tion made, from which it was ascer
tained that tbe propeller bad been
jammed and broken. The shaft was
secured and tbe ship proceeded with
one engine. There was not tbe slightest
nueaBiness amongBt the passengers over
the turn of affairs, and the officers
were all perfeotly oool.
Tbe North German Lloyd steamship
Fuerst Bismarck (which arrived in
New York October 9, bringing the
news that the Paris was disabled), was
sighted two hours after the sbip bad
got under way again. The Paris kept
in the track of westbound steamers dur
ing tbe voyage in order to be reported
and to be able to request aid if needed.
Tbe weather was moderate and fine
throughout the voyage, exoept on two
occasions, when there were gales. No
cause is assigned for the accident, but
it is thought to have been due to a flaw
in tbe shaft The passengers stated
they bad a pleasant trip and some ex
pressed themselves as being sorry that
the voyage ended.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
A Thief's New Method of Bobbing; tha
Malls.
Kansas City, Oct. 20. A daring
robber of tbe mails was arrested here
tonight by the postal authorities, aided
by tbe local polioe. The oulprit is C.
H. Hamilton, ailas Wallace, and
claims to have been employed lately at
Los Angeles, Cal., as a stenographer.
The police authorities say the man has
been in trouble at Bait Lake and Den
ver. In the latter place he was at one
time an employe of tbe oity. This
evening Hamilton appeared at tbe union
depot wearing the biass buttons and
uniform of a railway mail agent. He
stepped l.oldly up to a truok that was
standing under the depot sheds, loaded
with mail sacks, and pulled down a
letter pouch, throwing it across his
arm and stepping into a waiting room.
There he placed the pouch under an
overcoat tbat bung upon his arm and
walked out into the street He would
have escaped but for Frank White, a
turf follower, whom he had known in
Denver, and whom he had taken into
his confidence. White quiokly noti
fied tbe officers, and a short time after
wards Hamilton was arrested at his
hotel. He bad cut open tbe saok and
was going through the letters which it
contained when tbe offloers broke into
his room. He had already extracted,
several small sums of money.
DUMPED INTO THE SEA.
How the Turk! In Constantinople Got
Hid of Armenians.
New York, Oct 20. Madji Bahsin
is a Christian Turk, who was ono ot
the passengers on boatd - the La Gas
oogne, which arrived today. He comes
to this country on a business trip.
Through an interpreter, he told about
the massacres of Armenians. He was
in Constantinople during tbe three
days' massaores in August During
that time 80,000 Armenians, he said,
were slaughtered throughout the em
pire. Wagons filled with bodies were
constantly passing through the streets
of Constantinople. Cartload after cart
lead of these bodies were dumped into
tbe sea. The sight was a siokening
one, and what added to its horror was
the fact that in those wagons were
i piled the dead and dying, and the
leeble cries of tbe wounded for release
could be heard coming from tbe carts,
but the appeals were utterly unheeded.
Whether killed or wounded, all were
thrown into tbe sea. Rabsin says the
Americans had not been molested up
to date. They are leaving Constanti
nople, fearing they may be attaoked.
LOST HIS TEMPER.
A Spanish Editor Aroused by a Wash
ington Dispatch.
Madrid, Oot 20. Commenting up
on the statement contained in a dis
patch from Washington that President
Cleveland intends to intervene in Cuba
in a manner tantamount to the recog
nition of the independence of tbe insur
gents, the Imparoial declares that
Spain ought to demand a full explana
tion of tbe Washington government
"She oannot brook a threat over her
I head," continues tbe Imparoial, "even
for a single day. By what right does
the United States define tbe time for
Spain to settle a question of her in
ternal administration? It must be
affirmed before the whole world that
the American government cannot im
pose any sort of terms upon us."
After denouncing the United States'
fictitious neutrality, the Imparcial con
cludes as follows:
"The conduct of the United States
will arouse international indignation.
If Spain should remain alone in a con
flict with tbe United States, Spaniards,
by tneir own efforts, will know how to
mark the differences between the nohle
defenders of their own property and tbe
vile traffickery at Washington."
A Head-End CollUlon.
Orange, Tex., Oct 20. This morn
ing a bead-end collision occurred at the
trestle across Little Cypress bayou, 6
miles north of this place, on the South
ern Pacific, by which John Clancy, of
Union ville, la., was killed, and A. T.
Toller, Houston, who was running tbe
west-bound train, sustained a fracture
of both thighbones and a dislocation
of the right shoulder.
Queen Victoria has never witness
a session of the bouse of commons.
WORLD'S FAIR REPORT.
(Vlll Kmbrace Nearly Forty Large Vol
ume. Washington, Oct. 19. President
Palmer, ot tbe world's fair commis
si! n, and bis assooiaies on tbe commit
tee on final report, assembled here for
a session of several day's duration, at
which the reports to the president and
to congress will be perfected. These
reports will present a complete review
of the accomplishments of tbe exposi
tion. Tbe report of tbe board of
awards will make about twenty-five
volumes of 800 pages each; tbat of the
director general ten volumes; tbat of
tbe president and secretary two vol
umes, while the extent of the report of
the ladies' board is not yet determined.
These, it is intended, shall constitute
a permanent history and memorial of
what tbe exposition did. Tbe Phila
delphia centennial commission's report
embraced nine volumes. Tbat of tbe
Paris exposition was on an elaborate
scale, with steel engravings, showing
to the world tbe best features of tbe
French exposition. The present work
will be handsomely illustrated and
somewhat similar, though less elabor
ate than tbe French reports. The work
has progressed since the fair closed,
and is now copmlete, so that tbe board
meets to pass upon it finally before lay
ing it before the president and con
gress. Its publication will depend
upon congress. Tbe reports will also
wind up the financial affairs of tbe
national commission, and will show a
balanoe in favor of the government of
about $24,000. This inoludes the
ladies' board, which has a oredit bal- j
ance. '
WINERY BURNED. I
Water Being Scarce, They Turned Wine
on the Flames.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Oct. 19. Korbel's
big winery, at Korbel's station, a few
miles from Guernville, was badly dam
aged by fire last night Tbe fire broke
out in tbe second story of tbe winery j
and soon worked into tbe third story, I
oausing tbe root to iu in. uue oi
the large presses was destroyed, and
about 160,000 gallons of new wine
were turned loose. Water being soaroe,
pumps were applied to tbe wine oasks,
tbe wine being thrown on the flames
with good effect Tbe cellar in whioh
were 100,000 gallons of old wine stored
was saved. The loss will be about
$40,000.
In Dirty Uumueu,
Chioago, Oct 19. J. H. Cummings,
who is said to have been at one time a
newspaperman in San Franoisoo and
the East, was sentenoed to ten days in
tbe oounty jail on a charge of extortion
today. Some years ago Miss Julia
Adler kept oompany and corresponded
with Henry Tilleuburg. After Miss
Adler's marriage to R. Barrati, a stock
borker, Tillenburg is said to have
shown ber letters to Cummings. Both
Tillenburg and Cummings were nearly
penniless, and formed a plan to extort
money from Mrs. Barrati by means of
tbe letters. The dates were ohanged
to make tbem appear to have been
written after ber marriage. Then
Cummings demanded $50 apieoe for
tbe letters, threatening to show tbem
to Mr. Barrati, in case of her refusal.
In this way $40 was secured, $10 at a
time. Cummings gave tbe lady a part
of one of the letters in return. Finally,
Mrs. Barrati told her husband. Tbe
arrest of Cummings and Tillenburg
followed. Tillenburg secured bis re
lease on bail, and has not sinoe been
seen. He is said to be well connected
in Chicago.
Wheat Growers on Their Feet.
Taooma, Wash., Oot 19. Stato
Grain Inspeotor Lawrence reports that
wheat growers throughout the Inland
Empire are' in hopes of getting fairly
started on the way to success this sea
son. They will be put well on their
feet, he says, if no untoward occurrence
prevents them from reoeiving all for
tbeir grain that circumstances now
promise. He says the greater part of
tbe season's crop is still in the bands
of the grower, and he, as usual, is in
clined to hold for higher prioes. Quo
tations at all points east of Sprague
are 62 cents a bushel in the warehouse
today for No. 1 club. For wheat on
board cars, tbe price paid is two cents
higher. In the Walla Walla distriot,
tbe quotations are as high as 67 cents
a bushel on bluestem wheat Idaho
growers receive the same for their grain
as Washington growers.
Sealer 8an Jose Wrecked.
Viotoria, B. C, Oct 19. Among
tbe passengers by the City of Topeka
arriving from the North tonight were j
Captain Coles and crew, of the little
thirty-one ton sealer San Jose, which i
left here for Behring sea early in June
last While homeward bound with !
610 skins on September 22, she was
caught in a fierce gale at Unimak pass, ;
and, dragging her anchor, became a
total wreck. Tbe season's catch was
saved with difficulty and no lives were
lost j
Financial situation In Brazil. j
Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 19. The finsn- 1
cial situation is extremely serious, j
The Brazilian foreign minister has I
beld a conference with tbe Chilean
minister in relation to a commercial j
treaty. Dr. Ceriqua has expressed his !
intention of beginning negotiations
with a view to a comroecrial union of
Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina.
Steel Companies Wanted Too Much.
Washington, Oct 19 Having
finally decided tbat tbe prices asked by
I the competing steel companies for sup-
' plying tbe steel forgings for army guns I
1 were excessive, in the case of tbe !
! small forgings, Secretary Lamont baa
I made a readvertisement, again calling
for bids. Tbe forgings wanted are for
I five-inch guns, mortars and field guns.
Tbe price asked in the former bidding
i ranged from 29 to 60 cents per
I 'pound.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Produce Market.
Floub Portland, Kaleiu, Cascadia
and iMyloii, (it .25; lteiiton county and
tVhiteLily, $1.15; graliuin, $2.76; su
per line, 12 25 per barrel.
Wheat-Walla Walla. 01o3c; Val
ley, 06(ub(te per bushel.
Oats Choice while, 83(j:i4c per bush
el; choice gray, 81m;(2c. Rolled oats
are quoted as follows: Bags, 14.25(4
6.25; barrels, $4.60(jC7; cases, $3.76.
Hat Timothy, lu.50 per tun; cheat,
10(87.60 ; clover, $o.o0yj7.60 ; oat, $7.60;
wheat $7.60 -
Bablsv reed barley, $13.50 per ton;
brewing, 1 14(4 18.
MiLLaTorr bran. 112.00; shorts,
$12.60; middlings, I1H.60; rye, UOo
per cental.
Buttib Fancv creamery is quoted at
45c; fancy dairy, 35c; fair to good,
20(t2iyo. -
1'otatoks. California, 65c; Oregon,
35t45o per sack; sweets, 2c per pound.
Onions 05c ier cwt
Poultry Chickens, mixed. $2 25(4
2.50. bi oilers, $1.00t75: geese. o.t)0:
turkeys, live, 12o; ducks, $2.60(9 3.50
per dozen.
Eoas Oregon, 17,'l!fi203 per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, lUc; Califo. nia 8c;
Young America, 11c per pound.
Vegetables (jariic, new, 7c per
pound f cabbage, lc per pound ; toma
toes, 20c per box; string beans, 2)
G3c per pound ; wax beans, 2'ii(3c per
pound; cucumbers, 16(2&o per box;
egg plant, $1.60 per crate; corn, 10(9
U'ju'o per dozen; summer squash, 25o
per box ; green peppers, $1 per box.
Tuoi'iCAL r"nui! Calnoruia lemons,
fancy, are quoted at f3.50o4.60 per box ;
bananas, $2.60 per bunch ; Valencia late
oranges, $4.60(ii5.00; pineapples, $3.00
(g4.U0 per dozen.
Fkkmi Fhuit California apples, $1.00
1.50 ; Oregon, $1 per box; crab apples,
C5c; pears, 76(s6o; prune, 2Jac per
pound ; balaway peaches, t0(75e ; tSmue
river aud Indian Red, 7Uc per box ; wa
termelons, Rogue river, $1.00 per dozen;
Calilornia, 1.26 per dozen ; i auteloupes,
Oregon, 0Ucial per ciate; quinces, f i ;
grapes, 40iV(80c per crate; ilungariau
plums, Ouc per box ; egg, lhiC per pound j
Eastern Concord grapes, Sue per basket.
Dm kd Fku its Apples, evaporated,
bleached, 4(14c; unbleached, 3,'i!(g4c;
sun-dried, sacks or boxes, 4(u6e;
pears, sun aud evaporated, bfeGc;
prunes, 3(g5c per pound ; figs. 10c per
pound. . '
Wool Vallev. Uc, per pound ; East
ern Oregon, 5 7c.
Hors New crop, 7c ; old, 2c.
Nuts Peanuts, tig7c per pound for
raw, 10c for rousted ; cocoanu s, UOc per
dozen; walnuts, 12Uc; pine nuts,
15c; hicsory nuts, 8(a10c; chestnuts,
17c; Brazil, 12c; pecans, large, 14c;
Jumbo, 10c; filberts, 12V ; fancy, large,
14c; hard-shell, 8c; paper-shell, lu(a)
12,c.
PitoviBioNs Portland pack : Smoked
bams are quoted at lu'l0)fec per lb;
picnic hams, 7c; boneless liauis, 7Jac;
breakfast bacon, 10c; bacon, 6c; ury
salt sides, 0c; lard, 5-pound pails, 7c;
10s, 6Jc; 60s, B.c; tierces, 7c per
pounu.
Hides Dry hides, No. 1, 10 pounds
and upward, K.glOc per pound; dry
kip, No. 1, 6 to 10 pounds, 7c per pound ;
dry calf, No. 1, under 5 pounds, H13c;
dry salted, one-third less than dry timt.
Salted bides, sound steers, 00 pounds,
and over, tic; do. 60 to 60 pounds, 5c;
do, under 60 pounds and cows, 3M4c;
do, kip, sound steers, 15 to 30 pounds,
4c; do, veal, 10 to 14 pounds, 6c; do,
calf, under 10 pounds, 6(ft0c ; green (un
salted), lc per pound less; culls (bulls,
stags, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored,
hair slipped, weather-beaten or grubby)
one-third less.
Beeswax 2022 per pound.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 2)s3c;
No. 2 and grease, 2(g2),c.
Merchandise Market.
Salmon Columbia, river No. 1. tails,
$1.251.60; No. 2. talis, $2.26(32.60;
fancy, No. 1, flats, $1.761.86; Alaska,
No. 1, tails, $1.20 1.30; No. 2, tails, $1.90
2.25.
Cobdaqi Manilla rope, 1-inch, is
quoted at 8c; White sisal, hard twisted:
Rope, lM-in. cir. and upward, 6c;
rope, 12-thread, 6c.
Sua as Golden C,4?gc; extra C, 4c;
dry granulated, 5c; cube crushed and
powdered, 6c per pound; jc per pound
discount on all grades lor prompt cash ;
half barrels, Jic more than barrels;
maple sugar, 15(316c per pound.
Cohfkk Mocha, 27 (331c per pound ;
Java, fancy, 212(c; Costa Rica, 20(4
23),c; Caracal, 2225c; Salvador, 19
22c; Arbuckle, $18.15; Lion, $18.15;
Columbia, $18.15 per cise.
Kick Island, 6)(5c' Japan, i
6c ; New Orleans, 444'c.
Coal Oil Cases, 19c ; barrels,
17c; tanks, 15Jac per gallon.
Whbat Bags Calcutta, $4.25(34.37
for July and August deliveries.
Meat Market.
Bif Gross, top steers, $2.25; cows,
$1.762.00 dressed beef, 3j4)ic per
pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers,
$1.76; ewes, $r.50; dressed mutton, 3c
per pound.
Vbal Net, small, ic; large, 8(3
3) c per pound. )
Hoos Gross, choice, heavy, $3.00(3 j
3.25 : light and feeders, $2.50; dressed,'
$i.E03.75 per cwt j
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
Potatoes Garnet Chile, 40(8 GOc;
Salinas Burbanks, 6000c: Mrly Kose,
25(30c; Kiver Burbanks, 26(o30c;
sweets, 75c(c($l per cental.
Onions 30(a35c per sack for yellow,
40c for pickle.
Koos Store, 1820.:; ranch, 25(27c;
dtickB, 20(g22o per duzen.
OHBasa fancy, mild, new, OiglOu;
fair to good, 7lyc8,!c; Y'onne Am mica,
J10c: Eastern. 12'3 per pound.
Wool ta.n Joaquin and Southern
roast, poor, 4'?5; do good, iafii ran
Joaquin foothill, good to choice, 6(4
7c; do yeai's fleece, 4'611!c; Hvaiia,
heavy, 6c 7c : do. choice, 8 o Vi j North
ern, choice, lOrtillc per pound.
Hav Wheat, $7.510: wheat and
oat, 1 6.50m f); oat, I8 60 barley, R 60(4
6 00; allalla, first crop, 4(a5: do second
crop, $5.50(96; clover, $(i(ft7.60; stock,
$4.505; per ton.
VEorrABi.Es Bay tomatoes, 10(S25c;
bay cucumbers, 25(3 40c per box: pirk
Us, best. Deeper pound; bay squash.
i9w.. .rcf ntant. 2n(3.tJir: Alainpda
corn, 35c; Berkley, do, 50o(K)c per crate;
green peppers, 25(a60c; green okra, 50($ j
65c per box; t,ima neans, siring
beans, $1 per sack; garlic, l32e pe'
pound.
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Mltlng Fertilizer.
Here Ih ii pliin cf o mixing box for
mixing homo-mnde fertilizer, as Ulna
tinted In the Ohio Fanner. The box
should be made stationary to a cen
terpiece so Hint It will revolve with a
crunk. Fig. 1 shows wooden pins
1IOX HOB M1XIXO HEHTILIXKII.
running through centerpiece, necessary
for good work. C, lid for opening and
closing box. A should be turned to B
for tilling, aud as shown for contents
to be removed. Tbe box should also
be large enough to hold 200 pounds of
conimeivl'il fertilizer, or about two
thirds fi.:: for satisfactory work.
Turnips Among Corn.
Tuinliw will not only bear frost with
out Injury, but it. Is tbe belief of many
farmers that their quality is Improved
after tbe first frost Certainly when
they are grown among corn they make
a large part of their growth after the
corn Is cut. This Is commonly thought
to be owing to the root crop being out
from under the shade of the corn. This
may be one reason, but another doubt
less. In that as soon as the corn Is cut
Its root cease to draw upon eoll fer
tility. As the soil Is warm and fermen
tation constantly goes on, nitrogenous
plant food Is constantly being liberated.
This Is still more so after a frost bard
enough to kill most of the weeds, but
not severe enough to affect tbe turnips.
There Is often a growing eenson of five
or six weeks after the first frost, and In
this time the turnips will often double
the growth they had made before the
frost.
Simple Framing- of Building;.
There has been a wonderful chunge
In recent years In tbe manner of fram
lug buildings, reducing the size of tim
bers ued aud doing much less cutting
of mortises and tenons. But there are
still other change? in the direction of
simplicity that are not commonly
known. One of these is shown In the
accompanying sketch, which very near
ly explains Itself. Instead of a heavy
sill, a two-Inch plank Is laid upon the
stone foundation, bedded Into the ce
ment. Upon this are laid the planks
that are to support tbe floor boards.
These ore spiked to the uprights, which
AN INBXI'ENSIVB HOUSE FBAME.
are themselves spaced to the sill plunk.
Tbe same plan of spiking tbe frame
can be carried out In the upper portion
of the building. In this way all the
frame is made of plank, and no mor
tlning or ti'imnlng Is required. This
plan Is highly useful for small build
ings, while there are plans to use n
somewhnt similar construction In the
frumlng of bprns.
Drutroylntr linrrtocke.
The burdock Is a bod weed for a care
less or lazy farmer. If It ia allowed to
seed, the product of seed Is so enor
mous from each plant that once they
get scattered over the ground the place
will not be free from them for years
after. Yet It is not a hard weed to kill.
All that Is necessary at any slugc of
growth Is to cut the plant off one' to
two Inches below the sur'aoe and fill
lu the bole that tbe part of the root
cut out bus occupied with common salt.
The root is full of sap, which first dis
solves the salt, and then r.s the mois
ture gradually Increases It rots away
the root that Is loft In the ground,
making a new growth of shoots above
Impossible. One application Is enough,
and It takes less than a m'uute to make
It.
Quick Maturing.
There is less deinond every year for
the extra large over-fattened hogs that
have taken two years to reach matur
ity. What Is wanted for profitable
feeding Is a thrifty pig tbat In six or
seven or eight months' growth will av
erage a pound of pork per day. This
can usually be made at profit. Tbe
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heavier hog costs more to keep, and
Its pork Is neither so good nor will It
now sell o well ns pork that weigh
200 pounds or less per carcass.
Dark btablea.
Kvcry farmer and dairyman should
have n stable than can be darkened.
In which to put his cows morning and
evening during milking time. Being
In a darkened room the files do not
trouble them, and they stand quietly
while being milked, and ar? glad to be
freed from the pests which torture
them when outside the stable. A cow
must havo the patience of Job to stand
quietly nnd be milked, while the files)
are sucking blood from almost every
port of her body; Hid because h
kicks and flops her tall around to drive
off these pests, the patience of the
milker becomes taxed, and the poor
beast Is too frequently beaten and kick
ed, because she tries to rid herself of
the files that are biting lier. Try
dark stable for milking, hud you win
never be satisfied without one there
after. Feed In a Hens Wheat
Wheat Is good to make bens lay, but
It must be fed In moderation. Hens are
very fond of wheat, and If given what
they will eat of It they will fatten as
fust as If the gru'n wero corn. It l
best always to make the hens earn
what they get by uprlukllng their grain
among cut hay or straw. If clover can.
he got that should be Used, and when
the wheat gets scarce the hens will fill
up on clover, which Is au excellent food
for egg production. No kind of grain
can he depended on for a full ration for
fowls In winter. Thev need some eras
or vegetables or clover, so that the
grain may not lay In a bard lump on
their gizzards.
Potato Aeeortlnn Device. .
The device shown below for assort
ing potatoes Is made by constructing-
a uux A leei luug uuu v iv; wmc, nwi
three partitions. The back piece Is
about 4 rect mgii, tne next a ana ton
third l'j feet. Nail pickets on for
screens. . Tut thein rather closely to
gether on the first Incline, and further
POTATO ASSORTRR.
apart on the second. This scparatea
Into three grades. Shovel them on tbe
slide above tbe first incline and push
down slowly and the assorting is ac
complishedFarm aud Home.
How to Hitch a Horse.
To hitch a horse to a smooth post or
tree without the rope slipping down or
untying U shown in the Illus
tration. Tbe end Is turned
round the rope, forming a
small circle, carried round the
post, returned above the rope,'
passed round the post again,
pulled over tbe last turn of
the rope and through the first
circular turn made by a, com
ing out at b.
Dairy Dot.
Watering is as Important as feeding.)
Winter the best, and make meat oC
tbe rest.
The milk' dairyman cannot feed ex-,
aclly as the butter maker.
A cow's biography Is expressed, not.
In good deeds, but in quarts of milk.
Cows which give a large quantity of
yellow milk are not always the best
butter cows.
Smoking an old pipe where there Is
milk or butter, Is first-rate evidence
that the smoker ought not to bo In tbe
dairy business. ,
Every time you swear at a cow she
makes you pay for your 111 manners.
Every time you kick her you kick pen
nies out of your pocket-took.
Fine butter will always sell readily
at a profitable prlee, while poor but
ter falls to find a customer nnd loses lu
quality dally, and In tbe cud makes a.
loss to every one who has anything to
do with It.
Farm Note.
Improvements are always In order,
but puy your debts first.
Potato bugs appear to have been un
usually' numerous this year.
Exports of wheat: for July and Au
gust aggregated 12,7.r)5,10O bushels,
against 8.51G.2.S8 for tbe same mouths
of 1895.
The secret of grass culture is to save
all liquid manures, and get both liquid
aud solid upon the grass land ns soon
ns possible after made.
The old plan of a summer fallow for
tillage land Is hardly worth following.
It pays best to keep the land busy and
always covered w'-th some crop.
The farmer or gardener who has per
mitted one weed to mature Its seed baa
deliberately provided himself with tbe
work of killing many weeds next sea
son. Some farmers do not make farming
nnv nthcrs niauase to zet aIodz falrHr
well, and some are making money.
That Is the sum of tbe situation, and It,
la about the same In every other busi
ness.
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