Timber. A country cnnnot coutlnue to be pop ulous nor highly civilized when its for . ests, or their equivalent In coal, are lost to It But tills loss hag been experi enced by mnuy nations. The whole Eastern world was once well wooded, Roman and Greek writers assure us of this. Vast regions of Europe and Asia, by wars and wantonness aud Imprudence, have been stripped of tuelr forests. A belt of .woodland stretching from the Pyrenees to the Himalayas has been swept away, and that whole region, once fertile aud pop ulous, now uarely sustains a people scanty In numbers. It Is a significant fact that great deserts now occupy the orlglnul seat of the human race, aud extend ott every route of their migra tions. Humboldt Is reported as saying "Men In all climates seem to bring up on future generations two calamities at once n want of fuel aud a scarcity of water." The two come alike from the destruction of the forests. How to Tell Bheen'a An:. The Breeders' Gazette, In reply to a correspondent, says that a sheep's age cannot be determined with precision from the appearance of the animal's teeth. Terlods of dentition vary a few months. In general, the lamb has his eight small teeth for from 1- to 10 mouths. At the end of this time be cuts two large teeth, as at Fig. 1, when he Is said to have "a yearling mouth." At something less than 2 years (general ly) there are four large permanent !C' clsors, as nt Fig. 2. At about 30 months there are six permanent Incisors, as at. Fig. 3, and the other two come at about 30 to 42 mouths, as at Fig. 4, when the sheep Is said to "have a full mouth.' From this date the age is guessed at by the amount of wear on the grinders. Hoed Crops on Pod, So far as possible the farmer ought to have sod land on which to grow all hoed crops. He cannot usually mnko nearly enough manure to fertilize all that he wants to plant to corn or pota toes. If there is a sod to be rottlnn during the summer a moderate dress ing of commercial fertilizers will In sure as great success as he could usual ly depend upon with a dressing of ma nure on land that has -been naked through the winter. I'osslbly the sod may not equal In value the plant nutri tion furnished by a dressing of stable manure, but the sod will be more sure to rot if the season be dry, and thus make up In availability what it lacks In fertilizing power. If the sod be mnlnly of clover, the fertility It will add to the soil will be as great as Is given with the manure dressings, es pecially If applied just after the laud Is plowed. A Ponltrr Hooks 'ev'c!e. Where fowls are kept In confinement whether te season be summer or win ter they must be furnished green food in the form of cnbbnge, turnips, beets or cut clover. These should not be POULTRY HOCSK DEVICE. thrown loosely Into the pen to become quickly soiled, but put Into a rack with sloping sides, like that shown in the sketch. The hens reach through the slats and eat what they desire. The top slopes so that they cannot roost upon It If filled with cabbages, etc, they will come down to the bens as fast as eaten. Dwarf Peara and Apple. Thin the fruit allowing not more than forty to sixty specimens to remain on each tree. The fruit will grow to a jfine size, and the strength of the tree ,wlll not be taxed, Finch the forward "branches In, keeping the tree compact and symmetrical In form. Fruit for lexhlbltlon should be carefully, grown, allowing not more than one peck to the fEETH 6r SHEEP AT "DIFFERENT AGES. tree. Fork the earth up all around the tree, and thou cover the ground as far out as the brunches extend with one Inch In depth of rotted horse manure. If the weather should prove dry, water freely every evening, roor Milker. Success In dairying must depend not only on having cows able to give a lib eral mess nnd keep at It, but also on the kind of milkers employed. A care less, lazy milker will easily lose more than his wages during the time he Is employed. Not only (Ills, but he will julekly convert a really good cow Into a poor one. The milk which the careless milker leaves In the udder Is always that which has the largest amount of butter fats. i It is not drawn the fat Is reabsorbed. Into the. cow nnd helps to dry lfer off. i'he illiiieuity In gel ting help that can be depended ou Is the great drawback In rumilng a large dairy farm. It Is also no light. Job to milk ten, twelve or more cows twice every day. It will mnke any man's hands tired until he becomes used to It. Cider and Cider Vinegar. Where summer apples are plentiful It Is more protituble to make them Into cider, aud then Into vinegar. A hand mill can be had for $10 that will make from two to three barrels per day. Af ter the juice Is pressed out mix the pinnace with mill-feed, and feed It to the cows when fresh. Fill tho barrels full of cider aud set them In the sun to ferment. Keep the barrels full. After fermentation censes add two gallons of Btroug old vinegar to each barrel, and put In three strips of brown paper sat urated with common molasses. Cover the bung-hole with gnuzo wire. By the following spring excellent vinegar may be had. Never add water to the cider, as It Injures the strength and flavor of the vinegar. ' Bheep Amonu Orowlnv Corn. . It Is the practice of good farmers now to cultivate both corn and pota toes much louger than used to be thought advisable. The reason Is that the modern cultivation Is shallow and does not disturb tho roots. But where a piece of either corn or potatoes Is weedy n few sheep mny be put Into the field after midsummer with no dan ger whatever that they will Injure tho crop.' Almost any other stock will at tack both corn nnd either the potato tops or roots. Sheep will not eat either. Usually only the ram was put in somo time in July, aud was uot taken out until the corn was ready to harvest. After corn Is out. sheep will attack the corn ears. While It stands they seldom do this. For Hob Plaitne. The following Is the prescription rec ommended for bog plague by Dr. Sal mon, of the Bureau of Animal Industry: One port wood charcoal; one part sul phur; two parts sodium chloride or common salt; two parts sodium bicar bonate; two parts sodium hyposulphite; one part sodium sulphite; one part anti mony sulphite. Pulverize and mix thoroughly. Dose One tnblespoonful for each two buudred pounds weight of hog ence a day. Wash Feed Grain. ' If one will wash a feed of onts or corn, there will be seen an amount of filth and trash that would astonish the man who thinks he feeds clean grain to his horses. Try washing, and let the grain dry or nearly so before feeding. There are evidences that soaked corn and oats are more profitable, more ens Ily aud thoroughly digestible than the same amount fed dry. Western Agri culturist The Horae Doea Thla, A good horse can travel 400 yards In four and a half minutes nt a walk. 400 yards In two minutes In a trot, and 400 yards In one minute in t. gallop. The usual work of a horse Is taken at 22,500 pounds raised one foot per minute for eight hours per day. A horse will car ry 250 pounds twenty-five miles per day of eight hours. Among; the Poultry. nave troughs In which to feed all soft feed. If your hens lay soft-shelled eggs they need more lime. I'he sitting hen now has the floor. Take care of her. Is there not room for a flock of geese on your farm? Study the situation. A wnrni feed for breakfast goes a long way In Inducing hens to lay now. When the combs and wattles of the fowls are of a bright red color it indi cates a condition of health. When the manure Is hard and a por tion Is white, it Indicates a healthy con dition of the digestive organs. When the fowls are busy scratching, the hens laying and singing and the cocks growing, these are signs of good health. When you can enter the hen bouse after dark .and hear no wheezing It proves there are not any roupy fowls in the flock. A generous application of lime on the chicken yard and In the sheds and runs Is now In order. It may prove a cheap prevention of disease. ' When fowls are Judiciously fed, made to take exercise, and .their quarters kept clean and free from lice, there Is comparatively no trouble with sick ness, except In cases of contagion. Tbla la Different. "Love makes the world eo round." The world seems to go round, but love makes vour head swim: that's the ex planation. Boston Transcript Hundreds of experiments have been made to determine whether toads could live when enclosed In blocks of stone. and in every case the toads died before the end of the second year. A Venetian firm la making; bonne ta of spun glass, which are soft and aa pliable as silk. CROSS OUTRAGES Cpnn the r tnmsch ami bowels are perpetrted ty in li )l 1 1 ti-l- ill liijudirioua uvnlila wliu, upon rxi eriuni'lim the anunvanflti nt cnniliiiiini In hIIkIiI ili'ttrit!, Inllllraic lliflr bowels Willi l rt-l i i-li I K avaetiants, which vnh'i-blt) the In. Ii'klllial membrane to a serious emi'iil, some. limi'K, rvi'li, kiiiurluilui'liiK il) .onii-rjr or piles. Hosteller's ritumneli Miners li the (rue mi-i't-iUii("tin fur these. niwiruiiK, mice ti l nt oui-e InvliioratliiK, iiuiule mid effectual. II ho banishes dyaueiuia, inMnrlnlvomplaiuts, rheu luaiisio and kluiivy troubles. Tlio Athens check factory is to be operated by electricity. This is the first cotton factory in Georgia to nse electricity as a motive power. There li mnro Catarrh In thla tectlnn of the country than all oilier diseases pill together, ami until tin' lust lew yeara vmssupiioiieit lo be inrumble. Kor a ureal many years tin 'tors pro nounced it a local disease, and prescribed lueal remedies, and by constantly fulling lo cure by loeai iremmem, pronnuueeu u iiii-iiraine. Hclenee lias proven catarrh, to be a couslllu jlnyai disease, and ll?rcfow rejylK cyn-tj. (utlunal treatment. Huil Ciitan n Cure, man. iilacturod by K. J. Cheney k Co., Toledo, O,, li the only coiiniinilonal cure on the market. It la taken Internally in dosis from lu .Imps to a leaspoouful. It aril directly on the blood and mucous surfaces ol the system. They offer one hundred ilollara for any caae It lulls to cure, ieud for circulara and testimonials. Addr ", K. J. CIIKSEV Jt CO., Toledo, O. Sold by driiKKixta. "':. Hall's family Tills are, the best. Two bottles of I'Iko'h Cure for consump tion cured me of a but! lung trouble. Mm. J. Nichols, Princeton, Iml., Mar. 11), ljUj. Three million five hundred thousand steel pens are used throughout the world every day in the week, THREE JTAPPY WOMEN " Relieved of Periodic Pain and Backache. "Bcforo using; Lydla E. rinkham's Vegetable Compound, my health was being gradually undermined. I suf fered untold oprony from painful men struation, backache, pcln on top of my head, and ovarian trouble. The com pound entirely cured me. Jlr.s. Ueouoie "Wass, 023 Bank St, Cincin nati, O. " For years I had suffered with pain ful menstruation every month. One day a little book of Mrs. Flnkham's was thrown into my house, and I sat right down and read It I then got some of Lydla E. Flnkham's Vege table Compound and Liver Pills. I can heartily say that to-day I feel like a new woman ; my monthly Buffering Is a thing of the past. I shall always praise the Vegetable Compound for what it has done for mo. Mrs. Mar garet A.vriKRSON, 3G3 Lisbon St, Lewiston, Me. "Lydla E. knkham's Vcpetablo Com pound has m:-cd mo of painful men struation and backache. The agony I suffered during menstruation nearly drove me wild. Now this is all over, thanks to Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and advice." Mns. Cabrie V. Williams, 6outh Mills, N.C. The great volume of . testimony proves 'conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a safe, sure, and almost infallible rem edy in cases of irregularity, suppressed, excessive, or painful monthly periods. FARMERS (offC" Thi is TMt MICHiNt TO P YOuR (loP in WITH Tmt FALL CLARK'S RIGHT-LAP Plow and Seeder Combined. Thoroughly works the Soil to a depth ot S to Inches. Leaves no Plow Crust. I'laee the seed S to 4 inches down, thoroughly lorered lth light, loose noil. Kvery farmer that lias used It RECOM MENDS it. Illf first and Taylor sts., portwnd, or. Generul Agents for Oregon, Waaliing ton and Idaho. Portland, Oregon a. P. Armsthqno, ll.b., Priu. J. A. 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It cures all kidney and bladder trouble", rheumatium, lame back, etc. Send for our medieal work, illustrated, "Three Claaaea of Men," free. Addreaa SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. 153 West Vf sehlngtoa St., Portland, Or. Pirate mention tUt Paper. fsTPTrRa! aad PtLKS eured: no par na t til eared: send for book. lRa. Misirtsi FbanaruxD, 2 Markat St.. Baa fraaciKX. d A. . ' .Hw.aef-TJ-. " She 8o you don't like that hnt Just In front of us? How would you like It trimmed? He (savagely) With n lawn mower. Tit-Bits. The Cnptnln (boisterously) Come, old mnn, bruce up! What's got Into you? PiissenRor If you dou't put me ashore you'll very soon see. Life. 'Toor, motherless girl:" ho exclaim ed, and turned sadly away. What he wanted was a motherless girl who should be In moderate flreuuistniK-es, nt Jeast. ruck. Scotch. MeSporrnn (leaving' hoiuei Noo, Janet, dlnna forgot to milk" lectio Sandy tnk' his glass e'e out when he's ua looklu' at aethlng. New York Truth. She Oh, James, how grand the sea Is. How wonderful. I do so llko to hear the roar of the ocean. He So do I, Elizabeth. Plouso keep quiet. Lustlgcn Ilhietter. Cholly Rlcketts (trnglcnllyr-Itofuse me, dourest, nud I slinll enter u mou ustory nud be n monk. Maude Suiii niortllrt Monastery. Dou't you mean a menagerie? Puck. "Joking aside, umdnni, two girls hnve gone Insane from love of ine and you say you really cnnnot love me?" "No, baron." "Third case of In sanity !" Flloguude Ulnetter. Old Mlllyiins-Young man, my daughter tells me you kissed her last night. Perclvul Tootles-Well, If she wants to go bragging about It, that's her privilege. Chicago Record. Weary Wlllle-Ef you hod a million dollurs, Fields, wot would you do wit' it? Flowery Fields W'y, 1 wouldn't do nutt'n' wl(' It I'd Jest rest eusy and let It do Butt'n' wit' me. Truth. "Everybody seems to be on nn equal ity In Klondike," said the shoe-clork boarder. "Yes," said tho Cheerful Idiot, "one man can cut as much lee as another up there."-Iudiuuupolls Jour nal. Mr. Gotrox What would you expect me to do for my daughter if you mar ried her? Georgie Goodthlng (slightly embarrassed) You er wouldn't- be willing to die for her, would you? Judge, "Paw," asked the little boy," "what Is a brain-worker?" "A brain-worker," said the old mnn, " is a man who has to spend all his salary lu dressing up to the position he holds." Typo graphical Journal. Isnacsteln Dot vas a quveer t'lng vot happenedt to Rosenbnum's shtore. Dere vas a purglary undt a shmall fire der same night. Cohensteln Yes; Rosenbnum toldt me dot he came oudt shoost even. Puck. VPapa," said Hilly, tearfully, after a playful romp with the good-untured but rather rough St. Bernard puppy, "I don't believe Bingo knows what kind of a dog he Is. He plays as If he thought he was a little pug."-Bnzar. Young Lady You are a wonderful master of the piano, I hear. Professor von Spieler (hired for the occasion) I blny aggompanlnienta soiuetlm.es. Young Lady Accompaniments to singing? Professor von Spieler Ag gompanimeuts to gonversatlons. Tit Bits. Mrs. Newlywed That Is our new burglar-alarm you see, If a burglar should get Into the lower part of the house, that would ring. Her mother Oh! and scare him orf? Mrs. Newly wed (doubtfuIly)-Well, It might; but It would give Clarence aud nie plenty of time to hide In the attic, anyway. Puck. First Assistant (In Daily Hustler of fice) It strikes nie that the editor Is becoming decidedly nbsent-niluded. Second Assistant Why do you think so? First Assistant-Why, In that long article on the wonderful progress of mankind during the relgu of Queen Victoria, he never once mentioned the increase in the circulation of the Hus tler. Puck. Electric Light on Battlcllelds. Special attention Is being given by the French military authorities to the questions of succoring the wounded onliattleflelds when night comes on af ter a great battle. Experiments have been made with powerful electric arc lights, but the apparatus has condi tions. At length It has been practical ly determined that the ambulauco corps men shall wenr little incandes cent glow-lamps In their hats, Just like ladles of the ballet In a spectacular ex travaganza. Each man Is to carry a little primary battery In Ms pocket for the production of the current. ' The wounded In need of succor will look out for the little moving lights, and if possible drag themselves toward them. Paris letter. Everlasting Fence Pout. Fence posts treated under the follow ing manner will last a lifetime or more. Posts that have boon lu the ground seven years, when taken out, were as good as when they wore first put in the ground. This Is the reolpe. Take boiled linseed oil and stir It In pulverized charcoal to the consistency of paint. Put a coat of this over th timber. A Magnetlo Hill. On the Island of Canna (situated northwest of the Island of Rumi there Is a bill so magnetic as to affect the compasses of vessels passing near. Home's Cemetery. The most extensive cemetery In the world la that at Rome, la which over 6,000,000 human beings have been in terred. Every woman In telling of her sick ness says she "suffered everything." Closed August 31st That Schillings Best tea missing-word contest closed August 31st. We shall announce the winners and the word at the first possible moment. A $2000.00 missing-word contest begins at once. ' Schilling's Besi baking powder and tea are .because What is the missing word ? Every ticket taken from Schillings Best baking powder or tea is good for one guess at the missing word. Send your ticket with your guess and name and address to MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO. Dig Telegraph Cable Contract. The largest telephone cable contract ever given is reported from St Louis is a result of the telephone wires being placed under ground in that city. The itatement that the contract covers 050, 300 feet of cable containing fully 100, 300,000 feet of No. 19 B. & S. copper wire, 2,000,000 pounds of lead easing and thousands of pounds of paper Insulation can ' only be appreciated by comparisons. Six hundrod and 9fty thousand feet equals about 124 miles, or .about the distance rom New York along the coast lo Cape May, or the very end of New Jersey. The small wires, if spliced to gether, would reach nearly half round ihe earth, the total length being 18,900 miles. One thousand tons of lend rvould equal in weight a solid prism of ;astiron ten feet squure and 45 feet nigh- HOME PltODVCTS AND PUKE FOOD. All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very lltlit colored and of heavy body, Is made from rlucose, "Tea Garden Uriu" is made from junar Cane and Is strictly pure. It la for sale dv Ant-clam irorvrH, ill cans only. Maniifac lured br the Pacific Coaht HVRCP Co. AH Ren. 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