$2000- Schillings Best baking powder goes a third farther than any other ; gets to work quicker ; makes sweeter cake. Schilling' sB est tea makes good cake taste better. Schilling's Best baking powder and tea are Jecaise they are money-back. What ii the missing word? not SAFE, although Sihilling't Beit bkiiir powder and tea are safe. Get Schilling's Best baking powder or tea at your grocers'; take out the ticket (brown ticket in every pa'kage of baking powder; yellow ticket in tiie tea); send a ticket with each word to addrens below before December 31st. Until October 15th two words allowed for every ticket ; after that only one word for every ticket. If only one person finds the word, tliat person gels $ 3000.00; if several find It, f aooo.oo will be equally divided among them. Every one sending a brown or yellow ticket will receive a set of cardboard creeping babies at the end of the contest. Those sending three or more in one envelope will receive an 1898 pocket calendar no advertising on it. These creeping babies and pocket calendars will be diiferent from the ones offered In the last contest. Better cut these rules out. Address: MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO. ou Tourist Traffic In Ireland. Ireland is now bo inn opened more than ever for visitors. Its attractions ara hninff mnrM nrnminnnrlv iilui-ftil h fore tourists, and increased facilities have been provided for viewing its many natural beauties. The presence of royalty cannot fail to give a stimu lus to tourist traffic. NURSERY STOCK attles PKAKH PEACHES PLUMS Prunes fcc, Bend us names for Free Catalogue. Buell Lamberson, Portland, Oregon. Y0 1 . Portland, Oregon . 4. P. Amstonq, ii.s., Prin. J.A.WEsco.Sec'r THE BUSY WORLD OF BUSINESS !ri prSubl mpl.7a.0t to hundreds or oar ffrtdvilM. aa4 will to IboOMods aor. Bead for oar ..tolog u. Lcsrn wbst kud asv w. tctcB. Ysrlly, A BUaiNCSS EDUCATION PAY VIGOR LIEN Easily, Quickly. Permanently Restored Weakness, KervousneM, Debility. from rly errors or later IOM0H ; th Miult of overwork. sicknM, wor rj, out. Full itranfftb. development &d ton ffivei. to Trjr ornn nd portion of the body. Simple, nfttiirel methods. Immediate iraDnmtniflnt een. Failure impoeoible. 3.000 references. Book. iplenatioa and proofs mailed (sealed) free. ERIE MEDICAL CO., MAN.aJ: Another lea fur the Hay. In France, by means of the Roentgen rays, the sex of the silkworms is now determined while they are in the co coon. This determination lias in the pant been carired on uncertainly, usually by weight, the female cocoons usually being slightly heavier. IOO KEWAKl), tlOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there l at least one dreaded disease that selence hat been able to cure in all lis maves and that la catarrh. Haifa Catarrh Cure i the only tmsltive cure now knuuu in the mpriii.nl Iran rnlty. Catarrh btdiig a constitutional dis ease, requireBoouitulional treatment. Hall'i v atarrn cure is taken internally, actinic directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the ara. tern, thereby destroying the, foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so mum iami 111 us curative powers, mat they offer One Hundred Dollars forany case that ft falls to cure. Send for list of testimoniala, Address, K. J. ( II KNEV, 4 Co., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 76c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Dr. Max Schlier, of Berlin, has dem onstrated that by the use of Roentgen rays one can see how sounds are pro duced by the voice in singing. HOME PRODUCTS AMD 1'UK.K FOOD. FARMERS J (oieTMiN(f MStMINt 10 pr YouR ("OP in WITH 1 1 FAIL n a CLARK'S RIGHT-LAP Plow and Seeder Combined. Thoroughly works the Soil to a depth of 5 to I inches. IiCavea Places the Leaves no I .. , All. I 7f covered with 5n., loose sol). Kvery farmlV that has used It itKCOM MKNDS it. FIRST AND TAYLOR STS., PORTLAND, OR. General Agents for Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho. A NERVOUS Debility sufferer in an a(rrravated form shows it on his face a haggard worn-looking man. The same with women. But what of the man who has lost all vital and mnnlv power, and yet looks like a physical giant? That is iust the question to which Dr. Batiden has devoted twenty years of study. It if true that men who look strong ARK weak in this respect. Dr. r-anden bas found the cause aud explains it in bis little work, "Three Classes of Men," Which he sends free by mail sealed from observation, or can be had at his office. It gives full intortnatiou relating to Dr. Sanden's Electric Belt. It might be worth your time to read the little book. Get it, or call and sec this wonderful Belt. All Eastern Pvrim. so-called, nauallv verv light colored aud of heavy body, Is made from glucose. "Tea (tanen Orio" ia made from rlugar Cane and la strictly pure. It Is for sale by Hrst-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen uine -tea women unm nave tne manuiac turer's name lithographed on every can. A bov who recently died at the aire of IS. in Indiana, from excessive smok ing, had consumed in the past five years 50,000 cigarettes. I know that my life was saved by Piso's l"!ure for Consumption. John A. Miller. Au Sable, Michigan, April 21, 1896. The value of house property of Lon don is $3,365,000,000; that of Paris, fl.430,000,000; that of New York, $1,. 855,000,000. ' Try Schilling's Beat tea and baking powder. Moat Populona Nations. The revised returns of the Russian census give the total population of that country as 129,000,000. This makes Russia third in rank among nations, China coming first with an estimated population of 400,000,000, and the British Empire next with 298,000,000. There are no courts in the Klondike region, but perhaps they are not neces sary where everyone observes the golden rule. A " II -V TT ( We want an Ail ENTS vfiiVgY. city, also to work the country homes, selling our Holiday Books suitable for children. Only one person In each place will be aopointeil, either lady or gentleman: experience not necessary. Com mission. Reliable house. Write today. Address, PUBLISHER, 300 Post Street, Han Franeleco, Cat. Dentists .... Get yonr supplies of ns at cat rates, targe stock and low prices. Goods guaranteed. Woodard-CIarke t Co.. Denial Depot, Poiiland. DO YOU WANT SEEDS Get them at K. J. BOWEVft, 201 and 203 Front street, Portland, Or. Also agent for the Celebrated Clipper Mill; best farming mill in the world. Every farmer should have one. Write for prices. SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. 3SS Wnt Waahlnftoa St., Portland, Or. tfeate stratum thit Paper. K. P. H. TJ. THEN writing to advertisers, plsass sssatisa MM paper. DYSPEPTICURO ,-DIETINO, WASH- tne stomach, psln ; roa may ive tried all these remedies and only found relief from Indiges tion, Catarrh of the Stomach. In trying DVS PEI'TICVKO you will find at'l KE. Price, II. On receipt of same will deliver It to yonr nearest express office free of charge. Agent, ....FRANK NAU.... Portland Hotel Pharmacy, Sixth and Morrison street. PORTLAND, 01. BASE BILL JBOODS WLS? We carry tbe most complete line of Grmnasiuu and A tbietic ooda on the Coast. SUITS ADO UNIFORMS BADE TO ORDER, bend for Our Athletic Catalogue. WILL & FINCK CO., 18-SSO Market St.. Saa Frsaelaco, Cat. PIl'PTl'KB and PILES enred: nopavtin t til eared: tend for book. lit. Mansfield A Potfisxd, 238 Market BU, San Francisco. -it -wttw W' t Ait' - Cora Fodder Harrow. The National Htovkmaa describes how to make a barrow for hauling corn foddpr. Tbe two side pieces A are 6 feet long and 1 Inches by 3 inches. Tbe up rights B are 2 feet long and 2 Inches by IV, Inches. The crosspleces C are feet long and 2 feet apart and 3 Inches wide by 1 Inches. Tbe straps D are pieces of old carriage tire bent as shown. The kgs are fastened on with a single bolt and tbe uprights by a log screw. The braces for the uprights are notched lu and oalled. When It Is de sired to use the barrow, for grass, put In a floor of half lncb white pine, also nail half Inch boards from B 1 to B 2 and fit In sideboards from B 2 to B BARROW FOR COR.V FODDER. and from II 1 lo 1! l.N White pine or cypress will be strong enough for the dimensions given. If heavier wood Is used, use smaller size. The Care of Milk. The following Is a compilation of dl rectlons given by some of the Western cheese factories In connection with the care of milk. Place cans In cold water .Immediately after milking. Place tbe milk In cool water soon af ter milking Is done. Place cans In cold water at once. Cool quickly. . Practice cleanliness with a big C. Milk palls, strainers, and coolers should be washed and scalded at ucu milking. Rinse cans In warm water, scald wltb hot water, and air as much as possible, Have cans washed and scalded thor oughly and well aired. Stir the milk at least two or three times while cooling. When the milk Is cooling, cover the cans with cheese-cloth. Do not put covers on tbe cans over night, but use a tbin cloth. Always leave covers off tbe milk un til the animal beat has disappeared. Never mix morning's milk with night's milk until both are thoroughly cold. If warm milk Is added to cold, It pro duces a taint at once. aataaaswi --H.-4.. Posts as Foundations. Cedar posts are often used to support buildings and doubtless would be more frequently used If the frost did not work upon build Ings thus support ed lifting them out of position and racking tlmin. It does this when tbe posts extend holniv tho frost 'iissi-laf. line since tne ground freezes to the sides of the posts and thus raises them. Put a square box about the posts as shown In the cut. The frost will then lin tne Dox, but cannot disturb the posts. Orange Judd Farmer. Ripening Tomatoes Under Cover. It is tbe bablt of many tomato grow ers as the danger of frost becomes im minent to pull up a number of tomato vines with a little earth attached, and throw them with their unripe fruit into some building where tbe unripe toma toes will gradually turn, and the small er ones will Increase In size and finally ripen also. In this way it Is possible to have tomatoes fresh from tbe vine until near the Christmas holidays. To matoes fully grown will color If picked and laid on the shelf. But they are not nearly as good as fruit that Is ripened on tbe vine, which apparently continues to perfect tbe fruit even after its roots have been pulled from tbe ground. Threshing- Damp Grain. It Is never good economy to tbresb grain while the straw Is damp. So long as grain is in Its chuff, that protects It from beating either In mow or stack. So long as threshing was done by band there was no temptation to tbresb It until frost had dried It out Now that steam power for threshing bas replaced tbe horse power. It does not seem so mucb waste to tbresb dan p grain. Yet many straw slacks will be green with grain wasted be cause even tbe steam threshing ma chine cannot get It out. Besides, after threshing, tbe damp grain Is much more liable to Injnry by beating tban It was bofore. Rata va. Irrigation. It Is sometimes said that the farmer who depends wholly on Irrigation Is really better off than tbose who farm where rainfall is usually sufficient. Tbe man who Irrigates bas tbe control of moisture supply In bis own bands. But this does not wholly apply to fruit growing. In arid climates air, as well ss soil, must be kept moist to develop tbe best fruit. For liiatiy years Call fornlu fruit was dry aud poor In quit Ity, though tine looking. Now Cnllfor nla air lu thu dry season Is less arid limn It used to be, and Its fruit Is bet ter. Chestnut Trees Profitable. Those who have a chestnut grove and keep It free from depredators may find It a source of profit. We know one or two such groves which yield returns wltb no labor except for guth erlng the nuts better than could be got for usual farm crops. But to secure profitable returns the public must be cxcludec Men and boys who club the trees while the nuts arc green fo bring them down will dis figure ami Injure the t rees, so that after a few years the trees will yield little or nothing. Chestnut trees, If the fruit Is of good quality are valuable proper ty, aud their fruit should be protected There are several Improved varieties of chestnut, some of which will begin bearing when three years old. These should be chosen If new plantations of chestnuts are to be miide, or scions of the new varieties should be grafted ln to native stock. American Cultivator. Value of Grain Chaff. When threshing grain framers should appreciate tbe necessity of separating tbe grain chaff from the straw for win ter feeding. If tbe straw Is to be sold for bedding or used for bedding at home It will go farther If free from chuff. The latter Is much the best part of the straw to feed. When uature makes the grain, all the valuable nutrl tlon Is concentrated lu or near tbe bead. Some of this remains In tbe chaff. There are besides some light grains that are usually blown out wltb the chaff In cleaning. Chickens in Hot Weather. Tbe sudden dying of young chicks In hot weather Is almost always caused by lice. Look around tbe bead and neck, and a few big fellows may be seen which torment the chicken so that It cannot be thrifty. Rub some grease of any kind about tbe bead and neck and under tbe wings. This Is sure death to tbe pests and does the chicks no harm. It Is well to use It as a preventive, for If lice get on the chicks In hot weather, many chicks will die before tbe remedy can be ap plied. Hurtling; Weeds. It Is far better to rot tbe weeds by burying them under the soil while green than to rely on burning them after they have ripened their seeds. It Is com monly supposed that when a weed Is burned. Its seed also perishes. Only If piled on brush, which will make coals of fire at the bottom, of the heap, Is this the case. The weed seed drops as the pod which encloses it shrivels with beat, and as carbonic acid gas settles to the bottom of the heap, the noxious seed Is preserved from burning. Corn on Outside Rows. In cutting c-oru we always used to notice that the outside rows where tbe horse turned In cultivation had general ly larger aud better filled ears tban did the corn farther In the field. This In dicates tbat corn Is usually planted too closely and does not get suullgbt enough. Tbe outside row Is not gener ally richer tban the soli fartner In tbe field, and certainly tbe trampling of the ground by the horses' feet Is no ad vantage to tbe crop. Grasses. The best kind of grasses to sow upon a marsh subject to overflow, accotding to some of tbe best authorities, are four pounds red top, two of fowl meadow grass, four of Mmothy and one or two of alslke clover per acre. In many cases low lauds cau be easily drained or parthuiy freed of water by the dig ging of oue or two ditches. If tub can be done, it surely should be practiced, for low lands are tbe richest and best for grasses. Farms Under Glass. It Is prophesied that the farmer of the future will grow bis crops under glass. Hot-bouse fruits and vegetables may then be raised for the poor and needy on u very cheap scale. Vast sections of land may be roofed over Ith glass, and a perpetual summer climate will make the plants and trees and vines flourish as In the tropics. Boiled Oil. A gallon of boiled oil well soaked In will furnish a protecting cover for all the farm wagons, plow handles, horse rakes, etc., on the farm, keeping the weather from them and thus sav ing the cost a dozen times. It should be put on hot. Quince Hedges. In the English colonies of Africa hedges are commonly made of quince trees. The branches, being planted and Interwoven by hand, form an Im penetrable barrier to cattle, and they annually bear an Immense crop of large fruit. Objections to Late Haying. The late cut hay, even If secured without ruin, has lost mucb of Its nutri tive value. It bas also Impaired the vigor of the root, so that next year's hay crop will be lighter than If the grass this year bad been cut early. Making Them Familiar. Heifers tbat are to be In milk by and by ought to be kept wltb the milking herd that they may get accustomed to tbe sounds and excitement of domesti cation. Their product will vary less by and by at the pa!L A Pertinent Qoerr. "I don't believe In anything I can't see," said tbe young man wbo alms to be considered a skeptic. Tbe middle-aged man wltb overalls on looked at him pensively for a mo- Debt and then Inquired: Toung feller, did yon ever ketch bold of a lectrlc wire T Washington Star. Inroads of flerinan Trade. France imported ffl, 000, 000 worth of Jewelry from Uurnuiny last year. This fact hai caused consternation among the largo jewelry manufacturers in the former country. The German articles are nearly all of a cheap variety, and a large proportion of the jewels which they contain are imitation, Jt is rath er striking to see the Germans cutting into a branch of trade in which the French have always been eimily first. French exports of jewelry and watches continue to be very important, in tbe Far Hast China and India the French have almost entire control of thu watch and jewelry trade. Til K ULl'ES. This Is s synonym f r that tlonmr, harraased condition ol the mind which has it. crista lu dy.iiepnia. Ail the usly spirit that, under the name of the "nines," "blue devil,," nuKrlmi" aiid"mulliKrub4"tornieiilatliedyH'lli-almost ceawlt-asl-, vanish when attacked with Ho tetter's Stomach Bitten, thai, moreover, emit. Ill laics biliousness, constipation, chilis Slid fever, kidney complaints, and nervousness. An American scientist lias recently discovered a new miorobe which is par tioularly destructive to the tissues of the human body, and the most striking peculiarity of the creature is thai it is nearly all mouth. A magnetic well of great power has been struck at Bowersvillu, five miles south of Jamestown, Ohio. Th well was drilled 140 feet deep, and at this depth the drill became so magnetized that particles of iron clung to it. The Gauls, to make handles for their stone axes, cleft the branch of a tree, placed the stone in it and left it till the wound in the wood, had been com pletely healed. A MOTHER'S DUTY. Tour daughters art the most pr Clous legacy possible In this life. The responsibility for them and their future Is largely with you. The mysterious change that develops the thoughtful woman from the thoughtless girl, should And you ea tho watch day and night Aa you care for their physical well being, so will the woman be, and so will her child ren be also. LydlaE. 3 Finkham's " Vegetable Compound " ia the sure reliance in this hour of trial. Thousands have found It the never-fall lng power to correct all lrrcgularlUea and start the woman on the sea of life with that physical health all should have. Womb difficulties, displacements and the horrors cannot exist in company with Lydia Ii Plnkham's Vegetable Compound. Mas. 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