$2000-
Schillings Best baking powder goes a
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quicker ; makes sweeter cake.
Schilling' sB est tea makes good cake
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Until October 15th two words allowed for every ticket ; after that only one
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If only one person finds the word, tliat person gels $ 3000.00; if several find
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Every one sending a brown or yellow ticket will receive a set of cardboard
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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
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lus to tourist traffic.
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In France, by means of the Roentgen
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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
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Iran rnlty. Catarrh btdiig a constitutional dis
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Dr. Max Schlier, of Berlin, has dem
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rays one can see how sounds are pro
duced by the voice in singing.
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WITH
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General Agents for Oregon, Washing
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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
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fl.430,000,000; that of New York, $1,.
855,000,000.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Finkham's " Vegetable Compound " ia
the sure reliance in this hour of trial.
Thousands have found It the never-fall
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Womb difficulties, displacements and
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Mas. WuAUitrs kuotuiso M aep .buuM always ba J
I aid Cr obildran Uwihtna. it tooiaa Ui ehtkl.suA- V
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a th. beat reniari, for diarrhoea. Tnttty in Mas s a
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, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Htjannis, Massachusetts,
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March 8. 1897. ' QtfU .J3.
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