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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1903, FARMING IMPLEMENTS. A. Harrow For Leveling the Farrow I Slice and a Good Plank Drag. An Ohio Farmer correspondent sends that paper a drawing of an implement lor leveling the furrow slice and says: The handles are seldom needed to lift the harrow, but I found the left one struck the plow beam every once In awhile when the harrow wanted to tip over too far from any cause. For this purpose I had to brace the handles quite wide apart forty Inches too far for use Ju corn rows, but they can be placed in or out, ns occasion requires, by substituting another round betweerf the handles. Near the rear at the left is a crooked steel or Iron rod seven- HAItROW FOB lEVELINfl PUltBOW SLICE. eighths rr one Inch, bent as Indicated, to rub on the bottom and side of the fur row and fastened to the harrow by go ing diagonally from the lower outside corner to the upper inside corner, with a nut to hold It The teeth I used were not all knife shaped, like the one Illustrated, yet I think it would be we'll to make them -all of this style, as holes can then be fcored perpendicularly" any place you .find the teeth are needed or work best, and they can be changed very easily "With only a wrench to unscrew the nut. The holes should be large enough so the teeth will slip in or out easily, -as they can be screwed up tight to hold them in the direction desired. This little harrow Is attached to the lngletree of tho horse in the furrow "with the short chain so that it will larrow the furrow turnod the round before, working Just forward of the furrow being turned by the plow. This furrow, however, may fall partially on the rear side of the harrow working In the furrow. This does no harm, but only helps t hold that point down to Its place. The lft upright support for the handle should be placed well for ward, so the furrow slice will not strike it For those who plow with three horses abreast and use a large sized chilled flow with Jointer, and also rolling col ter attached, this little harrow will surely be appreciated, as it does such thorough pulverizing of each furrow as fast as plowed. Dimensions. Width of harrow at the lack end, 31 inches, Inside measure; "Width between handles, 40 inches; length of harrow, 50 inches; made of '42 by 4 scantling; crosspleces 2 by 8. .Bolt the crosspleces on top or notch down but little, so they will not rub the ground. If all tbe teeth are made like the one indicated, the holes can all be l)ored perpendicular through the wood, and the right slope or slant back will be obtained. The hinge at the front is made of a pair of strap hinges placed . so that a strong bolt passing through the chain, then through the eyes of the straps, make a good hitch as well as hinge. f A plank drag Is also figured in the .paper mentioned. It consists of four 4 the young trees. In some localities It lays most of Its eggs in April and May. The Cornell (N. Y.) university is now endeavoring to get a state appropria tion of $250,000 for new agricultural buildings. The American nurserymen's conven tion will meet at Buffalo June 10 and the apple shippers' at Niagara Falls Aug. 5. A Canadian dairyman says the whole source of trouble in handling and car ing of milk can be summed up in four letters, d-i-r-t. i Whales In the Thames. , In former times the appearance of a whale In the river Thames was consid ered ominous. One was caught od Greenwich three months prior to the death of Oliver Cromwell, and the com mon opinion was expressed by Heath in his "Flagellum." ''It pleased God," he remarks, "to usher in his end with a great whale three months before, June 2, that came up as far as Green wich and there was killed." Evelyn, in his "Diary," under the date of June B, 1155s, mentions that a whale was killed off Greenwich and that it drew an "infinite concourse to see it by wa ter, horse, coach and on foot from Lon don and all parts." According to Rob ert Hubert, In his "Catalogue of Nat ural Itarltles," the tongue of this whale was exhibited daily for some time at the "Miteiy near the west end of St Paul's church." In February, 1857, another whale .Was caught In the Thames, and in the Times of that month appeared an ad vertisement for a piece of ground, some 40 feet by 60 feet, "on which to exhibit ! a whale." The piece of ground adver tised ror was round in tne Mile jsna road, and the whale was exhibited un til March 14. .In the same month 'namely, on March 21 expired the' house of commons, which had been elected in 1852. This is the fate of sufferers from Kidney trouble, as the disease is so insiduous that often people hava serious Kidney trouble without knowing the real cause of their illness, as diseased kidneys allow tho impurities to stay in the system and attack the other organs. This accounts for the many different symptoms of Kidney Disease. You begin to feel better at once, when taking Chicago Business Wan Cured Foley & Co., Chicago, Gentlemen: About a year ago my health began to fail, I lost flesh and never felt well. The doctor thought I had stomach) and liver trouble, but I became convinced that my kidneys were the causa of my ill health and commenced taking FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE. It in creased my appetite and made me feel stronger, and the annoying symptoms FOLEY'S ECIDHEY CURE as it stimulates the heart, increases the circulation and invigorates the whole system. It strengthens the urinary organs and gives you new life and vigor. TWO SIZES 50o and $1.00 creased my appetite and made me reel stronger, and the annoying symptoms disappeared. I am now sound and well. J. K. Horn, 1354 Diversey Blvd., umcago. june 1 1, iau. Cuped H,g wfa E. C Watklns, sexton of the Methodist Church, Springfield, Pi., wrltest trouble and tried several doctors FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE was Mir tirifo h.fl Hfl u.fV Karl with Irtr1nv trntlhlA anrl triVH ervrai Atftnm 1 taxing one Dome or i without benefit. After i much better, and was completely cured after taking four bottles." One Bottle Cured Him A. H. Davis, Mt. Sterling, la., writes: "I was troubled with kldne complaint for about two years, but one-dollar bottle of FOLEY'S KIDNft CURE effected a permanent cure." J. F. O'Donnell, "Z o., I" ia.iis'ssiisslsakTil 1 nTlns Fun With n Trasredlan. On one of the times when Barry Sul livan, the great Irish tragedian, was playing Hamlet a certain clever low comedian named Hoskins was the gravedlgger. After answering Sulli van's question, "How long will a man lie in the earth ere he not?" Hoskins proceeded with the business of illus trating his reply. Taking up Yorick's skull he spoke 'the words of the text: "Now, here's a skull that hath lain in the earth three and twenty years. Whose do you think It was. ' "Nay, I know not," replied Sullivan as Hamlet. "This skull, sir," said Hoskins, "was TMavolo Antonio's, whom Booth fought In this city!" The house roared with laughter, rwtlle Sullivan stamped and fumed, ex claiming: "Yorickls, sirl Yorick's!" j "No," said Hoskins coolly, when the tumult had subsided, and taking up another skull 'This la Yorick's skull, the king's Jester; but fetter's Anto nio's, just as I told you."-Kansas City Independent Top buggies, $55 and up Open buggies $25 and up Carriages and -Hacks, Milburn Wagons, Corumbus Buggies. Binders, Mowers, Rakes, Hay Presses, Iron and Wood, Pumps Plows and Harrows, Cream Separators. I Bottom of a Sea Falltn Oat. Scientists tell us that, counting from the sea level, the lowest body of water on the globe is the Caspian sea. For centuries its surface has been gradu ally settling down until now it is eighty-five feet lower than that of its nenr neighbor, the Black sea, which also lies far below the level of the oceans. The 'common conclusion all along has been that the Caspian was simply losing Its waters by evaporation, but recent in 'vestigatlon shows that this is not the 'case. Soundings made and compared 'with records of soundings made over 100 years ago reveal the astounding fact that there Is even a greater depth of water now than then. This leaves but one hypothesis that would seem at all tenable that the bottom of the sea Is actually sinking There is much speculation in scientific circles as to what will be the final outcome. DT TAEifES PLANK DRAG. m 4 scantling fastened together with rods with small blocks two Inches thick between the scantlings, with rings on the m!s of the rods hitched to by means of rods and a ring or a chain and ring. Tbe slat is for the purpose of lifting the drag to free it from rubbish or stone. This drag .carries fine dirt along between the scantlings, which fills tip all low places and levels the .ground. A drag of this description eight feet long is a good load for a team of horses without a harrow at tached behind. If more weight is want ed, the man can ride the drag. It does effectual work in leveling and putting the ground In order. . ' Haws aad Xatoa. letX ot for the flat beaded .borer ta nice Paper Soi Made Prom Rice. Ilice paper Is not made from rice nor from rice stalks, nor has it any con nection whatever with rice. It Is of Chinese manufacture and is made from the pith of a certain tree resem bling the elder. The pith Is extracted from the tree In large cylindrical mass es, and with sharp knives the Chinese pare off the cylinder till Instead of a cylindrical form they have a large flat sheet This is pressed and other sheets added until the required thickness is secured. The paper is then rudely sized and is ready to use. It was called rice paper under the supposition that when It was lirst introduced into Eu rope It was. made from rice stalks, and the name has never been changed. Cheese. Cheeses come, under three general heuthK who!- milk, skim or sour milk and whole milk and cream. Tbe ripen ing of cheese, upon which depends Its flavor, is due to the action of bacteria, which are ever present In milk; also In the rennet which is used in the manu facture. Clieexe which has been Im properly handled is apt to accumulate deleterious bacteria. Cheese has great nutritive Talue. It yields nearly three lma fbe amount e? caloric yielded by saoderately leaA C. 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Come and see the New Morrow Brake, the "best ever," and say, if you want a new wheel, don't fail to see ours, they are prize winners Tribunes at $40 and $50 Iver Johnson from $30 to $50 Days $25 to $30 Arden $25 SECOND HAND WHEELS AT ALL PRICES LAMB & SAWYER Oregon C7p Bicycle and Bun Store MAIN STREET, OREGON CITY BECKERS MILLINERY HAS MOVED TO 214 Third St., Cor, Salmon, PORTLAND, ORE, A Complete Assortment of S elected Pattern Hats ALSO A VARIETY OF- Trimmed Hats at Greatly Reduced Prices You are cordially invited to call , and inspect our display Brunswick House and Restaurant NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS Meals at All Honrs " ' Open Day and Night Price Reasonable . tinly First Class Restaurant in the City CHAS. CATTA, Prop. Opposite Suspension Bridge OREGON CITY, ORE Ladies Appreciate the roomy retiring rooms, cosy com. parcmems anu me many nine con veniences especially arranged for their cumfort on the Nortb We&tcrn Limited "The Train for Comfort" every night between Minneapolis, bt. raul and Chicago via. Before starting on a trip no matter wnere write for interesting Intor matlon about comfortable traveling. H. L. SISLER, General Agent, 2218 Alder St., Portland, Ore. T. W.TEASDALE, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn Something New Eastbonnd. Double daily service to Chicago via the Union Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Line. New overland service. It is as satis factory as it is new. H. S. HOWE, Qeneial Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee and 8t, Paul Rati war 134 Third Street, Portland,' Ou- The Railroads OREGON Si 10 LINE aho Union Pacific SXe east The 0- R. & N. Co. gives the choice of TRAINS DAILY Daily River Excursions OF OREGON CITY BOATS TIME CARD DAILY and SUNDAY Leaves Oregon 7 oo A. M. 10 oo " I ?g P, M 4 30 " Leaves Portland 8 30 A. M. 11 30 " 3 00 P. M. 6 15 " No Way Landings ROUND TRIP 25 Cents Oregon City Transportation Co. ornci and dock tout of tailor in. Phone 40 PORTLAND SuMw.t to eh&tue without fioUV TWO VIA THE OREGON SHoRT LINE ta. m. . m. TO SALT LAKE DbNVER CHICAGO and KANSAS CITY ONE VIA THE GREAT NORTHERN 6 l. m. TO SPOKANE MINMEAPOLIS ST. PAUL and CHICAGO Ocean Steamers Leave Portland Every' 5 Days For AN FRAINPISCQ Boats Lmv Portland Daily for WIIIme ette and Columbia River Point. Monthly Stunners to China and Japan For full Information call on or addreii uenaf) 0. B. N. Co. ticket afiant or addreu A. J IRANI, 0. P. A., , 1'ortlamt, Orcfaa) a Kin ir-s a. 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