AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINrNG TO
FARM AND HOME.
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After Producing Fine Fruit, Learn
How to Felt It for the Moat Money-
Plymonth Rock Hena Have Many
Pointa of Excellence-Brief Notes.
Frnit Growing.
An apple tree will nearly care for
Itself, but the man who wants good
trees In the future will thin his fruit.
If a tree bore one hundred apples I
should remove fifty. If the next year
It bore two hundred I should leave one
hundred to ripen, and the next, If It had
a thousand I should leave six hundred
This will get the tree Into the habit
of bearing. A peach tree that will set
a thousand peaches needs to nave
or seven hundred thinned off. Thus
you will get more bushels to the tree.
The more you throw away the more
you will have, and you will practically
get $4 for $1.
After producing fine fruit learn how
to sell It for the most money. The
fruit which brings most is that which
Is neatest, fullest and most honestly
packed. Tick your fruit carefully and
in the cool of the day. Pack in a cool
place and in tight packages, for the less
air that reaches the fruit the better.
Then put the crates In a cool place. In
packing grade your fruit; the finest
first, then medium, etc. The three or
four grades should be uniform through'
out. Ask your dealers what kind of
packages sell best. Next get a good
dealer and tell him you have a good
thing. Have your commission man go
and see your place. The business side
of fruit growing means belief In your
self and then making those with whom
you trade believe in you. Finally, do
not go Into the business until you have
thought it out and made up your miud
that you will suceed. Grange Homes.
ProBtable Hena
In my operations in the poultry line
1 have never found any breed to pos
sess ro many points of excellence, with
the ordinary treatment of the average
farmer, as the Plymouth Rocks. They
pay me. I have had a flock of forty
Plymouth Rock hens average me $1.45
per hen for the year, with a country
market for poultry and eggs. They
had the run of the farm and barn, with
an abundance of sour milk and such
grains as the farm produced. This
eeemed to furnish all they desired, ex
cept grit, which was supplied In plas
ter scraped from the walls of an old
house. Now, with a larger flock, I am
feeding buckwheat mostly, raking it
deep into chaff and straw, with bone
and meat scraps obtained from butch
ers. The hens have plenty of warm
water to drink, and they take lots of it,
loo. My hens are kept In what was
once a hay bay, now fitted with win
dows and devoted to poultry. It Is
light, warm and roomy, joins the main
barn floor by a sliding door, and the
hens are let out a while each day and
given the run of tle entire barn, both
for exercise and to save scattered
grain. It works as well as a more cost
ly arrangement and keeps the fowls in
splendid vigor. Last spring there was
scarcely an Infertile egg In all my
hatch. Maine Bulletin.
Straw Stack Btablea.
Wherever grain is largely grown the
straw left after threshing will make
a cheap and warm stable for stock the
ensuing winter. All that Is needed Is
to set posts In the ground close enough
together so that they will form a good
support for a flat roof, and pile the
straw over It and on at least three
sides. The side not built up against
may be used wholly as a door for stock
to run In and out, or it may be boarded
up, and one or two board doors made.
Sometimes this straw stable Is made
against the side of a stack, and the ani
mals are allowed to eat Into It. This,
however, is a dangerous practice, for
late In winter stock may eat far enough
so as to disturb the balance of the
stack, bringing It over on them, and
smothering them. Where the stack is
built over a stout shed there Is no such
danger. It can be easily made as warm
as any basement barn, and without
much cost except of the straw. Ameri
can Cultivator.
Sowing Grata Seed.
One of the questions being discussed
at the farmers' Institutes is whether
the old-time custom of sowing grass
seed on grain is as beneficial of good
results as sowing the seed alone. It is
true that the grain shades the grow
ing grass, but the stronger root growth
of the grain crop must to a certain ex
tent affect the young grass. Then
there Is the advantage, when grass seed
is sown without using grain land, of
thorough preparation of the soil for
the grass crop, which Is not the paso
when grain is seeded in the fall and
grass in the spring. It is possible that
If grass seed is sown on land that is
fine and ready for the seed it will taake
much greater growth than when sown
on grain and thus escape the effects of
the dry season, which usually comes In
summer. On sandy soil clover and the
various grasses may be seeded down
In August, but on clay soil the frost
may throw the plants out during the
winter. It Is a mistake, however, to
suppose that a grass crop can not be
grown from spring seeding without the
aid of a grain crop.
Golden Rod.
This native plant deserves a place in
all gardens, and especially In those
having a collection of American plants.
It is so hardy, so showy, and so easily
grown that it deserves more attention
than' it Often gets. Each little shoot
broken away from the old plant in the
spring and planted In almost any way
or place will become quite a plant by
falL A clump of It lights up the corner
In which It grows like a bonfire. One
of the chief merits of the plant Is its
?ate. flowering quality. By its use we
prolong the season greatly. With It ,
should always, be grown a variety or
two of our late native asters. The two
plants ire boon companions, and one
seems lonely without the filler. Cer
tainly the' yellow glory of the golden
rod Is greatly heightened by the purple
haze of the less showy but equally
beautiful' flowers, and betwwtt: them
there is a contrast that is full of most
harmonious effects. F
Sliding Barn Doors, 1
Thpce should be no toleration of the
old-fashioned swinging barn doors,
which winds will soon break from their
hinges, making It Impossible to operate
them except by lifting the door and
carrying it around. The sliding doors
on iron rollers are easily kept in order,
and are worked so easily that a little
child has power enough to operate one
of them. They have also the advan
tage that the door may be slightly open-
ed and kept in that position, which
would be difficult to do with a door
swinging on hinges. The sliding door
came Into use when basement baros
were construct ed. In such case the
doors on the lower side, where they
were 10 to 12 feet above the basement,
had to be put on rollers. The conveni
ence of the sliding door now makes it
more lesirable on barns, however they
may be constructed.
Sowing Grass Seed.
Clover seed on grain Is sown as early
as it can be done. It will be an advan
tage to go over the grain field with a
smoothing harrow, which wIU not ouly
beoeflt the grain but prepare the
ground somewhat for the seed. Do not
try to seed by using the hand, but sow
with a seed sower, a wheelbarrow seed
sower being excellent. If the wheat
plants have been loosened by frost sow
1he clover seed and run the roller over
the laud. The weather conditions
must, of course, influence the matter.
Many farmers sow clover seed on the
snow, allowing the rains and melting
snow to carry the seed down; but there
will occur a large loss of seed, which
will be eaten by birds, some will freeze
and become worthless, portions will
not be covered by earth and the
"catch" will largely depend on spriug
conditions.
Growing Tomatoes.
A tomato grower of Charlestown, W.
Va.,Is reported to have grown last sea
son many tomato vines from thirteen
to fifteen feet high, trained up to ions
edging strips, one end of which was in
the ground. The tomatoes, which were
of the common varieties, were trained
to this unusual height by pinching off
the runners or branches as they ap
pear, and when quite small. The soil
In which they grew was composed
chiefly of well-rotted cool ashes, which
had been on the ground for several
years. The vines produced well and
on Sept. 21 were full of smooth, greeu
tomatoes, but not of very large size.
Many rarmers do not know that to
mato vines can be so trained.
Potatoes After Corn.
It is possible to grow a good potato
crop after corn If the latter has been
planted on an old sod heavily manured.
In such case a good deal of the virtue
of the sod was not secured by the corn
crop, and there is besides a dressing
of well-rotted manure to 'be turned up
by the spring plowing. It Is much bet
ter to plant early potatoes on such land,
and to plant them as early as a good
seed bed can be had. Without a fresh
sod to decay and furnish plant food
and moisture In midsummer, the re
sult with late potatoes would be that
tney ary up just at the critical time
for making a crop.
Varieties of Peaches.
It is believed that failures with
peaches in many sections arc partially
due to the proper varieties for each
section of the country not being select
ed. To learn more on the subject tlw
work of testing the varieties has been
submitted to twenty-four experiment
stations, and It is believed that the re
sults will be very beneficial. One of
the great difficulties in the way Is that
of procuring varieties true to name. It
is seldom that a peach grower succeeds
in procuring the exact varieties order
ed unless he knows from whom to bay
or has evidence that no mistake will
be made.
Money in Sheep.
Many farmers who got rid of their
sheep because wool did not pay have
found that they made a mistake In so
doing, as the ewes could have been
made the foundation for something bet
ter. Sheep are not, as easily procured
now as two years ago, and fewer com
plaints are made regarding the profits
from them.. Oxford sheep, which pro
duced heavy carcasses last year, on nn
Ohio farm, averaged eight pound's of
wool per sheep also, thus proving that
mutton breeds also pay as wool pro
ducers.
The Best Turkeys for Breeding.
It is not surprising that turkeys
should soon run out and become Infer
ior In every way, when we remember
how so many farmers choose their
breeding stock. All the late birds
stunted by corn feeding while young
are saved, while those that are large
and fine are sent to market. The idea
is that the small bird will be fully
grown, and as large as the largest by
spring. But it never is. Saving the
best birds for breeders Insures earlier
laying of eggs, and an early crop of
turkeys next year.
Profits in Blackberries.
Perhaps it is safe In asserting that In
proportion to labor and capital Invest
ed no crop pays as large a profit as
blackberries. Growers who complain
that blackberries do not pay should
first estimate the expense. There are
blackberry fields that have borne crops
for ten years, which have never re
ceived a pound of fertilizer or manure.
and, outside df cutting away the old
capes, with rough cultivation in the
spring, have received no labor. What
blackberries would do for the grower
If treated like strawberries is j et to be
demonstrated by some.
Stock that Gaina In Value,
One of the best rules for profitable
farming Is to always keep as much
young-growing stock as possible, and
to discard early that which because
of age is declining in value. Food that
makes growth is always much more
productive than that given the fully
grown animal which only requires to
be fattened. In a hog the first 100
pounds cost less than the second hun
dred. After a hog geJ i to be 300 weight
most of Its food goes to maintain its
present condition, and there Is very
little profit to the feeder.
Valne of the Cow Pea.
Analyses made at the Colorado' Ex
periment Station show that pea vine
hay is richer In protein than either clo
ver or alfalfa. The pea vines contain
materially more nitrogen than alfalfa,
and are valuable fo? green manuring.
There is a considerable amount Of pea
vine hay made in Colorado. . The vari
ety grown for that purpose is known
as tug Mexican pea. : ' ; i ;;
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Trade randitions la the Leading Cities
of the World.
In a newspaper interveiw Mr. Armour
is quoted as saving that wheat will go
to $1.50 if the Lei t her party do nothing
but sit still. Assuming that the short
interest in May is as large as conjeo
tnred, it is impossilbe to eliminate that
interest otl.er than by delivering the
wheat or buying it back from the
clique. If the latter sit still on their
long line it will leave the shorts like
rats in a trap. They plunge about,
and one set of shorts, may cover off
another set, but the shortage will still
remain. Mr. Leiter and his lieutenants
are firm in their belief that wheat
ought to go much higher on its merits,
and as time goes on they are confirmed
in their prediction. Of coarse the great
mass of traders believe that wheat is
already too high, and that it never
would have been selling at present
prices but for the Leiter manipulation.
It must be conceded, however, that
Leiter is now more strongly intrenched
than at any other time since he began
the deal. At one time he was deserted
by his allies, they having sold out on
him almost to a man. The market
reacted about 4e on this selling, but it
soon became stronger than ever, and the
young speculator now has a firmer grip
on the situation than at any time since
his famous campaign was begun. A
good many able and experienced com
mission men think he will ultimately
come to grief, but as he has success
fully overcome many seemingly insur
mountable obstacles encountered in the
past six months, perhaps it is as well
to concede that he is apparently not in
need of a guardian and may worry
through to the end as well as hejias in
the past. Even if he should drop a
million or two the family would not be
come objects of charity, and as it is
the Leiter money that would be lost
others need not sit up nights and bor
row trouble over the impending cal
amity. As soon as it was known that
Leiter had arranged to ship his wheat
out of Chicago it was stated in our mar
ket letter that this clearly outlined his
policy, und it would be best for all
concerned to govern themselves accord
ingly. Ever since the market has been
rushing upward, and there is no indi
cation that it is anywhere near the top.
In fact Leiter says it has just begun
to advance. Though more than two
months away the May deal is now as
erratio as the December was near its
culmination.
Northwest receipts are still falling
off, being 165 cars less than last week.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 77 79c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 8081c per. bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.75; graham,
$8.80; superfine, $2.35 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 36 37c; choice
gray, 83 34o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $19 20; brew
ing, $30 per ton.
Millstiffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid
dlings, $34; shorts, $20.
. Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover,
$10 11; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per
ton.
Eggs 14 15c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c;
fair to good, 4550c; dairy, 85 45c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 12)c; Young
America, 12Jc; California, 910o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75
8.25 per dozen; hens, $3.00 8. 50;
geese, $5.006.00; ducks, $4.505.00
per dozen; turkeys, live, 1012c per
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 40 50c
per sack; sweets, $1.752 per cental.
Onions Oregon, $2.252.60 per
sack.
Hops 4 16c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 46o.
Wool Valley, 14 16c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7 12c; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton dross, beat bheep, wethers
and- ewes, 4c; dressed mutton,
7o; spring lambs, 5c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;
lightand feeders", $3.004.00; dressed,
$4. 50 5. 00 per 1 00 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3. 00 3. 25;
cows, $2.50; dressed beef, 4 , 6c per
pound.
Veal Large, 55o; small, 6
7o per pound.
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Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 27c; ranch, 2223c.
Cheese Native Washington, 13o;
California, 9o.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 23c.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 12c; spring chickens, $2.50
8 00; ducks, $3.503.75. .
Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton.
Oats Choioe, per ton, $23.
Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton,
$23; feed meal, $23 per ton..
JBarley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$3223; whole, $22.
Hay Puget sound, new, per ton,
$12 13; Eastern Washington timothy,
$18; alfalfa, $12.
Fresh Meats Choice . dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6c; mutton sheep,
s; pork, 6c; veal, small, 8.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 67c; salmon,
8c; salmon ;trout, loo; flounders
and sole, '84; ling cod, 45; rock cod,
6c; smelt, 2)4c.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 50c$1.75 per
box; pears, 25 75c per box; oranges
navels, $2 2. 75 per box.
San Franelsco Market.
Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 12
14c; Northern 7 8c per pound.
Hops 1216c per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $2225; Cal
ifornia bran, $20.6021.50 per ton.
Onions silverskin, $2.502.75 per
cental.
Eggs Store, llllc; ranoh, 12
13c; Eastern, 18 19; duok, 14c per
pozen.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 10Jc; fair
to good, ?8c per pound..
, Citrus . Fruit Oranges, navels,
$1.002.60; Mexican limes, $66.50;
California '.. lemons, choice, $1.60
1,75; do cornmon,75c$1.25 per box.
Hay Wheat, $18 19; wheat and
oat, $1618; oat, $14.5016.60; best
barley,' $13.6016; alfalfa, $10.50
11; clover, $11 12.50.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 25o$1.25 per
large box; .grapes, -25 40o; Isabella,
6075c; peaches, 60o$l; pears 75c;
$1 per' box; plums, 2Q 35c.
; , ButterFancy creamery, 26c; do
seconds,- ;2223c; fancy dairy, 22c;
good to choice, 2021o per pound.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 50c $1.20
COOK INLET TO THE YUKON
Need of a Railroad to the Interior ol
Alaaka.
Among tho many railroad si hemes
projected for the Yukon umi the in
terior of Alaska this -season, the one
that is receiving careful consideration
among promoters is a lino from Cook
Inlet over the glaoier and down the
Xanana river.
The subject is one that engages the
attention of railroad men of the Coast.
Several surveying parties, it is report
ed, will be sent early to the North for
the purpose of ascertaining as soon as
possible the most feasible route from
the coast to the interior. The Lake
Teslin and Stickeen river route has re
ceived a good deal of attention recently,
and every move of the surveying par
ties is closely watched by tho Canadian
Pacific This road will oertainly be
among the first to penetrate the wilds
of Alaska at the lirst favorable oppor
tunity. It is not expected that any of
the great transcontinental systems are
contemplating an extension, lint any
traffic connection it could form would,
it is understood, be most welcome. It
is not unilkely that if an overland
route to Dawson should ever become
possible, the British road would be the
first to offer its help in backing the
project
The Portland Telegram says that P.
J. Stone, a prominently-known man
of the Northwest, who is now in
Alaska, after looking over the situa
tion oarefully, believes that it is quite
practicable to got a line through to the
river in Ainerioan territory. The im
portance of a railroad in developing the
vast resouroes of the interior, increas
ing the output of the mines, insuring
an adequate food supply to the miners
of the Yukon, and, incidentally, help
ing to make the entire country tribu
tary to the Coast cities prosperous, is
treated in a recent lattor. As a route
he suggests from Prince William sound
to some point on the Yukon, within
Americcau territory, and advises that
the value of suoli a construction be im
mediately brought to the attention of
congress by memorial.
"What this country needs most is
a railroad from some point on the
Yukon, in American territorv, to
Prince William sound, on Cook inlet.
Of course, I know nothing Hbout the
country to be traversed by such a rail
road, or the engineering difficulties that
have to be encountered, but I think
that it might be safely presumed that
they are not of a serious character.
The mountains in the northern por
tion of Hi is continent are so insignifi
cant' that the whole country maybe
considered one vast plain. The same
may be said of the northern part of
Asia and also of Europe, where I have
traveled, explored and prospected, and
it would seem strange, intleed, if the
country between here and Cook inlet
was an exception to every other part
of the world in this liieli altitude.
Besides, enough 1ms been found ont
from actual observation to make it
pretty certain that there are no serious
difficulties. There is sufficient tim
ber along the line for all the purposes
of construction and operation, and the
snowfall is not such as to seriously in
terfere with railroad traffic, and to my
mind a railroad is needed in this coun
try more than was ever needed in the
whole history of railroading throughout
the world.
"This country possesses an abund
ance of what all the rest of tho world
needs, and all the rest of the world
possesses in abundance what the people
are sorely in need of here, that is, some
thing to eat. There never was a winter
in this country when there was a suffi
ciency of food, and this winter promises
to be at least 100 per cent worse than
any preceding one, and it is more than
likely that next winter will be still
worse in this respect.
From what I can learn it seems im
possible that the supply of food can
keep pace with the increase of popula
tion, and I cannot Bee how there can be
any doubt but that a railroad over the
route mentioned would be taxed to its
full capacity, as tho country pioduues
nothing but gold, and all the necessary
comforts and luxuries of life and any.
thing else that may be wanted must
come from without. One of tho results
of the construction of such a railroad
would be an enormous increase in the
production of gold."
Not the Only Riches.
Unlesp the Canadian government, re
peals its regulation of last fall, restrict
ing the size of claims to 100 feet, there
is not likely to be very much prospect
ing on British territory this year. The
miners regard a double claim to the dis
coverer, and a 100-foot claim to each
subsequent locator as inadequate com-'
pensation for the risks which they take
in the Klondike country. If the mis
sion of the committee reoently sent to
Ottawa with a petition for a modifica
tion of the regulations proves unsuccess
ful, there will be a big exodus of miners
to American territory. As a result the
vast area westward from the Alaska
Northwest boundary to the Behring sea,
northward to the Arctic ocean, and
southward to the Pacific, will be thor
oughly prospected.
The miners will be overlooking Borne
rich British ground in the basins be
tween the headwaters of the Klondike
and the Maokenzie, and in the vicinity
of the Big Salmon, the Stewart, the
Pelly, and the Hootalinqua, but there
is just as rich ground on the American
side, and the more liberal American
mining laws promise larger results.
Already, there are 1,800 men on
Minook creek. Other Alaskan streams
which will rcoeive attention from dis
gruntled Klondikers are Birch crek,
Tanana river, Koyakuk river, Copper
river, Porcupine river, Koskokwim
river and their tributaries and the
streams flowing into Kotzebue sound.
The advioe of William Ogilvie, the
Canadian surveyor, that miners who
start over the passes between March 1
and 20 will reach Dawsoon as soon aa
those who start now, will be unheeded.
Nothing oan stop the mad rush. Mr.
Ogilvie is mistaken in his opinion that
miners who start in Maroli will reach
Dawson as soon as those going in now.
What he meant to say is that miners
who start now have no advantage over
those who wait for decent weathor.
Miners are reaching Dawson every day,
but they are gaining nothing by their
extraordinary expenditure of physical
force and money,
When they get to Dawson they find
that work is not so plentiful as they
had Imagined. One man may be worth
$15 a day where another would not be
worth $5. The demand for labor is noi
to great as may be imagined.
CHINKS IS A MI'S.
Whatever may be the with rhl"
and other countries. It i i't that f,,r ""'
reason that most of them Imvo so little- to
feed upon nml so very much hard work to
do they suffer ereatly with neuralgia. It
ii doubtful if they could sutler more than
our people do, on ing ut times to tne i x
tren'elv damp, chilly atmosphere in winle .
which seems to have a peculiar milieu"'
upon the nervous system so as o pro.imi
this allcctlim, but happily for our coin oi l.
and the cure of the pain, St. Jaeolw Oil 's
reeoKiiueil us its sovereign remedy. N mi
pain produced from cold there is an invo
lute need of the warmth ami strength winch
St. Jacobs Oil gives, and through tins
meuiis it perforins its office promptly "
surely, '
If an Egyptian dies before noon the
funeral miist take place tho same day.
If death occurs after noon, the funeral
may not bo delayed after the next day.
Cl'STOMS CASKS DKllOKD.
The getters) appraisers of goods pisl"lt
through the Custom House have made several
decisions lalelv which, until passed upon by
the Secretary of the Treasury, will hold good.
Hut while there is tahlllty In thRtqusrter.no
ivstem failing in strength can he properly siis
tiilncd without the aid of Hosteller's Womaeh
Bitters, a Ronisl tonic and remedy lor malaria,
rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation and
biliousness. .
The largest telegraph oflioo in the
world is in the general postotllco build
ing, London, over 8,000 operators be
ing employer!
The Power
of Schilling's Btst baking
puwder is wonderful.
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A Summer Novelty.
A summer novelty in jewelry will he
studs and buttons and pius of carved
pink and motber-of pearl set in silver,
or with skeleton silver patterns cut out
over the pearl.
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According to JNilsson, the zoologist,
the weight of the Greenland whale is
100 tons, or 224,000 pounds, or equal
to that of 88 elephants or 440 bears.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CAS'l'OKl A," and
"mCHHR'SCASrORIA," as our Trade Marie
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannls, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " MTCHER'S CAS I'OKIA,"
the same that has borne and does now benr the
fac simile signature of CHAsi. H. FLKTCHt-K on
every wrapper. This is theoriginal " PITCIIKK'S
CASTORI A " which has been used In the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years,
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that It la
the kind you havt always bought, and has the
signature of CHA3. H. FLKTCHKR on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is Fresldent.
March S, ifyj, SAMUKt, PITCHER, M.D.
The largest hotel in the world is the
Waldorf-Astoria, in New York city, a
$10,000,000 establishment, built by
millionaires for millionaires.
CITJ Permanently Cured. No fltsor nervousness
ill alter lirst dsy's use or Dr. Kline's llreiit
Nerve Restorer. Send for KIlttM SJl.Oil trial
bottle und treatise. DR. It. K. KLINE, Ltd., IMu
Arch street, Philadelphia, Fa.
I'neuinatlo Crutch.
A new crutch for cripples has nn
oscillating arm rest pivoted to the top
of the crutch and fitted with a pneu
matic, cushion sot in the upper part of
the rest.
I believe Tiso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption. Anua M.
Ross, Williamsport, I'a., Nov. 12, '1)5.
It costs $5.74 per million gallons to
pump water to Chestnut Hill reservoir,
Boston, The engines pump 8,988 on
one pound of coal.
After being swindled by all others, send us stump
for particulars of King Moloimm's Treasure, the
ONI.V renewer of manly strength. Mason
CHfiMICAL CO., F. O. Box 7, Philadelphia, Pa.
To Prevent Trolley Accidents.
To prevent aocidents on trolley cars
the trucks are provided with forked
frames, which extend on each side of
the wheels and end in small wheels,
resting on the track to push a person
ont of the way if he falls under the car,
the wheels being so small that they will
not pass over anything lying on the
track.
Safety Lamp.
To prevent the escape of oil when a
lamp is upset a plug of cork ia fitted
around the wick tube to form a tight
joint with the reservoir tube when the
burner is in position.
A fibrous preparation of steel, made
in the same manner as the so-called
"mineral wool," by passing an air blast
through molten steel,, is coming into
nee for cleaning, polishing, etc, instead
of sandpaper.
Two New York men have invented
an electric dental mallet for use in
hardening tooth filling, the tool having
a central bar, which slides back and
forth as the current is made and broken.
In 1774 Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, but it was prob
ably not far from 80,000.
Adding pencils are being made which
have a sliding register plate set in the
aide of the pencil case to be raised by
pressing the'point of the pencil against
the paper or desk and register any num
ber of points.
In the hospital at Brisbane, Austra
lia, the uce of the brand method of
treating 1,003 typhoid patients has re
duoed the mortality from 14.8 to 7.6
per cent.
In Guy's hospital, London, the pho
tograph is used to record the Bpeech of
epileptic patients from day to day that
their progress may be noted by com
parison. Boston's highest tide was April 16,
1851, It rose to 15.66 feet, and was 83
inches over the coping of the navy yard
dry dock. 1
Bert Cough Brrup. Twtea Good.
in iima. wnia dt arugiriRU.
a Nw harm
rvidentlv women have tired of th
nbint'N foot M -'harm, for they are
nw wearing a M mount."!
in gold or silver, either as a chatelaine
ornament or as a pin. Just what Im'k
tint turk-v's foot is supposed to carry
with it is not known even to tint en
terprising jeweler who are selling
these trinkets like hot cakes. It gives
the average man shiver to meet a
prettv, dnintv-lookiiig Kt ''' l,"r
Ascot tie held in place by a big tur
key's foot, with outspread toes nml
long, skinnv shank, lie is apt to ro
mark, not what will women bo wear
ing next, but what won't they be
.., ,;... KvervWW who knows any
thing alMiut it at all knows that the
onlv
rabbit's foot which lias wcuu
- is the foot of a molly cottontail
potto
that has been "killed in the full ' the
moon at 13 o'clock i.t night In a gruve
vur.l l.v a red-headed nigger." A eer-
ho wears one of
, the charmed, but by no moans charm
S IniLov'it feet. SltVS till' foot is 110
iron, I unless it belonged to a big hit
gobbler which has been saved by the
,.wr f,,r Home sneeial occasion and
stolen by a straight-haired darkey par
son at midnight when the moon is new
Kitchen Table.
A bamlv device for kitchen use is t
table having the top made ol a series of
shelves attached to a tilting frame by
which the row of shelves can lie raised
to a vertical position and used aa a
cupboard.
The Oldest llmik Note.
The oldest bank note in tho worl
was limited in ('hina in IMS 83
years before Itnttelibnig, the reputed
inventor of printing, was born. It was
issued 800 ycais before hunk notes were
circulated in Kuropo.
Notwithstanding, all the efforts of
inventors, no one lias been able to dis
cover a substitute for leather. For
shoos, belting, harness and a thousand
other uses, "there, 's nothing like
leather.''
A resolution appropriating $." to pur
chase a copy of tho liible was recently
introduced in the (Georgia legislature,
it having been discovered that there
was no copy of the book in the state
library.
iio.mk ritotn t ts a n i i t iiK rmin.
All Kastern Syrup, so-called, usually verr
llKtit colored and ol heavy body, Is made Irmu
ishicose. "7m liunttn Lhiim"' is msde trmn
Niear Cane awl ia strictly purs. It Is (or ali!
by tlrst-cliiss trroeers, in cans ouly. Mhiohkc
tured by t lie I'iihc Coast Hvuert'o. All irvn
nine "7V,i f(ml) yinrut" have the msnufac
Hirer's name litlioKraphed on every can.
Double End Toe ( Hps.
Douhle-eiuled toe-clips arc being made
in Kiighind for use on liicycles, the toe
pieces extending on opposite sides of
tho pedal and balancing in any position
CATARKIt CANNOT II K Cl'IIKI)
With local applications, as they eaniiol reach
the seal ol the disrase. a arrli Is a blood or
constitutional din ase. and oi order to cure li
yon must ti i Internal r .-u elies. Hall's Ca
tarrh enrols taken internally, and actsdireetiy
on the blood ami mmo is stirlaees. Hall's i a
tarrli lire Ik not a unack medicine. II wm
pi'iisormcu oy oueol ihe best plosleians in llin
ci nntry lor years, ami Isa regular pieserlptiou
It is e imposed ol th" best tomes known, coin
blued with the beat blond i.uriliers, aclinic di
rin-iiy on me morons suriarca, 'ihe iir!ect
combination ol Hie two Ingredients l what pro-
u , .1 "iiiiui-i hi i renins oi eurinu Ofttarrh
Send for testimonials, free,
K. J. CHKNKY & t'f I'roprs., Toledo. O.
Mil by ilniKKlsts, price 7.V.
Halls I
I Family I'ills are tho best.
Lake Erie is tho lake of the "wild
cat," the nam o (jiven hy a tierce triha
of Indians exterminated hy the Iroquois:.
n Pa.tethlialt.kjl flilA
Baker's
Chocolate,
celebrated for mote
than a century as a
delicious, nutritious,
and flesh-forming
beverage, has our 13
well-known
Yellow Label 3
on the front of every rjy
package, and our
trade-mark, "I.a Hell e rf
t.hoeolatiere,"ontlie V
CickT
NONE OTHER GENUINE.
MADE ONLY BY '
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd
& Dorchester. Mas
tatatjcjEtStjtatjtatstjrjrSrarj,
-tJAP Of At.SSK 1-Kndorsert hy the rr-J"-
partinent of the Interior and to he used hy V
H. anny o leers detailed 10 Alaska. The best and
most detailed map or A laska In xlstetir. Will be
mailed upon receipt of price r,oo) m 2a stamps, r
EMMS!1 KKAFT' """to"
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I Mm. WinblovPs Boothiko NYKur"l.o".ui always
nsBdrorchllilrenujoUihii,. ttsooihesthsel.11.1 ,
sbs
Kltt-i
t f !" anY. all psln, mires wln.1 milli.,am! Is I
P &!.',I",mS?'J0I'd,J,rr'"' Twenty ns oenti a
C bottle, It is the best of all. 1
r i-r folks ?2Dtcoc58
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wv v ,vi, i ? " Aaaress 1111,
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Hercuh Special
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WOMAN TO WOMAN?
Women are bclnif taught h Vm
experience that ninny physicians,.
iiotueoca.ifiilly handle their peculi"
tlimviiia kihjwu on lemuio ilisen,. i
tiucu tug nuuiiiu u to-iluy exp,,!
fV"w" ' .ymptaa,
""UUJ
lrreo
lar or
painful
menstruation, pnln in prolna,bea.rlB,
ilownsciuiutlott, palpitation, "all gone"
feeling untl blues, eho tit onco Ukee
I.ydlA li rinltham'a Vei'ctulila Cc
pound, feeling- uro of obtuiuing bo.
mediate relief.
tihoulil her symptoms be new to her
hIio writes to ft woman, Mi-a. l'lnkhit
Lynn, Ma, who promptly explalrj
Iter caw), and tells liur free how to ret
well.
. Indeed, BO many women are now
appealing to Mrn, IMnlthmu for au?iMi
that ft acore of lady kccri-lurici art
kept constantly 6t work answering
tho (rretit tolutuo of corrcsiuuiUuca,
which cotucn lu evorv ilav.
'i: LAME
I BACK,.
Weak Kidneys, Lumbago, h'heu
mat Ism and Sciatica Are
Cured by Dr. Sanden's
Electric Belt.
II conveys a Heady, soolhlng current of slim
trleltv Into Ihe weakened muscles, giving tin fa
a healthy nerve power winch revlws i lien, It
mskeiiliem strou. It la euriiii liiiii.lrrili
evt-rv uionih.
Hook about It trie, by mall, or at llieoftlet,
Addresa
SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO.
(53 Weal Wasnln(loa Ml., I'urtlsoid, Or,
Flmu MC'itum fin J',tr,
l! row puylug crop beenusa they're
fresh ami always tlia beat. For
ale everywhere, Itcfuse aulistltutes.
Mtlclt U Kerry's Rreda and prosier.
IMU Heed Annual (rest. Writ for It.
D. M. FERRY i CO., Detroit, Mich.
atfCaaSsaCSsttsUCal
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WHEAT
Make money by lucceslul
peculation In Chicago, tte
loo and sell wheal un mar-
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ti ns tt-i,r , , ")' tra.iniKln In-
. e eV vV.n "u1"11 rrl,,'l- Hesl ol rel
hi, ,. "' , H,'v;"l Vara' experience on tha
edge of the business, Hend lor our lr., r..lr.
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are the cheapest power known. Burn
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aairyor farm machinery, they have no
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safe and reliable. ' "leMy
Send for illustrated catalog.
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Engine Works
Bay St., San Francisco, Cal.
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