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Alonzo 0fi9 14 05 VOL. XXXII. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1896. NO. 46. TRANSPORTATION. East and South VIA The Shasta Route OF THE Southern Pacific R'y Co. EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY. 18:50 P M Leave . Portland Arrive I 8:10 A u 2:10 P M j Ijpave Albany Arrive 4:60 am 10:45 am Arrive 8. Francisco Leave j 6:00 pm Above trains Btop at Eai-t Portland, Oregon City, Wood burn, Salem, Turner, Marion, Jeffer son, Albany. Albany Junction, Tangent, Snedds, Halsey, Ilarrisbarg. Janction City, Irving, Ea gene, Creswell, Drains, and all stations from UosebarK to Asnland , inclusive. ROSEBORO MAIL DAILY. 8:30 a m J Leave 12:45 P M I Leave 6:20pm I Arrive Portland Albany Roseburg Air.ve i 4:40 r M Arrive I 1:1) P M Leave I 6:00 A M Pullman Buffet sleepers and second-class sleeping cars attached to all through trains. SALEM PASSENGER DAILY. 4:00 p m Lsave Portland Arrive j 10:15 a m 6:16 P M Arrive Salem Leave I 8:00 A M WIST SIDE Bl VISION. Between Portland and Corvallis daily (except Sunday). Mail train 7-30 A M Leave Por.laud Arrive 16:20 P M 12: lj p M Arrive Corvallis Leave 1 1:85 PM At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of the Oregon Central & Eastern Ry. EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Sunday). 4:46 PM Leave Portland Arrive ' 8.25 A M 7:25 P M Arrive McM lnnvllle Ieave 6:50 M Through tickets to all points in the Eastern states, Canada aud Europe can be obtained at lowest rate from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvallis. - R. KOEHLER, Manager. E. P. ROGERS, A. G. F. St P. A., Portland, Or. E. McNELL, Receiver. TO THE IE A T GIVES THE CHOICE OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL JOTJ TBS VIA VIA GREAT UNION NORTHERN RY. PACIFIC RY, SPOKANE DENVER MINNEAPOLIS OMAHl - and . Tonr. . . ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS - 'Riii SAN FRANCISCO For full details, call on or address W. H. HURLBURT, . Gen'L Pass. Agent, -Portland - - Oreiroi OREGON CENTRAL AND EASTERN R.R. CO. Yaquina Bay Route Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the San Francisco & Yaquina Bay STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Steamship "Farallon " A 1 and first-class In every respect. Sails from Yaquina for San Francisso about every eight days. Passenger see mmodations unsurpassed. Shortest route between the Willamette valley and California. Fare From Albany or Points West to San Francisco: Cabin $12 Steerage 8 Cabin Round trip, good fordo days .... 18 For sailing days apply to W. A. CUM MINGS, A sent, CorTallis, Oregon. - EDWIN STONE, Manager, Corvallis, Oregon. CHAS. CLARK, Sap't, Corvallis, Oregon. VxJoiiuo UMo THE NEW WAY EAST SSgJ aid 0. R. II GO.'S LINES-Tti8 Short Route To points in WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA, DAKOTAS, MINNE SOTA, and the East. Through tickets on sale to and from CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, WASHING TON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, and ALL POINTS in the United States, Canada and Europe. The Great Northern Railway is a new transcontinental line. Runs buffet library observation cars, palace sleeping and dining cars, family tourist sleepers and first and second class coaches. Having a rock-ballast track the Great Northern Railway is free from dust, one of the chief annoyances of transcontinental travel. Round trip tickets with stop-over privileges and choice of return routes. For further information call upon or write, C. S. SMITH, C. (J. DONAVAJN, Uen'l Ag't, ITl Third DR, WILSON Office over First National bank. Residence, two blocks west o! courthouse. Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m., 1 to 3 p. m. Suudays and evenings by appointment. DR. L. G. ALTMAIST H0M0E0PATHIST Diseases of women and children and general practice. Offlcs over Allen & Woodward's drug store. Office hours 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after noars ana on bunaays. G. R. FARM, M. D. Office In Farra A Allen's brick, on the corner oi secona ana Aaams. Residence on Third street in front of court house. Office hours 8 to 9 A. M., and 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 p. M. All ca Is attended promptly. BOWEN LESTER DENTIST Office upstairs over First National Bank. Strictly Ftrst-Class Work Guaranteed Corvallis, Oregon F. M. JOHNSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW Corvallis, Oregon Does a general practice in all the courts. Also agent for all the first-class insurance com panies. NOTARY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE. E. E. WILSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW Office In Zelroff building, opposite postoffice. Joseph H. Wilson. Thomas E. Wilson WILSON & WILSON ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW Office over First National Bank, Corvallis, Or Will practice in all the state and federal courts Abstracting, collections.- Notary public. Con veyancing. E. HOLGATE. Notary Public. H. L. HOLGATE. Justice of the Peace. HOLGATE & SON ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Corvallis ... . Oregon J. R. Bbyson W. E. Yates J. Fbrd Yates Bryson, Yates & Yates LAWYERS CORVALLIS . OREGON BENTON COUNTY ABSTRACT : COMPANY Complete Set of Abstracts of Benton County. - Conveyancingand Perfecting Titles a Specialty. Money to Loan on Improved City and Country Property. V. E. WAITERS, Prop. Office at Courthonse, Corvallis, Or. The Cherokees' Color Line. The chief of the Cherokees has under his consideration a bill passed by the legislature of the nation which seems to draw the color line in a fashion most odious to white men. ., This measure, while it continues the citizenship of the whites who have mar ried into the tribe, prohibits the acquire ment of citizenship in that way hereaft er. The next step will be the punish ment of miscegenation as a crime, and then the lynching of white men for the alleged offense of having spoken unciv illy to Indian women. New York Re corder. . Occidental Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or Street, Portland, Uregon. TELEGRAPHIC RESUME Events of the Day in a Con densed Form. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS Items of Importance From Domestic and Foreign Sources Cream . or the Dispatches. Earthquakes have been noted in vari ous parts of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. General Thomas Ewing, ex-member of congress from Ohio, is dead, at the age of 67. Three men were killed and four re ceived serious' injuries by the explosion of gas it New Haven, Conn. England's application for the American loan will involve the export of 12,000,000 of gold within a week. Advices from Crown Point, Ind, state that bloodhounds are to be used to trail criminals hiding in the Kan kakee swamps. As the result of a fire in St Louis five firemen were buried in the ruins, and another died from injuries received while fighting the names. Despite the prohibitory decree of the sultan, the Bed Cross Society is pre paring an expedition to Turkey to dis tribute relief to the Armenian suffer ers. The hoisting machine in the convert ing department of the Ohio Steel Com pany, at Youngstown, O., went wrong and one man was killed and two seri ously injured. The death of Prince Henry, of Bat- tenberg, is announced He accom panied the British expeditionary forces to South Africa, and while there con tracted a fever of which he died. The supreme court rendered an im portant decision in San Francisco, de claring that the stockholders of the de funct Pacino bank are individually liable for the debts of the corporation. The Mohammedan rebellion, in the Chinese province of Eansu, has been entirely suppressed, and the country pacified. There have been many ex ecutions, including the leaders of the insurrection. The site for the United States peni tentiary, which was located by the commission about eighteen months ago near the state penitentiary in Walla Walla, has been approved by. the gov ernment, and the title accepted. A detailed account of the surrender of King Prempeh, of Ashantee, to the British expeditionary force in South Africa, state that his majesty actually groveled in the dust as a mark of his complete submission to England. . A row between Theodore Luebcke, a carpenter, and William Solomon, a German compatriot, at the home of the former in Portland, Or., ended in Luebcke stabbing to the heart and al most instantly killing Solomon. Fam ily troubles were the cause. It is stated that a rupture between Brazil and Italy is imminent, owing to Brazil's tardiness in satisfying Ital ian claims arising out of the civil war in Brazil. It is reported the warship Benjamin Constant has started to oc cupy the island of Trinidade. A dispatch from San Salvador says the minister of war is mobilizing the militia, of which in this city alone there are 7,000 available. The gov ernment asserts this is done for the purpose of accustoming the militia to the use of arms and to perfect their drill. " A dispatch from Ekaterinoslav, the capitol of the government of that name, in Southern Russia, gives de tails of a fire that occurred in a theater, causing a great loss of life. The fire was discovered while a per formance was going on. The specta tors became panic-stricken, and made a wild rush for the exits. Forty-nine bodies have already been taken out. Truly Shattuck, the young actress, has fled from San Francisco to avoid testifying against her mother, who is being tried for the murder of Harry Poole. Truly was the chief witness against her mother during the first trial, as Mrs. Shattuok shot the young man on aocount of the attentions to her daughter, and it was proved that Truly, at the command of her mother, wrote Poole a note which summoned him to her house the day he was shot. There is to be a sensational contest in Andersonville, Ind., Between Dr. Covert, who has recently sued and been sued by the Indiana Spiritualists, and Dr. Harry Adams, of Crawfords ville who claims to represent the Spiritualists, but many disclaim him. For six nights Dr. Adams is to appear and Dr. Covert has wagered that he4 will do everything Dr. Adams per forms, Covert not claiming' any med ium assistance. The men have put up 500 with the judges. Negotiations between the Rio Grande Western and the Wesern Passenger As sociation have been broken off again. The Rio Grande Western has agreed, however, to cease paying a commis sion on tiokets from Salt Lake to Den ver, reserving to itself the right to cut rates whenever necessary to meet the competition of the Union Pacific. The Western roads have agreed to make half fare rates for commissioned officers of the army and navy and the depend ent members of the families when they travel at their own expense. ; - J. C. Oswold, who has just returned from the . Orient, and who was a wit ness of the execution of the Chinese ringleaders of the recent massacres of missionaries in that country, in speak' ing of it says: "After the execution had taken plaoe the heads of the five ringleaders were placed in buckets which were cut so as to give a full view of their ghastly oontents and the buckets were hung on the Foo Chow bridge, where they remained on exhi bition for two days. Then they were taken to Ku Cheng, the scene . of the massacre of the ten Christian girls, and were then hung on trees, where they are probably still hanging. To remove one of the heads means immediate death to the offender. The execution has had a great moral effect on the Chinese, and I think it will be a long time before there will be murderous interference with the missionaries." John Tyler, eldest son of President Tyler, died in Washington, aged 76, - Twenty -nine hundred miners at Co lumbus, O., returned to work, having settled their trouble. President Cleveland has consented to be present at the anniversary cele bration at Princeton college. " A San Francisco paper says the presi dent has accepted an invitation from Attorney W. W. Foote to spend part of his vacation next summer on the Pacifio coast i- , The ice gorge in the Maumee river, about eight miles above Toledo, broke and in running out carried away two spans of the new bridge in course of construction. The loss is estimated at $50,000. In a heavy fog, with the wind in the northeast and the surf running far up the beach, the American liner St. Paul, bound in, went ashore on Long Island. All of the 700 passengers were safely transferred to land. A special to Novoe Vrersya from Vladivostock says news has been re ceived from Peking that the Chinese government has assigned a large sum for the creation of a fleet - The plan of construction is very large. Herr Knebel-Doeberitz, a high offi cial of the .ministry of the interior, who drafted the regulations excluding the American insurance companies from doing business in Germany, has received a high decoration from Em peror William. The Hon. Theodore Runyon," United States ambassador to Germany, expired suddenly and unexpectedly at . Berlin of heart failure. Mr. Runyon had been in somewhat feeble health - for some time past, but no immediate fatal results were anticipated. A special to the New York World from Kingston, Jamaica, says a serious uprising is reported in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Hay ti. After three days' rioting in the streets, the insurrection was surpressed. There is general un easiness throughout the island.- "' Colonel Crof ton has been reqested to retire by Secretary Lamont. The col onel refuses to comply, and relies on the influence of his nephew, Dnpont of Delaware, who claims an election as United States senator, to retain for him his position in the army. . A special to the Boston Traveller, from New York, says that the ban placed by the Catholio church upon the orders of Knights of 'Pythias, Sons of Temperance and Odd Fellows is ab solute, and offers no further discussion. This is the mandate of the pope, through his representative, Cardinal Satolli. The imperial court of Leipsic, Ger many, has ruled on a case wmon anects the rights of German-Americans. F. W. Beohine, of Brooklyn, N Y., was fined in September last the . sum of 200 marks for evading military service by emigrating. The court quashed this sentence, as not being in accord with treaty rights. A bill has been introduced in the Kentucky legislature by Goebel to re peal the charter of the Southern Pacifio Railway Company, obtained in 1884 by C. P. Huntington. The road has never been operated in Kentucky, but in California, and the action of the sena tor is prompted by resolutions of mass meetings of citizens of California. " . Postmaster-General Wilson has is sued a general order providing that in all cities and towns having free deliv ery postal service, the postal system be extended to include house-to-house collections. For the convenience of the department, however, the introduc tion of boxes in houses, until further orders, will be confined to twenty -five places. A meeting of the American mer chants in Pretoria, was held, and it was decided to telegraph to Secretary of State Olney that in view of the in terests of American citizens and the fact that their property was jeopar dized, it was requested that a diplo matic agent be sent to arrange matters with a view to any exigencies which might arise. The secretary of the Oakland, CaL, bianch of the American Railway Union has received a letter from the private secretary of E. V. Debs, in which the statement telegraphed from the East that Debs is to resign the presidency of the union is denied. He says Debs will win the fight he is now engaged in on behalf of organized labor or die in the attempt The Chinese government has agreed to open the West river, provided China is allowed to retain the territory ceded under the Burmah-China convention of 1894. The opening of two ports on the West, or Si Kiang river, namely, Shao King and Wu Chow, was stipu lated for by the Japanese as part of the terms of peace. The cities of Canton and Hong Kong are situated on the bay into which the West river empties. At a meeting of the grand officers of the Knights of Pythias,, held in Cin cinnati, the following: resolution was ted: "Resolved, That it is the unanimous sense oi the assembly that no encampment of the uniformed rank should be held during 1996, unless a guaranteed rate of one cent per mile by the shortest practicable route, with a limit oi twenty days, can De se cured." NOW RUSSIA'S VASSAL An Offensive and Defensive Alliance Formed. TREATY SIGNED BY THE PORTE In the Xvent of Russia Going; to War Turkey Agrees to Close tbe Dar danelles to ail Warships. London, Jan. 27. A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Constantinople, dated yesterday, says an offensive and defensive alliance had been conoluded between Russia and Turkey. The dis patch adds the treaty - was signed at Constantinople and ratifications were exchanged at St Petersburg between Aarej Pasha - and the czar. The basis of the treaty is declared to be on the lines of the Unkiar Skelessi agreement of 1823, by which Turkey agreed in the event of Russia going to war, to close the Dardanelles to the warships of all nations. The Pall Mall Gazette cor respondent says this treaty was soon abandoned, owing to the refusal of the powers to recognize it He also says the French ambassador, M. Cambou, conferred with the sultan yesterday, and it is probable that France included in the new alliance. will be Commenting on the dispatch from Gray and others took part in the exoit Constantinople announcing the signing . ing debate. Wolcott's speech criticis- of the treaty between Russia and Tur- key for off ensiv and defensive pur- poses, the Pall Mall Gazette says: "We regard the news as true, and tbe result of the treaty is the Dardan- the attention of a crowded cbabmer and elles Is the southern outpost of Russia, j overfioiwing gallery. Two important and Turkey is Russia's vassal. We resolutions were reported by the corn presume the British government will ' mittee on foreign affairs, one strongly protest against the treaty for all it is presenting the serious condition of worth. - I affairs in Turkey and urging prompt The information is plainly of the gravest importance. The first in - formation reached us four days ago, but we witheld it until the arrival of . the strong confirmation we received this morning. This brings Russia into the Mediterranean with a vengeance, and may. necessitate strengthening our fleet ' in tflOSe waters. Ihe political effect will be far greater. The teraty means that Turkey has realized her own im-' potence against - disorders now irom within and without, and has decided to throw herself for safety into the arms of Russia. She is now Russia's vassal, and . Russia is entitled to dispatch troops to any part of the sultan's do minions." PRICES SEEM-SETTER." The Week Marked by Improvement Ap parent Rather Than Real. ; New York, Jan. 27. -R. G. Dun & Co. 's weekly review of trade says: The week has been marked by im provement a parent rather than real. Prioea of some products have risen, but only because supplies are believed to be smaller than was expected. The senate still injures all business by do ing nothing, and the treasury cannot expect to gain in gold as yet, but loses less than was expected. It is generally assumed that the new loan will be placed without difficulty, though the successive payments may cause con tinued disturbance. "A deluge of. foreign reports favor able to wheat speculation found ready answer in an advance of over 5 cents, in spite of which receipts have been 50 per cent larger than last year. At-. lantio exports for the week were much larger than last year, for the first time in several months, but for the crop year to date, all exports have been about 11,600,000 bushels smaller than last year. The market has the idea that foreign demands hereafter must be much greater because of deficient supplies elsewhere, but no one expects that the increase will be at all commensurate with the enormous increase in Western j receipts of 27 per oent since the crop year began 137,600,000 against 107,- 986,191 bushels last year. j "Failruea for the week were 373 in the United States, against 363 last year, and 61 in Canada, against 59 last year." LURED TO HIS DEATH. Waylaid and Killed While Visiting; His Sweetheart. St Louis, Jan. 27. Webster Grove is wildly excited over a tragedy which occurred there last night Bertram E. Atwater, a young Chicago artist who had gone to the suburb to visit his bethrothed, Miss Genevieve OrtOJ, was waylaid and killed by highway-; men. One of the robbers, John Schmidt, wounded to death by the plucky Chicagoan, will probably die before morning. The other thugs, Sam Foster, a colored ex-convict, who fired the fatal shots, and Peter Schmidt, who arranged the trap into which At water was unsuspectingly lured and then slain, are in custody. While the inquest was being held to day citizens of the village became so enraged that it was with . the greatest difficulty that cooler heads could re strain the prevailing impulse to drag the captive highwaymen from the officers and hang them. The Schmidts, who are cousins, have confessed as to the part taken by eaoh in the crime. Peter, who voluteered to carry Atwater's -valise from the sta tion, admits that he led the latter to his fate. Atwater's body was shipped to Chicago. Mr. Or ton and his daugh ter 'Genevieve, Atwater's affianced, ac companied the remains. Miss Orton is almost prostrated with grief. The wedding is said to have been set for an early date, and the object of Mr. At water's visit last night was to look over some preliminary arrangements. The young lady ia a beautiful brunette f 30. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. Condensed Record of the Doings of the Nation' Lawmakers Senate. Washington, Jan. 23 The senate put aside finance and foreign affairs today and gave the day to work on private and minor bills on the calendar. - About seventy bills passed, clearing the oal endar of much accumulation, and leav ing only important measures pending, The Cuban question received brief and inconclusive attention early in the day. Pugh's resolutions concerning silver payments of the government obliga tions were allowed to go over. Sena tor Sherman today gave notice of amendments to Senator Pugh's concur- (.rent resolution providing for the re- dempttion of United States bonds in silver coin. Sherman's amendments provide for the recognition of the law declaring the policy of maintaining the parity of gold and silver and require the observance of this principle in car rying the resolution into effect in case it should pass. . Washington, Jan. 24 Today's senate session was marked by notable speeches and notable debates. Late in the after noon a controversy occurred between Sherman, Teller, Gorman and others, which led to the most spirited finan cial debate since the present congress convened. Sherman spoke at length on the silver qustion. Teller and Gor- . man answered from their respective standpoints, while Aldrioh, Lindsay, ing the president's attitude .on the Venezuela question was the notable event of the early part of the day. ; For an hour the senator commanded attention by the oivilized powers, and ; an adverse report on Mr. Call's resolu- tion calling for the official dispatches of United States consuls in Cuba, Washington, Jan. 25. The three subjects more prominently before the publio are the Monroe doctrine, finance and tariff, each of. which came up for consideration in the senate dnrinir the dav. Daniel snoke for two hours in support of a vigorous upholding of the Monroe doctrine as applicable to Ven ezuela; Dubois of Idaho dealt with the silver phase of the financial question, and Warren of Wyoming pointed out the disastrous effects of the tariff legis lation of the last congress on farm pro ducts in general and on wool in par ticular. The senate committee on com merce today authorized McMillan to report favorably bills providing for two additional revenue cutters on the Great Lakes, two on the Pacifio coast, one in the vicinity of New York, and one on the Gulf of Mexico; also a bill for a lghthouse tender on the Florida coast Vest introduced a bill in the senate today to create the territory of Indianola out of the part of the Indian territory occupied by the five civilized tribes. Souse. , Washington, Jan. 23. The house today passed the urgent deficiency bilL The bill carried 14,415,922, of which 13,242,582 was for the expenses of . United States courts. The abnormal I growth of expenses under the fee sys tem of the courts came in for a good deal of criticism, and there was a gen eral expression in favor of a salary sys tem. Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, today introduced a bill pro viding for the appointment of a com mission to treat with Jhe Shoshone, Arapahoe and Bannock Indians for the surrender of and modification of any. rights they may have to hunt on the ' publio domain. The bill was drawn for the purpose of remedying differ ences growing out of the opposition to their exercise of this privilege, and is an echo of the settlers' trouble in the ( vicinity of Jackson's Hole, Wyoming. I Washington, Jan. 24. In the ab sece of any regular business in the . house today, the session was devoted to I the consideration of minor matters and legislation by unanimous consent The major portion of the day was con sumed in the discussion of the senate resolution appropriating $25,000 for architectural aid in the preparation of plans fer publio buildings. The house adopted the report of the elections com mittee in favor of Harry Miner, of New York, in a contest brought for his seat by Timothy Campbell. Washington, Jan. 25. The house re sumed consideration of the rules and disposed of the last amendment offered by tbe committee. It submitted for the rules of the fifty-first congress, the method of compelling the attendance of a quorum proposed in the forty-sixth congress by J. Randolph Tucker, with some modifications. It was not until the rules of the fifty-first congress stood adopted, with the few modifications reported from the committee, that something like excitement was engen dered by an eloquent speech , from Dolliver. He taunted the Democrats with at leapt acquiescing in the adop tion of all the principles adopted in the rules of the fifty-first congress, against which they had raised their voices in 1890. - This speech drew forth an in dignant reply from ex-Speaker Crisp, in the course of which he reviewed the whole history of the controversy and charged the other side with trying to make political , capital by false pre tenses. - ' " ; Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador,- has submitted the final acceptance by the British government of the plan for a Behring sea commis sion to pass upon the claims of Cana dian sealers seized prior to the Paris award. It remains only for the presi dent to submit the plan to oongress, and as the legislative branoh refused to pay a lump sum for the seizures, it is considered certain that the commission arrangement will be approved. ORCHARD AND FARM Budget ot General News for ; . Progressive Farmers. HOW TO KEEP BROOD SOWS Profitable Mode of Fattening: Hogs J. C. Cownle Gives Some Valu able Information. The first litter as a rule is not so valuable as the following. The sec ond, third and fourth, generally are reckoned most profitable,, but I have known sows to have eight or ten litters of good pigs. According to the Amer ican Agriculturist, when a sow brings a good litter in numbers, suckles, them well and they are fairly level in size, that sow is a money getter, and a man is foolish to sell her, and replace with one he knows nothing about But immediately after a bow brings unlevel litters, and seems in any way deteriorating as breeder, she should be sold or fattened. Some sows begin to deteriorate after the second and third litter. Some never are any good; the quicker these are got rid of the better. Some think old sows are more likely to have the milk fever; in my opinion it is more likely to happen to a sow with her seventh or eighth litter, than to one producing her second or third, if care be used? No doubt a four or five-year-old sow, if made into bacon, is a bit hard, but as they make up in the open market as much as one that has suckled one litter only, this is no obstacle to keeping them on while they bring up unprofitable litters. Breeding sows, and in fact all hogs, seem to acquire certain amount of mineral ele ments to assist digestion, by counter acting acidity of the stomaoh, and un less hogs closely penned are supplied with something of the kind, they will lose their appetites and cease to feed as the should, and in some cases to lose rather than gain. While running on pasture and having free access to the soil, they do not require it so much, yet should be able to get it when they need it A very good mixture for the purpose is one preserving the health of swine, given in Farmers Voice, by A. C. Moore, a noted breeder of swine in Illinois, and is as follows: Three bushels of wood ashes, one bushel of charcoal, small pieces; one-half bushel of slacked lime, one bushel of fine salt, two pounds of Spanish brown, five pounds of sulphur, one-half pound of. copperas and one-quarter pound of saltpeter. Pulverize the last two thor oughly, mix in a bin or box and keep it in an open trough where the hogs can have free access to it Profitable Hog; Fattening-. Next to a well bred pig is the method of feeding, of importance for the highest success. Cleanliness, sys tematic method of feeding and water ing are presented in the American Swineherd by Mr. J. Cownie as fol lows: I have tried feeding three times per day, but the days are too short in win ter for that Hogs do not like to be disturbed before it is day and they like to retire before it is dark. To feed three times a day keeps them moving too much; it is not the eating but the digestion that gives the fat I have tried watering after feeding and also to have water on the feeding floor that hogs might eat and drink as they please, but it is a ruinous policy. One hundred and fifty hogs, averaging over 300 pounds, being fed a few years ago, were making a gain of two pounds a day each on fourteen pounds of ear corn, watered before feeding. Wish ing to test the matter, I permitted them to return to the yard after feed ing, giving them what water they wished, then allowing them to go to the hog house. At the end of the month they were again weighed, show ing a gain of only one pound and a quarter eaoh day. The water and other circumstances were equally as favorable for feeding the second month as the first, and no change had been made in the amount or quality of feed. The following month with a return to tbe sjstem of waterig before feeding, although the weather was very un favorable for feeding, showed a gain of a fraction over two pounds daily. A bushel of corn for each five hogs daily, is the average amount fed, or fourteen pounds of ear corn each when once brought to full feed. Care must be taken not to overfeed; just enough and no more. If they do not appear satisfied feed a little more next time and if it is left reduce the allowance. Once a week oats are substituted for corn, and when plenty, a few basket fuls of raw potatoes are occasionally scattered over the floor and eaten with avidity. Salt and sifted wood ashes are kept in a trough accessible at all times. The average weight at time of confining, say November 1, is usually about 200 pounds. The first two months, if everything is favorable, will show a gain of over two pounds daily, the third month somewhat less and the fourth month the amount of corn fed will have to. be reduced, and the gain will ' be - correspondingly decreased. An average gain for the entire time of two pounds daily is very satisfactory. Sixteen weeks is the limit to which such feeding should extend; beyond that there is no profit Agricultural Suggestions. Ground Kaffir corn is pronouced a most excellent feed for milch cows. Corn bran has about as much feeding value as wheat bran, but it is not in as good shape to feed. Clean culture means no rubbish for the insects to breed in, and is a very important feature.