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VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1896.
NO. 48.
TRANSPORTATION.
-East and South
VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific R'y Co.
EXPRESS TRAINS RDN DAILY.
18:80 P u Leave Portland Arrive 8:10 ah
2:10pm I lave Albany Arrive) 4:54 ah
10:46 am I Arrive S. Francisco Leave I 6:00 r H
Above trains stop at Etu-t Portland, Oregon
City, Wood barn, Salem, Turner, Marion, Jeffer
son, AiDany. Albany JHnctiou, laug -ur,aeaas
Halser. Harrisbunr. Junction Citv. Irvine. Ea
gene, Creawell, Drains, and all stations from
nuseoarK to Asniana, inclusive.
ROSKBURG MAIL DAILY.
8:30 AH I Leave
12:45 pal ieave
6:20 p M I Arrive
fortlunu Air ve 4:40 r H
Albany Arrive l.liPH
RosburE Leave I 6:00 A M
Pullman B iffet sleepers and secoud-class
sleeping rare attached to all through trains.
SALEM PASSENGER DAILY.
4:00 PM Leave Portland Arrive 1 1):15 a M
6:16 P M Arrive Salem Leave I 8:00 A H
WEST SIDE
DIVISION.
Between Portland and Corvallis
daily (except Sunday).
Mail train
7 '30 a H Leave
12:15 P H Arrive
Portland
Corvallis
Arrive I 6:20 p M
Leave! 1:36 P M
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains
ot me Oregon central s eastern Ky.
EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Sunday).
4:45pHLeave Portland Amve 1 8:25 a h
7:25 P M ( Arrive McMinnville Leave 5: CO a m
Through tickets to all points in the Eastern
states, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
lowest rate irom A. K. Miner, agent, corvallis.
R. KOEHLER, Manager.
E. P. ROGERS, A. O. F. & P. A., Portland, Or.
E. McNEIL, Ileceiver.
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TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL
E,OUT IE S
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NORTHERN RY.
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
UNION
PACIFIC RY.
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OMAHA
AND
AND
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LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES
OCEAN STEAMERS
LEAVE PORTLAND EYERY 5 DAYS
FOR.
SAN FRANCISCO
For full details, calL on or address
W. H. HURLBURT,
Gen'L Pass. Agent,
Portland - Orecoi
OREGON CENTRAL
AND EASTERN R.R. CO.
Yaquina Bay Route
Connecting at Yaqalna Bay with the
San Francisco & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship "Farallon "
A 1 and first-class In every respect. Sails from
Yaquina for San Francisco about every eight
d-tys. Passenger acc mmodatinns ansurpassed.
Shortest route between the Willamette valley
and California.
Far From Albany or Points West to
San Francisco:
Cabin $12 Steerage 8
Cabin Ronnd trip, good for 60 days... 18
For sailing days apply to
W. A. CCMWING8, A sent.
Corvallis, Oregon.
EDWIN STONE, Manager, Corvallis, Oregon.
CHA8. CLARK, Sup't, CorvaUis, Oregon.
BENTON COUNTY
ABSTRACT : COMPANY
Complete Set of Abstracts
of Benton County.
Conveyanclngand Perfecting
Titles a Specialty.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
V. E. WAITERS, Prop.
OtHee at Courthouse, Corvallis, Or.
o. Xlo . Jl .o
DR. WILSON
Office over First National bank.
Residence, two bloaks west of courthouse.
Office hours, 8 to 10 A. M., 1 to 3 p. M.
Sundays and evenings by appointment.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST
Diseases of women and children and general
practice.
Office over Allen & Woodward's drug store.
Office hours 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 5 and 7 to S
P.M.
At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after
nours ana on Sundays.
G.R.FARRA, M.D.
Office in Farra & Allen's brick, on the corner
ox aecona 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 t
p.m. au cats attended promptly.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed
Corvallis, Oregon
F. H. 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 PCBLIC.
JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Office in Zeiroff building, opposite postoffice.
Joseph H. Wilson.
Thomas E. Wilson
WILSON & WILSON
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
riffin.'AV.1 Vlrtf V.HAn.l Hank flAwnllla fm
Will practice in all the state and federal courts
Abstracting, collections. Notary public Con
veyancing. E. HOLGATE.
H. L. HOLGATE.
Justice of the Peace.
Notary Public.
HOLGATE & SON
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Corvallis - - - Oregon
R. Bbyson W. E. Yates J. Fred Yates
Bryson, Yates & Yates
LAWYERS
CORVALLIS
OREGON
OREGON'S MILITIA,
The
Annnal Report of Brigadier-Gen
eral Beebe.
Salem, , Or.. Feb. 10. The annual
report of Brigadier-General Beebe,
submitted to the governor - today
through Adjutant-General Tuttle. is an
exhibition of considerable work on the
part of the officials, and indicates that
the details of the military department
are being very closely looked after.
The report shows that the state now
supports 140 officers and 1,554 enlisted
men. The examination list of ques
tions shows that commissioned officers
must not only be able to make out satis
factory reports, but shall understand
international law, be posted in com
pany, regimental and brigade move
ments, and prove masters of important
questions belonging to the school of
the soldier. The report also shows
that of a list of eighty-one questions
submitted to the captain of each com
pany in the state the past year, a large
percentage was satisfactorily answered.
The summary indicates an improve
ment in the conidtion of the companies
as to supplies and drilling facilities
and the manner and regularity of
drills.
Affairs Unsettled In Nicaragua.
Panama, Feb. 10. Passengers arriv
ing here from Central America report
an unsettled state of affairs in Nica
ragua. It is reported that attempts
are being made to overthrow the gov
ernment of President Zalaya. Sev
eral prominent persons have been ar
rested, among them several who are
moving to have the capital changed
from Managua to Leon.
Nebraska's Sugar Beet Growers.
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 10. At the
state sugar beet convention, resolu
tions were adopted which provide for
a leigslative commission of three whose
duty it shall be to investigate any
difficulties which may arise between
growers of sugar beets and factories
and recommend for passage by the
leigslature of a bounty to extend to
1901.
Killed His Brother and Himself.
Hedrick la., Feb. 10. Joe Merri
field, aged 13, quarreled today with his
brother Hugh, aged 10. He shot and
killed Hugh and then committed sui
cide. -
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Events ot the Day in a
densedForm.
Con
OF INTEREST TO ALL HEADERS
Items of Importance From Domestic
and Foreign Sources Cream
of the Dispatches.
Colonel W. P. Thompson, president
of the National Lead Company, died
of pneumonia in New York.
The Chicago city council has passed
an ordinance prohibiting any person
from engaging in the traffic of. horse'
meat.
It is announced in London that
Justin McCarthy will resign the lead
ership of the Irish parliamentary party
at the next meeting of that party.
The unprecedented rains in the lower
Mississippi valley the past ten days
have caused all streams to overflow,
and the lowlands of Tennesse, Arkan
sas and Mississippi are one vast sea of
water. -
worn comes Irom Brazil that rain
has fallen in such torrents for the last
few days that it has caused the falling
of many houses in the cities. Yellow
fever is increasing and one man on the
Italian cruiser Lomardi has died of the
disease.
The storthing has been opened. In
the speech from the throne, King Oscar
said he hoped that the meeting of the
committee on the condition of the
union of Norway and Sweden would
tend to an agreement for the happiness
of both nations.
The United States minister to Tur
key, Mr. Terrell, has demanded an in
demnity of $100,000 for the burning
and pillage of the American mis
sions at Marash and Kharpnt He
also asked for the immediate granting
of firmans for rebuilding' them.
The celebrated case of Dr. Arthur
Dnestrow, the St. Louis millionaire,
who has been on trial during the past
month for the cold-blooded murder of
his wife and baby boy, two years old,
has ended, the jury returning a ver
dict of gnilty in the first degree.
After a six months' search through
anoient and modern history the patent
office has issued a patent on bloomers.
The man who gets the credit of invent
ing this up-to date article is Thomas
H. Royce, of Brooklyn. In the future
the new woman will have to pay Royce
a royalty on her nether garments.
Developments show that Lee Sellers,
lynched in Enoxville, Tenn., ten years
ago for the supposed murder and rob
bery of $1,100 from Edward Mainess,
was innocent. Lizzie Hickman, on
her deathbed, confessed that Ike
Wright, a notorious character, was
the murderer. He is now being pur
sued by the officers.
The federal council has authorized
the president of the Swiss republic to
accept the proposal tendered by the
governments of Great Britain and the
United States that, in the event of a
disagreement as to a choice Of arbitra
tor for the Canadian sealers' claim, the
president of Switzerland shall desig
nate the arbitrator.
An agent of the Chinese government
has come to the Pacific coast to place
an order for 60,000,000 feet of lumber.
Most of the timber is intended for the
construction and repair of government
buildings. The agent says the indica
tions are good for a healthy revival of
the lumber trade throuhgout China
and Japan this and next year.
The Mexican International Exposi
tion Company expects this week to con
clude arrangements with the govern
ment for a national exhibit, and a na
tional committee to co-operate with
the exposition managers will be ap
pointed. The land on which the expo
sition will be held has been formally
conveyed to the New York syndicate
organized to carry out the project.
Andrew H. Davidson, of New York,
who is greatly interested in securing
the release of Mrs. Maybriok, confined
in an English prison on a charge of
murdering her husband, says the next
attempt to secure her release will be
made by the Masons and Roman Cath
olics, and that the effort will be made
on the same lines as those in the past
The congressional delegates from
the Pacific coast are making quite a
push in the matter of the additional
revenue cutters for the coast. If
Squire's bill should go through, the
possibilities are that one will be sta
tioned at Puget sound and the other in
the Columbia and adjacent watera
They will no doubt be built on the
coast.
It is expected that the battleship
Oregon will have her official trial some
time in the latter part of April or early
in May, and immediately after that
she will be ready to be commissioned
as a first-class battleship of the United
States. All that remains to be done is
to plaoe the armor plate of the after
turret and mount the two 13 -inch
breech-loading gons it is to shelter.
The New York Herald's correspond
ent in Rio de Janerio telegraphs that
the British minister has received a dis
patch from England ordering him to
recognize the sovereignty of Brazil in
the island of Trinidade. It is now
probable that Brazil will permit Great
Britan to establish a big coaling sta
tion on the island for her South Atlan
tic squadron, and that she will grant
the'right to lay a cable on its shores.
The biggest trust ever formed on the
Pacific coast, and representing a capital
of over 170,000,000, has been consum
mated. It is the Central Lumber Com
pany, of Caliornia. Its membership
includes every lumber mill, all ship
owners, and the wholesale and retail
dealers of the Western coast of the
United States and British Columbia.
All charters of vessels and sales of lam
ber must be effected through this com
pany, which regulates freight and fixes
the buying and selling price on all
lumber, regulating the product of each
mill and the amount of lumber each
vessel shall carry each year. . The lum
ber shipments to foreign countries are
also placed under restriction.
Four thousand six hundred and forty
bids for f558,269,856 worth of bonds,
is the tremendous total of the subscrip
tions opened at the treasury department.
in accordance - with the terms of the
oall issued a month ago inviting pro
posals for 1100,000,000 of United States
4 per cent bonds, to run for thirty
years, from February 1, 1895. These
figures do not inolude about $120,000,
000 of "crank bids" rejected as bogus.
The immense offerings astounded the
experts. The bids literally swamped
the treasury department. Although
no action has been taken yet, the bid
of the Belmont syndicate, 110,6877,
will probably be accepted for at least
$50,000,000. The syndicate bid cov
ered the entire amount.
John Hays Hammond, charged with
the leadership of the late uprising in
Johannesburg, has been , liberated on
bail.
A windstorm in New York which
blew 62 miles an hour, did muoh
damage to property. Three people
were killed. ." 1
The cases of Americans arrested at
Johannesburg are now under prelimi
nary examination, and a formal trial
will take plaoe April 21.
A bridge in the New England rail
road over the Peqnonnook river, near
Bristol, Conn. , collapsed, carrying
with it twenty workmen; thirteen
were drowned.
Notwithstanding the success of the
new loan, fears are entertained that
a considerable share of the gold offered
in payment will have been with
drawn from the treasury for that pur
pose. It is reported in Havana that Gen
eral Gomez is going to establish a seat
of government at Siguana, province of
Santa Clara. He is announced to be
on the move between Batabano, San
Felipe, Salud and Mariet
John Lee and James Bostic, rivals
for the affections of a young woman of
Adams, Ind. , attempted to settle the
matter .with pistols, and both were
badly wounded, while a bystander also
received a stray bullet
The Red Lake and White Earth In
dian reservation, comprising'.' jibout
1,000,000 acres, part of the Chippewa
reservation, in Minnesota, will ' be
opened for settlement May 1, by. proc
lamation to be issued shortly.
Governor Rickards, of Montana, de
manded of Secretary Olney that "he
forthwith rid Montana of the Cree In
diana ' The demand was made after
the receipt of a letter from Secretary
Olney referring to the Cree contro
versy.
The rebellion in Formosa ' is un
checked. One army of rebels has taken
up its position at Ton Wei, and another
has assembled at Camphor Mount
The Japanese troops are confident of
defeating the rebels, but cannot attack
them in their mountain retreats.
The safecrackers who have been ter
rorizing the people oi ua&iana, Ala
meda and Berkley, for the past three
months have been captured by the po
lice. They are mere boys, aged 16
and 17. They confessed to thirty-seven
burglaries of residences and stores.
They said they had realized only $100
from the burglaries.
Dr. Zelle, a practicing physician of
Brandenburg, Germany, has contrived
a photographic instrument which will,
in minute details, reproduce the vari
ous colors of objects, persons and land
scapes brought within a specified range
of the camera. What is most surpris
ing in this experience is that in the
photographs the oolors lose none of
their original brilliant shades.
Mrs. Jennie Baxter was murdered by
her husband in East Portland. She
returned home in a drunken condition
and Baxter, becoming enraged, drew a
razor across her throat, nearly sever
ing the head from the body. He then
attempted suicide in the same manner,
but was stopped by an officer before he
had completed his work. Their 4-year-old
child was the only witness.
Of the many changes introduced in
quick succession in Corea, the reeont
adoption of the Western method of
hairdressing has attracted most atten
tion. The king recently issued a proc
lamation urging the sacrifice of the
queues, and set the example by hav
ing his own hair cut, the prince royal
following suit Many lesser govern
ment officers have resigned rather than
sacrifice their locks.
The reorganization committee of the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
pany announces that the plan of or
ganization is now operative. Deposits
of consolidated mortgage and collateral
trust bonds will continue to be received
up to February 29 without penalty.
After that- date a payment of $50 per
bond will be required. Deposits of
stock will be received up to the same
date, upon payment of $6 per share.
In sporting circles there has been
considerable attention aroused abroad
by the cable dispatches announcing
Yale's intention to send a crew across
the Atlantic to compete at the Henly
regatta. The news met with a kindly
reception among the amateur oarsmen,
and it is felt that the appearance of a
sportsmanlike crew, such as. Yale is
sure to sendt will do muoh to efface the
bitterness resulting from the Dunraven
incident and the unfortunate experi
ence of the Cornell crew in England
last year.
EFFECT OF THE LOAN
General Trade Improved by
the Recent Bond Issue.
THE TREASURY ON A SAFE BASIS
Its Influence Felt in All Manufacturing
' and Trad ins; Industries The
Week's Failures.
New York, Feb. 10. R. G. Dun &
Company's weekly review of trade
says:
The wondefrul success of the popular
loan alters the face of events. The in
fiuence of this event upon all manufao
turing and trading industries cannot be
lightly estimated. It puts the treasury
on a safe basis for a time, whether con
gress does anything useful or not It
notifies foreign nations that the United
States has power as well as purpose.
It unlocks millions of gold which have
been gathered in preparation, brings
directly several millions in gold from
Europe and stimulates the anxiety of
foreign investors to obtain American
securities. With suoh a revolution in
business suddenly effected, the custom
ary records of the past week and month
are of less value than usual.
But there have been signs of im
provement in the iron manufacture,
although the average of prices is nearly
1 per cent lower this .week, for orders
have been booked for nearly 300,000
tons of rails this year, against total de
liveries in 1895 of 1,000,000 tons, and
orders for wire nails are stimulated by
a decision to advance the price again
on March 1. Speculation has raised
copper to 10M cents, with sales of
6,000,000 pounds, and tin to 13
cents, and lead to $3.10, with large
exports of Mexican.
Speculation in wheat has again lift
ed prices, although Western receipts
have been 2,800,907 for the week,
against 792,971 last year, and for the
year thus far, 15,067,695 bushels,
against 6,039,933 last year. Atlantic
exports have been inoreasng, though
not in the same proportion, amounting
for the week, flour included as wheat,
to 1,965,956 bushels, against 1,458,255
last year. The speculative market has
been largely influenced by rumors of
injury to the coming crop, and by for
eign advices, and prices advanced 3c
for cash and 2 5-8 for May.
Failrues for the week have been 823
in the United States, against 281 last
year, and ba in Canada against 58 last
year.
MUST APPLY TO THE POWERS
The Sultan's Reply to Terrell's Request
Regarding the Dardanelles.
Constantinople, Feb. 10. Regard
ing the request of. Minister Terrell,
that the United States legation be al
lowed a dispatch boat for its service,
the Turkish cabinet contends as the
passage of the straits of Dardanelles
was regulated by an agreement be
tween the six powers, the United
States must apply to them for the
necessary permission, as she is not a
party to the treaty of Paris. On be
half of the United States, it is under
stood, the contention is made that the
regulations do not apply to the United
States, and she considers the straits
of Dardanelles to be open water. It
is stated in well-informed circles that
the reason for the porte's hesitation to
grant the request is the opposition of
Russia.
The sultan has replied to the auto
graph letter from Queen Victoria,
which it had been understood was a
personal appeal to the better nature of
the sultan against the condition of Asia
Minor, sympathizing with her in the
humane sentiments expressed and de
claring the reports of the massacres
were spread by evil-disposed persona
The sultan adds that, contrary to allega
tions, the Turks were first attacked
while praying in a mosque.. The sul
tan assured the queen that the meas
ures taken had succeeed in restoring
order, and .except in Zeitoun, quiet
prevails everywhere, and negotiations
going on with the insurgents at Zeitoun
will undoubtedly lead to quiet
COMPUTATION COMPLETED.
Morgan Syndicate Will Secure
ne"L
Third of the Bond Issue.
Washington, Feb. 10. Late thii
afternoon the - treasury officials com
pleted the computation of bids offered
for the new bond issue, from which it
appears that the amount of the bids
above that of J. P. Morgan and his
associates ($110.6877) was $66,788,
650,- and that the amount which will
be awarded to the syndicate, there
fore, will be $33,211,850, or approxi
mately one-third of the whole issue.
The number of successful bidders is
781. ' In arriving at this conclusion
the officials have thrown out very few
bids, which were obviously fictitious,
and a larger, number which were ir
regular in important particluars.
Some of these bore no signature, and
others did not contain the amount in
tended to be bid for, while still others
omitted the rate. These last, however,
are not supposed to aggregate any con
siderable sum. The fact that two
thirds of the entire issue are found to
have been at rates ranging above 110,
6877 is something of a surprise to all
who heard the bids announced, but
there is no question of the accuracy of
the statements, for all of the bids have
been gone over again and all errors
made in the hurry of the day of open
ing have been corrected.
Zeitounlia Ready to Surrender.
New York, Feb. 10. A dispatoh
from Constantinople, says the Zeitounlia
are willing to surrender their weapons
of war, while retaining the hunting
weapons they usually carry. They de
maud a Christian governor.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Condensed Record of the Doings of the
Nation's Lawmakers Senate.
Washington, Feb. 8. Today the
senate passed a resolution calling for
detailed statements oonoeraing the
bond bills. Another resolution was
agreed to, directing the secretary of
state to send to the senate copies of all
laws, regulations and decrees of Ger
many, France, Belgium and Denmark,
which discriminate against the iiitro
duotion of American cattle. Quay
brought up the resolution to recommit
the tariff silver bilL He offered an
amendment modifying his original res
olution, that, instead of instructing
the committee to report back separate
bills, the measure be referred back "for
further consideration." The resolu
tion went over. Turpie then addressed
the senate in favor of the election of
United States senators by popular vote.
Shortly before 2 o'clock the house bill
prohibiting prizefights in the territories
was brought over from the house, and
was at once taken up. Hoar stated
briefly the need of speedy action. The
prizefighters, he said, had been driven
from Texas to Mexico, and now to New
Mexico, where they hoped to fight, be
cause there was no restraining law,
ine Din was read. No objection was
made, and, within three minutes of
the time it was presented in the senate,
it was passed.
Washington, Feb. 10. Upon the
opening of the senate, the acting chap
lain, the Rev. Hugh Johnson, in the
course of an eloquent prayer, referred
to the recent popular expression of the
financial strenght and confidence of the
nation. Frye, Rep. , was unanimously
chosen president pro tern of the senate,
and in brief remarks, promised to jus
tify the confidence reposed in him by
strict impartiality. The Republican
senators in caucus nominated A. J,
snaw, oi Spokane, wash. . for secre
tary of the senate; H. L. Grant, of
Notrh Carolina, for sergeant-at-arms,
and Alonzo Stewart, of Iowa, to suc
ceed the late Captain Bassett as assist
ant doorkeeper. It was decided -to
make no change in the offieo of chap
lain.
Bouse.
Washington, Feb. 7. .The debate
on the senate free-coinage substitute
for the house bond bill was soheduled
to commence today, and there was a
good attendance in consequence. The
session opened with an attempt to pass
a bill to stop the pugilistic carnival "
billed to take plaoe "near El Paso,
Tex.," February 14. Catron asked
unanimous consent for consideration of
the bill. He explained that it was no
torious that the preparations were now
going on at El Paso, Tex., for a series
of prizefights, which could not take
place there, but were to occur in the
territory of New Mexioo, which was
within a few miles of El Paso. The
governor of New Mexico had publicly
stated, Carton said, that he knew of no
law to prevent fights. In view of the
shortness of the time remaining (one
week) he warned the house that if ob
jection were made, and the bill was
sent to a committee, it could not pass
both houses and be signed in time to
prevent the "mill." Knox objected,
and the bill went to committee. At 3
o'clock, the house went into committee
of the whole, Payne in the chair, and
took up consideration of the free-coinage
substitute for the house bond bill.
The afternoon and evening sessions
were consumed in discussion of the bill,
the house adjourning at 10:85.
Wabington, Feb. 8. The senate
free-coinage substitute ' for the house
bond bill was debated five hours in the
house this afternoon and five hours at
the night session. The speeches so far
have been tame and dry. There were
two notable exceptions, however, to
day. Johnson of North Dakota, and
Johnson of California, both Republic
ans, but on different sides of the sil
ver question, afforded entertainment
and perhaps instruction. The former
was once a schoolteacher, and he
brought the method of the schoolroom
into the house. He placed some charts
in front of the speaker's desk, illustrat
ing graphically the rise and fall of
prices in this country, the production
of silver, and, pointer in hand, like a
professor to his pupils, explained con
verging and diverging lines. Johnson
of California on the other hand, whose
fierv, nrntfls-.s asrainsV' the. passage of
- '!"",VbiU attracted general atten-
won the applause of the silver
an eloquent speech urged
tfiSpl:
inblicans not to ignore silver,
and warned them of the dire conse
quences which might follow if they
did. His wit was so trenchant and
his blade so keen that he was fre
quently applauded by those who were
not in sympathy with him.
Washington, Feb. 10. Debate on
the free-silver substitute for the bond
bill proceeded steadily in the house to
day. The house met at 10:80 A. M.,
with less than thirty members present
Newlands awoke the empty echoes of
the vast hall with a vigorous argument
in favor of the free and independent
coinage of silver. He asserted not a
single debtor nation of the world main
tained the gold standard except the
United Statse, and we dids so as the
price of the continued bond issues.
Hartman and Eem followed in favor
of concurrence, and Tucker in favor
of non-concurrence. .
To Exclude the Socialists.
New York, Feb. 10. A Berlin dis
patch says the government of Saxony
has prepared a bill changing the elec
tion system, and virtually disfranchis
ing the working classes, the avowed
object being to exclude socialists from
the diet - - .,
The relatives of the late Mra
Anna R. Aspinwall of Pittsburg, who
left $3,000,000 to the Episcopal hospi
tal of Philadelphia, have withdrawn
their opposition, te its prebate.
ORCHARD AND FARM
Budget ot General News for
Progressive Farmers.
THE HEAVY SEEDING OF OATS
A Cheap Way to Begin Farming Rapid
Decline in Breeding Mares
Successful Tenant Farmer.
Lodging of oats is due to the imper
fect development of the tissues of the
stem, and this is the result of an in
sufficient exposure to sunlight in con
sequence of the plants being too close
together. The greatest exposure will
doubtless be secured by moderately
thin sowing. It is usually considered
that the quantity of seed per acre
should vary with the condition of the
land and the time of sowing, a great
quantity being sown when the land is
in poor condition, and when the season
is late. A greater quantity of seed is
required on poor land, as the oats do
not "stool out" so well, and in a
late season it is necessary to increase
the amount in order to hasten the har
vest, as, where the land is thinly sown,
the "stooling" process is liabile to be
carried on for too long a time, making
tne harvest late. In England, as high
as eight bushels per acre of oats are
often sown, in other year-tests that
quantity of seed yielding an average
of forty-three bushels per acre; six
bushels, fifty-three; and four bushels
seed yielding an average of forty-three
bushels per acre; other things being
equal. In America, four bushels per
acre is usually considered heavy seed
ing for oats, and one and one-half to
two bushels is the amount usually
sown.
Cheap Way to Begin.
Let one purchase hens of the com
mon mongrel stock whioh can always
be got quite cheaply and with these
hens mate a purely-bred male of the
variety desired to breed into. In the
autumn carefully select the strongest
and best-developed pullets, still re
taining the former male bird. Select
only those pullets whioh are robust
and perfectly healthy in every respect,
and stongly marked in form, color and
general characteristics of the breed
represented by their sire. Mate this
second crop of pullets to an unrelated
sire and the resulting generation will
be equal to thoroughbred stock of that
breed for all practical purposes in lay
ing and marketing qualitiea
A .Rapid Decline.
The failure of owners to breed mares
during the past two years is empha
sized by a decline of 3 per cent in to
tal numbers on the farm. This decline
would be still greater but for the fail
ure of the ordinary demand for low
grade animals for city work, so that
an urban census would disclose a de
crease in numbers in addition to the
farm decrease measured here. The
most striking feature regarding horses,
however, which is brought- out by this
investigation is the decline in the aver
age value per head,, amounting to
$7.50, or nearly 18 per cent in a year.
A Successful Tenant Farmer.
I began on a run-down Vermont
farm of 165 acres with thirteen cows,
two yearlings, two ahoats, ten hens,
and now have fifteen cows, three
springers, six yearlings, fourteen hogs,
eighty hens, and plenty of rough fod
der to keep them. This year I sowed
five acres of fodder oorn, planted eight
acres of flint corn, began feeding green
fodder August 10 and roots later on,
and am now feeding cured fodder and
about seven pounds of grain (composed
of equal parts oob meal, wheat bran
and gluten meal) three times a day to
each cow. Am milking thirteen cows,
six of them farrow, and carry the
milk to the Marshall creamery. Last
year the hens brought in about $60. .
Next year I shall sow ten aores of
Sanford corn, having raised my own
seed, and am working to keep forty
cows on this place. I am in favor of
the silo but cannot afford one on a
rented farm, so will run my fodder
through a shredder. I think soiling is
the only way to bring up a farm. 1
shall try sowing about four aores of
oats to cut green and make hay of, and
shall experiment with mnok, as we
have a large amount of it and land
adapted to its use. The great trouble
with farmers here is, they are apt to
sell their stock if short of fodder. Now
I am in favor of buying grain sad
keeping the stock, as more stock means
more bay, and more hay means better
farms. L. S. Glynn, Rutland County,
Vt
Motes.
It is said that only 84 per cent of
last week's Boston sales were of Ameri
can wool.
J. D. Woodruff of Wyoming, one of
the largest wool-growers in the coun
try, thinks the best cross for the range
is the Shropshire ram on the large Cal
ifornia Merino ewe.
It is said that shipments of cattle
and horses are being made from Aus
tralia to South Africa, ffhe voyage
from Viotoria to Cape Colony requires
about three weeka
Minister Buchanan of Argentine
cables in reply to an inquiry about the
wheat condition that it is unfavorable
owing to excessive rains, and estimates
the exportable surplus at 30,000,000
bushela
The National Provisioner, of New
York says that within the past month
a new industry has been established
between this country and Cuba. On .
each outgoing steamer to the islands
large quantities of live poultry have
been shipped from that city, the war
there having engaged the attention of
the people so that they neglected att
tenaiug t poultry-raising. :