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VOL. XXXII. CORVALLIS; BENTON COUNTY. OREGON; THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1896. NO. 51. TRANSPORTATION. East and South The Shasta Route OF THE Southern Pacific R'y Co. EXPRESS TRAIN3 BUN DAILY. 18:50PM Leave f'ortlaud Arrival 8:10 am 2:10 P M j lave Albany Arrive j 4:60 A M 10:45 am j Arrive 8. Francisco Leave ( 6:00 T M Above trains slop at Eat Portland, Oregon Cltv. Woodbarn. salem. Tamer. Marion. Jeffer son, Albany. Albany Junction, T ans-u t, Baedrts, naisey, narriHour)?. jancuon i.ity, irving, a gene, C res well, Drains, and all stations from Bosebar- to Asbland, inclusive. KOSEBDKQ MAIL DAILY. 8:80 A M I Leave 1'2:45p m I Leave 6:20 r M Arrive Portland Albany Rosiburg Air.ve i 4:40 p m Arrive) l:lif Leave I 6:00 A M Pullman Buffet sleepers and secoud-class sleeping cars attached to all through trains. SALEM PASSENGER DAILY. 4:00 PM Leave . Portland Arrive 1 13:15 a m 6:16 pm Arrive Salem Leave - 8:00 a m " VIST 8IDK DIVISION. Between Portland and Corvallis Mail train daily (except Sunday). - 730 a m Leave 12:15 P M Arrive Portland Arrive 16 :'20 r M Corvallis - Leave 1 1:86 P m At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of the Oregon Central & Eastern Ry. -EXPRESS TRAIK8 DAILY (Except 8ui day). 4:45 PHl Leave Portland . Arrive' 8:25 A M 7:25 P M Arrive McMlnnville Ieave 5:60 a m Through tickets to all points in the Eastern states, Canada and Europe can be obtained at lowest rate from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvallis. - R. KOKHLER, Manager. E. P. ROGERS, A. G. F. t P. A., Portland, Or. Wo . McNEIL, Receiver. TO THE . IE A T , GIVES THE CHOICE OF - ' TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROTJT IB S ' . VIA ' ' GREAT NORTHERN RY. SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL ... VIA . UNION PACIFIC RY. DENVER OMAHA AKD KANSAS CITY LOW. RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS SAN FRANCISCO For full details, call on or address W. H. HURLBURT, Guu'L Pass. Agent, Portland - - Oreeoi OREGON CENTRAL AND EASTERN R.R.CO. Yaquina Bay Route Connecting at Yaqaiua Bay with the San Francisco & Yaquina Bay STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Steamship " Farallon " A 1 and first-lass iu everv ressect. Bails from Yaquina for Ban Francisco about every eight nays, raaseuger auc tminoaauuus sinurvwwu. Shortest route between the Willamette valley and California. Vara From Albany or Point West to -v . Ban Tranelseo: Cabin .. 812 Steerage 8 Cabia Round trip, good for 60 days .. 18 For sailing days apply to W. A. CCIttHf INOB, Agent. . Corvallis. Oregon. , . iRDWIN STONE, Manager, Corvallis, Oregon. CHA8. CLARK, Snp't, Corvallis, 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 rropeny. V. E. WAITERS, Prop. Office at Courthouse, Corvallis, Or. DR. WILSON Office ovvr First National bank. Residence, two bloaks west of courthouse. Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m., I to 8 p. M. Sundays and evenings by appointment. : DR. L. G. ALTMAN H0H0E0PATHIST 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 S and 7 to 8 P.M. . ; - ... At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after hoars and on Sundays. ... G. R. FARRA, M. D. Office in Farra St Allen's brick, on the corner of Second and Adams. Residence on Third street in front of court house. - Office hours 8 to 9 A. sr., and 1 to 2 and 7 to p. u. AU ca la attended promptly. BOWEN LESTER DENTIST Office upstairs over First National Bauk. Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed Corvallis, Oregon F. M. JOHNSON ATTORNEY -AT - LAW Corvallis, Oregon DrtAa a ffpnpni nrantlnA fn all tliA onii.t. Also agent for all the flrst-claas insurance com panies. NOTARY FCBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE. - E. K. WILSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW OfDce iu Zeiroff building, opposite postofflce. Joseph B. Wiijios. Thomas E. Wilson WILSON & WILSON ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW Office over First National Bank, Corvallis, Or Will ... i Un i. . ..... -) 1 ........ Abstracting, collections. Notary public Con veyancing. . ., . E. HOLGATK. H. L. HOLGATE. Justice of the Peace Notary Public HOLGATE & SON ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Corvallis - -" ' - - " Oregon W. E. Yates LAWYER CORVALLIS - OREGON THE WEEKLY TRADE. REVIEW Wheat Prices Held Down by Large Stocks in This Country. New York R. G. Dun & Companv's weekly review of trade aays: In some lines, business gains at the West rather than at the East, but there is no general change for the bet ter, although hopefulness still predom inates. The want of a sufficient de mand for the products of the great in dustries still retards actual improve ment. Strikes of some imporanoe in garment-making and kindred lines af feot trade in Chicago and : Baltimore, but there are fewer labor difficulties than usual, as existing conditions warn wage-earners that controversies at this time are unwise. "Wheat has taken a flight upward, advancing a for cash, and 2 8-8 for May, with rumors of foreign supplies as the only basis. Estimates of wheat in farmer's hands are lower than last year, but still indicate, witn visiDie stocks, a supply much beyond probable needs. Western receipts hare been 2,851,878 bushels, against 1,699,759 bushels last year, and for four weeks of February, 10,790,104, against 4,- 910,446 bushels last year. In the presence of such receipts, Atlantio ex ports of 7,048,577 bushels, flour in cluded, against 6,006,218 for the same four weeks last year, have no real weight, but a larger movement here after is expected. ; - ;. "Failures for the week have - been 278 in the United States, against 250 last year, and 58 in Canada, against 83 last year." '-.-." - , The Oallery Gave Away. . Fall River, Mass., March 2. A ter rible aooident occurred in the roller polo rink tonight - There were 2,000 people to see Fall River. and New Bed ford play, and the galleries were so crowded that seating space on the floor was filled. Suddenly., the east side of the rink f elL More than forty men and boys were injured, many of them seriously, and six of them fatally. - Diseased Cattle Slaughtered. ' Chicago,' March 2. Twenty head of cattle from Elgin were slaughtered to day at the stockyards, under the super vision of Chairman Bartlett, of the state board " of . stock commissioners. Eight out of the twenty were found to , be effected in some manner with tuber oulosis. The oar in which the cattle reaohed the slaughterer-bouse was dis infected and sent back to the company. 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 D is pa tones. A man and a boy 20 years old, were lynched by a mob in Wiohita, Kan., for bank robbery and murder. Gold has been discovered in City Creek canyon, within the city limits of Salt Lake City. Assays are reported .running as high as $500 in gold and $40 in silver per. ton.-: '-r:' "'' -. The American ship William G. Davis, from Philadelphia for San Francisco, to- inaugurate the new line of clippers around the Horn from the latter port to the Atlantio seaboard, has been lost at sea. : ' Senator Dubois Bays the silver Re publicans of the Northwest will per mit no tariff legislation in this con gress or any other that does not recog nize free silver, and the same . issue will be raised in the St. Louis conven tion. -; ' -, . Five hundred lithographers struck in New York to enforce the recogni tion of their organization and the abo lition of the piecework system. The action of the New York branch is ex pected to precipitate, strikes forthwith in all large cities. : ' -'.,-" Bolla r O. Heikes, of Dayton, O., champion target shot of the world, made another senastional record in an exhibition in Indianapolis. He broke 100 targets, continuous shooting, in 4 minutes and 20 seconds, which makes a new world's record. , A movement of ice in the Mississippi carried away 180 feet of the draw span ot the government bridge in Daven port, la., whioh was supported by trestle work, while undergoing repairs. The bridge was a heavy double-deoker used by the Rook Island railway.- The withdrawal of Commander and Mrs. Booth from the Salvation Army has created a commotion in the Phila delphia branch of the army. The sol diers are aroused and talk of . enlisting in a big secession from European head quarters is heard in every Salvation hall in that city. " y ; v In a fit of rage Jaoob Dietzel, of Chi cago, aged 68, shot his daughter, Mrs. Henry Obner, and then himself, inflict ing fatal wounds. He was onoe in prosperous circumstances, but of late has been dependent upon bis children for support, and their frequent com plaints, it is said, were the cause of the crime. ' ' It is reported in Constantinople that February 14, the first day of the Ram adan festival, the Turks surrounded the Armenian quarter in Maraovan and or dered the Armenians to accept Islam. Five hundred of them agreed to do so, but 150 recalcitrants were killed. A fresh series of massacres is reported in the Sivas and Kharpoot districts. The Paris Politique Coloniale pub lishes an alleged telegram from the French consular agent in Brazil, re porting that conflicts have taken plaoe in the disputed territory of Amapa, be tween Frenoh Guiana and Brazil. It is added the Frenoh troops half de stroyed Amapa after losing 100 killed and wounded, including four officers. Goerge Grant, a pioneer resident of Grass Vflley, CaL, 70 years of age, was blown up by giant powder. He was using the powder to blow up some willows and leaned over to see why it did not go off, when he got the full charge in the face. -One eye -was blown out and the other badly injured, his lip was terribly lacerated and. his left arm badly injured. He will prob ably survive. Havana advices aver that the Cubans will retaliate on the- Spaniards for their slaughter of suspects by using dynamite. A manifesto signed by the Cuban revolutionary party has been found scattered , through Havana set ting forth that from five to ten of the suspects confined in the Caballaa were being shot nightly, and that the Cu bans, would retaliate by destroying Spanish residences and places of busi ness by dynamite. : Henry. Cottrell, of Edinburgh, Ind., died after several week's illness, of softening of the brain, due to excessive cigarette smoking. A post-mortem ex amination was held, and a peculiar condition was discovered. The peri cardial sack was enlarged until it held about a gallon of water, and the heart was abnormally - contracted. A fatty growth had also formed, and both the lungs and spleen were enlarged and weakened by the disease. ; By the provisions of Representative Hermann's bill for the examination and classification of mineral lands in Oregon, publication of the classifica tion of lands is to be made,' and sixty days given for any person or company to protest the classification. - Provision is made how the protest shall be con ducted, and for hearings to determine the character of the land. Appeals are allowed from the decision of the land ! officers, as in other oases. - An appro priation of $5,000 is made to pay the expenses of the classification. . - The passenger steamer Queen col lided with the British ship Strathdon in San . Francisco while steaming up the harbor on her arrival from Port land. The vessels were not together more than two minutes, but in that time, between $20,000 and - $30,000 were sacrificed in damages. , ;.- The Strathdon was lying at anchor in the stream, and her heavy steel bowsprit swept the upper saloon decks of the " - steamer before the Queen could be backed away. The Queen had on board 140 - passengers. - Only two persons were hurt, and their injuries amount ed to mere scratches. : -: United States District Attorney 'H. V. Johnson has . filed - a suit in the United States court against the Union Pacific Railroad Company and about 2,000 holding lands under titles ob tained from that company, asking for the cancellation of patents - to about 10,000 acres, or the payment to the United States of $2,000,000. - The land comprises portions of the business sec tion of Denver, Greeley , , Fort Collins and Loveland, Cola It is alleged that the. lands in question have been ex empted from the original patents as they were already subject to claims under the homestead and pre-emption laws. - Chief of Police Crowley, of San Francisco, has resigned. He has been in service for nearly forty years. .'-. : r. Ballington Booth has announced his plans . for an - independent American Salvation Army, of which he and his wife will be leaders. . - General Lewis Merrill died in Phila- delphia, aged 65." He was one of the noted officers of the war, and was re tired from active service on a surgeon's certificate of disability in 1886, after several years of frontier duty. .' '".-.. . Two little girls lost their lives and two men were injured in a fire which partly destroyed the big double tene ment at 158 Prospect street, Brooklyn. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss will not reach more than $2,500. As a train -on the . Ferris & Cliff House railway in San .. Francisco was on its way to the beach, a tunnel near the ocean terminus caved in. - No one was seriously injured in the debris. Several passengers were bruised, - and the road was impassable for seme time. The British and French negotiations at Paris' on the Niger question, have been temporarily suspended. The French representatives accused the British of trying to acquire control of territory within . the French sphere, and there the matter ends for .the pres ent. -V - The Very Rev. Father Bergmeyer, father superior of the Franciscan mis sion, in Santa Barbara, CaL. - was fa tally shot by a man who had been em ployed at the mission for over a year. Three shots entered the priest's body, and one in the head. His recovery is impossible. The British troops whioh formed part of the Ashantee expedition returned to Londn in a dilapidated, though not battered condition. They were enthu siastically cheered as they -marched through the city from the docks where they landed to their barracks in tae west part of London. --x-..- At Rome, Ga., ' a desperate .street fight occurred between V. T. .; Sanford and Policeman Mulky. Mulky is dead and ex-Sheriff Matthews ... critically wounded. Several stray shots took effect in innocent spectators, , one a young lady. The altercation began because Mulky clubbed a mend oi Sanford. . , The supreme court of the state off Washington has decided that a county treasurer is liable personally or on his bond for money deposited in; a bank which afterwards becomes insolvent, in a case wherein there is no charge of negligence against the officer, and in whioh the county failed to supply ade-- pository. . - ' : The oom plaint recently made by the citizens of Antelope, Idaho, that the waters of the Big Lost river had been turned out on the public lands by a ditch company and had created dam age to settlers, will be inquired into by the government. A special agent of the general land office has been ordered there to investigate. . . s : The conference between President J. Edward Simmons, of the Panama Rail way Company and C. P. Huntington, president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, regarding the recent frio- tion between the two companies, is said, to have resulted in the adjustment of all differences. It is understood that entirely harmonious relations have been restored. .... r-v-;.S: The Southern Paoifio Railroad Com pny has reopened, the rate war between Portland and San Francisco. The sut is a radioal one, putting the; figures back to where they were during the early days of December, namely, $10 for first class passage, including berth in the Pullman sleeper, and $5 for second-class in the tourist sleeper. For February the receipts from cus toms shows a falling off of $2,474,403, and the internal revenue receipts a de crease of $234,649. As the expendi tures during the month, however, were exceptionally light, a small sur plus is . shown. . The total deficit for the present fiscal year amounted to $18,558,637, and it is the opinion of treasury officials that the deficit July 1, next, will not exceed this amount, j gross receipts for the year in all first St James' Gazette, in commenting ! cla8S d second-class postoffioes ere upon the recent dismissal of Lord Dun- 1186,885, making the average per raven from the New York Yaoht Club, ! month fl5,570. The gold reoeipts per said: The New York Yacht Club month were $5,712. The gross reoeipts I verv uroDerlv expelled Lord Danraven, and we now only regret cnas tne cram of British sportsmanship was"- ever identified with a man who can behave so badly. His oharges were improb able, and bis refusal to accept the de cision of the oommittee was a sheer' piece of childish obstinacy." ; - Governor Lord,' of Oregon, has been notified that land claimed by the state, under the swamp land grant of 1888, whioh afterwards passed by grant . of the state to the United, States Military Wagon Road Company, in 1866, has been rejected by the commissioner of the general land office, at Washington. Attorey-Genneral Idleman has the mat ter under advisement, and will likely appeal on behalf of the state to the sec retary of the interior, Hoke Smith. VOTE WAS DECISIVE Cuban Belligerency and Inde . - pendence Favored. - SENATE ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS Result Greeted by Densely-Packed Gal- ' lerles With Applause, Which Waa . . i-.-'V": Checked With Difficulty. . Washington, March 2. By the over whelming vote of 64 to 6 the senate today adopted a oonourrent resolution favorable to Cuban belligerency - and independence. .The resolutions adopted are as follows: " " ," r"-i; "Resolved, By the senate, the house of representatives concurring, that, in the opinion of congress, a condition of public war exists between the govern ment of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some' time -maintained bv force of arms fav the neonle J of Cuba; and that the United States ! of America should maintain a ' strict neutrality between . the' contending powers, according to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and terri tory of the United States. j - V "Resolved, That the friendly offices of the United States should be offered by the president to the Spanish gov ernment for the recognition of the in dependence of Cuba." . When the result was announced, the densly packed galleries broke into loud and continued - applause,' which the vice-president checked,' with difficulty. '- The result was reached, after a day of fervid speeches, which, at times, aroused the crowd of spectators to en thusiastic demonstrations.". The keen public interest in the subject was evi denced by the presence of ? the largest crowd since congress assembled. . The representtives of foreign powers were numerously in attendance. The occu pants of the diplomatic - gallery in cluded: ' - ' f. , Ministers Mendooa of .Brazil, Hatch of Hawaii, Lazo-Arriaga of Guatemala, Rengif o of Colombia, and Baron von Ketteler, of the German embassy. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, was not present,' but two of the attaches Of the - Spanish legation .occupied seats with, the other diplo mats. --" ' .. " - - " ::- The main feature of the debate was the speech of Sherman, chairman of the oommittee on foreign relations. As a rule, the veteran senator from Ohio, speaks with conservatism; so it - was the more surprising when he arraigned Spain and her governor-general, Wey ler, in the most scathing language.' Sherman read . specific instances in which Wey ler was pictured as strip ping young girls held as captives and compelling hem to dance, before the Spanish troops. Other speeches were made by Lindsay, Lodge, Caffrey and Allen. . . - 'THE CONSULATE STONED. All Spain Aroused by the Action of the American Senate.. Madrid, March 8 If one may judge by the things that have been said, and some of the things that have been done, the Spanish people are determined to go to war forthwith with the United States, and to speedily avenge the in sult whioh it is fancied has been offered to the haughty pride of Spaty by the United 8tates senate in determining to reoognize the Cuban provisional gov ernment as a belligerent power, and to ask the president to use his good offices with Spain to obtain recognition of Cuban independence.. Some of the organs of public opinion declare that the bankruptcy of the Spanish government would not prevent the Spanish from taking up the quarrel on their own account, and fitting out expeditions and maintaining themselves at their own expends, while combatting the insolence of the assertions of the United States. " 7. - . :, The day has been characterized by many manifestations of public wrath and excitement - In .- Barcelona the Spaniards have gone to the extreme of using violence upon the consulate' of the United States and stoning it, break ing several windows in the .building. No bodily harm was done to ' any body, exopet to certain membersj of the crowd, that was charged by the! police when the stones were thrown at the United States consulate. i H GOLD AT POSTOFFICEST Extracts From Statement Prepared by - tho Department.. - Washington, March - 2. The re ceipts of gold and "representatives" of J gold at various postoffioes in the states ox the JNortnwest are shown in tne I elaborate statement gotten up and made public by tne postofflce ' department. ; The figures show that in Oregon the for the year of, postoffioes of all olasses were 9419,653, and the. department estimates the gold receipts' at $151,042. In Washington I the gross receipts were $201,144, and the average per month $16,763. The gold receipts per : month were $9,928. The gross , re- ! AAt-nta rtf all nffinaa in thci atafcA fm fchA year were $459,042; the gold reoeipts, $266,244. : These are the figures for Idaho: Gross, receipts for the year of all olasses of money at offices of the first and second-classes, $14,141; average : per month, $1,176; gold reoeipts, : $176. The gross : receipts of all - offices in the state for the - year were: $131,956, and the estimated gold receipts, $19,993. A London restaurant serves its food on electrically heated plates. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. Condensed Record of the Doings or the . Nation's Lawmakers Senate. ' Washington, Feb.-" 29. A stirring speech by Vest on behalf of Cuba was the event of today in the senate. It came unexpectedly, as Vest seldom an nounces his speeches or makes prepara tions. -. The senate had agreed that the final vote on the Cuban resolutions would be taken at 4 P. M. Monday, and the debate was proceeding, White and Gray contending as a legal propo sition that the United States could not, at this time, recognize Cuba's inde pendence. . This aroused Vest, first to questions of remonstrance, and then to one of the bursts of eloquence with .which he, at times electrifies the sen ate. He spoke of Spain as the tooth less old wolf who had lost, one by one, her litter,' and was . still clinging to this single remaining cub. He pic tured Spain as the impotent giant De spair of - the "Pilgrim's Progress," gazing on defeat. In - impassioned words he made an apotheosis of liberty of rare beauty and fervor, adding with ringing emphasis, that the Cuban pa triots would never, never, never, again become the unwilling subjects of Spain. " Washington, March 2. In the sen ate today Allen withdrew his resolu tion for the appointment of Mr. Lloyd as a senate official after a discussion as to adding a Populist official to the rolls. ' During. the debate on the Cuban resolutions, the floor was ' yielded ; for the adoption of a conference report on the pension appropriation bill, and also the. passage of a bill relating to the anoohrage and movement of vessels in St. Mary's river. Mitohell of Oregon, chairman of the oommittee on privi leges and elections, gave notice.4 that on Friday next he -. would call up the Dupont election case, involving the seat from Delaware. ' r-. Washington, March 8. The senate oommittee on naval ' affairs had Assist ant Patent Examiner - Staufer on the stand in connection with the inquiry concerning the armor-plate contracts today. He produced the records of the patent office department to show the action of that office on the Harvey ap plication for patents. The oommittee has succeeded in ascertaining among other things in its recent inquiries that four-fifths of the stock of the Harvey company is owned abroad, and that the company receives a royalty of two cents a pound on all the Harvey ized steel used in European countries. - These facts are accepted as an explanation of the low rates at which foreign con tracts are let. ' -r '... House. Washington, Feb. 29. At 5 o'clock this afternoon an ex-member of the house beoame a member, and a member became an ex-member. - Such was the result of a three days' debate in the house on the Van Horne-Tarsney con tested election r case. The vote by which the Democrat lost his seat and j cannSstoeTas8 ViTto 164 can contestee was 1 12 to 164, eighteen Republicans joining with the Demo- orats m opposition to the . majority. The report of the committee on foreign affairs, submitfang resolutions on the Cuban question was then presented I but. upon objection of ! BonWto, went over without action. At 5:15 the , house adjourned. The house oommittee on judiciary, after a long conference with Attorney-General Harmon and Major Strong, of the department of justice ., ifuuay BUtnorizea a iavurauie reuuit m Representative - Updejrraff's bill to abolish the fee system as to United States district attorneys and marshals, and to substitute salaries. Washington, March 3. There was an enthusiastic demonstration in the house today, when Secretary Cox, of the senate, shortly before 4 o'clook, ap peared and announced the passage by the upper branch of congress of the Cu ban resolutions, but the matter did not come in any other form during the day. After encountering the : unex pected ' opposition of Boutelle yester day, the house leaders concluded to postpone taking up the resolution un til the legislative bill was disposed of. The whole day was passed in the con sideration of the legislative appropria- tion bill, and considerable progress was made. An r jreement was reached whereby the Wll to change the oompen- sation of United States attorneys and marshals from the fee to the salary sys - tern M to be offered asan amendment to the. bill.' inston, March 8. The first ential veto of this session of oon-, great was overridden by tne nouse w- day. by a vote of 200 to 88, 122 more . ' 4 than the requisite constitutional two- thirds. All the - Republicans and thirty one Democrats voted for the WTah bill, while the ; votes to sustain tne ' garded as the excess oi stored material president were all cast by Democrats j which the tree produces , over that The bill authorizes the governor and, which ' is essential for the growth at local authorities of Arizona to lease itself. So in the case of nut trees, you the school lands of the territory for consider the individual. In the case of educational purposes. The president's . forest trees yon consider only the ag obieotion to the bill was that it did not gregate. So that at the threshold of give the seorearty of the interior power .. . . . . i. to disapprove the leases, and did not throw proper safeguards about the timber on the lands. .':- " Bossland Miners Protest. " Rossland, B. C , March 2 A largely attended mass meeting held here to night adopted resolutions protesting against the bill introduced by the gov: ernment in the Birtish Columbia par liament to impose a 2 per cent, tax on all ores mined in the provinoe.- s It is expected that a similar action will be taken by various mining towns of the Kootenai country. It is claimed by the people of this district that the bill would be a serious blow to the mining industry,. because it ; would drive out capital and impair -established values ; A $9,000 gold nugget, weighing thirty -one pounds and seven ounoes. is reported to have been found at Eldo rado, Montgomery oonnry, Va. t THE FIELHND FARM Practical Pointers on Proper Care of Farm. THE PROFITS IN EGG FARMING Details In Dairying by an Kxperlenced . Dairy-woman Planting and ' Rearing of Trees. ? t: The best profits in egg farming is in building up and maintaining a fancy egg trade. Retail customers will pay - : a few cents more On the dozen for fresh eggs than they will pay for the article at the grocers. Eggs coming direct from the farmer used to be a guarantee of freshness, but not all farmers have . been able to keep up this reputation.. On the average farm hens are allowed to roam about as they please, and it lt- not uncommon for farmers to every now and then come across r bidden ;. nests. ' There may be a dozen eggs in one of those nests, . and how is the . farmer to know if a dozen hens laid those eggs that day, or if one hen laid them between twelve and twenty-four days? It is more likely to be the lat ter case, which oertainly must give a : number of stale, if not rotten, eggs in " the lot. As the farmer dumps these -eggs right in with the lot he gathered '.. that dy from the nests, somebody will get cheated. And one bad egg in ..a ' dozen will not condemn the entire; lot, but the farmer's reputation for honesty is at stake So be absolutely sure your eggs are fresh, and then be ready to guarantee them. ' Send' clean eggs to the customers, says the American Poultry Advocate. Dirty eggs make - customers hesitaf. . Assort them out - to sizes. A dozen small eggs will' not '' look as objectionable as a dozen of all ' sizes. - Keep the hens from the manure piles, aud do not feed any food that might taint the flavor of the egg, for it is a faot that an egg can be tainted as readily as milk, by what is given the hen or cow in their food. Pure gram, , fresh water, pure meat,, and : fresh green food, will help wonder fully in this direction. Details of Dairying;. . One of our most successful dairy women writes that she does not allow noise in the stables at milking time; A blow with the milking stool may not only lessen the quantity but effect the ' quality of - the . milk. , The milking : should be done regularly and quietly, carried to the milkroom, strained and cooled quickly. : The good dairymen who are posted as to the value of food products know full well that clover is one of the most valuable crops raised on the farm. ' The ' most successful . swine breeders make - clover pasture and clover bay t n important ration for ! their stork, and so do the mcst suo- bave enouh ho8 to nti"M th akim.milk and buttermilk. Some farmer8 moots6d toT in a financial wUh h and as - the Irishman -He's the gentleman that roots ' mortgage off .? Bnt hog and ghonld afw to ether. 8 Dll7trsg ja aU ite detail? mnrt bB done at ' the ti other work Ja to this. After the cream fed flnd ri rf it d ohurned Fat chvra mn8t receiv(J olose attention stopped " when the butter has formed into granules the size of small wheat kernels. Too much salt and excessive working injure the product, So, after all, it is looking after these small things that makes the successful butter and cheese maker. r" : ' - Planting. and Rearing Trees. '" There are two kinds of trees that the farmer must, take into - consideration ; when he wishes to plant trees, viz.: . , foreBt and nut trees. These two classes ! of trees are about ns far removed from ' one another as any two things can be. . , If the farmer wants to grow forest trees he has one certain line to pursue.' , If he wants to grow nut trees he must altogether lorsret that there was ever mea a thing as a forest, and must bring the ' tree out where it will bave jheaven's sunshine and develop a great 0f nuta. , The nuts are the fruit of ! e 0 anii we must treat nut trees 1 ag yon WOuld treat an apple orchard, They are pruned with a view to spread- t ins out the ctod to seourins for each tree its due proportion of light and sunshine in order that it may do its j loiiest wora, ana inns proauce a mucn greater result than would be necessary tor the development merely oi leai ana branch. - The fruit, or nut, may always be re- . the question which we are to consider, ' . . J A . il. 1. . we meet quite a contrast; the nut tree must be wide -apart; the forest tree must be close together. The reason for this lies in the difference of the object with which those trees, respec tively are planted. In the case of the nut tree, what we want is the fruit; in the other case, what we want is the trunk. . . While grass is very valuable even in the first stages of fattening, its greatest value tor hogs is in the faot that it is a means of insuring health. ' The hog possesses a great , deal of natural heat and does not need a high temperature. . Forty degrees is high enough for swine. The system of feeding calculated to produce the best results in feeding for beef or fat. if steadilv nnnraerl - in th dairy, invariably changes the charaot- of the oow.