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v SKAMANIA GOLD BOOM
A Prospector's Discovery Stirs
Up Excitement.
ORE WILL BE EASILY WOBKKD
Ha Found the Mother Lode, and Many
People Are Rushing In to Se
cure Claims.
Portland, Or., Aug. 7. P. Wood
worth, a fireman on the O. R. & N.
Co., and likewise an experienced proa
peotor, has just returned from Steven
son, Skamania county, Washington,
.where the recent gold disooveries in
the vicinity of Lookout mountain have
caused excitement. Six months ago,
Timothy Sullivan, an old prospector,
who has lived in Portland off and on
for many years, while following up
traces of color from the Vancouver
side, at last stumbled upon the much-sought-for
mother lode that the pros
pectors In that section have been trying
to locate erer since it was found that
the place at the headwater of the
Washougal river would not pay.
After staking out claims on several
of the supposedly rich leads. Sullivan
made his way down to Stevenson, and
of course could not keep his discovery
to himself. The news quickly pread
that an immense gold field had been
discovered at the headwaters of Rock
creek, which rises at the foot of Look
out mountain and makes its way down
to the town of Stevenson, fifteen miles
south on the Columbia river. Reports
of the gold discovery caused a great
flurry of excitement in the little coun
try town, and in leas than a week's
time dozens of parties were on their
way to the new Cripple Creek. The
gold fields, it is estimated, run fifteen
miles up the mountain side and within
a stretch of ten or twelve miles there
is any number of leads. When Mr.
Woodworth left, a week ago, there
were already between fifty and one
hundred olaims staked out, not a few
of them by Portland parties; while on
his way into Stevenson he passed at
least fifty men on their way to the
fields; There are immense quantities
of ore, aooording to Mr. Woodworth,
the supply being practically inexhaust
ible, and as Rook creek affords plenty
of water power and the " country is
heavily timbered, the mines ought not
to require a great amount of capital for
development.- ,
Mr. Woodworth, who is authority
for the foregoing, said yesterday to a
reporter:
"There is no doubt in my mind that
this will prove a rich find. I had been
over that country, about four years ago
prospecting, and, as soon as I heard of
Sullivan's discovery, I took a lay off
from my engine and went over to see
what there was in it. When I got to
Stevenson I found every one there wild
with exoitement, and hundreds of
stories about the mines going the
rounds; but I paid no attention to
these and made up my mind that the
best thing to do would be to go out to
the mines without delay.
"I pushed on up Rock creek to the
gold fields, which are about fi'teen
miles north, and got there that after
noon. There was already a great num
ber of -claims staked out and I hurried
ly selected a couple of locations and
then gathered some of the float, which
I brought in and followed right up to
the assay er' s office, so that there could
be no salting. I just received a report
from the assayer this morning, in
which he says the rock assays about $4
a ton. This is regarded as being pretty
good for oroppings, as I took it just as
it came, and the ore is sure to improve
further down. It is free milling ore,
too, and easily worked, and wood and
water are handy to develop the olaims.
As there are more than 150 square
miles in that traot, you can see that
the supply of ore is praotioally inex
haustible. PAID THE PENALTY.
Raviehere :
Find Louisiana's Climate
Very Unhealthy.
St. Joseph, La., Aug. 7. Some days
ago a respectable white woman em
ployed as a domestio in a prominent
family on the border of Franklin par
ish, was sent aoross Tensas river on an
errand, and failing to return in proper
time, the family became alarmed and
sent parties in search of her. The
searching party, after several hours,
found the dead and horribly mutilated
body of the woman in the woods, part
ly concealed by brush. The moat in
tense exoitement followed the discovery
and in a short time the whole section
was aroused and in the saddle. Suspi
cion pointed to a. white tramp who had
been seen near there. Dogs were used
and in a few hours the ,tramp was
caught He oonfissedWiad ourtaged
the woman and to" cover up the crime
had murdered her. The infuriated
crowd lound" the brutal wretch, staked
him to the nearest tree,, and afterburn
ing his body and riddling it with bul
. lets quietly dispersed. - - - -
A Flange Bods All.
Portland, Or., Aug. 7. Charles R.
Howes, whose family resides at Tigard
ville, Washington county, committed
suicide at 0 o'clock last night by plung
ing headlong into the river from the
Morrison-street bridge.
Organizing a Military Company.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 7. The Knights
of Labor at a meeting last night took
steps toward the organization of a
military company. . Letters were or
dered sent to local assmeblies, asking
each to furnish a certain number of
able-bodied men. The intention is to
organize a regiment of about 700 mem
bers and drill them in military taotios.
Colored races never have blue eyes.
Their eyes are always dark brown,
brownish yellow or black.
Welcomed With Enthusiasm.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 7. The party of
merchants from the United States now
visiting this city today inspected the
publio buildings, banks, the exchange
and other points of interest The vis
itors were welcomed everywhere with
great enthusiasm.
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Bald Lowered a Record.'
- Grand Rapids,-Mich.. Aug." 7. In
the bioyole tournament today Eddie
Bald lowered the third of a mile rec
ord, held by W. W. Hamilton from
0:83 3 5 to 0:83 flat He was puocJ by
ORR TACOMA'S MAYOR.
Declared by Judge Frltchard to Have
Been Duly Elected.
Taooma, Aug. 10. Edward S. Orr
was today deolared by Judge Pritohard
to have been duly elected mayor of Ta
ooma, by a majority of fifteen votes, at
the election held last spring. He will
take his seat as mayor as soon as the
judgment in the case is signed, unless
a supersedeas bond is permitted to be
filed, pending an appeal to the supreme
court
Judge Pritohard handed down his
decision on the disputed ballots at 4:80
o'olock this afternoon. It covers
twenty-five pages of typewritten manu
script, and deals exhaustively with the
case.
A. V. Fawoett, who was, after the
official canvass, declared elected by a
majority of two over Orr, the previous
mayor, and candidate for re-election,
will have to step down and out.
The contest case has been on trial
two weeks. It was at its commence
ment that it was discovered that the
vote of four precincts, that gave ma
jorities for Orr, had been stolen from
the city vaults. The court, however,
went ahead with the count of the other
ballots, taking the figures of the miss
ing ballots from the returns.
The undisputed ballots gave Orr
3,630 and Fawoett 2,590 votes, includ
ing the four stolen precincts, the official
returns of which were counted. Four
disputed votes which were oounted for
Orr, gave him a total of 2,624, and
nineteen disputed votes, oounted for
Fawoett, gave him a total of 2,609, a
majority for Orr of fifteen votes.
ROBERT J. A WONDER.
The Fastest Four Consecutive Heata
Kver Paeed or Trotted.
Columbus, O., Aug. 10. Robert J.
again demonstrated today that he is
the greatest paoer ever harnessed to a
sulky. Frank Agan was the favorite
in the free-for-all pace, and, relying
upon his remarkable performances at
Cleveland, nearly every horseman on
the track backed him to win. Previous
to the second heat of the great raoe,
Robert J. had few baokers in this town
outside of Hamlin and the attaches of
the. Village Farm stables. When
Robert J. took the second heat, how
ever, be became a hot favorite. It was
evident from the first that Robert J.
was to be driven to win, and the fact
that Agan was so heavily backed made
it oertain the rape would be hotly con
tested. And so jit was. It was the
greatest race of the year, the fastest
four consecutive heats and the greatest
fourth heat ever paced or trotted on
any track being made.
In the first heat, paced in 2:03,
Agan lowered his record half a second,
and broke the track record. The second
nd third heats, in 2:04 , where con
sidered phenomenal, but the crowd was
not prepared for the great surprise
when the fastest fourth heat ever paced
or trotted, was made, the time being
2:02.
NO LONGER CITIZENS.
Admission of Negroes to Creek Nation
Declared Unconstitutional.
Perry, O. T., Aug. 10. The final
deroee has been ' promulgated from
Okmulgee, capital of the Creek nation,
as it had been handed down by Judge
Adams, chief justice of the supreme
court of the nation, in the citizenship
case. It strikes from the rolls of citizenship-
of the nation the names of over
1,700 negroes.
. The decision held that the aotion of
the emancipation act by the United
States, in admitting the negroes to
tribal relations, was unconstitutional,
and, therefore, at this time invalid.
Since the passage of the act these ne
groes have drawn in annuities f 1,000, -000
from the Creek government, and
have improved their farms, and have
eduoated their children at the nation's
expense for twenty years. From the
decision of the oourt there is no appeal.
The interior department has held to
the same opinion in a similar case.
The Dawes commission, which has been
appealed to by the deposed negroes,
olaims it has no right to interfere with
the decision of the Indian court
BOOKS IN A MUDDLE.
Expert Report of Ex-Treasurer Miu
to's Accounts.
Salem, Or., Aug. 10. The report of
the expert committee, appointed to as
certain the' ex-treasurer's standing
with the oounty, which was given out
by the county court today, corroborated
the information before published and
showed that besides the $1,577 held
back in the First National bank, there
was $741.45 wholly unacooanted for.
The experts further said the aooounts
were so badly confused and the meth
ods so poorly adapted to the require
ments that the office books would have
to be rewritten for the period of the
treasurer's inoumbenoy. The treas
urer's receipts for the special sohool
fund and taxes, amounting to $79,817,
were not entered on the book of re
ceipts and disbursements, nor was the
payment thereon, amounting to $82, 114,
entered. The entire amount handled
by Minto was $349,878.
A New Orleans Bank Suspends.
New Orleans, Aug. 10. The Ameri
can National bank failed to open today.
The directors have decided to go into
liquidation.
- Killed by Lightning.
Chicago, Aug. 10. During a heavy
thunder and rain storm this evening
Walter Scott, 27 years old of the firm
of Bauer & Scott, stone dealers, was
instantly killed by lightning on Calu
met avenue. While the thermometer
did not register as high as during the
previous two days, the effects of the'
great heat were more deadly. During
the day there were four fatal oases of
sunstroke and nearly a score or more of
serious prostrations.
Fire at Niagara Falls. .
Niagara Falls, Aug. 10. The Park
theater, Tugby's museum and other
buildings were destroyed by fire short
ly after 1 o'clock this morning. The
International hotel was on fire several
times and the guests fled to the streets.
The loss will reach $250,000.
VBethlehem, Pa., Aug. 10. The
Bethlehem iron works has shipped the
balistioe plate for the side armor of the
Russian battle-ship Rostitian, to Ad-.
tniral virohowski, commander of the
port at St Petersburg. The plate
weighed twenty-one tons.
NEW NAME IN HISTORY.
Katlonal Democratic Party Bora Into
the World of Politic.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10. The
name of the new party is the National
Democratic party. The national con
vention of the party will beheld at In-
i dianapolis the first week in September
'There was unanimity in the confer
ence in the selection of the name of the
National Democratic party and in de
termining to distinguish the . two par
ties by referring to those supporting the
Chioago platform as the Populist-Democratic
party. There was no difference
of opnion in the provisional national
committee, at which it was decided to
call a convention and nominate another
national ticket Some of the Eastern
and Southern members opposed a third
ticket, but when, they were told in the
Middle States party fealty was so re
garded that many Democrats would not
vote, unless there was a third ticket,
then all objections from the East and
South were withdrawn, and the deci
sion to hold a convention was unani
mous. , ... . -
WHAT WILL THE EQUITY" BE?
Astoria Gambling-House Keepers Ob
. Ject to Unequal "Fines."
Astoria, Or., Aug. 10. There is a
strong prospect of a lively fight at an
early date over the so-called "fines"
exacted monthly from the keepers of
gambling houses in consideration of
immunity from police interference.
i For the past two years, each house in
I which games of chance, such as
"craps," roulette, faro and the like,
are conduoted has paid the city month
ly the sum of $50, but sinoe the open
ing here of a large saloon and sporting
house, those of the gamblers who have
only sufficient money to make a show
ing in a single bank-roll have become
dissatisfied, because of the fact that the
more wealthy of their class run as high
as five or six games and they pay no
more for the privilege than do those
who conduot a single "crap" table. It
is likely that at the next meeting of the
city counoil steps will be taken to have
the matter adjusted in an equitable
The Salmon Industry.
Astoria, Or,, Aug. 10. M. J. Kin
ney, in his annual trade circular, just
issued, says:
The season just about to close has
been one of the most remarkable in the
history of the salmon canning industry
on the Columbia river. Confronted
with a strike at the opening of the sea
son, and with but few fish paoked un
til June 21, it seemed at that time that
the output would of necessity fall far
short of that of any preceding year
sinoe 1877. The abnormally heavy
runs of salmon, however, and the pro
digious efforts of dinners to recover the
losses sustained during the strike have
resulted in a pack aggregating 75 per
cent of that for 1895. Throughout the
year salmon have been unusually large,
and in color, firmness of flesh' and
quantity of oil exoelled those caught at
corresponding periods in any former
season. A noteworthy feature of the
year's business was the large- propor
tion of chinook salmon, the pack of
thii variety representing a much larger
percentage than usual of the entire out
put Boston's Residents Shocked.
. Boston, Aug. 10. The nude bronze
statue of a bacchante or priestess of
Bacchus, the work of Frederick Mo
Monies, the famous- sculptor, destined
as a gift to the Boston publio library
by the arohitect, Charles F. McKim,
arrived in New York last week from
Paris, and is now stored in the offices
of McKim, Meade & White. No soon
er did this work of art reach the
American shore than a wail of puri
tanical modesty went up in V Bean
town", and Miss Bluestocking covered
her eyes and deolared that she would
not accept an immodest gift
The figure is about life size, and
represents a girl laughing as she trips
along, at a baby,' who sits in the fold
of her left arm and reaches down to
ward a bunch of grapes which she is
dangling above the child. It was first
exhibited in Paris, and was so much
admired that the French government,
unable to purchase the original, or
dered a replica to be made for the gal
leries of the Luxemburg.-- .
The Knot Ought to Be Tight.
New York,' Aug. 10. Alice Evans,
of Los Angeles, who styles herself the
California songbird, rushed into Police
Justice Wood's offioe, in Jersey City,
with Rex Forster, the wild sowboy
pianist, in tow. They are man and
wife. "Judge," said the songbird,
excitedly, "I want to be married over
again to my husband. We were mar
ried out West several years ago, and
our marriage certificate was destroyed
in a fire in Buffalo. I feel that I
ought to have the knot tied over
again." Police Justice Wood did as
requested, and the songbird and the
cowboy went away smiling.
Bohenlohe's Resignation.
. Berlin, Aug. 10. Neusten Nachrioh
ten announces that Prince Hohenlohe,
the imperial chanoellor, has resigned
and left Berlin for KasseL It is added
that further changes are impending in
the ministry of finance.
A Boston dealer Bays that there Is
more steel used in the manufacture of
pens than in all the sword and gun fao
tories of the world.
The Hunter Mine at Mullan Shnt Down.
Mullan, Idaho, Aug. 10. The Hun
ter mine has closed its mill for an in
definite period. Work in the mine was
praotioally suspended yesterday. The
recent slump in lend, coupled with the
low price of silver, made it inadvisable
to put the ore on the market at the
present time. This is the mine whose
flume was recently blown up with
dynamite. Two weeks ago two rifle
balls were fired through the boarding
house. Fell From a Tandem.
Salem, Or., Aug. 10. Dr. Smith
and Bazil Wagner were, this evening,
thrown from a tandem, receiving pain
ful injuries. The forward forks of the
machine broke and each fell, his head
striking on the hard street They were
picked up bleeding and unconscious,
with ugly bruises on their faces.
Liquid air is now an article of com
merce, and is expected to prove of value
not only for refrigeration, but as a
souroe of oxygen. Nitrogen is elimi
nated until the product contains sev
enty per oent oxygen,
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Creameries Do Not Hake So Large a
Proportion ' of the Batter Used as
Many Snppoae One Reason Why
Wheat Is Cheap Farm Notes.
Farm and Factory Batter.
The idea is generally prevalent that
the amount of butter which has of late
years been made by individual dairy
men was insignificant as compared
with the output of creameries and but
ter factories, but figures given in "Sta
tistics of the Dairy," by Henry E. Al
vord, chief of the dairy division, shows
this belief to have had no foundation In
fact, up to iS90. . . . .
While the increase in population
from 1850 to 1890 was about 170 per
cent., the production of butter for th4
census year of 1890 exceeded that of
1850 by 284 per cent This Increase
was not uniform with either population
or butter production, but quite the
contrary, as may be seen by the fol
lowing figures:
BUTTER.
Per cent.
Increase from 1850 to I860 40.70
Increase from 1800 to 1870 . . . . .11.83
Increase from 1870 to 1880 00.88
Increase from 1880 to 1890 49.40
POPULATION.
Per cent
: Increase from 1850 to 1860 35.58
! increase from I860 to 1870 'l.i
increase from 1870 to 1880 30.08
Increase from 1880 to 1890. 24.85
Emanating from some other sources
the figures given by Mr. Alvord might
reasonably be subject to doubt but
Mr. Alvord Is not one who would know
ingly send forth false information nor
base an official statement on mere
guesswork, and being in a position to
know whereof he speaks, his figures
may be relied upon as correctly repre
senting the situation. But it will be
a genuine surprise to nearly all who
have given the. matter a thought to
learn that 85 per cent of all butter
produced in this country was, as late
as 1890, made on the farm. Here is
what he has to say on the subject:
"The most noteworthy fact in con
nection with the production of butter
on farms is that, nothwithstanding the
great extension of the creamery sys
tem and the decline in the amount
of butter annually exported, such pro
duction has Increased .even more rap
idly than population. To go back to
the census of 1850, it is found that the
otal production of butter on farms in
349 was 313,345,506 pounds, or 13.51
pounds per capita of population. In
1800 the amount reported was 459,
681,372 pounds, or 14.C2 poundB per
capita. In 1870 the amount reported
was 514,092,683 pounds, which gave
an average of only 13.33 pounds for
each inhabitant Up to this time there
had been no creamery butter reported,
but in 1880 the production of farm but
ter averaged 15.50 pounds for each In-
i habitant, and that of creamery butter
0.58 pounds for each inhabitant, the
I total average being thus 16.08 pounds.
I At the. eleventh census, however, the
j production of butter on farms alone
averaged 16.33 pounds per capita of
the population, and such had been the
i increase that the total production of
butter averaged no less than 19.24
pounds per unit of the population."
. As no creamery butter was reported
until 1880, when only a little more than
one-third of 1 per cent. (.036, to be ex
act) was thus produced, it follows that
of the 15 per cent shown by the elev
enth census, nearly all was gained dur
ing ten years. There Is no doubt that
the ratio of gain has been much great
er of late. New York Times.
Dryinsr Wheat for Seed.
There Is often an Injury to winter
wheat seed from heating after the grain
is gathered, which Is always done in
hot weather. If the straw and grain
are slightly damp when put in the mow
or stack, it will almost surely heat
This heating may not be injurious in
itself, but it leaves the grain damper
than before, and It only dries out when
cold weather comes. So it often hap
pens that when winter wheat of the
present year's crop Is used as seed, It
often Is sown when very nearly as
damp as it was when garnered. Such
wheat germinates slowly. It is already
expanded with moisture, and so does
not 8 well in the soil as it should. For
this reason many old farmers who grow
winter wheat prefer wheat a year old
for seed. It Is, however, no better
than if as good as this year's wheat,
which has been thoroughly dried and if
possible without any heating In Its
moist state. Put the seed wheat in
bundle on scaffolds where it will dry,
spreading so that it will not heat Then
thresh it out with the flail and put it
In a fruit evaporator for twenty-four
hours. By that time the grain will
seem much less plump than new wheat
ought to be, but it is all the better seed
for that
Why Horses Slobber.
A correspondent of the American Cul
tivator expresses the belief that the
reason why the second growth of clover
makes horses slobber is because of its
seeds. Clover seed at present and pros
pective prices Is altogether too dear
feed to be given horses, even the most
valuable. But says the Cultivator, we
think our correspondent mistakes in
ascribing the slobbering to the clover
seed. Neither do we think it is the sec
ond growth of the clover Itself. Many
years ago we made an investigation,
and found that the slobbering only oc
curred where the lobelia plant often
called Indian tobacco, was found mixed
with the clover. This lobelia Is, as
every farmer knows, a most powerful
emetic. Even on land where it Is abun
dant, it does not get large enough to go
into the first crop of hay. But after the
first and heavy clover crop is removed
the lobelia makes a very rapid growth,
and Its blue flowers are often very plen
tiful where clover is grown on low,
moist ground. .
TheVaBsel of Corn.
The flower of the corn plant is di
vided into two portions,' the tassel, or
I male section, which furnishes the poll
en, and the silk,, which: is the female
portion of the flower, which receives
it Each thread of silk carries some
of the pollen to the ear, and there a
grain of corn Is formed. The profusion
of silk. so great that the grains of
corn are compacted on the ear as close
ly as possible. When this is not the
fact it is more likely due to the drying
up of the tassel, so that not enough
pollen is formed to fertilize all the silk.
If there Is either a very dr or' very
wet time when the tassel should be dis
tributing pollen, these defective ears
will be plenty. Heavy rains in one
case wash the pollen off, and the dry
weather causes the tassel to shrivel
and become worthless. The blossom
ing Is exhaustive. If the season is just
right one-quarter of the tassels pro- j
duced would make a full crop' of well
developed ears. But as In every crop
there are more or less defective ears,
it Is unsafe to cut them out The suck
ers usually tassel later, and for this
reason they often Increase the corn
crop on the main stalk after the earlier
tassels have dried up. - - "t
Kgcs and Youne Chickens.
In the twenty-one days that it takes
to turn a perfectly fresh fertile egg
Into a chick, there is more profit In pro
portion to the capital invested than in
any other farm operation. So the old
lady was not so far out of the way
when she said she would not sell eggs
under a shilling a dozen, or a cent each,
because it didn't pay for the hen's
time. If an egg Is worth one cent, a
lively young chick, newly batched, Is
worth at least six cents, If not ten. Six
hundred to 1,000 per cent profit In
twenty-one days' time Is not to be
sneezed at . There Is another side to
this, of course, when sickness or some
thing else thins off the young chicks,
and their dead little bodies are not
worth even the cent that the egg costs
from which they were hatched. It Is
by looking on all sides that conserva
tive farmers usually called rather slow
are saved from enthusiasm In the egg j
and poultry business that ' have de- j
ceived and disappointed many who
have gone in without experience and
have come out with more experience,
than they wanted.
Bye Straw for Binding Corn Ftnlks.
It is a good plan for farmers who
grow rye to save a few bundles to be
threshed by hand, and use the straw
for binding corn stalks. We cut corn
much earlier than we used to do, and
it is wise to do so. In using green corn
stalks for binding the tops of stooks,
perhaps two or three will break, wast
ing stalks, spoiling'patience and taking
time, all of which would be saved by
having a wisp of long rye straw to use
in binding the tops. There is still an
other advantage of the rye bands. They
will hold, while if a dry, hot spell comes
a good many of the stalk bands will
break, letting the stook " fall apart
and when rains come most of the stalks
will be found in the mud. Those who
use rye bands for binding corn stalks
will never after be without them, even
if they .have to grow a small piece of
rye every year for this purpose alone.
Ex. -
Growinc Me'oos,
It is natural at planting time to put
some composted stable manure in
melon hills. The soil is then rather
damp and too cool for the melons. The
manure dries and warms it which
gives the seed an earlier start than
it could get without the manure. But
about this time the man who has mel
ons with manure in the hill wishes he
had not put any there. No matter how
well composted the manure, it will not
bold its moisture Into midsummer
heats. The best "way to water these
melon hills Is to make deep holes down
below the manure In the hills, and then
slowly fill and refill them with water
until the ground is well saturated.
Then if the holes are filled with loose
soil, and the surface is kept mellow to
prevent evaporation, the melons will
not suffer for lack of moisture in even
the dryest times.
Substitutes for Wheat
Possibly one of the reasons for the
low prices of wheat the past few years
is that so many substitutes have been
found for it as human food. We still
use a great deal of wheat but in cities
especially wheaten bread is less , the
staff of life that it used to be. The use
of oat meal has increased, and it dally
forms part of the nutritive ration, and
very good nutrition it is, too. We use
far more fruit than formerly, and also
more potatoes. The latter are not so
good in nutrition as wheat, and for
this reason their increased use Is hot
for our advantage In health and
strength. Like all other starey foods,
potatoes are difficult to digest, and
should only be eateu In moderation, ex
cept by those whose digestion is strong.
Facts for the Farmer. '
Mice love pumpkin seeds, and wlL
be attracted to a trap baited with them
when they will pass by a piece of meat
An excellent axle-grease: Tallow,
eight pounds; palm oil, ten pounds;
plumbago, one pound; heat and mix
welL - s
To help the early lambs, the ewes
should have a liberal meal of oatmeal
gruel, a little warm, every morning, 'as
soon as the lamb Is born. -
The feet of foals very seldom re
ceive the care and, the frequent in
spection so necessary to their future
protection of form and soundness.
Horses' feet from this cause alone fre
quently become defective and . un
healthy. Ignorance and carelessness
are, perhaps, equally to blame.
It is the business of the farmer to
ascertain if be has any stock that it
does not pay to keep. It is suicidal
business policy to be feeding and shel
tering stock that do not pay for their
keep. T.
A correspondent of an exchange sug
gests to prevent apple trees from
splitting where they grow in forks, tak
ing a sprout that is growing in one
branch and grafting it on the other.
The branch will grow with the tree
and become a strong brace.
A difference of a very few days
makes a great difference in all kinds
of crops some seasons. Clover sown
just before a beating rain would be
come imbeded in the soil,, and would
grow better and stand more dry
weather than if sown immediately
after the rain. ;
Owing to the location of some 'sta
bles, it is impossible to get much sun
light in them; but in the greater num
ber ot barns, where the cows stand in
a row next to the side,' It would be an
easy matter to put in a few windows.
One window for every two cows should
be the rule, and they may be swung
open to throw the manure out of them,
If necessary. "If the sun can shine dl-.j
recuy on tne cows, so mucn tut Detttr.
THAT TIRSIBM SCOTRGB.
Malarial disease is Invariably supplemented
by disturbance of the liver, the bowels, the
stomaeh and the nerves. To the removal of
both the cause and its effects, Hosterter's
stomach Bitters is rally adequate. It "fills the
bill" as no other remedy does, performing its
work thoroughly. Its ingredients are pare and
wfcoleeome, and it admirably serves to buill up
a system broken by ill health and shorn of
strength. Consripation, liver and kidney com
p Bint and nervonsness sre conquered by it.
To a certain extent one's character may be
read from one's walk.
We will forfeit lfKQ if any of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to ba not
genuine. The Pifp Co.. Warren, Pa,
There is more catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diteiises pat together,
and nntil the last few years was supposed to be
Incurable. For a great many v are doctors pro
nounced it a local diseate, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly falllug tocure wltn
local tieatment, pronounced it incu-ab'.e.
Si'ienr-e has proven cntarrh to be a constitution
al disease, and therefore requires coiistlintional
treatment. Hall's catarrh Cure, maunfactared
by 9. J. Cbeney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure ou the market. It is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a tenctoon
f nl. It acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to onre. Send for
circalars and testimonial. Address,
F. J. OHtSNKY. & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by DraggUts, 75o.
Hall's Family Pills are the best. .
FITS. All ft 8 s tori pert free by Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No fitsafur tie first
day 's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 00
trial bottle tree to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline.
831 Arch BU, Philadelphia, Pa,
Quick steps are said to be indicative of energy
and agitution.
BLACKWELUS
I
(SI brHSifiDURHAM
Blac
Ton will find one coupon
Inside each two ounce bag
and two coupons Inside each
sbnr onnce bag of Black
well's Durham, Bay a baa;
of tbis celebrated tobacco
and read the coupon which
gives a list of valuable pre a
cuts sod now to get them.
Walter
Cocoa
Cocoa
chemicals.
WALTER
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A very smooth article'
1 Don't compare " Battle Ax M
I with low grade tobaccos compare j ;
I " Battle Ax" with the best on i
s the market, and you will find you j
j get for 10 cents almost twice as
j much "Battle -Ax" as you do of 1
j other high grade brands )
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CUT PRICES ON PUMPS.
Kvervthin?
oalta low
7;
onr dealer.
fttooas are
because we
aeai witn. the
its windmill Business, we nave ao orancn now
.one near yoo. Whta
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or
"duet Don't real Well,'
f4l!LIYER PILLS
ai the On. Thine tonsa.
Only On for a Dos.
BeM byrnntsts at aso. a bes
amplMBuliadfree). , ilitr.se
Dr.BoMiUe Mttf. c. ruia. r.
ores
Ta'k in favor of Herd's Ssrsirp-r'Ha as for no)
other medicine. It has tri- Kteatest record ot
cares of any medicine in the world. In fact,
H o o il 's
Is the Oni
True Bl i d
Purifier. L
Sarsaparilla
Hood's P'lls cure sick hesdaehe. ind creation
MAILED FREE iVtVtu ii
HOUSEHOLD COOPS. ETC.
This circular is issned for the benefit of our
country customers who cannot avail themselves
of our Haily 8p-oll Bales, Fend ns your ad
dress. You will find both goods and nrires right.
WILL & F1NCK CO.,
818-820 Market street. San Frannltco, Cal.
MBS. WINSLOW'S
Soothing
syrup
FOR CHILDREN TEETHINQ -
Fer sale y all Braaxlsta. tS Ceata a kettle.
SURE CURE for PILES
Itcliini ud Blind, Bleeding ar Protrodi.ii Fllee ihU at me M
PR. BO-SAM-KO'S PILE REMEDY, stop. le
iof,aborl lumen. A pautive cure. Circular, lent free. Pries
Mo. Uriissieu er mall. DU. liOBAMUO. fkuak. Pa.
WANT
0 NO OTHER.
SEE?
It's Pure
Baker & Co.'s
is Pure it's all
no filling no
BAKER & CO., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass.
CM)
th farmer aella l low. WHO
to him 9 W b&va reoeatedlT ref nsea
to join, and. therefore, defeated windmill combi
nations, and have, since '80. reduced the cost a
We believe In low prices, hieh grades
wind dowat to one-sixia wnat 11 was.
and lar.7. sales. No one knows tbe
best pump or prices until be knows
wrs. we maice soon nana ana long
power stroke pomps, witn test seam- ,
I sea firaett tnlw rvlindAT. laiMT than
iron ones leu
Buv none other. Aermotor Dflces and
aiwavs oesx. 1 nrouen erauraae. ani
are price makers, and We safest ta
wona lias eiven as more tnan naiz
for benotif ully U.ustrsUd ircnltr,
bios WHtxf iii rixfFiuir
Ccash nrran. TastesOooo. Use
warn poiq py omswisis.
N. P. N. U. No, 663. S. ?, TJ, Fo, 78
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