The Corvallis gazette., October 02, 1896, Image 4

A Disappointed Life.
Why Richard Cayford Left the
Hawaiian Islands.
A Story in Which There Seem a Tinge
of Fate Mrs. Cayford Stricken With
Paralysis, and Yet She Has Been
Cored -The Residents of the
Mission District took Upon
It as a Miracle.
From the Examiner, Ban Francisco, CaL
Residents of the Mission District of
San Franoisoo have for months been
marveling over the peculiar case of
Mrs. Anna Cayford, the wife of Rich
ard Cayford, who resides at 313 Seven
teenth street Several years ago Mr.
and Mrs. Cayford took up their resi
dence in the Hawaiian Islands, where
Mr. Cayford, who is by trade a black
smith, applied himself diligently at his
occupation, nntil at length he bad, by
reason of his hard work and frugality,
placed himself and family upon a fair
way to prosperity. He had begnn to
look toward to the enjoyment of a
quiet, happy life upon the beautiful
islands of the Pacific, and in his fanoy
had built for himself and bis family a
comfortable little home, nestled snugly
among tbe deep and fragrant foliage of
that distant land. His wife shared
with him in the contemplation of the
happiness that the future apparently
had in store for them. She had ar
rived at the age at which rest and con
tentment count for so muoh in a
woman's life, when she was suddenly
stricken with nervous prostration.
Her condition became very serious, and
her physician advised her that she
most leave tbe islands if she wished to
regain her health. Acting upon this
advice, Mr. Cayford disposed of his
business and removed to San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Cayford improved slightly
with tbe change of climate until July,
1893, when she was stricken bv par
alysis of the left arm and leg, and was
entirely deprived of the use of those
limbs, having to be carried about tbe
house by her husband for a period of
two months. She was treated for some
time by a physician, but he was able
only partly to relieve her. She was
able to drag herself about the house,
but there was no strength in either of
the affected limbs.
It was while she was in this condi
tion that she noticed in a paper the ad
vertisement of Williams' Fink Pills.
She determined to get a box of them
and try them, thinking, as she said,
that at least she could not be injured
by them. Mra Cayford tells of the
relief she experienced from the time
she began taking tbe pills, and hsr
story is told in such a plain, straight
forward manner that it is given in her
own words:
" When I first began taking Wil
liams' Pink Pills," said Mrs. Cayford,
"1 had absolutely no strength in either
limb of the left side of my body. The
treatment of my physician had partly
relieved the paralysis, but after he had
applied all bis remedies I was still in
a practically helpless condition. Before
I had taken one full box of the pills I
began to feel a ' return of strength in
the limbs that had been so long useless.
Feeling reassured by the first effect of
tbe pills upon me, I purchased a sra
ond(box, and . continued to take t em
until 1 had used six boxes, when cue
last trace of paralysis had left my body
and I bad regained the full use of my
limbs. You cannot imagine how de
listed I was when I felt' that my old-
tima activity was returning. It re
minded me of the days when I was so
strong aod healthy at my island home.
I do not know what stronger testimony
I could give as to the merits of Wil
liam's Pink Pills than to say that they
have restored me to such a degree of
strength that I now do all my own
wirk without the least Inconvenience,
which is as much as I ever did before
I was stricken with paralysis. But
that is not all. I almost forgot to say
how tbe pills have relieved me of a
certain hesitancy in speech, which has
troubled me for years. My tongue used
to become 'thick,' and I would lisp
most dreadfully and could not help, my
self. - I noticed that after I began tak
ing the pills I could talk more easily,
and finally I was entirely relieved of
the lisping that affected my speech. I
have taken tbe trouble to recommend
the pills to an old lady who is affltoted
With paralysis. I have not seen her
since sbe began taking them, but her
husband told me, just tbe other day,
that she had been greatly benefited by
them "
Mrs. Cayford's friends are amazed
at her sudden reoovery from such a se
vere paralytio stroke, and stand in
wonderment while she repeats the story
of her suffering and ber cure.
Dr Williams' Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are sold in
boxes (never in loose form, by the doz
en or hundred) at 60 cents a box, cr
six boxes for $2.50, and may be bad of
all druggists or direotly by mail from
Dr. Williams' Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
ANTHONY HOPE ENGAGED.
Bis Fiancee Evelyn Millard, Who Flays
In Ills "Prisoner of Zenda."
A dispatch from London states that
Anthony Hope (Hawkins), the author,
is engaged to Evelyn Millard, the young
English actress who is at present play
ing the .Prince ss
Flavia in Mr.
Hope's play,
"The Prisoner of
Zenda," at the
St James the
ater. The report
was confirmed in
New York by
friends of the
" novelist. Miss
Millard is de
scribed as an ex
tremely pretty
and accomplish.
Anthony hope. ed actress. She
made her debut three years ago in George
Alexander's revival of "The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray" in the title role. Since
that time Miss Millard has had impor
tant roles in Mr. Alexander's produc
tions. When he secured the English
rights for "The Prisoner of Zenda," Ed
ward Rose and Mr. Hope superintended
the dramatization of it. At Mr. Hope's
request Miss Millard was selected to
take the leading role. She made a hit,
and Mr. Hope fell in love with her.
Anthony Hope Hawkins is the sen of
the Eev. E. C. Hawkins, rector of St
Bride's, London. His uncle is Sir Henry
Hawkins, famous - as tbe "hanging
judge. " The author is 85 years old. He
is a lawyer by profession. New York
Sun.
Not Heady Swear to It.
Wiggles What church does your
family attend? .
Waggles The Ninth Unitarian.
Wiggles That la the-ona out 13th
street. Isn't it?
wagg-ies (dps ?i v) i bell era m,
Around the
Hearthstone.
A PARENT'S WAIL.
Oh, me! Oh, my! Likewise Great Scott!
Into what woe is this I've got?
I've lately sent my boy to school.
That he might not grow up a fool;
And all the things I've told to him,
Some based on fact, and some on whim,
These days are coming back to me:
Alas, alas, that it shonld be! -
I told him once that Washington,
Kre he his manhood had begun, '
Once with a mutton-chop did hack i
A. cherry tree out at the back, j
And that in falling dowu it hit
His father where he kept his wit; '
He told it as 'twas told by me:
Alas, alas, that it should be! -
And when his teacher said 'twas not
The way I'd said, the little tot
Sot up and told her that he guessed
He'd take my word before the rest;
And while it might quite suit her whim.
She'd best not go at stuffing him;
His daddy knew about that tree:
Alas, alas, that it should be!
And one by one the tales Fve told,
By which he's been so badly sold,
But which I told him all in fun.
Are proving false unto my son.
Who watches me with mournful eye.
Half hoping that I do not lie,
But losing faith, alas, in me: .
Alas, alas, that it should be!
CAP'N TOM W00LLEY.
Well, yes, sir, the young lady was a
beautiful swimmer. , Never seen a
young lady as could swim out like she
could. "Cap'n Tom 'Oolley," she'd used
to say to me, "I just love the water."
Bhe come here every year. She said sbe
never could take to anywhere like the
coast of Cornwall. But after the last
year ehe never come again. Seems as
If Bill-o'-my-soul must have give her a
distaste of the Cornish fo.k like.
Well, that's true what you say, sir
there ain't no sea anywhere like the
sea here, In Cornwall. It breaks, as
you may see it, all so green as emerald,
round the stacks and skerries off Land's
End and the Lizard. See it breaking
yonder sometimes in fine white foam
'most as high as a lighthouse, round
they granite peaks, and you wouldn't
find nothing more beautiful, not if It
was painted in oils by they artist gents
at Newlyn-The Channel? well, what's
the Channel, come to think o it, but a
muddy river, in the manner of speak
ing, with the Seine and the Avon flood
ing it an" with dirt and :efuse? The
North Sea? no, nor the North Sea
ain't much better, neither, through be
ing filled with yellow clay - by the
mouths o' Thames and Rhine and num
ber. I know 'em all, your 'eart, as I
have sailed in coasting craft, man an'
boy, this fifty year an' more, an' being
bred myself .at Lyme Regis in Dorset
an' a muddler sea yould wouldn't
want nowheres than that, though It's
me that says it as oughtn't to say it,
belying my own home, If I may make
bold to put it so, which is as tidy a
little town as any in the country. But
the open Atlantic, where it rolls right
in, all blue and green, and clear as
crystal, on them Cornish rocka why,
there ain't no water like It, for pleasure
of swimming, In the British Isles, not
till a man comes round again to Caith
ness and Sutherland.
Our Joe him as they calls the fisher
man poet he says It reminds him of a
good woman's heart, it does. You look
right down into the depths, as far as
you see, and it's all transparent and
It's all pure an' Innocent That's the
sea. In Cornwall.
The young lady's name 1 was speak
in of was Noe. She was a Miss Pryce
o' London; but through knowing o' her
so intimate like, we always called her
by her given name, Miss Noe. She
was at home with the children, you
see; and my missus was fonder of her
than of any other folks as ever took
our lodgings, same as she might be of
your good lady, sir, begging your par
don. She was a fine built young wom
an, too, was Miss Noe. See her clam
ber up the rocks, you'd say she was a
goat; see her swim agin the waves,
you'd say she was a seal; see her tell
the little ones stories by the rocks at
nights, you'd say she was one o' these
book writers, as It might be yourself,
sir. Fine upstanding young lady, too,
with a color In her cheek and a spring
In her step, walking free across Mull
y - moors che same as If they belonged
to her. .
Well, it wasn't lon before we per
ceived Miss Noe was - pretty good
friends witb a gentleman up to Brown's
Mr. Moore from Exeter. He was a
nice young doctor come to Uynance for
his holiday; and when them two went
out walking together, with her father
and mother hanging about like for com
pany, as- is the way with parents, a
finer young couple you'd never set eyes
on. At the end of a fortnight my wife
says to me, "Tom," says she, "it ain't
Mr. Moore' no more with our young
lady; It's plain Alex, this morning. His
name being Alexander, it was Alex, for
short, as Is, the new fashion now, though
when I was young It was all Alic or else
Sandy.
"An' a good thing, too," says I. "For
a young lady like Miss Noe had ought
to marry one as U her natural equal,"
says I; not meaning In birth, alone, as
Is a thing I don't hold with; nor yet in
money, as there ain't no counting upon;
but a fine upstanding young lady, to
my mind, deserves to be married to a
fine young fellow. Or where'd the
country get Its soldiers and sailors
from?"
"And handsome couple they'll make,"
ays my missus, being fond of Miss
Noe.
Well, one of the days, Mr. Moore
that" s Alex. he went out swimming off
the rocks by the cove; and Miss Noe,
she was ashore sitting high oh the
cliff, reading a book or something. But
every now and again my wife sees her
raise her head and look out to sea anx
ious like, after the heads bobbing
about like buoys in the water. At last
up she jumps and runs down to the
cottage, all breathless. I could see in
a minute her heart was in her mouth.
"O, Cap'n Tom," she says, "Cap'n Tom,
do look out at Alex. He's swimming
over there, an' it seems to me he's in
some sort of trouble" love having
eyes as can see better'n a binocular.
Well, I gets down my telescope, an'
I fixes it upon him. He was a mile out
to sea a black speck on the water. 1
gets him well fixed. Sure enough there
he was throwing his arms up wild, and
trying to make signs to the shore for
help. t. '- 'i '.y i- ' V '.
"Is it cramp?" says the young lady. "
"Don't you believe It," says I; "there's
a deal more nonsense talked about
cramp In swimming than there need be.
A man can'tswlm forever," says I.
"Tired out; that's what I calls it," says.
I. , And tired out "Mr. Alex.- -smre
'O, Cap'n.Tonii". says the young lady,
"will you save .him?" wringing her
hands in a way that might melt a stone
let alone a Christian. ; '
I was half way down to my boat by
that time. .; "..
"Save him r' says I; "is It saving.of
him? Bless your heart, if he warn't no
friend of yourn at all as man to man
I'd save him. Bill-o'-my-soul," says I,
seeing Bill on the shore, "come and
help me," says I. "There's "a, gentle
man drowning."
"Drownding?" says Bill, running
down and putting out.- "Come on!""
says Bill; "I'm with you!" His name
being Bill-o'-my-soul, along of his hav
ing been such a favorite when he was
young with all the young women.
Well, we put off and rowed. Bill tak
ing one of the sweeps as is our name
for them long oars and me the other.
After a while it struck me we wasn't
heading outward. I looked np and
saw. and we was most turned toward
shore again. I'd pulled the boat around
on Bill which I didn't understand, he
being then a stronger man nor me to
pull not but what, when I was in my
best days, I'd have pulled a boat against
any man In England.
"Bill," says I, sharp, "you're not a
pulling." He looks up at me rather odd. "Mate,"
be quiet like, "I'm no fooL Now, what
are you a-rowing for? the young fel
low or the money?" , ; .
"Pull, pull, man!" I shouts out. "Pull,
pull, I tell you! The gentleman's
drownding Miss Noe's young gentle
man!" He pulls a stroke or two, quite feeble.
His heart wasn't in It. Then I loses
my temper.
"Bill-o'-my-soul," says I, "am I cap'n
of this here craft, or are you? For
unless you pull harder I don't want
no strong language here; but as sure
as my name Is Cap'n Tom 'Ooolley, I'll
wring your ugly neck for you!"
He holds up tils sweep, and says he,
"O, Is that your game?" says he. "An'
do you propose to compensate me?"
It flashed right across me what he
meant. "Bill, you blackguard," says I,
"do you mean to tell me and a man
there a-drownding? Have you no com
mon humanity," says I, bristling up,
"that you'd think of five pound afore a
fellow creature?" ; .- ..
"Five pound Is a good bit better nor
thirty bob," says Bill, looking up at
me, sullen-like. '
"Well, sir, I'll say It to your face,
though your own father Is a County
Councilor, I always thought .that one
as bad a law as the county could make.
But law It Is, all the same; and there
ain't no helping it. Jlf s 5 reward for
bringing in a dead corpse, an' It's only
thirty bob for bring a man alive as yo J
save from drownding. :
"Bill-o-my-soul," says I, raising my
sweep, being that angry with the man
that I'd have knocked him over the
head as soon as I would a rat, "will
you row, or shall I brain you?"
Just at that minute my eyes went
towards the shore; and if there wasn't
Miss Noe, not wringing her hands now,
but plunging into the sea, clothes and
all though a lady . with skirts anT
swimming for dear life out to the boat
to help me. '"'
I up with my voice an' shouts: "Come
along, Miss Noe! You puts the men to
shame! Blessings on you for a brave
girl!" She was swimming that splen
did! -
Well, I rows towards her, and helps
her aboard into the boat; and in she
jumps, all dripping, but taking no more
notice of it, bless you, than if water
was a feather bed to her. And she
seizes the oar Bill-o'-my-soul wouldn't
work; and she cries out to me, agonized
like: "Row on, Cap'n 'Oolley, for heav
en's sake, row on; Alex, is a-drownding!"
Well, I wasn't going to carry a super
cargo, as you may say, to weight the
boat not yet a passenger for nothing.
So, to lighten the burden, I just ups
with Bill-o'-my-soul and I clasps un
round the waist being a older man nor
bim, but, heaven be praised, a strong
one. He was took by surprise too much
to struggle. An' I heaves un over afore
be knowed where he was, and makes a
Jonah of him. He come up spluttering,
being the worst swimmer for a sea
faring men as ever I met with.;"Tbere,"
says I, hitting out, at him with the
blade o' my sweep; "see how. you like
it yourself," says I. "There's 5 a-goin'
beggin' for whoever pulls out your ugly
corpse, for nobody ain't going to trou
ble about you living." And off we two
rows, Miss Noe in her dripping clothes,
and leaves Bill there, to sink or swim,
accordin' as he was minded. -.''
A quarter o' a mile out we comes up
to a sailing boat Wind was nor-east,
or might a been a p'int nearer east
mayhap; and a sail before tbe wind
could bear straight down upon where
Mr. Alex was drownding. Miss Noe,
she stood up and calls out to the men:
"Over yonder!" she cries, showing the
way with her hand. "Quick, quick; he's
drownding!"
In a second they sees, and without
one word off they goes, luffing that sud
dent I wouldn't 'a believed If if I hadn't
seen it; and they flies .before me half a
gale over In the direction of the gentle
man. Well, he was done up for swim
ming through not having another kick
left In bim, as you may say, but be was
able to float on his back and might
have floated an hour more, mayhap, If
so be as the chill of the water didn't
numb him and send him to the bottom.
They come up to him and pulled un In.
I could see them a-pulling of him, but
whether it was thirty . bob or five
pounds' worth I couldn't rightly make
out for certain.
"Is It alive or dead?" says the young
lady. .
"Well," says I, "he d j look rather
limp," says I, "as Is natural when
you've been lying so long In the water.
But I think It's alive. Anyhow, we'd
better row back and get your things
dried, miss.!' k .
"O, no," says she, crying. "I can't
go back till I know. Cap'n 'Ooolley,"
says she, "we must row on and meet
them."
Well, I didn't quite like It owing to
the gentleman perhaps having nothln'
on, which Miss Noe hadn't thought of.
Still, this being a matter o' life and
death, where such things can't be al
lowed to count I rows on to meet them.
About a hundred yards off I stands
up and shouts so as she shouldn't un
derstand, "Is it a five-pound job, mate,
or a thirty-bobber?" ....
And the young gentleman himself
lifts himself up in reply, with one of the
fishermen's jerseys on an' a sail wrap
ped round un, and he shonts at the top
of his voice, waving his hand, "Alive,
alive, Noe!" .'. -. " '
I wanted to turn then, but bless you,
there wasn't no keeping back that
young lady. Afore I knowed where I
was at the sound of his voice,, she's
stood up in the boat and jumped off the
seat and was swimming for dew life
again to the sailing boat whei her
young, gentleman waj a-slttlng.
- wa srn ot. onti jmt
and then be falls back, numb-like and
white as death, till they gets bim ashore
to hold up till he could shout to her,
again. There BUl-o'-my-soul was stand
ing, spluttering and shivering," looking
blue with cold, and saying as how I'd
done him out o five pounds, or anyways
thirty shillings,, through throwing of
him overboard. They took the young
gentleman up to his lodgings and gave
him the regular thing hot - blankets
an such an' brandy an' by the end
o' the day he was pretty well right
again. But the young lady, she didn't
so much as ketch a cold with it,Tan'
afore they left this place him and her
was married. An' when Bill-o'-my-soul
come to hear that her father and moth
er wanted to give ten pounds apiece to
the men In'the boat an' me be was just
that mad you could 'a heard his lan
guage five houses off, and not choice
language, either. Cassell's Magazine. -
CODFISH IS EASILY SNARED.
His Insatiable Appetite Makes Him a
Ready Victim of the Hook.
A codfish is never more happy than
when he is hung to a line. He will
travel a hundred marine leagues If he
hears that some man In a little fishing
dory has a hook out He never learns
that the dainty, Juicy morsel swinging
to and fro thirty or forty fathoms down
in the sea conceals a steel barb. HI
ancestors have successively gone on
making the same unpardonable mis
take ever since the waters of the great
deep were gathered together. Other
creatures, In the light of a dreadful
experience, have picked up an Instinct
that there Is danger In a hook, but the
cod does not and is pulled In. And his
family of youngsters he leaves be
hind a thousand of. them sooner or
later will follow him Into a cask.
So the chap In the dory drifting quiet
ly over the bank watches his two lines
and awaits the inevitable jerk which
tells of the presence of the voracious
morrhua. He knows that If the signal
nibble does not come soon that cod has
other fish to fry, because It is always
eating or going to eat. It Is the marine
personification of famine and starve
with Its stomach full of food. Old
fishers say that a cod will gulp dowu
a baited hook with his mouth ailed with
a salmon he has just caught There
have been several cases -where this
gourmand of the seas has managed to
get away with a hook, sinker and sev
eral fathoms of heavy line, to be caught
a few minutes later by a new fishing
tackle
Notwithstanding the fearful, mortal
ity among this fish, so anxious to get
caught that only the most remarkable
error on Its part can save Its life, It
defies extermination. It spawns and
swarms and thickens the sea with it
self. It has been said that If the cod's
many enemies ceased working on him,
and If he did not die himself from
over-eating, he and the different mem
bers of his family would soon fill tbe
ocean from bottom to surface and from
shore to shore. In fact there would
be no more sea. -
Being a Juicy, delectable morsel Is
not the only good thing that can be
said of this fish of the genus Gadus.
He has an Insatiable appetite for scien
tific research and an exploration within
his almost unfathomable stomach has
revealed the flora and fauna of life ex
isting far down In the soundless deep.
While hat Is discussing a breakfast of
mussels with seaweed on the side he Is
laboring In the cause of science, and
when David Starr Jordan hooks him
out of his great watery dining room he
will be the means of adding much to the
roster of the vegetable . and animal
kingdom of the sea.
-A Chinese Military Inquiry.
During the late war between China
and Japan we heard often of wonderful
acts of bravery performed by the Jap
anese, but tales of Chinese bravery
were- few and far between. -. The fol
lowing story, however, which appears
to be told by an eye witness, Is enough
to show that the Chinese had at least
one officer who was no coward.
The deposed viceroy, LI Hung Chang,
and the committee appointed by the
Government to Investigate the reasons
of defeat at the battle of Port Arthur,
met In the city of Pekin on Sept 23.
Among the charges was one of "poor
gunnery", brought . against Capt. Le
Chen Fue,- who had commanded the
Yen Tse Chang, one of tbe largest bat
tle ships that escaped from the action
without great damage. After Li Hung
Chang had read the charges in full, the
accused captain rose and requested that
a dozen shells be brought from his ves
sel. This was done, and the shells
were brought In and set In a row before
the committee.
Le Chen Fue then stepped forward,
and drawing his sword, said, "Can you
wonder that we were defeated when
our shells were like these?"
As he spoke, and before any one learned that there is money in putting
could stop Mm, he raised his sword and i a spray of green leaves to offset the
brought It down on the shell in front of , color of the fruit. This is almost al
hlm. The shell was split in two, and ways done in selling the finest peaches,
sawdust and red brick dust flew all , and fruit growers are learning to treat
about -- Then, in rapid succession, he!
struck sneu alter snen. rsoDoay movea.
we were so surprised and frightened.
I remembered thinking that if tbe last
one proved a good one there would be
none of us left to tell the tale; but no,
that was like all the 'others a sham.
As he finished, Le chen Fue laid his
sword at the feet of Ll Hung Chang
ana as soon as mat sidesman couia
speak be dismissed
the charges.
Youth's Companion.
Not So Crazy.
A tlomnn wna vlaltino. a K.t..h '
lunatlc asylum, where new premises';
were being added.. The Inmates were
assisting. On seeing one of the latter j
wheeling a barrow upside down from !
the building to the stones, the visitor
asked him . why he wheeled it In that
manner. "Oh," said the lunatic, "that'
the best way." The visitor took the
barrow, and, turning It upside down,
said: "This Is the proper way." "That's
a' you ken," said the inmate: "I tried
It that way, but they filled It fu' o'
bricks." So saying, he trotted on hij
usual way.
Can Crown Themselves.
Prussian kings have the right
to
crown themselves if they wish it and i
the privilege of dispensing with the :
ceremony if it Is preferable. Kaisei
William I. was probably crowned be-(he
cause he was not the direct heir to th
throne, being the son of Frederick Wil- emailer will be the loss. The large in
helm III. Frederick Wilhelm IV. had crease last year was mainly from the
no sons. -
Met Frequently.
They were very much thrown together,
But jiot as folks usually are:
They merely clung to adjoining straps -'
In the 0 o'clock trolley car.
Detroit Tribune.
; Extinguished.
- Mr. Fussy I don't see why you weai
those ridiculous big sleeves when yoo
have nothlng to fill them. .. ..
Mrs. Fussy-Do you fill yonr silk hatl
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MATTERS OFINTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
The Beat Varieties of Wheat Hand
ling Hoes in Hot Weather Improv
ing Rented Land Frnit Sella by Ita
Xroolca General Farm Notes.
Are Wheat Varieties Degenerating.
"The general failure ofthe wheat crop
In Ohio this year has caused many
farmers to think that their wheat is
"running out," and the desire' to change
seed is more general than It has been
for some years past, Judging from let
ters received at the experiment station.
While there is undoubtedly a great
difference in the vigor of different va
rieties of wheat and their adaptation
to various soils and climates, the tests
made at the experiment station encour
age the belief that a variety adapted to
the soil and conditions of a given lo
cality will tend to improve, rather than
degenerate, if proper care be exercised
in selecting seed from year to year. To
Illustrate: the two varieties of wheat
which head the list at the Ohio station
In a ten-year test, . Valley, which has
given the largest yield per acre, and
Penqulte's Velvet Chaff, which has giv
en the heaviest average weight per
bushel, are both varieties which origi
nated or were' first distributed from
southwestern Ohio, 15 to 30 years ago.
These varieties are not proof against
all unfavorable conditions, and every
season they are excelled In yield by
some other sorts, but no one sort has
yet been able to overtop either of them
In the points mentioned, in the average
of a long continued test. Ohio Experi
ment Stition Bulletin.
Hoga in Hot Weather.
A few remarks concerning the hand
ling of hogs in hot weather may not be
Inopportune. It Is generally agreed
that, the early hot days of summer are
most fatal to the quickly grown and
well fattened hog. It seems to be the
rule, too, that the finest hogs in a bunch
are first to succumb. Snippers when
sending hogs to market siiould be care
ful not . to overcrowd the cars, and
should also be certain to send along
with the shipment a reliable man to
sprinkle the hogs at every opportunity
and to keep them from "piling," which
term Is perhaps more applicable to win
ter. This man should also take par
ticular care that he is not charged with
more dead hogs than is proper and cor
rect In unloading, buyers and Inspec
tors would do well to be in ho hurry to
weigh during the summer months, as
much trouble can be averted by plac
ing the hogs In airy sheds with well
sagged earth floors for a few hours
prior to weighing. To show the impor
tance of this hint, we may add that we
have seen numbers of hogs die imme
diately after being weighed from cars,
which, of course, means a loss for the
buyer. Some shippers (and even thos3
who have had bitter experience) are
very careless In this matter of over
crowding hogs in hot weather and rush
ing them through, hence our advice to
buyer and inspector. Dolman's Rural
World.
Improving Rented Land, n
' It is bad policy to rent land where it
can by any possibility be bought. A
really good farmer Is sure to leave the
farm he occupies In better condition
than he found it, and in this country,
unless a special bargain Is made, the
man who has made the improvements
gets no benefit thereby, except as he has
made It while occupying the farm.
This matter Is managed much better in
Ireland, where for a number of years
the law requires that the landlord shall
pay to the tenant the value of the im
provements made. . . Renting land - is
much more common in Ireland and
England than It is In the United States.
It Is also true that in European coun
tries land under cultivation Is more apt
to improve than It Is In the United
States. Heretofore, indeed, there has
been little occasion for -laws to reim
burse the renter for increase of value
in the farm from which he had been for
several years taking off the cream of
fertility. Probably as the Improvement
of land rather than Its exhaustion be
comes more common the laws will be
amended so as to better apply to the
new conditions.
' Making Frnit Attractive.
Fruit Is always sold very largely by
its looks. m The highly colored apples
will always bring higher prices than
those of a duller or green color. With
pears there Is a partial exception, as
there are so many superior varieties
of a rusty color that this rather than
bright red has the preference. But
with the pears that do color, the more
highly colored any specimen may be,
the better It is likely to prove. But
so much depends on an attractive ap
pearance that many growers have
other fruit In the same way.
Sweet Corn and Beans.
Both corn and beans were grown by
the American Indians, and the combi
nation of both in the form of succotash
was a dish which the aborigines taught
xneir wnite neighDors to like. - It Is !
curioug f act that seed of beans and of
the early varietIes of 8weet corn ,ant.
ed on the same day wm be sufficiently
advanced to cook together at the same
time. The two foods also admirably
buiiiicuiciu racu uiuei, uie ueans sup-
J"J""S i"e nitrogenous or Birengtn-glV-
?on ln whlcn the corn is dea-
clent There are few who do not like
UC?tash' and ?,fact that ne food 19
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able will not detract from its deserved
popularity. .
Cheaper Growing of Potatoes.
The experience of farmers last year,
and as now seems probable this year,
also Impresses the Importance of cheap
er production of potatoes as the only
means of making this crop a profitable
one. Last year, Indeed, prices went
so low late In the season that there was
really no market In many places for
potatoes at any price. They were of
fered In cellars or pits to whoever
would take them away. No possible
cheapening of production could give j
profit to the holders of potatoes held to j
absolutely worthless, but the less
; that their product had cost them the
growing of potatoes in large amounts
ln places where they had never been
grown before as a market crop. - In
most cases these - potatoes .had cost
men than the average' expense of the
potato crop in localities where this crop
is largely grown, and when the market
collapsed, the dlsappolnment of tne
potato grower was all the greater. The
truth is that the cheap growing of po
tatoes depends much on climatic con
ditions. The Lake and Aroostook re
gion of Maine, of Western New York,
Ohio and Michigan and the neighbor
hood of Lake Champlaln In New York
MvAjrrnnr,i vvtfc irUt climate
during summer which the potato needSf
to be grown successfully. Here the
bulk . of market potatoes ln the past
have been, grown, and from there also
will probably continue to come the
larger part of the- potato crop in the
future. Exchange.
Self-fown Tomatoes.-
Where large quantities of tomatoes
are grown and the fruit Is allowed to
rot on the ground, there will be many
young tomato plants spring up the
following season. They will not be so
forward as plants from seed sown 'n
a hothouse, but they will be thrifty
and hardy for outdoor setting and come
into bearing very nearly as quickly aJ
the later plants from the hothouse. Fall
sowing of tomato seed is little likely to
start the seed into full growth, as the
rains prevent the seed from trying suffi
ciently to germinate. -
The Apiarr.
If a case of robbing occurs look at
once for the queen. If she Is missing,
supply a new queen at once.
Frames of honey that are lntendel
for fall use ln wintering the bees may
be left in.the upper stories.
It will be a good plan to continue to
raise a few queens, so that all the poor
ones may be superseded ln the f all.
It " Is a mistake to rob the bees of
honey so closely that feeding must be
resorted to in order to keep them from
starving in winter.
At the close of the honey season tht
queen will stop depositing eggs to a
great extent, but a fresh quantity of
brood will be kept up.
Bees, when building comb, plumb
their work, and if the frame Is not in
une with their vertical frame building
It will not stick to the bottom of th'j
frame. '
Bees varnish everything in the hive
towards fall." All sealed combs are
varnished to prevent moisture from en
tering the pores of capping and dilut
ing the honey; which causes fermenta
tion by the heat in the hive.
Dairv Dots.
Winter calves make as good cows as
spring calves. . ' "
Set aside your old dash churn and
buy a barrel, swing or box churn.
A waiting cow is a worrying cow; re
member this and feed regularly.
Do not mix nlghfs and morning's
milk unless both are thoroughly cooled.
Working undissolved salt Into butter
will soon cut or grind all semblance to
grain out of it.
So far as possible, the 'food for the
dairy cow must be as nearly uniform
in quality and quantity as possible.
Xhe average yearly consumption of
whole milk per inhabitant of the United
States is said to be 25 gallons, and of
butter, nearly 20 pounds.
It has been pretty well determined
that the influence of the sire in a dairy
herd is greater than the dam ln deter
mining the character of the future herd.
The cow that leaks milk may be
helped by touching the end of the leaky
teat "with collodion each time after
milking. This dries quickly and draws
the orifice tightly together.
One advantage In using parchment
paper in which to wrap the butter is
that it does not stick to the butter,
while protecting it from the air. It is
air-proof and.water-proof, tasteless and
odorless. . "
Farm Notes.''
Brains in business rank above the
capital invested, and capable men re
ceive large salaries. Farming is a
business, and should be conducted on a
business basis.
. Wire fences have been productive of
great benefit to farms, as they donot
abound in fence corners, as in'the case
with rail fences. As the rail fences
vanish there are fewer propagating
places for weeds. -
Thirty tons of-roots may be grown
on any good acre of land by the right
cultivation. This will feed thirty sheep
for two hundred days, or two hundred
for t month. This will supply two
thirds of the feeding.
When a farmer has a theory It Indi
cates that he Is a thinker and Is willing
to advance in his system of farming.
It is right to test all theories, but It
6hould be done In a limited manner.
Every farmer should have an experi
menting plot for testing fruits and
vegetables, as those adapted for one
farm may not be suitable for the next
If given the chance, a horse, a cow,
or a hog will lick up the ashes in a
burnt-up district of forest; something
in the ashes satisfies a natural craving
of animals. Mixed with charcoal and
a little salt, it should be constantly
kept near swine. There Is, therefore,
more than one useful purpose to which
wood ashes can be put on the farm.
Sometimes there is more to do than
to turn out our cows to pasture in the
summer and then milk them twice a
day. " Unless the pasture is ample it
will pay to feed also a little grain. Even
with a full pasture this is sometimes
advisable. The more succulent food
requires more salt, too; and above all
things, see that there is pure water la
plenty.
The farmer, in making war on in
sects, should learn . to distinguish
friends from foes. Many insects are
destroyed when engaged In the work
of preying on the kinds that damage
crops. Birds siiould also be protected,
especially wrens, which will build their
nests and multiply on the farm If suit
able boxes are provided for them with(
openings too small for the entrance Intq
the boxes of sparrows. v
Monkey on Shipboard.
Among the passengers arriving at
Southampton recently by the steam
ship Norman was a moukey of large
size which came from South Af rfca in
charge of a passenger, by whom he
was found after" the late explosion at
Johannesburg, seated In the only
room remaining intact of what bad
Just before been a considerable sized;
cottage. In the room were also disco ve
ered two baby children, one of whom
had been killed, but the other vas
alive, and, It Is said, in the arms of
the monkey, who was tenderly nursing
it. The living child was adopted by a
resident of Johannesburg, but the mon
key, who was noted on board for his
extreme fondness for children, was a
popular passenger by the Union Com
pany's mail steamer. ,
Patti Got Her Cash.
The death of Franchi, who was for
merly Mme. Pattl's private secretary,
recalls a scene in Philadelphia during
one of Pattl's tours. : Colonel Maple
son was to pay Patti five thousand dol
lars a night in advance. He possessed
only four thousand dollars, and Mme,
Patti good-naturedly undertook to
come to the theater ready dressed for
"La Travlata," all save her shoes. Eight
hundred dollars more was scraped
from the box-office, and Slgnor Fran
chi declared: "Yon are v a marvelous
man, Mapleson. , She would not do It
for any one but you. Mme. Patti has
put one shoe on," Nor was the other
shoe worn until the odd two hundred
dollars was forthcoming. - - v
A SINGULAR FORM OF HONOM 1NIA.
There Is a class of people, rational enough ln
other respects, who aie certainly monomaniacs
in dosing themselves. They are constantly
trying exrimenls upon their stomachs, their
bowtls, their livers and their kidneys with
trashy nostrums. When these organs are
really out ot order, if they would only use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, they wonld, if uot
hopelessly insane, perceive its superiority. -
Portland, Or., street improvement
warrants are being sought after. . '
Plso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1863. J. R.
Madison, 2409 42d ave., Chicago, 111. ,
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
CHSe of Catarrh that cannot be oured by Hall's
Catarrh Care. - -
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known if. S.
Cbenev for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and tiuancially able to carry out any obligations
made by tb ir nrm.
: Webt&Tru.x,
, Wholesale lruggita. Toledo. O.
Wii.DiNO, Kinnam & Marvin, '
Wholesale CrugKUts, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken Internally, acting
directly upon the oloo 1 and mucous surfaces ol
tne syktem. Testimonial, sent free, trice 75c.
ier hottie. old iy all dnigt-ists.
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xatut j. i& jo top tu . vui-iv
Low Price; High Grade; Delicious
Flavor For JO cents you get
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Beware
Of the Knife.
Mr. Lincoln Nelson, of Marshfield, Mo.,
writes: "For six years I have been a
sufferer from a scrofulous affection of
the glands of my neck, and all efforts
of physicians in Washington, D. C,
Springfield, 111., and St. Louis failed to
reduce the enlargement.. After six
months' constant treatment here, my
physician urged me to submit to a re
moval of the gland. Atthiscritical mo
ment a friend recommended S.S.S.,
and laying aside a deep-rooted preju
dice against all patent medicines, 1 be
gan its use. Before I had used one bot
tle the enlargement began to disappear,
and now it is entirely gons, though I am
not through with my second bottle yet.
Had I only used your S.S.S. long ago,
I would have escaped years of misery
and saved over $ 150." (
This experience is like that of all who
suffer with deep-seated blood troubles.
The doctors can do no good, and even
their resorts to the knife prove either
fruitless or fatal. S.S.S. is the only
real blood remedy; it gets at the root of
the disease and forces it out perma
nently. S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable)
A Real Blood Remedy
is a blood remedy for real blood troubles;
it cures the most obstinate cases of
Scrofula, Eczema, Cancer, Rheumatism,
etc., which other so-called blood reme
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root of the disease and forces it out per
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ocr sent - iree
to any address
by the Swift
Specific Co., At
lanta, Ga. -
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or
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This circular Is issued for the benefit of our
country customers who cannot avail themselves
of our Daily Special 8ales, Send us yonr ad
dress. You will find bothftoodsand vricesrigbL
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- 816-820 Market street 8an Francisco, CaL
this year in valuable
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You will find one coupon in
side each 2-ounce bag, and two
rnnnnnq fncirlr.- rnrri Jiinrr.
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Featherbone r
Edge
Ask for it
the next time
d& that vou buv a
BIAS VELVETEEN
' SKIRT BINDING.
The featherbone flares and stiffens th
bias.velveteen wears as only an S. H. & M.
can wear. Especially suited for silk or
wool petticoats.
If your dealer WILL NOT
supply you we will.
Samples showing labe a ana materials malted tree.
" Home Dressmakincr Made Easv " aiww 77. noma
dooIc by Miss Emma M. Hooper, of the Ladies' Home
Journal, tells in plain words how to make dresses at
home without previous training : mailed for 25c.
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. WHEAT.
In
Chiei go. We boy and sell het th re 011 irar
alnB. Form es have teen made on a small be
ginning by trad'ngla futures. Write for full
iarti ulnrs. Best of reference given, several
wis cAidicuw " tut, iniuago Boara 01
Tiade, and a thorough knowledge of tbe btisi
nens. Downing. Hopkins di Co., Chicseo Board
nl Tr.fl. Uwtlr..- nmu 4 Tl .. . n
and Spokane Wash.
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.sink, and if It does not do all we Bar
ltwllUTOu can return it at our ex
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