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U.V..,n , -- III .VII EUGENE CITf GUARD. I. L.CAMFHKI.I. Preprlrlor. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. CONCERNING MANURES. Tht Important- of orrtcl HiwwUdf at Their Pi If Will Agriculturist acknowledge the Im portance of a current knowledge of Hie nature and properties of maaures, and that tba nrt of preparing them In the cheapest u4 best manner. In adequate quantities, I still unknown. Chemical science and art are enabled to point out miim of the bent methods that are within our reach, by a!er talnlng the competition of the sub- ............ i i... .1.. .,.. h,,.v thev mav i " y , , " he ronverleu into me mam swwaw manure; while, at the tame time, a knowledge of the toil will demonstrate the nature and amount of matter tbut are required fur rendering it fertile. Sometimes corrective and amend ment am required for the removal of dcleterloua proportion, or for the im provement of tho texture of the soil. (.tinnrallv. It il MM to effect both purpose by mount of properly pro- i pnred ooinpost Hy ii knowledge of agricultural chem istry, the farmer may tultc advantage of the iiiilunil resources of his fnrm, no a to enrich the toil at a comparatively trifling expend, and while ho drawn from It hl valuable crop. If ho i- skill ful, ho may mill render the oll every year nioiti fertile. A liberal nupply of manures, with at tention to a proper rotation of crop. will nupemede the ueconnlty of leaving tho laud fallow for yearn, a wun for merly practiced. Although organic matter In a de compoied state form the bnnin of all enriching manures, thoy are often mls applied and extravagantly wasted, owing to a want of chemical knowl edge. A scientific agriculturist nhnuld al wny be careful, and not lone the valuable tubitancen that may separate from immures In a ganooun or licpild form. During fermentation various gaseous mutter escape that ought to li iibsorb ml by a covering of ieat, nwump mm k, Mi.lt or loam. Liquid manures arc too generally al lowed to run to watte, when they could Ihj onnlly retained and rendered valua ble by abnorblug thoin with dry peat, or any other absorbent vegetable mat ters. Manure are too generally exHred to the action of rain, which dlntolvo their mont valuable soluble nulls, wuh Ing tlicin away Into the eartli. Ityduo attention to tho-u things tho farmer may QUtkt a vust s IVblg of val uable lliutcrlul that will serve to ell rich his land. Andrew II. Ward, in HoMon filob. OETTINQ OUT STUMPS. a Ma pi nig RTklek (Met m Work wn ml Mt a sin. ill ('ml. Muny reiuler. no doubt, are working around stiimpn that can ls easily re moved, mid othorn are working around those tbut ate dlllleult to remove. A your ago Ibo writer hud an elght-ncro lot that contuluod T.'U slump of the Utter clunn, 110 of them being oak, und mont of them while DM having a large Center or tap - root Theo stiimpn were twenty Inches to four feet In di ameter. A cur ago 1 let the job of Uklng out these stump at 10 cent I , " .... , . HI...... I I mil i tin... i.nl ,ii, ,i ' aplooe. llie contractor came, put up a thaiity and coinmniieeil work, but before he IliiUhed the tlrst slump be threw up tho job I did" not blame hint When 1 mowed around those ttuiups last sum mer 1 dcculnd that they would come out bofore another harvest, when tho Held would Is) in potatoes. No one seemed anxious to do IL 1 borrowed a rig which my nelghlior hud used success fully. With thlt rig and a team I x- tractoH live stumn lHr dav. We have i.i. . i. . . ready taken out IUA ttuii.pn at a cent oi in ei'ins eneii. t i n-- lugging III OUIIU them, the team would twist one out in four minute, on the average. The rig consist of a pole .'III feel long, 16 Inches In diameter at the big end which Is securely Isiuiid to guard agalmd splitting There It a hole near thl. end. through which a chain was patted, fattening it necureh by a large pin. This chain it 6 feet long, and made of 7-a Inch Iron. At the other end It a grub-hook made of the best 1 1-!! Inch square swede Iron, bu' even then we tomctlnies breuk It. The end of thia chain Is put it'ouiul an outside rxHil and hooked. Tho pole it thou lightly drawn around the ttump, by the U'Uin Threw or four In. lie from the .mall ..id of the lolo a gnatve it cut . iu .1.1. .u ii lor a smaller chain, which is arranged to It will slip around, uvoiding all twitting. Thlt la the whole rig, and It cotts only a trilling turn. Wo started In with three horses, bul soon found that c needed but two. We have not yet found a tap root that two homes could not twltt out. 1 have tried dig. glug and blowing out. but tin. I tbat this rig will do the job at half tho ex pente. J. II. Warn. In Ohio I uriuelx t m Oretin( Fowl, and Chicka. (ireato Is detlruetlvo of tie hut It 1 also a MfeMMM for which fowl have a itrong avertlon. to far a outward ap plication to their bodies i, come ned. (iretM I very Injurlom to chick, aud thould be uteil on Iheui cautiously. Kerosene thould never be applied to the MM of a fowl uulett diluted in MM manner. A few irop. 0f any kind of rea-. applied on the Maia, Mokj and voiilt of cblckeua. willdottrov tint lareo head lice, but not more than a drop ihnuld be applied under the wing. Pttre lard oil I. a effectual a the com- pound of irritating tubttancet ofteu Ma4 Farm and Firwlde. ... . lilt not by tkimm iitf the newt. paper that a man can gel iho cream of tU cootcnU H n('iul',u RepuWi- - A wrtie id noma ImhmI ,uu ttiaUafw llog troubled.,,,, burn wMefuloe-. lndUjlk)1, 7. h. dopUHi the prtetlc, of eaUog op,.! Hh each ommU. , oaeaw b.m eatir, fr. hU weight incrwued in two moath. irom IOW to ltJ pounds and Ktvuget In proportion. be foil EASTERN ITEMS A MOKMON COLONY TO BR FOKMBD IN MIXICO. The Ufe of Martin Van Buren Postal appointments--California Kalsln In I-ondon- Brewery Bold -Secret Ballot Bill. Milwaukee' treasury is empty. Evangelist Mooly i in New ork. Money loam in Chi-ago at 4 tod per cent Severe froaU arc Injuring (MM in la sola. Kov. Hum June i "liaking" up Han Wile, Va. Rochester, N. Y., i to lie lighted with ' . natural aa IWident Diar lia officially received Milliliter Kyau. Mulnrial fever i playing havoc with horaea in Chicago. A feeling of uncertainty still pervade the copier market. A pennion ban been gnintel Peter Wither, of Idaho. Kaslern men have Imught the biggest hjfwrjf in Montana. A ibn.iiuo Cuban nugar grinding fac tory ban MM WWMi The ,Srel Ballot lull ha passed the Connecticut leginlature. Adjutant icnend Irum ha lieen placed on the retired lit. Kone Terrv Cooke, the ailthoreaa, I seriously ill ut Tittaburg. California eherric at $1 a pOOWi are admired ufar in I'ittsliurg, Kails huve la-en hip-d for the road from Kl I'aso to Chihiiiilma. The (invernment printing nllice at Washington ia said to lie unsafe. The mother of .lake KMruin. aged ' years, diislat Baliinorc on the KtE. The sipularity of lawn tenni in rapid ly increasing in some KiiHtcrn cities. Tim ConnellsviHe, I'enn., region is pMtmfj by a band of rctottd trump. K. Ii Hoi MOB ha lieen appointel HMtmatprat Amity, Yamhill county, Or. It i rumortsl that a Catholic Congress will Is- held this summer in Waahington. The Sioux Indians an aaid to Is- will ing to negotiate the anlc of their reserva tion. A heavy consignment of huitvcar'H Cal ifornia raisin ha just Is-eu sold ut LoB don. ..... . . ... M A. Kohertaon hu Is-en aps..nte.l (sistiuasterut lndes'ndellie, Tolk county, Oregon. I A.. I. 1'lorey has IMM ippoiated sst muster at Fugle Toint, .lackson coiintv Oregon. The New York legislature authorised the iipKiiiiliueni oi six leiunie uiciory in ipectorf Bwiliiiilii Koorer slonisl iNistmuster ha iM-en coinini at Mutoles, Crook county, Or. A committee liu lsen forimsl in lin doa toiirninge for u nutionul memorial to 'ohli llright DOIMH 0 Ko nearly killnl Tcte jirover in a broadsword contest, at Mon- treai, last week. . , , Mil I II , . OI., nun im n nrir.ni n i i mi epidemic of murder and suicide to an , ulurniing extent. Il i churned 1 1. .ii there are the construction of part of tin deftvt in o(otlice building ut Nulliiuorc. F. S. Hriibuker bus IMflVtd hi cotn inission a sitmaster at Mount Talmr, Miiltuoiiiah iiuntv, Or. , A peculiar disease, resembling iiialunul fever, m prevalent among horse in the . . 1 ' vicinity of lndianaHilis. In the May parties held in Central Turk, New York, recently, thure were no less than 17.978 children. A tremendous hail and ruu.s.orn, re- cently, caus.,1 waahouta Isdween kansas t ity and Uwrence, kun. Idnho and Wyoming lu'gin to feel lone- some as Territories. Thev want toe into the sisterhood of slate. Seventeen-veur locust huveniude their appearance in countless e'ntrul n.rtion of Tenne mntless uumliers in the aaee. (Icorge lluncroft bus recently completed a life of Martin Yhu lluren, to MPUb 'lisluvl by the ntiptf Krother. 'llie rewanl of ."itl.tMHI for the arrest of Tuscot, the murderer of Hanker Snell ul Chicago, w ill hold gtnsl for sixty day. The w heal crop in Sonora Mexico, i imuicnse. For the llrl time in the his ton of Mexico there w ill I a surplll. The president ' family will spend the summer ut IKor lark, Mil., where in will l' able to join ttMBI every Saturday. The QtJvwtM New say that more cuttle have n hipHsl froui Texu to the North thi eeoaoli than for many years. John W. Norton of St. louls, hu DMB who ehussl with llenrv Moore less than woo in si who iiiiiry aiisiri iisnionu u veur ago. grunti! u divonv from Kininu s. Norton, A plot w is unearthed lust week torn general delivery of convicts contlmsl in the Hudson Countv penitentiarv, at Snake Hill, N.J. The Cuhadiuh I 'm i tic hu applictl to the Secretary ol the Treaury to Is1 Imnd il a a common carrier between nirt of the Unitisl State. It i j I to make important changia in the monitor Puritan. She ', will I' traiinfernsi into an annonsl ve I aid of luislem tyi. No om ha yet bOM dei iihsl on to till the vacancy on the Mipreme IWncb, al though there ha Istm inuaidcrahle f DM ulatioa on the tuhjis t. Mrs. Coleman, of 11 Mullierry street, New York, in making eitquiric (or her father, IVIer Kutherfonl. who eiiuie to one ol the iter of the Kiiienr William j v. I;.... J.. 1.. i. ... . I.-.. I: .11..... 1 l moonlit in 1-1 ixumill n:is .iirii in ,,i I ,, In ,ll Scotland, leaving pnavrty to which the would ! etilitleil if her father i dead, Of the seventeen pickpocket o far ar but she cannot prove hi marriage to her retcd ut the Paris exiweilioo, none are mother, who diisl thirtv year ago. If '''"'' ' living, the estate I long to hlm' IHiring amicea at the Conttian 'imrc New Liberty, Ind .un.lay, the '.lit h. storm broke over the town hghln.ug .trrnk the num li. The .,,,, ftm Kr.i r rocivisl a nhi'k w Inch knockeil im down and lril him unconaoMMI for alf an Iwair. Julmatown. lVnn., it the cene of one i I.. - -. .. . . . . . 01 hit greaieei maaMcra mat haa ever . Ueu risohhsl iu the history of the , oouaAry. Many ttartling reisirta aa to : the mm, I. r of live loat, DOM luwrly aa tlie lirlari are rvuioved and reveal new t victims of Ibe flmsl and name Hun l ''.re.lt ol the unfortiuwtea that are found ' arc eltbrr luirnt or mutilate.! la-vnmt ri MaM OL. U 1 Tlie latest ettitnate plai-e the tote of hie at lli.i.M I I. l-.HI H. Thi CbllUM Government Ordere Kom Dig Ouna-The Baby King of Bp n Oolng to the Eipotltlon. I The Mpaie haa gone to Ati-aland. Keil in the fashionable color in I'ari. Lnn-ln pro)oee a RMf tor natur.il If"1"' A teniii tournament ii in progre in , Dublin. f( jn W(.ri. mn,lu,.UM. , tie iMrjM Boulevard Roue ha given place toKoiihlard. The lubv king of Spain ia going to the Turin ex in June. Mm. Krunk LwHl i going to tart a fashion (mint in lmdon. Kjn( iJumir' has gone lo viait Km- prenn r MdWWI at rranklurt. SirMorell Mwkenxie bus greatly re ' gained his health at Madeira. The numls-r of pati'rs in Kuglund has increaw! rapidly of late year. Minister Lincoln MM given n tQUUUi train from Uvwpoolto lindon. The issue of the I'anama (!unal littery Istnds in France has Is-en abandoned. Queen Marguerite, of luilv, i one of the Is-Mt violincello player of the day. American are renirtil a receiving want courtesy at the Turin Blpbkitkw. American WMnen ure liecoming more and more prominent in I -n Ion aociely. The Sultan Hernia hi the Kmpre of (iermuny a necklace valued at $l'0,(kl. Women in Taria are beeoiiiing more and more addicted to t he morphine habit. The mnbtf of s'raou ilrowned in the recent tlmsls in Austria i estimaU-il at I IHJ. American delegate have arrived at lkrlin to study the German river sys tems. Kleven thouaiind men have Is-en on a Htrike in Silesia. The situation i threat ening. Buenos Ayre ha now u irt and vc iM'l aru freed from executive literuge c large. The (ireek minister of wur haa died Hilddeiily at Marseille, where he hud jtmt urrivcnl. The Krupp work have l-en obliged to shut down owing to luck of coal caused by the strike. Kight persons were killed by lighh'ii ing in a etorin at tlotkow ita, AuHtruliu, on I ridnv, May 17. The oflofatl reisirta of France show thut they cxisirtod luat year MJU8 horaes, ln(m'ty ,K. c.iteY state, ' The Parisian call tiiin "Bttflklo Keel," and the prettiest women m town are turuingthe head of his Indian.. At the horticultural show at the Troca lero iluriiiL' June, there will Is' .sum rose tree, of ItiKHl varitie, in hlimm. F.niperor Dom Tedro, of llruzil ia very ill, and hi death, which seem toUieiu nent, may be (olloffM by a revolution. Fled ric light equivalent in illuminat ing pawn to l,7iK),0t0 caudles will Is' use. I in lighting the Turin exhibition. Ill the Svdnev court it has been de cided that no Stindav uewsnaner can sue or udverlieliient,' the BOO tract Ising Uled. There is greet MlAlilUI among the idle laborer ut Panama, nanv are without lissl and shelter and the Iropicul wet season is on. The steamer Slavonia from Stettin for New York, w ith MO passenger, broke her shaft ut sen und returned to u Clyde aliip yurd for repuirs. (ieriiiuny lust year iuiiortil into that empire 78618 horses, most of which were for envuiry home, lM-sides what they raimsl at home. The hiiIihiu of ItueKiiigham Talace, fumou for the three siiierh crystal chan delier w hich it contains, i now lighted j by electricity. , , rf parliament will en- , , I (l, , U.ndon from Tuns. Sir Uoo Tluy- fair will preside, I he t htloun governinenl. it it reponeu, ha determined to order lor iinmediute delivery ten 4'i-ton Krupp gun for de fense of the const. The evicted tenant on the Olphert es lutcs in Ireland threw boiling water on the pollOMMn and u number were severely scalded. The PtomUo governinent bus te:nir arily NdttMd freight rates on ull line., in order to alleviate thedistress arising from the dcurth ol coal. It is stuttsl that an international COD ' '' -' --'- ;.. ii. ...... i.. ,,!,, t. ......stion of the oooatrtMtloa of a tunnel through llie Simplon All Kussiau shipa-oi-war an1 to l lighted exclusively by ehu'lricity, und by JUMtJ next the whole of the Kiutaiun tli't will M Uffated by that mean. The Fnglish negotiations with the t'hineNc government for u treaty regulat I"?,""': un ""'"'Kratior, i( ( ,utraliun coloine., are at a dead . ,. ' ing and restricting t hiuese imniigration ht'k. The iiiaclaiierv palaot at the Tari ex hibition i the largeat building under a single roof ever built, and the American exhibit occupie one-third of the entire space. Farl Dudley, who was caught in the late rude on a 1 ill don gambling house, rMChod his mujoritv only a few month ago, and ha already gambled uvenv iAW.lXW. The British man of war Surprise ran ahorc ut Syraiu, Sicily, on the iMth Hist , after colliding with and sinking the teainer Nesta. The nmn ot war ia full of w nter. The iiiutch N't ween the Crown lriniv Italv und Prince Clementine hu fall en thnuigh. The Prince mav now murrv Fnglish, Thev rc Italian, tiermans and American, rbit i on unthority of an Fngliah Mf4t. Civowrative nocietiee arc n srts to . prrowiug -apidlv in Kngland, the last unniuil nqort placing their aale at atiout ll.il.mni.UHI and their prolit at exactly one(,nth tlial sum A voluntary public tubecription i lad ing raiacii in San Salvador to pay oil the old claim of F.ngliah landholder, which have long Uvu uuluviilcil. Settor liin rota has headisl the list with loO.QUO. MMMMM MaMM "i I i., , ,. hit KIINTS KKMKhV Ii thr unit tnii.lnlr tcalnM thr lufttirniv ol tttbarcn wbtrh th awtrr ,.r ihrwyr ul hr wrvl lu .nd II ahmild mru ','i.;i. n- i.n-.vui mr n,Hin mUI Is- .-. uilut dlMt rkM. rli.iUv m nii wiih .arb UltU or. Mi , N V -- - " . THE PACIFIC COAST. PU0UBER8 AND TINNBB8 ON A STRIKE Criminally Aaeaull d Two Little Qlrla A Uan Cowblded by a Toung Lady-Tbe Aatronomlcal Bociety-New Note. Sskune Fall claim a Iwpulation of 2i,UKJ. Spokane Fall luu opened a new sav ing bunk. Kis flga from Yuma are exhibite.1 at Sacramento. Olive culture i attracting attention in Yubu.county. Sacramento it infested with a gang of siicnk-tliicvea. The Keeae Kiver Kevelle ha lgan it liny third volume. nfcetl Hill tinner at Vancouver, K. C, are on a strike. Ten acre of I uric v were burned over hear Merced, recently. Tm-onia i troobled with a gang of tire hug and ancak-thieve. A heavy rain und hail atonn fell at U Orande, Or., on the 29th. The rainatorm at Likeport destroytil the brick in u Urge kiln. Several cae of tnaligmint diphtheria have occurred at ModeaU). Portland struct waa crowded with visitor ou Decoration Day. A Mund nalmou tniut ha been caught at the Folsom dam. The dwelling of J. Orford, near Peta liliua, wa burned lust week. 11. W. Fullcr.one of Chico's prominent citizen und pioneer, i dead. Chnrle Walter wa ahot by a China man ut Sun Iundro, on the -7th. The ladiiss of Tiicoma gave the sena torial party a reception last week. The grocery store of Monty & (limn, of Tacoma, wua burned on the (9th int. Santa Cru. und Monterey counties had light eurthquuke ahuck ou the Jlith. The iiianagera of the Sacramento hall team have decided to reinstate Vouch. An orguuized league of burglar from Chicago are working Pagit Sound towns. There ha been no application for the office of Kegiater of the Stockton Lund Ollice. Churles Wolir, aged ten yours, fell from a tree ut Venturu, lut we k, and wa killed. Dr. John B. Smith, an old physician of Petuluiuu, Iiiih been stricken with ap oplexy. A mail named Uv w u cow hided by Miss M. Kichmon, ut Fresno, on the .Mli nisi. Farmer Mills, of San Lnis Ohisio county, has planted nine Umsof jsjlatoe this year. The next meeting ol the Astronomical Society of the FMUH Coast w ill Is-held July nth. William Warden, alia Koss, an MMpO from Folsom Prison, ha 1 recaptured at Seattle. Creigton, the San Francisco jury-briU'r, is still in ii toriu, and refuse to talk to reporters. The Santa Cru. Sen Breeze hu issued it tlrst nuiulier. it iB of the Democratic 1 ieruusioii. The Nevada state convention of the 1 W I' T II ..III I ui It I...... ... v. v . ..... ...v, . h, 4., yrii line 5th and tilh. lichorat Miles is visiting Suuta Cruz and Monterey to select a site for tlie July encampment. The mines on the Comstock controlled by J. W. Muckuy will close on Sunday! alter June 1st. Thoman Stracher, a contractor ut Otay, San Diego ccunty, is missing, und mur der id hinted at. Articlea of incororation for the San Tedro Fleetric Lightand Power Company, were tiled lust week. An American ha opened a restaurant at LmMON, Tulare county, and forced the t'hiues to leave. The State Orange opened ut Salem on the '.'tith in NOmt session, with a full at tendance ol ineiuber. Mr. John Page at Butte, M. T., hug la-en acquitted rj the churge of murder ing her hiishand last February. A numlwr of men employed in the Man engineering department ut Mare Island, huve bOM dischurgivl. 1 lu wards cherry-growers arc diasutis lled ut the price paid by cunner and are shipping a carload a dav Boat, The new riad lietween San I-eran.lo und lluywunl, Castni Valley uud the rtslwiKsIs was oencd for travel. The entire business irtion of Seattle wu burntsl on TllUrOday, the uth, Not a DQtllMM house lelt in the t it v. A man named Pennington shot und killed unoth.'r man named Bolcom, neur Kye Valley, in Baker county, Oregon, last week. The American liark Kinemld wa to tally destroyed hy lire at Port (Jam bit on the ItttU. Tart of tho cargo of lumber w ill Is' MTtd. Mr. Kramer, of Sun FranOKM, was ruu over und kilhsl on the Mth, in thut coy, oy me train running on the Ueary street extension. Mrs. Head, a inuic teacher ut Freno, has been missing lor several ilavs, not withstanding her friend huve made dili gent seureh lor her. Si ; lmla.v oirs for lluggin are nearly i completed ut the railroad sh ips ut Sacra InMnWi They will leave June 0th with , hi stable of MOM for the Kaet. An Dnkown iH'rson threw hiniseli in front of a freight train uoar lithrop, last wtvk, and wa literally cut to pieces. There was nothing IMM to identity him. K. Callahan, who wa injured through the carelessness of employes of tlie Fie I Kiver Kailroad Coniiany,' ha ofataiaod a verdict for iaOtM against the company. The fourth attempt in one week to burn !anta Kosu ha !vn made. The citizens are much excited and a lynching IMirty will follow the capture of the cul prit. The right of w ly has Issm granted tlirougti Klleushurg, . r . lor the Kl leusluirg, OolaMM. Kiver and Futern UailMad. An electric motor line i pro jeuteil (or the city. A meeting of the stockholder of the Seattle A Kuatern tVmatrnction Company wa held in Sitt.e on the :Hh. The caiiitol ttiH-k wa ranted from $Hll),0tJ to ak,(XV. Four-fifth of the stork was representee). P. M S hueider. who wa out of em ployment at Portland, wa taken into the liouav of Dr. A. Diedrich, paator ol the Ocmian Lutheran bun h, and repaid the Kiuiuiewa oi iut oeneucior ny cruniiiallv atatulting hi two ilaughlcr.' I li H 11 if nr. - The Ca-e of Horeee -Horoetnina uoou ,o Eat -To Keep Young Weed. Down-Bee-Keeplna Note. For is.tato culture, manure the land in ' : .1 . , i...,., ii,.. ,1.1111 ' ror isiiaio ninaw , , the full and nlow it under in the spring It i a uiiatukeii idea that a hen near ought to do duty vtar without renew- in.' ltv planting the rod ralierrv, lee- kM mts would have one ol the oesi a-e he Is'st U'e . es k own, and a Ofttp of fruit alao. . . . 0 , nuide into with cold water, apph.l -irv, win iaa.- om vreuse sinit without injuring the 1 most delicate fabric, . . .r' .at ! -J "' u'"' all the strong solution of carlmlic acin ami - i :i i.ta kill all the waier, uuiuwu mw hn,,.i ants it touches, and the survivor iiniue .. . . . , - .i i.... . . ,r iluilciy taae iiawii uu. To top llie blecHling of I horse or other shn k from a snug or wound, make an ftp plication of dry horse manure, and it w ill stop the bleeding every time. One s)und of green O0KWM dissolved in oneqiiurt of Imiling water will destroy foul mell. row-dent! Iioru MBttofM in their liuunt w ill disis-rse COOaTOaCbM. For goinl return for fe(liag, taking one vear with another, we wotiiu ratner trust a bunch of even, well selected welheis than anv other tsk oil the farm. Anv man clOaeh ohservnnt know that i.. i ..:l.'l ..HI. I, ..I.i i.. a coinpuein mini m im io" -"."i weighing fmm l7ito L'.'iO pounds, is the . .11! I - t.. . . l. ,.L.I .i.i.i lit, it il,,..., Selling I WO IOI llie lino n' i , MN ...... .... weights are the most prolitahle to gmw. Onlinary biitterinilk is u valuable fins! not only for piga, but for the family. It contains.") per cent of milk sugar, nearly 1 H-r cent of mineral salts, a well as nitrogenous material and u proportioo. of butter tat. Thin Bim-uit : One quart of Hour, one tablespoon of lard and butter Dlizod, and ilespoonof lard and butter mixed, and tablestssm of salt ; make into a stilfl Re, with cold water ; bent dough until I l.liHters, roll thiii, prick with a fork : I I...I.. nnfailrlu I one push t hi anil hake ouicklv. VKOKTABI.KH. A grnv linen splasher, with a figure Potatoes 85&MC, onions t.78, rheil worked in scarlet in oiitiine embroidery, burblk', tomaloe i(iS er Imx. is Mnritttihle us well a ornamental in dkied KRl'lTft. the dining room hack of the small table, Apples 4 (S.V, sliced tic, pears Hi', Oregon frequently used there to hold the ice I plums 5(if 7, Italian He, silver 7c, German pitcher and goblets. Uihitic, plums fi(7c apricots 13(il4e, , . peaches Hltic, California tigs He, raisins If you want to grow a good crop of nice i ij 7:,niL,.'J,l per I ox. potatoes in vour ganien, ncwareoi sprout- ed seed. Il your seed potatoes cumiot be retarded otherw ise, keen them in the ice liouse or refrigerator. Every roung weed tlial comes up and is cut down is one less weed to go to seed. The Way to keep down weeds is to allow the seeds to germinate and then destroy the young pUUltl. In this muntier the work is easier and better performed. A good way to arrsge fruit in a dish for an oruumciitul piece, is to set u glass tumbler in the center ol the dish, around und over it put a thick layer of moss; then not nearly so much fruit will Is? re quired, und it cuti 1h' arranged very hand somely. Baked Beans: Soak oneouarl of Ih'iiiih in water 0V0T night ; ill the morning put them in an iron kettle with oiiHuili DOandofaillt ...rk und water to cover. When tender, hut not broken, take out of the liquor with a skimmer and put in lVwith the pork on hi, , hake u.itii brown. White Mountain Cike: Two cups of siiLiir. one ennof hnl-er om. enoof iu'ih.i I milk, four eggs, to ir mr of Hour, two I teMpooniola of baajug powder. Cream, I Doner aim sugar together, mid the Is'aten I yolks, then the milk. Hour with the link- i inn Imui'r wifled lliroii.rl, it .. ... I l.it ll... ' '"n I - w. . -u .... ti, tiii.i it.oi .lie , beaten whites; llavoring. Bake in one i loaf. Rosin in nap is a fraud. It makes ' poor soap hard and greatly lessons the , cost. Some suv that rosin improves soup I beCAUM oi the turpentine in it. They I might as well say a dry Isme makes good food bacatlM Ol the meat that was on if! once. There is no turpentine in rosin; it wu. all taken out in the milking, ami tb( rosin discolors and sMiils white goods and shrink wisiletis. But turpentine in small quantities added to boiling clothes, ! sweetens them and improve the color. The beat boys and girl we have ever known on the farm were those whosu, nrent gave them an interest in some thing to raise or cultivate as their own. To a hoy especially, the feeling of owner- j ship la a happy, proud, hopeful one. lie I feels tbut he has something to work for, to look forward to. The pir wj j ,1t', time beeo a fat. marketable hog, the little lamb a tine wool-bearing sheep, the Colt U handsome horse the ..,i,.l-...,o . u. , mv hi ii- grow to profitable hens, uud the -alf Into a tine milk cow. Parents, uiva vour chit. , . iT I, ' v. f vim- larins will ! better cultivated and vour homes made liappier !iy it. BomethlngtO Bal Between talks: Hen is another sweet dish mOTOUghly to sea son. Take thrM pound of tweet al monds, two poundl and a half of crushed suiiar. and one imiunl of jir.,.. i.. I Pound the almonds into a kind of paste, I ami mix uiein W illi sugar. Add the juice of the strawberries, which must be prev- ioi:ni criisoeu. i lace me pull contain ing these dlfleren! bigradlenui on a slow lire, and stir them up continuously. When the astc seem to have olitained a certain consistency, tuke it out of the imn and spread it 001 on a baking Ismrd ntwdercl with sugar, till il laof the thick ness ot a hall-dollar. As 1000 a the paste is cold, cut it out in round or square j iit-es, und put them till hot and crisp, I into the kitchener, und then serve. ClSVOIl ;iS Fltsl : A Mil iirti. l.i nl 11 ciKtm differs essentially boa both ten und coffw. While only an infusion of tbosi substance i used, leaving a large pro Hrtion of their total weight unconsumed, the entire substance of the cocoa tl is prepirttl a an emulsion lor driuking , and the whole is thus UtUbaXi with the i system. While the content. of a cup of tea or itirt'ee nm only- la rciranle.1 us stimulant in it eifivt, and almost en : Urerj destitute of essential nutritive prop erlie. u cup of pniured . 0CM is n-allv a moat nourislmig article of diet, as, in ud dition to the value of ,e theobromine il ontains it Introdttcee into the svstem no inconsidenilHe pmportion of valuable 1 nitrogenous and oleaginous elements Boile.1 Ndads All hoad vegi tahles, eltuce cauhtlower. eabbuge, that AM to lie ci.ik.Nl whole, should le immersed in . cold water, bead downwards first t fm. ' froiii grit or insect. The latest wonl for salad lettuce is n.a to put it in water at all, but to break it apart, leaf by leaf wiping off each leaf with a moist 'towel j This keep the leaf crisp. All lettuces of kuiiii tiHHiio if torn apart, not cut. The il . A , " '"ttu.1- should ' he bfjHL The "drumhead" variety is It ,-c,,k,ti than raw. On Ut,a" wit a Knhe.le lightly throne.1 on the ,-le irr.eu marnwv nul.stan.v. al.i.., V.. Uvn steite.1 with a little .t..k " T! i "" ami a liimn ot lmtt..T iit.. it., km i the hoihng maj, ........ i 1 1, 1.. i-ii itietiiarlc ....I. ii i- nvm iieiuacy, unit it ir.tv ngitxtkeil. But understao-l that no let- luce ft for a ttlt 1 shonld U the More eouiing m the table PORTLAND MARKET. j FAVORABLE Rf PORTS FROM IU SECTIONS. Coflee Quotatlona Remain About Steady 1 . . ii,. , i -Suaar all Around Have Had a Slight Advance -The Wool Market Very Quiet. M .. .I.n I 1...I ill IIIOHt , From an uii-ouui m ptiou forcropaof all kinds, -specially I.i i., fcnlta which have been some ! the early l " mmiBgin , mr ----- 1).a(a, e to the fanner reaping the Is-ne- j , another nrolituhle harvest is, the I 1 1 s-M wmmwvm-mm I . I m oi anoiuri nnii. i i pntscnt pmsjat't of u low price for wheut. f . ..: l.. I. il... ui.i,u,,i lo nrtur- hut a till is eariy in mr nodicate, tliey rely uwn liope. In all line of business in the hs'al merchan dise markets the transactions ure good for the season of the year, und no com uluintsare bMld. Sugars huve ad vnnccd iBc during tlie week, while provisions continue steady at former quotations. Tlie vegetable market contiues good and prices are fairly muintuind for Oregon product, California having la-en almost driven fmm the market. Buter is firm, with no danger of the market getting overitocJtnd, owing to the commencement of the packing season. We quote : (IROCKKIKS. C PMmuom Oregon ham 12.tji:icp bn-ukfast ba con ISO. sides 1012o. shoulders BW i.iiic. F.ustern ham 13ccCl3'Bc, hrenkfust baOOO ISflUO. sides 'Jl8(dl0c. Lard B Ith. '"n 1 . , . ., U Angeles oranges $2.25, Riversides $S.7uit4.1,r. California lemons $3.50(i4 per ho. Oregon strawlmrries 1.2.1 jicr crate. cnite. dukv CBom ca. ,,,.,- i uMim hnm OAs miuiinmlnA lr' .c common. H)(tl2luc. Kaatern California 18(il2ec. KtlUS. Kggs aoo, POl'l.TRV. Cliickens 5(S.1.,10, bmilers $2..'it)nt4, ducks nnd geese 10, turkeys 20c per lb. wool.. Valley 160170) Faiatem (hvgon S-aitV-. HOPS. Hops 1016c. OKAtN. Wheat, Valley 1.2tl, Hastern Oregon $1.10. Oats 2)Krf30c. ri.ot-K. Standard 4, other brands I3..10. Man I . ' "' .'i9 "aSaS ! !!JWJ0- 8horU Umf "i-W Hay18914perton, bran $18dJ14,ohop L "' ' , . MltAr8; . JSttiiJfia hogs live tic, dressed, "(ilje ; veal tl(8c. Purposes, like eggs, unles iney no hutched into action, will run into decay. Smile. The best sign that a man holleves any thing is not hi repetition of its formulas, but hb Impregnation with its spirit Brooks. If there were no render there would he no writers. To indulge in the reading of bud books is to give bud authors their power for evil. S. S. Times. - Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is short-lived, and apt to hare ague fits. -F.rusmus. How oau a man expect sympathy who insist on shinning up his family, tree only to shake hands with the grin ning monkeys at the top?-Once a Weok. Virtue consists in making desire subordinate of duty, passion to princi ple; the pillars of character are mod eration, temperance, chastity, sim plicity, self-control; Its method is self denlaL Many of our opportunities must ...i.i.j ui uui- opportunities must be alert enomrh to nmflt hu tham ,.n But part of our traiolng Is to look for them, and our success will depend 00 the use we make of them. United Presbyterian. It is doing some service to hu manity to amuse innocently; and they know very littlo of soel ty who think we can bear to be always employed either in duties or meditatims with out any relaxation.-Sir P. Sidney. When wo look back upon our liven, especially if we begin to feel thut they ace pretty far spent, how we amilM ourselves with thoughts of whut we might have made out of them other than thej ire, But It is an amuse menj that may M well M sparingly in dulged in. Our better employment is lo make as much Hs possible "of what l left u. -li I n popinTr s"jTng mat rtcn men s MM don'i aaoUBl to Otueh 01 hi-' rich men in How York who have son then. ,v not twenty who are not hard ut work building themselves up -Hiram WilliRm..on. one of the im BMetolall hundred w no rode into the "valley of deth " rtt Balaklava in I8M has been made ehlef porter at the lfO.lt... .... ... M "" i'"-i-ouiee. no ij veurs of age. seventy -In a cae at law in Illinois the other day it was show., that H woma w)iipsd her 1 oy so that he was in bed (or three eeks be,.,,,, he could nol commit titty Bible vertca to memory in oue week. Amm Ma or Aceordiaa to Th.. iuaj ... i si BJOtM -Miration of it. Hiri.. ,- vpilr ol 1 ' uallv accounit r , alue. and. as a ruieouu ull to giv0 .w . ' ' 'J Hi,.,, n... . t 'uroi I8or :.Jw.m 'K,nr fnl hfe ex- b U JX Z 1 ZST1 an"1 if animal ,,r,w,i.. 7 . " . uo ra" . . "T" "ay do i . - mn lung Term lima. J " ' ry ged horse. , their lives t, 07.to n. Mj Sugars, Oolden C tiV', extra C 7c. dry granulated &)c. cube, crushed and powdered H'.c. Coffee: Juva 2627c, Slocha I'Htglilc, Costa Rica Rio 23t28C Arlmckle's roastitl m0. EXriNCf ON OP A '"'"i, iii injii, ,,i M11 ... , ... i I. I.. lata. ' trom lobaH ., the Bprlqgfleld Ibmh.; ' 'k: story of the t.,,,i. . "I. n, within the lifs-ume of J'0" . I lie il 'V - Ma io , "mania r man Land numbere, ,l i when the Island wa cio-i and were u kindle ...... who arere not cannibal, Hke , -.in tants of the olhei isliuidi, only lo he let alone. BuTalf of the sealers that ii,f.,i .. ni made attacks on them and , their women and children ikm ally avengttl themselves oe xft settler, whom they killed ami houses they burned wbenavar . port unity offered. The war in return, beinir Brel, Jy queer habit the TwinM L'j keeping QrM burning whon li,eV lo frighten n way ks. ti, ' mi thnie ui, ii.. rtm vw ....... i.wmwwim in IMI y nlaces. until the n,ui,. .. '"'"H v una, u j, i. lnaeees:ihle f;(siu,....,.s n whence thev broke om u i Isolated farms. The flovernor trW bring them to terms by nonding i?' proclamations setting forth hh (riw7 Intentions by means of picture) rT' sentlng black fellows ami i,w Ing each other's bands, walking er. etc. As thi did IIOl U'nwU - . . of J.(HX) Midlers wa formed scn island which moved south with tb tentlonof oorraling all theMtbsjI Taaman'speniniula. itwasutrensMa undertaking, and when it was Jnkta ui a eosi oi f.vm,), llie reward (v. slsted of just one mini and a ! ,., had been euught while asleep; were tho only natives who had bu seen during the whole operaliefc IU a Hobnrt bricklayer, mimed Geom Augustus Robinson, who h the language nnd customs of the jfc manlans, offered to go aiiumi. acquaint tlnin with the Oovfrnintjj, disposition, und bring them in. u companlod by a native mini and tona, ho undertook and successfully MtJ plished the task, though he spent thri yeurs in uouig it, wai.ed over Im; miles, and suffered from cold. linnja and thirst, narrowly escaping (2 . .i n , i. .... llioie until UUCc, itlll III . brought in overy survivor, the numher having been by thut time redmvd-, 203. They wero transferred to Hh decs Island, within sight of Tasmania, and there cared for by tba Gofgg meiit. Hut they rapidly pined am, from homesickness, apparently, they would go in a bodylotMBati where ihey could see their formrr homo, and there sit and twelve y ears but forty-four remain-i nnd in lHli'.l the lust man (lied. U mil. UL. L L i. uiuy, i ne eauso in ins case nen) In 1H7H tlie race came to an end in u person of t he woman who hud news. pauied BobinSOO on his mission. General Custer's Sword. In a museum in Boston ih the sword of General Custer, said to lie the y he curried when he died. It is uToWn blade, and bcoj's, in Spanish, ih b torlption: "Do not draw uic without cau: Domit ibeatbs me wltbovl inin't." It is said that in an engagements' cavalry in Virginia Custer mid a OMj federate officer hud a hand-to-nlt at tie, in which Cuater's sword blsas wa off clo.ie to the hill. He cast away it! useless fragment, rode to a rail line', grabbed one of tho top rails, and csslf Ing furiously upon the astounded Ci's fedorate, knocked him from his nor He then rep need his broken sword with the Toledo blade of the SotttMe er, and carried this to the day of ha death. N. V. Sun. "Merciful Congress,'' cried it frenzied editor, as he wheeled MM! in his chulr, "what ft your art "It's a ham," replied the visitor, m b laid it on llie proof slips. "I MaWj hull lot t'other day. and I tliouuH p'raps you might waoter try ono. I you don't care for it, though-" Tn editor seized the hum with an all hand. "There is always room H these articles." he said, pleasant.; "Hy the way, you haven't been inn see me for two months. Any IM wromr un at the farm?' Brakei Mugu.ine. I'hei-e iu nn oh) mnti 111 ChleMat vllle, in the Catskills, who si"." speaks out in meeting. Recently city divine preached in the littl" '' odist church of the village, und tlie- man became so excited at one or J home thrusts in tho sermon tW seemed to apply to a certaio "i"'0' neighbor, that he got up and shouted- "T1,.,C .1.1,1 ,....,ater- hit I mill " l .UL S VUHO ' . . . . .l Ik IPS Hgiun. Anil later on, n l"" ' mon appeared to come home to him. k cried out in stentorian tones, "sU .. . t ... . ., 'rf so. o gosn. were an siunc" durned one of us." A genth man addressing nrs of a larire school obsen thai ,-,1 :c:i'r; the decoinlion about the American tlug, and said: ' can any of you tell mo why j wu hung there? ' "To hide 1 quickly responded one sharp assisted in making the prepat ' the occasion. Christian Adv nsim ChiU"1 that N the din- Isiy. abj ,r,,:,. I cut Jinks (at a party) -I dd what t the mutter with that prct' man over there? She w:u awf flirty a little while ago, and no won t have any thing to do '"'." Stranger -I have just come in- r,r my wife.-X. Y. Weekly. Somebody describes a itick as "the old man I walkiaf Mil the younc man weakness. A Crawfnrdsville, Ga.. ne.'roh, avorite cut tbat had been given " and the feline would not stay dutky master. The gentleman of o inquired around for a remedy by ' he could nttaeh his eat to it nee nd finally this remedy wa fiTenb Measure the length of the cat's tail ,e a common broom straw, smut the!" with soot from the family chimney. Place this-tbo charmer-under doorsteps. This wa strictly fol" nd the cat has not left the pli