EUGENE CITY GUARD.
rraprleter,
euoene crry, oreoon.
' Oa Loolilaae Sugar Plantation.
The marvelous procesee by which the
wand of the plantar king is transmuted
into rich casks of snow white or golden
tugur, by means of steam boilers, strain
era, vacuum pans, mixers and centrifu
gain, has been dicri!id many timet
over, and la a thing not to be dune by
a novice without abuhing and misus
ing technical terms.
Tlie raw Juice ia a dark, dirty looking
liquid, a hideout gray in color. As it
undergo all the scientific processes of
the moot approved method of tugnr
making, it run a abort chromatic iiculo
In color, changing from gray to a green
ish brown and then to thadcs of red-yellow,
and finally emerging from the cen
trifugal like drift of now, white, fine
and beautiful to look upon. The refuso
of all the atraininga 1 a thick mane, like
limy, gray soft soap. It is thrown out
In heaps behind the sugar house, whence
it is used as a fertilizer, but as it lies there
it takes on a most royal robe of mold,
showing exquisite, brilliant salmon and
rose and bronze green hues, something,
I should funcy, that would run a micro
coplst mad with delight and curiosity.
Catharine Cole in New Orleans Picayune.
The Schoolboy's Cold Lunch.
Another evil is the cold lunch which
must be taken by most of the children,
for the hour's intermission at noon
scarcely Allows even those residing near
the school to go home, dine and return.
Every housekeeper knows how diflcult it
is to provide variety in cold lunches.
Children often take the same things to
school day after day, till they tire of
them. Food which has been done up in
a tin box, or wrapped in napkins, ia not
apt to look, or smell, or taste very nice.
The child is not tempted, and its noon
meal, which should be the principal one
of the day, is made a poor and light one.
Perhaps it is eked out with pickles,
tweets and cakes of doubtful composition,
purchased at the catch penny store al
ways to be found near a school house.
If during the winter months an inter
mission of an hour and a half or even of
two hours were given, at is done in many
Swiss and German schools, niost of the
children could go home and tuke the hot,
nourishing midday meal which many
doctors consider necessary to health. E.
M. Hordinge in The Epoch.
A Japanese Dinner Party.
The etiquette of a Japanese dinner
party la rather entertaining. As soon as
the guest are seated on the mats, two,
and sometimes three, small low tables are
brought to each. On the one immediately
in front of him the guest ilnds seven
little covered bowls. On the second tuhle
will be five other bowls The third, a
very small table, should hold three bowls.
Take up the choisticks with the right
hand, remove the cover of the rice bowl
with the same hand, transfer it to the
left, and place it to the left of the tulle.
Then remove the cover of the bean soup
and place it on' the rice cover. Next
take up the rice bowl with the right
hand, pass it to the left, and eat two
mouthful with the choticks, and then
drink once from the soup bowl. And so
on with the other dishes never omitting
to eat some rice between each mouthful
of meat, fish and vegetables, unless you
forget which is your mouth and which is
your right hand, or have become so giddy
that you cannot tell your left hand from
a chopstlck or your rice bowl from your
third table. Chicago Newt,
An Enormous Appetite.
Joel Parker, the Democratic- ex-gov.
rnor of New Jersey, who died recently,
weighed 800 pounds, and there is little
doubt that his death was hastened by his
enormous appetite. He always grutilled
his tastes to the uttermost, and never
stopped to inquire whether an article of
food was good for him or not. He wot
the wonder of the waiters at every hotel
and restaurant where be dined. He inva
riulily went twice through the bill of
fare. He was the hist to finish at a din
ner, yet so admirable seemed his diges
tion that after out eating all the other
guests he could moke a capital siieoch,
full of unctuous humor and sound com
mon sense. ' He drank very little, water
being hit favorite beverage, and there
fore his head was always clear, even if
his stomach was overloaded. Chicago
Newt.
Overpowering a Superstitious Welter.
A traveler, obtained a satisfactory
breakfast at a southern hotel in an inge
nious manner. Having called for differ
ent items on the bill of fare with the un
failing result of hearing "ull gone, sail,"
be fixed a Stem look upon the colored
waiter and exclaimed In deep tones: "IX)
you know where you will go when you
die?" The waiter trembled, and did not
reply, but he turned away, and with dis
patch brought out a smoking breakfast of
chicken and oilier features of a good
meal. It seems that he luul reserved
these delicacies for himself, but had been
touched by superstition to produce them
for the traveler. Chicago Times, ,
Kderln Arnold Knighted. '
Queen Victoria has iiaid a well de
served tribute to journalism in the per
son of Edwin Arnold, who has jiwt been
created knight communder of the Order
of the Indian Empire. Sir Edwin hat
been for a period of almost twenty-live
years managing editor of The London
Daily Telegraph, and he has attained
world wide fume as the author of the
great epio poetu, "The Light of Asia,"
which has gone through more than
twenty editions in this country and in
England. Like many other prominent
fcuglishiueu lie Is married to a charming
American lady. rew lork World.
tie Tranelt Gloria MundU
All the statue ami portraits of M. Jules
Orevy, late president of the republic.
which were, according to custom, in the
private rooms and offices of the various
administrative departments, are fast be
ing removed. In a few days effigies and
presentments of M. Carnot will occupy
the place vacated by tliose of the lute
chief of the state, A sculptor ha Iwen
appointed to model a bust of Iresldent
Caroot, from which others will be made.
Paris Cor. London Newt.
A man who govern hi pontons is
master of tlie worlL We must either
command them or be enslaved to them.
It is better to be the tauunur than the
aavu. (. Docuuiio.
The Very Kev. P. lVrnard Christen
general ol the Order of Capuchins, who
lately arrived in this country, iMMtki
Herman, French, Italian, Ureek and
Latin, but not Knglish. The main
province o( his older in this country ui
in Ietrolt, with tightaen houses in it
Jurisdiction.
AH ANIMAL WITH A BIO NAME.
The Hellodenna Uorrldnes Which Is
Held Capllra by a Chicago Man.
"Let me Introduce you to the Hello
denna borrfdum," sold C. K. (illes, the
State street Jeweler, pointing to a glaat
case which stands In a conspicuous po
sition In his wholesale department.
The object referred to by tuch a reso
nant title was a little mass of black and
gold beads stretched on one corner of
the case on a heap of sawdust Pres
ently the mass became movable, a leg
stretched Itself out at one end, and the
hello, etc., stood revealud as one of the
largest lizards ever hatched.
The animal is about sixteen Inches In
length and of genuine FalHtnffian girth.
The skin Is covered with beautifully
shaped scales, and, like Jacob't ewes,
spotted and ring streaked. The shape
of the tpoU is wonderfully regular,
bearing a strong resemblance to the
black and gold wall paper of a dado.
The tail Is long and thicker than that
of most lizards. Round it run three or
four rings of gold. The bead Is broad
and Hut, with protuberances which
conceal the tiny eyes when viewed from
above.
"You are not obliged to coll lilm
Hellodenna horridumall the time, "sold
Mr. Giles. "Soma people call lilm
Helioderma suspectum and other the
Gila monster. I call him Tommy. Here,
Tommy. "
Mr. Giles clutched the reptile affec
tionately between bis finger and thumb
and sat him on the floor. He moved
lulsurelv and digiiitiedly as if he
were at home on the sands of Arizona.
Hi forked tongue flashed Incessantly
hi and out, his eyes rolled and be
looked altogether as if be might be an
uncomfortable customer to deal with
were he to take a notion In that direc
tion. For throe years lie has Uvea in
Chicago, and lias succeeded In growing
fat on two eggs per week for nine
months out of the year, and a Lenten
fast the remaining three. The eight
hour day hue no charm for Tommy.
He only asks for three montiis
sleep, and then he Is ready to enjoy
himself for the rest of tho year. When
he Is at home he Is the subject of more
hair ralsiug tales than any beast of bis
dimensions, but Mr. Giles will not even
concede the fact that he possesses a
drop of poison In his whole anatomy.
He Is especially Interesting,' sain
his owner, "for he forms the link be
tween the lizards and the crocodile
... ..... i i
genus, lie is proonoiy me oniy speci
men in cuptivity besides a brother in
the Smithsonian Institute, and his race
is almost extinct" Chicago Globe.
"Perpendicular."
A Cambridge student once told me
that the parties which the dons gave
the undergraduates were called "Per
pcndiculars" by the latter, because the
young men never dared to sit down for
fear of offending their high mightinesses
the dons, nor did they venture to speak
unless spoken to. 1 have never visited
Cambridge, but not long ago I was at
a perpendicular In New York and felt
with terror that this was the coming
vogue.
If all we go to another s house for
is to eat and drink, might not the
would be host send his would be guests
orders on Delmouico, and save himself
the trouble of turning his home into a
restaurantt If the desire to see finery
Is what influence us, had we not bet
ter go to the opening of one of the
court dressmakers and milliners who
aro crowding to our shores? But if the
object is an hour's pleasant Intercourse
with other human beings, then, in the
name of common sense, let us talk to
one another.
The conversation at teas and parties
lias never been noted for brilliancy,
but anything Is better than suspicious
or supercilious silence. By It we reflect
on the entertainer's Judgment in the
choice of friends, and never should we
cast such a doubt on hit selection of
ourselves. Harper's Bazar.
Prloe of Paper In Huston nud New York.
The proper way to buy writing paper
Is by the pound. It Is always sold in
that way hi tho east, and the result Is a
saving of something over 60 per cent to
the purchaser, while the dealer makes
still a prollt large enough for him to
live and conduct his business in the
most substantial imuiner. "Bund" pa
pers and "Overland mail" papers are
uheaer purchased by the pound than
Inferior paper by the quire. The best
quidity of bond paper sold in Boston is
only ninety cents a pound, and a pound
contains 110 sheets, or over six quires o(
paper. Tho same paper Is sold at fifty
cents and more a quire in New York
city. It seems impossible that this dif
ference should exist, but it does, and it
pays to send to Boston for letter paper
and pay the expressoge here, in spite of
the Increase in the rates of express. If
people are not In a hurry It is well to
tend by freight New York Tribune.
Seconded Her Motion,
A number of ministers at Clorksville
were relating their experience the other
day. One of tlieiu siud that while he
was preaching a sermon sometime ago,
an old lady In tlie congregation arose.
and exclaimed :
"Merciful father, if I had one more
feather in my wing of faith, I would fly
off to glory I"
A wortliy brother unuieuiately re
plied:
"Good Lord, stick It In and let her
go; she's but a trouble here."
That quieted tlie old lady. Atlanta
Constitution.
Reciprocal Parol.
"Your back hair is coming down.
"Thanks; your front teeth are drop
plug out. fcew lork Epoch."
Spanking the Hay.
A little boy saw hi grandfather
threshing oat with a flail. It was a cu
rious sight to him. He went into the
house. Ilia grandmother said to him:
'Where i your grandfather
Johnny replied: "Oh, he's out In the
baru spanking haT.'BTrsnuie HonUJ.
A tew drupe m aanuouia in a cup of warm
rata water, carefully apelied with wet
sponge, will remove, toe spots from paintings
and chroma.
When Dot In use, keep your umbrella un
strapped, and when wet, place tb handle
I downward to dry. It will last much lunger.
FOREIGN LANDS.
Influenza Again Rages
in London.
THE SHORTAGE OF WHEAT.
Capt. Blunt Deolares That Smokeless
Powders Aro Absolutely Use
less for Small Arms.
The Influenza ia again epidemic in
England.
The English railway! have begun a
revision of rates.
More than one-third of Germany'
freight traffic Is by canal.
Belgrade It building tanks for the stor
age of Russian petroleum.
The excavations at Del pi under the
auspices of the French government will
be begun this fall.
The shortage of wheat and rye In Eu
rope is estimated at i!UO,000,000 bushels.
The Liverpool elevated railroad, run
ning along the line of docks, 1 rapidly
nearing completion.
The operatives of every bottle factory
In France, with the exception of those
at Blanr.y, have struck.
The collection of works of Russian
art recently on exhibition at Berlin will
be tent to the Chicago Fair.
New Brunswick Is to be officially ex
amined as a possible source of supply of
horses for the British army.
President Fonseca of Braxil is very ill,
and there are intrigues afoot regarding
the succession to the Presidency.
SirMicael Hicks-Beach Is prominently
mentioned as tlie leader of the Conserv
atives In the British House of Commons.
The entire railway mileage of Great
Britain is now 20,073 miles, or less than
one-eighth of that of the United States.
As the cold weath"i ipproaches, there
In a marked inerew in the want and
misery among tr- working classes in
Berlin.
In a certain - rtion of the Ural dis
trict camels are t.ie only working cattle
use, some large farms possessing 100
camels.
The new remedy for consumptive pa
tients called chlophenol is said to have
shown remarkably good result in Italian
hospitals.
'. Mr. Hpurgeon seems lively, and ex
presses himself as confident of his ulti
mate recovery. He still needs much
care, however.
It Is reported from St. Petersburg that
25,000,000 persons are unable to pay their
taxes, and tiiat this will cause a budget
deficit of X12,000,000.
The Argentine government as a meas
ure of economy has abolished its lega
tion at Vienna, Berlin, Lisbon and
Mexico, thus saving $ 100,000 a year.
London advices say that the strikes of
dock lalwrers and other employes about
the Caron and Hermitage wharves, Wap
ping, is showing signs of collapsing.
Tlie greatest trades union, the Amal
gamated Engineers, having an executive
department in Great Britain America
and Australia, Is about to reorganize.
The Argentine Republic has sold to
Baron llirsch 1,000 square miles in the
province of Chnco for a Hebrew colony,
die price paid was 1,000 gold pesos per
mile.
The chief rabbis have ordered prayers
in behalf of Russian Jews to be deliv
ered in all Knglish synagogues at the
beginning of the season of fasting and
prayer.
The Chinese coolies imported by the
land barons of Eastern Prussia to re
place the emigrated peasants have re
fused to do the hard work imposed on
them, and have gone on a strike.
A wave of hysterical religion is pass
ing over some parts of France. A num
ber of Protestant peasants are traveling
with tents, preaching the end of the
world, bareheaded and with naked feet.
The effect of the strikes on the port of
London alone is shown very clearly this
year by a diminution of 501 vessels en
tering inward, which is a lost of 18 per
cent, and ran be attribnted to no other
cause at all.
The criticisms of the London Timn on
the poor financial condition of Italy
have stirred up the press of that coun
try, the gravamen of the offense having
apparently been found in the fact that
the charges are true.
The bread Iwked by the famishing
peasants on the Volga is made up oi
Hour of goose feet (ehrnoinxUum ruhrumi
witn tue admixture ol a small quantity
of rye. The bread is black. Tight of
weight, and looks like turf. ,
The estimate made by the Agricultural
Department of the Argentine Republic
of the crop for the current year is as fol-
l . OlM . . .
iw.Bi ii iivai, ow,vw tune ; umiae,
1,000,000 tons; alfalfa. 3,000.000 tons:
sugar, nu.tw tons ; wool, 136,000 tons
Tlie result of the test made at the
request of the British government bv
Captain lllunt on the smokeless powder
in r.ngiana. uermanv. r ranee. Belgium
and the United States is extremely dis
appointing. Captain Blunt declares it
to be absolutely useless lor small arms.
Prince George ot Prussia, it is said.
Is on the high road to become as insane
as his mother, the late Princess Louise,
whose dementia took the form of aver
sion to clothing of anv sort, and who
created a terrible scandal bv escaping
from her keepers several times In a state
oi apsoiuie nutiuv.
The successful issue of the effort to
remove the embargo on pork is most
likely to l followed by an agreement
lor tne introduction into the Uerman
hmpire of American agricultural prod
nets, especially wheat, flour and potted
and canned meat free of duty in return
tor tue live entry ol uerman sugar.
Moorish tribesmen attacked a Spanish
fort at Cableriias, near Melilla, Africa.
1 he fort replied, with cannon and nms
ketry. The lighting lasted for three
hours, when the Moors tied. The Span
ish government has made a demand
upon tli Sultan of Morocco for repara
lion.
The illumination of the Grand Palace
at Brussels, lielgium, it to lie effected by
light suspended from tall steel stand
ards, which will he sunk In deep sheaths
underground in daylight ami elevated by
hydraulic pressure at dusk, thus doing
away with unsightly polet during the
uaytime.
Commissioner Carter of the general
land office ha received by reference
from the Secretary of Agriculture a
quest from Nicholas Krukoff. the In
spector of Agriculture for the Amour
uisixH-i in nuseia, to be lurnishea with
information respecting the survey and
disposal ol the public lands of the
United State. This request, the writer
says, is made with a view to the tree
distribution of the lands adjacent to the
Amour river.
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PORTLAND MARKET.
Produce. fruit, Et.
W...AT-V.lley, 11-80; W" WIltt-
,1Faud,M.80iW.lU, Walla,
14.00 per barrel. . ,
OATs-New, 42'. per bushel.
Hav 12tl3 per ton.
aiDj ground barley, IW"'
feed. llHMl!) per ton; feed barley, 18
per ton i brewing barley, 11.15 per cental.
BitTTKK-Oregon fancy creamery, U
&35c; fancy dairy, 3 'cj fair to good,
27KCJ common. IB'wC; Eastern, l
15Erar.egon, 270c, Eastern,
t-Old chickens. UXMAMx
young chickens, 2.00W3.00; ducks. I...00
(48.00; geese, U.OO(10.00 per dozen;
turkeys, lftftelllc per pound.
VKOSIAHLKS-Cahbage, nominal.
$1 percental jcauliilower.tl 26 per dose i.
Onions, $1 per cental; potatoes. )Ufc
per sack; tomatoes, 4tl60c per box;
sweet potatoes, l,4'i2c per pound; Cali
fornia celery, UOc per dozen bunches,
fancy Oregon celery, 60c per dozen
bnnches. . . ..,..
FaiiiTs-fiicily lemons, ss.ou; V"!""'"
ia, 10.60(37.00 per box; apples, 50(ft80c
per box; bananas, jwc-1"
pineapples. UM !' doLen! P;"e8'
(Uccl per box; grapes, lokay, si per
box; muscat ami mac, ry
pears, 0583c per pound; qnn.JJ
1.25 per box ; cranberries, 10(.i l per
barrel; Oregon cranberries, 0.50 per
barrel; Smyrna figs. 20c per pound;
citrons, 27c per pound. ta..,..
film CaUloriiiawainuui.il '''- iiy
hickory, 8'ac; Urazils, lOMllc; al
monds, KlMlSc; Alliens, 134 14c; pine
nuts, 1718c; pecans, 17Ml8e; cocoa
nuts, 8c; hazel, Be; peanum, ; im
pound. ,
Staple flroeerlee.
Honky 17l18c per pound.
fcjALT-LlveriH)ol,H.50, 15.50i3 10.00;
stock. Sll12 per ton
Rice Japan, fo(o.o; mmim,
percental. , .
Ba-ANH-Small white, S'c; pink, 2c
liayos, 354c; butter, 8uc; huias, ?4c
per pound. . .,
Cofkkb Costa Rica, 2021o; Rio,
23c; Mocha, 30c; Java, zo'Bc; at-
buckle's, 100-pound cases, Z24c per
pound. .
Si'oah Golden C,4ac; extra C, 4'ac;
white extra C, 4?c; granulated, 5;c;
cube crushed and powdered, tic; con
fectioners' A, 54'c pe' pound.
Hyrup Eastern, in barrels, 4"55c;
half-barrels, 60(3. r)8c; in cases, 6580c
per gallon; $2.25(82.50 per keg. Cali
fornia, in barrels, 30c per gallon ; $1.75
per keg.
Driku Fai'iTs Italian prunes, 8c;
Petite and German. 7c per pound;
raiBins. $1.20(41.50 per box; plummer
dried pears, 89c; sun-dried and fac
tory plums, 0c; evaporated peaches,
flftillc; Smyrna figs, 20c; California,
figs, 7c per pound.
Uannkd uoods luuie iruiis. i.oom
80. 2,'vs; peaches, $1.80(42.00; Bart-
lett pears, $1.80(41 00; plums, $1.3
1.50; strawberries, $2.25 ; cherries, $2.25
2.40; blackberries, $1.85(f l.!H); rasp
berries. $2.40: pineapples. $-'.25(42.80;
apricots,$1.00(iil.70. Pie fruit: Assorted,
I.101.2U; peacnes, si.zo; plums, siyr
.10; blackberries, $1.25 peruoxen. Veg
etables: Corn, $1.25(41.05; tomatoes,
$1.00(43.00; sugar peas, $I.O0(a.l5;
string beans, 90c(4$1.00 per dozen.
Mali: Sardines, 7uc(U.u; lousiers, f-'.ov
(43.50; oysters, $1.50(43.25 per dozen.
Salmon, standard No. 1, $1.25(41.50 per
case; Ho. 2, $J.u.. Condensed miiR:
Eagle brand, $tU0; Crown, $ ; High
land, $0.75; Champion, $5.50; Monroe,
$0.75 per case. Meats: Corned beef,
2.00: chipped beef. $2.15; lunch
tongue, $3.10 Is, $0.00
2s; deviled hum,
$1.35(42.75 per dozen.
The Meat Market.
Bkk
-Live, 2c ; dressed. 65c,
in Live, sheared, 3c; dn
Mutton
eased,
7(i8c.
lions Live, 5c; dressed, 7c.
Vbai 5(ft7e per pound.
Bmokko Mkats Eastern ham, 13(3
13,'iiC; other varieties, 12,'c; breakfast
bacon, 111 (4 15c; smoked bacon, 11 '4(4
llic per pound.
Lakp Compound, 10c; pure, Hjj
13c; Oregon, 10,'g(412'4c per pound.
H.tlei, Wool and Hops.
Hides Dry hides, selected prime, 8l
(49e : Kic less for culls : sreen. selected.
over 55 pounds. 4c ; under 65 pounds, 3c ;
sheep pelts, snort wool, 30(450c; me
dium, 00(480c; long, t)0c(4$1.26: shear
lings, 10(420c; tallow, good to choice, 3
'ic per pound.
Wool Willamette valley, l.wiwc;
L.K,.n t...nn 10,.T17,. .wlll.wt
according to conditions and shrinkage.
lloi's Nominal; I0(!512.'i..c per pound.
Doing iler Beat.
White Citizen-Well, Jackson, what ar
you doing for a living now I
Colored Citiieu Am tdoin' notour; d ol
woman takes in waahin'.
Wbit Citizen Aiu't you ashamed of your
self to allow your wife to support yon by
wauiiug?
Colored Citisen n ell, boat, my ole woman
am a mighty lgnerant niKRer, au' doau know
bow to do uutlln' else. Munsey't Weekly.
, nieeaed ileraelf.
Ella (a society girl, to frieud) Did you
rwxlve yesterday!
Bella Ka 1 took tbs money it would bay
cost for a reception and gave myself a seal
skin jacket tor a New Year's present. .
Ella W bat made you do that!
Bulla Because, you know, "It Is more
bleated to give thau to receive." Lawreuce
American.
For Bit Wire Not Hla Sweetheart.
Customer I want to get wniethhur for a
lady ror a preeent.
Clerk ies, air; eouietWtifr la the line of
Jewelry!
Customer Yes. but something: not very
Bign pneea. .
Clerk Some thin I for your wife, ehf
Yankee Blade.
It Might Ba Arranged.
Mr Poor (fervently) Will you be mlnef
Mis Rich (not unkindly) No. no-
Mr. Poor (interrupting) Do not say that,
my darling. Do not
Mis Rich (interrupting) No, I cannot be
yours; but if you are willing to be mine we
wight arrange it Vt asblngtoo Star.
A Dutiful Heir.
Lawyer Your uncle make you hit apt
heir; but the will stipulates that the sum of
si, WW must be buried with bim.
Heir (feelingly) The old man was eccen
tric; but his withes must be respected, of
course. 1 11 write a check for that amount.
Boston Beacon.
Fame's Pinnacle.
Rob My dad's a Vjulr and git bis nam
in uve papers every day.
Tom (eoutemntuouslv) -That's nuthiu'l Mr
dad took Jinks' liver pills and gut hit picter
in the paira, and It didut cost blm nulbiu',
aeiioer. nitsburg Bulletin.
Vaatad IUgge' Game,
"I think your wife needs change."
"Chan gel Doctor, yiju dont know that
woman. CUnge will never do fur bar. BUe
Bead a fortune." Uuusryt Weekly.
AGRICULTURAL.
Experiments Made
Feeding Hogs.
in
PRACTICAL PORK-PRODUCING
Prof T. Hunt of the Illinois College
Farm Gives a Summary of
Results Obtained.
The W owing snmmary of resu ts as
i,i,l nl i v 1'rof. T. Hunt of the llhnoii
Ze.1 in practical pork-producing:
gage. 1 ... p rjounds of ski
milk to produce one pound of pork when
fed with cornnieal. ratio one and one-
geventh, to fattening hogs.
.. i5Li.. ...ilk mn l not ie fed to fat-
z, nan., . 1.1
tening hogs unless it was wsbUi product
w hich could not lie otherwise utilised.
3 It required on an average 4.6 pounds
.1 n,.rn t., nnvince ono pound ol
Ol llicuniwi I , , . I
iwrk during an average period of four
Lak. nr one bushel produced 13.5
pouiuls. nonnds of cornmeal
to produce one pound of pork, or one
bushel of corn made into meal and fed
12.75 oonnds of pork.
6. When fed dry, shelled corn is more
economical than cornmeal to feed fatten-
'"!! hfK?pniiired 7.6 pounds orone-fourth
bushel of ground oats to produce one
pound of pork wnen leu wiwi r.n.o.
parts by weight of cornriieal.
7 Una Ih.hIihI of cornmeal is worth
nearly three bushels of oats as food for
fattening hogs. .
8. Corn-fed pigs gained 4.5 pound per
week, and ate alxmt 21 pounds of corn
per 100 pounds 01 live weigui.
9. Tork was produced during the cold
weather, with corn at 28 cents per
bushel, for less than 3 cents per pound.
111 An innnlllcicnt food supply fir two
uaita muaed a very considerable loss In
fualin t hArfff.ft.PX.
11. Indian corn is the most economical
r.rk.nrruloi'inir material durinif the win
ter months in regiuns where extensively
grown.
Conpernlna- Forestry. '
While the question is being considered
whether our abandoned farms shall be al
lowed to izrow up to forests or lie peopled
with Hottentots, as a well-known orator
has put it, it is well to he prepared for
either case. There are many places
where the farmers' greatest care is to
keep the bushel from overrunning their
farms, and farmer iu such localities
will not appreciate lectures on forestry.
Rut where farms are well cleared up and
a certain portion set apart for a wood lot
from necessity, and it ia desired to get
as much as possible from tlie given area,
there is much that may be done to ad
vantage. All trees which have fallen
should be picked up and used lfore
they are worthless, and crooked trees
which aro crowding others should be re
moved. Stock should be kept out to
save the seedings and sprouts, and mucii
may be saved by a little care while work'
inir mnomr the voumt trees.
But in manv cases, especially in young
pines that are" to be saved for timber,
there is much work done that is worse
than useless. Such trees should never
he thinned out unless they are too thick
for a man to walk among them. The
value of timber depends on its length,
straiuhtness and freedom from knot
Where a green limb is cut olf a knot re
mains. Where the limb dies and drops
nir nnliinillv the knot disanoears. and
we find clear lumber ; if small pines are
cut away so as to give each one that is
left the space it should occupy, when
mature they will produce too many side
branches, which will necessitate con
tinual pruning of green limbs. A pine
growing by itself in open land will spread
out as much as au apple tree, and while
by pruning a descent-looking log may lie
made of its trunk, it will not produce
clear lumber unless the young branches
are clipped off each year. These facts,
which any one may observe, should con
vince owners of lota that there is sucu a
thing as doing too much, and that some
of nature's plans are well enough as
they are. ; - 1
. rnaturlnir Fields.
We wish some of the men who so
stromzlv object to lettimr cattle run in
mowing fields in the fall would just take
a walk over their pasture now before the
snow comes and see if some of their care
for the grass in mowing fields could not
be exercised to good advantage else
where. They will find the grass gnawed
e ose 10 me uroumi noiiumr leu ior a
mulch to enrich the toil, protect the
roots or hold the snow from blowing off.
Yet these pastures are expected to sup
port the stock about seven moiitns 01
the year without anv return for the ele
ments which are taken away, and many
of them cannot be plowed and reseeded,
as the fields can. There is an extreme
to te avoided in pasturing fields, but the
result are not as disastrous and hard to
overcome as the result of abusing the
pastures as many pastures are abused.
Some men think they are cood farmers
if thev can iret two tons of hay per acre
on a few acres in sight from the road,
even if the pastures fall so the cattle
have to be fed at the barn in September.
, ' Notes. .
Ponltry manure is one of the lieet ma
terials that can be used to enrich the
straw berry bed. Scatter evenly and work
well Into tlie suriace.
cut straw, lodder or bagasse make a
good mulch for plant of all kinds. They
need not to be cut shorter than two
inches when used for this purpose.
One of the most difficult weeds in the
garden to eradicate is pussaline. After
a good shower it can be pulled up read'
iiy,and this isagood way ol killing it oat.
Asparagus.
Do not allow the top to be cut for
decorative purposes to any great extent :
aa long as they remain green they are
necessary to nourish next season's crop.
Apply coarse manure to the bed when
ever it ran be spared, but be sura to get
It on betore winter. Asparagus, consid
ering the constant demand for it in
Northern cities and the ease with which
it is transported, is a most profitable
crop ior southern lariucr.
Refreshing Uls Meraurr.
"Joluiny, who discovered AmericaT
'TU be switched if 1 know."
"You'll be switched If you don't"
"Under the circumstances, then."
said the boy, "1 should say that Colum
bus the wan." Iew York Truth.
llara Tired.
McCorkJe Isn t Brigg naturally a
buy man!
McCrackle Not exactly Uuyj but ha
eema to think it is unhealthy to work
between meals. F.xchaiur.
eii.nliuied Zeal.
iit nt to atwua a uma
r . L. I
. . . . itid the doctor. our-
olda being wl P " """7 . l,T
M a. they could wa j " uTZi i
As they pu mmaowBTO
Wt blm cue of them remarked! 'Awful
K..0"" " .I..: ws'rs been walking
rZTrlhi. hard work to kssp bim ally.
an mis too- . . . ... ,wmh
'I ma.le a slight sxani..u t
.nrf .iArtoitoR-o.wuen on of th. pwer
aataald. What's VRZ
gulag to give nun anyui.ua. ---tor
an hour,' I replied, and WU"-8m Dieg.
Uulon.
The Hr ' "lon.
Connemara Tim (on bis honeymoon trip
to America)-Did yes inolud tu' leddy was
Hut IIAIOM.I I
Mm. Tlin ui am, uur-r.n. , -
t'lnkiii' she msHt hoy a bear y a husbau' '
git bugged UY suapa o' tUat. Juuga.
An amufilnir Incident occurred la Judg
Slaklna 11 .a w..
FUher's court the other day, which basjusl
Ie public. Judge FUber Is a very
t! man while on the bencn, ana u
fore a smile was known to sweep
s.n,n during court
boarsf-tisnotofrecord.. .
A Juror fuiled to answer to his name wnen
called, and an attachment was iwued for him.
lie was brought In two hours lawr oy a aep
utysherilT, and stamling before the judge
received a severe reprimand.
"Your honor." said the juror lu suir justi
fication, "1 have been very sick aud the doc
tor forbid nm to come."
The man evidently ke the truth, and
Judge Fiher replied: "Well, that being tb
cane you will not be Quod, but must pay tb
coKts of tills attachment, x ou may go, men,
and report here again promptly next Mon
day inoruine.
"Hut. vour honor, my uocwr say i wiu
. . tu
net be able to sit ou a jury tor two years.
"All rlnht." Kood naturedly replied the
JuiIks, "make those ttatemenU Monday, and
If you are not able to serve i wui ucum
vou."
This teemed to aallsiy me Renueiuan, auu
vet he did not go as permitted to do, but.be
can fumbliiiK In bis vest pockeU, aa If looking
(or something.
"You mav eo. reiieated the judge.
"Yes, your honor, thank you; you will ex-
cuse me; I haven't not a cic
honor, or I'd be glad to g
thought I had, but I haven'i
clirar wun me, youi
give it to you. 1
t If I ever meet
vou"
"Mr. BberuT," thundered we juuge, oui u
fore be said more tlie juror realised be bad
made a bad break ami retreated lu good
order. St. Louis Republic.
Commodore Vau.lerbllt't Remedy.
At one tini", while living on Stuten filand,
Comniodoru vaudorbdt bad an exasperat-
ingly balky horse. Ho never could be sure
that the brute wouldn't (top hi tho middle of
the road, and he often walked fu preference
to taking chances with the animaL One day
be started out and hud driven only about
half a mile wheu the beast came to a dead
halt, Au enerjullfc belulioriiig, backing aud
sawing bad no elfeet, aud the commodore
turned around and went borne, lie got a
bag of lump sugar aud again started cut,
leadinz the horse and (eediiijr mm a lump at
every few stos. This he continued uutu the
place where the horse balked was passed,
after Which he got in aud bad no dilHculty
in driving to his journey' end. In telilng
the story to Mrs. Wnddell, be said: "I have
tried tbe same course of procedure with
women and it bos always proved effective.''
New ork Tribune.
A Curious Excuse.
An ex-surgeon of tbe army was telling me
the other day of the curious excuses fre
quently submitted by men In tbe course of
the war who preferred staying at home to
going to the front. There was none mors
curious, however, than tbe certificate sent ia
I .. . .. I.. IT ... . . A ..nl.. .
- .. . 1 .1
HOD OI twei.i.v uave leave u& wjhuw
j. .
ruau;
1 certify, on honor, that I hav carefully
examined Capt. Robert H , Thirty-second
Massachusetts Volunteers, aud find that bis
'iiiiiiiiiiSifW'wm
grandmother is so sick that be will be unable
to return to duty within thirty days.
"R. F. D , M. D."
-New York Tribune.
Accomplished Servant.
"What do you wlsbf" asked the servant
who answered the ring at the door.
"Buronde Veuumiiiet."
"What do you wish to see bim fort"
"It is in relatiou to a promissory note."
"The barou went out of town yesterday."
"Now, that it too bail; I wanted to pay
hint
tb amount I owe him."
"But," added the servant, "be returned
morniug."-Froiu the ft-ench.
The Fashions In Africa.
One of Bishop Taylor's African mission
aries declares that while apparel does
make tbe man, the want of it render tb
work of missionaries very embarrassing.
"When you come across a man," be
says,
"wearing only a stovepipe bat and a
free state
e smile, It is hard to proach to
a feeling of self consciousness."
mal
without
ton Journal.
Started In Ufa.
Mrs, Gadd Your sou Is still at college,
presume?
alrt. Uabb Mercy, no. He has graduated.
"He has r
"Yes, indeed; and only last week he signed wife something that'll pleaaeMi'
with the Brooklyns."-New York Weekly.
8he Knew What She Wanted.
Old Lady I'd like to buy some plaster, telegram Baying a house nas Zj.
young feller.
Drug Clerk Yes, ma am; porous!
Old Lady Do ye s'pe I want to ketch
my death o' cold t Let's tee yer winter sty
Time.
On, W.y of Walking. ' " YL to All CO PorubT."
Amateur Humorist (to bowlegged boyV-1.. Ye.W . attfl
Do you alway. walk Ilk that, tonnyt lDm? " f7.. W given
Boy-Naw. I nmetimes run.-Phnad. which Horace Fledgely bad girea
phia Innnirer Jeweler Circular. N
Pnrlfloe tha mnnil Pnroa rnVKTIPATION. IX
ILIOl'SSKSS, LITER COPLAITSSICK HEADACHE, CO
PIXPLES, all SKIJI AFFEUT10XS, and DISEASES ABI8l,r
a DISORDERED STOMACH. ppF 0
Th4 Gtnuine HAMBURG TEA iijmtvp in YELLOW WRirr'
rt'lA Fauimilt Signaturt of EMJL FRESE.
. REDtNOTON A Oa AofHT, &AN FhamcssoO.
OLD BY A IX BBEtStaatT AKD itOCEK.
the Itotu, . ! (
Without any prete' S
Ktor who is not Hl.I
prejudice to a sincere !
K-tiuuaer who,
Bands, it is still
,ffilauly at TOyt
I AHanba riT. -ou l'
qnacka. The succef,
; - ;"';' I'Pyr,
numerous than they Veri.
Intolerant despot on eutT . y
courage mm to be so. "i
We are yuirut.lv ...... .
tioiuof Li. knoiWd J-V
with us, and next whu, -,T. 7 s.
and that though there ar. ,H
quaintance with which
guess right, many theoriJw ? V
u F.u.o.OUa. action art
ical, and may or may
I.I. ....l ' 'Wllh.
of the method. kilTk!
were unwise and dekterioi
the dosea hit grandfather
hastened the result they wenu
to prevent and hindered wki .C1
designed to induce, WMttV
We know not onlvthu. 1.., I
and therefore fallible, but ZtiS
fessional science, like hit mJ!
grandfather's, is proaressivnT;,' 1
very far from being exact 7 H
less when anything aiU ni (.
all we know of his liiniUH. A
uim aa though he were ill
nearly what he tell ui "!l
and our pockets rmit For wiw
that, errinir ami ln,..l
auows more man wedo.inj ..-"1
Irnowled-o is, on the whole, the kail
is at our command. H
1 vvmuwuu, l
The childlike trust in onr !
is a phenomenon which is cretlihiiT.
ua an to our doctors, and hml'l
we both get benefit UndoubuJi. S
.J,nn.,1llB , v'"
rJXC"'y,!T
t.. I . :
7 7 uumu,ji
else were faith a much less m
- 1 iuau .1. ucuiuicn j ue.
am 11 is one itiing tor us to U.
Mtm Anm R 1 ,n .... 3 '
another thing for those profeiL
gentlemen to hold that we ihn .
10 mem ana 10 none else, tnl
we may neither be legitimately tax
nor die legally, except with the .
rence of the learned facility-Sen
rastlmes of City Boyi
A sinirular came has fur iu fmi I
tion an ash barrel Across tbe toe d
luuj is piaceu a ooaruiwoormreei
in width, which projects about tt
distance over tbe rims of the baml (i
one of these projecting ends a bill ife
anced; the batsman then Uka kii (
and with all his strength ithW i
other end of the board. The tail k
up and away in a before unknown d
tion, and the batsman, should bwk
caught out, attempts to ran toil
and return before the boll can be StU
"home."
Look above you at the telegraph iia
Sooner or luter they become the site
end of every kite flown in thia ttne.
and the tattered fragmeuts with viin
the wires are adorned bear witnesi Ik
kite flying is a popular pastime, em:
U1BUBUVUO to too aikca. .u uuinu.
country boys may fairly claim raptm I
.1: . . 1, 1.: ..... ik .... u
Ity. Comparatively few city bojjhs I
how to fly a kite; they never seeautl
to manage the tail. Kites in tbe d f
can only be successfully flown from ti
housetops.
Marbles we see of every kind, "at
(ties" and "alleys." "taws"nl"ipta
Generally the games are played ia 1
nnir drawn with chalk on tue sidewi
for holes are not made or fonnd bwe
easily as they are in a country pii;
ground. Frank M. Chapman u
Nicholas.
Trying Things In Court.
Very trifling things sometimes go w,
far in the courts. The supreme court
th United States has ended a costlfai
lonsr controversy by ruliuz upon tk-
onestion. "Ia the tomato fruit i
yegetabler About fju.uw nas woo-.
bended in the celebrated "Jones !
- . .. 6
calf case," in Iowa, in which the oi j
ship of a calf valued at fifteen dollMi '
involved. A Medina county iui
1. I a fan vaara aim rfased to BST taM
At l --J o ...4 '
fnn. n,v,ni mi th m-ound uui v
1 .v . w... - n-- . ,
law provided for the taxauoo i
hnniMl pttl of whatsoever (
rnhnrasut th four COWS had DO 5.
This case was ended in the circuit a
after the costs had eaten up the nl
the defendant' farm. Asmtioriwr
in which the Standard Oil compup
involved to the extent of several
a 1 n..,.,.i ,i,,iinm In PennsjW f
and Ohio hangs upon the I
wimiii. .m v "
Mail .
-... in an fill in gtatUie.-V"'
A Machine That Makea and Ceoks SMnf
One of the novelties at the St P""
Mt,iMHnn in l-nndon. Englana,"'
this I driven bv electric
f. r noninncHon with this nucW
m.. J . . .l.tn
, . .,! in deem
it nas oeen proposeu w cu. i
heating attachment, wnereuy 1
not
dish can be delivered cKr
inghot to the purchaser. It W
look as if tbe shrewd Individual f
i.ioa nf a universal r
Coniro ntilirinir machine, into which tnesu-'
him couu be put at one end, toeel?J!l4
Bo other as cured hams and blacking on
ntHainnarv. but only tpwP...
litUe in advance of his tinies.-St W
Globe-Democrat.
I
The Masher Mashed.
I want some nice lituein..-j f
Maaham, "Perhap you couw-o. (
something." . . . i tii.ii
"Yes," Said the Saleslady. "77
yon ontjht to please her. -e"
Herald.
lea
Failure to Some 0b ,
"Is marriage
foilureT
youth.
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