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JlCULTUBAL NEWS ruiNGS PERTAINING TO ' FARM AND HOME. THE Er,dicat Tntiercnloele from th u,td-A - " Urged-rU"-" " go to KeP Front from Cellar. Tabercalou Animal. gerloua atti'iiipl linve btt-u made In riulu iiurta r Hie country to erudl tlie UIhuuho by destroying nil re nting nlnml. Bucb a course Ih mi- Aiubiwl'y lo0 ,1faHt'c' antI " 'm" u"'t ,ltb perslsti'iit opiKwIllon. It U u qui Hon wliftUer mull iii'tliodn ore war noted or not. GYrtnliily, nucIi a course u lure to defeat tlio very end desired, L e, tue co-oeratlua of all In erndl (jilnj Hie disease. There Ih nothing that would be more beneficial to the iiwk lutcreHtM of the country than the fldinprend application of the test, but rIi hardly possible to hope for hiicIi au eiteuHluu where such severe measure it appll-'' Krom experiment already mado un der different auspice It Ih evident that Ui profcTcnH of the d I mciihu fan lie ,to)ivd by the Isolation of all reacting inlniala. The leaHt affected a ul inn 1m na, with care, be UHed for breeding lairuoses, and If the calve are ep- irtted at blrtb and fed on Inilled or pan- trnrlied niiiK, li i poKHime, wiuim a relatively abort time, to build up a itrlctly healthy herd from affected par-fDli-VlHC0ii8lu Agriculturist. The Alalke Clover. Tbli clover reHomblea the large red tlorer, except the stem la much Oner, though It growa to about the name bright It makes an excellent hay, which I much rellHhed by all kinds of itork. We were led to try alxlke or Swedish clover by Allen, the author of the American Farm Hook, and, after a trial of It for some yennt, would strong- it advise anyone wanting a good feed ing clover to try It. It should be sown ca nigh, dry, well-uralncd nod. It re quires the HBine care and cultivation as red clover. It may be sown either with timothy or with red clover. A good mixture for one acre Ih three quart of alsike clover seed; four quarts of red clover Reed, and six quarto of timothy clover need. How the timothy In the fill and the clovers the In: t of Febru ary. The seed Is made In the first crop; tbe second opp may be pastured. It Is I very fragrant clover, the heads being full of tweet Juice. It makes a line bee food. The American. Pare Water for Mitch Cows. Experience baa shown that water which looks pure and clear may have In It the germs of the worst diseases, and If so there Is possibility that these may go Into the milk. On the other band, water that looks muddy from contact with soil may be entirely free from hiiv irerins that are Injurious. Tbe dunger from germs In milk, we believe, has been much exaggerated. Tbe safe way Is o keep cows from drinking any water where there Is a possibility that It uns been Infected with irerins of tvtdiold fever or diph theria. It Is the milk producer's Inter est to strictly guard against any chance of Infection, as wherever such a case occurs It Is sure to spread un reasonable fears and Injure his busi ness. Exchange. Keeping Frost from Cellars. The unsightly bank's of horse manure plied against the basement walls of farm houses are not needed to keep out frost. They ore worse than uiwlghtly, for the odor from decaying manure affects a sense more sensitive tluui Ight. If a second wall of brick or Hone Is laid two Inches from the cellar wall, aud Its top tightly Joined to the building above, tills dead air space will keep out frost better than will a three- foot bank of horse manure. Some householders make the protection In side with a dead air space enclosed with matched boards, or, better still, covered with paper siding, which Is better than boards for securing wuruith to any building. Growing licet Heed. Beet seed Is so easily grown that It Is always very cheap. Vet we believe In farmers growing their own beet eed, provided they will grow the best. It Is not the beet that produces the most seed that Is best for planting. If beets, or any other root for that matter, are planted so early In spring that they grow tough and stringy roots, sueii roots will produce a great amount of eed, but It will produce if sown at any time plauts that are like Its parent. It Is thus that roots degenerate Into some thing like their original wild condition. A moderate-sized root grown quickly after midsummer, and In very rich ground, will be tender and good until late ln the spring. Such a root will not produce as much seed aa a tough, atrlugy one, .but'its seed will bring much more satisfactory crops Amer ican Cultivator. Bolt aa an Inaecttclde. Tho naa. f suit ne iin Insecticide, or 1-a.n.ln .1 . - I- iitlleientlv known among the farming community. Many a farmer has lost uounrs aim uui hirs, simply because he did not know what virtue there Is in salt, now mnny tlio. k.. . ni,..,lwwl iin nerea of a crop attacked by some worm or caterpillar, re-sown the iano, uuu because he did not know that salt would have killed the worm anu im- DroVnl Ma nnn 1 .oat vpfir A CBS6 WaS reported through the press, and vouch ed for as correct. A farmer had a ten acre field of oats attacked by the army worm. The whole ten acres wan tint, I . I u. AnnXAaA rn Til O W them all up and re-sow. As an experi ment he left an acre, to which he gave a dressing of 300 pounds of refuse salt. frtt - - - - .l.A inree days arterwara no nm Mme acre another 300 ounds of refuse alt The result was that on that acre lla haA m . l,.'.l nf itatfl flllfl hfld h6 ..m a, uuu n t n vi w ..... . only known he might have saved the wnoie ten acres. Halt ror sucu oosea la simply Invaluable. Storing Boot Crops. Thu r. . I nlt.itiw.la III tlie W8V t growing root crops turnips, beets, earrota and parsnips-Is the storage for winter. Potatoes must not be exposed to the light, and severe cold, with alter late freezing and thawing, forces the farmer to provide the beBt storage facil ities In order to avoid loss. The old method of atorlng In pits Is still, fol lowed, but there are jwr'ods during the bard at Iron, and tbt pits cannot be opened except with .om. risk TuV bulky crop la difficult to store in a manner to have the root, alway. avail able. Farmers who have discarded all bruised or Injured specimens have been sueeesHful u storing carrots, parsnips, lumlp. and beets In bins, using layers of clean, dry sand, followed by layers of the roots, the bins being in cellar, or I'arns, by which arrangement they can tine them at any time, but the method will not answer where large fields of such crops are grown. Frecllnjc Poultry. The farm Is the place on which to en SiiBU lu poultry for murket, uml uot the small 4ots or plots. It Is ulso proper to keep all kinds of poultry, uud not hens only. As long ns the farmer con tinues to rely on grain he will feed his fowls at a cost much greater than Is necessary, and by vurylnc the food from grain to more bulky substances he cau grow a large share of the feeding materials on the farm aud have bis customers, therefore, right at his door In the form of the fowls. If a flock of hens will thrive on trass durlnir the Hummer season, aud will keep In better condition thereon, as well as produce more eggs than ou more expensive foods, why should he buv fouil mut feed his poultry until he destroys the very condition he deslres?-Mirror aud Farmer. . Plowing Quack Graia Too Deeply. It Is possible to kill quack grass by "at Is known by double irtowlinr thu land. This Is accomplished by running the plow In the furrow already made, and thus making a trench twelve or fourteen Inches deep. This Is repeated after each furrow Is turned, so that the surface soil Is entirely reversed and the subsoil takes Its place. The top furrow should go deeply enough to go below all the quack roots and turn them under the second furrow, which will require both a strong plow aud an extra heavy team to turn on ton of the ol her. Hut though quack grass may bu killed by this heroic method, It will take several yearq of good cultivation to lit the subsoil thus turned dp for growing good crops. Overdriving Heavy Horace, Heavy draught horses were not made for fast road travel, and though they often have the muscle to trot quite fast it Is always Injurious to them to do so. There ought really to be ou every farm teams for doing the heavy work and teams for doing the market ing and for pleasure driving. It makes a great difference when a 'heavy horse, weighing I,2."i0 pounds or more, goes over a hard roadbed, as compared with a light road horse doing the same thing. No 'bone or niftscle can be strong enough to endure the hard pounding which a heavy draught horse makes lu trotting. Ills feot will "go wrong," as horsemen say, and a horse with poor feet Is not much good anywhere. Preparing the Colt a Food. It Is well to prepare the colt's food so that It shall be palatable, nutritious aud easily digested. A good means of doing this Is to mix fine-cut clover hay along with oat chop, bran and oil cake; moisten this with hot water, covering up with a non-conducting material, aud allow It to remain in this state for twelve hours, when It will be In a suita ble condition to feed. A small projwr tlon of wheat middlings will not be amiss ln this mixture, not even a few lulled turnips or carrots, providing they are found to give appetizing prop erties. Green corn and green clover prove very suitable fodder. rralrte Farmer. Shredded Enailuge. . uliM.ul.llir itiw Miihilluirn fill HPT. Al IC1 Diiivuiimn ..... " ml year, we tilled tbe bIIu one year ...11. ..- ..iiullmru uml fftim.l It I1M'1M Willi lUl CUOUllfeC HIIU tvutau --- nary at once to brace all sides to keep i. . 1... I. .. ilniu r.i.'liiflr flint II 1IUI11 IIUIglllK Will uwo ...... eilHllUKU aiireuueu vatho iii-" ivdo ...v era! space than that which Is cut. This feature would prouauiy noi uv cumbiu ered of so much Importance by those whose silos are already constructed with reference to the use of cut eu silage, but In case a new silo Is to be put up It can undoubtedly be built tor much less money by the shredder.- Country Gentleman. Stabling Cowe in Hud Weather. So boou as fall rains begin, cows, esiH-clally those giving milk, Bhould be stabled. The effect of ralu ou the hair of nn animal Is to Induce heavy evap oration, which, of course, chills the animal, much ns would the wearing of a heavy woolen coat, saturated with rain during the eutlre night. There Is no way to keep up urilk supply after wet weather begins except by stabling the cows. The wet weather Is really much more Injurious to the animal than dry, cold weather could be. ni.Adnifti. and Aahea. 'ou ask for experience of anyone that has tried phosphate and ashes. I found that my lund was more deficient In potash than otner eiemeius ui f-"1 ...i.r.t1 onmil nnrts of uhos- IOUU. ,m a- . phate and ashes, and used 200 pounds to the acre for corn with good results. . - . n n.l.li iTJUul BI1P. 1 UUVC U"ii - - cess. One year was very dry, and this year uncommonly wei.-nmuuiv.. American. .... . nnwt tnr Fattening. Many of the experiment stations have been testing the value of wheat for fat ton in ft OS UUU1.J11I m " cattle, and give the preference to corn . 1 M . I. niiMin.. am Wtll as better roou ior iiu.,TO -as the cheaper of the two. When ground and mixed with corn, onts ana oauiieai, wheat has a value in giving u.. variation of diet Farm Notes. There Is no bedding so suitable for (iin.. aa ti.ves. and for sows having broods leaves cannot be surpassed. .i. .... n ..u(lv iia ra- They retain warmtn, can caj moved, and cost only the labor of col lecting and storage. The garden plot should be plowed in the fall and then covered three or four Shes with manure free from litter worked in with a cultivator. In the erring the plot will be ready tar: ed early and tbe manure will quickly ae-cximpose.- When a farmer becomes so busy aa i to le uuable to work every portion of his SrSTt is the best evidence that :h ita. too much land. Tbe successful farm er? those who seek to bestow tbor uh cultivation to every acre, and onft.. : ' . . larger Droflt proper- Hi y .ban fa "where crop, can GOVERNMENT ARMOR PLANT. peelal NTal Board Draws Vp Elabor ate Man., Washington, Nov. J5.-TLe special naval board appointed to examine into the ooat of armor-innking will present to congress detail, of a plant which it has designed. It will cost more than 13.000,000 and have a capacity of 8,000 tons of armor per annum, whloh i about the combined capacity ol the two armor planta now .applying the navy. The processes of manufacture will In elude the very latest developments in the art ot metallurgy, and, while the plana contemplate the manufacture of barveyized nlikel ateel armor, accord ing to tlio method, used in the reforg ing process, they will admit of easy adaptation to the new secret Krupp processes of hardening armor by the use of g;m. The plana are said to be cr fect in every detail, and, having been drawn under the direction of one of the leading expert, of the country, the specifications are said to be so well de fined that no difliculty is eiected to arise in securing straight bids. The board has prepared the form of adver tisement calling for bids for erecting this plant. A. congress desired that iiifoinration, Secretary Long will soon isue the advertisement. It is the pur Kise to have all ot the plans in the sec retary's hands hy the first of next month, and, if the advertisement is promptly sent out, it i. thought that within three months at the latest con gress will have before it full informa tion a. to the cost of an armor plant, a. well as offer, from existing plant, to sell out to the government FOOTBALL AND THEATER. A Syracusa Clargyntan Inclined to Fa vor Both. 8yracnse, N. Y., Nov. 25. Kov. Dr. James R. Day, chancellor of Hyracure university, and a Methodist olergyman, savs in a publio address: "I believe that some such game as football, which contains element, of roughness and danger, is necessary to the development of many young men in the universities and seminaries. The future is tending toward, a more oien playing of the gamo. I do not like the hurling of one mass of humanity against another until one or the otlAsr becomes exhausted, but I do not like joining the universal outory against the game. The American people are easily In fluenced into a general epidemic of re form, but I think football has come to stay. It is encouraged by the faculty of Syracuse unversity. Football would fail in one of its chief features, I think, if it should not teach the young man self-control. A man who goes through a season ot being trodden upon and knocked down deserves iairly a diploma in the art of self-control. It i. very good discipline." Tbe chancellor further .aid: "I am told that many ot the students attended the theater and listened to Mr. Jefferson. Now, 1 am a parson, and my privilege, are restricted some what. I believe with the church In regard to the theater in general. I am sorry that anybody think, it wrong to see Jefferson. I believe tnat suoli men as he would redeem the stage from any doubtful characteristics." These remarks were loudly ap plauded, especiall by the university students. DISGRACE TOO GREAT. A Youth Kills Himself Because Ills 8 rather Wae a Thief. Chicairo. Nov. 26. Grief and cbag rin over the disgrace of hi futher, Charles W. Charnly, according to his Iriends. drove to suicide Jamea Lliarn ly, who was found in hi. room in the Hotel PhiHter, WilwauKee, iubi nigiu, with a bullet hole in hia liead. Charles W. Charnly, former presi dent of the Presbyterian board of aid for oollege. and academies, disappeared l,.at aummer short some $00,000 of fund, entrusted to him. This weighed heavily on the son', mini). Up to last night there wa. apparenti ly nothing to show who the dead man was. Last night a newspaper reorte( from Chirtaso who was in the city visit' ed the morgue with the dej.uty coronet and mniln a thorough examination tl the olothing. The discovery was made of the name "J. Douglas, Chioago. l i he suicide's clothes. The reporter to Chicago found that n ioa IivbiI at 09 Astor atieet. On wiukwo ' ----- arriving at the Astor-street house he was met by Douglas Charnly, cousin of the suicide. It appeals young Charnly, the sui cide has been out of work for some time, but that on Saturday he engaged with a firm somewhere lu Kentucky to work as bookkeeper. Two Duels In Oerinany. Berlin, Nov. 25. A sensation was caused in this city today by the report of two duels between army officers. The first report came from Colherg, Prussia, and stated that Captain Halm and Captain Ostraki had fought a duel there and that the latter had been dan gerously wounded. Both men belong to the lame regiment, stationed at Col bert! It i. alleged that Captain Hahn had '.educed hi. victim' wife. Tho second duel was fought at Nuerera. Lieutenant Siegmund, of the Seventy flftb regiment, mortally wounded Lieu tenant Schoenfleld. of th same regi ment. Strenthenln Gibraltar. Washington, Nov. 25.-In a report to the a-tate department, Conan Bprague refers to a work in progrcs. at Gibraltar that is not k"0 He say. 8,000 workmen daily enter the fortress and lalwr on the extensive im provement.nowgoingonin the budd ing ot dock, and other government works. . A mechanical device recently patent ed paTte. paper label, ou 100,000 tin. in ten hour.. Horned to a Crisp. Bethany, Mo., Nov. 33.-Ja.ne. Bar ker and Elmer Fruit, young men of Lminent local familie. were burned io . crisp in afire that destroyed Black burn Bros.' livery barn early thia morning. Two comrade, tried to re.- .. " i... nearlv Stiff OCSted. It i said the fire started from i. -i.ii-h tha victim were lantern playing ii ... car J a. Firelighter are made in Gerrasny by twisting wood into a rope, cutting it into. hurt lengths, aud d.pping th. nd of th piece into melted rein. THE CARETAKER. Caretaker li a word adopted Into modern us and means on who takes rare of, aud Is very generally applied to those employed to take care of thing! committed to their keeping. The way some people have of taking carp of lht'iiielves is verv sugKenllve ot the need of a ("irrtitker. the human InmIv to Midi U a mannioli lillrd Willi pr , " , . . ,.' clous things uncarcd fur, where llilevn i i- 7 . .... .... I nmv urea in aim rui uiunrurruiit. Talus and aches are thieves, and llie body left iiiuv un-aa in aim rui uninrurriiiK. rams u.icared lor to their niKiliaire ill he nibbed of ad tlriiiiifiirtanudeiiMiiled ol lis la-aca of mind and happineas. It is a happy thmit'l.t to look UK)ii ht. Jacobs Oil as a rarvuiker, to employ it ai a watchman IMiM-t h intruders. There is hanlly an ache, fmni a toothache to a toeache. Unit it can't luke care of and ell ret a cure. and puiusthe uumt violent are roiiiiirri'f ty Its ue. its ntllcv as a caretaker la to pri vem the .reacl of achei and wint into a cnnuiie iaie. Keep a bottle ol it In the huinlicnl nluce and be anmired of ood cam and comlurt. The most wonderful astronomical photograph in the world is that which has recently been prepared by London, llerlin and Parisian astronomers. It show, at leant 118,000,000 stars. MURKY HY THE WHOLESALE. I whal ehronle Inactivity ol the liver fires nil to. Hlle sell Into the hlmid and lniian a b'w tint. I In' limine limit, ml so iWi ihs Nth, .u s lii-aitr-clip. iiatu lieucatli (lie risbt rid. ami lniullr blade are felt, the toeli lie. iiic ciiiimti.atcd and the .toimcli dihirderrd. The croveii remedy lor this catahite ol evns I. Ilii.iciier' Htniiiacli lllilem, a medictne hmf n I rii(tliii.aly recmnnieiiileil.audtoverelia sImi lnr clitllt aud lever, nvrvuutiiris and rheiiiiialtkin. In tho period IHH3 to 1891 tbe crim inal recotd in the German empire in creased 23 percent, or 13 per cent more than the population. HOW'S Til At Wa offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for ant cc ol Camirli that eaiinul be cured by Uall'l Catarrh Cure. r. 1. t IIKNKY h t o., Tnleilo, O. We. the miller. htned. have known P. J. Cheney for the la. I li yenm, and believe httn perfectly hnrornhle In all bii.tnesii tratiMicihiut and Hmnielallv aiile to carry out any obhsalluiis Diade bv their firm. ntt.t isvai. H hule.ale Drueijlats, Toledo, 0. WI.IUMI, K INS AS it SlASVIN, Whiileiale irusi(ist, Toledo, O. Ilnll'i Catarrh l ure In taken Internally, act- ln ilirecily tiwin the blood and mucous aur fHcckoflhe ftisii'in. TcniiioiiiaU tree. I'rlce ;.k'. per biiitle. S..I.I hy all iImiiikIiIi. Ilall't Family 1'lllSare th be.t. Jnpanesu oflloers who fought in tho lato war against China have petitioned their government to erect a monument to the memory of the horses that loll in battle. IIOMK ritOlirCTS AND I'l'IIE FOOD. ... . ' wem. that presont value, will be fully All En.lern Svrtin, so-called, niiislly verv I , . 1 , . .. .,.i I iK i, i cuiured ami ot heavy body, u made trura maintained and probably advanced, (incuse, "im M.trdfii is mads Irum There ha. been a decided improve- butiir fane and Is Mrictly pure. It Is lor la , , , . . ,.', hv iimi-eiBMsroeerii. in cans oniv. Manuise- ment in the oash demand for corn, lured hy the ! inc Coavt svaerco. All sen- both for Eastern account and for ex lurvr'a name litiiogratihed on every cau. port The government reptirt, estimst. Mni tlia enin vleld at 1.81)2.000.000 Japan is about to sond a lot of expert, i to this country to teach the people how to make tea "Kins Solomon's Treasure. only Aphrodlilaeal Tonic knowo. (rtet llicllonary.l a boa. I week.' treatment. Mawn Cbeuieal Co., P. O. Bol 747, rtulaiielphia, Pa. A man who i. fond of figures affirm that in battle only one ball in 85 takt effect. My doctijr said I would die but Plio's Cure for consumption cured me. Amos Keliior, Dherry Valley, III., Nov. !0, 15. Tr Scbininf's Deit tea and baking powder. There are more than 600 ordained women preacher in the United States, not including the uumcroua preacher of that sex. ABOUT CnANGE OF LIFE. I "I aufforcd for eight year, and could find no permanent relief until ono year ago. My trouble was Change of Life. I tr-d Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and relict came almost immediate ly. Ihavatakea two bottle of the Vegetable Compound, ILm.Tmt.1 of Pill, and have . also uaed m wash, ana 1 must ay I havo never had any thing help ao much. I have better health than I ever had In my 1 fcol like a new person, Pefc.tly atrong. I give tho Compound all tha credit. I have recommended It to sev eral of my f rlenda who are uslaf It with like result. It haa cured lam of everal female disease. I would not do without Mrs. Plnkhara'e remediea for anything. Thero la no need of so much female Buffering. Her remediea are aure cure." Mas. Ella. Kriskm, Knlghtatown, Henry Co., Ind. By the way, the leading druggist tell us that the demand for Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound la imply beyond their power of nder atandlngj and, what Is best of all, It docs the work promptly and well. . , Wh that di do mine' ElJctrte Belt oae. It -SU cur. yoo. SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. 5S Wast W..l.tt- St.. rortl.ad. Or. floM aienltoa Win fnytf. YOUR LIVER Is it Wrung? Get it Right Keep it Right Moor.'. R.ee.l.d K.ro.dy wllldolt. Three . .Ill you feel better OSt It from your druKfUt or any whole.al. dnif house, or from Stewart Holmes Drof Co., Seattle. ZZrf.X"'"! r OTATKRj ,u.-aiid.i(i-a vlnaroUr.anSle ,mtj St. eeau a i a to inm rwi . ' . ; kotu. 11 th hMi or all. I naax iocM arraa. Tia ooua, vaa I tata Hltirawrw aVy'ourkldy."..'.; tl. o llll J'iin II..I I . . thltmm .rmliloml Ihlnl I" yonri-ii, t, ind cation" oi a ni"".ii - (let nr. naniieu PI T'J L ii aC I WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Offlra nl Pownlns, Hofklni A Co., Chimro AnardiilTrxlr Hnikrra, 7U-:u'limlxT of Cum Oiarc lluildlns, forilaml, Urvguu.) No decided change, have occurred in aiicat value, during the week. The market baa been principally noted for , i... ..i- u .. ....i ....... ..i. .;,... ....I 1,1V WI'KIIIO ... Kl IIVIHI .IH1. 1,11,111,11 ,1111, . " . 1 . I Iim nr..iiiii iT aMVMriil arifiiiii.ini. I tint. r" "- -- - apparently warrant an advance. Crop advice. In America, while showing an Improvement in condition of the grow ing crop, most certainly indicate a do crease! area seeded. The new. from the Argentine crop has been actuation al. General frosts have occurred, but the extent of the damage, if any, I. only a matter of conjecture. The exact tact cannot be ascertained for somo time yet. KeHirta from Kussia assert the rye crop to be very abort and the oat crop poor. The exiort demand con tinue unabated, and in excess of our weekly surplus. "It I a mat tor of re cent history that export countrie are liable to sell more than their available urplu ot breadstuffs and be forced to become importer. Thi i evidenced in the case ot Australia and the Argen tine during the past year, and should our export clearance continue at the present rate it is entirely possible that American supplies may be likewise ex hausted. Keoeipt. at primary point are large, oompared with last year, and visible stock continue to increase. When the high values aro taken into consideration together with the large crop produced last year, it is a matter of surprise that the primary receipt, are not much larger. Advice, from the northwest Indicate that the move ment from first hand, i decreasing. Export clearance of wheat and flour for the week were fl, 058,791 bushels, targe sali for export have been made durum tlia week, nartlv the result ot ! apprehended dumage to the Argentine ' crop. I The local speculative condition of the I wheat market la very unsatisfactory, i There I. an absence of general swt'iila- tive interest due partly to high values, : but more particularly to the small stock, and the presence of more or less manipulation in the market A large 1 abort interest exists entirely out of pro 1 portion to existing stocks. There i. , nothing in the general situation to war rant any decline. The result of tho Argentine crop seems to be the determ ining factor regarding future values. Until the result i. definitely known it buahel. jg not credited by the trado and entirely unwarranted according to private advice. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 74c; Val ley and Bluestem, 7677o per bind. el. Four Best grades, $4.26; graham, 13.60; superfine, 13.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 84(336o; choice gray, 82 38c ir bushel. Barley Feed barley, 1920; brew ing, $20 per ton. Millstiffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $31; abort, $15.60. Hay Timothy, $12(512.60; clover, $10311; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $U(glO per ton. Kggs 22 (325o per dosen. Butter Fancy, oreamory, 60(46So; fair to good, 4045c; dairy, 80 40c per roll. Cheese Oregon, 11,S'! Young America, 12c; California, f10o per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.75 2.60 per doesn; broiler, $3.002.60; geese, $56; ducks, $3.004.00 ler doann; turkeys, live, lOhjllopor Dound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanka, 85(340o tier sack: iweet. $1.40 per cental. Onion Oregon, new, red, 00c; yel low, 80o per cental. , Hons 8(81 8o per pound for new crot: 1898 crop. 67o. Wool Valley, 1418o per pound; Fastern Oreiinn. 7M12o: mohair, 20 &T2o per pound. Mutton Gross, beet sheep, wether and owe, $3.60(32.00; dressed mutton, 6o: spring lambs, 60 per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.60; light and feeders, $8.00(34.00; dressed, 14.60(35.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top teer. $2. 75 8.00; cow. $3.25; dressed beef, 46e per rxnind. Veal Large, 48 Bo; small, 6, 6o per pound. Raattle Market. Butter Fancy native ci eamory brick. 27o; ranch, 16 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 19)o California, 90. El'cb FreBh ranch, 80c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, lOo; spring chicken, 13.60(9 8 00; ducks, 3.608.75. Wheat Feed wheat, 28 per ton. Oat Choice, per ton, flB30. Corn Whole, $32; cracked, per ton, 123: feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Kol led or ground, per ton, C22: whole. $23. Fresh Meat Choice dressed neei, steers, 6c; cows, 8o; mutton .beep, 60: Dork. 7c; veal, .mall, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 45e: salmon, 84e; salmon trout, 710o; flounders and sole, 84; ling cod, 4S; rock cod 6c; smelt, 34c. Fresh Fruit Apples, 6076o per box; peaches, 7680c; prunes, 8540o pears, 7ocf 1 per ttox. Man franelaeo Market. . Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 13 14c; Northern 11 8 Ho per pound. Hods 10(3 14c per pound. Millstuffa Middlings, $20 (23; Cal Ifornia bran. $16.00 16.60 per ton. Onion New red. 70(380c; do new ailverskln. $1.85 1.60 per cental. Egga Store, 1828c; ranch, 41 43c; Kaatern, 8728; duck, S5o ier dosen. Potatoes New, in boxes, 80(?80c. Citrus Freit Oranges, Valencia, 1.60(28.00: Mexican limes, $2.60 8.00; California lemon., choice, $3.00 an nn An enmmnn. 7KcOll tier box. li.v Wheat. 13 14.60; wheat and' DlCr DIM MIMO SDICllI lltll oat. $1118; oat, $1013; river bar.;DA0L DALL DUUUl) to txtms. ley, $7 8; be.t barley. $10 13; alialla, 8(gw.ou; ciover, ots.u. Freah Fruit Apple., 85o$l per large box; grape, 168Bo; Isabella, 6076c; peoche. 60c(3$l; pears, 76c $1 per box; plume, 8035o. Butter Fancy oreamery, 87 (8 38c; do second, 8626o; fancy dairy, 14c: food to choice, 313330 per pound. 20002-0 says " It is worth a great deal to us to have you try Sciiiltng's Best baking powder and tea." Money-back says "We have a great deal or confidence in your good faith and in Schillings Best baking powder and tea." Schilling's Best baking powder and tea are . because they are money-back. What Is the misting word f not SAFE, although Shilling' i But baking pottder and lea art safe. Get bhtlliHg't Btil baking powder or tea at your grocers'; take out tlia ticket (brown ticket in every package of baking powder; yellow ticket in the tea); send a ticket with each word to address below before December 31st. Until October ijth two words allowed for every ticket; after that only on word for every ticket. If only on person finds th word, that person gets f 1000.00; if several find R, 1 3000. 00 will be equally divided among them. Every one .ending a brown or yellow ticket will receive a set of cardboard creeping babies at th end of th contest. Those sending three or more in one envelope will receive an 1898 pocket calendar no advertising on it These creeping babies and pocket calendar will be different fiom the oues olTuied in the last contest Better cut these rules out. Addreu: MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO. Haa Water fur Blood. M. Quinton, as a consequence of his researches in evolution, believe that as all th higher organism, according to the teachings of evolution, have as cended from a less highly organized murine ancestry, the liquid which bathe all the cell of the Individual oui;lit to be chemically limilar to sea water. During experiments made at the college ot France a dog waa bled to ticli an extent that death would have nevitably followed bad the animal been left alone. It wa then given an Intravenous injection of sea water. Ten lays after tlio otieration the dog showed, as tested bv the calorimeter, a larger proKrtlon of hemoglobin than before the bleeding. All dog experi mented on not only survived, but re covered with remarkable quickness. M. Uttinton thinks it is on account of its milling in suspension the tame salt which are constituent of sea water that artificial serum holds the repntu- ion that it does, and that sea water i. hysiologiually superior. A pound ot the finest tpider web would reach around the world. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARB ASSERT1NO IN Tilt COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THf exclusive use or the word "CASTORIA," and " PITCHER'S CASTOR tA,H AS OUR 1HADK MARK. 7, DR. SAMUEL PITCHED, of Ilyannla. Massachusetts was ih originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the tame that has borne and doet now tSt y " on every bear the fao-simile signature of Clo, F-cMcJttU wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been used in the liomes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at tfie wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought f.f t 7 on and has the signature of(ffl4M wrap per. vYo one has authority from me io use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher is President. - . March 8, 1897. Q&-. SiA .p. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the lire of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which tome druggist may olTer you (because he make a few more pennies on it), the ingredient of which even he docs not know. "The Kind You Have Always. Bought" BEARS THE FAC-8IMILE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. CRT TUB CEMUIWB AHTICLEI Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast COCOA Pure. Costs less tbsin lis sura Walter (Establish 1780.) Trait Mm THE OLD STORY OF LOVE AND LIFE, Aa TOLD IS TH SW BOOK, "COMPLETE MANHOOD." Thftuaanda ot happy man prononnc. this work th. means n( ihslr physical aalvatlon. It (Ives th. lataataclantilk (aula concerning DiarrlaRs. ... ' It deacrlbM th. onlr known method of at taining; fullest natural manly vigor. It points out Home Treatment for all e ceeaes and sesual dlftbarroenta. i It ahowa huw to cur nervousness,' hop Un.,. ilMmiiiil.nrv. One copy of TO ATTAIN IT" snt free, la l.ii.nrLR i r. aAniu,vif ANU HOW plain wrapper, sealed securely, to the addreia of any sincere Inquirer, by th. Erie Medical Company, tf Niagara Ht., Buffalo, N. Y. carry the mit complete line ot Oymnaal urn and AtlilelioOooilseo tl Coast. suits aau uniforms Maoi to order. bend lur Our A thistle Catalogue. WILL V FINCK CO.. 1-S Market St., lis fraaalSM. Cal. RODS far trarln and Inrallng Oold or KUver Ore. loat or burl.il lrea.nrea. M. U. IVWLtU,iilHI, vutsiagtoa, Ceaa. i. ion In France, some of the hospital, for infectious diseases are furnished with telephones, so that the sick may con verse with their friends without dan ger of communicating disease. The flag carried by Cortes, the Span ish conqueror of Mexico, nearly 400 yeara ago, was until recently preserved at a little church in the capital of the atateof Tlaxcala. Chicago is justly proud of her new public library. It has taken ten year to build and the actual cost was $1, 8IS.07 lust than the $2,000,000 origin ally appropriated. Rarifled air ha been found by Ilerr Levinstein to produce strong fatty de generation of heart, liver and muscles, with death through deficiency of oxy gen. Egypt's population, according to the census just taken, Is 9,700,300, an in crease of 9,900,000 since 1882, or about 43 per cent in IS yeats. Minister Woodford, our minister to Spain, say he never want to see an other bull fight Delicious Nutritious. ONE CENT cup. that th packag bear our Trade Mark. 1 Baker & Co. Limited, Dorchester. Mass. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGS FREE Buell, Lamb'crson ISO FRONT ST Portland. Or. Proresslonnl Titmir Uul Send for Catalogue Miicttesco. PORTLAND, UHtgun. WHEATS Make fnonry by surrenf nt svuleilon In t'hlcago. W. buv auo m.i wdhi oa mar alna Knrtunr. have bren nade on a email beginning by trading In lu ...... wrlia (or full nartlriilara. Hl ol rl- in li tm V UUU II erence glvt-n. Hrveral yoarn' eiixrlenceon th Chicago Hoard ol Trade, and a thorough know leila. ol the bunineu. Mend lor nur Iron refer ence book. DOWNISC.. HOPKINS Co.. Chicago Board ol Trade rlrtikxra. Offices ln Portland, Oregon and Kcatlla, Wash. tTr. W.l). 4r7. HEN writing t adv.rU.aira, r' aa.aUaa this paper.