CULTURAL NEWS
PERTAININO TO THE
1H0S
FARM AND HOME.
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W'A.Y:vrmcnU with Vail--Avcraa
Vle'd ot Coro
(li-Krelni wi me ui
if . . .
I -..l,ir CIOVMd.
farmer from force of linlilt do
1 their clover seed, but buy It
' ,c.ir to )',,,,r- Hl"h ' ,'oure f,,r
f f"ru"'r 1 ',0 not th,"k u
CIovit I practically tho great
we limy tulk a great deal
K i ulilllUrc "' """. "
sins" Into liiKlpilni onro when
LrlKun I" wl,h tM ereai
' ,l6 crop. Will not tlio expert-
L of lllll""x"" u ,u,m"" vunuiw
U"' .
" . .., In tlio local mnrkt't. It hu
'' iu...n ii considerable Item of ex-
f .1,1. fiirmer. A bushel of clover
Uls spring wa equivalent la value
rtllH"U or OHIH llCIIVlTril. in iro-
. t.,.i of clover wed onlliiiirllr
t . ..nriv no expensive an the cost
Cruwlnff the quantity of these grain
r. ........ i II may be that clover need
h i cheaper this ywtr. However
gmX I. ' 1,0 " " "fti in
part of Hie country ever boIIh un
its rust of production. Hut there
.....u'it reason why farmer
LJ raise tbulr own m',,J tt,r I1'1""
Li v. ilinu for the money It will
L th.Mii In tho nmrket. They are
r to bare an article at cost of pro
,Iob which they know I rellnlile.
rare mire of whnt they arc sowing.
rr will be "O need of sowing eed
i or ill year old, nor will they now
Mammoth or some other variety for
nimlliim, or vice venw. National
kman.
liperlmcnta with Forage Crop.
,i the Michigan experiment station
luiulx-r of experiment hnvo been
.!e with forage crop that are very
rmtlng. A plot of alfalfa yielded
irlr nine ton of hay per acre for the
mid from fourcuttlnR. the flint cut
f bring made on May 2 and the hint
Sept. 2H. Hulf-acro plot of Dent
x Kaffir corn and sorghum produced
INDt corn 15.3.14 pound of green
Her, 17.1S0 pound of Kntllr corn
ler and 1D.38H pound of sorghum
ler. Crimson clover sown with
1 and cut for green food on Oct. 23
1 Nar. 12 yielded 5,134 pound of for
tot i half-acre plot, and a plot sown
hoot out yielded 1,870 pound when
on June 24. The flnt pea produced
W pound of green fodder per acre,
: It waa not a palatable to stock a
fro clover or alfalfa.
Average Yield of Corn.
ircordlng to the Government report.
truruge yield of coro orer the
Me country la 23.7 bushel per acrei
IS!! the average was 27.3 bushels.
I In It w as 2(1.2 bushel. Hay
Wed 1.42 ton, against an average
1.21 for the Inst fifteen year. Such
tragi are very low, a It him not
fnonusiinl to secure over 100 bushels
hJ er acre, nnd fottr form ot clover
Mime plot. It I possible to largely
rriHe this average, nnd, n tho nv
;efur wheat I about thirteen biiKh
lr acre, our enormoun wheat crop
blil be doubled without cultivating
re land for that purpose, ami, as
yields can be hud at less cost
ia small averages, the profit from
wheat a ml corn crops could be more
ko doubled.
Klllinii Cntworm by Frenlna.
I In digging Into an old sod, many
the wlilie grub or cutworms are
pml, It In bi'Ht to full plow the pi we
lute aa possible, so that the cut
'nw w in uot be able to find new nnd
'nit hiding place. Under a heavy
I the soil often doe not freexe deep
i&d It I always pokhIIiIo for the
pi to find auArters where it will lie
I dutlng the winter. All k!ud of
Kui nnd Insect posts are enslly kill-
iy exiiosure to frost preceded by
"f. A dry freexe does not hurt
pi; but when wet and cold come to-
w they succumb. Besliles, the uiv
;i'n In the full exposes the cut-
frins to their nnturul enemies, the
Pier birds, which ditroy great
uiwrs of them.
Thick Seed Inn for Full Grain.
grvut many farmers when sowing
or wheat, esuectnllv If lute, mill a
Jf bushel to the seed tliey would put
It whs sown earlier. This Is irood
:'uVe, though the reason often as-
pii'd. that the thicker seeding belli
Kwl the plants from winter killing
putting them close together o that
( mid protect another, Is a most fal-
one. No fun growth of grain,
"ever large, can keep the soil be
'"i It from freexlng. Wheu the soli
rw each grain plnirt has to lMik
fw Itself, nnj t l8 oniy injured If
iw another plant beside It, cramp
H roots and preventing thorn from
wl"K horizontally, as It should In
'T to be better prepared when the
1 Wvea and falla back In change
e frlng weather. What Is called
w killing of grain I really spring
when there are several days of
lIng nights and aunshlue during
day time, thawing the surface. A
W fnll growth Is some protection
lnt this, but It l lietter protection
jle grain has lHHn sown thinly, so
F "ch plant hns room to spread.
I' wwn grain cannot spread or tiller
"' fall. Hence It may be sown
P tlilckly.
I PeedhiB Fowls in Winter;
of the reasons why hens do not
r 001(1 leather Is because they then
I 'Mr fooj Wtn too lutle eXerclse.
(In the summer the fowl are
1 mostly to care for themselves.
KPt a great variety of fowl, eating
rf nd taking much exercise while
filling up. in tho winter they
P only one or two kind of food,
fj'y grain, and this 1 put In a mass
T "itn no ti,ey clin fi,i themselves
LiL n the fowls "tHn, ldly "y
i ne fooil rllo-.l. Tl,l. tpnulil be
Jbat Is wanted If the fowl were
( fttened. In fact, the hen thus
. ami mus oecome uuui i
; try gg are formed they are
Vn I,U thln the re"ult of I
t i.' an', 'ark of exercise. Give
at "ly mnn Bralu- 0Htn or i
V" better sUll, mixture of both. I
Oat only are not beavy enongi, food
for fowl In cold weather. The chaff
of oat fills their crop. . ut they can
not get enough nutrition. Then If this
grain Is burled In a mass of cut straw
and the hens are obliged to scratch f;
living, as they do In summer. Imtcad
ol being moping BU,i .j,, ,lu.Ir v .
Katlng will be heard all throiiKh the
day. their combs will Income red, and
If kept warmly enough they will ny
n-gularly a they did In the summer
s.'aon.-Amerlcan Cultivator.
Maklnii an A..om,(ii. llr.l.
Asparagus root mny be piunl,.d In
"prlng or full, prov d the ground I
moderately dry; otherwise, It L Is tter
Jo plant In the spring. The land must
bo well prepared, ami can hardly )
too rich. (iiKMl, strong one-yenr-oM
plant arc by many preferred to older
one. For garden culture the row
should lie not lc than three feet apart
nnd the root planted two feet apart
In the row. In field culuire, where
horse cultivation Is practiced, three to
four feet of space In given each way.
Tho easiest way of planting I to
make furrows with the plow ten or
twelve Inches deep. Level and mellow
tho bottom of these, and If the ground
I not already very rich, spade lit some
decoiiiKHted manure, lining up the
trenches so that the bottom Is about
six Inches Mow the surface of the
land. I'lnnt tho root In these, covering
them with three Inches of soil, and a
the shoots grow fill lu the trench grad
ually until It Is level. The ground I to
lie kept mellow and clear of weed
throughout the season. After two
years a few stalks may be rut off each
year, but a full crop should not be cut
before the third year. Amerlcun Ag
riculturist. SI I Ik as Food on the Farm.
To every city resident one of the ad
vantages of living lu the country Is
that those living there can easily se
cure fresh and pure milk directly from
the cow. It Is a most valuable food
product, whether used directly as milk
or cooked In custards and cakes. In the
various ways that milk and cream can
be used. I'robably most housewives
who have lived In the country nnd
when they remove to the city that the
absence of the lx-st milk and cream
which they used to have In abundance
was a stronger handicap than anything
else. At the wholesale price that are
all that milk producer ran get for
milk. It I a much cheajH-r food than
ony other that comes to their tables, if
fanners ate more of their milk product
they would lie better off physically, as
well as financially. What they then
sold would probably bring as much as
does the larger portion that they sell
now.
A Large Artichoke Crop.
Byron C. Crane, of Bridgeport, Ver
mont, Is a prosperous farmer, and the
first to Introduce Trench artichoke as
a crop In his section. He has one and
one-hulf acres of artichokes. The fo
liage Is more than ten feet high, and
covers the ground densely, killing ev
ery weed. They were planted twelve
Inches aiwrt lu rows three and one
half feet apart. He thinks he will get
at least 1.000 bushels of the roots to the
acre. Ho raised a small amount of this
crop last year, and found that cattle
ate the foliage with relish, and bogs
ate the roots In preference to"corn. An
alysis shows theiu to be butter a a
feed than any other root which we
raise In this country. This crop was
raised with less work than corn, on
land that has produced two crops of
potutors and one of corn, this being the
fourth crop since any fertilizer was ap
plied. It Is not affected by frost. New
England Farmer.
Fall Care of the Garden.
If tho garden I thoroughly under
drained, as it always ought to lie. It
should lie full plowed lu ridges nnd
the surface left rough, so as to exose
the soil as much a possible from freex
inir Tills Is the more necessary be
cause tho garden Is always a sheltered
sK)t, where snow lies much or the win
ter, so that there are few times when
tho soil freexes very deeply. The gar
den Is always the richest spot on me
farm. It often I what the Scotch farm
ers call "much midden," or heavy with
mil nitre. It needs the winter's freex
lng to lighten the will and make Its fer
tility available.
Cause of Death Among; Poultry.
A Western poultry pniier recently
published an article on poultry ni.d
cause of death among same. By In
vestigation It was proved that W pir
cent, of tho chickens that die losi their
life In couseiiuencc of the ravages of
lice, either directly or Indirectly; th;-t
n laying hen covered with lice becomes
so debilitated that her chickens are not
so strong as those from hens free of
lice. It Is the lice worrying and suck
Ing the life blood from the fowl ihut
weaken It so thnt It 1 not stioug
enough to resist disease In any form
nnd soon sickens and dies. Tho first
cause In nearly every cose Is lice. So
when you flud an ailing fowl look for
lice.
rreaervlna Kwn by Electricity.
i rf.in siwtrlclan has discovered
r nrnwrvln eiri: In an edible
condition for a number of years. It Is
well known that an egg shell I more
or less porous, and thnt air passes into
the egg and hasten Its decay. In pre
serving eggs by the new method the
eggs are first placed In a vacuum cham
ber which draws the air from the Inte
rior. They are then pnintea wuu a
which renders them air
tight. Finally they are placed In liar-
rels of water auu suujci . -.ni
nnrrent strong enough to destroy
nny germ life which may be present.
World's Laret Fruit Farm.
What Is said to be the lurgst fruit
form In the world Is at Olden. Mo., on
.... o,..,.iis Itnilwny. It contains
2.2S0 acres, on which are 100,000 peach
trees, OO.ooO apple trees, o i"
. a f,-tv acre of blackberries
bcHides a large variety of other fruits.
There I a large worenouw, u v....... ....
... . i.. r.r lO.OtK) cans per
llll J, no " ,n. Mil U-.
13.000 burreis or hit"-, - -
m,U and a number of bouses Mr.
,.f managers and i0
farm Is valu.nl at fjaM"" to floo.onu.
When to Holt.
Harrow the field until the sods are
H.nrroW." .ii Alwavs roll before
broken; x.. - .
drilling, ana m r ,
grain This earth fail, slowly and
covers the grain root.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER."
Light apecolmion was the dominating
factor in the wheat market tun week.
It force wai felt more keenly than at
ny time since price ,.ft 61 cents five
month Ago. The bear element is
working on the idea that all the bollish
influence bare been discounted by the
advance in prices of 88 cent from the
low point in the spring. Wheat that
cleared lust week was all bought a
month or more ago, and prices were ad
vance.! at the time. Now that the
tuff is moving out, the bull think
that prices should continue to go up,
because the stuff is being delivered to
the buyers. The latter are not taking
bold a freely, but export sale during
the week were heavy. For three
months the market has backed and
filled around 00 cent for May, getting
6 cent above it recently, and litis been
3 ceuli below it. The bears have been
unable to maintain a break for more
than a duy or two below 90 cents, be.
ceinber- sold 4',' cent to 17 cent
premium over May. The jxnition of
the bull and their intention are a
in mil of a puxzle a ever. They Hand
ready to pay for 0,000,000 bmliels of
wheat, and are very liable to get it lie.
fore the first of the year. Klevator
people, however, are not disposed to
make any deliveries until navigation is
closed, as they want to keep the wheat
ill their houses. TlieLeiter party have
from 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 bushels
bought. There are also scattered lines
that will reach above 2,000,000 bushels
held by parties outside of the hhiI.
The claim is made that there is no
shortage, except on the part of the ele
vator people. The latter have been
bringing wheat down from Duluth. It
ii a deal thut no one except rich men
can afford to be in. The bulls claim
that the wheat brought down from the
Northwest by the elevator people has
not shown any profit. If such i the
caae, it seems rather strange that two
such shrewd business men aa Armour
and Weare should be so actively engaged
in it. Government report give crop of
winter and spring wheat at 800,000,000
bushel. Visible supply ot wheat de
creased 101,000 bushels, and now total
84,744 bushels.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Wulla, 72 73c; Val
ley and Blueatem, 75(3 70c per bushel.
Four Best grades, $4.25; graham,
3.40; kiiierfine, 12.25 per barrel.
Outs Choice white, 84(3 85c; choice
gray, 8233u per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $19(320; brew
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffi Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; abort. $17.
Hay Timothy, $12.50(318; clover,
$10(311; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9(310 per
toll.
" E'g 1 8 f ft? Ba per doxen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 60(3550;
fair to good, 4045c; dairy, 80 40c
por roll.
Cheese Oregon, 1 1 Hfo; Young
America, Uc; California, 9(3 lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.75(3
2.50 per doeaii; broilers, $J. 00(32.60;
geese, $5.60(30; ducks, $3.00(34.50
per doxen; turkey, live, 10(3 11c por
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbank, 8545o
per sack; weets, $1.40 per cental.
Onions Oregon, new, red, 90o; yel
low, 80o per cental.
Hops tl(3l4a per pound tor new
crop; 1896 crop, 46o.
Wool Valley, 14(316o por pound;
Enstorn Oregon, 712o; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Oross, best sheep, wether
and ewes, $3.00; dressed mutton,
6u; npring lamb, 6.4c per pound.
Iio Oroas, choice beavy, $4.00;
light and feeders, $3.00(34.00; dressed,
$4.50(36.00 per 100 ponnds.
Beef Oross, top steers, $2. 75 8. 00;
cows, $3.25; dressed beef, 46,4o peri
pound.
Veal Large, 4,5o; small, 5K
Ho per pound.
Seattle Market. -
Cttor Fancy native creamery,
brick, 28o; ranoh, 16 18c
(jlnjese Native Washington, 12,'s'oj
California, 9,o.
Eg! Fresh ranch, 80 32c
Poultry Chickens, live, por pound,
hens, lOo; spring chlckons, $3.60(1
8 00; duck, $3. 60 3. 75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $19 20.
Com Whole, $22; craoked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Unr,yUollod or ground, per ton,
122; whole, $22. '
Frenh Meats Choice dressed beef,
iteers, 6c; cows, 5Mi mutton sheep,
fc; pork, 7c; veal, small. 7.
Frenh Fish Halibut, 4 5c: salmon,
44c;aalmon trout, 7 10c; flounder
and sole, 84; ling cod, 4 6; rock cod,
6c; melt. 2'44c.
Freeh Fruit Apple, 60o$1.25 per
box; peaches, 76 80c; prune, 8540o;
pear, 75c $1 per box.
San Frsnclseo Market.
Wool Nevada 11 13c; Oregon, 12
14c; Northern 78o per pound.
Hopi 1014c per pound.
Milliitnffa-Middllngs. $3022; Cal
if....,!. hrn. tl7.60 18.00 per ton.
Onions New red. 7080c; do new
nlvcrslin, $1.40 l.eu per cem...
Ebl's -Store, 2328e; ranoh, 87 a
JOr; Kaitern, 1420;duck, 3025c per
Cheewe Fancy mild, new, 2c; fair
to good, 7 8c per pound..
CitriH Fruit-Orange, Valencia.,
U 60 3.00; Mexican limes, $2.00
j 00; Cilifornia lemon, choice, $1.75
2 25; do common, 60c$l per box.
ll!1T.Wheat, 12 14; wheat and
oat, $11 13; oat, $10 12; river bar
lev $5 8i beat barley, $10 12;
alfalfa. 89-B0; clover. $89.60.
Fresh Fruit-Apples. 8585o per
..rgo bcx; grapes, 2040c; Isabella,
-n75c: neurhe. 60cC$l; pear, 76o
1 per bix; plums, 20 35a
Butte' Fancy creamery, 2627c;
dosecon ls, 2425o; fancy dairy. 23 ,
Bool to choice. 1722o per round.
Pottoe-New. in boxes, 86 80c. '
INDIANS IN OREGON,
Aport from Klaroalh. BlUls and
Orand Koade Atnl,
Joseph Emery, United State Indian
agent at Klamath agency, In bis an
nual report to the coiiiuimiaaiotier of
Indian affairs, igk of the ureat im
provement that ha been nisile In the
matter of agriculture. There was also
a good crop ot rye and oats, and more
land bad been fenced and more build
ing erected than in any former year.
There have boen also other improve
ments and more would have been made
If there hud been a miftlcicnt aupply of
lumber. The Indians on the reserva
tion show a disposition to live in bet
ter bouse than heretofore. More at
tention i beinr given to stoekraising
than usual, and a marked iucreuse has
been observed in the herd. Home pur
chase of thoroughbred cattlo have been
ma le, and the Indian allow a disposi
tion to tuke care of them.
The agent also reports the gratifying
results of the two school of that agency.
One hundred and fifty-two children
were in attendance at the Klamath
school, and 103 at the Yainax school.
Tho Klamath Indian are thrown
nKin their resources, as all allowance
censed 12 year ago. Three. fourth of
them are induatrious and law-abiding,
and aro making their way very well.
They are engaged in hauling freight
and other work, beside agriculture.
The total number ot Indians on the
reservation is 1,020, an increase ot 69
over last year. A better system 6f wa
tcjjurkt and beating apparatus Is rec
ommended tor the Klamath school.
Bailey Uuithor, agent at Silets, re
ports that the population at that agency
is 480, a decrease of 12. Ho also re
port that the Indian have been work
ing, and were employed in picking
hops and packing fish at the cannery
which ha been construotod near the
mouth of the Kiletx river. The In
dian received during the year $15,662
from various sources, including $5,858
annuity from the government
He report a great deal of confusion
among the Indian who claim to own
land of dead alottees, aa 116 have died
Since the allotment wa onmploted,
making aliout 9,000 aorca of land for
the Indians to quarrel over. In some
cases there is no question a to who are
the legal heirs; but lu the majority
there are a number of claimants, and
it is very difficult to determine the re
lationship of any of tho claimants.
The agent says it is a means ot consid
erable annoyance, and will grow more
so unless some simpler and less expen
sive method ot adjustment is devised.
At present, application is made to the
state courts to determine who are the
heirs, and it Is usually o expensive
that it excludes the Indian from any
means of determining his right.
Mr. Gaither report gratifying work
from the schools, and sava that there is
not luflloient room in the building at
the present time.
Andrew Kershaw, the superintendent
in charge ot the Orando Uondi agency,
say there has been steady progies In
the school work there, and he also
speak very highly of the industrial
work of the pupil. He !iowa that
there has been a decrease in thepoplua
Hon during the year, but tho reserva
tion ia in general good order.
Oregon 'trs.
During November, 812 carload lot
ot freight were shipped over the Elgin
branch of the O. ft. tt .
.The Btockyards at tho Linnton can
nery have become a groat resort for
seagulls and crows. Hundreds of these
birds haunt the yards in search of food.
The authorities of Lakevicw, in Lake
county, are improving the street of
that town with gravel. It is estimated
thut the cost of the improvements will
be $000.
The Lane county rock crustier ia at
work near Ooslien, where rock is being
crushed to repair the road near Camas
swale. About 800 feet of new road
will be built.
An Ashland man is over among the
Klamath Indian, endeavoring to gather
100 dogs to be sent to Alaska in the
spring. The dog of the Indians boing
accustomed to hardships and food of
dried fish are thought to bo hardy
enough for the northern climate.
Residents of Wallowa county report
a run of salmon which begnn within
the past week. A run ot salmon this
late in the season is very uiiuhii il in
that county. The fish are large and
have dcop red sides, and have other
unusual characteristics. They are
headod for Wallowa lake and aro very
plentiful.
The Santinm New give the follow
ing account of the courageous efforts of
Mrs. Mack, who reside near that
place, in trying to save her little on,
Frank, from drowning. Tho lad wa
dragging a plank on a footlog, crossing
a deep bnt narrow stream, between
their bouse and the residence of Mr. A.
Bigg, who lives near, and In some
way fell in the stream. The youngest
boy, Wul lace, creamcd for his mother,
who oame running to their assistance,
and jumped into the stream to ave the
now drowning boy. Khe missed hira
as he floated past, got in deep wuter
herself, and but for the timely assist
ance of Mr. Bigg would have drowned.
She was rescued with difficulty, just
as she was sinking the last time. The
boy floated down stream till in coming
in contact with some overhanging
willow, be managed to pull himself
ashore.
There waa not exactly a tidal wuye at
Seaside, ClaHop county, Thursday; but
during the high tide the wind blew the
waves high upon the beach, and one
unusually large one broke over the
knoll near the bathhouse and lent
tons of water into the camping grove.
The water Tan back a far a the Este,
Allen and Kopp cottage. A number
of people were watching the aurf at the
time, and many of them received a
ducking, but none were Injured, and
the damage to property waa compara
tively alight.
The demand for terrapin In Ban
Francisco i making quite a business of
the shipment of turtle to Kan Fran
cisco from point in Shasta and Siski
you counties, as they can be found In
the various river and lake throughout
Northern California and Southern Ore
gon. They are kept in water pond
until a sufficient number ia obtained to
make up carload shipment, when they
are hauled to the railroad In aacks,
kept constat ly moist to preserve them
alive.
There wa an over-upply of wild
duck in '.he Marshfield market last
wee
The various experiment made with
solar engine by the French in Algeri,
where the aim ia never overclouded and
shine with great siwer, have been at
tended in loiue instance with marked
luces. The best Npparatu if stated
tob' simple arrangement ot boiler
and cones vn mirror, the steam generated
being condensed in a coiled tube sur
rounded by water, thil being intended
merely for distilling water. But In
India an inventor ha contrived some
machine with which wore varied re
aulta are accomplished. Una of these,
sayi the Philadelphia Itccord, is what
is termed a cooking-lsix, made of wood
and line. I with reflecting mirror, at
the bottom of the lioi being a small
copper boilur covered with glass to re
tain tho beat of the ray a concentrated
by the mirrora upon the boiler. In
this contrivance an v sort ot food may
be quickly cooked, the result being a
tow or boil it the ileum i retained, or
if allowed to escape it is a bake. The
heat with this device may be aug
mented indefinitely by increasing the
diameter ot the box.
Jacobin Hongs at Kaliuoral.
CJueen Victoria recently Invited a
Glasgow singing society to sing to her
at Balmoral. Among the songs were
"Wae's Me for Prince Charlie," "Mac
Orcgor's Gathering," "Bonnie Prince
Charlie." and "Charlie I My Darl
ing." KNOCKKO OIT.
It knocks out all calculations of attend
ing to business in the right way for a day
when we wake up lu the morning sure and
slin. The tliiappilntniriit Ilea In going to
bed all right and waking up all wrong.
There is a short and aura wav out of it. lo
to brd after a good rub illi fct. Jacobs Oil
and you wnke upall right; aorrneita and
slitliiens all gone, bosure is thin, thai men
much riMiM-d in changeful wrulber keep
a bottle of it on the mantel for ue at niglil
Hi make sure of going to work in good in.
Long Iklatnnre Signaling.
The Greenwich observatory ha been
put into telegraph communication with
that ot the McGill college, Montreal,
and the signals can be flashed between
the two places, a distance of 8,800
miles, in tliree-quartor ot a second.
TUB LAST MAM ON EAHTII
To rrrklPMlr enierlment uivon himself with
' hnWo( relief in the dvn.tle. Yet the niis-
I tram, for this mainly ere m Hie .tints ot the
sea, sn.l, iire.iiiusMy, alMiut as eftisrtuiis. In
dtsffitnn, iliai ct.i.iltis!a tnsU'ljr. even If of
tons T-etullv, la eventually overcome with
. r ni'iii.n. ,1 niuni, ,n ai'in-. .i..g
tntilc ami alterative, which cures cntiallpatiuii,
ferer suit asae, bllloim remittent, rtmumalUm,
klJnuy eiiui.llnl and (eeb;eues.
An even cubic fool of average coil
was weighed and analyxed at Cornell
University. It was found that the soil
in one ucre one foot deep weighed
2,082,4 toinu
AN OPEN ICTTCR TO MOTHERS.
We are aaaertlng In the courts our right to the
escliiiive u-e ot the woiii "CAhI'iihi A," and
" I'l TCHKR e t Aa roHIA," as our TiaUc Mark.
I, Dr. nainurl Pitcher, of UyannU, MawachuMtts,
wailheoriginatoror'TITCIIKK'HCASrORlA,"
i the same that has borne and dors now bear the
I fac-situiic signature orcHAd. It. FI.KTCIIKR on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCllKH
CAkTURIA" which has beta used In the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years,
1 Look Carefully at the wrapper and are that It la
I ... 1 1 . . . -... ... A . 1 . -.. t.a I ...
Iff am j jvm mtivw ".. , nMw
ilgnalure of CIIAS. II. FLKTCIIKR on Ih
wrapper. Mo one has authority from me to uae
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chaa. II. Fletcher la Pmiiirnt.
Hank S, ;. fcAilUia PITCJ1KK, M.U
Lightning rod may be valuable if
I.Fi.a a.,f, i.rl, Bn.l lnu.llato.1 a.,fllf.l..l.t I V
I to carry aay a bolt of lightning. The
common lightning rod i not ot much
uso.
IJOME rilODl'CTS AM Pl'KK FOOD.
'All Eaatern Syrup, tcvrallcd, usually very
liKlit colored ana ol heavy biMly, la ttia.le from
lureae. "7'frt UnnUn lripi" Is made from
Busar l ane and la strictly pur. It la lor kale
hv Sral-claMi irriK-era, in reus anlr. Mantiiac
t ii rod by the Pii iricl'u.sr HrsirCo. All sen
uine "7ri o'lif-rirN inim" hate the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
In a recent lecture Professor Berg
mann. of Berlin, stated that In 60
case of perforating the skull for epl
, l't,sy ba knew ot only one permanent
cure.
I MKltif Siolomon'B Treasure, only AphrodUlaeal
i Tunic kuuwn. (Hre liieii.inary.) tvuu a bus. S
' wwki' treatment, aleaun Chemical Co., P. O. Uus
747, Philadelphia, Pa.
I Firelighters aro niado in Germany
I by twisting,wood into a rope, cutting
I it into short lengths, and dipping the
end ot the pieces into molted reiin.
j I believe my prompt use of liso'i Cure
prevented (uick roiii.iiniHioii. .ura. i.ucy
Vulluce, Murtuette, Kans , Dec. 12, 1K.
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
Awful Warning.
A Spanish woman kissed her pug
dog and djed of hydrophobia last week.
The retributions of Providence for
lack of sense are often mysterious and
evere. Pomona Progress.
MRS. HNKHAM'S VICT0HY
Mrs. Sidney Hamlet
Cared by Lyrtla K. PI nh ham's YegetabU
Compound.
Red Uouii, VA. To Mr. Plnkharat
"My heart goee out in sympathy to all
who are suffering with trouble pecul
iar to the female sex.
"I would like to express my gratiluda
for what your Vegetable Compound baa
done for me. 1 have been a sufferer
since girlhood; did not then know the
cause of dreadful alok headachea and
other trouble. I could not take long
walka, lift or carry anything heavy, and
waa very ncrvou.
"Last summer I waa almost an
Invalid I could not walk across my
room without pain. I sent for our
physician. He pronounced my caae a
bad one of ' Prolnpsu Uteri,' conges
tion and ulceration of the womb, and
aald I waa to He abed. I waa so dis
tressed to And myself so helpless and
useless to my family! I saw your Com
pound advertised and thought I would
try it. I took several bottle, and used
the Sanative Wah and Pills as directed,
and now I am a atrong aa I ever was,
and do all my own housework. I can
walk more than a mile without any
Inconvenience. Ohl I am truly grate
ful. I cannot write the good you have
dona me. Word are Inadequate to
express It, May Ood bless you for the
good you are doing." Maa. BibM
Hamlet, Bed flouae, Va.
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Last Chance!
The $2000.00 missing-word contest
closes December 31st.
Result will be announced about January
1 5th.
Scu'lwg's Best baking powder and tea are
. because they are money-back.
What i the missing word f not SAKE, although &Klling'i But baking
powder and tea rt safe.
Get Schilling's But baking powder or tea at your grocers'; take out the
ticket (brown ticket in every package of b.Ung (lowder; yellow tkkrt in the
tea); send a ticket with each word to address below before December jut.
Until October ijth two words allowed for eveiy ticket; after that only one
word for every ticket.
If only one person finds the word, that person gels f iooo.oo; if several find
h, f xvjo.oo will be equally divitled among them.
Every one lending a brown or yellow ticket will receive a let of cardboard
creeping babies at the end of the contest. Those lending three or more in one
envelope will receive an 1898 pocket calendar no advertising on It The
creeping babies and pocket calendars will be diiTcrcnt flora the ouet offsted in
the last contest.
Better cut these rules out. w
Address: MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO.
T
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Herculef Special
(2 actual horsepower)
Price, only $183.
Hoatuu's Old Kim.
The state ot nelgeot into which the
site ot tho old elm on the common, in
Boston, lias fallen is beginning to
worry old llostoniiins who pasa the spot
daily on their way to business. After
a gale In February, 1876, brought down
what waa left ol the old elm, a young
elm was started on the site of the old
one, and this tree is now one of the
largest in that part ot the common.
Inside the enclosure I a rusty iron
itandard bearing two tablets, the lower
one about three time the lise of the
upper. The lower tablet i the origin
al one, put up in 1804, and 'bear tho
inscription: "Tlila tree has been stand
ing here for an unknown period. It
1 bol'ioved to have existed before the
settlement ot Boston, being fully grown
in 1773, exhibited mark of old age in
1703, ami wa nearly destroyed by a
torin in 1833. Protected by an iron
enclosure in 1854." Tiie upier tablet
reads: "The old elm, destroyed by a
gale February IS, 1876. This elm
planted A. D. 1876." The little en
closure baa an unkempt apearanoe.
The fence is made of imall rouifh wood
en post and two strands of twisted
wiie. These iots are keeled over. On
one side the wires have fallen down.
The tablet and itandard are covered
with rust. ,
Four-Mllllnn-llollar Craft.
The French cruisor Jeanne d'Aro 1
estimated to have cost about f 4,000,000,
of which $3,000,000 wa for aux
iliary fittings, such as armor, gun
mountings and mochnnism, torpedo
gear and special fitting.
Bonn' town authorities have estab
lished a tax on "the use ot the col
umns"of air above the city streets." A
projecting window or balcony pay 60
mark a year and every additional bal
cony or projection over it 28 marks.
IIEAFNKS CANNOT HH CURED
By local applications as they cannot reach the
dfneawil portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure ilcalnrna, ami that la by coiiilllit
tional remedies, llpafueni la caused by an III
flamed condition of Hie mucous lining of the
Kii.lai hiaii Tulie. When tlila nil Is Inflamed
vnu have a riimblln MMiml or Imperfect hear
Ins, sud when II Is entirely cloned, deafneaa la
the rraiill, and nnlcaa the Inflammation can be
taken oni and tble lube rcitored to Us normal
Cotiillllon, hearing will be deatroyed forever;
nine esHea out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which la nothing hut an Inflamed condition of
the nmcotia aurleces.
We will give tine Hundred pollers for sny
caae of deafness, (caused by catarrh I that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cur. Bend for cir
culars; free.
T. J. ClfKNEY CO., Toledo, 0.
Bold by drugglKta 7Ac.
Hall's family fills are ths best.
Germany and China,
The foreign office at Pukln say that
when the bandit killed the two mis
gonurics it ordered the governor of
Bhangtung to arrest the 'culprits, and
the capture ot four of them wa effect
ed, but meanwhile, indeed only one
day before, the German landed troop
and occupied the forts.
The German art ill oocnpy KiaoCbau,
a place of great strategic and com
mercial importance, and show no de
position to abandon jt, but, on tbe con
trary, appear to have seized npon the
murder ot the missionaries aa preteit
for obtaining and permanently occupy
ing a very desirable position npon the
Chinese cosst, and so clear ii this de
termination that China lias appealed to
Russia to interfere in her behalf against
Germany. Germany reinforced her
squadron In the Chinese water on the
heel of tliis seizure of Kiao Chan bay,
and it is reported thst a long ago aa
1 805 one of our warships on the Chinese
coast was applied to by a German ves
sel for chart ot these waters, "and par
ticularly requested detailed charts of
the harbor ot Kiao Chan." The Ger
man verified these chart, and made
more eitended survey a of tbe place,
and when "the German naval officer
at that time discussed the probability
ot their occupying that port, the murder
ot German missionaries wa not mentioned."
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Bay St., San Frcnclsco, Cal.
4
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This la an appliance which la known all eeet
the nnrlil lor lis Kendcrhillonlr Innm-nee uima
1lie waiilns vitality nl men ami oninrn. Ill
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I r. Miration ut uew lifeIs a.ured la the luns
I eat atan'lm raaea wlllilu M ilaya.
' "Three Gassei of Men."
I Pr. Ren.lcii will teml you a book npon lhll
anlilei'l. lth valuable Information. Irre. II
pollute, rail ajul aee his fsinoua Hell. Trv II
ami r.'Sain yuur atr.nslli. I. lie has a new
charm to thuae who war II. Call or ail.lrees
SA1NDE1N ELECTRIC BELT CO.
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WHO ARE WEAK
IROXEN I) OWN
DISCOURAGED
Men who safer from the eloets of dlaaaaa. ovee
work, worrr, from 'be tollies of fouth ee tbe ea.
eeiaee of aianbood, from an natural drains, weak,
neaa or tvk of development of any orsaa, fal I are of
vital fnrcee, nnllneas foe .arrlaee, all lath aiea
should "come to the fountaio head " for a acieatile
method of narvetlona power to vilalite. develop, fe
ature, and lustaln. We will mail wliheat eharse
la a plala eealed wavelet a ramphlet Ibat
Telia II All. Motbine sent anaakea. Ho espo.
sure, no deniutloa. Address
Iftll MEDICAL CO. .
ee Htaoaem Tatter, urrsio, N. t.
tOEEGDC;
grow paring erops because they're
frasb and always the heal. For
sal everywhere. Refue subaUtulee.
BUok to Ferry's SVeAa and prosper.
ISM Bead Annual free. Write for It
D. M. FERRY 4 CO., Ortre. Mfca.
Kodaks.
$4
FROM
UP...
WOOOARO,
Clarki & Co.
Portland. Or,
Catalogue Free.
YOUR LIVER
Is It Wrong?
Get It KighL
Keep It Right
Moore's revealed Remedy wllldo It. Three
doses will make you feel better. (Jet It from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
from Stewart A llolmea Drug Co., Seattle.
Make money by aurceifnl
speculation In Chicago. We
buy and sell wheat on mar
aim. fortunes have been
made on a small beginning by trading In lu-
.. .a. U'.I.a In. lull ...rtlcila.. It... nf .mi.
' erence given. Several years' esuerieuceon Ilia
Chicago Hoard of Trade, and a thorough know,
le.lse ot the bu1nea. Seudforour tree refer
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Chicago Hoard of Trade Broken. Offices In
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ILlUSTRATxb
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pOPrUAND.OR.
RODSS
fr tracing and loeatlng field or Hllver
, n.i or ntirte.1 ircMiirea. si.
WLFIt. aoa aT.avuthlnsion.Ceaa.
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a, "sr.
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tlow this paper.
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I awl for ekilurea Metallic II MHMhea ehllu.aefw
Leiiata. euwe. allat.all lmrnil cllr.anS la
Ike k- rrmrS. for durrhue. Twenty ve eaeM a
ball.. II I. lb. h ( all. ...J