1
Use only one heap
ing teaspoonful of
Schilling s Best Bak
ing Powder to a
quart of flour.
You must use lw tcaspoonfult of other biking powder.
LSKAX SITUATION
CONSERVATIVE OPINION OF
PRESENT CONDITIONS.
The turlf Itimh or Eager llnltlaer kri
Hailg ('"S'e' ' I ". Other
rUlllee W III Have, to Urn Opeimil.
,,,iH'irrcm.ileii'e.)
Aliliuutth the rush to Alaska may be
MiJ to tmve only just bejcim, a condi.
,jwn of affair has already developed in
Uvea mid !"K"owu which promises to
lipat'P'int the expectation of thou-
M,iils(i eager gold seekers. The trail
uToir the C'hilkoot and White panic
,re practically impassable been line of
the fovquent and severe storms, and
ill nut be in good condition mail
iluut the lift of April. Tho reHiilt i
tint thousands of men ami thousands;
nf tout f supplies and mining outfits
Sre crowded together on this side of
the dimwit and have already reached
null number und quantity a to crrato
blockade.
It lis bcin generally understood
that it was foolish to go tip to that
country earlier man .March wan tlio
.ipatutiou of cross!. the passes, and
, ... . .
that one who did bo would simply sub
ject himself to a long wait, to needle '
hardships and possible sickness while,
consuming mpplies wlnuii sliould ho
kept fur service in the gold Held. Not-
itliDtaiiiiing this fact, travel begun in
JanuHiv and has continued through
February, uu u vera go of a steamer a
tar having landed men ami freight at
D.Tim und Skiigway. Thoso who took
tii is early start did so because they
feared a blockade and were anxious to
get over the summit, expecting to wait
at the lake for the opening of the river
to navigation. The blockade they
hope. I to escape lias come Uxn them
and they aro not over the suttiiikit.
.Many have spent a month of hardship
ami toil and are worse tiff because of
it than aie the newest arrivals i
There me not leu than 20,000 people
in Dvea and Skagwuy encamped along
the iniM us far as the weather condi
tiuns have ciiiiittcd them to advance,
knlv u few miles at the most. The
1 nan t i t v of supplies, out lit, boats, mu-
khineiy, etc., aveuige not less than it
,t"n tu each man. This average will
lkept up during the month of March,
Jfii'l l.v the first of April, when the
wui k ef getting over the summit will
hi'Kin in earnest, a moderate estimate
of tliu hum her of men and quantity of
lieipht that will be asHemlded there in
fiO.noO pei sons and 60,000 tons of
freight. i
The only thing that hns been accom
plished o the Skagwuy trail to innko'
Jit more passable tliiin it was last sum-
jiuer 1 1 us Oven t tie LnnMing ot some
iimll tuiilges, and some improvements
ii the ma I leading out from Skagwuy.
There has been it tramway project there
tut no progress bus been made with it.
The indications ure that the Skagwuy
trail will not be materially better than
it was last summer, when it was tjock
aded and rendered practically inipus- '
ahl hy 3.000 or 4,000 peopleamf their
Mitlits. Of course, as long as the snow
lasts in the spring the trail will be a
fetter otic than w lien the traveler has
.itcomitcr mud and boulders, which
vei such uu obstacle a year ago. I
I As f- r the trail from Dyen, which is
the one experience has proved to be
jjthe best, two tramways are are under I
.onstiiiction for the triinsiiorttttion of
;khmI. One of these has a tram rail-,
jruad fro,,, Dyea tu tho buse of the suin
nit ridge, ami an electric bucket sys
tem across the summit to Lake Lindo
jniHiin. The ot'ier has two tramway
fables leading front tho first and sec-
n divides u-id ending at Lake Linde
piann. Connection between the last of
E
,nese and Dyea will bo mudo with
Stop! Women,
And Consider flirt. In Tr-
i inkliam you are confiding your prl vato
"I to ft Woman n. wnmnn wliosn FV.
pericnco in treatlnff woman's diseases
Plater thun that of any living; phy-
cian, male or female,
ou can tallc freely to a woman when
Is revolting to rclato your TrivBto
woublos to a man: bes-Mon. a mnn docs
not understand, simply because ho iaa
man. - '
MRS. PlN'TTnAM'S STANDING
INVITATION.
women suffering from any form of
female v.-eaknessurcinvitcdtonromDtlv
communicate with Mrs, Pinkham. at
Hvnn. Mass. All letter nrn re-
'Ted, opened, read, and answered by
.uia only, a woman can freely
lA'k Of lipr hrlvAtA I1l -
l ibushaaboen established the eternal
rranuence between rrs. Pinkham and
women ot America which has never
"en broken. fh,t ,. .l.ima
exnerlmiim . v. : .i. , . j
from. 1. 1 ..." " " , A ...
possioio ina.tt.oo ,
" iruinerl t l.a 1 ij
will ki
Wtu7l!!7 M!f" m i I
k S Vl'y ' ?
She asks nothing
UI'Bnywonan,rIch or poor, Is very
fool
if she does not take advantage
of this
generous offer of assistance.
I Itirun IVm i.. tm
(
k animals. Neither
rise in ri'iiilv for oiiera-
jtion, mi. I tbe poMibilitic aie that they
win mu w u iiirt) the. tirt ( April.
When in complete on ration, their com
bined capacity will not exceed 4M ton
cr day. Assuming that ly tlio us.'
of puck nniinalH 1H0 tout per day could
bo taken over the Whito pas from
Skyway, tit ik leaves the total rapacity
of nil facilities provide.! for both passe
lit 600 ton per day. Thin menus Ion
dayi for traiiHtHirtiutt 60,000 tons tlial
will he accumulated thero bv the first
of April. In other word, ncfiitiiulu
tions could not he cleared awav U'fore
l... ...M.I1.. ..I 1 w . . , i .....
I inu iiiimhu' in ,iuiir. mo pronainiitiei
j are, however, that during the month
i . i ii
oi iprii linn .niiy hi) equal quantity of
new (reiKht would ill mil intention.
In this rah'iilation no allowance it
made for the freight which could be
taken on sleds ly individuitlH and by
tho aid of ilnys. Thin would be, in-
coiiMiderulde. In fact, with such s
mass of Immunity and of eoods, ,t
would he almost iuiKiiHihl) for freight
to he moved at all on timso narrow
portion of the trail where the right of
way would be the subject of dispute
ami contention. If people interfered
with each other hint fall no a to cieate
a blockade on Uith trails with lens than
8,000 people nltc niptiug to irn over, il
doe not require n great flight of itn-
.i i. i , i i i
T " l" " " " u" "KK" 9 ,,,
would be crmUM hy 60.000 Im-oii.
Oiio who iiitcn Ih to go to AliiNki niny
..!! I : ...... i.:.. ..t
nte likclv to ho in such a mob, and
nru Rli'l'iill'l ruiinilllT H II 1 UIlllIirt'H
whether ho would not do better to seek
gome other route or some other objec
tive Kiint than tho Klondike region.
Of course, transportation facilities from
the coast ports to Alaska have been
provided for Dyea and Skagway, but
doubtless as soon us this blockade so
develops that intending gold hunters
demand to be taken somewhere else,
steamers will leave tho Dyea und Skag
way routes mid Reek other ports, such
as (Topper river and Cook s inlet. At
tlu su places there is room for all. No
nuriow canyon trail confines the gold
hunter to a particular route, but there
is opjiortuuity to spread out over
wide expanse of country, now practic
ally unknown, but reported to be rich
in gold. Theio are said to be low
passes through the mountains from
both Copper river and Cook's inlet
leading over to the Tunanii and to the
hoail waters of birch creek, by whic
the now promising gold fields un the
American side of the line may be moro
easily reached than by the route across
the ChilKout puss and down tho lakes
and livers. The government is now
fitting out an expedition for Copier
river. Undoubtedly these routes will
be opened up the present season by
prospectors even should not the great
stream of travel be turned in that direc
tion.
Thero are already indications of i
desire on the part of gold hunters tu
abandon their idea of going to Dvea
and Skagway, und to stike out for the
Cupper river und Cook a inlet. IKv
yond doubt this tendency will rapidly
increase as the crowded condition of
the passes, becomes better known. At
present tho only facilities for reaching
Copper river ami Cook's inlet is the
United .States mail boat operated by
the Pacific Coast Steam haling Com
panv from San rrancisco, the two
small steamers now on the route from
Portland to Copper river, and the small
steamer running from Port Townsend
to Copper river. These steamers are
already inadequate to meet the demand
and doubtless more will soon be put
on the route.
Attention has also been turned in the
diiection of the route by Fort Wrungel
and Stickeen river, Telegraph creek
and Teslin lake, hut as yet, facilities
have not been provided. Several
e mil 1 1 river steamers are being con
struuted for the Stickeen river, to ply
between Fort Wrungel and Telegraph
creek, which is the i-oint of disembark-
ation for the overland journey of the
ISO miles to Lake Teslin. On this
stretch of 150 miles it is proposed by a
Canadian company to construct u rail
road the present year under a special
grant from the Dominion parliament of
120,000 acres of land per mile, and
the time set for its completion is the
II ret of .September. It is thiiB seen
that, fur this season nt least, only such
travel can go over the Stickeen route
as can be handled hy pack animnls,
and this, of course, cannot bo very ex
tensive. Possibly several thousand
people will attempt this route, with
the probability that a largo jKHtion of
them will make a failure of their
effort. Should this railroad be built
and a sufficient light draught steamer
be placed on Lake Teslin ami Hoota
linqua river, in another year the Stick
een route would be the favorite one.
Undoubtedly a great many who in
tend to go to Alaska are waiting to take
the ocean and river route during the
Jmmer months. Hete them is as
much uncertainty as on the passes.
The facilities have yet to be provided.
Possibly as many as 60 small steamers
are under construction or have been
purchased for use on the Yukon the
coming summer; but navigation of that
river is expensive and dangerous.
Channels are narrow ami tortuous and
known only to a few people
Fuel is
very difficult to procure, and it is un
var .,,m,.nI, ,n nrw.llr. HI1l
derstood that the companies already
operating on the river have secured all
hl for several hundred
miles from the mouth of this stream,
These comnunies w ill not take miners'
.outfits, preferring to
take in good for
-j--
, of th'o ri)tvrirn
; their own stores
' miners ufter they
and sell them to
get three. Conse-
qoently miners wishing to take ootliis
will have to depend on independent
boats which promises to be a very un
certain reliance.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
I'uriluml Market.
I Ul , 1 HI
ley and lihiestem, ;;M ;s0 .,t.r b,,,!,.
Hour IVm L-ru.Ir. :l k.v .....i
,! ., Wiiu. :tiit:6c:
V.I.
.').4U; iipenine, ,H.r bJir,.,
Oat Choice whit,., .t:;c; choice
K'u.v. y:iiii;ilc per lu-1,,1.
Uarley Feed barlcv, 19er JO; brew
in. f.'O per ton.
MilUtntT Bran, IS per ton; mid
dling, f.'.t; Hli.irtH. 1S.
Hay Timothy, li '.JO; clover. (10
(MI; California wheat, 110; do oat,
II; Oregon wild hay, ('.lor 10 per ton.
Kifgs Oregon, loc per dozen.
Uutter Fanc y creamery, 50nl ,'i.V;
fair to good, 4j(.i,',0c; ilu'irv, 85o 40c
per roll.
C heese Oregon full cream,
Young America, 13tr 1 4io.
li'.o;
I oiiltry Chicken, mixed, 3.00ct
U.50 per dozen; hens, f:t 60 4.00;
Reese, f il.OO ul f 7. 00; duck, 3.00(
O.dO i-cr dozen; turkeys, live, llirf Vic
per ouiii.
Potatoes Oregon Hurhank. 40(;U0c
per sack; sweets, fl.7ftrfa per cental.
Onions Oregon, .'. 3jot 2.00 ver
suck.
Hop M (it 0o per pound for new
crop; IHiMl crop, 4e tic.
Wool Vulley, 14(lt.o per .onnd;
Kastern Oregon, 7 1 1 So; mohair, 20t
82c per pound.
Mutton Onms, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, "c;
spring lambs, 6'c j-r pound.
Hogs (Iros, choice heavy, $4.2.1;
light und feeder. fl.OOo 4.00; dressed,
5. 00 lit 5.60 per 100 kmiiii1s.
Ueef (4io, top steers, $.1,601.4
!!.75; cows, $4.00; dressed beef. '4
( c per Hiuiid.
Veal Large,
(IQtlV; small, 7(st8e
per pound.
Nraltl. Markrt.
Potatoes Yakima, $14 per ton;
natives, $11(MU; sweets, 2ts r jiound;
Imx of 00 Hiund, $1.
Putter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 27c; ranch, 22(it2:tc; dairy, i
(f22c; Iowa fancy creamery, 2.V:.
Cheese Native Washington, 12('i
l!Jc; Eastern cheese, 12 'ac.
F.ggs Fresh runch, 15o; California
ranch, 14o.
Meats Choice dress-el beef steers,
8c; cows, 7 (.?. 7 've; mutton, 8 ', c; pork,
7c; veal, small, 8o.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, llai2ej dressed, 14c; turkeys,
live, 12c; dressed, ltlc.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 6i7c; steel
heads, 0( 7c; salmon trout, 10c; floun
ders and solo, 3(4 4o; torn cod, 4c; ling
cod, 4(i5c; rock cod, 6e; smelt, 2,l(j
4c; herring, 3c.
Olympitt oyster, per sack, $3jl 8.60.
Wheat Feed wheat, per tun, $23.
Oats Choice, per ton, $23.
Corn Whole, $23; cracktil, per ton,
$23; feed meal, $23 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$23; whole, $22.
Flour Patents, per barrel, $4.25(
4.60; straights, $4.25; California
brands, $4.05; Dakota brands, $5.40(4
$5.75; buckwheat flour, $0.
MillstnfT Bran, per ton, $17; shot Is,
per ton, $18 HI.
Feed Chopped feed, $18(320 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $24; oil cuke
meal, per ton, $35.
Hay Puget Hound, new, per ton,
$1214; Fasteru Washington timothy,
$18; alfalfa, $12; straw, $7. -
Nmii FrunrUro Mnrkrt.
Wool Nevada, 11 (it, 13c; Oregon, J3
(M4o; Southern coast himbs, 7(i(8c.
Hops 12(3 l 'cO per pound.
MillHtufr Middlings, $20(r2&60;
California bran, $10.60(iM7.0O per ton.
Onions Silverskins, $2.50(2.85 per
cental.
l'-B8 Store, lOoKllo; ranch, lie
12o.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 10c; old,
8 'e (Silo per pound.
Uutter Fancy creamery. 18o; do
seconds, 17 '; fancy dairy, 17c; good
to choice, 15('i lilts per pound.
Fash Fruit Apples, 40c (rf $1.25 wr
large box; grapes, 25(it40c; Isabella,
tiOrof 75o; peaches, 50c($l; peurt), 75o
$1 per box; plums, 20(435c.
Potatoes Early Hose, US (it 75c.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, navels, $t.2fl
(3.00; Mexican limes, $5.50dMI.OO;
California lemons, choice, $2.25; do
common, 75o(i'$1.25 per box.
Hay Wheat, $10(418.60; wheat and
out, $10(?17; oat, $14.50(310.60; best
barley, $13.60(1? 15; ajfalhi, $10.60(a?
11; clover, $11 (ii 13.
Oltl Itoiiiunre 4irHlleil.
A Wusliington correspondent write
to the the Chicago Tribune: Mudumo
UuhkmetetT, who visits her mother,
Mrs. Ueulo, every year, is again in tho
city. She is a sister of Mrs. John li.
McLean and widow of a former Rus
sian charge d'affaires in Washington.
A romantic story of their first meeting
is told. It was in this wuy: Miss
ftcule was sitting on the door step of
her mother's house, one of the col
onial edifices of Lafayette square, w hen
her littlo pet dog, seeing the count
gazing admiringly at his mistress, en
tered a barking protest. The young
lady called the dog off, the count BhiIo-
gized and the acrpiuintunco began which
subsequently led to their marriage,.
KnglUh retrolitiiiii las.
The natural gas from the well which
was struck about a yearagont Weldron,
in Sussex, is being analyzed, und is
pronounced to be probably of petroleum
origin. i do Americans would have
analyzed it ami lighted the town with
it long ago. as tho supply is ample.
Miss Florenco Hudson, of Baltimore,
Md., has a tooth of solid gold, with a
diamond in thecenterof it. The orna
ment cost her over $150.
The postal authorities of Paris are
said to be a I unit to introduce motor
cars and omnibuses for the use of car
riers in the delivery of the mails.
The Smithsonian institute has just
come into possession ol tne ilalletl
Phillips collection of Indian imple
ments and antiquities from the Po
tomac valley.
Before 18H the average number ol
labor strikes of all kinds in the country
was about 500 a year. Since that date
the average has been 1,500.
An electric locomotive in a Canadian
coal mine shows a saving over mules of ;
$5,528 in 200 days, and an electric
pump in the same mine shows a saving
oversteam pumpiof $1,573 in 070 days, i
One of the stations of the railway
which is to be built from the Rod sea I
to the top of Mount Sinai will be on J
the smH where it is supposed Moses j
stood when he received the two tablets
of the law. 'i
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO
FARM AND HOME.
THE
How In 1'ilui'ute a (Sooil Hairy Cow
Carina fur I'oultrjr In Wlntrr-l'iwt
of Hulaiug Corn-Value uf Clean Milk-Inu-Kuriu
Notc.
A liuml lliilrjr Cow.
In tils iiddicH nt the Indiana State
Dairy Association, Mr. (ioodrlcli statist
Unit educating mi unluial to Ix-conn a
good dairy cow must tH-gln with the
young calf. .MtiHclc-foi'iuIng food
should lie fist, such as bran, oil meal,
skim milk, etc. Kd unite the calf to
cut muscle forming foods a much a
i pusoible. Begin to feeil the calf wlfi
Hk I in milk and a spoonful or two of oil
meat. Then give a few whole onts tu
follow. Nice clover hay should be
available. I'oiil skim milk six months
or so. Wants animal to come in milk
ut two years. (Jive heifer a good Imx
null and plenty of struw to calve lu.
After calving give her warm water
not cold. Take calf away gradually
say lu two or three days. After calv
ing, fen I for a while only a little g'nii,
and then depend mostly on bran. After
two wiH'ks can begin to feiil to full
capacity, t'eml a variety. lelr.ib'o
to have a balanced nil Ion a nearly 'i
can be. (Quotations were given fro.n
the Wisconsin Bulletin of one hiind.vd
feeding rations, showing how s.mi.
so-culled successful feeders combined
dairy cattle food. Mr. (iixtdrlch tin
found a production of two pound of
coaie food to one of concentrated us
most satisfactory. Succulent foods
are linMii tant. of Well's one huudi'c l
feeders, sixty live fed ensilage and two
root. If we cannot have green grass
should feed either ensilage or roots.
Has paid Mr. (ioodi'lcli to feed a little
bran or corn meal in summer. His
cows produced li ft y pounds more but
ter per aiilmal the summer "hen fed
grniu than did the summer before when
no grain was fed. His grain cost f"
to f: wn derived from the butter,
showing a good Uilnucc in favor of
the grain. Don't feed every cow nllke.
Mr. (Joodrtch's standard feed Is thirty
two pounds silage, live pounds clover
tiny, live pound corn stover, eight
pounds wheat bran and two pound
cottonseed meal. Lighten up on feed
of some cow mid Increase on others.
If she gives more milk by more food--.
Increase. Indiana Farmer.
Winter Poultry Direct lona.
In order to get early eggs some extra
feed In addition to the ordinary ration
generally given by farmers Is needed.
As n rule the trouble oil the farm Is
that after corn Is gathered there l un
overabundance of grain lying around,
and lu conseuem'e the fowls become
too fnt. All farmers have buy to spare,
nt least they should have, und a few
pounds per week fed to hens will great
ly Increase the egg production. Clover
buy Is beet, but any kind is good. Feed
as follows: Cut Into lis short lengths
us possible t1; to j Intlil. and lu the
evening till u 'J gallon bucket full, cov
er and pluce on the kitchen stove und
allow It to boll us long us there Is tire.
Winn the morning tire Is built ullow
the hay to heat iigain, then drain off
the water and mix with the liny three
quarts of wheat bran or enough to
make It crumbly. This w ill make near
ly two gallons of feed (ilve It to 100
hens us a morning feed, lteincuilscr,
this Is for cold weather mid for fowls
that are at liberty on the farm.
Iu the evening lute supply what they
will cotuitimc of corn one day, mid onts
next aud so on. Be sure to give plenty
fresh water every tltiy, mid on very
cold mornings It Is a good Idea to mnke
the water slightly wnrni. If you do
not. It will freeze at once and be of no
service. Be sure the lieu house bus
good tight ends and sides and ulwuys
front the house to the south. The
wanner the fowls are In winter, with
out supplying artificial lieut, the more
ggs they will Iny and the curlier they
Will bivome broody.
If eggs are wanted for hatching pur
poses do not have too ninny cocks. One
male to lift ecu hens for the farm Is
much bettor than two. If alt run to
gether. D!sKise of all liens Unit are
past tho profit able age, which Is, gen
erally shaking, 3 year, und do not ex
pect fertile ggs from cocks 4 to 0
years old. It 1m best to use either 1 or
2 year old males. North Carolina Ex
periment Statloa Bulletin.
Coat of Kalalnc Corn.
The public see the leading statement,
made und clrculuted un supisised good
authority, thnt corn can In- raised nt
the "surprisingly low cost" of six cents
u bushel; and the majority of the peo
plethose who know nothing alKint
Hie cost of raising corn-assume that
jil milt all the farmer gets over six cents
ji bushel for his corn Is clear gain.
Will the corn-grower thank any one
for giving currency to such assump
tion? "The best jiosted," who have taken
lite trouble to wiulc through the long
jirruy of Hgures and explanations, to
get down to the conclusion that It costs
only sJx cents to rslse u bushel of corn,
nave thought, perhaps, thut the moun
tain had hilsireil hard to bring forth
such a mouse, for the liislgnlllcuuce
and worthlessiiexs of the result are
made Htrlklngly manifest by tlio clos
ing short paragraph of guesses at i1h
er Items that should lie reckoned 111,
which run the cost up so that "corn
cun not lie profitably grown td sell at
Tery much less than three times that
figure (six cent). The really "best
posted" are those who have raised corn
for many years, and they know ti.nt
cost of production varies widely ac
cording to character of the seasons and
the soil goisl weuther and big Jlelds
reducing cost, and Isid weather and
light yields Increasing It and thnt to
.nt tn In approximate accuracy an aver
stge must lie taken of expenses and
.yields for several seasons and on va
Xii.us soils.- dermunlown Telegraph.
Value of Clean Milking.
a man of my acquaintance who gen
erally did his own milking employed a
boy. The milk shrank one-third In two
weeks. The farmer resumed milking,
and In two weeks got the same amount
-as before. Afterword he set the hired
aian to milking, and the milk shrank
10 per cent. In two weeks, ami In two
weeks more, the farmer milking again,
was back at the standard. This man
milks quickly and very clean. He
done the forefinger and thumb around
the teat high up and makes a down
nurd motion, tightening the grip and
forcing out the milk. He then lets g
his hold, keeping the tlnyer and thtinio
lu circle, carries up the bund and
presses it smartly against the mldcr,
clic and pull down as before. The
Idea I to give a near us mav be the
s.iine mo: Ion the calf docs lu MlcMug.
New Fnchind Homestead.
I'eu Ko la.
The pea fowl Is good for table use,
und Is us easy to raise us the tin Ley.
Its great drawback I the loud liol-e
liimh by the males. They make good
M'ts and will become very liiiiie. It Is
iiiH'OHsnry to protivt the young birds
from wet and cold the same as young
til -key. They live from twenty to
twenty-live yeur. Their habit me
I est less, and nolle should be kept If
there are near nelghlsr. They can be
restrained somewhat by compelling the
male Idrd to wear iiinui his leg a cord
attached to a hhtek of wood. There is
some demand for pea fowl stock from
owners of line estate and park mana
gers. The best way I to get some eggs
and hatch them under liens.-Massachusetts
Ploughman.
Fpraylns In Winter.
AJjS recent annual convention of the
Fruit (irowent' Association Profiler
Fletcher strongly rccoiuiuenibil spray
lug fruit trees during the winter. The
sMres of the various fungi rest on the
limbs ami twlgx as well as on the
leaves. When the leave are on the
tnv It Is ImiMisslble to get spray on
tn the limits and twig. The bi-st time
to tin this spraying Is during the w in
ter. It could lie done any time when
most convenient, but the lht time Is
toward spring w hen vitality Is return
ing. If the trees are sprayed during
the winter better results will be ob
tained as the result of Kpraylng lifter
the leaves are out. Prof. Tuft, of Mich
igan, and others also very strongly
recommended w inter spraying.
Hns to Pried a Calf.
An Fngllsh farmer claims to have
made a discovery which Is valuable If
his claim Is well founded. A Is well
known, it Is dllllciilt to select the calf
at birth for Its future usefulness us u
milker, yet he asserts that It can lie
done. lie states that on the Inner side
of the cheek, near the comer of the
mouth, may lie observed tlio i:ilw,
which have different form according
to whether the calf will be a giKsl,
medium or Indifferent milker. If the
lmlps nn large, broad and flat they
give a large quantity of milk. If they
are only round the milking qualities
will lie only ordinary. If Klntcd. the
milk yield w ill be small. The "palp" Is
not defluiNl, but Is probably a xrllon
or the mouth rulstsl alsive the smooth
surface that cun lie felt or Is plainly
distinguished.
' Heat Remilta from Meadow.
The Michigan experiment station
found after repealed tests that about
four Mines as much food can he ob
tained from n mcuitow- by allowing It
to mature liny than by pasturing It.
This means that four cows can lie kept
on the land by growing liny lustend of
NiNluring 11; or, to show It In another
light, four times as much land Is re
quired for pasture us for hay, for the
Nil me number of cuttle, (irceli fiHsl Is
given by growing soiling crow, but In
soiling from two to three times the
iiuMilwr of cows cun ho maintained
than by pasturing.
Pointa In PlowiiiK.
f armers use the cultivator ror a
plow; that Is, they cultivate tleep, with
rhe object of loosening the soil between
the rows. If the ground Is to ls broken
up, the plow Is the thing to do 1t with
but two Inches Is sufficient depth for
cultivation. (Jniss und weeds should
never lie allowed to grow lo u height to
demand "plowing" with n cultivator.
Keep the soli loose ami never allow
grass or wchkIh to more than sprout
ulsive ground. Iieep cultivation fre
quently doe harm In disturbing the
roots of the plants grow n as a crop.
rlugiir Keels for Stuck.
While some of the farmers In New
York claim that tlie protlla on sugar
beets sold nt the factory were small. It
seems that they have not yet used the
pulp, or "liegusse" to advantage, prob
ably not having prepared themselves
with sultlelcirt live stock. One farmer,
however, who grew a large number of
beets, retained some of them for use,
aud finds that 11 will pay to grow- them
as food for slock, provided the animal
are llrst-cluss producers.
Can Not Improve on Nature.
Nature's method of feeding hens Is
a grain nt u time, und constant search
ing and scratching during meal time.
This methisl we should Imitate us fat
as possible. Furin Journal.
O's miliars.
To prevent ill sense of otntoes add 2
ounces of corrosive sublimate to two
gallons of hot water. Allow It ;o stand
half a day; then ndd the soliiilou to
twelve gallons of cold water. Wash
the iKitutoes so as to free them from
dirt und Immerse them In the so'ullon,
to remain two hours; then dry them
und cut for seed.
One having a fancy for preserving
natural (lowers may do so by dipping
them Into incited purufllnc. The mix
ture should be only warm enough to
remain fluid. Hold the flower by the
steins, which sliould lie free from all
except the natural moisture; dip them
In the fluid, give them a quick turn to
remove the air cells, and place In a
gluss until the coating ts-comes linn.
It Is a pretty good rule that the soon
er a pig can be brought to 20(1 pounds
and the sooner he can In gotten to
market after reaching this weight, the
greater will be the per cent of prollt In
feeding him. Aside from the risk of
cholera, etc., It has ligen shown that
the gain above 2'X pounds costs more,
and that even with pork bringing gss
prices, there Is often an actual loss lu
feeding above 2.10 pounds.
Sandy soils are always deficient In
ttotasb. Kven If they had this mineral
they have usually so little vegetable
matter that the potash forms au Insol
uble compound by uniting with the
sand. The stosh lu caustic ashes dis
solves the silicate of isitash, and also
heljHt Itself until Its caustic properties
are lost. But old leached ashes are
often quite as Item-fli'lul to sandy soils
as are unleachcd. They always con
tain some potash and some phosphate,
which the water used for leaching
would not dissolve.
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( ri-iiicl fur ltliayeli.
Oidiiuiry bicycles can In- used in a
new style of carrousel, which ha a per
manent circular guide rail, which car
ries sliding biuckets, having projec
tion, in which the bicycle frame can
le locked to hold them in an upright
ssitioii to be propelled around the
track,
of rot iisk.
We all know what toollne'lic is, with the
nuking, jumping, tbrolibing of it simile
nerteiii a single tooth. Now when we
imiie tn reitei t thut a ststeni ol nerves
cum cut rated in some part of the IhhI)- ure
all lu lling at once, wiib their throbs und
pulsat imis ol pin n, we know hat the r-l
liirm ol neiiruU'iii Is. It i ery coiiiiiiihi,
very inlenl, simply tMH-an-eit is very
often, like limtt ai lie, allonul to take Us
nw n coiire. Now it is known ns a fie t
that w hen M. Jaeohs nil is n-ed on the
parts alleeleil, with patienl appllentioii, llie
pain will sin tiiiiiIi and n-liel will certainly
follow. Thi-is true of neiilr or iliMnie
i a-t-s, fiiiindi'd upon the I e-t 1 Hum v of many
who lime tiecu und of the wort form.
Sea weeds do not draw nourishment
from the soil nt the Isittom of the sea,
but from the matter held in solution
in sea water.
HVrVtllC WOMIKIt.
Nn nun nenl itn tn Turin now to ef sit Ihst
Is inHrveliiii In h iiiiiMsiii. In the liiiiiitu
h srils e( tiiHiiv Ihi-i-iihIs n( tlits rniiiiiry are
liihutle siilCrets I list a mere rUhci', It Is
shiiI, iliiuws liirm linn the trniire male. Hut
In uriler to iieri'iiiiie ihsl nliiliiHte khliiey
irnlllile. the ts-r-Mi-til ll ( llinleller's Stniii-
Hi-ll Hitlers Is neeessnry. I'mi It also vvstellint
li aly Inr lea'arial.tiiliiiiin ilsiite, rlieiiliialle
sn.l iierviiiis it israes.
"You don't mean to say, Jones, that
you paid K1 for that suit?" "Well,
1 should say not. 1 hud it charged."
A n-i lielna is liiilli-il tiy all utlier. sritil nsslaiup
Inr iiHrllrulitrs ur klnit HuIhiiiihi'ii 1'rrasnri. tli
iinI. ri'iu-iir uf iiimiiIv HtrciiKth. mamiin
t II I. Mil A I. I O, I'. II. II. .1 717. riillailrlilna, I'a.
A well-known Kansas City preacher
says that his chief ambition in youth
wits to become a pirate.
Nil A K K IM Il VOI K SIIOKS.
Allen's KiMil-Kase. a powder for lite feet.
It i tires painliil. swollen sinnrliiig tret and
instantly takes I lie sling out of com and
bunions It's Hie grctilc-t comfort discov
ery ol t he ace. Allen's Koot-Kuse liuikes
light-littiui; or new shoes feel easy. It i a
1 1 nam cure furehilhliiiiis, swratniK, ihiinii,
callous mid hut. Unit tu bing feet. We
have over lo.imi testimonials ul' cures. Try
it today. Ndd hy all druggist und shoe
stores.' ty mail fur '.'V. in slumps Tnd
paekiiKe KKKK. Address Allen H. Ollll
slid, l.e Itoy, S. Y.
When civili.ation reaches tho perfci t
standard barbers will not eat garlic.
PT ivrmiuutitly Cnrwl. Nn iltsnr itrrviiusnra
III allir Urn ilu' us of I r. Kline's nival
Nerve Ili-Miinr. Muni for ril. K .oil trial
IhiIIIi. mill tri'lOI-l'. nit. It II, KI.IKl!; y-i
Arcb atruvji, l'liiiaililliu, IX
Whistling is practically unknown
among the Icelanders, who regard it us
irreligious and a violation of the di
vine law.
Holli tlio iiictlitnl nn! results when
Syrup of Fi),' is taken ; it is ilcasaiit
iiiul rcf rcshiiio; tu tlio taste, ami acts
gently yet uiiiiiitly on tlio Kidneys,
Liver and I towels, cleanse tlio sys
tem olToctually, disptds colds, head
ache ami fevers ami cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of rij,' is tho
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to llio tasto and ac
ccpb'tlilts to tlio Htoiiiucli, prompt in
its action ami truly licnchcial in its
clTct'ts, piejiiiifil only from tlio most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
man v excellent qualities coiiiiiicnil it
to all ami luivo inailo it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in bU
tent iiotticN tiy ail leading a rue;,
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not huvo it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not occt'litany
substitute.
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I The riia'a I'arla I'roiiertjr.
The pope has just become a Parisian
landlord. As the result of a lengthy
( litigation licfore the tribunal of Limo
ges l,eo XIII becomes the owner of one
of the finest private residences in l'aris
the Hotel du I'lessis-Bidiere, on the
1'lace de hi Concorde. The hotel, to
gether with a chateau and lands, was
I bequeathed to the Vatican by the late
1 Marquise de I'lessis-lleliere. The heirs
contested the legacy, and for some
. time it seemed that they would win,
'us the constiliitioiiiility of the pope
owning property in France seemed
doubtful.
AN OPEN LCTTCR TO MOTHCRS.
We aie asserting lit the maris our r ijlit to the
eirluslve le. uftlie sunt "CAsl'OKlA," and
"i llClllik HCAal'uKIA," aauut TiadeMaik.
I, Dr. Samuel I'ltcher, ol llyanula, Masnachuaetta,
wn.llicorigiuat.irof "I'llCUIIK HL'AsroklA."
the same that li.n lstne ami dura now bear (he
(ueiimitr itiiiatuteofCIIAS. II. PI.ICTCIIKR. on
every a-taier. Tliia ia I he 01 isoal '' I'l rclli:K's)
C VM'ORI A ' whuh h u lieen used in the homes
of the tuotheraof AmciUa far over Ihiity years.
Luuk Carefully at the wiaiier anil aec thai II Is
Ihl kind v Alice oduu .'. ami haa the
innature of CIIAS. 11. I'l.tnctlllR on lha
wrapper. No a te hat aulhoitty from me to lias
my name eaeept The Centaur Company of which
Chat. II. l-'lelrher ia Freslitrnt.
Manh S, ;V- SAML1CU l'lTtllliK, U.O.
My dis'tor said I would die, but I'iso's
Cure for Consumption cured ine. Autos
Kelitcr, Cherry Valley, III., Nov. SI. 'li".
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Are Kiveti Into llie system by
ll Is a nerve totilr-an lnv iKorant, liulMs tin
vital enersy anil tnakes uianliiHiil eninili-te. II
you are vtealt reflil Pr. SamliMi's new Issik
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Pitute mention tht hit
(row paying crops becsuas they'rs
h-eab and slwaya ttas beat. For
sals everywhere. Itefuas lubatltutes.
Htlck to rerry's aaeda and proa par.
1KM Heed Annual free. Writs for IL
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Warta !.. fae 14 eaala.
AhnvalOnkaa worth SI 110. wa will
insll ynu (rt, lnatlir altb our
ersal riant anil Saait t alaloaua
upiia racalet of thla ant Ira aon 1(.
st Catalnfue
b'Mlaaa. Wa larlla jruar trails ami
aniiw whaa rua naco try Sailer's
I .Mtwiar'iu win n.rmBiimiin
' V oat thnn. folaloraal f I.AU
wl r. llhl.Cataluialouaao. Nu.P ti
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buy ami aall wheat uu mar
slna. Cortutiea have bvea
n.aile on a ainall txiliiillii( by traliu(lu lu
lurea. Write lor lull parlluiilara. heit ol rtil
erence Siren. HoTeral yiara' eiwrienreon I lis
t'hieaxo Hoard of Trade. anil s thoroush know
leilge of the bustnaNN. Kami for our free refer
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your dniKgtit or any wholesale drug hnuae, or
from Stewart 4 llolutri Drug Co., Seattle.
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luatliih luiMirtalil to iirvlvora i-nl w liliiwa uf
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