Lincoln County Leader.
J. F. 8TEW1KT, Pal.ll.h.r.
TOLEDO OREGON
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
Cause of the Explosion on the
Collier San Mateo.
SAN DIEUO AND NKEXIX ROAD.
Men in a British Colombia Colliery
Agree to I ho Proposition of
tho Management.
Tacoma claims a population of 62,323.
ran Diego's ivuit Exchange Las bcn
incorporated.
All tho cieditois of the Tacoma Expo
Bilion aro tilled into court Noveuila-r 28
A franchise for an opOHitioa ferry at
Vallejo bus been grunted by the Trus
tees. Tho amoiint of sugar output of the
Chino factory lor tho Benson i.1 15,100,000
pounds.
The counsel of Chris Evan, Ihe ban
dit, have applied for a continuance ol
bin iw-u,
I'oggy weather bug interfered with
rni.-iii fiini) in tho South. Hot weather
is wanted.
The Untie (Mont.) Council refused to
roiilirm the appointment of a negro on
tho police force.
Tho relations between tho Arizona Ga
zette and tho Territorial Judiciary are
somewhat strained.
The railway employes of tho Hoitth are
finding it diiheiill to handle tho tramps
that infest the freight trains.
The Victoria surveyors who looked
Into I lie causes for thu explosion on th
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'' -' e.uuo ticciure II doillillfg
originated in thu exposure of tho gi
generated from the coal to tho llamuot
lighted litui ii.
Chief WcUlen has notitlod tho settlors
ol Harrison, Idaho, the new town just
wiiniii tun liorderof thu Comr d'Abm
Indian roscrvntiou, to luivuor pay 2I
000. 1 ho settlors aru pruparinu; to do-
lend themselves.
The trial of Alilerninn Peter Graham
the last of tho allowed Spokane iHsidlera
bail terminated by thu jury bringing in
a voruici ol not guilty. Ilo will tiring
neuvy ii.iniago sun, against thu city lor
inn expulsion irom tne UHy Uouucil
Jack lireen, a wealthy rancher, and
1 liomas lavlor. a farm hand, worn nnir
deieil at Savoiiy island, iilmut 10.1 miles
Iioin ancouver, II. C, unit $10,000 taken
ny the murderer. A man named lluli
1.) nil is thought to havu been thu lnur
uerorer.
Motorman Kdward F. Torry, who was
in charge ol tint electric car which went
through tlio Madison-street bridge.
chanted bv tliu Coroner'M iurv aL I'.irl.
land with grosH negligence in permitting
ii i h car io run wild reckless and excess
Ivo speed.
O.er five miles of tho Han Diego and
I'lnimix load uio now graded and over
three miles of tliu track laid. The woik
In going (oivttti.l rupidiv, neaily 1,IXK) ol
ban Ihcgos t'ltixuii having pledged
iiicmscivcs to pay tl per liulu cacli
lust ud tlio ro.ul is graded.
A gang of fortv .uiJIfty bunco-steerers
fliiu llaiiiincis and sure thing men have
lulestcd lacoma several days and com
united a niiuiDcr ol ruliDcrics iihiii iiii
inspecting coiuitrymen, whom thev in
iliiiud to vistl down-town resorts. Muuv
ol the men riiiuu over tho Northern IV
Hllii from C hicago, w here they operate
during the World's Fair. They am now
on nn ir way to tliu juidwiniur lair al
ban rrancisio.
Lilllo if HtivtliiiiK is being ilono to
ward getting tho steamer New York olf
tliu locks at 1'oinl llonita. luformallon
in not given out readily, and along the
water iiont tiiero am lew w ho know ex
nclly what hleps thu 1'acillc Mail otlicials
propose, now to take. As thu vessel has
settled solidly, there Ih no likelihood ol
bur ever being pulled oir. Hie will have
to ho laired and lloated. l'umps will lie
Kepi on board, niiil will lie ready for
woik ul any tune.
Tho Coivallia Times savs: There Is
possibility, if not a probability that tho
1,0"U ol Agricultural College funds on
deposit in llit) jolt hank al ine time ol
Ihe suspension will be wholly lost. It
will bo leincmbered that shortly after
ine iiiiiik passed into tnu hands ol a ro
reiver III order to secure thu college
chum an aiiactiiueiii was placed on tne
properly by Treasurer Shipley, it now
develops that the attacbmeiit was irreg
tilarly i-sucd, and il i-o, the college will
lu nilhout any claim whatever lo the
binds on deposit when tho hank bub
reiided.
The new cruiser Olympia, on her first
trip, cnlahlli-licd her position as ipieeu
of ihe United Slates navy. Tho shin
made a maximum spied of 21. jm
knots, and averaged slightly under 21
knots on a run of (18 knots, with a heavy
pea and a slicing heal wind. As the
Olympia was only expec ted to make 2)
knots, tier builders aru very happy over
the irisl, anil lliiuk mat when (lie of
ficial government trial is made she can
lie forced up to 2-' knots. This would
give Ihe Union iron works a bonus ol
1400,000 for exceeding the specs! ru
quiiemeut.
The Clement grammar school at Ran
r iiiiiclseo, containing 7lH) young chit
dren, w as discovered on lire during the
school hours 1 1 io other itav. i no clul
men marclietl out in an orderly manner
when Ihe alarm as given, and theiowas
ju panic. ill. inu nna ill lllll garret,
and was extinguished la-fore much dam
age was done. Miles Haird, a fourteen-year-old
pupil of ihe scIumiI, was ar rent
ed on the charge of arson. Ileciitilcssol
that be bad started the tiro In the garret
to see how the pupils would get out of
school in case id a real (be. Voting
ll.iiid bus always had a mania for ret
ting buildings oil lire.
At San l-'iuncisco in the case of the
VnitcdMatcs vs. l-'rauk I.. Wilson Judge
Morrow of the Disliict Court lis granted
the motion of the defendant lo quash
the indictment charging him with send
ing obscene matter tbiough llio mail.
F.xii-essions complained ol wero written
by Wilson al l.akcvillo lo a friend in San
Kramisco. Judge Monow suipiisl the
Uiiium Mates Attorney and the mist.il
Inspectors liy bis inierpivlation of Ihe
statute governing such cases, lled. ci I
C1 that a H'rsniial letter, sivurelv seal.vj
containing obscenity is not indictable
even II it pusses throuwb thu mails.
Ilo interprets the law to refer
only to manilold, stylograph, printed
copies or similar publications. Numer
ous courts hae held that written letters
containing onsccniiy are incm ied in the i
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meaning oi ine snuiiie, aim sucii ca-es
jiavu n'l'ii iMimsiicii in inio nni iinpris-;
onmelit. District Attorney darter an-
noiinwa that ho will ajpcai Ibis vase to
Itighar ctfiuU '
BCSI.NE33 BREVITIES.
In Japan 343,603 cotton epindlea are
Last year 1.S75 Teasels wera built la
A revival of Miesisaippl river com
mere is expected.
Virginia prodneei annually 2,000,000
buMitls of peanut'.
Electric railroads, now to common, are
not yet ten years old.
Carnegie has a new steel casting that
weighs aixty-foar tons.
It cost I ha government f2.423.522 to
roi ine regular army last year.
The operating expenses of the rail
roads last year were nS0,'.m,VM.
Cape Colony, fionth Africa, has (90,
OOO.Olfl invesUd in State railroads.
The oyster beds of Checapeake Bay
give employment to 30,000 persons.
"J! 1;el,'pP,' of Reno, Nov., shipped
50,000 pounds of honey to St. Imis.
Eighty million dozen pocket handker
chiefs were sold in this country last year.
The first consignment of corn ever
sent to Europu from Mexico is about to
lie shipped.
Marrpiette, Mich., with a population
of 12 000 people, pays only 1 por 1,000
feet for gas.
The total number of cmp'oves in the
service of railways in this country last
yenr was 821.415.
Near St. IOiii 400 acres have been
ziven up fo raining willows for a willow
ware manufactory.
Two cotton mills in Shanghai nre ex
clusively in Cliinoso hands and founded
on Chinese capital.
Two-thirds of all the cotton duck pro
duccd in Ihe woild is uiado within twou
ty miles of Raltimoro.
Tho young colton-scod-oil industry
has scored a yearly re on! of I ,()( 0,000
barrels, representing l.fiO!) tons of seed.
Thsre are 110 women lawyers In Hie
United States, and ciifhl have earned
'he right to practice beforu tho Supreme
Court.
Ihey do say that Iwor California,
where land is very cheap, is as web
idapted for lemon culture as thu f 1,000
an acre groves of Sicily.
Ily Ihe saleof their lands to Ihe United
States government some of tho Indian
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per capita, man, woman and child.
A Chicago building society ha in
rea-nd Its capital from (5,000,0m) t.,
'isviisi.uisi, nectares tin; .Naiionsl lian
Herald, l're.-ent aswis aro f, l,ryx),0.)0,
It is estimated that Ihe richest of civ
ilized peopto tlie I'.ngliBh, with l,'j:)Jl
per capita. In Franco the nverago is
-aid lo bo tl,102; In tho United States
f l.uni.
A nourishing new HaIlimoro export
"in y iihn oeen stario I ny ex Semito
iiuiirv vi. lavis I III I, ol s lllioner eul
Virolnls enke to tho eilver-miiiing regions
ui mcftico.
Aiioih U K) lo 1,000 bolts aro uei in
single freight car. ami about. I DM nr.
required for a llrst clas passengercar, in
id'lliioii lo the soo reipiirod in two gosl
1 w IIITfl I ruCKR,
Upon a recent purchase of 10.000 lon
if raw sugar, not more than two weeks
'upply, the American Sugar Kellning
company win net, it Is intimated,
lirollt of 2 W 000.
The tenth census shows thai 21,010,000
iiinaoiiauis oi itto united Mali's arc
'tipported by agriculture. II. iVJ.l.OiK) ,v
nianiifanluros and 15,02 J,0j0 by com
merce. Ono hundred years ago the United
Elates iiiit' ti acgreiated f .'t 1,000 (KK);
Ui dav, tWW,:l,42l. One bumlred vear
tun the exirtH were valued at 1011
vKiO; to day, (8 17,60r.02 .
There are patents for making paper
from sawdust and shavinis, from this
lies and thistledown, from tobacco stalks
and tanbark. It is said that there are
over 2,IH'() patents in ibis country covur
ing the manuka -lure of paper.
Over !l, 000,000 women aro earning in
dependent incomes in this country
Thero are some 2, IV 10 practicing medi
cine, 11,000 managing piBtotllccs, 25
preaching the gospel, and in New York
city alone 27,000 of them aro supporting
their husbands.
PURELY i'KKXOXAU
Tho Emperor of China is studying
French ami (iuiman. and will taUn
course In law.
Jeweler I,. It rlcntine of rotlstown,
I'a., has a 04 year-old walch that has
never missed a day.
J. C. Henries of Charleston, S. 0., Is
tho only ex-Confcdcrato in that State
who wears the iron crii of 1'riHsia foi
valorous service in tlio Franco TiusHiau
war.
I'r. Psmnel F. Smith. Ibn anthni- f
"America," passed his Koth birthdai
!at week at Ins home in New Ion Center
aiasa., m ar itoston. I n is mtifn n,,A
aiert. and leels tliu hmdeii of bis
vance I nga littln.
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i.nov iciuivMin ua i vivi iii.pn ii.t.
tamo housekeeper. ICirlv in liu in ir
rted lite tho late poet laureate said jest
insriv mat. should ilerature l.nl hi-,(.,
could keep the family from iKiverlv bv
tier cuunsrv sum.
The Maharajah of Kannrtbals. wlv
spent some time In this country in tin
latter pari ot the summer, has been re
eentiy a vioilor to Her in. 1 le Hi
guest of the hmpcror for a few davs
the course of the maneuvers In Alsace.
Uirrsme.
I'rnf. t'harles Eliot Norton of lt.r. ar.l
t'liiversilv is to 1h the rurnbiil lectnrei
on poetry Ibis yesr al the Johns linn
kins l ntversilv in II i timnm. II,.
F "o I'siue, wiiose "Pivinr
nmedv no trsnslated. and the l.viur.u
win lie given In March and April.
Charles 1 (irsves nf Helena M.mi
who was inarrieil at U-xington, Kv., the
iiinnr oiiv. is one in i no w ca t i
nrtki men In the I nile.1 States. II. i.
I resident ol Iwo mining companies in
Montana, and Is ant to be a in .lionnirv
He married a well-known imKiio.1 Wtllllftll
ui ixiiigiou.
wiu-vii tniaue 01 erva. instea.i t'
constantly ta'wailtng herwois as form
has diTiilod that thero is sum, o Inn,.
left in lile, and tlie other eveium- .
lies i e I elesantlv dresseil at a ball ill veil
at Mrttitono in her honor by Mis. Mellor
an American.
Mine. Adelina Pattl recently told a re
xirier lor an miuImi paper that pivplr
natp a n-rnv i m-tina ior asKim; her lc
opt tneir chlldieu. She U eonaianilv
reeiiving otl'ei of hahics- hundred-, shi
hould sv. In the imiiish of th.i v..p
tier last one was a pair of tw ins.
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mtiewui ine aiiuu ii increase ot vis
itors to hgypt an bsiHirtant addiiion ha
la-en made this seas in to the number tn
nrst-class hotels in I ami. The lihcsirvl
Talace Ibdel is intendel lo surpass
aiie and splendor its well-known livals
Shepheard's and the Continental.
lhltili vesels landed a party neai
Kio de Janeiro in order to oMa'ii a sup
ply ol sand for holystoning Ihe d.vks
Tho men approached an old lbwuihai
government powder matianine, w hich wa
guard. it by a delation. -lit (,f pni l,.m
Penoto's soldiers. The latter,
Slid I ft
U'lieycd
nunils r of seamen ilimiiinr,
iner ncinnged to the reUdw.tr ships
and, acting tinder onler, blew up tin
powder msgarine and killed and w'wiud-
U Mvaial of lb Umult aailora.
EASTEEN MELANGE.
American Protective Associa
tion IncreasLnr.
TEE SMALLPOX IN ISDIA5A.
The Bonder of a Challenge to Fight
a Lal Sentenced to the Fen
heutiary iu Alabama.
The New York telephone girls have
been vaccinated.
Chicago proposes to settle riht down
to business now.
A sixth bridge is to lie built across the
Ohio river at Cincinnati,
The State tax lew for Illinois has been
made. It calls for 2,500,O0O.
The Salvation Army has opened a ten
days' campaign at Galveston.
Dengue fever in a mi'd form has made
its appearance at Sherman, Tex.
Tho Viking siiip has started on
trip irotn Ulncago to ew Orleans.
Gobi quartz, assaying 1fr a fijn
licen struck in N'orthoni MinnevoS!
(Jueliec is lioing ravished bv
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"I"1""! icier causeu oy oan nmage.
the Indiana Siiprein8""l'ourt ha"
Kiiockeil out the saloon scree! ordinanco.
Tho drivewavs of CentrsM'ark, New
York, are tu bu lighted by incandescent
lamps.
The smallpox enidemiccontinnes wlkh.
out abatoiueut in the infected legiflhs in
Hill jlllB,
The present fad in New York is saTl to
e thu answering of dinnur invitations
in i by me.
Arrangements are lieinir made to win
ter an immense number of Texas cattle
in Mississippi.
World's Fair stockholders probably
w ill receive a divi lend ul 15 par cent on
their investments.
Tim American Protective Asuneiaiinn
is reported to hu growing rapidly in
noriuerii iiiniana.
A secret order known as the Pension
eis' I'rob'ctive A-po,-iaiio;i is lieing or
gani.ed in Illinois towns.
Claims under the Missouri diseased
sbs k law threaten epletiou of the sur
plus in tho Statu Treasury,
A large number of silver dollars not
made bv the government have buen put
in circulation in West Virginia.
A romp my has been formed at West
Plains, Mo., with ample capital to do
velop the onyx of Douglas county.
(iail Hamilton is still working for the
liberation of Mis. Mayhrick, imprisoned
in Kiiglaml for poisoning her husband.
An Alabama jury has convicted the
sender of a challenge to liuht a duel. He
will have two years in the penitentiary.
A pauper census of the Htato ol Min
neso a shows in June la-t there wore
VM paupers, against 4,8011 tho previous
year.
Captain Anderson Is desirous of pro
renting the Viking ship to this govern
ment, it to be kept pern. alien Uy at the
capital.
Iiuisiana sngar is being marketed
rapidly, and thu result is considerable
ebef ulrca ly in thu financial situation
in that section.
Revenue olllcers have decide.! that
N'oi lh Carolina distillers must pav tax
on three gallons of whisky for every
bushel of corn used.
During tlie lisliing year just closed al
i.iloucca.er, Mass., Ilitv-seven tlshermeu
have been lost, ami ton vessels, valuud
at 1,110,000, have been wrecked.
Governor lajnelling of Kansas bns ap
pointed .Mrs. Kva blackmail a memliei
of the Topeka Police Coiiinii-sion, vice a
topolisl meiiilair w hom hu removed.
The number of paid admissions lo tli
Columbian Fair dm ing the 1711 davs ilia
it was open to the puolic was 21,477,218
ucing an average ol llll.HHl', per day
Senator Sherman's real estate holdings
at Washington are rated on this year's
lax li-t at HOd.OOO. Ho is alsmt tie
heaviest individual taxpayer at tho cap
ital.
It Is understood that the United States
Nipreme i onrt w ill Iw asked to ordc
Ihe naturalisation of a Chinaman, with
a view ol testing tlio auti-Chinusu legis
mi mil.
ltnsiklyn ofllcials intend establishine
a squad ol Milice to protect pedestrians
mini tne oanger ol tlie irollev cars.
similar sipiad does duty on llroadway
.M-W' I OI R.
Cornelius Vandcrbiit raid f 1.V1 fhsl f.ir
i ne Old ,-ovcnlli Kegimenl chihnousu in
onier lo pull it dow n and make a tlowei
garden on its situ for his new Fifth-ave
iiue mansion.
The President has appointed Colonel
i.ii.rui. i. uuggies to lai Adjutant Gen
eral of Ihuaiiuv with Ihe rank ol lii i
adier-General, lo succeed tieneral Will
lams, retired.
About 2ft 1,(100 phologrpbs were de
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-,.,i,i n. inr i iwiiiTiiri) I'epartment III
vt ahington on the 2,-ltli ultimo. Thei
ii'pri seuled tlio a vumnUtlon in the
dead-letter otllce since 1874.
A suit has heen instituted stMali'on.
Wis., which iuvo'ves tiovernor Peik
Atlornev-Geucial O'Connor and othet
late olllcers in an attempt to gel at tin
State funds in the Treasury.
The Minnesota LivUlatitre Ima naan.l
an ordinance declsring poobooms pulili.
mi. i iiinKin owners m ituiid
mg rented lor p snroonia and their frv
ipn titers gnilly of a miademeaiior.
The Supreme Court of the United
Slates has directed the court of Utah
to iii-csv!.! in cimfnrniiiv irnh it,.. ...
ihe last Congress in dis'iHsnn ..f
chesteil Mormon Chuiv'i properly.
Mrs. Cyrus Field, who left .New York
society a mouth or so since in order to
open a millinery shop, is now iMiiinbut
inn lo the newspspeis letters on " Worn
i.i's Sphere in U,isimss," signal Su.-ie
M. A. t teld.
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,lili. lillllll iti !. I1A4H.I in..,,
'---i l"i's isiiniimom ute IWentV-ntli
passenger radios I lines that enter Chi-
ami carried to that city S .AiVtVl i.r-
sons nuiiiur tne ivntiiiiiain-H ..t ii,
ii oi id s rair.
The Philadelphia Pres gics into
long expo-ii
nre of one nf the tricks of ih.-
ennsyitauia milk .Unler-. They but
I ine larmers hv the serui .in
ire, and sell to their customer, hv n.
wine gallon measure.
At the close oi Ihe Columbian Fail
.''hiciigii paiwrs art nsMKiiisiug ihe t x
slelice id what thev tall Dm W.nl.iv
('air grip, whore sviuptoms ate a slight
'lacking couch. tMiislriction hi Hi..
of the nose and a general languor.
Theie were sold rtwn ly 100 acrea o
lie old elister lioimstead at Marsh
eld. in. hiding the old olisei t ati.ri- ....
Ulack Mount. The ditil slum. il,-.
sniel Webjder uin ha-.-. p;4rt f I hi
iroiH'ilv ui I"t. The Imk-Iiiii .........
who lias laiiiitht the land coveted it on
Kttiilut of lis historical
UiUk U w ulics to sue prvsurvad. '
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FfiOM WAJSHIS'iTON CITY.
Eatiflcafons of the extralition treaty
between the United States and Sweden
and Norway have been exchanged. It
aid go into'effect in thirty days.
The SeDate Committees will have lit
tle to do during the reo-ss. The Com
mittee on Agriculture will complete its
investigation of the causes relating to
the depression in agricultural products
and submit its report as early as possi
ble after the beginning of the regular
session. The Committee on Pacitie kail
wavs is investigating the Union Pacilic
railroad receivership.
The Indian Coininiee'oner has received
a telegram from Captain Iialib, Indian
agent at Colville, Wasli.. who has made
an investigation of the alleged troubles
at Harrison, Idaho. lie says there is no
danger of a conflict Is-tween the w hite
men and Indians. The Indians, be as--erts,
are seknig an exorbitant price for
their interest in the lands iism which
the towu of Harrison is located.
The Trassiy Department has had an
sciual workunr balance of not to exceed
i2,0IMttiti.' If this lie, omen exhausted,
ihe depigment will havu to meet the
eurrTiialiliiations from the void reserve.
asury officials, however, hope for
UtMU'r times, and exnift that, a further
ii tie stopped. Jt is predicted that
lie Coinauu nf cold between now and
January 1 will amount to (2.1,000,000.
-Commissioner Miller of the Internal
revenue bureau is amending- tho Treas
nry Department's regulations for the
istratioti of Chinamen in accordance
itlLtftbe recent act ol Coniiress extend-
Tsse time of registration six months.
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uefni uiieiii. ntts an unexpecieu nai
1 of 1 1,000. which can m utilized ih
putting the new legislation into opera
tion. It is geneialiy understood the
Chinese will register, and alter six
months all Chinese unable to produce
coitilicates will lie summarily deported.
There aro rumors that Voorhees will
introduce a free-coinage silver bid at the
opening of the regular Bession. Voir
liees declined to talk atsiut the matter,
but it is siinted out ho has always been
a silver man. and that he declared dur
ing the debate on the icpeal bill that lie
was no less a Iriend of silver than .!-
.is. At any rate it is thoroui'hlv mi
tersiood the silver question was not
shelved hv the pas-age ol the repeal bill
tin Ihe contrary, the silver men siv the
tight has only begun. When Congress
a-semliles they propi.se to keep it well
lo tho trout in connection with every
.treat issue Is'twee'.i the parties from the
tin lit to the repeal of the Federal elec
lion laws. F.verv staie of the larilfdia
cusion will be punctuated bv pertinent
tileries by the silver men tending to
prove mat it was demoneti.atton of sil
ver and not the McK nlev tariff whii
tinned tlie linaucisl depiession. Indeed
it is intended that the silv.-r men shall
let as a body of obstructionists, as did
i ho I'arnellitcs in Parliament, till silver
snan receive a Hearing.
Although Congress amended theGearv
let so as to allow Chinese six mouth
more in which to register, it adjourned
wiiiioui, m.iKing an appmpi laiion
carry out the provisions of the act. The
uiiairman of the I oinmiitee on Aiuiro-
priations had cognisance of the necesitv
of the Treasury Department's need of
money to carry out the law, and it
proliaMe that, il I he U'uency dericienc
on i nan pused, a clause appropriating
'imiijcii money ai least io lieum opera
MMis noinu nave neen inserted in llv
"III. As It IS. reulstratlons llliderthna.
vill not beain until the uppioprisiion is
maie. iiieanwiine the treasury Depart
incut wid make nil its preparations:, sin
o soon as ihe money is available it will
ne prepared lo B-i:n its olllcers so thai
ihey can he.'ln Ihe work at once. The
oureau has assurances that an effort w ill
oe made to get the lull through in th
'artv days ol tlie session, so that Ihe
woi Kol registration w ill not be Ion de
erred. It is said that nM Chinese now
in tlio country approximating loO.OOO.
can no registeied in sixt v days, if tliev
promptly takd advantage of tho oimor
I ha annual report of L. Ixiwrio Hell
uio second Assistant rostmastertien
erni, shows that the total expenditure
r mail transportation was f4 1.6',)7.()il7
' "' loin nuioiiiH o,(o;s t was on
ao.oiiut of star ionics and fJ5,7'.'(J,(W5
on account oi railway routes. The re
port shown that there are now in opera
i. sur nniin i.i.nno, mileage Zh'.i,
AMI; i ail road routes 2.fii!l, mileage ltlrt,
li-i-'; niesseiiger routes 7.205. niihaji
2,IKM. The tnci ease in thu number ot
'"" " i"K toe tear was jimii and in
ine length ot routes (1.2 u miles. Tin
increase in the annual tato of expendi-
iiiru was ii..-iii,.iti. iiurmg the Inst
it...... i ..... .1... i .. . A.
"-mi Mr me ra iwsy postnrnce cars
em sunji cted lo 40.1 train aaidents.
most an oi winch resulted in loss of lift
or serious injury. Ten clerks wembillxl
ill seriously injured and 118 slightly in-
j ... ... vuiiiiiii-iiiing ii p( in tne tacts. .Mr.
neiissjs: l he department is permit
e l to care for the mj irtsl, but no an
'horiaiil relief under the existing stat
ut.-s can he extendisl tn tll(. p,sip. left
U.I.I...I I... .1. 11..... , ., ' 1 .
". K"i sin- lenovys n no gu
down to death whilst performing their
omen, ine nav death enters the Mr
the pay of the clerk ceases, and at the
ery time Help is mo-t ncii I... I thu l.n.n
'in. ken f.imilv Ih'iimiu s tisi often an ob
j.s I of charity. Various methods have
'M-eii siK'iiestid w here bv re ef mll K.,
xtendeil without material ohlk'atinn
iiiiiii i nt. Koversmeti', and I trust th
...i-i-. -in viiuKn-rs cbm in- prevai ed nnm
o adopt some one nf thu miimu..,! i,u...
If such a measure of reli. f were put info
'-ne. i. it mini i nro'lioii! i ih .iiri'i.ii an.l
the dire. t Isinelit that would bo induced
y ii would ne great.
eeretarv Gro-dia'n ha recelvn,! . .Ii..
patch from I'nitiil Slates Mmist- r Hiker
who was on Ixiard the steamer Costa
Kica at Amapala when died on bv the
Honduras amhoiiiies liecau-e the'esp-
ani in I ne e-ael refused to surrender a
reiugee from Honduras on hoard as a
passenger. The dispatch full V foiitlriiit.
he ptess reports of Ih.. Iliii'i.. .... .i...
fnite.1 State. Hag. While Ihe shin was
n the ixirt of Amanita iho mil, l.
leinandisl t. sili reii-h r nf I'.il. n...
uill.i, wao was recently inncern.M in the
'evo uii niarv mnveinent a-ainat it,..
Honduras goverMim nt. The captain ile
um l. Alter the slim had iv.-i.it .1
.learanc.i papers and whi e she was leav
hi: Mrt six ur sevu shots were ttrt-1 ' (0
hung her ... Minbter Hiker waa on
b'lir l at the time. Whether the s'lofs
-veie tins! dir.vtlv at her or in front ja
iot stated. The matter was d'cn-ed
at a Calinct m.eii 'B. Captain IXiw ,
who was iu ui nmand of the Costa i, -a' j
s the same cap'ain w ho liarlsnd liir-'j
nmd a, w ho was killed on his shin ,'.,-. I
eral tears v..i bv the (iii itema'an au
thoiities. It has lieen esiablishitl Ht
Hiliti-at reiugee who is a pa-senger as
Iwndla was. cannot Is- taken in.m t'he
hip on which he i. Tim .-li.n... .
im.si nf il... l..;..l c . '
.... ... .... annister in
tho vt-sel in thi eat is n it ennui, l..i
Minakeanvditreremvinihediplomailr
asv,vta t,f the ,-Ht. Notlnng tsinl.i
'eariif.1 oi wtist rei.lv was a,.t M.nii
Ka,..r .1... ....... -
..... ... .. rn-f.s nrt- iir.tti.ia,. I t it,,
taken in ihe matter. The Cnit.sl Srnteai
steam-liip Al!ian,v aie. the. .liter ilav
'"V" ,"', 'o A. ajuHa in Salvador.
.. ..,.,.-, ,.. moveni-ni was occasioned al
... . ... .... mcui was not stated at the do.
psutiaaaL.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Matabeles in Africa Butchered
ly Enjlish Soldiers.
FIXASCIAL STATE OF SALVADOR,
British Sallori Blown Up by the Ex
plosion of a Powder Maga
zine in Brazil.
The police have closed the principal
skirting club in Paris.
The new Austrian Cabinet will he
moderately conservative.
Parisian women ride bicycles followed
by grooms, also on wheels.
Travelers in Italy are seriously an
noyed by the scarcity of small coiiis.
Of 147 members of the Swiss National
Council the Socialists elected but one.
Theodore Tilton has published a book
in Paris dedicated to the American col
ony. Kmpcror William doubts the safetv of
allowing Italy to reduce her standing
army.
A new find of mummies is reported
from Alexandria. They are in the orig-1
inai wrappers.
Madrid toughs assaulted the Civil
Governor as he was taking a walk, anf
git,? nun a rcino iTCttllflg
The London Hospital shvs tea-tinnlinv
is producing in Britain results not less
serious than alcohnhc drinks
The suit againsf Explorer Stanley for
commissions on American lectures" was
sett'ed oirt of ?iurt at Ixindon.
For obtaining photographs and draw
ings of German forts two Frenchmen
will be tried at Leipaic for hili treason.
tvaiser w iiliam has sent Ins portrait
to Chancellor von Capri vi, with a letter
expres.-mg uuahated confidence in him
There is-a widespread feeling in Eng
land that tlje so called battles in Africj
with tlicsMatabeles wero savage butch
eries. The Pup-; is said to have changed no
tieeably in appearance lately. Ho b
much bowed down, and
seems more
nervoa.
tr: f T t . r . .
ivuig ii urn iien oi iiaiy, who was
iiiruwn irom ins norse a lew davs ago, is
oneoi the best n lers among European
oilman os.
The New Decimal Coinasn Association
has organized Willi considerable evidence
of strength for the purpose of decimaliz
ing English coinage.
At the instance of the Pri
of Bavaria the royal opera house at Mu
ni" li hasoiiereda pnr.o of 8,000 marks
lor a new Uerinan opera.
Russia is lo he put on a war footing
I lie (.zar orders the foimaiioii of flftiM.ii
row bngailes.thus incensing the strenalh
..I 1... Ill, A 1. .
wi me bi my oy lou.oov men.
T- ':!! ..i . . . .
i mil Yunnan, woo was iKdieailed in
n..l : i .. t . i . . .
iiiTiiiu ii-ceiiiiy ior i ne inuritcr ol her
titi-nanil, was the Ibst woman lo be exe
cuted in that city since 184(1.
The old established chaiitv in London.
Ihe Scottish Corporation, is financially
in a depressed condition, and apjssals
" in-nig tiiaooon us oeliait.
Cholera has a-jain iimknit nut in il...
Charleroi district of B Iguim, where:Kl
cases nave ocenrred within a month
with a fatality of 33 per cent.
Tl... Tl :t:.. I .. ...
..it- iM.i.iiiaii iiegaii.in at lyin ton does
not hetieve the story th it the insurgent
vessel R.publica snnk a government
transjiort, causing the losa of over l.OOil
lives.
It is stated that the Russian govern
ment has conceded the French company
the right to establish telephonic, e iiiimn
nical ion between all tho large Russian
towns.
Charges of brutality to private soldiers
mite caiicu iiioca-hieninriif l.i..nt,..i,it
Sc brag-Miller of the Eiglitytimth Regi-
i,i niiBiurv, siaiioni-u at JJussel
ilorf, Oermany.
The stockholders in teres t.d In thu
railroad from Acre to DamastMis are mak
ing prophecies about the time when il
will tie possible to go from London to
India in eight days.
Municipal restaurants b am twrnn no.
tahlishorl in many Uernian cities as a
means for minimising Urging and to re
lieve the worthy iswrof Hie nmnasitv m
aeoepting fosl givon in ch.iritv.
Dr. Knox, tho recent! v dceeaaed V.
mate of Ireland, is said t'o have re.-eiveil
his arohiepia.iipal promotion thrmth .n
error the see having been intended for
another Dr. Knox.
Prince Bismarck is not nwinpin. ...
rapidly as was honed. He bun y.,l,i i,..
copvnght of his memoirs to a firm of
u'nian piinii-iiont tor 2),000 for post
Ill1llli.ll. ...,Kli...l '
v...i- I'.li.lltlsilUII.
One of the laws of Kino T ,t ,,... i.
nowHghling the Briiish in South Africa'
.- t.inv iiiouifrs-iu-iaw mav not enter
uieir son-in-iaw s ti mse. an. slmnl. 1 1 1.....
meet in the street they must avort theiV
Italy is in financial strut's rot tl..,
vast i-Tiw.ti,lit,.pU u i.:.. i. t
.,.' .'-iiiuii nave put her
" iuis tiin.iin.in must Ih) mniinnetl
She has been notified In-I ;n, . ..... .i...
she mn-t koep up her military and naval
St'Cllgtll.
A state of affairs almost annroiel.in
ii if "".'."i "'l""cni exists among the
"'"'; constahuiary, owing it
is s lege I. to the recent efforts to .,,.r.
alizo the 800 meu 0f which (h j
tree ronststs.
Q I vn Victoria,! va nit fall t.. b
count of her numerous m, . i .i...
ourt Circu'ar remind. Ii. r.,.i'.... ......
the infant son t.f I'rm.ess Fenlinand of
Romnania ia lier Mai stv'a ...-u.,i ,i.
great grandchild. ' '
The Paris Omnibus Comn.tnv Intends
lortly to hnng into ns .....i..
sh
coniprcs-cd air l.s oniotiv. , fr the tram-
li ( i ilia limn.
t yrt U-en used in IV.,;. f..; . . .
IHWt.f s.rn-l .s,)tiiin; - ,l,r-
It is sai l that I
ls.a.ia i
""""'"i " r.ntei t.nv.r that ih-v n I
r'l't:isa tiigldnMn.,s.,di.ispM,K '
i .. .1 - "t mme i
.. remove ail Ihe npia-r part down n. the '
, Plaifir" might U-enpt.sl
n si in III iiii a m.,k i. i .
I Ml III. illl H hl.di
I The financial con,!iti,n f Sut .
H-ti,ng ala;n,ing. The troops h.ve
!;-"t !,. paid for si w,vka. civil" ,
ploycs have not received any money fr
ore,, months. n, scln teachers have
Utm unpaid lor six montha. e
unjiaid lor six mouths.
ni!!'.1' , r'erIe Mrn'U',,'n- holds a
me-lical diploma from a Paris nimer-iiy
and who estaMisl h w ..
' i'"' lv csll.M n,v,, to ,,.
niotherof the Klmlive. She Iihs simv
oeen aiis.ntl d.n-lor at il... ,..i..
. . i-.w-v,
J. Symon.. F. R S.. .avs t't since
he haT" " rn',1'" i". on ,n 1Ny
he h.. ly o.ice previously n-ieteti
lh rainfall of f..ur ti-nsei ie m..n "i
at l.a than an inch e.ef. ..,.1 .k.... ?
lews
(nd.u,eenUof,wo.
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat Valiev, 95c;
Walla Walla,
33j(i85c per cental.
HOPS, WOOL A-1D HIDKS.
Hops '92s, nominally at 10(516c per
pound, there being none in the market;
no- ,.n,n 'O'j 1 M .7 1 7.. f., ehnl.sji inf..
rior, 6c and upward.
Wool Prices nominal.
Hidbs Dry eelected prime. 6c; green,
salted, 00 pounds and over, 3,'jc; under
tiOponnds, 2i3c; sheep pelts, shearlings,
10i.iloc; medium, 20ii35c; long wool,
30'a60c; tai low, good to choice, 3a3'sc
per pound.
FLOCB, FEED, STC.
Flocb Stanlanl,2.90; Dayton,$2 90;
Walla Walla, $3.15; graham, i2.5u; su
perfine, 2.2) per barrel.
Oats New white, 33ig30-' per bushel ;
new grav, 33 2 34c; rolletl, iu bags, $0.25
(atj.fto; barrels, Jri.75io7.00; caees, $3.75.
Millstcffs Bran, $16.00; snorts,
tlS.00; ground barley, $2223; chop
it-ed, $18 per ton ; w hole feed, barley, 7cc
percental; middlings, 23a28 per ton;
chicken wheat, ll.lOrai 15 percental.
Hay Good, $10(gl2 per ton.
DAiar pboddcs. ",-
Bfttkb Oregon fancy creamery, 30
aj32,l,c; fancy lairyv5S37hic; fair to
good, 20(g2l8c; coiauion, ldi420o per
pound. ;.
Ciieksk Oregon, 1012',c; Califor
nia, lUr4c'; Voung America, 15lt5c;
Swiss, uupjrLcd, 3J32c; domestic, 18
i20c per pound.
Eoos Oregon, 30c per dozen; East
ern, 27,s4C.
Poultry Nominal ; chickens, mixed,
2 00i3.50; ducks. 3.00ia4.00: geese.
t7.60Co8.5J per dozen; turkeys, live, 12c
per pound ; dressed, 14c.
VEOBTAULKS AND FR01TS.
Veoktablks Calibage, In pr pouml;
potatoas, Oregon, 75c per eack ; new on
ions, l'c per pound; tomatoes, 35
40c per liox; u'eeu corn, 15c per dozen;
sweet potatoes, 1 '-4 (sleeper pound; Or
egon celery. 35yj50c.
Fruits Sicily lemons, $6.00(S6 50 pel
box; California new crop, $5.00,;j5.50
per box ; bananas, $1.50iit3.00 per hunch ;
oranges, $3 50 per Ixix; Oregon peaches,
B6 u70c er lsix; fall butter pears, 80aj
0c per box; grapes, 60mW0c per Isjx;
New York Comnr.1, MS - j er bauKei;
Italian prunes, 75c($l.(JU per liox; ap
iiles, Italilw in. King, 85c(al.lH) ner Ikix :
Waxen, 75,"iU0c; cranberries, 48.00(28.60
per oarrei.
8TAPLB GROCER! SS.
Coffkb Costa hica, 2;!c; Kio, 22c
Salvailor. 23c; Mocha. 2U1a2,Sc: Ar.
buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-ijund
KO.. ..... 1 '
v , u,ut. , ' 1 njiiiiti,
Honky Choice comb, 18c per pound
new Oregon, ltb520c; extract, SlOc.
Uriko t ruith 1 -yj pack, Petite
prunes, H a 10c; sliver, 10i;tl2c; Italian
umvc; Herman, B a 10c; plums, Gallic
evaiioiated apples, 8itI0c; evaporated
aprieors, loatim:; peaches, 10120
pears. 7(fille per pouml.
Sti.T Liverpool, 2 K)s, $15 63; 100s,
$1(1.00 : 60s. Hi.SO; slock, $8.50at.50.
Ukans Small whites, SuSc; pinks,
3?4'c; bayos, 3(a3'4c; butter, 4c; lima,
3'aC per pound.
RicgIslan.l,$5.750.00; Japan, none
in market; New Orleans, 16.600.25 per
ceinai.
Syhop Eastern, in liarrels, 4055c
in hall-liarrels, 42i5c; 111 cases, 36i
80c per gallon : $2.25 ner kiv: California.
iu barrels, 20i?40c er gallon; $1.75 per
Kt'.
.-uoar i,-tj4c; Ltolden C,5c; extra
fis-4c; conlecttoiiers' A,6 c; drvgran
nlattsl, 5'.e: cube. erusliH.1 and tutu
"It-red, 6 V per jiounil; l4c per pouiii
.oseiiiinv on an grades lor prompt cash
maple sugar, 15'lc per pound.
CA.N.MED noons.
CtNNBI) (iouua latile Irnitu i.ril
1.75(112.00; peaches, $1.852.00; Hart-
lull ...... VI -C .' .
" l"i Ti.roa.uu; ptllins, $1.37l(g
.it-, runit oerries, z.l'Oij;2.4i ; cherries,
ti.tM.w; blackherrius, $l.6(n2.0U
isspherries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25ai
-..it., np.i.-oio, ti.oo. no Iruits,
assorte.1, $1.20; neat:ha. 1.2Sr nln,,,.
$1.00((il.20; !)la. klsjrries, $1.25(1.40 per
loTr"' , J'IB fr,,itM' Kll'iis, assorte.1,
....,1111, peacues, f.j.aut.r-i.oo; apri
cots, $3.50ia4.00: iihim.. ) tk.-j isi
blacklierries, $4.25(34.50; tomatoes.$l'.lo!
Iunion iieei, is, $1.40; 2s
2.i0; chiliped, $2.36; lunch tongue. Is
f.1.0.; js, o.o; deviled ham, $1.50g
,K ,i7f",!n!,, 8' 7B.'d$2.26; ,4,
$2.15(4.50; lobsters, $2.30at3.50; sal
",0. ','! 1",b ul1"' 1-26'41.60; flats,
$l.5;2-lbs, $2.25aJ2.50; -barrel, $5.6o!
PROVISIONS
hABTKR. Smokio MAT8 ANO Labd
llams. meilium, HSwlS.'jc per pound;
breakfast tiaeon, lSatlOc; ehort clear
sides, 15ttt ItSc ; dry salt sides, 13J14c
ard, cpiiiKiund, in tins, lOc per pound
pure, in tins, 13',ttl5c.
BAOS AMD BAOOI.10
Burlaps. 8-onm-e. 40-ineh not mcU
IL.. l.....'.. ... ' -"i
uun.,1,, iu-,-ounce, 40-tnch, net
tiwn, o ,.c niiriaps, ll',-ouiice, 45-inch.
IV' ""iriaps, 10-ounce, MO-incli, He
...naps , iii-onnee, 7-incb, 14c: wheat
bags, Calcutta, 22x30. sihiu 8c: S-bn.h.l
l liags, 7'.c: No. 1 ...I0..10.1 1
han.l hags, 7c: Calcutta hon dmh .
"1.111 -i .in.
LIT! A.1D DRSSSID MS AT.
o i..-
oir 1 rime steers. $2.502.75; fail
auuMsu-ers, -ii.utnaa.o0; g.sl lochoiei
i-ows. $l.mila.00: dressed beef. ;j.60(a
0.00 per 100 bounds. ' 9
Murros i.hoicj mntton, $2.00(92.50.
.ert , -t..s.,oo.oo; Ismtsj, $2.0O,.t2.50 ;
diesse.1, lrl.00; live weight. $2.00.52.50.
I loos Choice heavy, 6.00ro.Mr: me-
f4.ftO(rt6.tX): dressedr$7.00.
Vial $4.00irf.00.
M1SCKLLANKOUS.
.. T,?':,; C- rliareoal. 14x20. prime onah
ity, $S.50,".tl.00iH-rlNii: lur'-r. .'
extra -r Uix ; I. C. coke nlates. U io'
prune onabtv. J7.50 9X111,,,., iw.. . . !
i.... 1 .. 11:1 ." " :"" 'cine
.. v., prime quality, $.507.tKl
. N;tl'r,,,-t!"!noations: Iron, $2.25:
steel. $2.35; wire, $2.50 per keg
oTBbl l er pound, 10s,c.
Lao Per pound, 4'.c; bar, BUe.
-s ai Ai.j.roRr.s Oakiini.$4.50,i6.00 per
de; resin. $4.! nfi.oo ,., an 1...
bal
tar, Stockholm, $1.1; Canilina. $0 per bar
rel; pitch. $H per barrel; turpentine, tioc
per gal bin in er l.t.
Everysh n r that tends lo d ;.-., V...
ngrciltu e.sof benefit to ..II who" are
t...gt-i in aivii'ane i of tl... .t ,
lion li - .... '
, . , " ' ' 1 rm.-r stops got in
. ' ,!"'1.e vr Ui lin ''"! to
ho - iwLV , r1""''"'". "t relieves
in.- it neat lis, k.t i.i.i .
'i c .ii.-aae every ew and practical d.w
h. '.Tr :"' ,,,H' MM1 '"-l'-s
diailv or not. '
Tli Vr of Dot IV iter.
Speakm- of hot water, it is wonderful
how many good purposes it serves. A
compress of liucu v.rcng cut cf hot aalt
au l water nad ornlied tn thh
ere.1 entirely and closely with Cannel to
prevent the taking of cold lli:"-r
aa.l do away with tho irritation which
culminates ij frcqnent conghing. nQt
water at the baci vt the neck ami be
hind the ears rrj't
.... . urnuul
weanuesa nnj hysteria which overcome
one after a hard days work. Hot water
taken internally before a meal U an aid
to tleaUo-PluUJeipiua Xiiam,
FARM AXD GARDEN.
layinj Out and Putting: in Xiie
Drains JNow in Order.
ABOUT SELECTING SEED
COES.
A Good Time toAcqnlre tlieTLeofjt
of Agriculture is During the
Winter Farm Notes.
Hani out manure as it accumulate,
and spread it on the fields. Do nut l
it pile and tire-fang. 1
A lqn.n nitai.titi, tt 1 1. 1
uuceo in tins country is spoiled
inuuii ciiurning anu working.
Clean up rubbish about tlie farm Bi'i
of rails, limbs of trees, ends of Uiarilf
etc., will soon 13 covered with snow. 1
In building temporary corncribs hav,
the floor at least a loot aliove the groun I
so rats and mice cannot hari.or under it'
Patch up the cracks in the chicken
house, cow barn, sheep shed, etc. Cul'l
winds aie detrimental to stock-raisin,.
Get the potatoes iu the cellar or Jt
as the time is nearly here when cull
nights will injure them. See that tlie
btonng p ace is well ventilated.
When the machinery used in puttini
in tlie wheat crop is needed no Ion J,
carefully clean, grease bright metal r.
faces and put away in a dry place.
In selecting seed coi n remember that
the varieties will crosB-feitibze at loim
distances. Select seed from corn whit
has grown apart from other varieties.
Tlie best method of keeping rood
where one has no regular root cellar j
to bury on dry ground Cover with ti,o
leet of earth, and see that all water that
falls on the pit can get oil' readily.
Laying out ami putting in iiie ,iraiM
is now in order where the ground is not
too hard, lietter Iimvc a!! to main lines
surveyed and ihe tile leveled bi.iore cov
ering. Imperfectly laid drams are Use
less, During the winter, when (here is not
so very iniirn mat one can do in the way
of practical ork, is a goo I time lo a.'
quite the theory of iigi icitlt uie. lo t it
from looks ami from your hum papers
and have it at tour lingers' ends, so that
you can verify it by pia.-tice as ioon as
you get into the field next spring.
Some of our friends of the press make
a mistake when they take the posiiiun
that good roads are oi iiiiKirtjnce only
to the farmers, and that in coiise.pieine
the whole expense of building mid main
tenance should be Ixirne by them. Tncy
are of value to the entire coiniuuiiitv
und the expentu should be shared bv all
classeB.
The Imsimgiof manufacturing starch
from potatoes has been conlim d to com
paratively few loeiililice. Where it l,t
lieen carried on it has pioven a p.ohtal.le
industry, and has increase.! the value of
hirm lands devoted to growing the crop.
The combii.Hti.iu of iigii. ullural produc
tion and manufacturing is usually cutis
lactory to all concerned.
Thorough tillage will partially take
Ihe place of manure bv making more
valuable whatever plant food mav be in
the sod. But the natural inlereu.e is
that this exhausts tlie soil stdl more
rapidly, so that, if continuous flopping
is to be piaeticed, the maituie must not
lie withheld, however good the tillage
will make big crops rbjht along.
Some men seem to pride themselves
upon the. fact that Ihey are piuctical
farmers, and know nothing about agri
culture except that which thev have
earned by hard knocks. Hut 'this is
hardly as nun li credit to them as they
seem to think, liecause the verv best
farmers in these latter davs are the ones
who combine theory with' practice.
Wheat has gone abroad in fairly lib
eral quantities. This ought to make
hetler pi ices, and will if it continues
long enough. Anyway, it brings a go.sl
M . P10""' '"'o Hie country, and this
will help to make times better. The
panic is over at any rate, and farmers
can plant with the assurance that busi
ness will continue next year just as it
has in the past.
BcccEssri'i, r.n.MEBs.
The Practical Farmer savs: Wo
should ask what qualities do these men
who are Buccessiul fanners possess that
have made them so? Are ihey nut men
of great energy, wide-awake ail, I uleit
men who always keep abreast of the
times f Are they not men of an unfliiich
tug de erniitiation, who trample upon
difficulties, and who ever pass ttnwanl
and upward? Are they not frugal and
sober? Do they not read and think?
Do Ihey not love their culling? Iain
acquainted with a tanner, who ahont
eight years ago Isjiigbt a farm. He had
nothing to begin with hut energy, char
acter ami ill .1 itv.and I....I..,. I...V:. .
.... t i . - ' '. . .it in it. ...'..h
Ollt Of debt. Ills l.ini.i.v I..
from bis farm pr.Klucis, und he even
sells com, oats and hay-, tops which
take o,r much plant food; but thi plant
ood is always ictmning l,y ro,IIH' ,u.
"lung. He follows ir. ne.i f.,... i.,..
it is intensive f :ttlimi It.. .1
'tioit than he inn tl.. u..n ...i
hnro ia n-iinc. ...s . f . p
a
, "; "ii'iertake t-niirelv
too
iinu ii. akooi tanner once ni
never plowed moreeroiin.1 tl.,... i, i l
... 1 1.... i.u
completely cover with manure. That is
it go.ni pian. I can imagine that that
a.merwas snccessfnl. lie t.t.. .,
mo ;e than what can Im to'mi.l. t.-lt
red with manure mm i. ..... i 1...1..
. i.ivt;it .tf
plow more than what can he thoroughly
tilled. An able wiiter on nfri.-nlmra
wrote some time ago that pn, ,..y M,,(l
prc,,gy fertilizing and p.odigv 'tillage
will bung pro liirv results X,.-"ii
to me that any farmer who has i.a-on-alily
good land can obt,.l.. ..i.;....i..
g.Kid results by using the liest seed, hv
copious fertilizing and bv thorough till
age. All that is needed is i-niern i.,..
constant p'aimiiigaiid push. Thetruuble
iti.ti agreat muuv inri,r. ;d ti
atislied too soon'. mil I titti o a
Top that is sliirhtlv ubove i i,e 'llf..r,.r
or somewhat, better thin that ..f their
netghlsiis thev think thev sr.- .I..i.i.. wed
enou.' i. This should i.ot las Tht v
should strive each tear to smpass ll.'e
woik of the vear l.. f..n. Tl....- .1. .1
set iN-fon the'ms. Ivesa b'ijh id. a I slid
men strive lo their int.., i.. ,i.,
1 sniirn Ihe ,l...ir., ..( ; ...i...
. ... . - -....It 1.1 lll,1l,,.jllllll.lt
fertihlv. That tl. si... sl....,t.l .i.l . ..
I'lginent in anv pro;r.-ssjVH farmers
mind. Incre.iing the fertility should
be the aim.
A Mailer of rrl.le.
Small Doy.! wnuter take faa.
Lk-iilist-lt i, luit uslliJ to jminister
pas for a milk tooth, my bor. It won't
hurt but an instaut,
Vftt t ' V'a . J .
have i , .d,"7Sr r Buam' " or 1
. "Vo" "''oul'dn't Iw
an nfr.i.l r.t l..lr
a on.
NOW sit Illl lieru III-. .. I... I. "
"I ain't 'frai.l ,.f Kn bun. 'Toiut lluL
I m afraid I c.tu't Ltlp ui,iu a screech
wbeo it cornea out."
"That won't matter."
n Jlw'lllon- All tie bors wot I've
ever licked is wnitin under tlT wiadt t'