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CHERRY PECTORAL.
Peace After the Battle.
The, wife of a well-known Western
Senator Is a Southern woman who was
married to the Senator late In life.
While still a young girl she left her
native State and came North to live;
but from time to time she would re
visit Lfcr eld lioiije.
On one of these occasions shortly be
fore her marriage she happened to
meet the old colored "mammy" who
had been her nurse, and who was vast
ly surprised to And that "Miss Mary"
still was unwedded.
"Lan Miss Ma'y!" she1 exclaimed,
"ain't yo' married yit?"
"No, not yet. Aunt Sally," was the
answer.
"My, my! Who'd a-thought It? An'
yit," she mused, determined to soften
this disgrace, "aftah all, dey does say
dat ol' maids has de happies' life; dat
is, aftah dey quits struggling'
Railway Rate Legislation.
At the biennial convention of the Or
der of Railway Conductors recently
held at Portland, Oregon, resolutions
were unanimously adopted voicing their
sentiments as to the effect of proposed
railway rate legislation on the 1,300,-
000 railroad employes, whom they in
part represented. These resolutions
"indorse the attitude of President
Roosevelt in condemning secret rebates
and other illegalities, and commend the
attitude of the heads of American rail
ways, who, with practical unanimity.
have joined with the president on this
question." They then respectfully
point out to congress the lnadviea
bility ot legislation vesting in the
hands of a commission power over rail
way rates, now lower by far in the
United States than in any other coun
try,", because such regulation would
"result in litigation and confusion and
inevitably tend to an enforced reduc
tion in rates, irrespective of the ques
tion of the ability of the railroads to
stand the reduction, especially in view
of the increased cost of their supplies
and materials. They further pro
tested against such power being given
to the present Inter-State commission
because "the proposed legislation is
not in harmony with our idea of Amer
ican jurisprudence, inasmuch as it con.
templates that a single body shall have
the right to investigate, indict, try.
condemn and then enforce its decisions
at the cost of the carriers, pending an
peal, which is manifestly inequitable."
The conductors base their demand
for only such lesislation, if any, as
would "secure and insure justice and
equity and preserve equal rights to all
partJps concerned," on the ground that
the low cost of transportation "is the
result of the efficiency of American
railway management and operation
which have built up the country
through constant improvement and de
velopment of territory, while at the
same time recogn'tion has been given
to the value of intelligence among em
ployes in contrast to foreign methods,
where high freight rates and lowest
wages to employes obtain."
In pressing their claims against leg
islation adverse to their interests, they
point out the fact that "the freight
lstes of this country average only two
per cent of the cost of articles to the
consumer, thus making the freight rate
so insignificant a factor in the selling
price that numerous standard articles
are sold at the same price in all parts
of the country.'
The Millcrrek Philosopher.
Evasion Is the tribute cowardice
pays to direct falsehood.
It would be much more easy to con-
quer fate if we but knew what fate
was to be.
Always take the deed for the will
and cheat the lawyers out of a contest.
It Is a pity that the wheat. Instead
of the speculator, falls Into the hopper
and is ground up.
The bookworm sees but the printed
page. All nature's volume Is a a trail'
tr to him. Cincinnati Commercial,
CURES WHtm All llll f AIL.
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in nme. poiq oy QrugTpsta.
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Simple Farm Gate.
The gate shown la the accompany
ing Illustration Is recommended by a
correspondent of the Montreal Fam
ily Herald. The gate Is intended for
Lntiide locations, upon a farm Instead
of bars or swinging gatB which are
troublesome and apt to get out of or
der. The correspondent has six of
these gates on his ranch, and expects
soon to put in as many more. It will
be noticed that the gate is not hung
ou iilnges. It. consists simply of a
hurdle which stands between two
strong posts set so that the gate easily
passes ba,ck between them. The sec
ond bar of the gate rests on a cleat
A, shown in the Illustration. This
cleat consists of Inch lumber, four
Inches wide and 12 or 14 Inches loag.
The gate will slide easily if the top of
the cleat Is greased. As the gate Is
closed It Blips between the two posts,
which prevent It from being pushed
either way.
Points In favor of this gate over
SLIDING GATE WIDE OPEN.
those In ordinary use are as follows:
It Is cheaply and easily made; it Is
not liable to get out of order; quickly
and easily operated; requires only or
dinary fence posts, no hinges, or latch,
and it locks automatically.
This Year's Wheat Crop.
Another bumper wheat crop is In
prospect. Estimates by the Depart
ment of Agriculture on grain in the
field Indicate a total yield of winter
wheat of over 411,000,000 bushels
against 401,C8o,8S7 in 1003 and 325,
374,503 in 1904; a gain of 10.314,113
bushels over 1903 and 85,225,497 bush
els over 1904. The estimate on spring
wheat is 348,000,000 bushels, but there
are good reasons for believing that
the yield will be from 10,000,000 to
15,000,000 bushels greater than the
present estimate. However, the com
parison, accepting the estimate as
correct, is interesting, showing an ex
cess for 1905 over the yield of 1904 and
less than 1903, as follows: Estimate
of yield of spring wheat, 1905, 848,
000,000 bushels, against 355,183,656 In
1903 and 279,096,656 bushels In 1904,
about 7,000,000 bushels less than the
yield of 1903 and 68,303,344 more than
last year. According to the official es
timate, the total wheat crop of the
United States this year will be 670,
000,000 bushels. Unless serious dam
age comes to spring wheat during its
ripening, the total wheat yield of the
United States will be about 118,000,000
greater than in 1904 and 83,000,000 in
excess of 1903. Epltomlst
For (Sharpening Posts,
To save lots of work In sharpening
posts, fix up the rig illustrated, ad
vises Charles Ilecht. The forked pole
is 12 feet long, the brace of 1x4 being
about 0 feet high. A stump makes
the best block upon which to sharpen
post
Poultry Pickings.
Save the cabbage for the hens.
Leaves make good scratching ma
terial. Cracked corn will put fat on a fowl
about the quickest of any feed.
A lot of extra cockerels are a nui
sance. Kill them off if you want
eggs.
As a rule hens fall off In egg pro
duction after they are three or four
years old,' and it is only in exceptional
cases that It is advisable to keep
them.
Green cut bone or good beef scraps
will force the pullets to early matu
rity. Dampness is one of the worst trou
bles of poultry keepers. Sunshine is
sure cure.
If eggs were sold by weight the talk
about big eggs would -give place to
that of more of 'em.
Lime water is a corrective of fowl
diseases and is also a good remedy for
soft shelled eggs.
A duck grows faster than a chicken,
sella for more in market, costs no
more to feed and needs but little care.
RIG FOB SHARPENING POSTS.
To obtain the best resold from hens
keep them In flocks of from thirty to
forty with one or two males. Crowd
ing never pays any breeder.
Commercial Fertilizer.
I used threfc tons of fertilizer from
one of our large packing companies lu
1903. I used It on my corn field, put
ting It In the hill with the corn-plant
er; this was on black sandy loam. I
had a good crop of corn, but as my
soil was in good condition I was un
able to say how much benefit the fer
tilizer was to me, If any; therefore,
in 1904, I made up my mind to give
it a thorough test as far as my farm
was concerned.
This year I used five tons. This
fertiliser came from a different pack
ing company from the first lot, but
was supposed to be the same as to its
chemical value. We used 1,000 pounds
to acre, mainly, as In the first year;
still we1 planted strips through our
fields with 200 pounds per acre, and
In the same field we left strips with
out any fertilizer. The first two
months we thought we could see a
little advantage in favor of the corn
that had the fertilizer, but later on,
and at husking time, we were unable
to -Bee that the use of the fertilizer
was off benefit to us. P. G. Freeman,
Iowa.
Cost of Making Beef.
It has been accepted as proved that
the younger an anlinai the lower is
the cost of putting on flesh and fat.
Suwe experiments have been made to
prove this, but the data are too mea
ger to permit of the building of very
strong arguments on them. Professor
Mum ford of the Illinois station hus
taken up the question and is making
an experiment that will at least add
to the volume of the data If It does
not settle the question, which It prob
ably will not. Herds of various ages
are being fed at the station, and these
will be marketed ns fast ns ready and
careful report compiled of the cost
of gain made on each lot. There Is a
point beyond which It does not pay a
farmer to keep an uniinal, even
though that animal Is all the time
gaining In weight. The station Is try
ing to find the point at which steer
feeding must stop, if a profit is to be
made. Every day after that point the
farmer is losing money and losing the
time he Is putting on the care of the
animal.
The Auto Nuisance.
During an English farmers' meeting,
the chairman had suggested that he
should Instruct bis teamsters to hold
their wagons across the road when
autos wefe approaching at a furious
rate. He received flip following nmiw.
lng communication: "As f doubt the
power of the average farm laborer to
distinguish between the innocent and
the guilty, I offer my services. I hold
a discbarge as a sergeant from the
army, and am a trained shot. At
least fifty autos pass my 'house every
day. With an ordinary magazine rifle
I could get about thirty daily, and I
offer my trained services to the cham
ber at a charge of six pence per head.
I should like to know to whom to for
ward the heads. I could use explo
sive or poisoned bullets If so de
sired."
How Sunday Affects the Cows.
The manager of the Wisconsin ex
perimental farm once said that he
could tell the Sundays in the calendar
by looking nt his milk record, which
showed the dally yield, because the
qunntlty obtained was invariably
smaller than on a week day. "Our
men milk a little later on Sunday
morning, and a little earlier nt night,
probably hurrying the operation, and
the cows resent the treatment by giv
ing a somewhat smaller yield of
milk." It was observed, also, apropos
of the necessity for kind and gentle
treatment of dairy cattle, that a new
hand obtained less niiik from a cow
than she would yield to a milker, not
necessarily more expert, to whom she
was accustomed.
The Oat Crop.
The oat crop is one that requires a
great deal of moisture throughout the
season, and the best crop Is assured
by preparing the soil so It will con
serve moisture. The reason the old
plan of seeding oats in corn stubble
falls so frequently Is because the
ground Is stirred shallow and wet ear
ly in spring time and when a few
weeks of dry weaotlier come It bakes
as hard as the road and remains In
this condition until harvest. It is not
a good plan to be In too big a hurry
about sowing oats. When the ground
has dried out so It Is In good condi
tion to break then start the plow.
Ohio Farmer,
Bod Houses and Telephones.
Sod bouses and telephones are the
strange combination now offered by
the prairies of the Middle West. Yet
the combination Is less strange than
appears, for the preseut sod houses
are by no means to be despised, par
ticularly In cold weather. They are
built with considerable attention to
comfort, and, with an Interior lining
of Portland cement, offer almost the
advantages of a stone building, and
at the slightest cost, while the net
work of telephones overcomes the Iso
lation ef earlier days.
OLD SORES Sf-
Nothing is more offensive than an old sore lAilULKUUd
that refuses to heal. Patiently, day after day, it is treated and nursed, every
salve, powder, etc., that is heard of is tried, but does no good, until the very
sight of it grows offensive to the sufferer and he becomes disgusted and mor
bid. They are not only offensive, but dangerous, because the same gem
the blood and as long as it
,t Jr m
remains tne sore will be
there and continue to grow
worse and more destructive.
The factUhat thousands of Ti
Old sores have been cut out S. S. S. Its effects were prompt and gratifying,
and even the bones scraped, It took only a short while for the medicine to en
and yet they returned, is in- tirely cure up the sores, and I am not dead as the
disputable evidence that the doctors intimated I would be, neither have the
blood is diseased and respon- evf.r brken out again. John W. Ftjndis.
Sible for the sore or ulcer. whedlll6 w- Va- M7 a8 93
Valuable time is lost in experimenting with external treatments, such as
Balves, powders, washes, etc., because the germs and poisons in the blood
must be removed before a cure can be effected. S. S. S. cleanses and puri
fies the circulation so that it carries rich, new blood to the parts and the
exhilarating tonic, aids the digestion, and puts every part of the body in
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Getting at the Facts.
He (at the buow) How I envy that
man who just sung the solo.
She Indeed! 1 thought he had a very
poor voice.
He It isn't his voice I envy; it's his
nerve.
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Write Allen 8. Olmated, Le Roy.N. Y., tor a
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iweatins. hot swollen, aching feet. It makes
new or tifrht shoe eaay. A certain cure for
corni, Inttrowlngnaila and 1'iiniona. All drug
gists elllt. c. Don't accept any umuiuie.
Just Luke a Woman.
Lady What will you charge me for
the use of a carriage for a few hours??
Liveryman It will cost you $2 for the
first hour, and $1 for each additional
hour.
Lady Well, I'll use it for two addi
tional hours. I've got some shopping to
do and will not require it the first hour.
Mothers will fiml Mtr. Wlnaiow'a Soothing
Byrup the bent remedy to nse for their children
during the teething period.
As Compared.
"I have no faith in modern medical
science," said the long-haired hoarder.
"Neither has a mule any faith in the
veterinary surgeon," rejoined the cheer
ful idiot, "but he has to take his medi
cine just the same."
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Ihe J'olnt ot View.
"Every time a woman looks in a mir
ror," remarked the old hachelor, "she
imagines she sees a thins of heauty."
"And every time a man looks in one,"
retorted the young widow, "he imagines
he sees a hero."
Plso'i Cure 1 a good couph medicine.
It has cured roughs and colds for forty
years. At druggists, 25 cents.
The Original Joke.
Bimberly I heard a side-splitting joke
the other day.
Jimblecute Oh, tell it to me.
Bimberly I can't remember It just
now, but it was something about Adam
losing his rib.
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Some years ago my blood became poisoned, and
the doctor told me I would have running sores for
life, and that if they were closed up the result
sore or uicer neais permanently. S. o. a. not only
removes the germs and poisons, but strengthens the
blood and builds up the entire system by stimulat
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Feminine Charity.
'Bess They say Maude is joins to
marry a man old enough to he her grand
father. Nell Impossible!
Bess Why do you say thnt?
Nell Heps use I'm aure there isn't a
man Uviii nho Is that ulJ.
Kerosene oil and a soft rag will keep
mahogany furniture in fine coudition.
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wail.ni Kepreeeutnilve Aaaoclate Principal
B. W. Cnr. lath and Rnlolirh Streets
PORTLAND, OHKOON
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