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Newspaper Page Text4 FARM AND GARDEN Some Valuable Advice on Breeding. THE WANT OF UNIFORMITY. Dr. Babcock's Communication Concerning- the Losses Caused by Poor Creaming. Men that take up breeding who linve been for u series of years engngod in a purfiiit where uniformity whs an indis pensable requisite are likely to wontier why tiie individuals in a jrivJii breed of like a:o and llesh are not more nearly alike, writes U.S. in the J'rairie Farwer. From a want of a proper understanding as to the irregular material from uhteli the several breeds were started, as t il as of the action of physiological laws, they judge wrongly and expect toomueh. To these reasons we may add a third, viz.; that the shaping o'f the forms of farm animals through selections in breed ing ie not at best so certain an art as the casting of a bust from a given form or the casting of metal from a given mould. Pattern making in mechanics is con sidered to require a skilled hand, breed ing improved animals lias not rested upon a basis equal in reliability to that of tin higher mechanics. Any man with either cash or credit can buy, -electing from among the breeds, yet t tie products of hie coupling may not mlvnot show an improvement, but nun slnw the op posite. The increase from unwise cou pling have a like standing on paper with the best specimens in any herd showing the same lines of descent, yet there mav be and many times is such a wide differ ence in personal merit that a single ani mal in one man's herd may outsell two in the herd of a neighbor, 'though bred from the same foundation. Enterprising men often take up the breeding of improved live stock for the recreation it affords, as they take up any other recreation. Such men are quite likely to err in that they suppose that -they have only to feed and couple, and that tliis will "bring as reliable results as are secured from a tine watch bv adjust ing the regulator and winding it daily. No collection of farm animals, unless it be a collection of scrubs, will hold their their uniformity on this plan. Taste, study and a fair share of energy are nec essary to reach success. The " breedi;iL of live stock is not a calling that you can wind up as you would wind an eight-day clock. The physiology of breeding, while notfcty any "means attended by the uniform results that chemistry is, is" nev ertheless governed by rules that, when understood and closely observed, are not necessarily disappointing. The rock on which inanv split is the giving of scant nourishment. The forms will go awry if not well nourished. This result overtakes tree, shrub and cattle beast alike, all from the one cause named. If we buy select seed, we do not expect great results if this seed be planted on thin soil. Full growth and symmetry in the case of our farm animals comes through feed and protection, provided always that we have suitable foundation to btiild upon. 1.0SSK8 OF l'OOIt CKKAMINO. T)r. Babcock in a communication to Jloaid's Dairyman said that creaming the same quahtyof mixed milk in a cen trifuge resulted in giving a skim milk that had in it .31 per cent, of fat, and that ice-cold gravity, setting in deep cans, gave O fuir f(nf. in Hin l?im mllL- lie thought lt was a fair test, as the same milk was used fairer than to com pare tests made by different parties with different kinds of milks and herds. In the same letter he gave it as his opinion that an averago.of the creaming lono by use of all kinds of gravity creamers, pans, crocks, etc., resulted iii leaving fat in the skim milk of the coun try three times as much as the centrifuge work does. If this is true and who can deny it ? it follows there is a frightfully need less waste of about a half pound of but ter from the average creaming of the country, or about one-eigth of the fat really m common milk is turned over to the calves and pigs by those who adhert to the poorer methods of gravity cream inc. True, some of these can do no bet tor than they do; but where they can they should avail themselves of modern methods. If these things are true, it would fol low that then is scarcely a creamerymai in the country in a location where a good creamery can live at all who could not afford to" gather the milk and return the skim milk for tho excess of butter lu could make with a centrifuge over tha the dairy farmers could get out of the milk with their own creamers ami churns, to say nothing about the average increased prico for the butter the cream eryman sells for over that of the great bulk of private dairymen. Hut the private dairyman will say to this that, as managed in too many cases, the loss of feeding value on the skim milk taken to a factory absorbs all the gain in yield, and so there is no gain nave the' increase in price of tho creamery produce. This is too true: but it need not bo true if tho farmer demanded his rights or the creameryman had the en terprise or business pagacity to use known methods to keep tho whey and skim inilk.sweet till it was taken home and fed. It can lie done by heating ti 150 as fast as tho whey or skim milk runs from tho factory. But to do it costs the apparatus and time, which is money. Tho dairy farmers in many cases in voko upon themselves some of the ills and losses they suffer by peeking to cu down to the lo'west notch the compensa tion of their creatnerynian or clieese maker, and so make him averse to taking more from his own pockot in Incurring tho espouse of tho labor it takes to eae the patron's whey or skim milk in at good condition as 'it can Iwdone. Askinp for good service for poor pay or no pay at all is not a euro way to get it. In French naval circles tho blowing-ui Ol IIIO UIUIIIU JllL.UUU.l liy U IUI IH.-UIJ If f consmercu u. very iiiqui huh mut in nun tary History, it is tne urst uino mat tiu t-fleet of a torpedo has been demonstrated in war on tn ironclad. Portland market. riourToo lllcli l'rlcert to tie Shipped to China nml Japan. The local markets are not quito as act ive as usual. In the line of produce and fruits there is but little doing. The sup ply holds up as well s at anv time -dur-ng the past few days, but the demand has fallen oil'. rnont ck. t Eggs are weak, and a further dtvlino is expected, liutter is very weak. Large quantities of Oregon butter aro being received daily. California butter has advanced iac, and will probably go , mm-i ei, us me suppiv is small. M'v i potatoes are coming in "well, and prices ; are steady. Old potatoes have declined, I -..v. ... .. mug on mo nuirKei. HIUIT. mi,,,., . , . ni uVrVZ? Pftc,Sninns0 ,nth0 fruit market. Strawlierries are i in tair quantities at 2oc. Oranges, lem . OIIS nild lHll!lnnt nrn ill ,.,,1 .1. ,',.,.,.! .. ' former quotations. A small lot of Cali I fornia cherries, the first of the season, ! were received and sold at Hoc per pound. ' l i.orn AXD witKAT. Flour is getting too high priced to le I shipped to China and Japan, and tli is but little wheat left in this region J be ground. ine supply of wheat on hand in tho Portland warehouses is small, and what there is here is but the tail end of tho season's crop. Prices, which have been slightly on the decline for the past few days, show an upward tendencv. Flock Quote: Standard, 5 L'5; Walla Walla, r..00 per barrel. Oats Quote: t2'si0rc per bushel. hay tjuoto: 1U1, per ton MiM.sruKFs Quote: Bran, 2l(322; Shorts , M(a2.i ; ground Hurley, W.50Q .JL'.oO ; Chop 1-eed, .f 2i (?( per ton ; Har- ey. $I.25(U.:;0 percental. HurriiK Quote : Oregon fancy cream ery, 27'oc; fancy dairy, 22'oc; fair tc good. lT'aL'Oc; common. loQCltic; Cali fornia, 22'(iiL'4H,c per pound. Ciiuksu Quote: Oregon, 14(3 15c; Cal ifornia, i:i((fi4c per pound. Eoos Quote: Oregon, 15yT10c pei dozen. Poultry Quote: Old Chickens, in tf?o.OO; young chickens, .f;;.()0f ;! 6 Ducks, 10'fJL'; Geese, nominal, pi dozen; Turkeys. Hid? 17c tier notim1.. Vkoutadlkh Quote : Cabbage, .f 1.50(3 l.io per cental; Cauliflower, .fl L'oOM.GC per dozen; Celery, (Mc per dozen; On- ions. 4 'Ve per pound ; Carrots, $1.00 pei sack ; Beets. $1.50 per sack : Turnins..!. per sack ; Potatoes, 50ot0o per cental new potatoes, lc per pound; To matoes, $2.000?2.o0 per box; Aspara gus, 4((t5e per pound; Parsnips. ifl.UC jier sack; Lettuce, 15(200 per dozen; Squash, 2's((2J.,o per pound; Green Peas, 7c per pound; String Beans, 15c per pound; Ktiuuarb, f.160 per box; Artichokes, 40c per dozen; Parslev, 25c per dozen; Radishes, 20c per dozen bunches; young Onions, a)o per dozen bunches. Fhoits Quote : Ios Angeles Oranges, if2.25oi2.50; Riverside. ,:!.l)0if:i.25 : Na vels, $4,5015.50 per box; Sicily Lemons, $().50(f('7 ; California, $4.50(35 pur box; Apples, $1.00&f'2.o0 per box; Bananas, i $o.tAKr-l.u0 per hunch ; Pineapples, $5.00 6J8.U0 per dozen; Strawberries, 25c per peund. M uts Quote : California Walnuts, i IV, 12'v.c; Hickory, 8'.,c; Brazils, 12c"; Almonds, ltiOJIbc; Filberts, l."Ho; Pine Nuts, 1718c; Pecans, 170518c; Cocoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; Peanuts, 8c per pound. Fish Salmon, Sc per pound; Halibut, PJVjo: Cod, 10c; Soles, 10c; Flounders, 10c; Shad, 12c; Carp and Catfish, 5c; Canned Salmon, Standard No. 1, $1.35 per case ; No. 2, $2.2 j. Ho i-h Quote: -7.ls(28c per pound; nominal prices. Wool Quote : 20c ; Eastern pound. IIiiies Quote: Willamette Valley, 15 Oregon, J2l7c per Dry Hides, selected prune, 8Vrtf)c, less for culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c ; under 66 pounds, 3c; Sheep' Pelts, short wool. 30 50e; medium, G080c; long,00c$1.25; shearlings, 1020c; Tallow, good to choice, 33!'c per jound. Nails Base quotations: Iron, $3.00; Steel, $3.10; Wire, $3.75 per keg. The Merchandise Market. Coal Otii Quote : $1.95 per case. Kick Quote: $G.OO0.75 per cental. Honky Quote : 10l8c. Salt Quote: Liverpool, $16, $10.50, $17; stock, $11 per ton in carload lots. CoFPKE Quote: Costa Ilica, 22c; Rio, 23c; .Mocha, 30o; Java, 25Vc; Ar buckle's, roasted, 263.f27c per 'pound. Bkans Quote: Small AVhites, 3c; Pink, 3,3e; Bayos, 4?ic; Butter, 4c; Limas, 4c per pound. Suqaus Quote : Golden 0, 5to ; extra 0, 5?Jc; dry granulated, 0c; cuIhj crushed and powdered, Gpc per pound ; confectioners' A, Glc per pound. DaiKo Fnurra The market is firm. Quote: Italian Prunes, 1012c; Pe tite and Gorman Prunes, 10c per pound ; Raisins, $2.25 per box: Plummer-dried Pears, 10 11c; sun-dried and factory Plums, ll((J12c: evaporated Peaches.l8 20c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California Figs, 9c per pound. Canned Goons Marketsteady. Quote : Table fruitfl, $2.25, 2s; Peaches, $2.50; Bartiett Pears, $2.25; Phrms. $1.05; Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $22.50; Black berries, $2.25; Raspberries, $2.75; Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2.40. Pie fruit : Assorted,$1.50 per dozen ; Peaches, $1.05: Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.05 per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.35 1.G5, according to quality; Tomatoes, $1.153.50; Sugar Peas, $1.101.G0; String Beans, $1.10 perdozen. Fish : Sal mon, $1.251.50; sardines, 85c$l.G5; lobsters, $2.253.25; oysters, $1.50 3.25 per dozen. Condensed milk : Eaglo brand, $3.25; Crown, $7; Highland, $4.75; Champion, $o per case. Shot Quote: $1.75 per Back. The Meat Market. Beef Live, 4c; dressed, 78c. Mutton Live, 45c; dreHsed, I0c, Hogs Live, b35l4c, dressed, 78c. Veal 58c per pound. BMOKKD MEATS AND LA II P. Quote: Eastern Hams, 12 13c; Oregon, 1012)c; Breakfast Bacon, 1213c; other varieties, 8llc; Lard, 9ll! per ponud. There Is great excitement in political circles In London over tho budget. Goschen'a proposal to apph tho whole of tho surplus toward making element ary education free is believed to bo the euro presage of a general election in the autumn. This proBpect has caused much depression among the Lilterals. OXK AGAINST A IIUXDKED. HEROIC DEFENSE OP A SHIP AT TACKED BY A SAVAGE HORDE. An Ailrptitiiro In tliw South Pacific Oreuit In tsa.1 Dusky Savnst"S Wlto I'might with SpailM Cunt. iIihmm Whipped a 1 1 u lid ml ot tho I'leniN. About ISilo Capt Silas Jones, now I president of tho First National bank of this town, sailed trom Wood's lloll na third officer in the sVip Awashonk's, Capt. Collins, on a four years' cruise in the South Pacific ocean. This voyage was ono of mot intense excitement and hairbreadth adventure, and. while Capt. Jones is of il quiet and unassuming I ...! . . r l r i . 1 uiiuiiiuri nun nut iuiiu ui MluiIJir "la I glory before the world, yet your corro- stiondent obtained a storv full of interest and one that is not known to havo been published, although in years past it was a theme of much discussion. The vessel hail a crew of about thirty five men, including captain, tirst, second and third officers, and made tho voyage around Cape Horn without incident. Slio cruised about the South seas, and when eighteen months out hail 000 barrels of fine oil in her hold. "WUEKR ONLY it AN IS V1I.E." Closing in with a group of islands just north of the equator, Capt. Collins de cided to make a trade with tho natives. The ship was hove to, with most of her sails bet. in a small bay where the calm water reflected the strip of white sand, . green palms and tropical plants that I skirted its margin as well as tho purple hills of the interior. number of inii ' A u.,nbu ol Hive dugouts put out to tho ship and made fast to her chains, and tho savages clambered over tho ves sel's rail. At a favorable signal a fierce yell burst from their dusky throats, caus ing tho ears of thoe who heard it to tremble and theii hearts to quail. In less time than it takes to write it tho ship's decks were full of natives, and tho unarmed crew made for tho rigging, jib booms and forecastle, in fact anywhere to escape tho bloodthirsty islanders. The light that ensued was a desperato and indiscrimmato melee. Iho natives had been so sure of a surpriso that they had formed no plan of attack, depending entirely on their overwhelming numbers. At the lirht nihil Capt. Collins and tho second mate were engaged in a hand-to-hand conflict with some of the savages who had a' : iled themselves of tho ship's cutting in ailes, and the poor men wero immediate' ' backed to pieces. Thomas Giflord. of ! u 1 mouth, a seaman, made ft bolt for tht forecastle, and received a blow from a spade, lie carries tho scar across his forehead to this day, and it is a most unpleasant reminder of that bloody massacre. Capt. Jones, then a youth of about 20, found himself surrounded by a number of infuriated natives, each struggling for a whack at bun with tho keen edged spades. Ilo managed to parry the blows, jumping into tho vessel's hold ami ' crawled among the tiers of oil casks into ' tho cabin. Hero ho found tho steward and two seamen on tho floor, covered with wounds, inflicted by tho murderous I spades. The rest of tho ship's company ! were cither aloft or cooped up in tho forecastle. In ono corner of tho cabin was the magazino containing tho muskets ' and ammunition. Seizing tho muskets, i Capt. Jones gave them to tho wounded . men to load, while ho set about rescuing tho Awashonks. i ONE AGAINST A HUNDRED. Tho natives wero scattered over tho ' deck stealing what they could get their ! hands on. They plucked up tho riffjj I bolts from the decks nnd rails and tugged at them when two tons' stroll would not havo pulled them out. TJwy pried at bolts and straps, picked at nail heads, wrenched down kettles and stove pipes and threw them into tho canoes. Tho chief, an ill visaged rascal, was at tho wheel endeavoring to beach tho ves sel, but ho was not up in navigation. First bo put tho wheel down, and tho sails not filling be put tho wheel up. Slowly tho Awashonks headed off and gathered headway toward tho beach. An Indian who lived in JIaslipeo, somo ten miles from here, cut tho braces and tho sails wero taken aback. A shower of arrows und heathenish maledictions wero hurled ut him as lie sought shelter in tho tops. Tho vessel lost headway, but the chief continued his experiment without the rudder. Tho cabin, wiiero Capt. Jones had taken refuge, was lighted by two win dows in tho stern and a largo skylight overhead. When tho enemy peered into these apertures a well directed bullet sent them away in hot haste. For over an hour this skirmish between a desper ato man and a hundred murderers con tinued. As fast as the wounded men could load the muskets Capt. Jones would put their contents where they did the most good, nnd the islanders began to have wholesome fears of tho windows and set about devising bomo better method of attack. Looking up through tho skylight dur ing the quiet that followed Capt. Jones saw tho chief at tho wheel in hia frantic endeavors to beach tho vessel Taking careful aim at his broad, naked chest, ho pulled tho trigger. Tho bullet passed through tho deck, and having epent its force, rolled along tho planking to to chief's very feet. Tho 6avago left tho helm, Inspected tho I bullet hole, und then laid a pieco of board I over tho splintered plank; ho then re- turncu to mo wncei as unconcerned as could bo. Another bullet from tho mus ket pierced Ills heart and tho lifeless form rolled into the scuppers. At tho death of their chieftain tho Isl anders fled panio stricken to tho shore, 1 and tho Awashonks was laboriously put I to sea. She boon fell in with a merchant I man, Capt. Proctor, and was brought into Wood's IJoll by a portion of tho merchant crew. Capt. Jones was offered a master's berth by tho owners of tho wlialer ho had so bravely defended, and up to 180-1 ho fol io wed tho sea in thut capacity. Three of tho crew now livo in this vicinity, and two of them bear scars that tell a talo of eoro wounds received In tho fray, Fal mouth (Haas.) Cor. Now York Herald. WAY OF THE WORLD. Aloft on Hip tfOURli thr fair fruit hnnn. Carawil by tlio wiiul nml klfwil by tlio enn. Ami staudliiK below a it swung out of reach Due lonm-il for a tiiste of luwious n poach. One Juft jurfect wa lying below Whcro tho Mottle wind to-wiil it hours ago; It UdU h ilniuty, tin form ah round, Hut notxNly enreil for It lay on the ground. It fci ever the fruit Hint Is jlist beoml roocti, le it fame or honor, or lo e or u jn-arh. Thai man lougii for the luont why we tievrr will know. Yet he scorns to pick where the fruit grows low. Ada B. Held iu New York Horakl. An I'licll-Uiiiiiiii Couldn't Sim- It. Little Marshall P. Wilder, the f.mu.n merrymaker, is perennial, and has n hu morons skit for every hour of tho day. i This is one of his latest, illustrative of an Englishman's appreciation of humor I have Ikh-u in England. :.nd I h.Hi studied English humor. Its fundanii ii tal principles are not related to the American article that raise a cyclone ot laughter. An Englishman was dining at a swell hotel out west, and after he finished his regular dinner be asked for sweets. A waiter from the Bowery had gone west for employment, and was waiting on the particular table at which the Englishman sat. "And phwat is sweets, sur?" asked tho waiter. The Englishman finally explained that he meant dessert, pudding, etc. "We 'ave apple ami mince pie," said the Bowery man. "Give me mince pie." "What's der matter wid der apple pieV" asked the waiter in a hard, I-don't-care-a-contiueiital tone of voice. Many heard the remark and laughed. An hour later I happened to meet tho English man, and he asked me if I heard the waiter ask him what was the matter with the apple pie. 1 said 'Yes.' Then tho Englishman naively asked me: "Well, what was the matter with the apple pie?" New York World. Tliiil l.oi1y NureNsiis. Narcissus wa a mythological young person who had so much beauty that it was in the way. He was interrupted during oflice hours by people who want ed to admire him, and a case went on record of a woman's thinking so much of him that she would always keep still until he got clear through talking. At last he got a good look at himself in a mirror, and he said he couldn't blame them, lie felt that ho was a monace to society, and history says that hodrowned himself. Hut he didn't. He went and got a pair of voluminous trousers, decorated his eye with a large pieco of glass, took tho lit out of the back of his coat, shoved his chin out of place with his collar, and went about his business satisfied that he had restored their peaces of mind to tlio feminine members of his acquaintance. But it was in vain. And he is obliged to de vote large portions of his time in fact, nearly all of it to the search for im provements that will make his garments effective for their true purpose. In tho meantime he is obliged to go on bother feomely beloved. Washington Post. Clothlnc h' Iho Kniuliiuuit. Clothing for men consists of kneo breeches, belted at tho lorns, a loose fitting cloak trimmed around the bot tom, and the hood with wolf or wolverine, or a blending of both, a p;iir of stocking.! and a short legged pair of boots with sealskin soles. In winter two suits are worn, tho inner suit with tho hair next tho body and tho outer with tho hair turned out. The difference between tile dress of men and women is that the latter have their boots, stockings and pantaloons all iu one garment. Tlio cloaks of all fo males have at tho back of tho neck a fullness for carrying iufaitts. These cloaks come down below tho knees and are gored out at tho sides up to the hips, making the front look like an apron. Exchaugo. Many Koinau and Greek epicures wore very fond of dog's flesh. Before Chris tianity was established, among tlio Danes, on every ninth year ninety-nino dogs wero sacniic 'd. In Sweden eacli ninth day ninety-nino dogs wero destroyed. But later on dogs wero not thought good enough, and every ninth year ninety nine human beings were immolated, the sons of tin reigning tyrant among the rest, in order that the life of tho monarch might be prolonged. 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