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f . u t ttas ITEMIZER has the L argest
C iraa latlsa a f aay Paper Puklithed m
Pelk Csuaty, a se ¡a head úy Nearly
Every Faaiily writhia Ita Bouedariee.
•f yea wlah te Reach Everyone, pat-
re a la s these advertlaiw i celueine.and
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DALLAS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 , 1893 -
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PR O FESSIO N A L CARDS.
RS.
Dental office in Brcytnun Brother’s
building, corner of Court and Com­
m ercial streets,
DAT.
sJ6F
t« P M
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» wf Ore-
I :ib A U
CM 4 M
^ - Æ c ^ Æ lr .m r lll.e , O re g ro z s.
T h is College is one <.f th e oldest and
lege« in th e N u rtk v e it.
ORECON.
SALEM. •
R x p en set lig h t. A boarding hall in th e College building i
on th e Club plan. Presid en t Hron*
stew ard, th u s intniriitg I
go<-d board ;it th e least possible cost to th e stu d e n t. Board
can al o be had in p riv ate families a t $2.50 to $8 per week.
including: lodging.
P H Y S IC IA N AN I) SU RG EO N ,
Dui lue, Oregon.
T h e fin e te le s c o p e r e c e n tly m o u n te d in th e new ob-
s e r v a 'o r y a n d th e e x te n s iv e l ib r a r y , to w hioh s tu d e n t« ;
h a v e fre e a c ce ss, o ffers a d v a n t a g e ‘n o t to he found e ls e ­
w h e re in th'.s s ta te .
irtla n d
B. H. McCALLON, M. D .
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A L L A S .
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States
ined at
agent
ERS,
P. Agí.
1 Oregon
J.
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11. C, K akin .
J. K. SlBLdV,
D aly ,
BALY, SIBLEY & EAXIH,.
A ttu r n e y s - iil - 1 .a w .
ind S a i
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F irst rer.ii Begins Septem ber 19, 1893; Second Term Begins December II, 1893;
Third Term Begins March 19, 1894.
S e n d fo r < n ta lo iru e .
A. J . HUNNAKKIt, Solicitor a n d Financial A g en t.
J. H.
T o w nsk nd ,
T . G. B R O W N S O N , Prwd tent.
-T H E
VERY
BEST
Office upstair« in Odd Fellow«* new
block.
Rough and Drssssd Lumber.
A good supply on hand and for sale at either the m ill or
the yard in Dallas.
C H E A P
A S
T H E
C H E A P E S T .
O i t m o o 1ST.
PLASTERING!
n
S e e in g Is B elievin g.”
A n d a good lam p
—OK ALL KINDS.—
TilE - SettinS
All work guaranteed firstclass.
J. A. B A R K E R % Dallas.
Prompt.
10.
Progressive.
Popular.
lu M Firs ui ¡irás
i n
s
u
r
a
n
H e a id l
c
e
must be simple; when it is n o t simple it is /
not good. Sim ple, B ea utiful, Good—these *
words m ean m uch, but to see “ T h e R ochester ” \
will impress th e truth more forcibly. All metal,
tough and seamless, and m ade in three pieces onlv.i
it is absolutely safe and unbreakable. L ike A laddin’s
o f old, it is indeed a “ wonderful lam p," for its m ar­
velous light is purer an d brighter than gas light,
softer than electric light and more cheerful than either.
.
L o o k fo r t h is « ta m p — T h b R o c h es te r If th e l a m p d ea ler h a s n 't t h e g e n u in e
R o c h e s te r, a n d t h e s ty le y o u w a n t, send to u s fo r o u r n e w t lu s tr a te d c a ta lo g u e ,
a n d we w ill sen d y o u a l a m p safely b y ex p ress—your c h o ic e o f o v e r 2 , 0 0 0
v arieties fro m th e L argest L a m p S to re in the W orld.
B O C H K S T E U L A B P CO»» 42 P a r k P la c e , N e w Y o r k C ity.
“T he R ochester.”
: g o .
O ffic e :
. 33 WASHINGTON STR EET, PORTLAND, OR.
The Leading Home Company.
JVl Espusi
N l MAKS A SPE C IA L T Y •¥ INSWNANCC ON
Ohvrke« and Parsonage«,
Dwelling« andulloasehold Goods,
Sebeóla and other Pnblio Buildings,
F ara Building« and Farm Property.
: n t s .
—D IR E C R O K S :-
J . McCHAKKN, F. K. ARNOLD, D. D. O LIPH A N T
11. L. PITTG CK. J . K. O ILL, J . LOEWENBEKU.
F. EUOEKT,
F. M. W ARREN,
J . 8. COOPER,
8. K. VOUNO, E. P. McCOHNACK.
J . LOWKNBEKO,
P resid en t.
U. M. GRANT.
S ecrsU iy and M anager
T H E
P O S IT IV E
CURE.
1 ELY BROTHERS. CO Warren SL. Ne» York. Price 60 cta.1
GREAT SPEAR
ALBERT DRAY,
ie o o n
CO NTEST.
C H H iW
TRUCKM AN,
Hallas*: Oregon
A l»ir share of patro n ag e solicited
•m l all o l e r e pro m p tly tilled.
A.
J.
M A R T IN ,
PA IN T E R ,
* * * * * H £A o
SAVE T H E TAGS.
One Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars,
H ouse, sign a n d o rn a m e n ta l, g ra in ­
in g , kalsom ing and paper hanging.
D allas .
cash,
thout
addi-
It
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In valuable Presents to bo Civen Away in Return for
Druggists ì ipstissariss.
U u l e in d ru g ., chernic I. e n d p e rfu m e ry
• to tin n e ry , to ile t article« , nieercliauiii pip*«,
oigara. tobacoo, a to ., e tc . P u re liq u o r, fo |
■ •d ic io a l p a ru o M . o n ly . P h v .ic ia n a r>re-
«cription« co m pounded Hay o r ni^Kt. M am
a tre e t, o p p o site c o u rt houaa, D .nlL i, O r.
d all
icets,
ncing
:2§x-
RUO;
$ 173 , 2 5 0 .0 0
reoo »
W I L S O N 8 l C O . ,
PERRYDALE
DRUG - STORE.
rames
lavs.
—T H E PRO PR IETO R tS—
BARTEL & YIGGERS,
D o a l is d r a g s , point«,
w i n d o w s , enndy, nuU,
oil«, g U n a doors,
tobacc o and no*
P tR M R IP T IM S CAREFULLY FILLER.
•T V I T U X
A T R IA L .
I t w ill correct
A cidity of th e
Stomach,
Expel foul gases.
Allay I rrita tio n ,
Assist D igestion
tand
at
the same
time
S t a r t th e L i v e r w o r k i n g a n d
a l l b o d i l y a i lm e n t s
w ill d is a p p e a r .
SP E A R HEAD TAGS.
1 , 1 6 6 R TFM W T N -m N o E u t i t r o o i . n w s . t . i i e s ................................................ m .o so oo
M . ; -, M OU nC oQ BODY,
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B L A C K E N A M E L T R I M M I N G - ,1 A ilA N T f,F .D A C H R O M A T IC ... 28,876 00
2 3 . 1 0 O IM P O R T E D G E R M A N B U C K H O R N H A N D L E , F O U R B L A D E D
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P O C K E T K N I V E S ....................................................................................................... 23,100 (JO
1 1 6 . 6 0 0 R O L L E D G O L D W A T C H C H A R M R O T A R Y T K L K 8 Ú 0 F Z TOOTH
l I O .O U U P IC K S ................................................................................................................................. 67,730 09
1 1 6 . 5 0 0 l a r g e P I C T U R E S (14x28 I n e h e s i I X E L E V E X C O L O R S , f o r tr a m ili« ,
n o a d v e rtis in g o n t n e m .............................................................................................. 28.876 00
2 6 1 ,0 3 0 P r iz e s ,
a m o u n t in g t o
.........................
............ $ 1 7 3 , 2 5 0 OO
T h e a b o v e a rtic le s w ill b e d is tr ib u te d , i»y f o u a f i s f l , a m o n g p a rtlc a w h o chew & P E A B
H E A D P lu g Tobacco, a n d r e tu r n to u s tu e T i f t '1 A G S tn k o a th e r e f r o m .
W e w ill d is tr ib u te 2 2 « o f th e s e p riz e s in ( b i s c o t i n i j ns fo llo w s:
To T H E P A R T Y se n d in g u s t h e g r e a te s t n u m b e r oX S P E A K H E A D
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TA G S fro m t h i s e o i r o t j w e w ill g iv e ...........................................................A G O L D W A T C H .
14 the F I V E P A R T IE S s e n d in g u s th e next g r e a te s t n u m b e r o f
S P E A K H E A D TAOK, w e w ill g iv e to c a c ti, i O PE R A G L A S S ....5 O P E R A G L A S S E S
1 4 U m T W E N T Y P A R T IE S s e n d in g n s th e n e x t g r e a te s t n u m b e r
of S P E A R H E A D TAGS, w e w ill g tv ? to r * r h 1 PO C K E T
.30 P O C K E T K N I V E S
K N I F E .........................................................................................
► th e O N E H U N D R E D P A R T I E S a m ..11 n s u> th e n e x t r r c a te a t
number o f S P E A R H E A D T.x*. i, w • w ill 'v to e a c h 1
R O L L E D G O LD W A TC H C H A R M T ^ O T li P I C K ....................... ...100 TO O TH P I C K Ä
1 4 th e >NE H U N D R E D P A R T IE S a e o d in g us
*e n e x t g r e a te s t
number o f S P E A R H E A D ”AG.A, w e w ill g iv e to e a c h I
......ico p i c r u m
L a r g e p i c t u r e i n e l e v e n c o l o r s ............................................
Tot I ft: . a b e r o f P r i z e s « o r l ’a la C e c a t y , 2 M ,
C A U T IO N .—N o T *.;^
ISM. Ki-h package co»!u..
County, sta* , and N . »b
See t h a t y o u g e t th e O e n u in e 9
w ith red 2
on fro st o f wrapper.
P R B F A R B O O N L Y BY
J . U . Z K 1 L IN « C O .. P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a
QU ALITY OK—
BUTLER A TOW NSEND,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW .
s tö r
A ddrw.,
Suitor’s Saw Mill.
S o lic ito r in C k a o c c ry .
B utlkr ,
an d one th in g is certain no one
w ill rem ain a dyspeptic w ho w ill
" F o r more than three years I suffered w ith
Dyspepsi.-i in its worst form. I tried several
doctors, b u t they afforded no relief. A t last I tried
Simmons Liver R egulator, w hich cured me uf a
short time. It is a good medicine. I would not
be w ithout it.” — J ambs A. R oan s , P h ila d ’a, Pa.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
N.L.
T he u n d e r ly in g ca u se is
i n th e L I V E S ,
Five Course» of Study: C l.is .- ic u l, S c i e u t i f t lc , N o r m a l , L i t e r a r y » m l B u tin * ’»*, u ith special
ad vantages in Vocal ami liiN iiuiuental Music, iiiisiiivsn c u r s e oi two years, tD a«mat.es of th e Norm al
course are e n title d to a Stub- Diplom a and are in dem and to HU high positions. McMinnville is accessible
ny m il from all part.* .f th e s la te , on th e m ain tru n k of th e S o u th e rn Pacific railroad, W est Side, fifty
m iles so u th of Portland.
We have th e only set of a b s tra c t books in Polk
c o u n ty
Reliable a b s tra c ts fu rn ish ed , and m oney to
o»ii. N o c*»m«i$ttion cii*rgcd on loans. Room s 2
and 3 W ilsos’s block. Dallas.
d a « been in p rac tic e of h is profession in th is place
oi a b o tut
u t th irty y years,
e a rs, a n d will a tte n d to all b u siress
•o tru s te d to his care. Office, co rn er Main a n d C o u rt
U . D allas. Polk Co, Or
Is th a t m isery experienced when
suddenly made aware th a t you
possess a diabolical arrangem ent
called stom ach. N o tw o dyspep­
tics have th e same predom inant
sym ptom s, b u t w hatever form
dyspepsia takes
THO ROU GH W ORK,
T HI RT Y ACRE CAMPUS,
HEAL! HY SURROUDINGS.
BEAUTIFUL LOCATION,
SUITAB E BUILDINGS,
E F F IJIE N T TEACHERS,
J . L. C O L L IN S .
TE.
heat equipped col* 1
OFFERS SUPERIOR Â0VÂNTA8ES.
L. N . W O O D S , M. D .
Physician and Surgeon,
DYSPEPSIA
MCMINNVILLE COLLEGE.
J. M. KEENE, D. D. S.
;’l be rece iv ed iiefo re J a n n n r y 1st, Î5M, n o r a f t e r F e b r u a r y 1st,
; U w m u s t 1. m a r k e d p la in ly w ith N a m e o f Se n d e r, T o w n ,
f j ig s iu e a c h p:u cage. A il e b a rg e s o n p ack ag e« m u e t bn
R E A D .—S P E A R H K ..D poaseerea m o re n u a iilie a o f i n t r i n « c v a lu e th a n a n y o th e r
i i e r ic h —
e s t, S rR A B HEAD Is
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Tt is th e . v r r t o r f , ‘ té. * • .
a h a u lu te ly , p o e lfiv ' ly :.n d d i s t i n c t lively ‘iiffkrcr. in I'.avor from any o th e r plug tobM
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tr ia l w ill e o n v in c e th e iao « t steep primal r.í i ’’M f > ct . ’♦ th « lorg-e* seller o f a n y sisal
• s i s n n s d S ty le o n ear« b . v. ai- b p ro v e s tb .i
■■ .r "
p o p u la r Diste a n d p leao ee th e
P f . f i » T ry it, a n i p a r i p a te in th e conic* A fo r .rix^v. V t h a t a T I 4 T A D Is o n e v e ry
L » , n o m a tte r b o w a n a l i U m
S e n t p ie ce o f S P IL * i ; H E A D j>ra i.¡
s e n c i in
V ery
q u a n tity .
T H F . P. . LOTUS C O M PA N Y , M iD D L rro w » , o n i a
I - *
plug tobacco pr-duced.
A B at o f t b r p e o i'k n b t a ln ln f th<-w p rise» in lUiw e o a o ty w ill In p u L llah e d l a UUt
n I m m e d ia te ly after F e b r u a r y le t, neu.
,
Recent Women Explorers.
Mrs. Peary is not th$ only woman who
accompanies her husband on dangerous
exploring trips. The wife of the arctic
explorer, Dr. i i s u b u u , is his companion
in all his perilous exploits. She is de­
scribed as a “jolly, bright little woman,
with dark hair,” who has given up m any
luxuries to reside w ith the doctor a t Sy-
saker, six miles from Christiania. She
enters w ith enthusiasm into all the ex­
plorer’s schemes for the success of each
new expedition. The cabin of the boat
in which they propose to m ake their next
trip is only 18 feet square and is to be
used as dining room, Workroom ami
draw ing room.
Another woman explorer of cold lati­
tudes is a Mrs. Burgess, the wife of a
m em ber of the N ew foundland assembly,
who accomplished the rem arkable feat
of accompanying her husband a distance
of 230 miles over snow and ice on snow-
shoes to ationd the session a t St. Jo h n ’s.
They had no guide and a sledge of three
dogs for their luggage and provisions.
A t one tim e it was necessary to cross an
arm of the sea 11 miles wide in a leaky
boat; a t another they were obliged to
cross rivers in the interior by means of
trees, but throughout the journey this
plucky woman was equal to any em er­
gency.—Brooklyn Eagle.
A> W o m a n 1 0 7 Y e a ra O ld .
Mary Thompson, an inm ate of the
Camberwell workhouse, celebrated the
one hundred and seventh anniversary of
her birthday recently, and in view of
the event Mr. Frank W int, the m aster
of the workhouse, has furnished portraits
of the old lady to the queen and the
Prince of Wales. Polly, as Miss Thomp­
son is fam iliarly called by her fellow in ­
m ates, enjoys fairly good health in spite
of her years, and her intellect is singu­
larly clear. H er memory carries her
back to incidents which occurred 00 or
70 years ago, when she was in service.
Polly is rather proud of the fact th a t
she m anaged to resist all offers of m ar­
riage, for she says, “ The men worked
the women so hard in them days.” For
nearly 30 years Miss Thompson has lived
w ithin the walls of the Camberwell
workhouse, and the good health she still
sinjoys is probably due to the care and
attention she receives at the hands of
the officials.—Lloyd’s Newspaper.
INDIAN PIG STICKING.
fA W N Ç flfU n ÎN
ONE MAN WHO 8AY8 IT IS THE
FINEST SPORT IN THE WORLD.
H o w Che W ild
LAYING TILE DRAINS.
H o w W a t e r G e t . I n to t l i . T i le —s i t e
T i le e n d U U ta n e e A p . r u
of
The novice is interested to know
how the w ater gets into the tiles,
president J. M. Blues of the Ontario
Htute college, in an address before
the Marion County H orticultural soci-
(ty, said: It rises up on the under side
between the ends of the tile. It conld
only go down through the top of the tile
while the whole tile is covered with
water. The w ater all goes into the tiles
at the ends of the sections. It does not
soak through the body of the tile.
Avoid the agent who w ants to sell you
porous tile. You don't w ant th at kind
of tile. The harder it is burned the bet­
ter.
In reply Uf the query how close m ust
the tile be placed, President Bloss said:
There is no rule th a t can be followed.
In clayey gronnd the tile m ost be
closer, say from 18 to 20 feet, while
in certain loams equally good drain­
age may be secured a t 40 to SO feet
apart. The next question which may
arise is the size of the tile to be used.
This depends first on the method used in
laying the tile and second on the fall or
grade. First, if the tile is laid by guess
or by a w ater level, or ra th e r by observ­
ing the flow of the w ater in the ditch,
then yon had better use a six inch tile
where a three inch tile, would be abun­
dant on a perfect grade, because the grade
line w ill have m any inequalities in it,
and you m ust m ake an allowance for the
parts below grade to be filled up with
silt. If these inequalities, up and down,
be lees than 8 inches, then some w ater
will continue to flow from a six inch tile
as in Fig. 2. Figs. 1 and 2 represent
tile laid on an imperfect grade. The
dark portion represents the silt which
has collected in points below the grade
line: the light, th a t part not filled. In
Fig. 1 the tile is choked with silt and is
useless. In Fig. 2 the tile is partly filled
at C, F and G, and its capacity has been
lim ited to th a t of the narrow est point
as a t F.
The probabilities are th a t the inequali
ties will be more than 3 inches, and that
tile so laid w ill in a few years be en-
TILE LAID ON IMPERFECT GRADES,
tirely filled with silt and cease to be of
any use, as shown in Fig. 1 above.
However great the care taken in laying
tile, there are liable tube slight inequali­
ties. These should, however, be reduued
to the minimum. W here there are not
more than 2 Inches fall in 100 feet,
and where we have nothing better than
the eye to determ ine it, it is very easy to
go from 2 to 8 inches below the true
grade line w ithout discovering it. This
would cause a three inch tile to be stran­
gulated, and hence useless. If tile are
properly laid on a grade of an inch to
100 feet, it will l>e sufficient in moet
soils. Such a grade is over 4 feet to the
mile, which ts greater than the fall in
many of our rivers. By placing tile
in on as perfect a grade as possible
it need not be so large as otherwise
needed. The coat of the tile depends on
the size. Thus, 8 inch about 18 cents
per rod; 4 inch, 28 cents per rod; 8
inch, 88 cents per rod; 6 inch. 80 cents
per rod; 7 inch. 70 cents per rod; 8 inch,
60 cents per rod; 10 inch, $1.20 per rod.
Now, if a three inch tile, properly laid,
could be nsed where a six inch tile m ust
be used under tlie other methods, then
it would he m uch the cheaper to lay the
tile on a perfect'grade.
K a n huh W o m e n I n P o litie s .
T h e W y u jM lett# i n f Ih u I n d i a n G a m e .
The organization of the women of th i.
■state under the name of the W oman's
Progressive Political league, headed by
Mrs. John Q. Otis ami Mrs. L. L. Hop­
kins, is lim ited to those who are in sym ­
pathy w ith the teachings of the Populist
¡.arty, and women who are identified
w ith the Republican and Democratic
parties are not eligible to membership.
The secretary of the league has issued an
announcem ent to this effect as follows:
” ln view of a m isunderstanding, large­
ly conveyed through the press as to the
object of our organization, we, the ladle»
of the W oman’s Progressive Political
league, wish to state th a t we are a Peo­
ple's P arty organization first, lust and
all the tim e, and we advocate all reform*
tending to the relief of the people, in­
cluding woman suffrage and control of
the liquor traffic.”—Kansas Cor. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
It has appeared to ins for the past two
or three seasons, says a w riter in The
Fanciers’ Journal, th a t the W yandotte
and the Indian (tam e are the tw o breeds
which the supporters of the all around
fowl of ths future will have to look to
for assistance in the course of their
breeding operations, and certainly no
finer table bird* than th s latter can be
found in this p a rt of the world. Crossed
w ith Dorkings o r grade Dorkings they
g so« to a n unmans* Mze, as we all know,
while the quality and toothsumeness of
their flesh are unexcelled. It somehow,
however, appears that m any of our
judges of dead or table poultry are dis­
posed to ignore the great property of the
delicacy of the m eat in the birds before
them and are more largely influenced by
mere depth of keels and breadth of
breasts than m ight be expected or is de­
sirable The appearance of the Dork­
ing's fifth to* seems to axerds* an irre­
sistible fascination over some of them,
and speaking seriously 1 honestly believe
that, however excellent in all table prop­
erties other competitors uugnt be that
cob* before them , we have one or two
judges who would pass them over in fa­
vor o i a bird possessed of this superflu­
ous excrescence.
New« From Abroad A boat American Girls.
A new and terrible fashion, which
m ay perhaps completely revolutionize
the style of feminine dress has received
the stam p of approval of the American
girl. This gentle creature has resolved
to decorate her skin w ith m uch the same
designs and figures that the m aterials of
her dresses are often decorated with.
In other words, plain white skins will
soon b* fashionable no longer. They will
be ornam ented like brocaded silks or
printed calicoes. Tattooed arm s and legs
are becoming the latest fad. and all sorts
of enriona figures and designs indelibly
printed in the soft flesh of the trans­
atlantic beauties will be one of the in­
teracting features of the American ball­
room. Probably ere long a young lady's
tendencies will be easily discernible by
the nature of the ornam ents engraved
in ink upon her akin.—St. Jam es G a­
zette.
T h e B la c k S e tl a Oawm.
Last season the woman who wore an
all black satin gown was regarded with
aetonmhment. This season it is being
more u nisonally need for gowns end for
trim m ings, and. in fact, all satins are
fashionable, particularly black. A t oae
tim e It was supposed to be on* of the
“old lady” m aterials, but fashion has al­
tered all this, and a t present it figure*
prom inently, both for day and evening
H um r . o f t h e J u n g l e , of
lu d l u e n d N o r th e r n A f r ic a A r e H u n te d
Light Shoe* For Horn««.
Light horses of 1.0UU pounds weight,
w ith well shaped npright feet, should
have fore shoes weighing about one
pound each and the bind ones 12 ounces,
according to The American A griculturist,
which makes the following computation:
If four ounces ere added to each shoe,
let us Bee what a difference it will make.
In plowing, cult: rating and many other
farm operations a horse will walk from
10 to 20 miles s day ami advances shout
four feet at s step. At each step the
hors* lifts half a pound extra on its two
feet, or «8« pounds in every tail*. In e
day's work of 18 miles the horse would
life 6,900 pounds extra, or nearly five
ton*. If the fora* required to lift this
flv* tons of iron conld 1 be expended in
In the
work the hors* is doing, m uch more
could be accomplished,
id. In the light of
these fact* is it any wonder th a t when
young homes ffiegin to wear shoe* they
aooo become leg weary, have their step
shortened and acquire a alow walking
bjf E n t h u . l n . t i e S p o n e iu e n
C u u n tr lo e —P le n ty o f D a n c e r .
of
O th o i
As an ardent pig sticker I may be fo r
given for advancing the opinion th a t it
Is the finest sport in the world. By “ pig
sticking” I of course mean pig sticking
as it is practiced in India and in north­
ern Africa and perhi.ps in some other
English colonies—viz, riding down ths
pig on horseback and dispatching him
with spears.
The Indian wild pig varies naturally
According to his home. The biggest I
have ever seen were in the Vindhya
mountains, where I used to shoot them
as food for my heaters. Sometimes they
were of vast size, bigger, I think, than
even their Ganges cousins.
A peculiarity of the wild pig is the
straightness of his tail as compared with
the cnrled appendage of his domestic
brother. From the top of his low fore­
head to the end of his snont is alm ost a
perfectly straight line, and he has a far
longer snout and jaw than tha English
m arket pig. His skin ie a kind of
bluish gray and his bristles gray or
black, though sometimes an alm ost
brown pig is found. The wild pig will
never live far from w ater. He is hap­
piest in the long grass, often 12 feet high,
that grows along the banks of the big
Indian rivers, and above all rejoice* in
“jao,” a kind of evergreen brushweod
th at is as common as the grass. He only
eats a t night, and ehnnt in p „ uc . . j
lies forth from cover and will go many
miles to find the succulent sugar cane or
other luxury, returning as a rule about
sn hour before the first streaks of dawn.
Pig sticking begins usually about
Christmas week, when the giant vegeta­
tion of the rains has died down sufficient­
ly to get a t piggy, and the marshy
gronnd where he lives is firm enongh for
horses, b a t it is not till the end of Feb­
ruary th a t really good pig sticking be­
gins, and it improves as the w eather gets
dryer and hotter till the Ju n e rains conie,
and pig sticking instantly ceases.
A t about 8 a. m ., after a light break­
fast, the sportsmen set out—usually ir
"tum tum s”—to the meet, having sent
their spears and horses on ahead over
night, together w ith the all im portant
mess tiffin basket, in which a huge block
of ice and innum erable soil a w ater bot­
tles and beer bottles figure largely. It
is rare to gather together more than 12
men. It may have been different I p
olden times, but polo is a formidable
rival to pig sticking nowadays, and the
ordinary British subaltern can rarely af­
ford tim e and money for both. Indeed,
from my own experience, I should say
the average field was not above five, and
personally, I m uch prefer, except from
the social point of view, very few com­
panions.
The officer in command divides the
party, if large enough, into little sections
of three, and each section separates from
the other and keeps together ail day,
either a t one end of the line or in the
middle. The coolies are usually about
80 in num ber and form line, oovering
about 200 yards of ground. Each Is
armed, or should be, w ith a big stick,
and the end men carry flags, whioh can
be seen above the long grass and help to
keep the coolies in line. Behind them
m arches on each wing one of the shi­
kari's satellites, and in the center Is the
shikari himself on horseback, and these
officer», like sergeants, keep the line
straight, and exhort, often in language
more forcible than polite, the apathetic
coolies to strenuous exertions. The
sportsmen generally ride a few yards in
advnnce of the line, unless, from the n a­
tu re of the covert, the pig is likely to
break tiack.
A pig lies usually in a kind of form
like a hare and will sometimes let a
man or horse alm ost tread on him he
fore moving, and being often covered
w ith mud or dust is very difficult to see
in the grass and weeds. W hen, how­
ever, ho does jum p up, he slip* along a t
an incredible speed for the first 80 or 40
yards sud then settle* down to a very
fast gal lop. I have known boars a t once
on being p u t up make straig h t for the
first man or horse thoy see before they
have been wounded or touched, and, as
all know, the tusk of the wild boar cuts
like a /az o r, though luckily the wound
is usually a healthy, clean cut—very dif­
ferent from a m nnling by the fetid claws
of a tiger or leopard or th e th ru st of a
stag's horn.
W herever a pig gets up ona of the
sections go after it, and there are various
little rules as to how the pig should be
attacked and in w hat order. The most
Im portant rule is never to drop your
spear, still less throw it a t the pig, as
some beginners have keen known to do.
Spears are weighted w ith lead at the
handle, and wheu dropped from the hand
in the long grass, the sharp end, being
the lighter, n aturally sticks np, to th a t
the next horseman or beater may be
wonnded. I know of several horrible ac­
cidents th a t liave happened in this way.
The m an who first draw s blood gets
“the first spear" and is entitled to the
can-zee. The body 1a given to the coolies
to eet, end the heed is taken home by the
trinm phant sportsm en to adorn his bun­
galow hall, or the tushes ere taken out
end made into some knickknack Of
coarse he is in honor bound to help
fairly kill aa well as prick his foe, bnt it
is the second horsem an, riding perhaps
four lengths behind him, who bsa the
most dangerous p ert to play. A D ig
when wonnded rarely pursue* his for­
m er co n n s, and the leader often loees
touch with him, while his follower ha*
to bear the full bru n t of s terrific charge.
It is fetal to receive a boar’s charge a t a
walk or troL On* ofuinot go too feat—
not straight a t the pig. b bn u t a t e alight
ancle to him as he chargee,
u i Bombay * long spear is need, end
the boar is s t a c k by an “ u n d e rh a n d ”
thrust. In
i B engal a ja b b in g
n e a r tan*
ts need end is m ore d ead ly , 1 th in k ,
Of coarse IS U unlaw ful to •tick
They cannot fight well, having no t nahes.
—Belly’s ~
A COW CENSUS.
F a n n . r a , K e e p t b s B e a t C aw s, o r K e e p
N o n e a t A ll.
Every m an of sense knows th a t the
average farm cow brings little profit.
Tlie average production of the average
cow in W isconsin, Illinois, New York
and other of the best dairy states is only
about 3,000 ponnds of milk a year. P a rt­
ly this is the fa u lt of the cow and partly
the fau lt of the owner. Of coarse the
owner m ust be held responsible for the
fact, for he alone can in stitute any im ­
provement. Three thousand ponnds of
bulk are equivalent to 128 ponnds of
butter, provided i t be good m ilk. T hat
am ount of b a tte r, as the ordinary farm ­
er makes it and sells it, brings about 18
cents a pound. So yon can see th at the
partnership between the ordinary fanner
and the average cow brings In only abont
$30 a year gross.
A thorough “ oow census” instituted In
the town of Ellisbnrg. N. Y., six years
ago by H oard's Dairyman revealed the
fact th a t there were a large num ber of
herds of cows in th at old dairy town
th at did not earn above $20 per cow for
the yeur. The owners of these oows felt
this fact in their flattened pocket books,
but they did not have enterprise sufficient
to set squarely about the w ork of im­
provement. W hen the “cow census”
was taken, it turned a ray of light into
such an unprofitable way of doing busi­
ness, and m anifest improvem ent in the
character of the cows has since taken
place.
In bulletin 82 of the Cornell experi­
m ent station is given a bit of history
th a t should be read and studied long
und well by every farm er who earnestly
desires good profit in keeping cow s The
bulletin is devoted to the problem of
the cost of mi Ilf pr.wtn.ction bnt the
point we are a fte r here i s to bring out
the fact there shown, w hich shall s e r v e
as an anewer to the question a t the head
of this article. The Cornell herd during
the tim e of the experiment, beginning
Jan. 18, 1862, and ending Jan. 14,
1868, consisted of 20 cows. This herd
had been developed from the ordinary
cows of the neighborhood by Professor
R oberts since 1878. His method b»/t
keen the sim ple and effective one of
using only thoroughbred bulls of dairy
breeds and a rigid selection of the best
heifer calves. The first cows in 1874
produced b u t little more than 8,000
pounds of milk. The descendants of
these same cows produced in 1892 more
than 7,000 pounds per cow. Any m an
can see th a t the profit of cow keeping is
greatly increased by the use of a little
good dairy sense.
Professor R oberts has done nothing
th a t the m ost ordinary farm er cannot
do. Any m an in these days can produce
a good thoroughbred sire of any of the
four leading dairy breeds, the Ayr-
shires, the Holsteins, the Guernseys or
the Jerseys. Good, well bred male
calves can be bought for a low price.
He can keep right along in the same
road, holding steadily to the same breed
and selecting the best heifers. There la
nothing m ysterious or difficult abont
this, and nny m an m ight to know that it
is not one-half as expensive us the keep­
ing of poor cows. Every fa n n er lias the
road open before him for better profit in
cows if he will but enter it. It means
simply the use of n little more dairy in­
telligence in the way of better breeding
and better feeding and cure. The profits
of keeping any 10 cows, giving each 7,000
pounds of m ilk, over th at of keeping 22
of their grandm others producing the
same am ount of m ilk, telle the story be­
yond cavil.—Chicago Liter Ocean.
V e ry t h s F o o d o f F a r e ) H o rse * .
There is a g re at variety of food th at
may be safely and economically fed to
horses, some articles of which are really
cheaper than the common hay and grain
of which the unvarying ration ia m ade
np. There are all the g ra in * ; some of
the waate products, as dried brewers'
grain«, dried gluten meal, mixed dry
fodders, as oats and pea straw , m illet hay
and the different green foliage crops th a t
may be procured so easily by farm ers.
The latter are especially desirable, and a
single test of them will satisfy any man
of their desirability. This la better
known tn tow ns and cities than on the
farm , and one may s e e the city d ra ft
horse* enjoying a m idday meal of green
rye or clover w ith infinite pleasure,
while the horse on the farm has the dry
hay day a fte r day and never a taste of
the sweet, snccnlent fodders th a t are s o
plentifnl on the farm or m ay be m ade
so.—C ountry G entlem an.
L iv e S to r k P o in t* .
A breed of sm all fashionable horses is
th a t of the hackney pony, height of stal­
lion 12 to 18 h an d s
Fow ls need little grain In hot weather.
Give them all the green food they can
consume.
Especially feed very little
corn.
Oliserve this: The famous prize breeds
of all kinds of farm animal* are the re­
sult of m ingling together several species
in adjacent district*, w ith the utm ost
care and discrim ination in selection, for
from q n a rte r to half a century. An im ­
proved breed im ported into a new cli­
m ate thrives best when crossed on the
natives of th a t region.
Ewes suitable to breed for winter
lam bs are dry iu A ugust and September.
It is, however, ra th e r difficult to secure
any bnt a small num ber of them a t a
time. A fa n n er who wished to go into
the bnaiuees of lam b raising m ight w atch
the city stock yards, and from them glean
anch ewes a* he w anted a t first.
The approved height of the hackney
stallion is abont 18 hands, varying a few
point* over or under that. One author­
ity says 18.8 hands ia exactly right.
A question now under discussion ia
w hether It pays to raise tw o crops of
pigs annually from the aame sow—on*
in spring, the other in the fall. Un­
doubtedly tt depend* on the price of pork
whether the fall pig pays for the trouble
it makes.
Even a dehorned bull is wicked. T.
W Long, probate judge of Morrow coun­
ty, O.. was killed In a m oment lately by
s dehorned Holstein bull ha w as ship­
ping off on a ear.
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IN THE ORCHARD.
A Plan Suggested by Country i
F o r R educing th e Closeness o f O rchards.
It sometimes happens th a t th e owuet s
oi lim ited land desire to obtain all the
benefit of cloeeiy planted trees d aring
♦he early years of th eir bearing. Here
!s or.e mode by w hich this ia done which
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has been successful both in original
planting and by afte rw a rd reducing the
num ber in obtaining sym m etrical or­
chards. The apple trees are planted 84
feet apart. W hen from this nearness
the branches begin to touch each other,
they are reduced in n um ber to 84 feet
apart.
In the first c u t is represented the
orchard as planted and grow ing in its
earlier years, w ith trees 24 feet apart.
In Fig. 2 the dotted trees are those
whicn are removed, leaving the remain­
ing ones 84 feet a p a rt and running diag­
onally. W here this experim ent has
been successfully perform ed it has been
found th a t iu a few years a fte r th e thin­
ning the fru it w ould be both more
a bundant and b e tte r in quality in con­
sequence of allow ing m ore room for its
grow th and development. In the
earlier years of this orchard, while there
are a larger num ber of tree* to feed, it
is im portant th a t an annnal top dressing
of m anors be given to com pensate for
the increased exhaustion of the soil. A
mode sometimes proposed and adopted
for thinning orchard trees i s ’to take out
every alternate tree in both directions,
leaving only one-fonrth to rem ain, bnt
by the method here described only ocie-
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half are removed, while the rem aining
half have all the advantages of plenty of
space. Every tree will be surrounded
by four others a t equal distances.
W hen tw o kinds of trees are planted
In the H um e orchard—each, for instance,
as placing standard and dw arf pear trees
alternately—it is advisable to m ark out
beforehand the places for the trees, ao
th a t in subsequently rem oving them
those only will b e ta k en w hich are short­
est lived. I t is sometimes the practice
to p lant peach trees in apple orchards
between the apple trees, and by fixing
beforehand the places for each no break
w ill be m ade in th eir arrangem ent, the
apple trees rem aining in regular rows
long a fte r the peach trees are gene.
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R o ll in g a n d M o w in g t h e L a w n .
W hile rolling is n o t really eseential to
a bountiful law n, it does help It consid­
erably in fine appearance and greatly in
smoothness. For croquet, tennis and
other playgrounds frequent rolling in
snm m er ia also desirable, b n t in the case
of plain garden law ns the m owing m a­
chine m ay 'f -e rolling enongh.
In m owing one m akes the prettiest
work when the grass is dry. If the law n
is mown when the grass is w et w ith rain
or dew, the m owings gather in w reaths
or clots. These should alw ays be raked
np and cleared away. And whenever
there ia a heavy cu ttin g the mowing*
should be raked off.
T here is an idea abroad th a t mowings
should alw ays be left w here ent, to as to
m nlch the roots of the gTaas from the
w arm sunshine, b n t this is an erroneous
notion. W hen the m own grass ia thin,
it soon w ithers np, b n t where a t all
heavy it lies in clot* or m ats and de­
stroys the grass plants under it, and, too,
It Impedes the m achine in the next mow­
ing. The finest law ns are alw ay s kept
clean from old mowings, says Gardening
in concluding the foregoing suggestions.
C al Back th s Flow ering Shrubs.
As soon as the flowering shrnbe have
finished blossoming for the season cut
beck the branches a bont one-third end
thin ont the old branches which were
m ade last year by one-half if a good
grow th was made, and more if they need
it. Is American C ultivator’s rule. This,
with a little attention next spring to cut
ont the branches th a t are standing too
close together, should insure good bloom
next year, us the snm m er heading in will
give a-plenty of strong and vigorow
stalk*, and the spring pruning will in­
crease the sixe of the flower*.
Dw arf pear
Newton, Maes., m
for qnince roots
the top la pear or
ly on ligh t "
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have a m oist soil.
whether
T h n do poor-
should ba set
to root
This
liftin g bit» of
face on the pear wood,
back tha earth. Dwarf» I
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