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imm given food for growth and heaitn to bring him to the beginning of the fin ishing period. Hr. WilCam McLean, state veterina rian o f Oregon, In an address before the Northwest Wool Growers’ asaoola tlon said regarding scab In sheep: True scab Is u very familiar d ’sease to sheep raisers In every part of the world. The most prominent symptom Is an Itchiness of the skin, compelling the Bhoep to rub. scratch or bite Itself whenever possible. It will scratch and kick Itself with its hind feet, thus de stroying the wool wherever the feet ours if you try .-.■■■■■■- — 1 , can reach. It will also bite itself and will become extremely restless, more particularly at night, preventing the animal from resting and making It nervous and irritable. n and otir* la so atrong we The treatment of scab Is a very sim ■ guarantee a cure or refund Vrf» V * ■ w * mouev. and we send you ple matter If taken in the start be fire f r e e t r i a l bottle if you write for it. there Is much Irritation of the skin. The SHILOH S coats 25 cents and will cure Con sumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and all parasite does not penetrate the skin, Lung Troubles. Will cure a cough or cold like those produelug mange In the in a day, and thus prevent serious results. It has been doing these things for 50 years. horse and dog. The parasites produc 8. C. W ells & Co., Lc Roy. N. Y.__________ ing scab lu sheep live on the snrfnee. y U r l’» Clover Bool Tta cornei» tw Sloenc^ like lice, so most any of the ordinary dips applied to them will come In con tact with the parasites and kill then), but may not kill the eggs, which will hatch out In from teu days to two weeks, when the application must be repeated. If the disease has been al lowed to become chronic, then there A h a rule. It Is not tho practice In will he scabs formed so that enough Hnglund to make use of green food for parasites will get under and not come pigs to ns groat an extent as might in contact with the medicine, and they profitably lie done, nay« a correspond- will still live to perpetuate their kind. i nt In London Live Stock Journal. Tile In order to treat scab successfully pig Is largely a vegetarian and In n the wool should all be clipped off, so natural mate And« little other food. It as to expose the skin as much ns pos look« for concentrated atarchy food In sible to the air. Like mange lu the the roota of plants which are provided horse, the diseased animal should he with bulbs or tuliere for the purpose separated from the well and should he of storing up reserves o f this nature, well fed. to build up the physical but It la very largely dependent upon strength ns quickly ns possible, ns It Is other forma of green food growing a well known fact that parasitic life nbove the aurface. Although the mod lives at the expense of physical life. ern pig haa been developed ao that It Build up the physical strength and the eon assimilate more concentrated dletg Isidy offers greater resistance to para than It could And In a state o f nature, sitic life. It has not lost Its aptitude to thrive, After the animals have been dipped i nd there are inauy green crops grown they should not be turned Into pas on the fann which cannot be more tures where they were while suffering proAtably fed to any animals than to from tile disease. The parasite Is not pigs. long lived, consequently animals kept The avidity with which pigs will eat out o f an Infected pasture for a couple tares, young clover and other green o f months can then be safely turned la food brought Into the yards In summer again. W elnht o f Drew*eil Sheep. time shows the old lustlucts fur this Tlw* dressed carcass of the sheep cluss of food have uot been eradicated. They have n natural craving for the weighs from 50 to GO per cent o f tne cool, moist food, and they thrive on It. total live weigot. Sows which get as many tares as they H I N T S ON PICKLING. desire keep healthy and strong. More over, they breed more healthily and rioTT to Prepnre the VIneuar So as to Get m Good Green. stronger than those which have more concentrated foods. For the cost o f the Ciuer vinegar is preferable In all crop u piece o f lucerne probably gives cases, not only because it preserves the the biggest return of pork o f uuy crop, fruit and vegetables better than other for It gives cuttings for nt least half kinds, but because it gives a better the year fur an IndeHnlte number of flavor. One thing should always be re years. The Americans recognize the membered—that the hands must never riling o f green food for pigs and use go Into the pickle, either to stir or to re clover with great freedom for their move the fruit. Instead, silver, wood bucon pigs, and we cannot altogether en ware or granite spoons or forks nfl'ord to disregard the practices of that should be employed—never tin or steel. extensive bacon raising country. The Bolling the vinegar will weaken it. roadside bow . which, with the help of For sour pickles it should bo scalded a few house* scraps, lives almost en only. A granitewure or porcelain lined tirely on grass, rarely falls to produce kettle should he used for the purpose. large and healthy pigs, and these young For those to l>e used nt once, wide pigs are less liable to disease and af mouthed stone crocks are best. The fections than those from more pamper vinegar should be two or three Inches ed mothers, aud the sows are rarely above the pickle. A double cloth over short of milk. the top and a large plate above thut If, therefore, pigs can lie brought to make the best cover to the jar. If the profitable maturity without the help of vinegar begins to look white on top. It green food. It should not he taken that should he turned off. scalded and the pig rearing should be entirely con skimmed. A small piece of horse rad fined to high feeding throughout life. ish or nasturtium in each jar will pre There Is no need to run the pigs to an vent molding and will keep the vinegar abnormal size aud render them unfit strong. A dark, dry place Is the best for high class bacon. Even If they nre for keeping them. run somewhat large, there Is the eom- In pickling small cucumbers, green pensatlon that the meat Is more tomatoes, beans and green plums, strenky. Forced feeding Implies the turmeric Is sometimes used to im consumption o f high priced f<s>ds and prove the color, hut the best plan. If a a constant dipping of the hand Into good green color Is wanted. Is to put the pocket. To utilize the produce of the fruit Into cold vinegar and heat the fnrm is better than to 1« constant very slowly until the color Is satis ly buying. factory. A small quantity of alum will make the pickles crisp ami firm. Sev Pnaiarea For Plata* Pasture for the future profitable hog eral small muslin hags. In which the o f course, says Soothwest Pacific spices lire tied, scattered about the Jar Farmer. If not clover or other sweet are better than one big one. Pickles grass, there are green corn, onts, Held that nre to be kept for winter use pens and Inst, but not lenst, the rnpe- should be turned Into cans while hU fleld, and there are millions In It, those aud sealed airtight. who have turned pigs on rape say. The beat «wine growers fully understand A woman letter carrier is numbered thut If the bog Is to be made big and among the employee's of the postoffice strong In bone nud muscle and brought department. This Is Miss Edith Hill to 250 to 300 pounds In six or eight of Greenwich. Mass. mouths and made profitable to his owner the nig must have Dasture and YOUR. FAITH Shiloh’s Consumption Sheriffs Sale. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT hy virtue of an execution Mid order of «*1« du ly tailed out of the circuit court of the ntftte of Oregon for the county of Polk, bearing date the 15th day of January, 1002, in nciiit there in nendinir. wherein Abel ('glow in plaintiff end Kolia Waterhouee ami Polk County hank, a corporation, are defendant*, upon a decree rendered and entered in said suit on the Kith day of January, 1902, and tome directed, enurnianding me to «ell the hereinafter de- ecribed |>remi*ee, and out of the proceed« of »nch «ale to make the numi of money in said decree Hpecitied, I will on SORES U LC ER S. Sores and Ulcers never become chronic tinless the bloo i is in ¡>oor condition — is sluggish, weak and unable to throw oil the poisons that accumulate in it. The system must be relieved of the unhealthy matter through the sore, and great danger t«» life would follow should it heal before the blood has been made pure and healthy and all impurities eliminated from the sy s tem. S.S.S. begins the cure by first cleans ing and invigorating the blood, building Sat urd ay, Feb ruary ISth, l'.K>2, at the hour of 1 o’clock, p, ui„ of a<tiu up the general health and removing from day at the went, door of the county court houae in l>alla»,Pnlk county,Or. ««II at public ill* « ¡ E l l 7 A CO N STAN T D R A M auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand effete matter. UPON THE SYSTEM . on day of «ale the «nid |>remi«es, which arc When this hoa been accomplished the dis described aa follow«, to-wit. Lots one (1) ai d charge gradually ceases, and the aoie oi two (2) in block thirteen (IS) in the town of ulcer heals. It is the tendency of these old Monmouth, in Polk county, «tate of Oregon, a« «hown by the duly recorded plat of «aid indolent sores to grow worse and worse, town, together with the tenement«, heredita and eventually to destroy the bones. Local ment* Mid appurtenance« thereunto belong- applications, while soothing and to some ingor in any wta appertaining, ,‘tawl nit extent alleviate pain, cannot reach the seat will lie made «abject to redempti on in the of the trouble, b. S. S. does, and no matter manner provided by la w . how apparently hopeless your condition, 1901**** **•**••• Oregon,thU 17th »lay of Jan., •van though \ mir constitution has broken down, it will bring relief when nothing J.U VAN ORSDK1* mi . It supplies the rich, pure blooii Sheriff of Polk county, Oregon. necessary to heal the sore and nourish the debilitated, diseased body. For Sale. Mr J B. Tal!«ert, Lock Ikw uvU'inona. MU« , •«y»: “ SI* year« ago my le* from the k n -etc the foot was one solid sore. Several p h y s icia n s treated me and I made two trip« to Hot riprinffs, hut found no relief. I wan induced to try 8 S. S , •nd It made «complete cure. I have been • per fectly well maa ever since " ACRVH or LAND AT PKKDKK. rui’R *C. re« in nieiut ov, 4 acre« in fruit, ha anee In p •«ter**. «)'**) i.ouae. ««al barn, lini* ipnnf, only oini fourth mile from «chool houee, ztorc ami rtija omet* oh wljoliiinit premi»«« He« or ««Mreiw |\>»t \ Ik, " »•Hater Peeilee. |»«>lk county. Oregon. CASTOR IA Var Infant« and Children. Til KM Y ob H ivi Always Bought I *• t*1* onlY purely veg- etabie blood purifier known— contains no fr. poisonous minerals to ruin the digestion and add to, rather than relieve your suffer ing*. If your flesh does not heal readily when scratched, bruised or cut, your blood it in bad condition, and any ordinary sore is apt to become chronic. Send for our free book and write our physicians about your case. We make nr charge for thia service. IKK SWIFT SPCCIFIC CO, ATLANTA, U . THE P R O F IT IN P IG S . GOOD R0ADS_M0VEMENT. Their Aatoandlni? Pow er o f T a r a l i f Food Into From 100 'pound* o f dry food, 9 pounds o f live steer, 11 pounds of live sheep and nearly 24 pounds o f live hog are produced, or 291 per cent more pig than steer from a given amount of food, though hogs consume more costly food than cither sheep or steers, says Pro- fessor J. V/. Sanborn in Kansas I Farmer. This astonishing growing power of the p’g is due to the greater amount of food consumed aud the all devouring appetite o f the pig. ! It has been found that the pig cou- | sumed from 3 to 7 per cent o f his live I weight daily, while the steer made I from 2 to 3 1-3 per cent, or about little over one-half as much as the pig. In other words, the pig has power to eat. to digest and to assimilate food to a N ot Tho Kiad You Have Alv ay3 B«*u£ht« aud wUch hua bcc»'\ In uso for over ¿JO year*, haa homo tTu* B?r.Tiatnro oc _____ _ and lias been nmdo under Ills y»er- j Honnisupervision s;nco Its !:L.inry, y. A llo w n o tod<H*e»vo y o u In tills* A l l C o u n t e r fe it s , I m i t a t i o n s and ** J n .s t-a s * j;o o d * * a r o h u b E x p e r im e n t s t h a t t r iile w iili m id ©ndnni.!\ r ¿h o h e a lt h o f In fa n ts ttJid Children-Experieue3 against LxocriiAierit« W hat is C A S TO R S A- CastorLi Is n harmless substitute for Castor O P a r e goric, Drops aud Soothing* Syrups. It i P : * ..s . Ifc contains neither Opium, Morph'uo r.or ot! ri* -roMo substance. Its U|-o is Its guarantee. I t d a l i ys Worms and ailays I'cvcrlsuac'-.. It cures Diarriutsit a:nl 'Wind Colic. It relieves Tcetliinyr Troubles, cares Cois tipuiiou and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food,' r< a'uLues the Stomach aiul Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleap. The Children’s Panacea—Tiio Mother’ s Frioml. B K l i k i m ll il i BO AR. greater extent than any other animal on the farm. The internal construction of the hog is built for this purpose dif ferently from the steer. Going further, I found that the pig gives a huger ratio o f dressed carcass than does the steer In proportion to live weight, giving 82 per cent o f dressed carcass to (Jo per cent in the steer, or 50 per cent with the hide and tallow free. Still pressing the claims o f the hog over the steer to their legitimate Issue, I find that 100 pounds o f food from the data given produced 7.30 pounds o f wa ter and bone free meat In the pig aud 1.07 pounds o f beef for consumption, or the pig produces 4.42 per cent times more food material than the steer from 100 pounds o f food. The producer soils the pig fat for mar ket at as high a price as the liest steer. You therefore get the benefit o f the much larger growth and gain per 100 pounds of food, and the early maturity o f the pig not being required to pass through one or two costly winters of little growth, all o f which shows the greater advantage o f the hog over the steer. The hog Is the best marketer of grain and grass that the farmer has. lie brings it quicker and at greater profit for the food consumed than any other animal, while his meat Is the cheapest that can be produced for the consumer when the economy in the cured product is taken into considera tion. Sown T h n t I ln v e H m l C h o le r a . Sows that have had cholera will not have It again. This in a country where such a pest Is always more or less in evidence is an Importaut considera tion. says Northwestern Agriculturist. Such a sow should be greatly more val uable for breeding uses than another sow thnt has uot been so afilicted, pro viding she will breed as well, but will she breed as well? Thnt side o f the question should be carefully looked in to. In some instances she will. In others she may not. Everything will probably depend on the degree to which she has suffered. If the sow is j oung and she has had the disease but lightly, her breeding powers should uot be In nuy way Injured. Such an ani mal in a cholera country ought to be worth very much more than a sow »of equal merit that has not been affected. She ought to be kept for breeding uses as long ns she Is capable of breeding. On the other hand, a sow getting ad vanced In years and that has the dis ease In a severe form Is not so likely to breed good again. OBNUINB C A S T O R * A ALWAYS B e a r s tlio S ig n a tu re oi' The Kind You Haye Always Bought In Use For Over 3 0 Years. I D em nm l For Good N e e d le w o m e n . Stitcliery long has been praised as ti e very proper occupation for women. With fashion demanding needlework, the highways and byway* nre scoured for women who can do it. Dressmakers a v so harassed to find those* vAio can •1 > handsome embroidery and work manlike ornamental stitches that under some clrouinstances they arc* willing to let tine garments be taken to private houses for embellishing. Never was there such opportunity for the woman who wanted to earn pin money. Better yet, for those who wish to make a seri ous work of stitcliery. Of course, much better prices may be had by sewing directly with the women who will wTear the dresses. P a tti’» C o n ip lo x G en en loK f. Genealogy presents some curious problems. Take the ease o f Mine. Fattl. She was born in Madrid. Her father was a native o f Catania, in Sicily, and her mother a native of Rome. She was brought up by an American stepfather In the United States, married two French husbands before she settled down in Wales and is now the w ife of a Swedish nobleman. To prevent any difficulty in cousrquence of this com plex state of affairs in connection with her property she has taken out letters o f naturalisation as a British subject.— Loudon Standard. An A n cient W ork o f H u ll Ilou n e . A novel feature o f the work at Hull House. Chicago, Is the new tenement house which Is to be constructed and managed solely for the benefit o f poor working women. The rents will be made sufficiently low to !>euefft the w o men for whom the homes are designed, and. to make all complete, a day nurs ery will be opened In the building where the children may l>e eared for while their mothers are nt work. Self Feeder* For Sheep. Self feeders for sheep have proved an expensive saving. They save the labor of regular attendance, but In crease the amount o f food consumed to produce a given gain. This, owing to the varying appetites o f the sheep and the love o f change in food not be ing regarded, causes a sluggish action of the stomach and consequent de creased assimilation. ! Thirty-four women schoolteachers from Cuba have entered the State Nor mal school at New Faltz. N. Y , for a year’s instruction. The Cuban govern ment Is paylug their expenses. There are now about thirty women pastors of Unitarian churches In the United States. The latest addition to their ranks Is Miss Estella E. I'adg- « ham of Syracuse. N. Y. *. .(Z f/ffî&cjèw Í ¿I CATHARTIC 5 ^ TRADE MASS »E O I57T R IO ' Pleaßant. P alata b le. P oten t. T aste G ood. Do I Good, N ever S icken. W ea k en , o r G ripe. 10c. 25c, fiOo. ... CURE CO W 8TIPATIO N . ... Sttrllnr n «a r«ir romp*ny, riilrupo, Montreal, X«w York. 31* I HA T A D C A Sold and iruaranteed by a lld r u g - RU" I U-uMi# gists to c i; U K Tobacco Habit. »lope is slight and water moves slowly, • jeij I grading material should be taken fnttn the lower ditch, nud culverts i ¿Should be supplied wherever water- \ w ays occur. The tendency o f road workers to attempt to carry water long ■distances In upper ditches should be discountenanced, as It seeps through and; Into the roadway, softening up the grade* The only obstruction to the flow o f water down these slopes should be the grade, which would force the I storm water Into the low places, where It could be quickly put across the road with proper culverts. In fact, on flat lands there should be no upper ditch. 1 Shfrn flcnoflt the Soil. Sheep restore to the soil a larger | proportion of the elements they take from It in grazing than any other class o f stock. ________ __ | C A S T O T 1 T A . Tig x'M Rind TOI Yos Ml* Hut Alw Ala iyt gpu|M y j f § IM iyq BLODD " C A S C A R E T S d o a ll c la im e d f o r th em S u d a n ; a truly w on derfu l m ed icin e I have often wished for a m ed icin e p lea san t to take and at last have fou n d it In Cascnrets. Sin ce taking them , my blood ha« been purl lied and m y co m p le x io n has im proved w on derfu lly and 1 feel m uch b etter in every way. Alus. S a l í , ib U. s e l l a us. L u ttrell. T ena. There are advantages nud disadvan tages In oil sprinkled roads, according t o the experience o f the park commis sioners In San Francisco. The dust is certainly laid, nnd driving in the parks where the roadways have been thus treated is freed from the discomfort of •Jilt in the eyes aud lungs o f drivers aim! horses, while the foliage and grass along the highways are ns green us If i -daily rain washed. Complaints o f the horse owners nre ' confined to the injury done their cioth- j Ing and their vehicles by the dying bits ¡ o f oil souked sand. Tills last the cotn- i mlssloncrs promise to remedy. When the roads have become sufficiently ¡ packed, they will be covered with a f thin layer of white sand. There Is a hint in this last for road- makers elsewhere, as sprinkling with .,11 instead o f water has become wide spread tills summer, particularly In the south, where the good roads movement is enjoying a belated popularity. An- j other hint to be borrowed from the ; Californians is in using the oil hot. whereby the materials of the roadbed , are practically cemented. n . ’ IltlinL. R o n d « o n F l a t L a n d . | i j j i STaklnfc C u l v e r t s . ' ,~wy RipansTabuIss Doctors find A Good Prescription Tor Mankind. 1 0 FOR b COYS A t DRUG SlOR£5 T h e to P u b lic . Allow me to say a few words in praise of Cham berlain's Cough Rem edy. I had a very severe cough ami cold ami feared that I would get pneum onia, but afier taking the sec ond dose of this m edicine 1 f e l l better three bottles of ii cured my cold and the pains in my chest disappeared entirely. I am most respectfully yours for health, Ralph S Myers, fi*l Thirty-seventh street, W heeling, West Virginia, jfo .- sale by Adam K. Wilson. F or Over Sixty Y e a rs. An old and well tried remedy. Mrs. W inslow 's Soothing Syrup has been used for over sixty yei rs by millions of I mothers for their children while teeth- j ing, with perfect succe»*B. It so -thes ■ the ch ild, softens the gums, allays all i pain, cures wind co lic and is the best A G IT A T I O N FOR ROADS. remedy for diarrhoea. Is pleasant to E d n c n t lo n 1« H a v in g : I t s E f f e c t a n d the taste. 8ol«l by druggists in every t h e G o o d W o r k Is G r o w i n g . part of the world. 25 cents a bottle. Some sngo has said that the civiliza Its value is incalculable. Be sure and tion o f a country Is shown by Its roads, ask for Mrs. W inslow ’s Soothing Sy says Harper’s Weekly. This being true, rup and take no other kind. It is to be hoped that the agitation now making head In different parts of the A winter trip to southern California country will not cease until we nre as well provided fo r in this way as the and Arizona via the famous Shasta best of the ancients. O f course our R oute is one never to be forgotten. railroads surpass all their facilities for Renewed acquaintance with this se«*.- transit, but if our ordinary roads were tion will ever develop fresh points of to be left as long without car«' ns some interest and added sources «>f en joy of the prehistoric highways that have ment under its sunny skies, in the va been discovered In various parts o f the riety of interests aud added imlustries, world they would look like “ the roads in its prolific vegetation and am ong its numberless resorts of mountain, in Scotland before they were made.” But there has already been progress, shore, valley and plain. Tw o trains and the methods o f Macadam, whom j leave Portland daily, m orning and Scott referred to as the “ Colossus o f I evening for California. These trains Roads,” are l>eing applied in a modified are equipped with the most i.nprovtul form in every part o f the country that pattern of atandar«! and tourist sleep ing cars, and the low rates blaco Mi* boasts of gravel pits. Road building has become a science trih in roach of nil. For illustrated worthy the attention o f the most skill guides of California and Arizona win ed engineers, and experts are already ter resorts, addresB li. B. Miller, G en abroad In the land. The province of eral Passenger Agent. Portland Ore Ontario has for some years past been gon. setting an example that might be fol D rivin g O ut th e E ce m y . lowed with profit in all our states. The These are the days of colds, sharp government employs an engineer to oversee road building and to teach the and sudden, attacking throat and art to all municipalities willing to lungs, and leading lu consequences learn. In this country the agitation one dues not like to think a hoi t has been left largely to Interested par Avoid further exposure and light tho ties—the bicyclists and automobile in enemy «4 health and com fort with terests—but the good work is growing, Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, the family ns shown by the convention recently standby for 50 years. It conquers a held in Buffalo. cold in a dsy. See that you *et the right article. There is but one Pain killer— Perry Davis’. On comparatively fiat lands, where A P oin ter For Stock Itnlncrn. Never beicte did the markets make such a wide difference In the prices being paid for vood cattle and inferior ones. Referring to this The Live Stock World says. “ Prices being realized for good cattle and the low figures being paid for low grade cattle leave little doubt in the tnlmls of experienced feeders and stockmen about what should he done.” Boo n rs t U k m In Hppcuruuce the demand for high way improvement is a sudden develop ment, but in reality it is the manifesta tion that is sudden, sa>s the New York Tribune in a recent editorial. Forces o f which the work is now visible have bi’eu In steady operation for years, and the result suggests the analogy o f wa ter on the verge o f boiling, which give* only slight Indications of >vhat has been golug on below the surface. The passage of the Higbie-Armstrong net, under which the reconstruction of public roads is proceeding in this state, was uot responsive to a strong general demand. In the view of many mem bers of the legislature who voted for the measure it was conceded rather to the importunities o f & few individuals whose good intentions were recognized, but w'hose practical wisdom was doubt ed. Even its most earnest advocates were not prepared to see Its utility so quickly vindicate«! by local applications far outrunning the state appropriation. The simple explanation of the steady and rapid advance o f the good roads cause is. as we have repeatedly said, that the proof o f its right to prevail is absolutely convincing wherever it Is practically presented. There is noth ing to be said on the other side to which a man thinks it worth while to listen who has once driven a loaded vehicle over a road converted within his observation from a bad to a good condition. For him the demonstration is complete, and he forthwith becomes an apostle. Such is the universal and unbroken experience. It Is a remark able fact that the movement has never received n setback anywhere. It lias Inevitably gone forward from a small beginning more rapidly in some locali ties than in others, but it has not retro graded in n single Instance. l lo r e t o O b v ln t e T h e i r O n ly S r r l o n . L> 1 .nil v u n t nice. CANDY Good bat O IL SP R IN K LE D ROADS. F n slilon . Is It generally known that the fash ion of pretty girdles from which de pend chains supporting knickkmicks •kites back to Louis X III.? In those •lays there were girdles known as “ demicent,” wdiich reached fabulous prices. From them hung gold chains, gold handled scissors and gold purses, like those which are so much in favor today, and small, round mirrors, for which women have displayed such rare fidelity, although their form has been slightly varied. K eep the Plff Growlncr. The pig should be kept growing con tinually, says Professor J. \V. Snn- l>orn. It requires a certain amount of food for maintenance. If there are no growth and no gain, this maintenance food Is actual loss. About twenty-five to thirty years ago good hogs were marketed usually at eighteen to twen ty-four months of age. and the general average o f weights was not more than is made now at eight to ten months, showing the great Improvement In the present methods and the great loss of feed by the old plan o f long maturing. F eed lii* Grain to Sheep. Slieop make the best use of grain when it is fed in its original whole. dry condition. Masticating their food thoroughly, the finest weed seeds are totally fined anil destroyed. Finely ground grain forms a sticky mass in the mouth and seems distasteful to the sheep. Not to Be Mado Fun Of. j Much fun is poked at New Jersey i as the headquarters of mosquitoes 1 and malaria, but according to Fred erick L. Hoffman, cn expert on the comparative mortality of different ! countries, Now Jersey has the low est death rate of any civilized coun try, excepting Norway only. — N ew York World. a R acant D e v e lo p m e n t, S te a d y G r o w t h o f Y e a r « . B rig h t’ s D is e a s e . The largest «uni ever paid for a pro scription, changed hands in Bsu Fran cisco, August 30th, 1901. Tim trans fer involved in cotuwnd stock f 112,¿00 and w >b paid bv a party of business men for a specific f.»r Bright'« disease aud diabetes, hitherto incurable dis eases. They com m enced the serious investigation of the specific Novem ber 15th, 1900. They interviewed scores the cured and tried it out on its merits by putting over three doz en cases on the treatment and watch ing them. They also got physicians to name chronic, incurable cases ami administered it with the phy>n ians for judges. Up to August 25th, eighty seven per cent of the test cases weie either well or progressing favorably. Thnre being but thirteen per cent of failures, Lite parlies were satisfied and closed the traubacliou. The proceed ings o f the investigating com m ittee and the clinical reports of the test cases were published and will be m ail ed free on application. Address John J. Fulton Com pany, 420 M ontgom ery street, Ban Francisco, California. In excavating for culverts the upper end or intake should be Kept as high a« possible la order to retain all the fall obtainable. The lower end should not be lower than the ditch Into which It empties, and the outfall o f the ditch should be such as will thoroughly drain all storm water delivered by the cu l vert. Ilo x v to n o il T o m a to e s . Choose tomatoes o f even size and ar range them, ^bossora eml downward. In a sanci pan. Add one teaspoonful o f salt and enough boiling water to cover. . Boil briskly. They will bo «lone when ■ they con I k * easily pierced by a sharp tlned fork—any where from r# 10 15 min utes. according to size. Tn';«» up care fully on a skimmer aud lay on a heat ed platter. Cut two gashes crosswise iu each, lay on butter the size o f a hickory nut. dnst with salt, pepper and a very little powdered sugar an l serve • iinmevtlately. W rite t h is D ow n In the book of m em ory: There is no such thing as a harmless Cough. E v ery cough is a warning of a confidence that goes troni bad to worse unless it is remedied right away. Opium laden medicine is a delusion. A llen's Lung Balsam cures the worst of co ld s. It clears the bronchial passages, ho t h a t the lungs get plenty oi air. W hy u«>t get a bottle today. - ^ • «M—------------ Aitboukk neither a voluntary recluse nor Insunc, Jennie Macdouttull, a Scotchwoman of over forty, has been living nlKht nut] day for the Inst tw o months without any sort o f shelter on the sea beach near Ardmaddy, In Scot land, says a London exchange. Here she lias improvised a queer little stove made of stones, on which she cooks what food site Is able to Ret, and here, scantily clad and with bare feet, sbe spends all lier time, even hnviiiR let ters addressed to “ Miss Macdougall, On the Shore, Ardmaddy.” Miss MacdouRail is uot living this queer life as a test o f any new hygien ic doctrine nor to prove her power of endurance. She is doing it because she lias hud hard luck nud Is too proud to be beholden to her relatives. She was a nursemaid for a long time, but gave up the work to take a place iu u j public laundry in Glasgow because she ' could earn more money there. Lust summer, however, she began to suffer greatly from rheumatism aud bad to enter a hospital, where the doctors told ! her that working with the cold water caused the trouble and that sbe must give it up. She tried to get work, but failed, nnd. though her relatives offered to help her, she refused, saying that she preferred to live outdoors to accepting charity. So, lugging what few tilings she owned in a couple of bundles, the woman left Glasgow for the seaconst, which she reached nt the end o f four weeks, having trudged every stop of the way and slept entirely out of doors. Once there, ns she was too poor to rent lodgings, she pitched her camp near Ardmaddy castle, buying Jnst enough to keep her alive from the nearest shop. Naturally she promptly became the object o f Intense local interest, and tier fam e spread rapidly. Conflicting reports made her a hermit and a luna tic, and the mystery was heightened by bor refusal for a long time to say anything about herself. "T he Woman Hermit," as she Is call ed. Is about forty-five years old. She wears a plain dress o f a mixture o f cot ton and wool. and. although she wears no stockings herself, she spends practi cally all o f tier time sitting on a stone nnd knitting stockings Industriously. The open air life was no fun in sum mer. and now that the weather la chilly Miss Macdougall admits that she would 1 « glad to get work and to he able to live Indoors again.
