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The said Con pany is prepared to take charge of all patent business entrusted to it for rea sonable fees, and prepare and prosecute applications generally, inoluding me chanical inventions, design patents, trade-marks, labels, copyrights, interfer ences, infringements, validity reports, and gives especial altoninn to rejected cftHHH. It is also prepared to entr into competition with any iirm in securing foreign patents. Write for instructions and advice. John Wbddkrbuhn. tilH F (Street, P. O. Hox 385. Washington, IX 0. -mnu BRANDS. While you n.ott your stibHoription paid up yea nan kuep your brand in free of olmrKe. Allyn. T. J., lone, Or. Hoi-hob (Hi on loft shouulor; entile unine on left hip, nndnrbiton hkIiL eitr, and upper bit on the loft; nuiKtS Mor row conuty. Armstroiiff, J. tlM Alpine, Or. T with bar nn ilor it on left ahunldur of horsos; cuttle muse on left hip. Allison, O. D., Kisht Mile. Or. Cuttle brand, O I) mi left hip and liorwM mime brand on right shoulder. Hriikb, Kin-lit Mile. Adkinft, J. J., Hep mer, Or. Homes, JA eon uwctofi on loftflaiiU; cattle, same on left hip. lifirtholfiinow, A. O., Alpine, Or. Hoi-hob hrniKlml 7 E uii etlhfr aliouldar, hnnice iu ftlin' row oountv Hhmkumn, (leo., Hfinlmitn, Or. Horema, n flux n!f( aliouldnr; cattle unnio on ritfht Hliouldor. imnnialfir, J. W., Hitrdnian, (Jr. (tattle brand ed M on loft hip and thigh; aplit in omili ear. ltr"iiner, Peter. OooHeherry Oregon If orsea brHinlnd l'B ou left ahouldur. (tattle same on right aide. Hurke, M Ht C, Long Crook, OrOn oat tie, MA V ootinootod on left hip, oiop oft left ear, nn der half crop oil right. HorHea, Hume brand on letft ahouldur. Kuuge in Umut and Morrow eonnty. Hroanmn, Jerry, Lena, Or, Horses branded 7 on right ahouhler; (initio H on the loft aide. Left oar half crop nd right oar upper alope. Hart on, Win., Hep prior, Or. -Homes, J Hon right thiuh: cattle tuuue on riuht Inn: nnlit. in each ear. Hrowti. Ihh, Lexington, Or. Homes IK on the right atitlo; cattle BHinoon rlulithip; range, Mor row county. Brown, J. C, Heppnor, Or. Horaea, circle V with dot in noi tor on left hip; cattle, same. Hrown, W. J., Iamih. Oregon. Horaea V. bar over It, ou the left shoulder. Cattle same on left hii. Hoyer, W. (J,. Heppuer, Or. Horses, box brand on rigu hip cattle, same, with split in each ear. Horg, P.O., Heppner, Or. Homos, P B on left shoulder; cattle, aaine on left hip. Jlmwn lee, W. .1., Kox.Or ( tattle, JK connected on left aide; crop on loft oar and I wo nptita and middle piece cut out on right ear; on horaea aauio brand on the loft thigh; Hange in Vox valley, (irant county, (tarsner Warren. Wagner, Or.- Hornet brand wltlon right stiHe ; cattlo (three bare) on richt ribs, cnp audnplit iu each ear. Kaitgc iu ( irant and Morrow count ion. Cain.K., Caleb.Or. V ) on horsea uuJeft atitlo U With onartor circle over it, on left shoulder and ou left atitlo ou all colta tinder A years; on left shoulder only ou all homoaovor B years. All range iu (irtmt county. Clark, Win. IL, Lena, Or.-Hoiww WHO con nected, on left shoulder: cattle same ou right hip. Hango Morrow and Umatilla counties. ('ate, Chaa. It,, Vinson or Lena, Or. Horses H 0 on right shoulder; cattle name on right hip. Kange Morrow and I) inai Ilia counties. Cecil, Wm Douglas, Or.; homos JO on lef shoulder; cattle same on loft hip, waddles on each jaw and two bits in the right ear. Curl, T. H., John Day, Or. Double cross on each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit in right ear, split in loft ear. Hange iu Grant eonnty. On snoop, inverted aud spear point ou shoulder. Kar tuarkou nwoa, crop ou left ear pnuohed upper bit iu right. Wethers, crop in right ad under half crop in left ear. All raiiga iti Oram county. Cook, A. J.,Lena,Or. Homos, Won right ahonl der. Cattle, same on right hip: ear mark square uropotl left and split in right. Currin, K. K., Curriusvwle, Or. -Uorses, on on left atitlo. Cox Kd, H.. Himliuan, Or. Oaitle, 0 with E in center; horses. ( K on left 'lip. Cochran, It. E., Monniuont, Orant Co , Or. Homtw brandeil circle with bar beneath, on left shoulder; cattle same (mind on both hips, mark under slope both earn aud dewlap, i Cliapiu, H., Hanlnmn. Or. Mornes branded I n on right, hip. Cattle branded the same. Also I brands CI on horses right thigh; ca tie snjne brand on right shoulder, Mid cut otl end of I right ear. OiokfiiB, Kl)b Himoa branded with throe1 tilled fork on left atitte. Cattle aa-ue on left snio. ! Douglass, W. M .lialloway, Or. Cattle, It Don right side, swallow-fork iu each ear; homes, K D on left hip. Douglas, O. T., Douglas, Or Horses TD on the right stiHe; cattle same on right hip. Kh, J. H.iiHous, Douglas, Or.-Homes brand ed Ll.Y ou left shoulder, oat Us same ou left hip. hole in right ear, Elliott. Wash., lieppuer, Or. Diamond on right shoulder. Emory, C. 8., Harduian, Or, Homtw branded D IrevorsiHl C with tail) on left shoulder; cat tie same ou right hip. Itange in Morrow county. Fleek, Jacksou, Heppner, Or. Horetm, TV Connected on riglit shoulder; cattle same on right hip. Ear mark, hole iu right and crop off left. Florence, L. A., Heppner, Or. Cattle, LF on right hip; horses, F with bar under ou right shoulder. Florence. B. P. Heppner, Or Horses. K on right shoulder; cattle, b on right hip or thigh. French, Oeorge, Heppner, Or. Cattle branded ; WF, with bar over it, ou left side; crop ott loft j ar. Horstw, same brand on left hip. Way. Henry, Heppner, Or. UAK on left j boulder. Oilman-French, Land nud Livestock Co., Fos sil, Or. Horses, anchor B on left shoulder; vent, same on left stine. Cattle, same on both hips ar marks, emu off right ear and nnderbit in left IlsJigw in (iitliaui, Orant, CriMtk aid Morrow fHuntles Oentiy, Kimer, L'tlio, Or. I lot sea brsudod 11. H. with a quarter cin'le over it, on left utltto. Kange id Morrow and CiuatilUoountiee. Hayos. (im., Lena. Or, Hrand Jit ponneutod with quarter oirelw uver It, ou left shoulder. Hiatt A. B., Hidge, Or. (tattle, i-ouud-top K with quarter circle under it on the right hip. Hinu.n A.lAk llHiiiilt.,n Or I t t U t-r. K. I on either hip; crop in right ear and aplu in left. Horses, J ou right thigh, JUngeiu Omtit couuty i Hughns, Samuel, Wagner, Or t'' eonvicctcdlon right shoulder on horsis; on cattle, ' on right hip and on left side, swallow fork in right ear and slit in left. Kang in Haystack distriot, Morrow oouoty. Uale, Milton. Wuguur, Oi .--Uotcju tuainlej tails) on left Bhoolder (tattle same on left hip also large circle on left side. Hall, Edwin, John Day.O hip; horses same en nt Grant county. Howard, J L, lialloway. with bur above it) on ri same on left side. Kangft i til la counties. . Cattl E Hon rih t shoulder, tango il Or. Honws, (crSh ht ehimJUer; cuttl? 1 Morrow anJ Cma- Hughes. Mat. HeDpner. Or. Horses, shaded heart ou the left shoulder. iwnge Morrow (Jo, Hunsaker, R & , Wagner. 0 r.-Uorses, 9 on left shoulder; cattle. 9 on left hn Unpiiattr iThorf Nva. rftBon H ome. A H connected.' on left shoulder; (tattle on the left hip, orop off left ear. Humphreys, J M, Hardman left flank Or. Homes, H or Homes, winenlaw nn io.ft a'lii.'iilitar ..attla. HAITI ft fl 1 riilllt hlD. Huaton. Lnther. Ught Mile, pr.-Horse H or the left BhonlderanU heart on 'he left stifle Cat tl Ramn on loft hi . Kange 11 i Morrow fonnty Ivy. Alfred. Long t'Jreek, O r (tattle I Don right hip, crop off lefttvirandb t in nght, firmer earns brand on loft sixoulder. Itange n Grunt oountv Jones, Harry, Heppno r. Or Horaea branded H J on the left shoulder:- cattle haanded J on right hip, also underbit iu c etr. Itange m Morrow oeurity. Junkin. a. M., Hoppn. w. Or.--Horses, horse shoe J on left ahoulo w. Cottle, the earn? Itange on KightMUe, Johnaon, Felix. Lena. O f. HurB. cirrleT 01 left stifle; cattle, same on riht hip, under hat' crop in right and Bolit in If ftar Jenkins, D W.,Mt. Vera ,Or.-.T on horseeor left nhrtnlrlor: nn nftttlA. .T OD left hip and twe smooth crops on both ean U Itangein Fox and Bear valleys Kenny, Mike, Heppner, C Horaes bnroded KNY on left hip. cattle sam sand erop off left ear: under Blope on the righ t Kirk. J.T., Heppner, Or.- Horses 9 on left shonlder; cattle, rty on Iefthii Kirt. J O, Heppnor. Or. H s68. 17 on either flank: cattle 17 on right aide. Kirk. Jesse, Heppner, Or.; hnrse 11 on left shoulder; cattlo same on right nde, uuderbit or right ear. Knmherlind.W.G..Moant Vei Ton. Or. I L op oattle on runt and left aides, swt dlow fork in l f ear and under cion in right ea f. H traessBin brand on loft shoulder. Hange in Ora'it county Lofton, Htennen, Fox. Or. H L on left hip en cattle, orop and oplit on rigi t"- ar. .Hnraes Bamo brand on left shoulder, a range iiraut oountv. Lienallen, John W.t L-" ' Or. Ho ran brauded half-circle JL connected on left shonl der. (tattle, same on let' hip. Kangt t, near iex ington Leahcy, J. W. Heppner Or. Horse a branc' L aud A n left shoulder; cettle sam o on It ft tup, wattle over right eye, inrne slits in rj(;i it ear. Lord. Gonrim. Hftnoner. Or. Horses hranrin i double U cm.uecU Sometimes cruUod s swing H, on left shoulder. Markham, A. M., Heppner, Or. (inttln larpre Mori loft side both ena cropped, and ( plit in ; both. Horaes M on left hip. Jtauge. wiarkV I canyon. Minor, (tacar, tteppner fr. tattle, M J) or right hip; horse. Mon left shoulder. Morgan, M. N.( Heppner. Or. Horses. M ) on loft ahoaldei cattle same on loft hip. MoOamber, Jas A, Koho, Or. Horaea. JJ. wit bar over on right shonlder, Morgan. Thos., Heppner, Or.HofeB, circb T on left shoulder and leff: thigh; cattlv. 'j or right thigh, Mitchell. Oscar, lone. Or. Sforaen, 77 on righ hin; cattle, 77 on right aide. McClaren, D. 0., HrownavrUe. Or, iforser. Figure 5 on each shoulder; caUl, on h'P MotJarty. David H. Kcho Or. SJo-ees brar.di DM connected, on the left uhonldVi; ctttlesiu f or hip and side. M-'Oirr, Frank. Fox Valtey, Oo-Mrle nUv with toe-cork on cattle on riba hh! nmler i' each ear; horses fume brand m IcfCfttiHe. fltcHalnj, t riH-i'iiton, Or.-Un (toeeu. K with half cir'de under on l'ft eliunlder;!' ti(r four brs connected ou top on the riiifc rid Ei'.nge in (4rant (bounty. Neal. Andrew. Lone Jtock.Or. Horaea A X on Deeted nn loft, shonlder: cettle same on both t ' Nordyke, K. Bilvoiton. Or. Horsee, oircia 3 on left thmi); cattle, same on loft hip. Oliver, Joseph. Onyoti (,'ity. Or. A '2 ort 'aiY e o't li't hi): mi hirn"e, aauie on leftthigii, Kan, r in (-irarit comity. Oiler, Perry. Lo.tiniit.ofi, Or.( O on let ati'io-idi" . Olp, Hertpan, Pinirie City, Or. On wittli, ( LP connectf'.d on let hip; horses ou left. Bf.ih ai d wart.ln rin nose. Hange in Giant county. Pearson, Olave, Eight Mile, Or. HorsoB, qua'- ; tor circle shield on left shoulder Bud Sil on lef' hin, (tattle, fork in In ft ear. right crooned. on left hip. Hungeon Kiglifc Mile. Parker A Gleason, Hardman.Or, Horaea IP of left shouhler. Piper, ftnie-f, Lexington, Or, Horaea brand e WK (L K coinieoted) oi, left shoulder; oattlr s moon rii'ht hip. Hnnge, Morrow couiiiy. Piper, J. H., Lexington, Or. Homes, JI'J con nocted on left shoulder; cattle, same oti hip under bil iu each oar. Pettys, A. C., lone, Or,; boraoH diamond I'm shoulder; cattle, J l J connected, on tic left hip, upper slope iu lefi ear and blip in th right. Powell, JolinT., Duyvllle, Or Horaea, JP nrjU. nee ed on Ifft shoulder, (tatt.'e OK ooiuiHcted on led hip, two under half cropri, one oil each ear. wattle under throat. Kai gotn-Grantoouuty. Hood. Andrew, Hardmau, ('r. Horses, atiuarf crosi- with narter-nircie over ll "i left at irle. Iteuinger, ChriB, lieppuer, Or. - Horses, C It or left shoulder. Hiee. Dan, Hanlnmn. Or.; horses, three n'liie' worm fence on left slioulder; call- S DAN oi right shouldr.r. Itange near 11 an 1 una Itoyso, Aaron, Heppner, Or Horaea, plain V or loft shouhler; cattle, same brand m versed or right hip and crop off right oar. Hango in Mor row county. KukIi Hros.. Heppner, Or. Horses bran 'lod X on the riidit shoulder; cattle, IX on the let' hip crop on icrt ear and dewlap on nock. Ilan& i Morrow and adjoining counties. Kust, William, Ridge, Or. Horses 11 left shonlder; cattle. It on left hip, uroo oi right oar, underlet on left ear. Hheen. It or weathers, ronnd crop off righ oar. Range Uma tilla and Morrow omntios. llcanoy, Aiulrew, Lexington, Or. Hornet branded A It on right shoulder, vuut quurtei circle over brand; cattle same ou right hip. limine Morrow county. Royse, Win. 11, Dairyville, Or HK ooimeetet with quarter circle over top on cattle oh right hit and crop oft 'right ear and split iu left. Dorset same brand on left, shouhler. limine in Morrow (Irani and Gilliam counties. Rector. J. W.. Heppner, Or. Horse. JO oi loft shoulder. Cattlo, o on right hip. Spicknall, J. W., Gooseberry, Or. tlort branded 31 ou left ah ailder; laitge in M:" county. Hailing, C C Heppner, Or Horses hrandt-nl on left shoulder; cattle same on left hip. Hwaggart, M. F., Lexington, Or. Horat with daub under it on left atitlo. cattle II vi;fb dash under it on riglit hip, crop otl right enr srii waddlral on tight hind leg. Hange iu Monov. (iilliam and Umatilla count tea. Hwaggart, A. L., Athena. Or. Horses brimde ' : on left shoulder; cettle same on loft hip. Orel on ear, watt lo on loft hind leg. Straight W. K., Heppner. Or. H..rse.i hwln J H ou left stitle; cattlo J H oi. (eft hip, swallo fork iu right ear. uuderbit iu left. tiapp. Thos., Heppner, Or. Horaes, 8 A Poo left hip; cattle same on loft hip. Hhrier.John, Fox, Or. NO connected on horaea on right hip; cat tie, same on righi hip, crop off riglit ear and under bit in loft oar. Rang" in ttrant county. Hmith Hros., 8usnville, Or. Horses, branded H. Z. onahoulder; cattls, aine on left altoulder Squires, James, Arlington, Or.; h-inos brandef' JH on loft shoulder; cattle the same, also noa waildle. Range in Morrow and Gilliam co ntiie- Htephons, V. A., Hnrdtttan, Or-; horvss HSo rittht stlrle; cattle horizontal L on the riaht aide rJtevenaon, Mrs A. J Heopner, Or, (tattle, S on riglit hit ; swallow-fork in left ear. Hwaggart. G. W.. Heppner, Or. Horses, 44 i left shouldei ; cattle, 44 on left hit). Hporry, K. (., Heppner, Or, (tattle left hip, crop off right ami uuderbit in loft year, dewlap; horses W Con left shoulder, Thompson, J.A., Heppner, Or. Horses, & or left shoulder; cattle, 'A on left shoulder. Tiptota,8.TFuierprio,Or. Horaes. C-on tJ" shoulder. Turner R. W., Heppner, Or.-Small capita? T left shoulder horses; cattle same on left Irtj with split in both ears. Thornton, H. M lone. Or Horaiyt hramlrt? HT connected on left stitie; sheep same brand. Vandorpool, H. T., Lena, Or; Horses HVcoii uoc ted on riglit shoulder;cattle, same ou rigtiv hip Walbriditc, Win.. Heppner, Or. Horaea, U. L on the left slioulder; cattle same on light hip. orop off left oar and right ear lopped. Wilson, John y,, Halem or Heppner, Or. Horse branded Jy on the loft shoulder. Itaugv Mornvw county. Warreu.W H. Caleb, Or- (tattle W with quarter circle over it, ou left aide, split iu right ear. Hordes same brand on left shoulder. KaUgeir Uraut county Wright, Hilas A Heppner. Or. Cattle branded 8 W ou tlie riglit hip, square crop oil right ei and split iu left. Wade, Henry, Heppner, Or.-Horses branded ace of spades on left shoulder and left hip Cattle branded same on left side and left hip. Wells. A. H,. Hepnner. Or. Horaea. u mi lf shoulder' catt'e saiuh Woltlnirer. John. John Day Citv. Or On h,ru.u. three parallel bars on left shoulder; 7 on sheep bit in both ears. Itange in Grant and Malhuer counties. Woodward. John, Heoimer. Or. Hievon. I'K connected on left shoulder. Watkins, Lmhe, Heppner, Or. Horses brandtgt DK connected on left stiHe. Wallace, Charles Portland, Or. (tattlo, W ort right thinii. tedtt in left ear; hontee, W en right iliouhier aomf wn eon lop shoulder, Whlttier ttros., uiuhiiirhio, Hakor o.. Or. Horsee branded W B oonuectod vo loit shoulder Williams, aco, Hamilton, cii . Quarter ctr do i.vvr three Uim on loft h-i', btitli Ciiltie and ticrvt'S, lUaige Ui'ttut cuuiiU . Williams. J O, Long Creek. Or- Horses, onar t circle otor tbnw liaru on left Lip; cattle (-am tnil mi it in each ear. Kantre m (Jrant e)ncty ttin, A, A., Heppner, Or. HorHcn runniinA A n'1 m1" ment'h ou s'umuier: ( an if. sa'ue xi ight Mm Wnlk.T l'.hEttiteth A S0111. 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After the home paper is taken care of, why not sub scribe for the Auikican Economist, published by the American Protective Tariff League f On of its correspon dents says I " No true American can gel along without It. I consider it the greatest and truest political teacher in the United States." Send postal card request for free sample copy. Address Wilbur F. Wake man, General Seovtary, 13J West 23d St, New York. Ore ox o. VWndfo the cause Are you willing to work for the cause of Protection in placing reliable infor mation in the bands of your acquaint tances t If you are, you should be identified with the american protective tariff league, 138 W. 23d sr., New York. Cut tlJUt notice out and lend 11 to the League, taling your pottdea, end (tre a helping hand. HEALTH HINTS. Raw op; for n, cut. Hot water for sprains. Don't violate tho common laws of lioal lit. Don't be spurintf of carbolic acid and chloride of lime. Do vor wish to strengthen your muscles? (live them proper exercise. Do you wish to strengthen your mem ory? I'se it. A l'livsu iAN iu Switzerland declares that he cures certain forms of throat disease by niuldntr his patients yawn several times a day. Mu'HKi.KT says: "Pain is in some wise the artist of the world which creates us, fashions us, sculptures us with the line eilfre of a pitiless chisel." A MKPit'Ai. jouninl asserts that people who tiriii k cow's milk are more prone to consumption than those who use the milk of tho reindeer, the buffalo or the pout. Alluyi fur Aluminum. Pure aluminum is too pliable for some of the uses to w hich it has been proposed to devote it. but experiments ill alloying it will nn inestiouably in crease the serviceability and applica tions of that metal in time. Chromium. ! the addition of which has such a good 1 effect in hardening steel, has latclv boon tried abroad with aluminum. The result is jrratifyinir. but t In- diffi culties .of effeetiuff the combination. ro (Treat, Wolfram, a mineral cou taiuiTic tungsten. ;r.n and mnncr.noso. lias aKo becu nll .vcd with aluminum. and the pi-odu. 1. has lately lieu placed on the market in Uugluud. This metal is almost ss light as pure aluminum, but more ilnetil.. .,,,.1 ),n,..t... 14 H ,,.,.r,.,i , , ... 1 ' oe worked like m'ld .-.tcel f: 1 m mm rw m ' ljv m mm u i a m v CULTURE OF MANG0LD3. How to Grow m Successful Crop of Those Valuable Roots. Farmers as well as dairymen were long ago convinced of the great value of root crops for feeding to Btock. Here is a plan for growing mangolds, described by a successful stockgrower in a letter tp Country Gentleman. He says: The quantity of seed needed is six pounds to the acre, if sown by drill, but half as much if sown by hand. The seed Is best sown by ahand sower, such an the Planet, Jr., or others of the same kind that may be changed by addition of needed parts to a hand cultivator. The crop may be sown on a good com stub ble, but it would bo advisable to give it two plowings, so that the soil is mellow and fine. The fertilizer is sown after the final harrowing. The drilling of the seen win mix u with the soil better than the harrow would. When evervthin? is ready by the fore part of May it is time tor the sowing. This is done most easily by the hand drill, which loaves a roller mark behind it by which the rows mnv be seen conspicuously when it is desired to start the cultivator. The rows are 30 inches apart, and by setting the drill right, which may be tested on a bam floor, the seed may be dropped three inches apart or less. The drill covers tho seed and rolls the ground over it. When weeds begin to appear, a com mon cultivator or a small, light sloping tooth harrow is run in the rows close to the middle, but not over the seed. This early cultivation is the main point, and if it is neglected the weeds set too think and large on good soil and cover up the young beets, making the labor of the then necessary hand hoeing more than the crop is worth. When the beets come up m me rows, mey may De thinned out by a common hoe, made sharp and bright, so that clean work may be done with it. My plan is to take the hand cultivator, set 10 Inches wide or less, and run it across the two rows, leaving strips three or four inches wide, by which bunches of plants are left in the rows, and it makes very little hand weeding, or none at all, necessary. As the beats grow they may be thinned again, but I have found that when two plants are growing close together they may oe lert undisturbed and will be as large as the single ones. Some of J,he young plants may be moved carefully to fill any vacancies in the rows. When the crop has got a good start, tha leaves meet in the rows and save work in weeding, but the cultivator should be kept at work as long as the leaves permit. No other crop grows faster than this by thorough stirring of the ground, and none is so much injured by weeds. I have sown the salt after the first working and before the young plants appear. The long red mangold is an excellent root, beine ten der and sweet, and more easily bitten to pieces by stock of all kinds than the yellow globe. I have found this to be convenience in feeding them. Where not more than five bushels a day are fed thev may be chopped up in a box by a sharp spade about as easily as by a machine uuner. Capons for Market. In his investigation on capons and ca ponizing, Samuel Cushman, poultry manager or the Khode Island station. while visiting the New York markets learned that great quantities of capons are received about Jan. 1. The finest specimens and the greatest number are from New Jersey. None are re ceived from the east, and those from the west are of poorer quality and contain a large proportion of "slips," although they are growing better each season. At this time there is hardly a limit to the demand for capons weighing eight pounds or over, and "Philadelphia" capons bring 2V cents ana western is cents. Large birds sell the best, the heavier the better. When 10-pound birds bring tt cents, zs cents will be given for 12- pounders, and 28 cents for those weigh ing 14 pounds. Capons killed at 10 or 11 months of age are preferred, as they get coarse and "soggy" if kept until 12 months old or longer. March hatched capons should be killed in January, The birds bought in January are placed in freezers and gradually Bold during the winter, I he supply is always exhausted before July. Prices begin to rise the latter part of February and continue to go np until there are none in the market. They are usually scarce in April and May. beasons when grain is high capons are not so extensively produced. and the price is firmer. Frozen capons cannot compare with those freshly killed in spring ana early summer. Potato Notes. Following ia a condensed review of a report from the Utah station: Increasing the size of the pieces of seed potatoes increases the yield, but it is ques tionable if pieces larger than fourths will yield enough more to pay for the extra amount of seed required result of two years' trial. Seed from the stem end of potatoes yielded better than from the iced end result of one year's trial. So far as tried no results that would lead to any conclusion have been obtained from the use of large and small potatoes for seed. Level cultivation of potatoes gave better results than ridged cultivation- results of two years trial. Hoffman Governor Rusk aud Rural New Yorker No. 2 were the most promising new po tatoes tried. Kerosene emulsion made after the fol lowing formula was found to be the safest and beat insecticide used to rid plants of insects: Formula Dissolve in 2 quarts of water one-fourth pound of hard soap by heat ing to the boiling point, then add a pint of kerosene oil aud stir vigorously for uve minutes bv using a good spraving pnmp and pumping the liquid from one vessel into another or back into the same essol; before using dilute with 15 parts of water to 1 of the emulsion. Apply in a fine spmv with a good suraviuu puma Root Crops. It has been decided at the Ontario agricultural college experiment station that white fleshed turnips give better yields than the yellow fleshed varieties; the long shaped mangflls better than the globe varieties; the white carrots better thau the jullow varieties. Of the roots gro-fvn on the station plots for two yeirs the white Swede turnip, the Jersey fall turnip, the Carter's champion and yellow intermediate mangel give the highest yields iu their respective classes. Of those grov,-u for one year ouly the im perial short white carrot and the white Silesian sngar beet give the highest yild ir f he'.r rf,vctire ciBtset ELECTRICITY AND POULTRY. fh Hea Man Presses the Button, aud Electricity Does the Rest, pokes' improved poultry houses' as ! many Muoh oubl8 tailed by him in The Rural New Yorker: 1 These houses are intended to accomino- date 40 hens each. The liens are allowed free range over stony hillsido pasture fields. No yards are used in connection AN ELECTRICAL HEXHOUSE. with them, and they are set eight rods distant from each other, allowin" about 100 hens to the acre. By means of an Improved feedbox any number of flocks can be fed simultaneously, each in its own house, by simply pressing an elec trio button. The doors can be opened or closed in the same way. Each house is 12 feet long by 10 wide. 8 feet high in front and 5 feet 4 inches in the rear. The floor and roof are of matched spruce, and the siding is of matched pine. The roof is covered with 2-ply tarred roofing felt, and the sides aro lined with single ply tarred paper. The floor, is covered in winter with a good coating of dry earth. This is to stop any drafts from coming up through the floor, and also to provide a good dust bath for the hens. The roof should be painted occasionally with coal tar. Once a year is sufficient. An hour'a aun shining on the black surface will warm up the inside of the bouse nhnost eqnal to glass, anl it will hold the heat much better. The first cut shows the plan of one house facing to the east. The second cut shows the feeding trough used for the morning feed. If one takes an ordinary feeding trou;;h and lays a wide board over it after lie has put in the feed, the hens will find it impossible to get into the feed with their feet or to deposit any droppings in i t. If now you raise the board a few inches, their breakfast is ready. Now raise the trough a few inches from the floor, and it takes a lively Biddy to scratch any litter from the floor into it. Tho cover is fastened in place with hinges for con venience in feeding. The drinking fuun FEEDING TROUGH FOR HEN'S. tain is constructed on the same princi ple. It is simply a 4-quart pressed tin basin set under a board that projects an Inch or more on all sides. Above the private hen entrance shown in the first cut is placed the electrical feedbox or hopper. The small door which closes this entrance is hung on pulleys and drops of its own weight when the catch which holds it is re leased. The electromagnet seems to do this, and also to operate a slide which covers an opening in the bottom of the feedbox, allowing the grain to fall to the flow. In falling it strikes a metal disk, which scatters it and warns Biddy that supper is ready. It is interesting work to feed a large flock in this way. As one touches the button he seems to touch a nerve in each individual mem ber of the flock. Instantly every head goes up, and away they all go home to supper. The cost of lumber and ma terial for such a house is about f,2r. Orchard Grass For Pasture. Owing to its habit of starting anew as soon as cut down, almost without regard to weather or season of the year, if the ground is not frozen, orchard grass makes an excellent pasture when thickly seeded, giving feed both early and late in the season. It will bear continuous feeding better than almost anything but blue grass, but it has one fault: If not cutor fed down, the last late fall growth, when heavy, is liable to fall down upon the crown of the roots and smother itself out. Those who have it should look out that there is not much left standing on the field when winter comes in. It is also easily smothered by weeds when it first comes up, and if they are plenty they should be mown down until the gras3 gets above them. For pasture sow in April or May, using about 2-J bushels of seed to the acre. It may be mown twice the first year if it does well, and mowing one or two years would seem to make better pasture after ward than to turn tho cattle on the first season. The tufts stool out more and get better and deeper hold. It will grow upon almost any field where blue crass will, though it likes best a rich, deep oil. If not mown, the cattle should not be turned on it before the late fall, but it might be cut and fed green or cured in July. We should certainly sow blue grass and white clover with it for pastur age unless seen that they would come in spontaneously, says American Cultiva tor, authority for the foregoing. Rhode Island's Abandoned Farms. According to a report from the com missioner of industrial statistics for Rhode Island, there are in that state 77 abandoned farms. Upon the majority of these, it is said, even the grass is not cut. In the localities of these deserted farms it appears that there is a regular drain ujion them for mill help, which has been in good demand. Then, too, many of the farms are remote from rail roads and good markets. On the Country Road. To develop plant food bv thoroueh tillage is often cheaper and better than to buy it. Every time the soil is stirred fresh elements of fertility are brought forth and made available. At the Iowa station the results of growing and feeding rape were very sat isfactory, and were it not for the insect enemies there is no doubt but that the crop would soon take an important place in farm management for foiling and late fall feeding. The Farm Jouruul snvs: 1'ivkiblv the Plymouth Rocks aro the best all the vear round fowl, althongli breeders of light Brahmaa claim great uierit for their favorites. They are With good, but all tiling c.m.-iidored proluKv Uio Rocks are the better for a hoirin.uT. At the Vermeil t experiment station all sng:ir thermometers gent it, express or miil prTi'd. will b tested fre of Air--. THE CAMEUOONS. j A Country That Is Giving Ger- An Torritorj About Which the English Government Is Vitally Con cernedThe Dispute About It Boundaries. "Battle in the Cameroons," says a re cent cable. hat and where are the Cameroons? This from the New York Herald will elucidate a little: The Cameroons is a territory on the liight of liiafra, West Africa, one hundred and hfty thousand square miles in extent, and with an estimated population of two millions. It has a const line of one hundred and twenty miles between the Campo river and the U10 del Key, is bounded on the north east by a treaty line running north- east to the east of Yola' on the uPPer Iic"U('' and on the south by a line run ning lnianu, due east from the moutn "f the Campo river, to about the me idian of longitude fifteen degrees east, vhich may be regarded as the eastern r inland limit 01 the so-called "pro- iectorate." In 180;; there were one hundred and sixty-six whites, of whom one hundred and nine were German and thirty-one English. It became a German pro tectorate in 1884, and is placed under an imperial governor, assisted by a chancellor, two secretaries and a local council of three represeutative mer chants. The country is fertile, and numerous valuable African vegetable productions grow in profusion. Plan tations of cacao and tobacco have been farmed by a company, and numerous fuetories carry on an active trade in ivory and palm oil. On January 1, 1SS6, an import duty was imposed on lluropean goods, and from this the revenue is mainly derived. The chief town is Cameroons, and in the South Ilatat.ja, Kimbia and ltakundu Town are other important trading stations, and Aqua Town and Hell Town are the principal native settlements. The im ports and exports are quite large. In April last, Mr. Henry M. Stanley wrote to the peace association a letter in which he attributed the increase of trade in 1890 at African ports under German administration to the growing practice among German merchants of importing into Africa small arms and ammunition. These materials of war, he said, were sold to the slave traders and do inestimable damage. Mr. Stan ley inculpated also the Portuguese in his charges. He appealed to the Euro pean nations to suppress the traffic in arms carried on by the Germans and Portuguese. Unless this step be taken he added, all efforts to stop the slave trade would be useless. In February a German expedition which was under the command of Preiherr von Stetten, proceeded from the Cameroons coast up the river San naga to llaliuga, whence it traveled to the thickly populated district of Tikar and reached Ngaudere and Yola Treaties were concluded with the nn five tribes in th" districts passed through. This reappearance on the coast, the Kreuz Zeitung pointed out, was peculiar in view of the statement made by members of the expedition that Lalte Tchad was their goal. It is a fact, though at present an inexplica ble one, that German expeditions fail to reach the more easterly portions of the Hinterland of the Cameroons. The expedition returned in September. England and Germany had a long dispute about the boundaries of the Cameroons, which was settled in May last. The third section of the agree ment reads: "The German colonial administration engages not to allow any trade settlements to exist or be erected on the right bank of the Rio del Key Creek or waterway. In like manner the administration of the Oil rivers protectorate engages not to al low any trade settlements to exist or to be erected on the western bank of the Itakassy peninsula from the first creek below Arsibon's village to the sea and eastward from this bank to the Rio del Rey waterway." According to the German view the new agreement is a purely fiscal one, intended to enable the British and German administrations to cope with the widespread smuggling, which was especially detrimental to the Camer oons. There had been no question of altering the frontier laid down by the provisional agreement of 1890, which, in consequence of disagreement be tween the two governments, left the Iiio del Rey out of count and settled the frontier as a straight line running from the upper end of the waterway to the rapids of tho Cross river. But this indefinite "upper end" has now bceu fixed as above set forth. Much satisfaction was expressed in Berlin at the pledge given by the English gov ernment not to allow trade settlements on the Bakassy peninsula, which other wise would have afforded an excellent base for contraband operations. KILl -iv'iNU. a Novel A Parisian Swindler Who Took a Means of F.aislns; the Wind Gillct, a professional mendicant of Fans, has the peculiar merit of being the organizer of a trick for raising funds which was unknown and un dreamed of iu the philosophy of the ablest representatives of the old Cour des Miracles, says a writer in the London Telegraph. He pretended to hang himself from a tree seven times during the summer, and on each occa sion he was cut down from his gibbet by Good Samaritans, who invariably sent round the hat for him on the spot. In some instances the rescuers may have been Gillet'sconfederatcs, but ac cording to what can be gathered he usually preferred to work alone. Hav ing selected a fine day for his opera tions, Gillet dressed himself carefully and went to the woods of Boulogne or Vincennes. He next made choice of a tree near where young children were playing, and having put a noose round his neck strung himself np. Then he groaned and attracted the children, who ran in alarm to their mothers or nurses, until in a moment there was a crowd around him. Men summoned to the spot, and sometimes the women who were called, extricated the artful mendicant from his apparently peril ous position. He was extended on the grass, his hands were rubbed, cordials were pressed to his lipt and smell ing bottles put under his nose. When he revived the first question put to him was naturally: Why did he do it? Pointing to a pocket of his coat he would say: "Here is a letter which will explain all'.'' The document be ing opened contained a communication to the effect that Gillet wanted to hang himself of his own free will. Hi-, desire to die was caused by destitution, and he had not eaten for two days. A collection buiig mai for the sufferer A Gentleman WSo formerly resided lo Connectlent, but who now resides in Honolulu, writes : "For 20 years past, mj wife and 1 have used Ayer's Hair Vigor, and wa attribute loit the dark hair which she and I now have, while hun dreds of our acquaint ances, ten or a dozen years younger than we, are either gray-headed, white, or bald. When asked how our hair has retained its color and fullness, we reply, ' By the use of Ayer's Hair Vigornothing else.'" "In lsM.mjr affianced was nearly bald, and the hair kept fall ing out every day. I Induced her to use Ayer's Hair Vigor, and very soon, It not only checked any further loss of hair, but produced an entirely new growth, which has remained luxuriant and glossy to this day. I can recommend this preparation to all In need of a genuine hair-restorer. It is all that it is claimed to be." Antonio Alarruo, Bastrop, Tex. AYER'S HAIR VIGOR he instantly regained the use of his limbs, and before leaving his generous sympathizers treated them to a brief autobiographical sketch, which set forth that he was a respectable young man from the country who had been stranded in Paris and could find no work to do. It is recorded that Gillet performed this trick with great suc cess between July and September, not only in the woods about Paris, but also in the park at Versailles and in the forest of St. Germain. In the last mentioned place he had the good for tune to be cut down just as a generous Paris hanker was passing by, who gave him a liberal donation. Gillet natur ally took care to tie his noose in a man ner calculated to produce the effect which he intended without imperiling his life. In the winter, when the woods are comparatively deserted, Gil let adopted the old trick of pretending to faint or to have an epileptic fit at the corner of the street. His fraud has at last been detected and charita ble people have been warned against his knavery, which has not only de ceived ordinary men and women but also astute members of the police force. CUNNING OF CROCODILES. They scape the Net Spread for Them by llurrowinir In the Mud. The following is a fair sample of how cunningly crocodiles, in common with all other wild animals, can conceal themselves in moments of danger, says the Westminster Gazette. After a happy week spent in the jungle with a friend of mine we halted for break fast, before making the last stage for headquarters and home, at a place called Poonarhyn Anglicc. garden of flowers and while at breakfas' were amused by watching a number of croc odiles, about eight or ten, sunning themselves on the surface of a small lake, or tank, as it is there called, of about an acre ill extent. A sudden thought .struck me. ''I say. Murray, what fun it would be to try and cat.-li some of these beggars iu u i.et." i;rav!!" said he. Let's try it presently. .' ppu. send tit? hor.-ie-keepri- to the vil'iir;.., and tell him to bring up all llv.! men lie cm lind and some long uVhing nets. W.j will give a good ..-antoMinf ' 1 ni'.-ent The villii"crs hser.li'd .o.ne fun. and with the further si,i:n;;ir.:. ti sauto sum very soon turned nn to the num bered thirty. It was now K v -n o'clock and scorching hot, the air iriivering over the. bare, sandy plain in v.-lueh tho pond was situated. It was -breast deep, as we knew, including about one foot or eighteen inches of h-.iavy rnni. We tied two nets toget !! so as to make one long enouli to r -aoh ucross the tank, about thirty yard, aud this wa, heavily weighted along the bot tom and arranged t. be drawn with long ropes from each :ihore. Immediately behind the net came a line, and men about a yard apart, with long, pointed poles with which to prod the mud along the bottom of the net, and so drive the malingering gentle men into proper position in front of the net. My friend and his servant (for all entered into the sport) fol lowed close up to the second line. At it we all now went, splashing, shouting, stumping and hauling, but a big butr-not a sign did we find of a single one of the brutes that we had seen before us when we came to the edge of the water. We dragged that water backward and forward more than once, but our onlv reward was n deadly thirst that lasted us till late that night. J hey had burrowed deener into the mud than wc could reach them, for nothing I doubt if even a rat could have escaped unseen out. of th irit Slltj Mllea or Lootlt!. The African Steamship company's steamer Winnebuh. which lately ar rived from West Africa at Liverpool, naa a most unusual experience when steaming between the latitudes of Cape Verde and St. Louis, Senegal. tor sixty miles the vessel steamed through locusts, which were so thickiy packed together on the top of the water that they completely covered the surface for miles around. Indeed, they appeared to be lying on the sea as far as the eye could reach. The locusts had no doubt been blown from the Morocco coast into th" ;. Thev resembled gigantic grasshoppers, and one which was secured was five inches in length. Of course, all of the locusts had been drowned. Miss Mattie Todd, a niece of Ah. ham Lincoln, is postmistress at Cyn thiana, Ky. She was inminM President Hayes and has held her place ever since. Mrs. Grant, widow of Gen. has decided upon making Washington her permanent home. She has spent u recently searching for a suitable hoti-e. Tho-i as intern-, the son of Francis Murphy, has talsou up the t. uiperaocc work of his father, and rceentlvhelda st-rio of laisre and successful meetings in Wateri r.ry. C onn. nE.VBY Muxkb, of Annville, Ta.. has a plate that is over one hundred 'years old. It contains on the outer edge the namrs of t'n- thir'cjti original tatc. odiabr 'h uNt-ne.