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W a s h E X -Q U E E N L L UOKAL in g t o n co u n ty h a tch et PORTLAND 1 ^ and Means Committee í¡ll Soon Begin Work. A r r l’ ” <l H» " . N M ARKETS. Francisco r r„ „ Honolulu. Bun Frnucisco. Dsa. 1 4 ,-A m o n g the passengers on the steamer Chius h orn P rodu ce M arket. A Resume of Events in the Northwest. kalaui o f 'H ‘U y ' W'U « « " • » L i l i u o - ...in H a w a ii. Muon speculation was indulged in by the poseogera re- gardm g her destination, about which ¡AM ME D E C ID E D U P O N "he was uncommunicative. It w n EVIDENCE O F S T E A D Y G R O W T H freely said she was on route to Wash- ington to plead with President Cleve (all lUpuMI“* “ Contingent W ill land and the congressmen for Am»rioau News Gathered In A ll tha Towns at j 0g « t l i « r o n Hi® M s s iiu r e — intervention in Hawaiian affairs look <>ur Neighboring Slnte----Im prove- „plfBcultlos Thnt A ra In the W ay. throneh" r re’“ u‘ alioa t0 th,) Hawaiian mentNoted lu All I u<tufttri««—Oregon. jlgtmi. Deo. 14.— T h e house On (the ex queen's behalf it was said The electric plant at M ilton haa been ¿d Bi'-nuH oouiinittee w il l begin closed down temporal ily. ° U “ i 1“» ’" ’™ «*‘ P to lie(oti) the h oliday recess upon the United btates; that she would ex There are now about 70,000 bushel, nJ bill, which is to be the chiei t«nd her trip to E.irope and that the of wheat in storage in A lb a n y held by ¿in the policy of the inuomtug trip was taken with the full knowle ige farmers. " [rstiuu, aud w il l eudeavor to and consent of her government at The Baker City Demoorat says that j tbe hill so it m ay be presented Honolulu, which recently graut.d hir the county ja il is tha only vacant ,house of the fifty-fifth congress a fu ll pardon tor her complicity in the building in that city at present. IDtne special session w hich Presi- native uprising of one year ago. McKiuley w i l l sum m on for re- The students of the state university W hen the passengers disembarked tbe taritf laws. from the steamer, the ex-queen went to who are musicians have decided to or progr.uume w as fo rm a lly decid- Thirteen have already the California hotel, where no intima ganize a baud. joined. tomght by a conference of the tion of her ooming had been received. jlioati uieuibors of the committee, J- N. Holoomb, of E i g le valley, Bhe had to wait until apartment! could Usoeral U rosven or’s rooms at be prepared for her. She absolutely re picked aud marketed 100,000 pounds of (bran hotel. It g iv e s »t u i-o lll- H e uas also set out fused to discuss her plaus and give auy apples last season. iDlirniation to the announcement reason for her suudden d -parture from 1,000 more fru it trees. jlv made that the president-elect Hoit dulu. it is intimated, however, It is reported in Baker C ity that -eluded to have an extra session, by Colonel MoFarlane. the queen s W illiam W hite, jr., of Pittsburg, Pa ., lhai the R p ublican leaders had agent here, that she w ill represent to bas secured an option on the Ibex iued the D in g ley b ill, the tern- the president that the Hawaiian repub mine, in the Sumpter district, for *60,- measure w hich w a s passed by lic has been a failure, and that a m a 000 . ante in tbe last session and amentl- jority of the Hawaiian people would Raising honey in the John D ay v a l a free silver substitute by the welcome a retnrn to the monarohial ley seems to be a very lucrative bu si A 1 R epublican w a y s and institutions. Lilionkalani has been ness. N early every rancher has bees members attended the conference under the surveillanoe of the Hawaiian and can readily dispose of the surplus eiojpt Steele, w h o w a s do- government ever siuoe the last native prodnet at good figures. They decided th at Chairm an uprising. She seems to hsve taken The late grand jury in B aker county a; shall call a m eeting of the advantage of the first opportunity given failed to find a single indictment at the eommittee for an e arly date, at by tbe pardon to leave the islands. present term of court. It w il l be the a tbe formality of g iv in g the niin- cheapest term of court for the taxpayers, memburs an opportunity to vote T R A G E D Y O F T H E SEA. no doubt, that has been held in the tbe programme w il l ba euaeted. county for years. -ipoaition to be la id before the Aa KiumlgraDt SteAinnr Lost With All The Grande Ronde Lum ber Com pany ou ittee is that h earin gs be given by now bas a total of 5.000,000 feet of =11 oommittee, at w h ich a ll parties Vigo, Spain, Deo. 14.— The Italian an interest in tbe ta riff w i l l be steamer Salier, formerly the property sawlogs along the Grande Ronde river for the next spring drive. This is si to give their vie w s, the hear- of the North German Lloyd Company, to bo commonoed w ith in a few foundered off Com m a Celerbedo, on abont one-half the quantity that w i l l be required for next season’s rnn. the Spanish coast, in the recent heavy E. W illa rd purchased last week 100 art from this oflloial p lan , the Re- gale. '°no determined to take np the There were 210 passengers on the head of cattle in Eagle valley, U nion He of the b ill tiiemselves, the Salier. Her crew was composed of county, for Portland shipment. course pursued by a m ajority sixty-five men. A ll on board perished. says there are a good m any cattle in .soon after the h earin gs are nu The Sallier’s passengers consisted of that vicinity notwithstanding the fact ts;, and to w ork to that end in- 115 Russiaus, 35 Galicians, 61 Span that buyers have been picking up a illy st once, iards, and one German. The steamer good many head. One nigbt last week w hen train N o. -is will be no subcom m ittee given was bound from Bremen to Buenos .of the measure, bu t the fu ll R e Ayres, via Corrunna aud Villagareia. 59 w as crossing the h ill near Blalock, am contingent w il l w o rk together, Tbe passengers were mostly in the the trainmen were treated to a beauti ful sight. A laige and very bright irding to the trend of disoussion, steerage. the The Salier was a brig-rigged iron meteor was seen fa llin g from siprooity polioy is to be' made an nut feature of the R epublican steamer, and was for many ye»\rs in tb# heavens, and when apparently abont a .even more im portant than it Atlantic trade between N ew York and mile from the earth seemed to stand suspended for a moment, and then la the Harrison adm inistration, if European ports. passed on in its northerly flight. The nicsl senmne cau be riev.sed. The BA C K IN PiNAR DE L RIO. meteor was visible for abont five m in slity features of tbe tariff w il l be utes and had the appearance of an im into the o rig in a l b ill. In tbe H i t o e o A g a i n in t h e L » n « l o f t he L i v i n g , mense ball of tire flying through space. ‘“publican tariff they w ere mostly no tiie Cuban* S*jr. About three weeks ago, says the Blue -Oogbts. St. Louis, Dec. 14.— A special to the Mountain Eagle, Mr. Ratnbo left Long night’s conference w a s of two Republic from Dallas, Tex., says: Creek, in G ran t county, w ith his fa m duration, and the participants The head of the local (Juban commit- ily, for College Place, W ash. H e took tie; had agreed un an im ously on tee today received a dispatob from Key with him a b ig tomcat. N o sooner "lie; to be pursued. " A moder- W est making absolute denial of the was the cat free in College Place when iff bill,” they explain ed, w as to Spanish reports from Havana of the a l he disappeared. He w as afterw ards object. A m oderate b ill is uu- leged killing of Antonio Alaoeo. seen by several freighters near P endle nd to be one whose average rates Tbe dispatch states that at 9 o'olock ton, and arrived in Long Creek soon I® be somewhat lo w e r than the last night Maoeo was again in Pinar after, having traveled 140 miles, over I of the M cK in ley b ill of 1890, del R io provinca, and that his army a read that be had never been before, p a considerable a verage advance was making successful operations except when taken out in a wagon. W ilso n -lio rrasu duties, and agiust W ey ler’s forces; that since the milteemeu said they w ou ld not Washington. turning of Weylers left flank, Decem as to advance rates beyond the ber 1, Maoeo bad captured more than The town of W aterville now o w n » its wley bill in cases w h ere experi- 1,200 stands of arms and immense own light and w ater plant. had shown the advance to be ad- quantities of ammunition, medicines Four deer were killed on Hartstein and oommissary supplies. island, in Mason county, last week. The dispatch also states thst within ,$HOT AT H i s FATHER. There are about 15,000 bales of 1895 the next three days the Unbans are bops stored in P u y allu p warehouses. likely to turn W eyler’s fliuk and win P*Hy on h Itufliiiena Street of *n Tacoma salmon fishermen are now a decided victory. lo w » Town. seining for herring that w ill be used as pow i Valiev, la ., Deo. 14.— Ben bait by the b alib n t fishermeD. S IX YEARS FOR B O S G 3 . the only huu of D r i-leorge T be next jury term of the superior of this» city, k illed him self in I.n t .n e . ef I i T r . . « r . t of t »com . court for W a lla W a lla w i l l convene ncipal business street this even- January 10 next. A n unusually fu ll Afltrui-d. I «iter an ineffectual attempt to docket is expected. Olympia, Dec. 14.— The supreme Jhiifather. H e fired tw o shots at The rowboat in which the tw o young Wer and then ran d ow n tbe street, court today affirmed the judgment of men left Seattle on a hunting excursion the lower oourt in the case of tbe State f * flight of a block, he put the has been found, it is now the general 'Wto his right ear and fired, the of Washington, respondent, vs. G. W . opinion that they were drowned. Boggs, appellant. Boggs was treasurer Iptuetratiu# the back part of the North river loggers got over 1.500,- V«»oltiiAK in in stiu t death. But of the City of Tacoma, and placed *30,- 000 feet of logs below tbe fa lls during J the shots fired at the lath er were 000 of the funds of the city in the Ta the late flood, and there is about 1 , 000 ,- . the ball cuttin g through his coma Trust & Savings bank, on which 000 feet above the falls to come down. Mjeeve and strik in g near the he made a profit for himself by appro priating the interest. This constitutes Ts n dozen bob-w hite qu ail have been blade, causing on ly a slight a penal offense, and Boggs, beiog found received by the R id and G u n C lu b in They w il l not be guilty, was sentenced ti six years im N o itb Yakima. Wa9 20 years old, and came prisonment at hard labor. Tne opinion turned loose until the w in ter is fu lly Stockton, C al., last Sunday, ou over aud in tbe meantime they are re *ent him by his father. The is by Judge Dunbar, all of tbs judges, exoept Hoyt, oomurring, and holds ceiving every attention. *7* he cannot th in k of any that it was the intention of the law - There are now said to be 116 appli- for the terrible deed, claim in g makers thst an officer shonll receive cints for the oflice of fish commissioner l*tio n s since B j n*s a rriv a l from his compensation ihrough the medium t o t n i who w ill get it. It seems in- H ***• "h ere he has been for eight* of the salary provided, aud should m l crediole that forty-six ministers of the ^ °nths, have been am icable in be allowed in any way to sp e cu l.i. gospel should be am ong the number, The sou h ad just taken says the Whatcom Reveille. t with his father. D r. Freeman with money in his c*re. A n order, signed by Secretary of W a r Th « M ...Itor Ram Puritan. had no idea th at Ben was j ^ * * n d had not the least w arn in g N ew York. Deo. 14 .- O n e formid- Lament, and approved by President **tiou of the attem pt upon bis able addition to tbe navy of tbe United Cleveland, has been received at tbe lo states was made today.when the mom- cal land office in Seattle whereby tor ram Puritan was put mto commis Marrowstone point ii reserved for bat Kiigll.t, C oaling station. sion. It is thirty-two years since the tery purposes for higb pow er guns. Diego, Deo. 14.— The steamer This permanently w tabluh ea the point keel of the Puritan was Uid. .n d four _ which arrived from L - v e r years since she was launched^ N ow for m ilitary purposes. lf |is t stay, b rin gs n ew s that it is [hat she is ready for service, she is re- Robert Hughes and E liaa W ilso n T reported at O n y a m as and carded for defensive purposes, as su- ware ont hunting near B lain e last ih»t the B ritish are taking perior io navy vessels of «he firs, cisss. week. W ilson mistook Hughes for a Wahlish a coa lin g station at while for offensive warfare she is a ht- deer and fired at him. The ball struck •Aland, off the coast of Jaliscc. t|e inferior to firs, class craft. She is Hughes in tbe shoulder, m aking a p ain * officials displayed some cou- 300 feet long and U 0 feet wide, and ful flesh w ouud, and, after passing the report and had dispatched bas a displacement of 6,200 tons_ H r through his shoulder, struck and dented ll8ir Oaxaca from G n y am a s to equipment coo.ist.of four 12 tnebrtrte- the barrel of his gun. It w as a lucky to ascertain w h eth er the escape, and should prove a lesion to true The rum or w as that "a barbette, six suyone who doe» not kn ow w hat be is rifles six six-poondets. two one 'T of coal had been taken to pounders, and two revolving cannon of snooting at when be p ulls tbe trigger. and a la u d in g w a s being thirty-seven millimeters._____ T be tax levy on city property in Seat tle for 1897 haa been fixed at 11 m ills r* * b .ll| „ n |n ■ a Practical Result r . p c C 'd . . rw , 1 1 __The Po*t • for tbe old limits, or t o r the eight ' Hec 14 . — A d v ic e * received wards, and 8 m ills to r the n ew lim its, _ hoaiivo. cap ita l of t h e ie lin d or ninth ward. 'H eir, announce that the in- President Penroae, of W h itm an col P . during tne n igh t o f N ovem - lege, hss addressed a letter to tbe peo r>d ed A m bo h e m a n g s, ten demand ple of W a lla in reference to tbe P ear |®**n An tauarivo. T h e insor- .greed upon a j ~ fo rm on the sons endowment and calls attention to H y nr'd forty p rison er» and a ll on T a r ;h. Ras.isn .m b s.- the necessity of im m ediate action on . “ The E g li»h re s id e *«» had the part of thorns who a n in te rn ted in • ■c.ipelrmn being massacred. seeing W hitm an become one o f tne t o n - I ® ’’ of aged persons having moat college* in the country. P * in them than those o f yonng in reliable qaarter. L~ ' crefure. m ore b rit tle F lo u r — Portland, Salem , Casuadia ami Dayton, *4 ^ 0 ; Beinou county and W hite L ily, $4.40; graham , $3.75; bu - pertine, $3 60 per barrel. W h e a t — W alla W alla. 80 (^ 810 ; V a l ley, *3ia8lc per bushel. O ats — Ciioice wlute, 43@4 tc per bush e l; choice gray, 41 (a42c. ltoiled oats are quoted as follows: Bags, $4.25(<i 6.25; barrels, $4.5u<i*7; cases, »3.76. H a y — iiiiiou iy, *11 O j per ton; cheat, i().60(utt; clover, »O.60ia.7.50; oat, $8.60 <^ 8 : wiieat $7.50. B a r l e y — Feed barley, $20.00 per ton; brewing, $ 12 . M il l s r u n s — Bran. $16 00; shorts, $16.60; middlings, »23.00; rye, 00c per cental. B u t t e r —«Fancy creamery is quoted at 65c; fancy dairy, 35c; fair to good, 20 ( « 22 >*c. P o t a t o e s .— California, 55c; Oregon, C0ta70e per sack; sweets, 2c per pound. O n io n s — 85c r»er cwt. P o u l t r y — Chickens, m ix ed . $1 50 2.00 bioilers, $1.50(g2 00; gee«e. »0.00: turkeys, live, 10c; ducks, $2.00(^3.00 per dozen. E g g s — O regon, 30s per dozen. C h e e s e — Oregon, 11c; C alifo n i a 8 o; Y ou ng Am erica, 12c per pound. V e g e t a b l e s — G am e, new, 7c per pound ; caobage, lj^ c per pound ; tom a toes, 20c per box siring beans, 2>g @3c per pound; w ax beans, 2|#(^3c per pound; cucumbers, 15(«^5c per box; egg plant, $1.60 per crate; corn, 100$ 12^2 c per dozen; sum m er squash, 25c per box ; green peppers, $1 per box. 1 k o p ic a l F r u it — C aliiorm a lemons, fancy, are quoted at $3.U0(a 4.1H) per b o x ; bananas, $2.50 per b u n ch ; Valencia late oranges, $4.50(jt5.00; pineapples, »3.00 («4.00 per dozen. F r e s h F r u it — California apples, $1.00 @1.60; Oregon, $1 per b o x ; crab apples, 06c; pears, 76@86c; prune, 2l2c per pound ; Salaway peaches, bO@75c ; Snaae river and Indian B ed , 70c per b o x ; w a termelons, Kogue river, $ 1.00 per dozen; California, $1 25 per dozen ;« anteloupes, Oregon, OOciU/ 1 per crate; quinces, $ ; grapes, 40^i80c per crate; H ungarian plums, 00 c per box ; egg, 1 l2c per tx>umi ; Eastern Concord grapes, 3uc per basket. D r ie d F r u it s — Apples, evaporated, bleached, 4 (^ 43 ^ 20 ; unbleached, 3}£ @ 4 c; sun-dried, sacks or boxes, 4(<t6c; pears, sun and evaporated, 5@ 0c; prunes, 3@5e per p oun d ; figs. 10c per pound. W ool — Valiev. 10c, per p o u n d ; East ern Oregon, 6 f«fc 8 c. H ops — N ew crop, 9@10^2ci did, 5c. N uts — P eanuts, 0 (a 0 l2u per pound for raw, 10 c for roasted; cocoauu s, 90c per dozen; walnuts, 10 @ lJ c ; pine nuts, 15:; hickory nuts, 7c; chestnuts, 15c; Brazil, 12c; pecans, large, 14c; Jum bo, lfic; filberts, 123*c; fancy, large, 14c; hard-shell 8 c ; paper-shell, lu @ 12 ) 8 c. P r o v is io n s — Portland pack; Smoked hams are quoted at l 0 ( « 10 l2c per lb ; nicnic bam s, 7c; boneless hams, 7,l 8 c ; breakfast bacon, 10 c ; bacon, 6 c; dry salt sides, 6 j^ c ; lard, 5-pound pails, 7c; 10 s, 6J8 c ; 60 s , 6 4 c; tierces, 7c per pound. H id e s — Dry hides, N o. 1, 16 pounds pnd upw ard, 10 i<tllc per pound; dry kip, No. 1, 6 to 10pounds, 7c per pound; dry calf, No. 1, under 5 pounds, 13t« 14c; dry salted, one-third let-s than dry ti nt. Salted hides, sound steers, 60 pounds, and over. 6 c do. 50 to 60 pounds, 5c; do, under 60 pounds and cows, 3 ‘ 2 @ 4 c; do, kip, sound steers, 15 to 30 pounds, 4c; do, veal, 10 to 14 pounds, 5c; do, calf, under 10 pounds, 5iu6c; green fun- salted), lc per pound less; culls (bulls, stags, m oth-eaten, badly cut, scored, hair slipped, weather-beaten or g ru b b y ) one-third less. B eesw a x — 20itf 22 per pound. T a l l o w — Prime, per pound, 2}£(a 3c; No. 2 and grease, 2 (d 2 % c. butcher, than To reduce feed an d lose more, keeplug tne cow thin lu flesh by I>oor feeding, aud xhereliy losing money several years instead of one. -------- ^ W o o d f o r n YoWt; A h e a d . E v e ry farm e r w ho burns wood even p artia lly fo r heating and cooking should a s early In the w inter a s possi ble cut and pile enough wood to last s whole year. T h is w ill su' ■ many com plaints during the sum m er and be t m much easier done now than lo w a r - w eather. Besides, d ry wood hui without the w aste of heat, a lw a y s los F ly W lie e l f o r F a rm U »e. W hen A fly w heel is often serviceable on in turning Its sap into steam. s iu «ll the farm , for helping keep the churn using green wood, chilis a n d in regu lar motion, or the hand sep ara lim bs w ill dry out more quickly than tor, or the grindstone, w here one must w ill the body o f the tree, especially If grind by using a treadle fo r foot power. the sm all lim bs are split. - In the latter case, a fly w heel w ill cause U n n u e r o u B v t o n e s In M e a d o w s , the stone to run very evenly. O ur L ate in the full is a good time to clear sketch sh ow s a cast-off. heavy, farm m ead ow s of stones that are likely to in cartw heel, mounted and ready fo r busi ju re next y e a r's m ow ing. M ore o r less ness. Sm all strips of hard wood screw o f these are thrown out nt every m ow ed to the rim keep the baud from com ing time, w hen the w ire rake runs over ing off. T h e plan of setting up the the lan d to gath er the hay. A thin w heel is plainly show n in tbe illustra stone sm all enough to get Into the m o w tion. W h e re the rim of the w heel used er ku. ves often does m ore dam age than la o f sufficient thickness, the old iron a much b igger stone that the d riv er tire can he rem oved and a very thick, w ill see and avoid or that the knives but n arrow , tire put upon both edges w ill Jolt over or throw one side without o f the rim, leaving a chance fo r the Injury. H a iry Ilota. A lw a y s strain the milk as soon a* d raw n. Q uantity of m ilk is no criterion to go by ns to Its value. A travelin g dairy school Is doing good w ork in England. T h e dem and fo r poor butter Is a lw a y s oversupplied, hence It sells fo r poor prices. T here Isn’t one cow In fifty but w b a t might do better in m ilk yield if she had more to eat and drink. band to run betw een them. In the case of a cast-off cartw heel this plau w ould a n s w e r a dm irably.— Am erican Agriculturist. It does not puy to raise scrub stock. Sell the scrubs and get w ell-bred ani mals. T h is Is a good y e a r to m ake tb * change, w hile prices are low. I f cream Is kept at 75 degrees for F o il P lo w ia tr the G ard e n . eight hours, and Is then allow ed to cool T b e garden is the richest part o f the grad u a lly fo r four hours, It w ill usually farm , and also the part w here It is most be ripe fo r churning. im portant to h av e an early an d well- T h ere are about 17,000,000 cow s In fertilized seed bod. T h ere Is o f course this country, or one to every fo u r in som e w aste o f fertility caused by full h abitants; one cow, how ever, fu rn is h «« p low in g, us It exposes a la rg e r surface the milk, butter and cheese fo r m or* to be w ash ed aud blow n a w a y In w in than fo u r persons, as large q u an tltle« ter. But the loss Is less lu the garden o f d airy products are exported. than it is on w id e fields m ore exposed to the winds. I f the garden Is plowed Th e C arrie S tra w b e rry . It should be left ns light aud rough as T h is is a seedling (*f lL iv erla n d , o rig possible. T h is is best seeured by very inated in 1890 by M. T. Thom pson, o f late plow ing, either just before the Henrico County, Vu. It haa been tested ground freezes, or better still, afte r the from C an ada to frost has penetrated an inch or more T e x a s and found t » deep, leavin g a crust to hold up the fu r he a s productive a * row . in a dry w inter the soil w ill freeze its parent, also la rg through and through a n um ber of times er, firm er an d o f and tie in excellent tilth in the spring. better color, not be T h e unly failu re of this plan comes ing quite so light when the w inter aud spring are very- color with a little wet, and there is no underdrain to car more foliage and Is ry off su rplu s water. But even then a long season berry Mero han ril ■«* Market. the plowed su rface left ns rough as with a better flavor S a l m o n — Colum bia, river No. 1. tails, possible w ill d ry out as quickly as a than H averlan d . It $1.25@1.60; No. 2, tabs, $2.26(92.5); uak. d su rface lei t flat, us It is ai ter har is a pistillate varie fancy, No. 1, flats, $1.75(91.85: Alaska. vesting garden crops, and yet porous No. 1, talla, $1.20@1.30; No. 2, tails, $1.90 ty, ripening a b o u t enough to a b so rb a ll the rains and melt @2.25. the time o f tbe par- C o r d a g e — M anilla rope, 11^-inch. i*> ing s l o w s that fall upon It.—Am erican ent. Its shape Is conical, scarlet color quoted at 8 c ; W hite sisal, bard twiste 1: Cultiintor. and is w on derfully productive and Hope, 1 ' 4 -in. cir. and upw ard, 6 4 c; ' F a r m (la te . prom ises to supersede Its parent.— F u n a rope, 12 - thread, b ^ c . 1 have used several «a te s made as and Hom e. . s u g a r — G olden G, 4 ^ e ; extra C , 4 )^ c : drv granulated, 5c; cube crushed and (he one show n In the accom panying Il A g r ic u ltu r a l A tom s. powdered, tte per pound ; >4c per pound lustration. T h ey are light, cheap and A potato g ro w e r w rites that he can Construct It discount on all grades tor prompt c a s h ; give good satisfaction. half barrels. V4c more than L a r re le : any desired height and auy reasonable g ro u potatoes profitably at 10 cen t« n maple sugar. 15*916c per pound. length. T h e end pieces, brace and one bushel. C o tkek — M ocha, 27««31c per pound; piece running horizontally, a a a a, are T he best farm Institutes are held In Java, fancy, 24@>29c; Costa Kica, 2«M 2x4 pine; the upright, b, is a 1x6 board; dairy sections, which speaks w ell fo r 23l?c; Caracal, 22l.j(a 25c; Falva* or, 19 («i22c; Arbuckie, »17.6">; Lion, $17.65; e e c c e are w ire * tightly stretched; d the intelligence of the dairym en. is the gate post and e, a chain used In Colum bia, $17 65 per < se. T h e Russian thistle Is p e r h n ]« t b * H u e — Island, 4>s(«5c Japan, 4 l8@ stead of a top hinge. Such a gate an easiest killed o f nny wets) that g ro w *. 5 c; N ew Orleans 4(a4* 4 c. sw e rs all ordinary purposes quite as Prevent it from going to seed, and t b » C o a l O i l — Cases, 19c; barrels, work is done. 17l* c ; tanks, 15'9 c per gallon. W h e a t B ags — C alcutta, |4.25@4.37>* for July and August <1* 1.venes. M » » t M a rk e t. B * * v — Gross, top steers, f2 3 i; tows, *1 7 0<a2.<0; dressed beef, 3 * . (a5s per pound. M o r r o * — Gross, best sheep, wethers. J2.0U; ewes, *2.0U; dr-ssea m altón, 4c per pound. V * a l — N et, small, 5 o 6 )^ c ¡ large, 4}¡¡c per pound. H o e s— Gross, choice, heavy, 43.00.rt 3.25: light and feeder*, *2 fO ; draased, *1.60(«3.76 per cwt S AN F R A N C IS C O M ARKETS w ell as n heavy affair that is almost certain to sag and get off its hinges. - P otato * * — G arn et Chile, «OffifiOc, Joe! M ann, in O range Judd F an ner. Salinas Burbanks, 60 «7 5 c : Early R.,-e, 4 Urfl 50c: River Burbanks, 2 5 ^ 3 * :: I arm n t p l . 'n i e n t a . sweets, 75 c<a*l.(K) per cental. . It is doubtless true tiiai it costs more Onions— 4ii(tt50c per ear k for yellow, in these d ay s to stuck a (a rm with tools 35c for pickle. and im plem ent* than It did in olden E e a s — store, 32rS30c; ' ranch, 38c; times, when prices o f most farm pro- ducks, 26 |>er d zen. t a i u i — tanev. m ild, new, 11 @ 12 :; duet* w ere a * high, if not higher, than now. Yet. despite the coat, the new fair to g o a l. 9<*10:: Young Arne ca, . in.piem en:» do ao much bettor work l l g 12 c ; Eastern. 13 »1 4 per pound. W ool — Fan Joaquin and Nratbcrn that farm e r* find them a necessity. A ll roast, poor, 4 <®S; do good, 4 ^ 0 6 : an the more, therefore, they should take Jrraqmn toothill, good to choice, 6 if| good care o f them when bought. More 7 )g c ; do y e a i’s fleece, 4 "5, 1 ! c ; N e v a ra , tool* rest by exposure to wind and heavv. 6 <« 7c: do. choice. 8 - N !. c N o rth m ins than are w orn ont tti actual use. ern, chotee, 10 « 11 c per pound. T h e navlng o f money by keeping Imple H a i — W heat, *8 00311 wheat and ments housed is the most profitable oat, I7‘*1 0 ; oat, -6S/1 barley, »7 UU e economy the farm e r can practice. 8 Ml; a I falia, first crup. >4<*5 no second crop. 45 50 ( 46 . 60 ; clover, tb<« 8 . stock, G r a in in g IV o rC n w e . 44.500 6 60; per ton. It is rather discouragin g to ■ farm er V * o e t » * i .* b — B s t tomatoes, 2 5 «4 0 r; w h o haa bought a new c o w fo r milk bay rneum tier*, 25<*40c per h i : pick* and butter to find when he begin * to feed her that her feed goe* to Inside fat l *. beat. D i e per p olled : liay s q a -th 2ur«2Sc: egg plant, 2504Oi-; A la m -d a rath er than to milk and butter. But It to n. >1; B, rklrv, do, 50«" 6"e per crate; is a lw a y s w ell to fa re unpleasant fart*. green peepers, 25(a6Ur: g o en okra, 40W am i m ake tbe best o f them. I f some 75c per b o x ; U l n a 1 ra n -. 5 0 k 7 V string denier h * » «tnck yon with that kind of lwans. 41 per aack; garlic, l<g 2 c per a cow it 1* better to know It. and keep pound. , on feeding m u ll tbe cow 1 * lit fo r tbe Intensive farm ing m ight properly be , rmed a new Industry, from the fac t that there are so fe w engaged In It. It is an Industry which cotuim nds itself 1 » every practical fan n e r, and there I* more money in It ban lu any system o f the old style. An Injunction has been applied fo r to restrain the agricultu ral departm ent from the free distribution of seeds. Seedsmen claim that It Is Injurious to their busbies». T he Injunction caw easily be set aside by tbe G overnm ent, how ever, by purchasing its seed from the enjoining firm. I t n r flc n lt iir a l H ints. Put an extra covering on tbe v e ge ta ble pits a fte r the groun d freezes. N ev er let m anure come in contact with tbe roots o f any plant or tree w hen planting It. Clean off the asp arag u s bed* and give It a good coat of well-rotted m anure. Next spring sprinkle w ell with s a lt “ H eeling” is a term used to d esignate the tem porary b uryin g o f the root* t»f tree* o r plant* In earth or other m ate rial. W I ip d planting ou r tree* fo r w in d break a lw a y s plant evergreens. T h ey are a little bit alow at first, but they w ill p ay io tbe long run. T b e trouble with fa rm e r* a s a rule, la, that they do not pay enough atten tion to little thing*, such a * the vegeta ble and sm all fru it gard en. These lit tle thing* pay. | A method of n lc k c lln " wood baa been | devised by the G erm a n chemist I-AOX j twin, the wood being covered by a thin j coating o f metal b y either a d ry o r j wet proceaa.