W A S H IN G T O N
J.
Th«
St.
B
M -CULLAGH
DEAD.
L o u is hiditur F o i l
F ro m
Hecourt S tory W in d o w .
■
COUNTY
I old year
W E E K LY
n in g,
\
HATCHET.
M ARKET
LE TTE R .
H o p k in s A C o .*« R e v ie w
T rad e .
of
The wheat market bas every indica
tion of an upward tendenoy.
It hard
ened steadily last week in tbe faoe of
loal bank failures, and was only affect
ed by them temporarily. A good per
centage of the. local traders were afigid
T H E A C T O F A N I N S A N E M A N to go into tbe maiket, owing to the un
NCE OF STEAD Y GROW TH
settled condition of finances at Chioago
last week. Local influences, however,
U u e *t * W e r e
at D in u e r
W heu
One
are only of a transient character, tbe
G a th e re d In A l l th e T o w n « of
market being governed more by foreign
o f th e
lto a rd e ra t o u c lu d e d
Thai
Sr N e i g h b o r i n g S t a t e * — lin p r o v e -
advioes, and also by tbe great strength
A ll
M u st
G o -T w o
B a d ly
H u rt .
n t N o te d In A l l I n d u s t r ie s —O t a g o n .
of the domestic situation, whioh over
Atlanta, Ga.. Jan. 4.— A triple mur shadows almost everything in the way
John Day flouring m ill, having
der
was
committed
New
Year’s'eve
in
of local bearish faotors. Had the mar
d up all the wheat in aight, ia
a boarding-house kept by Mr. and Mrs. ket been a local one prices would have
idle.
G. W. Allen, at Poplar Springs, a sub gone lower, but the tim ely buying of
Mr ion county'a aaaeaament for 1896
urb of this city.
foreigners offset the bearish influences,
already coat ♦7,000, and the eud
Just as the inmates of the house were and made sentiment bullish, over-rid
yet, aaya the Statesman,
sitting down at the supper table, Theo ing everything bearish.
English
oolony of Illinoia people w ill
dore Flannagan, a boarder, entered the traders who wore sharp enough to fore
that atate in March or April, to
dining-room, smiling and greeting the see their wants early in the fall, and
in the aouthern part of Yam hill
guests with
"Good
evening, my took adavntage of it by buying them
y and the aouthern part of Polk
friends.”
He added:
“ The old year from three to four months in advance,
i-
is going, and I think all of us would almost before the American speculators
i Kemper, of Pendleton, who won
be better if we were done with it.” were aware of it, haveoome in the mar
ae at a rattle the other day, gave
He then whipped out a revolver and ket within a week and taken millions
ast back to ita original owner and
shouted: “ Prepare to meet your God of bushels of both cash and futures for
d him for taking the oayuae off
tonight. ”
shipment during the next four months,
nda.
Without further warning, he fired while local traders were as a rule afraid
into the affrighted people. The first to take the buying side. It is olaimed
gineer Dillman, of the Astoria
bullet went crashing through the brain by operators in a position to know that
ay, says that there are 400 men
of Mrs. Allen, an old lady of 65. She there is a larger short interest than at
ork near Kainier and the Olatt-
fell to the floor dead, without a word. any time within sixty days.
The
!e, and that two big dredgera are
G. W. Allen, aged 70, was the next Northwest is short against its cash
g run night and day.
victim to fall. The next bullet killed holdings there. Foreigners have ab
enry Buccbolz. a prominent citizen
Miss Ruth Slack, the 18-year-old sorbed the suprlus wheat that is afloat
Camarack, Uamtilla county, is burn-
PERPETUAL M O TIO N .
daughter of Colonel Slaok, of Greens in the pit. It is difficult to buy any
c-haiooal. It takes five days to
n a pit, and he has to watoh it T h * C le v e r D e v ic e o a M lu u e so ta boro, G a., who had arrived at the large lines without sending prices up
house on a visit. Other boarders ran rapidly, if any of the recognized lead
and night, and camps by the pit.
In v e n to r.
out into the street to seek safety, two ers are credited with being at the
he W allowa stage was wrecked
St. Paul, Jan. 4 — J. G. Kaller, of of them badly wounded by the flying back of the orders. This leaves the
week by an accident on Wallowa
Mankato, Minn., has applied fo r a bullets. Flannagan is now in jail, market in a stronger position than ever,
There were three passengers that
patent for an invention which he says having narrowly escaped lynohing. He and those who watch the pit operations
tut they got out to walk just be-
w ill take the place of steam engines feigns drunkenuess, but the testimony closely are confident that prioes w ill
[ ,
ire the stage Btarted down the hill, so
of all who were present was that the advance to 90o within the near future.
and electrio motors.
“ it nobody was injured.
The device is called a hydraulic man was perfectly sober when the The visible stocks are 14,000,000 bush
G. W . McKinney, of Brownsville, motor, and the principle upon which it shooting occurred.
els less than last year. Foreigners are
t week butchered a hog that dressed works is the natural one which causes
expected to lead the buying again next
2 pounds, from which he rendered lighter substances than water to raise
T H E B L I N D S AW .
week.
0 pounds of lard, and the Browns- to the surface.
A u endless ohain of
lie Times asks if any Willam ette small air-tight tanks is placed over two A n “ X ” K a y P e n e tra te d S ig h tie ** F y e t
GENERAL M ARKETS.
in N e w Y o rk .
rmer can beat the record.
sprocket wheels in such a manner that
Mrs. James Crosby, of Monmouth, on one side it w ill pass upward
N ew York, Jan. 4.— The Herald
P ortland , Or., Jan. 5, 1897.
1 at a r., has a fam ily Bible, printed in through a large tank of water.
says: The “ X ” ray has given a glim
F i . our — Portland, Salem, Cascadia
pport- dinburgh, Scotland, that has been
As each air tank enters the water- mer of light to eyes that bad been and Dayton, $4 50; Benton county and
at tha mded down in the fam ily for several tank from below through a water-tight sightless for ten years. The subject of White Lily, $4.40: graham, $3.76; su
peti- merationa; crossed
the
ocean to valve, it w ill be forced to the surface the test was John F. Martin, who is perfine, $2 60 per barrel.
W heat — Walla Walla. 81@82c; Val
? that merioa, and now lies on' the center by the superior weight of the water and submitting to experiments as a substi
he bill ble of Mra. Crosby. It is prized very in this way the chain w ill be in per tute for Charles Broadway Rouss. ley, 84(<t 85c per bushel.
O
ats —Choice white, 40@42c per bush
sposed ghly, and is still in a Btate of good petual motion, revolving the sprocket Martin has submitted to a series of
el: choice gray, 38(<i40c.
t two preservation.
wheels to which shafts are attached.
tests, perhaps half a hundred.
H a t —T imothy, $18.00 per ton; clover,
Thus, if the claims of the inventor
Tw o attendants took him to the offioe $8.00(a9.00; oat, f 8.00(a 10; wheat, $8@
The body of a white man washed
} plan ihore on the beaoh about half a m ile are true, the motor w ill run on indefi of Dr. David A Edson. The blind 10 per tqn.
up if lutb of the month of Hunter’s creek, nitely without feci.
B aulky —Feed barley, $21.00 per ton;
He claims that man, though he bas grown acoustomed
i few
Curry oounty recently. The coro- the first coat w ill be less than of a steam to experiments, was visibly nervous. brewing, $22.
M iL L s T c r r s B r a n . $16.00; shorts,
is on er’a jury was unable to identify the engine, while the operating expenses He was placed in front of the electric
$16.60; middlings, $23.00.
ody, and found a verdict of death by w ill be so small that all other motive apparatus, the fluoroscope was placed
B utter —Fancv creamery is qnoted at
at his eyes and the “ X ” ray turned on. 45c; fancy dairy, 36c; lair to good,
rowning. The body was that of a powers w ill be driven out of use.
Hydraulio motors to furnish any There was an instant of the snapping 20(u22)*c.
tan about six feet tall, with very
con of the current, then absolute stillness,
P otatoes . — Oregon Burbanks, 60(9
}n a ll hands and feet, and weighing horsepower required can be
structed.
as all in the room watched the face of 7 'c: Gurnet Chiles. 70(980c; Early Rose,
here tf>oat 180 P°unda.
80(990
per sack; California river Bnr-
the man in front of the electric glare.
„rob- « During the storm in November, Otto
A M IN ISTER D E P O SE D .
A t length Dr. Edson said, “ Do you Liaiiks, 66c per cental; sweets, $1.25(U|2
,obler shipped 8,600 sheep from The
per cental for Merced, $2.60 for Jersey
lalles to Columbus, Neb., and arrived B i s F a it h C u re D oc trin e s O p p o se d by see anything?’
“
N
o
,”
answeied
Martin
ere in due time, losing only four
O nions —85c per sack.
H is C o n g re g a t iou.
His lips bad scarcely framed the re
P oultry — Chickens, mixed. $2.00(0
eep on the trip. Mr. Kohler writes
Monmouth, 111 , Jan. 4 — A t a meet ply when there rang from him, " I can 3.00; broilers, $1.50(9200; geese, $6.00;
ok that he is feeding his sheep at
e farm of Nio Blazer, an uncle of ing of the Monmouth presbytery of the see— I can see lig h t," aud the joy in turkeys, live, 12,'sc; ducks, $3@4.60
per dozen.
|ohn Blazer, of The Dalles, near Co United Presbyterian church, Rev. J. G. the tone moved all who heard it. Dr.
Eoos—Oregon. 32%c per dozen.
mbos, where he gets shelled corn for Stewart, of this city, was deposed from Edson at that turned off the ray.
C ueesr — Oiegon, 11c; Young Ameri
Martin was deeply moved by the
elve cents a bushel, and other feed the ministry and also from ohuroh
ca,
12c per pound.
membership.
Owing
to
the
peculiar
gleam
which
had
penetrated
his
long
corresponding low prices.
T allow — Prime, per pound, 2,^(33c;
features in connection witb this case, darkness and he was led to a seat to No. 2 and greaee, 2(92)*c.
W atth ill g t o u .
muoh interest has been manifested in oompose himself before the experiment
W ool —Valiev. 10c, per pound; East
Jabez Cowles, an old citizen of Clark ohuroh circles as to it- final disposition. was continued.
ern Oregon, 6@8c.
aunty, died at his home near Wood-
About two years a( ^'Vr. Stewart was
Hors—New crop, 9@10c.
Dr. E ison questioned him about the
kud last week.
Baar—Gross, top steers, $2.76; cows,
a prominent divine c K.BDe United Pres affect of the ray, but the blind man
$2.00(92.25; dressed beef, 4@5,2c per
service as an only repeated that be had seen light.
The Ellensburg city oouncil has byterian faith, doit
Sudde’ ’0,1 he espoused the
Again the fluoroscope was placed be pound.
Dade a reduction in the salaries of city evangelist.
M utton —Gross, best sheep, wethers,
cause of faith cure, dealing through fore him. This time be reoeived the
Ifficials that w ill amount to $80.
$2.76; ewes, $2.76; dressed mntton, 6c
prayer.
The
ohurch
reprimanded
and
impression
of
light
more
quickly,
and
per pound.
1 The Spokane street car company’ s
V ral —N et, small, 6c; large, 4)£c
eceipts during the year have averaged admonished in vain. Several trials en wheu he had reveled in it for a moment
sued,
resulting
in
his
suspension
from
a piece of metal was passed in front of per pound.
30 a day more than last year, says the
Hooa—Gross, choice, heavy, $3.26(9
the
ministry.
Last
fall
he
made
appli
the fluoroscope. Martin detected the
Ipokane Chronicle.
3.60; light and feeders, $2.60; dressed,
cation before the Illinois synod for re movement instantly.
A farmer of Cow City lost 4,000 instatement.
That body referred the
“ It is a shadow,” he said, “ but it $3.50@4.26 per cwt
lushels of potatoes by the November case back to the Monmouth presbytery,
is like the sun going behind a cloud.”
S eattle , Wash., Jan. 6, 1897.
reeze, and a Toledo man lost 1,000 which was unanimous for expulsion.
Enough had been done for a day, and
mshels. There seems to have been a
F loub — (Jobbing)—Patent excellent,
For the past year Stewart has been the man, rejoicing in even this little
$6.26; Novelty A, $4.75, California
leavy loss all over Lewis oounty.
engaged in the formation of what is relief that had come to his years of brands $6.60; Dakota, $5.50; patent,
Blackleg is making its appearanoe known as the Full Bible ohurch, which blackness, was led from the office.
$6.25: buckwheat Hour, $6.50; per cwt,
imong the cattle in Kittitas county. advocate-! bis peculiar doctrine.
He
$4.00; graham, $4.60 per bbf; 10-lb
O U TR A G E AND MURDER.
Hr. Otis Hyer, stockman and farmer, has organized a churoh at St. Louis and
sacks, $2.50 per cwt; rye Hour, $6.00
ays that three of his neighbors havq one in this city.
per bbl; 10-lb sacks, $2.60 per cwt; rye
He has also sent out
A M an an d W o m a n C h a r g e d W it h K i l l
oat from six to ten head of cattle, each several missionaries.
meal, $4-60 per bbl; per cwt, $2.40;
in g a L it t le G ir l.
rolled
oats, $6-75(86 per b b l; hominy,
aused by this disease.
$2.60
per cwt; cracked wheat, $3.26;
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 4.— A1 B. W il
The state treasurer has issued a call
» r i n h e d In a M in e .
rolled wheat, $5.50 per bbl; whole rolled
or state warrants on the general fund,
C ity of Mexioo, Jan. 4.— A terrible liams, aged 32. and Mrs. Jane Mayes, wheat flour, $2.76 per cwt; pearl barley,
lumbered 18,491 to 13,786 inclusive, disaster has occurred in the Santa Ger- aged 21, livin g north of this place, per 100 lb sacks, $3.60; split peas, 4)gc;
mounting in the aggregate to $21,- trusi mine at Pachuca, one of the most were arrested today, charged with the table cornmeal, yellow, $1.70 per cwt in
51.49.
Interest on these warrants famous silver mines in the oountry. outrage and murder of Anna Belle 10-lbsacks; 60s, $1.60; white, Ills, $1.80;
rill cease after January 7, 1897.
F ot some cause not known fire broke Williams, the 12-year-old girl whose 60s. $1.70; flaked hominy. $2.60 per keg.
W heat —Chicken feed, $27.00 per ton.
out in a level of the old southern work body was found Wednesday near Eu-
U ato —Choice, $24(§25 per ton.
The Washington State Historical So-
ings yesterday, shutting off the exit of dora. The body bears evidenoe of a
B a r l e y —Rolled or ground, $22.00 per
iety at Taooma has filed articles of in- thirteen Mexican miners. Miners on dreadful assault on its person. The
urporation. Their purpose is the ool- the outside went to work to try to put finger marks on the neck and body ton.
C oen —Whole. $22 per to n ; cracked
sotion and preservation in substantial out the fire and Bave the men. One shows that the murderous fiend who $23; feed meal, $23.
orm of objects of traditional and bis- Englishman named Richardson, an ex committed the assault covered up his
M illstuvkh — Bran. $16.00 per ton;
orical interest to the state.
Their perienced miner, went down in charge foul work in sealing her lips witb aborts, $19.00.
death
by
strangulation.
W
illiams
is
nain headquaters w ill be in Tacoma.
r
esd —Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton,
of the rescue operations, but perished
Alfred Snyder, 70 years of age, and from suffocation. A ll the Mexicans the father of the g irl and accuses the middlings, $24; oilcake meal, $28.
H ay —Puget sound, per ton, $9(910;
me of Seattle’s pioneer residents, died fTom the same cause, or from Mayes woman of the deed. The pair
lied the other night at Port Blakely, burning. The bodies have not yet been agreed to take the g irl to Kansas City, Eaetern Washington. $13.
buoAR—Golden 0 in bbl, 4%c per lb;
where he went some time ago to act recovered.
The affair caused great in order to have her placed on a poor extra C in bbl, 4)2c; dry granulated in
is tallyman at the big mill. Mr. exoitement, as it is one of the worst farm, the woman to aocompany the bbl, 6c; cube, 6,‘^c; powdered, 6%c
girl. Bhe says that when they reached 8)>"' cash.
inyder has always been held in high aooidents in the history of Pachuca.
Eudora she became sick, and a strange
esteem by the older residents who
B utter — Fancy native creamery, brick
man offered to take care of the girl. 26c; select, 23c; tabs, 22c; ranch, 18c.
mew him well, and bis death is much
T h e O ffic ial Vote.
C
heese .—Native Washington,10@12c.
regretted.
Chicago, Jan. 4.— The official can That ia the last she saw of Belle. The
P oultry —Chickens, live, per pound,
Harry Parlin, a brakeman on the O. vass of the vote of Maryland for presi pair are in jail, and the officers expect
here, 7(88c; dressed, 90811c; ducks, $2(9
R. A N . , was taken to the boMpital at dent was completed today. Maryland to prove a deliberate scheme to make 3.60; dressed turkeys, 13 « 15c.
W alla W alla last week, suffering from was the last state to report The total away w ith the girl.
Eoos— fresh ranch, 28c; Eastern,23(9
a scalp wound inflicted by a coupling- vote of the United States was 13,888,-
24c per do*.
Stonehara,
Mass.,
Jan. 4.— The
K kesii M eats — Choice dressed beef,
pin. He was standing beside the draw- 762. The vote was oast as follows:
head when the cars came together in
McKinley, 7,101,401; Bryan, 0,470,• strike at tbe shoe factory of B. Jenkins steers, 5Jyc; cows, 6c; mntton, sheep, 6c
A
Co
was
settled
today,
over
400
per ponnd; lamb, 6c; pork, 6c per
such a manner as to throw the pin in 666; Palmer. 185,966; Levering (P ro
The pound ; veal, small, 6c.
the air with great foroe. The pin hibition), 130,660; Bentlev (National), operatives returning to work.
P rovisions — Hams, ¡large, 12c; hams,
struck him a glancing blow on the 14,392; Machette (Socialist), 83,639. strike was ordered because of a 10 per
■mall. 12'4 c ; breakfast
bacon, 10c;
Dead, and bounded ten feet higher, M cKinley's plurality was 680,742, and cent reduction in wages, aud a com dry ealt sides, 6c per lb.
promise has been effected.
ad it struck him squarely it probably his majority 816,399.
ould have killed him instantly.
D a rie n In lan d I n u n d a t e d .
S an F bancisco , Jan. 6, 1897.
B x p lo « lo n in m P o w d e r M ill.
N ew York, Jan. 4.— A Herald spec
Secretary Casa, of the state board of
F omtoes — Garnet Chile, 40(d60c;
Xenia, O., Jan. 4.— A m ill belong
ial from Panama says: The island of
¡iculture, ia authority for the state-
saunas Bnrbanks, 86c<9$l; Early Rose,
it that the actual damage to Waah- ing to the Miami Powder Company, Aoordu, in the gulf of Dkricn ia par 7O<08Oc; River Burbanks, 30<g40c;
<>n orchards from the extreme cold located at Goes, five miles north of this tially inundated. Forty-five houses bsve Sweets, $1.25(91.60 per cental.
city, exploded this afternoon, killing been washed sway and three persons, it
ther of the early part of the month
Onions—50 «t 60c per sack for yellow.
very alight
' Jabob Kreltaer instantly and fatally ia known, were drowned. The fu ll
— Store, 23(«26c ; ranch, 30c;
Kreitaer extent of Abe damage is not known as docks, 28c per dozen.
The recent shipment of four cars of inju ria* Joseph Happing.
B uttmb — fa n c y cream ery,
22c: do
leaves a fsBPly.
Happing was not yet, but the indications are that it w ill
from the Reoo mine netted the
seconds, 20#21es fancy d airy, 21c;
married. The M M * *7,000.
be heavy.
•
_____
$20,798.60, says the Spokane
seconds, 17<018c.
okesman- Review.
T w o cars went
C n aan — fancy, mild, new, 11012«;
Mexioo pays $12,000,000 Interest a
that
---------------—
. „ general!
.
It ia a fact not
1,000. This is not ^the first won-
year on that prrtion of her dfcbt held fair to food, 9(910«: Young America
there
w
*
-tennel
n
£ v l shipment from the Reoo. A ^
*
1 nnder th^
11012>$e; Eastern. 19*22.; per pound
in foreign countries.
V i i of t I ancient J
her of shipments have been made w i t h i ^
ran into the thousands of dollar*.
èsume of Events in the
Northwest.
I
St. Louis, Jan. 4.— Jospeb B. Mo-
Cullagh, editor of the S t Louis Globe-
Democrat, and one of the best-known
uewspaper men in the oountry, ia dead,
as the result of a fa ll of twenty-five
feet from a second-story window of his
apartments at the residence of his sis.
ter-iu-law, Mrs. Kate Maniou, of 8887
West Pine boulevard.
There seems to be a difference of
opinion as to whether Mr. MoCullagh’s
death was due to an aocident or was
the result of his own act. The latter
itory is saouted by the dead man’s
friends. The body, which was oold in
death and clad only in a nightgown,
was discovered by Mrs Manion’s
colored man-servant about 7 o’clock
this morning.
Waters, the ooloied
servant, without touching the body,
ran frightened into the house, where
he told the cook of the disoovery bhe
immediately called Mrs. Manion, who
bad not yet arisen, and told her that
Mr. McCullagh had "fallen out of the
window and killed himself.”
Imme
diately up on being notified by the ser
vant, Mrs. Manion dispatched her
ooaobtnan to
summon Dr. C. H.
Hughes, who resides in the neighbor-
hood, and who was Mr. MoCullagh’s
phyaioian during his last illness. He
hastened to the house, and, after ex
amining the body ordered it removed
to the house.
pnt one-fourth kerosene oil and threw
fourths water and a little sulphur, and,
when I have a warm day In tbe winter,
apply behind the ears and front legs,
on tbe flank and root o f tall. Give them
a clean bed at the same time. A fte r
two or three applications I find tbe lice
gone and nits killed. I hare no hog-
lice now, and my herd Is In the best
condition It ever was.—W. H. W., in
American Swineherd.
Triple Murder in an Atlanta
Boarding House.
P o u lt r y N o te s.
Sse. —
T o L o ad L o y *.
Roll the log on a good-sized pole, back
the wagon, tbe butt end of the log
should be about the center of the
hounds, then get a thick block, a. and
pry up with a stout pole, t>, and while
the boy Is bearing down on the pole
quickly fasten the log chain, c, secure
ly around the log. Next Insert a stout
pole. d. about 6 or 8 feet long under the
chain on top o f the log. W hile bearing
down on the pry pole have the boy
place a thick block across the hounds;
the thicker the better. This takes the
strain off the hounds. Let the pole rest
on this and the log is loaded. In load
ing a large heavy log. pry It up and
place a thick block under 1L Then
fasten the chain as before, Insert the
pole, bear down on the pry pole, have
Chopped onions are beneficial i f fed
to your stock occasionally.
Squabs are ready for market as soon
as they are well feathered Just before
they leave the nest.
Provide your poultry with a warm
coop and a good scratching place i f
you want eggs In winter.
White Wyandottes lay brown shelled
eggs as a rule. They are equal to Plym
outh Rocks In this respect.
In order to secure satisfactory re
sults It Is customary to mate cockerel»
with hens, and cocks with pullets.
Never use kerosene on the body o f a
fowl.
Lard alone Is sufficient. A ll
greasy substances will soil the feath
ers.
S h e e p in t h e O r c h a r d .
I have five acres that Is partially cov
ered with apple trees, some o f which
are quite old. For several yeara no
crops have been raised on the land. For
a few weeks in the spring it Is used fo r
pasturing cows, and during a portion o f
tbe summer and fall sheep are given the
run of the field. They He under tho
shade of the trees « greater part o f tho
day, where a good share o f their drop
pings Is left, which seem to be a great
benefit to the trees, and all wormy and
defective aples are quickly eaten as
soon as they fall. I now raise moro
aud better fruit, and believe It w ill pay
any farmer who has an apple orchard to
keep sheep.—John Jackson, In “ Mlchl-
gau Fruit Grower.”
C o rn H a n k s ( o r
B e d «.
There Is no nicer cheap mattress than
can be made f-o n dried shredded com
husks which every farmer can savo
while doing the fall husking. T h e y aro
much cleaner and more durable than
straw mattresses, and to most people
more pleasant than the Iron mattresses
tile block placed across tbe bounds, and now so common although where tho
the log is again loaded. By this sim bed has an Iron mattress, It Is likely to
ple meth'i I one man and a stout boy be tbe direct point at which lightning
can load any reasonable size log with will aim when It strikes a bouse. W o
out any heavy lifting.—Farm and believe If farmers made more of their
corn husks Into mattresses, they would
Home.
get well paid for their labor when peo
H a r d - M i l k i n g C o w s.
ple learned where they could be had.
Tliert* is nothing more provocative of
C a s t in g F a r m A c c o n n ta .
profanity than to milk a liard-milking
Towards the close of each year tho
cow, especially if she is a kicker, as the
ljqrd milker Is apt to be. Farmers who farmer Should Imitate other btislne»»
pray that they be not led Into tempta men, take an account of stock, and esti
tion ought to give more care to tbe kind mate as closely as he can how he stand»
of eows they keep for their boys and financially compared with previous
hired men to milk. It Is u pretty seri years. Do not omit this because tho
ous business putting temptations to account may not present so favorable a
swear in other people's way. There Is showing as you would like. Not to bo
another reason why the hard-milking willing to face facts Is cowardly and
cow is not likely to be profitable. To unmanly, even though those facts seemA
easy-going people, too good tempered to greatly against ns. Seed time and *usr4
lie profane, tile temptation tnkes an vest do not fail to the farmer, lie at
other form, that Is, not to swear at the least Is sure of his living. I f he be free
cow, but to stop milking her before all from debt he Is really the most Inde
the milk is exhausted. Thus many a pendent citizen.
cow has dried up prematurely and nev
C a r e o f W h e a t In t h e F a l l .
er given her owner any profit, while If
I f the late heavy rains bave left any
she had been an easy milker she had water standing In low places on wheat
the capacity to become ns good a cow as fields furrows should be run through
any In the dairy.—American Cultivator. these places, to take the water off or
diminish Its damage. Wheat will sure
L n w n o r G a r d e n L e v e le r .
Our illustration, which Is from the ly be killed wherever water freeaeh
American Agriculturist, shows a serv down to the ground over 1L But usu
iceable. home-made implement for lav- ally with the opening o f frost tbe water
sinks down to a lower level. I f there
is an underdralu near sometimes a
sheet of ice will form over tbe water at
night, and by morning all the w ater
under It will have disappeared.
In
such case the wheat Is benefited rather
than Injured.
A (C h e a p
IIOMEMADK LAND LEVELER.
ellng lawns and gardens, or for doing
grading of any sort It Is made from
a plank, beveled on one edge, the edge
being protected by a strip of sheet Iron.
Into this Is set the framework that Is
shown In the Illustration. Ash strips
can be bent easily into shape for the
handles, or old plow bandies can be
utilized.
A V a l u a b l e O b je c t L e s s o n .
At a recent American Institute fair at
New Y’ ork City, the State Experiment
Station made an extensive display of
fruit, grown on the station grounds.
There were 225 varieties of apples, each
specimen having oeen selected as typic
al In shape, size, color, marking and
general characteristics of the variety
represented. The fruit was the result
o f the highest knowledge of culture and
care and treatment known to the busi
ness. The collection was an object les
son In fruit lore o f unmeasured value
to those In search o f knowledge In this
special direction. This station Is doing
a double service In thus giving to the
public exhibits o f their work; first In
testing the varieties and showing their
merits, and second in giving an object
lesson of fhelr type and characteristics.
S t o r i n g V e g e t a b l e s In
B a se m e n ts.
Farmers whoare fortunate enough to
bave bam basements miss the best ad
vantage o f them If they do not use the
basement to store a great variety o f
roots and vegetables there, and thus re
lieve the house cellar of the unpleasant
and also unbealthful odors from stored
and fermenting vegetation. It Is not
hard to keep a deep basement free of
frost all winter. I f the basement Is
near tbe surface, a bank of earth out
side enclosing an air spnee will keep
frost ou t In the very coldest wenther a
few corn stalka thrown over vegetables
or roots or some loose blankets over
these will protect them sufficiently.
Lice.
I have been troubled a great deal to
get rid o f bog lire, and the beet way I
bave fonnd yet, that Is a success. Is this:
(M y pigs are not troubled with them so
much In thf.warm weather as cold): I
H og
■tÿy
H a g -H o ld e r .
W e glean the following Idea from the
"Farmers' Advocate:” Take an Inch
iHMird, three feet long by 14 Inches
wide, and slant It. Then take two slats,
three Inches wide and three feet long,
and nail them upright to the board
about five Inches from the top, to serve
as feet. Drive a wire nail tbrougb each
comer of board, and turn them up a
little to hook the bags on. Nall the
board down at tbe bottom, and one man
can fill and tie the bags as fast as tw e
men can clean the grain.
F a l l - ^ o w n L e t ln c e .
Lettuce Is so hardy that a little sown
very late In fall and «'Igh tly protected
in winter will get an earlier start than
It can If planted then. It Is best not
to sow early enough to have the seed
germinate In tbe fall, though early-
sown lettuce with pretty thick covering
has wintered safely In winters moder
ately warm, or with plenty of snow to
keep the lettuce covered.
O n i o n s , C abbage« and Flats.
“ You see, It's this way,” be explained-
to the landlord. “ I don’t want to seem
unreasonable, and I don't want to dic
tate what a man shall eat. I realise,
also, that you can't very well stipulate
In the lease that a recognized article
of food that Is In good repute bat l«ad
odor practically all over tbe country
shall not be cooked on the pretnises.
Again, I am prepared to concede that
onions and cabbages are all right In
the right place, but 1 feel that. In Jus
tice to myself and the neighbors, I most
protest that a flat building on a warm
day, when the windows are open, 1»
not the right place, especially I f tbs
day be Sunday and the time about
noon. 1 understand perfectly that yon
can't do anything as matter* are now,
but I rely upon your support when I
Introduce a measure >n the council reg
ulating the nse of onions and cabbage«
in flat bnlldlng*.’’—Chicago I’oat.
The greatest depth, writes Prof. See-
ley In bis “ Story o f the Earth,” at
which earthquakes are known to ortgl-.
nate Is abont thirty miles. It baa a
been calculated that p beat sufficient
melt granite might occur at about
same depth.