- n W A S H IN G T O N GAGE. HlacrtmiJ 'he seci _ ided that! Pays boJ ars px | k J hence, ol ars frotn the iserimina| bounty _ auntervaj initely i ■ it a illl ) (Minn.la ad vancq ecretary | on that! s an ea oree to | » short I will ;ar imp ring the pournl^ 'as not i The ing the | 123.0 121.00 SED. Plora, n. — Seen tse of Piura, I ention the resi last, ;rs used es coni widened te hail I sd, and govern J The ed onl ii he sa| Senor lase on (tementi considel ilding;l is used igh ha coat-oil house, I n for nad gii lark, il vacata if rend ree hq si unti Baienti , aftel recteq le y . t| , unii ig wa nienti has nd e lias I (NFEl R U S H 1 w ill he provided b.v that time, or I shortly thereafter, The i company oper- »tin g it purposes to euntract to tHE t h o u s a n d s w il l f l i g h t fr o m D v e» e a to T o Z :? ;:1 at i the lake REACH A L A S K A . " nch below what it would ¡ •ust T * to “ ^ pack t over, and to handle that by ihe tim e‘ the“ ow, *° pr0m'“ lv Many It (.((tea S p o k e n of, lt,,t over the trail his i, T C" " Wullt tir* With thin * lg lt wil1 8«t ■M Oaty T w o A r " A il v l . a l i le f op through. COUNTY HATCHET. Y U K O N Gold S eek er to A t t e m p t —Home pjlll. iiltlea to l i e O v e rc o m e . " " " ■ »"■' " « s i ........ get Li correspondence.] howexer. ..omwavs and n il! stm other tramways rtilroad pro .many w ill go to the Klondike |,oW w ill they be transport- * u«e is uncertain Ar ri... , questions now being asked by present time it would „ " , U,e this onul 8eem us though jtion companies and thu tins Lhilkoot . . tramway will , interested in one way or an- ■¡ b the great movement about to « 111« Iirnt r u«h in v i ...... . n ,n and EL* liven the man going \i..rni, t ’ t -larch. Until that time, there "is u, , to neck his fortune is vita lly in- little choice between he trails these matters. I f there is P»rently for or winter travel, and those who go in [»crowd he may not be able to bef belore February may take either. For ' , passage, or to get a proper those who go in over the snow a Y u- [o r be successful in transporting kon sled is necessary. This is a strong the interior. H e would better r°" i “ * Dd a-v Purchased at ttoo much to luck nor depend anv anv regular outfitting point. Manv >!, u | kiii being able to travel in t»ke dogs to help draw sleds, but all uUr way. Certainly, so far as can not do this. If it is done, special gulur steamers are concerned, provision must be made for food for irtha will all be engaged weeks the animals. ioce, and the (pan w ho neglects After tiie lakes have been reached jre passage early may liuve to be remainder of the route is the same :ie long time for bis turn to come lor both (.asses, consisting of about 550 65 Even on tho overland trains nnles of lake and ....... - . . c m , aKe river navigation to [promise of inconvenience, if not D.iwson City, at the mouth of tiie r So great a rush, all in one d i Klondike It is 60 miles further to will tax the rollin g stock of Forty-Mile, and Circle City is 800 (roads to its utmost, since cars miles down the river from Dawson, ive to go back empty, lb e new town of Rampart Citv is still lowest estimate of the number of about 500 miles further down tiie Y u «ho w ill sturt for Alaska next kon, at tiie mouth of Munook creek, is 50 . 0 0 0 , w hile some who have I not far above the point where thè 'thesubjeot much attention place ! la m ianah flows into the great river. ire as high as 200,000. A t an ib is entire lake and river journey is of 300 O' each vessel, it would made in strong (mats, usually built out 170 steamers to convey the inin- of timber wliipsawed by the Yukoners number, w hile 680 would be I 0,1 banks of Lakes Lindermann or to accommodate the maxi- Bennett. There is a small saw m ill Toseml 170 steamers in the there, but it is unable to out enough of February, March and A p ril timber to fill tiie demand. Doubtless make it necessary for two to other mills will be taken in as soon as day. There is now advertised tiie tramway is completed, hut miners i-quatrer the steamers necessary, should not rely upon this, but should lers will no doubt be provided, take an outfit of tools and material for t are numerous transportation j building a boat, as well as oars and gon foot, but nothing definite j rowlocks. Efforts to take in bouts over them can yet be said. This is | the pass last fall were unsuccessful, it to show that the man who even in sections. Though it might lie to join the first great rush by easier to do so over the snow, it is of the (lasses and lakes would doutitful if it would not consume as to make sure of his passage to much extra time and labor as the Skaguay. A s to the route by building of a boat would require. it of Ht. Michaels and the river, When the tramway is at work, special not be open till June, and ly constructed boats could no doubt be fro transportation projects now taken in to advantage, and valuable nay will he sufficiently developed time be saved. lore that time to make it well The route leads through Lake Linder me any estimates until later, mann, 6 miles, a portage to Lake Ben are but two w ell known and nett, 1 mile; down the lake, 24 miles; pably practical routes to the Yu- through Cariboo crossing to Lake Tag- nes One is by the mountain ish, 2 miles; down the lake 19 miles; from Dyea and Skaguay to the by river to Lake Marsh, 6 miles; id thence by boat down the lakes across the lake passing Windy Arm, in, and the other is by ocean 19 miles. Those who go in the win to St. Michaels and thence up ter and early spring can proceed to this by light draft steamer. A ll point by drawing their boats on sleds, tea are yet to be proved, and but there they must wait for the ice to try them innst expect to meet break up before proceeding down tiie tribulations and uncertainties river in their boats, unless they intend in the path of tho pioneer, to go through light, dragging a sled dly the great m ajority of Yu- over the snoiv and ice. Twenty-five wilI try the passes, since the miles below Lake Marsh is the dreaded be reached in this way two Miles canyon, and just below this months earlier than by steam- place are White Horse rapids. Both , of these the greater number of these places may be safely run in orer the regular Yukon trail by tiie boat if the utmost caro is exer V of Chilkoot pass, the next cised. Many boats have been wrecked number going from Skaguay over here and their contents lost, while sev ite pass. eral unfortunate men have been well thoroughly to understand drowned. No one should attempt these '«teand its variation as to the difficult passages without first having * “s. Linn canal, about 100 carefully studied tiie situation. Thirty north of Juneau, penetrates a miles further down the river is Lake of miles northerly into the Le Barge, 30 miles long. Five Finger 'untains, the very head o f it be rapids are 163 miles below this lake, aded into two arms by a rocky and Rink rapids are 3 miles further. 'ry. Into the easterly arm These are the last of the specially dan nay river and into the west- gerous (daces, though care must be ex tbe Dvea river. Both are ercised during the entire journey. •cold mountain streams, ,nav- As to other routes from the coast, * canoes only for several miles, there are but three that have any d of these arms are located prominence, and none of them is as yei towns of Skaguay and Dyea. sufficiently known to ma^e it advisa fcse points it is necessary to ble for the ordinary gold seeker to at high mountain divid e to tempt them. One of them is the Dal ■dermann and Bennett, where ton trail, leading noitherly over tiie constructed for the journey mountains just west of the Chilkoot river. U n til the past season pans, and paralleling the lake and [»loners have used the Chilkoot river route for about 300 miles, finally Dyea, exclusively, the Cliil- striking the Yukon below the mosl tan packing all the supplies at dangerous rapids. It is claimed thal rate of 16 cents a pound. this is the best route for a railroad, bui ;e >8 27 miles long, and the it is vet to he stiown how practicable of the pass is 3,200 feet high, it is for general use. The government lians have always refused to will probably attempt to send in a re any other route, declaring this lief expedition by this route early in best one. Last summer, ow- the spring. great rush and the eager- The Taku and the Stickeen routes, all to get over at any cost, the one starting from Taku inlet, near Ju 'raised their price for packing, neau, and the other from the Stickeen 18 as high as a dollar a pound river, near Wrangel, converge at Lake them. This, and the crowded Tesilo. Small river steamers can nav- of the trail, led many to try ¡gate this lake and pass down th« lav trail, which, though 41 Hootalinqua river to the Yukon below *• Was asserted to bo better, the rapids, and thus to Dawson and be 'he summit of the pass was yond. It is claimed that such «team feet lower. It was found, en, will be built on the lake in the [hat the trail was not so good, spring, and that trails will be opened river had to be crossed several ,i loirp an«l pack traina put on, that, though the pass was X oh| o i d ^ i ! by railroads; but Mower, the trail led up and is is actu ally done the gold hill *o much that the actual seeker would do well not to intrust [dons was greater than by the himself to the uncertainties of time Pass where the ascent was I to the foot of the summit di- routes. most comfortable one very steep clim b was V , , k . n » iT the Pacific The practical result was and easy way to f touch larger percentage of •tried the Chilkoot pass suc- ** reaching the lakes, than of steamers up . )eg w Mtteropted th * Skaguay route. river tan ceu p th en ve b e n « ^ c .tr > improvements are now Circle C.ty, and ». • 2 * V lh, t the r™ an both trails, and both hg |n fwtensively used in the spring, The trouble with th small river easier to go in over the river is *be rocks and mud which the year. « ^ ^ no(°fr^ aent bars. The ^ 20th of Jnne ••rails so difficult last fa ll are steamers, bec*"®* ice breaks op about tn r ’ p. and io^ms again ¡^ b o u M h .^ ^ I y * Projected improvements belonging to the those trails, in the nature in September. * y aod the **nd tramways, but as yet steamer* on the •■net paw shows anything tan- Alaska C o m m e r c t a l ^ ^ i o , , , nd ^ which bara “fc?®',,bined railroad and tram- North American bead- ***• oonsti uctlon and ia prom- Trading Company, s S ffttr ft& s S .•¡•pleted by tbs first at Feb- J * **king of freight from ' to U ks Lindermann. The •M ethat this ¡s r K S h -* ’ n <it * « r ’s tra®a- *to m rpK R C N C fe. i i 'O i Physical troubles of a like nature coniine irom different causes are often a puzzle to those who suffer pain as to their treatment and cure-as in the ease of lumbago from cold ora strain in some wav to the same muscles. The treatment of such need not aider one with the other. Both are bad as<min * ,U!r"h0m1<* have Prompt attention, 55,5 ™ lni disables so much«» a lame back. nmLJV* i*?*’ Jacobs Oil will settle t > question. Its efficacy is so sore in eitliV and i. uo difference in the treatment ami no doubt of the cure. i T h e F orem oat M ed ical Company ia the W o r ld in the Cure o f Weak M en M ak es T h is O ffer. h a p p t Tim * tries <he worth of §200022 If you use too much of Hip K oof fo r u Harn. A correspondent o f an agricultural exchange asks for a plan of a liip roof, without purline plates or support at the hip. l i e Is assured, however, that It is Impracticable to make such a roof without some substitute for the pur- lines, unless the arch is used In the fram ing o f the roof. A common form o f hip roof is here shown. It is a modification o f the arch, which is the strongest form o f roof made. The Sdnlling s Best b a k in g powder why not make Best baking powder— one-third less than of the brand you are used to? San Francisco 3023 An old English “ Manners Book” says: “ A lady should dip only the tips of her fingers in the sauce bowl, and should not let food fall out of her mouth on the tablecloth.” AN O P E N LETTER TO M O T H E R S . We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word " CASTOK1A," and " BlTCHBK’SCASTOklA," as our Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,'’ the same that has borne and does now bear the fac simile signature o f CHAS. H. FLETCHER ou every wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER’S CAsTORIA ” which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it ia the kind you have always bought , aud has the signature o f CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use ray name except The Centaur Compauy o f which Ciias. H. Fletcher is President. Match 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D. Railways in Holland are so carefully managed, that tiie accidental deaths on them average only one a year for the entire country. HOMK rK O U l'C IS AND f l ’ KE FOOD. A ll Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very light colored and oi heavy body, is made from glucose. “ Ten Harden i/rius” ia made from Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale by first-class crocers. in cans only. Manufac tured by tiie P acific T oast syrcf T o . A ll fin * nine “ 7Va Harden brine" have the manuiac- turer’s name lithographed on every can. The legislature of Uruguay has con ferred citizenship and the sum of $10,- 000 on Dr. Sanarelli as a recognition of his discovery of the yellow fever microbe. ••Kin« Solomon’« Treasure.” only Aphrodlsiacal Tonic known. (See Dictionary.) S5.00 a box, weeks’ treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. O. Box 7-17, Philadelphia, Pa. An international congress has been arranged at Paris for tiie discussion of the means of preventing fires in thea ters and other (daces of public resort. We will forfeit $1,000 if any of our pub lished testimonials are proven to be not genuine. T he I’ iso Co., Warren, I’a. Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder. In agreeable contrast to the faim liar ‘ ‘ no thoroughfare” sign is an inscription at Sabino, Me., which reads: “ Private way; welcome.” S to p ! W o m e n , And consider that in addressing Mrs. Finkham you are confiding your private ills to a woman—a woman whose ex perience in treating woman’s diseases is greater than that o f any livin g phy sician, male or female. You can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting to relate your private troubles to a man; besides, a man does not understand, simply because ho is a man. MRS. PIN KH AB TS S T A N D IN G IN V IT A T IO N . Women suffering from any form o f female weakness are in vi ted to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. A ll letters are re ceived. opened, read, and answered by women only. A woman can fre e ly talk of her private illness to a woman. Thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women o f America which has never been broken. Out o f the vast volume o f experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that w ill help your case. She asks nothing in return except your good w ill, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, Is very foolish i f she does not take advantage i« ge ne rous offer of assist anna Ilf. I.IF B . It is uot alone because it is exhaust ive that successive grow ing o f one erof on the same land is bad practice. It it j precisely tiie way to breed iusects 0 1 j fungous diseases, or to extend th« growth o f noxious weeds. There is not lunch successive cropping anywher* This is dm* to the faet that the company coo- now. The value o f rotation so as to in frols M>me inventions and dit-eovaries whtah crease soli productiveness is better uu have no equal in the whole realm of medical derstood. Yet when settlers go to j M’ lenee. So much deception has been practiced in ad new country they almost alw ays ero[ vertising that this grand old company now j soil that has virgin fertility with th« makes a startling offer. They will send their magically effective ap crop that pays liest, which Is ivp«>ntec' ‘ pliance ami a month’s course of restorative remedies positively ou trial, without oxpeu.se, until tlie crop begins to fail. Almost to any reliable man. alw ays the settlers on new land art Sot a dollar need he r>ai<l vn til remit* are blown poor. There are so many disatlvant- \ to and ack'n'nrlsdgrd hg the patient The Erie Medical company's A p p lla n c e * m l ages In removing to the outskirts o f civ K cin e d lfH have been talked of and written about till every man has heard «»1 them. ilization that only those go who liavt The highest medical authorities in tho world not tiie money required to buy farm« have lately oommended them, They pos>esa marvelous power to vitaliie, anywhere else. develop, restore and sustain. your money go as far as it will by using just enough of Schilling's A Schilling 8c Company H EALTH , C roppintz W ith o u t R o ta tio n . * ,é it don’t spoil the cake. But . LO N G has the flavor o f tue nut. Like all oth ! er products o f similar kind, tiie con- i sumers must be educated to accept It ' It is uot injurious, and Is considered beneficial to some, but It w ill not take) the (dace o f butter from cream very soon. & f “ ‘ n ortaedicine. Ho»tetter s Stomach Bit-I I.7.V- u v " 5-«*? year»’ growth, ar.d like those a TI.J.' ch*5* 1 lal S“ rili»6 tiie crevices ol ii* * »* - it flourishes perennially, and • h«mpU|tation.b#s » “ tirur a buse as the rocks inemselves. No medicine is more higlilv re- f “ "''/;1 as a remedy for lever and ague, bilious Ihe longest straight railroad line in America is on the Lake Shore railway, beginning at a point three miles west of luledo, Ohio, and running 69 mile* without a curve. AND Tn *11 the world today—In ell the history o f lbe world —nodoetor nor Institution heetreated .nd restored so luenc men es ties the tamed made from the oil o f the peanut, and j EKIE M KDK'Al. COMPANY, of lluffe.o. N. Y. K K I * lT A T I O N S M A D E I N A D A Y remittent, constipation, liver and kidney dis- orders, nervousness and rheumatism. m a r r ia g e IB O Y Kangaroo tails for Coup have been 8cnt to London from Australia. A shipment of 2,600 weight was sold at tiie rate of #3 a dozen tails. In Ans- tralia they are considered a great delicacy. i n FR EE TR IAL TO ANY HONEST MAN. FRAM E FOR BARN' WITHOUT BEAMS, (a) Stable. form here shown Is as near tiie arch as can be easily made, and the braces make it exceedingly strong. It is quite practicable to jolu the bottom o f the outside posts by one stringer from the bottom to the peak o f the roof, but It would lack the stlftuess aud strength o f this form. They create vigor, healthy tissue, new life. L a rg e Trees N ear Buildings. They stop drains that sap'the energy. It Is a pleasant tiling where there 1,1 They cure all effects of evil habits,’ excesses, overwork. j enough land to warrant it to have on« They give full strength, development and j or more high trees a short distance tone to every portion ami organ 01 the body. Failure impossible, age no barrier. from Mu* house, but not grow ing closely i This “ Trial Without Expense” offer is limited enough to cause It to he damp by ex to a short time, and application must be made at once. eluding air. Such a tree, so long as it! No <’. O. I\ scheme, no leception; no expo I continues alive and full o f sap, will | sure—a clean business proposition by a com pany of high financial and professional ¿iand- make a lightning rod unnecessary. T li« i in f. live tr*‘e offers a much better mark, Write to the ERIE MEDICAL COMPANY, Buffalo, for lightning than does the dry walls paper. N. Y., and refer to their offer in this o f a building. It will usually conduct it stroke o f lightning to the soil without A t a recent meeting of the Institu itself receiving any Injury. Proha id j j tion o! C ivil Kngineeis in London, the where such trees are found near farm | opiuon was expressed that the coming buildings they have many times saved material for ship-building is nickel them from the blurt o f lightning, while steel, but that before it can be exten- the occupants o f tiie building were un sivley used, further deposits o f nickel aw are o f the dauber from whjeh they must be discovered. had escaped. C h e a p H ush in g, P e g , D E A FNKSS C ANNOT UK (T R IO Bend a piece o f wire the size o f a By local application* a* they cannot reach th« Fences. Good.fences are cheapest in the end. bucket bale as shown in the engraving. diseased portion of tiie ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and I licit is by constitu W hat is a good fence and how may Turn up one end j tional remedies. Dcttine-M is cans *d'by an in- fencing material be made to cost less7 ( 'slig h tly and flat tiamed condition ol the mucous liniug of th « Eustachian Tube. When this rubs is mtlamed Tim ber is too valuable; so is land. W e j ten it somewhat. I you have a rumbling iouml or imperfect hear ing, and when It is entirely closed, deafness is must run straight lines with w ire or j H ave the loop I the result, ami unless the inflammation can b« wood. I f live posts can be employed | i u s k i . n o pro. J ust large enough taken out and tins tube restored to its normal the great bugbear In cost will be over- ! to slip over the second finger and the condition, hearing will he destroyed forever; cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, come by degrees. Nobody who has | forw ard end suttieiently long to pro nine which is nothing hut an inflamed condition of the mucous supaces. used growing trees for stretching wire ject slightly beyond the forefinger. We w ill give One Hundred Dollars for any upon wants to go back to posts that case of deafness, (caused by catarrh) that cannot M a k e t h e F a r m R ic h e r . be cured by Hail's < atarrh Cure. Send for cir are dead and decaying. A few young The farm er who grows large crops culars; free. trees set In the fencs line each year F. .1. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists. 75c. where older ones show a tendency to and does not make his farm richer ev H all’s Family Pills are the heat. ery year Is losing money, even If he de die or need cutting w ill keep the feuce up cheaply. Nail a board to each tree rives a profit from the crops. It is not to tack the - wire to so it won’t grow always necessary to buy manure o f fe r / into the bark. I f th.? trees are solid tilizers to add to the fertility o f the N o operation* soil. Proper rotation o f crops and the they need not be nearer together than forty feet, light stakes being driven use o f green manure, plowed under, N o clamps of will accomplish much. It may. how midway are sac nreventives. comprcaorg ever, at times be cheaper to purchase No detention A n K a s u y M a d e C ra te . fertilizers, but. with a system o f rota from work. Where oue has access to a mill, and tion. and the grow ing o f clover, the! N o p o it ib lc can procure au abundance o f inch- cost o f fertilizers will lie reduced. | danger. square edgings, he can make a dozen When the laud becomes richer every N o lotion or or more crates very easily, after the year the value o f the farm is Increased t medicine. manner shown In the sketch. A few correspondingly. wire nails, secure the corners. Let Cure Varicorte. P r o f i t a b l e P u m p k i n C ro p s . tricity. T ile titit«* 1ms gone by when the pump i It i* nature’s reme<1v, niv Electric Body Bat k<u was only planted aiming potato or tery, in form of h is put on w hen you *o i corn as a catch crop, with the hope, as to bed, and the mild, exhila: Atinpr, runtinnoua current sent through tin* conurestcil veins dur f ! we have often heard farmers say. that ing the night speedily din-olvesthe trouble and j rite corn would be so vigorous as to cures in a few week.-. My pamphlet, “ Three Classes of Men,” I irn an illustrated treati“«* on I keep tiie pumpkin crop in tiie back ! this complaint, and every such sufferer should read It. Scut free on application. Address. ground, d row n by themselves, on kind i that did not produce pumpkins tiie pre-' SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. j-vloits year, the pumpkin ere > is as prof- Hftli \Yest W M illin gton St.., I'o rllM iid , Or. Pita** mention this Paper. \ liable as most grown on the farm. The 1 | crop should never be grown tw ice in H A N K Y FARM CRATE. — | succession on the same land, ns it will these be two and a half inches long. lie impossible to keep It from tiie stink- j The Ixtttoni may be o f Ixiard or o f slats, ing pumpkin hug that will eat out a W t carry the most complete line of CymiiMium as preferred. A board cover can also and A tnieuc ( jooos on tne ( oast. plant very quickly if given the chance. be fitted to the top. if needed. Such a —Am erican Agriculturist. SUITS A*D UNIFORMS MADE TO ORDER. contrivance makes an exceedingly Send for Our Athletic Catalogue. strong and convenient crate, well To R e n e w a n O ld O r c h a r d . W I L L « F I N C K C O .. Renew an old orchard by plowing In • 1S-MZO M a rk e t St., haan F ra n c is c o , C o l. adapted for gathering the potato and apple crops.—American Agriculturist. tiie fail and applying a top dressing Make money by succo »fill o f barnyard manure, givin g each tree A i i i m n l » N eed Hi m e. nitout tw o big wngonloada. In fact, Lim e is necessary for animals as well j spread It over the entire surface thr«H* on a small beginning by trading in fu as for the land, but lime salts exist in j or four Inches deep, and you will be made ture*. Write for full particulars. Best of ref the food, predominating In some kinds | ustonlshed at the results. Your tm-s erence given. Heverai years’ experience on th « Board of Trade, and a thorough know more than In others. Corn and wheat ! w ill take on a new lease o f lift*, make Chicago ledge of the business. Send for our free refer l ence book. Dow MiNH, H o p k i n s «t Co., Krai ns contain but a small proportion a good growth, with healthy dark Chicago Hoard of Trad** Brokers. Offices la o f lime, hence young animals, or dams ¿ r^ n fo lT a g e ' In" the p ln c e o f‘the si.-klv Portland, Oregon aud Seattle, Wash. that eare to produee young, require j „ Kr„ . n ,(f |iri.vl<>u„ ypnrs. Yon other foods than grain. Clover hay w ill get large Inr„ crops (lf ,.IPI.I1(.tlt frillt. o f excellent contains over twenty tim e« an much Th«* trouble with most old orchards lime as corn, while bran Is also rich In Is lhat they are hide bound In grass mineral elements. L«** weakness, slow and starved to deatli for want o f food. growth and lack of vigor are fr«H(nent- ly the result o f foods containing but P o u lt r y N o te *. little lime. Be sure to feed in a cleanly manner. I BASE BILL GOODS WLS? Si«|icrphn.|>hntc fo r Turnip*. It was long ago the discovery o f Kng- llsh farmers that Isine manure, as they er.' ed lim e phosphate, was good for the turnip crop. This was often fed on the land where grown, and the field thus fertilized with the sheep drop- pings was afterw ard sown with wheat or other grain. Usually sheep given a turnip patch to feed down were w e ll fed with grain or linseed meal, whieli made much richer manure than tur nips would do. H e ll O f f th e P o o r S to c k . Though ftxsl Is eliesp for feeding stock. It is never worth while to w in ter what even sfte r keeping Is sure to be worth little more In spring than In fail. The young growing stock makes a positive gain in size and weight. I f any other stock does not do this, see to It that It produces something to pay its way or else dispose o f It at o n «« fo r the best price to be bad. P e so s« Batter. A new article, known aa peanut hut- tar. la said to bo on the market. It It In cold weather feed a warm break- fa st. Extra good poultry alw ays command the best price. A varied diet helps m aterially the ! g ^ e ra !"h e a lth o f fowls, ! Because It Is easily digested, cooked i food usually fattens rapidly. j Ho not use artificial stimulants; with j poultry the r«*uetlon is harmful. Poultry droppings contain all o f th* fertilizin g material in a solid form. Buckwheat can be used to good ad vantage in making up a variety. Keep the fow ls aw ay from the Imrns, stables and carriage houses; In such places they are a nuisance. Sunflower and sorghum seed can al ways be fed without threshing. Ho long as a good variety o f food can be given, very little atlmnlanta ars needed. Aa a general rule, young chicks of a fancy bread should not bo allowed to go on the roosts until they are throe YOUR LIVER