THE YUKON RUSH FREE TRIAL TO ANY HONEST MAN. TOPICS FOR FARMERS NO l> IF F E HENCE W EEKLY MARKET LETTER. bo fifty feet or more apart, with a row this Chilkoot tramway will be the only of trees on each side. It may then an­ thing ready early euough to accommo­ Physical troubles of a like nature coming swer for the family orchards of all date the first rush in Februory and [O.Tlce of Downing, Hspltln, A Co.. Chicago from different causes ure often a puzzle to Board uf Trade Brokers. 711-714 <'hamUrr ol com­ kinds of fruit and nut trees, or If plant­ March. Until that time, there ia ap­ HOW TH E THOUSANDS W ILL merce Building, Cortland, Oregon-] those who suffer pain as to their treatment D E P A R T M E N T P R E P A R E D FO R ed with maples, beech or oaks, will parently little choice between the trails The Forem ost Medical Company in REACH ALASKA. eventually form ’a magnificent avenue. I and cure—as in the case of lumbago from for winter travel, and those who go in O U R R U R A L F R IE N D S . The event of the week in the Chicago the W orld in the Cure o f W ea k I cold or a strain in some way to the same ““ ***“ —American Gardening beforo February may take either. For muscles. The ___ treatment of such need not wheat market was a jump of 4c in one Men M a k e s This Offer. tiiose who go in over the snow a Yu­ ; differ one with the other. Both are had (lay in the price of December options. Th ere A r e M an y Routes Spok en of. But I test Wujr to F e ed Corn F o d d e r-H o w r P ig e o n Notes, kon sled is neoessary. Tiiis is a strong ... . . ... , •Bough and should have prompt attention, an Vet On ly T w o A r e A d v i s a b l e for to Ituninh th e K ata A m ou n t o f W a te r ’ ■■V M A K i t I I f ! E. H E A L T H , EN- We w o u l d caution l>eginners, be te a8 nothing disables so much as a lame back. The sentimental figure of $L was skeleton sled and may ho purchased at Invent your money In one or two good j The use of Ht Jacobs Oil will settle the the G o l d Se ek er to At te m p t—Some any regular outfitting point. u Cow D r in k « • a T es t o f H e r 341 iIk EKCIY A N D LO S O L IF E . Many reached for a moment. The hulk of birds than In half a dozen cheap scrub question. 1 ts efficacy is so sure in either o f the Difficulties to Be Overcome. Value. take dogs to help draw sleds, but all case there is no difference in the treatment the wheat in Chicago is in the hands of birds. In all the world today—In all the history of and no doubt of the cure. can not do tiiis If it is done, special [Special Correspondence.] a powerful clique, who are in a posi­ the world nodocior nor Institution hna treated As soon as you see a pigeon In your F e e d in g o rn F odder* Hint restored -o manr me 1 as has the fam ed How many will go to the Klondike provision must Ire made for food for I last winter put the cows Into a feed loft that Is sick or out of condition, re^ Kangaroo tails for soup have been tion just now to dictate to the short HKIE MEDICAL COMPANY, oi Buffalo. N. Y. next year, liow will they be transport- tiie animals. A eellers of December. These people After the lakes have been reached, lot adjoining the farm. Three pigs for move It from the other pigeons at once sent to London from Australia. ed, are question, now being asked by and treat, and, If too far, use a hatchet, shipment of 2,500 weight was sold at keep on declaring there is to he no cor­ SCIENCE TRIMMING transportation companies and the the remainder of the route is the same each cow were also placed In the lot. A handful or two of hemp seed given the rate of a dozen tails, In Aus* THE LAMPOF thousands interested in one way or an­ for both passes, consisting of about 660 The cows were taken Into the ham ner, but a squeeze is almost certain. LIFE. other in the great movement about to miles of lake and river navigation to twice a day, fed ear corn, broken, and. each day to a flock of pigeons will help tralia they are considered a great The outcome of the May price de­ delicacy. take place. Even the man going Dawson City, at the mouth of tiie after being milked, were turned into them through moulting. Every fancier should have leg hands, pends altogether on the world’s statis­ thither to seek his fortune ia vitally in­ Klondike. It is 50 miles further to the lot uml given unhusked corn foil R E P U T A T I O N S »1.4 I > 1C I N A D A Y tical position. Europe would not be i terested in these matters, li there is Forty-Mile, and Circle City is 800 der. In this way each cow received and keep a record of your birds, as tills one ami one-third bushel ear corn per Is the only way we can prevent In- Are precious scarce. Time tries the worth of too big a crowd he may not he able to miles down the river from Dawson. taking 6,590,000 bushels of wheat and w eek and one bushel of corn 1 1 1 the fod­ breeding, as they are cheap. a man or medicine. Hoatetter’s Stomach Bit­ secure a passage, or to get a proper Tiie new town of Kumpart City is still in a fort) -live \ ears’ growth, and like th. se flour from America in one week if there Look! Look for the little red mites ters outfit, or be sueoessful in transporting about 600 miles further down the Yu­ der. The pigs, In addition to what they hardy lichens that garnish the crevices of picked up, were given buttermilk and that Infest the young birds In their Alaska’s rock«, it flourish*! perennially, and did not exist extraordinary necessity kon, at ttie mouth of Mtinook creek, it into the interior. He would better its reputation has as firm a base as the rocks not trust too much to luck nor depend not fur above the |ioint where the some sklm-nillk. In return for this feed neftU, as they kill more young pigeons themselves. No medicine is more highly re­ for it. But no one knows how long I I received four and one-half pounds than disease this time of year. Nests garded as a remedy for fever and ague, bilious too much upon being able to travel in Tannanuh flows into the great river. remittent, constipation, liver and kidney dis­ this demand w ill keep up or whether This entire lake and river journey is butter and ten pounds of pork per week should be cleaned frequently, and saw­ orders, the regutar way. Certainly, so far as nervousness and rheumatism. the price fairly discounts the situation. per cow, or nbout two pounds butter dust and tobacco stems put in. the regular steamers are concerned, made in strong boats, usually built out and four pounds pork per bushel of The longest straight railroad line in A good illustration of liow little can be This Is due to th ? fact that the company cen- their berths will all be engaged weeks of timber whipsiiwed hy the Yukoners L in s e e d vs. Cotton Heed M ea l. America is on the Lake Shore railway, decided with exactness about eo vast a trols some inventions and discoveries which in advance, and the man who neglocts on the hanks of Lakes Lindermann or corn. The cows were provided with a have no equal in the whole realm of medical While fully grown animals with to secure passage early may have to Bennett. There is a small saw mill good shed and a thick layer of straw to strong digestive organs can eat cotton­ beginning at a point three miles west question as the wheat supply is the science. So much deception has been practiced in ad­ uf Toledo, Ohio, and running 69 miles wait a long time for his turn to come there, hut it is unable to out enough He on.—Agriculturist. conflict ol two respectable authorities in vertising that this grand old company now seed meal properly diluted with straw without a curve. makes a startling offer. around. Even on the overland trains timber to till the demand. Doubtless ta e ttin jf K id o f Kuts. or hay without serious Injury, It Is the mere interpretation of an official They will send their magically effective ap­ there is promise of inconvenience, if not other mills will be taken in as toon as An unusual Interest tins been aroused doubtful whether it Is advisable to pliance and a month’s course of restorative Russian crop report. The Corn Trade remedies positively on triul, without expense, delay. Ho great a rush, all in one di­ tiie tramway is completed, lint miners In the destruction of rats this season make this pa-t of their ration. Lin­ reliable man. rection, will tax the rolling stock of should not rely upon this, hut should In cause of the great number found III seed meal can be purchased at about News declares it shows a shortage of to X any ut a d olla r need be paid tin t i l results are known to and acknowledged by the patient the railroads to its utmost, since curs take an outfit of tools and material for corncrlbs und In the vicinity of poultry the same price as cottonseed meal, and 102,000,000 bushels, compared with The Erie Medical company’s A p p l ia n c e and building a bout, us well as oars and will have to go back empty. If you use too much of last year, while Beeroohm makes the R em houses. The loss from this source has has equal nutritive value. The new e d ie s have been tallied of and written The lowest estimuteof the number of rowlocks. Efforts to take in boats over been considerable, to say nothing of process meal Is the kind pencrally used. about till every man has heard of them. baking powder J shortage only 1,000,000 bushels. The The highest medical authorities in the world people who will start for Alaska next the pass lust fall were unsuccessful, the annoyance. I f trouble 111 corn- have lately commended them. It Is not so fattening as the old process profession of crop statistics is like the­ spring is 60.000, while some who have even in sections. Though it might lie cribs Is to he avoided next year, set They possess marvelous power to vitalize, it don’t spoil the cake. meal, hecuuse more of Its oil has been ology. It is so big a field as to permit develop, restore and sustain. easier to do so over the snow, it is given the subject much attention place the buildings on posts eighteen luehes expressed. Faxseed whole Is a very They create vigor, healthy tissue, new life. Dot why not make your of ail sorts of differences and to enable They the figure as high as 200,000. At an donhtfnl if it would not consume as high, and around the top tack a strip of stop drains that sap the energy. rich feed, nnd If boiled so as to swell it each teacher t,o pose before those imme­ They cure all effects of evil habits, excesses, average of 800 to each vessel, it would much extra time und labor as the old tin or Invert a tin pun uml place it out all that hot water can do It may he money go as far as it will by diately around him as the only really overwork. require 170 steamers to convey the min­ building of a boat would require. over the top of the post. This will not They give full strength, development and given to cattle, sheep or horses with authoritative one. using just enough of tone to every portion and organ of the body. imum number, while 680 would be Wliun the tramway is at work, special­ always keep them out, but will do Failure impossible, age no barrier. safety. Only a very little should be . . . . , . , , . , Nothing would affect the sentiment oecessary to accommodate tiie maxi­ ly constructed bout a could no doubt he much towards preventing their en­ given at a time, as the oil in It makes it I f t S t baking powder “ Trial Without Expense” offer is limited one-third at Chicago quicker than a falling off in to This a short time, and application must be made taken in to advantage, and valuable mum. To send 170 Bteamers in the trance. once. very laxative. less than of the brand you are Northwestern receipts. But on this at No months of February, March and April time he saved. (\ O. D. scheme, no deception; no expo­ Where cribs ure on the ground nnd comparatively simple problem there is sure—a clean business proposition by a com­ The route leads through Lake Linder- W e a n in g Fouls. would make it necessary for two to used to ? have been undermined by these pests, pany of high financial and professional stand­ no unanimity. Pillsbury a fortnight Foals that are about to be weaned ■ail euch day. There is now advertised niann, 0 miles, a lortage to Lake Ben­ a number of methods of getting rid of ing. A Schilling & Company ago predicted confidently that tiie car Write to the ERIE MEDICAL COMPANY, not one quatrer the steamers necessary. nett, 1 utile; down the lake, 24 miles; them, more or less successful, have In the fall of the year, should, prepara­ San Francisco *>23 lots at Minneapolis and Duluth by No­ Buffalo, N. Y., and refer to their offer iu this The others will no doubt be provided, through Cariboo crossing to Lake Tag- la ea suggested. If h well-trained fer­ tory to the time of Isolating them from paper. An old English “ Manners Book” vember 20 would be down to small for there are numerous transi>ortatioii ish, 2 miles; down the lake 19 miles; ret and a good rat dog can be secured, their dams, be taught to eat freely of A t a recent meeting of tiie Institu­ projects on foot, but nothing definite \ by river to Lake Marsh, 6 miles; great numbers can be killed In a short grain, pulse and other highly nutritive says: “ A ludy should dip only the tips figures, with not over 20 per cent of about them can yet be said. This is across the lake passing Windy Arm, time. The ferret will go Into the holes food. The loss of the dam'» milk Is a of her fingers in the sauce h o w l , and the crop left in the hands of the farm­ tion of Civil Engineers in London, the sufficient to show thut the nmn who 19 miles. Those who go in the win­ under the crib nnd run out the ruts, severe cheek to their constitution and should not let food fall out of her ers. There has all through November opinon was expressed that the coming been perfect weather for marketing; material for ship-building is nickel intends to join tiie first great rusii by ter and early spring can proceed to this which can then tie disposed of by growth, which even an abundant sup­ mouth on the tablecloth.” but the authorities at Minneapolis are steel, but tlmt befoie it can be exten- ply of hay or grass will not wholly com­ the way of the passes and lakes would point by drawing their boats on sleds, A N OPEN LETTER TO M O T H E R S . means of the dog or gnus. After the pensate. A variety of food is not only now predicting another two weeks of sivley used, further deposits of nickel do well to make sure of his passage to hut there they must wait for tho iee to We are asserting in the courts our right to the ruts have been well cleaned out hy this permissible, but to be advocated, al exclusive use of the word “ CASTORI A," and free movement. The weather is to must be discovered. Dyea or Skaguay. As to tiie route by break up before proceeding down the means they seldom return, or at least river in their heats, unless they intend though grass or good hay nnd corn “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” as our Trade Marie. count u groat deal on the price between the way of St. Michaels and the river, not for a long time. In closed bins, should form their staple diet. Too many I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, this and Decmeber 10th. It w ill make The psaltery of Spain is supposed to thut will not lie open till June, anil to go through light, drugging a sled where carbon bisulphide can he used, different sorts of food cun hardly be was the originator of “ PITCHER’S CAS rORIA,” easy or difficult the continued move­ have been introduced into that country extensive transportation projects now over tho snow und ice. Twenty-five the same that has borne and does now bear the ment of wheat between Duluth and by the Moors. they can he got rid of in short time. It is still in common tried, says a high authority on the mat­ under way will he sufficiently developed miles below Lake Marsh is tho dreaded Merely place an open dish full of the ter, “ but, of course, they must be given fac simile signature of CHAS. II. FLETCHER on Chicago; it will keep open or close up use among the peasants. long before thut time to make it well Miles canyon, and just below tiiis every wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER'S place are White Horse rapids. Both chemical on top of the grain and permit Judiciously, at various times and In CAbTORIA ” which has been used in the homes navigation between Chicgao and Bnf- to post|>one any estimates until later. Among the numerous superstitions ' It to evaporate. It will permeate every alo, and will influence, too, the move­ of these places may he safely run in small quantities.” —Live Stock Journal. There are hut two well known and of the mothers o f America for over thirty years. of the Cossacks there is none stronger point ami kill all living creatures, fu ment from the spring wheat farmer into the bout if the utmost care is exer- Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is undeniably practical routes to tiie Yu­ than tho belief that they w ill enter using the bisulphide, remember that It Refilling A b s o r b e n t s . the kind you have always bought , and has the Duluth and Minneapolis. kon mines One is by the mountain | cised. Many boats have been wrecked heaven in a better state if they are per­ Is very liillainmnhle, and all lights und The only proper way to keep cows Is signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the passes from Dyea and Skaguay to the here and their contents lost, while sev­ P o rt l a n d M ar ke t . sonally clean at the time they are killed. men have been fires must be kept away from the build­ to keep them clean. It is Just as neces­ wrapper. No one has authority from me to use lakes ami thence by boat down tiie lakes eral unfortunate Wheat— Walla Walla, 76@77c; Val­ and rivers, and the other is by ocean drowned. No one should attempt these ing while It Is being applied.—Orange sary to bed cows and keep them clean my name except The Centaur Company of which ley and Bluestem, 78@ 79c per bushel. The kanoon is the favorite instru­ ns It Is to feed nail care for them In Chas. H. Fletcher is President. steamer to St. Michaels and thence up difficult passages without first having Judd Farmer. Four— Best grades, $4.25; graham, ment among the ladies in Turkey. Its M atch 8, iS? 7 . SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D. any other way. I milk forty cows the carefully studied tiie situation. Thirty T h e W a t e r n Cow Itrin k a . the river hy light draft steamer. All shape resembles that of a harp laid flat. $8.50; siifierfine, $2.25 per barrel. M. Dancel reported to the French year round, and always milk In stable, Other routes are yet to bo proved, and miles furthor down tho river is Lake A New Hartford, Conn., man one Oats— Choice white, 34@35c; choice It has 72 strings, in sets of three, and all who try them must expeot to meet Lo Barge, 80 miles long. Five Finger Academy of Sciences his experiments summer and winter. I f I find any of day sot over 1,000 tobacco plants, and gray, 32@33o per bushel. is played with smail plectrum. with tiie tribulations and uncertainties rapids are 168 miles below this lake, to determine the effect f the quantity my cows in a condition to need wash­ the next morning found that the cut­ Barley— Feed barley, $19@20; brew­ thut lay in the path uf tiie pioneer. mid Kink rapids are 8 miles further. of water cows drink u|a»n quantity and ing. somebody gets a hearing, and the worms had destroyed every plant hut ing, $20 per ton. D EAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED Undoubtedly the great majority of Yu­ These are the last of the S|ieeiully dan­ quality of milk. “ He says," writes l»r. second offense Is sufficient for a change one over night. Millstiffs— Bran, $15 per ton; mid­ I By local applications as they cannot reach tho koners will try the passes, since the gerous places, though cure must he ex­ (¡afen Wilson, to Practical Fanner, In help. The platform and drops aliould dlings, $31; shorts, $15.50. diseased portion of the ear. There is only one "that, by Inducing cows to drink more be so constructed that all the drop­ H O M E P R O D U C T S A M I P t l t K F O O D . mines can be reached in this way two ercised during tho entire journey. to cure deafness, and that is by constitu­ Hay— Timothy, $12 @12.50; clover, way tional remedies. Deafness is caused’ by an in- As to other routes from the coast, water, the quantity of milk yielded can pings, both liquids and solids, will be or three months earlier than hy steam­ $10@11; California wheat, $10; do | flamed condition of tiie mucous lining of the All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very er, and, of these tiie greater number there ure hut three that have any he Increased without injuring its qual­ received in the drop. An absorbent of light colored and oi heavy body, is made from oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9@10 per Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed I you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear- will go over the regular Yukon trail by prominence, and none of them is as yet ity. He asserts that the itmoun of milk some kind should lie placed In the drop gllicdsc. “ Tm Harden i>riys” is imtde irom ton. | ing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is tor .-uie I the way of Chilkout pass, the next sufficiently known to make it advisa­ Is proportioned to the quantity of wa­ to soak any liquid matter. l the result, and unless the inflammation can be by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manu ae- Eggs— 22 ‘j @25c per dozen. 1 taken out and this tube restored to its normal greater number going from Skuguuy over ble for the ordinary gold seeker to at­ ter drunk. In experimenting upon tured by the P acific C oast syrup Co. All gen- i Butter— Fancy creamery, 50@55c; condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; ume “ Ten Harden P d a s '’ have the inaiiuiac- j F a ll M a n u rin g W in t e r G ra in . tempt them. One of them is the Dal­ cows fed In the stall with dry fodder the White pass. fair to good, 40@4oc; dairy, 30@40c nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, There is no better time to tapdress turer’s name lithographed on every can. j which is nothing but an inflamed condition of it is well thoroughly to understand ton trail, leading uoitlierly over tiie tlint gave only nine to twelve quarts per roll. i the mucous surfaces. tiiis route and its variation as to the mountains just wont of the Chilkoot of milk a day, that when this dry food winter grulu than late fall If it Is done The legislature of Uruguay has con­ We will give One Hundred Dollars for any Cheese — Oregon, llj^ o ; Young case of deafness, (caused by catarrh) that cannot two passes. Linn canal, about 100 pass, and paralleling the hike and was moistened with from eighteen to after the ground Is frozen It will lie nil ferred citizenship and the turn of $10,- America, 13}fcc; California, 9@ 1.0c | be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for cir­ miles north of Juneau, penetrates u river route for about 800 miles, finally twenty three quarts of water dally, the better. The loose soil will not only 000 on Dr. Sauarelli as a recognition of per pound. culars; free. number of miles northerly into the striking the Yukon below the most their yield of milk was Increased up to poach less, but the manure lying over his discovery ol the yellow fever F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $1.75@ Sold by druggists. 75c. coast mountains, the very bead of it be­ dangerous rapids. It is claimed thut twelve to fourteen qunrts a day. Be­ Its frozen surface will prevent the al­ microbe. Hall's Family Pills are the best. 2.50 per doezn; broilers, $2.00@2.50; ing divided into two arms by a rocky this is the best route for a railroad, hut sides this water taken with the food, ternate freezing and thawing which Is “ King .Solomon’s Treasure,” only Aphrodisiaca! geese, $5 @6; ducks, $3.00 @4.00 promontory. Into the easterly aim it is yet to lie shown how practicable the cows were allowed to drink the more trying to winter grain than Is Tonic known. (8ee D ictionary.) lö.uo a box. :t w eeks’ treatment. Muson Chemical Co., P. O. Box per dozen; turkeys, live, 9@10c per it is for gciiernl use. The government flows Skaguay river and into the west­ same ns before, ami their thirst was continued cold weather. Besides, If the 747, Philadelphia, I’a. lion nd. erly arm the Dyea river. Both sre will probably attempt to semi in a re­ excited by adding a little salt to the winter grain field Is seeded with clover • Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 85 @ 40c A11 international congress has been f rapid, ice-cold mountain streams, nav­ lief expedition hy this route early in fodder. The milk was of good quality, hi the spring, as it always should be, per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. igable for canoes only for several miles. the spring. nnd the amount of butter satisfactory. the to|xlresslng of manure will be Just arranged at Paris for the discussion of Onions— Oregon, new, red, 90c; yel­ The Tuku ami the Htickeen routes, He found, hy a scries of observations, what the young clover needs to give it the means of preventing tires in thea­ At tiie head of these arms are located low, 80o per cental. the now towns of Skaguay and Dyea. one starting from Tuku inlet, near Ju­ that the quantity of water habitually protection early, and make It grow vig­ ters and other places of public resort. Hops— 8@14c per pound for new Emm these points it is necessary to neau, uml the other from the Htickeen drunk by each cow was a criterion to orously later iu the seasou. We will forfeit 11,000 if any of our pub- | crop; 1896 crop, 4 @60. liver, near Wrange!, converge at Lake cross tiie high mountain divide to Judge of the quantity of milk thut she lisheil testimonials are proven to he not 1 Wool— Valley, 14@16c per pound; S m a ll I'otu toes. l.akey l.indcruiann and Bennett, where Teslin. Small river steamers can nav­ would yield. genuine. T hk I’isoOo., Warren, I’a. Eastern Oregon, 7@12o; mohair, 20 Save all the small potatoes for seed boats are constructed for the journey igate this lake and pass down the Tr, Schilling s Beat tea and baking powder. @22c per ponnd. T ra c tio n Ktitfinea. that are of the regulation form. These down the nVer. Until the past season llootalinqua river to the Yukon below The self-propelling steam engines to Russia has tiie most rapidly iucreas- 1 Mutton— Gross, best sheep, wethers the Yukoners have used the Uliilkoot the rapids, ami thus to Dawson and be­ may be the only seed available In the and ewes, $3.00; dressed mutton, lie iisisl ou ordinary roads are not near­ vanic pass, from Dyea, exclusively, the Uliil- yond. It is claimed that such steam­ spring, while If they are uot needed ing population of any country in the 5c; spring lambs, 5 l«c per pound. ly so much In favor as they were when tricity. when planting time comes they can world. The growth during the last 100 j kat Indians packing all tiie supplies at ers will be built on the lake in tiie Hogs— Gross, choice heavy, $4.50; they first begun to be used. An eight It is nature’s remedy, my Electric Body Bat­ then be discarded. We would not have yeais has been a fraction less than 1,- the usual rate of 16 cents a pound. spring, and that trails will lie opened or ten horse [tower engine put upon a light and feeders, $3.00@4.00; dressed, tery, in form of a belt, is put on when you go The route is 27 miles long, HUd the up to the lake uml pack trains put oil, It understood that we are Indorsing 000,000 annually. to bod. and tlie mild, exhilarating, continuous $4.50 @5.00 per 100 ponnds. suitable truck can easily l>e tlrawu by current sent through the congested veins dur­ summit of the pass is 8,200 feet high. to lie followed soon by railroads; hut small potatoes for planting. I.urge seed A Dutchman of Weert has found a Beef— Gross, top steers, $2.75@3.00; ing tiie night speedily dissolves tiie trouble and Tiie Indians have always refused to until this is actually done the gold an ordinary farm team. It does not Is preferable every time. in a few weeks. Mv pamphlet, “ Three way of spinning thread from peat, J cows. $2.25; dressed beef, 4 @ 5 }se per cures frighten teams along the highway as Classes of Men," has an illustrated treatise on pack hy any other route, declaring this seeker would do well not to intrust which is woven into clothing. The pound. this complaint, and every such sufferer should the putting traction engine Is sure to D ra in the L an d . to be the best one. Last summer, ow­ himself to the uncertainties of those Veal— Large, 4 >a @ 5c; small, 5 1» @ read it. Sent free on application. Address. tlo. As the traction engine costs sev­ A farmer can raise more bushels of fabrics thus made are comparatively ing to the great rush uml tiie eugei- routes. cheap and intended for ordinary use. 6c per pound. S A N D E N E LECT RI C B ELT CO. Undoubtedly the most comfortable eral hundred dollars extra, and Is sev­ better grain, corn nnd wheat, or any ness of all to get over at any cost, tho 853 M eat W ash ington St.. P ortlan d , Or. eral hundred pounds heavier. It Is not other produce, on fifty acres of well Seattle Mar ket. Indians raised their price for pucking, and easy way to reach the Yukon mines Nino hundred and fifty telegraph Please mention this Paper. until often us high as a dollar a pound is hy steamer from one of the l’aoifio now In much favor. Many good eoun- uiiderdrntncd land than he can 011 100 sub-murine cables are now in opera­ Butter — Fancy native creamery, trj bridges that would stand ordinary acres of wet land, and he can do it with tion, most of them in Kuiope; their brick. 27c; ranch, 16@18c. was paid them. This, and the crowded coast ports to tiie mouth of tiie Yukon, condition of tho trail, led many to try at Ht. Michaels, ami thence by light toads have been broken down by the less than half the labor and expense. total length is over 89,000 miles. Cheese— Native Washington, 121,0; tiie Skaguay trail, which, though 41 river steamers up the stream, the dia- traction engine, entailing loss both to California, 9 ''sc. F a rm N o te *. We carry the most complete line of Gymnasium It is no unusual thing for a vessel miles long, was asserted to be better, tance up the river being 1,432 miles to the owner of the engine and the county. E.’gs— Fresh ranch, 30@32c. A good pedigree always adds to the and A thletic Goods on the Coast. plying bewteen Japan and London to because the summit uf the puss was Circle City, and 1,772 to Dawson City. Ill many places notices are put up that value of a horse for any purpose. Poultry— Chickens, live, per pound, SUITS AND UNIFORMS MADE TO OROER. If traction engines cross certain bridges carry 1,000,000 fans oi all kinds as a some 600 feet lower. It was found, Tho troulde with tiiis route is that the liens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50@ bend for Our Athletic Catalogue. When wheat Is sold buy back bran single item of its cargo. however, that the trail wus not bo good, river is navigable only three mouths in they must do so r.t their own risk. 8 00; ducks, $3.50@3.75. W I L L St F I N C K C O .. nnd shlpstuff enough to feed out the that tiie river had to he crossed several tho year, and then only by small river Wheat— Feed wheat, $22 per ton. 8 1 8 -MwO M a r k e t St.. Sun Francisco, Cal, W in t e r W in d o w P la n ts . straw. times, and that, though the pass wus steamers, because of frequent burs. The Oats— Choice, per ton, $19@20. The plants for midwinter and early The average farm can be run a good Make money by succesful somewhat lower, the trail led up and ice breaks up almut the 20th of June spring blooming should lie brought Into Corn— Whole, $22; cracked, per ton, speculation in Chicago. We down hill so much that tiie actual und fo'ina again nbout the same time the house, hut the room should lie only deal better without a dog than with­ $22; feed meal. $22 per ton. buy and sell wheat on mar­ gins. Fortunes have been climbing done was greater than by the in September. There are now several moderately heated, Give abundance of out a pig. Barley— Rolled or ground, per ton, made on a small beginning by trading in fu­ Ciiilkisit pass, where the ascent was steamers on the river ladouging to tiie air every mild day. The temperature Hard work Is not so apt to Injure $22; whole. $22. tures. Write (or full particulars. Best of rei- giv ertj Several years’ experience on the gradual to the foot of the summit di­ Alaska Commercial Company and the of tiie room at night should Is1 twelve horses If they receive proper attention Fresh Meats— Choice dressed beef, erence P.osrd of Trade, and a thorough know­ And consider that In addressing Mrs. steers, 6c; cows, Stic; mutton sheep, Chicago vide, when one very steep olimh was North American Transportation ami to eighteen degree« lower than during afterwards. ledge of the business. Send for our free refer­ I ’inkhatn you arc confiding your private 6c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 7. ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS At Co., necessary. The practical result was Trading Company, both of which have the day. Remove all dead leaves. (Jive There are some good butter cows In Chicago Board of Trade Brokers. Offices in that a very much larger percentage of trading |sists on tho river, with head- only enough water to moisten the earth all breeds anil they are even found Ills to a woman—a woman whose ex­ Fresh Fish— Halibut, 4@5c: salmon, Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash. perience in treating woman's disenx s quarters at Ht. Michaels. Both oom- those w ho tried the Uliilkoot pass suc­ 3@4r; salmon trout, 7@ 10c; flounders In the |mts. The earth should not lie among scrubs. is greater than that of any living phy­ and sole, 3@4; ling cod, 4@5; rock cod, ceeded in reaching the lakes, than of punies are building several new vessels made pasty. il l u s t r a t e d The most clear profit In raising good sician, male or female. those who attempted til * Skaguay route. tor next year’s truttte. 6c; smelt, 2 « i 4c. Chrysanthemums. To prolong the horses Is In the fact that you have You can talk freely to a woman when Nevertheless, improvements are now Fresh Fruit— Apples, 50c@$1.25 per The outlook for this route next sum­ period of blooming, take up the choic­ raised them yourself. It is revolting to relate your private box; peaches, 75@SOc; prunes, 3a@4t)c; FREE being made on both trails, and both mer is that the numtier of steamers on est specimens with a large 1 mil of The farmer who cannot supply com trouble» to a man; besides, a man does w ill ne extensively used in the spring, the river will lie utterly inadequate to earth, and set them In tubs or boxes. fortable shelter cannot afford to winter not understand, »imply because ha is a pears, 75c@$l per box. it being much easier to go in over the accommodate the persons who will be Keep the plants upon the porch In a stock. Lambcrson man. snow, when tiie rocks and mud which landed hy thousands at St. Miehaels by San Fr anc isc o Mar ket. 180 FRONT ST protected situation for a few days until made the trails so difficult last fall are steamers and sailing vessels, though One advantage In having the manure MRS. F IN K flA M ’S STANDING Wool— Nevada 11 @ 13c; Oregon, 12 P o r tlan d . O r they recover. They may then be covered up. @14c; Northern 11 @ 12c per pound. IN V ITA TIO N . there are numerous projects on foot for brought Into the house. Reds of plants reasonably fine Is that It can be more evenly distributed ou the land. Tlieie arc projected improvements building steamers on the river in the Hups— 10@ 14c per pound. Is it Wrong? should be covered over with a large Women suffering from any form of for both of those trails, in the nature spring or tewing them thither Millstuffs— Middling*. $20@22; Cal­ A short legged, short-haired sheep Is As nutslln sheet during frosty nights. Get it Right. female wcaknessareinvitedtopromptlv of railroads ami tramways, but as yet every vessel on the river will probably ifornia bran, $17.60@ 18.00 per ton. Insects. For the aphis and plant H op . often heavier and will produce more communicate with Mrs. Fink ham. at Keep it K ght only Uliilkoot pass shows anything tan­ run in connection with some regular Onions— New red. 70 @ 80c; do new smoke with tobacco stems. Window wool than one that looks much larger. Lynn, Mass. A l l letters are re­ M o o r$ ’i R ev e a l e d R em e d y w illd oit. Three gible. A combined railroad and tram­ ocean line, ami as the pobahilitios are silverskin, $ 1.4G@1.60 per cental. The restless spirit of a growing colt ceived, opened, read, anil answered by plants can Is- easily fumigated by plac­ doses will make you feel better. Get it from way is under construction ami is prom- that the ocean liners will earrv more Eggs— Store. 18@26c; ranch, 40@ your druggist or any wholesale drng house, or ing them under a barrel. Rose bushes Is a sufficient guarantee that It will women only. A woman can freely sed to lie completed by the first of Feb­ passengers and freight than the river 41c; Eastern, 17@24; duck, 25c per from Stew art A Holmes Drug Co., Seattle. In the greenhouse can lie kept free of take exercise If the opportunity is af­ talk of her private illness to a woman. ruary, for the taking of freight front steamers ran handle, it would Seoul as dozen. forded. Thus has been established the eternal Dyea through to Lake Lindermann. The though the only persons who w ill stand the aphis hy ttie free use of the syrluge. Cheese— Fancy mild, new, 12 l,c; fair A merles n. In order to make good beef and to confidence between Mrs. Finkham and probabilities are that this convenience any show of getting thmngh to Duwsou the women of America which has never to good, 7 0 8 c per pound.. make It easy steady feeding of the will be provided by that time, or hy this route w ill lie those who pur- To F u r t n D r i x c w a y . Citrus Fruit— Oranges, Valencias, been broken. Out of the vast volume shortly tbeieafter, Tiie company n itr ­ phase through passage from the starting The cutruuce drive or "lane." as It Is most suitable food from the first Is es­ Get your supplies of us at cut ratea. o f experience which she has to draw $1.60@3.00; Mexican lime«, $3.00@ sential. Large stock and low prices. ating it put poses to contract to carry Isiint to their destination for them usually ( sill'd. Is an Important feature 3.00; California lemons, choice, $2.00 Goods guaranteed. from, it is more than possible that she Kvery kind of a crop grown on the freight from Dyea to the lake at a price solves and supplies. Those who pay In the «urmuniltng* of a country home. @2.50; do common. 75c@$l per hoi. has gained the very knowledge that much below w hat it would coet to pack ! passage only to St. Michaels, or who The IIKvt'»» of landscape effect de p e n d s farm Is needed, and somebody will pro Wwui-Clvlc 4 L 8 ., DeaUi Cepci. Pcitiud. Hay— Wheat, 12@14.&0; wheat and it over, and to handle it so promptly roach that point by independent steam­ largely upon its Judicious location and dnee It and realise a profit In producing w ill help your ease. She asks nothing oat, $11 @13; oat, $10@12; river bar­ In return except your good will, and and marketing. that by the time the owner can walk ers or vessels, will probably bo unable arrangement. While the shortest line best barley, $10@13; her advice has relieved thousands. ley. $7@8; over the trail his freight will get to proceed any further. Notwithstand­ Is the most practical course for travel In selecting farm stock to use as _ * * CHILDREN T E C T H I N C . " J alfalfa, $8 @9.50; clover. $8 @9.50. Surely any woman, rich or poor. Is very «». v..T«nraST»rv AoiiB b, 4 through. With this tramway inopeia- ing this promises to lie the condition tie!ween two |>oints; artistically consid­ breeders, seenre only such animals as ■ W to r d U M M M W T i i«n n i rhikl. 1 MI 1 I «oft- un i 1 Fresh F ru it-A p p les. 25@90c per foolish if she does not take advantage in. cure* w? ‘ __ ::.____. tinn, ami nothing similar on the sk.tg- of affair« next summer, there will ered, a long, narrow, straight line, are healthy themselvesand have sprung large h>x; gra|i !*. 25 i 40c; Isabella, » tks k—i rwiwu ford Twenty flv* cent» o f this generous offer of assistance. Tt Is the best of ■ uay trail, theUbilkoot pass would get doubtless thousands of men take pass fenced on both sides, utiadorned by from healthy, vigorous stock. 6 0 # 75c; peach««, SOcotfl; pears. 75c ill the travel. There are, however. sge in all kinds of ersft for St. Mich­ trees. Is something to be avoided. If pos To lujudtclous feeding may be cred­ $1 per box; plums. 20(4 35c. Still other tramways and nilroad pro­ aels, without providing means for get­ sible. I f the driveway must lie straight, ited a large amount o f the fatality r *"> ('« I'-wlirr Ooid or stl ver Butter— Fancy creamery, 27