m fefc . !. r ' f t FARM AND GARDEN Hints for the Good Wife of the Farmer. RICE GOOD FOR' INVALIDS. How to Make Delightful Muffins loe Absorbs the Flavor of Meat, Cuoumbers, Eto. Wlien potato are freshly gathered the ekin its beBt rubbed oil' with salt in a coarse cloth. Wash very clean, and let them remain for about half an hour in salt and water. There are many simple and effective disinfectants, among which are coffee pounded and burned on an iron plate, sugar burned on hot coals, vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor of the sick room. Kice is the least nitrogenous of all grains. It is a good addition to breed, and is especially serviceable to combine with highly nitrogenous foods, such as peas, beans and lentils, it is particu larly adapted to invalids, as it is one of most easily digested substances known. To cool your face and prevent an ollv appearance pnt a few drops of aromatic ammonia in your morning nam. vv nen the face becomes overheated and "shiny" during the dav. wet a corner of a towel with alcohol and mop it softly, letting it dry by evaporation or with little rub bing. The moBt delightful muffins are made from the fine flour gronnd from the whole wheat, This is a dark flour. It differs from Graham in that the bran mixed through the Graham gives coarse texture to any bread made from it. The flue part of Graham flour is coarse like a meal. Entire wheat flour, on the contrary, is as fine as any bolted flour, all parts of the kernel being pow dered. Tne brown bread and muffins made from it have the sweet, nutty llavor oi tne Kernel. Do not lay meat, fish, encumbers or anything else directly on the ice, as it absorbs flavors readily and will impart them to the drinking water. The com partment for ice should be so constructed that no food will come in contact with it. The refrigerators should be kept entirely for milk, butter and water, though sealed and air-tight cans even of salmon, lob ster, ham, etc., may be kept in the up per part without spoiling the butter or milk, and of course without affecting the water, nnless one should be stupid enough to put them in the water tank. Flowers should be gathered early in the morning while wet with dew or late in the evening after sundown. It is bet ter for the plant and for the flowers cut that they be removed by scissors or a sharp kiiife than wrenched off with the hand. It iB far better if they are kept for some time to change the water daily and clip the ends of the stems each time. Rare roses and valuable flowers should lie covered with paper and set in the ice box at night. A few drops of ammonia or a little salt in the water is said to ma terially asBiet in keeping flowers fresh. It is not everybody who can make a bed well. Beds should he stripped of all belongings and left to air thoroughly. Don't, however, leave a window open di rectly upon the lied and linen, with a fog or ruin prevailing outside. It is not uncommon to see sheets and beddinir hanuimi out of a window with perhaps rain not actually falling, but with no per cent, oi humidity in (lie at mosphere, and the person sleeping in that lied at night wonders the next day where he got his cold. A room may be aired in moist weather, but the bedding and bed must not absorb any dampness, Ashes as a Fertiliser, i lie value ui uhiidb uupcuuo, ui wm nc, largely on the com position of the burned substance that produces them. They may contain more or less of potash or phosphate of lime, according to the kind of wood that is burned. Wood ashes are generally valued according to the amount of 'potash they contain, but some kinds of wood contain appreciable amounts of phosphate of lime, and are therefore more vulnable. Pear-tree wood and trimmings of grape vines are said to contain more nliosoliatee than woods of other fruits, and all fruit-tree woods have more nhosnhutes than woods from forest trees. Burned bones have their chief value in the phosphate they con' tain, but burned bone, unless it is dis solved bv snlnhnric or carbonic acid, is not available as plant food. Caustic pot ash has, however, some power to make other mineral plant food available, prob ably by its effect in making it ferment anu liberating carbonic-acid gas. Leached ashes after long exposure to the air absorb ammonia, and thus make them often a bettor fertilizer than before i their potash was leached out of them. 1'lant fitrawberriei' Early. There is no need to allow the new plant on strawberry runners to attain large growth before transplanting it. In tact, the emaller the set the Biirer it is to live, and the quicker it will begin to de velop fruit buds for another year. The early-set strawberrieB require a good deal more work to keep them free from run ners, but they well repay extra trouble. It is proposed to hold a convention in Septeuiber next at one of the cities on the Tennessee river to consider the beBt means for securing an amirotiriation from Congress for a canal around Colbert fthoala, an obstruction in the river below Mlielheld, Ala. The coat of tin work is estimated at (2,500,000. PORTLAND MARKET.' A Resume of the Condition of Iti Dif ferent Departments An unusuallv heavv amormt of trad ing was done in the wholesale line. Busi ness in every line wan very good. Receipts of fruits were heav mr than at any previous time this seanm. Water melons, cantaloupes, grapes ana peaches are plentiful, frodu.ee is coining in freely, and the market is in much better condition than it hue been. Eggs are in sufficient supply to satisfy the demand. Butter has declined 6 cents all around. The drop is occasioned by large receipts ol Eastern stock. From now on Eastern butter, owing to the superior way in which it is packed, will lie carried in heavy snpp y, and the Oregon product will be forced into the background. If farmers would use more care in putting up their butter, it could easily control the market instead of inviting Eastern competition and thus lowering prices. WHEAT. - The local market has a firm tone in sympathy with foreign advices, but trading as yet is very quiet. Public ca- oies report cargoes nrm, Din not quotaoly higher. Liverpool spot wheat is firmer and options fractionally higher, with the exception of October. Trodnoe, Fruit, Eto. Whbat Valley. 11.45: Walla Walla. $1.35 per cental. uil'r Standard. 14.85; Walla Waila. $4.H) per barrel. Oats Old. 45(B50c: new. c per Dusnei; Hav 1214 per ton. Mili.htwi's Bran, .222!; shorts, nominal, $252H ; ground barley, $ho itil : chop feed, fcawMl per ton : barley, ji.aiw j zo per cental. - bixi'EK Oregon lancy creamery, z, 27cj fancy dairy, 26c ; fair to good, zl) WTiW, common, l&Baic: (Jalitornia, 223ij(a 24c per pound. Chkbme Oregon, 1212Xc ; Califor nia, 1-c per pound. Eoob Oregon, 20c per dozen. Poultry Old chickens, t.00(a6.50; young chickens, (2.504.0U ; ducks, f4(3 0 ; geese, nominal, $8 per dozen ; turkeys, 15c per pound. VEtiETAaLES Cabbage, $1.00 per cental; cauliflower, $1 125 per dozen; Onions, 1 '4c per pound ; beets, $1.25 per sack ; turnips, $1.00 per sack ; new pota toes, 50iiiiU0c per cental : tomatoes, 75c HOc per box: lettuce. 12fee per dozen: green peas, i)(a'4c per pound; string beans, iln'M: per pound; rhubarb, 3c per pound ; artichokes, 4Uc per dozen ; cu cumbers. 10c per dozen ; carrots. $l(if 1.25 per sack ; corn, vm'iuc per dozen ; sweet potatoes, 3i4c per pound. Fkitits Kiverside oranges, $3.50, Sicily lemons, $7(18; California, $5(aj(i per box ; apples, 75c(i $1 .26 per box ; ba nanas, $3.50(6 4.00 a bunch; pineapples, $5.OUCi7.00 per dozen ; cherries, $1.10 1.25 per box ; apricots, 85c(ij$l per box ; peacheB, Alexander, 75c per box; Ualiiorma (Jrawlords, lKlc(oi$l ; mack ber ries, uwicper pound; plums, zowwc per box ; watermelons, $2.00(ii:3.00 per dozen ; cantaloupes, tl.50igcl.7S per dozen, $2.00 per crate; grapes, Sweetwater, yocaifi per box. 11.0011.10 Per crate; muscat and black, $1.25 per orate ; pears, $1. 25 ; Bartlett, $1.50 per box; nectarmeB, $l.Zo per crate. N era California walnuts,lls (ii.12))C ; hickory, B'.jc; Brazils, HKnllc; al mond"., ltlfi18c; filberts, l.'l('14c; pine nuts, 17(o 18c; pecans, 17(a18c; cocoa nuts, 8c; hazel, 8c; peanuts, 8c per pound. . . Staple Groceries. Cohere Costa Rica, 21c ; Eio, 23c ; Mocha, 30c; Java, 26,c; Arbuckle's, 100-pound cases, 'M'-.c per pound. Si'uab golden u,4?c; extra u, 4,'c; granulated, oc ; cube crushed and pon dered, tJJc; confectioners' A, 5c per pound. beans small white, 8?ic ; pinx, sjj tfis'.jc; bayoB, 43.c; butter, 4)Bc; Umas, 4?4 i;5c per pound, . jkinev lHia aic per pound. Salt Liverpool, $l,$16.60(ajl7 ; etock, $ll(a:12 per ton in carload lota. uanneo Iyoods lauie iruits, Il.OO, 2lcs; peaches, $2.00; Bartlett pears, $1.86 ; plums, fl. 37 ; strawberries,$2.25 ; cherries, $2.60(:2.oTj i blackberries, $1.90 ; raspberries, $2.40 ; pineapples, $z.50M ; apricots, 75c. Vegetables: Corn, $1.36 l.bo, according to quality; tomatoes, $l.L0(ii;3.25; sugar peas, $1.25; string beans, $1.10 per dozen. Pie fruit: As sorted, $1.50; peacheB, $1.05; plums, $1.26; blackberries! $1.65 per dozen. Fish: Sardines,5cri)l.U6; lobsters, $2.30 (ii3.50; oysters, M..50(!l).25 per dozen. Salmon, standard iSo. 1, $1.25(1.50 per case: .No. 2. HV2.55. Condensed milk Eagle brand, $8.10; Crown, $7; High land, $0.75; Champion, $0; Monroe, $0.75 per case.' . Syrit Eastern, in barrels, 47S66c half-barrels, 5058c; in cases, 66(oi80c per Ballon; 2.26(2.60 per keg. Cali fornia, in barrels, 30c per gallon; $1.75 per keg. Dried Fat'iTS Italian prunes. 10(Sllc ; Petite and German, 9C10c per pound; raisins, $1,7512.25 per box; plummer dried pears, lOd'llc; sun-dried and fac tory plums, ll(12c ; evaporated peaches, 18(!2Uc; rJinyrna nge, iiucj liainowiia, tigs, 9c per pound. Kick sd.bu per cemai. The Meat Market. Bebf Live, 3c ; dressed, 66c. Mutton Live, sheared, 83.Vc : dressed, 7c. Hogs Live, tic ; dressed, 8(89c. 8mokb Mkats Eastern ham, lS1 13c ; other varieties, 10to)12c ; breakfast bacon, 12;'ii13cj smoked bacon, IO liyc per pound. ' Lard Compound, 9llc; pure, 1212iicj Oregon, W12)41 per Poum'' Darius Norris, who mysteriously dis appeared from Astoria, and whose prop erty waB subsequently claimed by other parties, writes from Dunkirk. France, that he had been ehanghied, and there is poBBibly an interesting story yet to be to u about the man ana tne reasons ior I bis sudden and unlooked-Ior departure, TWEET, SWEET, We rambled through the meadows greet Ulce children at their play, He told tne of the wonders seen In distant lands away; I prised the more oh longer grew The stories he would tell 1 found him good. 1 proved him true How oould I love too well ! Tweet Sweet," from the apple tree, A little bird sang to him and me. W gathered flowers In the lane, , For 'twas the month of May, And one year hence he'd come again 'Twould be our weddlog day, Obi swiftly did the hours fly And happy waa my ueart, He told me "after this good by We never more shall part." "Tweet, Sweet," from shrub and tree, The little birds song for him and me. The east wind rose, the sails were spread, FUs ship moved out to sea; My sailor boy climbed the mast head And threw a alas to me. 'TIs twenty years ago since then, And once aeain 'Us May: The sun shines blight, the flowers bloom My tresses all are gray. "Tweet, Sweet," sing the birds In giee, But never my love came back to me. Deaths from Lead Poisoning. In the list of deaths from poisoning In Great Britain fill in a single year ninety-five, or over one-sixth, were caused by lead. The people of all civilized coun tries are In need of special caution con cerning the use of lead. Lead pipes, lead faucets, lead solder, and in many other forms, lead is a subtle and terrible dan ger. Thousands suffer from lead poison ing who do not die thereby. It should never be used, when by corrosion it can become an element in food or drink. The symptoms are so easily laid to other causes that it can do serious mischief be fore its presence is suspected. Its use in red precipitate as a nolder on pipes is aneciallv dajiperoua. Next to lead, the caBes of poison most numerous were from opium, then from carbolic acid. Bella donna and alcohol, aconite, chlorodyne and hvdrochlorio acid follow in the list with nearly equal pace. For suicidal pur pose carbolic acid was used in forty-two cases, morphine, opium and laudanum in forty-one. The fashion in suicide is very variable. Globe-Democrat. A Keoullar Love Charm. In the south of France they make a very peculiar love charm in a very pecu liar wuy. Under certain ceremonies which I do not understand very well the young woman catches and boxes 'up a frog in a box with a lot of Little holes bored in the wood. The casket is then buried in an ant hill and left there for two weeks. The ants of course attack the prisoner and eat up all bis flesh, and all that is left ts the creature s hones. Among these Is a shield shaped bone about as large aa one's thumb nail, upon one end of which is a little hook. The girl takes this bone and has it blessed surreptitiously by the priest without his knowledge that is, she exposes it during the benediction at the mass and then she hooks it on the clothing of her sweetheart that is to be. i was gravely assured that the charm, when properly prepared with all due cere mony and care, had never been known to faiL Chicago News. Copy for tha Editor. Most editors dislike pencil copy. It is hard to read aud bothers desk editor and compositors alike. News paper paper like tiiat on wuicn newspapers are pruned should never be used for anything but newspaper oopy. If it iB used, the sheets should never be larger than commercial note size. Editors may not complain of pencil ftnnv. hilt tliev nrofer nen and ink ftnnv every time. Of course, if ft writer has a retrular and assured nosition. he mav con sult only his own convenience and disre gard the wishes of those who handle his copy; but if he is sending his matter to an uncertain market tne neater ana nana- somer he makes it, the more likely it ia to sell. "W. 11. H. in The Writer. Manufacture of Chinese Cash. A large number are engaged in molding. casting and finishing the "cash" used as coin ail over China Mexican dollars and Bycee silver being used hi large trans actions. The cash are made from analloy of copper aud zinc, nearly the same as the well known Muntz metal; and it takes about 1,000 of them to answer as change fur a dollar, somiuuteand low do prices riiit;. this country, of which 1 will only gisuue instance. The fare for crossing tne fefly on tne reiho was only two cash, or one-nf th of a cent. Scientific American. What At Woods For? "The hardest question I ever had to an swer," said a gentleman who had just come aown from tne l nousana isianas. "was put by my little boy while the train was passing through a small. strip of woods. 'Papa,' he shouted, the roaring oi tne train making it aimcuit to near, 'are there any lions an' tigers an' bears in these woods?' 'No,' I said. 'Well, if there ain't no lions an tigers an' bears in woods,' he shrieked above the din, 'what do they have woods fori Utica Ob server. The Mouse and the gage. Once upon a time a Mouse went to a cage and said: " leu me, u, wise Man, a ttemeay ror my Trouble. I am so small that people looK upon me witn contempt. "Be content, O, Mouse." was the reply of the Sage, after Ketlection. "If your size was increased ten fold men would simply shout "Ratal at you. Moral. There are worse Corns than those which come to us. Detroit Free Not the Assistance He Wanted. "You look ail broken up, Wilkins." "I am. I called upon old Burkina last night for a loan." "Wouldn't he help you outt" "Yes. He did help me out with his left foot too. That's what has broken my back and spirits. " Munsey's Weekly. Ridiculous. "The idea of a man of your ago begging! Why don't you go to work V "Go to work? Pshaw, slrt The idea of a man changing his profession at my time of lifel" Muusey's Weekly. One llecommendatloa. Pair Young Creature (after some recita tions) Do you think 1 would do for a Julietl Manager (anxious not to hurt feelings Urn r well, you'd look very pretty in the tomb.--New York Weekly. Not a Secret Society Man. "Are you a Masonp asked one citizen of another. "No, by the powers," was the unexpected reply. "Oi'm a hod carrier." Washington Capital Copyright, ISM, Which will you have, sickness, suffering and despair, or health, strength, and spirit ? Vou can take your choice, All chronic diseases and de rangements peculiar to women are permanently cured by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It restores the female func tions to healthy action. It removes the obstructions and suppressions which cause trouble and misery. For pe riodical pains, internal inflam mation, ulceration and kindred ailments, it is a positive rem edy. The system, is invig orated, the blood enriched, di gestion improved, melancholy and nervousness dispelled. It s a legitimate medicine, the only one that's guaranteed to give satisfaction in the cure of all "female complaints." "August Flower Mr. Lorenzo F. Sleeper is very well known to the citizens of Apple ton, Me., and neighborhood. He says: " Eight years ago I was taken sick, and suffered as no one but a dyspeptic can. I then began tak- " ing August Flower. At that time "I was a great sufferer. Every " thing I ate distressed me so that I " had to throw it up. Then in a tew moments that horrid distress " would come on and I would have "to eat and suffer "again. I took a "little of your med " icine, and felt much "better, and after " taking a little more " August Flower my " Dyspepsia disap- For that Horrid Stomach Feeling. "peared, and since that time I have never had tne nrst sign ot it. " I can eat anything without the "least fear of distress. I wish all "that are afflicted with that terrible "disease or the troubles caused by "it would try August Flower, as I am satisfied there is no medicine "equal to it." S STANDS 0,J MERIT. ffMtiTiFrcuT.wq QMnuiuf ThRACCO- Wl lvtt",a. i A pure Virginia plug cut smoking tobacco that does not bite the tongue, and is free from any foreign mixture. More solid comfort in one package of Mastiff than you can get out of a dozen others, Packed an canvas pouches. J. B. Pace Tobacco Co., Richmond, Virginia. U. P. N. U. Mo. 402-S. F. N. U. Uo. 471) SEEDS Of all kinds mid In any quantity whoie BHle mid retail al bed-rock prft'es, E. J. BOWEN, 65 Front Street, Portland, Or. Send for catalogue. SEEDS Tented good u and caah iirlceu. Our ciititlrimie tella the ret. F. L. POSSON & SON, iforciana, uregon. , AMERICAN PLAN, Our plan of dolnfr business In to sell everybody on the same banls; if one person buys carloads and another single Items, of course, the large ouyer saves in me cost oi nannmiK, 0111 we muKe the same per cent, of profit an on the one who spends a blngle dollar with us. Both are our friends and equally welcome. Why Hhonld small buyers be ohaiyed more than organization, associations, combinations and aggregations of capital except aa to quan tity. FAVOR YOUR FRIENDS And those who look out for your interests io small or great matters, and you will profit bv It. Ask for our list of 10.000 article at wholesale priccK (free). SMITH'S CASH STORE, 416-418 Front Straat, Stn Francisco, Cal. CENDRON SAFETY BICYCLE FOR LADIEa AND GENTLEMEN. Handsomest Wheel in the market. Btrlctlv H1h Grade in every particular. Cushion Tires, Tan gent Spokes, from V35 to S115. Send lor IUua trated Catalogue, fret. KELLOCC & HALL, Pacific Coast Agts., 15 First St., San Francisco, Cal. BHOOKI.VN HOTEL, Bush St., nt. Mont (omen' a Ssnsonie. S. P.; sonducteA on both the European and American plan. This Hotel Is under tke tnagement of Charles Montgomery, and Is the best Family and Business Men's Hotel in Ban Fran cisco. Home comforts, cuisine nnexceUed, first-cl I Bsrrloe, highest stand d of respectability guaranteed. Board sod room per dar, 11.35 to 12.00; single room, 60 cents to $1.00 pes night. Free coach to and from the notei. JOHNSTON & LAWRENCE, WH0LK8ALK AMD BKTAIl . Plumber' and Engineers' Suppllei, Hand and Steam Pumps, Iron Pipe. Rama, Pipe Covering, Lubricators, Water Motors, Fans and Ventilators, Cash Registers, Etc. Write forprfceB. , 232 FIRST SL, PORTLAND, OR. Contractors on beattDg and ventilating buildings. Estimate furnished. 1. rerfions mterehwa, aa f drees for full aud frue in- 1 Tlieosophlcal Society, Room 35, No. m Market ritreet,a Francisco, Cal. Portland, Oregon. A. P. Animtronn, Prin. Branch School : Capital Bug. Collf.uk, Salem, Oregon, game coursea ot study, aame rates of Lultion, Business. Shorthand, Typewriting, Penmanship, and English Department! fIn smlon throughout the yesttv StuilenU admit ted at any time. Catalogue from either nchoul, free. ST. HELEN'S HALL, Portland, Oregon. A Boarding nnd Pnr School for fllrls; Founded 18110; the ltlght hev. B. Wistar Morris, D. 1., Keetor. ThorouKh lnstroctlon; a larire and carefully se lected corps of teachers; students prepared for col lege; new and elegant boildlnij In the rhoxt com manding and beautiful part of the city. For. cata logue address the MIHtK3 HODNEV. OREGON STATE FAIR COMMENCES SEPTEMBER 14. 1891. Near ftileni. More and liirger prc.miu..8 oflfcred thin year for exhibits of stock, Huricultural prod- . uctt?, fruits, floweru, mlnuritls, meohimios, works of art and fancy work. Kplundirt racing each day. The Pavilion, lighted by electricity, will be open lour nights and a mma concert each, nlirlit. Reduced rates on all triiUBportatlonlinea. Send to J. T, GKEiiiJ, Secretary, Eortlaud. for a . premium nut. "THE SPECIFIC A NO. I." iCures all unnatural discharges of men, no matter of bow long standing, pre YOUNG vents stricture, it Denig an internal remedy. Cures when everything elaa MEN! !hn failed. Price.tf 3.00. Circular on lapiilk-tion. Kia by Druggists or sent Ion rec-lpt of price by The A. 8choen jhett Medicine Co.. Ban Jose, Cal. McCRAKEN t CO., -DEALERS IN Rocha Harbor Llms, Portland Cement, Qol icn Date and Ulak Plaster, Hair. Firs Brlok and Fin Clay. LAND PLASTIB. 60 North Front Street. Cor. Df PORTLAND, OB. FRAZER AXLE BestintheWorld! Get the Genuine! GREASE Sold Everywhere! Bin- G IsthoarknrmledK'wl IpnilinD rtmriv Itir all th. I unnatural discharges and private diseases n! men. A corlaln cure lor tne deblli tatlng weakness peculiar w women. T tireacrllMiltaTid tfll aaf iTHEEvAHSCHtHIMlCo. in recommending it M a. a. oilmen, si u.,utuNiosiiu. bolrt bj DrDtncUUk I'KIL QI.UU. THE B K AT EST 'lea Jb Chicken Live Kilter, Auk your dealer for it. or Bond (or Free Circular to Petaluma Incubator Co., Petaluma, CaL Old Gold and Silver Bought; send your old Gold and 811 er by mall to the old and reliable house of A. Colemaa, 41 Third street. Ban FTanduo; I will send by return mall the cash, according to atuyi U the amount U uot wt-ifoctwiy will return gold. ! t f jTUures Iny m JrUnUHtMd DDtt. 1 w -.M sauw sma Wm Nl'dosKbr V'lTsibutOii V mi nKiiTi,o.nn mimm t- 1 BIT iwtm