CUTTING POTATO SEED. Tba Proper Waj It. Do II b to 8UM a Taltora ( rmawla. There is a right and wrong way to cut potato-fiwl. and most people cut the wrong way. 1 f j ob will take po tato and examine it carefully, you will Bee the eyes, instead of being placed promiscuously aliout the potato, are placed in a Dion- nr less regular spiral from stem to seed end. If a potato is split in half lengthwise after the eyes have started in the spring, you can see the continuation of the eyes from where they njipear on the surface to the center of the tuber indicated by a watery streak, omt-tiling alter the siannar shown in the cut. ftow. If in cutting potatoes for aeed the pieces are cut straight through the A SEED K1TD; B BTEU END. potato, these branches will be cut off, ind the strength of the eye diminished more or less. The proper way to cut the tubers for seed i& to cut them rosawiae of the tuber, as indicated by die dotted lines, beginning with the one near the atem-end, and going h round with the spiral produced by the ivhl This will leaTPtheeyeand its Con ner tino whole from the surface to cen - ir of the tuber, and it will be in the .best condition to germinate and grow. It is not settled yet whether it it best 10 plant the tip or the seed end, or not. In practice I do not do it, as there ore so many eyes together there that they interfere with each other, and. except with new and very highly priced seed, I clip the seed end Bquarely off and throw it away. The usual method of planting pota toes is to cover three or four inches deep with soil, and plant in drills. This is probably the best way where the land is infested with wettls, but I am con vinced that largnr crops can be grown by mulching the surface with straw, where there will not be too many weeds to contend with. One man in Illinois made a great sucoese by using straw only as a covering, putting on enough to keep it from drying out at any time during the seamn. 1 have tried this plan, with varying Knccesa, but a tetter way with me has been to prepare the ground in the best fjoHsiule manner, and plant tlie potatoes as usual. In a few days a light harrow is run over. the land, and this is re peated about the time the potatoes are Hady to come through the ground. After this the mulch of straw is put on, .nid the only nfter-work is to pull out i he weeds that come through; a small ask if the land has had proper cul tivation during previous years. One i( the best and largest crops i ever grew .m grown by th jru'tlicwl, in whatever nmnner potatoes are planted, they must have thorough cul tivation, deep for the early part of the sfiiMon, nnd glial low after the roots be ,'n to run across the rows, for there :b not a crop that is injured more by uaving the root tor n off by cultivation him a crop of jtotatoes. Unless the root have plenty of room and plenty nt food the crop cannot lie a good one. This is one point where moat people n. They do not stop to think that ie potato-pin til has naturally long ots, and nerd to lie cultivated ae i"ird:ngly. If this were attended to, "jc r.rop of the eon n try would ii" enor imsly increoFctl. v. ith not u cent more " cost attached tu it. Farm and Fire le. vry Vll-Kept Farm Bbovld Hst mm apimiprlaie Title. One of the evidences of enterprise and improved methods among farmers is the fact that many of them are giving beautiful aud significant names to their farms, ami then seeking by increased t Sorts to make the farm worthy of its nunc, and one of which the proprietor maybe justly proud. In front of every farmhouse there should be an artistically painted board bearing the imme of the farm, also the imme of its propr ietor, or manager. It might also point the direction, and give the distance, of the proprietor's post uflec town, and other near-by towns, if il-fiired. and thus become, also, a "friendly guide-post" to strangers in the vicinity. Thousands of pretty names, from w hieh any farmer may select an appro priate one for his own home, ma be formed by a combination of words. If located in a timbered country, the name inny lw based on a favorite kino" of tree, or the kind prevailing in the locality, as Onkdule farm. VJuigrove, Ccdardale. tc. Or the name may be selucted with regard to the location of the farm rela tive to some near-by object If near a river, lake, mountain, etc., as Itiver side farm. River View, Mountain View, lake View, Hillside, Hilltop, etc. Or the name may be based on the proprie tor's Worn plant, or the one priuci- A iff wT1y grown on his farm: as Cloverdalc farm, Clovor Leaf, Tlht Oraaa, etc. Tieatitiful and sMjrprsttTe farm names nwy be srlertet. from n thousand words or froD, h combination of words, and each rne car select one. to his owp lik iug. , . . - . Toe farmer wfcr puis up his name and that of h ?r .tu in front of his home proclaims t-'.wby that he is not tHihamctl ot the farm of which he it proprietor. It .s a guarantee that hi t'ffnns shnll bo m directed that them, p'-trance nf hts home shall, ns rapid ly as he can do it, In untie to consist with it beautiful name. In addition to naming the farm, the residence, out buildings, lawns, etc., should be put into repair, if needed, and a good photograph of the home tnkon. letter .mule bearing the name K-t the farm, and also a cut of the house, should be printed, and used by members of the household in writing to friends, or on business. MI these things would stimulate a pride of liome' and fann. umi would surely result in an improve ment of farm methods, aud in an in crease of farm pleasures. Journal of Agriculture. FARM FLOOD GATE, It Is Stasto ami ftervtctmble ud Dam Not Cost Murta. The best and cheapest flood gate I have ever used or seen is represented ii the illustration. It is ray own in wntum and is constructed as follows. 1 wist four, six or eight strands of good. ' iiri.E, BIT SERVICEABLE FLOOD UATK. i!ioolh No. 12 wire together to form s ratile, tiie size of theealile dependiiif; :kiii . lie width of the strcnm or ditch. .ml tasten tiie euiis seemety ut eseii side, the last post of tlie fence answer ii.R very well, if proitcrlv hniceil at top and bottom. Then take brauche:- uf osngc orange or other hunl womi nnil tie on the cable, usinp a sufiicieii! iimnlwr to make a pood fence. As the water rises the branches will float, and when it poes down they will return to tiii'ir proper piacc. If heUpe is not available, Imre holes in xmv kind ol puics ajid striiv; them to the w Irtcable. If hea'-y niaterinl is carried down b the flocil. liht pulesor lumnls are liable lo be broken, but. hedpe KiIes will slain! flhnost any treatment and are cotise HHinlly the best. A. A. Derry, in Or mijje .liuid Farmer. JAPANESE SWORDSMEN. A Sword Cot for Which an Ordinary Mmm is unprepared. The pictures and carvines of Japan, as a rule, present the warriors armed with two swords one on each side. says a writer m the Kansas City Star. This twe-sword matter is more a part of ceremony and state than anything else. When a Japanese means business he only needs one sword. They are not so skillful of fence as the Europeans, but nevertheless have a number of cute and slashes which, being in their nature so many .surprises, would give a swords man unused to their methods some little trouble. The first move a Jap makes in a sword fight is fraught with danger to nis opponent, 'inere are no prelimi naries with a Jap. The fight begins with him while his blade is yet in its sc&DOara. and, as he draws his weapon, wisdom will give him about fbrty feet 01 room. Grasping the scabbard near the cen ter, he slightly tilts it so that the point ot the sword as it bangs by his side is. a anything, a little htgner than toe hilt The sword itself is curved, very heavy, and with its single edge as keen as twuity razors. When he draws it streams from the scabbard like a beam of light, and as it comas he makes a prodigious Btep forward with his right foot, accompany ing the whole with a rapid circular slash upward of the back-handed sort The whole performance is one motion, and rapid in its execution as thought Your Jap will reach a man a dozen feet away, and the keen blade, atoning ita work low, will split an opponent like a mackerel. A Japanese swords man always makes this upward sweep on arawing nis weapon, whether an enemy is in tight or not , THINGS IN GENERAL. White mules are in great demand in the soutji on account of their docility. Nevada. Mo., has a citizen named Dc Hpair. and with name he got mar ried recently. Is eastern Oregon the coyote keeps op the price of eggs and chickens, and many counties pay a liberal bounty for his extinction. . - Is a suit over six geese in Stamp Creek, Oa., when the cost had amount ed to about seventy dollars, the matter was compromised and settled by divid ing the-geese. . Toe first ship's doctor on record is be lieved to have been lit. Luke, who is shown by recent research to have been a physician in the Troad when he first metbtl'auL An owl flew down one of the circuit courtroom chimneys ot I'almyra, Mo., recently, perched himself in the unused pipe hole and listened as if he had been admitted to the bar. The biggest bat on record outside o( tropical countries was killed near New Castle, DeL, the other duy. It weighed five pounds and measured sixteen inches between the tips of it wings. Moose are so very plentiful iu north ern Maine that, as a sportunun can le gally kill but one in a season, it is something of adisappoiutmentto throw away the only chance on on undersized or lean animal, or one with poor oof km, The American Who Killod tho - Great M&tobo.o Dootor, 11, Is a Fighter fruu Tuu SngaffS.1 ' oath Airier A Lmf Kid, oa tlo , tU, SoU-TUe bhooUuK at . at'ltma. Wherever you go you find the Aiu can, and he is never in the rear ran. The best scout in the Alatubcle war an American, llurnham, a Texan, w. wears a Texan sombrero and rides Texas saddle. 11c tights for the plena tire of lighting. "His education and h . natural powers of inductive reasoning. suyson Lnirlish newspaper correspond ent, ''raise him at onoe to a high ruu. among the scouts of this or any other eountrty." liurajinui'seyesaretliewon der of all beholden. They are small, roving, blue eyes. Women fall in love with them. Cecil Rhodes says tlu-y bin see right through a mountain when . Matubele is on the other side of it. -Another correspondent declare the sin ewy little man he is only five feet four in height to be a veritable pocket edition of Hercules. Then he eckh, most impressively: "And withal he h modest ami. trnful," which is some thing wonderful and unaccountable in South Africa. Burnham's greatest feat was the shooting of M'limo under circumstance that would have done credit to Dav Crockett. M'limo -was Uie great wire doctor of the Mntabele. He started t'.-. rebellion, saying that he could tu away the bullets from Uncle Hi: -i Maxim's patent music box into wc;' if his fellow countrtymen would oi bring him presents in return fur t favor. His throne was in a cave wit . vats the center oiL pilgrimages for r natives fur and near. Cnrnham tl t aimed to kill him. The ISntish ofiicc. .aaghd -at his aPempt ns a "fooi wr-ond." tut he enl'strd riteosHstanc ! u K'nriH- ynni-.t ::n,"liJn;imi i:uir." Arms:rmt, uml they started for 51'limo's cave. The. bills were fairly sworn(ing with natives, and Burnham and Armstrong traveled by night anil slept by day. They led their horses, so as to m:-1!' a6 little noise as possible, and also to keep them fresh, as they knew nfter M'limo had been killed it would depend upon their horses whet' er they would be able to return to t' laager or not When they arrived is sight of t.. cave they found nundreda of nativ about but were disgtrjted to find tli M'limo himself was not t here, being tr. or tiree miles away. They sent t' negro servant whom they bad broug with them to tell the witch doctor th some natives were waiting for himwi' great quantities of pres- nts. Then.l the good scouts they were, they mo on some distance from the. place v. ! . they told the servant they would w. for him, so as to be on guard in case played them false. Butindjina-sot"., ran plump into a body of Kaffirs. V the Kaffirs been Matabele t he two sent would have been killed then and thcr Burnham pretendtd they were Ui grt. fear of M'limo and wr,nted to rc:eke hi: presents. The Kaffirs iersuaded tb Matabele to leave the scouts alone nnt :' M'limo came and decided what shouM be done with them. So they started down the rood from the cave to meet M'limo. When they met him Burnham saw that if he shot M'limo the whole crowd of natives would be on. them in a minute. , After going through a long orgy, M'limo invited them Into a cove alone and told the natives to clear out. No sooner were tliey in the cave than Burnham sent a bullet throU'V M'limo's aiaiH. "We tlidn't wail to lay the hot' out," rays Burnham, "but we ran 1 our horses with all ourtnight Thenif rern followed and shot at us repeate. !v, but their nhn was bad. We put on horses to it for all they were worth It sei-me'.'. to me that our horses jumped over some rockf as high as their hcadr. and it a wonder to me thatthevdidn' break their necks nnd ours into th bar-, gain." Though the killing of M'lini did rot have the effect that was ex pected, this detracts none from Bum ham'sdaredevil cleverness. N. Y. Press GROWN IN WASHINGTON. Cloveb five feet high. CokSsiaiks fourteen feet high. A beet weighing thirty pounds. TmoTinr seven feet eight inches high. A cabbage weighing fifty-three pounds. A bescb of grapes weighing six pounds. A FUUPEUr weurliinfr nlnofc-thM. -O j ..... pounds. Ai.fai.pa from a yield of twelve tons per acre. Hops from a yield of 9,598 pounds per acre. Ose strawberry ten inches in circum ference. A watebmelos weighing aixty-four pounds. An onion weighing four pounds and one ounce. As apple weighing two pounds and mm- uuuees. A potato weighing eight pounds four minces. A radish weighing nine and ons half pounds. A MtLL flf nntAtsiAfcttint T.U1.1...1 t ... I -MW-JtUAICUlUrbV- three pounds. A SutTAHU weiirhinfr ma hnndul twenty pounds. Wheat from a vinid nt bushels per acre. StXTV-SEVEN nonmla n4 nnl.l. 4 1 i f v.. wrcn irisiu two pounds planted, Oats from a viebl nf nn K,,.i.n,i and twenty-five bushels per acre. A BLACKBERRV Imali shnwinn ........... one feet growth this year. n branch from a prune tree thirty, three Incheslong with forty-six pounds of fruit on it. A I'LA.YK fiftv inch n.l,lu iuches thick, thirt- two feet long, and W. C. T. U, DEPARTMEHT. lEillteil by the Ligation W. C. T. U (iFFK'IAI. DIHBtTtlHY. I'rwldent , . Mrs. W. A . Sander 1st Vice J'rei. Min. Kellllover ;nd Vice Hres Mitw AllrrUalelirll hrd Vice I'reB , . .Mrs. Momliolili-r tth Vice l'ren Mra. J. K. Cranilsll itecnritiiiK 8ec'l'y....Mu Alice Ambler t or. Mec Mra. Huttle Walters Treasurer Mine Liu Booth A Irani ti'liiR'ianue couventlnii for . Indians, ly Indians and only attended : bj Indians on the Umatilla rt-servu- I tiou seeuis a rut her niguillcaiit sigu of teoiin'ruiKv priutrese, A Ctilwn hi Kcw York Buys that ' Muihii was a tuaii of atiictest moral integrity; Unit he never drank wills, uever played curd and never smoked, and this iu a land where nearly 1 everybody, man, woman uml child, ttiokea. I The siireeon In charge of the troous ' of Vaneou ver barracks has a stem aud i'fieetlve treatment for druiikciiueaa, : ilie main features of which are In; brief, the Btonnich-piinip, stomach 1 tiiansiiig with a strong solution ofi MHla, a IkiwI of hot heel extract with ' i iiyeiint pei ier, an hour's rent, return ' lowork. The malady Is suid to be ou the decrease, Uorge V. Kormaii, coroner of Gib-1 foil enunly, liidiuna, liiaile the follow- lug rt-irt over his own signature, J u liich is commeliilHl In other Coroners: I I "After hnvitig viewed the body and : made all the investigation deemed i urcea.-ary, 1 find that said Joseph j l.vlee cuuie to hie death thruunh 'ulcohnlic poisoning, resuhliiK from his IrlliRing of a Hiisonnu drtiuk-ninking mixture furnished b.v one Joseph Htewurt, said .Bit-wart operating a saloon for that purpose by tulliorlty of Ilie United Htates goveriiuient." Wben Babjr was itck, we jare her Castori. When thu was Child, she cried f or Outorl IVbtm gbe becanm 311m, she cltuig to Coittoria. When the bad OilldnHi, the gav tham Castorla, 0 rrgon Central Eastern. IX. It. CO. Yaquina Bay Route. roiineeling at Yoijulim Day with the San 1 hnitisco and a-iuina Buy bteaniHlit)' i.'onipaiiy. Steaicsbip "Farallon" taii from Yaquina liuv everr it:,it (layrv for Ban r raticiwo. i'inn liuv. 1'ort Orionl. Triruttad and iiiitukititt Hay. Passenger Accommoda . tions Unsurpassed. Hliortent Kiiute Between the Willamette Valley anil California. Fare train Ail-any and Points West to San j rraneinco: f'sbin '.. GOO I Bteerace 4 (10 To Coos Bay aud 1'ort Orforil : Cabin $ 6 00 To Humboldt Bay: Cabin 4 8 00 Round Trip Good for CO Days Special. RIVER DIVISION. Meatuar A1.1IANY, elegantly urnfahed. ft 1 win run uutween Corvallis and Portland ou the fulloning sctieiiiile: Down rivor Tnesilavs. Tliursdovs ami RiMiilays, Leave I'orvalln H a. 111. ami Alliauy, 7 a. ni. Arrive I'lirllanil, p. ni. Tp river: .Mnniluvn, Heilnemlavs anil Iridavs. U-ave I'ortluuil. A a 1,1 i,.l Alljaiiy, 9:Wl p. m. Arrive (.'orviillin. 11 -.a) p. ni J'.tj. Mayo, Sim Bup'l Hiver I)ivi.,i,;. Matiaaw. II. B. Hathy. H. L. W'auiks, A)t't. (Iiip Keyere llouse Allan, llt-H)l Albany, TT "J'M ''-r- i- j ljli Willi jj JCVcfickitilcPr2parati(mU)rAs slmilailng ihclooddmiRrttila Img llic SlauuudiS aiulDowuis cf Promofcs Dicstion.ChecrfuI ncssandRcst.Contains neither OprurtiMorphine norifincrtil. KotNabcotic. jtlxMaM ' JtmtUU,SJf jlmS4i fvuW.lufi . IliMr'i-w.liTW Aperfccl Tleim dy rnrronsllpa tion, Sour Stoauch, Diarrhoea, Worms ,Convulsions,Fcvcrislt ness and Los 5 OF SLEEP. lacSmiile Signalure of KEW "YORK. EXACT COPT OT WRAPPEB. AUONH, Shipsta No. Tor auuoi weilacd ino fsiitall b,it. 4 i,ui i, loiitoil.tiiiiiifii.J tinntts of belt itnllit. nody l W4 lu. v-'lilw by S'i In. loun. nmtte of lm Hrur-ouiKl lunii-Qr lull trsnifl .tad uoplsr imuii-U. tborouulily sliiuii. Horrwiiil mitt tiluiitrfd. lioiilili- ri:oli iiotira full Icuutli. Aiv iiiruliiun. cling. IhiIih. -It'., uuute ot tteflt Norwsv Iron I'&llitluii HUd ttlilih tlrt-claiiH ttiniuuliimt. lloaioH imlntetl s riuti liluiik. wn llri-VHtersieen IiIul'L uv ounnllio bAnd-oiuL-lv i:rii.-d. liiictl Imirity oomnli-te Willi mmit-i, l ntliar dsib. boot, tilnrm llirol' eartiet, suti-nttUcrit, etc A wrluon warmnty with eui:li linimy. ' S4A.tlO H OUTHI-KillAL WflOI.ll.AIV PRtl'V fnr tl.la U..m . Onnpno Mo. SVIK OOOD r)& $5.00 It scut will Order tor No. 120 Tos Bum, a unoaimr ..unity t'nLnlouiio ftliiitt ifitT Ho. tit Mhi! Wig ROAD e liave alt style, but, tins one itv lU moat Hipular. Any ikftlur will wk vuu fo It. Our vlutUfetnle prirc in ,',". Hefjd r- I'jff.UUwiU cnnnm at til tt 13 yoi.rft. Ouar tntwed to be nmiip of mie-.:.ffl luatrliU H or out: lily HuaHinicd, tiwt v.ti : iif pr uirit, Harvni patut wifr-fljfi. clo!K K vim leatlitir ttimniiutit, dmiiil rcajh trom-il :H lentrth, lifl tn, ttnip mH, H -sm lr Ulinr ilnxh, pnlntina; IwKiv Iflauft. ffftr lircv tt-er urcfi, or oarmtno nlctfly n'ripi-il, and flu )ly tiiiitthett thruuub ont. A wmw. wawiiy witii eiu'h wiutua tuu iii'uify roftJHK-d it or rh rprefi.'tiiel. tinltirat -unw. frktu will lift titfttitir mat teftHou. Atttlrn, tin CASH BUYERS' fS8 W. Headquarters . for Sweet Peas NEW DOUBLE, SWEET PFA n ' , . , The "' i-nunoi. io cents. j wonderful Crimson Rambler Rose 0insly--t i Cliri.mo-ilup, ,l f jj,,,,!,!,, Sweet j 1, K,, , l-u,bm V,iicne,,me. , j:.l . llia-jtberru, Ra,pbrrie, New , Under VvlMa. ,J) rilled Willi ijood things old and new. il M.1 f Fl" "m! VvM- Small Muhi tne wi'l. . Z V ",''!,n' " dC( niaiitu or. reri nf .a- ...i-.t isi -7 y! "-"u any oi "I Dnrurcva-n v ROCHESTER, HEW YORK. g feJAMES VICK'S SONSl Albany Furniture Co., (I-NCOEPOSATED) BALTIMORE BLOCK, Albany, Oregon. Furniture, Carpets, Linoleums, matting, etc. Pictures and Picture molding. Undertaking a Specialty'. SEE THAT THE I FAC-SIMILS SIGNATURE -OP- IS ON THE - WRAPPER cf irai BOTTLE OP Z Ciiitorla la pot up la ol lottlo only. It : U act told la bnU. Dou'l altov snyoas to ssll ' s&7tiiiar sin oa t&s plea u promlts tbst ft gf 1" "J"" jocd" and "will rawer trsry twr. pon." Bo tilt jn gt C-A-B-T-O-KJ i. Wi tit In- M BUY OIRiCT OP Mmrn Biiiiuiiis. itOAH iCUIfM re rmnin-ns HI IUU;VS IU1IIOLI.C- ( Ail Kind, inratwrt t tmmt at WHOUBALE PRICES. oxs or ous liTMoaoiNiav itaaias . asia DusoniTioN orbsui.i.v PimoiirCoamso Rot v BsiiorlintwirrEKKnriiiini 3 or bow LurnKk uviuria -liii. vmm oiirtuiu fiwt(!lieri.hnl tlnlnif ot lieMl wool uviiKloUl, tioiilud i-aiim ami uIiihiiiJ ilimurf in qmirti ri.. tiULlli 1-am,l Hl-Hlso IIaue, cloth of tancy leather irhiimlnufi wiiiit uiwliloiw. harviin wh-it-ln, Willi ifi Houkm. Iu or U lu. trend, l.'-lf. lu. UouUlt- oullur .i,.l . I. . heynr lielnre sold lor bill to uicriioui-c our wur h, loonllly we hsve neoidnl to luHki- I. i-ih-oIi.1 uouiiou i.nir llli .l Mury reiulor ot tliln unimr an oi-iiirtutiltt 11- ant utrlr-tiv hr.i ol 5.ii huuy .t tliflow,.! iiriocenrVllor'fl " $40.00 a cniiiiM, .ewlll .Hit, mi. hndon,i inti", ,V,,,Vl, im-iki-d mid mtsd and dellyen-d on board can. Il7, mi. ! oiniortuiilty hjk a tl,on.nBlily llitl, llrad, lip., pi II I "mv a til- loweat nrke orr oflarnl liemeiulH-t - ... 'm.n '.lor??, i"L I -oheai. hiiiniy," but as a stiietiy hisli-vrm. MM" u ,!,i wLt nraomr aiim style. w,lle tuMmrlariir lllu.iraud lim itiflvnt,i ., .. . '"f1"" W. oan .ll you a top !,, low a. swia. ZZl "o u""Z "in m m.waiila. illouoy Rlnmlrd It not a, re.r.ffuif ,i attc, arr yal " OR - IWi Eteganl Road Wagon WITH COUPON $25.00 Ma sit Boil. Wtaox UNION, Van Burer, 8t, Bx. 2191 Chicago. IU ;3'B'KWM " -d Varieties per ound 40 c nta, ') H:Jfpju.iii 5 cents. Qiiar.er pour.d IS cents. Fuchsia doutle wnite Phenomenal 1(5) Blackberry, The Rnthbun. Tomato, Vlck's Earlv I ..a.. V TtoifZXti:' ,A ' Fruils, etc.. with description an uie aiMvc. ' '. me aixivc. a.... . yS) ran li.'.";