QUIEN SAH KT Quien Sabe—who know— is a phrase is eery common use among the K|>ainards, »nd helps over many, many difficulties. Il is expressive. What the weather may be the coining winter, who knows? It may be snowy, wet, stormy, cold, freezing, and hili of sickness and pain, who knows? Some of us today, hale and hearty, may lie on beds of torture, or hobble about on I crutches, who knows? Before the autumn merges into wi iter many may have symp­ toms of approaching trouble, of the old rheumatism coining on, or of lirst attacks begun; who knows? Tbat’sactuiundruin. but there is one thing everybody knows, | the best thing to do is to be ready for the «eather coming and to take hold of what is. Everbody knows what is best. With St. Jacobs 6il in the house, everybody knows they have a sure cure for rheuma- i tism, acute or chronic, it is likewise known that in any stag« of it, the great remedy does its work of cure perfectly. If we suffer, we need not ask who knows, when it is so well known what is best. A Scratching Pen« Many poultry houses are now built With an opeu scratching shed attach­ ed. This serves very well for giving »he heus exercise in the open air in winter, providing the weather Is all rigtit. but drifting snows and cold, dull days make an open scratching sited of little service and entail much labor in getting the snow cleaned out, and in putting things in running order again. The accompanying cut, reproduced from the Orange Judd Farmer, shows a much more practical arrangement than the open shed plan. It Is a lean- to addition upon the south side of the POULTRY SCRATCHING PEN. of the contained water when It freezes. The earth 1- pulverized and put in good condition for receiving seed. Hence it is beneficial to plough the fields iu the fall so that the winter frosts may act upon the hard pieces of earth. In this way much labor as saved and the natural forces do better work than could lie accomplished by artificial means. A further advantage Great Gifts to Education. is gained from the action of air on the M. Eulogions Georgieff, the founder ex(>osed soil. of the Sofia University, who died re­ cently, bequeathed 2,0000,000 franc» to Fall Plowing for Corn. If a heavy old sod is to to be plant­ the Bulgarian government to be applied ed with corn next year. It should bv all to the country’s needs; 6,000,000 francs means tie fall plowed. The earlier tills for a technical school to be established Is done the better, as It will give time i at Sofia and large Bums for other pub­ for some decomposition to take place, lic institutions. which will make the spring cultivation I HOME FllOOUCTS AND PURE POOD. much less difficult. It will also enable All Eastern Syrup, sn-called, usually very the farmer to harrow the land two or light colored and of heavy body, is made from three times before winter sets In. It Is glucose. “Tea Garden l/ripe” is made from Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale often recommended to plow just be­ Sugar by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac­ fore the ground freezes, and leave the tured by the P acific C oast SYK up C o . All geu- "tea (Sarden Drip»*' have the manufac­ land in the furrow so as to give frost uine turer’s name lithographed on «very aau. better chance to mellow the soil. But A Fair Inference. there is never auy danger that frost will fail to go down the full depth of When the continual and unreason­ the furrow in any of the Northern able attacks upon the courts are con­ States. There will be a mellow Reed­ sidered, orderly people are apt to take bed to the depth of the furrow, if the a liberty with the poet and make his fall plowing Is done early. If doue couplet read: "No rouge e’er saw the late, there will be more or less grass I halter draw with good opinion of the roots living and ready to grow among law.’’—Stockton Independent. the corn when warm weather comes. OmnibtiBses were introduced in New Shying. York city in 1830. When a horse shows a tendency to The first copper cent was coined in shy at anything, he should be held by New Haven, Conn., in 1687. a firm and gentle hand, and spoken to Plants grow more between 4 and 6 a. kindly. If possible hold his head di­ rectly toward the object, and let him m. than at any other time of day. look at it as long as he will, then move Of 73 historic kings of Scotland 61 him toward it. If the object Is station­ are said to have died in battle or to ary, let him get acquainted with it, let have been murdered. him smell It and look closely at it The German emperor declared in a The moment a horse becomes familiar recent speech that his grandfather was with the things that alarm him. and a chosen instrument of heaven. knows what they are, he grows indif­ An outlaw, three moonshiners and ferent to them. This is the only way to break a horse of shying at every­ two other men were arrested at the Sun- thing he meets on the road. The man nelton camp meeting at Kingwood, W. who uses the whip when the horse Va.________________ shies aggravates the evil. Trj Schilling'« Best tea and baking powder. henhouse, the windows of the latter teeing above the roof of the lean-to. Ixirge windows in this addition have a grating upon the outside, or wire poul­ try netting. In pleasant weather the glass windows are all swung up to the roof inside and fastened, giving an abundance of pure air and sunshine for the hens when scratching for grain in the litter that covers the floor of the Sun Bonnets for Horses. addition. In stormy and very cold The sun-bonnet for horses has been weather the glass windows can remain closed, or nearly closed. A small door, introduced In England mainly by the Percy, a wine mer­ that, can be closed at night, admits the chant in Tower heus to the scratching room from the street, who has main or roosting room. used them for Feeding Turnips on the Land. some years for his So much is made of the turnip crop own horses. Sun­ by English sheep feeders that Amerf- bonnets are com­ •an farmers are inclined very natural­ mon in some ly to Imitate their example. But we French towns, no­ have grown several turnip erops, until tably Bordeaux, we concluded that in this country In­ where they can be dian corn and other grains with wheat had for fourpence bran afforded much cheaper nutrition each. It is three both for sheep and cows than we could years since .Mr. get from any root crop. As for feeding Percy began to use turnips off in winter, it is not adapted them for his o>vn to our climate. Most of the turnips horses, and eighteen months ago he grown here are kinds that grow above sent one to the Society for ihe Preven­ ground, and the freezing destroys their tion of Cruelty to Animals, but it was feeding value. English farmers grow onlj’ last summer that anything was rutabaga turnips for sheep feeding, really done. The hats remind oue of a which are so deeply rooted that the Welshwoman’s straw tower. There sheep eat into them without pulling are two holes In the top for the ears of khetn up. But they are large, heavy the horse to go through; in the «.one sheep, and will feed where our Ameri- one may place a damp sponge. A rib­ «aoi grade Merinos will not. bon at the back attaches the hat to the harness, and it is fixed to his bead by Model Dairy Cow. At the last Southampton show In ribbons tied to his neck. A bunco of England Jersey cows made a notable ribbons at the top of the cone are not display, both as to numbers and qual­ mciely ornamental, as you would but are intended to keep away ity One of the Rothschilds is a spe­ think, the files. cial breeder of these cattle at his coun­ try place. Tring Park, Herts. Lord Value of Good Brood Sows. Rothschild's Jersey cow Gypsy Queen Before beginning to feed the spring II. took first prize at Southampton. pigs much corn It is well to select all the long-bodied, thrifty young sows .and keep them for breeders. We never knew even in most depressed times, when a breeding sow due to farrow in the spring would not sell for much more than her value for pork would have been. What is more, the breeding sows need and should consume very little grain. Some wheat middlings, with such refuse fruit and vegetables as would be otherwise wasted, will on any farm keep two or more brood sows until they are ready to farrow. This 1» especially true in localities that are «YP'T qUKKX II. largely devoted to growing vegetable» Her picture Is here given. A dairy and fruits. •<,w of that beefy build would have Quick-Maturing Hogs. been nowhere at a fair in the United There is uo longer the demand for States, but ideals differ. It was tuat beefy build Itsell, added to her unus­ the heavyweight hogs which used to ual size, that helped Gypsy Qneen II. prevail when lard was what the hog get first prize. She is of a fawn color was mostly valued for. What Is most and Is 5 years old. A description of wanted now are hogs that at seven or the cow In the London Live Stock eight months old will average a pound Journal praises her capacious udder. a day, or a trifle more, for each day of To the American eye. however, her their lives. Such hogs as these are al­ ways salable, and it is very rare that adder Is the reverse of capacious. they will not yield a profit to the grow­ Marketing Potatoes. er. The best pigs for feeding nre usual­ There are few farm crops that cost ly a cross of the fine-boned small breeds so much to harvest and market them as on some large and rather coarse-built Moot a '.urge crop of potatoes. It will be bows , the male always being the aoite as expensive this year on account smaller. The result will be Jogs, of the prevalence of rot with a not very which for feeding will be superior to large crop. It is for this reason that either sire or dam. many farmers delay their potato har­ Horse Points. vest until late, so as to save extra hand­ There are some points which are val­ ling. It • ay sometimes pay to put po­ uable in horses of every description. tato erops in outdoor pits. But on no The head should be proportionately 'account where rot prevai’.s should any large and well set on. the lower jaw­ be kept In the cellar. The odor of rot­ bones should be sufficiently far apart ting potatoes Is not only offensive, but to enable the head to form an angle K la extremely unhealthful. Besides with the neck, which gives it free mo­ thia the labor of taking potatoes up out tion and a graceful carriage and pre­ of the cellar is much greater than tak­ vents it liearing too heavily on the ing them from a pit. which despite Its hand. The eye should be large, a little name Is always built level with the sur­ prominent, and the eyelid fine and face of the ground. thin. The ear should be small and erect and quick In motion. The lop­ Fall Ploughing. The action of the frost Is very bene­ ear Indicates dullness and stubborn­ ficial to the farmer, for the hard clods ness; when too far back there Is a dis tee broken to pieces by the expansion position to mischief. Paper Underwear Tested. During the war between Japan and China the Chinese soldiers wore un- derclohting made of paper. Experi­ ments made with these goods in the Prussian army proved unsatisfactory, as they were found to last only two or three days. ADVICE TO WOMEN. You cannot have nerve trouble and keep your health, In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the womb, the ovaries and the blad­ der are affected. They are not vital organs, hence they give out soonest. Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta blc j ¡Compound, by building up the nerves and restoring woman's or­ ganism to its natural state, relieves all these troublesome uterine symptoms. In confirmation of this we, by permission, refer to the following women, all of whom speak from experience : Miss C elia V an U oi '. n , 1912 Sharswood St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss G race C ol ­ lord , 1434 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O.; M rs . N ewell , 50 Ryerson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; M rs . I sabel O berg , 220 Chestnut St., Woburn, Mass.; M rs . A. II. C ole , New Rochelle, N. Y., and many others. Women suffering from any form of fe­ male weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Masn. You can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting to relate your private 1113 to a man A Cart Load of Gold “If you dumped a cart-load of gold at my fet t it would not bring such joy and gladness into my life.’’ Sowrites a prominent man after using the method of seif-treatment that has restored so many mtn who had been wrecked by excesses, over-work or evil habits of youth. A little book that makes it all plain may be had without charge by writing THE ER|E ME0|CAL co ( 65 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y. No C. O. D. scheme ; no patent medicines— Just the book under plain letter seal. - I»YS ' K»’TI< TIBI will eure you of Dys­ pepsia. iiidig-st <>n, and *tomnch troub.es or ail k nds. Price. >1. On receipt of same we will deliver it at your nearts expresaoffice free of charge. BID STCM1CH ....FRANK NAU ... Portland Hotel Pharmacy, bixth and Morrilton street. PO T AM“*. OR. BiSE BALL GOODS VA e carry the rn«Mt complete line of Gymnastum and A tbietic iiOtxis on tne Goa-vL SUITS Av>»tUN«P0’M> MAOE TO ORDER, bend fur Our A thi«tic < aiaiogue. WILL & FINCK CO.. • II »o Mark.» SU. »aa Eraa.l.aa. Cal. Quick: Important Recent Discovery. The Smithsonian Institution lias re­ ceived a collection which is < f import­ The sooner you begin to ance to the archaeologist. It is known I as the Seton-Karr contribution, having ! use Schilling's Best tea and been discovered by this Englishman in The first training school for teachers Somaliland, on the eastern coast of Af- baking powder, the better your ' rica. The implements were purchased was organized In Prussia In 1735. from the discoverer by the Smithsonian opportunity to get some of Red hair can be dyed brown, but 1 Institution. There »re about 50 pieces that $3000 00. cannot be given a golden tint. in the collection, made of flint, of qur- And the more you will en­ A New York insurance company is tide, and ranging in size from an inch or getting a good deal of lucrative busi­ no in length to half a foot, some joy your cake and eating. ness in China. weighing several pounds. The objects A Schilling & Company Kid gloves, with hand-painted flow­ are sup|s>seet refused to eat and soon Some old leases of buildings In Bos­ you it your kidneys and bladder are inactive or perished. weak. Don’t you know ih»\t if you îail io impel ton, still In force, stipulate that the them to action, Brights disease or diabetes awaits you? Use Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Handel, the coi-poser, used, when rent shall be pnid In Iron or grain. without delay. It has a most beneficial effect traveling, to order dinner for three, or upon the kidneys when sluggish, anti upon the A peach thirteen and three-fourths if hungry, for five, in either London or Inches in circumference was raised in bowels, liver, stomach and nervous system. Paris. McMinn County, Tenn., this season. One of the visitors to the Tennessee In popular estimation the hair In Centennial was a Rutherford county England In the sixteenth century was man, 84 years old, who, until his trip to the Nashville exposition, had never considered little better than vermin. Cheese ls*lield In abomination by the been on a railroad train. Chinese, who call it “milk-cake,” and AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. consider It In the light of “rotten milk.” We are asserting in the courts our right to the use of the word “ LASTOKIA,” and The share of land failing to each exclusive “ PITCHER'S CASTOR 1 A," as our Trade Mark. The cause of Inhabitant of the globe if it were all I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Ilyannis, Massachusetts, equally divided would be about 23% was the originator of “ PITCHER’S CAS TORIA,” all disease is the acres. the same that has borne and does now bear the waste of energy In every mile of railway there is £ac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on -the organs of seven feet and four inches not covered every wrapper. This is the original” PITCHER’S CASTOR IA ” which has been used in the homes by the rails—the space left for expan­ of the body have the mothers of America for over thirty years. sion. Look Carefully at the wranper and see that it is not sufficient vi­ In Poland cucumbers are usually eat­ the kind you have always bought, and has the tality to keep up en with honey. On the Continent they signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the their natural ac­ • re cooked and dressed In a variety of wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which ways. tion. They re­ Chas. H. Fletcher is President. The number of pupils In the schools March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D. quire aid. Elec­ -----,------------------------ . of the United States last year was 16,- The relatives of Joe Sullivan, who tricity gives i t 415,197, an increase of nearly 5,000,000 died in Oakland, Cal., and was seven since 1890. through the prop- There is little doubt that the making feet eight inolies in height, have put a ) ^er use of guard ov ir his grave, fearing that a of wills originated with the Egyptians, showman will steal his body. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT and that the custom did not prevail In • loo REWARD, B1OO. Europe until ages after. This belt fills tWnerves with electrical energy which quickly goes to the assistance ot thn Grasshoppers attain their greatest The readers of this paper will be pleased to weaker Junctions, renews the life in them, and •Ize in South America, where they grow learn that there is at least one dreaded disease they are enabled to throw off disease. It is a science has been able to cure in all its stages simple cure and never tails. Dr, \. T. Sanden, to a length of five inches and their that and that is catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the famous as a physician and a nd« nt of science wings spread out ten inches. only positive cure now known to the medical and medicine for thirt years, has published a fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis­ book. “Three Cisses of Men.” upon the cause The town of Marblehead, In Massa­ ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s of weakness und^lisrase ana its cure by elec- Cure is taken internally, acting directly tricitv. It is worth >l,ou0 to any man, and is chusetts, gained Its name because the Catarrh upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the svs- sent free, close)v ie tied, to any addremi or can white quartz, which is so plentiful on tei.*, thereby destroying the foundation of the be had at the office. Call or address anil giving the patient strength by the headlands, looks from a distance disease, building up the constitution and assisting SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. nature in doing its w ork. The proprietors have like marble. so much faith in its curative powers, that they All plants have periods of activity offer One Hundred Dollar- for any caw that it 253 Went AV hs I i Ingt<>n St., Portland» Or. Please lnfiilioii tins Paper. to cure. Send for list of testimonials, and rest. Some are active in the day­ fails Address, F. J. CHENEY, dtCo., Toledo, O. time and sleep at night; others repose Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills arc tiie best. Vegetable, Grass during the daylight hours and are ana Flower awake at night. One of the most curious results of Bulbs and Roses. Massachusetts convicts nre getting the investigations made by doctors in Fruit and Shade fastidious. Not content with Boston the Russian jails is the statement that baked beans for breakfast every day each group of criminals has its own Trees^ Spray PumpsBee Supplies J* Fertilizers .* Catalog's Free o1 j* j» they have just sent in n petition for peculiar color of the eye. eustard pie every Sunday. Piso’s Cure for Consumption has saved BUELL LAMBERSON, Portland. Not every Catholic priest Is as poor me large doctor bills.—C. L. Baker, 4228 T)l I’TURK and PILES cured: no pay un­ as the proverbial church mouse. Father Regent 8q., Philadelphhi, Pa., Dec. 8, ’95. it til cured: send for book. Bits. M ansfibld A PoRTERFiBi.b, lib Market St., Hau Franciaca T. J. Butler of Chicago, whu died at Diamonds have been discovered, in x. e. X. u. No. 44, ’•7. Rome a few weeks ago, left personal rare instances, in the meteoric stones I IT HEN writing to advertiser«, please property valued at $70,000. which have fallen to the earth. YV mention thia paper. The great basilica of St. Peter at Rome, it is said, does not possess near­ ly so good an orgnn ns many a one In an American country church. There are two small Instruments that c..n be DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER wheeled about. The Chinese Idea of charging diners- This Handsome Cape represented by this ent, a combination ot Electric Heal and Astrachan, with twelve tai Is, regularly »sold at •ut in public restaurants Is, it seems, <20, will be sold during this month for |15. Our slock 01 Alaska to present six diners with a bill for two Sea) (raw and manufactured) Furs, is now complete. The ladies from all parts of the country are requested to send for prices persons. It being reckoned that a din­ and catalogues. Highest price paid for all kinds of raw furs. ner for three costs no more than a din­ ner for one. CJILeading Fur Manufacturer, • Olivet 11CIU, 145 Thlr<| Portland, Or. S The Irish bagpipe differs from the Scotch in having only two drones In­ stead of three, but the music Is very much softer than that produced by the Highland Instrument. It is a smaller lntsrument altogether. Kid gloves, though so called, are sel­ dom made from real kids’ skins. Those that are so manufactured are of won­ derful softness, and are extremely ex­ ...FOR... pensive. The reason for this Is that the animals that will tie sacrificed for the purpose are specially reared, and •n a milk diet, even the very choicest green food making the skin harsh. Power tnat will save you money and £ I Th- Latest S"a're Lie. make you money. 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