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A HINT FROM THE KLONDIKE mors Joseph Laluo, the famous trapper ■nd miner and the present owner of Dawson City, and for many years the ■gent of the Alaska Commercial Com pany, gives a hint to persons going to Alaska, and pays great compliment to ■ well-known article. He writes: “I have always used the Koval Bak ing Powder in Alaska and Northwest Territory, as no other gave equal satis faction in that harsh climate. 1 also found my customers always insisted on having that brand.” An English prophet announces for 1898 the discovery of the north pole, the opening of communication with Mare, war in Europe, a revolution in South America, riots in London and the kidnaping of the young king of Spain. That South American event is resonably certain to happen. Hen-Tisht Fence. That pimple on your arm, those I am well. 1 think it is the best blood medicine in the world.”—C. W. C abky , eruptions, itching and burning hives, Prineville, Oregon. just as surely Indicate impurities in the blood, which should have prompt and shel potato bugs, whlca come up just careful attention, as do boils, carbun about the time the potatoes tlo. and will cles, ulcers, salt rheum and the sever often be found gnawLug the ¡»otato est forms of scrofula. Hood’s Sarsa shoots before It Is fairly out of the parilla cures all huntots of the blood of ground. It Is much better to plow a every form and degree. . clover sod somewhere on rich land for That Tired Feeling the early potatoes, and reserve the gar den for vegetables not i easily grown So common in the spring, is also due by Held culture. to the «veak, thin, depleted condition of the blood. Make your blood pure by Superiority of Dehorned Cattle. taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and you Packers probably pay more for dis will be strong and ready for work, will horned cattle. They always ship bet have good appetite and good health. ter, resulting In less bruising, and, Try Hood’s Sarsaparilla this spring. while the scratching of horns on the “I feel it my duty to let people know hides very rarely does any great dam how much good Hood’s Sarsaparilla did age, it Is frequently discriminated forme. My health was poor and I had and taken medicine, but found My whole system being out of order and against by hide buyers. The dressed doctored no relief, so I thought I would try Hood’s my right side partially paralyzed. I was carcass Is also blemished If any bruises Sarsaparilla. After taking two bottles I under a doctor's care most of last winter. occur. In the main, therefore, dishorn felt better and 1 kept on taking it and now I have tried various remedies and realized ed cattle dress much better. Where cattle are kept up we should say by all means that the dishorning system is preferable for packing-house purposes. —Rural New-Yorker. On many farms the hens could be A new rubber overshoe for wet weather wear does not extend around given free range if the garden fence the heel, but is fastened to the narrow were a sufficient barrier to the fowls. part of the shoe sole by spring clips to The cut shows a picket fence with a picket extending upward for fifteen hold it in place. inches every twelve feet. To these ex A neat attachment recently patented tended ends of the pickets Is stretched to prevent bicycle lamps from going n twelve-inch strip of wire netting, as out, consists of a piece of wire gauze shown In the sketch. In the promi bent to form a basket surrounding the nence of the pickets the fowls do not flame to shield it horn sudden draughts clearly notice the netting until they of air. ____ ____________ fly against it. After a few trials they will give up the attempt to fly over. A LONG LOOK AUE.t». Poultry yard fences can be constructed Cottonseed Meal. The politicians are even now beginning to The hulls of cotton seed are exceed weigh the posslbtllliea Involved in the next in this way, using ordinary pickets, presidential election. The papers are full of and above them any needed width of ingly hard to digest. For this the cot electioneering gossip, and venture predictions tonseed meal that contains many of the as to the future which are somewhat too self- confident But It is safe to say that a system black specks which are parts of the atic course of Hoatetrer's Stomach Hitters will hull should never be fed to young renew health in the malarious, bilious, rheu matic, costive or nervous. stock, or even to older stock, unless it has been gradually accustomed to Its Dressmakers can make use of a new use. The meal free from sjH-cks Is very thread-cutter which is formed of a rich food, and especially In the material smail steel blade, surrounded by a bent for furnishing strength. It needs to be wire casing having a pin at the back to fed with some divisor that contains lit attach it to the dress in a handy posi tle nutrition, and for tills purpose grain tion for use. straw is better than hay, as it is less FITS Permanently Cured. No fitsor nervousnea likely to cloy the animal. run after first day s use of Dr. Kllue’s Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FKr.K «a.OO triul botUe and treatise. DLL B. H. Kf.TNR Ltd., uau Arch street, Philadelpiilo, pg. Four aidermen and a banker of Mun sing. Mich., are under arerst on a charge of bribery in connection with the acceptance of the new water works. For the present the Cuban war question is sidetracked at Munsing. HEN-TIGHT PICKET FENCE, netting, according as the fowls are Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks or Leg horns.—Orange Judd Farmer. Skill in Bee Culture. Simplicity and efficiency are the main requirements of the modern bee hive. The hive produces no honey, but Piso’s Cure for Consumption is the best of all cough cures.—George W. Lotz, Fa- It Is an Indispensable Implement in bee culture. The best implement is often boucher, La., August 26, lsi*5. a failure In Inefficient hands, while an Bicycle handle bare are being made efficient operator can make a partial of a short piece of wood for the center success even with poor tools, but for a section, with grips on each side of the first-class Job we look for a good me head and metallic tubing extensions chanic with the best tools. In the pro on both ends of the wood bar curved to duction of honey we must produce the the usual shape and ending in a second very finest goods at the lowest possible pair of grips. flgure. This we can accomplish only by hav It is estimated that the nerves, with ing the best bees, the best hives and branches and minute ramifications con necting with the brain exceed 10,000,- Implements and handling the same in telligently and economically. The man 000. ________________ who rides “hobbles” and runs after To hold crayons for blackboard or “fads” In bee culture will have a lean drawing work a tube is fitted with bank account.—New England Farmer. clamping jaws at one end and a sliding Burned Lime as a Fertilizer, rod at the other end, to force the chalk Wherever limestone abounds it will into position. pay farmers to take some of these It is estimated that over 80 tons of stones and subject them to as Intense diamonds have been unearthed in the heat as possible. This decomposes the the South African fields during the lime In the stone, turning It white and last 18 years. These represent a total making It Into flnepowder by putting value of 8280,000.000. water on It. This makes an excellent fertilizer. It may be thought that lime not needed on land where limestone NERVOUS PROSTRATION. Is abounds. But In its natural state lime “Will you kindly allow me,” writes stone dissolves by rains much too slow M iss M aby E. SAiDT.of JobStown, N. J., ly for the best growth of crops. Lime to Mrs, Pinkham, “ the pleasure of ex Is a necessity for the wheat crop. It is pressing my gratitude for the wonder also valuable in the garden, especially ful relief I have experienced by taking for cabbages, which require It to pre your Compound? I suffered for along vent them from becotniug club-rooted, time with nervous prostration and gen when grown on the same land too fre eral debility, quently. caused by falling Horse Had a Conscience. A remarkable performance was re of the womb. It seemed as though cently witnessed by two stablemen In my back would Victoria, B. C. A liorse confined in a never stop ach box-stall jumi>ed out of his box over a ing. I could gate three feet nine Inches high, the not sleep. I had dull headaches. Iwasweary all the time, and life was a burden to me. I sought the seashore for relief, but all In vain. On my return I resolved to give your medicine a trial, I took two bottles and was eured. I can cheerfully state, If more ladies would only give your medicine * fair trial they would bless the day BACK TO HIS HAY. they saw the advertisement, and there would l>e happier homes. I mean to do open space above being the same ■11 I can for you in the future. I height, went to the water trough and have yon alone to thank for my recov drank nnd then deliberately jumped ery, for which I am very irratefuJ.” back again to his captivity. The horse _________ 111 ______________________________________■" 1 ■ Is a powerful chestnut and Is of good THE BEST LEAD IS THE LEAD size. THAT WEARS LONGEST. It I» Known a. WESTERN WHITE LEAD Write to tie abont It. Our book on painting SENT FREE. Cleveland Oil A Paint Hfg. Co., PORTLAND, ORECON. WILL4 FIIH CO.'S Plain or with Cutter. The beet needle In the mar ket t led by all aack «ewera. For sale by all gen eral mercbaiidiae .teres, or by WILT. ■ FINCK CO., Market street, San Francisco, CaL Is America’s Greatest Medicine because it cures whjn all others fail. British Postal Reforms. A Lady She tried it again and American tree planters find no diffi made it according to direc culty in moving large trees. Trees up to three feet In circumference are fre tions. quently moved, and generally with It’s her only tea now. great success. The Gardeners' Cliron- »3a cle reports the removal of a large pur ple beech, which was forty feet high Safety Hat Fin«. and six feet three inches in girth at In a new safety hat pin a spring arm four feet from the ground. The tree is attached to the head of the pin and was moved In 1880. and is still grow extends a short distance down its ing vigorously.—Meehans’ Monthly. shank, ending in a sharp point at right angles with a pin to engage the fabric Strawberry Planting. Do not put the strawberry plants too as the pin is pushed into position. close together In the rows if you desire SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES. strong runners to grow. Some varie ties send out more runners than others, Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. and that fact must be kept In view. Allen's It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and Novices, when purchasing their straw instantly takes the sting out of corns and berry plants this spring, should make bunions. It's the greutest comfort discov all inquiries of the nurseryman In re ery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feci easy. It is a gard to the habits of the variety select certain cure for chilblains, sweating, damp, ed or mistakes may be made In culti callous and hot, tired aching feet. We have over 10,000 testimonials of cures. Try vation. it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe Black Rot in Cabbage. stores. By mail’for 25c. in stamps Tria There Is a disease of cabbage—most package FREE. Address Allen 8. Olm ly of the early kinds—known as black sted, Le Roy, N. Y. rot, which can not lie prevented from A single stone 115 feet long, 10 feet spreading after it appears among the plants. It can be diffused by manure, square at one end, and 4 feet square at seeos. Insects and dust, and Is most ac the other, has been successfully cut tive when the weather is warm. The from the sandstone auarries at Hough only way to get rid of It Is to refrain ton Point, Wis. It is supposed to be from growing cabbage on the same the longest monolith ever quarried. land for several years. A neat pencil holder is formed of a curved spring section to surround the The Wagon Road. A heavy road roller on country roads pencil with a pin in the back by which will at least pack the earth and pre the holder can be quickly attached to vent ruts, though it Is difficult to find a the coat or vest. good road when the frost Is leaving the ground unless the road Is well drained HOME PBOUUCTS AND PURE FOOD. and carefully made. All Eastern 8yrup, no-called, usually very Fast Walking Horses. A horse trained to walk fast, wheth er he lie for the saddle, single harness or team, always commands a better price than one equally good In other respects, but a slow walker. Save the Wood Ashes. Do not let the w<wxl ashes of the farm go to waste. They are valuable on the garden, and for corn and wheat as well, and the value of a liberal ap plication will be seen for years. Tens to Remember. Ten hens in a house ten by ten feet are enough. Ten eggs is the average number to each pound. Ten hens with one male Is about the proportion. Ten chicks, when just hatched weigh about one pound. Overworking Young Horse*. Ten weeks from shell to market is the While It Is well to break the colt to drive while It is a yearling, it should time allotted a chick. The yard should be at least ten times not be allowed to do any work until It is two years old, and then not be set to as the floor of the house. any heavy pulling. Three years old. or. Ten flocks, each consisting of ten better still, four years. Is a lietter time, hens, are enough for an acre. and the younger age only for I’erche- Ten pounds Is a good weight for ron-s, or some of the breeds of heavy males of the larger breeds, one year draught horses. With the active, ner old. vous breeds there Is sure to be Injury Ten months in the year Is usually the unless muscles «nd bones have been fully devloped and hardened before the highest limit of time during which a horse is set at hard work. Most horses hen will lay. are at their best for work at six or sev- j Ten cents per pound is about the average price of hens In market for th« en years of age. whole year. Early Potatoes in Gardena. Ten quarts of corn, or its equivalent, It 1« the habit of most farmers to should feed a ben ten weeks. If she Is plant a few potatoes for early use in | the garden. But thia la bad practice. of a large breed, but ten quarts in l>ecause often the potatoes are planted three months Is about * fairer propor on the same ground year after year, tion. Ten cents should feed a chick ten and as the germs of disease live In the soil over winter, the potatoes thus weeks, and It should then weigh two grown are most likely to be diseased. pounds. If highly fed, the ten cents Besides, where potatoes are grown In covering the greatest abundance ot succession, the soil Is filled with hard-| tooi. Such Good Reau ts. I Intend also to have Hood’s l’ills in the house. I cannot speak loud enough in their praise. Along with Hood's Sarsapa rilla I recommend them to ni v friends and for the bene.lt of suffering humanity at large. My wife has been greatly helped by Hood's Sarsaparilta, being all run down and her system much out of order. My two little "boys, aged two and four years, recovered quickly from the effects of dip- theria bv taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which rid them of troublesome sores and symptoms of the croup. They now appear well and hearty I shall always praise Hood's Sarsaparilla.”—W. F. B lbsbtt , Storkey, Oregon. t That Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the best spring medicine is proved by its con stantly manifested power to purify, en- | rich and vitalize the blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Numerous reductions of charges and extensions were made by the British postoffice during 1897. Postage on domestic letters was made one penny for foul ounces, with an additional half penny for every two ounces. Thus in Great Britain it costs only 3 cents to send a letter weighing six ounces, while in the United States it would cost twice as much. Merchants are allowed to inclose bills with goods sent by parcel post. Most important was the comple Stone or Cement Floors for Hairies. tion of tlie transfer of the trunk tele There is no floor for a dairy so good phone system of the United Kingdom as flagstone and cement between the to the postofllce department. During joints. It will not absorb milk or cream the year the deposits in the postal sav as board or brick will do, is easily ings banks increased about <35,000,000. cleaned, and is always easily kei>t cool in summer. The cost of a cement floor Is not much, if any, greater than that from other material that will not give half so good satisfaction. The dairy tried Schilling's Best tea and floor should be even with the surface of the soil, or but very slightly above it. did not like it. Removal of Large Trees. only a temporary relief. I have been tak ing Hood's Sarsaparilla mid Hood’s Pills, and can truly say that I have derived more rial benefit from them than from any thing I have tried. I intend to continue taking the medicine so long as I realize , Sold by all druggists. The order has gone out in Brooklyn that no man who beats his wife shall remain on the police force. Let it be declared of this borough that the inno cent wives of others shall be equally free from beating and the dishonor of arrest. Archaeologists have found the tomb of Osiris, who has been dead 10,000 years. By digging a few feet deeper they hope to find the remains of the late David Bennett Hill, who has been departed 800,000 years. AN OPEN LETTER 4 TO MOTHERS, We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word " CASTOR1A,” and “ PITCHER’S CABTOR1A,” as Gur Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now bear the facsimile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTOR IA ” which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER» M.D. Yellow Light. A yellow light has been obtained with incandescent gas burners by a German inventor at Krefeld. He al ters the burners so that the gas Is sup plied at a pressure of three and a half atmospheres. A single jet of ordinary size then emits a light of more than 1,000 candle power, by which tine print may be read at a distance of 150 feet from the light. HOW’S THIS? In the spring cleans« your system by □sing Dr. Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier. There are 1,762,000 volumes in the library of the British museum and more than 89 miles of shelving. A Bit of History. St. Patrick’s day is the anniversary of Lord Howe's evacuation of Boston. His troops embarked for Halifax on March 17. 1776. So all Americans may feel interested in tho holiday observ ance of the recurring anniversary. YOUR TABLE May be well or poorly furnished accord ing as you make use of your opportuni ties in buying your supplies. YOU CAN PAY Your local dealer half more than you ought, and thus do without half you need, or yon can mail us your order and live <>u the fat of the lm.-'l for the same amount you would invest in the other case. Bend for our big PRICE LIST just out. THE SEATTLE TRADING GO., GENERAL MERCHANTS, IIS FIRST AVE. SO.. SEATTLE, WASH. Good i Health Is the working capital of humanity. He who loses that is wrecked indeed. Is your health fulling you, your am bition, vigor, vitality wasting away ? When others ftdl con sult DOCTOR RATCLIFFE, What European Soldiers Carry. The Russian soldier is more heavily burdened than any other. A foot soldier in the arnty of the czar carries over 68 pounds. The weights borne by the foot-soldiers of the other principal European nations are as follows: French, 62 pounds; British, 62 pounds; German, 61 pounds; Swiss, 59 pounds; Italian, 53 poutnls; Austrian, 47 pounds. The Ingenious Man. One of the trees in the park at Wind sor, England, is suppoeed to be 1,200 years old. It is known as William the Conqueror. Destructive Australian Ants. The roof of tho Australian museum at Sydney, which has been destroyed by termites or “white ants." had to be replaced with a covering composed largely of steel and copper. Recently it was discovered that these destructive little creatures had also ruined the un derpinning of one of tho most import ant floors of the museum. The work of the termite is peculiar in that it is carried on in the interior of the tim ber and dpea not reveal itself until the structure is about to full to pieces. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have kr.own F. J. Cheney for the past 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and fin ancially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. W bst A T rvax , Wholesale Drusglsts, Toledo, O, W aldi . no , K iknan 4 M arvin , Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall'a Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Utll’t Family Pills -jc the best. After being swindled by nil others, send ns stamp light colored and of heavy body, is made from for particulars of King Holomon’s Treasure, the MASON glucose. 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There were no cars accessible, and the only thing to do was to run, and the unlucky pair did this with a vengeance, reaching the house hot, uncomfortable and pretty wet. “Well, we are here at last,” said the man, drawing a long breath of relief. “Yes,” said the wife, disconsolately, “but I think I have ruined my new bonnet. And, John 8mith,” «lie added, suddenly, with a little scream, "what do you think you have done? You had that old invention of yours— cane-camp-stool-urnbrella affair — in your hand all the time ready for an emergency, and forgot to use it.” The man tells the story and thinks it is a great joke.— X. Y. Times. 81 ; six for 85. For the speedy, sofe and permanent cure of all Nervous, Chronic nnd Special diseases, even In their nmst aggravated forms. There is no man In the world who has effected so many permanent cures In both Men and Women of troubles which other physical!-} of acknowledged ability hud given up as hupvle<-s as this eminent specialist. 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