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I dry. The soil can hardly be too rich, for the quicker the growth the better It Is. whatever the variety. Celery that I is ally way stunted becomes stringy, and If It Is checked by drought it will have comparatively little of the char acteristic celery flavor. Pruning Vines >n ‘ u-.nmer. Flat* temuied Pluegra«.. A correspondent writes to the Ohio Farmer inquiring the name for an en closed sample of grass. The Farmer replies that the grass Included with this letter Is tlat-stemmed blue grass, l’oa compressa L. It grows in dense tufts, forming a thick but usually inter I mittent sward. It spreads by under ground stems shown in ligure, and hence often, in light soils, rapidly In vades the meadows. It is a good grass in many respects, but is so much less productive than Kentucky bluegrass, I Poa pratensis L„ that many persons entertain a rather low opinion of its merits. The spedile name, “com pressa,” refers to its flattened stems or I culms, In contrast with the commonly cylindrical ones. This character, with its short blades and wiry stiffness, per mits a ready recognition of tiat-stem- I FLAT-STRMMKD m.UEOKASS. med bluegrass; A, in the cut, is a cross section of a stem, and b, of au ordinary i pund stem grass. Cultivation and Apple Trees, The chief art In gardening consists in not allowing our plants to have their own willful way, but to make them behave as we want them to. Vines generally make desperate attempts to get to the top of a bush or tree that they twine around, and the lower por tion is nothing but a series of naked stems. When we set them to trellises we want this proceeding reversed. We desire as many branches close to the ground as at the extreme upper portlou of tke pole or frame on which they are supported. The educated gardener un derstands how to do this. The grower of grapes under glass has to know how to do it, as otherwise be would have grapes in the apex of the roof and no where else. He applies the same prin ciple to the growth of flowering vines out of doors as to his grapes under glass, or to the grapes in the outdoor garden, for that matter, with equal re sults. The art Is very simple. It Is simply to pinch out the apex of the strong growing shoots that want to get up still higher, and leave the struggling shoots at the base alone. The growth force, suddenly checked by the topping of the upper shoots, has to be expended somewhere. Just as the sudden stop page of water being forced through a pipe may burst that pipe. It Is diverted to the lower and weaker shoots, which become, before the season Is over, as strong as the upper ones. In the hands of a good gardener a grapevine trellis will have fruit over every part of its surface—and have as fine fruits at the apex as at the base. But how rarely do we see these mas ters of the art; and bow simple the art is, after all.—Meehan’s Monthly. Ventilntion of Horses* Ftables. Good ventilation of stables with plen ty of light should be provided for horses In summer. Many horses are kept in underground stables. This is very bad, especially in summer, when excrement rots very quickly, tilling the stables with ammonia. This is very injurious to horses’ eyes, especially if the stable be rather dark. This causes enlargement of the pupil of the eye, and the change to bright sunlight when the horse is brought out of the stable often results In making him blind. It is worse if there are one or two small windows where sunlight can come in. The underground stable should in sum mer be unusued; it is tolerable only in cold weather. At the Nebraska station a study was made of the effect of cultivation on the growth of apple trees, the size of fruit and the water contents of the soil. A small orchard was divided into three parts, one of which was cultivated reg ularly and the other two left In grass and weeds, one of the latter being mowed and the other pastured by hogs. The report says: "Trees iu cultivated ground suffered noticeably less from the drought and hot winds of summer than those in sod ground. The foliage was darker and more vigorous in ap pearance, and there was no yellowing and dropping of the leaves, nor wilting during not, windy days, both of which We'.h Heifer. occurred with uncultivated trees. Ap The Welsh heifer shown in tlie pic ples from cultivated land averaged nearly 14 per cent larger in weight ture Is the property of Col. II. Tlatt, than those from pasture land and over 17 per cent larger than those from mowed laud.”—Grange Homes. IN AND ABOUT A MINE. The old log house near Galesburg, Mich., in which General Shafter was Blind Lode—Oire that shows no sur born, is to be toin down and the prop erty sold. During the fighting before face ctoppit'gs. Placer — Alluvial deposits; eai th con Sft'itiHttn the place nas visited by bun dle- eut relic limiters, whocarr ied awuy taining gold dust. Foo*. Wall—The lower wall or side much of the structure as souvenirs. of a lode or vein. A ( hhh I-Luck Cross Cap-rock—Tlie formation overlaying Recently discovered in tlie grave of Queen the pay dirt ot ore. Bagniar is supposed to keep away evil in Wall—Bouudary of vein, lode or fluences. There is no more evil influence than ill health, and there is nothing winch ledge and inclosing the same. has so great a power to keep it away thnu Breasting—Taking ore from the face Hostetler s Stomach Bitters, w hit'll cures of a mine or head of a drift. dyspepsia and indigestion. A private Adit—A tunnel or vein or lode—a Revenue Stamp covers tiie neck of toe hot passage for water underground. tie. _________ ___________ _ Shaft—A vertical or incline excava James Bryce is making a study of tion for prospecting or working mines. the goverment of colonies by republics, Hanging Wall—The upper wall; the which is to have speoial application rock or wall resting on the lode or to th« United States. vein. Deposit—A boilr of ore distinct from Beauty 1« Blood Deep. Not skin deep—blood deep! Pure, healthy a ledge; a pocket of gravel or pay dirt. blood means pure, healthy complexion. Cas- Croppings—Ledge matter lying upon caretN make the blood pure and healthy. Drug* gists, 10c, 25c, 60c. the surface, or the outoropping of a vein. The fastest flowing river in the work! Upraise—Running a drift upward or is the Sutlej, in British India, with a rising above a shaft or level, instead descent of 12,000 feet in 180 miles. of sinking. Winze—A shaft connecting one drift I believe Piso’s Cure is the only medi cine that will cure consumption.*—Anna level with another, but not reaching to M. Hoss, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, ’95. tire surface. Horse—A masg of wall or rock or In the middle of a game ot tennis in Central India the other day a tiger other barren matter obtruding into an bounded into the midst of the players. unbearing lode or fissure. Contact Lode—A lode lying between Special attention is called to the display two different kinds of rock, as, for ex advertisement on this page of the Dayton ample, porphyry and slate. Hardware Company. Bed-rock—The bed of a metalliferous / Until the reign of Henry VIII., En deposit, commonly applied to the slate glish sovereigns, ns well as their sub underlying auriferous gravel. Drifts—Tunnels leading off from the jects. ate with the fingers. main shaft, or from other tunnels or Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth levels through and along the vein. ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their Lode—A longtitndinal fissure or children during the teething period. chasm filled with ore bearing matter In Mexico school children are al and having well-defined side walls; lowed Io smoke in school hours when , lode. lead, vein and ledge are synony their lessons aie well prepared. mous. Reserves—Ore reserves are the vein Remember that you can buy Jesse Moore A. A. Whiskey for the same’ price that is material still standing iu the mine be paid for ordinary whiskey. For sale by all tween the shafts and the levels that iirst-class dealers and druggists. have been driveu in or through the It has been observed in the hospitals vein. that nails on amputated fingers con tinue to grow. CITO Permanently Cured. No fltsor nervousness ■ I I ® niter tirst day s use of fir. Kline's Greet Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE fiig.OO trod bottle and treatise. Il l. It. H. KLINE, Ltd , 930 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa. Last year the tourists from the United States and elsewhere left over $500,000 in Nova Scotia, and a great increase is fully expected this year. Far away from civilization gesture language is still extant in Australia. Some of the tribes possess such an ex cellent cole that it is almost as effi cient as the spoken language. Is a Tower of Strength Abroad/’ In Lowed, ¿Mass., where Hood's Sarsapa rilla is made, it still has a larger sate than all other blood purifiers. Its fame and cures and sates have spread abroad, and it is universally recognized as the best blood medicine money can buy. Remember SaMafyatiftg ^Never Disappoints NO REMEDY EQUALS PERVIO, S'TIE WOMEN ALL SAY . I | i I It is best to beware how you tell i your dreams. The very latest decision ! of person ’way up in Boston and psy- | chulogy is that the true spiiitual con dition of the mind is reveal’*) by the dreams lather than by waking expert- I eucea. T-f«(1 les Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot- J Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cures swollen feet, blisters and cal lous spots. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for Ingrowing nails, sweating, smart ing. hot, aching feet. We have 30.000 testi MiuSuaan Wymar. monials. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Miss Susan Wymar, teaoher in the Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Richmond school, Chicago, HL, writes Legal deteimftiation of what consti tutes a spendthrift is likely to come out of a suit over a will in Chicago. T. W. T. Palmer, who was left an in come of $20,000 by the will of his mother, Mrs. Benedict, is suing tor the estate, valued at some $600,000; and the trustees allege that lie is a spend thrift because lie spent $100,000 iu two years, and offer to prove that he lost $50,000 in three months on the New York Stock Exchange. Whether los ing money in this way makes a man a spendthrift will then be left for the jury to determine. HOW’S THIS. We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any ease of Catarrh that can not bo cured by Hall's Catarrh cure. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Props., Toledo, O. Wo the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the past 1Ñ r ears, and believe him perfectly honorable in all busin ss transaction : and fin ancial' - able to carry out any oblige tlons mode by their firm. W zst A Tnr*x. Wiiolesale Druarlsts, Toledo, ". W aldino , K innan A M acvin , V» nolesale Drug ists, Toledo. O. Hall'sCatarrh Cure is t. ken .nt-rnaily. aeling directly on the blood and m cous surfaces of tliesyst m. I’rf e 75c per bo lie. bo.d by all drugrists. Testimonial. free. Hall ’s Family Fills re til ■ Lost. tiie following letter to Dr. Hartman re garding Pe-iu-na. She says: “Only those who have suffered as I have, cun know what a blessing it is to be aide to find relief in Pe-ru-na. This has been my experience. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and every bottle of Pe- ru-na I ever bought proved a good fiiend to me.”—Susan Wymar. Mrs. Margaietha Dauben. 1214 North Superior St.. Racine City, Wis , writes: “I feel so well and good and happy now that pen cannot describe it. Pe- ru-na is everything to me. I have taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na for femala Complaint. I am in the change of life and it does me good." Pe-ru-na has no equal in all of the irregularities and emergencies peculiar to women caused by pelvic, catarrh. Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O., for a free book for women only. Remember that cholera morbus, cholera infantum, summer oom phlint, bilious colic, diarrhoea and dysentery are each and all catarrh of the bowels. Catarrh is the only correct name for these affections. Pe-ru-na is an absolute specific for these ailments, which are so com mon in summer. Dr. Hartman, in a practice of over forty years, never lost a single case of cholera iufan- tum, dysentary, diarrhoea, or chol era morbus, and his only remedy was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring further particulars should send for a free copy of "Summer Catarrh.” Address Dr. 1 lai tuiaii. Columbus, O. The London Daily News says that tlie Russian man-of-war Gerzog Edin- burskskij, whose officers and men were recently tlie recipients of Swedish courtesy at Kariskrona, reciprocated by secretly taking soundings, under cover of darkness, until they were dis covered by tiie governor of tlie iortress Kariskiona, is tlie chief naval station of Sweden; its approaches are well for tified by modern naval defenses, and it It takes a snail 14 days epd five has also a ship channel which is diffi hours to travel a mile. cult of navigation. K Biliousness You’re bilious, you have a throbbing sensation in your head, a bad taste in your mouth, skin Is yellow with dark rings under your eyes, your lips are parched and you feel ugly wanted to kick a lame infant or kill a canary bird. Your system is full of bile not properly you need is a cleaning up inside. Don’t continue being a bilious nuisance to yourself and but send out at once for a box of Casearets and feel bright and cheerful all the time. How Salt Helps Fertility, While the soda and chlorine of salt have no manural properties, there Is often a decided effect from using salt as topdressing for land that has organ ic matter. Only very small amounts are used per acre, and thus used the salt hastens decomposition, and this sets free whatever carbonic acid gas or ammonia the organic matter contains. Salt is usually thought of as a preserva tive. It is so when in amounts large enough to pickle what it is applied to. When carbonic acid gas is liberated, ^jat acts a: a eelvext the Inert pot- asli and phosphate that the soil con tains, thus often serving in place of those minerals at much less cost than if they were bought and applied. “A Good Name At Home HOUT* SCHOOL, Menlo Parkt San Mateo Co., Cal., accred ited at the I nivcr>it ies. Location, climate, and < urefnl attention to Mental. Moral and PhyMcui training, places lloilt's among ttie kn,eino>t bcnoois for Boys on tlie Coast.—5 r. Cffonic.'e. Will re-open in the new building August LMn, (9th year.) Ira G. Hout, Ph. D.. Principal. Be sure you get CASCARETS ! Don’t let them sell you a fake substitute! a.._ a-rgets ik w—Mition u. «narry,«.*.— a , chison Globe. Gorddinog, Llanfairfechan, Wales. She is the winner of first prize at the show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England in Birmingham. “I have lined yonr valnable CAR- CAKETS and find them perfect Couldn't do without them. 1 have used them for some time for indigestion and biliousness and ain now completely cured. Recommend them, to every one. Once tried, you will never be ithout them in the family.” E dw . A. M anx , Albany, N. Y. Feeding Clover to Fowl«. your eves burn, your and mean, as if you passed off, and what those who love you, bask jewe the • The very common advice to feed clo ver to hens as an aid to egg production But & Short Time.—“And pray/* asked needs to have a caution attached to it. If hens have grain with the clover they will not probably eat too much of the lighter food for their good. But A Brake Block. This is used by teamsters in moun exclusive reliance on cut clover as win tainous regions. A three-cornered ter feed for a day or two may so clog block, a, of wood is fastened by chains the gizzard with light Indigestible food or wired to the brake beam of a wagon that when grain is given It only makes so that it will drag on the ground about the matter worse by furnishing more 2 inches behind one of the rear wheels heating material to ferment in the crop. of the wagon. The driver stops to rest Wherever much grain Is given to fowl9 ANNUAL SALES, 5,000,000 BOXES his team, and instead of applying the they become too fat to lay, and it 19 brake the team is allowed to slacken such hens that are most likely to be Its traces so the weight of the load will crop bound. THIS IS rest on the self-acting chock block. Riddinir Land <f Bushes. Most farmers are infested to a great er or less extent with bushes, which are exhaustive of fertility and patience, and are unsightly. They are cut regu larly each spring, but continue to come up and multiply. It is a fact not gener ally known that If they be grubbed up CASCARETS are absolutely harmless, a perely vegetable eompouM. No mercurial or other mineral pill -pci to« is Casearets. Caecarets promptly, effectively and permanen y during "dog days,” or at the time when Sire every disorder of the Stomach, Liver and Intestines. They not only esre constipation, but correct any and every form of irregularity of the bowels, including diarrhaa and dytenerjr Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste good, do good. Never sicken, weaken or gnpe. Be sure you get the genuine ! Beware of imitations end substitutes I Bny a box of CABCARNTN they have about attained their growth to-day, and if not pleased in every respect, get your money back! Write us for booklet and free sample I Address 8TBRLING REMEDY COMPANT, CHICAGO or for the year. 99 per cent, of them will be effectually killed and the rest so EFFECTIVE BRAKE BLOCK. enfeebled that they will do but little When the team starts again the team harm the next season, and can be eas merely has to start the load Instead of ily killed at the second grubbing. The oldest university in the world PORTLAND DIRECTORY, Rupture FertiHx’ntf Growing Corn. having to pull against the brake until tie-ued scien Top dressing with well-composted is at Pekin, China, it is called th< j It can be loosened.—American Agricul Fence mid Wire Works. tifica! I y and “School for tlie Sons of the Eprnire. ’ manure is fast coming to the front confidanti a 1- turist. Its antiquity is very great, and a gran PORTLAND WIRK A IRON WORKS; WIRK I ? CrrtipoAdenei with our farmers for a growing corn end iron fencing; office railing, etc. 334 A Ider. ite register, consisting of stone ool- Gapes. crop. Try spreading when the coru is H. W00ÜAKU A CO.. 108 tsccnd St . Ps tl nd. c. Since so many lose their chickens utnns, 820 in number, contain* the Machinery and Supplies. with this dreadful disease, if it may be two feet high and you will find it names of 60,000 graduates. works wonders. If droppings from called such, I will give what I consider IT( HI N( ipiles proti 'ir* moisture tin CAWRTON A CO.: KNGINKS, BOILKRS, MA- Thin form, aa well as Blind, Bisvditii chinery, supplies* 4b 5u First St., Portland, Or. a preventive, says a writer In Practical the hen house are available, keep them TRUE BLOOD-HAKER Poultryman. At from three to four dry; add some dry ashes If convenient, , A There ’® more in keeping the stomach in weeks old I give a litle whey to drink scatter along the row tightly and you pr< per condition than must people suppose1. It in the stomach that the blood receives it s that Is very sour. Recently I did not will find it beats any brand of special ’ Is A nd health or sickness. have any. and at four weeks of age 1 commercial fertilizer. MO3QUITOE3 Through I’alarc and Tourist Sleepers Hoore ’ s Revealed Remedy found one chicken with gapes. I placed Kerosene for Killlnv Mosquito I.arvne Dining and Buffet Smoking Killer will clear Aids the stomach in making rich, healthy Library Cara* . Price 60 cents. a basin on the stove with a little sour all kinds To be very effective the kerosene blood. It aids digestion and builds up the ner MACHINERY, Write for booklet. Agents wanted. milk in. and after the curd bad separ must cover the surface of the water vous st stem. SI per bottie at your druggist’s. ....FAST TIME.... Address DAYTON HARDWARK . .TATUM *. BOWEN... Service and Scenery Unequalled. f'OMPANY, Portland Oregon. ated I let It sour a day or so and gave where these pests develop to a percep 29 te 3» Flrat *lr..t PORTLAND OR. For Ticket, and all Information apply to to my chickens, and have seen no more tible depth. A mere film will not an your neare.t agent, or addreaa A. B. C. PENNTSTOK, gapes since. Always have plenty of swer. The cost of this method will be uv°«n° JOHN POOLE, P owtlabd , O rfgow . C. 1’ and T. A., Portland. water by chickens so they will not prohibitive, except In thickly settled can give you the best bargains in general ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure 8lrk Headache It. C. STEVENS. 0. W. P. A.. Seattle. la what Uncle Sam uses. machinery, engines, boilers, tank**, pumps, end Dyspepsia, tie move Pimples and Purify the drink too much. Blood, Aid l>ig< stion andPrevent Biliousness. Do communities and on small bodies of plows, belts and windmills. The new not Gripe orSicken. Toronvince vou. weslll mail CURE YOURSELF! steel IXL windmill, sold by him, is un sample Email Celery Bee*. water. _______ free, or full bos for 25<. I>K. IHHANKC I «e Big M for unnatural > f KH equalled. diatharg««, inflammations, CO.,PhllsilH.I Pr.unT. Hold by Itruggists. iu 1 U i There is a great difference in the irritations or ulcerations Finck Marsh c‘oi1a. | Roots Crowned. Bridges Made. la air fatar* quality of celery, and this makes the of mucous membraues. bR. NARTTLH POON, Wholesale Druggists end Photographie 1’uinle»« filling and extraction. Marsh soils are usually considered so FrsvRRU soatacioa. Pamleas, and not. astrin« S u ppi ies. size a matter of comparatively little ac f*nt or poisonous. T hf E vsn ^ C hiu cai rich that fertilizers are not necessary. Dr. T. H. White, Portland, Or. count. The giant varieties of celery Mold hy Urngclats, C S'. HAT 0 R*nt/rr* In plain, »eale«l en v< ;.,p^ Write BLUMATER-FRANK DRUG CO. 144 AND 146 or sent In plain wrapper, today for this Book.contafnln* Psrti- n- r. s. a are now superseded In favor of dwarf Experiments show that they respond Fourth Street, Portland, Oregon. br sipr**««, prepaid, fof lars and Testimonials of DR. MSRThL'S kinds that are crisp and nutty in flavor. very well to applications of farmyard • I f«. or 3 bottles, |2.7S. Circular went on requoat. Something, however, depends on the manure and often to coarse litter. If CLAIMANT* FOR O C Al C I O Al Praised hr thousands of Mtieflad ladies «4 W'lt.te NATHAN r7 tL m O I L7 n NO. 3»- ’1», N. P. N. V ■oil Mid method of growing. A moist well worked In. but commercial fertllla* s»f*. al ways rahabis and without an rqual. in tim«. Boli by drvggiata. CT ■ ICKFuNu. Wa.hinftea. 0. C.. they «61 re- Rvrld b» all druzgiNTiln metal boi, Fren<A er^t>ther than an application of potaak soil makes the celery grow much fuller ist ceire quick repliea. B Mli N. H. L ola, fl«< on top !n B UR. t* bite and Red. Taie no »»h*-r. IIKV writing to advertisers please Staff a>th Corp« Proeeeutlng claim, «.nee 117*. FrsasA Drug ft Pearl Bu, New Vorft Cttg i mention this paper. tf its native Juices than one which is j have but little influence. WHItf Y0U“S l ^£ 25c. 50c. DRUGGISTS THE TABLET GO EAST ARTERSINK C DR. GUNN’S PILLS TEETH WITHOUT PLATES R elief for Women" French Female Pills. W