WEEKLY OREGON
STATESMAN,
FRIDAY, MAY 25, 190
to a m
mi
Transvaal Government Prepares
to Contlnae the Struggle.
A MINORITY FAYOBS A SURRENDER
Bat Knrftr ad 8UfB OppoM Thli, Tkai(k
' Rtawr Bay Thy, Too, Art Xw
Suing for V
LONDON. May 23. (Wednesday).
The Transvaal Government ,has in
formed the correspondents at Pretoria
that it has not considered. a:id dees not
intend to consider, unconditional sur
render, bm will fight to a ilish.
The foreign consuls have b?e-n in
formed that Johannesburg will be de
fended, and the Govern mc-u announce
that it will not hold jtseU rcjponMble
for any injury to p-iperty. re-.uking
from the defense , measures.
A Pretoria dispatch affirms that Pres
ident Krugf-r, President St;yn sr.d all
of the most prominent leaders of both
Republics, after a prolonged inter
change oi views. ar determined to con
tinue resistance, but that the minority
of the leaders advocate a su. -render
without terms.
Mrs. Kcitz, wife of the Transvaal
State Secretary md her family, with
the families of -other officials, have .gone
to lourenco Marques. Johannesburg
and Pretoria are bsing cleaicd cf non
combatants. The Bjer chit-is. who now
recognize the possibility that they will
have to defend these cities, are prepar-i
ing with the utmost haite. The Boer
spirit has been riving from the low ebb
and is now ready for stei'b'avr rtM st
ance. Nevertheless, according to the
uauy i.nron:ciC. long m.isai;es m
Dutch have been recti ved, by herit
ish Government, by way of 'Aififitr
dam. in which Prcsiden; Krnger . seeks
peace. According ;'.- one account Kru
ger surrtulers iineondit;onaH,-.iiiu ac
cording to another he -asks fir terms. ;
TO SAVE PROPERTY.
London, May ?3 -Th Lmrenco
Marques correspondent of the" Times
says he has it on unquestionable au
thority that within 'tin. last six weeks
President Krugcr has transfcr-wi the
bulk of his properly Hr the Transvaal
to personal fr-ncls. in order t; avu.
it confiscation by Great - .Britain. " -
WERE DISSATlSFI ED.
Nine fMen Turned Bark After Starting
for Cape Nome.
Seattle. Wash.. May 22. Nine n.en
who left here for Nome on he :team
er Aberdeen, arrived here t.xl ty. hav
ing been put ashore at their own re
quest at East Clallan. They- charged
that the company had sold more. ;ick
eta than there are berths on the steam
er. The ltcal age-tits tonight fettled
the claims of the nine diss.i;ivli;d ore.
ODD FELLOWS IN ASTORIA.
T. O. BARKER CHOSEN TO THE
PRINCIPAL CHAIR
By the Grand Encampmen at Its An
mal Session Ycstc.-day The ;
Rcbtkah Assembly.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 2X This city
is crowded with visiting Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs, who have come here to
attend the annual ess! ns of the state
grand bodies of that order. There are
a!out 600 delegates to z!vr Grand L"ge;
r rand Encampment ami -Stare Rebekah
Assembly, accompanied ov hd'y jxxt vis
itors, making noo strangers sajo'irning
in the city. '
The State Rcbekah Assembly conven
ed this morning with a large attend
ance and the Assembly degree was cc;n-
jviicu on canuiua:es. .viicr a re
markably brief session, the Assembly
adjourned sine die. (This must :e an
error. l-.d). ,
The Grand I Encampment convened
for the afith annual session at to a. m..
transacted its ; business and adjourned
ims evening, atter electing its c.ihcers
ine fo.'.owing we:o ;tcd: j
T. O. Barker, of S.ilem. nrand fatti
arcn; i. r. Kyan, ot.fj-egon C r.y, gran
higlt priest; b. ; Stewart of Por:
land, grand senior warden; il E. Shar
on. ot fort.aiid. gra.;d cr!bc; B. E
.Miner, ol I'ortiml, grand treasurer
i. Howard, of Pendleton. f.rand
junior , warden; A. fl. -tr.kA. of Por-
land. grand niareaa! : J. A. Wooller
of lone; grand sen inc.: S. W W. Kent-
nor. of AshlariJ. grand uutsidc .-entu t!
W. AV.rFrancis. ji IIa1?y, rand repre
sentative two years. -
THE CUBAN EMBEZZLER.
Charged with the Conversion of Pnbiic
funds Placed Under Heavy
Bonds in New V'ork.
NEW YORK. Mar. 22. Char
N'y the forme chief financial agent
01 ine 'fostomce uepartment at ila
vana. was re-arrested today- by the
United States Marshal, on a -.varrant
issued ty United States: Circuit Judge
Lacombe. in- a civil suit against Nttlr
by th United Stares, lie is charged
witn the wrongful conversion- ot
40a jtts Dan was hxed at 550,000.
FIGHTING EXTRADICriON.
AVashington, May 22. John D. Lind-
sey. attorney for Chas. h. H;eUy. Jip-
peareu belore ttte House indiciary com
mittee today, and submitted n argu
ment against the proposed extradition
bill. The proposition to subject Amer
ican citizens to trial in 3 cotm;ry where
tne Spanish system of laws are in voijue
he. contended was utterly etpo5s-d i to
American traditions. i
FILLED THE JJ ILL.
?
Young Obed Perkins It wasn't right
fer you. to go to see Cyrrthy while I
was goin with her, Seth. She won't
keep company with me at all now. i
Young Seth Wheatlv Well, it wern't
Jist adzackly right. Obed. I'll admit.
"Ul uu see. i-i were tnis way: While
yer jist as good a-lookin feller as "I
am, you know Cynthy's a gal wliat's
got a all-fired good eddication. and
she's gosh-darned . pat.ckler tbs.t - he
git a feller what uses good gramma".
That's my strong pint, Obed, , and
natehcrly she tuck right to me. In
dianapolis Sun.
MINERS ARE KILLED.
j Asheville. N. C. May 22. It is re
ported here at midnight, that an ex-plo-von
occurred in the cum nook mines,
near Charlotte, tonight. The news
comes that between -fifty and sixty min
ers were killed, but this is not confirm
ed.
ELECTED SENATORS.
Baton Rouge, La., May 32. F-oth
housesoi the state Legislature assem
Died at noon today,, ana elected cx-
Governo M- J. Foster to the United
States senate, and re-elected S. D. Mc
Enerny. -
how to make the garden
: -1 . . pay. -
. (C L. Allerii New York, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
The first work to be done to make the
garden pay is to put the soil in condi
tion tor planting. Mo matter what tne
character of the soil, it should never
bz stirred when' so wet that the parti
cles wi'H not separate freely when the
spade or the plow and the harrow are
used. It must always be made as fine
as it is possible to make it. If the
plot is small, the spading fork, if prop
erly used, will leave the soil in fit con
dition for planting; excepting for very
fine seeds, when it will be necessary to
use a fine rake, as not a particle of
earth should be as large as the seed
that' is to be put in it. The manure
used should have been provided several
months ago, so that it can be pulver
ized as finely as the soi'' Then t it
should-be so thoroughly and evenly in
corporated that the one could scarcely
be distinguished from the other. When
commercial fertilizers are used, as they
always should be, in equal proportions,
when, the soil is continually worked, let
them be evenly distributed.
No matter what the size of the plot
may be, not more than one-fourth
.Qnxth would be' better should be
used in the first planting. For profit,
as welll as for pleasure, plantings should
be made q frequent intervals, because
there arc but few vegetables that are in
the best condition ;'oi use longer than
a few days. As soon as the first plant
ing is made, preparations for the sec
ond should commence, and so on to the
end of the season. The moment the
first planting has been gathered, clear
the ground as quickly as possible and
tirepare for a second planting, and fol
ow up this plan the entire 'season. The
preparation of the. soil, so far as'the ap
plication of manure is concerned, and
making it fine, must be as thorough for
each subsequent crop as for the first.
Do not think that once -working and
once feeding is- sufficient for the sea
son; it is not. No more manure should
be used at one time than a given crop
will require. . A surplus is nearly as
fatal to the production of a crop as a
deficit. Plants to be productive must
needs have just as much nourishment
as they can assimilate, but not be stim
ulated to excess, which is fatal to pro
ductiveness. .
For success every foot of the soil
should be constantly at work produc
ing something. Nature will not tol
erate idleness: if the gardener does not
plant, she will. There is- no reason
why,: in ordinary seasons, the garden
cannot be as green and productive in
August as in June. To that end. in
tensive cultivation is a necessity. The
surface must at all times be covered
with a growing errop, and so thickly as
to. in a great measure, prevent evapor
ation,. But by no means plant so thick
ly that each plant cannot have all the
room for growth and air required
Roorn for a horse -to walk between the
rows is the poorest economy, possible,
besides :t is -not necessary. For in
stance, when we. set our cabbage or
cauliflower plants, whidi require the
greater part of the season to mature,
make an intermediate row of some
quick-growing vegetable. ' t
Imitate our up-to-date ' 'rnirtcet gar
deners, near all large cities: ' -When
they i set their early cabbaee plants
they . are in rows 30 inches apart, the
plants 15 inches apart in the row. iJe
tween these plants they put a plant of
lettuce, and between each row of cab
bage a row of lettuce; then between the
rows of cabbage and JeUuce they sow
a row of radishes, which gives but about
seven inches to a row ot vegetables
The radishes will be marketed before
the lettuce will require their space, and
in turn tne lettuce win De marketed Dy
the time the cabbage begins to head
By this method every particle of the
soil -finds some work to do, and as the
ground is nearly shaded at all tomes by
the growing crops, evaporation is slow
consequently it is- ever moist and in a
condition to encourage active growth.
MERELY IN FUN. U
At the Dinner Table. "George
don t stare at Mr. Crumley that way
it isn t polite. "I was just waitin to
see him pick up his glass of water, ma.
I heard pa' tell yoif that he drinks like
a fish. Cleveland Plain dealer.
You look robust. remarked the
lady of the house. "Are you equal to
the task of sawing wood?
t-.quai isn t tne word, madam, re
plied the pilgrim, as he resumed his
journey, -I'm superior to it- Phila
delphia Record.
Mrs. Geyer Men have different wavs
01 maKinfr nome naoov. Mrs. Alever
- Htjiw so? Mrs. Geyer Some do it
by staying at home and some by go-
uiji awj. vuicago j.ews.
r Try Allen Foot-Ease.
A powder fo .be shaken Into the
shoes, lour feet feel swollen, nerv
ous land hot, and get tired easily.. If
you have smarting feet or tight shoes,
try Aliens foot-Laic It cools the
feet ; and makes walkine easv. . Cures
swollen, sweating feet, ingrowing nails,
blisters and callous soots. Rebev
corns and bunions of all pain ana gives
rest and cotnfort. Trv it toda - SnM
by all druggists and shoe stores' for 25c
Tna! package FREE, Address, Allen
S. Olmsted. Le Roy. N. Y
In a new airship, designed bv a Hai
tian, a series of fins are mount-d in v
car partially supported by a gas bi lloon
the fans being used to 4 rive 3.1- Ihrnnili
adjustable pipes, which are a ltpted to
turn lowara any point fo irove the
ship in the opposite direction.
Daniel A.-Rav of Illinois u.-Tm ;c
be appointed United States marshal for
the Hawaiian islands, was formerly a
newspaper correspondent. and served
in that capacity at Springheid for many
years. He has heiu various pi tecs nn
dor the legislature.
ABDEN L SniLSt PASSED AWAY.
tit-
After a Heroic Struggle the Young Man
Succumbed to Consumption
Parents in Montana.
- Arden L Shuke son of iRev. J. M.
Shulse. died m Bozeman. Montana, last
Saturday; May ; 19. af 5 o'clock p. m..
of consumption. , The young man was
aged , 23 years and ' 21 days.
Four vears he was a student n Willam
ette University,; part of the time in the
literary department and part of the time
in the College of iMedicine. j He alsw
studied -medicine at a medical school in
St. Louis.- Whrile in St Louis his
health failed, and he went to New Mexi
co for a change of climate, and stayed
there one year. He found relief, but
it was only temporary, and last August
Mr. Shulse and hH family moved-to
Montana, hoping that the high attitude
would give his son a new lease of life.
In his quest of health no demand of
c Inmate and medical skill was denied and
the boy made an heroi-c fight for lite,
but the disease could not be overcome
and the indulgent parents are again
stricken with grief. .
During the father's pastorate In Leslie
Methodist church, Squt'h Salerrl. their
oldest daughter died, and another
daughter died during his residence in
Jacksonville, Oregon. It is a triple af
ricticn and their unmerous friends in
this city and in different parts of the
state will again sympathize with them
in tfiieir great sorrow.
Among his schoolmates Arden will
be remembered for his cheerful disposi
tion and his skill irr athletics, and his
devotion to books and study indicates
that he was ambitious to fit himself for
a useful career. .He was a member oi
the Methodist church in Bozemanr his
affections ; were set on the higher life,
and his end was triumphant. Rev. J.
M. Shulse is now a member of the
Montana Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and his residence fs
in Bozeman.
A CLAIM ALLOWED. (Mrs. Ida
M. Babcock. guardian of the person and
estate of Mary B. Babcock. a minor,
yesterday petitioned the probate court
for an order, directing her to pay to
B. F. Bonham. guardian ad litem ef
Mary B. Babcock. the sum of $43. due
for legal services rendered. The order
was made as prayed for.
FROM LIBERTY. OR.
LIBERTY ( Or... May 2. 1900. Ed-j
itor lruit World.) Allow me to
thank you for a recent copy of your
valuable paper, as lor your offer I en
close stamps for one year's subscrip
tion. Perhaps you will be interested
in a word from this "neck of the
woods:
Liberty, Or., is located four miles
south of the capital (Salem,) in the fa
mous Red Hills, several hundred feet
higher than the city. Here is to be
found the largest acreage of Italian
prune orchards of any place in the state,
a little over 5000 acres; the oldest or
chards are now eleven years old down
to six years old. The orchards as a
rvle, are -well cared for and trees look
well. Last season we had an entire
failure, due to heavy freeze in February.
1800. This spring- we have a train been
visited with cold rain, and heavy frosts.
so mat me prune crop is somewnat in
doubt at this writing. It -will take at
least two weeks mere to know the full
extent of damage to crop. This con
dition of things, I am told, in of rare
occurrer.ee for this valley. Many feel
somewhat discouraged, but will con
tinue to take care of their orchards.
There are sixteen large evaporators at
this point now in readiness, and were
built in 1898, when we had our first
large commercial crop. Others will
be built. D. M. Crouse, Liberty, Or.,
in Los Angeles .Fruit World.
INSANE CHINAMAN. Shortly
before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Chief of. Police D. W. Gibson, assisted
by Othcer John Duncan, arrested Loui
Luk. an insane Celestial, who had en
terea tne white tlouse restaurant
I hey had considerable difficult v
ianding the crazy Chinaman in the city
:-:t 11 -t . J
Jan. arresnea ine teuow was
armed with a 38-calible Smith & West
on revolver, newly purchased, and woie
1 belt containing over fitly cartridges.
V.hen seized by the officers. Luk
reached ton his pistol, but was disarmed
before he could alarm' anyone. Luk is
about 30 years of age and formerly
worKea at tne Willamette hotel, but
nure recently was employed in the fam
dy of G. W. Gray. Several days ago
his mind became so badly impaired and
his actions frightened the family so
mucii. mat ne was discharged. Luk
was ne-leased from the insane asylum
about a year ago. He imagine some
body is alter him and endeavoring to
i:n t. , . . . " "
Kin mm. nence the armed himself with
personal protection. Chief Gibson will
tins morning enter a complaint chars
ing the Chinaman with insanity, and
w.u nacc mm again committed. (
IU CAPF. NOME. Prof. A. I. Co!-
wer, of the chair of ereoJoErv in Wil
lamette University, left yesterday after
noon lor reame wnere he w-iil join a
government geologjcal surveying party
and leave for Cape Nome, i where they
will spend the summer examining the
mineral resources. Prof. ; Collier is
quite a popular member of the Univer
sity faculty and many of the students
accompanied him to the depot, wnere,
upon the departure of the train, the
university veil was given.
T, .
T me last oniciai renn in tth.j
.t.. , z
ine numoer ot eatt e retrtmo.t
1.500,000. ot 4 ours r.3oo.ano of .h
- - . . ... v. r9
f8o,oot and of horses 7o.eo. Th
snortage oi hoe products in ITn,-i
offers to theUnitcd States a profitable
market the stability of which wrHi!1
seem 10 te not only well established
uui on a oasis ot permanence.
CONCENTRATED MONEY CROP
In the Lomooc vallrv Santi rt,,
. - - Vmm-
oara v.o., uai... tarmers make a special
ty of growing mustard seed for market
The area; under this crop is about 3000
acres, eiiviaea oetween h.nghsh yellow
mustard and Trieste red mustard, the
first named selling at the hicher
Last year about 300.000 pounds were
harvested, a short crop, owing to the
drouth, farmers getting 24- cents per
pound, and' this , year a much greater
yield is anticipated. ...
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CHILI) WIVES.
THE PATHKTIC PICTURE DICKENS
; DREW. J
Ot all the characters' trvoived froim
the master mind of Charles Dickens,
there is perhaps none which can rival
in its pathetic interest, -that of Dora,
fhe "Little Blossom.' She fpund the
wedding ring grow too heavy for her
little hand, and in spite of the lavish-nes-s.of
a husband's love, she faded
away just like -some -sweet - blossom
nipped by on-timely frosL- i ; . . j .
The pathos of rhe child-wife's history
reaches its (climax in that last interview
with her hnsrtand. David sits pn the
bed side, and thu the story is told:
""he looks into my eyes and speaks
very softly.' I am afraid deaf I was too
young. I don't mean by years only, but
in experience and thoughts and every
thing..! wis -such a silly little creature.
I have begun to think 1 was not fit, to
be a wife.' -
"I try tct stay my tears and to reply,
Oh. Dora," love, as fit as I to be a
husband.. " ? ,
"I don't know." with the old shake
of the curls. "Perhaps! But. if I ha
been more fi-i to be married lx migh
nave made you more so too. 1 , was
very happy, very, but as the years wen
pn my elear boy would have wearied
of his chili-wile. She wou'd have been
less and iess a companion to him
know I was too young and foolish. It
is mch better as it 1."
Poor little Doraf; The sweet little
blossom .aded and fell. "But how many
women w-ake up to a realization of the
burden of marriage, crying with Dora.
"I was -not fit to be a wife," ?nd live on
through years of misery and suffering.
UNFITNESS FOR MARRIAGE
l is .the cause of much of the unhappi
qess wmch is . so . trequently ventilated
in the divorce courts. The young
woman.- knowing noth.ng, of physica
disaouuies enters into tne marriage
obligation to wake from her dream m
love and happiness, to a realization ot
possibilities ot suffering hitherto urn
known.' "About ten years ago I was married
and tnree months later I became miser
able, but; i did not know what was the
matter with me," writes Mrs. I John
Hemmis,i of Munson Station, Pa. "I
was so ick and nervous, was not able
to ao any work at all; had to hire it all
done. My husband's mother had been
using yenir remedies, and one day she
came over to see me and brought some
of your j 'Favorwe 'Prescription' jj with
her, and.she said. Take that medicine
I know it will help "you.' ' I took ft
and it did help me aud I got better of
the bad fteelings that J had before I
commenced taking it: yas soon able to
do my work myselL I took .the medi
cine right along till after confinement,
and I can safely say that Dr. Pierce's
ravontc Prsscription is better than all
the other doctors' medicine put to
gether. 'Now I am happy and i well.
and the people who saw me before
when I was. sick and see rhe now have
said 'How well you look.' and they
ask me what I got to make me so well.
I quickly tell fhem what made me bet
ter. Some of the? neighbors have used
the same medicine-through my advice,
and they have been greatly benefited.
too. as long as Vrod lets me live,
whenever I need any kind of drugs. 1 1
will send for n- . Fierce s Favorite "Pre
scription, and 'Pellets.' It used to be
before I used your medicine that every
month I had severe pains and then the
hemorrhage wouId stop and in a day
or two j come back again, and so on for
a weeiat a time, and I would have to
lie in bed. but now; that is all over, ' I
can go.'ahead with my work as if noth
ing was the matter. I will ever be
thankful to God and you for havingl
such remeehes to help lpoor suffering
invalids like I was ; myseitV I will ad
vise every sufferer who is in need of a
doctor to put aside the doctor and get
some of Dr. Pierce, s, medicine, and that
will be! the best doctor, they ever had
and the one who will do them the most
good."! i ,
THE 1 YOUNG WIFE'S DANGER
commonly grows out of neglect iof coti-
di-tions -which seem to heri trivial. But
every variation from the normal, in the
womanly functions is a prophesy lot
evil to come. - Irregularity in the girl is
often the beginning pf a deranged conj-!
dition. which in wnehood opens the!
way to serious tlrsease. Inflammation I
comesland ulceration to be followed br
tnat conotiion 01 general disease known
as "female weakness," No woman lis
fit to be married in Whom the womanly
fvnctidn is not i regular and. healthful.
The use of , Dr.: 'Pierce's Favorke Pre
scription insure this regular! v and
more than all, gives positive strenerth
and vigor to the womanly organs. I
I wrote you tor advice 'February aiH
1806,' writes Mrs.; Loma, Halstead of
uiaremore. unerokee Nat.. Ind.
was racking with pain frem W
back of my head down to ray heels
iaa nemorrnage tor weeks at a time
and - was -unable to sit up for ten min
utes at atime. ; You answered mv let
ter, advised me to use vour valnahlp
medicines, viz.. Dr. Pirr' Fsi-nnt.
Prescription, 'Golden Medical Discov-j
cry, and rricasAiu euets. also gave
advice about injections, .baths and diet.
T.o my snrprise, -in four months from
the time I began your treatment . I wa
a- veil woman and have not had the
backache '! since, and now I put in six
teen hours a day at hard work.
! WHY DO -WOMEN WAIT ' I
when they discover th first symptom-
of the diseases pecliliat; to their sex?
The question is not bard to answer.
Women wait because they dread to
face .the unpleasant questions, the. in
delicate examinations, and the obnoxi
ous local treatment which their friend
have undergone at the hands of some
local physician.: Woman s modesty ',!ia
affronted by these things, and disease; rs
allowed tv go unchecked. Ur. fierce
has earned the undyinjf- gratitude 'iof
thousands of women who have taken
advantage of his offer of free consulta
tion by letter, and have been treated
and cured as was iMrs. Halstead, with
out having to submit to questions, e,x
aminations and local treatments, offen
sive to every modest minded woman
and only submitted. . to when there
seems no other wav of escape.
: i If. after undergoing ail the mental
martyrdom attending on such treat
ment. the suffering woman could be
srre of a cure, it would be some conso
lation, to- Iver outraged feelings. But
the average local practitioner can make
no allowance for the differences in
women; He treats them all alike, strong
and weak, and makes fro allowance for
the delicately . constructed woman.
whose fine organization revolts at -;he
crudity of his methods. The use of
"Favorite Prescription" and Dr,
IS- ' . ...
1 icrce s treatment nave resulted in
cures where physicians and surgeons
have been entirely baffled and helpless.
"I can cheerfully recommend s Dr,
Pierce's. -Favorite 'Prescription as one of
the best medicines for women, writes
Mrs. Mary IMurdock. of 220 Taylor St.
Topcka. Kansas.j "I consider it the
best medicine made. I know it has no
equal. I am the jmother of ten children
and only one living the tenth rne. She
is one year old and is as well and hear
iy. as can oe. ane is a beauty, ui my
Otner babies, some were born at right
time, but dead. (Others were premature
births; one lived jto be one year old but
was always feeb'ej. I tried different doc
tors but none of; them could tell what
my trouble was; iThey -said I was well
and strong. I "was examined by. sur
geons but they found nothing wrong.
and, they were puzzled to know what
my trouble was. i I did not know what
to do, so I thought this last time
would try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription. I took it the entire nln
months and riowi'have a fine baby girl.
and I cannotlpraise your medicin
enough for the good it did me.
NOTHING LIKE IT.
It can be claimed Without equivbea
tion or reservation that no put-up med
icin'e specially tor woman's use sold by
dealers, has been so . wonderfully sue
cessiul in curing the' diseases of wo
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nervous system, so that there , is no
more nervousness. It gives a healthy
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find it a source of vitality which makes
tne nursing o i-ne . baby a ceaseless
pleasure, instead.: of a painful drain up
on the vital powers.
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women are cautioned not to icon
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sultation by letter with offers oH frp
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competent physician. Anyone can! give
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fer of medical consultation bv tetter
made by man or woman which ha 1.
hind it a specialist of Dr. Pierce's; wide
experience in the treatment and care n
diseases peculiar to women. As j chief
consulting physician to h- TitdlM
1 tote 1 and Surgical Institute. Buffalo.
N.' Y., assisted by his medical staff of
nearly a. score ef specialists,- Dr. Pietce
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Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y. ' ;:"'..'
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tion." -f Insist upon having the honest
medicine, in self protection. 4
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physiology whicli,"w1pman -'can have is
Dr. . Pierce's Common Sense Medical
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TONS OF POTATOES.
New Peeling Machine That Performs
.Marvels. t --. .
. (Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review.)
'
O. W. Stoner, local manager of the
Washington Evaporating and Preserv
ing Company, in North Yakima, Wash
has ordered a potato-peeling enach:ne
from Germany. The capacity of the
machine, which will be operated by
steam, is placed at three tons a day.
Theprocess of preparing fruits and"
vegetables for market is a secret forrnu-
E,Lte"s,,v.e wrk are n; operation,
in North Yakima and on Puget Sound
The plant in North Yakima is capable
ofconsummg six tons of raw pojtatoes
daily, and turns but one ton of the evap
orated product in ten hours. jThe man
ager estimates that he will consume at
least 100 tons of the Yakima Burbanks
this season. Several women and girls
are employed in the work jat wages
ranging from 75 cents to more than '
double that amount a day. They are
paid by the 'quantity peeled, sliced or
spread on. trays, thus making the wages
depend upoa the individual exertions
of the wage earners.
The potatoes are peeled raw and af
ter slicing very thin! are placed in trays
and cooked by steam. - This removes
the water, estimated at about 80 per
cent, of the tuber, and leaves the solids
or nutriment in the slices. They .hen go
through the drying process, which is
on the principle of dry steam heat, the
pipes passing through the evaporator
near each row of trays. The evaporat
ing apparatus in the North Yakima
plant contains over one mile of pipes
carrying the heat to the trays. A wire
screen is kept over each tray during the
drying to prevent dirt from settling up
on the sliced potatoes.
FARM WASTES.
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
says Poor Richard, and while the penny
is ofjtself a wholly inconsiderable sum.
in a calling which consists of the daify
doing of a thousand and one different
.things, and failure to save the penny
in a considerable number of them fig
ures up to an aggregate well worth
saving during the course ot a year, for
"mony a mickle mak' a muckle" is
another equally true proverb of a -e-lated
people noted for their thrift and
a Carnagiean ability to get "gear" to
gether. .
One common source of no incon
siderable waste on the farm Ts in the in-,
convenient location of the tr.rm build
ings with respect to each other and to-G.
the fields in which the farm work is
done, for if "a penny saved is a penny
earned." a day's work saved is just as
much earned also. There is a vast
deal of time wasted n many farm
in traveling from one part to another,
the waste being due to the fact that the
buildings are not centrally , located,
farm house is at one end of the farm
and the work of doing the chores 11
largely increased wlien the supply of
stock water is a quarter of a mile
down a lane from where the stock is
kept. If a farm of 160 acres is 160
rods long, the number of visits a man
andteam will have to make to the
various parts of it duri ig the year will
probably not be far from twenty for
each acre. On only 80 acres of it, it
means 1600 trips a year, and if each of
these trips be on an average 80 rods
longer than they need to be, it amounts
to forty miles unnecessary travel, which
is a good deal in the busy season and
may mean; the difference of getting the
hay crop under Shelter or having it
spoiled by a s orfn. A waste of a
similar kind that any reader can amuse
himself by figuring out on the facts
of his own situation, if he happens to
be committing it. occurs when the
water supply is a long distance from the
stock to be watered. Ex. . '
NCW ASYLUM FARM CAI1A0L
Bids Opened by the Board; of Tru:V
Yesterday John Gray 'was-the'
Lowest Bidden,
The State Board of Trustees for the
Oregon Hospital for the'Insane hU a,
brief . business session- yesterday aTter
noorr, when bids were opened for iJ.e
construction of a close cottage at the
asylum farm, proposals for which had
Ween recently advertised for. Trure
were - -five ' bidders, each submitting
three proposalsfor the buildi nor com
plete with. steam heating; for the build
ing with hot water heating, ard for :he
structure: without a heatinc nlant.
John Gray of this city was the iowc-t
bidder -on alf three plans proposed.
The contract will probably be awarded
today .the board having taken the mat
ter under advisement
hollowing are the bids for 'building.
with hot water, with steam, and without
beating, respectively:
John Gray Hot water. $78j.?.m;
steam, $7361.81; building, $5773.81.
Yung & Johnson $8000: $7;8;
$6198.
W. M. 'Wclcl-$8443: $8031; $0,550.
Sorber & Southwick. $86113;: Sta-
85: $5846.95. . ." - '.I
Lrb & Van Patton Stiso: $8700;
$63oa - ." j---.-, ;"
ISN'T IT ! STRANGE?
Thit women make suchia fuss over a
baby? , - '
That women are not at ease unless.
they do carry a pOcketbobk? - i "...
That "women can tell the smallest de
tail of other women's dress?
That women learn a foreign lanfrue
so much more readily than a man?.
That women are so much more con
stant in their affections than xryen.
That women can smile, so ' serenely
when knocking ten years from their
age? - : - j . ,- .;..! " i
That women insist uoon the uot nt- ,
ing the shoe jnstead of the shoe fitiinj
the foot? New York World. .
While frost in nearly all section of
the West have greatly iniured fruit buds '
of all kinds and in many places com
pletely destroyed them, in the vicinity of
TTnirtn try A n 11 ftr1 HhTtdC tu
bads remain practically uninjured and
prospects for the largest crop ein
known were never better. Union Re
publican. - ....iOU' '