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Show dairy and poultry. interesting for chapters OUR RURAL READERS. Bow KnrrMiful SENATOR M. D. Ult Stuck GRANT writes as follows to Utica Produce Review: I Below band you estimates of the stocks of cheese compiled from my own observation, with the assistance of reliable and valued correspondents You will note the striking deficiency in stocks compared with January L 1896. The large export movement from the States and Canada from the 1st of Januury, 1890, until the 15th day of May, 1890, certainly proves that the actual stocks of cheese on this side of the Atlantic were underestimated by fully 45O.U00 boxes. Possibly you will recall to mind that the decided improvement which set In In Liverpool and London in April, 1896. was very short lived, on account of the very large ar.d unexpected shipments of old cheese which went forward from Atlantic porta at that time, and which completely paralysed the trade. Taking into consideration the conceded shrinkage of 25 per cent in the English make from the to- ), tal production of 3.000,000 boxes which Is undoubtedly correct, on account of the exorbitant prices now being paid for Engliah Cheddars and Cheshlres, and adding the shortage as given below, 667,000 boxes for America and Canada, makes a total shrinkage of 1,417,000 boxes. In addition to this enormous shrinkage, the trade will also receive a decided benefit from the of lard cheese in the State of Illinois, which was estimated for last season by the government internal revenue department at 15,000,000 pounds, equaling 428,571 boxes of 35 pound average cheese. It is reasonable to expect that in this filled cheese district there will possibly be made the coming winter monthB 15,000 to 20,000 Not since the boxes of year 1879 has the total crop of cheese been so deficient and It is reasonable to expect 12 cent cheese in New York and 60s. cable In Liverpool before the 1st of April, 1897. Latest advices from New Zealand state that the cheese crop of that country is estimated at 25 per cent short of last season, the shortage being explained by the fact that producers have been discouraged by the low prices ruling the past few years. (750,-000- on s. FiKhluni In Kks There are styles Ip eggs just as there are In garments. The fashionable in New York Is that which bears the label of Long Island. An egg dealer there is, however, responsible for the statement that if all the hens on Long Island should lay liberally every day for a month the tout product would not equal the number of alleged Long Island eggs that are Bold every weekYou see," said the day in New York. dealer, in explaining the popular preference for eggs that come from the other side of the East river, "people have got it into their heads that. Long Island being so near, the eggs are fresher. So we have to humor em. Most all the dealers buy some Long Island eggs and mix em with state eggs and sell em for Long Island. The fact Is that eggs shipped from central or eastern New York or Jersey get here auout as soon as the Long Island eggs, hut people dont think about that Theyve got hold of the name Long Island.' and that'e the go, and we sell them for 2 or 3 cents higher than If we labeled them state eggs." Fashion also favors eggs that are laid by white Leghorn hens, because, like the hens, they are white and handsome. They are by no means the best eggs, dealers say. The dark ones that the Plymouth Rocks, for instance, furnish are Boston heavier, richer and better. Rock eggs," said Plymouth like people the dealer. "Theyre close buyers, you kcow. and don't want anybody to tell em how to get the worth of their money. The New York folks go In more for looks and a name." It is comparatively an easy matter to grade up a common flock, so that for egg and meat producing they will com-it- e favorably with pure breeds. suf-flee- nt d, good-breaste- d, fine-bon- ed CORBETT. SUCCESSOR TO HON. JOHN H. MITCHELL. s, Forman Ope rata This of tho Farm A row department llinta aa to tho Caro of Fuultrj. half-skim- Md KmHi mt CkhiHa The hatching and rearing of chickens may how engage our attention for a while. I have spoken on this subject before, but I wish to say something that is especially suitable for farmer poultry-keeperwrites D. L. Orr in New York Fanner. The subject of batching and rearing la one that Is certainly very Important as the quality of the stock depends upon It, and 1 think the majority of farmers are lucking in the knowledge or else careless. In many places this Is usually left to the women of the house, and where they are Intelligent and anxious to make their poultry pay no one could be more suitable. In many places the farm hand has this part of the work to do after all his other work Is done, and In that rase the poultry gets no care at all. There la no valid reason why every farmer should not himself know how to manage his poultry as well as his other stock, and then he can have personal supervision over It and see that it Is properly and thoroughly done. Hatching on a farm la usually done In a very loose manner. One or two hundred hens are allowed to run with about half a dozen cocks and when hatching season begins eggs are taken without any choice and set until a number of chickens are hatched. The result Is: Many eggs unfertile, many chicks die on account of weak germs, and of those raised many amount to nothing, owing to the man-- 1 agement. Often is the case that they are hatched out so late they do not lay before spring. I have previously suggested there should be a selection made of the pullets and hens that are known as good layers during the winter, and these Bhould be mated with pure-brenot necessarily prize winners. The Leghorns, Minocras, or Wyandottes are very good varieties to get. If table fowls are what you want, get a good male of breeds such as Plymouth. Rocks, Wyandottes, Langshans, Dorkings. These are also very good for laying stock. In selecting hens it is not always the biggest hen that is best adapted for table purposes. Get the plump, hen. Having made the selection for egg or table purposes, each cock should be penned up with about eight or ten hens. This should have been done before, but it Is not too late yet The smaller or more active cocks, such as Leghorns or Minorcas, may have 12 hens, the larger cocks, eight is plenty. It Is better to mate cockerels with hens, and cocks with pullets. I have found that this will give better results. Thlr breeding-stoc- k should have a place by itself, with runs for exercise. Poultry netting can be had now for SI a roll h of mesh, six feet high, and it will pay to invest in a few rolls. These birds as separated and mated should be kept this way till the breeding season is over. Hatching should commence in February and be over about M.y 1st. It Is not profitable to hatch them out In June or July, as they would cost more than they are worth. The breeding pens may be broken up in May, and all the fowls run together on the farm. This will make them strong and healthy; the few months of confinement will' not hurt them. Give the breeding hens a good run on grass. If you can; this will make the Many think the eggs more fertile. sitting hen Is best left to herself, to make her own nest as when they lay away or steal their nest and hatch their own eggs they usually come off with a fine brood of chickens. But this Is not always the safest plan, especially If a large number of chickens is needed, li is best to supply the hens with nests in an old barn or outhouse, away tram the other fowls, thereby not being molested. Rtlrklii Ilia Kalwtion Marks Ihs I'ioaa of a kraalwn of tha l.-- f Wlat uru A Skitlch of Ills l.lfa - Ills Muuuad Trrrn In I ha Krnata. . HE most remarkable senatorial contest in the history of Oregon was recently brought to u close by Governor Lord appointing liou. Henry Winslow Corbett to sucH. ceed John whose Mitchell, term of office ex4. March case has no paralThe pired lel in the history of the country. By '.he constitution of Oregon, the legislature convenes biennially, and the pay it members Is limited to forty days, vhith is ordinarily supposed to limit the session. On Jan. 11 last the legislature convened. The senate promptly organized, but the house failed to secure an organization, although in session fifty-on- e days. There was neither legislation nor a United States senator elected. There having been no legal session of the legislature, Governor Ixrd holds that there Is a vacancy, which may lawfully be filled by appointment, un- der that clause of the Federal conIf vacancies stitution which says: happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the legislature of any state, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. Acting on this supposition, he has appointed a man in whom the gold standard Republicans of Oregon have entire confidence. Mr. Corbett was born in Westbor-ougMass., on Feb. 18, 1827. He was the youngest sen In a family of eight children. His early boyhood was spent in Washington county. New York, where he attended the public schools. Later he attended Cambridge academy. h, Colfax in 1868. .n 1866 he was elected United States senator to succeed Hon. J. W. Nesmith, and became prominently identified with the flnarrlal discussions of the time. During and after the war the gold standard waa maintained on the Pacific coast, and Mr. Corbett invented the Idea of national gold banka The First National bank of Portland was organized In 1865, and In 1868 be. with Henry Falling, obtained control of the stock, and it has ever since been the strongest national hank in the Pacific Northwest. He assisted In the organization of the board of trade, and was its president for many years. He Is president of the Boys and Girls' Aid society and of the Hotel of the OrePortland. He is a dim-togon Railroad and Navigation company, was the first in the senate to advocate the building of the Northern Pacific railroad, la an active worker in benevolent matters, has liberally endowed various Oregon institutions, and Is interested In everything that tends to improve the rendition of the communiof ty. He is one of tin Oregon, having been prominently identified with her institutions from their very beginning, and no history of the state can be' written without marks of his influence on every page. In 1867 he was married to Miss Emma U Ruggles of Worcester, Mass., a lady of high character, charming manners and He Is rare intellectual attainments. universally respected for his ability and Irreproachable life. r history-make- rs first-cla- ss Gold nad Begs Hard to Uo Mark to HU Conatry. Bh Plenty uf The British and African company's steamship Bakana, which has reached Liverpool, called specially at Elmlna to take the Prempeh and bis Sierra Leone, says the down to chiefs l.ondon Standard. She arrived oa the were twoi 1st Inst. With the of his wives, his mother, father, brother and ten chiefs, each of whom bad twoi wives. Of the ten chiefs six had been! princes of Ashanti. Prince Kolfi Ente! was sent by the government with tlw king as Interpreter. Prince Kofll Ente. is son of the late King Kofll. Prem-- j to the peh was sent in a surf-boBukuna in charge of Commissioner Kelly and Capt. larmenter. The king,1 when he knew he was going to be de- -j ported from his country, expressed his intention to rommlt suicide rather than He had! suffer such an indignity. threatened to Jump Into the sea, but was well guarded when taken to the ship, and he made no attempt to take his life. Once on board the steamer he was very quiet and made himself comfortable. His interpreter said the king was not aware that a steamship was so large and that people could he' made so comfortable on board. IIe took great interest In the fittings ofj the vessel and particularly In the en- -; Prempeh' glnes and electric light. begged hard to be allowed to go back! to his country and promised never anything against the English, orj as he expressed It, against the Great! He hail no Idea that White Quran. the white men could do such great! things as they did. In speaking of this he said he now believed the white man could bring the top to the bottom,1 meaning that he could bring down tho sky to touch tha earth. He said he' was sure, if be got back to his country he would be very obedient and would make everybody open up the country to British trade. He was also willing to pay the indemnity the British want- ed. The king and bis people were in charge of a superintendent of civil po- -; lice, with a Houssa sergeant and six Houssas. One of the chiefs gave it out that there was plenty of gold burled In Coomassie, but It could never be found, he said, except by themselves: They certainly had plenty of gold with1 them. The king went ashore at Sierra Leone In a most gorgeous costume. The gold ornaments, anklets, bracelets and other articles displayed about him were estimated to be worth 1,000. He also wore a number of charms, the chief of these being suspended round bis neck. Probably for the first time in his life he wore trousers. These were of yellow brocaded satin. A white and blue mantle-lik- e cloth was thrown over his shoulders, and he wore leather sandals. He was very cheerful on board the Btcamer and seemed sorry to leave It. A house has been appointed for the residence of the late king and his followers in Freetown. It Is understood that he will have more freedom than he had In Elmlna, but he will be under the dally observation of the authorities. Prempeh was received at Sierra Leone by the Inspector of police and conveyed to hla new quarters, a very large house. Llitle notice was taken of the king on his arrival at Freetown. Altogether there were about thirty people in the party. King Prem-pe- h while on the Bakana showed he appreciated good wines, Lilt his preference was decidedly for bcnedictlne. ex-Ki- ex-kl- at to-d- hhoppliiK In Chum. go shopping in China. In tbs If you first place you must have a stout servant to carry your money and then you must havea second servant to protect the first from thieves and to see Ihs: he does not run away with the treasure.. All Chinese money is in silver anti copper and even a small sum is very heavy to carry. The Bhops. many of them, are not much larger than lioxcs and each of them has a sliver room, or great safe, where' the money is kept. It takes a long time to pay a bill, because the storekeeper Is very particular about every piece of money which he receives. He weighs it carefully anl your servant does the same with the change, so that you will not be cheated. When a Chinese lady desires the pleas two-inc- Crlilmi Time. Under the above heading the Creamery Gazette has some timely and sound creamadvice regarding eries: A number of new cooperative creamery companies have been organized the past season anj! the critical time for many of them will soon be here. In many cases these companies have been organized and the creameries equipped through the Influence and under the auspices of some supply companies, and perhaps before the community was really ready for the undertaking. Such companies are always weak for the first year or two, and a season like the present one, when the products of the dairy sell at very low prices, Is an unusually hard one for them to tide over. We sincerely hope, however, that none of the new converts will become discouraged. Dairying will Inevitably become the greatest of Iowa's industries; It is the only way out for the average Iowa farmer. All that is necessary is for him to study it, put his mind to it, learn how to select and feed and car for the best dairy cows, how to market the products of the dairy In a businesslike manner and bow to utilize the by products to the greatest advantage. Get these companies on a business basis as quickly as possible. Hire a buttermaker and put the management In the hands of two or three men who can be trusted and are shrewd In business matters. Then let the other members of the company devote themselves to building up good herds and producing large quantities of milk and getting it to the creamery la good shape. If this is done the enterprise will bo successful DEPOSED KINO PREMPEH. . w riiutnKniplijr In Colon, French Inventor, Monsieur is said to have developed a process by means of which photographs showing objects in their natural colors can be made in a very simple way. With some solution, the secret of whose composition he at present withholds, he washes the sensitive plate on which the negative Is taken. .The plate, or sensitized paper, on which the positive la to be made ure of shopping she sends a servant to is similarly treated. At first the picher favorite dealer with Instructions ture has the appearance of any ordias to her favorite desires. The dealer nary photograph, but after three sucn cessive washes, one blue, one thereupon takes down enough material and one crimson-rehave bran to load from four to ten porters and goes around to the lady's Louse. This passed over It, It assumes the colors of method saves trouble to the customer the original object, all arranged In their proper places and intensitl'S. In and is the plan on which the iy:;a-hof Wales shops In lxmdon. Pittsburg other words, the blue takes hold only where there was blue In the original, Dispatch. and so on with the other colors, and the proper shades are represented. Sir Modernising the Pyramid. 11. Trueman Wood, secretary of the Commenting on the fact that a trol- Kwifty of Arts, London, and Capt. W. ley road Is about to lie built to the foot deV. Abney have not witnessed only of old Cheops, the Cairo (Egypt) Sphinx milking of colored photographs by Next there will be a restaurant th says: l he new process, but they have themon the top of that giant pile and a hy selves with the plates experimented draulic lift to carry one to the top. The and and solutions, express astonthey are times Indeed changed, anil we with ishment the results. at Captain Abney them. Drink Cheops bittern! ' Pyramid beer Is the best!' After visiting says that he is still somewhat skeptiChufus tomb, take Parasyneraterkolo-poulo'- s cal, despite what has been seen, and to exsmine the mysterious probrandy!' These and others will wishes cess before he will undertake farther the the of visitors to the greet eyes on to what say principles it works. pyramid next year. The fates forfend. and may the Society for the PreservaKew Tim Method, tion of Egyptian Antiquities forbid! Oh, Calreness, If you wish to disgust Belgium, like Italy, has adopted the method of marking the best class of visitors you are going the time for railways, post and telethe right way to do It. graph; and the old distinction of a. nb The woman teacher of physical cul- and p. m. Is to be abolished. New York ture In Louisville, Ky., resigned rathei Tribune. than lecture to colored teachers. A uring the regmar academy course. He then held a clerkship In Salem, the county seat, for one year, when, at 17 years of age, he went to New York rlty and was employed in the business until 1851. His employers Intrusted him with a stock of goods which was shipped around Cape Horn to Portland In 1850, the agreement being that he should devote three years In Oregon to merchandising, then reHe turn, and divide the proceeds. sailed from New York on Jaq. 20, 1851. via the isthmus, and arrived in Portland on March 6, where he found about 400 inhabitants. d So well did he In hts venture that his entire stork of goods wan disposed of In fourteen months, when he returned to New York with $20,000 net profits for division. After remaining one year in New York, he returned to Oregon, where the remainder of his life has been spent. In early life Mr. Corbett was a Whig and a great admirer of Henry Clay, fie assisted at the organization of the Republican party In Oregon, and was chairman of the first state central committee. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention In 1860, but was unable So Horace to reach there in time. Greeley represented the state. He attended Lincoln's Inauguration in 1861, and was a delegate to the Republican convention that nominated Grant and dry-goo- ds sue-ree- grass-gree- d, s twenty-four-ho- ur |