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Curious She'll Mounds in Oregon.

An item which appeared in the Orego-
MAN some time since concerning a shell.
bed near the Seaside house has been
going the rounds of the eastern papers,
which shows that the subject is of in.
tercst to the people of that section. The
coast of Oregon is dotted with these de-
posts of shells, the only records left Of a
numerous race Of people now practically
extinct. They are interesting to the
student, and but very little has been writ
ten concerning them.
The traveller is told that they were
formed by the fsh-eating Indians. 1t is
probable that the Indians of the inland
valleys made trips to the coast and
toasted on shclifsh at certain seasons.
There must have been immense numbers
of them, as the shell deposits are numerous
and many of them extensive. Some of
them are on the very shore of the ocean,
where they are laid open to view by the
wearing away of the bank; others are
situated along bays and streams, many
hidden by a covering of soil, and unno-
ticed until penetrated by the spade of
the laborer or the plow Of the husband
nun.
Near the Seaside house, on Clatsop
Beach, is a very large she'll mound,
about half a mile from the present shore
line. Hundreds of cart loads of shells have
been taken from it to make roads. 1t
is covered with about a foot of soil,
upon which large trees have grown up,
and fallen and decayed, and other large
trees have grown over them. From it
was taken during the past summer an
implement made of bone, probably from
the rib of a whale. 1t is the only iInple-
ment worthy of the name, so far as
known, that has ever been found in any
of these shell deposits. 1t is shaped like
a paddle, fourteen inches long, including
the handle, is three and a half inches in
length and shaped so as to fit tho
hand we'll. The blade part is three and
one-half inches in width, rounding on
one side aud fiat on the other, and half
an inch thick in the centre, tapering of
to a sharp edge on each side. 1t appears
to have been intended for a sort of knife
or rather %clcaver, and must have been a
very useful tool before stone or iron
knives were in vogue. Near the end Of
the handle is drilled a hole, the ends Of
which have been carefully reamed out to
prevent chatting the thong inserted to-
form a loop to hang it up by.
On each edge, near the handle, are
four notches about an eighth of an inch
in depth, intended to be ornamental:
Some needles of bone and a few stone;
hammers have also been found in the
mound, but it appears as if these fish,
eating Indians were not possessed Of
many tools.
The sight of these vast deposits causes
the bcholder to ponder on the number of.
Indians who must have helped to create
them, and the immense amount of she'll
fish which they must have consumed.
What caused their extinction? Their re-
mains arc found in many places along the
coast, in some places consisting only OF
moss. covered skulls, while in others their
skeletons are found, each in his W
canoe, with another inverted as a roof,
waiting for q tidal wave to carry him out
on the great ocean of eternity Portland
Oregonlan.
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Bees aId Peaches.

|, A correspondent in the London Gar
den, from Wales, remarks as follows: |
know of no better way Of securing q
heavy crop of peaches and nectarines
than by putting a colony Of bees in the
house when the trees are in bloom. This
bias been my practice for several years
past in the case Of 4 house in which the
frees come into flower in. March, and
the result is always satisfactory. When
the bees are in the house we never brush
he flowers or shake the trees in the hope
bf fertilizing the flowers; this work is
left entirely to the bees, and they do it
effectually. L have thinncd 900 small
uectarines from a tree which covered a
Siece Of trellis four yards square, and
8eversl hundred more will have to be
taken off rcfore the crop is a safe and
ordinary one. This, l think, is proof
knough as to the advantage of employing
lees, and those who think such work
pes the bees harm make great mistake,
they thus get a supply of food before
lis plentiful out of-doors; and I have
:,ted that I have for>two years secured
! first swarm and carliest-flled sections
ON the reach house bees. I may add
lat l have a good many colonies of
PES, and in my opinion they IRE useful in
garden. at this season, and when man
ssed on the movable frame system they
ie both interesting and profitable.
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InyuIids' Hotel and Surgical

~InvuIids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.
This widely celebrated institution, located
at Buffalo, N. Y, is organized with a full
staff OF eighteen experienced and skillful Ply
sicians and Surgeons, constituting the most
complete organization of medical and surgi.
cal skill in America, for the treatment Of al!
chronic diseases, whether requiring medical
or surgical means for their cure. Marvellous
success has been achieved in the cure Of
all nasal, throat and lung diseases, liver and
kidney diseases. diseases of the digestive or
gans, bladder diseases. diseases peculiar to
women, blood taints and skin diseases, rheu-
matism, neuralgia, nervous debility, paral
ysis, epilepsy fits, spermatorrhea, impo-
tency and kindred affections. Thousands are
cured at their homes throughc correspondence.
The cure of the worst ruptures, pile tumors,
varicocele, hydrocele and structures is guar
anteed, with only a short residence at the in
sitsu,on. Send 10 cents in stamps tor the
Invalius' Guide-booK tIb,pussS, -,iirh gives
all particulars. Address, Worlds Dispen'ary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Family Life in Siberia.

NV village chief was satisfied with
himself and family, satisfied with his
livestock and his crops, and satisfied
with his taxes, and over population was
apparently the only thing which he and
his peers conceived needed to be set
Alright. On this point we should re.
member that not nearly all the land is
yet taken up, and that many of the farms
are large as, and sometimes larger than,
the most extensive German manors. Even
a spoiled American farmer would be
satisfied with such an area. In the midst
Of these extensive estates stands the
spacious log house, surrounded with
barns and sheds, which, possibly, are
not large enough. Hardly anything is
large enough for the Siberian. I have
made personal confirmation of this greed
for extension and space in the towns,
where it is often carried to exc 8; thus
I have seen parlors where the mirrors
ana sofas could be counted by the
dozen. In bright contrast with the
stercotyped complaints of the farmers
concerning the too thick population is
the fact that they are all proud of having
a numerous progeny. The farmer loves
his land, his cattle, his summer and fall,
Tut he loves above everything a large
family, while, Notwithstanding his preju.
dice against strangers, he lives in the
perfect conviction that the country needs
men, and he governs his conduct ac-
cordingly. In every other countryin the
world there are f%oundling hospitals; in
Russia they are numerous, but in Siberia
there are none. If a mother is not able
to take care of her child she will offer it
to the nearest farmer, and he will be glad
to have such an increase in his family
Interior.
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Fertility from Fowls.

Mr.. A. G.. Hawkins gives, in the
s~nericen Cutipator, this Suggestive item
appreciation of poultry in meadows:
know a moving lot not ploughed
fifteen years, but has had large
eds of chickens ranging over it after
Ecmoy crops were harvested, and the
Of tyaaS>st heaYH, on it last seasen that
8 pri. of it became lodgcalpelore L was
somto cut, and on som parts Of il
t 1ne we're harvested three tons of Law to
saiere. When the chickens were first
Owed to run over this piece of land the
Sler had to take a rake to get enough
SIS together to wipe his scythe. It was
soor, run-out piece of land that had
:en neglected and cropped for years
taout fertilization"
hi the tree fruits are benefited by
-ett-5e of poultry; they eat many in
furious insects and promote healthy
growth; they will keep borers out OF
ounce bushes if the soil is kept loose.
but especially are plums helped, as wit
ness the following:
y have on my place nearly / 1000 plum
.treesHand nearly all that are over three
years old bear heavy crops every year.
A small part of the fruit is stung by the
curculio and drops of, but we have to
pick many more to prevent the trees
from breaking and to insure a good
quality of fruit. Other farms in the
same locality, where plum trees are not
80 favorably located, very rarely get a
full crop Of plums."
Care of droppines under roosts or in
ultry-houses is important, with the
k,w of making the best of this ne
cted resource of fertility:
t"The best method of retaining the
nonia in this manure, which is held
.arge proportions, is to spread dry
n or plaster under the roosts and then
tore the mixture in barrels. It will
Sd its strength in this form, and will,
Rove one of the most valuable fertilizer:
t.or corn, grass or grain. It is very strong
and must be composed thoroughly be,
fore using it in contact with seed. L
properly applied, it will act quickly on
the crop, as its elements of pant fooc
gre of such a nature as to be easily assim
lated by the plant.'
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How Many Eggs Can a Hen Lay.

The Farm and Garlen says: eve often
read of hens that lay two hundred eggs
q year, but such Statement: do more harm
than COOL, by inducing the unexperi-
enced to,believe such to be!a fact. ANY
n who is familiar at alllwith poultry
SSpews that during the falIkpll hens VI:
rgo the process of mol4ug, Or she'd
hg of the fea hers. lis requires
pally about three months, Tor one nun
ID days. As there are only 365 days
b year, we have 265 left after deduct
the melting period. ia hen lays
sularly an egg every other lay, she will
1873 eggs; but she will Probably lose
rec months more in Matching out her
pods, and even if she is a non. sitter
e will take a resting spell. As melting
a heavy drain on the system, but few
bens lay during that process, though
There are exceptions, and where the nurrS
Der of eggs exceed one every two daak
bit will be found that a correspondent
reduction occurs during some period Of
the year. While we admit that certain
individual hens have been known to Law
as many as $50 or even IT'S eggs in a
year. such cases are rare, and if one has
q flock of twenty hens or more, he should
be satisfied if there is an average of 100
eggs a years for the whole flock, or
rather nine dozen. Four dozen out of
the nine should realize thirty cents per
dozen, three dozen should bring about
twenty cents per dozen, and two dozen
should realize fifteen ceuts per. dozen, or
IN average of about twenty-three cents,
If course this calculation may be wrong,
II. will convey an idea of what maybe
. pected."
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AND H0USEHOLR
Removing Rust.

To remove rust--Q) Cover the metal
with sweet oil well rubbed in, ana alloy
it to stand for forty-cight hours; smasr
with oil applied freely with a feather s.
ICE of cotton wool, after rubbing tfs
Then rub with unslakcd lime re
~ as fine a. powder rs possible.
e the article to be cleaned for
s, until all the dirt and rust
/ strong solution of potas-
hay about oue-half ounce
full of water, take it out
@th a toothbrush with some
Np5sed of potassium cyanide,
lie soap, whiting and water, mixed
40 a paste of about the consistency Of
thick cream.
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THERE ARE MORE DISEASES than there
are visible stars. but there Is one remedy
that goes to their common source in secre-
tions and the blood. That is DR.. WALK
ER's VEGETABLE VINEGAR BGTTERs, a
prompt and perfect remedy for all diseases
of the blood. 1t gives new vitality to the
.sccreting and excreting organs, and fills
the arteries with new material for
strength.
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TWO NOTED M1NSTRELs.
Who Have Wo, Fortunes AMI Wnat The,
Say About Stage LIE.

Who Have We. Fortune an Whhs Taes
From Stage Whispers.
"Billy" Emerson has recently made a Phe-
nomenal success III. Australia. and IS rich.
Emerson was born at Belfast in 1916. He
began his career with Joe Sweeney's min
strels in Washington in 1857. Later on he
jumped into prominence in connection with
Newcomb's MINISTRIES, with whom he visited
Germany. He visitad Australia in 1911, AMI
on his, return to America joined Haverley,s
MINISTRIES in San Francisco at $500 a week
and expenses. With this troupe he played be:
fore her majesty, the queen, the Prince OF
Wales, and royalty generally. Atter this
trip he leased the Standard theatre. San
Francisco, where for three years he did the
largest business ever known to minstrelsy.
In April last he went to Australia again,
where he has ''beaten the record
Billy. is a very handsome fellow. an ex-
cellent singer, dances gracefully, and is q
true humorist.
Eyes, sir, l have travelled all over the
world, have met all sorts of people, core IN
contact with all sorts of customs, ami had
all sorts of experiences. One must nave a
constitution like a locomotive to stand it."
ayes, / know l seem to bear it like a
major, and I do, but I tell you candidly with
the perpetual change Of diet, water and CHI
mate, if had not maintained my vigor with
regular use of Warmers snte cure l should
have gone under long ago"
George e. Primrose, whose nameis known
in every amusement circle in America, Is
even more emphatic, if possible, than Billy"
Emerson, in. commentator of the same arti.
Gle to sporting and travelling men generally,
among whon, it is a great favorite.
Emerson has grown rich on thu boards and
so has Primrose, because they have not
squandered the public's ''fayors."
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Utilizing Wood Refuse.

At the recent fourth annual assem-
blage of the American Forestry congress.
held in Boston, the corresponding secre-
taarv, Mr.. Fernow, read a paper or
sLumberman's Waste as a Fertilizer, "
which may indicate in many cases a So
luton of the veXed and important ques-
ton. what shall we do with the debris
left by the loggers? In Europe, the
mactice of using dead leaves of trees as
afcrtilizer, while it has always proved
rriuous 10 the forests, has not been q
real benefit to the titled land, because it
has encouraged the wasteful practice of
selling straw which should have been
tsed for bedding and fodder. In Ger
many sawdust has for a long time-since
1853 at lcast-becn used for bedding
cattle, and the manure has been found
II some repects better than that of straw.
4 is now proposed to prepare a bedding
katerial from the lumberman's waste,
Which is so apt to occasion forest fires.
If the larger pieces of this debris can be
chcarly disintegrated, and, together
with the brush, be transported at pracll-
cable cost to the WORKOUT farms which
arc so common in the Eastern States, it
may be q great gain to agriculture as
we'll as forestry. An agricultural paper
has recently affirmed that land does not
keep in good heart on 'the volatile, short
lived commercial fertilizers" and that
the old fashioned barnyard manure
is needed to mix with them. 1t is be-
lieved that recent experiments upon a
large scale in Germany have demon
strated that. saw-dust bedding is cleaner,
more wholesome for stock. and that its
use requires less labor and beside that
the manure, arresting and saving more
perfectly the heterogeneous compounds,
furnishes more available plant-food. Ex-
per:ments by scientific farmers in On
tario show similar results. But the new
plan is to use disintegrated brush, which
contains far more plant food than saw
dust or shavings. Analyses by Wolff
and Stockhardt, German chemists of
high standing, give SO. IS as the value of
the chemical fertilizers in a ton of straw,
and So. So as that of a ton of wood lit
ter, which shows the wood to be twen-
ty-seven per cent. richer than the straw.
But in both materials the mechanical
properties are no doubt more important
than the chemical, and in this respect
also the advantage is on the side of
wood. But straw. properly treated, has
a high value for a direct food for cattle,
and The portion of it that stock can eat
would, in most of the Eastern States, be
worth at least $40 per ton. In Hesse
prepared pine litter sells for $3.50 per
ton, which is half the price of straw. l
have recently learned that a planning
mill in New York city has a machine
that grinds up its shavings to the extent
of five tons per day, and that this was
sold for bedding at ten cents per bag
weighing thirty-fve pounds, or S 80
per ton. One of our own members, Mr..
Hicks, of Roslyu, L, l., has for years
sold his sawdust to his neighbors for S.
per ton, and both in the stable and field
it gives good satisfaction.
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Recipes.

PoAcHED EGGS WITH ONIONS. Slice
up fo,...s cr Gxe, oeiaaa aGla fry them in
butter until they are nicely Drowned.
When done, drain them we'll from the
butter, spread them upon a. broad dish
and season them with cayenne pepper,
squeezing over all a little lemon juice.
Now poach your eggs nicely, lay them
upon top of the onions and serve hot.
Sp1CED GRAPEs.-Take the pulp from
the grapes, preserving the skins. Boil
the pulp and rub througha colandcr to
Get out the seeds, then add the skins to
the strained pulp and boil with the
sugar, vinegar and spices. To every
seven pounds of grapes use four and one
half pounds of sugar, one pint OF good
vinegar. Spice quite highly with ground
cloves and allspice, with a little CHINA
mon.
Cold ToMATo SAUcE.-One-half peck
of ripe tomatoes, peeled and drained
through a Islander t~wenty-foar hours,
then made file; put to them one teacup-
full salt, one Heacupful of sugar, one tea
cupful of whit mustard seed, one gill of
nasturtium SEED, four tablespoonsful
grated ho%rser,ddish, two dozen stalks
Of celery chopped line, or half an ounce
of seed, two t,blespoonsful of ground
black pepper, pnc quart of good vinegar.
1t must;aot be!boiled, but stir we'll and
bottle fer use. 1t can be used as soon as
madc.-GeaeraI MouseAsepe".
SALAD. DREssING.-An excellent salad
dressing, which, if kept cool. will keel
for q long time, is made of the yolks o
two eggs leaten;well with two-thirds Of
q goblet 9Nb9Jt salad oil (or butterl ad;
diugnot more than i teaspoonful. of OF
at a time, and beating it well. One tea
spoonfulof mustard, a large pinch OF
salt, 8 tiny bit Of cayenne pepper, two
tablespoonful Of sugar, two of vinegar.
the Juice Of one lemon, and lastly TIM
whites of two eggs we'll beaten. Bea
/ the mixture for several minutes, an(
| then thin with vinegar to suit the taste
put into 4 glass can and keep cool and
! dark,
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To restore sense Of taste, smell or hearing
use Ely's Cream Balm. It cures all cases Of
Catarrh, Hay Fever, Colds in the Head.
Headache and Deafness. 1t is doing wonder
full work. Do not fail to procure a bottle, as
in it lies the relief you seek, 1t is easily ap-
piled with the finger. Price 50 cents at drug.
gists. 60c. by mail. Ely Bros, Owego, N. Y.
CATARRH AND DEAFNESS.
have been deaf in one ear ten years, and
partially deaf in the other for two months;
have been treated by ear speciality doctors
and received no benefit. Having used Ely's
Cream Balm for about a month find myself
greatly improved, and can hear we'll. and
consider it a most valuable remedy. ! had
also nasal c~atarrf, with dropping Of mucous
into my throat and pain over my eyes. which
troubles also have entirely disappeared. D.
B. Yates, Upper Isle, Broome Co, n. Y.
Valuable Horses are often lost through ig:
norancs on the part of the owner. Send
25 cents in stamps to Horseback Co., 1874
Leonard st., N. Y. City, and learn how to
detect disease and how to cure it. This may
save the life of your animal.
-SEAsICKNEss caused the death OF a yachtsj
man off the English coast recently.
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There are about 6,377,o 900 Jews in the
world, of whom 5. 407, 900 are in Europe,
and 300, 900 in America. Russia has
2,552, 600, Germany 561, 900, England
go, 900, and Spain only 1, 900.
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is a bad thing, but pr. Pierce's "Favorite
Prescription deserves its name. 1t is a GER
tain cure for those painful maladies and
weaknesses which >embitter the lives of so
many women. Ofdruggists.
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No Words of Ours

Can tell you the benefit you will derive from Hoods
Sarsaparilla, if you are In need Of a good tonic. 1t will
strain all Impurities from the blood, rouse the torpid
liver, invigorate the digestive organs, and impsrt now
life to every function of tho body. We only ask you to
try q single bottle to prove the positive merits ofHood's
Sarsaparilla. as an honest and reliable medicine.
my daughter received much benefit from the use OF
Hoods Sarsaparlla As an excellent tonic aftera pro.
tracted attack Of bronchial pneumonia" -F. q.
ADAMS, New Hartford, Conn.
"Icannot find words strong enough to express my
feeling in favor Of Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t has done
everything for me, curing me of dyspepsia with which l
had suffered many year,. Mrs. 8. M. BERDE. Mar.
blehead, Mass.
"Ihave used Hoods Sarsaparilla for q blood purifier
in my family several years, and cannot speak too
highly of it."-J. E. COLLINS, Piqua, o.
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wish. circle or pyramid, and fasten the
end of the hoops, with a small, wooden
wedge or pin, paint ali some bright color
-yHe H0me.
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There are forty Egyptian obelisks,
seventeen in Italy, seven in England,
and one in America.
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In 1860 Wayne county, Penn, had
eighteen tauneries in operation. AS the
bark Disappeared the number dwindled
until now there are but six.
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"small beginnings lead to large endings.n
arprnse

81 wastronb!ed with a weakness Of the Kidneys.
I had to pass my water as many as fifteen times
during the. night. After having used the seconi
bottle OF HUNTS kidney aud diverl RENEoyI
found that al! my trouble was e."-Josepa o..
Miller, Carpenter, Xenia, Ohio.
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TONIC AND BITTER,
LYME TESTIMONY.
Blacksmith.

"Havsng had ~occas:oa TO use a remedy for kidney
troubles Fpurchascd Il bottle Of HUNr's rKidneY
and LiverI REMEDY. and it completely cured me-
have no indigestion. and aui heart, lid healthy Tor
one Of my years (66l."-J. F. Woodbury., Black
tmith, Manchester, N. h.
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100 Doses One Dollar
FrightfuI Case OF a
CoIored a

Icontracted a fearful case Of blood poison in 1885.
I was treated with the old remedies Of Mercury and
Potash, which brought on rheumatism and impaired
my digestive organs. Every joint In me was swollen
physicians thought 1t would be q good time to test
the virtues of Swift's Specific. I improved from the
very first dose. Soon the rheumatism left me, my
appetite became all right, and the ulcers, which the
doctors said were the most frightful he had ever seen,
began to heal, and by the first Of October, 1884, I was
Q well man again. LEN