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This Is only small portion of the wheat
crop, a. t'sncludes only what was shipped
BY ocean sailing vessels TO foreign ports.
The baik of whest OF both Eastern and
Western Washington exported viii go via
seattle just IS soon as the main line of the
seattle. Lake shore 4 Eastern Railroad is
completed 10 spokane, the saving in dis
fsnce. a. has already been shown. being
over 100 miles in favor of this city
The building os the four miles OF road
between Common Poiut and Franklin, and
the widening of the Columbia & Puget
Sound gauge, viii be another important
factor ia making this a wheat center
Thus. within the next year or two there
will be added 90 the already great resources
Of seatfle-eoal, iron. hops and ish--thai
81 wheat
of course the quantity shipped 10 foreign
ports gives no idea OF the wheat yield of
Washington Territory. Large quantities
are shipped BIZ rail and in other WAYS the
total pr0oacfiun being between 1900 uoo
and 10 uou. 60 bushels.
The following table wiil give some idea
of the increase In wheat growing through
ont the Territory.
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ksEEtcNxss SAL AKga.
Ttere ARE 10 tSe sersS 81 god AETiseaA-
fafaa iAaa. aus ssFesf snd gzEtiAsfs 50 iaa.-
60 Seres river aNsttcas saatsS. fsrSsSt *
aEmoSs t&ksss<sas srNEx 81 eats. A4slsy and
standard nsaE crops, &2,asa acrzss asTil az
sssai ssut
MINERAL ANEs>
There ase sES.ee zeres sasnerzs~-Esssz.
eaHFSez. ese.. saaEsss, xsaae sad cszi. tfxe~
sa.ssS seses II ise iAites have teen SiSssy'.
ssSd &ssst nSg xetz~ sFo er4nx cxss1tiaazlsy
discovered.
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While speaking 81 climate the h-ztafnl-
rezs ef =estrSe during the past few years
may be worthy ct mention. The death rate
Of the city. including those arising froza
accidents sr,d those brought 10 the knepif-
ais frgsn the country Cor treatment. sxs Is
follows, according 20 the health cfsees s
report 1ss4, per thousand, lx.z7s 1sss,
1902, Iss5. 100 1855. 7A
OF xymotie diseases, n kieh constitute the
real test Of Q esfyss healfhfaluesx. the fol-
lowing i sEs record. iss<. deaths. -. lss5,
Is. IssS, 20: ie<7- =. Ratio per thousand
inhabitants. 1ss4. 4: 1ss5 IA: Esss. 2. lss7.-
ia.
SEATTLE TScDEPoRATI0Ss-
Turning once more 70 Seattle rs a com
mercisl center find fhAt oEi OF npwa rds
l59 foreign corporations. doing business II
Washington territory. Ito have agencies In
this city. IL hume enterprise the record
for lsss t. remarkable During last year 81
articles of incorporation Of companies
foyIaed IN Seattle were sled in the auditors
Office. representing O capital OF $ssa. liz oQe.
A few Of the lager enterprises may here
be mentioned
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WomAn's most faithful friend i Oregon
kidney Tea Ii Is specially adapted q
complaints peculiar 70 delicate ssstems
and w0tks like magic without leaving ans
unpleasant after effects. Oregon Kidney
Tea IS . psrely vegetable rsreSsasation and
- tsEeqnalaet IN kidaey and Jginary com.
plants. sold By Stewart & uotmes Drug
Company, wholesale 9geats
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Cr,.,. An N~~ sou,h ySa.s

SYDNEY, y. =. w, Jan 1.-THE new
ministry vas defeated to-day on vote
OF want oil confidence.
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a iaFge quantity OF 4he wheat is convert
ed into tsonr for local consumption end
shipment, and the latter, Is soon as rail-
way facilities are perfected q considerable
portion viii pass through Seattle
IL e estimated that nearly 2,ooo barrels
per day are ground In the various mills
throughout the territory, or over one half
million barrels during the year.
Ia lss7 fhe record shows .ssS barrels per
day. ar $3.50 barrels per annum. as the
capacity Of Washington Territory mills.
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Ad1irx tie lGtser 30 the ezscsG rsxzsns
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o.. ia aff3sf Wf'rkfts tweNtfSSS1@ Oh tkae S9as
oss4xsrt Of Washington territory has been
msred "a kfnx r0uRty. The coal com
px1lss haxe bad q good zeal Of tsosfsle the
past season with the saineFx, and tmPof-
t2us improvements in the machinery have
fssu nus IN which temporarily tnferfsfed
with mining
lfis had nos been for These Tao caases the
ouf;sSs Of eoaa for fsss wuaia have osen
msseh larger
TIE egtvut 81 caal IN King county Tor
kses il dsstfsbafess az fs,-ss<ss
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gain sf iXs,Iss over .he output Of issi
Ihv ontpui ~ the waeie oi Washington
Jt,s<ssosy ZOE the came period wss asH. 80
Ions 81 that kinx County consri hafed last
YEAR stscas halt The euaI mined
waen tAs fonr nailes of rsiirosd between
rofnuloa Point and Franklin, % which
reference 81 made in snssshsr part
af this report shalt base been
eainpIstesi.is will bring seattle IN clase con
arcsEan with . very extensive coal
fead Ia the Greeu River district.
and the receipt fresa there will
De upwards OF lea tons daily.
rag agMnKR INDUSTRY
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xesxly ope-shfrd 81 The whole supply Of
sac Frane1seo being derived from seattle.
The untpaf OF caAl from the King conniy
mirss since thSy were frst opened. u as
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AN ssk,ao
cfeASc Ea Fsfss1.
where tnmarris seet The xsla
where rhsatrsFess tn seattle
tsev. swinegss s2.sss,ssss

la every fskina nor eg0r.
common or pahllcGSS> 9zs the largest ever
kashinaa cCnstysissssosg. z5t&o@gh IS enc
al the ssshfs-vateal tHS growers ugssla -
much larger ai,nssfrsslsa sex Of sGsa
81. ~, g., 49, akss~- Tss laGsanS
in the ground FIVE 81 tsst 1850 ss..sx
crawl u or Is feel Apesssnes 10 tas hep
tunnel 20 where yeSats lasSss hs1 ~ h.
level with TIE rOci cps the ereIs ms
find yourself ia a large hsp sFesSss tlle
| visited hsasng assoa. !, s.,ss,,s - -
A raised platform exssfse she ,s,ssslar va
round The four sides, lea whtts ssssrs -
in the ssgsteF Ger the nTen Fssessas. Nes
IL simply hare sssaarsaisy sas sT2is 81
some three feet ssloV . -. y - =
ius platform. upon wh II ia - -
fire can he butt ThsAs l.S.en she yssss
on level With the sosgrstesy
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These are = few OF the principal corpora
tons formed, none being given with q
capital under $780, 90. and nothing tends to
show the spirit OF enterprise and go-aheaa-
Ism Of the queen City aud the reliance
OF her citizens In her future than the in
corporation of these companies, the greater
number of them having been established
on q sound and substantial basis
The total capitalization OF incorporated
companies throughout the territory during
the past year amounted 20 SIS, -, SOC, of
which seattie's share was nearly half thus
showing that the larger enterprises ense-
mated from this city. the total number of
corporations IN the territory being Isl of
which Seattle claims 81, representing a
capital OF 80. ii2.0oo
ZEAL GsTATE.
The transactions in real estate constitute
one OF the most remarkable features of the
past year. There was nothing resembling
q boom, public sentiment being decidedly
against sny seEnblance TO boom methods
The progress of Seattle is steady and sub
stantial and the splendid real estate record
OF lscs is therefore all the more gratifying
since there was no imitation OF prices. The
total value of the transactions for the year
ISIS amounted 10 <is,si2, $40 II rs compared
with s. ISL .s5s. o. for 1857, gain of sis.624
55i.il for lsss The heaviest month of the
year was January, &.7a5,l5o.50 The next
was July, xf.4s5,e el-17. The highest month
was February, 5,;57 81, while the largest
month for iss7 was October. the transac-
tfons being sS74.335.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02
He Struck the Right Man.

The other day an important looking
gentleman took seat beside quiet
man in an Arkansas railway carriage,
and began n convers alton.
I'm gooing up to Little Rock, " he
said. "to get pardon for IA convicted
thief I'm not personally acquain ed
with the governor, but he can't afford
to refuse me"
ais the fellow guilty?' asked the
man.
"Of course he is; but that makes no
difference. His friends have agreed to
give me $500 if get him out, and the
thermometer is very low when / can
put up good talk. Where are you
traveling?"
Going to Little Rock
ado you live there?'
Yes
Perhaps you might be OF some SER
vice TO me- What business are you
in?'
I'm the governor.
He wasn't OF the least service to
him. -Phiiadelphia Ledger.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02
In the DIRK Deem Sea.

II has long been known that the day
light cannot penetrate for any great
distance into the depth Of the sea or
our deeper lakes. There has been,
however, much discrepan " in the re-
suits Of experiments. 4 Swiss investi-
gator, NJ. Asper, has recently combined
his researches with those OF Prof. +.
A. Forrell, and come TO some interest
ing conclusions concerning the pene-
tration OF daylight into the waters of
the Swiss lakes. The method of the
experiments is interesting. BY means
Of somewhat complicated apparatus,
rapid gelatin-bromide plate was. with
proper protection, lowered to the depth
desired desired, exposed for ten minutes
and then withdrawn for development
The results of several trials appear
10 establish the general conclusion that
in the Lake Geneva in the month Of
Septem Der the amount of daylight at
the depth of 40 metres below the sur
face is about the same as the light per-
ceived of a clear night when there is
no moon. Similar experiments carried
on in the Mediterranean appear TO
show that in the middle OF bright
sunit day perfect darkness is attained
at the depth Of 800 metres. Thus at
less than 1900 feet we probably pass
below the level where sunlight has
any sensible influence on the life which
the waters contain.
As most Of the sea floor, probably
more than 1920 of its area. has great
er depth than 1900 feet, we may as
sumo that in general the life Of the sea
bottom has to live in utter darkness, "a
gloom practically as deep as that of a
cavern. As over half the earth's sur
face is covered by water to greater
depth than 1900 feet, il follows that
more than half OF the earth receives no
direct effect from sunlight.
The experiments on Lake Geneva
appear TO show "a seasonal variation in
the transparency OF the waters, there
being a difference of twenty or thirty
metres in the penetration of light, the
suns rays attaining the greatest depth
in March and the least in August. The
difference in the penetration of light
into the waters OF the Mediterranean
and those Of Lake Geneva appears TO
indicate that the latter basin contains
in its waters, despite the apparent
clearness OF the fluid. certain small
amount of organic matter. New York
journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02
Work on Small Fruits.

The principal early crop of fruit is
the strawberry. Some fruit growers
object to cutivating the crop in the
Spring, as they claim that stirring the
ground Injuries the roots; but expert
ments show that where plants have
been grown in single stools (the run
ners kept down the previous Spring.
and the soil kept clean and loose,
better berries and stronger plants have
resulted. Where the plants are grown
under the matted row system, the
ground can only be cultivated between
the rows, and To remove the grass and
weeds from among the plants requires
hard work, which is very laborious.
To partitlly avoid this the rows may
be thinned down on the sides by re-
moving the surplus plant, until they
are very narrow. The result will be
more plant food for the plants that re-
main, and more moisture if the season
is dry. Instead of being injured by
cultivation, the loose soil protects the
| plants and assists them TO secure more
moisture. and for every root that may
/ be cut off a dozen rootlets will grow.
I
/ only a light stirring OF the surface
soil is necessary, but it should be often
enough to keep the soil loose and to
! prevent grass and weeds from APP
pearing, as they rob the plants
Of moisture. Another objection
! is that the plants are liable TO
become dirty il the soil is kept loose,
nut the rains will harden the soil and
light covering of chopped salt hay
or pine leaves will prevent all difficulty
in that respect if applied after the
| fruit approaches ripening. The old
wood should have been cut out. re-
moved and consumed by fire before
now and the ground thoroughly Guilt
waited. This being done. the next
work is 10 lop off the ends of the
! branches, in order that the canes may
| become stoc<y and throw out laterals.
! All that is then needed is TO keep the
! field loose on the surface with the
! cultivators. One OF the best fertilizers
/ for the crop is bag OF superphos-
! phate and 500 pounds OF hardwood
ashes per acre. Raspberries are
| treated nearly the same as blackber-
ries. Currants are subject TO the at
! taclts OF the currant worm, which is
destroyed by busting the plant with
white helebore. The strawberries in
this section is seldom injured by in
sects, but the blackberry is attacked
! by a parasite, especially the Wilson
variety, for which no remedy is known
/ but burning the old canes Spraying
the grape with lime and copperas
| solution is id to be preventive of
/ rot. The rose bug does great damage
TO several fruits and can only he at
tackled by united effort and hand kill
ing. philadelphia Record.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02
Queer Customs in Thibet.

Polyandry is that species Of poly
gamy i'm which the wife has more hus-
bands than one, and it prevails wher-
ever the Thibetan language is spoken,
even in districts on the Indian side of
the mountains. Polyandry is found in
many other places, such rs the interior
of Ceylon, among the Todas and Nairs
OF Southern India, lroquois, and aborig-
inal Tasmanians; but Ihibetan polyan-
dry has the popularity that the hus-
bands are all brothers, or at least very
nearly related, so that the woman be-
comes the wife Of whole family. 1t
does not appear TO be in anyway con-
nected with the Thib stan religion, but
70 owe its existence to the poverty OF the
country ana The desire TO limit the
population, rich and poor. and IT is
only superseded by polygamy, or null
tipllcity OF wives, where the people
have been much in contact with Hin
docs or Mohammedans.
Turner, the second OF Warren Hast
ings' envoy To Thibet, says that the
number Of husbands is not restricted
or defined. At Teshu Jumbo, the res
idence Of the Ieshu Lama, he has
known family Of five brothers living
happily with one wife, and he thinks
this probably is the practical limit.
The children are regarded as scions of
the house, rather than Of any individ
ual mem Der Of It; all the husbands are
treated as the fathers OF the children,
and there is no noticeable difference in
the relation, of a child to the different
fathers. The surplus women left by
the system are provided for in the
Lama nunneries, where they learn TO
read and copy the Thibetan Script
ures and to engage in religious SER
vices.
The choice Of a wife for family is
the right of the older brother, and the
contract he makes involves marriage
contracts with ali the other brothers.
The system is said 10 have existed in
! Thibet since prehistoric timt, SO that
its origin is lost in antiquity. 1t has
been suggested that IL arose in "A state
of so .iety where men were forced TO
be away from home, and where the
duty Of protecting the family would
fall on the brothers in turn The nota-
bic benefit is that it restricts popula-
tion in regions where emigrdt on is
difficult and where the means OF sub
sistence cannot be easily Increased. -
London Globe.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02

they would combine and order by the
carload at lowest rates.
Though milk is sold by quantity
there is great difference in its value.
Occasionally some wealthy family pays
cent IA quart extra for milk OF the
jersey COW, but the difference in price
does not, if the milk is unadulterdted,
represent the difference in nutritive
value. \ better way would be 10 adopt
the practice in some creameries OF
valuing milk by the cream it raises
Some that is sold in cities by millSmen
would rate pretty poor under such II
ruling. yet it would be only just TO the
consumer.
The Royal Agricultural Society OF
England is fifty year, old and is about
to celebi ate its jubilee year. 1t is
something longer than this, We be-
lieve, that Lawes and Gilbert began
the now world-famous Rothamstead eX-
periments. In its history the Royal
Society has been patronized literally
by the royal family. Prince Albert
offered prizes IN it, and in some de-
partments won prizes from the royal
grounds. The suffolk breed OF pigs
was at one time best known by the
specimens from Prince Alberts pens.
American CultiVatOr.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02
A DIET or TACKS,
They Become Oxide OF Iron anc
Act as Tonic.

They Become Oxide OF Iron and
Act as a Tonic.
Carpet tacks are not generally re-
garded as healthful kind Of diet, says
the Philadelphia Record, but many
men have taken them into their
stomachs in varying doses without suf-
fering any injury from them, but even
deriving benefit from this peculiar arti-
Gle OF food, If the word OF prominent
physicians is TO be believed. In addi-
tion TO the many carpet layers who fill
their mouths with tacks while at work,
and now and then slip one down their
throat by accident. there are three
coored men on Lombard street who
are able aud willing To startle specla-
tor by swallowing "a handful Of sharp
pointed iron tacks with the greatest
nonchaiance, as If they were the most
nutritious morscls. These men have
neither leathern intestines nor copper
lined stomachs, but they are able to
take care OF a prodigious quantity of
carpet tacls without any apparent dis
comfort or i'll effect.
Medical authorities assert that there
is far less risk attendant upon swallow
ing tack than is generally supposed,
and that such "a performance is some
times productive Of beneficial results.
The freak who swallows tack or a
handful of them is seized with an an
normal desire for food, and it is TO this
fact that the harmlessness OF the swal-
lowing OF cks is ascribed. Curious
! ly, the tacks invariably pass through
] l.. 4, Al
down in reverence" and placed ia the
center of the food so that they do not
touch the walls OF the intestines. Even
when the point OF the tacks penetrate
the lining OF the stomach the result is
not so dangerous as would be supposed.
| Inc reason was explained in "A very
! simple manner yesterday by Dr. L. :.
X. Morton, who said: These tack
swallowers generally have very strong
stomachs and the amount OF gastric
| Juice in them dissolves the iron and the
result is a liquified mass similar in
character to the oxide OF iron which
we prescribe to sick persons as n tonic.
/ Really there it certain amount OF
benefit attached To the swallowing of
tacks and yet there is always danger
of a serious result in consequence OF
such an act. have never known OF
any person who has been compelled
to go to hospital from such causes,
| however
But remember a case of a horse
that swallowed a large-sized tack.
After his death we cut open his
/ stomach. We found there a solicited
mass OF stony nature. When this
hard substance vasSnl IL N Van yA found
/ that the tack constituted it's nucleus
A similar effect would take place in a
PERSONS stomach il the tack should
happen to stick for any length of time
/ in the walls OF the intestines'
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02
Hints to Housekecpers.

Water house plants with cold tea.
Wash gliding with water in which
onions has been boiled, and dry with a
soft cloth.
To cleanse white zephyr shawls, rub
well with dry -four and hang in the
wind.
Clothespins boiled n few minutes
and quickly dried once or twice Il
month become more durable.
For poison oak, battle in cream and
gunpowder twice day till cured.
Green vegetables will retain their
color if cooked in an uncovered vessel.
70 make tins shine wash in hot soap
suds, dip dampened cloth in fine
sifted coal ashes, then polish with dry
ashes.
There is no economy in purchasing
sugar. The moisture it contains more
than makes up for the difference i'm
price; but for some things. such as
dark cake and mince pies, many cooks
prefer it. GRADUATED sugar is the
purcst and best for ordinary uses.
Coffee pounded in mortar aud
roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned
on hot Goals, and vinegar boiled with
myrrh sprinkled on the floor and
furniture of sick-room are excellent
deOdorizers.
A London medical man says: "Be
careful in your dealings with horse
radish 1t irritates the stomach far
more than spice, and an overdose
will bring on an unpleasant sensation
for days"
a room with low ceiling will seem
higher if the window curtains hang u
the floor. Lambrequins may be used
TO extend the curtains to the ceiling,
and thus carry out the effect
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02

III. NdnStIls
the leader OF the hardy little band
of Norwegian explorers that crossed
the continent of Greenland, is still
quite young man, being only twenty
eight years old, and occupies at the
present time the position OF keeper OF
the natural his oric museum OF Bergen
in Norway. The interior of Green
land had never yet been seen, and
Baron Nordenskjold, the celebrated
scientist and explorer. had started the
theory that this interior had much
milder climate than the coast, and
that the descendants OF some of
the Icelanders, who settled there
nearly a thousand years ago, might
still be found. In order TO set this
theory at rest DR., Nansen resolved 10
attempt to cross Greenland from east
TO west, most perilous undertaking,
as the whole country was afterwards
found to be covered with snow and ice.
He started, accompanied by three
Norwegians and two Laplanders, from
Iceland in June, 1888, had TO abandon
the vessel and to effect a landing in
row boats, battling with drift ice for
more than a fortnight, although the
coast was only a few miles Of In the
middle of August the inland journey
commenced in five sledges drawn by
dogs. An altitude of 900 feet was
reached, where the temperature fell
TO so and 80 degrees below freezin q
point. They had no huts or tents nor
any shelter for forty days, but slept
in bags made OF deerskins, fastened
tightly round the neck, the head being
protected by fires. twas perhaps tho
most dangerous voyage ever under
taken. In the latter part of Septem
Der DR.. Nansen and his fellow travel
ers reached the western coast, the sole
sign OF life seen on the whole journey
being "a snow sparrow. The scientific
result OF the exploration consists in
the fixing OF several debatable points
regarding the early glacial period.
The expenses of the expedition were
born by munifcent Danish merchant,
Mr.. Augustus Cornell Of Copenhagen,
who also dispatched the Hovejaard
Arctic expedition in 1880. DR. Nan
sen and party had to remain in Green
land all winter, but have now arrived
in Europe, where the young explorer
has been received with high honors.
royal orders and distinctions being
showered upon him.