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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

young or sixt. two pairs In all. These
sold for $26. 40, or 40 cents per pair. de-
livered in the city. 1t cost just $7.65 to
feed and keep them. The profit Is
plainly visible. Who says pigeons are
not worth their keeping? This old
farmer was very bitter against pigeons
Of all kinds until convinced to the con-
WINGED to the contrary. The next
season he kept one hundred pairs
of breeders, and his success was
equal to the first season, but the first
coop had to be enlarged. He tells me
now that his pigeons keep himself and
wife in shoes and clothes and leave
something over.
One of the essential points in keep
ing pigeons Is to have the sexes equal.
If there is an extra male. he will make
an attempt to secure a mate from the
other males. and thus break up the mat
ings as well as keep the colony In per-
petual turomil. He must be taken out.
or a mate for him must be procured
from elsewhere.-Ex.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

Mission work in New Mexico COM
menced in 1866. There are now rs
schools, more than 40 ministers and ma
tive helpers. and over 800 cemmuni-
eants. There are about 40 missionary
teachers on this field.
The city of Texarkana voted the ga
looms out. and Immediately the Cotton
Belt railway moved Its machine shops
from Pine Blur n Texarkana. The
company prefers to have its shops
where there Is no whisky sold
S.A,een VI LIE Samoan group OF
islands have been evangelical entirely
by native missionaries. The drink
traffic is, as usual. the greatest hind
rance to their work.
The Christian Advocate notes that
the town Of Duham. Me. with a popula-
ton of 1888, has furnished 80 Metho-
dist ministers. and how many Of other
denominations II does not know.
Finland has demonstrated that spirits
are not necessary In cold countries.
having become practically a total ab-
stipence country. This change has
been effected under local option and
Gonap suffrage.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
A Cheap SilO.

The Colorado State Agricultural Col
lege is reported to have an under
ground silo which is certainly mir
acle Of cheapness Of construction. 1t
has capacity Of sixty-four tons and
was built at a cost Of forty-three cents
for each ton of capacity, which would
make $27.52 for the silo, or, including
the cost of four partitions by which 1t
is divided the cost is placed at sixty
five cents a ton of capacity, which
would make the total cost, including
the partitions, $41.60. 1t Is built on a
spot which remains dry the whole
year. Here a hole twenty feet square
and eight feet deep was dug chiefly
with scraper and team. The stud
ding, two by six rest on two by SIX
inch stills and are held at the top by a
plate of the same size. A single layer
of unmatched boards lined with tar pa
per is held in place by perpendicular
Stats and these constitute the sheet
ing. Dirt is filled in against the sides.
The silo has no roof and the silage is
covered with straw and six inches OF
mostened dirt, which Is said to pre-
serve it we'll. A silo could hardly be
provided for less money than this IL
said to have cost.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
FruItless Missionary Efforts.

great deal Of missionary effort has
been expended upon the Chinese in
California, and especially in San Fran
cisco. but 1t requires q microscope to
discover any real conversions after forty
years of labor. In the way OF doing
actual good for the wretched people OF
our slums 500 will accomplish more
than $40, 900 spent in trying to change
the Chinese in their Flowcry Kingdom
into followers of Christ and heretics to
the doctrines Of CONTIGUOUS. Taking
everything into consideration, 1t 10 a
fair question whether there il not
great waste of Christian effort al well
as. of money in these attempts TO con-
vert Chinese who won't be converted
and whether it would not be more prac-
teal rs we'll a. more Christian to con-
centrate some of this effort and money
upon the heather at our very doors
who know peither Christ nor Confuciua
Chicago Tribune.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

A writer in the West Virginia Farm
Reporter gives a CESSATION table, to
which is added an estimate Ofthe prop
er age for reproduction. the length of
time during which the reproductive
power continues, and the number Of fe-
males which may be properly served by
single male. According to this table,
the proper age for reproduction in the
mare Is not reached until four years.
and the reproductive period continues
from ten to twelve years. The stallion
years of age, and his reproductive power
Is said to continue from twelve to If
teen years. We suppose these periods
are intended to be a statement of what
Is the rule. as there are many notable
exceptions where the power to repro
duce in both mares and stations has
continued for considerable length of
time beyond that indicated. The proper
age for reproduction by the COW and the
bull Is placed at three years. which is
quite at variance with the practice.
Bulls much younger are habitually
used. and heifers. especially Of the
milking breeds. frequently drop
calves at considerably under two years
OF age. The period during which the
repr oductive powers continue in the
COW IS placed at from twelve to four
teen years and the bull at from eight
to ten. The age at which the eve should
begin reproduction Is two years, ana
the power continues for six years. The
ram begins at the same age and con-
tinues for seven years. The reproduce
| tive age in swine is placed at one year
for both sexes, and is said to continue
for six years. The number of females
stallion should serve is put at from
twenty to thirty; of bull from thirty
to forty; of a ram from forty to fifty
and OF boar from six to ten. The
| practical breeder familiar with the va
rious animals will note a good many
departures in actual practice from TINS
table, which processes to give what tht
practice ought to be.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

A numerous scene was enacted in the
superior court room at jackson, Ca, re-
Gently according to the Atlanta Con-
st;tution). A negro had been charged
with burglarizing store. Colonel
Watkins defended him, and was about
to open the case with q we'll prepared
Grafton of his innocence, when the ne
gro quietly informed the colonel that
he desired to.plead guilty. Judge Beck
accordingly read the law in the case
and sentenced the negro for ten years.
Dumbfounded at this long sentence,
the negro rolled his eyes round and
beckoned Colonel Watkins to come for
ward, and when the lawyer reached his
side, the negro gently whispered: Say.
Mr.. Watkins, KANT yer peal fer new
trial%
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
Pigeons for Profit.

It was IL. the spring of 1880 that a
large farmer was induced by the writer
to breed common pigeons for profit.
Accordingly six pairs of mated white
and blue pigeons were sent from the
city to the farm and a place boarded
off for their accommodation above
part of the hay NOW. The space was
about 20x16 feet. with door for the en-
trance, and ladder extending from the
upper beams of the barn. In the center
of this room a square was partitioned
off by ratings. In this Enclosure were
spread sharp, coarse sand and gravel,
the railing about the Enclosure being
necessary to prevent the pigeons from
scattering the sand. A box in one cor
ner of this Enclosure was kept filled with
egg-shells. broken mortar and clay in
humps In another box at the opposite
side piece of rock salt was
keep pigeons in health. The nest boxes
in which to rear the young pigeons
were made of low, shallow soap boxes.
A box 10x12 inches square and 3 inches
deep serves the purpose. Some of these
boxes were nailed few feet above the
door, some higher up, and quite num-
Der were put on the floor. Any place
will suit a common pigeon. All being
ready, the six pairs of birds were set at
liberty in the coop. The light was ad-
mitted by a small window at the eX-
IRENE end Of the barn. In the course
of a week after the pigeons were liber-
ated in their new quarters two pair had
built nests, little hay for that purpose
having been provided. The following
week these had laid two eggs each. and
the four other pairs were Snil6ing their
pests. Thus two pairs were on eggs
and four others laying and ready to
sit. The following week all were at
work Pigeons lay two eggs for each
clutch. It takes eighteen days to hatch
them. three to five weeks before they
lay again. Usually a new setting OF
eggs may be expected three weeks after
the first hatch. 1t takes the young ones
five weeks TO begin feeding themselves
but the male pigeon usually looks after
them until they are able to attend to
their own wants.
The first twelve months the six pair
hatcbed and reared fully eleven pairs OF
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
A Paralytic Cured.
nn Grandfather, . Revolutionary 8ols
der, and His Father, Both Died Of
Paralysis, Yet the Third Gener-
alton Ii Cured The Method

Paralysis, Yet the Third Gener-
alton IL Cured The Method
From the Herald. Boston. Mass.)
Like a thunderbolt from a clear sky
z stroke OF paralysis came to Mr.. Frank
!. Ware. the we'll known Boston auc-
tioneer and appraiser. at 235 Washing
ABOUT six years ago seemingly in robust
health. When he awoke his left side
was stiffened by the deadening Of the
nerves. The interviewer sought out Mr..
Ware to get the facts. He gave the in
teresting particulars in his own way:
THE first shock came very suddenly
while was asleep, but 1t was not last
ing in its effects, and in few weeks I
was able to be about. A few months
after, when exhausted by work and
orenched with rain I went home In
very nervous state. The result was a
second and more severe shock. after
which my left arm and leg were prac-
tically helpless.
MY grandfather, who was a soldier
IN the Revolutionary War, and lost an
arm in the struggle for American indie
pendence. died finally Of paralysis. MY
rather also died Of paralysis. although
1t was complicated with other troubles.
and so had some knowledge Of the Ia
tai character Of the disease which Is he
ond shock I took warning, for. In all
probability. third would carry me OF.
Almost everything under the sun was
recommended to me and l tried all the
remedies that seemed likely to do any
good. electricity, massage and special
lists, but to no effect.
''The only thing found that helped
me was DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and +
verify believe that II 1t hadn't been for
those pills l would have been dead
years ago.
"Yes. still have a slight reminder Of
the last attack six years ago. My left
arm Is not as strong as the other and my
left foot drags a little, as the paralysis
had the effect Of deadening the nerves.
But l can still walk good distance.
talk as easily as ever, and my general
health is splendid. am really over sew
enty years old, although l am generally
taken to be twenty years younger.
THE Pink Pills keep my blood in good
condition. and l believe that is why
am so WELL
Mr.. Ware has every appearance Of a
perfectly healthy man, and arrives at
his Office promptly at eight o'clock ev-
cry morning. although he has reached
~. age when many men retire from
active life. He says that In his
opinion both his father and grandfather
could have been saved II Pink Pills had
been obtainable at that time.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie contain all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They may
be had Of all druggists or direct by mail
from the DR.. williams Medicine Co.
Schenectady, N. Y, at 80 cents per box
or six boxes for $3.50.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

be traced by the lines in the woman's face
Dull eyes, the sallow or wrinkled face and
those feelings of weakness" have their
rise in the arrangements and irregularities
peculiar to women. The functional de-
Engagements, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses of women, can be cured with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For the
young girl just entering womanhood, for
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later in the change of life, /"
the Prescription is just what they need
it aids nature in preparing the system for
these events. It's medicine prescribed
for thirty years, by DIR. X. v. Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, al Buffalo, n. Y.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
FLorsAM.

A Maine paper has suspended pub
LEGATION for two weeks to give its en-
ployes a vacation.
Two men and three New Haven
(Conn.) boys killed ffty-seven copper
head snakes the other day.
About half of the towns in Rhode
Island have asked to be included in
the provisions Of the good roads law,
passed last January, permitting the use
Of 100000 for good roads.
Staid old Lewiston, Me-, has been
shocked and scandalized during the
past week or 50 by bloomer girl who
smokes cigar while riding her bicycle
about the streets Of the town.
On the average, and taking England
and Wales, one person in 70 is q Smith,
one in 76 a Jones, one in 115 a WILL
fans, one in 14S a Taylor, one In 162
Q Davies and one in ia Brown.
Fish are disappearing from Canadian
as we'll as American waters in conse-
quence Of the fact that fish Weighing
less than a quarter Of a pound are
sened out In fine nets and marketed.
English is now included in the list
Of subjects in the examination Tor al
mission to the great military scnools
In France. Hitherto German has Deen
the only foreign language necessary.
A Lowell business man told his chill
dren he would give them So II they
would put lot OF wood into the cellar
They sublet the job to other children
for $3.50 and watched them Work WIN
great satisfaction.
The peanut crop is likely to be
little short this year. Tennessee will
probably produce an average crop o"'
in both Virginia and North Carollha
the acreage in peanuts is 10 to Is per
cent less than last year.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
Petrlfled Oysters.

A bed of petritied oysters has been
found on the top of Big mountain. just
back of Forkston, Wyoming county,
Pa. short time since A. Judson Stark
and William N. Reynolds, jr. of Lafay-
cite college, amateur biologists. spent
n day on the mountain and brought
back fine collection OF the petrified
bivalves Some of the specimens are
of mammoth size, one in Mr.. Reynolds
possession measuring twenty-five
inches long by nine inches wide and
weighing forty pounds. The specimens
range in all sizes.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
The Atlantic Monthly for September

The Atlantic Monthly for September
contains the first installment Of a
threc.part story, by Charles Egbert
Craddock, entitled The Mystery of
Witch Face Mountain. The second OF
DR.. John Fiskes historical papers has
for subject John Smith in Virginia,
in which he reopens vigorously the
discussion in regard to this interesting
character Bradford Tory contrib
utes another Tennessee sketch, ChicE-
amauga, which will be of special
interest in view of this summers men,
orable gathering at Lookout Noun
tain. Among other features are Guides:
A Protest, by Agnes Repplicr. import
ant. book reviews. and the Contrib
utors' Club. Houghton, Mifilin & Co
ROStOn
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

In the clinic Of Prot. Won Bsraelebon,
In Berlin. the other day . cuurious sur.
gical operation was performed. a ~
year.old seamstreas named Wilholmane
Strange had q darning needle almosS
three inchcs long removed from her
brain, where II must have been in
bedded since babyhood The poor gixl
oil her life had often suffered head.
aches, sometimes aggravated ~
spasma How the needle ever got there
nobody knows. The patient has ~
ready been discharged from the charitA
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

modified, even with the lower degree OF
heat used. This is shown in the way
rennet acts on pasteurized milk. The
coagulation produced by this chemical
ferment is entirely different In char
acter, and appears much more slowly
than when acting in fresh milk.
For butter-making purposes, or Tor
milk or cream consumed directly, the
pasteurized process seems to have no
injurious effects on the physical con-
stitution of the material. Butter can be
made from pasteurized cream, and
aside from the difference in flavor,
which is produced, there is no observ-
able difference in the texture OF grain
of the product.
Pasteurized cream can also be USED
Unfortunately for ordinary purposes,
for ice-cream, whipped cream, and for
general use. Milk treated by the pas
teurized process yields as large per
cent of butter fat, when separated or
raised by the gravity system, as the
raw milk BY either process the milk
is.freed from any diseased bacteria that
may have been derived from the cow,
or may have fallen into the milk after
the milk has been drawn from the ami
NAL
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

Lemon juice applied to cast iron arti-
Giles gives an excellent finish to the sur
face Of the metal 1t turns the portion
OF polished cast iron to which it Ia APP
piled to bronze black, and when
touched over with shellac varnish will
absorb sufficient amount Of the var
nish to preserve it. To many lemon
juice would seem to be weak and in
effective acid for metal. but everyone
knows how quickly q knife blade OF
steel will blacken when used TO cut q
lemon, and the darkening OF polished
iron by the acid is very beautiful.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

There is no better magazine for
keeping. Springfield, Mass. 1t has
made IA big success in all of its depart
ments, but its $4,000 readers are de-
lighted with the series of anagrams
which it has been publishing. In it's
September issue there will be one on
200 popular advertisers and advertise
ments, with IA series of valuable prizes
The publishers will send IA sample copy
containing particulars for 20 cents.
Frederick lennyson, the eder brother OF
Alfred, will soon publish new volume of
verses.
Waste of time and words are the two
greatest expenses in HE.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
Calling y Halt.

Washington Star: There's just one
thing that want to say" said the pro-
pric,or of the newspaper to his man
aging editor, land that is that we've
been imposed on long enough"
whats the NATTER"
Were going to turn over new leaf.
II these pugilists are going to do their
fighting in the newspapers they'll have
to pay for it the same as the baking
powder manufacturers"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

Horses in Indiana.-The following
are the number and breeds of horses
in Indiana, and tire number during the
past year, as reported in the current
bulletin of the Indiana bureau of sta
tistis5. French draft. 4.270: French
coach. 1896; Clydesdale. 1851; English
shire. 1917; all ether breeds. 634.l59;
number died past year. 22,7S7; mules,
5G,053: number of mules died past year,
l,1l2.-Ex.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
'OMEN'SFACES

flowers, fade
and wither with time;
the bloom Of the rose
is only known to the
h e althy woman's
cheeks. The nerv-
Gus strain caused BY
the ailments and
pains peculiar to the
sex, and the labor
and worry Of rearing
n (a,,,1u N,,, oGa.,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
ERESTlNC CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL. READERS.
Vow Successful Farmers Operate This
Department OF the Farm A Few
Hints AS to the Care of Live Stock
aud Poultry.

HE bulletin recent
ly published by
Prof. H. l.. Russell,
of the Wisconsin
Experiment Sta
ton, contains the
following:
Pasteurized and
sterilized milk does
not suffer decompo-
sitiOn C h a n & e S
nearly as readily
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10
Raising Geese for the Livers.

KNtelnG GeeEe TOT VIC 11tVerH'
1t was an archbishop of Strasburg,
native of Toulouse, who introduced in
the district during the last century the
rearing of the Toulouse goose for its
liver, says an English writer. In the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

Indiana Sheep and Wool-The breeds
of sheep, pounds Of wool and other
facts TO date regarding this industry
are given by the Indiana bureau OF sta
tistics in bulletin just issued. as fol-
lows: Cotswold, 33 40S: Merino, 26,328;
Southdowns. 5l,9l1; all other breeds,
710.S71; lambs, 81 .57S: number killed
by dogs past year, 80, 724: number died
past year, 62, 100; pounds of wool clip
ped in 1894, 4.914,G45.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

Australia and America in Competi-
tion.-The hope Of cattle and sheep
growers in Australia Is in short sup
plies in the United States. They have
so far been able to offer very little COM
petition 20 our live stock and the sheep
growers are in many cases compelled
again to resort to tanking their sheep
to tallow, skins and fertilizer. They
have no end of stock they could put
upon the English market at very low
figures. but they can not get price
enough now to pay for the enormous
cost of transportation and leave any
thing to the good -Drovers' Journal
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves tho
most obstinate couehs.-Rev. ID. BuCn-
MUELLER, Lexington, Mo-, Feb -, "a.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-10

J c. SIMPSON. Marques. W. Va, says:
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me OF very boo
case Of catarrh" Druggists sell 1t. 76c.