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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16
Sources Of Ivory.

African ivory is now conceded to be the
finest. The first quality Of this comes
from near the equator, and 1t has been re-
marked with regard to this fact that the
nearer the equator the smaller is the ele-
plant, but tho larger the tusks. heivcry
from equatorial Africa Is closer in the
grain and has loss tendency to become. yell
low by exposure than Indian ivory. The
finest transparent African ivory Is collect
ed along tho west coast between ATTITUDES
10 degrees north and 10 degrees south, and
this Is believed to deteriorate in quality
and to be more liable to damage with In
crease OF latitude in either direction. The
whitest ivory comes from tho east coast.
1t is considered to be in best condition
when recently cut. 1t has then mellow,
warm, Transparent Tint, as II soaked In
oil, and very little appearance OF grain or
texture.
Indian ivory has an opaque, dead white
color and tendency to become disoolored.
OF the Asian varieties Siam is considered
to be the finest, being much superior In
appearance and density. Tho ivory of the
mammoth tusks is not very much esteem
ed, particularly in England. 1t Is con-
sidorcd too dry and brittle for elaborate
work, besides which 1t is very liable to
turn yellow. AS matter Of fact, the
largest tusks very rarely leave Asintio
Russia, being too rotten for industrial
purposes. ( hambers' journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16

and tramplo under the hoofs of their white
horses any of her assailants. May the
$500, 900 she seeks be laid at her feet Then
may tho ships that carry her across Allan
tic and Mediterranean seas be guided safe
ly by him who trod into sapphire pave
ment bostormed Galilee! Upon soil incar-
nadined with martyrdom let the Red Cross
be planted, until every demolished village
shall DO rcbuildcd, and every pang of hun
ger be fed, and every wound of cruelty DO
healed, and Armenia stand with rs much
liberty to serve God in Its own way as in
this tho best land of all the earth we, the
descendants Of the Puritans and Holland
ers and Huguenots, aro free to worship the
Christ who came to set all nations free.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16
Muslin
Underwear,

Corset covers, gowns, skirt
drawers and Infants dress
quite a variety, one or two
a kind, odds and ends to |
sold at a great reduction.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16
tsrrcraL TO ouR LADY READERS

cred by those words so constantly spoken
by women.
India e. Pinkhdm discovered the
source of nearly all the suffering endured
by the sex.
Women's Complaints, these two
words are full of more misery TO women
than any two words that can be found in
the language of the world.
Sudden fainting, depression of spirits,
reluctance to go anywhere or to do any.
thing. hackache, clearing down." and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16

'h'hS, p"ShN"S
kindred symp-
toms of serious
disturbance sell
dom imagined by
your family ply
stefan, and re-
luctantly men
toned by you.
The remedy Is
found; the same
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16

noble woman who discovered the cause
Of all your misery also worked out the
remedy. All druggists have 1t.
Lydia +. Pinkhsm's Vegetable Com
pound Is the greatest blessing that ever
came into the lives of suffering women.
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II. w. ALLEN G. co.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16
THE CRY OF ARMENIA
DR.. TALMAGE RELATES THE HORRORS
OF THE MASSACRE.

The Turk Places No Value on the Life .,
n Christnn-- Heroic Work Of Mission.
aries-Duty of the Nations 90 Stop Per.
Observation-Disclosures Apathy.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03
wAYsIDE eLEANINes.

Random Observations and Local Events
of Lesser Magnitude.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03

Council meeting tonight.
A d. and d. contributed s. to the city
exchequer this morning.
IThe first watermelons of the season
were noticed in thefmarket today.
J The open season for killing deer began
last Saturday, and will last until De-
cember 1st.
Independence hop growers have de-
cided to pay 25 cents per box instead of
40, as paid last year.
Lost-This morning on Second street,
a $5 greenback. A reward will be given
for its return to this Office.
I The eastern market reports peach
plnms as commanding a high price.
The second carload was shipped from
Nhe Dalles last night.
Although two or three prominent
members of the band were absent yes
terday the concert was very pleasing and
was generally attended. Perhaps the
most pleasing number was the cornet
duet.
Rev. Sanderson of Eugene supplied
the pulpit at the Christian church
morning and evening. At the latter
service two converts were made. Rev
sanderson will preach tonight at the
\church.
Mr.. S. F. Blythe, editor of the HOOD
River Glacier, arrived on the local tralr
I today. He reports no further progress
of the ditch company. The citizens are
debating whether to transfer their stool
to Day Bros. and let them build it O.
\ see if they cannot finally agree among
themselves.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03
Brave Roy Laporte.


Further particulars of the close call to
drowning of the Milloy and Buoy girls,
near Albany, Thursday evening indicate
bravery and grit on the part of Roy
Laporte not often witnessed, says the
Albany Democrat. When he had
reached the girls in the deep water one
of them grabbed him around the neck
and she in turn was grasped by the
other girl. All three went to the bot
tom at once. Instead of struggling to
free himself, the boy bravely and with
great strength crawled along the bottom
toward the shore, dragging the two
helpless girls, one of whom was think
ing of how her mother had told her not
to go in bathing, and of everything else
in a fash. Finally they came up out of
the water and upon the bank none too
soon, the Laporte boy falling exhausted
upon the ground. It was then that A.
| E. Bloom arrived and helped roll the
water out of the PROSTATE girls. 1t was
brave act on the part of young La
porte and he deserves medal. The
| three are all right now.
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en- the middle Colum bia, is refused the
transfer OF its freight across the portage
at the Cascade Locks, notwithstanding
the state has epent about $500 of the
peoples money to build a railroad to
make the necessary transfer. The Day
people, who have had contract of work
on the locks, and who are there in ex-
pectation of further employment, seem
to have become dictators, and the port
age commission seems to quietly submit
to the dictation, Notwithstanding they
have railroad well equipped with roll
ing stock and wharfboat and force of
men to handle the business. Mean
while the steamer Dalles City is COM
PEELED to land as best she can below the
locks and discharge her freight, then to
be hauled with wagons to the upper
landing. Why this situation is allowed
to prevail is something very many peo-
pie in Eastern Oregon would like to
know. Is there no one to stand up for
the rights of our people?
ROBERT MAYS.
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The Institute.

Theory = Today there were special
methods in teaching history.
Physiology-The class discussed the
Emphatic system and structure of the
eye.
U. S. History-Cleveland's admins
tration was reviewed and incidentally
patents and copyrights.
Grammar-First lesson in tense.
Gen. History-Early history OF France
to its completion in medieval times.
Written rithmetic-Completed work
in mental arithmetic and began work in
written arithmetic and percentage.
Literature Completed Goldsmith and
Burns.
Reading and Phonics-Discussion of
primary reading.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the study of
figures of speech.
Spelling-Drill in sounding oral ele.
ments.
1. H. Hill and Florence Davis were in
attendance today for the first time.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03
wholesale Arrests of sheepmen.

U. S. Marshal Humphrey of Portland
arrived in The Dalles yesterday, bearing
warrants for the arrest of nine promi-
nent sheepmen of this section. A num-
ber of these left this afternoon for Port
land in company with that officer, and
were in very discontented state of
mind. The law which they are charged
with violating lis pasturing their bands
of sheep on the Cascade government re-
serve with intent to destroy the range. 4"
The sheep men are very indignant and
justly regard the action as the last straw
to break the camel's back. Said one OF
them this afternoon: "They destroy our
bnsiness by removing the tariff, and yet
they are not satisfied short of absolute
ruin.'
Their trials will occur before Judge
Beilinger and if the charges are sus-
tanned nearly or quite all of the sheep
raisers of this country will be involved,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03
a nav MININe BOOM.
Rich Discoveries Reported From Look
out Mountain Above Stevenson.

mining hoom has commenced in
Stevenson that bids fair to become full
hedged in short time, if the extrava-
CANT claims made by prospectors turn
out to be true. The camp is about 20
to 20 miles away from Stevenson, and Is
a region as inaccessible as could be de-
sired by the most ardent sensationalist.
A correspondent OF THE CHRONICLE
writes as follows:
Reports are coming into Stevenson,
Skamania county, Wash, daily that
very good prospects of gold, silver and
copper ore have been found in large
quantities on Lookout mountain. This
mountain is located on the head of
Rock creek, about twenty miles north
west of Stevenson, the county seat of
Skamania county, from which place
prospectors are now cutting in trails,
which will be easy to travel on foot or
horseback. The ore seems to be rich in
gold, silver and copper and is easy to
mine. There has been a number of
claims staked out and the country is
full OF prospectors, and strikes are re-
ported daily. There are now four tun-
nels being driven and the ore is showing
up better as they go. There is also
some placer gold found near by, which
is being worked with success. Many
new miners are now at Stevenson get
ting outfits and preparing to go out
mostly from Portland. Supplies and
pack horses can be obtained at Steven
son, which is the nearest town to the
mInes.''
The above statement, though very en-
couraging, is quite moderate when
viewed alongside the following commu-
nication in the Stevenson Pioneer,
which is signed Timothy Sullivan, the
wild Irishman." Though the signature
is enough to create doubt of the gen.
uineness of the communication, it is SO
worded as to be entitled to some weight
nevertheless:
Before you get this there is liable to
be thousand people here, for they are
coming from the north, south, east and
west. some turning back when they can
see the mountain, but they do not know
it. The long lost Copper Belt that wa;
discovered about % years ago by g
Scotchman, knew bin well, we pros
pected on the north fork of Lewis river
He started to Scotland with some ore
and wrote. from New York that he wa.
coming, but took sick there and kicked
the bucket. So here we are now, the
biggest copper belt in the world. Little
Stevenson will be big Stevenson befor,
II months. All it wants is men, money
and brains to run and work it system
atically. Time, patience, courage
strength and energy will do it. an
getting old myself. going on 66, but car
beat any man in this camp climbing NJ
and down HILL
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weather Forecast.

PORTLAND, Aug. I, 1886.
FOR EASTERN OREGON Pl lobab1e rain this
afternoon and tonight. Fair tomorrow, cooler.
PAGUE, Observer.
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Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that for the
purpose of making an examination of
all persons who may offer themselves as
candidates for teachers of the schools
of this county, the county school super
intendent thereof will hold public ex-
animation Wednesday, August II, 1896.
at O'Clock F. m. at the high school
building, The Dalles. Oregon.
Dated this Sd day of August, 1895.
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and indirectly the whole country, for
upon the sheepmen's prosperity depends
our own. 1t is:a case of a commonwealth
being arraigned- which is paradox in
a government by the people, such as
ours.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03

Q. i. GILBERT,
Country School Superintendent OF
Wasco Co. Oregon. I'd
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to tender our grateful thanks
to all the kind friends who have shown
their sympathy and sorrow for the loss
of our beloved daughter. May the good
God never aff1ict you with the same mis-
fortune, is the prayer of
PAUL AND KATIE KREFT.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03

On the morning of July 4th, between
5 and s. Mile creeks, tan-colored valise
clothing and other valuables. A liberal
reward will be paid on leaving the same
at this office. iul6-d&s-w1m
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03
Notice.

There will be an election of chief en-
Dalles Fire Dept. at the engine house OF
Monday evening, August Sd, between
the hours OF 5 and Z O'Clock. iy31-2t
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-08-03
Reduction in wood.

The Dalles Lumbe Co. will close out
their stock of 16-inch stove wood cut
ready for stove at $500 per cord in order
to obtain yard room for fall stock.
ily25-dIm.
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A Proper Inquiry.

EDITOR CHRONICLE:
And now the peoples line of boats,
that has striven SO earnestly to relieve
the oppression from corporation greed
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The Daisy Mccormick Reaper, the
best on earth, is sold by John NJ. Fill
loon, East End, The Dalles, Or.
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SAVE THE WRAPPERS Hoe Cake Soap
wrappers are worth cent apiece Ask
Pease & Mays for premium book. ily24-i
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The Value of Yellow Pine.

An operator Of long experience In the
manufacture and use of yellow pine
calls attention to the peculiar character
istic Of the wood. This is the tenacity
with which 1t holds nails. When once
nail is driven into a vel'n " pine board
it is held without any show Of 10 SEEMING,
no matter how much the structure is
shaken by wind or the amount of vihr y
ton there is from any cause. A nail
once driven never cts go, and 1t Can
hardly be driven out. This feature it
IS concluded, renders yellow pine
house, or piece of work of whatever de-
scription, stronger and more capable of
resisting the action Of weather or any
other disturbance than other kinds OF
lumber. On this account it makes ex-
cellent material for Car building or box
making, in which resistance to pertur-
baton, shaking or knocking about is an
important requisite.
The same operator also says that all
heart yellow pine shingles constitute an
unrivaled roof covering. Heart yellow
pine resists decay many years; in factit,
can be called almost non.rottable. Nailed
to roof yellow pine shingles stay there,
because the wood hugs the nails as
tightly as if they had been driven
through leaden plate. Heart shingles
do not shrink or warp, but make roof
as solid, fiat and tight as slate roof
Railway Review.
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Nut Grass.


So much has been written about this
pest to many southern farms, it has be-
come hackneyed theme. Yet it still
remains "thorn in the flesh" to very
many of our farmers.
In the early eos the writer inherited
it, and therefore has experience in war
fare against it. Has tried every pro-
posed agency for it's destruction, and
decides the shading out" policy the
best The few years abandonment"
plan is too heavy tax upon the average
planter. My method is to sow in grain,
any kind the farmer prefers, and as
soon as grain is harvested, plant in peas,
of running varieties preferred, in 81 feet
rows. One blowing answers Tor cult
walton, besides exposing large numbers
of the nuts to be killed by sum mer suns.
The peas and pea vine hay will pay for
this outlay. la October, resow to grain,
to be followed by above rotation the en-
suing spring or early summer. Should
1t be found practicable to sow grain
in fall, February sowing will answer.
But the former is advisable, as mus grass
is dormant till late spring. Your grain
sown in the fall will get "the start" of it
and more effectually master it. Sweet
potatoes, of the large foliage varieties,
are equally avail able for shading. The
writer has seen sodded areas Of nut grass
almost totally destroyed by potato Gull
ture.
Another suggestion of benefit, and
hope of some comfort to many,ls worthy
of trial. Fence off infested places, and
let hogs occupy them, except in rainy
seasons. They are very fond of them
and thrive upon the same. Can there
fore confidently urge upon my fellow
farmers not to "pull up stakes and
move away because of nut grass.
Corn, any kind Of grain and peas. can
be raised where it exists. But "king"
cotton com pletely loses his sway in the
contest. Dies it not, therefore, in
lessening the area of cotton and inuring
to the reign of "hog and hominy," seem
to possess something of a 'blessing in
disguise?" In any event, the pest has
been shorn Of many of its terrors of for
mer years Southern Cultivator.
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Management of the Peanut Orop.

ginia. are much simpler operations now
than they were fifteen or twenty years
ago. Increasing experience, and the
necessity of economizing in the cost of
production, ETC., have caused farmers
to seek out cheaper methods in order to
bring, If possible, the aggregate cost of
the crop within the prices realized for
the nuts in market. So low has been
the price sometimes, however, that this
has been difficult problem, and it is
doubtful whether planters have been
always successful. The present season
1896 '96-prlces have been better, and
some margin has been left to those who
have learned the secret of producing
them at the least cost per acre.
This is the problem now with this
crop: 1t must be grown at the mini
mum of cost, and at the same time at
the maximum of production. Here is
about the way it is managed in Vir-
ginia.
The seed nuts are shelled by hand, by
women and children, along in March
and April, and the shriveled kernels
that are not fit for seed are picked out,
and sold at the stores for one and two
cents a pound. In April the land for
peanuts is broken the same as for corn.
If rough, it Is narrowed smooth, and
perhaps compost or woods mould is
spread ON at the rate of fifty loads to the
acre, either before or after the blowing.
About the 1st of May, or little earlier
or later, the ground is laid off, the same
as for corn or cotton, the rows being
thirty, thirty three or thirty-six inches
apart. On poorer land the rows are put
nearer together, because the vines do
not spread as fast as on richer ground,
where it is necessary TO give them more
room. Land in corn, cotton or potatoes
the preceding year is generally selected
for peanuts. Any good upland soil that
is sandy and dry suits the peanut. Stiff
cltys and bottom lands do not suit.
A good peanut soil should have lime
in some form present, either naturally
or supplied. Mari is much used in Vir-
glnia, ana land plaster is favorite
substitute for lime. From one to two
hundred bushels of mari, or one bag
200 poundS-of plaster, is the usual ap-
pllcation. One application of mari lasts
ten or fifteen years, without needing
lime in any form as an annual arplica-
ton. Plaster must be repeated every
year.
If fertilizer is used-and 1t almost al
ways is now in Virginia-that, too, is
scattered along the rows, the same as
the plaster, at the rate of 200 TO 400
pounds per acre. There are now special
fertilizers put up for peanuts, but plant
ers use any brand they like, or which
they take fancy to.
The first week in May, if the weather
is mild, small ridges are made over the
rows and fertilizer, by tapping two fur
rows with single turn pillow, and then
the planting begins. Almost every farmer
uses planter now. 1t costs about SIS,
and can be used to plant corn, beans and
field peas. 1t does fine work, leveling,
dropping and covering the seed at one
operation. With it one man and horse
can plant five or six acres day. It de-
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almost exclusively for this, but the be-
ginner may use any plow that will make
the soil mellow and destroy the grass.
By the first Of June hand wedding will
be necessary. But planters dispense
with this as much as possible in order
to Tighten the cost. Great difference
prevails as to the modes of summer Gull
tivation, one man trying to get along
with the least amount of work possible,
while another will bestow on them much
more. Any cultivation that will keep
out grass and preserve the soil mellow
and open to the air will accomplish the
purpose.
The crop recei YES from three to four
plowings and one wedding, and by the
middle of July is laid by. At that time
some plants will be meeting across the
balks, and the pease will be forming be-
meath the surface. At this stage care
must be observed not to cut or wound
the vines and stems on which the nuts
form.
By the middle of August or sooner,
the vines will cover the whole surface OF
the field, so that it will appear as CAR
pet of green over the whole extent. No
finer sight can be presented than hun
dred acre field of peanuts covering the
whole surface Of the ground.
hos int Of
months before harvest time. The
planter need only look on, smile, and
keep the big weeds out by pulling them
up by hand. But let him beware OF
pulling up big weeds from the midst 0:
hill. He will pull up and spoil more
nuts than weeds. Let him cut off the
weeds If the midst of the hills with his
pocketknife.
Digging peanuts begins about the first
week in October. A turn pillow is run
along each side the row, near to and I'M
der the vines, severing the tap root, and
men follow with forks, lifting the vines
from the soil, giving them good shake
to rid them of dirt, and then they are
laid together in small heaps, three rows
in one heap row. The same day, or the
day tfter, the vines are put up around
stakes to cure, one or two pieces of wood
being put under each shock to keep
them off the ground. The shocks are
about as large as a man can grasp around
with both arms extended.
Peanuts cure better in small shocks
than in any other way, and the nuts are
cured enough to begin picking them in
two weeks from digging. Then they
are picked off by hand, bagged in 100
pound sacks, and sold to the nearest
dealers.
Of course in this short sketch many
details are necessarily omitted. Meth
DDS grow and change with experience
and practice. No one should undertake
to grow peanuts on large scale with
out some previous knowledge of the
business.
Those wishing to experiment with
them this year might PROFOUND a series
of questions on the points not clear to
them, and the writer would take pleas
ure in answering them concisely through
Home and Farm. Do not try to cover
the whole ground in one letter, but make
the queries to suit the season-frst as
to seed soil and nlAntinp then as TO the
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BENTON. KY Oct. II, '05.
Acme Cycle Co., E1khart, Ind.
DEAR SIRs: 1 have this day received your
Acme Road Racer and am greatly pleased with
your wheel. Several have seen the wheel and
pronounce it q beauty. and not a word haveI
heard against it, Your friend.
G. LEMON
P.S. am willing to compare it with any
wheel in tie country.