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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-11-12
Eckels Accepts Bank Presidency.

James II. Eckels, the comptroller Of
the currency, will accept the presiden-
cy Of the Commercial National bank of
Chicago, to which he was elected a few
days ago.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-11-12
RESULT IN MARYLAND.
Tho Fate 81 senator German Was In the
balance.

balance.
In Maryland the state contest was
over the election OF two officers, the
state comptroller and the clerk Of the
court of appeals. The Lomipees OF
the republicans were: Comptroller,
Philip Goldsborough; clerk OF the
court of appeals, Alan Rutherford.
The democratic nominees were: Comp
troller, Thomas A. Smith; clerk Of the
court of appeals, j Frank Ford.
The returns so far received indicate
that the Legislature will he democratic
on joint ballot. This means the re-
turn OF German to the United States
senate.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
-
Flower Beds.

Lay your plans, so there will be no
delay when the time comes for plant
ing, says an exchange. There Is no in
vestment you can make that will bring
q larger proportionate return of pleas
urc than a small sum devoted to flower
seed. 1t is good time, while the men
have leisure, to prepare the beds. IL
the ground is poor and the subsoil COM
pact it will pay to dig it out a least two
spades deep and fill in good soil. When
it Is done once 1t Is done forever, and
an occasional top dressing is all it will
need while you live. The men and
teams have leisure now; this work can
be done wherever the ground is not
frozen. If the soil is fairly good throw
out spade deep, and then take out
another spade deep and haul it away,
l'placing with good surface soil from
the woods or fields. mixing in some
sand, If needed, and some old manure,
or chip dirt from wood pile. A bed pre-
pared in this way, If the water does not
stand in it, will produce vigorous
growth and abundant bloom in most
garden flowers. and well repay the
labor. Some few kinds do best in poor
soil, or in special locations, but the
great majority thrive best in a deep,
rich, moist, but not wet loan. When
such bed is once prepared it needs
only an occasional top dressing to keep
1t in fine condition forever.-Farmers
Review.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
SITUATION NO WORSE.
Report From the Mississippi Flood.
Stricken District.

Memphis, April l2.--Notwithstand
Ing the high winds and heavy rain
storms reported from the overfowed
Mississippi delta last night, the situa.
ton in the flood-stricken district is Ger
tainly no worse, if not better tonight.
The water which has been pouring
through five big crevasses for more than
week is rapidly flowing into the Mis-
slssippi again, at a point twelve miles
north of Nicksburg, and is sweeping
southwark with terrible force. The
strain on the Louisiana levees will be
something terrific for week, and if
they withstand that length of time, all
will be we'll
The Sunfiower river is also on a ram
page tonight. Two-thirls of the water
from the Flower lake crevasse is rush.
ing into this stream, and "a large area
will be inundated from the overflow.
The Tallahatchie and Coldwater rivers
are gradually falling. At Helena. the
river is slowly falling, and indications
are that the big stream will continue
to decline. The waters below the Ar
kansas Midland levee are at standstill
tonight.
The number of refugees is increasing
at Helena almost hourly. The steamer
at Helena arrived there late this after
noon with more than 100 flood suffer-
ers, swelling the list there to 5000.
At Rosedale nothing of special interest
has occurred in the situation. After
the stormy night that caused buildings
to rock and sway like boughs of trees,
the sun came out bright and clear in
that section today but cold north
wind is blowing. In the Bogue Phalia
country, much suffering is reported.
The Rosedale relief committee will
visit that section tomorrow and dist,ib-
ute provisions.
At Greenvlle, the situation has not
changed. All the levecs along the
Mississippi front safely withstood the
storm OF last night. At Memphis, the
river continues to fall, decline of
one-tcnth of a foot being reported by
the weather bureau tonight.
The railroads, with one exception,
are again open for business and in good
shape, and all trains are being run on
schedule time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

1t is a strict rule with the big trans
atlantic steamship companies that the
wife of the Captain shall not travel in
his ship. The company strongly pro-
hibits its Captains from taking their
wives aboard with them. The suppo-
sition is that if anything should hap
pen to the ship the Captain, instead Of
attending to his public duty, would de-
vote his attention mainly to the safety
of his wife. So that II the wife of a
Captain wants to go abroad she must
take passage in some other vessel. This
rule also holds in many Of the freight
lines.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
The Idaho Pear.

The Idaho pear is a pear Of great
hardness and will grow where scarce
ly any other pear will. The editor Of
the Plowman visited the originator Of
the pear two years ago. The pear in
shape is more like an apple than Il pear.
1t is above medium size, and is of good
flavor. 1t is not an extra keeper. but
it is n fine pear for as late as say the
first Of November. AS grown in the
East, or Middle West, it is described
as being Of medium to large in size
8, 10 and II inches in circumference.
of Duchesse shape. though rounder,
flesh finer grained than that variety,
quite as good as the leading market
pears, flesh fine-grained, buttery and
melting. with very good flavor
Western PlOwman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins & Company's Review
OF Trade.

Buyers of wheat have been slaughter.
ed this week and many holders have
loosened their grip on hitherto we'll
held lines, believing as they did, in
the many crop reports telling of damage
IN the Southwest, and more particularly
in stories from Indiana and Eastern
Missouri. Their faith appears to have
been misplaced. They received no as
sistance from the general public, and
people who are chronic sellers saw the
opportunity and persistently fought
he campaign, and their efforts have
met with success. The result has been
a severe liquidation of the previously
existing speculative interests, and there
can but be little doubt that the mar.
llet at the close of the week is more
nearly evcned up than at any time in
several years past. Wheat has lacked
Il good cash demand for some time, and
without it there is only the conclusion
to be drawn that value should decline.
The fact that red wheat commands Il
high premium has not had the slight
est effect in preventing or even staying
Viz utIItSslpIl tidt SET III early Ill tne
week and which caused loss OF cents
in the future deliveries and proper
Tomato break in the cash grades. A
great many inclined to the belief that
the break was due to manipulation and
not from legitimate causes. This theory
is rather doubtful and can be Ques-
toned. The market is always more or
less subject to manipulation, but to the
extent OF the decline that has occurred
this week does not seem probable We
are OF the opinion that the current
weakness is due to disappointment with
the rate of flour consumption, which
is smaller than had been expected, and
with the larger arrivals than had been
looked for, and, although the public is
suffering this Disappointment, it has no
need to despair, for, at the slow rate of
current consumption, the world ends
the crop season lower in supply than in
any season before since the price was 80
cents bushel for an average OF sea-
son.
For various reasons it is apparent
that the present price is to be temper
airy only.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
Horticultural Notes,

Plant fruit first for the family and
then for the market.
Get that rotten apple out of the pile
in the cellar IL you have to sort the
whole rile.
Keep the house plants in health. An
occasional smoking with tobacco will
do them good.
Frozen fruits and roots are not as
valuable as when they are not frozen,
are they? Keep them from freezing,
then.
We insist that OH farm that Is near
a market more money can be made
from gardening than from general
Plowman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
Feeding for Flavor.

\ New York station bulletin says that
at the station dairy it has generally
been customary to feed once day some
dry fodder. preferably clover hay, and
silage twice with grain. Feeding of
corn silage did not produce any In
feriOr quality of milk so far las chemical
composition would Indicate. and no OBJ
jectionable flavor was noticed. If rad
ical changes in the ration were made
gradually and not suddenly. and no
spoiled or moldy silage allowed to
reach the cow. 1t is probable there
would be little complaint of any I'M
pleasant flavor from silage. or course.
milk should not be exposed long in a
stable filled with Odors of s'lage or any
others Objectionable. At the Kansas
station the occasional faint noticed in
the milk when silage was fed was en-
tirely avoided by feeding the silage i'm
mediately after instead of before milk
ing
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
Cyclone I'm Alabama,

Montgomery, Ala, April IA
special to the Advertiser from Ozark,
Ala, says:
A cyclone passed over portion of
Dale county last night, leaving wreck
and disaster in its path. Many houses
We're demolished. Mrs. Powers was
caught by the falling timber of her
home, and died before she could be
rescued. The rest of the family were
rescused. This is the only fatality re-
ported. For many miles the farmers
are suffering, everything they had be-
ing swept away by the wind or ruined
by the torrents of rain. The citizens of
Ozark have sent several wagonloads of
supplies to those in need.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

The Early Richmond is the prime FL.
vorite. 1t Is a rapid grower, healthy,
vigorous and always fruitful. When
planted on different slopes the time for
picking this one variety may be extend
ed over twenty days. The cherry is
not as freely planted as 1t should be.
1t perhaps gives better satisfaction for
the cost involved than any other fruit.
Suitable varieties like Early Richmond,
MOntmOrenci, English Morello and
Wragg, planted on average soil and
freely and frequently cultivated, will
year will ordinarily yield forty or fifty
quarts to each tree. The Early Rich
mOnd and MOntmOrenci are the strong.
or growers and ultimately yield the
most bushels per tree because they
have the largest number of branches
and grow to a larger size and can set
and carry more fruit than the English
Morello, and when in full bearing at
the age of nine or ten years the maxi.
mum crop of the Early Richmond Is
about three and half bushels per
tree, that of the English Morello about
two bushels per tree. With fair care
these trees will live and do well until
the age of IS or 20 years, and may be
destroyed sooner by neglect and lack
of cultivation and the result of severe
drouth without cultivation.-Grecn'
Fruit Grower.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

Washington, April 2.-Conirmation
OF the reported ratification by the Vene-
zuela congress Of the arbitration treaty
has come to the state department from
United States Minister Thomas, at Ca
racas, in the following cablegram, dated
yesterday:
''Treaty was ratified by congress yes
terday."
While the treaty provides that ratifi-
cation may be exchanged either in Lon
don or Washington, officials of the state
department believe this cermony will
take place in London, as it will thus
serve the purpose of initiating the res
toration of diplomatic relations between
Great Britain and Venezuela, after a
suspension of more than ten years.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

In seeding land to grass it would be
much better if greater variety Of plants
were grown. Some kinds succeed bet
ter than others under special condi-
lions Of SOIL so that the greater variety
sown, the better the land Is likely to be
covered and the larger the quantity Of
feed produced. But the advantage Of
much greater palatableness of pasture
or hay which contains variety Of
grasses is even more important. AS an
aid to make all hay more eagerly eaten.
some sweet-scented vernal grass seed
ought to be sown. 1t will be eaten close
to the soil by every kind Of stock, and
when left for hay the aroma from it
will penetrate the whole mass and in
GREASE its feeding value.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

No inexpensive thing will insure
quality in butter as a quantity Of dry
earth to use freely about the stable. 1t
absorbs odors as well as liquids.
When hogs die from cholera, the
safest plan is to burn rather than bury
the carcass and all that has been in
contact with it. Fire is Il certain puri-
fer.
If a cow loses her appetite, treat her
as you do yourself Of you are sensi-
ble), give her change of diet BY
the way, a warm bran mash is an ex-
cellent "change of diet"
Chicks Matched in September and Dc
tober will be better for market than
those hatched in spring. But for show
purposes and to look at and admire,
appear.
An overfed steer now sells in most
markets about as slowly as a habitat
one. What Is really wanted is the
well-fatted steer. The public will not
now buy any over-fat meat. The neat,
level, we'll shaped, fine bone animal
sells best at present.
The intelligent poultry raiser, like
the dairyman, never fails In business.
There is always market for his pro-
duct, and the conditions are such that
lie can keep up production despite the
hard times; the constant income does
the business.
1t is not cold, but wet weather that
doubles up the sheep. Dry cold is a
tonic Cor them, but when the thick
wooden coat becomes soaked with
water, and then the cold wind strikes
them, look away to the east for buz-
yards. Therefore make shelters for
sheep, that are always accessible.
Many farmers purchase farming
tools without any assurance that they
will meet the requirements of soil and
crop, the purchase price being, in many
cases, virtually thrown away. This is
not business. Judicious men do not let
the craze for something new to thus
get away with their judgment.
Turkeys are the nearest self-sustain-
ing of all domestic fowls. Give them
room enough out doors and they will
keep fat the year round. But it is pru-
dent to teach them that there is no
place like home," and that there is al
ways a little corn there later in the
evening. Turkeys need little looking
after or they may take up with some
other fellow" If there were no thieves
outside of the penitentiary there would
be more profit In raising turkeys.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
DcafrOYinR POtatO SCab.

1t has long been known that flour
of sulphur applied to anything was n
good germiicde. The experience Of a
practical farmer as told by Horace f..
Wilcox, in the New York Tribune,
shows how this knowledge saved his
potato crop from destruction, though
planted on land where, a year before,
tn, potato scab had entirely destroyed
it. He first cut the potatoes, and while
in the pail with the SUIT surface fresh.
he put pint Of sulphur on top of the
heap, allowing 1t to sift down so that
all got some Of the sulphur. The crop
was entirely free from scab, and many
of the cut pieces, used for seed, were
yet yellow with sulphur in the hills
when the crop was dug.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
BIZ BLOWN UP.

ina With II Lot Of Dyna-
on u Sardbar.
|Cal., April -. - The
lima, in approaching the
10 o'clock today, struck
kning her seams. She be-
|nd Immediately settled,
/ deck above water. A
ashore and efforts made to
] so far she has only been
hort distance.
la is loaded with 200 tons
)us freight, including ten
Ute for Los Angeles. The
be, but fears are felt til lat,
|ather become at all bad,
of the ship may explode
the Yaquina was lying in
of water, on an almost
,ut sixty feet west of the
10 feet from shore. The
: west is freshening. AT
with more wind she is
ash into the wharf. Some
freight have been landed,
has now ceased, awaiting
the Bonita in the morn.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
SuCCessrul Egg Farming.

Egg farming, when properly carried
on, has proven to be one Of the most
profitable branches of the poultry in
dustry. The writer has in mind
young farmer who runs fruit, truck
and egg farm, and in a recent conversa-
ton with him, learned that the income
from his egg farm supported his fam
lily, while that from fruit and vegeta-
bles was put in bank. Five acres are
devoted to poultry. on which are kept
500 hens, divided between the Brown
Leghorn and Black Hamburg. The five
acres are sub-divided into ten yards,
giving so hens to the yard. These hens
average 125 eggs per year apiece, max
ing 5,2OS dozen. which bring an average
price Of 10 cents, making $7S1.2O. De-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

Colfax, Wash, April 12.-The sher-
if is securing the country in search OF
a female horsethief and incendiary.
The woman is Mrs. Jane Mcdonald. so
years of age. She ran away from the
poor farm and returned to Sunset, a
former haunt OF her family. Here she
is reported to have set fire to two stacks
of hay, the property of farmers she i'm
angined had wronged her or her child
rem. Later, she stole horse from
Farmer Elder and left.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
THE POSTAL CONGRESS.
C"rroran Art Gallery Building Leased
for the Purpose.


Washington, April l2.-The post
office department has leased the old
Corcoran art gallery building, on Four
teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue,
for the use OF the postal congress,
which is to assemble May .. 1t is ex-
pected the cogress will be in session six
or eight weeks. The entire building
will be fitted and furnished expressly
for the congress.
The union embraces the whole world
excepting the Chinese empire, Corea
and the Orange Free State. These lat
ter countries are expected to join the
union during this congress, and will be
represented by delegates. Each nation
can send as many delegates as it de-
sires, but will have but one vote.
The convention will be held with
closed doors, and the proceedings will
be in French, according to the usual
custom.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
RADIO BAD MAN.

Convict Kills q Man,
wO and Is Fatally Shot.
EEK, Colo, April ia
~ occurred this morning
hall, in Altman, Colo,
$ck Cox instantly killed
ind wounded Harry Minor
hey, and was then shot
Ter killing Daily, Cox ran
et, where he met Town
lrien, at whom he fired.
Returned the fire, shooting
Nv lies at the hospital in a
|tion. TIL, shooting grew
trel. The men had been
h drinking all night. Cox
|pardoned from the peniten-
Fernor Waite. This is the
in the state since the leg
Jed the law abolishing cap
bent.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

pm, April ID. - Daniel
brhees, ex-United States
the state of Indiana, died
this morning at his home
or had been in bad health
Fears, and for the two years
zen little part in the pro-
THE senate. He has been a
ferer from rheumatism of
)nd his friends, therefore,
10 expect that they might
death suddenly. The last
Jim, however, We're that he
& some signs of improve
bis death, therefore, while
: y unexpected, caused a
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
ng Stock From Arizona.

Ariz., April l3.-Over 200
sheep and cattle have left
within the past week, the
|aking out 40 carloads of
1900 head, billed to Chi
ese comprise the heaviest
ever known in Arizona. The
mainly from Northern Ari-
bred near Phoenix.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
American Money for Nurses in Crete.

Chicago, April -. - Lady Henry
Somerset has cabled Miss Frances
willard, president of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, asking
for 81 500 to be spent for the White
Ribbon nurses in Crete. Miss Willard
cabled her consent, feeling it is all in
the cause of suffering Christians slain
by Moslem swords, and the hideousness
of the situation is incidentally magni-
fed because English bullets are help
ing on the slaughter of Christians.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
CROP REPORT.
lon of tho Wheat Crop
y Last Years.

on of tho Wheat Crop
Last Years.
April IS. The report
tent of agriculture for
e average condition of
bl.4, against 99.5 on
Ill last April and so. 3
ate in 1895. Leading
ates show as follows:
9s; Ohio, So; Michi-
"a. 65; Illinois, 40; Mis-
rs. so; California, 90.
We condition was $50,
i year.
h of the soil at the time
rs generally favorable
,Ountry, a few scattered
Ing it too dry or too wet,
mbcr | a crop nearly up
ID was indicated. The
E December was greatest
was strongly shown in
ing state. The average
Tor the whole country is
b freezes OF early winter.
was ample in the Rocky
les and westward, but
HE East it was scantv.
k damage along the At
here the winter was mild
BILE indications continue.
| wheat state showing Il
b 90.
In of winter wheat is re-
be average in Great Bril-
and Holland, because of
!, but favorable in Central
Europe. In Southern
has been extensive re-
e wet weather has so de-
brk in Western Europe
Big wheat area will BE-
lown, the shortage in
icing 730, 600 pounds.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

San Il TdIIClSCO, <aPIii 10, 1OOt'
Potatoes-Salinas Burbanks, COCO
81. 10; Early Rose, So a 75c; River Bur-
banks, 50@70c; sweets, $l.5O@l.75
per GENITAL.
Onions-s3. Oo@3.5o per Genital.
Eggs-Ranch, l01a q l2c per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 1870; do
seconds, 12@121ac; fancy dairy, 12c;
seconds, 101ac.
Cheese-Fancy mild, new, 6Rc;
fair to good, = a &c; Young America,
7@sc; Eastern, 14@141ac.
Wool-Choice foothill, 100 3c; San
Joaquin plains, SO lie; do 12 months,
$3.50 per pound.
Hay-Wheat and oat, $7@7.5o; best
barley, $6.5O@s.o0; alfalfa, $5@S;
clover, $6@s; compressed wheat. sec
$50; do oat, $6@7 per ton.
Tropical Fruit-Bananas, $1.00@
400 per bunch; pineapples, 81 GA.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, navel, sac
3. so; seedlings. do, 75c@$l.25; com.
mon lemons, 75c 1925; good to choice,
$1.5O@1.75; fancy, 81 per box.
Apples-Good to choice, $l25. @2;
fancy, g. @2.65 per box.
Hops-S@ lee per pound
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

te, N. c., April 13.-The
b Florida special on the
railway and II local south
Fenger train collided at 1l:15
Ing at Harrisburg, a small
\ thirteen miles north of this
hg three persons and wound
4 others.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

pa, April 13.-The govern
pan has decided to send two
20 Hawaii, stopping mean
migration. A number of re-
grants have arrived at Kobe.
rs urging the government to
m attitude toward the Ha.
American governments.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15

Paris, April IL. - The American
chamber of commerce today passed a
resolution opposing all duties on liter
airy and artistic products. as being
likely to crush the development of the
artistic sentiment in the nation, which
sentiment is itself closely allied to
progress and industry.