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MONDAY, DEC. 17. 1888.
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Bcicntific knowledge ho requires,
Agricultural colleges can and will
bo a success when properly used,
hut "teaching greek instead of
teuchlne how Ito "saw" never did
and never can make a farmer nor
dignify the farmers calling.
TKItMH OKj SUPSCHIl'riOH
IJAIX.Y.
Ono your, by jiiiiII
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Six inontli". by mall-- ' 'i ,G
Per wtrlc delivered by carrier is
One yenr sl 5?
Hlx'inoiiths , ji!
Ooo year. ir paid for In advance,, 1 in
Wl'ostmnslers aro
eclvo wilwcrlptloin.
autbori7cd; to ic-
tflS-lCnlpreil as seeond-climH mutter at the
8nlcni.OreKcm,IWmcc,Jiine2l.l8M(.
W. II. HYAUS -GliAKU
U. IKVINB
Editor
Manager.
what is
AOItlCUI.TUltAI. i:iUUA-TION?
At a conference a commission
appointed to report to congress the
best method of securing a transpor
tation route around the cascades of
the Columbia, three plans were dis
cussed: First, to provide a canal and
locks around the cascndos;seconcl, to
build a boat railroad, and third, to
eoiirttiuct, temporarily, a portage
railroad. The commission said that
it was ready to send to congress es
timates of the cost of the first and
third plans, but that to make esti
mates for a boat railroad an engineer
would have to be f-cnt to Europe
to inspect similar works there, and
that would take several months.
The report on the first and third
plans will be sent to congress with
in a few days.
A I.IH5SON AND WAKNJNO.
The Caiti-aIiJouknai, recently
published a correspondence to the
Country Gentleman on the above
topic and endorsed the sentiment
expressed by the author. "Punclio"
uu able corresp.indent from Oregon
in the California Patron and Agri
culturist, takes isstio with the Cai-
itaIi JouhnaIj on that question
and belabors it most uninerellully.
This writer thinks "Suneho"
"looked through the glass darkly"
but failed to get the true gist of the
argument.
"The moro I see of the agricultur
al schools, the more I study the sub
ject of agricultural teaching, the
more 1 am convinced that the
teaching of practical farm work at
n college or school of agriculture
is, and of necessity must be, a fuice
and a humbug."
Is this not ti ue? Can "Funcho"
refer to one college that is un excep
tion? The wilter knew no less
than a dozen farmers sons who
graduated at an agricultural college,
not one of whom Is a practical
farmer nor follows that profession.
If we send our sons ton medical
school and they return disgusted
with the profession we would cer
tainly pronounce that school a fail
ure. I f it was a law school, a t Iieo
logical or busliKws college and the
young dlw -lplo was taught and en
couraged to love something vise the
verdict Would be the same.
A "practical" fanner may have
little or no knowledge of Latin,
Clieek or Hebrew; may know noth
ing of the orbits, of the planets nor
of the sidereal heavens; In fact he
cannot elueidato the mysteries of a
ray of light nor point out the signs
of the zodiac; explain the causes of
the ebb and (low of tlio tides nor
the beauties or the Aurora borealis.
There are many other things lie
need not know to bo a "practical"
farmer, anil yet there aro many
things not taught In our agricultur
al colli ges that he must know be
fore ho urn hope to siicccd.
The w liter once saw a college pro-
feasor attempting to plow some clay
lands and he was dragging Ills plow
along fretting and scolding at a ter
rible rate because it would not do
hatter. The writer was raised on a
farm, his past experience- detected
the defect immediately, and turn
ing the plow on or removed thu clog
that had accumulated underneath,
and thou he went on his way doing
good work and rejoicing. This little
experience he neor will forget and
would readily relievo his plow wheu
thu clog should accumulate again.
Wo also take Issue with "Snncho"
on the labor question It is not the
laborer that dignities labor but the
ooiupennntlon. If all the great men
of the world hoed cotton for SO cents
pur day the lahor would ho no more
dlgnilled than now but if t ho com
ponantlon was raised to ten orilfteou
dollar per day the labor would bo
m dlgnltled that the most promi
nent cltiacn would gladly do It
hoiiiHgv. If thu llfty thousand a
year wan taken from the l'resldant
of the rnltiHl State and only ft
starving pittance allowed, the oflleo
would atnk Into luKlKiilncHiue and
the prutUlvucy would lone IU digni
ty. Jfcrtner uiut Uud together,
lIMMt dignify their labor by luakiuw
Jt tnotv ptvttuMe, then tholr ou
will I couleuud to Htay on the
The dreadful .-.flair at Birming
ham, Alabama should stand as u
lcs-on and warning to every com
munity. What is life worth? Ajs
parent'ly nothing. Here were
twelve or more citizens killed and
many wounded. Some of the dead
were men among the very choicest
of our race and time all on account
of one murderous brute, whose life
is worth no more than a mad dog's.
But why did those good citizens
attack the jail? Simply because of
a sense universally pervading the
popular breast that law is a mock
ery and justice uncertain. So much
money will buy so many votes, will
hire a jury, buy a lawyer and
witnesses. Such and such a secret
lnlluence or connection will let red
handed minder walk forth free and
respectable. The same act, identi
cally, that condemns a poor boy to
twenty yearn at hard labor has "not
guilty" stamped on it when done
by one of wealth or high numerous
connection. And there is a natural
nrotesi against this, and the very
wen who, perhaps as jurors, do
these wrongs are llrst to head the
mob to lynch thu accused.
Yes a lesson and a warning to
every son of man, that he must in
no event or circumstances fail to do
his solunin duty as a citizen. The
man who failed to do his duty as a
junnmn in compensation becomes
one ot (lie mob.
Onr Tlrt Morino Stifcp.
The first merino sheep thnt ever left
the shores of Spain for the United States.
or for any other foreign port, came from
thero to Boston in 1790. For hundreds
of years the Spanish government hod pro
hibited the exportation of merinos under
heavy penalties, as It knew the crcnt
vnlue of that product of Its mountaii".
nnd did not intend to sharo its boneJiN
and profits Tilth any other country, mid
thus the sheep had remained confined to
i ....i..ino tim onvv of the world.
The law wns still in force in 1700, but the
Hon. William Porter, of Massachusetts,
was in Spain in that yenr, and by pome
means managed to obtain three merinos
which ho brought safely home. Strange
nnd unaccountable as it may seem, theso
three valuable sheep, the first, to leao
thcl" lifttho hills, and to obtain which
mnny governments would have paid al
most any price, fell into the pose felon ot
a man who appreciated the ownership fo
lightly that 1 c slaughtered them, and sold
their mutton at the regular market price.
That man wa Andrew CrniKic, of Cam
bridge. He knew what he had dono in
F.:ter year', v. lien, to obtain a merino ram
for breeding purposes, he paid thu turn of
1,000 cash.
In 1802 Col. David Humphreys was
United State minister to Spain. Ho was
extremely pnnnlar at the Spanish court.
In that vc.il- liu relinquished his office and
returned home. The Spanish government
tendered liiin a valuable gift In gold. col.
Humphreys declined it, but said thero was
something ho would highly prize. Ho
was asked to name it. Ho replied: "One
hundred merino sheep." Tho request
was unexpected. The law stood in tho
way of its being granted. Tho govern
ment got over tho difficulty in some way,
nnd 100 sheep wero among the cargo of
the vessel that landed tho ex-minister in
Boston. Seventy ot them survived tho
passage, and from that original stock,
which were placed on the Humphreys
farm at Derby, Conn., tho present royal
breed of Vermont merinos sprang. New
York Sun Interview.
yulnlno Much Abused Druu.
"What drug ha tho largest salo of any
In this country" repeated a wholesale
drug dealer in response to a reporter's in
quiry. "Quinino without nny question.
It seems to have been provided as tho
great specific of nature, liven to the phy
sician who over and over again has wit
nessed its mastery it N littlo less than
miraculous how the shaking aguo will
yield to Its control unless there aro special
rnninl (cations, or unless a habit of nialar-
A man who has practiced medi
cine for 40 years, ought to know
salt from sugar; rend what he
my Tulkdo, O., Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co. Gen
tlemen: T have been in the general
practice of medicine for most 40
years, and would say that in all my
nractice and experience, have never
seen a prcperatiou that I could pre
scribe Willi as much confidence of
success as I can Hall's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured oy you. nuvo t
scribed it a great many times and its
elicit is wonderful, and would say
in conclusion that I have yet to find
n case ot catarrn mat, n wuum imi
cure, if they would take it according
to directions.
Yours Truly,
L. L. (JOKSUCH, M. D.
Olllce, 215 Summit St.
We will give 100 for any ease of
catarrh that cannot be cured with
Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken inter-
1UF.J J. CHENFY & CO. Toledo, O.
Bftff-Sold by druggists, 75c.
Pundita JRamabai has raised $50,
000 for schools in India.
A Sound Legal Opinion.
E. Bainbridge Munday Esq.,
County Atty., Clay Co., Tex., says :
tt,.v. iitoil F.leetrlc Bitters with
most hamiv results. My brother
also was very low witn iuniariai
Fever and Jaundice, nut was curca
bylhnclv use of this medicine. Am
mtisfieif Electric Bitters saved his
Mr. D. T. Wilco.son, of Horse
Cave, Ka'., adds n like testimony,
sasiw: 'He positively believes he
would have died, had it not been for
Klei'lric Bitters.
Tin's gp-at icmcdy will ward oft,
ns well n- cure till Malarial Disease,
and for all Kidney, Liver and
Sloniai-li Disorders stands unequal
ed. I'rieo r.0c, and .1, at Dr. H. W.
Con's Drug Store.
Saturn, the star that never twin
kles, will l ise about three hours after
sunset during December.
TO CON.UMl'TIV:.
The undersigned having b"en re
stored to health by simple means,
nl'iersun'ering several years with a
M-vt-iv nine: aiiectiou, anu uiiti.
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Wools, . Hides, Pelts and Fur
231 Commercial St., Saicm, 0
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ss&ii-Sjiii JHB
Bwixnuaim nra r i unrwriKi v au mmni tras-rcygyavyng
Tjiihulil Peter; Its Cure.
Typhoid fever is perhaps tho most
preventable of all Infectious diseases
and among physicians thero is a
strong conviction that it is a disease
that ought not to exist in a civilized
community. Such thoughts regard
ing things that aro inevitable and
necessary aro neither reverential nor
profitable, but Intelligently directed
ell'oi'ts to diminish tho prevalence of
typhoid lever have been followed
by so largo a measure of success that
wo aro justified in regarding it ns
one of tlie unnecessary diseases.
Speaking of its prevention, the
linker City Itovcillo Kiys: "The
prevention of typhoid fever must
rest una knoweledgo of its cause or
at least an acquaintance with the
known laws in accordance with
which the cause operates. Tho es
sential cause of disease is gonerally
supposed to be a minute germ, or
microbe, which ! given oil' by the
sick and may bo transmitted to the
well In several ways. Tho germ is
not thrown off through the breath
or in the exhalation from thu skin,
as many believe, and as is tho case
in some other diseases, but, in this
disease, it is contained in tho dis
charges from the bowels and also
from tho kidneys, honeo tho proper
disposal of tho excreta Is a matter of
the first and highest importance."
Every Intelligent citizen should
feel that he has himself to blame if
a case of typhoid fever occurs in his
family, because ho can usually prc
vent it. If heads of families will
protect themselves by creating a
public opinion In favor of local boards
of health with legal power to protect
tho community tor which ttiey
exist, typhoid fever uuu never bo
oonio an opldemlu and Uolated cases
will bo guarded and oarod for as aro
victims of smallpox.
At. all time, well twin the uh
HMieo or during the prenco of ty
phoid, let iw kaep our premiMM ml
MirroundtiigM iu pure ami clean w
partible of all furuw of tilth.
It would not be aurprUUng if
nmuy uiukm ofUiU (lineup UovoIoikhI
in our luiiUl. A walk ulouu the
f.inn and uU'l'v their hcU'iice. their riwr froul will ullUw U convince
bvml-irt, ib ir l.,w, I heir know I-1 that wiirvulltouu
aarsKrssaj u ?:.
this. In other forms ot lover aim in cer
tain conditions of innervation or want ,f
general tonicity, it is largely available,
iilthouch needing to bo used with discern
meat. There probably never wat u t.ino
in which tho use of some form of Peruvian
bark, under the nanio of cinchona, quir.
idln, etc., has been so extensive as at
present."
"Is it not ucd to c:;ccs?"
"Undoubtedly, and surely It rlioiilcl not
bn used ut random, ami the modieal ad
viser may need olten to bo cu'isul'ed n
to indications and lontra-ind.uiMor f r
itsuso. Rut it can s..uly he r.i'd I at li
is less abused than mo-t i.o':il:'i . vvl
that we may easily rani: it us i:ii'o,i! t!io
most valuable of Anuricnu '.l!ioverli-.
Whilo thero is no bui.lt diura-r or i.cqul'
ins a quinino habit as a :. !.!!. Vc hubir,
tho abuse of tho drug ia i.t tii'!...:o::."
Xew York Mail and I'.xprea'o.
Frait'Farms "of Ten to Forty Acres ! ! !
'1 lu I.iimbm 1 o'lot l'uw
The London police forte, like
stitutionsof that vast men op
raiiKcd upon a gigantic phi'..
intendents, inspectors, i-ei-'c '
constables maUo up uu nn.i :: .
n truly formldublo foic.1. hi:1
larco when It is conMdm-d i
tropolltan police district i-;w
radius ot fifteen mi!i" f : i v
Prnu nvi'lllilivu of lllU CitV of l.i
V.V, -V - w
its liberties, and embrace-, an i uu utiM
square miles, of u ratable ..h e i.f ,CC:j.
800,000 per year. Over suc'i i m area :n
this, including us it does a piviih.uon '
C.SGO.OOO persons, thero is oC course u vast
amount of work to be dnue; d it must
bo borno in mind that tho di"e of tho
Loudon pollco mo not limited to tho
taking Into custody of criminals
and disorderly pcisons and the
watching of property, hut include
such duties as tho carrying out of tho
stnoko abatement acts, the lasptctlon of
common lodging houses, regulation of
street trat'Jc, nnd at certain tunes the
onerous duty of taking up stray do;s all
ot which duties are anything but light In
a town like London; nor aro U.ey likely
to become less arluous, seeing that dur
r tu, .ir 1fiS(5 12.2.TJ new liouiui were
built within tho pollco district, i.kiug
twonty-nlno miles of now btrccts. Cham
bers' Journal.
U'll -
negligent ill the
.t in i i. M. 1,1. it: ii In i m- nuitiT t lu.dtli. II 1- a kliaiiif
, i '' ' i, uit'tiiH- ( lt.it tun U'.nd jmiiiiI u- to ilump.d!
luittl.i' ' liltll :iliUK III' Ui il -,
i w li ii 1 I. ii 'il til f,it i ; i u.i ,'
. i. tl.i u i l i li'
rruitciico Mny Ho Ovcrilonp,
I have always thought prudence was
rather of an over rated virtue. Tho soul
that Is always poking about for a safo
path is liko blind man fooling his way
with a cane. Tho man who U always
looking for n soft place to fall on boforo
ho loops Is liue a oiru umi never tries its
wiuus for fear ot n tumble. Ho misses
tho o.lillarntlon of tho upper air, tho rush
ing wind and the, unobstructed sunshine.
Tho narrow little one Idea pessimist who
is afraid to commit himself to fresh and
untried opportunities, is liko tho
greenhorn iu tho Nineteenth century
who is too timid to ride in a steam car,
but Is content to plod forovor In tho high
way dust. It's not worth whilo to bo
always ou the alert for mishaps. The
Ixird has given us oyos and brains, and a
modicum of common sense; lev us use
tlioeo faculties U keep ourselves growing
and advancing, without cocstsntly stop
ping to think of miscalculations. Time
onoufib wheu the wreck befalls us to man
the lifeboats. Ua who attempts to sail
forever ou a raft will make slow prograw,
1 would rather take my cuaiicos for an
oeoaaioual wuatuuu iu a fast exprew tkun
rid up to London iu a wheelbarrow.
'Amber" iu Chicago Journal.
ROYAL FLASH ES.
Kmpror WilUaui ixjoeivta abjtoja afly
laatan tbmalwing bu bio.
Tin Qaakwar ot lUuxxla i u hi Wjr to
England. The Indian in,.v raoaatly
fwpiHaeJ a riri 12 win. i. f ut.
A on iIKij !. :i
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w .ir J00H5,
Africmiit bati- i.n im I ..t 1 i tuuilhi.
Cauu.1 wi-'Uj iv p.-. -ii iii.a ii. iiiirioi'f.
ttutlv.
li. in i.. .i...... ........ .--
snttoiirs ibe means of cure. To
tho-e who desire it, lie will cliecr
fiiltv send (free of chariic) a c iny of
tiio'pivseriptioti used, which they
willlUKl a sine cure nr (Diisump
tion, c.itnnli, aMiitUlin. bronchitis1,
nod all throat and lung maladies,
llehopisall sulteier will try his
n niedv, ns it is iiiviuiiauie. ino-e
disiriiig the prescilption, which will
cost them nothing, and may prove
a blessing, will please nddre.-s, Rev.
Kdwii-d A. Y.'ilson, Kings County,
New York.
It costs a New York Elevate d
Itailroad Company SGC0O to drep a
hot coal into a peikstriau's ije.
Nlpiicit iu tin- Iltot.
Is it not better to nip consumption,
the greatest scourge of humanity, in
tho bud. than to try to stay its pro-
11 the in- mess on the brink f the grave. A
U ar- few doses of California's most useful
j super- pri duction. WAN lA ARIA, the King
nta iir.d oi'Consunintion, will leneve, and u
Jcstrou:: iiim'niurli iiintiiiint. will cure. Na-
i ii o no s,!ii Catarrh, too often the forerunner
t'.ij uu- l0r Ciiiuiuutioii. can be cured
over a ,v ( :AL1 b'OUNIA CAT-R-CUltfi .
I'.iarliv; T'linso remediis ait sold and fully
nli,:i and u-iu-niiitiMl bv 1). W. Matthew's it Co.
100 State Street, Salem, Oregon, at 1,
or three lor ?2.50.
St. Louis is the only largo city in
the country that will send a solid
republican delegation to congress.
I'.tuPOi'IiiK ftuui a Suunil Text.
Raj the doctors and who slmllsny thorn
nny. u spoi-tal v'Pdlspoltlon scenii. ro
vuihlt to the detelnnmpiit or rlieuinntlsin.
iiriiA.n.liniiitj tllla f nit il PI, I V Tlinsf Ct IW
know from ozonation what a a deep bold
dli-easn takes when oneo Incurred and ne
Klected furn slimt time. Is not this a
Miiind tet, then iroin which to ndvociito
tiiocjtrlj use ot Ilosteter's Ktoiniich Ult-tei-s
in u nialtuly o hard to UlModaro as
rheumatism? Anotlmr thliiB.. It Is well
iim:oi tallied tliattt ftUlliiRoinnviKor.resiil
tlw? rrom I ml cestlon and inal-nutrltlon
Increnses llabljliy to ulwimatlsm. What
then Is moro likely to net as preventative
Mum Mils potent lcctiflcr ol the pistrlo
troubles Mint Increase tho rlicumntli) .ten
dency. Miliaria, constipation, dyspeptla,
bllllouxnos, debility and kidney tioubles
siu'cuinb to this genial proventu.lvo and
remedy.
George F. rontecost, tho"Evango
list." is preaching in England. Ilia
children are being educated In that
country.
Han t Experiment.
Vmi fnnnnt nfl'oril to waste timo
In experimenting when your lungs
aro In danger. Do not iwrnilt any
dealer to Impose upon you with sonio
imltatiou ot Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, bill be sure you get tho
genuine. ltecaus he cm uinko moro
profit lie may toll you he has oino
thilig Jul as good, orjuet tlittwtuic.
Don't oo deceived, hut Insist upon
gtti lug Dr. King's New Dii-covcry,
which is guarantwd t give relief In
all ThriMit, Lung and Chft aflbc
tlona. Trial littlea frt-e Ht Dr. BT.
V. Ctcc's drug store, lrgo bottle
W. ,
A mail bug the capture of a luii
lnd. Ai AbsoloU Care
Tlw OIUQIKAL ABIBTIN:.
oINTMENTIfl only put up In largi
.o-ounon (In boxiis, and i ai.
bite cure for old sores, biirn-
nuls. ehamted hand. n. .
i eruittiuna. AVI II iv,ilii. . i -N
.ure nil kind itf plkec Ask f
i.'WilNAh ABtETINK (.;
s, i'. M.m bvl). W. M !
loD Mute strvct, Salon, ,
.; - j iv. r box by mail cJiU -
CONVENfENT TO TWO RAILROADS.
These lands ai e not offered at enhanced prices. The soil and location are
Especially adapted to growing PEARS, PRUNES, AND OTHER
FRUITS for shipping green to tho Mining districtf and
Farther East, while the mutual cooperation in
Shipping, storing nnd selling fruits wil1
lie i:o small consideration.
The Very. Best Land-Fop Fruit Growing!!
ONE HOURS DRIVE FROM SALEM.
The canneries of SALEM, WOODBUItN and ALBANY are at ce?y
ofncccFS. None but 11 ret class families desired. Will meet
Parties with team. Correspondence s'.licited.
Address
J. .. HARDEN,
SI ay ten, Or.
asaxmKBSf umjUBxaraBB?ma3mzin erwOTMM
FOR CHRISTMAS PRESEMTS
-NOTHING IS NICElt TKAN-
PINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
SILVER WARE, SPECTACLES, Etc,
A Complete Lino of
Beamtiftil Holiday Goods!
Has just been received at tho Old and Established
Salem Jewelry Store of
S.W. Thompson & Co.
All kinds of Watches, Jewelry and Silverware. Prices satisfactory and
Goods First Class.
THE BEST STOCK OF STOVES
IN THE CITY IS AT
R. M.WADE & CO'S
282 to 286 Commercial Street, SALEM,
Garland' Stoves,
Charter Oak Sttmi.
BriaWtin
AN r-:.Y OTHER LEADING STYLES.
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i iBiini "iiMirir.