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EUGENE CITY GUARD. JU I CAHrHKLL, jrBrletr. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. THERE COMES A TIME. There rnmei a lime In evpry mortal being, W hate er Ii siuiion ur Ma hit In III. When lil ad toul yeurna tor the Dnl free Inir. From all thli UuTing and unlovely wife. Tbere come time when, having lot lit aavor, The alt of wealth la worthleaa. When the tnind Grows wearied with the world's capricious favor And Hichi for something that It doea not Dud. There cornea a time w hen, hhongh kind friend are thmniclnir About our pathway with wee t acta of We feel a t and overwhelming I'mirlm arara. fit for aometlilnn that we can not name or Place. Tbere cornea a time when, with earth's beat lore bv ua To feed tliebeart'g great banger and de aire. We And not even tills ran antlsfy u : The aniii within ua cnea for something higher. What areater proof need we, that men In herit A life immortal In another sphere: It la the hoinia k lunglnz of t lie uplrlt That can not rind Ita sHtisfm-tlon here. ILUa Wkttltr Wilcvx, m Chiciuio Aitrantt. LIFE IN ALASKA. Reminiscences of Six Years' Reel dence There. Orlialf Bear Catching Salmon and Mi qultoe That Ileally Bite Queer HablU of the KalWea Ueavera Damming Stream. "I haven't been in Alaska since 1876," laid ft former (Jovernment etu ploye who wu Ntationcd in that conn' try for several years, "but from all 1 can hear the occupation of the land bv increasing numbers of white people hai aot had the effect of changing the cus toms of the country, in some portion of it at least, to any great extent Tlie Indians still believe in evil spirits that inhabit the water, hold the r slaves se cretly, practice polygamy, and retain all their social and religious forms and ceremonies. They have their sorcer era, repudiate all relationship on the father's side, and live generally as they did under the rule of the Russian. There are mussels and apeo'es of tish in Alaskan waters which have strong and sometimes fatal toxie qualities if eaten, wheh they frequently are. Sick ness always follows such indulgence, and it was no uncommon thing, when I lived in Alaska, to see an entire Ko losk village sullcring from its etleet. It is this tradition upon which the b -lief in evil spirits who live in the water and spread sickness and disease among the people Is founded. They profess to hold communication with these spirits through their sorcerers, but they oiler them no sacrifices, and use no means to propit'ato them. "Marriage among these Indians is a peculiar Institution: in fact, there is no marriage simply tho taking of wives. When a young Indian wants a wife he goes to his mother and tells her so. If be gives her consent ho goes to where the lady of his heart is cooped up in her father's house, taking his next best friend w tit him. Through the latter he sends word to his inamorata that he is near and would wed. If she has a leaning toward her su lor alio ro.urns word to him by the friend tli.it she is inclined to Join her Interests with his. He then takes liro-cnts to her and her pareuU, and having delivered them enters at once nto tho possession of his bride. There are no further ceremon ies, except that a day later the couple must visit her relatives, and ii she then has no complaint to make to them about her husband, tliev are given presents and the wedding is over. This may bo repeated indefinitely, until an Indiau may become as well-to-do in wives a a Mormon elder. Polygamy was practiced even by tho to-called Christ an tribes when I lived in the Territory, ami their evolution must have Ih-cii rapid, from what I remem ber of them, if they have abandoned the pract ce. "Dried mlmou is the luxury ot tho Alaskan Ind ans, and the children be rin to nibble it before they think of walking. Tho way they bring up ehil dren out there would hardly suit in this region. Tho mother carries her child about from the time it is born until it is able to creep, no matter where she roes. Until that t mo tdio "keeps it wrapped in a sort of fur sack. The mo ment the voting one shows a disposi tion to rrawl hIiii ranks the fur oil' It. and then beg ns the budding up of its oonstitut on. This is done by g ving it a souse in tho sea or river every morn ing, and the chorus of yells that greets every village during this interesting ceremonv u something terrilic. I he cries of the voung ones are piteous, and for fear that their maternal breasts might not be proof Hi;ainst these ap peals for mercy, and thus fail to do their duty by their offspring, the moth ers do not perform th s bathing rite themselves, but delegate some brother or sister to do the dotting. These conscientious aunts and uncles vary the switch with the bath, in vain at tempts to make the one overawe the Doisv results of the other. "there is one thing that is noticeable among these half-civilired. tribes, and is creditable withal. Their old and disabled members are cart-fully attend ed to, and orphans become a common charge, and litre the ame as the mo-l favored children with living parents. These Indians are original cremation rsU. Their dead are burned as soon as death ensues; their allies are in terred on the spot and a rude monu ment erected over them. Thev have crude ideas of immortality, believing that a man has a spirit that lives for ever, but they know nothing of future rewards or punishments. Their heaven is a place where the spirits of the chief congregate in one place, the common people by themselves, and slave, ,f there are any. have still another dwell ing place, unless a chiefs slave should die with him, and then his spirit will be In eternal attendance on his master. Jt was formerly the universal custom to kill the slave when tliu nia-t r d ed to inure the bitter's stunt proi i-r at Iciidiiuce. That cu-t'iiij was alo'.'-n-'d I by the lai-siiin tiov. rnim-ni. out it still kept up la isolated places, am: cases where it ha been followed were well known as lato as 1876. "Some of the Indian tribes, notably the Kanaite, traveling from place to place huntinir or fishine. have the vcr excellent habit of leaving bell nd them when they break camp a quantity of kindling material at each fireplace for the use of the next travelers who come along, and who mav possibly not be oversupplied With th s verv necessary item in their outliL This k ndlingcon- sstsofsome pine pitch and some drv moss and sticks all wrapped up in t. curl of birch bark. The traveler who uses this and docs not leave some for the next one who comes along is sadly delicient in the etiquette of Alaskan travel. "That is a curous country, truly. In one day's trip I was treated to three of the rarest s chts I ever saw. One of these was the watching from behind i rock of a family of beavers at work fell lag tinitier and building dams. 1 sav a family, but there must have been two hundred of them, every one working away like mad. I had been rnak ng trip to ee, some of the country back from the sea. and was mrpns. d to see how heavily wooded, comparatively, it was. 1 was guided by a Kanaite In dian, and long before we reached the lake whero I saw the beavers 1 was puzzled at the crashing of timbers to the ground, as if some great whirl w'nd were at play among the trees. 1 could hardly believe the Indian when he said the trees were being felled .... B by beavers. v hen we camo in sight of the lake and the hills about it 1 no longer doubted. Scores of the busy animals were gnawing down the trees; others were trimming tho brauches otf as neatly as it could have been done with an axe; others were chopping the timber into the proper lengths lor use; others rolled the pieces Into the water and floated them to the dam-workers, who were rapidly laying up a wooden structure ol which the most expert of human workmen might well have been proud. I watched tho beavers at work for an hour and then left the spot reluctantly. That nitrht. by the way, 1 bad beaver meat lor sup per, went to bed on beaver skins and covered myself with beaver furs, and had beaver again lor breakfast. I had never eaten beaver meat before, and I found it good. My guide told me that the lake where we had seen the beaver was one of a cha n of seven, and that it was the great Indian trapping place, 1 bey trapped in one lake one year, in another the next, and so on, thus giving the beaver an opportunity to increase in the waters which were not d is turbed. One of the other curious s'ghts 1 saw that day was a grizzly bear fish ing for salmon. That was a funny sight. They have tho common brown bear and tho grizzly in Alaska, and the Alaska gnzzl, is bigger than Ins broth er of the Kocky Mountains and just as tough. Long before we came to the spot where wo saw the gnzly fi.-hing we saw his tracks in the soft margin of the lake. 1 ho marks ot his Icet mens ured sixteen inches across and were nearly twice as long. Suddenly my guide made me a sign and dropped down behind a rock. 1 did the same, and looking ahead not more than throe rods, f saw the largest wild ani mal I had ever seen in my life outside of a menagerie. I knew it was a griz zly. The great bruto was lying on tho top of a bank in wheh he hud scooped out a chuto down to the water's edge, at a sharp anglo. Tho bear's eves were fixed intently on Ihe water, and he had not heard our approach. Pres ently ho slid down that chute with as- ton:shing velocity and plunged head first in the water. When he arose and backed out he had in one of h's great paws an enormous salmon wh cli he took to the top of the bank and proceeded to make a meal of. Ho never linished it, for both my guide and myself sent two r fie balls into his gigantic carcass, lie arose to his feet with a roar l.ke a lion, turned two or three times as if to see whence tho deadly tire had come, and then fell to the ground and was soon dead. 1 his fishing for salmon is a common method of securin; choice morsels of food by both the common bear and tho grizzly. "1 ho th rd strange sight 1 saw that day was toward evening. It was sum mer, and we camo to the mouth of a mountain torrent, near where we were to camp. As we stopped bv tho shore of the stream, a herd of reindeer, at least twenty of them, came out to drink. They were not th rty feet from us, and raised their great antlers, and stood looking at us w.th such apparent con fidence of our good intentions that 1 would not permit the guide to abuse it. as he was on the point ot doing, al though it was a bitter task for him to keop his rille from his shoulder. The deer fina'ly stopped and drank, and then disappeared in the woods as quiet ly as they had come upon us. "lou would hardly think that there were mosquitoes in Aln.sk. I suppose, from tho idea yod have probably formed of the nature of the country, hut ot all the vivid memor es I have of tho Terri tory, those 1 retain of the Alaskan mos quito are the most vivid. 1 camped for some days one summer on the lena Kiver, near Lake Skeloka. of which it is the outlet and of all the poisonous. persi.stent, insatiable pets mat ever lived I found there in the form of mos quitoes and black flies. The mosqui toes resemble those we have Kast, out to corrvsond with everything else in that land of wonders, thev are built on a much grander scale. They have a proboscis that I will wager could drill, taw and chop a hole through the hide of Jumbo in leg time than the most x ert and able-bodied Jersey mosquito could tap the cuticle of a three-month-old baby. The moment the Alaska mosquito lights on vou you begin to itch and swell. His bite on me was so po sonous that after rat first hour's experience with him I wu taken to camp ill. and for two days I was un able to get around. Ihe Ind an who was with me burned some native herb which had a pungent odor, and ano nt ed me with some kind of oiL The smoke kept the mosquitoes away from me and the oil removed the poison. The natives do not seem to mind the tt. and I suppose that u a wnite man coum live in ineir miost lonir enough he m ght become in a ne-i.-nre ind lle.ent U the r sting. '1 he black tf eem to hate stinger all oter them, for wh.'ii the,' get a hold on your f! eh they ha " on 1 ke a wood tick, and when you do gel them ot) o:i w U lind a spot of blood where even one of them clung. Th.-v say thcreare snakes in Alaska, but if there are 1 never aw anv. "I was there six years, and when I first went there a great many w hite ad venturers were trying to get on th trail of an alleged gold mine, or gold region, which legend said had been dii-cotered bv come Russians in l-r0. When I left th s country there were men still looking for that gold reg'oi and there was a rumor that indicat on of its cxixtonce had been found si mi where away m the be I of some moun tain stream, beyond the headwaters of the Kena hiver. Ii that was true subsequent developments must have been indefinitely postpone I, for I have never heard of any great amount of bullion coming out of that region." A'. 1'. Time. A WASHINGTON fcPISODE. Tht Had a Pointer In It for Those Vt'h" .m Foreign Mnnnera. Iiaron de Struve, the Russian Minis ter, and his w fe are among the most popular people of the diplomatic fir-Kin Washington. They are utterly sim ple and sincere, and are completely captivated by all things Amercan. Madame do Struve is a very intelligent woman, but utterly without ostenta tion, and thoroughly a lady in all tho best meaning of the term. The Baron Is as pla n a man as a Maryland farmer and both pav America the delicate com pliment of seeking to appear Amercan in nil things. The Baroness, one day recently, showed her qu ck knowledge and ap preciation of the fine points of et quette, and at the same t me fitt ngly rebuked a pert young Amer can m ss in a man ner that will not be forgotten, and that should be told for thu benefit of other similar young women wno ape fore go airs, cultivate foreign tongues,and think it the proper thing toshrug one's shoul ders, elevatu ono's eyebro.vs, and turn the palms of one's hands outward in all the essence of depreciat on at the mention of their own country. There is a class of those female dudes in Washington whoeste.-m ttheproer performance to chatter in bad French at all times and upon all occasions. A bevy of these young women ap proached Madame de Struve at a recep tion in the White House, and began chattering in more or loss broken French, and she replied, in her rather lame English: "Why' said one of the party, "do you no', speak French, madame? I am sure you must be able to speak it" J he Haroness gave them a keen glance and rcpl ed, "les, I speak rrench. bjit not in the house of tho American Pres ident Though I speak English poorly, I speak it lie.e as well us 1 can. The partv were not dull enough to miss the rebuke, in the calm and lady like remark, and the Haroness coin n ued: "I do not like to speak French anywhere. It is a fool sh and frivolous language and I d alike it. Why should ono use it when one can express herself In the hnglish, which Is the noblest and best language in the world, as America Is tho greatest and grandest Nation in the world. I am proud to speak in tho language of the Ameri cans." The giddy young misses began to converse in English, at least while in Madame de Struve's presence. Some of them told the story, and its circula tion caused tho young lady who won red that the Haroness did not apeak French, some mortilicat'on. Washiny- tun Cor. Cincinnati L'vmmcrctal-Ua zelte. FEET IN DIFFERENT STATES. Pedul AiMlnmr Kat, South and Went, A Viewed Itjr the Shoemaker. "There Is a decided difference In the shape of people's feet in d.fferent sec tions of the country, said a member of ono of the largest shoe-manufactur ing firms in the city last week. "In the Eastern States the feet are narrow er and somewhat longer than in the West, while in the South thoy are not only narrow but they possess very much higher insteps. o mucn is tins the case that we are obliged to keep three sets of lasts for these three seo tious. That comes to be a largo item, I can assure you, when it is remem bered the number of sizes thcreare in each set ror example, in ono size alone we have the initial number say sevens; then ther! are narrow sevens, broad sevens; seven and a quarters (narrow and broad), seven aud a half (narrow and broad), seven and three-quarters (narrow and broad) that is. twelve pairs of lasts to one size, and to each of these sizes wo must have three d ffercnt stv'.es for the sect ons of the country to which we are going to tiend our goods that is, thirty-six pairs of lasts to one size pair of boots.' bounds rather ex travagant, doesn t itf VI cour e this is only the case with firms who deal with all these sections. Some firms only send their goods to one part of the count -y. N iw. you would be surprised to be told thnt in different sect ons of the countri d tier ent shapes of the toes of boots are re quired. Out in the West nothing will suit Lut the square-toed shoi whereas in uie r.asiern niuiesa junre loewouiu be in stock a century and then never sell. lifierent parts of the country require different k nds of leather, al o. In the North and West a tougher, hard er leather can be worn than in the South, where not only a soft Upper' is necessary, but owing to the fandy. hot soil, quite thin soles are necessary. For this kind of wear it is nol unusual to use imported leather tha' is, for the tippers but for soles we employ domestic product ons almost exclusively." Philadelphia 1'ress. a a The yan-yan of the Southern States has been known to drop from the apex of its leaf, between sunset and sunrise, enough water to fill a tea saucer. Th Tain-tree," though growing in com paratively dry places, drops enougl mosturem a n ght to make the sm face of the ground actually wet Mi MISFIT CLOTHING. rtu.lne. Which, to the Inlnlll.ted, la a My.tery. Ihetradoln nvsfit clothing In New i ork is getting to bo quite an ext-n- -ve " ISI'ICA. Uft.1 '" vaifn mm I was unknown or carried on in inch i small way as to escape notice. Even now it is but I.ttle advertis d as the demand from the initiated full v eqnals the supply. The business in th'a city ia controlL-d by two or th ree bouses that deal in misfits ex clusively. The dealers have contracts w.th ail the large tailoring establ h ments by wh cb every misfit ti,t or garment is at on -o laken. lo th maker the goods are a most a dead loss, and fhey are therefore sold for a very low pr.ee. In this way the dea'- ers are enabled to sell th'.-m lor about half the original fancy price charged b- the tailors, and at the same t.iue to make a. verv handsome prolit The. e ore tricks in all trades, and the propretora of some ready-m.ide cloth. ng houses, becoming aware of the growing proiiortions of the m fit trade, have estiU.l shed what they are pleased to call a "m slit depart ment." in wheh cheaply made clothes of sholdv material, but with a stvle abo t them that eas.lv deceives the unwary, are paliueJ off as m:6(its. Th di ce it on is even ea Tied so fur as to sew on a fraudulent maker's tar. and to furnish the trousers w th buttons having the name of a fashionable ta lor stamped upon them. Whether it is that the ta lors of Gotham are more careful and make better fitting clothes than Ch caro ta 1 ors, or whether New Yorke : s care le-i it their apparel is baggy, wrinkled or scant, is a question, but at any rate the misfits in Chicago outnumb r ten to one thoso in New York. The newsiia per there conta n more advert sements of misfit dealers than they do for genu ine clothing houses. "Of course they are not genuine.' said a dealer to a Herald reporter, re ferring to the trade in West -rn citie "It ia only the result of a very sharp competition. He was standing in a very d ngy store that was tilled on all sides w.th piles of vari-colored and manv shaned coats, vests and trousers. Sombre looking dress coats were hang ing side by side w ta showv military uniforms and gorgeous smoking jack ets. In the same p.le were shaggy winter ulsters and striin-d cotton coats. Dark cutaways were mingled with loud checks that suggested strongly the race track. "Most of our patrons are theatrical people," continued the dealer as he stroked a light-colored, short-skirted overcoat, that bore a London tailor's name. "We are very apt to get suits that are somewhat too str king lor or dinary wear, but that are just the thing for the stage. this brocaded s 1k dressing gown is going out with a 7 company lor the old man sma e up. I sold it to tho actor th.s morning for $15. It would cost about -"0 to have it made new. It ia au unsalnb e article, you see. and I have to let it go for a merely nominal pr.ee. The man for whom it was made never ca.led for it" "What sort of clothes do yoa get the most of?" "It will soem a little odd to you. I firesuroe, but tailors seem to havo less uck w.th dress suits than nnyth ng el e. Partly because a dress su t n verv hard to altar from its pecul nr style, and partlv because men are more particular about the tit than they are with other clothes. Xoth ng slmw.s up so bad as a dress su t if it s a 1 ttle oil'. Here s ono of the new style, you see that was brought in Ihe other day." The dealer drew forth from a pile a plum colored garment with a cutaway front Then followed a dowered satin vest and a pa r of light colored knee breeches, with black silk gaiteis and silver buckles. "The young man that they were made for couldn't stomach them when they were completed. Thev fitted him all r ght but his calves ddn't "light up' well in knickerbockers. He padded them out once and wore the sn t to a reception, tut he got guyed so he was only loo glad to shake it. He tried to get lhe ta.lor to take it ba k but that wouldn't work. They told him to come to me. and I bought them for a song. He looked sort of d sgusled w til life, but he seemed glad to get r d of the things at any pr ce. 1 don't think that stvle is going to lake w 11. The New York shank is too ungainly." "Don't you find great d.llieulty in getting the clothes to fit any one?" "Now, thero is another rather curious thin;. Havo you ever notxed how of:en other people's clothes fitted you beti'T than those you had made for yourseli? Well, it's a fact It seems as thoug'i tailors ought to take the mea-ure of B wn,'in tney want to fit A. We don't do as much alter ng as yod would think neccs-ary. l'eople obit c' to it They refer to put on a su t that tits them the lir-t t me rather than take any chances, if there is not one tnat u"ts them thev tell us to hunt up one that does. We have got any number of such orders." "Do vou deal in second-hand cloth ing at all?" "A very little. There are several large houses in the city w hose bus ne.s that is exclus vely. It is their agents that go around the c.ty and buy second hand clothing, hats, shoes, and ail kind J of furnishing goods. Their har vest is in the moving season and when people are gettng ready to go into the country in the beginning of summer. Then c'oset.s and wardrobes are cleared out and tho r contents, some of them almost new, given gladly to any one who will take them away. In the spring wint-r clothes, which would be out of fa-h on next season, are parted w.th. and in the fall summer clothes ar: not thought worth saving. The traders gather these all in and send most of lhem away. The South gets the 1 on's share. There clothes a year behind preva lmg New York fash ions pass unnoticed, and the gcnxls, wh ch cost but 1 ttle more than the ex pense incurred in cleaning them, are sold for an exorbitant price, especially to the negroes. Other, though, are disposed ot here in Vew York. A fav or te method is to pack a val.se with a full outht including a hat shoes, a shirt underclothes, socks, collars, cuffs and neckties. aa4 sell the whole at a- foii. Sometimes prizes are put in th' I undla in the humph of bru-hes rt on and s imlar art do. Tln-so are all sec oiid-liHiid in ud ton. Won t ou try on some of the e ovete iais? Jlere s a Newmarket ihut w II just tit you." "No not to-day.' W!L m) loan. tieti." As the reporter was leaving the store he met the two youths whose talk in the restaurant had sent h m to the dealer's. He lingered a. they looked over t'fl goods and listened again to their cha'.ter. Mv rov. dd I give it to you straight?" "Vou d d. right in the neck. Truly a prophet is occasionally h uiored even on h s nat e h -nth. Now is it ros hie for me o npp -ar in all the elcgmee of a li.teen o'inr a week dry-goods clerk? Let us tlit".V. ). turalU. THE LOCO WEED, A riant That Vt'itik. lret lmii-e to stock In Ihe New txt-a and Vrrnlorie. The early stock raisers of :he-far Western States and Territories were. among other drawbacks, often con fronted with a peculiar aflicton at tacking their horses. The symptoms were a general emaciation, accom pun'ed with glaring eves aud unmistak able indications of dementia. Animals so afflicted would ruh at a man or other object, with mouth wide open and even' appearance of ungovernable frenzy, rearing upou their h nd fe-l and striking out wildly with the tore legs. For a long time no snt sfactorv cause for this affection was d scovereii. The term "loco," or craz.. was appl ed to it and an an'mal so anected was said to be "locoed." At length t was settled beyond doubt that feeding upon a certain plant peculiac lo these reg'ous was toe cau-e. This plant belongs to the order Lcg'nniiKin e, of wh ch there are two species, all equally deleter.ous in the r ellccts. Many analyses have been made with the view of a-eert lining the nctte principle possessing such pecul ar pow ers, but with no success so far. This plant as its name impl es, belongs to the pea family. It usually has a great many stalks proceed ng from a strong root stock, a d forms a low bushy plant of a pretty light green. The stalks are branch ng at the base and g ve rise to numerous leaves and stems bearing flowers and pods. The leaflets are ot oval form, from a halt to three-quarters of an inch in length, and are of a shinng silvery hue, from being covered- w.th soft silky ha rs. The flower is of a purplish, somet itk'S yellow color, and has the general aopearanco of the pea (lower Th a is succeeded by a pod about an inch long,' very smooth and having generally two seeds. One of the most prominent pecul arities of this plant is its hardiness, its delicate green foliage often being found grow ng thriftily on the dry and bane i plains where but little other vegetat on a- pears. it is Irom this thntt- ness and tempt ng appearance that stock are probably led to feed upon it in the absence of other grasses. Many attempts have been made at d scovering soma nntdote for the poisonous effe'ts of the plant, but so far unsuccessfully, d :ath generally fol lowing from its use in a longer or shorter time, according to the amount eaten. In Colorado so great has Ice.i the damage done t stock that a hotintv is paid for the destruction of thedaiger ous growth. It has been proved n this State, however, that when an animal has not indulged too freely in th - weed, bv removing huu a' on -e from the lo cal tv and feeding nothing but cult- vated grass or hac, the hv 1 etlect w 1 n I me pass aw y to a gre t decree aud the animal ma.' be worked, though ca e should be used, as he will alwavs be sub ect to sudden and apparently causeless a tacks ;f mania, resulting in runaways or other ac.'. dents. The plant s varouslv known as "loco weed" and "rattl.t weed" (from the rattling of the eeds in the pod), and an an mat which has become dis eased from eat ng it is rail to be locoi'd" or "rattled." So common has ths latter term b.comt that passes among the curreut slang ot the day in many local t cs as descriptive of those who are in any way mn comoo. tfun Francisco ' hruuicie. LARGt FARMS. The Delre to Operate I.Hrfe Tract ol Laud Diapelled. The glamour which but recently sur rounded the ownership and manage ment of large farms devoted exclusive ly to wheat growing is of late be'ng rapidly dispelled, b. the discovery that such enterprises are not profitable, and sooner or later invoivj the owner in a niae of disa.-ter. Farmers who have sold out good farms in the heart ot th gn at grass and co u belt of a central latitude, and rushed off several hun- i'd m les northward to engage in wheat growing exclus vely, ia a cl.mate of much greater severity than they were accustomed to, where the reign of win ter beg ns early and hangs on late, are fast finding out that thcie is a dark as well as a bright side to the picture the r imag nation had painted. Numbers of cand d. well qualified business men.who have thoroughly tried to coin money out of wheat grow ng. plainly acknowledge the r disappointment in the attempt, and are not slow to state that a new -tern must be inaugurated before wealth, except in a limited number of ndividual cases, will l!ow into the pockets of husbandmen in the much lauded wheat region. Bv the more thoughtful, a system of mixed husbandry is already advocated. A rottt.on of crops is needed to retain the sod. The rearing of stock for mar ket purposes is heartily commended, and the known fact that wheat grow- ng kept up through a series ol years continuously, will unlit the soil for that purpose, renders such a conrea impera tive, now stares them blank in the face. The disadvantages against --took rear ing that must exist in a high latitude. caused by a feeding period of ao great length, are by no means light and should be carefully weighed bv those tempted to remove Irom more favored climate where grass grows luxuriantly. and the feeding period is much shorter. Burlington llavkcyt. AK IHTEiESTINO I5TIBT1EW. A reporter recently called at C.rf Commercial Colleiw, 14th St, aud Umw alty f ace, S. V., and asked an Inierll with the principal of that instltuii..n M Chan. L. Cady. In regard to the .ru'th ' falsity of certain statement ), h ? been made about hi having beei. , urH . a Ud chronic naaal Catarrh by O iunonA pxyKen; the matter being .ni of Interest to the public, aa a very latve nm7 ber of people In America are aflllti, wAt this UtiubleaomeandofU-ndiaKUHiinffdi eaae. Mr. Cady cheerfully responded it his enquiriea and made substantial! th following etatenient: 1 "By the time I was twenty-one I k catarrh deep-aeated aud fixed. It cam!!? so slowly that I hardly knew it w! Catarrh. I ita continually hawking and tpittmg. I became a nuisance to myaw? and know I va to other people, fhei was a constant dripping Into my throa? I always had a weak stomach, and thk made It weaker. tra t'n the arivnr this horrible Catarrh. v po' "After trying sundry remedies without advantage, I resolved to make an expert toent with Compound Oxygen, and pro! ured a Home Treatment In the thort space of four weeks great imprwetntni was visible. I continued the treatment al intervals, for nearly six months, trhtil my Catarrh, which had been ununtullu obstinate, was at an end. The unpUatant secretions disappeared, and also the pain in my head which had accompanied them. The necessity for hawking and spitting disappeared, my stomach grew siroBgu and my digestion better. "Thin was about three years ago. Since then have had noreturn of the Catarrh. 1 know my cure must be reasonably per manent for I have taken several ht colds, w hich have passed away without leaving any evil e (Tec Is. During my Ca tarrh day such colds would have arara. vated my disease to a serious extent "You may quote me as freely as you please as a firm believer in the virtue of Compound Oxygen." A " Treat is on Compound Oxygen,' containing a history of the discovery aid mode of action of this remarkable cura tive agent and a large record of surprising cures In Consumption. Catarrh. Neuralgia, Bronchitis. Asthma, etc., and a wide rango of chronic diseases, sent free. , Address Drs. Starkkt & Palen, 1529 Arch street Philadelphia. Orders for the Compound Oxygen Hone Treatment will be filled by H..Mathew 611 Powell street between Bush and Pine streets. San Fiancisco. A negro at Villi Rica, Georgia, who In sulted s white lady, was punished by Indig nsnt citizens with three hundred I ashes. WHAT IS CATASSHf Catarrh la a muco-pamleat dlachwi iih4 by th preuoe od derelupnietit of tb vrctbl pwvdi amcel In tb internal linlnf mrmbrao of the bohl Tbia parasite I only develoiieil under f? onble cut). tunc, nd the are: Morbid autc of the Mood, a th biif blM corpuaele of tubercle, tb fertn poiaun of irpbi. ua, mercury, toiteme. from the retention of tb efle, matter of the akin, aufpreaacd perrpjnuion, badly nb Ulated alecping apartmenu, and other puiaon that m Ilermlnated In tb blood. Tbeae polauoa Keep the Inter tninf membrane of the Don in a uaitnt ataM of irt taUon, ever nawlj for tb dvpoalt of th eda f tin Jerma, which ipread up lb noatril and down lo Bucea or back of throat, causing ulceration of tat throat; up tb cuaUohian tube, cuinf deainan; bur ro win f in tb vocal corda, causing noanene ; usurping th pre per structure of th bronchial tube, ending ia pulmonary consumption and death. Many attempt baf been mad to discover ran for this distressinic disease by the use of Inhaleu and other ingenious devices, but none of the treatment can d a particle of good unUI the parasite are either destroyed Off removed f rum the mucous tissue Borne time since a veil known physician of forty years standing, alter much experimenting, succeeded in duv oovehng the necessany combination ui ingredients wince never fails in absolutely and permanently eradicating this bonioie diseas. whether standing for one year or forty year. Those who may ta aunering from the abov disease should, without delay, communicate with th managers, Messrs. A. II. Diiuo a Son, 3u6 King Buret West. Toronto, and get full particular and treatise free bj enclosing stamp. Seventy-two families were rendered homeless by the recent teuemeni-house - nre in rew Jersey uity. THS POOS LITTLE ONES. VC often see childien with red erup tions en face and bands, rough, scaly skin. and often sores on the head. 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