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qf /?■ • t. ASHLAND TIDINGS TIDINGS ASHLAND I3SUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. W. II. LEF2DS. Editor and Publisher. ASHLAND Terms of Advertising: T.KOAI.. One square, first insertion................. $2 fO Each Additional insertion................ . 1 ro LOCAL. Terms of Subscription: One copy, one year........................ “ six months.................... “ “ three months................. Club Rates, six copies for............. Terms, in advance. $ 2 50 1 50 75 .. 12 50 VOL. XI. ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 188G PROFESSIONAL CARDS G-oo. B. Carrey, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. ASHLAND, OREGON. Talent, Hopkins & Co IN ill •tteixi ’<> ca««‘s in the courts of Oregon, render advice and prepare papers tn the set tlement of estates, make applications for patents under the U. 8. inininx laws, and may l>e consulted on al) matters pertaining to Government land-. School and Swamp land», nnr claims against the U. S. for ser vices or losses. OFFICE—Main street. [10-:r.i Towushij: plats on file in the office. J. T. Bowiitcb, Attorney and Counsellor at Law ASHLAND, OREGON. GENL MERCHANDISE, U ill | ra.ticv il all t our« of tlic State. <• 'let lion- promptly made atld remitted. iu. T. B. Seat, Lav. Attorney and Ooutuallor at JACKSONVILLE, OR. Which they u<> v oti'ei* at the very lowest living prices to cash customers and they feel assured that all who favor them with their patron age will be well satisfied with the prices and quality of their goods ----- Their stock consists of * iO^ Aiil l OM lH-c in all the courts of C-recou. Office ill the court house. [10-3 Albert Hammond., CIVIL ENGINEER and 8URVEY0R, ASHLAND, OREGON. Dry Goods, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Ladies and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats & Caps, Boots and Shoes, Notions, &c. Will attend promptly to a,,y business in the line <>f land surveying, locating ditches, etc., and w< rvthing pertaining to civil engineer ing. Satisfaction guaranteed. 10-12 'Hice at the postoflicc. J. S. Howard, v Notary Public and Conveyancer MEDFORD, OREGON. Reeser’s Block, Ashland. F. H. Young, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Specialty : Diseases of Children. TALENT, HOPKINS & CO. H’omen and CLAYTON & CORE 111-18 Office at Ashland House. Dr. S. T, Songer, PHYSICIAN AND GROCERY STORE! SURGEON. office one door fcouth of Ashland House on Main street. (11-12 Ashland, Oregon. C. J. Sechrist, M. D., We keep constantly on hand a full assortment of staple and fancy goods, PHŒNIX, OREGON. Office at residence—.«late at Engle Bros.’ drug store. [10-40 PLAIN AND DECORATED WARE, Dr. D. B. Bice, IN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, A shland , O regon . GLASS AND STONE CUTLERY AND SIL- Office near the bridge, next door south of the Bed Hou«c. Residence tor spring st. ami First Avenue. COFFEES, ROAST AND GREEN. • + • : + : TEAS, IN PAPERS, CANS & I VERWARE. Spec I al attention given to diseases of wo men. (4-1 7^ HANGING A STAND LAMPS. J. S. Walter, A milano , O regon . Ollice in College Boarding House. SPICES A ALL KINDS OF ♦. C A N NED BOOKS AND STA- H: FRI ITS, TIONERY, PENS AND PENCILS. DENTIST, JARS. OILS, GOODS. MEATS, AC., AC. PAINTS AND BRUSHES. Allgoods in our line ice will furnish ut the lowest cash rates. see for yourselres. 11 8 OVERLAND TO OREGON. A well-known minister of Portland is the possessor of a book which is a genuiue linguistic curiosity to all ¡tersons of bib lical or literary tastes. 'This Ixxik was printed iu Chicago, and the frontispiece liears date of 1884. It contains the Lord’s prayer in two hundred different languages, embracing the dialects of the known world. A page is devoted to the prayer as translated in each language. In some languages the prayer is translated iu the form of versification. English letters are not used in all the various dialects, for the prayer appears in Sanscript, He brew, Japanese, Chinese and Chaldaic. The different stvlee of old English, when our mother tongue was in a very imper fect and crude state of development, are also represented. There are specimens dating as remote as the seventh century, and coming down to Chaucer’s time and extending through the great Eliznlieth- au peril xl of letters. The gentleman who owns this literary curiosity has also made a contribution to the compilera which will no doubt lie added to the col lection. Recently he has forwarded to the publishers two translations of the Lord's prayer, one in the Alaskan dialect and the other in the language of Indians living iu the northwestern part of Canada. A Country Fumoas for Its Fruit—An inter- tcresting Stage Ride. Conic Io And everything usually found in a first class General Merchandise store. Cash buyers will find it to Ire to their interest to call and examine our goods and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere. All kind- of real «state business given careful attention, and infoi (nation furnished con cerning property in the new town. philological curiosity . Call and Miss Alena Weber, [Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.! I ! Stay. A Boston paper, in speaking lately of the number of new medical remedies which are offered to the public every year, called attention to the fact that the majority of them have a very short exist ence. Some are never heard of after twelve months have passed by; others are forgotten iu the course of three or four years, while it is a rare thing to know of any which retain their popularity longer than eight or ten years. When there is an exception to this rule, it may be set down as a fact that the article pos sesses some extraordinary merit to survive so many changes. The most remarkable illustration of this is seen in St. Jacobs Oil. Steadily and surely it worked its way into public favor, receiving no help, except from its own efficacy, and to-day there is hardly a civilized country in which it is not hailed as a conqueror of pain. Like Tennyson’s book, men may come and men may go, but St. Jacobs Oil goes on for ever. A San Francisco dispatch of the 21st says: Yesterday the last installment of the fall shipment of seal skins, consisting of nine ear loads, was shipy>ed over the Central, Union Pacific and Chicago A Milwaukee to Chicago. The whole ship ment consisteel of 55,000 skins. The main ¡xirtions were shipped on Monday and Tuesday, in similar quantities, in all twenty-seven cars. The cargo was valued at about $500.000. Teacher of music at Ashland College, will give instructions iu PIANO, ORGAN and GUITAR Successor to Hunsaker & Dodge, To a limited number of pupils outside her college class. Ke-idence at Mr. A. G. Rockfellow's on Church street. ------------ DEALER Groceries and Provisions A. L. Willey, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. TABLE WARE AND CROCKERY. A shland , O regon , U lf pared to give estimate*, to furnish mate rial, aud complete all kinds of buildings IN OK’OUT OF TOWN tn reasonable term«. All work warranted to give satisfaction. SIKH’—on Mechanic street, over Youie Jk Gil roy’s store-house aud office. [10-0) A. f. HAMMOND, IN------------- I CASH ! CASI! BUYERS, Govern Yourselves Accoriinjrly. M. L. M CALL. Hiamoui & McCall, IO MILES FROM ÆSIILÆIVIJ. JACOB WAGNER. Proprietor. FpHIS HOTEL, which Ims been for many _1_ years a favorite place of summer resort for persons seeking health an<l recreation, has recently been greatly improved by the present proprietor, who ha- done much to muke it pleasant and attractive to guests. I I REAL - ESTATE - AGENTS WM. M. GILROY. GEORGE E. YOt’LE, -AN D— YOULE & GILROY, CONVEYANCERS, Anillan«!, At foot of Cascade Mountains, Oregon Loan- negotiated. l*ro|>erty bought and sold; colici nous atleti led tu; Abstracts Of title fur- Dished. fl^^'iirveying of all kinds satisfactorily and promptly done. Manufacturers of— SASH, DOORS & BLINDS, We offer tor sale the follow tug described real property. [7—32.] The Hnigadiuu property, consisting of very desirable town lots, improved and un improved; and fanning lauds and stock ranches in sizes to suit purchasers, up to 6000 acres: also, A Goon Hu x R anch . *.M>0 acres, six miles East of Ashland—good for summer or win ter range. T wentt Acnss of good wood land near own. C. W. AYERS, Lumber, Mouldings, Brackets ! Dealers in- PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, CLASS LATH and SHINGLES. The Mineral Spring Is tlie most noted of Southern Oregon, and its medicinal properties have been proven to be of great value and benefit ns a tonic and aid to digestion and as a remedy or relief in nearly all eases of kidney trouble and kindred ail ments. Following is the report of the analysis: One standard gallon of the water contains: Alumina................................................... 92(U grains. Boracie acid.............................. .'.H75 “ Calcium carbonate........................... 21.12X1 “ Sodium chloride.............................. 3U.ti805 “ Carbonate of iron.............................. 2.5517 " Silicic acid....... ............................. 3.9471 Titanic acid...................................... 1.5443 “ Carbonate magnesia...................... 7S.X7X8 Bicarbonate soda............................. 24.684 “ Lithium carbonate, potassium carbonate, io- d'lie and traces of nitric acid not estimated. Total amount of carbonic acid gas. free and combined, equals58.4788 grains per gallon ^^^•Specixl attention paid to the comfort and needs of invalids. Among the improvements of the hotel are the baths, fitted with all modern conveniences. ROOMS OLEAN, NEAT AND COMFORTABLE. Good Table Fare à Reasonable Prices. Planing, Matching and Sawing done to order. Water Pipe made to order. Woodon f^* BOTTLED water fresh from the spring on sale at Geo. Engle's in Ashland. Architect and Builder. MANUFACTURER AND WOOD WORKER, Shop on First Avenue, near Main St. ♦ <’*' Will make estimates and bids on all buildings, public or private, and furnish nil nfaterial. plans and specifications for the construction of the same. y--: Sash. Doors and Mouldings on hand and for sale at lowest rates. ».^»•General shop work done in short order. j^F’Stair building a specialty. All work guaranteed to be first-class, and of latest designs. 15. K Me MILL.I’IN A MILA AD, OREOOS. \\ ALSO CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. 10-16 A full supply of blanks for uso in .Justices court can always be found at tlie Ash- lami office. Al*o Real Estate aud Notarial blanks of all kinds. We also do latter and cheaper Job I’rinting than any other office in xvulhiuu Oregon try ub LEGAL BLANKS - FOB THE BEST - NEAR R R. TRACK. MECHANIC St., ASHLAND. A shland , Or., Sept. 12, 1886. Southern Oregon, the country of vast fruit areas, lieara a striking resemblance to the valleys of Scotland. Looking down from the Siskiyou range upon the Rogue river district of Jackson county, the pros- pwt that gradually unfolds itself as the stage approaches the base of the range is one of exceeding beauty. From beneath the cool shadow of the dense forests that cover the slopes of the Siskiyous one sees across a comparatively narrow valley to opposite hilla of brightest yellow. At their base, lining the banks of small MOUNT SHASTA. creeks, are tall green trees, and scattered If the road would bnt stop at the point at random -ocel^ the bottom lands are it has bow reached, what a Mount Wash patches of alfalfa, orchards of ¡tears and ington resort that of Shasta would lie; apples, aud the stubble of gathered grain. As we drove down from the summit of for now one reaches it by a stage ride of the Siskiyous the sun was fast sinking only twelve utiles, and the route is out of sight behind a group of low hills through beautiful forests. It is faster lying far away to the westward and the and easier, this modern mode of traveling Rogue river valley was filled with a soft in a Pullman, but who can help thinking of the trips to the New Hampshire hills ened light that rendered the contrast be tween the green trees and yellow slopes that were once taken in the days of stage more marked and noticeable. Nowhere coaches. To see a country well, drive or was there, that dry bleakness which so walk through it; to enjoy it still ntore, ofren mars one’s enjoyment of California secure the box seat of a six-horse stage. prospects. The scene was more charac Two years ago I rode all the way from teristic of countries where there» is an Redding to Ashland on the stage, and abundance of moisture; in a broad sense said that the journey was hard. So it was. But did I neglect to s|ieak of the it suggested Scotland, and viewed in de enjoyment it afforded? I hope not. tail it makes one think of New England. There should have lieen no such omission. Aud at supper the latter inqiression was There was much to see and enjoy—-day intensified, for the little cottage at which break among the Sierra forests, the fresh the meal was served was a perfect copy ness of early morning, the views of Castle of those that exist in profusion along the rock, the novelty of the midnight hours. roads in Maine or Massachusetts. It was That ride was suggested during this pres set a few feet off the main road and was ent trip. We left Dunsmuir at 10:30 in separated from it by a picket fence fes the evening, and. seated with the driver, tooned with trailing vines. A wide- were soon climbing the hills toward Sis spreading tree grew in one corner of the son’s. On reaching that <juaint old home Hower garden, which nearly surrounded at midnight we found the office lighted the bouse, aud in the rear garden was an by a fire of logs. Sisson himself, who has ajqile orchard, reached l»v winding walks lived at Snasta for thirty years, ready to lined on either side by grape and black- give us welcome. The restful days that lierry vines. The cottage was only one followed will long lie rememliered. The story high and its sloping r<x>f was heavy morning after our arrival we nxle to the with mosses. The supper served in the headwaters of the Sacramento. The tidy little dining room tasted better than river has its source at a spring of icy wat has many a Delmonico feast. It was er that gushes forth into daylight from daintily cooked and served. Great pitch- beneath a high, wood-covered hill. The era of creamy milk were given, and the sixit is wild and secluded in one direct lwiled chicken was so tender thet one ion a narrow opening among the trees; could not but feel for the mother who in others only the forests, with their axil had lost so young a child. shade and dense mingling of vines and a delightful hide . shrubs. The evenings at Sisson’s were Fortified by so gixxl a supper, the ride always cool. An open fire of logs burned over the remaining seven miles of the ov in the office, and at midnight, the heavy erland journey to Ashland was delightful. stages, each with its lamps and team of The air was cool and bracing, and even six horses, rolled noisily up to the door the horses seemed in spirit, and the lead with freight and ¡tassengers. By Novem ers were ready on the slightest urging to ber the railroad is expected, and then break into u rnpiul tr,{t O>» . fn-vwell to |I m >. j rr-rat quiet and novelty. nearing the chief town of the Rogue river No more will the rumble of the stages be valley the orchards became more numer heard, and the well known drivers will be ous. They stretched upward toward the forgotten. crest of low, rolling hills and lined Ixith ACROSS THE GAT. sides of the road, and iu other directions The present gap between the Central were ojien meadows. There was a gener Pacific and the Oregon and California is al air of thrift and prosperity alxint the about 100 miles. The stage makes the scene that was a revelation to those on distance between the hours of 10:36 r. M. the coach who knew not of Oregon; it one day and 7 r. u. the next, or in about amazed them to see so much vegetation and such a rank growth of fruit-bearing twenty-one hours. Fresh horses are used at intervals of every twelve miles, and trees. But after all the fact is not so very there is a two hours’ rest at Yreka, where strange. The Rogue river valley is one breakfast is eaten. Between Dunsmuir of the most productive in the world, and and Shasta the road is badly cut up by is rapidly becoming famous for the vari construction teams, but beyoud is still in ety and abundance of its fruits. It is excellent condition. By stopping over at about fortv-tive miles long and from ten Siss< »n’s the journey can lie made without to twenty-five miles wide, aud has a near fatigue, aud the ride by daylight from ly east and west direction. It occupies Yreka over the Siskiyou range to Ashland the southern ¡xirtion of Jackson county, is inainqiarably fine. The road climbs and is sixty miles inland from the Pacific, the mountains by winding in zigzag from which it is separated by the Coast course up their steep slojx?«, and uixin range of mountains. To the east of the nearing the summit enters a forest of valley is the Cascade range, on tlie north ¡•ine. fir and oak. Here the giant trees are the Rogue river mountains andon the cover every beadland and isolate one from south are the Siskiyous. The surface of the world around; and again there are the country is comparatively level, but extended views in every direction, find rises gradually to the more undulating one can look far over the tops of the for lauds of the foothills. The Rogue river ests to Mount Shasta and into the various runs near the northern boundary of the valleys that have lieen followed earlier in valley and is fed by numerous small the day. 1 have taken many a stage ride creeks that afford an ample supply of over mountain roads, and am sure that water. The region has Ix-en settled for no other one possessed the picturesque nearly thirty years, but only lately hits features of this over the great natural made much advancement. It is now tra barriers separating the two Pacific states. versal by the Oregon and California road, Especially lieautiful is that portion of the which ends at Ashland, near the head of route lying north of the summit For the valley, and it will sexin be the direct miles the road is through unbroken for highway of the line extending north and ests and by the side of deep ravines, aud south lietween Portland and San Fran at frequent intervals there are glimpses cisco. Just when a connection will be of the Rogue river valley and the low. made lietween theCentral Pacific and the dimly outlined hills of Oregon. If one is Oregon and California it is impossible to a lover of nature, of what is picturesque, say. The former road is completed to he should take the overland to Oregon Dunsmuir, twelve miles south of Mount before the stages are supplanted by the t Shasta and 321 miles north of San Fran railroad. He will never 1» able to see cisco, and the work of construction is lie- from a Pullman that which is visible ing rapidly pushed. from the old IxiXHeat; nor will the future RAILROAD BUILDING. An advance guard of engineers is at TIN, SHEET-IRON à COPPERWARE this writiug some distance beyond Sis E. K. ANDERSON JAMES TIIOKNTOX, Vice President. President. son’s tavern at Mount Shasta, and the Call at route from there through Shasta valley and over the Siskiyous hagoeen located. Two thousand men are at work alxive Dunsmuir, and during the day a visitor at Sisson's can distinctly hear the noise made by blasting ojien the roadway for the tracklayers. The new line will pass the base of Shasta about half a mile north In Reeser’s Bloch, Ashland, Or., Full stock of Sisson's, and from there to Yreka, or on hand and made to order. whatever point near that town is select ed, will find easy gnules. To cross tlie Particular Attention paid to Job Work. Siskiyou range however, will lie a labor ious and costly undertaking. Much tun Which will be done iu a workmanlike manner neling will have to lie done, and at liest and at the grades must lx? Rteep aud the curva tures sharp and numerous. But when it it is completed the new route will lie al most unrivaled for grandeur and variety None but the best mate rial Used. of scenery. From the head of the Sacra mento valley to Portland there will lie a B. F. REESER. 10 7] continual succession of lieautiful views. For miles after leaving Redding the ro MRS. L. POWELL mantic windings of the Sacramento are Has opened a closely followed, and canyon succeeds canyon almost without interruption. Later on come the mountain forests, oov j ering steep hills and pressing down upon ' the banks of the now diminuitive Sacra On Oak street. Plain and Fancy Cassimeres, Flannels, Hosiery, Etc mento. Tlieu comes Mount Shasta, its Ashland, Oregon, snowy peak in full view from the road. OVER and UNDERWEAR. - CLOTHING MADE to ORDER. There, in the future, will lie the favorite And hopes to receive a good patronage. watering place of the Pacific coast ¡ieople. Office and Sales Rooms in Masonic Building, One might travel many a country and WILL EMPLOY NO CHINESE LABOR. W. It ATKINSON- Secretary ua<IG«*n«*ral Manager never find so delightful, so fresh, sobeau- 11-17 B. F. Reeser’s WHITE and COLORED BLANKETS, NEW TIN SHOP Prices That Defy competition. L V ST r> R Y tiful a region as that lying almost within the shadow of Shasta. At present there is only Sisson’s Tavern, as the host so modestly styles it, but with no more spa cious quartere than it offers one could easily l>e contented. Contented?- why he ought to be absolutely satisfied. The air would invigorate the long demented conscience of a New York broker, and the views of Shasta, of clear streams and ice- cold water, would delight an artist and exhilarate a non-profeesional. For my self, if I were always to Ire within reach of it, I woidd prefer that a railroad never came to Mount Shasta. Its advent can not but destroy, in a measure, the pres ent claims of the place its quiet, its sense of isolation, its naturalness. guides have the g<xxl old stories, tough but interesting, with which the drivers of to-day help tine forget the few discom forts of the journey. They are jovial companions, these master whips, who handle their teams of six horses with such ease and confidence. They know every foot of the road, are familiar with every legend of the country, and can tell off hand the names of all the trees, the history of every mountain camp. They are full of whims and eccentricities; old Smith despises a trunk aud Jack Curtis never wants more than two on the seat lieside him. But the memories of the men are remarkable. The commissions they are given along the road by farmers and by their wives and daughters would drive most men insane. One wants Jack to get her two ¡xainds of sixla at Ash land; another asks him to get two yards of cloth, and still another gives him a verbal message to 6ome friend in town. Every request is rememliered. aud besides that work the master of the horses must think to ease the off wheeler, for she st rained a leg last week, or deal gently with that nigh leader for he did double duty the day before. He knows the name of every horse in every team, and an swers more questions in a day than one can suggest in a week. The stages carry the overland mail and accotnmalate from twelve to fifteen passengers. Ample time is given for meals, and altogether the ride from one railroad to the other is an experience full of most pleasureable excitement. TIDINGS NO. 20. THE TOWN OF ASHLAND. Ashlaud bus grown considerably dur ing the-past two years and now has a population of about 1600. It is located on the banks of Ashland creek near its confluence with the Bear, and is the cen ter of a rich fruit belt It is a well-locat ed village and is the base of supplies for the Btock ranges on the east side < if the i Cascades. The creek furnishes excellent water power and is already utilized by several mills. Directly south of Ashland are the foothills of the Siskiyous. In their natural state they were covered with a thick growth of brushwood and heavy timber. In many instances this has lieen removed and orchards planted. Tim bered land is worth from $25 to $35 ,»er acre, but when ‘-grubbed" commands $100. Trees grow readily and yield largely. Many instances may be seen where apple, pear and peach orchards from three to four years old yield hand some returns. The soil is rich and needs no irrigation, and the climate of the val ley is particularly adapted to horticulture. The heat of summer is never oppressive and the nights are invariably cool, owing to the altitude of the valley region and to the peculiar dryness of the atmosphere. There are occasional showers during the summer and but little snow in winter. Plowing and sowing are done during the winter months, and in April and May the country is at its lieet If the mercury falls to freezing point in winter it rarely remains there. It is rarely colder titan twenty degrees above zero during the night, and the average day temperature is from forty to fifty degrees. Roses fre quently stay in bloom until Christ mas. and early vegetables are planted in Feb ruary and March. In former years the cereals were the chief products of the Rogue river valley. Wheat is still grown in large quantities. There are also sev eral large hop tracts and gardens in wltich all the known vegetables are raised. But the fruit industry seems destined to be come the most imjairtant and profitable. Apples, pears, peaches, plums, prunes and all other such fruits attain great size and are of most excellent Havor. Strawljerries ten and eleven inches in cir cumference were produced in Asldand last year, and ¡»eaches are exhibited which weigh over a pound. The valley is amply- protected from high winds and is the nat ural home of sheep and cattle. Ashland grows slowly but steadily. Land is be ing bought by parties gathered front all over the world, and the country is stead ily improving. The region indeed seems to be a highly favored one. Not only is it picturesque but it has a practical worth. In time the wealth of the valley cannot but be enormous. It is already a fatuous country and must continue to grow more and more so. E dwards R oberts . Local Notices, per line........................ ..15c Regular advertisements inserted upen liberal terms. Job Printing Of all descriptions done on short not ire Legal Blanks. Circulars, Business Carda BüHteada, Letterheads, Posters, etc., got ten up in good style at living prices. FARM MOTES. Book farming does not excite sneers as it did a few y ears ago, when a slouchy wool hat and cowhide boots were the top and bottom of the business. The cost of keeping fences up on any farm is usually mon- than the annual tax imposed by government, and the waste through bad or imjh-ovident management is probably about alike. Dairymen who have to keep cheap Cows or dear fo< si may find consolation, and perhaps compensation, in the market next year free from counterfeits that have kept butter down during the last ten years. Perhaps the reason that farmers are so often cheated l>y sharpers may be found in the fact that they do not read more than the local news reported in their vil lage pajiers, and so Itecome stagnant in thought and easy prey for bright rascals. There can lie no arbitrary rule by which the best work can be secured by or from a fanning mill. Air observing fanner will change sieves ami adjust their relations, as well as the shake and tlie motion, until ¡lerfonnance is satisfactory, without much regard to the printed piles on the side of the mill that are intended only to guide clumsy operators who lack skill requisite to the liest work. A fanner who can conduct business successfully without an agricultural paper is too well advanced in knowledge to ap ply his hands to the work, ami he could eant more as a teacher in any agricul tural college, for be must I m - a man of very great attainments yet somehow a good many do pinch along through the year without the pajier ami think they save a dollar or two by the privation. Sheep-raisere may lie enabled to form some idea of the magnitude of the wool growing industry in New South Wales from the following figures: In 1885 the number of lantlts shorn in the grease was was 4.113,383; the number washed, 12.581. making a total of 4,155,967 lambs shorn. The number of sheep shorn in the grease was 28,324,595; hot water and sfxiut- washed, 380,000; creek-washed. 642.421 ; scoured, 267,250. In thirty-six districts the dip was rejMirted as g<xxl ami sound, in four districts poor and unsound, in three districts light but sound, and iu the remaining districts fairly sotuid. but wanting in yoke. The total clip in the colony for the year 1885 (according to the number of sheep and lambs) would lie 165,095.249 pounds. During the last days of August the first dried figs of this season were brought from the country districts into Smyrna for storage, packing and ex[xirtatiou. The locomotive and the wagons earning the fruit were, as in former years, decor ated with liagv mid garlands of Howers. WHERE HORSES UVE HIGH. Thousands of persons were waiting at the railway station to greet the first arrivid of A Big Hôtel Run for the Accommoda Smyrna’s principal staple, and the train tion of 2.500 Horse Gnests. was received with great cheering, es There are many places in New York pecially by the porters and laborers, all in which horses are boarded. But there dressed in their best. The casks and is only one so big that it has been called boxes containing the figs were transferred “The Horse Hotel.” This is the resi to richly caparisoned animals, adorned dence of a great number of the car horses with Howers and ribbons, and so carried that we see every day on the streets. to the bazar escorted by a great crowd. There are more beds and dining tables The ¡racking was liegun the same day, an and more meals provided than in the operation wliick gives employment for a Windsor and Brunswick combined. Up long time to thousands. on entering, one is struck by the vast A writer in the Revue Seientijigtte af- number of horses that stand about the finus that, from a comparison of auimal doors, just as men Btand about other and steam power, the former is the hotels, only the horses seem better bred. cheaper ¡xiwer in France, whatever may At this hotel are waiting and reception lie the case in other countries. In the rooms. bed-roomB, kitchen, to say noth conversion of chemical to mechanical en ing of the army of chambermaids, chief ergy 90 per cent is lost in the machine cooks and waiters, aud what other hotels against 68 per cent in the animal. M. do not have, namely, a hospital and shoe Sanson, the writer above referred to. maker. finds that the steam horse power, con Upon entering the visitor is struck trary to what is generally lielieved, is with the prevailing neatness and cleanli often materially exceeded by the horse. ness. It is also seen that the most per The cost of traction on the Mount Par- fect order prevails. The hotel employs nasse-Bastille line of railway he found to a vast numlier of servants, and all who be for each car, daily. 57 francs, while have seen its guest traveling down Broad the same work done by the horse cost way attest to the tine condition of its in only 47 francs, and he believes that for mates. No dust is ever ou their coats, moderate powers the con version of chemi and their shoes are always nicely ¡iol- cal into mechanical energy is more eco ished. But the queer thing about this nomically effected through animals than hotel is that its chambermaids are men. through steam engines. In this hotel every sixteen horses have Professor Long, of England, advises a “maid." This is much better than working ¡ieople to keep a goat, tx-cause it other hotels for even the servants do not can lie kept more cheaply than any other get overworked. These servants have auimal and will yield a profitable return nothing else to do but to feed, water and in milk. He thinks the expense of main clean, and in the morning comb out the taining one would not exceed $5 a year, guests’ front and back hair. The maids while it will eat almost any kind of food also have to sweep out the nxxns, of and yield from the time of kidding and which there are 2,500 for the 2,500 horses for six months from one aud one-half to guests. The store-room is another two quarts of milk per day. worthat least wonderful place. Because the guests 8 cents a quart In some parts of the are always compelled to eat the same continent of Europe, where goats are food, this room is very large, and a big cultivated for cheese-making, it is «mi stock is kept on hand. When full, there nion for them to milk for nine months, are about 20,000 bales of hay, 25,000 but in that case they are well managed bushels of oats, and 10,000 bushels of and selected. In the district of Mount other feed. The manager has all his d'Or, France, famous for its cheese, the guests fed chopped feed, so the kitchen numlier of goats kept many years ago is very large and men work all day pre was 11.000, and the average yield jier paring the meals by running everything head was two quarts daily. These flocks through great machinery. When this is have gradually dimislied and tlieir place done the waiters «míe and carry it away, been taken by cows. and at 4 .30 and 11 in the morning and 5 Some years ago claims were made that in the afternoon the inmates have their the Eucalyptus globulus would banish meals. malaria from the land if only planted in It is also found that horses, just like abundance in malarious regions. Exten human lieings, have a great mauy sick- sive plantations were accordingly made, nesses and ailments. Most of the horses but, so far as known, the result was a get aims, just like men and women, and total failure. Dr. Brandes, of Hanover, when they get hurt they suffer just the now advocates, with a similar object in same. Ho the tender-hearted manager view, the growth of the anacharis alsinas- of this hotel has a hospital and kee¡is trum, a water plant, which is exceedingly a full corps of doctora always in attend common in some sections of the country. ance. He has also fitted up in one cor He bases his proposition upon the fact ner a drug store where medicine can lie that in the district where he lives fevers procured very quickly. Because the of a malarial type were very prevalent guests suffer so much from sore feet and until this water plant was introduced, coms this kind manager sat up many and that they diminished from year to nights until he invented a kind of bath year until four years ago when they en and tub with which to cure his good tirely disappeared. and have not since friends. On the second floor of this returned. As the anacharis is easily ob hotel can be seen a most elaborate set of tained and grows spontaneously, requir bath-rooms. The horse can be given a ing no attention, the exiieriment can Im hot, cold, shower, hay-seed, foot, or in easily tried in marshy districts where fact any kind of bath that is known.— malaria prevails. New York World. Ladies bon ton shoe ¡xilisb for kid One-eighth or 10-lb. box crackers at the shoes, shoe blacking and gents socks al Red House, 65c. ♦ ways on hand at Hatfield A Herrin's boot The Ansonia lamp is the best, and and shoe store. ♦ cheapest oil lamp made. For sale only Old papere for sale at this office 50 at Clayton & Gore s. * cts. per hundred.