Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, April 19, 1873, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextWILLAMETTE FAEMEE. JOHN HUGHES, STATU STItlUvT, SAMLH, OltliGON, DEALElt IX Bacon, Lard, Butter, Cheese, Flour, Grain, Feed, AND DOMESTIC PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS. Faints, Oils and Window Glass, American and English Coach Varnishes, English and American Furniture Var nishes, Gum Shollac, and Japan Varnishes, White Damar and Asphaltum Varnishes. AsTOn OIL, LLEI'IIANT OIL, UNSEED OIL, LAnD OIL. .SEATS TOOT OIL, UOOVISH OIL, I'OLAlt .OIL, I'l'TTY COl.OIis' LAJIPW.ACK, GKAIXIXn TOOLS, Ac, Ac. WALL PAPER, Lime and Plaster, Hair, Nails, and Shingles. Wholesale and Retail. Cash paid for all Kinds of Merchantable Produce. jy27 f joKEisr :kl"cjg-:e3::e3S. COOKE, DENNIS & Co. MANUFACTURE SASH, DOORS, BLINDS 3Vtolca.iaas, KUsTIC, AXD ALL THK LATEST hTYLKS of Iniddo and outi-ldo Aulrli, of tlio l't iliullly n tltar cedar lumber eiy uul In Mkkni. I TURNING, TUNE WITH NEATNESS AXU DISIUTCll CEDAR LUMBER AM) ?hlii(ffltM Vox' fiJale Cheap. Ileal or 'Work n( l.c l'rlfcn l'learc glc vrti call, fee our ttoik, learn our . iUct.nudRlriMi)oiiriirdcr. ,..,, special attention ghen In ordci from lAIlM EHS, and Inrinmatlnn freely jrlcn pall In our ' "shop one Blot k I'.aH of llio Cl.cmckcU ILmie. Je-M-lf MARBLE WORKS, M0NI10K STAIUER, Dialer In MONUMENTS, - AM) Head and Foot Stones. AL0. MANTELS - AM- Furniture Marble TO ORDKll. AliDIIKSSl A.J. .MONHOK, t I W.tl. NT.UUKH, 'u'un, Oregon. 1 Albany. Oregon. iinOy 1 1 o. n Juvr.", 1. H. I'ATTIIfON, Jones & Patterson, Heal Estate, Insurance, ....AM).... GENERAL AGENTS, I OMMEIICIAL HOTEL IIUII.DINO, shIciii, orrtson. ilTC'lAL ATTKXTIOX (IIVKN TO THK wle i of Krai Enta e In all pant or urcgoii. A large amount nf lery dealrnblc CITY ritOP. O! I'.HTY, collating or Duelling Houc, Lot, Hall I ock and Mock, Blunt. Jtc. ....Al.o.... lmprord FAIIMS and Valuable Unculihatcd I'lHlrie anil Timber Land, illuatcd in tin' bid lo. a'lrlci In the Stile. ...Alo.... Ilrniln i and I.cuilnir of all klnda of properly. I el'.rciluii of Claim, Ac, Ac, "III rcc w romi I 'tUtlOll. AOK.NTS roil The .Mutual Life Insurance Co. Oi 1N'-V Yorlc, .. AND.... The Union Fire Insurance Co. Of Kim ITrunclHi'O. , K ttr Knr compute dc.crlptlona of property ap ! jMthclromce, f!f Correajioudcnt. promptly auncrcd,and all i lurmatlon uiien fn n of charge. Vddre-., JUNKS Jt l'ATTEIISOX. i vfrt v. Hx VXl, salcm, Orrcou. SALlOl FLOURING MILLS. Eest Family Flour, Superfine, and Graham, xuiaauug., ru, ouu.,( afflJ J11-b nUA aL& CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Highest Pries in Cash paid Fon WIIAT, AT A3UE. TUOS. . R. 0 KINNEY. bfci.rr "fpl.Htf fertsi. K. M fo. CI1IXA NUT OIL, COAL OIL, HAW AXD 110ILEU Oil. H. D. BOON. HEALHI IN. BOOKS, STATIONERY MUSIC, Periodicals, Newspapers, Wall Paper, ...M.... Musical Instruments Tiu:.i:i.i:iiiiATi.n BURDETT ORGANS ....AND... Hallett and Oumston's Pianos Alt. a), on l.ai.ii. Tliecti liiMnimrut are KAVOIUTKB with all nuilrUn, ami thl. store l the rcott of all uho tlrb to buy ('ooli il.mp. II. D. BOON, stato fired, Salem. I)oi 1. OREGON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. fllHK J.NDKIIHIf.KiED WILE, COM- X mc-nre ollcltlii; for a Business Directory -of- THE STATS Or OXU.OON In a few dayi ; and, lo male It ncci'f.fiil, rc-n'ct-fully niui'tl tho co operation of all croni Inter ctrd In llio welfare of the country. Tlio Stalo Iiamiom reached that portion t lieu a j curly mm. mar) of her I'rocrera la necenry, hence the Talue of a ork which nlll comblue, In n rondenred form, all matter of public Intrrcal. Ihenoiklu continiplatlou ulll embrace a ecu era) tkitchof the Slate; ltephylcalapeclf, ctol-o-y, clImatoloRy. botany, zoology, commerce, manufacturtf, aoclctle, public building., produc tion", and all other rubjecti on wlikli liiformallun la required. Thework ulll be llluttrated with kinlic of romc of thu leading prominent nceuery of the Stale, and it. compilation ulll be under the tliari;e of I J. Mortimer Murphy, Ksy., ' Whom recent ork on Wa.hington T.uiiory ha. ' other Kirts of the world are standing been highly commended by the pre- and public, i still, Or retrograding, While OHM are Tho IIL'SINKSS IIIIIKCTOIIY of eadi tou (going llheilll With Slicll WOlldelful aad dty win he rompietei and that, wiih kuiiej strides. Such, li ;wever, Is not tho of each place, .hould make It Invaluable In the CUSO by llll.V IllUlllier of IIU'IIIIS. Ale.' mercuant.ftrmer.andmechanlr. - - jaildrla, ill benighted Kgypf, Which A.anndeiiiln.'mdlum, itutUbeihe")Hi.M-t had only i;n,(ri(i inhabitant III 18L', lulroductd In the hlale, a It ulll be of nidi lm- portaucv thai It III alu ayi be retained In a plum luent po.ltlou for reference. Tho rale, of adwrtWln,: ulll be a. fu)lo q-j, - r -. U - v,f-s One I'll gr llKliruKC Curd '.?30 10 1 li? Adiertl.cr. taking cue page ulll r.tilw a I copy of Ihe book j?rll. Prtcx of Itac.Work will ! ti.iO 9TB Ttm Ki-kTiV- ulll vf (1ta.tr4r.ntt nn MAri .-...-.-.... ----"--"i0ver m . ,! forty steam en . route or irayu au iu eeiy puuic pun iu iu country. S. J. MoCORMICK, riTBLISHBH, 106 Front itreet, Oct 'it, 1?T. POHTLAMD. Solar Flames a Fcnrful Possibility. In tlio course of u lecture on solar phenomena, delivered by 1'rof Dra per, before the University of New York, the speaker said: "There Is ono reflection connected with these solar eruptions that has a illrc inter est for w". If It be true, and there seem? to be no doubt about the fact, that these streams of Intensely heat ed hydrogen can be ejected from the body of the sun with u velocity which, If It endured, would bring that breath of tire to our earth in a few hour-, what would bo the effect of an eruption on a larger jcule'.' What would happen to men and ani mals if an explosion as gen end as that In T. C'oronie Horcalls took place in our miii? In May, 16UJ, that star, which Is usually invisible to the na ked eye, suddenly flamed up till It was ns bright as a star of the second magnitude. When examined by Miller and Hoggins it was found to be enveloped by a prodigious atmos phere. In n few days it dwindled away and sunk to Its former Inslgnl ticance. But what must have been the fate of animated beings on the surround ing planets If nny such there were'.' They were undoubtedly consumed at onco and utterly dissipated. Who .shall saythatour-un, which isu star, wfll not do the snmo to-morrow, or the next day, and thus the dreaded prediction of the Scriptures be real ized at any moment'.' Mot assured ly we have no guarantee to the con trary, and can only conifortourfolves with the reflection that while hydro gen is certainly there, and also an awful store of force to heat and pro ject. It, yet such convulsions are rare m tiieorueroi nature, ami, tiioroioio, the world may outlast our time. Nevertheless both astronomy and ge ology Informs us that there have been nerlods of treat variation in the heat- . giving power of our sun, and wo may wen ue (iisquietcu tuuiopossinio ap proach of a time when " the heavens shall pas away with n great noise, the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth also, ami the works that are therein shall be burn ed up." Ih: 11ku:i Long pocche.s, long letters, long communication'', aro out of place in these .stirring times. Wo liavo a whole world's news to look after, and put In order for our readers over night. Jtemembcr that, kind eorre.siH)iideuts and contributor;. I Avoid parenthesis. Drop the seml- ' colons altogether. Make tho spaces I between tho periods as brief ar.pos.si l blc. .Shake out thu adjectives with- I out reserve. Sacrifice tho pet meta- phors. Ho not led away by the love of autlhre-sls, or alliteration, lie not led away away by tho love of anti thesis, or alliteration. lie clear, and erlp, ami pertinent, alike tnyourin veetlves, eulogies, and recoiiunendn tious. Think or the 1ild's I'rayr, and then of tho awful substitute served up by sensation mongers in too many pulpits. What flights of tawdry rhetoric, uiid volleys of ex pletives; what endless repetitions of leiuous (leiaus, weary una msgusi tho hearer. It is frightful to think of the tlmo wasted by these r-elf-im-radlng petitioners and long winded Inditers of many-headed sermons. Life is too short, too full of cares and duties, to bo thrown away thus. Tho Ixiat advice, the brightest wit, tho deepest wisdom, come ever in small packages. lotion ttiofn: Ai..:.'AXUU!A. We, III tlio United i States, are apt to think tkut cities In HOW rejolce.s III II population of .100, 000. It claims to lie the most cosmo politan city on theglobe,and one can hour every language used by civil ized people "-Mikcii III Hi streets. An Idea of the enterprise of theeity may lie formed from the breakwater that is lieiug built to form an artiilclul i harbor. It will be a mile iu length, and will enclose a harlsir with an ! areaof I ,.'00 acres, the depth of which will bo nowhere less than thirty feet. glues are engaged In blasting rock lor tins great umiertitKing, which is being siiierlutomled by romc of tho best engineers In tho world. It is computed that not less than -!0,(X)) block-, the iiiidlstof which weighs twenty tons, will be required to build the wall that projects ntiovo water. Helow this tho wall will be niiulo of smnller stonesand concrete. In 1S7I, the exports from this port amount to UrU,irW,i"iHJ, ami tne itiipons 10 ith, 0(M,(100 francs. Tin: YoKKis 1m:ay. Kventhe sliced of the o is Increased by the uo of tho horse gear; when by means of tho yoke, he is fastened to the ve hicle only by the neck, li Is body sways awkwardly about, his forefeet cloo to the tongue, and Ills bind ones often at a distance from It; with this angular movement he seems to labor at a great disadvantage, whereas In the harness, the body of the animal is kept at a direct line with its work, which must bo of groat advantage. The Increase of power and speed, ab trluable lit working oxen by tho method here commended, to say noth ing of the relief to the poor beast in ridding It ofa heavy and unyielding pressure upon that most sensitive part of the animal, the top of tho ver tebrae, .should be suiilclent Induce ment for our fanner-, to substitute tho harness for the yoke. I'mtrlc Ihniici'. Terrible Ilartlitiunkc. Apluwa1l, via Havana, April 10. The city of San Salvador, Central America, has been destroyed by an caillniuakc. Klght bundled persons perMicd ami S'l'J.OOityHX) woith of piopcity was desttoyed. The eailh iiaUe was followed by a eonlbigration ami many btiiUllugs were liurucil. For a few days previous slight shocks of eiiitlniutiku had occurred l'tviiiently but mi sciloiiH apprehensions weie eiiteitatned. On thu afternoon of the -Ith liiNtaut, almost without warning, a great pa it nf the city was reduced to little moiuthau itilns. Tho ground heaved like a ship In a gale, a terrlllc thundering burst fioiu iimler, the foot walls tottered and were rent In many places with wide crevices ami tools sank to the ground. Three violent shocks followed In succession. Serv ants eoinnienced to scream nltcouslv and could not be pacified; wild blulx Mew to tho houses; horses grow frantic in the stables; dogs howled and slunk into houses for protection. Kvery few minutes xhaklug of less violence occurred. The scene beggars ilescrip t ion. Ituliicd Iioiihcs; (he panic stricken people men, women and chlldicu-ltcdto the Ileitis with valu ables hastily collected; then the ling lug of thu alarm bells ami beating o( drums calling all soldiers under arms, for In San Salvador uuirdur ami pill ago accompany the confusion of great eaithiiakes and frightened citi.eus leave the town ami the Indians fiom the foiests prowl into it for prey ami are only checked by tho bayonets of Government troops, which ato posted lusipmdsat sIiok distances all over the city. THK IIIKD TIMKS. n Addie.r dillteri-J before llin llliibljnd 1'aiin ei. lluli, by T W. llAtlNimiT The causes which have led to the present uprising of tho agricultural Imputation aro HAitn timi, by which wo understand that mom tlijht, and that there has been a fall ing oil" in tho demand ami the price of some of the prime articles iimiii which wo have depended to settle our yearly accounts. .Several years ago we heard tho sumo story of Arm (linen unit no money, when the price of cattle and sheep was less In this valley than now, and when wheal was scarcely saleable at any price above. 511 cents per bushel. A few years after that was u similar revul sion, when cattle, sheep, hogs.wheat, oats, etc., were a drug uhii our farms, and no apparent Prospect ofa ",good time coming." '1 hose, periods were of short duration, and, notwith standing tlio chronic lament of some croakers, the itonplo of Oregon have been favored ami blessed up to their desert-. I lived In the State ofOhlo from tho year IH.'Wi until 1850, a peri od of fourteen years, and up to tho discovery of the cold mines in Cali fornia there was no Itmc when the wages of farm ami house laborers ami mechanics weroas high, and but few times when thu prices or general farm products wero ns high as Iu Or egon now. Thu farming population thought they had pretty good times when eggs wero worth fie. n dozen, butter K to 10c per lb., cheese o, corn UOc n bushel, oats 20c, wheat 50 tofiOc, jiotntoos i.0 to i!5c, aiiples. green, 25c, per tin (tsttrcri buiwirf, Kirk 5e tier lb., beef ik, mutton sheep $1 to $1.50 per head, muplo sugar U to Be, farm la borers 7 to $12 jrer month, hired girls 75c to1.25 per week, carpen ters fl per day in the country, school teachers $10 ior month, and other things iu like proportion. At that tlmo, oats and wheat wore reaped with a sickle, or cut with a cradle, and the threshing was performed with horses, ami cattle, or Hulls. They also hail their hard times, when a quarter of a dollar would buy 8 dozen of eggs, at tho store, anil a bit ;l lbs. of choose; while pork was worm nui lime more man ine sail and barrel in which it was pickled. Then farmers would pick up the lit tle apples, mako them Into cider, which they would sell for 50o a bar rel, and, as an inducement, would loud the c(mA- to the purchaser until next cider-making time. At tho slaughter-house, where sheep wero killed, in the full, mainly for their pelt and tallow, a Ao7 hit would buy n fine mutton hum weighing from S to 12 lbs., and a good cow and calf could be bought anywnere for$8. Orleans sugar was worth, retail, from T to IV, according to grade, and cal ico ( to 10c; farm lalsirers SO to S8 a month, and hired girls 50c to$l per week. In tho summer of 1815 I worked four mouths for tho sum of $28, and nut In more than 12 hours of hard la bor each day. An extra hand, who could bo trusted with the manage ment, iu the absence of the employ er, received $11 per month, and con sidered himself fortunate lu being able to lay up $100 per annum. He i soon became tho possessor of money enough to go West ami purchase a ! quarter section of land. Here, In Or egon, a good, steady hand, such a ouo as 1 liavo Just alluded to, could command $;:oo per annum, out of which, with old-time economy, ho could lay up twice its much as In IS 15, tiood and bad, or hard and easy times, are very much llku heat ami cold only relative terms. The hardest Oregon winter would bo con. sldered mild, If not warm, to an Ks tpiimaux Indian, whilu an Inhabit ant of central Africa would shiver with cold at thonpprcach of our sum mer evenings, fold Is warm, and warm is cold, according to the tem perature we are accustomed to licnr. So, our parent condition Is hard, when compared with the half-do.cn years of Intoxicating alllueiico from ' ID to '55, hut It is good as compared with the Arm (hue before relerred 1 to, and which tho people of the Northwestern States endured fre quently prior to the year 1850. The cry of hard times comes up from all over tho States of tho Mississippi valley ami the I'acillcslonc, but I am sure that all the people of ,thoso States aro In real paradise when , compared with tho Inhabitants of tho stony plue ridges In l.u.erne county, Pennsylvania. Why, one of those hard-listed Dutchmen, clad iu homespun, brogau shoes, ami a rye straw hat, at a cost of $5 or;0, and accustomed to his dally rations of sour kront, and rye and Indian bread, and perhaps once a week a cup of , store coffee, with sugar, would snillo audibly to see u webfoot proprietor if a half-section of laud, ilres-sed iu ' his Imported goods about as follows: I n $12 coat, SI vest, $5 hut, $8 pair of Hoots, sh pants, with proper minor clothes, ami sporting a 5n Wtilthain watch, at a total cost of t-llio, and living every day upoi nice wheal , biscuit well buttered, all kinds of meats, all kinds of fruits llio climate produces and some that It don't, be sides tea, coffee, sugar, syrup, ami tho condiments ol tho tropics to , whet his declining appetite, ami then hear him ejaculate Jnnl fillles,',' probably between Ihe pull's of Niuoko from a ten-cent cigar made Iu the island of Cuba. I say that Dutchman would smllo audibly at such a sight, oven if ho did not in- credulously drawl out nMil fomhlu (which translated into (flilnook would bo " wako en in tux"), mid ho would dance at thu prospect of soon , being rich with one of our second 1 rate quarter sections of laud. 1 can i assure you that thu present are good tunes to Winn are coming, iiiiicki wo change our habits of life and of busi ness, and that wo will look and think of tho present as days of prosperity, when wheat brought 75 cents ami oats 50 cents, after being taxed a heavy percent, by speculators, when fresh hiittersoldiit ;J5ets. and cheese at lllju jior lb., and eggs at 25c per dozen, when a good cow ami calf sold for S:i5 and n horso for $100. when ' farm laborers were paid $1 per day, . housekeepers from 'j.'l lo$5 per week, and school-teachers from $00 to $50 'per month: then wo shall sigh for a , return of too "good old times, " that , wo now think so hard. These fluctuations have been tho' fato of nil count lies, peoples, ami ages, and, like tlio ebb ami How of tho tide, without Its regularity, they aro Justus inueii ine resuii oi causa , t ion ami as easily referable to known conditions and laws. Some of tho conditions aro fixed, as of tho clim ate; others are miscoptlblu of more or less modification, us the Hill ami productions; white others aro moro lolly under thu control of man, such as the facilities nf transportation iiml tho exchange of commodities. In othor words, tho conditions aro nut Mind ami artificial. Now, there Is no pretense that the hell, climate, ami productions of Oregon aro less favor able for agriculture, or reward loss tho labor of the husbandman, than the rich States east of the Itocky