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a 6 WILLAMETTE FARMER. Colds, Roup, Etc. ' From the PaclBa Itnral Press. Editohs Fiirsa: Very many letters reach mo linking euro (or " dwell bend," to tiro the expressive words of boiuo correspondents, and (or cold, and which, (rom tho descriptions Riven, must bo nn cpldcmio ukin to epizooty in horses, nnd nemly allied to roup. After giving tbo remedy I am often answered tlmt part of what I rccotnmonded bnd been tried without success. Tho majority expect a bird to com raenco its recovery (rom tho moment tho first doso Is glvon, to hIiow n manifest improvement tho first day, or at farthest on tho second. No ono expects a physician, in nil cases, to arrcxt tho disoaso at once, nor doen ho givo wityto despair, though tho patient growH dally worso uniitr ins minus until tno diseaso culminates. IIIh modlciucs have nslted, and finally Hired, but it ban been a work of time. Let mo ray to all raiders of thu 1'iiksh, that unloss they aro preparod to keep up tho " doctoring," in sonio casts (or two weeks, tlioy will not bo compe tent to pronounce a remedy worthier or suo cessful. I hnvo cured casea in a few dajn, while others, apparently not so bad, havo taken weeks. Now to remedies: A siraplo cold, run ning at tho nostril, swelling uinyhnp around tho cyo. Conllno in u dry, warm coop, ulvu a touspounful or moro of castor oil, according to Mze, for tlireo days, and wash tho head iiikido and out with Ktrong iilhim water. If it grow worso and show HyiuptouiH h( rentier ill scribed, trent as rt commended for these Hjmptoms. Tow otmcrvo n fowl with a sluiplu cold until It grows worse, mavhim turns In routi. Tim ni-it Hlnun iHdlflloulty of breathing, ilongationof tho neck with a gasping effort to lireatli, a wheeing nolso, frequent slmkiug of the bead with a Mirill noisii cailHid by tho eirurt to void hoiuii obstruction in tho larynx; somo of tlinso symp toms, very rarely nil combined, Rcinovu to n warm, drv coup, glvu tlm castor oil im for cold, wash wltli ullum wntcr, takn a small brush or feather, dip in a solution of chlorinated soda anil pass into tho slit in roof of mouth. To any ono who has many rases to "doctor,"! will, upon npptieatiou, give n formula for mak ing chlorinated soda, at a nominal cost. Ak for Ijuhhariupiu'H Solution, whiih may lio had ntany drug store. If rightly done u choosy mass will often bo extracted. Empty two or three FpinnfuN of tho rotation, dilntod with one-ball' water, down thu throat; "doctor" three Mint an day. Any hard, ohiesy mats to bo treated with thu uudlluttd mixture. Examine tho troachui particularly, and if it bo tilled with n chetsy substance, push n feather, dipped in tho solution, into it. Canker or ulcers, nloiio or with any abovo symptoms In all casts give the dusts of oil. Touch, using a camel's ludr brush orn feather, willi Iiiibhnrrniiuo'a solution, three times a day for two days. Examine esptcially tho rim and liisldii of thu larynx. As long aa any cheesy Htibitnnco appears, use the sol. of chlor. soda. After the second day paint tho ulcers with tincture of miirntti of iron, with a cam el's hair hrtndi discontinuing tho usn of the ehlo. soda. If you urn pri pan d to follow the directions undcrstaudiugly you will euro a far greater percentage than physicians do of their patients. If ) on do not cam to take so much i rouble, but would not mind n very small nmliunt of exertion to savti somo lino foul if attnektd, you may succeed by giving oil, and using Ihn iiluinu water, and painting thu ulcus with the tincture of inurl.ito of iron ouco u day. Nupit, April Ith, 1871. M, Kyiik, Jii. ltKAitiNd Ducks. There aro no kinds o( do- nit stlo poultry moro insily kept than ducks. 1 heir appetite is Milch that almost iiiij thing which it naturally thrown to tho pigs is aocop table, and on this account nmnv olili.el in Mim ni)lng they int too much. It Is no donbt true lliat more fond is required to rear young ducks than chicks, but this is nicrhalaticid bythtir quick mnturity, after which no morn food Is re quired fur ducks than hens. niatamt sildoui lllids its way into the duck yard, unliss caused by ficding dutkllnga too much hard or tin cooktd food. Keen the young thicks from water, save Hough to drink, until about tun weeks old; then lit them han full niliKe. Pinks can lu successfully bre.l in dry yards, with only u pan of water, but no farmer lmvluu a noml or stream tu waicr convenient lor iluoka slinulil tin without th. m, fur in mch caxes very little uiiMi in mpiircu, Minn wuat r,in no inuiiil nv lliem in unit arouml such places. At early ilauu they may bo n'cn very iictivn in snatch ing up the wormi tlmt llud their way to thu surface of the ground In piisturtH. then by beurllling rallier than injuring the soil. South. rn 'ciiiftr. UttiKNKiui v in 1'iiuih. Frail, lunoy beauty in fouls but shown a (aVgcncracyln roiiHtitutiou and usefulness. Win n fouls are looked upon from n utilitarian stiuidoiiit, they am but oni mate mnchltita for Iho ctmvcriiini of food into tgg and llcsh, and their Irtlo vnlutt is iu pro portion to the quantity and quality of these two arliolts prcductd, liens in a uilil stale only lay what eggs lliey cm com r and then iu cubste, this they do perhaps twice during tho kcHHon, The production of eggs iu largo ipinii lilies is, therefore, not a natural but an nrllfi. rial or de cloned power. Such nit uiiduotirmiiin. derancn of the egg-prodm iug powers must nee essarily try tho constitution. een if tills nr... ductlon has bccouni second nature; so that iu order to obtain the largest yield of t ggs txihsihlc inn largest siock oi Mamma ami elasticity pos sible, luust be iiitusul into the laying stock, and as Ibey get il, of course, from tho hretdlng stock, it hcctinits all important that tho briod ers should msses it In ordi r to Im able lo im part il. Tlio choice of a cock with remaikablo constitutional vigor may improve the health and otiimeipient vsluo of huiitlrtd of dii-etud. ants, ten or tueuty pir cent. I'oultry HVrfif. "Hagar" on Household Help. From tho Pacific Rural Pre. I havo Always been taught that it was n breach of politeness to neglect replying to a straightforward question. And ray apology as well as excuse, for not answering tho question addressed to me in tho Fbess of February 7th, is that I did not receivo the paper containing it until a few days ago. The question naked mo was as follows, (nnd wos included In a few comments, taado by tbo Pness, upon an article o( mino, referring to tho difllcnlty of obtaining household help In this State): When wo wcro young, mother nnd sisters, sometimes with tho help of one of the older boys for a fow hours, one or two days in tho weok, performed nil tho kitchen nnd household work for tho family easily and cheerfully. And we would nek " Ilngnr" in the caso re ferred to during the intervals in which no help was in tho house, and "too much women mo no like" who did tho work then? And unnld it not bo better for all concerned tbnt no kitchen hilp bo called in? It is n crying evil of tho times that women of tho poriod are nltogttber abovo doing tbo kinds of work their mothers wcro nblo and willing to do, and do cheerfully, because contributing largely to tho prosperity of tho household. Wo will presume that tho memory of tho gontleman who ponnid the nbove remarks, docs not extend back to Iho limes when women perfonm d all the household work, including its drudgery, and lit sides manufactured tho wear ing npparel from the raw material the wool as it came (rom the sheep's luck ami tho ilnx from tho Held; but only to tbnt Intter period when those things could bo bought cheaper man nicy eouiii nomanuiaciureti At Home, antl when women did mucli tbo sauio kinds of house work required of them now. Claiming ino piivnegool thu challenged party, I shall choose my weapons of defence, and shall tx poet my reply to bo received iu tho same kindly spirit in which Iho qutsllou was gien. Tho chargo that women of tho period nro nbovo doing tho kinds of work their mothers did cheerfully mid willingly, does not apply to Iho woiuiii of Iho Han Joaquin valley; lor I doubt if u mom willing, harder-worked com munity of women than lliey aro to bo found anywhere, or could have been found even iu those palmy da) s o( our grandmothers, when women performed such wonders in tho world of work. I would ask what is to bo done whero there am no sisters Iu the family, where tho eldest uoy is n iour-yiariitii(i, tho solo woman repre sentative (baby excepted) being tho wlfu and mother, as was tho caso rtfurnd to lumyletur, where Iho lady wns a young, delicate woman, with several small children? And I would furthtrask my friend of tbo Piiksh if ho ever Know a woman who would walk Iho lloor from six o'clock iu thu ovmiug until four in tho morning with n six mouths old toothing baby In her arms, and having quitted it to sletp, uould go to the kitchen and etiok breakfast for thirty men, besidts the members of tho family; cooked dinner iu tho middle of tho day mid supper ut six or sevt 11, and sometimes at eight o'clock in Iho cloning, for tho same number; who did tbo work of n dairy, which occupied I1IIX r it SS tbllll I iullt. and sometimes eleven ami twelve bourn of tho day, (I speak from expeii euctOidid Iho thousiiid and ono duties pertain iug to honseketpiug, in addition lo all this; did it all unassisted, ami who kept up Ibis routine of toil for six and eight weeks at a time, and who did it all cheerfully, bt cause itrtbuling largely to tho prosperity of tbo household? And does ho think that In enses such ns dt scribed it were littler that no kitchen help bo called in? And I would further Inmiirn il Itio gi iitleman of tho 1'iikbs cuts bis grain with it sickle, threshes it with a Hall on his barn lloor, ami can its it to mill in a sack, tho wheat nt ono end. and a rock of rorrestiinuliinr welulit iu another to balauco and make tho load tasy; In cause his forefathers did those things and probably did them cheerfully? And I would ask further, who cooks the gentleman's food, washes ills linen and blacks bis boots? It is safe to conclude that io tlot s not pt rform those tilllces so necessary to thu comfort of a gentleman, himself. And taking it for granted that bo Is a good christian who practices the prtctpts ho so earuoMly recommends for Iho good of others, we will suppose ho employes iu iiuiineiioui utip. aiiii as ino tiullts men lioiied aro n part ef household work, does his wife perform them for him. and do it willim.lv and cheerfully because contributing largely to tho prospt rlty of tho household? IIauaii. I.ockeford, .March, lo7l. Ocean Transport. A friend, P. M. Show, who hns just returned from Europo, glvos us the following thoughts on the subject of transportation nnd tho Besse mer anti-sea-sickness system of constructing ocean steamers: Cheap transportation, wo think it is safe to soy, is tho most welKhty qnostion to-day among the farmers of Ibe United Stntes, nnd n vital one to all classes on this const. There was orsanized in Eniilnnd in 1873. au associa tion called the Costless Public Work's Associa- HojUE ND FAW l'llU'lS 01' I.11N AM) PltKthlCll I'ofl.THY. it is im metimes convenient to know tho price per pound for poultry. I.irt) weight is equiv alent lo a ghcu price, dresM-d weight. Vre miring for market will cost aUmt eight cents for nub fowl, whr ii lnKir of the Usual quality Is rmplojed, mid u considerable numix'r of fowls hutrbjtritl at n time. Making that allowance for dlondliL'. and leaviiiL- otu (mo. tions, the relative prieea in cents, of live ami ilrtsscd weights, nro it follows: Hi Ho 7o- He 3le-lo se jjo it -l T -IS 31 -Jl 31 M M It JS III -31 3.S -Vd li -Id VJ -JO t -JJ jv jj tt -11 3D -10 34 -Jl i) The nUivr, from one of our exchanges, gives tho uv trace proportion IwUn-u the piiccs of live mid drtkKod poultry 'Iho figure given caunol cover all cuses, for the relative prict will drieiid upon tbo couditioli; u thin fowl will loss as much and l as much trouble to dress one well fsttrued, and jet will not lx worth much per huihi dree,l. Iu (owls, s they nro usually told, we dud the table tuttl clrutly correct. Jounuif o A hnt. Is the Filero Indigenous? (Front the 1'iclno nurl l'rr. Km roi.s rioj. A correspondent (rom Sac ramento thinks "Uilpli Itimbler" was mis taken in asseiting iu your issue of Jan. 17th, that I he, if, is not a native of California. If ho will only lake time to ex.uning tbo following points, ho will probably bo convinced that fliend ltulph was right. Int. Our leading botanists acknowledge that our two common species of tins valuable plant aro J.VWfum Wcufui (inn mid A'. riovcAifuiii. '-M, London, in his cncu-lopedia of plants, Mho lt authority), page TiliS, asserts that these spieliiieiis am nnllvts of (treat llritain, and gives none as uativts of America. l'rofcsior Asa (Hay, Iho Chief ot American botanists, shows thai K. circiiMrtum is found in the States of New York, rtuulvauia, etc., inougii rare, ami no sinus mat it was iutro diictd from I'liropo see (Haj's Mauual of llolauy, pago HUt. No otlu r nuthorllies mention il as found any whero else in tho United States, txcopt on the 1'iicillo slope. If our friend from Sacramento will carefullj weigh these luiluu, no doubt ho will havo to admit, as " Uilpli llambler" did, that our favorite pisture plant, thoroughly naturalized ami generally spread as it now is through Cal ifornia, was Indeed Introduced from Kurope. A sliiihl investigation will h sutllcieut to nil viuco any imiirrjudiced mind, that huudrtds ef plants, useful and otherwise, aro distributed iu a similar way throughout tho world, Tho third species, referred to by jour hucraiueulo corre pouileiit, is very probably .', rommium, given by London as a native of Italy. It appeals much later iu S iu Joaquin valley thau the more com mon species, and is uot try nbuutbiut. J. W. A. W. Alabama, March Ulst, 1S7I. tion. Without entirely endorsing oil the posi tions taken by lis founders, wo yet can see somo good that may ariso from their labors. Tho cnrefully eoraplled statistics gathered by ihem nroved that passengers conld bo carried nt onc-bnlf cent per mile villi profit this by rail, In tho conrso of our business it was in our wny to make estimates nnd get competont shippers to mako estlmntcs upon tho cost of transmitting rmssencers to California. Tho lowest ostlmnto, which of conrso left a small mnrcin for nroflt. was 1C or S75 for adult ims- sengers, nronnd, t'i'i Straits of Magi II in, from Europe to California. Tho simplo fact that passengers enn now bo taken from Englnnd to California for 17 or $85 in gold, uf'i steamer and Isthmus, ot n profit, the most of tbnt dis tance by side-wheel stunners Unit consume nt least '10 tons of conl per day shows that thire is a margin for n ductlon still, ns propellers nre fast being substituted that consume only 17 tons per day. Now, as soon ns faresondfrelgbtsnre reduced, so that first-class passengers can come at the nrico that tho lowost como at present which should bo done nt ouco, a different class1 of em igrants will flock to our shores by thousands. Tho terriblo ordeal which a well-rnlscd Hereon has to pass through now, in crowded steerago ana on cnttlo trains, tletera tuo iieucr class ot farmers and artisans, especially the females, who wo want most, from hazarding tbo trip. An invention has latoly been perfected, and patented iu Enqland. that, when brought into general use, will enable emigrants to como to our shores, safer, cheaper nnd quicker than it is nt present possible for tin m to do. Naval constructors and enuinecrs nro sunguino of n great rt ductlon iu time and cost of propul sion by tho improved mode, nnd somo huge shlp-buildingflrms aro negotiating for tho right to uso Ibis improvement In Hleum-ships. It has lout; been thoWht that there should bo somo mi thod of propelling vessels ohcapor and quicker than has been dono to any practical use or extent; and thu nccetaitlos of the present ago tiemanti that mis mongut unci tiemouslru tion. Water trnnslt hns always been held in tho popular estimate to bo cheaper than laud; not wiinstaniiiug which, parallel lines ni railways pass along ine great cunneisoi tniantl water traffic, simply on account nt the demand for grnilcr speech This dvinnnd for economy of time in tho trausltnf passengers andfreight lias enlled out nu amount of inventivo talent un paralleled in any former age. Tbo combina tion by which this Increased speed and enrrj log capacity for steam vessels is obtained, involves no unknown principle.but slmpl v n new nrraiiL'e- ment of known laws of propulsion and buoy ancy, and is. oxtremly simple, notwithstanding tho great results it accomplishes. Ily this new mode of construction it is slid to bo finite practicable to obtain n speed of twenty-milts per hour, as tho nverngo velocity, for long voyages; ami this without increased cost of propulsion. Ono of tho most important objects that w.t had in view when wo started for Europe last May, from California, was this perfection of plans for tho bringing of a belter class of peo ple to our shores. Wo have crossed the ocean hy several tlifft rent lines, and havo put many years' labor into this investigation to ilnd out ways to mako travel by sen moro pleasant and speedy, tor w o al wins suffered greatly from seasickness, whtuover Luslutss compelled the adoption ot that modoof transit and tho great dread which peoplo have ot crossing Iho waters would bo modified if tho speed could bo in creased, and at tho samo time homo plan bo de vised of avoiding sen sickness. This last we nro confident can bo achieved by arranging the siloonsou oscillating principles, nud by so mod elling Ibe vtssil itstlf, that there should be less lateral motion, or "roll; " and by publish ing ii few simple rules for thoguiihnco of those Intending to travel by ocean. It is uot claimed that an t uliro and absolute avoidance of sen sickutss is obtainable by this mode of con struction; but by doing away with Iho rolling motion, nnd by previous dietary and gent nil sanitary precautious, the tendency to sen sickutss can bo so far obviated as to render it not one-hundredth pint as objectionable to travel by ocean as nt present. Early Rising DEWEY & CO. American & Foreign Patent Agents, OFFICE, 338 M0NTOOME11Y STREET, 8. F. There should bo reason in all things, and we PATENTS obtained promptly; Caveats filed expcuiuousiy; A-aieui reissues uiKcn out Assignments mado nnd recorded in legal form; Copies of Patents and Assignments Erocurod; Examinations of Patents made ero nnd at Washington; Examinations made ot Assignments recorueu in vv nshlncton believe thnt six o'clock the yenr round is as near the proper hour (or rising, nil things con sidered, as an earlier ono. There are (nrmers, nnd their name Is legion, who go to bed with the chickens nnd get up In tho morning long before these systemntio fowls Lava thought of starting from their dreams; men who gouge the capacity of their neighbors by tho time thevlenvo their teds, nnd flatter themselves that the principal part of labor consists in ..-... Ihi I.a( i IiAd ntlrl iMMfOTl fwifam tllf! sun has Hubted up the enrth, nnd eating their . Our intininto knowledge of the various in brenkfnst by cnndlo-light. Now wo have a I vontions of this coast, and long practice in great admiration (or system, but wo wish to patent uusiness, cnnoio us to nuutidanthr bo nllowed our choice nmong tho various ones satisfy our patrons; and our success and i i. i ..! -,, tnr lo. hualnefls nro constantly increaslnr'. lleving that there is any particular merit in Tho shrewdest and most experienced Inventors ." .-i . nwst fntitt.l rtnnir- mi mnaf nftvnlFnai !.. i Examinations ordered nnd reported by Tele grnph; Rejected cases taken up and Patents obtained; Interferences Prosecuted; Opinions rendered regarding tho validity of Patents nnd Assignments; every legitimnto branch of Patent Agency Business promptly nnd inorouguty uouuuciea. nnkinrr ourselves nnd those about us very un comfortnblo by reducing tho hours of nnturnl rest. "Enrly to bed nnd early to rise," etc.. may bo carried to on extreme, never anticipated by tho learned Franklin when he enuncinted the theory nnd if wo ndnilt thnt going to bed nt six nnd getting up at three is a meritorious act in itsolf, wo mnst carry the idea further and acknowledge thnt ho who Bleeps half tho day and prowls about hnlf tho night is deserving of tho praise of nil mon. How often hnvo wo seen these extremely early lisors making every body uncomfortable about them (or several hours beforo dawn, only to get on their horses nnd rtpuir to the nearest vlllngo to spin yarns ami trade horses nt the corner grocery lor me rest of tho day. Wo have n theory about rising ns well ns our neighbors. We ussert in the first place that early rising is not in itself any evidence of industry or thrift. We assert, moreover, that the steadiest and hardest work ing men it has been our lot to meet were uot early risers, iu tho scuso of bolus extremists that oarly rising, in nine cases out oi ten, is ns No models aro required in Europcnn coun- nro found among our most steadfnst friends nuu patrons, wuo itiuy apprcciato our ndvnn tnges in bringing valunblo inventions to the uotico of tho publio through tho columns of our widoly circulated, first-clnss Journals thereby facilitating their introduction, sale and popularity. Foreign Patents. In addition to American Patents, wo secures with tho assistnuco of co-opcrntivo agents claims in nil foreign countries which grant Patents, including Great, Britain, Prance, Belgium, Prussia, Austria, Victoria, Pern, ltimsia, Spain, British India, Saxony, British Columbia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Mexico, Victoria, Brnzil, Bavaria, Holland, Ben mark, Italy, Portugal, Cuba, Itomau States, Wurtomberg, Now Zealand, Now South Wales. Queensland, Tasmania, Brazil, New Grenada, Chile, Argentino Republic, AND EVEBY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD whero Patents aro obtainable much n habit ns chewing tobacco, nnd those I mon who nnnounco to you that they "oiu'f I sleep" after such and such nn hour, do not deserve nny particular crodlt for "getting up." It is, wo believe, determined that average i human uaturo rtmiires about eluht hours I sleep in the twenty-four, and a proper 'ond I Our sch'edulo pricos for obtaining foreign pat intelligent arrangement oi mo remaining six-, 0nts,-in all enses, will always bo ns low, and teen uours lor worn auu insure, uus moro to m somo Instnnccs lowor, thnn thoso of nny tin uttli tlm Annditln.i nt tittml unit nnitv tlintt ..!... -tl.1n ........ . - "old saws" or doctors. Let Iho farmer rise ntsix ns nbovo suggested, tries, but tho drawings nnd . specification should bo prepared with thoroughness. W nblo persons who nro familiar with the' re quirements nud chnnges of foreign patent laws agents who nro relinblo nud pernio- noutiv osinousncu. other resnonsiblo iiaennv. Wo am ami do got foreign pntonts (or inventors in tho 1'iiclllo States from two to six months (according to tho location of tho country soon Eli thau nny other agents. lettl, or see thnt the stock nro fcil, nutl tnko u look about thu premises while breakfast is be itiL' nretmrrd: and if ho remains ut home and attends to his business during tho day, he will HOhlO COUIlSCl. accomplish quite ns much as if ho had turned iilulit into day at an earlier hour, nud matlu his , Our long cxpcricnco in obtaining patents for wife nud children pnrtlcs to his own discomfort. Inventors on this Const hns familiarized us When tho day's work is done, lot tho family ' with tho character of most of tho inventions gather Iu tho general tittiug room, and dlvort i nlrendy pntentcd: hence wo nro frenucntlv tho mind with appropriate reading, either from I ablo to savo our patrons tho cost of n fruitless tuo papers or soma gooti hook, or wnu games ' nt ouco amusing anil instructive retiring at ten to riso again at six. Farmers mint rend nnd think, nud tho quiet ot ovening, when tho mind is nt rest nud tho outor world still, is tho best I time to givo tho thoughts piny. If you sub-1 application by pointing them to tho same thing already covered by n pntont. Wo nro always (reo to ndviso applicants of any kuowlcdgo wo hnvo of provious applications which will inter(ero with their obtaining a fuuem. tract two from tho eight hours of rent which i Wo invito tho acquaintance of all parties eon- Thk national inventive faculty has taken a queer IwWI in th direction of cigar boxed. Tho patent office is said to bo overrun with models. Wo are at a loss lo guess whether this is tho ett'.ct of a freak like that which flooded the laud with straw-cutlers slid wash ing machines, or a suggestion of tho ox;iie ou cigars which uukrs a new box necessary (or every hundred sold, as au additiou wholly uunecokjutry, and unproductive of any revenue to the government of right per cent, to tho cost of ihem. If it U the latter, probably a rtueal of the ourroui and nicies exaction of a new box for every new stamp would relieve ics uisoruvr. iron norm. OnnuTw HKttKCiiMUT is Dui:. A correspond ent, .1. II. A , writing from El Monte, I.os Angeles county, oills our attention tu tho fact that in tho iiuiioiiueonieut of earth poultices as apphcations iu trotting sinnll-pnx, published by us Nov ember Mb, Ibiil, no mention is made of the physician who Ins the honor of first mak ing nublio tho remedy refefftd to. Dr. E. S. Bunker, nearly two years ago, initiated nnd an-iiouiH-cd tho new euro, nud lo htm iho credit is entirely due. Wo thnnk our correspoudeut for his thoimlitfulliess iu siiL'Testlniitho correction. nud hnsttii to mako tho iimrndV luvumiUe with pleasure. Wo took our information from a current item, which also omitted to givo Dr. Hunker's name. It is regretted that tho crowded statu of our columns forbids Ihn re. publication of tho long, though very Interest ing, article from tho Los Angeles Stir, contain ing n fuller description, which our eorreiqiond ent has kindly forwarded. A'uriif l'rti, Willi. K America leads Iho world in tho bold Hess of hersuspeiisiou and archtd bridges, it is, strange to say, in conservative llolhud that wo niuot look for tho largest span of girder bridge yet constructed, namely, tho Moenlck bridge, of s'.U feet span, while tho largtst Eng lish span, iho llritlauiiia, is lt'0 feet, and tho largest American, that at Cinciniiati,s pJOfcet. Even iu swing bridges there appears to bo uolh im; iu this country that counts tho sunn of the bruUo at llrest, in France, of 33S feet opening, or nil'.; feet from the center of turn table to tho outer end. It is not unlikely that iu a few j tars these several comparisons will all bo re verstd in favor of America, for in no other country at present nro greater engiueeriug structures ot this dcxcription in progress or projected. AVr. PuorituTiNii rnoM a Sixulk Etk. Take n shoot, as directed for cuttiugs, and cut it up into single eyes, leaving an inch ot wood on each extremity. Plant these, with the eyes up ward, into pot or hoxoi, a one-half inch below the surface of Iho soil. Ily repottiug them fre quently ami nourishing them, in one season, they may bo uvulo to grow twelve feot, and they make tho fineot and most vigorous plauu. Let those who doubt whatwoMy try it. Emptv cans, with a nail hole punched in the bottom, wilt suftico for the experiment. Florida nature craves, in tho morniug, you must add them iu tho evening, nud this is exactly what wo object to two hours of the ovcnlnu spent iu pleasant and instructive entertainment by . tho family circle, is worth all tho dark hours of I nil the early risers combined. Thoro would bo fewer complaints of tho children leaving tho farm if there was more rational enjoyment of life at tho old homestead, and loss ot this over lasting "Early to bed and enrly to rise." There is such a thing as "too much of a good thiug." Jourml of Atjriculturt. Rats. An old housekeepor who should Know hotter asks us bow she is to get rid of rats. Shall she poison thorn? Wo nuswer no. Thero is no protection ngninst rnts to comparo to two or three good ails. Wo havo tried al most overythiug else nud failed. But you must get good rntters. Ami thoso nro not tho expmsivo imported ones. Our own native i urtcils uro tno best. Make pets of your cats. nected with inventions nnd patent richt bus!. ness, behoving thnt tho mutual conference ot legitimato business nnd professional men is mutual gain. Parties iu doubt iu regard to their rights ns assignees of patents, or pur chnsers of patented articles, cuu often receive mivico of importance to them from a short call at our office. Remittances ot niouey, mndo by individual in ventors to tho Government, sometimes mis carry, nnd it has repentedly happened that applicants have not only lost their money, but their inventions nlso, from this cause and consequent delay. Wo hold oursolves re sponsible for nil fees entrusted to our agency. Tho pnncipnl portion of tho patent business of this const has been done, nnd is still being done, through our ngoncy. Wo nro familiar with, nud hnvo (nil roconls, of nil (ornier cases, and can moro directly judgo of the vnluo nnd pateutnbility of inventions discov- tcu iiere lunn nny other agonts. but do not feed too liberally if rats nro nbout, Shunted so remoto from tho sent of government, and your premises will ko kept ckar of than, delays nro oven moro dnngorous to tho iuvent lloth our houso nnd stnblo nro thus completely ors of tho Pacific Coast than to nppllcnuts iu protected. liermantoicn Tcltpraph. Saltpeter for Corn-Worms, and Garget in Cows. tho Eastern States. Valuable natenht may bo lost by tho extra timo consumed in transmit ting specifications from Eastern agencies back to this coast for tho signature of tho inventor. Confidential. rFrmil tlm PAplflrt Itiiral !. I EniTons Pnrss:- I notico in tho Bonicia Wo taV? F,1 l,aln8 t0 prcservo socrcoy in all inollliethatsallneter Is reenuimeti,li.,1 n -,.' -w"iuum million vent worms (rom disturbing nrnwlnr. mm ' Soul; it in a solution o( saltpeter, in tho pro portion o( hal( a pound to n bushel o( corn. Wo havo been greatly troubled iu tho samei way ns one o( your correspondents, and bono this may bo n muo remedy. I am clad we have Wo lmvn Minor!,,,. ,.!. t - m .i im oraclo to which we innv nrooonnil nnr n .:n .'.. t ";."..""",.... - - - - ....... .i jiiuuuuuK IU1D nuu Wlliaittv- tory illustrations of inventions and machinery, tors, and nnnlieants for pat ents can rest nsstted tlmt tlinlr nnmmillli. cations nnd business transitions will bo held strictly confidential by us. Circulars free. Engravings. KciixKtDKR found iu lurley straw an average of .70 per ceut, of nitrogen; in rye straw an av erage of l.iti per cent., amaller quantities than have usually been supposed. The causa of I this he acrita to the removal of paraaitea. "Conundrums." Can you tell the occasion of target iu cows, and a remedy. I have tried Epsom salts, a great spoonful given in tho fted, but disliko allopathy even for cows. Cordially, .... 0. A. Comix. Nord, Butte Co., April -I, 1871. Garget orises simply from inflammation of tho Ijmphatio glands. It is claimed that tho following remedy, if applied In time, will cure tho distase; Givo cue ounce of saltpeter; wiuh tho bag iii soapsuds; let it dry, then rub on bacou fat. Eps. Pntss. UuEFcr. lU-ciiT.. It often linj-pens that somo httlo stray rooipo found in tho fam ily uowspapor may, wlion practically ap plied, prove valunblo far boyontl tho pit tance yearly paid for tho journal. Houso wnes, tluring tho npproncliitig houso donning sensou, might try tho following fliro for bed-bugs: Wash bedstead nn,l chicks in mo lioor with salt wator. for newspaper, book, circular nnd other printed illustrations, nnd aro always ready to ussist patrons in bringing their valnablo is coveries into practical nnd profitable use. DEWEY & CO., United States and Foreign Patent AgonU, pub lishers Miuiug nud Scioutiflo Press ana the Pacific Rural Press, U38 Montgomery St., S E. corner of California St., San Francisco. The Mining & Scientific Press Started In 18C0. It one ot ths oldest weeklr Journili now pulilitiied In Bin Francisco. It ha bea conducted bj IU liresent proprlttors for ten years, during which period It ha been repeatedly enlarged and conntantlr improved. The active and ttoa.lt wt effort of IU pub llalien have gained tor It conduct an amount of practi cal experience greater than anr other puDliitier h accumulated on this coast, of a weekly journal. The ura paid by u for the beat editorial talent ob tainable for our ipeclal claa Journali for engraving, jor Interesting new and correipondenc. and for rrlnt ing a large-ilzed, handoin het. 1 unequalled by that Tin. mill ,i. ii.. i... i V 7 .; -" "-"-u.unuouinet1l unequalled urinai Will mnkO tllO UtlRS tlrr. and w bit n tlmv of aur other Ainericm lh i. e h. afiuliilnDl art) utter a drink move your bed into nn- thutnu"u7'UI' Mna50 J0"7""- b n0 rl",0Q other roon 'A "' "" 0n" 9CI"m"C Hakdonthe nKNs.-TUo Legislatnro nKuVeod'tei Mt'ln,,, Of Alassaclllisetts has passod a law pro- ETrrJ p"lno 0 Mechanic Englnew. ftiventor. vidiug that a dozen eggs shall weigh ono 2ff ffiffSXl .SSSfffiS, " fill r.z ";- ',:-.""'" " - .. a vatuaote tniormation, ...1. I..1I l m... . -0 v..w uuti ii-tiuii pountis. xuia ts an ontragooii8 discrimination against pnllotsjust start ing into business, and equally rough on old hens towards tho close of tho season. Tho old roostora that passod tho Act do serve to bo woll hen-pocked for their meanness. Dmvnosor Acktio.Ach) is Wines. M. hissel wy Hut', in separating acetio acid from wines by distillation, the acid may escape nn- detected, became it forms acelio ether with tho HINT3 FAR alcohol. Tbia iuconvenienoe mav be avoldo-l nll' run E"E, Mining nglDeer. BunerioUtidcst, MeUUarglit. Mine Owner and Mine. Worker In lbs world ahould front by iu Illustration and description of New Machinery, Proceaati, piMartrte tai Beoord of Mining KtchU. t . . . . .i t Every InUlllgent thinker In lrMu4BlMtMkr tmmble ltnatiou, who would avoid MkarVlBa for 'genu In Information, ahould SUUSBBOTStONO. rEVYffli!)..:: No. 338 Mokfjomllttrvcl" B. Y. V r. oy Miurauua tho wine with h,in-t Th. .t hoi is then distillevl oil. and phosphorio acid addetl to tho residue. On distilling again the acetio acid i found in the distilate, and may be determined. VI. wui Mad ea neatat of lutst lor porta, FRUL u H-aM CiniUn eonUiDlaallt Illutnud Mxhaal. fCTARQ ealM0TtmuiadiMtof PATK.TT IHf CH IUI1W, l-AWSi lolormaUonbowtoobUmpuaU,aiid about Ui llbuand piinlaa-M ef lnatr aad patult Hit f OonimutfM,anMtieJbiau,ttc,Mt. AddrtasDKWBT OO, rau&r aad Pau at IfKU, Kaa Ifraa.ta. FSgrejaeggyfgsiJ."" - "'hu'-' a Jimnj
