Willamette farmer., July 30, 1875, SUPPLEMENT, Image 11

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Powers and Duties op a Grange.
We select from the "Patrons' Parlia
mentary Guide" (ottidnl), the following
decisions, nuil wo publish them ns re
vised and adopted at the 8th annual
session, Feb., 1S75.
A Rranpo cannot change its name or
number after its charter has been is
sued. Degrees may he conferred at either
regular or special meetings. At special
meetings, called for the purpose of con
ferring the 1st, 2d or 3d degree, it is
tiot necessary to open in the 4th degree.
A grange may close from any degree in
which it liiix been nitting.
It is not allowable for a grange todis
euss the merits or demerits of a can
didate. No vote can bo taken on any ques
tion except in the Ith degree.
In balloting for candidates the ballot
is secret, and no member can bo re
quired to tell how he votecK
No person can bo admitteli to mem
bership free.
The entire membership fee must ac
company the petition, and cannot be
divided among the several degrees.
A grange cannot vote back to a mem
ber any portion of the membership
fee.
A grange can provide by by-law for
more than one regular meeting ti
month, but must have at least one.
A subordinate grange cannot move
its place of meeting within the Jurisdic
tion of another grange, without the
consent of the grange whose jurisdic
tion is thus infringed upon.
A grange cannot have two places of
meeting and claim jurisdiction from
both as centers.
A Derson who is elected to member
ship or office in any manner other than
by ballot is not legally elected.
No person is eligible to office iu any
grange, either National, state, or sub
ordinate, who is not a member thereof.
A grange cannot ballot upon an ap
plication for membership at the same
meeting upon which it is received.
A grange may ballot for a candidate
and confer the 1st degree upon him at
the same meeting.
A grange cannot ballot for more than
one candidate at the same time; each
must be balloted for separately.
A grange can sit in different degrees
during the same meeting.
A grange cannot divide into two
granges and divide the property.
A now grange cannot be formed in
the Jurisdiction of a suspended grange,
during the time of its suspension.
Exercise asd Bathing. If any
one in these days will exercise in the
open air, so that each day he will per
bpire moderately, and if he will wear
thin undergarments, or none at all, and
sleep in a cold room, the functions of
the skin will suffer little or no impedi
ment, if water Is withheld for months.
Indeed, bathing is not the only way in
which its healthful action can be main
tained by those living under the condi
tions at present existing. Dry friction
over the whole surface of the body once
a day, or once in two days, is often of
more service than the application of
water. The reply of the centenarian
to the inquiry to what habit of life he
attributed his good health and extreme
longevity, that he believed it due to
"rubbing himself all over with a cob
every night," is significant ot an im
portant truth. If invalids and persons
of low vitality would use dry friction
and Dr. Franklin's "air bath" every
day for a considerable period, we are
confident they would often be greatly
benefited. Cleanliness is next to godli
ness, no doubt, and a proper 'and judi
cious use of water is to be commended;
but human beings are not amphibious.
Nature indicates that the functions of
the skin .should bo kept inorder mainly
by muscular exorcise, by exciting nat
ural perspiration by labor; and, deli
cious as is the hath and healthful, un
der proper regulation, it is no .substi
tute for that exercise of the body, with
out which all the functions becomes ab
normal. An experienced hors-o-trainer in Cal
ifornia .-ays: "The education of my
colts has in a great measure been ac
complished by kind treatment. The
horse is so constituted that by proper
management and kind treatment his
confidence and affections may be ac
quired to such a degree that his will
becomes completely absorbed iu that of
his friend and trainer. I will say, fur
ther, that the horse naturally posses-es
a. far greater degree of intelligence than
lie has ever been given credit for."
Southern exchanges tell alout a
Georgia woman who is farming in the
most successful way. She supports her
self, her niece, and a crippled brother.
She made twenty-two bales of cotton
last year with the help of two hired
bands, and owes no money. She came
into town the other day with two wag-on-loidsof
varu. .Iip raised 500 pounds
-of nice licon, of her own curing, tosell,
and yet there may be found able-bodied
young men who ,-ay that farming
doesn't pay.
While the Northern woolen mills
have stopped, those of Georgia are in-
inir dividends. Columbus has .15.000
.spindles, 00 woolen and 370 cotton
looms, all built iu less than seven years
by a city which loit 00,000 bales of cot
ton, worth $15,000,000, and millioiM of
other, property.
It is said that a farmer in Bath Coun
ty.Ky., while engaged in plowing re
cently, unearthed "a city of tegular
streets, curbed with stone, and evinc
ing a higher order of architectural
knowledge and a greater civilization
than any other prehistoric remains yet .
found in thiscountrv.
Henry Ward Beecher was 62, June 24.
Advantages ov an Exclusive
Meaij Diet. In addition to tho great
saving in labor and expense of winter
ing stock under my system, as shown
in a former article, it causes a remark
able increase in the How of milk. This
lias, without exception, been the caso
In my experience of meal feeding, and
the indications all are that tho longer
tho system is practiced the more mark
ed are the results. This spring, before
turning out to grass, my herd averaged
each ten pounds of butter per week,
which is from three to four pounds
morn than I have over been able to get
lrom them unuer tne oiu system oi
feeding, the rations being tho same in
both ca-es. Since sending my milk to
the factory the records show an aver-
aire of thirt.v-threo pounds per day. No
such yield of milk can be obtained from
n heru ot cows wintereu upon nay. jvs
to tne production ot neoi, my system is
no less remarkable in Its results. I bad
in my herd this winter two old cows,
ag-ed fourteen and sixteen years respec
tively, which proved to be farrow.
They were milked until near the mid
dle of January, then dried off, and
with my whole herd fed meal exclu
sively. With no extra feed, they were
carried through tho spring months. In
three weeks from the time they were
turned out to grass I sold them to Mr.
Henry Long, of Vilanova, for beef,
who pronounced the youngest animal
tit for the Buffalo market. The oldest
was not quite as good, but was fair beef.
If wintered upon hay it would have
taken at least as many months as it did
weeks to have brought thein into the
condition in which I sold them.
L. Miller. Stockton, N. Y,
TThe question of exclusive meal feed -
ing is one of interest, and those who
desire to learn more of Mr. Miller's
system and its results can do so by in -
closing thirty-five cents to him for his
pamphlet on the subject.
Making Shingles Duraiu-e.
From many experiments tried for the
purpose of rendering shingle roofs du
rable, wo have found two modes result
in eminent success, namely, soaking in
lime wash, and applying petroleum.
Twelve years ago, having occasion to
erect a brick building 24 by 60 feet, we
had all tlie shingles, (which were sawed
pine,) well soaked in lime-wash before
application. The lime used was fresh, ;
or caustic, and was made into u rather
thin mixture, so that the liquid might
penetrate the pores of the wood. This
was done two or three days beforehand,
so as to become dry. We have just ex
amined this roof in tho presence of two
builders, who pronounce the shingles
"as good as new." They were per
fectly sound and quite hard, and the
only appearance of age was the wear
ing of the upper surface to an amount
about equal to the thickness of paper.
The experiment was thoroughly suc
cessful. Another roof, on nn adjoining
building, put on a year later without
the lime, was partly covered with moss
and most of the shingles were rotten.
In applying lime for this purpose, His
very essential that it be fresh and caus
tic, and that the shingles be well soak
ed in a thin wash that shall penetrate
the pores. In performing the work, a
few shingles were taken at a time iu
the hand, and dipped into a tub of the
wash, and then pluced to dry. The
other mode of preserving shingles is
tho application of crude petroloum.
This co.sts a little more than lime, but
may bo applied more easily, by using a
coarso brush after tho shingles are laid,
the penetrating character ot the
0il i
ciiusu.g ii iu ia.s uirougti uii'Miiiigics,
and to run an inch upward through the
pores. Several roofs to which it was
applied eight years ago appear to be iu I
perfect condition. i
Ho was an awfully mean man. He
earned a sou counterfeit ufii to make a
show of .sometimes when fingering for
a little change. His poor, hard-working
wife had boon begging him for a
nice gold chain she had .seen in a .shop
window down town. One day he felt
in a merry mood, gave her tlie counter-1
feit bill and told her to buy the chain. I
Then he left home lauirlilnir. and he
came home feeling full of Joke. It ap
peared to be the happiest Jay of his life,
lie made a fool ot the woman. But
the old woman wore that gold chain at
the dinner table, and called the brute
her "dear old darling." This put an
other face on the whole affair. It ceased
to ho a joke to him. The jeweler called
before dinner, and handing him the
bae note, told him to "shell out" fltty
dollars if he wished to escape aunoy-
Jlllft Ill TtlltMltrTIl 11111. Mill! Ills' I mvit
Jie Snellen out, and has
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Mi-i-ii iiuiv iu act- uiu inuui in ma linn.
Joke.
But the poor woman enjoyed it.
vlfo.lrp,lririit Wilson hits' u-rirtrm -i
letter in reply to various newspaper
articles ascribing a political t-hjiiifleimce I
to his recent vl.-it to the South, and
mentioning him as a candidate for the
Presidency. In reference to his de
signs and motives, Mr. Wil-on denies
that his Southern tour wa for elec
tioneering purposes, and lie diiOM.'s of
I of the candidacy question by stating
that he has neither money, patronage,
nor an organ with whicli to outer the
Presidential race. His utterances cou-
cernliw the third-term folly were.
he
fay, animated oy no hostility to Presi
dent Grant, but solely by his solicitude
for tho effect upon the Republican party
of uncertainty in this matter. Tlie let
ter is manly In tone and outspoken and
plain in expression, and carries the con
viction that tlie writer means what he
Isiiy.s and nays what he means.
Lat year the following drugs, all im
ported, were consumed in this country;
Arsenic, l,o:!0,;l;U pounds; camphor,
"WW Ju"d8' Jal?P' J "V38 .P0".
'PS010 20,202 pounds; nux vomica, 297,-
213 pounds. There was also imported
$399,899 worth of vaccine virus.
No Fear ok Death in the Dying.
A striking fact in connection with
the dying is that they are not afraid of
death. You notice this oven In' execu
tions. Tho majority of men who are
hanged are reported to die "game."
Death following disease or injury is
with the rarest exceptions unaccompan
ied with fear. Disease dulls tho intelli
gence so that the situntion may bo fully
comprehended; or they may be in pain,
and death is looked upon as a relief.
Nature, by a kindly provision, seems
to nrenare for the flicrhtofthc snirit:
ns the hold upon life grows weaker, so
aoes tue desire lor lite grow less; nna
iu scarcely a single instance within my
own experience, or within that of my
professional brethren, with whom 1
have conversed upon this point, has
not the dying man relinquished life nt
tne last witnout seeming reluctance or
tear.
The several physical phenomena
which accompany tho actof dying, vary
considerably in the early stages with
the causes which produce death, there
is much similarity in the latter steps.
Death offers then n phenomenon,
which, once witnessed, is not hard to
recognize again.
Among the more constant signs are
the failing puke, which gradually be
comes imperceptible, first at the wrist
and lastly nt the breast itself; the ex
tremities grow cold; tho countenance
changes as the .venous blood courses tho
arteries; the skin grows clammy ns tho
vessels relax; the eye glazes; the Jaw
drops; the fluids accumulate in the
windpipe, causing tho "death rattle,"
so called, as the air passes through;
tne bream comes .snort and finally
, ceases,
As the red blood leaves the brain the
judgment becomes obscured, and the
..senses deficient. Speech is incoherent.
Many times "last words" are imagined
i by affection to mean nioro than intend
icd, if there was any intention at all.
. "It grows dark," or "more light," are
common sayings as the optic nerve
loses its stimulus. Or strange sights
may be seen and sounds heard, as occur
sometimes In tlie still twilight. The
hallucinations of the dying may be
often explained upon natural causes.
Prof. R. O. Cowling.
Ice 80,000 Years Or.n. The altitude
of the Stevens mine on Mount McClel
lan is 12,500 feet. At the depth of from
00 to 200 feet the ore ice matter, con
sisting of silica, caleite, and ore, to
gether with the surrounding wall rock,
Is a solid frozen mn-s. McClellan Is one
of the highest eastern spurs of the
snowyjrange; it has the form ofn horse
shoe, with a bold escarpment of felts
phatic rock nearly 2,000 feet high,
whicli iu some places is nearly perpen
dicular. Nothing unusual occurred un
til u distance of some 80 or U0 feet had
been made; then tlie frozen territory
was reached, and it has continued for
over 200 feet. There are no indications
of thaw, summer or winter. The whole
frozen territory is surrounded by hard,
massive rock, and the lode itself is as
hard and massive as the rock.
I The miners, being unable to excavate
! the frozen material with pick or drill,
found that the only way was to kindle
a large wood fire at night against tho
back end of the tunnel, and in the
morning take out the disintegrated ore.
Tli is has been the mode of mining for
more than two yours. Tlie tunnel is
over 200 feet deep, and there is no di
minution of the frost. There is, so far
as can be seen, no oneninar or channel
through which tlie frost could possibly
have reached such a depth from tho
surface. There are other mines iu tho
same vicinity in a like frozen state.
The theory is that the rock was laid
down in glacial times, when there was
cold enough to freeze tho very earth's
heart. In that case the mine Is an Ice
house who.-e .stores have remained un
thawed for at least eighty thousand
years! Tlie phenomenon is not uncom
mon or inexplicable when openings can
m.' louiui through which a current oi
air can pass; but cases which, like tlie
Brandon frozen well and tlie Stevens
mine, show no way for air currents,
are still referred to imbedded Icebergs
and the glacial pcriHl. Xew Alma)
Colorado.
Acting in Character. "I say,
girls," said a little, blue-eyed, flaxen
haired boy on Second street yesterday,
"let me take your candy and we'll all
play chicken.''
"Is it nice'."' inquired half a dozen
.six-year-olds in chorus.
"Nice! you bet it is. Let me show
you. Now, I'll lay the candy down
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Is j .- j-ii flin i,f-s at mill ifti .ill -
iUlU " 11IV3 Tll-ll, U1UI .TJUIIUW
down
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The trirls retreated and gathered in
e"l' ut fifteen feet oft, while the
' et on his knees, with his head
over the candy, and began to call and
strut ami flap his arms like a rooster's
wings.
"Cluck, cluck, rat, tat, rap, cluck,"
and all the girls came running up and
bent to pick up the candy, when the
little fellow opened his mouth and took
it in at one gulp.
"Oh, you mean Ik.v," they cried, "you
have takeu all our candy."
That's cause! played rooster," said
the l)oy; "roosters always calls the hens
up when he finds a grain of corn, and
then picks it up himself." AY. Joseph
UazitU:
The latest amusement is termed the
Printer's Delight," and is performed
iu the following manner: Taken sheet
of note paper, fold it up carefully and
enclose a bank note sufficiently large to
pay up arrears and a year in advance.
And what adds immensely to the feat
is to send along the name of a new sub
scriber with cash to balance. Keep
your eye on the printer, and if you de
tect a smile the trick Is a success, Try
IV.Carltagc JifrM,
Angora Goat Phosi-ect. Tlio Col
orado Arfricttllnri.it says that becauso
thcro has not been any largo shipments
of fine Angora fleece by tho breeders
on this coa.it, certain papers aro ques
tioning: tho profitableness of brcedinc
Angora goats. Now, wo think they
aro a little too fast iu their distrust. It
is only a fow years since the first pure
Angora was brought to this coast, and
but very fow have ever been brought
here at all. The breeding with the
common or Mexican go.it so as to pro
duce a gr.ulo .sufficiently high to shear
n flifo grade of mohair, takes several
years with the utmost e-ire. Tho breed
ers of such goats are encouraged with
most remarkable success, as any one
can see who will visit the various flocks
over the Stnte. From this time on we
will see tho results of this eloso system
of breeding, in large shipments of mo
hair, increasing every year. The time
spent in "breeding up" from tho com
mon goat as a basis, is not lost, although
it has boon slow work. Any sensible
person that knows anything about
breeding ought to be nolo to compre
hend tho facts in tho case. It is only
occasionally that anything happens less
than a thirty-one or thirty-second breed
will make n fine fleece, and some of
them even show tho common goat
kempt too plentifully. But after an
animal is very nearly pure breed, it
only takes a few years to produce from
them in their progeny the qualities
required. As to manufacturing the
mohair, there are now eleven manufac
tories in the world and three in the
United States, where it is worked into
fabrics. When the material becomes
plentiful here and it will now in a
short time thcro will probably bo ma
chinery in California for spinning the
mohair into glossy threads. Such ma
chinery will not cost much and the spun
yarn will be in demand to mix with
wools in manufacturing tho finest fab
rics, to give a lustre to tho cloth.
There is not a more sanguine set of
men in tho State than tho breeders of
Angora goats, and they have every
reason to be, as the business is sure to
become one of the very best on tho con
tinent. Thoro is already a demand ex
ceeding the supply for such tlecce and
it will increase taster than the supply
can possibly. California Agriculturist.
The uninitiated may imagine that
"the bull's-eye," so often rofered to in
tho reports of tho International llitto
Match, is something larger than a pin
head, and smaller than a good-sized
hat. As a matter of fact, the bull's-eye
at Dolly Mount was 3 feet square. Tho
target was 0 feet high by 12 feet in
width, and "the centre," including tho
bull's-eye, 6 feet square. It would be
a feat for an ordinary marksman to hit
"tho centre" at the 1,000-yard range.
The conditions of the match excluded
all adventitious aids, such as rusts,
sights, etc. Maj. Fulton, who made
the best scores at the short ranges, is
considered tho crack shot of America.
Ho takes a peculiar position when shoot
in?t lying down almost flat upon Ids'
back, crossing his legs, pressing tho
stock of his rlrlo close against his cheek,
and holding the butt with his left hand,
which is passed around under the head.
The right hand is thus left free to pull
the trigger and tho crossed legs form
an admirable rest. All the rlllomun
recline either on tho belly, back, or
side, when shooting. One nt tho pecu,
liar and unexpected developments of
the match was tho superiority of the
Americans at tho 900 anil 1,000 yard
ranges. Tho Irishmen supposed that
tho longer tho ranrre tho better tholr
chances of success, while tho ovent
proved that tho contrary was true.
A Lox; Swim. Cant. Boynton's feat
in swimming across the English chan
nel has revived an incident of u long
.twin! that was made about forty years
ago, in the samo waters, A yawl was
capsized iu a tremendous squall, about
two miles from shore. One of tho crow
seized an old horse-collar that had
floated near him and used itfora buoy.
Finding that it impeded his progress
ho threw it aside and struck out for
shore. Tho flood drove him the other
way, and he soon lost sight of tho light
whicli he was trying to approach. JIo
thou took two stars to guldo him, but
these soon became obscured, and ho
was left in utter darkness. Tho tido
fnj itn 11 ii. 1,1m uttrtftliv tr 4lm oun
lift? llt.lJI.IK , .J1MJ' 11 VI,U ilUit,
when ho sighted a vessel. Ho man
aged to get within two Hundred yards
of her, whou he was caught In tho ebb
and carried away. Luckily his cries
were heard by those on the vessel, and
a loat was sent to pick him up. Ho
had u very wet time, but notwithstand
ing this ho had traveled fourteen miles,
which certainly was not bad, consider
ing all tho circumstances.
Ants that Bury the Deah. It
has been discovered that there are soino
ants which actually bury their dead.
Recently a lady had been obliged to
kill some ants, the bodies of which lay
about on the ground. Presently a sin
gle ant found Its dead companions, and
examined them and then went off.
Directly it returned with a number of
others and proceeded to the dead IkxI
ies. Four ants went to each corpse, two
lifting it and the other two following,
tlie main body, some two hundred in
number, following behind. The four
bearers took their offico iu turns, one
pair relieving tho other when they
were tired. They went straight to a
sandy hillock, and there tho bearers
put down their burdens, and tho others
Immediately began to dig holes. A
dead ant was then placed In each grave,
and the soil filled in. The most curi
ous part of tho proceeding was that
some six or seven ants refused to assist
in grave-digging; upon whicli tho rest
set on them, Killed thaui, dug one large
hole, and tumbled them unceremoni
ously into it.
COMPANY.
Firo and Marino Insurance.
DtREOTOHS:
Oregon Branch.
rotlTLANn-P. Wacrman. C. II. Lewis, B. Gold-
smith, T. Maclear, Lloyd Brooke.
HALKM-L. F. rocr.
M.nNY I. A. Crawford.
mi.l.US. 1) M. FRENCH.
LICWJbl'ON-.l. LueftenlierR.
HAMILTON, BOYD,
(loncral Agent,
FOUTLAND, OHEGON.
IC, 1CRID, Asriit, Snlcm. IuylRm3
WOOL
BAGS
to
.AM).
GrXTAlxx Saols.
AT TDK
SALEM BAG FACTORY
AND
T. Cunningham & Co.',
AT SAN FRANCISCO PRICES.
Salrm ' MT 14. 1874. dAwtf
NORTH SALEM STORE.
W. Xj. wade,
A."
T TUB BRICK STORE, HAS JDST RKCMTV-
ed a rail assortment of
G-eneral Merchandise,
Dry G-oodBj
G-rooeries,
Boots & Shoes,
Hardware,
Clothing,
Calculated for th City aud Country Trade. Bought M
low, and will be told at aa SMALL A PROFIT, a
tboao who HRLL AT COST. Of-Good delivered t
luv uart o! ti.3 r.itv free ot rhanre. Nov8r
ATTENTION
Sheep Growers:
A SUKK CURE FOR
Scab,
Screw Worm.
Foot
Rot
AND ALL
Parasites that infest Sheep.
T lr SAFKIt, IIKTTKIt, AND VASTLY CIIKAP
mU ANY OTIIRK IU'FKCTUAL RKMKDY FOR
TIIR THKATMKXT OK HnKKF. IT
improves the Health
OF THIS ANIMAL, ANU TIIK
QUALITY OP THE WOOL.
t$f Ono gallon 1h moita;)! for one hundred to tw
hnalri'd Sheep, according tith"li agn, ftrenjjth, and
condition.
It la put up In FIVE-GALLON OANS-1'rlco. $12
per can.
Hend for circular, to
T. A. DAVIS & Co.,
l'ORl'LANI), ORICGON,
Wliolonale .tgeiita for the Mate,
dr to your neareot Retail Draju;lit. my
To Farmers and Others.
TMMIORANTM AKK ARRIVING IN THK STAT
by eerv ateamur In search nf emnlovincnt.
tho Board find difficulty In getting vacancies for them
We thorcforo earnestly request Farmer and otbei
who renulro Farm Hands or labor of anv kind, to lm-
niedlatelr communicate with us and wo will icladb
supply them with such labor free of rharao nn onr
Dart. Fleaso state the wacca oDercd. thee assota
you want, and for how lout; employment will
given. Tho Assistant Secretary Is In dally attendance
at the Iloard Rooms, Ankony's Bnlldln", Portland.
from 10 to 3 p. m each day, to whom all letters.
should bcadUiCTned.
W. 8. LADI),
II. OOLDhMITII.
It. W. OORBETT,
V. LEINENWKltBIt,
WILLIAM REID,
State Commissioners of Immigration.
NEW TIN STORE.
I1IAVK RKKOVRD MY SHOP FROM SOUTH
Salem to the wooden hu'ldlni;
Opposite tho Express Oil' ce,
Where I can supply city aud couutry with
TIN-WARE OF ALL KINDS.
Manufactured hy uxperk need workmen.
Price, tery reaoouahle, and rash an object.
J. O. KENDALL.
Halem.Jalyt), 1X15. dAwtf
Grading & Packing House,
1'OK'ri.AMU, OUEUUN.
8. A. 8FYMOUR
WILL AOAIN CARRY ON Till! BUSINKSS OP
Wool OrodlUK and Puckln, and rulls tho atten
tion of Producers and Dealers to the advau'aKe of
having 'their Wool prperly graded, picked, and
placed on the Eastern market as an Oregon product.
AN RXPRRIKNCKD OHAOER, who thoroughly
nadcrstauds the Eastern market, will supeilntesd tha
woik, aud It Is guaranteed that the wool he grade
willcoiamand at the East the bluest market pnc.
according to the grade mark. ayrtf
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