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i t I 1 T My Plan for Breaking Colts. Colts iihvc to lio broken to work and ride, and 1 want to have my say on the Huhleet, as I have often been disgusted not to say anything elsc-at the way some persons treated their colts. Ihey were trained by what I term the rough-and-tumble method, borne youngster of brenk-nuck disposition acting as riding master, and the breaking being a trial of strength, the colt often coming out ot the trial victorious and ruined. It Is a wonder to me that wo have as many gentle horses as wo have, when we con wider the method that is in vogue for training them. But there is another and a more rational way of breaking colts to work and ride. When you want a tame colt, don't make a frolic of it hut do it by yourself. Get your (o.t into the stable as quietly as possible; avoid all rough and loud talking or hal looing; speak to him in a low, quiet manner. After having haltered lilni, the first thing to bo done is to teach him that you arc the controlling party. The best way to do this is to gently rub and caress him until ho finds out that you aro not going to hurt him; lie will soon learn to like it; then take a Arm hold of the halter with the left hand, and with tho right grasp his tail firmly; then start around him, so as to bring his head to the left; go around briskly, so as to turn the horse in the centre ot the circle. Tills should bo kept up u fhort time; then whirl him tho other way, stopping occasionally to pet and caress him. This is tho best and the quickest wnv to subdue a lioro that I ever saw. You that are in the habit of using the Insli so freely, try this and be convinced that there is a method that Is better than tho whip to conquer a horo. After having whirled jour colt until he is satisfied that you aro the controlling party, procure a riding switch; let him smell of it; then rub him with it until lie is not afraid of it; this is useful to guide him when riding, till ho gels bridle-wise; a slight tap on tho side of the head will turn him in the right direction, and not fret him, cither, if properly used. The next tiling to be done is to teach your colt that whoa means to stop. After you have accomplished this you may mount him, first jumping lightly on his with ers; after doing this several times and patting his side from you, nut your leg over and sit up erect; get down and up iignin and again until he gets used to it. All this should bo done in a large, roomy stable, and should take two or three days to accomplish it, for it is not best to exercise your colt too much at a time. Now take him into the barn yard; as soon as you get him out of the stable, whirl him until he is satisfied that you are able to control him out of doors as well as in. Then mount hint, .having your switch in hand to guide him. If lie gets contrary, dismount and whirl hiin a lew times, and then mount and go ahead. When you wish to break your coll to work, let him mell tho harness, for that is tho only way lie has tojudgeof its nature. Then quietly put it on him and let him wear it till iie gets used to it. Then put him by the side of a gentle homo and drive them aiound; alter this you can work him anywhere. 1 onco tamed a hor&o that had been spoiled, to the wagon. I had a span of gen tie homes, and 1 hitch ed up to the wagon, and haltered him and fastened lilni seiMirely to the oil' horse. 1 started oil' on a walk, lie didn't like It at all, but had a poor way of Inlping himself. 1 had a journey of twenty-live mile-, to make, and belbie I got to my journey end, I had taught him that it was no use trying to get away. After that he w.is a good wagon home, lflie had been hitched to the wagon, lie would no doubt been master of the situation. I think it would be well to always drive u colt by the side of a gentle team a day or two before hitching him in the to.tin; he gets used to it, and is no more trouble. Cor Col Mttn'a Utirul M'otiil. Under tho bend of "A strange story," the "VVWa" says; "A private letter received in Sheilleld Ironi one of tho crew of the Iron ship (Sinner, of Lon don, which at rived in the Thames from Adelaide on Thursday, gives in telligence of a terrible event which re cently occui nd at i-ca. On the 27th tilt, tlie (ilaiico p.imed an out-bound vessel, beating tie name of Je.ssle Osborne, and w is lididlb.v the captain of the latter ship who reported that one of his crew had gone mad; that for live days the maniac had stationed himself aloft, mid that nothing could Induce him to return to dei k. The captain further reported that the madman had armed himself with a large chl.se!, with which ho was cutting the ropes, and that the boatswain had tried to bring him down. Tho maniac, however, thrown block at tho boatswain, knocking him on the dock and bieaking Ids arm and leg. As a matter of safety to his vessel and craw tho captain of the Jessie Osborne considered that it was necessary to hhoot the maniac, and after some con sultation that courso was decided upon, Tho crew and otllters of the fl lance wore requested to bo present as wit me.s. and in their prcr-oneo tho man was shot with a revolver. In conse quence of the way in which lie moved about tho rigging three shuts hud to bo Jlred before ho was fatally Inlurcd. Ho fell dead on the deck, and Ills body was eventually thrown overboard. At Fiji the measles continued thoir ravages, and it is estimated that u fourth nfthc population will fall vic tims. Tliis means between 00,000 ami '10.000 people a terrible proportion. Their habits of life and their dwellings are Ixitli untitled to save them from tho consequences of tho disease. All tho best oi the old chiefs aro going, and Uio political effect will bo great. The Voice of the Grass. Hero I come creeping, creeping eyery where; You cannot see tne coming, No bear my low, sweet humming; For In the starry night, And the glad morning light, I come quietly, creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; More welcome than the flowers, In summer's pleasant hours; The gentle cow Is glad, And the merry bird not sad, To see me creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; When you're numbered with the dead In your still and narrow bed, In the happy spring I'll come And deck your nilent home Creeping silently, creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; My humble song of praise Most Joyfully I raise, To lit io at whose command I beautify tho land. Creeping, silently creeping everywhere. TO HOPE. O Hope t So more, I Imploro, Deceive me that I may believe thpe; For 1 know that tho Hake will follow On the airy way of tho swallow, That the drift shall lie where the lily blows And the Icicle hang trotn the stem of the rose, O Hope! uo more! O Hope! ISoguilo yet awhile; Deceive me nnd I will beltevothee. Though I know that tho Make must follow Ou the airy way of Iho swallow, That tho drill must lie wbero the lily blows And the icicle bane from the stem of the roie, , O Hope! onr-e raorr! John I'ume Cheney; Scribner for Aug. TuitKi: Littm: Ciiii.dhi:n Killed at Oncl A remarkable incident oc curred near Viroqua, Iowa, a few days ago, in a family whoso name my infor mant could not remember. There wcro three little children, the oldest being five years, two of whom went to the barn to find hens' nests. They found one, and crawled to it, and one of them thrust his hand forward to gt?t the eggs, when he quickly withdrew it, saying the old lien had bitten him. The other said he wasn't afraid, and thrust his hand forward, when lie too was bitten. Iioth then screamed, which quickly brought the mother to the spot, when it was discovered that they had been struck by a rattlesnake coiled in the nont. The mother seized the little hoys in her arms and has tened to the house, wliero a now horror met her gaze. In her haste to secure tho boys at tho barn sho had set down a boiler of hot water into which tho babe had fallen. In thirty minutes all her children were deati. Sit axiSi:t, LayaniLii:.-TIio two words, sit and set, are too often mistak en for each other. When a grammar class is asked for the first time if it is right to say, liens set, court sets, one Half of them perhaps will vote one way and the other half tho other. The court means the iudgo or judges; the judgosits, the court sits, the Jury sits, liens sit, inrcis sit. soiling nen is wrong; hens arc not setters or pointers. Sot requires an objective case; wo set a chair, but we sit In it. Thero is a sim ilar ditllculty in the use of lio and lay. In families whose liens 'set,' every thing ' lays,' and all ' lay abed.' The quoted words are wrong. Lay means to place, and requires an objective, as the ' liens lay eggs,' Now L luy me.' Wo should s.iy the book lies on the ta ble; he lies abed, lies low; everybody lies, If you please, but nobody lays tin les.s ho has something to lay. There is a bee hive ou tho eastern slope of tho San Fernando range in Los Angelos county, Oil., which men have tried several times to capture, and have as often failed. It is in a rift which penetrates the rock to a, deptli of Kit) feet. Tho opening is .'JO feet long and 17 feet wide, with two passages. The bees come and go in solid columns about one foot in diameter. Efforts have been made to descend to thestoie oflioney in the rock, but tho men were invariably driven luck, and one man lo-it his life. The hive has been known for veins, and it is estimated thai there cannot be less than eight or ten tons of honey in it. A man who lives m a cab in not far from the pot gets more hon ey than his family can use from a sin ill aperture in the rock. lie has a honey fountain at bin door. One hundred and fifty thousand dol lars have been ollered and refused for the famous lUiuli house in I'hladelphia. Madam ltush, who dispensed tho ele gant hospitalities of tho mansion for forty years, was tho wife of J)r. James Hush, sou of Benjamin Hush, one of tho signers ot tne Declaration ot inde pendence, and dautrhtor of Jacob Hidgoway, one of tho millionaires of tho (junker City. This lady was tho first to introduce the practice of adorn ing her rooms' nnd tables with fresli tlowers. which has obtained so much favor in this country. She made her home the resort ot wit, beauty and fashion and wasdesorvedly popular. Mahuikd CoUITiKS How to Tki.i, Tur.M. If you seo a lady and gentle man dlsiigroo upon trilling occasions, or correcting each other in company, you may ho assured they have tied the matrimonial noose. Mr. Roarer's New Remedy FOll THE XiUKOS IS XKKTJXO WITH WOXPKSFVL SCCCXS3! Tuts PURELY vkobtarlk REMEDY ms un equal In lha relief aud run) of Cousin, Colds, Asthma, llroncbltls. Croup, Whoonlnc Oousih, Mea sles. Ac. 11 has produced mme remarkable cute. M!U by (Im;tt irenerallv. Prenired only by Jlfl'H. K. ItOIIUKII, Mmuuoulb. Or., Tk uhoinalllittcis ol lunula ilio-ld bo addressed. Corner Store, Holman's Block. OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE. FARRAR BROS. HAVE LEASED THIS POPULAR STAND, AND both here and at their old More, CORNER OF 8TARKEY BLOCK. Offer to the public a full assortment of goods In thtlr line, Including G R O C ERI E S AND Provisions, CROCKERY, Glass nntl Stone Wuro, ELEGANT CHINA 8ETS, Table Cutlery, Glass Fruit Jars, Self-Sealers and Wax-Sealers, at Bed-Hook Prices, Tobaooo audi 0s.re, MIL FEED, OATS, AND WHEAT, Lime, Plaster, and Cement. ALL GOODS DELIVERED. Salem. Mar 10. 1875. dtf The Grandest Achievement of tne Age I The Little Monitor SEWING MACHINE 2 ISO SHUTTLE! XO BORBOS! No re-winding of Thread. Makes the Lock Stitch, Chain Stitch, and Ca ble Stitch, from two commer cial spools, direct. IT IS THE LIGHTEST RUNNING, AND MAKES tho leist noise of any machine In the world. The most simple In consimctlon. and tho cislest operated. Will sew from the linen to the heaviest of fabrics without any change of tension. SEWS 35 FEU CENT. FASTER Than any other Machine, making 6f stitches to the revolution. Tho pnbllc are Invited to call and seo this WONDEBFUXi INVENTION ! Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. For further paitlcnlars call at 101 Thud Street, near Alder, Good Templars' Bnlld inii. ITIItS. A. II FAXTON, Sole Aseut for Oregon. W. W. MARTIN, Agent, Salem. IST" Good, responsible Agents wanted to canvass all parts of the State. Portland, April 83tf BEN. FORSTNER, ' G3r un nra, i t 2a, AND KK1MIK SHOP, HAVING REMOVED TO niS NRW SHOP, mrth of Starkey Work, Commercial strest, Sa lem, has a large stock of the tollowlng : Remington Breech-Loading Rifles and Shot-G-uns, AS WELL A3 OTHER POPULAR STYLES OF FiRFARMS. INPMID1MI A srent Variety of I'Intil mid nil KInd of Ammunition. Also, Attunlx Tor Patter's Cclebratfil Breech-Loaders. i...t lfnHl.tnrtj n.l If , a1ia vnni t ir1 knfddi im IM Willi; Prillllllrn unit t nn-wie n j'uiitu uvii-ciyic and Shirrs ground ami I'ooN shirpeno J. g.Y 1M oil" Clll nuiiru III inunmcu luijim ,, in tuj Hue before calling tu tie me. n. ronsTNait. fc'ulcm, June 39, '873. T HO ROUGH BRED BUCKS and EWEB. IOFFEU FOR SALK. AT MY KANCII, IN LINN county, seven miles from Ilairlsbuig, 40 Merino Bucks, 1, a, and 3 scars on! 5 40 Merino Ees, 1, s, S, ami 4 years oJrt ; Which will be soli at reduced renxnnnblo rates for ta-di, or for good uotes, at Vi month' time, bearluv Intercut. Thisearo the FlKhT OUUlCK nl the Moiipoh & .Towott Importation, brought to Oreon In October. 1S73. nnd proved to limi been tt.o liert linp.irt.itton eor mull) to our Suite. S teinetfii ol the Merino bucks Inn si'ir sheartd 33 lh pounds rnnclnt from W to i" punnd, erngiiig cxiutly HIS U- t m-i'co. 'Iho lie. ces ol tlinnne Iwt )i ir averaged 1-1, Hi., ai.il this joir tln-y aengo ocr IO Ibf. to tho llone. Jly bui-ks are not jet thin ml till 'Prl"S. , . . .,,. , These sheep aro VhllKKLTLY linLTU !"d thoroughly acUluiated, and ehow gnat lmproeuient ou our soil, loth as to slio of animals aul Wilful of nVeco. ALSO. FOK SALE, Thoroughbred English Cots wola HuckB and Ewes, AS FINE AS Alifi OX THE COAST. . My Cotswold bucks last jear averaged UH pounds, Ekc 11 pounds, to the fleece. Mr Address me at FOKTI.AND, or visit tlw rnch, where my agent will show tin stock and th sample lliwres. Sample fleeces can also be seen at L. GOLD SMITH COYS, Portland. JOSEPH TEAT,. LOOK HERE ! THK Flummer Plum-Pitter XTTLL BE ON EXHIBITION AND OU BALE VI In the city of Portland, on the Willamette, with in thirty dars from this date, from and after which time T.J. Matlock, agent lor the manufacturer, will be most happy to exchange the niter lor Ten Dollar Gold Piece. AMen ram. to th rront ! Now Is our time lobe berti'tl ed hy Mr. I'itini'n.r' liivuhv. ntn. Ad ,re.. T J. .IIATWlUK, ijISif o. lto -Krt, I'nr Mn i, Oie'on. CrDO. 7Z. SXZCZJ.. A I I. o r it y r X sM. iilCfei.V. OI4tvtJI VUVII4! VvfVllutii-i. JOHN G. WRIGHT, Dealer In FAMILY GROCERIES, Crockery and Glassware, Wooden and Willow Ware, Tobacco and Cigars, COMMERCIAL STRECT. Salem, April 20, 18T5. d&wtf ESTAlll.lSHKD 18oo. Willamette Nnrserv, G. W. WALLING & SON, PROPRIETORS, Oswego, Clackamas co., Oregon. Growers of the Choicest Varieties of FS.TTXT TREES & SHH.TTBBHB.TT Particular attention given to Cherry, Prune ard Plnia tree. tt LUCIUS REI.Ii, Successor to J. M. Keklkr & Co., OS liberty at., - - NEW YOItK, ComitiisHioii. Aix ent FOR Bin'lKO AND FORWAIU1INO FROM New York via Isthmus, Pacific Kallroi il, and Cape Horn, all kinds or Merchandise, and lor the .le of Products from the Pacific coast, for tho cottVUlon of moi ev. &c. octbtf aOJDGKHS. MEYER & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, PORTLAND, OREGON. FARMERS' LINE TO LIVERPOOL DIRECT, l'relght taken In lots to suits bbiprcre. Liberal ndvnnccs made on Prodnco shipped to our Liverpool Iloute. OFFER FOR SALE 500,000 Grain Bags, 5,000 Wool Bags, 20 Bales Pleece Twine. febS7 d&tf PlnminGr's Patent California Frnit-Dryer. Patented Dec. 20, 1871. miHS IS THK CHEAPEST AND MOST T.rO JL nomlcal, Inigest tapat-lty. and most spe'i:y dryer, andglve-i the fi nit a Ixttir tlaor, than any other ma chine tfrlneuUil, 1st It only rciulrts u mil to work under. 3d It has holler, inline, and tteain pump that can lie u-cd lor other puriio-e.lu lonncctlon with the Doer, or sipaiHtcly. yd 1 he met is one half less than any other uf tlw same cuj-acltj, and there is l o rtanii r 1 1 hiiruiiiK tho fruit. A -jniplo machine Is in full epilation at the lac'ory orhpaul dliit A: Jiro . Nil a; lliMlo street, an Fiauclsu, Cal. bend for Oliculurs to S. A CI.ARK3. "-alcin. ljert fur Uie.-oo and Vashlni'lnn. mhSStf T. J. JIATLOl IC, Aint ut Poitlanrt. VEATCK-S HEW GROCERY STORE, North side of Stnto Street, first door west of Van Wnprner's Ftir- nituro Store, 58 THE PLACE TO PURCHASE FAMILY ORO ccrles, as I paid cash lor the entire Htnclc.imd con sequently purchaid thein at the LOWEhT possible coot. I am prepared to sell Cheap lor Cash and Ready r.ty. My motto Is, "Ready pay, quirk sales, and small proftts," lly this means I can sill goods CIIKM'EU lhan any other houso in baleni. If vou have a dollai to spend, call and sei that i hat I tell J ou i true. KSJ I also have wirnn veo' nice and -rood PRINTS, which i will fell 11 yariin to tlio l'"''- balem March 13tf. J P. VEATCH. Sheep Cured of the Scab Disease I mnE UNDERSIGHED WILL. UPON APPLICA JL tlon, engace to euro Sheep having t'uo "bO'Al DIoEASU" lor Ton Cents por Hoad. Appilfjtlonhvlowr or In person will henttender toj.nWUT. ,?.: "f.V'.. m' IMTIf. IValk o.. (lrr.'Ol.. Salom Plouring Hiila. BSVrPVMHiV VLOI'R, 13KUR'S PKTKA. XXX. S1JHKUV1NK NI m.'AHAM. ItllDDLrNHS, ItltAN, AND HUOKTb, Contiitk-y on Iliintl. IlSarUewt l'i'ico In CASH Paid for Wheat ATAll TIBSES. K. C. KINNET, Sept IStf Asent S. F. M Co Cheapest Pump Made, AND The Best for all Purposes, IS THE COMMON WOOD PUMP, MANUFACTURED RV A. PRKSCOTT, AT TOE Capital Luuibir Mill, Salem, Oreson. These have bten Thoroughly Tested In Oreson. many havinc been manufactured and sold last year that give perfect sjtisficllun. I msnufac turc and sell Wood Pump5, Tuuin?, and Pipe. Repairing promp Ir attended to. All work war ranted. Prices as follows : TwelTe-fo.it Well $12 rsr woon l'U'Esou cae.ip.ja SalcK, June II. lbli. A. 1'RE.lCOTT. JONES & PA.TTERSON If AVB FARMS POR SALE AKD Buy and Sell City Property, RENT HOUSES, NEGOTIATE LOANS, AND Make Collections. AOEKTS FOn Mntnal Life Insurance Company OP NEW YORK. Union Fire Insurance Comp'y OP SAN FRANCISCO. KEEP ON HAND, FOR ORATUITOIIS CIRCU latlou, their "Descriptive Land Circular," aod 'Descilptlvo Circular and Weather Record of Or egon." Office on cround floor, OPERA nOUSE BLOUh., SALEM, OHKUUN. aplfly BOOTHBY & STAPLETON, Manufacturers and Dealers In Sash, Doors, Blinds, and ETC.. ETC. BRACKETS, And all Kinds of Scroll-Sawing. HAVING THE BEST FACILITIES AND THE latest Improved wood-worklnc machinery to maunfacturo tho above articles, will offer Inducements to customers. Also, WOOD-TU14NING, In all its varieties. Orders from the Country Promptly attended to. Office and Manufactory, cor. of Front and State streetn 1un2fl BALKM. dAwtf Brooks & MoFarland, (Successors to French Jt Co.) WHOLESALE AND TAIL DEALERS IN General. MerchandisE, Corner of Second and Washington streets, DALLES CITY, OREOON. apSt.w PURE - BRED SPANISH MERINO 23&3bL23, DIRECT FROM TIIE CELEBRATED FLOCK OF UEOltllK MAflniUOND. Esq.. of Vermont. Bucks, rrom 850 to $250. Nuts, from $50 to $150. For sale by JESSS D. CARS, aSOU GavUnu P. O.. Monterey co., Cal. WOOL. WE .RU IN THE 'WC) MARKET. FAHEAE ES0THSES Will pay tho highest cah ptico for 300,000 lbs. Wool. mi j ii m" THE HET7 IMPSOYED !?&RlMel pg. THE LIGHTEST Rl'NNIrJG, HOSTCIH- TLE, AND HOST EASILY OPCnATED SEWING MACHINE IN THE MARKET. Always in Cider acdEsidy to Wcri If there is a PLOEENCE HACHIITE wltMn c;o thousand niloi of Sin Tris. Cisco cot Trorblcg wcl!, I nlll x it with out any expeato to the owner. BAOT2L BILL. Agent, No. 19 New Hoatgoaiery Strest, T. CUNNINGHAM & Co., Agents, Salem. J. O. SHEZiTOK, Vt. Dm PHYSICIAN AND StIKCKON. PALEM, Oregon. Office, front room on second floor at the N. O. Parrlsh brick. Commercial street. BtcW dence, northeast corner Front and Division streets. Being a graduate of the Physio-Medical, or Curtlt Colli ec, Cincinnati, Ohio, we are purxly rcfoim In our practice, discarding alike both mineral and vefcetahli poisons Sly P. O. SULLIVAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OPERA nOUSE, SALEM. S. E. corner, at head of stairs, felj 8 Jpi-I CIdo rood and Eaci rood. K3