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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1875)
(8 0 0 0 d H 0 0 d o u c3 ft H s 0 h to 0 0 o o o a ts a Sot'II .j.x- .. h HEUiramme warmer. encnpig'T iTiaTvrFTisra?. SALEM, FRIDAY, AUG US I" 27. 1875. TELEGRAPHIC. An Old-Time Torture. The London Daily Teeotaph of July "J!) gays: "The Paris newspajiers have with whHt foundation .n fact we are unable to say and rein etunt to Hiirtiiixn beou actively on gaged lately In lion zing a certain Father Retny, vliu If. mhIiI id have returned from Thibet, In wl luu itM'oiis be na le n number of oonveialuns miller uertahily extraordinary clrcuniBtHinit-. Tim awry pmi that h lell asa mlhsloiiiry, undwr the mi-pii-loii of the local author!. ih9, Held the odium theologit-M reached the unpleasaut cllcax of the luck lens ecclfhlHsiic being condemned to be ccartele, or quartered. An attempt was aciu ally made to put tho nenlonce Into effsot la Fere Keroy's legs and artn lielng tied to four horses, whloU was 8trl?htay driven In dlt ferent directions. But, It Id added, the de voted missionary la a very powerful man, and the eteedo, with all their strength, did not succeed In tearing him nssniuler. Ills perxecutnrs, the story goes on to sav, were so struck by his seemingly mlrauulouH pow ers of endurance that they embraced the qunsl-martyr, and were forthwith converted to Christianity. Ofthiatalo it may bo Mid, first, tbat it answered the Italian condi tion of being ben tiorato, and next, that If It be an invoutlon, it should have been written by a medical man, for only skilled anato mists know what a herculean task it is to tear n living human body into quarters. Muscularity has nothlog wba ever to do with the re-tisUucu the human frame will offer to Inordinate tension. Ills a nutter of thews and sinews of gristle In fact. It is very dlUlcult to break a man's bkull, uuless knowingly or unknowingly the bead be hit in precisely the proper plwce; but it is much more difficult to rend him asunder bodily, In the days of torture prisoners might be racked day after day and their limbs dislo cated and rent time alter time, but the fraruo of tbo tormented wretch still held good. As forquarlerlng a sufferer by means of horses thore are two celebrated instances of histori cal record showing bow hard it is to perform the diabolical operation. JUvaillpc, tho as-naes-in of Henri Quatre, was not a very pow erful man. He had been so racked, thumb. screwed, booted, torn with red-hot pincers, wretbed with boiling oil and molten lead, that when he was tied to the quadrupeds ho was a mere bag of bones, brulkos, and gaping wounds. Yetbis body rosined tho tugging of tbe horses for forty-five minutes. A bun dred and fifty years later Diinieus,tbe mad man v, ho juht prickf d Louis XV. with a en knife, was loituiudiu the tame nbonilable manner tis Rtvaiilio had been. Then he was I ut to tho horse oriie-il; but nearly an hour elapsed and the body of the mlseral 1 wretch jot held together. Then they lashed the liorsot navagoly to make them plunge the more flerct-1) ;mid the lino court ladles in the gallery specially erected for them to v, lined- the show cried in their prelty aicot, 'O les jtauv' :cvav.r." 1 hey pilled the ecourgt d steeds they did not pliy the man whoso body was slow to disintegrate. At length a hunuuo surgeon standing by pnrsuadsd tho hangman to m ikodoep cuts with a sharp knife at each of tho culprit's J-ilnts, and then tho horrible. parpen mis achieved easily enough. But, surely, they should be aware of the ptocpss of incision In Tibet I" Drilling vs. Broadcast Sowing. The Department of Agriculture thus sum marizes tho frets received frern its corres jtondenls relative to drilling or bioadeastlng seed wheat : 1. Flllj'-to per cut. of tho winter wheat bmI 1 1'" y peri ent of llui epritig w bent, or ebonl forly percent, of ihe HKxrtmutc of bolh kinds icfireoeni the propurtiou Lteded with Ullllll. 2 Nine-tenths of llio les'Inviuy clven rs serit. ititi suptrlorlty or the diill lor wiulir K'nitut 3 An average Inereisti of one-tenth 'n the yield i aailitert I'V tho unset Hie drill. 4 A I.IMH mej'irltv "f i liM-rveis deel H Ihiil iii mc sti-oils Inwtlcb li jury rr Million lioui lio-t is liable luce cur, drill 2f'ievius or leJi-ea-fb t'io I wi 5 '1 lie loejorlty ae-HTt that in co'iiii. clav soil 4 v.! li loliiMK sui i', mine aiH'aiiiage Mtvriun in su.fHce dialiiliijj bv nan f li lull; wliliH in film tHvsoiN v"illi flat Milld'.-rt, IUH wiilrT Irwiiii in die drill Jur rows diics to-inve iiijnry. (I. The brmiduHxt m eder prwlomlnsts In spring heat regions. b-caun U-Iier adapted iua the drill to seeding In uuplnwed corn fields pu rough surtjces.iniliii weedy fields. 7. About ! seventh of the seed wheat (or 5 000,(100 bushels i f the urof iulght be sav od by the exclusive use of the drill. 8, The drill la used for nee) ling in connec tion with luorotmh culture, more especially In winter wheut growing; tho broadcast iuaur r.ir lmn.,riw.t culture and romch eur aces, nd sowing by baud is the method .adopted tor email patches and tbat efforts of liupt'cunloiii pioneers. Uoo Obop From the ResourfO or Ten iMwsee we learn that t-ftt Mlate is at present jHxxUiclug iwemV'Slx hg loetervonelmii dud rrrn of land in actual cullUutlon; whereas, the tate mlgnt eauly pnsiuce one hog to ouch and vry sere oiiltlvaUid, thus msbiug five t lines as many hogs as ihe state numbers In population, Increasing the sur- .... Kwu4nn IfUinVIIWl nnnnH Ann piu MMVm uuiiuv . wv,wv . ... ---- adding at leut 2,000,000 net lo the state rev enue. Col. Truman Lutnson, who died in Benning-ton, Vt., hwt wcol;.nt;ed more l.,.n ..Iirli. vmiis. frnin fnrtv to flftv years ago wan the most celebrated shot jn AnierifH and was tho or'gir.fttor of the present c.Vnieni oi rniiusf gima, i l,,...nltnn which r.Vr,lllt IdtliZl'lI tllC construction of that branch uf llrearme. UEXmAL INTEIXKiENrC. Anxiist in. A fpcei.il ili-ipntili from AtigtHtn. Goor si.i, s.iys nrrests of alleged negro innr reirtlonits in Johii'on, WaIdiigtou. llnrKo mid tfefiereou coiint!e- continue. Tlilrteen armed negroes came, lo Vrlglitvillc and Mirreiulrrvil. In HiirUu county a collision between whites and blu-kscenn hotirly Imminent, lloth iiiu under .inns ami ne groes are reported ni.ieil a few uille from U'nynesboio. White rcotits were lired on b- negroes tliis moi nlnj;. Tlie Ihirke people -ent here to-day lor troops, but the r.overimrilei-lini'd to let any ram- p inles go. A iimnlierof volunteers lelt to-night, null it is feiired n fight will tiiKe place. About 1(H) nrio-ts li iv lieeii in I le in illllcmit counties. ...The Illinois Sta'e ltcxister pnlilislies the following: "We le.iiuthtt S't've fctirs arc eiitertniued as to the coin crop, owing to the cold, cloudy weather. Com is growing rank, but not filling ns it -hntiUT. K.iin and Funliino is needed. The crop I nor lipenlng. mid It is feiiicd frost will catch It. Tlieio Is much nnslety ns to tliis matter anions leading producers. ....Gen. Shermiu nml p-irty nnived at Dener l.it night. He will remain a week or ten diys in the Tenitory, visiting points of spccl.il interest and leluin e.it by wavof l.caveiiwoith....At T.iiii.uitii. l'ciinvlv.uii.i. l.i t night the mill poured down in tonciits for tluce hours. Cellars weie submerged, bill ird tables floated and a iiiiniber ot saloons have been compelled to suspend biiine-. Twins am delayed by I uid slides. In the lower portion of the borough, where tlic scales are located for weighing coil, the coal dlit coveted the track for a long distance live feet deep. The Cetitial llnilroail. of Xew .leisey. was washed out mid the bridsres and cul verts destioyed A dispatch from Wil- iner, rennsylv.uiia, says lion, baniuel Ilenrv. uieiuber of the Legislature from Cxmbilt county, while going lioui one un to another on the I'Utsliiirg express tins innriilng fell and was In-t:iiilly killed Heavy rains arc prevailing throughout Colorado and Xew Mexico and the ptns pect tor an abundant grain crop is unii-u-nlly promising. August SO. A dispatch fioin S.mdcrsvllk1. Washing ton county, Georgia, lcpoits the arrest of Candla Harris, one of tin! leaders in the plot. Ho lias made a confession, implicat ing I'rinco Rivers, Miijor-gcneial nt tho South Caiolina militia. Rivers emphati cally denies the charge. Thcic arc 70 ne groes in jail at Sandersvllle. Governor Smith is expected there to-night. All qt'i ct. Anests still continue. Slorrls and Ilmrls, ling leaders, ai-c'still ut laige. It i believed that theio will he no further tumble. Thcnegioes have dwpprsed and returned homo J. D. Towneml, coun sel lor tlie Legislative committee on cilnie, Xew York, pi evented oliuninous charges to Mayor Wlckham to-day. containing speelllcitlons agilnit I'ollco Coiiimi-rion-ci-M.itscll, DUhccki-r and Vorhees, and asking tlieii-1 emnval for neglect of duty, incipaelty for office, etc. ..A spi"clnl finui Oalcsbnrg, Illinois, ays tliat.lellersou Da vis accepted the Invitation of the Knox county ngiluilt iral smiety toilelicrnii nil ilie at tlie Knowille K.ilrln Sepleiulici net.... Col .John II. White, ot MUourl. coiiimitted suicide. Denvi r. this moiuing by liontIng hiiii-elttliiniigli lln head. The act Is attilunteil to tl is-ij .t l Ion and lhian d.il dl-tio ... riiilatlelphi.i wool reports say uioie Inqiiliy for line Ueeu's in i.v lie no'teil. Mediiini lleeces ami combing wool in deiniiid. 'J'lte tone of the in ukct Is un changed. California line and medium. 1 S3 ;l0o ; coii-e, l.'ia2.'lc Locks pi hit woiKs at I'as-lc, suspended yestciday, thiiiwing ;00 per-ous out of wink. ...A A'a-liington special f-nys It appeal -.tint two lililitistcrs iiiu now apprnahing the Cuban coisf, the Uitavla and t lie l'tilto Zuilla. Tho latter escaped fiom Xew Yolk about August lt. anil iias not hitherto ailinil.ed niiuli nolhe. Tliis ye-sel. as well as the Uctayi.i, was well pinvided with .-itnis, Ciibiii agents arc eiy singuliic of the mkcvcss ol both is-eN-, IX'JUM'I.AN AI-I-AIKS. .lUust 10. The I'li'iiih R'iiiiblluin IVimiiient Co ninltlce to-iliy pie-entedan interpelate to liiiiltt, MluMcrof the Intel lor, con- ciiiiiig the llniripiitht demeiistnitlou, iiewspapei article1-and lie ptoliihlllou of the '-lie of Glad-lone'n piinphlct. M. liutlet defeiidid tliu Govcruuiciit and 'aid ylgniotis nie.i-iiios will bo taken agiiiu-t lionapirtl-t pipers, and said hu hid no r- quest In i eg ml to ntillmrlziiig Gladstone's book, but would not nuthorize. M. Bullet further explained that Olad-tone's publi cations lint been allowed to be sold In tlie shops, but not to he hawked about the streets.... It Is said Ati-tiU offered, undei a guarantee to the northern Kuropeau em pires, to Inteneno for tlie pacification of llerzegnvlni.i. on die basis of lefoimln the aduiliil-tratloii of the Christian ptov inces ol Turkey, but the forte refund.... Foreign stocks are reported filling heavily In London. The markit Is dull leeling the cUi'ct- of the tumble yesterday In Turkl-h, I'gyptiansnnd I,eiuvlins....Tlio SjmiiUIi royal hil.ado routed Doircg.nj while the latter was trying to penetrate in to Aragnii, and forcvd liiin to the moun tains. Gen. Jovcllar holds nil the passes at Ililcnr nnd will nrevent Dorregnrav'a escape in tho direction of Lcnla.... The war ollice nt Berlin has invited General Meiggs. of the United States nrmy to wit ness military tuaixi'tiver hi Silesia next autumn... .Three huuJred houses were burueil at ltycir, Ius.ala, to-day. Aacust 30. La Xord, Russian organ, discussing the Turkish insurrection, .iys Russia, Ger many and Aiwtila arc In accord on the paint Hut tLc l-jitcrii iiutstlon slull not bo raised. Fence has been temporarily dlstiirljcd, but general peace Is secured beyond attack. France and Italy will doubtless be invited by tho-o three povv eis. Turkey must recognlo the need of ending the Intolerable regime and of pro ceeding seriously with reform which has heretofore been a mere pertense. A dis patch I'ioiii Vienna reports the insurgents were forced to inl-e tlie sirge oi Treblgne. .Someliivc been driven, unarnied. across the frontier.... Le Temps ays it hisie celved Information coufiimatoiv of Le Xonl's aiilcle to tlie effeit tliat Rul.i l acting hi conjunction with (5criiiany and Austria null intends miking au appeal to the poweis of Kiuope favoring the set tling of tlie Heregovlnan difficulty by an limit iMamllng among all coituliles inh i ested. lhuuveiti.ig all danger of Knto pe.in war.. ..The biliquet tie-night lo the Ameilcaii naval officer- was a liiilllant af fair. Among llie gnesf-was the American Con-nl auda lirge imuiher ot leading uieicliauls. Tiusls to Queen Victoria anil President Grant weie dnink with en thtidnsin. Tlie spec dies were very bilet. Admiral Woiden. In lesponillng to the toat to the American navy, gave expres sion lo Ids ilium elation of the kind telling wlikli is eveiywhcie entert-iined by tiie people of i'uglaud towanls the United states and in the name of Ids Government and his country leclprocated the expres sions of this good feellns"....The Mayors of all Hampshire boroughs and heads of all public depilttueuts in Southampton sue invited to n banquet to be given by the eoipomtion lo tlie officers of the Anicilcan quadron on Tuc-d.iy next The Times publishes:! special from ISeilin saying that the Kohkaud rebels hid attacked the Rus sian body guard. It is expected tlie Rus sian Government will order the military occupation of Khokand. AIFAIJIS AT WAMIlMiTOrV. Alllflist 10. A Washington special siys tlie State De partment people are tnucli cliagiiucd at tho escape of the Uruguiy with supplies for the Cubans. There lias been the most perfect system of co-opeiatlnu between the Spanish authorities hcie and Mr. Fish, in all endeavors to pieyent anything in the way of substantial sympathy with tho Cu bans. The l'dgar Stewart was the last privateer that lias attempted to aid the Cu bans, blie was pi evented by tlie careful spy system of the bpauMi service In this country and the eai nct eflbi ts ofmu Gov ernment as repiesented by Mr. Fish. The Spiuish people complain very much at the administration as represented by the Pres ident being so much in sympathy vvith tlie Cubans, and openly claim that if Mr. FMi had been in town when tlie fiist informa tion came of tho Uiuguay, her depaituio would never have been pel mitred. The State Depaitm.iiit Is at pre-cnt in charge of young Cadwallader and his manage ment gives n gieatdeal of dissatisfaction. Theieisno belief tint the Uiuguiywill liocnptuied. The naval officer hi piuult would not make any capital bytoogieat i-eal in the dischaige of his duty. August SO. A telegram icceived at tho Xavy De partiiiciit to-day, fioin Capt. Shiipson, comuiaiidlug the steamer Umalia, dated Pauami, August Dili, announced tlie death of Rear Admiral Napoleon Collins, cntn maudiiig the South i'.icilic licet, which oc ciuicd at Callao on the Dili int. Ho died ot ciysipelas. after an illnes? of tlucodays, and was bulled with militaiy honors in tho Piotestant cenictciy at Roll L'sti near Callao. Rear Admiral Read Wordcii is oidercd to the coinnnud of the South Pa cific station, and until his in rival, the command devolve'' on Capt. Simpson The death piomoles Commodore Stephen D. Tienchaid. but don't affect any officer be low that grade, as there ins been oxce.ss of one In tiie li-t of Coiniiiodoics for some month3, on account of the icln-tatemcut of (Jonimndnic .Tulin 0. RoalimolU by Con gress l'i-t session. The law allows hut 23J cifllcvr of the giado nt Coiumnilnio, ....Government, Iris appealed to the Su pieine ('unit fioin the dccl-lnu of the Court ol Claims, wliich nw.ndofl Si'll.fOO gold to the State Xalioti il 1! ink of Ilo-tcu, and lias al-o appealed fiom the decisions on seventeen mitnii utv.iids, iiivoUIng 5.'!00.('.0(l or flOU.OOO. The title to Mie Hot Spilngs piopetty Invlug been decided by tho same court to be' in the I nit d States, tho e'.uui.iuts Inve appe'ihd to the Siijji enio Colli t . . . The l)cp u tun nt ut Ju the is piepiiing papeis to hilngsiiils agiiiist liiinum llrns., of Xew Yoik. who swindled ihe Government nut of &A). (;()() worth ot clothing for the niaiino corps, tnlt will also b. btoiiglit iig-iln-t Capt. Mtulilox, Ihe I'ultid States Inspector. -ItS" I'l'OKJ'IATft. AiiuiihI ID. To-morrow's Cincinnati Filce Cm i cut will contain what it claims is the fullest and inoitcompiehcuslve weather and ciop reports yet published, comprising about .150 special leturus tiom nearly as many counties In Ohio, Indlaiiii, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan and Kentuckcy, with other States-, relating vliletly to wheat, oats, corn and hogs. Of wheat tlie report hull- cites a full aenrrgo In Ohio and ludliiua, the yield some short, and largo losses by rain and very lulei lor quality. In Illinois the crop Is below the average largely, bad in condition and inferior hi quality. In Iowa tlie aceragu Is about as iiual, gener ally harvested In good condition. Some daiuago by blight and othercatisos. Yield urge In many places, llio crop la not full average, nuallty Inferior. Missouri considerably short and damaged. Ken- tuckey yield average, but largely and bad ly damaged. Michigan tiiircrnu. Wiscon sin very s001' r"l' u"(' condition. Oats, laige destruction ami uamage in uiuo, Kentiirkey. ludianaand Illinois and parts nt Missouri, while the average was in-cre-ued, and Michigan, WUeonMn and Iowa show a large production of corn and largo Increase ot average very promising outside of parts of tho Ohio valley, and If ciops mature In the north and noitlivvett will be much gteaier thin usual. WKsr i.Miii.i. August IV. A AVcst India letter says the American Minister, Mr. Bassett, In Port ait Prlncv, dally expects an outbreak among the Hay tien people. He has Gen. Carroll lodged in his house under the protection of the American flag and refu-es to Mtiiender him to Ihe Government. He lias requested the United States Government lo send lit in a miiu-ui-w.ir tor his prntictlon. Mr. R.issetl's lionse Is -uri-oundeil by a guild, vvhod.iilv insult lihu and his family. Cir- oll was" one of the chief leaders of the onlbreak riivutly against the Pi evident and has lieeu condeiiiiK d to death. sotrrm.itN t-oAST. AltKIKt 'JO. Ill the case of the scinvy-sniltlen ship llrcmer, III It lli Consul Rnoki-r. In connec tion vvitli the port phvslclau and other gentlemen, m-ide a caielnl inspection ol tlie stores and provisions on boaid. They report that tliey found abuiid-iiico ot fresh provisions and lime juice of tlie best quality, including dedicated vegetables. cauiK'il meats, etc., and th it no sinp need be better supplied with ueh p'ovl'ions ns aie calculated to in-utu the hea'tli ot tlie ciew. Investigations of tlie clicumstan ces attending upon theleiilul mortality on boaid will be held In a few diys. MKi.it ns:.r- HHI.NTY. O.I7(Uoiiiii1 Doiieniat Aiig"t20.1 On last Wednesday inoinlng, about 4 o'clock, an attempt was made to hum the Piclllc Hotel, of this place, kept by J. .1. Hasklns. Last week three four-liorsi; te-inis, laden w 1th portions of the saw mill intended for tho Slletz Agency, Including the Roller, passed thiough this place. Tho building for tlie Corvallls Allien Fruit Drying apparatus is completed, and the evaporators and machinery arrived last Wednesday, and ate now being placed in position by Mr. .). .1. McFarland, of Si em, who superintended the Salem Di.vcr. Information reached this place on Wed nesday evening, that tho missing mall sack and put of the lost tieaiire, over which rcertaln ncwsiyiners lmvo cre.ited much uunece.ssary sensation, and eau-ed veiy un list censuie noon certain iihiivkiu nls has hecn found beyond Rosebmg, nun oftlio lotiUeis was "baggeu, anil tiirneu State's evidence. This w ill entiicly exou- eiate Air. T. 11. Cox. agiiiist whom the Evening Journal ot Portland has been veiy bitter. In one of our exchanges, icccntly we no ticed quite a "blow" about a laiguegg, butweaie Inclined to think our llentou county hens me a little a-hoad for sie of "ft nit." Last Satin diy. Mr. II Manns placed upon our table a lien s egg measur ing Indies in ciiciiinieience, one way. anil (I" j inches the other. The projector of tlifs'in. millionth egg was un Ili.'ilniii, Houdeli, or olher hl-lalutln foielguer. hut a snnaie built, healthy, genuine Web- foot" lien. AI'Ir'AIUS A'l' At.UAAV. ("lanper, Angii't II). The fall term ot tlie Aibiny Collegiato Institute, Plot. It. K. AVaiieii. PiCsUlent, will oj.ou Monday, epelnhel(i. Prot. K. Moiiltnu, gi.'ulna.le ol tho Uni versity ofViiginli, Ins been appointed Piofes-oi of Ancient and Modem langui ges and ol Matlipnmtlc's, hi the Albany Collegiate Iiitlluti. Mesis. llialn & Sox Inve placed an en gine In their gi.iiu w.uihouse at tho de pot, nun aie now piepr.reu io clean .in iiiu vvhe'it le!t In storo with them. They have also i-oiistiuctcd a number of bins for bulk storage. The Houston lb others have cut all tlHr ihx (150 aeies), and are nmv eugiged In tluiisliing it. The seed being s0 much sllVlller lllall tho coiiiinoil fi IX Feed. iatsi.il only foi'lts oil, rcudci Itsntnewliat (lillieiiir to sivo Dy tin: OlMii ,;" imini.i-is. One field that was tliiashcd by a vlliratn.- yielded ten luisheh to the iicio and so inui li of the seed w.is e urii d out tint the leiimiudir of thectop Is being chill-piled, as w.n the custom je.usngo, hefjio scp-i-i.ilois. Mc's-is. U llllamsoii h.ive t lit Ir stiltctiing iiiiicliluciy ft t up mid on the pieml-es of Mi. M. I til-ton anil llio wo; It of ituilhigaiiii suiteMi g will be uirricd on tluic. Thueiop pioiu'-i's Weil. ntoji vr.tMCi;tc'io:t -ou.;'v. Ill Minro Inilcieihtoiil, August !!).) Courtney Meek hitve-ted J -J acicsof I. ill wlieatthat went '22 Imdiels to tlie acio. Ills oils went '2.1. This wheat was w Intel killed biullv and .Mr. Meek plowed up six acies and left t lie 42 acics -taud be-can't- lie could not get spi lug wheat to sow thegiound. Mr. S. A. llolcomb. ot West Union, tlua-hed his tall wheat last week and it yielded 27 bushels to tlie ncm. Tills wheat was also badly killed by fiee. ing. The (list term of the present collego year of Pacific Unlvcisity and Tualatin Academy will begin on thothst Weilnes diy In next mouth. Slncu last year Pi of. Condon, State Geologist, has been ap pointed to tlie chair ot Xiituial Sciences. Last week there was considerable ex citement raised among tlie Indians in the vicinity of Glcncoe. It is reported that three bucks ran oft' with as tunny squaws Into llio mountains. All of tho squaws and some of the bucks left their loids and wives behind. The Canada thistle Is making 1U ap pcaiance in Washington county. There is a great deal ol fire in the woods which Is liable to do damage If the weather continues dry a tew weeks longer. It has already burned out the shingle camp nt A. " ti-tin, destroying his tools and some twenty thousand shingles on hand. Lns. Including lousuqusiitlll damage, about ?"IOO. i Thk Use of Salt for Stock. A. correspondent of tho Rural Home, re ferring to tho value of salt ns a condi ment for stock, says: "There aro two questions of practical importance to tho farmer: irst, is sun neeueu tome per fect health of our domestic animals in greater quantities than It exists in the general lood? And secondly, Is it de sirable for any reason to give It to our horses nnd cattle? And ono question of gener.il Interest: Is it unhealthy to cat suit in large quantities? I' irht, ttiun, is salt neeiletl in the ani mal economy in lirgcr quantities than it exists in tho ironeral food? In 18ol u French scientist Ivy the name of Bous singault experimented on six bullocks. no treateu mom nil mute in every respect except that three were fed 600 grains of salt each d.iv, while tho other three had no salt. These experiments commenced in October. For six months no noticeable difference appeared; but in tlie .succeeding April a difference was noticed in tlie looks and actions in favor of the nninrils receiving tho saitr which I'ontiiiued to bo more striking, till finally the animals not receiving any suit, appeared sick both as to looks and actions, whilo the others were ns tine in appearance as could ho desired. Mr. Daflley- ot Hns-luiul, tiled similar experiments with sheep, and with tho Mime results. These experiments show very conclusively that animals which are stall-fed need more salt than is con tained in their usual food; and the sup no ution would ho that tlie samo is true of animals which roam tho fields and crop the fresh grass, though the fact that animals In a wild state frequently get no free salt and appear very healthy, would argue the reverse of this. Yet these animals seem to crave salt, ns tho much-frequented salt pools clearly prove; and a natural taste or desire is pretty good evidence of an organic need. Tho general opinion, too, of best farm ers, as indicated by their practice, is no small argument in favor of salt. Yet this argument maybe weakened from tho fact that tlie same solicitude that would givo salt would give other extra care, which would tend to make sleek kino. Hence salt might get too much credit in accounting for tho fine condi tion of salt-fed stock. Yet tho fact of whole herds all through tho country, which look well and yet never get nny freo salt, is tho strongest argument against its necessity. There aro only two solutions to tliis question: Either the animals get tho needed extra salt by licking th earth, or else they would look and do still better wero it a part of their alimont. In the second place, shall we feed our animals suit? I say, emphatically, yes. Wo seo the weight of argument seems to favor its uso as a need, wliich tho animals feel especially when stall-fed; salt can work no injury. It will pay simply in making our ani mals more docileatul nmuiigeable, even wero the argument from organic need entirely wanting Tho Now York Sn lias recently add ed to its press room two new Bullock presses that are capilile, without extra hurrying, of printing 20,(10(1 papers per hour. These, Miys tlie Mini, " comploto tho number of soveu J hillock proves in our press room; and when they are all working wo can turn oil' without ex travagant exertion 1211,01)0 copies in an hour." Tho S'in is tlie most popular Journal in this country, having an average daily circulation of about 12.'), O'JO copies. Tho next largest circulation is that of tiie Phil idelpliin Uilffsr about 811,0(10. The popularity of the Sun is owing to the fact that it gives all that tr inspires in a conci-,o and lead ahio form, and that it is independent and outspoken, truckling to nothing or nobody. For Till" C'I'NTI'NNMAI.. J. O. SWUU 13-u r.. U. .S. Centennial Commiioricr. has secured a canon made by the .Noot ka Indians, (m tent in length anil S feet in breadth supposed lo bo tho Inrge-t nv.-r iiiiwJd. This canoe is boine- nro- l pared il( il tfonglsh Village lor tho -,..,.' -i-nla "jxiunltlon. jvir. bwun will VjUIIIc J I I forvv-ird mv ,''ticKH sent him to Port Tow'iiMMid Yot- tin ExliIl'UUiii freo of cod. to the lienor, and 'C'llt the same to Britl-di ('o'umhia. A pirty of ladle-, in Louisville, TV., were recently overheard ontliusia-tie-ally discu.ssiug u bapti-m. One ic mirl:cd: " Mamie looked perfectly splendid in a magnificent inauve-color-ed Milt." " Mauve-ciiloied! " ejaculat ed another, " why who ever heard ot 'any ono being h.ipiiicd in anything (save whilo?" Oh well," slid the other, j " white will bo well enough for .some 'people, but Mamie never expects to hu Inptised hut once, and siio thought she 1 would get up something stylish. I am I sure nobody has any right to complain at such a thing, when it will probably happen hut once in ono's lifetime" I Ono of the proprietors of the alpaca fac tory In Chutnui-iia. county, Now York, having beon presented with u fine pair of Angoru gouts, nt tempted, It is said, the remarkable feat of takng tho lleeces from their backs and making a fashion able dress of thu wool between sun and sun. Operations were commenced ut himiIhc, nnd nt un eiuly hour in tho after noon the goods wo io ready for tho dress makers. Four ladies then inaduthodress, comploto In every particular, nnd It wus ready for wearing ut sunset. Tho change in tho climate of Colora do is most likely owing to tlie evapora tion of water from tholr systom of irri gation, and its condensation by tho cold night air from tho mountains. Tho days foolng warm and tho nights cool, currents from the mountains sot in toward the valleys at nightfall, and continue until morning. It was pre dicted In early days that irrigation would supereedo irrigation by promot- I lug rainfall. -k,. -TaBBBBWW