Willamette farmer., June 23, 1876, Page 3, Image 3

WILLAMETTE FARMER.
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Growers.
THE CALIFORNIA
FRUIT-DRYER.
IOIVE NOTICE TO ALT. FRCtT GROWERS
that 1 thftll minu.fUtunMhesi mactiliut, iukI haw
Oiflcn-iit .rc for miIi( nil through the FUinnwr ami
Jail, on reicoimblc Auct accommodntiiit; Urii,
TIie iDActiti? iv txhlb'tert ntti operated t the
State lalr of It" nml rticiud a tKmnik'h uudorao
ment Irom a mnotlty f the Hoard oi Manarcri- of
tho State Acrictiliuml Voctvt) who arefuiU sib-trm.!
Itf workiiiL".
The Hlbctnatlinrpnltflhlcil7e Kr uno In ftml
l'e. r lor drxiiiy irint and vegetal e on u tatp
cak.
'I he) drj apple lit lr market in two hour and a
Lair.
They are operated .'limit dtflunlt) mid Aentamtft
lwtulahora i po-tthlt. to t-kpvhtl to niamttniture
dried fruit.
The) ar- within the mean or cut farmer and a
mmprtii) oranUiiik wi h -mult vaphrilcan puithane
IaLh(iUh to do a Irtr'u hntiuei.
The Imeiitor hut liinde untried Imprmemeiir that
"ill he imhodiid in tltc iuiKl)lntp to ec munftKtutel
thif weapon
The machine operated nt the fttio Katr of lt75 wa
toldtoMie, K a. WaIIIiu ol prliii Vmley, Poik
Ctmutv, and operated ui?erttu1) 'j Mr I'ntlwu, who
1 Inu recti d with her in the oKiiard ami it prodtutf,
and tiny endorse it a tnt truly tHiuu-clu!, thouuti ip
rated utiiHr threat ditllcnltfe-, and thej evput tone
it much more Miceeefnlly the comlin; fea-un.
The trult nuiiii'actnrid In Air. Cotton, (dried ap
pic i lately miM by Chart h A, CM . 4o; r'runt t
-an FranclKo, lirae denier, for 14 ta per pound,
Mitl the) pronounce I a irood article.
All frail crow Lr? and perton Interested in the drj
imr and prtMnh enf Iru't-, AOsttaht.'H or un-jitc are
l'ilud to (nrrc-u md nith mc in nlilton p uvhiuttij
fhe-e midline,
Oiderain adance, and delvnatln limn of delhci
jf the mnchinif, w III be punctual!) tilled.
All M.n hint wnrinuiLd to do gut work.
S. A. CLARKE,
April M, ISW. HALBU OK.
BOOTHBY & STAPLETON,
Manufacturers and Dealers In
(Sash, Doors, Blinds, and
BTC. ETC. ,
BRACKETS,
1 And all Kinds of Soroll-Sawing.
i'Jjfcl Utet Improved wood-working machinery to
jSaaanufsctnro the above articles, will offer Inducement
Iffo customer. Al,
.wvinunirnv hwrt W4r?TT.TTtws A3Tk TTTR
WOOD-TUBNING,
In all itt varieties.
Orders from the Country
i Fromptly attended to,
oeand Manufactory, cor. of Front and State street
fesSt SALEM. dwtf
WORTH SALEM STORE.
f -stf W. H,. "WADE,
A T TH BRICK STORK, HAS JUST RKCBIV
JBk v i ed a full assortment of
Gtunral Merchandise,
Dry G-oodSj
trrooenes,
Boots & Shoes,
Hardware,
ClotKing
for the City and Country Trade. Bonebt a,
111 be sold at a SMALL A PROFIT, a,
SELL AT COST. EGootls delh ered tc
ol the rltv free of cbarpe. Novfv
ATTENTION
Sheep Growers.'.'
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JLICSHEEPDIRJl
l1-:.,"i"5 V, '.'4.'.' ti35f
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ggag
MANUrACTUREDl
or
feLffiS
1UNCKR0DT&CC
A SURE CURE FOR
Scab,
Screw Worm.
Foot Bot,
AND ALL
f; Parasites tbat infest Sheep.
TT IS SAFER BETTER, AND VASTLY CHEAP-
I THAN ANY" OTHER EFFECTUAL REMEDY FOR
THE TREATMENT OF SHEEP. IT
Improves the Health
OF THE ANIMAL, AND THE
QUALITY OP THE WOOL.
rT One Mllon Is enoL"h for one bnndrcd to too
h-jnlred Sheep, according to their e, strencth, and
:euaiuon.
It 1 put lip in FIVE-GALLON CANS-Price. 12
t.tr can.
nd for circular, to
T. A. DAVIS &, Co.,
PORTLAND, OREGON,
IVIioleaatle AsciiIh lor tile Mate.
Jr to niir nearest Retail Drnoji't. mill
lALEltt FOUNDRY, &
RXncUino (Sliop,
ALBM, .... OREGON.
B. F. DRAKE, Prop'r.
'EAM ENGINES, SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS,
Reapers, Pumps, and all kinds auil style of lit
lty made to order. KacUlnerv ri paired nt a short
ktc. Pattern-mannj; oore in an us various lormr.
4.U kind! of Brass ami iron uasnnfs.mnufrTOi
t notice. Also, raanHiawDrer of uitrnimir.
M.RR an MATCHER, and STlCKERb and
JRH iinir.wu
rooks & McFarlsuid,
(Successor to French A Co.)
rli'PliCSALB AND T.UMJEALERS IN
ImuaL MerchandisE,
LTonitT of Second and Whloru itrectt.
ViLLES CITY, OBEGOX.
If," SI. J. V. XriBB,
piftlcr'ln
rcnernl 3.rrliHiicllt
ll' A Fl'LL STOCK nt STAPLE nrt FAN
IIUVMlf, t'luthlll!.'. lur,'t"'V
lif.ttr.. UAM.AS. Jr.
uw:Mic. HeoWf I
To Fruit
SHE
5s5&s
SINK1NO OK A HOTKL INTO THE
Earth. The St. IiOuls.ojiTifiof Mity
Jatli, says: "Considerable excitement
wai created in Emt St. Louis lyester
dfty niorninp; on tho dicovury'that tho
Uelleville IIoihc. a two story frame.
just south of the Tittsburg Railroad
tnd Coal Coiiipany's dike, near the
Miuthern limltHof tho city, had disap-1 sexes, and of all age, who have ncce-s
pea red In the qtiicksind. The clrcttni-' to newspaNrsiit home, when conipired
stances coiiuo.'teil with the unusual with thoe wlio have n it, are:
occurrence are ut follows: The house, 1. lietter readers', excellent in pro
which isuoed asu hotel, was built on' nunciation, and consciiuently ic.ul
piles, but, a few days before, showed more uiHlerstim.lingly.
evidences of an inclination to sink into '2. They arc better speller-, and de
the earth. On Tbur.sday night it .sunk fine words with eae .inil accuracy,
about two feet, but the proprietor, Mr. il. They obtain practical knowledge
F. J ccker, not apprehending anything of geography in almost half the time
.seifous, paitl very little attention to tne
matter. On l-riday night, the gue-ts
went to bed as usual, but at a late hour
the clerk, Mr. George lluebner, dis
covered that the premises were iret
tiny rather unsettled, and gave the
alarm. Jlefore the inmates could real
ize what was going on, the building
hud sunk forty-eight feet, carrying
with it ten persons. After consider
able difficulty they were ail rescued
badlv frightened, but not hurt. The
oacK water ironi tne river soon Mir
rounded the place where the house
stood, and would very probably 'have
carried it away if the gable end, all
that i visible, had not been securely
fastened with ropes to term flrma.
Mr. Decker's loss on the building is
about .s-fJ,no(), and on furniture about
1,01)0. The house was recently pur-cha-ed
by its present proprietor, and
in all probability it entirely disappear
ed last night, as very little of it was
visible at a late hour.
Not 1)i:ai)Hi:adi:i). The Secretary
of the Oregon Pioneer Association hav
ing been frequently applied to in refer
ence to the truth or falsity of the report
that "old forty-niners were to be carri
ed free over the Pacilic Railroad to the
Centennial," had a friend apply to gen
eral ticket agent Goodman of the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad, at San Francisco,
for information, The following is the
result of his search: The Central and
Union Pacific Railroad Companies will
make no reduction on tneir lines.
The rates from San Francisco to
Omaha are : First class, sslOO ;
Second class, s,7."; Third class, $io;
currency. Return tickets from
and to New "iork and Philadelphia
can be purchased here forS.w", limited
to two months. This is a reduction of
Si!) on the Eastern lines from Omaha,
below the regular rates. These tickets
can be had at No. a, New Montgomery
sti cot, to go by St. J.oui, and at No.
U'l Montgomery street, to go by CM
carti. The regular faro to New York
is Slits, making tho round trlp$276 cur
rency. This is by far tho simplest and
best plan to adopt by thoso who do not
wish to be limited to two months.
Cattli: on Tin: Continent. Mr.
li. It. Groom tho well-knownJventucky
breeder, is now traveling in Europe,
and in the course of u letter to the
hti'i true Kaitttckian, under date of
Berlin, Miucli ;Wth. expresses tn
opinion that there is a wide field on
tne continent tor tho introduction of
Short-horn. He says:
"eeing this tremendous scope of
country now filled with scrub cattle,
owned by people of great wealth, I feel
well assured that the day is not far dis
tant when the demand for Short-horns
in I'm ope will bo immense. Just now
the meat supply is being discussed in
every principal country in Europe, and
when once understood, the few in
England will he a mere tithe of what
will be needed. The cattle of France
are very small, a slight fawn color.
Around Homo immense herds of cattle
(all a steel grey color) may bo seen
grazing and tho same plowing. At
Naples the cattle are white, with horns
as largo as Texans; but you would be
amused to see the teams, ono a donkey
and a cow, a donkey and a mule, two
donkeys and tin ox, a donkey and a
horse, three donkeys, a donkey and a
woman in fact, every combination
that can be made of these various ani
mals." WinoiiTorPios for Marlet. It
was only a fo years that swine breed
ers were vicing each Other for the
greatest weight of carcass; but this is
now all changed. Hogs that will
weigh oOO pounds aro sold at a less
price per pound than thoso of L'50 to
;llMi pounds. Tho market in England
has long favored light weights. Lon
don it chiefly supplied with pigs of less
than 'JOU pounds weight. And
this
leui leucv ol the market to Dies.
ol tne market
fatted, but of small weight, is just what
weu ,
ine i.miicr Minimi encourage, lor ll Is '
omic llv in t ho I nc nt his interest. It
costs more to make the second hundred I
comes more
Montlily.
expensive. UfCllacrs
I
- ,
rhere is less said about tho artificial
methods of training the grapo than
there ued to be, and thero seems to bo
a tendency to revert back toot mice.,.
tors In the wild state. Instead or train
in.' arms nt regulnr intervals ami de
cldlngjust here each bunch of grapes
shall grow before the wood is
made, the vines are allowed to grow a
limited number of canes naturally,
with a diooping habit, attached in a
very few places to tho trellis or stake.
This seems to check excessive growth
of wood, and the vines aro more eusilv
cared for, beside giving full as good
crops as when trained with tho great
est precision.
j "Come, Pete," .said a merchant to a
' gojitleman of tho colored persuasion,
i "Wliat'll you put that load of wood in
to tho cellar for'."' "In do fuss place mv
name if not Pete, sali: secondly l'so a
proffshnal carpet-cleaner and white
Wslier; lunleinore, I tluesn't compete
for sf.h lobs -ib"'
101 sun.oi.,.m. j
to make the second hundred
pounds of a pig than tho ii.-st, and still ,. .7. ' umereuce, uavanteil the opinion
Lore to m'ako tho thlnl ' liindre
pounds, and so every pound added bo-' S V t.hKT?- "'rfc',!, r ""J5.!"
TlIK IXrLL'ENUi: OK XKWftr.Vl'KIJS.
A school teacher, who had been a
long time engaged in his profession,
and witnessed the influence of ti news
paper upon the mindsof children writes
as follows:
I have found it to be n univcr-.nl f.tet,
without exception, that -cholars oflmth
it require ofotiirc, as tne new-pipci
have made them acquainted with the
location of the important places oi'tlie
nations, their government and doings
on the gl.ibj.
4 They are lieltei'gr.imniaiitin for
having bi'c.nue so familiar with every
variety of styles in the newspapers,
from the common pi tee nilvertUtnent
to tho finished and classical oration of
tho statesman, they more readily com
prehend the meaning of the text, and
constantly analyze its construction with
accuracy
o. nicy write oetier compositions,
using better language, containing more
thought", more clearly and more cor
rectly expressed.
II. Tho-o young men who have
years been readers of newspapers
always taking the lead in debating
cities, exhibiting a more oxtei).
for
are
ive
knowledge upon a greater varietv of
subjects, and expressing their iews
with greater fluency, clearness and cor
rectness. To tiie uninitiated it may seem to
be beyond understanding how it is
that humblest menial in Chinatown
knew here of the small-pov in San
Francisco before any white man knew
it. But the system of police regula
tions is so perfect amongst the Chinese
on this coast, that one of their coolies
cannot lcavo a place and bo absent tiro
hours, without the head of the Com
pany to whom he belongs knowing it.
The Chinese at Astoria, it appears,
were advised of the importation of
small pox at S.in Francico, prior to the
sailing of the John h. Stephens for this
port and were yesterday on tho look
out for some of the Colorado's passen
gers, one of whom arrived here, not
withstanding the report that tho Colo
r.ido was forced to go into quarantine
with all on board. Astarian.
An elderly gentleman, accustomed
to "indulge," entered the room of a,
certain inn where sat a grave friend
by the lire. Lifting a pair of green
spectacles upon his forehead, rubbing
his inflamed eyes, and calling for hot
brandy and water, lie complained to
his friend that "his eyes were getting
weaker and weaker, and that even
spectacle.- didn't seem to doany.good,"
"I'll tell thee, friend," replied tho
(Junker '"what I think. If the was to
wear thy spectacle over thy mouth
for a few months, thy eyes would get
round again."
Stran(;i: Swixr, in' Ei:nti'cicy.
Mr. Hezekiah Ervin, near Sv'hoolsville
in this county, received last week from
John Goodrich, ol Kenton county, a
boar of a strange Dreed. He is perfect
ly black all over, is about (S months old
and weighs 200 pounds. The singular
part is tnnt nts hoots aro UKe a mule or
horse. Ho belongs to a breed that
caino from Africa, and all have feet of
this kind. Clark County (ly.) fiaih
ncral.
An old Scotch woman, wbo-e favor
ite.son was in tho habit of swearing oc
casionally, was censured by her minis
ter for not correcting him. "It's vera
wrong, minister sho admitted; "but ve
maun aloo that it sets iifi" conversation
michtily."
"How like its father it is!"sij,i the
nurse, on tho occasion of the christen
ing of a baby whose father was more
than seventy years of age and who nad
married a young wife. "Very like,"
said a satir.ical lady. "Haiti, and not a
tooth in its head."
Foiity centuries may look down up
sn us from the pinnacle of modern civil
ization without discovering a man bold
enough to hit a woman on the toes with
a tuck-hammer while she is directing
him how to put down a carpet,
A lady who had her dross ti mimed
with bugles before roliur to a ball was
asked by her daughter if the bugles
'said the inothnr, "papa will do that
wouiu mow wneu sue ( ance. u h. no
WIICI1 lie SCCS the bill."
. ' '" m-ki.yk, m nss speech at ma l-'mu
pie, and has been pulled so vigorously, that
tne only explanation in tie made of the fact
is mat mere were Jew to be caugtit. This
view of the case is borne out by the state.
inontjn - t made to the Senate by the Com-
'J!1'" 0Der r Cl,"""", R' tn tuo "ceip's and
In the Treasury Department. The statement
shows a deficiency In receipts from Customs
f.ir thirty years before ls0 at the rate or $
In ?ll),0, and lor the tul lowing fifteen jeari
of only $10 in tlOO.OHO On dlMmrseuients
the dtli;ienuv lor thirty vears previous to
lstJO was fit3 in $10,000, w'hle tor the next
Olteen years It wa only $j In JIOO.OOO,
This Indicates tbat we are not going abso
lutely to the bad, and that while we might
be better than we are, wo are considerably
better, in seme regards, than we have been.
X, 1. Tones.
Alas! little does the world know how
many a broken heart is hidden under a cold
aud stern demeanor of the lace; little does It
dream of the angul.h that i stilled by the
rigid Up of pride, or what feepngs lie buried,
but alle forever in the uesri ol those whom
it looks at daily, as monumeuls of hard, mi
sympathizing elilbne. It 1 written.
...";r"" ":""."" "'." """ uuwiiiiunig
r.very neart kuowetn Its own bitterness;"
f,Dd lllt conceal ment has been ordained by
me same wisdom which has yiven to us the
knowledge of lU tact.
! SOME APPLES OF A CENTURY.
RptrnsppctivelnvswtiKHtlon liv tslinrors In
nnv branch ofHclenueor art, are often nee-o-sarr
in order to prevent them from ln-cmn-Ini:
too ecotlslir.il mill oonrtileut In their real
orMippostHl ailvnnoeroent.
Our pouioloRists are not wholly free from
n taint nr MMiMitnilitlon oftlmlr (jrou pro
urex, nd while we are not dlspooil torlipck
enthusiasm, which teniN to protun'n tho
hRipln nr wellartt of I he masse or even
t... II. .1.1 ....!.. ..till I. .... .,.-,, 1,1. .lIlll&U 1,1 tllld
i lll'IM I'lUtlls, 1.LII1 lb lll J I'" ' ' --, I
our CVn-ennlal vear, to lake ft rtroivtlve
ulsnoeoier the pt centnrv and note nin
of the lintior ant changes whVli hare taken
il,cein the proil notion of certain kinds ol
Irnlt
TiiuHpple bnlnir one "f tlio most familiar
and valua'de trnlt in K.impn and Ann-rlcH,
tl well renreMiiiN our iirnnrHss in pninolnKV
ueneraMv I' ts iiWnver line hundred . earn
I since thf lil on l'ii"'i apple orli;ln'e.i;
as ii I- siippweil. In Kiiwlxud for In 1775
I thpr- were rutted tree" of it for sale In the
tiroiuptnu nurseries propicnti-a irom me
original tree u-riiAing at Kibstnn Hall, near
KnMrestioroiili
We name this varity not nnlv on account
of the re-tit popiiiaiicv'whicli it ha- stuceob
tained. but because throuirli its once appar
ent decline In Knisland for a period of vear,
cainetbeolt di-.etied theory of natural de
terioration of all uultlxated fruits.
For some unknown caue, nearly all the
trees in K'ltiland were, during the early part
ol tne present century, Bll'ecled ilh a dis
ease which bid ftlr tor a while to prevent the
further propagation or culture oi this then
famous apple.
Thos. Andrew Knight, a noted V lgllsh
pnmulogi:, while trying to discover the
cau-eoi the dUease, catne to the conclusion
tliattlni llibstnn Pippin was really dying of
old hi'p, mid all of its progeny must necessi
rily g with their parent. Singular, and we
miglit almost kr- absurd, as Mich a theory
was, there were nutty to accept it as a true
solution ol' the my.sterv which surrounded
tiie decline of this old and popular variety.
A lew ve.irs later, however, we find the
Kib-ton Pipuin acatn recommended as one
of the ery bdst varieties in cultivation, and
to tills day it Is seldom ItTc out of Ihe most
elect list of dessert apples.
Its introduction into this country dates
from almost its first advent into orchard cul
ture in I'nglauil.
For one hundred years this apple has
ranked among iho bast, and the late A. J.
Donning said that In Groat Britain It stands
as high as the lUnk of FJnglund,
In this country it has never been valued
as highly as In its native clime; still we
think a variety wMch can show so old and
valuable a lecord Is worthv of being plnced
nigh up in the Centennial Hoi 1 of Honor.
Tho old Rhode Island Greening, Newton
Pippin, IUidwin, Tompkins County King,
and many other popular sorts, will probably
remain in cultivation ana bo exhibited at
our bi-centenary celebration, Forour part,
experience shows that there is little room
fur progress, except in the production ol
varieties adapted to certain conditions or oil
males. In seeking this, quite a isarkad
progress has been made dining the past I'ow
years, and m no one direction is It more ap
parent than in what are termed Sibeilan (or
Crab) applet It Is not unnv years since our
list of these apples was made up of a half
dozen small and scarcely edible sorts, raised
f'roji the small wild applo of N'oithern
l.u rope.
The varieties of the common Pjnis mains
having in the main proved too tender for the
more northern and northwestern States, our
nomologists were compelled to seek a more
harrtv specie", and this wa found la the
J'yrus irnntulia, or Siberia,, cra5 BpDe.
For a number of years ..nly acid varieties
were produced, and some of our fruit grow
ers began to despair of asweot sort in this
species; but it came at last, nnd now there
are several very excellent onea in cultiva
tion. One of tho very best, if not the best,
In the Van Wyck. It orlglnateu near Fish
kill, N. York, and was Hrst brought to not
ice and described by us 18(50 Since that
time it has been propagated and widely dls.
semlnaletl. We have Hcveral trees of it
growing in our grounds, and they give
promise of being very vigorous and pro
ductive. The Van YVyek is quite largo for a Siberi
an, the skin white shaled and mottled on
the side exposed to the sun, with light red.
The llesh is tender, sweet and rich. HI pens
In Srptember and Outnber. We consldor it
one of the most beautilitl and valuable of
a 1 the sweet sorts. i.-.
TO MY SI8TER NETTIE.
" Heaven's bright gates atejust belore thee:'1
Ye-, I know they are very near,
But the way seems dark and dreary,
And my soul is tilled with fear.
" Heaven's bright gates am just bsfora thee:"
Yes, but the clouds obscure my view,
And shut nut the hidden glories
Which are so olien seen by you.
" Heaven's bright gates aro just before Ibee:"
Ye, bat, oh! I'm longing to see
Through the clouds and mists that cather
Between those pearly gates and me.
Hut be still, my soul; bo patient;
Catit than not wait one little day?
Surelr, II thou't still be faithful,
G'jd '.vill drive those clouds away,
Thon, wMi my heart on God relying,
I'll look for mystio gates of light,
Though tho clouds of doubt seem trying
'lo shroud them from my sight.
Then onvard be my cry; press on,
Till Christ, the fate, tho Truth, the Way,'
Shall Kuldo my erring soul aright,
And givo tne life and endless day.
A. II.
BABY ARITHMETIC.
These i retty verses will be especially wel
ckiiih to " lawired family people," who have
their own Hosebud to love and cherish:
Itosebud, dainty and fair to see,
('lower ot all the world to me,
Come tins way on your dancing tubt
Say, how much do you loe mu, swet?
Mod little mouth drawn gravely down,
While brow wearing a puzzled Iruwu,
WUe Utile baby Kuse U she,
Trying lo measure her love lor me.
"I love you all the day and the night,
All the dark and sunshine blight,
All the candy in every store,
All my dollars, aud more aud more,
Over the tops of the mountains high,
All the world, way up to the sky."
A Comi Skkms a small akiaih. Most
people neglect it. Who minds It? Yet a
Cold may turn lo Consumption, and then
lollows almost certain deth. Better lake a
Cold iu time bv iixlng Dr. I). Jayne'n Kxpec
torant, the well known standard remedy lor
Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Ai-tt'ina, liron
chilis, and all Pulmonary Couiplainis, and
your Cold will disappear, as well as all ap
prehension ol ilsniier.
London relucts lo name one ol her street
after Washington, but who cares? America
has oo towns, jso parks, '.Mm streets and
1,100 ho'eU and saloons named after him,
Our Salmon Fisheries.
It is not dlflleult to predict that at no very
distant day the salmon fisheries or the
l'ailtio Coast will roturn to the country an
lmtniH revenue, and lhat the yield of
salmon from the various streams now stock
ed and being stocked will be enormous.
Tho Attention of some of onr wealthy men
iias wen given to toe matter, and Uovernor
Staiilonl and Charles Crocker have rendered
vst service to the State by their successful
eirorts in pmpogatlng salmon in the various
rivers and lakes.
Tlieolliclal statistic of the Government
tlsherles on the Mc Cloud river pro-entsomn
astonishing Hures. IHrlni tho past year
It W estimated that S tHtil.OOO salmon have
been hitched In these lislinries, the eggs for
which weighed eight ions. This establish
ment Is the largest nr its kind In the world,
and from it nil inn rivers and lakes In tint
I nlted States will eventually be s'ocked
with salmon.
Governor Stanford, at his own expense,
ordered a million young salmon, and Charlos
('rocker a half million Haifa million ol
these have alresilv been turned loose in tho
Sacramento liver, and Ihe balance will soon
be set lien. Mr Crocker has sent a quarter
of a million to l.ske Tahoe, whore It Is said
thev are doing linelv. Bv ihe close of the
present year more than 'J 000 000 salmon will
have been turned loo6 Into the streams of
California, which will certainly be sufficient
lo supply the fisheries for inauy a year,
without diminishing the number In the
least. The value oi this industry mar be
(fathered Irom the lact lhat last year 20,000,
000 pounds ot c timed salmon were shipped
Irom Ihe varleus canning establishments on
the Columbia river In Oregon, Sue. Ire.
TittiOnititN- tc mi: Cn.NiKNNur, Cum:
I'.iiAttoN. Tho idta of a grand na'lontl
celebration in commemoration of Ihe oiih
hundredth mmlver'-ary ot the Declaration of
Independence was repeatedly alluded lo lu
fourth of July orations and lu paraprauhs
which appeared In the public newspapers
from time to limo in tho various parts of tho
Union. Among thoo who wero promlueur
in tlieso newspaper suggestions may be
named tho Hon. John lllirelow. of New
Yoik, General Norton and Prof. Cnmpbell,
of Indian i.
The suggestions on Iho subject of a dem
onstration bellttlng the glorious event were
reserved for a Philadelphia!! to make in a
formal lettor addressed to Goneral Grant,
President of the I'nlted States, datod July
18V.!. This person was Col. M. Kicliard
Muckln, ot the Philadelphia Lcthci; who,
iu tho letter spoken of written on the eve of
hlsdepirture for Kurope, in July of that
yer, designated very appropriately the olty
of Philadelphia as the location were such a
celebiatlon should and could bo held with
Falrmoutit Park as the silo wherein the
prominent acts or lea to res of the celebration
or festivities should take place. This beinu
aeven years prior to the lime of celebration
in 1S7IS was deemed by many to have been
premature, and therefore little attention waa
given the subject until a latter period, when
the city authorilii-a moved in Ihe matter.
A Family Journal. In a certain farm-
"house twenty years airo a great blank book
was Kept, aim labelled Home Journal."
Every nig.it somo one made an entry In It.
Father set down the sale of the calves, or
mother tuo cut of tho baby's eye-tooth: or,
perhaps, Jenny wrote a full account of tlm
sleighing party last night, or Bob tbe pro
ceedings of the Phi Beta club; or Tom
scrawled " Tried my now gun. Bull v. Shot
Into tbe fence and Johnson's old cat."
On toward the mlndle of the book there
was an entry of Jenny.'a.marriage, aqd one
of the younger girls had addod a description""
of the bridesmaids' dresses, and long after
ward there was. written, "ThU day father
died," In Bob's trembling hand. There was
a blank of many months after that.
But nothing could have served better to
blud that luiully of headstrong b iys and.
girls together than tho kooplng of ibis book.
They coiiw back to tiie old homestead now,
men and women with gri.zlid hair, to see
their mother who is still living, and turn
over its pages reverently with many a heirty
laugh, or the tears coming into tlielr eyes.
His their childhood come ba"k again in vis
ible shape. .S'ci timer's Mmithhi,
Somebody has been at the trnnhls of con
densing a great deal of iiilbrnuiloti about
wheat culture, as lollows, into a very small
compass:
1. Tho best soil for wheat is a rich clay
loam
li. Wheat likes a good, deep, hoI'i bod.
." Clover turned under makes fust such a
bed.
I Tho best seed Is heavy, oilv, plump
ami clean.
fi. About two indies Is the best depth for
sowing the seed.
li. The drill pn's in tho seed better and
cheaper than bread-casting.
7. From the middle otVSeptemhcr until
tho last of October Is the best time to sow, '
8. If drilled, one bushel of seed er acre;
If sown broadcast, two bushels. i
9. Ono heavy rolling alier Bowing doe
much irood.
10. For Hour, cut when the griln bo'lns
to harden; lor seed, not until It lias harden
ed, .
Jake was heard culling across the fence lo
his neighbor's son, n colored youth who
goos to school at the Atlanta colored univer
sity: "Look hyer, boy, oa goos to school,
don't i er ? "
' VoS, sit," replied Iholnv.
" Glttiti' eddykashun, ain't jor?"
"Yes, sir."
" lirnin' 'rlthmotick and llggorln' on a
slate, eh? "
" Yos. sir."
" Woll, It don't lake two wholo days to
make a hour, do it ?"
W'v no! " exclaimed tho boy,
"You was gwlne to bring dat hatchlt
bick in a hour, wsrn't yoi?"
"Yes, sir"
" An' it's bin two days senceyer borrowed
it. Now, what good's eddykashiiii gwlne Kir
do you thick-rkulled nlgiters when yer go lo
nunoni wuiiio year an' uen can i tell now
long it lakes to Intch back a hatchl ? ' At
lanta Cmiililutiiiu.
The ravages ol diphtheria iu Australia
have been so extensive within the last lew
years lhat the (iuvenimeiii ollered a larij,,
reward lor any certain method of cure; iciflv
among other re-pouses to this was one U
Mr. Ureathead, who at llrst kept this melhodo
a secret, but atlernard ooinmunlcaled it
freely to the public. It Is simply the ua of
sulphuric sold, ol which four drops are.
diluted iu Ihree.lnurtha nt a tumbler water,
to be adminlntercd lo a grown person, and a
smaller doe to children, at Intervals not
specified. The result is said to be eoagula,
tlon of the diplherillc membrane and Us,
readj removal by coughing. It is assorted
that where Die case Is thus treated, aud has
not advanced lo a nearly lata! termination
the patient .recovered in almost every In
stance. The age ol ex liovernnr William Allen, or
Ohio, which lat autumn was ihe nubecl of
so many Jokes on the partof the Iteptiblicau
press, is now reported to have been proved
by the record in his lamlly bible to be only
seventy-three years.