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Bwww v ""ZnBPpSpP :- ,-i '$r' " pWrca rsaa.:qg WILLAMETTE FARMER MP i n i ;' I ' ' ' " .' " "' i irri"TrirT'rM-iniiiwnii.i in-' .-.--. . .-. ?-, minium iw ' i Agents for tbe Willamette Farmer. Albasj JF. lUnnen Amity 0 K Octchell Bethel LB Prazer UuenaVita Wm Wells, J W Uobatt Hntte Disappointment S Hundfaltcr Brownsville W It Kirk Dnttevillo Jf Bachelder Canyon City D 11 Klilnehnrt Canyonvllle O W Colls Cole's Valley W 1) Clarke Cottage Grove -I II Shortrlilge Core FMioemaker, UK Kendall Corrallls E Wod.ard Creswcll Hosroo Knox Clackamas W A Mills Camp Creek Gltllnmmcrsley Dallas J D l.ee. D M Gntlirio Drain's Kruweon & Drain Damascus K Forbes Dayton E C Hadivny Dalles S It Brooks East Portland Jacob Johnson Empire City TD WlnchcstiT Elkton A B Haines Kageno John Mcdiing Fox Valley A D Gardner yalrrlcld ,1.1 UIcmidb Forest Grove S Hughes. W L Curtis Goshen J Ilamlsakcr lcrvals sheppanl & Gaines Greenville J 1' Fierce Ilalsey T J Black HoodBlver WP Watson ' Harrlsbmg Hiram Sruilh Hlllsboro ALnelllcR Hepner Monow & Hcrreu Independence W )j Kodiln Junction Smith. Braefleld & Co., W L Lemon Jacksonville M Peterson Jefferson W F West Kellosir's AB Kellogs Lewlsvllle J 51 Bewley La Grande S Ellsworth Lafayette Dr Poppleton. A B Henry Lebanon S II Claughton Meadowvllle It K Lansdale HcMinnvllle A Reld Mitchell A IIBrcyman Monmonth W Watcrhonso Needy Win Moreland New Era J Casto Newcllsvllle PF Castleman North Yamhill DC Stewart Oakland J A Merlin:; Oswego Alt Shipley Ott J II Schroedcr OrczonCity it Bacon Ochoco JII-Doutliit Femileton W A Whitman Peoria SD Haley Portland S P Lee, Agent State Granso Prlneevllle O II 1'rlnglo Perrydale JlcGrcw's Storo IUckreal FA Patterson Bosebnrg Thos Smith Scio lnlucfc Morris, ThosMnnkers Sllverton Alah Brown Shedd's WM Powers, Clt Wheeler Springfield AG Hovey Sprinirwattr JHLewcllen Sublimity John Downing Bweetllome Ben Marks Sheridan JB Morris Pilot ltock K Gilliam Ten Mile RM Gnrney Turner B A Witzel Vancouver SW Brown, BBDenure Wheatland LC Forrest Willamctto Forks M Wllklns Walla Walla JF Brewer Woodburn Jlatthlot Bros Waldo JC Elder Willow Folks ACI'tttcys Yoncalla J It Ellison, RS Applejato Zona D J Cooper S Qofl", General Agent for Eastern Oregon. FRUIT TggEES I Prices to Suit tlio Hard Times ! Woodburn Nursery, 'OT0083UZIZ?, SttARSCSS' CO., ORSBOXT. A Choice Selection ot Fruit, Shade, - Ornamental ..AKT).. Nut-Bearing Vines, and Shrubbery, Pium and Prune TrfpR. ;c!j Constantly o:i E3a:s:l. ADDRESS, J. F. SETTLEHIES, Woodburn. Send for circulars, eepKtf ATTENTION sSHEEP GROWERS'! A SUVJE CUKE FOK Scab, Screw Worm. Foot AND- ALL not, Parasites that infest Sheep. TT Id SAFER, BETTEI ', AND VASTLY CHEAP TUAH ANVT OTHER EFF BCTOAL REMEDY FOB TUB TREATMENT OF SB BEP. IT Improves the Health OF THE ANIMAL, AND TUB QUALITY OP T HE WOOL. tW One gallon It enough for t ne hundred to tno bnn-red Sheep, according to their ee, trength, and condition. It U put np in FIVK-OALLON C INS-Prico, 13 per can. Send for circular, to T. A. DAVIS & Co., PORTLAND, OREGON, Wholesale AeeuU for tbe Wtate, Or to Tonr nearest Retail Dnutsitt. mrr) STATE AGENCY roa ma &$& "$An tefii MANUrACTUS"j:yv? Patrons of Husbanclry. Front Street, near Flanden' Wharf., I .TERTIANS, - - - onEGttlf.l Addreu all cotamonlcatiooi to B, Y. LEE, Asest. I MARK THESE FACTS ! ME TESTIMONY OF TOE WHOLE WORLD. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. S"Let tho suflbrirjgnnd diseased read the following. fl"Let nil who havo been given u p by Doo tors, and spoken of as incurable, read too fol lowing. jEflIiet all who cMn bellevo facts, and cm hit vh faith in evident'", rtad Mih follnwIriK. Know alt, jibn ijy tiikmi mrsKNTS, That, on this, the Twentieth duy tif Jone, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun rirod and Bixty-six, personally otivie Joseph Hnydock, to mo known as Mich, and being duly Mvorn, deposed n follows: "That ho is tbu solo ccnernt agent for tho Uultort States and ilfpendoncieH thereof lor procurations or medicine known us Dr. Holloway'H Pills and Ointment, and thitt the following certlil c.ue we verbatim copies to tho best of his kuuwledgo and heliet". JAMKS SMEITKE, L. s Notary Public, 14 Wall Street, Now York'. Junij 1st, IS60. Dr. IIolloway: I take uiy peu lo write you of my great relict, and that the awful pain in my side has lelt uie at last thanks to your Pills. Oh, Doctor, how thankful I atu that I can get some sloop. 1 can never write it enough. I thank you again and again, and am sure that you are really the friend of all sufferers. I could not help wri ting to you, and hope you will not take it amiss. JAMU3 MYERS, 110 Avonue D. This is to certify that I was discharged from tho army with Chronio DlarrhrcJ, and have been cured by Dr. Hollowav's Pills. WILSON HARVEY, New York, April 7, 1SG0. 21 Pitt Street. The following is an iuterestlug caso of a man employed In au Iron Foundry, who, in pouring melted iron into a flask that was damp and wot, caused an oxploslou. Tho meltod iron was thrown around and on him In a perfect showoi, nnd ho was burned dreadfully. The following certificate was given to mo, by him, about olght weeks after tho accident: New Ycihk, Jan. In, ISliS. My name is Jacob lljrdy; I am an Iron Founder. I was badly burnt by hot iron In November last; my burns healed, but I had n running sore on my leg that would not heal. I tried Uollowny's Oiutment and it cur'd mo in a few weeks. This is all true, nnd anybody can seo tno at Jackson's Iron Works. 2d Avenue. J. HARDY", 119 Qoerch St. Extracts from Various Letters. "I had no appetite; Holloway's Pills gavo men hearty one." "Your Pills are marvellous." " I sond for another box, and keep thorn in tho hotio." "Dr. Holloway has cured my headache that was chronic." " I gave one of your Pills to my babo for cholera morbus. The dear littlo thing got well in a day." " My nausea of a morning is now curod." " Your box of Holloway's Ointment cured me of noises in the head. I rubbed some of your ointment behind the cars, and thenoiso has lea." " Send mo two boxes, I want one for a poor family." " I enolose a dollar, your prlco is 25 cents, but tho mediclno to mo Is worth a dollar." " Send ino five boxes of your Pills." "Let me havo three boxes of you r Pills by returu mail, for Chills and Fovor." 1 have over 200 such Testimonials as these, but want of spaco compels me to conclude. For Cutaneous Disorders. And all eruptions of the skin, this Ointment Is most Invaluable. It docs not neal exter nally alone, but penetrates with tbo moH searching effects to tho very root of tho evil. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS Invariably euro tho following diseases: Disorders ot'llio Klilnt'js. In nil diseases uflbcting tbiho organs, whether they secrete too much or loo little water; or whether they bo Blllicted with Hlono or gravel, or with achts and piins fet tled In the Joins over tho regions ot tho kid neys, the'-o Pills should bo taken according to tho printod direction, and tho Ointment .should bo welt rubbed into the small of the back at bed time. ThU treatment will givo iiliuos; immediate) rll:t' whft "lt other means havo fatllod. For Klomnclis out or Order. No medicine will tn effectually improve tho lone of the stomach as theo Pills; they reniovo all acidity, occ-Monod either by In ifiuperanca or Improper diet. Thfy reach tbo Jlv-r anil reduce it to a healthy action; tliuv aro wonderfully fiftlcacious in cases of bpasm In liict they nover 1ml in curiug all uitoroc'is oi me liver una siomacli, lblloiray'i Pill ate the Ust re.ixU'j Inoicn In the icoiiiijvr me jotwuiicj uueum: Ague, D-blhly, Aithina, lilllotli Com plaiuts, IJlotoheson tho Skin, Bowel Com plaint, Collet, Constipation of the IJovhiI", Consumption, ItiUamuidtlou, Jaundice, Liver Coin plaint?, Lumoauo, Plle, Kheumatixni, Retention of Urine, jiropny, Dytentery, Ktysipelas, l''oiiialo Iirogu laritlCH, Fevers of all kind, Fits, Uour, Headache, Indirection, htono A Gruvol, Secondary Symptoms, Tic-Doloureux, Tumors, Ulcers, Veneral Affec tions, Worms cf all kinds, Weakness from any cause, iVo. Scrofula, or KIiies'h Evil, Sore Throats, IMPORTANT CAUTION. None are gonuino unless the slfrnatnro of f. Haypock, as agent for tho United Htatcs, Bitrrounds each Ixjx of Pills, and Ointment. A. handMuno roward will bo given lo any ors Tfmilt-tintz such information as may lead to too leiocuon or any party or parlies cotin lorfeitliK the medicines or vending the sains, kuowing them to bo fourlous. V So'd at tho Mnnufactn'ry of Professor UowriVAV A to,, ov Ymk, and by all rail ectablc Druppsts and Dealers In Medi clno throuRUOut the civlll.od norld, In box t at 'Jfi neutx. 6'i cents, and i each. ir There ft conIderablo eavjujf hy tak ing th larscr iv'zes. J JI DlrfctiOiV for the guidance Of pa 'lentf Ja every tlfi-'udcr are attixed to each DOX. ItrJJJ, I James Davidson. When n Rood man (elides to the land of sleepers tbe community loses an ornament a benefactor, and a citizen. Leading a long and useful life, respeoted as a citizen and honored as a man, our loss seems a double one. When, however, the full-blown rose tails, we weep nor, Decanse It nasfulnlled ita mission. So tbe good man, in passina from n world of sorrow lo one of ppaco. James Davidson was born lu 1702, in Kentucky, in a then almost wlldorness, known since as Barren county. He passed his youth nt home, on tho farm. uer now G1iikow, and re celveil the rudiments of an KagUb educa tion In a log school-house, tho only kind then that adorned the wilds of Hear Wallow, Mammoth Cave, lUrren, and Green Klver regions. In this splendid couutry lie passed his boyhood, inheriting a line constitution and a tlno intellect. Foroincst with tho ritle, foremost In school, and foremost In tho chase, he grew up with n vigorous physical orKaul zitlon. In tho war of 1S12-'15 he was among the Kentucky volunteers who fought tho Btltish aud Indians on the Thatns, in Can ada, when 'fecum'eh lell and Proctor ran away. Ilttiruhi home, he etigaged lu the active service of life, btcomiug a vigorous and efficient business uiau. In 1817 he mar ried Miss Amelia Anient, of Blue Springs Barren co., Kentucky. He, with his bride, moved to Qreensburg, on Green river, in Green county, Kentucky, and was actively engaged In building up the then littlo town of Groensburg. In 1823 ho wont with his family, two sons and a daughter, to Nash ville. Tennessee, where he bought property and built extensively, and was making mo ney fast, when his oldest daughter, Lauret ta, died. Disconsolate for the loss of his child, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1829, but01slikedthethon,Bs it was called, French hole. Iu 1830, he went to Carrollton, Illi nois, where many of his relatives were II v. ing. He purchased a farm near Carrollton, and lived there for six years. In 1S3C he was amonc tbe pioneer settlors of Burlington, in the Black Hawk Purchase, now Iowa. He was .Ttisdce of the Peace there for souio years, discharging its duties rightfully and honorably. He bought ex tensively of town property, buildlnc a lino brick block m the most central location of that now splendid city. He also bought and improved a tine tract of land in the Missis sippi bottom, twelve miles north of Burling ton. Here he and his family lived several years, eiifoyinir all tho blessincs afforded by the rich alluvial toll, inndo by tho dobrls of tiiat great river, tno father or Waters." Though this was a noble f.u-m, it was sickly, and hero ho lost a beloved daughter, Mary. In sorrow for bis child, ho returnod to liur llugtou, buyins nineteen acrci adjoining town, making a beautilul "rural home." With this and his fino brick block iu tho city, ho lived comfortably, educatlnc his sons and daughters, Bnd rendoring himaolf useiui in evory uocorauio way as a citlzon. In 1815, his two sons, A. F. Davidson and J.iuios O. Davidson, being lull of advonturo, started for Oregon in April, and, after a long and arduous trip over tho plains, airivod in the Willamette valley In September follow ing. A. F. Davidson traveled tho entire win ter of lSlo-'G through tbe Willamette valley, drawing maps,and making notes of tho 'Gar den of the Pacltlo Slope,' returning to Bur lington in the fall of 1S46. Thero he deliv ered lectures on Oregon, the route, Indians, etc. The result was, a tine emigration camo out In 1847, called tbo " Iowa emigration. " James Davidson, of Burlington, was weal thy, and splendidly situated, but sold his ' rural home" and town property, and in tho spring of 1817 started for Oregon. His son, A. F. Davidson, having been to Or egon, and knowing tbe route, no fears wero entertained ingoing to that then far-off coun try. Haying made all tho arrangements for tho trip, Mr. Davidson, with his wile, his sons, A. F. Davidson, Charles H. Davidson, and T. L. Davidson, n boy, and his daugh ters Laurlndn J. Davidson, and Fauule, n child, and W.S. Barker, who had married the oldest daughter, Aurolia Anne, all left for the Paoiilo slope. Leaving Burlington, Iowa, April, 1847, they camo over tho long journey with mulo and ox teams, arriving at Salem, Oregon, in October following, mak iugnearsix months on the road. Now, tho "Iron horso" snorts over tho plains in a week I What a revolution! All in thirty years! The routo to Oregon then wasardu ons, requiring energy, patience, courage, and groat command. All thc3o noblo qual ities Air. Davidson possessed In a high de gree Ho enjoyed tho scouory on tho long road. Tho MisHOiui river, tho prairies of now Kansas, tho lteptibllcau and Illuo riv ers, Platto river, Its plains, its slmllow, Msn dy waters, the buft'.tlo, antelope, and other game, tho littlo dog towns, Ash Hollow, the Sioux Indians on Platto, tho Castlo Chim ney ltock, ScoU'a Bliiir-i, Fort Liramle, the Black Hill, tho ltocky Mountains, tbo spring?, rivers, cieeks, buttes, ' toapholes." Swbotwater, Its levl plains atnnui; the big piles of granito, ludependpuco ltock, tho Dovll's Gate, tho I',ieilio Spring, tho South Pass, Wind Itlyer mountains, Littlo n:ul Big Sandy, Green Klver, Urcenwood'd Cut-oil a forty-mllo stretch of sand and bills with out waior, terrible on man and bo i Hi; Hoar Jllver, boiln Springs, Fort Hall, tho Ameri can Falls on briako ltlver, etc., clo. And, then, another portion of tho route deserve 'i cur attention. It Iscallfd IhoSouth ern, or "Applegato's routo." This route Mr. Iuvldfon camo through to tbo Willamette, At a urejui oillod then Cigar Creek, two or iMinpj below the American falls ot Sriako uner, mo umilonui road turns oil couth, and tho Oregon road keeps on down tho reeky plalu to tho FiHg-, and down Soafco ilvor. 'i lie California road passes tho hoadwatoiHcf (Joo-ocrtok and Hock crtek, thenco down the branches ot Humboldt Into that splendid valley. Tho Humboldt was then a wild laud, lull of Indians, sago brush, tall grasi, and huge masses of granltn. It has every an- peiranco of being an old bashi, far olderthan tho mountains around it. Thiazide of tho inl: of tho Humboldt, the Oregon road runs oil west, over a mudy, rocky desert, for foriy milen, to Black ltock; thence to Canon oroek, Goosb lake, Pitt lake. Losl river, Klamath lake, Klamath river, Itoguo river valley, a lovely country, then Grave cre6k, tbe Can yon, Umpqua; south and norlh forks, the Calapooia mountains, aud last the Willam ette, ino uHauiuui laua. The reason ho had for going the Southern routo was, he desired to sen Humboldt valley, Gooso lake, Klam ath, Itogue river, Umpqsa, ito. His curiosity was gratilled. The Indians were quite bad on Humboldt, running oft nd killing some cattle. At or near Black ltock many cattle were lost In tho night drive. Some of them were found next day. This wan an awful drive, terrible on men, women, and chil dren, and death to many valnabln anlninlii. Black ltock will long be remembered by tho emigration of '. At Klamath lake, the In dians attacked tbe company in tbe night, wounding many cattle and shooting Henry Williamson wlih an arrow In thejwriet. The company wero attackod by Indians in a lit tle hollow near Grave creek. Tho arrows p4od through several wairon covers. Inlnr. nig no fine. Several dojr,s wreeton tho In dians In tho brush. Tho Indians left, but the dogs came back with arrow in n..., Arriving at the celebrated Canyon celebra ted for woe endured by emigrant nr M0 tbe company camped and every able-bodied man worked for three days on the road tfan ufcb tbe Canyon, and In the one day tbe most of the company came through to South Umpqua. Captain Scott, an old pioneer nnd settler of Umpqua, was tbe pilot from Fort Hall to tbe Willamette. Scott was a good man; full of energy and from his knowledge of the route, of great srrvlce the emigrants of '47. Mr. Davidson was well pleased with Rogue river valley and Umpqua; and so well pleased with tho Willamette that he at once pronounced it the "Garden of tho Pacific Slope." He settled In Salem and bought largely of ton u property. He settled inba Inn and bought largely of lawn property. Hn also bought a claim of GI0 acres of land ntar Salem, lived on it for four consecutive years, and procuro a patent from tho Gov ernment. Ills son, T. L. Davidson, now lives on the old homestead. James Da vidjon tho man, James Davidson the citizen, James Davidson the soldier and patriot, James Davidson thn plonneorof Or euon is no more. Dying in Salem Soptombor 17, in his 85 year; be will long be remem bored by bis frionds and countrymen. A. F. D. CHOICE RECIPES. Citlor Wine. Tho cider for tills pur poso should not be mndo until Decem ber, when it should bo barreled and placed in a vault or a cool collar, aud left to remnin there until February or early in March, whon it should bo bot tled, using champagno bottles, woll corked nnd wired; the cork should bo driven down to an eighth of an inch of tho mouth, so that tho wiro can grasp it. Uso good-sized copper wiro, which will require only onco passsiug over tho cork, provided it is well secured around tno head of tho bottle. Then return tho bottled cider to tho cellar, laying tho bottles, on thoii sides, and it will keep for years. Bo sure that tho bottles aro thoroughly clean, which must bo attended to just boforo tho bot tleing begins. Sonio persons and it is tho method of tho North Jorsy "cham pagno" cider makers filter tho cider through sand boforo putting away in barrels. It is truo this removes all sed iment, but wo cannot porcoivo that it adds to tho ilavor or keeping qualities of tho cider. Fig Pudding. Eight ounces of bread ctumbs, six ounces of bcof snot, one teacup of warm milk, two eggs well beaten, four ounces of llgs, four ounces of lump sugar. Tho llgs to bo verv finely minced and put into milk, anil placed by tho ilrosido until tender: then tho other ingredients to ho well mixed together and boiled four hours. Servo with a sweet sauce. Half-pay Pudding. Tako n quarter of a pound of llnoly chopped suot, tho same of grated breadcrumbs, currants, raisins nnd Hour; to thoso add two tablespoonfuls of treaclo and half a pint of milk; all of which must bo woll mixed together and boiled in u mold for threo and a half hours. Servo with wine or brandy sauce. Grape Jam. Soven pounds of grapes and three and a half of sugar. Stem tho grapes.woigh, and then wash thorn, put in a kettlo with about a pint of wa ter, over a moderato fire, stirring occa sionally to provont burning; in forty or fifty minutes or less tho seeds will slip from their skins; then rub through a colander, and return to tho kottlo with the sugar. Boil from one to two hours, according as it thickens; stirring it all tlio while or it will burn. If it is do sired to make a sauce for cold meats, to this quantity add two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, ono of cloves, and a half pint of vinegar just on taking from tho llro. Any kind of grapes will do, wild, culti vated or green. Crab-applo Jolly. Cut out tho eyes and stalks of tho apples, liulva them and put in a preserving kettlo, witli enough water to provont burning; cook until soft, thou strain through a sieve, and afterward through muslin bug; to ovory pound of liquor put ono pound and n quarter of sugar; boil gently for twenty minutes. Queen Pudding. Tako ono pint of flno bread crumb or their equivalent in bread soaked and rubbed ijirougli a colander ono quart of milk, ono cup of HiiL'tir. tho vnlk-, til" four "L'M liiiitiin. u pieco of buttor tho .sizo of nn egg, nnd tho grated rind oi one lemon; boat tho bread, milk and eggs light, thou bent in tho other ingredienls, and h.iko un til done, but not watery; whip Iho whites of tho eggs to a stiff froth with cup of sugar anil tlio )tiieo of ono lem on; on ton of tlio nitddintr snreail a lav- orofjelly or jam, then tho whites of tlio eggs; brown slightly and servo hot. It may bo mndo without Jelly, and eaten With haul sauce. Tho Death of tho Eirat Napoleon. Tho London TVwie. puhlishos Iho fol lowing story told by au old wUllue who was ouo of the guards of Napoleon I. at St. Helena: "Boney was tho fattest man I over saw tho calves of his legs, and his clieeks too, you might seo them shako us ho was walking and yet ho laid not tho ruddy, healthy look ourpcoplo had. Ho would carry u stick, about us thick, witli nn iron spud nt tho end. and if ho saw a weed ho would always spud it up, nnywnero no went. jour niglits out of bovou I was on sentry, nnd would full asleep while walking, und stray off tho path; and then my hair would stand on end with fright and rniso my cap, for I know if I woro caught napping I was safe for threo hundred lashes. I havo heard men say that tholr sufferings from want of rest in Ht. Helena wero more trying to them than tho hardships of a cam paign. "Napoleon died on tho fitti of May 1821. Two priests wero in attendance. Wo who hnd to lift tho body wero not allowed to touch tlio coffin until a priest had sprinkled us with holy water. Wo started nt threo o'clock. Tho coffin was vory heavy. Wo carried it six at a time, and tho men that wero lowest down In carrying him suffered all tho punlshmont. I was ono or these. All tho garrison was twseiubied about tho I Emperor's quarters and followed him to tho grave, tho bands playing a dead march. It was reported thnt Napoleon had requested to bo buried with the honors of royalty, twenty-ono guns; but tho governor ordered nineteen guns to bo fired, tho number assigned to a general. Wo carried tho body whero a cart with oxon could not go: but in certain parts of tho distance tno men wero relieved, and tho body drawn upon a cart. Tho Koman Catholic priests who had boon in attendance on him conducted tho funeral service. Tho actual funeral took placo at about 0 p. m. Nine or ten of us lind been employed for three days in excavating in tho rock a cavity seven feet deep nnd eight feet sqare. Tlio rock was blasted nnd where tho powder had mndo tho sides unoven it was filled in and tho cavity and smoothed nil nround. In tho envity thus made by sappers nnd minors, as sisted by my own labor nnd thnt of oth ers, flagstones wero inserted In tho rock anil formed into a caso or box which received tho coffin. Tho coffin was covered ovor with a largo flag, stone, and tho four corners wore bored and filled in with melted lead, which fastened them firmly togothor. Tho romninder of the excavation was filled in with tho rubble nnd lovoled, nnd a mound resembling a common gravo raised nbovo it. An iron palisading wns placed round, nnd sentry kept ovor it night nnd dny until all tho troops wero withdrawn. Thoy wero grndtt nlly withdrawn, nnd our rogitnent left six months nftor tho funeral. Pkkxch Stkatkov. Whon tho Frencn wero in Mexico tho stage rob beries in tho vicinity of Monterey bo enmo very frequent. With tho practi cal common senso for which tho French wero distinguished whon they go about killing people, tho French (Jonornl nt Monterey dovised n plan that worked like a charm. Ho picked outahalf dozen .ot his smallest Zouaves and dressed thorn up ns females and put them in tho stage. Each unprotected fomnlo had a short bieeeh-loading enrbino con cealed under his pettipants, nnd thoy covered their deinuro faces by veils. Of course tho robbers surrounded tho stage, and tho ladies, with an excess of feminine modesty, climbed out of tlio vehicle, and fell into lino with tho rost of tho passengers, whon of a sudden an epidemic broko out among thoso Mexican patriots, for each lady, on nn nvorago, destroyed about threo of thotn and the rest lost all tasto for femalo so ciety, nnd wont away disgusted. The Indies returned to town in high glee, but for a long timo tho Moxlcan ban dits ontertainod such a lofty vonora tion for tho gentler sex thnt an old bon net or shawl displayed conspicuously in a stage secured it Immunity from inter ruption. Eighty Ykaks a Soldieii. On tho 15th of August last, Marshal Voti Wrangle celebrated tho eightieth an Diversity of tlio day on which ho re ceived his first commission In tlio Prus sian Army. In 1005 Fredrick William II was King, his famous undo hnd been (lend but ton years, General Bonnparto had just achieved fanio by his Itnlinu campaign, and Washington was Presi dent of tho United States ; Jonn was ten years oir und Wutorloo ninoteon. Iu tho interval Prussia was to bo re duced to a third-rate State, her arm v limited to L',000 men, and a French Emperor was lo tako away tho sword of I'redrlck tho Great "from a nation unworthy to retain it." Tlie.io gloomv day.-, passed away; but Wrangle was to live into another agu of troubles to seo a Prussian revolution. Fredrick IV re fusing tho Imperial crown of Oormunv, and a now French Empire menacing tho unity or tho Mithorlnnd. Finallv lie has lived to hear or tho wonderful event of 18711-1. Tho life or the veter an has extended over more than half tho duration of thu Prussian monarch v, which is not yet I7(J years old. In Ids youth ho might havo conversed with a survivor or tho wars of Miilhorough, and oven IMouud to anecdotes by an eye wilno-.3of Krcdrlclc i's coronation. Modorn naval architecture has large ly borrowed from tho ancients. Onlv within twonly years America and Eu rope adopted the ram both for oll'ensivo and defensive purposes In modern war fare, hut tho war voxels of tho Greeks and ltoinuui wero built on tho same principle, ami the extent of the navlos of old Is wjinothiug remarkable. Tho tonnage of tho British nay, th larg est of this day, is about iiuu.UUl) Ions; but the Athenians, !i:iryonr.s heforo tho ChrNtian era, being u Republic- with less than li,0iw,(;(ii) of inhabitants, sus tained u navy of -111 rams, with a ton nngo of lo:i,r,77 tons, with (m,O00 mon; and the Romans, iu a single naval battle with the Carthagonlans, brought Into action :i(ii rams, of l!);i,!)U7 tons, manned by 120,000 lighting men. Tho fleet or Xorxos, which tho Athenians dofeatcd at Salamls, consisted or 1,207 rams, or 280,027 tons and mannod bv oiu,ooo men. IIouhkmnm) Hinth. A correspond ent gives directions as follows: Make tho elder us early in tho season as possi ble. When tho barrel is filled lot it re main whoro the sun can shlno on it part of tho day. Leave tho bung out, and insert tho neck end of a bottle. This will let tho air in, whllo It jKa keop tho flies out. Put into cue' . , rel ono shoot of foolscap papp-. ' u,.'r pint of white beans, and a' ''"' good brewer's yeast-or r;thor' least that is ns good. Also if v,! ?,.ii put iu it pint or mul sl- yMm . In his way'and you wmCvoS n will make gp)(i vinegar. Tho titnl product of tho precious motulH from Amorlcan amounted to $81,000,000 during tho i ast year. ' uu"" UI l,aa mines nan : il JhlWM-UtM ! & IWlH
