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Newspaper Page TextAD7EHTISIHG RATES. OF SUBSCRIPTION wn cniMi X80 Ter Month ' Form inch of adrectlslns; space, tor the flnt month; 4,00 Per Month For two Inches; 6.60 JPer Month For three Inches, 1th reasonsblo terms lor too; time advertisements. tical Advertisement. Published on Favorable Terms. Willamette Farmer. When paid la adranoe, at tho low rats of 21,00 Per Ananau MT With tho added expense of aaess tart 1 Issue wo eanaot afford U paper without pro-payment at lee than O'M0O.1t Hereafter oar Inru labia ehargo UI be tBfi.OO a TToavrt iimausu' -WIN ADVANCE!- nDSINKSS NBN Desiring liberal space will aaro ipodil tonna; not lem than t2S per month for a column of twenty Inches. , J1'B KjJBVJTvdJ'jfc Ml r L Ji 9"r T b f" 3Hfcfcisr T'an -TS. ""X JC-BBfff f BH 0i !- J$!V$l(B-'vir t L VOL. XI. PROSPECTUS FOR 1880! Tho Willamettb Farmer wilt soon cntor on Its Founni Year of Fpducation under moro favorable assurances of popular suport than it has ever had, and able to do better work than ever it has done. WHAT Fill ENDS SAY, Every day we reeeivo tho pleasant assur ances of popular appreciation. Men wo liavo novor accn, but well known to us upon our list of subscribers, como to aco us and pay their dues with expressions of good will and promise- of influential support for "tho best paper in Oregon." Not a day passes that wo aro not told by friends that they and their neigh bors valuo tho Willamette Farmer for its sturdy independence of tono, its sincoro do Totlon to tho interests of producers, its good senfo and good morals and its correct reports -of the markets. It is conceded thatnoothor paper is as reliable, to tho farmer, in its com inorcial statements. Now subscribers oomo in, live to ten a day, and reitcrato theso kind words and empha aiso them with payment of subscriptions. WE AIM IHOH In our efforts, and aro determined to mako tliis paper moro acceptable t wo acquire moans, and wo ask kvkiiy kcmciuiikr to do WHAT Hit CAN TO EXTEND OCR CIRCULATION. Kight years have passed sinco wo took hold of this business, and they liavo demonstrated that wo liavo tho ability to make a good nows paper, (live us adequate support and this papor shall realize all your wishes. OBJECTS IN VIEW. The objects we havo in view can bo briofly expressed as follows t Tho Willamette Farmer 1 published in the interest of agricultural tho State of Ore gonand Washington Territory. Editorially. Its editorial columns give a review of homo and foreign markets from tho producors standpoint) advocate his interest against the world, and bate never been and auali. NEVER BE SWATEU BY MONET INTEREST. Corrcspoadenee. We have correspondence from all parts of tho country, from well known farmora, and this paper is especially tho medium through which farmers make known their experience and stato their viows. New. As many take no other paper and depend on tho Farmer for news wo give all tho im portant dispatches from abroad roccived up to noon Thursday, at which timo tho paper goes to press, and tho Stato and Territorial news is compiled in full by tho editor himself. Wo pay especial attention to all that re lates to the development of the Pacifio North west overy part of.it. No paper in Fort land publishes fuller details of all that relates to tho material prosperity of this region. IIHE HOME GlItOIjl3. Wo publish choice miscellaneous reading relating to farming interests and other mat ters. Last, but not least, tho Home Circle is carefully edited in behalf of domestic affairs nud is especially liked by the wives nud daughters of our subscribers. Tho Farmer is always on tho sido of good government, good morals and good religion, aud exercises vi hat influences it possesses with constant remembrance of responsibility foritu right use. VM AIM HIGH. Until the first of January wo oiler a years subscription to any person who will send us three now names aud $6, money. This sub. acription can cither pay back dues of an old subscriber or for the year to come for a now one. CASH IN ADVANCE. Wc have reduced tho price of tho paper to Two Dollars, invariably in advance. The credit system has proved disastrous to many and we have tried it until our list shows $1,000 due us. A thousand subscribers owo us for one year and hundreds owe us from t o to five years. We prefer to tako less and get it, and havo'less trouble than wo en lure now from this source. Setter Late than Never. A subscriber, who need not be named, writes us as follows, showing that though hard up for years, he remembered us when lie was able, and we hopo many moro will initiate to good an example : "I will have to beg your pardon for keep ing you out of your money so long. I have been badly behind and pushed on all sides for several years but now the clouds are breaking and I hope that future punctuality will pay for past negligence.!' The remit tance was for i0, and he is not the only man who was eight years in arrears. BEST SHEEP FOB WOOL. A few weeks ago a friond wroto to ask us to write about tho best sheep to grow for profit wool being a specialty. Tho fact is that thoro is no profit in shcephusbandry in this region oxcopt from tho standpoint of wool, and tho prospect now is that wool grow ing will bo moro profitable for somo years to come than it has been for sovoral years past, as will bo inferred from tho facta wo gave last week, takon from loading sources, Mr. John Minto furnishod an interesting communica tion on American merino sheep that vory near ly, as well as vory ably, answorcd tho request alluded to, hut wo will givo what information wo havo in that conntctlon and leave tho field open, hoping that wool growers will tako pos session of it and do tho subject full Justice, and it is a vory inportant ono just now, when tho prospects of tho wool grower aro "boom ig." Successful wool growers in Oregon and Cal ifornia havo bred woll up in merino, and that has been the caso in Australia, Texas, aud every other cjuutry whore tho profit was in tho wool. Eastern Oregon and Douglas coun ty havo bred to merino and their wool shows tho result. A fow years past havo shown great results, so that Oregon wools aro a fa vorite, eagerly takon and rcgulaly quoted in F-astcrn markets. Tho coarso wool sometimes found in tho Willamette valley is, wo boliovo, generally charged to injudicious crossing with tho Cotswolds, and experience has not been very satisfactory in t.iat direction, whilo, as Mr. Minto says, high grado merino can often bo advantageously effected by a light cross with such long wools as Leicester or Now Ox ford shires. In Mr. Minto 's ablo articlo ho gave good grounds for a proforonco for tho American morino, as a blending of tho best qualities possessed by tho Spanish, French and Austra lian families. As to tho Now-Oxfordshircs, tho success met with by Hon. M. Wilkins, of Lano county, shows conclusively their value a a distinct breed, a well as when crossed with merino, but we don't proposo to inter fere with his provioco by talking about his Now-Oxfordshircs, when he is ablo to do the talking himself,- so wo invite him to favor our readers with his experience from that stand point, and to tell how they and th(ir grades ropsy in wool, both as to quality and prico as compared with merino, and not to forgot to oxplaln their qualities as rautton sheep. Wo gave last Summer the experience of Mr. Charlos Cooke, of F.llcnshurg, Yakima county, W, T,, in growing Soutlidowus. lb had a thousand fleeces of high grade .South downs, that avcragod fivo pounds, and sold at 20 cents when Eastern wool averaged 17 to 10, while tho sheep wero hardy, easy kept and prolifio breeders. Ho was satisfied with his Southdowns, that avcragod him a dollar a head for wool last year, and promiso to do better next. Wo should liko to hear moro about Southdowns, anJ it strikes us thoy are the sheep, being short- wooled aud firm-fleeced, to run on tho bushy rangos of the rugged foot hills of this valley where fleeces, for some roason, don't weigh over half as much as would be tho case if clipped from the same sheep East of tho Mountains. This is a very interesting subject a very important one, as important as any that can bo discussed. Tho coast ranges, tho ranaca of thu western vrllvys aud tho various ranges of tl-i wide area of I'.aitcrn Orogouand Wash ington and Idaho, all have different require ments ns thoy exert different influences, and our Irienus from every where can du a great deal of good by telling their exiwriouco and giving tho public their opinions. WHY SO ANXIOUS? IMitor Willamette Furrocrs A certain gentleman, engaged in wheat buy. ing and sblupiug cargoes, is so auxiousto put his viows before his friends that he is said to writo them out as editorials for publication in tho "Oregon Farmer," and has specimen copies sent to tho persons hu wishes to influence. If this thing is kept up we shall begin to thiuk ho and tho "Oregon Farmer" are about the same siio. Of course his views are that we shall bo scarce of ships all the season and freights will go up higher and higher. It will be some consolation to him and his friends to learn as they can by read ing the San Francisco Bulletin careiully that the prospect is that California will, in the course of the shipping season, have tonnage enough to carry away all our surplus as well as their own. The ships coming there regis, ter 150,000 tons, which is all tho estimated remaining California surplus unprovided for, but their actual tonnage is at least 00,000 tons more, and that can be spared for Oregon if we need it, but we shall be apt to have that much of our own. It looks as if wheat spue ulators are too anxious to give out their views. Inquirer. PORTLAND, OREGON, DEC. 1, 1879. OUR LAST DUN. Oar subscribers who pay tholr dues-po.no-tualy havo often bcon annoyod by rcadlnb dans in tho paper, but wo hopo to reliovo them of such annoyanco la future as soon as wo mako tho ehargo of all subscriptions to tho cash basis. Wo ore mailing a thousand duns this week and hopo these addressed will pay up without fulther solicitation. The hundreds who owo us several years somo from five to eight are notified that January 1st, if the accounts remain unpaid, their names will como off tho list, and may appear in another list beforo tho publie, and that wo shall proceed to make out tho accounts at 3 a year, adding interest from tho end of each year's subscription, and they will be placed in oourso of logal collec tion. This will positively be dono. . If any person desires a reasonable txteu slon of timo, and wilt inform us, wo will draw up and (tend them a noto of hand for the amount due, or so much of it as they wish time on, which they can sign and re turn, but in all cases thoy must advance $2 for the year 18S0. If you owo and can pay don't put us off with a noto; for wo need tho uionoy. Wo wish to treat evory man kindly and do all that is posslblo and reasonable to' retain old subscribers as future friends, and we mako this offer with that intontion. Tho settling up of those accounts Is vory harrassing and wo ask all in arrears to aid us by a speedy answor to our demand for either cash or noto. " ' It is a disgracoful fact .that people an's brain and let him wear out his . use a life for man them iu making a newspaper thai work for their interest as tho Willamettb Farmer does, and then ignore bis claims for payment for his aervioos. To a man who finds hiBuelf growing old and in failing health, and hu his suoeesa in life dependent on such sub scription aocounta, the outlook is not very choerful. After a fow weeks wo shall give th. world tho benefit of knowing who these men arc, unless thoy pay up. ,, HKW A0-WT8. ' Wo have added to our list of Agent a follows t Mr. A II. Breyman, an old friend of the Farmer, who is a merchant at I'rinaville acts as agent thoro. Mr. M. K. Drown, of Kaglo Creek, a stir ring man and activo firmer is canvassing Clackamas county, and sends ns many new names. He works for Uie Farmer because ho believes in it. Mr. S. D. l'owell, of IlilUboro, another old subscriber, talks of making a similar effort in Washington county. Mr. James Mcl'hillips, of MoMinnvillo, a farmer and subscriber of eleven years stand ing, will act as agent for tho Farmer, as ho now lives in town and can ho readily found. Mr. A. Itcid wiilalsorccclptfor subscriptions, and has been our steadfast friend. Mr. John Micholl, at tho Dalles, attornoy-at-law, wilt receipt to all subscribers there, as our resident agent. Whero wo havo iu agent, money can bo remitted through tho post office in registered lotters. A list of agents for tho Farmer will bo found published on tho last pago of the paper. At Lebanon Mr. (1. W. Smith will act as our agent and subscribers thoro will ploaso pay their dues to him. Ho is a merchant in town and can bo easily found. Wo hae had poor luck at Lebanon, novcr having collected over half our dues tliero, and have not suc ceeded in getting the half that was collected. So wo hoiKi Lebanon subscribers will try to help us out with what there is left. In Wasco county Mr. J. N. Townslcy is traveling agent for the Faruer and Is meet ug with good success, POPULARITY OF THE " FARMER." Since coming to Portland this paper has lcen acquiring a much larger circulation in tho lower counties of tho Willamette, along the Columbia liver and through Eastern Or egon and Washington, Wo hear from dif ferent places, where wo have no agent, nor any personal friends, that the paper is taken in preference to all others. Tho publie ap preciation is very encouraging to us, for we find that country merchants subscribe, for it as the best authority concerning homo prod ucts. Within a few weeks wo havo had several proprietors of flouring mills send in their subscriptions with the remark that they made tho Willamette Farmer their stand ard for learning tho most correct news of the wheat market. Owiho to tho fact that so many ucw sub scribers aro coming and so many paying up, wo are unable to correct our list our "0" have given out. It's "n-aught-y"we know, but we can "not" holp it. The list will be cor rected noxt week and then look at your "tags" ond see how you stand if you owe pay up; if tliero is a mistake let us know. J. H. Settle urn k, of Woodburn Nursery is doing a try fine business this season in the tree Hue. Parties wishing to set trees will do well to give him a cll beforo purchasiug as he has very fine trees, at very low ratei. Send for catalogue. OUR PRCGBESS. It is with considerable interest that wo no tlco many of our Stato journals are demand ing prepayment of subscriptions. The Wil lamette Farmer has set an examplo that wo know is highly appeciatod by tho nowspapcr fraternity of Oregon. Our motto is, and al ways has been, "to mako as good a paper as we can for tho monoy," and let that sam of monoy bo as low as wo can possibly afford. Tho only thing any business desires is to build up, and tho Willamette Farmer is no exception to that general rule Tho Farmer Is crowing, in fact its gradual incrcaso in cir culation and influence warrants us in alt wo have for tho past few months mado it. The timo is coming, and is now close at hand, when the intelligent fanner will have a say in commercial circles. Tho peoplo fully un derstand and apprcciato the work we aro do ing for them. Wo invito all farmers to tnako this paper thoir nr. Hum. Wo will carefully study the various means and all points necossary to pro moto tho interest of tho agricultural commu nity, and intend to loavo no stono unturnod to sco that fair play and doccnt prices shall reward the efforts and energy of tho farming class. It will bo a plcasuro to many of our readers to hoar that our circulation grows faster than over before. The peoplo of Oregon gcnorally recognlio that tho Willamette Farmer is an able and powerful champion of their inter ests, and we are putting moro new names on our list than over beforo. Tho moro wo get tho better wo shall bo abU to work for tho public. Our circulation is extending to Brit ish Columbia, tho Sound country, Eastern Oregon and Washington and the farthest lim its of Lake oounty, and tho rest of Southern Oregon. After Loralne. niLUBOKO, Deo. 13, 1879. Editor Willamotto Farmer i In the Farmer of December 12 there U an article headed "Plain talk by a Farmer." The growl of too many farmers is plainly told, but he suggested no cause or cure. This growl does not stop in Oregon but it extends all over the United States. Now wo will in quire into somo of tho causes of this com' plaint. First, tho averago Oregon farmer dabbles too much in politics; that is, they spend monoy and time to support tho party, notwithstanding tho men that gcnorally get into oflico aro men that it is to their interest to keep tho farmer down and to mako him think he is not fit to fill office. Now this is wrong, as tliero aro plenty of farmers that aro qualified to fill any oflico in the State; so let us voto for men and measures and not for party. Second Tho Oregon farmors buy too much of foreign manufacture, and support homo industries too littlo. Tliero is as good tim ber hero as thoro is in most of the Eastern States, but the people and manufacturers havo not tho patience to prepare it for use. I havo known wagons to run for sixteen years with good care. Why not buy tho Orcgou wagon and farm tools, and wheu not in uio put thorn in tho dry! Oil or paint them in tho Spring and you will find it to pay. I know a small hardware storo not over twenty miles from Portland that sold last year fivo thousand dollars worth of hardware, wagons and farm machinery. It docs not represent over two thousand dollars at most. Now, count all tho establishments of this kind in tho Willamotto valley, aud tho wonder is where tho money comes from to pay tho bills, for that dealer tolls mo that it costs fivo hun dred dollars to lay dowu ono car load of wag ons at Portland from tho East, (live tho live hundred dollars to tho wagon-maker of Ore gon and ho will buy your potatoes, eggs, but ter, eto., and can afford it, but lio cannot now. Jonathan Cut and Come Auain. Gale Chilled Plow. Tho man or company manufacturing plows for ase in this day and ago is necessarily a moro lively creature than in tho timo of our grandfathers, aud so great is tho change in tho annual improvement that thoso among us who aro constantly on tho lookout find our selves startled by many improvements made from tho time of ono visit lo another. In this connection wo venture the assertion that few if any manufacturing cstablishmerts any where can axow moro changes and improve ments in plows than tho Galo Manufacturing Company, established in 1 835. This cstab. lishment has gono forward, departure after de parture, until now tho different sizes and kinds of plows manufactured by them reach twenty-three in number, Tho cut of this Company inserted on page fivo shows to some extent tho number of old-timo notions of con struction that are discarded, and tho new aud commou-senso substitutions adopted iu their MJ .,, T , , r- i . it . i - . , 'I Smith, of tho Cosmopolitan Hotel, is now ,ve I prepared to entertain travelers in an A No, 1 o will not attempt an euumeation of tho ' shape. changes abovo referred to, bat suggost that every reader who wishes to know what thoy aro and to uso tho most advanced plows of tho ago, write this company for a descriptive cir cular, Wo notico on one of tho sod-plows a sod-knlfo that is vastly superior to tho roll ing cutter or the upright coultor in common uso. On another is a Jointer, tho oflico of which is to turn off frcm tho edge of tho fur row a narrow slico from the surface, and with it the grass, weeds, stubble, cr other trash, so nothing interferes with it after cultivation. A new scries is being manufactured by this company that aro novelties in the plow lino. The beams consist of three wrought-iron rods, o attached as to givo necessary strength with tho smallest amonnt of matorial, thus making tho lightest chilled plow in the world. Tho handlos aro also a rarity, being adjustable, can bo lowered to suit tho small ambitious boy, or a Captain Bates, tho Giant. Tho gauge wheel Is also something new. It is attached to tho clovis, and being in front of tho beam and not attached to it, it enables it to run in perfect lino with tho furrow and whon tho beam is adjusted to givo tho plow moro er less land, needs no readjustment. This company has nevor been afraid of com petition, and claim to bo pioneer in tho man ufacture of Chilled Iron Plows, and that all who havo sinco introduced them aro only im itators. Another fact wo mention is that this is the only hand-plow that over took a gold medal in this or auy other country. This medal was won in tho great field-trial near Paris, Franco, and 'that too when thoro wero nearly two hundred competing plows. Seo ad in another ooluinn. Letter from Polk County. Demiel, Or., Doo. 8, 1970. Editor Willamotto Farmer) Ai to day is such a fine day, and it gives me so much plcasuro to take a view of tho nice hills and valleys, and also aoo tho green fields of (all sown wheat, I thought I would try to tell you and your many readers somothing of my eipsrlonco in farming and also Chinas labor. Now, Mr. Editor, my farm is in tho hills two mile north of Bethel, Polk county. At a gtaace I can seo Jas. K. Sears' new ware house on the west sido railroad at tho new town of McCoy; it looks, to mo liko buaineas; but to tko point. As I said beforo my land is rough, hilly land, but notwithstanding that I havo something to buoy mo up. I havo but littlo fears of rust; to my knowledgo thoro has novor been any wheat damagod with tho rust on tho hills. It was 12 year last Spring since I moved onto my farm. All tho stock I had was ono old sow and a littlo cayuse pony. As thoro was noither atablo or bog en I had to atako old sowd pony out, but with a big heart aud lots of backbouo I went to work. At this timo I havo got 100 acres in cultivation. Last harvest I hail 1200 bushels of wheat and 200 of oats. Now, Mr. editor, this is nothing very big, but thoro is quito a contrast between that and tho old sow and atako. Last fall, ono year ago I employed Chinamen to grub 33 acres, I gavu them $500 dollars for tho Job. Last harvest I had on tho piece "00 bushels of wheat and it brought mo 8700. I liavo it sown to wheat at this time ami it looks lino. I wish some of your readers would tell mo whoru tho money is to go to China In this! StMUKL ItolllHNI. Business Correspondence A Now Stylo, I saw you in your'sanctum, Six mouths apo or more; And to secure tho Fakmku, I forked some money o'er. Hut now tho timo is up, And I havo hail thu nows, Exacting with each issue To hear of somo excuse Ity which you'd bo entitled, To keep tho Farmer back, Ami claim of mo your duos Of which I was in lack. And yet jouHond tho Farmer, Which eagerly I riad; I do not liko to drop it- I liko it much Indeed; But now I'll drop tho subject, And tell you what I'll doi Enclosed I send two dollais, I think it is your due. I will not cheat thu printer, Who earns his daily bread Ity looking o'er exchanges When hu should bu iu 1-ed. If you rccoho this missive, I pray you let mo know, That 1 mav understand it. If something more I owo. Sometimes I'm on the mountain, .Sometimes down iu thu valei No matter in to that .Sam, Send the Parmer on to GoldtnJulo. Hawkkyk. (Tho aljovo camo from a shepherd of Klick tat and wu wish moro such shuphcids could mako rhymes jingle to two dollars as easy as ho does.) Do hot wowtv alout where to stop at when nftini. tl.rnix.l, in 4l.n Hill.... f.. Tl NO. 44. TO VICTIMS OF RUST. The past year has been very hard on soma indeed on many who have lost ontira crop, by rust, and oven tho nowapapor bill worries them, but they will bo all right In tho future. In such cases wo foel inclined to make easy terms for tho past and allow thoor to oom menco anew by paying f 2 for the tar 1MO. Wo need all that is duo us. but in caso any person has lost a crop and is embarrassed, cr proposition is that they go to our agent, givo a duo-bill for what portion they cannot meet just now, and pay $2 In advanoo for 1880. Somo owe for several years but havo bee struck by rust, aad w. leave it to their honor to do fairly by us. We want to kep all our old friends and givo them all noedexl favors it thoyhapponto bo temporarily out of luck. Letter from Josephine County. Mr. S. A. Borough writes us from Wilder villo as follows; Business is dull and money scarcohcronow,butwo hope to soo better time next Summor; especially so If the new wagon road to Crescent City is oponod up. Soith cm Oregon needs an outlot to tho oooan anil must havo it, or wo will bo a bankrupt poople. How wo can got it I scaroely know, as thero nrn individuals hero and olsewhere that will do all thoy can against any entorprlso that seems to tend to tho general good of tho coun try. All they caro for, it seems, is to rid tho cou ntry of all tho money thoy can then lcava for Oakland, Cat., or elsowbere, to spend it. I could namo many such, but wo think tho day is fast approaching when Southorn Ore gon will bocomo indspendont, and if other sections will persist in helping to Impoverish u s, thon wo will livo within ourselves, entire ly independent of them, (We wish our friends in Southern Oregon success in this reasonablo enterprise, 'and there is no doubt that the construction of this wagou road will be a great help to them. Wo are pleased to sea good Indications that th. people of Jackson and Josephine will build the road.) Soft Meadow Grate or Metqnlte Gnu. Two yoars ago we had a good deal to say and so did our correspondents about tho qualities of so-callod mosquito grass. Tho oonsequenco was that a fair trial was mado and wo lately published a letter front Mr. V. A. Stowart, of Southern Oregon, as to it growth and valuo in thu coast mountains of Curry county. Wo have a similar oxporlunce, ns a year ago last Soptombor a fire got out and swoptover a brushy, forny mountain aide, abovo Mehama, and wo aowod at least fifty acres with this seed, which sprouted with tho first Fall raiu, and now is said to be a thick growth and actually killing down tho rank mountain growth of forns. Mr. Stewart speaks of tho grass as superior feed for stock that is certainly true it is invaluable, being such n vigorous grower that itoulycoases growth in midwinter when it is frozen stiff. Its Winter growth and Summer greenness mako it very valuable at least for sheep hus bandry, More Fine Stock Horiet for Oregon. Wo nlludcd, last Soptemkr, to tho fact that Mr. M. II. Itankiu, of Illinois, who brought Hoveral fine horses to Orvguii last Summer, intended to return soon with more, lie ban not returned ns soon an ho then ex jKcteil, but wu learn that ho is now on his way with nino head of stallions, including thoroughbreds, coach horses and draft horses, and cxpicU to arrive lieru by thu first of Jan uary. Ilo claims that overy ono of them is an extra lino animal in its class, Lano County Pomona Grange Tho Pomona Urani-o of Ino county will meet iu I.'iiguna on Tuesday, 23d December, at 10 a, ii., for thu election of officers. Also to amend by-laws, A general attendance is desired. All Fourth Denroo members aro In ited. A. 0. Jennino, Sco'y. food Reliable Seeds. It is not often that wo unlock our foims to put in what wo term foreign ads, but last well, wouteivtil tho advertisement nf .I. J. Ii. (Jrejjory, of Maiblehead, Mass., from tnu a ivertlsing linn of H. M, Pcttingill A. Co., Huston, nml as both nro prompt, reliable houses, wuwero hound to ticnl tlu-m nm,r,l. Iiigly. Wo hopo that our readers will lo as tiirflritl't nml in., !. i I l. .. t mill lifli n. linn bis ru .Iu I If i . I they IH iiuver havo causu to toinplafu of bu. ititr mu imlliii! I)oVr I'oint your jftui at youraclf. Don't lllllt l'..ll- 1IM fit .III .1-.. II . -1 I I I--... j... jhi, ii, .ii- .mu vibc, ii,u i mmu over it feneo nud pull your gun aftoryou uiimlo foremost. iWtput vuiir hand over thu miuzle. Don't carry it half cocked. Don't rany it with thn hammer down. Don't fail to tako n dusu of J.uiil i'reso's celebrated iibiiiuuiu iia, lee.uiuiiaiiy, as II is tllu host blood purifier and Ihcr regulator among mcd pines. J 'ou't carry a gun at all.