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WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, JULY 7, 1882
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"MT MIND TO MEA KINGDOM IS."
I My mind to me a kingdom is;
oucn periecb oy meie u x uuu
As far exceeds all esrtlilv bliss
That God or n iture has assigned t
Thongh much I want that most would have,
Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
Content to live, this is my stay
I seek no more than may'suffi-e;
i I press to bear no haughty sway
t Lo! thus I triumph like a king,
Content with what my mind doth bring.
1 1 see how plenty surfeits oft,
! And hasty climbers soonest fall;
' I see that such as sit aloft
Mishaps threaten must of all.
These get with toil and keep with fear;
Such care my mind could never bear,.
No princely pomp, no wealthy store,
No force t: win the victory,
No wily wit to salve a sore,
No shape to win a lover's eye;
To non of these I yield, a thrall
For why? my minu slespiseth all.
Some have too much, yet still they crave,
I little have, yet seek no more;
. They are but poor, though much they bare,
! And I rich, with little store.
They poor, I rich; they beg, I give:
Xtity lacK, 1 lenu; iney ine, i nve.
I laugh not at another's loss,
I grudge not at another's gain;
No worldly care my mind can toss,
I brook what is another's bane.
I fear no foe, nor fawn no friend;
I loathe not life, nor dread mine end.
I joy not in mere earthly bliss,
I weigh not Croesui' wealtii a straw;
For care, I care not what it is,
I fear not fortune's fatal law.
My mind is such as may not move.
For beauty bright, or force of love.
I wish but what I have at will,
I wander not to seek for more,
I like the plain, I climb the hill,
lb greatest storms I sit on shore,
And laugh at them that toil in vain,
To get what must be lost again.
I kiss not where I wish to kill,
I feign not love where I most hate,
I lack no sleep to win my will,
I wait not at the mightys gate,
I scorn no poor, I fear no rich;
I feel no want uor have too much.
The court nor hut I like nor loathe.
Extremes are counted worse than all;
The golden mean betwixt them both
Doth surest sit, and fears no fall:
This is my choice; for why?l find
No wealth is like a quiet miud.
My wealth is health and perfect case,
My conscience clear my chief defence;
I never seek by bribes to please,
Nor by design to give offence.
Thus do I live, thus will I die;
Would all do so, as well as I,
Portland Free Schools.
Portland may well bo pioud of her schools,
and of the well-earned reputation they have.
Commencement exercises wcro held last week
in New Market Theater, there bciug no other
place that could accommodate the crowd of
interested persons. Great interest hasalways
been taken in these schools by the influential
men of the city, and much of their success is
J due to this faut, and much more to the cllorts
iof Prof. Crawford, who lias labored long and
j successfully in this as well as other schools,
I'devotintr the b st years of his life to the edu-
cational interests of Oregon.
Twenty-two young ladiet and six young
! gentlemen graduated this year troin the High
School, all of whom had essays or declama
tions prepared for the occasion. These efforts
i showed consideiable ability, many of them'
l having an originality and breadth of thought
scarcely expected of minds not matured. So
' lovely a galaxy of young girls is rarely to be
I seen as was gathered on tho rostrum that
I Commencement Day. Life to them is "color
; de rose," a elamiuor is over tho coming years
; that only the stern realities of every day life
; will dissipate. Tho young gentlemen tpolce
, or declaimed with a spirit and earnestness
that beloags to youth, with its bright antici
pations of future triumphs and success. Gen.
Grant, when visiting Oregon, was greatly in
terested in the schools, who, after visiting
them, declared them to be of the very best he
had seen. There is no State in the Union
that can boast of better educational advan
tages for the maanes than we have in (Jreeon.
Beading and fipslllnff.
Modern ways ignore these two rudiments of
i education, so that it is rare to find a graduate
who can read aloud with a proper inflection,
i or with respect to rules regarding punctua
tion, and we doubt if many scholars are now
(conversant with those little monitors, com-
s, colons, semi-colons, interrogation and
iue9ti)U marks, which every student of Xoah
Webster knew by heart. Spelling in the
ime category, our remarks have a text in a
ragraph where it is said that Mr. D. P.
rhompson, of Portland, has offered medals to
Encourage reading in the' public Bchools of
'Portland. Mr. Thompson is a public benefac
ior in this respect, and mnst have noticed the
'lack of attention paid to this most necessary
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(tome other one will offer a prize for good spel
ling, where the contetanta shall "toe the
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marK, cnoose up, aim - ajicu uu u, mi
I the prize is won, for tho benent ol old lasn
ioned folks, who know less of "ologies" and
jmoro of Webster's spelling book.
"Hints knows on which side his bread is
buttered" when he offers a premium tor bread
aaking. Man is the bread winner, but from
time immemorial woman kneaded the bread
Ifor man. A prize of ten dollars is offered to the
kCgraduate of the Portland schools of this year
?wLo will produce the best lost of bread, and
f five for the second best. It seems to us that
' Mr. Himes himself would be the best- judge
of the quality of the loaves.
Large ijuantitie of wool are being brought
down Snake river by every steamer. North-
em Idaho as a wool growing country is second
o none on the Pacific Coast.
ODDS AMD ENDS.
BY AUNT KATIE.
How to save is a question that often per
plexes the young housekeeper. I propose in
this article to offer a few suggestions that I
hope may help some in their efforts in this
direction. Where there is a family of small
children, the thoughtful aod ingenious
mother can contrive to clothe them at a very
small cost by using the cast-off clothing of the
older members of the family; good skirts and
drawers can be made from the best part of
father's woolen shirts, and the small boys can
have good serviceable pants made from the
back of his cast off pants. I have frequently
made garments in this way, having the front
of one color and the back of another, making
garments plenty good enough for home wear.
Then, again, I have, when the front wore
thin, cut the legs in two and reversed them,
taking back for front, and vice versa. Little
dresses can be made for the girls from rem
nants left from the dresses of the older girls
or mamma's, and from the best of cast off
dresses. I have made them with waist and
sleeves of one kind and skirt of another, add
ing length as the child grows by rallies or bias
strips around the bottom to wear with these.
I make large aprons cat princess style which
answer for dresses in summer and aprons in
winter ovei their worsted dresses. When
buying dresses it is best to purchase goods
that will look neat and pretty for church, and
do for every day wear when too shabby for
this. For every day wear in winter I liko
waterproof nr cashmere for dresses; domestic
gingham makes good aprons, as calico does
not wear very well. Have a few light or
white ones for nice wear. It is not rood pol
ioy for farmers' wives to try to keep pace with
city ladiei in the dressing of their children.
Provide them good serviceable clothes that
will be comfortable, with one nice suit to wear
to town. It is a good plan to make them
dusters of suitable material to wear when they
ride to protect their clothes. I much prefer
the old-fashioned sun bonnet for small girls.
I find flour sacks handy for making under
clothes; you will find it easy to wash; for
nice parties add trimming. If you wish to
have colors take lye and copperas and make a
nankeen; tho brand can be removed by boil
ing in strong lye. Above all things see that
your children are clothed warm; this is too
much neglected, and is tho cause of much
sickness and death. I make my children
girls as well as boys long sleeved shirts,
either of flannel or Canton flannel, cut with
shoulder seams so as to come up well on the
neck. If I have not material enough, I take
the scraps left from the grown folks' drawers
and shirts, and piece them into long sleeved
waists cut to come down well over the hips,
with buttons for attaching their drawers.
With these they wear under drawers made to
go to the ankles under the stockings; over
these they wear their panties, either colcred
or 'white as occasion dctmnds. The under
drawers can bj made out of the best of tho
cast off drawers of the men of the family.
The tops of cotton socks mako good cuffs for
tho sleeves of under shirts or for the bottoms
of drawer.
It is handy to have a good ointment or
salvo in the house. I will give a rocipa for
one that is excellent for chafes or sores: Take
fir or pine gum the size of n hen's egg, equal
amount of lard; boil, add teaspoonful of salt
and teaspoonful turpentine, a little camphor
will not hurt it.
A chip basket is another useful thing to
have; my husband made me a nice one. I will
give the modus operauda for the benefit of
othtrs : Take a sugar keg, one that has
shaved hoops, saw in two; take one hoop and
place around top on inside, nailing it there;
now saw a hoop in two, fasten on with rivets
for handle, and you have a basket you will
be proud of.
To make Liquid Glue. Take fish glue,
place in alcohol and keep warm; if neat's foot
glue is used, break up and put into a bottle,
pour water upon it, then place in a vessel of
water, boil till dissolved, then fill up with
alcohol and stir frequently; in cold weather it
will need to be placed near the'fire when de
sired to use. It will be found very useful in
mending broken articles, sealing packages
and many other things.
The War of the Road.
The Scientific Farmer says one ot the anom
alies in American custom is that of the driver
of a wagon sitting on tho right hand side,
while he always turns to the right when pass
ing another team. It matters not whether he
be on a broad road, safe thoroughfare or a
narrow lane or crowded city street, his seat
is the same. Thus situated, it is very diffi
cult to see the exposed wheels in passing,
those which require the eyo of the driver.
Doubtless this is the prominent cause of many
collisions between passing icams, and the
wonder is that more do not happen The
custom was brought over by the pilgrims, but,
like a Dutch sentence, the parts got trans
posed in translation. Across the pond the
driver sits on the right, but always turns to
the left. In copying the practice we retain
the useless part and changtrd the essential, for
some unexplained reason. Possibly our fath
ers thought to be consistent in the matter,
and, rather than be right-handed in sitting
while left-handed in the latter to suit. At all
events, the thing as now practiced is very in
convenient, and is a worthy subject of reform
in this year when reforms are so much in fa
vor. And since it is easier to change our
position on the seat than altering the custom
of turning to the right, let us henceforth
hand our friends up the right side of the
wagon while Iwe as drivers take the oppoiite
side.
New Postal Order.
The very general demand made by the peo
ple for some modification of the exiatirg
money order law, whereby sums smaller than
$5 can be sent by the mails with the same se
curity as by money order, but at a less rate,
and in a more convenient manner, has led to
the preparation of a bill to meet this demand,
which will probably be passed whenever it is
reached by Cmgrtsj. It lias two features
recommending it to popular favor ; The.
trnstniision of a "potal note" for sums less
than J, at a fee of 3 cents, and the increase
of the amount allowed by the regular money
orderto $100, with a reduction of the prewnt
sale of charge.
Jiow uie t owers Urow.
First a ueed so tiny,
Hidden from the sight;
Then two pretty leaflets
struggling touard the light;
Soon a bud appearing
Turns into a flower,
Kissed by a golden sunshine,
Washed by silver shower.
Growiugsweeter, sweeter,
Every happy hour!
Kissed by golden sunshine,
Washed in silver shower.
OUR LETTER BOJt
A week ago today the murdtrer of our
President was hanged, and the whole nation,
wi th bnt few exceptions, feel that it is right
that he should pay the penalty for his crime.
It is probable that in his childhot.d ho did do'
govern his passio ns, and so by yielding to his
wicked thoughts he comnitted that great
crime. Children should, when young, be com
pelled to restrain bad impulses, and then
when they ict old enough to understand,
should try and keep from bad temper. Kvery
one at times feel that they are not well
treated, and feel that they htvo been imposed
upon, and have a desire to punish in some
way the tne who has injured them. Revenge
is said to be sweet, but after all it is better in
the end to let it all go. To retaliate only
makes you feel worse; it is more noble to
be able to overlook slights and in
sults. I think that all our boys and girls will
feeel that Guitcau deserves to die on the
scaffold.
Bert writes his first letter to the Circle be
cause he wants to be honest; he does not
want to enjoy the letters of others without
trying to pay for it by writing one himself.
Elsworth gives n very iuteresting letter
this week, telling about the Indians and other
things that young folks like to hear about.
It is good to hear how tho Indians ate becom
ing civilized and a.de to raise their own crops;
they do not naturally like to labor; no other
people would if their forefathers for genera
tions back had lived the same roving kind of
life.
John Shaw wants his name put on the tem
perance roll. If everf boy would do the same,
in twenty years there would not be many
liquor saloons only a few old topers v. ould
be left. Just think what a happy, prosperous
nation if no more whiskey was made. It is
bad enough to seo a drunken man, but a
drunken woman is a fearful sight. We have
seen a number in tho city, and oh, how sad it
is to think that women could so degrade them
selves. It is enough to make a mail sign the
temperance roll to seo a woman staggering
through the streets till a po'iccman comes
along and puts her in jail. Wo hope John
will write again, telling of something interest
ing; there is always plenty to write about if
oi.e will just stop to think.
Anuie is a bunch grass girl,' and is a good
specimen of the youug folks in that growing
country. She has set n good example to the
rest of the Circle in the way of letter writing.
She tells right along what she has been doing
and what she is doing now. She writes just
at if she were sitting down among you all and
talking. Now if any one of you were at a
neighbor's where you wero well acquainted,
you would talk fast enough, ajid always have
something new and interesting to Ull of, but
aa soon as you sit down with a pen in hand
to write to the Farmer, you arc a;it to make
hard work of it. Write just as if you wero
talking, and Aunt Hetty will be piid for het
advice.
Albany, May U, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I was just looking over the Farmer, and
sw so many nice letters, I thought aa you
had but few names on your temperance roll, I
would tell you to put my name on it. I was
11 years old last April. I have but one pet,
and that is a nice old hen. My father is editor
of the ReyUter. and he gets many exchanges,
but I like the Farmer the best of them all.
Hoping that this letter will be published, I
willcloae. I send you my card. Your little
friend, Bert P. Van Clevk.
Union County, June 5, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I am a little boy 11 years old. Pa has taken
tho Farmer two or three years, and I like to
read the letters from the little boys and girls,
and I thought that I would write one. Pa
has a pjod many horses. He has sixteen colts
this year. 1 have a yearling colt, whose name
is Alvica. Pa made me a present of a calf
hia anri'nff. ita finniA in MliKS. As thlS 1 FIIV
first attempt to write a letter, I will not write
a long one, for fear ol it not being published.
X WISH you WUUIU uu iiijf uaiiio iwyw .mi-
nnrancn roll. I will close for this time, with-
ing the Farmer long life. John Shaw.
Farminiiton, W. l, June 8, 1882.
Editor Home Circle :
Seeing- my las't letter in print, I will try
and write another. We are now having fine
weather. I will tell you more about the In
dians : The Ca-ur d'Aleue ludians, of whom I
spoke about in my last letter, live about six
miles north of US'. They are all Catholics;
they have the finest church in the country;
their occupations are tanning and uaining :at
tie and horses. I wish some of the readers of
the Home Circle who wish ponies were here;
they could get them at their own price.
Kittie and Millie Wagner, my little cousins,
I wish you were here to see my pony; lie is
very gentle aud very pretty; he i. as black as
jet, with white feet and a white stripe on his
face; I gave 8 for him; he is two years old.
I will send Auut Hetty a ord, and would
like my name put on the temperance roll.
This is a very beautiful country. As tho little
folks have been asking Bible questions, I will
ask one : How old was Christ when he was
crucified J I will close, w uhing treat success
to the Fakmlk. Your littio friend,
Klxwoktii I'AllZKt'.
Priscviu-k, June 12, I6S2.
Editor Home Circle :
I live in Upper Ochoco,and will be 13 years
yeaii oldyiext fall. I have lived, here nine
yean. I bare been staying in town attending
school. We have to go three miles to school;
here wu ride to school; the horse n ride was
raised by hand; she belonged to my brother
who died; her name is Minnie;' she has a colt
w. I can do housework, sew on the ma
chine, milk and drive the team to town. I
have two quilts pieced and am piecing more.
The weather hss been so cold that we have
only just done planting garden. Whilo pa
was busy planting seed, the blackbirds earned
off a sack of turnip seed; I cuess that they
wanted to make garden too. W went to get
flowers to-day and the dog caught two porcu
pines, and they filled his mouth with quill.
He howls when they are being pulled out. I
am making the boys summer shirts now. I
was up to brother's last summer at threshing
time; they could not get men folks enough,
and so the women had to help; my brother's
wife cut bands, one young lady held sacks,
another pitched grain and I rode the straw
horse. My parents think writing letters to
the Farmer is good to teach children to write
and improve the miud, and I think those
young men who ridiculed them were interested
enough in them to read them, or they would
not have known what the children had
written. I think if they had been propeily
trained they would not nave acted so deceit
ful. I notice that one little girl in answering
the question about the commandment of
promise made a mistake in saying 10th. chap
ter of Exodus instead of the 20th chapter and
12th verse. I send my name for the temper
ance roll, wishing the Farmer success.
Annie Pri.no le.
CHOICE KE0IPE8.
Steamed Johnnycake. Beat one desert
spoonful of sugar with two evgs; add two tea
spoonfuls ot buttermilk, half a teaspoonful of
sweet, rich cream, two even teaspoonfuls of
soda, or enough to sweeten the buttermilk, a
littio salt, one cupful of flour, and meal to
thicken. Steam from one and a half to two
hours.
Coffee Cake. One cup of sugar, one cup of
butter, one egg and one cup of molasses well
mixed together; then add one cup of strong
warm coffee, with a teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in it, four cups of fluur, one pound of
raisins, stone and chopped fine, one table-
spoonful each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Fritter Batter. Ono pint of milk, three
ecers. a little salt, one pint of flour. Beat the
yolks of the eggs well; add part of the milk
and salt, then the flour and milk alternately,
beating it nil quickly. At the moment of
cooking, stir in well the whites of the eggs,
beaten to a sun irotn.
Butter Scotch. Butter scotch, the chil
dren's favorite, i made of one cup of butter,
one cup of sugar and one cup of molasses. Boil
until it hardens in the water, men spreau it
thinly in pans, and mark it in little squares
or diamonds.
Proper Way to Cook Eggs. Butter a tin
plato aud break in your eggs; fcet in a steamer;
place over a kc'.tlo of boiling water and steam
until the whites aro cookud. Ihoy aro more
ornamental when broken into patty tins, as
they keep their form better. The whites of
the eces. when cooked in this manner, aro
-tender and light, and not tough aud leathery,
as if cooked by any other proces; t.ncy can uo
eaten by invalids, aud they certainly ore very
much richer than by any other method. If
cooked in the shell, they taste of tho lime
contained in them; and if- brsken into boiling
water, it destroys tho flavor.
To Poach Eggs. Liy small muffin rings in
boiling water ami break an egg in each ring.
The egg will he smooth and the shapo of the
ring. A teaspoonful of vinegar put in tho
water will keep eggs from breaking when be
ing poached.
Omelets. A simple and good omtlct is
made bv beating three eggs and adding a cup
till each of now milk and broad crumbs.
Turn into tho frying pan, which should bo
warm and contain enough drippings to pre
vent the omelet from liurnint! fast. Cook
rather slowly, and ns soon as done sprinkle
with salt aud pepper ana rou up uko a jeny
cake. Serve at once.
Bow to Do Up Shirt Bosoms.
Our ladv friends who experience tho lauda
bio ambition to have the shirts of the inalo
members ef their household "done up" in the
best style of the art, should take the following
recine as a reliable cuide, following its ilirce
tions without emission or deviation : Take
two tablespoons best starch, add a very little
water to it. rub aud stir with a spoon into a
thick piste, carefully breaking all the lumps
and particles; add a pint of boiling water,
stirring' at the same time; boil half an hour,
stirring occasionally to keep it from burning;
add a piece of enamel the size of a pea; if this
is not at hand, ute a tab'espoonful of c.uin
arabic solution (made by pouring boiling
water upon gum arabic and star ding until
clear and transparent) or a piece of clean
mutton tallow half thn size of a nutmeg and a
teaspoonful of salt will do, but is not as good.
Strain the starch through a strainer or a
piece of thin muslin. Have the shirt turned
wroagside out; dip the bosom carefully in the
starch and squeeze it out, repeating tho oper
ation until the bosom is thoroughly and
evenly saturated with starch; proceed to dry.
Three hours before ironing dip the bosom in
clean water; wring out and roll up tightly.
First iron the baok folding it lengthwise
through the canter; next iron the wristbands
and both sides of the sleeves; then the collar
band; n w place tho bosom-board under the
liosout, and with a dampened napkin rub tho
bosom from the top to the Iwttoiu, smoothing
and arranging cich plait neatly. With
smooth, moderately hot flat iron, begin at thu
top and iron downward, and continue the
operation until tho bosom is perfectlydry and
shining. Remove tho bosom-board and
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tuffs of sliirts, indeed of all nice, fine work,
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win iook clearer aim ucibvi it uicy mouid,
ironed under a piech of thin, old muslin. It
tkea off the first heat of tne iron and removes
any lumps of starch.
The Doom of the Bison.
That tho American Bison, or Buffalo, as it
is more familiarly termed, is doomed to ex
tinction in time is evident; but that this re
sult will bo "a necessary evil" is generally
acknowledged among settlers in the far Wett.
The vast herds of Bison that only a few years
ago roamed over the Western plains afforded
wild sport and a large income to the hi le
hunters; but as an offset to this it should be
remembered that the buffalo is one of the
chief sinews of war with the Indian tribes.
Deprive the red man of buffalo, and he cannot
during midwinter especially, carry on a sue
ce slut raid. From the biton he obtains his
provisions, robes, and covering. Nothing o
harrawed Sitting Bull aud his band, vtl.ou
driven over the Canada liorder, a thoabtvLce
of the Ijulfalo in that region. When the latt
herds become finally annihilated, notliiru; re
mains for the Indian but a semi-civilized
and agricultural life. Holding this in vhw,
the extinction of this huge nomad of tho
plutis may be looked forwaid to, if not with
satisfaction, at least with resignation by the
sportsman of the land, and especially by the
frontiersmen who have sufTeTcd so much at
the hands of tho Sioux and other warlike
tribes. At best the biton, as a game animal,
possesses merely tho qu ilitics of endurance,
size and stuborness bearing no more com
parison to the elk and moose than eloes thu
mule to the thoroughbred. Turf, Field and
Fartn.
Flour and Grain Trade of Italy;
Italy, although celebrated for its production
of fine whett, is unable to prod'ice a sufficient
quantity, and is therefore largely dependent
upon importations of foreign grain. The
total imports f om 1871 to 1880 inclusive,
amounted, according to official statistics, to
3t,6b'0,000 cwt., whilo the experts for the
same period were 7,720,000 cwt. Deducting
export) from imports, there remains an aver
age yearly deficiency of 23,000,000 cwt. to be
supplied by importation. Vhe supplies to
cover this deficiency aro drawn chiefly from
Russia. Roumania and Turkey, but small
quantities are also imported from Tunis,
Algiers and the united states, the imports
irom Hungary ate also insignificant. The im
port duty ou wheat is 14 lire per ton, on other
grains 11.50 lire, on flour 2.77 lire per kilo
giam (2 cwt ). The custom receipts on wheat
troin 1871 to 1880 inclusive, averaged 4.17
lire, or about $777,625. The flour trade of
Italy is insignificant. The imports for the
decade 1S71-'81 amounted to G5l,840cwt.,
and the exports to 024,402 cwt. The exports
exceeded the imports, but the excess was so
slight as to be of littio consequence in inter
national trade.
Among the Islands of Puet Bonnd, W. T.
The following is taken from advance sheets
of the forthcoming work "Oregon and Wash
ington," by Newton II. Crittenden:
Victoria, April 20th, 1882.
The San Juan group of islands, some thirty
in number, composing the county of San
Juan, W. T., contain an aggregate area of
about two hundred and fifty square miles.
They are situated between the waters of the
Gulf of Georgia and the straits of Juau dc
Fuca, the Iilaud of Vancouver, British Co
lumbia, and Whatcom couuty, Washington
Territory. Thoy have an average elevation
of about two hundred and fifty feet, not in
cluding Mount Dal'as, of Sun Juau, with an
altitude of 1,080 feet, aud Mount Constitu
tion, which rise 2,500 feet above the sea level
from the Islai d of Orcas. A thick growth of
fir, cedar and spruce, rovers their surface,
extending down to the bluff nndrocky shcrcs.
Though better adapted to grazing than agri
culture, they comprise considetaDlo areas of
good farming lands. Tho soil of the uplands
is generally a light, candy or gravelly loam,
peat and black loam, with a clayey upBoil
prevailing ou the bottoms. All the cereals
and rooto rown in the Territory west of tho
Cascado Range flourish finely. Apples'
plums, cherries, st, awberrics, and other
i-mall fruits, of excellent quality, aro raised
in abundance. Tho cliinatu is moist, mild,
equable ami healthful; tho summers arc too
cool for com, t matoe, melons, peaches aud
grapes, though the lormer are grown
in u few sheltered, warm situations. ater
of good quality is easily obtained everywhere.
Tho forests abound with deer, otti r and
mink, and tho suriouuding waters with sal
mon, halibut, bass aud other excellent fidi.
There aro no beasts of prey or poisonous rep
tiles, anil but few nius(iiitoes. Of theso
Islands aro settled, Sau Juan, Orcas, Lopez,
Blake ly. Decatur, Wuldrou, Shaw's, Stewart,
Spe-idcn and (luenies, with a pop'ulati n of
8o(J people, of many nationalities, chiefly
Americans, English, Canadians, Irish ami
Scandinavians. A few Indians still inhabit
these bhoi'iH, but uie puacably iiiclui d. An
examination, of tho couuty records, thrjugh
the kindness of Judtro Shercr, couuty auditir,
Bhows 42 800 acres of improved lands, prop
erty assesied atSI8l.l(i2, lueludiui; 10 000
sheep, .",000 head of horned cattle, and 1,000
head of horBts. Those portions best suited
to agriculture, aro nlrcady occupied, tliuutr.li
much available timber land is still open to
settlement ui.der homestead and nre-empt.on
laws. Improved farms arc valutel at from $5
to $20 an acre. San Juan Island, tho largest
of tho group, and containing about half the
population of tho couuty, about thirteen
miles long, with an average width of about
four miles. It became famous in history from
its joint occupation by the American and
English foiccs, from 1858 to 1873, during tho
pendency of the Sin Juan bouiidsry dispute.
The principal buildings of both American and
British camps aie still standing, tho former
on tho northeast and the latter on the south
west shore. Sheep raising, mixed farming,
aud the manufacture of lime are the chief in
dustries of the people. It supports about
5,000 sheep, iu pretty good condition,
throughout the year, without feeding, except
in severe seasons. The average wool clip is
about three pounds each. Its limestone de
posits are among the moit extensive and
purest in tho wo:Td. San Juan lime has no
superior iu the market, for fineness and
strength.
At Eureka, the Yaquina took on board over
700 barrels of lime fruin the kiln of McLach
l;ui ti I-ec, It bums perpetually, producing
about 8,000 barrels annually, worth at their
landing from $1 00 to $1 25 pe-r barrel. The
lime rock is appamitly inexhaustible. An
analysis (shows it to ho remarkably free fioiu
clay, silica, oxide of iron, li.tumen, carbitn or
other deleterious eubatanc.o. Toward cvc.
iug on the 10th, wn Hailed from this beauti
ful little harbor for McCurdy's kiln, uiiatcd
on tho south side of tho ishud. The com
bincd hndicapu of these islands is exceeding
ly piciurcsque and charming. Their there
present a continuoui surpriso of cozy coves
and harbors, with an occasional stretch of
clean, gravelly beach, overhung with the ever
green cedar and fir.
Iu many places tho ofM,ing watcri are so
deep that the shipt may run their bowsprits
among the foreit trees, without touching lot
torn. Leaving the islands of Shaw, Orcas and
Stewart, on our rii;ht, we arc soon in the wa
ters of Canal de Ilaro. Here such a strung
wind is encountered that wo turn back and
anchor for theniglit closo to tho shore in 33
feet of water, in Roche Harbor, the rendrz.
vous of thu English fleet during the joint oc
cupatiou of San Juan. Tho following tiiorn
iiiK the Yaquina received 500 more barrels of
lime at McCurdy's. These are tliu mot.
extensive lime works on tho upper coast. A
iieipctual kiln with a daily capacity f I'.'.l
barrels, bums day and night the ye-ar rounit.
Aljout 2,000 barrels a mouth are shipped, thn
principal markets being Portland, Victoria,
It. C-, and points on the sound. The de
posit of lime-rock hero ii imirftjiise - a moun
tain elifl extending back from thu shore and
downward lor an unknown depth, entimated
to be inexnauntihlu for two or thrxa genera
tion at an uunual product of 30,000 luneli
A force of alut thirty moo. are employed in
mining, burning, coopering, etc. The lima is
of superior quality and in great demand for
ar.H liih.ii an 1 '.hor pi .iter work.
Don't Whip a Frightened Bone.
It seems to be a characteristic fading of
most coachmen to lay thu lash o.i a horse that
exhibits fenr .it nit object in tho street or be
side the road. Mr. Heigh, pieridcnt of our
society for tho prevention oi cruelty to ani
mals, ssy in the organ of his society, what
every reasonable being ought to know, and
that is never to whip a horso for becoming
frightened at any object by the oadside. for
if he sees a stump, a log, or a heap of tan
bark in' tho road, and, while he is eyeing it
carefully, and about to pas it, you strike
him with the whip, it is ihe log, or stump, or
a heap of tan batk that is hurting him in his
way ot reasoning, unit the next time tie will
iw more frightened. Give him time to smell
all these objects, and use tho bridle to assist
you in brinsing hi n carefully to those objects
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It regulates the Bowels, cures
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WEI DE MEYER'S CATARRH
Curo, a Constitutional Antidote for
till torriblo malady, by Absorption.
Tho moat Important Discovery ainoe
Vaccination. Other remedies may
rellovo Catarrh, this onres at aar
stage before Consumption sots In.
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Ague mixture
Chills and FeVBr aro permanently
curod by Or. Jayne'a Atjue MIb
tnre. With a little caro on tlio jiart
of tho patient to avoid cxpoHUre, anil
tho occasional unoof Jaynk'h Sana
TiVEl'iMJ!,tliln remedy will bo found
to 1x3 certain In lt operation, und rad
ical In ItH ofToctA. In many Hoctiont
of tho country fcubloct U Ague ant
othi.T malarial dlhtahoH It bat an oa
tablUhod churactur an a popular hjkv
clflc for theno harraxnln!,' coiiipluliiU,
and tho number of tCHtlinonlalu re
ceived hIiow that ItH rt'putution la
constantly Increasing.
Intermittent and Remittent Fevers
arooffoctually cured by Ir.Juyiie'a
Akud Mixlurr. In theno com.
pluIntMcaro xhould bo taken to follow
thu direction closely, arid especial
attention given to tho livor, which
xhould bo assisted In performing Its
function!) by Dli. JAYNJi'BSAfATivif
Vills,
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