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A New Theory ol Comets.
Tillamook, Die. 12, 1SS2.
Kditor Willamette Farmer:
The comet in all ages has been the ad mira
tion or the wonder, and in many cases the es
pecial terror of man, rushing ioto the scope of
human vision as a largo cloudy train of in
creasing light, or suddenly appearing Irom
clise proximity to the Itun'&s a brilliant mass
of incandescence; a celestial blaze, inspiring
awe, wonder and fear from the Pagan vota
ries who propitiated for its favor before the
stone gods of "Karnak down to the trio of
English astronomers w ho recently published
cards of prediction and drea I against another
iM visit
of the present treat, comet, whose
twenty millions of miles of tail is fail i tie
Awnv in th far KniiHiuraah, rn av. tVlmfr. nrn
they, and what part do they play in the
grand machinery of the universe, are ques-
t tions primitive enoug'i for the child to ask,
It but, perhaps, will never bo satisfactorily
4 answered by man.
In humbly proposing to-day a new theory
U as to the purpose of the comet, I would first
Ift notic. that a possible theorv of any matter
jrjp' may be too complicated or interdict to be-
J'F'come a probable one, or the plan actually
til pursued, but there is a vast space between
J-1" theory and the defiuites of practice, even in
terrestial matters; and when, we lcavo the
l' Jjearth the breach widens in proportion to the
distance of the object'theorized upon. The
I Mi discovery that the pUnets are opaque bodies
Jgwwith regular revolutions around the sun, re
JjjssJ vealed possible tlio theory of their inhabita
jjljj bility, but the further discovery of a diurnal
rSfmith clouds, fog, sea and land, clearly makes
j?" the theory nervously probable that they are
! "'"inhabited, but beyond that science cannot at
Jjjpresmt go. But little planetary analogy,
l,jl however, can bu brought to bear upon the
ti-iiieccentric mass and motion of (he comet, their
'jfjdaDgerous sweep around the sun almost
jjiwithin reach of its lambent flames, the one Of
i"M1S43 approaching within 100,000 miles of its
iH'-iiurface, wh.re it was subjected to a heat
;)jy47,000 times greater than that of our earth,
itljjmust banish from the wildest mind all ideas as
sJRto the inhabitalility of such bodies. There
tljjforc, let us speculate a little, first.upona pns
iMsible object they may have, and afterwards
ySendeavor to make the theory appear in the
H light of a probable one. The discovery of the
angual farallax of the nearest fixed star, a
' 'Oeutauri, plates it at a distance of at least
20,000 millions of miles from our sun. Half
.'of this distance, then, will probably be
'within the attraction of cur sun. Now, 10 far
as has been discovered, Neptune is the out-
v'eidc planet of the solar system; it revolves at
a distance of leas than three thousand milioni
of miles from the central luminary, hence we
have left over seven thousand millions of
IT miles undiscovered border between us and the
?,next sun's attractive power. Wewill imagine,
Ktheu, that far out into starlight and beyond
i-Psun-banished Neptune that there revolve
fOTmany as yet undiscovered globes of our sys-
, tern. In these remote regions the sun shines
j only as a star of the first magmtud. An evi-
dent deficiency in light, then, must exist in
; those remote regions if it is to be supplied di
rectly from the tun, as it is well known these
. 'elements decrease inversely as to squares of
mH-istance, as 1, 4, 10, etc., which gives to
gpXlonely Neptune 400 times less light and heat
Efethan is employed by our earth. A number of
ffir tatelites would increase the amount ot light,'
5 'but would add nothing by way of heat. Then
'' kow are those deficiencies made up, or com
k 'pensated for, on those distant spheres to rem
V JJdy our la . of knowledge in the matter. I
JfSlrambly propose the theory that the genus
'iiWmet is neither more nor teaa than utelites
I those remote planet and are occasionally
iatu" e I, or ''worked off," as it were, from
uptiud orwu arouna the primary, when
iev have become too cool for proper use. and
art away on a flying perihelion around the
central earth, where we behold them heated
p to an amazing degree, and shooting away
into space their nucleus, a razing, seethiue.
( boiling mass of matter, capable ot dispensing
Si"' light and heat to a great distance. Their en
Ksjrmous tails, with which they are ever accom
"'panied, I would suppose to be a species of
fjighly illuminated atmosphere, greatly ex
panded and ratified when in proximity to.the
4 son, and thrown into an elongated form by
:-'jtwo causes: first, the rapid motion of the
jtsTOcleus toward the sun; second, both the sun
tfand cometary nucleus being incandescent
q bodies, and charged, without doubt, with
(Jaltctricity in its positive condition. There is
ia repulsive force operating between the two
WlBAises; the loese and independent mtai of
"(the comet's atmosphere is, therefore, always
" t opposition to, or rather forced away from,
Ike sun; a grand arrangement ideed, other
wise every comet would loose more or less of
its tail during its perihelion. How- far electri
cal repulsion may assist in overcoming the
centrpttal tendency of tlio.e bodies in their
close call to the sun mii-ht well U-, I thinic, a
t subject I' r scicutirc uiicussion. Inn ro
ultion earner, the , the comet's atmoirhcre
precede th nucleus into space, and though
i- seems to be mainly in advance, as far as tlio
human c)o is able to follow it, jet it must lie
conlirgiiig all the while, and could we behold
it at its faithcst point, we would in a 1 proba
bility observe a nucleus in the center of n
somewhat elongated cloud or attuo'pl ore, the
Utter filling a two-fold requirement, protect
ing the nucleus from a tno rapid cooling in
th. frigid zones of space, and being highly
susceptible of illumination, it would act as an
auie conductor ot ngnt and heat to its prt
mar), which it would, iloubtless, more or ies
envelop; and if one comet is the heater of
light and heat to a planet, it is easy t) sup
pose that there arc several attached to one
primary, some to shine in the absence of
others. In fact, the theory is better su
tajued by surmising that there are at least
two in attendance to every such Fphcre, the
arrival of a second from its perihelion would
disturb a first in its elongated irbit, which
purtuibations would continually increase un
til a point would be reached where all
primary attractions w. uld be at an end, when
the disturbed and cooled tatelite would again
gravitato towards the sun.
The calls cf gravity are very feeble in re
gions remote from the central sun, and are but
slowly responded to. A planet twice tho dis
tance Of Neptune would not make n complete
revolution in less than 400 of our years.
Hence a comttary satelite as is here contem
plated might make several perihi lions around
the sun during ono complete rcoIution of its
primary. There is au objection to this theory
of tho comet that well may be advanced, and
that is this, all of the planets, so far as die
covered, make their revolutions in one belt
or lane in fho heavens forty-seven degrees
wide, called the plane of the eccliptic. Now
as comets are seen to appear and disippear in
directions contradictory to that of the eclip
tic, it mni ioiiow, men, mat it tney are in
deed satelitcs of remote planets, those planets
travel in planes different from that of the
ecliptic, r that the latter is extended to an
indefinite width. But this objection can cer
tainly be' satisfied with the tact that as the
comets themselves are known to break this
law or custom of the visible planets, and
move undisturbed in all directions, it would,
therefore, be no strain upon gravity for
planets to do likewise. If this theory appears
wild, unreasonable and far fetched to the
reader, let him consider ono or two operations
th t he has often performed in his own life.
He haa.often borne a, braud from the hearth,
and by its light moved from room to room, or
into the outer darkness, and thought nothing
of the simple circumstance; or he has heated
a stone at the hearth, and through the ecoi
omy of its treasured heat, hisjeet has hee.i
rendered coinfortahlo during his wintry ride,
and deemed it a matter of no importance, yet
it is only the exercise of these very same prin
ciples on a far grander Bcale that the theory
which you have just read gives as the otlioeof
the comet. Oravity is a lonelcs thing, and
like vegetable soil, is capable of many, yet
harmonious creations, as every student of as
trononn know, an 1 could wo behold the revolving-worlds
of tho binary sjstcm and null
tiple stars, where silts revolve around suns,
wo would, doubtless behold them threading
mrzes, compaicd to which the eccentric paths
of the comet, as given above, would be only as
the toying of a cmld. F. M. Lamd,
A Farmer about Farmers.
Polk County, Oregon, Dec. 25, 1882.
Editor 'Willamette Farmer:
As you seem to solicit correspondence for
the. Willamette Farmer, will you allow the
undersigned to scribble his ideas in regard to
farming in general, and espscially on the Pa
cific coast? Of course, the subject embraces
too much, (even were we capable, which we
are not, of doing the subject justice,) to ex
plain our ideas fully in one letter. In the first
place, Mr. Editor, many of our brother far
mers do not come up with the times, having
been raised in the Western or Southwestern
States, strictly honest and upright in their
principles, but lacking to appropriate the sci
ence which has of late years been applied to
agriculture. To keep up properly with the
times, we consider it absolutely necessary to
take and not that but to read and digest
such papers, as may treat on the subject of
farming and farm machinery. The cost of a
paper is absolutely nothing to be compared to
the advantage it gives a man over him, who
does not read. You can tell the difference, by
simply passing a man's farm, whether he takes
farming papers or not. The one ornaments his
yard and house by making a nice Uwn, and
Bet out shrubbery, hangs his gates with proper
hinges, and points them; the other makes a
barnyard of nis bouse lot, and hangs his gates
(if he has any) 'with an oak grubb or a leather
strap. And this is only the least difference
the reading tanner plows Ms land in the fall
as early as possible, so as, to give all the oats
and weeds a chance to sprout in March and
April; but the other waits till April or May to
plow his summer-fallow, and what is the con
sequence? A crop of wild oats, and from eight
to twelve bushels of wheat per acre. Nor
does the difference end here; the reading far
mer goes and buys a reaper, and cuts his grain
before the oats go on the ground; the other
wits for a header until all the oats are on the
ground, and his land ruined for years to raise
a good crop. We do not wish to be under
stood to mean that the present binders are a
perfect midline, not by any means, but they
(like the Chinaman) are a necessary nuisance.
and do save mtst of the oats.
And now, Mr.' Editor, allow us to state that
there is a vit difference of what papers a man
read'. We liav five papers before us- -tw o !
farming, one, political, one religious journal, help came ia tight. Most of the hunters
and one nnn-ducript; but we think there is Walked bck to town jettertlay. The Iir
nothing lost in reading them all, or at least line wai sent from this city to help the
partj of all. For we join in with Bishop Mcr- Vancouver out of her dealemi.
ris, that much of that "which crowds t'io col
minis of a political newspapei" is not only tri
vial, but "positively luimfnl to the joung as
well a? the old. To parade all tho gluing
crinns as well a9 tho pugilistic fraternity be
fore children in a fannh, is to fay the least,
qtiitu disgusting. Providence never ibsigir-'d
man to become a heist of burdt u, ami if Ik
finds himself to be one, ho hiin'elf is only to
blimo Any man that will faithfully work
ten hours ;t day may have nx hours to read
and rest in, and sleep eight hours; will accom
plish ino-o than the mm, who knowt nothing
but work and to ert, and, therefore, makes a
beat of burden of himself. Aril now, Mr.
Kditor, let us proceed a step farther. Every
seribo and haritce in the land has something
to siy about tho farmer; they all knuv more
than he does about farming; they all know
what great profits there is in farming; bu' do
they tort'ot the many drawback, or oid they
nevjr le.ini them? It almost teems to us that
when the "angel" spoke to Hagar, he must
rave had the American firmer in view, as
well as Ishmael, when he said : "His hand
will be agiirst every mm, and every man's
hand (gainst him, and he shall dwell among
his brethren." Is it not substantially tiue
that every hand has been against the farmer
for the last twenty years? Is it not substan
tially trua that every man has been protected
but tho farmer He has been protected with
vengeance, by making him even pay a duty of
40 per cent, advance on his grain bags. Some
onesiys: "Yes, but he is protected in his
wool I" Throughout the State, wo don't be
lieve it will average ten head cf sheep to each
farmer, while the duty or increase iirpiico of
all woolen goods will cost each family at least
ten dollars.
But we cannot, in this letter, enter into the
arguments of "Protection vs Free Trade,"
but we would beg of every reader of tho Faii
mfk to buy orbjrrow Charles Knight's Histo
ry of England, and if he then doesn't get his
eyes open, it must be because he has none.
Farmer.
Foiled Scotch Cattle.
Kavsas City, Mo., Dec. 13, 1S82.
K litor 'Willamette Farmer:
If Mr. Clarke is still editor of the above
mentioned paper ho will remember me as a
cont'ibutor of his paper, but specially as su-
ferintendent for S. G. Reed at Heedville
'arm. My object in writing to you is to ad
vertise through your columns myself as com
mission agent for Polled Scotch cattle, that is
for Gilloways, and Polled Angus or Aber
deens. In doing so, I feel certain that there
are no such animals, so perfectly adapted f( r
Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory, as
our black Polled Scot. I know your country
and climate, the requirements for stock men
on the Columbn river district, and nono are
so admirably fitted fcr turnirg your grasses
into dollars as our S otch pills. You can get,
i veil at tho eaily late, 1 J cents p.r pound,
mora for our polled cuttlo, in the New York
market, thin any other breed. This 1J cent
lit given in preference to all others own yet,
when the business h m its infancy
H'si. Watmin.
Notk iiy Editor. Many will rec U it Mr.
Watson, and as there aro inqui ius m piesent
for IV led Scotch cattle, his c unmunication
will have interest for stock men.
Weather Report tor November, 1882.
During December, 1882, there were 20 days
during which rain fell, and an aggregate of
0.78 inches of water; 5 clear days, 0 cloudy
days other than those on which rain fell.
The mean temperature for the month was
43.24 deg.
Highest daily mean temperature for the
month, 05 deg. on the 13th.
Lowest daily mean temperature, 20 deg, on
the 31st.
Mean temperature for the month at 2
o'clock r. li., 43.GS deg.
Highest temperature for the month, 01 deg.
at 2 p, M. on the 0th.
Lowest temperature, 25 deg. at 7 A, M. en
the 31th.
Froi-ts occurred on the 11th, 18th, 10th,
23d, 25th, 26th, 2Sth, 20th, 30th, 31st.
The prevailing winds for the month were
from the southwest during 16 days, north 11
south 4 days.
During December, 1881, there were 18 days
during which rain fell, and 3.40 inches of
water; 2 clear days and 11 cloudy days.
Mean temperature for the month, 42. 16 deg.
Highest daily mean temperature for the
-lonth, 63 deg. on the 22d,
Lowest daily mean temperature for the
month, 29 deg. on the 2d.
T. Pearck.
Eola, January 1, 1883.
. "There is uo arguing a coward into
courage.',' But even the coward miy be brave
after trying Kidney-Wort, that medicine of
wonderful efficacy in all diseases of the liver
and kidneys. It is prepared in both dry and
liquid form and can always be relied on as
an effective cathartic and. diretic. Try it.
Strcck a S.sao. The steamer Vancouver,
which took a hunting party down tc Wil.
Jamette Slough on Saturday last, ran on a
snag and sunk while attempting to get
over the rannli at the breakwater at the
head of th ilnui'h. Tim rrtv l.iwl
stav over Sun.lav nmht nn l, l.i . nn
MM I'll. I. II
The comp'etion of the O. It & X. Co.'s
branch road, now in c tirso of construction,
says tho Walla Wofla Democrat, fiom this
pl.ico to a point oil the Pendleton ai d Biker
Citv bunch, will be of greater imnortaiu-e to
the city of W.illa Walli than inn.ii) f our
merchauts seem to realize. Should tho road
be built to a point on Meachcm crci k, it w ill
at onco open up to us a trade whoso impoit
ntiee can bo estimated only by a person f i
miliar -nith the richness of Umou aud Biker
counties. The first of thco is tho model
county of Orcgou for tho dairy business, and
already has hundreds ot farmers who nuke
the numtfacluro of butter and cheese their
solo occupation. Tin lnlnbitaiits alsi culti
vato large farms of bay aud oi gago extendi c
ly in pork. raising, but ure nblu to raito only a
small amotiLt of grain. The cereal crop be
ing fo uncurtain that as soon as tho road is
completed small grain will disappear from the
list of productions of tho (itaud Konilc al
ley. Baker county is noted forits rich mines,
and while they aro but slightly developed
their cxtont is well known, and arc constant
ly attracting tho attention of capitalists,
many of them1 during tho past Summer in
vesting so heavily that work will undoubted
ly be extensive I lie coining se.iann. Unlike
Union, Biker is not an agricultural county,
and with the exceptirn of a few miles almg
the mountains, has no farms; consequently
whatever 11 mr, produce and maiifactured
art'clos are used will have to bu shipped, and
Walla Walla, by a little foresight mil enerry,
can easily sccuro the trade of the entile
country surrounding Raker City, and per
haps control the tradu of Canyon City and
tho Malheur country, nhich is so rapidly de
veloping. The rcoploof Union and Biker
counties have so long been accustomed to
tratlicing with our people that they will wel
come a trade with us, an 1 as wo are the only
city that will require their produce their
butter and eggs, clieoso and hy in any quan
tities, but a small effoit Will have to bo made
to secure the entire wholesale and jobb ng
trade of a country now Lumbering 15,001)
population, and which, in a few yiars, will
coutiiu 30,000. Our citizens and business
men should use every endeavor to influence
tho O R. k X. Co. to make the connection
of the branch road as near the mountains as
1 ostible, securing a short and direct route to
the country named. We expect, boforo iho
close of 18M5, to see tinins leaving the city
loaded with our garilin produce our fruits,
grain, and manufactured articles, and to seo
it returning with butter and chcise, the
product of the n iiies hiy and pork.
mtati; ti:iii'kici.il'i: alliinci:.
The Oregr n State Temperance Allianco w ill
hold iti twelfth annual session in tho city of
Albany on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1883, at 1
o'clock 1- m. Article II. of tlio constitution
reads:
"Tho alliance shall be composed of dclc
gites elected annually, and duly accredited
from temperance societies and other organii
tious devoted to the iiiteiests cf the temper
ance cause. The basis of representation be
ing ono for the organization and one for every
twenty members and one for each fraction
over ten.
Delegates attending will pay full fare oing
over the O. 4 C. It. 11. Co.'s lines tc Albany,
and will be returned at 20 per cent, cf the
usual fare upon presentation of my certificate
to tho Albany agent, as these certificates will
not be honored on train.
The O. R. N. Co. will raturu those at
tending at 80 per cent, off the regular tariff
rates by presenting secretary's certificate to
agent at Albany, and those going up or down
the Columbia will be required to present a
second certificate to agent at Portland to se
cure reduction.
Every temperance society, church and Sun
day school in the State is urged to send full
delegations, and let us make this the grandest
rally of the hosts of teniperanco yet held in
Oregon.
The press throughout the .Statu is kindly
requested to copy.
By order ot tim president.
Du. J. W. Watt.s. J. E, Houston,
Secrttaiy.
Eugene City, Jan. 0, ISS3.
Mr. J. M, Willis, special land ajent of the
N. P. R. It., was in town last week says the
SpoLao Chronicle, Mr. Willis has been en
gaged throughout the fall months in survey
ing grading and valuing a i ortion of tho com
pany's lands in accordance with the programme
decided upon by Col. Lamborn and Mr. Paul
Schulze last spring. He is one of the most
valuable and experienced real estate men in
the country. Within the past two weeks he
has sold over over (25,000 worth of farming
land alone. The chief demand is for farms in
township 2224, ranges 2320, lying north
of Sprsgue and west of Cheney, The clause
in the company's contracts to the effect that
purchasers shall plow and cultivate, in good
and husbandlike manner, one-sixth pirt of the
land sold before title shall be given, is being
strictly enforced under the new administra
tion of the land office at Portland, Mr. Willis
expects to start several surveying and grading
parties early in the spring.
On the 4th init. a nun named Win. Stntch
aged 24 )ears, says the Port Towoseinl Aryu,
fell overboard from tho British bark Prince
Rupert, whilo off the entrance of tlio straits,
and owing to tho heavy weather that pre
vailed at the time, ho was drowned, although
a life buoy wis thrown and a boat low ere I to
in assistince in wliicli Urn mate ami three
men risked their lives in attempting to save
him.
Horso Stealing and Lynching
Piii.eville, in Crook co mty, nowly por
tinioil ofl'fiom Wasco county, has been tho
scene of teinblo nntrnges ngiinst law. AI,
Swarlz, a well known stock nun, formerly of
M.incn county, was shot and killed in tho
evening while playing a g line of cauls. This
was a shocking tragedy to o;cnr in a pc.ici fill
village. The shot camo from w i'hout, and no
clue is afforded as to who fired it. Tho sanio
nkht two mou, named Luster and Huston,
were hung to a juniper tree, three miles from
Priueville, by partiis unknown.
Tho excuso made for these aits of atrocity
is, that it is necessary to protect honest stock
men from the depredations of thieves, who
organize to run stock out of the county. This
carries tho imput ition that tho men niiirdcicd
wcro tho ones engaged in stealing stock. To
tiko tlio popular sido of tho cite, we ccnccdo
that tho stock raiser needs protection and
suffers severely from dishonest practices. Wo
lately had a talk with a man well known
among cattle raisers, who explained tho losses
lie had suffered, and that are common through
that region. There is no denying that it is
necessaiy to bo severe in punishing such
thieves, as they are a cm slant threat to the
prosperity of oil stock raisers. If taken in
tho act of running off stolon property it would
not seem that summary vengeance was not
too severe for them. But if taken in tho oat
thero would bo no doubt of their conviction,
and punishment according to law. We des
pise, tho horse thief, and would measure out
tho severest penalty of the law to all Biirh,
but there is no cxeuso, in a laud where law
exists and can bo enforced, for the committal
of such outrages as the murder of Swartz and
Hutton and Luster. So far as the world
knows there was no proof of their criminality.
It is whispered that vigilantes h.ivo visited on
these men punishment for crimes, when it is
just as easy to suppose that some private hate
has been gratified by these teiriblu murders.
Thero is no excuse for such acts in a civilized
community. Vigilantes could effectually or
ganize to watch and convict suspected parties,
aud when taken in the act give them over to
tho law. When tho law refuses to punish on
conviction it will be timo enough to execute
summary vengeaiico without law. Tho pio
cedent is very dangerous It weakens tho
hand of justice, and educates tho public con
science in a terribly wrong direction. AU the
safety any community has is to crnite laws
and to cnfoice them, ami seek justice no other
way.
Storing Wheat.
A farmer writes tho Albany Jletubl from
Oakvilla:
A iiiiiubor of us have hauled wheat
from nine to twulvo mills to store it in Al
bany, expecting to receive, tin eo cents more
than by hauling it to Corvallis, only four
miles distant. Let's put it in our barns, and
if wo have not room, nulio room fcs.it, and
see if the screw won't bo tight for the next
two years. I venture to say wo would all I e
well paid for our trouble, I can safely say
that Albany will not get tho wheat it has
from this placo informer years. So long as wu
give them our wheat to handle and work nn,
just so long they will use us. If we put our
selves in the hands of those men we consult
tole used. Our wheat is in Europe, prob
ably, or some other country before we get a
cent for it. This is a new year. Let every
one try keeping his wheat at home, and see if
when wheat buyers come round they
won't pay moro. I was in Corvallis whero
wheat is worth 8(i cents. I said I have wheat
to sell. Where is your wheat? In tho Albany
mi'ls. They only give 81 cents for it there.
How does this look 1 Thero is certainly some
thing wrong.
Wo aro not familiar with tho facts, but if
wheat is worth Kli cents in Corvallis and only
81 cents in Albany, there is, as the writer
says, something wrong- some screw loose.
Storing wheat is not satisfactory always to
the producer. When tho warehouseman has
the wheat in possession ho has an advantage,
and too often can make the price suit his in
terests. To protect himself the farmer should
contract to have as much as is paid else
where, or to have the privilege to remove his
grain without paying storage. Farmers could
own their own warehouses if thev could co
operate, but experience shows that co-op;i a
tion is ditlicult to accomplish, even in Linn
county, whero the grange is more successful
than elsewhere in the State.
Another Failure.
For several years Mr, J. B. Knapp has been
engaged trying to build up a commission busi
ness with Oregon farmtrr. Ho made arrange
ments with the State Grange to act as flrango
Agent in this city; has auvertiecd extensively
ami lias none consiucraolu business. Ho has .i
Urge dairy farm on the Columbia, and takes a
practical interest in farming matters general.
ly. So far as we know, he has handled pro
ducts to advantage, We have been told by
numerous friends, who live near here, that
they secured more for their produce when ho
handled it, than when they sold it them
selves Mr. Knarp is a practical man, with
largo business experience, and has dc voted
himself to this business with zoil and energy,
and Ins deserved to succeed. He has not suc
ceeded, 1 nt hn actually Imt money by his ef
fort He withdraws fiom Ins cherished plan
to take hold of a bii'ino s that is already well
established, and makes a rood ii'tinn for cip
it.1 .nil ontirpiise. Wei grct his withdraw
al from his former busiin ts, bee lose w e con
sider the f.uli 10 to support him, ns nil iudici
tim thit our producers are n t rnpablo of co
operation. Mr. Kuipp had thu i.o'.uiuil sup
poit of tho tti-.ingp, but did business for all
farmers. EfTjrts of o similar nature, bised
exclusively on Grange i atn.n ige, havo failed,
chittiy b"cnuso tho jealousy of individuals in
teifered with the common good. Even in the
Grango wo saw tho friilty of human nature
werk ovil to the noble obj-ct of the- order.
Of course, tho editor of thu Fhimkr cannot
help these things. He cannot cure what
seems incurnblo Tho fault is in want of
jiidgnunt and confidence; selfishness iutcifirs
with success. To pass theso things by without
a word will bn perhaps thu most prudent
course, if wo caicd to win popul irity; but tho
truo way for tho Fahmeic to do good is to
meet 1 11 these matters fairly and feorlessly,
mil show where tho fault lies. Tho failure of
tho Grnn"n means tho failure o' co-oporation.
Tho Grange lost tho contidencn of tho masses,
becauso the prejudices and nirrow minded
iiens 'of a few, who were in authority nt a crit
ical time in its history, cost the order tho con
fidence and respect ot tho majority within tho
gates and of pcoplo generally. Wo do not ex
pect fanners to co opera'o without organiza
tion; tho Grango seems to offer tho only avail
able oi'gaiiiratiuii. As tho country improves
and population increases, it is to bu hoped
that tho Grango will attain more strength and
bo capable, of moro good. Tlioso who believe
it is doing uo good are mistaken. It is pow
erful for good, in some respects, already, and
wherever it is conducted by disinterested and
capable persons, who work faithfully for the
nest goort ot tno orcler anil ot tlio community,
it accomplishes excellent results.
Christmas and New Year's Cards.
We received by last mail an assortment of
holiday cards from Fotben & Co., Biston.
These cards aro of most lovely designs, and
gotten up with artistic taste. Forbes k Co.
are solo agents for K.iphol, Tuck & Co , and
aro from tho Royal Acade ny of Des'gu of
Iondon. Wo arj sorry ti say that those
cards camo too late for tho holiday trade hero
in Oregon. If thoy had been presented to tho
dealers here in time, they would havo com
manded attention from their elegance, novelty
and beauty of coloring; also for appropriate
ness of the season. It ii but a few years since
cards for holiday and East' r seasons were tim
idly put before tho public; the rc.ilysa'es en
couraged artists, and soon birthday aulot'ier
cards follow coil, showing tho popu'ar lastofor
artistic designs, and consequently tho trade
has been Hooded with cards of evury conceiv
able noit, sometimes gntinqiu and comic, to
bo used by dealers in diy goods. No col lee
tion that has been brought to our notice
equals these of Follies V Co., of 181 Daven
port street, Boston, Muss,
Endorsed.
At thu last meeting of tho Turner Grango,
which was attended by neatly nil tho most
substantial members of the lodgo, the subject
of the late election of U. S. Senator camo up
and was pretty generally discussed by nearly
all presont, and it took a pretty wide range.
And all who spoko ondorscd Senator Dolph
and thoy considered Mr. Dolph eminently
qualified for tho position, and it was foortu
nate for tho State that tho tit ction resulted
as it did. As a Senator should lie a man of
ability, industry and integrity, all of which
thev thought Mr. Dolph possessed in an cmi
nent degree. Hon. J. G. Bloakny is a mom.
ber of that lodge, ami his couraa in the
Senatorial contest was emphatically endorsed,
and was congratulated on what hu did to
bring about tho tluctiou of Mr, Dolnh.
StuUnumn,
FRUIT IN THE FALOUSB COUNTRY
Mr. L. M. Swift, who has a nuisery of fnut
trees near Colfax, Whitman county, W,T,,
made an exhibit of fruit in December, which
wtui forwarded to tho Buieau of Immigration
in this city. Hu writes: "1 havo a lino bit of
cherries, currants, homes, etc., put up in al
cohol, which can bo seen at my place. I have
railed parsnips over eighteen inches in circum
ference, and of very fine flavor. Every kind
of lege tables I havo tried, and they are very
numerous, are of excellent quality and large
size. It is ten years last July since I settled
hero."
Mr, Swift's experience proves that fruit can
bo grown all through that region. Wo have
lately shown that orchards do well on the
Yakima close to the Cascades, also in Klick
itat county, and fruit grown in Spokan county
has proved a success, Mr, Swift shows what
Whitman county can do. Ho scut down sam
pies of excellent fruit of following varieties
Apples Fall Pippin, Gravcnsteiu, King of
Tompkins County, Westucld Seek Xo-Fuith-er,
Tillman's Swoc-t, Swaar, Sc-llow Newton
Pippin, Esopus Spitzenburg, Gloria Miiudi,
llald win, Northern Spy, Mother, Onondaga,
(Ipngii. Of pears Vicar of Wakefield,
lliurre d'Aujou, Lawrence, Winter Nellis,
Hello Ep'no Dumas, Josephine iU Malines,
Marengo. Thero were some varieties not
iiami-il, that wero of excellent quality.
Nervous debility, the curso of tlio American
licoplu, immediit. ly yields to thu action of
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