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The Oregon Scout.
VOL. II.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1885.
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THE OREGON SCOUT.
An ludependent weekly Journal, Issued very
Saturday by
JONES & CHANCEY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
A. K. JONCS, I
Mitor. f
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I 11. CHANCEY,
( Foreman,
KATES OP SUIISCUIPTION:
One copy, ono year 51 to
" Six months 1 0)
" Tlireo months 75
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eV, uai.
Correspondence from all parts of the county
solicited.
Address all communications to A. K. Jones,
Editor Oregon t-cout. Union, Or.
Iidilc Dlrpctary.
Giiant) TlOMip. VAt,' r.v Lodok, No. Wl. A. K.
and A. M. Meets on tho second and fourth
SatSJdays of each mouth.
O. F. 11km,, W.M.
C. E. Davis, Sccrotary.
Union EonnK, Xo. .19. 1. O. O. F. Regular
meeting on l-rlday evening of ench week at
tholr hall In Union. All brethren In good
-standing are Invited to attend. liyfjirdcr of
tho lodge. S. W. Lono, N. O.
G. A. Thompson, Secy.
Church nrcctory.
M. H. Ciiuhca DIvioe wvlee every Sunday
nt II a. tu and" i. is. Sunday eesool iU I! p.
in. lrtur loteling every Tliurcitny evening
ntfcSO. IIrv. Aniei(.on, 1'tiWor.
PnnujirrnKlAN Cbuucb SorvlcM morning
and evening on thi tlr.t and Ulrd Sundays of
motttht disomy poWool vcry Sunday at
18 a. in.
Bt. John's Btisoopai. CfluncB Service
evory Bmictiiy m II o'clock a. m.
Bev. W. a. ItywEix, Sector.
County OIHcwm.
Judrti
A. C Craig
...A. L. Saunders
H. KQVilson
A. F.llcnsnn
...J. Ii. Illndman
E. Simonls
BharlCi
Clerk
IVeanurer
Hobool Suoarlotondent.
Surveyor
Coroner
E. H. Lewis
COttIl;t!)0OtS.
Oto. Aaklox
8tiuu Bfcnutor...
. Jno. Stanlov
. L. H. Itlnehart
lUBi'.OCSiCMTATIVl'.
F. T. Wclc. E. E. Taylor
01y OlMeeiow
D. It. Hoes
Mhyor....
COUKCII.MKV.
8. ijPor) W. O. llo'dleman
J. S. Elliott Willis tklll
JvJ5. Eutaii G. A- Thompson
Rtoorder T) J. II. thomson
Marshal I. A. llcnnuv
rreiiMarcir J. I). Carroll
Btrxnt Com m Uisioo.tr I Katon
RbRiillir east bound trains leavo at 0:30a.
o. Woat bound trnluK lcavo at p. n.
J. R. CRITES,
Collee aojl probate practice Kpcclaltlcs
Office, ,vo floors soutb of Fostottce, Union
Ove&vB.
11. BAII.
Alter fit w wi Mm Fiwc
OBc. oo oti- )ut of J. 8. fcitfOO's 8rc,
UIJ1UI1, unun.
I. N. CROMWELL, D.,
Olltco. ono door south ot J. It. Eaton's storo,
Union, Oregon.
J. W. SHELTON,
ATTOKHiUY AT IV,
Union,
Oregon.
T. II. CRAWFORD,
ATTOKIVBJY AT LAW,
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Union,
Oregon.
D. Y. K. DEERLNG,
PltyNltilun nml NiirgcMu,
Union, Oregon.
Ofnco, Main street, next door to Jones Ilros.'
varletv storo.
llcflldonco, Mnlu street, second house south
of court house.
Chroma dlscasot a specialty.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Notary Publlo and Conveyancer. Office, n
street, wo door fast of Jones Uros.' variety
sti)ro, Union. Oreiton.
J. M. CARROLL,
Notary PaWic .and Collecting Ag nt
Offlca on the creek, opposlto Howland &
Lloyd furniture ttore, Union, Oregon.
H. F. BURLEIGH,
Attorney at I-nv, It nil Kwluto
and Coll eel lug: AffeMt
Land Office Business a Specialty.
0o at AUer, Union Co., Omgon.
MAKING STUMP FK.NCRU
k Creation That Is Plenslnc to Some
Ar-
Ustlc Taste anil Useful to the
Farmer.
One of tho most noticeable features
of the fiirin lands in this vicinity, where
low hills nnn valleys ninko the scen
ery beautiful, writes n Willink corre
spondent to The Sew York Sun, is tho
stump fence. There ian indolinitc
ness of outlino and a wavy irregular
ity of construction about tho s ump
fenco that entrances an artist of the
Delsartian school, but tho stump fence
hero is the outgrowth of necessity, and
not of artistic taste. When th3 land
was cleared it was fenced with rails
and tho (ground between the stumps
was planted with corn and wheat and
potatoes. After a time the soft wood
stumps, such ms basswood, rotted
away, but fifty seasons of rain and
snow had no more oll'eet on the pino
stmnps that dotted these liolds than a
spring shower has on a duck's back.
At lirst tho farmers tried to burn out
tho stumps, but the woi(3 charred over
and tho lire went ouU and thou the
stueip got water-logged in the next
rain, and all tho ingenuity of a Ver
mont Yankee couldn't sot them on lire
after that. The farmers triad blasting,
but a keg of powder put under the
heart of a six-foot stump only served
to split it open and leave the two or
three parts apparently as iirmly cm
bedded as they were before. Unally
a machino was devised for pulling out
bodily tho stumps that had resisted
tho elements for half a century. It
was a simple affair. Threo beams,
seven by eleven inches largo and nine
teen feet long, were placed in tho form
of a pjramid, with their tops united
in a, heavy casting that had u big cast
iron nut in its centre. These beams
were suitably braced about one-third
of tho way from the top. A cast-iron
screw twelve feet long and live inches
in diameter ran down through tho big
nut in the easting and was prolonged
by means of a heavy wrought-iron rod
to within two feet of tho ground, where
tho rod terminated in two hooks.
When a stump was to bo pulled this
big frame was placed over it. Then a
hole wits dug under the largest visible
root and a big chain was put under
the root and secured to tho hooks on
tho screw rod. An able-bodied horso
was then hitched to a lever connected
with tho nut at tho top of tho timber
frame. When tho horso began to
travel around tho fr amo. tho screw be
gan to rise and something had to givo
way. That something was usually
tho stump, but occasionally tho chain
broke or tho scrow stripped its threads.
As tho stump raised, the dentist, as
tho man who managed tho machino
was called, walked around it and jab
bed a big iron crowbar down through
tho sod.
"That's to let tho air into tho hol
low," said Farmer Kelly, ono of tho
best-known stump dentists of tho
county yesterday, as ho repeated tho
operation around tho roots of a big
stump that slowly rose out of tho
ground. "We'd bo lifting asrainst fif
teen pounds to the inch, besides the
weight of tho stump, if wo wero to
make a vacuum down thoro, you
know."
As tho stump camo out of tho
ground a Shain called a wrapper was
nut around it and tho screw rod to
keep it from cutting over and then all
hands vigorously c!oanod tho dirt from
the roots with picks and crowbars that
were spoon shaped at ono end.
"Wo got $1.25 for each stump pull
ed and put in tho foncc. Tho best
days work on record is 21. 25; tho
worst, one stump. That was six feet
in diameter and weighed about two
tons. It lifted moro" dirt than I can
estimato with it. When tho stump is
lut and cleaned it is trimmed a bito
and then rolled on to a sort of a niud-
boat and dragged to the fenco lino.
The broad, Hat tanglo of roots facos
out from tho iiold to bo fenced, and
forms a barrier that no breaching colt
or critter ever tries to pass. Tho man
ufacturer charges 1G0 forQ tho iron
parts of tho machine, and if tho pur
chaser has not tho skill to mako tho
wooden parts ho can buv them all
roruly for business for '10 more.
Within tho last few voars dynamite
has been used with considerable suc
cess to shatter tho old stumps, but it
is dangerous to handle and makes a
good many failures, leaving tho stnmn
partly split and moro difllcult to pull
than bofore. Bosldes that, a shattered
stump is no good for fencing. Stump
machines camo in when rail fences
rotted out. and they till the vacancy
cheaply and effectually."
I'retzel-Graphs.
Can tho mother of a lion bo said to
be a ma-ligaor?
A cyclono is liko a waiter. It carries
everything before it.
What is tho hardest thlncr to do
with a nowspaper? Mako a bustle.
Fred Doturlass sits ahead of Presi
dent Cleveland in church. Supposing
tho clergymau was the sun, Fred tho
moon and Cleveland tho earth. Fred
would then bo uiaying tho part of an
eclipse of tho sun.
Princess Ileatrleo is said to resem
ble an American trirl in many respects.
If that is so. the Lord uity the man
who, on 2 a week, has to fill hor up
with ice cream.
A younr fellow who had an encoun
ter with a dog bolonglng to his girl's
father, sent tho remains of his uanta
loons to hor by express, accompany
ing tho parcel with a note savlnir that
ho hud no further use for them", but
she could use them and nobody would
beany tho wiser. Carl I'rtlzers Week
ly.
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The llroucho.
A broncho is a horsi He has four
legs liko tho saw horse, nut is decided
ly moro skittish. Tho broncho is of
gentle deportment and modest mien,
but thero isn't a real safo place about
him. Tnero is nothing moan about
tho broncho, though; he is perfectly
reasonable and acts .on principle. Ail
ho asks is tu bo let alone, but ho does
ask this, and even insists on it. He is
firm in this matter and no kind of
argument can shake his determina
tion. Thoro is a broncho that lives
out some miles from this city. Wo
know him right well. One day a man
roped him aiol tried to put a saddlo
on him. Tho broncho looked sadly at
him, shook his head, and begged the
fellow, as rplain sis could be, to go
away and not try to interfere with a
broncho who was simply engaged in
tho pursuit of his own happiness, but
the man camo on with the saddle, and
contiittted to aggress. Then tho
ilironcho reached out with his right
hind foot and expostulated with him
so that ho "died. When thoroughly
aroused, tho nroncho is quite fatal,
and if you can get closo enough to
him to examine his cranial structure,
you will find a cavity just above tho
eye, where the bump of rotnorso
should be. Tho broncho is what tho
cowboys call "high strung." If you
want to know just how high ho is
strung, climb up on his apex. Wo
rode a broncho once. We didn't trav
el far, but tho ride was might' exhila
rating whilo it lasted. 'Wo got on
with great pomp and a derrick, but
wo didn't put on any necessary stylo
when wo went to got oil". Tho boast
evinced considerable surprise whon
wo took up our location on his dorsal
tin. Ho seemed to think a moment,
and then he gathered up his loins and
delivered a volley of heels and hard
ware, straight out from tho shoulder.
Tho recoil was fearful. Wo saw that
our seat was going to bo contested,
and wo began to make a motion to
dismount, but tho beast had got undor
way by this time, so wo breathed a si
lent hymn and tightened our grip. Ho
now went oil into a spasm of tall, still
legged bucks. Ho pitched us so high
that every time wo started down wo
would meet him coming up on another
trip. Finally ho gave us ono grand,
farewell boost, and wo clove the iirina
meut and split up through the hushed
otheral until our toes ached from the
lowness of tho temperature, ami wo
could distinctly hear tho music of tho
spheres. Then wo camo down and
fell, in a little heap, about one hun
dred yards from tho starting point.
A kind Samaritan gathered up our re
mains in a cigar-box and carried us to
tho hospital. As thoy looked pityingly
at us, the attending surgeons marvol
cd as to tho naturo of our mishap.
Ono said it was a cyclono, another
that it was a railroad smash-up, but
wo thought of tho calico-hided pony
that was grazing peacefully in tho
dewey mead, and hold our peace.
Hutite Fc Democrat.
Mr. Spurgcqn'a Modesty.
An English lady had occasion some
time since to travel without escort
from Siill'olk to London, and she was
forced to take a train on which thero
wore no carriages reserved for ladies.
"lhero is a compartment occupied
only by tho Rev. .Mr. Spurgeon," tho
guard said in answer to her expression
of disappointment, "perhaps you do
not object to ruling with him."
The lady acquiesced, and aecordoig
ly was so "placed. An inquiry on tho
part of the rovorond gentleman in
relation to tho window opened tho
conversation, and presently tho two
travelers were discos-sing amicably
uiion general topics. At length thoy
ached Mr. Spurgeon's native village,
where tho train pauseu a few mo
ments. "I presume, Madam," tho gentle
man observed with genuine enthus
iasm, "that you have heard of Spur
geon, the great preacher. This vil
lage has the honor of being his birth
place." He went on from this text, drawn
out somewhat, it is true, by tho lady,
and praised himself most unsparingly,
declaring Spurgeon to bo the greatest
divine iii'all England. When London
was reached ho politely assisted tho
lady into a cab, and was bidding her
good-bye, when sho said:
"I thank you vory much for your,
kindness, Mr. Spurgeon."
Surpriso, ohagrin and auger all
painted themselves upon tho face of
tho other, but ho apparently struggled
to maintain his countenance and. his
temper. Striking himself melodrama
tically upon tho chest, ho exclaimed:
"Down, tomper! Down, temper,
down!"
And, turning upon his heol, he letf
her abruptly. Ex.
Circulating Slanders.
Women, mothors, pious women,
women that aro busy-bodies in church;
that think themselves pious; that
would bo insulted at an intimation
that they aro not pure-minded, or that
they aro lacking in sympathy for their
kind, read tho papers and make mer
chandise of tho terrible allllctions of
their neighbors, gloat over theso gloat
ing narrations; havo a sensation of
exhilaration at this crushing calamity
vv their own kind; patronize the pan
derers to their own cruel and corrupt
natures; mako themselve accessory to
this invasion of tho sacred privacy of
tho family to mako its calamity a pro
lit of the trade of scandal-mongorlng,
and are not a whit hotter than tho pan
dering trader who supplies tho wares
which their natures demand. Terre
liuttlc Mail.
The man In the ,Irou mask The Laie hl
catcher.
FA KM MANAMKMKNT.
Choice Varieties of Plants that Are of Too
Much Value To Be Displaced Indus
trial Nr.U'9.
Good Enough to Keep.
In tho main there is steady progress
in tho development of now varieties
of domosticated plants. Each gener
ation of men sees plants that mature
quicker, uro more productive, and
more valuable than any that wero pre
viously known. Especially is this true
of tho plants that produco fruits. It
somotinies happens, however, that a
variety is produced so much superior
to all others that it gives the impres
sion that it was created in advance of
its time. It takes its place
among plants as tho oltl philos
ophers and sages took theirs among
nien. When such varieties appear
thoy should bo propagated as fast as
possible, and distributed everywhero
that the soil and climate aro favora
ble to their growth. They should not
bo discarded because seedsmen and
nurserymen advertise now varieties
and contribute articles to tho papers
in praise of them. If a variety of
fruit, grain, or root is adapted to tho
soil and climato whoro it is wanted, is
hardy and productive, and of good
qualfty, it should bo retained till tho
morits of some now variety aro full
established. An exception may bo
made in tho case of potatoes, all "vari
eties of which commence to dotorior
nto after they have been cultivated a
fow years. It is necessary to ob
tain now varieties by planting seed ob
tained from tho boll in order to insure
largo erops of sound potatoes.
Aniontr tho manv varietiosof straw
berries that have been introduced dur
ing the past thirty years there is nono
that can claim moro points of excel
lence than Wilson's Albany. Tho
plants aro large and strong and
abound in foliage. Thoy aro very pro
dtictivo and produco their largest crop
tho year after they aro planted. The
berries aro large, of line form, and of
attractive color. J ho llesh is very
linn, which causes them to bear trans
portation over long distances well. As
market berries thoy aro unsurpassed.
Thoy can bo carried a thousand miles
without material injury. They will ro-
tain their shape and freshness undor
circumstances that will crush others
and cause them to become stale. Thoy
nro oxcoiiont ior canning purposos.
J ho berries aro moro acid than thoso
oi many varieties, but with the ores
out low price of sugar this is no groat
objection. Tho introduction of this
variety caused strawbery-growinj: to
become popular in every part of the
country. It is tho standard of com
parison for all tho varieties of straw
berries. Charles Lamb is credited with
saying that "God might have made a
better fruit than tho strawberry, but
ho ncvor had." Man may produco a
bettor variety than tho Wilson, but it
is doubtful it ho ever does. Tho Wil
son strawberry is good enough to
keep, and to keep in its purity
Many think that tho grapo was tho
first fruit that was cultivated. It is
with little doubt tho ono from which
tho mo3t profit is derived. Raising
grapes and manufacturing thoni into
wine and raisins constitute tho lead-
ing industry in sevoral populous and
'prosperous countries. A complete
catalogue of tho varietiosof cultivated
grapes will contain moro than a thou
sand names. Some will ripen only in
quito warm countries, and others aro
so sensitive tcO;old that is necessary
to raiso tho vines under srlass. Some
aro adapted to making certain kinds
of-Avine, a fow produco excellent
ra:sins, and a larger number are de
sirable for eating as thoy aro taken
from tho vino. The varieties of grapes
that do fairly well, with or without
protection, in this latitude, nro quito
numerous, nut ior general eiilturo in
gardens and on fannsTlio Concord is
worth more than all tho others. It re
quires less cultivation, needs less pro
tection, and produces larger crops. It
would bo tho delight of epicures if it
Milt ur. tiliii.r .....I ..1 Hf
pcoplo estimate tho eating value of
different kinds of food by tho price
thoy pay &r them. As Concord grapes
aro generally vory cheap thoy regard
them as inferior. In relish thoy aro
among tho moSt delicious grapes that
aro produced in any country, though
they are as choaply raised as potatoes.
Tho Concord grapo is good euough to
keep.
During many years attempts havo
beeu made to find a hotter grass than
timothy. Every portion of tho oarth
has been searched to find a variety of
grass that possessed moro points of
excellence. Grasso-i wore discovered
that started earlier in tho spring, con
tinued to grow longer in tho fall,
which contained a larger proportion
of foliage, which remained in tho soil
longer without rcseoding, which en
dured protracted droughts bettor, or
had moro tender stalks. Some of them
or a mixture of them was found to bo
better for grazing purposes, but nono
of them has proved to be tho equal of
timothy for tho production of hay,
whether designed for tho market or
for feeding stock kept on the farm.
All horsemen deslro timothy hay, and
cau not bo persuaded that hay made
from any other kind of grass is equal
to it. It has established a reputation
in tho burse stable which it is llkoly to
keep. Tho grass is easy to cut with
a hand-scythe or a machine, is easy to
cure, or convenient to put in the form
of bales. It is not likely to mold ip
the stack or mow. It has excellent
keeping qualities. Tho seed la gener
ally plenty and cheap, and a good
"cutch" can ordinarily bo obtained by
eowing it with tho loadlnggraina. Tho
best crop is produced tho seasou after
the seed is sown. Other grasses way
bo better for a few special purposes,
but for a mowing lieMioro is notning
hotter than titnotli. It is a gnus
good enough, to keep.
Thero aro several varieties of garden
vcgotaolos that year alter year hold
their places against everything new
brought out by our most enterprising
seedsmen. Among the squashes is that
variety rejoicing in the name of Hub
bard, it is late in coming to matur
ity, it is not very large, and its out
ward appearaneo is unattractive. Hut
it ranks with tho Koxbury russet
apple, tho winter Nevis pear," ami tho
yellow Swede turnip in being a long
keeper. When boiled and served with
meat it is dry and sweet. Cooked in
the same manner as a sweet potato it
can scarcely bo distinguished from it.
Tho best cooks in city or country de
clare that for making pumpkin pies
there is nothing like a well-ripened
Hubbard squash. The Lima bean sur
passes in excellence all the varieties
of the tribe to which it belongs, and
over which it towers. Tho objection
raised to it by Mr. Heeeher -that it is
dilllcult to liml seasons and poles long
enough for it north of tho Ohio river
was well taken, but witli its propen
sity for long seasons and longsupports
it is worthy of all the time ami space
it demands. It is excellent green or
dry, boiled and battered, or soaked
and baked with salt pork. The Lima
bean camo to us from a long distance,
and "camo to stay." Like tho Hub
bard squash, it is good enough to
keep. Chicago Times.
Industrial Urevltlra.
A patented machino was on exhibi
tion in Now Orleans for freeing the
liber of hemp and ilax from tho woody
substance which it is desirablo to sep
orate from it, which gave the greatest
satisfaction. The ramie plant taken
green from the field, leaves and all,
was perfectly divested of everything
but the clean and porfect fiber ready
for use. Tho dry stalks of ramie ami
juto wero decorticated with equal suc
cess. It is said that Paris green applied
to rosebushes and grapevines infested
with rose bugs will kill the insects as
surely as it does tho potato bug, whon
used on potato plants. The applica
tion cau bo dry, mixed with Hour, or
land plaster, or in liquid form, mixed
with water, and sprinkled on, in tho
same manner as for the potato bug.
An ollicer in tho United States army
stationed at Fort Vancouver, Washing
ton territory, states that ho received a
box of strawborries raised at La Comas,
tho smallest of which was live inches
in circumference whilo the largest
specimen measured uino inches. Tho
llesh was rifio to the center, ami had
the tine flavor ot wild berries.
Many millions of dollars aro spent
annually by tho Russian government
to oncoilfago private horse-breeding
establishments. At numerous points
annual auction sales are held; at tho
public sales about 500,000 horses aro
disposed of each year. Tho Ainorican
trottiug-bred horses, it is said, bring
the highest prices
Tho South Australian government
statist has received tho agricultural
returns from an aroa of I,!121,JJ(i(i acres
of land, comprising l'J(i districts, in
cluding all tho wheat-growing coun
ties. Tho total yield for this acreage
is 10,000,212 bushols, or an average of
seven bushels thirty-four pounds
per aero.
Tho osago orango is said to bo tho
most durable timber that grows in
America and the shrinkages and swel
lings caused by heat tuu moisture so
slight ns to bo iinporcoptiblo. Wagons
made of tlfi material aro vory dura
ble, tho wJioels, it is said, lasting for
fifty years without paint or shcltQ,
On Tuesday morning, May 20th, the
l.OGlth hour of tho eleetrio 1'gliL life
test now in progress in tho tm Idings
of tho electrical exhibition, under the
Frankly n institute of Philadelphia, had
been completed, the lamps having beeu
lighted on April 11, and burning con
tinuously over since.
Natural gOs will soon bo used as an
illuininant fu Kansas City, Mo., Wyan
dotte, Kas., and several other cities
ami towns noar theso places. Tho gas
has beeu struck at several points dur
ing tho last two years, and parties
from tho Pennsylvania oil regions have
undertaken to devolope its use.
Tho fruit dealers of Arkansas ob
served Juno 1 as "Strawberry Day,"
giving the fruit gathered on that day
to the inmates of various eleemosyna
rJinstitutions. Children picked tho
bonies, the owners gave them, mer
chants paid for tho crates, and tho
railroads handled them freo.
At a recent public salo of thorough
breds in Now York city, cloven year
lings by Spendthrift averaged 1,935.
Tho highest priced colt brought 0,100,
purchased, It is said, tor lawyer broth
ers, and the next highest wont for
5,100, to Mr. Haggin, of California.
A well-known horse broedor of Co
lumbus, lnd., has contracted to fur
nish to an agont of the Cuban govern
ment sixty line brood mares, as a part
of six hundred, all to bo coal black,
and cot less than sixteen hands high.
Thoy are to bo taken to Cuba.
Sneaking of ancient horses, tho re
nowned Winchester has a rival in tho
horso which Geu. Grant rode the day
Leo surrendered. Ho is owned In
Vernon, Onoida county, N. Y.,and
marched in tho procession on Decora
tion day this year.
It is officially reported that 2.800.-
000 acres of grazing lauds in the king
dom of tho Netherlands supports
1,601.000 cattle, 275,000 horses. S50,-
000 sheep, and 350,000 hogs. This is
less man one acre to thu animal.
The plouro-pneumonia bill passed
by tho senate of tho state of TenncsO
see, appropriating 5,000 to prevent
the introduction of the disease into
that state, was passed by tho house on
tho Oth Wst.
it is said that thero havo boon moro
fruit and ornamental trees sot out in
HXkota this season than in any previ
ous one, and that they grow much
more easily than was supposed.
Dr. Gotieher, of Nashville, Tenn., is
having mounted a live-pound calf,
born at (.'astfoton, Parry county. It is
perfectly formed, anil believed to bo
tho smallest calf over born.
Ono of tho Allan steamers arrived in
Glasgow .June 2 with over live hund
red cattle from Philadelphia. It is
said to be tho largest cargo of cattlo
that ever crossed the Atlantic.
Maryland and Virginia farmers aro
making handsome profits in raising
sheep and lambs for tho Washington,
llaltuuore, Philadelphia, and New
York markets.
Tho yolk of oggs laid by hens whilo
they eat tho seventeen-year locusts is
nearly white. Hens prefer those in
sects to almost any kind of food.
Hack wheat Cakes in Summer.
While a down-town Hour niorchant
watched an employe load a truck with
buckwheat Hour," tho other day, ho
said: "You would hardly expect to
sco such a largo sale of buckwheat as
that at this time of tho year, would
yotiP Tho fact is, thouso of buckwheat;
is increasing. Tho restatirauts hero
serve buckwheat cakos tho year around,
though it strikes a countryman as
rather odd to sco buckwheat "in warm
weather. Tho increased uso ol this
Hour is duo to the groat improvements
in its manufacture within tho last
threo or four years, When I was a
boy tho straw with tho grain in tho
head was piled on tho barn floor and
pounded with a Hail. The straw was
then forked off ami tho grain swept
into piles. Whon tho wind was blow
ing briskly the grain was thrown into
tho air with shovels, so that tho chalf
could bo blown away, and then tho
grain was ground between tho ohl
fashionod millstones. Tho bran was
separated from tho meal by sifting
with a wiro-boltomod sieve. The first
improvement was inatlo whon a silk
bolting reel was substituted for a wire
cloth sieve. After a great many years
an old York stato miller concluded
that the meal would havu less shuck
or bran in it if tho shuck could bo re
moved from thu berry bforo it was
ground. To do that he run the grain
through a series of corrugated rollers,
which simply cracked open tho shuck
and allowed tho kernals to drop out.
Tho brokon shucks and kernals wero
separated by screens, and thereafter!
buuUwheat Hour was about as white as!
any other. The demand for it in-j
creased rapidly, but It was not quitoi
I porfect, because the line fuzz and dirt;
l adhering to tho otitshlo of tho borryj
fell through the screen with tho:
kernels alter tho shuck had boon bro
ken opon by the rollers of theshucker.
To get rid of this it was necessary to
polish each berry of tho grain sop-,
aratcly beforo it was shucked. Tho!
machine for doing this has just boon,
put on-tho market. It consists of a
cast-iron cylinder, say threo feet long;
and one foot in diameter, which ro-
volves within a jacket mado of t-teol;
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wuivuiuui. iiu uyuimui in uuvuiuu
with square knobs, a half inch largo,'
which project to within a fraction of;
an inch of tho jackot. Tho cylinder!
t is set a whirling at tho rate of 760 rev-,
olutions a minute, and the grain after
, passing over the screen to got tho
straw out falls down between tho
jackot and tho cylinder. Thero it goes
around and around, knocking against
tho knobs and jackot, an upwartr cur
rent of air carrying oil' the dust until
it falls out below as clean as a hound's
tooth, then it slides over a magnetized
plalo to remove any trace ofQiotal be
fore going to tho shuoker. That makes
what wo call porfrtit buckwheat Hour.
Most millers have nad to relearu thojg
trade within the last five years on ac
count of tho improvements introduced
in thu process of manufacture, but in
no branch of the business has tho
progress of improvement boon moro
marked than in the handling of buck
wl83iit." New York Sun.
A Suit Lako Saint's Architectural
Freak.
On the corner of Third South and
Eighth East streets, Salt Lako City, a
man has built a fantastio crib, gaudy
with whitewash and paint and laco and
curtains and rude images -a some
thing botwoen a Chinese temple and u
brigand's tent and ills neighbors say
ho has erootod it in anticipation of
tho second coming of thu Savior; that
he expects tho Muster now at any
time, and has proparcd this placo for
His reception. Whon people speak of
him thoy tap tholr forohoads, as though
in their judgment thoro wore rats in
his intellectual garrot. Probably
there are; but it Is a clear case that ho
has but accopted as literally true what
has boon preached around him for
thoso forty years. Wo do not know
whether or not ho is a Mormon, but ha
has in his work caused real Mormon
Ism to materialize, so that ft cau bo
seen by tho naked oyo on his premises
precisely as it has been preached by
tho Mormon chiefs through all the
weary, pitiable years. He has evi
dently stinted himself and those de
pendent upon him to preparo this' fan
tastio houso, just as the Mormon chiefs
Jtave robbed their people and starved'
their minds by not supplying them (
with decent sohools.'Io order to build
gaudy temples, within which Hot one
in ten of their people can over mt
their tired feet. Salt Lake Tribune.