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THE OKEGON SCOUT. JOMiS A: CIIANCKY, I'nlillftlicrn. UNION, OREGON. About Rattlesnakes. An English scientific journal, not long since, gave nn account of an attempt mado by Dr. Arthur btradliiiB, surgeon on board ft British man-of-war, to test the bito of a rattlesnake on Ins own per- son, with tho nntidotcs. Dr. Stradliiig shut himself up in his cabin after mid night with ligatures, ammonia, nitric acid, brandy and tho serpent, Crolalua horridtiB. Q Tho snako was n small one, with but two rattles, but lively, and not at all in clined to lend himself to tho cause of science. When tho doctor introduced his gloved hand into the box, proposing to bo bitten on the lli'shlesH part of tho wrist, tho snako sprang out at tho other arm, and iullicted two punctures, leav-J lug HK3 iang in cute. Dr. Stradling shut tho snako up, pulled out tho fang with forceps, and sat down to writu out his jjensations nnd to apply his remedies. Ho had no sensations, and applied no remedies. About four hours later ho suddenly perceived a lump rising on his arm, and turinSl to tho table to get tlio nitric acid, when ho becamo dizzy and fell on his cot insensible. O There ho was found an hour or two later, paQlyzed in tho lower extremities, his breath scarcely perccptiblo, his eyes iixed and glassy. Frightful convulsions followed, and it was only after tho most vigorous treatment with brandy, sul phuric acid and ammonia for two days that ho rallied. "Ho was as weak," says his attendant physician, "as a baby, and a mere lay liguro for tho ex hibition of beef-tea, arrow-root and mis placed sympathy." No good could pos sibly result from so fool-hardy an ex periment. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, tho eminent American cspecialist in ncrvo diseases, inado tho poison of tho rattlesnake and its remedy tho subject of years of study und experiment. 1 lis monograph on tho subject was published by tho Smith sonian Institute. Tho result of his researches waa that no known specific against tho bito of tin's serjent is so certain as Avhisky, swallowed until tho patient becomes Ulrunk. Tho hunters and trappers of tho lower Alleghanies reached this conclusion long ago without any scientific research. Wo havo heard among them of innumcrahlo instances of bites, but of nono which proved fatal when whisky was taken in time and in sufficient quantity, though in cuSl's whoro tho snako was old, and its fangs full of venom, tho heulth of tho victim was injured for life. 1 ,- Irish Bulls. Thcro aro some good old Irish bulls which aro too good to die of neglect. Of this order was tho exclamation of tho Irish gentleman, who, on getting a 10 prizo iiutho lottery, and, finding that tho prizuSow less than tho money which ho hud paid for it, cried out : " What luck it was I did not got the 20.000 1 I must havo been entirely ru ined 1" During tho timo wlton Ireland had a Parliament of her own, a member of tho Irish IIouso of Commons was de scribing tho inordinate lovo of praise which characterized his opponent. "Tho honorable member," said be, "is so foud of being praised that 1 rcnily boliovo that ho would bo confdit to gi'vo up tho ghost if it were but to look up and read the stonecutter's puff on his grave." " Contempt of nionoy," was tho ex pression of another. "Tho honorable memoir professto to play tho philoso pher. 1 can assure you, Mr. Speaker, that, if there is uny ono ollleo that glit ters in tho oyes of tho honorable mem ber, it is that of purse-bearer ; a pen sion to him is iv compendium of all the cardinal virtues. All his stutesinaiidiip is comprehended in thogtrt of taxing ; and for good, better and best, in tho scale of human nature, ho invariably reads pence, shillings nnd pounds. I veiily believe," exclaimed tho orator, rising to tho height of his conception, " that, if tho honorable gentleman were an undertaker, it would bo the delight of his heart to see all mankind seized with a common mortality, that he might have the benefit of tho general burial, and provide scarfs and hatbands for the survivors." "Is there uny ford there?" asked an English tourist, xtQ eiuno suddenly to a full stop before one of tho little mount ain torrents in tho West of Ireland. " Oh, to uo sure, your honor, there was a ford," said a peasant standing at the brink, and making a hundred uriiuai'os of civility. " When was it ?" mud the tour ist. "Before tho bridge was built," said tho peasunt : "but when man uud horso went over tho bridge the ford got out of tho habit." "Well, now that tho bridge ia broken down, 1 suppose tho ford may have got into tho habit again. Is it safe?" " To bo sure, your honor, all but in tho middle, but that is nothing; and, if you can swim, there is not a better lord in the country. " But I cannot swim." "Then, you honor, the only mifo woy that I know of is, jja koou as you got beyond your depth, w walk back ngoiu." A Nkw Yoiuc firm sends us a double column " ad." of a new stenographic pen, for tho insortiou of which in tho daily for three weeks tho firm agrees to send us u pen. No, thank you. Wo had oue autographic pen. Just sold it to druggist for a soda fountain. If she lets down soda as fast as she did the ink, Homo man will be drowned at thut fount ain before tho middle of Jufje, and don't you forget it, Jturlinyton Jlawk A nntural Ico-oavo. no ordlng to Tho Alta California, exi ts thirty m les oat of Fall lUvervtillev, Oil., in the Mount Shasta region. There uro huge col umns of ice, chambers of lee, and leu hanging from the eo ling like blades of polished steel, forming a pleturo of grandeur, Tho rcs.douts of tho valley haul their summer's supply of Ico from tho cavo. A street railway will bo started In Koy West,, Fla., as soon as .UiQ Mexican inulqs which have been Imported from that country can bo "broken," Brown Bread. Hell by any other, naiuo is just ai hot. The devil will never bo chained while the lightning-rod man is loose. Train robbing has been crowded to the wall, but the o.rcits is still among us. Train a boy up to want a juHtolllee, and l)f We ho is old he will mil wires to got ft: The Hie nre buzzing nssiin, riarMng, Tliu oplilcrs are craw Ins nluut, Hie bujrpg'ri; llippluxiiti Izlpplnn around, Aim in. inoqimot's win soon lu out. x lie sevonteon-voir locusts aro good deal like sovoiitcon-yoar girls in one particular. A few of theni can make a most tremendous racket. The youth in Milwaukee who swal lowed a cilvor dollar has done much to joslltOtho solidity of tho proverb that "a fool and his money aro soon purled." PSalvation Army Captain faid ho was willing to wade through blood knee jjoop for the good of tho cause, but a shosver of rotten eggs withered his zeal, and ho slid without waiting for gore. Some people toss up their heads and moer whenever it. is intimated that tho world is becoming more bulky in the brow; but tho fact cannot be iloilyed that tho small boy of to day knows a heap nioro than his daddy according to his own estimate. Of all the distractions under tho un that perplex a man to baldness, noth ing is more rasping then this thin" of jotting tangled up In a patenrniedlcino advertisement that starts out with as much fascination as spearing fish by moonlight. W o nave a stalwart impression that if the angels over turn their backs to earth and vibrato their wings so rapid ly as to prevent oven a whisper with sulphur in it from rising beyond tho clouds, tho occasion for tho saino hap pens about tho time a woman with joy ous raiment gets doused on tho oross ing with a sprinkling-cart cngineorod by a soulless man. Some red-headed pcoplo claim that one of these days tho Government will tako charge of the weather and run it to suit tho crops, as easily as tho aver age patriot thinks iio could manage a postollioo. Jt may be, but wo predict ;..... ... !.. . r.... is ti. i Uli; JIlrtL MIUII HI IIUIL IIUCCIIOII Will 00 to inuko it a penal oll'onso for any man to shed his llaiinels before midsummer. It is a well-known meteorological fact that a change of undershirt at any time previous to harvest is pretty sure to bring frost ViuctKjo JMiijer. .Mrs. PuriieH's Troubled. Mr.s.,Purnoll takes tho troubles which have come upon her in a very philo sophic spirit, and is, writes a Isoiden town, N. J., correspondent to Tlic New York World, troubled more over the errors in tho statements of those wlnl often, with the best of intentions, undertook to explain her misfortunes than she is in tho loss Itself. She says: "There has been so much said that is oithor entirely false or founded on half facts that it is hardly worth while now to go into more than a general denial of the assertion that our troubles como from speculation in tho ordinary sense of that word. Tho investments by which I largely lost wore not duo to my brokers nor bankers, but to a gen tleman of whom truly ono can say: "Do mortuis, nil nisi boiium.' I or dered some bad purchases through lack of tnno for consultation. Mv dealings elsewhere, oven . with , the 1 Rothschilds, teach me tluiL iio bettor informed, hard-working, nioro Kind and .louorablo men exist than New York barkers and brokers." "What Of tho story that yourfortuiio was sunk in assisting your sou John?" "My son .John throve until his rents .n Ireland began to fall. No man over breasted adversity more heroically, patrioliQilly, aud i hope successfully. Neither ho nor I ever had any peach orchards in Delawaie. The great In diistrj ho developed in the sourt is now attracting attention. Ho helped his tenants, sisters, and myself in bant limes." "How do you find Bordontown?" "Yes, those who have noted as in formants as to my condition havo at tacked On Is place mid Ironsides. Rordontown society is agreeable, dis tinguished, and always was remarka ble. 'Ironsides' is called the Hill of Health, is choice in every respect arid dear to me. It owes no debt but tho mortgage, which is a minimum com pared to its value. It was tho first homo my daughter looked on as her own. I lor health and happiness re vived thOe, nor would sho ever re main away from it, howover entreat ed. Some houses in Philadelphia, tho first property my father ever owned, will bo for sale and well advertised." "As to reports of your being a spec ulator?" "I havo not speculated for tin aire, nor did my last dollar thus go. 1 never lost speculating in my own bohalf,Q.nd all with or lor whom I havo dealt profited through mo. But appetites which grow by feeding, when best fed, want too much, and cheat tho broth of time. 1 did not lose and sure ly did not waste money traveling for the Irish or tho domoerats, and I would gladly havu increased thorn tenfold. "Someone, by way of putting a good face on me, says 1 am foolishly good natured. That is the uukiudestcut of till til the person himself who said that, and if Irish, his own people. 1 am good-natured with the good-natured. Sweets to the sweet.' I kissed a bit of tho Blarney stone ere 1 began lec turing to tho Irish. 1 havo been blamed, too, for exactly tho reverse of tho curious notions attributed to mo by this informant blamed for believ ing In hard work, not luck, hast, though not least, my poor daughter's charity is used agafnst us. Ironsides was rented for .some years, and after ward slowly .furnished. She remained with necessitous friends in Borden town to help them, while I was much away working for her country." Tho old liulv, now on tho board-lino of 70 years, is yet full of oombatlvo uess, and Is ready In feeling- for any amount of hunt work, and In closing her talk those who hud been spreading misinformation with these lines: The woil I lr (nil of fooli who would eeououo Mutt ilvu'll nionri Ami Hint 1 too ihotiM av It mutt, tUil Uicak luuie kind o( looking -mim. OUR SUOAR INDUSTRY. A Department of Acrlenltiire Report on the Production of Mi:rar and Molasses. The department of agriculture has issued a bulletin on the sugar industry of the United tflites. It is ti work of 221 pages and is accompanied by sev eral maps, charts, and plates. It con tains an introduction on the produc tion and consumption of sugar in this and various foreign countries, and re ports eg tbo manufacture of cane, beet, horghum, and maple sugar in the United States. It is compiled by II. O W. Wiley, chemist to the department. It shows from the annual report on commerce and navigation that the value of molasses, sugar, candy, and confectionery imported during the fis cal year ending Juno !50, 1881, was 810.'), 88 1,7(50. Tlntotal duty collected on these articles amounted to St!5,J29,- G(J8.2(i. Tho value of tho domestic molosscs and sugar made from cano is given iis$1.8i,80,r..,IO; the maple sugar and molasses are vaiueii at .,uui, 012.10; the sorghum -it $i).o:SG .'Mo.io; tho beet at S102.(tf(1.0 and tho iriu- cose products at SH.OOO.OOO. The total value of all tho domestic sweets produceu is estimated at l!5,0.')7, 109.(5:!. The value of the sugar and molasses made from tropical cano in other states than Louisiana is estimat ed, and the yio5jJ of tnaplo sugar and molasses is taken from the census re port of 1880. This sugar is estimated to bo worth 10 cents per pound aiv "ft the molasses 711 cents per gallon. is not claimed that tho figures in re gard to beet sugar and glucoso aro en tirely correct. Tlie report in relation to cano sugar industry is not fisittoring. Tho fol lowing are some of tho conclusions in regard to it: The production of sugar and molasses in Louisiana lias almost ceased to be profitable. Damage from ovor.llow, unfavorable seasons, and de pression of prices have been the causes which have rendered tho cultivation of tho sugar-eauti a precarious under taking. It would bo useless to discuss further hero tho causes which have found tho price of sugar down to less than the cost of production. Yet in spite of rapidly increasing consump tion tho amount of sugar made has been so enormous that a fair price for it could not be maintained. In fact tho progress of agriculture is nioro rapid than tho increase of population; and more food por capita is grown now than over before. Sinco wo can not hope for any marked decreaso in the sugar product of the world the only remaining way to save the indig enous industry of this country is to make its processes more economical. The sum of all the analyses shows that the percentage of sucrose in sugar-cane in this country is neither as large as in tho tropics or as it has generally been regarded. I had expected to find the mean percentage of sucrose in the juices of cano at least I I, and was not a little surprised to find it greatly less. One of tho great problems to which tho sugar-cane grower should serious ly address himsolf is to secure tho production ot a cano richer in sugar. Careful and systematic selection of seed, and a constant practice of a most favorable system of fertilizing and cultivation, will surely result in such an improvement. No such sciontijio attempts havo beou attended with Tuoh signal1 success with tho sugar beet in Europe. Yet what would bo the condition of this industry to-day if the beutgrowArs of (ienniiny" were to use the same kind of seed they plant ed fifty yearn, ago? It may bo true that the sugar-cane would not lend itself to improvement as rapidly as tho boot has done, but the natural law of selection still holds good, and a cer tain improvement must follow its ap plication. Tho best way to uceoni jdisb'Oiis result would bo the estab lishment by tho state of an experiment station where a principal object of tho work would bo tho improvement of the (piality of the cano. The results thus obtained in a small way could bo made of tlnOgroatost possible advan tage on tho plantation. Having sc oured the host development of the cano and established the most favor able conditions of culture, the process of manufacture would next receive attention. As this is now generally carried on it is neither scientific nor economical. Tho history ot the de velopment of the sugar industry shows that only in central factories, where the operations can be carried on on a largo scale, the most economic meth ods can bo applied. With the excep tion of tho manufacture of sugar and molasses for domestic use tho small mill and open kettle must bo abandon ed. Tho report states that till the beet sugar enterprises in lQ- eastern states havo apparently been abandonod. The Alvarado, Cal., beet-sugar fae tory. situa'tud on the east side of tho bay, twenty-four miles from San Francisco, is the only one in operation in tho United States. The climate of Alvarado Is a peculiar one, and. as experience has shown, very suitable to the development of a first-class sugar beet. Tbo winters aro mild. Plant ing begins in February anil can bo continued up to the middlo of May. Tho early planting matures in tho Kiuiiuior, and tho factory can bo start ed by the middle of August. From this timo until December there is a consecutive maturity of beets. Tho summers and falls tiro dry, and there is little danger of the beets taking a second growth by reason of early rains. When harvested the beets do not require to bo siloed, but aro kept up in heaps either with no covering at all or at most a little straw. In tho middle of December, 18SI, tho com pany had nearly twenty thousand tons of beets on hand. Tho belief Is expressed that thoro tiro .'i,8:!0 square miles of laud in Cali fornia, and perhaps as much more in Oregon and Washington, well adapt ed to raising sugar beets. Laud near towns, however, is costly and labor dear. Tho prospect of making beet sugar profitable oven in tho most fa vored regions of the Pacific slope does not therefore appear to bo very on con raging. After mentioning sovoral sorghum sugar factories that were closed dur ing tho year, the report ud,o; Tho men who hav put their money in these enterprises seem likely to lose It, uud Intendtug Investors will carefully consider tho facts herein sot forth bo fore making final arrangements. Tho expectations of the earlier advocates of the industry havo not been met, and the predictions of enthusiastic prophets have not been verified. It vi'ould bo unwise and unjust to conceal tho fact that the future of tho sorghum-sugar is somewhat doubtful. This unsatisfactory condition is due to many causes. In tho first place, the difficulties inherent in the plant itself have been constantly undervalued. The success of the industry lias been based on tho belief of the production of sorghum with high percentages of sueroso and small amounts of reduc ing sugar and other impurities. But the universal experience of practical manufacturers shows that the average constitution of tho sorghum cane is far inferior to that just indicated. TaknigQho mean of several seasons as a sure basis of computation, it can now bo said that the juices of uorghuni as they como from tho null do not contain over 10 per cent, of sucrose, whilo tho percentage of other solids in solution is at least 1. It is neeifjess to say to a practical sugar-maker that tho working of such a juice is one of extreme difficulty and tJ,w output of sugar necessarily small. Another dillietilty with which the industry Juts had to contend has been found in the eriideness and inellicien cy of the machinery which litis boouA "T, s h.ch iiid.eatcs re hiiemenf 3. Suceessfuftugar-making lc-ani1 symmetry of mtol cot. The com morn on tl.n nlheienev oF tho ! 1omil "OSO was less finished at in use ponds more on the ellieioney of the machinery used than almost any other kind of manufacturing. It i3 safe to say that tfbould the sugar-makers of F.uropo attempt to make beet sugar with machinery as imperfect as that used in the sorghum-sugar manufact ure the attempt would end in disas trous failure. The working of sorghum juices will bo found ns difficult as tlioso of beets, and true success can not bo hoped for until the processes used for the ono aro as complete and scientific as for tho other. It is not meant by this that the processes and machinery are to be identical. Tho chemical as well as mechanical treatment of the two kinds of juico will doubtless difi'er in many respects. And this leads to tho consideration of the third dillietil ty viz., the chemical treatment of sorghum juice. It has taken nearly three-quarters of a century to develop the chemistry of the beet-sugar pro cess, and even now tho process in this direction is great. The chemis try of tho sorghum-sugar process is scarcely yet a science. It is only an imitation' of what has been done in other fields of work. Sorghum will have to develop a chemistry of Us own. This will not bo the work of a day or a year, but it will bo accom plished sooner or later. Considerable matter of value and interest to those situated whore they can evaporate tho sap of tho maple is contained in the report. Tho observa tions ot a largo number ot the makers of maple sugar and molasses are given in regard to the proper time to tap trees, the method of doing it, tho rela tive yield and richness ot sap drawn from trees growing on high and low ground, and tho utensils to employ in gathering and evaporating tho same. It seems to bo tacitly admitted that maple sugar and molasses are the only domestic sweets, aside from glueoso and honey, that aro certain to yield a. profit to tho producer, and that tho manufacture of sugar and molasses from beets, tropical or northern cane, could only be carried on at a loss if tho protective duties wero removed or considerably reduced. The economy to tho nation of keeping up these pro tective duties is not apparent to most porsons. They do nojl encourage the maple-sugar industry, as maple sweets rank among the luxuries which will command a high pneo even if other kinds of sugar and sirups are low. They are in effect simply pre miums paid by tho consumers of par ticular articles to tho producers of them. They aro taxes paid by ono class of our people for tho benefit of another class? Fourteen Million Logs in Jam. Considerable apprebonsion lias been lolt by the luiiibernion of Fairfield, Me., in tho laser tew days that they would not get their logs tluvt came out of tho Fast, branch ot the Kennebec. The logs, when two miles below In dian Pond dam, began to form a jam on tho bend of the river, whoro tho bank is trout fifty to one hundred feet high. It was some time before7 any one know that tho logs wero hung up, and the jam containing 10,0(K),00U logs was formed, 'ftio drivers in charge raised the gates in Indian pond tlain, and, with a head of eight foot of water, tried to force tho jam through. Tho current from above tho dam broke tho boom and lot 2,0i)0,000 more logs down on the jam. The lock gates wero then shut and arrangements mndo to hoist another head ot water and break the jam. A largo amount of powder was deposited in the jay and connected with n battery on the shore. A full head of water, ten feot, was obtained at Indian Pond dam, which made the jam creak and groan, and at the propor moment tho powder was exploded. Tho jam with its 11, 000,000 of logs, went out in a body, crushing and rumbling with a noiso which was heard a long distance. Tho logs wore piled twenty feet high, and many of them wero standing upright in tho jam. From the place whoro tho jam formed to tho forks tho cur rent is at the rate of sixteen miles an hour. Mew York Tribune. A Direct Temptation. It is impossible to doubt that tbo ease with which a defaulter can evade arrest by crossing the Canadian lino lias been a direct encouragement to financial infidelity. A poor man en trusted with large sums of money, as is the case of a bank toller, must bo subject to a very strong temptation to theft. There is not much in tho pre vailing tone of tho world to strength en the restraints of conscience, but the certainty of detection would naturally act as a barrier to crimo. When the man knows that ho can fill his pockets with the money of the bank, take an express train for Montreal, Mid be out of tho roach of tho polico by tho time the robbery Is discovered, a direct temptation is placed before him to which It is not strange that mnuy weak men yioM. 1'hilaiUlna Timet. Nose Notions. The fool may only see in his noso a convenient thing to smell with, but tbo philosopher reads there tho sure indications of sagacity literally keen scented, of judgment and force of character, with many other things not to bo dispensed with in the mental furnishing of either civilised or sav age. An inch on the end of a man's noso is a good deal, both as regards the dignity of expression in that ap pendago and the qualities of mind which Q signifies. Roman, aquiline, Grecian or pug, we are all obliged to wear it, and so it mav no well for us to inquire what this frontispiece of tho faco symbolizes, in general and in particular. Alexander tho Great 0s a Greek, but at tho upper part of his nose we see the prominent sign of ag gression, which marked the Hoinan noso and character. It was this ex tremely large faculty which led Alex ander to depart from the established policy of Greece, and to carry on ag gressive wars or foreign conquest, and to plant colonies and kingdoms iti other countries. Tho lower end of his nose indicated, the same artistic and literary taste which marked tho (hooks as a nation. In the Apollo, in Venus, Mercury and other idealiza tions of Greek art and thought, we see that delicate and perfect chiseling of tho nostrils which indicates refinement' the end; its possessor loved knowledge lortne sake ot power and conquest, rather than for its own sake. Ag gressions and self-detenso were tho eadiiu signs which gave character to tho.Koman nose. Tlioy aro largo in the face of Julius Cicsar, who curried tho gonitis of Roman conquest up to I its meridian splendor. Civilization has always had to push its way against ' a mass of obstacles. The Roman nose is a moral battoring rain to boat down these walls of savagery and igno j rr.ncc. No person with" a very short I noso over made a profound fnipres j sion in tho world. Tho hard Roman noso, pushing its way despite nil per ' soual suffering, has played a conspic uous part in tho moral "as well as tho political advancement of the world. It dominated tho old Roman race, as ' well as the modern aggressive Briton. It carried Washington on to triumph, , stood in the forefront of Lincoln's tin I yielding strength, as it had sustained I the shocks of Waterloo in the face of tho Iron Duke. Against hint was pitted the Itonian-iioed Napoleon, but in the septum of Wellington's nose tbo sign of synthesis, of intellectual I ombiiiation and perseverance was I very large, and this caused him to ! hold out on that day, even when the ' apparent tido of war had turned against him until Bluchor came, and all was saved. The face of John Wesley, a cousin of Wellington, shows tho same aggressive character. In all tho great founders of religions or of sect wo see the same aggressive nose. It stands boldly forth in the face of Zoroaster, in Mahomet, in Calvin", in the otherwise gentle faco of the Zaza ! rone, and in tho hosts of other leaders who have done fierce battle for opin- ion. Nature never puts a great cause upon a saddle-backed nose and ex pects it will rise into power. It was not Victor Emmanuel, but rather the high-nosed Garibaldi, who achieved tho independence of Italy. A low , bridged nose will do for the helpless ness of childhood or the servility of the African, but such a bridge will never carry a great work safely over. The aqailino noso of the Jews lias large signs of aggression, defense and protection, whilo tho breadth of their noses indicates their money-making propensities. This form of the nose was common among the old Assyrians, as shown by their sculptures. Tho projection of tho tip of tho noso indi cates observations, tho questioning faculty, and belongs to tho inquisitive mind of tiio child who has everything to learn, and how can ho learn except to ask questions? (This faculty takes the lead in our intellectual processes, as its advance guard position in the faco plainly shows. If wo inquire and observe, some discovery will tollow. Uoston Times. An Irrigating Cuiial Completed. During the past week the Arizona canal was under close examination and final inspection by the president of tho company, Clark Churchill, to ascer tain whothor the contract of Mr. Mur phy had beit fully performed. It stood the tost and examination mndo, and was finally accepted by tho com pany. Water" llo ws gracefully aiuf evenly through its entire length of forty-one miles from near tho mouth of tho Vordo on Salt river to Cavo creek, a point some seventeen miles north of tho Gila, into which its waste water Hows. This canal will carry as much wator as tho Erie canal, m tho state ot Now York. It is a grand im provement, and although of a public nature, it has been constructed entire ly by private moans, and its existence is duo to tbo energy, enterprise, and great business capacity of a fow men. It will furnish water to reclaim and render valuablo a very largo tract of land which does not belong to tho canal company, and the only advan tage the company will reeiovo from it will bo tho inonoys derived from tho sales of water anil wator rights. In fact, tho wator rights will barely briug back to the company tho money ex pended in construction, Tho sales of water at fixed rates will barely cover the expeuses, so that, lu fact, the land holders will got a share of this great irrigating canal, with tho assurance that it will bo kept in order for their perpetual use, at about its actual cost. No improvement in any part of the country originating in privato enter prise ami involving so much expendi ture has, to our knowledge, over boon brought to so successful a completion. It will furnish water to supply thou sands of farms, vineyards, orchards, and stock-growers' homes upon lands which havo evorbcon an unproductive dosort of no value for any purpose. It will bo of incalculable benefit to this valley and tho whole territory. I'Aamx (Arizona) Gazette. "I hve sixteen ctiltdrun," Mid nn old Ken tucUInn mournfully; "aud ttlll I do uot sit wilh mr leu croed watching my cabbage Crow." Aou-Jr He Courier Journal. Why the French Dress Well. Tho French woman is acknowledged to have learned the secret or dresslnc well beyond all of other nationalities says a writer in Tim Cleveland Lender. Isolated cases, exceptions to the rule, prove tho statement. Some Americac women aro these Isolated cases, not all. Foreigners say that Americans arc among tho most captivating, and often the best dressed women they meet, but tills comes of conglomerate circum stances for which tho women as a na tion should tako littlo .credit. Wo are not vet tho best dressed women in the world. But we are on tho road to that distinction. Wo havo learned the se cret of being "bicn chaise, bicn gnnteS I hut is onc great point gained. An other rule wo aro learning slowly, to preserve tho street costume pla'n, the carriage or visiting toilet elaborate, and all effulgence, so to speak, of cos tume for the ball or toilets of high cere mony. These rules aro being adher ed to nioro nnd nioro with us, withal, we need thut) appearaneo of the "fit ness" of things that is never absent from tho toilet of IIP French woman of fashion. And herein is the secret, an open ono to all. The Amirt-Jcnn woman sees a material, is caiignt by its beauty, its colors, its heavy folds, its filmy lightness, any of its attributes that pleaso tho eye, "and she buys it. Then sho looks up the stylos, hunts for patterns, consults the modiste and gets it made often without knowing for what occasion sho will need it. Tho French woman is too wise for this. She has made the subject of dress too serious a matter of study. She notes ruml "alyzes the dilleretit kinds of treatment given by artists to drapery on the female forms of their canvas. She studies her own height, shape, color, carriage, and natural move ments. She keeps a list o' tho proba ble and possible times and occasions which she thinks she will need pre paration for, and when the time ar rives for her to have a now costume made sho has its general appearaneo and its minor details all familiar to her mind, even to color and cost. Then, and not till then, sho goes to the mart and selects tho material that comes tho nearest she can find or afford to reali.o tho conception of the costume she wants, hi other words tho Ameri can woman purchases her goods, then finds her pattern; tho French woman selects her pattern, then buys her goods. Let some of our lady readers who havo never tested this matter see if our idea is not correct. If this French plan wore oftenor followed there would bo fewer magnificent and beautiful fabrics spoiled in the making, Oy no fault of tho dressmaker. The noongriiity in the efi'eet of many of tho niost magnificent toilets is due to the fact that tho "fitness of tilings lias been lost sigfit of." Curious Show of Bovmo Intelligence. I owned sixty-five acres of bottom land where the coarse, blue-joint grass grew in eajiebrako like r.tnkness. My Texas cows chose this dense cover in which to bring forth their young. Ono spring I knew that there wero over twenty calves continually hidden m the grass on this bottom. Every morning cow after cow would slip out of the herd and disappear in the tall grass. After an absence of an hour or two, they would return to the herd. In the lato afternoon they would again disappear, to rejoin tho herd just about corraling time. When the calves wero three or four days old. their mothers would bring thoin out into the herd, and their places in the grass would be occupied by younger calves. Once 1 desiicd to see tho young calves, and 1 roilp into tho grass to hunt for them. After an assiduous search I found ono calf lying prone on tho earth, with its head and neck ex tended and pressed into tho thick mat of old grass that lay on tho grofcmd. Tho littlo creature lay perfectly quiet watching my horse. It did not so much as wink its dark eyes when I dismounted and extended my hand to ward it. I leaned over it. It watched ine?ntently, but did not stir. I drop ped my hand on its head. Instantly it is on its feet and calling loudly for protection, calling that the wolf, its mother had told of, had come. I heard twenty mother cows bollGiv in answer to the calf's call that they wero coming. Tho dry grass snapped and cracked in all directions as tho mad defied cows rushed wildly to their young. 1 mounted my horso and quickly rode away from that spot. Each cow ran in a direct lino to tho phieo where its calf was hidden. Tho entiro herd rushed into tho cover to dobattlo for tho calf. What an up roar thero was! Cows, steers, bulls, all calling loudly to ono another in angrv, excited tones. I had a fool ish setter dog with me, and ho had to mix himsolf into the trouble. The first cow that saw hiui hollowed to tho otliors that she saw tho wolf. Thoy all pursued him. and ho, doglike, lied to mo for protection, and my own cows gave mo a brisk chaso as"l gal loped over tho prairie. Tho herd wero excited and angry for hours. I tlo not boliovo tho young calf has a par tielo of scent, and I also boliovo that the cows know this to bo so. At any rate, thoy are willing to leave their offspring out of tho corrals over night in a wolf-infested country, onco thoy havo hidden them and bado them bo still. Frank Wilkcson in Providence Mar. "As Koine Docs." Etiquette in Rome is very strict as to ono point: It is not considered propor for a lady to tako the arm of agontle nian in a Catholic Church. In walk ing about St. Potor's the guides men tion this to tho couples who innocently stroll arm in arm looking at tho stat ues, pictures, altars and frescoes of that wonderful interior. Perhaps this is bcoauso any idea of its being a promo nado should bo discouraged. A gentle man remonstrated with the guide on ono occasion, saying that tho lady with him was his mother, aud lamo. "Then put your bund undor her arm," said tho guide; "but do not lot her tako vour arm." A young gentloman al "ways gives his right arm to an older lady in walking with her. On being asked why this is done, he answors that It is a "continuation of the carriage etiquete," which always puts the gen tlomau on the lady's left.