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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1888)
miscellaneous. -There seems to bo a general IUppm nixiuL moiaci iiuii "Doom ruymcs iviui "doom." A calf nt West Failowfield. C:m ate nineteen yotng turkeys ami wanted more. lorontr Qhibc. At Yuma, C:il.. eggs are hatched lyiiiitur.il heat, if put in n shady place. If left in the huh they cook. jcnener "Have animals a capaci ty for affection ?" Class "Nearly all. readier "Correct. Now, what nni mal possesses the greatest affection for man?" Little Girl "Woman." Oma ha World. The Illinois Humane Society, or ganized at Chicago in 1870. has a good record. During the last six years it ha investigated 13,744 complaints, extend cd help to o,4G3 children, and saved from abuse over 8,000 horses, A Kentucky shcop-hreeder adver- tiscs that, living near thrco towns, ho has concluded to discontinue his contest with dogs, and therefore offers I ho remnant of his Hock of thoroughbred Sotithdowns for sale. There is a mending bureau in New xork Citv where bachelors and nog lected husbands take their shirts, socks, cuffs, and whatever is in tatters, nnd can have thorn made whole again. The only ways it used to be possible to get this work done was to feo the wash erwoman for the purpose, or to take tho work to ono of tho charitablo institu tions that still make a specialty of em ploying their inmates at this work. A watch lias been invented by the Swiss watchmakers solely for the use of blind people. A small peg is set in the center of each tigure. When the hour-hand is approaching a certain hour tho peg for that hour drops when the quarter before it is passed. The person feels the peg is down and then counts back to 12. He can thus tell the time within a few minutes and by practice lie can become so expert as to tell the time almost exactly. A most remarkable imitation of black walnut has lately been manufact ured from poor piuc, the quality and appearance of (he artielo being such .a to defv detection. cvpt upon very closo examination. To accomplish this, one pal t of walnut peol extract is mixed -with six parts of water, and with this solution the w(iod is coated. When tho material is half dry, a solution of hi eliminate of potash with water is rubbed on it. and tho made walnut is ready for use. "A colony of rats," says tho Now York Sun, "were driven out of their resting place in the cellar of No. fill Fulton itreot, Hrooklyn, Tuesday, bv the collapse of tho foundation of one of the pillar' of tho kings County hlovntod road. With bale-sticks and bung starters the occupants of the saloon overhead managed to exterminate nearly one hundred. It will cost the railroad about two dollars a rat to pay the damage (lone by tho water wliich Honed in the cellar?' "I should think you would adopt safety co'iphngs for your freight trains," remarked a gentleman to the superintendent of aralhoad, as u brake man with a leg mashed oil was carried by on a shutter. "Why so?" asked the superintendent. "Hecauso you cripple no many brakemon by the old method. whs the replv. "Not much," said the Miperiutendout. "This railroad only pays an eight per cent, dividend, while my stock in a cork-le factory pays a dividend of forty-two per cent. Do you think I want to go to tho expense of purchasing safety couplings in order to throw the cork-leg factory into buiik ruptcyP You must be cra.y!" Xcw- man Independent. THE TERRIBLE APHIS. A I.ltllo Iiuim'I ThHt Onulil Htrtrvo Out the 1 1 ti it ii Itncn In Ono Ytmr. "Do you see that speck on this slide?" The reporter closely examined the glas slide of the microscope. Tho eye, unaided by the lens, could distinguish absolutely nothing. "Now look through this tube." The reporter gazed through the long tubes of the big binocular microscope. Ou tliu slide there was plainly to bo seen, instead ot a single spook, a col lection of monsters, who were crawling around ou tho glass uneasily, as if out of their natural element. ''Sue their long legs, peculiar oyos nnd ferocious appearance," observed the entomologist in whoso up-town of lice tho research was bolug made. "Those are aphides or plant-lice. The aphis only weighs one oue-huudredth of a grain. Its life is short and its habits are destructive in tho extreme to all kinds of plants, particularly those which are reared in-doors. " hat is so remarkable about them?" i was coming to mat. i itey are among tho mo.it fecund creatures in the world. They breed with almost mirac ulous rapidity. I will illustrate. A heavy man will weigh in tliu neighbor hood or 2.000.000 grains, two billion timos as much as an lipids. Well, in ton broods, if nothing were done to de stroy them, how much do you suppose tho offspring of one of these minute creatures would weigh?" "I have no idea." "Of course we have'no way of abso lutely determining that matter, but judging from tho iiiuroa&o of n single lipids in a given length of time, and es timating what would bo accomplished in ten broods, wo estimate that they Avould weigh as much ns 800.000,000 tnim weighing 280 pounds uaelt or onu-tliird tliu Imnuiu population of the globe." J,ueky their jnrreaso Is checked." "1 should s.ty it was. They would dr.Woy in ono year every particle of vfgcta'ble matter in the world, mid orvitio'ii famine equaled only In its do M ru iii von ess to tho deluge Itself." ,A'. Y, Hail and Express. . CURIOUS CEREMONIALS. f Annlune Cuin. at Havor Much ol Another U'orlil Thau Our. Tho curious philosophical views o! life which appear to be common to the races of the Chinese stock, and tho elaborate ceremonials by which they nre symbolized and emphasized, give a rare interest to all that relates to the manners and customs of those peoples whatever may bo their particular nationality. Nowhere are these feat ures more marked, or do they savor more of another world than ours, than in Annam. Wo are indebted to certain French writers, whom military and poliTical evento nave given rare oj portuuities to observe, for some fresh and original accounts of the inhabitants of tliis country, and of their character istic beliefs and mages. SI. Henry M. d'EUrey has. given, in the Ilcvue Scicntijipuc, description? of the princi pal ceremonies prescribed in the rites to commemorate the mpst important events in life, which are six in number, viz.: 1. (lea Ac. or the imposition of v pin in the hair-dressing of a maiden on her reaching puberty; 2. Oca Qnnn, or the imposition of the virile bonnet on the head of a young man when ho reaches adult age; 3. Quan, or the feast in celebration of obtaining a first employment; 4. Hon, or the mairiago ceremonies; h. Taw, or funeral cere monies; G. Te, or the ceremony of an cestral worship. I lie first two ceremonies aro celebra ted by the relatives, in the family. When i maiden has reached the age of f if teen years, the father and mother adorn the two altars erected to the ancestors of their respective families, invito the near relatives, ami select, as president of the ceremony, an aged lady, of high repute for virtue and good sense. While tho lights are burning among perfumes, two masters of ceremonies. one at each euil of the altar, call oil this order fixed by the rites. The father and mother then come up to the altars, and nay in a low tone: "It is our duty to inform our ancestors that our daughter Is, according to the rites, marriageable from this day, and that the age of fifteen voars, which she has reached, gives her tho right to wear the pin." They then prostrate thoni seives four times, and the other rela tives follow, imitating them. Next, the maiden is brought up to the altar, and tho lady who presides over the cere mony, or sometimes the mother her self, takes tho pin from off tho altar iml places it in the hair of the maiden. when, after having saluted tho altars four times, she takes her back into the houo. At anv time after this tho maidou may marry. The ceremony is followed by a festival, which is at tended by the participants. I he ceremony of tho imposition of the virile bonnet upon the young man who has reached the ago of twenty years is performed with similar ob servances; but tho father or an old man takes the place of the mother or aged lady in making the investiture. I'opti' tar Science Monthly. POWER OF ROBORITE. All Exploitive Wlilnli IHititncnt Dynamite In Iti Driiiiiirul Work. Somo interesting experiments Iiavo lately been made in Westphalia with the now Gorman explosive known as roborito, for the purpose of showing its advantages over dynamite. Tho state ment that the former compound Is stronger than tho laUor has been de clared to bo a gross oxaggeratiou of facts, and the possibility of their being any thing like equality between them has been pooh-poohed as unreasonable and absurd. Hut if the reports which I have reeoivod aro worthy of credence and thoy come with apparently un questionable- authority roborito has made good its claim of equality, at leas. Tho first experiments undertaken were to demonstrate tliu superiority of the now explosive in its ability to stand friction and heavy blows. Small quan tities laid upon an anvil and struck witli a sledge hammer stood the test very satisfactorily. Afterward a large quantity was burned to show that even when a thick mass no explosion occurs when merely ignited by the application of llumo. In the trials for strength a 2 ouuco cartridge of dyna mite was laid upcu a rolled steel rail of KnglMi manufacture and covered with a sod turf. When tired by an electrical fuse, the rail was bent ami rifts were opened in the metal at the place where the cartridge lay. A roborito cartridge of tliu same weight, exploded under the same conditions, broke a similar rail asunder. Next a charge of 31 pounds of dyna mite- was laid upon a Siemens-Martin steel armor plate, covered with earth and tired. Tho effect was to slightly bend tho plate. The same charge ol roborito completely shattered a similar plate. Tho value of roborito in blast ing down coal Is tostllled to by numer ous engineers and colliery managers in ttie YVcstplialiau district. It is said to give little or no llamo, and to shatter less than dynamite. This latter state ment is not so easy to reconcile with the violent action exerted upon tho rail and tliu plate in the experiments de scribed. Tho writer of the testimonials alluded to denies that products of com bustion aro more injurious to health than those resulting. from tho explosion of dynamite. Colliery Engineer, About soventy-tlvo per cent, of tho exports of this country during tho last lUcil year were agricultural products, against twenty per cent, of manufact ured articles. Including re lined potro louu Christian at Work. The question of agricultural educa tion continues to attract attention of journals devoted to tho farm Kast and West. Farm, Field und Stockman. PULVERIZED COAL. A Method of Hfinlhifr TliHt A mure 11 7rcai .Economy In Fuel. Improved mothods for obtaining artificial heat aro always a subject of interest, and experiment-' in this direc tion are Doing in ado all (ho time to get heat at as low a cost as possible. Tho manufacture of water gas has boon verj successful, anil, as it can he pro duced at a low price, without tho nuisance of ashes and smoke, it is growing in favor and efforts are being mnde to run it into houses t be used for boating as well as for lighting pur- pocs. Another method of heating, which is rapidlv making its way, if the promo ters of it are to bo believed, is the pul verized coal process. The claims made for I ho method aro man)', and if one-half of them aiM well founded, there can bo no doubt of- its succes. One of the promoter said: "In this country thoro are about 20 000.000 tons of coal an nually wasted, being too tino for use. Of the total coal mined, it is estimated that one-oigluh per cent, of waste is made by blasting and handling; and that six and one-quarter per cent, is watted in the breaker. Many a' t"iiipls have been made to utilize this Immense amount of wastage, and nn td now nothing has been successful. Until now only a very small quan tity of this fine dust has been used. The requisites for success ure, first, simple and efficient machinery to re duce tho coal to dust at a very small cosl; second, reduction to an impal pable powder; third, an automatic Mipply of coal dust and air, each calla ble of being regulated at will; fourth, the reduction of the coal nnd the .sim ultaneous feeding of it with air into the fire-box by the same machine; fifth. the intimate niixtur of tho line pani cles of co'al dust with air. so that each particle shall be surrounded bv air as it enters the firo-box, thus insuring complete combustion. "Those conditions havo been com pletely fulfilled by a new process. Tho method of using tho dust is as follow-: Tho coal, no matter what size it is, is fed into a pulverizer, by which it is ground to an impalpable powder. This is done by moans of tho friction of tho particles, ono against the other. After tho coal is ground it passes through the pulverizer, and on coming out it is met iy a current ol air from a blower, which sends it through a nozzle into the combustion chamber uuderiioath the Doner. Hits combustion chamber has to bo specially constructed, and will last ah ut as long as the ordinary one where coal is used. The arch will last a year, and tho side walls two years. The supply of coal dust and air is automatically regu lated, ami complete combustion is the result. No smoke escapes from tho chimney, and there is no loss of heat in that way. Wo feel confident that nt least thirty-live percent, of fuel will be saved by using the machines. Iu Philadelphia, experiments havo been mado with this process in tho Harrison Safety Holler Works, and the engineer mado the statement that where 1.000 pounds of coal per day were used under a small boiler, at :i cost, of S3 po.r ton. 900 pounds of du were used at a cost of about 61 per ton. J ho machine for that boiler only osts about $1G5, and he thinks there Is saving of at least f0 per cent. The cost of repairs to tho machine will not exceed S10 per annum. Ono' result ol using the rofuso coal will bo that, tho price of ordinary coal will have to ramo down." X Y. J'ost. GENERAL. In the island of Sumatra a flower grows allien is nine loot in circum ference and weighs fifloon pounds. "What wondorful patience tlioso fishermen have!" exclaimed an idler to a passing friend. "Horo I havo been watching that fellow for throe whole li i wt iu i wl t ri ti ;f ' f vrtt ti il i Kiln ' French Fun. There lives in Troy, Mo., a littlo girl about eight years old. whoso head is almost an iron gray, anil ills stondi ly and porcep'iblv growing grayer and the present indications are that longb'foro she reaches womanhood her once ravon black hair will have be come snow while, Fright caused tho change In color. A young financior, aged four, who was given live cents for every mouse caught iu a small trap, finally asked leave to spam! the proceed. Tl.o nurse was told to' go wherever he led her, to see m lint ho proposed buying. He passed all the toy and candy shops, but paused beforo a hardware store, and pointing to the window exclaimed, trluniphaiith : "1 buy more mouse trap. Fanny!" Tho marriage of Herman Gold stein to Rosa Gruouborg. both litis sian Jews, iu Grand Forks, 1). T., Tuesday evening, called together about ono thousand people. Tho couple, headed by a cornot band and followed by two hundred people, marched through tho principal streets, tho walks on either side bolng thronged with spectators. After the ceremony about throe hundred pcoplo pr.rtook of supper, after which wlno and boor w ere dealt out freely. Krupp's great gun for tho Italian navy weighs 118 tons, is -1ft feet long, and its internal caliber is nearly 10 inches, rilled with 92 spiral turns. It throws a btool projectile weighing nearly a ton, with a charge of C owt. of brown prismatic powder, having an initial voloult ty of Gi l yards iu a second and n range o nearly 8 miles; tliu shot can punolrnto a steel armor plate 36" Inohutt thick immediately at the mouth of tho gun, and a piuto 29 Indies thick, It Is estimated, at n dis tance of ti mllo or more, Public Opinion, A DOUBLE MIND. An Expert Stenographer Who Can Write and Speak SlnuillaneouMr. "How long havo you lived here?" Tho lawyer was taking the deposi tion of a witness in his office in tho Mills Huilding, New York. The pencil of the stenographer was moving rapidly over his paper,- leaving behind it a string of pothooks and other absurd symbols of speech. "You say that you have known tho defendant for tho past ten years? Now. I want to ask you whether at any time during that period you ever noticed any symptom of insanity in his be havior?" continued tho lawyer. At the instant tho lawyer began his query the stenographer turned to the reporter, who was seated by his side at tho table, and, without stopping his writing for a second, whispered: "Wait a moment and I'll be through. This won't last much longer." The reporter looked anxiously at tho notes, expecting to sec the pencil stop its travels, or at least at the end of iho questions, retrace its steps to revive f-onic phrases incorrectly transcribed. II nt- it made no such break. When the lawyer ended his inquiry tho pencil stopped. "Now, sir," continued the lawyer, "you may tell mo whether you were well enough acquainted with tho de fendant to know whether ha showed any weakness of mind or not?" Before tho stenographer had com pleted tho second line of his report he again whispered to the roporter not to bo in a hurry, and, as before, concluded his work without a particle of apparent interruption. This was tho last ques tion, and after the papers were gathered together ami the witness had li ft the office, the roporter asked the steno grapher whether he had written cor rectly all that was said verbatim or hud only epitomized whathad boon spoken. "I wrote exactly what was said. Why do you ask?" "Can you read il withoutdifliculty?" "Of course I can, o'Jicrwise I should not bo hcr,e; but why do you ask?" "I didn't see how you could write down what was boing spoken and speak to me upon another subject at the same time." "That is easy enough to do," respond ed the stenographer with a laugh, "when you only know how and prac tice long enough. Shorthand writing is ver much like playing the piano or repeating something from memory. It is mechanical. I found years ago when I was reporting in a Western court, that it was extremely useful to be able to hear and think of other things trans-! spiring in the court-room than the evi dence itself. 1 then began practising so that I could train myself to do two separate things at tho same time I would mentally make note of every tiling occurring around me. and keep on with my writing. At lirst I Would make a mistake or two, but gradually 1 got so that I could hear every thing that was said, and I undorstoo'd it, too, notwithstanding tho fact that my pen cil was "moving all the time." "I should think that, when vou began to speak it would have thrown you off your track?" "It did at first. I learned that by committing to niomory some poem anil repeating it whilo I was reporting, un til at last I could carry on a convorsa tiou on almost any subject and write from dictation upon ono entirely differ ent. It's a very useful accomplishment, but I woiildn t adviso you to learn it unless you intend to become a profes sional stenographer, and I wouldn't ad vise that unless you have nothing bettor to do than to break stones in the street." xV. J'. Post. HYSTERICAL EPIDEMIC. O'ltbrmik of Quriir CnavuUlnnlut Sluuta In tho 1'rotliicu ol Koiue. A curjous outbreak of couviilsionist mania, analogous to those wliich oc curred from time to timo during tho Middle Ages, hasshown itself at Agosta, iu tho province of Home. For some weeks past the country people havo boon laboring under the delusion that the district is under the immediate governmoiitof tho Kvil One, ami before retiring to rest thoy care fully place on the threshold the broom and the salt, which arc accredited with the power of keeping oil' evil spirits. Many of the younger women have epi leptiform attacks, during which thuy utter piercing screams ami are violently convulsed. So serious had tho condi tion of tilings become that the syndic of Agosta found it necessary to inform the prefect, who sunt detaehnionts of soldiers into the district in ardor to calm tho apprehensions of tho inhab itants. As a natural consequencoof this con dition of montaf perturbation, the coun try is overrun with quacks who claim to possess the only infalllblo remedy for the seizures. One of these nostrums, the vendor of which was making a rich harvest from its sale, was found on an alysis to consist of earth, snuff nnd borax. Throe medical men who were cr inmissioued to investigate tho caue and nature of this extraordinary affec tion canto to the conclusion that it was an epidemic of hysterics. 1 hey examined a number of tho suf ferers, mostly voting women, sonio of whom were alleged to have vomited nails, horse-shoes, and other equally indigestible substances, while others barked like dogs. Several ttf tliom wore removed to Home for treatment in the hospitals there, and measures have been taken to check tliu spread of the mischief. Iu a milder degreo this contagious form of hysteria is not infrequent, especially fu plaoos where ignorance lOul superstition favor manifestations of-nrrvotis disorders. The worst ex cesses of popular outbruaks, liko tho French revolution, have been attributed to similar influences, and with every appearance of justice. Jiritiih Medical Journal. AMONG THE T'LINKITS. The Klslit or Women Aiming the Abo rlgliml Tribes of Atu-ikn. Every time a man wants to under take a business transaction ho takes his wife along with him to ratify or veto tho bargain, and should sho bo absent at tho timo sho mnv aflerwar put in an appcaranco and upset tho whole affair. t Funniest of all. the sanio equivalent transactions of the women aro not subject to tho sain supervis ing power of tho mon, wh have noth ing to say regarding tho bargains of their wives and daughters, except to foot the bill, if any c mpensatiou is promised by the squaws that tho men aro expecte'd to fill, as work, utensils thev can make, or even money, where ther can got it from whi'e ni 'ii and understand its value. 1 havo known several instances where tho mon havo closed certain bargains, only to find I hem opened again when the absent wifo put in an appearance. As white men aro not very liable to undo a bargain which thoy think is to their advantage, they seldom acq lit see in Iho demand of the women iu canceling the conl fact, and somo of tho worst icrsonal misunderstandings between tho two races have occurred on this account. I, of course, do not know how tho I linkit man fared after ho got Inmn from such a bargain; but I think wo cv all imagino nretty well Nothing was more oxaspora'ing to me. at times, upon my expeditious into Alaska iu 183.1 and 18SG when canio across some man from whom wanted to buy some trilling article or to employ for a short time than to havo to start out for tho Indian vil lage, probably a milo or two distant. to consult his wife about it. or lo bring her to iiro to talk the matter over. Then tho succession to tho chieftain ship of tho tribo is a most singular one, based also on "woman's rights." or something akin to il. Noither tho eldest son of tho King and Queon nor tho cliiof and his wifo nor, in fact, any of tho sons and daughters suc ceed their ' father to the head of tho tribo whon ho di s, but somo ono of tho nearest male relatives of tho Queen is made chief when her bus band dies. It is easy to see that this curious and roundabout method of handing down tho scepter may trans fertile crown to anybody in tho tribo, and that thoro can he no Mich tiling ns a (rue royal succession or heredi tary decent of the chief's power. When tho parents, or either of them, have diod all of tho effects that thoy possessed descend by inheritance on the mother's si le, none of tho descendants of tho lather receiving any thing out of tho estate. Oao would think that it. would lead to some curious muddles, but somehow they manage to keep it straight. Tho same as among all savages, the mon havo often two or thrco wives. and in rare cases even more; but tho women, not to b:; outdone in the mat rimonial lino, have in a few in- s aneos two or three of which I know of personally two husbands. They aro nearly always rich women, who havo had a great deal leftthoui by iu heritancc, or who had mado a largo amount themselves for, as I havo said, thp women do nearly all the business. Ono T'linkit woman, a Sitka woman, who wont by tho nanio of Mrs. Tom among tho white people, and who had already ono husband, oougni nnoinor. a slave, tor about a thousand dollais in goods and chattels. and when I saw tho two together aft erward I think ho was tho best-looking ono of the pair. When a man anil woman marry they try and adopt a boy and a girl. If tho man dies tho boy becomes tho woman's husband, and if tho woman dies the girl becomes tho wif.t of the man. Lieutenant Schwalka, in X. Y. Independent. Wanted to Chop It. Customer (to waitor who has just tilled his order) Did you say this was n chop? Waiter Yes; sir. Any thing the matter with it, sir? Customer Nothing much. Hut sav. when you are coming 'round Ibis way again ploase bring tho axe. Lijc. A Writer for the Press. "What aro you doing, Thomas?" asked the minister, patronizingly. "I am a writer for tho press," said the lad, proudly. "Indeed, you are quito young for that. What do you writo?" "I diroct wrappers." Washinqton Critic. Ono of tho probable effects of rapid transit iu Hrooklyn will bo the lowering In valno of rosidonco prnp ty in New York Citv. Real cstato ownors aro closoly watching ovonls. Thoso in Gotham aro apprehensive of a decroosu in thoir holdings, and those in Hrook'y i aro expecting a boom in all the unimproved lots of tho City of Churches. Another result that is like ly to i-omo from Hrooklyn's olovatcd roads Is an unusual dovelopmcnt to ward the ocean. There is in Connecticut savings binks over 7.r.000 which lias remain ed without claimants for over twenty years. Of this $21,000 Is hold by tho Society for Savings iu Hartford, $17. UYi by th" Now London Savings Hank, S12 o00 by the Norwich Savings Hank. $7,000 to the Hrldgeport Saving Hank, $1,000 by the Middlotown. and not fy fuim iJl.UW by the A o walk. The women of New York have been granted more patents than their sisters in any other State Tho women of Masachuetis, Ohio, Indiana and WUuousin rank next in otdor. VARIETYOF FOOD. An Eielnolvo Corn Dirt Unfavorable to tli Vitality nnil Health or IIorc That raw corn fed out on the ear is the cheapest material that can bo used for making pork in the Western States ap pears to bo demonstrated beyond a doubt. Several farmers iu Central Illinois have reported that thoy aro ablo to make a pound of pork from ten pounds of corn, or six pounds from every bushel fed to their hogs. If they raise 70 bushels of corn on an aero of land they obtain 420 pounds of pork, worth at 6 cents per pound $21. This is more than can bo realized for any kind of small grain. The fertility of the soil is soon exhahstcd when succes sive crops of small grain are raised on it. Such is not the case, however, if corn is raised, fed to hogs on the place, and the manure they make applied to tho land. A crop of corn can bo raised and harvested without the necessity of pay ing out much money. Tho seed costs but a trille, and thoro is no bill for tho use of a harvester or a thrashing machine. A corn crop can be produced by the use of the labor and implements that almost every fanner has. Fork can be sent to market much cheaper than small grain. A prairie farm chiefly devoted to raising corn and feeding it to hogs is very cheaply fitted up, stocked and managed. It costs but little to make shelter for hogs that will keep them dry and warm. A fair crop of corn can be raised on new breaking. Old ground intended for producing corn can bo plowed in the fall or tho following spring. Almost any kind of manure is beneficial to a corn crop. The plant ing of corn can bn delayed much longer than the sowing of small grains. Tho work of cultivation can bo performed by a variety of implements. Hands that arc less skillful than those required to raise many crops can plant, cultivate and harvest corn. Hut few fences aro required on a farm devoted to raising corn and feeding hogs. Hogs multiply so rapidly and mature so quickly that ic does not take a long time to stock a farm with them or to realize money from them. In thoso respects they possess great advantages over cattle and horses. A farmer who has but small means can not engage in most kinds of stock-raising. Hut he can raise hogs by producing the corn for feeding to them. Still it has become obvious that rais hogs on a diet of corn has been pro ductive of unfavorable results. An exclusive corn diet does not produce ' the requisite proportions of bono and muscle in animals. It contains too much carbon and not enough nitrogen. Hreeding-sows that eat littlo ornoihing except corn aro poor mothers. They generally produce small litters of pigs, and they give but littlo milk. Pigs brought up on corn alono appear to have little vitality. They are not as lively as those that enjoy tho privileges of a free range and eat a variety of food. They appear to bo moro likely to contract disease. The hog has be come more delicate since it was kept in pens and has had corn brought to hi! tioug.-i. During tho past fow years diseases havo been more common and more generally fatal among hogs than among horses, cattle, or sheep. On this account many farmers have aboiidoucd pork-raising or keep only enough hogs to supply their households with meat, ihey do not dare take tho risks that attend keeping large numbers of hogs and feeding them the corn thoy raise. Tho most successfuf liog-raiscrs now advocate the substitution of other grains, fruits and vegetables for half tho coin they formerly fed, and thoy rely chiefly on corn for making fat, but they give their hogs bran, shorts, ground rye, oats iiiid barley, boiled potatoes, roots, apples and pumpkin or squsnhes. They find the health and general condition of their hogs hotter when they aro allowed a change of food. Thoy are better breeders, and the sows givo moro milk. The pork produced is not as fat as that mado from corn, but it is generally preferred. There it less leaf-lard, but moro meat that is suitable for making bacon. Tha hogs aro mom activo and take moro exercise. For this reason their circulation and digestion are better. If they do not maturo as quickly, the risks of keeping them aro less. It is admitted that the cost of feed ing them is somewhat greater, as itcost.i considerable to grind the small grains, and to cook tho potatoos and other vegetables. A more diversified system of tanning is required if many hogs nre kept on a place, and corn only fur nishes half .tho food that is given them. It is obvious that somo substitute for corn must be found in many portions of tho country that aro now boing settled up. Much of the teritory adapted to tho profitable production of corn ia already iu the hands of individuals who havo improved it. What is known as tho " corn. belt" is somewhat narrow. uid it does not roacli nearly across tho continent. Thoro are extensive region iu the district north and west that aro well adapted to various kinds of prod ucts, but in which littlo or no com an bo raised. Tho farmers who mitko homes in these regions will tind it dilllcult to got along without raising- hogs. They will at first miss corn, but hoy will at length discover that thoy. can make tho production of pork profitable without it. They will follow the example of farmers "in Canada,; Groat Hritaiu and Germany, who mako pork by raising rye. barley, oats, pota toes, and roots and feeding thorn to hogs. Should a genoral drought con tinue many moro years. In portions of the "corn belt," the farmers who livo In it will be obliged to give up keep ing hogs on an extensive scale or to tind a kind of food for thorn different from what they have boon accustomed, te use. Chicago 1'iints. j