Show OF ALKALI f the first step in the progress of r reclamation should be drainage by ditches A good rule would be to make the drains of sufficient depth to take away all the water completely a aa low as three feet it Is ia impossible to lay down rules applicable to all places or the distances the drains drAlus should be made from each other so much must depend upon the quantity of water to be removed during the rainy season beason and the descent or fali fatt to carry it orm orf these are matters left leff to the intelligent cultivator consequent upon circumstances without drainage these soils soila cn ean rarely lybe be plowed and worked properly as early as they ought at an excess ot water in the soil renders it very difficult and aad often impossible to work prevents the access of the air and reduces the temperature pera ture of the soll soil Under draining may well be called a shorthand way wy of v virtually bubs subs or plowing the ground three feet deep instead of ten inches or leas leab for by reducing g the ire tre general water level in the soil especially if inclined to be wet it increases its power both of absorption and tion sueh suen suen as very deep plowing would do there thre is no branch of agni agri agricultural cultura 1 industry that will do so much towards a solution of this question and I 1 am satisfied the result will be in the i highest degree valuable and important imports nt the question whether the drainage and recia reclamation matlon mation of these soils will pay involves a variety of considerations and some of a strictly local character and which must be considered by those who propose to undertake jt it there are considerations connected with this subject which are not to bo measured by a pecuniary stan standard dard I 1 mean for example such ai a refer to the health of the locality the mias miasmal mai maj and dampness arising from these eoila in their natural state are area a prolific source of ill health and sickness such as fever and ague and consumption the cost coat of reclamation may in some instances be more than the land is worth after being recil reclaimed med or it might be quite equal to revalue its value but it it IB be w atu nothing in its original condition condl condi Hon the operation theoper atlon may be as an actual purchase of of the land the us ful fut employment of ones capital and labor together with thereat thereal the which one finds ILL in having baving accomplished a goo i work amsy may operate as a strong inducement to such an undertaking the next move towards reclaiming these lands is deep plowing and thorough 0 h and ci careful reful cultivation with the fre free e use of the best beat fertilizers that can be procured in other words to keep the boil soil in the best possible condition for the absorption of heat moisture gases and fluids indispensable to vegetable life from the sun and atmos phere above and for the free attraction of all their earthy constituents from the depths of the soil below we can sae bae sace ly say that no soil can be ma made too fine for any crop within a given depth the finer the better in general cultivation it is left too coarse for all crops finally and by no meana means the least important a systematic cropping of such vegetables aa are known to readily absorb and retain in their ameir composition an excess of the alkaloids E F alrex alren sacramento union FOUND DEAD the denver paper papers s give an account of a man named frank M thomas being found about three miles milea from that place with a ball through gil gli his forehead I 1 with a discharged rifle by hia his side and a string formed of strips of cloth leading from the trigger guard of the weapon to his hia left foot although the above described appearances would indicate that the man had bad committed suicide yet other circumstances lead many to the kalief belief bellef that he be bad hack been foully murdered and last av ac counts state that a corners J jury ury nry were giving the matter a most acost thorough and searching examination W |