Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-22

PICTURESQUE PARIs.-Here is pretty little
genre picture Of Paris very neatly done BY a
letter writer for the London press
At length the breezes have brought the real
weather Of Paris. To-day the bright sunlight
the white Clouds and the soft wind represent
the weather which Paris, according to the sa-
tirists Of the Empire, knew before the 4th OF
September. Such places as the Gardens OF the
Luxembourg are clothed with special beauty
in this early spring time. The leaves OF the
ness, the lilacs have burst into purple glory
and chestnuts are loaded with their cone like
punches of white.
Beyond the bushes OF the lilac blossom and
the rows of Towering chestnuts, rose the great
towers of St. Sulpice, the fame of Legitimacy,
the ecclesiastical seminary which sends out
champions to fight Foltaire and which has had
the honor OF training one strange defender OF
the faith in the person of NJ. Renan. On the
other side of the Luxembourg rises the squat
and ugly Odeon Theatre, which, as the chosen
temple of Victor Hugo's dramatic genius, must
be regarded by St. Sulpice as the home Of dra
matte impiety. The dome Of the Pantheon
rises high above the trees and houses laden
with the memories Of Rousseau and Voltaire
the Revolution aad the Restoration. Outside
the gardens, but hidden by the houses, lies the
Sorbonne, with it's souvenirs Of Richelieu and
of the Gaacian Church, of which, indeed, it
is the last stronghold, if such term can be
given to the small band Of divines who play
with Liberalism, and cover before the blast of
the Vatican. Paris has passed through so many
revolutions, has felt the ght Of SO many sove-
reigutes, and given battle to so many hostile
systems of thought, that 1T seems to blend to-
eether the new and the old worlds Of rule and
of belief, as Rome did in her declining days
when the spirit of the barbarians was written
on the ruined edifces of the empire, when the
symbols of Paganism and Christianity still
lived side by side, and when the marks both
of death and of life seemed to denote period
of transition from an old civilization to a new.
SALTpETRE AS FERTILIZER
facts are not wanting to show the results OF the
use of saltpetre upon crops-and this is the
point of interest to u.s. A gentleman used 1T
in the kitchen and flower garden, where 1T IN
creased the beauty and prolonged the bloom
of the flowers. At the rate of two hundred
pounds per acre, on crop of horse radish, he
experienced the most beneficial results: 1t
prevented mildew on early peas and wall fruit
trees. On gravely grass lands the results we're
exceedingly satisfactory. On calcareous or lmy
soils the effect of saltpetre was excellent; the
green color of the crops was rendered much
more deep, and the increased produce far more
than compensated for the expense OF the salt
petre. Its application to red clover was at
tended with the same success. ln England 1t
is supposed that the most effective method OF
enriching land is by folding sheep upon 1t; and
vet gentleman in Hertfordshire produced with
one hundred pounds of saltpetre to the acre
effects more than equal to those produced by
folding sheep. Another gentleman states that
on the sandy lands of Surrey, with one hun,
dred pounds of ntre on clover, he produced
results fully equal to those of twenty-five cubic
yards of hor d ing. Mr.. Eve. EFT, of North
Creake England applauds its use upon all
light, warm soils." but predicts that on y cold
clay land on an average of seasons it will not
more than repay the outlay" BY the appilca-
tion of one hundred pounds of satpetre per
acre to good, light land he obtained an increase
of six and half bushels Of wheat. ln re,
port of the HartStone Farmers Club it Is stated
to be ''the unanimous opinion of the meeting
that saltpetre was excellent in its effects on
heavy clover layers, but that on light land 1t
was highly beneficial to wheat, clover and
other layers and tares." Another farmer there
in Essex county, got forty four and quarter
bushels of barley on land without saltpetre
and with top dressing of one hundred pounds
of saltpetre per acre got 6tty-four bushels !!
Some highly satisfactory experiments made on
our own land, will be given after referring to
notes made at the time-N. E.. Farmer.