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The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15
LEACHED ASHES.

S. w. johnson, in his report on the
Secretary's Agricultural Report of
Connecticut, SAYS about leached ashes,
after analyzing number of specimens,
that the following are the conclusions
he has come to:
l. Leached ashes generally contain
less than one per cent of potash.
2 They contain a large proportion
(not less than thirty-6ve per cent? of
water.
3. They contain considerable sand or
soil and unburned coal, six to fifteen
per cent, when not Intentionally or
largely aduterated.
4. The chief fertilizng element in
leached ashes is carbonate of lime.
The figures above given, for carbon
ate of lime, are the percentages of this
substance that would be present, on
the assumption that all the lime occur
red in combination with carbonic acid.
This is indeed not true, very small
portion of the lime existing as phos-
phate of silicate, but practically we
may assume that leached ashes contain
forty to fifty per cent of carbonate of
lime.
5. Leached ashes have an average
content of little more than one per cent
of phosphoric acid, and three to four
per cent of magnesa.
6. They contain no nitrates, but the
carbonate of lime in them favors the
development of nitrates when they are
incorporated in the soil, especially in
conjunction with animal manures.
The price of leached ashes was 26
cents bushel A writer in the CoUN-
TRY GENTLEMAN states that ton of
leached ashes contains 50 struck bushels;
this would make the struck bushels
equal to 81 pounds. The heapcd bushel
would weigh, therefore, II pounds. At
25 cents a bushel, the cost would be
about l-3 of cent per pound, or 20
cents per hundred pounds, equal to 81
per ton.
The fertilizing value of 100 pounds
of leached ashes lies exclusively in the
20 or 30 pounds of lime, 2 l-2 of mag
nesia, l 1-2 of phosphoric acid, and l
or pounds of potash, which they con-
tain.
These materials may be procured in
other forms, as follows: 80 pounds of
fresh burned oyster-shell, or stone lime,
will furnish the lime; Is pounds of
any good superphosphate will supply
the phosphoric acid. The magnesia
and the potash together may be obtained
in 40 pounds of German potash salts,
and there will then be or 5 pounds Of
potash and pounds Of sulphuric acid
extra.
If the lime be Stacked with water in
which the superphosphate and potash
salts have been soaked and partially
dissolved, the resulting mass will con-
tain not only all the fertiizing elements
of 100 pounds of leached ashes, and
more, but these elements will be in
such state of fine division as to rem
der the mixture, in all respects, equal
to the ashes themselves.
From these data any one can readily
calculate the cost of leached ashes sub
stitute, in his own locality. 1t must
not be forgotten that a mixture made
of caustic (fresh bnrned) lime should
be allowed to become mild by exposure
to the air, or its peculiar effects on the
soil should be anticipated and provided
for
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15
MAKES THE: I.'Eiy STRONG.

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TIE Pc:'@Uice. 'SyrgD, C P.'Gtcct-
cd Solution cJ' jHa P.'oto.c;<ye Of
Iron. is so combined Gs TO hGrc
the r%Gr0ctci' % 0:3 Iti:HcMt. as
c0sify "5!tcSt@t5 tf!tft fSSti:s'idIek
9cifh TIE b;oof as fGc Sth'Ftess
Jo0d. IL iAc"ct'scS ne gtGn<1f5
Of Natures CWB titGti>i;,y
AgCnt, Iro1 s'1 III" htood, G'.t;
cures so ts0H.'sI'd us, Simply
byToRii,J "D, fE"igo"GtlNC GatS
E-Haii=iNg tic system. Tie en-
7icIsed d2ld .'itGij@ed btoOd peg
9neates erery part Of tie 0ody.
repairing damages Hnta a"Gste,
Sc0rc!ti:!9 0Ht jRo"Dt: score"
tons, 0?ni {eGCj.iG !sGfh.9J I2l'
disease 10 feed yDCr.
l2ti; as ne scc"g. - (, Si c.,n s,o;t
ca,ri,,1 DvsoeSz!a. live. Com
nIainf, Dro,sy. Chronic Eiar-
rhoca, Bo:Es, Nervous Affections.
GIRLS and ECyc-'S, tsNiG>:'?,
Less OF Constitutional ser.
Diseases CT tEN SAfGncJS ana
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15
Lumbermdn's Gazette.

BoTs IN HoRsEs.-In the POPULAR
SCIENCE MONTHLY there is short art-
Gle relative to the power of endurance
manifested by the Larvae of some insects,
and among them of the bot-fy. 1t
mentions case where piece of the
stomach of dead horse which was
covered with bot-worms was spread on
board, and spirits of turpentine was
poured on the worms, yet after an hour
not one was detached from the flesh
Then whale-o was poured on them,
when they all let go their hold, and
died almost Immediately. Hence the
inference that whale-oil should be used
to detach the worms from the living
horse when attacked by bots.
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15
THE G7E4TE:ST DISCOVERY
Or the AcEi

There are ~ diseases dehiii;atin; in their effects
upon the cor, ,titution as the above and more
difficult to by til" usual modes of practice" Tie
FEvLG AND AGUE POWDERS viii effect n cura in
Of the longest -amdn., well PROV" prrren-
tive in the frun. stages or n" disease. Being purely
Vegetable. r.v with certainty cn the disease,
totally "roliraung it from tr ys:rs7 and prevent
return al any future period.
Why waste your r.oncy aLd health in trying every
medicine you hear Of when TioT?S1N'S FETE: and
AGCE ?oWDEls' haze never !Je 10 cure the C!l! LIS
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15
DR.. RADWAY'S
Observation-Disclosures

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yiscera Warranted 10 effect a positive care purely
Vegetable containing 10 mercury minerals or deIeteri-
few doses of RADTAY'S FILLS will free the sys-
tom from ali the above named disorders iricc % cents
neT Box SOLD BY DHuGGlSTS
READ FALSE AND TRSE, Send one letter
stomn To RADWAY L co, No. y Warren ST, New
York Information worth thousands will be sent YOU
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15
HEAlTE25 BEAUTY !

STRONG AND PURE EICH BLOon-INCREAsE
OF FLESH AND WEIGliT-CLEAR SKIN AND
BEAUTIFUL COIPLEXION SECURED 10 ALI
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15
EenaI,7 Good r,r Man or Beast.

This IMMINENT n.> earned for itself reputation
uncquaIicd in ta hi tory OF External Applications
4s5.5-Ihous'nis who >i.iirr fIuu HiIGUiAfiSA.
NEC&AlGIh &c, wuu'i ind i,n!:eon;c relief from all
pain l,y u~ir< tbs CERTAIN REMEDY Il il eqr.lly
en.c;uaI III CUi<. i:;'EE>. SCAinS. STIFFNESS or
THE NECN. SORE THROAT. ;NEIL!NGS. ~ FLAN
NATIONS, FROST EIrEs. PAINS ~ TIE SIDE OR
BACK, BITES OF SPIDERS or STINGS OF INSECTS.
One rubbing will in all give immediate relief,
and few applications complete
On account Of its powerful penetrating properties it
is beyond ,;ouht the sURESr REMEDY for the most
troublesome diseases which Horse, and Cattle
liable. 1t cures SCRATCHES old and fresh Cuts or
Sores Chafes produced by the collar saddle Injuries
caused y Nails or Spnts entering the flesh hoofs,
Bruises. Sprain>, Sweeney, SPAWN, Thrush. and all
Diseases which destroy the Hoof ami Bones Of the Feet.
Rs-FCLL DIRECTIONS accompany each bottle
The above are PREPARED only ly
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15

FOREST CULTURE IN SWEDES.-The
forest land in Sweden numbers 10000
900 acres, or about three-fourths of the
entire surface of the country. Govern
ment exercises authority over 5000, 900
acres, which territory is divided into
six districts, with forest inspector and
six forresters or masters for each dis
trict. Forest regulations were issued
by the Swedish Governments as early
as l647, previous to which private
owners were required by law to plant
and protect from cattle two timber trees
for every one cut In 1886 the Gov
ernment established the Royal Forest
Institute, which is located at Stockholm.
The course of study at this institute
occupies two years, tuition being free,
and the graduates are designed for
positions in connection with the admin
istraton of forestry laws in the different
districts of the country. Besides this
institute there are six forest schools,
chiefly supported by the Government,
located in each of the different divisions
into which the forest lands of the Gov
ernment are divided. In 1867 2l,S50
pupils in the common or folks schools
of the country also received instruc-
ton in horticulture and tree-planting
Great attention is given to the cultiva-
tion Of the oak, larch, beech, and pine;
and in 1850 the chief direction of the
Forest Institution said that if forest
growing was properly attended to in
the country its export of timber would
return a greater revenue than the eX-
port of iron-which is everywhere ac-
knowledged to be of superior quality.
To show the minuteness of the legisla-
tive enactments, it may be mentioned
that trees on Government lands which
are to be felled, are divided into twelve
classes, of which the following arc a
part: Trees for masts, for beams, for
larger saw timber, for smaller saw tim
Der, wind-fallen trees for various pur-
poses, trees that have been damaged by
fire, &c, even down to the trees used
for the production of tar, charcoal, and
potash, are all regulated in the legisla-
tive enactments.
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15

USE OF SULpHUR-Three years ago
| was troubled with those hen-mites
1--WE call them hen,jiggers here,) in
countless numbers, 80 that they drove
my sitting hens off the nests. | went
for them with kerosene oil, whitewash,
etc, until | cleaned them out. | then
commenced using air-slacked lime and
sulphur freely, in all my nests, for both
layers and sitters, renewing it OCCASION
ally, and have never been troubled
with them, or any other insects in the
nests since. | therefore consider it a
perfect remedy for the evil
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15

Aug 16, 1s73-tf
The Cecil Whig., 1873-11-15
Cor. F0ulfry World.

. MIXTURE FOR STocK.-Equal parts
of salt, lime and fine wood ashes well
mixedtogether, and given in tablespoon
full doses two or three times week
will be found beneficial to cattle, horses,
mules and swine. Sheep should have
access to salt at all times, and pure
water. is necessary for stock Of every
sort.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24
The Illinois Railroad Law.

The Illinois Railroad Commission
ers decide that the new State law
prohibiting determinations in rates,
applies to all shipments carried In
the State, though made to or from
points out side Of it; and they will
consider railroad company guilty
of "unjust discrimination" within
the meaning of the law, and there
fore to be subject to prosecution at
their hands, if it shall charge as little
or less for carrying II given amount
OF freight to some point outside OF
the State rs it does for carrying the
same amount Of freight to Il less dis.
tant point within the State. The
Chicago Railroad Gdzetfe, in COM
menting Oh this decision says:
The error in the purpose OF the
law (if this is its purpose, rs We pre-
sumo il Isl as in 30 many other critl-
cisms Of the conduct Of transporta-
ton, is in assuming that unless work
il done for al! persons and places ut
equal rates Of profit, injustice is done
to those who pay the higher profits;
and this error Is consequence OF rs
Stunning that an increase in trntic on
a railroad must he accompanied by
proportional increase in al the ex-
penses-a falIacy which we often
pointed out, but which critics OF
railroad charges are very slow to un.
deratand, being indeed disinclinea
to listen to any demonstration OF II.
A road and equipment costing $40,
GOD per mile 10 make 8 per cent. on
Its cost with workiDg:expenses equal
to two-thirds OF its receipts must
have gross earnings Of $500 per
mile. In this case every bushel of
grain on which the freight IL II cents
pays -four cents toward the interest
on the investment. l2ow. suppose
we accept a traffic from Iowa or else
where amounting 10 s2,400 per mile
at rates which leave net earnings Of
l6s per cent. This will add $4OO to
the nct income, and reduce by one
eighth tie tar 0a the other fra6sc, ,aeces-
sayyto pdy fAS infersa ON the fnrest-
menf. So the bushel of corn which
formerly paid four cents Will nov
p,y hut 81 cents t1 the stock md
bondhOlderg, and the shipper VII
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24
Democratic Platform.

Since the Democracy of Marion
county is silent as to its position,
waiting to see what the Grange will
do, we must judge of it by the acts OF
it's leaders and officials. From these
Indications it appears that Capt.
Mccormack, the editor and chief :;
Capt. Blain, who boasts that he 'has
been for ten years a member OF the
Board of Supervisors and is now
it's chairman, Hon. II. NJ. McCully,
Mayor of Pe,la and member Board
Of Supervisors, and Auditor Ewalt,
if called together to make platform
would unanimously declare and re-
solve as follows:
WHEREAS, the Democratic party
hhs always been honest, and has al
ways loved the people, and has al
ways been ready to die for the coun.
try, therefore
Resolved, That we, the Democratic
party are the guardians Of the peo-
ple's moneys, especially the School
Fund, and nobody shaIl add there
to or sn btract there frOmbut ourselves;
and said fund shall hereafter be sub
jert to orr disposal for political pur-
poses. Fines, for drunkenness, and
vagrancy, and all other crimes, may
be g AIDED" " to this fund bat any do
nation from any individual, shall,
after going into the treasury, he Ia
ken out and hurled back in the
teeth Of the donor.
isesoLred. That the salaries Of our
county officials are too low, and
should he increased.
Reso1ced, That the members Of the
legal profession arc the pride Of our
county, and 80 far as possible should
be selected to fill the offices, if they
only belong TO our party.
ResOired, That wc commend our
selves and the above principles to the
favorable consideration of our dear
brethren, the Patrons Of Husbandry ;
and will ever pray that that order
and the people may adopt us and this
our creed.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24

certainly have no cause to complain,
although the more distant shipper
contributes little more than half rs
much for that expense-unless indeed
these distant shipments could be Sc
cured at higher rates. Great quanti-
| ties Of traffic are carried on oil or
nearly all roads, which If there were
no high priced traffic, would not pay
expenses-that is, capital and Work-
ing eXpenses-bur every intelligent
traffic manager endeavors to secure
any new traffic which, without re-
quiring an addition to the capital
invested, will pay any profit over
working:expenses alone. Doubtless
often mistake is made, and traffic
! Is accepted which does not even pay
I working expenses, for reasons which
could not be foreseen or were not ta-
ken into account, and such traffic OF
course isn tax on the paying traffic.
Oftener, doubtless, traffic is accepted
at rates which for the time are non
paying, because it is believed that in
this way a profitable business may
be developed in a year o. Or two or
"The working OF the Commission
ers' INTERPRETATION Of the law will be
simple, If, as we suppose, the lowest
local rate that can be made, which
will still be high enough to afford
sufficient net earnings, will be pro-
hibitory on most of the shipments
from points west of the Mississippi.
Ii they are not, then the trans-Mis-
sissippi shippers must be taxed to
relieve the Illinois shippers. Other
wise the roads will receive no trans
Mississippi shipments, will have to
be supported (if they are supported)
| by Illinois business alone, while the
| trans Mississippi country must either
cease shipping and receiving freight,
or else must find routes which do not
cross Illinois.
"rhe latter course, doubtless, Will
be the one pursued. If the Illinois
law forbids the carrying of grain TO
| Chicago for less than local rates, the
! milwaukee, q St. Paul and the Lake
Superior q Mississippi roads will
doubtless be ready to carry all the
grain turned away from Chicago to
Milwaukee and Duluth for such a
rate as it can afford to pay, though
less than the local Wisconsin and
Minnesota rates. Then we shall!
have steamboats, carrying grailf up
the Mississippi from st. Louis, Lou
isiana, Hannibal, Quincy, keokuk,
Burlington, Clinton and Dubuque TO
Prairie du CHEN, La Crosse and st.
Paul. as they now carry it down to
Dunleith and Fulton. Then, too,
there will be an opportunity such as
never before offered for developing a
grain traffic down the Mississippi by
way of New Orleans to the sea, u
movement which all the roads run
ming west from the Mississippi VIII
] i.thAssalls rs theY haze hltherlo 4R, !;
posed. the Illinois law, Ike second
Appalachian chain, rising up as a
barrier to through shipment east
ward"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24
Party Sincerity.

Since the assembling Of the Repub-
lican State Convention and its adopt
ion of platform meeting squarely
the new issues, and answer
ing boldly the demands Of the peo-
pie aud the party, we have heard a
great deal Of croaking about "sham
resolutions" lack Of sincerity in the
action and the utterances of the Con-
vention, itssteaIing Of "Grange thun-
der" etc. This croakiug originates
with the Democracy, and is induced
by jealousy.
The platform in question is in
keeping with the character OF the
party, which is a party of progress,
as evidenced by its record Of the last
fifteen years. Compare it now with
the party which is so loudly accusing
1t Of insincerity. While the Repub-
licans In every county in the State
have met and spoken out courageous
ly upon the questions now promi-
nently before the people, and pro-
claimed their position in unmistaka-
BILE terms, their cowardly enemies
have not ventured to hold county
convention, have not found courage
to pass single resolution or place a
single candidate in the field in the
whole State Of Iowa; or If they have
it has been done SO slyly that nobody
has heard of it. Brave fellows, in
deed! Honest and patriotic. Hon
est: OF course they are! Only 40
of their 81 Representatives and Sena-
tors in Congress, nearly two-thirds,
voted for the "sa!ary steal" Patri-
otic? TO besure they are. Did they
not meet in National Convention at
Chicago when our armies were in
the field against our country's foes,
and declare the war failure?
The Republican party has not here
tofore been slow to take position up
on any new end important question,
and is now only consistent in the
adoption of such a platform as it pre-
sents. Parties should reflect the
the opinion and wishes Of the peo-
pie, and be ready to take position in
the front. Opinions and party plat
forms have not heretofore been con-
sidered patentable. If the Democra-
cy or the Changers have procured a
patent upon "Grapge thunder" in
general and without specifications,
they should have announced the fact
q little sooner.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24

"a new party must be organ
izeas, say ft:W ambitious gentle
iien, "because tho old parties are
corrupt" But where is the material
for the new party 10 come from ?
Plainly, the pure element which 10
to compose the new party must be
got, if II in gotten at all, from the
corrupt element Of the CID party.
Cnn a stream rise higher than its
source? II there is n rascally dema-
gogte in the land he IL the man who
care. nothing for lMrties; and when
he sees probability Of the new party
succeeding. who 10 eager as hO ia
join it? "hat they will be kept out
OF Office" Gays one. How? BY
votes. In the sa,I,e way, by votes,
can they he kept out Of Office, or driv-
en- from office now. IL can I've done
no quicker by new party than by
the did, for one is controlled by the
people m much as the other. but
think NJ an honest party with the
Chicago Timer a. its organ and the
Tribune rs It's prime ,ain*ter. Ifer.
Oceun.: 80
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24
Up to the 10th Of this month there

Up to the 10th Of this month there
were 400 Oranges in operation in
the United States with an aggregate
membership of about 100000, The
order is developing most rapidly in
Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois,
Minnesota, Nebraska and Wiscon-
sin. There are now State Oranges in
twenty States. OF the AGO Oranges
in the United States, Iowa has l ,7jO
The National Grange headquarters
will soon be removed from George
town to Washington.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24

The Centerville citizen says the
money said to have been return
ed to Walden by Mahaska
Co, has not been received !;
and it is informed that measures
have been instituted to prevent the
Auditor from complying with the
direction Of the Board. Mr.. Walden
says: "It may not be amiss to state
that it matters little to us what ac-
ton may be taken by Boards OF Su-
pervisors, or what may be the opin-
ion Of individuals, as we deliberated
fully on the matter before acting,
and have seen nothing to cause Us to
regret the course pursued"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24
Party Fealty.

The eighth and last resolution of
the Iowa Republican platform, de-
clnring it the duty Of every Republi-
can to participate In politics." and
10 ''opose the election of a bad and
incompetent candidate, whether he
be q candidate upon our own or any
other ticket" has been very general
~ commented on, and almost uni
versally endorsed by the press of the
party in the State. And many prom
inent Republican journals outside
the State have commended it in en-
phatic terms. There is little ques-
ton that il will be ratified by many,
il not nearly all the County Conven.
lions of the State, as it ought. Our
State Convention has taken such ad.
vancei ground upon this question as
few conventions in the country have
ever had the courage TO take. That
the heart of the party has for years
been ready for this bold stand, has
been shown conclusively by election
returns. Invariably, when a man
suspected of lack Of either Of the es-
sential qualifcations-honesty and
capability-has been placed upon the.
ticket the returns have shown
that many Of his party have failed
to support him at the polls. The
factthat candidate has "run behind
his Ticket" is not always proof that
he was not q good man for the place
sought; butin some cases familiar TO
us, where the candidates forced
themselves, or were forced by others
upona ticket, against the wish of the
party, they have been rebuked by u
diminished vote or by defeat.
The resolution is a good one, and
Just such as the times demand, al
though it is subject to abuse. We
must all admit that circumstances
might arise under which it would be
wrong not to withhold our votes and
influence from some man on our par
ty tieket. We have no desire to en-
courage bolting," in fact we think
il sl1f,uld not be done without some
very good cause. A party ticket
rep}esents, or should represent some
principle or set of principles which
have been adopted by the party; and
theb bersons who make the ticket are
IN s8pit sense justly considered pledg-
ed ench other to support those
principles through the ticket,4bes "
is simply preposterous to say they
must vote the whole ticket in case,
for instance, known villain has by
unjust means secured place upon j..
The members of party should be
able To trust each other to vote the
ticket straight, except for such rea-
son as the individual conscientious
ly believes makes it his duty to do
otherwise. In substance, all will ad-
NIT that this is all there is in honest
party pledges. Anything beyond
this is bad in tendency at least, and
is likely TO be 50 in results.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24
Knoxville National Bank.

KNOXVILLE, IOWA. CAPITAL $loo, ,00t
IN Gold, Silver, Government and other
securities bought sud sold. Interest allowed
NJ time deposits. Special attention given ia
Collections. Open from A. N. to P. ID
except Sundays.
A. W. Collins, S. l.. Collins, j s.. Ginning
ham A. j. Kerr, Jackson Ksmty, 8. X
Bssmy, J. Bittenbender, Al Brooks. T.
b. Woodruff.
OFFICERS.
A. ". COLLINS, President.
., 5 Cus SIHoHAM, Vice President.
A. J. BRIGss, Cashier. (5.l5f