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SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR

MEDICINE-
Is harmless
Is no drastric violent u edicine
Is sure 10 cure /; taken regularly,
Is no intoxicating beyer,-e,
Is faultess family medicine
Is he Gaeapest medicine la tie world,
Is gwen Nli saety the iIappesj results to the
most deli ate in aa.,
Does inter ere with business,
Does not sIrrange the system,
Takes the place OF QGinIne and Bitters of every
kind,
Cont%ins the simplest and t medies.
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WILLIAMS HOUSE.

A Williams & VI. kelner Propriators cor. Eighth
and Franklin Sta, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Best
acco .modstion or the travelling puolc. Sarnle
rooms attached. pi777
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hat she had no right so 30 do, but after
ward, withdrew the consideration Of that
evidence, upon the fact of intention, or
guilty knowledge, wholly from the jury,
and
oREEsED VERDICT TO BE ENTERED UP,
upon his own decision without allo wing the
question 70 be argued or submitted to the
jury, or the jury to pass upon it. After
reciting long array Of precedents to show
that Judge Hunt vas in error, and arguing
to the same effect on constitutional gruu nds
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Attorney and Counselor at Law. Two Riv,
wiH attend to Collections anu other business
Aahitewoc c'unty and vicinity. IS a.
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J. r. PRITCHs A Is ID, NJ. ID.
OFFICE, sHERNANs BRICK BLOCK,
DIR. A. j. PATCHEN,

OFFICE HouRs stosA.n.
} to and to SAA
Residence. Corner Eignt d aGd Buffalo Streets
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H. :. PIERPONT,

Attorney and Counsellor 1t l. W. Oftce on corne,
Oh hi.htn and Quay-sis. AauIJowoc IL A ly
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-03

Martin Refs, Sr, living at Dutch Bot
tom. below Erie, died on Thursday from
the effects of beating received from one
Bryant in April Bryant was arrested and
had preliminary examination. Reis was
an old settler Bryant vas put under bonds
OF $4,000 to appear for trial at the Circuit
Court in June.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June "A con
struction train on the Vandalia road was
thrown from the track by broken rail,
aud the conductor John Trimble, of Eff
fngham, ILL.,, was killed The engineer,
Hans Bronckhont, of Nandalia, was ser
iously hurt
New YoRK, June 2,-Soon after the
family of Michael Devine, of 35 North
Eighth street, Brooklyn, consisting of him
self, wife and three children, aged respec-
lively 7. and 2 years. arose this morning,
the wife stepped behind her husband and
struck him on the head with cooper S
adze He wrested the weapon from her
and ran to the station-house to have his
wounds dressed. Officers were sent to Sc
cure the woman, and on arriving at the
residence found the children lying on the
floor dead, their heads beaten to Jelly
with fat-iron. The woman, being asked
why she had killed her children, answered
that she was going to Heaven and wanted
them to go before The fathers wounds
are thought to be fatal. Divine is coop
er, and has been on a strike for week
past, and thinks that led to his wife's in
sanity. She was in the lunatic asylum &
year ago, but was supposed to be entirely
cured when her husbands union struck
and want in the family, together with :
quarrel she had with him brought on The
disorder again.
During a quarrel to-day in Gypsy ban(
encamped few miles from Brooklyn, th'
leader shot boy through the heart Th'
body was thrown into wagon and th'
band hastily left.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-03
Humphreys
WITCH HAZEL 4:
THE MARVEL OF HEALING.

Is the indispensable Medicine for Families.
1t Is always safe-alway, relable-never injurious.
II heals the widest variety Of Accidents or Injuries
II Is the greatest styptic or stauncher OF Bleeding
known
is the only always and infallible remedy for
Piles.
II is the only cure for Varicose Veins
II Is the sure remedy for Neuralgia 4 Rheumatism.
For Burns and SGnburns it is the Marvel OF Healing
For Ulcers, Sores Boils, ,Felons q COrns Unequaed
For Lameness, Soreness or Stfness-beyond praise
As a Toilet Article for Shaving Bathing-Invaluable
1t has been known and in use for Thirty Years.
1t l. prepared by a scientific and experienced Ply
sician.
1t IL sold by all respectable Druggists and Dealers
All the above goods are for sale in Rock Island
by otto Grotjan Benser & Thomas. c. Speidel ant
f. Breunert; in Moline by j. D Richards.
3-4dmwf&w1Y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-03
JULY 31st, 1874.
LIST OF GIFTS :

For Tickets or information, address
TdO. E. FRAMLETTE
AGENT AND MANAGER
Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky.
5-25d&w1m
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-03

FAMILY CASES.
No.
With 25 Large Three Drachm Walls, Rose
wood Case, and Humphreys HOmROpath-
Mentor New Book. ).....................12 90
With 35 Large Three Drachm Walls, Moroc-
co Case, and Specific Homeopathic Man
nal, Small Book ).............. .......... 10 90
3 With 20 Large Three Drachm Walls, Moroc-
co Case and Specific Homeopathic Manual 6 90
4 With % Large Three DraChm Walls, Paper
Case and Specific Homeopathic Manual. 90
Single Large NlAls, QUO hnu l w
sold by all Druggists. Sent by mail or express
free, on receipt Of the price.
Address
Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co.,
OFFICE AND DEPOT,
562 Broadway, New York
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-03
PLANTS! PLANTS
37dw-s&w1y

THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD INFORM THE
! citizens of Rock Island, that the largest and
best stock of Plants offered il this city be-
found at his Green House, on the new Cemetery
road, Otter st eet, about u mile east of thu
Cemetery, which VIII he sold for low and reason
able prices, He will sell one dozen plants of hi:
own selection for 81. All wanting anything il
this line will please give him call.
3-5dwed2m JOHN STAPP.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-03
MEDICAL.


LAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
" experience, an entire success Simple, prompt,
efficient and reliable. They the only medicines
perfectly adapted to popular use-so simple that
mistakes cannot be made in using them; so harm
less as to be free from danger; and efficient as
TO be always reliable. They have the highest com
mendation from ALL and will always render salts
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-03
THE BEST is THE CHEAPEST!"

A1tn.a OF Hartford, Assets 5,735,o35
Home ofNew Y ork 4.s52,697
..OId Hartford.'' $sS,41S,7O7
Franklin of PhiIa 3,2OO.71s
Old n America of Phia.. IS 3,2S7,3ol
Fire assoc; alton. 2,6Ol, ,653
American. l,2Ol, 900
mperia Fire ms Co., of Londen, Gold Assets 100000
N. British & Mercantile 4" 100000
Queen of Liverpool and London, 1O,OOO,OOO
IFremen's Fund of California 582,63z
National Ins. Co., Hartford. Assets o3l,0oO
st. Joseph, Mo. SzS.4oo
Io~;ant ss63O.546
Manhattan Fire Tns. Co. New York. 586, ,450
Northwestern Eati'l, Milwaukee S24.Olo
Railway Pass. Ins. Co., of Hartford, 100000
Coun. Tutual Life Ins. Co. of 4O,OOO,OOO
Policies Written at Current Rates Office No. 8, Argus
Building, up stairs.
J. M. BUFORD Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
O'conneIl and Mrs. morIarIty.

The following war Of words, which oc-
Cured between the Liberator and its
termagant Of Dublin, is not new perhaps
to many Of our older readers, but it will
bear revival 1t was done on wager
between 0'Connell, and his friends, that
he could make this woman who could
OUTAGE all opponents with her vitupera-
ton, lose her temper land this was the
point of the wager, without his using an
indelicate word. 1t was complete sue
cess.
What's the price of your walking
sticks, Mrs. Whats-ycur-nameW
Moriarity, sir, is my name, and L m
not ashamed of it; and one and sixpence
is the price of the stick. 1t is chape as
dirt, so il is"
One and sixpence for walking stick
that cost you twopencel Why, you're
po better than an imposter
" Twopence, granny and imposther in
your own teeth Cut your stick, you
cantankerous jacknips"
" Keep civil tongue in your head,
you old diagnol."
"Stop your jaw. or I'll make. You go
faster nor you came
" Don't be in passion, you ancient
radius. Anger will only wrinkle your
beauty"
BE this an that if you go on wild
your impudence, I'll tan your hide,
though it'd be pity to dirty my fists on
you.
Here Biddy poured out torrent of
tall words, too transcendental for our
pages.
" Easy now, easy now, don't choke
yourself with fine language, you whisky
drinking parallelograml"
" What's that you cali me, you murd-
herin' villain2'
I'll call you what you area parallel
ogram-and there's not judge or a
jury in Dublin that would say it's a
libel.
" OH tare an Guns, you ruffian to
call honest woman parabellygrHm to
her face. I'm none of your parabelly-
grums, you thief breed
"0h not you indeed / suppose the
next thing will be to deny that there 5
an hypethenuse concealed in your
house?"
That's lie, for you. | never had
such thing in my house, you swindler.
"0hl you can't deny the charge, you
miserable submultiple of duplicate
ratio"
Here poor Biddy gasped for breath,
and her antagonist improved the occa-
sion.
While l have a tongue I'll give you
the benefit of it, you inimitable per-
iphery. Look at her, boysl There she
stands, convicted perpendicular in
pet:icoats She is trembling with guilt
to the very extremity of her corollaries.
Ali you're found out, you rectilineal
antecedent and equiangular basket
woman, you abandoned similitude OF the
dissection Of vortex
The tongue was struck dumb, but the
hands retained their powers. Catching
up saucepan, she would have revenged
on her foeman's s nose the of'enses Of his
lips, but like worsted hero before llium,
4" he mingled in the throng."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
NERrnrs nEnTLIrY-

A depressed, irritable state Of mind; Weak'
nation: confused head, weak memory, often
With debilitating. involuntary DISCHARGES.
The conseqcenee Of excesses. mental oTerwork
on indiscretions. This Nervous Debility hnds
. sovereign cure in Humphreys Homeopathic
Specific, No. IS. II tones up the system, ar
rests discharges. dispels the mental gloom and
dependency, and reiuvenates the entire sys-
ten. II Is perfectly harmless and always EN-
ard : large g. vial Of powder, which is impOr-
tanf in old, serious cases; or 81 per single box
Sold By All Druggists, OF sent BY mail on re-
csipt OF price. Address HUMPHREYs SPECIFlc
H0HEoPATHlc MEDIcISE Co., No. 5o2 Broad
wny, NY, rvisi-tukf-EYiii-S3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

Margaret of Parma, adopted child Of the
Duke de Chambord and granddaughter
of his prosecuted sister, is the young
Pretender's wife. About her even the
calumnes of Spain need not fall harm
less, for they have never arisen. And if
the flag Of Charles VII should ever be
unfurled within sight of the snow-cap-
ped ranges OF the Guaderrama, we may
be sure that those whom its folds protect
will hear no cry of de Ia puta from its
bitterest foes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
PHYSICIAN.
MeTIeE.
L, o, o. r.

THE SPECIAL RELIEF COMMITTEE
i gives notice TO all needy Odd Fellows or
their families in the city. that they will be
supplied with whatever their necessities may
require, By making application for orders
upon the following committeeman:
A. ". NEWSOM, les Front street
GEO. W. L. CROOK. 81 * adisou street,
WM. HENRY. l2 Madison street.
J. P. HOFFMAN,, 30S Main street.
The Odd FellovB' c0mmissary sfors vr;u hs
open from 70 70 u Q clock on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays, Ti-i0O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
winter Schedule.

COMMENCING DECEMBER 8. 1873, UN-
" iii further notice. trains will leave Mem
phis as follows. city time:
Mail train daily, except Sunday 10 ,, N
Freight and Accommodation daily ~
except ~
Pullman Palace Cars on mail train.
Direct connection with trains on Cairo and
Fulton and Little Rock and Fort smith rail-
Only direct route to all points in Arkansas
For information and tickets call at 2sI and
27s Main street, or at the depot. Center Land
'"H' A. S. LIVERM0RE.
a-ll3 General Superintendent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

The largest farm in England is 5000
acres in extent, and in its cultivation
the four course" system is adopted,
$50 acres being devoted to wheat, $50 to
barley and oats, $50 to seeds, beans and
meas and 1h0 To roots.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

Revised and Corrected by the Author. h. DE
F. CURTIS. M. D.. etc., etc.
A MEDICAL ESSAY on the cause aud cure
of Premature Decline in Man. showing how
health is lost and how regained. II. gives a
clear synopsis of the Impsdiments TO Mariinge,
and Physical Debility, and other diseases ap-
pertaining thereto, and the remedies therefor.
the results of twenty years successful prac
"'CURTIS ON MANHOOD. p There is no
member Of society by whom this book will ant
be found useful. whether he be parent ure-
ceptor or clergym. "-lLondor Tin 2.
Price so cents. by mail. Address 20 aGihor.
DR.. CURTIS
4O-xviiisa 9Tremont Place. pe.,1n. Mass.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
AND
Great Southern Railroad.

SCHEDULE.
Express Train leaves daily Sundays
eXcepted) os4 h'h
Freiqht and Accommodation Train
leaves daily, Sundays excepted. 6;l0 IN
Mail Train leaves daily................. j.: p. m
Brownsville Accommodation leaves
daily (Sundays exceRted)............... 4;lO Pm
nT-Ne change Of cars BY this line for 10 lis-
vile. ST. Louis or Nashville. Pullman a'sce
eiespipg. cars on all night trains.
For Tickets or information apply at
Ticket ORce, ss7 Main, cor. Madison.
JOHN t. FLYNN. Sup't Memphis hr;
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
PIAsTERERs-
Rim G

NJ n. LOORET a &C., PLAIN AND
w ornamental plasterers, - SaySS93 ~ =.
J obbing promptly attended To- Ne
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

MEMPHIS AND RALEIGH RAILROAD.
DaiIv Trains Except Sunday Leave Mem
phis at 4. IN; 1.lOp.m Sod 40 PM ao Leave W.
FSre for rd,snd trip. so cents. Tickets LOT
sale at 2S7 Main (cor, Madisonli depot ONCE
md NJ Raleieh. JOHN DONOVAN, Pres.
las SPEED. Gen'l Ticket Agent:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
sow is THE TIME TO BUY

Country Merchants, Schools and Seminaries
will please send in their orders, as | can fill
them at LEss than New York prices, for cash,
or geod city acceptance at thirty. sixty or
ninety days.
nB- Pianos Tuned and Repaired by compe-
tent workmen. 4. A. BENSON,
2S-t 317 Main street. Memphis. Tenn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
OFFICIAL.
N O I'll Q e.

MAYORS 0PFIcE, Cry HALL,
MEMPHIS. Tenn, December Is, 1873
nHE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, OF
i John +. Thomas, or the owner or owners
Of lot No. 9, in F. W. Smiths subdivision of
part Of block Sc. South Memphis, are hereby
notified to appoint two freeholders, who, with
two appointed by the city and fifth selected
by themselves, shall constitute Jury to deter
mine the amount Of compensation to be paid
for q part of said lot taken for the extension of
JOHN JOHNSON. Mayor.
December 10, 1873. 4.123
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

Nos Cures. Cents
l. Fevers, Congestion, Inhammations, g
2. Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Cole, 81
5. Crylng-COlic, or Ieethingof Infants, "
4. Diarrhoa, of Children or Adults, 81
5. Dysentery, Gripping, Bilious Cohc, &c
G. Cholera-aIOrbus,V Vomiting, 5C
Z. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, -. y
b. Neuralgia, Toothrchc, Iaceache, 81
D, Headn al4ss, SICK Headache, Vertigo, , %
10 Dyspepsia, Bilious stomach, @
IL. SIipprS ssed, or Painful Periods, 81
y. WHITES, too Profuse Periods 5q
Is. Group, Cough, Difficult Breathing, 5C
Il. salt Rheum, Erysipolas, Eruptions, 50
rs. RheumntIsul, Rheumatic Pains, 50
36, Feses snd a que, Chill Fever, Agues, 80
~. piles, blind or bleeding, ~
IS. 0phthalmy, and Sore or Weak bYes, p
TO- Cstnrrh, Acute or Chronic lptiuerLa, ~
20. WhOOping-Cougn; Nlo,sns t,is,. S'ushs' -
si. Asthma, Oppressed Breathing,
81 Far Iliseharses, Impaired HegIinsi lg
tS Scrof,iIas Eniirged Glands, h~sllAeSl g
q General debility, Physical Weakness, 9 9o
a5. DrOpsy and scanty secre,lons'
81 Sen-GicIxness, Sickness nom hlclhg'
81 Kidney-Diseose, crave,
% Nervous Debility, Seminal weakness A
- or Involuntary Discharges, 'ig0
% Sore Mouth, Canker, IN
sO. Urinary xSeekpess, Nettlpg lpv p'" S
90 snfferings ut Change Of lAie, Xxx
3, TnsIensey, Epasms, s.. Nitus, Dance lS "
81 ninhtheria, Clcerii5d Sore Ihroai,, sg q
ss. chronic COngestions anu A-iu '''''7' y
FAMILY CASES.
Case lMorocool Nl..l. Win ar0'0 $40 90.
csss nS Moroccol 70 Of 20 large walls and BOIE; ~
- - Thess remedies are sent ~ ts
ease or single box 10 any Sr.nScs,ntt ~
country, free Of charge %" W
price. Address
punnphreys' SPECIFIC o
Homeopatnlc houN'l 'l.lo .ll., N',t St
= -. No 5e2 BRoADwAI, W Nc.x.
0i-oo For sale by all Drugsisss'
And By II. c. stsever / Co., Second st., corner
Madison; Andrew Renkert, 10 Main 81. 4.
vi. Vigus, 1S Poplar st., Memphis. Tenn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

sleeoin0 cars on mail train. Depet Center
Landing. foot of Washington street Ticket
,5f5ces. 2S7 (eor. Madisonl and 27S Main street.
AS. LIVERM0RE, Gen. Sup't. o
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
Mississippi 6 Tennessee R z.

1NAND AFTER SUNDAY. NOV. Q. 1873.
" Trains will run as folleWs;
LEAVE. ARRtTE.
New ORLEANS Mail, daily..1 90 pm. $50 y m
Express, ,oaily-................4:l5 pm. S;5J am
Trains on this road m axe close connection at
Grenada with Mississippi Central railroad tor
III points North spd South; at Memphis With
he Nemphis and Louisville line for all points
No-tb and Fast, and gith the Memphis and
T.ittis Rock railway for AZ points in Arkansas
and ne West. Only direct route 70 Canton,
Jackson. .Vicksburg, Neg, Orleans and Mobile;
Tickets on sale az ~ Main street, corner Of
d MaSltoh' iss-t anu ~ 'A M. BURKE. sup,t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

The mail and freight train leaves Coyi1gton
for Memphis at am. and returns to Govln!giIi vi!ii
etart from The Underwriters Warehouse.
j. W. WILBUR, Gen'l Supt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
RAILROADS.

Memphis &Little Rock Railway.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

Depot at foot of Main stroot. r
Ci1kst Office. 2s7 Main street, corner OF
MAu's0"' M. BURKE. Genl Supt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

A.M.P.M. AN. NJ.
Mail Train daily Except s@
Sunday .................... 40
Freight and Accolnmoda- . M
ton (except Sunday).... 900 s.p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07

MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-07
RAILROAD TINE TABLES.

De.aot at head of Main stree.
7Ijok 1t Office. 2S7 Main street, corner of
NJ ndisnn.
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MEDICAL.
DR.. Curtis on Manhood. :"
20Oth EDITION.
F. CURTIS. NJ. D.. etc.. etc.

Revised and Corrected by the Author. +. D
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-02
Summer Skating on Ice.

Skating has become a fashionable
pursuit, and is carried on largely now
at Primes Ground. The skates used
are, of course, the regular India-rub-
ber contrivances with which, at no
little exertion Of force, the skater
glides over flooring of asphalte.
This is at best but poor apology; and
the idea OCCURS to the writer of "Ta-
BILE Talkn in Once q Week, could not
something better be contrived? For
Instance: Ice is now made by machin-
ery-hard, pure, and in any shape and
size-at rapid rate. An ice floor
would not, perhaps, be very easily
maintained in order, so keep to the
asphalte; but why not have a fleshly-
contrived skate, into which, as often
as required, an attendant, standing by
a machine, could slip out stout blades
ofpure ice, which would glide over the
asphalte as rapidly as the metal blade
does in Winterover an icy plain? There
are disadvantages, of course. The blades
would rapidly wear down, and they
would dissolve; but there is the ma
chine producing them continually, and
the skater would only have to glide
up, hold up one. foot-click!-a fresh
blade could be slipped into screw
groove; hold up the other-click!-
there would be a repetition, and away
he could CO. Court Circular.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-02

the weeds and grasses begin to grow
with rank luxuriance, put on strong
team and subsoil your field, with the
full assurance that you will be reward
ed with an abundant harvest of corn,
beans or potatoes; or that your young
trees will grow strong and vigorous all
Summer long without further thought
or care. 1t may be objected that this
is too much plowing. 1t is less culti-
vation than is required where the un-
healthful Summer irrigation is prac-
tical, and far less work than is required
in those parts Of the country where
Summer rains continually produce a
formidable crop of weeds. On the
other hand, as is well known to intel
Hgent farmers in this part of the State,
the late deep plowing here recon-
mended is all the cultivation the land
requires, and weeds never start and no
hoeing or other work is needed. By
this inexpensive and simple means
many thousands of acres in this region
can be brought to the highest state of
cultivation and Summer crops or trees
raised without a struggle with perfect
success, while no malaria will ever be
produced by following nature in her
beneticent effort to fill the soil with an
abundant supply of the needed
moisture
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-02
Winter Irrigation.

One OF the gravest problems of
Southern California is the develop
ment of large areas of fertile lands
which are generally regarded as not
sufficiently moist to carry a crop
through the dry Summer months
without resorting to artificial irriga-
tion. Is nature so much at fault as
most of US are accustomed to suppose :?
Probably not, as few suggestions
will help to demonstrate. Nature ir-
rigates in the Winter, if the real
Spring-time Of this part of the world
may be called Winter. Our farmers
irrigate in the Summer. We always
do well to follow the methods of ma
ture, in dealing with the productions
of the soil. Some of our more
thoughtful farmers have acted on this
theory. The result of their expert
ments could not be more satisfactory.
Their methods are as simple as they
are successful, while no device could
be more economical. With the first
rainfall, as soon as the plow can be
made to turn furrow, the dryest
land on the farm is thrown into ridges
by running furrows two or three feet
apart across the field, so as to collect
the water in the furrows and retain it
there until it sinks into the ground.
BY this cheap device, but very little
of the early rains will escape, but will
be compelled to penetrate far down
into the Summer-parched earth.
When the grasses begin to grow it
will be an easy matter between the
rains to turn back the furrows and
level the ground once more. This
second rough plowing will destroy the
grass and fertilize the soil, while it
still remains for weeks in loose and
porous condition, best adapted to retain
and absorb the rain. BY mid-win-
ter the field will be in perfect
order for deep plowing, which will
prepare the ground for absorbing the
rains like a sponge. Finally,
rains have fallen and