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SALT AS A FERTILIZER. MANY expert
ments have been made to test the value
OF salt as a manure, and the following
IS a summary of the results
Salt should never be applied other
than in a pulverized state, and never be
employed on impervious, cold and
humid soils. The best manner to use
it is to combine it with other azure
a dose of 200 weight to the acre being
sufficient. When to destroy insects, it
should be applied before sunrise. In
the case of cereals, salt strengthens the
stems and causes the ears to fill better,
and favors the dissolution and assimila,
ton of the phosphates and s~ilicates. 1t
acts vigorously on potatoes it can be
detected in their ashes to the extent of
one-half of n per cent. Asparagus
is a veritable glutton in the presence of
salt. A dose of 300 lbs. per acre acts
without fail on beets, iniuring its value
for sugar purposes, but enhancing it for
the feeding of cattle. Cola has marked
a prediction for salt in asparagus, and
in Holland, where the culture of peas
IS so extensive, salt is something like a
necessity.
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READ THE FOLLOWING FROM THE NOTED SCOUT
"BUFFALO BILL"

HOLLAND HOUSE, Rockford, ILL.,, April 80, IA.
DIR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.-Sir: |
have now AIKEN four bottles of your Golden
Medical Discovery in connection with your
Pellets, and must say that nothing / have ever
taken for my liver hasdone me SO much good.
| feel like a new man. Thanks to your wof-
derful medicines.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-08-22

BED.MAKNG AND RENovArNe. All
parts OF q bed, mattress, blankets "a
we'll as sheets, soon becomefou and need
publication. The mattress need remove
tion quite as much as the sheets. To al.
low the sheets to be used without wash.
ing or changing, three or six months.
would be regarded as bad housekeen,
ing ; but ! insist il q thin sheet can at.
sorb enough Of the ~excretions Of the
body to make it unfit for use in a few
Gays, a thiok matbEess, which can ah.
sorb and retain a thousand times az
much Of those poisonous excretions.
needs TO be purified as often certainly
IS once IN three months. A sheet can be
washed. A mattress cannot be reno
waited in this way. Indeed there is no
way Of cleansing Q MISTRESS but bv
steaming Il, or picking 1t 10 pieces, and
tlas ~ AasltlI exposing Il 20 the
TaFs og che ann. A. these processes
re scarcely 1raesicnble With any of tbe
iriinnfy matlreBres, I an decidedly Of
10 opinion lhat he good old-faahioned A,
ifaE.had which can every three
b ehansed fer fresh straw, and I
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-08-22

. STABLE MANURE UNDER SHELTER
Manure ought to be kept under shelter
until it is ready for the field, or until
the farmer is ready to apply it thereto.
For if it is exposed to sun and rain it los.
es the soluble parts Of the ash and other
organic fertilizing properties by leach
ing or washing, and it loses carbon, OK
ygen and hydrogen, AMI nitrogen by
evaporation, unless sufficient of the
Haht kind of absorbents are composted
probit to retain the liquid and gaseous
~yaluabfes that 60 to render It most
-:efore, Khether composted or not,
IL is = mixedSsst to shelter it and ii
soil i'1 ccl Sy> oSed wooeosorbents, such as
than nothing, ip. w6s even e bS S4@T Fon
pitched over to ppR9ld Su Oest1T i be
"ire,fanging, as It apt bSS@I;n5SS oT
Whether sheltered or not,en CSleJ
manure, as it is taken from tie staGt
daily, should be literally covered bile
some absorbent Gas we have nameo
above) /; then, if exposed to rain or SIM,
it loses less than otherwise. Manures
should not be allowed to remain, In anv
case, exposed TO heavy rains, unies,
there is some provision Tor utilizing the
liquid which teaches from them.oRu.
raj NeW Yorker.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-08-22

Vuo WIN u6 WhSuSU, Is the Sweetest u
healthiest of beds. If, in the winter
season, the porousness Of the straw-bed
makes it a little uncomfortable, spread
over it a comforter or two wooden blank
cts, which should be washed as often as
every two weeks. With this arrange
ment, if You wash all the bed cover
ings as often as once in two or three
weeks, you will have o delightful
healthy bed. Now if you leave the bed
to air, with open windows during the
day, and not make it up for the night
before evening, you will have added
greatly to the sweetness of your rest,
and, in consequence, to the tone OF
your health.
PRUNING AND TRAINING FRUIT TREES.
Our most successful p~omologists
agree that a standard tree, in an or
chard, should have five or six feet of a
clean, straight stem. Straightness can
be perfectly obtained by keeping the
young tree tied to Il stake until it has
acquired strength and firmness enough
to support itself in a straight position.
All shoots proceeding from the stem,
below the first tier of branches forming
the head, should be rubbed off with the
hand while tender, as, if allowed to
grow, they retard the development of
the head and impair the form aud habit
Of the tree. In forming the head of a
young standard, a vigorous upright
root should be secured for a leader,
and three or four Others of the most
vigorous to form branches or boughs.
A laxness of slenderness of habit can
be corrected by pinching off the ends
OF the branches, producing a more hor-
izontal growth. At the present time in
the growing reason young trees will be
pushing vigorously, and, as a general
thing, will have made growth enough to
enable the orchardist to perceive what
form they are about to assume-whether
tho young branches are proceeding from
the rightpiace, and intheright~ direction,
to reach the desired form. If they are not
they should be set right at once by rub
bling off shoots that are not wanted,
pinching the top off to retard such as
are pushing too vigorously to the detri-
ment of others. An equality of growth
among the shoots intended for the main
branches, or framework of the tree,
should be maintained and where a Il r
plus of small branches in the interior
are appearing, giving the tree n bushy
or twiggy look, a sufficient number of
them should be removed to allow the
others to acquire a full and vigorous
growth. The ordinary mode of pro-
ceeding is to allow the trees to grow as
nature and circumstances may direct
during the summer, and in winter or
spring correct by pruning, etc, any de-
fects or deformities that may have aris-
This is not what we call good Gull
ture,-NtW York Herald.
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A GENTS WANTFD-Men aud women S34 a
IA week or 800 forfeited. The secret free. Write
" once to CoWEN d CO., 9Th street, New York.
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ROOF OF Medical Wonders. Should be
DUN read by all. Sent free for 2 stamps.
Address. De. B~oNAPARTE. Cincinnati, Ohio.
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STA DAILY to agents. g. B, Miller, Newark, N j..

Coz PER DAY co nmisslOn or $40 a week
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
THE ORDNANCE BUREAU
Report of the Attorney-GeneraI.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8

WASHINGTON. Dec 3.
THE Attorney Generals annual report
shows that there were judgments during the
fiscal year in civil suits in favor of the United
States of S2,02I, 724; amount actually realized,
1887, 1872 OF the. criminal ca>es. 6,0lS were
terminated, including 1928 convictions. of
which I03 out of 966 were under the
Enforcement acts. The total suits to which
the United States were not a party is 10, 1874,
of which II, 400 were terminated, the judg-
ments being to the amount of SIC, 1908, 634.
The expenses of the Marshals, Commission
ers, etc, for the year were g., 669, $50. OF
S:S61 1873 less than the previous year. The
amount awarded by the Court of ClaiAs
was S2,41s, SO4, against total claims of S4,-
054366.
The Attorney-General recommends that the
United States District Courts be given au-
thority to issue subpnnas directing the at
tendance of witnesses before the Court OF
Claims, and that the latter be given power to
punish for contempt any failure to obey; that
the heads OF departments he given authority
for use In the court of the Confederate records
in possession of the Government; that
the police force of the District of
Columbia be increased; that all District At
torneys and Marshals be paid by salary only,
fees being abolished; that penitentiary be
erected in the District of Columbia for the
confinement of convicts, instead of that OF
Albany; that a uniform mode be provided for
the selection of jurors for United States
Courts and the enactment of a law regulating
the fees and costs of Clerks, Marshals and at
torneys of United States Courts.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

more than the funded debt chargeable exclusive.
ly to the District of Columbia.
Gnised States GoHernmens and the pi.tries
and Of the n ss Sonds q
fore. In computing with precision the bonded
stated, respects the 3.65 bonds now issued, the
outstanding certificates of the Board of Audit
and and me nnsd) claims pending before that
amount TO be apportioned to the United States
government in the manner indicated In the act
Of Congress of June 20, 1874 1 especially invite
your attention to the recommendation of the
commissioners of the Sinking Fund relative to
the ambiguity Of the act of june 20 1874 the in
terest on the District bonds, and the copsolida-
ton of the Indebtedness of the District
consented to leave their private affairs and come
from distance to attend to the business of this
District, anu for the able and satisfactory manner
in which II has been conducted. l am sure their
services will be equally appreciated by the entire
country.
port of the Board of Health that the sanitary
condition OF the District is very satisfactory In
my opinion the District Of Columbia should be
In which the entire people are Interested
priations to the District, but to draw the atten-
ton of Congress, in framing a law for the gov
eminent of the District, to the magnid;
cent scale on which the city was planned
by the founders of the Government, the manner
in which, for ornamental purposes, the streets
and avenues were laid out and what was the pro-
portion Of the property actually possessed by the
General Government think the proportion of
the expenses of the Government and improve
ments 10 be borne by the General Government
and the cities OF Washington and Georgetown
and the country should be carefully and equitably
defined.
THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
In accordance with Sec. of the act .ap-
proved June %, 1874 appointed board TO
make q survey of the mouth of the Mississippi
River, with view to determine the best
method Of obtaining and maintaining a
depth Of water sufficient for the pur-
poses of commerce, etc, and in accord
snce with an act entitled " An act to provide for
the appointment of Commission Of Engineers
re investigate and report q plan for the excava-
ton Of the auv ial basin of the Mississippi River
subject to inundation," Iappointed Commission
of Engineers. Neither board has yet completed
Its labors. When their reports are received they
will be forwarded to Congress without delay.
(Signed) U. s. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Dec. z, 1874.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

zen. jewell:
Number of domestic letters received at the
Dead Letter Office during the year. 4,3i5 473 num-
Der Of foreign letters received, go; total L.,
6Ol ,7i3-representing an actual,or nominal value
of $4,637 ,429.OS. Number of letters delivered,
1881, "a, representing S3,9O9, 1886 Gnclud-
ing ss5,sss foreign letters returned un-
came,; number filed for reclamation, "a, 1868,
representing $2i0.1s36.; number at the
close of the year either remaining not acted
upon or outstanding in the hands of Post
30, number which, containing circulars, or fail
ing in delivery and being worthless. were de-
stroycd, :, 622 6l9 The number of applications
for dead letters was $3.50 In 2,140 of these
the letters were found and properly delivered.
The amount received during the wear and de-
iers and from proceeds OF sale Of waste paper was
$l3,5ie.5S.
REGISTERED LETTERS.
The issues of registered packages to Postmas
were 50 per cent greater than during the previous
year The increase is attributable in part to the
reduction of the fee for registering domestic let
tiers from ifteen cents to eight cents, which took
effect on the LIST of January last and in part to
the increased care which the department has
given to the subject.
THROUGH MAILS.
The through mail tables show that for the year
ending Sept. 81, 1874, the average time to San
Francisco from New York 1?3 hours - min
year-a gain of 5 hours - minutes; and to New
York from san Francisco, Ill hours l minute,
against l15 hours Is minutes the previous year-a
gain of hours p minutes The number OF mails
points IN schedule time this yearwas So, and be
hind time r., against itf n time and 1o5 behind
-lnlc last year; and caStwardy 81 in time snd 3S
behind time this year. against ass in time and $50
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
that, by filling suit

1t is suggested that, by nihhE S''t ~,
constructed sheetiron vessels 10 the ueP'n
of about an inch with water II VIII aoG :.
freeze even when the temperature Is
but little below the freezing point, and
that by repeating the addition Of water wa,e,
as the first portions become frozen
blocks of the cfearest ice SIX inches 'nica h
NAV be formed during a night; ana
when the temperature by day is suitable
a single laborer will be able to fill a large
ice.h9use in short time. By pouring
water which has been cooled in the YES
sells nearly to the freezing point over me
ice after it has been packed, at sulsauie
air is below the freezing. point, a com
nact mass Of ice may be formed OF more
value for use than much larger quaint
ty loosely packed. Even in winters ,.a Ia, Ia,
voraLle to the production OF ice .he
above method nav be found the most
convenient aud cheapest for filing Ice
houses-N. Y Sun.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
NO. 81.

behind time last year. Between Washington asd
New Orleans the average tine going south this yen
against eighty-one hours forty-f minutes last
year-a gain Of two hours hity-eeven minutes;
hours three mirutes this year, against seventy
two hours ffty-fhree minutes last year, gain Of
other through mail routes there is perceptible
improvement both in speed and regularity com
pared with the tables for the preceding year.
NAIL pEPREDATIoNs.
The Aumber of recorded complaints for the
past year Of missing letters of valne lss3, Of
tered The registered letters contained, as re-
ported In bonds drafts and currency SlO5, 71S so,
tered letters, al5 were enthusiastically accounted
for, 507 are reported as actually lost, and 6ls
cases are In the hands Of rpsciss agents for IN
arrested for violations of the postal laws and
regulations: OF these ninety nine have been
capped before trial, two forfeited yail; prosecu-
ton abandoned in thirty-eight cases, and
1913 are awaiting trial.
RAILWAY PosroFFIcEs.
The number of postofice lines in operation on
June 80, 1874 was eixty-three, extending over
increase of four lines and 1,54s miles over the
preceding year. The number of clerks employed
crease Of ninety-eight clerk. and sii7,sOo.
FOREIGN MAIL STATISTICS.
The total lumber OF Letters eaehsagsa S during
increase of 1.li9:s6O over the number reported
for 1913 OF Il. this g. number I4ssssss were cent
States. The number Of letters (single rates) ex-
changed In the United States and European
the number reported for 1878 The total post
age on the letten exchanged with foreign
countries amounted to 81 054, 803s ST. an increase
of $50, 4a2 IS over the amount reported for 1873
The aggregate amount Of postage tsea, inland
s snd S Ss Of Great
and Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark
crease OF $32, 2g315 over the amount reported
for 1873. The postage on letters sent exceeded
the postage on letters received from the same
countries In the sum Of Sf2s8 Is. being sos per
cent; Of the aggregate amount. The aggregate
weight of mails sent to Europe was @6, 911
pounds, and of mail received from Europe $685.
sgs The weight Of letter correspondence sent to
respondence received from Europe 1854
pounds. The total cost of the United States
ocean mail steamship service for the year 1879
Qncluding sos. 800 paid from special appropria
ton for steamship service to Japan and China,
to Brazil and to the Hawaiian isands) was $685.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
Mystery OF the Lakes.

LAKE ERIE is only 60 or 20 feet deep;
Lake Ontario, which is 500 feet deep,
is 23O feet below the tide level of the
ocean, or as low as most parts of the
Gulf of ST. Lawrence, and the bottoms
of Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior,
although the surface is much higher, are
all, from their vast depths, on level
with the bottom of Ontario. Now as the
discharge through the River Detroit,
after allowing for the probable portion
carried off by evaporation, does not APP
pear by any means equal to the quantity
of water which the three upper lakes re-
ceive, it has been conjectured that sub
terranean river may run from Lake
Superior by the Huron to Lake Ontario;
This conjecture is not improbable ana
accounts for the singular fact that salm-
ON and herring are caught in all the
lakes communicating with the st. Law
renee, but no others. As the Falls OF
Niagara must have always existed it
would puzzle the naturalist to say how
these fish got into the upper lakes with
out some subterranean river; moreover,
any periodical obstruction of the river
would furnish not improbable solution
of the fux and retiux Of the lakes
EIcIaHqe.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

There are twenty-five tribes in the
Indian Territory, with a populationot
10000 Many of these people are saidto
be educated and wealthy, and all are
irving to become civilized. Among the
Greeks, who number about 10000, there
are three missions, $50 members 4oi
Sunday.scbool scholars, and $14,25S is
sneut Yearly for educational purposes.
The Cherokees, of whom there are
II 600, nave 1000 pupils i'm their
schools; 1000 of the tribe are church
members The Choctaws have fifty day
schools Their chief, Ross, is a graduate
OF Princeton College.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
Postal Statistics.
DEAD LETTERS.

THE following interesting statistics are
compiled from the annual report of p. NJ.
Gen Jewell:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
THE X0EEf-ORDEH EfBTEN
Numh her of nev none order offices esiabiit

Number Of new money-order Ohices estabnehed
346; discontinued, 11-making the present num-
Der 3,4O4. Number of domestic money orders
issued during the year. 4,4206 3, the aggregate Of
value of which was S74.424 .So3.12. The fees re-
ceived by Postmzstere for the issue of domestic
money orders amounted to S461, 1882 30. A gain Of
$16.9t6. $500 or 294 per cent, in the amount OF
orders Issued and of $iO6 7SO 05 80 per cent,
In the amount of fees received, is shown by these
figures over the transactions of the previous year
The revenue account of the domestic money.
order system as adjusted and reported by the
Auditor shows the receipts to have been Sl62 2s8.
So expenditures, $357. 1881 excess of receipts
over expenditures, sos, 1871.
The amount of revenue is greater by 436 Is
than that of the previous year, an increase Of 53
per cent.
The total expenditures for the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1875, are estimated 1t $780, 4o3' !;
do not include appropriations for steamship ser
vice and stamps, amounting to s., 096, 500.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

Total appointments.

The number of special agents, route agents,
mail-route messengers, railway postof1ice clerks
June 80, 1874, was 2175, at an aggregate compen-
eatiOn OF 81 Isl sos. So.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

y man who had Just sunk pipe
into The soil 81 De5har,. Mass, the oths-
dav punped up Ave living tshss from
depth IF thirty feet.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

Du1n& the pest yees ncehtng hae occurred TO
d1PtusB fhe e:nin. hdDllY I'D cordial relations
corrsspos1aoee saS1isted hsfsv1ih 6stwesA this
Govsransat "a ~ Apssaasas rsDssssnt.tiyss
of u Qn1UoU6 1o6Uooo a. Unitod btssoo and
the n&ot of 49, ooopaElos, - With fsw a.
20 ss 49, = Z g -, 80 80 g -
listed
The notice dsrsstsa - the rsseassasa 1t o.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1874-03-27
Ser taene 6ftreiGti6e 0eSanSte In
W0fhiu0tott.

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reno Der 0iener 8eltausl ltellung 10 nielqe.
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na6oem er ielne Stuoien pollen0et, ium Sez
fretGr Der Snbuitrie= =9eieli9aft ernannt, mel
DIES amt er bis gum Sabre 1848 betleioete.
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alien gr0beren Snbuitrie Ausitellunaen in
beroorra9enocr 8eiie antbeil genommen unb
3rpei grobe 8eltausi iteauugen orgauiiiren unD
letten belfen, Die Barrier uno 6ie QonOoner
unb etne = be 9Siener : ielblf1tGnbia qelei-
tet. Seiu @ifer uno ieiue auBeroroentlid,e
Sa6fenntaiB idnben aagemein 4nerfennunq,
uno i'm Sabre 1862 muBte er ben &el6 aus
trinfen, Der IN mOnardii6eu Qdnberu iebem
aus9e3el9neten biirgerli6enMaune, fpie ieoem
fhlauen 56htuge unp iogar nlan6er porIif<
tt9en Sourtllane gereift wirb, er purbe nom
Saiisr 6ranS Soiepb in ben aoelStanS er-
boben.
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3n balten, suerlt penttlirt nuroe, luobnte 3D.
ron D. S6mart in BariS, Iobalb iebo6 oas
Broleft Sorm unb 9eltalt gemann, elite er
nah ieiner Saterltabt uno bot leine 0ieujte
an, Die bereitwilligit acceptirt purben. gSas
er tiir Die 8iener 8cltuusiteuung getban bat,
1T nod alen irii6 i'm @ebd6tniB. Baron D..
S6wart= =Senborn ipirb ols Mann pon ral
i6er Saiiungsgabe, tlarem 9erltGnbniiIe,
id)ueacm aber trefienbem llrtbeile un0 aleid
5eitig BON bober 8tlOung uno einem feinell
8eHebmeH geihtlbert.