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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-10-17
TOP DRESSING WHEAT.
A correspondent of the JOURNAL OF

A correspondent of the JOURNAL OF
THE FARM gives his experience in top
dressing wheat.
Il have" he says, "done it when
ever circumstances permitted, for many
years, and when | was unable to make
manure or compost for the purpose, |
have generally resorted to superphos-
plate in greater or less quantities, but
l have found that one ton of finel y-rot-
ted stable manure composted with lime
and muck from the swamp, is worth
about as much as three tons of horse
manure on the top or plowed in. In
the Autumn of 1872 | cut three acres
of very heavy corn, hauled it off, and
plowed up the ground, dressed the sur
face with about ninety bushels of COM
post that contained about one-third
Stacked lime to the acre. l narrowed
that in as well as l could and sowed
one hundred pounds of superphosphate
before the drill. | cut fine crop of
straw which yielded thirty bushels of
prime Fultz wheat to the acre, and the
plot is most beautifully set in clover and
timothy, which promises crop equal,
if not better, than the adjoining one,
that was treated similarly the year pre-
vious, and it produced over two and
ahalf tons of hay per acre last year.
My soil is flint gravel with limestone
base. In heavy clay stable manures
plowed in will generally be the best,
and if the manure is coarse and fibrous
it is all the better l have often deriv-
ed great benefit on clay soil by blowing
down corn cobs, corn stalks, or bag
gasse from the sorghum works 1t very
soon decays when beneath the soil, and
leaves it more porous and easily pene-
trated by the plant roots. If these
substitutes have been placed for while
in the low corner of the manure yard
to absorb the stray juices there, they
will have very marked effect wher-
ever they are plowed in. l am in favor
Of top dressing all wheat, and the dress
ing whatever it be, should be narrowed
in . The wheat wants the assistance
Immediately after sowing, to make it
strong, SO as to enable it to withstand
the Winter | have found as protec-
ton against the winds and northern ex-
posures that to SOW about bushel of
oats to the acre. before the drill, was a
great benefit The oats will be thrown
into the ridges of the drill course, and
generally, when top dressing has been
used, grow from five to ten inches high,
and will serve as an excellent protec-
ton to the wheat the freezing wind
killing it, so that it never becomes
nuisance to the crop. 1t also serves as
a protection to the young clover.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-10-17
MEDICINAL.

DIR. }. Walkers California VIM
egar Hitters arc purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges OF
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therclrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TEEs?' Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and Il life giving principle,
Il perfect Renovation and 1nvigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BIrrERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Iisceral Organs in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERS are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter Irrtant Sudorifc, Altera-
tive, and Anti Bilious.
II. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. A CTS. San Francisco California,
and of Washington and Charlton SITS, N Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Oct Is lS13-ly
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-10-17
Kidney Dc Bladder Complaints,
DR.. RAILWAYS
Observation-Disclosures

perfccty tasteless elegantly coated with sweet gum
purge regulate. purify cleanse and strengthen Rad
WAYS Pills for the of all disorders the stomach
Liver. Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Disenses
Headache Constipation, Costiveness, Indigestion Dys.
pepsa Biliousness, Bilious Fever, Inflammation of the
vscera Warranted to effect positive cure. Purely
Vegetable containing no mercury, minerals or deeter
drugs
A few dose. of RAILWAYS PILLS will free the sys-
per BOX SOLD BY DRUGGISTS
READ FALSE AND TRUE" Send one letter
stamp to RADWAY 4 CO, No. 80 Warren ST. New
York Information worth thousands will be sent you
, 1874-10-31
s. w. can Brake.

such beautiful quiet scenery as I see here
Beautiful BuIows Minde What a residence!
What a view What a climate II fancy at
times I am in Fairy Land, while sitting on the
cool Veraudah, enjoying the picturesque view
in every direction, inhaling the pure air af an
invigorating climate.
II is said that St. Croix has never looked
lovelier than it does now, fresh green fields for
miles and miles, pretty little streams Of water,
the Cocoa Nut and the Palm on both sides of
that magnificent road the Centre Line" the
Estates with their stately mills, aud merry ne
gro villages, and hospitable Managers, all tend to
make a most favorable impression on the visitor,
and cause him to promise himself q speedy re-
turn.
The coming crop promises to be the best
the Island has produced for years, and it is to
be hoped the favourable weather will continue
for some time vet, SO as to insure the large
crop, and give these hospitable Orucians some
encouragement after consecutive years of short
crops.
Central factories seem to be the topic of the
day here, and very justly too, for there cannot
be the slightest doubt, that the idea is a sound
and practical one, and, according to the most
experienced planters, the erection of these fac
tories here will be the Salvation" of the Isl
and. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on
Governor Garde for the interest he has shown
in this vital enterprise, and the good sugges-
tionsP he has made, and the sound ideas he has
EXPRESSED on the matter. I have heard plant
ers say here it is quite astonishing how quickly
and With what ease His Exeellency has made
himself Is au fat" with this as well as with the
ether requirements of the Island.
It is "a great pity that the project of steam
communication with your Island has never
been carried into effect; the want is very
, 1874-10-31
NOTICE.

VT being under contemplation to have
A the conveyance of the Mails between
Christiansted and Frederiksted performed
by private contract, from a certain time to
be hereafter fixed, and agreeably to condi-
tons to be seen in the Presidepcy's Secre-
tary's Office and in the Sherif's Office, FIRE.
deriksted, parties DESTROYS of contracting
for the conveyance of said Mails, the light
Letter Mail as we'll as the heayy-Mail,
between the two Towns on the Island ria
Kingshill-in the same manner as is done
at present -,are invited, on or before Tues
day the 3rd November, 10 o'clock a. m,
to send in to the Presidency written tenders,
sealed and marked "Tender for convey
ance of Mails" containing a statement of
the lowest monthly sum for which the
party will undertake the said business, as
also q statement of the security offered for
the fulfillment of the obligations.
The tenders will be opened in the pres
ence of the bidders who might appear.
Presidency's Secretary's Office, St.
Croix 9th October 1874.
S w. A BRAKLE.
, 1874-10-31
s. ". ran Brake.

much felt here-it is to be hoped in the course
Of a short time the idea will again be taken up
and carried out. Nothing can be said against
the several Zoe and fast sailing schooners, with
their obli4i ing Captains and Superoargoes,-on-
ly these schooners are not steamers. A report
was current here the other day that one of the
fine r.. M Steamers was to make a trip over
to West End with half of young St. Thomas on
b~oard,-how pleasant this would be!-anl [
hope the idea is not abandoned. have once
or twice seen steamers of the Hamburg Line
pass quite clcse by the West End harbour, and
| am told they invariably do this twice a month
could not the Directors os the Company be
prevailed upon to let their steamers touch here,
| am convinced they would get a large share of
the passenger t%rafi3, without any additional
risk or expense to the Company.
sec H. M. S. Druid" has been in your
port for some days, l hope her Captain and
Officers have had a pleasant time there I
fancy "Old Trebizonle" going on board of her
pretty often "for drinks on the cheap"
Yours,
A VISITOR.
ST. CrOix, 22nd October, 1874.
, 1874-10-31
acknowledgements

m Diet paatenkes at oyerdrage Postbe-
~ tordringen imellem Christiansted og
Frederiksted til privat Enterprise, fra en-
nermere tastsettende Dato, og efter Condi-
TONER der ligge til Eftersyn i President
skabs Secretariatet og paa Byfoged Con-
toiret | F~rederiksted, opfordges Lysthaven-
De til linden Tirsdagen den 3die~ November
d A., Formiddag ri. 10, at indsende til
Presidentskabet skriltlige Tilbud, forsegle-
de og m@rkede: "TiIbud ON Postbefor-
%drlngen," indeholdende Opgivende of det
laveste m%aanedlige Bel0b hYorfor Betor-
drlngen at Brew og Pakke-Posten imellem
de tyende Dyer her paa Den, via Stationen
paa Kingshill, paa samme Made som den
nu skeer, vii blive udf6rt SAINT Opgivende
at den Slkkerhed, som tilbydes for Opfyl-
delsen at Forpligtelserne,
Tilbudene vile blive aabnede til den an
givne It'd Overv@relse at de Bydende,
som MATTE indinde sig.
Prasidentskabs Secretariatet, st. Croix
den aide October 1874.
S. w. VAN BRAKLE.
, 1874-10-31

Besides, according to Grant adopted on the
3Oth March 1874 for Bureau Advances to Plan
ters for April and May 1874, an amount not ex-
oeeding ....... ........ $4,000.
The foregoing Budget for the Municipality
of st, Croix, which His Majesty the King has
by Royal Resolution of 10Th September 1874
most graciously sanctioned as we'll as the Grant
for Bureau Advances specially entered on the
Budget and likewise sanctioned by His Males
ty, are hereby promulgated according to 5 So of
the Colonial Law of 9th November 1868.
The Presidency Of st, Croir the 24M October
1874.
J. A. STAKEMANN
, 1874-10-31

[MEN aarlige Examcn j Frederik-
IDJ steds Borger-og-Almueskole at
holdes Fredagen den CITE naste
Manned, Kl: 10 Formiddag.
Skolerne aabnes igjen Mandagen
den lode neste Manned, paa hyiE-
ken Dag nye Clever kunne OPP
tages.
Frederiksteds BorgerskoEe, den
27de October 1874.
JAMES STEWART.
THE annual examination OF the
Public Schools at Frederik-
sted will take place on Friday the
9th prox. at 10 o'clock A. NJ, and
the schools will be reopened on
Monday the 10Th prox, when. new
pupils may be entered.
Frederiksted's Burgher School
the 9th October 1874
NJ STEWART.
, 1874-10-31
Pr0clama

ANLEDNING af Proeurator
D Vibe kierutfs d6delige Afgang
anmodes Creditorerne i Thadde1as G..
Woods, Fallitbo om at give Mode i
en- Session som vii bliye afhoIdt paa
Boet Fredag en- den code November
forstkommende Kl. IL slet Middag.
Frederiksteds Skifteret, st. Croix
den 26de October 1874.
c. SARAUW.
, 1874-10-31

Desforuden, if6Ige BeviHing v~edtagen 30te
Marts 1874, til Bureau Forstrekninger
til Plantere i April og Mai 1874,
indtil. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000.
Foranstaaendo af Hans Maiesf8t Kongen
we'd allerh0ieste Resolution af lode September
1874 stadfpstede Budget for st. Croix Com
mune, t%illigemed den s@rlig paa Udf@rdigel-
sen opf6rte og ligeledes stadfestede Bevilling
til Forstr@kninger til Plantere, offentliggj0res
herved i Henhold til COlOniallOven af 27de
November 1868 s So.
Prqsidentska5ct for 81. Croir den 24de
October 1874.
J. A. S~TAKEMANN.
, 1874-10-31
Brought forward
l$1O9,69sI$ 16, $50.

OAOuSHb lOA WaLA Ebll
IL. The Sanitary Department.
Salaries &c. to the Landphysi-
clan and other public physi-
clans .-........ =. 2,588I
Salaries to 2 MldWives ....... 640l
Salary &c. to one Veterinary
Surgeon so
Expenses for the Communal
Hospitals 1927
Expenses for the Quarantine
Department and for precau-
tionary measures against
epidemics 1901
IL. The Poor Department
Support in money to paupers s. 5,l5O.I
Medicine to paupers : 434
Expenses for burying paupers $780,.
10. The Prison Department
Salaries to Inspector, Tailor,
Drivers go. : s. 2.908I
For ervantsa and servants hire 1851
" Maintenance of prisoners 4,4oO.
Various other expenses : 1,1OO
"A Contribution to the Immigrationfund.
d. Expenses for building, and other I'M, !
certain Expenses :
E. For the hire 0fa SAILING. Schooner
as Mail and Transport Vessel bel
ta0een tie Danish West5ndia Lszands,I
until Steamcomamuuicati0n can bere
established, $1,000, the hazf
T. Pensions.
Pensions according to the Pension law
of 4th Dec. 1868 S $500
do. granted by Ordi-
nances or other
wise warranted 1860.
do. to retirednon.com-
missioned officers,
musicians and pri-
Yates of the west
india forces, 1857,
part for St. Croix 440.
Total Expenditure ............I
, 1874-10-31
Transport
II. Sundhedsvasenet.

L0uning m. m. til Landphysi-
Gus OF andre offentlige Lager $2,588.
L0nninger til 2 Jordem6dre $40.
L0nning M. m. til en- Dyrlege 60,
Udgifter we'd Communehospi-
talerne 1927
Udgifter we'd Quarantainev@se-
net og til Forebyggelse af
Epidemlers 100.
IL Fattigvasenet
Observation-Disclosures til Fattige $3.50.
Medicin til Fattige ..... 434.
Begravelsesomkostninger for
Fattige $50.
10. F@ngselsv@senet
L0nninger til Opsynspersonalet $2,998.
Tyender og Godtgj6relse for
Tyendehold 1886.
Til Arrestanters og Strafan-
gers Forpleining . 4,40O.
Forskjellige andre Udgifter LOO.
IA. Bidrag til mmigrationsfondet.. 80.
D. Bygnings- Qg andre @bestemte I'd
glitter !.
E. TIL Leie af en- Sei7skonnert som
Post og Transporgart0i ime1em
de dansk vestindtske Ger, lndta en-
DampskibsforbindeJse kan blioe
,gjenoprettct, $1,000, Ha5odelcn
F. PensaOner.
Pensioner efter Pensionsloyen Of 4de
December 1868 $4,000.
do. if6Ige Auordning
eller anden smr-
lig Hjemmel ..... 1860,
do. til udtiente I'm
deroffcerer, Spill
lemand og Meni-
ge af Herstyrken
1857, deraf An
deel for St. Oroix 44O.
Talt Udgift
The New York herald., 1874-05-01

JoBBERY.-The Louisville and Portland
Canal in Kentucky will become nominally the
property of the United States government
when the President shan sign the bill which
passed the House yesterday That is to say,
the government will pay all the debts or other
costs; and if there is any money to be re-
ceived some one else will get it. This canal
runs from Louisville to Portland and fanks
the rapids in the Ohio River between these
two points, and SO is legitimate work of
river improvement but the complication Of
government with private company has an
Questionable aspect
The New York herald., 1874-05-01

Last night the Legislature adjourned sine
die, adding to the history of our State the
chronicle Of one more infamous session. This
body has done nearly everything it should
not have done, and has left undone all that it
could have done with justice and propriety
In Its last hours it passed bill to reorganize
the local government Of the city Of New
York-that is to say, it made such change in
our laws as the intrigues of certain politicians
of the dominant party seemed to require !;
for it is one of the glories of the modern
system of politics that no laws stand in the
politicians way-he repeals, abolishes or
changes, as agrees with his convenience
The bill for the Fifth avenue pavement did
not pass, at which we feel neither regret nor
joy; for the pavement proposed was Of the
improvement on the present; but it was not
rejected for this reason, probably, but only
because the voters did not see sufficient s'rea-
son. for passing it The Appropriation bill
was passed without the Senate amendment of
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars
for academies, and bill was passed fol
amending the charter of the city of Brooklyn.
Two committees are authorized to sit-one o
special committee, instructed to inquire if q
more economical and honest management o1
the canals cannot be secured; the other, the
Assembly Committee of the Ways and Means,
to investigate the present system of taxation.
It is natural that the Legislature should want
to know all about the taxes, but it is ON unac.
countable curiosity for it to inquire into hon
esty and economy.
The New York herald., 1874-05-01

the streets up at Albany, and no one takes any
notice Of them. It is understood that there
has been great competition for the purchase
Of the pen with which General Grant signed
his Message vetoing the Imitation bill, but
what Is that to the pen with which Mayor
Havemeyer wrote his letter. In the school
arithmetics there are many interesting conun-
drums, such as, If q pair of boots is worth
four dollars what is the price of load of
hays All these win yield in importance in
future publications to the inquiry as to the
relative value of these two pens, and q genera
ton of politicians will grow up endeavoring
to solve the great problem-If the purchase Of
the pen with which Grant killed q mischiev-
GUS law exhausts the wealth of Golconda, how
shall we borrow money to buy the pen with
which Mayor Havemeyer wrote against in
creasing the power of his Officer
In spite of MI. Havemeyer's protest, how
ever, the power he did not want may be given
him; for the men up at Albany have great con-
fdence in the old gentleman or in the tremen-
dously capable politicians who surround him
and take on themselves the labors to which he
is unequal. 1t is true that to give him this
power involves political outrage and makes
an uncalled-for change in our city charter,
and, in fact reduces legislation to mere
game of hide and seek between hostile par
ties, and abuses and perverts the law to
corrupt and personal purposes All this also,
it is equally true, is just what we had from
Tweed and Company, who are now in prison or
in exile so that our reform is farce and our
government as bad as it ever was, or worse.
with no other result of our spasmodic up
rising than change of the names Of our
tyrants and rogues. But this is trifle COM
pared to heaping honors on Mr. Havemeyer,
and placing power within easy reach of the
men who pull the wires when the Mayor
dances.
The New York herald., 1874-05-01

WHzRs THE SPECIE Co.'s. The bullion Of
the Bank of England decreased during the
last week near three millions of dollars in
amount and the directors following the usual
course, have raised the rate of discount half
per cent The minimum is now fixed at four
per cent France is drawing upon the bull
lion Of England and other countries just now,
with view Of establishing specie payments;
but really, the notes of the Bank of France
are and have been for some time only frac-
ton below par. The action Of that bank in
accommodating bullion Ia, therefore, for the
The New York herald., 1874-05-01
The Annual Hegira.

To-day is the saddest of all days in the year
in the housekeeper's calendar. All the ills
that flesh is heir to seem to be crowded into
few hours between the rising and the going
down of the sun, and weeks and months will
pass before the direful remembrance of house
hold gods demolished, stubborn cartmen-wh
may be termed the iconoclasts Of the ireside-
bruised limbs and aching hearts, shall pass
away. On this day the cartman becomes in
vested with despotic powers, and the mover is,
for the time being, his helpless slave. Threats
or entreaties produce the same fruitless effect
upon the knight of the truck, and naught
moves him save the magic palmistry of q
greenback. Let this soothing salve be with
held and the unlucky paterfamilias may ex-
pect to see his pier glass accidentally" i'm
paled upon q hatstand or o sofa, or the
matron may be driven to distraction by q
crash of crockery on the sidewalk. The do
mestic horrors of Moving Day in New York
might have furnished Dante with material
for an extra canto for his "Divina
Commedia," or the pencil of Dore with one
of its most powerful subjects. And yet the
restless, migratory character Of our people in
sists upon many of them leaving comfortable
homes each year and submitting to the hurly-
burly Of May Day just for the sake of change.
The real estate owners and agents have also
much to do with this annual hegira from
street to street, as they generally lose no op-
portunity to increase their rents and push
them beyond the limits of domestic endur-
ance. While rapid transit remains problem
to be solved at some future day the prepos-
ferrous demands of city landlords must be sub
mitted to and the chaos of Moving Day be
permanent institution. Once bring suburban
homes within few minutes reach of the
business community and few will be compelled
to 60 a-maying under the command of truck
drivers and extortionate landlords. The
hegira is not always matter of choice, but Of
extreme necessity.
The New York herald., 1874-05-01

Men Of rude, earnest force of great natural
eloquence, have arisen among the people to
lead and animate them. Joseph Arch, who
was with us last summer, is i'll, but one
George Ball is now what our correspondent
calls s'the Moses of the movement" His
speeches are strong and brave. The time was
coming when men like Mr.. Arch would sit in
Parliament and ''some of these Lord Tom
Noddies would have to sit and learn at the feet
of some of the uncouth peasants of England"
We think we have heard something like this in
the speeches Of the leaders Of the French Revo-
luton. Certainly it has made its impression
upon the mind of one prelate and assistant
for we have the Lord Bishop of Manchester
issuing letter warning the farmers of the
madness and folly Of Expressing the laborers.
''They may" says this noble prelate, ''drive
their best laboren to the other side of
the Atlantic or into some new field Of
employment; they may fill the workhouses
with able-bodied men and women, stripped OF
their homes and all that has made life amid
their hardships still dear to them;" but "will
they have conquered?" Can any man, asks
the Bishop, earn q sufaciency Of food fuel
and clothing on smaller income than fifteen
or sixteen shillings q week? Another clergy
man attended meeting of the laborers to see
for himself its character, and afterwards
preached sermon in their behalf He wns
compelled to resign. All that he did was to
bear his testimony to the distress and misery
around him. These witnesses represent not
the political opinions of the radicals-of
republican leaders like Dixie and Herbert
but the conservative power of England.
Where will it end? Mr.. Disraeli is Premier
and the tory party is in power. He is strong
enough to do what he will in any reform He
must see, and no one with clearer eyes, that
the whole English system is based on an inse-
cure foundation, when conflict like this can
take place in the heart of England. On the
one side we see manhood and misery on the
other wealth, rank and power. Such a con-
test may result in q long battle, in uncertain
chances-but how must it end? Let Mr..
Disraei find an answer to this question in the
French Revolution and in the war of the
North against slavery.