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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-20

The telephone has at last been put to prac-
tical use. One OF these instruments has been
put up at the establishment of the contractor
Tor manufacturing the wire for the Brooklyn
bridge, connecting his establishment with
the bridge superintendent Office. The piers
OF the Brooklyn bridge are also being con-
nected BY telephones with the superintend-
ent's office. so that all the movements OF the
"travelers' in carrying the wires across from
pier to pier can be communicated and d.
rected without the use of signal flags as at
present The distances being short sounds
are distinctly transmitted. A New York
paper says the extension of these telephones
all over the city in place of the electric tele-
graph is thought TO be only a question of
time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-20

The opening yesterday Of the pei manent
exhibition building for the first time on
Sunday was a success-no less than II 900
persons attending the sacred concert. The
visitors consisted almost entirely of working
or business men unable to spare the time on
working days OF the week. The suggestion
70 open the great exhibition of last year on
Sundays was regarded by the Centennial
authorities as desperately vile and wicked
but had 1t been adopted thousands OF work
ing men and women living within a ra Illus
of three hundred miles OF Philadelphia, who
did not see the exhibition at all because they
could not leave their work, would have been
enabled to do SO, and the receipts would have
been correspondingly increased.
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PERUVIAN SYRUP.
PERUVIAN RUP.
Z BON A MERCHANT.
N ORTH SEARsNoNT. Me. Sent

NORTH SEARsMONT, ME-, Sept. Q 1s10
Dear Slrlt Ncs me yer! great pleasure 20 ia form
you OF y g beu' n received from the Use Of PERU
WAN Z kUf ~ Toy own family. M , wife, for the
past ten year, has been Ia Feeble health-very much
deolitatto heI ally Last SprIng she conc uded to
try bottle u PERUVIAN sfRC P, and was 50 we'll
pleased WITH the result, Continued its until three
or four bottles "a been - she is In bet
ter health than ~ time Tor ten sars aad has in
cre ased IN weight fr m 20 pounds to 1861 have
employed rhysici2cs. and used great variety of
patent medicines, % tie extent OF hundreds of l.
lars, and know she TsCtive more benefit from the
PERUVIAN SfhUF than "a! ne rest together
My sales OF the Syrup Ia -ge ard cobst ant
iy Increasing, and l d. Mt hesiJsLe to recommend
and even warrant IL to Il t-'Action fyou des
You AT liberty TO use this CCiTmun' cation you
fit, ss IL eyts me pleasure TeCOmm nd good
article TO suffering humanity
Yours truly, IT3lEL PEASE
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READ THE FOLLOWING.

WHIST FAIRLEB, VI, Jan. IL, 1871.
Dear Sir-for seven eight years past have
b en- In poor health, and for the past year more
very feeble. My health continu d to decline, and
my flesh Al strength wasted away, until was
able to work, or even go mp stairs without great
baustfon suffered from frequent and distressing
att6cks Of palptatOn Of the b. art food distress
ed me, causing ac1dity and pain in the stom ch;
i suffered from extreme nervousness, const patton,
aue debility OF the system generally my blood ing
thin ard poor and sluggish in circulate and wa.
for suffering all the TEXTURES of a Ifr aed
dysreItio. About six months stree l conc uded
would try bottle OF PERUVIAN SYRUP, and re-
oev, d so much benefit from IL that pu chased hv
tO:ies more. and have Continued the of the
syrup until qui'e recently. l. has restored my
health TO such an ext. mt that feel my elf good
new. NY digestion is go d d my weight las
increass in the past four months from I'D to is
IOuEds; my strength has returned, aud M genera,
health il thus wonderfully improved, And l can
'ruly ssy owe IL all TO the use of your PERUVIAN
SYRUP. i earnestly recommend all sufferers frs
dyspepsia and debii 10 give il trial, hoping it
III do them as much good "a II has me.
Yours very truly, MRS. ;. b. BEMIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-20

Pennsylvania will be called upon to dis
burse upwards of half a million dollars for
expenses incurred in putting down the late
strike riots. This leads the Philadelphia
Press TO remark that the workingmen must
pay these bills, for capital will not. II taxes
are high, rents are high, and so are proyis-
ions and clothing. "Those who buy and sell
lose nothing, while those who buy and con-
sumo lose everything. Thus violence, in
whatever form, proves ultimately a direct
attack, not on class, but on the prosperity
OF the community
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-20

The era OF speculation in stocks, etc, is ap-
parently about TO set in. The New York
Ne10s says that all the heavy operators,
Including number of large and bold ma
nipulatOrs not lately in the street, are load
ing up with railroad, coal, and other fancy
stocks, and predicts that there will soon be a
sharp advance along the whole line The
same paper asserts that, as one OF the steps OF
This movement, the rates OF telegraphing are
soon TO De increased about one hundred per
cent by both lines. We shall soon see and
know.
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The Detroit Press says that state after state
refuses TO indorse the Presidents policy, for
getting that but ono state (Maine) has declined
10 commend 1T, and but one has condemned it
uowaJ while it has been Endorsed by the re-
publican convention of Ohio and the demo
cratic state conventions of Virginia and
Miss issippi.
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Referring to the rumor that the permanent
exhibition buildings may be removed from
Paramount Park 10 New York, the Whining
ton Commercial sarcastically says the people
OF Philadelphia would send TO Pittsburg for
1ncendiaries TO burn the structure to the
ground before they would permit such a
hing to be done.
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APOLLINA ARTS
NATURAL
NJ i y T. X Al WATER,
HIGHLY EFFER U-ESCENT.

Oh LEWIS A. SAYRE. "a delightful beyer-
Hee = :. Great relief for san sickness"
Dk MILAN A. HAMMOND. g Far su perior to
Nichy. :. LIVER. any other -
Ok ALFRED l.. LOOMS. " Most grateful and
ih X OGDEN DORENUS. "Abs)lu.eIy purs
ana Wholesome; superior TO all for daily use free
IRON All the objections urged against Croton and
n,tiacialy aerated waters "
phof. WANkLfN. LONDON. ENG. "Impree.
n-fed ly with its own gas -
Oh II. PEASLEE. "Usefal and very agree.
Shle. > -' "e'00
Oh: AUSTIN FLINT. DR. =. N. OTIS Health
acute disease" VI
DR. JAMES Il. WOOD. "MiIfly antacid: aprees
dat be,is. ~ o"
DR. FOGDYCE BARKER. "By far the most
agreeable, alone or mixed with wine. ,efuI in
Cafarrhs Of stomach or Bladder and in Gout"
De }. MARION SIMS. Not only Q luxury, but
aneceesity."
To be hsd of all Wine Merchants, Grocers, Drug
gists and Mineral Water Dealers throuz hout the
Nnlted States sug20 mwffow,ly
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The star fer the Summer.

P~,sss kariHs Tia city may Aars THE STAB seal
% th<s addyssy ~ at!, POSTAGE y~spdid, fov ssck
PERIOD a. nns a, tAsy may desire, at fAs Of Is
trsek, 90 rsosth, els fos fAsss
1oafhs. or a3 for SIR p1oafAs.
- The money to pay for Tia ti0s ,eqxs,sd ssxss 90
oil cases accompany fAs srdW. OtA<yvtss "a papv
c0anos - se1I.
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i BY h. II. WARMER q 90.
DIG street northwest, OPP. Masonic Temple.
No, 1910 Vermont aven ue, Is r. m. t....--... 800
No III ~ St NV, br sto., IL gas, war;. SEX
no 1911 18th st Is all m. L-.....-...-.
No st. NV, brick, sto, Is RS. all L.. rs
NO Sl8 st NV, store and dweling 60
No SO4 q. NV, Dr., sto II RS. all m. e.. 60
NO l32S 18th 81. NV, Dr., sto, 10 rs, all N. IS
NO 1OSI 10th st. NV, br sto., all m 4. IS
No lASS st. NV. Dr., sto. r., m i....... 40
NO. 23S "a ST. NV, store, rs, all m L.. IS
NO Els y St n W, brick, story, m. i......... s.
70. aSS4 st NV, br., stO., rs, all m. L.. IS
No ~, near ne, new Dr., sto. rs, ami. 30
NOS IO6; l12 9Th st. Sc. br u sto., rs, m. 81
Nos; 1929, 1880 ST. NV, Dr., ST r.,m.i.. TX
No !ySS st NV, Dr., sto., r., bath. IS
NO 1900 st NV, Dr., sto rs...... ........ Is
NOS. 1872 "a 10th ct. NV, FIR sto., ..... ~
Stere ann dwelling sth and Il. 1. n.w 70. 15x
No 1913 18th st., NV, frame, story, rooms Is
No S2S st. Sc, fr rs, gas and wsteI...... Is
No Defrees st., Dr.. 3sto., rs, m. L--..... Is
No - Dereee ST., Dr., m. Is
NO Sl2 18th st. s.w: brick. rs, water, &C.,.
No By IL ST Sc, frame, story, rs...--.--. Is
No 2lOS 18th ct. NV, rooms .............--. II
No ii Fslconers alley, Dr., story, 4 rooms. 8
corner 18Th and SITS. e., new, 4 rooms.-......-
FOR BENT Also, q large number of other
houes, full list of which be ut Offices
FOB SALE We offering numerous bargains
IN houses and lots large and small, and would be
iayestm snts. Or
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FOR SALE.

EoR sALE-Fine MOCkIN9 BIRDS st ~
sth stree northSes'; good SINGER. arEea 1t
E>oR SALE-one Back w.lnui ana GIsi PIER
Il MIkeO6; Cost : 10, vii cell Tor Sp. Apply
AZ 1880 street northwest. IL"
EoR sAlF-A Butter, Esg. Produce sns Pro
Vi-iou STORE, in one % the best local N. an
the city. Aedrsss BUSINESS, Star offce. It.
EoR sALE-An eIceli-ut FAMILY HORSE;
I sl-c. Leather Toe BUGGY Inquire n
Ron SO, Third AUDITORS Once; OF sl3 N
seth street northwest. ansis n 81
E0k shLE-ATA BARGATN-A rood .ouBd,
FAMILY HOhSh. kind and gentle; Q IN
lady car drive him; IsOS q street north ESSk
aus,S sc
E0RsALE-A MAT and PROVISION sToRH,
u Fixtures. Tools and Ice House. compl-te;
terms ssy location central Apply imred sateiy 20
JOHN SHERMAN Room 3, 81. Cloud Build
ing anxls-iw
Loo SALE CREAP-A Tor BUGGY in e,oel
lent repsir, cDermc'ts make. In. 1R0.
9uire a. NkkMILYAS ekoe store. GlO&SSS
9Th ST., opposite Patent once jyT est. -
FOR sALE-A srONE CRUshER in complete
running order. and IL offered for one half fts
value, a. the owner has no further for e. AppIy
Immediately At 1855 AZ stree; southwest. sul.sw
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PERUVItN SYRUP.
PERUVIAN SYRUP.
RESTORED To COMPLETE HEALTH.

II II
BROOKS, Ne Sept 7, 1870.
Dear slT-fT0m early youth was in feeble health
tIGntltd IN humOr In m blood, weakness aud de-
bity 81 the system generally; unable TO lab Or
much and only at soIe light business, sud then oaly
with great Cauti q.
Seven years ago the past Spring had a severe at
tack OF D1phthe ria. which iet limbs p.ralv zsd
arc u eies-, ard 80 " As unable 70 yak sit
up. Noticing the Advertisement of PERUVIAN
81 ktf cOucluded t. give II a triai. aud to my
sfea, Joy . Oh found NV health improving. Icon
ued the of the SYRUP until tn rec bottles had
heen used and ives restored to plete health and
have rtmsinej 20 10 this day.
attribute present health entirely IN the nae sf
PERUVIAN SYRUP, ard bold il in high esFina-
ton cannot speak too highly in its praise have
t. my own with the same gon1 results
fourstruly, CaAS. K. PEARUY
SETH W. FOWiE SONS, ProprIstors "a
Earris n Avenue, Boston. Sold by all Drug lists
Pam rhlets free. ar r2l m Stb
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OUR FIRST GRAND OPENING
FALL And WINTER DRY GOODS.
thi- season, 5, 81, etc 0'''00' Aii he" Designs
Bsck ., CsshmeFss Just op.ned all full double
.. Is 3 Apaeas full double width Just opened 49,
Pure Black Mohairs, full double width, IS, 81. So
New Fall Dress Goods, just opened prices, IL, Is,
so pieces Plain and Figured Dress Goods, a. d
cents per yard.
PLANNELsl FLANNELS FLANNELsl
e. R,ii Pisn ard Tx lied Is; ~. Is, 30, $40
Blue aAd Grey, 20 Is, 80, 81, etc
WATER PROOF CLOTHS
Black Wsier proof, double width, 20, 81. rs. Sal
Navy Blue Water proof, double width, Is 81. 81.
C.Dten Flabnels from s. 9, 10, IL, IL, Is, etc.
shte'iT Cottons, Bed Ticking etc
75,S, Slice.
C.M. TOwsON e. CO.,
636 Pennsylvania arenue,
aagc0 eotr South side, near 9TH strestn.w
A MEXICAN SOFT CAPSULE co. "a
our Trade name in this speciality as it was that
,.,sst k9s..t ~. yICToR T. MaG Hs Rs Pc
Till, LOO 70 no Resde street, New York. 1t
EVERY DAY WE ARE RECEIVING
NEW DRY GOODS, SUITABLE FOB THE FALL
SEASON.
CARRIERS, sO7 Market Spaee.
Just reSeiy.d large lot Of Black Cashmsres, all
just received: large lot Black Aipacas, very fine,
just received, seral new pieces Of Black silks,
u.s. ST. 81 81 Is, 81 80, 81 rs, 81, very cheap.
CARTER's, 7O7 Market Space.
New Blankets. new shawls, Canton Fianneis,
Whit and Esa wSDl saspRe Cloths
sseetiSg Cotton sapRns' TsweIs eoa sie daasr;
dark CsIics and Remnants, SIC.
, We nave on hand very large assortment of DRY
GOODS, a1d Eill s.u tsem very cheap. sug3O-tr
TO HoUsEHOLDERs, ARCHITECTs
=. AND PLunBERs.-MATZ BURGER,
nj Pps: Win for
ng the onrsinf Of pipes from freezing. auyl3 In
PROPOSALS FOR PLAsTERING A
s,fe nngoer Of houses are solicited from re-
Room - abe B. g. '1ii ;sf si;es
GkohGE MAsON auglI-3t.
THE NEW DAVIS SEWING MACHINE.
No bastirs required. No soilins Of soods by oil,
NO NO eeepnon prsetieed. Inspection invited. Oau
Agency, ls2. ION stree. northwest. ausrs-,w-
HATS FOR EARLY FALL WEAR.
Esy opening Light weight SON and s,n FELT
HATS In colSrs fcr TAN wear ut loweat market -
y. II. sTINFMETz, Halter,
suelstr Next 70 cornsr OF is.h sersst.
CECOND-HAND CLOTHING, FURNI
y TgHE, CARPETS, BEDDlHG, 0ILCLorHs,
- - MS: s.ia. ON: al s sss 4;
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BOARDING.

R0ABDING IN GENTEEL HOUSE HIST
II opened: Families or single parties who desire to
secure good, permanent accommodation on liberal
terms, can be suited; OH New Yorx avenue. it,
EOR RENT-Nicely Furnished FRO 1T ROOMS.
suitable Tor married couple or two gentlemen;
boom and Board - TO s. per week; Table Board.
"a per week AS nth strrst northwest aug6-4
BOARDING The coolest place I'm w ashington IL
- the FREMONT HOUSE. Three south front
Rooms Just vacated by families leaving the city
NeIy low prices, with good Board. Jy36-tr
E'IRsT CLASS BOARD and eIe gantiy Furnished
Il ROOMS, single suite. at Dl7 18th street
northwest. Terms reasonable. jyl6. I'm
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issue on the Isl and 18th of each month BEL
ietin OF al property for sale and rent my books
which can be had application at my oGoe, OF vii
Se sent by msil If desired
auction Stles
On SATURDn August 25th, q. ~ O'Clock D
A., i'm proved propert, on street, between Ist aud
% streets east.
Loans.
81 900, 900, LOCO, $500, at 8 per cent.
IL 600 ~ per cent, in sums to snit. auglS-tr
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Reading Matter On Every Page.

Average s,corn Daily Circulation orer
IL, 5OO,-being more than three times
that of any other daily paper in Wash-
in9ton, and more than that of al the
Others added together.
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INTHE SUPREME G9q gS. OF THE DISTRICT

HoLftsr a SpectaI Term, AHgHSf Isth, ls77
In the case Of SAMUEL G.. YOUNG siministra-
tor, Of JOHN O ". MORGAN, deceased, the admin
istrstor aforesaid has, With the appreciation Of ths
Supreme Court Of the District Of CJlu nbia afOrs-
said, appointed TUESDAY, September lsth
A. ID. lS7, for the final settlement and dis;riba u
fOn personal estate Of said and Of the
assets In hand the same have been collected
and turned into money; W hen and where all the
creditors and heirs Of said deceased are notified &c
may otherwise b. Law be excluded from all benefit in
Paid deceased estate: Procided COPY Of this order
Se published once q week for three weeks In the
evening Star previous 20 the said day. Test:
Aog1em& A. wKBSTEB, Register Of Wills
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FOR RENT AND SALE.
EOR hENT!
FOR RENT

Stores.
No 481 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
1914 Penns, lvanis avenue northwest.
No. 400 street northwest.
Applyt THEo. II. GATCHELL.
aug1s.-t Cor. aud llth streets northwest.
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NoaU4BU0-L-R RICE WIN pay Q fAir
Cnnsrss ~ s tSs Sey hipd q Lsdtss Gents, sn1
,Ssa - IL arsss, Sstvccn nd q socfh
- ~ ~ Rv0Ue1y o1Da066. rSsi.iT
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LUST AND FLU ND.
GOLD BADGE, black enamel center, letters g.
~ 3, lost yesterday. Liberal rev ard for returs
to Boom 10 Sd 4 Ior Navy department.. It.
G. REwARp-Lo t. llth I'M - Onyx LOCKET.
@c with mon gram Star side The above
rewsrd will he paid If left .. MILLER JONES'
bIillard room. aug20-2'
EOUkD-On Thursday, Aug nst 18th, on Peonsvl-
yanis avenue, Gold WATCH and n
CHAIN. with other valuabIes. Gan be found IN
at 532 Sd street northwest. sug0 St.
IL Gutta- Perchs PENCIL and Gold PEN. A
suitable reward will be raid its return TO
RALPH JEFFDRSON, Room 90 Post Office de-
par;nent IL.
I 0sT-Bunch Of KEYS between Treasury and
E rspd s s6S fs,uS 0el 10 sqitrbl:
street northwest. IT.
I OsT-About . mo 9TH ego, while arriving in the
IL center Of the CITY q Ladys BREASTPIN, with
crral rose IN center surrounded by Roman gold
leaves The finder will Re suitably rewarded by re-
c. hEWARD.-Lost, Saturday, the 18th two
0C Setter GfPS-oue six months old,
enc thirteen months; brown and spotted,3X
liver and white. The above reward will
be paid II left at No. 623 street northeast, bet
Oh and TIN streets. aug2O IT.
TAKEN UP AS-RAl, on the I4th OF August
l. lW, By the subscriber, one Red cow,
which the owner can have by proving prop II ~
erty and paying costs. NEWTON GRIGGS. :"
Woodley LsDe, county. augIS.3ts
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kOR Bent
4 BY Il. II. WARMER 90.
BRAINARD H. WARNER. EDWIN A MCINTYRE
GIG street northwest, OPP. Masonic Temple.
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Ros rR Ts'
ALT AND MAP RXFRACY
PRE6ORIBED By PHYSICIANS A UUFIi.
ENT TONIC
In DygDsDgla md other diseases resulting fro~ -,
n1Gfaon; % saIlort the falling vitality Of the aes
md 20 tone ul the eygtem Of oonvaleeoonts.
th better than Cod Liver on d eonGl1peoa.
Sold By al DruGgists.
Price One Dollar per bottle.
THOMSON AUTH, eTOTr OROMWHLL
- baitmores Id washington. D. q.
10O NEW AND SECONDHAND rOP
wv AND NO-TOP BUGGIES, SIN
e 30 Jump Set yssser, two and fosr XXX
syli.h Brett, and my Other aylsG
uau ED 9CAIDE = Co.,
GREAT INDUCTION IN fHE PRICE
OF CROQUIf
ne nv Lawn 0aDss "v1XlLL0." companies
An tie iassst styiss ofsrAfioHHHY.
4 large aDogtment Of BOOKS Tor Summer BOD
Any peok nsnsd 10 sny sadrs., frssoe poss.ss,
VI. 1AIsLANTYMn.
se6 ASs 70 SarsSG.
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49, &c u6IIfeflnf best qualities q WOOD .rd
OVAL 70 ah parts OF the city, a. Wholesale prices,
Cumberland COAL Run OF Mine ana Lum..
always Oh hand, ct loves; rates
Main ONCE and Depot, Rileys Wharf foot uth
and 18th streets southwest. -
onces- street, bstyeen % and INV.
toth street, between y and ~ n1n-fr
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-05-04

men, honorable men, courteous and
kind in all their dealings with men, as
we'll as just. We do not mean that
there should be no difference Of SEN
timent,-there must be, and discus
7ion, too. No Procrustean Bed j.
long enough, or short enough for al.
sorts and sizes of people. Libera.
men and wise men agree to differ.
Charles ", after his abdication,
amused himself by trying to make a
hundred watches keep exactly the
same time. "What a fool ! have
been," he said, ''to try to make all
The people i'll my vast dominions feel
alike, and act alike, when | cannot
make these watches keep the same
time"
The newspaper is the servant of
the people, not the autocrat. Its
mission is to be helpful. 1t is a mes
senger; it is an advocate; it may
sometimes be censor; it ought, at
all times, to be pure, peaceable, and
of good report, worthy of place on
the counter or at the freside. The
paper that may not be read in the
household, is unworthy of place in
the market or in the forum.
a pure literature is one of the de-
mands of the times, and one of the
means of the advanced, and advancing
civilization of the future. II.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-05-04
SCIENCE ON THE FARM.

The mere mention of the word sci
ence or scientist appears to be obnox-
ious to many of our farmers, who de-
nounce scientific agriculture as a
veritable cheat and a snare. OF
course, it is. not to be denied that
there has been, and is at the present
day, an immense amount of charlat-
anry among the self-styled scientific
agriculturists, but the same is true of
All o,her professions Or branches OF
science and art. The medical profess
sion, important as it is to the welfare
OF mankind, is overburdened with
quack9ry, but that does not invalidate
the claims of the skilful physician and
surgeon To honorable recognition by
the community. The greatest obsta
Gle to the advance of true science in
all the learned professions, is the
crowding Of legitn ate channels with
caarlatans, who stand in little fear of
punishment if discovered, SO that the
unlearned or even imbecile frequent
ly assume titles to which they have
no right.
But the farmer, in a majority of
instances. has misunderstood the mean
ing of the term science and scientific
agriculture, believing it to be some
thing far beyond the comprehension
of persons who have not been specially
trained in school or college. Now, gen
uine science, at best, is mere " common
sense and observation combined, and
all preparatory studies are little more
than good tools with which man works
out problems in after years. Ofcourse
mechanic cannot do as as good work
with a few or poor tools as he can
with plenty of the very best, but he
may still be scientific; the same is
true with the farmer, and the better his
preparatory education the more rap
pid will be his progress; but because
he cannot go as deep in his investiga
tions as some others, IL does not follow
that no investigation should be made.
The idea appears to have got abroad
that science in farming means chiefly
the analysis of soils and food of an
imals; this error, for it certainly is one,
originated from the Investigations and
writings of such men as Boussengault,
Liebig, Johnson, and contemporaries
Gus authors, whose life labors were
mainly in that direction, and were,
in many instances, carried far beyond
what was necessary for practical util-
ity. 1t is not, however, necessary for
man to be a thorough chemist, ge-
ologist, botanist, or a specialist in any
one branch of science, to be scien-
tifc farmer. Good plowing is sci
entifc operation, producing both me-
chanical and chemical results, there
being an abundant opportunity for
the display of high order of scien-
ti6c intelligence in the simple act Of
turning over the soil. To ascertain
just how deep to plow in order to pro-
duce the best results on every differ
ent kind of land, requires great
amount Of study, and many carefully
conducted experiments. Then, the