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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-08
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from The Tribune u 1Drit % 1878
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-08

The general impression entertained abroad
that England and Russia are about to
come to terms appears to be based
on the approaching visit of Count Schou-
valoff to st. Petersburg, where he
is to report specifically to the Gar on the con-
cegsions which England expects in regard
to the Treaty of San StefanO. In this diplO-
matte campaign, the first movement closed
with Lord Salisbury's circular, showing why
England declined the proposed European
Congress. Prince Bismarck then appeared on
the scene, and induced England and Rus
STA to reopen negotiations, and make
known to each other directly their re-
spective objections and claims. The Counts
mission results from this interchange Of Opin-
ions. So soon as he cOnfcrs with the Car we
may expect to hear conclusive information as
to the likelihood of peace or war. The
English opposition was directed against
the San StefanO Treaty as whole,
because it was substantially the death
warrant of Turkish power in Europe.
In detail, England complained of the
great extent of the new Bulgaria, the an
nexation of Armenia, the heaviness of
the war indemnity, and the inevita-
BILE ascendancy of Russia in Ottoman
affairs In each of these matters Russia has
acquired so much that she can afford, without
serious detriment, to make important changes
in order to appease British anger, and be at
liberty to COON TRANQUILITY with the reconstruction
of Turkey. There Is danger that Englands
demands will increase when she finds the
Car in conciliatory mood, but with Austria
neutral and new elements of hostility appear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-08

The whole country is interested in the well
fare of the Federal City, and will be glad to
see that the House has at last given its approval
to measure for the government of the unfor-
tunate District of Columbia. The District
has been in a bad way since the down
fall of the Shepherd Ring, and has at almost
all times suffered by being governed too much !;
but this bill certainly makes some progress in
reducing the number of boards and commits
sions The governing body is to be a commits
sion of three members, one to be an engineer
officer above the rank of captain, one to be
elected by the Senate, and one by the
House. This commission is to exercise
also all the powers of the Police and Fire
Boards, which are abolished The yexed ques-
ton of the relation which the National Gov
eminent shall sustain toward the District is
settled on the basis proposed by the commit
tee, which is that Congress shall pay Onc-half
of the approved expenses. This proportion
has doubtless been considered to be just, in
view of the great amount OF property IN the
District held by the National Government, to
say nothing of the claim that the Government
should not leave the residents of the Capital
to support the city which is the seat Of its
power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-08

It is true that the Board of Health could
lose nothing by demanding an Investigation
after the attention OF the Grand Jury had
been officially directed to the question OF
nuisauces, and that there may have seemed
to he something to gain by boldly meeting
the attack 1t is also true, however, that
President Chambers letter is straightforward
and emphatic in asking an investigation and
promising to further it. The Board is now
upon trial, and is fairly entitled to a suspen-
sion Of public Judgment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-08

1t is reported from Albany that the contest
over the City Debt Bill has been unexpect-
eddy compromised. A bill has been prepared
which embOdes all the essential features OF
the vetoed bill, but which makes concessions
to Governor RObnsOn's views, which render 1t
satisfactory to him, and this bill will be
passed, it is believed, by general consent
The taxpayers will care little about the steps
by which the result is reached. if the objects
sought for by the original bill are attained.
From the statements made i'll our local col
umns it appears that the formation OF COM
pany in this city which shall insure the hon
esty of cashiers, clerks and other persons
holding positions of trust, is considered as al
most certain The idea is certainly not new
one, and as it has been carried into success
full operation in other countries, there seems
to I've no good reason why it should not be
applied here, unless. indeed, we are willing to
admit that the proportion of "risk is greater
in this country than elsewhere.
, 1878-06-12
HnzNnHsEMzEHManugA

A French physician, named Barthar-
and, residing in Algicrs, has for thirteen
years been collecting vital statistics in
that country, and has on his list 5000
cases of death at ages exceeding eighty
years. 1872 of the persons deceased having
centenarians.
, 1878-06-12

About one couple in sixteen married
in Vermont are divorced,
, 1878-06-12

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Going to Work to Secure Sheep
Protection.

L%ITTLEToN, \. c., Sept. 81, TS.
To the Editor Of tie Farmer and Ne
chdnic:
SIR The follow ing resolutions were
passed by the Pioneer Agricultural
Club, Of Halifax, n. G., at their stated
meeting for September.
Resolved, That this club will petition
the next General Assembly to enact
such laws as are necessary for the bet
ter protection of sheep husbandry in
North Carolina, and that a tax be i'm
posed on dogs.
9. Resolced, That other Agricultural
clubs throughout the state be requested
to cooperate with us in securing the
passage of such laws.
8. Resolccd, That these resolutions
be sent to the FARMER AND MECHANIC
at Raleigh, with the request that they
be published in the anne
Respectfully, etc,
r. A. PATTERSON,
Cor. Secretary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

GOOD FOR BAXTER Judge John
baxter, OF the Tennessee District Court
he Is a native of Rutherford county.
y. e., and the uncle Of Rev c. Dur
ham and the late Capt. Plato Durhaml.
has slapped Judge Bonds ears in plain
language. There are too manv rail
road wreckers in the land. and the
Fede al Judges are responsible for it.
Judge Baxter clears his skirts as fol-
lows. In passing upon an application
to allow a railroad in the hands of a
receiver to be carnisheed, said that the
practice of placing railroads in the
hands receivers is altogether too COM
mon, and had become a great evil. He
cited the case of a railroad in Georgia.
which cost SIS, 900, 600. The receiver
in charge, in three years, ISSUED Ger
t~licates of Indebtedness amounting to
81, 800, 600, when the road was sold, the
proceeds not being sufficient to pay
the certificates. In another case, in
Detroit, the road cost So, coo, 900. When
the road came to be sold, eminent
counsel requested the Judges to fix a
minimum price for the sale, suggesting
that such price should be a sum suff-
cient to cover the charges of the re-
ceiver and his lawyers Judge Baxter
SAID he had observed hat when a re-
ceiver got possession he generally ran
the road for the benefit of himself and
his employees, including the attorneys;
and he. the Judge, would hereafter
see there should be a reform in his
Circuit, for the benefit Of creditors
and stockholders. If proceedings to
sell anG realize were not pushed to a
conclusion, he would vacate the re
ownership and give the road back to
the company.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
The Agricultural Characteristics
Of the Southern States.

In Alabama from S0Oto l, 900 pounds
OF cotton to the acre are produced. and
peach trees are In blossom by the mid
die of February. and strawberries are
fit for the table May ,.
Arkansas has more than a thousand
miles of steamboat navigation on its
rivers, and 80, 1000 farms under cultiva-
ton.
California is a phenomenal State.
having every variety of climate, and
produces nearly all the fruits. besides
five times more wire than any other
State, and in 1874 it ranked first in
sheep.
Florida boasts of having the finest
climate IN the world, and its market
gardening is veryprOfitable, but cotton
is the leading staple, and it is the best
timbered State on the continent.
Georgia is noted for its ''sea-island'
cotton, rice, sugar cane ard corn.
The garden of Kentucky is in the
blue-limestone or "blue-grass' region,
stretching from Ohio as far South as
Lexington upon a single acre of its
rich soil LOO pounds of tobacco have
been grown. The State produces
nearly one half of the entire tobacco
crop of the United States. and sixty
per cent, of the entire hemp product
of the country.
One-fifth of the whole surface of
Louisiana lies below the high-water
mark Of the rivers. The delta of the
Mississippi, 200 miles long and 100
miles wide, is the best land in the
United States for the production of
sugar: the wild cane sometimes grows
to the height Of thirty feet.
Every part of Mississippi is well
watered: cattle are not housed in the
winter; farmers plough in February,
plant corn in March, and harvest win
ter wheat in May.
Missouri is a wonderful State in
some respects. and while one of the
first in agriculture, it is fifth in the
value of manufactured products.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Testing Of Seeds.

The Experiment Station has secured
the apparatus and other necessary ad-
juncts for testing the purity and ger
minating power of seeds of all kinds.
Any one in the state having garden
seeds. corn, or small grain, the quality
Of which they wish to determine, can
have them examined, free of charge,
by sending a sample by mail to the
Station.
This sample must be at least two
ounces in weight and must fairly rep
resent the lot from which it is drawn,
and be accompanied by a letter IN
which the sender will record the name
of the parties from whom he purchased
his seed, and, if possible, state what
they were represented to be.
It would be we'll for our merchants
in ordering garden seeds next spring
to state to the seedsmen that they are
going to submit a sample to the Station
to determine its quality.
ALERT r. LEDOUX.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
COST OF CHEMICALS.

Price current of Agricultural Chemi-
Gals, in Philadelphia, Baltimore or New
York, reported every week for the
FARMER & MECHANIC, by DR.. A.. Il.
Led0ur.
NOTE The following figures repre-
sen the market prices on the date of
publication of this paper. All persons
purchasing Chemicals should be careful
not to be tempted by articles offered at
rates much below the market prices.
as they are nearly arrays ditdter0ted.
After purchasing, send a sample to the
Experiment Station at Chapel Hill. it
will be analysed free Of charge.
Land Plaster. pure and fine ground.
bags Of bbls., s. to 50 per ton.
Sulphate of Potash (Kainit). bags OF
bbls, $40 to $15 per ton.
Nitrate of Soda. bags or bbls., A.
cents per Id.
Sulphate of Ammonia, casks or bbls.
Al to Il cents per ID.
Fertilizing Salt, per 100 lbs, 20 to sc
cents per ID.
oulphate of Soda, casns or bbls.. 81
to SD per ton.
Muriate of Potash. German 50 PEI
cent, bags, , cents per ID.
Sulpha.e of Magnesia (kie5eritel
bbls.. SO per ton.
Dissolved Bone, S35 per ton.
Acid Phosphate crom ). G. Roc.
$23 to go per tor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
HAPPY HOME, N. c., Sept. 20, rs.

HAPPY HOME, n. c., Sept. 20, 7o.
Editor Farmer and Mechanic:
DEAR SIR: l will give you a few
items, any way. The growing crop OF
corn has been greatly damaged by high
water. l cannot tell how much, but
very considerably, though there will
be plenty made for home consumption.
Preparations are making for an in
creased small grain crop of both wheat
and oats for next year. More peas
have been sOwn for fertiliZing than
ever before, and our people seem to
be rather in a spirit of improvement.
We will slaughter III own meat this
year. We have not been plagued with
cholera, and have more and better
hogs this year than we have had In
several years. Nearly every bridge IN
that country has been swept away, and
nearly all the mill dams broken and
some of the mills washed away.
Yours truly,
j. 7. PATTERSON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
An army officer can now boast o

An army officer can now boast OF
her heart. In the spring of 1915 a
company of troops was stationed at
Toboxie, Indian Territory, near the
home of Chief Gibbons. on the Kiowa
reservation. With s~oldier-like rapid
ity the Lieutenant gained for his
sweetheart the Chiefs only child,
pride of the village. She was twenty
two, petite, bright and altogether
winning. Beats plighted troth with
her before coming East. In Wash
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

Now that many II our farmers ar.
wisely b~e~tawIuE more attention upon
the dairy. TINS i an important uIts-
ton. It's decision must q. cou-se be
determined. tD lol Eiiua, ca-~. some
what with reference Il The circum-
ances surrounding each case. such
a. proximity - market. pa.tun-e
presen AMI prospective. whether milk
or butter i To =. marketed. and tn.
amoant and character Il the attention
hat can h. given t. the COWS
In any event. the native coN,
must for some time bc relied upon ~
the stock upon which improve hood
must be grated.
The question 10 be determined for
the present i. what blood 10 intro
duce.
Fd>hioH. strange 70 say. cxerts a.
most a controlling an influence in
stock raising - it doe. in human
dress.
JerSeYS are uoy fashionahl. in the
last and South, and short horns IL the
Nest.
Farmers should consider well their
su~rroundlnssi before adopting either
fashion.
S~hort-horhS viii suit any part Of the
South. provided an abundant supply
of good p~aStLraIe i first provided
Some st~alns of short horns make
deep mixers. and a. beef makers
they have no rival, but they ar" heavy
feeders.
Jerseys are the acknowledged fancy
undergraduates, and under careful
management make both useful and
ornamental pets.
A. for - +.ct.I til I.rx .-..l
admirably adapted to the South, both
when bred pure and for the purpose
of grading up the native stock. There
is danger, however, of the Jersey being
bred too close in consequence of the
demand, and the resulting temptation
to make stock animals of all corners.
which will result injuriously to the
standard. No breed of animals IS 50 fine
as to justify the entire neglect of Sc
lection. Those who have ample facil-
tiles for the sale of fresh butter Viii
do Well to engraft the jersey upon
their native cows. especially if Their
natives have already been bred TO
milk.
Without facilities for the s,le OF
fresh butter. the Jerseys are not desir-
able beyond a sufficient number to
supply rich milk and yellow butter for
family consumption.
Jersey butter is deficient in keeping
properties. and the buttermilk is infe-
rior on account of the complete reduc-
ton of the butter globules, which are
uniformly large and easily broken by
the ch~urn-dash.
The Ayrshire is best adapted to those
localities where quantity of milk is the
principal object. While their milk il
of good quality, it is not So rich as
hat of the Jersey.
They are, however, hardy and active,
make fair beef. and yield large quartz
ties Of excellent milk. They are 10
SO docile as the Jerseys, but are 10
vicious.
The Jerseys have been bred to quail
ity Of milk, the Ayrshires to quantity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

ihS'on last winter Beats ii the CAV
esloi the Say-so gay that he became
q married man IN June. In Toboxie
his desarted maiden was the saddcst
OF the sad. Three weeks age. saws
the penison Herdli, the girl di>ap-
peared from home. Two DAYS after
her disappearance her dead body va,
found on the Turf Of the LITTLE See-ta
ka graveyard, at the edge of LAX,
watt She had shot herself
through the heart.
Two recent cases Of suake. seen
fioahng N horses eyes are reported.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
List Of Correspondents Of the
Board Of Agriculture.

N1rE;-Tte regular correspondents Of
tie department are requested to act as
AGENTS fer the FARMER AND MERCHAN-
&c. rhich uiH hereafter be the official
organ Of the Department. They are
specially requested to e.rtend tie cir
culati0n Of the paper IN their counties
as far as possible.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
SEPTEMBER &c, 1878.
department Of agriculture
State Board of Agriculture, Immigra
ton and Statistics.

L. L. VANCE, Governor and ex ofiicio Chair
man.
". G. KERR, State Geologist and ex oficio
member of the Board.
X. l.. BATTLE, President State Agricultural
College and ex officio member of the Board.
+. NJ. HOIT, President State Agriculture
Society and eX oficio member OF the Board.
=. h. ALEXANDER, Master State Grange, L.
OF H., and ex officio member Of the Board.
j. X. THIGPES, of E~dgecOmbe ounty.
JONATHAN EVANS, of Cumberland county.
y l.. POLK. Commissioner
THoS. j.. ROBINSON, Secretary and Treas
urer.
ONCE, second floor OF Briggs Building
Raleigh, y. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

The Cabarrus county Pomona Grange
meets at the Poplar Tent Grange Hall,
on Wednesday,, October 9th. A full
attendance is specially requested.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-16
TRVTSTEE.S SALE.

/ Under and by virtue of the provisions of
- "A certain Deed of Trust made by Gustave
Asher, Elise Asher, his wife, on the fouth day
Of December, A. d. 1874, to secure to Thomas
= Helm, President Of the Capital State Bank
the certain Indebtedness therein mentioned
the said deed being duly recorded on page
number one hundred and sixty-six, in Recon 4
Book of Deeds number six, of Kinds county.
State Of Mississippi, l. the undersigned Trus-
tee, viii proceed to sell to the highest bidder
for cash, at public auction, at the front door
Of the City Hail. in Jackson, Mississippi, on
SATURDAY, 18th OF AUGUST, 1873,
the following described property, to-wit ::
Those certain lots of ground, situate living
and being in the said city Of Jackson, county
of Kinds and State of Mississippi known and
designated on the original plan or map of
said city, lots number three and four in
square number Ten, North, in said city, stu-
ate on President street and now occupied by
f. 7. Cooper, a residence, together with all
tenemeuts, hereditaments and appurtenances
thereuntO belonging. The title to the above
property is believed to be good, but l shall
only convey such title is vested in me a
trustee. THOS. HELM, Trustee.
July IT, 7S4w
The above sale is postponed until Saturday,
November 10th, 1873.
Aug. u, 1873. THOS. HELM, Trustee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-16
EDUCATIONAL.
BelIeWOOd Female Seminary,
AND
Kentucky Presbyterian Normal School,
ANCHORAGE. KENTUCKY,
PROF. r. C. MORRISON. (late Prof. in Oak
land College and Washington and Lee
University. Principal.
TERMS


Tuition mo extras Board, Fuel and
Lights for p week Sof 80
Instrumental aud Vocal Music, for %
week y "
Phvsician's fee for attention and medi-
eines in all ordinary sickness. 90
The grounds embracing - acres and build
ipgs are unsurps ssed. Furniture new through
out Aecommoda tions hrst-class Teaching
thorough in all respects, only professional
teachers f mature experience being employed.
One Of the fe schools in the South offering
Normal nstruction. Specially CONNIE nded by
Rev Dr. Stuart Robinson and other distin-
cuished men
Mrs Rev. D. P. Young, in charge Of Social
and Domestic Government.
Miss Emily c. Kibbe, for Is years teacher
in Kentucky, Principal Lady Teacher.
Prof. KohnhOrst, of Leipsic Conservatory,
Germany, Teacher of Music
Mrs. Eliza Scott, Matron.
Anchorage is a station on Louisvin, Cincin-
matt and Lexington Railway, L miles from
Louisville; Is passenger trains pass daily.
The location, 800 feet above Louisville, offers
special inducements TO persons coming from
malaIial districts
Refer to following Mississippi patrons of
last session: Rev. J. II. Alexander, Kosciusko;
Hon. VIM. Allen, Sails; I. s. Tyson. Esq.
| Shuqulak; J. L. Monroe, Esq, Vicksburg.
For Catalogues address
PROF. R. G. MORRISON,
july24, 1S-2m Anchorage, Ky.