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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-04

character and servicesVf William
Lloyd Garrison. An immense au.
dience was present. There were
also memorial services else where
in the city, at which Oliver john
son, Rev. Henry Highland Garrett
and others spoke.
Pokaug Fun at California.
NEW YORK, June S.-The Times,
in an editorial, has the following
good-natured fling at California: In
San Francisco there Is SO glorious
climate, such Strawberries all the
year round, and so cosmopolitan q
population, that the San Francis
can not only pities people who are
compelled to live elsewhere than in
his beloved city, but he is sure that
you regard him as the individual
representative of the eighth won.
der of the world. There, is to be
sure, an Inconsistency in the con.
duct of this particular variety of
citizen. The San Franciscan could
not live where he does not have
his strawberries all the year
round;" but as soon as he has made
q fortune he goes to New York or
Paris and never returns unless he is
obliged to. Nevertheless there can
be but one San Francisco in the
world.
The Manhattan Bank Robbery.
NEW YORK, June 3d.-The Man.
haitian Bank robbery and the con.
fession of the night Waterman
makes the local feature this morn.
ing. All the journals treat the sub
ject copiously.
New EOgiand nnd the Pr.sidoucy.
BOSTON, June 3j.-The Herald
gives a canvass Of New England,
and of the views of Republican
leaders and business men on Presi.
Dental candidates. The canvass
shows no very decided change
from that reported in the New
York Times specials, along with
reports from other States in the
Union, but indicates that Sherman
Is working up slowly in some parts
OF the Eastern States, and that the
talk of Grant is not 30 strong and
general as It. was.
Puddiers' strike.
PGTTsBURG, Pa, June 3d.-The
iron manufacturers having refused
to sign the Sliding Scale, paying
puddlers So per ton for pudding,
all the mills in this city, with one
exception, are closed to-day.
D,sxrscsfui scenes In the Colon.
biRu HOUSE.
PANAMA, May 22d.-The sessions
OF the House have been character
lied by the most disgraceful disor.
der. People in the galleries openly
expressed their contempt and
hatred of certain members whose
hostility against the Executive has
been most marked, and those menu
bers increased the disorder by MAX
Ing the most impassioned attacks
against the President of the Repub-
lie.
The populace replied with vol
leys OF stones. Members used their
revolvers In turn. Things got to
such pass on the 18th of May that
General Vepjillo with a battalion
Of Colombian Guards cleared the
galleries, adjourned the session and
escorted the members home.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-04

government stipulated, have been
placed in irons and will probably
be starved.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-04

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-05
> THE 7FLORIDA AGRICULTTRIST.

road cuttings, and it spreads away
beyond the field far into the thick
forest.
Tits curious to note what gave this
land its richness. The refuse of a
thousand kitchens for may be a
thousand years together, with the
numberless palm patches which were
left to rot on the ground as they
were replaced by new ones. For tie
bluffs were covered with Indian
houses, $50 close together3' says
Acuna, shat from one village you can
hear the workmen of another" The
people made coarse pottery and
marked it with quaint devices.
We find fragments scattered every
where, ana for years Mr.. Rhome has
beer making archaeological collec-
tions, including all sorts of curious
things whistle, vullures' heads,
frogs, and cock with comb and
wattles complete. The Indians were
cremationists. burning their dead and
burying them in jars under
their floors; ard several OF these
burial urns have been obtained at
Taperinha. Stone implements are
not common; few handsome axes
and arrow heads were picked up here;
and below the hill.
Generally this black soil does not
extend more than half mile from
the face OF the bluff; after that the
land is red sandy clay, tor mold does
not form in the forest as it does at
the North; the leaves fall singly and
are never packed together by a
blanket of snow. Most crops thrive
verv we'll on this red land. There is
also an important feature OF vegeta.
BILE growth here which has never been
fully appreciated. On the Amazons,
every plant tends to become an cpl
phyte. 1t is not alone the orchids
that grow out OF the air; many forest
trees do so almost entirely; they will
continue to throw off new leaves
long after they are cut down. Among
cultivated plants, tobacco is a strik-
inc instance OF this, l have seen a
strong and healthy-looking plant
growing out Of a stone wall where
seed had lodged, no doubt deriving
little nourishment from earth and
rubbish in the chinks, but getting a
vast proportion Of its living from the
moist atmosphere. l teel sure that
the northern provinces must eventu-
ally be the great agricultural regions
OF Brazil, not only because OF their
product;veness, but because they are
nearer to Europe and America, the
great markets.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-05
The Best Breed of Fowls.

From the Country Gentleman.
We are often called on to say which
are the best fowls to keep. The
question affords wide margin for re-
ply. 1t is a difficult matter to de.
eide when all are good-some tor one
thing, and Others for. another. The
point to come at is to know what is
needed most. What is the best for
one person may not be for another.
Aside from speculation, or amateur
enjoyment, fancy kinds OF poultry at
fancy prices do not pay SO well as
mixed or common breeds. There is
more profit in the latter, with good
keeping, than nine out OF ten poultry
managers imagine. Indeed, the first
cross OF two pure breeds makes an ex.
cellent fowl. 1t is well to cross the
egg producers -(that is, non-setters)
with the Brahmas or Cochins. The
result is a fowl that produces both
flesh and eggs. They may not give
quite SO many eggs as the prolific
~ ~NA OhSlO 10 0OAAC w dOUONA
III the season OF broodiness, which
comes on periodically, ottener as the
season advances. Neither will they
make as much flesh as the Brahma
or Cochin, but we have combination
in the one bird which is an advan-
tage where we do not desire the
breeds separate, or cannot keep them
to advantage. But these crosses
should not be carried to any great
extent, perhaps not beyond the first.
They deteriorate and become dimin-
utive. Besides, crosses are not to be
relied on at all times for either flesh
or eggs. pMpea oal
"Ihere is no trouble III getting
from two hundred to three hundred
eggs every year from every hen, il
one knows how-and there is a
know how Perhaps this was not
possible with the old-fashioned, half
wild, diminutive sort OF barnyard
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-05
COMPOST HEAPS.
Application of Commercial Fertilizers.

From an Exchange,
The last State crop and statistical
report sent out from the Bureau OF
Agriculture at Nashville, Tennessee,
urges the attention OF Tennessee
farmers 10 more lavish use OF fer
tilizers on their various crops, and
gives the following directions tor the
forming of compost heap, the value
of which should be added to by every
scrap of waste on the farm:
'f'orest leaves, the littering of
stalls, the droppings of cattle, the
deposits Of nighl-soil, the scrapings of
barn-yards, the dirt from the floors of
meat-houses, deposits on branches or
creeks, mud that accumulates about
dwellings-in fact, everything posi-
BILE ought to be picked up around
farm, together with frequent layers of
wood soil, especially that under and
around old rotten logs and stumps,
the spent ashes OF the hopper, OF the
coal ashes if burned, instead OF wood.
Nothing is too insignificant for this
heap. Dead animals, if not too large,
will be quickly decomposed in the
heap, and if the carcass is too large,
let it be cut up and quantity of lime
thrown over it, and the whole buried
in the heap. The large amount OF
heterogeneous matters contained in
them will greatly enrich it. 1t will
astonish any man who persists in this
matter a few months to see the large
amount that can be accumulated.
Then, instead OF complaining OF the
waste of manures, he will have it in
abundance to enrich his soil and
thereby quadruple its productions. A
few carloads OF this compost should
be scattered broadcast over the soil
and plowed in just before wheat is
sowed, or used as top dressing at
forwards.
"In case the farmer has not been
provident in preparing a compost
heap, his only recourse Is artificial Ter
tilizers. Before saying anything on
this subject let it be borne in mind
that the increase in the yield OF wheat
from the use of manures will fully
| Justify the farmer in the outlay. Ar
gument is unnecessary to prove this
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-05

assertion, as it has been aDundantly
proSediby aIlwho have tried 1T. But
there must be no waste. Let IL De
used with Judgment and the result
will be profitable Artificial manures
suitable for wheat in an especial man.
ner are those containing phosphates'
Such are many of the commercial ma
nures sold in many agricultural ware Sfai :
houses. There are many counterfeits
thrown upon the market, but the
farmer should purchase from rel
able house that can warrant ther
genuineness. Our space torolas a
discussion of the naOduS 0perande OF
these artificial manures and there Is
a prejudice on the minds OF some
men, who contend that they lmroveer-
ish the soil. Suppose they do, the
impoverishment goes into huge crops
that bring such price as enables the
farmer to care tor and keep up The
soil by the addition of more manure.
These superphosphates stimulate very
greatly the growth OF the straw, thus
enabling ii to bear large heads and
full grains. Salt should be used IN
connection with the superphosphates
as it has the peculiar tendency OF
checking the growth OF the straw
thus enabling the berry to take up
the increased growth. This peculiar
ity OF salt may be Utilized in various
ways. On very rich, fresh land, sown
in wheat, the straw has a tendency to
take on too much growth and it runs
up very small, and when near ripe
tails down., Especially is this the
case where there is low, wet spot
Of cotton land. 1t salt to the amount
of three bushels per acre is scattered
over this land it will preserve the
wheat from falling down and being
lost. But when it is combined with
the superphosphate it should be used
in the proportion Of bushel and
halt of salt to one hundred and fifty
pounds of superphosphate to the acre.
"In applying this manure it should
be done by means OF tertlllzlng dis
tributer attached to drill. Other
kinds OF applications are made. Lime,
from ten TO thirty bushels per acre,
is used with fine effect, and SO is the
land plaster, sulphate OF lime and
ashes, both leached and unleached.
These latter applications are alkaline
in their reaction and are most excel
lent, indeed necessary, when the sod
is sour from two much moisture.
The land usually termed 'crawfishy'
is very materially improved by them.
When the soil is light and porous
and there is a scarcity Of vegetation
it is better to use lime in the form OF
a carbonate, such as green. sand, mari
OF chalk. In heavy clay soils, with
a great mass OF sour grasses, the caus-
tic or quick lime is preferable.
"But in the application of manures
let it be understood that farm ma
nure is both economical and better
than any other to be procured"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-05
NOVEMBER

cess in single milkings,i the constant
use seemslto forward a. tendency to-
ward drying off the COW,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-05

Over fifty patents have been OBJ
tanned for COW milkers-thirteen in
England and forty in America. These
machines have been divided into
three classes-tirst, tube mixers; Sec
ond, sucking machines; third, me-
chanical hand mixers. The first are
tappers, the second suckers, and the
third squeezers and shippers. Some
devices are formed of combinations
Of these classes. AS yet no one ma
chine can be considered a success, as,
Notwithstanding the apparent sue
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04

from Atlanta 10 Bismarck TO look after sit
ting Bull.
The funeral OF b. G. Porter, the actor who
was murdered AZ Marshall, Texas. took
place In New York City al The Little
Church Around the Corner" on the 2Glh.
The dramatic profession made up purse
u several thousand dollars In aid Of his
widow and mother, who depended upon
him for support The citizens OF Dallas and
Marshall. Texas, have given benefit per-
formanees to the company Of which he was
. member, and In every way done what they
could to efface the memory Of the horrible
crime committed BY drunken desperate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04

FELTON, cffrens and Members N me Senate and
House N Representatives - The failure ~ the
last Congress 20 make the requisite apprn.
prtAtion- Tor legislative and judicial PURPOSES
tsr the exp nsss Of the several executive A.. /.
pArtuentS Of the Government, and for the
support IT the Army. has made IL necessary
20 call a special session Of the Forty sfxtn
Congress. The estimates ~ the appropria.
fi"n- NEEDED. which we're sent 90 Congress by
the SECRETARY Of the Treasury hf the OPENING.
~ the last session, are renewed and herewith
tran ted ~ both the senate aud House ~
Representatives.
kegrs ting the existence ~ the emergency
which requires special session ~ Congress
NJ a time " hen II a. the general Judgment ~
the country that the public welfare will ~
best promoted BY pcrmnnency IN our lcgi sla-
"a n a. q by neace and rest. commend these
few necessary measures 10 your cvnsiderate
attention.
(s,gned) RUTHERFORD u. HAYES.
Washington. March NJ ls.g.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04

The body of the yonng girl found in q
trunk, recently, In the river AZ Lynn, Mass,
has been identified as that Of Jennie T..
Clark. who last lived as domestic At Boston
Highlands
The Rhode Island Democrats have nomi-
mated Thomas w. segar for Governor. The
Republicans have rc-nominated Governor
Van Zxndt.
Mr.. Nathan p. Pratt, Treasurer and
General Manager Of the Reading Mass
Savings Bank, has absorbed some $4,000 OF
the funds Of that institution and i now un-
der arrest charged with embexzlement. He
attempted 20 escape from the country when
hi> Irregularities were brought Ia light, but
was cverhauled and captured in Boston. He
SAYS that al Of the money has been lost in
some manner and that he has not dollar to
show for Il, with the exception OF some
heavily mortgaged real estate.
kev. Dewitt Talmage was on the 2sln sum-
moned for trial before the Presbytery OF
Brooklyn, y. n. the principal charges
against him being false aood and deceit.
Julian Christian and Patrick Smith. both
colored, were hanged on the 25th At New
Kent Court House, Va, for the murder Of
Mr. John Z. Lacy, wealthy farmer OF New
Kent County. The murder was committed
on the 18th OF January last. and the weapons
used were knife and large meat-ax. Mr..
Lacy was - years Of are. and Oh the very
day after ne Was murdered WAS 10 have eel
ebrated his golden wedding. The murder
was one o. the most deliberate ever plan
ned, and was executed with fiendishness
and heartlessness almost unparallele. in the
history OF crime in Virginia The motive for
the murder was TO get Lacy out OF the way
on account OF his knowledge OF the two col
oied men being concerned in . burglary
short time previous.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04

The vhArf-bo2t Of the Nashville, Chat
'snccga and ST. Louis Railroad, at Hickman,
ny, burned on the morning o. the a5th.
james Mays and West Campbell, wstchmen,
andtwounknown men were burned 10 death.
The clerk and telegraph operator barely e.
capped In their night clothes.
Nineis-four Democrats, 50 Republicans
and Fusionists and Nationals have been
elected delegates 10 the Louisiana Constitu-
tional Convention
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04

A recent advertisement contains the
following: III the gentleman who
keeps the snoe-store with a red head will
return the umbrellas Of the Young lady
with whalebone ribs and an iron handle
70 the slate-roofed grocer's shop. hewili
hear Of something to his advantage. as
the same is The gift u a deceased mother
now no more with the name engraved
upon it.-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04

MAMMA" said little boy to his
mother In . railway carriage, "little
children quite little children--only
paw half price, do they r" Yes, dear.
Why ?" = Because, mamma, what I
want 70 know Is, do old peopIe--quite
old pcople--pay double Pr
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04

mnst disastrous p sirie NE hxs &C. mr.
sed 10 : loud and Republic Connfi.-. K.n-
90 It-wepf clear . district e-sin.,rd "a
average ten miles long BY three wide. and
occupied By probably 100 families. iii ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-12
Potatoes and Diptheria.

4 medical correspondent Of the Jour-
nal. as our readers are aware, has taken
the ground that a fungus on apples Is
the cause Of diptherla and now a ives
tern physician, DIR. NJ. {. Keith, Of
Lincoln, Nebraska, writes to a Chicago
paper, charging the disease to potatoes.
His views, whatever we may think OF
them, are at least interesting as a con
tribution to the literature of the sub
iect. He says:
Some seventeen years ago the atten-
ton of my father, DIR. Alvan Keith, late
Of Augusta, Me-, was called to the fact
that children who were not fond of the
tuber known as the Irish potato were
not subject to attacks of that much
dreaded malady, diptheria. Following
out this hint, he advised families of his
friends to avoid the use of this vegeta-
bic among the children, and until his
decease he was accustomed to make the
assertion that rotten potatoes produce
the throat disease known as diptheria.
Ia my practice in this city and coun-
try the offer has been made to treat any
II free of compensation if they would
avoid the use Of Irish potatoes.
AS a sequence, not one of the patients
who vas not a potato-eater has been
threatened with the disease. In many
OF the inland towns Of this State the
writer has patients, and In some of the
infected districts the families of those
who have learned Of this simple pre-
v%entlye have escaped any attack Of
throat disease, although the potato
eaters on either side Of them have I'M
fortunately had cases Of diptheria which
resulted fatally.
The writer rests his assertion upon a
record of twelve years of his father
practice prior to 1861, and ~yente
years OF his own, covering a period OF
twenty-nlne Years, and including a per
sonal knowledge of eleven hundred
cases OF dlptheria. The tuber known
as the IRISH potato Is specified, since it
IS believed that sweet potatoes do not
have the effect of producing anv dis
turbance IN the human animal economy.
II these assertions are proven the re-
suit must relieve the world from \ dis
ease much to be dreaded, and a maladv
which has caused many heartaches upon
two continents. -Boston .Lurnol 81
Chemistry.
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RrpRysRrRG. DAuPH1N, Co, "A,
DEM J,,o )nd 1879. ,

,Jlilc -Iu. .
Coot. r. A. ShotueU, Raleigh, Y. Z:
Dr,R SIR.-I have been a reader Of
the FARMER AND MECHANIC for over
> wear. Nv subscription expires WIFI
No 81. Vol. Sd. 1879, if IN not mis-
taken. You continued to send 1t on III,
No ). Vol. 4th, when you discontinued
# do not wish to break the ,Ute, but
have il continued, for | love the paper,
love the South in general. and intend 10
cast nv lot with the South III future py
making my home there. North Caro-
lima is the State of my preference, yet
whore 70 locate * not determined yet.
Should wish TO see LANDS oiefeu
through the columns OF the FARMER
\ MECHANIC. | am a farmer, hay
ing devoted my life to farming ana
wish to do SO in future. | have a large
family and wish to get a farm OF from
200 TO 300 acres, about one half cleared,
balance in good timber, fair building
&c. Persons having such farms Tor
sale would do well to advertise the same
IN FARMER AND MECHANIC.
| read with much sympathy the ar
ticle on Albany Penitentiary. ;"
Through it | learned that you also sui
fered in the same institution on account
of politics | presume. | understand
that you viii publish an account of the
the same in some future number OF the
FARMER AND MECHANIC, which alone
would be sufficient inducement for my
subscribing to the FARMER AND Me
CHANIC. [ am glad to see that you
have entire control of the paper and
congratulate you on your future success.
| expect to come your way this sum-
mer and make your better acquaintance.
Respectfully, yours,
Cor. HOFFMAN.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-12
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
Correspondence.

We subjoin two letters from Northern
subscribers, trusting they may meet the
eye of other Home Seekers, and per
haps do some good IN counteracting the
effect of the continuous SANDERS hurled
against the South, by selfish, or ignorant
and INSCRIPTIONS partizans:
B0sToN, May 3lst, 1879.
Editors Farmer and Mechanicj
Being a new subscriber to our valu-
able paper, and having lately returned
from your State, am perfectly delighted
with the climate, its soil, and the hos
pitality of its people. could express
my opinion as freely IN your State as |
can here in my native city, Boston /;
and [ intend soon to return to purchase
a farm, and make it my future home.
[ would advise all immigrants to be
careful in purchasing a farm, as there
is a great difference In regard to the
soil; the best way would be to look
around for a month or SO before buying.
| would advise no person to go to your
State unless he has got means enough
to support himself for a year or two. |
find that the farmers are fifty years be-
hind the age in regard to farming i'm
plements and their household furniture.
They need public schools, good roads
and a good stock law, tefore they can
induce many people to go there and
live. | find the natives think that
every Northern man hat comes amongst
them to live is a capitalist, and what
eve they have got to sell they will
charge him more han a native. and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-12

Charlotte Odsercer:: And a Young
and handsome Professor of Davidson
College Is about to voluntarily assume
the ponds OF matrlmQny Nh. Geo.
II. late, OF the Mountain Of Island Tot-
ton Factory, returned from the North
where nc has Just purchased two hun
dred additional looms for the factory
IChaTlotte will send up "a large dele.
ga1i3u ms a to hear Col. McRae
speak at Davidson College. This adj
dress will be delivered at II o'clock
mex Wednesday in the College Chanel,
Persons desiring to attend the Nor.
NAL School at the University will do
wen 10 remember that it begins on the
kkalelgh Ns9s:: Marion Stevens. John
aon!.s and Elias jeff Johns, of Harnett
county; were arraigned Yesterday before
United States Commissioner Pn pune
on a charge of counterfeiting, but were
discharged for want of testimony
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-12

think at the same time they are DONG
him . favor. find the Western part
Of YOUR State are making every eNeT1lon
to bring settlers to that part: lnts
have "a got papers published in Charlotte "f
and New York City with reduction Oh
fares. consequence they are reeeN"h
most Of all the settlers.
Yours,