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The National tribune., 1882-05-13

LARGE CRops.-If the news has not be-
come mangled in being transmitted so far,
New Zealand is entitled to the palm in the
matter of yields of wheat and oats. 1t is
said that these grains yield as high as eighty
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

ALsIKE CLovER.-The botanical name of
this clover is 7rfofum Aybridum. 1t re-
ceived the name "hybridum from it's ap-
parently possessing characters between those
of the red and the white or Dutch clovers,
but its hybridity is not recognized by bot
anists. 1t differs from red clover in having
pinkish blush flowers which turn to pale
red color as they approach maturity. Its
shoots are less robust than those of the red
clover, but they retain their succulency
longer, and trail along the ground like
white clover. 1t has fibrous roots and the
plant is considered to be better adapted to-
moist or wet soils than other clovers
This clover is specially adapted for graz
ing purposes, as it quickly throws out young
shoots when eaten down by cattle. 1t is
somewhat harder than red clover, and makes
good hay, but from its tendency to fall down
and "lodge," it should be sown with timothy
or other strong grass as support to prevent
it from falling and rotting on the ground.
It's flowers can be reached by bees, and it is
highly priced as bee plant. 1t is native
of Sweden, and is sometimes called Swedish
clover.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

SORGHUM SUGAR.-In reply to some ques-
tions offered by western man" regarding
sorghum, we would state that the early am
Der cane is no richer in crystallizable sugar
than dozen or more of other varieties. 1t
has the one great advantage of ripening
earlier than any other, which extends the
season of manufacture, and allows the sirup-
making process greater range before freez-
ing weather. matter of much importance,
seeing that the season when cane is in best
condition is late as rule. Sugar from sor-
ghum is no new development; it has always
been obtained from properly prepared sirup
from the frat season of its manufacture in
this country, some twenty-six years ago; but
the difficulty of separating the sugar from
the molasses led to the partial abandonment
of the culture Of the plant. The difficulty
has not yet been quite overcome, but there
is every reason to suppose that it will be;
then sugar making will be reduced to GER
tainty. As regards the profit of the crop,
or as regards the reduction in the price of
sugars which its successful manufacture
may induce, no accurate knowledge is yet
available: these are questions to be solved
as the industry progresses. 1t has strenu-
ously been asserted that sorghum sugar can
be made proftably at cost of three cents
per pound, but there is no data for making
any such statement.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

Es- Any person desiring information to my
standing and responsibility will request, be fur
nished with satisfactory reference in his own
vicinity or Congressional District.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

TRANSATLANTIC CABBAGEs, &C.-In Ger.
tain seasons, when long periods of dry, parch.
ing weather occur, it is difficult to establish
newly set plants Of celery, cabbages, and
other vegetables. The application of water
to each plant involves an amount Of labor
which can seldom be accomplished in an
effective manner. Were it practicable to
remove without injury every portion Of the
roots of the plant they might then be trans
planted with as much success as the removal
of a greenhouse plant from one pot to
another. But since this cannot well be accom-
plished, it becomes necessary to resort to
expedients for their preservation.
Plants which are growing in a crowded
seed-bed can seldom be removed with roots
proportioned to their foliage. It is there
fore expedient to endeavOr to restore the
balance thus destroyed by the loss of roots
by diminishing the foliage. The plants are
thus prepared for planting by cutting off
the greater portion of the active foliage,
always taking care not to injure the central
growth, or heart, as it is called; the roots
are then coated with mud before planting,
and no shading or water will be required.
Hoeing and stirring the roots around the
plants will insure more speedy and healthy
root action and renewed vigor than when
attempts are made to remove and replace
the plants with all their foliage without all
their roots.
Water alone will not suffice to keep the
plants from whiting when the foliage is not
reduced as advised; the whiting leaves pre-
vent the speedy extension of new roots,
and although vegetation is so active during
favorable weather in summer that few
dull, moist days occurring at the time of
setting will allow the plants to overcome
the effects of removal without much pre-
caution or care, yet where the plantation is
extensive it is not advisable to trust alto
gether to the hope of meeting with such
naturally favorable conditions 1t is best
to insure success by the adoption of such
means as are known to lead to that desirable
result.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
DeSertion

from one regiment vessel and enlistment in an
other, is not bar to pension in cases where the
wound, disease, injury incurred while in th,
service of the United States, and in the line of
duty. -
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

THE MgLTLoTs. - The yellow melilot,
medick, or sweet trefoil, Melilotus odfcinalis,
is native of Europe, naturalized in the
United States. 1t is herbaceous plant, and
has been cultivated as forage plant, but
has not become popular for that purpose.
Cattle eat it freely when it is in young
and tender state, but its stems soon become
hard and woody, and the leaves being then
scanty, are rejected by cattle. But although
the plant has but little value as cattle food,
yet the stems are very fragrant, and will
entice animals to eat inferior hay when
mixed with it. Its peculiar odor is that of
the tonquin bean, and is due to principle
called cOumdrine.
Gruyere cheese owes its flavor to the dried
flowers of the plant being mixed in the
curd before pressing
Another species, Melilotus alba, which is
frequently brought into notice under the
name of Bokhara clover, has also been tried
as a forage plant, but has no particular
value as such. 1t is, however an excellent
plant for bees, q fact well known to bee
keepers. The foliage when dried is exceed
ingly fragrant and is sometimes used for
scenting wardrobes. The flowers of this, as
also those of another melilot, Mellotus
cmruleus, are dried, reduced to powder, and
worked up in the curd of Schabzieger, or
Chapziger cheese.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

none Is retained to keep up the flow during
the dry season. Beside which, evaporation
is so much more abundant from surface
exposed to the sun than from land screened
by clothing of forest, and the flow of sur
face water tends to sweep away the clothing
| of soil, and render district utterly barren.
There is no doubt that this is one of the
main causes, in hilly countries, of drought
and floods. In France, for instance, since
the mountains of Auvergne and Forey have
been so denuded of forests, the Loire has been
constantly flooded, occasioning vast destruc-
tion of property. The same cause in Alge-
ria has caused frequent droughts, and the
French government has lately been consid-
erlng the proposition of some scientific men
to replant these districts with trees.
TREES BY THE LINE FENCE-The gues-
tion has often arisen whether the fruit which
grows on the branches of tree overhanging
to the neighbor, or both The rules are now
pretty well established, though in the past
they were somewhat contradictory. If the
stem or trunk of the tree grows so close to
the line that parts of its actual body extend
into each, neither owner can cut it down
without the consent of the other, and the
fruit is to be equitably divided. If the steu
of the tree stands wholly within the bound
ary line Of one owner he owns the whole
tree with its products, although the roots
and branches extend into the property of
the other. There was an old rule Of law that
the latter might claim from the yield of
the tree as much as would be an Offset for
the nourishment it derived from his estate,
but this is now obsolete. The law gives the
land owner on whose soil the tree stands the
right to cut it down at his pleasure, and to
pluck all the fruit from it while it stands.
In New York State the courts have decided
that trespnss for assault would lie by the
owner Of the land over which it's branches
extended, if he prevented the owner of the
tree, by personal violence, from reaching
over and picking the fruit growing upon
these branches while standing on the fence
dividing the lands. The owner of the land
over which the branches extend may lop the
branches close to his line. He may also dig
down and cut the roots square with his line,
if he so elect. In plain terms, if no por-
ton of the trunk is within his line he may
refuse all trespass of the tree On his prem
ises, either above the ground OF below it.
But if he gives the tree license either to
extend its roots under his soil or hang its
branches over his premises, he does not
thereby gain any right to it's fruit. He can
not pick it for himself nor interfere with the
picking by the owner, as long as the latter
remains in the tree or on the fence which
divides the property. This right to the
fruit does not, however, permit the other
owner to come upon the soil on the other
side of the line to gather the fruit, and all
the fruit which falls without violence to the
ground On that side may thus become the
property of its owner.-AIbdny Erening
Journal
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
BEST EVER MADE,

EMORY'S LITTLE CArHARTIC PILLS. No
family should be without them. Pleasant to take,
no gripping Druggists sell them, or by mail for Is
cents "A box, in postage stamps STANDARD CURE
Co., III Nassau-street, New York. 1y36
Mention this paper
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
Horses Lost in Service.

Claims of this character promptly attended to-
| Many claims of this character have been erro-
ne9Ysly Eseeted Correspondence in such cases is
respectfully invited.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

BAGGING GRAPES TO RIPEN-The prac-
tice of placing paper or muslin bags over
punches of grapes, with view of preventing
them from rotting, has been lately much
commended as simple and perfectly sue
cessful expedient.
A writer in the Prairie Farmer states that
he has tried putting grapes in paper bags for
several years past, and cannot say much in
favor of the practice. The expense is not
great, the bags costing only twenty cents per
hundred, and the trouble is also small, while
both the mildew and rot are effectually kept
off, The fruit also looks uncommonly large
and fair to the eye. But it ripens very
slowly when thus completely covered from
the sun, and in sweetness is wofully lacking.
Any experienced person would soon be able
to detect fruit thus ripened, and would pre-
fer those ripened without the covers if they
are to be procured. Mosquito netting might
answer better purpose, but it is doubtful
whether it would prevent the attacks of the
curculio, now becoming dreaded enemy of
the grape-grower.
Between insects on the leaves, mildew, rot,
and phylloxera, grape growing would seem
to be the pursuit of fruit under difficulties.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

GRANGE HALLs.-It las been stated that
where Grange has furnished hall for its
work and deliberations it maintains its pros
Perlty, and that, on the other hand, where a
Grange has no stated meeting place its dis
solution is only work of short time. Thou
sands of Oranges own fine halls well fur
nlshed and supplied with all the necessities
for the prosecution of the objects of the
meetings. We note the following brief de-
scrlption of the hall of Weston Grange,
Michigan: "The hall is two miles from any
village; has covered sheds for the accommo-
datlon of 100 horses; has fine library room,
a museum room, store-room well filled, lower
hall for feasts and such occasions, and then
the upper hall beautifully carpeted and
frescoed and furnished, all costing about
four thousand dollars"
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

bushels per acre, and that a yield of one hun
dred and seventeen bushels per acre has been
obtained in favorable localities. Let some
OF our accomplished American liars tackle
this story from New Zealand. We don't
want competition either in wheat or wheat
yarns from any locality outside of this cradle
OF hberty.-American Miller,
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

RosEs.-H. B. Ellwanger, who has been
paying much attention to the respective
values of roses, recommends, for the best
continuous blooming varieties, the following
six kinds: Gerard Dubois, one of the hardi-
est, bright-red teas; Homere, mottled salmon
rose; Jean Pernet, beautiful light yellow !;
La France, remarkable for its fragrance; !;
Marie Van Houtte, pale yellow, with rose
edges; and Mons. Furtado, valuable yell
low tea. For the best twelve, he adds:
Appoline, rosy pink Bourbon; General Tar
tas, deep mottled rose; Madame de Vatry,
salmon rose; Madame Lambard, reddish
salmon; Sombreuil, creamy white; and Tri-
omphe de Luxembourg, coppery-rose.
For more southern regions we would add
to the above list: Perle des Jardins, Madame
Damazain, Souvenir de La Malmaison, Cathe-
rine Mermet, Hermosa, Marie Guillott, and
Alba rosea.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13


ten inches of earth is called soil the next
ten inches is called suJsoH The soil on an
acre weighs one thousand tons; of this four
and half per cent. is carbon, One-fourth OF
one per cent. hydrogen, one and three-fourths
of one per cent. oxygen, and one-fourth OF
one per cent is ammonia; or, putting it in
weight, thirty-six tons of carbon, two tons OF
hydrogen, twelve tons Of oxygen, and two
tons of ammonia. This is the ANALYSIS of
good wheat land.
Gone thousand pounds of wheat yield
twenty-f0ur pounds of nitrogen. In the
formation Of five tons of clover, two hundred
and forty pounds Of nitrogen are consumed.
"Wheat straw yields only one-eighth as
much nitrogen as wheat.
Light, sandy soils, almost destitute of
mould, have been made to produce crops of
wheat and corn by the application of plaster
and lime. This shows that plants can draw
oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon from the at
mosphere.
"Four per cent. of lime would be forty
tons per acre.
"The principal source of ammonia in the
earth is in the decay Of organic matter in the
soil, such as plants, insects, &c, though a
portion of it is derived from the atmosphere,
being beat down by rain and snow
"There is probably not an atom ON the
face Of the globe capable of organization that
has not many times been endued with vitality
at is generally characteristic of strong
soils to abound in the peroxide or red rust
of iron.
"Protoxide and peroxide of iron figure
largely in soils. The protoxide is the first
rust of iron, and consists of one atom of iron
chemically combined with one of oxygen.
The peroxide is the red rust and consists of
two atoms of iron chemically combined with
three atoms of oxygen"
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
Bounty and Pay.

Collections promptly made.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

LAYING OUT ROADS AND WALKS
MANY persons pretend that they can see no
beauty IN road unless it curves, straight
roads and walks being also considered as
showing want of taste or want of apprecia-
tlon Of the beautiful. By the true artist in
landscape gardening, walks and roads are
Justly considered as objects of strict utility
they are not objects of beauty except SO far
as they appear to answer their purpose of
usefulness. Walks should always be laid
out so that they will best serve the purpose
forwhich they are intended. He is but poor
artist who endeavors to make effects by in
producing walks where they are not palpably
needed, and in addition to this needless in
PRODUCTION, if they are made with abrupt
curvlngs, the evidence of inability is COM
plete.
A curving road is not beautiful simply be-
cause 1t curves, neither is a traight road de-
void of beauty because it is straight. Where
a straight walk will answer its purpose bet
ter than curving one, it should be made
straight; but where curve is necessary it
should, of course, be adopted.
The leading rule in walk making is to
place them only where they are necessary,
and have no more than are absolutely need
ed. Walks do not add to landscape beauty
and the fewer of them the better
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
CLAIMS! CLAIMS
This Claim House Established
in 1865!
GEORGE E. LEMON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,

ATTORNEY-AT-LA
Office, 615 Fifteenth ST., Citizens National Bank,)
WASHINGTON, &C.
P. o. DRAWER 325.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-24
CHRIsTs WORK ON EARTH.

The Rev Henry y al CatGry Protestant KPopG'
church.
The pulpit of Calvary Protestant Episcopal
Church Fourh-lvo. and Twenty y-hrsist, was occupo'
Yesterday By the rcctor-elect, Rev. Henry Y safer
lee who in the morning. preached sermon appropiate
10 his upon his sphere OF labor III Satteee
l. of large physique and dark compile Xion. He speaks
deb eratoy and distinctly from manuscript and uses
few gestures The congregation was large ana al1en
tive and appeared be much pleased with the policy
which the new rector defined for his future guidance
His text was lie that taketh not his cross ami ioL
oweth after Me is not worthy OF Me-" The following
the sermon ID substance
1t seems a strange contradiction that Christs lh'
should have been what it II seems Impossible TAT
the hoest ana most heroic lie that was ever
lived ON this earth should have been the
saddest OF all human lives. The law thss
We find written everywhere IN the kingdom 'i
God is the law Of htncssa law OF correlation between
physical forces and law Of correlation between spS
ual forces correspondence between physical causes
and effects and between spiritual causes and enees
Things Of the same kind go together. The result o.
health is happiness; the result OF disease is pam '
suit OF lifo OF goodness is JOY and peace the rV'
life OF su is misery Christ, all His teachings e'-
phaszes this law, and human history and human so
in all their observation and experience, coriOO0'
it, 1t is a direct contradiction to say 'h"' p,.
Is the result OF health OF sadness the "sD l
of r,ghteousness Yet there stands Chr1sts ~
He was "A man OF sorrows and acquainted WIKI s'.s-
His human career began the cold and desote s'A"
of bethlehem; it ended the boodStaiheu 0
And all through the intervening years ihe shA"o" '
that Gro So east ito dark upon His life path s''S
ing IIis days 80.
Is this the H. the philosophy OF Christianity 70 "a
the truth that God reveals III Christ " be"h1o.s
world Is this tho keynote Of the Christian cav
That life Of goodness means life OF sunerihs'
the pursuit OF righteousness and truth Is hnA'u
separably with pain and anguish tnai Tie nofe
grow In grace, the more grow IN sadness Is ~.
that virtue and purity cannot conquer, but must HI -
end ays be crucned, that evil VIII always uus In
over good and that the grsnder the life the erea'e
be it's failure Those who behold In Hin but the go -,
est OF teachers and the purest OF men, WHO ram
side BY siJe with Buddha and MohainIned, - -
inspired by God but refuso to accord 70 linn w.
character ; and those who see In His lie sh oiS
human life encompassed with halo of ra1iion'
hold that where the narrative OF the Passion eh
historic reality begins, such must face the nof VI
| tala Is tho croes truly the end Vi
IL cannot be- tho Gospel narra'No !,
| the crucifrion had been written ="
the last pages Of each Gospel had been lost tne s
of Christs life had ended With the cross. t woeu ~
most agonzlng recital breathed In words h'
| 4" God and truth "and right" would la'e
New-York tribune., 1882-04-24
VACANCIES IN CITY OFFICES.

The Mayor has vet given indication whom he
will nominate in place of Police COMMISSIONER Sid
new l.. Nichols and Park Commissioner Smith T..
Lane, " hose terms viii expire on May l. Ii IS not
believed that new charter Orany sweeping amend
mcnts 10 the present one can bc got through the
Legislature now, as so short a time remains be!Orc
the date named Tor the adjournment OF that body
on Nav II. Therefore the heads Of departments
under the city government are not likely 10 be re-
uuccd in number, nor Is the nominating and ap-
pointing power of the Mayor likely to be curtalcd
or changed. Both the commissioners whose terms
OF office will close on May !, are mcmber, OF the
Timmauy organization and friends Of Slr. Kelly.
This is sufficient tO preclude their denomination 10y
the Mayor. There has been tor week story
floating IN political circles that the Mayor will nOu-
mate Republican TO succeed Commissioner
Nichols that Commissioner French Is
to resign and be appointed 10 n Federal Office,
and that in his place the Mayor Will appoint, by
virtue OF the section of the charter which gives him
the power TO fill all vacancies caused by
death, resignation or removal, without re-
Quiring the confirmation of the Board OF Aldermen,
some man who will be acceptable 10 the County
Democracy. In this case the wish Is undoubtedly
father to the thought. There have been several at
leaders 10 negotiate deal with the Republican
members of the Board OF Aldermen but thus far
without result.
The Tammany leaders are exceedingly anxious to
retain Commissioner Nichols in office. lie s active
and shTewd. To his efforts Is due the TACT that
Tammany Hall at each election has received so
large a proportion of the inspectors of election and
poll clerks, very decided advantage III some dis
tricts and one which has called forth the most
energetic protests from the Democratic rivals of
Tammany. If the Republican and Jammany mem
bers vote together, successor to Commissioner
Nichols can be confirmed and he Will " hold over"
In the of Commissioner Lane 1t is not SO GER
tain that his successor may not be confirmed, pro-
yided he is not an active politician. Mr.. Lane
has not shown himself 10 bc of much value to the
political organization which he represents lie y
ut ODDS with his associates in the P.lk Board and
has taken his full part the scenes a. the meetings
OF the Board which have tended to bring that body
into disrepute The Mayor Will probably select
some one who has not been prominent IN politics,
but has won esteem in business artistic pursuits,
and will leave to the Aldermen the responsibility oi
accepting or rejecting good nomination. There
are certain offices under the city government which
he has declared should be removed as far posi-
ble from politics, and this may be one OF them.
Meanwhile, he keeps his own counsel
The opinion of the Corporation Counsel that the
terms oi the Excise Commissioners will not end
until March 81, 1883 has had the effect OF shutting
oil "A crowd OF applicants for those places.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-24

hopor and n gentleman Certainly not. Mr' far
pcll does in fact belong by birth and an'ece-
6eu,s 20 the class TO which in TINS 'oun-
try is given the name OF gentlemen; u
parae one may add though at some risk) winch Is
herr used with much more definite limitation than
in another country which will not name. with
the result that it continues here to have an intei-
rihle meaning, which it can hardly have when ap-
pl,ed indiscriminately to every male biped with
coat 10 his back; or without. Nobody dreams that
MIR parnen will break lis parole, or take any
secret advantage of 1t. He would destroy himself
ifhe did and he is q man of whom il can he said
that he would forfeit his sclf-rcspect If he did, and
10 whom the loss of his selG-respect would be
greater and more irreparabo calamity than the
loss of political prestige g. W. 5.