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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Our Agricultural Editors Weekly Chat With His
Headers.

Readers.
Is there sufficient profit in raising silk worms to
warrant one IN erecting building for the purpose
Of rearing them by the hundred thousand, if it was
so desired? 1 would spend $500 to 81 900 if 1 was
sure of a permanent paying business. Please give
your opinion. "A Farmers Daughter.
Ans. We dc not feel competent TO answer the
above, but would very much doubt the pro-
priety ofthe investment. The first consideration
is that of plantation of mulberry trees to sup
ply food, and these require years to grow. Then,
it has been found that where very large num-
bers Of worms are kept they are apt to become
diseased. The profits, so far as we understand
it, are not large in any event; certainly if
much hired labor is employed, profits would be
small. Upon the whole we would advise our
correspondent TO begin on small scale, and
extend as events indicated success not other
wise.
Can you tell me what is the comparative value
OF California clover and Quasi clover, and how
they differ from the common red clover ?-Jcnas
Trefoil.
Ans. We suppose that the California clover is
the common lucerne, sometimes also called Al
falfa and Chill clover. The Quasi clover is un.
known TO US under that name; we, therefore
cannot say anything about its value. Alfalfa
has frequently been noticed in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE
Where can buy Bermuda onion seed and Ber
muda potatoes, for trial in Florida ?J. x. c.. Chi
eago, III.
Ans. We think that the Bermudians purchase
the bulk of their onion seed in the States a.
they term this country. The Early Rose is one
of their fayorite potatoes for the United States
markets.
What Is the best mode OF keeping flower seed
/ through the winter? ! mean such seeds petunia
veTbena, mignonette, pansies, and the like. Las
| winter kept some in bureau drawer and the,
| got musty and few of them sprouted.-Martha
Oakland.
Ans Possibly the seeds were damp whe,
stored away. The best way TO keep most seed
is to put them in scottish, coarse paper, thel
place the papers in a muslin bag, and hang it il
| a cool room.
have seen IL stated that the Eucalyptus trees G
! Australia, especially variety called the blue
| gum tree. VIII prevent malaria II planted In dis
| tTicfs where this is common. II you can tell IN
| where TO get seeds or plants of this tree you wi
| oblige a hiend of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.-E
| Missouri.
Ans. None of the species Of Eucalyptus vii
grow anywhere in your State. 1t is suppose
by some authorities, who have looked into tn
matter, that any fast growing tree is just q
effective as the Eucalyptus.
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my company-eompany C, One Hundred and
Sixty-fitth New York volunteers-was left on
picket that night to cover the retreat, and were
ali captured the next morning, why, cannot
say anything in relation to Pleasant Hill
w. III. R0sEvELT,
COLUMBUS, o. Co. c, I'D d. d n. Wv.
[Comrade Surby did not profess to describe
the operations at Port Hudson. He was simply
relating the part that GrieTson's men played
there.-ED.
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Casters Brigade.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
could Ike tn know in what wav

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
l would like TO know in what way can get
the best account of the Third division, Cavalry
Corps. Army of the Potomac, or, more paTtieu-
larly, of Clusters brigade. 2. ID. ATWOOD.
LITTLE Rock, ARK.
General G. A. Custer commanded the Second
brigade Third division. Cavalry Corps, Army of
the Potomac, from June 30 1863 to April, 1864 !;
the First division, Cavalry Corps, TO September,
1864, and the Third division, cavalry of the
Middle Military division, to May, 1865. Ii
Comrade Atwood will specify the period in this
long term of service that he refers to we viii
take pleasure in giving him such information
as he may desire.-ED.l
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The wherabouss Of Tommy Nelson,

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In reply 20 article in The TRIBUNE Of April
o. inquiring whether Tommy Nelson came cut OK
Anslersonville prison alive would say that ha
did Tie afterwards lived in Wnona, Mimi, whers
/ think he Is living at the present time.
FREEHOLD, y. y. READER.
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We're ANY Thres.Ysars' Regiments Mastered Earlie
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
have yet to learn that there were any regf-i
ments mustered into the United States servicel
for three years, unless sooner discharged, before
10 o'clock a. m., Nay q, 1851. The Fifteenth
Illinois infantry were mustered at that time az
FreepOrt H., by Captain afterwards MAior1
GeneTal) Pope. / was member Of company.
d of that regiment enlisting April 16 1s61,-1
the same day we heard of the attack on Ford
Sunderland for nearly two and a half yearsl
was continually in active service in the cam
paign under General Fremont IN Missouri, and
afterwards under General Grant at Shiloh, Cor
inth, and Hatchie River, Tenn, and Vieksburg
and Jackson, Miss; and then, being in poor
health, was sent home on recruiting service,
where l remained engaged in that work until
May ,, 1864, when rejoined the regiment at
Huntsville, Alabama, and was mustered ous
June II, 1864.
Yours, in F., C. andL., CIV. OSTHANg.
Quartermaster, j. B. Manner POsh.
HOWARD, ILL
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Late Sergt., Co. B, SIst III.
CHAGRIN FALLS, o,

[Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely were captured
in the campaign of March 20 to April s, 1865,
by the Thirteenth Corps, MsjOr-Generai z.
Steele the Sixteenth Corps, Major General
A. J. Smith, of the Army of the Military Di-
vision of West Mississippi, commanded by
Major General e. r. S. Candy, and the navy,
commanded by Commodore Thatcher. The
Thirteenth Corps never adopted any badge
En-
The National tribune., 1883-09-13

DR.. r. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery" cures every kind of humor, from the
common pimple or eruption to the worst scrof-
ula.
Four to six bottles cure saltrheum or letter.
One to FIVE bottles cure the worst kind OF
pimpies on the face
carbunces, aud sores.
Five toeight bottles cure corrupt or running
ulcers and the worst scrofula.
By druggists, and in half-dozen and dozen
lots at great discount.
The National tribune., 1883-09-13

Enclosed please find SIS for five new subscribers
to THE TRIBUNE. have been appointed by NJ ID.
Page Post agent for THE TRIBUNE, with the under
standing that all subscriptions be dubbed together
for the purpose of obtaining your premium books
as a nucleus for Post ibrary.n-J. l.. Hoagland,
Whiting. Kan
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battIe. JACOB EINCkJ
SMITHFIELD, LII. Co. d, 55th Ill. V. I.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
For the purpose of setting Sergeant Vince
Hanchett on the track again, will say tn
he has apparently forgotten the number of h

For the purpose of setting Sergeant Vincent
Hanchett on the track again, will say that
he has apparently forgotten the number of his
regiment. In THE Tribune of August Both
he says he has wandered off to Kansas and lost
track of the few remaining comrades of Co. q,
One Hundred and Thirteenth regiment, llli-
nois volunteer infantry, and he wants to know
whether we crossed tho Tennessee River the
same day that we fought on Mission Ridge or
not; and how far it was from where we crossed
the river to where we fought on Mission Ridge.
Now, in the first place, he must have be-
longed to the One Hundred and Third-not
the One Hundred and Thirteenth-Illinois
volunteer infantry and, in the second place,
he crossed the river on the day before we had
the fight; and in tho third place, | should
think it was about two miles from the river to
Tunnel Hill, where we did our fighting. am
glad to hear from Sergeant Hanchett and that
he is alive, and hope he may live long and
prosper. l was member myself of Co. A, One
Hundred and Third regiment Illinois volun-
teer infantry, and was in the fight on Mission
Ridge, November 25, 1863 w. G. STATION,
LEwIsrowN, Ill. Co. A, 103d Ill. V. l.
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The Capture of Spanish Fort.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
would like to know what army took Forts
Spanish and Blakely. at Mobile, Ala, in April,
1867 also, the number of the corps, their
badges, and commanders. l have waited in
vain to see an account of the siege and charge
on those forts published in your valuable paper.
was in that of Fort Spanish, but had too
much business on hand TO know all that was
going on-only in front. l have seen but one
member of my regiment since we disbanded,
in 1865, at Springfield, III. would like to hear
from some of the old Ninety-frst Illinois, either
through THE TRIBUNE or by mail. What is
the Thirteenth Army Corps badge?
GEORGE W. Cox,
m II
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irving to Pat Him on the Track Again.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Comrade Vincent Hanehett, in your issue of
August Goth, states that he has wandered of
to Kansas and lost track of his comrades of
company G., One Hundred and Thirteenth rcgi-
ment Illinois V. l. will do what | can to
put him on the track again, but first permit
me to say that think there must be a typo
graphical error in the number of his regiment,
as printed in THE TRIBUNE. think it must
be the One Hundred and Third instead of the
One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois. | did
not belong to the same regiment as Comrade
Hanchett, but can tell him when we crossed
the Tennessee River before the battle of Mis-
sion Ridge. Our division-the Second, of the
Fifteenth Army Corps-crossed early on the
morning of November "a, 1863 though the
battle did not come off until the next day.
The One Hundred and Third Illinois belonged
to the same corps as my own regiment fthe
Fifty-fifth Illinois,) and must also have crossed
on the oath. The first regiment that crossed
was the One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois,
followed by the Eighth Missouri and my own
regiment After the troops had crossed on
pontoons bridge was laid and the artillery
was brought over What the distance was
from the river to Mission Ridge, where the
battle was fought, cannot tell. l hope some
veteran will give US good account of the
battle JACOB FINCK,
SMITHFIELD, LII. Co. d, 55th Ill. V. /.
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THE CREAM SEPARATOR.

The Dairy says that the centrifugal cream
separator is the coming improvement in the
dairy BY and by the milk will be creamed as
soon as it is sufficiently cooled, and the sweet
cream churned and made into good butter.
The National tribune., 1883-09-13

Michigan pear growers are now satisfied that
cultivation has nothing TO do with the blight.
Very thorough culture and no culture at all;
sand, loan and clay: excessive pruning and
entire neglect salt, sulphur and various ferti-
lizers clean ground and sod, have all been tried
with no change or mitigation Of the disease.
If our Michigan friends viii use common
whitewash, they viii not find any blight to
attack the covered part; blighted twigs can be
cut of when they appear.
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APPLES AS FOOD.

In a recent lecture, DR.. Nichols gave some
results of the analysis of apples, with a view
to ascertain their value as iood, from which
it appears that in bushel of ripe Hubbardston
Sonsuch there is about six pounds of soluble
nutritiye material; in Tolman's Sweet, about
Sseven pounds, and in Baldwin, about five
pounds. and this material viii vary TO a con-
siderable extent in value. These results agree
with practical experience in feeding apples to
animals. When Ted in connection with meal,
they serve TO give zest to the appetite and to
keep the animals in health. If cooked, their
value is much increased.
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FIRE-PRooF PAINT.

This is said to be prepared as follows: Twenty
parts of finely pulyerized glass, twenty parts
of finely pulyerized porcelain, twenty parts of
any sort of stone in powder ten parts of cal
cined lime, and thirty parts of water glass sill
cate of soda, such as usually found in COM
merce. The solid clements having been pow
dered as finely as possible and sifted, are moist
ened and then intimately mixed with the
water-glass. This yields a mass of sirupy
consstenee that may be employed for painting
either alone or mixed with color.
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of the Union line, and made no assault on
Oyerton's hill on either day of the batsle.-ED.I
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-03

they often come cut at the small end of the
horn"
"Are you planters benefited by the
treaty?"
Not a bit, They do not care a straw
whether the treaty is abrogated or not.
They dc net get any better prices for their
ugar. They are completely in the power
of the SPreckelS combination, which controls
the means of transporting their sugtr to San
Francisco, and WINS the refneries there
ais 1t true that the planters have less
trouble N making crops than formerly ?"
Yes; and that is due to Spreckles, who,
when ne began sugar planting,
INTRODUCED IRRIGATION.
Thus sbviating any danger frOm the fire
quently protracted droughts. The trouble
with the droughts is that they always seem
to happen when the cane is ripening. and
this is when it is necessary to have irriga-
ton. The cost Of irrigating works for an
acre of land is about 500. and snce irrigable.
the land rises in value ts $500, a big profit
at one jump. All the sugar OF the Islands
goes to Honolulu, whence the SprecKels ves-
sells take it to San Francisco. Il is the
fashion here to underrate the sugar ca pacity
of the islands, but good authority estimates
that the Island of Maui alone has sugar
lands sufficient to supply the present popu-
lation of the United States. So you may
imagine the possibilities of wealth which are
in the grasp of the Spreckels combination.
In tine last fiscal year, according 10 the
treasury statistics. the loss to the revenue
on the sugar duties RENTED on Hawaiian
sugar was $3,374,oO0, and it will be muck
more this year. Here is where the enor-
nous profits of Spreckels and his friends are
made"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

Come down. said the young man, strok-
ing his upper lip.
We are no more happy as soon as we
wish to be happier.
Difficulties enlist the str ng, but it is
then the weak desert.
A statistician estimates that courtships
average three tons of coal e,ch.
The only true method of action in this
world is to be in it, but not of it.
1t is hard to catch a mans meaning when
he carries on a running conversation.
They now make bedsteads with looking
glasses. so you can see yourself asleep.
When you confer a favor on a man don't
take all the profits of the entertainment.
If dog loses his pa W., and a rooster loses
bis nav, does it make orphans of them!
A young lady, not well versed in music.
wants to know if dance music is written in
foot notes.
A great artist; The art that conceals
art, as the thief remarked when he slid an
oil painting under his coat
The medical student ought to make a first
class end man for a minstrel troupe. He is
III IN tHhC PloCtiNIhS y VIZ OOH&S W.
know.
Mechanic Ito Ploughboy) = Well, my
lad. how much do you earn a week 7"
Ploughboy- l dunno what | earns, but |
know what gets"
Upon II writer exclaiming that his works
contained much < food for thought."a friend
remarked That may be so; but it is
wretchedly cooked"
Some people don't understand why comets
should have envelopes. They must consider
that comets have to correspond with the
laws Of the solar system.
Student mot very clear ds to his lesson
what the author says. any way
Professor j want you'll Student despair
ingIy); well, you've got me-
A man gathering mushrooms was told
that they were poisonous. ''Thank you"
he replied, =" | am not going to eat them my
self; ! sell them at the hotel"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-03
The Flight of Time.

Ny days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle"
The bell rings out the hour of nine
An hour that was, no more is mine
The minutes worth so much
Have vanished like a swallows flight,
Or as the sinners dream Of right,
Or like a spirits touch.
1 cannot call an hour my own
For, when 1 clasp it, it has flown
What riches have 1 then?
The little moments, ticks of time,
I sit and weave them into rhyme
And now the clock strikes ten.
Two hours, and then the day is done:
Thu day so t~houghtlessly begun
And lightly spent by me,
Has stamped some mark, or wore, or sign,
On this enduring heart Of mine,
Which ne'er affected can be.
Those hours have passed the hands that play
Around the clock-face all the day
Are pointing heayenward now
A round Of perfect work is done,
Another days swift race is run
To heaven they pay their vow.
And shall those hands upon the clock
Ny own free hands and fingers mock,
And point to heaven alone?
Mo- will raise mine own and pray
That that bright world of endless day
May this days sins atone.
The days 80 out, the days come in
They fly and whirl like tops that spin
Upon the kitchen floor;
Thus have they spun since Time began
Thus will they spin for boy and man,
Till Time shall be no more.
C. P. RUSSELL.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-03
A Christmas Memory.

1 hold in my hand a sisters gift,
A slight token Of love to me,
To remind me Of loving once at home,
Far away over land and sea.
The gift is..a book,-quite a triumph Of art,
With its rose-buds and ground work of gold,
But dearer to me than rose-buds fair
Are the words:which the covers hold.
Its title is simply Home Sweet Home"
And 1 turn the white leaves DER
To read again tho well-known lines,
Which often / have read before.
But though the poem il not new,
1t has new charm for me,
For now my home and precious ones
Are many miles Ger land and sea.
And willing hands and loving hearts,
More dear to us appear,
When space prevents our clasping hands,
And keeps our hearts from converse dear.
But il at last we reach that land,
Where kindred souls NO moro apart shall rsam.
Where loving hearts shall beforever blest,
IT will be one long, eternal" Home Sweet Home.
Waikiki, Feb. 10, 1888. J. A. c.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-03
The Lost Sheep.

De massa OBJ de sheepfol'
Dat guards de sheepfeP bin,
Look out IN de gloomerin' meadows
WhA'r ue long night rain begin
So he calls to de hirelin' shepa'd,
Is my sheep Is dey all come inP
Oh, den says de hirelin' shepa'd
Dey's some, dey's black and thin,
And some, dey's po' OF weddG's;
But de res dey's all brung in,
But de res dey's all brung in
Den de massa OBJ de sheepfol'
Dat guards de sheepfop bin,
down in de gloomerin' meadows,
Wha'r de long night rain begin
So he L. down de ba's OBJ de ~sheepfol',
CALM sof', Come in, Come in,
CALM sof', Come In, Come in
Den up t'ro' de gloomerin' meadows,
T'ro' de col night rain and win,
And up tro' de gloomerin' rafn-paf'
WhA'r de sleet IA pie'cin' thin,
DE po' los sheep oh de sheepfo'
Dey all comes gadderin' in
De pO' los sheep OBJ de sheepfol'
Dey all N gadderin' in.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-14
LEGAL.
Notice Of Intention.

Notice Is hereby given that Il Is the intention
Of the Couneilof the city o Los Angeles 10 change
and establish tho grade Of Charity street, iroin
court House street TO Fifth street .s follows
al the Intersection Of Court House street. and
Charity street tho grade shall b., ~ now sstab-
lished at the northeast corner III feet above the
tiatuni plane; At the noIthw est corner, IA feot
aDv,v tiiv d.tuhi Pi,;ss,
l42 .et above the datum plane; At the southeast
corner, 145 feet above the datum plane. at
uoiut In the center line Of Charity street. x70 feet
northerly from the moth boundary Of First street
the grade shall be lzz feet above the datum
plane; at the lntenection Of Charity street anu
first street, the grade shall be, as now est bllsh
ed. at the northwest and northeast eorIsrs, ltz
feet above the datum plane, and ut the south
vest and southeast cornt 70. ia feet above the
datum plans: at point IN the center line o.
charity street, 2)O feet southerly IRON the north
boundary OF tirst street, the grade shall DO, On
the west side Of Charity street, 1)s II atoyt
the datum plane; and on the est side OF asio
str ct 49, feet above the da. um plane; ~ the IN
tr.ettion Of Lharity street and Second 81 eel the
ur d shall be- on tho est side Of Charity street,
1855. 70 Ieet above the datum plane, sId on the
east side Of said street the grade shall ~ a. now
established, 16s test above the datum planej ut
the intersection u Cha ity street and Thiro
street the grade shall be, as now established, nj
the northwest corner, 123 feet above the datum
D sne; at the northeast corner, l26 feet above ne
datum pine; at the southeast corner, lz5 feet
ABOVE Tic uAtun Ilahob ehN Nv s<*S
corner, lx6 feet above thedatun. plane; at the IN
ter cotton OF Chaiiy street aud Fourth street the
grade shall be, on the west -ile Of charity street
Il8 FEET above the datum plane. and on the east
side OF said street, ll6 feet above the datum
plane: nt n point OF the center Lne Of Charity
81 cet, ii feet noitherly OF the north boundsi,
Of Filth street, tho grade shall be All feet
sbo, the datum plane: at the intersection Of
Charity street with the north boundary OF Filth
street the grade shall be, on the west aide oi
Cnarity street. a. II feet above the datum plane
and at the northeast corner Of Charity street and
Fifth street the grade shall be, as now estab-
lshed 80 feet above the datum plane.
All persons interested are hereby notified TO
Gle their objections, II any they have. with the
Clerk Of the council wthin ten days after the date
OF the frat publication Of this notice
by order OF the Council OF the City OF Los An
geles ut It's meeting OF November y, A. d. lSea
W. W. ROBINSON,
Clerk OF the Council of the city OF Los Angeles
Los Angeles, November 6, A. D. 1854 n6-ltt
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-14

Joseph Murtaah having filed In this Court hi5
petition. schedule and inventory In insolvency,
by which 1t appears that he Is an insolvent
debtor, the said Joseph Murtagh is hereby de-
clsrsd TO be insolvcnt. The Sheriff OF the county
Of Los angeles Is hereby directed to take posses-
sion Of all the estate. rozl and personal. of
the said Joseph hurtagh, debtor, except such
- may be BY law exempt from exsoution, aud
Of al his deeds, youehers, books Of account,
and papers, and 10 keep tho same safely until the
appointment Of an assignee of his estate. All
parsons are forbidden TO pay any debts 70 the
esid insoisent, or 70 deliver to him any property
beionguig to him, or 70 any person, flrn, or cor
poration or association for his use The said debt
Or Is hereby forbidden TO transfer or doiiver any
property, until the further order of this Court,
except as herein orderod-
II % further ordered, that all the creditors oi
v. Z Howard. Judge q The superior Court Of the
said county OF Loa angeles. ln open Court. at tie
Court room Of said Court, La the county Of Los
Angeles. on
the 1sh day OF November, 1888,
At 10 o'clock A. n. Of that day, 10 prove thelr
tats Of said debtor.
1t Is further ordered. that this order be pub.
llshed In the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD, q news.
paper OF general circulation, publ shed In the
city and county Of Los Angeles, ~ often "a the
said paper Is published. before tho said day sol
for the meeting Of the creditors.
And 1t IS further ordered, that 10 the mean
time, all proceedings against the said insolvapi
bo stayed.
Dated. October 9th. 1855.
We. HOWARD,
Judge Of the superior Court
BlckBel 8 White, Alto nsys for insolvent
oct1lth till nov 1lth