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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-01
Science in Farming.

We have much poor land in the Z.
s, and an immense area of good land.
The poor land will be used to grow
timber, or be improved by converting
more or less of it gradually, into pas
ture, and stocking it with sheep and
cattle. The main point is, to feed the
sheep or cattle with some rich nitro
genous food, such as cotton seed cake,
malt sprouts, bran, shorts, mill feed,
refuse beans, or bean meal made from
beans injured by the weevil, or bug
In short the owner of such land must
buy such food as will furnish the most
nutriment and make the richest man-
ure at the least cost--taking both of
these objects into consideration. He
will buy more or less artificial nlanures,
to be used for the production of fodder
crops, such a. corn, millet, Hungarian
grass etc. And, as soon as . portion
of the land can be made rich enough,
he will grow more or less mangel wur-
Eels, sugar beets, turnips and other
root crops. Superphosphate will be
found admirably adopted for this pur-
pose, and,tso, three or four hundred
pounds Of cheap potash salts, per acre.
can frequently be used on fodder crops
in connection with two or three hun
bred pounds of superposphate, with
considerable profit. The whole SUBJ
ject is we'll worthy of careful study
Never in the history of the world has
there been a grander opportunity for
The application of science to the i'm
provement of agriculture than now.
On the richer lands, the aim of the
farmer will be to convert the plant
food lying dormant in the soil into the
mostproRtable crops. The main point
Is good tillsge. In many cases weeds
now run away With halfou crops and
all our profits. The weeds which ap-
pear and spring up after the grain is
all harvested, are not an unmixed evil.
They retain the nitrogen and other
plant food, and when turned under
make manure for the succeeding crop.
But weeds among the growing crops
are evil, and only evil. Thorough and
good blowing is the remedy, with the
needed drainage wherever necessary.
American Agricmturist.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-01
He was no Thief.

Gentlemen said an Arkansaw Col
onel: as he stood under the limb of a
tree from which depended a rope Il
must protest my innocence. | did not
steal the mule. am above petty theft.
| know that you all have the interest
Of the community at heart, and | do
not blame you; but there are times
when we are all liable to be too rash.
If had stolen the mule, my guilt
would Cypress me until | would beg
to be put out Of the world in the most
summary way
'The mule was fond in your pos
session. said the leader of the mob.
very true, my dear SIR
Did he jump into your lot p
No, sir, | conducted him to the con-
fines Of my premises
Did you buy the animal p
No. SIR
Did you trade for him?'
4 did not
Then who stole him p Let down
the rope, boys
Gentlemen, I hope you will give
q chance to explain. The mule in
question was the property of one oil
our distinguished fellow citizens, Ma.
jor Ruglesburry. Some time ago the
Major and l exchanged few words of
an uncomplimentary nature. | init
mated that the Majors blood would be
highly satisfactory to me, and the Major
said my gore would please him might.
~. Well, we separated thoroughly
agreeing with each other. The next
day the Major and l NIT. got what
is vulgarly called the drop on him, and
relieved him of the top of his head
He was riding a mule at the time, and
when he fell of l saw he had no long.
er any practical use for the animal, SC
l took charge Of him. Now, if | had
dismounted in the way he did, | should
have interposed no objection to the
Majors taking my horse
i hope, sir. that you will excuse us,
replied the leader of the mob. We
thought that you stole the mule
Your explanation i. most satisfactory
and hope you'll excuse us. Let u:
all take drink
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-01
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-01

O70 A WEEK. sl2 day at home EARLY
y ] 4 made. Costly outht free Address
UE 4 Co., Augusta Mtlue.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-01

AN that the pillar of Hercules p
She said, adjusting her spectacles.-
Gracious, what's the rest of his bed
clothes like, wonder?'
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-01
DRY GOODS
For f all OF IL B 3
NIzm<Mou Gu,kez, 0Enu,
OF BALTIMORE,

Invite the attention Of parsons wan'inr DRY
Goods to their splendid Whole.ale and Retail
Stock, much the largest and most varied To be
found in B fillmore. Their assortment includes
every class Of goods from rha mos fashion bile
10 low priced, But ne Common Goods hat
NAV look cheap, but would he dear AZ any
price > 1t has haen th'i~ aim rhrou Ghont u
business career Of over Flfts Y-trS TO sell onlr
goods that will give satisfaction and prove Of
full v,lue for the price paid. This policv has
built up their large trade and given Them the
confidence of the public 10 the fullest ext-nt.-
Being Large Importers Of Foreign Goods. and
in position to nurch lse All Domestic F thrics
Direct from the tnuftcturers. TO the hest sd
vantage. we are enabled to give our customers
the benefit Of oar position, in low prices
Samples will he sent tn plrtieS desiring to
buy from us on receiving definite instructions
in regard TO the class of gods wanted, about
the price. color preferred, e..
The price In Plain Figures, marked on each
on each piece of goods, from which there is no
Ibatement.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

scwibsb1e fascination and tinges it's evewy featuh with such ovewpow'ing intewest qnite bweaks me up" And q number of members of the local vigi lance committ, standing on the platform look grimly into each others faces and muttered, "Oh, if it was only a man."
 The Mexican Central railroad will be open from Fl Paso to the City of Mexico on the 18th inst.
 Phoenix is seeing harder times just now than ever, and will continue to gee hard times with the entire valley till we have a railroad. It matters not what the valley pros duces, if it cannot be handled our business will be dull.
 It is perhaps not generally under stood that the last leg gislature passed sn act making it misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than fifty dollars to sell or give any minor under fourteen years of age firearms or toy pistols from which explosive substances may be discharged. IL would be well for our toy men and parents to remember this matter.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
The FIoUds.

Mir. A. J. Mcdonald d.s>rves the thanks of our cIli1 ems for the daring trip he made aoIoss the Sall River on Saturday for the mail that lay upon the other side. The trip was full of dang. and hard labor. When on the otller side the boat had to be hauled up the river almost to Gray's crossing before the trip back could be commenced, owing to the cur rent setting toward the southern shore for \ long distance. On lhe return the boat was thrown among some willows, and barely escaped being swamptd, but the landing WAS finally made Tn safety. A large number of passengers is on Ihe other side, and the Gila has also been up and impossible since Wedn, sGay last, SO that they are htmme1 in ard compelled to stay where they are. Ii seems that the wIndlass operating Mir. Monihon's ferry boat, on the Gila, has been carried away, hence his boat can not be brought into requisition.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

TIE extension of the Atlantic and
 Pacific 10 San Diero and thence 10 San Francisco vii. be of inca!cula-
 ble benefit to the country. Ii means healthful compe iiion and a general reduction of the high tariffs which have made eastern products so valu- abie iu California and California products so valuable in the east.
 The new line will be from St Louis to the coast as the olrd flies, and several hundred miles shorter thaa either of the three roads now in operation. Moreover, it's completion will give the Santa Fe dictatorial advanta ge over the Southern Pacific. The junction at Albuquerque will afford a through line from San Fran cisco to the City of Mexico and the gulf ports, to the total exclusion of the latter. The Santa Fe, with this
 hnk in it's system welded, will be the grestest railroad corporation in the world, having under control q line from the Nils issippl river 10 the Mexican capii al and the Gulf of Mexico on the south, to Guaymas, on the Gulf of California, San Diego aud San Francisco on the west, from San Francisco, San Diego and Guaymas 10 lbe City of Mexico and the gulf, and an independent line from the Missouri river to the Atlantic and Pacific and Southern Paci 1c connections, which drains several states and territorIes. No> body will regret to see the Santa Fe assuming supremacy in American Its management has always been cons;derate and decent, and it's growth from an almost bark rupt local enterprise Tn Kansas to a gigantic power has uot been accom- panied by any infia ion of meannesS, nor bas it lost particle of it's early popularity .-Ez-
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

WITHIN the next two months
 20-siamp mill will awaken the
 echoes of the much abused Cave
 Greek district. The lnIll has been
 pur1 1hased, and rapid preparations
 are being made for ifs reception at
 inc mIae, the Golden Fleece, who re
 it is to be put up. An Immenee
 quantity of ore is being put on the dumps, and the mill will go 10 work
 on it at once. After testing the
 mine in every possible way, and finally running ten tens of the ore through the old rattletrap of a mill on the Grand Canal, an eastern syn- dicate are completely satisfied, have put up the coin for a mill and said 10 the manager of their business, "Go aLead D We look upon the event as simply the beginning of lively mining operations in the Cave Greek mining district. There are many claims just as good as the Golden Fleece, as the gentleman who 1 is managing the business of that | mlne af1irms, and he is no ep pthusiasi but has sufficiently acquainted Linn self with the country to know what | is in it. We regret that the Golden Fleece mill is not to be a custom mil, for there are hundreds of | claims in the district yielding fir, e milling ore that would be worke,. if | the ore could be disposed of with out too much loss in exp enses. II is to be hoped that the mill will be of sufficient capacity to handle more ore than Can be got out of the Gold> sn Fleece and thus give market to he miners that only await market o go ahead with the development of heir mines.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

SPECIAL from Vicksburg, Miss, ys: The floods in the lower Ms sippi, near here and in the Yazoo tom, will probably equal .he ods of last year. reaching lhen the |ximun night at about the latter It Of March The river has brok- through three miles below D.:l:a. ? and the water is now three hes above the railroad track.
 |From Shreveport, La. reports be as follows: The river is the hest since 1s40, add IS still ris>
 Steamers are bringing in stock
 people from the submerged
 Ptatious- For hundred miles
 ve and below the whole country
 reported under water. Great
 age is being done. The river is
 d with floating aebris and dead
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
RErREsEnrAr1rE oArra. of Al0

REFRESHMENTS OATES, of Ala
 bama, has intl oduced, in the House,
 bill the importance of which will
 at once be recognized by those who
 are cognizant of the fact that vast
 amounts of our lands are being grabbed up by European lords. dukes and titled and monled charac-
 ters generally. The intention of the
 blll is to cut eff this class of prop.
 erty holders, who would make a second Ireland ot our country, so far as landed estates are concerned Ii provides that 10 allen or foreigner can acquire title to lands within the
 United states, and that al deeds ac- quired by such shall be void after the passage of the act. It provides, however, that when foreign born persons have legally declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, they may acquire homesteads under the law, providing for the same if they are otherwise qualified.
 That some idea of the extent to vhich the land business is being fol- lowed up by Hilens, may be obs tained, we note that Sir Edward Reade. NJ. P for Cardiff, Wales, has recently acquired 100000 acres of excellent lands Tn Dakota and Mon M ontana; that Phillips, Marshal 6 Co.,, of Mark Lane, London, have acquired 1,3OO,ooO acres of the finest farming and pine lands Tn Missis- sippl; that the Duke of Scotland owns 500,OO0 acres of excellent lands in Ncbraska and Colorado :; Loid Stafford has 100,00 on the 1 Northern Pacific; Lord Dunraven ha- 40 eco in Colorado; the Duke of Buford 100000, and so on indefi> nitely. Each and every one of these individuals and firms are foreigners, living in foreign land, aud have no intention of d'lpg aryti.ing but suck he substanc from these great American estates, If this condition of af1 .irs is permitted to prevail for fH years, he rooF man cf Arncr~
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
A PhoenIcian Art st.


 It is always wit h tn e grestes pleasure that we note works of ar among us from any source what
 ever, and especially those that have
 been produced among us-native art
 we might term it. Indeed, our in clinatioEs are even to pride in the
 latter case. It was, therefore, with
 keen pleasure, not unmixed with
 pride, that we examined, this morn-
 ing. painting from :ruly Phceni-
 cian brush from the fact tba: the
 author has received her entire in
 siruciion here in Phoenix, in the de-
 lightfui art of painting. We refer to
 portrait just painted by Miss Lily
 Cox,a little lady Of fourteen summers
 and daughter ot Judge Ivy H. Cox.
 As we have intimatcd, the work is portrait ard is entitled the "Foster
 Mother" The portrait is of littie girl of perhaps twelve years of lge
 who has seen a hawk swoop down and snatch the mother bird from her nest of little ones and heard their plaintive cry and the mothers re
 Apun-e as she is cruelty lacezated and borne away by her capter. The
 girl has secure d the the nest of little
 ones ard stands with upturntd and pitying expi essioD, not unmixed with a vengeful tingr, gazing af CT the cruel marauder. The difficulty of execuIion of such a conception will at once be recognized by those conversant with the demands of pore traiture. The eyes aud mouth, with their surrounding mu.cles, aIe the prime consideration, and then 10 these, of course, much is add d ny way of expression in numerous other less important items. such as pose. arrangement of hair. drapery. etc All these have been carefully cons sidered by the young artist and wrought out with a result tn is in> deed more than one should expect from a first attempt at poriraiture by ouc so young and without the advantages afforded by familiarity with and study ofs great artists in the great art galleries of the larger cities. The picture has its defects, for we would not he guilty of f-.t> tery where so L-uch might Dc in> v0lved in a careless word, but these, we feel assured, the young artist will herself discover and remedy in other cases at DO distant day. Suffice it to say by way of encourage ment that we have seen in the great art galleries of New York, St. Louis. San Francisco, similar works, from arts ISIS of very considerable prctenslons hat were in many respects ferior | 10 the ''Frster NJ ther" of Mss Lily | OK. We learn that Mir. Frank Cox, | he attorney, has pure hasrG the pic ure from his sis.er for $25, and we ,an assure Miss Lily that he has the pest of the bargain This portrait s the first. we believe, ever pain ed n Phoehfx. and is a credit to our 'backwo, ds" city.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

PooR old Roscoe Coukling- stlIl ropes over the political disaeters of his life, and very naturally prophe- sies The disruption of the party that
 ngetended to belong to, but which lizd enough pure, patriotic and hon~ ssi blood in It's veins to disrupt lQ badly the moment he ondeavorAf-b ase it for purely selfish-we might ay shamelessly seldsh-purpose. Roscoe has grown into the sere and fellow leaf of politics, and simply picks to his twig by virtue of the entle breczes. He will soon go uttering down 10 the common level,
 be lost among the myriads of
 s kind that move as the winds
 bye them.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
shod and Un.h, d EEorSes.

The Popular Science Monthly for l February contains the following ar>
 ticle on shod and undshod horses,
 by Arthur F. Astlc:
 "I send her.w ith photograph of the near fore-foot of my uns hod
 horse ''Tommy." This photograph
 was taken after I had driven :he old
 horse Che may be twenty years old)
 hard roads in and around London That this animal, after having been for years "the victim of the farrier," I"
 should work, as he does, barefoot, IS,
 I think, remarkable. e. As the old
 horse is nearly, if not quite thor>
 oul Inbred, Ire must have been shod
 Gas is the vicious custom on the turf)
 very early; but over all these evil
 influences, incidental to 'the niser-
 able coerced shOcd foot" the unshod
 foot has triumphed. Shod, my horse
 'brushed" and stumbled badly, but, barefoot, he does neither.
 In Africa, a horse working in a post-cart goes barefoot, over bad ground, twentyefour miles in two hours. In New Mexico, horses are ridden, barefoot, forty miles, day after day, and perhaps twenty miles of this will be over rough mo uns tain track. In Brazil, little horses hey seldom exceed fourteen hands) carry, slnng across pack saddles, barefoot, (they lave never been sI'odl some thirty>two stoncl Thus load ed they do twenty or thirty miles day. Tkeir journey may be some three hundred miles, and they le ad back the same. In England even race horses are shodI To gallop over a race course it is actually thought necessary to shoe d horse Here, where weight is of the very utmost consequence, the heels of the English race-horse must be weight | ed down with plates! The fact that | MarGen, when he ran barefoot in 1 the Sandown Derby on June 9, 1882, beat Tn the deciding heat his two shod opponents by three leugths Chough in his first race with them | that day Warden, with his plates on, could only dead heat them) such a fact as this weighs little with the horsey Englishmen, who will still be found to set his thoughts or opin> ions against factsi
 Some weeks ago I received a let ter in which the writer said that he had been told by veterinary sur yeun that if horse were worked barefoot his hoofs would wear down 10 the quick in few hours. Now 1 saw, the other day, horse which aad been doing the work of his mas er, doctor, barefoot, not for few tours, but fir five yearst During his time the horse must have trav> Jed, shoeless as he Is, some thirteen hOusand miles over the not too good oads of the east of Lond on, ana 'ften with a heavy Bruugham be- it'd him. The hoofs of this horse 1T. the admir- ation of veterinary sur- ,eons and they show no signs of This horse was unzhod 'hen eight years old -Stick Jour dI.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
A Ointment for nhcumattsm.

Methyl salicylate (oil of winter green) mixed with an equal quantity of olive oil or Iinimentum saponis, applied externall, to infiamed joints afflicted ly acute rheumatism, af- lords instant relief, and having 8 pleasant odor, its use is very agreeable.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
Abram H. Peoples, Plaintiff,
Rebecce I Peenles. Defendant

Nk-
 Rebecca T Peoples, Defendant.
 Action brou Int in the District C. urt of the Second Judicial District of the T. ri tory of 4ris Ona. In and for the County of Marie pn. in the office of the Clerk of said District Court.
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to k, becca ] Peep e.. Deiendant:
 You are hero by summoned and required to appear in an act on brought auainst you b. he above -nHmrd PiaiI tiff. in The Dis rlct Conrt of the Second Judicial DiStrici of the IL rritory Of Arizoea. in and for he ( oLnty of WaricnDa. and answer the Comp .Alnt filed with the Clerk of this Court at Phoenix. in said County. copy of which comp amt accomp panies thi~ sum mOns) within twenty days (eXciusi e of the day of service) after tue service upon you oi this summons-if served in his county; but, if served ont eff the county and within this distrfct. the within th1r- ty da' s; in all other cases forty davs-or judgment by default " II be taken against you according to the pr yer of said c m plant. The said octi n is brought to ortain a decree ofthis CourI di<solving the bonds of m atrimouy existing be fully arp ar from the complaint on fl lie herein to which reference is Lers made. And you are heIeb, notified that. if you fail to appear ant answ the sad com plaiL f, as above required, the said Plaintiff will al pl to the Court f, T relief demand ed herein.
 Given under my hand and the Seal of cial D strict of re Territory of Arizona. in and foI the County of ariccpa, this } seventh day of February, \. i'. 1884
 FRANCIS A. SHAW. Clerk,
 by c. L. KNAPP Deputy Clerk. Feo 1s-c0d
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
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VERY heavy rains nave prevailtd most of last week on the Pacific coast, and the railroads are still further destroyed. and traffic over them will be delayed for some time vet
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

SAMMY TIDzN is ratlling around among the stiff joints and rheumatic pains of something over 70 years, and is willing to sacrifice them all 0kave a week of gout in the White
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

THE President has nominated w F. Fl zgerald, of Mississippi, for Associate Judge of the Supreme Court Of Arizona, vice Judge SheI- uon decsased.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

TnE bill making fourth judicial district in A,izona will be passed.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

The only true and firm friendship is that between man and woman, b ause il Is the only affection ex> emrt from actual or possible rivalry.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

REE HILTON, he who un-
 acAmail Beecher at the
 his (FIlton's) wife's
 ld got into on e of the
 ous and dirty scrap es the
 large has ever had any -if@ Edo with, Is travelling in EuroIN Tilion tried a desperate game. nd though he injured Beecher, he, ruined the reputation of his own wSfe and family, and marked himsefnss d'shonorable and scoundrelly, wit, n5 brands upon his forehead roam.s abou: lbe world.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

|plx oh ent to be obligat. ' ist's. II would be only pEl those wLo depo. u.aie
 k,,liats il 4 iA'ie
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

Hope says 10 us at every mnmont: Go enl go or and leads us thus to the grave
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
ica will scarcely ss-s eyts Daily

lecches %,ii skim the cream from the entire c049try. The bill is well
 ,lmed, ard it is to be hoped that It will be at once made law ot the
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
PHG NEX RESTA U RANT Sd door east cfPostomce
Summons.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT ofthe Sec
 ] ond Judicial istrict of the Territory f Arizona, in and for the county of Mar:- copa.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13

In, rsday - March 1e. 1884
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-13
Letter LISt.

Unclaimed letters remaining in the p.stoffice at Phoenix, Arizona Ma. oh 10 1884: