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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-22


Potash (Phos) Id
Bone Meal (Fne9 lbs
There being no phosphate or potash in
the market, it is to be presumed that he
refers to low grade sulphate. With this
modification, the mixtures would yield
the following percentage OF the three
principal elements: No. Ammonia,
SIS. phosphoric acid, Sc; potash, z.
No. 2-Ammonia, As; phosphoric acid,
6.5; potash, 9.35.
objections. In both the proportion of
phosphoric acid is too small and that of
potash is unnecessarily high. In No. 1,
that of ammonia, while scarcely sufficient
for Irish potatoes, is too large for sweet;
that ingredient, when in excess, tending
to produce vines instead of tubers.
Ground bone, while one of the best of
all applications to fruit trees, is not
adapted to quick-growing vegetables,
unless applied some time previous to
planting. No matter how finely ground
it may be, the particles are still bone and
are not available for plant food until
decomposed. This requires some time;
probably not more than half of it's phOs-
phoric acid, which is for the most part
insoluble, being yielded up to the plant
during the first year. In this respect it
is Inferior for the present purpose, to acid
phosphate, in which the acid is complete
ly soluble. 1t is true that it "reverts"
on coming in contact with lime and some
other bases, but this does not occur until
it has been dissolved by the soil water
evenly distributed through the ground
in state of the minutest possible sub
division; infinitely finer than could be
effected by any mechanical device, and
thus put in the most favorable condition
for solution and absorption. Cotton
seed meal is Objectionable on somewhat
similar grounds; it being necessary to
apply it, except in the case of slow grow
ing vegetables, at least a month before
planting, and even in that time it will
not become available unless the ground
be moist. Nitrate of soda, which though
it costs three cents a pound, contains
nearly three times as much ammonia as
the meal, is much rather preferred.
Vegetables vary so much in their COM
position and demand forplant food, that
no one formula could be devised which
would supply all the requirements of
some without doing injury to others. To
give few Illustrations While cabbage,
beets, collards, caulifOwer, lettuce and
onions consume and demand large guam
titles of ammonia, this substance, iffreely
used, would be actually prejudicial to
peas and beans. Though muriate of
potash may be applied with advantage
to cabbage, asparagus and fodder beets,
it would disturb the formation of sugar
in table and sweet potatoes and ofstarch
in potatoes of both kinds, as well as i'm
pair the burning properties of tobacco;
the sulphate being needed in these cases.
Kainit would produce the same deleteri
GUS effects, although it's potash is in the
form of sulphate, owing to it's large ad-
mixture with the chlorides (muriates) of
sodium and magnesium.
Even though such formula were
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-22
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
A Chapter on Comp0stS.

In communication of late date which
the editor of the AGRICULTURIsT has re-
ferred to me for reply, GA. W." of South
Lake We r, asks for formula for vege-
table fertilizer and also submits the fol-
lowing mixtures for examination:
FOR VEGETABLES:
No. l.
Potash (Phos 20 lbs.
Bone Meal fFine) lbs.
FOR PpTATOES
NO. 2.
Cotton, seed Meal SO Id
Potash (Phos) 80 Id
Bone Meal (Finel ......................20 Id s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-13

DIR. Frazer Of Philadelphia 10 again inter-
viewed and declares that the statement that he
had been engaged with others in attempting 20
reorganize the survey and put themselves in
charge OF the work was, 50 far as he was CON-
cerned, "a presumptuous falsehood"
Prof. Scott OF Princeton declared that he
had been misreprcsented In the Hsralds arti-
Gle OF Sunday in quoting him criticising
MAJ. Powell as Incompetent He saws he knows
nothing against Maj. Powell Prof Scott ID
further quoted saving:
Like Prof. Osborne. am glad that the sub
ject has come out. because I think in a matter
OF so much public importance the truth should
be known. But the attack on these men has
been very much weakened by attaching false
hood and misrepresentation. Prof. Cope IVES
willing to make the charge and there were
plenty of men in Washington and elsewhere
who were qualified 70 testify. What sort OF .
witness would make If / went upon the stand
and swore TO hearsay matters2
Il say TO you what l would be willing 20 say
TO Prof. Marshs face-that for years there has
been talk about him. But of my own knowl-
edge only know one thing, and that Is that he
plagiariZed the last chapter of that book So
FAR as Major Powel's scientific attachments or
lack of them are concerned 1 do not consider
them 20 have any connection with the case.
What is wanted in his position is a man Of
executive ability and the ability 20 get big ap-
preparations out of Congress. lie should have
a good general knowledge OF what is needed,
but the possession of a high degree of the
faculty of scientific inquiry is very apt TO prove
a narrowing circumstance. One of the greatest
values OF Prof. Baird the head of the Smith
sonian institution was his INFINITE knowledge OF
the ways of Congress and has faculty for get
ting IL TO vote abundant appropriations"
DIR. L. Sterry Hunt is interviewed and denies
ever having even dreamed of getting place on
the geological survey.
DIR. Z. Hart Merriam is quoted follows:
Il believe the United States geological survey
grandRst a
has ever known. and think the fact that il is so
is due very largely TO Mai. Powells ability and
integrity. place no confidence in what Prof.
| Cope says. His whole attack il due 10
jealousy. / have known about these things
for years. Prot. Cope has talked TO me about
the same things. have heard them over and
| over again"
Prof. \. $. Shaler of Harvard and Prof.
| Williams of Cornell ia interviews attribute
Prof. Cope's attack to jealousy
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Stolen Goods Surrendered.

Shortly after the arrest of the two women
Sarah Lewiss and Kate Friday for stealing seal
skin sacques in this city about month ago q
Rochester, NY, detective came here TO obtain
clue to the whereabouts of about $1,000
worth of goods alleged to have been stolen by
them III that city. In an interview with them
they were told plainly that after the District
authorities were done with them they would be
taken there if the stolen goods were not sur
rendered Information has been received from
the chief of police of Rochester that all the
goods stolen there, valued at nearly sl,0Vo,
have been recovered.
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How Do You Like This Weather?

Incoming Atlantic steamers report unusually
heavy weather. The Germanic experienced
very heavy gales from west, southwest and
northwest, during which the vessel was run at
a reduced rate of speed. She sustained no
damage.
The steamer City of Berlin experienced Q
continuation of southwest to northwest gales,
with high seas and very low barometer; the
wind blew with hurricane force at times; the
figure head was carried away.
The German steamer Slavonia had very heavy
weather. She was obliged to put into Halifax,
n s. for coal.
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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
MIsCELLANEous.

Intendant Stoatenburgh OF the Washington
asylum in letter TO the Commissioners today
reports the death OF George W. McMahon, an
oyerseer at the asylum.
Senate bill HAS TO relieve the Sisters OF the
Holy Cross Ii before the Commissioners for
their report.
Representative T. Z. Flower in a letter TO
the Commissioners today calls attention 10 the
bad condition of the street IN front of his resi-
dence 1885 street, and asks that it be repaired
at once.
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Capitol Topics.

TO SPEAK AGAINST THE EXODUS.
Representative Cheatham, the colored Repre-
sentative from the second North Carolina dis
trict, has gone home TO make speeches to
counteract the exodus crusade that is being
made In has district.
THE FARMERS WANT PROTECTION
Alexander ID. Wedderburn of Alexandria,
Va, appeared before the ways and means COM
mittee Saturday representative Of the
Legislative committee Of the National grange
and tine farmers of the Virginia state grange,
TO demand equal protection of the farmer with
steel, IRON and wool manufacturers.
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Under Suspicion.

This morning in the Police Court there was
a man charged under the name of Frank C.
Drummer with being vagrant and suspicious
person. He arrested in Franklin park Sat-
urday by Policeman Setright, who accused him
of attempting to entice young girls into the
small house III the park. The defendant was
required to give bonds or go down to the farm
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Nothing i'm A Name

man giving his name Charles Wander
bilt was tried in the Police Court today for beg
ging on 18th street. He told Judge Miller that
he was from Philadelphia and had made ar
rangements to return home this morning. The
judge gave him the opportunity to do SO by
taking his personal bonus. Vanderbilt said hs
would leave the city even if he had to walk
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Leg Broken by A Horses kick.

Levi jackson. prisoner at the work house,
had his leg broken this morning by a kick
from one of the officers horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-13

Miss Helen Wallace, the ten-year-old daugh-
ter of Congressman Wallace Of New York, has
met with a serious accident at the residence of
her uncle, in Brooklyn, where she was laid up
with a cold. She was standing on the landing
on the second story; some one called her, and
in replying she leaned over the banisters and,
losing her balance, fell to the stone hallway
below. The child was seriously injured by the
fall; her right shoulder was dislocated and she
received internal Injuries
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Foreign Items of Interest.

A stone with the simple legend, Browning,
SO, was placed over the poets grave in West
minister Abbey Saturday.
1t is reported that the real cause Of the Ere
at Laeken was the ove-heating of the fues and
pipes in the stables consequent on the in
iuenza, which had attacked the horses. The
fire extended to the palace, and 30 caused the
disaster.
Sir Albert Sassoon, the new English baronet
keeps his horses in the upper rooms of a high
building the lower stories Of which used
as a carriage house and barn. The horses are
taken mp and down in a padded elevator.
The London Herald asserts that the govern
ment intends to dissolve parliament imme-
diately after the budget is passed, or before, IL
opposition renders that course necessary.
The marquis of Conyngham has voluntarily
reduced the rents IN his Donegal estates 20 per
cent.
Lord Harrington. who has been seriously ~
with congestion of the lungs, is better.
Prince Bismarck has proposed in the Bundes-
rath the adoption of uniform standard Of time
throughout the empire for the better working
OF railways and mails and the mobilizing Of
troops. He suggests the fifteenth degree Of
longitude east of Greenwich.
Dom Pedro has arrived az Pan.
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Three Suicides i'm One Day.

William A. Dow, the old Waterman at the
New Jersey arsenal at Trenton. n. j., shot and
killed himself last night or early this morning.
He was sitting in a rocking chair at his home
on Market street. He was seventy-three years
of age, and the only cause assigned for the sui
eide is that he was worried by the recent illness
of his aged wife.
David c. Labaw, aged seventy-one years, a
storekeeper at Harrington, near Trenton hung
himself in a shed. He had been partially de-
ranged for some time.
Sexton John III. Vanfeet Of the State Stree
Presbyterian church, Trenton, was found dead
in front Of the pulpit IN the church. half
emptied whisky bottle was found near the body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-13

Prof. H. n. Day, LID, Of Yale. aged eighty
seven, died yesterday Of pleurisy after brief
illness.
Philip Dillon, president Of the brass mould
ders' union of the United States and a promi-
nent inventor, died suddenly Saturday q
Savannah, Ga, in . physician's Office froo
heart disease.
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POWELL AND PROF. MARsH-MAJoR PowE1L's
METHODS cnrr1crsrD-nAJoR rowxLLs M.
PLH-PRoF. COPE SAID TO BE rNsRrnxD 81
JEALOUSY.
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DESTROYING SPECIMENS.
Gas result it is alleged that Marsh has sent
out large field collecting parties into the terri
tories, which were instructed to gather every
thing OF use to the survey and break all speci-
mems which it was unnecessary to bring east in
order that other scientists should not have
them. or, rather, should not be able to antici-
pate the work of the survey. Besides breaking
specimens and destroying the possibility of any
competition in the requirement Of knowledge
Professor Marsh is now charged with retaining
the salaries of members OF his field parties.
But the most astounding charge against
Professor Marsh is that all Of the work purport-
ing to be his, as published by the government,
is not his own, but in part that Of his employees,
the remainder being collection Of plagiarisms.
or course, on the principle that the principal Is
responsible for the agent, the scandal Of all of
Marsh's doings falls jointly upon Ma
jor Powell director of the survey.
1t is pointed out that Major Powell has
been sufficiently warned Of Prof. Marsh's do
lngs during past years, and that but for
rid OF him. lie has had faith that Marsh's con-
nection with Yale college would somehow pull
things through. Major Powell himself is
charged with improper doings, from q scientific
standpoint. In that since he had the geological
survey extended to cover all the states he has
duplicated and plagiarized the work of the
biologists Of those States as we'll AZ that OF
past government surveys, and ignored the work
done by the states scientists, which has been
paid for by the states. These are mere reviews
of charges made by eminent men. Interviews
and letters, for which these men are the au.
thority, will better outline the facts. In order
to manipulate appropriations the survey hai
been made an asylum for Congressmen's sons
to suppress criticism and secure newspaper
support sinecures have been given to Journal.
lists, and to silence hostility professors in col.
leges broadcast, have been fed with pap
1.-THE scandals within the geological survey
might have been kept out Of print for some
time longer perhaps if Director Powell had no,
attempted to suppress Prof. Edward d. Cope
OF the chair of paleontology and geology Of
the University Of Pennsylvania. When Prof
Cope felt himself the victim Of an outrage he
carried his case before the Secretary OF the In
terror, where it is now pending"
PROF. coPEs INTERVIEW.
Prof. Cope, in his interview, il quoted a
saying that the origin Of the war against thu
geological survey may be found in an order hs
received from the Secretary Of the Interior q
turn over his collections to the uationa
museum ct Washington.
II have" he il quoted a. saying, mo more
than bushel of specimens belonging to the
| government, and to these 1t 10 welcome. TIL
| fact 10 sent out my own exploring parties ana
| secured my collections at IN expense of about
eso,o0o Of my own money, to say nothing Of
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The above houses can be examined by Permit from
cur Office only. THOMAS ]. FISHER L CO.,
tall i324 Il st. n W.
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NAL. POWeu tnen reviews the charges. Re-
ferring to Prof. Marsh's employment on the
survey he says:
ale has exhibited in his work great industry,
having made vast collections in the field and
produced great results in the laboratory. His
Identification Of geological horizons has been
sound, tested by the field geolOgists, and bis
work from geological standpoint is the admit
ration of the civilized world. For a number of
years the National academy of sciences, the
highest scientific body of America, has kept
him for its president. Bache, Henry, Rogers
and Marsh are the only men who have ever
received this honor"
He says he knows that the charge that Prof.
Marsh treats his assistants unfairly and that
they are his enemies is untrue of ali those who
are employed by the geological survey, for they
work with zeal, fidelity and loyalty and speak
OF him in the highest terms. In past years
before being connected with the United States
geological survey and to some extent since
that time. Prof. Marsh has employed men in
the field and In the laboratory in a subordinate
capacity and paid their wages himself ANY
disagreement which he may have had with
these men isa private affair, in which the d.
rector of the survey and the public have no in
Fterest. 49,
He says Prof Marsh's assistants NAV have
written parts Of his works from the dictation
and notes Of Prof. Marsh-a method OF writing
adopted by most public men, and especially by
scientific men engaged in large work.
THE COLLECTIONS At YALE
As to the collections at Yale college Maj.
Powell, referring to the faA that the survey
owns no building in which such collections can
be safely kept, says: 'The fossils which Prof.
Marsh and his assistants collect and which are
gathered by the various geologists of the survey
are scrupulously labeled and segregated by
themselves, 50 that if Prof. Marsh and his as
sistants should suddenly die, together with the
meMbers Of the geological survey, q stranger
could I'D TO the laboratories of the college and
readily Identity every specimen belonging to
the tovsrnmeak"
i Al TO the charge that employees of the survey
under Prof. Marsh have failed to receive their
pay Maj. Powell says: "Prof. Marsh u moi
responsible for the payment Of the msn in his
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ghost Is himself, and II he could be made to
see that it is Of Importance that he should
promptly fulfil his engagements with other
men, he could yet do great work for science. "
PROF. MARSH.
Prot. Marsh informed the Herald that he
would reply to those charges personal to him
self and not covered by Maj. Powelrs state
ment. He publishes statements from Henry r.
Osborn, s. w. Willerton, J. b. Hatcher, c.
Baur and Prof. w. B. Scott, all disclaiming
that they had authorized any publication or
the use of their name in connection with these
changes.
What Washington Scientists Say.
Two Of the men mentioned by the Herald as
in position to give evidence to support the
charges against Major Powell and Prof. Marsh
are in Washington. They are Prof. c. Hart
Merriam of the Agricultural department and
Mr.. Thomas Wilson, curator of the department
of prehistoric anthropology at the Smithsonian.
When q STAR reporter called on Prof. c. Hart
Merriam at the Agricultural department this
morning Prof Merriam said: Il have already
made full statement for publication in self
defense and tending to place myself in proper
light in this matter. Further than that I have
nothing to say in the matter"
Mr.. Thomas Wilson was seen at his Office this
morning by STAR reporter. He said that in
his opinion the whole trouble was a personal
quarrel between the gentlemen concerned The
facts, about which Mr.. Wilson said he knew
nothing personally, all occurred during his
seven years absence in Europe as O consul of
the United States. He said that he had never
been consulted by Professor Cope with refer
ence to his proposition Of publishing the
charges, nor did he know that they were to be
published until the very day before they
appeared.
Further Statements In the Case.
The war was continued in the Herald today,
Prof. Cope reviewing Maj. Powelrs reply, reit-
Grating his charges and declaring that they can
be abundantly substantiated