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1. Precipitated or mineral phosphate
Ozone meaD.
2. Carbonate or sulphate of magnesia.
3. Carbonate of potash (unleached
hard wood ashes).
4. Nitrate of ofsodaor organic nitrogen.
5. Sulphate of lime (gypsum).
The above is therefore the theoretical
formula for grape fertilizer, but prac-
tically, vineyards are never planted
upon sterile sand, and most soils will
have ample of some of these minerals.
This can be satisfactorily shown only
by practical experiment with fertilizers
upon each particular field. The above
formula can be used to start with. By
emitting one of the ingredients in each
different trial, those ingredients the
land stand most in need of will be
found. By varying the quantity, the
amount most profitable to use will then
appear.
To complete the study and to eluci-
date the effects of different fertilizers
upon the chemical composition of the
vine, M. GayOn had portions of the
wood from all rows analysed during
both years. The growths of all the
rows, receiving no fertilizer, were con-
solidated and an average Of the whole
analysed. From these analyses NJ.
Gayon found
1. That, as compared with vines
grown without fertilizer, nitrogenous
and phosphate fertilizers had no ap-
preciable influence upon the relative
assimilation of different fertilizing sub
stances
2. That the potassic fertilizers dimin-
ished the amount of nitrogen and in
creased the amount of potash and
magnesia assimilated by the vines, and
therefore potash facilitates the fixing
of mineral matter in the tissue Of the
plants, and as a consequence promotes
the early maturity of the wood.
8. That calcareous fertilizers favor
the assimilation of phosphoric acid and
hinder that of all the other fertilizer
substances.
4. That magnetism fertilizers act in
much the same as potassic fertilizers in
favoring the assimilation Of mineral
matters.
The actual amount Of nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid, potash, lime and magnesia
given to 100 vines in each year was as
| follows:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14
CIRCULATION.

The actual circulation of Volume V,
which closed with the issue of FebrU-
arv 18th, 1891, was as follows:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14

DIPLOMATIC language is a queer af-
fair. The use of vigor in it is never
indulged under any circumstances.
The representatives of two great coun-
tries meet and discuss matters of the
gravest Importance in the use of the
most high-sounding terms of cOmpi-
ment. Diplomatic correspondence is
the dreariest correspondence to be met
with upon this mundane sphere. What
relief it would be to see a few clear
affimatives and negatives interspersed
amongst the dreary platitudes of dip
lomatic speech.
On the I'd inst, at Mount Pleasant
Pennsylvania, most terrible riot oc-
CURED. Nine men-al foreigners =
were shot to death in few minutes.
The fighting was between the guards
at one of the coking plants and body
of striking miners. There are conflict
ing reports of the affair. But the
truth seems to be that a body of some
five hundred miners attacked the
Frick coke works to intimidate the
men who we're working there. These
men were ordered to halt. They re-
fused to de so, and the guard fired
with the result stated above. We be-
lieve it is the clear right of labOring
people in this country to combine for
the protection of their interests against
either Individual or corporate injus-
tice. We also believe that laboring
men haye the right to strike, when
their interests require them to do so.
But men who strike have no right to
interfere, by violence, with other men
who are willing to work. We are in
fullest sympathy with all classes of
honest, law-abiding working people,
and we hate the mean spirit that treats
labOring men as bond men and slaves.
But we have no sympathy with labor
ing men who mob and abuse their fell
low-laborers for working for any wages
they may choose to take. The fact
that all the men killed in the late riot
were unnaturalized foreigners, puts
fearful emphasis upon the growing de
mand in this country for some con-
servative and merciful restrictions
upon foreign immigration to the United
States. Laboring men must learn
that such transactions as this we are
writing of tend only to delay the time
when they will be able to get all their
rights
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14

A NEW YORK contemporary devotes
it's leading editorial in a late issue to
the subject of The Emancipation Of
Vices. Great Scott! Has the Empire
State of New York slipped clean off the
map of the United States We can
tell our New York friend that wives
have been emancipated hereabouts,
for certain. What is wanted in this
part Of the American Union is a So
clety, or something, for the emancipa-
tion of husbands.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14

rance. Inc vines were planG6Q IN
parallel rows of something above 100
vines to the row. The numerical re-
suits were in all cases calculated for a
standard row of 100 vines.
The vines were first planted in the
spring of 1888 but no fertilizer was
given that year. The growth over the
whole vineyard was very uniform but
extremely feeble. The average weight
OF green wood produced per row of 100
vines was only about ounces.
The fertilizers first applied in 1884
were divided into groups, viz: %
nitrogenous, (2) phosphate, C8 potassic,
~ calcareous and magnetism. Group
1 included the following forms:
]. Nitrate of soda.
2. Nitrate of ammonia.
3. Carbohydrate ammonia.
4. Sui lphate ammonia
5. Azotine.
g. Dried blood.
z. Terrified leather.
s. Nitrate of potash.
8. Phosphate of ammonia.
~ L 0ru'l7n s17lio'
The second group included the fol-
lowing:
1. Mineral phosphate.
3, Pulverized bone ash.
o. IA0lu PIoSPlls'U0 VI lllll0 III aqueous
'oluVIon Io.
S1l super Ptl00Piie'O
1C0lio
II0clPlVaOeu pnoSPn@Ve'
m ~ nosplS''e u e1iihiionl@
Io OilA" group iiiCl'10'0U Oil0 holio"
iNs kI1uS' VIZ:
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p,l''Oo .
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Sfalilp pies "0lo Il ''hl'' 0lhoih!i'e'liy
''ii':ly ECU az VAlo'' c''looIl'9 - 'll0
'''Ol' ~ Ol'lI,l'o PlIllI
iilhih0" hohIh Vil0 1'''1O0 u oiil0 ''.ie',J
SIS was 'r0'ii''O0u Uii0 q''''iiOlOy ~ On0
UIll0l 0lAU AoI LIS .1I u00I " 0t'
PlJ 0c'0ll Pie'lhO "lUn 01No'0OiJ Ol10 0'oni0 III
qu'nViUy VI Un0 o'oCl'0 0l0lll0AO0' An0
qu0AOiOi00 I0quno" "0l0 P"O uP III
PackeCS anu OoVCleS- lor et'cn VINE
anu taken Co9eCner lIlVo Une lIeiu oll
APF1 O. WIN IOrce oI I1noS sulllclenC
10 cO1npleCe CIe "ork VI applying Ulle
tertlllzef IN one day' 10 Apply Cne
tertlllzers the earCh was scrapeo away
from Vne Ds'Se .. Oll0 vines W d o0p'n
inches around each vine. Upon this
space the fertilizer was scattered by
hand as nvonlv az nOssibIe and the soil
'''-N ''0 V ''' " o'- VIZ "0--
rnD1acod
The fertilization was repeated in
1885, each vine getting the same kind
of fertilizer. but in most cases twice
the amount it received the previous
year. The fertilizer was again applied
in 1886, the year when the vines were
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14

IT is now claimed that New York is
the one city nearest heaven. We are
not surprised. Successful contrasts
cannot be instituted between objects
far apart.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14

MIR. Jay GOULD has been to the
White House. The object of his visit
IS only conjectural. 1t is by no means
certain that the President sent for him
to see II he could get him to corner the
sentiment in favor of the Mckinley
bill, so that he (the President) might
be able to use its whole immense weight
IN the next National Republican Con
ventiOn. 1t is not known to be true
that the President said anything about
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14

IT is.stated that four of the nine men
killed In the riot the other day in Penn
sylvania were subjects of the Austrian
Empire. That power being a member
with Italy of the Triple Alliance, the
killing of those men may have an I'M
favorable effect upon the negotiations
now going on between Mr.. Blaine and
the Italian Foreign Office. 1t seems
that it wi not take much to fan the
feeling Of irritation now felt in Italy
INTO veritable flame.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

THE Net0 York Herald begs the play
goes of that hopeful village to not shoot
the theatrical managers. For the life
of us, we can't see any good ground for
this plea.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14

The actual amount Of each Of the
above substances recovered in the
growth of 100 vines was for each year
as follows:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-14

Taking phosphoric acid as the term
of comparison, the amounts of fertilizer
actually assimilated by the vines were
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
Ginnt Horse.

There is in Detroit an equine thorough
bred which is pronounced not only the
handsomest, but one of the largest horses
in existence. He isin truth a giant, and
the veriest novice in horsefesh could not
but view his size and beauty without a
certain feeling of awe. This colossal
animal is 5 years old and is q hands
high, weighing 1906 pounds. An ordi-
nary sized man cuts but q small figure
beside him. He is a dark chestnut in
color, with superb name and tail. He is
owned by Richard Tregaskis. and can
trot in four minutes.
1t seems a pity that there viii be none
of his progeny. He was imported from
France by a Kentucky horse breeder,
who paid s., 1000 for him When put in
the stud the animal became d yeritable
fend. He would kick and bite on the
slightest proyocation, and no one could
do anything with him. He soon killed
one attendant and a short time after an
other man fell a victim to the vicious
brute. The death Of these two men
caused the owner to change the animal
into a gelding, and with good effect, his
temper being greatly improved.-Detroit
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
The Manufacture of Caps.

Ia that oldest, nestlike part of New
York, the French quarter, 1900 or 5000
men and girls make annually s., 1000, 600
worth Of caps, exclusive of the 81, 900 900
worth made by the furriers Of that re-
gion, At least / 900, 900 dozen caps are
turned out in this quarter every year.
As to styles, there are nearly 500 varie-
ties. OF yachting caps alone there are
something like two dozen kinds, if, in
deed, twoscore is not nearer the correct
number.
a few leading styles, however, persist
with little or no change from year to
year. The west constantly demands a
cheap cap with ear coverings. Every
year sees some cap for girls the rage.
Such caps sell by the hundred thousand
dozen. \ hint comes from Paris, and
in a few weeks the new caps swarm in
every street.-New York World.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
AN ADVENTURE WITH WOLVES.
A Young Girl with the Aid of Her raitl

a Young Girl with Che Aid of Her Faith
fu1 Pony Secures -Four Bodies.
Once Nebraska had been to visit at
her neighbor's and started for homo
when it was nearly dark: but as it was
moonlight night she did not feel lonely
md Ind just thought. "What a lovely
evening for a ride" when she heard pat
tering steps. Looking around, she saw
two wolves stealthily following. She
urged her pony to his greatest speed, and
tried to think out what she should do.
for she was by this time only half way
home, and seven miles from the nearest
house.
She kept perfectly still because she
knew that if she screamed before she was
attacked, although it would scare the
animals away for a time, they would
return and would 500 get used to the
noise and not be frightened by it. She
felt certain so few of them would not
dare attack her, for wolves are very
cowardly, but she also knew that they
would summon the rest of the pack
almost instantly.
The wolves were now in full pursuit,
and she, glancing back, saw there were
three. She was alarmed indeed now,
and as they were gaining on her every
minute she knew something must be
done if she was to reach home alive.
She knew the wolves would not long
hesitate to attack her, for there was quite
a large pack of them gathering Her
pony, too, shifted danger, and the next
instant, before she comprehended what
he was going to do, he had turned and
sprung right into the midst of the snarl-
ing pack. paving and kicking right and
leftI
He had not forgotten his wild habits,
nor how he had many times saved him
self from the ferocious animals. And
now his bravery stood his mistress in
good stead, for as his feet came down on
the wolves fierce yelps showed that he
was not dealing gentle taps, In a few
seconds there were four stretched dead
on the ground, and the others had fed.
The young rider had thought, as soon
as she knew what he was going to do,
that she was safe if she could keep on
his back, and this required all her
strength and skill. When the pack was
gone she looked down at the dead bodies
and shuddered as she thought of her mar
row escape. With no injuries and only
a few anxious minutes she had secured
four dead wolves, worth more than fifty
dollars.
She dismounted and slung them over
Pawnee's back and then galloped home.
No need of saying that her father and
mother were surprised to see her come
up to the door and exhibit triumphantly
four slain wolves,
After this glorious exploit the pony
was more petted than before. Did he not
deserve it?-Kate NJ. Putney in st.
Nicholas. -
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
\ Telepathio Coincidence.

| had as a guest in my residence in
Jamaica a lady Of unusual intelligence,
who was very intimate with and much
attached to Mrs. Beecher Stowe. They
frequently correspouded. She had a
dream in which Mrs. Stowe seemed to
be occupied, singularly enough, in dig
ging the ground, and she inquired if
there was any foundation for this. From
the reply she learned that Mrs. Stowe
had been shortly before in Scotland on
a visit TO the Duke Of Argyle, and had
been asked to plant a tree as a memorial
of her visit on leaving. Here it is proba-
BILE that, besides the general sympathy
between the parties concerned, there
was some special thought, on Mrs.
Stoves part, of the friend who dreamed
Of her act, connected in time either with
the actual handling of the spade OF with
the remembrance of her strange occupa-
ton. Few people would suppose such a
coincidence ODE purely accidental unless
from the apparent impossibility for ac-
counting for it Observation-Disclosures
MAGAZINE.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
one Tbine women Can't Learn.

There is one thing a woman ley
learns" said a Broadway conductor as
he yanked the bellcord, land that is to
get on and off a car with a swing to-
ward the horses. She steps on or off
backward-that is, with her face the
other way If the car is moving the
least bit she is liable to trip and fall
down. Then she looks daggers at me, as
if I did the whole thing purposely. A
f~Ye-year-old boy knows better. Talk
about dress reform" he murmured n
temptuouslr. "what a woman wants to
reform is in getting some sense about
horse cars. She ought to take lessons
from her brother.
People have no idea how much anx-
iety women cost conductors and drivers.
| am that worried about women getting
on and off my car that it is with a sense
of relief from great responsibility that
turn in my last trip every day feeling
that no woman has had her neck broken
or fallen down from my platform. We
have narrow escapes from that every
hour in the day.-New York TELEGRAM:
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
Blind New York Reggars.

A rather clever trick which is success
fully done by a number of beggars in
this city is to turn their eyeballs up until
they appear ts be blind. With their eyes
in this condition they grind a small.
wheezy hand organ, or stand on some
prominent corne and hold a tin cup in
their hands, thus mutely appealing fol
charity. A few Of them attempt to sing.
but they 500 realize that it is too much
to ask Of mankind to listen to their sing.
Ing and then give them money, To dc
this successfully for any length Of time
is very straining on the eyes, and may
result in genuine blindness. But some
of them have praciiced it until it is i'm
possible to discover by looking at them
that fuzzy are not really blind. New
York Cor. Chicago Herald.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
Every Inch a Soldier.

\ good story is told on one of the
officers connected with a local militia
company. For II number Of day fore
the inspection of the citizen soldiery the
officer in question would each afternoon
retire to the privacy of his W bed
chamber, in the second story Of his resi-
dence, and after dressing himself ia full
regnnentals would put an imaginary
company of soldiers through a lively
course of drilling. He would clasp his
sword at the hilt with one hand and at
the point with the other, and then walk
backward as if viewing the alignment Of
his troops
1t SO happened that while going
through this maneuver one afternoon.
he walked backward into an open stair
way and tumbled into a heap on the
floor Of the room below, and presented
anything but a soldierly and dignifed
appearance as he lay there rubbing his
bruises. His good wife was in the room
attending to some household duty, and
she rushed to the side of the fallen hero,
and in anxious and tender voice asked
him if he were hurt.
With a quick bound her husband re-
gained his feet, and coming to an cat
tention,n in a voice of thunder roared
out: Hurt? No, woman; what do you
know about war;" and then ran back
up stairs and dismissed his soldiers
Anaconda {Mon.) Standard.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

The old clothes scarecrow in its crude
state is merely Il wooden cross over
which is drawn a tattered ceat. Usual
ly about half of each sleeves length dan
giles over the end Of the short arm, lend
ing an aspect Of lassitude that IS height
ened By the tipsy imitation, either given
to, Or speedily acquired By, the cross.
You never saw a sc&recrcw standing
bolt upright. An old hat slouehed reck-
lessly above the coat. never fails to give
an air of decentralization to the figure
Lewiston Journal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

Mrs. Emily Bishop teaches and lee
lures at Chautauqua upon the so called
"delsarte system" which Is a sort of
psychic and physical culture combined.
To most people the "delsartean view
OF first presentation seems an absurd
tumble, but Mrs. Bishop has made a
very orderly science Of it. She illus
trates the beauty Of the system by wear
ing artistic gowns in a graceful manner
and being extremely winning in her
general style. Her great doctrine is
that most women waste their nervous
energy needlessly, and that the lean
may become plump, the weak strong
and the awkward graceful by proper
conservation.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

DO YOu Son-h?

Den't dsfay. Take Kemp's Balsam, the
best cough cure. II will cure your coughs
and colds. II will cure sore throat or a
TICKLING in the throat. It will sure pains in
the Ghost. IL will cure influenza and bron-
ohitis and all diseases pertaining 20 the
lungs because 1t is a pure balsam. Hold it
To the light and sac how clear ard thick it
is. You will see the excellent effect after
taking the first dose. Large bottles SOC
and 81.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

JOHN fOCNu bFo"N. Jewett. He has
served several terms in congress, and is
noted for his shrewd management of the
various measures of eompromise on ques-
tons affecting the relation Of the former
Confederate states and the Federal gov
eminent. His home is in Henderson,
where his two sons are active professional
men, He also has three daughters.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

many, but now
employed on The
Pail Mall GA
zette, of London.
She has been
commissioned by
that paper to
make a tour in
the United States
and write at
length on the
society and insti-
tutions of the
rouu4rv lint &c
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

in 1885, and was
graduated at Cen
ter college. From
boyhood lie was
noted for schol-
arship and elo-
quence, and in
1859, when barely
twenty-five years
5old, he was elect
ed TO congress
over the veteran
politician, Joshua
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

pecially on American women. She rep
resented The Gazette at Berlin when
Prince Bismarck retired, and then visit
ed the island of Heligoland, her letters
in both cases exciting great interest.
Her descriptive powers are remarkably
vivid, and she speaks several languages
g,.p+1vr
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

Friends of Elijah Watson, postmaster
at Nashville, Buchanan county, Mo,
claim that he has been in the postal ser
vice of the Unite3 States longer than
any other postmaster. He was appointed
by President Pierce in 1858 and has
served under more Republican than
Democratic administrations, though al
WAYS q Democrat himself.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
Governor of Kentucky.

The Hon. John Young Brown. elect
ed governor of Kentucky in 1891.
was born in Hardin county, Ky,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
A british woman Journalist.

Miss Hulda Friedrichs is a brilliant
young journalist, native of South Ger
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13

DR.. Robert S. Weir, consulting sur
geon of the Eye and Ear Infrmary of
New York, and of the Hospital for the
Ruptured, is noted among New York
surgeons for the apparent ease and conf
dence with which he operates, and the
large proportion of his successful cases.
He is personally quite popular, his face
and bearing being gentle and attractive.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-13
To Help Laboring Men.

To overcome the serious results that
are experienced upon coming from pro-
tracted labor under compressed air, a
waiting chamber. where one can rest
and have the change Of pressure take
place gradually, has been used Of late,
and it has been found that some diseases
incident to such work are prevented and
some cases cured. The time for resting
varies from five to twenty minutes.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-11
WILL RECOGNIZE THE JUNTA.
The tnited states Orders Patrick Eram to Make the Advances.

SANTIAGO, Chili, Sept. 9 The Pro Visional government of the republic of Chiti wlll be formally recognized by the government of the uiled States tomorrow
 Minister Patrick Egaa to-day recciv- cd cable dispatch from the state department at Washington instructing him to treat the Junta governio as the government de facto of the country. Information U this effect was unotti- cially conveyed to Senor Jorge Montt, president of the Jun q. soon after the receipt of the cable dispatch. but off cial action will not be taken before to- morrow.
 Minister Egan will be cordially re. ceivcd by the Junta for the news he brings if for nothing SC.
 Members of the Provisional govern ment were much pleased at the reccip: of this Information though they were not greatly surprised. They felt that as soon as the United States underst cd the situation here, that order had been restored throughout the country and that the authority of the ,lunta was universal lv recognized, Mir. Egan would re- ceve the instructions which came to him to-day.
 IL is the opinion here that Scnor Pedro Montt who is now in Washing. ton as the epresentatiye of the Junta. will be regularly accredited Minister from Chile to the United States as soon as the matter can be reached. This, it is thought, will not be many days