anaheim-gazette 1883-01-20

ANAHEIM VOL. XIII. WEEKLY GAZETTE Established 1870. For Terms, see Fourth Page. DR. JAMES ELLIS OFFICE AND DRUG STORE IN THE BUILDING BACK OF WASHROOM DR E L. COWAN, Dentist, GEO. B. SHAFFER. NOTARY PUBLIC. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC. IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF SQUIRRELS AND GOPHERS USE CARBON BI-SULPHIDE ONLY SURE EXTERMINATOR FOR SALE BY A LANGENBERGER, Dealer in Groceries, Hardware, Paints, Oils and Crockery. City Stables, Center Street (Opposite Kroeger's Block), ANAHEIM. L.F. Lewis, - Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED AND MOST COMMUNICIATES IN THE TOWN, AND SPECIALTIES WILL BE PAID TO Hoarding and surrounding homes. GEO. B. SHATTER. NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE BANK OF ANAHEIM. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC. GATE OFFICE. H.C. KELOGG, Surveyor and Civil Engineer. PARTIES DESIRING TO CONSULT ME PERSONALLY WILL FIND ME AT THE RESIDENCE OF R.E. HALLEGG. Address: Anaheim P.O. THEODORE LYNILL, Attorney at Law. ANAHEIM, CAL. Office in Planter's Hotel Building MONEY TO LOAN.—Ruling rate 10 per cent. ROBT. W. SCOTT. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Commission of Breaks for Arizona Territory. Kroeger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney-at-Law. SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dublin brick building, nearly opposite the Post Office. M. L. WICKS, Attorney-at-Law. BOOKS AND STORES BLOCK. LOS ANGELES. JOHN MANSFIELD & CHENEY. Attorneys-at-Law. Policies 49, 50 and 51, Temple Block. Will practice all the Counts. MONEY TO LOAN. April to R.W.SCOTT, Attorneys at Law. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker. Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER. BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Paints, Oils and Crockery. City Stables, Center Street (Opposite Kroeger's Block), ANAHEIM. L.F. Lewis, Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED and most comfortable in the town, that special tention will be paid to boarding and dressing here. The charge small cases will be reasonable. Single and Double Teams Purchased at short notice and careful drivers, familiar with the country. Capable when required. The patrolage of the public is respectfully solicited. D. E. MILES, Warehouseman and Commission Merchant. Highest Cash Price Paid for Wheat, Barley, Corn, Rye, Potatoes, And all Country Produce. Cash advances made on all consignments of Grain and Wool. Sacks and Twine At lowest market prices. Offer opposite Railroad Depot, Anaheim, Cal. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING AND Wagonmaking! All Work Warranted. Prices as low as the lowest. Center Street, Anaheim. B. DREYFUS & CO. Growers and Dealers in California Wines and Grape Brandy. 630 1642 Braunan Street, San Francisco; 45 Brookway New York. Planters' Hotel, TO LOAN. Apply to R.W. SCOTT, Attorneys at Law L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker. Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Center Street MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to All work guaranteed. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes; Barrels and Nags on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubs made to order. Honey Barrels for sale cheap. F. & J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc, UNDERTAKERS. Agents for the Howe, Eldredge and Victor Sewing Machines. Los Angeles Street, Anaheim. JOHN HANNA, Real Estate Agent. Live Stock Bought and Sold on Commission. ANAHEIM. ANAHEIM BAKERY. WM. MEEK, Proprietor. A FIRST-CLASS STOCK OF BAKER'S GOODS always on hand. Cakes for parties or weddings made to order. The patronage of the public is so letted. Land for Sale. 20 ACRES OF LAND FORTY RODS WEST OF the Anaheim depot. Finest vineyard land in the valley. Apply to Real Estate Agent, Anaheim. B. DREYFUS & CO. Growers and Dealers in California Wines and Grape Brandy. 630 1842 Braunan Street, San Francisco; 45 Broadway New York Planters' Hotel, ANAHEIM, CAL. J. E. STACKPOLE, Manager. THIS POPULAR HOTEL ESTABLISHED IN 1865, has just been thoroughly renovated throughout, and is now in such condition as to secure for guests the Very Best Accommodations. The Table will always be supplied with all the Delicacies to be obtained in the Market. An elegant Billiard Hall and Reading Room for amusement of Guests. The Bar supplied with only the best of Wines, Liquors & Cigars. FREE COACH to the House from all trains KIDNEY-WORT IS A SURE CURE for all diseases of the Kidneys and LIVER It has specific action on this most important organ, enabling it to throw off torpidity and inflammation, stimulating the healthy secretion of the Bile, and by keeping the bowels in free condition, affecting its regular discharge. Malaria. If you are suffering from malaria, have the chills, are bilious, dyspeptic, or constipated, Kidney-Wort will surely relieve and quickly cure. In the Spring to cleanse the System, every one should take a thorough course of it. SOLD BY DRUCCISTE, Price $1. KIDNEY-WORT Maps of Los Angeles County for sale at the Gazette office for 50 cents. WEEKLY EIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1883 MIMICRY IN ANIMALS. Glasgow Herald. A week ago, the Duke of Angyll drew attention in the pages of Nature, to a well-marked example of a phenomenon, which naturalists have of late years found to be marvellously prevalent throughout the animal kingdom. He observed at Cannes a very handsome moth which settled on the ground near where he sat, and the lustrous yellow colour of whose wing margins rendered it, at first, a conspicuous object. Having taken alarm, however, at some movement in its neighborhood, the creature gave itself a sudden jerk and instantly became insoluble. Looking intently at the place of its disappearance, the Duke saw that the ground was strewn with withered and crumpled leaves, and that one of those leaves occupied the very spot on which the insect had set them. It then flashed upon his mind that this was as it proved; to be a case of mimicry, the supposed leaf being no other than the brilliant moth of a moment before. So confident was the insect of the efficiency of its disguise, that it allowed him to approach quite close to it without moving, and he then saw that the golden margins of the fore wings had been folded down out of sight, and that the remainder of the dark brown wings "were so crumpled up that they imitated exactly the dried and withered leaves around." In the above instance the likely be to the advantage of those unfortunate insects, the sweetness of whose juices recommend them to insect-eating birds, could such an alteration be effected in their external aspect as would make them sufficiently like Heliconias to deceive their ornithic enemies. And Mr. Bates found that such mimicry did occur in the case of many edible species of butterflies and moths throughout Brazil. The Late Railroad Commission. SACRAMENTO, Jan 12.—In the resolutions offered by Granger, of Butte, it was resolved that the Committee on Corporations be instructed to institute all due and proper inquiry into the official acts of the late retired Railroad Commissioners in respect to the following subjects of inquiry: First—What portion of their time has been devoted to the discharge of the duties of their office during the term. What portion of time was devoted to an established unofficial business other than the management of their personal and real estate owned by them previous to their election. Second—Whether the Commissioners or either of them during their term of office may have made any extraordinary acquisition of property over and above the income of their salary, diminished by the expenses of the individual and family support. Third—Whether the rates of railroad transportation in the State have been materially reduced or any substantial relief. HOW MANY TREES TO THE ACRE? Riverside Press and Horticulturist. A correspondent at Los Angeles writes as follows: How many trees to the acre, when planted quincunx, thirty-two feet apart, with one inch in the center, thus: 32 feet 32 feet Please answer in the Press and Horticulturalist. ANSWER. The term quincunx is used in different ways. The above arrangement of four trees in a square with one in the center is in form of a quincunx. Worcester gives another definition, and it is in this sense that the word is used by orchardists: "An arrangement of anything in rows, as trees, that those in each row are opposite the center of the interval between the... It then flashed upon his mind that this was as it proved to be a case of minery, the supposed leaf being no other than the brilliant moth of a moment before so conducent was the insect of the efficiency of its disguise, that it allowed him to approach quite close to it without moving, and he then saw that the golden margins of the fore wings had been folded down out of sight, and that the remainder of the dark brown wings "were so crumpled up that they mitated exactly the dried and withered leaves around." In the above instance the moth exhibited a somewhat minute and detailed resemblance to the dead leaf, while its habits, as shown by its settling among withered leaves, accorded with its deceptive garb. There are numerous cases, however, in which the resemblance of animals to their surroundings is of a much more general character. Thus polar animals, as the bear and the Arctic hare, are white; desert animals, like the mon, are sandy colored; white green is a prevalent color among the birds and other arboreal inhabitants of tropical forests. The mountain hare and the ptarmigan of our own country are white in winter, while their summer coat is of a darker hue. In all such cases, conformity in color to surrounding nature may be regarded as protective, enabling its possessors the better to avoid their enemies, or to steal their prey. While instances of this general resemblance in tint between animals and their environment are to be found everywhere throughout the animal kingdom, cases of special adaptation, such as that observed the Duke by Argyll, are of most frequent occurrence among insects. Thus A. R. Wallace, in his "Malay Archipelago," tells of a butterfly conspiring on the wing, but which had only to light on a twig in order to become indistinguishable from the surrounding leaves. Its wings, placed back to back, concealed the head and antennae, and resembled a shrivelled leaf, not only in shape but in general markings, while the little tails of the hind wings, touching the twig, formed a perfect stack. The "walking leaf" and "walking-stick" insects are further examples of minute imitation, the former when resting on the foliage which forms their food, being quite indistinguishable to ordinary observation from the surrounding leaves; while the latter are very perfect imitations of dead sticks. No better proof of the effectiveness of the disguise in the "walking-leaf" could be found than that related by Belt in his "Naturalist in Nicaragua," where he states that an army of foraging ants, in search of insect prey, actually passed over the body of one of those creatures without perceiving that they were treading on their favorite food. In this case, as in all such cases, the insect by its behavior bore out the deception due to its appearance. With its legs stretched out unsymmetrically, so as to resemble twigs, it remained immovable while the army of ants passed over it; and so convinced, apparently, was it that its safety lay in its immobility that it allowed Mr. Belt to lift it and to lay For Farm Boys to Learn. From a Western paper we extract the following practical remarks: they will be useful to every one on a farm. How many of the heys who read this paper could "lay off" an acre of ground exactly, providing one of the dimensions were given them? Now I have taken some pains to make out a table, and I would like to have every one of the farm boys to learn it. There are 160 square rods in an acre, and there are 30 square yards in one acre: 5 yards wide by 968 yards long is 1 acre. 10 yards wide by 484 yards long is 1 acre. 20 yards wide by 242 yards long is 1 acre. 40 yards wide by 121 yards long is 1 acre. 80 yards wide by 60 yards long is 1 acre. 70 yards wide by 69 yards long is 1 acre. 60 yards wide by 80 yards long is 1 acre. Again, allowing nine square feet to the yard, 272 square feet to the rod, 43,560 square feet to the acre, and we have another table: 110 feet by 369 feet—1 acre. 120 feet by 363 feet—1 acre. 229 feet by 198 feet—1 acre. 240 feet by 181 feet—1 acre. 440 feet by 90 feet—1 acre. Georgian Aphorisms. Here are some timely aphorisms. Many a valuable lesson is conveyed in these few lines: Black sheep hide mighty easy in de dark. In a square with one in the center is in form of a quincunx. Worcester gives another definition, and it is in this sense that the word is used by orchardists: "An arrangement of anything in rows, as trees, that those in each row are opposite the center of the interval between the adjoint two in the right hand and left hand rows." Trees planted on the square system, five feet apart, would require 42 to the acre, and of planted 32 feet apart by the plan known as quincunx 49 to the acre. If the trees are planted as diagramed by our correspondence it would require just twice as many trees by the regular square system, or 84 trees—the acre; or the same number that would be required if the trees were planted 22 feet apart 3 inches apart on the square system. If a ten acre lot is planted to trees on the square system 32 feet apart it will contain 42 trees to the acre, or 420 trees. If this tree is owned by the lot puts another tree in the center of each square he will double its number of trees, and the lot will contain trees to the acre, or 840 trees to the tract. He planted his tract originally with the tree running in rows square with his lot, after he puts in his tree in the center of each square he will find that he has still three square systems with the rows running corm ways of his lot, and that the rows will be little over 22 feet apart, instead of 32 feet apart as before. This is not what is known as quincunx. The quincunx system gives fifteen per cent more trees to the acre at any given distance apart than the square system. Rule — To find the number of trees to the acre by the square system, multiply the distance of the rows apart by the distance appearence of the trees in the row; divide the number of square feet to the acre—43,560 by the product, and the quotient will be the number of trees to the acre by the square system. To find the number of trees by the quincunx system, add fifteen per cent. to the number by the square system. Example — How many trees to the acquequincunx system, 25 feet apart? Solution — 25 multiplied by 25 equals 625; divided by 625 gives 69; 15 per cent of 69 is 10, which added to 69 equals 79; number of trees to the acre by the quincunx plan, or to be a little more accurate and using all the fractions, almost 80 to the acre. A Fatal Omission. Because three essential words were omitted from the information, the Supreme Court Butte county of murder for killing Schmidt on the 24th of last June. The formation only charged that the accuse lated by Belt in his "Naturalist in Nicaragua," where he states that an army of foraging ants, in search of insect prey, actually passed over the body of one of those creatures without perceiving that they were treading on their favorite food. In this case, as in all such cases, the insect by its behavior bore out the deception due to its appearance. With its legs stretched out symmetrically, so as to resemble twigs, it remained immovable while the army of ants passed over it; and so convinced, apparently, was it that its safety lay in its immobility that it allowed Mr. Belt to lift it and to lay it down again without once moving. The minuteness with which resemblance to vegetable substances is often carried out is seen in the case noticed by Wallace of a "walking stick" insect brought to him by a Dyak who said that it was grown over with moss; and it was only after a minute examination that the naturalist convinced himself that the so-called moss was merely an animal countertit of it. Inorganic and vegetable substances are not, however, the only objects imitated by animals for the purpose of disguise. For the same end one animal imitates another, and it was to this phenomenon that Mr. Bates (who first explained the facts) gave the term "miniary." It is not implied by this term that the imitation is in any sense voluntary; but simply that the mimicking species bears so close an external resemblance to the form mimicked, that although wholly unlike in internal structure, the one is apt to be mistaken for the other. It is a resemblance that deceives, as will more clearly appear by an example taken from insect life in South America. There exists on that continent a group of butterflies—the Heliconia—rich in species, and abundant in individuals. They are gaily-colored insects, that fly about everywhere in the sunshine in the most leisurely fashion. Conspicuous on the wing, they are equally conspicuous when at rest, and might therefore be expected to fall a ready prey to the insectivorous birds, which abound in that region. The fact that they do not, as their marked abundance shows, suggested to naturalists the probability that they possessed some special means of protection. Experiment proved that the juices of their bodies had a strongly pungent odor, and as birds have been repeatedly found to reject such nauseous morsels, there is doubtless sufficient cause in their offensive taste and odor to explain the immunity from attack enjoyed by the Heliconia. It would plain- Georgian Aphorisms. Here are some timely aphorisms. Many a valuable lesson is conveyed in these few lines: Black sheep hide nightly easy in de dark. Better keep de rockin' cheer in de cabin lof till Sunday. You can't coax de mornin' glory to climb de wrong way round de cornstalk. Smart rabbits go home 'to' de snow done fallin'. Dead limb on de tree show itself when de buds come out. Cussun'd weather is mighty po' farmin'. It takes heaps o' licks to dribe a nail in de dark. Brutal Sport. Philadelphia, January 12. — David McWilliams, a coal miner living at Plymouth, Luzerne county, and Robert Tavish, a saloon keeper at Manayunk, were matched some time ago to "purr" for $250 a side. "Purring" is scientific shin-kicking, and the contestant who is most agile and best able to stand the punishment wins. The battle was fought shortly after midnight on Thursday night in Camden, and was won by McWilliams in the twenty-third round. The men were bare-legged from the knee to the ankle, and each wore No. 7 brogan boots. They were very much exhausted, and after an hour's kicking Tavish wanted to quit; but his friends insisted that he should go on. McWilliams' shins were badly cut and bruised, but they were nothing compared with Tavish's. In the next four rounds McWilliams went as he liked, and every time he kicked he inflicted an ugly cut or bruise. In the twenty-second round Tavish's seconds could not stop the flow of blood. They wanted to apply handages, but were not allowed to. McWilliams kicked Tavish five times in the twenty-third round and Tavish dropped like a log and refused to go on His legs from the knee to the ankle were covered with cuts and were as raw as beefsteak. Tavish's legs were washed in applejack brandy and he was driven to the ferry. Before the "purrers" reached Philadelphia their legs were swelled out of all proportions. A Fatal Omission. Because three essential words were omitted from the information, the Supreme Court granted a new trial to Herman Schmidt who was convicted in the Superior Court Butte county of murder for killing Schmidt on the 24th of last June. The information only charged that the accused "willfully, unlawfully and feloniously shoot; kill and murder M. Schmidt," or Murder being the unlawful killing of a man being with malice aforethought, or "malice aforethought" being a necessary greedient in the crime of murder, the Supreme Court decides that it must be therefore leged in the indictment. In this State has been held that words equivalent in this import may be substituted in the information for the words "malice aforethought" and in the information in question new these words nor words equivalent, thereby their import are used. This is a fatal omition, according to all authorities, rules Justice Sharpstein, with the concurrence of Chief Justice and Associates Thornton Ross. The Settlers' League. Hanford, Cal., Jan. 13. — A large meeting of the Settlers' League to-day passed request to the Legislature to take immediate action in regard to the original and amended Articles of Association of the Southern Railroad Company, and at once pass concurrent resolution requesting the Attorney-General of the State of California take steps in regard to said articles and other matters connected therewith as question demands. Reminiscences of Isaac Walton. It is an astonishing fact, that noteworthy standing the admirable example set by renowned Isaac Walton, there are but men in this world who really understand art of fishing. Walton always selected acluded little nook, and there he would all day long, in the shade, hooking speckled beauties. Now-a-days the average fisherman will sit for hours simmering in hot sun, and return home affected with headache, biliousness, and a score of other complaints, which none but Swayne's can cure. GAZETTE. JANUARY 20, 1883. NO. 15 ANY TREES TO THE ACRE? The Press and Horticulturist. Student at Los Angeles writes as trees to the acre, when planted thirty-two feet apart, with one in us: 32 feet 32 feet in the Press and Horticultura. ANSWER. quinconx is used in different above arrangement of four trees with one in the center is in the incunx. Worcester gives anon, and it is in this sense that used by orchardists: "An arf anything in rows, as trees, so each row are opposite the cereal between the FERTILIZERS FOR GRAPE VINES. Rural Press. If not trespassing too much upon your valuable time, I will be obliged if you will answer the following questions through the Press, of which I am a subscriber. I wish to know the best and cheapest manure for vines, or that which will give the largest and quickest returns for the money invested. My soil is a light sandy, and has to be irrigated some two or three times a year.—READER, Los Angeles county. The subject is one which probably many of our readers are considering, and a general review of the materials available will be timely. As experience in fertilizing grape land in this State is not extended, although there is now quite disposition toward it, we will seek a general statement of the requirements of the vine and the best way to meet them, as laid down in French authorities on vine growing. In the first annual report of Executive Officer Wetmore to the Viticultural Commissioners there is a translation of a manual on grape growing by Prof. Eaex, of the National Agricultural School at Montpelier. Therefrom we quote as follows: The vine requires at the same time nitrogen, phosphate of lime and potash; the first two seem to give the plant a powerful and vigorous vegetation, and the third appears to favor the production of sugar in the fruit. All fertilizers containing these three elements in suitable proportions, and sufficient phosphates; then, potash, in alkaline or sulphatic salts of Berre, sulphate of potash, chloride of potassium, sulphide of potassium, and the divers carbonates of potash (calta of beet roots, saint potash). Although, as we have just said, we are generally guided by the price of the desired element, in the divers forms just given, nevertheless many of them act better than others on the vine, or in certain conditions of the soil. Chloride and sulphide of potassium and nitrate of potash, for instance, seem to yield better results than the other salts of potash, and, in order to introduce phosphoric acid in calcareous soil, only superphosphates should be used, neutral phosphates not producing sensible effects in such land. Chemical composts are generally absorbed the first year. It is well to use farmyard manure alternately with the latter. This review of French authority on the subject may aid our readers in their inquiries as to what is most available in their own localities. VARIETIES TO PLANT. OFFICE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PACKING COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 1882. Ed. RURAL CALIFORNIAN:—At your request I will say a word in regard to the planting of orchards for the coming markets. The day for planting anything and everything in the way of fruits that may be offered has passed away, and the time has come VARIETIES TO PLANT. OFFICE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PACKING COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 1882. ED. RUBAL CALIFORNIAN: At your request I will say a word in regard to the planting of orchards for the coming markets. The day for planting anything and everything in the way of fruits that may be offered has passed away, and the time has come when the greatest precaution in selection is needed. I will only premise by saying the best fruits to be canned are the best of their kind, also for shipping; hence my suggestions will cover both grounds for planting. First is the Apseot, which will be one of our chief shipping canned fruits for years to come. I would advise the Royal, a variety closely resembling the Moorpark; sometimes called the Early Moorpark. We have purchased it under some four or five different names during the past season. A few Early Golden these are too soft to hold well, and when the old Moorpark succeeds well, it is to be recommended for a late variety. It is longer coming into bearing than other kinds, however. In Peaches, we favor the Foster, Jones' Scalling, Salway, Bergen Yellow, Smock's Late and Lemon Ging. No Crawfords, unless the Late Crawfords, as by the time those now planted will come into bearing the caneries will not use them. The Salway will always sell and bring a good price. Foster takes the place of a Crawford, and is sound; a quality much desired by all canneries. In Pears we pronounce in favor of the Bartlett, Flemish Beauty and Winter Neble. The Green Gage, Damson, and Vigar are our choice for Plums. Promises we use mostly for drying, but would advise planting the German and Hungarian. The day is coming when Orange Quinces will be good capital, and where they succeed as they do in a great many places, we would not heatate to advise their planting. Nectarines should also receive more attention than they do now. Coming into market as they do, good Nectarines, as the Large White and Golden Purple, will always find a ready sale. The blackberry is a small fruit, much sagged, but one that will pay a good return. We were unable to get any last season, the demand making prices beyond our reach for profit. We have grown blackberries by the acre in Central Ohio, where we only counted on two crops out of three, or three out of five years, and made $100 per acre net, at 4 cents per pound. Here there is no drawback to success, and no waste. The bushes can be set between orange trees for the first five years, or longer if desired. Strawberries will pay if pickers can be secured whenever needed. Fatal Omission. Three essential words were omitted in information, the Supreme Court now trial to Herman Schmidt, convicted in the Superior Court of twenty of murder for killing M. the 24th of last June. The inculpation that the accused unlawfully and feloniously did and murder M. Schmidt," etc., being the unlawful killing of a husband with malice aforethought, and unrethought" being a necessary in the crime of murder, the Supreme Court that it must be therefore alone indictment. In this State it is told that words equivalent in their form be substituted in the informative words "malice aforethought," information in question neither nor words equivalent thereto in what are used. This is a fatal omission to all authorities, rules Justin, with the concurrence of the Justice and Associates Thornton and The Settlers' League. Cal., Jan. 13. A large meet-Settlers' League to-day passed at the Legislature to take immediate regard to the original and amended Association of the Southern Paid Company, and at once pass a resolution requesting the Attorment of the State of California to en regard to said articles and such persons connected therewith as the demands. Rescences of Isaac Walton. astonishing fact, that notwithstanding example set by the Isaac Walton, there are but few world who really understand the g. Walton always selected a seenook, and there he would sit in the shade, hooking the cannies. Now-a-days the average will sit for hours simmering in the return home affected with sick biliousness, and a score of other which none but Swayne's Pills two tons is used to the hectare, and the effect lasts for four or five years. Horn (fourteen and eighty six hundredths per cent. of nitrogen and forty six and fourteen hundredths per cent. of phosphate of lime and magnesium) acts still more slowly than rags. It is the same with old leather, which, for this reason, must be decomposed before being used, in composts of lime, or fermented in manure. Residuum of grapes contains one and seventy-one hundredths per cent. of nitrogen, and about five-tenthhs per cent. of potash. Owing to its acidity it should be used either in calcareous soil, or after having been mixed with powdered lime, or with wood ashes. Reeds, seaweed, chips, etc., may be applied in heavy soil, after having been coarsely chopped, or in lighter soil after being previously decomposed. These divers fertilizers contain nitrogen in the following quantities: Box, one and seventeen one hundredths per cent.; reeds, forty-three hundredths per cent.; seaweed, from forty to forty-five hundredths per cent. Soot contains one and fifteen one hundredths per cent. of nitrogen, and a rather large proportion of phosphate of lime and salts of potash; therefore it produces very remarkable effects on the vine, especially in calcareous soil. Two or three tons are used to the hectare. Its action is annual, or nearly so. Divers chemical composts, containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potash may be used, either as complements to other incomplete composts, or mixed together in suitable proportions to satisfy in themselves all requirements of the vine. In this last case the following formula may be used, for which we are indebted to Mr. George Ville, and which has yielded good results: Superphosphate of lime Res to the hectare 1,323 Nitrate of potash Res to the hectare 441 Nitrate of soda Res to the hectare 821 Sulphate of lime Res to the hectare 692 Furthermore, we may use advantageously a mixture of: Sulphate of ammonia Res to the hectare 602 Alkaline salts of boric Res to the hectare 684 Superphosphate of lime Res to the hectare 1,103 In addition to these, many other compositions of this nature are possible, according as it is easier or cheaper to procure such and such product containing one of the elements sought for. For example, nitrogen may be found in the sulphates and nitrates of ammonia, and in nitrates of potash or soda; phosphoric acid, in ordinary mineral phosphates, bones, animal charcoal, and super- The editor of the Spirit of the Times is not a stingy civil service advocate. He says: "We have always opposed the filling of offices under Republican rule with Democrats, and we are equally opposed to the filling of office under Democratic rule by Republicans. We trust that the incoming administration will see to it that wherever there is a Republican official, taken in the act, shoot him politically, on the spot. We are in favor of politics pure and unadulterated politics all the time, and it would be the light of affection to say otherwise. The Democrats won the last fight, and they won it fairly, squarely and honorably, and they are entitled to all there is in it, of patronage and power." WHEELING (W. Va.), Jan. 12. Mrs. H. Cunningham, a widow, at noon to-day threw her three-year old boy from the suspension bridge at Fairmont into the Monongahele river, a distance of 52 feet, and then jumped herself. Both were rescued after floating over the dam below the bridge, and with difficulty were resuscitated. No cause is assigned for the act. "Facts speak plainer than words." Proof... "The Doctor told me to take a blue pill, but I didn't; for I had already been poisoned twice by mercury. The druggist told me to try Kidney-Wort, and I did. It was just the thing for my biliousness and constipation, and now I'm as well as ever." A.P.Sanford. Sold in both dry and liquid form. VISITING CARDS at the GAZETTE Office