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FAK2II AND HOME*
How to Use Fertilizers
The Scientific American, excellen
authority, says on thia subject;
In general, the use of a single fertilizer
will be found profitable as a farm prac
tice only in connection with manure or
on land in strong heart, and the poor
farmer will never succeed in enhancing
the cropping capacity of his farm to an
increased profitable jiosition through the
use of one fertilizer alone. Much of the
discredit which artificial feitiliz-rs have
won has risen from a non appreciation
of the fact that they cannot supersede
dung, but must be used in connection
with other plant food. A superphosphate
or a nitrogenous, or a potassic manure
can always find place on a farm, but can
never take the place of manure in farm
practice, and the sooner this falsejhopeis
destroyed, the better it will be for all co
cerned. A mixtureof chemicals or other
elements containing the food that plants
require does, however, offer promise o'
practical results, on the farm, and can
beoffVrel in competition with dung, so
far as the result in crops is concerned.
This, then, is the promise of the com
plete fertilizer; if the farmer has dung
sufficient for five acres only and wishes
to cultivate ten or twenty or more, in
addition to what his dung supply will
allow, then lie must rely on the complete
fertilizer for every acre in addition to
what his dung will cover. The expe
rience of ages has shown the reliability
of dung; all the best modern expert
merits we have show the efficacy of a
mixture of chemicals in taking the place j
of dung, provided they supplement the
soil supply so as to furnish to the
crops the elements shown by analysis
to exist in dung. We cannot fairly !
oompare a superphosohate in its results,
with dung; a single element with a {
complete fertilizer. The recognition of
this fact by farmers will make a revolu- j
tion in farming, and will disperse much
of the fog which interested parties have
thrown about the question of fertilizers.
In a final word, all the best experiences
and experiments, as we interpret their
meaning, point certainly to the facts we
heri claim, that the single fertilizer
element must find its profitable use in
connection with other manures, while the
complete fwrtilizers alone can be expected
to furnish material in a form for farm
practice, and is theonly form of artificial
fertilization as yet discoverd which offers
a means of extending an arable land be
yond the ability of the dung heaps to
supply.
Culture of Cabbags.
A prominent farmer of New York
State writes:
Since the advent of the cabbage worm
almost everyone has been at a loss to
know wlmt to do to raise a few cabbages.
Some have tried one thing and some tried
another, and mostly to no purpose. I.ast
year 1 set about three hundred and
thirty fine plants aid picked off the
worms lay hand us they came, for about
two weeks, which took about two hours
each riay. This seeming to he too much
work, and ns I have a well of soft water
near by, I took a five-pail kettle, set it
near lha well and put into it r. pint ol
soft soap and the same of salt and then
filled it up with water. I let this stand
till the water was warmed by the sun,
and then, after stirring it up well, I took
my water pot and applied it at the rate
of about a gallon to forty heads, [rutting
it iu the center, I did this every day,
nnd the result was I had the nicest and
bar Jest cabbage that were ever raised.
I had no trouble to get ten cents [tor
1 oad, although cabbage was very cheap
here. Some make n practice of buying !
their plants, hut I would not give one
cent per hundred unless I knew what I
was getting. I use Comstock & Oo.’s
Premium Fiat Dutch. They are the
best late cabbages I can find.
Fat Horses
There is a tendency at this season to
feel too much grain and get the horses
too fat. This is done st the ex|K'n> of I
muscle, because an animal kept con- |
stantly at work will not get "hog fat," j
the food going to furnish tissue and !
muscle is used up and destroyed. Not so j
with an animal kept in a stall nnd given
no exercise, except, perhaps, that ob
tained while being led to water. Th
amount of grain fed should be,reduced
and a plentiful supply of hay kept in
the racks at all times. When possible,
the horses should be giveo the free run
of the yard every day. If only given
their liberty occasionally, they are liable
to ruu and jump to exeeas. Many j
valuable animals have been lost by
rupture or a fall obtained through giving j
exercise to exubeiant animal spirit*.
Swt Potato Plants. j
Many persons have a difficulty in rais-1
leg sweet potato plants. An experienced
larmer says: "As 1 have had uniform
success in raising fine plants it may not
be out of place to give my method of lay
ing up the tubers ; Dig out the old mold
ot your pit about two feet deep and fill
up with fresh horse manure. Cover the
manure about three inches deep with the
mold that was thrown out, and on this
lay the tubers, covering them also with
mold about two inches deep. Don’t use
glass; the plants don’t come quite a
soon, but are ranch hardier. The >vd
should be sprinkled every morning with
warm water and covered st night with
carpet or matting. Cane should Iv taken
not to let cold rains fall on the plants.
Th, Household.
Use Colo Meat.— Prepare iner t
as for hash ; make it in rolls (like a
sausage) by bin diil£ it with ar w -j;
'<? *.4t mi! ctrefuily .a cabbtge-ha
and boil one u.a’o to - dree-quarter* <>t an
hour in weak stock.
External Pile Remedy.—Carbonate
of lead, one half ounce; sulphate mor
phia, fifteen grains; stramonium oint
ment, one ounce ; olive oil, twenty drops.
Mix and apply three times a day, of
oftener, as the pain msy require.
Jamaica Ginger Beer.—One bottle
of Jamaica ginger extract, six quarts of
water, one ounce of cream tartar, one
pound sugar ; stir well until the sugar is
melted; adJ the grated peel of one lem
on ; heat until warm, but not hot; add
one tablespoonful of brewer's yeast; stir
well and bottle ; wire down the corks.
It will,be fitto drink in four or five
days. . _ . .
Chilblain Liniment.—One drachm
s ucar of lead, two drachma white vitriol
powder, and add four ounces water;
shake well before using ; the best time for
application is in the evening; it is not to
Ire used on broken chilblains.
Oyster Savce for Codfish.— One
! quarto! oysters, (when buying them ask
j fora little extra liquor), put over the
! fire, rub up a piece of butter size of a
-mall egg, with two even teaspoonfuls
| fl-ntr, stir this in the oysters till dis-
I solved, pepper and salt to taste, and on
i rio account let it boil but just one instant
• the oysters must not Ire hard This is
enough to serve with cod of eight pounds
i for twelve persons, as first course before
; meat.
Universal Cement.— Curdle skim
I milk with rennet or vinegar, press eut
l the whey, and dry the curd at a gentle
heat as rapidly as possible. When quite
; dry, reduce to a very fine powder. Then
take of powdered curd, ten drachms;
powdered quicklime, one drachm ; pow
dered camphor, 8 grains ; mix ; keep in
tighly corked vials. To join earthenware,
etc., the powder is made into a paste,
with a little warm water, and apply
immediately.
To Destroy Bed-Bugs,—One ounce
of corrosive sublimate to one pint of
alcohol; with the feather end of a goose
quill apply the remedy to all the crevices
and wood work ; the black dots will in
dicate where the bugs’ hotel is. The
bottle should be labeled poison, and
placed where It will not be used by mis
take, or what remains thrown away. No
second edition of bugs will issue after the
use of this infallible remedy. Any
druggist can mix it. A pint will be
enough for four beds.
William M. Tweed.
The life of the notorious “Boss”
Tweed, whose death in Ludlow street
jail, New York, occurred Friday, is
summed up in the following:
William Marcy Tweed was horn in
New York, April 3, 1823, and was conse
quently 66 years old at the time of his
I death. He learned the trade of chair
making and afterwards was admitted to
the bar. In 1852-3 he became an alder
man, in 1853 a congressman, and from
that lime until 1871 lie held some office
or other, principally local, although from
1857 to 1871 he was state senator. In
April, 1870, he was appointed commis
sioner of the department of public works
in New York city, and while holding
this office, “ Tammany Ring,” of which
Tweed was the leader, came into special
notoriety because ol the barefaced robbery
of the city treasury, particularly in con
nection with the construction of the now
pity court house. The outrage became so
palpable that on October 28,1874, Tweed
(and many others) was arrested in a
civil suit brought in behalf of the peo
ple. His hail was fixed at $1,000,000,
which he furnished. Iu November he
was re-elected to the state senate, but
did not take It is seat. On December
Kith he was arrested on a criminal
charge of fraud, but released on $5,000
bail. January SO, 1873, the first suits
were tried, hut the jury disagreed. No
vember 10th he was found guilty of fraud
and sentenced to twelve years’imprison
ment and to pay a fine of $12,500.
Ho was sent to Blackwell's Island, and
was sub-equently disbarred. April
7th, 18/5, a suit was commenced
against him to recover, for the people,
$0,000,000. Various other smaller suits
were brought, but the above are the
principal. June 16th, 1875, the
court of appeals liberated him from
imprisonment, claiming that the
lower court had exoeeded its authority
in passing cumulative sentence. Tweed
was then ordered to find hail in the sum
of $3,000,000 for the civil suit pending
against him. This he was unable to do,
and was sent to Ludlow street jail. On
December 4th, while he was visiting his
residence in the custody of two keepers,
he escaped. He was re-captured in 1877,
iu Vigo, Spain, and taken again to
Ltidlow-street jail, where he remained up
to the time of his death. He had been
premise/1 immunity from further im
prisonment if he would disclose the
rascalities of the •* ring,” and he did
partially tell the truth, and his evidence
was used in numerous cases. From
many of the other members of the “ring”
the city recoveied large amounts, hut
Tweed had disposed of his property in
such way that nothing remained to seize.
. " Fhlirtatiou—l’hairest Phlora 1”
hilled an amorous youth, “ phorever dis
miss your phears, and phly with one
whose phervent phaury is phixed on you
alone. Phriends, phamily, phather—
phorget them, and think only of the
phelieity of the phuture! Phew j>hel
lows are so phastidious as your Pher
dittand, so pheign not phondness if you
pheel it not. Phorego phrolic, and an
swer phinally, Phlora.” "Oh, Pher
dinand, vou phool,” she cooed.
“ In selecting a husband,” said Mrs.
Puffer, "above all things choose a man
of cultivation.” This remarked harrowed
the girl to such an extent that she went I
o 1 and married a larmer.
..‘'That’s the sort of umbrella that
people appropriate, said a gint.emaa to
a companion one mormog, holding up tc.
his gaze a very handsome silk parachute.
“ Yes," rejoined his companion quietly,
“ I thought so when I saw you holding
it.” ______________
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Emphatic Condemnation of Subsides.
• The Thirty-second Parallel Rond can be
Constructed without Pledilof the
Public Credit.
The Texas and Pacific Railroad.
SYNOPSIS OF THE MINORITY REPORT.
The Pacific Railroad committee of the Hour*
having by a vote of neven to six agreed to re
port the Texaa Pacific Bill favorably—two or
more of the ttevtti expre.iug th*ir desire to
amend it. or defeat it on the floor—the minor
ity momWt! blhr.nr*. Morri.-on, Lauder*, Latr
treli, Blair, Bice and Hewitt have atatod their
view* in a Report of which the following are
the material portions:
Wo are uuabie to concnr in the view* of the
m ijority of the committee, but deuire the adop
tion by Congress of auch meaaureH aa wnl e
-cure the early conatruotion of a tranaconti
neotal railroad for the apecial uae and develop
ment of the Southern and Southwestern Statea
and ie ritorlea. We believe that <hi* import
ant object can be accompliHhed without aubaidy
from tno government, and aubmit the follow
ing view* and the accompanying bill for the
consideration of the Houae :
TUB rUKHENT CONDITION OF THE BOTJTHEBN LINE.
The Texaa and Pacific IU 1 way company, a
a corj K,r,lllon of the State of Texaa, in the
year 1871 waa author. 2ed by Congreea to con
h tract its r ail and tele, raph from Marahall, In
Eaatern Texaa, along and near the tbirty
aeoond parallel of North latitude, through that
State and the Territoriea otf New Mexico and
Arizona to San Diego, a email city on the Pacific
co&Mt, on the bay of the name name, supposed
to be well adapted to commercial purpo-en, and
having a population of 4 O<X) to 5,000 people.
The diHtance from Marahafi to San Diego la
*eßtimat©d at 1,574 miles by the authoriUeti of
the Texan and Pacific compaay, while those of
the Southern Paciho coin* any believe it to be
about 10U mileM groater.
Failing to meet them* provision*, the Texas and
Pacific company baa obtalued by construction and
purchase ami has now In ojeratiou 413 miles of
road, which enclose a parallelogram in Northeastern
T*-xas, having a base of ItS miles, extending from
Marshall to Fort Worth, now the western terminal*
of the road, which only is a part of the trunk line.
The remainder of the 443 miles is so located as to
secure the more valuable lands granted by the Htate
of Texas, probably because the pecuniary embaraHS
meuts of the oouipany were such that its credit was
based chiefly upon the granted lands. There is
tlius remaining of the trunk line between Fort
Worth and Hhu Diego a distance of 1,431 miles upon
which nothing has been done.
Of the ten years allowed by the charter within
which to complete this groat work only four remain,
und a considerable portion of one of these must
elapse before the enactment of the desired legisla
tion is ]K>sslble. Hlx-teuths of the tirno has been
consumed in the construction of less than oue
elghth of the trunk Hue, and that at the Kasterly
terminus, In close connection with the gr* at middle
system of roads and the central belt of Hlates,
rather than with the Southern system of roads and
the Houthern Htates.
The corporation has fallen thus far short of the
performance of its undertaking, although it received
from the Htate of Texas the munificent grant of
the alternate sections of laud for forty nnies In
width along each side of Its line, or eighty miles iu
all, through the Htate ol Texas, and the same from
the United States through the Territories and in
California, contingent upon its compliance with the
conditions of the grant.
TH* HUnsiDT DKSIttKD MOUIt THAN THE ItOAD
The credit of the Texas and Pacific company
seriously impaired before the panic of 1873, and
under its Influence has still further declined. It
admits its pecuniary inability, and assigns that sh a
reason for Its failure to comply with the conditions
lmjKjßed upon it by law.
In 18.'ft it applied to Congress for a subsidy of
over $410,000,00 la addition to Its land grant of 22,-
628,01 Ki acres in Texas, and 18,000,000 in the terri
tories, Ihung a money subsidy of twice the probable
oust ol building and equipping its road.
The application failed. It now changes the form
rather tniiii the substance of its request, and aska
for a guaranty of Interest on $<(6,000 a mile for the
easier, und su,o 0 for the heavier portions of the
road, amounting In all t 0538,600,000 at five per cent,
annually, for fifty yearn.
The bonds of the government bearing four and a
half per cent Interest have recently i>eeu sold at
lar In reiundlug the national debt. If the public
faith is kept and its credit unimpaired, the time Is
not remote when the government will be able to
effect loans at tho rates of three and three and a
half per cent., ns now paid by England. The dif
ference between the Interest on these five per cent.
Texas and Pacific lionds for fifty years and the
ordinary rates which the government will have to
p.iy on the same amount tor the same time, If
invested as it might bo by the government for the
payment of its own debl, would amount to much
more than the cost of the road, so that the govern
ment would be far bot er off to build the road and
give It to the Texas and Pacific company outright
than to guarantee the Interest on its five per oeut.
Illt-year bonds, according to Its request.
The total amount of interest by the
government would If paid into a sinking fund
amount to more than $70.),000,04.0 In fifty years, and
we are called upon to guarantee the payment of this
nun In addition to the proceeds of the land grant
In order to enable tho Texas and Pacific company to
complete Its road.
Wo are opposed to all pecuniary subsidies and
guarantees by tho government In whatever form
for the benefit of railroads at this time, however de
sirable their construction. In time of peace pri
vate capital seeking profitable investment will gen
erally promote commercial development quite as
fast as Is consistent with safety and permanent
prosperity. If th ■ men In charge of a meritorious en
terprise command the confidence of capitalists, or
even the too-easily won trust of the mid.He clas.-es,
there is no need of calling upon tho nation for sub
sidies or guarantees.
THE SOUTHKBN PACIFIC HAILUOAD.
The Houthern Pacific Railroad company is a cor
poration of the State of California.
This corporation hte constructed Its road to Fort
Yuma, on the Easterly bank of the Colorado River,
lu ‘he Southwesterly corner of. the Territory of
Arizona, which it claims to tie the authorized point
of connection with the Texas and Pacific Road, a
distance of about 720 miles. Its track has been
laid through and ov. r extraordinary natural ob
stacles at tno expense of about $60,0 0,000, und the
miles of Its Southern portion passes through a
desert and for 104 miles nearest the Colorado with
out an ousts. This road, bu'lt to preserve the char
ter. ts ot little value except tor its anticipated con
nections with the Houthern States from which ow
ing to the failure of the Texas and Pacific company
to comply with the requisitions ot law, it Is now
more than 1.200 miles distant.
The road Is already there with Its of
money invested over a sai dy waste, upon the
faith of the government that the Texas and llnflc
lload should be constructed so as to meet It at the
Colorado River or iu the event of the failure of
that oor|)oration so to do tliat Congress should take
such measures as should enable It to oouuect with
the Southern States of the Union.
POSITION or THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
The Southern Pacific Railroad, by force of the
absolute necessity of its securing Eastern connec
tions as soon aa possible, in order to preserve its
capital, Is theonly party which has both the power
and the disposition to build this road.
The Houthern Pacific company interposed no op
poeition to the guarantee a-ked by the Texas and
Pacific *ast oi the Ri • Grande; but contemplating
the contingency of the denial of guarantee of bonds
to the Texas aud Pacific company, and the conse
quent total collapse of its undertaking, strongly in
sisted that Justice required that they should not be
held in check aw aiting the result of continued appli
cations by the Texas and Pacific company for the
n ouoy or credit of the nation with which to per
forin what the Southern Pacific was ready to do im
mediately for the laud graut alone.
To this bill the Texas aud Pacific company ob
jected. The only argument entitled to weight,
m our opinion, w’as that the Southern Pacific, con
necting with the ocean at San Francisco, and
having intimate business relations with the Ceutial
pacific Railroad, might enter into comb nations
with that corporation against the public interest,
and that the advantages of competition and of an
occasional connection st San Diego would then be
lost.
COMPETITION AND COMBINATION.
We believe tliat any competition between rival
parallel lines of railroad for the same business,
which results In a loss to the companies, is sure to
end in cue of two ways, cither in a combination by
which the public will lose far more than it has ever
gaiued from competition, or, on the other hand, in
the rulnoua cutting of rates persisted in until the
weaker corporation ts ruined, the publio Is left to
the rapaci: vof th© survivor. There is no real pro
tection to the public but in the enforcement ot the
law of the Und. Competition which takes from
corporations just compensation Is quite as ruinous
as combination which gives them too much.
No one can believe that the Texas and Pacific
company would, after constructing its line to the
Pacific Ocean, long compete with any rival to its
owu loss or even *o as to produce any reduction of
rates below the maximum to which the public would
submit; or that it would fail to repair its losses
or increase it* gains whenever an opportunity j
might offer. We repeat that nothing but the law,
and the enforcement of the law by the government, •
can protect the public against the love ol gain ■
which la inherent iu hnraan nature.
Thia truth is recognized by the bill of the Texaa
and Pacific company reported by the majority of !
the commit tee, and stringent provisions are therein
made to hold that corporation within the i
bounds of Justice and law; very unusual safeguards '
being provided for is tvneideratum of the fact that
the government iteel! is really required by the bid 1
tc furnish the means necessary to build the road !
and give to the projectors an additional bonus of
$ O.tM'. v* . R<*~ rlctifus and conditions in a char-
L r can be enforced by the mactunary of the law
agai; st one corporation as* well as another.
RELATIONS OF TH* SOCTHIRN CENTRAL AND
TEXAS FACTFTC ROADS TO EACH OTHER AND TO
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Assuming that the Southern Pacific is control’ed
by the Centra: Pacific (which is denied) the \ i* the
-i.rcnige>! reason to supp jm that th s circumstance
woulu operate rather to tho benefit than to the iu- 1
; tty ot the South and Southwest. T e v.V'e
•gib of the o :-a: Pacific is about SM uni
T ' - • to PavuV frt u Han F,.u isco ' *
’ .do •- More tL.m 7*\i miles. Add to .
vropos-d extansiou of eod milos. an: *h. •*. a
toe l,.iV au.-s •ud we be leva it probable m.v Le
Noutheru Pac'.Lc ad extend it* liue R**ter!y across
Tevas, uuW* t e de-ured subsidy shou.d enaUe the
Tex a* Pscifiv' company to form the connection at
IU Paso.
Therefor/-. If Ben Franeluco wouUl be the point to |
which all bol *omd converge-the focus of
inUu-l and oceanic commnnlc tion on the P:iflo
ehoree—the bouthern Paoiflo branch offer* to this
imagined Oemral and Southern combination the
eatninge of at lea-t 1,80) miles of roud against BUO
on the Central facilic. Which branch, then, wffi
this suppo.ed combination most natnrahy cmp.oyr
Impelled hv Its own interests, its own investments,
aAtfcoanectiotie, what s.-ction of the country will it
seek to develop: I- it not apparent that waatever
may have been its previous purposes, by virtue of
the proposed esteioion of its line, it is at once
converted into essentially a bontuern road? It la
no reply to this to ey that owning the Western
ends of the M'.idle and Hontbern routes it wni
Mookade both until its elections are complied with,
for the biii we recommend erpresoy reserves and
coalers upon Congress f.r gr-ator powers of con
trol over the Bouthern PaciUcthan are contained m
the hill reported by the ms Jonty, and so long as
th/- people are so disponed they can protect mem
sz/lves by the same methods which most. bw rf-ortsd
to in order to performance of their ctslga
tiorm by the Texas and Paclilc company, and with
no greater powers ol resistance on the part cf the
one than the other, except that the restriction.iln
tun oigaulc law of the Southern PaciHo are the
morsotringent and explicit. Again, for what busl
n/ a. wtil this BUpi/osed competition arise ? aha
Southern road should be built to benefit the South
ern States I>o these States expect that the Central
aud Union Pacific cau or ever will oompete with a
Southern road for the commerce of the Southern
States? The Middle and Southern line migut In
deed compete for business in the latitude of New
York and PuUsdeJphla, but the Pennsylvania Oeu
tral Railroad aud its 6,U o milea of trunk and west
ern connections does not tuD through the South
Atlantic, the Gulf and Southwestern States any
more than does the Union Pacific and its easterly
extensions via Chicago to New York. Is not this
monster (speaking after the manner of the major
ity) the more dangerous rather because, while the
nearer to them, it is yet not of tnem, and If they
en’arge its power, are they not the surer to beoorns
Its victims aud to pour lorever their tribute into
the lap of Middle Atlantic Statea? Will not the
Southern business, If It has a fair chance, go over
the Houthern route, no matter who bnllds It or who
runs It? Uau that business ever bs forood north
erly to Omaha 7 Coming from the Occident how
can transportation eluub the rtlerra# via that city to
lx? distributed in Georgia and Florida and South
Carolina when there 1h communication along the
tbirty-seoond parallel ? Uow, then, can there ever
be any competition by the Union snd Central Paci
fic lor the business of these Southern Htate* ?
It Is al-o worthy of Dotiee that In the last Con
giess the Texas and Pacific company entered into
an arrangement with the Houthern Pacific by which
the former was to build aud own Easterly, and the
Utter to build and own Westerly, meeting at the
Rio Grande, ia there, then, either senae or sincer
ity in this pralae of competition and denunciation of
combination—all for th'* public good T
The truth is that a subsidy is of more consa
qaenee than the railroad to those who ask for it,
while to those who will have to pay for both, ths
railroad is the principal thing.
WILL THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY BUILD
THE ROAD 7
We submit that It will work great wrong to the
Houthern Pacific Railroad corporation, to the great
South and Southwest, and to the whole country to
reject this bill and to enaot the bill recommended
by the majority of the committee In the Interest of
tho Texas ana Pacific company, or to reject this
bill under any circumstances. This measure does
not antagonize, nor did the Southern Pzciflc Rail
road antagonize before us any railroad project,
branch, or connection East of the Rio Grande.
It simply asks t > build 600 milea of railroad half
way from the Colorado to Fort Worth the present
Westeily terminus of the Texas aud Pacino com
pany, and ninety additional miles in California, to
complete the Han Diego connection, without any
public aid and subject to ail reaaonable restrictions
In tho public interest. True, It deeires the land
grant but wo do not recommend It, because we be
lieve that this corporation will build the road with
out.
Should the representatives of that portion of the
country chiefly to be benefited, not by the subsidy
but by the road, defeat this measure, it Is difficult
lor uh to see how they can reasonably expect the
rt'flt of the country to consent to burdeh the tax
-1 uyer and embaraart our policy with the most dan
gerous precedent, which would exhaust the Treas
ury with hundrMluof aubMldles throughout the uu
ii&i ited future of the nation.
Tt would seem 'lmpossible for any man to JnstlTy
himself to his oonstituenoy and to his oouutry at
large lu a course which depletes the Treasury whea
al that is desired is attainable without expense to
the p ople.
VIEWS OF MESSRS. LUTTRELL AND BLAIR.
Both the act aud its amendments required as a
condition precedent that the work should be prose
cuted simultaneously from the liaatern and Western
te, mini. By the act of 1872 there were required to
bo completed not less than suo miles on tile main
hue in Texas and not less than 111) miles lu Califor
nia by May 2, 1878, whereas, in fact, lees than 200
miles of the main line have been completed Wester
ly from the Marshall terminus In Texas, and not one
mile or even a foot, from San DiAgo Easterly.
There lias been a marked failure on the part of the
company to comply with the terms on which the
lunl* and franchises were granted. Thia contingency
ol failure was, by the caution of Congress, foreseen
an I provided for lu both Acts, by a proviao that—
Upon failure to so complete it, Congress may
adopt such measures as it may deem neoessary and
proper to secure it* speedy completion.”
In this attitude of affairs it represent* that it
would be a great hardship to be compelled to wait
iiuletnitely upon a disabled oouipany for a connect
ing road from the East, and aHks of n the privilege
of continuing its road Eastward through the Terri
tories to the Rio Grande and as much farther as
might l>e necessary to meet the Texas roads within
six years, buch is the desire for an outlet to the
East, whidi sh <ll admit it to participation in through
overland traflJo that it offers that If its request be
granted toconstruot a liue to Han Diego Harbor in
addition t its present ocean termini, aud to prorate
on througi business with all Eastern connections
to San Francisco or other points, aud to allow Con
grees to injose the r.it*<e and fares on the line be
tween its Eastern and Western termini at Pacific
ports, altnongb asking no aid of the United States
which it b not its advantage for Congress to grant.
This is ritber more than it is within the power of
the othei company to offer. No good and satisfae
tory reason Is found why this proposition should
not bcpiomptly aud cheerfully accepted.
FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT.
Two propositions are before us looking to that
end. One of them, the Texas aud Pacific, seeks to
retain lis land grant from the United States,
amounting to 18,000,1k.0 acres, to obtain two years’
a Ulitiomi time, and a special and extraordinary
grant of he credit of the nation lu the form of an
endorsement upon $38,75 ,000 o.' the company's
bonds, pledging it to the payment of five per cent,
gold interest for fifty years.
The other, the Houthern Pacific, asks only our
sauctionto continue its road eastward across the
territories within the same time, but without any
other or further assistance than the contiguous
grant of lands now at the disjiosal of Congress.
Wh’obof these two propositions aa guardians of
the publio Interest can we adopt? Which of these
two caul dates, as practical business men, ought
we to Intrust with thia undertaking? Wo should
select the proposition mo*.t faVorab e to the good of
the poop!*. It would t-eem that by the charter the |
grant of land along the thirty second parallel liue
lu the territories was made double that of the
pioneer line by the forty-first parallel, as if In lieu
of future aid m money or credit.
Were we administering our own private business
oomd w for a mouieut hesitate between these of
fers, oEe of which, besides being an undeserved
favor, involves grave responsibilities, dangerous
preoedeut and great risk*, while the other avoids
all commitment*. i] doubtful policy, and insures
all its proffered benefits within the same time with
out the risk of a dollar of the people’s money or
Ovdit? We conceive we are not hero as the al
moners of the bounty of the government to its citl
t'ens or corporations, but as guardians of the publio
welfare and trustees of its property and credit of
the uatkm. Bworu to obey the constitution aud pro
tect the best Interests of the people, and in tills view
we cannot concur in the report of the majority,
which propones to grant a subsidy or guarauty oi
$38,75(1,000 of the people's money or credit to a cox
po ration.
The Youth’s Advice.
Tbe architect who plana high front
steps to a house is in league with certain
boys who have a “large and assorted
stock” of meanness born in their natures.
Proof of this can bo found any day in
i tbe week in Detroit, and the latest was
1 gathered in no later than Saturday after
| noon. A very nice young man, dressed
ill the nobbiest style and sporting a cane
which never cost less than a dollar,
walked up the high front steps of a Jef
ferson avenue mansion and pulled the
beil. It was plain enough, even to the
driver of a street car, that*'the young
man had an affection for someone in that
house and that he was about to meet hie
charmer. But it wasn’t so plain to a
stubnosed boy who was drawing a picture
ot an Indian warrior on the flagstones
with a piece of indigo. He looked up,
quit his work, and loafing along to the
gate he called out :
“ Them air folks don't wantany patent
tooth-paste to day !’’
The nobby young man gave a sudden
.-tart of surprise, but be in-tantly real
,-sd the vastness of the gult separating
ini and that street boy, and he did no*,
reply.
“ Our folks don’t want any clothes
wrirgers to-day. and you want to hear
ue 1* called the bay.
The young man heard him. Several
: edt striacs also heard him, and as they
s-ked up the young man wondered why
10 oce answered the hell.
“ I'm telling you, fellow up there,"
said the boy, " that we don't keep no
boarding house here I If you want cheap
board you muat go around the corner
and three blocks straight on. Do you
propose to pay in advance ?”
Ab no one came to the door the young
man pulled the bell again.
“I’m telling you that you can’t pass
yourself off on us as a grasshopper suf
ferer !” shouted the hoy. “If you want
some cold vittlee go around to the side
gate I’ 1
Four pedestrians had halted on the
other side of the street, and the young
man looked down on the boy and softly
said:
"Boy, can you cateh ten cents ?”
“ Wc don’t sign no petlshuns here for
a national menument to the inventor of
the dish-pan !” replied the boy. “ What
I’m talking to you is that you want to go
around to the cook’s door.”
The youiig man wished a wish contain
ing 413 grains fine that the builder of
those high steps had been dead for forty
years, but the door didn’t open and the
boy hung right to him calling out:
" Hain’t I been telling you that you
can’t get in there ? You may be the
private watchman on this block, hut you
can’t go around pulling front door-bells
and putting on airs! If I have to argy
much longer I’ll call the police I”
“ I’ve got half a dollar here, hoy!”
said the young man as he turned around.
“ Let’s see how it looks 1” softly re
plied the lad.
But the half dollar was at hom. The
youDg man searched for it in vain, and
the disgusted boy turned to the men
across the street and called out :
“ Isn’t it agin the law for a fellow to
be taking a beeswax impression of a front
door lock in the daytime?”
They started to come over, and the
young man hurried down the steps and
up the street. He gave the boy just one
look. It was a look in which railroad
collisions and steamboat blow-ups were
equally mixed and then frosted with a
Bogardus-kicker.
" Oh ! ye can wink at me and try t*
buy me off 1” growled the hoy, “ but
these principles of honogty were painted
all over me when I was a baby, and they
can’t be rubbed out nor bought up for
wealth!”
Just then a young lady threw open the
door and smiled and bowed and got as
far as: “Why, Fwed !” when she dis
covered he wasn’t there. The footman
was out and she had waited to “ fix up,”
and “Fwed” had gone. She backed in
anJ shut the door, and the mean boy
got down to finish his Indian, mutter
ing:
“If he couldn’t raise fifty cents to
reward me, how’d he ever manage to git
that gal one o’ them corsets with one
hundred and ninety bones in it?”—[De
troit Free Press.
..There is hardly any circumstances
that may not have been worse.
Wliy Up Wouldn’t Marry Iler.
“Marry her I by George! I would if it
wasn’t for her confounded nose.”
“Nose! Ha, ha! What’s the matter with
her nose ? Is it too short, too long, or crooked
which? You’re too fastidious,young man.
A wonnu may be a charming wife and have
any one ot these deformities.”
“It isn’t any of them, old fellow. The fact
is I like Kitty—like to look at her and talk
with her—but any closer relationship I could
not endure. Her nose is too o-d*o-r*o u-s 1”
Unfortunate Kitties should use Dr. Sage’s
Catarrh Remedy, the wonderful disinfecting
properties of which intantiy sweeten the
breath, destroying all offensive odor. To its
mild, soothing and healing effects the most
inveterate c. see of catarrh promptly yield.
Sold by druggists.
If You Have Never
Used Dooley’s Yeast Powder, get a
package the next time you buy baking pow*.
der, and test it After’a few trials, wc are
confident you will give it the preference over
all others. It is absolutely pure ; every pack
age is strictly full weight, aud it never fails
in making rolls, bread, biscuits, cake, corn
bread, waffle*, muffins, and all similar arti
cles, deliciously light, good, aud wholesome.
Worth Knowing.—One thirty-five
cent bottle of Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment
will effectually cure bronchitis, inflammatory
sore throat, sore lungs, bleeding at the lungs,
chronic hoarseness, hacking cough, whooping
cough and lame stomach.
ITow to Make Money—Twenty
five cents’ worth ot Sheridan’s Cavalry Con
dition Powders, fed out sparingly to a coop
of fiiteen hens, will increase the product of
eggs more than one dollar in value in thirty
days. __________
MARKET REPORT.
MEMPHIS.
Flour $7 25 a 775
Wheat 110 a 312 j
Corn 47$ a 48
Oats 58 a 85
Lard ._ 10J a 12
Bacon — Clear Sides.. 9 a
Hay—Best 17 00 a 20 00
Whisky—Common... 85 a 400
Robertson county.. 175 a 300
Bourbon 500 a 560
Lincoln county.... 175 a 300
Hlghwines 113 a 115
Cotton —Ordinary 7i a
Good Ordinary.... 8f a
Low Middling 94 a
Seeds —Clover 850 a 950
German Millet.... 175 a 2#o
Missouri Millet ... 175 a 200
Hungarian 175 a 200
Buckwheat per bush 175 a 200
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle—Good to extra 460 a 500
Medium Butcher’s 300 a 376
Common 250 a 290
Hogs—Selected 575 a 590
Fair to good 555 a 570
Sheep—Good to choice 460 a 550
Common to Fair... 300 a 400
unisviLi.t:.
Fiour $ 5 00
Wheat-Red andAmb’r 175 a*
Cosm —Sacked 40 a 43
Oats..- 44 a 46
Hav —Timothy 900 a 11 00
Pork—Mess 14 50 a 14 75
Lard "} > 8}
Bacon—Clear Sides .. 6| a 9*
Wool 33 a 35
Potatoes—lrish per bbl 160 a 165
Cotton—Middling.... 10J a 11
Ordinary 9 a 9*
ST. lolls.
F’otir $ 7 50 a 10 50
Wheat 1 65 a
Com 43} a
Oats 38 a
Mess Pork 9 90 a 10 00
Lard Si a 9
Whisky 103 a 1..
Fashionable Sommer Silks.
The celebrated dry goods house of B. F. De
weest 725 Chestnut street, Phila,, is offering
new styles of summer Silks at remarkably low
prices. Also beautiful quality of plain colored
silks in all desirable shades as low as 90c.
Samples of all goods sent free on application.
Mothers! Mothers !! Mothers! I! Don’t fail to
procure Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for all
diseases incident to the period of teething in
children. It relieves the child from pain.Cnres
wind colic, regulates the bowela.and.by giving
relief and health to the child, gives rest to the
mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy.
The general demand for Home Stom
ach bITTKRS, and its adaptability to so many
sicknesses, compels us to speak in the high
est terms of its value as a blood purifier, and
a cure for dyspepsia and femsJe disorders.
Prepared by the Home Bitters Cos., St Louis,
Mo.
The ort-atest Olacovery or ttie Age
is Dr. Tobias’ celebrated Venetian Liniment!
30 years before the public, and warranted to cure
Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic, and bpasma, taken in
ternally; and Croon, Chronic Eheumatism, Bore
Throats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Bcr ahd Pains in the
Limbs, Back and Chest, externally, it has never
laiied. No family will ever be without it after cnee
giving it a fair trial. Price, 40 eta. Dr. TOBIAS’
VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint Bottles,
st One Dollar, ia warranted superior to anvather.
or NO PAY, for the cure of Colic, Cuts, Bruisee,
Old Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot—lO
Park -dare New York
- | t At this season of the
’^ftzTXai— year the human system
1 V bVI is liable to become dla-
M-l l4jitlllx PM ordered from the in
a.w? | •-• Ta—sufficient efforts of the
liver to discharge the
8 Ksfwvy lure is not assisted In
her efforts, severe kti
egaa ions attacks, or pres
-agßx- -XVa y& IJL trallng feYeri.aeceeas-
niy lollow, causing
wV fl fc! (treat stiffeiiig and
”11 Ilf even death. A Httls
■w_ . timelv precaution,
however, will prevent all t his, and may b© found in
that larorit© household remedy.
Sins’ Lira Eeplator.
Mlixtmons’ Llvfr Kegalator has been In use
for half a century, aud there is not one single In
stance on record where it has tailed ta effect a enre
when taken in time, accrding to the directidae.
It is without doubt the
rl*e In the World; is perfectly harmless, being
carefully compounded trom rare roots and herbs,
containing no merenry or any i jurious mineral
substance, It takes the place ol quinine and calo
mel and has superseded these medicines in places
where they have heretofore been extonsively used.
Precure a bottle at once from yonr druggist; do
netdelay ; give it a fair trial, and you will be mer*
than satisfied with the result obtained.
CA.TJT ION !
ear As there are a number of imitations
•ffered to the pub ic.we would caution the
community to buy no powders or prepared
Simmons ’Liver Regulator, nniess In our
engravf-d wrapper, with trade-mark,
stamp and signature nn roken. None
other is genuine.
Original and genuine manufactured oly by
J. II- ZEIMA A CO.,
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
Price. 111.1*0. Sold by all Druggists.
Says a Boston physician. “ kas no equal as a blood
purifier. Hearing of its many wonderful cures, after
j all other remedies had failed, I visited the Labora
tory and convinced myself of its genuine merit. It
i is prepared from barks, rosta and herbs, each of
: whioli ifl highly effective, and they ar* compounded
iu such a manner aa to produce astonishing results.”
VEGETIXE
la the great Blood Purifier.
VEGETINE
Will cure the worst case of Scrofula.
VEGETIXE
la recommended by physicians and apothecaries,
YEGETIKE
ils eff.jctcd some marvolaa* cures iu cases of
Cancer.
VEGETINE
Cures the worst cases of Canker.
VEGETINE
•ets w ith wonderful success iu Mercurial diseases.
VEGETINE
Will eradicate Halt Rheum from the system.
VEGETINE
Removes Pimples and Humors Irom the iace.
VEGETINE
Cures Constipation and regulates the bowels.
VEGETINE
Is a valuable reme iv for Headache.
VEGETINE
Will cure Dyspepsia.
VEGETINE
Restores the entire system to a healthy condition.
VEGETINE
Removes the causes ot Dizvlness.
VEGETINE
Believes faintness at the Stomach.
VEGETINE
Cures pains in the Back.
VEGETINE
Effectually cures Kidney Complaint.
VEGETINE
Is effective in it- cure of Female Weakness.
VEGETINE
Is the great remedy for General Debility.
VEGETINE
Is acknowledged by all classes of people to he the
best and most reliable blooa purifier in the world.
VEGETINE
PREPARED BY
H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Bass
Vegetine is Sold bv Ail Druggists.
Taebcleav’etif Life, ur .veir>Prfi')aii-ja.
Twohnndreth edition, revised and enlarged, just
published, it is a staud.trd medical work, ttie best
in the Euglish language, written by a physician of
great experience, to whom was awarded a gold and
jeweled by the National Medical Association
It contains beau iifnl and very expensive steel plale
engravings. Three hundred pages, more than nfty
valuable prescriptions for ail forms of prevailing
di*eases, the result of many years of extensive ana
successful practice. Bound in French cloth; price
only 8L sent by mail. The London Lancet says ;
No person should be without this valuable book.
The author is a noble benefactor.” An illustrated
sample sent to all on receipt of 6 cents for postace
Address Dr. W. H. PARKER, No 4 B <!hnch street
Boston. Tht- autho- ihay be -onr-ult -don al! disease
requiring skii 1 ■'■)•■
i¥^ia
PIAIfOS.
m Danham & Sore, Manufacturers
WareroomA is East I Uh
NEW YORK
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Union Ltett ft o-opera :ve Ne* spapers. and can
va*e for advert is tuenta in this vicinity To a proper
will allow a liberal com mis ion.and advan/-e a
regular we-kly pavment on ac,ourit. Address, with
r*fer nce.BEAL*A FubTLR. General Agents Amer
tas Newspaper Union. No. 10 Spruce St.. New York.
Brown’s Bronchi*) Trwcbos. fcY Uggir ■ • an I OoHff
t||yCKKVLT*KS. Price List free.AfMni,
iJ f|o Great Western Gnn Works. Pittsburg, Pa.
an * day can te made on a portable Soda Per u.—
44 ; ta j n price $35, $45, S6O. and **>. comolete.
Send for catalogue toGbapman A Go,, Madisou. Ind_
AAPA a MON iH- AGENTS WANTED- M best
aeli’ug article* in the world; one sample
(hn A PAT to ags.ts csmvMriMfcj
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y JUU wJLXkU Ageucy—a Cortland St., N. V
x - . AM ( , A. OAT SUKH made >
til I II ta U#1154 Agents Beilin* our Chromes
rK 111 111 Crayons, Picture and Outo
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▼ T worth 65 sent, nost-pai'
>45 Cents, illustrated
Catalogue free. J. H. BBFFOKB'S SONS, a.
tor I Established 1830.
PIANOS SND ORGANS™~o?;t
teawfkSgg
folly warranted and at prices that DEFT f • MI *
TITION for thiff clrbh of 1 nstmments, AGFNTN
WANTED for WATERS SUPERIOR BELL OK
OA NS snd PIANOS. Illustrated '.atslngties mailed.
HORACE A ATE b S * SONS. Manufacturers and
Dealers. 40 East 14th St .New York. Abn General
Agents for SHONINGEB’S Celebrated PBEMILM
OMOANB. _
fifeNN’S HOP PiuF
.w,. nAye been used for twenty-four years
m aper.mauent cure for Fever andAgue.
a In?™ i art al disease*. They never fail to cure
and all at once. They cure dys
tue mostobstinav curing every erace of in
pepsta and t £ ey have en introduced
digestion. Wbreva n d ar d medicine. Price 50c
they have beoome asU naaru and A(ldreflß La F
SWEET pnsajKMY
nknriwfcgaii.ldw
Awarded hiyhcet prize at Centennial of
fine chrxcing qualities -and excellence and lastmfj 47V.
drier of sweetening and flavoring. Tho best
ever made, .as onr bine strip trane-mark is close
imitated on inferior floods, see that Jnrkson’s Best i
en every ping. Sold by nil dealers. Send for samu’ff;
free, to C. A. JackbO.v A Cos., Mfrs.. Petersburg Va
CofßUafl?T!oN CAN BE CURELL
PULHOKA is a certain remedy for the curb of
CONSUMPTION and all dieeaeea of the buns*
and Ttaront. Try it aud be convinced. Price One
Dollar per bottle at Druggists or sent by the Proprie
tor on receipt ot price. A pamphlet containing valu
able advice to Cottsonipllv***, many certificates oi
actual crare, and full directions for
each bottle, or tent free to any address. COLA it u.
MOSES. 1H (V.rtlanrit Street. New York.
vtvwvm rwi WWWW
SCRAP-PICTURE IMPORTING CO., '
36 Beekman Street, New York,
tWIII fend any amoirnt of rrap-plctnro \ K fj
at prk-u from 2to 16 cU. per xhe*t (from Kj
i 1 lo 70 in rheet), selected to order, from
over 700 different subjects. A saortmenu fIHL
of from 16 to 80 slievU for SI.OO. fata- gSjßgy
and sample fr-.-*>. Pine visiting y®K#
cords n specialty. A liberal discount W 'fjEjr
the trade. dSsa
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To canvass for the Anburn Fortrait Co.’fl Enlarged
Photographs, from card to any size up to life, fin
ished in India Ink and Water Colors, in highest
stylo of the art. Apply for Agent’s instructions te
BRUCE & ALEXANDER,
P. O. Box 322, Auburn. IT. Y.
THE
mm m
STAND-BY
MEXICAN MUBTAHB LINIMENT
FORMAN AND B;T:ft3T.
Established S3 years. Always cures. Always
ieady. Always h? adv. Has never yet failed. Thirty
millions Kate fssted it. Tne whole world approves
the glorious old Mustang—the Best and Cheapen*
Liniment it xistence, 26 cents a bottle. The-
Mustang Liniment cures when nothin? elaewltl.
TABLEWARE
t/CTLERY, DINNER AND TEA NETS,
SILVERIVARK. GL4S ABE, COKIN
UIENKIhS. IVOODENWAHE ANID 4LI.
HINOM HOUSE FVBNINHINO BODDN-
CcmbinatisH with Breakfast, Dinner and Tea
Sets, in pieces, , , , 9®*#''
Sam#, ion pieces, ...... I®*'®
I*ollol S ts, . , . 4 J
Silver Plaited Knives, per dcz. . .
Over ,000 items of Honse Furnishing Goods at
equally low prices quoted with size, share nd style
in new 60-page Price Diet sent froe by mail to all
applicants.
G ods boxed and delivered on board hteamer, Ca
nal or Railroad f/ee. dsily
Bend postal card for above Price List ara save .'•
per cent.
E. D. BASSFORD,
1,2, 3,12,13-15,16 &17 COOPER INSTITUTE.
NEW yohkrrrv.
A positive remedy for diseases of the Kidneys
Bladder and Urinary Organs; also good in Dropcical
Complaints. It never produces sickness, is certain
and speedy in its action, It is fast superseding every
other remedy. Sixty capsules cure in ix or eight
days. No other medicine can do tnio.
Beware ol imitations, for, owing to its great s jo
cess, many ha.e been offered; some are moat’d .n
--gerous, causing piles, etc.
Dunda ft, Dick <S? Co**. b .nutaeSolt Capsules
contains Oil of Sandalwood. Bold at all drug ato: -■*.
Ask for circular, or send for one to 36 and 37 \\ oo*ter
street. New York
1,300,000 Acres
Riel Faming Lands
BITTTATED IN
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA
NORTHWESTERN IOWA,
FOR SALE
At Low Prices, With EasyTeims
of Payment, and at Low
Rates of Interest.
These lands are very productive, easy of cultiva
tion and convenient to markets. Alternate sections
mostly occupied by actual settlers. I limate pleas
ant and healthy. Flourishing villages.witLChurcheg
and Hcho convenient distances along the
whole line of road, t
Send for Minnesota Homestead, which gives full
information, or for prices of particular lands apply
personally or by letter to “ Land Department,”
ST. PAILAHIOIX CITY KAILROAD,
St Pawl, Minn.
It’ WK.T M. TO 4IIKHtIHEK,
?V 1 leaw MIJ jonittH ihe <d>* riiteim nt
In thia payr * A.U. 17.
BABBITT S YvjilET SOAP.
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prViic The FIXES r TOILET SOAP | a tLe Hrs
:k* t-rreti riye.aif* /. tr *r~d its its maavfme ft
For Use In rhe Kursery ;t has No Equa’.
14 . rth -4m --atta u> f *-ry ir.i ’kerar'd ta:!v iaCh? -ti- -
box, too U-n o* 5 rakt. > 6 i-rs. ta, seat t c telly w
dress on receipt->f 75 ccgu. a . -r~*
B t vJABBIXT. New York Citv.
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