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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
than that of the Lottery yclept "the S. C. Land and Im- 
migration Ass." There can n»t be 150,000 foolish people 
■who will pay $5 each to float that scheme, showy as it 
looks on the red-line circulars. Probably some will want 
one chance in 150,000 at a $250,000 Academy of Music, 
and have faith enough in their "luck" to pay $5 for even 
such a chance. We would not give 5 cents All 
"Honey-making recipes" offered for sale arc to be avoid- 
ed, no-matter how highly set off. No one has any right to 
territory to sell, though sundry persons profess to have. 
New subscribers continually come asking aboxit "Sun-, 
light oil," etc. Wo have repeated, until we are tired of 
it, that all manufactured oils, as the so-called Sunlight oil, 
etc., arc dangerous humbugs. For this class of readers 
we again say, that the entire brood of recipe-sellers arc 
to be let alone entirely. Never advance any money, or 
order anything of the kind 0. O. D. (to be col- 
lected on delivery). If you must try the sale of 
some of these recipes and gimcracks, make the 
seller trust you until you have tried the article?, 
and be very careful not to promise pay on any 
conditions. And then, if you tfre not satisfied to pay 
after full investigation and trial, don't be scared into 
paying by any amount of threats of law-suits, etc The 
"Queer" or counterfeit money pretenders have been so 
fully exposed as to need no further notice here. Among 
,the swindlers'' newly-assumed names before us arc Zena 
Walsh, 6SS Broadway, N. Y. (the million-dollar man 
under his fortieth name); Wm. & John Hood, 192 
Broadway, who use a Masonic emblem ; Young & Morse, 
46 Liberry street, N. Y. ; " Yours, etc.," inclosing card 
of J. T. Palmer, 39 Park Row, N. Y. ; E. Sampson, 688 
Broadway, who uses both Masonic and I. O. O. F. sym- 
bols; Wm. Sage & Co., 37 Spruce street, N. Y. ; Saml. 
Davis & Co., 34 Liberty street, who also steals I. O. O. F. 
symbols; S. K. Kraiz, Doylstown, Pa., etc., etc 
A vast deal of nonsense is printed, putting forth the 
most absurd claims for electricity and galvanism, in 
cures, hair curling, etc., etc., welt calculated to deceive 
the ignorant by the parade of scientific terms, even the 
proper use of which is not understood by the pretenders, 
as they plainly show. We have several very neatly 
printed circulars, pamphlets, and newspapers devoted to 
advertising these humbugs, but have barely space to prop- 
erly characterize the whole class as ingenious swindles. 
BIurder-Thosc Xerrinle Revela- 
tions. — The reading people of our city, and, indeed, of 
the whole country, have been greatly excited during a 
month past by the " Trunk Mystery," the detection of 
" Dr." Rosenzweig, " Madam " Burns, and others. It is 
well that these revelations have thus come prominently 
before the public in such a way as to arouse attention. 
To us there is nothing new in all this. The long-time 
readers of the American Agriculturist know how fre- 
quently this journal has uttered words of warning;, how 
often it has spoken in deprecatory and sorrowful tones of 
the course of certain journals— albeit admitted into and 
supported by Christian families— that have acted as the 
paid and efficient agents of the incarnate devils who for 
money, murder In cold blood their hecatombs of living 
mortals, born or unborn. Not long since we showed 
that, to pay the expenses of advertising, etc., these mur- 
derers must receive from thei r victims at least $ 1 50,000 
a year, to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands, if 
not millions, expended in gilded mansions and luxurious 
" country-seats," and we inquired how great the nnmber 
of victims necessary, at the ordinary and extraordinary 
charges, to roll up these great sums of money. Now we 
see whole columns of malediction in the press. The 
New York Herald joins in this cry ; yet, after all these ter- 
rible revelations, we find in to-day's issues of that paper 
now before us, a string of advertisements of these mur- 
dering abortionists, inserted and spread before the fam- 
ilies of those who admit the sheet to their homes, as 
many do, and all for the sake of the fifteen to thirty dol- 
lars paid it daily for the space. If this thing were con- 
fined to that sheet, it would be less disastrous, but hun- 
dreds of other joxirnals over ttie country are printing ad- 
vertisements that covertly accomplish the same result. 
What country editor so unsophisticated as not to know 
the aim and intent of advertisements of " obstacles from 
whatever cause," and the like*? We are right glad to 
note the conversion of the New York Times, which is now 
attacking the Herald and kindred sheets. Hew long 
since the Times dropped from its columns the "medical" 
advertisements of like import? But we hail its conver- 
sion as one good omen. We hav.c long been aware 
that the success of these dangerous practitioners has 
arisen partly from a deficient moral sense, a failure to 
perceive the enormity of the crime of extinguishing a 
living spark of life yet unborn, and from a fatal reliance 
upon the assurances of the safety of such infanticide, so 
far as the parent is concerned. Time and again we have 
tried, in as delicate language as the case would admit of, 
to speak of the peril to her life and health. We quote a 
few extracts from our own columns, as specially applica- 
ble at the present time : " On no rational ground, except 
that of sheer ignorance, can we explain the fact that 
many professedly religious journals, and others that claim 
to be respectable, continue to admit a certain class of 
medical advertisements. Some of these, published in 
leading religious papers even, covertly advertise the 
worst possible 'private medicines. 1 There is probably 
no one thing so readily seized upon as the prospect of, 
or an offered remedy for disease. The suffering invalid, 
with his judgment impaired perhaps by disease, becomes 
a ready dupe, and the more terrible or probably incurable 
the disease, the more eagerly he swallows the bait. 
But, passing by the general run of quack medicines, we 
refer now to a specific class. In a chance nnmber of one 
of the most respectable N.Y. Dailies, or one so consid- 
ered, and patronized by a large class of respectable people, 
we find under the head of 'Medical, 1 half a column, or 
thirteen advertisements, of which at least ten are really 
of the worst possible character. For example, the first 
one is addressed to ' Married or Single Ladies,' professing 
to 'remove all stoppages or irregularities, from whatever 
cause? etc. (We only quote what is placed before 3-our 
families every day in the year, in at least half the journals 
printed.) The 4th, 5th, Gth, 7th, 9th, 11th, and 12th ad- 
vertisements are of very similar character, some more 
hidden in their expressions, but all indicating what they 
are aiming at. These cost for one insertion $19, and there 
is" an average of as many on each of 350 days in the year, 
or over $fi,500 a year paid to one paper, with much larger 
sums paid to others. We name far less than the aclnal 
sum, when we say that $150,000 are paid yearly by 
this single class of advertisers for publicity alone. Of 
course they must have a large patronage, or they would 
not continue the advertising. What of their patrons? 
One of two things. Many of them buy useless medi- 
cines at enormous prices. Of course none of the pur- 
chasers expose themselves by exposing the swindlers. 
But some of them at least do buy medicines that attempt 
to effect what they propose. The result is not only 'the 
murder of the innocents, , but, in almost all cases, of the 
mothers themselves ; or if not producing direct death, they 
leave a shattered constitution to drag out a miseredde exist- 
ence worse than death. Stung by guilt, the poor patie7it 
seldo?n betrays to her companion if married, or to Iter most 
interested friend if not, the cause of Iter suffering. Let us 
say to all ivho put any faith in the statements of Ous class 
of murderers, for such they really arc, that the jn'etenses 
put forth for these medicines and oj)erations are false, as 
every good physician well knows". . . .We repeat : Let no 
one flatter herself that private " relief" can be given by 
any one of these doctors, male or female, with any safety 
whatever. Their patients are almost invariably murdered 
by the unnatural processes and medicines, or so wrecked 
in health and constitution, that the remainder of their 
existence on earth is worse than a hundred immediate 
deaths. Let those who think they can easily, privately, 
and safely throw off a mother's responsibility, plainly un- 
derstand \hatit is not so. Let the unfortunate understand 
also that it is far better to endure the shame of their 
condition, than to peril their lives and souls by any league 
with these foul murderers. P. S. — Since writing the 
above, we find in the New York Herald of Sept. 17th, one 
of the strongest articles we have seen on the suhject, 
headed "The Sin of the Age," which speaks of the ter- 
rible consequences of the evil to society at large, and 
attributes its prevalence to "a venal press, a demoral- 
ized clergy, and medical charlatanism.' 1 The Herald 
might have reserved its fling at the clergy, for in that 
very paper we find advertisements of "medical charla- 
tans, 1 ' alias murdering abortionists. Shame on such 
'■'■venality.'"' Can decent people carry such a paper to 
thei r families, however valuable it may be as a news sheet ? 
I<loy«l*s Maps. — In response to numerous 
inquiries, we answer that we have full confidence in 
Messrs. H.H.Lloyd & Co., 21 John st., New York City, and 
Louis Lloyd & Co., 126 Dearborn st., Chicago, 111. (note 
particularly the names and numbers.) We don't want 
to be questioned about any other Lloyd map business — 
have been bothered by it too much already. We don't 
propose to settle difficulties for those who send money 
foolishly in answer to every promising advertisement. 
Lice on 5*onltry. — O. Kellog, Bradford 
Co., Pa., has his poultry infested with lice, and wants to 
know how to get rid of them. Tak^e out of the house 
every perch, nest, box, or movable thing; remove all 
battens, cleats, or any thing whereby a crevice is made, 
so that the inside is smooth. Then make a whitewash 
of fresh lime, into which put one ounce of carbolic 
acid to a pailful. Wash the house thoroughly with 
this. Then wash the outside. Then smear the perches 
with a mixture of lard and kerosene oil, putting it on 
thick, so that when the fowls roost they will get some of 
it on their feathers. Also, put some of it on each fowl, 
under the wings. This will clear the house, and the hens 
will clear themselves if no recruits are furnished from the 
house. In a month, or less, if there is occasion, wash the 
house again and gpease the roosts ; take care to fill all 
holes and cracks in the poles. It would be well to pass 
the poles through a fire made of straw, exposing them to 
the flame, before greasing them. 
Osage Orange. — "Subscriber," Columbia 
Co., N. Y. The Osage Orange is fairly hardy at New- 
burgh. We cannot say how it would be with you. 
Honey Locust makes a better hedge, and is hardy. 
Curious Peahen's Egg.— R. M. Grif- 
fith, Wilmington, Del., has a peahen that produced three 
eggs joined end to end, the united length being 9 inches 1 
Each egg contained a perfect yolk. 
Fastening; Shells upon Woo*!.— 
"Seamoss." The best way to fasten shells upon wood 
is ts> cover the wood with a thin layer of putty, and place 
the shells in position. 
Price of Stock. — " W. H. 11 asks what a 
two-year-old Ayrshire heifer and a yearling Shorthorn 
bull may be bought for. The heifer may be had for $150 
to $1,500, and the bull for $150 to $S,000. You might as 
well ask what ft house in New York can be bought for, so 
much depends upon circumstances and " fancy." See notes 
on buying stock in Walks and Talks and O. F. Papers. 
Pronunciation of Enmclan.- Mrs. 
" E. H. K.," Page Co., Va. The first syllable of Enmelan 
is the one accented, and it is pronounced the same as if 
it were spelled Yo«-me-lan. 
A C«reat Mistake abont a CJrater. — 
On page 3S5 there is a mistake in the make-up. What is 
now marked " Fig. 4. Wooden Revolving Grater " should 
be " Iron Revolving Grater," and vice versa. 
Green Slng-s.— F. F., Portland, Me.— You 
do not say what kind of trees arc affected. If you mean 
the green, slimy, leech-like slug that is found mainly 
upon cherry and pear trees, dry lime sifted over them will 
kill them. We had but a very few this year and treated 
them to very dry earth, and they disappeared, but the 
number was so small that we did not watch the experi- 
ment closely. 
Apple-Trees uo not Bear. — C. Ham- 
matt, Putnam, Ct. The fact that your trees blossom and 
set well while the fruit drops early, would point to insects 
as the cause of the trouble. Thecodlingmothisoneof the 
worstpests. It deposits its eggs upon the young apple, 
and the larva or maggot eats its way in and causes mis- 
chief. It is hard work to fight insects without the co- 
operation of your neighbors, nay-bands and old cloths 
put loosely around the trees, in June, will catch many of 
the insects as they go down to change into the pupa 
state. Picking up fallen fruit and feeding to the pigs 
will also help H. B. Rose, Galliopolis, O., seems to 
have trees in a similar condition. 
Cutting Cions. — " C. G. A.," Augusta, 
Me., writes : " Is there any sufficient ground for believing, 
as I hava read, that cions cut from the top of a tree will 
be more fruitful, or in any way better, than those from 
another part of the tree? I have sometimes chosen the 
strong uprights on the horizontal limbs of large trees. 
Is that wrong?" — In selecting cions he should chose 
short-jointed and well-ripcncd wood. The shoots in the 
top of a tree are more apt than others to be very vigor- 
ous, and have poorly developed buds, and we should not, 
select such, no matter in what part of the tree they grew. 
The same correspondent asks : "If a cion cut in the 
spring has brown ptth, ought it to be rejected ? " — Yes. 
The cion should be a perfect representative of the tree 
from which it is taken, and brown pith is an indication 
that it has been poorly kept. 
Value of Sea-weed for IVInnure. — 
Wm. Collins, Rye, New Hampshire, wants to know the 
best way to use sea-weed as manure. There are only two 
ways in which sea-weed can be profitably used. One is, 
to spread ft and plow it under when fresh; the other, 
to gather it into piles, and when sufficiently dry to burn, 
to reduce them to ashes. In composting the bulk is very 
much reduced, and they seem to disappear almost alto- 
gether. When bnrned they yield a very large bulk of 
ashes — about one seventh part of their dry weight. The 
ash contains, of potash, 1*2 per cent.; soda, la percent.; 
salt, 20 per cent.; lime, 10 per cent.; phosphates, 5 per 
cent.; and sulphuric acid, 24 per cent. Besides these there 
are some chlorine and iodine. It will thus be seen that 
this ash is very valuable as a manure, and would pay ex- 
cellently for the labor of gathering and burning. Plowed 
in fresh, it rapidly improves the soil, and no benefit is 
gained by any other more laborious manner of treating. 
