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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
A T o. 155. 
Dig a fool left in the land as to be taken in by this 
affair, and yet the so-called “ Dr.” find3 support 
enough to publish and circulate such a sheet— 
and we know not how much more he gets.... 
The good people of -, will consult their 
own respectability by hunting out this villain and 
if lie can not be legally locked up, then drive him 
from their town. Yet we can hardly advise the 
latter course, for he would turn up somewhere 
else under a different name, and carry on his ne¬ 
farious operations. All we can do is to advise 
every one receiving a copy of “ The Voice of 
Franklin,” to at once take it in a pair of tongs and 
put it in the fire. We are not done with this 
man yet. Those who have been swindled by him 
may aid our future efforts by sending further spe¬ 
cific details of his operations. 
[No. 24.] 
Lotteries. —Many persons have sent us lot¬ 
tery schemes which have been forced upon them. 
It is not practicable, nor necessary, to take these 
up in details. The lottery managers will continue 
to forward their “ grand schemes ” for acquiring 
sudden wealth, whenever they can get the names 
of persons to send to. No prudent person will 
ever buy a lottery ticket of any kind. There 
have been cases where persons have drawn prizes, 
but the chance is so exceedingly small, that it is 
absolutely foolish to throw away the smallest 
sum. Let it be kept in mind that the lottery 
managers do not give anything like an even 
chance. They first so arrange their tickets as to 
positively reserve a large percentage of the sums 
invested hy purchasers. They take enough out 
to pay large sums to any State Government that 
will so far sacrifice its dignity or honor, as to sell 
a license for swindling; then enough more to meet 
enormous sums expended in printing, advertising, 
and especially in postage; and finally enough 
more to make themselves rich. The small bal¬ 
ance that remains is given out to one or more 
parties, and the good fortune of the recipient is 
then heralded as an example of what is in store 
for all others. We do not stop to discuss the 
moral effect of buying lottery tickets upon those 
who are so unfortunate as to be dazzled by the 
descriptive “schemes” sent to them; but we 
repeat, that the application of the simplest arith¬ 
metical rules is enough to show the utter absurd¬ 
ity of parting with money in hand—even the 
smallest sum—for the most splendid chance held 
forth by the fairest lottery in the world. 
A subscriber gives one mode of getting names 
by lottery dealers. A circular came, offering a 
copy of a valuable weekly paper to any one fur¬ 
nishing the names of 100 persons. A boy sent 
on the names, and received in return a Balti¬ 
more paper, followed soon after by lottery circu¬ 
lars addressed to the names sent on. 
A subscriber recently wrote to know if we fur¬ 
nished his name to a noted nurseryman, for he 
and others in his neighborhood thought some cir¬ 
culars received could only have come through 
our aid. We answer; that though frequently 
offered large sums to do so, we never furnish 
names to any person for any purpose. In arti¬ 
cles, basket notes, etc., in the paper, we only give 
the county of residence, purposely omitting the 
town, or P. O. to save them from these annoying 
circulars. We endeavor to treat all subscribers 
in this, and indeed in all other matters, as we 
would personal friends. 
[No. 25.] 
CENTS and one red stamp will pro- 
cure particulars for making: $1200 a year. Address 
A. & W., Lumbcrtsville, N. J. 
Twelve hundred dollars a year are certainly 
worth “ 25 cents and a red stamp.” Wonder if 
50 cents and two red stamps wouldn’t bring 
$2400 a year 1 We tried the first named sum 
almost a month ago (Oct. 22), but nothing comes 
back. Perhaps A. & W. think it is worth $1200 
a year to a man, to learn that “ a fool and 
his money are soon parted,” and so will send us 
nothing more. See here ! Messrs A. & W., if 
we don't hear from you soon, we shall think you 
are no better than forty other parties, who have 
silently kept our money, lately. 
[No. 26.] 
A WHOLE LOT OF THEM. 
P. S.—One of the advertising fraternity has 
been helping us amazingly. He has sent for 
every kind of recipe arid money-making chance 
offered in the country, and now he advertises 
IFTY Methods of Making Money.— A 
competency secured for $1, etc., etc. 
We have been after him with our dollar hr ten 
days past, and just as we go to press have cor¬ 
nered him and got the “ fifty methods,” through a 
distant assistant. He professes to have sent us 
all that has yet been advertised. Well, we must 
have a full page for this—so save your dollars, 
and look out for the whole grist in our next pa¬ 
per. If the several advertisers are to be be¬ 
lieved, this single document is cheap at $50. Our 
readers will get it— gratis. 
Johnson on Manures — Mapes’ “ Super- 
Phosphates.” 
Prof. S. D. Johnson, of Yale College, who 
also holds the appointment of Chemist to the 
Conn. State Agr. Society, has, during two or 
three years past, been making pretty thorough, 
and somewhat extensive chemical investigations 
upon muck, peat, etc., and also of various manu¬ 
factured fertilizers, sold to the farmers of that 
State. These investigations are published offi¬ 
cially by the Society in the Homestead. In a 
recent number (Oct. 6) we find a report upon 
some of Mr. Mapes’ “ Super-phosphates,” which 
are sold under the following imposing names : 
Price per tun. 
A.—Mapes’ Nitrogenized Super-phosphate of Lime_$50 
U—Mapes’ No. 1 Super-phosphate ol Lime. 45 
C—Mapes’ Super-phosphate of Lime. 40 
1>—Mapes’ Cotton and Tobacco Super-phos. of Lime.. 40 
12 —Mapes’ Potash Super-phosphate of Lime. 35 
JT—1 lb. Sample Cans of A. 
The last (F), is left at the stores to be given away, 
for trial by farmers. Specimens of four of these 
fertilizers were obtained from stores where they 
were on sale, and submitted to careful double 
analyses, with the following results. (We give 
the average of the two analyses of each kind, 
omitting the second decimal figure): 
III 100 parts. A FBI) 
Moisture expelled at boiling heat. .90.6 14.3 18.8 13.5 
Matters expelled at red heat.19 8 24. 25.2 17 4 
Sand and insoluble matter.12.3 12.6 13.6 18. 
Lime.16.4 19.4 18. 23.0 
Insoluble phosphoric acid. 8.1 10.6 8. 8.1 
Soluble phosphoric acid—a trace.. .6 
Potash, none. 
Potential ammonia. 2.1 3.9 1.9 1.7 
Calculated value (per 2000 lbs.).$13 $221 $12] $12 
Selling Price.$50 §50 $45 $40 
We do not fully endorse the mode of estimat¬ 
ing the value of ingredients of manures, adopted 
by Prof. Johnson—W’e think he places too high a 
value upon phosphoric acid, potash, etc.—but ad¬ 
mitting his estimates, we find by the analyses, 
that F, which is given out in cans as specimens 
of A, is nearly twice as valuable as A, when it 
is sold under the same name. Further, accord¬ 
ing to Prof. Johnson’s calculations, the highest 
value of any one of the articles sold, is only 
$13 per tun, though the price ranges from $40 to 
$50. 
Another interesting feature is, that A, B, and 
D, though sold under different names, arc essenti¬ 
ally one and the same thing ! Again, though pot¬ 
ash is, according to Mr. Mapes’ own theory, an 
essential ingredient in the ashes of tobacco, yet 
D, has no potash in it. 
Prof. Johnson alludes to the nonsensical doc¬ 
trine of Mr. Mapes regarding the “ progression of 
primaries ” viz., that there is a progressive in¬ 
crease in the value of the ingredients of a fer¬ 
tilizer, in proportion to the number of times these 
ingredients have formed a part of an animal 
or plant; and it is asked if the elements in 
Mapes’manures are so far “ progressed ” that 
they are worth three or four times as much as 
the same ingredients in other manures. Again, 
referring to analyses of Mapes’ super-phosphates, 
which in 1852 showed twenty-one per cent ot 
phosphoric acid, and in 1857 thirteen per cent, and 
now in 1859, only eight per cent, it is asked if the 
ingredients have “ progressed ” so rapidly, that 
8 per cent now, is as valuable as 13 per cent in 
1857, and 21 per cent in 1852. 
The above statements scarcely need a word of 
comment. Every year, multitudes of farmers 
have been paying large sums for these manures. 
They have been led to do this by the plausible 
statements and theories of Mr. Mapes, than 
whom we scarcely know a more ingenious and 
plausible man. His opinions have carried more 
weight from the appendages to his name, as it 
has been prefixed hy a “Prof.”, and suffixed 'with 
a “LLD.” In this connection we desire to repeat 
a question, asked three or four years since by 
the Country Gentleman, but never answered sc 
far as we have seen, viz.: “ Who first gave Mr. 
Mapes the title of ‘Professor’ and ‘LLD.’? 
Was it done by any respectable Institution hav¬ 
ing a chartered right to bestow such titles, or 
were these titles self assumed?” Until this 
question is answered we must continue the plain 
title of “ Mr.” 
1 • ' — < ' ■ — > » ■ — - — ■— 
Taking Cold. 
A “Cold ” is not necessarily the result of low 
or high temperature. A person may go from a 
hot bath directly into a cold one, or into snow 
even, and not take cold. He may remain out in 
the coldest atmosphere until chilled through, and 
still not take cold. On the contrary, he may take 
cold by pouring a couple of tablespoonfuls of wa¬ 
ter upon some parts of his dress, or by standing 
in a door, or before a stove, or sitting near a win¬ 
dow or other opening, where one part, of the 
body is colder than another part. Let it be kept 
in mind that uniformity of temperature over the 
whole body is the great thing to be looked after. 
It is the unequal heat upon different parts of the 
body that produces colds, hy disturbing the uni¬ 
form circulation of the blood, which in turn in¬ 
duces congestion of some part. If you must 
keep a partially wet garment on, it. would perhaps 
be as well to wet the whole of it uniformly. The 
feet are the great source of colds, on account of 
the variable temperature they are subjected to. 
Keep these always dry and warm, and avoid 
draughts of air, hot or cold, wet spots on the gar¬ 
ments, and other direct causes of unequal tem¬ 
perature, and keep the system braced up by plen¬ 
ty of sleep, and the eschewing of debilitating 
foods and drinks, and you will be proof against a 
cold and its results. 
Tea Leaves for Burns.— Mrs. F. E Dixon, 
Monroe Co., Mich., writes that tea leaves slightly 
steeped, cooled, and laid on a burn, will quickly 
relieve the pain and inflammation. They will 
doubtless help to do this for a few minutes at least, 
until flour can be applied. In all cases where the 
burn breaks the skin, a coat of wheat flour, put on 
dry, is the very best application. 
