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herd has lou»f .itood fon-mo?4t amons thosa of American 
Shortlioms, ^Ir. bhdduii has h4't*n for some years form- 
in" a herd of Duchess of Oxfortls, which bears a most 
excellent reputation, and with this addition to it, becomes 
the owner of more fine animals of these families than any 
other breeder in the world. 
Ohujjc <>j-an«o.—An article on this was 
crowded out. lu brief wo can answer many questions 
about stsrtiu" the plants.—Soak the seeds 5 or G days in 
blood-warm water, chan'.;ins; each day. Don’t cook the 
secils, as our Delaware filend did. Then keep the seeds 
damp, and in a warm place, until they sprout, stirring 
now and then to prevent heating. Sow in well prejjared 
soil; row*, a ftMJt apart; cover an inch deep and roll; 
keep Well weeded, and thlu where too crowded. 
A Ciiootl Repeating S1iot-js:nn. —This, 
long a desideratum, seems now to have been accomplish¬ 
ed, and the favorite double-barreled fowling piece seems 
to bo doomed. This engraving represents lioper's I2e- 
ptaUiuj Shol-yvn, mauafactured at .\mhcrst. Mass., uuder 
the supervl.siou of Mr. CrM. Spencer, wliose name is 
world-famous as the inventor of the repeating rifle, the 
terrible seven-shooter of our mounted riflemen. This 
gun is light and handy, very neatly made, stn)ng and 
accurate, a.s we judge from careful iuspectioii, and from 
examination of several sheets of jwiper, shot at, at diller- 
ent distances. Metallic cartridges, using the common cap, 
arc loaded before hand and inserted, four at a time in the 
magazine. The cartridge cases are light, of steel, aud 
may he u.scd many times without perceptible wear, and 
a large number, ready charged, bo oouvenienUy carried. 
Amoi'icun I*omolog:y — .Ipplcst. — 
Doctor Warder’s book is now before the public, and will 
receive the attention it deserves. It is in fact tl»c only 
work where the newer fniits can be found, and will mark 
an era in pomological literature, in importance second 
only to the appearance of Downing’s work, over 30 years 
ago. The catalogue of ail the recorded varieties occui)ies 
5J6 pages, and condeuses a wonderful amouut of informa¬ 
tion in a very small space. One can sec at a glance tlic 
origin, shape, color, quality, season, etc., of any of the 
many hundreds of apples there enumerated. M'e trust 
that the work will meet with a welcome that will encour¬ 
age its author to bring out his vast accumulation of mate¬ 
rials upon other fruits at once. A handsome volume of 
7-11 pages. IJy mail $3. 
Sundry IIuml»uflf«.—Since our la.«t wc 
have received about 200 letters from ditferent parts of 
the country with swindling schemes and circulars, and 
accounts of impositions and cheating by the humbug 
operators. Many of these refer to parties described in 
this journal last month and previously. Others arc con¬ 
cerning parties who have merely changed their places 
and names. Very many of these letters ask responses by 
mail, but the number is so large that It is out of the 
question to write to the half of them. Some ask the re¬ 
turn of tlrkeU, &e., that they have previously fonvardcd; 
but this is not practicable. We have thousands of such 
tickets, and cannot afford time to hunt up any i^rticular 
man’s docurai-nt, unless it be of 8i)cclal importance. 
I.,ook for our cxi>osure8 in past numbers before writing. 
Remember that if we do not reply to any inqnlrj', 
cither by letter or in a following number, it is an in¬ 
dication that the parties inquired about are cither swiiul- 
lers, or at best of doubtful character. This response 
must answer for many letters asking replies, but wliich 
we r^iot take time to respond to by letter... Wc mention 
a few hew nam»-», reserx ing others for more time and room 
than we now have, and others for further investigation.... 
We say, unheslUtlngly, that, without exception, every 
“ gift enterprise ” now before the country is a fraud, and 
that the investors in them will find it so in 0,909 cases out 
of every 10,000. Wc have accounts of more than fifty 
sneh gift enteri>riscs now under way in various places. 
The soldiers’, wldo^vs’and orphans’ “S 3 ^pathy schemes 
arc by far the nM>st numerous. They literally “ steal the 
livery of heaven to serve the devil ’’—that is their own 
pockets.. .A. T). Jtowman <fe Co., (Van Alien,) wc refer 
to liere, not to pronounce them humbugs, but to say the 
use of Mr. Judd’s name on their circulars os reference was 
wholly unnuthori/s'd, and wonld have been refused if 
asked for. Mr. J. does not indorse anything whicli ho has 
not examined with the greatest care, and even then ho 
aims to avoid being nnnoyctl with a multitude of letters 
of inquiry ns to the genuineness of any and ever/claimed 
indorsement, by refusing bis sigimture.-The “ ink 
pmvder ’’ was submitted by us to a good chemist, and re¬ 
ported “ to answer for common writing purimses, l)ut not 
permanent in its cliaractcr,” aud ids advertisement 
wa.s therefore declined.“ A/itwes.’’— We publish a 
multiplicity of names of swindlers, but the operators are 
comparatively few in number, and they cliango their 
“ business ’’ Anns and names at convenience, and often 
nin several names and places at the siime time. In our 
culls upon the swindling gentry in various disguises, per¬ 
sonally and by proxy, the santo individual will ou succcs- 
Bivo days turu up in several localities. For illustration, 
an old post-oflice clerk, whoso real name is, or was, 
Thomas Fletcher, afterwards was employed in a provost 
marshal’s otUce; again he appeared as “Wlutinan & 
Co.’’; anon as D. H. Kellum & Co., etc., etc. After hav¬ 
ing tried various other names until they became too well 
known, he 4utely took up ids own again....A Masonic 
Gift Scheme. —Geo. W. Holmes & Co., are trying to pur- 
suade all good Masons to send them $;J00,000 for as many 
tickets, promising chances at $10 siik liats, $75 plated 
tea sets, $1,500 pianos, $->2,000 house, etc., etc., reckoned 
at $200,000 In all, and costing jierliaps half as much. 
Tlicy.don’t tell how much is to go to a “ Ilall and Asylum 
fund,’’ and leave tlic “ time and place of distribution to be 
hereafter named.’’ No intelligent Mason will bite at this 
bait ....Xursenj Gift.—Smhh Whittier, dating at Chicago, 
says he has “ lost the head of his family,” (he ought to 
lose Ids own hcatl,) and wants 50,000 farmers and others 
to console him by sending in $100,000 at $2 each, and 
promises to give them a chance—a fifty-thousandth chance 
—to draw his wonderful fruit farm of acres, somewhere 
in SL Joseph, Mich.—he don’t tell exactly where. Plenty 
of other widowers would like a similar consolation. Go 
to digging, Smith Wldttlcr, and not try to humbug honest 
people out of their liard earned dollars by your big pic¬ 
ture and great promises. . .Sam'l BeclUold & Co Phil- 
adelplda, ask people to scud them $2 each for a sol¬ 
diers’ orphans’ home, ofTering in return $2 pictures, and a 
bonus of about li'alf a million dollars worth of gifts. That 
may do to catch very “ green-homs,” hut not anybody 
else. Before investing for charity’s sake, better write to 
Jay Cooke & Co., and ask them if tlie reference to Geo. 
A. Cooke is allowed, or worth anything if allowed_ 
Of Gift Enterprises, the meanest are tliosc tliat solicit 
patronage ostensibly to aid soldiers, or their widows, aud 
orphans. A score or more of them arc now operating. 
Among others, Tudor, Gates & Co., of Mulberry, O., alias 
Cincinnati, give the pretended full indorsement of 
Governors, members of Congress, etc. None but very 
foolish people will pay $1 for one chance in 300,000 of 
drawing a valuable prize, even if sure tliat $-250,000 worth 
is to be drawn for. When one wishes to aid soldiers and 
their families, better send the whole money to responsible 
jiartics, and not let the ticket operators pocket three- 
fourths or nine-tenths of the money paid in to them — 
The Association" oiicT 12 silver spoons for $3 
in currency, and to throw in gift tickets for watches and 
other articles, “ marked ” from $250.00 to $2.00 each. 
Very tiny silver spoons they would be at $3 for 12, to say 
nothing of the “ gifts.” Lead spoons, very thinly plated 
with silver, can be bought for a trifle, and are worth no 
more. Where do the green-horns live who keep such en- 
tenmscs ngoln""!... .Lotteries.—T. J. Furniss, of Cedar 
street. New York, like many others, pretends to assure a 
great many people of his ability to send them valuable 
prizes. Let cverj-hody having an itclilng to try these fel¬ 
lows, remember, Ist, that if they can pick out lucky num¬ 
bers, then the whole lottery is in every way a swindle, 
and you will he surely sw-indled 5 2d, that if conducted 
fairly the pretended agent is a liar, and will cheat you ; 
3d, that if lie had the ability to select lucky numbers, he 
would surely keep them himself, for he would make far 
more thus tlian by the commissions he could hope for 
from any cu.stomcrs you could possibly send ; 4tli, that at 
least nin6 in every ten of these lottery “ agents ” keep 
every dime sent them, and you can never find them or 
get a word from them; and, finally, that all lotteries are 
unfair swindles, however regularly conducted, because of 
every $5 paid in, the managers and agents pocket ft-om 
$.3 to $4, and leave only $1 to $2 to be drawi for by tlic 
tickets.. .Frank, Mass & Co.,WiHiam-Bt., and J.E.Brcnnan 
& Co., Nassau-st., are match swindlers with T. J. Furniss. 
.... Beware of New Tea Companies. Tlic so-called “Great 
American Tea Company,” 31 & 3-3 Vcscy st., advertised 
in our columns, though doing an immense business .all 
over tlie country, lias not even been complained of to us 
more than two or three times in as many years. On this 
account, as well as for other reasons wc have previously 
sUted, wc believe general satisfaction is given to their 
customers. But stimulated hy their success, scvcnil of the 
swindling fraternity have started or protend to have started 
other " Tea Companies,”-some copying very nearly the 
advertisements, etc., of the old company. Some of these 
we know to ho humbugs, (one was noted last month,) 
aud as to otlicrs wc have not evidence sufficient to war¬ 
rant us in admitting tlicir advertisements... Every man 
offering watches, jewelr)’, ticket is to he careftil y 
avoided. Nine out of ten of the most plausible of these, 
fellows will send nothing for your money, and not one 
in a liundred will give you your money’s worth.. ..Every 
stealer qf morals, modesty, aud virtue, will he quite likely 
to steal your money if sent to him. These fellows know 
you will not make a fuss about money sent for immodest 
or immoral hooks and instruments, and they will keep’ it 
and send nothing, unless pretty sure of making a bigger 
liaul afterwards - Plants,etc. — Don’t spend your money, 
time, and soil, on any of the wonderful foreign corns’ 
seeds, plants, etc., that just now turns up exclusively in 
the hands of some one individual. Egyptian corn, 
Dourah corn, etc., which were tried and condemned years 
ago, are “up” for speculation again....Want of space 
compels us to stop here, leaving about 50 letters un¬ 
answered—hut they arc all humbugs , so don’t be troubled 
about losing some great moneymaking chance.Sec 
last moutli’s exposures for sundry names in these letters. 
.... 1 *. ^.—Harris Brothers, ot Boston, received some¬ 
thing towards tlieir just deserts in the Superior Court on 
April 15th, viz.: a fine of $14,000 ($7000 each).—Good 
for Boston : Now let N. Y. City take hold of her lottery 
and “gift enterprise” swindlers. 
Ml*. .IsKltl mot mm Oflicc-Seelfer.— 
The following appeared in a New York daily morning 
paper ou April 4th : “ Office Seekers. —The halls and 
ante-rooms of the E.xecutive Mansion were literally 
blocked to-day hy tlie crowds of office-seekers. The 
crowd exceeded anything of the kind for months past. 
The President was almost exhausted by 3 p. m., and not 
one-third liad obtained interviews. Orange Jiidd, the 
publisher of the Agiiculturist, and Horace Capron, of Il¬ 
linois, are prominent candidates for the position of Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture. The President is determined 
to remove Newton.”-Similar telegi-ams have appeared 
in many other joimials. From the above, it would ap¬ 
pear that Mr. Judd was one of the “crowd” of candi¬ 
dates knocking at the Presidential door for office. We 
take the liberty to say that so far from this being the case, 
he was quietly at home looking after his gardeners and 
builders, and entirely ignorant of any efforts making, or 
to he made hy anybody, to get him into office, nolens 
volens. Tlie Agriculturist “ Office,” with its half million 
of patrons and friends, is abundantly satisfactory so far 
as position, usefulness, and pay arc concerned. In 
short, ho is not an aspirant to any Government office. 
'Worse tlimm lliimi1>mg;.—The Murder of 
the unborn, is beginning to attract, in some degree, the 
attention which its great importance imperatively de¬ 
mands. The prevalence and recent great increase of this 
crime, the general ignorance as to its criminality, and of its 
terrible consequences upon the guilty actors themselves, 
forbid longer silence on the part of medical men, minis¬ 
ters and editors, wlio liavc until now feared lest public ef¬ 
fort should make known and increase an evil which it 
aimed to diminish. Dr. Storer’s Essay, “Why Not,” 
published hy Messrs. Lee & Shepard, of Boston, should 
be in the hands of every Physician, Clergyman, Editor, 
and of all other intelligent persons of cither sex, in 
tlie country. (Price 50 cts.) Dr. Todd recently furnished 
an article on the subject to the Congregationalist, at Bos¬ 
ton, and wc hear he is preparing a longer essay for publi¬ 
cation. The Christian Advocate, of New York, also pub¬ 
lished an article from an intelligent lady, entitled: “ Fash¬ 
ionable ilurder.” The Northwestern Christian Advocate, 
of Chicago, Ill., of March 13, devoted 7!-^ editorial col¬ 
umns to a bold and outspoken discussion of die subject, 
which is being copied at the West, and is worthily a\i aken- 
ing much attention. We learn that one of the editors. 
Rev. Arthur Edwards, Chicago, is preparing a cheap Pam¬ 
phlet or Tract designed for extensive circulation.^ 'We 
wrote somewhat sharply on one phase of the subject— 
the medical advertisements—in May, last year, and we are 
very glad to see these further efforts to check a wide 
spread, growing, and terrible evil—crime 1 It behooves 
every woman—every man indeed—to become enlightened 
upon this subject.-Wliat shall we say of those 
jounials, even such papers as claim and find admission 
into the best families, that yet, for the sake of die money 
consideration, dally spread before their readers the 
advertisements of such monsters-such murderers-as 
Rcstell, Mauriceau, and many others, who offer their ser¬ 
vices and medicines to all, married and unmarried, and 
promise for a small consideration to assist them not only 
to the most criminal deeds, hut to the almost certain dc- 
stmetion of their own future health and happiness—very 
often of their lives. If die publisliers of such journals 
lack the conscience or die intelligence required to reject 
these advertisements, tlicir sheets should be banished 
from the houseliold by every one who would not nurse a 
viper in his domestic circle.—An editor, with whom we 
recently rcmonsti-atcd, excused himself by pleading ig¬ 
norance of the character of an advertisement. Any edi¬ 
tor so simple or ignorant as not to know the intent of 
adwrdsements “to remove irregularities from whatever 
cause,” “monthly pills,” etc., aud the like, has wofully 
inistaken his calling as an enlightener of the public. 
