1883.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
589 
S. M. Clark of Washington, D. C.. being interested iii 
our exposure of the Bessarabia corn fraud, in June ol'last 
year, sent to Bessarabia for seed of the real article. He 
sends us a sample of the product; it is a small ear of very 
small dark yellow flinty kernels, and ripened in sixty 
three days from planting. Mr. Clark thinks that on strong 
land, this corn would yield as much as four or five bush¬ 
els of shelled corn to the acre. This is a case in which 
the fraudulent seed is quite equal to the original. 
:i Sfiaia's fi'lxjrciases. 
A number of inquires have been made of a party who 
offers to loan money on mortgage at very low rates. 
The proposed capitalist hails from a street very far 
removed from any business neighborhood, and as pre¬ 
cedent to considering the loan, a person must be sent 
to examine the premises, whose expenses, a round 
sum, must be paid in advance. While this may be all 
right.it has a suspicious look. Whoever has property 
that is unencumbered, can readily procure a loan upon it 
from the Insurance companies and Savings' banks in a 
business-like way. 
The xlra,H»5;ini Evergreen MilEeS. 
A correspondent sends us a circular setting forth the 
wonderful claims made for this “Millet." While the 
plant may be a useful one, it is advertised in a manner 
likely to excite suspicion. Though it has grown and 
has borne seed in California, where there are a number 
who could give its botanical name, we are furnished 
with no clue to its identity. “Arabian Evergreen Mil¬ 
let” is apparently a local name, no such variety being 
known to the seed trade, or to the literature of grasses. 
From the description, we hazard the guess that this 
will turn out to be the ‘ Johnson-grass,” or “ Guinea 
grass " (Sorghum Halepense) Why all this mystery? Why 
not give its real name if everything is on the square? 
Me Still A*iks ;i I>olIar. 
The man with the ‘ Spotted ' Pony ranch in Texas, 
who asked a dollar for a small “ descriptive circular,” 
which did not describe, is after a dollar in another 
scheme. He issues a circular in which the advantages 
of Texas, as a stock-raising State, are set forth in glow¬ 
ing terms. He says not a word about “ spotted ” or 
other ponies, but he will send “documents” with a 
" blank contract,” for teaching young men the “ art of 
breeding and raising stock "—all for the same old price, 
“ one dollar.” Before any one engages with this man, it 
would be well to know more about him. Will some of 
our many Texan readers tell us more about this “ dollar ” 
circular ranch man? Is he the man of the same name 
who flourished in Cincinnati a few years ago ? 
M'lie “ iPoaiBla-y Adviser.” 
Mrs. J. E. Green, Jefferson Co., Wis., writes us that 
she sent her “ hard earned two dollars ” to the publish¬ 
ers of the “ Poultry Adviser,” for a book containing in¬ 
structions which all who thought of making an incuba 
tor ought to have. When the two dollar book came.it 
turned out to be a thirty-page, paper-covered pamphlet. 
Mrs. G says ; ” To say that I was angry, would be stat¬ 
ing it mildly, and I determined to do all I could to pre¬ 
vent others from becoming victims.” We regret that 
Mrs. Green had not seen our warning against this 
“Poultry Adviser,” given many months ago, as she 
could have saved her money, and avoided disappoint¬ 
ment. Is it not time that the Post Master at New Con¬ 
cord, 0., looked into this “Poultry Adviser ” business? 
BUe Professed to l»c sisa ESonest 
Ehs i*aiici-. 
When he came to “ L. P. ” of Leavenworth Co. Kan., 
and appointed him as agent for two townships for the 
sale oi a “ Patent Barbed Fence. ” He asks us to cau¬ 
tion others against this man, who “claims to be an 
honest farmer. 1 While we do not doubt the statement 
of our Kansas friend, we cannot, as he seems to expect, 
call parties by name unless we have some tangible 
evidence. The complaint is, that fencing material 
offered to be furnished at a given price has never come 
to hand, and that the pretended agent succeeded in 
inducing “ L. P. ” to sign a note for what he never re¬ 
ceived. When farmers go outside of their own proper 
business to act as agents for anything, trouble is usu¬ 
ally sure to follow. “ Cobbler, stick to your last.” 
“'B'Sie fiS-oyal Cholera Sgejnedy.” 
The maker of this “Royal" remedy sends us, from the 
capital of the Republic, a circular. He also writes us a 
note, in which he modestly says: if we “think it of suffi¬ 
cient interest to this country and the old” we “can give 
it a place in the Agriculturist." Observe, he does not 
ask us to publish ii, but graciously accords this privi¬ 
lege. Having duly considered his generous offer, we 
have on the whole concluded not to accept it. We do 
not care to get in the way of giving something like two 
columns of advertising in the form of reading matter, 
however valuable it may be. The very title quoted 
above is bewildering. Is this” Remedy” for the “Royal 
Hog” when afflicted with the cholera, oris it for common 
hogs when they have the “Royal” cholera? He leaves us 
in doubt. While we cannot give the circular in full, we 
would not entirely deprive our readers of its profound 
wisdom and remarkable science. The author states 
that he has found “many truths that have never b»cn 
written in the books." We have not the least doubt of 
it. Here is one of his “solid chunks” of “truth:” “The 
temperature and habits of swine give off more moisture 
heat, and moisture attracts the forces, and when poison¬ 
ous matter is eaten or breathed, a morbid condition is 
produced..and swine plague begins.” We always 
suspected that “the forces” were concerned in hog 
cholera, and now we have it in print. Here is more of 
that science not “written in the books.” “I find nearly 
all contagious diseases due to septic matter carbonized, 
and left loose to float away, and being lighter than com¬ 
mon air, floats until dew or rain brings it down again." 
Here we have as a cause of hog cholera, the leaving 
“ loose " of “ carbonized septic matter.” Wc mightsug- 
gest as a remedy the confining of said “matter," but we 
are saved that trouble as this man says, “ I have discov¬ 
ered the only possible preventive and cure in the world." 
Our satisfaction is marred when we are told how he dis¬ 
covered his “only possible.” He did it “by the common 
sense way " which was ” by actual test with the hog. 
I have tried near one hundred different compounds 
through a period of four years.” Poor hogs,what they 
must have suffered. 
A Cagifioiiury Sig’ataitS. 
“The People's Railway of America,” proposes to build 
a railroad “ from ocean to ocean,” which is its grandiose 
way of saying a Pacific Railroad, and also “from the 
Gulf to the Lakes.” A prospectus is issued, calling upon 
“ the people ” to help, as the road is to be “ for the good 
of the people.” Only $175,000,000 is required, which 
amount of capital “ the people ” are asked to provide by 
buying §50 shares. If any of our readers are among 
“ the people ” who may be tempted to invest in this 
scheme, we would advise caution, and ask them to con¬ 
sider one point. The prospectus tells us that this 
scheme “ supplies a long felt demand for the great and 
small.” This, if it means anything, implies that there 
isa “demand" for a Pacific Railroad. Is this true? Is 
there a “ demand,” “long felt” or other, for another 
Pacific Railway? There are now at least four such 
roads, entirely, or nearly completed. These have had 
abundant aid from the Government in ample land grants. 
A new road, without this, could not compete with those 
already built. The prospectus closes its appeal with a 
conundrum—a regular brain-achcr—when it asks. 
“ Why should this company live ? ” As we cannot see 
why, we are disposed to “ give it up.” Not so this 
company, as it is ready with no less than seven answers. 
Th$ third reason is, “because the people are not as 
ignorant as some portion of the press would have them 
be, could they have their way and sway,” This sort of 
“ taffy ” will disgust the sensible portion of “the peo¬ 
ple," and is not altogether calculated to enlist “ the 
press” in favor of the scheme. The seventh answer, 
showing why this company “should live,” in this, " be¬ 
cause a man must, to prosper, depend on, and live off 
of his fellow man.” Just what this means we are not 
quite sure, but it is very pretty reading. Indeed there 
is so much gush in this prospectus, that plain, work¬ 
day prose, is not sufficient, and it “dips into poetry.’ 
For example, we read. 
“ Who trust the people, never fail. 
For right is might and will prevail.” 
To which we would add. 
“ Strange such a difference there should bo 
‘ Twixt tweedle-dum and twocdle-dee.” 
To our Readers. 
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