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Improvement of the Quality Of POta


toes.
1t is well known that in some
soils, and in some seasons, the pro
duce of potatoes is abundant, and
their quality excellent; while in 9th
ers the quantity is not deficient, but
the quality is inferior; and there are
situations so unfavorable that the
crop is always bad in every respect.
Occasionally, indeed, cold, wet sea-
sons deteriorate this important crop,
even in the best soil, on which the
most skillful cultivation has been
bestowed
Surprising, however, that all has
been done that could possibly be eff
fected in the way of good cultiya,
ton, yet when the crop is fit fol-
taking up, its proper after manage
ment is n most important consider
alton.
People think that if they guard
their crop from frost, they have
done all that can be needed: but
this is a mistake of the worst kind
BY improper management after TAX
ing up. potatoes of the finest quail
ity are easily spoiled, and, on the
contrary, by judicious treatment
even such as are watery, may be
much improved.
| It's of the first consequence tina
light, as well as frost should bt
guarded against, for light renders
the tubers unwholesome.
The stems, and, in fact, all thu
parts of the potato plant above
ground, are more or less poison
| GUS. Tubers are occasionally
formed along the stem; but they
are, as We all know, green and bad
This is entirely owing to their ex
| posure to light.
Having pointed out one of tn
sources of deterioration, it may b
as well to name means of improve
ment; always dry the tubers befor
cooking them. If a potato
weighed when fresh taken up, the
laid in a dry, warm place for som
time, and again weighed, it will b
found to have become lighter, il
consequence of the evaporation o
a portion of its water; and
will then, in cooking, be more mealy
In Ireland, with this in view, pota
toes, when watery, are often take
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The Sou heTn Mattress Factory
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We also trim Church pews, and do. all kinds
Of renOvating in our line
If inconvenient to visit our Factory call at
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Auction Houses, College street, and leave or
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We will buy 100000 pounds of ROUGH
SHUCKS delivered at our Factory.
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W.. On % SOut : Cherry
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out of the caves and Kept in a dry
place for a few weeks, and a great
improvement is the aconsequence.
The French are aware of this. A
writer in the Revue Hoytico1e says !:
" In unfavorable seasons potatoes
are often found to be watery and
without flavor, although cooked with
the greatest care. In this case, the
mode of effecting an amelioration
is easy; it consists in placing them
near a stove or oven for about a
week previously to their being used.
At the end of that time they will
be found mealy and of good flavor.
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The new House of Commons of Great
Britain, composed of six hundred and
tilty-eight members, contains twelve in
dependents, five Baptists, five Quakersr
two Wesleyan Methodists, one Calvanistic
Methodist, seventeen Unitarians, ten
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Grating Raising a Young Orchard.

A writer in the Nep England
Farmer recommends in grating to
avoid the depredations of the carter
pillar, that the lower bud of the
scion be placed one quarter Of an
inch below the top of the cleft, and
covering the bud entirely with wax.
The wax does not hinder the start
ing Of the bud, and when scions are
thus set during the latter part of
May, the worms disappear before
the buds appear. He says he has
often known the worms to kill the
upper bud or leaf, while the lower
one was shielded. And, besides,
when scions are set in this way, they
are less liable to be be broken by
wind, or by the weight of birds that
may alight upon them.
The same writer recommends the
following as the best way to raise an
orchard: Plant few seeds in each
spot where you wish tree to stand,
cultivate the young trees carefully,
and select from each bunch or hill
the one that appears the most hardy
(not the largest), and pull up the
others when they are one year old.
When the trees are three years old,
if they have been kept trimmed and
properly nursed, they will be ready
for grating. Let this be done by
setting one scion in each tree, atsuch
distance from the ground as suits
your fancy from one to five feet
He says the hardest and best bearing
apple trees be ever knew were those
which never had their roots dis
turhed.
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Bulls Worm Destroyer.
TO MY UNITED STATES AND WORD
WIDE READERS.

TO MY UNITED STATES AND WORD
WIDE READERS.
have received many testimonials rom pro-
feSsiOnRl and medical men, as my almanaes
and various publications have shown ali OF
which are genuine The following letter
from highly educated and popular physician
In Georgia, Is certainly one Of the most sensi-
Bile communications have ever received DR.
Clement knows exactly what he speaks of and
OF gold. Hear what the Doctor says OF BULLS
WORh DESTROYER:
VALLAEov, WALLER COUNTY. CAL
June 70, 1855
DR.. JOHN BULL-Dcar Sir: I have recent,
given your Worm Destroyer several trials
and find it wonderfully eficaciOus- It has not
JAILED In single instance TO have the wished
for effect. am doing pretty large coun
try practice, and have daily use for some ar
ticle OF the kind. l am free to confess that
know Of no remedy recommended by the
ablest authors that is so certain and speedy
In its effects, On the contrary they are I'M
certain in the extreme. My object in writing
you Is to end out upon what terms can get
the medicine directly from you, II / can get
Il upon easy terms, | shall use great deal of
it. / am aware that the use of such articles
is contrary to the teachings and practice of
great majority Of the REGULAR line OF
NJ DIS, butt see no Just canse or good sense
IN discarging remedy which we know to be
efficient, simply because We may be ignorant
OF tscOmbinatiOn- For my part, / shall make
1t IuletO use all and any means to alleviate
suhe humanity Which l may be able t.
cOmmand-nOt hesitating because some one
more ingenious than myself may have learn
ed its effects first and secured the sole right
to secure that knowledge. However ] am by
no means an advocate or supporter Of the
thousands worthless nOstrums that iCOdthe
country, that purpOrt 70 cure all man ner OF
disease to which human flesh is heir. Please
reply soon, and inform me of your best terms
am, sir, most respectfully,
JULIUS P. P. CLEMENT. ND
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The iheaters in New York are said to
have had a rich harvest on Christmas.
The Olympic two performances) So, 600.
Niblo's, $4,000; Broadway, 81 800; New
York, 81 500; Woods, $1,000; Bowery
s., $50; Pixies, s., 200 Besides these
there were other places of public amuse
mcnis which took in some 81 500 more.
Total, Sl5,S00 Throw in the concerts
oratories, etc, and the sum total would
probably not be far from So, 600
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Cure for Roup,

One of the most troublesome dis
eases in the poultry yard is roup,
which, in its general characteristics,
is in some respects similar to ca
tarrh. There is discharge from the
nostrils, the lids of the eyes be
come swollen, followed by swelling
of the face, and the bird finally dies
from being unable to take food, or
from suffocation. Many consider
the roup contagious, and it is not
unlikely that such is the case. Fowls
drinking from the same vessels will
take it. Mr.. Alonzo Snider, of Chi
cago, one of the best Western poul-
terers, kindly furnishes the Prairie
Farmer with a cure for this disease,
which he gives and vouches for as
follows: ..... ..-
When the fowl is first taken with
roup, no matter how badly the head is
swollen, remove il TO dry room in the
barn, and give dessert spoonful of alum
water twice a day, as strong as it will
dissolve; also wash the subjects head
in it. If the fowls rattle badly in the
throat, make swab by tying a little
tow on small stick, and swab the throat
out with the same mixture. In this way
/ have cured fowls in two days, that
were nearly blind with swelled heads,
and l have never known it to fail in a
single instance, if taken in season."
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Notice to Taxpayers.

REvENUE COLLECTOR's OFFICE.
City Hall south end MarkethOuse)
Nashville, Tenn, Jan. T. 1869. }
IL PERSONS OWING CORPORATION
n taxes for 1868 and previous wears, are here
by notified that l will report all IN paid taxes
TO the January term of the Circuit Court, and
said court will be moved TO condemn and order
10 sale the land described in said report TO pay
taxes, damages and costs thereon. After said
report is made % per cent. will he added to all
ubDaid tayes. b. J. SHERIDAN,
ian6 Nv City Revenue Collector.
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THIS PROPERLY CONSISTS OF A COAL
Mine, which, as now developed. has no
equal in the Southern States. 1t has been pen.
etrated until there is AZ miles of track mostly
laid with ironl under the ground. The coal is.
beyond question, inexhaustible. 1t is a good
CRATE coat; end for making iron. burning in
shops. making steam, and especially in its free
dom from impu1 tiles, as shown in the preserva-
ton of engines using IL, it has no equal in the
Southern States. and no superior anywhere. In
addition to the mines the company owns. lying
around the mines, about 1900 acres of land
from 500 acres to 5000 of which is coal land !;
q miles of railroad, now in good order, with two
fiIst-rate engines, and about 100 cars also, a
llst-rate saw and grist mill, several good dwell
ing houses ard abou. go miners houses, l2j
miners cars and miners tools.
The permanent additions and improvements
made to this property, in the purchase of addi-
tional coal lands. building cars. miners houses.
mills, rebuilding the railroad, etc, amounts
since the war to about $50, 900.
Now the property is producing from 5000 to
5000 bushels Of coal per day, with a permanent
contract for freight Cor ten years. and with con
tracts for the sale of coal Of Nashville, Atlanta
and Huntsville for five years.
To good business man, or to a number Of gen.
tlemen who wish 10 make ar investment and
who will pu. forward a good business man. a
bargain sill % given in the sale ofonc half this
property, which as certainty in the speedy
return of profits. and in the daily increasing
value of the property,icannot be elsewhere found
in Tennessee.
The undersigned is fully authorized to con-
summEte this trade, and communications adj
dressed to him at Nashville, will be answered
and all the information given which may be
desired.
The mercantile business Connected with this
enterprise amounts to more than Sl00.0J0 per
annum. and the real estate belonging to the
company is rapidly growing in value. The prop
erty is free from litigation and the titles clear.
This is not an investment upon future pros
poets and contingencies, but any one wishing to
make the purchase can go TO the mines. see all
ha aha ri 70
liberal one. see exactly what the daily business
IS, and determine upon facts, and not speeula-
ton. what will be the character of the invest
ment.
The undersigned feels assured this investment
ought to be made by men in Tennessee, as there
is capital and enterprise here as we'll as else
where.
Believing that no such offer has been made
for an investment in Tennessee property since
the war. the undersigned asks that men of en-
terprise at once confer with him as to further
particulars, price, etc.
A. S. COLYAR. President
janl I'm Tennessee Coal and Railroad Co.
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Application of Ashes 10 Fruit IRE.

A correspondent of the Ne,O
England Farmer writes: 81 often
make use of ashes around my trees,
certainly as often as once a year,
and believe it to be of great benefit
to them. But, like some of your
other correspondents, i have learned
not to apply it in contact with the
bark of the trees, as they become
mOistened and form I've often too
strong for the growing wood. 1
generally use about one quart of
ashes to a tree, scattering it around
them as far as the roots are sup
posed to extend underneath. My
large trees, in bearing ten or twelve
years, receive an application of from
six to eight quarts of unleached
ashes to each tree, scattered in same
manner. l never permit the ashes
to lie upon the ground in any place
more than one inch in depth"
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How to reduce your household ex-
pcnses' 5000 a year-let your wife catch
Y, u pinching the servant girls arm.
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MESS PORK.

OnO BARRELS MESS PORK. FUL
ZNUJ weight, in store and for sale by
i.u5Iw HART a HENSLEY.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
Horses Feet swelling.

On this subject the Prairie
Farmer says of the swelling is
accompanied with great heat and
tension of the parts, and more par
ticularly by cracked heels, then mild
aperients and fermentation is a good
beginning; but where any fiaccidity
exists, stimulants and tonics we have
found the sovereign remedy. Take
of powdered sulphate of iron, one
ounce and half, powdered gentian
root, two ounces nitrate of potassa,
one ounce; mix. and divide into
twelve powders, and give one night
and morning mixed in cut or soft
feed, with no more water in the feed
than will keep heparticles together.
Feed the animal generously and well,
and Give q little nvorcicn do;Iy
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NOTICE.

A MEETING OF THENASHVILLEB BLOOD
n Horse Association will be held on satur-
day, 9th January. at Il o'clock, at the office
of Archer Cheatham Il Co. for the purpose of
electing officers Tor the year 1869.
W. II. JOHNSON. Pres't
GEo. S. KINNEY, Sec'y. dee29 I'd
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Bulls Sarsparilla
A GOOD REASON FOR TIE CAL
TAIN'S FAITH.
READ THE CAPTAINS LETTER AND
THE LETTER FROM HIS MOTHER

Benton Barracks, Mo, April 30, 20.
Dr. JOHN BULL Dear Sir: Knowing IN
eHcienev of your Sarsaparilla and the heal
ing and beneficial qualities it possesses, / send
you the following statement Of my case:
was wounded about two vesrs aRO-Yas
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved So often, my wounds
have not healed yet. / have not sat uD mo-
ment since was wounded. 1 am shot through
the hips. My general health is impaired. and
/ need something to assist nature I have
more faith in your Sarsaparilla than anything
else. lWish that that was genuine. Please
express me half dozen bottles. and Oblige
CAPT. Z. p. JOHNSON,
LOUIS, No,
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