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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-20
WANT OF CARE IN WINTERING
BEES. -


Mrs. E. S. Topper, Of Iowa, writes to
the American Institute Farmers Club of
New York city for opinion as to the cause
of the great mortality among bees during
the past winter. 1t viii be remembered
That Mrs. Topper has given great attention
to this business during the past few years
and has realized large profits from it. In
many places, she says, nearly all
the bees have died, in others
large per cent. Of the
whole number. have examined some of
the dead colonies and gathered all the par
ticulars Of others, and am sure that in every
case reported to me the bees died from no
disease, but simply from want Of care In
wintering. Some colonies which have
seen died of too much honey. In many
parts Of the West the honey season last Fall
was extended into October, and bees were
able to ell up their combs with honey after
the queens ceased breeding. In thousands
of hives there was no empty space In which
the bees could cluster, and Winter found
them thus, clustering upon combs filed
with sealed honey as cold as Ice itself, and
they persisted. Had the center combs
been emptied by an extractor, or
two or more combs been removed from the
hive to give them room, they would have
been saved. / took 20 pounds of honey
from each Of 80 hives last October, and left
them in far better order for wintering than
if none had been taken. By doing it l
saved 1000 pounds of honey and saved my
bees! Some colonies that were protected
died from want of upward ventilation.
saw, last week, many of these. No holes
were left open in the top-the moisture &C
cumulated and the combs molded-the
bees were uncomfortable, could not retain
the focal matter, and died Of what is
enormously called dysentery. have
found some cases where the trouble
was caused by the bees being shut into the
hive. They never like this; the entrance
should be only partially closed. In other
cases bees were smothered by too much
straw and fodder being put about the hives.
Not one case has yet been reported to me
where bees have suffered that were winter
ed in dry cellers, or properly protected on
their Summer stands, with due attention to
giving them empty space in which to win
ter. If those interested in this important
matter viii turn to the United States Agri-
cultural Report Of 1861, and read short
paper in it prepared by me, they will find
the whole matter made plain. If the prin.
ciples Of winter Bookkeeping there laid
down be carried out in practice, no colony
need eyer be lost in vintgT.
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DEEP AND THOROUGH CULTIVA-
TTnN
From the American Farmer


The benefit of deep cultivation is, as a
rule very much 'undervalued, and we are
thoroughly convinced of this from both prac-
tice and observation. We mention q case
in point; On an estate where tho writer
served an apprenticeship, was a field con-
tanning upwards of twenty acres, always
considered the poorest kind of land. This
was put into cultivation under catch crops
of mustard, rape, ETC., plowed and sowed
wheat, followed with oats, then winter
fallOwed for roOta-and such a crop Of
roots one rarely sees. The green crops
were eaten by sheep on the land, which was
plowed an average depth Of six inches for
wheat and for the oat crop, and about tif-
teen for the winter falloF, preparatory fSr
a root crop-the first blowing running seven
inches deep, followed by the subsoiIer,
eight inches deep, breaking up the sub
sole and leaving it in the furrow.
This was done under the ysuperln-
tendence of a skillful agriculturist.
Good, sound judgment and thorough
practical skill, are the qualifications which
lead 70 SUCCESS ia {arIalns-ta HnoW when
work should be done, and how to do it
thoroughly. .
We do not mean TO imply that deep
ploughing is all that is neCesssry-by no
means-plenty Of good, well made farm
yard manure, undertaking where neces-
ssry, with deep and thorough cultivation,
viii keep land up to the highest state offer
tility, and will, if persisted in, bring up land
that has been impoverished. We do not
mean that it is necessary to plough deep
for every farm crops our sysi EN- is to sub
soil once in three tofiYe years or more, &C.
cOrding toheEassity, being careful To never
throw the subsoil on Che top. Plow shall
lover for wheat tban for any other; as it
likes a tirm f0othOld.
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THE BURRLE REPV rATION.
Gen. Uhr1ch Condemned by the Com
mittee of CapItuIatiOns,
From the Sew York Times.


We need hardly say that We refer to
Gen. phpieh, ths defender of Strasbourg.
all remember how, few brief months ago,
half Europe was eager to do him honor.
France almost idolized him. Wondrous
stories were told of his calmness, his forti-
tude, his transformations courage. In the
dismal time of the bombardment, when
Strasbourg was in flames, the facade of the
cathedral smashed in ty the Prussian fire,
and shells tearing their way into the great
organ, Uhrieh gained repute that alone
in all the army looked solid as well as
brilliant. His reception in Paris
was veritable triumph. His
path was strewn with fowsrs. Theoplfle
G2utisg Erote verses In his Shonor. The
Avenue de IIImperatrice became the Avenue
Uhrich; and the name that displaced that
of Eugene seemed embalmed forever IN
the national heart. But there has come
woful change. It began to be whispered in
Paris, SONG mouths back, that military men
doubted the heroism, the peFsistenoy, and
the credit attaching to the defence Of Stras-
bouTg. In due course the assembly took
up the matter, and it was referred to the
"cOmmittee Of capitulations." The result
has just been attained, and cannot be heard
without sorrow. Gen. -lhrighs resistance
was beiore sal,ed feeble, but the committee
go fultheF, In brief, the general is dis
tinctly censured, the Paris municipality
have taken down the steel plate that bore
his name, the Avenue Uhrich has become in
trice the Avenue du Bots de BculCgne, and
lagos bitter eEigrara, in one way or the
other has received another forcible exem-
pliiCatiOn,
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THE COTFON MARKETS.
MOntgOneEE, Ana, June IL.

montgomery, Ala, June h.
The Montgomery cotton market closed
nominal this evening at the following figures:
Good ordinary 221c; strict good ordinary
22ie; low middlings 23Ac; middIings 2S3c.
Columbus, Ca, June "a.
CottQn-Market dull and unchanged.
Nothing DOING; middlings nominally 235c;
receipts bales; shipments bales for home
consumption.
Macon, Ga, June IA.
Cotton-Market as usual full. Mid
dlings will bring 23c; receipts bales.
Philadelphia, june n.
Cotton quiet; middlings 26Ic. -
Baltimore, June AZ.
Cotton quiet; middlings 26c; net receipts
Is bales; gross Is bales; exports coastwise
30 bales; exports to Great Britain - bales;
sales 100; last evening ITO bales, stock l.
III bales,
pa. Boston, June II.
To-day being observed as holiday there
was nothing doing. Stock 10000 bales.
Atlanta, Ca, June Is.
Cotton quiet at 24Ic.
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sbsurd ios a farmer TO apply che agent TO-
q dry silicious plain, or to hot, impover-
ished hill; and also it would be unwise to
SOW It upon a meadow which b covered bg
vatsrsik months n The yepr. Il mus sH also
be observed that the season has much to
do with the effects of plaster. During the
past three or four seasons Of extreme
drought, It's application has netably failed
upon almost al fields, but as soou as We
have continued moisture through the sum-
mer months, 1t win manifest its influence
upon vegetation. now ET1EiRs
Plaster may be applied with confidence
to pastures and fields which are strong en-
oush and moist enough to sustain good
growth Of deciduous trees. Pine lands are
not usually benefited by It. A hillside
where moss win grow so as to crowd out
good grasses, is usually promptly benefited
b. plaster, and the white clover comes in at
once. These Suggestions we think may
serve as an imperfect guide in applying a
cheap and important fertilizing agent to
our fields, and also serve to show that we
are not entirely in the dark respecting one
of the most obscure problems connected
with husbandry.
The great value Of Gypsum in the States
of Tennessee and Kentucky, arises from
the fact that it induces a heavy growth Of
clover, thereby insuring as peedy recupera-
ton Of the soils from any bad management
or over cropping spots that viii support
no other vegetable growth, can be clothed
with verdure by breaking it up, sowing
with clover and sprinkliag over the clover
about two hundred pounds Of plaster per
acre, when it first appears and about the
same amount two months afterwards. If
any of our farmers, who have surplus
of red hill sides doubt it, let them make
the experiment and he viii doubt no long
er. In whatever way it may act chemically
there is not the shadow of doubt but it
viii act beneficial upon clover, and clover
acts beneficial upon soils, as the experience
of our people well know. Let them try it.
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tine $6.O066.25; extra s6.2566.50; Xxx.
81, QaD4.25; n Xxx E$75067.75; choice
family 8. 1908 25; strictly fancy S9.750
CoEN MEAI-We quote at 80 and s5c
for unbolted and bolted. ~ e1A n
CoRN-Shipments to-day Of 1900 bushels
at 72ac per bushel, sacked and delivered in
depot s. vrstsvFs 1TEGG r a. t.--
WHEAT-No receipts TO, day. sf,l-.
a QATs-We quote at 5se, sacked and de-
livered in depot, - =.
BRAE-Supply light, and only to be bad
in small quantities. We quote nominally
az go PEI ION. ra.--t-
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g Nashville GrOcerv Ararket.

SUeABs-We note an advance IN hards.
We quote as follows: New orleans, in
hogsheads 8, 10a and 115c for fair to choice;
Demerara l2tm12ac; Porto Rico I0n111e
By the hogshead; standard hards 14n145c;
New Orleans clarified white 125nl2sc; do.
yellow 124c A coffee 1361Sac; B do. i9IIc;
extra G do. 13c. -. -
MoLAssEs AND SIRUPs-NeW Orleans
65c; sirups 45680c; golden strip 75c.
COFFEE-Market stiff at advanced quo
tations as follows: Rio, common to choice,
23a625ac; Laguayra Csc; Java 25A30c.
There has been much greater advance
East, and our market is now the cheapest
in the country.
4 NAILs-We quote at $500 for 1Ods and
25c additional for diminishing grades.
SAILING quote at So. 10 per barrel for \
bushel barrels BY the car load. 8
CANDLEs.-Nothing but full weights in
market, We quote star 81 b 1910.
IEAs-Market steady as follows: Impe-
rial $161.5O; Young Hyson $l.15RI.50;
Black 9Oc1$1.25; GunpOwder $161.75.
FIsH-We quote Nos. and 8 ST. 500
400, and s406t0.50 % barrel; half bar
rels, Nos. 1, 2 and 8, $3.50, $3.50 and 1915;
IN KITS, Nos. /, 2 and 8, $2.25, $1.75 and
R1cE-NIarket firm at 1Oc. An.
CHEEsE-We quote Factory, new at TIC.
PowDER-Market steady as follows DE-
pont $500; Sycamore Mills 500: Hazards
$500; blasting $500; fuse per 100 feet 75e.
SHoT-We quote patent So; Buck 1925.
LIQUoRs-We quote common rectihed
whisky ~ gallon 81; Robertson County
$1.756$3; Bourbon S1.25A5.5O; Lincoln
County $1.T562.25; Highwines 81.
COTTON FIEs-We quote at SC.
BRooMs-We quote at S2.5063.5O %
doz.
soAP-We quote at 5Gse % n, or 4sG
$50 % box. - =.
BAGeINe- We quote at 1sN2Oc for
hemp and fax. -.... ....'.. s.f r
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HOW Gypsum ACTs UPON SOILS.


Recently we have had several inquiries as
TO how gypsum acts upon the soil and the
generally received opinion is that It's capaci-
ty to absorb ammonia from the atmosphere
produces its fertilizing effects. If this were
all, il ought TO act well upon almost all
coils, because ammonia is the chief fertiliz-
ing ingredient in gqano, and guanO has been
used With beneficial effect upon al
soils. The Boston Journal of Chemistry,
first rate authority, thinks that the exact
way in which gypsum gets IL not vel un-
Sierstood, although it is understood that the
chemical changes or transformations which
occur when it is brought in contact with
soils are not Of uniform or fixed character.
Upon the conditions which exist, as regards
the presence of vegetable matter and moist
ure, depend the changes that take place.
we Lave p,oyed BY setual experiment that
gypsum is capable Of absorbing ammonia
from Che air and also from decOmposing
vegetable matter, being thereby changed
into hydrosuiphid5 Of ammonium; and this
again may be changed into carbonate Of
ammonia by absorption of carbonic acid
rom The air. These changes take place
Ehsa gypsum is brought in contact with
The moisture and vegetable mstter. What
ever other decompositions may take place
under different circumstances, this must be
regarded as the most important, rs from
It plants are supplied with food Of the high
est value. From these aseeTtained facts we
should infer that plaster must prove highly
serviceable to moist, messy hills, and also
TO meadows not too wet, and this has
proved correct so far as our observation
av:and. Often We have found that the
north side of a hill viii be greatly identified
bypias,2-, while upOn the southern exposure
isltas no perceptib5e eject. This is dqe'to The
fact that the northern slope is cooler, Or
oftener in the shade, and has more moist
ure and larger amount Of partially decay
ed vegetation, to aid in the promotion of
those chemical changes TO which we have
alluded.
1t is certain that it does not matter so
mach what may be the nature of the soil to
Which We apply plaster, as external agen-
eIes are principally concerned in fitting it
for plant food.
y lille the question as to how plaster
acs in all cases as q fertilizer cannot
be REGARDED as fxedly settled, yet we
have certain facts to guide us in its APP
plication which are of the highest impOr-
lance. With what we know, it would be
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uaSbvs1lo Produee Market,

EGes-Market quiet at 19c from wagon:
PEANUTs-Receipt light. We hear OF
small lots bringing $l.4061. go per bushel.
FEATHERs-Market dull at 6On62c. .
HAY-Stock very light. We quote nomi-
nally at $33635 per ton, but it would be
rather hard matter to purchase except IN
small quantities. r-.
WooL-Market unchanged. We quote
tub-washed, free of burs, 60685c; I'M
washed do. 40d45c. BURY lots 561Oc
less. "a. E- f-.r "a.
GINsENG-We quote at 6567Oc. r.
BEEswAx-We quote at 2S631c.
PoTAToEs-New potatoes are arriving
Fl eely and are taken from wagon at $26
2.25 per Dbl. .....- +. +. .-e
RAGs-The market oyerstocked and dull.
We quote at &c. -r --.-
BUTTEB-We quote at 12i615c for good
country; choice zoe. ~. rsr..f p.
CHICKENs-We quote spring at prices
ranging from $1.2062 per dozen. Hens
25c piece. 7.I--- -.-.-
nashville Flour and Grain Market.
FLoUR-Market firm as follows; Super
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
BATCHELOR,s HAER DYE.

This superb HAIR DYE Is the Beat IN tAs
ROrld-Perfectly Harmless, Reliable and In
Simultaneous. No disappointment. No Ridicu-
lOus tints, sg unpleasant OdOF, The genuine W.
A. BATOHELOR'S HAIR DYE produces I'M
MEDIATELY a splendid BLACK or
NATURAL BROWN. Does not Stain the
Skin, but leaves the HAIR CLEAN, SOFT and
BEAUTIFUL. The only safe and PERFECT
Dye. Sold by al Druggists. Factory Is BOND
ST., New York. mh9deod1y sA3p
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BALTIMORE, June, 19.-Flour weak
market fayors buyers Wheat firm and
scarce; choice white S2.15. Corn &c.
Oats 4514Sc. Rye UNCHANGED. Mess Pork
Sl3.50. Bulk shoulders &c; sides 65G clear
rib &c. Baeon-shoulders 53AS'. Hams
13613ac. Lard &c. Butter dull. Whis-
Nv SoA2Qic
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sTRAYHD.

= CTRAYED OF Stolen from my place IN North
y Nashville, Black Mare, with one white fore
HO rsel With black name sandf tall The horse
about years old and the mare about 9. Any In
formation about same viii be literally rewarded
by HUGH McGANOCK.
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Happy Relief for Young Men from the
effects Of Errors and Abuses in carly life. Man
hood restored. Nervous debility cured. Inn
pediments to Marriage removed. New method
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No.
SoRth Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa,
apo d6Sw3m sp. e..
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FARM AND GARDEN.
70 ~ PrrIED.


In the dark ages it was considered die
graceful to cultivate the son. Contact with
it involevd the penalty of Punishment from
society. There are yet in the South few
denighted spots where the people think
work is disgraceful and verify believe in the
darkness Of their Ignorance, that respectful
ity is only to be had by following profess
sional pursuits. To such we would COM
mend the teachings Of Prof. Ball, of the
scientific school, who very pertinently in
guires why American boys are growing too
proud 10 learn a trade and become useful
members of society. It springs from our
educational system which d ignores
our industrial life and industrial pursuits
these pursuits that elevate because they en-
rich the community. The only legitimate
result, says Prof Ball, Of our educational sys-
TEN will be the production OF lawyers and
doctors, or at least, clerks and school teach
ers. In consequence ofthis defect children
receive the impression that education has no
bearing on mechanics; that trade is only
manual drudgery. This is 10 be deplored
and those who think no intellect is requir-
ed on the farm or in the cOokshop are to be
pitied. Did any of our readers ever ser
iously think of the amount of knowl-
edge required 10 construct a
winding stairway? We venture
the assertion that not twenty professional
men in the city Of Nashville are sufficiently
expert in the higher mathematics to make
the Necessary calculation to run spiral
stairway. And yet the community have
been educated to believe that man who
can quote authorities has higher claim
upon the attention of the people, and is one
more to be respected for intelligence than
he who can pursue original investigations
pertaining to industrial enterprises, and so
increase the wealth of community. There
are times when this immature gen.
ius, the child of industrial thought
and original talent, is not only
respected, but becomes the means
of security to the Commonwealth. During
the first days of the civil war, when des-
pondency began to rest upon the hearts Of
our citizens for want Of skilled mechanics,
we distinctly remember whit a relief was
felt by the invention of a machine for max
ing percussion caps by one Of our citizens.
In time of trouble and perplexity indus
trial talent is most valuable, ami in times of
peace and quiet, though not recognized, it
constitutes the power that drives along the
wheels of progress and prosperity.
A man who cannot appreciate it
is to be pitied for his ignorance
and inbecility. When Our schools
provides our youth with some preparation
and knowledge for the prosecution of in
dustrial pursuits, says Prof. Bal, 1--WE shall
not find so many boys selecting :.efeminate
employlAelt suai as ceiling rims and
needless" but they will pusue the more
manly, digni6ed and responsible vocations
of agriculture or the mechanical industries.
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SundFfeS,

SHUCKs-In demand. Wequote hacked
$3.50 per 100 lbs; rough S1.5Q,
COTTON YARNs-Ws quote at 13c, I5c,
lie and 19c for 700, 900, 500 and 400.
WRAPPING PAPER.-We quote small at
SOC; medium 75c; double crown 81.
RoN.-We quote as follows: Tennessee,
bar, &c % NJ Kentucky, do. SIC; Tennessee
band 7s6l0c; Kentucky, do. 6I674c; Ten
nessee boiler plate SIC; boiler heads &c; fire
box 10c; sheet, common 5ai64; do Ken
lucky 6a67tc; do. Tennessee 7369c.
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Nashville Provision Market.

We continue to note considerable activity
in the market. Prices steady, packed from
store as follows:
BACoN-Clear sides Sci cigar rib sides nc;
shoulders &c; country bans 103c.
CAoIcE 'HAMs-Hart # Hensley's @, G.
@. hams lac.
BREAKFAsF AkooN-We quote at 12Ic.
LARn-We quote choice leaf in tierces
gig pressed 20. 1Oc; kegs lie; buckets
-~aS. 80. -. 10
MESS PoRK-Full weight $Y Dbl. $14.00.
RUMP PoRK-Full weight % Dbl $1,000
DRIED BEEF-We quote canVaSed TIC.
BEEF ToNGUEs-S. G. $3.50 % doz.
The receipts of country bacon continue
light. We quote at &c for shoulders, 7ac
for sides and 10c for hams. -
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THE Toledo Commercial says that Grant
"has not accepted one free gift since be-
coming President" Of course he hasn't.
Every gift has been rewarded with an office
"a regular bargain and sale.
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RANKiNG.s6.aaaH'iis
FINANCE AND TRADE.
NASHVILLE QUOTATOIMs.


PREMIERSHIP AND OTHER sBOUIkIEIHs.
OompUoller's warrants. ..............s...... 81
tennessee bonds, Ole. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,72
Tennessee D0nds, new. s.........s........,. ~
Tennessee bonds, Capitol ....,.,.....,..,,.7 10
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad bonds,
endorsed. .s..usss ................. 10
last Tennessee and Virginia Railroad BIDS,
elu9Lrou..ssSss.ss..sssss ~
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad binds,
onoofsoo'.s' s..s..ss..s.s~sssssss.sss 10
Tennessee coupons, fundable.. - ........ 10
Tennessee coupons, due July, 1883. bSj
Nashville and Decatur Railroad BOndS.,..., II
City Nashville bonds, old. 50
Oity Nashville bonds, signed Brown, MAYER, so
Oity Nashville bonds, signed Alden, Mayor. s.
NASHVILLE corporation coupons. ............. 90
Davidson county bonds Issued TO Tennessee
ana Paclnc ROAD. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a
Davidson county bonds issued to Louisville
rodu. sssssssssss.sss s.sss ssssssssss ,sssss. 70
Davidson county bonds issued TO other
rOeQs. ssssssss.ss.sssss,ssssss 30
DAVIDSON county coupons. %
DAVIDSON county warrants. ................. 50
Wilson county bonds,-lOng, ...............7 IS
ii =. (" 4 short, ....,....,.... 50
Montgomery county bonds. IS
S IeSsOOrO c0upo 80
Louisville and Nashville Railroad stock "a
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad stock. 10
Nashvile and Decatur Railroad stock. Al
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad stock. 90
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad d. 60
Memphis and Charleston Railroad stock 30
South Nashville Street Railroad stock "a
North Nashville Street Railroad stock 80
spruce Street Railroad stock.,...,...,,.,,,l 100
Suspension Bridge stock. so
kianterS Bank stock. .s.. s.......s.....,. 8
ValVh osnA OCA''''ss'''s'.ssss'sssa. .ssss y