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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20
DEEP SEA DREDGING.

THE HARVEST OF THE OCEAN BED
PREREQUISITES FoR GOOD HAUL-RAKING AND
SWEEPING THE SEA BOTTOM COMPARED WITH
scpApISG--A PARTY OF NATURALlsTs AT IHiih
DRyorIoNs-MUD TREATED SCIENTIFICALLY
NAMES WHICH ARE PROPER BUT NOT COMMON
frRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE IkD0NN'
PORTLAND. Me- Sept S-Fisherman's luck is pro
verh,allv uncertain and dredging for marine am
mails shares this characteristic. Almost ahy"neio
on the coast in this vicinity you may prlhs up W.
the first haul of the dredge what NeW-io'N "A',iAO
people would designate q " small measure VI oo"
urchns sea-weed five-fngered jacks anu INC I'm
inoner kinds of sea anemOnes. WIN Ie" 0."
clans, or mussels and plenty OF mud but soou
dav,s work which shall linclude the larger and the
,arer snecirnens among the captures of dredge and
+roUl ia only IN occasional event Viewed IN TINS
LIGHT tho dredging excursion of the American Asso-
;otion Cor tina Advancement of Science on the u D.
steamer McCulooh last Friday, was not success, al
though il WAS in other respects very enjoyable aa'
Who're the comfort of many peasure-seekers Is 10
he looked after scientific dredging is scarcely prac-
ticahle since il is often the case that there is
sr,oo.b water over the most fertile sea bottoms.
Nor was much more fortunate in this respect, the
same day. in casting my lot with a smaller party
ON the Blue Light though the presence of the Sec
retary OF the Navy made very agreeable addition
TO a pleasant company. But on subsequent day
still smaller party the Blue Light started out ex-
clusvely with view to business, There were no
pleasure-seekers aboard Neither was there any in
tention TO make up fishing party and seek the
grounds Of the cod and the paddock. Nobody but
naturalists. your correspondent and the crew were
on the boat and when one of the naturalists found
that the swell of the sea affected him, the boat re-
turned TO the wharf, he was put ashore, and we
started again. And on this trip our virtue brought
its reward. But before mentioning what we found
let me tell of the method of finding it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

IL may give readers some idea of what q
little economy saving paper material will amount to
when they hear that the OF waste paper from the
various public departments In England amount TO some
thing like $4,000 year About half this waste is con-
adental paper income tax returns &C. all OF which Is
sod direct TO paper makers who reduce IL to pulp and
communicative it, About II per cent OF the waste paper
sold is reduced pulp. For some kinds from Eli to 1925
A ton IS obtained for mill waste $40 a ton.
Suppose the Tchborne case should have to
be tried over again, by reason OF the death Of Juror
One day week one OF this unfortunate jury who
been for lunch, passing by big tree the
entrance Of Mlddesex Session House, 1t was blowing
s gale the Juror had barely cleared the spot when
with crash down came the tree with Its heavy trunk
and ponderous branches However, the peril to the in
te gritty OF the panel is not yet over for some member
OF may yet dis Of old age before tho proceedings are
concluded AS for deaths by softenng OF the BRAIN all
the jurymen are In equal danger OF It,
A dentist in Paris ON. Sandre) lately took the
law into his hands and administered summary JUS
uee Returning from q visit TO patient ato AT night,
be heard cry Of Distress and Fastening TO succor
rushed az by the with evident feonious intent
The assailant at knocked down with NJ. san
dres f0rceps and was then Informed that no could not
be released unless he allowed tine victor TO draw one OF
his teeth Reluctantly the rascal consented He was
seated upon stone and then the dentist selecting
beautiful mOlar, had II out IN twnking This spon OF
war NJ. Sandro wears for oharm attached " Ills
watch chain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

that is most frequently employed. A very simple
improvement lately made has added TO its useful
ness. This consists in attaching along the lower
end of the bag by lashing it at intervals stick par
alel with the mouth of the dredge and with the
ends coming out little beyond the lower corners Of
the bag that s the stick is little longer than the
bag is WIDE This dragging has the effect Of keep
ing the bag stretched out and square. The bottom
of the net is also attached TO this stick with single
lashing at about the middle of the stick; thus the
net is also kept drawn out in the most favorable
position for receiving whatever the scraper OF the
dredge takes up. OF the stick catches In the
rocks and breaks occasionally. and has 10 Dc re-
placed but if stronger rod were substituted tor H.
when it catches the damage of breaking would be IN
cted on the more costly parts OF the dreuge but inc
character of the sea bottom as indicated by ieau
and thermometer may be such as to require an IN
strument more formidable in appearance at least
than that already described. The rake dredge may
be needed whose mouth is preceded by an IRON par
parallel with it, and bearing set OF sharppointed
teeth capable of tearing up Neptune's stuboornest
clebe. The "rake" is essentially harrow; It's es-
pecial use is in the case of bottoms OF very tough
mnd or CLAW where il is desirable to unearth the
animals which are partly imbedded' such bottoms
are also feouenty so serrated with the tough tubes
of marine worms az TO make the work of the ordI-
nary dredge unsatisfactory the rake dredge read
y tears through these tubes But the occasions for
the use of the rake, as compared with the dredge
first described are certainly rare it is amore expen-
sive apnaratus and the chances of it's entangling
and damage. or in fact of its remaining overheard
permanently. seem rather the greater. The two i'm
provements named in this paragraph are both pro-
ducts of American brains the rake dredge being one
of Prof VerrlPs inventions, and the stick for the
bottom of the drcdge being due to one of the Blne
Lights party The mouth of the rake dredge differs
from that of the ordinary dredge in beng frame
Of round iron and not constructed as scraper, and
is about three feet long by ten inches wide The
weight of the frameFand bar prove In most cases
sufficient to keep the teeth at work GU the bottom,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20
GENERAL NOTES.

A householder at Lampasas Texas, wishing
render the entrance of his house as lovely and
pressive possible, decorated the door with white
knob. It the only in the place and the citizens
fastened TO utilize It, They constituted t target and
began rifle and revolver practice Immediately The IN
fortunate householder retired 10 the cellar for safety,
until, under the influence VI steady shower OF bullets,
the new knob had entirely disappeared Tbat door now
opens with string, running through bullet hole
With a gravity which is well nigh prefer
natural The Geneseo Qll) Republic makes the following
startling statement But little doubt exists rs 10 tho
fact OF there being bad boys In this town" There Is
still greater soemny in the assertion which follows:
what VIII become OF them remains 20 be seen Inc
occasion OF these remarks was the punder OF seVer
graperies In Geneseo, by juvenile admirers OF iruit
Poor boys! all that will happen 10 them doesn't TO
main to be scen. Several Of them ere ths nave DOUBT
less wrlthed under the earthly relrlbuuon OF conc
A New-Jersey Justice of the peace is not to
be with impunity disobeyed. ]. p, named J. X
Bruster walking the other day through the streets OF
Lambertyille called upon policeman TO arrest nun
Der OF dsorderly boys. The officer unexpectedly de-
cned The squire at the officer 70 the extent or
constructive assault and battery The oncer cOllared
the squire, aud walked him of 10 ial. Procuring ball.
out rushed the squire fresh paint, cOlared tbo ON
Ger, and walked him OF 10 jail, where he now lam
cuisines The administration OF justice IN NewJersey
must be rather mixed.
First rate, honest, untiring and capable pub
lie servants not common rs they should DO In
country requiring much and such various public ser
vice as does man who has wen and truly dono
his duty to his fellow citizens in Official capacity for
twenty years whether IN high or low station, should
have mention IL only To encourage the Others
Mr. Marshall B. Rice who has Just resigned the place,
has been Town Clerk of Newton, Mass for - years
Der OF the Great aud General Court and ANYWAY vi
rector. Yet these positions have corrupted his
morals. Newton may wei mourn the loss vi saeh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20
TIE CRADLE aIRYR.

From what has been incidentally mentioned IL il
doubtless apparent that mud is Of the principal
crops of the dredging harvest. But let me be I'M
derstood. Ii is not always merely animals and stones
plus mud, that shaken out carefully on tarpau-
lin when tho dredge is lifted on deck Not unfre-
quently the whole interior Of the net is packed with
what seems almost a solid wad of mud, with here
and there few animal forms visible IN the inter
stices Following the method described by the
English explorers, naturalists used TO pass this
mass after thinning il with sea water through a
series of tub sieves, with handles. These sIeves
were shaken up aud down. and sidewise: the pro.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22
School Matters in Anderson.

CLINTON, Tenn, Oct. IL, 1873.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: True it seems
that for US of Anderson to say anything of
good works is like unto the devil quoting
scripture, but so it is, according to notice
by our County Superintendent, there was
a goodly number of teachers, directors and
citizens of Anderson met at the academy
in the capacity of teachers meeting, the
main object of which was to establish
some uniform rules, regulations and by
laws for the general government of public
schools, &c. The meeting was called to order
by the Superintendent, j. c. Scruggs, who
explained his object in few practical re-
marks, and upon his motion {. w. Leath,
Esq, was called to the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Scruggs, the following
gentlemen were appointed to draft some
rules, regulations and bylaws for the gen
eral government of schools, to wit: J. H.
Webb, w. r. Dali and j. L. Cross and al
so the hereinafter named gentlemen as a
committee on school books, after which the
two committees retired. While they were
out, the meeting was first addressed by the
County Superintendent, who, in a very
few plain remarks, showed the condition
of the public schools of the county-the
| teachers, the houses-and urged the neces-
| Slty OF raising the Stanuaru OF teaching, of
! burning old, dilapidated houses, and build
1 y
! saying he meant to spend his time in try
ing to aid the young-can't benefit the old,
| &c. J. w. Edwards told how to make the
| school-room irksome or pleasant; said a
church house that is good enough for him
! to hear preaching in is none too good
| for his children to go to school in.
His speech was somewhat shortened
! by the incoming Of the committees on
| Rules, &c, which reported some rules for
| the general government of schools, &C.,
some of which were adopted. One how
ever, the Superintendent moved to strike
| out, which was that girls and boys have
| separate play grounds. The proposition
| to strike out said rule was spiritedly de-
bated and some spicy things were said,
| when many pretty things liz regards to the
| culture of the human mind were offered.
! Among those who were for the PROPOSE
ton to strike out were, as most prominent,
Messrs. Scruggs, Edmundson, Roberts and
others; and among those opposed were
found DAHL Webb Hall. and others. At
| ter considerable debate, Mr.. Reed, oil Win
| ters Gap, offered an amendment that good
and orderly conduct be required on the
play grounds, which was adopted, thereby
quelLng the heated debators.
Steps were then taken to organize q
teachers institute, in the behalf of the So
| Ions children. But as Sir Isaac Newton
said, when about to make one of his most
wonderful discoveries, which has so great
iy blessed the world, we hope to be pardon
ed for crying ga little more help" DC.
PEPPERwAX.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22
Hints for Autumn.

Give your hogs all the milk you can
spare.
Winter your spring pigs in the pork bar
rel.
Keep late fall pigs by themselves, and
feed well.
1t pays to give mich cows quart or two
of meal per day.
Put all your farm implements under
cover for the winter.
Scatter dry earth on the floors of hem
houses and pig-pens.
ri Feed early fall pigs plentifully to pre-
pare them for winter.
Give your breeding stock plenty of eX-
ercise, your fattening stock little.
Keep your poultry in in warm place.
Clean out their house frequently.
If grass seed is sown with wheat the
narrowing must be dispensed with.
There is no better food for fattening pigs
than sound corn. Grind and cook it il
possible.
Sheep are looking up again. On grain
farms small flock can be kept with little
expense.
Kill ticks with solution of carbolic
soap. Do it now, or in the spring they
will be troublesome
Get in a store of dry earth for the winter
use in hen-houses and pig-pens, and put il
under cover.
Sheep for winter fattening should bt
three or four years old. Give eacn nalr {
pound of grain per day, beside pasture.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22
FIELD AND FARM.
Winter Care of Horses,

Considerable is written nowadays about
false economy in various ways. My OBJ
servation leads to the conclusion that one
highly important item is almost entire
ly overlooked, and that thousands of dol
lars are lost each year by the careless Win
tering of farm horses. For instance, Far
mer a. owns a fine span of horses; he is
not much of horseman, but in the sum-
mer he works them, and keeps a man who
takes good care of them. In the fail, after
work is over, the horses are put in the sta
BILE and fed all the hay they can eat (be the
same good or bad are left perhaps a week
or two weeks at time with little or no eX-
ercise, and, when they are driven, let go at
the top of their speed. Fast driving, with
their stomachs full of undigested hay, is
the very worst of treatment. The result is
that in a year or two the horses have the
heaves badly, are spoiled for market, and
are unable to do the usual amount of SER
vice on the farm or road; and this alone
causes loss each year the team is used.
This could in some degree be avoided by
building q shed with a yard for exercise,
and by feeding food of sufficient strength
to keep the muscles in full strength. Some
say that wintering horses in the field on
hay alone will cause a falling away of
muscles and strength difficult to regain.
No doubt being chilled by standing in a
cold barn is very injurious to horses.-Cor.
Country Gentleman.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22
HOLSTON CONFERENCE.
Methodist Episcopal Church, south.

MARION, VA, Oct. Is.
The 5Oth annual session of Holston Con-
ference met to-day. Bishop J. c. Kcener,
of New Orleans presiding.
Conference was opened with the usual
exercises, conducted by the Bishop. The
roll was then called and the Conference
proceeded to the business before it.
The clerical members of the Conference
number 102. Lay members A, besides SO
ministers connected with the Conference,
who have travelled one and two years, but
are not yet in full connection.
Seventy clerical members were present
this morning, and most of those who are
called probationers in the Conference.
Some of the lay members are present,
but Eot all. L will try to get the exact
number for my report Tomorrow.
r. n. Price was elected Secretary, and
J. r. Payne, r. H. Parker and +. w. Ear
nest assistants.
Communications from the Rock Agent,
A. H. Bedford, Book Editor, DIR. II. o.
Summers and from Hiwassee College were
read. The following standing committees
were then appointed:
ON Public IVorship-J. w. Hickey, G..
w. Miles and +. Alexander.
On EducatiOn-J. S. Burnett, b. w. S.
Bishop, j. w. Gaut, J. p. Kelley, w. w.
Bays, DR.. r. w. Jones, t. J. Pope, S. Phil
lips, j. w. Todd, ]. H. Keith and w. w,
Springfield.
o., Sunday Schools. w. Paulett, r.
B. Vance, p. S. Sutton, B. f. Nuckolls and
d. f. Bailey.
On Books and Pe,fodicaB-E. L. Wiley,
P. Gallagher, j. NJ. Carter, L. L. H. Car
lock and ]. A. Reagan.
On Aemotr8-F. Richardson, G.. w.
Miles, c. Long.
On Tcmperance-W. H. Bates, J. H.
Roberts and w: b. Aston.
on church PrOperty-F. w. Earnest,
L. X. Haynes, It. Il. Salyer, y. ]. Frazier
and J. Boring.
The following were re-ddnitied: d. H.
Atkins, J. NJ. Marshall, K. G. Atkins, NJ.
r. Swain, H. II. Weaver.
J. n. S. Huffaker was received from the
NJ. +. Church.
The following were admitted into the
travelling connection of the Conference
on trial: ]. X. Wolfe, S. S. Weatherly,
j. H. Hoskins, E. L. Barrett, j. Fl. Seusa-
| baugh.
The following local preachers were elect
ed to Deacons' Orders: j. NJ. Scott,
Levi Brown, Z. Shelly, w. NJ. Crawford.
j. n. BOYD, A. +. Wagner, +, II, Farley,
! w. p. Eakins and w. w, Wood ward.
The various committees of examination
are busy ascertaining the proficiency that
has been attained by the young preachers
| in the course of study assigned them.
| The Bishop will preach tonight and a
sacramental service will follow. Confer
ence sermon by DIR. w. q. Il. Cunning
ham, formerly missionary to China, to-
morrow night, probably.
The weather is delightful and from the
number of preachers already here the at
tendance bids fair to be very large. The
ministers and delegates, who are members
with probationers, local preachers aud
visitors will number near 200 or more.
RAPHAEL.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22
Items for HOnSekeepers.

Alum or vinegar is good to set colors-
red, green or yellow.
Sal-soda will bleach. One spoonful is
sufficient for kettle of clothes.
Save your suds for the garden and plants,
or to harden yards when sandy.
4 hot shovel held over vanished furni-
ture will take out spots,
A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk and
water vii! restore old rusty Grape.
Ribbons of any kind should be washed
in cold suds and not rinsed.
If flat-irons are rough, rub them well
with salt, and it will make tEem smooth.
If you are buying a carpet for durability,
you must choose small figures.
a bit of soap rubbed on the hinges OF
doors will prevent them from creaking.
Scotch snuff, if put into holes where
crickets run out, will destroy them.
Green should be the prevailing color foI
bed hangings and window drapery.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22

L. S. GRANT CAKE.-One pound flour,
one pound butter, one of sugar, ten eggs,
one gill of brandy, two pounds of currants,
two and a half of raisins, half a pound of
citron, half an ounce mace, half an ounce
cinnamon, two nutmegs, one teaspoonful
ginger, half o wine-glass rose-water /;
sprinkle currants and raisins with flour,
mix brandy and rose-water together, add
ing the spice thereto. Stir butter and SUI
gar together, beat the eggs very light, and
add to the butter and sugar. Add part of
the flour, then add the spices and liquors,
then the currants and raisins. Stir all to-
gether, butter large pan, and cover the
sides and bottom with white paper well
buttered, then put in some of the cake,
then some citron, then cake and citron,
and so on, until the cake is in the pan.
Bake four or five hours, or until it is done
thoroughly.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22

CONVERTING BONES INTO FERTILIZERS.
"A method, said to be in use in Russia, is
as follows: A trench, three or four feet
deep and Of any desired length, is dug in
the earth, and filled with alternate layers
of ashes and whole bones, each layer being
about six inches thick. The lowest as well
as the top layers are of ashes, and each lay
er Of ashes is thoroughly saturated with
water. At distances of three feet, poles are
rammed down TO the bottom of the ditch
and every eight or ten days they are taken
out and enough water poured in the holes
10 saturate the ashes. At the end of two
months the whole heap is thoroughly stir.
red up with fork, 30 as to mix the ashes
and softened bones, which are then left tC
ferment again, water being added as often
as necessary. In about three months
more, the heap being worked over twice OIL
three times more, the decomposition Of the
bones will be so complete that only a few
of the largest bones remain, and these ar,
taken out and put in another heap.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22
NOTES FROM SEWER.
crop Prospects-The Coming Fnir-Ladies
at WOrk-MnrrInge, DC. dc.
SEv1RRvILLE, Tenn, Oct II, 1873.

SEvIRRvILLE, TENN, Oct II, 1878.
The weather has become somewhat cool
and pleasant. On the morning of the eth
inst. we had some frost, and plenty of
snow could be seen on the Smoky Noun
tains.
People are sowing wheat in abundance.
Some have commenced gathering corn
and express themselves by saying the
yield will not be as great as anticipated.
Potatoes are generally good. Quite a num-
Der of hogs are being fattened for the
Southern market. Catlett d Gass started
a few days since to the South with drove
of about thirty horses and mules.
The Sevierville fair is the topic of the
day now in this section, which opens on
the 22d and continues propably three
days. Quite an interest is manifested,
and it will doubtless be lively time. Peo-
pie are beginning already to enter their
stock and articles of all descriptions. The
programme is for everything to be entered
by p. NJ. on Wednesday, the 23d, nothing
to be entered after the first day. Stalls
will be erected to keep stock in. All are
invited to enter something, and the people
are urged to endeavor to see what q good
fair we can have. The best part of the
fair will consist of the ladies' department.
They are determined to make their de-
partment of a tasteful nature. Quite a
number of special premiums are being of
fered in this department. Now, let us see
who will be the most successful and carry
off the blue ribbons. :.
Mr.. w. &. Murphy and Miss Lucy Raw
lings were married on the 18th of Sept,
by Rev. Mr.. McTeer. SEWER.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22
Bolts in HORSES.

In the Popular Science Monthly there is
a short article relative to the power of en-
durance manifested by the larvae of some
insects, and among them of the bot fly.
1t mentions case where a piece of the
stomach of dead horse, which was COW
cred with bot worms, was spread on n
the worms, yet after an hour not one was
detached from the flesh. Then whale oil
was poured on them, when they all let go
their hold and died almost Immediately.
Hence the inference that whale oil should
be used to detach the worms from the liv
ing horse, when attacked by bots.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-10-22
The Strawberry Plains Fair.

Let there be no misunderstanding about
the Strawberry Plains Farmers Club Fair.
1t will be held on Thursday, October Goth,
and all are respectfully invited to attend.
Certificates Of entry must be obtained
by five o'clock =. n. Wednesday, October
18th, and all articles intended for exhibi-
ton must be delivered on that day, or by
8 o'clock on the morning of the fair.
Remember, that any person from any
part of the country can exhibit any mum
Der of articles by paying a single fee Of
fifty cents. No door or gate fee will be
charged. b. r. STRONG,
Secretary and Treasurer.