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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-03-04

DY VIRTUE OF TWO EXECUTIONS ISSUED
Is from the Chaneery Court of Knox county and 70
me direoted, 1 wn ON SATURDAY, the 9TH day Of
MARCH, 1914 between the hours o. 10 oe!ock A aud
Knoxville sell fer cash in hand 10 the highest bidder,
public cutlery two certain tracts or parcels Of land
county, Tennessee, containing two huudret and hecu
acaes more or less Ons tract oeqleathed TO- T. Arm
lands Of Moses Armstrong Jehn Luttrell and others
one tract known as the John Newman rlet. upper
half Of two hundred acre tract, adiOining formerly
ths Aaron Armstrong tract and the H0lsSOn rFerS
Levied on a. the property OF r. B. Armstrong 20 ssta-
fy two u gmcnt 20 the Chgncgry Court Of Knox oocn-
y. one in favor Of W. $. Johnson ~, Lemuel btGry
sud Others Tho o.1'- IN favor DIV. W Be nd aR1 ~
=. il bnson. Y. =. oGSS NEf,
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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-03-04

by VIRTUE OF AN HXECUTIoN ISSUED FROM
ID the Supreme Court OF Errors anu Appeals, az
SATURDAY. the 7th day of March 1874. between the
hours of 10 o'clock aud O'clock n; sell Tor cash
n hand TO the highest bidder, at public outcry, in
front Of the court house in the city Of GER
tain lot or parcel of land belonging to L, W. Ny.
Knox county. Tennessee, in what ia known a. Nc,
Ghee's Addition 10 Knoxville, being lot No. " and
fronting 4s feet the east side OF Atn street and
running back l2J feet 10 alley together with all the
appurtenances thereunto attached, 70 satisfy Iudg.
mept in the Supreme Court Of Errors and Appeas VI
Knoxville in favor OF Caswell LOWS V; H u. w. Ny
matt and others. W., doSohAI' sherih.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
PeIkin Ducks.

Rev. w. Cliff, of Connecticut, says
in the rural Home. of Pekin ducks:
These ducks ELECTED SO many IN
quiries at the late exhibition of the
Connecticut State Poultry Society,
that all poultry fanciers, as we'll as far.
mers, who have good facilities for rails
ing water fowl, will he interested to
know something more about their
good qualities and history. They
were brought to this country by Mr..
James Z. Palmer, of Stonington, Ct,
and landed III New York on the 14th
day of March, 1878. Quite a large
number were put on board the ship,
but most of them died during the pas
sage Mr.. Palmer succeeded in getting
a drake and three ducks to his farm,
but of course, dwaried by the long vow
age. His attention was first called to
them in China, by their large size. He
at first supposed they were small
breed of geese. They recovered their
flesh sooner than he expected, and be-
fore he had suspected them Of laying,
he found lot of their eggs in a small
brook running through the pasture
where they were confined. The ducks
laid constantly until the last of July.
something over one hundred eggs each.
Some of the eggs were sold, given
away TO friends, and set under hens.
Fifty birds in all were raised. The
eggs hatch i'll twenty-five days, and the
young birds are about third larger
than the "Rouens when they first
come out of the shell, and grow more
rapidly through the season.
Mr. Palmer's largest pair at the show,
only five months old, weighed fifteen
pounds, without any fattening OF
special care. They are clear white,
with a faint yellowish tinge to the
hinderpart Of the feathers, which are
very thick and downy. The wing pri
maries and all of the flight feathers arc
remarkably short, showing that they
have long been domesticated, and are
not disposed 60 fly much. They are
very hardy, not minding snow o. rain
are easily kept in small enclos.
ures, and only require lit.
tie clean water and regular feed
ing to raise them successfully, When
they have q good run they are excel
lent foragers and can take care OF
themselves as readily as any other
breed of fowls. They have large, vel.
low bills and reddish legs. Their long,
graceful necks, their white plumagc
and remarkable size make them
pleasing objects upon the water OF
about the farm-yard and lawn. They
L., I'll 1
among those who have seen them al
Mr.. Palmer's farm, and were the lead
ing feature of the State Exhibition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
Wit and Wisdom.
\. WoLCorT.

AT late conference session clergy
man gave q reason Why the Baptist
church is like a beavers hut I" There
Is only orc entrance to il, and that
is under water
A NEGRO who had learned to read,
wishing To give au idea of II TO some of
his acquaintance who had never seen
book, said Readin' is de power oh
h.srin' wild de eyes instead oh dc ear.
Il FEAR, said a country minister to
his congregation, "when | told you in
my last charity sermon that philan-
thropy was the love OF our specie, some
must have understood me 90 say specie,
which may account for the smallness
of your contributions.
LADIES now carry bouquets of wax
flowers, heavily periumed, and so
adroitly arranged as to pass for natural
4 flowers SO that when deluded lover
I pleads FOR single mignonette lac
+ doesn't know that he is only pleading
\ for bceswax
MB. CADBY 60 youthful heir of the
housc) --" Just take and ring that bell
/ for me, lad. " Reginald Guy Planta-
genet quietly j was going to ring.
live here. But if you've come for
the icotman's place, we were suited
yesterday
Orr cousins at the Cattle Show /.
British farmer" There that's the
one iancies Glass highly com
mended- ShOrthorn cow--Bold for six
ty guineas Yankee friend" Sixty
guineas Why, we think nothing Of
'em in our country under eight thou
sand y
POLITE GENTLEMAN" Good morn
ing, sir how DO you find yourself, to-
day ~ Deaf Gentleman - Z" Very
stormy and disagreeable." Polite
gentleman Slightly astonished, but
determined to recover lost groundJ--
+" Indeed How is your wife ~ Deaf
Gentleman -" Very windy and bolster
Gus, indeed
An old farmer became seriously i'll,
and was urged by his neib,bors, who
thought The old man WAS going to die,
TO call in a minister to pray for him.
+" To pray for me Ne, sir; am an
original Granger, and do not want
any middle man between me and Al
mighty God
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
Adam Black,

Adam Black, the famous Edinburgh
publisher, died on Sunday, at the age
OF 81. The extremes Of his talents
aud career are well illustrated in the
tact that, after serving apprenticeship
~ his fathers trade of builder. he
went into bookselling aud published,
among other important works. the En-
cyclopcdla Britannica, aud appeared in
its last edition AS the contributor of
some of It's best articles. He became
a Reformer and Who ia politics al an
early age, aud espouscd AZ the first the
cause of Borough Reloua. which
was the initiation of the larger
Parliamentary reform afterward
achieved by his party. Mr..
Black afterwards became the
publisher Of the Edinburgh Review.
lie has twice been elected Lord Pre-
vost of Edinburgh, and discharged the
duties of the Office SO acceptably that
bis constituents subscribed the money
TO have his portrait painted for the
walls of the council room. Mr.. Black
is the proprietor OF the copyright of
the Waverley Novels. and all the works
of Sir Walter Scott from 1856 tin 1865.
He was Their representative Edinburgh
IA Parliament as the successor OF Lord
Macaulay. In Parliament he was
member If the Independent body, and
advocated an uusectariau system of
education, perfect freedom OF trade,
and absolute liberation in religion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
Tne Malers Near lhe Nortn poIe.

The testimony OF the Polaris sur
vivors, taken 10y Secretary Robson, de-
velops the interesting fact, rs discov-
cred 10y DR. Emil Bessels, that from a
point near Cape Hitherton, in the wa
ters of the west coast of Greenland, the
tidal wave comes from the north, and
it was accurately determined by care
full observation that it proceeded from
the waters of the Pacific ocean. At
Newman bay the tide was earlier than
at Pollris bay. While at the camp
rear Littleton island the tide came
from the south. 1t is this fact which
creates the ice pack always TO be found
just at the entrance Of Smiths straits
to Smiths sound, at which point the
tides meet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
The Household.

MENDING CHINA WARE. Mix togeth
er equal parts of fine glue, white of
eggs, and white lead, and with it
amount the edges of the articles to be
mended, press them together, and
when hard and dry scrape off as much
Of the cement as sticks about the Joint
The juice of garlic is another good ce-
ment and leaves no mark where it has
been used.
To BEAU1FY THE TEETH. - Dissolve
two ounces of borax in three pints of
boiling water; and before il is cold
add one teaspoonful of the spirits of
camphor, and bottle for use. A table
spoonful of this mixture with an equal
amount OF tcpid water, and applied
daily with a soft brush, preserves and
beauties the teeth, extirpates tartar
Gus adhesion, arrests decay, induces a
healthy action of the gums, and makes
the teeth pearly white.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
nr.,crrntinn OF VIM.

We are indebted 10 the Ameri-
can Artizan for the following
account of new process, the
invention OF Mr. Lewis L. kirchofer,
for preserving milk. The object Of this
invention, patented, is 60 subject milk
TO such treatment that, without alter
ing its elements or taste, and without
the addition Of any foreign substance,
1t may be preserved in its natural state
for several months without change, ex-
cept the rising of cream, whether II be
kept in a state of rest or subject h. CON
slant movement rs IN sea voyages. Ii
this object be accomplished the inyen-
ion IS a most important one, as con-
densed milk is not in favor with most
people when used directly as an article
Of food, although it is excellent when
used in cookery, or for tea and coffee.
In Mr.. Kirchofer's process the milk,
fresh drawn from the COW, is placed in
cans or bottles, which are filed as
nearly full as possible, and i'm
mediately corked tightly or hermeti-
cally sealed. The cans or bottles
are then placed in bath of
WHICH, utdltu " INT bdlut ltu iCldtuit
as the milk, in such II manner as to
allow a free circulation of water be-
meath and around, but not over them.
The temperature of the water bath is
then slowly raised to between 100 and
10 degrees Fair. The water is kept
at this temperature for a greater or
less length of time, according 10 the
period during which 1t is desired to
preserve the milk. One hour Will, it
is claimed, preserve the milk four OF
five weeks. Five hours heating is
enough for eight months or a year.
The fire is then withdrawn aud the
bath allowed to cool down slowly, after
which the cans are withdrawn and the
operation is completed. An essential
condition of success IN this process is
that the vessels designed to contain
the milk should be perfectly clean and
sweet, and the milk itself pure and nm
adulterated. If the temperature be
raised above the degree indicated, the
milk acquires a cooked taste.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
Aea.TangIe.
IRON Old and New Cor February.

IT. ENN
Go show 90 eafth your power the East
Commanding and the sWill submissive
seas,
10 ordered hles, hhe liquid mountains, glide,
MOVING ron ehy % shy Nith gAdlike case.
~ nlalu nuuiille was ae . iiuhs world
NO crest q loan upon lts brow was euricd
bHt SILENT DARK AMI uihie, 6 passed,
Below a elm where unused ltilc maid,
tdruck' It's voice M thludcr cried, d" Be-
NJ W9te
But 90 delight her, instantly displayed
Go, tfu-l thing she said, "unl0ytd 10y ne:
Go, tear ne sailor from hls happy sleep;
Drown nayie- % thy heartltss prriity
But spare our huwte, thou monster 81 tue
deep :"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10

the scalding of the hogs. | did not
ask him whether he had ever tried tho
sealdiug the cask with ashes, minus
the scalding hogs, OF not, SO that each
one can bring his own philosophy t.
bear IA the premises rs we'll rs I can
but II the casks are 10 small 20 use Tor
the purpose specified / should venture
TO thy the hot water and ashes alone,
with very thorough manipulation
with a scfub-broom and a thorough
shaking Of the cask, aud letting II stand
for some time, and lastly rinse thor
ougnly with cold water. Pork or beef
are more liable 20 spoil in new casks
than after they have been used, aud
the salt or the pickle has thoroughly
termented them. Until then they VIII
need a more viglant eye than after.
ward, other things being equal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
/" Thought Hc'd Heard the Name"

A correspondents at Washington sends
the following 10 the ST. Louis Repub.
lican "An amusing incident oc
CURED at a recent White House levee
As Senator Bogy, Bart Able and old
Van, of Kansas City, entered the Blue
Room, they met Gov Hendricks, who
held out his hand to the Senator, say
ing, Good evening, Senator BOgy /
am glad to see you. The Senator
looked at the Governor inquiringly.
know your face, he said 1t is
quite familiar, but | can't call your
name. Replied tine Governor. My
name is Hendricks Hendricks,
Hendricks, unused the Senator from
Missouri the name Is familiar, but ]
can't call YOU TO mind. What state are
you from = | am from Indiana, was
the bland and somewhat amused re-
Spouse of the Governor. Indiana,
Indiana, mused Mr. Bogy. What
district do you represent Oh, said
Hendricks, maintaining an admirable
gravity under the circumstance, l
am Governor of Indiana. Oh, re-
sponded the Senator from Missouri, Il
thought the name was familiar. | am
glad to see you, Governor Hen
~
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
Composition of siiIk az various Timcs
of the Day.

Professor Beodeker has analysed, the
Medical Press and Circular says, the
milk of healthy COW at various times
OF the day, with view Of determining
the chances in the relative amount OF
its constituents. He found that the
solids of the evenings milk 13 per
cent exceeded those of the mornings
milk Go per cent?, while the water
contained in the fluid was diminished
from 80 per cent. to So per cent. The
fatty matters gradually increase as the
day progresses in the morning they
amount TO 2. II per cent, at noon to
2 63 per cent. and in the evening to
5.42 per cent. so that if sixteen ounces
of mornings milk will yield nearly
half an ounce of butter, about double
this quantity can be obtained from the
evenings milk. The casein is also in
creased in the evenings milk from 2. "A
to go per cent. hut the albumen is
diminished from 0. "A per cent. to OBJ
per cent. Sugar is least abundant at
midnight (4l9 per cent and most
plentiful at noon a. Y per cent? The
percentage of the salts undergoes al
most no change at any time of the day
Our analysis under the adulteration
act will find this hard nut to crack.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10

An eccentric Englishman has be-
queathed $3.50 to the London Gas Com
pany, on condition that it shall burn
his body in one Of its retorts. The
bequest has revived the old discussion
about burying VS.. burning, and in the
nick of time Sir Henry Thompson
(who, by the way, wrote the prayer.test
article generally attributed to Prof.
TyndalD has published an essay in adj
vocacy of cremation in the Contem-
porary. He pleads that it would be
cheaper than burial, and less horrible
way of cisposing of the dead that it
would do away with grave yards. which
are at once gloomy and unwholesome :,
that il would eifectually bar the posi-
bility of being buried alive; aud that
the solid and gaseous residuum of the
burning would be available to enrich
the soil at once, while a whole body,
inclosed in a coffin, is practically
worthless for fifty or hundred years.
But the santilicutIon of burial by the
custom of centuries would override all
these arguments, even if the cost Of
the fuel required by millions of funeral
fires did not make the plan impossible.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10

A correspondent of the Western
Farmer writes "With regard to the
cleansing of tainted barrels, | would
say that have frequently seen the eA-
pertinent tried, and with decided sue
cess; and unless like causes have
ceased to produce like effects, result
will be sure to follow a trial again, The
following is cheap and simple recipe:
Use the barrels for scalding tubs (if
designed for pork by putting therein
say two quarts Of wood ashes for the
first hog, and if more ere to be slaugh
tered retain as much OF the first water
as possible, and add little more
ashes; the more 1T is repeated, of
course, the more sure tho success.
" was conversing with an expe-
rienced butcher in regard to this mat
ter, and he gave it as his opinion that
the secret of this thing consisted in
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From a recently published paper on
the above subject, 10y j. }. Mech, we
extract the following items of interest
to breeders
The proper qualities, quantities, and
admixture of food have much to do
with the health and progress of the
animals. The heterogeneous and carbon
aceous should bear due relation to
each other. Food may be too rich, too
poor, too heterogeneous, too glutinous,
too laxitive, or too astringent. Clean
wheat will kill a horse if fed alone.
but if fed with the chaff and straw in
which it grows it ishealthy. He seldom
loses lamb or eve in parturltion, for
they are fed on mixed principles. He
carefully avoids mangolds before lamb
ing, and feeds sparingly of turnips.
He rarely gives roots to his breeding
animals before parturition they con,
tain SO much common salt, potash, and
soda. Twenty-eight pounds of turnips
with their tops on contain one-hulf
ounce OF common SAT- the same
quantity of mangOlds with the tops on
contain | ounces of salt both have
also large quantity of potash and
soda. lie quotes Mr.. Robinson, a
noted veterinary surgeon, as saying
that when breeding ewes are fed large
quantities Of turnips abortion is apt to
result. This applies with greater force
TO mangolds. Mr.. NJ feeds all mixed
food, keeping sheep and lambs both
fat selling his lambs this year at
twelve months old for seventy-three
shillings each. They are cross-bred
Lincoln and Down sheep. He closes
with the pithy remark that =" Fat sheep
make fat crops.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10

As an illustration Of the increasing
value of walnut lumber, the Indian.
apolis Journal notes that the standing
walnut trees on a bali section of land
on Eel river, in Miami county, Ind,
were recently sold to lumber dealer
for $1,000, There is large amount
OF other timber on the tract which is
not included, only tho walnut timber
being sold Walnut lumber is coming
more and more intouse throughout
this country and Europe, and at pres
ent very large business is doing in
preparing and shipping it from In
diana.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10

A demure citizen of Portland was
walking down town one morning last
week, when a stranger addressed him
DO you know where tho postofice
is 2" Eyes, answered the Portlander
afiably, and walked on without any
further reply. After proceeding for
about ten steps ne looked back and in
quired in his turn, "Why Did you
want to know" NO" replied the
victim with great earnestness and
then, the accounts having been
balanced, the two shook hands gravely
and walked of toward the Falmouth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
IL a French industrial establishment.

IN French industrial establishment,
employing six hundred and thirty men,
chiefly vegetarians, the sick fund was
constantly in debt. The director Of
the establishment took measures for
the Introduction Of butchers meat into
the food Of the men, and the effect was
such that the average loss of time per
man, on account of illness or fatigue,
was reduced from fifteen to three days
per annum. Thus the animal food
saved twelve days work year per
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
IRON MINING.
Product aud Shtpncnt OF the Lake
superior Mines

The Marquette Mining Journal pre-
scnts q number " statistical tables
showing the shipments of iron from
the different Lake Superior MINES dur
ing the season Of 1873, aud It's value at
II Per ton also the total product of
the several furnaces aud the value Of
the iron az si5 per ton, us we'll as a
statement OF the aggregate yield of the
mines and iuruacea IN that district
from 1856 t. 1873, inclusive. with the
yalue oi the same. The following is
tho
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10

PROFESSOR CLERK MAXWELL has been
en- ieavorlng to ascertain whether tho
state of strain in viscous fluid in mo-
ton could be detected by Its action on
polarized light. Ia gum and sugar 10
effect was discernable, but in Canada
balsam and in the crystalline lens Of
the eye strong effects were noticed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10
FARM IND HOUSEHOLD.
weights of Eat Cattle.

The fat cattle show at Birmingham,
Eng, in Nov, was a most splendid af-
fair, and the weights of the first prizers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10

JHdnB IHnNtu Property Is thIIMHItU
to be worth $40, 1000, his money $40,
600, and his personal property, in
GLIDING stock and furniture, at 1000
Eng's land is worth 10000, his money
S., 600, personal property 1000. Eng
will belueaths all his landed and
househ Did property to his wife during
his lifetime his money to be equally
divided among his children at his
death, aud the property at the death
Of their mother Changes will is sub.
stantially the same.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-04-12
Foreign N ews.

LosDos, April 1.-THE Victor En-
manuel, with invalid soldiers from the
Gold Coast, has arrived at Portsmouth.
Nineteen died on the passage.
The funeral OF Livingstone takes place
on the 18th. .l.
An Appeal signed by Baroness Burdett
Coutts, the Messrs Kincaid, and Horace
Walter, Sir Barcley Frere and others,
asks subscriptions for the support Of
the children and two aged sisters of the
deceased in Strengthened circumstances
A special from Calcutta to the Stand.
ard reports that the famine is every.
where under control. The accumulation
Of provisions made by the Government
is more than sufficient to meet
the demand, and further aid OF
subscriptions in England are considered
superHuous.
The operatives in the cotton mill at
Baton having struck, the association Of
master cotton spinners have resolved
that unless they yield before Thursday
next, notice will be given that in a fort.
night from that date all the mills in that
city will be closed and fifteen thousand
operatives locked out.
The Marquis of C!anricarie died yes.
terday. aged 70 years.
TORONTO, April l0.--A rumor has been
circulated here for some time that at the
expiration Of Lord Dufferin's term Of