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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
Farm TaIk-Keeping Accounts.

In every business. save that of farm-
ing, a regularly kept account book is
necessity. The farmer alone habitually
lets things go loose. There is no reason
for it, no excuse foHit. Nothing in the
nature of his business justifies 1t. Yet,
so ii Is. AS necessary consequence 1T
is very rare thing to find n farmer
who can tell with anything like accu-
racy whatany given crop has cost him.
OF course, being ignorant of its cost,
he does not know what it ought to sell
for to bring him "a profit. So it comes
that he takes what is offered. He
makes the crop, but others make the
price. If, however, he goes to buy so
much rs a plough-line, the exact price
is named to him, simply because the
merchant knows what each yard of the
rope has cost, and what he must sell IL
for to make profit. The difference is
due solely to the account book which one
keeps and the other does not. The one
knows his business the other does not.
SO il has been from time immemorial
And so it will be until farmers learn
that farming is a business to be conduc-
ted like all other business, 10y attention
to details.
The best thing to haze on farm, is
brains. Give II tirst-class thinking
machine, and crops grow, cattle thrive,
prices are good, plenty reigus and
peace prevails on the farm. Unfortu-
nately the thinking machine is pat
ented and the Great Architect has
reserved to Himself the exclusive right
of manufacturing them. He only makes
them when and where it pleases Him.
No royalty rights can be bought, no
machines ordered from the factory
trade discount or However, there is
no objection against copying. If you
haven't got one of natures machines,
the next best thing to do is to hire your
thinking done by some one who has.
Any way get brains on your farm.
That is what pays.
Cheap Land for tic Milton, is all
very well for the million, but alas for
the land alas for agricultural pro-
gress alas for the elevation of the fIr~
mer. Cheap land is the curse OF
American farming; cheap land en-
courages the American systm of skin
ming the land and turning it out.
Wearing the virgin soil away and
moving West where land is cheap, to
wear out other lands. The average
American farmer, on the move, is fully
competent to dispose of three good
farms in this way, by the time death
disposes Of him. 1t is always cheaper,
he says, to buy new land than to reno
yate the old, and so it is. But woe unto
the generations To come! They will
need all the aid OF all the arts and
sciences applicable to agriculture tC
remedy the evils Of this SHINING 81
cheap land.-RjruL Sun.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
Locus's or GraSshoppers !

The Baltimore SIN thinks there
must be some means devised for the
destruction of the grssshoppers. In
discussing the damages inflicted in
Minnesota and the statement that they
are on their way South, it says:
Locusts and grasshoppers have been
committing devastatlOns from time
immemorial 1t may be difficult, but,
until the contrary is demonstrated, we
will believe it possible for science to
prevent the immense increase of these
insects and to hinder their sweeping
over and devastating whole tracts of
country. The problem may vet be
solved. 1t is not necessarily insoluble,
for agricultural insectology is yet in its
infancy.
Whether the insects which have
proved so destructive in Minnesota are
accurately designated grasshoppers
would seem to he a question of no
small interest. The term has been
popularity applied in some countries to
both locusts and grasshoppers. There
are many species Of grasshoppers in
the world, but none compare in de
structiveness with locusts. GrasshOp
pers have natural enemies, such
as birds, domestic fowls and sand
wasps, which keep them within pro-
per limits. The locust is much more
terrible. 1t has long ago committed
considerable ravages in America, and
high authority declares that most OF
the devastation lin this country pop
ularly attributed to grasshoppers really
belongs to locusts they have proved
specially destructive to the grass of salt
meadows, clover, corn, and vegetables
until arrested by the early frosts the
hay crop is sometimes so much tainted
by their decaying bodies that cattle re-
fuse to eat it," These insects were SO
abundant in northern New England
toward the middle of the eighteenth
century that days of fasting and prayer
were appointed on account of the wide
spread calamity. There are fifteen
American species of this destructive
insect.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
Time for TnrnIps.

Turnips, in this latitude, for winter
use, may be sown at any time from the
LIST of July To 18th OF August. If
possible they should besown immedi-
ately before rain, whether the rain
comes on the Goth July or 9th of
August" or at any time between, be-
fore or after. For winter use, the best
turnips are made when sown about the
first of August, They are usually
sweeter aud are not inclined to be
pithy as those sown earlier. We do
not believe that the yield per acre will
be increased by drilling, but the
quality will be greatly improve. If
the seeds are drilled in rows, six.
teen inches apart, and after coming
up thinned so as to leave the plants
standing six and eight inches in the
rows, and afterwards kept free Of grass
and weeds, the quantity raised will
satisfy any reasonable expectation,
while the quality, if the soil is rich, or
highly manured with COW dung, will
be very excellent. The seeds can be
drilled with the hand in rows marked
off with a sharp pointed stick to the
depth of an inch. After sowing, they
may be covered with the back of a
rake or with the foot, care being taken
not to have more than half an inch of
dirt put upon the seed.
&The best fertilizer is cow dung, but
we have seen very fine turnips made
by sowing the superphosphate of lime
before planting the seeds. over the land
at the rate of one barrel to the acre. If
the soil is thin much more should be
used. Chip manure would be a great
advantage on account of its drying ma
ture. Any manure that is not thor
oughly pulverized will be disadvants
age. Gypsum, leached ashes, drilled
in with the seeds force the young
plants. If the seeds are soaked in
liquid guano, one.half pound to the
gallon of water, it will impregnate the
early leaves with n substance distaseful
TO the flea beetle, and enable the young
plants to "a good start. When the fly
or hug is discovered, the application
of lime, SCOT and ashes combined in
equal proportion, should be made to
the leaves while the dew is on them.
We have heard tobacco water recon-
mended 1t should be sprinkled on in
liberal quantities every evening after
sundown. 1t not only acts as pro-
lection against the bugs, but is itself a
powerful fertilizer. Sweepings from
tobacco barns are also good. Ducks,
chickens and young turkeys, if turned
in, will devour millions of them with.
out iniuring the young turnips. Roll
ing the seeds in flour of sulphur, OF
sprinkling the sulphur over the plants
is said to he a preventive.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
value If Manure.

The farmers of this country need
many lessons upon this subject, says
the Live Stock Journal, and we are
always glad to find agricultural clubs
discussing it, 1t will be found that in
almost every instance of farmer who
has become forehanded from good hus-
bandry, he has been a liberal user of
manure. John Johnson, who is per-
haps the best wheat farmer in the State,
rot long since, when asked in what his
success chiefly lay, said: Manure,
manure, and plenty of it," He per-
haps, nearer than any other man, has
applied English practice to American
soil, with only such notifications as
were necessary in the changed circum-
stances. The Country Gentleman re-
lates "A recent conversation III which
Mr.. Johnson mentions purchasing
fifty acres of a neighbor who had so
little fsith in manure that ten years
product lay in the barnyard, and the
seller remarked that manure did no
good on his land. Mr.. j. said that
manure paid every cent for the farm"
On that same fifty acres, in a bad season,
when the average crop of the neigh-
borhood was not more than five bush
els, he raised on a large field twenty
nine bushels per acre.
The Germans make the production
of manure the first necessity of the
farm, and are able to keep as much
stock upon twenty acres as we do upon
one hundred. 1t is with manure as
with feeding, the pay is best with most
liberal allowance. The soil of our
Oldest States is by no means exhausted.
1t has been impoverished only in few
elements; and these elements are all
represented in the barnyard manure.
The barnyard manure contains
the residium of all the elements
taken from the soil in the crop har-
vested. The true policy, then, is to
keep as much stock as possible and
carefully husband the manure for re-
plenishing the soil. This has been the
plan pursued Iby Mr.. Johnson. He
has regarded manure so valuable that
he could afford to feed all his own
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
Virginia Crops.

Reviewing letters received from day
to day from various sections of Vir-
ginia, the Richmond Wing, of the 23d
inst, says:
1--WE gather in brief from this COR
respondence that the oat crop is a
failure, that the tobacco crop will be
very short, that the wheat is turning
out more straw than grain, and that
the corn has in many portions Of the
State been greatly injured by the
drouth.U
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Bergh in the Country.

Bergh is around in the rural district,
in disguise. He is doing great work
in caring for dumb creatures, that
know not how to tell their troubles.
Just now he is in the guise of Dale's
Horse and Cattle Powders, which every
humane farmer and stock-raiser keeps
constantly on hand, not waiting for
disease to appear before procuring the
remedy, for then it may be too late.
Sold everywhere. John f. Henry,
Curren & Co., Proprietors, s and 8,
College Place, New York.
ViilSd&WlmO,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
Sale Of Valuable CITY Property.

Pursuant to aninterlocutory decree pronounced
by the County Court of Knox County, Tenn at
lis July term, 1874 in the case of VIM. Fischer.
admir- vs. Levi Manuel and vito l will on Sat
urday. the 22d day of August, 1874, at the Court
House door. in the city of Knoxville expose to
sale at public auction,
lst Lot No. % in the plat of Shieldstown, ~
ing on the East side of Bertrand street., havi ing
front OF $50 feet on said street. and running back
n distance OF 2U3l5 feet between parallel lines.
ID. Lot No, 81, in ShieldstOwn, lying on the
East side of Bertrand street, aud having front OF
53lS feet in said street, ana running back DIS
lance of 2u3l4 feet between parallel lines,
IL being the property owned by David Barton,
decd. ana sold by ord. Of the Court Tor payment
TIVE and without tho equity of redemption.
TERMS OF SALE.
Ten per cent Of the purchase money TO be paid
down, and the balance in two equal lnstallments.
at and II months respectively purchasers
giving notes, bearing interest Mt per cent. per
annum. A lien win be retained until the purchase
money is fully paid. This 2lst day July, 1874.
j. S. A, BLANC, Clerk,
dltwit By SAMUEL J. MORROw, D, @.
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I'm the Chancery Court at Taze-
well, Tennessee.

VIM. II. Meyers Jr., VS.. Elizabeth Meyers.
IN this cause it appearing from the allegations
L in the bill filed, which is sworn to, that Eliza
beth Meyers. the defendant, is a NONRESIDENT
of the State OF Tennessee it is therefore ordered
that publication be made for four consecutive
weeks in the Knoxville WEEKLY CHRONICLE, no.
tifying said nonresident defendant to appear
before the Chancery Court at Tazewel, on the
second Monday, OF October next, and max % de-
Tense to said bill, or the same will be taken as
confessed, and set for hearing OK parte. This
july 8, 1874 L. AUSMUS. g. x M.
vii17w4t
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In the ChancerY Court at TaZe
well, Tennessee.

Lucy ]. Duncan VS.. VIM. II. Duncan.
IN this cause il appearing from the allegations
i in the bill filed, which is sworn to. that VIM.
II, Duncan the defendant IN the said bill, Is n
non resident of the state Of Tennessee II is
therefore ordered that publication be made for
CHRONICLE notifying non resident defendant to
appear before the Chancery Court at farewell,
defense to said bill or the same will be taken as
confessed and set for hearing ex parte, This
July 9, 1914. B. AUSMUs, Q. * III.
viil7w4t
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State of Tennessee,
CAMPBELL COUNTY.
James Keno y VS.. Thos. Doatwright

JafIUs hUHD y Nbs IIUs' DUN VIE NJ
TNTHIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING BY AFFI'
i DANIr, that the defendant. Thos. b. at
wright is justly indebted to the plaintiff, and y
q non resident, so that the ordinary process OF
attachment aving been levied on his property
it is therefore ordered that publication be made
in the Knoxville CHRONICLE, newspaper pub
lished in Knoxville Tor four successive weeks,
commanding the said Thos BOatwright TO appear
before me at my Office in Careyville, in the 4th
civil district of Campbell county, on the 29th day
Of August. 1874 and make defense TO said suit
against him or it Will be proceeded whit ex parte.
W. o. WARNACK, =
yii23w4 Justice Of the Peace for Campbell utny
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
Chancery Court at anOxvine,
Tenn esSee.
No. 2.6i2.

NO, L,OIz.
Henry 7. Patton. George +. Patton, and James
PattoB VS.. James Il. Carte-, Samuel p. Carter,
Ida b. Carter, George ID. Carter. and j. NJ.
Dewitt Carter.
Itappearinl from the bill which is sworn to
that the defendants Samuel y. Carter and Ida
b. Carter are citizens of the State of Georgia and
ordered that the said defendants appear before
the ChanceTy Court at Knoxville, Tennessee. on
the Sd Monday in September next. 1874. and
the same will be taken for confessed. 1t is iur-
Their ordered that this nGtice be published in the
Knoxville Chronicle for four consecutive weeks.
A true copy. Attest;
NJ. L, PATTERSON. c. 4 NJ,
by W. A. GALBRAITH ID. c. * NJ.
Iulv o4th 1s74-W
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
To The Voters of Knox County.

/ take this method of announcing
myself candidate for reelection to
the office Of sheriff of your county. d.
have held the position for the last tv o
terms, and have epdeavored to dis
charge the duties of the Office to the
best of my ability, irrespective Of ar
ty, and If reelected, propose in tn fu-
ture, as in the past, to give the office
the strictest attention.
vid&wtf V. f. GossETT.
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A GREAT DISCOVERY.

ERYSIPELAS. ULCERS, OLD SORES, CA
u TARAH, Bealed Breast, Felons and all kiR-
dred diseases speedily and effectually cured by
the use Of a Vegetable Preparation. Price, 81
by mail. SatistacuOnguaranteed OF the meney
refunded. Address, Rev. j. p CURTIS. Mill
Spring, Jefferson county, Tenn. References
giyen If desired, by those that have been ured.
ii5Wl2
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Non-Resident Notice.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT AT TAZEwELL,
CLAIBORNE COUNTY. TENN.

CLAIBORNE COUNTY. TENN,
Emily Wilson VS.. William Alexander Wilson.
DETITION FOR DIVORCE,-In this cause it
L appearing from the allegations of the bill or
petition, which is sworn to, that the defendant
William Alexander wilson is a nonresident and
beyond the reach Of ordinary process OF law Ut
four successive weeks, in the Chronicle, news
paper published in the city of Knoxville, Ten
nessee, notifying the said defendant to appear at
of Tazewell. Claiborne county, Tennessee, on the
first Monday OF september, 1874, and make do
tense to plaintiff suit. or the same will be taken
as confessed and set for hearing OK parte.
vii29wit J, N. TkEECE, Clerk
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THE BEST ADYICE
DIR. TUTT,S HAIR DIVE

possesses qualities that no other dye does. It's
,tect is instan taneous and so natural that it can
not be detected by the closest observer. 1t is
harmless and easily applied. aud is in general
use among the fashionable ha'rdressers in every
arge city in the United states. Price 81 box.
Sold everywhere.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-23
III. R. BKtIN GNU ItsT


sx,.x Cholera Mixture, OF our own make. A csli
NJ tai remedy for diarrhea, cholera, and looseuess
Ia of the bowels.
Essence OF Jamaica Ginger. capital preparation
Of the iuest white Jamaica Ginger, manu- actured
with the greatest care, and suitable 10 the most dell
cate constitutions. neatly put up, At reasohabie
price.
Fluid Rennet, In making this, care Is taken 10 pro-
cure the best rennet and then No use our best shof
wine and no other; try 1t.
Gum Camphor, the best protection against moths
fer iurs or woolen goods.
Cologne and Bay Rum 10y the quart OF gallon. OF
bottles OF desirable styles. Call and examine.
Coxs Gellatine for Jelly, now quite reasonable.
Extracts for the handkerchief in bottles or in bulk
No. in quality, tor sale il any quantity to suit.
Ferrated Elixir OF Gentian. We claim for thistha
It has the strength Comp. Sine GentiAn will
the addition OF tull desc OF iron with each DOSE. Il
has many advantages over Ferrated Elixir contain
ing Calisaya Bark As 1t is uniform in strength hnt
appearance, and "a pleasant and efficient tonic vi
commend II ~ any ono wishing an Iron tonic.
TrusscB-Ho have always had n private apart
ment ioI hitting Iru-ses. livery person wanting
truss can have IL adjusted TO them aud warranted
| Mt.
Mrs Allen r. Hans, Rings ,wood's, SteriinR's Am
brosra, and many uthei Hair Preparations At reduce
| prices.
LatOur Salad Oh, Wholesale aud reta at
| II. X. BRI SGHUkST y,
| 81 Market street.
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Anew PHEPARAIiONS.--r Brlngnurst & Co.,
IN desire h Call the attention Ot physicians and
others in terested, to the following new preparations
of thelr manufacture. which are destined to &C
cupy prominent position AZ the most popular OIL
the nutritiye tOnics.
WINE AND BEEF, each tablespoonful representing
ths nouriBhlng constituents oil one ounce Of fresh
Beet with the gentle stimulating properties OF fure
Sherry Vino.
WINE OF BHEB AND Iron containing the same ~
the above with the add ion of grams OF Citrate
| OF Iron In each tablespo aT.ul.
ELIXIR OF BKRB, each tablespoonful representing
the nourishment OF one ounce OF Fresh Beet with n
| dessert-spooufu of Finest French brandy.
| ELIXIR OF BEEF, IRON, AND CALIsAYA, each
| tablespoonful OF which contains the pourishng
properties OF of fresh Beef three grains OF
| Pyr0phosphate of Iron, eight grains OF Calissys
| Bark, with Finest French Brandy.
The above elegant preparations are palatable
and grateful to the taste, acceptable TO the stomach
and Uniform in strength, having for their basis pure
of which in debltated conditions OF tne syste - "
| well established. They are eminently adapted io'
the treatment of thUse suffering from the debility
resulting from protIacted Illness In the sinking stage
OF typhoid and other levers, in the exhaustion ant
fatigue arising from excessive work. loss OF Appe
tite, impaired digestion apd dyspepsia. As n resto
rative and invgoTator they are invaluable Tor TIT
convaiescent III the debility accompanying old age
| IN the rapid growth OF children, and in ali forms o
general debility attended by defective nutrition
nervous Prostraton, and an Impoverished condition
| Of tue blood
Prepared and sold wholesale and retail by
Il. BRINGHUKST Il Co.,
5sA,h 4 Market St.. Wilmington.
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TO COssUMFTIVs.

The advertiser having been permanently cured OF
that dread disease Consumption, by simple remedy
Is ANXIOUS make Known 10 his fellow sufferers the
means or cure. To all VINO desire II. he VIII send .
copy OF the prescription used tfros OF cnarge) with
directions for preparing and using the same which
they will And a SURE CURE FOE CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA, BRoEoRITIs, &c
Parties wishing the prescription Will please address
RKv. EDWARD A. WILSON,
19i Penn street.
winamsburgh, N. Y.
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Braces ! Braces ! Braces

TRU35hDT ThU0S1S IkUoSEST INV50EOT
Supporters ! Supporters
We have just received from the manufacturers In
Philadelphia, one OF the finest assortnents OF the
Of Wilmington. Among them entirely new
brace known as the
steeI-Sprlng Sh Oulder Brace.
Which arc pronounced by those who use them, SUI
perior TO thing the kind in We have also
a new brace Tor The ladies, manufactured expressly
tor us, which is great improvement oxer the Old
STYLES, and which selling rapidly. We have
greatly enlarged our brace and truss department
and those who are want OF such artieles cannoi
fall in being suited. Private room for ladies, At
| tended by MRS. q. FOSTER, III. ID,
Gail at FOSTERS DRUG STORE,
| n. W. corner OF Front and Water Streets,
| ct2l-tf wilmington. Del
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M1LLER's HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS.
Fout's Cattle Powder, II. H. H. Lniment, Roberts
inent Patent Medicines in the market, for safe at
FOSTERS DRUG STORE,
Front and West streets,
wilming tnu Del.
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1CCTIONEERING.
AUCTIONEERING.

hereby give notice that will cont niue the Auc
ton Business, and am prepared 10 call sales o
Real and Personal Property as heretofore.
Address Odessa, Del, WIN. A. HCKfLL
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-23
Marvin's Deoderized COD Liver

AT FOSTERS DRUG STORE.
Camphor for putting away Clothes,
AT FOSTERS DRUG STORE.
Pue and Bum Sslye at FOSTERS DRUG STORE.
Blood Further at FOSTERS DRUG STORE.
letter Ointment at FOSTERS DRUG STORE.
Selditz Powders at IS cts. per box.
Citrate Nagnesia at Is cts, per bottle.
Diarrhxa Mixture for summer use splendid article.
Wholesale or Retail, at -
FOSTERS DRUG STORE,
Corner OF Front and West Streets,
my II Wilmington, Delaware.
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PAINTING AND PAPER HANGING.
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-EgtREKA ?
PRATT,s ASTRAL OIL.

s<DEAFNEss, BLINDNESS, AND CATARRh
treated it'll the utmost success, by J. ISAAC, NJ p,
and Pre- fessor of Diseases Of the EYE and EAR (hn
speciality in the Medical College Of Pennsylvania 10
years experience formerly of Leyden, Holland NO
Dos ARCH street, Philadelphia Testimonials can Pc
seen at his ONCE The medical faculty are invited to
accompany their patients he has no secrets In his
practice. Artificial Eyes inserted without pain No
haree for examination. apr H-iy