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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-29
SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

Pursuant TO a decree of the United States Dis
trict court, pronounced on the 10th day CT Octo.
Der, 1873. in the matter of Benjamin NJ Robin.
son, in bankruptcy, the undersigned will sell. on
the premises. at public auction. that VAIUA.
BILE ESTATE, known as the Brick House."
situate in the county of New Kent, containing
about l,2OO ACRES, lying Immediately oppo-
site the town Of West Point said sale to be
made on MONDAY, THE I'd DAY OF MARCH,
1874. ~
TERMS.-Cash enough to pay the debts and
interest thereon, secured by trust deed executed
by Benjamin N. Robinson and Lucy, his wife
on the 26th March, 1871, expenses of sale and
costs Of proceedings in bankruptcy, say $1,000 !;
and balance upon such credit as the undersigned
Bolivar Starke may prescribe.
r. T. ARMISTEAD,
@. A. BRANCH. So
BOLIVAR STARK, Trustees.
81. Assignee. no 2l-law4w !
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-29

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia. a-l-s sal So
In the matter of John Cowles, bankrupt-in
bankruptcy. r a..aa ~
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
r. L. Henley, of James City county, and State
of Va, hereby gives notice of his appointment
as assignee of the estate of John Cowles, of
James City county in said district, who was. on
the sth day of November, a. d. 1873, adiudged a
bankrupt upon the petition of himself by the
District Court Of said district. G sg 0Es
Dated January l4th, 1874.
r. T.. HENLEY,
ia la-2ay3w s.- Lis. .. s-s Assignee.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-29
AssIGNEE's SALE
ASSIfNEE'S sALE ~
OF al
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN CAROLINE
COUNTY VIRGINIA, fs

COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
BY virtue of an order of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of VIZ
gInia, bearing date September IL, 1873, will
sell on WEDNESDAY, THE 18th DAY OF
FEBRUARY, 1874. at o'clock p. m, in front of
the United. States courthouse. at Richmond,
Virginia, as assignee of w. NJ. Mason, bankrupt.
the following described property, towit First,
LIFE ESTATE IN "a ACRES OF LAND
lying In Caroline county, Va, with DWELL
ING-HOUSE thereon Second, ga ACRES
OF LAND, lying in said county. A full descrip
ton of the above property will be given on the
day of sale. ga2 @ EAaf gaAE
This land will be sold free from all liens and
encumbrances. g~na
TERMS -One-third cash balance on a credit
of six and twelve months, equal installments.
| the purchaser giving bonds with good security
for the deferred payments, and the title retained
| until all of the purchase money is paid.
/ .H.-a r. T. WORKMAN.
ia 26-2aw5w Assignee.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-29
COMMERCIAL.
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT

CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
RIoHnoSD. January 20. 1874.
0HsrfB1s.
Wheat-White, l,l4s bushels. Red, so bushels.
Corn-White. 2c62 bushels Mixed. -bushels.
Yellow, "a. ## T
Oats 446 bushels. Mas
Peas-2S bushels.
" SaIss. s
Wheat--White, l52 bushels at u IS to u SO
for from very good to -. Red, go bushels u So.
Corn-White, 45a bushels good. $780,; 500 bush
els prime, TIE; yellow, 81 bushels, p.
Peas-aS bush els, u Is.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-29

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Virginia.
In the matter of Douglass Pitt, bank
rupt-in bankruptcy. 'l
At Richmond, this 18th day of January, 1874.
To Whom it May Concen--The undersigned,
R. L. Montague. of saluda, Middlescx county,
and State of Virginia, hereby gives
notice of his appointment as assignee Of the
estate of Douglass Pitt, of the county of Mid
dlesex. in said district, and who was. to-
wit, on the 9TH day of Dec, q. d. 1873, adjudged
bankrupt upon the petition of himself, by the
District Court OF the United States for said
district.
Dated at Richmond, the 10th day of jan, a
d., 1874. r. L. MONTAGUE
ia 20-2aw3w Assignee.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-29

CIT WILL ray FOR COPIES OF THE
Oil SEMI-WEEKI.Y STATE 1OURNALs
foTone year
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-29

e -tI 1884 EfEs Sic
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
i TED STATES for the Eastern District Of
Virginia. So
( In the matter of Edward Lsadbetter. a bank
rupt-in bankruptcy. ,E
3 At Richmond Va, this 18th day of January,
1874. tEs ta| afE
To Whom it May Concern--The undersigned,
J. M. Nuckols. of Goodalls, in the county,
Of Hanover, and state of Virginia, here
by gives notice of his appointment as assignee OF
the estate of Edward Lendbetter. of Hanover
county in said district who was, on the LIST day Of
Dec'ber, 1873, adjudged bankrupt on his own PEI
ttion by the District Court of said district. ,g
Dated Richmond, 10th day of January, 1874.
JIM. NUCKOIS,
ia 2o--2aw3w ~ Assignee.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-29

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
l. TED STATES, for the Eastern District OF
Virginia. esq ~ 5 as 49,
In the matter of G.. w. Colgin, a bankrupt
lin bankruptcy. a gseayn 81 1sasrfeii
At Richmond Va, this 26th day of January
1874 r u. ....r. - ssssst
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
Please take notice, that a petition has been
presented to the Hon. Robert w. hughes
Judge of said District Court in Bankruptcy, by
O. H. Wendlinger, assignee of the estate of said,
bankrupt to sell the real estate belonging to said
bankrupt, free from all liens and encum-
brances thereon. r-...aF - -.
This is to give notice to all persons Interested,
that In the terms of said petition, AN order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid, for oil per-
sons who may be interested in said estate. to APP
pear before Register w. w. Forbes, esq, at his
Office In the said city Of Richmond, on the 10th
day of Feb, 1874, at 10 O'Clock a. M, and show
cause, If any you have. why such order should
not be granted.
Gu. wENDLINGER.
in 27--Tu2w Assignee.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12
THE TRUTH OF HISTORY.


The Washington correspondent of the Chicago
IHfcr-O Ocean relates the following readable Incl
dent: We all know Carpenters picture of the
Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation"
Lincoln, with his sad, grave face sits, pen in
hand as If even after long council and medita-
ton he still besitated; Chase, the secretary of
tie treasury, stands behind the chair he hopes
one day to fill, a very monument of dignity, look
ing hopefully in the glorious future; Stanton,
fierce and determined, has pushed his chair back
as if lie had said all be had TO say: Seward in
profile and Welles opposite, are evidently talk
ing; while Smith, Blair and Bates stand respect
fully back. Look at the picture well-note its
sclennty, the air of serious andSinxious thought
over the faces, and the grouping, though not un-
duly studied, dramatic. Now, l will tell you how
that thing really happened. Two days before
TIE proclamation was issued, there had been a
cabinet meeting in which no business of an I'M
usual character was transacted, and the secreta-
ries were surprised to receive next morning a
summons to special meeting tn be held that
day. They met promptly at the White House at
twelve, and going to Mr.. Lincoln's room found
him sitting in his great armchair, his long legs
crossed, an open book in his hand, and n pecul-
iarly amused look on his face. "Sit down." said
be to the gentleman, as they came in. ~ want
TO read yOn something funny" And he went on
to read one of Orpheus c. Kerr's war letters from
the Mackerel Brigade, convulsng himself and
his hearers with laughter. But every now aud
then they would look at each other, rather won
dering what it all meant. Lincoln watched the
mute inquiries slyly, but be gave no sign of dis
covery, finished his reading, talked about its alb
surdities for few minutes, then suddenly drew
his chair up to the table and addressed the cab
met: Gentlemen" said he, of course, yOn know
this isn't what sent after you for. / have
proclamation here" he continued, opening a pa
per that had been lying carelessly folded on the
table, "and I'd like to have you see it. You
need not express an opinion upon it. I've writ
ten it myseIf, and mean to publish it tomorrow
but Thought it would be proper to break it to
you first" They read it, he signed it then and
there; and that is the true story of "Signing the
Emancipation Proclamation" Carpenter is prob
ably as faithful to facts any artist to historic
scenes. The truth is that great events are rare
ly formal. 1t is only in trifes that We can stop
to think of appropriate ceremonies.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12
ReuOynttuQ Rruit Trss..

Apple trees, as we'll as many other kinds OF
fruit trees need to have the soil around them re-
| novated with such substances as will not only
promote the growth of the trees but will in
| crease the size of the fruit. For this purpose
perhaps there is nothing cheaper and better than
liberal topdressng of good soil. Good stable
manure, or the manure of the piggery, is good
for this purpose; but most farmers want such
manure for their crops of grain or grass.
After tree has produced fruit for number of
years in succession the sell becomes exhausted of
those substances which produce fine and deli
cious fruit, very mnch as soil becomes exhausted
OF the grain producing substances, after long
succession of exhausting crops have been grown
upon it. Now, in good soil, there is an sbun-
dance of those substances that will not only
make tine fruit, bat will promote the healthy
growth of the entire tree. And more than this
the expense of hauling it, and spreading it around
fruit trees, is very small.
A gentleman of Auburn, when grading the
street, hauled q number of wagon loads of the
soil from where they were grading, and spread
about two loads around each apple tree. The re-
suit was that the trees made fine growth du-
ring the past season, and the fruit WAS unusually
large, fair and abundant. Let the leisure DAYS
Of this mouth be employed in hauling sods from
the highway, OF alluvisl deposit, or rich earth,
and spreading it around fruit trees of sill kinds
One dollar expended in this way will not fail, if
the season is favorable, to produce not less than
two dollars worth of fine fruit. which would not
otherwise be obtained.-Cor. Country Gentleman
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12
How to Have Early Strawberries.

When We read in the English papers a state.
ment like the following VIC are apt to think that
these are very costly luxuries, and almost envy
royalty the privilege of enjoying them: about
10000 Strawberries annually forced in pots in
the gardens of Saadring ham (the Prince Of Wales
palace). The usual course with all the earlier
patches is to start them in pots, plunged in warm
leaves; they are then placed on shelves anywhere
that room can be found for them, and gathered
in quantity from the middle of February till
they come in out of doors"
But after all it costs so little to have early
Strawberries that it ia remarkable more do not
have them than generally do. OF course, to have
them very early, it would be necessary to grow
them few months in pots, and take care of
them much as is described in the extract quoted;
but many persons might have them without this
trouble, by simply covering the ground in which
they grow with few hot beds sash. 1t is re-
msrkable that country gardens do not make
more use of glass frames for getting things ear
lier than they do. Glass is cheap, and the sash
frames are not very costly. One can glaze for
himself, and the frames can be made good enough
for the purpose GU any farm. They come into
use III SO many ways that every farm garden
ought to have few of these sashes on hand.
For strawberries, all that is necessary is to have
q bed growing on some nice warm spot of ground
and then set one of these frames over them. 1t
takes very little heat to bring forth strawberry
blossoms, and the glass covering protects them
from FROST and cold at night. A franc five feet
wide and twenty feet long, fixed in this way.
would give many quarts of straw berries for seye-
raj weeks before the regular crops come in the
open ground.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12
How 10 Aba,e In,euper.,e..

The Louisville CoNrirer-Journal addresses some
plain words to the women temperance crusaders.
1t tells them they cannot remove the curse of
dram-drinking by declaimng against it in private.
And 1t goes on in this direct way: off awoman is
addicted TO the excessive use of ardent spirits,
are men still ready to take her to their blossoms
with merely sigh of pityf No; the sentence is
more severe, and shall we add-more just She
is banished from respectable society, and her
character considered wrecked. Have you not
sufficient nerve and moral force to exact as high
standard of virtue from rhemf Instead of boil
ing over in public and being lukewarm in pri
vate, boil, if you wish to, but try the effect of
freezing. You ladies, who are unmarried, would
acquire sufficient dignity and strength of chafac-
ter to refuse to associate with drunkards, even
If they have sober intervals. Let young men
understand that if they love ardent spirits bet
ter than they do you, you consider them already
welded to a more aluring mistress, and not dis
posed to become bigamist. Is this asking too
mnch of youf Then GO on in your crusade
against the rumsellers, pour ont the walls of
wrath upon the accurssd traffic, and compel the
vender to close his front door. Then in the eve
ming rest yOur head upon the bosom of his sod
den patron, and, while You are inhaling the sweet
fragrance of bourbon and lager, let your mind
repose under the consciousness of duty well
dsne."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12
A Fact,

sbortly after the explosion on board the Vir-
r;nia. A Young lady was coming across the lake
IN On. of the mail boats, aud was very appre-
hensiye that q like disaster might befall the
steamer to which was committed the Transports
ton of her person. Calling an intelligent look
ing waiter to her, she asked him confdeutislly-
"Is it usual for the mail boats to explode,
waiterp
"No, ma'am; these boats never explodes"
swell, but it might explode, mightn'titf You
know the Virginia never exploded before she did
the other day." continued the lady.
"Yes ma'am, the boat might explode-thong
the mail boats never explodes," asseverzted the
WAITER and sticking to the last assertion, though
yielding possibility concession TO the fair cues
toners logic.
"WelI, waiter, could yeu tell if the boat was
going to exploded"
The waiter considered moment, and would
have been no true steamboat waiter, if, in that
brief moment, villainy had not got the upper
hand of him.
"Oh, yes, ma'am. have been on the Hudson
river boats have; / can tell when boats 60
ing to explode-can tell half an hour before she
. blows up-but has to watch mighty close to ind
!. cut"
The appreheusive young lady was Delighted,
aud at once secured the valuable alliance OF the
far=sesing and sea faring waiter by the donation
Of half dollar, accompanying it with strict M
functions that she should be called ~ least man
an hour before an explosion occurred, tnat sne
might take measures to get out OF danger IN Tine
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12

THE COLOR OF The SKY.-Professor Tyndall,
the Engineer says, is now engaged ON the chemi-
cal action of light upon yapors, and he has quite
recently handed in paper to the Royal Society
ON the colors of the SKY, on the polarization of
light by the sky, and by cloudy matter general
ly. By the condensation of liquids of various
kinds into particles small that their diane
tiers are measured not by tens of thousandths,
but by hundreds of thousandths of an inch, he
succeeds in producing blue which equals, if it
does not transcend, that of the deepest and
purest Italian sky and this blue exhibits all the
effects of polarization which have been hitherto
observed in skylicht.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12

Some of our exchanges are descanting on the
ruin sure to follow getting in debt to carry on
farming operations. One farmer who stopped
giving and asking credit few years ago, records
it as his experience that be can now buy more
than he ever bought before, and sell more The
case is mentioned of the French, who never 20
in debit and who, having been saving money
since the days of the first Napoleon, have become
the richest nation IN the world, which is proved
by the fact that the German indemnity of a
a Thousand millions of dollars, which they were
obliged to pay, has been struggling for eight
years with twice as much wealth Perhaps the
wealth of the French farmers arises as much
from tne small farm system and the high culti-
walton they give the soil There is vast diff
renee in farming in a loose way and having ali
work done in the best manner
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12

KILLING THE BoRkRs.-Ezrly in spring, be-
fore planting time arrives, peach and appte-trees
should lie examined for borers. man provided
with strong halfiuch gouge and piece of No.
IL wire will eradicate this pest from an orchard
in very few days, and save the trees from total
destruction. If very large borers, they should
be covered with some substance that will pro-
tect the wood from the air or moisture Strong
tarred paper, wrapped around the base of the
STEM will insure the trees against the attacks of
the beetle, which is the parent Of these borrrs
In many sections of the country, too great vigil
lance cannot be given in preventing the attacks
of these pests of che orchard
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12

PATENT HARNESS BLACKING.-Mr. Dobson fur
nishes the recipe for this well-known water
proof backing. 1t will keep the leather soft
and, if properly applied, gives good polish. II
is excellent for buggy-tops. harness, &c. Old
harness, if hard, may be washed in warm water
and when nearly dry grease it with neatsfoot
oil. The ingredients are three ounces of turpen:
tine, two ounces of white wax to be dissolved
ivory-bIack and one drachm of indigo, to be well
pulverized and mixed together. When the wax
and the turpentine are dissolved, add the ivory
black and the indigo, and stir till cold. Apply
it to the harness very thin, and brush well af-
terward, and it will give most beautiful
polish.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12
The Little Rapk CIerL

Washington correspondent thus describes
Secretary Richardson:
mat little man with the bank clerk air about
him who just passed out into the lobby. is secre.
tary Richardson of the treasnry-better known
rs Little Dick" They say, here in Washing
ton, that be has hard time Of 1T down at tie
treasury, for every little while book falls on
MIN, or be bumps his head against the corner of
q desk, or 3 waste basket gets turned ovar hin,
and Thousand and one other accidents incident
to diminntive beings happen to our little Score
taTy Please, Mr.. President, give us a smaller
deot or bigger Secretary, even knave, if need
De- LOT, while thousands might satisfy the ava
rice Of such q one, millions will not comn-nsata
for the laundering of incompeteucy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12

IT is said that a mixture made up as follws,
and taken in quantities equal to an ordinary
dram, aud as often as the desire for strong drink
retnrps, will cure the worst case of drunkenness:
Sulphate of iron, five grains; peppermint water,
eleven drachms; spirits of nutmeg, one drachm.
This preparation acts as tonic, and so.partially
supplies the place Of the accustomed liquor, and
prevents that absolute physical and moral pros
tration that follows breaking off from the use
of stimulant drinks. 1t is to be taken in guam
titles eqnal to an ordinary dram, and as often as
the desire for . dram returns
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12

MILK SIcKSEss.-Tho Medical and Surgical
Reporter says the cause Of milk sickness is the
white snake root on which cattle often feed.
This discovery seems to have been made by three
separate observers, at about the same time. One
Of them, Mr. VIM. Jerry, of Edwardsville, Ill., in
1850, gathered this plant by mistake for the net
tle, and ate it as boiled greens. On the day fol-
lowing he was Suddenly seized with violent trem-
bling, prostration aud faintness, and on the next
day with vomiting and violent retching. He
did not fully recover in FIVE years, and in the
meantime tried the plant on domestic animals,
with similar results
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-12

A NICE sAucE.-Pare and quarter nicely half
busheI of sweet apples; also one dozen ounces,
or le's, If you choose; steam them until you can
pierce them with straw; then take eight pounds
of loaf sugar, and add to it the water over which
your apples are steamed: let it scald M, then
add the fruit and let it remain in until it looks
Transparent. Skim ont and put in Jars and cans;
then boil the syrup until only enough remains
to oil mp Your cans; pour it over them hot; let
them stand and settle, fill up sgain, then seal.
Try u. They are not preserves. but much nicer