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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-30
Greatest Show on Earth
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars,

Rendering it the most complete, attractivei
and remarkable exhibition the management
las ever presented to the public.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16

the loss Of the soil in fertility by selling
such large crops from farm. On the
other hand, no account is made above Tor
the value Of straw and corn stalks for
feeding, which is considerable. Making
due allowance for the incompleteness Of
this statement, it still shows most clearly
that successful and profitable farming
must lie in the direction Of working land
to its utmost, not letting it lie idle under
a mistaken idea Of saving hired labor,
Have help enough always to make all
your land productive, and if not in con-
dition to be worked proftably otherwise,
buy fertilizers to make it so, or hire addi-
tional help to under drain, If that be what
is needed. What successful farmers can
not afford is that profits made on one
part Of their farms shall be neutralized by
dead capital Invested in fields which pro-
duce little, and that at a loss, limo
other way opens, sell part OF your land,
that you may have capital and labor to
utilize every acre Of which you are pO-
ssessed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16
Prize, nrentyyay CentG
NEWSPAPER
ADVERTISING.
NrNErY.SrNrH EDITION.

Containing complete list Of all the towns in the
United States the Territories and the Dominion Of
Canada, having population greater than 5000 &C
cUrding 10 the last census, together With the names
Of the neWspaper5 having the largest local circua-
tlon In each Of tho places named AlsD catalogue
Of newspapers which are recommended 10 adycr-
tlsers as giving greatest value In proportion 10 prices
charged Als1, all newspapers In the United States
and Canada printing over 500 copies each Issue.
Also, all the Religious, Agricultural, Scientific and
Mechanical, Medical, Masonic, Juvenile, E1uCa-
Sporting, Musical, Fashion, and other special casJ
journals; very complete lists. Together with 3
complete list Of over 300 German papers printed In
the United States, Also, an essay upon advertis-
ing many tables Of nteS, showing the cost Of nd.
veTtisng In various neWspaperS, and everything
which beginner In advertising would Ike to know.
GEO. p. ROwELL CO.,
N2i II Park Row, New York.
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Answer tS'1Oi iOU
The principle is the same as interest
dividing the price by two gives us the
price Of half q ton, and pointing of three
figures to the right is dividing by 1000.
To ascertain the contents or number Of
cords Of wood In a given pile multiply
the length by the width, and the product
by The height, which will give you the
number Of cubic feet. Divide the pro-
duct by 1913, and the quotient will be the
number OF cords. A pile Of wood 4 feet
high, A feet wide and s feet long contains
a cord.
To measure boards, scantlings and
planks multiply the breadth in inches
BY the thickness, and that by the length
In feet, and divide the product by IL and
the quOLient will be the contents. =.
To find the contents Of wagon beds III
the opposite sides are parallel multiply
the length inside in inches, by the breadth
in inches, and that again by the depth in
aide in inches, and divide the product by
215O.42 and the quOtient will be the CO.
pacity in bushels.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16
1,rnil,s l,rn,, 1IlrctI IIelp.

A practical and evidently thoughtful
Iowa farmer argues strongly in the
Western Rural that farmers can afford to
pay even higher wages than they now do
and by good management make large
profits on the labor and capital invested;
and he proves his position. Hiring two
men at $50 each per month would make
for the season Of nine months $40. With
$50 additional help in harvesting and
$50 for thteshing, he calulates that they
will care for 100 acres Of corn, so acres Of
spring wheat, and put up 60 tons Of hay,
Estimating corn at so bushels per acre,
wheat At 10 bushels, and the hay at $4Ia
ton, tho value Of the crops aside from the
straw, would be a. follows Wheat,
s562 so, corn, $1,000; hay, $40; total,
81 sO2 SO. Deduct expenses Of hired help,
seed, threshing (Ss89, and there Ia left .
proft Of 1888 50 on the land, horses and
implements required to produce these
crops, and which are permanent invest
ment,
There are some items omitted IN this
calculation, notably that important item,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16
Valuable Information.

We give below some valuable items to
farmers and others, which should be cut
out and preserved:
First we give an easy mode Of Nscer.
tanning the value OF a given number Of
pounds Of hay, ut q given price per ton
Of 1000 pounds. Multiply the number
Of pounds of hay (coal or anything else
which is bought and sold by the tom by
one.half the price per ton, pointing of
three figures from the right hand; the re-
naming figures will be the price. For
example. What will be the cost Of 65S
lbs. Of hay at 81 so per ton. 81 80 d.
yided by 2 equals s. 70, by which multi
ply the number Of pounds, thus:
G5S
1915
$500
1905
1854
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16
FINANCIAL.
JoHH K. BoEsgoRD, Prest GEO, ADAMS, V. Pres
N. A, CHANDLER, Cashier,

This Bank Is organized and prepared to transact
the business Of banking In all Its details,
II succeeds the First National Bank Of Wheeling,
10 owned by the same shareholders and "a under the
same management.
By carefully regarding the interests Of Its Cores.
POndents and DepositOFs, and by q prompt and
faithful execution Of their Wishes II hopes 10 merit
their esteem and confidence.
Notes and Bills discounted.
Collections made on all points throughout the
United SAtes
Deposit Accounts subject to check At sight re-
eelyed from Banks, BANKERS, Firms, Corporations
and individuals.
Certlacqtes Of Deposit Issued payable on demand
or NJ hXed dates.
Interest allowed on Special DepOGII.
DIRECTORS:
John Z. BOtSlord, VIM. B. Simpson.
Jacob s. Rhodes, WIN. A. Turner,
George Adams, John l.. Hobbs,
Geo, w. FanEheim, John Z. Wilson,
Henry NJ, Harper, my2l-dGW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16

THERE is vast difference in the flavor
Of eggs. Hens fed on clear, sound grain
and kept on a clean grass run, give much
finer aavoredeggs than hens that have ac-
cess to stable manure heaps, and eat all
kinds of filthy food, Hens feeding on
fish and onions flavor their eggs accord
ingly the same as cows eating onions or
cabbage, or drinking offensive water, I'M
part a bad taste to the milk and butter.
The richer the food the higher the color
of the eggs. Wheat and corn give eggs
the best color, while feeding on buck
wheat makes them colorless, rendering
them unfit for some confectionery pur-
poses.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16
Norwich for color.
Belgian tCr shape,
Don't,

Don't insult a poor man. His mus
Cles may be well developed.
Don't fret The world will move on as
usual after you are gone.
Don't color meerchaums for a living.
II IL simply dying by inches.
Don't say II told you sop Two 10 one
you never said a word about II.
Don't turn up your nose at light things.
Think Of bread andIta&ation.
Don't buya coach 10 please your vile.
Better make her q little sulky.
Don't write long obituaries. Save
some Of your kind words for those liv.
ing. M
Don't publish your acts Of charity.
The Lord will keep the account straight.
Don't mourn over lancied grievances.
Bide your time and real sorrow will
come.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16
English aud Gcrman Canarles.

The great breeding places for cunnries
are Norwich, Yarmouth, Yorkshire, Lei
cesLer and Manchester. These places sup
ply the London market with canaries.
Canaries are mostly bred by ShoemAkers
during tho Summer, and sold to the Lon
don trade from October till March. They
are sent up in "scores" one score being
twenty pairs. II you were to send for n
"score" Of canaries, they would send you
forty birds. The breeders prefer sending
them in pairs. Three hens are charged
as "pair." The wholesale price in the
Autumn Is "a per score. The price rises
in the Spring, and advances TO as much
1s e. per score. The most valuable
md delicate canaries are the Belgians.
Yhen undistnfbed they sit "all Of a
tmp,n but when the cage is taken down
Cy show their beauty by lengenthing
!nselves out like a telescope, and
bridging themselves into form. Some
wi nearly pass through large wedding
RIM and birds OF first class will fetch sas
mul h as E10 per pair. The next kind Of
canAty most resembling the Belgians are
the Yorkshire birds. These are also very
long land graceful. They vary from seven
shift ngs sixpence 10 thirty shillings per
pair Norwich, as rule, produces the
ficht( l-cOlor birds. The motto is:
Norwich for color.
Belgian iOr shape,
And German for song,
The best come from the Hatt1 Mountains.
German birds are not much TO look at,
but command higher prices on account Of
their beautiful songe-Ftunk BHeEIand,
Land and Ratr.
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nsarnI Information.

Keep tea in close chest or canister.
Keep bread and cake in tin box OF
stone jar.
cubic INCHES.
Keep coffee by itself, as its Odor affects
other articles.
September and October butter is the
best Tor winter use,
The United States standard gallon
measures 23l cubic inches.
Cranberries will keep all winter in a
irkin OF water in q cellar.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
in soft paper, and, ii possible, laid in a
drawer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16

Below we give table showing the
price Of pork per pound at different
prices per bushel for corn. BY reversing
The table we have the price Of corn per
bnshel at different prices per ID. for pork.
The Use Of tho table is obvious. Should
corn be selling for so cents per bnshel
and PORK only 8 cents per lb. II wonld be
most profitable to sell the corn, but
should corn be selling at 40 cents and
pork at Q cents, 1t would be profitable to
feed the corn TO the hogs.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
COLOSSAL IOBBERY.

At a meeting ofthe New York Cheap
Transportation Association, last Tues
day evening, the President, Mr. Benja-
min 2. Baker gave an interesting ex-
PLANTATION of the objects for which the
Association had been formed and what
1t had already done, or hoped to ac-
complish. Commercial men, he said,
were generally too busy with their own
affairs to become familiar with the in
ner workings of the transportation
system, which unfortunately abounded
with glazing defects, which bore di.
rectly and unfaYorably upon the COM
merce, lnot onlyI of New York, bat of
the whole country. By way of illus
trating the case, he cited a recent re-
port made by Sir John Swinburne, one
Of the English trustees Of the "leased
line rental trust bonds" Of the Allan
tic and Greast Western Railroad, who
visited this country to investigate the
affairs Of the road, in which he
said that 'the position Of the trusts
was in most respects very unsatisfactO-
~. Interests cross and conflict with
each other, and powers are divided,
mixed up or OTerTidden IN a way that
renders the whole subject hopelessly
bewildering to an outsider; but one
purpose is always clear-that money
should be made by promoters; and one
effect Is always visible-wreck and
ruin" There had been diversions of
money to purposes for which it was
never raised; fraudulent leases had
been made, such as that of renting the
Pithole line, eleven miles long, to the
Atlantic and Great Western for $780,
600 per annum, and the Pennsylvania
petroleum line for 100000, the one
being valueless and the other unlaid.
The same Pithole line had recently
been sold to the President Of the road
for $500, at the instance of creditor
for 5000. It had cost the Atlantic and
Great Western 5000, and contained
$4,000 worth of rails. Other instances
of jObbery in the management
of this line were cited. The
speaker said he believed that
the present transportation system
was replete with similar fraudulent
cases, and such organizations as the
one over which he presided were ur-
gently needed to create public opinion |
which would render such practices i'm
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17

possible. The history Of. the Union
and Central Pacific Railroads showed
that the American public had been
mercilessly swindled, as well as the
English stockholders In the Atlantic
and Great Western. Over $3.50, 000,-
900 of obligations had been issued by
those roads, not one-half Of which had
ever been paid. The legislation of the
past decade had been largely in the in.
terest of powerful rings of individuals,
to the manifest detriment of the pub
lie at large. The avoidance Of
remission of taxes on railway
property; the establishment of
Credit Mobilier institutions of vari-
GUS kinds, by which revenues
had been diverted from their legitimate
purposes, and acts of ike nature tend
ing to the enrichment of few at the
expense of the whole public, and nu-
merous other abuses Of a similar char
acter, proved the necessity of an exist
ing organized body whose business it
should be to watch over and protect the
interest Of the public in the system of
transportation. The New York Cheap
Transportation Association had en-
deayored to do this, and had had ample
cause for encouragement in its rapid
progress. Much lower rates for trans
portation had prevailed during the year
1874 than had been recorded In any
previous year; yet owing to economical
and improved management, the net
earnings were nearly equal to those Of
the previous year, which were the
largest ever recorded. The speaker
characterized this condition of
affairs as the direct result of pub
lie opinion brought to bear upon the
defects in the transportation system.
The meaning it conveyed was that
Credit Mobiler, fast freight lines, con-
struction companies, bridge and supply
companies, together with other medi-
ums by which officers and managers of
railways had enriched themselves at
the expense of stockholders, were being
crushed out, and that as honest, econ
Omical management was gradually IN
troduced, lower rates could be given to
the public without detriment to the
interests of stockholders.
The reforms mentioned by Mr.. Ba-
ker should not, however, be so brought
about as to inure wholly to the benefit
of New York. Other cities throughout
the country are suffering from similar
causes, and the demand for relief is
daily growing louder.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17

IT is stated by the Chicago Tribune
that the Changers of California have
gone into the business Of transporta-
ton Systematically, and with more vim
than has been exhibited by any similar
organization on this side the Rocky
Mountains. The crop this year, it is
said, viii be scarcely half as large as In
former seasons; but the farmers are IN
good spirits, most of them being in
good financial condition. Arrange
ments are being made fer the direct
shipment of grain to Europe, which
was interrupted by the failure Of E. E.
Morgan & Sons. An agent from the
Grangers' Business Association has
been dispatched to Liverpool with In
structions to charter such vessels as
may be necessary, and arrange for the
receipt and sale of the products. Com
munication will be maintained with
Headquarters by telegraph in cipher.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
Original Attachment.

State Of Tennessee, Davidson COunty--W. H.
Gaines VS.. JnO. Ashford.
IN THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING TO
i the satisfaction OF the court from afndayit
OF plaintiff that the defendant is a nonresident
Of the State Of Tennessee, 50 that the ordinary
process OF law cannot be served on him, and
that said defendant is indebted TO plaintiff in
the sum Of twenty seven dollars and nTe cents,
due BY account and unpaid.
1t is therefore ordered that publication be
made in the Union and American, a newspaper
published in the city of Nashville, for four con-
secutiye weeks, so as 70 compel said defendant
to appear before me a. my Office, in the city Of
Nashville, on the 24th day of August, 1875, at 1C
o'clock A. NJ, TO plead, answer or demur TO said
attachment, or the same will be taken as con-
fessed and set for hearing eX parte.
Given under my hand and seal, at office, this
18th day Of July, 1875.
jyI7 0sW4t JAS, EVERETT, j. P.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17

THE German element is very con,
spicuous at all the watering places this
season. The Boston TrarelLer says
they are noted for their fresh and hon
est enjoyment, and ungrudging ex-
penditure for all the requisites Of COM
fort. Especially is this true of the
Jewish element. The prominent fea-
ture of the Grand Union Hotel, Sara
toga, is the number of lovely Jewesses
in gorgeous attire, who promenade the
piazzas, with heavy gray-suited COM
patriots In attendance.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
HOW THEY STAND THUS FAR.

There have been eleven State Con-
ventions since the year begau-six Re-
publican and five Democratic. In
Maine and New Hampshire both parties
were equally emphatic in demanding as
early a return to specie payments as
practicable. In Iowa the Republicans
declared for the same policy; the Dem
Ocrats for a return when practicable,
and meanwhile more paper currency.
In Ohio the Republican plan is that Of
ultimately equaGzing" coin and paper,
which is nothing but q glittering gen
erality; the Democratic is unequiYocal
imitation. In California the Demo
Gratis favor a currency convertible
at the viii Of the holder, and the
Republicans say nothing, while in
Pennsylvania they shirk the question.
The strongest and most determined
declaration for initiation comes from
the Ohio Democrats. Many Of the
Southern Democratic papers warmly
approve the Ohio platform, and there
is little doubt that it viii have strong
support from the South In the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
ANOTHER OLD TIMER REsUR-


The indications are very strong that
ex-Gov. Bigle- will be nominated by
the Democrats of Pennsylvania for the
Governorship. In 1851 he was elected
to thatFposition over Gov. Johnston,
the Wing nominee, on the issues pre-
sented by the compromise of 1850.
Fillmore's administration did not sup
port Johnston and Bigler got the vote
Of what we're called cotton Wings"
He made an honest and efficient exec
utive, and was unanimously renomi-
mated In 1854, but in the meantime the
phenomenal Know. Nothing movement
had sprung up. Pollock, the Wing
candidate, was favored by
the Know Nothings and was
elected by 10000 majority.
The w-Nothing Legislature chosen
that year failed in 1855 to elect a
United States Senator, after negotia-
ting with Cameron all the session, and
in the fall the Democrats secured a
majority of the body and elected Big
Ter. His term began in the month of
March before he was elected and ex.
pred in 1861. Since then he has held
no Office. During the war his record
was unobjectionable, and in 1872 he
was a warm advocate of the fusion of
his party with the Liberals, doing earn
est work at the Baltimore Convention
to promote that end. Recently he has
devoted his energies to aiding the Gen.
tennial Exhibition, and has acted as its
general financial agent. Of the strength
of his candidacy there can be no ques-
ton.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17

The Pole Bearers and other darkies
who had 50 charming a time with dis
tinguished white guests on the 4th at
the Fair Grounds, now propose to re-
peat by indulging In a grand peace
barbecue, where the white and black
people of both sexes can cOmingle IN
social enjoyment and engage in the
may dance, probably a Strauss waltz,
without any prejudice as to color
Memphis Ledger.
We suppose this is to be taken as
semi-Oficial, the editor of the Ledger
having been one of the distinguished
guests at that memorable reconcilia-
ton meeting on the 4th.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
AT ROUND LAKE.
The FrAfernaI ReaniOn OF Northern
and Southern AIefhOdists.
Round Lake Correspondence Of the New York
World

The Erafernal ReuntOn OF Northern
and Southern TefhOdists.
Round Lake Correspondence Of the New York
World.
The determination of the two divi-
siOns Of the Methodist Church North
and South is complete. Whatever may
have been the feelings of the sections
during and Immediately succeeding the
war, there Is not a lingering prejudice
discernible now In the marked fellow.
ship of the many preachers here from
the two extremes Of the country. As a
rule, the Southern bishops and pastors
are ardent, eloquent men, with less of
the conventional nicely that marks the
ADLER of our Northern speakers, and
their return to our pulpits brings the
element Of natural ferYor which We were
beginning to miss. As a rule the
preaching here Is far above the camp
meeting grade. 1t is sober, intelligent
and enlightened discourse, not aimed,
as Of old, wholly at the sensibilities
and fears Of the multitude. And no
one can listen TO the ablest of the teach
ers without noting the change which
has taken place in the denomination.
1t has outgrOWn a great many of its
earlier excuses. Whether, according
to Its own Judgment, it has fallen off
proportlOnately in its usefulness, will
not undertake to say.
This much | must assert, to be hon.
est with myself. Round Lake, far
from being a warlike camp, in which
the artillery of salvation pours hot
shot into sinners, is a rational and
proper, not 10 say elegant, resting
place, where religion keeps holiday
without forgetting her duties.
1t is protest against the fOrmality
of the Olden times, which shut out ma
ture and enjoyment, and it is an ex-
pOsure of the modern nonsense that
accumulates about a fashionable water.
ing place In full dress and pretends to
enjoy outdoors. 1t may not advance
the sect, but it establishes a fire prece-
dent for the world. If there we're
more Round Lakes there would be
more religion, more health and more
sObriety during the dOg.days. That IS
the lesson of the modern improved
camp-meeting, profered to the SOrld
at large. DiVested of sectarianism, it
is a community OF sensible people CO.
operating for a summer rest and estab-
lisning an encampment where they can
take their household goods, and from
which they can, and do, exclude much
Of the idolatry of society.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17

SEVERAL ladies were sitting tOgeth-
er on the balcony Of the Clifton,
Niagara, the other night wher the
moon, although 'full, " was not demon
strative. a natty little fellow came
toward the group and softly said,
"Pussie, darling" whereupon all the
young ladies jumped up and came to-
ward him eagerly. He selected one,
and walked away with her. The other
brides sat down and told their respec-
tive Romeos afterward that it was "too
ridiculous for anything" and that
they never were so embarrassed in the
whole course Of their life,