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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-13

Mr.. Sherrard presented the petition OF
Thomas Maslin and sixty-iour other citi-
zens Of Hardy county, asking Legislative
action for the purpose of ascertaining
losses sustained by citizens Of West Vir-
ginia during the late war and securing
compensation therefor from the United
States Government.
A message from the House of Dele
gates announced that that bod y was ready
to receive the Senate and meet in Joint
Assembly for the purpose of choosing q
person to represent the State as Senator
in the Congress of the United States.
The Senate then proceeded to the Hall
of the Delegates to ballot for Senator.
MONDAY, Feb. 8.
A message from the House was received
announcing the passage Of bills concern
ing levy of lands, and amending chapter
233 of Acts of 1928, and amending
chapter 122 of the Code.
The various committees reported.
On motion of Mr.. Dennis, the bill au-
thorizing the establishment of the Salt
sulphur Luhatlc Asy luni, was 'a"on -
its third reading.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. LOOMS, concerning the sale OF
real estate under attachments.
By Mr.. McGinnis, prohibiting physl-
clans from prescribing spirituous liquors
except in case of sickness.
The bill enabling criminals TO testify
in their own behalf was rejected by
vote of IA to 10.
The Senate at II ~ proceeded to the
Hall OF Delegates, to ballot for Senator.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-13
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MONDAY, February s.

a communication from the Governor
was read, relating to the Centennial Gel
cbration at Philadelphia, in 1876. The
various committees reported.
Bills introduced and referred:
By Mr.. Ice, to incorporate the Grafton
and Southern Railroad Company.
BY Mr.. Reynolds, of Taylor, establish
ing Court Of limited jurisdiction in the
town of Grafton.
By Mr.. Mason, Incorporating Storer
College.
Message from the Senate announced
that that body had passed a bill concern
weights and measures.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-13
PETITIONS INTRODUCED.

By Mr.. Snider, that of ID. II. Chad
wick and others of Monongalia, to change
the charter of Morgantown.
BY Mr.. Fleming that of John A. Book
and others of Marion county, to change
the school law.
By Mr.. Morgan, that of j. d. Whit
law, to transfer portion Of the National
Road to Ohio county.
Mr.. Tanners motion with regard to
currency was adopted.
Pending the consideration Of the bill
fixing the legal rate Of interest. the
Senate was announced as ready to ballot
for Senator, after which the House
adjourned.
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.in'Street, Centre wheeling.

HAVING PURCHASED ALI THE
Ill right, title and interest In aud To Tia"
West Va Stencil and Seal Works, / will
continue the same nj the old stand, No. u
sixteenth street, and respectfully solicit "a
continuation OF the patrUuag" Of all lu
need Of anything I'm our line. iharlcs +.
Etz has charge of tn" works, and viii ~
ccutc all orders promptly and SaiINiar-
ioriIy. We employ no agents ct canvas
srrS, and all persons are hereby cautioned
against any one rcpr, Sc.iiu" themselves
;tS such JOHN II. ZENELN, Proprietor
West Va. stencil and seal Works. ucjD
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
Light

Light is a force, and science holds that
It Is made up of impulses. Nature has
been shown TO conform all kinds OF dy-
namical effects to rhythmical pulsing, or
wave-like action, and the impulses of light
are held to be all the same kind. There
are, at any rate, measurable effects which
are unequal in the different colored lights,
and the scale has been determined, In
an inch Of violet light it is shown that
there are no less than 81 600 waves, a
statement in which there is nothing eX-
traoplnary or impossible, rs Nobert. the
German optician, is in the habit of ruling
lis micrOscOpical test-glasses nc rates all
the way from 100000 20 200. 600 per inch.
But when we are told that the ray enters
the eye at the rate of 1864 miles per
secondhand as each inch contains 81, 900
waves--that when we are looking at n
violet object that are 600, 000, 600, 900, 600
beats upon the retina each second, the
statement battles all Imagination; we
may accept, but can not understand it.
In the attempt to penetrate the nature OF
light we are lost in the mysteries of the
infinite. Yet the modes of its action have
been determined, and they furnish the
most splendid example we know of the
inheXIbleness and eXactitude of what are
called the laws of nature.-Er0m POpdtdJ
Science MOHthlY.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
Sheep Raising.

Whilst the frozen North makes money
by its winter crop of ice, is there any
valid reasOn'why Tennessee should not
reap an abundant supply of currency
from a winter crop of wool If every
farm in the State were stocked with
sheep. in proportion to its size, the yield
would bridge, with its return in money,
the space between the gathering of one
crop and the production of the next, be-
side supplying the deficit in the hog crop,
now so seriously felt. 100000 pounds
of wool, at forty cents per pound, would
bring into the State 100000, the cost of
raising it not being felt by the farmers,
whilst it would 60 far towards hushing
the cry of hard times. Wool will always
sell at some paying price, and if the sea-
son continue to be marked, as for several
years past, the demand will be increased,
even in the South, for wooden fabrics, be-
cause their consumption will be in pro-
portion to theintensity and duration OF
the winters. 1t costs the farmer no more
! to raise wool, than the hair which covers
the sheep-killing dOgs-both are fed, but
the dogs must have meat, or bread, whilst
the sheep, in the absence of wise provi'
sions for their wants, will live upon the
bounty of nature, and aid the farmer in
| getting rid of the pests and enrich the
grounds upon which they are permitted
to browse. We had hoped the Granger;
would, ere this, have made marked prog
ress in sheep husbandry and established
it as an important branch OF agriculture
more profitable, because so much less eX
pensive, than any other branch of agri
cultural industry CtdrkSrille Chronicle
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
MARSHALL JEWELL,
Postmaster Genera.
Effect of Food on Cows Milk.

DR.. Kuhn, of Germany, making expert
ments upon the food of cows, with re-
terrence to its effect upon the compost
ton of the milk, found that an increase
of fatty or albuminous matter produced
an increase in the yield of milk, along
with bodily condition, up to a certain
maximum but that, when this maximum
is reached, increase in the milk stopped,
while improvement of bodily vigor went
on.
This is in accordance with the expert
ence of every observing farmer. The
only exception that can be made to the
above rule is, in regard to the maximum
of the milk yield that is, that the maxi
mum point IS not the same IN all cOicS.
Some cows, the moment you increase
the quantity or quality of the tod, COM
mence to take on flesh, or, as the Doctor
expresses it, improve in bodily condition.
These cows are not valuable for dairy
purposes and of this class are most OF
the Durham and Devon cows.
There is another class that, as soon n;
| the foed is increased, respond at the pal
and churn, and it is long time before
you can get them to fatten up. This class
are the valuable ones for the dairy; ant
this is the principal difference in breeds o
cattle for dairy purposes.
1t is a common remark among farmers
when speaking of COW noted as a goo(
mixer, that "she is the hardest COW Il
fatten / ever saw"
We never saw a good mixer fat I; ant
for this reason we spoke in late number
that the COW should be regarded simpl.
as a machine to convert corn, hay, etc.
INTO butter and cheese but. as DR.. Kuhl
has proved, there is, no doubt, point a
which the product will be fat, instead o
butter and cheese.
| We advise farmers to experiment lii
tie, and see how much they can max
their cows eat without gaining in flesl
WEsbelieye such an experiment woul
prove profitable. Practical Farmer.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
Blue Sky and White Clouds.

The eternal blue color Of the sky is due
10 minute particles Of matter which float
in the air. Were these particles removed,
the appearance Of the sky would be dead
black. 1t Is fact in optics that exceed
ingly fine portions Of matter disperse or
scatter the blue rays of light, coarser por-
tons scatter red rays, still coarser por-
tons scatter all the rays, making white
light. An atmosphere Is full Of aqueous
vapor, the particles OF which dltfuse white
light in all directions. When these par
ticles are enlarged, they become visible In
the form Of clouds. The yapor particles
Of the white clouds are supposed TO be
finer and lighter than those OF the dark
clouds.
That the diffusion of light in our at
mosphere, the blue cOloring Of the sky
and the colors Of the clouds, are due To
the presence OF matter floating in the air,
has been conclusively proven by 1yndall.
On passing a beam Of sunlight through 0
glass tube, the beam is rendered bril-.
liantly visible by the reflection of light
from the dust particles floating In the all
contained In the tube. But ON removing
the dust particles, which is done by filter
ing the air by cotton wool, or causing the
air to pass over a flame, the beam OF lighl
is no longer visible in the tube. . ..----
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
Alderney Cows.

Attorney is well known for the breed
of cows which bears its name. These are
so called probably because the first ones
exported were from that island, although
now very few that are sold as Attorney
cows are directly from there. Those OF
that breed actually exported from these
islands are generally from Jersey, where
the cattle are much the same a those Of
Attorney, small, with tapering heads,
and of a delicate fawn-color. The Guern-
sey COW is esteemed by some even more
highly than the Attorney; it is rather
larger, and more Of q red, brindled, in
color. The cows are MIXED three times
daily. and the milk is churned without
skimming one pound OF butter a day is
by no means an uncommon yield for a
good cow. The COW cabbage is made to
reach a size so large that the leaves are
used to wrap the butter in for market,
while the stalks are vanished and armed
with ferrules and extensively used at st.
Helier's for canes. The cows are very
carefully coddled. The grass they feed
on is highly enriched by the vraic, q
species Of sea-weed gathered from the
reefs at low tide. There are two vraiC
harvests appointed by the government,
one in the spring, the other in August
although it is gathered at other times il
small quantities. All hands turn out in
the season with boats and carts, frequent
ly at night, and it is a very lively
picturesque occupation, though often at
tended with risk and loss of life from thu
overlooking Of boats or sudden rising o
the tide. The cows are always tethereC
when feeding they eat less in this way
really giving more milk than if gluttet
with food, and while they are cropping
the grass on one side of field, it ha
time to spring up on the other side
When they have done eating, they are a
once removed from the sun into tn
shade. The breed is preserved from i'm
termixture with other breeds by stroni
and arbitrary laws very carefully en-
forced. No cattle are allowed TO ente
the islands except for slaughter within
certain number of days, with the excep
ton of oxen for draught.-From " Ih
Channel Islands," by s. g. w. BeHjG
min, in Hdrper's Magazine for June.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
Relative Cost Of Butter and Beet.

Did it ever occur to any Of your readers
that it takes more Feed to make pound
OF beef than pound of butter? a good
COW in milk, well cared for, will make
200 pounds of butter in a season, worth
from $50 to $40 but dry COW, with the
same feed, will not gain as much in
weight in the same time, nor will she be
worth as much as the butter from the
dairy COW, and the milch COW Is left. An
acquaintance Of mine is fattening an OK,
and in sixty days he had fed him 900
pounds Of meal, at cost Of sl5, with only
100 pounds gain In weight.-COr. Country
Gentleman.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
Weather-PrOOf Wash for Wood.

According to Kuhr, cheap and con-
yenient reddish-brown coating OF ferro-
cyanide of copper can be formed upon
Wood, which not only adheres firmly and
resists the weather, but also preserves the
wood by keeping it free from moss, &C.,
as well as from injurious insects. To
produce this result wash the surface pre-
viously brushed with solution of half a
pound of yellow prussiate OF potash in a
gallon OF water with a solution of one
pound OF blue vitrol in a gallon Of water.
The shade can be regulated by varying
the strength of the solutions. Since the
wood is stained rather than covered, its
texture remains somewhat visible, which
is not Objectionable, and by coating 1t
with linseed-oil varnish not only its dura-
bility is increased, but gloss is impaired,
without which 1t Is rather dull.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
where tt is Grown .nd MANUFACTURED d.


p,o,,,, cor, y,hi,.b /. nov ono of tho
,,,o., o,.ta,,si,,, mrn,ln,ts az the Iand WIS
int,,,InceJ hto Ills rnr,utrv Inv DR.
Eranl,iin II /. stated that. willie evan
;n;ncr :, cn,.n staIL brou,,ht to linn frnm
E,,,.ora ha SNisco,ornT /, .;n,rIa .nnd
,,.LioL l,o ,,l,nt,,l In hi. ,,or,l.n 9nd from
,,,I,ioi, .,,i,, ,,.o. ,,rr,,o5s,tnd Tornr,lv
MassaoI,r.ntts w. t,,.i al Stofa i'm he
Ifnion where th:S corn vas ,,ised mr. The
r-,ar,,f,,t,,,o 80 brno,,,. ,..,,ria,I an ia ouv
event Rn.tnn for many vnor. was Tie
O1,s't noint Tor the di.triiniion Of these
59,onnfacturrd yooI. The rni.ipo Of corn
and tbe rnannf7ctnr,. of bronms extended
70 ,,ea,.I,, ,.,,e,.,. ono ~ the Nov Englaud
Stotos INT nov th,frn i. hardly nm acre
Jo,,o,o1 70 tl,, hrnon, .n,,, c,,lt,,ra In tbot
entire ,egion. since the war farmers
how ,.,isad tobacco I'm it, Mace a. thcy
find If more remnnoratiyeI Illinois i now
tbe LARGEST nroIucrr Of broom corn at
,,rceanf ono Indiana Iowa Missouri
lTennassae and New YorL coming next,
Cbicaoo Cincinnoti aud Nov Y0rl, are
The c',ntres Of hnsins.s in mi. nroJnrt.
tho Lotto, citv haing tho ,,raot drpor of
n,onnfoctnrSJ gonis There are two or
three lorya na1ufactories in New Uamn-
shire and oujte a number I'm Nassachu-
sets Pennsvlvauio and mis- state. tile
smaller ones heino located here and there.
The following tigures. which nre As cor
RECT os can be- 5scertained. show the
unantitv of broom corn annually manu-
factura1 into bronms IN tbe Couadas and
various states of thr Union. Canada and
Provinces |. $50 tons New England.
llS tons. New York 4 100 tons Mich.
can 700 ions Indiana. Illinois and Iowa.
735O tons Wisconsin and Minnesota. 7jO
tons ohio $50 tons. pennsvIvania.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
How the Granger Law Works.

The dog crop is panning ont wonder
fully under the new assessment law. The
assessor of Roane county recently finished
up the tenth, one of the smallest districts
of the county, and came out with one
hundred and siXty-five dogs At this rate
there will be about two thousand assessed
in the county. One eccentric old man,
who had a large dog and fee, insisted
that he should be assessed for only dog
ana half, and demonstrated his sincerity
by swearing to blank filled out in that
way. There will be more money col
lected from dogs than from polls Chat
tanoOqd Commercial.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
PosroFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WAsHINGroN May 8, 1876.

The treaty concerning the formation
uf "A general p-s al union concluded at
Byrnr, October 8, 1874. between the
United States ~ America, Germany.
Austria. Hungary, Belgium, Denmark,
Elypt, spain, France, Great Britain,
Greece, Italy, Luxvmburg, Norway,
the Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania,
Russia. ~ervia, Sweden, Switzerland
aud Turkey having been duly ratified
hy the United States on the Sth day of
March, 1873, and the ratification there
of hV the several contracting states
having been duly exchanged at Berne,
Switzerland, on the Sd day Of May,
1875, il il hereby ordered that the uni-
furm union raie- 81 postage to he lev
led and collected in the United States
on carrrspoEdeuce t. aud from the
whole extent of the postal union, EN-
braung the auuve named counties
without distinction. shall be as follows:
"a for prepaid letters, cents per 10
grammes; b for unpaid letters, 10
cents per 10 grammes; lC) for postal
cards. cents each (D) for newspa-
pers. il not over four ounces in weight,
> cents each (E) for other printed
matter, samples of merchandise, and
all articles other than newspapers
enumerated IN article four of the
treaty, > cents per each weight of two
ounces or fraction thereof; 81 for the
registration fee on all correspondence,
S cents; 60 no fee will be charged for
"A return receipt in cases where "a re-
ceipt from the addrcssee il requested {;
(H) no additional tax will I've collected
i'm the United States on the spUui-
euce rwarded within the union, 10y
sea on routes of more than 800 nautical
miles in length % as regards the
amounts To be paid for the territory
transit according to article y of the
treaty, the United States claims for
herself whenever the right of transit
guaranteed by that article is exercised,
leven as regards her transit lines OF
over 100 kilometers, and excepting only
her great overland railway lines be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
expressly reserved as continuing Ia
forSl the subject of special arrange
ments with postUflices Interested, the
minimum rate of francs per kilo-
gTamme Of letters, and 25 centimes pei
| kilOgramme Of printed matter, &c,
and is ready by increasing the transit
rates MS permitted to 4 francs and 5C
centimes, respectively, to meet the
wishes of those departments of the
union which make the same declara.
| ton in regard to the United States
transit correspondence * the free
dom Of transit of correspondence in
closed mails reciprocally granted in
the existing postal convention between
the United States and Switzerland viii
be maintained; ~ the union rates o
postage hereinbefore prescribed will be
levied and collected on and after July
l, 1875, on the correspondence to ant
from all the contracting States excep
France. and on and after January
1876, on the correspondence TO anC
! from France.
! MARSHALL JEWELL,
| Postmaster Genera,
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
DR. TUFTS HAIRDYE

Is easily applied, imparts beautiful black or
brown, and acts like magic. Tee best in the
world. Sold hy all druggists. Price. 81 per box
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
" THE BLOOD rs THE LIFE"
Chancery Court at Rutledge.
Mary Hamilton We A L Hamilton ct Il

Mary Hamilton We L Hamilton ct Al
TN. THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING FROM
l. the bill which Is swora 10. that the place Of
Known. II Is therefore ordered by the Master,
that publication be made for four successive
weeks In the Knoxville Wing and Chronicle, not
before the Chancery Court at Rutledge. on the
Sd Monday Of October. next, then and there TO
make defense 10 said bill. OF the same will be
taken for confessed and .et for hearing ex parte
Attest: Smith, q a NJ.
v5Wit - -.-- By II u SHIfH, ID X NJ.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
The Wheat Crop.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE Press,
this morning, In its review Of the reports
from all parts Of Pennsylvania, says, that
owing TO the severe frosts and late spring
much Of the expected wheat crop ha
been killed and the season delayed eight
or ten weeks, A careful survey leads to
the belief that not over half crop will
be gathered, and even this depends upon
the continuance Of dry weather. .-- 49,
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19

The tobacco outlook Is that the crop Of
tobacco will be very late In being trans
planted, that It win not much, il any,
exceed, from this cause, an average crop,
and that it will necessarily be one Of the
most inferior, immatured crops ever
raised in the West.-LOUisUille Ledger.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19

An energetic lady in Olwein. Iowa,
laments her inability to vote. "Why,
II were a man. she said recently,
"rd go TO the polls IL / lad to be laid
on a feather bed, placed on a stone
boat, and hauled by a blind OK with
one leg broken, but I'd votel But
what's the use Of talkingW a.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
Postal Rates-Impor-
tant Order.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The following
important order was signed by the
Postmaster General YESTERDAY, and
will be issued toy circular to ali post
masters tomorrow. ..............H... ...-.....
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19
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