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Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

An itinerant jeweler, who is very hon
est in his business transactions, has a
great horror Of telling lies. Every morn
ing, ere he sets ont on his journey, he
spreads his ware on the table, aud his wife
is summoned when all is ready.
Sarah, offer me els for that watch.
Sarah makes the bid, which the hus-
band refuses to take. Sarah then makes
other offers for the rest OF the articles,
which her spouse habitually declines to
accept, He then marches away with q
clear conscience. When customer bid,
ga for the watch, his reply is:
My dear sir, | assure you was Offered
els for the article this very morning, anC
| | refused to take it,
/ Aud 50 hc proceeds with the remainder
Of his goods, and in each instance swear
| ing that he has had such and such a bic
| already, which he refused.
The icwclcr is u thriving man, auC
cling- to the old adage, " Honesty is tn,
! best policy"
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

PowELL's STATION, April %, 1915

PowELL's STATION, April %, 1870
To the Editors Of the Chronicle:
Cold.
Planting.
a few horse flies
The bud, look brown aud dead.
Farmers tear that corn planted he-
fare the cold weather will 10. come up.
Mrs. Slaughter, OF the Station, died
yesterday.
A great many apple amt strawberry
blurne have come Out siuct- the iretzv,
all bright ard live,
Our hnu-ewIves will pat away black
berries next summer iu tlie stead of
petche-.
The dogs are making Lo'd the short
time ALLOTTED them 10y the Legislature.
Where they have found man tu he
ia favor of lhp dog law ia this district,
they have destroyed all OF his lambs
forthwith Five or SIX tlucks have
been rnbhrd of their lamns IN the IL
entity az Odkdale.
Our friend Squih, overihe way, Gays
he believes in dreams every since last
Thursday. His father ~eut him IN
great haste To bring hi- "a idle horse
from The barn. As ~quu ciu-sed tue
barn yard fence he saw "a -ilp OF paper
on which was written "A puzzle. He
walked slowly across the lot reading
and when in the barn, hr laid down
across PROSTATE barrel T. study ont
the puzzle. He studied hard, fptg, t.
ting the horse, and at last Tell asleep,
lying doubled half around the barrel,
and Immediately began dreaming
about amusing himself with II pine
slab, by rearing it on one END and let
ting it fall fiat side foremost on the wet
ground, making report like rifle
While in this blissful condition, he
was made con scious of IA dreadful crash
on the rear center of his body, accom-
panied by n report quite equal to The
bang Of the slab, and as he bounced
out at the back door like chunk of
india rubber, he observed his father at
his heels, with clap board in his
hands, aud heard him mutteTing some
thing about it being blasted nice
time of day to be asleep in the barn.
Roy.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

The st. Joseph lMo) Hcr1H says that
hundreds Of persons are daily passing
through that city ON their return East
from California. and that they are maui-
nous in picturiug gloomy condition Of
of January the rush Of emigration to Cali
fornia has been immense, $500 persons
having passed keamey junction, bound
for san Francisco, during the month OF
March, and it is represented that hun
dreds Of these able-bodicd men, having
spent their last dollar for transportation,
are now begging bread I'm the streets and
sleeping in barns and outhousc>.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
Water for Cattle.

How much water cattle require we have
learned this winter. Our water. in pipes
TO the barn, being stopped, and the sur
face of the ground being covered with ice,
so as TO make it unsafe for the cattle to
90 the stream, we hauled water for them
from the stream, quarter of mile, for
two weeks. And this was practiced by
many Of our neighbors. Fifty head of
cattle and horses drank daily fifty cans OF
water, and a few times as many as fifty
five. These are milk cans of ten gallons
each. SO that cattle require at least ten
gallons each per day. There are four
horses, two oxen, thirty-siN cows and
eight young cattle. ]. 1t would require
a large cistern for such supply. 2. Cat
tie seem to drink more water in very cold
weather. 3. The quantity of milk seemed
to be lessened by the use Of such very
cold water. 4. We got a very certain es-
innate of the value Of plenty of spring
water coming to the barn.-Cor. Country
Gentleman
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
Best BepIh of MAX for Cream.

Experiments made TO ascertain the
best depth for setting milk for cream
gave the following results; A lacometer
Of the usual width, lOl inches high, gave
y degree Of cream. 4 glass vessel 2i
inches wide, with % inches depth Of milk,
gave 81 degrees Of cream. Another vessel
OF glass, with , inches depth Of milk and
lOl inches wide. received not quite , de-
grees Of cream. The milk was not a
mixture, but all from the same cow and
stood SO hours. This would warrant the
opinion that cream 4, not cast up In
greater quantity when not placed in very
shallow vessels. The cream was carefully
taken OF the two latter vessels, and the
SKINNED milk put into a lacometer; that
from the widest vessel gave two degree,
Of cream, aud that from the second in
width gave about halfa degree. \ Their
mOmeter, placed near the vessels, ranged
from a little above Il degrees to nearly
30 degrees the whole time.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
Learning the Trade of Farming.

How many Tennessee boys can be
found who take the sensible, proper view
of the Importance OF learning TO make
well-nformed,s successful farmers? Learn
ing proper business habits, and accquir-
ing that constant application to what you
undertake, 30 as to win success even amid
all the difficulties that cluster around the
business of farming, is worth infinitely
more to our young men and boys, than
any wages that can be given or received
for what you call hiring. We hope our
youth and older men may ponder well
what is so well said upon this important
subject:
In leading English agricultural paper
we find an advertisement stating that "a
respectable and intelligent youth, age
seventeen. having had three years eXpe-
rience of farming, is DESTROYS of being
engaged on good stock-farm to assist in
its management" Excepting some lit
tie difference in the language used. and
excepting that we do not often find boys
of seventeen in this country advertising
for places on farms with an evident design
Of studying particular branch OF A1ri-
culture, there is nothing noteworthy thus
far in the advertisement. When we come,
however. to the question of pay, we doubt
not many of our young readers will be
astonished. Read what this young fellow
asks, and decide if there be in all America
boy of like age and experience who
would think of such thing lie says ;
- Where his services will be considered
equivalent to his board and lodging
This boy evidently thinks he can learn
something about stock management
which will be of value to him in the fit
turc, and does not think he has already
1 found ont all that is TO be known. Scri-
ously, however. this advertisement I,
worth thinking about, in reference to the
/ future OF our American Agriculture. II
illustrates one great difference between
us aud our British neighbors. We pay
/ far less attention to thoroughly preparing
/ ourselves 10 farm intelligently and well
! We are less disposed to prepare ourselves
for one special branch Of farming. anC
are far more disposed, than are they, tC
think little reading, a little observation
or our own shrewdnesS, without either
reading or observation, will teach us how
to farm.
The circumstances are very different il
the two countries, but the time is already
come when respectable and Intelligent
youths - may do wisely TO think less o
the wages they can secure as genera
farm "hands,n and more of securing
situation in which they can learI
thoroughly some branch Of farming, look
ing TO good pay in future years.-Rurd
! Sun.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
wes,mara sra..mentarco,n

A representative Of a 81. LOlti~ cOm-
mission house, recently returned from a
trip into Southern Iowa and Northern
Missouri, informs the ST.. Louis RepuJL-
can that all through those sections agents
from Nebraska, Kansas, Southwest Mis-
souri, and New Mexico are actively buy
Ing up corn for shipment 10 those States
and Territories, and paying high prices
on the spot-in some Instances liity-seyeu
cent, per bushel, and hauling to shipping
points makes il sixty cents. They are
absorbing all that can be obtained, and he
states that they will largely depletc the
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
improvements in Metallurgy.

In an address before the New York
Society of Practical Engineers the
Hon. Abram ;. Hewitt stated that the
production Of iron direct from the ore
is easy 10y the use o. rharcoal, but not
with hard coal. This direct production
OF iron is not, however, of the same
importance AS il was formerly, for the
reason that steel may be made direct,
and ~ rapidly taking The place of iron
for many purposes mat the production
in Great Britain has risen in IA few
years nom 10000 tons to upwards Of
900, goo, and in the United States al.
ready amounts to sou, 600 ton per an
mum. The elimination of phosphorus
from iron il 40 longer the problem thai
only recently has been the case, for il
has been found that by eliminating
the car bon Instead, a good steel car
be made cOutairing as much as four
tenths of one per cent. or phosphorus
Good steel may cOhtain either carbon
or phosphorus, but not both together
The result of this discovery will he Il
open up immense tracts OF American
iron mines that hitherto have been o
little worth.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

What t c nervous require more than anyIhi s
else is inyigorL ion. S,datves alone will no.
cure nervousness The reason that the nerves
are 50 suscvp'ille /. that ti,y are weak. Cum-
pensate for this ttlci Dcy of ,irengto, and over
acute nervous ibhity d So ppear4 Toe mo I
mend ITS use for the ure o g-n,ral debility.
knowu e " % ro.sess strsn.th givins properties
OF the h ghe't ter AMI a. the nv tIre TO ne u
means Of teiOrui' those bodi y irr' gulariie'
which in lice ner, uu'hess and los II ,1gJr II
is the best known remedy for dSs & sit. wlet Ell
nervous or bilious. ID is powerfully cI'erv+
tive a. a regular bit uf b" y IS II is tori
Gus that those wno are Htil'cto tn wiaN Uerv' :
bIlOu ness or cnust patIpu. y 90 ltrlv liable
20 the Influence OF lrsl ria II $ invuHah IL
such pCr.o 5 on accuu Il tfI- y eyeniv ffic .cy
II endnw, the body with h,alth, and the mind
with cheerulne.s.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
Aghiq e Ghrnnirle.
FIELD 81 ND It >RN.
Simple Questions Scientifically An
SWarnd.

WIN Zoos yr,ot.,, osco,d t,n chimney >
~, a., III, room ,vhnn II
psc''''so III, 81 ii.i,,a- f,,.
-. '+,i. hnim,, In nall
ill.,. o',o,,,is thn ,J,i,Incy ca,rvino
tEa smol'r with if, .
VIZ W. i,,,ri,,, Small r,rti,l,y of
- ,,,,,,at.,Ih,. cn,,,Ln.,i',, Am, ,l,a
mol hnf not consumed
Whv do smoke and steam curl. rs they
,.non3I pnro1,-n tI,,, o,,,. n,.hni rn,,ni
mi ,o,,n,l h, tl,a ..rcn,Iin,, and dr.cri,l-
in,, c,,,.rcnty ~ ni,
'71vb, In .o,n" cbi,nnrvs smoke Pc
cousn frrsh air i NOT admitted into a
room So fa.t n, il is consumed Inv the fire ;
il, nn,sca,,.,,ca of which , crrrrrf If nir
rnshcs down the chimney to llpulv fine
Jafcinnc, dri,ing tLr smoke alniir Win
il
WHY are s,mr parts of the ceiling
blacLtr and more filthy than others be
cansn the nil, bnin~ unable tn prnptrate
the tbirl, Joints of The ceiling. nasse. by
those uarfs and deposits its SCOT and dust
ON otbrrs more Venerable.
why is wafer nurified by being filtered
tbrough charcoal y-Bpcause charcoal ali
sorbs The imnurities OF the water. and re-
moves ali disogreeabIe tastes and smells.
whether they arise from animal or yere-
tabIe matter.
WIN Jons charcoal remove the faint of
meat y-Becau.n il ab.orbs all putrescent
afflnyio whether arisino from animal or
vegetable matter.
What is charcoal y-Wood which has
baar nvnosed to a red heat. till il has
been derived of all it, gases and volatile
narts
why are water and wine casks charred
inside Because charring the inside of n
casI4 reduces IL To a Kind Of charcoal and
charcoal Inv absorbing animal and yege-
table imnnTities keens the LIQUOR sweet
ond GOOD
VIZ dos niece of burpt broad make
i,,,,,,,ro 80. r. 70 drinL Racouse tLe
- of tLa brood which hos been rn-
I'LL e., ,i,,,.oI,aI h,. haino, burnt ahsorbs
tb i,,,,,,,,.i,iag ~ az ,,.ota7, md mol,ns II
n rni ,,' ''''7 VI WV '''~' ''''' -
WI, sl,o,,l1 to,st and woter nlocad nv
,ho ~ 80 ti,o sicl, he mad IF hnrnt
broods paao,,sa H.. cLorcooI surface of
bn,."t hraod n,evcnts thr water from he
VI az ',,.;,;as 20 ,ba iii.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

The Pnladelphia Inquirer says there
is another CLEAN Of nope thai Charley
Ross may get be recovered. Some
days ago j. Westervelt, the brother in
law OF Mosier, he burglar who was
shot and killed az Bay Ridge, Long
Island, was induced to visit Philadel-
phia for conference with the police
authorities relative 10 the case. He
now occupies cell in Moyamensing
prison, and it Is reported there il "a bill
of indictment against him, based, il is
said, on admissions made by MIN in
some of his statements implying "a
knowledge of the abduction. The ar
rest Is considered an important one.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

\ French chemist has sofar S.,. ID
in his experiments n to have rca...aplr
hopes of producing ut least blac> da-
monds. If not colorlcss ones. from sugar.
lie has already obtained a carbon cylmder
hard enough to cut glass by exposing the
perfectly burned sugar to temperature
OF 500 degrees Fahrenheit in closed
vessel without access of air. 1t will he an
interesting development, as far as regards
the production Of >ugar-yieldiug crops, ii
this cXperimeutcr shall succeed fully in
his designs, and cane aud bcets come TO
be grown with view to their final trans
formation into diamonds. Truly, we are
living in wonderful age.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
Premium for weII-made Road.

The Illinois State Board Of Agriculture
has offered the following premiums
For the best oue-half mile Of earth
road, made in 1875, under the supervision
Of a committee Of three members Of the
State Board os Agriculture, premium Of
$1,000.
The points to be taken into con,dcra-
ton will DE: The kind Of soil the devices
adopted iu construction; the time i'm
which the work is done and the cost OF
construction,
The road-bed 10 be made twenty-five
feet wide. and bitches seven feet wide
Tie work TO be accomplished in tire,
days.
Entries can be made with the secretary
at any time before the 10Th OF May, 1879
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

4 correspondent Of the Country Gentle
man reports that nothing will so thorough
ly destroy rose slugs as wood ashc-. r.
ashes must be sifted on early in b. ,n.,.-
ing while the leaves are d...,. the
branches being turned over car uly. 80
that the under sides of the leaves, to
which the young slugs cliug. may get
their share Of the Siftiugs. II the night
has been devices, in order Ia make the
work thorough, first sprinkle the bushes,
and the ashes will then cling to the -lugS,
to their utter destruction. This may he
repeated without injury To the r.- ~
often as the pests make their a.!.. ,... 600.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

The planters Of Georgia are beginning
to consider whether they have not spent
too much latterly in commercial fertll-
izers. Up 20 the first Of April the aggre-
gate amount Of guano that passed through
Savannah was 5,s3s ga pounds less than
for the same months last year, while the
figures from Augusta and other trade
points show about the same rates of de-
crease. It Is alleged that many Of the
commercial fertilizers used i'm the south
during the last few years have actually
resulted in serious damage to the land.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
A Definite Engagement.

A Charleston clergyman recently
committed an error which was
promptly rectified 10y an Individual
whose cheerful presence of mind,
under the ch cumstauces, was remark
able. Three brothers were in prison
sentenced to be hung-colored men,
named Hardee, and the minister was
engaged in administering the spiritua
consultations 80 desirable to men thus
situated. Said the good man, in dtl
attempt at comfort How happy
you should be to know the very day
on which you will meet the Lord
how much better Off than /, who do
not know where | will go when
dieh 1t so CHANGED that two of the
brothers to whom these words of cheer
were addressed had received informa-
ton Of The Communication of their sen-
fences, All act of Gubernatorioal elem
ency of which the clergyman had not
been informed. These two promptly
responded 10y saying: We's ex.
cused, and is no better off for meetin'
de Lord den you is" The divine was
greatly puzzled, aud troubled as well
at the apparent levity OF men neal
death, but the third brother, the one
who Was to be hung, came to the res
cue Said he: "l's de one YOU,
talking to Pm too meet de Lord mex
Friday" Then the preacher under
stood it, and was enabled to devote hi,
attention exclusively TO the one who
felt kind of pride in his engagement
to " meet de Lord next Friday"
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
A stringent Dog Law.

The West Virginia Legislature has
passed dog law by which II Is provided
that any person may Kill any eur found
chasing on iniuring sheep; that the owner
of the dog shall be liable for the damage
done, and that the owner Of any dog
which has been found worrying sheep
shall within fOrty-eight hours Kill the dog,
under a penalty Of 81 80 for each day the
doc i suffered to live after notification
has been given Of its evil deeds.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
Death of au Agricultural Ea,,or.

Paschall Morris, editor of the Practical
Farmer, died at his residence, in Media,
Delaware county, Pa, on Sunday night
last, in the siNty-second year OF his age.
Deceased was well known aud considered
one of the abest writers on agriculture
in the country.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

The San Francisco bulletin predicts
that the time will soon come when every
farmer VIII cure his own fruit and store il
away as he does his hay, the drying ap.
paratus forming a part OF every we'll
regulated farm outfit. There IS every
prospect Of good fruit season IN Cali
fornia. Cherry, pear, and peach trees
are in full blossom, and apple trees are
beginning 10 bloom, and the state VIII
soon be one great orchard Of fruit trees
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
CrEAN GERRY SALE
OF
A Valuable Lot on Mabry Street i
the City of Knoxville.
SO. FL. So.
-amueN Hutton nd o,hers

No. ~. g..
samuel y Pa hysLA Hutton nd Others.
DVBSutNT TO Az INTERLOcUToRY
| decr,cp.o. uu e. IN the above cause at the
March $50. 10 10. e the ChaIc5ry Court at
oAyi,, 'rgg sn ri, I, di1Pt a OF iaS
10 tu CHE bidder
.#.. ...r.
o. aiurd, D. IJth Jay Of lfay,
sN.,ellIO' ciOcll a. VI,
10 Dot e nd neuu med lud s'rlbed IN the
pler44r als lus "a AabrJ street ~ the City Of
II OK + nj o uei. the "a terra IOrtiOn Of a
Iot tff nas,t ul WIN Bobd by S \ Fsin and by
bin b. ia SOD "a Hu tJu md l. hutton.
DID, .I r...r lERMr
Supf o. Will be sold IN o. cred OF six months
and ia bar o the taqity Of redemption. the puI-
chaser executing d 10 with secuEg, 80.
ApriL b, 1879. NJ i. PATTERSON, c. & NJ.
lYlrdlWj
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-10

the conclusion to give the first sociablc
OF the winter series OH next Wednesday
night. An excellent string band has
been engaged to furnish music for the oc.
casion, and a good time Is looked for.
Every body is invited to attend.
By special request, the members of
the Cairo Boating Association will re-
peat on next Friday night, the play of
Caste" for the benefit OF a public IL
brary. In the place of the after play pre-
scented by the Association at their other
performance, they will this time put
upon the boards the pantonime entitled
"lIarrquin Jack a.napes, or the Trials Of
Simple simon" The last entertainment
Of the Association was largely attended
and dcservcdly praised by all, which is II
guarantee that the coming one will also
draw out large audience.
In this issue, Mr.. John =, lIcly is an
nounced ~ candidate for county treas.
urer. We repeat all the good words we
published about him yesterday morning.
During the past half dozen years, Mr..
Ilely has been surveyor of
Alexander county, aud In. walked
over it. rode over It. aud waded
over it, and has made not even his salt
by his labors In the office. And now he
wants better officer Shall he have it .
This we car say, that il the people say
Yes to this question they will Sc
cure competent assessor, an excellent
treasurer and good fellow.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-10

1t i. now conceded that Mrs. Coleman,
the lsundres-, >,. /. Fourth street. be-
tween Ws,hin It IN II { m.nrrci Il avenues,
h Que oi tie b i 90 Quoted lauudry -
tabh,hm nts the city, aud landlords Of
hotels aud boarding houses Alli find II to
their advantage to call upon her.
Her prices are n follows: Hotel and
boarding-hou,c washing. 70 cents per
dozen. Fol piece work prices are
as follow: Single shirt and col
lar, Zoe; per dozen C; sock. DC; two coli
lars, nc; tw hsndkerchici., &c; vests zoe;
and all gentlemcn's wear. soc per
dozen. Ladies' dresses, % TO h0";
skirt II /, 20c; drawers 70 to i5c; two
pair hose &c; two collars 10 c. For lr-
dies plain clothes 81 Oop'r dozen; Tor Ia-
dies fine clothes, ~ % per duZen; done
promptly, and promptly delivered. Pa
tronsge solicited S-3'-lm
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-10
LOCAL NOTICES..
"POrtrntss Glaces."

This is new style Of picdrc now be-
ing produced by VIM. Winter, the artist,
Of this city. These pictures are creating
much interest In all the principal Eastern
and Western cities. being altogether new.
They are unlike photographs. being
raised and beautifully cnameled over the
entire surface, soft in tone. but distinct In
the lights and shades. No one who secs
them fails to admire them. or TO give the
artist an order. We have been shown a
number OF pictures of well-known ladies
aud gentlemen of the city, and have no
hesitation In pronouncing them perfectly
splendid. We would therefore advise all
who take intcrcs, IN such matters or lie
sire pictures. TO call upon Mr. Winter al,
his gallery and examine hi. work in this
new branch OF the -hadow-capiuring nrl.
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