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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

whatever. Furthermore, 1t is now dis
tlnctly shown that no variations at all
really occur in weather ut the moment OF
the changes of quarter any more than at
other ordinary times. Since the esfab-
lishment of meteorological stations all
over the earth, it has been proved by mil
lions of observations that there is no
simultaneOusness whatever between the
supposed cause and the supposed effect.
The whole story is a fancy and super
stition which has been handed down to US
uncontrolled, and which we have accepted
as true because our forefathers believed IT..
The moon exercises no more influence on
the weather than behring's do on the Gov
eminent of Switzerland. Bldckaccod's
Magazine.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20
How Shall Manure be Applied!

| have been systematic in applying
manures in different stages of decompo
sitio0, and invariably have met with the
best success when manure was applied
to give its best strength in the period Of
the plants maturing into growth. APP
plying barnyard liquid manures lthe
liquid OF manure heaps and wash Of yards
after shOwers), / have found them very
stimulating to plant growth, and injurious
when used too freely. Applied to pota-
toes, excessive growth of vine and small
bulbs were.the result. Applied to corn,
the stalks were overgrown, with small
ears, large proportion OF which were
wholly argot or smut, resembling lamp
black Although corn is not deemed a
sure crop ia my town, have never failed
of growing a good yield of ripe seed
when planted on sward turned late in
fall, and early dragged in spring, and
when the coat of manure was well
mingled with the surface soil, and
small amount of quick manure was
planted in the hill. The quick manure
in the hill will give the plant an early
start, and when the roots sprta d out In
search Of increased food for their growth,
the decaying sward and manure mingled
with the surface soil are ready for use.
A great amount of one kind of manure
have not found to do as well as mixture
Of fertilizers. Different crops require
varied proportions of manurias. Some
properties required for perfect growth
seem tritiing because SO small proper.
ton is used by the growing plant, but If
that small item is lacking in the soil 1t
must be supplied artiticially or the crop
will be failure. Then how can the
farmer act safely in applying fertilizers
without knowing we'll the soil he treads?
Some soils are more active in preparing
uudecomposed manures Tor plant food
than others, and some plants grow and
mature in much less time than other
plants, consequently quick soils ana
quick manures are better adapted to
plants OF quick growth end short life than
soils and manures of slower action.
Crops are sften killed by excessive action
ofquick manures upon their early growth
The first growth is too rank 10 be carried
forward 10 frniting without continued and
Increased manurial action. The potato,
pumpkin, squash, tomato, pea and other
yining plants are thus likely 10 be over
grown at the outset by too liberal appli-
cation of quick manure.-A Il. Ftsh, IN
~. Y. Herald.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20
Too Much Air.

Some time ago lamp containing petro-
leum exploded, making work for the Cor
oner, rendering several children fatherless
and nearly destroying the house. One of
the reporters Of a certain journal In motto
ing the fact attributed as the cause ian
insufficiency CT air." and after giving a
heartrending account of the occurrence,
pointed his moral by giving as his sage
advice TO always give your lamps plenty
of air.' al7
Now it is unpleasant and sometimes
positively painful to differ from one of the
fraternity whose general knowledge ana
attainments are proverbial, particularly on
scientific subjects, but we feel compelled
this time in the interests of philanthropy
to take issue with him. We venture the
modest opinion that the lamp had too
much air, and above all that there was too
much of this prime necessity of life in
side of the lamp, instead of doing its part
in supporting combustion on the outside
or surrounding the wick.
The prime cause OF the disaster-and of
all kindred accidents-was the inferiority
of the oil, thereby giving off intlammable
vapors at the ordinary temperature OF the
room or of tie lamp. This vapor SO long
as in the lamp unmixed with air is harm
less, and it is not until the vapor or gas in
side becomes mixed with many times its
volume--or bulk-of air that il becomes
explosive, and then ii Is as much SO as
gunpowder. This condition may happen
from various causes, but particularly so
when the gradual exhaustion OF the oil
has caused vacuum IN the vessel-Or
partly so-when the air passes by the side
of the wick or any joint or creVice TO sup
ply the void. LII there be no vapor inside,
the air is harmless, but If the oil is VIOLA
tile at low temperature, the mixing Of
the air with it--when it reaches certain
proportion-makes most explosive CON-
pound.
From recent experiments made with or
binary Illuminating gas this proportion Is
found to be one to eight; that is one part
of gas TO eight of air produces the maxi
mum OF explosive effect. A dininution
or increase ON either side diminishes its
violence Ii we had in this country Il
"Society for the PRONUNCIATION Of Useful
Knowledge we would commend 10 its
efIarts the teaching of these simple facts
to the world, but as this valuable society
has only an ideal existence we apprehend
we shall constantly hear after each explo-
sion that il was caused by want of air."
Our moral is, firstly, always be sure of
the quality of your oil, and ii you buy il
of your grocer see that the Inspectors
brand is on the barrel certifying that it
will stand test of ITO degrees. Secondly,
fill your lamps by daylight, do not stand
them on or near stove or fireplace where
they will get hot or even warm, and final
ly, keep them well.flled, 30 rs TO leave as
little space as possible for an explosive
mixture to form, and then If yon give 1t
plenty of air see that II passes around
well-trimmed wick and up clean chin
ney, and you will have a bright, neat and
harmless light compared with which the
wonderful luminary of Aladdin would
rank as penny dip. "-AmericaH Aamu-
flcturgr
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

best. Clay land will sometimes grow a
good crop, but in dry season the tubers
are small, and in a wet one they are in
clined to rot. Gravelly soil, If rich,
answers well. Under favorable circum-
stances they will grow in almost any soil,
and they are always failure where water
stands on the land. IN
seed potatoes should be of good size
and free from long sprouts. Several days
before planting, cut them into medium
sized pieces, each containing two or three
eyes. 1t is well to cut them In warm
room and sprinkle warm water over them.
so as just to start the sprouts; they will
then come up quickly. Furrow the
ground in rows about three and half
feet apart, and plant IN hills OF drills, ac-
cording TO circumstances. New land
works best in hills. Put one piece in a
hill and cover with the hoe about four
inches deep, so that a light harrow can
pass over without disturbing them.
In regard to varieties I hardly know
what to say. The early kinds are grown
at the least expense, as we do not have to
fight the bugs so long The Early Rose,
on my farm, last season, produced $50
bushels per acre, of good quality. Shaker
AtdooCt duSi SSAlCSc diC Huitt CARLY
productive. The white Peach Blow holds
its place as the best late variety. II is of
first quality, but of late years does not
yield well. Plenty of new varieties have
been recently introduced, but it will take
years to fully test their quality
As rule, it is best to plant the main
crop of potatoes during the month OF
April. Sometimes, however, they do bet
ter when planted later. Before the pota-
toes come up, light harrow, constructed
for this purpose, with teeth slanting back
should be run over the ground To Kill the
weeds. After they are up, throw light
furrow over them with shovel or other
pillow. A few days after put in a fine
tooth cultivator, passing close 10 the
hills. Cultivate well before the blossoms
appear, hill up with the shovel pillow, and
continue to use it as long as the tops will
permit; after this, cut out all weeds with
the hoe.
Old land should be MANFRED we'll. Any
kind of manure will answer, only put plen-
ty of it on. Wood ashes, leached or I'M
leached, is one of the best fertilizers for
this crop, as it requires considerable pot
ash. A rotation of crops is necessary in
connection with potato culture, and no,
more than one crop should ever be taken
from the same land without manure.--D.
@. Richmond, IN Ohio Farmer.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20
Potato Cultare.

The potato bug has become naturalized
and seems determined TO stay with us,
though they are not as numerous as form
erly. Farmers now understand how 10
destroy them, and can grow large crops OF
potatoes in spite OF the bugs, but II is at
IN increased expense. We have had sew
eral excellent crops in succession, and It
VIII not surprise me if we do not get a
large crop this year. The strong proba-
biiify Is that we will have dry season,
uniayorable to the growth of potatoes,
New sandy loan produces the. best
quality of potatoes. ANY sandy loan,
not wet, especially in clover, will grow
good potatoes. Low, mucky, black soil,
which becomes very hot in the middle OF
me day, and cools rapidly at night, will
produce large crop in q favorable season,
eut the POTATOES are generally too large
LOT the market. and not of good quality
nedinm-sized tuber suits the market
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20
DIR. schenck,s standard Remedies.

TEE standard remedies for all diseases of the
lungs are ScHENcKs PuLNoNic SYRUP, ScHrscK's
SEA WEED Tonic and SCHENCKs Mandrake
Pulls, and II taken before the lungs destroyed,
aspeedy cure is effected.
To these three medicines DR.. J. II. Schenck, Of
Philadelphia owes his unrivaled success In the
treatment OF pulmonary diseases.
The Pnlmo,ic Syrup ripens the morbid matter
in the lungs; nature throws II OFF by an easy en-
pectoration, for when the phegm or matter Is ripe
slight cough viii throw II OF, the patient has rest
and th. lungs begin TO heal.
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this,
schenek's Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea
Weed Tonic must be freely used TO cleanse the
stomach and liver. Schenek's Mandrake Pills act
on the liver removing all distractions, relax the
allbladder. the bile starts freely and the liver 10
soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic IL gentle stmulant
and aterative the Alksh, OF which II is composed,
nixes with the food and prevents souring II AS
sists the digestion by tonirg up the stomach 10 a
healthy condition. 30 that the food and the Pull
monte Syrup will make good blood; then the lungs
heal and the patient will surely get well II care 10
taken To prevent fresh cold. s
All who wish 10 consult DIR. ScheEck, either per
sonally or by letter do so Of his principal Of
fee. corner OF SIXTH and ARCH STs., Philadelphia,
every Monday.
schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the county. &c.,. &
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

We arc sure our readers will thank MS for
calling their attention to the very handsome
advertisement of the Excelsior Manufactur-
ing Co.. of st. Louis, As il would be useless
for us TO tsy TO say anything Ia favor OF their
great Charter Oak Cooking Stove. The very
word suggests the thought of a well cooked
meal followed by easy digestion, vigorous
health, and desire TO have and TO do plenty
OF real vork, to say nothing OF the comfort OF
q happy, contented household.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

Much OF the best furniture coming TO our
market is from the weli-known house of
Holton & Hildreth, 225 aud 22T State street,
Chicago. Their goods are reliable, and those
who have dealt with them say their prices
are below other houses in the city,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

EcoSoar.-Yeu will save money by using
Proet. It .2dmble's Original Notified German
Soap. II will not waste nor become soft
like ordinary yellow soap when used in warm
water, nor is IL eheapcned with articles inju.
rious to clothes. Rs,aemoer, you Obtain fun
one pound bar Il you purchase :heir brand.
To protect their brand from imitators
Proctor d Gamble patented il, and the patent
was sustained In the United States Courts
Examine Ue stamp on the bars 1hs. pos
bun Take their Soar 0saLH.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

Ask your druggist for DIR. Sykes Sure
Cure for Catarrh," or send Ten Cents TO DR..
z. X. Sykes, 1863 E. Madison St, Chicago, Ill.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20
The CatpChiSIn of the Locomotive

Is an elementary treatise on the Lcomgiiye written
In the form Of questions and answers The Dok con
tAins o pages and 80 engrayings, Including 10 iH-
rage plates Of different styles Of locomotive,
Lddress THE RAILROAD GAZETTE,
- jackson Street. Chicago.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

IHK bismarck Tribune, published seventy
nve miles nearer Black Hills than any other
newspaper, gives more reliable information
concerning them than any other. Sent to
any address six months, together with .
cnromo OF Gen. Custer, or new and correct
showing facts CLEANED by all official surveys
ana late explorations. Six months for one
Collar AddressC A. Lounsberry, Manager,
Bismarck. d. T.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

ASK for PrussinR's White Wine Vinegar
warranted pure. wholesome and palatable.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

fsGvesvnxtgfcsy pa1ty that nEs &c
compiishcd so much good for our Of
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

~ z y 2 = ~ =
3uring the yenrs
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

rnlr a ~ ~ tGusrnates 10 do double the work
S"sSsNSO lOf common scrapsrs. Townships
SCR APE n can take them oP tgial r,ics tis s
IA DitchiIx free. Address Chicago
OVIChEH lScraper DitcheT Co., Chicago.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

"Sptrituai Revelntor." An amusing curiosity;
aues tions gives messages and communicates
and Ast0nshes all who consult It, Price, mailed 10 cts
"IIeroes OF the Rt pablic." Mounted Generals.
imperial photograph with keys and biographies W CTS,
.Adyrptising Labels" ike postage stamps.
Mailed s. Tor 500 D. Doubeday, GS4 slathay \ York.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-02-17

The Klay Klub discussed last
Monday night the propriety of abol-
ishing all interest laws. The ques-
ton was very deliberately debated,
and so distressingly erudite were
the arguments that the President
was forced to draw upon his imagi-
nation for a verdict. After the dc
bate the Klub by a rising vote de
cided to wake up one of the learned
spectators and take his opinion up
on the merits Of the question, and
his views put the question in such {
new aspect as that the Klub saw
they had misapprehended the situa
ton and so decided to continue the
debate next Monday night. H
said: 'This question involves tn,
abstract right of squatter sover
eighty promulgated in the Nationa
Bank charters that flood the lanC
like pestilential incubuses upon thu
plighted faith of dishonored State
bond coupons, and the impaired
obligations resting upon the gov
crnment in selling by the seat o
his army -breeches the grand higl
Babcockolorum of Oliver p. Pinch
backs diatribe upon Blaine's finan
cial bloody shirt, renders it oppor
tune to say that the six-per-centen
NAL engraftment upon the blazonr
of. universal amnesty cannot be an
exist unless a man is allowed t
rent out his money for what he ca
get for it." Here the applaus
brought three square yards of pla.
tering down. from the ceiling and til
exhausted visitor resumed a recliI
ing posture in the eoal-box al
continued his interrupted snoze.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-02-17
The supper.


The indications as We went to
press last night were that the sup
per given by the ladies of the Epis-
copal Church would be an elegant
affair. A large number of tickets
were sold Tuesday and yesterday,
and great preparations were being
made to have everything appertain
ing to the affair gotten up in man
ner that has never been surpassed
in Pulaski. The ladies in charge
know just exactly what it takes 10
render such an occasion perfect in
all its appointments, and we guar
antee that it passed of as pleasant
" as could be.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-02-17
Mr.. stoddert's Lecture.


Rev. VIM. Stoddert lectured to a
large audience at Antoinette Hail
last Friday night upon Housekeep-
ing, DC. The lecture abounded
with racy pictures Of married life,
drawn in extremes. AID in spicy and
witty illusions, reflections and COM
PARSONS. His caricatures were
such as it would seem no one but
an adept could delineate, but it was
manifest that the lecturer had not
spent his reading and his observa-
ton in vain, for he told of these
things with all the saRg-froid of one
who had been there. The lecture
afforded an insight into the where
fores and why's of the speakers OBJ
stinate thusness in steadily abstain
ing from committing his own hap
piness to the mercy of matrimonial
whiehness, and how can he be
blamed for it? There were no
morals drawn by the lecturer from
the essay, for they cropped them
selves out at every period as thick
as the hair on the head of a long
time married man when it has taken
its second growth in his widower-
hood, and each gepufection Of
the speakers voice would echo
from the arched dome above, $50
not thou not and do not likewise
not" The lecture fell upon the au-
dience like contretemps, giving the
married people the dry grins and
opening the eyes of the unmarried,
but we do not doubt but that the
former will continue to mimic the
fox with his tail in the trap, and
that the latter Will not hesitate TO
rush upon the thick bosses of the
lecturers solemn warnings.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-02-17
Beecher.

We have spared our readers the
infection of nastiness that has been
spread broadcast over the country
concerning this great preacher, and
we do not now propose to rehearse
any of the disgusting details. We
have given marked attention to all
the details, from the first exposure
by WoodhulI, through the first
committee trial, the long and hot
Tilton damage suit, the Emma
Moulton disclosures, the Frank
Moulton denunciations, down to the
late call for Church Conference and
the just published letter of Henry
G. Bowen, and from all these the
verdict in our mind has been made
up, and completely exhonerates Mr..
Beecher from the main charges
adultery, perjury and hypocricy.
We see in the evidence against him
nothing but a combination to ruin
him at all hazards, and we believe
the perjury lies in the mouths of
his prosecutors. Take the standing
of the man Beecher, who was never
before accused of sin in a worldly
sense, who has kept himseIfanspot-
ted, and by that very means has ele-
waited himself to the loftiest heights
of virtue and renown, and after
spending an age in the greatest
work man can undertake, and achiev-
ing the grandest success man ever
achieved before, to think that he
would succumb to the tempter and
by his own deed ruin himself at
this late day, is to suppose almost
an impOssibility. Pit such a man
with such a record against a band
of free-lovers and harlots and lei
them swear to different facts, and
we are compelled TO believe the man
whose profession is truth, who
breaches truth, and who wasl never
accused before of uttering an un
truth, and this too while he is up
held by the truest men who know
him ard who know the facts. 1t i!
lamentably true that people are too
apt to believe anything that il
hurled at religion and preachers
but instead of this operating to hi
injury it should be an argument 70
him. We at the South are preju
diced against Beecher on accoun
of his ante-war abolition views, bu
that has naught to do with thi
question. If he is innocent, he i
innocent Notwithstanding our pre-
JUDGES. He swears he is innocent
and a set of freebooters in religio
and envious literary blatherskite
swear he is guilty. We believe hin
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-02-17

Last Monday was St. Valentines
day. Some impecunious cuss, whose
soul can't take in anything larger
than a one-cent postage stamp, and
whose gross appetite for what he
imagines to be fun cannot be salts
fed except it feed upon the delicate
sensibilities of bleeding heart,
sent us picture of hideous look
ing monster-man nursing a hideous
looking baby. o the times
and the manners OF this idiotic gen
erationl
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-02-17
feb3-4t

Neil S. Ge5er attempted to escape
from the work-house gang Tuesday
morning. He jumped a rock fence
and sheltered himself from the
guard, Mr.. 10. Flippin, who emptied
his shot gun at him without effect.
Geter continued to run, but some
citizens happened to come up about
that time and Mr.. Flippin borrow
ed a horse from them and left
them in charge of the gang
and overlook him in about mile
and brought him back. Mr.. Flip
pin was not to blame, for be cannot
leave the whole gang when one at
tempts to escape, but is lightning
with shotgun. They had better
mind how they tempt him to use it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-02-17

We went to Nashville last week
heard nothing, saw nothing, tasted
nothing worth .mentioning-didn't
go to the american Office to get our
name in the paper; didn't climb up
on the Capitol and gaze stupidity
.aronndS didn't stand on the suspen
sion bridge and wonder how that
negro Reed escaped being killed !;
didn't inquire of all those young
men how they managed to smoke
cigars. play billiards, set up the
drinks, keep their oreide chains so
brightly polished, wear plug hats
and good clothes all the time. and
never work any; didn't pick our
teeth in the Maxwell as if we had
stopped there; didn't part our hair
in the middle nor ask the hotel clerk
if the Governor had been there in
quiring for us; didn't take soup nor
use a napkin like we were familiar
with them at home; didn't get what
we went for and didn't go for any
thing; came home without asking
the conductor question or buying
a prize box from the news-boy;
havn't told anybody yet that we
went to Supreme Court; and we are
not a bit prouder than we were be-
fore.