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Year: 1872

How to Produce Four or Five Thou


sand Pounds Seed Cotton to the


Acre.


This proposition to a Middle Ten
nesseean might be a shock to the
nerves; but to an Old Cotton plant
or would act as a sedative and pro
baby elicit a triumphant smile, for
in despite of all that may be said
against this potent article of COM
merce that fills its devotee's purse
with gold, persons that have been
brought up where it fourishes in all
its magnificent grandeur will ever
cherish warm feelings for it; and if
by circumstance are forced to aban-
don it forever, will cast many long
lingering look behind and heave
many deep sigh for days that are
past and gone to return no more.
To persons that wish TO test the ex-
pertinent of raising from four to five
thousand pounds seed cotton to the
acre in Middle Tennessee by follow
ing the plan herein set forth, viii be
pleased as well as amply renumerated
for their trouble. In the first place
select a tolerably level piece of land
and as loose land as you can get;
break it up deep and close, harrow
it and thoroughly pulverizc it, (cIod-
dy land produces nothing well;) lay
off your rows three feet apart; bed
it up in ridges as though You were
preparing for sweet potatoes; after
that take a crooked harrowtooth
and put it through a beam milar to
a plow beam and put hands to it
This is called a cotton opener; then
cross those ridges at right angles
you have thrown up; very small
tongue plOw will answer by the
plowman holding is out of the
ground aud not letting it 90 too
deep. Those crossings and open
ings or laying of as it is called must
be three feet apart. In this check
on the top of the ridge you must put
a shovel full of good well pulverized,
we'll rotted stable manure to the hill,
or half a teacup full of Dixon's com
pound and drop your seed upon it.
Do not throw your manure too much
in a heap; rather spread it in the hill.
Drop your seed the way you put up
your ridges and not the way you
laid of. BY this means you have
yonr cotton straight both ways and
you can pillow it both ways, thereby
you obViate hoeing if you are q good
plowman; but It should be remem-
bered that all crops are considerably
enhanced in production by hoeing.
Rub your seed thoroughly in wet
ashes, drop a table spoonful to the
hill and cover lightly; plant about
the goth April; thin out early and
leave two to three stalks 20 the hill.
BY this plan yon see You win have
four thousand nine hundred hills Of
cotton TO the acre. One hundred
ordinary bolls VIII make one pound
seed cotton andis very reasonable to
Year: 1872

suppose that each hill will make
an asscrage of one hundred bolls to
the hill; making to the acre. which
would bring at the present prices of
cotton in Nashville two hundred and
forty or City dollars per acre, our
cotton made here being classed as
low middhngs if nicely handled.
Cotton planted so thin as three feet
each way will look somewhat dis
couraging to an inexperienced cot
ton planter; it will grow about four
feet high and will lock across the
rows in every direction and you will
then find it is close enough.


HENRY.
Year: 1872

a respectable number for a mHcF
longer time, who might not need as
sistance at all.


In conclusion, We most earnestly
and solemnly petition you to recon-
slider this order. or modify it, and
suffer this unfortunate people to re
main at home and en-. .oy what little
means they have. Respectfully sub
mitted.
Year: 1872

Toward middle OF October people begin About this time
look out for In this sparkling well useful little
shows his coo humors entirely dvested
political bias devoing himself the lighter oes Of society
and doyne which everybody smabe laughter There
nothing give ofense persons Of party creed while
every page pete Not to have Nas Almanac
the dvng literary and artistic entertainments Of
Year: 1872

cape Cod All Along Shore" Illustrated V'o rap s''
Cloth. 81 50.


good Americans desire to see the magnhoe'
the West before ey die and 20 to viii End in Mr. Nordhon
guide at once entertaining conae 1t might well be that the
enthusiasm Of Eastern Observer used to less generous soil should
lead to an eIsggeon the Agricultural forces OF
bu the writer with his incredible facts seems TO be very
Gnl IN IN, matter Of 6guresa bene6ent Gdgnd TO the emf
grants who need to something Of the Eden before that way
they turn their hopeful steps The t Of the books given TO the
instruction Of travellers definite details Of and places and eI
penses description the trip the Continent with Its palace
cars and It's unexpected little Injuries like nothing much
Arabian Nights tale wherein happy possesor Of the lamp the
ring purse any Of Obngng and
genii at will IT, Y. Tribune.


M NordbOf has given not merely interesting book travels
but practical guide and through the country Itself


presents and practical side OF California
will be read with equal interest by the pasuretOus and the man
who looking that country place Of resdeDceN y
Evening Post
Year: 1872

liaWhat becomes OF all the old
leather? We know that the
scraps and trimmings that fall
from the shoemaker's bench are
collected and sold, and that these
finally reach manufacturers of
leather board, which in cheap
shoes, is used to give thickness to
a sole which has but little real
leather in it. But what becomes
of wern.out boots and shoes, and
all other articles made of leather
which has been cast aside as of


no further use? 1t was in pur-
suit of this inquiry that we learn
ed that our worn.out hose and
betting are cut up into soles for
boots, and that the "uppers'
of, boots and shoes whereof the
soles have become demoralized are
carefully separated, subject to va
rious processes, which make them
take on the resemblance of new
ness, and then trimmed round,
leaving them sufficiently large to


make the ':uppers' for smaller
feet than they covered before.
Thousands of such "uppers" are


marketed annually, and it is not


safe for those who buy their boots


without regard to the standing of
! dealers, to assume that their un
standings are new throughout.
Year: 1872

Starching a husband is a novel
ty in domestic warfare which is
quite refreshing. Such an expedi-
ent was called in requisition down
East a day or two since, aud a re-
fractory husband brought to terms.
The "ugly brute was just the least
bit drunk, and the wife grew tired
of his nonsense in and around the
kitchen. There was no broomstick
handy, so she gave notice to quit.
He didn't seem to heed the notice,
SO sosheunceremoniouslyseized pail
of hot starch, and besmeared him
with it from Lead to foot. The
starch came off quickly, taking the
skin with in wherever it touched
He was sent to the Health Officer,
and declined to prosecute, say
ing he would take lodging in some
other quarter. and, like dutiful
husband, send his wife money to
support the family.
Year: 1872

The lower classes i'm Japan are
afraid of the telegraph, They can.
not altogether see show the old
thing works" and they are simple
and superstitious enough TO think
that it is the device of the devil,
and that thewires are coated with
the blood of young women, and
that the census DOW being taken is
for the sole purpose of finding out
the number of available japanese
maidens whose blood will, do fol
telegraphic purposes, The idea
is curious one, and it is strange
that the japanese should not un'
derstand the explanation.
Year: 1872

I


OSTRICH FARMS. The rails


ing Of the ostrich in tame


state for its feathers is-now car
ried on extensively in Africa
The birds are kept in Enclosures
and fed on lucern, with which
the enclosure is planted. Ev-
cry eight months they are
lplueked, some extracting the
lquill at once and others cutting
| the quill a little above its inser-
ton and removing its roots a
couple of months later. The
latter method is said to give bet


ter results with less injury to
the Bird The yield is about
fifty dollars to each bird. In


breeding it is found best to al
low one female to each male,
though in wild state five fe-
males are often attached to a
single male. There are usual
ly two broods in a year, and
the male and female sit on the
eggs by turns, the male gener-
ally taking the largest share of
this duty. The female takes
chief charge of the brood after
it is hatched. The young are
reared on chopped lucern, and
after they get little oldergrain
lis given them. They also re-
quire an abundance of water
and liberal supply of pulver-
ize quartz and small bones


When grown no food suits


them better than chopped lu-
Germ or trefoil, with all occasion
al supply of cabbage, fruit and
grain.
Year: 1872

A German presiding elder tells
tthis story of a rather severe les


son that he once administered to


a young preacher Il had in my


district young preacher whose
practice it was to be very bolster


Ous in preaching, entirely too much
iso.1a He not only screamed loud
and long, but he used to stretch
himself over the front of the pull
| pit to the utmost poiat, making in
that position vehement strokes
! with his hands, as intending split
ting his hearers in two. My eX-
hortation being of no avail, | Iresolv-
ed to cure him in some other way.
Atone of his appointments the pull


pit of the log Westinghouse was a


rude and rickety affair, Its 'front.'


peice wasfastened to the side-pieces
with pins, which could easily be
drawn out, which did in due time


before bis next preaching. / then
seated myself behind him, await


ing the result. His excitement
came on in due time, and then rails
ing himself on his toes, with his


arm uplifted to its utmost height,


he brought it down with all his


weight and force for the usual


str ke. But this time there was
only a single blow; with that ac.
! ton the preacher and the pulpit
front came down to the floor with


a tremendous crash, to the great
CONSERVATION of the preacher, but
the no small amusement of the


congregation. He will never for


get that lesson. jaE.-.s.r-l ---
Year: 1872




The continued dulness and stagnation in
the stock speculation eyokes much complaint from the
commission houses who in being deprived OF their daily
eghh aud sXtecnths recognize the sad truth that the
melancholy days " inactivity at hand again. The
aggregate trade to-day would barely equal an hours
business I'm lively market, and the dealings at the Ex-
change were as a rule conducted without life enthusi-
asm There we're however few speciaties which moved
about at a lively gait Befoeged by that the Rock
Island Company the point of issuing $sOOOOO OF
new stock and then leasing the ROAD at the increased
capital to the Pennsylvania Central Company the street
was cropping about in the dark, the speculation being
feverish and uncertain during the forenoon though the
price advanced to liz later and holding strong at the
close New-York Central and Lake Shore steadily
maintained while the apparent readiness OF the street
TO take Western Union marked up the price to 7s.
Pacific Mail was most unquestonably weak. and
A. further pressure was brought into operation TO
sink the price in addition the other contriy-
ances heretofore mentioned, IL was heralded
forth that Mr. stockwell designed 10 loat two million
first mortgage bond Of the company 10 losses in
tailed by the late destruction of Company steamers
The street along very well these little bits Of
gossip, and luckily, for otherwise the lips OF the
gossppers were sealed.


The public mind TO be fully impressed with the
idea that the OF this stock Is downward not that
may not be ntriuslcay worth even more than 1t Is
selling for that with such combinations pos
sble to be entered into with the Panama Railroad and
other interests It may be made 10 he worth the
high prices prevalent before the days Of the transCon
mental Railway; but the belief has taken possession
Of the minds many close observers that IL ia the policy
OF the powers that he TO part with all the stock the
public will take at these prices, and when sales become
noonger feasible 20 let the stock drop 10 the lowest pos
sble point before commencing To rcpurchase. The
ipuator OF this fayOrite speculative il longer re-
garded Insignificant person. and wise men
are inclined 10 think he will adopt the course
which to them wisest not merely for
his individual interests but for those OF the Company IT,
self Few institutions in this country in 30 favor
able position TO mako money outside OF their legit
mate business. Having sold, as Is universally under
stood, all the Company's own surplus stock par or
thereabous and having authority OF law TO buy IN It's
shares and reduce the capital there is nothing to pre-
constant and perpetual zgzaging of tho market
the interest OF the Company and the officers at the
same time speculate private account, no one will
Year: 1872

Money among the brokers in the street Is active and
in demand the fair for carrying stocks over oclnS
19 and interest though he bond dealers report money
at currency 20 gold. The highest rate PAID to-day
1s2 ana interest and the closing quotations gold
There il rather less pressure for accommodations among


e merchants and we quote prime acceptances at 10 to
u per cent with very ite going at the lower figure


The Government bond market has been strong,with an
advance OF nearly half per cent all the gold bearing
i,sues lS7s rising above III, the registered bonds
fetching ll2 The registered Fycs sold at Ill Very
little stock offering, and this forms about the only
feature off the market The market closed strong on the
bosIs of 117sall7t Tor iS67s Fisk & Hatch report
follOWs
Year: 1872

The London Gentlemans Magazine


publishes a letter from a correspondent


who undertakes to show that the use of


profane language is dying out in Eng


land. The writer relies on the testimony


of friend who has made of the subject
a profound study, and according to this
expert, although there is still plenty of
hard, commonplace, vulgar profanity
in England swearing with any fresh
ness, vivacity or piquancy" must be
counted among the lost arts. The oaths
in use among the characters of Congreve
and Farquhar and Wycherly were vivid
and picturesque; those as late, even as
Sheridan's time were, he thinks, artistic;
but IN the swearing of to-day there is
nothing but hideousness-"a sort of
mental and moral pollution" which is
without even originality. The expletives
and objurgations are as old as the
French and American war, and are sim
ply undisguised profanity.


How is 1t in this country? Whoever
will take the trouble to look into the sub
ject will find that the use of such lam
guage is not on the decrease bat the
reverse. The use of the most shocking
profanity is more observable than it used
to be, aud the best evidence of its preva-
Ience is its common use among the
gamins" of the street. They have no
other comparisons; no idea of quality or
quantity except as it can be expressed |
,y an expletive; no estimate of good or
BAD except as it can be measured by an
Nor is its use confined bv
my means to this class; it pervades
llmost all classes, though in justice to
many swearers it should be said that
hey choose the company wherein to ex-
rcise this unhappy habit. There is at
east some hope .or the future in the fact
hat many men, most addicted to it, have
he grace to be ashamed of. using it
mong refined people, and will be guilty
f falsehood in denying that they use
uch language, rather than acknowledge


weakness which they know so many
egard as wicked.
Year: 1872

How newspapers are missed at sea


A correspondent of the Woodstock Pa.


triot, writing Of his voyage across the
Atlantic, says c


One of the features of sea voyage
which it is very difficult for a landsman
to accustom himself to, is the entire abb
sence Of all the news from the outside
world. Accustomed as we are to have
Our daily paper on the table every morn.
ing, and to glance over the news that un.
tiring correspondents have cleaned from
every part of the world, it seems a
strange deprivation to pass day after
day in entire ignorance Of whatever is
transpiring among the busy haunts of
men. Then there is no postoflice to 90
10 two or three times every day; no let
ters to be received from friends and
kindred. The ships company is, for
the time being, a community apart by
itself, and it has to live, as it were, in
world of its own. Yet even here there
are advantages to offset these inconve-
veniences. The favored speculator can
rest for while, with no gold specula-
tons to perplex and annoy him. We
are for season out of the reach of the
telegraph, where no gloomy, wor-
rying dispatches can ferret us out.
The letters that await us at our journeys
end are read with huugering delight
and enjoyment such as we do not
feel at other times. With an appetite
sharpened by abstinence, We eagerly
glance over the files of newspapers, and
we learn to appreciate how much we are
indebted to the press for large share of
our enjoyment and instruction. / have
spoken of the social spirit which mani,
tests itself among the passengers. But
toward the end of the voyage one finds
that there is also another aspect of the
subject under the workings Of the same
social law-we cluster into affinities on
shipboard as well as elsewhere. Many
persons who were quite intimate at first
have very plainly become tired of each
other, and were it not for the fact that
they are cooped up and walled in on
would get as far away from
them as possible. | can imagine that
persons who are not specially congenial
to each other, if thrown together in this
way for two or three months, would come
to hate and loathe each other. So true
is il that many people are best friends at
a distaHce, and that it does not do to see
Too much of one another"
Year: 1872

Resolved by the General Council of the city
OF Memphis, That, in order to encourage the
prompt payment Of city taxes for the current
year, the City Tax Collector be and is hereby
every tax payer who shall, previous TO the lsi
day of December, 1872, pay the taxes due from
him or her to the city of Memphis for the
forty NTH corporate year QS72), discount at
the rate OF one per centum per month on the
for the period Of time that it shall be so paid
previous TO the lat day Of January, 1873, and
the amount so paid shall be taken and ac-
cepted by the city as n full payment of such
offered shall not be extended beyond the LIST
day Of December, 1879. After that date the
Tax Collector is hereby instructed to collect
the full amount of all the taxes then remain
ing unpaid.


Adopted by Board of Aldermen September
4. 1872.


Adopted By Council September 4, 1872. s-25
Year: 1872

Never be ashamed of ever having


loved any one. If perchance you have


hated, then blush for it, but not for love.


IL does not matter at all whether the


person on whom your affections fix them
selves reciprocated the sentiment.
Where there is no shame in loving. in
itself, the fact of having given love with
out reward can bring none with it. You
have only bestowed gift more priceless
than any jewel can be upon one who did
not thank you. Since there is sorrow to
ones self in it, it is best to struggle with
the heart and keep it until it is asked
for; but if it is goes irrevocably forth.
despite all effort, no need TO feel guilty
and long to hide from your very self.
Providence gave you that great love, and
believe that somehow it will mingle
with the life of one it hovers over, and
shed perfume and lend a sweetness to
it, though it has never been spoken.


Many a woman's life has shriyeled
away under the weight of disappointed
love, merely because her SHAME in it
was so great. The false sentiment that
teaches her to scorn a natural feeling
has worn her beauty away, robbed her
OF all hope in the presence of the future.
i think it would be better if even a wo.
man dared to say, IL love him, but he
did not love me" with the same sweet
sadness with which, when years have
glided, she can utter the words, 81 loved
him, and he died.
Year: 1872

As flock Of between thirty and forty
sheep were being driven through street
in ST. Louis, recently, their leader, a
sagacious-looking ram, saw his reflection
in one Of the large plate glass windows.
Lowering his head, he charged straight
for his supposed rival, smashing the
window and going clear through into the
store, followed by the rest of the flock.
The proprietor and the employees,
amazed at the sudden aud startling at
tack, fed from the store, leaving the
drove IN full possession. Several Of the
sheep were badly cut by broken glass,
and the blood, the broken glass from the
window, and an overturned and broken
showcase, gave the place the appearance
Of being a total wreck. 1t was nearly
an hour before the sheep could be driven
out and order restored.
Year: 1872

In the State of Illinois all forms of
betting on elections are criminal Of
fences, punishable by fine Of $1,000 or
imprisonment for one year, or both at
the discretion Of the court. In England
It used TO be common form Of bribery
at elections 70 bet the voter that he
would not vote for a certain candidate.
The voter Of course voted for the can
didate mentioned, and thus won the bet.
Year: 1872

Severe pain will not get ont Of fashion
yet for long time, and so long people will
need good remedy-Rsnne's Pain'Killing
Magic Oil is just what the people need to
cure headache, rheumatic, neuralgia, and
other painful complaints.
Year: 1872

ALLCoCk's PoRoUs PLAsTEE.-In throat affections
they have no equal as a sure cure. Even in strc-
of the bronchial tubes drOpsy Of the heart tu
mors, internal and ovarian said TO have been
cured by these plssters. But in all the uses for
strengthening plaster, and for nervous and local
pains, we have the testimony Of the first physicians
of the United States and Of Europe IN their favor
How great the comfort to have a suhocatng cough,
have sharp pains in the chest queer creapine sen
sations around the heart cured by a simple remedy
of clean, flexible entirely unobjectonahle plaster
But internal lumors considered of fatal character
are also cured by this mild and Innocent application
which, acting ike second skin, produces steady
pressure. by which absorption resulting in ease al
once and ultimate cure is obtained.


GROUP


A case occurred of severe Group, where no doctor
could be had before morning. The mother be
thought of some Porous Plasters she had in th'
house, They slit as 10 fiji around the throa
| and chest. The whi-tling breathing soon ahated
/ In few hours the child slept and in the morning
no sign of Group remained. Sold by all Drugsistr
Year: 1872

from land end to lands end, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions who are on the road TO
an uusimely grave with bilious COMPLAINTS,
there is but Que truly great and reliable
remedy, aui that ia
Year: 1872




COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 4.-John Barclay
was hung at noon to-day in the county jail
this county, for the murder of Chas. j. Gar
ner last October. Barclay when on the
scaffold declared he was guilty of the horri-
BILE crime of murder and was prepared to
die. He advised all to beware of intoXica-
ting liquors and said they had placed him on
a mur1erer's scaffOld. After bidding good
bye to all the spectators, his arms and legs
were pinioned, the lack cap was placed over
his head and in second more his body was
swinging in the air. The body was almost
still for second after the fall of the trap
but soon vibrated slowly backward aud for
ward. On being touched by the Surgeon in
attendance, his whole body shook as if with
violent cold. After hanging twelve minutes
he was declared dead and was delivered TO
the Surgeon.
Year: 1872

How TO Treat Railway Negligence.


LONDON, Oct. Al the investigation
into the cause of the railroad collision
Wednesday last, sufficient evidence was
produced to warrant the belief that the
Station Master at Kettle Bridge is respon-
sible in a large degres for the lamentable
disaster and he was committed to prison TO
await further proceedings.
Year: 1872

Your correspondent had talk with the
celebrated Petroleum Y. Nasby to-day.
He endeavored 10 keep up his courage, but
it is evident that he is alarmed at the great
uprising of the people, and freely admits
that the contest will be virtually decided
next Tuesday.