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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12
THE BEST FERTILIZERS.

GU yiciu WnS Will POtn5n nstu 1upcI-
phosphate Of lime-70.3l bushels of
corn. The highest yield without fer.
tilizer was 80.85 bushels, and the aver
age Of all the plats was 79.1l bushels
OF corn. IL was narrowed soon after
the fertilizers were applied. June 10,
IL was cultivated, and again June "A.
when It was thinned to two stalks to
the hill. July 8, cultivated. and Guilt
waited and laid by July IA. This was
all one way, north and south. Octo-
Der %, %, and 81. the crop was gath
cred and weighed, allowing so pounds
of ears TO the bushel: The land was
never before manured, and had never
of the time for Is or 30 years. This
81, and 80 lbs. were 'shoveled from the
Der 20 Il weighed 70 lbs; December 20,
sHsiisd, and rave es ibs. corn IL lbs.
cobs, showing that 20 lbs. should have
been taken for bushel.
THE RICH SoIIs OF THE WEsr.-
There has been much said about the
virgin soils Of the West, and their
ability to keep ON giving crops year
after year - good ~ ever and without
manure. Indeed, Il In no uncommon
thing to have publishers receive letters
from Western men 70 stop subscrip-
tons because there IL 50 much said
in their columns about manures,
which are, they say, all unnecessary
In the West, and yet there are indicA-
tions from time to time that the Wes-
tern Virgin has grown prematurely
old, and already finds It necessary to
fall In with the arts which her Eastern
sister has found necessary II she
would continue fresh and fair. Mr..
Batchasn, the secretary Of the Ohio
Pathological Society, and who from his
position has good chance to know
Just what the condition Of agriculture
Ia In the State, tells ne that In some
counties In the State the land has de-
clined 20 much In fertility that itfakes
three or four acres OF pasture TO sup
port one COW, and that . farm Of one
hundred acres IL no more than sum
Client to keep about ten animals. This
II far worse than the average Of East
ern farms, and all comes nom the utter
ignoring Of manure. They have got
to such . pitch now that manure n
not to be had to any great extent.
They burnt the straw and entthe grain
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

II cured Il = isw hour on The pfincipIs q absorb,
ing the polsSnSus asids that occasion diseases.
f $500 ~ a j. 9 s,sSs
iMp!as4 rA5f II 4 !. slrOIt and b aiassists
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
Hayes And The South.

Judge Mackey, of South Caro-,
lima, said to a correspondent: a
regard it as absolute verify that
Hayes will be declared President
| have no doubt that the Electo-
raj Commission will hold that the
votes of Louisiana and Oregon
must be counted for Hayes. Ire
gard the position Of the Republi-
cans as to both of these States as
perfectly impregnable. believe
Hayes, as President, will exert
his powers benignly towards the
South and be the paciticator of the
sections"
The Judge has been addressing
public meetings in South Carroll
ma called to hear him on the po-
litical situation. General Ker-
shaw followed Judge Mackey at
one meeting and said: "With
Hayes as President of the United
States justice will be done
throughout the whole land and
glory and honor and peace will
crowd our country through his
wise and benign administration of
its Government" -tr-..
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
The louisiana Returning
Board.

Speaking of the Louisiana Re.
turning Board an EXCHANGE says:
1.-TWO Of fhem-the Hon James
Madison Wells, President of the
Board, and Gen. Thomas q. An
derson, next senior member-are
Southern born, and of old and
highly respectable families. ""He
Wells was a Union man from
the time the war broke out, and
though he suffered greatly by it
in the loss of property, he never
faltered in his devotion TO the
Union cause" "Mr. Wells became
Governor of the State, to which
Office he was almost unanimously
reelected, under the reconstruc-
ton plan of the President John
son. His experience in public
life has been great and varied,
and his capacity to discharge the
duties assumed cannot be ques-
toned. Gen. Anderson was born
in Virginia, has resided in the
parish of st. Landry for the pc
riod Of some forty years, is a cous-
in Of the Gen. Anderson who
commanded Fort Sumter at the
outbreak of the war, was educa-
ted a lawyer, is the owner Of and
carries on several plantations, is
widely known and respected
throughout the State, has been
intimately associated in the pro
motion Of the social and industri-
al interests of his parish, and has
represented it in both branches
of the Legislature more than
tMantv wears y
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
The Compromise

The Republicans had the pow
er in their hands to declare Gov.
ernor Hayes President, by all the
precedents hitherto known,
through the instrumentality Of
the President Of the Senate.
They had all the machinery Of
Government to back them; and
yet, when urged by the Dem
ocrats to arbitrate the matter,th the
great mass consented to forego
all advantages and TO accept the
tribunal suggested by the advo-
Gates Of Mr.. Tilden. Every man
chosen on that tribunal by the
Dem ocrats has voted to put Mr..
Tilden in the Office. They fall
one short Of the requisite number
as they do in the Electoral Col
lege, and the first thought OF the
defeated partisans is to accomplish
by trickery what they previously
swore should be done by force and
revolution and war. The true
and honest men of this country
will care no moyc for the present
threats than they did those of the
past. The material interests of
the people demand a speedy set
tlement of the political issues,
and they wiH hare it. An agitation
during the whole of this year and
an election in December would
ruin hundreds of thousands of
now solvent men. But what do
the tricksters care for thatF The
whole country is to be convulsed
and trade, manufactures and com
merce are to stand still at the be-
hest Of this association Of cormor-
ants, who seek only emoluments,
honors and Offices, and not the
good of the people.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
The Eclipses of IS77.

During the year 1877 there will
be three eclipses of the sun and
two of the moon. The first is a
total eclipse ofthe moon, on Feb
ruary 27, partly visible from En-
gland and invisible in America,
the moon being below the hori-
zon through the whole contin-
unce Of the eclipse. r aa t-.
The second eclips is a partial
eclipse of the sun, invisible from
both Europe and America. Its
greatest phase is about one-third
of the suns diameter. 1t begins
on March IA. .ts4
The third is a partial eclipse of
the sun, August 8, invisible both
Europe and America. HI 4s.
The fourth is a total eclipse of
the moon, visible from England
and partly in the United States,
taking place on August %.
The fifth, and last, is partial
eclipse of the sun on September
6. This eclipse will seen from
Cape Horn and parts of South
America, but not from North
America. strs -.-r 5-a
In eighteen years there are
usually about seventy eclipses-
twenty-nine of the moon and for
ty~one Of the sun, or nearly two.
to three. Seven is the greatest
number of eclipses that can oc-
cur in year, and two tie least.
If there be seven, five must occur
Of the sun and two OF the moon. If.
only two, then both must be Of.
the sun, for in every there must
be two solar eclipses.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
How "Free-LnnCher" TiIden
Wanted il Done.
Telegram % On. Commercial.

| Special Telegram to Gin. Commercial
On Friday evening a dispatcl
was received by some of the Dem
ocratic managers, from Mr.. Til
den, urging the party majority il
the House to tillibuster and re
sort to diliatory measures to i'm
pede the count of the votes, sc
that the 4th of March might be
reached before the conclusion OF
the count, whereby a new elec.
ton would become necessary
This was after it was ascertained
that the Commission would report
that the vote of Florida should be
counted for Hayes. That night q
number of the Democratic lead.
ers met at Mr.. Hewitt's residence
and discussed the proposition at
great length. The Northern Dem
ocrats were in favor of fillibuster-
ing, but the conservative inAu-
ence of the Southerners asserted
itself and it was decided that Mr..
Tilden's wish could not properly
be complied with. Ben. Hill and
others of the Southern Democrats
were quite emphatic in their de-
termination to hold the party to
the terms of the compromise.
Senator Bayard is also quoted as
having opposed with great force
everything looking like an effort
to defeat the ends of the law.
1t may be remarked that but for
the Southern Democrats the bill
would not have been passed in
the House. This decision, was, it
seems, communicated to Tilden,
and on yesterday a dispatch was
received from him Offering cer-
tain Cabinet positions to certain
Southern States, particularly
Georgia and Mississippi, if the
House would bolt the bill. This
offer was communicated 10 the
leaders from the South, and has
been considered by them to-day;
but up to this time their conclu-
sion with reference to it has not
been made public.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
TiIden Going Mad.

The rumor which was current
in private circles some weeks
since in regard to Mr.. Tilden's
mental condition, is again reviv,
ed. The Chicago Tribune says
that a private letter from New
York to a citizen Of Chicago, da
ted February 5, contains the fol
lowing remarkable statements:
= Il "Look out for news
that Tilden is going the same way
that poor Greeley did. The fol
lowing was told me to day by a
gentleman not giving to gossip or
exaggeration. He said that the
Hon. John r. Mcpherson, the
Senator elect from New Jersey,
accompanied by a friend, called
upon Mr.. Tilden shortly after
McPherson's election Ga few days
ago., and were received by the
claimant in a confused sort of a
way, and, instead of referring to
Mr.. McPherson's election by the
extraordinarily close vote Of one
majority, or to party matters in
New Jersey, he sat with unadjust
ed trousers-his breeches hang
ing loosely about him-and, with
a book in hand, talked for an hour
in a distracted, vehement man
ner, about Florida, Louisiana, and
Oregon-especially Florida--re-
peating himself over and over
again. My informant further said
that when Senator Mcpherson
got outside he said to his compan-
ion, "Tilden's mind is affected; he
won't live a year, whether he gets
into the White House or not"
1t is stated on undoubted au-
thority that the party leeches
which infest Mr.. Tilden have bled
him since his nomination to the
extent of 100000.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23

thank God, and it all seems like a
dream"
snow, darling" he replied, rap
turously, "you can complete the
unfinished sentence that was up
on your lips when you fell into
the trance state.p
"Frank, let me confess first. /
have deceived you with a story of
my loss of fortune-forgive me,
for 'all is fair in love or waf.h I
think that / have fully tested
your disinterested Affection
"You love me, then, Rgld will
consent to be mine ?" he Tender
ly asked.
"Of course | mean to reward
your unselfish and persistent de-
votion; but, oh, was there ever q
wooing like ours?"
Upon investigation it was as
certained that the butler, who
had served the family so long
and well, had been tempted by
the wish to possess the valuble
solitaire.
He resolved to steal it.
Returning to the vault unob-
served, with a sharp knife he cut
and hacked the flesh from the fin
erupon which it sparkled SO
temptingly,
The unfaithful butler shortly
after suddenly disappeared, and
it was rumored that Elite furnish
ed him with means to cross the
ocean and establish himselfin an
other land.
Because" she said it wds a
temptation, and l was also by 1t
restored to life and happiness"
And that is why she wore, on
her wedding day, Hugh Vim
cents Gift.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
wal street Reiigion.

They have got religion in Wall
street, New York, and they've
got it bad. They have daily
brokers' prayer-meetings, and
they are popular. They're even
sensational. There is free speech
all around, and the only need Of
a minister there is, as he says
himself, to turn on the steam and
take off the brake and let the
meeting run as it chooses. But it
is noticed he sometimes puts on
the brake on the train bound
heavenward, with a little sola-
cling hymn ofsoothing sentiments.
The brokers have evidently
been very bad; and they are now
becoming correspondingly good
and glorifying themselves in
their miraculous salvation. One
young convert called the atten-
ton of the meeting to the fact that
he was a prophet, in that he two
years ago had prophesied there
would be no revival of business
until men experienced a change
of heart. There had been no revl-
val of business yet and so far he
was vindicated. Nobody dared to
suggest that the desired change
of heart might come about the
time there was a change Of the
country's government, but doubt
less some thought this would be
the case. But the brokers are
generally praying for better
times, andwhen they come they
expecta good share Of the cred
it and profits. They are putting
piety ont at interest.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
Inhabitance Of Fran &C.

An exchange: The human in
habitants of France are less nu.
merouS than the hens alone by
about 100000. At two-and.a-
half francs each the latter repre-
sent S0,000,0O0 francs. This is
omitting cocks and chickens; OF
the latter 100,000,000 are annually
born, ten per cent. being reared
for stock and the rem ainder sold
in the market for 100,000,000
francs. The 4O,O0O,000 hens lay a
hundred eggs annually, and the
total returns from chicken raising
in France amount to 20O,OO0,00O
francs in n single year,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
THE WEEKLY HERALD.
RATES OF ADVERTISING
TERMS $500 A YEAR
A Theological Question.
Ever since Eve ate the apple.

I
Ever since Eve ate the apple.n
We object. The apple has been
thrust down the throats of people
long enough. 1t may be heresay
not to swallow it; fso, then here
goes for hetorodoxy and new
light.
This is not a battle on behalf of
Eve; everybody knows she was
tempted and yielded; that her de-
cendants have proved their legit-
imacy by going and doing like
wise, and that they have done it
so long that they love to do it.
an fact we have all come to love
Eve for giving US SO good an ex-
cuse for enjoying our sins, al
thoughit is not, perhaps, just the
thing to own up in this fashion:
but tttis not a fashionable article;
it relates to fruit.
We know very well that apples
are no contemplate fruit; that
they exhibit very tempting quail
tiles in their very young apple
hood. An average boy will walk
further, climb higher, lie harder,
and tempt providence generally
with greater reckless in pursuit
of green apples, than for almost
any other delight.
Perhaps the theory Of the orig
inal unfortunate apple eating
took its rise from this very fact,
supposing that the peculiar fasci-
nation of the fruit has descended
with its other qualities.
But remember, Eve was no boy;
bear in mind too that the apples
of olden time were but the faint
est hints of possibilities.
AS described by Pliny, one of
the earliest naturalists, the apple
was a small fruit growing on a
thorn bush, answering to our wild
thorn apple. The glorious Sum
mer Bough, a golden globe of
purfumed sunshine, the rich
Baldwin, luscious Spitzenburg,
tempting Greening, melting
Swaar; these were then only
dreams of the future, indulged by
some daring poet of a thorn bush
catching its inspiration from the
fragrance Of its own blossoms of
a May morning, to be wrought
out by centuries of culture. Had
Eve once tastedth original ap-
pie, Adam, warned by her sad
grimances would have fled in ter
ror.
Don't ask, Hwhat fruit was it
then if not the applew We do not
pretend to be wiser than the
Scriptures which leave tho ques-
ton unanswered. Our task ends
with relieving the apple from the
groundless obloquy which fanci-
full theology has cast upon it, and
q warning against hastily excep-
ing unfavorable conclusions from
unsustained- assertions.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
Bad for the Soldiers.

A late Havana paper aanonnces
the return to Spain of a once Gel
ebrated regiment, the Chasseurs
of Andalusia, which has been ser
wing in Cuba for the last seven
years. 1t says: ",Ihese 11S he
roes are sole remnant of the Sec
ond expedionary legion, which ar
rived on these shores as soon as
Spain learned of the cry of Yara.
Of the 1900 soldiers with which
this battalion reaced Cuba, those
who have survived the fever, the
black vomit, lockjaw and the
steel of the enemy, sum up only
11S." Remnants OF other cele-
brated regiments, which all show
about the same list Of casualties,
are being shipped back from Gu
ba to Spain at the rate of from
two to three hundred in each
mail steamer. No wonder Gen
eral Compass insists upon still
heavier re-enforcements.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
The COnSplratQrs.

The Brownsville Democrat
speaks thus of Tilden, Hewitt,
Fields and Harris:
"The conspirators are reduced
to the utmost verge of despera-
ton, and their days are number
ed, and they are dying hard. So
it is ever with the enemies of so
cial order and good government.
Ropespeirre died on the scaffold,
with a shattered jaw, delerious
with pain; Marat, in bath, by
the knife of a feminine patriot;
Uonthon and st. Just, in logged
despair, and Carrier, amid the
howles and imprecations of hate.
No more satisfaction attended the
dying struggles Of these wretches
Of the French revolution than
will be felt on the part of the
American people when the po-
litical guillotine rids them Of the
official presence of such utterly
corrupt wretches."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23

The sum total of railway lines
through the principal countries
of the world now reaches a dis
tance nearly fourteen times the
circumference Of the globe, or one
and a half times a journey to the
moon. OF this total the United
States lines extend 1885 miles;
Great Britain's, at home and
through her foreign domain, G6,-
101; Russia's in Europe and Asia,
34,914; those of France, 30,779; and
the German Empire, 1889.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23
TlIdeRl Ism.

The New York Worlds (Tilden)
Washington dispatch says: "Mad-
dox sits behind Fields, supplying
hints and questions" And this
creature, who supplies Tilden's
attorney with hints and questions
is so notorious scamp that the
Tilden organs even denounce him
as thorough.proved rascaL un-
worthy of credit.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-02-23

Alexander H. Stephens finds
sweet solace in listening to the
obituaries which are read to him
by his private secretary as he sits
propped up by q bolster. They do
him more good than the doctors
gtuT
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19

President Hayes peculiarities are touched
upon by a correspondent who says: "Sec-
rotary Gorhanl, of the senate, read the pres
ident's message, and there was suppressed
surprise at the singular address Of the docu-
ment, which begins: Fellow citizens like
a political speech, instead Of gentlemen as
is customary. The reading lasted only a
few minutes. The pamphlets in which the
message was printed, an unusual thing,
were laid on every senator's desk, and in
the house on the desk of every member"
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19

On Tuesday, says the Chicago Times cor.
respondent. Senator Hamlin, of Maine, in.
troduced into the senate a bill to establish
The territory of Huron and to provide q
temporary government therefor. The linn
Its of the proposed territory, as presented
in the bill, commence at a point on the Red
River of the North. where the forty. ninth
degree Of north latitude crosses the same
thence south along the western boundary
line of the state of Minnesota to the forty.
sixth degree of north latitude; thence west
along said parallel to the eastern boundary
line of the territory Of Montana; thence
north along the slid boundary line to the
forty-ninth degree Of north latitude: thence
east along said parallel to the place of be
ginning. The bill is the same as the one
Which passed the senate last year, except
that instead of simply making reference TO
the laws governing the formation of a terri.
tory, those laws, the number of officers, and
T. e manner of their election arc all freely
set forth in the new bill. making it com
pleie within itself. and the objects INTELLECT
BILE to all. One Of the explicit provisions
of the new bill is that it does not affect the
rights of property OF any person, nor the
Indian title to land now held by the tribes
within the limits prescribed, but such land
is not to be considered a part of the new
territory until said Indians give Their CON
sent thereto; and if such consent is no,
given, the Indians residing within the lin
its Of the proposed territory shall remain
there on the same as if no such territory
was formed and shall not be subject to any
laws of the territory. After this bill was
introduced last year and passed, the vote
was reconsidered and the subject again
came up for consideration, when a very ia
tcres,ing debate took place over the name
10 be given the new territory. Originally
and according to the bill as first passed the
senate name was Pembins, but on it's recon
sideration Senator Bogy, of Missouri, re-
Gently deceased, moved that the name be
changed to some Indian name. and among
others Huron was suggested. as the Indians
of that name inhabited the locality of the
proposed territory. Pembina It was claimed
was not an Indian name, being compound
of Two words, one "pem," meaning bread.
and the other "beni,"-holy, or "holy
bread" The name Was accordingly changed
10 Huron. The bill IL now before the com.
mittee on territories.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19

Gov. John A. Campbell. of Ohio, the
third assistant secretary of state, is in such
poor health that he feels it his duty to re-
linquish the responsibility of his Office, and
will do so as soon as Mr.. Evarts has decided
upon his successor. The position has been
offered to Robert Lincoln, of Chicago, son
of President Lincoln, but has been de-
clined.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19

The exact figures regarding the relative
cost Of maintaining Dakota criminals at Fl.
Madison and Detroit have never been pub.
lished. At Fl. Madison the expense was
$3.50 per week for each criminal. At De
troit it is Sl.25 per week for all sentenced
to terms Of eighteen months or over and
$1.50 per week for all sentenced to terms of
less than eighteen months.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19

Senator Bayard, of Delaware, is of the
opinion that the democrats were swindled
out of their president, but consoles himself
with the reflection that, but for federal
troops there would have been no question
about no question about the electoral votes
of Louisiana and South Carolina. There
fore Bayard is down on the troops.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19

The house on Tuesday admitted to seats
the republican members to whom objection
was made Monday. There were two colored
men, Raney and Cain, of South Carolina,
and Darrall, Of Louisiana. The debate
upon each case was short, and was partici-
pated in by General Butler, Hale, of Maine
and other republicans; Potter, Cox, Mills,
and other democrats.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19

Flour delivered IN all parts Of the city free Of
itself.