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The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19
Raising Sorghum for Stock Feed

Mr.. W.. J. Calvin, a prominent stock
breeder and drover, sends an interest
ing communication to the Kansas
Farmer on the subject of Sorghum
as stock feed. This crop is being ex-
tensiyely grown everywhere in the
West and Northwest as winter food
for horses, sheep, hogs, cattle and
chickens, but we do not know of its
having been fed to stock to any ex-
tent in this region, though almost
every farmer has his sorghum patch
and makes his own syrup. If it can
be advantageously fed to horses and
mules in a State like Kansas where
the main staple is corn, how much
more valuable could we make it here
in Mississippi where the great staple
is not a food crop, and where the
freaks of the seasons often render the
culture of sun plant like cotton, and
rain plant like corn, incompatible;
and force the planter to abandon to
some extent one crop or the other,
when both call for the plow at the
same time?
We have in our memory tho pic
ture Of a large area in sorghum cane,
in Oktibbeha county, that We drove
past or through III 1881. 1t was re-
garded as a nuisance on that place
being a volunteer growth from seed
sown several years before. What a
blessing such patch would be to a
Kansas farmer, for in the West and
Northwest we presume the ground
has to be carefully prepared and the
seed CAREFUL y scattered, for each sue
ceeding crop.
Here is what Mr.. Cal> in has to say
on the subject:
Sorghum is my favorite feed fol
stock of any kind. l can raise more
feed per acre than can of anything
else. 1t is little rOublesOme to han
die, especially when it grows large.
The seed is almost or quite equal to
Indian corn and more oily. 1t does not
spoil like other crops if it is not cut in
time, or take rain when in piles and
spoil like hay, or get moldy.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

Dec. 22,ti,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
Maple Sugar Then and Now,

The sugar houses of Vermont and
western Massachusetts, have changed
considerably in aspect within fifty years
Formerly the iron kettle was the appa-
ratus used for reducing the sap. The
big fire of logs aud limbs under the
kettle would, particularly on windy
day. fill the boiling sap with ashes and
cinders, which, coupled with the rust on
TIE iron. produced a rich. dark color in
the airup. Toget the .'settlin's' out. or
make the ''skimmin 5 rise in order to
scoop it off. milk. and sometimes eggs
we'll beaten together, Were poured IN,
only to burn black and make more
''settlin's.n Fhe strainihg of the sap,
the improved evaporatois. and the arch
of the present day were unknown. But
IT was not the custom then 10 melt up
old sugar, flavor it with fresh bolied sap.
and sell it for first class new sugar, IS is
done by tire wholesale at the present
day. The sugar-making season of 1883
is expected To be very profitable.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17

The New York Sun thus. epitomizes the
Temperance situation in the state:
eff there was reason to believe that
any considerable number of the voters in
this state wanted to amend The constitut-
ion so as to prohibit the sale of spirituous
liquors, the democrats in the Legislature
might justly he liable to criticism for
their hostile attitude toward the proposed
amendment now before the judiciary
committee of the assembly.
sit seems to us perfectly plain, how
ever, that no such change in the consti-
| tuition is desired or would be approved by
! anything like half the number of qualified
voters who wonld be entitled to vote or
the question The constitution has been
amended pretty often lately, and should
be let alone until general and serious
demand arises for further amendment
Certainly no widespread wish for {
prohibltory clause in the fundamental Law
has yet found expression
When such sentiment manifest;
itself. the legislature viii be found ready
enough To submit the question to the
people What ought to have been done
at the present session was to give US
high license law, for that. unlike pro
hibitory amendment to the constitution
could be enforced"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
U5w Is Tint White Lace.

In reply to a question ''how best to
get n yellow tint. for white lace?' saff-
ron is suggested. II. dissolves in cold
water as easily as indigo, and various
beautiful, creamy tints can be obtained,
varying according 10 the amount of
saffron used First. experiment with a
bit of refuse. lace. and take care that the
yellow tint be not too deep. For tulles
and tichns that are ironed and not
merely stretched and pinned down. some
powdered gum arabic must be added to
the saffron, and must be allowed to
thoroughly melt and mix with the dye,
thus giving it the same tone, color. and
erisphess by dipping the lace or tulle
(withoHt twisting) into the solution of
gum and saffron. To iron lace. fine
muslin should be laid over it, and it
should be ironed on the wrong side upon
a thick blanket, so that the raised cords,
etc, forming the pattern shall not be
pressed and Hattened into the tnlie
ground. Very choice laccs should not,
of course. be ironed but when very tiny
point has been tackled in place upon a
strip of flannel, it should be placed
under heavy weight
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17


1t has occurred IL a touno woman t.
ask whether she eau safely marry man
whom she now dislikes 10 kiss. She
explains that she is engaged to him and
he rather likes the Kissing himself He
is SO persistent and industrious in this
part of his love making that she has lost
her PATIENCE aud seeks advice
The circumstances are quite peculiar
1t is very difficult 10 undertake 10 advise
young woman Who doesn' like kissing,
because without ANY kind % doubt there
IS something wrong about her She
ought 10 come out where the other girls
can look at.her as al a curiosity They
would regard heras very funny and won
der where she got hen taste. Truly and
honestly. this is probably the first case
of girl who didn't want To be kissed
ever made public, II isa case us sad as
it is unnatural = Philadelphia Times
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
When the Rev. Adolphus Greer.

When tae Rev. Adolphus Greer, at q
revival meeting in Scott county, Va,
began il his sermon on The Prodigal
Som Is preach about tho evils of dissi-
patton. young man named Sampson
Murehard rose and said: Il will not
stand those reflections on me-, and,
drawing n revolver, he declared that ii
the minister did not stop he would shoot
him. A magistrate shouted, .sOrderr
and several staiwart farmers started to-
ward Murchard. who made a desperate
resistance and escaped He was dissi-
pated, and thought that the clergyman
was hitting al him. He has not vet been
arrested.
A pretty story comes from Milan.
.seamstless was lately reduced to snch
dire poverty that she was forced to sell
for q tritiing sum an old painting. the
sole relic. of her dead mother. she had
scarcely dried her tears, when haeE
came the pieture-dealer with larye roll roll
of bank notes. He had discovered thas
the lamented relic was a master-niee, cot III
Annibale Caraeei-a fact scarcely more
remarkable than his own honesty.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
THE NEW SHIP RAuWAY.

ST.. LOUIS, April 16-The Globe Lsenao-
csaus will tomorrow say The proposed
ship railway across the Isthmus OF Teh-
uantepec has not been abandoned, as
many supposed. Capt James B. Eads.
its PROTECTOR, has retuI ned home and
from him il was learned that work is
being vigorously prosecuted and that
massive railroad viii be finished long be-
fore DeLessep's Panama Canal is opened.
Six weeks ago strong syndicate was
formed for the purpose of beginning work
and making additional surveys to see II
the route selected could be improved upons
Four parties of engineers are already IN
the field and a large force of laborers and
mechanics engaged in the construction.
The neighborhood of Minatitlan, on the
CoatZocoalcee river has been selected for
the Northern terminus of the railway.
MNIexico has appointed one of its mos
distinguished engineers to be associated
ance with the terms of the
with the work in accord
concession Col James Andrews who
built the Jetties and Hon. A. G. Cochran,
Capt Eatis' attorney, have been ia Lon
don for the past thirty days. to complete
arrangements for the advancement of the
project. The road will be constructed to
carry ships and cargoes of a gross weight
of five hundred tons, which will accom-
MEDIATE 90 per cent of thestonnage of the
world
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
A Short Reckoning.

The position of teacher who takes
charge of a bad school where every
predecessor has failed is a critical one.
He will hardly be equal to it unless he
is ready and able to punish sinsolence
and INSTRUMENTATION promptly and with
a rough hand.
A tolerably athletic young man took
a certain school to teach years ago in
western New York after q number OF
pedagogues had tried it and given il
up in despair. The ''big boys'' had
driven the teacher away invariably, and
the.sdiscouragement was SO complete
the first day that they never undertook
second edition.
The young man took hold with full
knowledge OF the difficulty, and with
a hope that he could succeed. He was
mild-mannered, and he opened the
school the first day with pleading
smile on his lips that made even the
small boys reckless. He was taking
the names of the children, and pro-
gressed without difficulty till he came
to John Tarbox, the ring-leader of the
unruly ones, and the boy who always
gave the signal for troubling the mas
teri
The new teacher approached him
with a sweet smile ON his face, and
said,-
.'Now. will you tell me your name,
pleaseP''
The boy leaned back in his seat, put
his feet over the top of the desk, and
looked cross-eyed at the new teacher,
while all the school roared.
Please tell me your name. repeated
the teacher, pleadingiy, and without no.
ticing this rudeness
WALL drawled the fellow, some
times they call me Bob, and sometimes
they call me Pete, and sometimes they
call me somethin' else; but you better
not call me anythingi''
The mild-looking teacher had been
expecting all this; there he had the adj
vantage. He had prepared himself for
fight, not a fight for minute, but for
an hour or day, if need be; he had
been in a manner trained for it, and so
just as the last words were out of the
boys mouth he dealt the big lubber a
blow between the eyes that stunned
him, and then, grasping him by the col
lar dragged him headlong over the
seats, stood him up on the floor with .
Jam, and numbered out, Whats your
manner
John Tarbox," exclaimed the boy,
promptly, and with his eyes fairly
bullying from his head.
VERY wei" said the teacher. Take
your seat. john" And John took it.
There was no more difficulty, and at
the end of the season that school was
said to be the best in the country
Exchange.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17

stone was equal to the emergency. AS
the train passed into the Edinburgh sta.
ton the lady was received by depnta
ton IN which the sorrows of Midlothian
were mingled with unaccustomed Caledo-
MAN flowers of flattery. Thereupon the
premiers wife took up the tale and laid
the case of her absent Lord before rs
constituents with amusing frankness. lie
had not broken down physically, as the
envious adversaries had limited. He was
simply worked out The cabinet changes
had been great burden to him, and then
the death of the Archbishop had both
touched and embarrassed him. Then
mark the adroitness of the wife in ming
ling discreet dose of effervescent fiattery
with a tribute to her husband-he could
not appear before Midlothian without
great care in preparing his addresses
Who can tell how many parsnips me
words like these battered among literal
and susceptible heard heads like the
Scots? But the summing up was worthy
of Nine de Stael at her best. 1T cannot
be imagined" how much work it is for
man like my husband to have such work
to do as he did during the last three
months. for" she added, in tone of
ingenious appeal to the Lord Provost,
'.my husband is very conscientious man.
isn't he?" Nor was the disappointed con.
stituency inclined to be less patient on
learning that Mr.. Gladstone had charac-
terized his failure to appear in Midlothian
as "dreadfal. With 3 wife capable of
speaking for him in this winning way,
there isn't much danger of the Premier
losing his devoted following even in
Scotland.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
SPELLING AND COMPOSITION.
How the Former Should be subordinated to
the Latter by the Teacher.

Col. F. W. Parker, writing in the Min
nesota journal of Education, says: We
give TO spelling so much of our import
ant timet What is it? It is making the
form of word. That is spelling per Sc.
Oralspelling is the description of a word,
naming its parts. AcMld can spell, l. e.
learn the letters of a word, but might
merely get it from sound. Spelling
should be a description, as if / drew
house, which would be describing it
One of old Commenius's principles is
this: Things that have to be done
should be done by doing them" The
powers of the teacher seem to have been
directed to doing a thing by doing some
| thing else AS soon as the child begins
to read he spells. Oral spelling should
be put off till the second year TO make
sure that he gets the form right. The
first year should be given to copying
words. Much steaching is merely ut
tempted forcin9sout of the mind what
has not vet got into it, Never<speh any
words fora child unless that child can,
follow with the idea, as the pencil traces
the word. He thus learns the written
and spoken language together-learns
to read and write at the same time. 1t
all the spelling books were piled up and
set on fire, they would give more light
to the world than they ever did 90 the
school-reonit The purpose of speI1ingis
composition. In the first Year provide
the pupil with correct copy of mental
pictures. Give sentences, have the
children copy them, and after they are
erased have them reproduce them. =
Give the thought of what is. spelled
The next year teach spelling by dnta-
ton.
Train a child to know when he docs
not know word He will then never
spell wrong. All spelling can be. taught
in compositions Children can be made
to love to talk with the pencil. A child
knows a unit of thought by expressing
it. Do an act and have them write it,
or let them tell it orally. All of gram ]
mar can bestaught in . beautiful wavbg
action. Put no false syntax on the
board; the wrong form is as likely to
remain in the ehild's mind rs the right
Be right from the start. Pictures can
be utilized in the writing of compost
tions. The little ones may write one,
two, or three sentences only about "a
picture, but by the second year thechild
can write story about it. In.the third
year it can write page of composition
entirely correct S,that not a founda |
ton for grammar? Another way of
Teaching composition is To tell the child |
stories, andshave il REPRODUCE them in
its own words. In object teaching there
is as much nonsense as in anything else.
The fundamental mistake is that teach
ers attempt the impossible. They fail
to understand that the child cannot see
what they can see, and consequently
talk above their heads.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
POLITICAL

CHICAGO, April Congressman VII
liam r. Springer.sof Illinois, who has
been in this city since Thursday was inter
viewed to day in regard to the published
statements that the general sentiment OF
the Democratic leaders who were in at
tendance at the Iroquois banquet which
favored Tilden for the Standard Bearer
in 1884. Mr. Springer said that the meet
ing was not in the interest of any presi-
dental candidate, and as far as he knew,
no preference for any individual candi-
date was expressed. Its only object was
To enuneiate democratic principles and to
voice the sentiment of the party on the
great question of the day. There was an
overwhelming sentiment, however, in
favor of tariff for revenue only. and il
was his conviction that the representa-
lions of the northwest would demand tine
insertion of this plank in the platform
of the next democratic national conven-
ton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Springer left for Spring
field this evening.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
The Malignant Meter.

A dispatch has been received at the
Philadelphia Press office dated Harris
burg, signed Uncle Reub, F" and mark
ed collect. 1t reads az follows:
''don't Accept president $ offerto Exam
me gas meter. tisn't meter, it the
hands took hands oil meter once
they still kept going around ike a Mule
in a Briekyard put a Coal Scuttle on
the hands-earried the. Hold full of coal
right around sat on the Hold carried
me around till got Dizzy and fell Of
put leg OF my best chair between hands
10 stop them cut through leg cleaner
than Buzz Saw ruined Chair meter
Hands accidentally Invented By a Luna
tic at work on perpetual Motion in a
Third Story Back with closed Shutter
put a Ladder to window Bored Hole
Through shutters and Discovered his
secret no Use trying to stop meter
Hands trouble is both go Same Way
ii went different WAYS could be fixed so
as to cut each Other in Half but pieces
would go All Same. go till wear out
Look Out Don Cut Your Head OH
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17


The following extract from the Boston
Traeeley may give amateur and profes-
sional writers an understanding OF the
laws of newspapers
1T is an unwritten law well under
stood in journalism that no editor is
under the slightest obligation to give a
reason for his acceptance or non accept
ance of manuscript He is not called
upon 10 write private critique on the
article to the author of it, His acceptance
or rejection is an sabsolute and unques
tionabie fact Among amateur Writers
this does not appear TO be understood.
All sub-editors and reporters understand
that 1t is unjustifiahle impertinence to ask
the managing editor his reason for pub
fishing or not Publishing any matter sub
mitted to his Judgment ontside writers
and aspiring amateurs rarely seem to
comprehend this truth and their trans
gressious are largely from ignorance
rather than mention. The nature of
editorial work requires an absolute decis
ion, in order to preserve the antilles of
the journal the editor conducts.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17

The Chicago Tribune thus tersely
sums mp what our present LEGISLATURE mas
done and what the public desired 1t to
do:
The Illinois legislature has been IN ses-
sion since the first Wednesday in January.
II has not in the three months that nave
elapsed, passed single bill OF the least
importance All that has been accom-
plished is the passage of the bill acceiera
ting the payment of their own salaries salaries
Legislation of the highest Importance
waits on their pleasure Public OF non
and the public interest unite In ashins
that an efficient road Law he enacted 10
bnt an end to our semi-annua. mud
blockades; that uniform license Ia" De
passed to regulate the manufacturer OF
drunkennesss AID that the criminal law
with regards to iuries continues, ami
changes of venue be so amended as to
break up the monopoly of our courts now
enjoyed by criminal aristocracy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
BANIsHED FROM RUSSIA.

ODESSA. April 16.-The trial by "a
military court of twentysix members of
the South Russia Workmens' Federation
is being concluded. All the prisoners
were convicted. Three were sentenced
to penal servitude for life. two to fifteen
years penal servitude four to ten years,
six to eight years and eigha were Danish
ed to Siberia
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17

The editor of the Colorado Register
CaH has in its time reported twenty-five
hangings and executions throughout
the United States. and he can recall but
three eases where the men who died
with q rope around their necks did moi
proclaim from the balcony before the
trap was sprung that they had
found the Sweet Fields of Eden and
We're going straight TO the Shining
Shore.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
RnffE IzT 1ar. ~. rrxr.-,-- Z

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY. So
In the Circuit Court, 10 the May Term, 1893
Sarah l.. Crosby vs. VIM. W Crosby, in Chan
Gerry.
Affidavit of the non-residence Of VIM w. Crosby
the above named defendant, having heen filed in the
Clerk office OF theCiFeuit Court of said county,
tee is therefore hereby given the said nonresi-
dent defendant that the complainant led her bill of
complaint in said Court, on1he Chaucery side there
of, ON the 21st day of March 1893, and that
thereupon summons issned ont of said Court.
wherein said suit IL now pending returnable the
first Monday In the month of May next, as is By
law required. Now, unless you, the said non-resi-
dent defendant above named, shall personally be
ana appear before said Circuit Court, the fret
Gay OF the next term thereof to be holden at the
Court House in Rock Island in and for the said
county, ON the first Monday in May next. and
plead. answer or demur 10 the said complainant ;
bin of complaint, the and the matters and
things therein charged and stated viii be taken
as confessed. and decree entered against You
according to the prayer of said bill.
Rock Island, Illinois, March 2fst 1883
LEVI F. HARSON. Clerk.
II. NJ. CoRRETT, Compt's Sol. mch-22-d4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
Lime Juice in the Treatment Of Diphtheria.

Lime Juice in the Treatment Of Diphtheria.
NJ .Czartoryski, NJ. D., of Stockton,
California. writes as follows TO the Lon
don Lancet:
During a prolonged residence in tn.
interior OF China. | became acquainted
with the fact that the Chinese place
great reliance during epiaeinics OF
diphtheria on the internal use Of the
fresh juice of lines. and of the fruit it.
self, which they consume in enormous
quantities, in every conceivable form--as
lemonade, with native spirits, cut in
slices, etc. - during attacks of Ibis
dreadful disease, with apparently most
successful results, ii hardly ever falling
to effect a cure. The Chinese consider
il specific, and wifls ia cast of need,
do anything TO oltt;tl1 supply. s.
Since | have come back toGalifprnia,
a9-also in Louisiana, 1 have Klsed Hines
and their juices In IN praetiee. as i ply
stefan with most successful RESULTS in
cases Of diphthsria, even in the most
desperate cases. A. soon rs l TAXI
charge of case Of diphtheria, I order
lines to be administered as freely a.
possible, in any manner the patient can
be prey aned upon todake Them especi
ally in the forlAof hot lemaAade. skeet-
ened with white silg:tF or lone ,sor cut
in slices with powdered white sugar
Besides lime juice (Which / suppose
acts by imparting anscxcess of oxygen
to the eirculatioah and thereby prevents
formation of yibriones. etc, and so has
almost specific effect on diseased, J
prescribe Whatever dl1lg may be indi-
Gated TO relieve symptoms as they de
velop, and impart strength by appro-
pirate stimulants and nourishment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
COAL. COAL.

Price of coal reduced to ten cents a
bushel at the new coal office on Eleventh
street. o. G. Dohlman, agent. m16d1m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-17
J. ". POTTER EDrroH AND PUBLISHER

TIE scientffc american says that the
business of the railroads in the United
States now requires over 17,ooo loco
motives. and the aggregate cost 10 run
them. such as. fuel, water, OIL repairs
efaginaers ana fffemen is about $9o'oVo'
oo0 4 wear Or fiot far from 81, 600 for
each an lirlallys The item for fuel alone
is $33. OOO. 900. large portion OF winch
is practically wasted.