smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

Editor Anti Monopolist:


l send you by mail to-day sample OF
sorgho sugar grown on the farm Of
Chris Dind, in the township of Kilkcnney.
LIE Sueur Co. Minn. The sorgho is the
common "sorgho vulgare," but think
the seed is rather higher 'colored than
any other ever saw. The color is red
brown. The cane was planted and cui-
tivated the same as corn the juice WAS
extracted with an iron mall, and boiled
in an open pan, until it showed the
proper thickness, whenit was dri pped
into barrels. Nothing was used to cIar-
ity or granulatc it; but in few days the
granules began to settle. and in three
months time it was all or nearly all gran
ulated.


The yield was 250 gal. to the acre.
found upon inquiry that the granulation
zeus OF E;lkinney one German woman
last yeafHlled common grain sack
with the granulated syrup, and hung it
up to drain but it dripped less than a
quart And in three weeks she took it
down and had sack full of dry sugar.
Another set a painful oil syrup in a milk
safe leaving the pan uncovered; in two
weeks it had granula ed while that il
the barrel failed to show any granules.
did not learn of u single instance where
the syrup from Imphee (African) or sht
black seeded Cniuese had granula ted
and as all of the above mentioned can,
was grown on gravelly clay. l think ths
formation of the granule is due first tx
, the kind of cane, next to the soil, which
) should not be too rich. The cane shoul'
+ be grown with reference to maturit
rather than size it is we'll nown fac


that the juice OF the Chinese sugar can


contains large percentage OF alcohol


that it is easily fsrmented and that whe


grown on rich ashy land it contains te


or twenty per ceut. of u gelatinous sac


charine substance that cannot be granu


lated. and it is equally true that a DIR


calcareous soil will give greater pei


centage OF pure granules and less OF th


gluey substance.


Therefore, / conclude. that it is th


best to plant the red seeded Chimes


sorgho in dry clay soil, vita enoug


sand to make it triable.


DO not plant too thick cultivate vel


cut the cane as soon as ripe; press o.


and boil the juice before it sours or ie
le ments. Use nothing to clarity Il
n syrup but keep it in cool dry place an
'r it will turn to sugar as soon as the gl'
y has dried, bul do not believe it can
sr granulated while warm. Let US he
from somebody else. II we can
Or $3.50 worth OF sugar to the acre it ID,
'e prove more profitable tnan wheat raj
le ing. Yours truly,


I C.. L. SMITH.
Year: 1877

The man who is not satisfied with
the editorials of the Pioneer-Press must
be a man hard to please They are like
the juggler's bottle, out of which you
can pour at will any liquor the customer
may call for.


For instance the leader Of the 9th inst.
contains these two striking paragraphs


''Oa the purely legal aspects OF the
controversy the Nichols government
should give way aud let the Ignorant
black canaille Of Louisiana carry on tho
farce OF government for another ionr
years. But all the great Interests Of %
Year: 1877

New York had little sensation Yesterday in
tbe shaps OF a failure, the parties being Jonn
I Hoyt and Andrew Mckinney with Liabilities
Of over million, and about half that amount
of nominal assets.


The country is full Of these little
sensations" nowadays. Even q million
dollar failure is a trihing matter in the
midst Of tho reign of universal bank
rup,cy. Where are the good times tina,
were to come as soon as the presidenlla
question was settled?
Year: 1877

anywhere, and it was fired point
blank at wall, provided it did not
take effect in the mans person. 1t
was found yesterday that the bullet
had entered the right side Of Rig
gio, which also corresponds with
the theory that she faced his right
side when she fired, as he was max
ing his retreat.


Dave Raggio was a desperate
man. He was nurtured in crime
in this city, and as a boy was known
to the police as a professional thief.
His father was an Italian and kept
a restaurant, but died a number of
years since. Dave Raggio at his
death was only twenty-four years
old, but in his time had been en-
gagged in number of the most
daring robberies ever attempted in
this and adjoining cities. He was
a heavy set man, of unusual
strength, and one of the ugIiest
men in any manner of fight
known. He had lost his right
hand in his youth, and his forearm
was merely stump, which he al
ways employed in a fight with ter
rible effect. A "lugger" from
Raggio usually sent his man to
grass, and was always to be feared.
Year: 1877

conspired to the usual invitation to
"take a drink" Seeking the first
spacious bar, our friend nominated
his exhilarant as whisky straight"
The shining decanter and glasses
were passed down when, pouring
out the fiery fluid, it rose one, two,
three, four fingers high, yes, even
full, flush to the top of the tumbler,
and the customer seemed to reluc-
family stop pouring even at that, evil
dently regretful that it would hold
no more. The barkeeper could hardly
believe that a single person would
have the face to 60 so far as empty
ing bottle, and until he saw it
done had no idea that any man
could master such a potion at q
single swallow. Without loss of
breath, however, our Nevadaite
cleared the glass at one bending of
the elbow, and without grimacc or
change of countenance threw down
his quarter dollar on the counter.


"What is that for?" said the bar.
keeper.


ITO pay for my drink, Of course" "
said our friend.


ooh, no; none Of that" replied
he of the house; you don't owe us
a cent; on the contrary, we always
throw in chrome with drink
like that"
Year: 1877

government, in the hope Of contribu-
ting substantial aid toward the


liquidation of the national debt.


AT intervals of a few years explorers
get the Kidd treasure fever with


great violence, and pillow mp the
coast in all directions, hoping to
grasp the bonanza; but somehow
success does not attend their labors.
The latest effort is making under
the direction of a clairvoyant who
was so unkind as to indicate to o
South Carolinian just where the
riches may be found. He has found
on Coffin island, in Shark river, in


the eastern part of Monmouth, N.
j., more of the old pirates wealth
than he can carry away, and an or
ganized company has set to work
burying spades in that same Coffin,
Year: 1877

A naval officer of her majesty
ship Royal Adelaide had a most
uncomfortable berth at Stonehouse,
England, on January s. A police
sergeant and two constables saw
him open a window on a third
floor early in the morning, get out
on the sill in his night-dress, and
then drop out Of the window, hold.
ing on by his hands. One of the
officers endeavored to enter the
house, while the others stationed
themselves under the window to
break the mans fall. lie held on
for three minutes and then fell,
turning over in his descent and
coming down head foremost on the
sergeant. There was a clash of
skulls, and both men were thrown
on the pavementand badly bruised.
The naval officer was a somnambu.
LIST
Year: 1877

I.-That upon our Annual Carnival visit,
all political strife shall cease, and ger tie har-
mOHy prevail among our subjects.


ii.-Th9t We will enter and take possession
Of our good city Of Memphis, at high noon on
Year: 1877

Says the Alta of July 6: Those who had fondly calculated that immediate ly upon the resumption of business in the Stock Board after thelr vacations, an improvement in prices would pre- vail, were greatly disappointed by the course of business yesterday. It was dull, and prices were weak.

 In the afternoon business, there was no improvement over that of the morn ing, and the same listlessneSs that hung over the morning market extended in- to the afternoon and continued until the close of the days business. The apathy of the people and the lack of any new development, pOrtend no fa- vOrable future for the market The opinion is gradually gaining strength that the deal " is about over, and stocks will settle into their old listless and careless state.
Year: 1877

WE desire to correct a statement which appeared in our issue of June 50. which was to the effect that Mr. Symons had written here that the Pi- ma Mining Company was going to prosecute work on the mine and soon erect a mill. We have received infor- nation from the secretary of the com pany denying the statement and stat ing that the prospecting already made on the mine has not proved satisfac- tory and that the erection of a mill at present is not warranted. He states that il is quite uncertain when any more work will be done on the mine, if at all.
Year: 1877

A letter just received from Florence says: Am informed the Silver King mill and concentrator at Picket Post will start up very soon, and report says that the mine looks exceedingly well throughout

 The Northern King Shaft is 137 feet deep. 4 drift IS being run east (now in twenty-feeD to cut the vein through which the shaft passed sixty feet in sinking, and with good results, as in the face good ore is being taken out.

 Have 10 report a very important strike in No. ? shaft of the Silver King South, at a depth of G feet, six inches. Have passed twelve feet through the vein, three or four feet of which is very rich, and no sign of a foot wall.
Year: 1877

Qua friend, Or. lIsa,est, does not seem
in his communication this morning lc
get at the exact point Of our remarks on
Tuesday, il regard to witnesses being
paid as experts. II he will take the
trouble to re.examine the article he will
no! find us justiIying the dragging Of q
physician to any par! Of the State as :
witness, but quite the contrary, The
resolutions OF the Medical Society were
not concentrated upon that feature Of the
case, but asserted a general principle ths,
We discussed. Our discussion was as tc
The eIpediency Of setting up their stand
ard in the field surrounding our own OF
any other Court House in the State, ant
as 10 the burdensome nature Of such Z
status for Witnesses in case it was onct
extended to all experts in the various &C
cupstions Of life.


The Doctor speaks as ii in some way
Sc kId impugned the ethical code Of The
profession. Far from it. Our reference
to the code was simply to inquire whether
the action OF the Medical Society was il
strict keeping vithit. We invite his at
Iention to what We really said on tha
mint
Year: 1877

Extract from speech 10 the Illinois Farmers.


Above all. let every farmer treat his
wife and children with kindness Give
them every advantage for culture. They
will grow up about you like flowers they
will fill your life with JOY and perfume
they will fill your home with sunshine
and your lives with happiness. See TO il
that they have all the comfor and All
the convenicnces OF life that YOU can pos.
sibly give them. Give them the ndyau.
tage Of every improvement as soon as
you can. Try and make life a perpetual
delight Recollcct that cooking q one
OF the fine arts II takes far more sense
TO be an excellent cook than a tolcrablc
lawyer. ! am a good cook myself and I
have no accomplishment Of which / am
so proud. The farmers should have good
things TO cook and good things TO cook
with. OF all the people in our country.
you should live the best Throw your
miserable little stove out Of the window


Get ranges, and have them 80 fixed that
your wife need not burn her face of 10
get you a breakfast Do not make her
cook in a kitchen as hot a. an orthodox
perdition. IL is just as cheap 10 have
every thing convenient Its Just as easy
TO cook well as 10 cook any other way


There ought TO be "A law passed making
il a crime, punishable with imprisonment
in the pOnitentiary. TO fry becfsteak


BrOil IL; 10 is just as easy, and when


broilcd, il j. delicious Fried bcefsteak


isn't fit for a beast Give your wives and
daughters the conyenienccs, aud in a lit
tie while they will be most excellent
cooks. Good cooking is one Of the high.
est arts Of civilization. and we are more
indebted TO this art in developing real
manhood than TO almost any other. The
man whose arteries are filled with good,
rich blood, made Of good and wcll-cooked
food, has pluck, courage. endurance aud
noble impulses The man that invented
a good soup did more for his race than
the inventor OF any system Of theology.
You must remember that IL you wish
your wife TO cook we'll. she must have
the conyenienccs TO cook with. Ia old
times there would be eleven children in
the family and only one skillet. and
they generally depended upon what few
boards they could tear of the house for
kindling See TO il that there Is plenty
OF good wood, plenty OF good coal and
kindling, and plenty TO cook There Il
no reason why farmers should not have
fresh meat all the year round There Il
no sense in stuiiinE yourself with salt
meat every morning and making n vel
OF yourself for the balance OF the day


aud then wondering why you don't en-
| JOY good health. There Is no sense IN
this. Every farmer should have an ice
house. Upon nearly every farm is som,
Year: 1877

Colonel Robert Ingersoll was born in
Oneida County, New York, and letter
in the Utica Herald gives some remem-
brances Of the paternal sternness which
has possibly inspired his protest against
severe domestic discipline. 1t is told Of
his father that when his son was seized
with it Of coughing at table one day,
and could not stop when ordered, the
elder lngersoll took the boy to the car
riage house and whipped him severely.
The punishment could be heard in the
house. The preacherparent whipped till
he was tired probably, and then ceased
for prayer. The praying, like the whip
ping, could be heard by the family. At
ter praying o while whipping was resum-
ed. Then more prayer. Then more
whipping. And thus the prayer and the
strap alternated for a considerable time
Meanwhile Mrs. Ingersoll was crying, and
none of the household could continue
the meal.
Year: 1877

There is not much obvious connection
between the homely couplet "All work
and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
and Schillers hypothesis Of a Spiel
trieb,' or sport impulse which he recog.
nizes as existing in human nature. and to
which he traces the origin Of all fiction,
and especially that Of a poetic and dra-
matte character Yet both ideas express
truths which need but to be blended to-
getheT to bring before US a realization OF
the absolute necessity OF play in prac.
tical and physiological light The fret
may be taken as referring to the physical
gambols Of the young animal; the second.
to that which in one sense may be ment-
al relaxation, in another, not so affirm
atively il the exercise Of the sport i'm.
pulse involves a total change Of thought
and idea, negatively il no such change
takes place.


Play is an instructive faculty, inherent
in all animals. Ii is as much an instinct
as the desire to seek food when hungry
and TO regard it as mere aimless and
tritling species Of exertion is total mis-.
take The gambols Of a child emerging
from babyhood, or Of a kitten, are due TO
precisely similar reasons. At this period
OF life the purpose Of play in man and
brute is the. same in after years the dit
/ ference vastly widens through the intro
duction of the intellectual element in the
actions Of the child, and Of course its to
tai absence in those Of the brute. The
Year: 1877

Sir Isaac Newton, a very wise and god
ly man, was once examining a new and
very fine globe, when a gentleman came
into his study who did not believe in God,
but declared the world we live in came
by chance. He was much pleased with
the handsome globe, and asked:


Who made it2'


Nobody" said Sir Isaac; "it happen
ed here"


The stranger looked up in amazement
at the answer, but he soon understood
what it meant.
Year: 1877

Giroonbacks at the New York Stock Ex.
change yesterday closed at ot3. Tho desire
Of persons owning MISUNDERSTANDING
Treasury notes To convert them into per
cent pTomiscs-to-pay WIS tho cauSe Of this
probably temporary depression.
Year: 1877

bed and down here at this hour; and the
first thing that meets my eye is that entry
in regard to those condemned criminals.
have done my part Of the work, but how
do l know this reprieve has gone to York ?
It should have gone il the usual routine Of
the Office, but do not know it as fact.
Really, | begin to think this nights bus
mess means something. At all events, I'll
60 to the house Of the chief clerk, and set
my mind at rest"


He hurried away. His steps were now
quicker, and he was thoroughly absorbed
in the matter. Rousing up the chief clerk,
he was informed by this person that the
respite had been sent to the chief clerk Of
the Crown Papers, whose business it was
to forward it to York.


"But have you his receipt AMI certificate
that it is gomez inquired the Under-sec-
retary.


"No."


"Then let US 20 at once to his house, in
Chancery Lane, and see about it."
| They started off. The morning was now
advancing, and the Under Secretary began
to feel that there must certainly be some
thing wrong. Keeping his thoughts to
himself he devoted himself to Fastening
his companion. Reaching thehouse Of the
chief clerk Of the Crown Papers, they found
him in the act of stepping into his phaeton
for the country holiday


"Did you send the reprieve to the coin
ers at York ?" demanded the Under-Sec-
retary, almost breathlessly.
The clerk turned pale, and replied:
"Great Heaven! can it be possible? I
have forgotten it, and left it locked up in
my deskW


The excitement created on all parties
by this revelation was very great.


"This is terrible p cried the Under.Sec-
retary. Nothing but q feet express can
save the lives of these men,"


II hope that it may be ordered, said
the chief clerk of the Crown Papers


"You have my authority for it. See that
the respite is sent off without the delay ofI
an instant"


Thus instructed, the chief clerk drove
away in his phaeton.


"Taken altogether" said the Under-Sec-
retary to his companion, as they moved
away, "this affair is most mysterious and
impressive. If the lives of these men are
saved, it will be through the means of
dream, which forced me from my bed last
night to the Home Office, where my att n
ton was arrested by the entry in my mem
orandum-book in regard to this reprieYe
| will relate all the circumstances to Tou, /
and from this hour I shall believe in the
influence of Dreams"


The sequel may be soon told. prepara-
tIons for the execution Of the criminals |
were made, and, rs aa expected reprieve
did not arrive, it was announced to them
that hour Of death was at hand By this
time the reprieve was On its way BY express.
The time was short and the slightest /
delay or accident would prevent the dis /
tance being overcome before the execu,
ton, The criminals were led from the
prison, and were now In the act Of mount
ing the cart which was to convey them to
the scene Of the last act


At this moment the express arrived, and
the cry went up


"A rcprieve-a repriever y


When the singular facts in the case be-
came publicly known, they caused most
profound impression throughout the whole
and led to such Investigations
that the men had their sentence commuted
to Imprisonment for life.
Year: 1877

hat on, is to take it of, and serenely try
it on his own head. When q young lady
sees an acquaintance with new bonnet
on, she just lifts her nose and serenely
wonders "where she got that fright
Year: 1877

A market gardener near West Chester
states that early in September, his cab
bage patch, about an acre in extent, was
overrun with the cabbage worms, and he
was completely at his wits end what to
do with the pests, as his whole crop was
In fair way to be destroyed. While In
this quandary, and in maze of perplex-
ity as to how he should serve his custo-
mers next winter with this indispensable
vegetable, he was surprised one morning
to see large flock of blackbirds-t
large species known as the crow black
birds-alight upon his patch in such
! numbers as to cover 1t, in appearance,
with black mantle, or as if it had been
visited with a heavy fall of black snow.
He supposed that the birds had stopped
in their flight to make breakfast on his
cabbage, but as the worms were about to
destroy them be concluded that the birds
might as well have a share also, and he
did not disturb them. They remained
in the patch about fifteen minutes and
then departed altogether as suddenly as
they came. Upon going to his patch to
see how much of the crop the birds had
disposed, he was surprised to find not
head of cabbage disturbed, but the birds
had made clean work of the worms
they had searched them out from under
the folds of the leaves, and not a solitary


worm was left that he could discover.
The result is fine crop of cabbages, and
now he never sees flock of blackbirds
flying over his head that he does not
take off his hat to them and wish them a
long life and happy journey.
Year: 1877

Prof Barff, Professor of Chemistry at
the Royal Academy, has made Il great
practical discovery, if we may trust the
Times of Tuesday last. He has discov-
cred how to treat iron vessels so as to
render them wholly safe from the ten
dency to rust, SO that boilers, if the iron
of which they are made had been thus
treated, would be safe against the corro-
sion caused by the water; and cooking
vessels would no longer need either to
be made of copper or furnished with II
tin lining; while spades, and rails, and
iron keels and plates, and the locomO-
tives on our lines, and all the countless
iron instruments of our modern life
would be safe against the most destruc
tive of all the agencies which waste them
away. The process is to coat the iron
with the magnetic or black oxide of iron
which is not only incapable of rust, but
harder than the iron itself, and which
adheres to the iron with tenacity great
er than that with which the various strata
of the iron adhere together. Prof. Balff
subjects the iron to superheated steam
| at temperature of from 500 to / 200 de-
grees Fahrenheit, and, if the exposure is
continued for from five to seven hours
| this coating will be fairly formed, and
if the latter temperature be secured it will
adhere 50 closely that not even file
will scrape it off. Prof. Bartf
left iron vessels thus treated out on the
lawn for six weeks during the late rainy
weather, and when brought in they were
as bright as before their exposure. The
coating does not affect the surface, ex-
cept by turning it black. If the surface


were rough before, it will be rough,still,


and if polished before it will be polished


Still Nor in case the magnetic oxide is


detached in parts will the rust which


then begins on the exposed iron spread


underneath the magnetic oxide. On the


contrary, the coat elings so close that
though the rust will eat into the iron at


any exposed part, it will not extend lat


orally to the iron still coated by the


magnetic oxide. ,t.
Year: 1877

Ccyion newspapers mentions the
excitement prevailing in the island in
March in connection with the resump-
ton of pearl fishing. The pearl oys-
ter produces its best pearls when
about four years old, so that the great
object kept in view by divers is not to
take any that have not reached that
period of existence. This has led the
authorities to prohibit fishing on the
several banks except at intervals of
four years, but this system has result
ell in other Inconvenience, mas uch
as the mollusks are beset with divers
dangerous enemies, who, it is con-
tended, make frightful' havoc on a
bank in one season if it bc not fished
The Government is now intent upon


discovering what is the right time for
a bed to lie dormant. The experiences
OF recent years give ten million oys-
ters as the average crop of a bank.and
the average pearls found would
amount TO two per cent. When one


thousand oysters produce one hun


dred dollars worth of pearls it is con-
sidcred a very remunerative product.
A hundred l.earis of the size Of a pin s
head are not worth one as large as a
pea. Teu tlousand people are di.


rectly or indirectly engaged in this in
dustry. IN the last great haul in 1871


million and a quarter oysters were
taken on one bank, which was sold
| for fifty thousand dollars.