smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

The Journal of agriculture des-
cribcs the culture of broom corn in
this wise: 'Broom corn requires rich
soil; bottom land is the best, and it
should be as free from grass as possi-
bic. The reason fer choosing clean
land will appear plain to a man that
has raiseda crop. The ground should
be well plowcd and made perfectly
fine with the harrow, then marked
out with shallow marks, il to be
planted by hand, so as not to get the
seed too deep in the ground; but the
best plan is to plant with drill. The
stalks must be as close as five or six
inches, to prevent the straw from be-
coming too heavy. OF course it can
not be drilled with much regularity,
but must be cut out with the hoe to
the right distance when small. II is
like sorghum. grows slow while small
and on most land it is positively nec-
essary to hoe the grass out, which
gives good opportunity to cut out to
the right distance. After this is done
the cultivation is similar to that of
corn. When the seed begins to fill
the straw will bend over with the
weight, and to prevent this, the full
force of the hands must be put TO
break the stalks over, say ten or
twelve inches from where the straw
grows out or, more properly, the
head. The weight of the seed will
then, by hanging down, keep the
straw straight. Now comes the busy
season, and the time when labor and
care will add much to the value of
the crop. The green straw being al
together the most valuable, it is inn
portant that it be cut before it turns
red and dried in the shade. To do
this, shed is necessary, with shelves
on which to lay it, say six inches deep
and enough hands be employed TO
cut the crop before any or much of it
turns red. The seed is stripped by
means of a machine, made for the
purpose, with cylinders between
which the corn is held in handfuls.-
The process is very rapid, only an in
slant being required to knock the seed
all of. The corn is baled before be-
fore being sent to market. The price
is very fluctuating, running from $60
to $3.50 per ton.
Year: 1877

We give, to-day, the whole COM
promise bill, carefully revised, for
the counting of the electoral vote as
agreed upon and reported by the


joint committee Of the two Houses.
All the committee sign the bill cx-
ccpt Senator Morton. The gist Of the
whole thing probably lies in the fifth
man to be chosen by the four Judges
of the Supreme Court.


We have been unable to ascertain
from anything we have at hand
which Judges of the Supreme Court
arc assigned to the circuits named in
the bill. This assignment is made
by the court itself and is among the
special rules Of tho court. Justice
Miller is of the 9Th circuit and we
know is one of the Justices agreed
upon.


We will suppose that the five MEM
bers of the committee from the
House and the five from the Senate
are so divided politically as to em-
brace five republicans and five DEM
ocrats. In such case the natural in
ference would be that they are
stand off and would determine moth
ing. Then suppose that Clifford and
Davis are Of the Justices selected and
two republicans with them. Then in
a partisan sense, il we consider it in
that light, the fifth judge is the man
that knocks the persimmon. At least
1t is not improbable at all under the
bill that one man becomes the arbi-
ter. Again; certainly the constitu-
ton in no possible way authorizes
the appearance of the Judges of the
Supreme Court as a factor in the
count Of the votes. We have merely
referred to the two points referred to
above as what strikes us as objec-
tions to the bill, but we cannot, with
our present light upon the subject,
as yet reach decided opinion upon
its merits. We favor decidedly, all
all just measures to culti-
vate and preserve harmony,
without yielding plain legal rights.
The bill deserves careful, candid ex-
animation as it is the work of many
very able and good men.
Year: 1877

After some discussion the House
proceeded to the discussion of Knott's
report on the privileges and duties of
the House in the electoral count, de-
Gliding to do so instead of considering
the compromise committees report,
which the republicans urged. The
vote stood l4l to 81.


Knott addressed the House. Knott
declared any attempt to interfere
with the constitutional right of the
House in this matter would be treas
on.


Payne, chairman of the joint COM
promise committee on the electoral
count, made a concurrent report OF
the joint committee which he said
had been signed by the seven men,
bers Of the House and six of the
Senate. The report was read and on
motion of Payne recommitted and
ordered printed. Payne said he
would move to make it special or
der.
Year: 1877

Let any one who has the care of
horse these cold, frosty mornings, de-
liberatelE grasp IN his hand piece Of
iron indeed, let him touch 1t to the
tip of his tongue, and then let him
thrust the bit into the mouth of his
horse, IL he has the heart to do it,
The horse is an animal Of a nervous
organization. His mouth Is formed
of delicate glands and tissues. The
temperature Of The blood is the same
as the human being, and, as in man,
the mouth is tho warmcst part Of the
body. Imagine, we repeat, the irri.
tation that would be caused the hui
man, and consider that, if not to the
same degree, still the suffering to the
animal is very great; and it is not a
momentary pain. Food Is eaten with
great difficulty, and the irritation re-
peated every day causes loss of appe-
tite and loss OF strength. Many q
horse has become worthless from no
other cause but this. Before India


rubber bits were TO be had, | myself
used q bit covered with leather, and
on no account would have dispensed


with il in freezing weather.
Year: 1877




Many a farmer is ruined by his
greed for land. lie wants all the
land adjoining him, and his poverty
is the result of his not possessing the
quaint wisdom Of the man who was
trying to hoe some corn on fearfnlly
stony patch, when one riding by re-
marked that he should think man
must be very poor with such land as
that. "Oh, sir" replied the farmer,
II am not so poor as you think am !;
don't own all this land" Many q
farmer is actually poor-or always in
Strengthened circumstances, which is
quite as bad-because OF his mania
for land. A farm is not regarded by
such as sufficiently large unless it
contains two or three hundred acres
of land. But there arc very few
farmers with sufficient capital to own
and work to advantage such farm.


A business man is only wise to
measure the size of his. business by
the amount of his capital. Occasion
ally you see man trying desperately
to swing a business which should
have capital of fifty thousand dol
lars, on q capital Of one-fifth that
amount the consequence is, he is al
ways t'hard up'-a wrctched pay
master, a victim to loan spongers; i
and in the end not worth dollar.
So of farming. A farm which re-
quires, for the proper management,
at least twenty thousand dollars cap
ital is run on quarter of that amount.
Mortgages exhaust soil faster than
crops. Much of the land is neglected.
Buildings get out of repair. Market
ing is not properly attended to. Pro-
ducc has to be sold at forced prices,
and leanness is marked on everything
except the circumstances of the farm.


But too much land is q loss from
the inability to work it. We can
bring out the point by citing the ex-
perience of two farmers we know
well. One has q farm of hundred
and fifty acres of land, pastnrage
of sixty acres, wood land covering
thirty acres, moving and tilling of
fifty acres, with some ten acres rum
ming to waste. His stock consists of
one yoke of oxen, five milch cows,
seven head of young cattle, one horse
and hundred sheep. This farmer
mOws over some forty acres Of land
to cut thirty to forty tons of hay; cul-
tivatcs ten acres divided up for plant
ing and sowing crops. He is always
short of pasturage, buys hay every
spring, and has but little to sell off
from the farm. Too much land is
that farmers poverty.


The other man, living in the same |
town owning land of the same char
actcr, has farm of scventy-fve acres.
His stock in the number of head, is
the same with the exception of few
less sheep. He mows over only fif-
teen acres; cuts thirty tons the first
crop, and about ten of the second.
He has produce to sell; his stock
looks sleek, and always brings the
best price. Old hay has not been
strange to his barn for years. The
farm is carried on with less help, and
everything shows thrift. Now as
both are hard working, good calcula-
ting farmers, we are satisfied the diff
ference in the circumstances is that
one has too much land to work over,
fence, take care of and pay taxes on.
Over the doors of many poverty
stricken farmers should be written
Ton much 1001
Year: 1877

WE notice that it is intimated thro'
specials from Washington that all
save Morton, Of the Senate committee
arranginging plan for the electoral
count, have agreed. 1t is further
stated that this agreement provides
for the final arbitcrs to be five men,
bers of the House and five members
of the Senate, with five of the judges
of the Supreme Court. The plan is
that SIX judges are to be appointed,
three by each side, and one of these
Judges to be dropped by lot. Doubt
less all these reports, so far as they
give plan agreed upon, are not cor
rect. 1t is probable that they are
mere spcculations of newspaper re-
portcrs. At all events it can hardly
be supposed that honorable and sem
sible men will agree upon a PROPOSE
tion to gamble for the Presidency.
Unless the opening of the electoral
votes now in the possession of the
President of the Senate shall disclose
a far different state of facts than is
now apparent, the issue of the cleo
ton is plain; SO plain that it is i'm
possible to have two sides to it. The
trainers of the Constitution failed to
define in the clcarest manner who
should be the final authority in the
count of the votes, though they placed
their own Interpretation upon what
they did say, time and again, by per-
mitting the Vice President to count
the vote. What the fathers left un-
done, the nation since has not per-
fccted, and it may be, and, no doubt,
it is true, that the law upon this sub
ject of the count is imperfect, that is,
it can, and ought to be bettered.
However, as the law no stands, with
the two houses of Congress at un-
compromising variance, there is no
other way out, than to place the final
determination of the case with the
Vice President, where the Constitu-
ton places it, il anywhere.
Year: 1877

ST. Louis, July 12.-Later adyiees from
Waynesville, Mo-, say late yesterday
afternoon the counsel for the train
wreckers moved for a continuance which
the judge granted, 1t is said there were
ten men engaged in the diabolical deed
and that it will be proved in the trial that
they intended to murder every person on
the train. They had clubs in readiness
to brain those who were hurt too badly to
run, and designed to shoot all who at
tempted to escape. The bodies were to be
piled in the wreck, the torch applied, and
all evidences Of the crime were expected
to be destroyed by fame.
Year: 1877

and sweetened, forms a mixture which, as cool
ing, healthy and refreshing Summer Beverage, has
no equal Barrels Of ice water, prepared in this
way may be drank without the slightest injury
and happy is the man who finds in this substitute
for spirituous liquors. Its value to the Farmer the
Mechanic and Laborer cannot be oVer-estimated.
1t is SO cheap as to be within the reach of all
finely favored to be enjoyed by lovers of the
finest liquors.
Year: 1877

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
TRUE Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice aro-
matics and genuine French brandy. and is vastly
superior to every other Extract Essence OF Gin
ger before the publie-all of which are prepared
with alcohol by the old process.
Year: 1877

whether produced by Indigestion improper food,
change of water diet too free Indulgence of ice
water, exposure to sudden changes of temperature,
are Immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
To a gallon of
Year: 1877

FlatuleEcy, Sluggish Digestion, want of Tone and
Activity in the Stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after eating, to be relieved by single dose
taken after each meal. A great want exists for
Year: 1877

THE TEN DAYS NOTICE UNDER WHICH DE-


POSTS ARE MADE.


NEW YORK, December 5.-The following
notice Is in the Office of the National
Trust Company to-day: "In consequence
OF the malicious reports in circulation re-
garding the character Of this company, and
by the recommendation OF Mr.. Best, the
special bank examiner of the State, we
hereby give notice that we require the ten
days. notice under which all deposits. are
Year: 1877

So close are parties in the Senate, and
House too for that, that the subject OF pair
ing off has become one Of moment, and the
House Democratic caucus this afternoon
considered it, and the senatorial caucus to-
morrow afternoon will take measures to see
that hereafter no Democratic senator Will
leave without being paired of with Are
nlhlican. ]
Year: 1877

ihb dUN MaNUfACrUNE.


Krlpp guns ore made of solid low
cast steel, manufactured in crucibles.
Tho pig iron used at the works is
manufactured from ores notably free
from sulphur and phosphorus, and
rich in manganese. It is manufac--
turcd at the firms various blast fur
nacos from ore taken from mines
owned by the firm, so that the
manufacture, not Of guns alone, but
of the crude materials used, is under
the samo control, in itself u very
great advantage. All the metal to
be used in the crucibles undergoos
q preparatory pudding. Ono quali-
ty of pig iron is puddled to steel,
afterward being placed under the
hammer and then passed through
tho rolls. When taken from the
last rolling it is cut up into rectang-
ular bars, which ore broken into
pieces of O size suitable for insertion
in the crucibles. Another sort of
pig is puddled still longer until
wrought iron is produced. This,
like the crude steel, is rolled, barred
and cut into lengths suitable for
transferral to the crucibles. The
mixture placed in the pl,lmbago clay
crucibles consists of the steel and
wrought iron in certain proportions
which long practice has. shown to bo
most advantageous md Of several
other ingredients not known to the
outside world In tho buildings of
the casting department there are a
sufficient number of furnaces to
accommodate the large number of
1000 crucibles, having an average
capacity of seventy pounds of metal
each.


The proportions of eac1l ingre-
dient for each crucible are regula-
ted with great accuracy, and con-
stant analyses are made to SEQ that
the ingredients in all of the cruci-
bles to be used for the casting of q
gun are of the same quality, SO that
the grade Of steel poured into the
casting pit from the numerous cruci-
bles shall all be the same.


THE CASTING.


After the manufacture of the
steel in the crucibles they, with theis
molten contents, ore carried to the
casting pit. The crucibles are
emptied rs they arrive into On i'm
mcnso vessel placed over the mould
and tapped from the bottom. Tins
q continuous stream of molten steel
is kept up until the cast iron gun
mould IS full. With such care and
regularity does the work 60 on that
the casting of the ingot for the tube
OF a 56 ton II inch gun is an affair
OF but comparatively few minutes,
In about twelve hours tho core is
taken out and stream of water lot
Year: 1877

No man can ever attain to the
highest results in any branch of agri
culture unless his heart is in the work
To become a successful breeder Of
imals he must love them, be wills
ling to devote his time ID supply
ing their wants and studying their
habits and requirements. So it is
with trees; they must have food as
well as the OK or the horse, and if
that nourishment is not already a.
bundant in the soil, it must be sup
piled or the trees will starve. There
is something about fruit culture that
no book can ever teach: it is only &C
quired by constant and painstaking
observation in the orchard; a thous-
and little things are to be done or
left undone that only experience can
teach You must love your trees and
care for them as you would for the
wants OF friend. 1on must shield
them from their enemies as you
would guard your own lifo from the
attack of foe. You must study the
beet works on horticulture that you
may know the nature of the disease
and how to apply the remedy. The
same laws Of life govern the vegeta-
bic and the animal worlds; all must
eat and drink or die; all must have
suitable food or they will become
diseased and worthless. When
properly cultivated, an orchard is not
only one Of the most profitable but
beautiful ornaments of the farm
James M. McCann.
Year: 1877

A cabin occupied by negroes in the
Cedar Crock neighborhood Of Fairs
field was destroyed by fire on Thurs
day last,and d young negro child burnt
to death. 1t soemss that negro boy
left TO take caro- of the infant set fire
to tho building. This boy has before
sot fire to houses in which he was left
by his mother.
Year: 1877

The following letter from Governor
Hampton to President Hayes was
sent last night by mail, as also by
telegraph to the President and press:


STATE OF South CAROLINA,


EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,


Columbia, March 26, 1877.


Sir: [ have the honor to acknowl-
edge your communication of the Odd
instant, addressed to me by your
private secretary. AS you express
desire for personal conference with
myself, | accept, through motives of
proper courtesy to yourself, the ill
vita;lun you have extended, though
| cannot hope by doing SO to throw
additionaH light on questions which
have already been SO ably and thor
oughly presented, and the solution
OF which is so obvious and simple;
but understanding from the commu-
nication | have received that the OBJ
ject contemplated by the proposed
conference is solely that l might
place before you my "views of the
impediments to the peaceful and
orderly organization of a single and
nndisputed State government in
South Carolina, and Of the best METH
DDS of removing them," shall avail
myself of your invitation 80 that |
may reiterate in person what | have
had the honor to submit in writing,
that, in my Judgment, all impedi-
ments to the object 80 earnestly de-
sired by yourself and 80 anxiously
expected by the people of this State
can at once be removed by the with
drawal of the Federal troops from
our State House. This action on the
part of the commander-in-chief OF
the United States forces would not
only be hailed by our people as all
evidence that civil authority is no
longer to be subordinated to the mi-
litary power in our country, but it
would establish law, insure domestic
tranquility, revive our wasted indus.
tries, and give an assurance that this
State is to be restored to her lust
rights under the constitution. What
ever grievances exist, whatever
wrongs we suffer, we propose to re-
dress them not by reasort to force,
but by legal and constitutional agen-
cies. In seeking such redress, feel
sure-and represent fully the de-
termination of the thoughtful and
conservative portion of our whole
people when give the assurance
that mo prescription shall be exer-
cised here on account of political
opinions; that no discrimination shall
be made in the administration OF
justice, and that all citizens, of both
parties and both races, shall be re-
garded as fully protected by and
amenable to the laws.


Joining most heartily with you in
the earnest desire You express that
you may be able to "put an end az
Year: 1877

This is what "Perley," the well-known
Washington observer and correspondent,
says Of Mr.. Hayes in letter to the Boston
Journal last Saturday:


president Hayes impresses those who
who have carefully scrutinized his official
acts and private der ortmeut since he was
inaugursted as Chief Magistrate, as a cour-
teous, Christian gentleman, who is master
Of the situation, whatever that situation
may be. Positive, although not obstinate
in his own opinions, he does not allow eli
master him and while he never de-
nounces those of his own political party
who are endeavoring to organize opposition
10 his administration, he is ever ready 10
avail himself OF the aid Of his political op-
ponents in carrying out those plans which
he believes are calculated to secure peace
and TO stimulate prosperity. Those who
come here and visit the White House agree
that the President possesses that indescrib-
able power known as personal influence"
yet there is nothing sentimental about him,
neither does he manifest enthusiasm, which
Is based on credulity and don't amount 10
much.


at is already clearly manifest hereabouts
that The moral and political standard of the
administration is being elevated. The well
known "Ting" of political cormorants
which encircled President Grant-in which
the church, the army, the stable, the ex-
press Office and the real estate trade were
represented-hav found that they cannot
plaster the present incumbent of the White
House with the ointment of a greedy syco-
phancy, and have discontinued their opera
tions.


"Presldent Hayes evidently does not be-
lieve that the chief end of the general gov
ernment is to aid in the perpetuation ofthe
Republican party, and to reward those who
have served as its "whlppers-in," or who
have contributed from their ill-gotten
wealth to its military chest. 1t is his am
bition TO be a successful administrator,
rather than candidate for reelection in
1850, and his cabinet are seconding him by
making good appointments. Ifthe South
ern people are not utterly lost to all sense
of honor and gratitude, we are TO have a
new era, such as Lincoln and Sumner
used 10 predict. 1t is an experiment, yet
it is an experiment that President Hayes
has thought it right TO try. and if it is
failure he will be foremost in looking after
the rights of the colored people at the
South, and in seeing that they are not in
fringed. But if his policy Is crowned with
success, even those who have undertaken
to be resolute and impregnable in their
discomfort will not be able to withstand the
insidious advances of national prosperity"
Year: 1877

The president has the most boundless
faith in his southern policy. Tomany per-
sons with whom he has lately conversed,
he has spoken in the most unreserved man
ner of his confidence in its ultimate success.
And by ultimate success he means the res
toration of an era of good feeling, and the
pacificaton OF the South on the basis of n
complete recognition of the constitution
with the war amendments, and equal rights
and equal justice to all men. The president
will not modify his policy; no matter how
great the storm may be about him, he will
not change Washington Correspondence
CHICAGO Tribune.
Year: 1877

We may deplore the fact that Republican
rule fades away for the time; but we must
admit that it cannot assert itself without the
Federal arms behind it, and so we must
fairly face tho question whether we are
ready to continue military interference In
State affairs. If not, what else can we do
but accept such settlement as that which
comes in Louisiana? Is 1t not better than
prolonged controversy and turmoil.-Atbd-
M Journal.
Year: 1877

There is a feeling of jealousy that
seems to be innate in some natures.
There are many persons who can nei-
ther look with pleasure nor appreciation
on the successful accomplishments of
their neighbors, and if by honest worth
one struggles to achieve an unblemished
reputation, there are hundreds ever
anxious and ready to pick flaws both in
his personal character and business re-
lations. their motives being prompted
by no reasonable prejudice but rather
impelled by their inordinate selfshness
and envy. If man Just starting in
life. with buoyant hopes and laudable
ambition, struggles to assert his mental
and moral supremacy, there is often a
strong feeling created against him, and
many jealously exclaim. Put him
down." as if one born to low estate had
no right to rise above the level in which
he WAS created. Would it not in the
brotherhood Of man. seem more like
Christian charity to aid the soul that
struggles to enlarge itself?