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Year: 1876

Rroom seed corn should be planted in


the spring, about the same time as Indian


corn, on ground that has been thoroughly


pulvcrized with the harrow. Corn stub
Bile or clover sod is one of the hest places
for crop of broom corn. Let the rows
be marked out three and half feet
apart, after which sprinkle the seed in
the marks as evenly as may be practi
cable by the hand. A better way is to


use common garden drill. Cover the


seed by passing 'ght one-horse harrow


over the ground, going twice to the row
if the land is cloddy. DO not cover the


seed too deep. After the spears are up


about two inches high, 60 over the rows


with large harrow. DO not be afraid


of tearing up the young plants, as the
greatest mistake with most people con-


sists in planting too thick; the stalks


should be three and four inches apart in


the row. Two and half quarts of good


seed will be sufficient for one acre, if the


ground is in good order. BY narrowing


the small weeds will be killed, and the


working Of the soil will give the corn


start. after which the growing crop will


require the same cultivation as other


corn. When the stalks begin to shoot


out in head, go over the field, bending


down all that are out, before the tops


get crooked. This operation will have


to he done several times. After the


seed is nearly ripe, commence cutting


the brush. First cut the brush on two


rows, then 60 back and with coin cut


ter cut the stalks, laying them crosswise


on the rows, 40 as to make bed to keep


the brush from resting on the ground,


lay the brush on the bed and let il re-
main two or three days in the sun, after
which tie the brush up in bundles and
secure in round shocks, about twelve
bundles together. One bed will hold
the brush for eight or ten rows. Cover
the shocks with stalks tent fashion, max
ing tight at the top, but 20 that the air
can pass through the bottom. In this
manner the broom corn ought to stand
three or four weeks until thoroughly dry,
then cart to the barn and take off the
seed, which may he performed by using
common threshing machine; take Off
the top, and, if an undershot, cross the
band; have boy to hand you the brush,
as much as you can hold tightly in your
hands at once, holding the seed ends on
the cylinder rs it revolves. In this way
one man and a boy can clean several
hundred pounds per day. Much de-
sends upon the kind of soil in raising
broom cern. Flat, loamy lands or river
bottoms will yield the best crops. But
paying crops Of broom corn can be raised
on any good corn land that will yield
from 700 to 1000 pounds and 40 bushels
of seed to the acre.


There are several varieties of broom
corn. The improved evergreen is much |
more profitable, as the brush is worth !
almost twice as much in the market, |
and the yield of seed will he larger and
better than the crop of the old red va
riety of broom corn.-Practicai Farmer.
Year: 1876

r. S. Steele writes to the American
farmers club: Some time ago | was n
good deal worried with a couple Of horses
whith had sore backs. | tried various
remedies without success, and was be-
ginning to despair when the following
receipt came to my notice: "The inner
bark Of white oak bark boiled down in
an iron kettle (never use brass one)
until IL is as black as ink while boiling
drop in piece of alum, about the -iye
of hens egg" This liniment is to be
applied with a sponge, and is good for
any sore or bruise in fact, it is safe
thing to keep in ones barn ready to
use when occasion requires. As ! found
this 80 useful, ! venture to send it for
the benefit of others who may not be in
the possession of anything as good. I
think II II also an excellent plan in
warm weather TO clean the collars often
with CASTLE soap.
Year: 1876

WE have several times urged the color
cd voters of South Carolina, says the New
York Herald, to support General Hamp-
ton and the Democratic State and local
tickets. We cannot see how they can
wisely do otherwise. They are citizens OF
the State: their welfare is involved with
that Of their white neighbors. Certainly
if they reflect, they will zee that Mr..
Chamberlain has utterly failed to give the
State peace, prosperity or good govern
ment. General Hampton, man OF intiu'
ence and character, solemnly pledges him.
self and his associates on the Democratic
ticket to give the State honest government
and to secure to the colored people every
right. Why should they not take him a
his word? We suspect that many Of then
intend TO do so, and that this accounts TO-
this last and desperate expedient OF Cham
berlain's, which has been so promptly es
posed by members of his own party.
Year: 1876

A correspondent of the Rurai
World gives his method "a follows /:


The main part Is the after culture.
This is where so many fall with
melons. / am speaking of water
melons, Os course. L begin cultivat-
ing as soon as the plants show the
third leaf, by breaking and removing
any crust that may have formed on
the hills, as we'll as to take all the
hard crust from around the plants
with the fingers as deep as the plants
will bear. then dig up the hill deep
ly, and prop fresh earth around the
plants. Do this as often as every ten
days, and Oftener If it rains and packs
the ground. Plow deep between the
rows once 8 week, and as close to the
vines as you can. Continue this cul.
ture until the vines are beginning tC
run. Then give them a deep, close
plowing; then DON'T permit the land
to be stirred any more, hut take hoe
and level the ground around every
hill for a short distance ahead of the
vine, and as soon as the vines cover
that space, repeat the process, unit
the whole patch is level. l think thil
leveling process is the no Ost import
ant to make good melons. especially
during a dry season. Year before
last, when it was SO dry that but few
raised their seed. had plenty o
melons that would weigh from TWEEN.
ty to thirty pOunds--snd just as gooC
as a melon could be. The foregoing
is my plan. Who knows bette
one?
Year: 1876

When Admiral Porter was present.
ed to Dom Pedro he said TO His Majes-
ty, "I had the honor Of attending your
wedding before you did (" Dom
Pedro enjoys 3 joke, and was well
pleased with this one which paradOxi-
cal as it sounds, was literally true.
Donna Teress, the Empress, Is q
NespOlitan princess, and was married
to Dom Pedro by proxy In Naples.
Admiral Porter, thea q young officer,
was with the United States fleet In
The bay Of Naples at the time, and
was present at the marriage. be
was also on one Of our vessels, which
formed part Of the escort Of the bride
out Of the harbor. This vessel was
OH its way to Rio, and reached the
Brazilian capital In time for Admiral
Porter TO witness the actual marriage
of Dom Pedro and his bride.
Year: 1876

The RECENT FIRE AT THE EASTERN Ly.
NATIc AsYLUH.-The special committee of
the General Assembly that visited Williams.
burg to inquire into the causes and damages
of the recent fire at the Eastern Lunntic Asy.
lum agree that the fire was the result of &C.
cident that there was culpable neglect on
the part of the general administration in re-


spect to the fire department; and they are oi


opinion that if the fire department had been
in proper working order, and those having
the management Of it been on the ground
when the fire was first discovered, it might
have been easily controlled. That the i'm
mediate necessities of the institution require
the erection of kitchen and store.room
which should be separate and wholly discen
nected from any Of the other buildings
Estimated cost from $4,000 10 $5, 1000.
Year: 1876

Tie case of Young Is. Rarner was ao appeal
FROM the judgment Of the Circuit Court OF
DinWiddie. The controversy 10 this ease
was In regard to the ps0hate OF the viii OF
Mrs. M. 81. Young. The will was contested
upon the ground Of q want OF capacity IN


the testatrix, and upon the further ground
of a defect in the execution of the VIII
according to the laws OF Virgins. a jury
was empanelied in the County Conrt
whose verdict was in favor pf Inc
Year: 1876




The Paris Figaro recites a story
in praise of thepoliteness of lead
ing actor in Paris. He is a capi-
tai swimmer, and was displaying
his skill in the Seine, near Paris.
A lady walking on the bank was
so lost in admiration of his grace
and style that she fell unawares
into little ditch. In a momeut
the actor was out of the water, and
clad in his simple bathing costume
as he rushed to her assistonce. ex.
claimed, extending his dripping
hand to help her up again, "Pray.
madame, excuse my having nc
glove"


-
Year: 1876

Last night fairly numerous audience assembled in
this pleasant hall to listen to Colonel J. w. Forney
discourse upon the subject OF "Our Centennial in Eu
rope" The matter chiefly made up of the per-
recolections and experiences Of the lecturer
during hts late visit to Europe, where ho
in the character of representative OF the Cen.
tennial Commission. The gallant Colonel treated his
subject with accustomed cloquence, furnishing
amusing and instructive evenings entertainment His
delivery is very Satisfactory but tho constant Of
Tho manuscript takes from the effect OF the matter
Year: 1876

deluslon, who, during these hard times, loaf around, cursing their luck and drinking whisky, in the hope that better times will turn up. Men, young or old are hope lessly deluded when they think. that licentious habits will conduce to their responsibility or bring them peace of mind, There are thousand delusions waiting around to entrap us as the spider does the fly. Let us beware of them. remem mbering. that

 Man is a vapor, full of woes,

 He cuts caper and down he goes"
Year: 1876

PLANNING STRAwBERRtEs.- all times
in the year for performing this operation
prefer the early spring. My method Of
course differs from that OF the market gar
dener. and | do not set myself up a a
teacher Of the latter class. but il these ran
dom sketches OF mine should catch the eve
OF noy:ce-nne desiring hints on this
subject, my object will have been attained
prefer moist ground, dug very deeply.
aud the plants set therein II inches apart
each way. four rows forming bel. The
first season mulch with good stable ma
nure, and clip of all runners "a fast as
they appear. The moment a weed shows
itself, out wiki it. and give the soil an oc-
casional stirring to prevent it from getting
sou- and firm. Don't ask for a berry the
trst summer, but clip off the Blossoms a.
they show. In the autumn mulch with a
hin corering OF long manure or other loose
material. If water is convenient. | would
have small stream 10 run between the
rows occasionally during the summer this
have found by experience an excellent
help towards a fine crop OF fruit.-lN Y.
Tribune.
Year: 1876

"A market gardener near Boston had
very fine COW that was MIXED week and
week by two hired men. He observed
that the amount Of butter he carried to
market weighed about pound more on
each alternate week. He watched the men
and tried the COW after they had finished
milking, but always found that there was
no milk left in the teats. He finally asked
the Scotch girl who took care of the milk
if she could account for the difference.
why, yes" said she, when Jim milks
he says to the old COW, SO, my pretty lit
tie mully. so; but when sam milks, he
hits her on the hip with the edge of the
pail and says, Hist, you d brute"
Year: 1876

70 CLEAN Rusty PLow.-Tahe quar-;
Of water and pour slowly into It half a
pin, Of ,ulphuric acid. The mixture viii
become quite warm from chemical action.
and this Is the reason why the acid should
Ur poured. sIOWly IuUo tuc ~aIer. TAtucr
then the water into the acid, and let it re-
main on the iron until it evaporate>. TLen
wash it again. The object : to give the
acid time 10 dissolve the rust. Then wash
with water and You VII see where the
worst spots are. Apply some more acid
and rub on those spot, with 4 .ri.A The
acid and the securing Will remove most OF
the rust Iheu wash the mould board
thoroughly with water to remove al the
acid, and rub il dry. Brush il over with
petroleum. or other oil. and let il Dee TIL
spring. When you 20 to blowing, take a
bottle of the acid water to the field with
you and apply it every bout to any spot
Of rust that may remain. The acid aud
the securing OF the earth will soon make il
perfectly bright and smooth. II all iron
work be washed of with petroleum a.
soon a. We put our tools. implements and
machines aside for the winter. it will keep
them from rustn:. and save great deal
oftrouole and annoyance, to say nothing
OF the depreciation and loss - Rural
World
Year: 1876

with the gloss and freshness Of youth
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, and badness often, though
not always, cured by its use Moth
ing can restore the hair where the
foIIicles are destroyed, or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such as
remain can be saved for usefulness
by this application. Instead oftouI-
ing the hair with a pasty sediment, it
will keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling OH, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make some preparations dan
gerous, and injurious to the hair, the
Nigor can only benefit but not harm
It. If wanted merely for =
Year: 1876

CHICAGO, June IA private dispatch
from Boston, received by the agent of
the National fast freight line here, an
nounces that the managers Of that line
have made the following reductions from
Boston to Chicago: On first, second and
third class freight, which formerly were
openly rated at seventy-five, seventy
and sixty cents per hundred pounds,
have sll been reduced to twenty cents;
and all fourth and special classes, which
were forty.five and thirty five cents,
have been reduced to sixteen cent?.
This Is another aggressive step on the
part OF the Grand Trunk.
Year: 1876

A correspondent Of the Chicago
Post writes: II there be plain wo-
man in Chicago who feels that she is
hopelessly, irremediably plain; that
all the cosmetics in the world could
not make her beautiful; tSst even
St. Louis or Louisville woman is
lovely beside her, let her come to
Boston and walk once down Wash
ington street some August afternoon I;
having lone that she will 90 home
and feel satisfied with her face forey-
ermore, for, no matter how long or
how patiently she may pace the brick
sidewalks or that most crooked Of
streets, she will not see q good look
ing woman.


some gaed East; soms gaed We-t,


Aui sorne.gaei to the eorble's nest


weeks ago, and those who are let
are so plain that if they bad gone in
to the rural districts they would have
been blots on the face Of nature
These ugly women hide away some
where during the winter, but in the
summer they take possession Of the
streets and shops and fairly scare all
the good looking men out of the city
in a panic Of fear, lest some one Of
these gaunt sisters captures and keeps
him forever. This would be q good
time for Professor Huxley to make 8
flying visit to Boston be would ae-
quire some ideas on deterioration Of
types, if be compared the person
whom he encountered with the Cop
ley aud Stuart portraits Of their an
eeztfrs
Year: 1876

Mark Twain recently tried his
hand writing up a distressing ac-


cident for a Boston local paper


and this is how he did it:


Last evening about six o'clock,
as Mr.. VIM. Schuyler, an old re,
spected citizen of South Park,
was leaving his residence to go
down town, as has been his usual
custom for many years, with the
exception of only a short inter
val in the spring of 1850, during
which he was confined to his bed
by inquiries received in the at
tempting to stop a runaway
horse, by thoughtlessly throwing
up his hands and shouting which
if he had done so even single
moment sooner, must inevitably
have frightened the animal still
more instead of checking his
speed, although disastrous enough
to himself as it was and was rem
dered more melancholy and dis
tressing by the presence of his
wife's mother who was there and
saw the occurrence, notwith-
standing it is at least likely,
though not necessarily so; that
she should be accommodating in
another direction when incidents
not being vivacious and on the
lookout as a general thing, but
even in the reverse, as her mother
is said to have stated, who is no
more, but died in the full hope of
a blessed resurrection upward of
three years ago, aged eighty-six,
being a Christian woman without
guile, as it were, in property, in
consequence of the fire of 1S49,
which destroyed every solitary
thing she had in the world.


Let us all take warning by this
solemn occurrence and so try to
ourselves that when we
come to die we can do it. Let us
place our hands upon our hearts,
and say with earnestness and sim
cerity, that from this day forth we
will beware of the intoxicating
bowl.
Year: 1876

A remarkable address has been
delivered by Sir William Thomp-


son, in the Physical Section of the


British Association, on the subject
of the fluid or solid nature of the
earth's kernel.


While not denying that certain
portions of the earth's interior
are in a molten or fluid state, Sir
William Thompson maintained,
on various more or less recondite
grounds, that no large proportion
of the earth's interior can, by any
possibility, be in the condition of
molten fluid. "Imay say, with al
most perfect certainty, that what
ever may be the relative densities
of rock, solid and melted, at or
about the temperature of lique-
faction, it is. l think, quite GER
tain that cold solid rock is denser
than hot melted rock; and no pos
sible degree of rigidity in the
crust could pre- vent it from break
ing in pieces and sinking wholly
below the liquid lava. Something
like this map have gone on, and
probably did go on, for thousands
of years after solidifcation COM
menced-surface portions of the
melted material losing heat, freez
ing and sinking Immediately, or
growing to the thickness of a few
meters where the surface would
be cool, and the whole solid dense
enough to sink. This process
must go on until the sunk por-
tions of crust build up from the
bottom a sufficiently close ribbed
skeleton or frame to allow fresh
demonstrations to remain, bridging
across the now small areas Of lava
pools or lakes"


That is a striking picture of the
growth of the "round earth,"
which was once supposed to have
been made from the first $50 fast
that it cannot be moved" We
are rather sorry TO be robbed of
the belief in the contral lava
ocean after all
Year: 1876

A practice is growing up among


the railroads in this region of re-


fusing to check baggage for any


one till the person has purchased


a ticket to the point to which the


check is desired. The baggage


master punches the ticket, and


then no more checking can be


done on that ticket. This rule


puts a stop to several little swim


dies which in the aggregate have


cost the railroads a good deal. 1t


was ascertained that trunks were


checked at one end of the line,


the checks sent by mail to a per


son who claimed them atthe other
end, and who then presently sent
trunks pack in the same way. In
this manner a large amount of ex-
press business was done free of
charge. Another trick was to
buy a ticket and then get a trunk
or two checked by one train, more
for another train, &C., till perhaps
half a dozen or more, loaded with
knows what, had been
sent free of the extra charge re-
quired. The punching of the


ticket by the baggage man pre-
vents this operation. Another Of
the ways that ale dark is the steal
ing of pairs of checks from the
baggage-room or elsewhere, put
ting one silly upon a trunk in
place of that the baggagc-master
has put on, and then claiming it
the duplicate check. A shrewd
rogue will in that way sometimes
get one or two trunks, but the
chances are that he will get
caught. A while ago former
workman of a certain road, being
with train baggage-men,
used to ride with them in their
car, and contrived to exchange
checks that he had stolen for
those on the trunks, and then
would appear and claim them.
He was detected after he had
5ried the trick a few times, and a
-arge part of his booty was recov-
cred.
Year: 1876

Roseborough strongly suspicious stranger
who came in the store shortly after II
o'clock. just as he was closing up. The
police are en- the watch and have some
hopes of capturing the offenders


The locality where the affair occurred is
on Rodman Avenue, and persons and teams
are passing at all hours of the night so that,
even had the robbers had team standing
near. nothing strange would have been
noticed The regular police force do not
patrol this locality, and, unless notified.
seldom visit that section. 4 special pslice
man is in the employ of the city however,
who is called out as occasion may require


The police are strongly OF the opinion
that the robbers are residents of this city.


Violation of the Ordinance.


The Rodman avenue switch, from
present appearances will have to be taken
up 1t appears that the ordinance grant
ing the Rockford road the privilege, pro-
vides that the track shall be laid not to ex-
ceed three feet from the west line of Rod
man avenue. which would bring it close to
the fence. This is as the council intended
and would have kept the street. in meas
ure. clear of obstruction. Instead, however,
the track has been laid 10 feet from the
fence and by this means the street is badly
damaged. Yesterday morning the mis-
take was discovered by the Mayor and
Alderman White aud notice will be ser
we'd at once to discontinue the work and
to take np the track already laid and
if reiaid it must be 10 conformity to the
law


A condensed copy of the ordinance was
written by S. I. Walker, city clerk, and
given to the road master of the Rockford,
and by MIR. Hyde the freight agent here
it is claimed that the copy furnished the
road master was not for distance of three
feet, but ten feet from the west line of
Rodman avenue. If this is so, the city
may possible have to pay for the expense
of laying the track as far as completed,
and then again fine point of law may be
raised as to what is really the west line OF
the avenue. If the gutter is the line then
the council has blundered in the ordin,
ance, and the railroad will continue as it
has begun; if the contrary then the city
will probably be out at least 500.
The switch should never have been laid
along Rodman avenue: 1t will be of nc
benefit to the Moline Plow Co., as at pres
ent located, and shoulu be laid along the
north side of Main street. When the last
petition was pre- sented the council refused
to consider the claim OF the owners of 81
feet front Waters & First who, with Il {
other property owners who signed th,
petition, made a clear majority, without
John Deere Il Co.. who, of course, opposed
it as they would any other project likely tt
prove beneficial to S. w. Wheelock or the
Moline Plow Co There is strong feeline
in favor of giving the right Of way along
the north side of Main street aud unless
matters materially change it will be laic
| there yet.
Year: 1876

For Book BINDING or Ruling, go to
The ARGUS Bindery. No better work
can be done in this vicinity. Prices reason
able. Work done quick, Leave orders at
The ARGUS Counting Room, opposite the
the Post Office.
Year: 1876

edition have been added not for the sake of pictorial eeet but to give greater ucidiy and force to the plantations in the text They embrace all branches science and of natural history and depict the most famous and remarkable features of scenery archtec ture, and art well the various processes of me- chanics and manufactures. Although intended for instruction rather than embellisEmen no pains have been spared to insure their
Year: 1876

Forming in fact Cyclopadia, with the same plan and compnss it's predecessor but with far greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such improvements

 in its composition as have been suggested by longer experience and enlarged knoWledge.
Year: 1876

The work has been begun after long and careful preliminary labor and with the most ample for carrying it on to a successful termination.

 None of the original stereotype plates have been used. but every page has been