davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
Experiments i'm Curing Hay win
Lime.

Last summer put about five tons of
hay IN one stack, composed of about
one-thlrd each of timothy, clover and
weeds. 1t was put up the same day it
was cut, and was quite green. | sprink-
led tplentifully with lime, about half
air slaked; it commenced to heat i'm
mediately, and 80 hot that |
thought it would burn but in twenty
four hours it had cooled off. 1t kept
remarkably well, NEEDING only where
there were large stalks of weeds The
cattle ate It, but did not like the lime
| put the same amount Of hay IN a
barn this hay was better cured and
drier than the other. To this | added
both lime and salt, but it did not keep
as well as the other. The salt appear
ID to take as much dampness a. the
lime took ur, which rendered it use
less. In another barn put hay that
was well cured | added lime to it al
SO the horses did not relish it IS well
as that which had no lime. tut the
horses appeared healthier, and have
less cough than when fed on hay that
was not lined.
| would advise the use of lime only
IN a freestone country. 4 certain
amount OF lime is necessary TO make
bone for al animals, but in a freestone
country they often get too much, which
causes diseases Of the intestlnes aud
bladder. L. j. IEooiey, in the ohm
furnler.
To AgcsrTaEn fhr WEIGHT NJ live Cattle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


To Keep worms from HoUso Plants.
To keep worms from house plants, if
ladies Will put one ounce of carbonate
of ammonia in one gallon of warm wa
ter, and water their plants with it once
a week, they will be free from thes2
worms, and it will make the plants grow
and be beautiful and green. If any
one wishes to know how to kill those
little bugs which get on oleanders, take
a piece of lime the size OF hens egg,
and dissolve in about two quarts of
water, and wash the sto k and branch.
es of the tree. They will disappear.-
Household,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

like it if he knew it.
A droll thing about this little fellow
is, that when he was a baby he wasn't a
little frog, but little fish. He had a
tail and gills, and swan around in the
tadpole
As he grew a wonderful change came
over him. In the first place his gills
withered away. After while, PAIR
Of legs burst out of his skin. They
grew quite long, and then another pair
burst out in trout of the first ones, and
he became the possessor of a tongue
The next thing that happened was, his
long tail shrauk away, his lungs devel-
oped, and at last he hoped out of the
water perfect frog-Batrachian, L
mean.
If you think this too strange to be
true, you can see the whole thing for
yourself. At any time in the spring.
go to the nearest frog-pond, where you
will find plenty of the eggs floating on
the surface. Gather a few and put
them in the water. If you have an
aquarium. put them in that, or in a
globe with goldfish, or even in com
mon dish. Then keep close watch of
them, and you will see these wonders.
| need not tell you anything about
the voice of this little neighbor in
green, for | am sare you've often heard
1t in the twilight, when everything else
is still. 1t must be admitted it is
rather "A harsh voice, and in old times,
when the finest palaces were surround
ed with frog ponds, servants were kept
stirring the water by the hour to pre-
vent the poor little fellows from sing
ing.
During the summer my little neigh
Dor IS a eater, devouring a host of IN
sects worms and such things. And so
anxious is he to have them perfectly
fresh. that he catches them alive and
eats them at,once. But in the fall he
becomes melancholy, and leaves off Lis
food, aud when the weather gets too
cool for his light coat-he buries
himself snugly in the mud at the bot
tom of his native pond, and goes to
sleep for the winter
A pretty good nap, l should think.
He is often frozen but he don't seem
to care for that The first warm
weather of spring brings him out; live
ly and bright as ever.
This little fellow is the edible -
frog. That means he is eatable; and
very nice he IS to eat, too. You would
never laugh at any one else after you
had once eaten the delicate white meat
that grows under the green skin. 1t
tastes like tendar young chicken, and
[ am sure | don't see why frog isn't
as pleasant to eat as horlid-looking
lobster
The edible frog has a cousin-the
green tree frog. This dainty little fel
low is quite small, and lives on trees.
His coat is green. too, but it is much
lighter color If he is not so dignitied
as his cousin, he is much more grace
full.
Under his toes he has tiny suckers
which enable him to hold on to the
tree, no matter how smooth it may be,
and even on to the under side of a leaf
To match his lighter coat, his vest is
white, and he, too, spends his winters
IN a snug mud bed at the bottom of a
pond.
There is another little batrachian'
which looks like the frog and that is
the toad. But he is not half as inter-
esting. In fact, he is very unpleasant
| looking creature, and he is only dis
tant cousin, alter all. The Christian
Union.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

/ was much interested the other
night in hearing a gentleman talk about
"snakes." so | tried to remember
something he said to tell my little
Rural cousins" He had for pet, at
one time, he told me, a large black
snake which he kept up in the garnet,
and which grew so tame thai it would
come out whenever he raped on the
floor, and drink milk from a spoon in
his hand. 1t would also submit to have
It's back scratched, with evident pleas
ure. Black snakes, as some OF you
may know, are not poisonous, their
means of defense being the power of
winding themselves around their enc
mics, or their prey, and squeezing them
to death. They are able 10 swallow
quite large objects sometimes. The
gentleman SAID he once saw one that
had undertaken to swallow nest of
young woodpeckers But, alas! for
Mr. Snake, the nest was down in the
hollow of tree, and though his head
went in the hole easily enough, he
found it impossible to draw it out after
taking the nest and brides, so there he
was discovered, hanging out of the
hole, choked to death!
He also told us about the hoop snake,
which has a sting upon its back, near
its tail. When about to attack any OBJ
ject, it erects this sting like thorn,
takes its tail in It's mouth. and rolls it
self along like hoop, with wonderful
qulckness, till 1t reaches its destina
ton, when it suddenly lets go its tail,
and strikes its thorn into the object of
its wrath. 1t is said that any one so
struck will die in twenty minutes. He
told us, too, about the king-snake, the
natural enemy of the rattlesnake and
copperhead. 1t is said these latter
snakes leave an odor like that of GU
cumbers, where they have passed along,
and if the king-snake gets upon their
scent, he will follow it up like hound
till he finds them, when battle takes
place, in which, although he has nei-
Their iangs nor sting, he is sure to be
the victor 1t is in this way: The rat
tlesnake land the gentleman said it was
the same with all snakes with poison
fangs) makes coil and throws
himself upon its enemy, strik-
ing its fangs into it, These
lanPS, WHICH are Two III NUMBER, lie
back against the roof of his mouth
when not in use, and have little poi
son sac at the root. When struck in
to any object a drop of poison is pour
ed into these hollow fangs, and tiny
stream flows into the wound. But if
he fails to reach his object he is I'M
able to make another attack until he
has again coiled himself This the
king snake knows, and while the other
is preparing to make new coil, he
glide. rapidly up to him, winds him
self around the poor fellow, and
squeezes him to death But there
have taken up SO much space that
must now end the " snaky" part of my
letter, by telling about another snake
who, when danger is near, makes a
kissing noise, which says to her little
ones -" Come to your mother, right
away" The obedient little snakes Tan
example to some little boys and girls
have seem hurry as fast as possible
to her, she opens her mouth and they
all crawl in, and away she wriggles to
place OF safety.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

A CAGroRNlA paper tells the course
of love as follows. "A man and
miners daughter recently stole her
fathers swag and clipped with her lover
TO San Francisco, whore the deuce
were made ace. Her paternal parent
who had turned his footsteps towards
the capital OF the Golden State in pur
suit of his ducats, was killed 10y the
Apaches, so that now the loving couple
are as nappy as the day is long
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
Which Is the Best!

ApIALoGUE FOR SIX LITTLE GIRLS.
,sG,yLI'm little country lassie,
can iron, churn and bake,
Wash the dishes feed the poultry,
Mix famous johnny-cake:
Ride the horses down to water
Drive the cows to pastures green
I would not exchange my station,
For the throne of Enghnd's queen.
ID Giyl-Mother calls me little STUDENT
| can cipher, read and spell,
Draw man or bound a country,
And in "mental" I excel.
| shall climb the tree of knowledge.
To IFS very top will go,
Then success viii crown my efforts,
Teacher says-and amt it SO!
I'd Girl am nothing but noodle,
NJ Their told me SO to-day.
But l really cannot study
When the very fields are gay.
Birds are calling from the tree-tops-
Spring is waking lake and rill
You may NOPE DER prosy lessons,
will be noodle still.
An Gfrl-I'm little city maiden,
You would know this by my style,
Quite unlike those country rustcs
With their broad uncourteous smile.
I'll not soil my hands by labor
Nine were made tor higher things;
Papa calls me s. little angel"
All lack, he says, are wings.
5th GirL-l'm my mothers little helper
And Am happy all day long;
1 can bring dear papa's slippers,
Sing the baby's cradle song.
Make nm smile from dreamland shore,
Run thousand ways tor mother
Can little girl do more?
9Th GIRLS nv mammals little darling
reyy small Don't You flint Is fresh and sweet,
With these roses at my shoulders,
And my muslin dress neat?
Mamma made it dist on purpose
Cause Use goin' to speak to you.
Ii Is n voly, don't you flint so?
nisn twas yours BET you do,
Jennie joy in SchOOLday Visitar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

A TELEGRAM from Madrid, Friday,
says: ''At midnight last night an at
tempt was made to assassinate the King
and Queen of Spain. Their carriage
was fred on. One of the assassins was
killed and two captured. The King
and Queen were driving home from the
Palace Garden, when the would-be as
sas-ius fired upon them. There as
immense e&citeu ut ii 1he city,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

a FARMER living near Daleville, Ind
was returning from the field, on Satur-
day, accompanied by two sons, upon a
load of wheat, and having to cross the
railroad, the horses became frightened
at the cars. Both boys fell under
meath the wheels Of the wagon, which
passed over them, instantly killing one
and fatally lniutlng the other,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

TO AscertaIn the weight OF Live Cattle.
Fir t, see fiat the animal stands
ga3le, then with string take hls cir
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

/ CASHMERE goats are a SUCCESS IL. Or
egOn.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25
THE JURY SYSTEM.

The right Of trial by jury has SO long
been regarded in America rs the palla-
dunn of our liberties, that it is with
some misgivings that We make o direct
assault upon it. The press for years has
been discussing the evils arising from
the manner OF securing a jury. The
Courts have uniformly, and correctly
TOO, excluded from the jury DO, those
who have formed opinions by reading
newspaper reports OF important cases.
or by discussing their merits upon the
streets or elsewhere. The Americans
are not only reading people, keeping
themselves posted upon the current
events of the day, but they talk a great
deal, and no subject of general interest,
such as murder, ever escapes investiga-
ton by the very men who, by their gene
raj intelligence, are best fitted for jurors.
But they read, hear aud talk SO much
about such case, that their minds be-
come biased, and by every rule of equity
they render themselves disqualified for
the duties of Jurors. Recourse is then
had, in too many cases, either to the
!lliterata or else those whose moral stand
ing is such that they will assert that they
have not formed opinions when in truth
they have done so. This gives the pris-
oner provided with able counsel undue
advantage over the prosecution, and the
ends OF justice are defeated. Take the
case OF defendant who knows he is
guilty OF the otfense charged; nothing
but the full quota Of twelve jurymen will
do him. He knows that he has to Sc
cure but one out OF twelve to obtain a
hung jury; and he also knows that two
or three hung juries generally result in
the entering of a nolle prosequi and
then the prosecution is practically at an
end, Again the jury system is great
burthen upon business men, who are
liable at any time to be dragged from
their business to their great iuconveni-
ence, for which they receive only NOM
inal sum by way of compensation. The
argument used in England that the trial
by jury protected the subject from the
unjust encroachments of the Grown, does
not apply in country where the Execu-
tive who administers and the Judiciary
who onSrue the law are elected by the
people and owe their election to office
and their tenure in Office to the masses
OF the people. The abrogation of trial
by jury necessitates an amendment of
the Constitution, and that we believe
ought to be done, as the means of secur-
ing substantial justice between the State
and an individual or between two indi.
viduals. With an elective Judiciary
there is little danger of failure of just
ice, while under existing laws a just
conclusion in either q criminal or civil
case especially in the former) is the
exception, not the rule.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25
CHRISTMAS.

\ merry Christmas has been for ages.
and is now, the salutation throughout
Christendom; and it is ours TO the read
ers of the RECORD and the good people
OF Phoebe. The long expected season Of
fesiivity and JOY to the young has ar
rived. The souvinors and presents,
both to the young and old, have been
distributed, and the Flowed ones far
away" have been with US, as memory
has carried us back to the places and
scenes of 'childhood's happy hours"
We who are in the fsr-off mining camp
have been made better and happier in
the observance of those kindly Offices
that are ever appropriate to the season.
Let us this day rejoice, that though
we are separated Cat least many of us)
from the ''Old Folks at Home, 7 we are
still cherishing the pleasure of festivities
taught in years that have flown; that We
are under the hallowed influence of a
religion that teaches us . that we should
do unto Others as We would they should
do unto u.s." that We live in an age when
the moral teachings of Him whose natal
day we celebrate are having free course
and are elevated in the scale OF hui
man thought and actions; that as settle
ment upon settlement is made in the
wilds of the far West, we bring with US
the triumphant song of the An
gelic Host peace on Earth and good
will towards Men, We say then We
wish the pleasures and joys bf the sea-
son and merry Christmes to all.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25

CHANGING THE FISCAL YEAR-The Car
sou Appeal suggests an amendment to
the State Constitution changing the close
OF the fiscal year from December 81 to
November 30, in order to give the Legis-
lature, which meets on the first Monday
in January, time to digest the reports of
the heads of the State departments. The
LIST of January is the proper commence
ment of the fiscal year. 1t is at that
time that merchants and other business
men, having balanced their accounts for
the year, start out with an exact under
standing of their financial condition. 1t
closes the semi-annual accounts of the
Federal Government, and is the date on
which the Editor of the Appeal, as well
as the honest brewer around the corner,
figures his profits and losses for the pre-
ceding year. If the department exhibits
cannot be made in time for the Legisla-
ture, why, then, let the Legislature meet
a month later. In our judgment, it is
better that the Legislature should meet
in February than that the fiscal year,
which now very properly closes on the
last day of the year, should terminate on
the 3Oth of November Virginia Enter
prise.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25

The CAPITOL. Carson cores
pendent of the Virginia Chronicle says
the Secretary OF State, j. D. Minor, is
making every preparation for the recep-
ton of the great men of the State. The
Senate and Assembly Chambers are un-
dergoirg a thorough over-hauling; ell
the furniture is looking as good, if not
better, than new. Gas has been laid in,
and instead Of the old lamps, fancy gas
fixtures have been obtained, the stems of
which look like those used in Eastern
India with the hubble-bubble or Eastern
pipe. These pipes connect with the
main and convey the gas to the fancy
table lamps. James is always ahead,
and in his preparations for the coming
legislators, has done all in his power to
make them comfortable, even to building
small stone lookup in the corner for
the safe-keeping of refractory members.
This building will be under the exclusive
control of ths Sergeants-at-Arms of the
two houses,
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25

statue to the late Chief Justice Yancy
has just been unveiled at Annapolis. 1t
ought to bear the inscription, Tho
negro has no rights that the white man
is bound to respect. II Oakland News.
For 1ancy read Taney,' and then
the historical statement is doubtless cor
rect. But the insinuation contained in
the second sentence is wholly unwar-
ranted. We know that Chief JUST ,e
fancy has repeatedly been accused of
using the expression, The negro has no
rights that the white man is bound TO
respect" but we had hoped that as the
learned and pure Chief Justice was long
since called to his final account, partisan
rancor would at this late day be suffi.
GENTLY allayed to admit Of justice being
done to the memory of one the wisest
and purest men who ever sat upon the
Bench in any country.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25

The White Pine News says two houses
on Hunter street, one occupied by W. E.
Landon, and the other by Chinaman
as wash house, were burned on Thurs
day last. -. Indictments have been found
against w. H. Bethards, for murder, and
against Granger, Brown and Parker, for
grand larceny. On the afternoon of the
10Th, the body of julius Meyer, who died
recently in Phoebe, was inferred at
Treasure City, many from Hamilton and
nearly the whole population of Treasure
City attending The body of young
Meyer is to be removed to San Francisco
for final interment.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25
Geographic 1ispatehes.
SPECIAL 10 rak piocHE DAILY RScor,
EASTERN

EASTERN.
New York, Dec. 23.-The new Public
School building, No. ), Jersey City, was
partially DESTROYED by fire this evening
Loss on building and furniture estimated
at S6o,O0O. Insurance, $4,000. $50
scholars were IN school, but escaped
without accident; also, the members of
the Board Of Education, then in session.
Memphis, Dec. 23.-The fire at Hele-
ma, Ark, this morning, DESTROYED two
thirds of block Of wooden buildings
occupied as stores, saloons, etc, on
Main street. Aggregate loss about $780,
600: Only partially insured.
New York, Dec. 23.-Further proceed
lngs In the Greeley will case, at White
Plains. have, by general consent, been
postponed until January 16.
The transfer of real estate bv jaw
Gould to the Erie Co., is still progress
ing, and likely to last the whole week.
Judge Fullerton, in the conclusion of
his address in the Stokes case, drew at
tsntion to the lawlessness of the times,
and said the question now prominent in
the community, was whether criminals
should be arrested, and when arrested
whether they shall be punished, and Il
stop put to this bloodshed. Bad men
regard the law Furnishing murder with
death as played out, and if this state of
things is permitted We shall soon be in "a
state of monarchy.
Chicago, Dec. %. - The weather to-
night is colder than ever. Thermo,ae-
ter at the signal Office indicates 10 de-
grees below zero. The ordinary
thermometers about the city mark from
20 to 20 degrees Accounts from all por-
tons of the northwest portion of the
State that the present cold spell is almost
unprecedented in severity
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25

NFw MINING DISTRICT. Drum District
is a new discovery, and lies about forty
miles south of Tintic. Mr.. Hooper, who
discovered the district on the 9Th inst,
says the Salt Lake Herald of Dec 10TH
gives US the following particulars in
regard to it,
He found large ledge regularity out
cropping for about mile, which carried
large and rich lode of copper ore,
which Mr.. Hooper candidly ackn owl
edges were selected, have been assayed
since his return to town, and yielded as
high as sixty per cent. of copper. and
forty dollars in silver per ton. Never
theless, from tests made the ore is of q
high average quality, and the quantity
OF it is represented as enormous. The
district is less than sixty miles from the
Q. s. R. R., and scrub timber and water
are stated to be abundant for steam pur-
poses.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25

Spring Mountain Tunnel Company
Location OF Works Lincoln County, Nevada-
Notice is hereby given, that at meeting Of the
Board OF Trustees Of said Company, held ON the
18th day Of December, 1872, an assessment Of
TWENTY CENTS per share was levied upon
the capital stock Of said company, payable
Immediately, in United States gold and coin
to the Secretary.
Any stock upon which said assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 25th day Of Janu.
airy, 1873, shall be deemed delinquent, and will
be duly advertised for sale, At public auction,
and unless payment shall be made before, will
be sold on Monday, the 18th day of February,
1873, to pay the delinquent assessment, to.
gether with costs Of advertising and expenses Of
sale. ....
BY order OF the Board Of Trustees
J. NJ. BURLINGTON, Secretary.
Office: 81 New Merchants Exchange. Cali,
fornia street, San Francisco, California Td25td
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-25
nd a merry Christmes to all

IDEAL.-The following story from the
Bridgeport Conn Standard, of De-
cember 4, is what the n. Y. Times calls
the baggage smashers ideal railroad
passenger:
Fourteen yearsas aregularly checked
trunk arrived by one of the trains at
the Bridgeport Depot, and, no one call
ing for it, it was placed in the baggage
room. No person called to claim the
trunk for eleven years. At the expira-
ton of that time, gentleman appeared
at the baggage-room and inquired of the
baggage-masterif he had in his posses
sion trunk that came to Bridgeport
by rail some eleven years ago. Upon
being answered in the affirmative he pre-
sented duplicate check, and inquired
how much he would have to pay for
storage. The baggage-master examined
the check, found it was all right, and told
the stranger that the storage would be
about 81 for the eleven years. The gem
tleman said the price was satisfactory,
and he would call the next day pay up
the cost of storage, and take the trunk
away. He then left Three more years
have now passed, but the gentleman has
not called for the trunk, and it still
awaits an owner at the baggage store
rooms of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad, in this city.