davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-24

SUSPICIOUS CoNDucT.--Last evening, William
Mourley, who has charge of Jessup Il Moores
store house. on the Brandywine, Ninth Ward,
heard two persons talking in the store house, aud
entering, found Thomas Jordan and james Rowe
walking around, each with all empty bag under
his ann The conversation which Mr. Mousley
had heard was about the price of brass, and very
naturally aroused his suspicious. He examined
the store house thoroughly, and found that on all
the machinery stored there, the bolts aud nuts
fastening the brass work had been removed, rs II
preparatory to taking away the brass He imme
diaiely had the boys arrested, and after hearing
this morning, Mayor Smms remandcd them tC
the cells for further consideration of the subject
The charge could not, OF course, be preferred di
| rccily against them, but there Is no doubt thai
| their intention was to take the brass work from
| the machinery, and sell it at some junk chop.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-24
LOCAL IMTEllloE E NcE.

Tomorrow 10 Christmas.
John OByrne, Esq. is to lecture at Dover. to-
morrow night ,-
You can go to the Opera House, ,to-night without
the fear Of being disappointed.
The weather has taken and another dai1dsn
change, and the thermometer is again low.
A number OF people were disappointed st the
non. appearance Of the Bowers Company. last
night
A FAIR will commence at New Castle this even
ing for tho benefit OF st. Peters Cstbolic chnich.
All are invited.
The local passenger trains have all been behind
time for the last few days in their arrival ut thii
depo., OH account ef tao heavy travs.
Navigation is practically closed ior II while. and
the barges Of Tu'h's aud Warmers lines will moi
run, after to-dsy, until further OF ce.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-24

The CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL of Calvary Church
Sunday School, Branlyw,ne HnndIed. will take
place GA Sunday next ut half past tvs o'clock.
A. Nj. All are invited to attend
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-24
SOCIETIES..

DR.. TUFTS Hair Dye makes the old look young.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
A Submerged CITY.

The st. Augustine (Fla.) Press fur
nishes the following
During the heavy gales which pre-.
vailed last fall, the tide on one occa-
sion was driven so low in the North
river that remarkable discovery was
made. About seven miles north of st.
Augustine, on the west shore of the
North river, the remains of an ancient
city were discovered. The parties who
have given us the information are ready
to conduct any one who desire it to the
spot. Several wells, walled in with
coquina, are now visible under water ::
but the foundations of the houses can
be only felt with a pole. On
this occasion of the discovery, a
gale had prevailed for four or
five days from the north-driving the
water out of the river to an extent
never before known. Further inyesti-
cations have also brought to LIGHT a
coqulna quarry on this same site: and
what IS the most remarkable, the quarry
is IN the midst of dense hammock
and which any one can see now. by
taking the trouble to go there. The
rock is of a quality equal to any on
Anastasia Island, and the quarry has
been extensively used, doubtless for
the purpose OF building this city or set
tlement-for one or the other it certain
~ was. .. ......
The question which naturally arises
is, by whom was this settlement made
by natives of this continent or Euro
peans? All historigraphers agree that
Ponce de Leon, a companion of Column
bus, IN his second voyage, first touched
on this New World at a point three
miles north of ST. Augustine This
would have brought him within four
miles of this city, or settlement, which
ever it might have been. Say they, one
and all, ''he found the natives fierce
and implacable.' But, at this period
-15l2 all history is silent, and we hear
nothing more of Florida or of America
until 1520-when Narvaez arrived on the
western or gulf coast. Who
will solve this mystery2 Per-
haps it may throw light on
the history of America hitherto con-
cealed. For let it be remembered that
st. Augustine was the first city settled
in America. Our city is still thronged
with visitors. There may be some
among Inem curious enough to search
into the history of their country; or,
at least, curious enough to crafty their
own curiosity. There are pleasure
boats in plenty in the harbor, and at
this delightful season we would sug-
gest that trip up the North river
only seven miles-could be accomplish
ed IN very short time-wind and tide
favoring-which our pleasure yacht
feet perfectly comprehend. Who will
go to solve this mystery about which
we ourselves desire all the information
we can obtain ts
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
Seward Resting from His Labors.


The Boston Post says: In his quiet
retreat at Auburn sits Mr. Seward,
wrapped up in a placid contemplation
of his recent circumorbital ramble
among Mikados, Rajahs and Sultans,
and indulging in complacent rem1nis-
eences of his threescore years and ten.
Experience and philosophy have taught
him how sublime thing it is to suffer
an be strong, and he eagerly submits
d5 H0Ste doceT'5, even though the enc
my in his case is double-barreled par
alysis of the arms and legs. Inability
to induce muscular motion is as moth
ing to him who can revel in mental and
digestive delights, and keeps an assid-
uous amanuensis on tenter-hooks from
morning to. night as he dictates
poetical descriptions of mosques and
palaces for the benefit of poster
ity. Thus does the ex-Secretary
pass his time, awaiting with exemplary
patience, amidst his books and pictures,
the hour when kind recovery Will en-
able him to post off on some world
wide tour. He is surrounded by beau
tiful, curious and suggestive objects,
which serve to divert and delight him
Oil paintings relative to the purchase
of Alaska, and other historical themes,
gold-headed canes of public signii-
canoe, Pompeiian busts, East Indian
shawls, and Abyssinian stools, encom-
pass him about, and as often as the hui
NOR takes him, he drops off into a cozy
nap tinctured with dreams of former
glory, present repose and future cano-
nization. Happy he who can thus re-
tain perennial youth
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
Mirage.

The Holland News wildly describes
an instance of this phenomenon on
Wednesday of last week, which afford
ed a brilliant panoramic view of Grand
Rapids twenty-five miles distant. At
about SIX o'clock P. NJ. the sky to the
northeast began to assume variegated
and beautiful colors, and on it was
grandly delineated the distant land
scape Grand Rapids shone with gold
Ell hues. The Union School building
could be re dlly distinguished Luce S
block, the jail upon the island, the liv-
er, the buildings upon the west side,
the hills south of the city-all were as
perfectly observable as though but
half mile distant, in richer colors
than the hand of the artist could pos
sibly have conveyed them. Altogether
it was grand exhibition of natural
beauty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
TO rest the Quality of Wool.

A Texas paper says: 'ETake a lock
Of wool from the sleeps back and place
1T upon an inch rule. IF you can count
from thirtysto thirty three of the spirals
or folds in the space of an inch, it
equals in quality the finest electoral
or Saxony wool grown. OF course when
the number of spirals to the inch di-
minishes, the quality of the wool is
relatively inferior Many tests have
been tried, but this is considered the
simplest and best Cotswold wool and
some other inferior woods do not meas
ure nine spirals to the inch. With this
test, every farmer has in possession n
knowledge which viii enable him to
form a correct Judgment of all this
kind of wool, There are some coarse
woods which experienced wool growers
do not rank as wool, but as hair, or ac-
count of the hardness and straightness
of the fiber.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
Punt More Beans

IF there is always a cash market for
wheat, there is at the same time pretty
sure cash market for beans The lum-
bering interests of Minnesota and Wis
consln use large Quantities, as well as
the numerous boys in blue, stationed in
different points of the Northwest; be-
sides beans as an article of export, al
ways bring a good price. The crop is
a sure one. The. chief expense is in
pulling and harvesting. Planting and
the cultivation does not amount to any
very great inconvenience, time or mo-
ney. They should be planted in drills
two feet apart One and half bushels
of seed to the acre viii suffice. The
soil should be mellow but it don't mat
ter SO much if it is not so rich. Never
plant the varieties for field crop that
throws out vines or runners. Farmers
Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
NATURES REMEDY
y e e e 3 ! N E "a
I'VE GREAT Blood PURIFIER.

p VEGETINE is made exclusively from the iuices of
carefully selected banks, roots and herbs, and so
strongly concentrated hattt will efectually eradicate
from the system every faint of ScrofuIa, Scrofu-
ious AHm0r, Tuniors, Cancer, Cancerous
kiun0r. Erysipelas. Salt Rheum. Syphilitic
Diseases, Canlker, Faintness at the Stomach,
and all diseases that arise from impure blood Sci
afica, lnfamm atOry and Chronic Rheu,na-
hsn, Neuralgia, Cont and Spinal COMPLAINTS
can only be etfectualy cured through the blood
FOR Ulcers and Ernptive diseases of the skin,
Postuies, Pimples, Blotches, RoiIs. letter
scnldhead and Ringworm, VEGETINE has
never failed to effect permanent cure.
For Pains in the Back, Kidney Complaints,
DroDsy, Female Weakness, LeucorrE,Ga,
arising from internal liberation and uterine diseases
and General Debility, VEGETINE acts directly
upon the causes of these complaints 1t nvigorates
secretive organs, allays inhammaton cures ulcera-
ton, and regulates the bowels
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, HaAituaI Cestiva
NESS, Palpifatisn of the Heart, Hendache
Piles, Nervousness and General prostration of
the Nervous SysteEa, medicine has ever given
such perfect satisfaction the VEGETIrE 1t puri-
es theblood cleanses all Of the organs possesses
a controlling power the Nervous system
The remarkable cures effecte 1 by VEGETiNE have
induced many physicians and apothecarios whom we
know to prescribe and use it in their families
In fact. VEGETINE is the best remedy yet dtscov-
cred for the above Diseases and is the only reliable
BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before the public
Prepared by ri. II. STEVENS, Boston, Mass
Price 3 go. Sold by all Druggists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
Singular Affection of the Giraffe.
The Turf, Field and Farm says


EEThe giraffe in Barnum's menagerie
shows wonderful affection for its keep
err. 1t will allow no other to handle it,
and it grows nervous and uneasy when
the young man is away from it's side.
The keeper even has to sleep III the
cage with the giraffe. It is handsome
cage, and in one end of it the young
man has his bunk. When the giraffe
is lying down, its head nestles close to
the face of its keeper, and thus the
two slumber lovingly side by side. The
young man has had charge of the
animal only since it landed in this
country-some six weeks ago. 1t is q
male, three years old, and as the female
which started with it was lost in the
voyage across the Atlantic, the affection
once reserved for the dead mate seems
to have been transferred to the man
who first received and caressed it on
the vessels arrival in New York The
giraffe must naturally be of an affec
tlonate disposition, crit would scarcely
nave become so fond of human being
IN so short time after leaving it's ma
tive wilds."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
Sugar from tho Ruttermut.

A correspondent of the Chautauqua
Farmer writes &" When my neigh Dor,
Brown, tapped his sapbush, he had a
quantity Of buckets and spiles more
than maple trees. so he tapped about
thirty butternut trees. I thought |
would see. what [ could make of it, and
went to bis bush, finding every one OF
the buckets under the butternut trees
full, while those under the maple trees
were. not over two-thirds full. [ took a
six-quart pail with me, and borrowed it
full Of the butternut sap, and boiled it
down, getting one-half pound of nice
sugar. Mr.. Brown gathered 80 buckets
of that sap, and boiled itdown with his
maple 1t worked as nicely as if it were
all maple. The flavor and appearance
were perfect .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
MariO's Fortune Lost.

Slgnor Mario has deemed it neces-
sary to apologize for his engagement
at the Zarzuela Opera House in Mad
rid, in a letter addressed to the Cores.
pondencia. He says that necessity
alone has compelled him to remain on
the lyric stage: he has incurred large
losses by the failure of some firms in
Florence, with whom he had deposited
his fortune. But why should a man
apologize for going to work? Thackery
would have called Mario snob.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22

Holland to that grown by themselves,
as they find the change very beneficial.
The finest dubious and tuberous rooted
towering plants are annually imported
into England, the United States, etc,
from Holland and Germany, and the
change is very beneficial for two or
three years Forest-trees, seeds obtain
ed from the mountains of Tyrol, ger
inmate in other parts of Europe with
much greater vigor than those of home
growth.
The genuineness and sound condi-
tion of agricultural seeds depend very
much upon the care bestowed by the
scotsman in the selection of his stock,
and also on the character of the grow
ers he employs. Foreign agricultural
seeds are sometimes damaged by kiln
drying, admixture with deadened seeds
of some cheap kind. Rape seed is
sometimes deadened by kiln drying,
and then mixed with turnip or cabbage
seed, to which it bears close resem
blance. In import ng seeds from a
foreign country great caution is neces-
sary IN order to prevent imposition
Taunton Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
A Subterranean Bridge.

A tubular bridge has been planned to
extend across San Francisco bay It
is an immense iron tube, intended to be
sunk from twenty-eight to thirty feet
below the surface, and held in it's place
by It's own buoyancy and by cables and
mushroom anchors. The tube is to be
twenty feet IN diameter and made OF
boiler iron, strengthened by an internal
framework of iron beams. The inven-
ton is based upon the idea that the
buoyancy Of the tube will be equal to
the weight of train of cars, and an
chors will hold the tube in place
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
ReciDoS.


milk in saucepan, and place in a ket-
tie Of boiling water to prevent it's burn
ing on the bottom while the milk is
feating to the boiling point stir,
smoothly, a tablespoonful of corn
starch Cor arrow-root, which is better, J
in little milk and mix with it three
well-beaten eggs, Preserving the whites
of two of them,) stir this slowly into
the heated milk, and keep stirring
steadily till it thickens evenly to the
consistency of boiling cUstard or mock
cream, which it is. Then remove it
from the fire and sweeten with white
sugar. Flavor or not as you choose,
with vanilla or lemon; but lot your
f1avoring, if any, be very slight, if you
would have your custard delicate; be
careful not to get it to sweet Place
it in a glass dish; beat the whites of
your eggs, to stiff froth, and drop over
the top of custard. F A. D.
[ WILL send you my recipe, as know
how very nice it is One quart of
milk, four eggs, reserving the white of
two for the Island beat the eggs with
four tablespoonfuls white sugar and a
trifle of salt; then stir in the milk.
which should be scalding hot let boil
until curdy then pour into dish /;
then beat quickly the remaining white
to stiff froth add two or three table
spoons of sugar, and drop on the Gus
tard while hot season to taste [ use
nutmeg. Should eggs be scarce, which
is often the case, one can substitute
some corn starch one tablespoon corn
starch is equal to one egg.-E. NJ. VAN
NESS .ft4e
THREE pints of milk, eight eggs, a
I little salt and nutmeg, and four table
spoonfuls of sugar. Put the milk over
the fire to boil, and drop the whites of
the eggs in by the spoonful; let it boil
a moment, and turn the whites over;
remove III a minute more to plate.
Beat the yolks of eggs to a froth, with
sugar, etc., and stir IN the milk; turn
into your dish and spread the whites
over the top; ornament with drops of
current Jelly over the the top or sugar
sand put on in flowers or figures.
L. E. X.
PUT one quart of sweet milk (cream
is much better if one has it) into tin
kettle of hot water; let it scald, then
stir into it gradually the yolks of five
eggs and one cup of sugar, beaten to-
gether; when cool, flavor with lemon.
Beat the whites of the eggs to froth
and put on to basin of hot water; let
it remain five minutes, then place it on
the top Of the other; when cold it is
ready for the table.-C. Z. j.
p [ SEND you the following One
quart of milk, 4 eggs; take the yolks
and put them in the milk add sugar
to your taste put over the fire and let
it come to boil; if you boil it, it will
curdle; season to suit the taste; put
some milk over the fire, and the whites
of the eggs to froth; when the milk
boils, put the beaten eggs on the milk
to boil; then place it on the custard,
and your Island will be Floating. -
MILE.
SET a quart of milk to boil, then stir
into it the beaten yolk of six eggs :;
flavor with lemon or rose, and sweeten
to taste; whip the whites OF the eggs
to stiff froth. When the custard is
thick don't let it get watery,) put it in
d deep dish and heap the froth eggs
upon it. Serve Colds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
OiIfnc Harness,

The following recipe is sent us by A
TAFT, of Howard county Kanaas. He
thinks it the best he has ever USED, and
it is so simple that any one may easily
try the experiment.:
Take about half gallon of oil; put
in a pan or shallow basin and dip the
harness in, one peace or more at a time;
then strip the oil off the strap with
your fingers, letting it run back in the
basin; shang up to. dry; repeat the
dipping Of the harness two or three
times; nntil it will take no more oil.
A little lampblack added helps the
looks very much. After the oiling take
rag ana rub off the harness, and you
will findethat the hardest leather and
the stiffest tugs have become very pIia-
BILE, and will remain so from one to
three years. You can leave them out
IN the rain a dozen times, and you can
not but see they are as pliable as be
fore the water touched them and not
only that, but the rats and mice will
never touch them. If they are dirty it
IS not necessary to clean before oiling.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22

CRIMINAL SECRECY.-Thema rtinets of
the medical profession insist that it is
beneath the dignity of a regular physi-
clan to advertise If a member of the
faculty should discover an absolute
remedy for any disease it would be
breach of professional decorum, to offer
the specific for sale through the jour
nails of the day. Scorning such preju,
dices one of our leading practitioners
is now making known to the public
through the columns of over three
thousand newspapers, one of the most
comprehensive remedies for disease
that has ever assuaged the sufferings of
humanity. DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR BTrTERs, although compare
lively new medicine, has already at
tracted the attention of millions in both hemi-
spheres. 1t has been advertised through all the
channels accessible to advertising enterprise
and the result has been the preservation of
thousands of lives, and the prevention of an
untold amount of physical torture. Dr. Walk
er thinks that the greatest good of the great
est number " is the true object of Medical sci
ence, and hence he steps boldly out of the
contracted circle Of professional eXclusiveness,
and places his Great Restorative within the
reach of all. Its beneficial effect in cases Of
chronic dyspepsia, biiousness, kidney disease,
govt, diseases of throat and lungs, rheuma-
tism, nervous complaints, and all disorders of
secretive and excretivc organs, is beyond all
estimate-Com. ....
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
importance OF a FREQUENT Change of
Seed,


1t has long been observed by intelli-
gent farmers that seed or plants pro-
cured from distant places, within the
the same collateral parallels of latitude.
appear to grow with more strength and
ylgor in their new stations then when
kept and cultivated in THEN native
places. On this fact all the rules for a
change Of seed, or Of one species of
plants for another of the same genus.
are founded A change of seed is al
most always practically safe and emil
nentiy beneficial. A change of seeds.
sets or plants from one description Of
SOL to another, or from valley to noun
tam, g3c6 UerS0, seems to possess ., re-
novatlng influence on the crops. It is
on thus principle that the practice of
rotation of crops is based Plants an
pear tesbecome tired of an old station.
except aquatic plants, which are con-
stantIy receiving new elements of nm
triton from fresh supplies of water. -.
Land plants, as trees, for instance.
occupy the same spot for ages, but thew
at last decay from sheer decrepitude.
The lateral exbention Of the roots-the
lateral runners or offsets with which
man VI Sll0Iil etiO Itt1IlSIlGNl, some
above ground, as the strawberry, others
underground, as the couch grass, this
tie, etc.-shows that plants like animals,
require change of pasture as well as
change of air. Every one well ac-
quamted with the growth of plants
know that they require a frequent
change of soil, though but few consid-
er that change of ar is also beneficial,
1t IS wed known that some plants thrive
better IN one locality than another
There are plants that never thrive, nor
scarcely live, in The smoky atmosphere
OF London, but when removed to a dis
tance OF wenty or thirty miles from
that at city, grow luxuriantly.
The Belgian farmer raises excellent
crops OF cereals, roots, grasses, etc,
ana they are very particular in the Sc
lection of seed, in procuring it from a
foreign country, if possible, and in
stepping it IN liquid manure before
owing. In the north Of ireland. where
lax IS grown extensively, the farmers
prefer seed brought from Russia or