Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-07-25
Opinions orthe New con.tl1utlon

Ihe Ohio Democrat will support
the new constitution with the clause
In favor of license, believing, in the
man, that 1t is an improvement on
the old one.
The Shelby County Democrat
claims that the new constitution is
not political document, and no DO
lltlcal party should either advocate
or oppose its adoption as a political
measure. Let it stand or tall upon
Its own merits.
The Carroll Chronicle says that
For License" will carry in Corroll
county by 600, to I,50O. That is
strange; but, If true, there is not a
saloon In Carroll county.
Popular option" in the estimation
OF the Defiance Democrat ''is much
divided as to the merits of the new
constitution, and therefore, it does
not feel able to forecast" its fate,
before the good people.
The Alliance Sunday Telegraph
dont think the new constitution ode
serving Of any favorable considera
ton at all, +" and hopes it may be de-
feated entire"
The Norwalk Reflector says the
new constitution is, in many respects
superior to the old, and adds: "An
in all, and as at present advised, we
feel inclined to favor it.
The Fremont Messenger saws:
"The cumulative voting system, as
adopted by the Constitutional Con-
vention, is especially distasteful to
the Democrats, for in the end it
would, if its provisions were carried
out, give to the party in the minori-
ty the control of the Legislature.
We do not believe that the Demo-
cratic party desire to see this unfair
and unjust system established in this
State"
One of the ablest Cincinnati law
yers says that there are several
good things in the new constitution
and some pea0 things, but the aea0
things are not good and the good
things are not neao. Therefore is
opposed to it.
The Salem Republican says: 'In
our judgment it will make but little
difference whether the new constitu-
tion be adopted or not. 1t is true
there are some "good points in it"
but the present constitution has al
SO some ercelle'at points, which will
be lost if the new one takes its place.
EFFECT OF CAMPHoR ON SEED
Some curious and all but forgotten
experiments, of much interest to ag-
riculture and gardening, observes a
London paper, have lately been re-
yiyed by a German savant. Very
many years ago it was discovered
and recorded that water saturated
with camphor had a remarkable in
fiuence upon the termination of
seeds. Like many another useful
hint, the stupid world took no notice
of this intimatlon; but Berlin pro-
fessor came across the record of it,
and he appears to have established
the fact that solution of camphor
stimulates vegetables as alcohol does
animals. He took seeds in various
sorts of pulse, some of the samples
being three or four years old, and
therefore possessing a very slight de-
gree of vitality. He divided these
parcels, placing one moiety of them
between sheets Of blotting paper
simply wetted, and the other under
strictly similar conditions between
sheets soaked in the camphorated
water. In many cases the seeds did
not swell at all under the influence
of the simple moisture, but in every
case they germinated where they
were subjected to the camphor solu-
tion. The experiment was extended
to different kinds of garden seeds,
old and new, and always with the
same result of showing a singular
awakening of dormant vitalism and
wonderful quickening of growth.
1t also appears from the Professors
researches that the young plants
thus set shooting continued to in
crease with vigor and vivacity
much beyond that of those which
were not so treated. On the other
hand, when pounded camphor was
mixed with the soil it appeared to
exercise a rather bad effect upon
seeds. The dose in this latter case
was possibly too strong. At all
events, there is here line of inquiry
we'll worth following up by seeds
men and gardeners; and even farm
ers might try how far wheat and
barley would profit from the strange |
which seems to be possess
ed by this drug over the latent life
of vegetable germs.
b PLANTS IN SLEEPING RooMs.-l
The question whether or not plants
are unwholesome in sleeping rooms