The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-26
Management Of House Plants in Cold
Weather..

Many persons succeed admirably in
their management Of house plants during
the growing season so long as the weather
is warm, but as soon as the growing sea-
son is over and potted plants require pro-
lection within doors they put on deathly
appearance. The indoor plants of a lady
friend at this season Of the year always
appear as sickly, forlorn and withered as
the solitary maid of two score and ten,
who now and then gets impressive
glimpses of
The dOletul shades at the realm far off,
Where spinsters die Of the whooping cough.
During warm weather her plants -four
ish luxuriantly; but as soon as cold wealth
or comes on the plants are left on the YER
anda where they get chilled almost to
death. Then they are placed out of doors
for several hours in the cold, rain when
the temperature of the atmosphere is al
most down to freezing point. Such man.
agement ruins tender plants. Roses and
geraniums are things Of life. Cold winds
and cold water applied to the leaves and
to the soil in which they are growing is
so detrimental to their vitality that all
their beauty and luxuriance will soon dis
appear. House plants need an atmosphere
of uniform temperature day and night.
AS often as once every week every pot
should be submerged in tepid water, say
for few minutes, long enough to allow
the water to fill all the pores in the soil.
When treated in this manner the warm
water will convey sufficient heat to- all
the soil to warm up every particle. The
pots should not be allowed to remain in
the water and soak, and soak, and soak,
until the vitality of the soil is completely
drowned. Let the contents of each pot
have one thorough submerging every
week, and then sprinkle the surface al
ways with warm water as often as the
soil begins to appear little dry. In ad-
dition to the foregoing suggestions let the
pots be kept on high table or flower
stand in room that is always comforta-
bly, warm. During the long and cold
nights let the fowcr-stand be rolled away
from the cold windows near the middle
of the room. The gas from coal stoves
frequently destroys all the vitality in the
leaves of growing plants. Insects on the
leaves may be destroyed by dipping the
branches in a strong soapsuds. After
holding the leaves and stems in the warm
suds for two or three minutes, let the
plants be washed with warm water.
Execution Of a Philadelphia Murder
er-.His Last Hours Spent I'm Prayer
and Pi0us Converse.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 20.-Frederick
Heiderblu was hanged this morning for
tho murder of Godfrey Kuhule on the
3lst of Dececember, 1873.
He passed the early part Of the night
in prayer and reading the scriptures, re-
firing at two o'clock. From that time
until he slept. After breakfast he re-
NAMED in prayer for at least an hour and
half.
His spiritual adviser reached his cell
about half past seven and remained with
him up to the time of execution, which
begun at precisely 1O:45, and seventeen
minutes afte- his heart ceased to pulsate.
He died of strangulation. The execu-
ton was conducted in as private a man
ner as possible.
king Alfonzo's civil list has been
fixed at twenty'eight millions of reals,