smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878




following questions concerning the Yellows in
Peaches, etc.:


Will you be kind enough to answer the fol-
lowing questions:


l. Are young peach trees IN the nursery rows
subjects to yellows and can the disease be de-
tected on trees before they come into bearing?
2 Have you examined the peach trees in the
nurseries in the eastern part Of our State and
II 30 are they diseased?


To which Mr.. N. H. Bitely, of Lawton, re-
plies:


The yelows usually exhibits itself first in
bearing trees in the premature ripening of the
fruit; next in an unnatural growth of twigs on
the bodies and limbs OF the trees. The disease
may be inoculsted by budding and we have
seen the abnormal twig growth In yesrling
trees


As far as we know, the peach stock in any Of
the nurseries in the eastern part of the State
ls perfectly free from this disease.


The following letter from prominent peach
grower in Van Buren County, written US since
very full discussion Of the peach-tree disease
at the annual meeting of the State Pomoloncal
Society, gives In a nutshell what we know
about the yellows in Michigan


The following points, 1t seems to me, cover
about what we know of the yellows:


/. The disease is contagious and IN some
manner is communicated from tree to tree
from orchard to orchard and from one neigh
borhood to another.


2. 1t did not originate in Michigan, but was
probably imported from It's original home-the
peach region of New Jersery, Delaware and
Maryland.


8. Neither soil nor culture is q factor in its
spread.


4. Both budded and seeding trees aud all
varieties OF either are subject to its attack, al
though there are some facts to show that the
white fleshed varieties are more exempt.


s. 1t may be communicated from tree to tree
by the pruning knife, shears or saw, hence the
implement used in pruning tree should be
thoroughly cleansed before making cut on
another tree.


6. No remedy ls now known except to destroy
the diseased trees promptly, and to neglect
such destruction is sure death to an orchard
and all the orchards in the vicinity.


7. The prompt eradication and burning of
the diseased trees may stop it entirely in an
orchard and at least will greatly retard Its pro-
grees.


8. From the foregoing, the conclusion seems
inevitable that nothing but a stringent law for
the destruction of the diseased trees, applicable
to the whole State, diligently and energetically
enforced, will prevent the loss OF every peach
tree in the State.


Without such law we may bid long fare
well to this most luscious fruit which has 90
long been both source Of pride and revenue
to our State. With such law, so enforced
the future Of the peach will be more hopeful.


PRUNING.


No time Of the year is better for pruning
apple trees than this month of December. Dc
not go in with hatchet and saw for Q general
trim OF it, but with knife and shears take limbs
of here and there that in your judgment are
not wanted. Now you have the leisure and in
the spring you will be hurried. 40 "take time
Year: 1878

PRoCRAsTINATIoN "A Washington
special says Congress is hopelcssly be-
hindhand with its work, and the prospect
for thedongest session within reasonable
memory is beyond question. The APP
preparation Committee of the House has
never been so negligent and slow. The
seventy seventh rule ofthe House requires
that all appropriation bills shall be report
ed to the house by the committee within
thirty days from the assembling of Con-
grcss, and yet three times thirty days have
passed and only two bills of the thirteen
have thus far been reported. One of thes g
tho Military Academy bills low be-
fore the Senate Committee, and the other
the Consular and Diplomatic-is still
in tho House. Important bills, and those
requiring long discussion, are still in
committee, and nobody knows when they
will come into the House. If the House
does not get on faster, tropical midsum.
mer will find Congress still here. Said a
prominent Senator, There has never
been such an inefficient House. 1t seems
wholly without leaders, and without any
apparent policy or system, or any clear
idea Of what it has to do. Such procras-
tination as the Appropriation Committee
is guilty of was never known before, and
cannot help thinking the fiscal year
will expire and leave several of the bills
still hanging between the houses" Most
of the well informed in both houses have
made up their minds that there is not the
slightest chance of anything being dono
with the tariff this session.


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Year: 1878

UNDEcIDED.-The Bill providing for
the holding OF a Constitutional Convsn-
ton still hangs fro in the Legislature and
the chances are now that it will be BAN
died back and forth between the Senate
AMI Assembly until the end of the session
and as a consequence 60 by default. And
this in the face of the fact that the people
voted in favor of the Convention and the
Constitution says plainly that the Legs-
lature must provide for holding it. 1t
will be remembered that we several weeks
ago mentioned, on authority of the ChrOn-
aeie, that there was a well organized
scheme in the Senate determined to de-
feat any measure that might result in
holding Convention. Subsequent pro-
ceedings in that body tend to confirm the
statement. The Assembly two weeks
ago passed tolerably acceptable Bill,
providing for 100 Delegates, to be elected
by Legislative Districts, and fixing com
pensation the same as Legislators. This
1t seems did not please the Senate, which
body amended the Bill by inserting 81
additional Delegates 10 be elected by
Congressional Districts, and providing
that all Delegates should serve Without
pay. Ridiculous as this proposition
would seem. it passed the Senate by q
vote of 28 to 5. On Monday last, re.
consideration WAS had and the pay o.
Delegates placed at $500 for the session
Ths action sends the Bill back to the
Assembly, and if tha. body insists on a
reasonable measure, it is probable nothing
will come of the matter. We believe nc
Convention would be better than one
held under the Bill as it passed the Senate


From the Sacramento Bee of Wedncs
day afternoon we learn that the Assembly
rejected the Senate amendment to the
Constitution bill by vote of GA to s.
Good for the Assembly /! They dom
want any "at large" Delegates nor d,
they wsnt others to do more important
work than they are engaged in at less
wages.
Year: 1878

Two TERMS of the Supreme Court are
TO be held in Los Angeles, and the Sac
ramento Bee thinks that Central and
Southern California being now accommo-
dated that the Northern part of the State
should have term or so. OF course.
Trinity county don't have a case in the
Supreme Court more than once in several
years, but as the Court Is now on wheels
we want an occasional term held in Wea-
veryile.
Year: 1878

TIE Assembly on Monday very prop.
erly tabled n resolution, re affirming fdel-
ity 20 the Democratic party and holding
that Hayes obtained by fraud a seat
which should have been given to Tilden.
The people have heard enough on this
subject, for they feel convinced that no
side in the recent crisis had monopoly
of questionable transactions. Further
more the province of a Legislative body
is to do the will Of the people and not
descend to party clap trap.-Bee
Year: 1878

THE CHINESE PRoBLEM.-Though no
official information has been received on
the subject, it is thought at the Depart
ment Of State that the agitation Of the
Chinese question in this country will
lead the Chinese Government to abandon,
at least 30 far rs the United States is con
cerned, the exclusive foreign policy, and
establish mission and appoint Minis
ter Extraordinary and Envoy Plenipo-
Tertiary to this country, to look after Chi
nese interests.
Year: 1878

The editor of the Colusa SIN has meas
ured the stream, which in the late food
ran through the low lands west of Colusa,
and finds it to be equal to the amount of
water carried at the same time by the
Sacramento river. Then, he says there
was just about the same amount running
through the trough on the east side ofthe
river-and this would make three rivers.
Year: 1878

THE San Francisco BuUetin says: The
news from Sacramento is that the VIII o ie
Spring Valley lobby is out in force. A
gentleman who knows as much about
what is going on there as anyone outside,
estimates that not less than n quarter of Il
million of dollars will be employed by
the Water Company this Winter through
the fundamentally of the lobby. This
large sum will be used to corrupt legisla-
ton.
Year: 1878

DR.. MARY WALKER says that she don't
care a boot jack whether she ever votes
or not. She has all the law she wants,
and seven pair of trowsers. Well it does
seem as though that ought to make life a
flower garden in June to almost anybody.
Year: 1878

A CONVENTION of San Francisco Irish
Societies voted down proposition to dis
pense with the street parade on st. Pat
rick's Day, and devote tho money collect
ed for the purpose to the reliet of distress
among the poor of the city.
Year: 1878

COMPULSORY VOTING.-In view of the
very light vote polled in this State at the
late election, the question of compulsory
voting is being agitated. Something in
this direction should be done, and could
be readily accomplished through the
Great Registers of the several countless
Let the County Clerk be instructed after
each general election to cancel the names
of all voters on the Register whose names
do not appear on the Poll List of sad
election. Then if such persons desired to
vote atany future election 1t would be
necessary for them to re register, which
would perhaps be more trouble than
voting. II is certainly questionable
whether men who do not take sufficient
interest in elections to go to the polls and
deposit ballot should be allowed to vote
at all.
Year: 1878

MANY farmers in Ohio have received
communications from the Communists
threatening the destruction OF their pro-
perty if they persist IN the use of labor
saving farm machinery. This thing is
ripening all over the country, and the
Boomer the opportunity comes for crush
ing it out with strong hand the better,
say we,
Year: 1878

Tue Kesrney ticket of San Francisco
county is composed of a nice set of fellows
--of chaps who never pay cent or miss
q meal. Fifteen of them pay no taxes,
nineteen are foreign born aud nineteen Of
them have been registered within two
years. Are they the men to make new
Constitution for the people?
Year: 1878

TELEPHONE will soon be within the reach of all. At no distant day every family will have one of it's own. True you can't get a good one in this coun- try now for much less than $50, but they are selling in London at SS apiece with a downward tendency in the price.
Year: 1878

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada in
and for the County of orrnobyLester Haskell plaintiff
Sarah NJ Haskell, defendant Action brought in T. e
strict Court Of the Second Judicial District Of the state
Of Nevada in and for the Coun Ormsby, and the
plant fled in said County of On.by i'll the Office of the
Cl rk of said District Court The State Nevada ends
greeting Sarah NJ Haskell defendant. You hereby
required to appear in action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the District Court of the Second
Judc al Dis OF the State of Nevada in and for the
County Of Ormsby, and to answer the complaint filed
therein "a cop, of which accompanies this summons
within Exclusive Of the day Of sevce) after the
service you Of tls summons-if served within this
county; served ont of this county but In th District
within days otherwise within forty daysOr judg
ment by d'faut will be taken against Toe said action
brought dissolve the bonds of matrm0ny ting be-
you and said plaintiff the ground of adultery,
an alleged against you by said plaintiff all Of which Is
fully and specifically set forth in the plaintiffs
plant, now on file in my office. A. you are hereby
notified that if You fail to appear and answer the said
plant above required the said plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in his said complaint


49,. Given under my hand, and the Seal OF the Dis
J triet Court of the Second Judicial District of the
~ State of Nevada in and for the County "f Ornsby
+-@ this 18th day OF November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight


ALFRED HELM Clerk
TsKNNoR COFFIN Attorney for Plaintiff.


i43Oi
Year: 1878

matter as this we ought to be will
ing to help each other


We'll, said the editor, If it goes
into the locals, suppose you would
reciprocate by having a little notice
read for me in your church next
SundayY The visiting brother
asked, what notice Z aud the editor
wrote AID handed him the following:
The TRIBUNE is the best family paper IN
TINS county. It's proprietor has much expc.
f'ence, ana a'l the accessories when large
outlay OF money can procure His journal is
the most attractive local organ In the county
ana Is furnished ut only $3.50 per year. Ii is
certain That you cannot expend that amount
10 better advantage. Be sure To take ,he
TRIBUNE, and subscribe for yom friends Ad
refreshments inserted at reasonable rates. and
loo printing done promptly to order ut the
lowest living prices


The manager hemmed and hesi-
tated, aud then said solemny that
he doubted whether it would be
judicious to read such a notice, but
suggested that il it was printed.
copies of it might be distributed at
the door OF the vestry on the evening
of the entertainments.


Yes, said the editor, but it would
attract more attention in the middle
OF u sermon. 1t will interest a large
number OF your congregation aud
helpa good cause; and besides, SO
much money is spent on the TRIBUNE
that ! don't see how l can afford to
print hand-bills to advertise without
increasing the subscription price.
In such matter as this we ought to
be willing TO help each other


Then the gentleman saw tho situ-
ation."
Year: 1878

A WOMAN hailing from near this
burg, hearing q good deal about pre-
serving "aurumn leaves" concluded
to put up few jars of them. She
told neighbor the other day that
she didn't think they would ever be
fit to eat, and that she might just as
well have thrown her sugar away.
Year: 1878

TUE PRESS AND THE PULPIT.-By
using the name of his own paper
every publisher in the country may
make the following applicable to bis
case. We clip it from valued ex-
chage:


"He was the manager of church
fair, and one morning he walked
into the local newspaper office and
said:


"Want an item for your paper!


OF course replied the editor.
Whereupon the visitor laid the fol-
lowing note upon his table:


the ladies' of the church will give q
festival at their vesiry hall next Friday eve
ming. Literary aid musical entertainment will
he provided, and d supper will be served TO all
who desire. The ladies in charge Of the affair
have much experience in such matters and are
sure 10 provide o good Time. The admission
will be only ID cents, and it is certain that 40
one can spend that amount 10 better advan
tage. Be sure to go, and take your friends


The editor read it and said, oh,
| see an advertisement


NO; not an advertisement We
prefer to have it go into the local
department, said the manager. And
seeing the editor looked skeptical,
he continued:


1T will interest great many OF
your readers, and help good cans1c
Besides, we have spent so mach
money getting il up that we can't
afford to advertise withou. increas-
ing the price Of admission. ln such
Year: 1878

THE City Bank is now in its new
quaiters-Toay's block-which are
the most pleasant and comm odious
to be found in the city. On the oc-
casion of removal q mammoth new
burglar and fire-proof safe, of about
eight tons weight, was purchased,
being essential to the increase of
business, and will insure deposits
more secure if possible than ever be-
fore.
Year: 1878

ONE of tho most desirable farms
in this part of the State, owned by
John Beardsley, is offered for sale,
through the TRIBUNE. This farm
is acknowledged by all who have
seen it as "a little paradise" House
and lot, or stock in narrow gauge,
may be taken in part payment. A
bargain for somebody.
Year: 1878

The coroner received information yestei-
day morning Of baby dying suddenly at


Delaware city, and accompanied By his
clerk be started down about noon. An In
quest was held, but What facts were elected
remains in obscurity, as both the coroner
and his clerk refused to give the HsRAtD
reporters any information bearing uponIthe
subject. Whether there is any matters of
public interest connected with the case We
cannot say yet, we think that the coroner


should be willing to let the light Of day
shine on the verdict his jurors arrived Of,
ltlqoks too much like whttewashing., =, m
Year: 1878

SEATTLE CoAL.-While passing a
coal house yesterday our attention
was attracted by a pile Of handsome
coal which we stepped inside to
examine. We were truly astonish-
ed at its excellence, and more so
when We we're informed that it came
from Seattle. We have seen thou
sands of tons dumped upon the San
Francisco docks from almost every
quarter of the globe, and verify we
believe it would equal nine-tenths
receive in that city during the
year.-POrtlaad Standard.


Nor TRUE.-The report current
this morning that the steamer Libby
had sunk in Fidalgo Bay, is incor-
rect; she grounded, but was soon
got off, and arrived at the wharf to-
day in good condition.


The Walla Walla Watchmaa says
that men who continually shoot off
their mouth about what they would
do if they were Gen. Howard sell
dom ever shoot off a gun in defense
of their country, unless out Of meat,
in which case they might shsot a
hog in the ear.
Year: 1878

WICHITA, Kan, Jan. %, 1878.


DEAR News One could easily
imagine one s self in Illinois, sitting
here, looking out upon the uedltb Of
mud in the streets and the very level
country Immediately about this
town.


Last Spring I saw quite a number
81 men from Illinois, moving into
this part of Kansas, and all decIar
ing that they were running away
from the mud. I wonder what their
feelings are this winter, for the roads
have been almost impossible for six
weeks past.


This town numbers about 1850
inhabitants, and is the depot for
supplies of all the country lying
south and southwest for a distance
of seventy-fve miles, consequently a
large amount of trading is done here,
and property, especially business
property, is in good demand at high
prices.


But the time is coming when the
railroad will enter the counties south
of this. and then Wichita will have a
terrible fall. She then viii only be
the county seat of Sedgwick county,
and not the great metropolis that
she presumes she will be in a few
years to come.


Farmers are a bit blue. Their
wheat crop is below the-average, and
they are receiving but sixty cents for
wheat, fifteen cents for corn, two
dollars and tbree-quarters for hogs,
fifteen cents for butter, and twelve
cents for eggs.


This is quite tough on those who
come forty or fifty miles to market


The weather remains mId-frosts
and freezing at night, but the days
are warm and the sun shines brightly.


A delightful winter so far-only
one storm of any moment, and that
was a heavy snow storm that took
place ten or twelve days ago. With
the rain that preceded it, the snow
that melted has, increased very ma
terially the difficulties Of


T.. RAVELING.
Year: 1878

4 process is announced in Il Belgian


journal by which ordinary wood has
imDarted to it the appearance Of our
most beautiful specimens Of walnut,
adapted to the very finest cabinet work.


The wood, first thoroughly dried and
warmed. is coated once or twice with a
LIQUID composed of one part, by weight,
of extract Of walnut peel, dissolved il
six parts of soft water by heating it to
boiling and stirring. The wood thus
treated is, when half dry, brushed by a
solution of one part, by weight, of
bichromate of potash in five parts of
boiling water, and, after drying thor
oughly, is rubbed and polished. The
color is thus fixed in the wood to a
depth Of one OF two lines, and, in the
case of red beech or alder, for instance
tho walnut appearance is most perfect
Year: 1878

When the cultivation Of cochineal
was introduced into the Canary Island
in 1910, the product was worth twelve
francs per Spanish pound; but mainly
owing to the increased use of aniline
cOlOrs, first made known to the world
by a German scientist, the price fell to
four francs in 1870, and now it may be
bought for two francs and a half in any
nnantitY
Year: 1878

''The baby is standing all 'lOneyV'
The children shout in their glee-
And father ard mother d aunty
Must hurry and come to see.
So babv-The cute lit le darIingL
Is put through the wonderful feat.
And fOnd.cd and kissed ard commenced
For being SO smart and so sweet.
With he cunningcst air Of triumph,
She stands I'm the midst Of US all
While the OutstretChed arms OF her mOJneI
Is ready 10 save q fall,


And whenever the little one tOtterS,
Around her is hastily rOWn.
'Tis very fine fun-thinks the baby
This frOlic Of Standing Alone!
All, many q imc in the future
She'll long fn= the aid of that arm,
When the love and the care Of a mother
No longer can shield her from harm!
For oft when our need is the 5Orest
There's no one to whom We can turn
And Standing Alone IS lesson
y is harI for woman to learn.
And often ana over, my baby,
RefOrC life's long journey is done.
You will ycaTn in your hours OF weakness
For sOmt thing to lean upon.


When the props upon which you depended
Are taken away or O'erthrOwn,
You will find If is weariSOme. baby
So wearisOmP. Standing Alone.
Year: 1878

From time immemOrial it has been
the custom in the southwest Of Eng
land for farmers to throw back a shil-
ling twenty-five eentsl on every ten
stacks Of wheat and every ten quarters
of barley they sell. The custom is sup
posed to have its origin in the fact that
formerly the dealers met the farmers
at their inns when the market was over
and paid them, when the farmer threw
back a shilling fer drink. If the GUS
tom were abolished, it is said that it
would cost the largest brewing firm in
England SIS, 900 a year.
Year: 1878

The model town in the State Of
New York is Alfred. It has two
thousand inhabitants, and has never
had a single glass Of liquor sold
within its limits. and never a pauper
to support Temperance Advocate
Year: 1878




Gen. Bristow of KY, Is beginning
to be talked ofas a candidate in 1880.
A, public dinner was given him IN
Boston, on the 18sh ult, at which he
made a speech, and declared him
self in favor Of Resumption, and
honest payment Of the public debt.
He said


Every device or scheme whereby
it is sought to discharge the public
promise to pay a dollar by the deliv-
cry Of anything less than a dollar, is
practical repudistion and merits, and,
as I believe, will eventually receive,
the condemnation of a majority Of
the people"