smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

B. l.. Blair, editor OF the horticultural
department of the Iowa Homestead, says of
this new ornamental plant:


This plant WAS sent out last season by the
English florists with great flourish of trum
pets, sounding high the praise of ITS wondrous
beauty. Seeds were sold in this country at
n high price for small parcel-say ten seeds
for fifty cents. All who bought aud planted
naturally expected to see something beautiful
grown; hut disappointment comes with this
AS often with other high-priced novelties
Have tried it in the open ground, in pots. IN
shade and IN full exposure to the sun, and in
each instance the plant amounts tn SIMPLY
nothing. In the sunshine il grew three
inches high, then withcrcd and dried up. By
dint of cOaNing and keeping in pot shaded
II grew about ten inches but presented moth
ing of the beautiful appearance claimed for
It. Possibly II may do better in "A climate
not so hot rs ours, OF in the moist, warm at
mosphere Oi n green house in winter hut as
only few people possess the latter requisite,
II Is not the plant for general cultivation.


This is utterly at variance with the expe-
rience Of cultivators in this vicinity, where
1t has been grown with universal success, and
is highly and deservcdy admired Mr.. Al.
fred Parker, Hon. Horace Fairbanks gardener,
exhibited plant at the state fair which was
seven and half feet in height and ten feet
around the branches with stem six inches
in circumference. The seeds we're sown in a
pot in the greenhouse, in March, came up
well, and grew slowly for a while Mr.. Par
ker then pOtted them separately, and they
soon began to grow with surprising rapidity.
He has now about dozen specimens, nearly
as fine as the one shown at the fair. Some
OF them have been kept under glass all sum-
mer, Others upon the verandah, and others
still in the open ground; and they have
done equally we'll in every place No one
can see these fine plants without being struck
with their graceful habit of growth, their


long, pendulous, and beautifully waved and
crinkled foliage, as well as the striking and
finely variegated colors Of the whole plant.
The stems are dark red with fine polish,
the leaves at the tips of the main stem aud
branches form plumes of mixed crimson,
yellow and green, very clear and vivid in
ooloration always, but varying in shade and
tint with the degree of exposure to direct
sunlight. The older leaves are m9ttled led
and green, growing darker and somewhat
duler with age, but never shabby or un-
pleasing in hue. So far Is this plant from
requiring cool atmosphere and shelter from
the SUM- that MIR. Parker's plants did not
begin to grow rapidly until warm weather
began, and those that have had the most sun
have grown the best and exhibited their de-
sirable characteristics the most satisfactory
ly, Altogether, We pronounce the "fountain
plant decided success, and valuable adj
dition to our list Of ornamental plants for
either indoor or outdoor decoration.
Year: 1872

Much has been written and said on this
subject by practical and theoretical men
and volume upon volume might be written
on the subject aud it would be no nearer set :
tied in the minds Of some, than it is now, or
was one hnudrdd years ago Each breed
will still have Its earnest advocates. | ad-
init that | am somewhat prejudiced in favor
OF the Short Horns. but not squite so much
as some men are 1t must be admitted by
all that each breed has its good aud bad quail
tiles.


But let it be fully impressed on the mind
of every breeder Of stock that his individual |
success does not by any means depend upon
his showing that his neighbor's breed of stock
is inferior to his own


Such course, il pursued for any length
of time, will ultimately result in ruin and
disappointment, just the same as it would TO
the editor of an agricultural Journal that
would attempt to blackmail his contempora.
ry.


The question should be put in a somewhat
different light than merely (Which is the
best breed ?" 1t might be put thus What
breed is best adapted to my means, particular
locality, and purpose Devons are claimed
to be best adapted for dairy purposes. while
the Short Horns have the preference for
beef purposes. Throughout all our highly
cultivated states, think that the Short
Horns or their grades are the most profitable
breed Of cattle for all wel-to.do farmers /;
that is, farmers, that can provide for their
food and comfort throughout the cold winter
months. On the other hand, where the soil
is somewhat barren and urproductiye,
think that the Devons will be found to be
the best paying cattle not that they require
less food or care than the Short Horns, for it
is an established fact that both breeds will do
as we'll, if not better, than the common
stock if they are all aloud to rough it to-
gether summer and winter. But | am con-
vinced that the day Is past when any farmer
can make catte-raising profitable, who can
not give them food and shelter in winter.
However, there are, perhaps fifty per cent.
of our western farmers that have not the
means to give their stock the proper shelter
and forage in winter. Now, to this class Of
men would decidedly say, the Devon is the
Year: 1872

A correspondent of Science Gossip, after
referring to the tediousness of the ordinary
way of preparing skeleton leaves, which IS
enough almost to tax the patienc eof Job,
and which most experimeuters give up in de-
spair before getting through with it, describes
a new method, which is easy, cleanly and
takes but little time. 1t is as follows =


First dissolve four ounces of common
washing soda in quart of boiling water,
then add two ounces ofslaked quicklime, and
boil for about fifteen minutes. Allow this
solution to cool afterwards pour off all the
clear liquor into a clean saucepan. When
the solution is at bOling-point, place the leaf
carefully in the pan, and boil the whole to-
gether for an hour. Boiling water ought to
be added occasiOnly, but sufficient only to
replace that lost by evaporation. The epi.
derms and parenchyma Of some leaves will
more readily separate than others. A good
test is to try the leaves after they have been
gently boiling for about an hour, and if the
cellular matter does not easily rub off be-
twixt the finger and thumb beneath cold wa
ter, boil them again for short time. When
the hcshy matter is found to be sufficiently
sOftened, rub them separately but very gently
beDeath cold water until the perfect skeleton
is exposed. The skeletons at first are of
dirty-white color; to make them of pure
white, and therefore more beautiful, all that
is necessary is to bleach them in a weak So
luton of chloride of lime. l have found
the best solution is a large teaspoonfu of
chloride Of lime to quart of water if
few drops Of vinegar are added to the bleach
ing solution, it is all the better, for then the
chlorine is liberated. DO not allow them to
remain too long in the bleaching liquor, or
they become too brittle, and cannot after
wards be handled without injury. About
fifteen minutes is sufficient to make them
white aud clean.looking. Dry the specimens
in white blotting paper, beneath a gentle
pressure, after they are bleached.


"simple leaves are the best for young be.
gnners to experiment upon the vine, pop


lar, beech aud ivy leaves make excellent
skeletons, Care must be exercised in the se-
lection of leaves, as we'll as the period of the
year and the state of the atmosphere when
the specimens are collected, otherwise failure
will be the result. The best months to gath
er ths specimens are July aud August New
er collect specimens in damp weather and
none hut perfectly matured leaves ought to
be selected"
Year: 1872

This singular looking plant is highly re-
commended by those who have tried it as a
basket plant. Its angular foliage is dense,
of good color and free growth, as well as at
traotivs from its novelty.
Year: 1872

John w. Earle, proprietor of liquor saloon
at Tenth and Wesss for several has permitted
ovster dealers in the neghborhoOd TO deposit money In
his safe The dealers given the use OF number OF
small drawers with locks, of which they had Keys OF
various patterns barkeeper had charge OF the Key OF
the SAFE and kept beneath the bar few months ago
an assistant barkeeper engaged and told the place
I'm which the key kept He took charge OF 1t every
other week during the absence Of his associate. The
assistant barkeeper was discharged recently Early yes
terday an officer Of the Ninth Precinct noticed that the
Tentst door Of the saloon was open, and awoke the
bartender who slept In room on the opposite corner
Tho saloon searched and It was discovered that
one had unlocked the safe and forced open six OF
the drawers using for the purpose an ice.pck and
sardine opener The drawer OF ]. Henry Miller, jr
Co was robbed Of SsT2 that Of Jacob j. Housman Of
7so in bonds and Mr. Earles drawer ofs2o The police
have made no arrests.
Year: 1872

here tomorrow for NewYork via San Francisco and the
Isthmus OF Panama, believing they can get through
than BY rail- owing to the present condition OF
the Union Pacific Railroad Reports this evening state
that snow bound trains still Creston. The
weather is warm and pleasant The snow shoyeers are
working day and night.
Year: 1872

" A young man by the name Of Basham,
living high up on Frog Bayou. who had just
come in from Texas and on his way home, as


saulted George Pennywitt, at the Ferry Land


ing. on Friday afternoon last, without any


justifiable cause, and was held by the Mayor


under s coo bond to take his trial at the next
4 ircuit Court
Year: 1872

Mr.. Summer having lied protest to
day against the organization OF the Sen
ate committee to inquire into the sale o
arms to France, and declining to testify
voluntarily, was this afternoon formally
served with summons to appear to
morrow and give his evidence like any
other witness. He is greatly incensed a
this and declares that will not testify, bu
plead his privileges as Senator.
Year: 1872

evidence to show that our government was
privy to the sale of arms and ammunition
to France, in open violation of international
law, and that the difference in the amount
received by the government agent in New
York from France on account of these sales
and the sums paid into the treasury was
$2,400,0O0. Summers showing OF the case
was not so effective as it might have been,
as he was constantly interrupted by such
Grant Senators as Harlan, Morton and
Conkling. The Senate adjourned imme-
diately after Harlan took the floor to reply
to Sumner.


Tomorrow Schurz and Conkling will
speak to the resolution. Schurz, from his
knowledge Of the subject, will undoubtedly
make one of his usually mastery efforts,
while Conkling will defend the New York
military ring and Grant.


Both the administration organs here have
articles this morning defending the trans
action. The Chronicle says there is no VIC
lation of neutral obligation in our govern
ment having sold arms to French agents;
while the Republican says the charges of
defalcation against Rufus 1ngles must be
proven before the people will believe them.
Year: 1872




LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
NO BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE
THE SENATE NOT IN SESSION
TWO KU.KLUX REPORTS
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION
Weekly Bank Statement
ALSACE AND LORRAINE
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE GERMAN
ACTIVITY AMONG THE BONAPARTISTS
ASSASSINATION OF THE WRONG NAN
MEMPHIS AND ARKANSAS RAILROAD
COUNTY AID GRANTED
FROZEN TO DEATH IN NEBRASKA
CINCINNATI ICE GORGE BREAKS
TWO HUNDRED COAL BARGES LOOSE
AMOUNT OF COAL SUNK
NOVEL SUIT FOR A WIFE
Year: 1872

The Joint Committee OF the Com
mon Council on Public Buildings has
decided to report to the Board Of Alder
men and Assistant Aldermen, recon-
mending the City Hall to be enlarged
by the addition OF another story in the
Mansard style to afford accommodations
which are necessary to facilitate the
transaction Of public business and tc
connect more closely the offices OF the
different municipal departments.
Year: 1872

The board has been in session during the week, transacting business for the county. Taxpayers who may feel aggrieved at the as essment of their property should lay their complaints before the Board.
Year: 1872

One night during the week person attempted to set fire the store of M. Perata, in wckenburg. but C. Block interrupted him just he had about finished satura ing the door with coal oil preparatory to touching it o The woudb house burner did not have time to wait to tell bis name.
Year: 1872

ITls reported that Colonel Scott will
in very short time be prepared to let
out the contracts for the construction
of the Texas Pacific Railroad, OF which
he was receLtly elected President, clear
to the Pacific In carrying out this
great work, Colonel Scott will have
an opportunity for the display Of all his
rare energies, and it may safely be pre-
dicted that it will be accomplished in
less time than that required for any
previous undertaking OF a similar mag.
nituie in this country or any ether.
At least Colonel Scott is reported TO
have saii so, and he is not addicted TO
boasting
Year: 1872

Noman must speak loud to any Of the
horses, or in the stable where they are.
Horses Of good blood are nervous, and
loud, excited conversation is felt BY
every horse in the stable who hears II.
Excited words addressed to one horse
are felt BY every other horse who hears
them, and keep them all nervous and
uneasy.
Year: 1872

I am now getting up . new Portable HEATER.
which for chespnsss. durability and economy cannot
be surpasssd., The inside being Of wrought iron
cannot expand or leak every part Of the heater.
texcept the cast iron) Is manufactured under my
own supervision and made In the best manner II can
be gotten 9p at less xpense than any other heater
in the market. Made and sold BY


X. MORRISON,


Wsy8.3W t0 Shipley street.
Year: 1872

The dlsgraced New York
Tribune is very much distressed
because the editor of the Ga
zette contradicted a report that
he favored and was seeking to
bring about the withdrawal oil
Grant from the presidential
contest. 1t concludes, too, that
we do not favor the election OF
Grant, because the Gazette crit
icised his military conduct and
his administration IN some cas-
es, and for the further reason
that the father of the President
spoke disrespectfuIly of us.
This logic is not as good as it
would be to charge that the
Tribune can not be honestly
opposed to Grant, because il
recently indorsed his admins
tration and renominated him
for the presidency; or that the
Tribune writer is opposed to
Grant because Grants father
said of him that she is the big
gest liar | ever knowed." The
Gazette is in the habit of crit.
cising public men from a pub
lie standpoint, and in this
course 1t will no doubt contin-
ue; but it does not support or
oppose men on personal
grounds. Herein it differs from
the present managers of the
Tribune. We support Grant
because he is the nominee of
the Republican party, repre-
sents Republican principles,
and Las proved himself a safe
man to be at the head of the
nation. We oppose Mr.. Gree
ley because his candidacy is
the result of a corrupt bargain,
and because we believe him to
be unfit for the presidency. In
his sphere as journalist We
esteemed him, and for the man
we have sas much respect, and
more perhaps, than those who,
by flattery and toadyism, have
drawn him into his present dis
graceful position. Cincinnati
Gazette. ~.


-<ees<-
Year: 1872

The undersigned resumes the Editorshp OF
THE TRIBUNE, which he relinquishcd on EN-
barking in another line Of business six months ago.
Henceforth it shall be his endeavor TO make this
thoroughly independent Journal treating all parties
and political movements with judicial fairness and
candor but oourtlng the favor and deprecatinG the
wrath of no one.


If he can hereafter say anything that viii tend
10 heartily unite the whole American People on the
broad platform of Universal Amnesty and Impartial
Suffrage, he viii gladly do so. For the present,
however he can best commend that consumnaion
by silence and forbearance The victOrs in our late
struggle can hardly fail to take the whole subject oil
Southern rights and wrongs into early and earnest
consideration and to them, for tho present he re-
mits it.


| Since he will never again be a candidate for any
| Office and is not in full accord with either OF the
great parties which have hitherto divided tie coun-
try, he will be able and will endeavor 10 give wider
and steader regard to the progres, of Science, In
dustry. and the Useful Arts, than partisan journal
can do and he will not be provoked to in
diligence in those bitter personalities which are
| the recognized bane of journalism. Sustained by
a generous public, he will do his best to make The
| TRIBUNE power in the broader field it now con-
templates as, when Human Freedom was Imperfect
| it was in the arena of political partisanshiD.
Respectfuly HORACE GREELEI
Sec York, Nov. 6, 1872
Year: 1872

floated ont of one third-story window into
another, and repealed for that occasion the
law of gravity. There are those who think
that the witch-hazel will indicate buried treas
ure. There are those who know that their de-
parted grandmothers take delight in coming
TO earth, simply to be photographed. There
are those who think that bit OF birthstone
carried in ones breeches pocket will stave OIL
rheumatism. There are those who have no doubt
that the seventh son of seventh son must
have a special faculty for setting broken legs'
There are tho3e who think that lunatics arc
at their worst when tho moon is fall. There
are those who declare that the bees, upon
the death of their owner, will all tiy away
unless somebody "tells' them. There are
those-but enough!


Ii is not always easy 70 draw tho line be-
tween reasonable belief and superstition and
the limited nature of human knowledge Is
such that it probably never will be easy.
Every scientific marvel is sure to be listened
to by numbers who have no knowledge of
scientific laws and most of us are too busy to
investigate matters in which we feel no per-
sonal interest. rs for the rules of evidence,
we generally discard them altogether when we
have to deal with the marvellous. How can
we investigate something which happened N
California; Then, too, il is curious to notice
how easily we accept statements purportInS to
be attcsted by witnesses Of whom we never
heard before, and who may ba no better than
men of straw. We read the account, and
accept it,, because it is stated that John Doe
and Richard Roe testify to it, truth, while of
Doe and Roe we know nothing, and cannot
even be sure of their existence. The tale
ticlles our love OF the new, the wonderful,
and the startling and we carelessly credit it
because all of us love to cape at what is mar
velous. THIS il childish frlilty which we
never outgrow it is as strong in Us at fifty as
it was when we sat by the Winter fire and
heard legends which made every particular
hair like a porcupno's quill Many absurd
stories are saved from fatal investigation by
their doleful lack Of Importance; we hear and
forget easily what has nothing to do with our
business OF our fortunes. SO it happens that
there is many fasehood floating about the
world, some being venerable to degree, and
always in a limbo between general acceptance
and general contradiction. Error wounded
may writhe but our opinion is that it seldom
dies for good and an.
Year: 1872

There has been no time, until now, within
The last twelve years, when The TRIBUNE was
not suppOsed to keep, for the benefit of the
idle and incapable, a sort of Federal en-
plovment agency, established to get places
under government for those who were indis-
posed to work for their living. Any man who
had ever voted The Republican ticket believed
that it was the duty and the privilege OF the
editor of this paper to get him place in the
Custom house. Every red-nosed politician
who had cheated at the caucus and fought at
the polls looked to the editor OF TIE TRIB-
UNE to secure his appointment as eauger, or
az army Chaplin, or as minister to France.
Every campaign orator came upon US after
the battle was over for a recommendation AS
Secretary of the Treasury or the loan of half
n dollar. If one OF our party bad an interest
pending at Washington, the editor of The
TRIBUNE was telegraphed in frantic haste to
como TO the capitol, save this bill. crush that
one, promote one project or stop another
He was TO he Everybody's Friend, with moth
ing to do but to take care of other folks
business, sign papels, write letters, and ask
favors for them, and TO get DO thanks for 1t
either. Four-ffths Of these people were sent
away without what they wanted, only to be-
como strightway abusive enemies lit was
the worry of life to try to crafty one de-
mand in Il dozen for the other fifth.


The man with two wooden legs cOngratu-
lated himself that he could never be troubled
with cold feet. It is a source of profound
satisfaction to us that ohice-seekers viii keep
aloof from defeated candidate who has not
influence enough at Washington or Albany to
get sweeper appointed under the Sergeant
at Arms, or n deputy y-sub-assistant temporary
clerk into the paste-pot section of the folding
room. At last We shall be leC alone to mind
our own affairs and manage our own news
paper, without being called aside every hour
to help lazy people whom we don't know and
to spend our strength in efforts that only ben
eft people who don't deserve assistance. AT
last we shall keep our office clear of blather-
sixties and political beggars. and go about our
daily work with the satisfaction of knowing
that not the most credulous of place-hunters
Will suspect US of having any credit with the
appointing powers. That is one of the results
of Tuesdays election for which we own our
selves profoundly grateful.