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- T» WHOMITjliYCOHCKRH!
„TPHlfiT I» TO CERTIFY TO ALL TO
fw whom these pres i.t* may come. That
* we, Robert S. Baird, of the City of Wlj
*>• mington and 8t?t* of Delaware, and
James C. McComb, l0 r rtmndy wine hundred,
New Castle connty ait t StAte of Delaware,
have this day entered into a limited partner
ship for the purpose of carrying on the trade
ana business of fnanu tacturing and doling
in morocco and other leathers, and all things
thereunto belonging or appertaining, under
and by virtue ot the laws of the state of Dela
ware, upon the term» hereinafter set forth.
The said partnership Is to be conducted
under the partnership name of Chartes Baird
and Company and the general oWect of the
oartoershipi* to carry on the trade and busi
taimfacturingand dealing in morocco
ir leabhor», and all tilings thereunto
«. u g Or appertaining
a names and residences of the said part
are as follows: The general partner of
aid firm is Robert s. Baird, l.ving in the
Ef Wilmington, New Castle county and
Delaware, and the special paitneris
Hd. McComb, of Brandywine hundred,
^Ktle countv and State ot Delaware.
.1 * mes C. McComb, the special
His .ntrihuted the sum of Twenty
iN.i'ur* to the common stock of the
^Hoershlp.
Ho sill partnership is to commence
Hxtemith day of November, A. D., one
Kid eight t undre ■ and niDety-nme, and
Ed on the Hist day of December, A. D.,
F'-«i hundred.
HU <rv Whtreof, We have hereunto set
lands and seals. !u the City of WHmlng
■ d Slate of Delaware, this sixteenth day
l»n one thousand eight hun
i and i-tnety-nine. __
ROBT. S. LAIRD
JAMES C MeCOMB [Seal.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the
presonce of Lewis Sasse.
id
vet ate
leu,
State ot Delaware,
New Castle County.
as.
Je it Remembered, That
on this sixteenth dny of November, A, D., one
thousand eiylit hundred and ninety-nine,
personally came before roe, Lewis Sasse, a
Justice of the Peace for New Castle county
andState of Delaware, Robert S. Baird and
James C. McCo-eb, parties to the foregoing
Certificate, known to me personally to be
suoh, and severally acknowledged that they
signed and Mealed the said Ceruflcate lor the
purposes therein set forth, and that the same
Is their, and each of their, act and deed
Given under my hand
and seal the day and year
last aforesaid.
LEWIS SASSE, [Seal.]
J ustlce of the .Peace.
•g^EGISTER'3 ORDER.
Rbgister's Office,
New CasTLE County, Del.
Februaiy, 14 th, 1900,
Upon the application or Eg ward M.
Vaughan, Executor ol Dr. Horace Vaughan,
late oföt. George's Hundred, in said county,
deceased, It is ordered and directed^ by
the Register that the Executor afore
said give notice of granting of Letters
Testamentary upon the estate of the
deceased, with the date of granting thereof
by causing advertisements to be posted with
in forty days from the date of such Letters
six of the most public places ol the County of
New Castle, requiring all persons having de
mands against the estate to present the same,
abide by an act of Assembly in such case
made and provided; and also cause the same
to be Inserted within the same period in the
Middletown Transcript a newspaper pub
lished in Middletown, Del., and to be con
tinued therein two months.
Given under the hand and
seal of office of the Register
aforesaid, at Wilmineton, in
New Castle County aforesaid,
the day and year above written
W. CROSS AN,
or
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Reglser.
ALVIN
NC HC-S^Ncuice Is hereby given that Let
*- '■'Tërs Testamentary were In due form of
law granted uuio the undersigned, on the
fourteenth day of February A. D. 1900. and
that all persons having claims against the
estate of the deceased must present the same,
y attested, to the said Executor, on
or before the fourteenth day of February,
4901. or abide the Act of Assembly in such
case made and provided.
EDWARD M. VAUGHAN,
Address, Executor.
Middletown, Delaware.
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Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company,
519 Market St. Wilmington, Del.
CAPITA.L(fullpaid),-$500 000
- - $150,000
Surplus, -
Authorizes to Act a
TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRA
TOR, GUARDIAN, ASSIGNEE, RE
CEIVER, REGISTRAR AND AGENT,
Transacts a
GENERAL TRUST BUSINESS
Allows Interest on Deposit
Loans Money on Mortgages and Other
Good Securities.
Attends to the
Management of Real Estate and to the
Collection and Remittance of Rents. In
terest on Secnritles an 1 Dividends and
Stocks.
Rents Boxes
tn Its New Burgalar and Fire-prco
Vaults, Makes ample provision in its
Store Room and Vaults for tne safe keep -
ing of Securities and Valuable package»
placed in it« custody.
Keeps Wills Without Charge
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Rrejsident.
WM. R. BB1NCKLE,
Viee-I'res.
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JOHN S. ROSSELL
Trust Officer
Mrs. THOMAS MASSEY,
DEALER
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Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
and
Silverware.
ALSO A LARGE STOCK OF
Cut Glass,
AND VARIOUS ARTICLES IN GOLD AND
SILVER KOR WEDDING AND
BIRTHDAY GIFTS
Repairing and Silversmithing a
Specialty.
Mrs. Thomas Massey,
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■wen, SOth and Market Sts., Philadelphia
Pia , who always gets the best market prices
and makes returns daily. He gives his
personal attention to all shipments, large
or small. Bear him in mind when shipping
live stock and give him a triai. Estab
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lished 1881.
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Dealer In
F«cy
and
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A DREAM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
BY REV. CHARLES M. SHELDON,
Author of "In Bis Steps," "The Crucifixion of Philip Strong ," "llulcom Kirk," Etc.
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CHAPTER n.
The children all cried out in surprise
and hurried into the next room. But
before relating what happened there
we will follow Mr. Hardy Into the ex
perience he had just after falling
asleep upon the lounge by the open fire.
It seemed to him that he stepped at
once from the room where he lay into
a place such as he had never seen be
fore. where the one great idea that
filled his entire thought was the idea
of the present moment Spread out
before him, as If reproduced by a pho
nograph and a magic lantern com
bined, was the moving panorama of
the entire world. He thought he saw
Into every home, every public place of
business, every saloon and place of
amusement, every shop and every
farm, every place of Industry, amuse
ment and vice upon the face of the
globe. And he thought he could hear
the world's conversation, catch its sobs
of suffering—nay, even catch the mean
ing of unspoken thoughts of the heart
With that absurd rapidity peculiar to
certain dreams he fancied that over
every city on the globe was placed a
glass cover through which-he could
look and through which the sounds of
the city's Industry came to him. But
he thought that he ascertained that by
lifting off one of these covers he could
hear with greater distinctness the
thoughts of the Inhabitants and see all
they were doing and suffering with the
most minute exactness. He looked for
the place of his own town. Barton.
There It lay in its geographical spot on
the globe, and he thought that, moved
by an Impulse lie could not resist he
lifted off the cover and bent down to
see and hear.
The first thing he saw was his min
ister's home. It was just after the
Sunday evening service, the one which
Mr. Hardy had thought so dull. Mr.
Jones was talking over the evening
with his wife.
''My dear," he said, "I feel about dis
couraged. Of what use is all our pray
ing and longing for the Holy Spirit
when our own church members are so
cold and unsplritual that all his influ
ence Is destroyed? And, yon know, I
made a special plea to all the members
to come out tonight, and only a hand
ful there! I feel like giving up the
struggle. You know I could make a
better living In literary work, and the
children could be better cared for
then."
a
"But, John, It was a bad night to get
out. Yon must remember that."
"But only 50 out of a church mem
bershlp of 400, most of them living
near by! It doesn't seem just right to
me.'
"Mr. Hardy was there! Did you see
him?"
"Yes; after service I went and spoke
to him, and he treated me very coldly.
And yet he Is the most wealthy and In
some ways the most gifted church
member we have. He could do great
things for the good of this community
I r
Suddenly Mr. Hardy thought the
minister changed into the Sunday
school superintendent, and he was
walking down the street thinking about
his classes In the school, and Mr. Har
dy thought he could hear the superln
tendent's thoughts, as If his ear were
at a phonograph.
"It's too bad! That class of boys 1
wanted Mr. Hardy to take left the
school because no one could be found
to teach them. And now Bob Wilson
has got Into trouble and been arrested
for petty thieving. It will be a terrible
blow to his poor mother. Oh. why Is It
that men like Mr. Hardy cannot be
made to see the importance of work In
the Sunday school? With his knowl
edge of chemistry and geology be could
have reached that class of boys and In
vited them to his home, up Into bis lab
oratory and exercised an Influence over
them they would never outgrow. Oh!
It's a strange thing to me that men of
such possibilities do not realize their
power!"
The superintendent passed along
shaking his hem! sorrowfully, and Mr.
Hardy, who seemed guided by some
power he could not resist and com
pelled to listen whether tie liked It or
not, next found himself looking into
one of the railroad shop tenements,
where the man Scovllle was lying,
awaiting amputation of both feet after
the terrlb.e accident. Scoville's wife
lay upon a ragged lounge, while Mrs.
Hardy's cook kneeled by her side and
In her native Swedish tongue tried to
comfort the poor tvomnu. So it was
true that these two were sisters. The
man was still conscious aDd suffering
unspeakably. The railroad surgeon had
been sent for, but had not arrived.
Three or four men and their wives had
come In to do what they could. Mr.
Burns, the foreman, was among them.
One of the men spoke in a whisper to
him:
"Have you !n-vn iu sre Mr. Hardy?"
"Yes, but he was at church. I left
word abont the accident."
"At cburcbl So even the devil some
times goes to church. What for, I won
der? Will he be here, think?"
"Don't know," replied Mr. Burns
curtly.
"Do yon mind when he"—pointing to
Scovllle—"saved Mr. Hardy's life?"
"Remember it well enough; was
standing clcse by."
"What'll be done with the children
when Scovllle goes, eh?"
"Don't know."
Just then the surgeon came In, and
preparations were rapidly made for the
operation. The last that Mr. Hardy
heard was the shriek of the poor wife
as she struggled to her feet and fell In
a fit across the floor where two of the
youngest children clung terrified to her
dress, and the father cried out, tears of
agony and despair running down his
face, "My God, what a hell this world
ed
to
to
to
in
er,
as
his
own
and
then
Is!'
The next scene was a room where
everything appeared confused at first,
bat finally grew more distinct and ter
rible In Its significance, and the first
person Mr. Hardy recognized was his
oldest boy, George, In company wltb a
group of young men engaged In—what!
He rubbed bis eyes and stared painful
ly. Yes; they were gambling. So here
was where George spent ail his money
ajafl Bessiels toot Nothing that the
just
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fear.
this
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But
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for
miserable father had seen so far etil
him to the quick quite so sharply as
this.
own freedom from vices and bail an
honest horror of them, for Mr. Hardy
He laid prided himself on hi
was uot a monster of Iniquity, only an
intensely selfish man. Gambling, drink
ing, impurity-p-all the physical vices—
were to Mr. Hardy the lowest degrada
tion.
The thought that his own son had
fallen into this pit was terrible to him.
But he was compelled to look and lis
ten. All the young men were smoking,
and beer and wine stood on a buffet at
one side of the room and were plenti
fully partaken of.
"I say, George," said a very flashily
dressed youth who was smoking that
invention of the devil, a cigarette,
"your old man would rub his eyes to
see you here, eh?"
"Well, I should remark he would,"
replied George as he shuffled the cards
and then helped himself to a drink.
"I say, George," said the first speak
er, "your sister Bess is getting to he a
beauty. Introduce me, will you?"
"No, I won't," said George shortly.
He had been losing all the evening, and
he felt nervous and irritable.
"Ah! We are too bad, eh?"
George made some fierce reply, and
the other fellow struck him. Instantly
George sprang to his feet, anil a fight
took place. Mr. Hardy could uot bear
it any longer. He thought he broke
away from the scene by the exercise
of a great determination and next
found himself looking into his own
home. It seemed to him it was an even
ing when he and all the children had
gone out, and Mrs. Hardy sat alone,
looking into the fire as she had been
looking before he fell asleep. She was
thinking, and her thoughts were like
burning coals as they fell into Mr.
Hardy's heart and scorched hi nr ns not
any scene, not even the last, hud done.
"My husband!" Mrs. Hardy was say
ing to herself. "How long it is since
he gave me a caress, kissed me when
he went to his work or laid his hand
lovingly on my cheek as he used to do!
How brave and handsome and good 1
used to think him In the old Vermont
days when we were struggling for our
little home and his best thought was of
the home and of the wife! But the
years have changed him! Oh, yes;
they have changed him bitterly! I
wonder if he realizes my hunger for
his affection! Of what value to me arc
all these baubles wealth brings com
pared with a loving look, a tender
smile, an affectionate caress?
"Ob, Robert, Robert! Come* back to
me, for 1 am so lonely, so lonely!
Would to Goil all our riches might be
taken from us and all our position in
society be lost lo us, for 1 am fast los
ing my love for him who is my hus
band! Groat and long suffering au*)
forgiving God, help me! I feel wicked
sometimes. I cannot bear this kind of
a life. It is killing me. It is robbing
me of all that life contains that is
sweet and true. Oh. Father of Mer
cies, for Jesus' sake do not let me grow
insane or without belief! Oh. Robert
Robert, my lover, my husband! 1 will;
I will love you!" And Mrs. Hardy fell
on her knees by the side of the couch
and buried her face in its cushions and
sobbed and prayed.
Suddenly the whole scene changed,
and Mr. Hardy, who had stretched out
his arms to comfort his wife as In the
get
to
see
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It
be
In
of
old days when love was young, felt
himself carried by an Irresistible pow
er up away from the earth, past the
stars and planets and suns and sate]
lites that blazed like gems in space; on.
on, for what seemed to him like ages
of time, until even the thought of time
grew indistinct; on and up and into
the presence of the most mighty Face
he had ever looked Into. It was the
Face of Eternity. On its brow was
written In words of blazing light the
one word "Now." And as he looked
into that calm, awful Face and read
that awful word Mr. nardy felt his
soul crumble within him. When the
Face spoke, it was the speech of a
thousand oceans heaved by a million
tempests, yet through the terror of it
ran a thread of music—a still sweet
sound like everlasting love—as if
angels sang somewhere a divine ac
companiment. And the Face said:
"Child of humanity, you have neg
lected and despised me for 50
of
years.
Yon have lived for yourself. You have
been careless and thoughtless of the
world's great needs. The time of your
redemption is short. Tt lias been grant
ed you by him who rules the world
that you should have hut seven
days to live upon the earth—seven days
to help redeem your soul from
lasting shame and death. Mortal,
to It that thou usest the precious time
like those who toil for jewels in the
mine beneath the sea. I who speak
to thee am Eternity."
Then Ro bert H ardy thought he fell
upon his face before that awful Face
and begged In bitterest terror for a
longer lease of life.
"Seven days! Why, it will be but
seven swift seconds to redeem
past! Seven clays! It will be a nothing
in the marking of time! O mighty Pow
er, grant me longer! Seven weeks!
Seven years! And I will live for thee
as never mortal yet lived!"
And Robert Hardy sobbed and held
his arms beseechingly up toward that
most resplendent Face. And as he thus
stretched out his arms the Face bent
down toward his, and he thought a
smile of pity gleamed upon it, and he
hoped that more time would be granted
him; and then, r»8 It came nearer, he
suddenly awoke, and there was his
own ■rçife bending over him, and a tear
from her face fell upon his own as she
said;
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see
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"Robert: Robert!"
Mr. Hardy sat up confused and trem
bling. Then he clasped his wife to him
and kissed her as he used to do. And
then to her great amazement he related
just had. Mrs. Hardy listened In the
most undisguised astonishment But
what followed filled her heart witly
fear.
"Mary," said her husband with them
utmost solemnity, "1 cannot reeaftf 1
this as a dream alone. I havG awa***™
ed with the firm conviction 4M
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have only seven dnyë left to like. I
feel that God has spoken to me, and I
have only seven days more to do my
work in this world."
"Oh, Robert, It was only a dream!"
'•No; it was more, Mary. You know
I am not imaginative or superstitious
in the least. You know I never dream.
And this was something else. I shall
die out of this world a week from to
night Are the children here? Call
them in."
Mr. Hardy spoke in a tone of such
calm conviction that Mrs. Hardy was
filled with wonder and fear. She went
to the curtain, and, as we have already
recorded, she called the children Into
the other room.
Mr. Hardy gazed upon his children
with a look they had not seen upon his
face for years. Briefly but calmly he
related his experience, omitting the de
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tails of the vision and all mention of
the scene where George had appeared,
and then declared with a solemnity
and Impressiveness that could not be
resisted:
"My dear children, I have not lived
as I should. I have not been to you
the father I ought to have been. I
have lived a very selfish, useless life.
I have only seven more days to live.
God has spoken to me. I am"—
He broke off suddenly, and, sobbing
as only a strong man can, he drew his
wife toward him and caressed her,
while Bess crept up and put her arms
about her father's neck.
The terrible suspicion shot Into Mrs.
Hardy's mind that her husband was in
sane. The children were terrified. On
ly Allee seemed to catch the reflection
of her mother's thought At the same
time Mr. Hardy seemed to feel 8be sus
picion held by them.
"No," he said as if in answer to a
spoken charge, "I am not insane. J
never was more calm. I am in posses
sion of all my faculties. But I have
looked into the Face of Eternity this
night, and I know, I know, that in
seven days God will require my soul.
Mary," he turned to his wife with tire
most beseeching cry, "Mary, do you be
lieve me?"
She looked into her husband's face
and saw there the old look. Reason,
the noblest of all gifts, shone out of
that noble face, now lighted up with
the old love and standing on the brink
of the other world. And Mrs. Hardy,
looking her husband in the face, re
plied:
"Yes, Robert; I believe you. You
may be mistaken in this impression
about the time left you to live, but you
are not insane."
"O God, I thank thee for that!" cried
Mr. Hardy.
Often during the most remarkable
week he ever lived Mr. Hardy reposed
in that Implicit belief of his wife in his
sanity.
There was a pause. Then Mr. Hardy
asked George to bring the Bible. He
then read from John's gospel that
matchless prayer of Christ in the sev
enteenth chapter, and then kneeling
down he prayed as he had never pray
ed before that in the week allotted him
to live he might know how to bless the
world and serve his Master best. And
when he arose and looked about upon
his wife and children it was with the
look of one who has been into the very
presence chamber of the only living
God. At the same moment, so fast had
the time gone in the excitement, the
clock upon the mantel struck the hour
of midnight, and the first of Robert
Hardy's seven days had begun.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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Select ins- Corn With a Large Germ.
Chemical analysis of the several
parts of the coni kernel lias shown
that the germ is richest In proteids.
Therefore choosing a corn in which
the germ is in large proportion is all
that is necessary to insure getting that
which is richer in proteids. Selecting
corn with a large germ is not as diffi
cult Yis might be supposed. Take a few
grains from the ear, neglecting the
butt and tip, where they are more
less distorted in form, with a sharp
pocketknife, begin at the tip of a ker
nel where it was attached to the cob
and make several cross sections from
one thirty-second to one-sixteenth of an
Inch in thickness and observe the rela
tive proportion of germ that the sec
tion shows. Repeat this on a number
of kernels and make longitudinal
tions of other kernels also. These sec
tions can be made in less time than it
takes to tell how to make them, and by
means of them a very useful judgment
can be passed upon the corn, says J. T.
Willard of Kansas.
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Among native leguminous forage
plants the Metcalfe bean of Xew Mexi
co has given good results under culti
vation on the Pacific coast and it is
talked of as a valuable plant for dry
lands in the west.
TO FIRST VOTERS
There is a constitutional pro
vision which will become opera
tive before the next general elec
tion is held, of which the general
public maynotbe aware, although
it has been published in connec
tion with the Constitutional Con
vention. It is an educational
test. It is "that no person who
becomes of age or who is natura
lized after January 1st, 1900, shall
be permitted to vote who shall
not be able to read the Constitu
tion in English, and be capable of
writing his name. "
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LAND MEASURING.
A Device Easy to Make and Simple
to Use—A Measuring Wheel.
Every up to date farmer should know
the contents in area of each field on his
farm, but he often has no Idea of the
length and breadth of a field and none
of the number of acres in it except
what the surveying attachment on his
grain drill makes, says a Rural New
Yorker writer who tells about a num
ber of land measuring devices, among
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WALKING MEASURING DEVICE,
them the following: The device which
I most frequently use In land measur
ing is shown in the first cut. It re
quires two pieces of light pine about
IYj by 2 inches and seven feet long.
Lay them down on an even surface In
a position corresponding to the form of
the letter Y, with the spread ends just
8 feet 3 inches apart. Now mark with
a pencil at the ends where they come
together and, referring to these marks,
make a bevel, or so called miter, in
each, as shown by A. Fit the pieces
together again and make a small hole
In both, through which place a bolt to
hold the pieces in the position shown
by B. For convenience use a long
threaded bolt with a thumb nut. This
completes the measure.
Its use is very simple. The operator
steps or swings it along, two steps
making, when the pieces are set cor
rect distances apart, Hi 1 ,-» feet, or one
rod, bearing in mind that the first step
made' when starting at corner of field
is equal to two steps, or a rod, as the
measure, when set up with ojie point
at edge of field and the other 8% feet
from the edge, has already made the
first step, and therefore when the op
erator swings it round the first time
he causes it to make the second step.
If desired, the measure can be made of
pieces about five feet long and with
the points feet apart. Then three
steps are necessary to make a rod.
When finished using the measure,
loosen the thumb nut of bolt and swing
the uprights together, as shown by C,
when it will occupy a small space for
transporting from place to place or
storing away. If well made and paint
ed, it will present a neat appearance
and last a lifetime.
The measuring wheel shown In the
second cut requires a little longer to
make, but it Is the most rapid when in
use. Selecting an old wooden hub from
the wheel of a toy wagon, fill it with
light spokes about 31V4 inches long, ac
cording to size of hub, so as to make a
wheel 5% feet in diameter. Put on a
tire of light hoop iron, fastening it with
a small nail to each spoke. Hang the
wlieel, with a pin or bolt for axle, be
tween two light strips three-quarters by
two Inches and four feet long. Between
the strips, close to rim of wheel, place
a block to nail strips to and hold firm,
and at the end of frame put a cross
piece or handle to hold by. The wheel
has a circumference of 1(% feet, and
each revolution makes one rod. Color
oue spoke to count by; or, better still,
put a nail or small peg in the spoke,
and on the block In the frame fasten a
thin wooden or steel strip to catch the
nail or peg at each revolution and
make a sharp clicking sound, as illus
trated in diagram B.
To use the measure, start at the edge
of the field and push the wheel along,
counting the clicks, each click indicat
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Ing that the wheel has made a revolu
tion and, if the dimensions are correct
ly kept when constructing It, has cov
ered 10 Vi feet of ground and made a
rod. When starting, have the nail or
peg in the spoke of the wheel just on
top of the click, and the spoke C in the
diagram A Just at the edge of the field
or directly at the point from which it
Is desired to measure; then the first
click made when the measure Is push
ed along means just one rod.
Sabwaterlng Greenhouae Planta.
In 15 experiments with lettuce at the
Ohio station 1,344 surface watered
plants weighed 286 pounds and the
same number of subwatered plants
pearly 376 pounds, a gain of a little
over 31 per cent. The subwatered
plants reached marketable size from a
Week to ten days earlier than the oth
ers. All these plants were subwatered
during abont one-half their period of
growth—that is, while in flats. In one
ease where plants were carried through
their entire period of growth by the re
spective methods of watering a gain
of about I2t per cent was shown In fa
vor of subwatering. At the Ohio State
University subwatered lettuce yielded
tO to 30 per cent more than surface
Vatered lettuce. Lettuce rot was very
troublesome on the surface watered
beds, but did not Injure subwatered
plants.
Tobacco Keeps Oat Peach Borers.
It has been recommended to pile
scatter various substances around the
base of peach trees to keep out the
borers. Professor M. V. Slingerland
tested tobacco stems (midribs of the
leaves) from a factory by winding
them around the base of the trees and
found the results astonishing. Evi
dently the tobacco kept out from two
thirds to three-fifths of the borers.
Where the stems are cheaply obtain
able they would seem worth trying.
or
Ask lor Allen's Foot-Ease,
a powder to shake into your shoes. It
rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swol
len and Sweating feet. At all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Sample FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y
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FAS. EXP. ' PA» MAIL
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Blackbird. .19.22 f 3.39
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'•a'' Stops to leave pasaengers from Wllmtns-.
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points south of Delniar.
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"1" Stops to leave passengers from Middle
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. Express trains leaving Harrington 8 . 0,6 a m
fnd arriving at 6 33 p. pi., weekdays, ruii
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark.
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BRANCH ROADS.
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Cambridge ,00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m week-davs
Connection -AI Porter, with Newark amt.
Delaware City Railroad At Townsend, with.
Queen Anne's A Kent Railroad. At Clayton
with Delaware A Chesapeake Railroad awir
Baltimore A Delaware Bay Railroad. At Har
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Railroad. At Seaford. with Cambridge A SeSord
Railroad. At Delmar, with New York, Pbila
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