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raiJST 17, *1907.
PRICE THREE
.WARE, SATURDAY MORNIN«
MIDDLETOWN, D:
O. 38
VOL.
ANOTHER LOT
Of the $1.25 Wrappers.
All colors and sizes.
SPECIAL THIS WEEK
Shirt Waist Suits in Blue
Cham bray, Black and
White Percale. Regular
price $1.50. Sale price,
98c.
A.FOGEL
85c
for this week only.
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Warm Weather Wearables
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The warm weather of the past few days has accentuated
the demand for goods to fit hot weather conditions.
The "Ladies Store" can supply this demand, as we have a
, stock of warm weather wearables which is the best and the
largest >in this vicinity. While our customers have made deep
' inroads on our enormous stock, jrou have yet to select from a
, fine assortment of our regular stock, also of our last purchase
of Samples. From % to % off the wholesale price of Suits.
Waists, Skirts, Coat Suits, Dresses, Muslin Underwear, Chil
. dron's Dresses, Millinery, Notions and Corsets.
White and colored «wash suits. Now is the time and here is the p'ace to get
fixed up in a nobby new suit of the latest style and just the thing for summer days—
to attend the picnic, excursion or lawn festivals. They are made of Linen, Linene,
lawn, Dotted Swiss, in dresses and coat suits. All different styles and colors. A few
prices below of the saving on these suits :
Were $2.50,.Sale Price $ 1.25
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styles, short and long sleeves, open front or back. Come and see them.
If you don't want to be left come now, don't put it off for some other time to get
some of this fine muslin underwear, high priced underwear at cheap prices. They
ail samples from one of the leading muslin underwear houses of New York, they
make-nothing but the finest goods. Now you can buy them at prices that you buy
elsewhere 'cheap goods, Night gowns, corset covers, petticoats, drawers, infants'
dresses, children's short dresses, children's muslinwear.
are
We have plenty of other bargains which space don't allow to mention.
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, tor to two dollars a volume.
SECOND—QUALITY. The reading matter is written by America's leading
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ill be discussed by authorities in an impartial, careful, interesting way.
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ont at tbe «me time, there to never a line In it that any young girl might not read
advertising pages are as clean as4ts edit
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subscription, or leave an order at your book-store. November and December free
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Comfortable accommodations for Passen
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Ladies' and Gentlemen's
Saloon and Private State
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50 CERTS.
FARE,
Grain, Fruit and Stock Freighted at
Reasonable Rates.
g®"Attention given to the Careful Hand
ling and Prompt Delivery of all
consignments.
For information in regard to Freights
apply-to
P. B. WATKINS, Manager,
Odessa, Delaware
William W. Rose, Clerk.
NOTICE-DIVIDEND
The Peoples' National Bank
op Middletown.
Midblbkhyn, Del., June 29th, 1907.
The Board of Directors have this day
d eclare d a dividend of THREE (3) PER
CENT, for tiie .last six months, payable
on and after Monday, Julv 1st, 1907.
4L D. KELLEY, Cashier.
AFTER TAX DODGKRS
The edict of Harry W, Cbairs, collector
if State revenae, that merchants of the
Hate mast hereafter pay their lawful
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^axes into le treasury, tas can e a ;
stampede among some Kent and busse* ,
County aeiiiess men o pay eir icei..es,
In sonje of the remote sections of the,
country merchants aud manufacturerai
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irere ignorant of the fact that the Slate
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required of them license fees before
operating certain businesses, and it is
JL men whom Mr. Chairs iras rounded
up in his efforts to swell the State funds.
Thus far he lias been successful to the
extent of about $6,000.
Mr. Chairs' notice to the soda water
dispenser« of tiie State that they must
pay an annual license of $25.50 for the
privilege, lias already caused a scarcity
of soda water iu Smyrna, and iudeed a
famine of the sommer beverage is threat
ened liiere. Rehoboth also threatens to
cut out tiie beverage iu case Mr. Chairs
stands pat on his interpretation of the
taw. In Wilmington only one of the
trundled soda water men lias paid tiie
additional license fee, and unless tiie
others pay the fee within a short time
tftey will have to answer indictments in
coart for selling tiie refreshment without
a license. It is understood that Attorney
General Richarde lias informed Mr. Chairs
ttmt v the law fixes an additional tax on
the soda water dispensers, but despite
this warning to the Wilmington druggists
they are selling the beverage and will
court a judicial interpretation of the
statute under which Mr. Chairsie acting.
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COXFUETIHG BIO DAX
Unities some unlookea for delay occurs,
tiia McCall Ferry Power Company will
have its big power plant on tlieSu-que
liauna river completed within a year.
The dam beiug constructed across (tie
river, about half a mile south of the vil
lage of McCall's Ferry, is 65 per ceut,
finished, and the power house proper is
well under way. In fact, the whole
scheme for harnessing the Snrquehanua
has now advanced far enongh to give the
.casual obeerv.r an idea of the extent of
thraudertaking.
The power generated at thia river plant
is to be supplied to the surrounding
country for lighting and power purposes.
Engineers say the current can be trans
mitted to the territory within a radius of
100 or more mile* of McCall's Ferry,
Wilmington ia to get a good share of the
Susquehanna river current, and it ia 100
miles from the McCall plant. The pros
pective Commercial Light, Heat and
Power Company will be the local con
sumer.
Any idea of the immensity of the un
dertaking of the McCall Company can. of
coarse, best be obtained by a visit to the
site of the work, and daily for more thau
a year there have been visitors from far
and near. The plant has been an object
of interest to engineers in all parts of the
world. There are two more companies iu
existence, each of which has as its object
tiie construction of similar plauts on the
Snsqnehanna, between McCall'e Ferry
and Conowingo. If these two corpora
tions carry ont their plans, w hich so far
have progressed no further than acquir
ing property, engineers say the Susque
hanna will become the most famous river
in the world.
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TO FOIIOX BATS
The National Agricultural Department
rat tralleiin contains the following, which
■honld be preserved against time of need:
One of the cheapest and most effective
poisons for rata and mice is barium car
bonate or barytes. This miueral lias the
advantage of being without taste orsmell,
and, in tbe small quantities used in poi
soning rats and mice is harmless to larger
animals. Its action on rodents is slow,
but reasouably sure, and haa tbe further
advantage that the animals before dying,
il exit be possible, usually leave the prem
ises in search of water. Its employment
in bouses, therefore, is rarely followed
by the annoying odor which attends the
use of the more viraient poisons.
Tbe poison may be fed in tiie form of a
dongb made of one- fifth barytes and four
fifths meal, but a more convenient bait is
ordinary oatmeal, with one-eighth of ita
bulk of barytes, mixed witii water to a
stiff dongb; or tiie baytes may be spread
upon bread and batter or moietened toast.
Tiie prepared bait should be placed in rat
ram, a small quantity at a place. If a
single application of the poison fails to
drive ad rats from the premises, it should
be rei
id with a change of bait. -
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study fitting for college
or business- Fifteen
teachers -- thorough in
struction. Endowment
terms reasonable.
Finesl' gymnasium in
Delaware. Graduates
^enter all leading colleges
Fall terfm begins Sep
tember 16tb. For illus
catalog, address
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July 3d. 1907.
tie day declared
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tar of taxes, pay
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USEFUL THINGS TO
Potting the feet in hot water TffTTin
variably cure a headache, from w tatever
cause it arises. The head aches whsR f
a ; ^ an ca t | le nttle blood v«|iels in
, ^ ^ Hfe ^ {u „ PuUiüg W feet
water ,j raW g the blood froiFtlie
Sle eples8uess, by the «ay, re
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f suits from the 6ame cause—that is, the*
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blood-vessels in the brain being over
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In an obscure but picturesque live
village of Germany there is a place cafjjid
the "Chocolate Cure," where thin people
go to become stout. The patieuts e»t andjb?
drink cocoa aud chocolate all the time,
while they rest, admire the scenery,
goseip and grow fatter every day. The
true secret of the great success of jtliia
treatment is the happy way chocolaté ha#
of fattening just the right places, setllir
in the hands, the arms, the neck and It
shoulders, making the fair patient prettier
aud plumper ail tiie time. The really
effective part of this cure may be tried at
home by persevering women, and the
medicine is so palatable and the method
so simple that there is actually, it seems,
no reason why all should not be of
least the desired weight.
of the sleeper, remove the slats and wrip
the ends of each iu old newspapers, Tils
will prove a complete silencer.
The grip is not simply a bad cold, anM
this fact is worth knowing. It resemble*
a cold in some respects,aud colds are often
w rongly disgtiosfd by the victims as grip.
The grip is a malady which has law* of
its own, both as to origin and progress'
after development. According fn the';
doctors, it mast run its come«— • 11 . 11 « isj
no special remedy that caD directly de-!
stroy the infection, no drug that can kil
tiie bacillus or neutralize ita toxin.'' This
also is worth knowing. The main thing
is to nurse with care and give the system
the best possible aid in its efforts to throw
off tiie poison.
For grease spots there is a cleansing
fluid preferable to most because the grease
actually is eliminated from the material,
aud if the liquid is properly applied, no
rimmed effect of where the rubbing
ceased is shown.
CECIL REPUBLICANS XAXX TICKET
Elkton, Md., Aug. 13.— The Repub
licans of Cecil County held their county
convention in Elkton this afternoon and
selected their local ticket. Henry M,
McCullough, chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee called the convention to
order in Mechanics Opera House. George
B. Kerfoot, of Elkton, was made chair
man, and Burke Cameron, secretary.
Tiie following ticket was selected:
House of delegates—Dr. T. A. Worrell,
William Bechel aud Harry Bnckworth.
County Treasurer—John E. Crothere.
Assistant County Treasurer— E. W.
Jackson.
County Commissioners—Robert B.
Russell and B. B. Craycroft.
Judges Orphans Court—Thomas A.
Miller, William Clark aud William M.
Fulton.
States Attorney—George A. Blake.
Sheriff—J. Will Perkins.
Delegates to the State Convention
Senator Joseph I. France, Henry M. Mc
Cullough, Frank E. Williams and Dr. T.
Worrell.
Delegates to the Judical Convention—
Colonel I. D. Davi?, George Christie,
George B. Kerfoot, Thomas Jones, Sam
uel Wiley, Atwood Montgomery, Russell
Reed Harvey Scott and William Bradford.
The delegates were instructed to vote
for nomination of William T. Warburton,
of Elkton, for the judgeship iu the Sec
ond Judicial District.
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Smyrna, August 12th.—The local option
campain now being waged throughout
Delaware has reached an acute stage.
This was demonstrated to-day when it
was learned why a dramatic company at
the Smyrna Opera House suddenly de
cided not to produce "Ten Nights in a
Barroom." This time-worn temperance
play had been extensively billed, the
manager of the company taking advan
tage of tbe "no liquor" agitation. The
saloonkeepers of Smyrna got together and,
realizing that the drama might have a
moral effect against them, succeeded in
having .the bill changed at the last mo
ment.
As a result, the Rev. Robert VVatt, pas
tor of the Smyrna Methodist Church sod
leader of the local option fore«, preached
a sermon in which be bitterly denounced
the liquor element for "censoring" tiie
play. Tiie temperance leaders will bow
take retaliatory steps.
An equally interesting development was
the action of a prominent Milford Metho
dist in compelling the Rev. B. F. Jester,
a noted minister, to declare uneqoivically
for local option before being accepted to
fill.the pulpit of the Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, daring August.
Mr. Jester made, a satisfactory dec
laration. Hie action iu inquiring into
the constitutionality of tiie proposed no
liquor law has been construed adversely.
THAW'S XBW DEFENSE
of
New Yobk, Aug. 10.—Active prepara
tions for a new defense to be used iu tiie
coming trial of Harry Thaw, began to
day when Martin W. Littleton, the new
chief conneel, visited the prisoner at the
Tombs. Mr. Littleton had an liouis pri
vate talk with Thaw and then Mrs.
Evelyn Thaw arrived. The three talked
for and hour before the lawyer left. Iu
tliat lime the whole case was gone over
and a general idea for tiie defense for
mulated. Both Harry Thaw and Mrs.
Thaw expressed great confidence in and
admiration for tbe new counsel.
The Tbanbcbipt, $1 per year. V
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ASBURY PARK .
[^Asbury Park, N. J.— Along the north
^Htinn of the picturesque Jersey coast
f iHiiidreds of thousands are now spending
Pdelightful vacation. Aebury Park is
tlie celItre of thia clupter of geafcide
retreats, for in its beautiful lakes, wooded
parks, shimmering sands and ocean front
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esplanade is found every high class at
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traction and diversion heart can wish for.
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great carnival fetes and baby parade, to
tte place from August 23d to the 31st.
On the first dale the spectacular carnival
on Deal Lake will beheld, participated in
andjb? over three hundred beautifully deco
rated and illuminated floats, row boats,
canoes aud lauucliee. One thousand doi
of national prominence. The electrical
decorative effects will be magnificent and
On August 28th, in an open air ampi
theatre eeating fifteen thonsand Titania,
Queen of the Fairies, will be«crowned
in piizes will be awarded by judges
reat display of fireworks will end the
fetç.
Queen of tiie childrens' carnival. In this
ceremony a chorus of one thousand chil
dren, sixty dancers, au orchestra of sixty
five pieces and other features will add
«embellishment to a most wonderful scene.
The Queen's court bail follows tiie next
night, which event is tiie one great social
event of the coast eaoli summer. Space
for five thoosand dancers will he pro
vided in the ampitheatre and the entire
oeacli frout will be given over to the re
leptioi.
I On Thursday afternoon, August 29th,
« two o'clock, the famous baby parade
viitb its wondrously beautiful features
viill march down a carpeted avenue on
tie ocean frount before a hundred thous
dclteeiiug spectators. Five tlionsaud
liars in prizes will be awarded for the
beit children in costume and the most
elaborate or uniquely decorated go-cart,
batty coach, doll coach, tricycle, pony
cart and float. In addition there are di
[vUions for college colors, novelties, fancy
jdreas i.nd twins. The parade, lasting two
(hours, is participated in by five hundred
W mere children from all parts of the
yiorltL and is probably one of the most
uiliqiL spectacles to be witnessed iu
^inenca. It takes a year of planning
and p eparation by tiie city and the ex.
penditure of $35,000 to produe the feat
ures (if carnival week. There are fifty
judges, people of national prominence,
selecteji from among the hotels and cot
tages. The Queen and her court number
twenty-seven people, all about eighteen
In customingand ceremony
evlry detail is carried out befitting the
regtl character of the event.
ljoUowIngthe baby parade comes the
fèt» the next night when thirty
thousand or more of the grown-ups don
cost imes and masks and turn the entire
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;i,a
oceai front into a carnival of fun. Special
trains are ran from Philadelphia and New
York and points between for tliose*who
with to participate or joiu the army of
8pectaty>re. With all of this revelry there
never yet haa beeu
to cause an arrest.
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an occasion of dieorder
Oa the last night the
Queen and lier court bids farewell at an
Arabian nights' entertainment, carried
oat mi the same magnificent scale.
This has been a great musical season for
Asbtwjy Paik visitors. With Arthur
PryorjB famous baud playing every after
noon r.nd evening all summer at the Ar
cade, Sensa at the easiuo, Victor Herbert,
the Mariue band and other big organiza
tions Si the auditorium there has been
higli class melody aplenty. About the
24tli Mme. Ncrdica will sing and on the
2Ôth Mme. Schumann-HetUk will appear.
Ellen Bench Yaw.-whose eoprano voice ie
famous lor its high notes, will siog on
September 2d and other entertainments
will continoe until long into this mouth,
considered by many one of the most de
lightful periods at the seashore.
On August 20lli, continuing
22d, Aebury Park's annual dog show will
take place in the auditorium. There are
already over three hundred entries, some
of them tiie most famous dogs in the
United States. Two thousand dollars in
prizes will be awarded.
Preparations are being made for aunual
regattas on the Deal Lake Canoe Club and
the Asbury Park BoatOob on Deal Lake
and the aquatic sports of the Eureka A.
C. on Wesley Lake. In the ocean the
Volouteer Life Saving Corps will soon
have its dav of sports and eontests. All
of the hotels bave, their daily diversions
of hops, card parties, trips np and down
the coast the number!«« points of inter
est and crabbing and fishing parties can
be seen going in every direction.
. One of the interesting things about As
bury Park to those who visit it for the
first time is its freedi m from mosquitoes.
This seashore pest is an unknown annoy
ance at this seaside rettest and one may
ramble the woods oi «tomber in a ham
mock on the shady side of the porch with
comfort. This freedom from moeqnitoes
is doe to tiie fact tlmt ho marshes sur
round Ashury Park and that its lakes are
formed by pure spiing water flowing fb
the ocean.
Asbury Park to just now entertaining
one of tiie largest crowds in its history,
but its three hundred hotels and board
ing bouses are anxious for mere, the city
has inaugurated «1 information bureau
to comfortably locate all wtS® desire re
liable facts about this reeotf
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PIG WITH SIX
I—Wil
Townseni), Dki. , August
liam H. Wright, a well-known citizen of
this place, lias quite a curiosity in the
shape of a tliree-weeks-»Jd:j|| *Rh six
feet and since its birth many persons have
called at his home to see tiie lUtie freak
of nature. The pig besides having four
perfect legs and feet, lias a'' kSimW 'M it pro
trudiug from the right lore' fool
ground. The extra foot is perfectly
formed with the exception of beta
smaller than the natural size one. . Pro
the
ueb
to
trading from the left fore
half a foot. Mr. Wright's
been urging him to send the *1 little
porker" to a dime museum, but thus far
he has not decided as
with the freak.
dà have
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FAIR FORCE ORGANIZED
Managers and Committee Who Are Ar
ranging lor the Attisai Exhibition
Organisation for the ninth annual fair,
at Delaware Hone 8hqrti Park, SepteopbeY
2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and.fit!., under the aus
pices of Pomona Grange of New Castle
ed. The fair
cotojMet
■s «tin
county, less been
commit!c comprises
Buckingham, William M. Eastburn, Wil
liam P. Peach, Newark; Irvin Gragg,
Hockern») ; L. Scott Townsend. Wilmlna
Nivin, R. G.
ton; Robert McCullough, Guyencourt;
Harlan Highfield, HockeBsin; HoraceDil
worth, Centreville ; Charles Megginaon,
New Castle; J. Atwood Weldin, Wilming
ton; Frederick Brady; Middletown; A. T.
Neale, Newark; J. H. Walker, Marsball
ton; George W. Barrie, New Castle; J.
Palmer Dickey, Stanton-, J. A. Cleaver,
Middletown; Clayton D. Appleby, Joha
T. Ha<es,, Bear.
The general management is vested in
the following sub-commfttee: President,
J. Atwood Weldin, Wilmington;' Secre
tary, Frederick ürady, Middletown;
Treasurer, L. Scott Townsend, Wilming
ton.
The following heads of departments and
assistants have been selected:
Women's Department—Mrs. J. Leslie
Eastburn, Newark; Miss Emetine Der
rick*«!, Newark; Mrs. 8. Frank Stirling,
Rockland.
Children's Department—Mrs. William
P. Peach, Miss Husbands.
Public Institutions—S. Frank Stirling,
Rockland.
Fruit and Cold Storage—William P.
Peach, Newark.
Vegetables and Flowers—George W.
Burris, Leon Cetrick, Charles W. Hill, all
of New Castle.
Grain and Forage Crops— R. G. Buck
ingham, Newark; W- M. Dilworth, New
ark; J. A. Cleaver, Middletown.
Horses and Mules—William Eastburn,
Newark; Robert P. Robinson, Fifth and
Market streets, Wilmington ; Joseph
Davidson, Eighth and Market streets,
Wilmington.
Cattle—Bidermau du Pon*s Wilming
ton; Ashton R. Tatum, Wilmington; Hor
ace L. Dilworth, Centreville.
Sheep and Swine—Charles Megginson,
New Castle; W. J. Armstrong, Marshall
ton; W. E. Cranston, New Castle.
Poultry—L. Scott Townsend, Wilming
ton; William H. Moore, Chadd's Ford,
Pa.; Courtland Rice, Wilmington.
Bees and Bee Supplies—Rev. Joel S.
Gillfilian, Newark; E. M. Miller, Wil
mington.
Carriages and Farm Machinery—Clay
ton D. Appleby, Bear; Robert McCul
lough, Guyencourt.
HIGH CHURCH OR LOW
ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON
Yon ask me whether I'm High Church,
You ask me whether I'm Low ;
I wish you'd tell me the difference,
For I'm sure that I don't know. - .
I'm just a plain old body,
And my brain works pretty slow ;
So I don't know w hether I'm High Church
And I don't know whether I'm Low.*
I'm trying to be a Christian
In the plain, old-fashioned way
Laid down in my Mother's Bible,
And I read it every day ;
Our blessed Lord's life in the Gospels,
Or a comforting Psalm of old,
Or a bit from the Revelation,
Of the city whose streets are gold.
I pray ; why, I'm generally praying
>' I dui. t always kneel or speak oat,
But I ask the dear Lord, and keep asking
'Till I fear He is all tired ont ;
A piece of tbe Litany sometimes,
The Collect, perhaps, for tbe day,
Or a scrap of a prayer that my mother
So long ago learned me to say.
Then
Tho
Bat now my poor memory's failing,
- And often aud often I find
That never a prayer from a prayerbook
Will seem to come into my mind,
But I know what I want and I ask it,
And I make up the words as I go ;
Do you think now that shows I ain't High
Church ?
Do you think that it means I am Low 7
My blessed old husband has left
'Tis years since God took him away ;
I know he to safe,-well and happy,
And yet w hen I kneel down to pray,
Perhaps it is wrong, but I never
Leave the old man's name ont of. my
f rayer,
ask the
me ;
But
dear Lord to do for him
What I would do if I was there.
Of conree He can do it much better ;
But be knows, and he surely won't mind;
The worry about her old husband
Of the old woman left here behind.
So I pray, and I pray, for the old man,
And I'm sore I shall tili I die ;
So maybe that proves I ain't Low Church,
And maybe it shows I am High.
My old father waa never a Churchman,
But a Scotch Presbyterian saint ;
Still, his white bead to shining in Heaven,
1 don't care who says it-ain't.
To one of our bleeeed Lord's mansions
Tliat man was certaiu to go,
And now do you think I Am High Church?
Are you sure tiiat I ain't pretty Low ?
I tell you it's all just a muddle,
Too much for a body like me ;
I will wait tili I joiu my old husband,
And then we shall see what we'll see.
Don't ask me again, if you please, sir,
For really it worries me so,
And I don't know whether I'm-High
Church,
And I don't know whether I'm Low.
RUMORS OF XBW DEAL
Rumora. have been current for several
days tliat the Peoples Railway Company
was negotiating for the Wilmington, New
Castle and Southern Railway Company,
but recently General Manager RichSrd
W. Crook, if the Peoples Company,
stated the rumor liad no foundation, but
admitted that the- company might con
sider a fair offer from tiie owners of the
New Castle-line.
For some time these rumors of the ab
sorption of the New Castle road by either
one or the other of the local companies
have been persistent, and should this be
done it would mean that tbe New Castle
line would liave a terminus in Wilming
ton city ii stead of at the Philadelphia
& Reading Railway ciossing.
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FARM NEWS AND VIEW!
i * A heavy crop of grass requir
time for curing than a poor
water must be eliminated, and thl
should not be allowed to become!
If cut as soon as the dew is off thejM
and "shook up" by the teddetfl
Afternoon, after tire sun is well V
«ext day the hay may be bunche«
■raking too large bunches, which ma
ftain from one to three days, accordii
the weather. It will not injure the i
if rain falls on ii before it is cured
cutting, but after it has dried it shot
begotten into the mow as eoon as j
hay is ready. Twist a bunch of bay, a
if it breaks off well it may be haul)
The best bay is that which is air-dri
rather than dried entirely by the
hence the use of the tedder, which k
the bay loose and turned over for the a
is v»»y favorable to proper cutting of t
liay.
one, as
su
As a reference for those who may dl
sire .to know how much butter to expej
Irons milk, it may be mentioned that n|
correct average can be given, as milk fro J
different cows varies. Milk containing 7]
percent, of butter fat will make about 1
pound of batter from 29 pounds (about
13$ quarts) of milk. One quart of milk
weighs 2.15 pounds. Milk containing I:>|
per cegt. of fat, 31 per cent, of aibumeij
and 51 per cent, of milk sugar, ash, elcJ
The average amount of batter fat in crean
ia about 22 per cent. The BeparatoJ
method of handling cream occasions less
waste than by tiie old method. An ounce
of salt is tiie allowance for one pound of
butter.
Those who take the position that the
"breed is in the feed" may learn sorr£
thing from the experiment made at tH
Illinois Experiment Station, where
cows were given the same treatm^H
botli receiving the same .pianti^^fl
and hot 1 1 given an opportunity
ing what they could do, yet ther^J "
great variation#in tiie results. ■
largely excelling the other.
proper food and a plentiful st^g
animal t an , ! t i.er in . -J
but it is a fact that the breed is
taut matter, and cows will yie^BtiV
a- much as of: v- o l
both may be. - .'.'tyvf 1 -
When the pastures begin '.0 MB
there will be a failing off of mifljjp».; ;!
the cows. T1 is is due to the I^Ê '
the farmer does not supply tlis?
green food from the pasture. A^«ggty
corn fodder, used as green foo^f
a.-s..-t ;>re -niing the io.-s ;
change of food from green to
stance will near, y a!waps cause ■
ing off In milk, for which rea^fcp'p
change from green to dry food shStt*
gradual and never suddenly.
Paris green does not dissolve,
held in suspension in water iteoc^B
water must be constantly agitated
ply it. The Ohio Experiment Staitic^B o
commends a much cbeanj^^ù^H
which is soluble in water.
dissolving two pounds of I
ing soda iu tw . gauot.s ;
one and n--:.a : thi.-^fl.'
each barrel of Bordeaux mi^B
spraving biight or scrab. ^B
To bunch celery easily an<
on your kuees astride the
plant in one hand, shake it ■
close, to get out the earth Go]
holding it with oneJjSnd,
other drat» tbe
up to
that side; than take tbe
other hand and draw PP the earth on till
other side; next et go] of the plant and
draw earth from botiw sides, pressing it
against tbe
when the rt
' Finish with a hoe
is, 8°Be over, and give a
ig. Gi& row.
y Pb' busby land may be
plowed in thjfaft to good advantage, be
cause the fan
the spring, t
remove tbe :
land. Whim the farmer believes bis
land to be full of worms and grabs he
will do mach in the way of killing them
by plowing very late iu the fall.
Russia has 503,000,000 acres of forests.
In Sweden and Norway the forest area
covers 62,000,000 acres; in Austira,45,000
000 acres; in Germany 34,000.000 acres:
in Turkey, 25,000,000 acres; in Italy, 14,
000,000acres; in Switzerland, 17,000,000
acres; in France, 22,000,000 acres; in
Spain» 8,000,000 acres, in Great Britian
3,000,000 acres.
Currant bustes should be hoed, which
not only cleans out the weeds and grass,
but rentiers tbe new growth more vigor
ous. A shovelful of well-rotted manure,
worked into the soil, will prove beneficial.
Leave tt patch of turnips in the ground
for a supply of spriug greens. If cover
ed with straw aud cornstalks the turn
ips will keep in the ground all winter and -
begin grow th early iu the spring.
If a Holstein cow, given 40 quarts of
milk perilay, and requiring no more
room than a common cow, giving 10
quarts, can be reared as easily as the in
ferior one vis it wise in farmers to keep
the poor rail kens ?
In one ton of ashes from. bituminous
coal are 8 pounds of potash, 9 pounds of
phosphoric aeid, 38 pounds of lime and a
large proportion of waBte matter. Coal
ashes are said to be about equal to clay,
aud are nearly of the eame composition.
They poetess little or no value as a ferti
tilizer, but serve to assist light sandy
aoilB to thtain moisture, answering the
eame purpose as clay. Tiie percentage of
potash and phosphoric acid contained is
too small in quantity to pay far hauling
and spreadiitgeoal ashes on the ground
fertilizer,# Ifjniy benefit is derived
due to t'ie n ee lanical effect of the
ashes on the t-oil and as au absorbent
material.
sprinkling
Rough,
r is. then not so bos y as in
: giving him more time to
m wad roots that fill the
as a
it is
i to 200 pounds on
o an easy matter to
:kly on corn in the
expense of feeding
weather. Feeding
Bring your ling!
clever, apd it to the
fiuieh them off qui
fall, without tbe
tbrotqth the
corn ia order i
while potting
though one l
heavy weight!
.
the purse.
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