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THE DELAWARE LEDGER
NO 34
NEWARK. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, AUGUST 4, 1888.
VOL IX.
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With You
again tins time to invite voti all to eome see
Elegant Spring Styles.
A11 the hit eat 3XT O \/ 33 HiTIEI S to bo hail in this
COUNTRY ami EUROPE i
ing. Every kintl and grade of l'arlor Suita from &S30 to
$1000. and from 910 to SB- OOO in Chamber
Suita. DON'T put it off but come SOON. I am still here ready to
SHOW you our immenao stork of goods, und sell any thing you need
At lower rates than you can buy any where olse. Drop in and ask
. Polite attention buy or not. Goods packed and Shipped froe
Yours Truly. O. LÀWS,
Covering for Parlor Work
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Semi for price list.
WITH IVINS & BRO., 55 NORTH 2ND. STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
It's Summer in Oak Hall.
Do you know what's going on ?
Maybe you'll know by the prices.
Bargains are as plenty as chippies in a wheat-field.
After getting the lowest prices for our reliable cloth
ing all through the season, some lots are totally
sold. Others—part of them are left. They make
enough, gathered together, to more than fill one of
our big rooms.
They're two-thirds or half price as long as they last. 1
We're not a bit anxious to lose money.
We're brave enough to do it when we've either got
to do that or carry goods till next season.
You wouldn't stick at tne railroad fare if you knew
what you'd save. Maybe $2.00 ; maybe $10.00.
For the Summer itself. Stacks of Thin Clothing.
Customers say: It's a sight to see the beautiful
goods we have. It's the finest we ever had.
We've a heap of Clothing yet to sell, and we've
made the prices low enough to cut a quick furrow
in it.
Wanamaker & Brown,
OAK HALL,
S. E. Cor. Sixth and Market Streets,
Philadelphia.
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PICTURE FRAMES
Harry Yerger, 405 Shipley St, Wilmington,
flu the largest PICTURE FRAME ESTABLISHMENT in Delaw
Del,
and dots by
far the largrat busini «8 ; and the only practical FRAME GILDER in the State. "
prices are the lowost and his goods tho best,
lip*Re-gilding Old Frames a specialty.
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MOTHERALL'S STORE I
IS THE PLACE TO GET
Dress Goods and Trimmings, etc.
-Of the Finest Qualities and Latest Styles.
BOOTS, SHOES and SLIPPERS
That will look well, fit well, and wear well, at tho right prices.
China and Glassware etc.
Of every description in west window, call and examine it.
Sitch as Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Preserves
•Canned Goods of all kinds, and everthing found in a First Class Store.
IPROVISIONTS
1ST. IsÆ. MOTHERALL, Proprietor.
Newark, Del.
Main Street, West of College,
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On 8x10 PICTURE
FREE for
PHOTOGRAPHER
302 MAEZZT STREET,
$ 3.00
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DELAWARE.
Wn KINGTON,
lSeaton Smith.
DRUGGIST.
CASKEY BLADING,
Del.
Newark,
WESLEY B. HART,
Furnishing Undetakor,
Newark,
finite the residence of Dr N. II. Chirk.
Delaware
Funerals attended in all parts of the country.
.TURE done up.
FURN7
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Dobson's loo Cream Saloon.
--SPECIAL PARLOR FOR LADIES
REMEMBER THE OLD STAND
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You can save money by getting your BILLS printed at
Also, increase the attendance by advertising in these
Ich is office.
•co]un ms. The paper has a splendid circulation.
No common work done.
J. R. HUDSON & CO.,
STEEL COAL AND DIRT BARROWS.
Bp*
Belting, Steam Packings, Oil Cups,
Twines and Rope,
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FINZ BURNING OILS
No. 15 Market Street,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
The Original
DRY GOODS
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Of Wilmington,
306 Market Street.
CHEAT CLEARANCE SALE,
of any and everything pertaining
Spring or Summer Goods to go now, ^
fogardleKH af cost or value.
Some broken lines of Dress Goods
from 75o down to 50 . 50c goods
down to 25 . 25c ones down to 15.
Remnants of Dress Goods and
SILKS at about half,
stock of Silks have had a big mark
down.
Sateens, Dress Ginghams, Batis
tes, Challies, Socreuckers, Lawns, etc.
go in the big mark down list.
1 lot of Colored Parasols from $3
down to $1.50. $1.60, good, now 75c
etc., cto.
Lace Caps, Fans, Laces, and Em
broideries down to Half ond Two
thirds former prices, and broken lines
of goods oil over the store marked at
such prices you cannot help buying.
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Our entire
SucccsBors to R. L. Russell,
306 Market street.
Wilmington,
Del.
188 s.
1847.
Qoo. W. Williams,
Newark, Delaware.
agent for the Kent County Mutual Fire
Inmirunco Co., of Dover, Delaware, In
sures against loss of Fire, issuing Mutual
Policies only under which Payments
made annually in advance during mem
bership, and on ceasing to he members
whatever remains unexpended after pay
ing loses, expenses and dividends are re
turned, thereby furnishing Insurance at
Dividends returned after the
second annual payment.
arc
east.
janltf
J.W. PARRISH,
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
AND
Dealer in
Watches,
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Clocks, &g.
en for a
Watch
Buy the Hampd
Reliable R- R
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ODD FELLOWS BUILDING
. Newark, Del
Main Street, -
JOHNSON &
McMICHAEL
Tho Newark Brick Manufacturers have at
tUelr Yards thousands of flrst-eluss lirlcks to
be aellveroil.
BUILDERS
tlio Above,nnd your orders will
take notice
be filled at short notice.
Builders would do well to inspect
these bricks before purchasing else
where.
uly 80-tf.
at
Jotmson A McMichae],
Newark, Del.
2TOR SALS.
Holstein Freisian thorough-bred Bull
Calves, from mv tliorough-brod Bull,
"Faithful's Sir Howard." Also, lialf
blood Bull Calves. Nkison Wabiiks,
Janlttf. Newark, l)el.
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SERVED HIM RIGHT.
"Have you seen Frank Bates, the
millionaire, who 1 ms just come home
from Europe?" asked Clara Huntly,
who was out shopping with her
friend Minnie Reeves. "Every girl
vild about liiin."
in town is
nail! lier
"Pleaso leave mo out,'
friend, "I have only seen him onco,
ami ho did not impress me favor
ably."
"Sour grapes," laughed Clara, and
then the conversation drifted into
another channel nnd they grew en
thusiastic over tho costumes they
had arranged to wear to a coming
party on the approaching Tuesday
night.
After shopping for several hours
the young ladies slipped into a
tuurnnt to get some lundi nnd sat
down by themselves in a little al
cove that was secluded from the
other tables.
What was their surprise to hear a
voice which they both recognized as
belonging to Mr. Bates, talking to
his friend, Charley Eversowl, nnd in
such tones that lie could tie heard
distinctly by them.
"So you don't think I would
stand any chance with Miss Reeves?
asked the millionaire." "1 could
get lier and not half try.
"II you could win her by fair
means you would get a noble girl,"
said his friend, quietly, "but I cer
tainly shall not bet on your chance."
"Well, Charley, if you won't bet, I
will make this offer to you, that I
Will give you this diamond ring, if,
after four weeks from tho time I am
introduced to her, there is no en
gagement ring on her finger. Now,
remember. "
The young ladies thought that
they had heard enough, so they
quietly slipped out, and just as they
readied the sidewalk, Minnie said :
"Well, Clura, why dont you say :
"I told you so !"
"Because, my dear, I think the
lesson will he profitable without
that old saying."
Tuesday night arrived, and Clara
and Minliio looked very lovely, ar
rayed in ) white illusion, trimmed
with rare eld lace ; Minnie with dia
monds in her hair and on her neck
and arms, and Clara with pearls.
There was a murmur of admiration
passed from lip to lip as they went
through tho rooms and took seats.
They had scarcely seated them
selves before Mr. Hates, at his own
request, came up for an introduc
tion, and he scarcely left Minnie's
side for the rest of tl .e evening.
He excelled himself in politeness
and conversation.
And when the party dispersed Mr.
Bates was putting Minnie and Clara
into their carriage, lie asked Min
nie's permission to cali on her at her
home.
She gave her consct with a plea
sant smile.
And for the next threo weeks
Frank Bates devoted his time and
attention to winning the daughter
of the wealthiest merchant in the
city, and to all appearance, he seem
ed likely to succeed.
Charley Eversowl, in the mean
time, watched and waiteJ, loving
lier better than his own life, but not
daring to tell her of his love because
he wnB poor. lie knew liu could
not support a wife on so small a
salary.
One evening seated in a cosy little
sitting-room, were Frank Bates and
Minnie, engaged in a warm conver
sation.
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"Miss Reeves—Minnie—do you
know bow much I love you ? Oh I
speak—tell me, can you not love me
a little in return ? I have loved you
from tho first moment wu met.
Minnie, with a haughty look, ruse
from her chair.
"No, Frank Bates, I do not love
you, and I will tell you why. When
a young man no far furgets himself
as to boast in a public eating room
that, boforo four weeks have passed
around, lie will have and engage
aient ring on a young lady's linger,
I then, also, forget the young man
has any feelings, and this lias been
nothing Hut a flirtation."
A low nielediutiou on Charley
Eversowl escaped bis lips lor having
told.
at
to
"No, you need not blame Mr.
Eversowl, for tie did not betray you;
but my friend, Miss Itosa, and I
sat at tiie next tablo and heard the
whole of your conversation. Now,
Mr. Bateo, I believe wo aro oven
so I will bid you a yerry good
evening.
Frank Bates, too much crestfallen
to reply, bowed and withdrew. A
fow evenings after Charlie Eversowl
called and sont up his card, asking
for Miss Reeves. Minnie came down,
looking very pretty in her soft drab
merino dress.
It did not take many words for
Charlie to tell his errand. And when
he left the house late that night he
left a beautiful ring sparkling on
Minnie's finger, and his happy face
told a pleasant tale.
Next morhiug, bright and early,
Clara Huntley came to tell Minnie
of her engagement to her fathers
partner, and there were surprises on
both sides.
"And on only, Clara, Charly
would never tell mo he loved me be
cause he was poor, but now he is
promoted to teller in the bank, and
then ho found out l did not love
Frank Bates."
Clara broke out into a merry
laugh and said :
"Oh, Minnie, did Charlie get his
diamond ring that Mr. Bates prom
ised if he failed to ho have the ring
on your finger in four weeks ?"
"He lie never mentioned it before
be went away."
"Why, has he gone away ,and
where to ?"
"Yes he left the next evening
after 1 told him we heard his con
versation, and no person knows
where lie is, and I don't think any
person cares."
Three months later there was a
double wedding at Grace Church,
and of courcc the brides, dressed in
white, looked beautiful, and the old
saying.
"Happy is the brido the sun
shines on," seemed verified. Then,
surely, their paths though life will
be bright.
How to Get Along.
Don't stop to tell stories in bus
iness hours.
If you have a place of business,
be found there when wunted.
No man can get rich by sitting
around the stores and saloons.
Never "fool" in business mat
tens.
Hnvo order, system, regularity,
and also promptness.
Do not meddle with business you
know nothing of.
Do not kick everyone in your
path.
More miles can be made in a day
by going steadily than by stopping.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor respects his word
as lie does his bond.
Help others when you can, but
never give what you cannot afford
to, simply because it is fashionable.
Learn to say No. No necessity of
snapping it out in dog-fashion, but
say it firmly and respectfully.
Use jour own brains rather
than thoBe of Others.
Learn to think and act for your
self.
Keep ahead rather that behind
the times.
Young men, out this out, and if
there be any folly in the argument,
let us know.
Plum trees will thrive well in a
poultry yard, and be less subject to
the attack of the curculio. The
trees will require the usual jarring,
but tho insects will bo destroyed by
poultry, lessening the liability of
damage tho succeeding year,
plum trees should be in poultry
yards, but do not allow them to act
us a roost.
It is useless to look for a harvest
ol honey from weak colonies, and as
the heavy How occurs generally in
Juno, if tho bee-keeper does not be
stir himself he will be caught with
many weak stocks. Daily stimula
tive feeding will secure colonies
strong in numbers, with a powerful
force of willing laborers, ready to
gather tho honey harvest at any
moment it presents itself,
Pumpkins are relished by pork
ers. Plant liberally for the fall
supply.
When squash and egg plants be
come a lew laches high, keep a close
watch for bugs. The potato boctle
very destructive to egg plants.
According to Professor Riley, the
best way to get rid of tho appleroot
plant louse is to drench the roots of
tiie inlested tree with hot water.
Corn thus fur bus proven to be
the best for ensilage, saj-s Mr. Hnd
wen of Massachusetts, who thinks
the cow-pea will not answer the
purpose.
A pail of milk left two minutes or
longer in a Btrong smelling stable
■jyill ahçorb a taint that will never
leave It.
All
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Somo milkers kick, wiiip and
pound their cows till they get ugly
and bad tempered which changes
the milk and spoils the butter.
The Leixier Is only it oruts a
Show tills paper In your
copy,
neighbor.
EDUCATED LABOR.
BV AUTOUR M. MACKEY.
Men who ure rightly educated
succeed Iwst in business. It mat
ters not what may be tho sphere in
life of tiie individual, he can never
altain to excellence without acquir
ing a proficiency in his chosen vo
cation. The student at college who
does not thoroughly study the sub
ject assigned him, can not expect to
carry away the honore of his class.
The lawyer who does not master the
cases arising in his profession will
neither have the greatest number,
nor the best paying class of clients.
The physieans who does not care
fully apply himself to the problems
of the sciences he professes will
never win the confidence of patients.
So, too, of the merchants, the archi
tect, the farmer, the mechanic, and
even the day laborin'.
Since those who perform manual
labor are more numerous than those
in the professions ; and since man
kind could not exist without the
laborer, it is of the utmost import
ance that tho education given in our
schools should ho adapted to the re
quirements of labor. In the distri
bution of this world's goods, the
laboring classes should be remem
bered in the mutter of education.
From the beginning of the world
there has been an aristocracy of
learning who have claimed that edu
cation is a dangerous tiling in tho
minds of the common people ; but
in this enlightened age people are
beginning to understand the true
theory ; that every man has tho
right to be guided by tho dictates of
his own conscience, that he has the
right of voice as to whom he shall
be subordinate, that he has the
right to receive just renumeration
for his labor, and that he has the
right to develop fully the capacities
which God has given him. If men
are incapable of ruling themselves,
it is evident that they should be gov
erned by those of superior intelli
gence. If mankind are perverse to
the benefits of a general education)
if they choose to be ignorant of the
principles of good government, if
they are too indolent to think for
Ihemseves what is wright or wrong,
if they still decry learning and edu
cation, they ought not to complain
if the aristocracies of Caste, the
Priesthood and Culture seise the
reigns of power which they have
invited them to take.
It has been said that education
and labor are inconsistent ; that an
educated boy won't work ; that an
educated girl will play the lady. It
has been maintained also that edu
cation incapacitates the child for
labor. If this assertion has any
foundation, why it is that ignorance
and idleness are consorts, and edu
cation and the prosperity derived
from industry are found in company?
Why are not ignorant tribes of In
dians the most active, industrious
and prosperous of earth'sinhabitants?
Why are not tho Germans a nation
of idlers instead of one of the most
industrious peoples of the world ?
Wliy should learning unfit a child
to labor ? Is bodily strength the
only requisite to the laborer ? Does
he not need tho perception to see
what is to be done and how to do
it? Has he no need of reason, and
of the attention and perseverance
essential to overcoming the tasks in
the school-room ? It is a general
rule that rags and dirt satisfy the
deepest ignorance. Without learn
ing, we are without wealth,
places of the inhabitants of a wealthy
city with Digger Indians,
land on which it is built will he
worth less than the swamps of Dela
ware.
Fill the
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The necessity of o-luetiliou to the
laborer is more impérative now than
ever before, boctiUHe the kind of la
bor required demands skill and
knowledge rather than brute force.
I.»borers require education because
of the competition by which they
are encompassed. Tiie increase of
telegraphs, steamships and railroads
has brought the world's skill to the
door of every man. The farmer in
tho United States must compete with
tiie farmer in Russia, for every bush
el of wheat raised in that country
affects the price of every bushel of
wheat raised in this country. The
architect, to be successful will ap
ply himself not only to acquire a
thorough knowledge of existing j
forms and styles, but also to the
possibilities of new combinations,
And |t is ahsqi '4 to suppose that in
the future any person can compete
with the combined talent and train
ing of tiie whole world without fol
lowing a course uf study hearing di
rectly upon the Intended occupation
or profession.
The surplus of paupers, idlers and
tramps who for the past few years
have infested our country affords
throughout its entiro extent a forci
ble illustration of the competition
between ignorance and intelligence.
A practical education if it is ns
broad ns it should be, will enable its
possessor to turn his hand to
another trade in times of depression.
One of the difficulties of the pre
sent age is that workmen do not
learn the principles that might ap
ply to many vocations. They do
not even learn the whole of one
trade. There arc specialists in every
part of the trade. Should machinery
heinven
ted to perform these parts
better and cheaper than the work
man, he is financially ruined. In
order that the difficulty may be ob
viated, the specialist must have
mental culture as well as hand cul
ture, general education as well as
particular education. To make
work reputable, you must elevate
the workman. Look on labor as
honorable and dignify the task of
the laborer. We are told that to
make manual labor congenial to the
young, we should hold up to their
view the dignity of labor. The dig
nity of manual labor deponds on
the motive — on the amount of
thought, intelligence, and skill con
nected with its performance, and this
can only he gained by education.
One man in his ignorance knows of
no way of removing a large stone
from his path way, except by call
ing in several of his neighbors, it
may be, to assist him by main
strength to roll it to one Bide. An
other man who has knowledge per
forms the same task in one tenth of
the time by means of a simple lever.
Which one exemplifies the dignity
of labor ? If the dignity of labor
consists in putting forth mere mus
cular strength, in striking a hard
blow, the work of a donkey is as
dignified as that of a man, and the
work of a mule is much more so.
It is natural for those who earn their
living by the sweat of their brow,
to complain that they are oppressed
by unjust legislation, that their
rights are ignored by our law mak
ers. that those who surprss them in
intelligence are ever alert to take
advantage of their ignorance. There
is but one remedy in this case ;
laborers must become law makers,
and by education only, can this end
be reached. If laborers, whether
agricultural or mechanical, desire to
contest with other classes of society
for the emoluments and honors of
the world, they must be educator.
Let them educate, and "the sceptre
and crown of civil service will re
turn to the plow and pruning hook."
If a man would be great he must
know. If he would rule, he must
understand the thoughts and ways
of men. There is but one alterna
tive. Tho farmer or the mechanic
may study and prosper, and rule
the world, or he may repudiate edu
cation, denounce agricultural
schools, and remain the serf and
burden bearer of the nation.
I appeal to all here to-night to
defend the excellence and nobility
of labor. The glow of toil wakes
you to the consciousness of your
real capabilities. Labor is God's
given power for human advance
ment.
Let us banish this opprobrium of
toil. Who would consider labor a
disgrace? Are you ashamed of
your dusty labor field and unpre
tentious workshop ; of your bronzed
and rough hands, marked by service
more illustrious than warfare; of
your rusty and seedy garments,
painted by old mother Nature with
sunshine and shower, with smoke
11 emlilaz ined
honors ; »shamed of these emblems
and appellations, and covering the
Haunting ruhe« mid tinsel show of
imbecile idleness and vanity ? it is
disloyally to nature; it is profanity
to heaven. It is violating heavens
great rule for human improvement.
Lahor, I reiterate—labor either men
tal or manual, is the only true man
hood—the only true nobility !
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j all, l they become brittle. If wood
!ashes cannot bc R ot >'i sufficient
quantity, bones may be fitted for
in use as fertilizer* by breaking into
course fragments with a hammer
al 'd then boiling them with a mix
ture of sal soda, caustic, lime and
water. Tiie ordinary carbonate of
soda or sal-soda ought not to cost
more Ilian than four cents a pound
FARMERS DEPARTMENT.
Fitting Banes for Fertilizer.
Strong lye will rapidly disorgan
ize bones, says a professor in a
Michigan college, especially if lioil
ed in the lye; the osm in or organic
matter of hones is rapidly dissolved
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when purchased in quantity. Three
pounds of sal-soda nnd two pounds
of caustic lime boiled up in two gal
lons of water will make a solution
that will rapidly act on the broken
bones when boiled with them. When
the bones arc well softened snd brit
tle, the wholo mass may be mixed
with eight or ten times its volume
of dry muck, or turf mould and
thoroughly mixed, when a vnluablc
manure will be secured.
Friends of the Farmers.
In concluding a recent bulletin
Rev. George D. Hulst, Entomologist
says : It may also be an advantage
to point out some of the friends of
the farmer, which, consequently, no
farmer should destroy, or allow to
be destroyed. Among these are
toads, which are, under all circum
stances, the farmer's friend ; moles
and field mice, probably, do a vast
amount more of good than harm; all
birds, especially robins, wrens,
thrushes, orioles, cuckoos, phebes,
blue birds, woodpeckers, swallows
and cat birds. The destruction of
all these and many others, except
for scientific purposes, should be
made, under very heavy penalties,
illegal in every State. Among in
sects, many wasps are friends, es
pecially those with a more or less
protruding horn or sting at the end
of the abdomen.
Notes.
Strong soap-suds will kill the lice
in the plum trees.
The sure way to break a hen from
egg-eating is to cut off her head.
Give plenty of pure water and
and green food to hogs in pen at
this season of the year.
The only gain in drilling in corn
is in planting quick and getting fer
tilizers are used than it does for
stable manure.
If your pigs are in a pasture where
good water is not plentiful, see to it
that they have a regular supply.
The flower garden and the field
will be the cheapest as well as the
loveliest pasture for those who keep
bees.
Fine, carriage horses are always
quick of sale at extra high prices, as
the supply is never equal to the de
mand.
Many farmers lose half the profit,
or make none at all, from neglect to
feed properly with a view to the
growth of wool and mutton.
If you have any young burdocks
about your farm, ciit them down
and give to your horses. At this
time of the year it will be good for
them both.
For a shady spot under the trees
and shrubs, where the soil is rich
and not too dry, there is nothing
more satisfactsry than the lily-of-the
valley. To plant it once, is to have
it forever in the garden.
A churn should be scalded with
boiling water, made alkaline with
washing soda. Every particle of
milk i r cream should he removed.
After being well washed tho churn
should be rinsed by again using
bailing water.
Odors in the stable indicate that
the air Hierein is impure. Use of
absorbents is very important in
summer. Once « week tho stable
should bs sprinkled with a solution
made of one pound of copperas in
two gallons of soft water.
Every person keeping poultry
should keep un accurate account
with his stock, placing all the ex
penditures incurred and the amount
of the receipts on tho prop r sides of
the sheet. The losses should, of
course, be charged to the expense
account.
To prevent la.es from being jaiis
oned by arsenical solution.- applied
to orchard trees, such application
should be deferred Until ju-l af er
tile lilussiiins have drop|Hsl, at which
time it is also the
preventing injury Iron the
worm.
't*l liTudiv*' in
wiling
I'robssor il. Moll, r.
mi eminent
botanist, says Ihn; in*- IhisL time l
prune vines is while tl
ripening, and that tie- »hont* should
be selected lor ini
-• grapes are
tlll'V
require for tlieir .1
quantity of sugar, to tl»«
of the ripening fruit.
eiiipiurlitH lj$Tg«r
let riment
The brownish hunches which ap
pear on red cedars are not the fruit,
but a common fungus,
which grows on these trees, but
otheis. It does no harm and is
thought ornamental by some. It is
not wortli while taking any pains to
prevent them, as tiie trees do not,
suffer.
parasite,
no