Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-06-25


There is no probability that the naval force
in the Mediterranean will be increased.
The Navy Department has received infor-
nation of the death OF Lieut. Duer. in Florida.
Ga- In order to post our readers in every
thing important, We annext the meaning Of
the
BROKERS' TECHNlCALITIRS.
Thompson's Bank Note Reporter thus defines
some Of the phrases used in stock circles and
by newspapers:
A BULL is one who buys stocks on specula-
ton thinking they will rise, 50 that he can
sell at u profit. II is to his interest to have
stocks rise, and he will resort to every means
to bring about the desired result.
A BRAR is one who sells stocks on specula-
ton, thinking they will fall, so that he can
buy in for less money to fill his contracts. 1t
IA TO his interest to break down the market
and he will resort to the most desperate means
to accomplish his object.
A CORNER is when the bears cannot buy or
borrow the stock to deliver in fulfilment of
their contracts.
| A DnposITR is earnest money lodged in the
hands of third party as a guaranty: IS up, +"
$40 up" etc, is the language expressive of
deposite.
OVERLOADED is when the bulls cannot take
and pay for the stocks they have purchased.
SHoRr is when person or party sells stocks
when they have none, and expect to buy or
borrew them in time to deliver.
Lose is when person or party has plenti-
| full su, ply OF stocks.
A FLYER is to buy some stock with view
to selling it in few days, and either make or
lose. as luck will have it.
A WASH IL pretended sale, by special
agreement between the seller and buyer, for
the purpose of getting quotation reported.
SULPHUR FOR MILDEW ON THE GRAPE.
When at Quincy, ILL.,, last summer, we re-
commended to gentleman whose grape vines
we're much affected by mildew, the use of sui
phur and he now writes us for more definite
| information i'll regard TO It's action, ana tile
manner of application.
| Powdered sulphur busted on the affected
narts. has, for many years, been known as
remedy for mildew on the peach. II is only
1sA6 that the grape mildew has attracted much
att.ntion; but since then, its ravages, some
vears. have been so extensive in the wine
districts OF Europe as to create much alarm,
INT IL ia now demonstrated that the judioiolis
application Of sulphur is n certain remedy
and the only one.
The object to be aimed at i'll applying the
sulphur, is merely to bring il in contact with
the mildew. This can be- done by simply
throwing the sulphur on the vines AND
buncbes. Quite number of machines, cal
ia sulphurators have been invented In Eng
land for Tn ID purpose, resembling somewhat
n miniature tanning mill-the sulphur beinG
scattered on the plants by the force of the
Wind. They are used extensively in the Eng
i;sh hop-yards-sulphur being found equally
effectual ~ a remedy for the hop mildew.
SULPHUR yolatalizes rapidly at 1900, and tn,
fumes DESTROY the mildew. In greenhouses
therefore good method is to scatter sulphur
on the hot water pipes, or whitewash then
with mixture of four ounces Of sulphur
(blAck sulphur 10 considered the best) and
four ounces Of quick lime, dissolved in three
gallons of water, closing the house afterwards
from thirty minutes to an hour, according to
The yirulence of the disease. II sulphur is
iRnited. sulphuIous acid gas is formed, which
destroys the leaves, as well as the mildew.
II will not do, therefore, TO burn the sulphur
SULPHUR is insoluble in water. But If one
; pound OF flowers of sulphur, and an equal
measure Of quick. lime, are boiled for ten
minutes in glazed earthen pot, with five
pints of water, hyposulph ito of lime is formed
which is very soluble. 1t should be constant.
" stirred while boiling. II is then allowed Ia
settle. and the clear liquid is, when cool
ready for use, after being mixed with one
} hundred parts Of water. The vines are syr.
ineed with this water. This is effectuai, eco.
nomical, and easily applied on a large scale.
This hyposulphite of lime may easily be
obtained by teaching the refuse lime of the
gas-works. The hyposulphite is very soluble,
and the less water used for the purpose the
better in order to avoid dissolving other sub
stances. It should afterwards be largely
diluted with water, and applied with the
syringe, as before recommended.
If seven pounds Of sulphur and one pound
of lime are boiled in water for several hours,
pentasulphuret OF calcium is formed. This
substance contains about eighty per cent of
sulphur, and is quite soluble in water. We
have never seen II recommended for mildew,
but think IL eminently worthy OF trial II is
the sulphur, and not the lime that is the
effective agent and the less of the latter in
proportion to the former the better. The
pentasulphuret Of calsium contains more than
ten times as much sulphur, in proportion to
the lime, as the hyposulphite of lime. 1t ap.
proximates closely to a solution of sulphur
We hope some of our readers will expert
ment with this compound, not only on the
vine, but on the gooseberry, the mildew Of
which is closely allied to that of the grape.
II is not improbable, too, that it would be
useful in preventing the cracking Of the pear,
which is now generally conceded to be caused
by fungus.--G enesee Farmer.
Hss- Spare the calves-all that arc worth
sparing. Keep them up il need be, give them
linseed Cruel and oil meal by and by, in mod
crate quantities, and by sowing green fodder
crops, If pasturage is likely to be scarce OF
if you want to make all the manure you can
this summer, prepare, for both calves and
other stock, abundant and good food even II
We suffer from the ssvsrest droughts.