Des Arc citizen., 1866-02-28
Hints on Prnning.


 n Hints on Pruning.
 + Never use an axe ora hatchet in pruning. I The blows struck jar the dbres, and the whole
 work with such tools is too violent and harsh
 Take of the limbs as nearly as possible
 on level with Che branches which you cut from. i twill then heal much quicker and smoother l Never leave a stub-thqt is, do not leave part of the branch between the place where l spurs come out, but cut close to the spur it- self. and thenthe' wound will l.cal over. Tie reason for this is tlatno action exist in a por- l ton of the branch left unless there isasioint
 place where q spur comes out and wAerot ! leaves will grow beyondit, In pruning grape l vine, it is customary to leave half an inch to an inch under the supposition that it will pre- vent bleeding P ea1u3 f'ol 7at e2el 't'
 Never pruno q trec when the sap will
 keep the3saw wet, as it will in March, April, and May. and even in February, if there is q succession of four or five days of. moderate weather and bright sun.
 g. From the 18th to the 30th of June, and after tn leaves have fallen, untili the tree freezes are proper times to pruno. Ncyerinh the spring moathss notwithstanding the prac-. l tleels eommQn. a3rygI "u1aH g Fnsif3int c. Cover ail large wounds with gum shcllac dissolve in. alcohol, or with some other paint about the cdtor.of the bark. lffpaint is used carefully, on the wound only it'iwill do no harth. a .iH a9fdW a sfuu 1i.t
 '. Trees are usually grafted in Apfil or May, butt4qy should notbe prunned at hat time There 9re twoor three sound reasons for this.
 The sap is thin, and will run out, which injures the tree.
 ) After cutting off several good sized limbs to set scions into, the tree needs all the re mainmgtbranches to keep up its usQal}acton and vitality. .i0gifatfia. sBt +e.l, oy,J 3 In November succeeding the graftng, any limbs that are in the way of the scions and others belonging to the orig inal tree, may bs taken away If thcre are many, howevet,it ] would be betfer to leave apoftion of-thcmh untiltho following June ga9 73ti4Beb
 SHE ABr OF QUARRELLING.-So hus- band, ,lHow is il that we never quarrel, Nfrs.@ Xantippe? Well, will ltellydA 0hcpcrs6n can'tiaake aeqaarrel Now, if am in aqdai-.a relsone hunlor and break out, nmy wife rei3 mains cool andjeQllected, and ,dqqsp't say .al word. II my wife is peevish, and displays, more temper than is becoming to one of her beautiful sex, her husband remain is di-- moved as inc nionum6nt oF else cheat myselfs into the Belief tbat I am listening for iuhe moment to some hsaYenly sdpgsu We qonly quarrel one d a timq and iti 4agtoniabipg, if you leaae quarrel alone hoWgoop t dies out That's our secret madam and ! should advise you and all Xantippcs to follow it.
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 lAbvLRTIsGNG IN ESGtASD.-AA Ioadon letsy ter says: The English believe in adv ertising; they have tried it out and out ln the scram7e ble of a trade so immense, and in So vast ' population, the man who makes the most noise and the largest show gathers the gui meas. used to think Americans, and es-i pecially New Workers were 1eaterprisiug ina this way, but they do not begin with thenEp-o glish, whot tspend pounds whore your mer5z chants spend dollars. The reason may be hat,therc is here more violent competition and greater necessity; but the fact is cFi- , dent to every ons who walky ISna5n aertets' or reads English newspi ipcrs. 9dl a ,abia ----+----------ls- C. .-au----tt4 4t4-.fu ssrv \ Cuass STORY OF JOHN RANDolpH.--Ran dolph being asked to play chess on one oc- casiop, refused, and gave the following reason: '.l have not played at chess for the last seven teen years; the very sight of the board and rae1 give rise to painfutpeniniscenccs for the last game leplayed lost me aPersonal friend foreger. f l was on the most intimate terms with Mr. Jefferson, as you may have heard, # being now matter of history, and soon found out that, politician and philosopher that he was, lie took more pride in his skill at chess tllan anything elseio Very few could beat him, and at least lie ceuld not endurel defeat. Knowing this, and feeling that WAS 1 his match l had always declined playing, 2ss l | did not want quarrel with him, until one 1 unfortunate evening, ,when lie touchea my 1 Virginia pride in 50 P6inted a way thatI 1 could. no longer refuse with honor, and we sat down to the game. oIt was te iwqsnD contest l Greek met Greek, I at length cried check, mate, and be never forgage m9 afterwards |" | BIkNKEriNG HoRsEs IN WlSTER.-Thisisof off ten wrongly done aN'tcn the horse becomes heated by hardlabor onI long travelling the blanket is thrown on his back at oneeA4the, vapor stoamg up from his9lotlsides, becomes condensed and vets the blanket, and as the, horse continues to cool, the cold and wet GOV
 ering is of little use, better way is tolet the animal stand uncovered for a few minutes.3 longer or shorter period aecording9to circumstances, until cooled downsto ab9utthel