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Lysanier ~. Babbit,, Of Council
Bluffs, lows, writes Us follow. 10 the
hr,Nl Ner I'o,kes:
Seventeen wears axu / builta neo.i
eixed ia,rn house. Ihre. wears aiter.
ward added to il kitchen. wood
house, milk room. | painted the root
of the first when built. Wien ] camc
TO make The addition, nay master
builder, whom considered as all
architectural authority" advised M.
not to have the roof painted, and
took his advice. TIE shingles OH th.
roof OF the FIRST part bull. are Is soui.,1
to-day as they were the day they we.,
put on. The shingles Oh the last par
built, which were not painted. nan
more than half rotten. and the roo
leake badly. The roof not painted, i.
covered with dirt and something like
moss. al
The painted roof il smoosh and has
no lint upon il. The lint on the un-
painted roof holds the water aud
causes it 10 back up under the shingles
aud rot them, while on tho pointed
roof the waterruns on freely. Both
roofs are OF the sanle pitch, Vet the
conductor from the painted roof com.
nlences discharging water, in moder.
ate showers. nearly a minute before
the one from the root not painted.
From the foregoing facts | conclude
that it Is best TO paint khingie, as wcil
as all other roofs.
ltis proper to remark that ! have
had the roof Of the firet-namcd build.
ing painted twice, ut a cost Of $50 each
tiinc-S60. ltwiil cost me *l.N To put
on u new root. Hence | conclude that
two paintings, costing 80. Is worth as
much - new roof costing slAl
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CHAPTER l47.

AN ACT to authorize clerks vi tho
District and Circuit Courts OF
the State OF iowa, to satisfy lnorts
cages forecloscd In said courts. npon
Judgment Of tho decree and judge
Iiicnt rendered thereon.
SECTION /. he IL enacted 6y TIE
General assembly Of the State Of lowa,
That whenever decree Of foreclosure
Of any mortgage shall be ordered in
any Of the district or circni, courts of
this State, II shall be the duty Of said
clerk to enter upon the mtrgin or the
record Of said mortgage IN the Re-
cordcr's Office, where tho same Is
recorded, q minute showing that said
mortgage was foreclosed, in what court
forclosed, aud giving tho date Of tho
decree; and when such decree shall be
fully paid oG, and satisfied upon tho
iudgInealt dOckc Of such cenrt, II shall
be- the duty OF the clerk Of said court
TO enter satisfaction in fnll upon the
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An almost incredible story comes
from the Indian Ocean. The ship Al
thea which has been on q three years
cruise in the Atlantic, Pacific, South
ern and Indian oceans arrived at Mel
bourne, Australia, with only twenty
eight men, her original number having
been forty-fiye men. Tho rest had
died. Capt. Arlington, the skipper Of
tho ship, told a terrible story Of suffer-
ing and death. He said TINT In No
vembcr last, when the vessel was rear
Madagascar, a dense black cloud was
discovered approaching the ship. They
Immediately prepared for q storm,
such one as often happens in that
latitude. The cloud came on with q
terrible roaring, and it proved to be a
gigantic swarm Of black flies, which
poured upon the ship like an avail
anche. They sttlng the insn TO mad
ness, and loaded the ship down until
She came ness laundering. After
sonlehours Of this horror the plague
was blown of by d mighty wind that
swept down from the Red Mountains.
Sailors arc supcrstftious, and they bc-
gan to be mutin0us after this event.
The captain pushed on, however, re-
gerdlcss Of the rcmonstranccs or his
Alcn, across the Mozambique Channel,
seeing no moro Of the flies until near
Sofala, when they ran for day
through d rotten mass Of these insects
that completely covered tho surface 0f
the sea, and filled the air with q lOath-
some stencil. Eight Of the men took
ieL ~ As,x, s.d ~, ,.SA az n S1ts - .Y
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CHApTER III.

AN ACT to amend section 7SDo OF tho
I 1lGvisicn Of 1850. 90 as to limit the
ventss.i ~ 4l09ssupon negotiable pa.
per 70 county w11srrin some one oi
the makers reside.
Srcrioxl. ne Il saucssd ly the fsSa-
esuf assembly qjttc State Qf Iocu. That
section 2NDO of the Revision Of 1850 be.
aud the same Il hereby amended by ad-
ding thereto the following: provided
that IN all actions upon negotiable pN-
per. except when Jnstic payable At 4
particular place, in which any maker
being aesidcnt of this State shall lc
made 4 party defendant, tho venue shall
be limited 10 = county wherein some
ono OF the makers OF such paper shall
SEC. -rnry tfcr us.ffss:: xsrcrs~ss IN
Immediate importancc, shall take effect
from and after its publication il the
State Register and Iowa Review, ncws-
parErs putyssslr..2- ~ -pcs Mo:ncs. iowa
Approved, April 18th, 1872.
] hereby certify that tile foregoing
act was published In The daily Iowa
State Register, April u. aud ii, the
Iowa Review, April q, 1877.
ED. WRIGHT,
Secretary OF State.
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CHAPTER lls.

AN ACT to amend chapter one hnn-
dred and i0rty-eight OF the acts Of
the Ninth General Assembly.
SEcTIoS /. Be II enacted hy the
General Assembly Of the State Of Iowa,
That the first section Of the act entitled,
Gan Act for the better protcction Of
the school fund" approved, April s
1852, be an ! the same Ia hereby amen
dcd, by adding thereto the following !:
II shall be the duty OF sthe State .Anai-
tor TO examine md adjust any claim
By county for exemption from slia-
bility under the foregoing prvsiso,
upon proof in writing, s,lfmiitcl 10
him in behalf Of the county, within
three months AFTER he SINH iiutify tl,c
county Auditor Of his readiness TO rcs
ccivc IL.
LII the absence of suril proof, or II
the same l. insufficient. il shall be the
duty Of the State Auditor to charge
the amount of such loss a.aiust the
count v as final adjustment. Ii found
suficiens, he shall prescnt tie f;,cts
thereof in his report Ia the Grueral
Assembly next ensuing.
Approved, Apbfi ~, 1877.
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CHAPTER 1ss.

AN ACT To amend section two chap
/ tar one hundred and scvents-seven
Of the actb of the Thlrtsensh General
Assembly.
SEcrIoS 1. BE Il enacted by the
General Assembly osthe State ofIowa,
That section two OF chapter one hun.
drcd and seventy-sesen OF The laws OF
the Thirteenth General Assembly, be,
and the saEnc is hereby, amended us
follows: insert immediately after
and as part Of section two the fellow
Ing:
"And il shall be- the duty OF any road
supervisor or street commissioner,
when notified as provided by section
four Of the acts OF which this Is amend.
atOry. that any Canada tiiistlcs a,r
growing upon any vacant town lot oa
nonresident lands within his road dis
trict or city, the owner, agent or lessc
Of which Is unknown, to cause the san.e
to be destroyed, aud make return III
writing to the Boarl Oi Supcryi-
sors Of his county with the bill OF ex-
pcnses of the same, which shall be au-
ditesl and allowed by said board, and
paid from the county fund, and entered
UP aud levied against the lands oi,
which said thistlcs have been DESTROYED
and collected by the county treasurers
and township collectors, the same a
other taxes, and returned TO the coul-
ty fund.
Approved April II. ls7a.
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'WAsIifKtsTt,X.
W Asnsssrox, slsv IL.

4 report has teen received at the
War Department, giving the details Of
q massacre by lndians. Mexicans and
Negroes of persons in charge Of q train
OF .nppliea at Ilowsrd's well, near old
Fort lancaster. Col. Merit. under
date OF April ao3th ifom Fort Clark, re-
ports as follows: Tn the 2kh inst,
arrived with cavalry under my COM
nand, at Howarl's well few bours
too late 10 prevent one Of tho most hor-
rible Inassacres that has ever been per.
petvatea ON this frontier
|. The train was loaded with United
States comnis4ary stores on its way
from San Antonio, Texas, TO Eor1
Stockton, ond attacked bv Indians,
piun,lered and burned. All the pcc-
pie with the train. | I souls in all. wcre
killed or wounsspd, except enc woman.
The Ncw York command hurled II
bottles, and brought three wounded
men and one wonnded woman into
this fort.
Rapid pursuit was made by cont-
panies 4. ard II. Of 9Th cavalry. COM
lnanaed respectfully 10y Captain Coon
cy end Lieutenant Vincent, and after
following the trail seven or eight miles
the cavalry catle upon the Indians ia
force. Oh the summit Of a steep and al
,nost impossible bluff. Here a shar7,
tlght occurred, in which, l regret II
say. Lieutenant Vincent fcl!, nlortally
wonnlci, while br,ycly leading and
attempting 10 control his men. He
died shortly after~ returning to camp.
The lack OF ammunition masle the pro-
tincied pursui: Of the lndians imprxc.
t;cabl4. A woman who escaped re-
ported that six Indians were Killed in
the tight. Words fail to convey an
idea of tire s;ckening atrocities COM
laitied by the demons who overpowcr-
cd the trainmeD. Savera! ofthem were
taken alive, tied to wagons and burned,
! and an old woman was carried some
distance from the attack and shot. Her
grandcliild had hs care cut oG scalped
aud its brains dashed out. Hertlaugh-
! ter, Glo.hcr ofihc child. witnessed it all.
as also the death OF her husband. AZ
! the train was carried off by the tiends,
more than one poor wretch crawlcd
from the burning wagons, after the
ropes which bound them had burned
OF. only TO burn to L!ackened. un-
recognizable masses, with their charfcd
hands and faces raised in position Of
cntrea.y.
The trs,ii, had nine rnen with IL, tire
remainder Of the party being women
and children.
Gen. Anger, in his report, expresses
the opinion that the Indians came
from Mexico, and this belief IS sup.
ported BY the fact that Mexicans and
dcserters from the co!orcd regiments
were with them, such deserters uni-
versally escaping into Mexico.
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OF q house for the Governor during hts
term Of Office, six hundred dollars per
nnnum.
Src. II. For the expenses OF the
Superintendent Of Pnblic Institution,
as provided in sections two and tlres.
OF chapter lto Of The laws OF The
Twelfth General Assembly, the sum OF
ono thousand 1oilara or 50 much here.
Of as may be necessary,to to be audited
and allowed npcn vouchers showing
such expenditures. and certified BY him
to be correct, and filed with the Audi.
tor Of State.
SEC. III. This act shall be IA force
and take effect from and after its pub
lication in the Reeier and Leoder,
newspapers published at Des Moinss,
Iowa.
Approved, April 19. 1877.
hereby certify that the io,rg0iDg
act was published in the Io,ca Rccic,c,
April Z, and in the Daily gStuse Lecder.
April q. 1872.
Ed WRIGHT.
Secretary OF. state.
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CHAPTER l4J.

AN ACT Masking corporations aud
persons owning aud operating rail.
roads, liable for the wi!f'nI wrongs
of their sgente and pn,ployes.
SEcrioS j. DC iii enacted By The
General Assembly, ofihe State of iowa,
That every corporation and persoi,
owning or operating a railroad In this
State shall be liable for all damsgc.
sustained lsy any person in consc.
guence OF the wilful wrongs, whether
OF commission or omission ct their
agent, snd employees, when such wil-
,ful wrongs arr in any manner con.
ncciesl will, the use and operation oi
any railroad 50 owned or operated.
on or about which they shall be en-.
ployod.
SIC. 2. This act being dce,ued ui
immediate importance, shall take effect
and bc in force from and after its pub.
lication in The Duly State Register, and
{oUo Reriesc newspapers published
in Dcs Moines, Iowa.
Approved, Apri; 18th, ls722.
/ hereby certify that tho foregoing
act was psblishcd in tho Daily IoWl
State Register, April a, aud in the
Iohca Rericsr. April q, 1872.
ED. WRIGHT,
Secretary of ktate. i
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Among the personal gossip Aos4ins
through thc press Is n 3tem to The ei.
feet that Hon. George 1suefotl Ap,sri.
can Minister TO Ge5lnauy, rnsy be seen
every day trotting along tho streets OF
Berlin mounted ON y Thoroughbred
horse, and dccked out IN genuine cock
ney stylc--tight.fitting breaches. high
top bsots. cutaway coat and glossy silk
hat.
| Mr.. bancroft is tolcr,b.e historian.
fair orator, and a respectable diplo-
maiist. but ss . cavalier he tan l,assl!,
be called q eucccss !; for q more awk-
ward spectacle than he presents when
perched on the summit at a liery stsctl
cannot well be imagined. He rides as
though riding were sacred duty
which he il bound to discharge, re-
garaless Of consequences to conscicncs
or cuticlc. One glance AZ his cquestri-
an performances Is food foi hs!I
hours laugh.
Nextto Bancroft's fondncss tor horse
flesh is his peackuat for Irritation, and
this sprightly youth OF acrenty-twe
really thinks no damscl can resist hi-
fascinations.--M Msssoari RcDub'icsa.
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Rerudiated.

Greelcy was nominated. among
other reasons, because it was claimed
that he could carry the Pig Iron Bar
ons Of Pennsylvania. The following
dispatch from their head quarters,
however, secms'to indicate that they
have no confidence in the life long
Proteclionist, who SO nimbly jumps on
to platform of a Janns-faced charac'
ter, made by the Free Trade League:
OrFlcE OF INDUSTRIAL LEAsuE, I
JouNsTows, PENN, May 8, ~.
| Hon ". Il tAandier. Washington ID O.:
| DEAR SIR:-Thc industrial Leagu
viii not support Mr., Greeley.
| Yours,
| Yvpr+S Egpr<p Seerptnry
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ED WRIGHT,
Secretary of state,
CHAPTER III.

AN ACT providing tor the psynlent oi
bonds hereafter issned under Chapter
- Of the laws Of the Fourteenth Geli.
eral Assembly.
SECTION l. He ite,,actsd 5g N. Ge.-
-sS.J -lsssn16l0 yS The State Of iosa, Thu,
secfion five OF chapter fifTv.tonr Of tile
laws OF the Thirteenth General Assem-.
bly, shall bic. and Is hereby. made ap.
plicable to any bonds hereafter issnc,l
by towns, cities or counties. enie,
chapter flfty-eight Of the laws Of tbf
Fourteenth General Assembly.
SIC. ?. Section Elk of aid chapte,
flfty-four Of the laws oft Thirtcentl,
General Assembly ia hereby repealed
SEC. ). This net being deemed O.
immediate importance, BY tile General
Assembly, shail take eflcc, from an.l
after its publication i'm the Iowa State
Register and Leader. papers published
at Dcs Noines, Iowa.
Approved, Anrii 18th. lS12.
] hereby certify that the foregoing
acts was published in the Daily Iowa
State Leader, April 20, and in the
Daily Iowa State Register April y,
1879.
ED. WRIGHT,
Secrrtarv of >tats..
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CHAPTER III.

:. g. I. f.
AN ALf making appropriation for tli.
peyneilt Of the mileage OF the mem,
hers OF the Fourteenth Geueral As,
scmbly.
SECTION l. Dc IL s,aectea 5y he Gesiis-
csas -tsseasb1y sy thc St,ts nj lore,
That the following stllns OF money. oi
80 much thereof ne may be necessary,
are hereby appropriated fnr the rnr-
pose hereinafter designitea.
Seq. For the payment OF the mile.
age Of the members Of the Senate. in.
GLIDING. the Lieutenant -Eovcrnpr. tho
sum OF two thousand siS hundred and
forty-eight dollars.
SEc. 5. For the paylneus Of the
mileage Of the members Of the House
of Representatives, The sum of i've
thousand two hundred and twelve dol
lars and eighty ceits.
SIC. 4. The Auditor shall issue war.
rants upon the State Treasurer for the
foregoing gums In favor Of the mem
bers Of the respective Houses, and do.
liver the sainc TO the State Treasurer.
SEC. 5. The Treasurer Of State upon
receipt Of said warrants, shall pay to
each member such amount as shal, bc
shown 70 be his due by reports OF the
committees on mileage as adopted by
each House respectively, aud il Is here
by made the duty Of the President snd
Secretary of the Senate. and the Speak
er and Clerk Of the House to furnish
the Treasurer Of State certified copies
Of said reports SO adopted by their re-
spective Houses.
SEc.G. This net bcinx sdesnssd oi
immediate importance, eiiall take effect
and he in force from and after IL pub
lication ia the Iowa Review and daily
Leader, published ut De- Moincs,
Iowa.
sAFpf0%cd April l9, 1872.
hereby ccxtify that the foregoing act
was published inthe Daily Iowa stat,
assi,tsE sci; 81 Aesil 3ss z, aud Das's 1ssdcr
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary oc State.
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Fer 0lerk.

We learn that Allen Gcbhart is 10 be
candidate before the Republican,
Convention Of Van Buren, county for
Clerk Of the District Court.
!. AL. has been for years the very efll-
cient Deputy clerk Of that county, and
We are informed from competent au-
ihority that he has rendered in, that
position quite general satisfaction.
He was the adjutant's clerk of the
10Th lows for years, and is an uncom
monty good penman and clearheaded
clerical man. 1t would afford us mucl
pleasure to hear Of his nomination AMI
consequent election.
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Henry Ward Bcechcr don't endorse
Greeley's nomination, but says: "As
editor of the Iribane we thoroughly
believe in Mr.. Greeley, and If these
United States were but a thirty-seven
PACED Tribune to be edited, we should
certainly vote the Greeley ticket. But,
as commanding an army and conduc-
ting a government have been found
very different operations, SO it may b.
presumed that man may be a glorious
editor without being wise and skill.
full administrator"
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Wny THE CONTRAST ?-Thc national
debt OF Great Britain has been reduced
$la,5OO. 900 within three years, and the
people Of that great, rich and power
full empire are happy. The present adj
ministration Of the government Of the
United States paid sl2,5ss,0SS 62 Of
our national indebtedness during the
single brief month OF April, and YET
very many ofour politicians-especial
nv those who are out of ofiicc--arc ex
tremely Wahappy!-Chicag Joarnal y
| Commerce.
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IYRUs Et.DER, Secretar
he GREAT Liberal Reform De,

The great Liberal Reform Demo-
cratic Convention,of New York, ,ycster-
day refused to endorse Greeley and
Brown. They, howe9cr, started well
IN the reformation by putting little
Johnny Holman, Bill Tweed's pliable
puppet. al the head OF their delega.
tion. Great Is Reform! aud Tweed Ii
| its propaet.
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The New York Eueaiag Post says:
"The action Of the Democratic branch
of the Woman's Suffrage party, on
Friday, puts another formidable cam
didate in the field for President. For
tear that the reader may lose sight Of
the numerous seeks for the Office of
Chief Magistrate, we give the list, as
far as heard from, as follows:
Daniel Pratt, peripateiic.
George Francis Train, fudepend-
ent.
James Black, temperance.
Judge David Davis, labor reform.
Horace Greeley, protection and free
trade.
f,,'l vie'oria 9. woodAa''' woman saf'
II there are any candidates In the
field who are neglected in this list we
shall be glad to add their names Will
all due respect to Mr.. Daniel Pratt
who, we believe, is the Oldest candi.
date in nomination, we may beallowct
to say that the Ereniay Post is entirely
impartial in its regard for the candi
dates, and viii do exact justice to all
going go far even as to refrain from
any expression Of opinion as TO Whose
claims on the support OF the countr.
are the stron gest.
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The Greeley papers arc all congratu-
la,ing the country that their candidate
has but one brother-in-law and only
two nieccs; whcreupon the Louisville
Ledger adds, with sigh: well, II we
have to take the old granny Of all, the
less there is OF him the better we shall
like it,
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.ssat.,.ag oasnalssy.

s
A little after one O'Clock YESTERDAY
afternoon, tho time when the terrific
peal Of thunder startled everybody in
the citysa~ ~ladspaped Richard Grady,
aged thirteen yeahs con of Patsim&
Grady, drayman, wa8 1nst&htl hlilcA
by lightning at the corner Of Iowa and
Eighth streets. He was watching the OPP
crations Of tho laborers at Cleo. II.
Frcnch's lot, when the bolt struck him.
Persons who saw him cay that he
seemed to be cnvcloped in electricity
for an instant, was apparently raised
in the air and then fell flat upon the
ground. Men ran to him aud found
him dead.
The bolt left its marks in the shape
ftwo round. dark spots on the left
side of the lads head, just back of his
forehead, and about them the hair was
singed. His face was discolored, and
eIoIfing ii front and and f,iis fiia right ssh5 boot st
were torn into strips. The boy was q
iayoritc in the ncighborhood. being
unusually manly for ono Of his age.
and his death creates sorrow in other
hearts than t,tosc allied to him by ma
tire. .-D,lc. Ga1.tte.
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FslegrapIliic News!
IAATDsT
slasasH l1s1ssa,y !:s r. ..rsus
: -. -g... e
NEW iGKk.
NEW lusk, A,sy Ia

NEW iusK, May Ia.
A Washington special say. Conh-
lings unjust. Indecent, aW wholly un-
called for attack ilrrn iiu associated
press ana lis agents. III In Sf4i,lie !.st
night, aroused f!ie indignation OF the
entire Journalistic profession here. No
/ member OF Congress has asked or re.
ceived 50 inuny larnrs.at the hands Of
the associated press as Senator Conk-
I ling, and no member has been more
liberAlly treated ever since he been in
the Senate than he. lie has been in
tue habit OF sending special abstracts
Of his speeches 10 the associated press
ofi;ce for publication, and has made
bitter complaints because all bills aud
memorials introduced BY him have nof
been tclesnapbed III ftlli.
"A fire at Trenton, n. j., Yesterday
bestowed The wagon rlanufactory Of
Graf. Il White. Loss. $4,000; intur-
ancc, xl0,0y). v,g.
A Washington special says the Sen
lite Committee on Foreign Relations.
il is understood, bas agreed upon the
following:
Reso.cex, That the Senate advise the
President TO consent to the proposition
OF the British government contained In
HE mes sage ofthc 18Th Inst. Tor an ad-
ditionai article 20 the Washington
Treaty, May 9Th. la7s.
Four senators were in favor Of the
resolution, two in favor Of returning
the proposition to the President, and
one in favor OF modifying the propo-
sition.
The remains os woman. not idsnti.
tied, was found IN the ruins OF the
building destroyed by nr on Leonard
street last evening.
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oTTUMWA WApELLO COUNTY IOWA, THURsDAY LAY n 1871

margin Of such mortgage, and shall be
allowed as compensation for such SER
vice tho sum Of twenty-five cehss, to
be taxed as part Of tho costs Ia the
case.
Approved. April ~. lss2.
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MulGiSc.--Aftert the spring rains
;.:c over ana the hot rains have come,
the newly planted fruit and ornamen-
tal frees, rs well as Towering shrubs
anu sina.! fruits, feel the effects Of heat
aud dronth. Though they may have
madc u good start IN the spring. the
growth flags ia these hot July days,
and when the we'll established plants
do not mind it mitch, those set this
season arc evidentlt suffering. Only
those who have tried it know the benz
eiits OF mnlcbiug. Alter caltivating or
otherwise stirring the soil, put around
the trees or shrubs u good covering OF
straw, bog, salt, hay. or amy similar ma
tcrial. Not handful, but a good.
generous covering, to satend as far or
| farther than the roots oiN the tree or
shrub are likely to SPREAD. This will
prevent evaporation, KEEP the soil mel
low and smother the weeds. Currants
and gooscberries are, in particular,
benefited by this treatment, and there
is scarcely any plant that will not
| flourish all the better fd it.---E'r.