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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18
COMM kdIliE.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, August 18.-Whcat
is in very light receipt, and the market is quiet
and inactive; offerings of Ga bushels, with sales
of white at lao and l4l for prime, and rcd st l4O
for same quality. Corn is in limited receipt
with sales of mixed at 95 and 96. Oats are
steady offerings of $50 bushels, with sales ut 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18
EICTRSION-S.

4 PICNIC MEETING Of the stock hoide e.,
~ Of the UPPER POTOMAC STEAM
ROAT co will be held on their steamer, M A
RY " ASHINGTON, on WEDNESDAY,:
Boat leaves Washington at 10 Am. aug lI-Zt
Yr1HE POTOMAC BY MOONLIGHT.-Ex-
tcnsiye preparations have been made by
the Drug Clerks Association of Wash l.
ington to make their select MOON sksE -
LIGHT EXCURSION to MARSHALL hall,
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 18th inst,
the most enjoyable affair OF The season M ps
of The Association, will be on hand to take charge
of their Alexsndra friends. The steamer La: Y
or TEE LAKE has been chartered for the occa-
sion, and will arrive here at o'clock fartles
desiring tickets can procure them OF WarGela u
Hall or 1T the boat. aug 12-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18

NOTICE-Until the reopening of my school
IN in Alexandria in the fall any communlca-
ton will reach me if directed to Manassas, Va.
iv 20-sf e. f. HENRY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18
NHEAP PIANOS AND ORGANS.

(,HEAP PIANOS AND ORGANS.
German Piano so 90
I oct Rosewood ..... - UD
| elegant Num- u Clarke's oct........... ~ w
a splendid new Il oct. Rosewood, WITH
all the improvements "JJ w
| fine second. hand Organ, double power,
in perfect order, first cost SliO no""... - H
&! oct. Meodeon 10 w
New Estey j. Schoningcr Organs from 80 |"
STD Terms of payment casy. Gail NJ
V. BECkER'S Piano ana Music Rooms,
IL King street! Alexsndrja, Va.
G.S- Organs and Pianos tuncd ard repaired in
the best manner aug II
TERTILIZEKSl FERTILIZERS!
+ FERTILIZERS!
Price of j. j. TURNER il CO.'S.
"EXCELSlOR' REDUCED 70 SO.
AMMO. SUPER-PHOSPHATE SIP
UERBEkT BkYANTS FINE GROUND
BONE 1T manufacturers rates.
4. M LAWSON,
aup y General Commission Merchant
OARBOLIC CAMPHOR-The best article
I now in use for the preservation of Wooden
Goods against moths
0'00S az ". FRANKLIN CREIGHTON,
iv25 Agent.
w AlAr OF Fa aSs6kTED SIZES,
FOR SALE AT REDUCED PRICES,
At 50 King ST., corner Royal.
ie 10 j. l. CREIGHTON Il SON.
CUGARS-25 bbls. REFINED SUGARS
aug c IS - cav ~ DAIY s. HARMON.
MO MACkEkEL and Potomac Herring
~ for sale by lily Isl }. G. MlLbUhN'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18

ncnt.
Amended Charter Of Alexandria.
Laws of the City >ot Alexandria.
CHAP. l. Division Of the City.
II. The Common Seal.
Ill Bonds OF City Officers
". Clerks of the Council, Auditor
and Public Accounts.
V. Streets aud Alleys; Courses, dis.
rauces aud numbers General
street regulations; Rules for
paving or travelling streets
CHAP VI Railroad, Canal and Telegraph
Rights Of Way; rules for rail
roads on Streets railroad rights
Of way; canal rights Of way; tel
cgraph rights OF way.
Guar. VII. Surveyor, surveys and party walls
VIII. Gas works aud lights.
IN Superintendent Of Police.
Y Nuisances.
nj. Night Scavenger
Nil City Police Force.
NIL. Offences and punishments.
XIV Fines and costs.
Nv Town clock and alarm bell.
XVI The market; sales aud purchases;
weights and measures.
CHAP XVII. Wagons carts and GrayS.
NIIlI Measurements and inspections ;
Of lumber; OF irewood of beef
and pork /; OF oysters of TO-
bacco Of hay.
CHAP. NlN Public health.
Xxx. Poor aud work-house aud city
poor.
NNI Fires and the fire department;
extinguishmeut of fires pre-
ycntion OF fires.
CHAp.NNII. Guupowder the powder house
XNlll. Harbor aud Harbor master.
NNlV. Fish and the fish wharf.
XIV. Assessment collection Of taxes.
XNNI Dealers in old iron, rags and junk.
NNVII. Dogs.
NNVIII Subscriptions, stock and sinking
funds; acts connected with the
city debt; acts not now connect
cd wirh the city debt; sinking
funds
previous rcyisious and Qualifications of the
laws bad been made in 1871 10y JUICE VIM
CraleE, aud in 1913 by the late Charles 1.
Stuart.
Police REPORT. The following cases have
been reported at police headquarters since yes
terday afternoon:
Sou Simpkins, colored, for disordcrly con-
duct, was fined and discharged.
James Moses aud Bill LomaX, c0Iorcd, for
keeping hogs within the Corporation limits
were tncd and discharged.
Frank Ryan, coorcd, au omnibus driver, for
disordcrly conduct at the Henry street depot
was fued aud discharged. but-togcther with
Dennis and john Magruder, colored drivers Of
a. Schulers omuibuses, and Charles Chapman
and Camp Fauntlcroy, colorcd drivers of Knox S
exprcss-was bound over to keep the peace for
SIX mouths.
John Laws for robbipg VIM. Allen, both
colored, was discharged, as the warrant was
Withdrawn.
Benjamin Boswell, arrested on suspicion of
robbiug the house of coorcd woman in Ncw-
town. Damed Nelly Harris was locked up tor
examination.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL
NEAR ALEXANDRIA.

NEAR ALEXANDRIA.
The 3lst Annual Session begins SEPT. 23d,
1874 Elevated and beautiful location. -Four
resident Assistants. Terms as before. Cata-
logue sont on application to the Principal
L.. NJ. BLACKBOARD, NJ. A.,
~ 15-eotOI Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18

MOUNT VERNON INSTIT UTE,
M No IFS. Washington st.
Scholastic duties will be resumed MONDAY,
September 18th. Number of boarders limited.
For Circulars, containing terms, ETC., apply to
Miss M. \. ROACH, Principal,
ouo151no P O. box 379
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18

THE T T PAN AMN HaIe s SSSn0I or
Will commence the 18th Of SEPTEMBER.
For Circulars apply ut the School, l25 Cameron
street. Miss E. P. RIVERS,
anp 15-1m+ Principal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-18
DETHEL ACADEMY 7,

THE LARGEST MALE BOARDING
SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA,
Prepares youths for business or for the Virginia
Universities, by which it is endorsed; affords ia
cilitles for learning Practical Surveying, B9ok-
Keeping md Tslcgraphy and has an lntrSduc DUO
Prize Scholarships in the Univ of Va, the
Washington and Lee Univ, and the Va. Nil.
Institute. $50 so for Board and Tuition for
half session of 70 weeks. No ertras For Csta-
logue SC, address Principals, Bethel Academy
P.'O.. Fsuuuer CO., Va aug l5-lm
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

CToNrN0ToN LINE FOR BOSTON
~ - The elegant steamers ~..s. -
Saturday .. -
,lXAREAoANsErT, svsry Monday, Wednesday ~
The New York herald., 1874-04-30
NORFOLK PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND.
IN DAILY LINE to Norfolk,
and Monday, Tuesday Ihursday and Saturday to Peter

OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
From pier North River foot of Beach street. steamers
leave daily atSr for Norfolk ana passenyer sss
Thursdays ard Saturdays same hour.
Through bills OF ladng and passenger tickets Issued q
al point. South and southwsst via Virginia and Tsnnss
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad for western ponH and
by steamers at Norfolk for Newbern and Washtngto0
N O., and other points once, l97 Greenwtch street.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

T,OR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT
The Cromwell Steamship Line. -
The steamship KNICKERBOCKER, Captain GaGer, win
leave pier No North RIVER on Saturday. May q
Galveston Indianola kockport Aranzas Wharf, Bra
Santiago, St Louis md Mobile Caon passage &oy
SEAMAN. S6 West street.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

CTATE LINE.
- NEW YORK TO GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL
BELFAST AND LONDONDERRY
These elegant new Clyde-bult steamers wnl sail from
pier 81 North River iollowss-
STATE OF GEOkGlA. Saturday, May
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Saturday. May ls
And every alternate saturday thereafter taking passen
gers through rates 10 al parts OF Great Britain ana
Drafts for 81 and upwards FOR freight or passage
ply to AuSlIN BALDWIN CO, Agents.
steeraes Office No. G Broadway.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30
A NcHOR LINE,
"A NEW YORK AND GLASGOW.
STEAMER EVERY ALTERNATE DAY
Tuesday steamers proceed via Londonderry

STEAMER EVERY ALTERNATE DAY
Tuesday steamers proceed via Londonderry.
Thursday steamers proceed VIA Vueensown.
saturuAV steamers proceed direct 70 GLASGOW.
From Companys piers ~ and ~ North River. New York,
css,aIIa ca.1an Thurs ADr,l sS y,cpis Nay :!
EtnIopia. Tues. May caedYnla thurs. MAJ
70 Rates q passage payable in currency $500
QUEENS OWN OR BELrAS,.
Cabin, $65 to $50 according steamer and accommo-
Intermediate, S5a Steerage, $50
Draf1 Issued Tor any amount at lowest rateA
send tor circulars giving full Information. to Com.
pany's ofnceA No. BoywtIng sir Green; .nr,,rn.
CooK's TOURIST AND EXCURSION TICKETS ARE
" issued TO every part OF the world-
Iney are printed In English on side and In the
language OF the country where used the other.
40 any part Of ireland or scotland, l82 roucsa
10 itaiy ana Sw1txerland, l9S routes
~ hohanu. Belgium ana the Rhine, every route.
Tickets issued combining every country IN EUROPE
evanaue W any line OF steamers from America. They
ere AL soid z; rsduc lions ranging from per cent
sys rs ss IN large psrss Cooks no
1n,iorm and rsducsd fstss Cooks "kxcdrloui;s"
NmSiioan eauon contains fare ana expenses Tor over
SceS Su 2rct &c ~. ~ cent cent c2Ss ne3 bsrscnc
f22 pS eS Enins lSavss nZ stssmsf hspyI AaS pss
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

DoNDoUT AND KINGsroN-LANprXo AT coz
~ Sens cCrnwsiL Nswburg MsrlbSrossn nI'son3 H
CORNELL and JAMES W. BALDWfNi lsavs Bsrrieos
street. pier - North River, daily atAP r. r.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

| VTANTED-BY sfNotR YOUNG NAN. A sIruA
~ non % eoachpan and groom or ~ groom; under
Q6i!xinei eSsd tsnfscse 11SsSsS l. h. Hssan u.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

M ANTED-BY AN AMERICAN LAD OF Ia VINO
w lives with his parents situation In q light bus
nsn Or 2 earn uGh Tnds best reference. Can o.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30
TRAyELLERs' GUIDE.

(yATsKILL CREEK LINE FOR CATSKILL-THE Ell
~ egant steamer NEW CHAMPION, Monday wednee
day and Friday; ANDREW HARDEN, tuesday, ThufD
day and saturday. from pier s5 foot OF Franklin street
NITIZENs' LINE FOR TROY AND ALL POINTS
~ North and West-Elegant steamboats, daily CSatnr.
days exceptedl ate M from pier % North River fooa
OF Leroy street. Fare low.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

E,OR BERMUDA
AMERICAN WEEKLY LINE
sailing thursdays at ~ O'Clock and carrying the United
Steamship PERT, Ellis commander April q
steamship METROPOLI>, Nicxerson ........... May
Excursion tickets issued, good during the season.
either ship.
For freight or passage apply to.
LUNT BRoTHERS % South street.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

+ Line AND UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE
Trains leave New York. from foot DesbroSes and Cort
Expses Tor Il Harrbua pttsbug the Yves. and south
With Pullman palace ears attached $50 A. M and
For wiliiamsport, Lock Haven Cory and Erie via
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Division, T. NJ; foi
wliamsport gsj A NJ connecting At Pn.iadelData 4. 2.
Washington Express Of Pullman parlor cara daily ex
cept Sunday. 1t $50 A. N. arrive At Warrington 4ie
r n. Regular at $40 A. M. 5 and r. u. sundays
Express for Philadelphia, s:so $50 A. NJ: l23o AS
n and II = might night osa sunday s'io $50 ands
Fol. Trenton at 20 NJ, land ) 10 r NJ Sunday.
For Newark at 9, $50 7ao lao aalauA. NJ, I'm,
7.o 40 u 80 r NJ and u night sunday $40 Ssij
S For E,aabstn, g $50 70 7:p,s sMuA,N, uM,l
s:lo 10 80 p M. and II night Sunday, s:21 sac and
For RAILWAY, &c 80. 7:9o, soAM, l2M.L $50 s,i9
For woodbridgc. Perth Amboy and South Ambov, snl
SIS da ssS = r. and Il nisSs a%a sunday. sS
.F9r Lambertviiie and nemington S:N a, y. ands
For Phupsburg ami Beiyidere, $50 A. NJ . and r.
Accominodauon Tor Bordentown, Burlington ana ona
den r. psesSoG saa s M s. A. ~ NJ y aid Yiip
ESr f fs%SsriSa and a Sa%dsn, ] s1. 4: and s:o 4 Il
day. From Msshinsoi and Baltimore, S:,s a q LA
From s P sl u1ss rs So y as s
eiS ee, s;H; iS;E r. NJ; sunday. sio s 10 $50 iia
Ticket oihccs us &ss "a and % Broadwa, NO. A.
Emrrani ugKes once No; battery place. ' -
N swsr!, svYI I!s General PASSENGER Assnt
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

CunNysTDR oRovE-RxcLusIykLr FOR SUN
- day ,cho0l RieaIcs, one q sns nnsss aFoyss g -
sssssss Ss ;SSxNS aS';S Il |is;s: Sss:
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

ss: ...
TNMAN LINE-NoTIcE
The course laid down BY these steamers and fol-
south q Cape kqSs @ thoas sns voyage sAI,
and 'i S
noy. s ;sHHs!: IS D8s y All 81
6ITY 6ITY 9E 9E sstursas Nay
SfFi Sfi SS S TSy
sna each succeeding Saturday and ihur'ias from pier
CABIN and HsgSs sy ss Ss :sss.Sas 70 eeomuoa.
London bpo ssSa sss. Rsy
e
mara brss anH susa nsss Il si owss SseSSs sa sssa
For cabin passage and general business apply at the
.ssr.ss 'S passage = a. 81 Brosdwsy or pier North
rsSs Az aos Chestnut " street Philsas'Dha
T. g. Brown. 81 south Cisfs, corner Lake street. Chi
William Inman Liverpool and No. Rue Scribe, Paris
pAssENGKRs PER STEAMSHIP CALABRIA EN-
I bark from the Cunard wharf, foot OF Grand street,
'esssy s'S q sSSxss srl
ONLy DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.
The General Transatlantic Company Mail steamships
Y aad s sSo4s a. ss
t,ncnt ben9 more souhcrv than anv Ss 49, % dH a
irS% Pier No. NorsS River a: a ioows o'n'' ~.u san
viH vhikEHHE M s.n,sy NAY nay Y q
Price Of passage in gold Gnciudns wineS 10
First cabin, $l2s. secono cabin S7a
Sr lev steerase
n Se s. @ s % g
ing the Channel besides SAVING tme trouble and sx.
pens. GEORGE MAc:KENzIa, Agent % srosawsy.
on Thursday OF every week.
NAr1osAI LINE. NOTICE
The most sOutherly route mas always been adopted BY
5S s.s sSsES1eTE ss7 AHsR baysEfSSI ssi Ssy
QuhESsa MY sSS "a GoSbDN SFA5T bikESf sSi 81
DENMARK Capt Summer, Wednesday, May Ia at2 r. M.
r.Sss 3: Il s:Saa M :.ss9
age tickets from Liverpool as the lowest rates
Apply at the s0mp'hy' Gs'Ss s9 Susss z SsssdSsS
NORTH GERMAN. LLOYD STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
IN For SOUTHAMPTON and Bremen.
weaeesSa AnP q from Bsnsn p pss o Sa
' s dp S.s Il on
SfE S%FEEs A oS PASSAGE aksxEs e LONDON uAvaz AND
payable in gold, or iu equivalent in currency.
Ftf5t CADln s$lkV
Second Cabin. q
OELRiCHs 60, Agents.
No. Bowling Green.
L,oR PLYMOUTH. CHERBoURu, HAMBURG.
The Hamburg American Packet Company's iron
mall steamship .
Captain f. Meier will sail Thursday, April 80 1874
for Hamburg.
Rates Of passage Plymouth London, cherbourg and
FIRST Cabln-upper saloon, sl2O lower saloon, s72
gold. -
steerage to Plymouth, London and all points in Eng
land. Scotland and Wales. So, currency.
rr~,,, The ~. RiN0lA wtli snM May z, ls7L
KUNHARDr CO., q. B. RICHARD 4 BOAS
. General Agents, General Passenger Agents,
81 Broad street, New York 81 Broadway New Yo.a.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30
EUROPEAN sTEA,IsHIPs.

(NCNARD LINE.
~ NOTICE
With view OF diminishing the chances Of collision
the 81 amers OF this line take a specified course all
S, The year. - -
ON The outward passage from Oueen.town IN Nav
nothing tu the north OF 49, -
on the homeward passage crossing The meridian OF 20
at AZ latitude nothing 70 the north OF 49,
The BRITISH AND SURrh AMERICAN ROYAL
NAL. .siEAMshlrS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND
LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK HARBoR.
sonK rRoa NEw yoRr
cALAsBRf1.. Wed. April 2s ABYssiNia. We'd. May %
A.,h4GsE.KlA..~Msas .,4s. Nay 2 .EussiA We'd MAY q
JAvA.......... Sat. May 10 CALAgRIA,. We'd. June s
and every following Wednesday and SATURDAY from New
York Steamers marked do not siecraee passen
gers Cabin passage $50 sloo and $3.50 sod according
Steeraae S3o currency sicerage tickets from Liverpool
and Queenstown and all parts Of Europe lowest rates
For freight and cabin passage apply at the companvs
once. No Bowling Green For steeraae passags Ill
CHARLES g. FRANcKLyN. Agent
or TO r. X. Du vERNEr,
Clark ana Randolph streets Chicago, III.
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

LcALL RIVER LINE TO BOSTON,
via Newport and Fall River.
: The y9rld renowned steamers n BRIsToL AMI PRov!
daily (Sundays June IL to september incunvcI q
p NJ Through tickets sold at all principal hvteb In the
city. Halls Banos engaged for the season.
AEERCHANTS' OPPOSITION LINE FOR ALBANY
Nl and Troy.-JAMES B. SCHUYLER leaves Sprtn1
street pier Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays g r M
"e'urnins ieave AAosns W. HANCOCK Owner
The New York herald., 1874-04-30
ExCURsIONs.

T,oS rScSs sss "a : SswirT AND FfRsT CLASS
II sfeamSoat wfi,I.rAT COOK capacity for ovse
Zoo sS g e zss6 3
street. New York
The New York herald., 1874-04-30

EAGLE LINE.
IL UNITED STATES NAIL STEAMSHIPS
TO PLYMOUTH. CHERBOuRG AND HAMBURG.
The elegant Clyde built iron steamships viii sail from
New York rs follows:-
HERLEk. Captain A. Fischer. May l9
GOETHE. Captain J. A. WI son. June
from Eagle Line pier foot OF First street. Hoboken
RATES OF PASSAGE TO
PLYMOUTH. LONDON, CHERBOURq and HAMBURG.
Sabn-Flryt sa,oon si. goId second saloon s7A gold
Cherboarg and hamburg $50 gold;
i, Prepaid tickets from hamburg. $50, currency.
lnam William s}rest; For passage apply g kNAUTH, Ma
CHOD kUHNE, General Agents. ll3 Broadway.
NoR CARDIFF. BRISTOL, LONDON AND ALL
The soutn Wales Atlantic steamship Company's new
rst class steamships will sail from Penrsyivan1a Rail-
road wharf Jersey City. ~ 10 lows:- .
GLAMoRGAN May
cabin 80 currency steerage SO currency. PIenad
teersgc certificates from Cardiff $S currency Drat
Tor El and upwards For further particulars apply to
ARCHIBALD BAXTER Co., Agents
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-08-20

IT is not only individuals who have
suddenly increased in prosperity and as
suddenly gone down into nothingnessi
there are cities Of which the same can
be said. Such one is Pithole City, Pa.
Within one month from the completion
Of the first house this city had a tele-
graph office and hotel, costing the
owners $4,000, In one month more
there was . daily paper established and
in the next theater; in another month
another theater, and then an academy of
music. In six months there were seventy
four hotels and boarding. houses; in the
seventh month the city had reached its
highest prosperity. 1t then had about
$4,000 inhabitants, elaborate water
works, a city hall and an expensive city
government. Then occurred the COM
pletion Of a labor-saving enterprise, the
so-called Miller Farm Pipe line, by which
the petroleum was sent Oft independent
Of the laboring population. At once
1900 persons we're thrown out Of en-
ployment, while 1000 houses became
useless; this was the death blow to Pit
hole City At once the hotels, the thea
tiers and the telegraph Office were closed,
and the daily paper gave up its ghost,
while almost everyone packed his trunk
and moved out Only nine families re-
manned out of q population of 10000
souls, while the railroad from Pithole
and Oleopolls runs only one train day,
consisting Of locomotive and single
car, which usually is empty; but the
company is obliged to keep running,
otherwise the charter for the road would
be lost They still hope against hope for
better times for that unfortunate city,
which, in only seven months, was born,
full grown, got sick and died. Undoubt-
edly this is q case unparalleled in his
tory modern or ancient; neither Egypt
rapid changes.-Boston Sunday Timer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-08-20
How to Make Hay-Caps.

HAY-cAPs are square pieces of cloth to
be spread over the tops of haycocks or
shocks of grain. E. Beaumont, of Hart.
land, Wis, in the Western Furaer. Madi-
son, Wis, writes: Il have used hay.
caps for the last two years and lind them
very convenient in bad weather. The
cost Is small in comparison to the benefit
derived from their use. procured At
lantic A sheeting, had it cut into pieces
yard long, hemmed, and
button-hole worked in each corner
into which eight inches of cotton
bag string is tied, and stake, or
piece Of single, one inch wide, sharn-
ened at the point. is tied to the other
end. Two men, or man and bow. take
hold of the four corners, stretch ii over
20O-pound cock Of hay, well put up,
running the stakes into the cocks with
an upward slant, and you are ready for
quite shower OF rain. l had hay stand
quite orm during the night and found
it under the caps quite dry Except the
natural sweat next morning; and by the
time the ground and the outside of the
cocks was dry could open out, and with
an hour or two's sun draw into the barn.
Last year used them on my barley
stocks as far as they would go Those
capped kept a bright, uniform color.
while the grain of those uncapped was
mixed sample This year | am making
the caps yard and half square. Two
men should take them off, in the same
way they were put on. Lay the cap
stretched on the ground, double it once,
lay two stakes at each end, roll them in
the cloth meeting at the middle, which
will keep the strings and stakes from
tangling and save time in putting them
on again"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-08-20
The Labor Of Fruit Culture.

Speaking of planting fruit, the remark
is often made that I" it is no use to set
out trees; they do no good any more in
these parts" and yet it is beyond dispute
that there is no country ON the face of
this one. The fact IS, we have been
spoiled by the very abundance OF our
riches. Time once was when all one had
to do was to stick in tree and leave the
rest to nature Immense crops resulted
from this simple plan without any effort
on the part of the fruit grower. No
where else could this be done. By the
sweat of ones brow is he to labor, not
only for his daily bread but for his fruit
also. no one could expect this Eden
like dispensation to last. Bugs and
blights are SURF to find out the fruit trees,
and one has to battle with them in order
to succeed in America as well as else
where.
1t is very remarkable that those in
daily communication with the SOIL as
fruit growers and gardeners, she uld
expect fruit trees to grow without
some care. Look at the labor re-
quired to grow the commonest farm
crops Besides the horse labor and
the wear and tear of machinery,
one has to walk some eighteen miles
after the pillow in order to get an acre OF
wheat land ready for sowing, and yet
with all this hard work and heavy ex-
pense the profit is often not more than
ten dollars an acre. 1t is SO OF all farm
and garden crops. Every one knows that
the labor is enormous-hoeing, digging,
working away forever
Fruit culture, to be successful, requires
some expense and some labor. But it
requires not near AS much labor AS many
other kinds of things do; and in proper
ton to the labor the profits are generally
greater.
II is one of the lessons our folks have
to learn. that the day when nature took
care of our fruits for US, and gave US full
crops without trouble or care, is gone
by Fruirgrowing takes its stand now
with all other things 1t viii yield good
returns with ordinary care. He who
does not vet know this, and calculates to
do as his fathers did, had better leave
fruit trees alone.-ForHeys Press.