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The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-02-03
war Claims Of Pennsylvanlans.

WARRINGTON, Feb. 1.-Representaa
tive Fisher, Of PeBnsy lyaRis, has ar
ranged with the Committee on War
Clatms OF the House to bear q commits
SION, viii sh ba, bsen authorized by the
LegislAt are uf Pennsylvanis, 10 appear
Oe IRE It, In advocacy of the baymeEt Of
certain claims OF CIT xens of the Stata
against the United St ties for forage aud
supplies taken by Union forces while
occupTi az Penusy lvauia soil during the
lat. vi ar. These claims have been 4dju-
oIca'ed by the State Legislature, aod
amount In the aggregate u ABOUT $780,
COO. The hearing will take Place 90
Saturday next.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-02-03
WANTED.

WANTED.-A boy sixteen years old
w wants Mace VIII re he can take
any kind of work about the hnnsa
Wages low. Inquire at $50 Bennett al.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-02-03
HOW no sEcURE nEALTH.

II is strange any one will suffer from
arrangements brought on by Impure
blood, when SCOV1LL'S SARSAPA.
R1LLA AND SIILLINGIA, or
BLOOD AND Liver SYRUP WIN re-
store health 10 the physical organization.
IL Is strengthening syrup, pleasant TO
take and the BEST BLOOD PURIFIER
ever discovered, curing Scrofula, SYphi-
lite disorders, Weakness of the Ki1neys
Erysipeias, Malaria, Nervous disorders,
Debility, Bilious complaints and Dis.
eases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys,
Stomach, SKIN, etc.
BAKERS PAIN PANACEA cur4s
pain In Man or Beast.
DIR. ROGERS WORM SYRUP In
SANITY DESTROYS WORMS,
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-02-03

Ground Hog Day or the festival of
CaudlsIDas-cOmee ar ,uud ouce more
-WOTrow add if Its hole Is rot covered
too deeply with snow bis subterra neous
hogship will probably come out aud take
a look at things In general aud the YEA
Their In particular. AS an old prob TIVE
ground hog anteJates by many, many
years the United States "oid Probs,"
who lives down At Washington and Of
1t ancient chroniclers wrote. "lf W
ground how cometh ont Of It's habltAtion
10 80 gr0uud aud seeth It's shadow by
GIT OF 20 sun, 1t will return to its said
b .bitatiou, and ye weather vii! DO col !
und ht rmy for ye next six weeks, but
~ ye lit tie animal seeth not it'reti sction
or shadow II Will retura to It's winter
quart srs no more, ami doe weather will
10 ys consequence. Yea, yetily."
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-02-03
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET
MONDAY. Ian q s p "A

BEEF CATTLE were rather dull this
week, but prices were unchanged. 300
head arrived and sold at the different
yards at a TIC. per pound, as to quality.
SHEEP were rather lower. IL go head
sold at the different yards at a exc, per
pound, and Lambs at Ak 7kc, Der
pound, as TO condition.
Hoes were In dem and and prices were
steady. 1900 head sold at the differ emit
yards at q l0c. per pound, as to condi-
ton.
Park Drove Yard . d and Ldnca,ter ava.
nue.. West Philadelphia. Jan. q.
sHEEP.-Extra, ITO TO 100 lbs, TO eiI !.
good, 80 70 100 lbs, 81 q OK; fair, so to IS
Good. az 4 medium, s a6; Common
S2 o. % rs. Calves, . q &c. Arrivals, eOO9
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
Half-Eardy Shrubs.

number of onr shrubs are hardy in ordinary
winters, but will not endure one of unusual Sc
verify, while others can be depended upon in
any winter Both kind must be taken up and
housed. or be protected where they stand. Ono
of the simplest methods of winter protection is
to lay the plant down and cover il with few
inches of soil, as practiced on the large scale
with the European raspberry. The fig may be
protected in the same manner, but its roots must
be so trained rs to allow of the bending. modi-
fcatiOn of this is to cover the plants with sods,
placed grass side up. This method advised
for the so-called Monthly roses 1.-THE Bengal and
Chna), which may thus be left in the beds with
safety. On covering with earth OF sOds, it should
not be done too early, but delayed until there
is danger that the ground may be frozen.
But many plants can he bent down, and such
may be protected as they stand. The old gar
deners used to take pains to straw up their
shrubs, and make them up into neat looking
bundles Quite as effective method of protec-
ting is to use the boughs of some evergreen tree
spruce answers well. These are stuck in the
soil around the shrub; or, if that is too large,
some may be tied in its upper part. Some ever
green trees are tender when first planted, but
when large and well established, are hardy.
Such, while small, are easily protected by the
branches of other evergreens. In the absence of
other means, We have used simply common
brush, kept from resting upon the shrub by us
ing n few stakes to receive its weight.--im. -ig-
ricHifHrist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
a Close Call for Bramley.

The people of littls town in Warrick Conn
ty have been hanging right over the brink of a
church scandal, but are not aware Of the fact,
nor Will they he until this copy of the ArgHs
reaches its readers over there Just before the
close OF the service, last Sunday, good broth
er walked forward to the pulpit, handed the
minister an announcement, as he thOugh t and
asked him to read it to the congregation before
he dismissed them. Just before time was call
ed on the Doxology, the minister said:
"Brother Branley has handed in the follow
Ing and in clear voice he read the note
which ran as follows:
my Own Pet Bran Are Won never coming
10 sec me againf | am dying to see nv darling
once more, and gaze into his beloved ewes. The
old mummy who calls herself your wife, will
never lind it out. How can you endure her 7
Come, darling, to who truly loves You.
Tour own aud only, MARY"
The good brother had handed in the wrong
announcement. At the close of the reading the
minister looked horror struck, the congregation
stared at Bramley with cold, hard stares, and
his wife rose mp in her seat and glared at him
like tigress. He was equal to the occasion
however, and, rising calmly and with look Of
perfect resignation on his face, he said:
BrOthcrs and sisters: II may appear strange
10 yon that | should ask our beloved pastor To-
read such a terrible thing as that from the pul.
PIT, but the best way 10 fight the Devil is 10
hight him boldly face to face. The writer of
that vile note 10 unknown to me; it is evident
~ some depraved child of sin, who is endeayor-
ing To besmIrch my Christian reputation.
shall use every endeavor to ferret ont the yri.
ter, and, if discovered will fearlessly proclaim
her name. and hold her up to the contempt Of
all good Christian people"
lie sat down amid murmurs of approbation
ana sympathy.-ErdRsriUe drgus
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
BUGLE.

''Mr. HO:ienstein." said Herman, as he folded
up pair of pants and placed them pile, ''if
You don't hat any objections, would like to get
from the store away won efening, und 20 NIT the
soldiers to the Spanish Fort
''Vell. Herman, drinks you had better keep
away from der soldiers" replied Hoffenstein
''und shtay nit der store, because, you know,
you don't can put any confidence init der sol
ders. will tell you Why. Won day vile was
in Vcksburg, during der var a cock-eyed SOL
dieT came in my shtOre nit an old bugle in his
hand und he looks around. | ask him vat he
wants, und he buys q couple of undershirts
Den he tells me to keep his bundle and der bu-
gle behind der counter until he comes back
After de cock-eyed soldier vent der shtore oud
some more soldiers come in und walk all around
vile Obey look at der goods.
'Shentlcmens,' / say, do you want anydingr
"'Nc are shOost looking ia vat you hAf
said one of diem; Tnd after avile anodder says:
"'Bll. shoost look deere at der bugle-der
very ding der Captain told MS to get. You know
don'd hat any buge in der company for dr-r
moths. How much you ask for dat buglef
IL dells dem dot | can't sell der buglc, because
it belongs TO n vot shonst vent oud.
81 viii gif you $50 for it, says der soldier,
pulling his money oud.
Il dells him / don'i can sell it, because it
wasn't mine.
81 Will gif you $780, he said.
MY gracious. Herman, wants to sell der
bugle so bad dot vistlcs Der soldier dells me
WIG utN Nbs lfaNiir- NfE snInTr, ubt u DuS
bugle from der man yot owns it, dsy will gif
me Sl25 for il. dell dem will do it. sees n
chance. you know, Herman to make some mon
ey by der operation. Ven de cock -eyed soldier
comes back, he says:
"'Git me my bundle md bugl-; got to 20
TO der CAMP
II says: Mine fr-nt. don'd you want to sell
dot bugler
ale dells me no, und say: NY little boy
Leopold, vot plays in der shtore, sees der buglr,
und he gees all around crying shoost as loud rs
he can. because he dond get il. Six times
dakes him in der yard und Yips him. und he
comes right back nad cries for der bugle. Ii
shows. YOU know, how much droubles a man
will hat nit family will gif you $40 for it,
shoost to please little Leopold.
''Der soldier Won't dake it, md at last offers
him $50. ind he says:
"'yell, l viii dake $50, because 1 can't waste
any more dime; hat to go to der camp.
after he goes away, goes 10 der door und
watches for der soldiers vat wanted der bugle.
I sees dem passing along der street, ind say:
milne frendts, hat got der bugle;' und dey
say:
'''Vell, dammit, w don'd You blow itf
my gracious, Herman, vat you dinkf All
dem soldiers belong to der zane crowd, ind deg
make der drick 10 swindle me. Levi Cohen.
acr.ss der shirect, he finds it oud, und efrry day
he gets boys to blow horns in front Of my shtore,
So as to make me dink how l vas swindled.
Herman, / dink you had better shtay nit der
shture. "-Nsr Orleans ITmes.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
for the farlller.
Fatteuiu1 Ho1a

The scarcity of fattening hogs, together with
the short corn crop, will make this subject of
more than ordinary interest this fall. Quick
work must ow be made in fattening the hogs
before cold weather sets in, a more rapid gain
is made during the warmer weather on the same
feed. The kind and quality offeed must be con-
sidered, and other light points must he taken
advantage of this season TO secure the best pro-
fits.
Such circumstances develop progress We are
led to make more effort for higher results with
greater economic feeding. We look up the ex-
perence of Others, and find that the best results
for fattening hogs are obtained in pushing them
as fast as possible, with good variety Of green
feed, if available, with the basis of corn, which
is this year generally new corn, and soon as
dry enough, il pays to grind the corn and soak
il to get the best results. Pure clean water
must be supplied as freely good feed; plenty
of salt and ashes, charcoal or stone coal is i'm
portant.
Good, rooney quarters are more desirable
while the weather is yet warm, but whether
large or small, they must be kept clean at least
where fed. Good, clean tronghs aud plenty of
room to prevent crowdng or fighting. if fed
corn in the ear, a clean floor enables them to
eat up clean the scattered grains without eating
dirt and filth. Farmers must take greater care
to keep their hogs clean, and let them eat only
clean food to make the best pork.
Don't overfeed the hogs and let them eat sour
feed feed left over, but feed them freely three
times day all they will eat up clean and relish
il. Add to the corn diet, turnips, pumpkins, po-
tatoes, apples, ect., as relish. IL will help
them to eat and digest more corn. The improv-
ed hogs that all our western farmers now have
will. with jndicious care in fattening, produce a
profitable supply of pork that at the remuuerA-
tive prices this fall will pay good price for she
corn they eat, and a premium for the extra care
and good blood.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
Good Water for the Stock.

Pure water and AN abundance of it is one
of the essentials of every good farm. This
water should be at or near the barn or barns.
During the summer months when the farm stock
is in the pastures with green fodder, the water
supply does not seem to be of great impOr-
tance. A good stream may be all that is neces-
sary, even if it is situated half q mile from the
farm buildings; but in winter supply close at
hand is of great value Barn-yard wells are con-
venient, but are seldom receptacles of pure wa
ter The water too frequently would serve n
better purpose if used fertilizer upon the
land than given to the animals. Far superior to
the well water is that of some spring which is
brought to various places in and around the farm
buildings from Il neighbOring hill side. There
are very many places where pipes can be laid
and the very best of water brought in TO supply
the wants of the stock. There is great loss
sustained by farmers in giving or allowing their
stock to seek and drink water that is at the
freezing point. II not only chills the system,
but requires large amount of food to bring it
to blood heat. Spring water though cool is not
ice cold. Before the winter sets in, and the
stock are all in their quarters, every one should
that this water supply is what it should be
for the comfort and health of its animals, and
the profit which comes with such thoughtful
ness.-im. AgricultHTist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
Grating.

have had thirty years experience in all the
various modes of grating and budding trees,
says the FrHit Recorder. In preparing the limb,
first saw of the branch TO be grated; then with
a sharp knife pare the end Of the stub that is
to receive the graft, so that the cuticle between
the wood and bark can lie distinctly seen; then
with the knife split the limb, using small
wooden mallet, holding fast TO the handle,
and striking the point. ! eItrcate it from the
split. / then drive in the wedge to accommO-
date the thickness of the gratis. After setting
the inner parts of the bark cuticle exactly to-
gether, knock ont the wedge, leaving it to
pinch the CRAFTS tight. In whiting graft,
always make the inside edge little the thincst,
so that it will pinch the hardest on the outer
edge, always leaving a bud just at the crown.
/ then wax with grating wax, first warming the
wax. and greasing my hands with tallow to
keep the wax from sticking. make the wax as
follows: Four pounds Of resin, one pound of tall
low, three-fonrths of pound of beeswax. Melt
all together over a fire, have tub ready with
lukewarm water. As soon as all is well melted,
pour a small quantity at a time into the water;
then grease the hands with tallow, and phil the
wax until it is plable, and of n golden yellow
color. Roll into balls, and throw into warm wa
ter to cool. By following the above directions,
95 per cent will grow.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
Wintering Apples.

An experienced appe-grOwer says: Apples
never sweat, but moisture condenses on them as
dew upon grass. Fruit should be carefully
gathered as soon as ripe, when the weather is
dry and warm: should never bc handled when
wet, and must not he bruised or chafed in the
least. The natural waxy secretion found on
fruit is protection against the effects of mois=
tur- and air; when the skin is deprived of this
protection is broken by pressure, or even
by puncture of a pin, (made in labelling fruit
nj our fairs as is often done), the oxygen of the
air will gain to the juice of the fruit, and
fermentation and decay will result. Gathered
As above described, and carried directly to the
cellar when the fruit is warm and dry and pack
ed in barrels or bins, the atmosphere being cool,
the vapor in it will not condensc, and no dew
will he the fruit, will be the ease
when the apples cooler than the cellar air.
Forty years ago or more l stored eight barrels
of Roxbury Rnssets in my cellar as soon a. gath
cred, and laid the barrels on the hIlge, and when
opened the eighth of July not an apple was
sPecked; while the remainder, gathered in the
ordinary way, baTreled and stored in the barn,
as WAS then said ito sweat" during the chan
scs of heat IN November till cold weather, and
then stored in cellar, rotted badly by the mid
die of May"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
It Wn Alive

happy hilarity was observable in hi, gait.
and his talk Indicated n great flow of spirits, as
he sauntered up Vine Street, last evening, His
name was Smith, for this occasion only, as he
Will not he liable 10 give another matinee Of the
same description, and don't care to be nut down
as star IN the programme. Some of the boys,
intent on wiekednesS, had removed a small eli
gar sign of a little Indian maiden. and had sub
stItuted n saddle-cOlored little lady of mixed de-
scent, whose bare legs hung down on each side
OF the pedestal with grace and ease only at
ialnable by the true child of nature
Smiths attention WAS called to the supposed
sign, and assuming ROmeo-under-the- balcony
tone aud attitude, he advanced, saving:
''Cntutored child of the forest (hic9, come 70
my embrace" and shifting the action 10 the
words, he encircled as amazed little piece of
color as ever was the recipient Of such demon
strative attentions. Above the uprosrious
laughter of the spectators, the voice of the now
animated sign was heard:
G'way."
smith was astonished. Wiping tie perspira-
lion from his forehead, he turned to the appre-
riatIre crowd and exclaimed:
Great Jehosephat, id If ! (hie) ever knew
the thing was alive before. r-DTumncr.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
Msefal and Curious.
Questions and Answers Concerning Promis-
sorv Notes

sorry Notes.
Can note be collected by Law that is dated
May 30, or July 4, or Dec ., or any other legal
holiday, Sunday includedi
The validity of note is not impaired by the
fact that il Is signed on Sunday il il is not de-
invalidatng commercial paper if executed on
the other holidays mentioned.
When q note comes due on May 30, or July 4,
or Dec ., or Sunday, and it goes TO protest, can
the bank hold the maker Of the note for the pro-
test feesf
holidays. Whenever the last day of grace falls
on Sunday or other holiday, the note becomes
due on the preceding day.
If you tender payment for note on a legal
holiday, and the money is refused, does il release
the maker of the note from paying the same.
The superstition that nan would refuse TO
take money on legal holiday is absurd. The
tender mentioned would have to be kept good,
and the maker could not escape liability, even
if the payee Improperly refused to accept pay
meut in the first instance.
If gave a check dated Sunday or any legal
holiday, payable 10 order on a bank where had
money on deposit, and the bank paid the same
on present alton, could the bank hold me for the
amouutf
The bank could hold you for the amount paid
ont on your order a cheek dated on Sunday.
Should the banks always take notice of the
dates the papers they take, as to if 1T is
dated on a legal holidayf
A bank should take notice of everything on
the paper it receives.
If / should make sale of a piece of land and
execute the deed on Sunday or any legal holiday
if properly recorded, is the deed binding on nv
self or my heirsf
The sale of piece of land and the execution
and delivery of deed on Sunday would be H.
lawful in most of the States having provisiO Us
for the better observance Of the Lords Day.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16

To KEEP CELLARS FROM FREEZING.-A friend
OF ours who has tried it, says he prevents trust
in his cellar by FASTING the walls and the ceiling
over with four or five thicknesses of old newspa-
pers, n curtain of the same material being also
pasted over the small low windows at the top Of
the cellar. The papers were pasted to the bare
j0ists overhead, leaving an air space between
them and the floor. He reports that the papers
carried his roots through last winter, though the
cellar was left unbanked, and he is confident
they have made the cellar frost proof.
Whatever paper is employed, il will be neces-
sary TO sweep down the walls thoroughly. and
to n very strong size to hold the paper TO the
stones II is not necessary To press the paper
down into all the Expressions of the wall; every
air space between il is an additional defense
against the cold.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
Our Strap Book.
BIND-WEEn

The verdant gariands creep and twins
About the branches Of the vine,
And hold in close embrace
The blushing beauty Of the rose
That year by year INTENDED grows
In this deserted place.
Its blossom Like . shallow cup
OF purest Parian, lifted up,
l. fun Of morning dew;
My cornely lilies nrrsed with care
To glad the garden borders wear
No whittier, pnrer hue.
And yet, and yet I know the vine
Whereon its graceful garlands twine
Had come to better fruit
IL this lush growth Of white and green.
The bind-weed's close and elinging screen,
Had never taken root-
And Vet. and yet, know the rose
That through its greenness glints and CLOVIS,
Had come to fuller flower
II this fair, fragile parasite
Had never spread its green and white
To Summer sun and shower.
pull the tender leaves apart;
There lies a lesson. oh, my heart!
Beneath the bind weed spray.
IL saps the vine and dwarf- the flower;
So elinging human love hath power
To sap and dwarf away.
To sap the soul Of strength divine,
To blight its fruit like numbered vine
Which scarce n cluster shows:
To dwarf with narrow. selfish claims
The growth Of wide and generous aims
As bind-wind dwars the rose.
And yet, God wot the love Is clean.
And like the bind weed, fresh and green
Ii springeth in the heart;
lis only when We lack the grace
To train il fairly in its place
To portion out its part:
lis only when We let il climb
Der holier heights and more sublime
Than earthly love should 60:
lis only when We let IL creep
Across the gifts that We should keep
For God, it brings us woe
For. LET the bind-weed have its will
Nor human toll nor human skill
Can keep the garden fair;
But train the bind-weed in its place
And larger blossom. fairer grace.
VIII straight repay the care.
~, il the garden Of the heart
Be overrun in every part
BY love beyond control,
Lifes worthy labor can not speed
And flower Of thought and fruit of deed
Grow never In the soul
But train that weak and clinging love
By sturdy props, TO wave above
LIES work, and give il grace;
No longer then parasite,
Love clothes with garlands Of delight
Its own appointad place
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-11-16
Niaeara ral,s Two c.uturie. AGO. :,

In the year 1879, Father Hennepin, 4 French
priest, in making his way from canada tothe
upper lakes" came in view Of Niagara. Falls.
Ho describes the scene appalling. He says:
"Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie there is .
vast and prodigious cadence Of water, which
falls down after surprising and astonishing
manner, inzsmnch as the universe does not AZ
ford its parallel. The two Drinks of it are 50
prodigions high that il would make one trembe
to look steadily upon the water, rolling along
with rapidity not TO be imagined.
The waters which fall from this terrible preci-
pice do foam and boil after the most hideous
manner imaginable, making an outrageous noise,
more terrible than thunder" He estimates the
height Of the fall Mt 6o0 feet Nine years later,
Baron Lshonton was AZ the place, and, thinking
that the good priest had not done the cataract
full Justice, gave his Judgment that the per-
p-ndicular fail must lie from 200 to 500 feet.