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The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-07
WEEDS

a weed has been apsly defined as "a plant out
Of place." No matter how beautiful, or useful
the plant may be, if it is not where it is wanted
il is weed. Yet when we ride through some
parts Of Sussex county, we are inclined to think
that the definition is not so apt after all. Te see
neld after field thickly covered with ragweed,
golden rod, aSters, slOt-burS cockle-burs, wild
carrot and similar uglnesses, would lead one to
think that they were some sort of agricultural
crop, their ilIfavored looks being endurable for
the gain they bring. There is a natural aristoc-
racy among men, animals, and plants, and also
3 commonOcracy; and the laws Of social stratih-
catiOa makes each grade sort with its affinity.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-07
GERMAN GREENS.

This, like shinach is an early vegetable grown
by market gardeners in large quantity. Acres
upon acres of 1t are grown about Charleston and
Norfolk, from whence it is sent north by thous.
ands of barrels to supply the late winter, and
early spring demand.
1t is variety of BOrecole or Kale, and is
grown in the same way as spinach but does not
need covering. 1t succeeds best on high soils,
being apt to be winter killed or rotted on heavy
wet land. When successfully wintered over, it
is a very profitable crop; $3.50 TO $500 an acre
being generally realized from it, and sometimes
more.
The seed is like cabbage seed, and it requires
from pound and half to two pounds of seed
for an acre.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-07

An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist a n
now travelling in this country says that most "a Ea
of the Horse aud Cattle Powders sold here s
are worthless trash. He says that Sheridan's t4
Condition Powders are absolutely pure and =
Immensely valuable Nothing on earth will make hens
ful to pint food. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail fol
The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-07
AGRICULTURAL.
THE DELAWARE FARMER

Sends greeting to its patrons, and de
sires to say that we do not wish to be
considered as mere teacher or lectur-
er on the subjects pertaining to this
department; we would rather that its
columns should be looked upon as the
records of ali experience meeting-as
our good Methodist brethren would
call it-in which the experience of
each brother and sister can be entered
and perused for the mutual benefit of
all.
We therefore request that our read
ers, will as they can find opportunity
favor us with any articles detailing
their experiences, their successes, or
their disappOintments, in any branch
of their profession. No man is so
humble, or even illiterate, that he
does not know something, which an
other man does not know. 1t ought
to be his pride, if not his duty, to inn
part this knowledge to others, for ia so
doing he adds to the general fund of
information. The attainments of the
most learned men, are largely made
up of the small grains of knowledge of
others, aggregated together in their
brains. 1t is this aggregation of
knowledge grains, which makes them
the superiors of other men.
Favor us also with queries; a child |
can ask questions which would puzzle |
Solomon to answer; and questions in
dicate matters of interest in a cOmmu- |
nifty upon which the people seek infOr-
We would especially ask our
lady friends to thus favor us, no mat
ter how trivial the question may APP
pear to be, we shall cheerfully pay at
tentiOn to it, and do our best to an
swer it.
Never mind the hand writing, the
spelling, or the grammar of the com
we will correct all that.
Your name will not be published-un-
less you desire it to be-and will be
as strictly confidential and
lot to be given to any other person
lnder any circumstances.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-07
.O THE PUBLIC.

In compliance with the provisions of the Acts OF
the General Assembly of the State of Delaware,
regulating the sale OF Intoxicating liquors, l here
by give notice that Monday, the Slh day of Oct
Ober next l shall make application in writing tC
the Court of General Sessions % the Peace and
jail Delivery. then to be held at Georgetown in
and for Sussex County, for a license for the keep
ing Of an Inn or Tavern in the house or hotel stu
ated at Slaughter Beach. IN the County and State
aforesaid and in School District No 4. in said
County known as the Willow Grove Hotel, and in
less quantities :han one quart, to be drunk the
premises, of which said house, or hotel and premi-
ses l ana owner and occupant The following re-
spectacle citizens recommend my said application
Robert Carpenter, Geo. H Macklin,
Riley W Bennett, William j Darby,
John II Roach, John D. Messick,
james Blgman, William B Morgan,
David r. Indie, David b. Bennett,
Wesley jackson, David Bennett
John s. Truitt. James G. Davidson,
John r. Bennett, Gleensbury W Davidson,
J. B. Prettyman.
GEORGE W. MALE.
Slaughter Beach, August 81, 1888
The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-07
HVO THE PUBLIC.

In compliance with the provisions Of the Acts o
the General Assembly Of the State Of Delaware
regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors. here
by give notice that on Monday, the Sth day of Oct
tOber next, shall make application in writing L
the Court Of General Sessions OF the Peace and
and for Sussex County, for license for the keep
ing Of an Inn or Tavern in the house or hotel situ
ated in South Milford. Cedar Greek Hundred. in
the County and State Aforesaid, and in United
School Districts Nos .. 100. lO3 and l0i in said
County. known ~ SmoOts Hotel, ard for the sale
therein Of intoxicating liquors in less Quantities
than one quart, to be drunk ON the premises Of
which said house or hotel and premises am own
er and William H. SmoOt tenant. The following
respectable citizens recommend my said applica
The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-07
MARRIAGES.

HILLENs-sHARP. On Aug. sIst, 1885, by Rey
l. N Foreman at Lincoln, Purnell j. Hillens
and Anna Sharp.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09

Popular expressions are often very
significant. g saw three dozen lights
of all colors," or some similar express
sion, may frequently be heard from
persons who have received violent
blows on The head or face. Under the
influence of shocks of this kind, the eye
really seems to see infinite numbers of
sparks Shocks of certain class i'm
pressed upon the nervous system seem
to have the faculty of producing phe-
nomena of light This remark has
been suggested by the facts which we
are about to relate, which lead us to
suppose that sonorous vibrations are
susceptible in certain cases of provok-
ing luminous sensations. There are,
in fact, persons who are endowed with
such sensibility that they cannot hear
a sound without at the same time per
ceiving colors. Each sound to them
has its peculiar color; this word CORES
ponds with red, and that one with
green, one note is blue, and another is
yellow. This phenomenon, Color
hearing" as the English call it, has
been hitherto little observed.
DR.. Nussbaumer, of Vienna, appears
to have been the first person who took
seriousnotic of it. While still child,
when playing one day with his brother,
striking a fork against glass to hear
the ringing, he discovered that he saw
colors at the same time that he per-
ceived the sound and so well did he
discern the color that, when he stopped
his ears, he could divine by it how loud
sound the fork had produced. His
brother also had similar experiences.
DR.. NusSbaumer was afterward able to
add to his own observations nearly
identical ones made by a medical stu
dent in Zurich. To this young man,
musical notes were translated by GER
tain fixed colors. The high notes in
duced clear cOlors, and the low notes
dull ones. More recently, M. PedronO,
an ophthalmOlogist of Nantes, has OBJ
served the same peculiarities in one of
his friehds.--POpUzGr Science Monthly
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
Prince and Princess of Wales.

The London correspondent of the
New York Commercial, having seen
the Prince and Princess of Wales at
the opera, draws this picture of the
royal pair: The Prince of Wales,
who was looking uncommonly well,
studied his libretto with his usual dill
gence. / have remarked this fact,
that the royalty scarcely take their
eyes from their books. The prince has
probably seen Iohengrin' fifty times.
l will venture to say that during as
many evenings he has held libretto
in his hands from the commencement
almost to the close of the perform
ance. The Princess of Wales, by the
way, usually-in fact, always-does
the same. How much she is loved by
everybody. Her eldest son sat beside
ner, and she looked young enough to
be his sister. She was dressed in a
dinner gown of pale blue silk, high in
the back, and trimmed with magn1i-
cent Valenciennes lace. Her hair was
dressed high, and several diamond or
naments glittered among her tresses.
She is to my mind the most distin-
guished and lovely woman in England.
Her face is sweet beyond words, but
very sad. have never seen her smile
more than good breeding would sug-
gest. Is it etiquette or melancholy
which imposes such quietness upon
the features of SO charming woman ?
have often wondered"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
Why COChincnI and Carmine are so
Costly.

The Ionmongcr, of London, explains
why the beautiful cochineal and car
mine colors are so expensive 1t says:
One of the best and most powerful
animal dyes used in the arts and man
ufactures is the body of the female
cOchineal insect, dried. This insect
exists on species of cactus, and when
alive is about the size of ladybird. or
perhaps a trine smaller. 1t is wing
less, rather long, equally broad all over,
and is marked behind with deep Incl
sions and wrinkles 1t has six feet,
which, curiously enough, are only OF
use directly after birth, and secures
itself to the plant by means of a trunk
which is found between the fore feet
and derives its nOurishment from the
sap The male cochineal is like the
female only during the larya period.
1t changes into chrysalis, and even
tually appears as red flies. The female
deposits some thousands of eggs,
which she protects under her body un-
til they are hatched, and on the APP
pearance of the young ones the parent
dies. While the young are in their
larva state their sex cannot be deter
mined. They lose their skins several
times, and while the female fixes her
self on the plant, the male, after get
ting over the pupa state. is winged.
Two or three months is the extent of
the life of these little insects. They
are gathered before they lay eggs, and
are then rich in coloring matter.
Carmine is prepared from the cochi-
neal insect, the CoccttS Gcti, which is
collected by brushing the branches of
the cactus with the tail of squirrel or
other animal; this is very tedious work.
They are killed by immersing them in
boiling water, and this has to be done
at once or they would lay their eggs,
and thereby lose much of their value.
There are many processes for prepar-
ing the carmine. The French process
may be taken as an example: one
| pound OF the powdered cochineal in
sects is boiled for fifteen minutes in
three gallons of water one ounce of
cream of tartar is then added, and the
boiling continued ten minutes longer /;
then one ounce and half of powdered
alum is thrown in, and the boiling con-
tinued for two minutes longer. The
liquid is then poured off, and set aside
for the carmine to settle down. In
other processes, carbonate of soda or
potash is used.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
Facial Characteristics.

In the practice of the art of palm
istry some knowledge of physiognomy
is of great advantage; indeed, the two
sciences go hand in hand. one supple
menting the other. This is why the
shrewd gypsy fortune teller scans the
face almost more closely than the hand
of her patron.
And first of all, the soul dwells in
the eye; and the ability to understand
its language is Unborn with most
people without having to study it; but
few words in regard to it may not
be amiss. Very quiet eyes that impress
and embarrass one with their great
repose signify self command, but also
great complacency and conceit. Eyes
that rove hither and thither while
their possessor speaks denote deceit
full, designing mind. Eyes in which
the white has yellowish tinge, and is
streaked with reddish veins denote
strong passions. Very blue eyes be-
speak a mind inclined to coquetry;
gray eyes signify intelligence; greenish,
falsehood and liking for scandal;
black eyes, passionate, lively temper
ament; and brown, kind, happy dis
position.
OF the nose-~A Roman nose denotes
an enterprising business-like char
acter; long nose is a sign of good
sense; perfectly straight nose indi-
Gates noble soul, unless the eyes con-
tradict it; a nez retreusse signifies a
spirit of mischief, wit and dash; a
large nose generally indicates good
mind and heart; very small nose,
good nature but lack of energy.
Thick lips indicate either great
genius or great stupidity; very thin
lips cruelty and falsehood, particularly
if they are habitually compressed.
Dimples in the cheek signify roguery
in the chin, love and cOquetry. A lean
face is a indication of intelligence; a
fat face shows a person inclined to
falsehood.
Irascfbility is accompanied by an
erect posture, open nostrils, moist
temples, displaying superficial veins,
which stand out and throb under the
least excitement, large unequal, i'll
ranged eyes, and equal use of both
hands.
A good genius may be expected from
middle statue, blue or gray eyes, large
prominent forehead, with temples a
little hollow, fixed, attractive look
and habitual inclination of the head.
| -ReIIe ~ Green
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
CurloSities OF Statistics.

Let us observe what our farms and
farmers are annually producing for
every man, woman and child of the
rountry's population. The year 1880
produced for each person thirty bushels
Of corn, nine bushels Of wheat. eight
bushels of oats, one bushel of barley,
twO-lifths Of a bushel of rye, one tenth
ola bale of cotton, three pounds Of wool,
two-thirds of ton of hay, half pound
of hops, two pounds of rice, ten pounds
of tobacco, three and half bushels of
Irish potatoes, and half bushel of
sweet potatoes.
OF animals there was one hog for
every person, one horse for every five
persons, one mule for every twenty
eight persons, one milch cow for every
four persons, and two sheep for every
three persons. There were fifteen and
half pounds of butter and a half
pound of cheese made for each person,
and the COWS averaged sixty-two and a
half pounds of butter each for the year.
Although our farm products seem inn
mense in amount it san astonishing
fact that if every acre OF Illinois was
devoted to wheat for one year, and the
average yield should be the moderate
amount of fifteen bushels to the acre,
the crop would exceed in amount the
entire wheat crop of the country for
the last year. If the state of Missouri
was wholly planted with corn, and
should give a moderate yield of forty
| bushels to the acre, the aggregate
would equal the entire corn crop of
the country for the year 1880. The
state of Kansas alone can raise beef
enough to feed the present population
of the country. When we have ten
times the present population, and
when all our lands are as well cultivat-
ell as the valley of the Nile, the aggre-
gates of the farm products will be eX-
pressed in figures difficult to compre-
hend. Agriculture is be oming chem
iStry, and hushandry is becoming
mechanics. SO that one good man to-
day can do rs much work upon Il farm
as four men did fifty years ago.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Beats all-the tramp.
A taiIor's goose-the dude.
The gunner's style Of hair-Bangs.
The lawyers usual garment-Long
suit.
When man loses his temper he al
WAYS gets another that is much worse.
Teacher: " Can you tell me which is
the olfactory organ ?" Pupil frankly
answers, "No, sir" Teacher: Cor
rect. Pupil goes off in a brown study.
Miss Edith Thomas inquiries at the
top of poem, Where Are the Springs
of Long Ago?" No one can be quite
certain, but it is possible that they
were put in the garnet with the head
board and mattress.
An observing pedestrian has made
the startling discovery that the rea-
son why women cannot succeed as well
as man in walks of life, is because
when she is on the walks one hand is
usually employed in holding up her
dress.
Even the "old watchdog of the
treasury" with the nations millions
behind him, could not assume the
malignant expression of jealous vigi-
lance which is worn by an old hen
studiously sitting on broken tumbler
and two door-knobs.
A boaster in a hotel was telling OF
the many sections of the country that
he had visited. A fellow at his el-
bow asked, Have you ever been In
AIgebra?' "Oh, yes" said the boaster,
Il passed through there on the top OF
stage coach about year ago"
A proud father has been question
ing his son, who has just returned
from an expensive school, and says
the boy answers four questions out of
five correctly in every branch of his
studies. To four questions out ofthe
five the boy says, / don't know,
and this answer is always the true one.
When he hazards any other it is apt
| to be wrong.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

M. Schlumberger recommends that
bottle OF ammonia should be placed in
each barrel Of petroleum. On ignition,
by accident or otherwise, the bottle
would break and the ammoniacal vapors
would at once extinguish the fire.
DR.. Petra Santa proposes to apply this
method to collieries liable to fire-damp.
Tanks filled with ammonia, would, 1t
is said, stop the combustion, as it could
not'cOntinue in an ammoniacal atmos-
phere.
How do earth-wolms increase the
fertility of the soil? is a question
which may well be asked, since it is
plain that these creatures can add no
new material to the soil. Herr Hensen
has answed 10y proving that the worms
greatly aid plant-growth by making
burrows through which the delicate
roots reach the moist subsoil. They
also draw into their burrows vegeta-
BILE matter from the surface (where its
fertilizing ingredients would be wasted)
hasten its decomposition and distribute
il through the various layers of the
soil
Besides the conspicuous displays of
aurora borealis so frequent in Arctic
regions, several observers have reported
the presence at times of n peculiar diff
fused light after the total disappear
ance of daylight. The phenomenon
was witnessed last winter by Prof.
Lemstrom from his observatory in
Lapland. He describes it as phos-
phorescent shine or dilfused luminosity,
of yellowish white color, rendering the
night as light as when the moon shines
through thick hazy air. He is dis
posed to believe that the appearance
has an auroral nature, and that it is
present in Northern Lapland during
most winter nights.
DR.. Goetan Delaunay has just com
municated an interesting paper to the
French Anthropological society, in
which he seeks to establish that right
handedneSs is not an acquired habit,
but is natural attribute, characters
tic of the superior races. Savage
tribes, he states, and communities in
an inferior state of civilization, show
much larger proportion of left
handednesS than highly-civilized peo-
pie do. Idiots and epileptics offer a
very large percentage of left-handed
individuals, and there are more left
handed women than men. His gener-
al conclusion is that in the evolution
of the species there has been a steady
tendency to the development of the
right side of the body at the expense
of the other, and that the examples
of left-handedness still to be met with
in the superior race are mere "survi-
vals"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
The Stranger
AN EASTERN LEGEND.

An aged man came late to AbrDhnm's tent.
The sky was dark, and oil the plain was bare.
He asked for bread; his strength was well
nigh spent;
His haggard look implored the tenderest care.
The food was brought. He sat with thankiF
eyes,
But spake no grace, nor bowed he toward the
east
Sale-sheltered here from dark and angry
skies,
The bounteous table seemed n royal feast.
But ere his hand had touched the tempting
fare,
The Patriarch rose, and leaning on his rod,
"Stranger," he said, "dost thou not bow in
prayerl
Dost thou not fear, dost thou not worship
God 7"
He answered, "Nay." The Patriarch sadly
said:
'Thou hast my pity. Go! eat not my
bread"
Another came that wild and fearful night.
The fierce winds ragged, and darker grew the
sky;
But all the tent was filled with wondrous
light,
Aud Abraham knew the Lord his God was
nigh.
"Where is that aged mani" the Presence
said,
"Ihat asked for shelter from the driving blast
Who made thee master of thy Masters breade
What right hadst thou the wanderer forth 10
cast 2"
"Forgive me, Lord" the Patriarch answer
made,
With downcast look, with bowed and trem.
bling knee.
cab, me! the stranger might with me have
staid,
But, Oh my God, he would not worship Thee"
"Tve borne him long," God said, land still
wait;
Couldst thou not lodge him one night in thy
gatel"
-H'GlIace Bruce, in HdrPey'S Mdgd=tne.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
Power of Habit.
to be wrOni

The power of habit, so-called second
nature, is well illustrated in our every
DAYS doings. 1t grows so strong and
clings to us so like the ivy in its tenac-
itv that it oft becomes ruling passion
strong in death. 1t is well illustrated
bv a little incident that occurred last
Sunday in one of our leading churches.
Our telephone exchange is very eff
GENTLY presided over by young ladies,
one of whom was the innocent cause
of the mirth at the church referred to
in our remarks above. In her daily
toll she shouts "Hello" "HellO!' from
the moment her duties begin until the
close. On last Sabbath she nodded as
even Homer did when the preaching
was long. She was suddenly awaken
ed by the silvery tinkling of bells, and
raising up in her seat, and placing her
prayer book to her ear aSeshe would
an ear-phone, she shouted "Hello!
hello! Central Office" The scene can
better be imagined than described
Bloomington Eye.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
The Young Man Was Cold.

Good morning, John," said one of
the leading pastors in Scranton, Penn,
at young friend whom he met on the
street the first warm day of the season,
'How does your father stand the
heat?'. The young man made no re-
ply, but went his way with clouded
brow. And when the good pastor
learned that the young mans father
had died only week before he under
stood why his cordial greeting was
met so coldly.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09
Catching a Prairie Dog.

was assured that l might as well
try to dip the creek dry, as each dog
had a passage from his residence to the
level of the creek, that all the water
that could be emptied in would not
raise an inch above the river bed. l
didn't take much stock in this water
passage idea, however, so, after secur-
ing box for the game and half a
dozen water buckets, | took three or
four men and ran the engine up to the
water tank, filled up the engine tank,
and then ran down to call on the deni-
zens of prairie dog park. The old
pioneer was at his post as usual, but
disappeared like a flash when the en-
gine stopped opposite his door. | dis
connected the hose on the engine tank,
and the bucket brigade went at it live
". Dozens of buckets Of water were
used, and the tank was getting low,
when at last the hole was filled to the
mouth, and shortly the old fellow put
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09

There are only five states in which no
beer is brewed = Arkansas, Florida,
Maine, Mississippi and Vermont. Last
year Alabama produced only eight
barrels and North Carolina thirty-one.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09

Two medical schools for women are
to be established in the province of
Ontario, one in Toronto and one in
Kingston, and the Toronto Globe says
that in this respect the women Of the
province will be better off than they
are in the matter of higher education
In general.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-09

A man asked for admission to a
show for half-price, as he had but one
eye. But the manager told him it
would take him twice as long to see
the show as it would anybody else,
and charged him double.