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The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
Excursinn to NIt. Cnhn.

On Monday next St Peters Catholic
Church will give an excursion to Mt Cuba
on the Delaware Western railroad. The
excursionists will leave New Castle on a
special train for this city and then be trans
ferred to special train on the u. W. R. R.,
leavir here at s. Is o'clock.
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
The Funeral of mrs. smith.

The funeral of Mrs. Charles Smith, who
died suddenly of apoplexy on Monday after
noon, will take place from the residence of
her son Charles E. Smith, 143 jackson
street, tomorrow afternoon Services will
be held at the house at O'Clock and inter
mept will be made in the Wilmington and
Brandywine Cemetery.
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
Ofi on IA Cruise,

Last evening Councilman Newell, John
Logan, Edward Mellon aud two others left
this city on the yacht William B. Norton,
for a few days cruise down the bay. They
will go as far as Lewes and spend the time
in cunning and fishing. They will return
on SATURDAY. next.
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
Death of well-Known Conductor.

One of the best known conductors on the
Maryland division of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, Andrew Simpson, died in Philadel-
phia late on Monday night of Bright's dis
15 years.
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
Finaar Annutatad. A

While engaged in hoisting barrels at the
ware house of the Jessup g. Moore Paper
Company, Patrick Hagerty, living on east
Seventh street, had his hand SO severely
crushed in the block and tackle that am
putation of one finger was necessary.
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
NOTICE.
THOMAS II. MORRISON, In Chancery,
VS.. New Castle County
WILLIAM MORRISON, ~ m '
NOTICE.

In pursuance of an order of the Chancellor In
the above cause made AT the February term, A.
y, 1883. All persons having any lien VI liens
anectinR the Interest or estate of Thomas III
Morri IN, William Morrison. Ann Morrison,
samuel Morrison, Francis Carson, ELIZA j. Car
son, James Il. Morrison, John Morrison. Ellen
N rrison and Ellen G. Morrison, or, either Of
them, In the lands and premises to which said
cause Relates, are hereby notified TO file petition
setting forth the natu, aud amount OF the same
IN the office fthe Register In Chancery for New
castle county ten days before the fourth MON
prove said lien or liens at the ensuing term OF
the court, before the rising Of the court the
third day of the term.
j. H. RODNEY, Trustee.
WILMINGTON, Aug. g. 1885,. aug6-m2s-6w
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
BOARD OF iaealh

Two Of Tho reinbers of the Board of
HEALTH wtfe m laif at the appointed time
last evening, alai as tary were not in
forced by a sufficient number To starr busi.
uess, the meeting was necessarily post
poned.
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
Tho EfYeots of FAN,

Mrs. Alanthea I. Triggs accidentally fell
down stairs at he- residence, sos Lombard
street, about Q o'clock last evening and
broke her right arm at the wrist
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
REWARDS.

REWARD OF 1--WE
(EWM,neIhbRED DOLLARS is hereby reHy offered Ged
SS!tsPppsG aPp5GfSsasiSaai o JAN q I.
Halletl Nhn22niShf sunday morning, desc,ip-
il, aileT I'iihi ehmai tive feet ten INCHES, rather
s cheek bones yoiGs RecEnST eTss nnS shs9S sRS
Eeked, hr@Sn hr@,Sai Teeth. CHAS. q. STQkLBY.
jn false upper V'' Governor
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
BASE BALL.
The Quicksteps Again Beaten--Other
Games and Notes.

HARRISBURG, August THE Harrisburg
Club won another championship game to-
day from the Quickstep, of Wilmington.
Fox and Cusick were the battery for the
Quickstep, but C1sick was knocked out in
the sixth inning by Foy's wild pitching.
Burns and McClosky were the local battery
The home team had 12 hits with a total of
10, and the visitors five hits with total of
six. The Harrisburgs had but one error,
missed fly, the .Quickstep making five er-
rors, all damaging. The score follows;
Harrisburg ...... 2 O 0 1 2 o o. 6
Quickstep. o 0 o.
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
NOTICES..
DIvIDEND--NoTICE,

OFFICE OF WILMINGTON COAL GAS COL
Wilmington, bel, August !, 1853,
The directors oftbe Wilmington Coal Gas f'om-
pany have this day declared 4 dividend Of three
dollars per share for the past six months, payable
aug1-I0t 300 shipley street.
NOTICE.-ANY WEIGHTS, SCALES
4N OR measures requiring inspection may be
left az s2S n $50 King street.
JACOB DEARYNF,
county. ie28-tf
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
uHANoERY, NEW CASTLE co.
TRUSTEES SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE!

Kiduc ofa decree of the Colrt OF Chancery
state Of lawar m and for New Castle
ly nmdc on the 18th day of june. A. d..
kill b. exposed to public sale at the Curt
u In thccity of Wilmington, on
The daily gazette., 1883-08-08
FOR RENT.

= ogNr PART ,F HOUSE TO A
sSA' family I'M TArEALL STREET..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

We may well suppose, says the Lire
Stock Journal, that the habit of the
pig in laying on an extensive quantity
of fat has been caused by long and ex-
ccssiye feeding on fat-producing food,
and it is not likely that any sudden
Transformation could be brought
about; but it is well known that the pigs
of different countries differ in respect
to fat. We have only to contrast fat
tened pigs of this country with those
in Canada. There pork is fattened
partly upon barley, but largely upon
peas, a highly heterogeneous food, yield
ing large proportion Of muscle, and
our pigs are fattened almost wholly
upon corn, an excessively starchy and
fattening food. The Canadian pork
has much larger proportion of lean
meat and less lard. The difference is
very marked, so much so that in a
market supplied with both kinds, pur-
chasers easily select the one or the
other, as desired. Wild hogs do not
have such excess of fat, and the South
ern hog, which is grown much slower
than those in the Northern and West
ern States, and fed much less corn, is
comparatively lean, There can, there
fore, be little doubt that the habit of
depositing this excess of fat is caused
by long-continued feeding adapted to
that end. The hog is naturally grass
and root eating animal, and in its
domestication is fed almost wholly in
this country upon concentrated food.
Hogs fed upon skinned milk have
less proportion of fat than those fed
upon corn. If young pigs are kept
upon food that will grow the muscles
and bones and develop a rangy frame
they will possess so much muscle when
half grown that moderate length of
time in fattening, even on corn, will
not pile on an excessive amount of fat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

There are few cases in which thor
ough, judicious culture pays better
than in the orchard We have in mind
two apple orchards planted side by
side at the same time and upon similar
soil. In one the trees were set thirty
three feet apart each way; in the other
twenty. The former was plowed and
MANFRED frequently, until the trees
were well in bearing; il was trimmed
yearly, and when the trees began to
shade most of the ground the whole
orchard was treated, every odd, light
bearing year, to a heavy mulching of
straw and finely chopped trimmings
from the trees themselves. The other
orchard was neglected; if it was crop
ped, there was little or no manure ap-
piled. The trees were not washed,
and insects were not fought.
A few years ago an average North
ern Spy tree in each orchard, just
across the fence from each other, was
measured, and their general thriftiness
compared. The tree in the neglected
orchard had top fourteen feet in
diameter and a trunk nineteen inches
in circumference. The apples it bore
were few, wormy and knotty, hardly
worth the gathering, In the other
orchard the tree had a top twenty-five
feet in diameter, and a trunk twenty
seven inches in circumference. 1t
regularly bore several barrels Of num-
Der one apples, which never failed to
bring the very highest market price.
The smaller tree had a sickly aspect,
yellow leaves, and trunk scared by
borers; the other was marvel of thrift.
tiness. with clean. straight. handsome
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

Deep planting is one error-t0
plant tree rather shallower than it
formerly stood is really the right way,
while many plant tree as they would
apost. Roots are of two kinds-the
young and tender rootlets, composed
entirely of cells, the feeders of the
trees, always found near the surface
getting air and moisture, and roots of
over one year old, which serve only as
supporters of the tree and conductors
OF its food. Hence the injury that
ensues when the delicate rootlets are
so deeply buried in the earth. Placing
fresh or green manure in contact
with young roots is another great er-
ror. The place to put manure is on
the surface, where the elements dis.
integrate, dissolve and carry it down
ward. Numerous forms of fungi are
generated and reproduced by the ap.
plication of such manures directly to
the roots, and they Immediately attack
the tree. 1t is very well to enrich the
soil at transplanting the tree, but the
manure, if to be in contact with or
very near the roots, should be thor
oughly decomposed. -Ploughman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

MINUTE PUDDING.-Put three pints
of sweet skinned milk over the fire
in a porcelain kettle or something that
will a good deal more than hold it.
Salt it, and the minute it boils stir in
rapidly as much flour as it will moist
en-. Take it quickly from the fire and
serve hot, with butter and sugar or
syrup.
ROAST GOosE.-Geese, if old are
better if parboiled before they are
roasted. Put them on in sufficient
water to cover them, and simmer about
two hours. ..@He stuning with four
onions, one ounce of green sage, chop
ped fine; a large cupful of stale bread
crumbs, | tea spoonful of butter, lit,
tie pepper and salt, and one unbeaten
egg; mix them well together and stuff
the body of the goose; then place in
the oven and bake about an hour and
half. Serve with apple sauce.
HIcKoRY-NUT CAKE. One pound
sifted flour, pound powdered sugar,
I pound good butter, 10 eggs, Il tea
spoonsful extract lemon, 2 quarts good
hickory-nuts; neither nutmeg nor any
other spice should he used. Take the
kernels from the shell in as large
pieces as possible, look them carefully
over and remove every particle of shell;
beat the eggs to a Iroth (the whites
and yelks may be beaten together) }; beat
the butter and sugar to a fine cream,
then add the eggs, next the -four
which should be beaten lightly, and
just sufficiently to mix smoothly; add
the lemon, and, last Of all, the hickory
nuts, which should not be dredged
with flour. Have at hand two ordi-
nary pudding or cake pans Ground ones
are the BEST; grease them and line
them with thin, white paper (tea pa.
per-; put the batter in the pans and
bake in moderately hot oven from 30
to 60 minutes. Great care should be
taken not to move the cake during the
process of baking; if browning too
quickly on top, cover with thick brown
paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24
The First Confederate Killed.

ado you know" asked Capt. James
r. Grove, Of Pulaski, Tenn, of a Louis
vile Courisr-JOUnal reporter, "who
was the first soldier killed on the Con-
federate side during the war? Well,
his name was Noble Deyotee, of Amer
icus, Ga, and his father was Baptist
minister We were pupils early in
1861 at Marion, Ala, and heroically
organized company to repel the fowl
invader. Anxious to be in among the
first, the governor ordered us to Fort
Morgan. This was about the 18th of
January, 1861. After trying the hard
realities of poor beef and bareback
few days, we appointed committee of
one to go home and procure more
palatable commissaries, and young
Devotee happened to be that one.
The very outset of his trip was fatal,
Stepping from the shore to the boat he
lost his balance and was drowned-the
first enlisted Confederate soldier who
lost his life. This happened January
20, 1861, and, coming 50 Unexpectedly,
it was quite shocking. We had not
then seen the death and desolation of
Richmond. Perryyille, Chiekamauga
and hundred other terrible fields OF
battle"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24
Preservation OF Wood.

The increasing cost of wood in this
country has led to Il great number of
experiments in preserving all kinds of
wooden structures exposed to the
weather from decay. Among the
more recent plans suggested is one for
impregnating wood with asphalt,
combined with some antiseptic mate
rial. The finished wood, ready to be
put together, is first submitted to
heat to drive out the moisture, and is
then placed in hot bath composed
chiefly of asphalt and carbolic acid.
On cooling, the solvent of the asphalt
evaporates, leaving a skin or coating
of the asphalt on the surface of the
wood that resists water and keeps the
antiseptic material securely locked
within the pores of the wood. The
exterior of the wood presents a smooth,
black surface that does not need to be
painted. The process is about to- be
tried upon large scale.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

"The manure from $50 fowls" says
Mrs. Field, "mixed with nearly ton
OF plaster and as nearly as we could
guess, a ton of road dust, made a
quantity of fertilizer that my tenant
considered equal in value to two tons
of the phosphate, which cost, delivered
at our depot, $40 per ton. In plain
English, we had $50 worth of fertilizer
that cost, including labor of hauling
road dust and gravel to replace the
dust taken from the highway, for less
than $50. Wonder if it wouldn't pay
farmers to start fertilizer factory of
this Sort instead of paying out 80
much cash for commercial fertilizers
that often fail to benefit the crop to
the extent one would naturally expect
from the outlay"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Water for Plants.

We quote the following from DR..
Beal: 81 am often asked, What ais
my plantsY and the answer in many
cases is, you are too kind to them.
1t IS full as easy to drown a plant as
TO drown a cat, to say the least; and
my advice is to give water only when
1t is needed, and to use judgment
rather than regularity. The idea that
plants must be watered every day any
way is false one Give them water
when they are thirsty, the same as you
would YOURSELF"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24
skins will never be hard, but soft and

skins will never be hard, but soft and
pliable.
If the house plants become pale
and sickly, Il dose of ammonia, a few
drops in the water you water them
with, will revive them like magic. 1t
is the concentrated essence of fertil-
izers, and acts upon plantli life as tonics
and sea air upon human invalds.
Tar may be readily removed from
the hands by rubbing with the outside
OF fresh orange or lemon peel, and
wiping dry Immediately. The volatile
oils in the skins dissolve the tar, so
that it can be wiped off.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24
A Funny Eyesight.

Not long ago an Indian chief, who
lives on one of the western reserva-
tons, sent to the government at Wash
ington for glass eye The circum-
stance brings to mind an incident that
occurred few days after the last war
in this country. At the battle of Stone
river, or Murfreesboro, as some histo
rians nameit, Lieutenant Ilalleck, of
the Union army, had the misfortune to
lose one of his eyes. In 1865 he was pro-
noted to be first lieutenant in the reg
ular army, and was stationed at one of
the Indian posts on the plains. lie
had small blue eye of glass, but
thinking he could not obtain artificial
eyes so far away from the large cities
he brought two other glass eyes for use
should his regular false eye be broken.
On certain occasion Lieutenant Hal
leck was visited by Il One-eyed Indian
warrior, who wished to see the "white
mans funny eye" The brave was
much pleased with the sight, and
after a while he besought the officer to
lend him one Of the extra bits of glass.
But your sound eye is as black as coal
and as big as a saucer" protested the
lieutenant, "and those glass eyes are
little and blue" The Indian insisted,
however, and at last prevailed on the
lieutenant to lend him one of the eyes
The lieutenant says that he never saw
an Indian so delighted. Clad in Il long
shirt and an old plug hat, the brave
walked around the camp as proud as
Lucifer His big black eye and his
little blue eye were in amusing con-
traft. lie succeeded in making the
other Indians believe that he could see
through the blue eye as well as through
his natural black one, and no happier
Indian warrior than he ever strutted
before admiring squaws.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

iho Iu'otl'H 10 hiNayo diiSihS III
farming communities when manures
can be applied most effectively. Some
farmers favor spring, others fall, for
the dressing of their lands.
Just when and how to best apply
manures depend on variety Of cir
cumstances. Certain materials appear
to give best results when applied at
one season, while other materials of
differing nature do best at some other
season. For instance, manures not
readily soluble may be applied to the
soil long before the growing period Of
the crop, while soluble manures ought
not to be applied until the crop is
ready to take them up, or serious loss
may occur from drainage.
The governing principle in the ap-
plication of manures is bringing the
constituents of the manure in con-
tact with the roots of the plants !;
hence the more evenly these are dis
tributed through that portion of the
soil occupied by the roots the better is
the work done. Soluble manures, as
chloride Of sodium, nitrate of sodium,
potassium, salts, superphosphates, and
the like, are best distributed by a
heavy shower. Hence, as a rule, these
are sown broadcast and plowed or
narrowed in, though sometimes they
are drilled with the seed. Owing to
losses likely to occur from drainage,
these are, as has already been intima-
ted, best applied in the spring or grow
ing season.
For land already under crop, top
dressing is in order, and manures
which become easily soluble in the soil
are oftenest employed. Great advan-
tage may be gained by reducing all
manures to fine particles previous to
application. When sown broadcast by
hand the commercial fertilizers will be
more evenly and readily distributed if
mixed with dry soil, muck or ashes.
Autumn manuring calls for materi-
ais of little solubility, such as farm
yard manure, rape cake and bones
The rules here suggested are not with
out exceptions, as in many cases the
question when to apply becomes one
Of climate; for instance, ammonium
salts or guano in dry winter climate
may sometimes be applied during the
fall with advantage,
1t is generally understood that what
are termed the active or soluble ma
nures produce immediate results, and
are not to be depended on to any ex-
tent by future crops, while manures
that must first undergo decomposition
in the soil before they yield food to the
plant, as bones or farm-yard manure,
will give off their elements gradually
and so continue to have influence
through a number of seasons and
crops.
Scientists affirm that nitrogen sup
piled as ammonia salts or nitrates
gives all its effect during the first year;
As to so per cent. of the nitrogen APP
piled in this form to wheat and barley
is, according to Lawes and Gilbert, re-
covered on an average in the increase.
In the case of farm-yard manure ap-
piled on the heavy land at Rothamsted
to wheat and barley, only about 10 to
Is per cent. of the nitrogen was re-
covered in the increase, but the effect
on the barley continued for many years.
--NeW York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

trunk. Both the trees had at this
time been set seventeen years.
That which is true of the instance
in question is true wherever a poorly
cultivated tree is contrasted with a
well cultivated specimen. Now that
apples are being gathered, let the in
tcrested farmer notice the differences
in yield in orchards under different
states of cultivation, for "by their
fruits We shall know them"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

L. W. Higgnson, the author of an
article in the "Dawning of independ-
ence," in Harpers Maga2ine, says: All
that was experienced on both sides at
the beginning of the late American
civil war in respect to rawness of
soldiery, inexperienced officers, short
enlistments, local jealousies, was equal
ly known in the early Continental
army and was less easily remedied.
Even the four New England colonies
that supplied the first troops were dis
trus,ful of one another and of Wash
lngton, and this not without some ap-
parent reason. In a state of society
which, as has been shown, was essen
TALLY aristocratic, they had suddenly
lost their leaders. Nearly one-third of
the community, including almost all
those to whom social Difference had
been paid, had taken what they called
the loyal, and others the Tory, side.
Why should this imported Virginian
be more trustworthy? Washington in
turn hardly did justice to the material
with which he had to deal. He found
that in Massachusetts, unlike Virginia,
the gentry were loyal to the king;
those with whom he had to consult
were mainly farmers and mechanics
a class such as hardly existed in Vir-
ginia, and which was then far rougher
and less intelligent than the same class
now is. They were obstinate, suspi-
clous, jealous. They had lost their
natural leaders, the rich men, the
royal councillors, the Judges, and had
to take up with new and improvised
guides-physicians like Warren ("Doc.
tor General" Warren, as the British
officers called him), or skilled mechan-
les like Paul Revere, or unemployed
lawyers and business men like those
Whom Governor Shirley described as
"that brace of Adamses." The few
men of property and consequence who
stood by them, as Hancock and Pres
colt, were the exceptions. Their line
officers were men taken almost at ran
dom from among themselves, some
times turning out admirably, some
times shamefully. Washington
cashiered colonel and five captains
for cowardice or dishonesty during the
first summer. The Continental army
as it first assembled in Cambridge was,
as was said of another army on a later
occasion, an aggregation of town meet
ings, and, which is worse, of town
meetings from which all the accus-
toned leaders had suddenly been swept
away. No historian has yet fully por-
trayed the extent to which this social
revolution in New England embar-
rassed all the early period of the war,
or shown how it made the early Cont
mental troops chafe under Washington
and Schuyler, and prefer in their secret
souls to be led by General Putnam
whom they could call "Old Put" and
who rode to battle in his shirt sleeves.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

Professor Lewis, an English physi-
elan, stated at the international medi-
cal congress in Amsterdam that the
children of English soldiers in India
who were brought up on the hills from
5000 feet to 1000 feet above the sea
level were always more or less I'M
healthy and weak in constitution,
though if they were sent to Europe in
time, they might generally lay the foun-
lationS for robust health
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24
Household Hints.

If you wish to have the best results
in cake-making, always use pulverized
sugar.
To wash chamois skins, use cold wa
ter with plenty of soap, and rinse well
in clear cold water; thus treated, the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

MS. Clark, of Glen's Falls, N Y, became SO poi
soned by Paris green that his face broke out in pmpe,
and blOtces He found nothing that did him any good
but Hoods sarSaparilla which purified his blood and
eXpelled the malignant venom
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24

Miss Ada Parker is girl Of nine
teen, who lives on cotton plantation
two miles from Monroe, La. For the
last four years she has had exclusive
charge of the place, upon which her
widowed mother, sister and two young
er brothers reside, supporting them
all by her industry. She is her own
overseer, supervising all work done in
person, and no brawny son Of Ceres
knows better how to raise u crop or
handle labor.