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The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-11

An advertiser whose rule II is to pay no bills unit
he sees all the papers can here he accommodated,
and alFsness amounting to S2ntCO per nnnum in
cheap buptry papers can be looked after every
copy qlepery paper examined by the advertiser,
or his representative, who will devote three days
time he examination four times year.
Th, inc required for examining papers IL
mai llsed in looking after the advertisement
wht lot there. This work has all been done
befoN I'd. and each advertisement marked
plain With n black crnyon. II II is SO marked
tka< lrtLA4r akas tu disappearance, style, posi.
tion, Sgerything Ia instant, and IL IL is nof
market he need go farther IL is not there, and
he is entitled to one other insertion or an allow
one advantage OF complete files so conveniently
arranged consists In being able to produce for
advertisers samples Of all the papers In which
they wish to insert their announcements that
they may see for themselves what each paper looks
like, and Judge what style Of advertising VIII be
be most effective in each.
Whep the papers have accumulated until their
allotted spnces assume a crowded appearance then
comea the 1nal solution of the problem Of what
do you do with them Z" Boys go through the galle-
ries, extract the superhuous papers from each Of
the spaces (being careful to leave a complete nle
for at least three months, throw them into one
great heap; after which a dealer in paper stock
comes and carts them all away, and in another
month they may be found in the store of th6
paper dealer, made into new bundles, upon which
may ngaln be printed other papers to repeat the
same round OF experiences.
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Fire Alarm Signals.

2 Twentieth and Market streets.
3 Tenth and Orange streets.
Police Call.
6 Tenth and Walnut streets
l-2 City Hall. ..
l-3 Fifth and French streets.
IA Front and Poplar streets.
1-5 Sixth and Spruce Streets.
1-6 Eleventh and Church streets.
II Third and Railroad Avenue.
l-S Thirteenth and King.
2-1 Seventh and Railroad Avenue.
2-3 Second and Shipley streets.
"a Front and Justison streets.
2-5 Second and jackson streets.
2-6 Maryland Avenue and Linden streets.
2-7 Delaware Avenue and DUPONT streets.
% Ninth and Madison streets.
81 Front and Searles streets
3-2 Sixth and Tatnall Streets
"a Fourth and Madison streets.
3-5 Harlan and Hollingsworth Cos Yard
3-6 Maryland Avenue aud Cedar street
Al Warmers Wharf.
Az Heald and Lobdell SITS. South Wilm.
4-3 Eighth and BToomc streets.
"A Pennsylvania Ave. and VanBulen SITS.
OIL Thirteenth and Washington streets.
Test signal at 0 a. M, each morning.
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SHIRTSi sHIRTSI

If you are in want of perfect fitting
white shirt, 307 Market street is the place to
get them. All our shirts are our own make.
Shirts made to order, and fit guaranteed.
w. II. Sincock, 307 Market street.
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to indicate TINT 1t has passed through the requisite
eSaminafi and is ready to be placed upon file. It
Is then taken and placed In accorded toiL
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-11

are handed over to those who have in charge the
business of examining each separate paper to make
sure that advertisements ordered from the Agency
are inserted according to specifications contract
The country is divided into eight sections and
hpportloned, OFT. one person attends to papers
issued in the City and State of New York another
checks those in States by; one has Canada one
the South, another the Territories and Pacific
Coast, and so on.
With his book spread out before him the work of
examination and checking proceeds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18

cattle corn fodder, cut when in blossom,
bound and set up until cured, or till
winter, when 1T isremoved to the barn.
lie gets seven tons of the dry fodder to
the acre, and claims it is worth as much
as the best of hay.
THE swine-growers, remarks a New
York exchange, are just now advocat-
Ing hogs with more lean meat. This is
move in the right direction. The
stylish hogs OF the past decade have
been but little more than mere lumns
of animated lard. Give the hogs q,
range with pasture, and feed less corn,
That will certainly improve the qua
ity of the pork.
A FARMER, the Boston TRANSCRIPT
reports, IN an experiment with a.
hundred plum trees, busted five trees
with airslacked lime just as the bios
SONS were falling, and repeated the
application every two weeks several
times. From the five trees so treated
he secured good crops of plums, but
upon the remaining ninety-fve trees
the curculio did not allow a single
plum to mature. This is an impor~
tant discovery to plum-growers should
the method prove effectual hereafter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
A Novel Experiment.

The low black hull of one-hundred-
foot boat, on the ways at Poillon' s
ship building yard in Brooklyn, is the
first thing that strikes the eve of a
stranger entering the gates. This is
the boat whose motive power is to
create revolution in naval propul-
sion. She has been designed by Mr..
Townsend, foreman of the yard, and
will be launched in three weeks. A
little ten-horse power steel engine has
been built in Pittsburg and
finished in Jersey City from the
designs of Sam Secor, son of the man
who built the original Fulton's
engines. This will be placed in her hull
and used to compress air, 500 pounds
to the square inch, which will then be
stored in vessel similar to those used
in soda-water fountains. 1t will then
be mixed with vaporized crude
petroleum which forms an explosive
to be fired by an electric spark, through
cylinders leading to holes in the side
of the vessel. This causes a powerful
conclusion on the water and gives the
motive power. There are two holes
on either side, twelve feet from the
SU0Iu, WHICH, run dlulOSU p6Idllel Will
sides. These are used for forward
propulsion. Two more, nine feet
further forward, at right angles with
the sides, will stop the boat by stimuli
taneous discharge or turn her by a
single discharge. By experiments al
ready tried it has been demonstrated
that seventy-fve explosions a minute
can be obtained, each one with force
enough to blow an ordinary fagstone
eighty or ninety feet. The boat has
been built for S. Secor & Sons, who
furnished the necessary $4,000 to
carry out the plans. A stock COM
pany with a capital of $1O,OOO,OOO
has been formed, and should the ex-
pertinent prove a success, ten acres OF
ground on the water front will be
bought, buildings put up and the bust
ness Of building these vessels begun on
a. large scale. 1t is said that any kind
of vessel afoat, either sailing orsteam,
can be altered in a very short time
and the necessary engines put in.
Patents in this and in every country
of Importance have been issued fully
covering all the points Of the inven-
ton. The boat when launched will be
rugged as a schooner, and the trial
will then take place.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
To q CoId-Footed Lady.

Madam, allow me to prescribe for
you. Ihave had a long experiencei in the
management of delicate women, and
believe [ can give you some important
advice. For the present [ prescribe
only for your feet.
1st. Procure a quantity of wooden
stockings, not such as you buy at the
stores under the name of lambs wool,
that you can read a newspaper
through, but the kind that your Aunt
Jerusha in the country knits for you,
that will keep your feet dry and warm
in spite Of wind and weather.
I'd. If you want to be really thor
ough change them every morning,
hanging the fresh ones by the fire dur
ing the night.
Sd. Procure thick calf-skin boots,
double uppers and triple soles, and
wear them from the first of October till
the first of May. Make frequent ap-
plications of some sood oil blacking.
4th. Avoid rub bers altogether, ex-
cept a pair of large rubber boots,
which may be worn for little time
through snow drifts or a. flood of
water.
9Th. Hold the bottoms of your feet
in cold water a quarter of an inch
deep, just before going to bed, two or
three minutes, and then rub them hard
with rough towels and your naked
hand.
9th. Now, madam, go out freely in
all weathers, and believe me, not only
will your feet enjoy good circulation,
but, as a consequence of the good cir
culation in the lower extremities, your
head will be relieved of all it's fulness
and your heart of it's palpitations.
Your complexion will be greatly i'm
proved and your health made better
in every respect.-Dr. Dio Lewis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
Saving a Life.
From the Youths Comnanion.l


One day last winter, 1883-84, when
the mercury was down somewhere in
the forties below, an open sleigh stage
was making its way along mountain
road between two Montana towns.
The only passengers were a woman and
her young child. They were scantily
clad FOR the rigorous weather, and the
woman removed one of her wraps to
protect the child. The driver discerned
that she was growing drowsy, and
warned her of the deadly peril of fall
ing asleep. 1t was of no use, nor did
the vigorous shaking be gave her serve
to keep her awake. Finally the driver
seized Der, threw her out into theroad,
and drove off with the child at rapid
pace. This last expedient was success
full. Awakened by the shock of the
fall, the woman saw the stage disap-
pearing with her child. Her maternal
instincts were aroused. She ran after
the stage as fast as she could; the
driver slackened up a little, but did
not stop till he saw that the poor
mother was thoroughly warmed by
the exercise. Her life was saved. An
hour later the stage reached astation,
where buffalo robes were obtained to
protect her against the deadly cold
for the remainder of the Journey.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
A Remarkable French Story.

A curious story has just been pub
llshed by La France, a conservative
journal Of Paris, which has created a.
great sensation and much uneasiness
in Orl9anist irc'es. The author of
this story, or revelation, is M de
Saint Felix, doctor of laws, and an
eminent member of the P Paris bar. The
story in question was shown by M. de
Saint Felix to Gambetta previous to
the latter's death, and received the in
dorsement Of the great tribune. NJ
de Saint Felix, however, deferred the
publication of the story till he should
secure all the documents and proof
pertaining to it. These he claims to
have now, and he announces that he
will publish them in their entirety. NJ.
de Saint Felix will undertake to prove
from the documents in his possession
that the present Orleans princes
do not in reality belong to the
house of Orleans at all. In 1773, so
the story runs, Philippe Egalite, then
only Earl of Joinville, was travelling
in Italy with his wife, who during
their tour, gave birth in Florence to
daughter, who was named Maria Stel-
Ia. The Earl Of Joinville, fearing lest
no more children would be born to
him, as he was suffering from the ef-
fects of a shattered constitution and
a dissolute life, gave his daughter to a
seaman of the name of Chiappini, re-
ceiving in exchange a newborn son of
the latter. Chiappini received for his
share in the transaction large sum
of money. His male child was repre-
sented as the son of Philippe Egallte,
and afterward became Duke of Or
leans, and in 1880 King Louis Phil
ippe of France, from whom the pres
ent Orleans family is descended. The
poor girl Maria Stella, so cruelty sacri-
feed to the exigencies of royalty, sub
sequently married an English peer,
Lord Marlborough, and afterward an
actor. Shehas left many descendants,
one OF whom is a we'll known canta-
trice. M. de Saint Felix promises to
reveal the latter's name, when he will
publish all his documents in detail. It
is needless to add that the publica-
ton of this bit OF family history is Gag
erly awaited by the scandal-loving Pa
risian public.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
FARM AND HOME.
Mothers Room,

I'm awfully sorry for poor Jack Roe;
He's the boy that lives with his aunt you know
And he says his house is filled with gloom
Because it has got no mothers ROOM
tell you what, it is fine enough
TO talk of ''bOudoirs' and such fancy stuff,
But the room of rooms that seems best to me-
The room where I'd always rather be,
Is mothers room, where a fellow can rest,
And talk of things his heart loves best.
What if I do get dirt about,
And sometimes Startle my aunt with shout;
1t is mothers ROOM and if she don't mind,
TO the hints of others I'm always blind.
Maybe lose my things-what then?
In my mothers room find them again.
And I've never denied that litter the floor
With marbles and tops and many things more
But tell you for boys with a tired head
1t is jolly to rest it on mothers bed.
Now poor Jack Roe, when he visits me,
/ take him to mothers room, you see,
Because it's the incest place to go
When a fellows spirits are getting low
And mother, she's always kind and sweet
And there's always a smile poor Jack to greet
And somehow the sunbeams seem to glow
More brightly in mothers room, know,
Than anywhere else; and you'll never find gloom
Or any old shadow in mothers room
-Harper's Young People.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18

''I call, madam" he said, ''to make
a few inquiries concerning a girl you
hired about three weeks ago-a girl.
named Peggy. | should like my in
qulries to be quite private the pres
ent, if you please"
Mrs. Savage Instantly summoned
her husband and sister.
The parlor doors were closed, and
the visitor began:
81 do not wish the girl co suspect
anything as yet. If you can keep her
from leaving the house you will oblige
me-"
sSheleft us this morning" said Mrs
Savage.
II am very sorry to hear that" said
the gentleman. pray, may [ ask if
anything singular occurred during her
stay ?"
"Sir," said Mr.. Savage, something
singular did occur. | presume you
hope to investigate the phenomenon ?"
"Well, sir" said the other, Il don't
call it that, you know. [ see you've
been taken in, just as the Smiths
were. She's a cute girl, that Peggy"
t'My dear SIR" cried Mr.. Savage,
''you scientific men doubt everything.
Now, it is certain to me that Peggy
has double. myself"
"My dear sir" cried the other, sstop
a bit. Pm not exactly what you sup
pose me- Pm a detective. Peggy
double is deaf and dumb twin sister,
as like as two peas, and this ghost
dodge is her little game. She SNUG
giles the dumb girl into the house she
lives at, and she goes through the
closets and trunks. Has the lady
made certain that nothing is gomez"
The wraith-seers stared at each 9TH
er.
Mr.. Savage turned red.
The ladies rushed upstairs together
A few moments inspection proved
to them that they had been robbed.
While Peggy had been exhibiting her
bundle the double had walked away
with another, containing laces, jewel
ry, and other small matters, not to
speak of Mr.. Savage's watch, which
he had left on the stand in his room
that morning, and the cuckoo clock
from the back parlor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
A Good investments.

A genteel, but somewhat shabbily
dressed man called at the Office of q
banker, to whom he had previously
addressed note.
"You say you wish to talk with me
about an arrangement by which [ can
make money!"
eyes, sir, that is the object o. my
visit"
"Well, proceed"
''I take it that you are O. public
spirited man, and charitably dis
posed?"
eyes, moderately So"
''Well, / intend to commit suicide
and leave my family utterly destitute.
OF course, a collection will be taken
up for my surviving family, and you
will be called on to subscribe. You
cannot get out OF it decently under
twenty dollars
"Well ?"
"Now, I'll agreeto postpone my rash
act indefinitely. III compromise the
matter for So. That is only 10 per
cent. of what you would have to pay.
All ask is the ordinary commission.
By this arrangement you make SIS
off-hand, without investing cent"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
The Wealth Of Chilli.
From the Boston Commercial Bullet

From the Boston Commercial Buetin.1
The worlds supply of nitrate of So
da and guanO has been obtained from
the arid rainless west coast regions OF
South America. Along the southern
coast OF Peru are series of rocky,
desolate islands on which no rain ever
falls and only the gentlest breezes
sweep. There are at present, as there
have oeen for centuries, myriads of sea
birds along the coast, and they, with
thousands of sea lions, ive breed and
die upon these islands. Guano is a.
mixture of the excrement of these
seals and birds, the decomposed bod
les of both and the bones of the fishes
which have been their food.
These deposits have been accumu-
lating for centuries and in many places
are hundreds of feet deep, baked into
q solid mass by the tropical sun.
These masses of guano were worked
by the Peruvian government from
1916, when their value as fertilizers
became understood, up to the war
with Chill in 1880. The annual shin.
ments to Europe and the United
States amounted to millions of tons.
valued at between $2O,OO0,OOO and
$3O,OOO,OOO, all above the expenses
OF working being clear profit This
should have enriched Peru, but II
merely enriched her governing classes.
During the war the Chilians seized the
islands and annexed them to Chill.
There have been no exports of guano
since, but the Gillian government is
making preparations to resume ship
ments, and it will probably be il the
market again next year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
The Hired Man.

Curiously enough, the term 'hired
man" is only applied to man who
works on a. farm, as though other
men were not hired. There are many
grades of hired men. A good one is
cheap at high wages, and bad or in
different one is dear If he works for
nothing and boards himself
Usually, farmers do not seem to re-
realize the important position that
such a man holds, nor is sufficient
caution exercised in filling it. In the
first place. the hired man is brought
continually in contact with the boys
on the farm. He has seen considera-
BILE of the world, at least more
than they have, and his daily
walk and conversation exert a mate
rial influence over them. Many a.
farmers lad has received his first les
son in iniquity from such a teacher,
vet the fathers of these same have
wondered at their deviations from the
paths of rectitude, When the farmer
has but one assistant it is obvious
that much must be left to his discre-
ton, and that the employers success
depends largely upon the information
and zeal of the man thus employed.
He should certainly be interested to
an extent beyond the question of
wages. Notice your man. Does he
allow a barn door to be slammed off
it's hinges by the wind? Does he care
for the stock as though it were his own !?
Is he economical in the use of your
implements, seeds and timer Is he a
careless driver? Does he leave stock
exposed to cold and storms? Does
he drink or gamble, and is the Ian
guage he uses such as you want your
children to hear? Such questions are
deserving of consideration; indeed.
they are of vital Importance to one
who has the welfare of his family and
the success of his business at
heart. But | am not writing in dis
paragement of these men; on the con-
trary, believe the good qualities of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
Seedlings.

Ducks should have apartments
separate from other fowls.
ABOUT / per cent. of the farm land
OF this country IS taken up by fences.
FEED fattening pigs charcoal two or
three times week, to prevent acidity
of tine stomach.
A CANADIAN farmer is trying the ex-
pertinent of introducing prairie chick
ems on his farm.
MORE than $4,000, 1000 worth of
dairy products are annually imported
into Great Britain.
AS bluegrass seed improves with
age, it is perhaps the most valuable
grass for permanent pasture.
Stop churning when the butter has
come in the granular form. Any
further agitation Injuries the butter.
A COLORADO paper says that '.the
COW may be queen, the horse king and
the sheep away up in royal honors,
but it is an indisputable fact that the
hog, under the impetus of alfalfa and
pea food, is approaching dangerously
near the throne"
If in growing wheat or corn, or cot
ton, we can find foreign customers as
we'll as home consumers, at a profit,
we do we'll; but if we add the skilled
labor of our own people to these and
all other products, and then sell at
profit, we do better.-WOrld.
ONE of the most successful of Illinois
dairymen keeps 100 cows, but never
raises pound of hay. He feeds his
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
EnsiIage in the West.

Here, again, whatever may be the
economy OF ensllage, preserved in silos,
In the East, or where grain and hay
are scarce, the Western feeder or breed
er will not invest largely in ensilage.
We think, however, that it will be
found economical as partial ration,
in connection with dry food in winter,
wherever stock is kept in stables. The
chief advantage of ensilage, however,
will be found in furnishing some succu-
lent food in the winter. This is desir-
able everywhere, especially for mich
COWS and young stock generally. With
the best facilities it may be put in the
silo at from 81 to ST.. SO per ton. 1t
will never, however, compare econom-
ically with hay, where it may be so
cheaply raised as in the West; certain
ly not with Indian corn, whatever it's
more enthusiastic advocates may say
Of it's feeding value Ensilage is not
better than green grass, ton for ton,
and will not feed so far, ton for ton, as
well-cured hay. Yet we have heard it
stated in public that two tons of ensi-
lage would winter COW. What non
sense! Grass, without the moisture
vi L GILL VI uoW duuou, CONTAINS ABOUT
rs per cent. of water in a fairly succu-
lent state, ranging from somewhat less
than 70, when nearly ripe, to even 85
per cent. when quite young. Red clover,
green, as shown by Prof May, con-
tains S1.O6 of water and 296 of flesh
formers. Ensilage contains, or should
contain, nearly all the moisture of
fresh hay. Will any onesay that green
grass will feed, ton for ton, with we'll
cured hay? 1t is nonsense.-Cor.
Breeders Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-18
Good Model for a Snow-PIow.

made a snow-plow few days
since IN less than half an hour that
had saved it's cost several times over
already, in time that would otherwise
have been spent in shoveling paths. 1t
is shaped like g. letter A. The sides
are pine boards, twelve inches wide
and six feet long. The inside edges
at the front are beveled to unite in O.
point, while the rear ends are four feet
apart. A strong cleat is nailed hori-
zontally to the inside of each side,
three feet from the front end to sup
port the cross-bar or brace. This is
of one and half inch plank eighteen
inches wide, cut to the right length
and angle to fit. A hole for q cleVis-
pin four inches from the front and
three from the top completes the pillow.
This is lighter than is generally made,
planks being more often used. But, if
well nailed, the above will be found
amply strong with the additional adj
vantage of being light and easy to
handle. [ use whiffletree, a short
chain, and q clevis. I regulate the
draft by frightening or shortening the
chain. use one horse; stand on the
cross-bar and ride except when turn
ing around. In very heavy snow it
may be necessary to go more than
once in a place. Hitch a horse to it
the first thing in the morning after q
fall of snow, and in fifteen minutes you
can make clean wide paths to the
barn, courthouse, clothes-line, road,
sidewalk, etc., and will find it much
pleasanter than wading around in the
snow or spending hours of time in
shoveling paths.-Cor. Mirror and
Farmer.