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CELERY.

GroEnd for this most delicious
vegetable should now be prepared
by being plOugheG deeply and we'll
narrowed. If the land wants ma.
nure give it a good coat Of we'll
rotted manure, put on so thlckly
as TO cover the ground, then cult
vate 1t into the soil and then har-
row the ground fine once more. 1t
is now ready to receive the plant.
Celery that is wanted for use be-
fore January should be planted in
rows. Stretch the line and then
set the plants in after a shower, or
IN the cool of the evening. The
plants should be divided into three
sizes, the longest, the next size,
and the smallest. Plant each kind
separately, as by so doing the
plants can be worked and earthed
up in regular order; if planted
Unfortunately, little and big in
the same rows, this cannot be done,
as when the largely plants are
ready to earth the small ones will
not be. Celery planted in rows all
that is necessary to do is to keep
the soil we'll stirred and the ground
loose around the plant by working
with a sharp two-pronged hoe be-
tween the plants. After one hand
ling the balance of the the earthing
up can be mostly done by the
pillow.
For the main winter crop Of
celery, especially for family use, I
know of no better way than the
old.time bed system. This is a
little more troublesome aud ex-
pensiye, but 1t is much more easily
done, and the celery will keep bet.
ter, especially in our climate,
where we do not have long cold
freezes, but rather an open winter
with much rain. Celery put in
trenches to bleach, as fol-
lowed North, will be found to
rot badly aud to be anything bu: a
satisfactory way OF keeping it. Let
the ground be prepared as descriD-
cd above. Mark off the ground
into beds six feet vide and four
feet on each side OF the bed. Let
the rows he twelve inches apart
and tue plants eight inches in the
row. Plant Onesized plants by
themselves. The working and
cultivation OF the beds is done by
hand. Keep clear of weeds and
the ground loose. DOn's earth up
too soon or too often, as it causes
she celery to grow very tall and
hollow, instead OF being medium
in height and crisp and of a fine
nutty flavor. Tall, coarse celery is
hard to sell in market aud is of
! little value TO those who have once
eaten the best qualities.
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Irate citizen-"Who wrote that
article about me in to DAYS paper 2"
Managing editOr-"Our horse
editor-the gentleman sitting there
in the corner with the bulldog IN
his lap and the donble chin Cd his
blcepsp
Cltizen-"Shake, sir You have
Q tboDderiDg good style"
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THE W0ULD-BE HERO.
THE IDEAL CAREER MARKED OUT
By NUMBERLES3 AMERICAN
BOYS.

White the North American In
dian in lessening number is being
gradually forced into a semi.civil
lied condition, the number of North
American youth who yearn to &c
cunning for the aboriginal remnant
is apparently on the increase. In
tins one feature of our civilization
the world presents no parallel
According to the ethics of juvenile
romance in England, the hero,
with his wardrobe IN blue cotton
handkerchief, decamps from the
paternal roof and ships before tue
mast. lie returns in the due
course of years, respondent with
brass buttons as coxswain Of the
captains gig, or, perhaps, if the
writer's fancy dictates, as the cap
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sea. TO the American boy the
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West have spread their glories and
mysteries before him in the pages
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swells with an enthusiasm as
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OF border warfare awaken within
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animated the pioneers of the west
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reached when he breaks into his
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his fond mothers market money,
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may cross his sanguinary pathway.
When he subsequently returns to
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hair long, his buckskin trousers in
his high.heeled boots, and travels
with a Wild West show at $40 a
week and board.
That this IS the ldeal career
mapped out by numberless thou
sands of American boys is shown
by the frequency with which such
highly sensational designs are
frustrated By hard.hearted police
men and unrOmantic fathers.
Within the past zen days not less
than six runaway boys have been
captured IN Philadelphia, virtually
armed to the teeth, and on their
way to the West. In every case
part of the paraphernalia of the
runaways was a few yellow-back
novels. A brass cannon and 1000
rounds OF ammunition were con-
spicuous IN the armament OF three
boys from Jersey City who we're
apprehended. They had evidently
determined that no Indian should
escape their wrath.
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PRACTICAL HINTS.

The hot aud excessively wet
weather we have had recently, Is
likely to produce the rot IN the
Irish potato crop. 1t sho VS. itself
by whitIsb, discolored spots, that
spread rapidly until the whole
tuber is affected. Upon the first
sign of the disease, dig at once,
Gull out all the tubers, aud spread
the rest as thinly as you eau In a
cool, dry room. Then sprinkle
lime or land plaster over them, aud
look them over every week or two
for sometime, aud remove all that
have the wet rot. The dry rot is
not destructive.
Plant more potatoes now, for a
late crop. They make the best
seed. Old potatoes, if they can be
found, are best for seed. But new
potatoes that have been spread on
the ground and cured, make good
seed. If the weather should be
dry at planting time, wet the ma
nure thoroughly that you put into
the row.
As soon as the rams cease, and
the crops are worked over, SOW
plaster on clover, grass and sweet
potatoes. A little would not harm
tobacco or cotton. This is a cheap
and often very excellent fertilizer,
and not half enough used by
farmers.
If the little green cabbage worms
are troublesome in the garden, get
some insect powder (pyrethrum)
and a hand bellows, and sprinkle
the cabbage buks where the worms
appear to be at work. This powder
is not poisonous to man, but is to
the worms, and the free use OF 1t
will save the cabbage.
Give the horses that are eating
clover or other green feed, and the
COWS. calves and sheep plenty of
salt now. IL checks the slObbers
and scours and is good for the
general health of the animals
And to give the animals a better
appetite, perhaps, and improve
thrift, beat mp or grind mp some
red oak bark and mix it with the
salt. 1t is very good at this
season.
One more good working Of the
crops-cOrn, and truck patches,
will complete the summers opera
tons. Take pains and time to do
we'll. DO not rush. There is
danger in the field now. Avoid
any OverexertiOn or driving. II
flies are troublesome spread net
ting over the teams.
A dark room or shelter for the
sheep and cattle in the pastures to
retire to, and escape the annoyance
of the flies, would be a great
mercy to them. Flies will not fol-
low into a dark place, where the
animals may see little peace. A
flock of chickens and turkeys with
a herd of cattle, will destroy num-
bers Of flies.
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"Willie," said his father sternly,
reaching for the trunk strap, your
mother sent you up here an hour
ago to be punished, and because /
was busy at tue moment you sneak
ed down stairs again. What did
you do that for y
81 went down, sir,' replied the
hoy, looking his father fearlesSly In
the face, "to AVOID punishment"
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A Great Inv entiOn.
EDlsON's PATENT ORE SEPARA.
TOR A SUCCESS.

EDlsON's PATENT ORE SEPARA.
TOR A SUCCESS.
The famous inventor, Thomas A.
Edison, has been at Bechtelsville,
in Berks county, Penn, for nearly
a week, looking after the expert
ments OF his patent iron ore separa-
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revolution in ore mining. Mr..
Edison is accompanied by a num-
Der of New York capitalists. lie
is at the head OF company which
has purchased and leased extensive
ore lands near Bechtelsville, on
which large buildings have been
erected. The experiments have
now been carried on abOnt fcnr
months; work was continued aim ost
night and day and the entire sue.
cess Of Mr.. Edison's invention is
now said TO be assured. The work.
ing Of Mr.. Edlson's invention is ex-
planned in this way The rack con-
tainlng the ore, after passing
through the crusher and beng
broken to about the size of an egg
Is conveyed in small buckets and
dumped into large hopper. From
here it drops out in small stream
down an incline, and passes within
"A few inches of powerful magnet
This is so heavily charged as to
draw the iron ore from it's course
into one channel, and the rock and
other foreign elements contained in
the ore pass through another chan.
mel to the refuse sill. The inven
ton being patented, there is no Sc
cret about Its working.
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More than twenty kingdoms Of
the size of Great Britain and Ire
land could be formed out OF Aus
trali9.
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Hogs give quick Ceturns on an
investment of small capital. 1t is
important, however, that q good
sire be used, and there is the
mating, toe, which should be
stndled.
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Stockton, Cal, asylum whose in
sanity was caused by internal in
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The twins of Mrs. JDo. Emerllng
born at Johnstown since the dlsas'
ter have been named Philip Henry
Wreck and Otto Emil Flood.
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HOW LINCOLN POPPED.
ONE or THE MOST REMARKABLY
PROPOSALS OF MARRIAGE.

ONE Of THE hOoI hEm hhh n DIE
PROPOSALS OF MARRIAGE.
Abraham Lincoln'S offer of mar
riage WAS very curious one, and,
singuiarly enough, IL has hut re-
Gently come to light. Numerous
as his biographers have been, and
closely as they have Cleaned for
Few facts aud materials, 1t was left
for the latest one, Mr. Jesse Welk,
OF Greencastle, Ia discover this
unique and characteristic prOdnc.
ton of Mr.. LlncOln's almost untu-
tOred mind. The letter is one Of
several written, presumably, to the
lady he aftsrward married. Adj
dressed to "My dear Mary" 1t reads
as follows:
"You must know that cannot
see you or think OF you with entire
Indifference; aud yet it may be that
you are mistaken in regard to what
my real feelings toward you are.
If knew you were not, I should
not trouble you with this letter.
Perhaps any other man would know
enough without further Information,
but | consider it my peculiar night
TO plead ignorance and your bOunden
duty to allow the plea. l want in
all cases, to do right, and most par
ticularly so IN all cases with women.
| want at this particular time,
more than anything else, to do right
with you, and if | knew it would
be dong right, as rather suspect
it would, to let you alone, ! would
do it. And, for the purpose of
making the matter as plain as pos.
slble, | nov say you can drop the
subject, dismiss your thOughts-if
you ever had any-frOm me forever,
aud leave this letter unanswered
without calling forth one accusing
mnrmer from me. And | will even
go further, and say that if it will
add anything to your comfort and
peace Of mind to do so, it is my
sincere wish that you should. Do
not understand by this thar / wish
TO cut your acquaintance. | mean
no such thing. What do wish is
that our further acquaintance shall
depend upon yourself. If such
further acquaintance would con-
tribute nothing to yOnr happiness,
| am sure it would not TO mine. If
you feel yourself in any degree
bound to me, | am now willing to
release you, provided you wish it;
while, on the other hand, am vii.
ling and even anxious to blnd you
faster, if | can be convinced that it
will in any degree add to your hap.
piness. This, indeed, is. the whole
question with me. Nothing would
make me more miserable than to
believe you miserable nothing
more happy than to know you were
so. In what | have now said /
think cannot be misunderstood;
and to Lake myself understood is
the only object of this letter. If il
suits you best not to answer this,
farewell. A long life and a merry
one attend you. But if you con.
clude to write back, speak as plainly
as | do. There can be neither
harm nor danger in saying to me
anything you think, Just in the
manner sou think It.
Your friend,
LINCOLN.
Probably this IS the queerest
love letter on record and the most
remarkable offer of marriage ever
made. 1t is love letter without a
word OF love and a proposal Of
marriage that does not propose
From the Jn,};01onoI;s .ToD,.,oJ
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Your friend,

Probably this IS the queerest
love letter on record and the most
remarkable offer of marriage ever
made. 1t is a love letter without a
word OF love and a proposal Of
marriage that does not propose. -
From the Indianapolis journal.
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