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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-12

EQUITABLE LOAN AssOCI ALTON
ID now offers another Opportunity to
persons wishing 70 Join one of the most
reliable and prosperous Associations
now doing business in thls city. shares
are limited in number. Monthly pay
inonts. one doilurper STARE. Par value
of each siiare Mt maturity 500, Money
always ready to loan on good security.
Buy u home witliyou Wings and stop
paying rent, or roduce the IN mortgage now
on your property by easy monthly pay
nents, Subscribe for shares ut once
ana he ready to secure a home lThe the
opportunity Offers. Apply To SAMUEL
q. PE1RCE. FROST, WIN. T.. iIAW klNS,
secretary, 7l2 Market street.
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-12

UNoR sALE-THE TWO HOUSES NOS
~ t23 and t90 Il. Eleventh street. For
sale or rent. a two story brick house, No.
N klund street, 6 rooms. Apply to II.
y. VERNON, this Office je.tf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-12

FOR RENT-A FARM CONTAINING lIC
acres, good nclghborhood, convenient
to schools and churches Frazer & Co,
81 & Market st. mll-;tf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-12
Ayers
SarsaparilIa

Prepared BY DR.. j. @. Eyer SEQ, Lowell, Mass
Sold by oil Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, s5
Cures others, will cure you
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-12
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT OR SALES oFTHE BEST
built 2-story houses west OF Market,
Harrison street between 5th 4 9Th within
one square OF the new electric railway
and two squares of the 6th street line
These houses have rooms open and back
stairs, gas fixtures, heaters In cellar, and
everything complete. Apply on premises
or to Hubert Cassidy, Broom g. banning
streets. or p. j. Long, sOi W. sd street.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
Growing Peanuts.

A sandy, loamy soil is best for the
peanut crop. It should be well prepared
by plowing and thoroughly narrowing
The method of planting should be largely
determined by the plan of cultivation
that is to be followed. If the hoe oi
small garden cultivator is to be used tE'
rows can be made much closer together
than if the horse cultivator is to be used.
In garden cultivation eighteen ircAc:
each way is plenty close, while if thu
horse cultivator is used rows should DC Il:
least three feet apart and the plants tif'
teen or eighteen inches apart in the row.
Mark out the rows shallow, as only AZ
inch or two of soil is necessary to cover.
While it will require longer time toi
the seeds to germinate, the better plan is
to plant the whole nut. They will ger
inmate in less time if the hull is taken
off, but if this is done care must be
taken not to break the skin around the
kernel. Generally it is best to plant two
or three in each place and thin out rather
than be obliged to replant. From May
1 to 10 is good time to plant. There
is no special advantage in planting to''
early, the better plan being to wait until
the soil is thoroughly warmed and the
danger of frost past.
In planting the seeds it is usually hes!
to press the soil down on them after
planting in order to have them come into
close contact with the soil, securing III
this way better germiuation OF the
seed. 1t is important that thorough cul,
tivation be given, keeping the weeds
down and the soil worked into good
tilth, taking care in working among the
vines not to disturb them. The greater
part of the cultivation must be given
before the vines get started to running,
as they should not be moved, especially
after they begin to blossom. With care
in the preparation of the soil and good
early cultivation they grow very steadily
and yield lar gely.-st. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
Cows in a Palace.

One of the most renowned buildings ia
Europe is the great "Winter Palace in
st. Petersburg, built in the reign OF the
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.
Successive imperial families have taken
up their residence in this palace, the last
Emperor being the Car Alexander IL.
After the mysterious dynamite explosion
which was effected in this Empelor's pri-
vate dining-room an investigation was
commanded, and list made of such per-
sons as were employed in the palace,
when it was found that over and above
the army of regular employees as many as
four hundred people in no way on the
list we're living there!
And extraordinary as it may appear,
on further investigation we'll regulated
farm in full operation was discoverd uu.
der the imperial roof! There was apoul-
try yard, a piggery, and several COWS,
the owner of this extensive estate making
q comfortable profit on the sale of his
produce to the royal kitcheu.-Neao York
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
A Hog on Americas First Coinage,

The earliest coins for American use
are said to have been made of brass, on
the Bermuda Islands, about 1912. Cap.
tain John Smith appointed Daniel Tucker
as Governor of Bermuda, and his history
states that this Governor enforced labor,
and that the colonists had "besides
meat, drink and clothes certain kinde
of brasse money, with hogge on one
side, in memory CT the abundance of
hogges was found at their first landing"
Previous to this time Sir Thomas Gates
and party of $50 had been wrecked on
the islands, and for nine months they
subsisted chiefly on the flesh of wild
hogs. The gratitude Of these people
knew no bounds, and they stamped the
image of their benefactor in brass and
used it as money-the most endearing
form it could possibly assume.
From first to last the hog has been a
faithful friend to the American people,
and, whatever esthetlcism might have
urged to the contrary, it was but simple
justice to allow the hog the honor Of
taking the lead in furnishing the device
for American coins.-Mu York Com
mercial Adoertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
August
FlOWi,er''.

There is a gentle
Dyspepsia. man at Malden-on-
the HUDSON, N. Y,
named Captain A. G.. Pareis, who
has written US a letter in which Il
is evident that he has made up his
mind concerning some things, and
this is what he says: az
II have used your preparation
called August Flower in my family
for seven or eight years. 1t is CON.
stantly in my house, and we consider
it the best remedy for Indigestion,
and Constipation we
Indigestion. have ever used or
known. My wife IS
troubled with Dyspepsia, and at
times suffers very much after eating.
The August Flower, however, re-.
lieves the difficulty. My wife fre-
quently says to me when I am going
to town, We are out
Constipation of August Flower,
and think you had
better get another bottle am also
troubledwith Indigestion, and when
ever ! ain, I take one or two tea-s
spoonfuls before eating, for day OF
two, and all trouble is removed. "9
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Nhy Men-of-War's Men Fight.

ut is a curious thing, and one which
l could never satisfactorily account for, !"
said an old navy man the other day,
"but if the crews of an American and
British man -of-war are given leave at
the same time in foreign port, the re-
suit of broken heads and noses is no
more matter of speculation than the
calculation of the next eclipse. As soon
as they meet a row is started, which
generally ends with all hands being lis
ablcd or arrested-sometimes both.
cit frequently happens that the police
interfere with the contestants. The un.
written law in this case is for the bellig.
Grants to join for les against the common
enemy. have often seen them come
out victorious in their contests with the
,fficers of the law, and, after adjourning
10 neighboring saloon for refreshments,
begin again their interrupted hostilities.
"But it is ouly on neutral ground
that these general engagements take
place. If they meet on English or Amer
lean soil each tries to outvie the other in
hospitality.-Neao York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
SPRING PIGS.

Many pigs are annually lost during
April and May from lack Of little prep
aration for farrowing time. The sows
are allowed to run at large until one day
when the owner discovers fine litter of
pigs in the mud or wet straw; if not all
dead, so near it that they soon die from
from the effects of such exposure. The
better plan is to provide comfortable,
dry quarters month in advance, allow
ing the stock plenty of time to become
accustomed to their sleeping places, CIV
ing them full freedom in the pasture or
lots during the day, but at night shutting
them up in their pens. From twenty-four
to rty-eight hours before farrowing
the SOW will gather together the straw in
the pen, and "make her bed" She
will need plenty of water to drink at
this time, and oats, shorts, or bran may
comprise the greater portion of her feed.
If the sow is feverish from constipation
she will be very uneasy, cross, and pos
sibly eat her litter as soon as farrowed.
If any such disposition is shown, her
cravings will be satisfied if given a good
sized piece of salt pork, when she will
become quiet and probably do well.
The little pigs will be inclined to lie
together in q nest if not disturbed, and
will not take the exercise they need.
While the old one is eating her morning
meal the little fellows should be stirred
out of their heated nest, and made to
scampcr about the pen for few min
utes, until the bed has become cooled
off.
At two weeks old they begin to eat
and drink if little place is made for
them to creep into. At four weeks old
they need plenty of milk in little
trough, so they will not depend alto
gether on the dam for their support.
Allow the SOW to run in pasture by
herself portion of each day, while the
pigs remain in the pen. As the pigs be-
come larger they may 60 out with the
old one, and will enjoy q run in the
grass and sun. Feed for lean meat for
i've months, then fatten in four months,
and get them up to two hundred and
twenty-five pounds anyway, and as much
heavier as possible.-American Agricu!-
turist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
A SuperstitiOus Girl.

I am not superstitious; I never was.
But know a girl who carries the left
hind foot of a rabbit in her pocket, trims
her hair by the light of the moon, who
won't change garment put on wrong
side out, who throws salt over her left
shoulder, who won't cut her nails on
Sunday, who believes IN odd numbers,
who never misses a chance to touch a
hunchback, who won't cross funeral
unless she is in hurry, who is in despair
if she sees the new moon over her left
shoulder, who believes the first one tc
move from the marriage altar will die
first, who thinks a dropped knife or fork
or cracking fire brings company, who
believes broken mirror brings seven
years of bad luck, who wears ring or
her left thumb; and that girl is-Nellie
Bly.-Nelln BIZ, in Beltord.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
Roman and Greek Coins.

When was in the old Roman and
Greek cities where Government excava.
tions are going on Twas continually ac-
costed by workmen who wanted to sell
me some ancient coins that they had dug
up and kept from the overseer's eye. 1t
is from such dug-up cities as Pompeii
that old Roman coins are obtained. The
workmen find coin caskets, earthen jars
and vases filed to the brim with coin.
The most common of these is the denaril
of Antoninus Plus, Trajau and Hadrian.
They sell for about fifty cents apiece in
this country, but, of course, you can get
them for much less where they "grow."
The most common Greek antique coin is
the tetra drachm, a silver coin about as
big as our half dollar. As said, when
pot of coins is found by one of the
workmen lie has to turn it over to the
Government, but when one of them comes
across some choice single specimen he is
apt to tuck it in his pocket and try to
sell it on the sly to American tourists
or local coin buyers.-St. Louis Globe
De,n0crat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
Suicide Brought Tom Thumb Fame.

The beginning OF Tom Thumbs career
OF almost unexampled prosperity was
not without vicissitudcs, said the London
Telegraph, in its Barpum obituary. He
made his first bow some five and forty
years ago at the Princess's Theatre, in
Oxford street, but the patrons ofa house
then dedicated to the performance of
English and foreign opera could sec
nothing worthy of applause in the clumsy
antics of a diminutivc brat dressed up as
a caricature of the Great Napoleon.
The "General' WAS a complete fiasco
on the stage cf the Princess. The show
was transferred to the Egyptian Hall,
and there, by what appeared TO be a
stroke of i'll luck, but which practically
turned out to be IN extremely fortunate
contingency for the dwarf, he unwit-
tingly came in collision with the brave
but haplcss English painter Hayden.
The huge pictures of this ill-under-
stood Artist were being exhibited In one
section of the hall, and attracting only
q few shillings, while the "Generall' in
another part of the building was draw
ing hundred pounds a da7. Shortly
afterward Hayden, in paroxysm of in.
sanity, engendered by sheer despair, de-
stroyed himself.
According to the fitness of things, this
lamentable catastrophe should have been
the ruin of Barnum and his exhibition.
In the newspapers of the time he was
held up to execration as a"Yankce show
man" with "yawping pockets" and the
dimiuutive urchin whose popularity had
maddened the poor painter was de-
nounced as "a disgusting dwarf" The
takings at the turnstiles, nevertheless, in
creased daily, and Tom Thumb only sus-
pended his crowded scanccs in Picca-
dilly to make a triumphant tour in the
provinces, and an equally remunerative
Continental round.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
Stone That May be Moulded.

A new artificial stone which can be
melted AID cast in moulds, is said to be
a compound, partly chemical and partly
mechanical, of iron, sulphur and silicon,
with more or less foreign matter. Its
normal color is a dark slate, which can
be modified by pigments. The material
has the hardness of bluestone, and can
be worked by the usual stone-cutting
tools. turned in lathe, or planed. The
tensil strength is from $50 to 1900
pounds per square inch, and compression
OF 5000 to 10000 pounds is withstood.
The specific gravity is about 2.6; the
melting point about 300 degrees Fahr.
The now stone is described under the
name "Ferroid. - Trenton IN. y
american. "
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The Dying Huanac0.

1t is we'll known that at the southern
extremity of Patagonia the huanacos
have dying place, a spot to which al:
the individuals inhabiting the surround,
ing plains repair at the approach oi
death to deposit their bones. Darwin
and Fitzroy first recorded this strange
instinct. in their personal narratives, and
their observations have since been fully
confirmed by others. The best known
of these dying or burial places are or
the banks of the Santa Cruz and Gallegos
Rivers, where tho river valleys are
covered with dense primeval thickets ol
bushes and trees of stunted growth !
there the ground is covered with the
bones of countless dead generations.
1.-THE animals" says Darwin, Sin mnsI
cases must have crawled, before dying,
beneath and among the bushes" >" A
strange instinct in creature so pre-.
eminently social IN its habits, dwellei
all its life long on the open, barren
plateaus and mountain sidesl
What a subject for painter! The
gray wilderness of dwarf thorn trees.
aged and grotesque and scanty-leaved,
nourished for a thousand years on the
bones that whiten the stony ground at
their roots, the interior lit family with
the rays of the departing sun, chill and
gray, and silent and motionless-the
huanaco's Golgotha. In the long cen
turies, stretching back into a dim i'm.
measurable past, so many of this race
have journeyed hither from the mountain
and the plain to suffer the sharp pang of
death, that, to the Imagination, some.
thing of it all seems to have passed into
that hushed and mournful nature. And
now one more, the latest pilgrim, has
come, all his little strength spent in his
struggles to penetrate the close thicket ;
looking old and gaunt and ghostly in
the twilight; with long, ragged hair
staring into the gloom out of death
dimmed, sunkcn eyes. One artist we
have who might show it to us on canvas,
who would be able to catch the feeling
of such a scene-of that mysterious, pas
sionless tragedy of naturc-the painter,
I mean, OF the "Prodigal' and the
"Lioness Defending her Cubs"
To his account of the animals dyiag
place and instinct Darwin adds: 81 dc
not at all understand the reason of this,
but l may observe that the wounded
huanacos at the Santa Cruz invariably
walked toward the river. ."-Longman's s
Mnn1zine.
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THE SPADE.

Digging is fine art. For one man
who handles the spade Alright there are
dozens who know not the secret. The
superiority Of this implement over the
pillow lies in its ability to more carefully
pulverize, deepen and prepare the soil.
Yet, as often used, the ground might as
we'll be plowed. If one would be an
artist in this line, his ambition mus. be,
not to see how much soil he can turn
over in morning, but how completely
the patch spaded is prepared for the
needs of vegetable life. The very es-
sencc of this art is to pulverize the soil,
as the plow, turning it over and leav-
ing it in heavy Jumps, does not do. At
each stroke, therefore, the spade should
cut out thin slice of earth. Holding
the implement at only slight angle
from the perpendicular, crowd it down
to its full depth. The mass which it
raises should then, when deposited, be
smartly struck with the fiat side of the
tool until it crumbles into powder. 1t
will be seen, therefore, that spading
must not be done when the ground is
wet. This would always be waste of
labor; in clayey soils the result is posi-
lively damaging, sometimes entailing evil
results which it takes years to overcome.
Use every device, in short, to keep the
the true soil fine and open, and to deepen
it, if possible, without mixing too much
with the sub-soil. The value of the
work lies in exact proportion to the in
telligence with which it is done. Spad-
ing is noble and manly exercise, for
which these spring days offer fine op-
portunities. The inauguration received
from morning hour spent at it may be
felt through the whole day; other equally
valuable and pleasant results will follow
during the entire season. One caution,
however If the weather is cold and the
soil damp, it is positively necessary to
work unintermittingly, without stopping
to ''cool off," and then change the fan
nels and bathe the body the moment one
enters the house. If you neglect these
precautions you will probably rue it.
Boston Transcript.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM ANS GARDEN.
FEEDING ANIMAL MEAL.

What is known as animal meal is pre-
pared from meat taken from the slaughter
houses, dried and ground. 1t is excel
lent for all kinds of poultry, and especial
ly for laying ducks. Avoid feeding it
too literally. A half pound, once day,
for dozen hens, is ample, where the
hens have access to green food. Much
of the animal meal sold contains steamed
bone, and is therefore an excellent food
for providing lime for the shells. 1t is sold
for about three cents per pound.-Farm
and FIreside.
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Talks cheap: but when it's
backed up ty a pledge Of the
hard eask of a financially re-
sponsible firm, or company, Of
worldwide reputation for fair
and honorable dealing, ii
means business !
Now, there are scores of
sarsaparillas and other blood
purifiers, all cracked up to be
the best, purest, most peculiar
and wonderful, but bear in
mind (for your own sake),
there's only one guaranteed
blood-purifer and remedy for
torpid liver and all diseases
that come from bad blood.
That Outstanding solitary
and alone-sold on trial, is
DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery.
If It don't do good in skin,
scalp and scrofulous diseases
and pulmonary consumption
is only lung-scrofula- let
its makers know and get your
money back.
Talks cheap, but to back a
poor medicine, or a common
one, by selling it on trial, as
Golden Medical Discovery :"
is sold, would bankrupt the
largest fortune.
Talks cheap, but only dis
covery" is guaranteed.
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FIRST lIAYISG.

Clover and orchard grass are the first
to ripen for hay, land can nearly always be
cut and stored away before wheat har-
vest. They both ripen at the same time,
and for this reason can often be sown to-
gether to much better advantage than
almost any other two varieties grown for
hay. One advantage in having the acre.
age in meadow divided among the diff
fercnt varieties is that the season is
heightened, clover and orchard grass
coming in first, then timothy, redtop,
and, lastly, millet or Hungarian.
This affords a much better opportunity
of getting all the work done in good sea-
son with less extra help than large
acreage Of one variety, which must be
cared for at once. The nesrer grass for
hay can be cut at the right stage the bet
ter the quality of the hay, provided, of
course, that good care is taken in curing
and storing it away. II cut too carly
the plants contain too much water, so
that in drying cut there is loss. If el-
lowed to get too ripe before cutting
there ls too much woody fiber that con-
tains little or no nutriment. With
clover especially there is another con-
siderable loss in allowing it to get tro
ripe. and that is the foliage and small
stems break off in handling.
Begin cutting when the larger proper
tion of the head begins to turn blown.
If the weather is unusually showery at
this time it is not good plan to cut too
much down at one time. Cut only in
the morning what can be put up into
cocks in the afternoon. Let it stand all
night and until after noon the next day,
when, if the weather is warm and dry, it
will be sufficiently cured to haul in and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
APPLES FOR Mich COWS.

G.. H. Herrick, Worcester County,
Mass, asks: "Will feeding apples dry
up a cowl" 1t is remembered when it
was common to denounce the feeding Of
oats to mich cows lest it would dry up
the milk. Chemistry has settled this
doubt, added to common sense. There
is much excellent nutrimcnt in apples.
But alone, apples are not a perfect food.
Therefore, apples should be fed with
meals, hay and grain. Apples will pro-
duce plentiful supply of thin milk, but
being deficient IN fat require albumi-
noids and fats or starch to make rich
milk and much butter. Apples, cooked
and raw, are an excellent adjunct to cat
tie foods and folders. There is nothing
SO greedily sought for as apples by milch
COWS. As in the human subject so in
animals, whatever is grateful to the taste
is generally healthful and desirable food.
Persons, especially young ones, thrive
on apples, pears, peaches, grapes and
other fruits. Fruit is both grateful and
healthful. Cooked apples with wheat
bran slop is a special stimulant to the
flow of milk. To this add handful OF
faxseed meal and one of pea meal, and
good rich milk and fine favored butter
will be sure to be produced. Cows un-
accustomed to apples if fed too freely,
especially if the apples are very sour,
might have collie. Cooked corn meal,
ground oats and apples make mest ad.
mirable ration for milk and butter, and
health. Too few roots and too few ap-
pies are fed to cows.-American Agricul-
turiSt.