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COWS AT PASTURE.
Does 1t Pay to Feed Them Grain Imm'
diate Results Are Not All.


diate Results Are Not All.
We have never settled to our satis-
faction whether or not it paid to feed
cows grain at pasture. The expert
mcnts in this line do not settle the
question for they do not take into con-
sideration the fact that all the gain
there may be from feeding grain does
not show itself Immediately. A horse
in training for big race goes through
months of steady preparation; weeks
training does but little good. 1t is the
constant repetition of his work that
hardens his muscles and prepares him
for the final effort
May it not be so with cows which re-
ceive a little grain while at pasture?
Does not this grain keep them in bet
ter condition and prepare them for a
greater effort at giving large flow Of
milk during the winter months or a
summer drought? We are of the opin-
ion that it does and believe that this is
why the experiments, in which one lot
of cows have had grain for ten days
and another lot none, and then the
two lots changed about, have not
shown any material gain from the
grain fed. -....t ...L.
Like the week Of training for the
racehorse, the short trial of grain does
not prepare the COW for larger flow of
milk. 1t takes preparation for all great
efforts and cows that are wanted to
give large and steady flow of milk for
ten or eleven months of each year must
be prepared for it. Suppose that our
experimenters had taken two lots of
cows which had received only an ordi-
nary grain ration during the winter,
and which had been given about an
equal quantity of milk, and upon turn
ing to pasture the grain was stopped
entirely to one lot, but fed all summer
to the next. would not the cows which
received grain give enough more milk
during the summer, fall and winter to
pay profit on the grain fed?-Practical
Farmer. taAs .rH
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
MANURE fea THE GARDEN.
tsIsohi III Mannrine to BE Learned u tho
Truck Gardener.


Truck Gardener.
The truck gardener uses home and
commercial fertilizers more freely than
any other class of farmers. One main
essential for q good crop of early and
tender vegetables is highly-fertile
soil, and this fertility must be sustained
throughout the year. We learn more
from these truck gardeners what
square yard of soil will yield than
from the large general farms. Gener.
ally the garden Ii situated near a good
market, and land Is 50 valuable that
every foot must be utilized: Land Is
hofe valuable than manure in their
ease, while on many large farms the
reverse Is. the case. A good truck gar
dener will make a half. dozen acres
support Himself and family id comfort,
while many farmer fails behind every
year on so or lOQ-acre farm, The diff
ference, after Ill, is largely in the
methods pursued BY the two men.
The truck farmer teaches tis the
talhe and necessity of intensive farm
ing. Reduce the size of the farm so
that every square yard can be thor
oughly cultivated. 1t improves the
soil as well as increasing the yield.
This is the reason why many small
kitchen gardens of farmers are richer
and more productive than the general
fields They devote more time to it's
cultivation, and incidentally increase
its fertility. Manuring a garden is not
simply applying manure, but is also
stirring up the elements of the soil SO
that they can be used as plant food.
The average field Is allowed to grow
over with weeds at some time, and
after the crop is we'll under way, the
soil can not be fertilized or cultivated
Owing to the absence of air and light
in it, great deal of the fertilizing ele-
ments naturally in the ground is lost
to the crop.
In the maket garden there is con-
tinual cropping and an almost uninter-
rupted use of the land. One crop is
gathered and another is immediately
planted. More manure is used and
plowed and narrowed in. The soil gets
soft, mellow and warm. Weeds are
kept down by the continual cultivation,
and the market gardener can continue
to use this same soil year after year
without its running out. In other
words, this continual cultivation, use
and manuring of the soil is the surcst
way to keep it strong and fertile.
We need plenty of available plant
food in our soil, and it must be put
there literally and in the best form.
But one of the most common things is
to let great deal of this go to waste.
The land is not cultivated sufficiently
to make the food available for the
plants. It consequently leaks down
into the subsoil in the course of time
or is washed away. Very often our ap-
parently unfertile soils do not seem to
improve with the heavy application of
manure; but when they are cultivated
continually, and crops are taken off
and others put in, the land gradually
improves. This is due simply to the
fact that continual cultivation often
fertilizes as much as the manure does.
Cor. American Cultivator.
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with the mad waters sweeping over it,
would be swamped. So great was the
force Of the wind that the men were
almost whirled OF the thwarts. Their
oars snapped asunder like pipe-stems.
But presently the violence Of the gale
beat the sea down fat. The cutter,
with her gunnels almost under. was
sent, Is the coxswain steadily gripped
the tiller, through the kissing waters
with the speed of . rocket. The thick
haze, with black, flying clouds Of
mist, hid the ship from sight. Evident
ly she was scudding away from the
reef upon which, or upon the rocks in
its vicinity, she would have been
driven had she been to windward of it.
All along this reef the breakers now
were leaping and roaring. The course
Of the boat WAS toward the pile OF
sand and granite, from the base OF
which. on the further side from the
shore, the reef commenced. Finally
the craft struck the hillock. The cox
swain, obeying Wayne's order, had
given the 'tiller twist that brought
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fording him a chance to perform any
specially difficult or hazardous duty.
But finally it happened that for q
whole night, while the cruiser was in
the region of the fragrant Moluccas,
or Spice Islands. she had chased feet
of Malay proas, which, by the light of
the moon, had been maneuvering to
attack merchant vessel to leeward.
A mis., at dawn, having hidden the
proas from sight, young Wayne, as
soon as the vapor lifted, was sent of
in the second cutter to ascertain II
they were lurking behind the head
land of an isle near which the sloop
now lay becalmed.
She was nearly hundred fathoms
from the end of = long reef, which,
faced on one side by low, pointed
rocks, extended from the east side of a
hillock of mixed sand, granite frag-
ments and shells, topped by broad,
rocky platform, with low ridge Of
sandstone bordering its edges. Back
of this natural platform, nearly touch
ing it, rose q steep, high wall of beau
tiful coral, now luminous, almost
transparent, being tinted to q soft
crimson by the rays of the morning
sun. A hundred feet to the west of 1t,
separated by deep water, lowered
lofty, perpendicular, porus rocks from
the front of the isle on which was the
headland. The rocks extended for
about the distance of . hundred yards,
and the headland was nearly three
miles further beyond.
A. the cutter approached this eleva-
tiOn, saffron-cOlored haze spread
along the sea and strange hollow
humming was heard in the distance.
Wayne then knew that one of those
sudden, unexpected typhoons, or tenn
pests, common to this region was at
hand. Anxious to perform his mission
the first important one entrusted to
him by his captain-in . creditable
manner, the boy was exhortinR the
oarsmen to pull with will, when he
noticed recall signal waving aboard
the sloop.
Much dis appointed at being thus
ordered to return before he could per-
form the intended service, the lad had
the boat headed back toward the
ship.
But he was still two miles from the
vessel, when the tempest broke forth,
with deafening roar For several
moments it seemed as If the boat,
hurled along, shroudcd in thick spray,
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Marks On the Horse,

A white eye is a glass eye.
A white spot in the forehead is u
star.
A white stripe in the face is blaze.
A white face from eye oeye is bald
face.
A stripe between the nostrils is a
snip.
The first three can't be anywhere ex.
cept on the face and the last must be
on the nose.
A horse has pasterns. not ankles, and
there is no fore shoulder-the shoulder
is in front-nor knee-it is the gam
brel.
White below the pastern joint is a
white pastern and above white leg.
White around the top of the hoof is a
white coronet
A horse is never red; it is sorrel, but
there are numerous variations of sorrel.
Farmers Home Journal.
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Japan Rice.

Those few planters who experimental
with Japan rice last season are well
pleased with the results, and material
increase in the acreage planted will be
the result this year. We sometime ago
made statement of the yield Of both
rough and clean obtained by Green &
Shoemaker, showing it to be far in ad-
vance of the Honduras. A small amount
of this rice was also planted by p. S.
Lowell, and the yield of rough was
fully up to that of Green &
Shoemaker. The bulk of the crop
was sold to the Lake Charles
rice mill, Mr.. Lowell retaining only
twelve sacks of the poorest-that
which had grown along the edge
of the field, and was very badly mixed
with red. This he recently brought to
the mill for the purpose of having it
ground for feed, but Mr.. Pickett, desir-
ing to experiment with the Japan rice.
thought he would try cleaning and see
what it would make. The twelve sacks
weighed .2.1O0 pounds in the rough.
When weighing up the output he found
that he had 700 pounds head rice.
which, at 4 cents. is worth SIS: 400
pounds of line rice, worth ~ cents,
$40; 200 of No. 2, or brewers rice.
worth IL cents, 50; total value
of the cleaned product of the
2,l00 pounds of rough, 81. This
makes an average of s3.i5 per
barrel. Aside from this there was a
considerable quantity of bran and -four,
which is certainly an exceptionally
fine yield from the rice that was con-
sidered valueless. except for feed. The
Japan rice turns out a much larger per
cent of head rice than does the Hon
duras, and it commands higher price
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On they came, leaning forward in
their, vessels. prepared TO leap upon
the hillock and rush upon their few
opponents with their spears and
creesea
When the head proa was within
twenty yards Of the elevation, Wayne
gave the order to his men to fire. The
sailors took good aim, and sent a
sattling volley at the dusky crew.
Every shot would have told but for q
roll OF the vessel as the gang crouched.
Only three were hit, and these were
but slightly wounded. The rascals
gave a derisive yell. The man-of.
war's-men drew their cutlasses and
gripped them firmly. They knew they
had NO quarter to expect, and they
would ask none. They were resolved
that their struggle, If brief. should be
desperate before they were cut and
shot down by their numerous foes.
At that moment the booming of a
gun was heard in the distance. The
little party judged it was from the
Triton, and they gave q sort of cheer.
But the ship was, evidently away of
in the clearing mist. The interposi-
tion of the coral wall back of the
platform hindered the men from see
ing her, and also prevented their be-
ing seen from the ship
They believed that the gun had been
only sort of ..faint-hope" signal, that
it was fred as last despairing call
to men who were almost given up as
lost Perhaps the overturned boat
had been discovered by the ships peo-
pie. aud had served to nearly convince
them that the cutters crew had per-
ished in that raging typhoon, under
which no boat could long have been
kept from swamping.
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parallel to the rocks that fronted ths
reef. Several bullets passed through
the lads cap, two more pierced hi.
jacket, another bullet grazed his ribs
but he moved on till he gained the enc
of the reef, when he paused, standing
upright and still waving the flag
There must, he thought, be no mis-
take; he must make sure that, in the
light mist and powder smoke above
him, his signal was seen.
Like spiteful wasps buzzing a zip
ping" about his ears the bullets cut
the air. He would have been riddled
by them had not the rocking of the
boats disturbed the aim of his foes
With warning hum came a shot from
the swivel, grazing his side. Suddenly
his form dropped. He had been hit
But down on one knee he continued to
wave the flag.
Anxiously had the men on the rocky
platform watched the movements OF
their young commander.
Fearing that the Malays would final.
ly sail round the end of the reef SO as
to get at the boy by coming up on the
other side and cut him down, they
were about to set out, despite his
orders to them not to leave their posi-
tion, and try to protect him as well as
they could, when they saw the proas
turn and head back toward the hill.
lock. In fact, the war sloop was com.
ing on SO fast to the rescue that the
Malays feared they would not have
time to destroy their enemies on the
platform if they longer devoted theil
attention to the boy.
Even in few seconds after they haG
turned there was puff of smoke and
flame from the ships bow, followed by
spiteful roar. and forty pound shot
crashed into one Of the proans, almost
cutting her in two, wounding some oi
her men. A second shot just missed
the remaining craft as she picked uI
the struggling crew in the water.
Encountered by the wounded and in
confusion, this remaining vessels oc
cupants now thought only of making
their escape. Away they went, crowd
ing additional sail, and at last they
succeed in rounding the distant head
land of the isle. W
Acutter sent from tho ship, which
by this time was off the end of ths
reef, picked up Wayne first and hii
men afterward. All the sailors were
earnest in their praises Of The gallant
young REFER" who had been the
means of saving his command from
their merciless foes Had not this
Triton been signaled by the lad, they
would certainly have been cut t.
pieces by the proas' crews, for the
overturned cutter having been seer
far off to the westward in The clearing
fog, the ship was being headed thai
way, and would have kept on but fol
her looIxouts observing Wayne on the
reef waving the flag.
The midshipman had been struck by
a bullet in the calf of the right leg
On his arrival aboard the sloop, he wa,
promptly attended TO by the surgeon
His commander complimented him
and after the boy had recovered from
HIS wound. promoted him for the goot
conduct he had shown in the execution
of his first mission.-Rufus Haley. IN
n " Ledger
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a PAINFUL SIGHT.
whe. ! man has tried to keep

When man has tried to keep
A rigid cash account
OF personal expenses, he
: Can't know the full amount
OF trouble that man can have
Within this mortal life.
Or how much harraseed he can b
BY painful mental strife.
snow what did that ten cents 90 fort"
He asks himself. and then
He sets to work at balancing
The cursed thing again.
He wastes gray matter In his Wild
attempts to come out square,
And finally puts In cent
II the cent he needs Amt there"
He spends more time In tracing back
AQuartcr gone astray
IAAn he could buy for fifteen dollars
Al nifty cents day. =
Just Ms he thinks he has It, he
Finds out he's ten cents long,
And then his language ofteneimea
Is vivid. fresh and strong.
And 30 " goes, with varying shades
Of alternate despair
And hope, till finally the pain
Gets too intense to boar.
And then the little book Is closed,
And the worn man starts out
10 plunge into extravaganza.
without tho slightest doubt.
Ali yes: until man has kept
A rigid cash account.
He's sure TO underestimate
Thd aggregate amount
OF anguish that man can have
Within this mortal life:
But. Cesarl II you pity him,
You ought to see his wifel
-Somervilie journal.
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HIS FIRST MISSION.
How Young Midship man Won
Promotion In the Navy.

HEN the United
s IA es war
op Triton
had been two
years out from
her homeport,
NJ r. J o h n
Wayne, y boy
of dfteen, one
of the m l d.
S hi p m e n
aboard the yes
sci, began to
think that the
voyage would
and without. A.
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Magistrate "You are charged,
sir, with hitting the prosecutor, Nc
Fadden. with brick. Guilty or moi
guilty?r Prisoner-"Please. yer amer
twas very soft brick. Mr.. McFadder
is friend of mine. ."-Tit-Bits
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I'm Ireland and Scotland, during
the seventh and eighth centuries, the
scribe, book-writer, was held in such
esteem that the fine for killing him
was as heavy as that for taking the
life Of bishop.
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IN the market Mr.. Pickett informs 40
that the time required to clean 1t IS not
more than two-thirds thst of the Hon
dIfas OF Carolina. The acreage there
aboiits will be larger than last seasoil'
aid If tho experiment. proves proper
tionately as successful, II Is safe to pre-.
dict that another year will witness 9
large increase in the acreage OF japan
rice.-Croyylev na,1 Signal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-10
Rrnndywine nnnarea LIONS.

A largo tumor was removed from
Mrs. John W. Porter. on Tuesday, by
Drs. ]. l.. Forwood and s II. Cr0thers
OF the surgical stan OF the Chester
Hospital.
MIR. and Mrs. Smith, of Whining ton,
with their yacht. accompanied by
Samuel Bond and wife. Mr.. Brattin
and wife. Harry Pierson. Harry Andey.
son. Miss Mamie Veal, OF Philadelphia.
and host OF others are going down
TO the Delaware Bay on fishing trip.
will NO doubt be made
with John Anderson to meet them at
the wharf when they return, to haul
them home.
lothian Perkins Is very poorly with
his eyes. He has been nearly blind
with one OF his eyes, and now 1t is
feared that he will lose the sight OF the
other one. He is to be pitied.
Mrs. Boram has house full Of
boarders from Philadelphia. She
knows how to keep boarding house.
MIR. Walters. OF Wilmington. iner-
chant, corner Cd and Market, is
spending fhe summer at Holly Oak
III you want good suit of clothes, go
there and you will get them for the
cash. Mr.. Levi. No. 2l3 Market street.
also Of Wilmington. Is making his
nome at the ABOVE place.
Mrs. Alexander. of Wilmington, is
making preparation for building O fine
residence at Holly Oak.
Mrs. Mason's new mansion Ia about
completed. and when finished she will
have one OF the finest residences along
the river front.
Mrs. James Heal has purchased 100
feet front and 1870 feet deep, from
Peter Coaohman, on the Philadelphia
pike near Holly Oak.
Mr.. Charles Pierce OF Wilmington.
the contractor for building the par
sorage at Mt. Pleasant. ia doing a
grand piece of work, though young
man. Tho work will speak for itslf.
Go and see for yourself
The steam threshlng machines are
around threshing out the wheat crops
of which James g. MeComb raised
about $50 bushels.
Prof. Ambrose S. 0ttey. the Bible
student, by special invitation goes
to Pitman Grove camp meeting on
Saturday to stay several days.
The telephone men are putting up
a new line through Claymont and q
phone will be at this place, which
will enliven the quaint old village
considerably.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-10
SPECIAL NEWTON.

Cupping and ieeehing. In Z. second 81
NJ. r. Davis. Jeweier, . E. End sc
Cupping & ideohilx. Parker Js Madison
American Laundry, COZ West Front St
For first-class dyeing aud securing
go to the Delaware Dye Works. 2i0
King street.
The best tea and coffee In tho city at
hard times prices at 40l Delaware Ava
nue.. W. s. Moore.
s N Smeltz is selling four different
mems watermelons from Jersey.
Or. 5imms' White PuImonlc HaIsam,
the famous throat and lung remedy
and hypophoephnte or lung food. COG
King stf Get.
II you want to save money. 20 to
w. 3. Moore for your groceries ut 4ol
Delaware Avenue; 1t will pay YOU to
60 there and buy at hard times prices.
Go to J. H. Cleaver's. East Fourth
street, for Water Cooiers. Refrigera.
tors and Ice Cream Freezers.
James N. Young. job carpenter.
painter and roofer. 3lS DUPONT street,
For watermelons the finest in the
market, GO to &. N Smeitz, Fourth st
between Market and King.
The finest and beat watermelons In
the city are for sale by s. N. SHeltz
4th street between Market and King
DIR. Simms' Cholera Syrup, the great
and certain positive cure for diarrhpa.
cholera morbus, cholera il.fautum
and summer diseases OF children,
Save your babies with this famous
medicine. COG King street.
II you are going to tile park or plc
mic take box of thosa 40 cent caro-
mels for twenty cents. They are
wrapped and don't stick. Hollis. 2e1
Market street.
Go to &. N. Smeltz for all kinds oil
fruits and produce. wholesale or re.
tail, East 4th street. between King and
Market streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-10

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. 10.-There was a
sympathetic strike among the members
OF the Scranton baseball team yesterday,
and the men refused to go to the park
and play the scheduled game with Spring
field. The trouble was accustomed by the
removal of Mart Swift, who managed tho
Scranton Pennsylvania State League
team, and whose resignation was re-
quested by the board of directors of tho
Scranton Baseball association Wednesday
evening. Swift induced Messy, Phelan,
Wetzel, Westlake, Staltz and Pitcher
Flanaghan to accompany him to Carbon
dale, where he is to manage the club that
will take the place of Allentown in the
State League. Gathers, Rogers and Pat
chen are the only old players who refused
to 20 with Swift.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-10
Falling Into Line.

A largely attended meeting of the
Republicans OF the Eighth ward was
held at Seventh and Klrkwood streets
last evening. The meeting was pre-.
sided over by Robert NJ. Burns, with
II. Il. Stats as secretary. The follow.
Ing delegates were unanimously
elected
Frank Kendall Howard E. Stats.
William Aaron. John W. Hollis. Geo.
w. Hubbard; alternates. W. ]. Coyle.
Morris Mitigate, George Paradee,
Ches. Biddle, John Primrose. Members
OF tho First District Republican Com.
mittee were elected as follows: First
district, Joseph A. Macklin; second,
John McCaulley; third. Chas. Hignut;
fourth. Asbury Sterling; fifth, W. Il.
Caldwell; sixth, Robert II. Burnsj sew.
enth, John Spring; eig nth. Chas. Lowe;
ninth, Jas. r. Jones.