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ITO Farmers
PLANT TREES.

PLANT TREES.
Not only those who remember when
we had ten times as much land in tim
ber as now, but those who of later
years who have been observant of the
devastation of our woods, have spec
ial interest in the subject of Forestry
that is now claiming large share of
both the older and the pararie St9tes.
A country denuded of its trees has a
dry, arid look. Besides, a heavily tim
bered district equalizes the moisture,
gives more even flow to the current
streams, and is in someway generally
considered to have an influence on the
rainfall that comes to us in growing
showers. The time is coming and is
now here when more attention must
be given in all the older States to tree
growing. The white oak for building
purposes, the walnut for furniture and
the chestnut for feEcing might be
named among those that will be most
largely needed in the future. There
are spots on many farms that could be
advantageously appropriated to grow
ing trees.
Mr.. Thos. B. Coursey in late pri-
yate note to the editor urging the ne
cessi:y of a greater attention to Fores-
try, notes the following personal exper-
ience:
"This is matter that I would like
to have brought before the young -agri
culturists of the present time. I al
lude to the subject Of Forestry. And
as | do not wish to come before the
public too prominent and frequent as
perhaps some might view the sub bject
as self laudation, I will therefore
give you some facts which if it meets
your approval you may weave into an
editorial and thereby do much good.
I'm 1040 l bought the farm where
now reside. 1t was then destitute of
timber of any kind not evsn UNDER
growth for fire wood. planted chest
nut and walnut and sowed pine seed
on piece of worn-out land. I have
now about eight acres in timber and |
have been cutting saw-logs and firewood |
from il for 25 years, pei haps longer. I
was in my 34th year when planted it
and | now have chestnufs running
nine feet six inches in circumference,
making three saw logs Is. feet each and
some about Is feet high. You have
'een the timter and know whereof
speak.
"The first growth of pine and chest
nut Lave nearly all been cut, but they
lave renewed the ground about as
,venly as at first. The chestnuts are
coming up all over the woods some
hundreds Of yards distant from the par
mt trees, presuming that the nuts
we're carried by ground squirrels and
'uried but not found when wanted.
"There are but few farms that have
0t some 0ut-of-the-way corner OF
waste land that might be devoted to
his purpose. ."-Smyrna Times.
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B. & O. Railroad,
Schedule in effect Dec. /. 1895.

schedule in effect Dec. /, 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVENUE
WILMINGTON DEPOT EAST BOUND.
tors Express trains.
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch light
Ss* $ : 1s.t e iss tx s iss
a. M, 1905 t5sa, t7sS, till.eS, t1. M t'4 ~ %
Philadelphia, Twenty-Fourth and Chestnut
Streets weekdays, tals. 555, $40, t7.s0, 7.45,
tl22. i24O tl.59, t2O, 3O8, Is, 4.55, 1882 ESQ.,
| t7.a2, $40, 1Ooo ti1.Oo p. m.
Sundays Sun 1s h d tsos q a. $50 / j tse 8 tss 3
s 20, 1000, tll.OO. p. m.
Philadelphia, Twelfth and Market Streets,
Weekdays 1905 $780, 1880, tlos5, a. M, t7.s2,
Ph2ladeIph,a, Sundays, 1908, tl1.s5. q M.
M, H.a2, tlloo, p. m.
Chester weekdays, 1908, 555, GAO, 1880,
i23 325 l55 1884, $50, 7s2 a,lo, til p fa.''' m.
fcasssser st. H., Is ssHlaaags lo a t5ss IT, 80 sSS
Atlantic City, weekdays, 1880, a. M, tI2 q
| i.5s, u OF p. M, Sundays, u As a. M, IS O6
Cape May, weekdays, to 40, a. M, tl:5s, p m
WEST BOUND.
7o2 ls4s j. o5 a. m, iIa55 i2, sos, IDS SIS, is
1913, IS 1858, p. m. Sundays, f42b, 5O2, fS.4S'
M. 1l2.55. l2O7, S,Os t525 ts.20, IS IS p. m. %.
Baltimore M and way stations, 7.O2, a. M, sos, p.
ii Nsysaa Is .h @ Rs s sSssfasys s g. IL ssa M 7ss i is
Us so IT t5s sonssys gsa e ssp Je1 h. !S4s a. M
Sundays Is Te1s; m' s s tS,as M a. m . is M
csisns cohshgo asd ST. Rjais 5s +; n daily n.y. ts
New Orleans and Memphis via Bristol and
Chattanooga, .6.lS p. m. weed days; 1925 pm.
Memphis and New Orleans.
Singerly accommodation, 7.02. a. M, sos, 7.S5,
and lli0, 2. m, daily, except Sunday.
702. 1927 a. M, 1.55 and SIS, p m. Sundays'
10 90, a. M, SIS, p. m.
Trains leave Market Street Station
9 For New York, weekdays, IS Is m.
For Phiiadeiphia, weekdays, 1A
9 NJ, u 2o 2o5. 3; "5l5, AS m. Sundays,
y ga 2S n, %z 2o5. IS Is. s45 m.
p m.
For Baltimore, weekdays, $50, a. M,
CO. t5.I5 p. M. Sunday, ISIS D. m.
!, For Landenburg and way stations, week
ooays o;So, 70 g. .. M, 205. sis, p. m. Sundays,
Leave Philadelphia, Twenty-Fourthe ana
Y Shestnut e streets for Wilmington, weekdays,
ls soS ~ sss s le s e tsis 81 ,5 T is t1sa lS
90, $50 t7.4S, 1873, iOi0 and Ii IS, 3. M - 'o'
M, supaszs' ifaS.' ffYsS fa.sS tsis sod nso a
tTls, ,ls5, lo.ioG G and m fi.s5, D. M. = ~ ssO'
Leave Philadelphia, Twelfth and Market
streets, ;; weekdays, ts.20, t7.55, tl0l6, a. M,
|7.M, p. m. Sundays, ts.2o, t4.55, a. M, t7.27,
Telephone, lsS.
,tss1 sstii ns to Western points lower than via any
}. o. sCULL. General Passenger Agent.
;. B. CAMPBELL. General Manager.
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The Puppy Painted Away.

Speaking Of dogs, "said superintend.
emit John Horne of the Mount Wash
ington railway, 'did you ever see dog
faint away?" No one had. "Well,
have" said the veteran railroad official,
and then he proceeded to tell of a very
young pup which was taken from its
mother and remained at the signal sta
tion on Mount Washington all winter,
several years ago. When taken down the
mountain in the spring, he met another
dog, who undertook to make his &C.
quaintance. "You will observe" said
Mr.. Horne. "the young fellow didn't
remember ever having seen dog, and
doubtless thought the one before him
was the only other dog in the world. So
he keeled over in a dead faint. -
"Among the Clouds
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the South it is appreciated and is used
extensis ely. Northern people seem
prejudiced against corn products, hut
that is gradually wearing out, and
sometime the corn products will be a
staple article of food.
Corn laised in the United States is
to be better than corn raised anywhere
else. For this reason, if the markets
OF Europe can be opened to corn meal
the American article will be able to
outstrip all others in the race for trade.
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That Planet Signaling scheme.

What has become of the planet signal
ing scheme suggested by the speculative
astronomers two or three years ago? II
we remember Alright, it was proposed to
signal the planet Mars by mapping out
an immense right angled triangle ON the
desert Of Sahara, cover the same with
Light combustibles and set fire to it on
Some moonless night. 1t was hoped that
the Marsians would see such blazing
fignre and answer with the Pythagorean
figure of three squares built ON the side
OF the triangle. The desert is still avail
able, and SO are the light combustiblea.
st Louis Republic.
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A CYNICAL SUMMARY.
This world Is but a fleeting show,
And little Joy he CLEANS

Tbs world Is but Neetlng Show,
And little Joy he CLEANS q,
Who curiously undertakes
To look behind the scenes.
II is not what the player does !
That in the long iun tells +
In rounding out his baseball fame,
But what the umpire yells.
The feetest racer sometimes fails
The victory to claim;
Tis not the horse that gets in first,
But the one the judges name.
And 80 1t is with all success
That human life may see;
"Tis not the man that counts, but what
The man is thought to be.
Washington Star.
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Watts, you know someth ing about
this Transvaal affair, don't your"
Il though did until tried to tell
my wife som ething about it,"
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Solitude relieves us when we are sick
OF company, and conversation when we
are weary Of being alone, SO that the
one cures the other. There is no man SO
miserable as he that is at d loss to use
his time. Seneca.
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Rheumatism is caused by Tactic acid in
the blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla neutralizes
this acid and cures rheumatism.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

SECRET SOCIETIES.
Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. U. A. M.
Meets every Monday night In McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M. Meets
first Tuesday of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8, /. O. o. #.
Meets every Thursday night In McWhorter's
Hall at 8oclock.
Damon Lodge, No. IL, K. Of P. Meets every
Wednesday night In McWhor1er's Hall at
s o'clock.
Major John Jones Post, No. o. g. A. r.
Meets every Friday night in Town Hall at
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Welcome Conclave Heptasophs. Meets
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Union Lodge, No. 9, A. o.U.w., meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
Lord Delaware Circle, No. 16, Brotherhood
of the Union. Meets 1st and Sd Friday, Nc
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
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For catarrh use Ely's Cream Balm.
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on receipt of amount.
ELY BBOTHERS, 56 Warren st, NY
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Peoples National Bank.-President, G. W,
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SHIPPING CORN MEAL TO ENGLAND,
The steamship Mohawk which sailed
from New York for Liverpool on Sat
urday, carried as part of her cargo
ton of granul ated white corn meal
shipped by the William Lea and Sons
Company of Wilmington SO the Hon e.
j. Murphy, who for several years ha
been laboring to introduce American
cornproducts in Europe. The meal ship
pedonSaturday will be distributed under
the personal direction of Mr.. Murphy
among the twenty-four cooking schools
system, and among the charitable insti-
tutions of the same city. The cooking
schools will make reports of their work
with the meal.
Mr.. Murphy has for several years
beer laboring to introduce corn pro-
ducts into various European countries.
He has given his time to the work both
as United States commissioners for that
purpose and as private individual. In
Germany some time age he succeeded
in having corn meal used as food for
the German army. It was mixed with
rye -four and made excellent bread.
Whether the Germans will finally adopt
that as the bread for the army remains
to be seen. 1t gave general satisfac-
tion while used. In England and
Scotland Mr.. Murphy has made sue
cessful experiments, and is gradually
making a way to introduce corn meal
into Europe. In Europe the only corn
product known is corn starch, or as
they call Il, corn flour. This will not,
OF course, serve the same purpose as
corn meal. The difference between
the two is one of the things which Eu-
ropeans must learn, what is wanted for
f3od is not corn flour, but good corn
meal.
Mr.. Murphy believes that there will
some day be great market for corn
meal in Germany. It furnishes cheap, |
wholesome food, which is exactly what
is needed there. When this is accomp-
lished there will be a market for the
corn which America raises and no more
Of it Will be burned for fuel.
The work Of introducing corn meal
into Europe is but little more difficult
than In the northern part Of the United
States. The Nothern people do not
seem to appreciate like the Southern
people the value Of corn as food. In
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PINEOLA COUGH BALSAM
.xceIIent Tor aII throat and lung inflamma

III iuuS lulldlIltud-
tiOns and for asth-
ma. Cons u m p
tives will invarfa-
bly, derive benefit
from its use, as it
quickly abates the
cough, renders ex-
pectOration easy,
assisting nature In
restoring wasted
tissues. There is a
large percentage OF
those who suppose
their cases to be
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A BUsHEL OF WHEAT.

| LOOKING Dack thirty years, ana COM
pairing the prices of farm products then
and now, the farmer hasapl areDtly ten.
able grounds for the claims that farm.
ing is much less profitable now than in
those halcyon days of high prices. II
may be, and doubtless is, the case that
the farmer had then more money to
put in his pocket, after deducting ex-
penses of production, from the sale of
his bushel Of wheat than he has at this
day. That is but one side of the case.
The purchasing power of the money
must be considered as well as the
quantity. Statistics show that in 1866
the high-water mark in the wheat
market was $2.03 per bushel and the
present quotations. probably not the
highest of the year, ARE 81 to 70 cents per
bushel. Let US take for comparison an
acre of land which would yield twenty
five bushels of wheat at each of the
periods named-an acre in which the
owner had invested the respective
prices Of the land, say $50 then and S25
to-day-and calculate the cost of pro-
duction in connection with the inter-
est on the money invested. We have
most excellent authority for the figures
we give first, those of the present time,
and these for the thirty-year-ago period
are but little less reliable. In detail
they are: Flowing $3.50, rolling and
dragging $1.00, seed wheat SOC. ferti-
lizer $500, drilling 45c, harvesting SOC,
threshing $3.50, hauling, freight and
commission $1.37, and interest $3.50,
making total expenditure of $11.62.
On the other side the wheat at 70 cents
a bushel would bring $3.50 and the
straw may be put down at $4, making
total receipts $21.50 and net. receipts
$9S8. The expenses in 1856 amount
to $24.00 per acre and the wheat and
straw to $54.75. leaving a net sum of
$30.75. 1t is admitted that debt pay
ing medium the grower in 1866 had
more than three times the quantity of
money;but not by any means three times
the purchasing medium, when every
day articles from the store are needed.
The farmers bushel of wheat in 1866
would not buy as many yards of calico,
muslin, etc., or as many pounds of
sugar as will bushel If wheat to-day.
From all of which it may be argued
that while there is little chance for
farmers getting rich by growing wheat |
yet there is margin on which the |
careful grower may manage to live
well, and be as independent as were
their ancestors, mayhap, who grew
two-dollar wheat thirty ears ago,
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets first Fri
day night of each month In Hose House.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-27

topics of the day, comprised in nine
volumes.
One hundred volumes came from
friend in the valley. who preferred his
name to be withheld, and fourteen vol
umes were received from Washington.
The much needed shelving has at last
been put in place in the library, leaving
only the south side yet 30 be placed The
work was contributed free of charge to
the college by Mr.. Smoke and Mr.. John
son.
The fine display Of water color
sketches by Dr.. Adam took all the prem
i,Ims at the fair, and were greatly adj
mired by all good judges.
Next Tuesday afternoon and evening
viii occur the reception at Mr.. Adams
studio, at the Sedgwfck block. This
promises 10 be the event of the season
Rev Bosworth OF Guthrie will preach
at the Church on the Hill mornig and
evening.
Friday was a holiday to give the stu
dents and teachers a chance to take in
the fair.
There IS a gratifying increase Of stu
dents in the various departments of the
conservatory of music
The Zetophian society held their first
meeting Saturday afternoon: the meet
ing was largely attended by the old mem
bers and the new students recently en-
rolled. They will have a very pros
porous year.