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Evening journal., 1897-07-31
NOTICE.
TO THE TAXPAYERS OF BRANDY
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TO THE TAXPAYERS OF BRANDY
WINE HUNDRED.
The taxable residents of Br7ndywine
nundred ana az persons liable TO 9oy pay tax
the undersigned. tax collector for said
hundred, will be at
Court House, Wilmington July nth,
2lth, SOth and 3lst. August 21st and 2Sth
September 18th and 18th; October 23d and
30th; November goth, 9th and 30th, from
10 to y a. m. and from to p. m.
Practical Farmer July 18th, I'D. 23d
and 29th August 10Th; September 23d and
2Sth; October 18th and 2lst; November 25th
and 18th, from 10 a.. m. to 4.p. m.
Perry's Hotel, July 2Gth and 2Sth; Sep
tember 30th: October 18th; November 22d
from 10 a. m. to p. m.
And every day between above dates at
his residence except Tuesday mornings.
Extract from the Laws of Delaware
governing the collection Of taxes of New
Castle county-Section 35 of said Act:
Section 35 That on all taxes paid before
the first day of August there shall be an
abatement Of five per centum; on all taxes
paid before the first day Of December,
there shall be an abatement of three per
centum; on all taxes paid after the first
day of December five per centum thereof
shall be added thereto.
Collector of Taxes for Brandywine hum
dred.
NOTICE.
TO THE TAXPAYERS OF MILL CREEK
I will sit at the mill at Milltown every
day from 9 a. m until D. m, until July 10.
At Hockessin-July u, 1S IA. Temper
At Milford x-Roads-July 16.
At Unlon-J T. Dempseys store, July 10.
At Standardization Store Company
At Marshallton-Gras shoe store July
For the purpose Of receiving county and
poor taxes for Mil Creek hundred for the
year 1881
EXTRACT FROM THELAWS OFDELA-
WARE.
Section 30. That on all taxes paid be-
fore the first day of August there shall be
an abatement Of five per centum; on all
taxes paid before the FIRST day of Decem-
Der there shall be an abatement of three
per centum; on all taxes unpaid the first
day OF December, five per centum thereof
shall be added thereto.
HARVEY T. BALDWIN. Collector.
TAKE NOTICE.
TAXPAYERS OF WILMINGTON.
HUNDRED.
7 will attend at the Court House, city Of
Wilmington commencing
THURSDAY, JULY l, 1897,
daily, and on every Tuesday evening from
o'clock until 10, for the purpose OF re-
ceiving county and poor taxes for Will
mington hundred for the year 1897.
EXTRACT FRoMTHE LAWS oFDELA-
WARE.
Section s5. That on all taxes paid be-
fore the first day OF August there shall be
an abatement of five per centum; on ali
taxes paid before the hrst day OF Deceln-
Der there shall be an abatement OF three
per centum; on all taxes unpaid the hrst
day of December five per eentum thereoi
shall be added thereto
HORACE G. RETTEW.
Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
EXTRACT FROM THELAwS OFDELA-
WARE

Section 35 That on all taxes paid be-
fore the first day OF August there shall be
an abatement of FIVE per centum; on all
taxes paid before the first day of Decem-
per centum: on all taxes unpaid the first
day Of December five per centum thereof
shall be added thereto.
HARVEY T. BALDWIN, Collector.
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Fine Lunch tonight at Frank Hucks
Sixth and Madison streets.
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NOTICES.


TAXPAYERS TAKE NOTICE-For
the purpose of giving taxpayers the adj
vantage or the per cent. rebate the
VIII be open during the last week i'm july
S26th to 3lsD every evening from z until
clock. HORACE G. RETTEW,
Receiver of Taxes.
SEWING MACHINES.-1s.50 to $1,000 FOR
any $50 sewing machine made. Second.
hand machines. $500 up. Cash or easy
terms. All makes of machines repaired
Needles and parts for all machines
l.. M. ROCKEFELLERR r
No 100 West Seventh street
NOTICE is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing between
frederick s. Gore and Charles William
Edwards in the publication of The sun
day Herald has been dissolved by mutua
consent All monies due The Sunday
Herald are payable at the office of publ
cation, southwest corner of Fourth an
Shipey streets.
Wilmington. Del, June 21, 1897
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LEEDS COTTAGE,
Arkansas ave, below Atlantic, Atlantic
City, n. j. Again under the management
of MRS A NJ LEEDS.
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1l T4xPAYERs I OF WILMINGTON.

will attend at the Court House, city OF
Wilmington commencing
THURSDAY, JULY l, 1897,
daily, and on every Tuesday evening from
z O'Clock until 10, for the purpose Of re-
ceiving county and poor taxes for VIII
mington hundred for the year 1897.
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SUMTER RESORTS.

SAN MARCOS HOTEL.
Pacific and Massachusetts Avenues,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. ].
Near the Beach. Elegant and Modern
Hydraulic Elevator. Hot and Cold Sal
Baths. Cuisine and Service Unexcelled
A. CRUDE.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
uNLoApINe FoppER MADE EAs1

acting in the capacity of binding pole, To unload, fasten the ropes to beam, and with the team draw the wagon slowly cut from under the load. The first time may not always prove sue cessful, but with little practice the wagon may be unloaded in few min utes.
 The ropes should be so laid that they will not catch to anything. The fod- der must be placed evenly on either side and the distance apart of the ropes is to be determined by practice. In un- loading, if the fodder is heavy, the front end of the rack must be tied to the wag- on or the hind end placed almost di- rectly over the hind wheels, as the weight of the fodder is liable to tip up the rack. In tying the ropes to the beam or post, do it high enough 10 pre- vent the drawing downward upon the fodder. They should be of equal length, which may be regulated by one man drawing down on ono or the other while unloading, as he finds it necessary. The team must be driven slowly. It is best to practice a few times on quite small loads and notice the effect upon diff ferent ways of loading and the place the fodder is to drop, by loosening or tight ening the rope.-Farm and Home.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
Grain Ration for Poultry.

On most farms at his time of the year, the fowls can have their freedom, and the tender grass, the fat bugs and insects, and the much wholesome and fresh natural food that they find will make it hardly necessary for any other ration. But 1t is best to give them an evening feed of wheat or oats, in order that those that may not have been for tunate enough to find much, need not go to bed with an empty stomach. But there is a great value which these farm range fowls secure, and which is al- most as important as the food they get --it is exercise.--Rural World.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
A MooRIsH EXECUTION.
The Murderer of n Christian Re-
 garded as n Martyr.

garded ns n Martyr.
 A correspondent at Tangier gives the following account of the execution of a native for the murder of Herr Hassner. German banker, in December last: "The circumstances of the murder have remained entirely mysterious. The German legation here put pressure on the local authorities. After a short time woman went over to Gibraltar for safety, and sent word from there that she could throw light on the af- ! fair. Upon her information three men "a Spaniard and two Moors-were arr rested and thrown into the prison. Here they were tortured by the thumb screw, and the Spaniard confessed. He, however, was claimed by the Spanish authorities, and what has become of him do not know The other two were kept in prison. They lay chained hand and foot by heavy three-inch chain in a small dungeon, where they remained in almost pitch darkness from the end of December, with nothing to eat but bread and water, and very little of that. Of course, had not the murdered man been a European. little would have been & A came from the sultan that one of the men was to be shot The basha, who is an authority here, desired this to be carried out in private, but the German minister insisted upon public execu- tion. On the day of the execution I went down to the soko (market place.)
 About dozen Europeans only were present, and among them were two French ladies on horseback. A posse of soldiers soon marched through the gateway, having in their midst the con demned man himself, seated on a don key, with his feet chained together think he was too much dazed to compre- hend fully all that was passing. The prisoner was taken, unresisting, off the donkey, and made to kneel with his face away from the soldiers Two of the men were toled off to shoot him. They 5 refused, upon which the bashas head man, with asperity, repeated the order Then they walked up to within five yards of the prisoner and fired two shots into his back. He rolled over, but but was not dead. His body continued twitching spasmodically for full five minutes, when an order was given to dispatch him finally, whereupon one of the men walked up to him, placed a gun close to his head and fred The corpse was buried in sacred ground All the Moors, even the authorities, basha included, looked upon the pris- oEer as martyr. Why, they asked, should good Mohammedan die for a dog of a Christian? The feeling is uni versal, and if it were not for the lega- tions, Europeans would not be very London Times
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

A good male animal will improve n whole herd.
 All heavy crops are grown in rich soil thoroughly cultivated.
 Market all the poor sheep as soon as fat; there is no money in keeping them.
 The keeping of good sheep is as prof itable as the keeping of any other kind of stock.
 One advantage with both sheep and hogs is the quick returns it is possible to receive.
 Good land, good seed, good tillage, good manure are four essentials of good farming.
 Hogs require salt the same as other stock. Keep supply where they can help hemselves.-Farmer Union.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
FREAKS OF A TORNADO.
Opened Pocketbook, Uncoupled Cars and scooped Up Cattle.

Opened Pocketbook, Uncoupled
 Cars and scooped Up Cattle.
 A tornado which swept over the Lyle (Minn.) district week or so ago and did S3o,o0o damage was one of the most frealxish on record.
 There were several remarkable es- capes, among them were those of the Peter Hanson family, living in Lyle. I He was building a house, and with his family of six and three visitors was eating supper in the barn, which stood just west of the new house. The storm blew the barn, family and house across the prairie. All were carried over 50 feet, while the ruins of the buildings were carried a quarter of mile.
 After striking the Peter Hanson house the storm lodged around Dr. Frazier's residence, breaking few win dows there, and totally demolished the new house of Charles Christianson. Dr. Frazier's barn, however, went across the prairie in small pieces. A COW weighing HOO pounds was carried 100 feet and so badly injured that she had to be killed COW that stood beside it and was also carried away escaped without scratch.
 Willis E. Bryan saw the storm com ing and took his family to the cellar and had them stand against the west wall. Every stick of timber of the house was blown away and all es- capped unhurt except Mir. Bryan, who had big rock blown upon his foot as he stood in the cellar.
 At Henry Hanson house was tight ly closed pocketbook, containing $190. The pocketbook was afterward found open and lying beside it was a ten-dol- lar bill The $1S0 had been blown away
 The rotation of the funnel split six freight cars into two divisions, sending three down the track and three up; while it broke the coupling, the cars were uninjured.
 The tornado travelled like bouncing rubber ball, striking in one place, then rising and descending again. After striking Christianson's place it rose up and dropped again half mile east, when it struck two barns, then rose again and came down, taking barn and granary two miles east of Lyle. From there on the storm seems to have broken and simply blown as heavy wind, having lost it's rotation.- Wash ington Star
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
Ration for Growing Pigs.

Pigs, during growth, should be fed on nluscle-making foods. A mixture of ground corn, oats and shorts, with a small proportion of old process oil meal, makes q good combination, mixed in such proportions as suits the feeders fancy. The mixture should be soaked from one feed to the next, or wet up another. care must be taken not to let 1t ferment or sour. This kind of feed may be fed until the new crop of corn is ready. Care must be taken to make a gradual change. Hogs at no time should be permitted to depend upon a ration of corn alone.-American Swine herd
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
Hen Manure in sumner.

The manure from hens, unless grain fed i'll summer, is usually less valuable than it is in winter. But it is none the less we'll worth taking care of. It will heat very rapidly in hot weather if kept in piles. As it is usually deficient In phosphates, it is good plan to mix some of the commercial phosphate with the manure, as it is heating. It always contains enough sulphate of lime or land plaster to absorb the ammonia, while the phosphate with the nitrogen which the hen manure abounds in, will make fertilizer very nearly equal to guano.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
Small Turkeys Sell Best.

Anyone who is at all familiar with city markets knows that small turkeys sell best. A turkey that weighs from 12 to 15 pounds is the most desirable size and brings the best price, because they are large enough for the average family. While small turkeys are al- ways wanted, they must be fat. A slxin- ny turkey is sorry looking object after it is dressed and exposed in the market, and is rejected until all the better ones are gone. Late-hatched tur- keys may be made high-priced ones by fattening them well before selling.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
BLIND FOR HOGS.

was then caught, and, pulling the eart forward, the top corners of the blind were fastened to them by means oi pinchers and rings, such as are put in the shouts of pigs to prevent root ing. This blind will not prevent the hog from seeing his legitimate food but it does prevent him seeing chickens unless they are under his very nose and then if he attempts pursuit the chances are that he will bring his nose in violent contact with the fence or some other obstruction. A few such lessons and he concludes that he Is no longer partial to chicken. A month of Heather specs" cured our most ravenous thief and by blinding only the ringleaders the whole herd was soon as docile as well-behaved porkers should be- Orange Judd Farmer.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
HORSE DICTIONARY.

Meaning of Trade Terms in General
 Use Everywhere.
 A white spot in the forehead is star. A white face from eye to eye is a bald face.
 A white stripe in the face is blaze. A stripe between the nostrils is snip.
 A white eye is glass eye.
 A horse has pasterns, not ankles, and there is no such joint as a hind knee or fore shoulder.
 White below the pastern joint is q white pastern. Above the pastern white leg.
 White around the top of the hoof is white coronet.
 A star, blaze or bald face can't be anywhere except on the face. A snip can't be anywhere except on the nose Ainblc, . gait like pacing, but slower. in which the two legs on the same side are moved together
 Appel, the gentle tug on the rein given by the horse at each step.
 Group, that part of the horse back of the saddle.
 Bore, 10 bear on the bit.
 BuclSing, leaping vertically into the air with all four feet, and coming to- gether on the ground.
 Elbow, joint of foreleg next above knee, lying next to horses side.
 Forearm, that part of the leg between the elbow and knee.
 Forge, to strike the toe of the fore foot with the toe of the hind one; very often the result of bad shoeing.
 Frog, triangular piece of spongy horn in the middle of the sole of the foot.
 Grinders, the back teeth
 Hand, one-third of foot--four inches.-Western Rural.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
SYSTEMATIC WORK.
Without It Poultry Raising Cannot
 He Made n Success.


 Too much work and no pay discour- ages all who look forward for the best results. and it is safe to claim that a great many persons who keep large floclSs do more work than they should be compelled to perform; not that work should be avoided. for only work will enable the poultryman to derive a profit, but there is no reason why such work should be drudgery, or become so disagreeable that one should dread to do the duties assigned. No matter what the work may be, if one has sew eral hundred hens, and gives his whole attention to business (poultry), regu- lar routine can be followed; but for small flock of not over 20 hens it does not pay to spend several hours in the poultry house. It Is just such duties that have disgusted many, and only those who keep fowls for pleasure and have plenty of time to spare can afford to lose the time devoted to small lot of hens. But much of the work is made; that Is, more work must be done because it is not done right The clean ing of the poultry house is job which no one enjoys. To go into poultry house on a cold day and pick and scrape the -droppings, inhaling the dust and getting dirt on the feet and dust on the clothes, is more than should be done unless the hens are returning a fair compensation therefor in eggs. It all depends upon what the attendant does and how he cleans the poultry house. One who understands his business will clean the house with a broom, and use nothing else. First the house is thoroughly cleaned and dusted; then dry dirt is sprlnkled under the roost on the floor On this are placed leaves or cut straw. Instead of cleaning the poultry house once week this work IS done daily. With the broom the walls, roosts, tops and nest boxes and floor are swept, the refuse removed and more dirt and clean litter added, which will require less than ten minutes for an ordinary poultry house, thus also giv- ing the fowls clean, dry quarters and assisting to ward off disease The same in feeding: first learn, by feeding, how much the fowls should have, and scat ter the grain in clean litter and the work is done. Have n place ton the manure heap is best) for the refuse litter, so as to be able to dispose of it handily. Fowls kept in this manner will lay, and to clean the poultry house daily will be less difficult than to wait until d large amount of filth accnmn- lates to invite disease.--Farm and Fire side.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
BEES ON THE FARM.
They Are Experts fin Some Lines of
 AgricuituraI Work.

When one thinks of the important part played by bees in agriculture one cannot help wondering why the experi- ment stations of the United States pay so little attention to beekeeping We do not recall single station where bee keeping is carried on at all. The Rhode Island station has department devot- cd to poultry and bees, but if memory serves, that has been abandoned.
 Honey bees and the humble bees are expert in some lines of agricultural work that men do not very we'll under stand, and could not succeed in if they tried ever so hard. They do very inns portant work, and do it for nothing, boarding themselves in the meantime.
 If it were not for bees we would not have large fruit crops, if we did not ex- perience entire failures. At the time when fruit trees are in bloom there are but few insects abroad, and if the bees do not visit the blossoms in search of honey, the fruit would never mature, as it would not be pollenized.
 If it were not for the work of bees we could not grow clover, and this impor- tant crop would be unknown. So impor- tant is this that large sums of money have been spent to import bees into Australia in order that clover might be grown there.
 Honey bees follow civilization and are unknown where civilized man has not taken up his residence. They are CO laborers with the pioneer, and help him to conquer the wilderness and in the introduction of improved fruits and crops.
 Every home owner, from the yillager to the bonanza farmer, should keeI bees, for the help they are to agricul- ture alone. The business of bee-keep- ing is not well understood even by ex. perts, and there is great opportunity for good work from the experiment sta. tions in promoting a wider knowledge and a greater interest in bookkeeping, an industry that might be indefinitely extended with profit to those who keeI them, and to those whose field they roam over in search of honey.-Farmers Voice.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
FARM POULTRY HOUSE.

trough to receive the manure from the trough where it will be dry until needed.
 The nest boxes are placed on board fastened to the planking inside, and on each side about feet from the floor. The door (D), which can be made any size wished, is placed at the end of the house. A door should be placed at the dark, round hole in the end, which is the opening from the floor to the ma nure trough e O, being planked up. The deck floor (E E) should run from the top and end of hopper to door (A), being 12x3 feet, the roasting poles be- ing placed directly over the hopper orosswise. F is a plank with cleats nailed on for the passage of the chick ems to and from the roost. A is door from deck floor.
 The part of the ground floor not taken up by tine manure box can be nsed for young chickens to roost and stay in dur ing wet and damp weather. When they are old enough to roost on poles they may be easily caught and placed in the manure trough and they will climb up to the roosts. After being let out sev- eral times with the other chickens they will go to the roosts by themselves Windows may be put in south side of the house. If the lumber is green it should be battened well to keep out the cold and air. With a house of this kind 1 never saw case of the roup.-- J. P. Goodbar, in Ohio Farmer.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
Close culIing Is Profitable.

We would advise swine breeders tc cull more closely than has been the practice. We think that at least one. third should be culled, and if half could be culled out it would be better. We have known breeders who have sold every male in the herd for breeding purposes, even where they got as low as four or five dollars head for them
 This is mistake. It is not only detri. ment to the business, but necessarily lowers the standard. The quality oi pigs sold for breeding purposes should be up to good standard and they should be sold at a profit above what the pig would be worth for the pork barrel
 All pigs sold for breeding purposes should have excellent bone, reasonably we'll marked, free from swirls. and have a good, breedy appearance. They should not only possess good action, but should be gentle, and of kind disposi- tion.--A. l.. Mason, in Priarie Farner.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-25
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
THE HANDY MECHANIC
How He Can Handle a Bulky Fodder
 Crop with Ease.

QFOp Wttn E0he.
 In cutting ensilage or fodder, little work transferred from hand to horse power often goes Ii great way to lessen expense. \ simple method is shown be- low of unloading fodder or hay. Two ropes about 30 feet long, depending on the length of the rack and height of load to be drawn, are used, one end of each being fastened to the hind axle of the wagon. They are then passed back the two outside boards on either side. While loading, the ropes may be brought back under the outside of the rack and fastened almost any place on the rear part. When the load is com pleted the ropes are drawn over the fodder and tied to the back of the rack,