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Middletown transcript., 1897-01-02
I'M THE APIARY.
winter work That the Wide Awake Re,
keeper Finds to DO.

winter work That the Wide Awake Bee
keeper Finds to DO.
The advice is often given to let bees
alone during the winter season. This is
cautionary. and especially addressed to
beginners. but is not intended to convey
the idea that no work can be safely
done with bees in the winter. Notwith-
standing the best a person can do before
winter sets in, there will be some colo
MES Of bees that need looking to, says
Ohio Farmer, authority for the follow
ing. Perhaps some Of the colonies went
into their winters rest with large num-
bers Of old bees nearly worn out, with
few young ones to take their place.
Il this is the case, 1t becomes necessary
to keep everything in proper condition
If success is desired. The weak bees will
succumb to the least unfavorable
weather.
With old bees dying, the entrance Of
ten becomes clogged, and if the bees are
not removed the colony will die-win
smother. With wire foot or more
long, with hook on one end, the en-
trance can easily be cleared Of dead bees
and the colony be saved.
Excessive moisture in hive will also
cause bees to die rapidly and drop to the
bottom Of the hive. and if not removed
the colony will the sooner die.
With good absorbent (chaff) over
the bees and plenty of space between the
absorbent and roof there will be but lit
tie moisture within the hive. With care
the dead bees can be removed without
arousing the colony to activity.
In cellar wintering bees Frequently
become uneasy, condition often dae
from lack Of water. which is especially
the case toward spring. when brood rear
ing commences. A sponge saturated
with water, placed over the cluster, will
quite often quiet them.
With the best of care in fall feeding
colony may sometimes be found with
out sufficient stores even in the middle
Of the winter. If such one is found, 1t
can be fed and the bees kept from starv-
ing.
This can be done by filling a wide
mouthed bottle, better Mason fruit
jar, with sirup made of granulated
sugar and water and tying some cheese
sacking over the mouth of the bottle or
jar and quickly inverting it and placing
it directly over the cluster. The bees
will be able to help themselves and star
vation is avoided. They willsake to the
"bettle" sooner If the sirup is middling
warm. Many beekcepers prefer candy
made from sugar sirup, boiled until
ready for taffy, and while bot pour into
dishes-pie tins viii do. When this is
cold, you have a c.ke of candy which
can be placed over The cluster, on to the
frames, and, too, without arousing the
bees.
1t is claimed there is this in favor Of
candy for feeding bees: The bees not be-
ing able to take the candy as fast as they
can the sirup, it will not cause SO much
activity in the colony, and for that rea-
son is better for winter feeding. The
writer has done but very little winter
feeding and for that reason can give but
little from actual experience.
Middletown transcript., 1897-01-02
MIDDLETowN. DEL. JAM I, 1896
~Es sasz
AGRaMs sFOgAD
ssD. GAR DEN
sALT4Ne DOWN PORK.

Methods That Have Given Satisfaction For
Twenty-seven Years.
A New Jersey correspondent Of The
New England Homestead writes of
methods practiced BY him with entire
success for the past 80 years He says:
For pork one OF the first considera-
tions Is clean barrel. ! have used the
same barrel for the past 80 years and
have cleaned it each year as fol-
lows: Put about three pals Of water
and peck of clean wood ashes in the
barrel, then put In hot irons enough to
boil thewater, cover closely and by add
ing hot iron occasionally keep 1t boil
ing for a couple of hours Wash the bar
rel thoroughly, and it will be sweet as
a new barrel. Cover the bottom of the
barrel with coarse salt. Cut the pork
into strips about six inches wide, stand
edgewise in the barrel, with the skin
next the outside, till the bottom is COW
cred, then cover with thick coat Of salt
20 as to hide the pork entirely. Repeat
in the same manner till the barrel is full
OE B06 pCMR ~ AA4 AAA OOSUG eASo Wy 4sA4
er with salt thickly. Let it stand about
three or four days and then puton fat
stone and cold water enough to cover
the pork. After the water Is on sprinkle
one-quarter pound best black pepper over
it. An inch of salt in the bottom and
between each layer and ~ inches on
top will be sufficient to keep the pork
without making brine. Some people
make brine that will bear an egg, but
] never do
For hams, weigh the hams, and
for 100 pounds Of meat I use 4 pounds
of the best fine salt, pound of sugar
and 4 ounces saltpeter. Mix thor
oughly and rub it into the flesh side Of
the ham, not forgetting the shank, and
place on board or shelf. When the
mixture has struck in, rub again. There
will be enough to rub the meat three
times. It usually takes about three
weeks to complete the job. Hang up
Immediately and smoke. This recipe
will cure the large and small hams
alike and just right for cooking, as the
meat will not take in more than the
right quantity. If these directions are
intelligentiy followed, Ait quality Of
ham will be secured. Tor bacon use the
same mixture as for hams.
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Burnine ont stumps,


The English and French are using a
cheap, simple and effective arrangement
for removing stumps. It is explained in
Hardwood as follows;
The appliances necessary are shovel,
little dry kindling and 3 sheet iron
cylinder large enough to slip down over
the larger stumps, the top cone shaped
and terminating in collar in which
one or more lengths of or inch COM
mon stovepipe may be fitted. A hole is
dug between the roots on one side Of the
stump and partially under it, large
enough TO start a fire with the kin
dlings. After the fire is once fairly start
ed the iron cylinder Is slipped over the
stump, the stovepipe is added. and the
whole arrangement acts as stove,
burning the stump out completely. It
is said that IL the stumps are old and
anyway dry they will burn easily with
out the cone shaped top and stovepipe.
Il is claimed that one man with three
or four cylinders, large and medium, to
fit over different sized stumps, can do
more and better work in day than a
dozen men with axes alone.
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TILE DRAINAGE.


Points For the Confederation of Farmers
Having This Work TO Do.
Tiline is expensive work and all ef-
fort should be made to cheapen It as
much as possible-that is, the mechan.
ieal part. It cannot be cheapened by us.
ing too. small tile or tile of poor quality
put down too shallow. But the time OF
doing the work has much to do with
cheapening 1t, doing it when the soil l.
in proper condition to handle easily, do.
ing 1t when other work more necessary
does not crowd, doing it with the right
kind Of tools. Thus writes contributor
to the Ohio Farmer, who also furnishes
the following suggestions:
If team and plow can be used to
hasten the work and save man work, il
is cheaper. Where spades and shoveli
are used they should be the best and
adapted to the work in quality and
strength. In purchasing tools it is wis.
dom to secure the lightest consistent
with strength and quality. tits folly ia
lift q few ounces extra weight in
spade or shovel hundred of times q day
when lighter tool will do the work
better. Sometimes the use of grind
stone for few minutes will save mus.
ole, and grindstone is much the cheaper
of the two. And always thin spade
will cut through the tough clay far cas-.
Ter than thick one. When we purchase
tools to be used continuously, as a spade
is used when QUITTING ditch, we use the
scale to detect difference In weight, Civ.
ing the preference to the lighter tool il
the quality is not deficient. It Is not al.
ways the heaviest handle or even the
heaviest blade in tool that will stand
the most work.
A properly adjusted grade line will
save handling much soil and enable the
workman to lay the tile as fast as the
ditch is finished, and 1t is unsafe to fin.
ish digging very long line before lay.
ing the tile. Making tomorrow the most
convenient time to lay the tile has often
caused much longer delay on account Of
a rain or frost during the night, spelling
the ditch by the slumping in Of the sides
and requiring the work to be done over
again. It took two lessons Of this kind
fully to impress the Importance of this
matter on our minds.
When the weather is ohangeable,
freezing and thawing BY turns, it is Of
ten advisable to take off the top spade
while the soil is In good condition to
work. Then when frozen in the morn
ings, the work can go on without wait
ing for a thaw. When this is done. the
crumbs should not be thrown out till
ready to complete the work, for they
prevent the solid soil below from freez
ing, and then, too, freezing and thaw-
ing will simply cause as much more
loose soil to fall into the cutting. All
these points are worthy of consideration
when one has this work to do.
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Moisture In ceilars.

As a rule, says tho Iowa Homestead,
western cellars arr tco dry 10 win Ter
fruits and vegetables in. Vegetables,
therefore, are best turied in tl5a earth
or in special cave far thei2, and where
apples are stored ia any considerable
quantities special cellar is necessary.
Recently, when accompanying an ex-
pert who was examia nj teg so.ne fine fruits
in his cellar, the aut aori 2 quoted OBJ
served that hand brought water down
and sprinkled the floor quite thorough
ly before closing the cellar door. After
an all night airing during cool night
he said he found this absolutely neces-
sary in order that apples should keep
we'll during the fall. when dry air was
the rule. 1t kept the fruit from shrivel-
ing, and they continued to be more
plump until freezing weather came He
tried to avoid such deg4ee Of moisture
and conditions OF WARMTH as would
Gauss mold, but aimed to keep the eel
lar damp and as cool rs posi- lie.
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nrulchine Rhubarb,

When the ground is frozen in winter,
the plants should be mulched about
eight inches deep with strong manure
from the horse stable. This advice is
given in The National Stookman, as is
also the following:
Rhubarb to succeed well must have
this mulohing. and there is little danger
Of getting the soil too rich in this way.
Leave the mulohing on In the spring, and
The plants will make q strong, vigorous
growth and will require no Other culti-
yation during the season. as the mulch
ing holds moisture and keeps out the
weedR This mulching should be repeat
ed each winter. If 1t is omitted. you
may expect light crop of rhubarb to
follow. II the rhubarb crop has been a
failure, it will pay to try mulching 1t
this winter.
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Pruning In the Vest.

In reply TO ahe Guory y.heth peach
trees should 10 prs..sd back IL The au-
tumn, Iowa IlaElesteaa says:
We cannct gauge .;ar cpcra.ioas with
the peach by those that ara successfully
employed in the east cnsl south. There
cutting back is practioed at the close OF
the season ) growth and at the begin
ming Of tlie r aen;pg period Of the wood.
This p.actieq is l,elsofciall in those To-
oalitips, l,ttNe hive found that sum.
mer pf.iii ~, VI ith the renoeal of foil.
ago aud II. la; ing off Of shoots, weak.
ems pla,iss' I'D destroys vitality. Open
parts or i.:aned paris permit greater
evaporssicir at sital sap 1ow that is in
a semies ar r.natsb tate all winter For sue
cessfaiiy wiA5.ring, trees should ripen
their i9a1es nesSrally without frost and
drop the.p naturally, ard then the tree
is sealaa herinc tically at every point.
All Isis s7aiEst the idea Of late cut.
ting b.scS cf tIeeez and plants in a west
ern cl;asase.
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All of the latest popular patterns and styles
that have ever been offered to the trade.
Employing none but skilled workingmen
and being large cash buyers, with an ex-
perience extending over period of nifty
bars, thereby gaining and actual practical
knowledge of the business. we are placed in
position to give you more value for your
money than any other house in the city.
You will find that it will pay you to visit
our immense stores an examine our stock
of Ready Made and Custom Clothing be-
|. fore purchasing elsewhere. Recollect we
are leaders in our line-others follow-and
that all goods sold by US are strictly as we
represent them.
Just look at our prices, We offer:
$50 Suits, broken lots, at $3.50 per suit.
$50 Mems Suits at $500, sold elsewhere at
5000.
300 Mems Superfne ALI Wool Cashmere
Suits at $1,000 sold elsewhere at $1,000
100 Children's Suits at $f.25, sold else
where at $500.
100 Children's Suits at $500, sold else
where at $500.
100 Boys and Youths Suits at 81, sold
!, elsewhere at $500.
>S50 Fall 0Yercoats at $500 to $1,000 sold
elsewhere It $1,000 to $500.
375 Menu Overcoats at s. to $500; sold
elsewhere At $1,000 to $1,000.
1000 Paifof Pants at $1.50, market value
$500:
All other goods in proportion.
/. Samples sent on application and estl-
INMATES cheerfully given.
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Forcing Lettuce.

In order to maintain regular supply
paintings should be made every ten
days or SO, according to American Gar
dening. A temperature Of from 40 to 40
degrees at night suits lettuces, and so as
to have good results the plants should
be grown on without check. Solid
beds would no doubt produce the finest
heads, but in private establishments the
crop is generally grown ON benches,
which answers the purpose sufficiently
well. Green fly is sometimes trouble
some and must be checked before it gets
headway; otherwise the crop will be de-
stroyed Either fumigate or lay tobacco
stems between the plants.
Middletown transcript., 1897-01-02

win experiment station bulletins and
wake up IN the morning scientific
farmer. The great value Of the short
course il that IL will give a young man
the right start under surroundings and
among companions that will prompt him
to continue the work Of observation and
investigation. Young man. why don't
you make your start this winter? asks
Rural New Yorker.
Middletown transcript., 1897-01-02
Assaia Eay.

FTefn Is Utah 81 .tion comes re-
port IF scnsc intc-esti.i feeding expert
menis witt, i.ifalfa hay aud other forage
crops
Alfalfa cat jrst befoso blooming was
fossi;a Is "A great Il. supc or to that cut
wife y tlccnl c-t,:at cEsjast after full
blcafli.ss. Taa ca-ly cleting yielded
mors bay FE. acre. aid stosk ate more of
it Per dag AID Il d ) more rapid gains
OH it tLssn On the later cuttings. The
earIyentsiag ~ luced 10 per cent more
best E.:r acre than the later cuttings.
Daring tisotW1 W 5aks Of budding and
Towering tl:els vm no additional
growth. t:at an estuaI loss Of so pounds
of hay per acss.
As compact wits other hays. alfalfa
proved equal fhe lest timothy and su.
pericr 10 ro. gIcver. Arationof alfalfa.
straw AID grain rrsyca superior to ons
Of Alfalfa and grain. Mixed hay and
grain proved seperior to alfalfa, straw
and grain.
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BRANCH ROADS.

DELAWARE, MARYLAND q VIRGINIA r. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations lO.S7 m. week days, g. Is m Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays only. Returning
train leaves Franklin City 5.52 q. NJ, weekdays.
only. :, ''>-''' '''.>' N't''''t 10y :
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamerl LAB p. M, week days Returning,
leave Chineoteague 4.42 q. M, weekdays
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at lOS7 a. M, 6S p. M, weekdays Returning,
leave Lewesd: As a. M, 20 p. M, weekdays.
days and 6.2S P. M, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays only. Returning, leave Berlin 659
q M and 2.4s pm Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturday only.
QUEEN ANNE & KENT r. R.-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations $50 a. M. and
$50 p. m. week days. Returning, leave Centre
vile 7.31 a. M. and 2 80 D. M, weekdays.
DELAWARE CHESAPEAKE r. R.-Leave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations 93S a. M, and
5.45 p. m, week days Returning, leave Oxford
6.55 a. M. and 40 p. M, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE & SEAFoRD r. H.-Leaye Seaford
M, weekdays and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays 7O5 p. m. Returning, leave Cambridge
go q. m. weekdays and 247 p. m. Tuesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays
CoNNEcTIoN.-At Porter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad. At Clayton,
with Delaware e. Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore & Delaware Bay Railroad. At.Har-
rington, with Delaware Maryland & Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge & Seaford
delphia & Norfolk, Wicomico & Pocomoke. and
Peninsula Railroads.
8. NJ. PROVOST, General Manager.
]. &. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
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It has aside from. its literary features spe-
cial departments edited by the best writers,
thinkers and specialists, some Eof them Of
surprising interest to comparative few
others important and valuable Intellectually
and financially to nearly everybody. These
departments are Science, Music, Fine Arts,
Sanitary, Missions, Religious Intelligence,
Biblical Research. Sunday School, Financial,
Insurance, Work Indorse and Out, Puzzles,
Roolx Reviews and Titararv Natas
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Tnstruetlon n Arricuiture..

Instruction IN agriculture Is provided
for IN the University of Vermont, Bur
lington. A dairy school is held for four
weeks, beginning in January, and open
only to residents Of the state Full IN
formation may be obtained by address
ing the plesisent Of the university.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
Meets every Monday night in McWhorters
Hall at O'Clock.
first Tuesday OF each month In Town Hail.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 9 10. Y. y.
Damon Lodge, No. Il, OFF. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhor1er's Hall at
Major John Jones Post, No. q, g.. "A. r.
Meets every Friday night In Reynolds Build
ing at O'Clock
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs. Meets
Union Lodge No. 6, A. O.U. w meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night In McWhorters
Hall.
Lord Delaware Circle, no. 16, Brotherhood
Of the Union. Meets 1st and Sd Friday, Nc
Whorter's Hall at 8 p. m.
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BANKS.

PEOPLES National Bank.-President, G.. w,
w. G. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Cifizens National Bank.-Preside dent, Joseph
Biggss Cashier, John s. Crouch; Teller, 4
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
Street =
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a m. a m. a m. D m. p m.

Daily. 3 Daily except Sunday.
"aH Stops to leave passengers from Whining.
ton and points north, or take passengers for
points south of Delmar.
''fi Stops only on notice to conductor or agent
or on signal.
"f' Stops to leave passengers from Middle
town and points south.
IT" Stops to let off passengers from points
south of Harrington.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINs.-Leave
Wilmington l2.l0 a. m. and 9.5I p. M, daily,
days. Leave New Castle $50 a. m. and 10 10 d
M, daily, s3l, 9.45. 1I.02 a. M, Lis. 36, 8 A,
2. u p. m, weekdays
Express trains leaving Harrington sos q. M.
and arriving at 6.24 p. M, weekdays, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark.
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Read These Testimonials

SCoTF's LIVERY STABLES, May lst, 1896.
Having used yaughan's Diamond Condition
Powders in my livery, can heartily endorse
them as giving me entire satisfaction as
of Roughness OF the Skin and Hair.
L. G. EC0TT.
MIDDEs TOWN, DEL, May 2. 1896
can truly say of Vaughan.s Diamond
Condition Powders that / consider them the
best Horse Powders that ever used. Having
thoroughly tested them on my horses found
they produced the desired results for which
they are SO highly recommended.
CORTLAND #. CROCKETT.
MIDDLBroWN, DEL, Apr. 1895.
DEAR STR:-Having used your Condition
Powders found them good for all kinds OF
stock. would advise everyone TO use thems
@. r. MANLoYE.
MIDDLEToWN, DEL, Apr. ls, 1895.
/ have tried your Powders and ind them
Superior to anything have ever used.
FRANK PIERCE.
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Beautiful Pictures

in the latest design frames
worthy Of any home and at
such low prices. Picture frames
made to order. Cannot help
pleasing you.
An elegant organ at the
lowest price possible.
Window shades and fixtures
of any color and style, and
will put them up. If not con.
venient to call drop a postal
card.
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The Baltimore weekly sun.

The Weekly SUN Publishers all the News
of each week, giving complete accounts Of
all events Of interest throughout the world.
AS an Agricult tural paper The Weekly SUN is
unsurpassed. 1t is edited by writers of prac-
tical experience, who knows what farming
means and what farmers want In an agricul-
tural journal. It contains regular reports of
stations throughout the country, Of the pro-
ceedings of farmers clubs and institutes, and
the discussion of new methods and ideas in
agriculture. Its Markets Reports, Poulty
Department and Veterinary column are parti-
cularly valuable to country readers. Every
issue contains Stories, Poems, Household
and Puzzles Columns, a variety ofinteresting
and instructive selected matter and others
features, which make 1t a welcome visitor in
city and country homes alike.
One dollar year. inducements to getters-
up of clubs for the Weekly SUN. Both the
Daily and Weekly Sun mailed free of post
age in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Payments invariably in advance. Address
AS. .ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
Baltimore, Md
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Cures

Prove the merit Of Hoods Sarsaparilla posi-
tive, perfect permanent Cures.
Cures Of scrofuIa in seyerest forms, like
goitre, swelled neck, running sores, hip
disease, sores in the eyes.
Cures of Salt Rheum, with its intense itching
and burning, seald head, letter. etc.
Cures of Boils, Pimples, and all other erup-
tons due to impure blood.
Cures Of Dyspepsia and other troubles where
a good stomach tonic was needed.
Cures of fRheumatism, where patients were un-
f5S4 able to work or walk for weeks.
Cures of Catarrh by expelling .he impurities
which cause and sustain the disease.
Cures of Nervousness by properly toning and
feeding the nerves upon pure blood.
Cures Of That Tired Feeling by restoring
strength. Send for book Of cures by
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T1iddletown Directory.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.

president-G. w. W. Naudain; Secretary,
w. s. Letherbury; S. s. Holten, Charles II.
Howell, Geo. ". Peverley.
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As the AeFIsaitarsI 4 coIlses.

A Iaegt Gears at an agricultural col
lege sill lot 81 ! out i full fisdged sci
enlist \ man can't stuiR bis pillow
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WHO CAN FIND IT !?


There is a verse in the Bible
which contains every letter in
the alphabet except J, and it
is said there is only one such.
Who can find it? That would
be a novel occupation to
search it out, but think of the
other rewards that must fol-
low such an effort-gems of
thought and truth to brighten
and gladden. life's pathway. If
ou try and cannot find the
verse, you will be informed by
making a call upon
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Survey of the World

Every week the notable events occurring
the world over are placed clearly before the
reader. No one person has time to read all Of
the current publications, foreign and domes-
tic but every one wants to know the events
happening in the whole world, which people
think about and talk about. The Survey of
the World gives each week the gist Of inn
portant events for the current week. It is
really one of the most valuable and impor-
tant features Of any periodical.
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George G. Rowe
West MAIN & SCOTT Street
Middletown, Delaware,

where you will be surprised to
find SO many things to make
home attractive. Wall Papers
of the latestand mostimproved
patterns, and an experience of
II years in this community is
a guarantee that all work OF
that kind is done satisfactorily.