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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

Timothy Lynch, assistant foreman at
Farnhurst died yesterday. His funeral
will take place on Saturday morning from
tho residence Of his nephew Hugh q.
Smith.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24
Cutting Wheat,

Farmers in Bluckbird, Appoquinimnk
and St. Georges hundreds have almost
completed the work Of cutting their
wheat They began Monday. Farmers In
BVaIdywine Hundred Will not cut their
crops until next week. The down county
crop is said to DO large.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

President Mckinley was present at the
commencement exercises OF the George
town, d. c., University yesterday
Charles Falon Curley of this city, re-
received Tho degree of Bachelor of Arts
who also won tho philodomic priAe essay
medal,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24
Fancy N. Y. Star Cheese loc. lib.

This is fine AS can be bought, would
cost you from 10 to lGc. elsewhere; I'D,
can yellow table peaches l2c white 1Oo. !;
Helms sweet pickles 25c Il at, &c, Singles
"Star Market" 9Th and King and Jack.
son and Linden streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

Archer Richard chief craftsman of The
Harlan and Hollingsworth Company has
submitted plan for a cur for President
Mckinley. His design is for a twin car
and appears in the Railroad Car journal.
Tho article is prettily decorated. Mr..
Richard 5 design has brought out much
favorable comment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24
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Disseminated .,xCursiOnisfs.

The Afyo-American League was to hava
gone on its annual excursion to Neshnm-
ny Falls this morning over the the B. 80
o. Railroad, but as the number of exCur-
sionists lid not reach G0) the trip was de-
clared off. a band had been engaged and
every other arrangement made for pleas
nnt lima
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

The people of CheswOld are greatly eK-
cited over tho ravnges Of mad dog which
passed through the town yesterday Mrs.
James Thompson was standing near the
pOsto11iCo corner when the mad brute
came running up. He tore IL large hole in
her skirt and left the imprint of his teeth
upon her, Miss Madgo Moore aged
thirteen years, was bitten on the hand aud
fingers, Living Emerson, aged twenty
years, was also bitten. The animal was
killed Mrs Thompson and Miss Moore
have been sent to the Pasteur Institute
IN New York and living Emerson has
been sent TO the Pasteur Institute in Balti-
more,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24
Camp Meeting Association,

The BrandywinC Summit Camp Meet.
ing Association meets this afternoon when
the privileges will be sold and tenters To-
Gated
st. Paul's and Union Churches arrnng-
ed for two hacks each in which to convey
their representatives
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24
Howard School Commencement.

Following is the program of the com
mencement exercises of the Howard
School in the Grand Opera House on Tues
day evening:
Prayer. Eev. c. A. Tindley
Overture. .......... .......... Orchestra
Chorus, Awakening OF the Birds"
Concone
Demonstration. BY Il. Engel.
Essay, "The Evolution of Book"
Flora Hannah Woodson
Essay, THE Mythical Ship"
Alice Virginia Ash
Female Chorus, (three parts) distant
Sninesi ......... ..'........ .uinfer
Essay, "What Our Women are Doing"
Adsllne Brooks
Essay, 1.-THE Merchant of Venice
Curtis Allen Ward
Seiectlon NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Otcnnslfa
Address. .........H Hon. George Fl White
Member Of Congress from North Carolina
Presentation of Board of Education prizes
BY Rev. j. H. Simons
Awarding Of Diplomas
BY President Of Board Of Education
Chorus, 'Arion Waltz, "...........N ogel
Orchestration. -. BY Engel
Itching Piles. nights horrid plague, is
Instantly relieved and permanently cured
by Doan'S Ointment Your dealer ought
to keep it,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

VIII be given free to each purchaser of 95c.
worth of groceries, on Saturday June 49,
come early and get one. Eggs 13c, doz.
8 lbs. jcllGy and jar l0c. best peaches BE.
can, lbs bucket of lard 19c. Richard
son & Co, n. w. corner 2nd and Jotlor-
son streets
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

Tho b. 81 o. h. r. will sell excursion
tickets between all points east of the Ohio
River for all trains July 81, Sd, 4th and
9th, valid Tor return passage until July 9th
a. Greatly Reduced rates.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24
The Lauraia,

In the United States Court to-day II. II.
Ward motloned that all proceedings be
stayed until the decision of the Court us
to the forfeiture of the steamer The mat.
ter will como up next week.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

Simms tho first among pills for tbs
ladies' madd a pure material stand al4n
IN their recommendation for the iGurml.
Ties OF lad ,e1 81. aIs0 cont Wy malt. tJ6
hirg street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

John Gamm has sent up from Port Penn
a sea turtle weighing seventy-ilve pounds
which JEFF Blakely Of Rising Sun will
serve in soup on Saturday night. Stoeckles
beer will also be on tap. Tho public Is
invited,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

Harry NiCkersOu was arrested today,
charged with disorderly conduct. He Is
accused OF throwing stones at the curio
boat.
Patrick Kennedy has been placed under
$500 peace bond toward Jennie REYNOLDS.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24
ATTEMPTED KIdnapping.

Two tramps last evening attempted to
kidnap boy from LamOkin. He escaped
from the men near Chester and returned
to his home,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

An order has been Issued prohibiting
base ball on the lawn in the roar of the
city hall A large sign gives the notice to
the public.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24
Bay Ridge on the Chesapeake.

Excursions every Sunday. A day chock
full of fun and enjoyment Boating, Salt
Water Bathing, Grabbing and numerous
other amusements. Concert by Military
Band.
Special trains will run every Sunday,
and rOund trim sold ns follows.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

r., More We havo sold
quantities of SIS
Cheap and $3.50 Suits
during the past
Suits few weeks - W e
have sold SO many
because they must be bet.
ter than usual. To-day
we put in stock another
big lot of them. Several
styles and all sizes. All.
wool Suits, and made bv
the maker OF our good
clothing, and we closed
out the lots to sell at
above prices. We are
having a run on our Serge
Snits, and when you see
them you will know why.
They are made right, fit
and are away down in
price for the qualities.
Some new styles in Mad
ras Shirts. cuffs separate,
and to be worn with white
coIDars---5O and Is cents
and 81. Some $3.50 and
50 goods in the S100 lois
our maker closed us OUT
the styles 10 clean up
stock.
Open evenings until 9
o'clock.
JAS. 7. MULLIN & SONS,
Clothing, Sixth
Hats, and Market,
Sbooe, Wilmington
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-24

"Burdock Blood Bitters entirely cured
me Of II terrible breaking out oil over my
body 1t is wonderful medicine" Miss
julia Elbridge, Box Is, West Cornwell,
Conn
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-12
Lemon Culture.

Paper read before the Florida State Horti-
cultural Society at Orlando by Prof. Walter
S. Swingle.
| have selected this theme for two
reasons; first, because during a three
months stay in the vicinity of Naples
| was able to see the methods of lem
on culture pursued there, an account
of which thought might be of inter
est to the members of the Society;
and second, because as a result of ex-
tensive field and laboratory expert
ments carried on two years ago, a
remedy for scab, the worst disease of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-12

each other, and borne enough fruit to
pay for the whole orchard, we will dig
up and throw away the surplus ones,
leaving the remainder at a proper dis
lance; and we will be that much
ahead. But will we be that much
ahead in fact or only apparently SO?
A mans pocketbook may sometimes
show an increase that is the result of
short-sightedness in his business; and
for which his business in the future
has to suffer out of all proportion to
the temporarily increased bank ac-
cunt.
In fact, l believe the very terms of
the proposition, as indicative of bene-
fit to be derived from trees shading
the ground and each other" to be
fallacious. If the trees have distance
enough and are allowed to do SO, they
will shade themselves; each one with
it's low, wide spreading branches will
form a perfect protection for it's own
trunk and larger limbs, both from
too torrid sun and, to large extent,
that opposite degree of temperature
that occasionally sends us shiveringly
forthat unseemly hours of the night
to anXiously scan the heavens and
the thermometer.
In addition to properly protecting
themselves, each tree, if it has room
and is allowed to do so, will sufi-
GENTLY shade the ground to an extent
equi-distant with it's breadth of top;
and beyond this, in the mindless as
we call them, a growth of some nitro
gen-catching plant, like beggarweed,
will not only form a better shade than
the surplus trees would do, but will
also when plowed in, in the fall or
winter, add materially to both the
fertility and mechanical texture of
the soil, and i we may use such an
expression, serve as a bank account
for the roots to draw upon at their
necessity.
In my remarks upon adaptability, |
referred to the teachings of nature,
and [ believe her istructions to be of
equal value in this matter of distan-
ces at which to plant.
Did you ever stop to think that
when, as boy, you went in search OF
natures native fruits or nuts, the
trees from which you obtained the
largest quantity and the finest quail
ity were those that stood more or
less isolated from their fellows?
Whether it was the American chest
nut in the North or the chincapin in
the South, the sweet acOrns and
beach nuts of New England, or the
wild plums and persimmons of the
Cotton Belt;you invariably, although
perhaps at the time unwittingly,
needed this great law of nature, that
thick planting is not conducive to the
greatest degree of fruitfulness.
If, on the other hand, you want
straight, smooth pole, free from knots
and side branches, you go to the thick
woods, where each tree is crowding
it's neighbor and all are climbing up
ward and still upward in search for
air and sunlight: and where each,
vain1v endeayOrinp to OyertOD and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-12


planted too thickly, approaches, in a
greater or lesser degree, the thicket
which / have just described. AS soon
as each tree gets to crowd it's neigh
Dor, the lower side limbs begin to
turn hard and brown and rusty and
| finally to die The fruit becomes
usually poorer in quality; and annual
| ly harder and harder to get at.
There is no room to get around with
cultivator or wagon or spraying
apparatus or ladders; and if finally we
summon courage to cut out the fifty
or seventy-five per cent of trees that
never should have been planted, the
of their dead lower limbs and twigs;
leaving long trunks exposed to sun
and cold; and every tree protesting,
as vigorously as anything inanimate
can protest, against the weakened
condition we have placed them in,
and the false shape we have forced
own shortsightedness and folly.
There are many other wrong roads
greater or lesser extent; such as the
roads of improper fertilization, and
illadvised pruning and indiscreet
spraying; for, while fertilization and
pruning and spraying all have their
proper place in the art of the horti-
culturist, their improper or illadvised
or indiscreet use may, and often does,
result in confusion and disaster.
There are some of us whose very
life is so wrapped up in trees and
plants and vines and flowers and
shrubs that we should continue cult
waiting them for our own pleasure
even if we knew there was no other
profit to be derived from them; but
to the majority of us there is also an
intensely practical bread-and-bu
side to our calling that makes it in
cumbent upon us to look to horticul-
ture from commercial standpoint.
The questions of what to plant;
where to plant; how thick to plant;
how to cultivate; how to fertilize; to
prune or not to prune, and how and
when; to spray or not to spray, and
what for. and what with, and how
often? These and many other ques
tions will be open for your considera
ton and discussion during this meet
ing; and if you can point to any
known wrong roads that any of us
have been following or are apt to fol-
low, you will be carrying out the pur
poses of mutual help and instruction
and advancement Of horticulture
for which this society was organized.
The sign-boards which you may
help to erect, pointing to a nearer cut
or less billy path, may well be supple
mented by placing an obstruction
across any old time worn, rutty
wrong roads, at the points where
thew should be abandoned for the
better way.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-12


ject to no more, if indeed to as many,
risks as orange culture.
The two great centers of lemon pro-
duction in Italy are Sicily and the
vicinity of Naples. Sicily exports
probably the larger amount by ten
times, but on the other hand, the
finest lemons are produced on the
southern slopes of the Sorrentine pen
insular. 1t is indeed beautiful sight
to drive along the splendid state
roads which wind in and out, now up
a ravine, now along the perpendicular
face Of a promotory, along the south
ern slope of low but much eroded
and broken spur of the Apprentices
which shuts out the tramontana or
north wind as we'll as all view of the
fascinating but dangerous Vesuvius.
Approaching from the plains on the
east, given up to cattle raising, at
first one sees only here and there
few lemon trees, but soon little groves
become more numerous, and from
Majora (whence the most celebrated
fruit is eXported) to Amalfi, and miles
beyond the steep mountain sides are
laid out in splendid terraces with
stone retaining walls built like the
old Roman acqueducts, strong enough
to stand for milleniums. These terra
ces often include every foot of land
up the mountain sides, although cit
rus fruits are rarely grown above
one thousand feet. It was in the early
part of May, just year ago that [
visited this region and [ was not
little surprised when [ saw how
strangely the trees were pruned,
being trained along a horizontal trel-
lis more like dwarf scuppernong
grape vines than like any citrus
healthy, green foliage and below the
trellis hung not a few fruits ready to
pick, as was evidenced by the groups
of peasant girls carrying on their
heads large baskets down the wind
ing mountain roads to the warehouses
below. Again, [ was surprised at
seeing that these fruits, smooth and
just the right size to pick were col
ored as if fully ripe. [ afterwards
learned that the second crop picked in
winter and spring is always colored
both on the mainland and in Sicily,
while the main crop from ripening
October to December consists as with
us, of green fruits picked according
to size alone Far below the terraces
lay the towns and there we saw
women and children sorting and
packing on the stone floors Of the
warehouses.
In many gardens irrigation is prac-
ticed, mountain brooks being defect
ed from their beds and led along
bitches on the terraces to furnish wa
ter. Between the trees various vege-
tables are cultivated and that danger
from cold was not wholly absent was
evinced by the covering of boughs
spread over the trellises in many gar
dens. The terraces were constructed
of thick masonry walls having Sec
tons laid without mortar providing
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trained horizontally, the system be-
ing apparently to tie down the long
upright sprouts formed each growing
season, until they acquire set and
then cutting the ends away. This
bending and pruning has the effect of
favoring the formation of fruit buds.
One could see but few orange trees
in this section, and such as were seen
showed by their hungry look that
they were there only on sufferance.
Thousands of orange trees have been
budded to lemons since Florida compe-
titon became severe till now the or
ange production is very much less
than that of lemons in all of the prin-
cipal citrus growing regions of Italy
except small section about Rodi on
the Adriatic shore where the oranges
are as celebrated as are the lemons of
Majori. In Sicily, so far as 1 can
learn, the trees are not trained hori-
zontally, yet are still pruned consid-
erably and are kept we'll in control.
The land is there SO dry in many plac-
es that irrigation is absolutely neces-
sary. This enables the growers to
produce a late crop of fruits called
"Verdelli' which are picked green
from June to August when prices are
high. To secure this crop they with
hold water during the summer and IT.
rigate heavily and cultivate thorough
ly early in autumn which causes the
trees to bloom. Owing to the fact that
this abnormal Towering Ito be COM
pared with our "June bloom'' is said
to injure the health Of the trees. The
grove is divided into halves which are
forced on alternate years, giving
"Verdelli'' every summer as we'll as
the regular autumn and spring crops.
One of the most important factors
in successful lemon culture in Italy
that we have heretofore neglected al
most entirely is the economical dis
posal of the culls. diversified fruits are
halved and packed in casks in layers
alternating with coarse salt, and when
no more can be packed in, sea-water
is added to fill in the interstices. OF
these sailed lemons no less than $4,000
tons were exported to the United
States in 1894 and the total produc-
ton was nearly twice this quantity.
The understood lemons are more es-
pecially used in the preparation of es-
sential oil, each peel yielding about ten
drops of this product, used all over
the world in perfumes, cooking, etc.,
and condensed lemon juice sold prin-
cipally in England. Machines have
been invented which CRATE and press
gently the peeling, much as is done
by hand, and one factory near Mes
sina has no fewer than fifty-four of
them, using 100000 lemons daily A
thousand lemons produce about four
teen ounces of the oil. The juice is
extracted by powerful hydraulic
presses, and boiled in vacuum pans to
one-sixth or one-tenth of the original
volume. One pipe holding 100 gallons
contains the concentrated juice of al
most 100000 lemons. [ am convinced
that it is largely to these economies
that the wonderful success of the Ital-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15
ACCIDENTAL GOLD DISCOVERIES.

From The Boston Post
Many Of the gold finds in the Clondyke region
have been purely accidental and some OF them
were decidedly interesting though perhaps not
more so than many accidental finds in our own
West in the Hos and sos. 1t was before 1917
that three men while looking for gold in cali
fornia discovered the dead body of man VINO
evidently had been prospecting. POOR iei-
low said one of the trio. "le has passed IN
his cheeks Lets give him decent burial
said another. Some wife or mother Will be
glad if ever she knows it," They began to dlS
A grave. Three feet below the surface they dis
covered the signs of gold The stranger was
buried in another place. and where they located
a grave they opened a gold mine
An adventurer who had drifted into LeadVliie
awoke one morSing without food or money. he
went out and shot deer. which, In It's dylhs
agonies kicked up the dirt and disclosed signs
of gold The poor man staked out claim,
and opened one OF the most profitable mines
ever worked in IIeadvile.
Dead Mans Claim" the name given to an
other rich mine in Ieadvil,e was discovered by
a broken down miner while digging grave. ~
miner died when there were several lect Oh
snow on the ground. His comrades laid ms
body in n snowbank and hired man FOR ~"
to dig a grave The grave digger, after three
days absence. was found digging mine IN
stead Of a grave. While excavating ne had
struck gold. Forgetting the corpse and his par,
gain. he thought only of the fact that he hao
Struck it rich
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15

place aside from its historical connections Inc
Octagon. to be sure, requires a Ittle sue'Ch vi
the imagination but it is al there, n'N9rthc-
less The worn steps lead IN t. plllir@d
porch around which the trumpet-vine has iiung
its sweeping branches 50 long that they nave
made almost a fairy bower on the tiny portic"s
of the upper windows. The circular room, INTO
which the front door opens and the one al
rectly over it, are. perhaps the most curious
features of the house The floor of the lower
room was once tiled with white marble, bu'
this has been taken away. and two quaint IRON
stoves set in the reccsscs Of the wall are the
only pieces of furniture left from the ID rtgir.e
The doors in both rooms are rounded Ia III the
walls and there is not Jingle rail N any one
Of them while every window glass cdrves. tco
though so gradually that it is not noticeable
at careless glance
The wide door, with its dainty carving around
the lntels and large round ransom, opens from
this hall to another that leads in turn to dining
and drawing rooms. The nigh mantel IN the
drawing- room Is beautifully carved, the graceful
figures portraying a feast Of Baccnns. and it is
still excellently preserved. The walls were
ORIGINALLY covered with white and gold paper.
but. the house falling into the hands Of an art
class all the rooms on the lower floor were
painted a dull red. now 50 fast disappearing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15

full apprehension. for progress is marching peru
ously near and threatens to overwhem the
house. stables and Parden that they nave
guarded so long.
DANIEL WEBSTERS HOME.
The house where Daniel Webster lived, in D.
st. between Fifth ard Sixth SITS. has been rele-
gated to its proper sphere for it is now dedicated
to the law on its steps he delivered his memoir
able speech at midnight in 19j2. when Scott had
wor the Presidential nomination from him. In
less than a year afterward he died and among
his papers was found box labelled precious
Documents" with which there is so pretty a
story connected that though it does not belong
either to law politics. it is certainly deserving
Of mention When he in Portsmouth he
went to call one evening upon young woman
with whom he much in love, and, finding
her busy untying skeins Of silk. he sat down to
help her Suddenly he stopped, saying: Grace
we have been engaged in untying knots; let us
see if we can tie which will not unite in
lifetime" and partly tying piece of tape, in
peculiar fashion he handed ii to her to finish.
OF course she did ii; for when was Daniel ever
known To lose a suit that he evidently had 50
much at heart as this one? When the koX
onened at his death ii contained the early letters
Of his courtship. and this bit Of tape. with the