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Middletown transcript., 1898-09-10
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SPECIAL. MANURING.
when Nitrogen. Phosphates and Potash
Ara Moaf AppIfcabIe.

when Nitrogen, Phosphates and Potash
Are Most Applicable.
The question, "What crops will be
specially benefited by given fertiliz-,
ing eIement:'' is often asked. Professor.
Kedzie of Michigan offers In bulletin
No. 161 what he characterizes as not q
full answer but "a few suggestions" 4
The leguminous crops, such as the
cloyers, peas, beans, vetches etc., are
called nitrogen producers, because they
derive most Of their nitrogen from the
air, and they receive little benefit from
the use Of nitrogenous manures. Sugar
beets produce much larger crop when
fed with manures rich in nitrogen, but
the quality of the beet is greatly re-
duced, the oyergrown beets containing
an increased amount of nonsaccharine
matter, lowering the coefacient Of
purity. Such manures and unfermented
stable manure are avoided in raising
sugar beets. Combined nitrogen is often
called stimulant, because it promotes
q rapid and large growth Of leaf and
fiber. In truck farming and raising Of
succulent crops for immediate sale In
the market the forcing quality of nitro
gen comes in good play. This is seen in
the growth of juicy fruits like the
strawberry. Some gardeners as soon as
the frost is out of the ground and win
ter mulch is removed apply 300 to 400
pounds per acre of dried blood or hen
manure, raking 1t into the ground and
securing larger crop thereby.
The purest example of nitrogenous
manure is nitrate of soda. 1t is entirely
soluble in water. and hence liable to be
washed out Of the soil in wet spell
unless growing crop appropriates it
and saves from loss. In q very dry sea-
son it sometimes "burns the CROP" It's
best effect is seen when it is applied to
a crop which has little power to obtain
a supply of nitrogen, yet needs to make
rapid growth in short time to produce
a paying crop. A good illustration is
winter wheat, which makes such
wonderful growth in the latter part of
May and in June in leaf and stalk for
nation. If light dressing GOO pounds
per acre. was sown on the wheatfeld
the fore part Of May, better heading out
and more wheat might be the result.
No plant can grow in the absence OF
phosphates, and these must be found in
the soil. They are necessary for every
crop, but are specially beneficial for
certain crops-the clovers and other
crops Of this class, turnips and all root
crops and grain crops Of every kind.
One special influence of phosphates-
viz, the early ripening of crops-makes
this fertilizing element Of special value
to market gardeners who raise melons,
squashes, grapes, etc., that are liable to
injury by frost in the fall. A difference
Of two weeks in ripening may make the
difference between profit and loss.
Potash is in universal demand in
plant life. It is in demand with pota-
toes and other roots, the grasses and
clover. Fruit trees require a large
amount of potash. The ash of grape
vine contains 80 per cent and Of the ap-
pie tree 12 per cent of potash, and fruits
are called "potash feeders"
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meadows as before and continued
through the rest of the summer. BY this
method large crop Of timothy hay was
each year secured regardless of rain.
We can give the water entire credit
for the large crops, as they grow only
within couple of hundred feet of the
bitches, after which the grasses grad
ualiy get poorer in quality and less in
quantity toward the lower sides of the
fields. The grass near the ditch grows
mp, falls down and grows up again,
and we have trouble to get it properly
cured when cut, unless everything IA
vors. The hay now sells for SO. so per
ton in the NOW, which shows the quail
ity.
The ground irrigated is upland, made
from gneiss rocks containing consid-
erable quantity OF felspar and conse-
quently potash. The head Of the ditch
is by small dam across stream 10 to
10 feet wide, and poles are SO placed in
the fall Of the year that most Of the
leaves and floating material are turned
in the ditch and eventually enrich the
meadow. In the spring open the ditch
at point above ground wish to en-
5ioh and turn out large stream Of wa
ter, and then with a garden rake stir
up the muck and leaves, thus flooding
that part Of the field, my object being
to carry the fertility down to the poorer
portion Of the field and past where in
the preceding years it had been allowed
to stop. The ditch is three-fifths of a
mile long, and If it were not for the
water power rights it might be enlarged
and extended Is miles along the north
west side Of the valley, watering farms
all the way.
Where the water is cold in summer,
as, for instance, spring water or snow
water from mountains, the irrigating
ditch should be made wide and shallow
and have very slight grade, SO that
the water may become warm before 60
ing on the fields. may be flooding the
ground too much for the real good of
the grass, but am getting better crops
all the time from the enrichment of the
ground.
In New Jersey a farmer has right
to use water from a stream, but must
turn it back into the stream before it
passes water power.
The above is my experience in irrigat-
ing grass land, but in ever SO many in
stances bitches can be taken out by the |
individual or several farmers, the water |
being used but little during wet sea-
son, but during a dry one extensively
used, thereby getting large crops. or at |
any rate average ones, when, owing to |
the failure or partial failure of the
crops of those who do not irrigate,
prices are high.
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Considerable interest seems to exist
just now in Angora goats, the profit
there is in raising them, etc. Some de-
tails of the business are given by a Texas
correspondent Of The Wool Record and
Textile News as follows:
'tThe best Angora focks yield about
four pounds per head per annum where
they are kept in large hocks, but they
will yield more if only few head can
be kept in bunch. We always shear
early in the spring and early in the fall.
Shin oak country is pretty good for
them, but live oak country affords
more feed in the winter if the oaks are
not too tall, but the falling leaves, Of
large trees give much food in the spring.
Angora goats are scarce, or, rather,
they are hard to obtain, because so
many wish to buy, and hear Of none
for sale. The cheapest way to care for
them is to keep them unherded in wolf
proof pastures. They can easily be
trained to come home by feeding q lit
tie and by sailing regularly. They are
easily handled after one learns how to
handle them, The best market for mo-
hair know of is in New York, where
several commission men sell it to the
factories.
1t is difficult to say what it will
cost per head to attend to Angora goata
properly, but any one going into the
business will soon find that they pay as
wellas or better than any other kind o6
live stock. Fine goats seldom bear;
twins They pay quite well enough 'by
raising one young one each year.
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News and Notes.

The Palmetto asparagus seems to re-
sist rust better than many other popular
varieties.
It is expected that the apple crop OF
England will be short, owing in part to
the prevalence Of insect pests.
Bush cutting is now in order. Cut
the underbrush close to the ground and
heat and drought will do the rest.
Thrashing in some sections is prov
ing the winter wheat crop lighter than
was expected. Reductions from the big
crops anticipated are reported from
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Mammoth white winter rye is receiv-
ing commendation for the excellence Of
the straw as well as the fine quality of
the grain.
The various unfavorable conditions
that have surrounded the corn crop
from the start make it safe, in the opin-
ion of Orange Judd Farmer. to assume
that the total yield will fall materially
below that Of last year.
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IRRIGATION.
Eastern FARMERS Not Sufficiently Wide
Awake In the Matter.

Eastern Farmers Not Sufficiently Wide
Awake In the Matter
''Here in the east, where we have ex-
cessive rainfall and drought, we are apt
to think ourselves helpless in the mat.
ter and to depend on Providence to send
us the proper quantity Of moisture for
our crops, and at the right time. We
are helpless as far as rainfall is CON.
cerned, but many are independent, to a
great extent, as to drought Quite q
share Of the farmers living in noun.
tainous or rolling sections Of the coun-
try are asleep TO the subject Of irriga.
tion and the opportunities they have
for irrigating the whole or parts Of
their farm land" A farmer who ex-
presses himself thus in Country Gentle
man further says:
] know OF but three irrigating bitches
in use in the northern part Of New Jey-
sey, one Of which I own. This has BEEN
in use for at least century and covers
four fields. As long as can remember
the water hAs been turned on the fields
and run through the grass until near
haying time when ii was turned OF
for the ground TO dry out sufaciently
for the haying to be done, after which
Ii tNas again turned Oh and flooded the
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BRANCH ROADS.

DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA r. r.
Leave Harrington for franklin City and way
statiods l0.39 am week days,G.S7 p nj Tuesdays
thursdays and SATURDAYS. Returning train
leaves Franklin City $40 a. N. week days and
l.42 tuesdays, Thurs a sand Saturdays onl. .
Leave franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) l.3O p. M, week days Returning,
leave Chincoteague 4.42 a. m, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown Lewet and
Rehoboth at 1888 a. m, 81 p M, week days.
Returning, leave Rehoboth $50 q. IN and 2.58
p. M. week days.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 10 80 a. M. week
days and 6.37 p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
saturdays. Returning, leave Berlin 81 a. m.
week days and 2.43 p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
QUEEN ANNE & KENT r. R-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations Il q. M, and
53l p. M. week days Returning, leave Centre
vile 7.2G a. M. and 2 u p. N weekdays.
DELAWARE & CHESAPEAKE R. R-Leave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations . 80 a In.. and
5N p. M, week days Returning, leave Oxford
$40 a. m, and 40 p. M, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE & SEABoRp r. K.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations H. r.
m. and ]. IA p. m. week days, Returning. leave
Cambridge Gas and 10 40 p. m. week-days
CoNNECTIoN.--At Porter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad. At Clayton
with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore & Delaware Bay railroad At Haf-
rington, with Delaware. Maryland & Virginia
Railroad. At Delmar, with New York, Phila
delphia Norfolk, WicOmico & PocOmOke. and
Peninsula Railroads.
j. d. HUTCHINSON. General Manager.
]. II. WOOD. General Passenger Agent,
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The Early richmond Cherry.

There is no canning fruit that we
prize higher than the cherry called the
Early Richmond. It is sure bearer,
ripens Just after strawberries and is a
heavy bearer. have grown tn I'm for
So years, and they can be relied ON to
produce crop four years out of five.
The trees are not long lived, and to
make sure of family supply few
trees should be planted every six or
eight years.-Waldo F. Brown in Home
and Farm.
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Agricultural RrevitIaa.

Professor Kedzie reminds farmers
that their most valuable mine of potash
is the clay and loam of the farm. Every
soil contains potash, but the clay is es.
pecially rich in it, and by the slow
chemical changes, promoted by tillage,
potash is constantly set free for the use
Of plants.
Most of the wheat -four imported by
the island Of Porto Rico is received
from the United States.
IA quiet change in farming" is noted
by Orange Judd Farmer in the state.
ment that good farms near cities have
advanced from to 25 per cent In value
when reached by an electric railway.
The increased demand for farms comes
from t1e city residents who wish 70 On.
joy country life or TO raise fruits, vege-
tables, poultry, etc.. for the nearby
market.
Apropos Of the question whether the
potato bug eats the tubers or not Rural
New Yorker says q number Of its read.
ers have stated positively that they have
known the potato beetle to eat the
tubers
According to American Agriculturist,
no argument is needed to show the com.
parative scarcity Of good cigar leaf.
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Increase

It will be observed that in every case
the increase from the home mixture is
decidedly greater than from the factory
mixture which it was intended TO dupli.
cate, the difference being greatest in the
case of the most expensive factory mix.
ture The prices given above for the
factory mixtures are what the station
paid for them in small lots at the re-.
spectiye factories. The prices quoted for
the home mixtures represent the cost OF
these mixtures at the station, the ma.
terials being bought in single sack lots
at the regular, publicly quoted, retail
prices for the materials, with freight to
Wooster added. Nothing is added for
mixing, as the freight paid on the fac.
tory mixtures would several times over
pay the cost Of mixing.
The Ohio station claims that its field
tests are showing conclusively that out
of tankage, acid phosphate and muriate
Of potash, all of which are In the con-
dition of dry powder or salt, it is posi-
BILE to make fertilizer that will equal
In effect any factory mixed fertilizer Of
equivalent composition. Farmers are
profting by this demonstration to form
home mixing associations, purchasing
the necessary materials in, carloads,
thus getting the advantage Of wholesale
prices and low freights, and thereby re-
ducing the cost Of their fertilizers by
80 to 100 per cent. In some cases the
farmers have agreed upon Q common
formula and taken bids on this formula,
the fertilizer to be delivered in carloads
ready mixed and subject to the analysis
of the state fertilizer control or expert
ment station. One farmers organiza-
tion Of this kind in Pennsylvania num-
bers more than 600 members, and. .one
in Ohio will nse 800 tons Of fertilizer
this year. Each Of these clubs will save
several thousand dollars in one years
purchase. In conclusion the station AZ
serts that the best fertilizer houses are
glad to meet the farmers in this man
ner, for they realize that the consump-
tion of fertilizers will be largely in
creased when tho farmers can get them
ut fair price.
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m. m. a m. . m. p m. p m
IDailv aDai,v exoen, snna.n

Daily. Daily except Sunday.
"a" Stops to leave passengers from Whining.
ton ana points north. take passengers for
points south of Delmar
''f Stops only on notice to conductor or agent
or on signal.
't' Stops to leave passengers from Middle
town and points south.
'P" Stops to leave passer gers from points
south OF Delmar, or take passengers for vii.
ming and points north.
New CASTLE ACCOMMODATIONS TRAINs.-Leave
Wilmington s.l3, llO4. a. m 2 81, AT, and
8 So, p. m. week-da' Leave New Castle s.3l,
9.46, ll.O2 a. m, II and 6 81 p M, week.
days.
Express trains leaving Han rington sos a. M.
and arriving at 6.a3 p. M, weekdays run
through solid to and from Baltimore. via Porter
and Newark
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How to Make Money

Ifyou are out OF employment and want q
clear above expenses by working regularly,
or, II sou want to increase your present In
come from 500 to $500 yearly, by working at
st.. Phila., Pa stating age, whether married
or single, last or present employment ana
you can secure position with them by which
you can make more money easier and faster
than yen ever made beforein your life.
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r1iddIetoWn Directory.


MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
President, J.. f. Nc w horter; Secretary, j. "A.
Suydam; CharlesH. Howell; George g. Rowe;
VIM. r. Cochran.
BANKS.
Peoples National Bank.-President, G.. w.
w Naudain; Cashier, Geo. ID. Kelley Teller.
w. g. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank.-President, Joseph
Biggs; Cashier, John s. Crouch; Teller, &.
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
Street.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Middletown Council, No. Q, Jr. o. ". A. IA.
Meets every Monday night in McWhorters
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. S, A. r. & A. M. Meets
first Tuesday of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. j. Q. .. K.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorters
Hall at O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No. 12, X. of p. Meets every
Wednesday night In McWhoFler'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
every second and fourth Friday night In X
of p. Hall.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. u. W., meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets 6rst FRI
day night Of each month In Hose House.
Middletown transcript., 1898-09-10
The Reason We Can
Work So Cheap

Is because we have our own
Factory and do not have to
pay anyone a commission
for doing work.
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Tue T..;ANscRIrr, sl.oO per year.
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Much in Little

Is especially true of Hoods Pills, for no medi-
cine ever contained so great curative power in
so small space They are a whole medicine
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Rents Boxes

In its New Burglar anl Fire-proc
Vaults, Makes ample provision in II
Store Room and Vaults fol the safe keeI.
ing of Securities and V'tlpaiple rackage
placed in its cussody.
Middletown transcript., 1898-09-10

J, X. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
The Columbus journal., 1898-07-06

almost shocking to add that In creed
and profession both were Christians
Are not International courtesy and
magnanimity possible, even In time
Of war? So long as nations, for any
reason or for lack of reason. will still
resort to arms for the settlement Of
disputes, may not the dreadful duel
60 on without setting on fire the ugly
passions Of hatred, cruelty and Sc
venge?
I'm the midst of arms, the laws are
SILENT" says the old Roman maxim.
But are the laws of God ever silent? ?
Is the Gospel Of His love ever suspend
ed? If fight We must, let us fight only
for justice, freedom, human welfare
and lasting peace. With these motives
dominant, though We strike at human
forms, We shall aim our blows only
at real wrongs: We shall pity those
whom We slay. and shall regret the
injuries We. are obliged to inflict rs
well as those We are obliged to suffer
The Columbus journal., 1898-07-06
MaSnanimftY In War.

An elderly lady. now living in the
vicinity Of Boston, relates what she
heard from her grandfather. who was
a soldier in the English army which
captured Quebec in 1859. The hostile
armies were drawn up in battle order
on the Plains of Abraham, before the
city.
In the open space between them, and
in full view of both ranks. the oppos-
ing generals. Wolfe and Montcaim,
rode toward each other. sa!uted by
raising their hats. drew alongside, and
silently clasped hands like friends and
brothers: then wheeled. rode back to
the head Of their respective forces and
gave orders to open fire. A few hours
later both lay mortally wounded.
These men were loyal to their SOW
ereigns and acting under orders. They
followed the military profession as
gallant and chivalrOus gentlemen. To-
ward each other they were incapable
Of i'll will. and at heart they were not
enemies but comrades. 1t may seem
The Columbus journal., 1898-07-06

1T might ~ well hD confessed.
says Murat Halstead. that the assimi-
lation Of races has gone long way in
Cuba. There is IN almost absolute
thodehtlessness in that island. espec-
ially in the centers Of the highest civ
ilixation, as to whether man or wo-
man IA black or white or Of mixed
blood. 1t would astound even 2 New
York audience at the annual French
ball to see black men waltzing Wildly
with white women, and 1t is even more
alarming and startling to see black
women whirling softly to soft meas
ures in the arms of white men-often
each of the graceful couple smoking
cigarettes, the fine white ash hanging
on half an inch long. showing the de-
lightful properties Of Cuban tobacco"
The Columbus journal., 1898-07-06
Chiclkamauga-l8O8.

They are camped on the Chickamauga!
Once again the white tents gieam
On that field where vanished heroes
Sleep the sleep that knows no dream.
There are shadows all about them
OF the ghostly troops to-day,
But they light the common camp fire
Those who wore the blue and the gray.
Where the pines of Georgia tower.
Where the mountains kiss the sky,
On their arms the nations warriors
Wait to hear the battle cry.
Wait together, friends and brothers.
And the heroes meath their feet
Sleep the long and dreamless slumber
Where the flowers are blooming sweet.
Sentries. pause. yon shadowy challenge!
Rock-ribbed Thomas goes that way
He who fought the foe unyielding
In that awful battle fray.
Honder pass the shades Of heroes.
And they follow where Bragg leads.
Through the meadows and the river.
But no ghost the sentry heeds.
Field OF fame, patriot army
Treads thy sacred sod to-day!
And they'll face a common fOeman.
Those who wore the blue and gray.
And they'll fight for common country.
And they'll charge to victory
Meath the folds of one brave banner
Starry banner of the free!
They arc campcd on ChickamauSa.
Where the green tents of the dead
Turn the soil into 4 glory
Where a nations heart once bled:
But they're claspins hands together
On this stnried field of strife
Brothers. brave. who meet to battle
In the freedom-war Of Efe!
baltimore News.
The Columbus journal., 1898-07-06

= Serious results often follow a strain,
especially when it affects the back, aud
few people are SO liable to strain as those
who. are lifting heavy loads of various
kinds. from day to day. The teamster
rarely ever ovcrtaxes his strength. Fa-
miliarity with the class of wares he
handles, enables him to entirely gage the
load he lifts SO as not to put an excessive
burden on himself But with the farmer
1t is different. He is lifting loads Of such
varying weights and under such varying
conditions that he Is very liable to lift a
little too much some day. with injurious
results. Many serious affections of the
great organs of the body originate in a
strain. II was so in the case of II. X. w.
Bentley, Of rowuer.. North Dakota, A
strain resulted in serious trouble with the
liver. How he recovered and was enabled!
TO feed seventy head of stock during the
winter, let him tell himself:
"About o year ago. sustained an Injury
In NV back and shoulders by lifting a
heavy weight. After time. liver trouble
came on, which so weakened me that !
could scarcely lift my hand to my head;
While in this condition, began the use OF
Dr. j. {. Ayers Pills. and fnding almost
immediate benefit. continued until was
The Columbus journal., 1898-07-06
Dewey's Victory.


The full accounts of the battle IL
Manila Bay show 1t to have been one
CT the most signal victories ever
achieved on the sea. This is strikingly
indicated by the statement that the
casualties of the Spanish navy in ships
own navy in men. Eleven ships to-
tally destroyed, at a cost Of eight men
slightly injured!
There were three marked elements
that entered into the case to make the
victory noteworthy and complete:
First, the nerve and courage Of Com
modore Dewey in taking his feet
where the enemy did not wish to er-
gage him, disregarding all hidden de-
fences of the entrance to the bay: Sec
ond, the unusual luck implied in the
fact that even the well-aimed Spanish
shots did little damage: third. the sa-
gacious strategy of Dewey's maneu-
vering that left SO little to luck.
In spite of the Circumstance that the
Spanish feet was overmatched, the
battle of Manila Bay has already been
accepted by naval men throughout the
world as one Of the most daring and
probably one of the most important
in it's results ever fought. The officers
and men engaged will he heroes as
long as they live; their children and
grandchildren will be to Americans as
the descendants of Nelson's sailors are
to Englishmen.
One battle. fought in two or three
hours, placed at the disposal of this
government historic group of islands
and seven million people. Whatever
may have happened since. whatever
may happen next. nothing can dim the
distinction of that achievement.