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SCIENCE In FARMING.
II Has Helped 20 Make Vast Tracta
or worthless Soil veritabzs
Garden spots.

Science II the best ally of agricul
ture, as has been frequently demon
strated. A case in point is an exam
ination into the cause Of unproductive-
ness In some of the so-called "black
soils" OF Indiana. In central and
northern Indiana there are black
humus soils known as bogus" In a
good many cases these were found in
places that had formerly been the
beds Of ponds or else were once
marshes nearly always covered with
water. The water disappeared long
ago, leaving the land in condition
that made it possible to work 1t. It
was asserted by the unskilled and pop
ularly believed that these Lands con-
tanned alkali to a degree that made it
impossible to grow upon them any
kind OF crop. Scientists went to work
ical analysis was made and showed
that the soil had none Of the charac-
teristics of alkali soil. Some of the
land was plowed and mixed with
kainit and cut straw. This certainly
improved the drainage, and crops be-
gan to grow. In short, it was found
that drainage was the key to the stu
alton. Further investigation and ex-
pertinent demonstrated that If q sys-
tenn of drainage were put in to tap the
water-bearing gravel underlying the
humus soil and to lower the water
level to at least 40 inches the cause
of the unproduetiveness would be re
moved and permanent Improvement
would result.
Thus the real difficulty was found
to be the high permanent water level.
In some Of the soils examined tile had
been laid at the usual depth in the
humus layer of soil without any I'm
provement resulting, due to the factv
that the pores and joints of the tile
had been closed by the muck. Under.
lying the humus layer at depth of
five feet or more was bed of sand or
gravel Immediately overlaid by thin
bed Of. clay mud and carrying a strong
flow of water. When holes were dug
down to this layer the water usually
rose to within at least 30 inches OF the
surface. 1t is very easy then to see
that if the permanent water level
was so high the level during wet pc
RODS must be so high as to render the
growth OF most plants very difficult.
When we remember that most plants
root deeply we can easily see how i'm
portant is the question of water level.
-Farmers' Review.
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DUTIES OF CHINESE WIVES.

Only in the most retired hours should
the affection of q husband be mani
tested.
No Chinese will acknowledge to an
other that he is fond of his wife; In
fact, no man is allowed to speak to him
Of his wife, but only of his sons, OF
whom he is inordinately proud.
The Chinese "Decorum Ritual
teaches that service rendered to hus-
band has five aspects. In the early
morning the wife must bind up her hair
with cross-pins, as If preparing for an
audience in court-no curi+paper nor
deshabile Is allowed-and show to her
husband the reverence of subject to
his monarch. After washing her hands
she must prepare food and offer It to
her husband with the respect son OBJ
serves toward his fsther. If her lord
act perversely. she must not resent 1t,
but behave to him as a younger to an
elder brother; and II he err she must
assist him to retrieve his error with
the love of friend for friend.-Phila-
delphia Times.
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Flowers OF the large order in many
cases cover the entire crown. OF
these the popular ones are roses,
poppies and chrysanthemums with or
without their foliage. On some of the
hats one sees numerous small or large
buckles caught In with the Alsatian
or butterfly bow. There is also a de-
mand for fancy quilts and ostrich
feathers from all classes, and they
are found on hats of all prices the
difference being merely in the price
of the quill or feather.
In shapes the toques easily lead,
though the picture hat, the mush-
room shape. colonial shapes, and Louis
XVI. styles are seen in numerous va
rieties.
Still another feature Of the fall and
winter hats is the sxtravagant use of
plumes, especially suitable this year
because of the width Of the majority
of the hats.
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Ay bow Of white velvet directly in
front.
A charming hat of white felt has
the edge of the brim bound with black
velvet, and trimmed with erouleaux of
velvet. The crown Is of black velvet
swathed with white oriental satin,
with steel buckle in the center, and
loops of black velvet on each side.
A hat in which ostrich feathers
play prominent part is of a COM
bination Of black velvet, cloth chenille
and sequin. It has a brim turned
back away from the face, and is lined
with tucked mousseline de sole. Sur
mounting this is crown of black
velvet cloth, chenille and sequin,
while from the center, coming from a
rosette, 10 one large black plume
sianting over the back, ana one di-
rectly in front gracefully hanging
over the brim.
A hat more on the fat order is of
gray felt. 1t is bound around the
edge with sea green velvet, and has g
large butterfly bow directly In front
caught In the center with a buckle Of
Nsa-
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A fool always has plenty Of fool ID
mirers.
A glass Of liquor Is the toper's spir.
itual comfort.
The hand that grasps too much
holds but little.
Jonah was q conundrum and the
whale had to give him up.
A confidence man is man who II
unworthy of your confidence.
The elevator may be lowered, but
the boy who runs 1t is hired.
Do what you think is right and
don't worry about what other folks
say.
The vocalist who expects to make
fortune on the stage trusts to
chants.
Some magazine poetry should be
used as ammunition for magazine
guns.
Shortly after the wedding march
many a man discovers that he 10 an
April fool
Adam must have been swift-footed,
inasmuch as he was first in the hui
man race.
Some men enjoy chronic laziness
more than some others enjoy we'll
earned rest.
A girl who is an accomplished CO.
quette can firt fan ami at the same
time fan hirt.
The smaller the girl the larger the
doll necessary to appease her incipient
maternal affection.
Beware of the man who processes
to be your friend, but who Is given
to drawing uncharitable inferences.
Highwaymen ask too much when
they request their victims to throw
up their hands and throw down THEN
arms.
Says an egotist: 'There are two
things that bother me. One is, how
the world got on before came into
it, and the other is, how It 10 going to
get on after leave it."-Chicago
Daily News.
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CHARMING HEADWEAR FOR
LATE FALL AND WINTER

TALL and winter millinery styles,
while in many respects much like
those of some seasons that have
passed recently, are yet sufficiently
new and novel to meet the require
ment of those looking for the ex-
elusive, and there is more that can be
said in favor of them than against
them.
There is one feature of the new
hats that makes them unusually at
tractfve; that is they lend themselves
30 easily to the requirements of the
individual. 1t is really astonishing
how easily q clever milliner will
change the aspect of a hat by lit
tie arrangement of the trimming,
or bend in the brim, or dent in the
crown, so that it alters its entire ap-
pearance and makes 1t easily just the
thing one wants, while in the shape
In which 1t was first seen there was
absolutely no possibility of its being
suitable.
In the late hat velvet takes the
lead in covering shapes, and for trim
mings, but there are also silks, furs,
nalines, laces and mousseline de soies.
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Al Wonderful Cure.

Howard, Pa, June 2I, 1900.
TO VI s. Army and Navy Tablet Co,
No. ~ East I4th St.. N. Y.
Sirs-I again write to You and you
can make any use of this letter that yop
choose. Wrote you some time ago that
my wife was great sufferer from her
stomach and that your Tablets were
doing her Very much good. ] want to
tell you now that my wife appears .te
be entirely cured after taking your Tab
lets less than months at an expense
to me Of not over $I.oo whereas have
In the last IS years spent several hum
dred dollars for doctors and medicines
which did not do her any good. en-
close you $2.oo for which kindly send
me Tablets. They are not for myself,
my wife not requiring any more; they
are for friends Of mine.
WILLIAM r. HOPKINS.
For sale at all Druggists or sent post
paid for rs cts.
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caught by two men who stand or ait on
the sled. When an armful is gathered
the horse is stopped and the corn taken
to the shock and placed in position.
BY placing wheels at the rear and front
of the sled the draft is greatly reduced.
These sleds can be made for almost
nothing and answer fairly well. There
are number Of more expensive ones on
the market which In some ways
are more satisfactory.-Orange Judd
Farmer
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SOME OF THE PRETTY
TOQUES THAT ARE SEEN

DRETTY toques are probably the
L most charming and popular hats
of the fall and winter season.
There is variety among them that
has never been known before. and
many OF the hats on the toque order
can be called such only because the
milliners, who are supposed to know,
say they are such.
A stylish toque is of gray blue vel
vet OF this the crown is built quite
high of large pink roses, having a
very little green foliage mingled in.
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The Pretty Hats Thai
IRE Seen In NegU Iork
Fall and Winter Millinery Fashions Are Unusually
Attractive This Year

brilliants. Resting on the hair at one
side is a roll of the velvet with 8
| white rose.
One of the Virot models. of which
several are to be seen, is of pale blue
felt with garniture consisting of
bands of pinked felt. 1t has turned
up brim trimmed with bow of black
velvet and fancy feathers.
A hat on the Louis XVI. order is of
wood colored velvet finely stitched
with silk of the same shade. A tor
sade of wood colored velvet is fin
ished with bow of wide gold braid.
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THE PICTURE HATS ARE
UNUSUALLY CHARMING

THE fall and winter picture hats
are unusually charming. One
on that line 10 made of white
velvet with a bell-shaped crown sur
mounting mushroom brim. This
brim is made to droop gracefully over
the face and little high at the left
side, with loops of black velvet ribbon
caught with q steel buckle. A butter
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Among the fall plants which produce
good honey are the numerous varieties
Of golden-rod. Honey made from these
flowers has q beautiful golden color,
similar to the color of the plant. 1t is
as pretty honey as one win find. The
favor - excellent also. You some
times find honey that is tasteless and
more like sirup than anything else.
Some people call 1t artificial, but 1t is
made In the way that all honey is. The
difference Is that the bees are fed on
sugar, and the product lacks the pc
culiar honey taste that belongs to that
made from nectar.-F Farmers Voice.
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value 81 Insect Poyraer,

4 good application Of insect powder
to the hens win make 1t plain to !
good many people about this time of
year Why tlieir hens don't lay. But
few Of the hens are far enough adj
yanced IN the mpulf to cause them to
cease laying. II they are not laying
Il Is due to something else, and hat
something IN all probability Ii Ice.
\ dose of insect powder will tell the
tale. The eggs Will begin u appear
& few days later and the owner WIFI
know that the insect powder i ID pnf
just where 4 was needed Narnaers'
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Home Life Insurance Co.
Abstract from 3sh Annual Report Of Home Life Insurance Co.
ofNew York. Read il Carefully

Total amount Of prem iums received since or
Ranization, May |, 1860, $40, ,s9T ,s393I.
Total amount paid to policy. holders since or
ganization. $40, ,94, 1851.
Admitted assets held as security for policy
holders, January I, 1899. Si0.e59, ,i50.S.
Total amount paid policy.hOiders, and the
amount now held as security for the payment
OF their contracts, 81, BIS s46.ll
Total dividends paid polIcy-holders since or
eanixation, a. 81, $3.50.
Surplus on basis of admitted assets valuation
a per cent Standard. 81 lisa 968.02
Total amount saved policy holders, from pre-
miums paid, IS, 8,002. .5ba.58
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CHEAP CORN HARVESTER.
1t II the Sled Pattern and Gam Bs
Made at Home ut Merely Nom-
lnal Expense.

The little illustration shows the very
cheapest harvester possible. 1t is sim
ply sled with wide platform and sharp
cut edges at q. The sled is drawn be-
tween two rows of corn. The stalks
are cut off by the cutters at o and
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Daily Daily except t>:I.2ay
Stops to leave pssseh "ers from W lining
Ton and points north. or Nke passengers fo,
points south of Delmar
r. Stops only on notice TO c. lductoT or ageY
OF on signal.
f stops TO leave passengers ron, MIDI
town and points south.
'p" Stops to leave pA''sr gers IA n poir
south OF ilelmar, or IL Se pbSsengsIs n "
ming and points north.
NEW CASTLE ACcoMMODATIoE TRAIiIh
Wilmington i3 a. m, 500, II md Ssh D.
week days. Leave New ,Ss"e s. u, e.5i H..
n. m, 6.39 p. m week davs.
Express trains leaving HarA', 81. Bio q. m.
and arriving at 6 a3 p. M, week days, run
through solid to and from Baltimore via Porter
and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYlAND& VIRGINIA R. r.
Leave Harrington for franklin City and wa y
stations l0.3S m 6.37 p m week days. Return.
ing train leaves franklin City SO a. n and
i.57 y. NJ. week DAYS.
Leave franklin City for Chi,eoieague tvia
leave Chincoteague 4.52 a m week DAYS.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown, Lewes
and Rehob til Al 10 SS a M. 6.S7 p m, week
days Returning leave Rthoboth 6.3 a. IN.
and 25l 2 nj week days
Leave Harrington for Berlin. 10 38 a. m. and
6.37 m week days. Returning leave Berlin
$50 m and 2Ss :. m week days
for Centrevile and way stations x M and
5 81 M week days Returning. leave Centre
vile 7.Al MI. and 245 p m, weekdays.
DELAWARE CHEsAPEAKE R R--I.eave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations b q. ni.. and
IS m. week days Returning. leave Oxford
700 m. and 81 p. M. week-days
CAMBRIDGE l. SEAtoRn K k.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations H. IL a
M and 7.i1 nj week days. Returning leave
Cambridge GO m. and 80 p. m. weekdays
CONNECTION AT Porter. with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad At Townsead with
Queen Anne's 4 Kent Railroad. At Clayton
with Delaware 4 Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore & Delaware Bay, tailroad At Har-
rington. with Delaware Maryland Il Virginia
Railroad At Seaford. with Cambridge & seaford
Railroad. At helmar, with New York, PhiIA
delphia & Norfolk Wic0mico 4 POeonoke and
Peninsula Railroads
j. B HUTCH GSON. General Manager.
j. K. WOOD. General Passenger Agent
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A Perfect Newspaper.

To publish ALL THE NEWS promptly
and succinctly and In the most reada5.z
form, without e1ision or partisan bias; to
discuss its significance with frankn. 81 to
keep AN OPEN EYE FOR PUBLIC
ABUSES. to give besides a complete recold d
OF current thought. faDcies and discoveries
In all departments ofhumane activity In
Its DAILY EDITIONS OF from 10 10 "A
PAGES, and to provide the whole for Its
patrons at the nominal price Of ONE CENT
that was from the outset, and will con-
tinue to be the aim Of THE RECORD,"
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HEAVY SOILS.
Mechanical Condition Improved BY
proner Manuring, Cropping, Etc.

~xnacaf Condition Improved by
p~orar Manuring, Cropping, Etc.
Nothing is more aggravating. and
often improbable. too, than to have q
heavy muck or clay soil retain the
moisture and frost SO late In the spring
that carly blowing Is out Of the ques-
lion. when other soils are La condi-
tion for plowing and cultivating, the
heavy soil is muddy and sticky. SO that
n Is impossible to do much with 1t. Or
course the advice of some would be to
give up such soil, but when we consid-
or that the heavy muck soil Is often the
richest this would hardly do. What we
need ia some intelligent plan to I'M
nrove the mechanical conditions of
sucb heavy soils so they will be less
I,lvalv to give trouble. The chief t.. It
to he found with heavy soils Is that
there is not sufficient porosity In It to
hermit water to percolate through It.
Tn other words, the natural drainage
of the soil is poor, and artificial drain
ap,a of some kind must be resorted to.
There are several ways to accomplish
this. The most sensible Is to add such
coarse material to 1t that there Will be
a breaking up of the sticky mass. This
will sometimes effect such a cure that
drains will not be necessary. But the
supply of coarse mate &kd must be kept
mn continuously and not abandoned
after one year. This would be rather
EXPENSIVE and unsatisfactory II 1t were
not at the same time fertilizing and
imnroying the soil 1t Is by utilizing
the right kind of crops that we can inl-
prove a thick, mucky or clay soil. First
of all, however, 1t may be necessary to
dress the land with lime In order to
sweeten the soil for the proposed crops.
The land has indigestion. as 1t were.
and fermentation has made 1t sour so
that some crops could not thrive on It.
Thirty or 40 bushels of water Stacked
lime to each acre may first be needed
to sweeten the soil 20 that ordinary
crops will grow.
There Is no better crop to raise the
first year than Indian corn. which can
be planted quite late In the season
when the soil has dried up. The corn
roots are coarse feeders and will break
I'D the soil to large extent. and the
fall corn should be cut early. and a
crop of buckwheat or winter grain of
some kind should be sowed. to be turn
ed under with the plow the following
spring. BY adding rough plant food TO
the soil in the shape of manure the soil
will be further improved. In plowing
the subsoil should be broken up as
much as possible. BY cultiyatlng each
year crops that have deep roots ard
are coarse feeders we keep breaking
up the soil so that 1t has less chance
to get together into thick. compact
masses. There Is nothing better for
this than coarse manure and green
crops turned under every year. plowlng
them down as deep as possible into the
subsoil, says an American Cultivator
writer.
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||,AI ORGANIZATIONS.
i Hose Company. meets 6rsf Fr1'
each month Id Hose House.
T'E4E CHURCHES,


Il n church.-Rev. E. w. Gas.
4 = preashing NJ every Sabbath ~
& and 7s90 s. "a. sabbath School
it'll AZ D d. nl.. Al. q. Cox, Superin'
rayer meeting, every THURSDAY
.s0 O'clock. IuniGf EpWoftn
ma Epwortll Cadets every
III, tTo,clock. Young Ladies' Mis-
n Monday nights ut Parsonage,
Foreign Missionary Society nrsi
ht of each month, Women's Home
n Society. first Thursday night q
nth. Mite Society nrst sasaI1as s;..,
kach month. 0fficial Board meetlne y
/ y afternoon of each month at 2.sf
PRESBYTERIAN Church.--Revs Z. n,
sastor. Services held every 5aboatn
af Ny.90 o'clock, and every Sabbath Q
I'M 1880. Sabbath School Will pc heid
abbath morning st 9.l5 O'Clock,
lsoo. Superintendent Prayer meet
II "Wednesday evening. Young REQ.
ietv Christian Endeavof meets every
evening at GAS o'clock Junior so
4 ristian Endeavor every Sunday aLtes
5 O'Clock
hne,g Protestant Episcopal Church,
I'M. i. Wflkie. Rector. Holy Comm e. d
he first sunday In the month az lVs5l
ln aIl other Sundays at :30a. m. E ~,
EVices every Sunday az i0559 =. Mt az, anu
Al Morning Prayer and Litany every
i zsdav and Friday at $50 q. m. Even.
aver an Wednesdays at 7.S0 p m. and
dsy at 3.S0 D. nn. On Mi Holy Days
! af $50 a. m, Sunday School at ;45 &.
dalIt Bible Glass aE 7.45 p. N. ON " 81:
ys. The Guild meets every Thursday y.
!. She Junior Auxiliary eIa saturdays { q !
i and the Womanfs Auxiliary 81 bne
Friday 6t each month &S z;ssi - !
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CaDker. Dend Spot. Black Spot. Etc.
Apple tree anthracnose Is the Fame
which Professor Cordley of Oregon has
selected as appropriate for n trouble
that Is locally known as ''cankcr.'
"dead spot" or "black spot" In the. ap-
pie orchards OF the Pacific northwest,
where 1t has been quite serious the
past year 1t was at first thought that
1t was identical with the apple canker
Of eastern orchards. but Mr.. Cordley
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Philadelphia
Record

after q career Of over twenty years OF unin-
terrupted xrcwth Is justified in claiming
that the standard first established by its
founders is the one true test Of
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E.-Notfce Is hereby given that Let
tamentary were IN due form q
8 Enfad unto the undersigned. on the
gzsgenfv.fiffh day of April A. ID. 1900. and
that Iii persons having claims against The
4 estate 81 the deceased must present the same
aSuly astested, to the said Executor. on
n 81 abide the Act OF Assembly In lch
Se made and provided. "
CHRISTOPHER ]. .VANDEGRIFT,
7dress. Executor.
II Penn, Delaware.
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Bees Feed on GoIden-Rod

Always select mill that will admit
u the largest amount Of power being
applied directly to the grinding.
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has a garniture of pale blue and
beige brids in front.
An attractive toque is one with the
frame covered with "ophelia" velvet
veiled with coarse black chenille lace.
A birds head and plumage is posed
over the folds.
SARAH DAVIDSON. ,
Swallow Arrows.
One of the most puzzling feats per-
formed by the Navajo Indians during
their great fire dances is the swallow
ing of the great plumed arrows. Dur
ing the ceremony ten of the savages
come before the sick chief, who is to
healed by the fire dance, and thrust
long barbed arrows down their
throats without apparent harm. The
arrows when withdrawn are supposed
to have acquired healing power. and.
are touched to the feet, body, head,
and hands of the sick man.-Cincin-::
natl Enquirer.
In Hungary there are hundreds of
small towns without doctor within;
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Rennnae-


Because you never helped me.
Haye found more strength In your
neglect
Than IN all other hands that yearned
Toward my helplessness, upturned
TO raise and comfort and protect.
Because you never praised me. I
Have found your silence bettar a.a
Than all the kindly voices sent
TO help me with encouragement-
worked to win the word uHsaid,
Because you never loved me.
Have found how tender and intenea
a love may widen, beyond reach
Or need OF petty word or sneeeh.
rerLeSsea through Indifference
- neooosia Pickering Garrison, Ia Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly.
What others Th9nk and say.
* We could knew what others say
About the things we do:
- little birds could come each day
And tell US all, the glad and gay
Would take dismal viewi
The maM who smiles would smile no waove
1he maid who laughs would sfxk.
The mind that scars would ceaxs III moav
An1 Mepa that now knocks at tha dnoy =
w Guild aBwaYs hurry byf
Xhank God wA may not alvays kmnw
Z WI h&f ctheFs SAP Or thiuk.
teuK had IL Planned 10 fave IL "a
The world would be j SLOUGH .,r wvun
WheFe Ill Net hate would asn1Fg
@$ q. &i&Hf III Chicago TirnsS 1T4xs1 ii
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ingIe
otandard

only Is possible, whether as a test OF ex.
cellence in journalism, or for the measure
lnent of quantities, time or values; and
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APPLE TREE ANTHRACNosE.
believes that they are entirely distinct
and the anthracnose a new disease.
Apple tree anthracnose is caused by a
fungus which attacks the bark. usually
on the smaller branches, appearing
first after autumn rains. 1t roushens.
disfigures and weakens the branches.
1t generally occurs as spot from
which the bark sloughs off. but occa
sionally girdles branch and thus kills
a portion of it.
Thorough spraying with bordeaux
mixture or with the amlnoniacal soltI-
tion of copper carbonate once soon aft
or thn fau rri,,s knnin
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Insurance in force January /,
1899, 24,275 Policies,
s45,574, a81.
THE HOME Is one, Of the strongest life
insurance compania neither considered in
regard to the quality Of itssrisks. the char
actsr Of lis assets Or The proportion Of its
assets TO reserve liability.
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I|5I5E lllrT F|,
! ]

Ve. No. 8. A. o. u. w !, meets every
fuesday night In McWhorter'a