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Evening journal., 1910-07-18
July Reports Show Delaware
Yielding Abundant Farm Crops

1909. OF 81 per cent.
Delaware alfalfa. July 1, 1910. is |
reported as Sc per cent, compared |
with So percent. on July 1. 1909.
All hay on July I. l9l0 is reported |
as So per cent. compared with rs per |
cent on July I, 1909.
Pasture conditions in the state are
given for July 1. 1910. as Sc per cent,
compared with SO per cent. on July /,
1909, and the ten-year average. 1900
1909 of Sc per cent.
The apple crop in Delaware is re-
ported at so per cent. on July /. 1910,
as compared with so per cent. in 1909.
and the ten-year average 1900-1909,
of Sc per cent
The condition of the Delaware peach
crop shows the interesting condition
/ Of SO per cent. July 1, 1910, as COM
pared with IL per cent. July !. 1909,
and the ten-year average, 1900-1909, OF
co per cent
Pear crop conditions in the state
are also interesting, 70 per cent? july
/. 1910. compared with % per cent
July /, 1909.
The condition of the grape crop on
July I. 1910. showed a decrease, rs
per cent, as against SS per cent OF
July 1. 1909. and a ten-year average
1900-1909 OF S5 per cent
The strawberry crop in Delaware Is
high both years, the per cent on July
l. 1910 being 81. and on July 1, 1909,
being 90.
The condition OF Delaware toma-
toes. July l. 1910. is 81 per cent. as
compared with a four-year average.
19O6-l909 OF 81 per cent.
The state cabbage crop. July l, 1910,
is "a per cent, against the fOur-year
average from 1906-19O9. Of 30 per cent.
The condition of inions, July l. 1910,
I'm the state, gives 90 per cent, the
same as the four-year average from
! 1906-1909
Delaware lima beans on July 1. 1910.
are given at Sc per cent, as compared
with 90 per cent. on July I, 1909.
The blackberry crop i'm the state,
July 1, 1910. is given at 80 per cent,
as compared with the four-year aver
age. 19O6-1909. of SO per cent
The condition of Delaware rasp-
berries on July 1. 1910, is S5 per cent.
compared with the four-year average,
19O6-19O9. Of "a per cent.
There is a decrease in Delaware
watermelons. the July /, 1910. condi-
tion being 60 per cent. as compared
with the four-year average 19O6-19O9,
of "a per cent.
The condition Of cantaloupes. in
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
CLEANING MIXTURE
Is A MONEY GAVER


The woman who can skillfully
cleanse her silks and ribbons may ef-
feet a great saving in money. To
clean ribbon make a mixture in the
proportion of three ounces of soft
soap, three ounces Of honey, to a cup
ful of gin and water The ribbon
should be placed on a board and
scrubbed with this combination, later
being rinsed by dipping several times
in as many lots of clean cold water,
and not squeezed out, but hung over
a line to drip.
Place between clean cloths and iron
by drawing the ribbon from under the
iron; this prevents creasing and a
stringy appearance of finish. Rib
bon interwoven with tinsel is best
cleaned with fresh bread crumbs and
powdered blue, then well shaken and
rubbed with a clean cloth. Tinsel OF
gold lace is sometimes SUCCESSFULLY
cleansed with rock ammonia.
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
SPONGE IN STAND
FOR THE UMBRELLA.

When there is danger of a wet car
pet from the overflow of dripping UNI
brellas on rainy days, put a large
sponge in the bottom of the umbrella
stand to absorb moisture.
If you have a stand of china, which
is broken easily, put in the bottom
Of it a rubber mat or rubber tub
ing coiled into a fiat the desired
size.
Never put an umbrella carelessly
into a stand or you may thrust il
through the silk Of one already there.
Many a good umbrella is ruined in
this way
If yoV have borrowed an umbrella,
never put it in a public stand, espe-
cially if it is not marked. You may
be mortified to have it carried off
and not be able to return it, through
no fault of your own.
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
STALLION NEPHUS
DEAD OF MENINGITIS

Nephus. the stallion belonging to
Senator Charles A. Andrews. of Har-
ford county, Md. is dead at his home,
Berkeley Stock Farm. He contract
ei spinal meningitis and died within
four days. Nephus was a black and
his striking coat, large size tower 1909
pounds) splendid gait and royal APP
pearance commanded attention
wherever he appeared. He had never
been trained but his offspring are
money winners on the track. Nephus
was a son of the noted Allerton,
2.O9 IA. who died recently. He was
II years of age and was valued at
$1,000.
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
SIMPLE EXPEDIENTS
TO SIMPLIFY IRONING
Little Devices Which May BE En-
played to Make Work Less
Ill


While at best ironing is tedious
work, il may be made less so by a few
simple eXpedients.
One of these is a floor cushion.
Make a fat pat Of excelsior. three
inches thick, and big enough to stand
upon comfortably.
Another is the kneeboard- three
feet long, thin and light-which may
be held on the lap, thus making 1t
possible to sit while ironing small
things, as collars, handkerchiefs,
doilies, etc.
A third, for table linen, is the rol-
Ter. Get a big cardboard mailing tube
as long as a folded tablecloth is wide,
and fasten a narrow ribbon inside.
so a yard hangs at the end
Instead of folding the ironed cloth,
roll it around the tube and tie down
the end with ribbon, cross the strings
pass them around the roll and tie on
the other side, so keeping the cloth
smooth and compact
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
Young Girls. Heed This.
Cretonne Hat Covers.

Cretonne scarfs and coverings for
country hats are quaint and cool look
ing, besides being economical. Gre
tonne edged with narrow black velvet
or straw makes up nicely in the new
Alsatian bows. Chintz bathing caps
are as piquant in their field as are
the cretonne-trimmed hats in theirs
And both chintz and cretonne look
well in the poular automobile bon
nets.
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fewer weak and all
ling women. ITreg-
Iular and painful
periods and such
TROUBLES would be
relieved at once in
lmany cases. Lydia
IL. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is
lime FOR ailing girls
land rundown wo-
linen. Their delicate
aorgans need a tonic
Hand the COmnoupd
Evening journal., 1910-07-18

Delaware. July 1, 1910. is go per cent.
as compared with the four-year aver
age. 19O6-1909. of 81 per cent.
The condton Of cowpeas In Dela-,
ware. July 1, 1910, Is given at.88 per
cent. and Of Canadian peas as Sc per
cent.
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
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NEW YORK, July 1s-Friends Of
Mary Mannering, former wife OF
James K Hackett, are waiting for
her to come east to congratulate her
personally upon the news to the effect
that the actress is to become the
bride of Frederick w Wadsworth.
millionaire, of Detroit. Unless Miss
Nannering returns east soon. they
say. congratulations may have to be
extended upon her marriage rather
than upon her engagement That
Miss Mannering was to bef married
again had been a great secret. and
only few Of her most intimate
friends knew It. Mr.. Wadsworth. II
is said, has known Miss Mannering
for several years, having met her So
cially. Their friends knew that he
admired her greatly. and to them the
news of the engagement will not come
as a surprise.
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
Paris Pattern No. 3314
All Seams Allowed.

, There are few women who. at one
lime or another, have not seen the
distressing spectacle Of an over
dressed child. and they will surely
agree that II is better TO sin on tho
Side of simplicity than on the other.
We illustrate a model which. Is SIM
blicity itself 1t Will be ideal for
school and playtime, as there will be
fittle labor in making OF in launder-
ing IL, two things which the busy,
laouse mother must generally conf
lsider. This dress viii be handsome II
l.nade OF white poplin or linen, and IL
win also be pretty in gingham and
,rnercerized cotton fabrics The pat
tern is in 4 sizes-6 TO ~ years. Size
Is years requires 5 yards Of mate
rial SO inches wide.
Price Of pattern 10 cents
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
BALTIMORE ANp OHIO R. R.
Special One Dollar Excursion TO Bal.
timOre, SUNDAY. July q.

Special train viii leave Wilmington.
Delaware Avenue Station, at $40 a.
m; Newark, at $3.50 a. m. Returning.
leave Baltimore, Camden Station, at
$50 p. m; Mt Royal at 6.s5 p. M
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gives new ambition and life from the
first dose. Mrs. GEORGE STRIcKLER,
Hudson, Ohio, r. No. 5, Box 32.
Hundreds of such letters from
mothers expressing their gratitude
for what Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has accomplished for
them have been received by the Lydia
y. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn,
Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-dOwn sensations, faint
ing spells or Indigestion, should take
immediate action TO ward off the seri-
GUS consequences and be restored to
health by Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
Evening journal., 1910-07-18

If you want your teeth carefully
extracted go TO DR.. J. r. Morris at
The American Dental Parlar. 619 Mar
ket St, Wilmington, Del John Broe
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
BALTIMORE AND ONO R. R.

S1.0O to Baltimore and Return, Sun
day, July "a.
Special train will leave Wilmington,
Delagare Avenue Station, at $40 a..
m; Newark, at $50 a. m. Returning,
leave Baltimore, Camden Station, at
$50 p. M; Mt Royal, at 6.35 p. M
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
MOTHERS
WHO HAVE
DAUGHTERS
Find Help in Lydia E. Pink
ham'sV Vegetable Compound

Hudson, Ohio.-'1f mothers realized
the good your remedies would do deli
cate girls | believe there would be
Evening journal., 1910-07-18

To obtain this pattern or any OF
the others heretofore described In
THE JOURNAL fill out the follow
cents In an envelope addressed 10 the
Fashion Editor, THE EVENING
JOrRNAT. Fourth and Shipley Sts..
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ilmington. Delaware.
To the Fashion Editor.
THE EVENING JOUREAL.
Wilmington. Del
Inclosed dnd 10 cents -sf-s
send me
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New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
NEW YORK as SAMARITAN
Could Continue Relief Of Thirsty
Hcreab0uts for Some Time.

Ever since last August New York has been
drawing upon its stored water to supply daily
needs which is the same as saying that we
have been using 5100000O0 gallons every
twenty-four hours more than the heavens have
been giving us in rainfall. Fortunately have
stored water enough to last Manhattan and the
Bronx six months more though no rain falls
at all. but Westchester towns have suffered so
much from the long continued drouth that
already they are drawing 100000 gallons a day
from the Croton CTeduct by permission, and
the question has arisen how long could New
York continue to supply their needs if called
upon to do Sc.
New Workers need not worry about Offering
a moiety of their supply for what these thirsty
neighbOrs would require at the worst is only
drop in the bucket compared with Father Knick-
erbocker's resources Starting with full sup
ply of 1OOOOOOOOO0O gallons in the Croton
watershed, there remain approximately
60Oo0,OO0,O0O gallons, or sufficient to furnish
Manhattan and the Bronx with water for -t1
months almost tC day.
The Westchester towns which have no supply
of their own, might find themselves III that
predcament, would require altoget Ter no more
than 100000 or 100000 gallons a day.
Should it be necessary to supply them from now
until New York's surplus becomes exhausted
it would make difference to New York OF only
nine days supply. As the normal rainfall fol
winter is from Is to Is inches, there is no great
probability that Gotham will be called ,pol &c
extend the glad hand for so =, ng period
While Father Knickerbocker is amply aole 10
assist his neighbnrs it has been suggested Dy
his representative in charge Of the drinking
water that these towns might weu prepare for
the lean years themselves by taking advantage
Of the supplies available for their use wiolin
their own watersheds.
Recently Commissioner Thompson told It's
people of Westchester County in an address
what they could should do to put them
selves on the safe side.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
Black and White

Botha- the other by DR.. Jameson-no other than
the DR.. Jameson who led the famous raid. All
its provisions have been talked over and squab-
bled about for two years past, and the reasons
for union have been shouted in every newspaper
in every public hail. almost in every pulpit from
end to end Of South Africa
But there is one reason for union that no one
speaks Of. There is one question for the Union
Legislature TO solve which is greater than all
the other questions that will come before it.
Though it has name, it is one that is spoken
as seldom may be. It is the native problem.
IN South Africa white population smaller
than that Of the city of Philadelphia is scat
tered in towns and farms across a territory
greater than Germany and Austria combined
These people live by the labor of five times their
number Of native blacks. In only one Of the
provinces have the natives the right Of fran
chise, and even there they must vote for white
man TO represent them. The whites are increas-
! ing slowly; the natives rapidly
| There was once disa greernent between Dutch
and English as TO the proper treatment Of the
| black men, indeed, the last trek of the pioneers
across the Vaal was made because the British
! interfered with the discipline which the Beers
| administered to the Kaffirs. To-day that dis
| agreement has disappeared. The Beers need
| the native to work the farms; the English need
him to work the mines. But most emphaticaly
|
He saw too much during the He learned
that nothing more than courage and good
| craftsmanship viii cause white garrison
enormous trouble. He gets fat on his wages.
he learns 10 read and has his children learn TO
write He has heard a new cry that came TO
| him from his black brothers in the United
| States-"Africa for the Africans"
| There was a rising Of the blacks in 1905 in
the colony Of Natal regiment nipped it in
| the bud, capturing the chief. Among his fol-
/ lowers were Bible reading black stable boys
frgm johannesburg and diamond workers fFena
| Kimberley, five hundred miles away, who had
stolen away to fight with their naked, heather
brothers against the English. Evidently, II the
| black men of South Africa were united, II was
time for white men TO unite.
| There are three main opinions as to what
| should be done with the natives. One is: II
South Africa is TO be q white mans country
the native must have q vote when he is SUI
hciently educated to use IT. However, he must
New-York tribune., 1910-11-06

never be allowed to obtain control Of the gov
ernment Another plan which has number of
aoherents runs: If South Africa is to be
"nl'e mans country the negro may be allowed
as he becomes civilized, to vote for certain rep
resentatives Of his own race who will sit In the
Legislature, and whose votes can have such
weight as will not disturb the balance of power
ID faVor of the white man. The third plan is: If
South Africa is to be white mans country
large tracts of land should be given to the
negroes, as reservations, which they may divide
will have no political rights whatever. Most
Of the natives, of course, will freely choose to
live off the reservations, all the work and
wages are to found on white mems territory.
These three are the only proposals for the
settlement of the native problem which are
held feasible by large numbers of people in
South Africa. Every speech, every argument
almost every sentence which bears on the ques-
tion begins. in effect IF South Africa is to be
| a white mans country" Not even the negro
newspapers have yet assumed publicly that
South Africa is not to be a white mans coun-
try. And still the black continue to
multiply. still the scorn of white for black
grows more and more like hatred.
1t is truly tragic, the position in which South
Africa finds herself With so much of corrup-
ton and shame hanging about the finest mem
ories of her past. clouded to-day with sordid
commercialism and the pettiness of a prov
incial people, she faces the gTavest moral prob
lem that nation can we'll be called to solve.
The whole world is watching her. Old white
races, pressing on their boundaries as no races
have pressed since the Goths poured across
the Danube fifteen centuries ago wait to hear
her word subject peoples" India stirring
to be free, China almost loose at last and Japan
fairly the march, listen for the retort to
that word. Already South Africa has solved
a problem of race. The formula she used was
written with blood. Another time her cipher
| ing may be kindlier.
JOSEPH BOARDMAN. JR.
NO TENPTATION
| James, can trust you with the key the
wine cellar"
Tho Nov r,,,Iar lsti,av, Ce~t.irr,- ei- :
New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
NO TEMPTATION.

James, can I trust you with the key 10 II
wine cellar"
The New Butler (stiHy)-CertainIy, sir
have seen all the laDels--Ljfe
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-03
Party's Fate on One Vote.

Instances are common enough In
elections when a single vote turns the
scale, but for that vote to decide not
only the fate Of a candidate, but Of a
party as we'll, is rare. Yet a MAORI.
ty Of one In parliament, which may
logically depend on a majority of one
in the country, has worked some Of the
most momentous results possible. The
classical example Is the act Of union
Of 1900, certainly among the largest,
most important and most remarkable
changes ever accomplished by a legis-
lative body. One hundred and six
voted for it and 1O5 against. Then a
majority of one carried the great re-
form bill In 1882.
Majorities only a little bigger have
again and again been responsible for
farreaching consequences. A MAORI
ty Of FIVE threw out the Melbourne
government in 1889. BY the same fig
ure Lord John Russelrs government
was defeated in 1866. Gladstone went
out Of Office in 1873 because he lacked
three votes, and the public education
act, one Of the most important ever
passed, was placed on the statute
book by a majority Of two.-London
Chronicle,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-03
Wild Dous Of Asia.

The whole tribe Of wild dogs, which
in closely allied forms are to be found
in the widest jungles and woods Of
Asia, from the Himalayas to Ceylon
and from China to the Taurus-unless
the golden wolves" Of the Roman en-
pire are now extinct in the forests of
Asia Minor-show an individual and
corporate courage which entities them
to a high place among the most dar-
ing of wild creatures. The "red dogs
to give them their most characteristic
name, are neither large in size nor do
they assemble in large packs. Those
which have been from time to time
measured aud described seem to aver.
age some three feet In length from the
nose to the root of the tail. The pack
seldom numbers more than nine OF
ten, yet there is SUFFICIENT evidence that
they are willing and able to destroy
any creature that inhabits the jungle
except the adult elephant and perhaps
the r%hinoceros, creatures whose grea|
size and leathery hide make them al
most invulnerable to such enemies as
dogs.-London Spectator.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-03
"london's Bio Ben.

Why is the large bell in the tower
of the house Of parliament in London
called Big Ben? The average London
err himself seems to have no idea how
1t got its name. When the building
was designed Sir Benjamin Hall had a
great deal to do with carrying out the
plans of the architects, being high
commissioner of public works, and his
coworkers appreciated the fact that to
him the city Of London was largely in
debted. So when the question came
up in parliament as to the name Of the
enormous bell that vas to be hung IN
the tower a member shouted, "Why
not call it Big Benz" This suggestion
was received with much applause as
we'll as with roars Of laughter, for Sir
Benjamin was an enormous man, both
in height and girth, and had often been
called Big Ben. From that day on
the bell whose peal every Londoner
knows has been known only as Big
Ben.-Harper's Weekly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-03
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

While there has been disappoint-
ment andl encouragement in some
parts of Montana over unsatisfactory
crops in an exceptionally dry season,
the experimental prove valuable to
those who decried or gave little atten-
ton to the advice of expert and prac.
teal dry farming sgriculturists. The
results this year have3. demonstrated
the soundness Of dry farming theories.
In various localities throughout Mon.
tana where approved methods have
been followed the result has been fair
or average crops-a yield greater
than vas expected by those familiar
with the climatic conditions. In other
cases, in the same localities, where
u~nscientifc or h%aphazard methods OF
farming have been followed, crop
failures have been the result.
An illustr alton ,of these conditions
appears in q newspaper interview
with Mr.. Buunell, q resident of Hell.
ena, who related his observ atoms
during q recent visit to a farming
community in Cascade county. The
newspaper report.says:
"In regard to farming methods. Mr..
Bunnell says that the difference be-
tween right and wrong cultivation
could be plainly seen on the ranch Of
Mr.. Jones. In the same wheat field
were two different kinds of crop. Az
. whole the crop was good, but in one
place, consisting of q narrow strip
which was not plowed after the main
field had been turned over, the strip
showed . stunted growth of wheat, al.
though planted at the same time as
the other part of the field. The cause
assigned for this was that It was pillow.
ed 1t the wrong time Of the year to
conserve the moisture in the ground
and was. of course, only half ~ good
as the wheat grown on ground ths,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-03
They Was Least Corrupt

Representative Longworth Of Ohio
tells of q negro who brought bis three
sons to town on election day In q Dor
der town In Ohio.
"Rello, Rastus" said . man who
knew the negro, "what are you doing
here?"
"I'se jist ~proieckin' round to set
how's 'lection..,
In the afternoon the came man me,
Rsstus again. "Hsve you voted,
Rastus?" he asked.
"Yassir, Is voted, an my boys
they's voted"
"How did you vote?'
"Well, boss, It vas dis yer way.
meets . republican on tn street an
he GIBBS me 'leven dollars to vote hit
ticket. An I meets . democrat an
he gibs me seven dollers to vote biz
ticket. So I voted for the democrat
"But the republican gave you the
most money"
"Ysssir, dat's jist tn pint. l voted
for them democrats because they was
least corrupt"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-03

had been plowed at the right time In
the fall of the year."
That tells the otory of right and
wrong methods Of GUILTY. ating Montana
soil under climatic conditions that
call for special treatment. The pre-.
BENT season has taught . lesson test
will not be forgotten, and will resalt
10 bester farming among communities
tha t profit from experience.