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Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
HOP FAMINE ON IN ENGLAND
Prices Are Expected to Reach New
High Levels In the London
Market.

London-The London hop market
is experiencing a crisis unprecedent-
ed since the famous season of 1882,
when hops attained a price never
reached before or since.
For several years English hops
have been plentiful, but of poor quail
ity, and the ruling price was so low
that all of the weaker growers were
driven out of business. leaving only
the Independent farmers in the field.
This season the crop in England
and Austria is very short, and the
market had hardly opened when
prices began to soar. In the United
States the crop is plentiful and good,
and almost from the opening of the
market the price on the other side
has been ten cents lower than here.
In spite of the high price no hops
have been brought to market, and
the surviving growers are enjoying
their vengeance to the fullest extent
All of them can hold on as long as
they please. and. with the season two
weeks old. there are no signs Of
weakening on their part.
Some of the dealers are already
predicting that the price will finall!
s. surpass the historic level of 1882.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
MEANS OF SECURING
A STEADY INCOME
Poultry Keeping and Mixed Farm
ing Afford Promising Means
of Comfortable Living.

To the man of small capital poultry
keeping and mixed farming afford the
most promising means of making a
comfortable livelihood, Poultry may
with advantage be kept by those en-
gaging in fruit growing aid prove a
valuable adjunct to the orchard by
keeping down pests and fertilizing
the ground; also proving material
source of income while the trees are
coming into bearing. To engage ex-
clusively in fruit growing one is
obliged to provide for the period from
the setting out of the trees till they
come into bearing, thus requiring an
income from other sources, while in
mixed farming returns may be counted
on from the start.
A few acres planted in small fruits
early vegetables, potatoes, carrots
onions, cabbages, ETC., with fowls
some cows and pigs, will give man
an assured income the first season
and will not interfere with his plant
ing variety of fruit trees, which will
become profitable later.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
THE oREGoN's GREAT VOYAGE
Admiral clark's Eventiul Trip Typl-
fled the American Spirit Of
Doing Things. 4

New York.-What wealth Of mem
cries that coming trip OF the Oregon
through the Panama canal will awakel
The glory OF her dash around South
America and her swinging into action
against Cervera's fleet without the ne
cessity for the slightest repair is con-
sidered by naval men one OF the finest
pieces Of work in the history of mod
ern seacraft- II present plans go
through, Rear Admiral Clark will stand
at his old place on the bridge, and
those of his men who are not dead,
who have not become sluggish and
bound with fairness and affairs, who
are not ION the bench" in the scat
tered ports of the world, will be at
their stations sharing the honor with
their old ship and their old comman-
der.
There was much that was hysterical
about that little Spanish war, some
that was ridiculous and a little that
was downright disgraceful. There was
in it all Of the elements which make
these United States the finest. noblest,
most considerable, most efficient, most
irritable, best balanced, most emotion
al people in the world
We like to think of the Oregon, her
crew and her trip asItypical of the peo-
pie who do things in this country OF
ours. When her commander received
his orders he set out as simply and
directly for a trip of 1900 miles as If
he had been ordered to take his deli
cate war instruments down the bay
She ate up her coal and Clark coaled
her again at places on the trip down
and up the world where other Ameri-
cans Of his stripe had made provision
for him, and he steamed into action at
the end OF his journey as vigorously
and as effectively as his brother COM
manders, whose vessels had been roll
ing in the north Atlantic ever since
they were born.
Since then men of the type Of Clark
and his crew have dug the Panama
canal. They have solved brand new
problems in the instant, finding their
reward in the playing of the game.
Other men, less conspicuously but
none the less effectively, have gov
erned alien peoples. have conquered
old age plaques, have wrenched ore
from rock-bound hills and fashioned
steel into strange shapes to meet the
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
GOOD METHOD FOR
KEEPING POTATOES
Ventilation Helps Garry Off MoiS-
ture, Thus Keeping Tubers
Dry During Winter.

The place for storing potatoes
should have plenty of ventilation
Bins ought not to be over eight feet
square and should have Stat walls with
hollow partitions, or there should be
plenty of ventilating tubes with Stat
sides reaching from top to bottom OF
the bin. Where bins are as large as
eight-feet square ventilating tube in
the middle of each one would be de.
sirable. Ventilation helps to carry of
moisture, thus keeping the potatoes
dry and making it possible to COO
them off quickly in the fall and keel
them cool during the winter.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05

orbitant the account is returned to the
tradesman, accompanied by the sim
pie request that he submit 1t again.
This is a delicate hint which the
tradesmap may take as he chooses.
II he returns the account in its orig
inal form it is paid, but he is hardly
likely to receive any more royal pa
tronage. The accounts having been
properly checked. they are handed to
the king for his approval and are
then discharged. Payment is always
promptly made, but even we're this
not the case. the law of the constitu-
ton does not permit the king to be
sued as debtor.
G 9 ems, p -eGr ear helRsyeF
be sued. for not long ago. wine mer-
chant claimed from him the sum OF
e3, in the German law courts. II
appears that the emperor had previ
Gus to this action paid the merchant
his account, less G3 discount and had
then transferred his account to an
other wine merchant. The discarded
wine merchant, finding that he had
lost the kaiser's custom, determined
to have his revenge, and commenced
an action for the full amount due
Eventually the case was carried to tbs
supreme court of appeal, where Il
was decided that the merchant wal
entitled to his &3.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
1904 laps SEEKING WIVES
orlentals, by Publicity Campaign,
Wc1ld Bring Their Brides to the
United States.

Portland, ore.-K. Narusawa, bust
ness manager of Japanese newspa-
per here, will head party of lO4 Jap
anese from Oregon, California, Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana that will
sail for the Orient in search OF
brides. The leaders plan a three
months publicity campaign and will
show by moving pictures the oppoT-
tunity for Japanese in this county
the prosperity enjoyed and the In
dustries owned by them on the Pa
cific coast,
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
ROYAL WARRANT MEN
Distinction Sought by TradeSmen
of Great Britain.
Permission to Display Emblem of Sow
ereign Patronage Depends Upon
a Service Rendered-When the
King Goes Shopping.

.z.end.esa. The as.shltian- every
tradesman is to be numbered among
the royal warrant holders, and in
position to describe himself, by Spe-
clal appointment Purveyor to His
Majesty the King" Such a distinc-
tion is highly profitable from a busi-
ness point of view, for it means that
the particular tradesman Is placed
among the elite in his special line OF
business, and women especially, who
form the greater portion of the shop
ping community, naturally prefer to
have dealings with a tradesman who
is in position to display the royal
arms, Many tradesmen are under
the impression that in order to obtain
the royal warrant 1t Is only necessary
to fulfill an order, however slight, Tor
his majesty. Consequently they hope
that some fortuitous circumstance,
such as an unexpected stoppage on
the road may bring one Of the kings
attendants into the establishment with
an order. Alas for the optimism OF
mani Even il such an event did oc-
cur there is little likelihood that the
long sought honor would accrue, for
royal warrants are not granted on
such slender grounds.
Before the royal arms can be dis
played. permission must be obtained
from the lord steward. This permis-
sion is very rarely granted on the
strength of solitary purchase. pc
lite refusal being returned to the ap-
!plicant. But If frequent purchases
were made from an establishment, OF
an order for large quantity of goods
was delivered. 1t probably would fol
low that should the trade apply fol
permission to display the royal war
rant permission would be granted
provided the commission had been ex
ecuted in satisfactory manner Thus
all types Of tradesmen from tailors Il
butchers are to be numbered amoni
royal warrant holders. including al
humble flower seller on the soutl
coast. who was in the habit OF sellini
button-holes to the late King Edwar,
and other members OF the royal fam
lily.
It is not generally known that tn
right of the royal warrant expires o
the death of the sovereign from whor
It was received, 1t is, however cu'
tomary for the new king to allow tn
tradesmen TO continue displaying tn
royal arms for the rest of his lif
even though the new ruler may ne
make purchases, as did his predece
sors in the same quarter. In the cas-
of limited companies considerab
tact and discretion have to be er
ployed. for the royal arms cannot
Haunted with impunity.
When the king buys anything
never inquiries its price, but shou
any INSCRIPTIONS dealer think tn
he is in a position to charge an g
orbitant price on this account the i'll
sion is dispelled in due course. linn
diately the account is sent in It is G
Rmined by the keeper of the pri'
purse. who hands it over to the king
valet. The latter official acts as b
maiesty's private account, and it
ais duty to see that a reasonable prl
eas been charged II the price is {
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
AIR IS CURE FOR ADENoIDS
Boston Physician Declares Knife Nee
essary Only In Worst Kind
of Cases.

Observation-Disclosures will heal them
selves in four cases out of FIVE If the
child suffering from them is given
plenty of outdoor air, according to DR..
T + Harrington, director of school
hygiene in Boston. In addressing a
teachers association Doctor Harring-
ton said;
The knife is necessary only when
there is a discharge from the ear and
danger to the hearing. or when the
blood supply is cut off from the brain
aud feebe-mindedness. fiat chests and
glandular trouble seem imminent
The air of the classroom should
be down to So degrees and the chill
dren should be allowed to wear Their
wraps when they care to,
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05

needs of the moment, and have gone
on, forgetting their past deeds in the
new work before them.
1t is to be hoped that when the his-
toric Oregon. managed by her old
crew, passes on her stately way
through that great monument to Amer
lean accomplishment and efficiency, q
genius whose words will burn with
lasting fire can contrive to convey
adequately it's meaning to the people
to whose sons and daughters q
large part of the honor and progress
of this republic must be intrusted.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
AMOUNT OF SEED
CORN TO SELECT
Good Rule to Follow Is to Gather
as Many Ears as Are
Needed for Planting.

lBy A. C. Army. Assistant Agricultural.
University Farm, st. Paul, Mimi
When you get into your own corn
field you may see so many good
plants bearing good ears that you will
just feel like keeping a-going. Hope
you do, and while you are selecting
good seed corn for yourself, select
some for your neighbors. They need
1t to help boost the average yield of
corn in this state to over forty bush
els per acre.
How many rows has an average ear
of corn of the variety which you
raise? How many kernels per row
after tip and butt kernels have been
shelled off? Many hills will one ear
plant, using three kernels per hill?
One acre of corn checked three feet
three inches contains 3,240 hills. II
your ear has 600 good kernels 1t will
plant 200 hills, three kernels per hill
At that rate 1t would require about
seventeen ears per acre.
Remember, however, that in select
ing the corn in the field you go ovel
1t rather hurriedly. When winter
comes and you look the ears ovel
carefully you will find many that will
not suit you. OF those that do suit
number may not grow strong, un
less the corn is properly dried anC
stored.
good rule is to select twice al
many ears from good plants IN th'
field as are needed to plant the re
quired number of acres next yeaI
This allows very close selection Il
be made during the winter.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
(By e. ]. MILLER.)

CBy Il. ]. MILLER.)
There are many good reasons for
the fall planting of orchards. October
is the best month for taking up this
question. The weather is favorable
now, but 1t is not likely to remain so
for more than four or five weeks.
Those who wish to have an orchard
or enlarge the one they now have,
should get busy.
An orchard pays five times as much
as grain per acre, and fall planting
is becoming more popular each sea-
SON, and as experience shows its ad-
vantages the practice is becoming
general
As soon as tree or shrub becomes
dormant 1t can be moved from one
place to another.
Wh&TH0 out in the. fall the bruised
.aois immediately Ia heal, and
cailouJ formed; the tries recover
quickly from the moving, soon become
firmly established, and with the first
touch of spring are ready to go into
business for themselves in a vigorous
way.
Again the ground is generally in
better condition for planting in the
fall than in the spring, when much
spring planting is done with the
ground too wet for results
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05

After all rotten apples, pruned
limbs, and other refuse have been
cleared up about the orchard. the trees
should be given a thorough spray
ing.
If possible one should choose warm
day for this operation, SO most of the
insect pests crawling out to lie in the
sunlight will be exposed to the action
of the spraying solution.
Special attention should be given
old knots and rough and rotten spots
about the trees, as in these places the
fruit pests deposit their eggs for next
seasons crop and at the same time
many OF these pests themselves are
harboring safe retreat till winter is
over
There are several reasons for this
fall spraying. 1t not only destroys the
insect pests, but their eggs, also.
which have been laid.
After the spraying, the trees will
be left healthy and clean and free
from pests, while they are developing
their next seasons fruit crop. Another
light spraying next spring will not
come amiss. but this fall spraying will
insure the work being done, not neg
lected next spring, when the rush sea-
son is on and the field turns the farm
! er's attention from the orchard.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
Maklna the Eaa business Pay.

To assure a high quality of product
and prevent in a large measure the
loss now experienced in the value of
the country's esq production, produc-
ers are urged to observe the fol-
lowing five simple rules;
l. Give the hens clean nests.
2. Gather eggs at least once daily.
8. Keep eggs in cool, dry place.
a. Market eggs at least twice a
week.
5. Kill or sell all mature male birds
as soon as the Matching season closes
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
Police Bout Crap Game.

Hackensack, N. J.-Bursting into
the house of Louisa Kicks. colored, in
search for stolen silverware. the 20
lice found Louisa and five negroes in
the midst of crap game for silver
forks.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05
Aned Man ceIehrates RIrthday

Ringhamton, n. celebrating his
eighty-ninth birthday, W. w. fleming.
way walked "a miles. He takes a six
mile stroll every morning.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05

$50 you owe your success as stoch
speculator to stoicism?" asked the in
terviewer.
"Yes," explained the broker. when
ever there was a declining market ]
made a practice to grin and bear It,"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours. relieve Feverish.
Disorders, move and regulate the bowels, and
Destroy Worms. They are so pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers for "a years.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Add. ess, A. S. olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y. Adv.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05

isn't that girl stuck on herself?"
you would think it to see how
she's glued to the mirror"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05

A lesson in love is something that
every girl learns by heart.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-29
Currency Bill Helpful.

The event most important in the
weeks doings was the passage OF the
currency bill. The mere fact that the
bill was passed afforded relief to
the business and financial situation
throughout the United States, but the
measure has many untried provisions
which will develop complications, and
probably changes will have to be made
before the measure in its entirety Will
become workable. II is not possible
to prcdigest a new currency system
when so many parts of IL must pass
through an experimental stage before
appreciation or condemnation may be
written across it's face. The present
effect, however, is beneficial, and there
is every reason TO believe that business
will be stimulated and money condi-
tions will be easier as a whole after
the system has become fully organized.
So much depression has been reflected
during the last year that there is now
a disposition on the part of business
men throughout the country to assume
more hopeful state of mind, and
while conditions fundamentally may
not have shown much Improvement In
the industrial world, people have grown
tired of pessimism, as they are be-
ginning to realize that cheerfulness is
more profitable than hypochondria.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-29
Stock Market Has Period
of Real Improvement;
Firm at Close.
CURRENCY BILL IS
HELPFUL TO COUNTRY
Trade Reports Show Depression
Foreign Trade Figures for
Year Favorable.

Last week was one Of Improvement
in the security markets, and prices ad-
yanced on the New York STOCK EN-
change more uniformly than during
any other week for a long time. AS
usua, i'm a revival of trading interest
the movement during the carly part OF
the week was attended with some mis-
giving on the part Of the skeptlcs re-
garding the markets ability to race d
volume of liquidation and proht taxing
destined TO result from higher leNeis'
The innate strength In the trading tone
proved itself to he equal TO all re-
ouirements. and prices rose steadily N
the leading active issues, whlle lhe
specialties presented many signs OF re-
cuperation. and in some OF these issues
the rise was suggestive of the begin
ming of a real bull market. Profess
sional impetus was responsible Tor the
turn in sentiment, and how far there
has been a restoration Of confidence IN
the minds Of the outside public, on
whom the professionals depend for an
element of sustaining power was yet
uuestion at the close on Saturday.
That better feeling throughout the
country has resulted from the passage
Of the currency bill and the announces
attitude of President Wilson toward
corporations in the future legislative
programme is recognized in the inan-
cial district, and business men every
where hope that the turn toward bet
termcnt has begun for all branches OF
trade and industry. Many astute stock
market followers thought they saw
signs OF a recovery in prices, which in
the light of the action of the stock
market on occasions in former years
would seem TO forecast the coming CT
general trade revival. In the mean
time reports from the trade and indus
trial world showed depression, ard
there appeared to be suspicious signs
Of trouble ahead before the industrial
situation shall have been restored TO a
comfortable state, free from the annoy
ing disturbances that now attend and
threaten it.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-29
WILLIAM p. BONBRIGHT & Co.

InCOTpOF1fe0.
Regular quarterly dividend go. a Of
One and Three-quarters per cent (at ths
rate Of seven per cent. per annum) on IA.
First Preferred stock OF william P. Bon
bright & Company incorporated. Will be paid
on January 10th, 1914, TO holders OF record
December 31st, 1918.
F. W sTEHR. Treasurer
New-York tribune., 1913-12-29
Steel Operations Low.

Among the steel mills operations
were reported to be the lowest during
a period of six years, about on a 10
per cent basis. While il was said that
inquiries in the market for the delivery
of steel during the first half OF 1914
were larger than had been noted lately
consumers were still awaiting further
cutting of prices and steel manufact-
urers were experiencing greater con-
Germ over future earnings than in
creased orders. Provided there is not
a worldwide revival in trade, steel
earnings probably will continue 20 5e
small ard this may mean forced re-
duction of wages, which. with the pres
ent high cost OF living, presents any
thing but q rosy picture. The report
from the Department OF Commerce
for the month Of November and the
eleven months ended in November Of
the total values of imports and eX-
ports Of the United States presented an
interesting study Of our foreign trade
statistics.
In 1911 for November our imports
free Of duty were valued at SG7 900, ,96I,
while the dutiable imports were valued
at $59,071 ,O5S. In 1912 free Of duty
imports amounted to SS96SS, ,024, while
the dutiable articles totalled S63, ,4UG,- =
S74. In 1913 free of duty imports were
valued at sol ,SJ6,J13, while dutiable
goods totalled $50, ,73S,22S.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-29
Record Balance Of Trade.

a favorable showing is made in the
figures indicating the balance Of trade
in favor of the United States. For the
eleven months of this year the excess
Of exports over imports was more than
SG42, 100000. and this balance of trade
in favor Of the United States Is the
most impressive argument on the side
Of prosperity. Compared with other
years our balance OF trade this year
is the largest in the country's history.
In 1912 for the eleven months period
the balance stood AT SfS4924 so. in
1911 at S475, ,934. go. in 1910 $2l .O61, =
044 and in 1909 S21S,94i,45l. With the
prospect before this country Of still
greater increase in the volume Of for
eign trade and proportionately grow
ing balance based on the range OF i'm
port figures during previous years,
there is "a sufficient undertone Of sta
bility TO warrant q growing optimism
on the outlook for American industries.
Our international account ostensibly
makes an even stronger appearance, AS
the gold export balance for the eleven
New-York tribune., 1913-12-29
Decrease in. Imports.

Comparing the eleven months period
Of 19l2-'13, there was a decrease in
imports from both the free Of duty
and the dutiable goods. In 1912 for
that period the total was 500, 292 .5j4
for free Of duty articles, while the duti-
able goods amounted to S161 $50, ,O51.
For 1913 for the eleven months the
free of duty imports totalled Ss14 ,661 =
90J, a decrease Of S27 $50, $40, while
the imported dutiable goods amounted
10 SI34. 161, ,2O9, a decrease of $21,5l7,- -
S4S, or a total decrease in both classes
Of 500 514S, 497. The record for 1913
shows that in August the total imports
for this year were S137 COL ,553, as com
pared with S1j4756,77O in 1912. In
September imports had jumped 10
S171 ,0S4, ,S43 for this year. compared
with $144 4,Sl9,493 in August, 1912. In
October, however, imports this year
were S132, S49, ,302, as compared with
S177, ,9S7 ,9S6 in 1912. In November the
total imports this year were Sl4S, ,594
741. as compared with S153, ,O94 ,S9S in
1912. With the exception Of the months
Of February, March and November this
year, our exports exceeded the exports
Of 1912 each month for the eleven
period from January |, and
the total for 1913 was s., 2,250, ,927 ,514,
with 81, 14S002, 1856 for tbs
eleven months of 1872