Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 November 1897 — Page 7

AGRICULTURAL HINTS' ROADS IN DELAWARE. tame Would Be • Ulisracc Eves to the Klondike Country. The accompanying view has _ been •ent ns as “a fair sample of our roads (?) near Claymont, if we go off Che turnpike,” and other correspondents from that vicinity hare called our attention to the same matter. Chief Consul Sheward, in his annual report, goes into it in detail, and the Wilmington News and Every Evening have both taken up the subject. The News says that in Wilmington there is a “sross street or road that would be a disgrace «v«u to the Klondike regions. It is a

// f /?rp.» > y A ROAD IN DELAWARE. nuMi of stones and dirt and almost impassable for man or beas#;” also, that “outside of Wilmington there is scarcely a . tret oh of one mile of road that is as it should be. liullies and ruts and holes and stones are the features of our roads, ami riding is a burden instead of a pleasure, liven the turnpikes are only in a fair condition.” Appeals to the legislature to provide for a sy stem of road-making have been in vain. The state division, however, is now about to take up the matter and renew the agitation, ffiui will present «| bill to the legislature tills winter. The hearty cooperation of every member of the division is important. In emergetu-iefe of this Kind large memberchip is a great assistance. The division has grown considerably during t he year t«ml ought to continue to increase. «Numbers, wbicll mean 'votes,- are very effective arguments with our legislators. L.’A, \Y. bulletin. SELF-IMPOSED TAXES. A Uood Hnntia Thv, Once I’bUI. Would Krutov• Them All. The HU1 tax ia produced by running reads in straight lines over hills and mountains with grades of 10 to 15 feet in 100. instead of following valleys, skirting hills and making gradual wiudiig asoents, keeping as close as possable to a four per cent, grade. The Square Corner tax is common ou the prairies and iu level districts. It consists in traveling, for instance, seven miles north, an j then seven miles cast to reach u poiut that is but ten miles northeast iu a straight line. In such; a case 40 per cent, of tlie actual dis- I to nee is added. The average distance added in this way between any two ! points throughout the country ia 20 p- r cent. The Mud tax is due to having soft roads insufficiently drained, and gen- . erally “repaired” by having the sod. stones and earth from the gutters thrown on them once-a year when road j tuxes are being worked out. The Fence tax arises from the time, material and exj*ense of erecting and maintaining unnecessary fences. The Snowdrift lax follows ou the heels of the feuce lax, fences serving as obstructions to cause the formation of drifts. The Waste Land tax comes from the U s> of good, unused land left on the roadside out side the fences. The Wagon Wheel tax is caused by the use of vehicles having narrow tires, with rear wheels following in the truck of the front pair, and thereby alwaya lending to cut up the road surface. . ] The Good Hoads “tax” is the protit accruing to the farmers anil all other persons using the roads from the removal of the above self-imposed taxes, j —L. A. W. Bulletin.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Select the potato seed when the crop is dug. Wait until the weather gets cool be- j fore storing apples in the cellar. Of the different varieties of fruit, the grape is the most difficult to graft. Apples should be evenly sorted, uni- i form iu size and quality throughout. j In fall planting it is best to make | a little mound ar*.und the stem of a tree. Pack apple* tightly, so as to prevent damage from tuoviug about in the i barrel. By planting in long rows strawberries cau be grow u as cheaply as potatoes. .1 Give trees plenty ofjroom if you j would have them thrifty, vigorous and good bearers. Seeds of nut or forest trees should always be planted before they have bad time to dry. l<$i setting out trees dig holes broad enough to stretch the roots out full length, and but little deeper than the tree is set in the hole.—St. Louis Republic. To Keep Onions from Sproailng. A correspondent of the Progressive Farmer gives the following as a sure method of keeping onions from sprouting: At any time after the onions have been drawn take a sharp knife and remove the hard projection on the bottom that contains the roots. It may be better to excavate this hard substance slightly beluw a level, but care should be taken not to injure the surrounding parts. Onions thus treated will not sprout and will keep in good condition long after onions not so treated bars ruined from sprouting.

CANADIAN CUSTOMS OFFICERS COLLECTING DUTY AT LAKE TAGISB. The rieh gold mines of the Klondike are in Canada. Duties averaging 25 per cent, of the cost of every outfit bought anywhere in the United States must be paid by every person going to these mines upon entering Canadian territory. The customs post established at the foot of Lake Tagish is at the junction of the Ska gw ay and Dyea trails over which the goldseekers travel on their way to the Klondyke. It is guarded'by an armed force of twenty-five men. The miners who bought their supplies at Seattle and other places in the United States were an angry crowd when they arrived at the Tagish lake customs post. Those who had cash had to pay 25 per cent, of the cost of their outfits, and those w ho did not have money bad either to give up one-quarter of their year's provisions or remain at the post for a few weeks sawing wood and helping to erect the government barracks. The men who had bought their outfits in Victoria, w hich is in Canada, upon show ing their papers passed on without delay and w ithout payment. Some of them were lucky enough to find rich mines at Klondyke before those detained at Lake Tagish, sawing wood for duties, were able to reach the diggings. The railway fares are the same to Victoria as Seattle and miners' supplier are as cheap. Miners for the Klondyke who buy their outfits at Victoria, from w hich steamers for the mines are leaving almost daily, w ill save .one-quarter of the cost of their outfits by purchasing at that city which is the capital and Commercial center of British Columbia. Those intending to go to the Klondyke in the spring should write to the Secretary of the Board of Trade, Victoria, B. C., who will freely supply all information asked for.

X«<t Tot* 1 *%!** to l.earn. A remarkable student naiuetl Borye.ik lias just passed the iiuai examination at Warsaw university qualifying bun to practice as a doctor of medicine in Uu.Nsia. Borvsik was born in IS^‘2. and was educated at Sulvalki highergrade school, with a view to becoming u doctor. After passing his matriculation lack of funds prevented him from at once proceeding to the university, and he was compelled to work as a tutor for -0 years iu order to save enough money to enable him to continue his studies. At the end of that time he presented himself at Warsaw medical academy and passed the eutrance examination w ith distinction, lie fore he could begiu his studies the Polish rebellion of broke, and llorysik, who was now 41 years of age, threw himself into the movement with all the enthusiasm of a youthful revolutionist. The revolt was “suppressed and Borysik was exiled to Siberia, where for S'-i years he underwent ha ill labor iu the silver mines. In lSW he received a free pardon and returned to Warsaw.—London Mail. ••luo Much TurKry.” In a conversation with Mr. F. 0. Carpeuter. Mrs. Grunt relates one of Bismarck's grim witticisms. The general and Mrs. Grant, while at lterliu. were shown by Bismarck the war chamber, where the commission to settle the verms of the Uusso-Turkish peace was then sitting. Said Mrs. Grant; #“The chamber was empty at the time, and he pouted out the chairs in which the different commissioners sat, showing me his chair, that of Beooustield and others. As he did so I asked him what it was all for, and he h>oked at me evidently very much surprised at my apparent ignorance. 1 hasleued to ausvver that I kucw that it was to settle the terms of the war between the llussiuus and the Tusks, but I cou d uot see w hut the Gcrmuus had to do with it. Prince Bismarck straighteued himself up. His lace at tivsl was quite soler, but Ins mouth soou softened iuto a smile, uud he replied; ‘To tell you tb? truth, madam, Uussia lias taken too much Turkey, ami xvo are helping her to digest iu”—Chicago Times-iler-ad.

An luUlau Ulrt'a (imtlutlr. During one of the dreadful India a massacres in Minnesota -0 years ago ■ wiiule settlements of whites were w iped out. Men, wumeu ami children were killed without any reason by tile lavages, uud luauy of them carried aw ay as prisoners. In one of these settlements w as a young woman, a teacher. who had been very kiud to au Indlau girl who had visited the settlement. and the girl never forgot *the k indues*. Some time after, when the lndiuus were planning the destruction of this colony, the girl overheard some of their conversation, aud, slipping away, made her wav to the teachers cottage and. giving au alarm, conveyed her frieud to a place of safety in the woods. After the battle was over she returned to her with a pony and directed her to the nearest settle incut, where she would be sate.—Child's Caper. r*Ur«*l Wisdom. “Daughter, what time did your cornpan V leave last night?” “Why, papa, be started home at half “Never mind when he started; 1 want to know when he left.”—Ohio State Journal. Theory and t«rl. ' Teacher—Johnny Jones U ten years old. and his sister is IS years older than Johnny. Now, how old is Johnny's sister? Pupil—Nineteen. “How cau you be so stupid?” “Guess 1 know what my sister says, and she's IS years older thau me.”— Boston Transcript,” t ui>ru)Miluu«. First bummer Girl—Join me in the breakers this morning? Second Summer Girl—Decidedly not. See how it’s raining.—Detroit Free Press.

The Choice. Great amusement was caused by-the recital of uu incident which occurred soon after her majesty's accession to the throne. A errand dinner party was being given at Buckingham palace The probable husband the queen migh‘. select was then a matter ot much interest and speculation. Lord Melbourne, as prime minister, felt the matter to be one in which he was entitled to obtain information, if possible So he inquired of the queen, as nearly as he could, whether there was any individual for whom she eutertained any preference. Her majesty was a little taken aback, aud inquired whether he put the question as a matter of state policy. If ?o, she would endeavor to give, him an answer. Lord Melbourne replied that he did. and that under no other circumstances would he have ventured . to iutrude in so delicate a matter. "Then,” said the queen, “there is one person for whom I eutertain a decided preference.” “Yes?” said Lord Melbourne, expecting to hear a great secret. .“And that is—that is,” said the queen, “the duke of Wellington!” The venerable hero of Waterloo was past his seventieth year, and the story used to be retailed by Lord Melbourne at his own expense.—London Telegraph. Reruard Without Proposing. Few women, outside of royalties, ever “popped tne question” to a man, and perhaps only one has had the experience of being rejected by a man without having proposed to him. There was one. aud Hou. L. A. Tollemaehe tells the story in his “Personal Memoir of Benjamin Jowett,” master of HalHoi, Oxford. The master's personality was potent and penetrating, and good women felt its fascination. An undergraduate was ill at ilulliol college, and his sister, coming to Oxford to nurse him, was invited bv Or. Jowett to stay at his house. She received from him the utmost kindness aud attention, aud when leaving said, with much hesitation,.that she would veuture to ask a very great favor. She again hesitated; the master grew uuesyv aud looked interrogative. “Will you marry me?” at last she asked, lie paced up aud down, blushed deeply, aud replied: “That would not be good either for you or for me.” “Ohl oh!” exclaimed the young lady, blushiug eveu more deeply. *T meant to say 1 am going to be married, and would you perform the service?” She had been refused, poor girl, without having proposed.—Youth's Companion.

A U|;hUiuu<r-K« |>vr'* Complaint. Lighthouse-keepers do not seem to feel their louely life. 1 once spent a week on bcotlaud lightship, near the entrance to New York harbor. The assistant keeper was in charge, and he was nearly stone deaf. He had not been ashore for three months, and even a newspaper came to him only by chance from time to time, when a pilot* boat stopped by on her way out of the harbor. From sunrise until nine o'clock at night he did little else but sit on a hatchway, smoking an old pipe and gaaing reflectively at the great harbor receiving and dismissing its thousand* of vessel*. One day he asked me to use mv influence to get him tranferred to Cape €od.l asked him why he wished to change. “Well,” said he, very seriously, *'1 want a quieter station; its too liveiy here; 1 want to be where there is less going on T— Lieut. John M. Eilicotl in bu Nicholas. Hot. Sherman** L ttl* Joke. The great Marcher through Oeorgia, like all people who get the right kind of physician, had a great deal of faith in his medical advises; but he would crack the usual joke with them, especially when he was sick; and he told Dr. Bliss once that he didn’t seem to be getting better, for all the medicine “Well, general.” replied the doctor, jokingly, “perhaps you had better 'thrown physic to the dogs’ ” “l would, doctor,” replied Sherman, “but there are a number of valuable ones in the neighborhood.”—Every Where.

TOlO OF WRITERS. Miss Laurence Alma Tadema, daughter of the painter, who has already published more than one novel, is about to Issue a volume of Terse under the title of “Realms of Unknown Kings.” An interesting combination of artist and author is that of Mr. William Nicholson and Mr. Eudyard Kipling. For the “Almanae of Twelve Sports for 1S9S” Mr. Nicholson has made the illustrations in his original style, while Mr. Kipling has written the verses to accompany the pictures. R. H. Russell is the happy publisher of this unique volume. A volume from the hand of lion. Mrs. Maxwell Scott, of Abbotsford, is announced by the Macmillan company. “The Making of Abbotsford and Incidents in Scottish History” is its title. Hon.’ Mrs. Maxwell Scott is a greatgranddaughter of Sir Walter, and has inherited her love for the later medieval history of his native land. In Mme. Couvreur (“Tasma”), who died at Brussels a few days ago while still almost ‘Tlri^r earliest youth,” the London Times loses a zealous and able correspondent and Australia one of the best-known of her novelists. The authoress of “Uncle Piper's Hill” was a woman of no ordinary ability, nndtrom time to time many bright and amusing stories from her pen (as well as the serial novel “The Penance of Portia James”) appeared. LATE FARM INVENTIONS. To do away with the overt!raw check rein in a horse's mouth a new bridle lias a support which goes under the chin to,keep the horse’s head up. Sore backs on horses are prevented by a new harness pail, which has a pneuI matic section inserted under the soft | leather covering to keep the pad from chafing. THE MARKETS. Ssw Yokk. November 27. 1*97. CATTLE—Native Steers.* -1 i» * 5 t» COTTON Middling . 5\ FLOUR —Winter Wheat.. 3 75 ;<»» 5 254 WHEAT No. Cited. % S'-14 roKN No. 2. 3+** I OATS No. 2.. & 2S‘* PORK- Now Mess.. * 35 A • W S T. LOUIS. | COTTON—Middling. UKKVKS—Steers. 3 25 5 Tuvrs and Heifers.. CM) .<& 1 At , CALVES -(per 100). S ***» m. 5 «•) I HOGS Fair to Select . 3 20 kb 3 .m SHEEP—Fair to Choice . S i> ;■> :i .!•> FLOUR—l*atents. 4t» 4 s) O' *ar and Straight . 4 00 fi 4 M> WHEAT-No. 2 Ked Winter. «4 S» CORN Now 2 Mixed . 254•£ 26 OATS-Now 2. >* 2» KYE No. 2 . 41 4b-, I TOBACCO -Lugs. 3 'JO t* M) Leai Burley.... 4 50 & 12 00 HAY—Clear Timothy. -7 00 <& 10 ou BUTTER- Choice Dairy. 14 H EGGS—Fresh.. — ...... .... <«t 16 IOKK S'.andarvl (new)... <d 8 M) BAl.ON Clear Rib. d£ 5 , LARl>—Prime Steam . 41, CHICAGO. CATTLE—Native Steers. 3 73 <$ s 45 HOGS Fair to Choice. 3 25 46 3 5." , SHEEP—Fair to < t.oiee. 2 75 it 4 65 FLOCK-Winter Patents...... 4 75 ft 4 05 Spring Patents.. 4 75 46 4 0) WHEAT—No. 2 Spring . 684® 8»S No. 3Red (new).,... W>St4 #<4 CORN No. 2... 26\ 16 27 OAT'S—No. 2. .22 <6 224 PORK—Mess (new).. 7 35 <& 7 40 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE- Native Steers. 3 15 ® 5 05 HOGS All Grades. 3 20 it 3 4TV, WHEAT—Na 2 Hard. 824<6 1-6 OATS No. 2 White.. 21 46 214 COKN-N’ow 2 . .. 234 A NEW ORLEANS FLOUR-High Giade.. 4 50 ® 4 »> CORN-No. 2.... 38OATS—Western. . .... €6 26 HAY—Choice ....;. 14 00 @ 15 50 PORK—Old Mess. & 6 25 BACON -Sides... 46 ■">4 COTTON—Middling. 545*. LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-Nft 2 Red. S3 ff>* CORN-No. 2 Mixed. 27 Vi ‘>4 OATS—Now 2 Mixed.. 22*f6 23 S PORK New Mess .. 8 00 ft 8 75 BACON—Clear Rib.. 6 $6 COTTON—Middling...... ... 5\

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