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SCIENCE OF PRUNING.
Ssenerlptloa of m Perfectly Bmlm and
tVrrtlT Method.
The enlargement at the buse of limb
m trees U nature's work; It serve as a
Baaoe to the branches while growing
and bos a gTeat amount of healing prop
' mrtj etoml up la it to cover the wound
where limbs are broken or cut off. My
sale for pruning trees is to cut off tb '
tranches nenrly straight across, just be
yond this enlargement. By so doing the .
wounds will not be half as large aa when '
est close to the tnws und they will heal ,
jatich quicker. Treea trimmed in this ,
Ty do not look ns neat aa when the J
tranches are cut off close, but 1 consider
safer and better.- I have known of i
ynng apple trees being killed by prun
kg close to the main stem, where three
ONE METHOD OP PRUNING.
flipper pnrt. small branch nropf rly pruned.
lwer wound, one nuh In diameter,
healed In one season.)
er four limbs grew out dose together.
The tret were nearly girdled und the
Hot huh dried up what little live bark
was left lietwrcn tlx cuts. I have
Sad excellent success trimming iu
March. It is not advisable In prune
during the spring flow of imp. 1 con
aider .In in? the best month. 1 cut off
limbs one inch in diameter lust spring,
which healed intircly over during sum
mer. A practical wuy for anyone to de
cide this matter is to take two trees of
the same sie, trim one ns I have direct
ed, and the -rther by cutting the
Branches close to the trunk of the tree
ami watch results. During the pnt 40
years I have planted nnd cared for
thousands of fruit, forest and evergreen
treraeucwssfully. lhave 17 ncres of for
est trees of my own planting.growingon
any farm, and linve started timber belts
n two other farms since I came to Da
lota, From my experience and observa
tion among apple and crab trees 1 am
satisfied we can raise the hardy kinds;
several of mine are in bearing; also cur
mnts. raspberries and gooseberries in
Abitmlnnce. S. J. Bromley, in Farm
nd Home.
MICE-CNAWED TREES.
EI Treated la Time They Cen lie Saved
as a General Tblnir.
Wnen the bark of young trees gets
jnawed off cither by mice or rabbiu
1 taken lu time, before the iKirk gets
loa dry. they may be saved. When the
lark is not cut off completely around
tibe tree one of the best ways of saving
it la to take rather dry cow manure,
mrx with it an equal quantity of loamy
soil, wet up to the consistency of thick
aaste and spread it entirely over the
wound, covering and tying on with a
loth and leaving it on until it rots otr.
If the wound extends clear around
the tree so that sap circulation Ik en
tirely rut off, three or four scions can
be inserted, taking care to see that the
, inDcr bark of the scion and tree fit
wlossly together. Use grafting wax to
loldl in place and then wrap with a
iotli. bund. A little care in this way
will. often save a tree that would other
wltM be lost. It will be found a good
plan to go through the orchard occa
sionally, even though protection has
at oo given, and if any trees have been
injured care for them at once.
Winter is a good time to graft one-year-old
stocks. The work can be done
indoors if the scions have been cut in
good season and properly stored, in
grafting care must be taken to keep
varieties separate, tying each up in separata-
bundles and marking them.
Ih grafting one-year-old stock the top
ullauld be off below the lowest bud.
Make a smooth slanting cut and then
era the scion to fit it. Have grafting
wax spread upon muslin or some kind
ef thin cloth, cut in narrow strips.
Witap it two or three times round and
with woolen twine. Tbia Is to hold
. in place until a start to grow is mode.
This is the simplest form of grafting.
another way is to cut the scion wedge
shaped; split the stock, taking a little
4f the center wood out and insert the
if iom tying as in whip grafting.
The idea Is to bring the inner bark of
the- scion and stock together, as this Is
where the growth together commences.
St. Louis Republic
.
i.' HORTICULTURAL HINTS.
A'spnrugtiar la usually profitable to
row.
Water cress always sella well in east
ern markets.
ieep a sharp eye on the tree peddler.
He is often foxy.
-Mushroom growing will bring head
1 some-returns.
Hed or yellow onions stand shipment
letter than white.
Celery to be readily salable must be
weit blanched and crisp.
Cabbage paya better In sauerkraut
tfcaa In any other shape. .
- fleet ere a vegetable that ordlaarily
Vf Ml well Id th Market, x . ' '.'
ifader favorable conditions the 807
JMaa can be made to yield from 10 to
' IT tons of fresh fodder per aera. ' If
grown for the seed from M to jW bath
. ene-yer acre is ths average yield though
tfee- yield haa reached 1M btukela.
western Plowman.
I
Aa Idle Talo Squelched.
Mrs. U. S. Grant promptly dispose of
a story wblch some nneracion'goe
siper set'aHoat. A few days age there
appeared in a 0 umber of paper a die
patch from St. Louis annouooing the 111
uess of Alfred Saodford. of thai city, in
Mlaich it was stated that Randford was
at one time engsged to be married lo
Miss Julia Dent, now the widow of Gen.
V & Grant, and that when Gen. Grant
was president Ssndford secured from
him. through her aid, the position of
supervising Inspector of steamboats for
the port of St. Louis. Mrs. Grant haa
addressed the following letter to the
Philadelphia Press relative to this dis
patch: "Washington. D. C. Dec. 20.
To the Editor of the Press: 1 have Just
received tlhe inclosed 1 clipping from
your psper and hasten to correct the ut
terly untrue statement that I was at
one time engaged to be married to Mr.
Alfred Ssndford. of St. Louis. Gen.
Grant wss the only man to-wbom I ever
was engaged, and that before I was
quite 18 years old. It is true that I
asked for u place for Mr. Randford. who
wn a neighbor of my family and well
known to (ien. tirant, who considered
him thoroughly qualified to fill the po
sition in which he placed him. Hoping
yon will publish this correction, I am,
yours truly. Julia D. Grant."
One well-defined feature of the rush
for the Klondike is the fact that many
women are urranging to try their for
t mien in the arctic gold diggings. A
band of 40 hns been organized in an
eastern city, and expect to find employ
ment as cooks, housekeepers, superin
tendents of laundries nnd clerks in
stores. As for personal safety, the
miners ure chiefly Americans, and no
sensible, self-respecting woman need
fear to trust herself in such company.
All the women in this party know how
lo work and are in good health. They
expect to be well paid for their labor
in the neighborhood of the mines, and
ure not likely to be disappointed. Noth
ing will advance civilization in Alaska
faster thnn their presence nnd example
ot usefulness.
Speaking of the Klondike the En
gineering and .Nfining Journal aayen
"When the ton millions or so of dollars
come down from there next year, don.'t
get excited, but remember that tbey
are the sole product of a year's labor
of from 0.000 to 8,000 men, who cannot
afford to work gravel tJiat yields less
tbaa one ounce of gold per man per
day. If those who think of going to the
Yukon country togvt rich will work as
hard and undergo as many privations
here at borne in the purmiit of money
they will, we have 1:0 dbubt, be richer
ot the end of five years here than will
be the average of those who go to Klon
dike. The Klondike Is not nearly as
rich as California was In 1650, nor as
many districts In California and some
other states are to-day."
An to VePtnrlaMlsm.
"What do you think of vegetarian
ism?" she nsked.
"Well." he replied enutiontly. "I
should regard it much more highly if I
were elMier n turkey or a cow." Chi
cago Post.
nt mi Authority.
Customer (in icvtaurant) This
beefsteak tnuvt be at least three weckd
old. isn't It?
Waiter Don' l:now. snh; Pee only
been heah two weeks, sah. Chicago
News.
Iniltnllnu Ills Father.
Mrs. Yeast Didn't you say your boy
got more like his father every day?
Mrs. Crlmsonbeak Not exactly. I
said he was getting more like his father
every n!ht; he comes In about mid
fcight. Yonkers Statesman.
The Infant Terrible.
"Bakl-heoded men don't like Hobby."
"Why not?"
"He always asks them why they don't
buy some hair, like Aunt Kitty." De
troit Free Press.
What is
Scott's
Emulsion?
It is a itreng-theninir ood and
tonic, remrauble in its flesh-forming
properties. It contains God
Liver Oil emulsified or partially
digested, combined with the well
known and highly prised Hypo
phosphites of Lime and Soda, so
that their potency b materially
Increased.
VJhatWillltDo?
It will arrest loss of flesh and
eeitare to a normal condition the
infant, the child and the adult. It
will enrich the blood of the anemic;
will stop the cough, heal the irrits-
tion ot the tnroat ana lungs, ana
cure incipient consumption. We
make this statement because the
experience of twenty-fhre'years has
proTcn It in tens of thousands of
CS. B mm jws p SCOTrS Smultl-.
vk. aa4 St.ee, aU sroaata, .
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Basloratlva Nervine hscured,would
alone Rive this grout ruiuvuy wide reputa
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Kingston, K. Y says Murch 3. 1M: "In 1HO,
wblloon a vbit to friends our littlo girl was
takvn with spasms. Wo hastened home to
our family physician. He did all lie couM
but failed. Wo Called
several physiflitnabut
the upturns continued,
her tonKue became
purtlally paralyzed
sad the do-tors sulJ
she would never talk
aealii. MKhtaudday
wo watched the poor
uiw -M
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"V 'HessHJl
little sufferer and tried every remedy we
saw advertised for such cows but got no re
lief. We began giving Dr. Miles' Korvlne,
and after taking four bottles she was run
ning about as well and happy as ever."
Dr. Miles' Remedies are sold by all drag
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benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
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For Settling the Afcin f Fh2a
delphiaY Failed Bank' .-'
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PLAJ Of COMPTEOLLER DAWES.
II ObJoota to C'laaaea A and B In
the "Slnarerlr Plan," to Which indU
tdaal Depositors do Not Belonciswd
- Makoe a Freponat to Protect All.
Waahlncton. Jan. 15. At midnight
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes Is
sued a lengthy statement to the credit
ors of the Cheatnut Street National
bank. Philadelphia, in wblch he says:
"At the time of the failure of the
Cheatnut Street National bank my
predecessor In office Issued a statement
endorsing what Is known as. the Bin
gerly proposition, which haa now been
approved by a large majority of the
creditors of the bank. In view of cer
tain provisions and my conviction that
the power of the committee to change
the plan would enable me consistently
to demand additional protection to the
depositors of the bank, I approved the
general plan, providing the unanimous
consent of creditors could be obtained,
and allowed until Jan 20 for the secur
ing of additional assents."
Mr. Dawes then explains that the as
sents to the plan up to date include but
80 per cent nf the depositors, and that
he had been informed that many of
those who had signed the plan had been
Influenced bv the assent of the two
comptrollers. He proceeds:
"In the published statements accom
panying the plan, and as an argument
for Its adc-! ln, the following state
ment Is nude, which requires explana
tion: " 'It must be clear to all concerned
that In no caBe can creditors of the
bank, of the Trust company, of the
Pulp and Paper company and -of Mr.
Slngerly himself realise more than the
total value of the assets and rights of
these corporations. In addition to those
of Mr. Blngerly individually.'
"In this statement the fact is not
brought out clearly that In the case cf
the Chestnut. Street National bank
there Is a stockholders' liability outside
of that of Mr. Blngerly amounting to
1215,000, and further, the directors, in
addition to Mr. Blngerly, are by law
individually liable for the full amount
of losses resulting from the excessive
loans and all other violations of law.
"Another feature Involved In the plan
as it stands at present is one which in
nT Judgment has not been generally
understood. This relates to the priori
ties of lien Involved In the redemption
of the proposed different issues ot Rec
ord stock, and the division of creditors
Into classes A, B and C.
"Under the present form of the plan
all the cash and quick assets of the
bank may, in the discretion of the com
mittee, be diverted toward the redemp-
; tion of the first and second preferred
stocks, belonging to classes A and B, to
which the individual depositor of the
Chestnut Street National bank does not
, belong.
, "Upon the value of The Record prop
erty the value of the plan entirely de
pends, and I shall have a government
expert examine the books and prop
erty of The Record company to ascer
tain whether the earning capacity cor
responds with the statements Riven the
publla and Inform himself as to the
' general value of the property.
"In order that no damage shall result
from delay for the next 20 days the
examiner In charge will proceed to the
liquidation of the bank In the regular
way. If the report of the government
expert Is unfavorable I shall appoint a
permanent receiver Immediately. If.
however, this report is favorable, be
fore my acquiescence In the plan, the
following conditions must have been
complied with:
"One of the present committee, giving
bond for the fulfillment of his duties,
must be named as trustee for the cred
itors of the Chestnut Street National
I bank. To him must be paid all the net
! proceeds of the assets of the Chestnut
j Street National bank, which shall be
devoted bv him as trustee to the re
! deeming rate of The Record stock Is
! sued for claims of depositors of the
I Chestnut Street National bank. None of
I the assets of this bank shall be used
for any other purpose except the pay-
ment of BUCh clalmB aKoJngt the ban,
as are at present preferred and the ex
penses tacldent to its regular liquida
tion by the committee until The Record
stock Issued for claims against the
Chestnut Street National bank shall
have been redeemed In full, with 6 per
cent Interest.
"The directors shall execute their ob
ligation to this member of the commit
tee, as trustee, in favor of the bank's
creditors, In consideration of creditors
assenting to the plan, to the effect that
said directors shall, notwithstanding
said plan, remain bound for all liabili
ties Incurred by them under the pro
visions of law.
'To this member of the committee, as
trustee, each stockholder of the bank
must enter as an individual Into an ob
ligation similar to the above to the ex
tent of his individual liability as a
I stockholder. ; .
I "An amount of money equal to the
! par of the claim of non-assenting ored-
date of the failure of .the bank must
be provided to pay said non-assenting
claims.
"Upon compliance with these condi
tions, for the fulfillment of which I will
allow 20 days, I shall then appoint the
examiner In charge as temporary re
ceiver, who within live days after his
appointment will appear In court and
ask for the approval of the court to. the
transfer of the assets of the bank to
said committee under these conditions.
Upon receiving such approval the prop
erty, will be delivered to the said com
mittee, and the .temporary receivership
terminated. Otherwise I will appoint
a permanent receiver, in pursuance ot
law."- ' '.) . ' '
Strtaere Capture IUMway Train. .
, Ibanon, 'Ind., Ian. Sir-Strikers of
the Chicago and Southeastern railway
V."tj. - iit2. k. .uni..n. -m
train in uou vw Mn. tsi aetaroa
imtls W'llUtiiBihiilf In favor bt
I ha ml
men , are stalking lor
betokr
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