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Middletown transcript., 1870-07-23
NO. 80.
CANNING FRUIT.

Like many others, tried, again and A.
gain, to seal fruit without moulding upon
the top. was particular in following tho
printed directions in general use, but
found that my cans, when cold, would not
be more than two-thirds full, and in Il few
days a white mould appeared upon the
top. I finally appealed to friend who,
| knew, canned large quantities for her
own use. She showed me fruit over Il
year old, quite fresh, the cans full. and.
no mould. at once adopted her PLAN
which have since followed with great
success. have no interest in the manu-
flcture of cans, and believe that every
one should do his own advertising, but |
prefer that kind in which you have only
the can, glass cover and rubber to use.
Fruit can be kept just as well without,
as with sugar; and those sealed up for
pies are better without any, as they will
retain their favor far better Brass ket--
ties should never be used. Tin pans or
kettles lined with porcelain, so as to pre-
serve the most perfect favor of the fruit,
are the best. While my fruit is being
scaldcd, put gill of cold water in each
can, and fill up with hot water, putting
the covers and rubber also into hot water.
The fruit need not be cooked-only heat
ed to the boiling point-unless in prepar-
ing pears or ounces, or some other hard
fruits, that may require more cooking, and
then only just so that straw may be pass
ed through, always being careful to have
juice enough to cover the fruit. As soon
as boiling hot, empty can and fill; then
another, or as many as can well be attend,
ed to. Let the cans stand open until you
can comfortably bear the hands upon
them. Meanwhile more fruit may be
heated.
Cut thick writing paper in round pieces
the size of the top of each can, and when
the contents of the cans are cooled, slip Il
piece over the top of the fruit in each can,
and at once fill up on top of the paper with
boiling juice (savcd for the purpose, and
put on the covers as soon as Glled, accord
ing to the directions given.
often seal up cherries and tomatoes.
only for winter, in one gallon stone jars
that are small at the top, prepared just
the same as for glass. Leave off the cov-
ers, seal with melted resin, adding little
talow. Try it on piece of cloth; if too
brittle, add more tallow, and rice vcrsa.
Cut paper also for the top of the jar,
just so it will come ever the edge, and dip
a piece of thick cloth into the resin, only
upon one side, spread over the jar and tie
down; now, with a spoon, dip and spread
on the hot resin, until entirely covered,
pressing down the sides with the hands
dipped in cold water. When cold, if the jar
is air tight, the cover will be depressed
quarter of an inch or more. But if 1t Is
level, then you must seal it ever again,
Those who can common sour cherries will
ind them greatly improved by first drain
ng Off all the juice, and then covering
hem with water-scald and drain off, and
cover over again for scaling, canning, pro-
serving Or drying.-Fdrm and Fircside.
Middletown transcript., 1870-07-23
selett poetru.
A SUMMER DAY.
Written for the SATURDAY Eoeaing Post
by ELLA WHEELER.

BY ELLA WHEELER.
There's u gaping rent in the curtain
That longs for a needle and thread
There's garment that ought to be finished
And Il book that wants TO be read.
There letter that ought to be answered,
There are clothes to fold away,
And know these tasks are wanting,
And ought to be done to-day.
But how can mend the curtain
While watching the silvery cloud?
And how can finish the garment
When the robin calls so loud?
And the whispering trees are telling
Such stories above my head
That can but lie and listen,
And the book is all unread.
If try to write the letter.
am sure one-half the words
Will be in the curious language
Ofmy chattering friends, the birds.
The lilacs bloom in the sunshine,
The roses nod and smile,
And the clothes that ought to be folded
And ironed must wait awhile.
lie in the chestnut shadows,
And gaze Mt the Summer sky,
Bidding the cares and troubles
And trials of life pass by.
The beautiful chestnut blossoms
Are falling about my feet,
And the dreamy air is laden
With their odors rare and sweet.
The honcy-bccs hum in the clover,
The grasses rise and fall,
The robid stops and listens
As he hears the brown thrush call.
And the birds sing to me softly,
The butterfly fits away
Oh, what could be sweeter than living
This beautiful Summer day!
Middletown transcript., 1870-07-23

BLAoKBERRY WINE.-Therc is no wine
equal to the blackberry wine, which prop
erly made, either in flavor or for medical
purposes, and all persons who can con-
veniently do so should manufacture enough
for their own use every year, as it is in
valuable in sickness as a tonic, and moth
ing is better remedy for bowel diseases
We therefore give the recipe for making
it, and having tried it ourselves, we speak
advisedly on the subject: Measure your
berries and bruise them; to every gallon
adding on quart of boiling water. Let
the mixture stand twenty-four hours, STIR
ring occasionally; then strain off the Ii
quor into cask, to every gallon adding
two pounds of sugar, cork tight, and let
it stand till the following October, and
you will have wine ready for use, without
further straining or boiling, that will
make lips smack that never smacked un-
der similar influences before.
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SATURDAY MORNING. JULY

NEW STOVE, TIN,
HOUSE-FURNISHING STORE.
THOMAS Ell. RoTAIyyELL's
NEW BUILDING,
North Side of Main Street, a Buildings West
of Town Hall,
Middletown, Delaware.
Where he has constantly on hand, and is pre-
pared to manufacture
ALL KINDS OF TIN WARE,
At Short Notice.
Particular attention paid to
ROOFING AND SCOUTING.
Orders respectfully solicited and promptly atten-
dcd to.
COOK STOVES.
STAR, COTTAGE, NATIONAL,
CHARM, PRIZE, & VICTOR COOK.
PARLOR STOVES.
BOQUET BASE, G AS, BURNING
BASE, DIAL, VIOLET, REVERE, UNION AIR
TIGHT.
Stoves suitable for stores, offices, hotels, and
school houses.
Orders will be received and promptly filled for
any kind of Stove that may be ordered.
GALVANIZED, RUSSIA, AND SHEET IRON,
ZINC,
COAL HODS, SELVES,
PoKERS, SHOVELS,
TEA KETTLES, BAKE PANS, WAFFLE IRONS
SAD IRONS, BRASS & ENAMELLED
PRESERVING KETTLES,
ENA NELLED SAUCE PANS,
TEA BELLS, JAPANNED CHAMBER BUCKETS,
sPITTooNS, WATERS, LANTERNS,
FLOUR AND PEPPER BOXES,
SAND CUPS, MATCH SAFES (Cast Iron,)
NOLASSES CUPS
ACEE C. AES,
(Soldcred and Selfsealing)
PATENT CLOTHES FRAMES, &c. &c. &c.
Prompt attention to business, moderate prices,
competent wOrkmcn, and determination to
please, may at all times be expected by those who
may favor him with their custom.
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To Bleach STRAW HATS. Erc.-Straw
hats and bonnets are bleachcd by putin &
them, previously washed, in pure water,
into box with burning sulphur; the
fumes which arise unite with the water on
the bonnets, and the sulphurous acid thus
formed blcaches them
Middletown transcript., 1870-07-23

When is a Chinese the most like veg
etable? Why, when cue cumbers his
head, of course,
Could it have been? That - Hogg's
Tales vero written with Hogg peu.
Middletown transcript., 1870-07-23

If this world we're our abiding place We
might complain that it makes our bed SO
hard; but it Is only our night quarters on
a journey, and who can expect home CONS
fort?
Middletown transcript., 1870-07-23

A shoddy dame in northern New York
late domestic, in ordering silver ware,
desired the astonished clerk to have her
" entrails, D. NJ engraved on each piece. +"
Middletown transcript., 1870-07-23

An Ohio widower wears five weeds on
his hat--for as many wives. Isn't thia
rather croydiug the nourners2
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-29
TOURISTS IN PALESTINE.

These and many other discoveries OF
interest he would certainly never have
made if he had been such slave OF
speed as are nineteen out of twenty OF
the English and American travellers who
''do" the Holy land. The most rabid
nuisance in the East is the American
of the express train type. About thir-
ty ofthem were met by Mr.. Macgregor,
but not a word or look did he catch
from any one of them which denoted
appreciation or enjoyment of the won
drOus land they had hurried through.
We have a conversation reported almost
verbatim of two travellers of this class
at hotel, whose looks told of gloomy
careworn restlessness not easy to de-
scribe:
"Been to Jordan, Sir?"
Yes, Sir; come back Abs this after
noon"
sRoad-how's that?"
oval, Sir, it's rough, that's so-noth-
in particular to see but scalded hills.
Came back by Marsaba, and Neby-
Dane, what do'they call itO You GO
ing to Jordan take my word, the Dead
Sea is only dull-like place, SIR"
The Americans are not the only peo-
pie who do the journey after this fash
ion. Time and leisure are indispensable
necessaries for travelling in Egypt and in
Palestine; and If the tourists time is
limited, as is mostly the case, it is in
comparably better to sta iongeFat each
of few places of interest, So as to
catch the spirit of the scene and imbibe
an impression which will be as lasting
as life, than to rush hurriedly over 3
vast quantity of ground merely for the
sake of saying afteFward that they have
"done" such and such places. We heard
of tourist who, having arrived at Bey-
rout on his way back, was asked il he
had been to Damascus Finding that
he had not, he rode all the way thither
from Beyrout, slept there one night, and
started on his way back to Beyrout at
daybreak. His object was gained: he
could say when he got back to America
he had seen Damascus.-4he Rob Roy
on the .I0roI0sa.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-29
NUMBER II.
TEA TASTERs.

Not the good ladies who chatter about
the prices of young Tyson on the coun-
tiers of country stores, or discuss its ia
YOUR at sewing circles, but those to
whom the ability to taste we'll is the
condition of q good salary. Says the
Scientific AmeTIcdn.:
The two senses of tasting and SMELL
ing are usually considered mainly as
servants capable of contributing to our
luxurious pleasures, rather than as aids
to business; yet some departments of
business could hardly be conducted
without their employment. The sale
and purchase of liquors and wines are
eonsummated almost entirely by the
help of taste or smell. In the great
wine marts of Europe, the business of
wine tasting is a distinct profession.
Tobacco and hops are judged by the
purchaser fully as much by smell as by
sight and touch; and it is wonderful
what experiences is attained by profess
sional judges, by the cultivation of this
sense; their judgment being practically
infallible.
But the testing of tea exhibits, in a
more marked manner, the use of taste
and smell in mercantile transactions.
In every wholesale tea house will be
found row of tea cups, with a little
furnace or lamp for heating water.
There is no sugar or milk. In the side
of every chest of tea, ranged in tiers
along the walls, is small hole stopped
by a cork. The faster draws the cork,
takes a few grains of tea in his hand,
smells it, then puts it in a cup, pours a
little hot water on it, tastes. and his
judgment is formed, the character of the
tea is fixed. Frequently the smelling is
sufficient, and it is remarkable how alb
solutely and decidedly the professional
faster declares the character of the ar
ticle he has tasted. Not less remarka-
BILE is the fact that there is seldom any
marked disagreement between the esti-
mates made by different individuals.
The profession of tea faster in our large
cities is frequently quite lucrative.
Merchants purchase largely, relying i'm
plicitly on the representations of the ex-
pert; and it is seldom that their conf
dence is misplaced, whatever .'tricks of
the trade" there may be attempted to
deceive the faster.
The gift, if so it may be called, of be-
ing a successful tea faster, is general, al
though it might be supposed that expe-
rience would be ali that is necessary to
to insure perfection, or at least an ap-
Proclamation to it. The profession is
severely taxing to the nervous system,
affecting the subject similarly to alcohol
or tobacco, when used to excess.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-29
LEATHER-CLAD HERMIT.

In the southern portion of the town
of YonkerS, and distant about eighteen
miles from New York, is stretched an
area of rude and picturesque territory,
Astounding in every conceivable variety
of forest, rock and cave. Within this
hitherto uncultivated and almost I'M
known tract, the Central Park avenue
has recently been laid out; and, as the
work of construction progresses, many
antique relics, such as tOmahawks, bows
and arrows, with numerous specimens
of a geological nature, which may have
lain concealed for centuries, have been
already dug up. The prosecution of the
work named has also disturbed the
habitual quiet of singular individual,
who has for many years been the occu-
pant of a cave in that section, and of
whose history very little is known. Oc-
casionally his grotesque figure has been
seen fitting through different portions
of the county, always selecting the mid
die of the road or street, while his rap
id motion guarded against any familiar
approach by his fellow men. He is
known in the neighborhoOd as the
''leather-clad man." from his outlandish
costume, which consists wholly of leath-
er. and made, apparently, from strips
and remnants of old boots fastened to-
gether by means of an awl and Irvine.
l. his ADSLFuS0 CHardCteT futaTldDIN Gil
deavors to shun observation, only show
ing himself when hunger compels him
to seek the haunts of country commerce.
He is a man of stalwart frame, large
features, and possesses a melancholy
rather than mOrose expression of coun-
tenance. Living alone in the cave, he
of course prepares his own food, and
enjoys almost complete isolation from
the outside world. When asked ques-
tions, his replies are always given in
monOsylables. Common rumOr asserts
that he is a native of Picardy, France !;
that he was a miser in early life, and was
never known to commit theft, or even
suspected of doing wrong. A quiet
dignity of character seems to repel all
impertinent questions, and when asked
recently whether he had brothers, sis
tiers, or children living, his countenance
betrayed keen emotion; memory SEEM
ed to be disturbed, but he made no re-
ply. While the ''leather-clad man" is
averse to being interviewed" he ap-
pears happy in his seclusion; he pays no
rent, nor is he molested by the income
tax collector, and exists the embodiment
of isolated independence and self-reii-
ance.-Net0 York Herald.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-29
FAULTS IN BUILDING.

The american Builder enumerates
these faults in planning and erecting
houses:
L. Cramping a house down to the
smallest possible space, so as to make
more yard room, which will never be
nsed.
2. Making no calculations as TO the
slze OF rooms or the location of farni-
ture.
3. Building chimneys by guess, so
that one has to have q dozen lengths of
useless stove-pipe, or else place hts stove
in the most inconvenient locations.
4. Arranging windows and doors SO
that one opens against the other, or in
the very spot to be occupied by piece
Of furniture, or so placing them that no
fresh air can get through the house, even
though the whole should be open.
8. Providing no means of ventiIating
rooms, save by open doors or windows:
hence all the impure air which Is geuer.
ated by breathing, cooking, and fermen-
tation, IS it is rarifed, rises to the top
of the room, and there remains to breed
discomfort, disease, and death.
g. Mailing sheathing to the outside of
the studding, and elapboards Cor siding)
close to the outside of that, leaving
small or no air-chsmbers between them;
and, as in nine casee out of ten, green
materials for each covering have been
used, they shrink and rot, soon making
honey-comb Of the shell, though pIas-
tered with paint and cement.
q Laying the floor directly on toisss,
or at best laying IL with cuIIs full Of
knots and shakes, which are but little
better than nothing, and. &c a conse-
quenes, the floor Is always cold and I'M
comfortable.
8. In finishing, first laying the basss.
pilasters, and castings (pefhaps Of green
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-29

In the old times, when stage coaches
were in use, used to travel great deal,
and good deal at night, particularly in
crossing the Allegheny mountains, and
to come hither. We would ride all night,
starting out late, it may be, and would
pick up one here and there; we would
not know who they were the most we
could see was that it was man, woman,
or child, but scarcely the color, and that
then amounted to a great deal. We
would ride on in the night, and about
the only thing we could think of each
other would be of the lowest physical
consideration. 81 wish this fat man had
taken another seat" l said; for every
time the stage lurched ne came over on
me with a ton of fat-apparently. We
sleep-oh, how wretchedly. What a
torment of rest it is-all night travel of
that kindl By and by comes the gray
of morning. 1t is very beautiful, in
deed. But there is no time when man
looks more hideous than early in the
morning-and for that matter there is
not much distinction between the sexes.
You begin to wake up to consciousness ;
and another and another wakes up and
you take a wretched cogniZance of each
other all around. "Why, you are better
dressed than thought" We let down
the blinds, get in little fresh air, and a
Dettef state OF 1eeIlnS, ana Dy ana Dy
the time comes to breakfast, when all get
out and take breakfast. We come back,
and what politeness! "May 1 not ex-
change seats with you, madam ?" We
don't care so much about the "back
Seats" we begin to be quite interested
in one another. Finally there is consid-
cradle conversation, and by noon we see
one and another whom we would really
like to know who they are. We would
like to follow up the acquaintance and
know something more about them. By
night we begin to feel really warm
friendship, want to exchange cards ; and
we all promise if we ever pass each 9TH
er's way, we'll call and see each other.
Now we are making journey through
life pretty much in that way. Our first
view of each other is from selfish con-
siderations and sense of convenience.
After a while we begin to wake up and
take survey of people, and look at
them from higher point of view. If
we are good deal with them, we say !:
81 didn't expect such strain of feeling
from such person." And we begin to
feel interested, and, if our hearts are
benevolently inclined, after time, we
begin to take hold of strong, active
affinities with our fellow-men.--Beecher
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no1Is Avn nrrrcrns
ORDNANCR no. 2.

WHEREAS, 1t is necessary to improve the ia
cilities for extinguishing fires in the city, to
put in permanent culverts where necessary,
that the work of filling the avenues and
streets to n proper grade may be commenced.
to provide cross-walks where needed, to erect
a city building, TO increase the supply of wa
ter, and to make such other Improvements as
may be deemed essential to the health, comic t
and prosperity Of the city; therefore
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilnsen
Of the city Of EnspOriG:
SECTION l. That proposition be submitted
to the qualified voters of the several wards of
the city OF Emporia, on the 4th day of May,
1870, to issue the bonds OF said city TO the
amount OF thirty thousand dollars $40, 900 J,
the proceeds of said bonds to be expended as
follows: $4,000 for city building, and the
balance of the proceeds of said bonds to be
used under the direction of the Council for fire
department, street improvements, cuyerts,
crOss-Walks, and such other improvements as
by law are required to be made from the gen.
eral revenue; said bonds to be designated
made payable ten years from the date Of their
issue. with interest payable annually at the
rate of ten per cent, with interest coupons at
tached. Said bonds shall not be sold at less
than ninety cents on the dollar, nor shall they
be issued in sums less than one hundred dol
lars, which, with the coupons, shall be signed
by the Mayor and Clerk, and countersigned by
the Treasurer; and provision shall be made for
the faithful payment Of the interest and prin-
cipal as the same shall become due; but no
such bonds shall beissued unless majority of
the qualified voters Of said city, voting ut the
election on the day aforesaid, shall vote in ia
vOr Of said proposition; then, and in that case.
the Mayor and COuncilmen shall provide for
the issuing OF said bonds; Provided, they can
be negotiated upon the above terms. The bal
lots used at said election shall have written or
printed upon them, :" For Improvement Bonds"
orr against improvement Bonds" Said election
shall be conducted in all respects as under the
laws OF the State at general elections, and the
returns of said election shall be the same, eX-
cept that the returns shall be made to the City
Council on the day after said election. The
Mayor shall by proclamation, to be published in
the city papers, appoint the places, judges and
clerk under this ordinance for said election,
SEC. .. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication in
THE EMPoRIA NEWS and EDpOria Tribune.
Approved April Is, 1870.
II. c. CROSS, Mayor.
hereby certify that the foregoing is true
and correct copy Of the original ordinance now
on file in my office.
In witness whereof have hereunto sub
scribed my name this 10Th day of April, A. ID.
1870. II. w. MCCUNE
City Clerk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-29
A MERITED TRIBUTE.


The Pittsburg Dispatch, concluding a
biographical notice Of Bishop Kingsley,
pays to his memory the following mer-
tied tribute:
Bishop Kingsley was o man of won
derful compass of character. He was a
mathematician. This was observable in
his statements of truth. He puts things
in hard facts and mathematical demon
strations. Such men are apt to crystal
ize, to be as hard and dry as the figures
they calculate. They are not often at
tractive men. They do not indulge in
sentiment, but live in cold facts. But
Bishop Kingsley is full of sympathy.
on could not come near him, but you
could feel his great heart beat. Consid-
crate of the feelings, and even of the
prejudices of others, he won the respect
and confidence and love of all. Advers-
ity produces strong men. The men that
fight their way up from the disadvan-
tages and oppositiOns of poverty have
an element of granite in them. The
storm will not chisel sand. Bishop
Kingsley had this massiveness in his
character; he would not hesitate at diff
Guilty or danger; he stood up strong and
manful under the great responsibilities
of life. And yet he was tender and sim
pie as a child. His heart was full of the
kindest sentiments. They grew like vio-
let's aud daisies in his soul. In social
life he was a delight, and in his family
all that is implied in the words, q hus-
band and a father.
In sermon preached year ago he
unconsciously described himself in an
endeavor to depict true greatness. s'This
petty, mean jealousy" said he, "that
somebody else will do something that
will eclipse another, has been the bane
of successful warfare, and it has even
gone SO far that men almost apologize
for such things by saying that great
mountains never touch at the top. Well,
/ suppose they do not, away up in the
region of eternal frost, but they do
touch down at the bottom, where they
are the largest, where the little vines
grow, and the wheat-field waves, and
the gurgling spring gushes out in the
sunlight, and the songs of gladness are
echOing from hill to hill"
As preacher he was strong, terse and
logical-as a teacher, eminently success
full. He was powerful in controversy,
and was regarded as one of the most
popular debaters of the West. AS a
Bishop, he was universally beloved. He
was apprOachable, firm, dignified. and
kind. AS this sad intelligence breaks
upon the church, from thousands of
hearts all over this land, in which his
memory is an ointment poured forth, I"
there will come the fearful cry: MY
father, my father, the chariot of Israel
and the horsemen thereof"