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Smyrna times., 1870-07-06
HeaIth's Best Defence.

The weak herbs says St. Paul that eighteen
hundred the value of medicinal plants apprecA-
ted In the Old Testament botanical remedies repeatedly
recommended but in passage sacred history
commended to swallow calOmel blue pill other
raj preparation The sick directed
On them, to purify them, heal them, reSj them In
that day the art OF making vegetable extracts
The herbal medicines nfusions.
II was reserved for later To unite the sanitary
OF tonc aperent and antibious roots bars plants
active stmua and thus secure their rapid diffusion
through the debitad diSOrrred The crownng
triumph OF this effective mode OF concentrating and applying
the virtues OF medicinal vegetables achieved in the
ducton Of HOsetter Stomach Btters had
perfectly pure alcoholic stmuan boen combined the
pressed juices of the finest specifics of vegetable
Never yet though eighteen have elapsed intro
ductlOn has this great equaed 1t is taken
all seasOns in all cmeS the potent safeguard against
epdemcs, as protection against all unhealthy
that produce debility and bcRe disease remedy inter
mittent and other maarOus evers appetizer as gem
ora tonic and invigOrant gentle painless Rperent as
blood depuren; nervine bilious affections
harmless anOdyne and the OF HEALTH
under unlavOrahe circumstances scenary pursuits
undue bodily or mental eXerOn hardship, prIya;iuu and
eXD
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06

REVIVAL OF PEACH TREEs.-A discovery
OF no small moment in the interests of agri.
culture has been made by Dr. Geo. B. Wood,
and communicated by him to the American
Philosophical Society, of which he is Presi
dent. Peach trees in this vicinity, after pro.
duclng few crops, not only cease bearing but
perish themselves in short time whereas.
their natural life is 50 or 60 years. or more
The cause of this defective power of growth is
believed by DR.. Wood to be owing to a def.
cheney of potash in the soil, and he assures us
that If this alkali be supplied to the tree so
that 1t shall reach the small roots and be alb
sorbed the rult-bearlng power is restored, and
the tree itself, 1t prematurely perishing, is re-
vlved. Believing with most persons that the
cause OF the decay lay in worms at the root of
the peach tree, be put in operation plan
which he had seen his father perform more
than fifty years before, VIZ of digging around
the base OF the stem hole four or five inches
deep, scraping away al the worms that could
be found burrOWlng at the junction of the
stem and root, and filling the hollow thus made
with fresh wood ashes from the fire, which. of
course, retained all their potash. This was
done in the autumn of 1868 and with result.
IN the following spring, at which he was him
self astonished. The trees appeared to have
been restored to all their early freshness and
vigor they put forth bright green leaves
blossOmed copiously, and bore crop of fruit
such as they had never borne before, many of
the branches breaking down under the load of
the peaches. Dr. Wood, in rejecting on these
results, and noticing that several of the peach
trees treated had no worms, came to the con.
cluSiOn that we must look for an explanation
TO some other cause than the destruction of a
few worms, and this cause he believes to be
the ashes, the potash ofwhich being dissolved
by the rains, had descended along the roots to
the rOotlets, ana presented to them the very
food for the want of which they were dying.
Decaying apple trees bearing stinted aud in
edible fruit have been revived by a similar
process, and with the like results. All of DIR.
Woods orchards give promise of an abundant
supply Of fruit this season-Ihila Ledner
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06
MARYLAND ITEMS.

iStruct By Lghtning week, during
the prevalence of violent thunder storm, two
oxen and bullock, in the field of John p.
Evans, Eos, near Rising Sun, Cecil co., were
struck by lightning and instantly killed
Fire.-On Wednesday afternoon, about l
O'Clock, fire occurred two miles from Chesa-
peake City, by which the dwelling and barn OF
Mr.. Samuel Stephens were DESTROYED and one
Of MIR. Stephens children perished in the
flames. His mother was also burned, whether
severely or dangerously, we could not learn.
A small cOlOred boy residing with the family,
is charged with setting the house on fire, which
was communicated to the barn by the wind.
There was no insurance on the buildings.
A violent storm passed over Chesapeake
City and along the Canal, on Wednesday af.
ternoOn last, which unrOofed two houses in
Chesapeake City aud scattered the lumber in
William Lindsey's lumber yard, in every direc-
ton.
A steamboat excursion, given by George w.
Chids, proprietor OF the Philadelphia LeCiger,
to the employees of his paper mill, situated
near Elkton, will start from that place on the
4th Of July. A good brass band will be in at
tendance. The excursion is to Annapolis
Richard Evans, promising young man of
about II years of age, living in Wycomico co.
was endeavoring to kindle fire one day last
week and to facilitate combustion, he procured
the "oil eau" aud commenced pouring the
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06

Strawberries IN New YORK.-The New
York 7ribUne in speaking of the berry season
in that city, gives the following facts concern
ing strawberries:
OF all the fruits which come to our market the
strawberry ranks highest in popularity and
pecunary value for it requires no educated
taste to appreciate its delicious flavor. 1t is
generally supposed that the first berries of the
season grow in the South, and many will be
surprised to learn that Boston, instead of
Georgia, gets the $l4 quart for the first lots
sent to this city. On the 18th of last February
about pint of this popular fruit was received
by Broadway store. The demand for straw
berries in mid-Winter is not usually great, but
when prices are not more than from SIS to $40
per quart the poorer classes of the well-to do
aristOcracy" make the market lively. The
consumptive Lillian, who is about to wed the
rheumatic Augustus. intimates to "papa"
that she would like some fruit for her nuptial
tea Papa, who is broker, calls in at the
family wine-store on his way to Babel aud or
ders three pints Of Wilson's Albany Seedlings
to be sent to his residence. The little bill of
S2l is paid without a murmur, though the n-
dulgent parent cannot help thinking that hor-
tlculture must be profitable occupation. The
strawberries which come from Boston are pro.
duced under glass. When the Georgia berries
begin to appear they readily sell for from 81
to SO quart. The strawberry season proper
commences about the 10th of May. At this
time they are chiefly from the gardens of Nor
folk, Va. The usual price for the first of these
Is about 81 so quart. The demand is not
large until they are selling at IS cents.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06
Periodicals. &c.

THE LADYs FRIEND for July upon table and is good
number in embellishments literature The steel engraving
summer Hours is suggestive picture the colOred fashion
pa'ea group of elegant Parsiennrs the cUOred tang pat
tern beautiful as well useful and the woodcuts abundant
enough to give the all the hints on dress they coud
want As to the stories and such Harriet Pres
colt Spnforl Amanda NJ Douglas. Miss Prescott Eleanor
DonneIy and Florence Percy are warrant enough.
glance at the July number HARPERs MAGAZINE shows
that subject Of popular excluded from its pages
Two Historical two Of Literary "Reminiscences two
treating of Social in case as seen on an ocean steamer
amt IN the other n found in way valley among
the mountains of OhO Ruperts Land and its Peo
pe and another the Running Turf America two serial
stories three novettes Mrs L. Furnsses pleasant social
sketch ct Modern Frtaon interesting Chat About Canes
and Fans and four good poensogether with the five
Editorial Departments Lake the contents 81 tins number
"opEY for July has been received 1t for us to ay
word in commendation Of this magazine Those who take IT,
say that cannot be surpassed in the of Fashion &c.
L. A. Cooley Philadelphia. So per year
PETRsoNS for July has come duly to hand freigtd with
the latest novelties from the fashion world and variety of
literary matter Peterson to the Chas j. Peterson
Philadelphia 80 per annum
ZELLs POPULAR ENcYCLOPEDIA-Parts III to $50 extend
from Limari to Louis XIV. There portraits Of Lincoln
Locke Dr. Lvngstonean Longeow besides the biographies
&" these individuals, Jenny Lind John Lndley LIunaeu Lyy
LongnuN Lopr de Vega. Lopez, Lothair and many of the
French Louis The other captions and limestone
line linen literature ithosruphy loans locks Logic Lon,b
! by, London and lotus.
THE LITTLE C"KPoRAL-The July number opens the XIth
volume in and acceptable form The contents in
cude stories sketches and puzzles work has de-
served the great attained with the best
juvenile serials.
of the series The early history 81 the state is now entered
upon 10y the author, and the work in interest This
history ought TO be in every Deawarms house it being the
only conci7" work Of the kind that be obtained.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06

fluid on the wood. The result was the ignation
OF the kerosene aud the immediate explosion
OF the can. The oil flew over his clothing and
he was so badly burned that he died in few
hours. The newspapers are continually pub-
llShlng accounts of accidents Of this kind, vet
people will insist upon paying no attention to
them.
A gentleman in Somerset has cut twelve
tons Of hay from four acres
According to the census takcr the popnlation
OF Port Deposit is 1910 thirteen more than
Elktcn
The present population of Chestcrtown is es-
tmated, upon good authority, to be 200. In
1850 It was 1870. The census takcr refuses to
give the statement.
The Farlee Saw Mil property including 1ic
acres Of land has been sold to Ii. NJ. BoYd. a
lhlladcphlan, for $4,000. Situated in Kent
co.
CG0.p 4ueettny-The following camp meet
lngS will be held in Queen Anne's county thi,
year, VIZ: Ccntrevllle Station NJ. f.. Church
at wye, or Golden Run, to commence on Fri
day, August 9TH. Queen Anne's Circuit NJ
f. Church, near Busick' Church, to commence
same day as Wye camp. Sudlersville and
Church Hill circuits, NJ. Z. Church, at Cop
pages Woods, ou Friday August 18th.
Sale Of u fine HOrSe-Mr VIM w. Steph
ems, OF Kent county, recently sold his celebra
TED trOtting horse ''White Mountain to Mari
New, OF Baltimore, for 81 800, who afterward
re sold him to NJ. Moses, OF Baltimore fol
$4,000
Gen. II. Humphreys stack-yard, near Sails
eury' was struck by lightning last week an,
five stacks of wheat were consumed.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06
MORE VALUABLE THAN Treasury NOTES

MORE VALUABLE THAN TREASURY NOTES.
How that old cynic, Sam johnson, would
have revcled through Webstcr's massive new
Unabridged How hcwould have goated over
its magnificent letter-prcSS and its Illustrations,
beautiful as new Treasury Notes, and n,ucIl
mare rnIundIc to the student. The McrriamS
have incurred fabulous expense in having the
whO'e work rewritten, reset, rccast and rcpub.
ll>hcd. 1t is not a mere revision, but a recon
structon To insure excellence in typography,
it comes from the Riverside Press, which is all
that need be said about it's mechanical execu.
ton. 1t is a marvellous specimen of learning,
labor, research, and taste. 1t is by far The
9reatcst library acork Of the age-Baltimore
Ameltc0R.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06
The New York Steamers to Lewes.

The New York Tribune Of Wednesday last
referring to the Lcwcs Steamers saws:
A new source OF supply of food products for
the City of New York is opened TODAY by
steamboat communication with the Delaware
Peninsula. The propeller Washington leaves
Pier 81 Fast River at 4 p. NJ, for Lewes in
side of the HarbOr Of the Delaware Breakwa-
ter, where terminates the Junction Railroad.
which unites all the other railroads of the pen
insula with the coast and figurativelv speak
ing brings the land to the sea The distance
from New York by wateris the same as that of
Albany 44miies-whereas by rail it is 24U
miles. The freight Of the long inland trans
port is prOhibitory on all farm products excep-
ting those which bear a fancy price, like Peach.
es, Strawberries, &c. Hereafter we shall re
ceive from this source supplies of all the staple
vegetables; no doubt at such IA reduction Of
price as the cheaper freight will warrant
The Delaware peninsula has been named,
not inaptly, the natural garden of New York
1t contains near 2.uOO.0tO acres Of the most
fertile land on the Atlantic coast closely re-
semblng the richest parts of New Jersey. 1t
has semi tropical luxurance and variety OF
products and, in Spring. vegetation is but two
or three days behind Norfolk. Last year it
| furnished us with nearly 100000 baskets OF
! Peaches, and $4,000 bushels of small berries
| The Black berry is so abundant in some places
that the farmers get a greater return from the
wild bushes around their corn fields than from
the corn itself. The Whortleberry thrives in
perfection. We are told that hundreds Of tun,
of this fruit have ripened and rotted for many
years in the Delaware swamps, because the
cost of getting it to market was greater thar
any profit to be made by picking.
of the more nutritious vegetables, the Swee
Potato stands first in excellence and productive
ness yielding from three to five hundred bush
els per acre. The price of it in past season,
has been 81 barrel in the lower part of Della
ware, while it has sold for six times that il
New York. Sussex county alone can raise mil
lions of bushels of Sweet Potatoes year. Tn,
Tomato yields from five to eight hundred bushels
per acre, the Watermelon grows to perfection
Asparagus springs indigenously in the hedges
Cranberries also are indigenous to this section o
country. In short, there is not to be found else
where SO promising field for every discrip
tiOn of truck and fruit culture within the same
distance of an Unsuitable market, nor better
place for the idle muscle of our OverpeopleC
City to find healthful and profitable employ
ment.
We heartily wish this new enterprise gooC
sped. The boats are to run regularly twice Of
three times week, and, after a time, daily.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06

THE FALL ki.E,TtoN>. Tlir fail elections
this year are to decide not only the character
of the next House of Representatives, but also,
TO a certain extent, that Of the Senate. Twen-
ty Senators will be elected by the next State
Legislatures. The Senators whose terms expire
on the 4th of March next arc Morrill,, of
Maine Crasin, of New Hampshire Wilson
of Massachusetts, Anthony, of Rholc Island ;
Cattel Of New Jersey; Wiley, Of West Vir-
ginia johnson, Of Virginia Abbott, of North
Carolina; Robertson, of South Carolina Fow
Ter, Of Tennessee; Grimes, of Iowa Howard,
of Michigan; Thayer, Of Nebraska; Ross, Of
Kansas; Yates, of Mis>issippi; Williams, OF
Oregon; Harris, of Louisiana Warner, Ala
bama; Salisbury, of Delaware McCreery, OF
Kentucky, and Norton, Of Minnesota. The
outgoing Senators are all Republicans, except
salisbury, McCeery and Norton. The seat oil
Mr.. Fowler has already been filled by Demo
crat, aud that of Mr.. Grimes by a Republican
The Democrats will probably lose one Senator
in Minnesota, and gain in New jersey
Oregon, and perhaps one or two Southerl
States In many Of the States the contest viii
be spirited, for personal as well as for politica
reasons.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06
STATE AND LOCALS.

Snort ITEMS. Ms.-Prcparation are being made
tor the erection of the big hotel at Re6oboth
near Lewes. 1t will be fine Summer resort
a daughter of James Loyegrove, of this
town has become deraUged, probably ON ac-
count OF becoming oVerheated while picking
Strawberries
llllam McAtee, the young man who had
ms ilnger broken whilst playing base ball, about
TWO weeks ago, died last night of lockiaw,
brought on ~ catching cold in the wound.
Mr. JGhn X. Morris has purchased the
Kits b ammock Hotel, (Jones Beach) and
has opened it for guests.
| The stores close in Dover at 8 o'clock in the
evening-except Wednesdays and Saturdays.
One of the weighty men" in Wilmington
IS estimated to be worth eleven millions of
dollars
DR.. VIM. H. Crow, formerly of this town
who recently graduated from the Homeopathic
Medical College, of Philadelphia, is about To-
eating In Baltimore to practice his profession
Last week the old NJ f. Church at Lewes
! was taken from the spot where it has stood for
forty years to give place to the new one being
built
A Camp Meeting will be held for Millsboro'
Circuit in Robinson's woods, commencing
about August 25th, Rev. T. o. Ayres, pastor.
John Hare of Wilmington, DR.. Kennedy
and Ben. ~. HAZEL, of Smyrna, and Rev. w.
2 Is: Gregg, Of Seaford, have been appointed
District Deputies of the Good Templar organi-
zation.
The steamer ArrO,csm,M now runs to Cane
May, stopping at New Castle, going and return
ing.
The hogs in the neighborhood of Chris Llama.
f New Castle CO., are dying with the cholera.
Horace, son of VIM. II. Boquet, aged
about years, fell from the wharf at Lcipsic,
on wednesday evening, Doth inst, and was
drowned. His body has not been recovered.
The Middietown "Old Folks" repeat their
! concert to night
! A black man named William Piner, was
drowned on Tuesday afternoon of last week, in
Barton, Mill Pond. He gotbeyond his depth
whilst bathing
q Sam'l Roberts, a prominent citizen of Mid
dletown, died last week
A dlstlllery tor making peach brandy has
been erected in Middletown.
Clover So inches high has been grown on the
farm OF NJ. f. Walker, of Middletown
\ lot OF MiddletOwn gents have gone on 9
: fishing excursion to Lcwes
t The Delaware Annual Conference, (colOrcd
NJ. f.. Church will convene at Cambridge
Md, July 2lst The Conference includes the
Peninsula.
DR.. Andrew Stafford, convicted of robbin.
t the mails, has been sentenced to three year
g imprisonment.
: A severe hail storm passed over the lowe
IS part of Sussex co. last week. 1t is said tina
$ hail stones as large as hen eggs fell
g The NJ f. Sunday School of Milford propos
10 to make an excursion to Cape May by the ney
: : line of steamers from Lewes to New York.
= n Watkins, Esq, formerly of the Time
81 office, now of the firm of Polkinhorn e. Wat
kins, an extensive printing firm of Washing
c ton city, is on visit to our town and is hearth
q welcomed by his old friends He is flourish
ing.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-06

A REDUCTION or $50, OOO. OO0.-Onc of the
sections of the Republican platform asserts
that " the vigilant collection of the public reve-
nues, and their economical disbursement, with
the great decrease of the national debt and the
reduction Of taxation, are in striking contrast
both to the Democratic rulc preceding lbs cleo
ton and the present corrupt and extravagant
management of this State"
This has touched tender spot on the De-
mocratic body. and the organ of the Dover
ring, unable to hide its grimaces, pretends that
they are smiles that it cannot help laughing
at the joke which it pretends to see. 1t there
fore tries to point out where the laugh comes
in and with an affected complaisance say:
" shoe fly" 1t is impossible to kill the taste
of sour milk by putting sugar it. The smile
thus put on Is too ghastly to be natural. Thi
resolution hits too hard to be in the leas
amusing.
Look at the last statement of the public
debt n reduction of $2O, 900, 900 in one
month! And this too at time when heavy
disbursements had to be made for the army
an navy and several civil departments of the
Government. Forthc sixteen months of Grant,
administration the debt has been reduced owe,
$l3S, 200, 0U0. And in addition to this vast
amount Of floating Indebtedness has been paid
OF. But the revenue is swelling more and
more from month to month. and the great con.
sIderatiOn now is, not how much can be raised
to pay the current expenses of The government
and good round sum i'll liquidation of the
debt, but how can we reduce the income. This
State, last year, paid nearly $1,000 more rcve
nuc to the Government than in any previous
year, and SO did other States in proportion.
The customs receipts have also increased in
like proportion, while our burdens OF taxation,
instead Of bcing increased are to be diminished.
And all This has been accomplished merely by
carrying out measures Of retrcnchment and
economy, faithfully collecting the revenues,
and hOnorably maintaining the credit of the
Government According to the estimate of a
Congressional fnancer We might reduce the
taxes a hundred millions a year aud still a
handsome surplus would remain to be applied
to the payment Of the national debt Contrast
this with JohneOn's administration after the
Democrats took control Of him. Then there
was frequently an increase of the public debt
instead Of decrease. Men notoriously dis
honest were frequently placed in charge of
Government money bags, while almost every
convicted felon was pardoned by the Chief
Executive. This country can never pay of
the War DEBIT we were told Ly the Demo
Gratis every day from the close of the war till
the election Of Gen. Grant; and even the Re-
publicans did not expect to see so happy re-
suit as "" witnessing. The rapidity of the
liquidation ha, exceeded the expectations of
the most sancuine while we hear no more
dolorou- "'i-- aan the Democrats. If the
AImlulatIAtlonIa not responsible for this cheer
ing state of affairs, who Is?