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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26
At THE LAST.
nv KATE PUTNAM osaooD.

By KATE PUTNAM 0sGOOD.
TuRrE little words within my brain,
poat hack and forth their one refrain;
Three little words, whose dull distress
Means everything and nothingnees,
fnhiddcn move my lips instead
~ other utterance: She is dead.
Here. lingering, we talked Of late
Reside the hedge gr0wn garden gate;
iii smiling, ere the twilight fell
she babe me take q last farewell.
Those were the final words she said
Rnt Yesterday land she Is dead
I see the very gown she wore,
The color had praised before;
The swaying length, where she would pass,
Made light rustic on the grass;
There in the porch she turned her head
FOR one last smile-and she Is dead!
Gould have known what was to come,
Those hours had not been blind and dumb!
I would have followed close with Death.
Have striven for every glance and breath!
But now-the final word is said,
The last look takcn-she is dead.
We were not lovers--such as they
Who pledge q faith to last for aye;
Yet seems the universe to me
A riddle now, without key;
what means the sunshine overhead,
The bloom below-now she Is dead!
On new nv grief, its sudden haze
Rewilders my accustomed ways;
And vet so old, 1t seems my heart
Wae never from its pain apart;
What was and is and shall be, wed
with that one sentence-She is dead.
The Atdine.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26
Where does the yellow sugar come

VAeic uocS tAc yellow sugar come
from!
The syrup which runs out when the
white sugar is crystallizing-the residue is
treated In the same manner as the original
Cuban sugar, when an inferior sugar and
an inferior syrup result The syrup grows
more impure each time until finally il
cannot be crystallized. 1t is sour and
salty. This impure or brown sugar is
shoveled into centrifugal or revolving
machine, which revolves two thousand
times per minute. This throws out the
water through strainer, leaving the sugar
quite light and mealy.
(which is the cheapest to use-brown
sugar or white?" asked of the chemist.
why, white, sir. Brown sugar is SIM
ply pure sugar with dirt and water in it.
The cheapest sugar to buy is white, granu-
lated sugar. 1t is simply 991 per cent.
pure sugar, while brown sugar is only
about 20 per cent. sugar, 20 per cent. wa
ter, and 10 per cent. dirt and salts White
refined soft sugar is 90 per cent sugar.
know some old women brought up on
brown sugar still stick to brown sugar,
and call it sweeter than white sugar, but
they simply dupe themselves If you
want brown sugar, you can take pound
Oh Wnitc sugar, pour In some water, a
handful of sewer dirt, lime or salt, and
you'll have two pounds of it,"
How many kinds of crude sugar are
there?"
"Three-cane sugar, fruit sugar and
milk sugar. Cane sugar is found in sugar
cane Indian corn stalks, sorghum, beets
melons, sweet potatoes, cocoanuts, chest
nuts, palm trees, birch trees and sugar ma
pie. Cane sugar is three times as sweet
as milk or fruit sugar. Syrup contains
good deal of fruit sugar, generated by
fermentation, etc. Therefore syrup is not
so sweet as pure sugar dissolved in water.
Beet sugar smells badly, and sorghum
has too much acidity. They both contain
salt, to remove which is very expensive.
They are things of the past when sugar
cane can be had reasonable and in suflic-
lent quantities. In Europe brown sugar
is not used; white is considered cheaper
and better.-Eh Perkins, in Dolly Graphic.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

In Gallatin County, N. c., not long
since, John Holcombe and his wife Julia
who had been married about one year, had
dispute. She was about to leave home
for short trip, and her husband being jeal-
Gus, tried to dissuade her, but failing to do
so he pulled out pistol and shot her three
times, causing death instantly. He then
in the presence of neighbors shot himself
through the heart, falling dead over her
body.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26
Sympathetic Vibrations.

WE have alluded several times to the
sympathetic vibrations of tuning forks
and other bodies when in unison. An in
teresting paper by Prof. Lowering, of
Harvard, published in the Franklin In
stttute Journal, describes the similar
phenomena exhibited in ordinary machin-
cry when the rates of vibration are too
slow to be perceived by the ear as musical
sounds. Every structure has definite
rate of vibration depending on its size,
shape and materials, and as fixed as the
fundamental note of musical chord.
And it will respond to external vibrations
which happen to be in unison with it. In
this way, as Prof. Lowering points out,
mechanical disturbances, harmless in
their origin, may become troublesome or
dangerous. "Whcn the bridge at Cole
brook Dale 0he first iron bridge in the
world was building, a fiddler came along
and said to the workmcn that he could
fiddle their bridge down. The builders
thought this fiddle-de-dee, and invited
the itinerant musician to fiddle away to
his hearts content One note after another
was struck upon the strings, until one was
found with which the bridge was in
sympathy When the bridge began to
shake violently the incredulous workmen
were alarmed at the unexpected result,
and ordered the fiddler to stop" The
trembling of buildings at certain deep
notes dover than the audible musical
tones of organs; the violent shaking of
factories by the machinery, when run at a
certain rate, and their comparative stabili-
ty if the rate is a little slower or faster;
the great danger to bridges involved in
the regular marching of infantry over
them-arc cases involving this principle.
1t is an established rule among military
men to cross bridges at trout STEP" with
out keeping time, lest the vibrations of
the bridges should be so intensified as to
cause its destruction. The careless neg
lect of this precaution broke the suspen-
sion bridge at Anglers in France, few
years ago, killing nearly 300 soldiers, and
many more.-Christian linton.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

The Canker Worm.-After testing
different prescriptions for twenty years, a
writer in the american Agriculturist con
cludes that the simplest and best way to
barricade the canker worm is to make
bands of sheathing- paper six or eight
inches wide, tack them around the trunks
of the trees, and then cover them with
refuse printers ink. The ink costs 12k
cents per pound, requires from two to
four applications each season, and the
entire expense is about ten cents for each
tree annually.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

"A correspondent writing from the
Vienna Exposition says: Classified by ma
tional handiwOrk, France maintains her
supremacy in bronzes and artificial flow
crs, of which there are whole stands. Aus
tria is really great in tissues and art
weavery, and has no rival in glass. Rus
sia's gold and silver fancy work is mex
pressibly beautiful in design and exquisite
in finish. Italy exccls in statuary; Por-
tugal in costume-man Belgium
in firearms; Japan in every conceivable
sort Of artistic 6ric-a-brac. In agricultural
implements, pottery, and artfurniture,
England knows no rival.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

CorrAaE rents at Long Branch vary
from 81 600 to $4,000 for the season.. &C
cording to location. Lots are very high,
but sales are numerous. General Grant
owns two houses, one of which he rents TO
Mr.. Jesse Seligman for $1,000. General
o. e. Babcock's new cottage will be mn
ished in July; Jay Gould is building the
finest cottage Of all, and other moneyed
men are erecting some of elegant pattern.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

ONE peculiarly of the late electric
storms in Southern Iowa was that the cleo
trio current assembled from the earth as
well as descended to it. On several occa-
sions, bright flashes Of flame, and even
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

Losa.porNTED paper collars, extending
down 80 as to dispense with shirt DO
som, the points fastened TO the pants but
ton, are now fashionable at Omaha.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

IAN Oregon pspersrefers to an editor
on rival sheet - q young gentleman Of
frugal mental capacity.n
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

This is done by filtering th1ellow
syrup through bone black or anint char
coal (bones burnt black and groui mi.
Large iron tanks, looking like Night
steam boilers, are filled with 30, 900 Ands
of bone black each. Through thlthe
syrup is made to trickle. As it CONDUIT
at the bottom it is as pure and transp\nt
as rock crystal. A goblet of it looks &c
pure water.
us it perfectly pure now?" ! askede
chemist.
"Yes, as near as possible. 1t is mind
nine and half per cent pure sugar "
might pour five gallons of kerosene and
smallpox patient cut into sausage me
into that first tank, and tell you, Perkin
that / wouldn't have the slightest obje
ton to drinking the syrup five hours q
terward. It's perfectly clean and pure
How is this white, transparent syrr
made into sugar?
This is simply done by taking the wat
out of it. This is accomplished by bo
ing it in an open vacuum. 1t would DO
like water in the open air and volatilize
gig degrees Fahrenheit, but remove Il
air pressure and it will boil at $50 Fahre
heit; $50 degrees never burns it, and Il
sugar is white. After boiling the syru
down to thick paste, it is drawn off in po
shaped like the old-fashioned sugar-los
These pots hold five gallons and are opt
at the large end. The small end has
hole in it through which the water ruI
out, leaving the sugar to crystalline in
hard white cake, such as used to be 90
in the market But nowadays the pu
white sugar-loaves are sawed up into reg
lar-shaped cubic pieces of sugar. II
soiled sugar-loaves, or those with yello
streaks In them, are crushed into lump
and the sawdust and leavings are MAJ
into granulated and phlverized sugar.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05
STATE AND LOCALS.

Leipsic is asking for Loan Association
charter.
A festival recently held in Seaford by the
Episcopalians netted only $2j
Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage is to lecture in
Wilmington on the 10Th OF March.
Three brides attended the NJ. +. Church of
this town last Sunday morning. Fine sensa-
ton.
One of the on dts for Dover is that company
will soon be organized to build a frst-class
hotel for the Capital.
Quite revival of religion, started under the
auspices OF Rev. o. F. Flippo, of the Baptist
Church, is in progress at Magnolia.
William j. Shipley, of Seaford, is among
the late graduates of the Washington Univer.
sity School OF Medicine, of Baltimore.
There is strong talk of connecting Middle
town with Odessa by means OF Narrow Guage
Railroad. 60 says an Odessa letter writer
Mr.. n. f. Wilds, Secretary TO the Board of
Commissioners, gives in another column a clear
statement of the financial condition of the town
tor the past year.
Ihe steam saw mill, near Ocean View, Sus
sex CO., belonging to Townsend & Co., was en-
tlrely consumed by fire on the night of the
10Th of February.
A Yankee at Seaford proposes to pos
sess himself Of the old whipping post and pill
lOry at Dover, with view to exhibiting them
through the North.
The following gentlemen were on Monday
reelected Trustees of the NJ. Il. Church in
this town JAS. II. Clements, Jno. II. Bewley
and n. L. Jerman.
A number of enterprising men in New Castle
have taken stock in cotton factory to be built
there at a cost Of $4,000. 1t will employ from
40 to SO working men.
! William Hector, colored man, of Whining.
ton has invented an ingenious and improved
combined chair, lounge, and sofa, and has filed
an application for patent.
| The Milford NJ. Il. Sunday School has been
presented with fine toned bell by Mrs Sam !
A. Mansfield, Of the firm Of Mansfield & Baird,
jewelers., l4l6 Chestnut st., Pbila.
DIR. Thos. Naudain. former resident near
Mlddletown, and well known to many OF our
citizens, died at his residence in Genosee, ILL.,, ,
about the LIST Of January last, aged II.
Last week, in Wilmington, the p, w. &
Is. H. Il. Co, made a trial of the new Vacuum
Air Brake, which is to be used on this road
The engineer applies the brake, by steam.
Gov. Ponder on Thursday morning appointed
Henry Todd, Esq. OF Dover, Clerk Of the
Orphans Court and Register in Chancery Tor
Kent county, in place of Alex. j. Taylor, term
expired.
Mrs. Martha Hammond, an aged lady, died
in Georgetown, Del, on Tuesday last, quite
suddenly. She arose ia the morning i'm good
health, and at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon was a
corpse.
BY the operation Of the Law taxing the p.
w. q b. Railroad Company, the peach ship
pers have been obliged to pay as a special tax
for each full car load Of fruit shipped, the sum
of $50. $3.50.
The fun loving portion OF the citizens oI
Lewes celebrated the 22d by dressing up in al
J sorts OF old costumes and parading the streets
headed by drum and fife. La the evening
the Odd Fellows had banquet.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05

MATRIMONIAL spite of the cold and
snow storm of Thursday evening, Bethel NJ. Il.
Church, five miles from this town, was packed
by Rev. j. f. Bryan, of Camden. when Rev
John E. Smith, junior Minister of Smyrna
Circuit, was married to Miss Ella Sivei, Of
Kenton. The happy candidates were led to
the altar by Miss Emma Riggs, of New Castle
Co. lnear here) and Mr.. w. Denney Wilds, of
KentOn. A reception at the residence of the
brides mother, followed the marriage.
We also record the marriage of our genial
tOwnsman, Mr.. Thos. j. Armitage, who has
bowed at the shrine of Hymen until he has
grown gray in the service. On Thursday last
he was made groom for the fourth time, and
in his 65th year, taking to his bosom and his
comfortable home a bride that has not yet
attained her nineteenth summer. None but
the brave deservethe fair" lie has married for
love, not for age, for while his bride is his
junior this time, he has aforetime had them
his senior.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05
MARYLAND ITEMS.

a tIee tell on young man named Barnes,
IN Somerset county, last week. and crushed him
to DEATH
Daniel Rich, an old colored man, aged one
hundred years or more, died III Tuck Ihoe
Neck on Thursday night last
An enterprising butcher in Elkton created a
sensation last week by parading through the
streets tat OK, handsomely trimmed with rib
bOns, headed by the darkey band.
Wreck.-A Norwegian ship from Marseies
to Phlladelphia, went ashore on the coast e
low Drumm0ndtOwn, Va, several days since
loaded with 600 tons Of railroad iron.
DroWned-Wm. Ovcrend, whose family
lives in Kent county, Md, was lost overheard
and drowned, on the 81 of February, while
returning from visit to Cuba, where he had
been residing for some years.
Sudden Dedth-Mrs. Nancy Morsell, an
aged lady, residing in St. MichaelS, died very
suddenly Wednesday night She was in
excellent health up to the very time of her
death, to all appearance.
Bddly Burned-A little negro girl, four
years OF age, living in the family of DIR. Alex.
Hardcastle, in the first election district of
Caroline county, was badly burned about the
arms an neck on Monday week. Her clothes
caught fire from au open fire place.
Too Much Curiosity Last week "Ryder's
Great Moral Show" exhibited at Rising Sun
Cecil county, and when the woman was dressing
for the 'md-air act" an over curious indi
vidual thought he d take peep. She cut at
him with sword, and the shortncss of his
nose only saved him from the loss of the end
OF that part OF his cOuntenance.
The Susquehanna Ice Gorqe-A special
despatch to the Bal imOrc 1nlericdN says: The
gorge although much reduced in height, has
been frozen more solid, new ice having been
formed by the recent cold snap, aud it would
no doubt offer such resistance to any food that
may come as to cause a repetition of the scene
of January 10Th. Whilst there is no imme-
diate danger, the indications are very un
favorable, and things are still i'll an unsettled
condition.
E3kton d' MasSey's RdHrodd-Th Balti-
more american says that the Eikton 4 Massey
Railroad is to be forthwith constructed The re-
quisite amount of stock having been subscribed,
the stockholders assembled at Elkton and
organized under the charter, when the Hon.
Jacob Tome was elected President. A deter
WinatiOn was expressed, to put the road under
contract Immediately and push it to an early
completion. The distance from Elkton to
MaSsey's is "a miles, and there connection is
made with both the Queen ADne's and the
Kent County Railroad. The american claims
that this connection will bring Baltimore 80
miles nearer the Eastern Shore counties.
Two Cecil county farmers were killed whilst
walking on the r., W. & b. Railroad last
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05

REMOvAIs.-'rhe changes in business loca-
tiOns in this town on the first instant were rs
follows:
The TINES Office has removed from its old
stand, next to Foxwel's hotel, to the room
formerly occupied by Mr.. r. Clyde, on Com
meroe street, next door to John Il. Collin )
hardware store.
The Inteliigencer has moved from the Town
Hall to the Odd Fellows Hail. Mr.. j. L. W.
Cooper, the editor, returns to Salisbury, Md,
in few days, to resume the publication of
the Eastern StOremdR, we are informed. His
son George assumes the management of the
MteHigencer.
Mr.. Millington, the new proprietor of the
Delaware House, has entered upon his duties,
vice j. +. Woodward, removed. Mr.. NJ. comes
to US with the reputation of "a clever gentle
man who can keep hotel"
Messrs. Wm. FAIRIES & Co, tinmen, take the
room formerly occupied by II. Denney, flour
X feed) and Mr. d. takes the room occupied
by Dir. j. II. Bewley, under the TINES Office
and Mr. Bewey now has his Office at the store
of Hall & fIardcastle. Mr.. Clyde takes the
store formerly occupied by II. II. Jacobs.
Chas. b. Archer removes his basket shop to
the room occupied by Wm. Hazel for a sham
bles, and A. +. Worden takes the tin shop.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05

Town ELECTION The town election for
this town, held last Monday, resulted in the
success of the Improvement Ticket" by an
average majority of about 33, in total vote Of
1870. There was little contest, aud the vote was
less than halt the poll. The ticket elected is
understood to be in favor of opening Frazer ST.
The successful ticket is non partizau, while the
defeated one was straight Democrat. Three
Of the candidates were on both tickets. Mr.
Wlds has the largest vote, and Alderman
Budd is the next highest, while Mr.. Van
Gasksn was defeated by only two votes short
Of his opponent. The following is the vote:
Improvement Ticket. Town Ticket.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05

INFANT1CIDE.-A COlored Woman at Ne,cnyk
hILS her Little Chill, Eiqhteen Months Oif
Newark Was last week filled with horror and
excitement, at the discovery of a revolving
case of nfantcide. The circumstances are as
follows: Jane Meeteer, bright looking
mulatto woman, about nineteen years of age,
who has been living in and around Newark for
several years, had child, about eighteen
months old, the Result of illicit intercourse
with white man. For the last two weeks
the child had been missing, and the people
there, not seeing it about, began to suspect
something wrong. The mother was questioned
with regard TO It's absence, but always gave un
satisfactory and equIvOcal answers.
W edneSday afternoon, about three O'Clock
as Constable John Choate was walking
through the yard of vacant house, next to
the Bank, he discovered, protruding above the
snow, the feet of child He Immediately
dug the snow away, and discovered water
bucket, in which was crowded the body of
Jane Meeteers child, with its throat cut from
ear to ear.
After making his discovery known, Constable
ChOate arrested Jane, aud brought her to the
office of Esquire JAS H. Raw, of Newark.
where she was informed of the cause for her
arrest. She made a thorough confession, NJ
follows: My name is Jane Mceteer, am about
~ years old, and was raised in the family OF
Mrs. MusgrOve, of Newark; my child was
sixteen months old its father was white
man; | could not get home as no one would
give me work while had the child it was so
cross and troublesome, could not get any one
to take the child, althoug offered it to several
families; did not know what to do; | did
not care anything about the child and wanted
to get rid of it; | cut It's throat and taking
horse bucket from Mr.. John Lewiss barn
pressed the body into it, and hid it in the
garden back of the bank, under some bushes
She made the confession in a quiet manner
and did not seem to exhibit any fear or remorse
tor the awful deed which she had committed.
After her confession, Esquire Ray committed
her to Jail, and Constable Choat took her TO
New Castle in the evening.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05

TEMPERANCE RESOLUTIONS. At the last
Quarterly Meeting of the Kent County Asso-
citation of Good Templars, at Wyoming, re
Gently, the following preamble and resolutions
were passed
WHEREAS, we regard the evil Of intcmper-
ance as the most blighting and demOralizing
evil that has invaded our country, increasing
our taxes, multiplying crime and pauperism,
threatening to sap the very foundation of our
government; and whereas, many OF the States
have recently adopted local Optien and civil
damage laws, enforcing penalties upon viola.
tors of the law, and granting the privilege of
deciding whether intoxicating liquors shall be
sold or not aud whereas, We regard such laws
to be eminenty right and proper. Therefore,
ReSOLrei lSt. That we will not be discouraged
nor relax our efforts until we see law en,ctcd
and placed on our Statute Books, prohibiting
the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as
beverage.
ResolUed I'd. That this Association, speaking
through its delegates for the entire order of
Good Templars of the State of Delaware, will
not be satisfied with the acts OF the present
Legislators unless they give us Local Option
Law requiring the vendor to OBTAIN ira, ,ority
of the legal voters in each Election District
where he or she may propose to sell any
spirituOus or malt liquors.
ResolUed, 3d. That we are opposed to the
State raising revenue from the sale of spirit
uOus liquors for the benefit of the free schools
Of our State.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05
Town Ticket.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE LEVY COURT. T.-The
Levy Court of this county, at its session last
week. made the following additional appoint
ments:
Attorney for tie Court-James L. Wolcott,
Esq.
Trustees of the P,or-Jonathan Pratt, for
Dover hundred Webster ID. Learned, for
Little Creek hundred; Abner Dill, for South
Murderkill hundred, and George McNatt, for
Mispillion hd., in place Of Henry N. Clark,
resigned.
Collector for Milford HHndyed-Nathaniel
b. Thomas.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05

week. between EIkton and Northeast Tbcv
were walking on the north track, when on Ivy Nv,
proaching freight train prompted them tn .,ir rp-
aside to the south track But train was aI.p
on this track, behind them, which came daIS 'ho
ing along, and although every effort wa, m,Ja %
by the engineer Of the train, to give warnn-'
and finally to stop the train all such rE,rt,,
proved futile, and the two men were canrE.
upon the cowcatchcr and tos. ed into mangI" -
heap on the roadside. The noise of tie tr.; u
before them prevented them from hearing thu i'n
train behind them. Their names were II ,."r ."o
Lynch and John T. Abrams. '0n
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05

THE TIMES is published every Wednesday
JOsEPH H. HOFFECKER Editor and Proprietor at Smyrna
Delaware.
year $500 s95Oi
paid till the year No discontinued unit
all paid-only option of the Publisher
EENTS will inserted at the rate of SevenCents
aine the first Three-and
ahalt liberal discount made 10 quarterys semi an
nu1l and yearly advertisers.
Smyrna times., 1873-03-05

The Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Herald gives the following authorities for
different ways Of pronouncing Credit Mobi-
lier, )" and people can adopt that which best
peases their fancy.
, John b. Alley-Credit Mo-beel.yea.
Judge PoIand-Credit Mo bil-air.
O4kes Ames-Credit Mo bil-ay.
General Banks-Credit Mo-bil-ly-a.
Sidney DlllOn-Credit Mo-bil-eer.
Senator Stevenson-Cred-dy Mobilize.
And to this some one has added Sam.
Townsends onunciation-Credit Mo bi Ter.