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Middletown transcript., 1874-05-23
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Ladies, call at S. NJ Reynolds and see the
new Grey Dehege for Spring suits, price 81 to
so cts. per yard. Black Alpacas at 81, 40, 45,
so, 60 and IS cents per yard.
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Try William Penn Stove Coal, for sale by
If S. A. WHlTLOCk co
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TO PEACH GROWERS:
WHEATLAND, ArRIL 25th, 1874.

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CORN MS. B U N I o N S..

~ ~ AG ~ NJ - ~ AN - ~ ~ ~
coRys How they sting, throb, ache, smart and burn,
upon our feet In vain beg threaten. we curse
we flourish the sharpest knives above their heads, We
burn hack hew and fell and still the pesky corns
remain thing pf misery Useless cnreaties, tears.
curses groans nothing corns but RrigEs
Aeviaor and Curative, sure cure for Corns Bunions
Improving Nails, and all ailments of the feet.
Piles Piles aas siaHFt1 or s-1FHsta
tense suffering occasoned by the disease in It's various
forms known only those who are unfortunate enough
be afflicted W.T. it, The sleepess nights, the uncom-
Portable days the haggard looks of the sufferer bear wit
the intensity of the pain experienced when trou
bled with this prevailing disease. The of Briggs
Pile Remedy positive cure is unequalc'i In the annals
medicine. Relief is immediate when used as directed
The immense demand for this great remedy is unparal
eled Thousands using it with the most satisfactory
results.
III Ho%S DISEASES NsD'a' re ana
effect Dr. J. Briggs Alevator for the speedy of
the above mentioned very prevalent and painful disease
is known many thousands who have used it with IN
qualified In every of the above enumerated
complaints it has failed to give immediate relief
Consumption g ' sa 's @sss s'sss s',r,:
J. B. Briggs Throat aud Lung Healer is pleasant,
agreeable and sure remedy for Coughs Mhoopng Cough
Group. oarseness Bronchitis, Laryngts Sore Throat,
Asthma Consumption and all diseases of the throat lungs
.CORNS Are the most plentiful kind of grain in
" " ~ ~ ~ the market Every one has supply,
the little three year old child to the aged grandsre
verging hundred stylish, handsome young ladies
who daily promenade fashionable resorts; middeaged
matrons old maids dressed up appear young and gay;
danes with their patent leathes kid gloves and newt
able walking stick; the clergyman, merchant, lawyer
clerk artisan and mechanic of all and stations have
full supply of corns bunons bad nails and other both
erations The feet all of which banhed and cured
by the of Briggs Corn and Bunon remedies, Aeva
tor and Curative
H.-,., :, Bunons, Bad Nails and all Diseases of the
SUlllS Feet, Cancers and Scrofulous Humors, Piles
&c. skilfully and successfully treated the great
trai Chrropodcal and Healing Institute, 697 broadway
New York. Dr. J. BRIGGs Il Co., Prop.
DIR, Briggs Remedies for sale by
SAML r. STEPHENS Il CO.
March Oily. Mddletown, Del
Also for sale by Fl. P Baker, Odessa, Del.
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The celebrated Bay State Shawl at $3.50, less
10 per cent. for cash. Price last year, so.
S. VI. REYNOLDS.
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Business Iotals.
NOTICE..

On and after this date will have for sale, at
my dwelling on North Broad ST., Middletown,
all kinds of Flowers.
May 23, 1874. B. F. LlPPlNCoTT.
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This Sewing Machine gives the best satisfaction
to the user, is paid for most readily, and is the
best of all TO sell. If there is no domestic
Agent in yonr town, apply to DOMESTIC S. NJ,
CO., New York. my l6-4t
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Mackerel Herring, Smoked Hams, Beef, Sides
and Shoulders, Mess Pork, Lard, Cheese, Cameo
Goods, &c. S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
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Labels for books, packages, boxes, &C. print
ed on fine gummed paper, can be had at the Office
of the TRANsCRIPT.
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1000 lbs. of Rock Salt in store and for sale by
s. NJ EYNOLDS.
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Highest cash prices paid for WOOL by ]. G.
Naudain, for account of Jos. Ringgold Co.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE LADIES.
s NJ REYNOLDS, having taken the sole agency
for the Bazaar Glove-Fitting Patterns has just re-
ceved irem New York one thousand latest style
patterns for Ladies', Misses and Children's
Dresses. Call and get a catalogue showing the
different styles.
Judgment Bonds, Notes and other Legal Blanks
can be had on application at the TRANscRlPT Of
fee.
Try William Penn Stove Coal, for sale by
If S. A. WHlTLOCK & co.
The celebrated Bay State Shawl at $3.50, less
10 per cent. for cash. Price last year, S4.50.
S. N. REYNOLDS.
Ladies, call at s. NJ. Reynolds and see the
new Grey Dehege for Spring suits, price 81 to
so cts per yard Black Alpacas at 81, 40, As,
so, 60 and IS cents per yard.
Labels for books packages, boxes, &c., print
ed on fine gummed paper, can be had at the office
of the TRANsCRIpT.
Just received, direct from the lactofleS, ladles
misses and childrens Button and Lace Lasting,
Kid and Turkey Morocco Shoes in great variety
S.M. REYNOLDS.
Gents and Ladies Kid and Dogskin Driving
Gloves Also, one hundred pair dark shades of
Ladies Kid Gloves, closing out at 10 cents per
pair, at 5. NJ. REYNOLDS.
Highest cash price paid for all kinds of grain,
by FOARD COMEGYS.
New lot of Hamburg Edgings and lnsertings
Zephyrs and Germantown Woods, nj
S NJ. REYNOLDS.
Coates and Clarks Spool Cotton, Mt cents.
G. & D. Spool Cotton at cents per spool, at
S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
Pure fresh Congress Water, direct from Sara
tosa Springs, at S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
A fine Black Tea at 80 cts per lb.; good I'M
pS''"' ''e'n ''A : % per s. NJ II. i REYNOLDS.
Business Cards, Letter and Bill Heads are
printed at the TRANscRIpT office as neatly and
/ cheaply as can be done elsewhere.
Mackerel, Herring, Smoked Hams, Beef Sides,
and Shoulders, Mess Pork, Lard, Cheese Canned
Goods, &C. S.M. REYNOLDS.
1000 lbs of Rock Salt in store and for sale by
S.M. REYNOLDS.
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Business Cards. Letter and Bill Heads are
printed at the TRANsCRIPT office as neatly anC
eheaply as can be done elsewhere.
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Just received direct from the factories, ladies'
misses and children Button and Lace Lasting
Kid and Turkey Morocco Shoes in great variety
S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
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The Mysterious Stranger.
"Who is this CENT?" the ladies ask,
That almost every day,
With splendid dress and genteel air,
Comes sauntering this way.
The beaux all envy him, and think
His income can't be small
The secret is he buys his clothes
At BENEFITS TOWER HALL,
By which he saves half his expenses in cloth.
ing, is enabled 10 dress elegantly and live al
ease. Everybody should secure a bargain al
BENNETT cos TOWER HALL, 5ls Marke,
Street, halfway between 9Th and 9Th Streets,
Philadelphia.
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A fine Black Tea at 80 cts. per lb.; good I'm
perial Green Tea at 81 per lp., at
S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-01

coin or United States notes, themselves
redeemable and made equivalent to coin.
AS a measure preparatory to free
banking, or for placing the government
in condition to redeem its notes in coin
at the earliest practicable moment, the
revenues of the country should be in
creased so as to pay the current ex-
penses, provide for the sinking fund
required by law, and also surplus to
be retained in the treasury in gold. I
am not believer in any artificial method
of making paper money equal to coin
when coin is not owned or he d ready to
redeem the promises to pay, for paper
money is nothing more than promises
to pay, and is valuable exactly in pro
portion to the amount of coin that it
can be converted into. While coin is
the currency of the country is not con-
yertible into it at par, it becomes an ar
ticle Of commerce as much as any other
product. The surplus will seek a for
eign market as well as any other sur
plus. The balance of trade has moth
ing to do with The question. The duties
on imports beng required in coin, Gre
ate a limited demand for gold, and
abont @enonghto satisfy that demand
remains in the country. To increase
this supply see DO way open but by
government boarding, through the
means above given, and possibly by re-
quiring the national banks to aid.
It is claimed by the advocates of the
measure herewith returned, that there |
is an unequal distribution of the bank |
ing capital of the country. I was dis
posed to give great weight to this view |
Of the question at first, but upon re-
Election it will be remembered that there
still remains four million dollars of au-
thorized bank note circulation unas-
signed, and states having less than Their
luoto of bank circulation have the op-
ion of twenty-five millions more than
heir proportion. When this is all ta-
Ken up, or when specie payments are
'ully restored, or in rapid process of
will be the time to consider
he question of more currency.
q. s. GRANT.
Executive Mansion, April %, 1874.
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i" Don't. Charley. !"

"Don't, Charley" came to my ears in
sweet. musical tone, while 1 was
seated in a railway car, last sum-
mer. I should not have heard the soft,
touching voice, had it not been very
near me. 1 looked to see who it was
that had spoken, and saw a sweet,
beautiful woman upon the seat in front
of me. A half-sad look rested upon the
young face that was all aglow with love
and tenderness. A young man was
seated by her side whose face wore a
restless, dissipated look, and in a mo-
ment / comprehended it all. His face
was flushed slightly, and I knew why
it was thus. He was talking very fast
to some one in advance of him, and
once 1 heard a low oath. "Don't,
Charley" she said again, in the same
sweet voice. But Charley did not seem
to heed the words, but went on in a
half wild way to the man. Several
more oaths came from his lips but the
woman remained silent, yet looking so
pleadingly at the erring one that l
thought, if he had been half human, he
would have needed the mild, loving re-
proof that was SO visible in her tear
dimmed eyes.
A friend by my side whispered in my
ear. "They have been married just
one year"
He is a BRUTE" only said in reply.
At that moment I saw the young hus
bind wink slyly to the man, and then
they both arose and went into the bag
gage-car. I understood the movement
when saw bottle protruding from the
husbands coat pocket.
"Don't Charley; don't CO." the
young wife had pleaded before he got
beyond her reach; but he tore himself
from her light grasp, and rushed along.
Her eyes filled with tears, and a low
moan came from her pale lips, and then
she bowed her head and wept silently.
He came back in few moments, his
face flushed still more, and his voice
a key or two louder than before. He
brushed rudely past the wife, evidently
to get near the car window.
"Let nae alone, Mag" he said as she
laid her white hand upon his arm.
" Women are always in the way" he
said, again turning to the man in front
of him.
The wife turned away, aud did not
hear her sweet, reproving voice again.
How 1 pitied that young, loving wife,
and how often wonder If her sensitive
heart must suffer and bleed for many
long years I think not; for her ten
der, loving soul, and frail, slender body
will not bear such unkindness. Strange
how soon liquor will transform human
beings into unfeeling monsters, and chill
the ardent, loving nature of tender
husband and trusting wife
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" Translated " Wine,

An ingenious fraud, by which wine
costing about twelve shillings a dozen
in France was translated" so as to sell
for two guineas dozen in England, was
exposed recently in one of the London
police courts. The prosecution was in
stituted by several well-known cham
pagne manufacturers, including Roeder-
er and Moet & Chandon, and the evi-
dence they brought forward went to
show that the prisoner or his accompli-
ces were accustomed to buy champagne
of the poorest quality in France and
ship it to London there the corks were
drawn, aud replaced by others branded
so as to resemble genuine ones, the
original labels were removed, and forged
labels were pasted on the bottles, and a
transformation was thus effected which
would deceive even experienced buyers
The bottles could not be told externally
from those containing high priced cham
pagne, the imitation of one of Moet &
Chandon's brands being especially clev-
er. The Justice, indeed, considered the
fraud so dangerously ingenious that the
prisoner was sentenced to hard labor for
the term of twelve months. This ex-
pose should teach people the folly of
buying well-known brands of wine for
much less than the ruling price.
Thackeray used to say that man might
as well talk of getting sovereigns for
ten shillings as to say he could set gen
uine wines at half the market rates,
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A Cold Country.

Greenland is almost continental in its
dimensions, containing not less than
| $50, 900 square mil s, and is all bleak
wilderness of ice and snow, save little
strip extending to IA degrees north lat
itude, along the western shore. The
coasts are deeply indented with bays
and fords, which invariably terminate
in glaciers. The whole interior seems
to be buried beneath great depth of
snow and ice, which loads up the val
leys and wraps over the hills. Nothing
can be more desolate than the interior.
It is one dead, dreary expanse of white
so far as the eye can reach-no living
creature frequents this Wilderness
neither beast, bird nor insect. The 81
lence, deep as death, is broken only
when the warning storm arises 10 sweep
before it the pitiless, binding snow.
This represents the state of the north
ern part of our continent in the ice age.
Some of the Greenland glaciers attain
vast size. DIR. Kane reports the great
Humboldt glacier as sixty miles wide at
it's termination. Its seaward face rises
abruptly from the level of the crater to
a height of three hundred feet.
Since ice is lighter than water, when
ever a glacier enters the sea the dense
salt water tends to buoy it up. The
great tenacity of the frozen mass ena-
bles it to resist the pressure for time.
By and by, however, as the ice reaches
deeper water, its cohesion is overcome,
and large segments are forced from its
terminal part, and foated up from the
bed of the sea, to sail away as lcebergs.
The glacier evidently crops under the
water to considerable depths, or, so
long as the force of cohesion is able to
resist the tenacity of the salt water to
press it upwards.
Ahough Greenland is said to be in
habited only upon the south and west
coast, there is a record of an early set
tlement upon the side toward los land,
with which there has been no commu-
nication for 400 years. The colony was
planted about l ZOO A. D.. and flourish
ed, and maintained intercourse with its
mother country till the beginning of
the fifteenth century. Since that time,
owing to the setting in of the Arctic
current, and the consequent gradual in
crease of ic upon the coast. the colony
became inaccessible, and the records OF
it disappear from history. At various
intervals between 1879, 1851, etc.,
down to our own time, the intrepid
Danes have striven in vain to reopen
communication with their lost colony.
This emerald coast, with valleys well
stocked with reindeer and verdant
glades, is now shut in by the pltiless
ice packs, and the fate of its inhabitants
ought to excite the interest of the world.
1t would be very interesting to be in
formed of the condition of this colony
whether the increasing cold has enlarged
the glaciers so as to push the dwellings
out to sea, or whether the habitations
are still standing, and population has
sprung up who know of the outside
world only by tradition.
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Montana Humor.

Here is an instance of true politeness
only too rarely met with. A Montana
man dined in Philadelphia recently, and
describes the event in a letter TO New
York friend "After all that fine din
ner they brought in some glass bowls,
with water and a piece of lemon in
each. 1 supposed it was lemonade !;
and as we had been drinking many
kinds of wine 1 was glad of it, for /
was thirsty. But when / went to taste
it found it SO sour that asked for SUI
gar. The ladies appeared to me to be
smiling at something, but scarcely knew
what. Afterwards l was told they were
finger-bowls to rinse ones hands in.
But, John, nobody washed their hands
after drank my lemonade. / call that
thoughtful don't you ?'-BoStOH Her
aid.
The above, which refers TO ok"
Biedler, who dined with Colonel A. X.
Mcclure, has been going the rounds of
the press for some weeks, and the fun
at the expense of the Montana man
is becoming monotonous. About all
there is of it is that "X" found the
finger bowls gave him an opportunity to
get off one of his quaint remarks. Any
body who thinks "X" would drink
lemonade under any circumstances does
not know the boy. And it isI't the
first time he and "John have had fun
about dinner. In '6S, he and "John"
Featherson, Jack Simmons, Alex. b Eat
tie, and two or three other congenial
spirits, dined with George M. Pinney in
Helena. There was celery on the table,
an unusual thing in those days The
guests enjoyed it; none happened to be |
handed to "X." Said he soto UOce :!
John, pass that this way" "ThGt |
what?" "That in the glass thing"
" What in the glass thing?" "Why |
that sage brush they're all eating"
Presently the plates and meats were re-
moved. "X," who was sitting next
the door, looked nervously down the
table, rose, and said to "John," Lets
CO." Wait" said John, "sit down. E"
+" Y " sidled back into the chair, and
looking quite crest-fallen, whispered,
"Why, John, you aren't going to sit
here and wait for supper, are you?"
The "saddle" life these boys led in
those days gave them occasion to play
their "surprises" to good effect, and
60 x" has found good opportunity to
"the whites east. But if
any one ever knew him really "caught
out by, or unequal to, the methods
and manners of any society he was
thrown into, we would like to hear of it.
we except that drink Of water he took
up in the British possessions three years
ago. (--NeIU Northwest.
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The New Insecticide."

Hot alum water is recent sugges-
ton as an insecticide. 1t will destroy
red and black ants, cockroaches, spl-
ders, chintz bugs, and all the crawling
pests which infest our houses. rake
two pounds of alum and dissolve IL IN
three or four quarts of boiling water
let it stand on the fire until the alum
disappears then apply it with brush,
while nearly boiling hot, to every joint
and crevice in your closets, bedsteads,
nontrv shelves, and the like. Brush
The crevices in the floor of the skirting
Or or mon boards, if you suspect they har-
bor yermin. If, in whitewashing a cell
inc. plenty of alum is added to the
lime. it will also serve to keep insects
at distance. Cockroaches will fee the
paint which has been washed in cool
alum water. Sugar barrels and boxes
can be freed from ants by drawing a
wide chalk mark just around the edge
of the top of them. The mark must be
unbroken, or they will creep over in,
but a continuous chalk line half an inch
in width will set their depredations at
paught. Powdered alum OF borax will
keep the chintz bug at respectable dis
tance, and travellers should always carry
a package of it in their handbags, to
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A Narrowing Tale.

The much abused Rev. Florence Nc
Carthy, of Chicago, in recent lecture
on "Who Wouldn't be q Minister ?"
said Gone Of the first troubles which
befell q minister-and it was a matter
which they would never suppose he
would have any trouble about-was the
management of the hair. Happy is the
minister whose head is shapely and
whose hair naturally falls into elegant
and handsome convolutions. He can
get as many calls and as much salary as
he needs. If the hair is right it matters
little whether his principles be good or
doctrine sound. / speak feelinRly on
this subject, said the lecturer. My own
hair has been the cause, fear, ot much
of nv roisfortune. never thought of
II uniiI recently; but now 1 remember
that the people who ousted me from
Union park church are exactly those
Who used to labor with me about my
hair. Absolutely that church has split
on my hair. After watching public SEN
timent in my church on this subject for
about one year, / can assure you there
were three parties in it on the subject
of my hair. The first insisted on its
being brushed down close. The second
on its being stuck up on end. The
third-the conservative party-on hav-
ing it loosed up. Noticing that these
three parties corresponded to the three
divisions of sermon, soon fell into
the habit of delivering the first head of
my discourse with my hair as now.
FIattened to the head The second
division as now. Putting his front
locks on end.) The third division of
the sermon 1 generally delivered with
NV hair brought down to the conserva-
tive position quitting his hands through
his hair and smoothing down the more
elevated locks), and even now / don't
know that my hair has given entire sat
isfaction"
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al appearance AID in pitch and tone of
voice-just as twin pebbles on the
beach, exposed to the same tidal infu-
ences, are each others alter ego. He
has gained feminine something which
brings his manhood into full relief.
She has gained masculine something
which acts as foil to her womanhood.
Beautiful are they in life, these pale
winter roses, and in death they will not
be divided. When death comes, he
will pluck not one but both.
And in any case, to the old man, when
the world becomes trite, the triteness
arises not so much from a cessation as
from transference of interest. What
is taken from this world is given to the
next. The glory is in the east in the
morning, it is in the west in the after
noon, and when it is dark the splendor
is irradiating the realm of the under
world. He would only follow.