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Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

weeks of the bargains they cot there Tho
surface OF their character to those who
Know them but little is delicious glow
anu harmony-rink, tender blossoms Of
/ emotion. sweet cooings, and songs of praise.
and showers of ready tears-yc gods! what
/ Hoods of tears Put their wives or washer.
women see the frost and mud bclow-they
! strik" every hour upon the icy substratllm
! OF S"ltishncss, the crl,rl. untempcred will
lh"r" Is Floyd's pretty wife across the way
--a most devout little creature ACCORDING In
! popular belief. She has the face of 4
medl"val saint as She knecls in her Dew
and the r"se-light falls about her. The
'Ch"lnE anthems make her trrmbln and
turn pale; picturesque sermon or earnest
prayer brings the sudden tears down her
| tle'kS- But at home she is greedy and
mlserIy. II cat as to temper, lazy house.
Keeper. and Il selfish wife and mother. II
never has occurred to her that her fine sen
tlments or sentimental religion could be.
come real III her actions. or serve as daily
bread for her own soul or for those about
her.
lherc Is Nurcott, too, whom we watched
the other night at the opera-nobodv coIld
doubt aS To the time of the year when he
was born. The miserable fellow was
deScanting to Il young girl beside him on
Schlnam and Beethoven and ..the cur-
rents of passion and love which chhrd and
flowed through his soul at their call" and
ms pale blue eyes were fixed on her face
with meaning which dyed the pretty face
with crimson. IL was one Of many ,uiItv
episodes in his life. Meanwhile. Mr.. Nor.
colt, who has borne him five children. was
at home working usual to keep him and
them fed and clothed. There have been
plenty Of April, children among musicians
and comprehension and women whowcre
gwen power to stir the soul. of others 10
nohlest ends. an,l were themselves gross
and selfish and mran The ranks of litera-
ture have known too many of thcm-thcre
was Moore, chanIing trnderest hymns to
patriotism and love. while Duchcsses went
around, and poor little Ressic sat alone and
neglected in the shabby cottage. There
are Byron and Dickens and Lamartinc and
q dozen others. But the world had the best
OF the bargain with these; it heard the
songs and reaped the flowers, and only the |
wife or children at home saw how hard and |
shallow was the muddy ground below. 1t |
Is in private life that the children of April |
are to be dreaded, and bring a curse on
real honor, love and religion as deadly as
the plague.-.N y Tt;Lnac.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21
Varieties of American Crops.

\ hundred years ago all our species of field
crops, except sorghum, We're already in cul-
tvation here. While this is true. the mum
Der Of roriet,t& of these crops then wa, less.
A neighbOrllood would know PERHAPS three
or four varieties of each species, rarely
more. About that time many farmers be-
gan 10 grow NOR" kinds, in order that if
one failed hcc;tllSc Of bad season. others
might succeed. odd varieties were slowly
improved by careful selection Of seed. but
the occurrence Of new ones depended on
accident or on c;tI,c, not then understood.
Late in the last century and early in this
the facts relating to the production of new
varieties of cultivated plants began to be
studied by new methods, and through the
observations and experiments Of botanists
and gardeners rather than by farmers. the
laws came to be- better understood. ASH
result Of thi~ knowledge, varieties are now
multiplied almost ut pleasure, and the
kinds i'll cultivation, or at least known
amount to hundreds or even thousands for
each species. A. all example, We may men.
ton potatoes. Deane, in his .N,7r Enqhrnd
Farmer, dictionary which profcsser to con
tain "a cOmpcndiou+ account" of "the Art
Of IIGsbandry as practiced to the greatest
Advantage in this Gountry," published at
Boston in 1890, says, NO longer ago than
the year l740 we had but one sort, small
rcddish.colored potato, of So rank taste
. fl,oN - 1
mcratcs twelve varieties known up TO the
date of writing, which had originated in
various countries. some in the Old World.
The paucity of kinds was often spoken of
by writers before the Revolution. Guided
by the knowledge since gained single
American expcrimcntcr claims to have pro
duced and tested 5000 different varieties.
Other crops have similar bat not quite so
striking a history. Several hundred varie-
ties of wheat were grown and tried by one
farmer in the Gcnesca Valley ali IN thirty
years. This has given SO ample means of
selection, of choosing just the best kind for
each soil and condition, that there is doubt.
los& q great actual increase in production
due To 1t, but lta most Obvious effect is to
give us a choice AZ to quality. With fruits
this application Of science has had even
more remarkable results than with grains
Although but few field craps have been
introduced since l776, this IS not true of
field ~eeds. Some which actually came
earlier only became numerous and trouble
some later, and others were then intro
duced. Several local traditions exist in
the New England aud Middle States of
weeds introduced by the British arrnies and
their allies during that war, which have
spread and maintained foot.hold ever
since. On the other hand, it is questionable
if science has aided in the suppression of
weeds except in a very general way
Prof. W. II. Brcrcr, n Hcrprr'S Magazine for
May.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21
The New Members of the Senate.

In" new Scnators-if johnson. Kri1,au,
"lth"rS' and Burnside be rxrcptcd-do
not compare ttvorably with tho. who's.
places they fill.
Mr.. johnson ha, not changed .,,.:,t&y il,
appearance i'll III" last ~x vca... nj.
uhderJaw Nreno just IL firm. and HI, eye IT,
bright, The shades of gray h,t,,. drcr,,,.d
IN his hair. however. and the wrinkles in
Els rlcanly-ahavcn face seem more marked.
senators Eaton, Bayard, IIiuilton. Thu.
man, and Edmrmde. lrc-clrctrd. and
Dawes, who comes over from the IIou-.. ar.
w"lI-known faces to all visitor, To- WASHING.
ton
Francis Herman j. 80 well know, tbar u.
r"i"r"nc" to hi~ ~tatc~manlikr appearances
Is necessary.
Judy" 'hri~tiamcy. who succeeds chand
I"r Is tail, intclligcmtIoo man. with
a white beard under hi, chin.
Ansu, Cameron, who defeated Caln.u,,r.
Is rather tall, and is 50 Slight in build as 10
contrast with the heavy Of hi, predecessor.
Ills head Is slgtly haII hi, hair white. and
ms face. taken altogether. present. ~,
angular appearance. He utterly lack the
I"ohInc Swag%rr Of Carpenter.
Wallace. Of Pennsylvania. i, also q man,
OF angles. Tall and thin. he seems 10 pride
himself upon his rcd-coloroa >hak,p.rojan
beard
Jones, Of Florida j. only a ~ligIt inn
lr"vrm"nt on Gilbert, 1t i reported that
n" Will do eonrthing more than answer +.
Il> nam" during the next six wears.
William Pncknoy Whyte. Of M,yI..,I
/ an ex-senator. lie i short and rLjrk
Very b"ld' and wears heavy grav noa.ta- |
che, Much Is expected Of Whvt..
NItI"rS. of Virginia. is a tail. .u,.Iooll.
lllS man and much resembles Waddru. Il !
Congressman from North Carolma.
'ap"rt"n. Of Wet VIRGINIA. ! Ion. /
lean. lankIooking individual.
Paddock. Of Nebraska. is short ad ,oljj |
Ills fac" i without beard
Marcy. Of Texas. is It lan roo,i,.r..I
looking malI-->c;;rccly more Of !, ~,a-o,,n,n
than poor Flanagan
Randolph. Of New JrI>oy. who succeeds
Is very innocent. iocil, man.
ant looks a, if he would stand l,y al.y eau
'"~ 1aln" imaginable. lie i taller ,han
>t"rNt"n. IS littl. IoIi. arl wear, >!,-
Bruce Of Mississippi. i> lish,-raIolcd
l"@r" Of medium height Iri, in man,
'"'r""t~ moro disnili,d senator than
''a>', and seems to be ca,hamo,i Of ,u.cooJ-
ny call"t-b,gyer
Booth Of California. and sharon. Of
Nevada. were not present At The on,l,nlg IF
h" extra session.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21
What S in a Name?

AleNandr, Dun.a, trII~ th,. tll.u,,,
'n"rd"tr respecting NJ Lcbrr,n'~ literary
'rhut, which was made 10y an oo,.on No,...
leon. published after the battle Of \r.r.,..
litZ ! few days after Au~trrlitz rl,.. rm.
P"r"r ~: At Nchonlnunu. With him v,.r,.
Primo" r'lIcyrand, the Prince Do Ncur,.L,,.
I'! and Count hara. The latter took the
.H'.""r from the mamtrl,ccc. and COM.
ln"nord t" Skim it, coit,ut>. lie .ooi.,,..
a ,t1r Of surprise.
What j. it. paru?" asked the Empcro,.
Here. >ir, IN th, Uor...~-. i, :.n o,,r anon
the battle"
Nh And i'y whom
M L"hrrm. sire
Read it.
count l'aru commenced
suspend Thy fislt! Nh,n,r ,,in",r lhuu. uh,
Fame"
What do thy hundred >"i,,, r.lo,;.h tn, world pro.
claim
War" ''nI what foe, seek tar dcG.u, one. more.
lhe Germans. Swiss AMI RpI>>iaii> lin the lame,
They Threaten France"
fiy hc1'" oh, ""ddc>> Tell they are no more
And the ode also continued lis firl,t-
almost always as wide and as HIGH a> mi,
I'm" opening. But that u>ton>hc,I no ,,r
the ode was ~igurd Lrbrun. At thai
epoch 40 one could believe that an ode
sighed "Lclrun' could Ice Lv any oth.r
L"bru than the real. the famous. the only
authcnt" Lcbrln, who had been >urnam,d
L"hm Pindar. What was rather -.
toniHhn@ wa~ that he should have selected
such sHtl""t Lebrm Pindar, .h, rrvolu-
t'ohary port--th" poet of the Avcnacl-
h""' Ih"il. come over To the Empire!
Let pension of -ix thousand franc, ncr
annum b" settled on VI. Ecouchard e..
hrun, said the Emperor.
But il WAS soon discovered that NJ ,.l,,,,,,
was totally innocent of this ode. and that
II w"N th" work Of Il college student only
twenty years cid, who hora tn, sanlo name
Th" Emperor was tl,r first to laugh at the
mistake.
"L"av", said he, ''thc pension of six
thousand francs TO the old poet, and settle
nnc of twelve hundred francs on the vouno
puc.
such are the dangers of having Il ,o,nn,,,
name, If the young poet had not been
Mr. Brown, tin Frcnch,) he would have
been four thousand eight hundred franc.
per annum th" richer.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

CAIIroENIa Gilt: The Atlantic
papers sometimes tell Us of = farmers
daughter who rakcd hay with u hors. or
drove moving machine: but think ,bat
California can boast of as noble II girl rs
amy of them. a French girl, eighteen
years "i age, hauled cord-wood-two trips
day-iir" miles, averaging cord and three
quarters to Il load, over Il rocky and noun.
famous road. with four heavy horses, nearly
every day last summer. She is usually the
hlat on til" road in the mourning, and frc-
quently the last one at night. She sits
high up ON her spring seat, with her whip
and in her hands, and her foot on the
brake-managing her team with as much
ease as any man. Her voir" 4nd appear.
ance are entirely feminine, and she is of
medium size. She is always accompanied
by her father, who lifts the heavy sticks,
but who can heather drive team nor
speak much English. Her wcll.iitting,
dark calico dress, her calfskin, laced boots
her black, broad-brmmcd palm-leaf hat,
and her long buckskin gloves, all seem
to he wcll-selcctcd and fitted to her bust
ness. Her brown hair hangs in two neat
broids over her shoulders She is usually
more or less dusty, but il can be seen that
it is only the dust of that day. When she
passes through tho street, she turns her
eyes neither to the right nor to the left, and
seldom speaks to any one unless she is
spoken 10 or has business with them.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

NELLIE GRAST.--Nrilic Grant was hardly
pretty girl, except with the lovclincss of
fresh youth, but her side facc-She had
a retroli>sc nose and round chin-is charm,
lngly Piquant Her chief beauty is her
arms and neck. which a;r perfect in contour
and white as alabastcr This beauty OF
form size inherts from her mother, who
has such pretty foot that the young offi-
GERS of hcr husbands staff used To comDcto
for the honor of helping her in and out of
her carriage just to see it. The only accom-.
plishmrnt Nellie ever hOastpd of was dane
ing, anil that she did divincly. She was
not literary or artistic, ar conversational.
and she never pretended to be; but when
Charles summer, her fathers's enemy, died.
she Went out to the greenhouse and gathered
with her own hands flowers for the cross
she sent to his coffin. So it was for such
little actor a sort of sincerity about her
that desri~cd to assume what she did not
pOssess--that people here, even without any
personal acquaintance, had an affection for
her, and they regard hnr with an interest
far removed from idle curiosity Washington
Letter T., ne WmAi.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21
POef1V.
THE FOLLOWER.

We have yOungster in the house.
little man of ten,
Who dearest 10 his mother is
CT all God'S little men.
lF-doorS and uut he clings 10 her.
He follows up and down:
lie steals his slender hand in hers:
lie plucks her 10y the gown.
Why do You cling to ME 50, child
You track me every where:
You never let me he alone"
And he with serious air
Answered, as closer still lie drew.
Ny feet were made To follow you"
Two years before the boy was born
Another child, of seven.
Whom Heaven had lent to us awhile.
Went back again To Heaven.
He came 10 fill his brothers place.
And bless our failing years;
ne good God sent him down in love
To dry our useless tears.
think 81, mother, for hear
In what the child has said
meaning that he knows not Of
message from the dead.
lie answered wiser than lie knew.
Ny feet were made To follow you"
'"'ne here, my child, and sit with me,
Nour head upon my breast;
l'u are the last Of all my sons.
And You must be the best.
H'" much love you. You may guess.
When. grown man like me.
Nou >it aS am sitting now.
Your child upon your knee.
Think Of me then, and what said
And practicrd when could.l
Is something 10 lie wise and great.
lis better 70 te good
on. say :" ell things good and true.
Ny feet were madc 10 follow vou ="
g he hcrr, my Wife, and sit 10y me.
And place Your hand in mine.
AAd yours, NY child. while have ynu
lis "ikci 10 1riinr
We've had our share Of sorrows. love.
We've had our graves To- till:
Bu' thank TIE good God overhead.
We have each other still.
We've nothing in The world lrsidr>.
For We arc only three:
Mother and child. ny wife and child.
How dear ynu ar. 10 me
knoN-indrcd, l always knew.
Ny feet We're made 10 follow Won.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

MITE DAY ~ CHlNA.--Kitr day il, hina,
hrIt"S traveller, occurs on the ninth ,lav
OF the ninth moon, when tho inhabitants
"i the ninth moon, when the ilhahitans If
the cities go out upon the hills and sprnd
the day III flying kites. Sometimes thirty
or forty thousand people are assembled
together on one hill, where they engage all
day IN this Embarrassment. Allclass,,4
take part in it, we believe, from the
Emperor down to the actor. All manner
ol BIRDS, insects and fish are represented by
thc31 gay kites. On a fine day. when the
arr is full of them, the effect is very plea
sing; Som" are adorned with tho heads of
dragoons and tigers, Tho spectator sees in
tn" air what appears to be- an immense
bird or group Of hawks. The Chinese show
great skill in keeping half dozen paper
kites going ON one string.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

R"sF" oon.-Mal} people have been
puzzled I" decide why the ,lalk wood 50
highly valuable for fun:trm. ,bu,,Id L
called r1s"woud. It, color certainly ,o..
not look much Ike rose. - VI, must lool,
l"r som" other reason. Tpon asking. We
Wrr" told that when the tree is first cI,t In.
fresh wood Possesses Il very strong. r,4,..
hk" fragrance, hence the manr Thorc
are half a dozen or more of rose vood
trees In" varieties are found in S,u,tb
America. and tn" East Indies and nri,L
boring islands. Sometimes the trees prov
50 large that planks four feet broad and
ten m length can be- cut from one of tI,.,n
These broad planka are principally used to
max" TIA" tops of piano-fortcS. When
growing III tn" forest, the ro>,.wond trc,. !.
r"markabl" for its bauty, h1. -Ich is il.
vaIu" in manufactures a. am ornamental
wood that some of the forest where il o,,,...
grew ahundantly, now have scarce ;, .i,,,,o
specimen. In Madras, the Government
has pr'tdrntly had great plantations of this
ire" set out i'll order to keep up the S,lprly
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

PErRoLErM.-Pctrolcum i, SO abundant
III the Pennsylvania oil region that the
m more wells man has the poorcr he i,
l!N'iF To h", Wells that once would have
brought S250,000, are slow at $1,000. and
one man at Titusville, who lately had an
incom" of 100000, is hardly worth hi, hat
In" exceeding suporabundancc of tho
OIL renders it almost valueless. and it has
declined from Sc to sixty cents per ha.rc,
4 gua without fa,-ar 10 =, -. ,
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

We read a good deal in Tia" papers Of sty'
lish turn"utS in Washington. Buffers
turnout, though not stylish, has been much
admired. d.--.Ircni;on.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

no" true as DR.. johnson saws, tbo,
every man cndcavors with his ut,,,o., a- '-'"'
|" md" his poverty from ohm '',lo, ", care
N'i"nr,, from himself" ''''' hiS
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

1t is easier to bear up under our misfor-
tunes than to survive the comments Of our
friends on them.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

=. louis h"s ten thousand dogs. The
,'"''E''S wear section of stoyopipe on oanh
leg during the mad dog season, r ''' e''"
owed to spring-fresh violets
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

y troy hisamist ran out or a back do.,
"l'''' ms tw" wives We're Gghtinr o,.or 'uDs tE
question as t" which should have hin, o,5 ,l'1
has not since been seen. al"
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

AT recent Cory foot-race between two
girls the one with the blue garter beat.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

!L'I\"'r H''1E"2i~.--Ehnty,nruilrsad,iu in
Illinois ar" IN the t'"i,'l-ofr,,eiyyr> cn,l.rac.
eng 2'-2>' miles O.. 'o~d, the total iudcJted.
n"s~ "i which Is about f.i@5.qai.o or ncarIy
S.'o."ooa mile. Thi, j. tf:, r-.,,I, If nna
yer @' @ranH" Io4i~i'ti"n; and !, .aa. b,
""d''I thai l'r.r sam, ROADS a,..r rL.. ~,.,..
>'-I''tt i'r t'\"~' which tho, ar, not able
t" pay: '"'-'@"~ .t.anc ten iin,> ~ nnri
to '"0m';,-, o.,ir~ ,ri mlnir;naI.,i,s
III 'h'' rat" IA" Iool!" have vunnincjv
rhI~"i"" Themselves ouJ Of ,,lou, ~I4onn.
~" N '2N'~--.or t;.ry viii have to mako
np IN" amount Which these railroads aro
m'hI" L" r7}-ho~i!r~ lanI>nntin- u on,
half the railroads ~ Illinois.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

When " briroit.r was y,&ed the othrr
""| | ny a traveller !; ne had ever been n
81 hr""kIyn he ha~trnod to reply "DoTlaai'
itk" "o1 cf that sort of men. sin o. ''N
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

Garlic eaters are not crowed in street cars
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

\ heavy husiness-importing elephants.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

\ A'in,a@, uitu think, ,ha, H.. ,u,, ,
'I''II'r ought to g, the Dictionary, and
tn" winner SHOULD have a .wre.tb Of
sorr'I' "rS"mc other gardsn>a>>. Ike rb,.n
GrccI>>.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

Il d'" t car" mnch about the bugs. said
Warmly to til" head Of a gcntccl boardjny.
h"">", hut thr fact is madam. | haven't
the hi""'i 10 spare; you see that vo,,rsoIr.,
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

It I.", been discovered that shaky firms
usually belong to the AJillerjtc pcrsuation
because they all keep the day of THEN. poi,,
up profound srerrt--B5s.o., .l{,.r,..Z-.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-21

Asue without feyeg is no great shakes.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1875-03-25
An important SuggesttOn-Sexcrn
Drainage, Purc Water.

10 the Editor Of the Commercial:
Whilst our city fathers are making arrange
ments for more adequate supply of Brandy
wine water, by the construction of large reser-
voir and the erlargng of the size of many OF
the.mains as also tho introduction of the water
INTO the Ninth Ward and South Wilmington,
would it not be we'll to make the necessary sur
veys, locate and procure the right of way re-
quired, for sewer OF sufficient capacity to re-
ceive and convey the drainage from the eastern
slope of the city, to point far enough down the
Brandywine creek to prevent it's being pumped
tinually becoming more and more foul from the
building up of this portion of the city, and much
of it being emptied into the creek just
above the City Mill, passes down to 1t to be
pumped up into the basin. This should not be.
1t is decidedly more Objectionable than the i'm
pure matter contributed to the steam, at the
mills and factories above, against which 30 much
has been said and written, this latter has time
to settle and purify before reaching tho pumps,
whist the other has not.
The underground drainage from the Cemetery
has been spoken of unfavorably III connection
with this subject whether with or without cause
it is difficult to say, but the subject shouia De
thoroughly examined into.
This sewer must be built at no distant day.
Then, why not begin nolc, before the ground be
low Walnut street becomes obstructed BY build
ings and the cost greatly increased py the
heavy damages which it will be necessary to in,
cur where, as now, the cost OF tho ground
would be comparatively trling?
Should our City Council take early steps to
initiate the remedy for this very Objectionable
feature in our water supply, we should then soon
have plenty Of comparatively PURE WATER
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1875-03-25
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
The City Council will meet this evening.

The City Council will meet this evening.
The Workingmen's Loan meets, this evening.
The best part of March is tho nearness OF it's
close.
Some of the schools adjourned because of
moving day.
Fishermen along the Delaware predict light
ruI OF shad.
Three drunks constitute the police hearings
since yesterday.
The funeral Of Hon. John Hickman will take
place at West Chester on Saturday at II o'clock
A. M.
Mr.. Pyle, being All old hotel keeper, enters
upon his duties at the Clayton House III fan-
lar way.
Residents of the Seventh Ward complain of
the depredations done by cows running at large
at nights. The owners should keep them in.
James ]. Creigh, well known West Chester
lawyer, was ordained deacon of the Protestant
Episcopal church, yesterday, by Bishop Stevens
Caleb AIillborn, the colored undertaken. called
on us, yesterday, to complain OF the conduct OF
some persons who were shoveing snow from the
roof Of the Republican Office, at 3D. and King
SITS. and who, by design as Caleb thinks, threw
it on the hearse and nearly on the carriages OF a
passing funeral.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1875-03-25
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Every Evening ON state Aid.


TFTOm INC ENtfy Evening, Jan 70
In view of all this, I'M
less the State has determined to reverse its
whole policy in such matters, it docs not seem
that even u decent excuse can be offered for re-
fusng any reasonable aid to any meritorious
railroad enterprise in this county.
A State not principled against lending its cred
it to railroads needing help, but which has done
80 freely to railroads in the lower counties, is
now asked to do II similar favor to a railroad
In county which has but half the
representation to which it is entitled.
II the request is granted, it would, from the
standpoint of previous legislation, appear but
simple fair play, but if it is refused is not the
inference irresistible that the populous and
wealthy county, which almost supports the State
government a refused its fair share Of State
able to exercsie tho full power to which it is
Justly entitled?