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Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

ONE STEP AT TIME.-A great many
people dishearten themselves BY worry
ing too much about possible future
troubles. Prudence and forethought is
commendable, but mere unreasonable
worry should be avoided. 1t is an act
Of folly for man to conjure up all the
troubles that might befall him, and
mass them before him as so many OBJ
stacles to overcome at once. A man
at the foot Of fight Of stairs which
he is about to ascend, would be foolish
to assume that he must take all the
steps at once, and that because he can
not do that he cannot ascend the stairs
at all. He has only to take one step at
a time, and when he gets to the top step
he takes that almost as easy as he took
the first. But when he gets to the top
let him be careful lest he does not fall
all the way down by one misstep. It is
the same way with the affairs of life.
All we have to do is to take one step
at time.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

THE AGE OF MAN.-Leyel having,
in positive way some forty years ago,
put back the birth of man to an indefi-
mite period, the anthropologists are en-
deavoring to throw further light on the
supposed antiquity Of man on the earth
The researches made in the Kent cavern
seem to show that at that far distant
period when geologically France and
England were joined, the primeval man
existed. Efforts have lately been made
to fix mans recognizable presence on
this earth as far back as 800, 900 years
ago. The theory which gains ground,
in some minds, every day, is that Of
the gradual development Of man from
some semi-human form through count
less ages of barbarism. If. however,
our present type is not persistent, per-
haps in the ten millionth year from
now, future anthropologists will be in
the same trouble as they are to-day.
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THE, BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.

The mufled drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattool
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few
On fame's eternal camping ground,
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivonac of the dead.
No rumor Of the foes advance
Now swells upon the wind
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind.
No vision of to-morrow's strife
The warriors dream alarms;
No braying horn or screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed,
Their naughty banner trailed in dust
Is now their martial shroud;
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow;
And the proud forms by battle gashed
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast;
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout are past.
Nor Wars wild note, nor Glory's peal,
Shall fill wi tn fierce delight
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead
Dear as the blood ye gave;
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage Of the grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot,
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot,
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrels voiceful stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many vanished year hath flown,
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winters blight
Nor Times remorseless doom
Can dim one ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
THEODORE O'HARA.
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Self-Improvment.

There are many young working men
who are anxious to improve their minds
by reading and study out Of business
hours. But too many grow discouraged
and fail in their efforts for self-improve-
ment, although they begin with the
best intentions.
A want of thoroughness in whatever
is undertaken is, perhaps, one great
cause of such failures. A practical
writer on that topic gives the following
good direction: "Never leave what
YOU undertake to learn until you can
reach your arms around it, and clench
your hands on the other side" It is
not the amount of reading you run over
that will ever make you learned; it is
the amount you retain. DR.. Abernethy
maintained that "there was point of
saturation in his mind" beyond which
it was not capable Of taking in more
Whatever was pressed upon it after
ward crowded out something else. 1t
is probable that few of US have minds
more spongelike than that of the great
doctor.
Every young man should endeavor
to perfect himself in the science Of the
business he has chosen. Without this,
he must always content himself in the
lower walks Of his calling. The cost Of
few cigars will buy all the books he
requires and his own diligence may be
made to well supply the place of tutor.
Without such diligence, the best teach
er in the world could not manufacture
him into scholar. If once going over
a point will not master it, he must tackle
it again. Better give weeks study to
a page than conclude that you cannot
comprehend it.
But though it is wise to give your
main strength to your own speciality,
YOU should not con6ne yourself to such
studies exclusively. The perfection ol
all your powers should be your aspira-
ton. Those who can only think or talk
on one subject may be efficient in their
line; but they are not agreeable mem
bers of society in any of its departments.
Neither have they made the most ol
themselves. They become one-sided
and narrow in their views, and are re-
duced to humiliating dependence on
one branch Of industry. 1t costs moth.
ing to carry knowledge; and, in times
like these, to be able to put his hand te
more than one branch of industry often
serves man good turn.
Do not attempt too much in the way
of study to begin with; you will surely
lose heart if you do. Be humble II
your aspirations, and if you are dill
gent. never fear but that you will heal
a voice saying, &" Come up higher" y.
Be content to gather the precious gole
of learning grain by grain; you viii
soon be able to see the pile growing
and will learn from it the wonderful
power of the Titles, which is felt ant
shown in the mental as we'll as in tn
golden grains.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

HAB1r.-.'I trust everything under
God," said Lord Brougham, "to habit,
upon which n.all ages, the lawgiver,
as we'll as the schoolmaster, has mainly
placed his reliance; habit which makes
everything easy, and casts all difficulties
upon the deviations from wonted
course. Make sobriety a habit, and in
temperance will be hateful; make pru-
dtnce a habit, and reckless proaigacy
will be as contrary to the nature Of the
child, grown or adult. as the most afro
cious crimes are to any of your lord
ships. Give child the habit Of sacredly
regarding the truth of carefully re,
specting the property of others; OF
scrupulously abstaining from all Of
improvidences which..can involve him in
distress. and be will just as likely think
Of rushing into an element in which he
cannot breathe, as of lying, cheating or
swearing.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

A LAcK.-The great trouble among
American youth. says an eminent au-
thor, is the lack of application and
thoroughness in what they undertake.
Anything that cannot be learned with
superficial study is given the go-by for
something less tedious and irksome.
Study and hard labor are looked at from
wrong point; and, as a consequence.
the clerkship ranks are full of unem-
ployed and half-starved fellows, and the
professions are overAowing with mcdi-
ecrity, while good mechanics find plenty
Of work at living prices. The evil
spoken of is seriously felt. Those who
work at a trade do it in so loose and
careless a manner that they are not
competent to do the work they promise
to do Among the loudest declaimers
for the rights of labor are men and
women who can claim no rights that
belong to labor we'll performed.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

GOVERN YoURsELF.-A hasty temper
often misleads young men into great
mistake. 1t frequently causes them to
misunderstood an employers intention,
and to resent as an insult what was
meant only as just rebuke. In this
way young man sometimes loses a
valuable situation, and has to begin the
world over again. And, unfortunately,
his hasty temper does not permit him to
learn wisdom from his own experience
On the contrary, it often leads him
again into the same mistake, and he is
again set adrift. His temper grows
worse and worse, until, at last. he be-
comes unbearable, and nobody will long
keep him in employment. On the other
hand, good temper and an obliging
disposition. when coupled with honesty
and industry, are invaluable qualities
in every one who has his way to make
in the world.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

shouts, the crack Of firearms, the sounds
Of some conflict
What COULD it all mean? The min
utes were all hours till 1 heard key
turn in the door Of my prison and a
moment later two tender arms were
round my neck and Alice was whisper
ing in my ear:
"They will come in few minutes,
love. to let you free! The villains left
the key in the doc r! 1 thought of that
before I started, but there was a man
at the front watching, I crept around
the house and l saw him though I did
not dare to be SEEN"
"But have been to Postville ?"
"Yes, dear"
"In all that storm p
"Selim seemed to understand. He
carried me swiftly and surely. was
we'll wrapped in my water proof cloak
and hood. When l reached Postville
the train had not come up"
"But it is here!"
"Only the locomotive and one car
riage. In that carriage were sheriff,
deputy sheriff and twenty men armed
to the teeth, to capture the gang at the
embankment. / came, too, and they
lowered me from the platform where
the speed slackened so that I could run
in here and tell you all was safe!'
While we spoke my wife's fingers
had first united the handkerchief around
my neck, and then, in the dark. found
some Of the knots of the cord binding
me. But l was still tied fast and strong,
when there was a rush of many feet
upon the staircase and in another mo-
ment light and joyful voices.
We've captured the whole nine p
was the good news. "Three, including
John Martin are desperately wounded,
but the surprise was perfect! Now old
fellow for you'll"
A dozen clasp-knives at once severed
my bonds, and a dozen hands were ex-
tended in greeting
As for the praise showered on my
plucky little wife, it would require a
a volume to tell half it.
The would-be assassins and robbers
we're sent for trial and sentenced to penal
servitude.
Alice and left for more civilized
community the following year. But
before we went, there was an invitation
sent to us to meet committee from the
railroad company at Postville. We ac-
cepted ; had dinner were toasted and
complimented, and then Alice was pre-
sented with a silver tea service, as a
testimonial, from the passengers upon
the threatened up train, the company
and the railroad directors, in token OF
their gratitude for the lives and property
saved by my heroine.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

1t is a remarkable fact that every
day in the week is observed by some
nation for the public celebration of re-
ligious services Sunday is devoted by
the Christians, Monday by the Greeks,
Tuesday by the Persians, Wednesday
by the Assyrians, Thursday by the
Egyptians, Friday by the Turks, and
Saturday by the Jews
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

"Who was the first man?' asked a
school-teacher Of little girl. She an
swered she did not knew. The ques-
ton was put to the next, an Irish child
who answered loudly. "Adam, sir"
with apparent satisfaction. Law, +"
said the first scholar, contemptuously.
"you needn't feel so grand about it
he wasn't an Irishman."
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

The town of Indianola. Texas, which
was almost destroyed by the gale Of last
autumn, has of late been infested with
a gang of tramps, who have made a
number of attempts to burn what re-
mains of the place, but in every case
the fires have been discovered in time
to save the town.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

Would a man frequently calculate his
income and expenditure, he would es-
cape many bitter reflection; for he
must be lost to every generous feeling
of pride and honorable principle who
wantonly incurs debts, which be cannot
discharge.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-I confess
that increasing years bring increasing
respect for those who do not succeed in
life, as these words are commonly used.
Heaven is said to be place for those
who have not succeeded upon earth,
and it is surely true that celestial
graces do not best thrive and bloom in
the hot blaze of worldly prosperity. Ill
success sometimes rises from super
abundance of qualities in themselves
good-from conscience too sensitive,
taste tco fastidieus, self-forgetfulness
too romantic, modesty too retiring. I
will not 60 SO far as to say, with liv
ing poet, that the world knows nothing
of its greatest men, but there are forms
of greatness, or at least excellence, that
die and make no sign; there are martyrs
that miss the palm, but not the stake;
there are heroes without the laurel,
and conquerors without the triumph
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

"Go away! leave me with my dead
Let me fling myself on his coffin and
die there!' This was in Nebraska six
months ago, and now the widow has
won another trusting soul, and No. rs
portrait is in the attic, face to the wall
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08
MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE.
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT.

Iron and Steel, Horse and Mule Shoes, Horse
Nails, Blacksmith Supplies, Chain Traces,
Hames, Trowels, Nails, Spikes, Locks, Hinges
Bolts, Files, Chisels, Levels, Planes, Bevels,
Wrenches, Picks, Mattocks, Hubs, Rims,
Spokes, Shafts, Long and Short Arms, Clips,
Springs, Enameled Cloth, Gum Canvass, &C.
A Complete stock of TOOLS and Supplies
for Carpenters, Builders, Masons, Sadlers'
Shoemakers and others, with many House
furnishing articles. We invite the public to
call and examine our prices.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08
Overgoverning Children.

Children are often brought up with
out any particular habits of self-govern-
ment, because the governing is done for
them and on them. A girl that is never
allowed to sew, all of whose clothes are
made for her and put on her till she is
ten, twelve, fifteen, or eighteen years
of age, is spoiled. The mother has
spoiled her by doing everything for her.
The true idea of self-restraint is to let
the child venture. A child's mistakes
are often better than its no-mistakes
because when child makes mistakes
and has to correct them, it is on the
way towards knowing something. A
child that is walked up every morning,
and never wakes himself up; and is
dressed, and never makes mistakes in
dressing himself; and is washed, and
never makes mistakes about being
clean; and is fed, and never has any
thing to do with his food; and is
watched, and never watches himself; /;
and is cared for, and kept all day from
doing wrong-such child might about
as we'll be tallow candle. perfectly
straight, and solid, and comely, and
unvital, and good for nothing, but to
be burned up.
The poor weaver who has large
family Of children, without bread enough
for half Of them, and sets them to work
before they are five years old, is phi
lanthropist. You may gather around
them, and mourn over them; but blessed
be the weaver's children! The twelve
children of the poor weaver will turn
out better than the twelve children of
the millionaire. I would rather take
an insurance on the weaver's children
than on the millionaire's. Blessed are
those that learn by the hard way of
life what every man must learn first or
last or 60 ashore wreck-namely,
self-restraint. The steel that has suf-
fered most is the best steel. 1t has been
in the furnace again and again it has
been on the anvil; it has been tight in
the jaws of the vice; it has felt the
rasp; it has been heated, and ham,
mered, and filed, until it does not know
itself, and it comes out splendid knife.
And if men only knew it, what are
called their "misfortunes" are Gods
best blessings. they are the moulding
influences which give them shapsliness,
and edge, and durability, and power.
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Selstt Aoetrp.

Poetry never paid a nobler tribute to the
fallen warrior than the following oeautiiui
lines written by Confederate officer, nor
could there be better evidence of their ap-
preciation than the fact that the last four lines
of the first stanza are engraved on the marble
monument at the soldiers cemetery on Ar
lippton Heights
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

On good day not less than 5000
quarts of ice cream are manufactured
in Philadelphia, using up 81 500 quarts
Of plain cream, skinned from 200, 600
quarts of milk.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

If We had no faults ourselves, we
should not have SO much pleasure in
discovering the faults of others.
Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08

He who lives without folly is not SO
wise as he thinks
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ANDLUMBER YARD.

would call attention to my large stock Of
white pine Hemlock Lumber always in stock
Also, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Shutters Mould.
ings, which will sell at city prices. Buying
my lumber by the cargo, l am enabled to offer
extraordinary inducements in prices. In
quiries by mail receive prompt attention. All
kinds of mill work to order. Peach baskets
a speciality in their season.
J.E. WORDEN,
Jan l-6m Smyrna, Del.
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new STOVE and TIN STORE
In MfddfeteWn.-
E|iason & Benson,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
STOVES,
HEATERS, RANGES,
AND TIN WARE
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.


We have in stock the most popular and
best Parlor, Cook and Room Stove manufac-
tured, among them may be found the Home
Delight, Morning Light, Florentine, Tuscan,
Bon Ton, Florence, Charm, Belle, Regulator,
Centennial, Palace Cook, Golden Eagle,
Eureka, Combination Cook, Wabash, Model
Complete, Victor Cook, Pretty Range Pet
Range, and can furnish on short notice any
other stove. manufactured.
We invite special attention to the Regula-
tor "Revolving Top" for convenience. Sur
passes anything in the stove line ever offered
in this market.
Stoves repaired on the shortest notice.
Roofing and spouiing speciality.
We hope by giving our personal attention
to business, and making moderate charges to
receive share of the public patronage.
Giys us call. ELIASON & BENSON,
Middletown, Del
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-07
MissIssippi LEGISLATURE.

MEMPHIS, January 6.-The APpsaf >
Jackson, Miss. special says that Mr..
Fuelrs resolutions on Governor Ames'
message were to-day modified and passed
by the Senate. They charge that Ames,
actuated by the spirit of enmity engen-
dered by the result of the late election
and defeat of his ambitious scheme, in
sinuates, if not decidedly charges, that
the new members were elected by intim-
idation and fraud, and appointed Com
mittee to investigate the causes that led
to the late Democratic triumph, and To
obtain data of all the frauds.
In the House Mr.. Featherstone intro
duced resolution to toappoiuta committee
of i've to investigate the official conduct
of Governor Ames and ascertain what
grounds there are for the charges against
him ofcommitting high crimes and mis-
demeanOrs, with instructions To report
the evidence taken as soon as possible.
Both houses adjourned early to give the
committee time to work. The members,
however, are too much excited over the
Senatorial contest To work much.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-07

CHICAGO, January 6.-Fiour-Un-
changed. Wheat-Unsettled but gensr-
ally higher, opening weak and lower sRd
closed firm at outside prices; No. !
Chicago spring 81 Is: No. 2 do s5ic
spot; 96Ic seller February; 97c seller
March; 81 90 seller May; No. 8 do 7Sic;
rejected 62!c Corn Dull, weak and
lower; No. 2 at 42,GI3c spot; 42ic bid
February. Oats-Firmer; No. 3Oc
spot; S0!@30tc February. Rye-Dull
at 66c. Bsrley-Steady and unchanged.
Dressed hogs-Steady and arm At 81 %
assoc. Pork-Generally unchanged but
some sales rather lower at $l9 II spot;
$40 82i6l9 35 seller February, $40 O
seller March. Lard-Stesdy and Hrmsr; /;
sI2 30 spot; $l2 40 seller February.
Bulk Meats-Firmer at 7i@llt@ll1c.
whisky-Steady and firm At 81 or;
receipts for the week 1000, 10000, ID,
900, 1900. 800 and G 800 gallons: ship
ments, 4,7OO, $1,000, 5000, l,4OO, and
$500 gallons.
Oa call -Wheat-Firm at 95l
for January, and &C for February. Corn
Steady; 43c for January. Oats-Un-
changed. Pork-Unchanged. lard
Easier at l2;c for February.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-07
A Railroad War.

TRENTON, n. D., January G.-For
sometime past the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company has kept an engine on
the track at Hopewell to prevent the
Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad Com
pany from laying frog, and to secure
the crossing on the approach of trains
the engine would run on q siding and
would resume lis former place when the
train had passed. Last evening as an
engine passed on the siding about two
hundred laborers in the employ of the
Delaware & Bound Brook road suddenly
appeared and took up the siding and
built temporary structure to enable
them TO 90 on with the work
The Pennsylvania railroad official on
being informed OF the act, sent an engine
and broke through the temporary struc-
ture, but in doing so it ran oil the track,
and was knocked down the hill. In the
meantime the frog was put down and a
Bound Brook engine placed on 1t and
chained down to the ties with immense
chains, and barricade of rails and wood
built around it. The excitement has be.
come intense, and FIVE hundred people
are on the ground this morning.
Reinforcements for both parties are
arriving from all quarters. At one
o'clock A. NJ. fifteen hundred people are
on the ground and u collision is expect
ed. The Governor has orded Colonel
Augell and four companies of the seventh
regiment to the scene Of war.