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Middletown transcript., 1876-07-22

of the peninsula. The bridge over the POGO
moke, at Newtown, which is now undergoing
repairs, will be temporarily used BY the COM
pany until an entire new one can pe Quit ny
them. The Philadelphia. Wilmington ana
Baltimore Railroad are at the bottom OF the
project, and operations will commence al
once. The route from Newtown to the sea-
side was surveyed last fall, and this portion
of the extension will no doubt be in running
order in time for the oyster trade.-Snoso HILL
Messenger.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE CoMMENcEMENT.-The
annual commencement of Washington Col
lege, at Chestertown, Kent CO., took place,
on Wednesday last, with the usual ceremo-
nies. On Tuesday evening, the address be-
fore the Mt. Vernon Literary Society was de-
livered by Rev. DR.. Robert Wilson, Of Easton.
The graduates were: s. J.. Smith, Caroline
county; E. c. Rivers, Chestertown; Thomas
Perry, Wicomico county; H. P. Ford, Somer-
set county J. H. Hessey, Cecil county ".
C. Crane, Kent county; W. T. Dickerson,
Worcester county. Mr.. Smith graduated with
the highest honors of his class, and delivered
the valedictory.
Giles Jumps farm in Talbot county, con-
tanning 60 acres, has been sold to Geo. Ed
monds, of Missouri, for $4,000. 4. J. Brode's
farm of Alb acres, in the same county, has
been sold to David Lloyd, of Pennsylvania,
for $4,000.
The storms last week did much damage in
many parts of Maryland, the lightning hav-
ing destroyed many barns and stacks of
grain.
The dwelling Of DR.. Thomas Stone, near
White Haven, Somerset county, was Destroy
ed by fire last week loss ST. 800.
The tax levy for Worcester county is go
cents in the 500 for county purposes.
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Business Totals.

We sold last year mems congress gaiters as
low as $1.l5-a fair appearing shoddy shoe
that the general dealer sells readily at 81 so
to So. We could sell these just as low again
but will not handle this class of goods any
more knowingly, and now offer our patrons
a dressy, solid, good wearing Bismarck Cal
ter for So, as the cheapest shoe ever offered in
this market. We also offer lot of Ladies'
Kid Newport Ties, II to s, at $l.25. Call
and examine our goods if you are not salts
fed with the quality, styles and prices, you
will not be urged to buy.
R. M. l. W. T. JOHNSON, Town Hall.
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THINK FOR YOURSELF.

Thousands lead miserable lives, suffering
from dyspepsia, a disordered stomach and
liver, producing biliousness, heartburn, cos
tiveness, weakness, irregular appetite, low
spirits, raising food after eating, and often
ending in fatal attacks Of fever. They KNOW
THEY ARE SICK, yet get little sympathy. The
unfailing remedy, which is yearly restoring
thousands, is DaCosta's Radical Cure sold by
G. Anderson, Druggist, Middletown.
A 25c. bottle will convince you of its mer-
its. Don't delay another hour after reading
this, but 90 and get bottle, and your relief
is as certain as you live. Will you do il, or
will you continue to suffer? Think for your
self
Professor Parkers Pleasant Worm Syrup
is perfectly safe and extremely palatable.-
No physic required. Costs rs cents Try it.
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Read the Papers.

Keep up with the times, know what is going
on in the world, great things are daily tram
spring under eur very noses of which we
would know nothing except for the papers.
It is by this medium we would inform every
body Of the immense bargains we are offering
in Splendid Clothing for present Seasons wear.
We have vast assortment of Mems, Youths,
Boys and Children's Suits, and to get all
sold within set time are offering the greatest
inducements to buyers in guaranteed goods and
loaest prices. BENNETT l. Co., 7ower Hall,
5l8 Market Street, Philadelphia, where the
Large Clock is over the doorway.
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Hay, Straw and Manure Forks, Grass and
Grain Scythes, Whetstones, Rifles, Oil Cans
and Wrenches, Engine and Whale Oil, and
the best Winter Strained Lard Oil at SLIP
per gallon, cash, at S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
S. M. REYNOLDS, MiddIetown, Del, is selling
MORE GOOD SHOES than any two dealers
on the Peninsula south of Wilmington, and
challenges any manufacturer or dealer to
surpass his shoes in quality, style, or prices.
Call and see them.
Home made shirts, made Of the Best Wam-
sutta Muslin and No. 2l0O Linen and perfect
- SIN, REYNOLDS.
s. M. REYNOLDS still has in stock few
of the genuine BALTIMORE MACKINAW
Hats and will sell them at Baltimore prices.
Also fresh stock of children's, boys, young
and old mems straw and felt Hats at less than
jobbers' prices.
Opened this day, a new case OF CALICOES,
warranted fast colors, at cts. per yard, at
s. NJ REYNOLDS.
New line of White Piques, v Lawns, Per-
Gales, Cretonnes, &C., just opened at
s. M REYNOLDS.
Ladies call at 8. NJ. REYNOLDS and look
at the new assortment of Hamburg Edgings
and Insertings, in all widths and prices from
10 cents and upwards.
Guns and Locks repaired at
LINDLEY h KEMP'S.
Paints, Oil, Glass and Putty at
LINDLEY & KEMP'S
NEW HARDWARE STORE.
Ladies in need of nice Silk Dress, call at
S. NJ. REYNOLDS and look at those Guinet
Black Silks at ST. 90, ST. rs, ST. so and 81.
per yard, lust received direct from the i'm
porters.
New Orleans and Porto Rico Molasses
Choice Sugar Loaf Drips and Sugar House
Syrnps, at S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
10000 lbs. Iron Just Received by
LINDLEY 4 KEMP
Rumford's Yeast Powder the best in the
market, for sale by S. M. REYNOLDS.
5000 lbs. Nails just received,
LINDtEY = KEMP.
Large assortment of Paint Brushes at
LINDLEY & KEMP'S New Hardware Store
The Best and Cheapest Cucumber Pumps
for sale by
tINnLEY B KEMP.
Cheap Shovel, Spades, Rakes and Forks at
LINpLEY b KEMP'S.
An elegant Two-Button Kid Glove for 7b
cents cash, at S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
New No. l, Q, l. Mackerel in barrels, half
barrels, quarters and kits; New Split Labra-
dor Herring in barrels and half barrels, just
received and for sale by S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
A choice Rio Coffee, green, 25 cents, roast
ed 29 cents, CASH, at s. N. REYNOLDS.
Star Skirt Braids cents Cash, at
S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
Hams, Shoulders, Sides, Beef (smoked), at
s. M. REYNOLDS.
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THE PARTY RULES,

or New Castle County. to be submitted
to the Democratic Voters or the county
for ratification or rejection, August 8,
1876.
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LUMBER FOR SALE.

The people of Middletown and vicinity will
have chance to buy cheap lot of Lumber
at the close of Blackbird camp meeting, hav-
ing Is, 900 #. on the ground, which ! will
sell at ruinous prices. J. E. WORDEN,
Smyrna, Del.
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Hedge Knives, Horse Muzzles, Lard and
Lubricating Oils, and Oil Cans of all sizes, at
LINDLEY & KEMP'S.
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Hay, Straw and Manure Forks, Grass and
Grain Scythes, Whetstones, Rifles, Oil Cans
and Wrenches, Engine and Whale Oil, and
the best Winter Strained Lard OIL at $l.l2
per gallon, cash, at S. NJ. REYNOLDS.
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TRUSTEES SALE
REAL ESTATE

By virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
of the State of Delaware, in and for New
Castle county, made the Oath day Of February,
A. D. 1876, will be exposed to sale at public
auction, on
SATURDAY, AUG. 18th, 1876,
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MASS Meetin8 OF WOrKlngmen.
A mass meeting of twenty-five hundred un-
employed workingmen was held in the City
Hall, Wilmington, on Thursday night TO pc
tition the mayor and city council for relief.
Resolutions were passed denouncing the city
council, Gov. Cochran and all the papers Of
the city for their indifference toward them.
Good order prevailed during the meeting, and
proper action will be taken on the resolutions
al once.
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S. NJ. REYNOLDS, Middletown, Del, is selling
MORE GOOD SHOES than any two dealers
on the Peninsula south of Wilmington, and
challenges any manufacturer or dealer to
surpass his shoes in quality, style, or prices.
Call and see them.
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/. The city Of Wilmington shall constitute
the First district
2. The Hundreds of Brandywine, Chris
tiana, Mill Greek, White Clay Greek and Pen
cader shall constitute the Second district.
8. The Hundreds Of New Castle, Red Lion,
St. Georges, Appoquinimink and Blackbird
shall constitute the Third district.
The Representatives in the General Assem-
bly, shall be selected as follows, viz:
One representative from the city of Will
mington. Three representatives from the
Second Senatorial district, and three repre-
sentatives from the Third Senatorial district.
The delegates from the Second and Third
Senatorial districts shall respectively assign
the Senator to and apportion the Representa-
tives among the respective hundreds of their
districts.
Rule 6. It shall be tue duty of the County
Executive Committee to supervise the CAM
paign, and direct the call for mass meetings.
In case Of contested nominations arising un-
der Rule 8, the county committee shall deter
mine the same by vote of the majority OF
the whole number of said committee. Con-
testants With their witnesses and counsel may
appear before said committee. In case of
death, declination or inability TO serve Of any
person nominated under Rule the county
committee shall make provision for another
nomination The powers of such committee
shall continue until the next biennial county
meeting.
Rule I. When . call shall be issued by the
State Executive Committee for canYention
to nominate candidates for Governor and
Representative in Congress; or to nominate
an Electoral Ticket, or to appoint delegates
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-16
WOnen's Hearts,

The hearts of some women are
like chameleons, changing from
gladness to gloom, from shadow to
glory, with every smile and frown
that falls upon them. Sensitive
they are called by the generous,
selfish by the cynic, whoi holds all
human affection to be but a gilded
idol of self love. Nevertheless,
the chameleon hearted women are
those to whom the responsibilities
of life may be given with utter and
unquestioned confidence. The
frown of disapproval is at once
their goad and their warning; the
smile of appreciation is to them
what the battle trumpet is to the
war-horse on the field of strife.
And both smile and frown IN the
elected time bring rest and calm,
command and inspiration. To
these women, the heart is barome-
ter and thermometer, lode star and
compass, and with an active iAtelli-
gence and conscience, no work of
hand or brain will be lily or I'M
wisely done. Such a one to hus-
band and children will prove an un-
falling friend. And in any rela-
ton of domestic, social, or business
life, she may be trusted to the ut
termOst.
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How Daniel Drew did Bust
ness

A day or so ago attorneys prop
ed Daniel Drew up in bed, and put
him thro' a course of interrogation
les and neutrality-suspicious. rela-
tive to his petition in BANKRUPTCY.
His answers, faint, almost inauda-
BILE, and given while great tears
rolled down his cheeks, reveal the
most singular business system, or
lack of system, recorded of any
man who has dealt in millions. In
hi~ transaction with his brokers he
always trusted to their honesty, and
never troubled himself to look over
their statements of account. He
left collaterals with the brokers.
but doesn't know what became of
them. A check-book he never bad
any use for: Book-keeper or clerk
he never employed, nor ever had
an Office of his own. OF the sever
al millions he once had he never
kept any account, but thinks he
could tell from memory where
some of it went; he carried such
trifiing matters in his head. Some
of our commercial college men
might write profitable sermon
on the fate of the man who thought
he could dispense with methods and
system in his business.
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VOLUME ]

work. A few years ago, these
marshes were sold at o few cents
per acre; they are now worth 500
to $500 per acre. The strawberry
season lasts nearly all the year, and
the market is practically unlimited.
We almost liYe on vegetables md
fruit. The water was everywhere
lowing between the rows of straw
berries, carefully controlled and
economised by skilled laborers. A
few acres OF this garden land form
the foundation Of Q fortune.
The steamer was loading when
we reached the wharf. The berries
are shipped in uniform style-fOur
pounds in Q drawer, twenty draw.
ers, or eighty pounds net, in chest.
The steamer took ZIG of these chests
on board-no more than the average
supply. Probably AZ many more
were shipped by each Of the two
railroads not many miles distant,
A large grower Informed me that
the average yield Of this tract is not
lesS than 800 chests, or GA 600 pounds
per day. The wholesale price is IL
to Is cents per pound, according to
size and quality. These lOW.lying
lands, properly titled, give an an
nual net yield OF $500 and $4O0 per
AGREE. 1t will readily be seen that
the profits are immense.
have written thus deliberately,
because believe that great tracts
of land east Of EmpOriA can be ir-
rigated and titled almost ~ profita-
bly,. Water could be raised by
windmills as Il generally il here ;
and Kansas farmers will some day
learn the magical effect of q copious
daily supply Of water. 1t would
quadruple the crop OF vegetables
and small fruits.
California has one advantage.
These marshes are necessarily
swept by the seA.breezs, and mala-
riOus diseases do not prevsil; al-
though they are sctive enough in
the great interior valleys.
Other forms Of horticulture are
almost as profitable. It is said that
q Bartlett pesr-tres in full bear ing,
will yield SO worth OF fruit at q
picking. Almonds and prunes pay
quite as we'll. AL Of these fruits
are exported in great quantities, to
the mining States. or course Kan
sas can never successfully compete
with California in hOrticnlture, ow-
ing to her severer winters and the
prevalence Of insect pests; but che
can do far better than she is doing
now; and for the production Of live
stock, no other State bat Texas can
compete with Kansas. Our win.
ters are nothing here, but we lack
grass, which with you is supera-
bundant. Fraternally yours,
III. b. NORTON.
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$4,000 to his monthly income.
think / may say that his monthly
income is, in round numbers, 8
million of dollars. I do not ask
you to accept my bare statement as
3 fact, but beg to call your attention
to the following extract, from BIZ
ographical article on the gentleman,
published in the San Francisco
News Letter, March 4th.
1t has been calculated in regard
to the total income of this younges,
of the quartet BONANZA Princes"
that each minute of the day and
night % dollars drop into the
pockets with mechanical and mon
otonous regularity. Mr.. Mackay
owns three-eights of the famous
Bonanza mines, from which his in
come is estimated at $500, 1000 per
month.
James G. Fairs income is not
less than $500, 900 month; Floods,
$4,000; O'Brien's, 100000. Now,
here are four men with q gross in
come of nearly $5,000,0O0, a month,
every one of them hard working,
practical business men. With
$l00.O00,000 ahead already, and q
yearly income of $3O,OOO,OOO, I
think it is safe to put them down in
January. 1879, as the richest quar-
tet in the world. The question is
frequently asked, What will Mac
kay do with his money! People
seem to forget that the more money
a man has the more use he finds for
it. Of all the people on this coast,
Macksy himself is the least anx-
ious about finding a use for his
mOnaV.
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eco work Upon a Farm...

The song sing to you to-day
Is not to learn trade;
For am sad the truth to say
That song aside Is laid
The mills are running on half time,
The shops give fourth no noise
And it is hard to find dime
Among the prentice boys.
CHORUS
The song that I shall sing to you,
Your troubled hearts will calm;
If you have nothing else to do
$50 work upon FARM
The stores are filed with idle clerks,
Because the times are dull;
And he his duty plainly shirks-
When shops and mills are full
Who seeks to learn trade, or tend
The counter of q store,
In hopes the future will yet send
A fortune to his door.
CHORUS
All, vain are all such hopes as these,
That surely end in harm
Don't seek to sit meath the shady tree
$50 work upon the farm"
Oh, why should men in cities pine,
Or idly stay in town.
Why loaf about, and Grossly whine
That "things are upside DOWN.
Can this bring bread to wife and child
And make the future bright
Can this turn the weather mild,
Or furnish heat and lghtf
CHORUS
Such men should listen to my song,
And IN it ind . charm;
1t tells them how to get along
$50 work upon farm"
Let ne man starve for want of bread
The products of the soil
For all can still be amply fed,
Who win but share the toll
The honest, manly toll, that brings
The harvest season round,
When glad the farmer gaily sings,
Because Of fruitful ground.
CHORUS
This, then, shall be the song we sing,
The whole world to alarm,
Aud loudly let the chorus ring
go work upon farm"
-Sidney Herbert. IN she Semi- Tropical.
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STATE.

James Holman, of Miami county,
sheared 40 pounds OF wool from thir-
ty-three sheep, and sold it at twenty
one cents in the dirt. The same sheep
produced this season twenty-six
lambs.
Three men were sleeping together
in one bed in Mitchell county, when
the lightning struck the house, and
flashed the life out of one of the men
named Jacobs. The two others were
uniHjured.
Topeka announces that parties are
negotiating for the purchase Of the
King bridge shops, for gold and silver
smelling works. We presume the in
tention Is to bring quartz from Col
orado.
Jacob Hepner, Of Douglas county, q
young man Of sixteen years, was sent
by his father for load of poles. He
did not return on time, and search wa
made for him, when he was found I'M
der the overturned Wagon, and he died
a short time after being released. The
horses were standing near, with tbs
neck-yoke broken.
The cheese factory at Burlingame Il
now making fifteen 4O-pOund cheese
per day.
The Valley Falls New Era says
"The Colorado potato bug has appear.
ed py thousands, and unless exCermi-
mated, will do great damage. Some
farmers have set their children tC
gathering the bugs in tin cans, paying
q penny to the child that captures the
most bugs in an afternoon" Sol
The spark arrester for locOmotiv es
invented by Master Mechanic FAIRIES
Of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa r.
railroad, and which makes the engines
of that road look as IL they were trav.
cling with the sign of the shoot upside
down." has been attached to some en-,
glnes on the Missouri, Kansas & Texal
railroad, and is favOrably spoken of By
Master Mechanic Cushing, Of tina
company. We would not be surprised
If this curious looking but useful In
vention came into general use on thu
western railroads, especially those ira
versing prairie countries.
An exchange calls attention to thu
fact that in order to secure fifty cent
per day per head for each insane per
son, counties must make formal appli
cation to the State insane asylum, ant
receive notice OF formal rejection, ant
this subsequent to March 3, 1876, th,
date of the approval of the act.
COwley county reports that It haI
1920 population, 1O3, 600 acres of i'm
proved land. There are $500 acre
planted to wheat. $4,000 to corn, $50,
to oats, 1000 to potatoes, and 5000
fruit trees are growing outside of tn,
nurseries. The settlement of Cowley
county, began Feb. %, 1870.
Prof. E. N. Shelton says in the In
dustrialist that he questions very mucI
II Alfalfa VIII mako valuable haI
even when cut early in the season
The foliage of this alfalfa Is small II
comparison with the stems, and thes
are nearly solid, hard and woody. Ii
all these respects the oil clover ha
the advantage over its rival alfalfa
Nevertheless alfalfa will flourish whel
red clover Is perishing from drought
and it yields double and treble tn
amount of hay. Alfalfa promises Z
be of special value to Kansas farmer
in furnishing feed for swine. Pigs vii
eat it RreedIly, and two acres OF alfalf
would safely furnish abundant pas
ttuEe during the spring season for
dozen swine. The professor speak
very encouraglngly OF blue grass.
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Pacific Coast E1ortrcuIture.

Mr.. SToTLER-Dedr Old Friend:
The NEWS comes regularly, bring
lug pleasant pictures of the life of
the bright little city on the prairie.
But the pictures are very different
from those actually before my eyes.
have been making quite a tour
of the State, journeying by stage.
rail and steamer. 1 would like to
tell about my trip to the Nevada
gold mines, If 1 had time. The n.y.
draulic mining is very interesting
and wonderful and the "Fryer pro-
cess" promises to increase the pro-
duction of gold ten-fold. However,
as Eldorado and Sslins have the ex-
elusive proprietorship of Kansas
gold mines, 1 will refrain, and tell
about strawberries.
1 started for Eureka on Humboldt
bay, . few days since, upon my us
ual errand "a teachers institute
For the fret time, 1 went to San
Francisco by water-riding in a
hack to the south end of the bay,
and there taking q steamer for the
city.
Not very long ago, as gsologists
count time, the bay of San Francis.
CO occupied this entire valley. From
this city northward, the valley
some twenty miles in width, is q
nearly dead level of alluvial forms-
ton. The artesian well borer digs
through hundreds of feet of alter
nate layers of black soil, sea sand
and glacial drift. In several instan.
ces, the drill has cut through huge
redwood logs, buried two hundred
or moro feet under such deposits
For breadth of four miles or NOR,
the land is almost exactly at the
level OF the high tide. 1t is as ricl
as the Mississippi delta, but ha
heretofore been q dreary waste o
quagmire aud salt-Earsh. HoWev
or, enlighted science is fully re
claiming it BY building levees q
keep out the see, ditching and flood
ing with fresh water, these marshes
are washed clean of salt, aud be
come wonderfully productive.
suppose that two-thirds of ell tn
strawberries, cauliflowers, and IS
paragus raised on the coast, are pro
duced on these reclaimed lands
The fresh water everywhere rise
above the surface through artesial
borings.
We rode along the turnpike
which was bounded by bitches FIJI
OF clear water. The whole vas
plain is . garden. Great gangs O
Cinnamon were everywhere 3