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Middletown transcript., 1877-01-27
gumber and 8arduarr.
LINDLEY & KEMP, /,
-DEALERs M
HARDWARE,
AND
Agricultural Implements,
OPPOSITE NATIONAL HOTEL,
MTDDLETOWN DELAWARE
Iumbtr and Aardlpare.
MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE.
Hardware Department.

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.
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., 1877-01-27

The intimacy gotten over wine bot
tie has no heart. never knew a good
feeling to come from it. or an honest
friendship made by it. It only entices
men and ruins them. Thackeray.
Middletown transcript., 1877-01-27

During three months of this year the
British railways have killed 274 persons
and injured 1166 others.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-04-21
TiiE EXPORT OF FRESH MEAT.
Details of the Process by which Hungry
John Bull is Wen Fed.


John Bull is Wen Fed.
The demand for American beef in England,
after the first prejudice was removed, has
constantly increased, and the history Of The
development of this new American export is
not unincrestIng. "In 1870" said one OF
the Bate Refrigerating Company TO n Vor|d
reporter yesterday, John J. Bate, II large
packer of provisions, invented n process by
which perishable articles could be kept, and
transported If necessary To distance by
means Of placing the articles in an alright
receptacle, and circulating about them n
stream of cold dry mir of such temperature
rs to keep them just above the freezing point.
He had three or four cars built on his reirig-
orator plan, the same year, and in them ship.
ped oysters fruits, and game, from Baltimore
to Chicago and ST. LOUIS. He continued this
business in the following years, but found
himself without the necessary capital TO reap
the full benefits Oi his invention and 10 pro.
tect himself agains; those infringing upon
his patents. In 1874 n company was formed
known as the Bate Rcirigeratng Company,
In February, 1875, they built a small box in
the steamship Britannia, of the White Star
/ line, and sent therein the first shipment oi
Of dressed beef TO Liverpool. This arrived
IN good condition, and IN March the WisCon.
sin, of the Guiou line, carried successfully 10
beeves, 10 sheep and $50 boxes of oysters
Notwithstanding the fact that the meat al.
rived in perfect condition tue prejudice
against It prevented its sale atproiitabie rates
However, in June, 1879, u much larger ship.
ment reached England. y representative OF
the company had been sent a few weeks be-
fore to make arrangements fer us sale. Ow.
ing, however, 10 the breaking down of the
supports placed in the box 10 receive the
meat, IL all fell 10 he floor, and was musSy,
which damaged ITS sale, though il was per
/ ectly sweet aud sound.
Mr.. I. G. Eastman, OF this city, hearing
4 OF the above facts, applied TO the company
for the privilege OF sending an experimental
cargo OF dressed meat 10 England by then
process. This cargo he shipped In October
| Upon learning of its arrival IN good order
although through prediction against its Us,
IL did not sell ~ advantage, he despatched
another lot in November, 1910. The eNclu
sive right 10 use this process 10 shipping iron
New York, Boston and Philadelphia wa
then sold to Mr. Eastman. The prpJudic,
came chiefly from the dealers in Great Brit
ain. The commission men In the SmiihielC
Market die all they could 10 stop the traffic
They seemed suspicious of any beef from
America. The people, however soon founC
loui the excellence Of the new article, and re
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-04-21
Queer Fishes,

The waters OF South America are inhabi-
ted Ly great variety of curious fishes. y
sportsman throwing his line into any pool or
stream in the warm ATTITUDES will be apt to
find rising at his bait a succession of queer
species which it will be impossible to name
and very difficult to handle. From an island
at the entrance 10 the harbOr OF Cape ST. Vim
cent Sir Rose Lambert Price once mad an eX.
perience of this sort, which he relates with a
good deal of spirit. Balls of paste made OF
mashed crab were first thrown into the sea to
attract the fish, and the hooks were then bait
ed with the legs of crabs or with barnacles
Success was immediate, and the strange cap.
lures made elected q continuous fire of ejac-
ulatlOns.
Nearly all the fish" writes Sir Rose,
"wcrc Of different varieties, and had we been
unattended by NJ $ 'darkies,' 1 am confident
suTle of Us would have been hurt, ifnot seri-
ousiy injured, by the fish in unlocking them,
as nearly all were armed with some descrip.
tlor Of pricke Many of their prickles were
poisonous, and all of them bit like mad at ev-
erything within reach on coming out of the
'briny.' \ handsome red fish, about two
pounds in weight, and something like a
perch, called by VI. "thc king of the seas"
was the best eating of the lot, and well meri.
ted his proud appellatlon, as a finer-havored
=
looking thing, about pound in weight was
called the soap.ksh, and was UNBEATABLE; but,
on being stirred about in Il small pool Of salt
water, soon caused il 90 lathCr like suds.
"A porcupIne fish iDiodoa hystrir, weigh
ing about seven pounds. one of the PlectOE.
nG'hes, was perhaps the most curious one we
caught The men treated this gentleman
with the greatest possible caution, evidently
regarding him As dangerous brute. y more
awkward one 10 handle il Is quite impossible
10 conceive, rs he ], entirely covered with
small spikes, dispersed over sides, back and
abdomen, in such manner as 20 prevent ct
tectually anyone touching him. On beng
hauled up, he came CruutiHg loudly out ct
the water, and as he lay un tue rocks, coa.-
mcncel swelling himself out by successive
gulpS OF air, which hc inhaled with such
noise and vigor that he soon resembitl Il
cross between a GisteuGed foot ball anu an
angry toad. lis skin was 80 tough that IL re-
sisted easily the pike.thruStS which sgluted
It, and only after several efforts was i; dis
patched with a sharp and strong clasT-kai.e.
It's maXillary and intermediary bones are
soldcred together - a 10 render the upper
Jaw immovabie; its entire mouth appeared
plated with some kind of enamel; and VI.
told US that IFS powers OF crushing were so
great that when fresh from the water, one of
them could easily crumble any ui the Jumps
Of scoria lying about, were piece placed te-
tween lis powerful jaws"
\ number Of large cells were among The
victims lanCed. and these seemed 90 be the
most formidable Of all the species caught
Their laws" says SIR Rose, shaped some.
thing like ducks Jill, were capable Of great
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-04-21
VICTORIA COLONNA.
II. W. LoNGrELLow.


yi..orio Colonna, on the death OF her husband
the Marchese di Pescara, retired to her castle
-, Is"hie Tnarime), and there wrote the ode up
on his dea'h' WHICH '''"'D '''''
Wne'
Once more, once more marine,
see thy purple hills! once more
near lne oi,,S MY, " ,'obhioS -, tbv shore,
wash 'i'' "n''e p''''0'
High DER the sea-surge and the sands,
Like a great galleon wrecked and cast
Asnole oy es1, -, ~ is,ndnarL ~ tha mas.
iuo"'"o'inH
Upon its terrace-walk see
a phantom gliding to and fro;
va ii,ad and Loved go long apo.
"No i'''''
pescara's beautiful young wife,
The type of perfect womanhood.
Whose life wac love, the life OF ne.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-04-21

M. q. HARD, Physician ana Surgeon, over Nc
~ lis Main street Metropolitan inck Ottawa, Illinois
JnrH 7th ISL.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-04-21

RI NJ. IsASCcM. NJ. ID, Physician anu Sur
IL. geUn, Ottawa, ILL., Oce ID door north OF post office
Residence Washington ST., north OF the convent. junl6
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\ correspondent sends the Portland Tr1H-
script thIs saying OF little one: The young
members OF the family were one day telling
each other how far back they could rCmcm-
Der. After talking for some time The young.
est, boy Of four or five years, 90 Guido the
others, said. II can remember when / was
born" Pooh, no you can't either saii his
little sister. IL can, too: lots of folks came
20 see me, aud asked mother what was-a
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-04-21

L. u. GttICiGs,, Druggist. Bookseller and Sta
I toner. Ottawa H. Second in Nattilgers block
south side OF Court House Square
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4jrutFsaiGaal Z aids.
:. 7 7 . r N {. y S I.

n NIcDOC q LIZ, Successor to Cameron y
-. McDOugall) Attorney aud Counselor r. Law. Ohct
In Glover d CooNs block, OTTAWA lis. Also l. Com
missioner. Ccc-i
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boy or gill" well" sand another, why
didn't you speak mp and tell hem:' Cause,
said The little fellow, 81 didHt kHOlr mysef'n /
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-31
GARDENING IN TIE CALIFORNIA TULEs.

The market gardens of the tule lands
bordering on the San Joaquin River,
both above and below Stockton, are
rapidly coming into formidable cOmpe-
tltlOn with the gardens OF the Santa
Clara Valley tor the trade of supplying
tile San Francisco MAJ kets. Tue prOfus
OF tule gardening seem enormous when
one hears Of the almost fabulous pro-
ductiVeness of this land. For instance,
Joseph Hale, whose ranch is on Robert,
Island, bordering the river, but Il few
miles above Stockton, informs us that
last year he sold $30 worth OF string
beans from one-elguth OF an acre
of ground. Another piece OF ground
containing a few acres was sought
lor by some parties who de-
sired to rent it, ana OF
fered to pay $4O an acre TOR Il years
rent. He refused, however, 10 rent tue
land for tn at sum, and put into onions,
potatoes, etc. From one and half ac es
of onions he gathered 440 SACKS, weigh.
ing u tons. Some OF these sod .oI
$3 sack, some for 81 so, ana some tor
.ess. The whole netted about $70O,
which was con.iuerably more prohlaD.c
than to rent his land for $40 an acre.
lie mad in all 70 acres OF onlons, beans
and potatoes last year. The leYee
around the lSland nau not been com.
pIeLed when Inc food came, covering all
the land but about ten acres OF onions
From these he sold $4,000 worth ol
onions, netting an average OF $22U
an acre. 1his year he has dug
and sold an acre of new pota
toes, which brought him $Sj, and the
land has been rep.anled to sweet pota
toes. From the Ilth to the 31st OF last
month he sold $237 worth Of garden
truck" and one could no more tell where
it came from than he could tell If a few
roses had been picked from a full rose
bush. Three years ago his neighbor
Mr.. Horeo, sold 81 800 worth of onions
from lour acres OIL ground, and the next
year, from the same piece he sold $1,000
worLb. bOn the Sardlne ranch, below
Mr.. HaLe's, there was raised and solo
last year 1900 worth OF Strlng-beans from
two acres of grOuud.-[StUcAton lnde.
pendent.
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JUVENILE MAGAZINES.
ST. NICHOLAS

for August is splendid midsummer
holiday number, containing even more
than the usual amount OF choice stories,
sketches, poems, etc. "The Coral Fish
er and his Wife" is delightful nara
tive of its kind, with a beautiful frOntis.
piece. "a Village of Wild Beasts de-
scrbes the Philadelphia Geological Gar
dens, with illustrations OF the principal
animals. j. T. Trowbridge's serial,
"His Own Master" is decidedly. one OF
the most absorbing juvenile stories OF
tue day, independent OF its
hig h moral tone. "The Stars
loT Augusto are fully explained
and illustrated by Richard A. Proctor in
the continuation OF his astronomi5 cal Sc
ries. The other contents are: "Mr.
Tompklns' Small Story" by Mrs. Abby
Morton Diaz; "King Trisanku," poem,
by Longtellow; GA Dream About Fair
les" by II. II. "The b ue-coat Boys"
"John's First Party;" "The 'Swooping
Eagles First EXploit;" slow Birds
Improve in Nest-building;' "a Summer
Ride in Labrador;" Robins Rain song"
by Celia ThaXter, and "Ar0und the
World on a Telegraph Wire," by e L.
Bynner, two illustrated poems; the
pieces for Very Little Folks; the Riddle
Department, etc., etc.
WIDE AWAKE.
The August number Of this elegant
little periodical is replete with original
narrative, fiction, poetry and beautiful
illustrations for juvenile entertainment
The trontispiece, entitled "Midsum.
mer," is charming glimpse of child life
In "Child Marian Abroad" we have the
pleasant scenes and incidents of our
little friends visit to Venice. There
are several finely illustrated poems.
"SummePs Going" by Mrs. Walton;
"LeonardU'S Bird aC ages by Margaret
j. Preston; "My Little Millionaire" by
Miss Ella Farmon, the gifted editress
"Ihe Wren and the BobOiink," by Nora
Percy, the comical "Twilight Tragedy" :"
and the continuation Of "The Adventures
OF MIltiodes Peterkin Paul" The BE
having Papers" are resumed, and r. IL.
Stoddard contributes biographical
| sketch of the venerable poet, Richard
Henry Dana, with portrait ana other
illustrations, being NO. X OF the series
poets Homes" The other pieces
are ga Poodle Party" with two Illus
tratons; Dandy Pink Boots;" continu
alton of the seriel story "Solomon's
Seal" "D.op's Dog;" "One of the
Christmas Dolls;' "Happy Little
Loaier,' ',&c,, with the "Rldlle Series, ,
The "Posl-Otlice Department" &c, &3.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-31
WHY THE BAROMETER RISES AND FALLS

First Of all, what is a barometer? IL
is a tube or pipe, closed at one end d
open at the other, aud made OF some
transparent material, such as glass, 50
that it may be seen through. This tube
is filed with the melted meal
called mercury, and, when quite full,
the thumb is placed over the open end
SO as to keep the mercury from falling
Uut) and the tube is turned upside
down. SO the closed end is at the top,
the open end at the bottom, and, ii Iue
thumb were removed, the mercury
would, Of course, run out. But now suE.
pose you wished not 70 waste any, ana
SO put The open end OF the tube into a
basin with som mercury it, and then re
move your thumb, what would happen ?
'Why, the mercury would all run out in
the basin," some one viii say. But this
is a mistake, as the Italian philosopher
IOrrlcelli lound OUT; and whatever size
or length OF tube be taken, the whole oi
the mercury will not run out, but a
lengIn OF aDout thirty inches OF the tuOe
Will remain lull vi mercury, and you
can not make 1T ruu out into the basin
unless You either pun the open end Of
the tube out OF the mercury OF make /
hole in the closed end OF the tube.
Tnis puzzteu Torrlcelli Tor long time
until AT last the tuOugnt struck hAn ina
| the only Lnlng which was Oh the mer
curry In the besin was the air, ana ina
/. was probably the weight Of The al
nressing ON tue metal which pre-
yenLed Its running ouC into the basin
| ..If So" thought Torricelli, "then If
| toke my tube ana basin OF m4rcury up ,
mounLaiu, less and less OF the tube viii
remain luIl, for there is evidently les
| air above the basin at tue Top OF tn
| mountain tnan AZ the bottom" Yol
NAV be sure he didn't wait very long be
lore he made the SUPERINTENDENT to hi
great dellgut ne found the mercury gst
| tinu lower ana lower in the tube, Luu
proving that it really was the w@'0ht o
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the air that kept in the tube at all, and
80 the instrument was called barOme-
ter, which is derived from the Greek,
and means in plain English a "weight
measurer."
But If the barometer is watched it will
be found to contain different quantities
| OF mercury on different days. On fine
day the mercury will, as rule, stand
| higher in The tube than on wet day or
just before rain; and now for the reason
| OF this: Why does the barometer rise
(or rather the mercury in it) in fine
weather, ana fall when it is going to be
| wet? Now, dry air is much
heavier than wet air, or AR containing
steam. The consequence is, that when
| the air gets moist it becomes lighter, and
presses less on the mercury or the bar
| ometer, 50 more mercury flows out into
| the basin. and, consequently, less re-
mains in the tube, or, as we usually eX-
press it, the barometer falls. Now, when
| the air is very wet, there is, Of course,
more chance of rain than when it is dry,
| for rain is formed by the cooling of the
steam contained in most air. Little
| Folks.
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can't say it. Something about 'gallop
apace' ought to come in there. Then,
again, rhyme doesn't want to come In
until the third line; there's whole lot
to be told in the second line, but can't
just shape it into The proper words"
"You do, then, acknowledge the i'm
perfection of the work as it now
standsW said /. "Nnw there's some
chance of our coming to something. But
"gallOp apace' isu't what you want at
all"
at is," he said.
"Now what" | demanded, "has gal
lop apace' got to do with the subject?
Do you want the young woman to gal
lOp apace, or are you talking about a
mare? YOU might AS well put 1t:
There is a beauty that is born of grace
Like that observable i'll Jimmy Macc.'"
"NonsenseW he growled.
"Well," 1 went on, feeling the poetic
spirit working within me, "there are
plenty OF other rhymes. Suppose we try
something like this:
'There is a beauty that is born OF grace
Rather infrequent in the human race"
81 will not have it," he roaled, 81
won't take any Internal idiotic sugges-
ftions. Tnat line viii stand as it is. Pm
going TO send it TO Washington and have
IL copyrighted, if l never write another
line in tue world. Do you think | don't
know what's good when l see it2'
81 don't doubt your general ability"
was my cool and collected repy, as l . at
back in my chair, aud spOke with Il
touch of dIgnity-l am glad l did, for il
was the last touch Of the kind / mad an
opportunity to get in Tor the next few
minutes. IL don't doubt that you are
Well-educated man, and u talented
man, and u yirtuOus man. But you
nave not had that experience in Versiti
cation which qualities you TO avail your
| self OF tie poets license in this reckless
| manner. l think, indeed, when you
! come to contemplate the situation calm
| ly, you Will be willing to deier to my
literary skill and experience, and adopD
This arrangement Ior your charming
| theme:
There is a beauty that is born Of grace,
that adds Il Wondrous-'"
"jusL stop rigut therev' he said as ht
reached out Tor me; ''Iiterary ability bt
lomned; Well settle this thing by phys
Cal iorce
| That was a month ago. l met hin
again last night. L asked him how hi
poem was getting along, and he pointed
proudly TO that beautiful! iine-unsu, lie,
by unworthy al iauce-a solitary gem
| oI puGesL ray serene:
"Ihere is a beauty that is born OF grace"
II Puck.
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,Ekink for Yourself,

Thousands lead miserable lives, su T.
lering from dyspepsia, disordered
stomach and liver, producing bilious
ness, heartburn, costlveness, weakness,
Irregular appetite, low spirits, raising
ood after eating, and oren ending il
faGal attacks OF lever. Tney knoWG hey
arc -icE, yet get little sympathy. Tn e
unfailing remedy, which is yearly re-
storing thousands, il DtCosta's Radical
Cure Sold by JOHN HEEsHAN, Sixth
an Walnut streets, W. ii. Adderiy,
sixth and Mound streets, and II. f.
Reum, corner Filth and Broadway. A
25c bottle Will convince you Of its mer-
its. Don't lie ay another hour after
reading this, but go and get a bottle,
and your relief is as certain as you live.
viii you do it, or will you continue to
suffer. Think for yourself.
Prof ParEgr's Pleasant Worm Syrup is
perfectly sac and extremely pHtatable (.
No physic required. Costs % Try it..
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CONSTANTIN0PLE.

No two things can be more unlike
than map OF a modern and improved"
town and one OF COnstantinople. 1t Is
impossible to find straightstreet III it
1t would almost seem as though this
strange ciCy had been built, not street
by street, but house by house, each
mouse coming in, so to phrase 1t, sepa-
rateIy, and put down just where the
fancy of the owner guided it, and there
lett 1t, the pathway only being looked to
and kept open. The oldesJ of all posi- =
BILE turnings, and beginnings, and end
lngs, are perpetually met with. These
curious streets, too, have no names, for
the most part. and the byways or lance
none. A mosque, or the aqueduct, OF
| the site of the great fire, may help to
guide, but there is nought else.
1t would, indeed, be difficult to under
| stand now this magnificent site Tor AL
Imperial city coulu have been missed,
not only in its first beginnings OF "a hu-
man settlement, but by those who have
successlvely occupied its ground; and
| it is nard to see now a re& ular sy stem OF
| nouse-buildiny could be made 10 suit 1t
SO we'll as that which has been thus ac-
cldentaIly adopted. The very waterway
| itself, dividing as it does the city into
| It's three divisions-SLamboul to the
south, with the Golden Iorn between
them-the harbor OF Constantlnople-ahd
| Scutari to the east, Wi ii the Bosphorus
| llyiulng it from The two nrstnamed d.
yislons-these alone make this famous
city UNIQUE, and give 70 it character
suecial 70 itse.f-a WorlQ-famOus city
Nothiug can be more expressive Of the
pIace itself, or more in harmony with th'
CITY, tnau the COAslantlnopolltah mouse
architecture.
A gateway-as to mHsque-is a
Thoroughly indigenous and turkish /
work as one OF its mInareGs; and In
marrow street in whlcu it is bltlt, and
the houses in 1t all harmon!ze together
and from picture per Sc, unlike any
thing else in Europe. Anu Iuen the styl
land planning OF tile houses are purel.
Eastern; every hou g is a distinct idea
and built apparently or some sp'cIa
and individual use aud purpose. Ihef'
are no rows OF equally RulC and Ie u
Ilarly disposed houses L" the Olue
quarters Of the city. To the norm q
Galata, or Pera, all is new, Il. is 50 muc
IN and about the royal palace an
gardeus. For mile arounu Pera al /
modern, ana OF to-day, and Lhe BrUuh'
llaid out covered with 'Vilias" an
gardens, as are also the ehole~ general
of Tue Golden Horn aud Bo5phorus. In
city OF the Sultan is well NorLny II littl
actiye pains taking at the hands OF thos
VINO nave opportunities and capacIt 1t
tor the work i london Builder.