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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-04-23
SALEM LEAD COMPANY.

Warranted PURE WHITE LEAD.-Well
known throughout New England as the WHIT
EST, FINEST and BEST.
LEAD TAPE, SIS in. wide, OIL reels ior Cur
tain Sticks.
LEAD RIBBON, from 2 l-2 to inches
wide on reels for Builders.
LEAD PIPE OF any size or thickness.
At the lowest market Prices for goods of equal
quality. FRANCIS BROWN,
msrl5-tW&S&wlv Treasurer, Salem Mass.
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"STOCK EXCHANGE"
The New York City
Stock Exchange Association.

"a Broad STREET and Ct Exchange Place
Have made special arrangements to transact
business in AL Stocks, L. 5. Bonds, stock Prlvi.
leges. etc, and will give particular and immediate
attention to all orders from Il distance, either by
mail' or telegraph"
We give the greatest advantages and The best
opportunity ever before offered to investors giving
them the of and profits on go, 900 in ''stocks !"
on margin" of rrom one to two hundred dollars,
and less amounts of Stocks will pay in proportion
We invest in amounts most convenient to suit
capital and wishes of investors from ten shares
up TO any amount desired, on margin OF from to
per cent.
Loans on all "stocks," !" Bonds aud other secur-
tiel negotiated.
Letters of Credit and Drafts payable in any pant
OF Europe and America, issued by us ior n
venience OF travellers.
sS-"SENb FOR CIRCULAR"
The New York city stock Exchange A. 50 iation,
lBANkERS AND BROKERS',
~ Broad Street. % Exchange Place.
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Real Estate For Sale.
1T Is SAFE

now to take one OF those little DEMIJOHNS along
with you, ioaud at Tl1CoMBs DRUG STORE. The
ladies OF the household Will appreciate the joke on
removing the seal. leb4.ttf
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that I have this
y dag given to my son, ALFRED Z. WATSON,
his time. and shall claim no wages he may earn,
from this date.-Richmond, April s, A. d. ISIS.
JOHN u. WATSON.
Witness, BENZ. y, TALIMAS. 3wi.
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$500 REV ARD.

A reward OF Ave hLhdred dollars will be paid
for information which shall be sufficient to procure
the conviction OF any person guilty of settne IN.
cendiaIy fires 10 this city the present municipal
year, the same to be PAID upon the conviction OF
he incendary.
CHAs. ". NASH, Mayor.
narch 2oh mars4-tly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-04-23

Is also specially adapted to adults suffering from
weakness OF The digestive organs. and therefore,
those afflicted with any symptoms OF fNDIGEs-
fiON will 6nd on trial. it has all the qualities that
have been claimed for it, and all they desire
in the way of nutrition and strength.
W0OLRICH 4 CO., on every label.
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Sor Sale or to Set.


4 TENEMENT on The corner OF Bridge and
N Wafer streets, with all The cOuvcniences Tor
small family. Very desirable tor milucr or
dress maker who would Ike to keep house. Terms
reasonable. Apply at he Office oi ktNNEBEC
LAND &IUMBER COMPANY , in the building.
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AUGUSTA POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOUR,

OFFICE HOURS.
For delivery of letters from 7.30 a. VI. TO $50
p. NJ.
On SUNDAYS. fram 9.l5 A. NJ. to lois a. NJ
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
Summer Diet.

1t has frequently been said of US as a
people that we are nation of dyspeptlcs,
and although this, taken in its broadest
sense, is an exaggeration, there is neverthe-
less a good deal of truth in the saying.
We cook badly, and living in climate that
is semi-tropical in summer and semi-arctic
in winter, we make no discrimination in
our diet. We are the grossest of meat
eaters when we should live lightly and take
especial care that good digestion waited on
appetite. The Frenchman is rarely dys-
peptic, and why? Because he cooks his
food scientifically, eats of various light
dishes, and never too much of any one
thing. We glory in great substantial joints;
he glories in stews and savory Inesses. He
deals with his materials as painter with his
colors, so placing them as to produce the
highest harmonies. When Soyer, at the
call of the English government, left his
London club and introduced into the army
before Sebastopol his travelling kitchens,
and showed the soldiers how to turn the
commonest things to use, he threw q halo
over mess pork and hard tack revolution.
izing, as it were, their natures into things
coarse enough to look on, but palatable to
take. His soups, compounded of all sorts
of ingredients, were SO toothsome and
palatablc that the soldies in the trenches
and in the field wondered at the trans
| formation that their ration underwent.
But then Soyer was genius, voluble and
egotistical, but proud of his art, and never
so happy as in showing out of what strange
things he could make dinner for an epi-
cure. Here in the United States we have
everything in abundance-all the domestic
meats, game in variety, and all the treasures
of river and bay and lake and sea. But OF
scientific cooking, outside of few great
hotels, we know almost literally nothing
1t is doubtful if many of our people know
the commonest principles that govern the
baking and boiling, roasting, frying and
stewing of meats and fish, or the coo<in s
of vegetables. OF course cooking goes or
everywhere from day to day, and ex
perience teaches something; but as rulC
, it is universally admitted that our cookin!
is not good, whilst our waste is enormous
, Half the ills our flesh is heir to may b.
traced to bad cooking, to eVertaxing th
} digestive powers, and by giving the gastr
, juices half crude, half masticated things t.
, work upon. In the summer season ligh
, diet should be the rule-but little meat
2 vegetables we'll cooked, and thorough
| ripe fruit. In India rice is the stapl
, article Of food for more than nine-tenths c
g the population, ana with reason, tor rice l
Q nourishing, whilst it is not heating
e Englishmen there, who follow the custol
. of their own country and resort to heav
/. meat dinners and the pale ale of Alsop 0
Bass, soon succumb to the climate, and ar
t either forced to return home invalided, c
2 seek such sanitariums as the Neilgherr
q hills. If we would keep our digestion
j. good during the heats of summer we mus
Y adopt in principles the India practice i
. respect to the kind of food to be eaten, an
. the French practice, as far as we may b
5 able, in respect to the methods of cookin
a it.-BuH. Sun
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
Kearney and Wellock.

California is the land Of sudden growths
For year past it has been menaced by the
dark uprising of new force in politcs-a
destroying force which threatened to sub
vert society and overwhelm capital with
lawlessness in the name of labor. 1t is
hard to realize this in New York, where
the Communist movement, or so much as
is visible, seems to be devised mainly to
promote the sale of beer, where the orators
of the saloon talk maudlin Socialism in
stead of practical incendiarisrl, and where
they take up collections for martyrs to the
cause by a general assessment of the price
of two drinks. But in the State where
men have risen most easily from the ranks
of labor, the workingmen have been led
into ferocious agitation against the rights
of property. 1t even came near capturing
the convention which is to remodel the
fundamental law of the State. Its failure
to do so was as much of surprise to its
opponents as to itself, and was all that
saved the State, in all probability, from
armed conflict and possible bloodshed.
Two men led in this agitation-Kearney
and Wellock. These two apostles of the
new gospel of destruction make curiou:
picture-Kearney with his felon's face and
filthy language, his rude eloquence and
atrocious profanity; and Wellock with his
sleek demeanor, his invariable Scripture
text, his pious arguments that the ami
hilation of capitalists would be pleasing t.
to God and that banks take hold on hell
1t is said that these INSCRIPTIONS agitator
are coming East to preach their doctrine il
new field. Let them come by all means
We shall see whether workingmen in thu
more American regions of America can bt
led away by such hypocrisy and Transparent
fraud.-N y. Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
A CURTAIN LECTURE,
Il.S0 p. NJ.

What go to the country this summer?
Now, that's too absurd, Mr. B.!
To bury the girls in a farmehouse,
Where never a man they will see.
How can you expect them to marry?
You haven't the money to spend!
tell you that's all stuff and nonsense!
You'll find it costs more in the end
When they're left on your hands for lifetime,
You'll wish you had listened to me,
And retrenched in some other direction
tell you you will, Mr.. B.!
I've told everybody we're going
To Long Branch, and then to the Springs;
And now to come down to the country!
They'll be saying all manner of things
Have you thought of the shock to your credit?
That's worth more than money you say;
1 hope folks will think it is meanness,
And not that you really can't pay.
1t don't matter much about me;
But the girls will be so disappointed
Its cruel; it is, Mr.. b.
The Grays have asked Julia to Newport;
worked hard enough, am sure,
To get her invited last winter;
Must she write now and say she's too poor
To buy respectable outfit?
What excuse she can make don't know,
And it never will do to offend them;
Indeed, Mr.. b., she must gO
They move in the very best circles
It's chance that she oughtn't to miss
Tdnever have given that party,
IfTd thought it was coming to this.
Don't tell me that coal shares have fallen!
That's the way with you-Off upon stocks,
Whenever l ask for dollar,
Or tell you the girls want new frocks.
Seems to me, to be riSking your money
In this way is very unwise;
And if you will do it, why don't you
Invest in something that will rise?
You know how we hate the country,
And just because board there is cheap
To ask us to go there this summer
Mr.. b., believe you're asleep
-HdrperS Bd=dI
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

Look on this picture: "a dozen of
New London's fairest and most intelligent
girls have leased farmhouse at Great
Neck, Waterford, for the Summer, and
will rusticate by themselves" And then
on that: "Several young men, late gradu-
ates of the Kingston Academy, having
heard great deal about the glories OF
camping out, took hammocks, and plenty
of weapons in case tramps might put in an
appearance, went to a small grove about
half mile above the city, and prepared to
turn in for the night. They returned the
next morning. From the worn look of
their faces and the bent up and decrepit
appearance Of their bodies, it is safe to say
that they had, with the aid of bugs
mosquitoes and sparrows that roasted
above them, and light thunder storm that
came up in the night, pretty hard time o.
it."-Er.
Here is another picture Nathaniel j
Williams returned to his home at Kentor
from the University of Virginia to spenC
his Summer vacation. He looked out or
the fields and saw the work was pressing
He said "father that clover must come
down." The horses were geared up, anC
mounting the seat, the machine he did no
stop until every acre had fallen before tn,
sharp blades of the cutter. Now which
picture has the best perspectiveP
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

The Holy LAND UNDER BRITISH Pro-
TEOToRATE.-There is widespread opinion
among French politicians that the coast
from Beyrout to GAIA will soon become
English ground, while the Christian stand.
ard of Britain will float over Jerusalem
and Damascus. 1t is said in Paris that
Lord Beaconfeld will never find such an
opportunity as the present for realizing one
of his dreams. The French under a re-
publican government are more Indifferent
to the fate of the Holy Land than they
used to be under monarchical institutions,
and would make little objection to its
passing under the English flag; while an
excuse for the annexation might easily be
found in the necessity for protecting the
Christians of Palestine from fanatical massa-
cres like that of 1860. This, say the
French, would set Lord Beaconsfeld right
with the ecclesiastical section of Mr.. Glad
stones followers, who accused him of being
Indifferent to the lot of the Bulgarian
Christians while throughout every Protes-
tant home in the three Kingdoms there
would be thrill of Joy at the thought that
the Holy Sepulchre was at last rescued
| from the custody of infdels. In fact,
French politicians suspect Lord Beacons-
field of planning grand coup which
would so powerfully stir the sentimental
and religious chord in his countrymen's
hearts that the supremacy of the con.
servative party would be maintained at the
polls-at all events for the rest of his lord
ships lifetime.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

HARD ON THE BACHELoRs.-Mary Kyle
Dallas shows no mercy to bachelors, and
especially to old bachelors. Just hear
her: "Old bachelors are ill.natured. They
desire to be as disobligng as possible.
They snub children, despise babies, and
hate young mothers, and are always so
busily employed in seeing that other people
take good care of them that they have not
a moment to give to any one else. Old
maids are nice looking, and "young for
their years." Old bachelors generally have
red noses, rheumatism in their knees, bald
heads, and mouths that turn down at the
corners"
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

A CHICAGO JOURNAL ON THE WHIPPING
PosT.-The old State of Virginia celebrated
this anniversary of the Declaration of In
dependence by setting up the whipping
post once more. On and after this day
there will be no Imprisonment, in the Old
Dominion for petit larceny. Instead of
imprisonment, the thief if u male, will be
publicly fogged; if female, she may be
flogged or otherwise punished in the dis.
cretioA of the court. Economy is one
reason given for reviving the old mode
of punishment. The convicts of petty
offences are very numerous and constantly
increasing, and the cost of maintaining
them in prison has become grevious
burden. 1t is in part to save the expenses
that the whipping-post is again set up.
Aside from this consideration, the opinion
is gaining ground, not only in Virginia, but
elsewhere, that whipping is more appro.
pirate and effective punishment than i'm.
prisonment for certain offences.
For good many years past it has been
the fashion to speak of the whipping post
as relic of barbarism, and many a pen.
thrust has little Delaware received for
| clinging to the relic, and it is likely that
Virginia will not be spared by the senti'
mental humanitarians. Perhaps whipping
is a relic of barbarism. But if it is so is
hanging, and so is imprisonment, and,
what is more to the purpose, so is crime.
| Whipping is certainly a cheaper punish
ment than falling, and it is more efficacious
to reclaim offenders, and deter from crime
it may be best to practice it, no matter
whether it is a relic of barbarism or not.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

The Ohio farmers, taking warning from
the threatening letters they have received
forbidding the use of improved agricultural
machinery in securing their harvest, are
forming secret organizations in various Sec
tons for guarding their property. Every
man is to have his gun constantly loaded,
and precautions are to be taken against loss
by fires. They mean business.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

The Greenback party is in bad way.
General Butler has joined it, and S. S. Cox
seems likely to, and the secretary of the
organization, Mr.. Engene Beebe, emerged
in badly damaged state on Saturday from
an intimate contact with Mr.. The Allen,
of Houston ST., in convention assembled.
All is not lost, however. After punching
Mr.. Beebe's nose, Mr.. Allen got up and
apologized. Mr.. Allen is better man
than Purroy would have been in his place.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

When Eve brought woe to.all mankind,
Old Adam called her woman;
But when she wood with love so kind,
He then pronounced it woo-man.
But now with folly and with pride,
Their husbands pockets trimming,
The ladies are so full of whims,
The people call them whim-men,
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
Delegate Election.

The Democratic Executive Committee seeing that
the election of delegates to the Democratic Conven-
ton was to be held on the Sd of August in Sussex,
have ordered the election on the same day in New
Castle county. Red Lion and Pencader Hundred are
to choose State Senator'S Mill Creek Representative
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
SUSSEX Assessment Lists.

The assessment lists of some of the hundreds of this
county simply disgraceful. They are really
curiosity in photography. The simplest names are
misspelled and the clerk has alternative but to
copy them into the records as they are returned
SUSSEX Journal.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
Camden Camp.

Last Saturday week the drawing for tents on the
Camden camp ground took place upon the grounds
Fifty tents were taken, and from the number that
have spoken SINCE the managers think there will be
at least 100 tents upon the ground The bread tent
and food pen were sold to L. A. Melvin of FELTON,, at
S1l5 and $40.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

Kearney is coming East with the avowed
purpose of "helping General Butler to the
Governorship of Massachusetts," Butler
made a Greenback- Labor speech at New
buryport on the Fourth, and may be con-
sidered fairly on the course for the nomi-
nation of the Third party for Governor, and
Kearneys help will no doubt be acceptable
to the soldier-statesman of Essex. What
a precious pair of demagogues to stump the
old Bay STATED
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
Congressional Aspirants.

The friends of Messrs. Edward Martin and John
Paynter are hard at work for them trying to get
many delegates as they possibly for the coming
State Convention. The fight promises to be bitter be-
fore it is over
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
Sheriff Sales.

Sheriff Blackiston sold on Tuesday last in front OF
the County Building Dover, the farm of John s. Col
Inns situated at Five Points, containing 13j acres to
Thomas o. Hanson for 5000; also the farm of Saml
Townsend jr situated on the road from Magnolia tC
Canterbury, containing go acres to Saml Townsend
ST., for 81 900, subject to mortgage of 1900.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

1t is said that more Pennsylvanians will
visit the Worlds Fair in Paris than all
foreigners from all the countries of Europe,
Asia and Africa visited the American Cen.
tennial.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

Mr.. Boutwell, on THE LABOR QUESTION:
The address Of the Hon. George II. Bout
well at Worcester tells in plain and sensi-
BILE manner some old truths which the
labor agitators have still to learn. Hard
times always bring complaints of the
tyranny of capital and machinery, and the
only remedy which occurs to the ignorant
workingman is to limit the productiveness
of labor in order to raise its price. But
reason and experience alike make it plain
that this only aggravates the disorder, and
that the true cure is to be found in the
very contrary process. General prosperity
always increases in direct ratio with the
productiveness of industry. All labor-sav-
ing inventions have resulted, after very
brief period of disturbance and readjust-
ment, in greater demand for labor, high
er wages, cheap living, a marked improve
ment in the condition of the laboring
classes, and a more general diffusion of
wealth. There IS a constant rivalry in
trade and manufactures between the vari-
Gus countries of the world. Our prosperity,
the good fortune of all the industrial classes
in America, must be measured by our sue
cess in this international competition.
The special lesson which Mr.. Boutwell,
wishes to enforce by these principles is the
necessity for a more extensive technical
education at the cost of the State. But
another and just now more useful lesson to
be drawn from thea is the folly of the
attacks which ill-informed laboring men
are making upon the very sources of their
own well-being. The aim of all such
assaults is to create an artificial scarcity of
the products of labor, in the wild notion
that a country is most prosperous when it
is most destitute IN. Y. Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
SMYRNA HOTEL,
MAIN ST., SMYRNA DEL.

The undersigned having taken charge of the above
name hotel has put it through thorough revision
and refurnished il with beds carpets furniture,
kc is now prepared TO accommodate the travelling
public in every respect. Especial attention Will be
given to all whether permanent Boarders or transient
Customers.
The subscriber has had varied experience in CON
dueting Hotel which will enable hlm to secure the
approval of every one who may give him call The
Bedding and Chambers will be especially attended
TO- and the Table will be equally so.
THE B AIR
Is replete with choice liquors and of the best and
purest brands and my experience in this branch OF
the business justiheS me in announcing that the Bai
is not surpassed by any on the Peninsula
HACK.
AHack will be run to the principal trains No
charge 20 guests of this hotel Other persons VIII De
conveyed for 10 cents each.
THE STABLE
Is in charge of an experienced hOstler and persons
leaving horses in our charge may feel assured tha
they will receive the best attention
There is Livery Stable connected with the Hotel
where Horses and Carriages be hired at reasonable
rates.
may 29u r. I. COLLlNo' fFoprleVOl'
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

North Carolina contains 1925 distilleries,
the largest number of any State in the
Union. Kentucky has 754.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

The editor of the Reading (Pa.) Times,
now abroad, says that the ball on the spire
OF the dome at st. Peters at Rome, 500
feet from the pavement, will contain only
l6 persons, but half of them are sure to be
Yankees.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

A cheerful temper, joined with inno-
cence, will make beauty attractive, knowl-
edge delightful, and wit good natured.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

There are about $4,000 -four mills in the
Union, of which 5000 are in Pennsylvania.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

REsUMPTIoN.-It is stated on the very
best authority that Secretary Sherman has
decided to and will announce the resump.
ton of specie payments by the United States
government on or before the 1st of De-
cember next. The law requires that re-
sumption shall take place January / next
This action Of the secretary, if taken, will
be to intercept congressional legislation or
the subject, which might be of such q
character as to repeal entirely the resump
ton law, or postpone for some time it,
being put into force. 1t is further intima
ted that the secretary may announce re
sumption at as early date as August
! next Wash. Star.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

Some folks think it too hot to teach afternoon sun
day school during the summer months. We wonder
how they will endure the climate below if they be
consigned there for their neglect of duty.-E
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

The last Congress has increased the ex-
penditures over $24,000,000l The various
appropriation bills passed amount to this
much more than last year.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

Camp.meeting hymn.books will soon be
wanted.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17
Damages Awarded.

The Kent County Mutual Insurance Company
have after personal inspection estimated the damages
done the property Of Sam1 Wharton, near Magnolia
at S1O93. The insurance on all the property for
81 767
Smyrna times., 1878-07-17

Judgment Notes with and without Ex-
emption clause) and Bonds at TINES office.