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Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

" EATING" RULEs.-Never eat when much
fatigued; wait until rested.
Never eat just before you expect to en-.
gage IN any severe mental or physical exer.
else.
Never eat while in passion, or when
under any great mental excitment, de.
pressing or elevating.
Never eat just before taking bath, or
Just before retiring at night.
Never eat between regular meals. Thous.
ands of persons have been prematurelv laid
in their graves simply from eating heartily
when the system was not in a condition to
properly digest and appropriate food.
When the system requires food, and is in a
condition to make good use of it, it will
call for it in its legitimate way.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
WHOLE NO. l,l96.
agricultural.
Who Will Do It2

l no Oh our readers will this season
%pelIIonSfate zen the fact that one bnrd.ad
DusHeiS OF sheiled corn can be raised on
=" "cle oi Delaware land? That if ran Io
We 90 not question, but we would il<o
~ SC II done and the methods nnbI;sLnJ
ioF IhG public benefit. 70 do if riob
ueeP, heavy soil should be chosen o,1J
lhat which had been in clover as tbo i',I4 Idrt
crop On the top Of the clover sborId bo
spread broadcast, a heavy dressinr Of barn
yard manure. Plough this under and foi
low the surface plough with good suh
SoHsr' so that the soil and subsoiI nav bo
TTokeh W, to the depth of eighteen inches
MS Is important to provide against the in.
FURIOUS effects Of drought as the omen col
permits the evaporation to come uD ont If
rle earth more freely. If the experiment
1Iouio laii IN reaching the amount of one
nuhored bushels Of shelled corn. II will
more iKely result from the want of mo;s.
et cuIt thah from any other cause: and there.
'ore every precaution should be toller "a
guard against this. ~
Alter the ground is thus well.mannrad
anu "el-bfoken, 1T should be dressed on
'he eIfeShly-p!oughed surface with a GOOD
ul'ei phosphate to the amount of 900
Pou1us' II the land is already in GOOD
o,,,-It "''" INC uFesslng OF manure is
q tHe9e arrangements ought 10 be
Suhcient to ensure the maximum croI,
~ : course the cultivation should be tboroncb
OUT II IS also necessary that more stalks
SnaIl 81 De grown on the ground than is usual
10 make sure of success it will be advisa.
ole to make the rows not more than fo1r
.i, Ieet apart IN the widest direction, and the
stalks not more than twelve or fonrtean
inches apart in tho rorvs ~
corn SO thickly as this, it will be necassaST,
10 t5 break and cultivate deeply, and to uss
me hoe also between the stalks, for root.
pruning as we'll as for mellowlng the soil
II the season is dry, it will be verv difficnIt
Il not almost absolutely impossible to so
E! as to ensure full crop without If.
.dgauon; but with all these precautions
,1Neil ~ lair season we are confident that
as much corn can be raised on an ocra as ~
my other part Of the country.-Pn;nsDIar
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

CoUNTERFEITING THE New DoLLAR.-Some
entsrprising citizen has set afloat danger.
Gus counterfeit on the new silver dollar
and several of them were picked up in
New York last week. 1t is a yerv GOOD
imitation, though there is a flaw in the
stamping of the Goddess of Liberty face
some OF the letters are poorly done, and
the eagles head is, if possible, worse than
IN the original. The coin is of very light
weight and is easily cut with knife
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

A BAD BARGATY.-What you buy bv n
sacrifice of principle is a bad bargain.
Within the last few years many men
have flashed out before the communities
they demoralized and disgraced, in the
dazzling briliiancy of apparent success,
They got office. They got influence. They
got money. They got admiration and
tattery from some as ''mighty smart men. {"
From others they got suspicion, dislike.
contempt. From yet others they got sus,
picion, treachery; all on the admitted
axiom in the science Of knavery-"dia.
mond cut diamond" Well. thew sold
truth, honor, rectitude, anything they
could dispose of, for their acquisitions. It
all happened in a dozen years, and where
are they now? ABROAD" some of them
in prison some of them; in poverty some
of them; in dishonered graves some of
them; and they who are yet safe must
surely pay enormous interest on what thew
borrowed in the shape of lost self.respect.
qualms Of conscience, and nervous fears
Young man in trade, or politics, in litera.
ture, or love, you make bad bargain if
you buy the possessions of Cresus with
as part of the price.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

Victor Hugois said to have received from
the publisher of his +" Chansons des Ruesset
des Bois" and Of his L'Homme oui Rit,
$4,000 for those two works. The pub
Usher, who is now bankrupt is reported
as sayingthat he oyerestimated his authors
value.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

The tidal wave of financial distress that
has been shaking the commercial centers
OF the whole country for several wears past
has just reached the lowest part of Cali.
fornia. A local paper chronicles the fact
and says that the times are worse there
now than they are on any other part Of the
globe. '"e
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

A letter passed through one Of the post
offices of this State the other day addressed
to person at Lake Choggoggaggogg Man.
choggaggogg, Maine.--N. Y. World
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

NO more goods will be received at Brook
iyn navy-yard for shipment to the Paris
exposition. There are now about 1000
tons OF goods to be shipped, and about GOO
tons OF this will be sent by sloop.ofwar
Constellation, and the remainder transported
by French steamship line.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

The Car has offered price for the best
hymn celebrating the recent Russian sue
cess, and adapted for the army. The COM
position is restricted to Russian composers.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
THE WORLD FOR SALE.

The following lines, found in an old scrap boo
struck us as being worthy of disqualification:
The world for sale! Hang out the sign.
Call every traveller here to me:
Who'll buy this fair estate of mine
And set my weary spirit free?
'Tis going Yes. mean to fling
The bauble from my soul away;
I'll sell it, whatSo'er it bring
The world at auction here to-day.
1t IS glorious thing to see
All. 1t has cheated me so sore!
1t is not what it seems to be.
For sale! 1t shall be mine no more
Come, turn it over and view it we'll
would not have you purchase dear;
lis golng-going-I must sell!
Who bids" Who'll bay the splendid tearo
Here's wealth in glittering heaps of gold
Who bids? But let me tell YOU fair.
A baser lot was never sold:
Who'll buy the heavy heaps ofcare?
And here, spread out in broad domain
A goodly landscape all may trace;
Hall, cottage. tree field. hill and plain.
Who'll buy himself a burial place.
heres loVe-the dreamy, potent spell
mat beauty hingS around the heart
know its power, alas! too well:
Its going! Love and must part!
Must part! What can more with love?
All over. the enchanter's reign;
who'll buy the plumelesS, dying dove.
a breath of blisS-a storm of pain
And Friendship rarest gem of earth,
Whoer hath found the jewel his?
Frail, false. tickle, and little worth.
Who bids for friendship, as it is?
'Tis going-going! Hear the call;
Once, twice, thrice! 'Tis very low!
twas once my hope, my stay. my all,
But now the broken staff must gOl
Fame! Hold the brilliant meteor high.
1e millions, Nows the time to buy;
How dazzling every gilded name
How much for Fame? How much for Fame?
Hear how it thunders! Would yoti Mxasa
On high Olympus far rcnowned2
Now purchase, and world command:
And be-with words curses crowned,
Sweet star of Hope! with ray to shine
in every sad, foreboding breast.
save this desponding one of mine
VINO bids for mans last friend and best?
An! We're not mine a bankrupt life.
This treasure should my soul sustain:
But Hope and l are now at strife.
Nor ever may unite again.
Ambition, Fashion. Show and Pride.
part from all forever now;
Grief in an overwhelming tide
Has taught my naughty heart to bow;
BY death, stern sheriff all bereft
wept, yet humbly kiss the rod;
The best all still have left
Ny Faith, my Bible and nv God.
a zephyr from the southwark
Through the open window blows
With its prophecies of fjessamine,
OF mignonette and rose.
But voice from it is calling
Don't leave off your winter clothes,
Though the softness of the tropics
In the wings of March is set,
And the bluebirds and the pansies
Their appointed time forget:
comes warning with the blandness-
Wear your winter hannels vet"
" J. SIM
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

A cow-milking machine has recently
been invented which is said to do the milk.
ing business in the best and most expedi.
tious manner. 1t is Crozier's machine, but
it has not yet got down in this country.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

nsRs. " es A. l. STEWART GOES TO LAWNS.
i q. l. stewart, OF New York, has just involved
herselt IN little litigation. She has
sued JAS. ID. Breslin to recover $4,000 ar
rears OF rent Tor her Metropolitan Hotel,
and $4,000 for damages to the hotel and
furniture. She believes her property was
very badly abused, and her complaint in.
cludes $50 items of damage to furniture in
various rooms, TO say nothing of def.
cheney of over $1,000 worth of house linen.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

EXPERIMENT WITH FERTILIZERS .-Intelli.
gently-conducted and wel-managad expert.
ments in the use Of the different fertilizers
would be great public advantage in this
vicinity. Any such experiments made
should be not only honestly, but carefully
made; so that the results would come so
clearly out that all could see connection
between the cause and the effect. Such
experiments might be made or the county
farms of both Kent and Sussex counties, if
we had men in charge of these capable of
doing it, and the Levy Courts had enter.
prize enough to authorize it.-JEltord Nc,cs.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

When Abraham Lincoln was poor
lawyer, he found himself one cold day at a
village some distance from Springfield, ILL.,,
and with no means Of conveyance. Seeing
gentleman driving along the Springfield
road IN a carriage he ran up to him and
politely said, Sir, will you have the good
. ness s to take my overcoat to town for rne ?"
:, with pleasure" answered the gentleman,
out how will you get it again ?" = Oh,
very easily" said Mr.. Lincoln, " as intend
70 remain in it." Jump in said the
gentleman, laughing, and the future Presi-
dent had a pleasant ride.
Gala CT
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

How He RENouNcED.-" Life berirs :"
said the parson to the Young man : viii
remuneration. You have lust come Of ono
Signalize the occasian by some act Of "eIr
sacrifice. When you were n cbiId Ma',
thought as child, you spake as a child
But when you come to mans estato W.,
must n put away the things of childishness
Begin to-day, and put away some in.
dulgence, some luxury. Put away s,nolk k;nr
or better still, put away beer"
Will" said the young man, much
affected, 81 will ! my true friend-von
nave set my feet in the right path. Come
ana the parsan girded up his loins and
the twain went out, and the beer was mt
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

dhe difference between boy and a barn
is that the shingles are applied to the roof
of the barn. 49,
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

To Boil EGGS PROPEILY.-The best wav
to boil eggs for break fast is not to boil them
at all; but instead, put them into tin
basin and pour boiling water over them
until they are covered, and let them stand
eight minutes with the temperature of the
water kept just below the boiling point
say 200 degrees. BY this method thew are
cooked through and through, all alike, and
not with the whites made hard, tough and
indigestible, and the yolk soft and raw.
Both white and yolk are alike soft, but
cooked, and much better for food than
when prepared by boiling.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

The man who lives right, and is right.
has more power in his silence than another
has in his words. Character Is like bells
which ring out sweet music, and which.
when touched accidentally even, resound
with sweet music.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

To MAKE AND OLD Fowl TENDER.-Put it
to soak in cold water over night, with few
handfuls of ashes; then dress the fowl, pre-.
paratory to cooking it, and let it hang over
another night Then boil it fifteen minutes.
Stuff it and put in the baking-pan and finish
cooking. Baste with butter. If the wealth.
er is cool, or cold, it may be kept week
after being killed, or even more, and it
will be the better by it.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

A few pieces of bark off the root of sassa.
fras put in their nests will prevent or cure
lice on hens.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
Kent County.

Kent county says the Eccry Ecen;ng cor.
respondent has population of 10000, over
1000 OF whom are black. The interests arc
CHIEFLY, indeed almost entirely agricultural.
AS IN other localities on the Peninsula. the
iarmS are entirely too largeand unmanace-
able. There are $500 farms, nearly half of
winch, 9SI, contain between 100 and 500
acres there are lis between 8 and 10 acres :.
100 between 10 and 20; 3SS between 20 and
3O; 6Su between so and 100; % between
3OO and 1000, of over 1000 acres. The
continued influx Of Canadian farmers would
result IN the division of many of the larre
farms, and assist very greatly in the pros.
perlty and growth in wealth of the county.
Ihe value OF the farms of Kent county is
condslderable, and is estimated at Sl4. 500.
OOO; farming implements at S37j.O0O The
farmers pay annually for work unon their
crops, nearly 100000, and those crops
average about $2,4O0,OOO. In 1870 the
market gardens of Kent produced more
than those of either Sussex or New Castle
and the proportion has not materially
since then. The live stock of the
county Is valued at over million of dol.
lars.
The other agricultural products of the
county nave been somewhat interfered with
by the culture ofpeaches, but large amounts
OF grain are grown. Last year about 42O, 900
bushels OF wheat, 100000 bushels of corn,
and more rye than in any other county of
the State, probably 1000 bushels, and
10000 bushels of oats.
The value of the real estate of the county |
has deprecated since the last census. when
i was estimated at about $2,000000
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

During one of his African campaigns,
me French Marshal Pelissier, whose pas,
slohate temper was we'll known to eyerv
one OF his soldiers, so far forgot himself on
one occasion as to strike his aid de camp
win his riding.whip for wrongly executing
ms orders. Without moments hesitation
the young officer drew his pistol from the
noISter and fired at the general. 1t flashed
in the pan. Pelissier, who had recovered
ms e9uanImity, checked him by gesture,
SIR, you will report yourself under ar.
in bad order" ''' - mo
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

Ole Bulls full name Is Ole Borneman
Bull. ''S'''"n
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

What statue is that?" asked a stran.
ger as he gazed upon the marble pile ut
the West end of the capitol grounds, the
other day. Wv
That, sir" said by.stander, sis the
Monument to Peace"
" Peace y exclaimed the stranger. "Ars
not those two women at the top?''
Yes, History and America" was the
reply.
:, Well, who ever heard of peace where
there were two women ?''
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
Delaware Items.
" Wilmington and the MofRet Punch

, ~, Inc ReP"5liea' in speaking of the Moffet
oen,punch says; Here in Wilmjn0ton
1;d Mhere there are said to be $50 places where
liquors are sold, let us see what the tav
Toula t%ono approximately amount to. Suppose
oi4 onere are as 1t claimed, $50 places in the
eaiyy cliy "here alcoholic and malt liquors are
oolo' ~ would be but low estimate to
ii"y tnat on an average there would be at
i;a ieasC oo glasses OF alcoholic and % of mali
riIuEI7 soid at each place. This would
5i0ouce ~ luce ifolA wilmington alone at a tax of
c2,, tehl5 i glass Tor alcoholic, and half a
onmt slaSs Tor matt liquors, the enormous
amount OF SJo,O21 OF an annual tax. to saw
nothing about the State ontsido oF r. WY
!mngton. This is surely not a low est;roo+n i" -
If the number Of places ENGAGED in e+r-ii;re
spirits are reported correctly."
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

" HlTE GLOVER IN THE PAsTrRE.-F Every,
pasture should contain some white cIover
IL VIII afford more feed at certain times Of
me year than any kind of grass or clover.
II viii not flourish on damp soils or tbosa
mat are very poor 1t will do very well in
partial shade, as a grove or orchard. but
10 make the highest excellence it sbould
De sown where it will have the ADVANTAGE
OF the sunlight. 1t is easy to secure patches
OF whlte clover in a pasture by scattering
seed IN early spring on bare places and
brushing 1t in. One pound of seed is sniff.
cient to start white clover in a hundred
places IN pasture. The disposition of This
clover Is to spread by means of the branches
that run along the surface of the sround
ana take root. Having secured a sod n foot
square, 1t will soon extend so as TO cover
first yard then rod.
AVERAGE PERIOD OF GEsTATIoN.-The fol.
lowing table, showing the average period
OF CESSATION of the various kinds of farm
stock, will be found very convenient for
reference.
Mares vary considerably from the average
period, and the same is true, but in a less
degree, with cows; but, as we approach the
smaller animals and shorter periods. the
variation constantly grows less.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

~ DIR. Willard Parker, in his lecture at the
temperance Conference last week, made a
very significant remark, which. comin~
from such source, throws much light on
the whole subject of the effect of intoxi.
eating drinks upon the human system
lie said, alcohol is generally regarded as n
stimulent but it is not. 1t is simply an If.
rltant, like grain of sand in the eve. II
may act as a stimulant in this way but only
by overtaxing the nervous system and
proving waste instead of a help in the
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
John nj. CIavtop

,, ne travelling correspondent Of the E,,,,
E'G"'tJ, after speaking of John N. CLAYTON
ana ms tomb IN Dover, says:
believe that the story Of CIavton.s
iifSt lee has never been told, but is deserves
record. He had waited long time for =
case, and when it did come the ioy Of its
appearance was somewhat damncned Lv
the fact that the fee was a CONTINGENT ona
ne won the case and was paid $500 in cold
com AT Milford lived his old mother. and
though the money was not paid until thn
sun hao gone down some hours, the Young
attorney, who afterwards became SecretarT
OF state, walked the % intervening miles
and at midnight poured the glitterinr bean
INTO ms mothers lap, who, in her astonjsh.
nent and fear, exclaimed, =" Did Won pet i
honest, John?' and could not for some
time be convinced that John had made SO
great fortune in SO brief time.
Clayton was the master spirit of the Con.
stitutlonal convention, which resulted in
the last utionalamendment.a and fixed
the present system Of representation in the
Legislature. He carried a majority of dele.
gates TO that convention, although his own
party was defeated upon the general ticker.
result OF his mastery political manage
ment. hen the convention had adjourn.
ed' lie remarked that be had accomplished
a great purpose; the door was locked and
ne had thrown the key away, referring TO
the lmposSIbllity Of changing the system
oil representation without the hnaniomous
consent OF the three counties.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
BlackistOn's Chanel

" lev. John Lednum in his history Of
oiethodlsm on this Peninsula saws dnrinr
lhe year 1881 Blackstone Chapel in Kon7
county, Del :, was erected. The plan Of flo
mouse, which was 90 by GO feet, was furnish. ic
cd by Mr.. Asbury. 1t was for a numhnr Of
Years yea the largest Methodist Chapel on the
r1'ehIhSuIa, 1' exceeding in size Barretts
G;napel' Some large and powerful meet.
,Iss ,i were heId in it, and it was popular
pra,'na pract, Alter other Chapels sprung up
uoulu, ,'noa, II was iound to be larger than was
necessary and its size was reduced TLo
original trustees were BENJAMIN BIacI<;s.
ton, Abraham Parsons, Luke Howard
Richard Lockwood. Wn1. KirkIev Jamos
Hail, Thomas WidS, James Stevenson and
hich. Shaw. The present land upon Which,
IL stands was presented by BENJAMIN BlacI.
islon and decided after his decease 10 tLc
Ohurch by his son William BlacEiston
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The Little Folks Column.
Perseverance.

One step a d then another,
Aud tue longest walk is ended;
One stitch and then another,
And the largest rent Is mended;
"One brick upon another,
And the highest wall is made;
One flake upon another,
And the deepest snow is laid.
So the little coral-workers,
BY their slow but constant motion,
Have built up those pretty islands,
In the distant dark blue ocean;
And tine nobiest undertakings
Mans wisdom hath conceived,
BY oft repeated effort
fave been patiently achieved.
A little-'tis little word,
But much may in it dwell;
Then let warning voice be heard,
And leam the lesson well.
The way to ruin thus begins.
Down, down like easy stairs;
If conscience suffers little sins,
Soon larger ones it bears.
A little theft, small deceit,
Too often leads to more;
IT'S hard at first, but tempts the feet
As through an open door.
Just as the broadcast rivers run
From small and distant springs,
The greatest cyimes that men have done
Have grown from little things.