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Daily Republican., 1879-07-09
Remarkable PrOphesifa.

Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, the author
ess and anti-slavery agitator, is now
seventy y-seven years old, and lives at
her old home in Wayland, Mass. In
the course ofa recent conversation with
writer in the Boston "Herald" she
spoke of Garrison as a firm believer in
Spiritualism, and added: "Whittier
admits that there is something very
mysterious and unexplained in it. He
told me that there was an old Quaker
whom he saw when he was a lad, who
was renowned for his prophesies. lie
very often spoke under the influence
of the spirit. Whittier sent me copy
of a prophesy made by the old man in
1903. 1t began by foretelling a great
split in the church, which would com
mence with the Presbyterians, and it
would include the Friends.
We hav seen the Presbyterians di-
vided and the Hicksite trouble among
the Quakers. Then the old prophet
said he saw great trouble about the
slavery question, which would end in a
war and emancipation. He foresaw
finally a grand gathering of the church
es into an established church, and ruled
by it. And he saw the Society of
Friends paying tribute to the church.
And he saw, also, military despotism
of the country, though this would only
be for while. Now, this was a re
narkable prophecy, and all but the
last two statements have heen fulfill
ed,p
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09
T)lV1DEND.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
WILMINGTON, DEL. July 8, 1879.
The Board of Directors have this day de.
clared u dividend of four per cent. for the last
six months, clear Of tax, payable on demand
GEO. ID. ARMSTRONG;,
7.36t Cashier.
OAN SHARkS.-For sale 600 shares Of
- new series of the star Loan Association
vt 81 per share, beginning on Thursday next
From 81 200 to 81 90 to sell every month.
JOHN +. MILLER. Secretary,
7-8 81 233 Market street.
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

THE nE 81 mkEA1Esr ! At = CURIOSITY I N
sure. Maphrodite Colt, neither mare nor
hor.e, is being exhibited at the Lafayette Ho.
tel, Ninth and Shipley streets. This colt has
been examined by Drs. Grimshuw, Vande.
ver aud Fallows, who all pronounce it one of
lie greatest curi0sties Of the age. 73tt
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

G REWARD -Strayed or stolen ~
'pC on the 24th of juneau old bay ~
u rse, about AN hands high, knuckied hinl
1aet Any person ming him to the sub.
rr,ber, at Hares Corner, will receive the
above reward. JOHN JACKS(, IN
le3O-6td 1tw
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09
FTAX PAYERS TAKE NOTICE-CITY
AND SCHOOL. TIA E& ElR 1874

l. AND SCHOOL TAXES FOR 1879
The undersigned, receivers of taxes TOR the
CITY Of Wilmington. will be Mt No. ~ EAST
SIXTH STREET. between Market and King
streets, on and after the second day of July
1879, between the hours Of 8 and IL in the
morning, and fro IL to 9 in the afternoon, for
the purpose of receiving taxes. On all taxes
paid during the month of July there will be
reduction OF five cents on every dollar and
all taxes paid on or after the first day Of
August, including the first Tuesday OF Sep.
tember, shall be payable without deduc
tlOn or addition as aiore said, and all taxes un.
paid on the day next after the first Tuesday
In September, shall be increased by the add
tion OF per centum on the amount thereof,
EDWARD PROVOST,
Receiver r. Orthern District,
Including all north of Sixth street,
VIM. KYNE,
Receiver Sonthern District,
7-S-tf Including all south of Sixth st.
NOTICE TO OWNERS OF HORSES.
The tax on horses Is now due, and payable
at the office OF the City Auditor, No. 81 East
Sixth street. All owners of horses In this city
will please come forward and pay, or abide
the ordinance In relation 10 the same.
q. B. UNDERWOOD,
72et City Auditor.
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09
BReKnss,

aHEALD~&4u(I)-
BANkERsARD BnokEps
AND DAALxxs In
sro.UMKGs, HnMItS, LOANS. MUxr{,Aau
~, AND vp,l GOVERNMENT l, sECUEiTuI11NS TuI11NSf'
Interest, Coupon, and usnerai C.IiI.D DM.
ricksts 10 and drafts on Ufest Hststsu =
cthfr tsrts Of the world. ss'n and
WANTED 90 shs Delaware r, r. Co 49,.
70 shs. Union National Bank stock 's''sk,
For ESALE.-a,00o Mason:c Haii Go. ho,..
2,5O0 franklin L0ap Association scr,n '"ada
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

it takes to move q ton of freight one en-
CINE mile. And the engine that does
this most successfully is the cheapest.
Finally, after having travelled many
thousands of miles, having safely haul
ed millions of human beings, our loco
motive is sent to the shop condemned.
dead. It Is ignominiously bundled of
into corner to stand with q lot Of 9th
ers until cut up or sold off: Its imme-
date neighbors may be others like it
self. worn out, perhaps "died in the
harness." or again victims of the vain
wrath and assassin like communism of
Pittsburg rioters. The little disk that
records in the Superintendent Office its
physical condition has turned to black.
There is no hope. Tomorrow q COM
mittee Of inspection viii condemn it to
be cut to pieces. Into the furnace the
parts will 60, to emerge, like the mill
where old men were ground into new,
rejuvenated, ready to take place in
some new monster with steel heart and
transmigrated soul.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
MYSTERIES.

" ar m Gains of heaven o'erbrood the earth |;
On scented sward my feet are pressed;
Spri ng breexes make melOdious mirth,
Yet silent awe pervades my breast.
To- day by Nature am shown
Her marvellous elements alone.
Finger where the daisies throng.
with golden disc on supple stem,
And careless of their beauty, long
To unveil the impulse guiding them.
And wOnderingly my soul receives
The resurrectiOns of the leavesl
1 can not praise the emerald meads
Where pomp of lengthening clover peers,
Nor that green radiance of the reeds
That cleaves the marsh with slender spears.
NY reverent heed alone give
The miracle that made them live!
These blossoming trees whence odOr floats.
The fulfilled rivulet's Joy intense,
The ecstatic triils from feathered Threats,
Pierce me with strange bewildermentsi
In all things lovely would guess
The mystery of their lOvelinessi
But while muse, the westerfng day
Drops from the horizons damask air;
The pastoral distances turn gray;
New mystery deepens everywhere;
And high night brings, released from thrall,
The mightiest mystery of all!
Edgar Faucet, in YOUTHS Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
THE PIANO FIEND.

o. bark to the strains of the jingling piano
That float like the walls of gathering
storm
Tinkle, ting, tink, from eight in the evening;
Rumble, dunn, dump, till past two in the
morn.
Arpeggios staeca'o, andante, tranquillo,
Con dolore, allegro, nixcumarOuse-
All of e fruit of the manipulation
OF a music struck miss in a neighbOring
house.
Pve seen her by day. She's as fair as an
angel,
With dark, waving hair and eyes sparkling
bright,
But however angelic she is in the daytime,
The devil possesses her soul in the night.
"The Sweet By and By" with countless va
riations,
"The last Rose of Summerr' O!long fading
rose,
"The storm" by Blind Thomas. with hideous
thunder,
And other wild thunderings lull my repose.
idolize music from bass drums to bagpipes;
Idrink in the strains of Apollo's sweet song;
worship ROssini, Beethoven, and Verdi;
For Auber and Weber painfully long;
But hear her maniacal Interpretation
Dingle. dink, pinkle pink, grumblc grum
grump,
Exquisite torture of auriculation-
TOopey toop, pOokey pOok, plunkey plung
plumpi
-Ne1c York Sun,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
FAITH.

Fain would hold my lampO of life alOft
reef;
steadfast. though tempests rave or winds
blow soft,
Clear, though the sky dissolve In tears OF
grief.
For darkness passes; storms shall not abide.
A little patience and the fog Is past.
After the sorrow of the ebbing tide
The singing flood returns In Joy at last.
The night Is long and pain weighs heavily;
But God will hold His world above despair.
Look to the east where up the lucid sky
The morning climbsl The day shall yet be
fart
-Ceia TAarer, In Scribner for Asgust.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

"A citizen driving in ON the Holden
Road the other day met lad about IL
years old on the highway some six or
seven miles from the city. The boy hal
q shotgun as long as himself, but no
game, and the citizen inquired: "Out
for hunt?" 81 was out for q hunt"
was the reply. "And you haven't kill
ed any thing?" Well, no." "And
you don't expect to?" "Not unless I
kin git within striking distance. You
see two of US came out together. After
we got out here I wanted to hunt for
lions, and the other boy wanted to shoot
0striches, and so we divided up. He
took the powder and shot and I took
the gun. I'm over here looking for
turnips, and he's over in that field
watching q holler log for bears. It's
such hot weather l guess we won't have
much luck, anyhow.-DstroI Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

The San Francisco alta California
says there is a prospect of an excite
ment in olive raising in that State. In
q small way olives have for q long time
been produced there, but within q few
years past Mr.. Cooper has gone into
the business of raising olive trees on q
considerable scale and with marked sue
cess. He has now 5000 trees, produc-
ing yearly an average of 20 gallons of
berries, which produce an average of
nearly three gallons of oil. Trees 10
years old in good soil will average so
gallons Of berries, and the oil yield of a
mature orchard may be set down as 200
gallons to the acre, netting the owner
not less than $500 to the acre. This oil,
it is claimed, is much superior to that
imported from Southern Europe, which
is in general use. As the olive will grow
on clay or rock soil, without cultivation
or irrigation, the hillsides that are now
worthless, and the poor soils generally,
may be made with this plant to bear
valuable crops for their owners.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
Death Of the Locomotive.

A correspondent of the Boston Her.
aid, writing yesterday from Altoona,
Pa with regard to the great workshops
of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
wear of locomotive, says: The engine,
once in service, is by no means lost sigh
of. Its movements are as thoroughly
noted as are those of an ocean steamer.
In Mr.. Ely's Office in this city there is
an immense board covered with little
pegs, upon which hang small, r>dnd,
colored disks, from the under part of
which has been cut q small portion.
These pegs and disks are numbered
from to 1880. Each number CORE.
spends with an engine. On one part of
the board the pegs are numbered con.
secutively. Looking at this part for any
particular engine that may be desired,
and on the disk will be found ssPtgh,"
an. Y" or "P," etc. This refers you
to the division where the engine is.
Looking to that division on the board
and finding the number on the engine,
another little disk, by means of its color,
will tell you just what condition the en-
CINE is in. II the disk is pure white the
engine is in perfect order. If the disk
is bordered by red line the engine
needs only such slight repairs as may be
made without withdrawing it from the
service. If the disk is covered one half
with red, repairs are required of very
slight nature, but for which the engine
must proceed to the shop. III
the entire disk is pale gray, repairs of a
most important character are needed,
though still deemed slight. A disk en-
tirely blue denotes q machine that needs
very substantial repairs. One-half black
and half white indicates the machine as
being built over. A disk all black de-
notes an engine dead, unfit save to be
cut up or sold. This record is changed
every week and is 80 complete as to en-
able any one to see at glance just the
condition of the motive power. Re.
pairs are never undertaken If they will
cost over $1,000. For that q new stan.
dard boiler can be built, and unless an
engine is of the standard pattern she. |
never built over. For the company does |
not intend to perpetuate odd engines, |
and to pay more than $1,000 would not
be 50 economical As to pay the interest |
on the value of q new machine. Here,
oSo1As tIuc ecOuOmy SCcPS IN W cuau&e |
the practice of blind conservatism. An
engine on this road is always most care
fully used. After the locomotive is
placed in the hands of an engineer it
Is cared for with the watchfulness of q
parents affection. A. most accurate
record of its performance is made,
kept and compared with that of other
engines. As freight is paid for per ton
per mile, SO the cost Of an engine is
reckoned. The amount of coal con-
summed per car per engine mile being
calculated it is easy to see, BY dividing
his by the tonnage, just how much coal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

To WASH CHINTz.-Make q lathar of
the best soft-soap. and tablespoonful
of vinegar and pinch of salt to every
quart, . larger proportion to rinsing
water; rinsing quickly and the colors
will be as good as new.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

Where there is any suspicion that
glass fruit-cans are not perfectly air
tight, they can be made 50 by putting
putty around the crevices after the cans
are filed and screwed down. It is pre-
pared the same as for putting in win
dow glass. Stone jugs for fruit may be
sealed in the same way, and with less
trouble than with ordinary sealing-wax.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
-Baking.powder Biscuits !:

-BakiDg-p0wder Biscuits: Sift 2
quarts OF -four, 8 even tablespoonfuls of
baking-powder and q little salt togeth-
er. Mix in l tablespoonful of butter or
lard, or, better, half Of each, and stir in
nearly q quart Of sweet milk, carefully,
30 a. to get just enough. Knead as lit
tie as possible, roll out, cut into bis
cults, and bake in quick oven. Little
kneading and quick baking are essen
tial.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

George Claget, while engaged in
digging well near Caledonia, o., was
killed BY fire-damp.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

tnoy III SCay IOreVer'n ever. Meg 6alO
so" and, making rotating wheel Of
himself, the lad vanished round the cor.
ner.
Just then the door of the nearest cot.
tage opened and woman's face looked
out. 1t was growing dark.
els it yOH, Erickson! There's NO
one at home in the house there. But
have something here was to give you
when you came this way"
His face was stern and set and white
in the fading light, as he took the little
packet from the wonan's hand.
"Where have they gone?' was all he
said.
81 don't just know. To visit some Of
their kinfolk q great way off," the
widow said. "Oh! but she's a close
mouthed one, she is-and Mee's q bit
like her. They're not gossipy folk. You
never get much ont of Them" she add
ed, with an injured air.
"No; but I've found them good
neighbors enough, but they're rather
high and mighty for commoners."
As soon as he was out of sight Mat.
thew Erickson opened the packet. He
knew what was in it before he united
the knot, q string of curiously- carved
beads with strange, foreign, spicy
odor, that he had bought of q wander
ing sailor and fastened around Meg's
neck one happy night, and two
or three other trifes he had given
her. And he found;this note, slowly
and painfully written, badly spelled,
perhaps, and not punctuated at all.
But what of that? The meaning vas
plain enough; all too plain, Matt
thought, as he drew his hand across his
0 es as if to clear his vision:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

"Yes, you will live, child" the Wild
Ow answered quickly. ave can bear
any thing, we women. Your father
was brought in to me dead-killed in
these mines when you were scarce three
years old, my Meg, aud am alive yet.
"But this is worse than DEATH" she
cried passionately. "Mother, do you
hear? He who was my pllghted hus-
band is blind, in far, strange country.
l must go and bring him home, home to
Rysdyk."
She had risen from her mothers arms
and stood before her in the moonlight,
pale, resolute, with her hands clasped
rigidly. "Give me my dowry, mother,
and let me co." she said. "Do not de.
ny me this thing. l am well and strong,
and. if do say it, am. quick-witted
can make my way. shall come back
safely. Let me 60, mother"
Their talk lasted far into the night.
But with it we have no more to do, nor
the details by which little money was
made to 60 q great way. For, after
many tears, the widow consented that
Meg should take her dowry and spend
it as she chose If they had been more
worldly-wise they would have known
how to accomplish their purpose through
the agency of others. As it was, they
saw no other way than for Meg to do
herself the thing she wanted done.
Oh, that weary. weary journey! Why
was the world SO wide, the way so long?
Meg kept up brave heart until the
boisterous ocean was crossed, and she
had made her way as far as Buffalo,
where she had been told to take the
steamer for Marquette. 1t seemed to
,er that she had travelled the width of
he whole wide earth lalready, since her
The Morning herald., 1879-06-19
STRICT VEGETARIANISM.

A man wandered into Fort Wayne
grocery store and asked ofthe proprietor
"You got some greens, don't it"
"Greeus? Yes, sir"
"You got some roofing bakers"
"Rutabagas? Yes, sir; how many will
you have"
"Got same red blates, NIT green tops p
"Red plates with green tops? Well no
sir; suppose you will find them at the
china stores up town."
Don't got no little red blates guess it
Was better of you got some; guess you Was
a liar. Vich you call dose"
"Tnose? why those are radishes."
"Red dishes-doI's vat Isaid. Say, may
be get some letters Of you Tomorrow.
You got it w
"Letters? There are no letters here for
you; must inquire al the post office"
"Apkwire NIT de bost Office for letters
Dose was fine skeems. l was up town
and vent aut bake-shop and want some
buns, und de man said, Get out, you old
bum, or I'll fire you troo de door,"
"You should have said buns He"
Gums? Dots vot [ said-bums; and
den comes and wants some red dishes,
uud you uell me to 80 auf china store
want some letters to eat und you say go
nit de bost office. | ogspect off l want
some beats you tole me TO 60 to the station
house. tell you vot do-you can 60 to
blazes. OF you was nice man, l want
injuus and cowcunbers, und plenty dings,
but guess l go to the drug store und buy
brick und beddels rat pizen.
The Morning herald., 1879-06-19
THE CAUSE OF THUNDER.

From Nature.
have lately seen it stated in a text
book upon electricity and magnetism that
the phenomenon of thunder is not fully
accounted for by any theory as yet brought
forward. Whether this be 20 or not an
not sufficiently acquainted with the sub
Ject to say. believe that the com monty
accepted theory is that vacuum is created
In the path of the electric spark, and that
the subsequent in rush of the air produce
the detonation. II, however, it be allow
ed that the electric spark is not material
substance, but merely natural force or
mode OF motion, the possibility of this
theory is at once disposed Of. Il is well
known TACT that the passage of electricity
10 high state Of tension, through a mix
ture of oxygen and hydrogen, not only
causes an explosion, but also causes the
formation OF water, and it seems to me
that, given the existence Of free oxygen
and hydrogen in the region OF the electric
disturbance, the phenomenon Of thunder
is sufficiently accounted for. Whether
the normal amount of hydrogen in the
al ID sumCleuC 10 cause Lle StupenQOGd
noise of thunder l am not competent 70
Judge, but if not, l would suggest that the
presence of an abnormal amount might b..
accounted for by the process Of the elec-
trolysis, which would probably occur be-
tween the two poles If the thunder>cloud
before the tension became so great as to
cause a rupture Of the circuit and subse-
quent discharge of the electric spark. l
would also draw your attentian.t9 lbs fact
-that every thunder clap il Immediately
followed by an increase in the quantity of
water deposited in the shape of rain
Does not this point to The formation of
water by the explosion'of the gases ? AS
] myself am unable, both from want of
means and time, to investigate the matter
| should be glad to find that some one beta
ter qualified had taken the subject in hand
1t is frequent experiment Of DR.. Tyn-
dail's to show his audience red clouds, |
feel convinced that by following this line
Of inquiry he could give us real thunder
storm.
The Morning herald., 1879-06-19
LOVES.

Now tell me, dear, of all the loves
Have lived within your breast,
vi all the loves Of your whole life,
Which have you loved the best
The first, that came when the young
heart
Was strong with youths desire,
The pa sion that was pain in part,
Quick change of ffost and fire;
'Or the swift fancy somewhere caught
In crowded city's stree,
In land Of palm or pine irwrought
With dreams both great and sweet;
A face that followed, went before
In misty light,
Haunting .ho heart evermore
by day and night?
''Or do vou hold as best the love
Which Fate for healing brings,
The quiet fplatng of the dove
After The req 1ess wings,--
TIE love far ,eght, that yet was near,
A home OF ,e"ce and rest?
OF all the 1--we, ,ow tell me, dear,
Which have ol loved the best ?"
lie looked into Il wasting west,
Across purpl, tieii of sea ;
"oi all my loves, Pve loved the best
Ihe one that--loved not me-
An me- p
The Morning herald., 1879-06-19
LOTTERIES.

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A
FORTUNE. SEVENTH GRAND DlSTKI-
BUTTON, CLASS q, AT NEW ORLEANS,
TUESDAY, JULY 9th, lS79-i1Olh Month
ly Drawing. r
The Morning herald., 1879-06-19
:, THE COOkEY ISLAND PIER.

The work of building the immense iron
pier at Cooney Island, New York, is near
ly completed The work is of especial in
terest to Wilmingtonans, as it is being
constructed under the supervision of Will
mipgton men. The pier, which extends
FIR 1,O00 feet into the water, is being
erected by the Delaware Bridge Com
any, and Mr.. Robert Grimes, of this city,
], superintendent of the whole business
Mr.. Jo: eph Hyde, of this city, has charge
of the machinery used in the work. The
pier, ,be work Of constructing, which was
commenced in April, will be finished in
the course of few days, when Mr.. Hyde
will return to this city. The pier is &
double decker, the lower deck being II
feet, and the upper deck "a feet above
high water.
The Morning herald., 1879-06-19

Coffee growing has proved successful
with a few planters in Southern Florida,
and it's cultivation there promises to be ex-
tended.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-11-08

described, even as briefly as it is in
this letter. The principle which
lies at the bottom Of all the opera
tons, and which is no doubt daily
secured by patent, is that of the
endless spindIe.bnnd. which was
being made on what l may describe
az horizontal machine. Tho i'm
percep,ible joining is contrived by
means Of small steel hook. The
bands are all produced at ono exact
length there is join or knot to
interfere with the turning Of the
spindles.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-11-08

-8After the death of Mark Hopkins,
one Of the Bonanza millionaires of Cali
fornia, an inventory of his assets was
made, and in due course of time the pro-
perty was distributed among the heirs.
A short time since Mr.. G.. p. Huntington,
another Occidental millionaire, aud q
friend of the Hopkins family, was in
Washington on business, and accidentally
learned that the United States Treasurer
had S., 900, 900 in bonds and 100000 in
gold which he was holding in trust for
the Hopkin heirs. 1t seems that Mr.. Hop
klns had kept no record of the deposit of
of this vast sum, and it was not included
in the inventory of the man possessed
of genius for the accumulation of
wealth. There are not many fortunes
in this country, or any other, from which
S53OO,O 900 would not be missed.-Globe
Democrat.