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Smyrna times., 1879-07-02

Hatitual poor health is direct result of babituoI
poor attention to the physical system Keep the head
COOL ne feet warm. and the bowels regular nv rho
proper use of DR.. Bulls Baltimore pills and
can not approach you. Price 25 cents
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Our NTcrcantiIc Advantomca.

Our merchants are taking the lead of other towns
ana Tor very good reason In addition To shnrn
wlde-awake business habits are to be added lower
% rents ana greatly lower freghs than any other town
DelOW wilmington. 1t passes beyond the limit of az,
incidental" that be made llp by s0mctbinG cISa
TO ponderous aggregated fact that is conroing in its
ihnuehce II requires the most aSsiduous attention
Dy the pest merchants to the Inns and OutS' Of hie
business; and when one merchant can make the diff
ference In profits over another amount in yalun 10
MS rent he can crack his whip over the head Of his
competitor in spite of all the latter can do This is
lqSt the difference to-day between the merchants Of
The point to which we refer was nearly reached Nv
the reduced freights of the PiereD0t the past two
years and quite reached since the completion of thn
JOnH r. 1H9eTt ana the greater competition between
TINS line and the Railroad the latter making spcci0
contracts with our merchants for very low freibtS
WIN these great advantages derived from both of
these competing lines, our merchants can and are
selling goods lower than any surrounding town ana
in finding out where they can get the best bSr@oins
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A BENEVOLENT WoRK.-The Methods, cu,,,.o,. -
sew York Is constantly engaged in proyidino for ,ba
increase of its borders. To seperate 10 e
mas been committed the work Of extending tha S
nuence of the church. Rev. VIM p Corbitt The ~
famous revtvalist Is chairman of this Committee ~
91xtension-and ne used 70 be martyr Of neuralgia.
hs cure ne ascribes to Giles Liniment Iodide ANNE
MIA Giles Pills cures Jaundice
=, Sold by all druggists. Jas. p. Hoffecker Agent
smyrna. trial size p cents Send for pamphlet.
DIR. GILES,
12G West Broadway n v
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THE TIMES" is published every Wednesday after
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DEATHS.

bEoApAWAG.-At his residence in Willow Grove
hTt Tnh county Bel on the evening Of June . Is79
Ambrose BroadaWay, in the 7ith year of his ace
REGNOLDS.-Near Canterbury, Thomas p Rcv1GIls,
aged nearly eighty years ~ -''''''
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4 Hint to Our Farmers.

1hey nave a custom prevailing in the agricul
tural community around Newark that if il conld no
MADE 10 work as satisfactorily here as there wOud be
OF great advantage to the housewife and give much
[enei i from the drudging life consequent upon the
naDltS OF the agriculturiss in this section Abnut
five O'Clock in the evening from each farm hons" n
large suspended bell calls the hands from the fields
70 the supper table If plOwing or cultvating. the
the work is resumed until sundown Or, when the
days are shorter the team is turned OUT and other
farmers have been driven to this mode from the
scarcity OF domestic help and to relieve their wives
They are thus not debarred from the 1ieasnreS IN
Gldent to; and necessary for cultivated society Mr.
DAVID Murphy. who went from this section was ono
OF the last 10 adopt the new mode, but is now much
Rlelsed with It and thinks while adding so much TO
the comfort OF the women, that pcrccptiblc loss E
tGIt III accomplishing the field work I'VE note thn
above habit, of the progressive agricuurist of New
ARK l9r 1ne rejection OF our enterprsing farmers and
works well there might be found after little fric
ton TO work with equal satisfaction here
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Home.

Our young ladies and gents relieving tbar o1,,oo-
ton away from home have about all arrived 10 spend
their vacation with their friends. They are Miss
Mary Hudson of the school of Art and Design pbiia
delphia. Misses Edith Cummins Kate Dougiass and
Hettie Megear, Media: William Stayton of the Naval
Acaoemy; Ihos: Rawlins from Dickinson College and
from the Conference Academy, Misses Florence
Hough Cora Tschudy and Messrs. Andrew smithers
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NOTICE. .

OFFICE oF THE KENT COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE Co
Nrou,t.u, - ~, DOVER DEL. June T. 1879
q; eiioSts OI TINS company are hereby notified thnt
IN using steam threshers hermit IL TcoDirad rs E
6srs 81 % s9on permit or other information pertaining
viii ~ call Sn on any OF the Companys agents. Permits
Wiz , ~ ,dutnlsned on application 10 this Office
june ie-4W WM. DENNEY, jr., Secretary.
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Marketing Wheat.


The first new wheat in the PHILADELPHIA market
from the Peninsular was from lower Maryland and
sold Tor Sl.25 per bushel. 1t in good condition
FARMERS sometimes make a mistake in their eager
ness I'd realize the first fruits of the crop by putting
Ineir grain in market before 1t Is in proper condition
Just such mistake was made last week by Mr..
Brown large farmer near Wyoming His wheat was
cut early, threshed and a car load put in market by
tne middle OF last week. Put I'm market I'm this hu
red condition. IL was too soft for Touring purposes
none o. the millers on charge wanted It. and the
most that any OF them would offer was 81 0J per
Dushel while II sent in better condition Il would
have commanded from Is to 20 cents per bushel more
Lost or Stolen.
" The Great Commonwealth Circus planked a biph
fifty feet board fence with bewilderfng pictures OF
athletic eas for the small urchin and the curious 10
gaze at announcing two shows for yesterday in this
town, but the grand" circus failed 70 put In an au-
pearance all day. The company has novel way Of
travel, steamboat, and exhibits only I'm the towns
contiguous to the water courses. They have been
"doing the Chesapeak inlets for several weeks Ex.
eept 70 the boys who are always the itf yipG for
such things, the hotels which had provided board
and the teamsters who waited some hours at the
creek for their arrival their coming staying was
matter OF entire indifference It Is supposed they
got stuck IN tne mud or landed on sand bar and
could not make time. They are 10 exhibit In Odessa
to-dAy
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TO THE PUBLIC.

Nm r., ORANGEvILI. CANADA
MR.. EDIToR-Dear Sr:-If W f. Yates docs not
children. will punish him 1 AZ
july %" +. L. COTTRELL
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MARRIAGES.

9hIlH-klNt'S-On the 2ith inst, at the NJ = rar.
Sonage, Dover; Del, by Rev Wm = In,,-i, ~ =
smith and Miss Ella Riggs, all Of Kent CO.. Del.
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The Pavilion, Stable. e.

Are about finished. anl ith ,;,,g Bath H.. ..,
V9!pi', ahlu>glarHt> iorai ages. . y..i..!' ,.I
~ HP.IitF !r Is4'!"r~ .! the -.!.-s Il Is ,..l ,
nc pace VIII tc attractive IT, i.!l m .!.,., q ''
pleasure, and especially 50 u &C ciet.,. j. '.!>
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-06
Wives OF the Presidents.

James Parton tell us that Martha Wash
ington was plump, pretty, sprightly little
woman in her youth, but settled down into
a plain, domestic wife, who looked sharply
after the servants. She was far from an
educated woman and though she kept her
own accounts, was a very poor speller.
Parton quotes Mrs Bremen, the authoress,
who relates ''curtain lecture of the great
man by Martha, which she overheard in the
sleeping-room. Martha was angry, and
scolded long time. The General listened
in silence till she was done, and then mild
ly closed the scene with ''Now, good sleep
to you, my dear" General Washington
was very rich, Mrs. Washington was very
rich, and her three children by her first
husband were heirs to great wealth. Wash
ington's mother was a plain, illiterate, en-
ergetic, strong -willed lady, who preferred
her own broad acres, and declined to go
and live with her great son. 81 thank you,
George" said she, ''but I desire to be in
dependent. And when General Lafayette
called, see was at work in her garden, with
her old sun-bonnet on; so she came to HIM,
saying: Il could not pay you so poor a
compliment, Marquis, as to stop to change
my dress" Thomas Jefferson, like Wash
ington, married widow, Mrs. Maria Skel-
ton, who had considerable property but
that did not save her great husband, who
died deeply in debt, owing to his slavish
devotion to his country. She was lady of
extraordinary beauty of face and form, and
singularly competedt to adorn and conduct
a great household. A little above the me-
dion height, fair complexion, eyes large,
dark and expressive, auburn hair, and q
daring horsewoman, and full of talent.
She played, danced, and sung well, and
had literary tastes. When Jefferson court
ed her he was twenty EIGHT, and she nine,
teen. He played the violin and sung well,
and as he had money then, and high po.
sition, he distanced all rivals. They had 9
great wedding She had an immense re-
sponsibility managing her husbands great
estate, had six children, of whom only two
survived, and died before he rose to his
great renown, mourned by him to the last
He remained widower forty-four years
down to his death. Of course she never
saw him in the White House. Dolly Payne
was Qnakcr, and widow when she mar
ried James Madison, and the daughter of {
Virginia planter, born in North Carolina
Her father and mother set their slaves fire,
and moved to Philadelphia, and there Doll!
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-06

The idea of subjectlng this remarkable
nlant To the action of anRathefics WAS nat
vapors of ether or chlOrOtorm. Recently
NJ. Arloing has made some interesting OBJ
servations of the effects of chloral, chloro-
form and ether presented for absorption by
the roots. The pots were sprinkled with
aqueous solutions of these substances, then
covered with care to prevent escape of the
vapors After absorption of chloroform or
ether, one notes primary and secondary ef
fects; the former are phenomena Of excl
tation, similar to those arising from me-
chanical irritation, and comparable to those
in animals when anesthetized. They occur
successfully from the bottom to the top Of
the stem. In thirty TO sixty minutes the
common peticles (or leaf stems) straighten
and the leaflets separate, beginning from
the top of the stem; but the plant is now
found to have lost its sensibility. The Sec
ondary effects consist of elimination Of the
angsthetic. The senslbillty often does not
return for one and half OF two hours.
! Chloral does not act an9sthetically en- the
sensitive plant. These observations af-
forded Nj. Arloing an opportunity of ascer-
tanning the velocity of liquids in the stem
and branches of plants under strictly physi-
illogical conditions whereas past expert
ments on the subject have been made with
withered or mutilated plants. If the leaves
are in good state, the common petioles
bend down suddenly and successfully from
below upward in the plant as the absorbed
chloroform reaches them. Hence, know
ing the dimensions of the the plant, the We
locity of the chloroformized water in the
stem and primary petioles can be easily cal
culated. Within the stem, the velocity il
modified by the state of the tissues and foil
age, the temperature, etc. /; it was found ii
different cases, at the rate of O.9O metres,
2. 22m., 2.40m., 2.76m. per hour. The We
locity increases from the base to the top Of
the stem in the ratio of to 1.25 or LOO
and it is II times to twice as great in thu
petioles as in the stem. The time of alb
sorption by the roots was found to vary
from 3 to 64 minutes
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-06
A Central African Storm.

We continued sailing for half an hour.
and as it was then near sunset, dropped an
chor in seventy-five feet of water The
wind, which had swept in strong gusts
from the northwest, suddenly fell, for in
the northwest the aspect of the sky had
long been threatening. Clouds surged in
thick masses from that direction and cast
a gloom over the woodclothed slopes and
crests of Usuguru, which became almost as
9ebY 9baGYk tls IN Xyeyet pail, while the lake grew
and portentous zig gag line of deep sable
hue ran through its centre, fr m which the
storm seemed to issue. :aQuested the
crew to come further aft, and fastening a
double rope to the stone anchor, prepared
every mug and baler for the rain with which
we were threatened, The wind then fell,
as though from above, upon or bowed
heads with an overpowering force, striving
against the resistance which it met, as if it
would bear us down to the bottom of the
lake, and then, repelled by the force of the
water, it brushed into a million Of tiny
ripples. The temperature fell to 81 deg.
Fahrenheit, and with this sudden cold
down dropped a severe shower of hailstones
of great size, which pelted us with great
force and made our teeth chatter. After
this the rain fell in sheets, while the light
ming blazed, proceeding the most dreadful
thunder-claps | remember to have ever
heard. The rain, indeed. tell in such
quantities that it required two men for each
section to keep the boat sufficiently buoy
ant to rlde the crest of the waves. The
crew cried out that the boat was sinking
that, if the rain continued in such volume,
nothing could save us. In reply, only
urged them to bale her out faster. The
sable mass of Usuguru- as observed by
the bars of intense light which the light
ming flashed almost every second-was
still in front, and l knew, therefore, that
we were not being swept very far to sea-
Our energies were wholly devoted to keep
ing our poor petted selves afioat, and this
occupied the crew so much that they hal
forgot the horrors of the black and disma
night. For two hours this experience last
cd, and then, lmburdening our breasts will
sighs of gladness not unmixed with graft
tude we took our anchor on board anC
stole through the darkness to the western
side of Ngevi Island, where, ut kindl!
fire, we dried our clothes and our wetteC
bodies, and, over hot potful of Le!big
affected to laugh at our late critical position
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-06
Age of Glass

The oldest specimen of pure glass bear
ing anything like date is little nodded
lions head, bearing the name of an Egyp-
tian king of eleventh dynasty, in the Slade
collection at the British Museum. That is
to say, at period which may be moder-
ately placed at more than 2, 900 yeas b. O.,
glass was not only made, but made with
skill which shows that the art was nothing
new. The invention of glazing pottery
witB ;film or varnish of glass is so old that
among the fragments which bear inscrip-
tions of the early Egyptian monarchy are
beads possibly of the first dynasty. Of la
ter glass there are numerous examples,
such as bead found at Thebes, which has
the name of Queen Hatasoo or Hashep, OF
the eighteenth dynasty. OF the same per
iod are vases and goblets and many frag-
ments. 1t cannot be doubted that the story
prepared by Pliny, which assigns the credit
of the invention to the Ph9nicians, ls SO
far true that these adventurous merchants
brought specimens to other countries from
Erypt DIR. Schliemann found disks oil
glass in the excavations at Mycen8, though
Homer does not mention it as substance
known to him. That the modern art of the
glass blower was known longer before, is
certain from representations among the pic
lures on the walls of tomb at Benz Has
san, of the twelfth Egyptian dynasty; but
much older picture, which probably rep
resented the same manufacture, is among
the half-obliterated scenes in a chamber o1
the tomb of Thy at Sakkara, and dates
from the time of the fifth dynasty, time
30 remote that it is not possible, in spite
of the assiduous researches of many Egyp
! tologers, to give it date in years.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-06
Exports of Manufactures.

The exports of American manufactures
during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1879,
amounted to 1927, 102,608 against $76,-
0l6 659, during the fiscal year ending June
80, 1879. The changes in articles, whose
value exceeds 81, 600, 900, have been as fol-
lows: Agricultural implements have in
creased from 81, 068, ,476 to $2,933, 3S8;
books, maps, paintings, paper and station
cry, from 1912, 663 to $2,036, S14; carri.
ages and railway cars, 1916. 542 to 81, ,273-
1913 clocks and watches, $3.50, 008 to 81,
09O, ,433 manufactures of cotton, $3, 797, =
282 to $19, 853, ,959; manufactures of cop
per, 1904, 741 to 81, 831, 053; drugs, dyes
and chemicals, $2,495, 156 to $3,O98, ,506;
manufactures of hemp, except cordage,
$67, O35 to 81, 153, All; manufactures of
iron and steel, $5, $40, 88l to $40, 921, 1914 ;
leather and manufactures, 1868, 331 to 81,
769, 069; mineral oils, not including crude
and residum, $40, 429, 057 to $37, ,914, ITO ;
vegetables oils, 1912, 140 TO 50, ,497, ,694 ;
ordnance and ordnance stores, 81, %, $40 to
81, ,966, 689; spirits, $767, 541 to $2,723,
O16; spirits turpentine, 81, ,257, 302 to 81,
045, ,673; sugar and molasses, 1861, 526, to
ST, 118, ,673 r manufactures of tobacco, 81,
604, ,805 to 3.057, ,876; manufactures OF
wood, 81, 326, $50 to $12, 2,765,032 The
only articles in the whole list which show
a decrease are sewing machines, which de.
creased from 1929, 1926 to 81, ,648, 915,
and firearms, which declined from 81, ,015,
! 1872 to So, 160, ,230.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-06

married lawyer named Todd. She was
twenty, and he died three years after, leav.
ing her with a son and no wealth. Her
mother kept boardcrs while Congress sat
here, and she Helped her mother TO keen
the establishment. Among these boarders
were Aaron Burr, then a Senator from New
York, and James Madison, a Member of
Congress from Virginia. Dolly was very
beautiful and accomplished, and when she
married Madison he was 43 and she 25.
They had no children. When he became
President. in 1909, the White House re-
ceived its lovely mistress, who enjoyed its
attractions for eight years. She died in
Washington in lS49, aged SO years, survi-
wing her husband thirteen years. | have
spoken of Mrs. Andrew jackson more than
once. She was the wife of another man,
Lewis Robards of Kentucky, when young
jackson saw and loved her. Her mother,
Mrs, Donelson, was keeping a boarding
house at the time, having returned TO Ten
nessee with Mr.. and Mrs Robards and
jackson lived in her house Result, a ieal-
Gus husband and separation. A rumor
came that divorce had been granted, and
then Jackson married the ''grass widow: "
but the rumOr proving false, they lived to-
gether two years before a divorce could
be really granted, and then they were mar
ricd again. The first husband left early,
and these peculiar circumstances led to
many bitter quarrels between jackson,
who grew into great reputation, and his
many enemies. She was short and stout.
great housekeeper and manager, very re-
liglous, very illiterate, kind TO her slaves,
and full of anecd'te and fun. She had no
children, and died in December, 1928, lust
after her great husband was elected Presi- |
dent. She was the "Aunt Rachel" of |
Nashville, and regularly smoked a pipe |
with the General. When the news of his |
election as President came to her dying |
couch, she simply said: "Well, for Mr.. |
Jackson's sake (she always called him Mr.. |
Jackson) | am glad; for my own part, |
never wished It." Mr., Polk was in his
httleth year when he was inaugurated Pres
ldent, on the 4th of March, 1916, and his
stately wife could not have been less than
forty when | saw her at the succeeding in
auguration ball. She was splendid au-
tumnal beauty, and her creamy complexion
and glossy raven hair gave her n sort of
Spanish loveliness. AT present her snowy
curls and fine presence indicate that she is
over seventy, and her handwriting reveals
lady of fine physical and mental health.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-06

AS now constructed the bicycle is fal
different thing from the clumsy 'bone shat
terer" introduced in America about ten wear,
ago. Great companies have been formed in
England which do nothing else but fabricate
these extraordinary vehicles; and you hear
young men talk about the superior speed OF
Coventry" Sparrow" or ''Stan-
ley" The fore-wheel being sixty inches.
the back-wheel is so small that when the
machine is in motion you can hardly see it.
II is, by regulation, not two feet in diane
ter. Indeed, the appearance presented as
these enormous flashing circles dart past on
the smooth road is that of a great hoop of
gItterlng steel with human figure perch
ed on the top of 1t. The spokes are thin
cords OF steel wire, trending into the tire
from very wide hub. The general rule is
that the vehicles shall be high-that is, the
saddle or chair Of the person who rides it.
as consequences, TO learn to manage one
requires about such training as an eques-
trian undergoes in a riding school, with this
difference and drawback, and even when
you have mastered tie difficulty Of keeping
your perllous seat yIu are unable To quit
1t, or, having quit tee it you arc unable to
remount, without aid. This, az YOU will
see, neutralizes Il value of these lhscina-
ting motors as means of journeying in
strange districts. But, in spite of all their
drawbacks, you will meet mounts" of
them by the dozen on all the smooth roads
OF Palatinate, where the danger of sharp as
cents and incessant traffic does not seem to
discourage the adventurous Briton. The
accidents are not the least interesting part
OF this charming steed. You may be ad-
miring six feet of flesh and blood perched
Tar above you on the high road, when of a
sudden, like flash, you see the small rear
wheel rise from the ground and climb the
backbone OF the big one then you see a
convulsive scramble of feet and legs in the |
air, and your young Hercules is shot sprawl |
ing square over the handle or head of the |
thing, and lands with somersault on the |
hard roadway in front, while the machine, |
moment before so erect and glistening. |
lies In mess either on the rider or perilous- |
ly near him. His only care, however is to |
save the frail mechanism-for a good ma |
chine costs not less than $3.50 and from |
that down to $50. AT such a price il |
would be natural to suppose that they would
be scarce, but, on the contrary, all classes
OF the continental English have them. |
saw company consisting Of dozen
young Oxford men set out from Strasburg
Tor Cologne-150 miles away. There was
younger son Of duke, the son of a cabi-
net minister, a minister's son, and the rest
English. The captain of the
party was city merchants boy and he
gave the command to the company. He
was elected because of his physical pro-
and his mastery over the bicycle.