Daily Republican., 1884-10-13

1t 10 stated that the drought ia q
severe In parts of Sussex County tba
some saw and grist mills lave had I,
stop for want Of water.
A great Meshodist revival is Roius OF
at Harrington. About sixty person
have pr0fessed conversion.
An effort to start . National Bank n,
Camden, with capital stock Of $50, 600
promises to be successful. Subscrip
lions have already been received 70,
two. thirds of the stock.
The Fitzgerald boy who was sun.
posed TO be hurt 30 badly at the Clsy.
ton collision on Friday week last. va
said to be playing ball on Saturday.
A fire from gasoline In Smoot's hotel.
Milford, on Wednesday, came near
being the destroyer Of that edifice. Il
was quelched with trifiing DAMAGE.
At the date Of their reports. pub.
lished last week, myrna' q ~ O national
banks bad deposits axgregatinR S494,-
474.46, and loans and discounts aeere.
eating $6O2. .109.67.
The new national bank at Saulsbury.
which opened for business on Septem.
ber 9th, Is doing surprisingly well. It
received nearly $25, 600 in deposits on
Its opening day.
1t is estimated that GOO, 900 baskets of
peaches were shipped 70 Baltimore this
season by amboats.
The bog cholera il still raging at
Lewes. Some of the residents there
are killing their hogs In order to save
them from the ravages of this disease,
though there Ia great risk in pursuing
such . course this mild weather.
IN C1aiVnod hv he ou.xa~,-.~
lower Peninsula that the drought is If.
footing the growth Of the oysters. It ia
sA'd that the lack of fresh water de-
priv4s ths growing oysters Of their
Cottmann Cox, who has Just died at
at tho ripe age Of 80 years,
has been wishing 70 die FOR some time.
He had prepared both his burial
clothes and coffin for several weeks
before the end came.
A pear weighing twenty.four ounces
was exhibited At the Dover Fair by Mr..
Killen, of FELTON,. 1t grew upon .
dwarf tree which bore q basket full
this year. The variety is not known.
Not Home.
That is no true home where every do.
mestic duty is per formed grudgingly (;
and she is no true wife and mother who
feels the comfort and necessities of her
family beneath her careful considera-
ton.
To see the head of a family creeping
around to the back door, 80 as to change
his boots and coat in the wash h-room, is
pittful in the extreme.
To watch his startled look az he hears
the warning" john" Is q study.
He knows he has done something, or
else he hasn't and while he agitates
the subject of ON ission and comm ission,
he IL informed that he has brought
mud upon the STEP" or not TO keep
that door open"
This mistaken idea of home is like
presenting children with toys which
must be put away and never played
with and she who gives the air of
bondage TO so important o branch of
labor makes Of herself and family
slaves who never realize that, instead
OF bondage and drudgery, housekeeping
is happy art.
Mothers too often refuse their dauRh.
tors the knowledge of cooking; 1t is toe
much trouble; they say, "while I am
showing You l can do it ny self without
half the bother )" instead Of obtaining
knowledge while young they are subject
to mortifying failures when they first
enter homes Of their own.
The bread is poor the meats are
anything but well served the coffee ia
muddy; pies not done and conse.
quently the wife is all anxiety and fear.
She breads each meal she dislikes
to touch the flour"
And the poor husband we'll, it isn't
at all like his "mother's table," snd
while bearing up bravely and saying,
"practice makes perfect, nay dear, =" he
groans and wishes "that maxim had
specified the time required for per-
fection."
Ignorance of household duties and
years of experimenting hinder many a
poor man from becoming wealthy-and
surely make miserable those families
which might otherwise be prosperous
and happy.