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Year: 1879

VALUE OF THE SUNF'.owER.-Thc sun
flower is turned to extraordinary account
i'll the Lithuania, The seeds yield at first
pressure excellent salad oil, and the residue
forms excellent oil-cakc for cattle, who also
relish the lorvcs and stalks chopped up
The flowers a little short Of fu! bloom are,
when cooked, nearly as good as artichokcs,
and are in the garden very attractive to
bees. The leaf well dried is used as to-
baeco. The seed reccptaoles are made into
blotting paper and the inner part Of tho
stalk is manufactured into fine writing
paper. The more woody portions of the
plant, which attains great size, arc used
for fuel. The best seed is obtained in the
Crimca. AS an anti-malaria agent the
sunfower is most valuable
Year: 1879

TIE INDICATIONS that The entire Re.
publican ticket in New York, with the
single exception of one Of the minor
Offices, is elected, increase as the coun,
goes on, until there is very little doubt
left on the subject. This result wheels
the great Empire State into the line o!
the Solid North and leaves Indiana
alone to be counted as doubtful State
in the Presidential contest ofnext year.
New York is essentially Republican
State, outside Of New York city, and
whenever the tremendous opportuni-
ties and. proclivities for Democratic
fraud in that city are held under any
check or disadvantage, the State can
overbalance any majority that approx.
mates a fair vote in the city.
Year: 1879

A probably fatal accident occurred on
Saturday, on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. In one Of the coaches was q
family named Kidd, bound for their
home in Virginia. When the train was
going at the rate OF thirty miles an
hour Mrs. Kidd missed her little son,
an interesting child Of four years: As
the window Of the coach was open it
was copjectured that he had fallen out.
The conductor was immediately sig
nailed and informed Of the disappear!
ance of the little fellow. The train was
almost instantly stopped, the engine
promptly reversed, and, after run
ming back about three miles, the in
sensible form of the child was found
lying on the track where he had fallen.
Its skull was found to be fractured, and
a physician who happened to be on tho
train stated that there was no hope Of
its recovery from the injury.
Year: 1879

UNITED STATES Senator Edmunds of
Vermont has just returned from q five
months trip to Europe. It is we'll
known that the Senator is giant in
intellsc! and ability compared with any
Democratic candidate yet mentioned
for the nomin alton for the Presidency,
and yet he returned home quietly with
out meeting with public reception
But then Edmunds is not q candidate
and needs no boom to boost him on his
Presidential race.
Year: 1879

1t is quite refreshing to read such a
da nty little story as this, told by Julia
Coleman:


s' l know lady whose sensible doc
tor told her twenty years ago that she
was half gone with Consumption and
that her only chance for life was to be
in the open air as much as possible. A
perfect bower of paradise was her little
yard. Was the soil poor? She enriched
it. Were here varieties Indifferent She
procured better. Nearly all theIfowers
were fragrant. Fifteen kinds of roses
bloomed under her hands and success
sion of flowers filled out the summer
One side of the yard was covered with
grapes. Peaches, plums and raspberries
were trained en- espGlier, and choice
squashes ripened on the roofs of the out
houses.


Tomatoes were trained to single
poles and yielded luxuriantly, and ruby
straw berries peeped out even from the
bleaching grass. She herself was as
fresh and vigorous as you could expect
one to be whose half-decayed lungs had
left her with insufficient vitality. But
her life was sa Ved and it has been a
happiness to herself and blessing to
Others"


She is right, too. when she says that
more than half the credit for the orna-
mentation of our dooryards and homes
is due to the ladies who push the men up
to their duty Woman at Work.
Year: 1879

The barometer Of the national pros
perity of England is. according to the
London Sanitary Record, at very low
ebb, as the depression in the marriage
rate, that unerring test Of the material
condition and prospects Of the people,
was still more strongly marked during
the first quarter of this year than it had
been in any Of the four quarters Of 1878.
The annual marriage rate in the three
months ending March last did not exceed
lI6 per 1000, and was 2.l below the
average rate of the corresponding period
Of the previous forty years-l838-77. So
low a marriage rate has not prevailed in
the first quarter of any year since 1887.
when the act for civil registration of
marriages. births and deaths first rem
dered these statistics possible. The
nearest approach to so low a marriage
rate, in the first quarter of the year, was
l2 IS in the first three months Of l84l.
Year: 1879

If person swallows any poison what
ever, or has fallen into convulsiohs from
having overloaded the stomach. an in
Simultaneous remedy, most efficient and
applicable in large number of cases,
is a heaping teaspoonful Of common salt
and SIS much ground mustard, stirred
rapidly in teacupful of water, warm
or cold, and swallowed instantly. 1t is
scarcely down before it begins to come
up, bringing with it the remaining con-
tents of the stomach; and lest there be
any remnant of the poison, however
small, let the white of an egg or a tea
spoonful Of strong coffee be swallowed
as soon as the stomach is quiet, because
these very common articles nullify a
large number of virulent poisons.
Year: 1879

five cents per pound, and makes every one eager to have it. It also reduces labor, prevents butter from becoming rancid, and hnparts a beautiful golden color all tho year round, and makes an article it for the palate Of a prince.

 Taking into consideration all the fine points of this powder nothing like it has ever been introduced into household cir eles, and hereafter there is no reason why every table where people sit down to eat should not be. supplied with pure golden Maker +HH sfARss &Fs k
Year: 1879

VI thV AsopuuAohus


MEssRs. EDITORS: In reading your
paper almost every day we find an &C
count of some poor cur of dog being
raided upon-stones thrown, pistols
fired, etc. We must congratulate our
selves upon the peace feature that has
grown up among us lately, for We read
that "some twenty shots were fired and
the dog unhurt." Now, Messrs. Edi-
tors, we have a terrible dread of hy-
drophobia, and of everything that
tends that way. Rather than have
the Powell case over again we would
exterminate the whole canine race in
our city; but this indiscriminste firing
in our streets by boys and men unused
to arms is dangerous in the extreme,
and, if nothing more, leads this class of
persons to seek for an excuse to carry
pistols in their pockets. A few years
ago shot from the pistol of police
man ricochetting in Church street kill
ed woman in her own yard. The
same thing may again happen at any
time during this dog excitement, and
many good citizens bs brought to grief.
The prompt action of the Mayor should
be interposed to stop this and enforce
the law against carrying guns and pis-
tolls, or otherwise we might have cause
to regret this public carrying and igno-
rant use Of firearms. G.
Year: 1879

About eight o'clock this morning as
Daniel Bantum, driver, was backing
one of II. L. Tatnall's horses and
wagons towards the wharf in the lum-
ber yard at the foot of Market street, he
uneonsciously backed too far, and in an
instant horse and wagon were in the
Christiana. The animal kept his head
above the surface for about five minutes,
which was ample time for the driver
to have cut the harness, had he not
been SO particular about wetting his
clothing. The brute soon drowned and
for several subsequent hours a great
crowd gathered on the bridge and
wharf endeavoring, by means of a
couple Of boat hooks and a piece of
twine, to fish the floating carcass and
the attached vehicle from the creek.
Bantum was about to load up with
shingles when the accident occurred.
The animal was worth about $3.50.
Year: 1879

Special Correspondence of the Republican.


New CASTLE, Oct, 20, '79.


Great excitement and alarm was
created on Saturday evening, about
$50 o'clock, by the blowing of the
whistles of Tasker's Iron Works, and
crowd of excited citizens rushed to-
ward the place of the supposed fire, but
soon returned with the intelligence that
there was no fire but that the pumps
which drew water from the river had
given out, and the whistles were blown
to call the bosses.


Quite number of improvements are
going on in our city, one Of which is
the laying Of curb on several streets, and
the laying otsids walks.


During the latter part of'last week
work was partially stopped on the
Hall, as the stone to be used in its con-
struction had not arrived. The work
will 60 on this week.


Tasker's Iron works are quite busy
and are turning out great number of
tubes and pipes for which there is a
great demand. There are now employ
ed at these works about $50 men.
Year: 1879

We had call this morning from the
blind colored man who goes about the
city giving bible readings by the aid OF
raised letters, who stated that certain
persons have been circulating report
that mis- linen is unclean, and that he
is unfit to associate with those he gives
readings to. He says he cannot ur-
derstand the motive which prompts
these persons to slauder him, as he has
to help support widowed mother as
well as himself by these readings.
Year: 1879

About nine o'clock yesterday morn.
ing, as Mr.. Ralph Mccall, residing a,
No. 10l East Ninth street, was passing
down Washington street between 18th
and 18th, he discovered a bundle lying
in bunch of weeds near the edge OF
the large lot which covers the block al
that place. The wrapping of the bun.
die consisted of a very dirty, coarse
bagging, which had evidently been
thoroughly saturated by the rain storm
which ragged on Saturday night. Mr..
Mccall thought at first that the bundle
might contain the tools of some stone
mason or carpenter, but upon pushing
the weeds aside for closer inspection
was Mortified to find the dead face of
an infant protruding from the rough
covering.


He Immediately notified some parties
residing near of his discovery, and had
word sent to Coroner Butz, and in a
short time several parties arrived at
the spot, among whom were the Coro.
ner, Mr.. Palmer and DR.. Kittenger.-
The Coroner ordered the covering to be
removed, when it was discovered that
the body was that of splendidly- form
ed boy babe, evidently about twenty
four hours old. The child had not a
single article of clothing upon it, and
the bagging stuff in which it had been
wrapped was of the dirtiest, toughest
sort, and was fastened with a single
pin.


At first it was thought that the child
had been still-born and placed in the
lot to ba got rid of, but closer inspec-
ton revealed the horrible fact that the
little one had not only been born alive,
but that it had been living when
thrown on the lot among the weeds,
and that it had struggled with death
all alone in that drear spot during the
storm of Saturday night. This was
made palmer from the fact that in its
tiny hands were clenched pieces of
grass and some gravel which it had
evidently clutched in its dying strug-
giles.


Mr.. Palmer took charge Of the body
which is now at his establishment on
Shipley street above Front, where it
will remain until tomorrow when it
will Be buried. The little victim of
such unnatual brutality and cruelty, is
a beautiful child with light hair, blue
eyes and plump well moulded form.


The Coroner is busy to-day endeav-
oring to ascertain the parties implicated
in the tragedy, and will hold an in
quest at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Year: 1879

Manager Rice has decided ,snotwith-
standing the heavy expense he is un-
der, to play his large company here at
a general admission of fifty cents to the
orchestra circle and chairs, instead Of
his regular rate Of ssventy.fve cents.
He does this to meet the general desire
and the custom of the city.
Year: 1879

In the case Of United States against
Rodney, upon motion of the defendents
Attorney, the argument on the motion
to set aside the judgment in this case
was continued until next Friday.
Year: 1879

The old wheel which forces the water
into the we'll pit of the pumps at the
city mills being played out new one
is to be placed in position. As all the
water which supplies the pump passes
over this wheel, it was for some time a
knotty question how to serve the wheel
and yet lose none of the supply. Chief
Engineer McIntire has been at work
upon theory of his own for some time
in relation to the subject, and yester-
day he put the theory into practice. He
put force of men at work yesterday
and cut the two s inch mains that have
been used to force the water into the
pit, and by turning them up at the ends
which are bedded in the race he has
succeeded in bringing full supply to
the pumps by natural flow. Mr.. .McIntire
estimates by this means he can run
7,346,60 gallons of water per diem
into the wheel pit which will be ample
for all purposes until the new wheel is
placed in position.
Year: 1879

A deaf and dumb man, aged seventy-five
sasstnated three persons. He cut his neigh
boris throat while he lay in bed, smashed in
the skull Of his wife, and stabbed to the heart
a man who came to the rescue. Revenge far
slight be had received is believed to be the
cause Of the crime. ''-~
Year: 1879

crate brigadier shoot him dead? Dying thus,
John can be of more benefit to his country
than living, for the North would solidify
about Johns corpse, and more than that,
he'd have very pretty funeral
Year: 1879

A MOONLIGHT EXcURSIOE.-The ladies OF
Centenary church, who are par excellence
the veteran eXcursionsts OF the city, will
give moonlight excursion down the river
on Monday evening. These ladies. by rea-
son OF their great experience, know bow to
make. an occasion like this agreeable in
every respect. They will leave nothing
undone for the comfort and pleasure OF
their guests. You can go and take your
wives, sweethear!s. your cousins, your sis
ters, and your aunts, with the assurance
that you act with propriety, and that they
will enjoy themselves without restraint.
Then, too, on this excursion you will have
real moonlight. You viii have tn exercise
none of Colonel Seller>'S Imagination to see
the monn next Monday. Go see the moon
and make love.
Year: 1879



 During the last seven years We have manufactured and sold nearly five mil- lion (5,000. .0oO) Bazaar Patterns. and in that time we have not heard of a single complaint. When we commenced the pattern business it was our determination to have nothing but the best: to accom- plish this we found necessary to secure the best talent in the country, men who could furnish styles from living models and not from mere fancy pictures We were fortunate in being able to secure the services of Messrs. .Moschcowitz d Bro, Paris, and Moschowitz & Russell. New York. It is to these gentlemen the credit belongs for the excellent fitting dresses cut by the Bazaar Pattern Nctwith- standing the mere nominal price at which these patterns arc sold, the original mod. el of each and every pattern cut by us cost S25 in gold. The result of this seem ing high price ip thc nearest approach to perfection that can be made in patterns. We will take it as special favor to te informed of any imperfeetion in our pat terrs.
Year: 1879

If you are in doubt as TO what kind Of
holiday present to make to your friend
this year, order the CARBON ADVOCATE 10 be
sent to his or her address for a year. II will
cost but 81, and will be sure to please.
Year: 1879

Twas in the Autumn eventlde
That John and Mary, side by side,


Sat listening to their hearts beat echo,
When still as death adown the stairs
Came the old lady unawares,


Just as his arm was round her neck, Oh


Wasn't there a sudden departure
Year: 1879

cRoPs-ovERFLow1NG RIVERS sUBMERaE


GREAT TRACTS OF LAND.


[By CABLE TO THE HERALD


LONDON August %, 1870.


The prediction cabled by the HERALD
Weather Bureau On the 10th, which stated that
ga disturbance will arrive on the British, Nor
the 22d and 24th, attended by heavy rains east
gales, backing to north, strong winds and pos
sibly lightning" has been only too well fulfilled
during the last two days of the past week and
part of yesterday. After the storm of the Goth
passed eastward the weather frightened up
considerably, and every one interested in
agricultural pursuits was confident that we
were at last to have an interval of fine weather
long enough to allow the farmers to take in and
weather cleared up on the 21st and remained
SO for twenty -four hours, when the falling bar
ometer reported on our west coasts indicated
that we were again about to have change. On
Friday rain commenced to fall, and toward
night it poured down in torrents. 1t continued
to fall with very little intermission during the
greater part of Saturday, and the downpour
became almost general throughout the King
dom.


RUIN IN ESSEX, SURREY AND KENT.


The results of this last rain storm have been
disastrous to the agricultural prospects in Essex,
Surrey, Kent and parts of Middlcsex counties.
The crops that were. left standing by the storm
of the Goth have been completely beaten down
and ruined. The hay that was cut and stacked
was destroyed account of the rain making
it not very rapidly. The land laid out for farm
ing purposes in the low-lying districts is so sub
merged that it cannot be worked until the water
subsidies. The numerous tributaries of the
Thames have overfowed their banks and
done a great deal of damage. Although the
weather became fine i'll the northern por-
tions of these islands yesterday it is still
very unsettled over France and westerly
breezes prevail. On the summit of the Puy
de Dome, one of the highest mountain peaks
in the central department of France, the wind
blew with the force of u strong gale from the
west, and the weather was foggy, with low
temperature.


NO PROSPECTS OF BETTER WEATHER.


In Western Norway the weather is dull,
rain is falling heavily in many places and
the winds are strong from the southwest. To
Judge from the reports of the Meteorological
Office this evening, the storm centre is not
moving very rapidly eastward, and it is
becoming more energetic every hour. The
barometric gradients are becoming steep
on our western coast aud gales
blowing in many places. The following
warning was sent to our west coasts and the
western part of the Channel:-"Barometcr fall
ING in the northwest; hoist south cone for
strong southwesterly gale" The Standard COM
ments in its financial article on the terrible
weather we have had to endure for spme time
past, and says that it is thought by many who
are competent to judge that the rain of last
week has been more disastrous to crops in some
districts than the heavy and long continued
downpours that took place earlier in the season.


n NJ
Year: 1879

One of the most beautiful and practl-
cal instances of real kindness ever saw
came to ME in this wise: l had gone
into my butchers shop one Saturday
night and was waiting for my steak.
While doing so, man black with toll
and dust of machinery came in. He
was old and homely, and meanly dress
ed, and l never should have looked upon
him as divine agent of consolation had
not little girl came in and revealed
him to me. "How's father to-day,
Polly ?" he asked. "He's worse to-day,
and mothers down too; and the weary
little thing began crying softly to her
self. Then the man stopped and said
something in low voice, to which she
only shook her head and cried more
bitterly. So he took the basket from
her, saying: ''Run away home, Polly,
or that baby, she'll be in mischief. I'll
bring the basket She offered him
twenty-five cents, but he hurried her
away and would not touch it. Then he
chose some good beef, piece of bacon,
and plenty of vegetables, rnd having
paid for them, walked off toward large
tenement house in sight. L gave him
silen: reverence as he passed me, for l
knew him then as one of Gods messen-
gers, unconsciously, but oh how blessed
ly, taking share in the ministry of an
gels Opportunities like these are con.
stantly thrown in our way by the angel
who watcheth over our souls; but if a
brother or sister be naked and destitute
of daily food, and one of you say unto
them. depart in peace. be ye warmed
and filled, Notwithstanding ye give them
not those things which are needful to
the body, what doth it profit %


VALUE OF THE HOME PAPER.


A large proportioned of the people in
every community do absolutely nothing
to support their local papers, and yet
reap the beneft-in dollars and cents
every day, of the editors work. A man
will say, advertising does no good in
my business ; it may be necessary for
dry goods men, or milliners, but it's no
use in my business; l have to keep men
on the road and get my customers by
going after them" and yet the fact is
that the town in which he does business
would be unknown, the railroad over
which he ships his goods would be TN
built, and he himself unheard of, were
1t not for the newspaper, which he says
does him no good. The local newspaper
is of benefit to every man in the CON-
munity, just as much as the local gov
ernment; and when a man refuses to
contribute to the support of the paper,
on the ground that it "does him no
good" he might just as we'll refuse to
Year: 1879

The Nevada courts are wrestling with
this knotty case. A Methodist church
expelled one of its members, and as he
thought this action was the result of
the pastors spite against him, he set
about conducting his devotions in a
rather original manner. He owns saw
mill near the church, and on Sunday he
attaches to the engine an immense steam
calliope, upon which he performs divers
sacred songs with such volume of sound
that the voice of the neighboring parson
is drowned. When taxed with disturb
ance of the Sabbath peace and divine
worship, he responded that he had as
much right to sing praises by steam
calliope as the minister and congregation
had by organ, and the temporal courts
are now discussing the case on an appeal
from local magistrate, who sustained
the plea of the excommunited saw-mill
owner.
Year: 1879

SCoRCHED LARD.-If lard that is used
for frying doughnuts, should unluckily
get scorched, potato sliced thinly into
the kettle, when the lard is hot, and
allowed to fry crisp, will remove all the
color and all bitter taste. Try it before
you call the lard spoiled. and turn it out.