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MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13,1871.
VOL. IV.
TIIK SYMPTOMS of l.lvcr
Complaint n« uneasiness
am! pain Inliiesiile. Puna-
tiiiti'tf I Iu* I'uiu i.i in the
»boulUer. mut \* laiMuki-n
for rlituinttflfiiu. Tin* f tourne! i is aflectcil with
)iMtt of ap|M)tit<* nnd nit-knrsK, IiowIn in genrml
M*itlve, BomvtlmcH nltcrnutin^ with lux. Tin*
ht ml it trouhlvd w ith pain, und dull, he
Bittidii, con*|der<d4c lots of mein« >ry, uceompaiiied
i.satiuns of
hnvinff left undone
tlilng which ou^ht tu huvts
Ihhmi dune.
inir of wciiknew, di'Lility
an«l low t|iirits. Sometlnicg ninny of the uh«
Nviiiptnmi) titinitl the dinçfttc, und nt other time*
Very few of them; hut the liver it pcucrull) ilu
<#rg«ta most involved. Cure the liver with
SIMMONS'
with painful
L I V E U
U t, -a c
plain
DR. SIMMONS'
Livek Regulatoh,
A I'ltKPAHATKiX OF III HITS AND IIERIJS,
wnrrantcfl to l»e strictljr vegetuhle, and cun do
m> injury to any one.
I Ly hundred««, un«l known for
b vears ns une of the
ft has In
tin- In t tliirtv-ft
liable, eühaiioui
ot1'i re«l to the sutferin/. If take
(•ersUlcutly, it ü
it
1 haniiteK.4 preparuti
I
regularly and
pepsin, head
v to cur«.' !
.1
che. Ja
ick hwula« h«
'
liront •* «liar
nlfeet lotis «d the Mod
HKGfkATnH.
rh.
amp dvs«*ntery
tlons nf the kidney*
•u iij.es of the skin, impurl'y
depreisien of spirits.
•
. «hills, li
nervous«
of the Ido
tieftrlhurn. « oil«*, «.r pains in th- L«
•1 ague, drop
utMinui, cn si
1, ntelaneltol
the hetid. lev« i
1 lind
pel.«», ft mule nf
;u rallv.
iSious ilisit
ly t v J. II. ZKII.IN k CO..
HruggHts, llantl
Send f« r n Cireulnr. l'ri« «- rl : Ly mai
For salehx CIIABI.KS TATMAN. .»«.
Her. 24—ly. Middletown
.1 I
fvetions,
(
il i \
. I»«l
GEO. W. INGRAM «k CO.
Brokers & Real Estate Agents,
Ilium) «TH KKT AIIOYK MAIN.
Middletown, Delaware,
TTf.NI» I'RO.MI'TI.V TO TIIK COl.I.KC
. 'ITON OF
NOTES, DRAFTS, BILLS, &c. &c.
A
I'ntCIIAFK k SKl.t.
NKiiOTl ATK 1.11 ASH,
8TOCXS ON C«»MMISSION,
A iol ..m-r fer s,»!
VnluablR Real Estate,
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lod.
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Guo. VV. KiirniM-r,
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S-vt, rt. Mi Mdimi
Si«
k Go. riiil.uldphi i.
Gt'n. UuLi rt 1'iittcr««»
I'lliln. Nat. Bank.
B. F. riltttham,
uinrcli 17—tt
BOWERS'
(Jomplfto Äliimii'c,
jt*nr. vitoM
Supor-Phosplmto of Lime, Ammouin
anti Potash.
illnlt, M.,,1
I, (Suite
« t|iisl III ,|iintll>' Io nay sohl »I
lug llie lost Sv, yeors.
fr, r fr. il
XVnrrnulril
• of • BOW KBS ('(•>!
t lit* I .«'«I farimr« «»f I'riiii
. I Mu war« M
Kxiirrli'n«*«* in llu
PI.I.TK MA NT BK," I
tylvnnlii, Nrw Jits« a
the ('utton State
THE BEST FERTILIZER
UFFBRKI) Fuit SALB.
,1.111.1,
bin Htul-I
!
liai, r.■<..]l.-(! io
I1KNKV BOWK R.
MA VI'KACTFRINO CIIKMHT,
(irtij'i Ferry Itund Fhllmli'l|>l»la.
DIXON 9UARPL.KHS k CO.
40 WI TH UBLAWAai AVENUE, HIILAI'EI.HIIA,
At. EXT*,
And For Sale bv all leading dealers.
THE OLD
Bank
■ STILL IN OPERATION,
And Open for Deposits Daily.
, riVHIR Is to Inform the inihlic generally that I
J. opened the Uhl Hunk a* a
CoSrXCTlONKItT AND IcK ClIKAVI S.11,00N,
where c*n tie found «t all times the (incest con
fectionery, the t»ost Ic® ( renin, Luscious Fruits,
both fureiifn nnd domestic, nt wholcsulc nnd re
tail. Also a fine assortment of Cult«* alwuys on
haad. A share of the patronage is solit ite«l.
K. B. RICK,
Middletown, Fel.
June 3 —ly
TQ PEACH GROWERS.
T IIR undersigned would rcsncctfulljr announce
to the {»each growers id this vicinity that he
will be In the m*-ket for all good orchards
of
peaches, and will buy on the order of
JAMES C. NORRIS, ESQ.
THE FIRST AH D OLDEST BUYFR
AT THIS PLACE. He will a!snikit> partus
on consign
•■«r«:
I Ibr parties und gaaranlic their
A. T. URAPLKY,
Agent for Jos. C. Norris.
•
i
:
i
i
,
I
geirrt Jîocfrii.
UOOII.IIYK .twit IIOXV.D*-TK-l>«».
One tliv (îood-Lvo met llovr-d'-ve-do,
Tu.» dose to n«'
the r ■ *1 »Hier/» flew
From kissing to disputing.
"Awnr," mys Ilow-d'-yc-do : "your
App.ils my cheerful nature,
* name so sail hn your's is
In st»rrow's noincnclatnre.
"Where'
« iliitiu.;,
But
en
Mi
CD
vhino hour,
clout! comet o'er to iliadc il :
r I plum one Lowm flower,
mildew drops tu fade it.
\VI,<
t-do lind tunt'tl each tongue
lightful measure,
" Kr# Mow
To Hop«;
Gond-Lvv in Frien«hhip's'ear Inin rung
Tin- kpell uf parting pleasure.
A'
" From sorrows past my cfiemlc skill
I in«n mil i of «t
While you from preaunt Joys iliattl
Tho tears uf separation.
Good-I ye replied. "Your statement's true,
■ ! :
,-d -yc-de,
And
!
But pr.iv who ! think
fit It '
I!
n lid?
d-t.;,i p
«
inlt uenee
v\ cr flourished :
' Without mv pri
Could
s ha
I
And c
hand
tear« have nourished ?
But those
*ft, if at the court «»f I
•aiment I
'• Ho
i. L
Col
■do »ms f.t
il to move,
When II
d
( ;
»d.h
•Ills the p.'iSf
re
Cupid's fires decline,
" IL««
oft. wl
•rv Iteart r< m
• I i
As
'
gli *«f min .
iW3 tit« du
1
(»II«
mine,
I
c.r einl-eiw.
id 1«
h
" Go. Lid th*» t
An 1 1 11 r«-i
j
i
h
11'!,.- !..r on k
I -
Ices
t Mit !ld lit f i I
•uld !
•Chip's kiinlrt'l rotu
From love und 1
We Loth dcrl
And they would Loth lose half thi-ii Lirci
V. itlmut our j »iut ;
\i.*t
" 'TU "Ol t!
Sin« e lime
One-half in
Ami t «uh
M cur merit ki
j* i. » «h nying,
-ye-ioili« n«»i«
Good'Ll eiiij'.'
#elect £torn.
.
WH AT SHALFi IT PJIOFIT ?
ILw.«l
The clock had just struck six from its
place on the black marble
I telly 1 it 1 1,- .lining room, where flesh h
.f ruses I xlial..I perfume as il each!
1 . pink M.o-seiii find b.-i n I .-rueil-l
nd a u.'isv en
lit, I of tile
a pair nf brown
,!
", p
any in the land But Harry M,-l
face did not soft, n iu its rigid lints
ns the menl progressed to n close.
Nina was helping her yuungest child t"
its little plait! of pudding, when one of tile
servants came softly in and whispered
something to her
•• Very well." said Mrs. Melton care
lessly ; " give her tho other bundle, liar
ry, can you let me havo five dollars ?"
•• What for?"
Mrs Melton looked a little surprised.
It wus a question he was not in the habit
of asking
" To pay Mrs. Barbour for sewing."
" Nina, that woman charges you too
much." he said sharply
" I do pay lier a little more than Jane
Callahan charges, but you must remem
ber, dear, «lie's a widow with six little
children."
"I'm not bound to support her and lier
children."
•• No Harry, but—''
•• l'ny her for what sho has done," he
said, tossing a five dollar bill ungracious
ly across the tablo ; " but don't givo her
more. Jane Callahan aews much
:
coining!" filled the]
ur t. ur ru«\ litt 1?
ft«|
'
n
•tiling
from
If
; In»«- '
three
1 tnotitliF
Nina Melton, tho iagur« ?t eliihl «*f thi in
all, ran to the d»»r, nn«J Bt«>«»«l there, rinil
ing nml lovely, with the little unes ding
ing round li«*r ?>kirts. t«» welcutne her him
Land s coming f««ut.-i< ps, tho A««i
of wifely pride und happin« f-.
itl.nl
aid, ns In» cnine
up the M« ps witli a ! i*s f- r litt l«* Nin, nml
a dm* k under llie chin f"i .lohnny, and a
word of gri cting t -tin in all, ••whutmak« **
•• Why. I lurry. h!u
you l„ok so grn
liilvl, unly Fm liri-il ami
-- Nothin'.
want mv Jtnm r."
The dinner wts ready
little chick-I,
i b n l'urisi.-iinc s-,ii|
first, and a lu , I padjlia* aft. rwrird
Nina Ml It. II vv i- Ii<,table a b oi
!„r
er a
to
!
any
cheaper."
Mrs. Melton made no further remon
strance, but obeyed iu silence.
Charley Miller is coming here tliis
evening," she said n few minutes after
wards. "to get Johnny's old suit of clothes.
Mrs. Miller was so thankful when I told
her she could have them "
•• She can't havo them," interrupted
Mr. Melton. "Jonen tells tno lie geta
half price for anything of that sort, at a
store nn Chatham street. Ho gave me
tho card, and I shall send for them to enmo
up hero and take away all nur old clothes
IVe must economise, Nina."
•• But Mrs. Miller is so poor !"
•• 8o shall we bo if we go on in this
reckless way. I tell you, Nina, I've bean
thinking seriously over this matter to-day.
I've tost eighteen hundred dollars through
Corbitt's failure, and 1 can't afford to keep
half tho paupers in New York. There's
old Aunt Dorcas living rout free at tho
farm. I don't know why I should sup
port Aunt Dorcas. Mortimer offered me
three hundred for the place yeetorduy .and
1 shall write to tell the old lady to turn
out I"
" Harry, tbs's oyer nighty years eld,
I
he
of
me
the
ed
was
Mr. Melton bit his lip. ''There," ho
sai l a little petulantly, "1 might have
known it would have ended liku this if I
tried to reason with you. Women can't
he logical if they try."
"If this is the way you are feeling,
Harry," said Nina, •• I'm nfraiil you will
disapprove of what l ventured to do to-day.
Mr l.iscomho was here to ask about the «led
rent of your little store on Sixth Avenue.
It was for that lame brother of his, an
honest, hard-working young shoemaker, 1
who was very ambitious to go into hu»i
ness for himself, lie has scraped togeth
ii runiiigh t" pay nine hundred dollurs,
hull
• drud." j of
" I know you did. Marry, but I knew had
-at least I supposed you would he wil- i
ling to d ■ a rlinr table action for one so !
i piteously alllietcd by Providence; so 1 | of
: t"ld Mr ..be that poor t.lies could !
i linve it for the former rent, nine hutulred j
.., .. .. , Uh
I I" " you 'll 1 .1 foolish thing, said , rier
i Mr Melt ,n. rising an 1 begin,.mg to pace | and
, the room ill e. i b nt ni.ioiyanee, a very .
I foolish and ill-coiisnlcied thing. indeed, j
I must send mv clerk round to l.iseomhe . ,
and very poor. Surely you would not—"
" Now Nina, yon are miking like awn
man, and a very silly one at that. Sup
pose she lives to he ninety, nui I to keep
on losing thu rent of the furm just because
she lias taken a childish notion that she
can't live anywhere else."
•• It's very little to you, Harry," softly
pleaded his wife, "anil a great deal to
her.
! the liift vt nr's tent.'*
•• Hut 1 rained ihu rent to twcl
up
I
j the first thin
i I'an't afl *rd i «» it
fo-itim
morning
iko a |irr«eiit of thro
ill h I/|SCOtllh
humlrcl «lolliir«
ear t.i
cripple.
I pny in y
just Ik
tax« ", I contril ute t:v the «'haritv funds of
ills«*
rch, an -1 I can't amt nuu't ilo any
the
if!
nier
Nina lii>t nd in Bilcneo : to her it
•«•'« in«' ! a.- if some strange transformation
tm l din« unexpectedly over the whole
spirit anil temp* rnmetit of the man she
Presently she rote
up.
" I will put little Mary to tad," she tin*
raid iiuietlv, and stole sway up stairs
? wi«h il»«- ..«Ii « I children silently following
.- »11-1 li.-r huaband.
h-r
to-night," .«ni-l .luhti- tin*
" I'M
i-n't nit*
its
;
spelling-book to
uur«rrv table " Maminn. «lint makes |
as lie look 1,
ny,
III" s
i-r.es
are
through the hall op. u wind..«-. Nina let
rk full to lu-r lap, and uiu-nnscious- in
ly drift 1 away upon tho ti l • of grave und
! Ironld. d thoughts which se. med to eddy
,! around ln-r lonrt j
They w. re making money, tho firm of I
p Melton A Cbisdnle. She hud heard pen- ;
pie sny s> time aud again ; she had bom jit.
j congratulated upon the sueress of her | as
! huriinnd'a business, nnd had smiled back j
t" phased responses «Md uncle pariviti
tile Field, when he had made his week's visit j it
| 1,1 M.e city two years ago. bad eentvinplat- : :,t
ed Harry Melton's luxurious home with 1
grave wistfulncss. and said to her; 1
" Hcniembcr, Nina, my gal, llint riteh- 1
es have wings, nnd don't get too sot ,,n j
sieh tilings j
•'«I"' I" 11 * thought tho old man interf.-r
inp, almost pertinent, nt the time; now J
his words came to her like a half forgot
ten prophecy.
too "t'un it be possible, sbe thought, as
her sad eyes gaxed out int„ the starry
firmament of the summer night, "that he t
,on has caught the worst infHWimi nf mon
ey-making tlint lie is growing avaricious
and mean and grasping? Oh, uo ; Harry
lier never could be that !'
The work lay unheeded on her lap. She it
had no heart to sew now. Up to the
he present moment. Nina M,-lion's life had
been one of uninterrupted smoothness and ,.f
her sunshine. Could it be that shadows, so a
long withheld tin t she had learned to
doubt their actual existence, so far ns she
was concerned, were coming at last?
in
" Hush, Johnny." replied Mrs M.-lton,
I,..-,- wifely b.valty admitted of no doubt
the] " r 'I'» ! »«i"" t " papa is tired." !
1? •H'innix wnt* n« t ;iliu^« thi*r .-atinfi.-l wit 1» *•»
of nfliurF, ) lit lit* fi ll Imcl; «mi
r\ llnld« h," witliout ««king
this vmi
•* w 'pis *»t MX
any m« ri* t|tiej«ti»>iiB ; and Nina returued
down Main», taking up In r need!«* work,
mni «juiutly ^entc«! Iirmdf \y the ^hnded
gnu huimr, n« hin* raw Ifarrv 1:
f»ufti, appriP litl)' a-lu p, with the in w.-pa*
j" r ovi r his foci*.
Om*r >r twi«***. as tli * rl«*ek tivkod xnfl
in
n th*#
y
a
**
ly on iu tlo- atillm-ss,
bam fr I
I tho itolislinet
Hoateil iu
th
street beim
the
!„r
tliis
a
me
this
tho
sup
me
.and
turn
eld,
Suddenly Harry Melton started from
his slumbers, nnd sat upright, g.-iziqg with
bewildered air around tbe room
" Nina, wife, nre you there ?" ho said,
ill a strange, husk)' tone
" 1 nni here, Harry."
•• Thank goodness! Then it was only
n dream."
••What waa only a dream?"
•• Come here, and I will tell yon wife.
Here, close to my side. Heavens!" he
muttered beneath his breath, as he passed
his hand uneasily over his wet forehead,
•• how real it soama yet ! Where are tho
children ?"
•• I'p stairs. Mary and Nina arc a
aieep, and Johnny is at his lessons."
" I havo had the strangest medley of a
dream you ever heard," he went on. "Ni
na, I think
a warning for me. It aecnicd to me as if
I were dead. I had not passed through
the mortal alrif« of dissolution, and yet l
was standing in the gloom and mystery of
that other world that lira before ns all.
You understand me, Nina?"
•• I understand you, Harry,'* she in
as
it must have licen intended for
swcred, lier soft, wondering eyes fixed
upou hi» face.
••And you and the children were w.th
me alio, and yet not with me ; that waa
the atrunge.l mystery of all. Vou aecin
ed to Hand afar oft, in beautiful green
meadowy nil uiiaty with the sunshine that
was nrouud vou, aud the children were
gathering llowera at your feet—flowers
auch aa 1 have never aeeu iu any mortal
gardens; and there were many others
there, and the air was full of music whose
slraina I could faintly hear. And 1 was
hastening towards you. when my footatopa
were slopped by a wall—a wall built of
shining pieces of gold, with a sentiucl
standing beyond, iu white glittering rui
meat, with a sword whose brightness das
«led my very eyes,
''Let tue pass I" I cried ; "let mo go to
them I" and 1 pointed eagerly to the green
meadows where you all were.
"Never!" the seutinal answered—
"This wall divides you from them forever
—tho wail you yourself have lilt up, iu
your short sighted greed and avarice!"
"And then 1 kucw that tlm gold pieces
of which the wall was built were those I
had saved from the wretched purses of !
those who «ere pooror thnn I ; Miles bis- ;
eon.be s band mined money, and the rent
of noor old Aunt Dorcas' house, and the
little 1 fain would huvu taken from .1rs.
Harbour a hoard, and much ni°ro taaidca.
Uh ' T *? T.«* " n, . nK r
rier I knew that it dnuled us oternnlly.
and it was plain to me all of a sudden hu.
ini.crobly I had failed in life 1 ur what
shall tt profit a mau, tfhe gain the whole ^
world. 0 ho loose, ht. own soul ? It I
sectiu'il an if n grent weight rested on
soul, nn nwfttl load of remorse ! 1 lifted
up mv voice to utt«*r a cry of despair, hut
I coul'l not brentlic even a whi.-per, an«l
then 1 nwoko. Nina, Nina, think (îod
with m«'that it otilv adreain!**
my
F!i • fin f«ci| liM lianJ s lily in her own,
if! lb" I, :ir* came into ln-r eyes.
ioJ, inilocd, 'Jonr Harry !" ehe
••Th:
answer« «1 .
Sixth Avenue at the old rent, and Aunt
Horens lived and «lied undisturhi'd under
tin* roof-tree which had sheltered her girl*
h.1; Charley Miller bloomed out gorge
ouslv in .lohnv's suit of clothes, nnd Mr*
l.ani" «ii!,*» l.iicoailic lta-J tbo ,taro on
n.-re lie » tl •
» that bless the nob!" hearted lib- :
1. .1 u h w roll r*f work n«m I.«t
Hai In.
N««r
tin* v« rv n -\t «lav.
'''
| eraliiy of I lurry Melt.n in y
And win :
d V
lllei
tu
el I t'his I l|. .
his
partner,
li.mk bis grinded lo ad an I I liked of how
M lion
Not only are toads harmless, but they
are absolutely al» I directly useful to us.
perambulating our fields and gardens nt
night, mi l devouring vast quantities of
injurious insects which could never he tics
troy. -I by th ■ hand of man The mode
in which a toad tak.-s his pr. y is very eu
rious. The singular) beautiful eye of
the toad i.- as quick as it is bright, nnd if
j within the range of its vision an insect or
I grub should happen to move, the toad is
; sure to see it. nnd nearly certain to catch '
jit. First, thu t"ud holds its in ad us high
| as possible, so a.« to make sure of its prey,
j ami llo-n crawls slowly toward it; pre
lerring to get under it if possible. When
j it is nearly within resell it gnr.es intently
: :,t tin- inv-et, its mouth being gradually
1 brought nearer and nearer Something
1 pink then flash.'» from its mouth, nnd the
1 insect vanishci ns if by magic.
j The pink Hash is the tongue of the
j load, which is formed iu rather a curious
way. The base of the tongue is fixed
J close In lise front of the lower jaw, aud is
long and tapering, the tip pointing down
the throat when it is nt rest. When,
however, it is used for catching prey, it is
thrown out with a sort of "Hick," aud the
t iwhich is covered with glutinous score
tion. adheres to the ins, et, und conveys it
down tho load's throat before tbe prey hns
bad time to make an effort to escape,
When the tend swallows its prey, il docs
it with a mighty effort, during which the
eyes almost disappear, the sixu of the in
»cot having little to do with the vehemence
,.f the démonstration. Sometimes, when
a large beetle is swallowed, it does strug
g|o, but too late, and for lomo time its
struggles may be seen through tho thin
and riblesa sides of its captor ; the toad
sitting tin while in perfect romp,.sure, not
in tho lenst affected by the scratching
and kiekings that are going on in its intcr
hundred.- f thousand
! might hav. b en w-.rtl
*•» 2 " 1 ll " r e0 |'I' w ' '
H »rry only amiH-.i. an l r« iiioinl.i r
°H text: ••I* or wliat i»l»ull it
profit a man, if In* gain tho whole trorhl,
an«J lose his own
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Indeed the stomach of the load seems
as devoid of feeling as if it were of iron.
Moreover, the tond not only cares noth
ing for the scratching, and kiekinga of n
largo beetle, but is equally indifferent to
•linga of wasps, bees, nnd insects similarly
armed with venomous weapons, and will
sat them with a marvelous appetite, as if
the sting acted as a sort of gcutio aid to
digestion, like cayenne pepper with cu
cumber.— (Ai»set's ilnuaziue.
Beeently n man, over SO years old, pre
sented himself nt a hospital clinic in Phila
delphia. He bad suffered with neuralgia
for sixty year« His case was critically
examined. The result was that t»o con
ditions were found. Une of these wns a
long, rhmnio periodontitis of an old fang,
while the other was tlin abrasion of tbe
teeth, thus encroaching upou the pulp
rarity the teeth »(re abstracted and th«
man rcoovcred
TIIK DIPONT SlIPOWDM WURK*.
)Ve ( R it C t |, 0 following description of
D ul*onl Gunpowder Work. fton. Blah
... ...
°P » Hiatory of American Manufacturai:
• Kleutherc frene DuPont waa the four
J cr 0 f t |„, jmmenao works dialinguiahed
3 , il, 0 •'Brandywine l'owder Works,"
near Wilmington, Delaware. ITo was a
native of France, and emigrated to the
United States in the fall of 1799, landing
B | Newport, Blinde laland, January 1st,
18U0. Having noticed the poor quality
of the gunpowder then made in America,
he resolved to engage in ita manufacture,
of which ho had some knowledge, hating
hem n pupil of the celebrated French
chemist, Lavoiaur, who had charge of the
"Bureau de Poudresa et Saltpetres " uu
der the French (Jovcrnmcnt.
After some time spent in selecting a
location, Mr. DuPont established himself
on tho Brandywine Creek, about four
miles above the city of Wilmington, in
the State of Delaware, where he prosecu
the business with such succès;, at th.
time of his decease, at the United States
Hotel iu Philadelphia, in 1884, hi. aatab
lisbnicnt'wns the most extensive of ita
kind in tliis country, as it now is proba
Lly in tho world.
Since the decease of its founder, the
i, ut ; nels has been managed by his sons
j j, rnn j„ oDM w |, 0 maintain tnc old firm
*7'" of K 1 ->• Ncmour. A Co.
The works of tho firm comprise five com
, ct „ „.„„ufaclurics : four of them on the
Jt ra ,|ywine. and one in I.uxcrno county,
Ucnnsylvania, where Blasting powder for
c , „„ is |arg.ly made.
i lie original works, on tin Brandywine j
ed operations in D02, and have ;
a capacity for producing live thousand i
pounds c f Sporting powder per day. '
The middle, or llagley works, com- |
iciieed in 1 s 12, com] i isos two complete .
t . of works, iu one enclosed, under a
t til of twenty-two feel—so arranged that
bfillt can work on the some description of I
pnv b r ; or, it required, one set ran man- j
ufneture one kind of powder, nnd the oth»
cr sd another kiiol ; the two combined
having a capacity of tweuty-fivc thousand j
pounds of Blasting powder per day.
The lower works, commenced iu ltMli,
cotntiielH
l
j
fai! t twelve feet, and have a
" o p- 1 V ■ « y of five thousand pounds of .Sport- '
" l,: '
lire un«L r
per day.
I.
iltpetre refinery, with laboratory |
attaihiil. is two hundred and fifty-eight ;
feel by ninety-six feet, with nmplo nppli
Th
ation of supplying all the nitre required
fur tin fabrication^ "f p-.wder, and also
-,.|i idernblo quantities for the market, for I
such purposes ns requite on article cln-mi
rally pure In proximity to the refinery
large warehouses for the storage of
•nilpetre.
The Charring houses, for the prépara
lion of charcoal—three in uumber—arc
capable of furnishing all the coal required
f„ r the mills, the wood being stored and
seasoned in extensive buildings adjacent
The firm having two shipping points—
„ne on the liver Delaware, with ninga
lines, nnd a whnrf nt which large vessels
cm lie : the other on the Christiana creek,
with ample wharfage fur consters, and for
landing e-oal, wood. Ac.
\ passenger railway has been estnbliah
ed between the city of Wilmington and
the property of the Messrs. Dul'unt
' Attached to the powder works are cx
tensive machine aud millwright shops,
where nil repairs are made, and most of
the machinery is built; also a
planing-mill, carpenter
shops, and rapacious buildings for the
manufacture of wooden and tiictalio kegs
and barrels, nnd of powder canisters.
ltailroa.l trucks nre Inid through the
powder works, nnd tbe bulk of the trans
pnrtation of the powder, in ita various
stages of manufacture, is done on ears
drawn by horses or mules, of which the
firm have about eighty,
Besides the powder-mills, tho firm own
over two thousand acres of laud, tlint
stretch for a distaneo of three miles on
both sides of the stream ; and on the prop
,<rty are three woolen nulla, a cotton mill,
a merchants nnd grist mill, and a popula
tiou of nearly four thousand persons. The
farms uttm-hed to the works uro iu a high
state of cultivation, and the roads aro all
mn.-ndamixed for ease of transportation.—
The buildings on the estate aro mostly of
stone, and very substantial, and the ma
i hineryisofthcbestandiunslcostlychar
actor
ir*
j
saw-mill,
nn-l Mui-ksmith
The high reputation so long maintained
for Hie Brandywine powder ia doc to the
care la-slowed nn its ninnufaeturc. and to
the constant personal supervision of tho
The consumption of saltpetre.
owners.
priueipal ingredient in Ilia ninnufac
. has bceti in a single year including
tin
turc
the Lnxernc county mills, over seven mil
lions of pounds, (lie bulk of which wns
imported from Calcutta. Thu machinery
in nprratinn for the manufacture of gun
powder ia driven by threo steam engines
nnd forty-seven water-wheels, the greater
part of which are Turbines.
The manufacture embraces all descrip
tions of powder, vii : Mammoth, Cannon,
Mortnr. Musket and Biffe, for army and
nnvy ordnance service ; Diamond grain,
Eagle and the varions grades of Canister
nnd Sporting powders ; Shipping, Blast
, Mining and Fuse powders.
The production of the mills is principal
ly consumed in the United States, the
firm having agencies and magasines at nil
the most important points, with a principal
depot for the Pacifie Slates st San Fran
cisco, aud agencies in South America, in
the East and West Indies.
To illuntrata tba progress »hieb bu
been made in «he manufacture of powder
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P™* "rongh afield of 150 acres of oastor
ma^imr^whi'ch field^by-'thl-wsy*''!« 1 'to
give place to a new orchard next' year
th 0 f ru jt tree« for the «»me it presto!
^„'"g inTh. nu Jr, by The .W.TÎh.
field of castor beans ami containing 25
000 one-,ear old budded peach tree's, To*
000 pluni trees, «,00(1 eastern walnuts.
25,000 California walnuts, 2,000 apple
, r ,„, 500 Italian cheat,nit trees, tic
passing along through this forest of young
trees, we arrived at the present peach or
chard, consisting of 000 trees, two years
,>1,1, and some of them bearing this sensou
j5o pounds of peaches. These trees have
nindc a romarkablo growth, owing to the
rieli ground upon which they arc planted,
niid in another year will mako a trenicu
,] 0 „ s yield of friilt
Passing the peach orchard we reached
'tlie apricots, 2,200 in number, which were
s |,n two years old, nnd have borne a fair
rr0 p ii, e ' present
in the Unit«] States, it inonlv necessary
to recall tho fact that during Inn Crimean
war the Alliea, to naabln them to prose
cute the siege of Sebaetopool, wem oblig
ed to procuro large supplies of gunpow
der in tho United States (one-half of
which waa furnished by the Brandywine
powder mille,) end that tbe American
powder compared favorably with the beet
they could procuro in Kurope. — Del. Co.
Democrat.
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A GHHAT CALIWORWtA ORCHARD.
This orchard
presented a sad sight iu one respect The
late heavy florin lind prostrated many of
the trees entire, while in others tho limbs
|, n .J been tom "(f as if a tremendous tor
Bcnnon.
nado had swrpt over tho plaao. Howsv
cr. tbe trees were bealtky and stout, nol
w it Ii a tamliug tho mutilations here aud
there. We next rndo into the cherry or
chard, containing three thousand of the
, u n,i thrifty young trees ever seen on any
I ground. The different varieties, fifteen
j„ number, gave the orchard a variety of
asjeict, and broke up the usual mnnolouy
0 f ||, c steeple-like formed cherry orchard,
Tlo-se cherry trees were all imported from
Unehester, N. Y. about three ycara
Off to the south of this wonderful
tgo
wil
«lernen» nre two thousand five hundred
plum tree« of twelve varieties», nn«l fiv«
hundred apple trees, innatly of winter vt
rieties. On returning from tho orchard
!>y the wngou mad we had entered, we
vi.-itctl Hrigga Hmthcrt»' Meam cantor oil
mill. Ileru we found n magnificent hy
draulic prenfi, with eighty pound* pressure,
nnd
sing n capacity of coiuprrssing
j three huudrej gallons of uii per day. The
mill also contained twenty loua of eaatur
beans, nnd two thousand five huudred gal
lons of oil, nicely bottled nnd cased, and
ready fur market.
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TIIK AIlllKStlSKM IIOU.
The dog nf the Ardmnci nocnmpnniei
the fiork wh.-n it leaves the penfold in the
spring, only to return when the winter's
snow drives tba sheep home again for
shelter. Each shepherd possesses one or
two uf these dogs, according to the size
of his flock, to act as sentinels. Their
office is not to run shout and bark, aud
keep tbo sheep iu order, but to protect
them from outside foes When tbo liards
in a u gathered his flock in some rich valley,
these white, shaggy monsters crouch on
the ground, apparently half asleep; but
now and then tbo great sagacious eyes
will open, nnd. passing over the whole
of their charge, remain for awhile fixed on
the distant horixon, as though thsy follow
ed a train of thought whioh led them away
from earth—so sadly do they gaxe into the
infinite.
But let thu mountain breese bear to his
over moving nostril the scent of the hated
woif, or his quick ear detect an unknown
noise; then is the time to see one of these
dogs in hie glory. His eyes become black
with fierceness; bis liair stands erect; his
upper lip becomes wrinkled, showing a
range of white, formidable teeth, while a
low growl alone eaeapes from his throat.
When his keen faculties have detected the
whereabouts of hit foe, he rushes forward
with a hound tlint overleaps all obstacles,
nnd a bark that uchoes from ail tho sur
rounding hilts.
Every dog of the like breed that may be
near, takes up the note and rushes gleam
ing through tho brushwood to join iu the
attack. Tender as the childhood he pro
tects. woe to hint who dare lift a hand
one nf the little ones with whom he has
been brought up. It is not be wbo buys
him wbo is hi* masUr; it is he wbo fed
him when a pup, who petted and shared
his pittaueo with hint—he it is who has hia
love, and who reciprocates hia faithfnl af
fection —Oeerla ud MrmtMIy.
on
It is staled thst tbs practioe of braving
beer from rice is rapidly ooming into use
in Germsny. This beer is seid to be very
clear, of pale color, ofaa extremal y pleas
ant. mild taste, foaming strongly ted ynt
ratqiniaf »*11 its oqibsni* sgid
what Ran
A WIDOW.
jolly thing In 1»
this remark, tbn
'•I think it unit bn a
a young widow." I board
other (lay, in a group •f laughing girls.
I think 1 remember esyiag each a lUng;
myself, in my eereleea girlish I hues. De
you know, girls, what ilia to be a
It is to be teu timea more open In sum*
meat aud criticism than any i d swte f aa lf e
coaid poeaibly be. It is to baea bmb gaoa
as you pass, first at your black drtaa, thaw
at your widow's sap, until sensitise » a r m
quiver under the infliction. It Is to ken
one illnatnred person say "I wonder bow
long ebe will weit before she marriea,
again t" and another aaewer, "Until ah*
gets a good chanca, I suppose!" Il in
now and then to meet the glanee of raah
sympathy, generally from the paeraot and
humblest woman tnat yen meat, and foeb
your eyas fill at tba token so rare, that il
is, alas! unlooked for. It is to have yont
dear fashionable friends condole yon after
the following fashion—"Oh, well! it io a
dreadful loaa. We knew yon'd feel it,
poor dear."
"You'll he sure to marry again, and yoaf
widow's cap is very becomiug to yon."
But it is more than this to be a widow,
It is to niiaa tbe strong arm that yon horn
laaned upon, (ha true faith that yon know
could naear foil yon, though all tho world
might forsake you. It is ta misa tba dear
voies that uttered your name with a ten
derness none other oonld wire it. Jl is IQ
hear never more tbe well aaowa foot st eps
that you flew so gladly ones to meet. To
tee no more the face that, to yoar adoring
eyes, seemed more lovely than any other.
To feel no more the twining arms that fol-,
ded you so lovingly; the dear eyes, that,
looking into yoar own. laid eo plainly,
whate'er it might seem to otbere, yonra
was the fairest face earth held to him. It
is to fight with a mighty sorrow ss a man
fights witli the waves that overwhelm bint
and to hold it nt arm's length for awhile,
only to hare-- in hotire of Tunali
weakness—tbe torrent to roll over you,
while, poor storm-driven dove, you see nq
haven of peace in the distança but heaven.
And in the neil breath,
leru Watch.—D uring the hot seaion,.
ray, the l'lirrnolugical Journal, tba ex
cciuive u>c uf ieeil water is cue of tba maul
ruiific eotirccs of diaeaic and sudden death,
n very hut weather, when water is ren>
dered extremely old by the use of iea il)
tba cooler, no person should drink it in
that condition, hut should pour in aamaeh
water uf the ordinary temperature me will
modify tho iced water to about au October
temp, rature. Then lie may drink without
damage. Nothing is worse fur the teeth
llinu extremely cold water, and taauy a
inau lias acquired dyspepsia by ita bad ef
fect upon the ituiuaeh. Not a few have
eullered from congestions which were dan
gerous or deathly We remember a boy
connected with our office. He waa just
old enougli to be wile above that which ia
written Being ona day remoastratad
with for driukiug two or three glaasee of
water as cold as ice could make It, he ra
plied pertly, "water is uever loo cold for
me; I never feel tho slightest injury fron)
its uso." The weather wns extremely hot
and if ever cold water could be used any
time, that, of all others, when the systent
»as overheated, n os not the time to use it
copiously. The next day be waa wot
in the office, nnr the following day. The
third day. about neon, be made his ap
pearance. and looked aa if ha had bad
chills and fever for three tuoatha. Ha
drank no mort ioed water that summer,
and piobahly got a lesson which will laH
him his lifotimo. It is a wonder it did
not kill him. A word to tbs visa i* sufi?
cieut.
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The I'otxto.— This article of universal'
food, at the present time, was unknown to
tho civilited world before tbe latter part
of the sixteenth century, and did not eomu
into general use till tbe eighteenth. Iq
Scotland, its eultura was first retards^
through the ridirulnua bigotry of the peo
ple, who declared that aa potatoes were not
mrutioned in the Bible, tbia waa a auffi
cisnt reason why they should pot be uaa^.
Even for many years after they were in
troduced into Europe, they were the rar
est luxuries, to be bought aud nuten only
by the miblss and the wealthy. Ia 1838,
in the list of prices established by procla
mation of the government, potato
ordered to be sold for two shillings (Ally
cents) a pound, equal to thirty dollars %
bushel. A tew years previously tl|U wq>
gas of a baliff of husbandry, bead man oq
the farm, wore fixod by tba oonrt at flfky
two shillings fabout thirteen dollar*) %
year; and of mechanics-- carpenter*, ma.
•ods, eto, at eight pepao (sfiopt six tot)
cents,? with board, a day. Tbirty-tWQ
years later, in 1885, Moffat, writing nq
food and diet, says, '' Potato roots an
f retting to be quite common now; eras th*
lutbaudman sometimes buy* them tq,
please his wife."
Th- question, does gntting drank SRf
■dvanes one 1 » happiness? »onld rr~ 1;,
be put to rest by the Irishman *kn *m)
courting »hen drunk, sad »as askad ky
his anohantreaa »hat plsssnra he found iq
»bisky—"Oeh, Biddy, UVa irate iadnin
to sea two of yotir swats pqrt f f|p*S, ||,
stead of one !"
There nre no fraftpsqU «0 Magiaw ag,
those of time, snd poqs era so ksadlnmly
lost by th* peopl* who saaMtaW» a Ms.
moat, *pd yet
Waste yean.
Than in a »bol* _
of tbs Persian: "In all
open th* door of pspoqsj
to-«*»