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NUMBER 5.
VOLUME YI1.
NEWARK, NEW CASTLE COUNTV, DELAWARE, JANUARY 19, 18S4
Half and < lalf Sale
Bid
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Great "darin up Time" at Oak Hall.
One Hundred Thousand Dollars' Worth of Choice and Fresh Clothing for Men
and Boys now in our Bargain Rooms. The prices are so reduced that you pay
us one-half, and we-give you the other half. We lose, and the public gain,
between $25,000 and $50,000 by this mark-down sale. Never before have we
offered Clothing so cheaply, and we hope we never shall again. It is to your
interest to buy now for next year. Oak Hall leads in telling you that woolens
are down, and clothing should be also; and we pledge you that the lowest clothing
prices of any market shall be found in our Bargain Rooms. A few items are stated
below merely as specimens :
Men's Overcoats.
Upwards of 2,000 in the Bargain
Lines.
I Bargain]
Rooms
a
a
Will be
Men's Suits.
Boys' Overcoats
and Suits.
I
Over l ,000 Suits in the Bargain
Lines.
There are about ioo Custom
made Suits yet remaining at
forty cents on the dollar—
half cost.
$3-50
Over i ,000 each, Suits and Over
coats. The Bargain Lines
begin with solid grey Mel
tons, as follows :
Excellent Solid
Melton and Black
Witneys.
Run all
$5.00
Several hundred,
down from ÿio.co,
mostly Kersey and
Fancy Back Cassimere.
$ 4.00
Large Boy*' Suit,
.00 T ar ?,
bria all
e lot Cam
_ 1 -wool Cas
simere, just down
Through
3 - 5 °
Large Boys' Overcoat,
$7.50
January!
. IlK'I'O, (loWll froiTI $2$.00.
Wanamaker
A big variety down
from various prices
from $ 14.00.
3.00
3.00
Small Boys* Overcoat,
to half value.
$10.00
All sorts from
various prices ;
every suitworth
double. They cover some of
the best goods in Oak Hall.
Small Boys' Suit,
And equally good trades for you
in all the finer lines.
& Brown,
Market Sts., Philadelphia.
Oak Hall, S. E. Cor. 6th &
ADAMS & BIO
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504
504
MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON, DEL
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, AND HOSIERY,
Ladies', Gents' and Children's Underwear , Boots and
Shoes, Rubbers, and Rubber Boots
GOSSAMERS FOR LADIES. GENTS, AND MISSES.
Floor, Table and Stair Oil Cloths, Carpets, Rugs, Window
Shades and Shading, Tin-ware, Crockery, and Glassware
Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plated Ware, Dolls, Toys,
Masks, Velocipedes, Wheelbarrows, Ex
press Wagons. Doll Carriages,
and Baby Carriages.
AGENTS FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR PATTERNS.
STEAM MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS
DELAWARE.
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FIFTH & KING STREETS,
WILMINGTON, DEL.
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Having recently opened the shop
opposite Wm. Russell's store, I am
prepared to do auy kind of work ia
my line, such as
REPAIRING
AND
IfARNISKING FURNITURE.
House Painting.
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CHEMICALS,
PATENT MEDICINE8,
SOAPS, BRUSHES,
PERFUMERY,
SPONGES, ETC
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DRUG AND CHEMICAL STORE,
MAIN STREET,
Newark, Del., Near the P. O.
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Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Starch, Canned
Goods, Foreign & Domestic Fruits.
Isargast Stock anil Fin«it Awortment of
China, Glass and Quconsware
IN TOWN.
AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED
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In bottlaa, 90 cents per dosen.
Pur« Wines, Brandies, WhiskieB, Rio
Maracaibo and Java Coffees,
Choice Quality, Fresh Roasted Every week.
THE LOWEST CASH PRICES,
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Main Street. Newark, Del
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NATHAN ZIGLER,
MAIN ST., NEWARK, DEL.
3£ST QUALI TY TIN ROOFING
ed
It
a
Mutton pot ns —Cat as large a part
as desired of a fore quarter of muttin
into pieces of from three to five inches
square. Place these in a pot which has
a tightly fitting lid, aud cover with cold
Of course, the length of time it
to boil the mutton depend
water.
is uecessaay
upon its degree of toughness, and of
this the 000 k must judge only bearing
in mind that it should be made very
tender. When nearly done remove
from the fire, and leaving the pot still
closely covered to keep iu the steeni,
set it a away in a cold çlaoe till the
next day, when you may remove th«
cake of fat that will have settled on the
top, after which set the pot on the fire,
addiDg salt and pepper to taste, and
allspice if liked, and if necessary, suffi
cunt hot water to well cover the mut
ton. When all is boiling, add pieces ot
thoroughly light bread or bisouit dough,
and do not allow the boiling to subside
until the dough is done. Serve in b
platter with a deep centre, that it ma}
well as the meat and
hoht the gravy
enif.t. liven very tough matton maj
iu tins way be rendered palatable, an«
chickens that bave lived past the hey
day of their jouth may be advantage
ously treuti d in the same manner.
Nth.WED FRUIT FOB OOUT AND DYSPEF
bia. —Dr. Milner Fothei gill recommends
the ubo of atewed fruits in many cases
of gent aud dyspepsia. Sugar is un
doubtedly objectionable to many, but it
is by no means necessary to add sugar
to btewed fruit. If the aoidity be ueu
traized by an alkali little or no sugar
is required. Thrifty housewives have
long been familiar with the faot that
the addition of a small quantity of bi
carbonate of soda to slewed trait re
duces tho aoidity, so as to save the
oesaity for so much sugar. If about as
much bicarbonate of potash
on a shilling (English) be added to each
pound of fruit it will be found sufficient
to neutralize the acidity, and to bring
about the natural sweetness. Milk,
puddings and stewed fruits are excel
lent for tho dypspeptic, the bilious and
tlie gouty.
will He
Amon« the many points to be consid
ered in the selection of a winter dress
is its capacity for being turned upside
down and wrong side out when its fur
ture Uebtiny may demand suoh trans
formation. It is also denit able to h&ve
goods that can be dyed, and
account mixtures of silk and wool
should be avoided. Ail wool materials,
suoh
that
serge, oashimere, flannels and
debeges, and all the goods of similar
nature sold under varions names,
more satisfactory and
er in the end than the fancy mixtures.
Full plain skirts arc still in favor, aud
very neat and stylish oostumes,suitable
either for home, bu-dness, or street
wear can be made of seal-brown, steel
gray or olive-green doth, flannel or
cashmere, with full skirt trimmed only
with a broad velvet ribbon one shade
darker than the cloth, and plaoed about
six inches from the bottom of the skirt.
Make with p«nel basque, and if desir
able, braid down the trout and panels
with silk braid one-tourth moil in width,
and of same shade
fin
often cbe-p
the goods.
Cbanbeebt rolls —Stew one quart
of cranbeiriee in sufficient water to keep
them from browning. Make very aweot,
strain and oool. Make a nice paste,
and when the cranberries are oool,
spread them on tne paste about _
in oh thick. Boll it, tie close in a flan
nel doth, boil two hours and serve with
sweet sauce.
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ME OOOO-I
Bid
good-by I No sweeter salutation
Can friendship claim;
any language, any nat^pn,
A sweeter frame.
Nor yet
(t is not final; it forbodes
declare,
fretting» are
sorrow,
A I
\v io I on
prone to
borrow
To-morrow's share.
Good-by is but a prayer, a benediction
From li| B sincere;
And breathed by thine It brings a sweet
conviction
That God will bear.
Good-by ! yes. "God be with you;'' prayer
"•id blesning
In simpleat phrase;
' need aud ills dear
confesa
Alike
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In id
ways.
meeting,
the endless greet
, or frequent be
However nigh
The last long parting, or
6'ld
However
:
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was
of
the
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fond
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they
and
was
HIDDEN STRENGTH.
in one of the prairie towns of North
ern Iowa, where the Illinois Central
Railroad now passes from Dubuque to
Sioux City, lived a woman whose expe
rience repeats the truth that inherent
forces, ready to be developed, are wait
ing for the emergencies that life may
bring.
She was bom and "brought up" in
New EBghind. With the advantages
of a country school, and a few terms m
a neighboring citv, she became a fair
schoiar—not at all remarkable; she was
married at twenty-one to a young
farmer, poor, but intelligent and ambi
tious. In ten years after the death of
their parents they emigrated to Iowa,
and invested their money in land that
bade fair to increase in value, but far
away from neighbors. Here they lived,
a happy family for five years, when he
died, leaving her, at the age of thirty
five, with four boys, the eldest nearly
fourteen, the youngest nine. Tne blow
came suddenly, ahd at first was ever
whelming. Alone, in what seemed al
most a wilderness, she had no thought
of giving up the farm. It was home.
There they must stay and do the best
they could. The prospect of a railroad
passing near them in time, was good;
then some of the land might be sold. A
little money bad been laid by—nothing
that she ought to touch for the present.
Daniel, the hired man, who had come
out with them, aud who was a devoted
friend and servant, she determined to
keep—his judgment was excellent in
farm matters. Hitherto the boys had
gone regularly to school, a mile or two
away; for a settlement in Iowa was
never without its school house. They
were bright and quick to learu. Their
father had been eager to help and en
courage them. Newspapers, magazines,
and now aud then a good book, had
found their way into thin household.
Though very fond of reading herself,
with the care of her house she had diif
ed along, as so many women do, until
the discipline of study, or any special
application, had been almost forgotten.
It w'as the ambition of both parents that
their sons should be well educated.
Now Jerry and Thede, the two oldest,
must be kept at home during the sum
mer to work. Nate aud Johnnie could
help at night and in the morning. The
boys had all been trained to habits of
obedience. They were affectionate, ana
she knew that she could depend upon
their love.
One evening, alone in her bedroom,
she overheard some part of a conversa
tion as the children were sitting to
gether aiound the open fire place:
"I don't mind the work," said Theo
dore, "if I could only be learning, too.
Father used to say he wanted me to be
a civil engineer."
"If father was here," said eleven
year-old Nate, "you could study even
ings and recite to him. I wish mother
could help; but, then, I guess moth
er'8—"
too,
few
the
get
to
of
to
"Help, howY" sho heard Jerry ask
sharply, before Nate could finish his
sentence; and she knew the boy was
jealous at once for her. "Isn't sho the
best mother in the world?"
"Yes, she b;aud she likes stories,
too;but I was just thinking, now that
you cau'tgo to school, if she only knew
a lot about everything, why, she could
tell you."
"Well," replied Jerry, with all the
gravity of a man, "we must take hold
and help all
hard enough for mother. I just hate
to give up school and pitch into work.
Thede, you shall go next winter, any
way."
"Sha'n't webe lonesome next win
ter?" said little Johnnie, who had taken
part in the talk until now; "won't
mother be afraid? I want my father
back," and, without a word of warn*
ing, he burst into tears.
Dead silence for a few minutes. The
outburst was so sudden, she knew they
were all weeping. It was Jerry again
who spoke first; "Don't let mother see
us crying. Come, Johnnie, let's take
Bone aud all go down to the trap;"
then she beard them pass out of the
house.
Desolation fell upon that poor mother
for the next hour. Like a knife Nate's
remark had passed through her heart.
"Father could have helped!" Couldn't
site help her bovs, for whom she was
ready to die? Was she only "mother,"
who prepared their meals and took care
of their clothes? She wanted a part in
the very best of their lives. She thought
it all over, sitting up far iuto the night.
If she could only create an interest In
some study that should bind them all
together, and in which she could lead!
Was she too old to begin? Never had
the desire to become the very center of
interest to them taken such hold upon
her.
can; it's going to be
or
_
A few weeks after, she said, one
morning, at the breakfast table; "Boy9,
I've been thinking that we night begin
geology this summer, and study it, all
of us together. Your father and I Bible
meant to do it some time. I've found same
text-book; by and by, perhaps, Thede making
can draw us a chart. Jerry will take
hold, 1 know, and Nate and Johnnie
can hunt for specimens. We'll have reft d
an hour or two every night " hold
The children's interest awoke in a 'amiiy
flash and that very evening the ques
tion discnssed was one brought in by rauch
Nate: "What is the difference between
limestome and granite?" A simple one, count
but it opened the way for her, aud their °tl
first meeting proved a success. She °*
had to study each day to be ready and — a
wide awake for her c'ass. They lived boys
in a limestone region. Different forms i,r,
of coral »bounded, and oil.e. foa.ll.
were plenty An old cupboard in the ^
shed waa turned Into a cabinet. One al11
day, Nate, wno had wandered off two
or three miles, brought home a piece of « ou
rock, where curious, long, finger shaped , Na,e
creatures were lnbedded. Great was >'
the delight of all to fl d them described "
4 L 4-4 ♦ there
as ortho-ciratitea, and an expedition to
the.spot was planned for some half
holiday. Question after question led
back to the origin of the earth. She
found the nebular hypothesis aud hard
ly slept one night trying to compre
hend it clearly enough to put it before
others in a simple fashion. Her book
was always at band. By and by the>
classified each specimen, and the best
of their kind were taken to shelves in
the sitting-room. Her own enthusiasm
in study was.aroused, and lar from a
hardship, it now In came a delight. Her
spirit was contagious The b iys, always
fond of ''mother," wondered wbat new
lite possessed her, but they accepted the
cliauge all the
she could teach, aud also could inspire
her pupils. Tb y heard of a gully, five
six miles away, where crystals had
oeen found. Making a holiday, for
which the boys worked like Trojans,
they took their lunch in the farm wagon
and rode to tho spot; and if their search
was not altogether successful, it left
them the memory of a haDDv time. 4
used
all
think
rock,
ed
there
those
hear
I
put
Only
boys
any
ing
her
i
. .Shu found tlmt
In the meanwhile the farm pros
pered. She did all the work in the
house, and all the sewing; going out,
too, in the garden, where she raised a
few flowers, and helping to gather veg
etables. Daniel and the boys were bit
terly opposed to her helping them.
"Mother," said Jerry, "if you
ever think you must go out, I'll do any
thing to make up. I donH want you to
lock like those women we see some
times in the fields. Generally she
yielded: her work wa9 enough for one
pair of hands. Through it alt now ran
the thought that her children were
growing up; they would become edu
cated men; she would not let them
get ahead, not so as to pass her en
tirely.
Winter came. Now Daniel could see
to the work; but these nabits of study
were not to be brokeu, "Boys, let u>
form a history club," was the preposi
tion; "it sha'n't interfere with your les
sons at school." They took the hisiory
of the United States, which the two
younger children were studying. B«~
qinning with the New England roule
ments, aud being six in number, they
called each oilier, for the time, after the
six States, persuading old Daniel to
take his native Rhode Island. ''Thai
beats all creation," he was heard
■i
the
are
up.
ed
th
a
Wi
to exclaim, • the w*y sho works all day
and goes ou at night over her books."
The mother used to say she hardly
knew if she were any older than her
boys when they were trying to trip each
other with questions. The teacher of
the district school came over one Satur
day afternoon. 'I never hai such pu
puils," said tie, "as your sons, in his
tory; and, indeed, they want to look
into everything." Afterwards he heard
with delight the story of their evening's
work. The dee > snow otten shut them
in, but the red light shone clearly and
bright from that sitting -100 in window,
and a merry group were gathered
around the table. Every two weeks an
evening was given to some journey. It
was lail out in advance, and faitefully
studied. Ouce, Theodore remembers,
a shout of laughter
nine 0 ' clock came, by Jerry's exclama
tion: "Oh, mother, don't go home now;
we are having such a good timel"
Fivtf years they li^ed in this way, and
almost entirely by themselves. Tuey
studied botany. She knew the name of
every tree and shrub for miles around.
The little boys made a collection of
birds' eggs, and then began to watch
closely the habits of t re birds. It was a
pure, simple life. It would have been too
wild and lonely but for the charm of
this devoted mother. Her hours of
loneliness were hidden from them, but
sho learned in an uuusual degree to
throw every energy, into the day's
work of study, and create, as it were, a
fresh enthusiasm ior the present hour.
Her loving sacrifice was rewarded.
Each child made tier his |peculiar con
fidante. She became the inspiration of
his life.
English history opened a wide field
to this family. One afternoon she
brought in Shakespeare to prove some
historical question. It was a rainy aay
and the boys were all at home. Jerry
began to read **Hamlet" aloud; it
proved a treasure that brought tliemin
rorld of delight. Sometimes
see
the
was
in
In
all
had
of
raised when
be
to a
they took different cbaracteis for rep
resentation, and the evening ended in a
frolic, tor good-natured mirtli was nev
er repressed.
First of nil, a prepare tion bad been
made for the Sabbuth. There was a
church in this town, but at a distance
of several miles, and during many days
the roads were not passable. She had
leaned upon .nflu.te ttuengtl, gaUiei
mg wisdom through all these expert-1
encts. The secret of many a promise
had been revealed to lier understand
one
•
ing, and, abovd everything, she desired
that the Scriptures should become I
precious to her children, ahe took up
Bible characters, bring'n' to liear the
same vivid interest, the same power of
making them realities,
Thme le* ona were varied by little
sketches or reports of one Sunday tobe
reft d aloud the next. Of this Na e took
hold with a special zest. None of this
'amiiy could sing. She thought of a
substitute. Tht-y learned the I salins,
rauch of Isaiah, and many hwnns, re
peating them in concert, learning to
count upon this hour aiound the flie as
°tl ieri do upon their music. How many
°* these limes came to her in ; ft *r life
— a vision of the bright faces of lier
boys a3 *-*7 clustered affectionately
i,r, *u nrt he *;: .. -ru- «
Tuner lied by. The railroad pt^ed
^ *»■ A ullage .pram? up, and the
al11 ... .
for her own n»e, and the boy.
« ou J P™«»™ f»r college. Theda and
, Na,e awa / '° "f 10 ' old
>' ome , waa ke >'' br '8 üt and P !caaaut '
" ends - new 3ettler9 ' l "-, a , ud now
there was visiting and social life,
Jerr „ at a the farm; TI.eod,
l)ecame
ready to soil. She could keep
entrneer; Nate, a minister;
Johnnie went Into business. Theodore
used to sav: "Mother, as 1 travel about,
all the stones aud the flow rs make me
think of you. I catch sight of Borne
rock, aud stop to laugh over those bless
ed times." Nate said: "Mother, when
reading a psalm in the pulpit,
there always ornes to me a picture of
those old eveuings, with you in the
rocking-chair, by the firelight, and I
hear all your voices again." Johnnie
wrote: "Mother, I think that everything
I have has come to me through you."
When Jerry, who remained faithful al
ways, had listened to his brothers, he
put his arm about her, saying, teaderly:
"There will never be anybody line
mother to me."
öhe died at sixty-five, very suddenly.
Only a few hours before, she had ex
claimed, as her children all came home
together: "There never were such good
boys as mine. You have repaid me a
thousand fold. God grant vou all happy
homes." They bore her coffin to the
grave themselves. They would not let
any other person touch it. In the even
ing they gathered around the old
hearthstone in the sitting-room and
drew their chairs together. No one
spoke until Nate said: "Boys, let us
pray;" and then, all kneeling around
her vacant chair, prayed that the
mantle of their mother might fall upon
them. They could ask nothing be
yond that.
i
Th« C.
tberry'j rou.
The ravages o the fire blight in
Massachusetts alone, during the past
year, amounted to from $10.000 to
$20,000. The so-called "fire-blight" is
the result of the ravages of the vine
worm, while the berries as they grow
are attacked in an early stage of their
development and destroyed by the berry
worm. The latter enters into the
heart of the berry, which, in conse
quence, turns prematurely red, dries
up. and finally tails to the ground.
The worm appears to be easily effect
ed by any slight jar of tho earth or foli
age aud will then drop immediately to
ihe ground. It takes a groat deal of
practice to find them. A cranberry
hog is often considered as something
th <t will take care of itself, but, on the
contrary, some of our best bo^s are laid
out carefully iu beds, well and evenly
prepared, and trenched with a near
inlet from some brooklet or ditch. In
spraying the vines the spray was
thrown with a warering-pot and work
ed well. The solution used was a
watery mixture ot Pwia green, and as
a result scarcely a worm was to be
found upon the whoie iwjg. As regards
trie theory that there might be live or
six species of moths attacking the cran
berries, all of which bore certain re
semblance to each other, Mr Wm.
danders meut.ons four species of Tort
rid moths as effecting the cranberry
vines, and one as effecting the berry,
although one of the former may possi
bly not be injurious. With regard to
the other three species affecting the
foilage, I believe still more uncertainty
exists. Of one thing, however, I am
certain. I have examined between
twenty and thirty caterpillars from one
bog, and cannot but believe them to be
all stages of the same species. I have
not succeeded in rearing a single vine
worm or fruit worm A box of sevei&l
hundred berries whose interior con
tained larvæ of tue berry worm, as
evinced from the partially or complete
ly closed puncture on the side, succeed
ed no better. Not a sign of larvæ, pupa
or miller was visible September 14,
while most of the berries had shrunk to
dried pods, showing the work of the
caterpillar even after the berries had
been put In the box. Of the tenacity
of the life of the worm I am assured.
One specimen was alive, though rather
benumbed, nearly two months after it
had been put in a box.
Oystbbs fbi a msd. —Into a frying or
bakiug pan pui two quarts of caters
with their own liquor. Add a heaping
tablespoonf nl of butter and some Cay
enne pepper: stir until the butter is
melted aud oysters alighily cooked,
but not hard or shriveled; mid vinegar
or lemon juice, the least partiale of
grated nutmeg, well-beaten yolks of
three eggs, und a glass of wiue. b.iako
well together, and serve in a hot dish.
An evaporator for making sugar from
juices has been patented by a Honey
Creek, Wis., man.
upright externally-evaporating cylinder
wuh a series of outer diattibuting cups,
that evaporation will take place as
thiu film over the
It consists if an
tne liquid raus
rem „ Tj0 . r uu ov.,,„r.,tiou maj ho open
[or by boiiiu« in vacuo.
• Notiiing Is more dangerous than a
friend without discretion; even a pru
I dent eneiuy vpreisrabia.