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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18
LOCAL NEWS.
Accident at Milton, sussex County.

FALLING OF DuILDIsG-woNDERFUL ESCAPE
OF THE PEoPLE-BREAKING UP OF SCHOOL.
MILTON. DEL February 1O.-Last evening the
"Lewes Glee Club" gave concert In Milton, in
the second story of the Academy building. A
large audience assembled, principally composed
of ladies. At least five hundred persons were
present and the entertainment commenced fully.
Before il had proceeded far, however, the floor
of the building suddenly gave way, and scene
of the widest confusion followed Above the
noise of the crashing timbers from out the blind
ing cloud of dust came the screams Of the terror
stricken women, and the greatest alarm ana
apprehension were felt.
Fortunately no one was killed. The most serious
injury received was that of MIR, L. Chambers, o
member of the Club, who had his arm broken in
attempting to escape from the second story win
dow. Several persons received bruises, but they
were able to take care of themselves.
The large school of Mr., West is broken up by
the accident, as the building is now too much Of
a wreck to be repaired. II is grea! misfortune
to the town. OBSERVER.
The Delaware Mutual Life Insurance Co.
The Directors of this Company have Issued
statement of the condition OF its affairs at the LIST
of January, which would seem to be highly graf
ifyiug to themselves and the members Of she CON-
pany. Its existence, at New Year, had been but
little over one year, but its policies numbered
573, and its assets exclusive of SOL guarantee
capital, amounted to 2l,231s0. 1t has establish
ed general and local agencies throughout Della
ware, Pennsylvania, New jersey, and Maryland,
and aa we learn, has added twenty per cent TO
its whole membership since New Year.
During 1868, 1t had but one loss, an insurance
for $1,000, which was promptly paid The whole
amount insured at January LIST, was D, 1882
The Directors state that
sit is not the intention of the management to
incur unwarrantable expenses IN obtaining new
business, but by exercising the greatest possible
care in the selection of risks, and practising the
greatest possible economy in expenses, TO make
this Company both economical and profitable to
those desiring to Join it,"
The Home office of this company Is located in
this city and its officers are among our best bus
iness men,
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT Saturday, Both ult., a
man named Rogers, at Greensboro, fell In the
fireplace and burned his face TO crisp One
eve was burned out. He had just moved In the
house that day, from Philadelphia, and was In the
room by himself in the act of taking some medl-
cine, ard tainted, it is supposed. His wife, on
entering from an adjoining room, was unable to
null him from the fire until assistance was rem
dered, he being a large man. He was taken back
10 Philadelphia, Monday afternoon last, Superin-
tenGcnt sewall giving the family pass over the
road. His face is literally cooked. Whilst at
Clayton waiting for the train, he was able to con-
verse, but was delirious at times.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

AcctssIoSs.-At the Celebration of the Lords
SUPPER on Sabbath, the eth instant, ten persons
were received into full commission with the Oil
vet Presbyterian Church, OF this city; eight on
profession, and two by letter, seven of whom
were heads Of families
This church was organized about a year ago
with sixteen members. 1t now numbers fifty
two. The congregations are gradually increasing.
Between fifty and sixty persons have been OF late
in attendance at the Friday evening prayer meet.
ines. The Sabbath School is large, and Is still
growing larger, and full of interest. About
thirty young persons now constitute the Bible
class, OF which the pastor Of the church has
charge.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

A NKano Boy SHOT IN MILronD.-On Mon
day of this week n colored boy about ten years
old was shot and seriously injured by. young
white man, or boy, about IS years old, as II ap-
pears in mere wantonncss. The facts are stated
IT, be these: The little colored boy was standing
on his fathers door stoop, when the young man
passed the house, in company with another, the
latter of whom had been cunning and was re-
turning home with his gun on his shoulder. The
young man took the gun from his fellow and said
'.lct inc shoot Niger" and deliberately leveled
the gun and shot the child. The shot took effect
all over the boy but in consequence of their small
size the result will not be fatal. The fellow i'm
mcdiatey put himself into the hands Of a "den-
ocratic' Justice of th: Peace, who held him in
bail to the amount of 800 for his appearance at
Court! The father of the wounded boy appeared
before an impartial justice-Rcyillc.- the
facts in the case, and writ was issued for the
arrest of the criminal. who was held by this jus
ticc in $1,000 bail and committed to Jail for the
want of security. The brother of the criminal
took him in his carriage to Georgetown, while
the constable followed on, but when they arrived
and exhibited the first bail bond for 800, the
Sheriff declincd TO imprison him, and he returned
home.
The name of the boy shot was Charles Mitchell
and that OF the young man who shot him was
Colllngwood Hallett.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

A NEw LopGE.-Wc Wednesday night G. W. G. T:
Andrew j. Wright, t,wth delegation of the Good
Templars Of Dover, visited the town OF Leipsie
and organized a Lodge of Good Templars, called
Fountain Lodge No. G. with forty charter mcm-
bers aud twenty-one additional applications. The
following officers were elected and installed -
r. w. c. T.. L. W. spicer; w. q. T., DR.. James
ZONES; W. II. Sarah L. Hazel: W. s., Walter
E Buekmaster W. F. s., Mary McClary; w.
II, Charles f. Harper W. NJ, James Keith; W.
c., Rev. Il. b. Nunom; W. |. G., Alice Mckee;
W. o. G., Robert Wilson; w 4: H. s., Mrs. Nj.
J. spicer; W. /. i. s., Mrs. Harriet Forcum !
w A. S. Sarah j. Weiscf.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

IMPROVEMENTS II. Brttton, who has
for long time occupied the store in the kobln
son building, at the coraer Of Fourth and Market
streets, having leased the building adjoining, on
Fourth street, and intending TO occupy 1t on the
25th of March is now engaged In making altera-
tions and improvements, which VIII give MIN
fipe storr and work room.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

ARM BRoEx.-Miss Ella Price, daughter OF
John IL. Price. residing near Freeman's. Mills,
Sassairas Neck, was thrown from carriage on
Monday evening last and had her arm oroken;E ;,-
The accident occurred on the Blue Ball and Elk
ton road near Mrs. Cantwels,. by the axle OF the
carriage breaking. g.-ERton Wing.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

DrArn FROM AN ACCIDENT Almost three
weeks ago, James, son OF Henry Pepper o.
Georgetown, Sussex county, isu on .ne ~ ~ ~
yerely njuriug himself. On "Wednesday MS III
iuries resulted in his death. t~t
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

ArrAcIMEsTs.-The Republican says:-" Peti-
ti0ns itc now being sent down to Dover to allow
debts to be attached in the hands OF Incorporated
companies. As it is now, most OF the great man.
nfaeturing firms have become Incorporated COM
panics, ard mems wages cannot be attached.
There are many who think that so far from
the legislation thus asked being had, the law
should be repealed altogether, allowing mems
wages to be attached, as its tendency is to make
men quit work and become useless thriltless
members Of society.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

pr.rI OF Golfer HARr.-Colter Hart, well
known character in Sussex county died at George
town Wednesday, He was man much feared, oe-
lrg what Is known in that country as "a hgntins
Gus fights resulted in fatal injuries to his oppo-
nents.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

Kentucky appropriates seventy-five
thousand dollars to improve the Licking riv-
err.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14
Woman Can Keep a Secret.

So says the chivaIrOus and frrepress-
ible George Francis Train, and he
clinches the statement in the follow
ing vigorous style:
"Men say women can't keep a Sc
cret. 1t is just the reverse-women
can, men can't. Women carry with
them to their graves secrets that would
kill any man. Woman never tells;
man always does. Woman suffers
and dies; man blabs and lives. Man
cannot keep a secret; woman cannot
make it known. What is sport tu
man is death to woman. Adam was
a sneak. Eve would have kept the
apple a secret.
Be ye fruitful. Who ever heard a
woman talking about her love ias-
COS? Everybody has heard a man
gossip. Man delights in telling of his
illicit cOnquests; woman would cut
her tongue out first Men are coarse
in their club room talk; women refined
in their parlOr conversation. Who
ever heard a woman telling of her
lovers? Who has not listened to the
dissipation of the men? Men boast;
women don't. Women never tell
tales out of school; men are always
blabbing. SONlOwn with another old
adage. Woman can keep a secret"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14
G.ant,s FeIIcilr or Lnnguage.

Giants Felicity OF Language.
He exhibits at times a rare felicity Of
language. His words generally come
slowly, but they are always to the
point, and when analyzed his speech
often proves eloquent. His dispatch
es abound in terse, significant express
ions, like the response to Bucknpr:
"NO terms other than an uncondi-
uonal and immediate surrender can
be accepted. 1 propose to move inn
mediately upon your works" al pro-
pose to fight it out on this line, if It
takes all SUMNER" is historical. 'sLat
US have peace" uttered by the head
Of the army, became the watrhword
Of party. His famous letter to An
drew johnson on the removal of
Sheridan is alive with earnestness, and
his remarks to President Lincoln,
upon receiving command of the ar
mics, are a model of chaste and manly
elOquence. "Mr. President. accept
the commission with gratitude for the
high honor conferred. With the aid
of the noble armies that have fought
on so many fields for our common
country, it will be my earnest en-
deavOr not to disappoint your exppc-
tations. L feel the full weight of the
responsibilities now devUlving on me;
and know if they are met, it will be
due to those armies, and above all, to
the favor of that Providence which
leads both nations and men,"
Take again, the short speech he
made when he received the nomina-
ton for the Presidency: sI shall have
no policy Of my own tOenfOrce against
the will of the ppoplp;"-a sentiment
full of wisdom and patriotism, and s.t
the same time the severesE possible
Irebuke of the President. WIZ stove
so hard to force his policy upon an uu.
willing people. At Galena, when
his election was announced, he pro-
claimed: "The responsibilities Of the
position I feel, but accept them with
out fear;" while in his inaugural are
opinions worthy to become maxims
of public and international law. The
truth is, that few men who call them
selves orators have made better or
more effective speeches than he who
has made so few, who never speaks
till he has something to say, but upon
due occasions always has something to
say that is pertinent and fOrcible.-
| Atlantic Monthly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14
Olive Logan.

Who was one of the guzed-at celebri-
ties during the hot weather at Long
Branch, was thus described:
"Olive is getting handsomer and
ruddier every day. She gets up every
morning at five O'clock and walks
four miles before breakfast. After
breakfast she puts on a brown linen
suit and goes down to the beach to
bathe in blOOmer costume. She is the
best swimmer Of her sex, so far, pad
dies, floats, treads water, dives, swims
backward, and scdrts the bathing mas
ters by going away out where the
sharks are. alter the bath she pats
on a blue dress and plays billiards for
Two hours, to the a5tUnishment Of the
billiard-marker, who says he never
saw the like. Then she puts on
gorgeous silk for dinner, aud after din
ner she goes out driving, and the way
she handles the ribbons is a caution to
Grant. In the evening she pU.s ON "A
satin dress, with long train, and all
befurbelOWed with red velvet and yel-
low lace, and goes to some hotel
where there is a hop, and here she
comes out even more strongly than at
the bath, billiards or bowling along
the avenue. AT II o'clock she comes
homo, puts on a dark merinO and
writes wOman's rights till bedtime"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14
ARoman CathOIic ReFOrmer.

The Rev. Father Hyacinthe, a monk
of Paris, is striking bravely for reform
in the Catholic church. He thinks an
infusion of new blood into the church
is needed. He would give it more
humanity, and abolish its dead for
malisms. The expiation Of sins by
fasting and purgatOries are to him RI
diculous. His sermons are troubling
the regular priesthood; they call him
a hereto, and in turn he holds them
up to ridicule; he is leading people to
think for themselves; he is learned,
talented, pious and venerable, and is
a power which will not down before
the horns of any Papai oulls whatso-
ever. He insists upon the true church
of St. Peter, and seeks to show that
the church is called upon to march
with the spirit of progress.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14

SUDDEN BLANcHING OF HARM.
Pouchet relates the following anec-
dote in the Avenir National:
On the 10Th of February, Colonel
Franks was engaged near the village
of Chambia, with a body ofrebeIs, and
many prisoners were taken; one Of
them, Bengalee, aged about fifty
four, was conducted before the au-
thorities, te undergo interrogatiOns.--
81 had them" SAID Surgeon Major
Fanny, "an opportunity of observing
personally the following facts: The
prisoner for the first time appeared to
realize the danger of his situation
when he found himself stripped and
surrounded with soldiers. He trem-
bled violently, terror and despair be-
ing depicted on his cOuntenance; and
when replying to the questions ad-
dressed to him, he appeared absolute
" stupefed by fear. Then, under our
eyes, and in the space of some half an
hour, his hair, which we had seen to
be of brilliant black, became gray
on every part of his head. The SER
geant who had charge of the prisoner
cried out, He is turning gray, and
called our attention to the singular
phenomenon, of which I thus, with
many other persons, was enabled tC
observe the completion through all its
phases"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14

The MODEL MOTHER -IN-LAW.-
She never visits her daughter when
you are at home, and when caught in
the act is always highly deprecatOry
in her manner and looks humbly con-
founded. She never speaks of your
wife as "my poor darling" or "that
precious child" Nothing will in
duce her to remind you that your
wife is a perfect wreck compared to
what she was when you married her
She never thinks to manage you or
your household, or stir up seditiOn
and jealousy by long conversations
upon your fuilings, nor can this wO-
man ever be induced to admit that
her daughter is not better off than she
was under the paternal roof. The
servants might pillage the house, and
that estimable creature would never,
by sign or word, express her opinion
She has not an atom Of curiosity about
your movements or baby's teeth, nor
will she commit herself about your
club. Mysterious whispers about late
newspapers never provoke a scOrnful
sniff or a martyred look She will
not encourage gossip or scandal, or
c, unte zee your W f. in her disposi-
ton to sit up for you at night. In
short, she is a walking encyclopedia
Of all the domestic virtues, and in
time of sickness comes out strong and
luxuriates in green tea and in minis
tering unto the sufferers.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14

Thomas Dick puts the boarding of
wealth in this striking way:
. Suppose a man could lay up a stock
of clothes and provisions sufficient to
last him for three hundred years, what
would it avail him, since he can live
at most but from 20 to 100 years ?
Suppose he laid up in a stOrehouse
20, 900 pairs of shoes, to what end
would it serve if he could make use,
during his whole life, of only one hun
dredth part of them? He would be
in the same condition as a man who
had a hundred dishes placed before
him at dinner, but who would partake
Of but one; or of a person who had a
hundred mansions purchased for his
residence, but who could occupy but
one. How ridiculous it would appear
if all that could be said of a man
while he lived was simply this; that
his whole life was occupied n collect
ing and laying up'in stOrt46use 60,
600 mahogany chairs which were new
er intended 10 be used for the furni-
ture of apartments, or $4,000 pairs of
trOwseTs which were never to be
worn? And where is the difference,
in point of nationality and utility, be-
tween such absurd practices and hoard
ing thousands of guinPas in a bank,
which are never brought forth for the
benefit of mankind? There is no con-
duct connected with the pursuits OF
human beings that appears more alb
surd and wicked than such practices
however cOmmOn-if examined by
the dictates of reason and the Word Ul
God.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14

The dedication of Il "Soldier's Mon
ument" at Plymouth, Mass, which
has lust taken place, reveals the fact
that the little town sent 63G men to
the war, of whom Y fell upon the
field of honor. This was the response
which Plymouth made to the calum-
Mons estimate of the Puritan charaC-
ter by Southern orators and newspa-
Ders. This was the evidence which
the Old Colony gave of the existence
of chivalry within her borders quite
as true as if her original settlers had not
sung long psalms, made long prayers,
and listened to long sermOns.-LN. Y.
Tribune.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14
All About Love.

Never waste your life in loving any
one who does not love you. Laugh,
as some prosaic people may, at love, it
certainly is true that men, and women
too, have died of it. It fastens on the
human heart as some many clawed-
sea-mOnster-''devil fish, )" for instance
does upon anything, and there is no
coaxing or pulling it away. But just
as you may cut those deadly tentacles
off if they are fastened to your body,
so you may cut away the love that has
grown to be only misery; only you
must do it in time, that the wound
may be cured, and a love that you
may cherish planted there lace Of
it.
There is something wrong in love
that is not dual always. God gave us
love that two might become one.
When two who were meant for each
other meet, there is no doubt in either
mind that it is so; and it is the nat
ural longing for the true and perfect
union that causes all the misery which
so many suffer.
A little further on waits that one for
whom the soul is yearning, and we
pause, because one possessing the
charms of that being yet unmet has
passed athwart our horizon-pauSe and
lose what we are seeking for.
The one whom you can love best
will always love you. Heaven never
made a soul without a mate, and the
being your tenderness cannot move or
your smiles win, who does not even
suspect your love, is not worth eating
your heart for, you may be sure of
that. And the solitary old maids, and
dismal old bachelors, who sit bemOan-
ing themselves by the wayside of life,
and the yet more wretched married
folks who, having no heart to give,
took anybOdy's hand after having
failed to win their first ideal, have all
made grand mistakes. Somewhere in
the world there is some heart which
will fit theirs as patty as the twin
pieces of a dissected map.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14

A PITHY SERMON TO YOUNG MEN.
You are the architects of your own
fortunes. Rely upon your own
strength of body and soul. Take for
your motto self-rcIiance, honesty and
industry, for your star, faith, perse-
verance and pluck, and insuribe on
your banner, "Be just and fear not. :"
Do MT take too much advice; keep to
the helm and steer your own ship.
Strike out. Think well of yourself.
Fire above the mark you intend to
hit. Assume your position. Energy,
invincible determination, with a right
motive, are the levers that rule the
world. The great art of commanding
is to take a fair share of the work.
CiviIity costs nothing and buys every
thing. Do MT drink; do MT smoke ;
do Mt swear; do MT gamble; do r't
steal; do MT deceive; do MT tattle.
Be polite, generous and kind. Study
hard, play hard. Be earnest, be self
reliant Read good books. Love
your fellow-men and your country,
and obey the laws; love truth love
virtue. Always do what your con-
science tells you to be duty, and
leave the consequence with God.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14

An English paper, speaking of the
paper petticoats about to be introduce
ed, suggests the possibility of the fol-
lowing advertisement: " Madame
PercaIe bogs leave to call the atten-
tion of ladies about to visit the sea-
side to her new and richly embrOid-
cred paper petticoats, at one shilling
each. Each number contains an in
stallment of a new novel Of great do
mestic interest, by Anthony Trol-
lope, entitled 'Tucks and Frills.
The story will be completed in fifty
weekly petticoats."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14
Do Animals Think?

We have been asked to give our
opinion upon this subject, which has
very recently been debated in Tennes-
see. There has been no doubt i'll the
minds of many eminent thinkers and
observers that animals think and rea-
son. We fully coincide in this belief,
and think that careful examination
Of their habits and acts will convince
any candid observer that they are not
wholly, although doubtless to a great
extent, governed by instinct. Those
to whom our columns are familiar will
recOllect a number Of articles contain
ing facts which go to prove the reas-
Oning power of imals.-[Scientitic
American.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14
Hfsboroug Highland County Ohio Thursday H. 1869
TEE soEoo1.RoY,s VACATION.

THE sCHOOL-BOY's VACATION.
His trunk was packed for da5V before;
The blood cOursed quickly through his veinsi
The hours he counted DER and O'er'
As counts the captive in his chains;
His task was inished-why delay
The eagle in his upward wayi
He rose ere morn ilIumed the skies:
The clock had only rung out three;
1t was an early hour to rise,
But not an early hour for thee,
o, 5oyl for in thy dreams at night
How loomed the promised land in sight
o, boy / I would that, free as thou,
I, too, might sweep DER hill and Plaini
without a wrinkle on her brow,
Live over life's Young morn again:
And pack my trunk and rise at three,
And start at eight, along with thee.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14

Lord Rosse's large telescope has re-
Gently had attached to it at an ingeni-
Gus system of clock-work, which
moves it so as to keep the eye Of the
observer upon the moving planet, and
it has been ascertaiEed that the moon
either reflects or radiates heat upon
The earth to a very considerable ex-
tent. The tube Of this telescope is sfif-
ty feet long and tall man can walk
through it. The metallic spectrum
weighs several tons.