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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

We recently noticed in one Of our South
ern exchanges, the Charleston Is c.
Courier, an elaborate attempt to cast ridi-
cule on the President and on Harvard
University, or account of the action of the
latter in comforting the degree of l.. L. D.
on the former. 1t declares that 1t would
not have been surprised that "a miserable
"fourth or afth rate institution" should
have done this, but that ii did not suppose
that "the old and honored University,
"ahich has for so many years occupied
''the first place among the American in
"stitutions of learning" would he guilty
of such toadyism. Throughout the article
the writer assumes that the President is
man with but the commonest education,
and that the comforting of a degree for
learning upon him is therefore absurd.
We quite agree with our contemporary
that these degrees are conferred with a
lack Of discrimination which renders them
of no account, but it is due to the Presi-
dent of the United States and to the
American people, who have twice chosen
him for that office, that the common i'm
preston that he is, from literary point
Of view. a grossly ignorant man, should
he dissipated, for it is not true.
General Grant is graduate of the Mill
tary Academy at West Point, which is to
all intents and purposes a college, and,
Sc 4 -
the purely literary culture than many
colleges. still, no person so ignorant as
General Grant has, in the heat Of partisan
denunciation, been accused Of being could
by any possibility pass through lis course
Of instruction and receive its diploma.
We do not write this as a defender Of the
man-there are enough to do that for the
hope Of reward-but as an American citi.
zen WHO would feel some degree Of shame
that so ignorant a man as he is falsely
represented TO be should be twice called
ou to preside over the destinies Of the
Republic, and, as a Journalist, heartily
ashamed that the press should abuse liz
great opportunities, by the dissemination
Of false ideas, working injustice to indi
yiduals and beliItleing our nation in The
eyes Of the world. We do not ask thai
the press shall toady to power, but w
shall be glad to see the day When it shal
be the habit of newspapers to speak o
those in high places with courtesy and a
much Of respect as their convictions vii
permit.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

While General sherman's command was
waiting ON Black River for the fall Of
Vicksburg in order to move ON Jackson
and dive Joe Johnston vu,, a scouting
party one day brought ia Il few prisoners,
among whom was young lieutenant, an
exquisite with long hair and an elaborate
lisp. lie was taken to the generals quar-.
tiers and given a seat IN front Of the tent
within which General sherman sat writing.
IL was a hot summer day. Near the tent
was q grove of magnOlia-trees, which soon
absorbed the attention of the captive.
How beautifully those leaves wave be-
utiul-heautlfnl I" exclaimed he. sher-
man gave Il hitch on his stool and snorted
Soon came repetition Of The exclamation.
sherman grew more impatient. But WHEN
The third exclamation came he could hold
10 no longer, but burst ont:
" swell, 1t, can't you let them wave -
The exquisite dd.-Edtor's Drawer, in
HarPsr's Magazine for December.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21


Amongthe distinguished authors lately
represented In It's pages are Matthew Arnold,
Charles Kingsley, George Macdonald, Miss
Thackeray, Max Muller, Karl Blind, Prof
Tyndall, Sir Robert Lytton, Prof Huxley,
James Anthony Froude. Jean 1ngelow, the
Duke Of Argyle, Prime Minister Gladstone,
Miss Mulock, Erckmann. Chatrian, Arthur
Helps Fritz Reuter-, Julia Kayanagh, Ten
nyson, Browning, ETC., etc.
Besides continuing the productions of the
leading British authors during the coming
year, as usual, IL Is to begin about January
LIST the publication, serially, Of one of the
finest productions, translated expressly for
IT. of the Plqii. Deufsch novelist and humorist,
Fritz Reuter-. who is pronounced the most
"popular German author of the last half
century" and whose writings In the Ian
guage of Bavard Taylor, "are the wonder
and delight of Germany" A charming
Christmas story by the same author is prom
Used about Christmas time, and the number
containing II will be sent free to new sub
scribers beginning with the new volume,
January LIST.
The Liring Ace IL generally pronounced
" the hest of the eclectics.- No ether period
| ical is 10 commemorative, aud in the great
and growing multiplicity of quarterlies,
monthlies and weeklics IT has become almost
a necessity to every person or family Of in
teulgence and taste. It should not be over
looked by any of our readers in selecting
their periodicals for the coming year.
The subscription price is IS year, which
is cheap for the amount of reading furnished
and for those desiring the cream of both
home and foreign literature, the publishers
Q4ittell X Gay, Boston, make a still cheaper
offer viz; to send for $40 any one of the
American - monthlles or weeklies with
The Lipiaq Age for year. Possessed of The
Lining Age and Que or other of the leading
American monthlies, a subscriber, in the
language OF contemporary, will hnd him
self in command OF the whole situation"
Certainly the amount of the best current
literature of the world thus offered cannot
otherwise be obtained for the cost.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

Q oupces or fractions Of Q ounces, and pro-
Wiling that all mail matter Of the thlrd
class must be prepaid. Mr. Edmunds,iro,
the judiciary Committee, reported al
yersely the bill to allow women 70 VOC
and hold office In the Territories. Oh
motion of Mr.. Pomeroy, 1t was placed on
the calendar. Mr.. Ramsay, from the r9s.-
Office Committee, reported the Postal TEL
egraph bill. The French Spoliation Claims
hin was discussed. After au Executive
Session the senate adjourned.
In the House, on motion of Mr.. WOOD,
a resolution was adopted directing the
Committee on Banking and Currency 10
investigate the alleged unlawful cOmblna-
lions for the locking upof gold ana cur
rency, and 10 report measures Tor thef
prevention aud punishment hereafter
The committee Is empowered TO soma lot
PERSONS and papers. Mr.. Hooper IRON INC
Banking Committee, made report on Tue
inveHigation of the alleged conspiracy OF
the Tenth National Bank Of New folk, 70
| lock up currency. The report was ordered
to be printed and recommilted. IL recon-
mends the passage of a bill providing thal
any national bank so Offending shall i9r-
felt its charter, and any bank officer so
offending shall be punishable by i've years
insprisonment, and fine of not less than
| $4,000. On motion of Mr.. Merriam, II
was agreed that committee OF three
should he appointed to investigate the loss
of revenue stamps from the Assistant
Treasurer's office at New York, and the
committee was appointed, with Mr.. MerIi-
am as chairman.
The bill to pay the expenses OF the Mex
| lean Border Commission, the Deficiency
| bill. and the hiil appropriailng SlOO,O0U
Cor the Vienna Exposition were passed.
Several bills wera introduced and relerc cd,
after which the House adjourned.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

From the New York Herald Of December l7,h.
From the first Inauguration of Washing
ton, as President, to the retirement Of
John Quincy Adams from the White
House, it may be said that the JeilersOnian
test Of honesty, capability and fidelity to
the constitution was the paramount law
Of appointments in the civil servivc. But
there was, also, another law Of appoitt-
ments, first broadly promulgated by JEFF
tersOn, which, even In support of this new
Idea of special qualifications, we do not
propose to abandon. In consequence Of
the tie in the electoral vote--.73 to 20 he
tween Jefferson and Burr, for President,
IN 1900, the election was thrown into the
House of Repres entatlves, and, In that
body, the members from Maryland, Del
aware and Vermont agreed to settle the
contest IN favor of Jefferson, with his
agreement to certain reasonable conditions
which they proposed. From the affidavit
Of the representative, James A. Bayard,
of Delaware, on the subject, among these
conditions was this :-'that subordinate
public officers, employed only in the execu.
ton of details established by law, shall
not be removed from office on the ground
of their political character, nor without
complaint against their conduct; !" aud
with his ace ptance Of this with the other
] conditions offered Jefferson was elected
! President by the balance of power in the
House, which had been held in reserve BY
Maryland. Delaware and Vermont
This is the rule, the benefits OF which vs.,
would still give the President in this civil
service reform, Nor do We suppose tha
any idoa ii entertained by General Grant
of extending the new rules as the law OF
the civil service upon which he Ia nte e
so as to make them applicable to tue Cat
met the foreign missions, the lnportan
Custom Houses or Post Offices. On TIL
contrary. Us the heads of the apartment
are but tic secretaries Of the President. he
Of course, will continue to exercise th,
right of appointing them upon the good oil,
rule of harmony between himself an,
them-upon the political principles an,
administrative policy which he represent
by the will of the people. So, too, a lalp,
margin of discretion will he retained b,
the Executive IN reference to all othe
) appointments materially involving Tia
success or failure of lis administrator
measures at home or abroad. Haylu,
thus dlslodge ct. W" from his premise
on this branch of his argument, his oblee
tions touching the absurdity of a Cahipe
] appointment by Committee of editor
, ard schoolmasters may be dismissed.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

A Detroit man wants to sell patent pis.
tol cane or a promising Newfoundland
pup, lie doesn't care which. He went
home the other night and set his cane,
heavily charged, behind the door, and
started in for a little romp with three
bright little ones and the sportve pup.
They got along well enough until pup
spied the cane, aud going for it started on
a promiscuons run around chairs aud table
legs with ithctHeen his teeth, The doting
father remembered the fatal effect Of q
slight pressure on spring, and Will, rare
presence of mind succeeded in throwing
the ohildicn down the cellar stairs and
placing himself on the top Of the sideboard
before the thing went OIL. The bail only
broke n hundred dollar mirror, and the
pup got few 81 ght scratches in jumping
through plate-giass window. The doc
tor says the children will all recover. No
Insurance.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21


The Government is going 10 ra.os,o,iis,,
the lighthouse AT the month Of Nlispllllon
Greek. ''''''
The Fusion, or Yarmouth Legislature.
louisiana, has adjourned until the nrst
Monday in January.
Four hundred and scveuty-0ne horses
have died from the epizooty in Cincinnati
during the last four weeks.
There were 979 deaths in PHILADELPHIA
last week-eXactly the same number as
during the week preceding.
The pew owners of the ola South
Chureh, in Boston, have voted, IS To ~.
TO lease the church for post-oillce.
1t is stated that Commodore Vanderbilt
has abandoned at least temporarily his
project for an underground railway in
New York.
John j. Nlcolay, of Illinois. who was
President Lincoln's private Secretarr. has
neeu appointed Marshal OF the United
States Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Chase has received over
800 letters applying for the place of Mar
sinai OF the Supreme Court, made vacant
by the Resignation Of r. c. Parsons.
The amount Of wheat anoat in New
York Is TOS,OOO bu.; total In store and
ahoat, 1897, 900 bu. Corn anoat. ara 0Oo
ou'i IN store and afoat, G,125, $50 bu.
charges Of fraud have been made in
connection with the recent election i'm
boston, aud it Is thought there will he a
recount OF the entire vote for Mayor.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
| appointed receiver ior the Scandinavian
National Bank of Chicago. It Is believed
the LOSSES will fall only upon the share
holders of the hank,
John I Kensett, the distinguished land
seape painter, died suddenly in New YORK.
on saturday. lie was President Of IN,
artists Fund Society. and a uember ~
the National Academy.
The First National Bank Of Memphis
mas received several forged drafts which
haze been eashed by banks in other ci,ies
The forger is believed to be a man namsl
Moore, of Philadelphia
The Board Of Canvas4ors Of the Florlda
! election tnished their count last yyo.,
giv.n5 hart 1876 majority. The Repnbii
/ cans elect the Lieutenant Govo,nnr n,,'T
both Congressman, and claia mnio,it,.
In the Senate and q in the House. -
The NNprsine ( curt of Yirpiul, a.,iio,
last week that the act Of lie Iprisl.ti,rs
OF mat state repeating the e5upon fenti,re
o. the Funding law is mconstitntionnI
~ ms makes the coupon bonds issued un,ler
the Funding act receivable for State taves
Inc New York Fire Marshal expresse a
lhe opinion that the Fifth Ayenne IIoiei
1re originated in the room Of Mar
oIaVe'' Nnd was carried by the elevator
TO Tue dormitory. He thinks. also thst
.he gus were sutlOcated before the names
Tt.,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21
How to Choose a Young Fow,.

As there is a general movement amosg
our readers to provide choice fowls for the
app oachlng holidays, II will he matter
Of interest to many Of them to know "
to distinguish between the young aud Tho
old candidates for table honors.
A young turkey has a smooth leg and
soft bill, and the eyes will be bright aud
the feet moist Old turkeys have scay,
stiff feet. Young fowls have tender
skin, smooth legs, and the breast hone
Yields readily to the touch of the finger.
The best are those that have yellow ltgs.
The feet and legs of the old fowls look w
If they had seen hard service in the wOHd>
Young ducks feel tender under the Wang,
and the web is transparent. The hest are
thick and hard on the breast. Young
geese have yellow bills, and the feet ARE
yellow but supple the skin may be easily
broken by the head of pin the breast Ia
| plump aud the fat white. An old goose Is
unfit for the human stomach.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21
New Railway Signal.

Many collisions occur by one train over
hauling another, with curves or other
distractions to prevent warning. Some
one has patented a clock TO be mounted
beside the track, with large motion, and
intended to run only few minutes. Rods
connect il with beyeled catch at the rail,
to be struck by the locomotive wheel. As
the train passes the depressed rod throws
the clock work into action and also re.
moves a white plate from the face of II red
danger disc. At the end of ten minutes
Cor any other set time) the index autom-
atically moves back TO zero, tho white
covers the red and the clock comes 10 rest.
No attention is required. Each train
winds up the clock as well as sets It going.
The machinery is said TO be simple and
cheap, and to have been successfully tried.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
have obtained several of these signals aud
are at present experimenting with them
If they are successful they will be placed
along the line OF their ros d,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

ONFORD'S JUNIOR spEAkBR, a collection "
Exercises 10 Defamation, recitatiun and Rope
before punished aud more than two hnndr.d
Beea ad pied u the young nj both sexes, BY
William oxford with numerous illustrations.
Phili delpha + H Butler 3 Co.
This Is one Of this firms justly celebrated
New american Series OF school hooks
Amongst the selections we notice n number
OF the old fayorites for defamation. but the
compiler seems to have taken care TO pre-
sent MS much fresh matter M possible and TO
retain none of the hackneyed pieces except
such as especially mcrited thar honor The
selections embrace both poetry and prose,
varying from the lightest humor 10 the most
solemn seriousness, and 1t has besides, uu-
merous dialogues. a few brief rules TO assist
the youthful student in understanding the
principles OF eloeution are next given. We
received it from Boughman, Thomas 4 Co.
who have the whole series for sale.
The Frmig's Crcuiar is one Of the few
magazines really issued in the month it pro.
fesses TO be ISSUED in, and hence its Decem.
Der number has just reached u.s. Il has as
usual a tat !e Of contents of great interest TO
printers and publishers After all we do
not know any OF the craft journals NOR
welcome than this, aud it has. less than any
other, an axe OF its own To grind. If it were
not worth cent, however, we wonld read it
for the sake OF its jolly, genial, whole.
souled editor
| BidckroOds Mdgos sine for November is one
/ oi the most readable numbers of this admirt-
I bic perindioal We have had ter some time.
/ The second hook of the rsrisieus is begun
and the serial ~ A True Reiormer' is con
tihued- Inc other articles are " The Shores
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21
Mutual Lite insurance company

HTIN ULIITIINi UIV' IUf IoI-'
To he Po,icy Holders u, Pomsylpania and
Dsla@are;
At the written request Of twenty-five
other Life Insurance Companies aud also
Of some of the policy-holders Of this COM
pany, the Trustees have decided to contin.
ue the old rates of premium for the present
though fully pursuaded that the proposed
loger scale could have been adopted with
perfect safety and to the advantage Of The
old policy holders as well as the new.
NASUXUM, BATES * LAMBERT,
General Agents,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21
Delaware State Journal.
The Eneel Of blast Furnaces ON Our

In the Commercial of Monday ap-
pearsd an editorial article urgiHg that If
furnaces are to be built here they must be
built by heavy capitalists, and concluding
with the following paragraph
Furnaces are, moreover, the proper sub
iect OF private concern, more than oil popular
subscription, because they add comparatively
little 10 a city's population, and consequently |
little to its local trade and business. The
work TO be done requirea very Few hanus IN |
proportion to the capital invested anu the |
most Of them are unskilled lahorefs, earning |
low wages. A furnace, In TINS respect Is NOT |
such an enterprise as appeals TO the sympa- |
thetic interest of the business community. |
though. In our case it ia one which our man |
ufacturing industries now greatly need. fut
up the money. gentlemen In 100000 or s0O,uOO |
humps. You don't want any small stock
holders.
If this articleh has any effect it is ealcu.
lated to dampen any enthusiasm and
weaken any interest which may have been
awakened in this matter by the recent
meeting of the Board of Trade and the
addresses delivered thereat, so that even if
it were strictly true we can see no special
reason for presenting it at this particular
time.
The mere fact that a large number of
men are not necessarily employed directly
in the work about furnaces does not show
that they therefore add but little to a city's
population, trade or business. A furnace
gives indirect employment to vast num-
Der Of people, and one here would give
immediate employment to a very consider
Obi Nav .F FaGpla an tho
railroads TRANSPORTING the bulky materials
it would require to run #, and certainly
nothing which could assist the railroads in
which our city is so largely interested
can be said to be of little value to our
business Interests.
But the indir ct benefits to the city Of a
furnace in stimulating the development Of
iron working would be immGnse. It is
rnle to which there are but few
exceptions that other iron manutac-
turing establishments spring up in
the neigbborhood Of furnaces, aud if
this result is achieved where no iron man
ufacturing establishments before existed,
in how much greater degree would II be
achieved here whore SO many such estab-
lshmens, all using pig iron as their raw
material are already in successful opera
ton Neither do we ste it "a an objec-
ton to furnace that it gives employment
to unskiled lab0rers. Men who are Sc
unfortunate as not to have trades must
live, and we welcome whatever contrib
mes To fuui-linr them with steaiv EN-.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

II may not be generally known thi,
Washington Irving was the author Of lle
phrase "the almighty dollar" lie o.
it in sketch entitled "The Creole w.
lage," published in 1897, and it quickly
passed into universal usage. He himself
says Of it, "This phrase, used for O.
first time in this sketch, ("The Crpaa
Nillagc,") has since passed into curimt
circulation, and by some has been qu Sc
toned as savoriug OF irrevereuce. Tie
author, therefore, owes Il to his orthodoxy
to dcclarethat no irrcverence was intcndoi,
even to the dollar itself, which he is ava 10
is daily becoming more aud more an Obj ,ct
Of worship.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

Fifty-one shares of tie capital stock OF
the Tribune Association, constituting a
majority, were on Monday sold TO William
Orion of the late owners Of shares
Whlteaw Reid and John Hay are He
only persons who have sold outright, the
former four shares (S4O,0O0) and the lat
ter two shares (S20,00O).
Doctor Aver sold eight of the fourteen
shares of the ffty-one purchased. 1t is
understood that eight are reserved for
Schuyler Cofax, who is to be invited TO
assume the editorship. Mr.. Reid has ten
dered his resignation, and will retire On
Saturday.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21


Au uupleasaul iuilor ie"cucs Us tual an
euoI. 10 10 oe Ihaue at Tue next meeting OF
Tue Do"ru OIL Euuea1iou' 10 reconsider Tue
no''on o' Tue poaru at IT'S last meeting au-
'""V'nS 'ne s"."'les oi assistant leaeuers
~ primary s0no''9' we sincerely nope
'uc euorl VIII! no' succeed lot such action
now Si'er TUE Ieasonap'e hopes Of 'he
teachers III question nave oeen raised by
the previous acton would be exceedingly
cruel and unjust The salary Of $500 de-
ternAned upon, is not cent too mu"h to
secure good and faithful teachers, and
INST as able teachers are needed for these
schools as for any others, II is more i'm
porianl in fact that their teachers should
be persons OF real ability, than in more
advanced schools where there may be
more reliance in text books These little
ones need TO be taught, while the more
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

The President and Chief Engineer OF
the Wilmington and Western Railroad
we're prospecting over the proposed route
for It's extension westward Thursday.
They are much disposed, we believe, to
secure such extension, provided the people
along the line are willing to lend an ear
nest hand in helping on the work. Every
thing depends on this.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

One of the most profitable as well as in
terestiug kinds of businc;. for woman is
the care of bees. 10 recent agricultural
report il is stated that one lady bought
four hives for ten dollars, aud in five wears
she was offered one thousand live hundred
dollars for her stock, and refused it as moi
enough. In addition to this Increase of
her capital, in one of these live years sht
sold twenty-five hives and four hundred
and twenty pounds of honey.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-21

About the livellest sensation Of the sea-
son in New York is that produced by the
announ cement that Jay Gould has COM
prom ised with the Erie Railroad Company,
by agreeing TO refund the Minis million DOL
hrs of which be defrauded them, on con
dition that they withdraw their pending
suit against him. This is very nice for
Erie stockholders, but it eau scarcely be
said that justice Is done, when so mon
strous a thief gets of with no other pun
lshment than the surrender Of the property
stolen.