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MISCELLANEOUS.

4 Petersburg Va) firm has received bale Of
vegetable wool, made in Franklin County, n. G.
It il plapSed and cultivated somewhat similar to
cotton.
One hundred and three Thousand dollars
have already been raised in Philadelphia alone
for the family Of General Meade
The first instance Of al elopement Of colo1ed
parties in Kentucky occurred at Carlisle the
other day. The parents we're obstinate, but 80
were the young people. and so both were m'ss-
In the Georgia Lunatic Asylum there are 503
patients, Of whom II are idiots The arrivals
average about one and 8 half per day, and al
the roon, provided by the recent additions to tha
buildings will soon be occupied.
The unYeiling Of the fancy statue at An
uauo1is, Nd. will take place On Tuesday, Dec
10. in the presence Of the Governor and other
chief fuuctionaries Of the State, together With
m assemblage drawn from all parts Of the State.
The ceremonies will take place in the Senate
Chamber.
The question Of e1ecting the Mayors o1
cities blythe vote Of the people, instead Of by
the members Of City Councils, is receiving con.
siderable attention throughout the Province o1
Ontario.
The rapid decline Of agrarian crime in Ire"
land is attributed to the happy influence Of the
Land act. In the 1lst six months Of 1876 two
years ago-there vera ], ,219 outrages in ireland
months Of the present year there we're but 116.
West ViEg lnia is having great difficulty On
the subject Of her Congressmen- After 8 dual
election, upon which her Legislature has been
unsuccessfully tinkering, she is now under the
unpleasant apprehension that q bill will be
passed by the Legislature authorizing another
election for Congressman The whole difficulty
has arisen from the yagueness Of the law, that
seems to have lett an H1econci1ab1e conflict.
| IN November, 1870, the value Of the COM
! rnodities shipped from Fhi1adelFhia to foreign
I countries IVES 81 ,134, ,899; in November, 1871,
tbe araouut rose to 81, IT'S 605 and in the month
lust ended the exports amounted to 90, III, ,460.
This is Jolly sort Of an idea: The New
York l. New Haven Railway Company have been
is thus described: The leTer Of the switch is en-
| closed in small house or sentry-bo1, the door
| Of which is locked. When the switchman enters
the house and opens the switch, he thereby shuts
| the door of the house or box, from which ha
cannot make his exit till, by shutting the switch,
| he thereby opens the door of the box. Il BY any
chance train comes along while the switch is
| open he must make his escape from the box to
avoid the probability Of being himself Killed
he cannot make his escape without shifting the
gVitch. Therefore, every time q switchnan
| onens 8 switch he is bound under penalty OF
death to have it closed before any train comes
along. One man can attend to only one switch.
, 1872-12-08

We have presented in general terms the sue
cessfn operation Of the cumulative voting
system in tho choice OF representatives in the
Legislature. For the first time the people ire
represented in one branch Of tile Legislature as
nearly in the proportion Of their division upon
political questions IS possible. But the returns
show that there ia another evil in our system Of
elections, and that is in the matter OF counting
the votes. The returns indicate that the 1nspec-
tors Of Election have miscountod, OF have dis
REGARDED. the division ct Totaa in maQ7 IL
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1o.-.o4,17de7-e ~ fbe Cineinudff Commercial.
1'GFu' Ta a Tnniou dinner consists Of from u to
% con courses. The half Of which are substantially
-nasfs ~ f;sI' fowls and came braced up and in<
tas-,a1atad with 179,t;es snnns' and entrees Then
foifowz -ista af sn1len n1ddipgs and sodden
t1aot. c,Eas cnsta-da and mixed ices whose
nointa toward death and the hours
~ -n;d1ts1ht hn3 st;1} tha pondezous feast is
~ T 80 -arai,s niles of green nuts an
nver ronr;ahed f;ts inaidious entrees Of late
Jassart 1ritF foro;o, favor. and lastly
T5of' thsf inanitah,a fats1 conestible. crovnine
the goal of every British dinner, and whose
ast11- t1;ne, of aat;no After al has been
ea; HG? ~ =; ~ a4Fa5 ~ ha drank rather than
esu: ~ - - !4a at .-.oaea5;n1 conTspa annearinp to
- nt-a5.aad rna;o1y foT tha object Of clearing
~ .,n1a4 ~ fraah 3avor of vine. 4 delicata
~ RalasJ ~. has;5a 10 n,s4a ~ microscopic.
~ S ra7 80 Piao 4ororeJ Fnrish oysters that begu
~ ~ paa:1 Santerne or Moaelle succeed to
H. H. 1tioo Toor <rth tha fish that follows the
a1ee+a-a sne 4oeD; H;roaa11e and Sauterne give ray
- +fa sr,hsfantia1 sherry and HuneaSian in the
+b;r5 ~ ~ conrsa Tha sherry ia carried fory ard
r9no "a Rnro7ndy to acconnany the piece Dc
."as;et1rco ~ ia heavy rnast nf English Hirloin
+fat hreaIs the first Shock Of appetite in the
.ssan. -es ~ - d;ning Chataan Yonern or white
@ RtGc5s a+ta3a - the fnwj that renlaces The roast
1ona5 a. ;trodnca5 1g;tb o7aret and champagne
uae a.sad;.sa ~ H. dis1 Ia annnortad hv class Of
s1Sn - saessef Tbo Wadeira S1 I'm is contrasted
~ G-oe1 H;ra and hottie ~ Nfanzauilla is
VII taa ;nss1ted h brace the TAGGING gtimulant
osi1, Ky Tenedos. has With The dessest appear the
masslIe asT Fno1ab fav6r;ta 1 ahe7ry has not
Wnle .:a1a.rad Gne nsay ram the c1ofh ria black
once olsappsa;sd r1 f4H easn "aso,+ I'D fts
vines are caiLteu ~ tno te ate .h;ch
, 1872-12-08

stances, or that this system has developed and
exposed more srihngly general negligence
and earelessness On the subject Of counting the
ballots than is supposed to exist. A few e1-
amples will illustrate.
The ballots in this county, and We suppose
they were the same elsewhere in the State, all
had printed on them q division of tho Represen-
tative vote. The regular party tickets contained
the names Of two candidates, each marked ~
votes. There we're innumerable split tickets,
upon which a different division Was indicated,
in some instances giving votes for q candidate,
or for one candidate and l for another, but in
every instance the whole vote was apportioned,
and none was lost. It is reasonable to assume
that every man who voted for State Senator,
voted also for members Of the Legislature; con-
sequently the total vote for Representatives in
each district should be three times as many as
the vote for Senator. But the returns do not
exhibit anything of the Kind.
The vote for Senators and Representatives. in
the First. Second, Third, and Seventh Districts
Of this county (being the only districts of which
We have the figures at handy aggregate as fol-
lows:
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TId1culed a3 6al Ing UnQ6r 1alSe C01ofs. OF cla1m-
ing merit which does not belong to him.
Thus Jerome, one Of the Fathers Of the Church,
being engaged in controversy with one Wig
ilantius, j. e., the Watchfnl," about certain
visils which the latter opposed, stigmatized him
as sDorznitantius," or "the Sleeper" But
more frequently the nickname is suggested by
the real name where there is no such antago-
nism between theu,-where the latter, as it is,
or by slight change, can be made to
contain confession Of the Ignorance
or folly Of the bearer. What can be happier in
this way than the sBrand Of He'll" applied to
Pope Hi1debrand, the title Of *'S1anders," af-
fixed by Fuller to Sanders, the foul-mouthed IL
be11er Of Queen Elizabeth,-the 'Yanity" and
s'Steriity," which Baxter coined from their
namesof Vaneand Sterry, ,-and the term Sweep
net" (which that akilfu1 master Of the passions,
Cicero, gave to the Infamous Praetor OF Sicily,
whose name, Verres, was prophetic Of his srreep-
ing the province, declaring that others might
be partial to the jus uer7inuna, which might mean
yerrine law or boar sauce, but not he?
There is probably no country, unless it be OH
| own, in which ncknames have fourished more
than in England. Every party there has had ita
| watchworda by which to rally its members, OF to
| set On it's OWL bandogs to worry and tear those
Of another faction and what is quite c1traordt-
nary is, that many Of the names of political par
ties and religious1 sects were originally n1ck-
names given in the bitterest ecorn and party
hate, yet ultimately accepted by the party them
selves. Thus STORY" originally meant :, ~ II
Irish free-booting bog-trotter, and " wing III 10
| derived from the Scotch name for sour nuA' -
which var supposed to aptly ehszseteslze ms ths
| Rennh1icans. The German "Lntnoian0' >, :.
methodisss" the "ospuchin monks, the
| Re1eara." Of Holland "ars al
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-12-10

A good story is told of a widow
lady whose husband died far away
from home and it took so long for
his remains to reach her that his
relict had quite recovered her grief,
and was giving large lunch party
when they finally arrived. A wag-
on drove up to the door and large
box was handed out. Curiosity
ran high among the ladies at the
widows, and with one accord they
exclaimed "Why, Mrs. Jones,
what can that be ?" Up went Mrs.
Jones eyeglasses, and after a glance,
she coolly said: "Why, it must
be Jones come home. Charley run
down and open the door for your
father"
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A new and thriving business has
for some time been in progress in
San Francisco, and has just come
to the knowledge of the public
Some time since reward of eight
dollars was offered for every body
recovered from the bay, that locali-
ty being a favorite drowning place
for the Jlose inhabitants Of the
golden city. A great competition
among corpse-hunters at once arose.
and in the course of n week or so
the supply was exhausted and the
bay was cleared. All at once it
started up again, but two or three
fortunate individuals seemed to hold
monopoly of the findings, and
were the recipients of many con-
CALCULATIONS from the liberal mind
ed people, who always like TO see
others do well. Certain jealous fell
lows, who could not see how peo-
pie could get drowned so regularly
and be always found by the same
parties, set themselves to watch.
the result being the discovery of
the fact that the parties who found |
the bodies did so before the breath
was out of them. In other words
they drowned their men first. and
then recovered them, which, every |
body will agree, was taking n good
deal OF pains for eight dollars.
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Down in Muncy, Pa, the follow
ing singular circumstance is said
to have happened: Forty-cight
years ago young man left that
town "between two days." to avoid
arrest upon n warrant sworn out
by young lady who was lift with
a little responsibility which she
thought should have a fathers as
well as mothers care. Time pass
ed, and the girl then is now an old
woman. The other day q stranger
appeared upon the streets of the
borough, whose locks were silver
vered, as was was afterwards learn
ed, by the frosts of seventy-two
winters. BY some means he was
recognized as the truant lover OF
forty-eight years ago, and his pres
ence in town coming to the ears OF
the deserted one, she at once had a
new warrant issued for him, and
caused his arrest. That the old
gentleman was taken by surprise
when waited upon by the consta-
bic, may easily be imagined, but
having been caught in the meshes
of the law he determined to make
the most of it. A meeting took
place before a justice of the peace,
negotiations entered into for the
amicable settlement Of the difficult
ty, which was finally accomplished
by the venerable gentleman paying
the injured woman two hundred
dollars. This was cheap enough
all things considered. AS the old
gentleman left town. on the first
train after he was discharged from
custody, we suppose he has return
ed to his home in the west, where
he has resided for nearly hall
century, no doubt feeling an the
better for having discharged an oh,
legation for so many years resting
upon him.
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The .Ian " no The ushi lac new
er Prayed.

1 1 - -
! The Rev. Mr.. Kilpin,, passed a
ve-y profane man, and having omit
ted to rebuke him, he awaited him
in the morning in the same place
When he approached, Mr.. Kilpip
said:
"Good morning my friend, you
are the man l have been waiting
for" ~. -..----. re..w
80, sir" said the man, "you are
mistaken, / think" a = 81 L 81
81 do not know you, but l saw
YOU last night when you were
going home from work, and | haN e
been waiting some time to see you
''Sir, you are mistaken ; it could
not have been me l never saw
you in my life before, that know
of"
"Well, my friend" said Mr.. Kill
pin, II heard you pray last night
"Now | assure you that you are
mistaken; l never prayed in all
my life"
"Ow said Mr.. Kilpin, elf God
had answered your prayer last
evening, you would not have been
seen here this morning. i heard
you pray that God would destroy
your eyes, and ruin your soul"
The man turned pale, and trem-
bling, said:
"Do you call that prayer? l did
did"
"Well, then my errand thi
is to request you from thi
lay to pray as fervently for your
as you have done for dam.
lation; and may God in mere!
lear your prayer !"
The man from that time became
IN attendant on Mr.. Kilpin's minis
ry, and it ended in his early con-
'ertion to God.
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A plan is on foot in England
suggested probably, by the present
scarcity and costliness of coal-to
supply houses with heat, as they
are now supplied with gas, from q
common source. 1t is proposed Ill
timateiy to make one immense fur
mace serve a whole city, but, for n
beginning, to try the plan with
twenty or thirty houses, supplying
each with both heat and hot wa
ter, at rates far below the present
cost Of warming dwellings.
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KNOTS United,
Or Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life OF
AMERICA DETiECTJIvES

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INC mysteries Of the Detective system. m il n
,e.oiu Tor the past 20 years of the most skillfui
detectives of this county In which The craft. ~
b'nk hobbers, Thieves, Piokpockets, LOTTERY Men.
S,oun,erieit Money dealers and swindlcrs Of all
40 "a " u Nposed and brought 60 Justice Price
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Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-01
Industrial News.

Three hundred and twenty-seven' workmen
were discharged last evening from the Ports
mouth IN. H.) Navy Yard.
The labor troubles in Berlin still continue.
Builders and master masons have Joined the
master carpenters in the lockout movement
The committee of workingmen from New York
who called on the President on Monday in re-
lation to the enforcement Of the Eight Hour
law, will remain in Washington to await the re-
turn of Secretary Boutwell,.
The trades-unions Of Chicago-or two Of them
at least-haye ISSUED circulars notifying the
workmen of other cities that there is ne more
room for certain branches of labor in Chicago,
the rush having been 80 great in response to The
call after the fire that there are now more men
than can find remunerative positions. Many of
those who came were not good workmen. These
"blaoksmiths," Of whom it is estimated there are
several Thousand, finding themselves gradually
displaced from the situations they first obtained
are showing disposition to "out under" and
thus reduce the standard rate Of wages. HENCE
the action of the unions.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-01
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Georgetown Del.

FINE WEATHER-We have had delightful
weather for some time past, and the farmers are
busy, and as a result business is little dull in
town.
FRUIT PRosPEcT.-The strawberry mania pre-
walls to quite an extent as you may judge from
the fact that some thirty acres have been set
out in plants in lots adjacent to town Fruit
prospects are good, especially that for apples
and pears, with not bad show for peaches say
from one-third to one-half OF what ID considered
good crop.
l. o. o. F. ANNIyERsARY.-Th 1. o. o. F.
celebrated the SD anniversary of the introduc-
tion of their order into tho United States ON last
Friday, in grand style. On invitation, members
Of the order were present from Seaford Milford,
Lewes and Laurel. At two and half p. NJ
they left their hail. in full regaia and marched
through the principal streets to the NJ. Il Church,
where addresses were delivered by Revs. F. o.
Ayers, Of Millsboro, and the pastor Rev. A. D.
Davis. A social was held in the evening". Their
spacious hall was filled to overhowing with the
youths and beauty Of Georgetown. fF.e
The TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. The pastor Of
the Nj. E. Church preached on the subject of
Temperance, on Sabbath morning, and Elijah
Crouch, of Dover addressed a large audience ON
the same subject in the evening, and aided the
pastor in organizing Juvenile Temperance and
Anti-tobaeco Society. Some forty-eight or fifty
of the children signed the pledge, and the Society
starts out with encouraging prospects. On Mon
day evening Mr.. Crouch made another address,
which was listened to with marked attention,
after which the G. W. O.Templar Davis assisted,
by MIR. Crouch, organized and installed Lodge
OF Good Templars
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-01
GENERAL.
DR.. Won Dollinser on the Jc-nl,-

SEVERE CRITICISM ON THE FOLLOWERS OF
LoYoLA.
DR.. Won Dollinger the distinguished Bavarian
theologian and leader of the "Old Catholic" re-
volt in Germany, against the Gdf.,lhb.ility dogma
gave an elaborate lecture, at Munich, recently
on the Jesuits.
The Doctor declared that the experience Of
the last three centuries has shown that
notwithstanding their activity and perse-
verence, the followers Of Loyola have never sue
ceeded in establishing anything on permanent
basis. They are like the Turks Of whom 1t IL
said that no grass grows where they have set
foot Their missions in Japan, in Paraguay, and
among the savage races of North America, have
long ago disappeared and left no trace behind.
In Abyssinia Q625) they nearly obtained the gu
preme power, but nine years afterwards their
mission collapsed, and they have not shown
themselves in the country since. OF their toll
some labors in the Lsvant, in the Greek Ielands,
In Persia, in the Crimea, and in Egypt, nothing
is left but faint historical tradition. To Spain,
its mother country, the society of Jesuits has al
ways devoted its best services The result was that
Spain became depopulated and bankrupt she
lost ono province after another and, to use the
words of one of her own historians at the end
of the seventeenth century this once mighty
State became an insensible corpse-the skeleton
OF giant Their influence on the internal
affairs of Spain was equal prejudicial. For two
hundred years they and the Inquisition Impress
Ell them doctrine on the national Ire OF the
country, and the consequence was that all the
higher branches of education were suppressed
that science was mutated and distorted, and
that to this day Spain is the most backward
country in Europe, except Turkey.
In Germany (pursued DR.. Dollinger) they
brought on the disastrous Thirty Years War
and they kept the intellectual development of
the Catholic states. 1t was they who completely
undermined the old German Catholic Empire
and prepared it's fall. AS the all-powerful coun-
cillors of the Hapsburgs, they are responsible
for the destruction of the liberties of the estates
seed of unextinguishable hatred which the
House of Hapsburg sowed in Protestant Ger
many and which brought abont first the spirit
ual, and afterwards the political exclusion of
Austria from the Fatherlaud.