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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

Michigan, and up gushes the water fifty
feet higher than the lake. Now where
does that water come from, and what
makes it rise to such height?
But our city boy, though he had not a
habit of thinking further, had good brains;
and when once you get boys brains ask
ing questions, they work like dough with
yeast in it-they work and keep working.
So he went back to the city and looked at
the hydrant. and found the makers name,
':No. 851 Plug street, Plumber" Down
he went to the shop and there found a
row of new hydrants, glorious with paint
and brass, with little bright quirl of lead
pipe sticking out at the bottom, but no
water.
"Where do you get the water for them
hydrants," asked be, "when you put 'em
in 2"
He ought to have said those hydrants; !;
but if boy can't get both, good ideas and
good grammar, he would better get the
ideas; for ill-spoken wisdom is better than
well-spoken folly.
why. my son. said the good natured
plumber, we plant these hydrants in the
ground up to the paint, and then, before
we fll up the hole. we join this lead pipe
onto the service pipe, and then let the
water on"
That's what I want to know. Let the
water on from where ?"
''Why, from the street main."
.'Main p
"Yes. the big iron pipe in the street. /"
land how.does the water get into that
pipe?'
1T comes from the reservoir up in the
Park. Haven't you ever been to the
Park 2"
"Oh yes, see, that great big pond of
water there. It rains in.''
''Not SO fast. my son. It comes thro'
larger iron mains from another reservoir,
ten times as big as that one in the Park.
And the water comes into this big reser-
voir from the aqueduct."
"Aqueduct?"
''Yes, Croton aqueduct, sort of under
ground canal, forty miles long, from Gro
ton river"
BY this time our boy had got a-going
and couldn't stop. where does the wa
ter in the river come from p
why. it runs down from the hills. of
course. all round. Its billy country
there.s .
''Do they have water on top of all the
hills p
mo. Just the way that cisterns are
filled from the roofs of houses. so rivers
are filled by water shed from the hills
All the springs and rivers are kept flowing
by rain"
eyes" said the boy, "and the rain
comes from the clouds. And the clouds
come from-?"
1.-The south and east generally" an
swered the plumber. "from over the ocean.
[suppose the vapor rises up from the ocean
land floats landward in clouds. The warmth
the sun causes the vapor to rise. And
the warmth of the sun. too, makes the air
Trise up over the warm land, and the cool,
moist sea breezes come blowing in. bring
ing the clouds along to sprinkle the hills.
fill the rivers. and furnish all the fresh
water needed for man and beast"
''But what keeps the sun warm?"
'There now," said the plumber. "you
have got beyond me. It always has been
tolerably warm in the sunshine ever since
I can remember, but what keeps it warm
is more than [ can tell"
So the boy went home. He had learn
ed by thinking further that every cup of
water that he drank from the hydrant he
owed to
the sun,
the clouds,
the ocean,
the wind,
the rain,
the hills,
Croton river,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

EAu Illinois man who was lately ar
rested for obtaining money under false pre-
teuces was discharged on his producing
receipt showing that he had paid bis news
paper subscription in advance for thirty
six wears.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

EEL Here is Quaker toast that has a
thought in it: This is me and mine to
thee and thine. I wish when thee and
thine come to see me and mine that me
and mine will treat thee and thine as kind
ly as thee and thine have treated me and
mine"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

R-A Connecticut paper says: "An
unhappy and 'disgraceful family fued in
Danbury was brought to tragic end Sat-
urday, by the head of one family present
ing the son of the other with an accor-
deon."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

EA farmer saw an advertised recipe
to prevent wells and cisterns from freez-
ing. He sent his money, and received
the answer, Take in your we'll or cisterp
on cold nights. and keep it by the fire."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

To REDUCE BONES TO MEAL.-A writer
in the Horticulturist says he buys bones
of the butcher at dollar the hundred
pounds, and considers them the cheapest
fertilizer he can obtain. He transforms
them into meal by the following simple
and effective process: I have a large
water-tight hogshead standing out doors,
near the kitchen. In the spring I cover
the bottom about six inches deep with dry
soil. On this I put layer Of bones about
the same depth, aud cover them entirely
with unleached ashes. On these another
layer Of bones, them ashes. and so on uu-
til the hogshead is full. I leave it. then.
exposed to the sun aud rain all summer
and winter, until the next spring. Then
on removing the contents of the hogshead,
I find nearly all the bones so soft that
they will crumble to powder under very
slight pressure, and, mixed with the ashes
and the soil, they give nice little pile of
most valuable manure, ready for immedi-
ate use. Any of the bones not sufficient
ly subdued, return to the hogshead again
for another twelve months slumber.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24
Curculio on Plums.

A correspondent says that be wraps
plum trees, below the lower limbs. With
cotton. which be keeps wet with camphor.
and spirits ofammonia. He vets the cot
ton twice week, and the result has been
good crop of plums and no curculio. A
correspondent IN another Journal says:
II have seen various methods for keep
ing these insects off plum trees, but none
so simple or yet so effectual as the follow
ing: Soak corn cobs in sweetened water
until thoroughly saturated, then suspend
them to the limbs of the trees little while
after blossoming, being sure to burn the
cobs after the fruit ripens, as they will be
found full Of the young insects. "A good
plan is to change the cobs every few weeks.
My theory is this-that the insects de-
posit their eggs in the cobs in preference
to doing so in the young plums. The
first season | tried it upon one or two only,
and in the summer was rewarded by q
good crop of as fine plums as ever ripen-
ed, while those on the other trees fell off
when about half grown. I have since
tried it more thoroughly and have never
known it to fail.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

their great prototypes to sit entranced at
the feet of those bright sirens who. the
wiser ones tells us, only sing to lure to
destruction.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

,@What is botter than promising
young man? Apaying one.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-05-24

%Young ladies are advised by an old
lady who speaks from experience to keep
their eyes wide open before marriage, but
half shut afterwards.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
A LEAP-YEAR MARRIAGE.
A RICH WIDOWS CHOICE.

A romantic marriage was solemnzed in ST.
Paul's Church, in East One Hundred and
Seventeenth street, last night. the couple be-
ing Thomas Pagan and Mrs. J. Read 1t was
the climax Of a case of love at first sight, and
the raising of IA poor young man to affiuence.
Thomas Pagan is the son OF the late James
p. Fagan, whr was superintendent OF Wards
IslauNi. \ oung Pagan led a lively and fast life
previous to his fathers death and thus natur-
ally incurred the old gentleman's dspleasure.
He was cut off with Il shilling. Thomas then
sensibly wentto work to earn an honest living
He soon obtained employment with Patrick
Martin, 4 house painter in Harlem. He was
sent by his employer to brighten up the i'll
terror of the dwelling of the widow Of the late
Joseph Read. The widow was decidedly
taken with young Fagan on his first appear
anct in the house, and watched his work with
an apparently deep interest. In fact she fol-
lowed him from room to room. This made
| Thomas a little nervous, and, being rather
sensitive, he imagined that the widow suspect
ed linn of dishonesty. Finally it made him 81
uncomfortable that he resolved to stand 1t nc
longer
He informed his employer OF this state Ol
affairs and another man was sent in his place
This did not suit the widow, and when thu
new painter made his appearance she bad'
him return to the shop and send Pagan to d.
the work, saying that she wanted him, anC
none other to work for her. Pagan was ac
corlingly sent to finish the job. While Fagal
Vas busily at work Mrs. Read stepped up +
Ii inn and asked him whether he was married
On being answered in the negative she said
Then am going to take advantage OF tn
leap year and make you a proposition OF maj
riage.'
e but, my dear madame said the yOun
= man. bushng to the roots of his hair, F" "yO
must surely be joking; we are stan.ers, an
: ! am sure that you do not mean what vo
Y SAY
!, 1.If yon think am joking, and do not mea
:. what say, just put Oh your coat and so wit
me- to my lawyer and will make over
ydu S5O,o0 worth of property" said II
bouncing widow.
Young Pagan, convinced by her mannt
that she was In earnest. straightway accon
of panied her to the lawyer, and deed WI
drawn mp giving to Pagan $4,000 worth
!, property, which he was to become possess
~ of on the day Of the marriage. Pagan, aft
the agreement had been made, gave up h
WMk.-N. \. Sun.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
the STATE.

Seaford wants Town Hall.
Bfidgevilc has strawberry mania
Pesch trees are in bloom, and half crop may
, lie depended Oh.
Shad are selling on the Nantcoke river at
from Is to rs cents per pair.
A stuffed muskrat skin, perfectly VIII ite has
been shown at the Seaford Record Office.
!. The latest curiosity in Bridgevlle is double
egg connected by a neck or cord.
~ There is some talk Of putting steamer on
the Nanticoke river The Record thinks it
would pay.
A meeting OF the Southern Pennsular Fruit
Growers Association will be held at Seaford ON
Thursday, May 10th.
III E6orts are being made by the members "'
5 1he Epkcopal Church in Seaford to erect par,
= sonage. with Aattering hopes Of success.
:. Bishop Lee will visit St. Luke's Church. in
,6sssord, ON Thu~day the 18th day of May, f"'
the purpose Of administering the rite Of coniii
6 uMtion.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
the PENINSULA.
rants a Savings Bank.

!. Cris6eld wants Savings Bank.
The Leader, Crisfeld's new paper, is lively
and spicy.
The Leader speaks in very ilatiering terms OF
the Cris9eld Town Commissioners.
a A new engine and an extra train OF cars have
been placed on The Maryland Il Delaware Rail
Mr. John Mitchell, Of Kingston has had
both his legs amputated, within two weeks. His
physicians think he will recover.
Owing TO the severity Of the winter oysters
have been seriously damaged in our waters
This i notably the case in deep water, where at
least one third OF the oysters have been com,
plslely killed. In shallow water the daniag.
has not been 40 great, because of the more inn
mediate effect Of the suns rays. We have seen
cargoes Of five hundred bushels Of oyster
brought 10 onr wharves, from which scarcel,
three hundred bushels Of perfectly sound on"
could be selected. Otherwise, however, the oys
ien were in fine o,dition.-Leadsr.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
Senator Scott to have the Second Place
On the Grant Ticket.
coLFAx TO BE THROWN OVERHEARD.
Desperate Attempt To Placxie the DIs.
affect csl In Pennsylvania.
THE Bi iONET ELEcTION BILL Nv THE
.SENl TE.
lFr ,m the World Currespondeut

rr'U IHe oTlu Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The administration ,
is Incoming alarmed at the condition OF affairs
in pennsylvania, and 1t is understood that for |
some time past the President and the members
of the Cabinet have been trying to fix upon
some plan that would secure harmony In the
ranks Of the party there. 1t has finally been
decided that the best thing to do is to nominate
Senator John Scott, Of Pennsylvania, Vice
President on the ticket with Grant. OF course
this involves the painful necessity of throwing
Schuyler COifax overheard, but there will be
no scrupfps on that score. Just now the adj
| with view to tighten the Republican ship,
| and II possible quiet the storm which threat
ems its existence. COlfax will do as well as
any other But it Is questionable whether
Scott wOhll not prove a more decided Jonah
than Schuyler. Everybody knows, at least
elected 70 the Senate by General Cameron
with the distinct understanding that Cameron
was to run the State This bargain has been
faithfully executed so far as Scott is concerned,
for he has been mere tail to CamerOn's kite.
Cameron organized and manipulated the ring
nominations recently made in Pennsylvania,
which have disrupted the party. and Scott, a.
in duty bound, indorses all that has been done.
These facts are SO we'll known in Pennsylva-
mia that SCOTS nomination would be as fata
as that of Cameron himself Judge Kelly has
written a letter IN favor Of the nomination .Ol
Curtin bn the ticket with Grant but Cameron
will not submit to that. Intelligence from
r Pennsylvania is to the effect that instead o
healing the breach it is growing wider.
BAYONET ELECTIONS.
The special order for tomorrow in the Sen
ate is Grants bill for continuance Of tn
power to sustain the writ of habeas corpu
from the end of the present session Of Con
words, to cover the period of the Presidents
y election,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
. t&s Dailr Gasstte.

Rv he Daily Gassne.
M, EpIfoR while walking up Market street
% 6A&prday noon. was somewhat surprised at
seelng .,stylish gentleman ~ OF color" at the
eesae1 81 Fo0rth. reapsd upon a chair and selling
- tartisls which he cailesi "CoM Salve." This
aseso was permitted to stand there, hawiing like
ealf tAst had lost its mother. aud both saucy and
tmpudsnt. without tho least interference. Last
Ai0hA AAgilg occasion to pass the same corner.
~ stAsaGoa was again drawn TO large and very
pretty street lamp, p,uuxleS which gentleman stood
9se ~ purpose Of selling an uneqaaled article
called "sosp" 70 .rmove grease. tar. pitch. paint.
Ae,. &c,. from clothing This gentleman. how
evsy. had hardly completed HIS introduction when
up S&srs ono Of your Police and ordered him u
t6avs.a Aavsths people of this State come to this
Has nsgro more right 70 stand upon our public
higelpoO AslloOin9 cot aOme quack medicine =
.Appbpg-t thAp white citizen hss9 Has th's ne
~ besh Pfivihesd to stand on that corner to
sauce and throw out SANDER and insults to both
white ladies and gentemenp Ii 50, who gave
! - Htlis pEivilseS Dad TIE POlicef Are the po-
~ n6t duty bound 70 arrest such people and to
~ ~ pSstisKty 4 csn give but one reason
wAy this Outrageous action was performed, aud
~ II ~ '-noks's" Rsps6iicoW.
@. 'a7 JUSTICE
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
ALL ABOARD FOR CINCINNATI.
Extraordinary Success of tie Liberal Movement
A Rebellion ,ohicA ,oiU Become Revoissfiow.


4 Rebellion ohich ioiU Become Rev0iUtiOm.
From the Cincinnati Commercial. April 20
The organization OF Liberals makes extraordi-
nary progress. Nearly all the STATES will be
represented in the May Convention, and many of
them will send larger delegations than are seen Mt
the national conventions of any party The
strength of the movement and ths popular inter-
est manifested in it surprise thoss who have all
along been sanguiue 0f snccess. Tie iniicatious
are that it will be the largest National Conven-
hon ever held in the United States for political
purposes. The newspapers are full Of it. 1t 10
Eurity to pick up any ia,ly newspaper that has
not one or more articles relative to the Cincinnati
Con ve,.tipn, and the earnestnsss With which its
action IS discussed shows how deep Nh interest il
felt in Its success. The administration pApeEs
affect to be greatly amused It 10 to them the
most enjoyable thing in the world to watch the
departure from the ranks Of the ablest men in the
psrty--men who were identified with it IN It.
incipieucy, and have stood by it nnfaltsriagy ~
they are given the alternative Of remaining and
again supporting General Grant for second
tsrm OF ufsrl,g elpUlson, 1t is right jolly thai
Trun,bul aud Scharz, Greeey and Fsnton. Coz
and Palmer and scores OF others should turA thsl'
faeeste yinciIusti and their backs to PAiladsl
phia. -. 4
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
Commercial.

Commercial.
PHILADELPHIA, April 20.
Cotton quiet; 23Ha23k.
Flour firm st full prices.
PennA. extra family e7Ka7x.
Wheat advancing tendency State western oRed'
SSa9O. white S2A2l0.
Mess Pork, l3al3h
Rye, firm; 95a98,
Corn steady; Yellow, 50; mixed 671lsSs.
White Oats 53a56
Whiskey, sassy.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
our NE,cHsoRs.

Reading still continues to have an alarm Of
IRE daily.
The military companies Of Reading have re-
ceived $500 each out Of the State Military
Fund.
Mrs. Jane Taylor, Of Chester, has a quilt that
contains 8,745 pieces, which she was three wears
In making.
= a; lad named George Whitman, Of Reading,
>esoks boah,A arms, OH Friday afternoon, by
falling Of swing. .t
"a Ai~ Andora RAIN. Of Reading, who at.
tampael 10 commit suicide on Friday morning
b taking arsenic, died that same night.
Va The Coalesvills Union says that there art
''scrowasd passenger trains daily on the VIII
=. mington and Reading railroad business ii"
'sssssig largely" =
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23

HEAvY RoBBxRY.-Dr Fleschert, Of Laport,
Pennsylvania, came to the city on Friday. and
ing visited the Academy OF Music. whore he met
two men who made his acquaintance. aud won
his confidence by their agreeable conversation
and engaging manners. They accompanied the
doctor to the hotel and when wine III the room
was proposed, he assented In the course OF the
conversat,ou the doctor made known the fact that
he had u large amount in bonds and other securi.
ties with him. They did not separate until about
one O'clock, when the doctor went to bed. In the
morning he discovered that h,s wallet and CON
tents had been carried of. The amount stoler
foots up to nearly twenty thousand dollars.-
| Philadelphia Ledger, Apul22
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
SherAm's sale.

- By virtas Of . writ Of Lsvari Raeiss
Ml to me directed. will be e1pt ssd TO Public
W Sale ss tho Washiaston Hotel. kept by
Isaac Pyle. in the city Of " ;lmin1ton. New
Castle county. Del. on
WEDNESDAY,. the 9Th day Of Nay. ly72
At 10 O'Clock. .. m.
the follSwins described Real Hsesis. Wis:
All those certain swo lots II land with two brick
Houses thereon. situassd IN the city Of Wlmiss.su
tween W:iaat and iressS sssssss. aSS ID ~. IL sHs
occupancy of the aid Joka KsDR b The esntsnts
what they nay. Eair5s,
6s.ssd sn1 Saksu 10 sassUtaea - the prspssty oi
GUSTAV Schus and Marsarsete 0shuls his viii. lata
MArgarstta Kepp. u right Sf 'eaea AargsrettA q
surviving MortaSor and also % AdnaiAistYatSix oi
John kopp, dooeasod. Me1tagpV. aDd 70 - cold b.
yAARS ARMSTRONG. 0Assi1.
SHERIFF. C0ee. New Castle. April q. 1877.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23

The Board Of Pablo Education. having deer
|ded that it was unlawful for preachers to hold
seats in that body. very properly elected Dr. j. T.
Wales, last evening. to represent the Sixth Ward,
in the place Of NJ. Simmons, whs was returned
a elected. over DR.. Wales. We hope this will
settle this question for the future.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23

The Pope and the Prince and Princess of
Wales have had very pleasant interview in
Rome. His Holiness complimented the royal
family Of England and the English people.
and thought it quite possible they would some
day return to the fold of the Catholic Church
This being received with some incredulity, the
Pope remarked "Ah! my children, the fu-
tufe has always strange surprises for the
world. Who, two years ago. would have i'm
xeirtAd that we should see Prussian army ir
France? l venture to say your wisest head'
thought it thousand times more likely tina
the Pope would be at Malta than the EmPero
Napoleon in London" The entire interview
is represented as being very pleasant
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
A YOUTHFUL DEMON MURDERS HIS
MOTHER.

from the Mount .Nerlsao (Kv0 .Ssasissl.
On Sunday evening, Is Mrs Qurolli, ,daught-
er OF Squire Squire Treadway u Montgomery
county, where she has been residing. was at
tempting to correct her son John, q lad only
twelve years old as to age, but several hun
dred years old in pure and unadulterated de-.
vilshness the little savage drew knife and
plunged 1t into her abdomen, producing q
wound which, from the reports Of the physlci-
ans on Monday, must have resulted In her
death before this meets the public eye. The
boys father is an Italian, and is, IS we are in.
formed. now serving term in the Missouri
Penitentiary.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23

The colorsd people u New York will sstsb-
liah '.Touxainl L'Overure College, soon near
Poughkeepsie.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23

At Carlisle, Judge Jenkins has granted new
trial in the case Of DR.. Paul SchGppe. 1t will be-
gin on the fourth Monday in August The grant
ing Of trial in this case il IN purs uance Of
Of act the Legislature, passed March 2sth
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
SECOND EDITION.
BY TELEGRAPH.
WARRINGTON.

WASN1NoT0N.
WAsHIN0ToN, April %.
SESArE.-Ar. Bayard continued his remarks
In opposing the amendment TO the deficiency bill
limiting the jssisdiction OF the Court of Claims
to suits esnmsnosd within two years after the end
II ~ var and to claimants giving proof OF
loyalty.
TAs Secretary sa stats ha. written letter to
0sa. Banks. ssegsstins that in tho present state
Of oosrssrondencs about the Alabama Claims it
was net sxp41isat or sdvisabIe for Congress to
take any setion - Judge Peters resolution.
HousH Mr.. Slocum offered a resolution au-
thoris,ng the Military Committee to inquire as to
the loss from archives of the War Department Of
record Of the Court Of Inquiry into the case o
Gen. Buell. Agreed to.
I 81 SPAIN.
MADRID, April %.
Thirty Carlist bands have appeared in variou.
parts of the country. A band in Navarro was de
fsated. end their leader, priest, captured ant
| shot.
Another band in France were arrested byFrencl
police. but the latter were overpowered and tn
Carlists escaped from the Spanish frontier.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
ENGLAND.

sTRAkHR LOST.
It il beloved that the steamer IspaAsa, which
left Bombay for London, in January. and left
Malta on the 18th Of February. was fcundered Oh
Breat in hurricane Fifty lives lost.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
DAILY GAZETTE.

The greenback average Of the New York banks
Elsst week was over three millions of dollars and
s ascribsd to their restoration by the Wall street
lpecuhtors who had locked them up to produce u
stringency in money the week before.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23

THn WAFER STREET COMMISSIONERS will meet
In ths City Connc,l chamber on Wednesday a'
lO1< o'clocs. A. NJ, to estimate the cost Of the
proposed improvement, and assess the daSaaD4s to
property holders on Waterstr and alsoStthe
benefits to adjacent property. The Commissioners
arc General Jesse Sharpe, chairman, VIM. Dean
Henry g. Banning, Lewis Thompson and George
W. Sparks, Esqs. 1t is doubtful whether more
competent board could have been named.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23

ExPl Plo01oN-TNRgG MEN KILLED.
BALrIAoE1, April q.
A locomotive on freight tram on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad exploded yesterday nsar Park
ersbasR. killing tho engineer end Arsosa and
brakesman; the boiler was thrown $50 Ssst.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-23
FIRST EDITION.
b T T ELEGRAP II.
NEW YORK..

W8W Y0WK.
NRw YoRk. April u.
PLAY DnnoUNcsD.
The morning papers dsnouncs the piece called
"Black Friday" - An outrage on dscsncy and cal
culated to prejudice public minds against Stokes,
now awaiting trial for the murder Of Fisk.