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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-30

GB- 4 place for everything and every
thing in its place" said an old man to his
daughter. "Select not a wife, my son,
who will ever step over broomstick.''
The son was obedent to the lesson.
Snow" said he, pleasantly, ON May
day, to one Of his companions, 81 appoint
this broomstick to choose me wife. The
young lady who will not step over it shall
have the offer of my hand
They passed from the splendid saloon To
the grove. Some tumbled over the broom
stick, others jumped over it. AT length
young lady stopped and put it in its place.
The promise was fulflllhd.-She became
the wife of an educated and wealthy young
man, and he the husband of prudent and
industrious loving wife. Ee brought for
tune TO her, and she knew how to save one.
1t is not easy to decide which was under
the greatest obligations, both were rich,
and each enriched the other.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-30
The Carpenters Dream.

A poor man wasa carpenter; and he often
said to himself and others: "If / was only
rich, would show people how to give"
In his dream he saw pyramid of silver
dollars-all new bright and beautiful. Just
then voice reached him saying; " Now is
your time. You are rich at last; let us see
your generosity p So he rose from his seat
and went to the pile to take some money
for charitable purposes. But the pyramid
was so perfect that he could not bear to
break IL. He walked all around it, but
found no place where he could take dol
lar without spelling the heap. So he deci-
ded that the pyramid should not be broken
and then awOke. He awoke to know
himself and to see that he would be gencr-
Gus only while comparatively poor.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-30

az Mamma" cried little girl, rush
ing into the room, "why am | like tree ?"
Mamma could not guess, when the little one
exclaimed, 80 Because ! have limbs, mann
ma p
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13
The Christian Cent? eman.

He is above a mean thing, He cannot
stoop to a mean fraud. He invades no
secret in the keeping of another. He be-
trays no secret confided to his keeping
He never struts in borrowed plumage. He
never takes selfish advantages of our mis-
takes. He uses no ignoble weapons in con-
troversy. lie never stabs in the dark
He is ashamed of innuendoes. lie is not
one thing to a mans face and another be-
hind his back. If by accident he comes in
possession of his neighbours councils, he
passes upon them an act of instant obliv-
ion. He bears sealed pacages without
tampering with the wax. Papers not
meant for his eye, whether they flutter at
the window or lie open before him in I'M
guarded exposure, are sacred to him. He
invades no privacy of others, however
the sentry sleeps. Bolts and bars, locks
and keys, hedges and pickets, bands and
securities, notices to trespassers, are none
OF them for him. He may be trusted
alone, out of sight, near the thinnest par
tition-anywhere. He buys no offices, he
sells none, he intrigues for none. He
would rather fail of his rights than win
them through dishonor. He will eat honest
bread. He tramples ON no sensitive feel
ing. He insults no man. If he have re-
buke for another, he is raightforward,
open, manly; he cannot descend to scurrili-
ty. In short whatever be honorable, he
practices toward every man, --Selected.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13
- 90
SSy.

Sarah Smith stands sorrowfully solus;
she sees SPLENDID spruces surrounding
shady spots; she sees summers sun shin
ing; she smells sweet savors; sweet songs
tiers singing slvery strains serenad Sarah.
Still she signs. Sunsets soft shades set
tie silently, still she stands sadly signing.
Suddenly she started. She saw some stran-
ger strolling silently southwark. "Stopr'
she shouted. "Stop stranger, Sarah
Smith says sou Stately she stood, stern
ly she shouted "Stopv' Samuel Slocum,
successful statesman, smooth speaker,
started, saw Sarah, seemed surprised, said
soliloquizingly, stranger; seemingly
scarce sixteen; SO sweet; so simple; still so
singularly suspicious! She seemed strange
ly sad" "Say something sweeter, Sarah"
She, stopping some silent struggle, said,
Surely some stranger seeing sights
Shall Sarah Smith shun such; Scarcely
So, strolling silent stranger-ward, she said:
"Sarah Smith scorns suspicious scandals,
she, seeks sympathy; seeks she successful
ly"'
Still shone silvery streams slantingly
southwark. Samuel Slocum sat sweetly
smiling; Sarah Smith seated somewhere.-
Sunsets serene splendor suggested supper.
Still she sat. She sought sympathy sue
cessfully; supper seemed superfluous.
Some six Sundays succeeding she signed
some sketches Sarh Smith .SlocuD. r. r,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13
The Chances Of being Murdered, etc.

Statistics prove that in Rome there are
237 times as many chances of being MUIR
dered as in England, and 1873 1-2 times
more than in Protestant Prussia. In Eng
land, it is shown that one murder occurs
for every IFS, 900 inhabitants; in Holland,
one for 10000, in Prussia, one for 100,
600; in Austria, one for $1,000; in Spain,
one for LIB, and in Naples, one for /, $50;
but at Rome there is one homicide for every
$50 of the inhabitants. Rome also scores
the highest proportion of illegitimate chill
dren; the ratio of births of this class being
nearly 81 times greater in Rome than in
London. 1t appears that in London there
are for every 100 legitimate births four
illegitimate; in Keipsid, 90; in Paris, As;
in Munich, 81; in Vienna, 11s; and in
Rome, 243.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13


often throw their riders headlong into the
breakers and then scamper off up the
beach. At eleven the elite of the city pre-
pare for bath in cur great Atlantic tub.
The scene becomes very amusing as the
bathers issue forth from their little sane
tuns, in their unbecoming suits. 1t is
very difficult to distinguish the handsome
from the homely. When one first appears
before a crowd in bathing robe, feeling
of shame will steal over even the most
careless mind, which is only mitigated by
remembering that every one is as fully
deformed as yourself. The first touch of
the water sends chilly thrill over the body,
but plunging boldly in, the blood rebounds
and every one soon becomes as much at
home, apparently, as the porpoises sport
ing several hundred feet from the shore
The breakers come dashing and foaming
towards you and it is delightful' to be able
to ride Oh them. Those unaccustomed to
the sport, generally loose their footing and
swallow more salt water than is agreeable.
Later in the evening the shore is fire.
quented by young ladies with their beaux,
old and middle aged men with their wives
and children, all attired in the latest fash
ions their means will allow. Elegant silks
are displayed in greater profusion than in
the store windows and diamond rings and
necklaces are almost too numerous to excite
even wearing the former
on every finger. Shoddy, however is writ
ten in unmistakable characters on the
sparkling stones.
The residents and visitors here have been
excited over their escape from
a dreadful contiagration. Mr.. Bulasky, of
came down last Tuesday to
prepare his private cottage for the Summer.
He found every portable article of value
had been removed from the house. Upon
opening close. he discovered it crowded |
with bedding and other combustible mater
ial, all thoroughly soaked with kerosene.
1t was doubtless the intention of the mis-
creants to fire the contents and thus destroy /
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13
A Nation Of Pigmies .

To the South of Kafa and Susa, there is
a very sultry and humid country, with
many bamboo woods, inhabited by the
race called Dakos, who are no bigger than
boys OF ten years old; that is only four feet
high. They have dark olive complexion.
and live in completely savage state, like
the beasts; having neither houses, temples,
nor holy trees, like the Calais, yet possess
! sing something like an idea of higher
Being called Yer, to whom, in moments
OF wretchedness and anxiety, they pray
not in an erect position, but reversed, with
the head ON the ground, and the feet sup
ported upright against tree or stone. In
prayer, they say-"Yer, if thou really do
exist, why dost thou allow us to be slain?
We do not ask thee for food and clothing,
Tor we live on serpents, ants, and MICE
Thou hast made us; why dost thou permit
us to be trodden under foot9' The Dakos
have no chief, no laws, no weapons; they
do not hunt, nor till the ground, but live
solely on fruits, roots, mice, serpents, ants,
honey and the like; climbing trees and
gathering the fruit like monkeys; and both
sexes go completely naked.
They do not marry, but live indiscrimi-
native lives of animals, multiplying yery
rapidly, and with very little parental in
stict. The mother nurses her children for
only short time, accustoming it to eat
ants and serpents as soon as possible: and
when it can help itself, it wanders away
where it will, and the mother thinks no
more about it.
They have thick protruding lips, flat
noses, and small eyes; the hair is not WOOL
v, and is worn by the women over the
ttoulders. The nails on the hands and
Of are allowed to grow long, like talons
,nts ures, and are used in digging for
wh;oh% in tearing to pieces the serpents,
ona;ntss devour raw, for they are unac-
y .hn a,, fire. The spine of the snake
h Is the leon only ssment worn around the neck,
but they pie'e the ears with shar arr .
in Eastern Atriee 1A'"f9 A'"0''e'S
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13
A Remedy F~syarophobla.

Eds. Country GentlsmaN
W. c., p. 16s, can give - e'plS " "
mi, may be of use to somebody,a4reb s a
life. "py saving
The time between the bitinss
NAL by mad dog and the Shows an
of Hydrophobia is not less than dsS sisns
may be months. After the anin,aS.o
become rabid, a bite or scratch with
teeth upon person, or slabber coming IN
| contact with sore or raw place, would
produce hydrophobia just as soon as though
he had been bitten by a mad dog. HYDRO
phobia can be preoented and will give you
| what is known to be an infallible remedy
if properly administered, for man and
beast; dose for horse or COW should be
about four times as great as for person.
1t is not too late to give the medicine any
time before the spasms come on. The first
dose for person is u or. Elecampane
root, bruised. put in pint of new milk,
reduced to one-half by boiling, then taken
all at one dose in the morning, fasting
until afternoon, or at least a very light diet
after several hours have elapsed. The Sec
ond dose the same as the first, except take
2 OF. Of the root; third dose same as the
last, to be taken every day. Three doses
are all that is needed, and there need be no
fear.
THIS knoas from my oaon experience, and
| know of a number of other cases where it
has been entirely successful. This is no
guess-work. These persons that allude
to were bitten by their own rabid dogs,
that had been bitten by rabid dogs, and
were penned up to see if they would go
mad; they did 60 mad, and did bite the
persons. This remedy has been used in
and about Philadelphia for 40 years or
longer, with great success, and is known
as the Goodman remedy. am acquainted
with physician who told me that he knows
Of its use for more than 30 years, but never
knew case that failed, where it was prop
ery administered. Among other cases he
one was where number of COWS
had been bitten by a mad dog; to half the
number they administered this remedy, to
the other half. not; the latter all died with
hydrephobia, while those that took the
Elecampane and milk showed no signs of
the disease.
Montgomery county, Pa.
r. c. SHOEMAKER
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13

ne was co'ni"s Il the door.
Iplaced my back nat It
on ooh 10" is room until you
tell me how you can this
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13

The first results of the Hassler Scien-
titie Expedition to the Southern Seas were
recorded in a letter written by Professor
Agassiz from st. Thomas. On the way
thither, crossing the Sargasso Sea, as it is
sometimes called, he made careful ebserya-
lions on the sea-weed (saryassuna of
which it is composed, and which has been
considerable puzzle to naturalists. He
was confirmed in his opinion that it did
not spreut in the water, but was invariably
torn by the ocean from along the Shore
But the most curious discovery was that
this weed was made up into a nest by
fish, whose eggs are deposited ali through
the mass. Professor Agassiz succeeded i'm
developing some of the embryos, and finds
1t to be the common pelagic chiranectes of
the Atlantic, named chirionectes pictus by
Culver. AS the name indicates, is has fins
like hands, with which it rather walks on
the water than swims, but the Professor
judges these curious appendages to be
largely for, the purpose of building these
fish cradles.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13
A Woman's Answer to a Mans Question.
Do you know you have asked me for the
caStlieSt thino

Do you know you have asked me for the
costliest thing
Ever made by the hand above?-
A woman's heart, and woman's life,
And woman's wonderful love.
Do you know that you've asked for this
costly thing
AS child might ask for toy?
Demanding what others have died to win,-
With the reckless dash of boy.
You have written my lesson of duty out,
Man like you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul
And let me question thee.
You may require your mutton shall always
be hot,
Your socks, and your shirts be whole;
lrequire your heart be as true as God S
stars,
And pure as his heaven your soul.
Ya require a cook for your mutton and
beef,
1require far greater thing;
"A samstress you re wanting, for socks, and
for shirts
l lok for man and a king.
A .kig for the beautiful realms called
"home;',-
A mn whom his maker, God,
viii lok upon as he did on the first,
Anday, 1t is very good"
l am fa and young, but the roses will fade
Fromy soft, young cheeks some day;
Will 70 love me then mid the falling
lives
AS yodid 'mong the bloom of May?
Is your lart an ocean so wide and deep
l may ,unch my all on its tide?
A loving 'oman finds heaven or hell
On the ay that she's made bride.
1.reqnirall things that are good and
true
All thinsthat man should be:
If you givell this l will stake my life
To be all ou demand Of me.
If you can't be this, a seamstress and
cook
You may ie and little to pay;
But woman heart and woman's life
Are not to won that way.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13

the surrounding premises and perhas the
whole city. The possibility of such a
destruction is frightful to contemplate.
The city is filled in Summer with valuables
that would afford a fine harvest for the
cupidity of this supposed gang of thieves
see that my sheet is filed, and as edi-
tors and people generally like descriptive
articles to be short, pointy and pithy,
will say an recoir ere reputation for pros.
mess is justly earned. M.RynE1
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13

AND as spoke drew the letter from my
breast-pocket. Thinking it was a weapon,
the girl, with dashing bravery, caught my
arm, while Benson jumped aside.
"Tell me how you came by this letter. -
"What letter9'
"This is the letter rsked my life to
gain. This is the letter you refused to
part with. You see am not man to be
turned aside from purpose. Tell me how
you came by it."
81 received it by the post the morning
left London, he replied.
cts lie," said I.
state the TRUTH" he replied.
"When was it written ~
"The day efore received it."
cts a lie. That letter must have been
written before the 10Th of last January,
and it was written by the hand of my dead
wife,"
"You are mad," he said. "That let
ter was written in this house on the day
before yesterday, and acas acritten 6y this
lady," turning, as he spoke, to the young
girl.
"This ready call on your imagination
will not serve your purpose. 1 know the
writing too well; and by heaven am not
to be trifled with. There is that contained
in it which demands an explanation, and 1
will tear it from your tongue"
ooh! SIR" cried the girl. ''This is in
deed my letter. As hope for salvation,
that letter in your hand was written by
me-"
Truth shone from out her eyes. I felt
as if had received blow.
l seized her hand, drew her toward an
open Davenport, and, in husky voice,
cried
"Copy that letter."
She opened the desk, drew out a sheet
of pink paper, and prepared to write.
watched her as she dipped the pen into
the ink, watched her as she wrote the first
word. l watched her with unerring, I'M
faltering exactitude. She copied the letter,
copied it IS if 'twere done by machine.
The same large letters, the same official
looking margin, the same word "Fannie."
She looked up at me. Truth in her
eyes.
saw my error. 1 saw that on acc cunt |
of the strange similarity in the writing I
had mistaken her letter to her lover for a
letter written by my dead wife.
During the fever that ensued, l found |
in the hearts of Charles Ben
son and of the young girl, whose handwrit-
ing bore such fatal resemblance to that
IF my dead aoife.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-26
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10 any p.fsoh producing any medicine able to
sboW one third as many living, permanent cpres as
Dr. riiers Vegetable Rheumatic Remedy; and
lnrther reward OF 500 for any case of Chronic or
lnilamm'aory kheuu atism, Neuralgia Rheumatic
Ague Nciatica ~ Rheumatism ot The idne,s IL
will not cure. The kheumat;o syrup is used in
Wardly Only. pleasant to the taste and guarante ed
nee rom injurious dru's. II is not qGack ,nedi
put the scientific prescription of jos F. Filler,
VI. -. Professor of ! I0XcolCgy and Chemistry
gaeuale OF tne celebrated University of Pennsv.-
Ndnla, A d., 1888 whosa entire professional life ~
pcen devoted specially 90 this disease. This prs"
aEa'loh unGer solemn oath is oousoirntiously bs-
,a tsNgS 20 DC me only positive, reliable nfaliibie
spet!nc ever discovered The proof that no oi her
specific exists s found in eyelycommunity in per-
sous aincttu FOR many years and sri suffering. Il
pAy,clans could cure IL II specific did exist, this
Woula not be sO-A fact thCi must be universally
admitted 'he of d, ceiycl sufferer may Wisely
ASH What seculityo or ovidc ce has he that Dr. FIT.
ers Rheumatic Syrup will cure his case Tho
IN eTslly signed contract which will be rOI wlrded
without charge 10 any suiltrsy sending by letter
DESCRIPTION OF alcIiun; this guarantee will state
the exact number q! bottles warranted to cure and
n case of failure the money paid will be returned
{ the patient. No other remedy has ever been
'1ered on such liberal and hOnorbi ioTIls. Med
al advice. with certificates from, prominent Dhy.
lcians, clergymon etc. who have been cured Il ter
all other t'eatn ents have faioi, sent by letter
gratis. Afflicted corlilly invited 10 write for adj
vcn 70 tho pnncpli office. 20 South Fourth Street ,
r. iladoluhia, Pa. DR.. FiJor's Rheumatic Syrup
IS sold by druggi ts
NJ. s SIMMONS,
Sole Agent, Petroleum Centre Pa
lilo, Pa.
4 r: CHAMBERLIN & CO., Sole Aet's Rous
vile, Pa.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-26

Special notices 90 cents per line, each insertion.
Advertisements payable quarterly IN adVaace
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-14

EASDSVNE MGtSTACllE!
MOUSTACHE. PROF: ST GROIN ; fEtNIii
WHISPERS COMPOUND. The Grsur Hal
NOTSrAVilE GROWER. will produce a ilNr.
Wni $ X EKs, rant MUUSTALnE or WINS
kkES the smvothcst Lace
Pheasant To us". sent to any ad-
drt - on =, ce,pi OF tltiy Gents.
n. /. BOND, CHEMIST,
n f. Cor. Ten h and Chestnut streets. Phia.
febi6-ly
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-14

lhe second wife OF PROF. &. J.. b. Morse was
deaf and dumb lady, q graduate Of the New York
Institution for Deaf and Dumb Her maiden name
was swan, and her home at Poughkeepsie, New
York. She survives her distinguished hu.t,.n
and Is the mother of several children, all Of whom
= 'ssess the hearing faculty.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-14

The Hon. Lewis Mckenzie, of Fairfax, ex mem.
Der OF Congress. chosen by the Radical Conyen-
Va, to attend the Philadeiphia Convention "a a
delegate from that State, decline. to serve
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-14
Domocvntic County Meeting.
A meeting ol the Democratic voters OF Nfw
Castle county will be held in the Court House. at
New Castle, on
49, na.h ~ Nav
Saturday. the 2oth OF May.

Saturday. the xotV o. way
At O'Clock, p NJ for the purpose OF reorranz'he 'he
Party, appointing Judges TO hold the l'emo'r"''e
Nomination Election for Sheriff and Coroner "'o
TO attend to such other business as may be deeme"
necessary for carrying forward the nrrroa''"hR
important election campaign
1t ha, Lec, wisely said that the price 81 hee''S
Is eternal vigilance; and 1t behooves every man
who loves his country, its institutions literal
laws and social rights, to be present ana ana u!
hi. conntenance and influence in retaining 'ho'e
sacred rights we have so long enjoyed, a'id wh''h
are now threatened by an insidiou' enemy an"
wily foe.
All white men who cherish ther country. ana
would unite with the Democratic party IN an
honest and earnest effort to snstain the laws
reduce taxation, reform abuses. and benefit all
classes of our people. are cordially invited t"
attend.
The meeting will be cloquentIy addressed NV
gentlemen of the party
SWTrHIN CHANDLER,
Chairman OF Last County Meeting
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-14

Tu, p,,YGAzErrs IS published every AFTERNOON
excep, sunda, at M Maikc; street. ana sei.c'
carriers to .uhscyb'' IN "'' parts "' i''n'n-
.,nd ,he surrounding towns and villages. f"T Fix
|a,,. weok pov,b,c weekly Yearly subscribers
-. in advance. E| E#'
IN. DELAWARE GAZETTE. established '','
5 the largest and most hourishing wcckV III ,"e
State and has a larger circulation than any "'"''
ou the Peninsular. Published every fr"ss INV"
ng at & a Year in advance.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-01-04

pencil. He had ciphered further than
you have long before he was as old as
you are"
"Jerry was always fond Of sums and
problems, father. They have no in
terest at all for me-" ,
'That's because you don't try to feel
an interest in your studies. What
book is that you are reading ?"
dts q work on philosophy. father. !"
"a work on fddlesticks Go, put it
away this instant, and then get your
slate; and don't you let me see you
away from your arithmetic until you
can work out those roots? Do you
understand 81
Samuel made no answer, but silent
IL he put away his philosophy; and
then he got his slate and sat down in
4 the chimney corner. His lip trem bled
and his eyes moistened, for he was
very unhappy. His father had been
harsh toward him, and he felt that ii
was without q cause.
! "SaHn," said Jerry, as soon as their
I father had gone out Of the room, "IIl
do that sum, for yon.n
fsNo, Jerry,D replied the young
/ brother, with grateful look; "that
will be deceiving father. I'll try to do
/ the sum, but I fear that I shall not
4 succeed"
! Samuel worked very hard, but to NO
purpose. His mind was not on the
subject before him. The roots and