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

The smokers are patient tribe. They
submit TO a taxation out of all proportion
to that levied on their non-smoking neigh
bors without single murmor of discon-
tent, aud they submit to an even greater
annoyance with like patience. We mean
the yillalnous colnterfeitlng of Cuban
brands by American segar makers. A
veteran smoker will patiently pick out The
real from amidst this mass Of spurious
stuff and never seem to grow Indignant at
the outrage.
The cigar makers do not merely coun-
terfeit the Havana cigars, but they
counterfeit Key West cigars, aud this Is
the most rascally fraud of the two. It
may be pleaded in excuse for branding an
American-made cigar Havana" that the
tobacco was imported from that city
though this is usually lle-but factories
having been established al Key West to
manufacture Cuba tobacco just as quickly
as may be into segars, with as little injury
as possible to It by transportation, for a
manufacturer in Philadelphia to brand his
cigars Key west-as Fuget does an
attempt at fraud which the law ought TO
punish.
The citizens of the second ward in Read
Ing held meeting last week to consider
the Railroad " questiou," After they have
determined what they will do with the
Railroad, the Railroad will probably con-
slider what to do with them.
Skating has lost Its popularity and the
enthusiasm 1t awakened once is dead be-
You'd resurrection, yet a few determined
spirits who really love the gliding art
stick to it and the, have been enjoying the
good clear ice on the old Barley Mill dam.
Thos. NJ. Coleman, the genial and ELL
cient city editor ofthe Philadelphia ledger,
is said to belong to S4s different lodges,
circles, &c, and is the custodian Of 1877
signs, grips, passwords, sc.
Movements are in progress toward the
organization of Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals. As soon as
the proceedings are made public, let our
citizqns, fall into line, and aid the under
taking. 1t is needed in Wilmington.
The story which appears In our columns
on the fourth page about IL rather irrev-
erent heading to a subscription paper, has
been applied by some people, without Il
particle Of cause, to Calvary Church.
The application is entirely unjust In
/ fact the proba 5ililcs are that the boy was
a fraud, aud represented his own interests.
The quotation was not accurately stated
by our reporter. 1t was, " He that giyelh
"to the poor, lende'h TO the Lord. If yon
like The security, come down with the
"dust."
The Mutual Life Insurance Company Of
New York has yielded to the solicitations
Of twcniy-one other companies, and COM
cluded no. to put in force Its proposed re-
duction Of rates. This is nice for Tia,
companies, but how about the pubic who
shave learned through the controversy thai
life assurance could be offered TO then
cboor.r If tho co,,nori. o,,ly ,vorla7
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where in our allusionto Prof Days paper
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Monthly, in 1864, appeared an essay which
no one VINO read mas ever entirely forgot
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