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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

The MARYLAND Diocesan Convention Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church has re-
pealed an Anticipated clause Of discipline,
forbiddiug members to attend Theatrical
exhibitions and other light and vain
'amusements, and the venerable Bishop
wittingham is wroth tbereat, and declares
that he will disregard the action OF the
Convention. So, nobody need try to In
veigle the Bishop into going to the theatre,
we suppose.
Iowa has a case like that at Smyrna in
this State, in which pastor has sued
church for salary. A council of minis
tiers has censured both the church and
the congregation, and directed them TO
apologize to each other. We suppose
the minister will feel in humor for COM
plying, since we see he got Judgment fol
the amount claimed.
The worse fooled man we have heard
of lately is a book agent, who went into
a house in Pittsfeld, Massachusetts,, ant
expatiated to a woman for half-an-hour
and then handed her his subscription
book, whereuPon she wrote upon Sill
of paper a sentence which sent him on
of The house flying. 1t ran thus " line
" defe and DUN"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07


The census of 1870 has demonstrated
nothing more plainly than that Philadel-
phla is In this country prominently the
"city of homes," II gives us the large
number of liz, 1856 dwelling houses, In
which reside 1877, 7l6 families, or nearly
as many houses ~ there are families.
Onr families average little more than
dive persons each, whilst there are Six
persons TO each dwelling.
In this, Philadelphia has the adyan.
tage of every other tlrst-class American
city, and how much Of comfort, wealth
and happiness this superiority In domts-
tic matters secures, our people well
know. The t,nemenl houses I" that are
the eyesOres of some other cities, New
York especially, are with us almost un-
known. Although the population OF
New York and Brooklyn combined, /.
twice AS great us that of Philadelphia,
our city contains as mRRy houses rs both
of them combined. The number In New
York is "a ,Oi4, and each house there
averages nearly fifteen PERSONS.
In Brooklyn, there are 45, 1874 dwelling
houses, with an average OF nearly nine
persons and two families to each. st.
Louis has SO G75 dwelling houses, cou
tanning nearly Bine perssus eacR, whilst
het families number 9,43l. Chicago
has 4I,620 dwelling hou es aud Bali
more 4O,35O, the average In each city
being nearly seven persons to a house
In Boston, the average Is eight and hal
persons, and la Cincinnati nearly nin,
persons. Throughout the country thl
only cities of any size that have a dwell
lug average less than that of Philadel
phia are New Orleans, San Francisco
Washington, Cleveland, Detroit, Nil
waukee, Rochester, Hartford, Reading
Kansas City, MJbile, Wilmington, Del,
aud Dayton, aud in each of these tn
average is very nearly six persons to 4
house. These thirteen cities are the onll
ones out of the fifty largest cities Of Thu
country that rival Philadelphia in tn
essential element of home comfort-th,
ability Of family TO occupy an entire
dwelling house.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

The first bartender, says an amusing
writer, of whom we have any authentic
account, was Hebe. Miss II. appears to
have been a pretty youag lady, not much
given to over dressing. Indeed, In those
prints we have Of her, 1t looks as II she
had lost her wardrobe by.a fire and Il is
certain she should have been ashamed OF
herself We never knew her personally,
aud, therefore. can ouly write from bear
say. She kept bar on the Olympian
Mount, which was a sort Of picnic ground
on which the gods and goddesses disported
themselves. She sold nectar and ambro-
sla, and used to hand 1t around herself.
jupiter was a heavy customer, always got
drunk at Hebe's place, and sometimes
ran big account. Juno spent a great
many drach,no there also, and Bacchus
used to board In the establishment. Hebe
had no license, and was finally suppressed
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07


The Asiatle cholera, heretofore reported
In New Orleans, is travelling up the Mis-
sissippi, and is now in Memphis, Tenn.
II also prevails In the towns along the
river below Memphis. II has existed IN
the latter city for ten days. On its first
appearance there 1t was pronounced by
physicians cholera morbus or "mala-
rial fever" but they are now reporting 1t
as sporadic and "Asiatic cholera.
Its ravages have been chiefly among the
colored and labOrlng classes, and there
being no organized Board Of Health In
Memphis the percentage of fatal cases
Is not accurately known. The physicians
say that, If promptly attended to, the
disease yields to treatment. Among Ito
latest victims are George Moore, Of the
Memphis and Louisville Il,I,apslsr . G99m:
ney for Western Tennessee. Judge
Hudson was taken i'll at midnight Oi
Friday, and died at noon yesterday.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07
Trustworthy Correspondence.


In reading Bayard Taylor's letters from
Vienna, In the New York Tribune, one is
not merely impressed with the feeling
hat he is reading a graphic description,
W a writer of unequalled descriptive
powers, of scenes and Incidents Of world
vide interest, but he feels that he is read
'ug a perfectly Intelligent and truthful
description. What WEAKNESS and vex-
ltion Of spirits nine-t0nths OF the special
correspondence of the metropolitan
'dailies % We could forgive the bombast,
he vapldity and verbosity, If we could
only feel that there was some dependence
o be placed on the alleged statements oil
facts on which these airy fabrics of words
are built.
But we cannot. These letters are
those of writers whose names, even II
known, would lend little If any authority
10 their statements and the enusions
generally bear on their face evidence that
hey are not the record Of opinions de
lueIhlel1 iOIineu diNct ioNhieAN 49, f-
investigation, nor yet simple statements
of facts from which the reader may draw
his own conclusions, but that they are
mainly the result of hasty and carelesi
observation, supplemented by hlppani
reasoning by immature aud non'thought'
ful writers, or worse even than this
thau haar ax,idanoa that thew are thu
product of men careless OF truth, bu
merely eager to sustain theory or Il
win applause by a feeble show of smart
ness. After an overdose Of such stuff
is with no ordinary sense of relief tina
we read letter written bv gentlema'
of intelligence and reputation In who's
Judgment and veraclty we can unhesitat
ingly conhde.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

A rosin-lime soap, pre- pared by stirring
80 pounds of dry-slaked lime into 100
pounds of rosiu oil, aud heating, with
continued stirring, until pasty mass,
free from Jumps, il formed, which finally
runs from the stirrer like strip, Is a prln-
cipal ingredient of different forms of
patent axle grease. Some of these are
prepared as follows Blue, by boiling 500
pounds Of crude rosin oil, enc hour, with
two pounds of dry-slaked lime, allowing
II TO cool, drawing of the oil from the
sediment, and stirring into It, while still
warm, 10 10 10 pounds OF the above soap,
until blue mas of the consistency Of
butter is obtained. Yellow, by ad ding TO
this six per cent. Of an extract Of tur-
meric, prepared by boiling one part of
turmerlc, with 20 of soda-ly Black, by
adding two pounds Of lanpblack, rubbed
up with rosin oil, to 100 pounds of the
blue mass. Patent palm-oil lubricant Is
made by melting and stirring together 10
pounds of the resin soap and ten pounds
Of palm oil, and then mixing In 500
pounds Of rosln oil, and enough soap (2-3
pounds to give the consistency Of butter;
and, finally, seven to eight pounds Of
soda-lye, obtained from 70 pounds cal
cined carbonate of soda, 200 pounds
water, aud S5 pounds lime, as milk OF
lime. The cheap, thick, residual ellis from
the manufacture of parrafiine, can be
improved as lubricants, by thickening
them by melting them with lead soap.
Mixtures Of petroleum, rosin oil ard resin
soap, are frequently used as lubricants,
as well as glycerine.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

TWO DEATHS FROM THE HORRIBLE DISEASE
tProm the Baltimore sun Of Thursday
Considerable excitement has been
created within the past day or two at
Clifton, On the Hookstown road, about a
half mile from the city, on account OF
the death Of two persons from hydro
phobia. 1t appears that about two or
three weeks ago Mr.. Ferdinand Freybe,
a butcher, living at Clifton, had a large
dog which appeared tO be uuWell, and
Charles Freybe, son of Ferdinand,
and two men IN the employ of the latter,
named Anton Auer and Herman Drusel,
in attempting to remove the animal from
one part Of the yard TO another, were all
three slightly bitten about the hantls.
Very little attention was paid to the
wounds at the time, as they did not APP
pear to be at all serious, and II was not
lhen known that the dog was rabid. On
Saturday last Mr.. Auer, while on visit
to his brother, on the Frederick road,
about three miles from the city, was
taken with commissions, and several ply
sicians, who were called in, pronounced
him 10 he suffering from hydrophobia.
On Tuesday morning he died. On
Monday young Freybe went in company
with physician TO see Auer, whom they
| found suffering with spasms aud utter
ing frightful cries. On Tuesday young
Freybc went to the Lexington market t0
attend ~ his fathers business, who is
absent on visit to Europe, and while ia
the market was also taken i'll and went
homH.
Physicians were summoned, and IL wat
found that he too was suffering from by.
dlophobiH. The best medical aid was
procured, but without effect, as the young
man, after suffering terribly, also
died about O'Clock yesterday. Il lie sale
that when in the paroxysms incident t
tue disease he would utter cries of agony
which were heard all over the neighbor'
hood. The otner man, Herman Drusel
when be learned of the death of Auer
and the condition of Freybe, visited an
old lady living on the York road, who is
reported to have a specific for the cure oil
the bite of a rabid animal.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07
Scientific whIstl,cu soboo,

Audubon, the ornithologist, stopped
once at Kentucky village, and, after a
gratuitous lecture on music, proposed to
take class and teach II the true science
OF the manly art of whistling. In u few
minutes he had quite large and respect
able class enrolled, and engaged to meet
them at the same place the next night
and give his first lesson. Punctually the
next night these musical aspirants were
on hand. BY way of introduction, and
and also explanatory, this very earnest
Instructor told his class there were three
Indispensable things to learn to make
them thoroughly experienced whistlers-
these were, they must learn the nsimple
pucker," The 'semi-pucker," and finally
the "double puPker.n He then arranged
his pupils In row, and gave command
"Prepare to pucker !" "Now, then. the
simple quicker, thus at the same time
puekenng his lips as If he had tasted The
sOurest acid Imaginable. Most of his
class followed suit, but otbers suffered a
broad grin TO usurp the place Of a pucker.
With consideration dignity the teacher
admOnished such to sobriety and serious
ness. Then came the order for the semi
pueker-here he twisted his countenance
out Of all rules of agreeable expression,
This caus' number of them to smoker
most audlbly. With the measured dig
nifty Of an offended pedagogue, he repri-
lnanded them rOundly for misbehayior.
He then gave the final order for the
double-pncker, and, suiting the example
to the word, he contorted his singularly
mobile features into the most gIotesque
aud Undesirable twist II were possible
to frame a human countenance, where.
upon the entire class, overcome by q
sense o. the righteousness of the whole
proceeding, broke down and gave free
vent to an uncomfortable outlaw. TIC
this palpable disregard of bis previous
reprimaud, he rallied out upon them,
stated that he taught the true selence Of
whlstling all over europe and this couu.
try, aud had never before met with such
disrespect and want Of appreciation, but
\ thanked his stars that bis other classes
had always heen made up Of ''de shentle-
MEMS" and, In apparent rage of d. gust,
yet almost bursting with merriment, tho
accomplished instructor male good hi,
escape from the Court House aud The
presence Of bis puzzled class.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

A therpcuii>t Of London thinks he hus
discovered an mlallible cure for rheumu-
tism, namely, the administration OF hot
sand baths. lie claims that the advan
tage Of this mode of treatment consists,
especially, in the fact that ii does not
suppress Precipitation like the hot water
bath, but rather increases il and another
advantage 1t possesses is, that ii does nol
Interfere with the respiration of the pa.
tleut, AZ does the steam bath or Turkish
bath. 1t is asserted that the body can
endure the influence of such bath for a
much longer time, and a much higher
temperature can he applied. 1t can he
used for infants, and permits of easy
Application tn part or to the whole
body. It this remedy shall prove ellica-
cioua for 50 serious AN ailment, il will,
indeed, he a boon 10 large class OF
sufferers.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

There was quite an excitement in New.
ARK Thursday from the fact that a
gchll' man in buying something in one Of
our stores left his pOcket-book on the
counter only few minutes and on pick
ing II up found that the amount of $73 So
Just paid him by one of his customers
Was gone. A party who had been served
oy the store keeper was sent after. He
came back, went before Esqire Raw, WAS
searched and his house was searched.
He then made oath that he did not see
the pocket book while In the store. The
store keeper and all concerned believe
him innocent of the charge. The sales
man will pay $500 reward to the finder
OF the money by returning ii to 4. F..
Armstrong.
The tournament announced came off
In Newark Tuesday. The officers and
knights formed for parade, lead by the
Amphion Band, of New Castle, marched
down through the town, cOur'er-nulca.
ing up town again, then to the ground
where very large number of people
were waiting 70 receive them, among
whom We're very large number of
ladies. The parade through town was
very pretty, the officers looking veiy well.
out the filters looking like anything hut
the knights that we read OF in the dark
ages. The whole affair was quite a sue
cess, except the price Of admission, which
should be twenty-five cents, then u ere
would be fewer outside of the fence.
Very nearly all would be willing To puv
to get inside, and the gettrrs-up of the
arrangement would make or take in
more money.
The following were the officers
Chief Judge, James II. Ray.
Associate Judges, William Morrison.
Aaron Baker.
Chief Ofiicer-Bradford Camp.
| First Assistants Onlcers-J, W, Pen
nlugtOn, $ DnuBell, X. W. Evans, +,
Griffith, +. W. Lewis, Eli Wood ward.
Assistant Officers &c. X Z. Lewis. W.
A. Woodrow, A Chillas. Pusey Pennock,
i. Blackwell, James d. Barry, 8. n
kimble, Anson Garrett, Joseph Fisher,
and Theodore Steel.
The following were the knights and
their score time seconds:
y. Duggan, knight of Killarnay.3
q. M. IaymAn, N hit OF aalenA, 33333-li
! Geo. Stradley, knight of Kent, IL
| Geo. Dyer, Knight of Demon, 33333-ii
A. Reddtng, hit of Kennedyyille, Ii
| A. Dillibrunt, KIT Of Cloverdale 1910,
! A. II. Deshane, KIT Ocean Eagle.3232l-ll
! A. RAsin, Knight of the South, OOOOi-i
r. Shalleross, KIT Castle Uurey,O
Lone Star becoming disgusted with
some decision ruled himself cut.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

VISIT OF INSPECTION President
Hlnckley and Superintendent Kenney Of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti-
more r. r accompanied by Mr.. George
g. Lobdell, President of the Wilmington
& Western X. R., and several other gen
tlemen passed over the last named road
from this city to Landenburg Thursday
in a special train. They expressed them
selues as much pleased with the beaHti.
full scenery and fertile appearance of the
country through which the road passes.
The visit was mere informal one and II
it was anything more than mere act of
courtesy, those in a position to know do
not care to make that something more
public.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

EXTRA TRAIN-An extra freight train,
put on the Delaware road this week, has
passenger car attached. Persons can
now 90 TO Dover, and points as far down
as Harrington, leaving Clayton ABOUT 9 OF
in the morning, or ne far north as Will
mington leaving Clayton about $50 in
the afternoon. Smyrna Tines
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

It seems to ns that this will answer. 1t
ia Just over from England, and has not
got into American typts;
milliner's apprentice, about to wait
upon duchess, was afraid Of commit
ting some error IN her department. She
Therefore consulted friend rs to the
manner TO be adopted, and was told that
on going before the duchess she must say
her Grace" and so on. Accordingly
away went The Girl, aud on being intro.
duerd, after n very low courtesy, she
said, 4" For what an going to receive
the Lord make me truly thankful" To
which the duchess answered, " Amen 80
-EnIruH's DRAWER, in Harp0's Moqa-
zine for lime.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

The riyalries of New York journalism
are supplied chiefly by the pictorial papers.
An exchange says II 10 understood that
the Harpers are about 10 start daily
rival to the Graphic. Both concerns are
fitting up fast sailing yachts for the pur-
pose of catching the Inward pound
steamers and securing the foreign pic.
torials. AT present the Graphic nlonOpO'
Lies this field, and makes it unpleasant
for the slow gong weeklles.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

WANTS TO BEAT BARNrM--A MuRpERFn
HUNG.
WAsH1NGTON, June 9th An enter.
prising Individual writes from Ohio to
the Government, offering to pay sixty
thousand dollars for the privilege of ex.
hibiting Captain Jack throughout the
country for sky days.
Tom. Wright, the negro who murdered
peddler last December, was hanged to-
dny.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

WHARF FRONT FOR SALEM. NJ.
Child Il Co. will sell at public sale on
Saturday, June 14lh, at AZ P. NJ on the
premises, seven wharf fronts on the South
Side. The advertisement will appear to-
morrow. This wharf property Is daily
beceminR more valuable.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

Our CITY To- Have "a Park nc Last
We believe the great majority OF the
people Of our city will rejoice at the &C
ton taken by Council Thursday author
izng the purchase of extensive tracts oil
land on both sides of the Brandywine for
u public park, and that the minority IN
and out of Council who opposed the
measure will join 10 the rejoicing before
many years when the whole OF the beau
tlful valley and banks of that lovely
stream shall have become a delightful
pleasure ground for our people. And IL
will be a park for the people, for though
we hope TO see In time pleasant drivee
laid out through it, it will always be a
more pleasant resort for TIE pedestrian
than for those riding or driving, while 1t
is easy of access either by street cars or
walking.
Slight improvements will make il one
Of the most beautiful parks in the whole
country and il will become in time the
chief attraction for visitors and the pride
OF our ptOplts We NAnhbe Nehf'~
the fierce opposition offered to the meas
ure by few members of Council, but
are told that il is with view to making
party capital by a show of devotion to
economy.
ANY attempt to make this party ques-
ton will and ought to fail, and not only
fail, but recoil to their discomfort upon
those making il. The movement which
has Just resulted successfully Is by nc
means q new one. 1t has been more than
once the occasion of public meetings, and
it was at a public meeting Of citizens
without regard to party, held at the City
Hall on the 11tn of July 1868 that the
committee which selected the ground i
is now determined to purchase was ap
pointed. That meeting was composed, o
course. OF men OF both political parties
and its committee was equal'y non-par
tzan. 1t consisted of Hon. Thomas F
BayaId, Samuel NJ. Harrington, ESQ.
Cnas. b. Lore, Eco, and Messrs. DAME
W. Taylor and Geo. W. Stone. Thi
committee made a most elaborat
and careful report, and recommended t
to Council IN July, 1869, the immediat
purchase of the ground, last night delei
mined upon. These facts are also suff
cient answer to the clsmor of those, who's
only purpose is to embarrass and della
action, for a public meeting 10 eonside
the matter. The public considered tn
matter long ago, and Council has, aft'
four years, just taken the action publ
meeting recommended.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07
Charges Preferred Against United
AlmIes OllicinI.


The Philadelphia Age OF Saturday, al
ludes to tue recent acqnittal OF two
criminals by iuries in United States
Count in that city ain utter defiance o
o. the testimony" and criticises the plan
which gives the United States Marshal
the absolute right to select jures for
these Courts. 1t severely attacks the
administration of justice through the
Quilted Stat,s Courts, and holds Attorney
General Williams, DOW u prominent can
dida,e for Chief justice, responsible. In
further support of its position in this
matter it says;
Nor il this the only place of complaint.
Ia the sister state Of Delaware. heavy
charges have been preferred against Marshal
Dunn. of the Federal Court, aud it is "a sub
Ject Of General comment among men Of both
parties that the gravity ot the accusations
have secured not the slightest attention
from the present Attorney General who is
the candidate OF prominent citizens ' for
thirt Justice.
Before repubIishing this paragraph We
made some inquiries from which We learn
that il is tue, so far as ii declares that
charges have been preferred against US.
Marshal Dunn, but whether or not they
have received attention from the Attorney
General Ne are unable to say. We arc
assured Jhatsworn charges were preil rred
some weeks ago.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

To RRHoBorH.- earnest effort is
being made to yet Mrs. Keene to take
the management of the Urge boarding
house on the Rehoboth Camp Meeting
grounds. The probabilities now are thai
the effort will be successful.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH


THE REPORTED MAHiFEsro OF EUGENE
ia SAID TO HR FRAUD.
LONDON. June 6th.-M. Rieire, former.
ly Of Naroleon's private secetar,. denies
the authenticity Of the published appeal
of The Empress to the people of France
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07
Important Verdict.

THE Goss LIFE INSURANCE CASE DECIDED
AGAINST THE COMPANIES.
BALTIMORE, June q In the 4. s. Cir.
cult Court a verdict for FIVE thousand
dollars was returned against tie New
York Mutual Life Insurance Go. on a
policy on the life of W. 8. Goss. PAY.
ment was refused because Goss, having
persisted by fire, there was no evidence
that the body found was actually Cess.
Other policies amounting To twenty
thousand dollars will he governed by this
suit. Motion for a new trial was entered.