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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21
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an cI.itUms % fIc sad announcement, -.Liiie1
rs March, that ys<t -Tt-Ey .rsttsI - n7:s.
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ain eHiearet. II is ;sot permitted. 20 Ia Z,
know the inner lite oi ali ssout IA .''ir taii
mate rttAtinEs can extend oats Eo Sic 'rY :'.w
vtosa worth +.guw and - =. 1'ft:i - -
such u E.19 rcA-t ot t.!- .J--
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=, ,,yx,r -3eceS-d. - s.sr ,.a,sIs = ssts1
-. EtentIfsd 7i7i, Afrl Ia mat .-lf=r- as>;cj;.
reu wa:cli a-inEds thorough :lnnret s'i.sE. 81
b : character. III an estimation Il thst- "tis
lu ole. rTitato finds irI": st ls,-@ words
We teek no st phrase - -eIi h1w much wa
loved him and how we delighted II tse ntaIi-
fsstatiGo CT our friends isas-"T.t worth a.isi-
eood ness. We car enI" refns Tnbec tffas guriI
evidences gexe 2bund ant and that le tas oas
whcse.
"AdoEtioo tried
We, grappled to -.sau1.wif7 hooks of steel -
Generous to a fault AMI whole souie,i, the
ms rnoFy of our dear friend IS sgeh HAT ensures
Al enduring love ami makes iRade sGats tht.
records which oglIy says:
I'VE aban niss and MOURN sin
Mach la. CoA
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21
that any convicted member viii be

that any convicted member will be
reelected.
There is much lenity about punish
ment, as there used to be in England,
and indeed still is about buying seats
in the House of Commons but it is
evidently felt that the delinquents are
politically dead, that the electors do
not intend votes to be sold, and that
although they may choose men no bet
ter than those expelled, they will not
knowingly choose the agents of the
lobbying" Rings. While they think
them merely extravagant they will
bear with them, partly because they
are too comfortable to care-remem-
Der the debt is being reduced by
G25, 900, 900 year-and partly from
that horror Of pecuniary ''meanness"
which among certain classes in Ameri-
ca, as among the whole lower classes
in England, hes made OF thrift an arti-
ficial vice, butcorruption they decided
ly.dislikc
This is so far satisfactory, but we
cannot deny that each of these revela-
tlons. necessary as they are, if there is
ever to be reform, is
A SEVERE BLOW STRUCK AGAINST DE-
MoCRACY.
Grant the electorate innocent. and we
must still concede that it is excessively
stupid. 1t looks as if average, half
educated workingmen, such as make
up the constituency of Kansas, while
they can be trusted to fight for their
country, and even to gee that slavery
is an evil, cannot be trusted to discern
the character of their representatives
They select in ordinary times q ''bad
lot, and when selected do not look
after them with anything like adequate
keenness and intelligence. If they
remain poor, that is no credit to them,
and If they become rich, that is no
cause OF suspicion, for they may have
been speculating IN stocks. We do not
like the outlook-for EngIiahn,en and
Americans are essentially the same
any more than we like the deduction
we ara forca.. to draw-that the reve-
renee for rlLi, acts as an artissptic on
the reverence ter money.
We never tel sure, "a we read these
STORES III american papers, and French
papers, ..u,El 't,ssE!1an papers. that the
EilgllSl guarantee agaias. a repetition
Of t:.o.A il. til;s country is not caste
pride. .le strnnSnst argument for aris-
tocTacT IN some sensa or other it would
ne possible 10 suggest 1t IS p dis
thought, from 0>lr point Of
view, ht1t Eve nevo- deny a fact. and
there thu fact is thai any 1nan who Of
fered 81 , 10 az .ei:3 ,(,01 ID any Eneiish
peer u c3:,i.t-.- member far his vote,
would be snuilnariiy elected from the
room. ILege ara ioi.h~crs among 1ls,
t 90. bus they refrain from putting
into that crude form, and
,aev ere l,ovrorloss against tbc caste
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21
OUR SENATOR'S.

In the arrangement of the new Com
mittees in the United States Senate,
Senator RANSOM has been placed upon
the Committees or Military Affairs and
Revision of the Laws, and Senator
AlEERIMoE upon the Committees on
Posto.ices and Claims.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21

The New York Juvenile asylum,
since it's establishment, has taken e e
of aaose than 10000 children, all oi
whom have been trained aud prepared
Tor situations. Besides the amount
received from the city treasury, tha
Asylum requires about SlO,ooo an
nually, to cover current expenses.
An Indian tribe in Wisconsin have
organized brass band. The exasper-
ated neighboring settlers sigh for the
good old days of the war hoop.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21

Disturbance.

Considerable excitement was caused
in the neighborhood OF Second and
Nun street Thursday night by the dis
cnarge of pistols and the cries of stop
thief, &c. We could not learn the
cause of the disturbance, as no arrests
were made by the police.
More EIOxydyissa.
A party of six nen went to the house
OF Mr.. S. D. Ihurston, who resides IN
the Southern part of the city, near
Kidder's mill, while this gentleman
was absent on Thursday evening, ard
frightened the ladies terribly. It
seems that this party went for no other
purpose than to terrify the women and
children, as they committed no other
depredations
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21
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In krootiyn, New York, on Jhs 5.h instant.
"a scarlet fever, JDiS T., siis-l ,oi. s.,.
amt Nj *. VI. tiurcFl eSr, s-:st~i 4. e>.rr
l., this city. on -te afternoon nt t..e fI,tt
i'ss ala. RICHARD II. Llt.sRiS, a.rt 2.
yeats and & months.
In Grant TrE1s,:},, Tcv 1Ta-Heer csun.r-
III Itli in44.-s-I IA ia A. so ;si...e.
w. WI liam l.. che 4Jif. .ear - I:EsE- S-r-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21
-------- -.----~--Ex-
TEE BANK EPtE LAW.

These are the exemptions in the sew
eral States which, under a recent
amendment OF tho law, are now made
10 apply to the National Bankrupt Act:
STATE EXEMPTIONS.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21

A symrathizing newspaper man III
Georgia condoles witt, a brother. etli-
tor at the serious illness OF tho 1atter's
two sisters and th.ae brothers
A white man by. the name of Barney
Paine, WAS run over and killed On the
South Carolina Railroad last week, by
tho passenger train honnd for Charles
ton. Paine Was lying on the track,
and was not seen by the engineer in
time tn prevent the above result.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21

To have eleg*n. light Biscuits, itn:-ss. ;;acf7-
wheat Cakes, Fruit DHmp pi,oge, .1c., >oa >lonlI
use DsoIsy IS Yeast Powder. As}. :ssr:z fi~nee:
foE il. Il !. E.uIe Baking 7eoeE.ia..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
The Intelligent Storks:
A great fire once broke out in a Lit

A great fire once broke out in little
German town near where stood tower
about eighty feet high, which formed
part of the fortification on the town
wall. On the summit q stork's nest
had been built for so many years that
the building had received the name
of "Stork's Tower" At the time of
the fire there were three unAedged
birds in the nest. and the poor little
brides were in great danger. But the
old storks soon showed their good
sense and their love for their young,
for by turns they each few off to some
little fish ponds just outside the walls {;
here they took good dip in the water,
and filed their beaks with as much as
they could carry away; then, notwith-
standing the smoke and flames, they
few back to their little ones, poured
the water from their beaks over them
and the nest, and at the same time
shaking it from their feathers. Thus
during the whole day did these faithful
birds act as winged fire brigade till
toward evening, when all danger for
their young aud their nest was over.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
The Salaries oi Opera Slngors.

A London correspondent writes ~
follows concerning the salaries of opera
singers: "I confess to have been one
of those who was completely skeptical
as to the sums alleged to be paid to
great tenors and very leading sopranos.
I give both the words their English
plurals, because they have become
English by adoption. But I am con-
verted from my sceptism by facts with
in my own knowledge. I know that
within the last week Adeline Patti has
refused an offer of e2OO night. She
was offered that honorarium for each
of elk nights, extending over a
fortnight. Six hundred a week for
three nights singing, in
opera, of music every bar Of which she
has all by heartl But she was deaf to
all entreaties. She would not be brib-
ed by e1, 200 to postpone her holiday
for fortnight, even though this fort
night would have been spent within
short rides of some of the most beauti-
full land and sea scenery in the United
Kingdom. Managers have figuratively,
if not literally, to go down upon their
knees to the operate stars, when offer
ing them larger payment than Is given
to the President Of the United States,
the Prime Minister OF England, or to
Won Moltke when he WAS cooquering
France for the Emperor Of Germany.
To use tho words of supplians i'm.
pressario, There never was such an
invention for making a fortune as a
first-rate voice."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

"DR1ED o1sr1Rs" having been in.
cluded among the articles imported, a.
published by the Bureau of Statistics,
an inquiry made by . Boston firm, as
to their origin, has elected from the
chief the -. following explanation {:
"Dried oysters are imported into
San Francisco, chiefly from China, al
though q few come from Mexico. They
are taken fro the shell and dried in
the sun, without the use of any salt or
chemical preparation, and are import
ell in wooden boxes, containing 100
pounds each. They are consumed
m ostiy by the Chinese residents on
the Pacific coast, only . small proper
ton being used by Mexicans.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
A New Version OF It,

One day, in fit of abstraction, the
juvenile George cut down Bushrod's g
favorite cherry tree with q hatchet.
His purpose was to cut-and run. But
the old gentleman came sailing around
the corner of the barn Just as the fu-
ture father of his country started on
the retreat. ''Look here, sonny, "
thundered the stern old V;rginian,
"who cut that tree down." George
reflected moment. There wasn't ano-
ther boy or another hatchet within fit.
teen miles. Besides it occurred to him
that to be virtuous is to be happy.
Just as Washington senior turned to
go in and get his horsewhip, our little
hero burst into tears, and, nesting
among his fathers coat tails, exclaim-
ed "Father, 1 cannot tell lie. 1t
must have been FROST" "My son,
my son." stammercd the fond parent,
as he made a pass for his offspring,
"when you get to be first in war and
first in peace, just cover your back pay
into the treasury, and the newspaper
press will respect you!"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
How't' 0raphic'' Pictures Arc Had,

A correspondent Of the Boston Tran
script describes . visit to the Graphic
establishment. OF the art department
the writer says 'Some of the sketches
which appear in tho Graphic are first
drawn BY hand on paper with pen and
ink. They are finished up just as they
are to appear in the paper. The sketch
is then copied upon . glass plate
through the fundamentally of q came
ra. This plate is called a negative.
and from it by the aid Of the sun. or
powerful artificial light, copy of the
picture is obtained on transfer paper.
The transfer paper is very thin, and 20
made that it viii readily yield ink to .
photographic stone. After having been
properly prepared the transfer paper 10
placed face down upon the stone, from
which tho Graphic il to be printed,
and transfer is made. The result il,
the picture which was originally drawn
with a pen appears upon the surface Of
the ithogrsph stone, and is IN
exact facsimile of the original 1t
looks as if printed on the stone, and to
all intents and purposes is so printed
in what is known as ithograpblc ink.
The transfer, as all photographers know,
is made in a hand-press. Thus it will
be seen that the engraver's tool has
eon.entirely dispensed with. Having
once got . copy Of the picture, the
rest of the process 10 mechanical. The
whole outside of tho Graphic, or that
part which is illustrated, il printed
from a lithographic stone ~ large rs
the newspaper. The letter-press is
autographed as we'll AZ the pictures,
by the aid CT the camera and the trans
fer process. The stone is placed
IN flat bed steam process, and print
ed from exactly as If it was 90 much
type, with this difference: The sur
face Of the stone is perfectly smooth,
the ink from the rollers only adhering
to the linked surface of the stone,
which represents the pictures and. the
type. The blank spaces on the stone,
which appear white on the paper, are
kept wet BY boys who sponge over the
surface; this prevents the ink from
sticking, and the result 10 exactly a. If
the paper had been printed from the
type, and cuts Ding ont by the tools of
an artist. After . ithographic stone
has been used for one edition Of the
Graphic, the pictures on it, surface
are rubbed of, and it il ready to have
others transferred for the next days
paper. Thirty thousand impressions
can be taken from one stone, and six,
eight, ten, or as many presses ~ de.
sired can be running At the same time
with duplica ate stones"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

THOSE who go round with the con.
tribution box in California churches
plead and argue the case as they 20
along. One of these gentlemen recently
extended the box to rough looking
miller, who slowly shook his head.
''Come, William, give something, :"
said the deacon.
"Oan't do it, deak," eaid William.
"Why not2 Isn't the cause a good
one :"
Eyes, good nuff but I amt able to
give nothin'."
Pooh +! pooh I know better. You
must give better reason than that"
"WelI, owe too much money!"
"Well, but, William, you owe God
a much larger debt than any one else. -
"That's true, but He aint pushln'
me like the rest of my creditors. ;"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Japanese Flowers.

In Japan every house must be decked
with flowers on New Years Day, and
to supply the demands the shops arc
full OF dwarf peach trees, bearing dou-
ble blossoms, and growing in large
china vases and pots. The Japanese
gardeners have a peculiar talent for
;raiffng dwarf plants and trees, and 80
great is the national fancy for such
miniature products of vegetation that
the toy shops abound With very minute
and delicate limitations of such plants
and flowers cut out of colored paper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1873.
The Peace Commission.

It was q peace commissioner,
Aud bis garb was sober drab;
lis hair was long and white, and he
Economical his CAB.
III short, he WAS reticent
And inofensive slab.
His style was philanthropic,
And he bore carpet-bag,
In which he stored his tracts and soap,
And other peaceful swag,
Which Indians patronize when war
And cattle-steaIing lag.
Long they sat in solemn council,
The agent and the red,
Mildly talking fahby virtue,
Till the sachem took his head,
As with doubt and dim suspicion;
Then he grunted low aud said
Not with eloquence of nature,
Not in metaphoric style,
But in simple frontier lingo,
Mingled slang aud grammar vile
>. ."Na-Eee.trOw.zis; l" want some whisky;
Injua empty drink pile"
Then that meek and lowly Quaker
demonstrated with tear;
Spoke or fire water and ruin
With eloquence severe
0&u, QUlte l0eilHkIy, tu&t Wul0Ay
was Q foe mOst in sincere.
pake once moro the child of nature
Keeping down his growing bile.
Has my brother brought tobacco7
Is there powder in his pile p
But the honest agent answered,
With an unsuspectlng smile
'sHad nv vaFiegated brother
Ever studied Mr.. Trask,
He would never, l am certain,
Such foolish question ask.
Read these pamphlets; they will you
In the light OF truth to bask.
"PowderI have noue-nor whisky,
Nor the brain-destroying leaf:
But OF moral tracts and stories
have many for the Chief"
Then the Iudian, weeping sadly,7
Said it cost him bitter grief.
That his moral sense compelled him
To extract his brothers h1iI
Which be did with nice precision.
And 4 eadden. stricken air;
And that hopeful peace commission
Terminated then and there.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
A Wedding Cake for Royalty.

A Mr.. John BOstrOn has been in
trusted with the manufacture of the
brideoake which is to grace the royal
breakfast table on the OCCASION of the
marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh
with the only daughter of the Emperor
of Russia. The cake, which is des-
cribed as chef dNuvre of the confec-
TONER'S art, towers to q height OF seven
feet six inches, and weighs upwards of
go pounds. It is in nix tiers, and re-
sembles the famous porcelain tower at
Nankin. The cake is covered with u
fret-work of flowers and shells of snow
white purity, while gracefully depspd-
ing from vase of exquisite design at
the summit ia prof;ssion Of orange
blossoms, etc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

JOAQUIN MILLER, in his books about
tho Modocs, relates that an old fellow,
who had been on the war-path, brought
him leather bag. While he tapped it
gently with his bowie knife the blood
oozed through the seams. Looking ut
Joaqnin, the old Modoc said: Them 8
aoo1na ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Seeing ia l)ccciving.


Here is q row Of ordinary capital
letters and figures:
SSSSSSSSSSXXXX 3333:3333:33338 3333333333338 8888888
They are such as are made up of two
parts of equal shapes. Look carefully
at these and you will perceive that the
upper halves of the characters are a
very little smaller than the lower
helves-so little that al ordinary eye
will declare them to be of equal size.
Now turn the page upside down, and,
without any careful looking, you will
see that this difference in size is very
much exaggerated /; that the real top
half OF the letter is very much smaller
than the bottom hall. It will be seen
from this that there is a tendency in
the eye: to enlarge the upper part of
any object upon which it looks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

The Shoshonic oath is" The sun
sees me the earth hears me I will
not lie.r But Lo will steal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

IT 10 estimated that Texas cattle DEAL
ers have taken $1,000, 600 into their
State from cattle transactions in Kan.
sas this year.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIvEs.

Eep9bMcans in Roman. Democrats In jeottcs
aeefal Republicans or 1ndepsndents In SMALL
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

A GREAT railway bridge il to be built
across the Firth of Forth, Scotland, at
Queen's. Ferry, which will be the most
stupendous work of the kind in the
world.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
A Cooeeh.,

The rose disdsinfd1lS has she'd
Her wealth Of petsb perlbcted.
She gave tho uneeqaiting esEth
The sxeetness thaf but late had birth.
The passing zephyrs saw. and eighed-
And in the morning they had died.
SO sbe I love sheds round on all
The .rnilea that hold one A4aft in thraQ.
She gives, nor cares, it seems to ne,
To gain OF love IN equal fee.
And DO her smiles. like role-leaves she'd
Are unrexarded aud are dead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Seuate.

MONDAY, December 8-Joint resolu-
tions were introduced asking for the construc-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
TERRITORIAL DELEGATES

Liberal Repab!ic.n. er indspeDdent:; s: Cxfs,:.:
members Of the last Congress.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
The South.

THE Grand Jury has found three in.
dictmcnts against x.Aderman Cicallo, oi
Memphis, Tennessee, for obtaining goods
under false pretenses. fraudulent breach Of
trust and larceny. He was arrested and
gave bail for his appearance in the sum ol
50 coo each.
A CONVENTION in the interest Of the pro-
jected airline railroad from Chicago to
Charleston was recently in session in Whining.
ton, N. c. lar:e crowd of merchants and
bankers were present, including one hundred
delegates from onts along the line.
L. D. BrLDtN, oostmaster at Washington,
Tenn, is charged with robbing the mails oi
s1,197.
A TORNADO swept over the town OF Malvern,
forty miles south Of Memphis, on the line OF
the c. & F. r. r.. Thursday, raising from the
ground six business houses. tearing away the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Foreign.

A DENSE fog set in at London on Decembe,
., and continued till the 18th, seriously affect.
Ing business in the city and on the Thames
Several accidents are reported, and on the
river three persons were killed. Collisions or
the river wero frequent, and the streets wert
tho scenes OF numerous accidents, although
great numbers OF man and boys were en-
ployed with torches to light up the city il
md day. A great Agricultural Fair was il
progress, and many Of the animals died il
consequence Of the density Of the fog, and thu
fair il pronounced . failure. The fog cover
an area Of hfty miles, and London is th'
centre.
The expedition which lately left Batavia fol
A.cheen landed on that coast without oppo
sitiOn.
TIE Pail Mall Gazette says Russia is send
Ing another expedition against Turcoman.
BY the bombardmsnt Of Cartagena 40C
houses have been destroyed. At the request
the com mand er OF the government forces,
the foreign fleets have Withdrawn from the
harbor.
TIE cholera has appeared among the troops
OF the Dutch expedition against Atcheen, and
the bad condition Of the road has prevented
active operations.
TRE Austrian Minister of Commerce has do.
cided not to demoIsh the exposition building,
but to keep it for public use.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
IS Had nv variegated brother
II ARK TWAlN'S PUMPING FROG y

gels Camp, Calaveras County, California,
on being asked for information concerning
q certain Rev. Leonldas ". Smiley.)
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

Mr.. 0rth offered resolution pro:
vidiRg for survey to ascertain the practica.
bility Of = ship canal connecting Lake Michi.
gan with the Wabash River, which was adopt
ed. Several resolutions calling for information
from departments were also adopted. Nh.
Hoar reported . bill to establish an educa-
! tionsl fund and apply the proceeds OF the sale
| OF public lands to tho education of the people.
! The discussion OF the back pay bill was then
session.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

pake once moro the child of nature
Keeping down his growing bile.
Has my brother brought tobacco2
Is there powder in his pile :"
But the honest agent answered,
With an unsuspectlng smile: