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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

Since the Philadelphia hopes Of hap
piness are so closely bound up in the
success Of the coming Centennial exhibit
ton she is to he congratulated that this
panic has come now instead of being
deferred until a tins nearer the great
event.
The Changers movement seems to be
surely working its way eastward, ard We
sec ty the Reading Eagle that very large
meeting of members of the order from
Chester, Montgomery and Bcrbs counties,
was held at Gliesemersville on Wcdnes-
day night.
A number OF New York papers have
Published reports that Samuel N FELTON,,
ESQ, is one Ct the Cndorsers on the notes
of the California and Texas Construction
Company. Mr, FeltoA has authorized a
pub'ic aud emphatic deiial Of the report,
and lie fu1lcr stetcs that he is rot an
eA1orscr on the notes OF any IRA, com
pany Or individual
The Reading Eagle is row printed frou
stereotype plates, being, it is said, the
only paper in Pennsylvania outside oil
Philadelphia lard possibly Pittsburgh
that is 30 printed. 1t is very live and
Interesting paper, let it be printed by
what process il may.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
Do Nh, nnrrnw rrnnhIn.

" Sum lieut. unto the day is the evil
thereof" Is a wise saying men will do
well 20 remember in tlmos Ike these. 1t
will not now do to take no thought for the
morrow" while immersed in business,
with obligations, in the keeping Of which
justice and honor are concerned, though
men perp'exed w,th The cares and aaxie-
ties of businsss, may almost envy he
simplicity Of life which made Il possible
for the men to whom this advice was
giveu to follow Il. It may be, after all,
that it was a better and more wholesome
life than that We lead, with its mutt
plIclty OF wants aud the Lever ending
effort TO enable US 10 satisfy them. Yet
ThoFeau, who, while at Walden, lived
more nearly such life than any Other
man Of our own times, was finally i'm
PEELED back into the common ways and
haunts of men. But b. the merits Of
such a life what they may, no man not
living it, but living 10 the midst Of society
as now constituted, can take no thought
for "the morrow" without dlshonor TO
himself and Injustice to his neighbor.
But he can pay heed to that part of the
text which we first quoted and thus
avoid borrowing trouble" Let him
have the clearcst and most truthful per-
ception Of things as they are and rea-
sonahle Judgment as 10 the tendencies OF
events, such as will enable him to do
what lies in his power to meet the newt
able, but thtrl let the matter stop, and
not run into croaklng and prophesying
evil. II is undoubtedly true that times
are hard, and that there is a sad proba-
bility that this viii be hard winter on
many, but times will not be made any
better by lugubriOus lamentations, nor
will the hard lot Of the unemployed poor
be made less hard by dismal prophesies
OF starving and freezing. One week OF
cheerful activity will do more to avert
the worst results Of the late panic In lis
ELECTS in depressing business and In
causing suffering, than all the
croakers will do while the trouble lasts.
A little patience, learning and cheerful
confidence, will save many a business
house from lettering, and proper, active,
aud well organized aid will prevent any
extreme cases Of suffering. There is nc
danger of any POOR people starving OIL
freezing in Wilmington SO .ong as thos,
Of us who are free from such Danger car
learn OF the peoples necessities. Thus
far there has been comparatively littl,
actual suffering for the want of to,
neeessaries OF life. We have passet
through worse pau!cs than this wlthou
anybody starving and we will pas
through this he wise.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

An American named Pease has quietly
tak'n Possession Of an island 10 the
Pacific, where he has raised the American
hag. The island is one of the BONN
group, Of which the San Francisco
BULLETIN says. "Thcy were uninhabitcd
Ill. 1896, when a settlement was made by
some sailors. In 1858 Commodore Perry
r. commanded them as an available depot
for the steamers which he thought would
some day Ply between JaIan ard Cali.
forria. Subsequently Pease visited lhe
Islands and tOOk possession of the largest,
called Peel Island. He commenced Tais-
ing sheep, and has become prosperous by
trading in japan. Mr. Peaso, who is ~
ing the stars and ssripes, is ready 10
make II formal surrender Of his right,
title and interest TO the people of the
United States for a suitable consideration
-amount not stated. II is not know.
whether Japan assumes any sovereignty
over the bOuin Islands, but il is intimated
thai if the Uniied States desire them, no
objection would b. raised By that Govern.
meat"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

A sprighily-looklng lady dressed In the
latest fashionable attire, representing
herself ms the granddaughter of the grea;
Napoleon, has taken possession oil the
Bonaparle mansion, at Bordentown, y.
j., aud refuses TO leave II. She is appdr-
emily woman Of refinement, a fluent
talker, and issues orders to the occupants
in an imperial tone. The agent of the
property is now absent and those who
have charge while he is away are placed
in II quandary as to what action they will
take in reference to this strange lady
Some Of them believe that she is veiit
able representative of the BOnapariist
family, and are in ecstacies over the
prospect of having the old mansion one,
more glilterlng with royal splendOr.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
gymnastics for the Elderly.

II has been imagined that gymnastic
exercise is exclusively profitable to the
young. II is not 80 II is of advantage,
of great advantage, likewise to the old.
Young persons need little exhoitation to
exercise, since, by nature, motion is their
chief desire but they stand in need Of
advice and moderation, since, 9s they do
everything moderately, so they are accns-
somed to take too much exercise, and of
an improper character, a course Of pro
ceeding not without danger. On the
contrary, with older men, the increasing
weight of the body and the loss of so.
called "animal spirits" induce the desire
of repOse, and they need an increase of
exercise beyond that which inclination
enjOins on them. Thus they arc brought
within the province Of the gymnastic
code. II has been said that nature il an
all-sufilcient guide in this respect. This
is true Of our proper rational nature, but
not of mere Individual inclination, to
which the apothegm is more frequently
| applied. Children, who, by reason ofthe
| tenderness Of their age, are Incapable Of
reason, live indeed according to nature,
| but rather to that of brutes than Of men.
| This element of superiority which we
/ possess over the rest of the inanimate
creation tells, or was intended to tell,
men of advanced years, ifthey would but
listen to IL, that exercise is necessary To
their increased age, since the natsral
heat of the body then becomes weaker,
and il Is less able to purge itself Of those
peihuiths which, ~ gathering and
resting therein, cause at first cousidetahi,
Inconvenience, al the last decay and dis
solution.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

The Methodist Mdgd=iHc --Thisis the title
OF the inst number OF - magazine published
for November, and devoted TO the spread OF
ScuTutal Christianity. 1t is an interest
ing number and calculated 10 win its way
into the homes OF every Methodist In the
city. It Is distributed grntuiiously 10 the
people Of Wilmington, and sent to other
cities, postage paid Tor ten cents a number.
1t Is intended TO be an occasional publica.
tlon. Alfred T. Scott editor and publisher.
eleia Market street, this city.
The fret number Of StNichoiGs. Scribner's
new juvenile magazine, has appeared, and
must be Pronounced one Of the most heauti
full monthliea in the country. The engrav.
iugs are numerous truthful and appropriate,
including designs iIom the pencils OF Miss
HAllock, Sol Etynge, Miss Ledyarti,
stephens, Rollcs and oil cfs. The reading
maticris hright.pure and varied, contributed
ly William cullen Bry ant. Celia Thaxter
Lucy Larcom. hehccca Harding Davis
Frank r. stockton, Noah Brooks and othc
writer's for the young. There is a capital
puzzle department 10 SHARPEN the wits OF
the youngsters 81. Nicholas las many
juvenile "ilath' junTrsls 10 battle against
hut under the guide OF Mrs, Mary Mapes
Dodge it must surely triumph. Terms, - a
year.
LtcWs lining Agc-The numbers of IN,
Liring Age for the weeks ending October
18th aud n on emher LIST. are specially inter
esting. Among the articles are The Mono
theism Of Paganism, from the BRUSH quar-
tcrig R,ritic The Protestant Restoration
in France in the Last Century Iratrr'
Mdgdsint Iutkish Georgia, CorHhiH MAG
d=iRc Needlework, MacmtHdn's Mdqa-ine
The Lessons Of the American Monetar,
| Crisis, Economist The Old Catholic Con
gross az Constance, Saturday Reriep
| Somebody's Child, GenHcmdns Maqasiac
! The Regent Orleans and his Age, by IA,
author OF "Mirabeau,n TcmIi, Bar Cal
deron's Sacred Dramas-the Putentory %
). Patrick, SAINT Peuis Victor Emanuel
! Reception ia Vienna and Berlin, Spectator
with indictments Of THE Parisians," b.
Lord Lytton Jack and the Bean stalk.
by Miss Thackeray and " Nieole Vagnon,
by Miss Mecquoid, author Of D." Patty he
sides poetry and miscellany. The curren
volume began Oct. lst with nny-two sue
numbers, Of sixty-four large pages each
,aggregating over 5000 pages year. tn
subscription price 49, is very low or still
better, for 40, any one of the American ;
magazines is sent with The Lifting Age for
year; Llttell y Gay, Boston, publishers.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

On Terry's Island, 10 the Connecticut
river, about seventeen miles above Hart,
ford, there are about sixty persons o.
both sexes assembled awaiting the second
advent Of Chri't, which they confidently
expect to day, the 6.h day OF November,
or at any rate before the close OF 1878;
They began to congregate on the Island
about two weeks ago. The attendance
has been variable from the beginning OF
the meeting. reaching as high as 700 on
some days, and dropping oil OF others 10
thirty or forty.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
me rnnic MI Tic rnn.


\ specimen Of the disposition to exag-
gerate The evils which now are upon us,
which We have already deprecated, Is the
statement Of New York paper that
10000 working girls have been thrown
out Of employment in Newark, N. j.
The Newark Register says that it is pre-
rostcrous to suppose that there are so
many as 10000 working girls in city OF
10000 inhabitants. It says that few
hundreds of this class of workers have
been thrown temporarily out Of employ
ment and possibly fifteen hundred or two
thousand working men, while some
others are working less than full time,
but that thus far there has been COM
paratively little suffering aud distress,
the working people Of that busy city
being Of the industrious and prudent
class who in time Of prosperity make
provision against rainy day.
What the Register Gays Of Newark is
quite app licable TO Wilmington, 20 far as
it relates to the prudent habits of the
working people but We cannot but believe
that the number out Of employment here
is proportiorately greater than the
number our contemporary estimates as
out Of employment in its own city. That
there has yet been nny large amount
Of suffering and distress is not probable
but that there will be more or less
during the winter is more than probable
espeialOly II some organized and effective
means is not taken to discover wher,
help is needed aud to offer it, Some o
the men suddenly deprived Of the mean,
OF earning their livelihood arc as proud
in their way as any, and they woul,
a lmost rather starve than beg. There Il
no need OF people better of undertaking
to rebuke this sort Of pride, 70
man may not be proud o
nis unaided ability to earn his owl
living without the aid Of iuhrrtct
wealth or the backing Of fiends there i
nothing a man has right to be proud OF
This Is the pride Of honest independen
manhood, and il honois him who enter
lains It. Let those then who wouli ole
effective aid where it most Is needed tab
this fact into consideration aud SEEK GU
those who need assistance.
There is, hewtver, another class VII
will be likely to suffer severely this yea
and for them public provision must /
made. 1his is the very poor who AWAY
. need help through the winter month
They will suffer all the more, bccaui
, many Of those who have in many Wa,
helped them in past winters will III
: Writer have all they can do to avoid a,l
1 ing help for themselves. For such IN,
more than the usual provision must
made, and in their direction should
d turned fully. tho ever-dowing stream
n charitable contributions. Let OF
q churches as well as our benevolent peor
n remember that charity begins at hon
q and so turn all their collections TO mi
istering to the poor rather than be SC,
/. tsring them "from Grecnlaud's icy mou
e tains" to "India'e coral strands"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
Nnt Afrnid nfsnIrIls.

A novel and peculiar manner Of con-
verling the iLfidrl has been adopted by a
fair aud faithful Catholic Of Fiance. Her
husband was an ardent Voltairran, per-
fectly unyielding to Christian persuasion,
Incapable of heing convinced ny II.
Madame miraculously getting tired OF
reasoning and arguing, sttrelly set his
harm and other iarm-buldirgs ON IRE
fourteen distinct times, to the end that he
miEht become convinced Of the existence
Of wicked spirits at least. Tic simple
villagers grew wildly excited, aud
thoroughly credulous OF d abollcal
agency. The only person who remained
calm and sertne was the strong-minded
Voltairean, who afterward observed
quietly that he had been rather surprised
at so many fires on his premises, but
that he didn't care much about them,
not because he desT iscd spirits and such
lhings, but because he was Insured.
Decidedly, when you want to burn man
into heaven you mustn't stop 81 barns.
A good old-fashioued autodaJe would DO
the thing.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

Camassie, the Ashantee Capital, is a
beautiful country and is about u mule
aid a-half long by mile broad. The
streets are wide, the houses are mostly
uniform in structure, aud built In blocks
or squares. The side next the street is
called Il public seat, the floor OF which is
raised two or three feet above the street
level, and open to il, so rs TO afford per-
sons walking through the town ready
protection from the rain or sun. The
front is also ornamcnted with rude geo
mctrical figures in relief, cOlored with
red, aud above the ground floor white
washed. Al one side OF the public seat
is door communicating With the inner
square. The rooms ON three sides of
this are open on the inside, and occupied
day and night by the several members of
the household. The open space Of the
square is used for cooking and other do
nestle purposes. The framework of the
house is of saping timber, fastened to-
gether with cordage made from climbing
plants, and matched with bamboo leaves,
woven into a kind of mating
This IS well enough, hut a writer in
the London Telegraph maintains that the
town is little Aceldamag, and 10 prove
il, he makes some sanguinary extracts
from his diary;
"October 10th, 1si7.-This morning a
relative of the King died. Went out In
the afternoon and saw in the street seven
human bodies which had just been decap-
| itated.
"2lst.-Five more persons have been
sacrifc ed to day, and we fear that this is
only the beginning of the slaughter.
"22d.-lhe town has Tesounded oil
day with the lamentation OF mUurners
another has been sacrificed.
"231.-The town is getting very full
Of people. The King has not yet begun
to make custom for his ased relative.
"24 Sunday A day of confusion
and blood. Deaiening reports of frequent
yolleys Of musketry. In the courte oil
the day tifty-nine persons have been de-
capitaied and eight dubbed to death in
this town, besides four in the country.
"25lh.-During the night, foTty.tlve
more have been sacrificed, and the WORK
of destruction Is still going on.
"26th.-Two more have been sacrificed
to-day.
''27.h.-Another day of blood. Ten
more victims have been sacrificed tw,
have been fed to the Mission House fol
protection for one of these we have Oh
lained a promise from her master tina
she shall not be sacrificed; the other Il
with us still.
''aS.h.-rhe town is still In confusion
and more persons have been sacrificed"
1t is evident that, unless things hayi
changed since 1917 Camassie cannot b,
highly recommended as quiet summt
retreat for nervous people.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

Halls Journal Of HsalM says that cold
bed chambers always impcril health and
invite fatal diseases. Robust persons
may safely sleep Ia IL temperature Of forty
or under, but the old, the infant and the
irail should never sleep In rooms where
the atmosphere is much under flity de-
grees Fahrenheit.
All know the danger Of going direct
into lhp cold from very warm room.
Very few rooms, churches, theatres and
the like, are never warmer than seventy
degrees. lit is freezing ont Of doors It
is thirty degrees the difference being
forty degrees more. Persons will be
chilled by such Il change in ten minutes,
although they may be actively walking.
But 10 lie still 10 bed, nothing to pro
mote the circulation, aud breathe for
hours an atmosphere Of forty and even
ility degrees, when the lungs are always
at nincty-tight, is too great change
Many persons wake up in the morning
With Inflammation Of the lungs who went
To bed well aud are surprised that thi.
should be- the case. The cause may often
be found in sleeping in room the win
dow Of which had been fOolishly hoisted
for ventilation. The water.cure journal.
OF the country have done an incalculabl,
injury by the blind and indiscriminat,
advice of hosting the window at night.
The rule shoald be, everywhere during
the part Of the year when fires are KEEP
burning to avoid hosting outside win
dows. 1t is safer aud better TO leave th,
chamber door open, as also the fire place
thea there is a draft up the the chin
ney, while the room is not SO likely Il
become cold. If there is some fire in TN
room all night the window may be openc,
an inch.s II is safer to sleep In bad al
All night with temperature under forty
The bad air may sickcn you but cannu
kill yuui the cold air can and docs xii
very often.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

"The Funniest thing in the world"
writes the Danbury Nars man, SIS the
con iuct of Il hen on the approach Of a
team. II she Is standlng in the way at the
time she remains there, aud you instnc-
lively stop your horse, only to discover
that she is safely out Of the way. And II
she is ON one side Of the road, she immc-
dittcly da'hes into the centre, and brings
you up again, while the cold sweat forms
On your back at the thought If the dam
ages. And Il is a little singular that
while you are confident you never saw a
hen run over, nor ever heard Of such a
thing, yet no number Of trials can keep
back the pcrspiratiOn from your back, or
prevent you from drawing mp your horse,
10 the imminent danger OF his hiud-lcgs."
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
nramIne a Crowd.

A San francisco paper relates the fol-
lowing incident which recently occurred
there, which shows how easy il is TO col.
lect a crowd in a large city "A man
carrying upon his shoulder a heavy iron
bar struck il against a large glass window
aid cracked the pane. The street was
one where loaded vehicles frequently
passed, and so to prevent the jarring from
causing the cracks TO extend, ring was
drawn about the spot on the glass with a
diamond point. Somebody caught sight
of the shivered spot and the circle about
1t, and stopped to look. Another did
likewise the crowd Increased, and In a
short time four policemen arrived on the
run, IL having been reported at head
quarters that pistol ball had been fired
into the office, and that the place had
been robbed. OF course the coming Of
the police drew a still larger crowd, and
the office was almost besieged. The ex-
element could not be allayed and the
crowd dispersed until placard was hung
up, giving the explanation Of the affair,
= a
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

The following story was told about the
Turkish troubles lust before the outbreak
Of the Crlmcan war. A Russian general
arrived at Constantinnple to have an in
terview with Turkish Pasha. Entering
the presence, he fonnd the Pasha seated
on a divan, arrayed In the habit of a
Turk but the two had no sooner cast
eyes upon each other. than the following
dialogue ensued Russian General =
"What Is that you, Sandy Macphersonl'
Turkish Pasha-" Eli Jack Macdonald,
wha'd haze thocht o. meeting you here ~
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
The Reactionist usurpation I'm
France


The National Assembly of France re-
snmed its sessions this week at Versailles
and listened to message from President
Mcmahon, In which he declared the
government as Il now exists, lacks
vitality and authority lts powers are
daily questioned, and liable to be changed
At any moment while It is so lacking In
authority that 1t its unable even to
"obtain the obedience Of lie own agents,
TOR 10 rsprsss ezeessss Of journals which
"are eorruptine the public mind" In
view Of all this, President Mcmahon
urges the Assembly "to create strong,
durable executive which can energetic.
ally defend society" This message was
cheered hy the monarchlst faction, which
moved that executive power be conferred
upon Marshal Mcmahon for a term OF
ten years, and that the present form OF
government he continued until the con-
stitutlonal bills are voted. This resolu-
lion was declared "urgeut," which
insures It's immediate consideration,
despite the opposition of the Republicans,
and some Of the Bonapartists, and all
propositions to refer the question Of the
form Of government to the people were
CONTEMPORARY flung aside.
This would seem to indicate with sum-
Client clearness the programme OF the
opponents of real Republic In France
They intend to use their accidental ma
jority in the assembly to set at defiance
the will OF the people and doing 1t all
teo, through the clearest and most fla
grant usurratiop, this assembly never
having been elected to act on these ques'
lions at all. These usurpers proudly cal
themselves 1.-THE Party Of Order" and
they intend to give TO France that sori
of order which once reigned in Warsaw
and by the same means. A military chief
tain placed at the head of the State an(
made a "durable executive" for tho per
iod of ten years by a transient assem-
bly, elected for an emergency only
is by the use Of the military power Il
maintain the form of Republic animated
by the spirit Of a monarchy, in utter dis
regard of the will of the people, and Il
repress the excuses of journals whicl
"are corruI ting the public mind" int
a belief in the right of the people t.
govern themselves, or at least sag VIII
shall govern them.
The indications are that this programm
will be carried out, and the question
whether the people will submit to b
robbed of their rights without forcibl
resistance-whether the proposed "dura
"ble" government will be an endurabl
one. We shall hazard no prediction
knowing how much more precious peac
may appear than liberty to a war-stiicke
people, but we hope a sudden burst {
fury may lay low forever every traitor
France and liberty engaged in this col
splracy.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

At Bend, near Kearney. New York
Monday, an Italian, travelling with bis
wife and performing bear, left the two
alone for ahout ten minutes, while he
went for food the bear being chained TO
a tree. The animal reached the woman,
however, aud literally tore her to pieces,
before her husband, who heard her
screams, could reach the place. The
husbands grief was agonizing, and at
his request the bear, now thoroughly saw
age with the taste of blood, was shot
dead with a small rife.