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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22
NEW GROCERY STORE
s.w. Ger. Fourth and Market ST.,
WILMINGTON. DEL.

--- WIIMINUIVNs DNaI4s
sS. The undersigned respectfully An-effN
Rnounees TO his old friends and thtk7A5
,aMl@e Dublic generally that he has oomplet- -
ed his new store, and haBOpeneu WIFE STOCK
O- = GRoCFRiEs. SUGARS AND M0LASsES,
d
=" Syrup, and all kinds Of Molassee,
Old Government Java Coffee, Laguira, MariesiboI
Rio Green and Roasted Coffee; the hnest Black and
Green Teas, White and Red Whoat Family Flour
new BuckWheat, all kinds ofpuTe Spices. sara ne9
All kinds Of Canned Fruits, French and English
Nustard, Pure Olive Oil, Walnut, Mushrqon And
Tomato Catsup. English and American Pieklea. Jel:
lies. Cheese Fresh Roll Butter, Coeoa ano a
Chooolnte Vermhcelli, Macaroni, washing eoap IN
Rreat variety Toilet Soap, Silver Gloss Starch Cur.
Fants Raisins, CitrOn, Atmoree Mince Meat gEloq
Peachos and Apples, Oranbernes, BroomsS Patntod
Buckots Brushes, Sperm, Adamantine and TalloW
Candies and ali articles usually kept in well as
S-Iy JAMES CRIPPEN.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

General TDshu 3 allowed psnalsa q sls,,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

The BostOn Post, commenting upon the Poland
C1mmittee TepOIt, says: 'rThe Poland report
sends out the only Democrat touched by suspicion.
bat II leaves presiding over the Senate one who
has cleared himseif neither from the charge of
corruption nor the implication Of perjury; tie
House thickly planted with similarly sOiled repu-
tEtiOns on the Administration side, and the San
ate not exempt from notorious eases These are
dsheisncies that the people will remedy in good
time to supplement tbs work of timid COM
mittee"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

TERRmLE-The Mayor Of St. Louis has re-
ceived letter from one OF six men who, the
writer says, are in duiy bound to burn ssuch
eities - Chicago, Boston, New York, St Louis,
and others" These persons are ''paid by Eu-
ropean monopOlists 10 destroy property and
American manufactures to bring foreign goods
In demand" 81. LOuis Is 20 perish miseraby
some time during the spring.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22
GAZETTE.

WIN I NGiTON, Del., Feb. -, 1878.
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A laughnbie incident occurred one even.
ing recru,ly, on t!,c up train to Sacramento.
There were two seats IN the car turned 70 No
10 face each other One wss occupied Nv =
la.ly and the other hy China'nsn. Evi'
IDENTIFY the lady die No, relish the presence Of
the Chinama,. and set her vita t0 work to
oust him out. She succeeded about ~ fOl
lows: MOttonin: the Chinamsu tO rise, she
explained u him that she wanted u take
the cushions aud their frames. and plsce
then, lcng,hwise sc,,ss frU'n seat tO srat.
John said. ali rigl.sss," AMI ~ ost IN Vie
aisle while she placed the seats - stove de-
scribcd, anil then proceeded TO ie down On
the bed thus in,prnvised. with her head rest
ing o: her valise. She supposed il'nt the
Chinmman would ~ once take the hint tIss'
tho lady wanted 10 take . title rest In the
spsce usually occupied Ivy four pcrs"ns; hut
John hadm't heard of the w",nan's rights
movement, Assl ~ s'scc pr"cssdedy 10 cesyl
in aud sinsch hisss'f W! her iic wl,i,. ~
head on = little bundle of bis own. The
Chinese arc ~ Initiative rscs. ard like u do
q Others do. you know. Tt,s Ady, y sood
n s,,e discovered that she had bclfellOw,
~, I'D little wildly n"d started t'r the rsx'
6 car. 10 tbe infinite amusement VI The passen
..rs Who had incr, watching lhc Jiitls scenl
sSi,L s0.,,e Interest John iO0k nO notice "a
IN. fun he had created. hut went u alstlI
with the whole l,sd 10 4hl1sself. ~&AA
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POETRY.
kARlcMA0ole.

Deep grief had seized the hIghness. tho prince o'
Baleyhoo:
lie went round looking very black and feeling very
blue,
F0r lately to biz dozen wives he'd added et another
Aud that wife shc WAS lady with most cvl0Quia
muther.
aca,
He deep grief found expression IN sad soliioqny:
'Ah. me-! hc groancd. "of Nil the plagics that mOrta
ever saw.
Thcrrs none can hold light uuto mother in law
Here aud Katerpilla-sbe last and bcst of al m.
Might dwell, In peaceful welded bliss all through out
future lives.
Except for old Ksri.msrolc-a thousand curves on
her."
And getting desperate with tho thought h. vent and
wrote to Bonscr
Dear Sir: ! have question Of Import very solemn.
Which I'd like u have you answer In your corrcspon.
drncc column.
TODD:
Pray tell me Of remedy!
The Prince Of Bslleyhoo:"
And Bonner answered briefly: Since you make M
yoar physician.
We huu,bly venture to prescribe large dose OF sub
mission.
But the devil in the Ledger once. for his own diver
siop.
With dendi-h vlce quite brutal. for 'submssion put
.'subu,.rsiou"
Mex, week the Le"ger came to hand and when the
royal eyes
Eagerly searching fell npon this boodthirfy advice.
ILL., lIncaments expanded In very joyous smile,
Aud he capcscd round his Chamber IN most unpyincc.
ly STYLE
Then be went and hid clothes line and rock In hs
csn0r.
And plitely wrote Karigmaroie little hiiict.doux
HE b0St the shore the sad, his bnrk upon the
eea.
II she'd like to 20 a.rowinG, she'd m oppotunitic
Out where the sunkcn coral reefs their stormy watch
~ keep,
KariymarUle lies anchored thousand fathoms deep :
And where the Isle OF Baleyhoo upholds the royal
villa
The Prince he lives In quiet with his lovely Kstcrpa.
And still be takes tho Ledgsr, and the name Of
The little Ba,l.yhoos are taught to reverence and
honor;
And in that happy household each eve . prayer 10
prayed
That b. may sometime get horse to bsas the "3old
smith Maid"
--Froridesee Ntyold.
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rWE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.


A,stAar Hslss 1spset osaszalistsl and
it, Ansmus 3xplained.
Editor st. Paul Press:
notice in your issue this morning spc.
ciaI Washington dispatch beaded, North.
ern Pacific Town Sites. " in relation to y whicl,
desire To say
1ss, That thus far the Lake Superior and
Puget Sound Land Company has not 6ouxh,
Or otherwise acquired through the N"rthcr"
Pacific Railroad Company Nh acre of land
anywhere, and if il buys lands If the rail.
rosi company il will have to dO ~ on pre-
cisely the same terms offered to NIL purcl,n.
ssrs, and in making applications for any
lands it stands upon the same foU,ing ~
every other sppl,cant--''iirst come, frs,
served"
1t has quite an amount OF land on tn,
line Of the road, all Of which has been d.
rec,ly purchascd from the United States snt,
private parties. .s
:d. The evident purpose Of this run,or Is
like multitude OF Others pu. .aous BY r;
val corporstions) I" discredit the Nor'her'
Pacific enterprise and re,ard emigration t.
that part Of the country. Every newspaper
In the latitude of Chicago and Omaha l.
,eing filed with everything that will teu.i
I" discourage TIC settler pr"p'sing to NOV.
10 this State: latterly their principal cry l.
the fearful climate and dreadful winters H.
Minnesota.
That the residents along the l,ae Of th'
Northern Pacific do not feel very mucI
alarmed at their probable fate Is quite con
clusively proven by tho fact that during th'
past month We have received from this
source alone in payment for railroad lands
over seven thousand dollars, cash.
GEO. b. WRIGHT
Gen. Agt. Land Dept.
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The Philadelphia Star says: Prof. john
Wise, the we'll known 9ronaut, has had ],
in contemplation to make trip across the
Atlantic next summer, prep arations for tn
great arial voyage l'cing in process Of Or
rangement now. The Professor, il will b.
remembered, made the famous air trip from
St. Louis to the Eastern extremity Of Lake
Ontario. u distance Of over twelve hundred
miles, in the shor, space Of nineteen hours.
cr at about sixty>,hre milesn q hour. H.
feels confident Of his ability tU make thu
quickest trip across the Atlantic. Quite a
number Of scientific gentlemen nave made
application to accompany him in this great.
Is, Of MI balI0 ming expeditions. As show
ing how fur America - ahead in nronautlc
50 far as distance Travelled 10 concerned, th,
longest Trip ever made hy European bal.
loonist was only 400 miles, while that Vi
Prof. Wise's WAS three times that distance.
and, what is more. the greater portion 1T il
was accomplished IN the midst If u cyclone
and with three passengers besides himself.
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4 1lieo 1t G61sooy.

Here is nicely prepared little cap, that
snany man could wear with perfect impu.
n,ty:
1.-The l0nea0menees of some married men
when their wives are away" said . simple
minded lsdy speaking Of the summer flights,
Us awful. Theru n0w IL Jimmenv He Is
" cast down, that hs-Rever cOsnrs home ex-
cept with . lssc:,>key, and the" he pounds
his p.,or lone hands on the gate for an hour
before he can get in, and his voice IL ~ l,'st
in the gI.,o,n that all his words run together,
and nobody can understand what he s~ys
this time o'niyh,. Aud then, too. w. g''ss
down tu the lake with lady in buggy, to
eonsole him for the absence ut his wife, and
b. don's get l'ack-it takes NJ long 10 n'ol'ify
. Wus husband-until the sods water shops
are oil shut. Then, too, he cssmes home
sometimes with three orr four married neh
whose wives have gone summerin', and he
turns on the gas in his housc. TO- make It
look cheerful. and they MI put their legs
over the frpnt Of the gallery, just 10 cure
their loaesomcness, and then they sing
O, such songs--if didn't know thei, wives
were gone. and that they were really = ry'n'
70 kill melancholy, ! should think ihey, had
drank drip too much. But know that
can't be 40. for their wives don't like II, aud
they wouldn't do any,hing when their wives
were gone, that they sct,rns.d 10 do when
they were her" " 5H5
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From the Gentry County mo. Newa.

From the Gentry Coanty MOL News.
John D~y. who died few days since in
tic southeast part # Worth county, was n
most inco' rigibIe joker, sud the ruling pas>
sion remained strong 10 death. He imw'setl
1t upon bis attendants that II Elias Cuoper.
q man with wh"m he hal much controversy.
did mt come and close his eyes for him. he
would haunt hin, after death, and Mr., c..
forgetting past differences. sh"ok hands
ow the dark river and closed his eyes.
It was rumorcd That the deceased he'd
hidden somewhere large sum of gold, and
knowing this, y, few days before his death
he went behind his barn and carefully plant
ed an inverted iron kettle, set It In such Z
manner that the bottom c"uld be easily
detected hys pssser.by. Whe" pnstss,ed
by hia last illness he most cmphs''cslly for
l1i any person removing or disturbing that
kettle, on pain Of future visit from him IL
gI'ostly form.
After his death man residing IN tn
ncighhorhood WAS observed to ~ behind
,h., barn and gather in tue PIT, under which
hs t.und deposited s'ck. and In that s'c'
y quantity ut Mts of psper. stones, scraps nj
ir,n, &C., &c hut M Money, I. Is supposed
That Day purposely made that ''dep'si'" 1"
order to have j,kc Ut some ones expense
after death.
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the Hy0RolEAW FURNACE:
From the Utah Niaing Journal


A new furnace has l,een perfected aud is
in operation in San Francisco which will
undoubtedly rev"lu,ionize mining in Utah
and other TerritOries. inssmuch o. il will
make valuable the immense deposits Of low
grade arSen,iferous gslens ore, which cAn-
not now t'c smelsed. 1t 10 called Stevens
Hyhro'ean. Or oxy.hydrogen Furnace. and
for eco""my and effectiveness has no equal.
The fuel employed Is co.: oil, petroleum
l'ituminus coal. Or any material containing
carbon. Coal oil. which is exceedingly
cheap. Is used In San Francisco with aston.
ishink results The oil is forced into the
furnace by . JET Of superheatcd steam which
st"mizss 1t. and produces rapid c"'nbus
ton generating intense heat. Silver ores
can be smelicd st cost Of not more than
twenty-five cents per ton for fuel. 4 fur.
nace which Will desulphurisc and smelt
thirty Nns or more of ore = day will not
cost more than i've thousand dollars. Fuei
can be readily transported to the furnaces
which may therefore l,e placed 1t the mines
and w"rkcd with gres. facility. The furnace
Is equally we'll designed for smelling iron.
Copper mud other orcs. We understand thu,
. large furnace II bein. erected in Dcrver.
C''lors''o, on this plan, aud the result Of the
trial on large scale with the lsase metal
ores of that region will soUn he known.
A well kUown gentleman has the patent
right for Utah. nnd "A furnnce will Mn,n lw
erected here t. enable sn,clicrs 10 sec the
process and observe ito wonderful results.
Tx Mayor Shelby has purchased the right
for San Francsco. aud is firm believer in
its success.
We h'pe to be able 10 announce the adop
ton Of the system l'y several large mining
compa les at no dist ant Gay. wien il will
be shown that the low grade orcsof Stock.
ton and Bingham can bc smcl,e: ut u salts
factory profit.
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Russixs slva,cs into Asia. undcs the
cover of her current quarrel with the Kha.
nate Of Khiva, s"ys the New. York Herald,
il lust now the object If much anxious
solici,udea ~ ,ne sst,iosstists II D,wning
s,rocs. The British lion has 10 far con,cn,cd
himself with growl merely al ills insis'u-
ous approach to EnxIand's India ppssessiDns
hut after while We may expect I" hear one
0f those subs,sntial roars which never fail
70 prOceed from him when the British .'hon
or" Is ,hieasened. There is something al
most Of the inexorab'encss of fate IN the
quiet, secret and persistent ctf'st l"f Russia
10 establish herself somewhere in the heari
of Asis, ~ that IN the. chapter of chsnces
she n,av some day plan, her dag. bryond the
mountains and siepp.s Of Cra,rsi Asia, over
against the coveted land "f India Thc
crawl Ut liz srmiss in this respect may iDe
likene.l Ia The slow. dragging spprcsch
acsoss The mountains of \ great serpent can-
,iousiy feeling IL way and seeking with il
head ingrsss At MI favorable p,in,s; br6iel
hither and yon. i wishdssws ~ paticntly
wait s,me olhsr c,in u vantage Il h rsyi-
den, that The d.y l. apprAchlns when Eng
Iand muse fsce the Iysp.nsibili'y that Rpssia
ssems dssesmised y force upos. her, and
peshaps shs Asss imsnediase dawn IT this day
vt1l be when Khtva shsll hsye yielded. -
~ shortly nsss ysslS. % 4 sle 4saprvrt'sf'ly Of
the Rassa4p ssNA ~ 10 n1si,Is yl;te II
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IovXs ylcssslrCDkA-lo~s has been
ynosc.oupsd shaa any Slate In tho Unhsn.
Firsi II lbsasassd 70 slsorisinss; then to Spain.
with ~ ress tbs cssd1ineni " Sikht ct
discovery !; ~ y Fraacr; IN 1913 Il vss
icseslsd a. Spain; il 1900 i vss csdsd hack
loiFmacesis 1soo il wss Icpied " slse Cnt.'
"a Sesess; ssshs months after Il usganised
assem2orafy gcveramsns; u 1904 4 wsa ln-
cssds,l 10 tn '.,Dhisics ot Lesiaissaa.r as6
plAcsd uadr thr isssiessial sosesuueat q
lidlaaa; iSas0ei 4 vas' iscsSded h -
- iisi,sy * Z ulslasA. !, !. iAsa osDaslssd y
q 1sepasa,e ies{l(hgial alysgnment; 20 Ul3
n, ~ 1}esged INN 10 14tit0ey NJ 4iseo1gt
IS ,ls1l Y 80 eaft q ~! = Usil..sy q
~ a'eS's fSss'S;s'$ Il !; sk g.
r. ! = 'l snlsspG Etagsas
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Ssasehi,g lsr oslA 4. Dsash Valley.

The Piochc Record notes sr expedition
beine fitted out in that plscc to searcl, for
the ''Breyfo:le deposits" Of gold near Death
Wiley. II says:
Some years ago. man named Brcyfcgle
AN emigrant by the Southern route, brought
in California towns specimens Of immensely
rich gsld quartz, very large per cen'age
being pure metal. lie reported that he
found them in or nenr, Death Valley. and
that the deposits from which they werc OIL.
'aincd were apparently inexl,sus,'ble in ex-
tent. A tremendous excitement, was prc>
ciri'ated. which. - We shsll zee, has not
yet altogether subsidized. Expedition after
expedition was sent out ~ re.(isc"ver the
Psctolisn spot, and % often failed of sue
cess. Finally. when the wonderful story
had as"ut passed from the public mind, the
matter hal come to be considered . myth,
Dir. Breyfogle. wb'sc faith In eventually
never wsvcrcd-sston'shc he'd the mining worll
for the second time BY the announcement
that he l,.d succeeded In finding the place.
IN confirmation Of which . sec,nd cslDec
iOn OI Immensely sscu spgS'usciIS wero ex'
hibite.l. But he was attacked by Indians
Sum after he began taking out the precious
nuggets. and driven out Of the country q
cripple for life. Aud then he seems to have
again Income bewildered ~ u lots;i'y, and
frequently failed IN attempts to again lind
The place. Now, where did Mr.. Brcyf"g.
obtain his specimens. If not in the way and
! in the section claimed! The richly spanslcd
rock. tho gold when extracted. cold M, be
referred " any mine known to he in exist
ence. The specimens themselves seemed to
he prims facie evidence Of the iruthfulness
! Of Mr.. Brryfogls's ststemcn,s. Gold hunt.
ing expeditions have gone forth. it must TX
admitted. on hopes more shadowy, and have
met success. and We believe the present
''s,anpede" will result In disclosing so,ne'
thing IN the mineral line. II there 10 any
ihiug to be found In or srOond the DEATH
Valley. Tho expedition 10 comIxsed oI
practical miners. aud intelligent. determine!
| men. -. .s-.y y"!.5
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Mn. Assssiz. wife u the dist'nsas'hed
sciea,ist, VIM accompanied him on h'' v"y
ass 10 The ...HAasler' ~ this ssssa peo0eoso'
vt,ns articsessD the Aslsss;s -1sASiy. In
The January ssml.ss sle hes psree Seeees-
bling The Terra del foeg" Indians. She rays
tbss ,i.oash, shs ~ toked spoa ersAgeql
North and South. abs bas never seen ssy g
sspslsIvs sesss.saU U0sir bodies are out o
pppos.ioa ilm.st a fssarn''y. ss: e e
nsyssIon ! hAlkl ? MIR 'ssssss-sss -
cuath In he ex,reme. end shs'r sassse -
sarse,jy Of the lowest descsipssoa. Tssas
eppssiss fss ltincsel T. lesrAeo - 49,
1sirl.e = liks shs cbastsstsG q - sasy
\ 1900. ..Thsy wsa1sv ssksa go scs's-
l,ss & sso4,ss6siaaa1 80 X. S:e: )
~ ~ -. sekSQg q - - w
E: an astlass g.
: = ''' orr SI1IthI III
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There isx woman in Washington who has
buried five husbands Recently she married
. sixth. Upn the day ofllc wedding 4
man called ut The house of the groo'n, asked
for that gentleman, and then proceeded to
measure hrs Indy with n tape line Tie in
fa,uated groom entertained IN idea that this
might, perhaps, ~ naan sent ar'Mnd l'y bis
tailor. After tue ceremonyin in church. h0w>
ever. the husband wss surprised I" observe
thi. same persun standing in the vesiibale
end wiuking furioasly at the bird. y the
party came out to the carriages Just "
they we're starting M the mysirrious l'eing
nut his head into the carriage window, and
whispered ,o the bride: Got" really n'nds
one ihat'll just suit him: Beautiful IT.
l,eau,iful!" When the happy 'n," demand
ed the name of The intruder. tho bride
b,usl,ed. aud sad shc believed he was sHac
kind Of Nh sndcs,aker. Then the man was
no. - happy. He was hardly happy At al.
aud cer,sin gloom seemcd :" overcast The
honeymoon, Perhaps the undertaken was
too pr,mps But still we like 10 see 'nsn
take an interest IL his business .a
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A Dlseliag Panty.

A singular story is told by Millbridg'
physician, VI Rufus Mitchell, aged thirty.
who recently blcd to d.ash from Sigh,
lie was one Ut those unfortunate mer
who bleed from the slightest scratches Ot
the skin. and many times he had lain and
bled TIL il seemed ,hnt the blood had oil run
opt. and then he would gradually recover.
This time the cut was quite large, and b.
lived but few hours. There is something
remarkable about this family, who are her
termed rs belonging to tho bleeding family
None but the males bleed, and they IRE II"
sons Of the sons Of the females Of the
same family. For instance, this mau l">
left three children none OF them will bleed.
but II the girls should have boys In Their
families. they will I've Of the bleeding kind.
bu, the lOys are themselves free, and their
fsm,lses will be the same. cannot explain
this. I have practired In the family tOs
more than twenty years. During this tim
Z number of them have died from this cause
and Others have bl.d, often dangerously
Bbstsn TrsSseript.
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WAsHlNeTON's LITTLE HATcHET.-The
last version of the hatchrt story 10 given by
the Chicago Tribune, ~ fo)lows:
WashipgsOn's parents were very pasticu.
lar - to little Genrgis's playfell"ws. never
allowing any but his li.tls cousins Or
nephews 10 visit him. Ore Of these play
fellows. and in some way connected, was
one of the Cus,is boys. Among other c'g
nomens bestowed upon this youth at bis
christening was that of Isaac. Well, lsanc
and George were playing together in the
orchard Oh the day when tho historic cherry
tree was disdgured. The parental Wash
ingtou came along and Was very much en-
ragged to see his favorite tree cut and hacked
in . very bungling manner. So he said to
Georgie--'' Come here you rascal! Who cut
this cherry tree Of mine p Georg'c gazed
for moment at the riding whip in the o:d
gen,leman's hand. and then replied-"Fath'
Ct, cannO, tell lie--lks ont ): ss.iA NY titll
Aatehet ~ r.-s.. .
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'ia 4 Nkw 0AAa oS CAHDs "A new xame
Il ea.ds ealIsa Pedro, 3 podiacaiaos off ihs
ea,sso q on eSsdge, y nov, physl - -, -
Isilsoad tssias n ays-s.pps ~ sifpnps y
:asN. ssd peess Aya n lhe lAsa's fer vAo:
~ Itieit = ~ eoeflpaiastt A saa a, r.
tskes - -, r AZ heAss ensd.
fAs ssnsf q 40 gpssi n apiasl inn
sgssa y, sleyee. ~ ~ ssss sf - cs1ss y
s,ial,yss = - FpainG q 'hsresiss: ~
-. ~ u soa glsa sgas t. &. r. Il IL 'are
P.i !! ~ IN afl n sls1sl r n, n -
r. M Z } p haA!pE ID 4y1s|l1 ~ - : :
I53 sssorlb ba,nsw yssoa sccq NJ
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~ NErfIR DEllk CRANE.

~ NErTI8 DeLlk CRANE.
A conp'c once. that had lived In quiet,
Qus'scIIetl and rplit about their dict
lie ssid, ""'Tis lamb" ''xuttOu," she cried
And good mutton, too, and pought beside"
Day after day 40 things grew wosss.
They appealed to the law and got divorce.
Se.es long years passed slowly away.
when they ch ,nesd In good huMoe 70 neet, 90
day:
And aoon agreed tho hatchet 70 bury.
Again TO love sud 10 rcmarry.
And 70 they were married again thst night.
With hopes for the future ssdienily hright
Bnt at breakfast the lady raid with icer,
s'Thst wNs vsusson tn"w nv d.svt"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-02-15

III
The mark which persons who ara unable
to write are required 10 make instead OF
their signatures, is in the form of a cross
and this practice, having formerly been
followed by Kings and mobiles. il constantly
referred to rs an instance Of the deplorable
ignorance Of ancient times This signature
10 not. however. invariably proof Of such
ignorance. Ancicntly the use of the mark
was not con6aed 10 nlitessle persons; for
among the Saxons the mark of the cross. ~
an attesta'ion 1T the good faith Of the per-
son sigaing. wss required to hc attached to
the signature Of those who could write, A.
well - to stand in the plsce Of the sigma
ture Of thoss who could not write.
e,l In those times II aman could write. or even
read. his knowledge was considered proof
presumpsive that nc waa In holy orders
The ciesicus, or clerk, was synonymous
with penmsn; and the laity or peopae who
were not CLERKS dM MT feel any urgent
nscesnty for the use Of lcstsrA The ancient
NE Of tho cross ives therefore univsssal.
alike By ehose Who could aaslf ehoss who
could not write Il was. indeed, The symbol
Of On cath, and ~ sacred associaslons, a.
we'll y tlss mark ssaesally adopaed. Hence
tAe orisis'of she ssprssalon. ''0cd save the
mArk, - :ha tern OF ejacalaalos approach
Ing ths character oe IN oath. yEa