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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
A costIv Drink,

In the will of tho late Hon. Thaddeus Stevens,
admitted 20 probate Aug. II, 1868, is the follow
ing eccentric clause:
II at the end OF five years Thaddeus, my neph-
ew shall show that he has totally abstAincd from
All lptoxicAtng drinks through that time, ths
trustees may convey to him one-iourth OF the
whole property. Ii at the end of the next success
slVe i've yeaTs he shall show that he has totally
abstained from all intoxicating drinks, they may
convey to him One-fourth. beng onO-hah the pro-
perty IT at the end Of another consecutive i've
Years he shall AhoW that lac has abstained from all
Intoxicating drinks, they may convey the whole to
hlm In Zee simple. In case my nephew, or rather
the annuity OF saId Capt. Thaddeus Stevens OF
Vermont, should expire before he has enabled
himself to become entitled to the corpus or lee
simple Of my estate, then dispose Of whatever
may remain as fellows: II the aggregate sum
shall amount 10 $4,000 without which no further
disposition can be made, give it all to my tTus-
tees to erect, establish, and endow house OF re-
fuge for the relief OF the homeless and INDECENT
orphans
From the following paragraph, copied from a
fennsylvanla paper, IT appears that the Orphan
Home will be founded
The nephew of the late Thaddeus Stevens hav-
ing failed TO comply with the conditions OF his
wall relative to abstainng from the use of lntoxl
eating drinks, the executors are about V apply
the residue of his estate, estimated varlously from
$4,000 To 100000, to the founding of the Or
phan Home in Lancaster, Penn designed by him
III case of such failure. The will provides that
preference shall be shown in respect to race, rel
gion, OF color in admission OF treatment and that
all the inmates shall wear the same style OF dress
aud eat at the same table.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
Tho RIchmond Duel.

The Virginia newspapers continue their COM
ments upon the late unfortunate duel in Rich
mond.i While they make no effort TO sustain and
advocate the continuance Of duellinR but admonis
the hOt-bl$oded youths against setting their little
affairs in that honorable mode, they make some
sharpe retOrts upon the northern journals, which
have denounced the affair and southern society
that tollerates duelhng, in that insulting and vuI-
gar manner that is always offensive. The Pc
tersburg Appeal, in referring to the article in the
N. Y World, on the duel, says
"As much as we deplore the occasion which
leads two noble young spirits 10 meet in deadly
conflict, and as much we condemn a system
which Is 50 liable TO abuse and So replSta with
suderings and sorrow as the modern duello, we
are satisfied that little reflection will teach
many, and especially the moraling Northern
saints, that 1t is lar from being the worst thing
on the earth. What a splendid Illustration OF
Northern civilization did Mr. Stokes afford when
from behind n staircase, he shot Jim Fisk TO
death Had they been Southern men they would
have gone upon the field or fought bquarey in
some other manner. Had Foster, the caI-hook
murderer been a Southern gentleman, lie would
not have bsaten out the braIns of a defcnceless
antagonist with an iron pin. When aggreived, he
would have handed his man n card, and allowed
him TO afiord him redress, or show himself a cow
ard. Brigadler-G General Jefferson G. Davis has
afforded another illustration Of the Northern plan
of settling differences. When insulted end
slapped in the face by Bull Nslson he Greens out
of the room, procuTes q double-barrelled Gun. and
shoots Nelson Ia the back and kills him And for
this chiUaiTOus conduct he is aequitied appIandsd
aRd actually promoted, while in the South he
could never afterwards have raised his head
among decent men.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

The DAILY GAZETTE is published every afternoon
except Sunday at 4l6 Market street, and served by
carriers TO subscribers in ell parts Of Wilmington
and the surrounding towns and Villages, ioF slx
cents week. payable weekly. Yearly SubseribeTs
SO, in advance. ....... .---
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

The grazing capacities Of Texas are prominent
among other features OF that State. 1t Is eslima-
ted that 100 cows, bought for $500, number 5000
head, worth $4,000, i'll ten wears. Sheep-hus-
bandry Is more commended as this country inn
ports 100000 pounds OF wool annually. Texas
can RAISE evefy variety required as cheaply as
Buenos Ayns The pasturage ilhmlta6le, and
the natural Increase 100 per cent. annually. Both
cattle ana sheep Can be grazed the year through,
in most Of Texas, On bunch and gramma, and
other nutritious grasses and, when hay is wan
ted, the grasses cure themselves The Platte val
lev alone has 81 100000 acres OF Itch lands, and
the country 900 900 900, that will sustain as Ela-
ny sheep and give fine wooi ard mutton at the
lowest cost--in an annual temperature Of fifty de-
grees. Fahrenheit. The water good and album
dant, and the grazing belt, which stretches west
of the Rio Granue, viii be reached, at Fort Worth
by the Texas ana Pacific Railroad in 1874.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

Tho DELAWARE GAZETTE. established 1884.
the largest and most AOurishing weekly n the
State and has a larger circulation than any other
on the Peninsular, Published every Friday morn
ing at 81 a year. in advance.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
Winner Arrangement.
On and after Monday. DeceSDbeF9, sz2

w lIller @AETAn&thlcht-. i .
On and after Monday. DecembeT4, s72,
Passenger Trains will run as follows;
TRAINS HI%s, H%,h Il Pm. AZ
Leave Reading st 40 40b
" BirdsbOro', $40 %
COAtesville, 945 GA Gao
{" ChAddGFd, los ~ ~
Arr At Nilm'gto II 80 SIS SIS
TEAMS LEAVE NORTHwARD:
TRAINS NP'.h pM PM
1--we Wilmington s'6SO 500 5W
" Chadd's Ford. 6 $50 6M
Arr at BlrdborO, g55 5S
q Reading. l0O 7lj
CONNECTIONS.
Al WILMINGTON with trains TO Philadelphia and
Baltimore and with Delaware Railroad Trains
Nos. and make direct connections with trains to
and from Washington. -.D.,-
At Chaddsford trains Nos. l. 2. ahd 5 fOE Phtla-
delphia Nos. 4 and with trains for Rhiladslphta.
Trains Nos l. 5 and with trains for Port Deposit.
At COatesvi,le, all trains connect with trains Tor
Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Trains Nos. z and )
make dfrect connection with trains TO and from
Al BirdsboTo', trains and 3 connect northward
and southWard with Ihiladelphia and Reading
Railroad, and 2 and with southward bound trains.
Train No. 4 connects with train from PbilSSelPhiA
c. BTOLZ.
GAnorAl SuDerintandeOt
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

According 70 q statement made By DR.. Campbell,
Rutgers College, with an endowment Of e3O0, 900
has baaely enough ineops frpm this AID al oGhsr
sources to pay its SalaFiss, and Is Obliged every
spring to raise 5000 on its own bonds TO cover
this account alone. The PRESIDENT intenos 10 ask
a reduction Of tlJOOo on his own salary fIOm the
trustees
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
Pm iladelphla, Wilmington and Bal"
nmors Railroad.
ORLAWARE DIVISION.

IMPORTANT MOTTO E-0n and afier Monday.
i April Dist 1873 Passenger Train will leave Sea.
fond at 20 a. m. for Philadelphia, Baltimore and
nteFm ed late stations. ~ =, D,.,
Z The {. ~ p. train from wilmington win fhiia-
denhia and baltimore connection. will run to Sea-
ford. Arriving a: 1000 p. IN. Making three daily
trains tn and from SeafOrd.
On and after the above date this Company will dis
continue running the carly morning and evening
trains between Milford and Harrington.
H. Il, KENNEY, Sup't.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

Apples are exported from the United States In
large quantities, and we are the producers of
great many choice varieties which are highly es-
teened in Europe. There is an item of intelligence
Of the recent shipment OF ten thousand barrels Of
apples from BOs.on TO England winch is an indi.
cation Of the extent Of the tFad6 if"RE sfi#
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

SALE OF Lors.-The Christiana River Improve
ment Company have a sale of lots to-day at
81. Pm.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

INJURIOUS CARNATIONS FROM MANuFAc-
roRIEs.-The necessity of legislative ac-
tion for the protection of the health of tie
community in the vicinity of certain man.
ufacturng establishments is shown by the
experience with the Freiberg lead smelt.
ing work. All vegetation has been de.
stroyed in the vicinity, and pine forest
at distance Of four miles has been con.
siderably injured. Cattle feeding ~
fodder OF the district experience peculiar
attacks Of sickness. Analysis Of the af.
iected plants exhibit traces of arsenic aud
lead, and an abnormal quantity OF sui
phuric acid. In view of the variety Of
substances involved in the supposed agcn-
cies, experiments were made to determine
to which the result was especially to be
ascribcd, and it was found that arsenic
was not at all injurious, successive fumi.
cations of arsenous vapor producing no
effect on the trees nor was vegetation
destroyed in the neighborhood Of arsenic
factories. When arsenic was applied ia
solution to the roots of plants it was found
to be more prejudicial. In continuing
the experiment, finely powdered lead car
Donate was applied from time to time for
one year to young fir. During that
year there was no growth but the next
season it proved to be healthy and vigor.
ous' The most destructive results were
found to be due to sulphurous oxide. Five
fumigations. with air impregnated with
1.0001S of this gas in volume, caused all
the leaves to fall, and killed the upper
part of the tree. A still more excessive
dilution produced similar evils, but re.
quired longer time. Trees fumigated
for period of three months were killed
even when treated with mixture of one
million of the gas by volume, the moist
trees being first affected. SCOT appeared
to have no injurious effects benziue was
burned under case surrounding young
fir till the tree became quite black but
the tree produced its annual shoots not
withstanding, and remained quite healthy.
The general result is that sulphurous
oxide is the especially poisonous ingredi.
ent of the smoke from smelting-works. \
curious fact has been noticed in Germany
in reference to the action OF sulphurous
oxde-namely that an atmosphere of
1.OOO55 of sui phurous oxide destroys the
chlorophyl grains in wheat, t,oats, and pease
in few horrs but, curiously enough, a
proportion of one in $4,000 produces no
injury. Cabbages, and all plants having
large strong leaves. appear to be but
slightly affected Wood smoke does not
injure vegetation but that of coal and of
some kinds of turf is very projudicial,
owing to the sulphurous oxide produced
in combustion.
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WOMEN IN GERMANy.-Mr. @. G. Ful.
ton, editor of the Baltimore American,
in letter from Vienna, gives some Incl
dents in regard the present condition Of
women Of Germany, which will supprlso
many readers. For instance, he says
that next to his hotel, building occupy
a whole block is in preggres of erection,
=. on which not less than four hundred
persons are employed, fully two hundred
of whom are women. All the hard la
boring work is done by women, such as
making and carrying mortar in buckets
on their heaks to the workmen handling
the brick. They are not allowed a no
ment's leisure, several overseers being on
guard to keep them constantly in motion. "
lie found the same proportion Of women
at work on all the new buildings, aud
there must be many thousands Of them
doing this species of work in Vienna.
They are both young, middle-aged aud
old, but all seem strong aud healthy. Mr..
Fulton further says: At dinner.time they
swarm into the shops to purchase a pie e
of brown bread aud fat bacon, ard a
mug of beer, and eat their dinners sitting
on the curbstones. Their wages are one
form, or forty eight cents per day, and
| am assured by gentleman resident
here that most of them sleep about the
buildings on shavings, or in barns Of
sheds, having no home.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

Soon after leaving College, be COM
menced his course as student at Law.
His early life, including the whole Of bis
course Of education, was an index OF the
maturity Of his manhood, and the useful
ness Of his active years.
After being admitted to practice he
went to Georgia, and entered upon tho
duties of his chosen profession. There
the strength Of his principles and nerve
were soon put to the test.
Messrs. Butler and Worcester, Mis-.
sionaries of the American Board to the
Indians, were imprisoned in the Peniten.
tiarry for claiming their rights as citizens,
and attempting to protect the Indians in
rights guaranteed so them in repeated
treaties by the United States. The
wrongs already perpetratod on the Ind.
ans, and the grosser injustice threatened,
and ultimately carried out, together with
the indiguities and duress of imprison.
ment inflicted on those Missionaries. con.
stitute one Of the blackest pages 10 Amer
lean history. They summoned the young
lawyer from his office to their private and
public defence. a man of less moral
courage would have quailod before Geor.
gia officials, clothed in unrighteous au-
thority, and who, evidently conscious Of
being in the wrong, were madly bent on
practising it to the bitter end.
What if in SO doing he sacrificed his
business and professional standing in that
community, he had the proud coDsciogs-
ness OF having done his duty according to
the principles of sound morality and law.
So, also, after he removed to Cincin.
""m, " IND and assumed the editorial charge of
Ty Tho ;ytOI t,TIHsious paper.
very were such as IU OH. 'AaD.'ou' 1 oi sia,
as often received at his hahHan,, anhHn,luuou' . al'
fence of liberty Of speech, and tie ca uo'
dom of the press When Rev. Elijah !
Lovejoy was shot and his press destroyed
at Alton, ILL.,, by pro.slavcry mob, his
pen and press at Cincinnati, issued tho
next outspoken and manly number Of the
Alton ObSerrer.
And again, in the city of New York,
where he had the matter in charge of
protecting seamen against the robbery
and ruin of or-landords, he showed
the same moral courage and adhesion to
christian duty. As lawyer, he always
repudla'ed the principle TOO commonly
adopted III practice, that an attorney is
bound to defend his client irrespective Of
all moral considerations, and always in
sisted that while defending his client ac-
cording to law. if by technical quibbles
and fficks. he aids rascality to escape the
penalty of law, he degradcs his own mar.
hood and diSgraces his noble profession.
If society requires two kinds Of men,
the lmpuIsive and daring, TO storm the
citadel Of wrong, and plant tho true flag,
aud also the cool and courageous to keep
it there, Mr.. Chester was one of the latter
class. Ou the side of right os chris
tian, md = n,,n. ace i4heroi T. ii, mi e.
pie, au invir'ous oi Lu;. t. The -l
lis a,,nciatrs in business aud christian
work valued his sound judgment, his COR
rect principles, and cordial corporation,
and now pay their humble tribute to the
worth aud usefulness Of good man.
j. s.
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The Conquest of KhIva.
WHAT is EXPECTED To RESULT FROM IT--A
SKETCH OF TIE COUNTRY.

The conquest of Khiva. says Thoma
Knox, is certainty, and from my
knowledge of the policy and prowess OF
Russia, and the extent Of her prepara.
tions, | shall be disappointed if the Rus.
sian flag does not wave over Khiva by
the time this article comes from the hands
of the printer. The emperor will extend
his dominions as rapidly as possible, and
after Khiva has fallen there is fair ground
for expecting the conquest of Afghanistan.
Plenty of time will be taken. though
something may occur to induce haste. In
such case Russia will not be found want
ing. The conquest of Central Asia up to
the frontiers of British India is likely ia
be accomplished in the present year.
That the Russians will attempt to push
into India do not believe they have nc
wish to provoke war with Great Britain
by any aggressive movment What thl
latter power holds she may keep Afghan
istan may possibly become bone of con
tention, and possibly Russian and English
troops may meet iu her territory, out they
are not likely to fight it out there The
dispute that arises is more likely to b,
settled by diplomacy than by war, unles
England takes the aggressive. Besides
the conquest OF Central Asia, Russia seek
to establish port on the Indian Ocean
she already has "a project for railway I,
India, and the subject of navigating tht
Oxus and Jaxaetes has long been under
consideration, The chief difficulty 10 tn
way of running boats on the Oxus is tn
absence Of water for several months o
the year in some parts Of the river, an,
the daily shifting Of the sandy channel il
Other parts. Water is generally regarde'
as sine qua non in steam navigation, AN
for most practical purposes the Oxus
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22


PAPER IN THE BosToN FIRE.-Curious
results followed some Of the experiments
made upon charred paper and documents,
and the examination of books in safes
which proved worthless in the great fire.
1t was found that what paper makers call
poor paper, paper considerably " clayed ;"
stood the best test. Parchment paper,
used for bonds and legal documents, shriv-
eled up exceedingly, aud the print bis
tered so that it could be read when writ
ing was illegible. So it was with the en-.
graved work on notes. The gliding, on
the account books burned and charred,
showed out as bright and clear as when
the books were new, which brings up the
question if to introduce gitedged account
books would not be well, on the ground
that the gilt would stay the passage of
fire to the passage within. Books cram.
med into a safe, 30 that it was difficult to
get them out, suffered considerably less
than those that were set in loosely, and
in some cases came out from safes, in
which every thing else was worthless, so
far preserved that the figures on their
pages could be deciphered. With char
red papers, which could not be made tram
sparent by any light whatever used it was
found, after the employment of vitriol,
oxalic acid, chalk, glycerin, and other
things, that any thing that moistened them
to certain stage-to which it was deli
cate work to get and not to pass-made
the lines, words, and figures legible
through magnifying glass. 1t has been
the slmost universal experience that lead
pencil marks shows out all right where
Ink marks cannot be distinguished. The
success of the use of photography has al
ready been noted,-Boston Advertiser.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

Acrostic.

May It as n medium for the passing news,
In every nook it reaches light diffusc;
Dispensing. too wholesome tone throughout,
Devoid of scandal and of factious rout,
Leading the masses to adopt the right,
Extremes avoiding'in what t would invite,
Brazen exaggcration such as zeal,
Unduly cherished, is too apt to deal
Rejecting such let common sense prevail,
Yielding to reason, keep the honest scale.
Regarding these two wholesome, proper laws,
Ever may the sheet here named sustain its cause
Ginning in patronage and in style improve,
lmparting in its type print behooved,
supplying reading, (as in truth it does)
That's pleasant for our eyes ever to perusc,
Ever may'st thou thus, 0 Register, maintain
Right we'll thy way, nor favor lose, but gain
Starksboro. Vt, July, 1873. J. JoHss.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

DRUNKARDs BY THE THoUsANDs.-It is
asserted on the best authority that only a
few evening since scheme for started
100 saloons in the poor districts of the
city of New York was seriously consider
ed by two capitalists as they sat over
their dinner in one of the most fashion.
able up town clubs. The protector ofthe
enterprise had the expense calculated to
such nicely that he could warrant re-
munerative income to any one who would
engage with in the traffic The specula-
tor did not calculate the number of mur-
derers or wife beaters which these 100
gin mills would annually produce bu,
he did ascertain to dead certainty that
$3.50, 900 clear profit could be made each
year. And this, too, in a city whose gin
mills now running, ifplaced in two lines
would GIL both sides of Broadway from
the Battery to Central Park.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

Cheapest because expenses arc far lower than
any other company, and dividends, which are
paid annually in cash, are much larger than any
sure your lives while in health in this grand old
company, the largest and strongest monied cor
poraton in the United States.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York is the best possible kind of Savings Institu-
tion for those in health. If the insured die soon
after paying a few dollars in premiums, thousands
of dollars are at once secured. If he lives many
years, it is good investment in this Company
such are its large dividends, as will be seen by
the following illustration: Policy No. IA, ,47O for
5000, dated April 22, 1855, on the life of the
late Hon. HORACE GREELEY.
Eighteen annual premiums of S293.Oi
were paid, making in all Sj,274 70
The dividend additions to this policy a.
mount to ,l0s 81
Which is $3.50 G5 more than all the premiums paid.
The original amount insured $4,000 90
Has been increased by dividds CLOS 81
Present amount Of policy, Sl4 los 81
Which is s., ,s53 65 more than all premiums paid
The premiums ON this policy, at
per cent.compound interest,
amount to only 9j09 90
Leaving profit, over and above
premiums and compound in
terest thereon, of 81 40S 3S
Another dividend, from April IL, 1872, to date oi
Mr.. Greeley's death will be paid.
Bofhce with Judge of Probate in the Brick
Block near the Court House.
NJ. A. MUNRoE, Agent.
Middlebury March /, 1873. 5O;tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

During 1879, the Lake Champlaiu
iron mines yielded 375 900 tons OF ore !;
81 ,474 tons were extracted from the
Missouri iron mountain, and over one
million tons we're mined in the Lake
Superior iron region.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22
II TuRRiLL

AIRS. +. j. MARTIN, Fashionable
WI Dress and Cloak maker, has constantly on
hand all the latest and most approved patterns
Work executed with satisfaction and despatch
Also sole Agent for the Grover and Baker Elastic
and Lock stitch Sewing Machine,
Mddcbury, Vt. 5l;Gm
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22
From the Sailors Magazin
In Memoriam.

Elisha W. Chester was born in Groton,
Conn.,, in l795, graduated at Middlebury
College in 1918, and died in the city Of
New York, May 18th, 1874.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

yASON DAVENPORT, Fire 1nsur-
- auce Agent representing the companies lately
represented by G. l.. Cook, Esq. Also the Mutnal
Life Insurance ompany of New York. once at
Buttolph & Miners Hardware store. ~
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

Just look into Congress. The State Of
Mary said he, lis my brother William
here
The words chokcd in his thrcat-the
gurgliug blood stopped his utterancc, and
sank a corpse upon his pillow.
The wife kne!t again, but it was be-
side the dead body, and invoked the
blessing of God on his soul, and forgive
ness for the murderer.
The gambler awoke from his swoou
staggered up to the wife, and said
Mary, would it were otherwise, for |
have nothing to live for now the dead
and dying do not want anything in this
world: take tns certificate of deposit to
our aged father, and tell our parents we
are both dead. but o do not tell them
how we died |!
But before the woman could reply or
any one interfere, the report Of pistol
sounded again, and the fraticide had
ceased to live On the hill near Rincon
Point we're two graves, few years ago,
enclosed with picket fence, and one
tombstone at their head, with the simple
inscription n-'Brothers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

NJ TRIP Sheriff for Addison
IL County. Office in Stewards Block.
4ltf MIDDLEBURY, VT.