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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08


Tho restless Yankee has set his wits 10
WORK again, and this tine with the inten-
ton of imposing upon the trusting nature
of lrees. z lie bare condition of the trees
duiing the bleak months of winter, strikes
him as being far from pleasing to the
general eye, and he PROPOSES To remedy it
by a system of steam pipes ~ lining among
The roots Of shade trees, aud kept warm
by steam from an ordinary furnace boiler
lie doubtless thinks he may thus cause
the trees to imagine themselves in Tho
midst OF summer, and to suppose that the
bltak winds of Decemb, are merely pass
ing ceeentricities not worth noticing, and
above all, not of SUN icpt consequence to
cause them TO cast ot their shmmor attire.
We DO not believe That the trees can be i'm
posed ON to this extent; bat ;Ao intention
OF the ingenious 1--WE. tor. who, by the
wa'i dwells In Connections. is none tho
c's commcndable, II this gentlemen
would turn his mind to some means OF
pcrsu'ding Ties aud mosquitoes that vim
Ter rg-,l all tue year round, he would
eoni'f greater benefit on his suffering
p g1es than by trying to take advantage
oftLg trees,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

The West Chester Daily Local Nsvs az
peared on Monday enlarged 10 FIVE col
umus TO the page. II is an exec lent
newspaper, and the enterprise of its pro-
prietors in giving the people 10 whom th' y
cater the worth Of their money in reading
matter has met with that appreciation
and patronage which warrant this change.
We have heard i said that the Ne,rs was
too good for III money. This Is fault
which does not often irjure newspapers in
the long run,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

An entry thief 10 Chic.po baa a cute
way In winch TO gain INC and thus secure
his p,urdeT. IT. ctocr evening a physi-
clan Of that city went home tired and
chilled, and had been settled in bis arm
ehair bnt few minutes when the door
bell rang aud q fervaut entered, saying,
as she laid 1t down before the doctor, "a
message requiring an answer, sir" every
wen, Jane I'll loo; ut ii in a moment
Have the man Wait" And the doctor
deliberately liz TIE gas and proceeded 10
lnVes lsate the mi-siye-"Dr Smith, I'D
ores, iI said. lie tore oil the envelope.
\ biank one enclosed-another and yet
ano. h,r Strange was the doctors men
iaI comment. All, here II is at last 1;
tl'nse call al my store and yet measured
Tor tew oyercoat.' moi signed. A
pres cent but from whom The mantle
doctor rushed TO the eutry. Tie man was
gone. He looks out Into the uight-a dim
bnt bulky iigule Is to be seen disappearing
arounl the corner. lie returns 10 the
mouse, NNege an empty coat rack convinces
Nun 10 It the message Is u timely but an
unklud one.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08


The natural history cljlor of the Lex.
ingtonS rtss tells this; "A lady residing
IN city not II hundred Mills from Licking
ton is the po'scssor OF two Tets-a monkey
hni q pirut who are hy no meaus con-
genital friends, In fact, Nil. G. was in the
hnrit OF locking mp the monkey whenever
she len the house. for huf of his be-
ligcfcHl QuUlitits, one evening, alas
she Irglecied 10 do 80, ana the monkey
coming in found the parrot rife for a
fight, and very desperate one ensued.
The monkey uthlc->ly pulled ont
every isather Of the unfortunate parrot,
and broke No the inuute ornaments, and
smashed things generally. When Mrs. G..
relnrcl She iourd the monkey cbalteging
ON the mahiel piece, and out crept the par
rot, lnuFng decl Us injured, aud greeted
her with, We've he'd % he'll of a tune.
The alrroprlalcn,ss of the remark caused
d shout Of laughter"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

4 writer in the Kansas Magazine has
measured The type used in copy Of the
NcA York Herald, and also that used in a
popular volume Of travels. The former
was found TO contain about $50, 600 Gems"
while the latter, q hook of 59l pages,
incasued only 5000 SENS" In other
words, The single copy Of the newspaper
which sold at four cents, was equivalent
to a book ol $50 pages, Or 50 more pages
than were contained in volume that sold
Ilr s3.lO.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

year, with premium oil chromos. James
sutton a Co., publishers, N. Y.
Linelrs Living Age. Number 1895 OF The
Lifting Age, for the week ending February
LIST, contains The Progress Of Medicine and
Surgery, from The Edinburgh Repfsis; On
Some Peeuliarities OF Society In America,
CornhH Mdgdsinej The Azores, Dark Blue !
A Visit 70 shamyl's Country in 1850, by
Edwin Ransom, Frazer's Mdqazinei The
Germans in South Africa Spectator The
Miller Of Manneville, by Julia Kavanagh !
an installment OF Mis- Little Serene High
ness translated from the Pian Deuiseh. OF
Fritz Reuter-, besides poetry and miscellany.
The preceding weekly number contained
Nathaniel Hawthorne, C0rnhiH MdgdSfns !
Spontaneous Movements In Plants. by AL
fred W. Bennett, Popular Science Rerier
| The Fate OF Pets, by the author Of stone
Edge" Good Words Dryden and Modern
Stvle, Spectator Buddhist Preaching, Good
Words The Irish Brigade In the Service OF
France, Cle9s-l7gD, Frdsers MdgGziHei an
instalmeni OF THE Scientific Gentleman
etc.
The FIRST number OF January mo l49D be-
] ehn new volume ano new Series WIZ eA
tirely new serials, affordlng an unusually
excellent opportunity for the beginning oil
new subscriptions. The subscription price
of this 81 page weekly magazine is ~ a year
or for alO any one Of the American n maya
zines IL sent with The Liring Age for year
/ l.lttell s Gay Boston, publishers.
The Methodist, Of New York, edited by z ev
/ G. X. Crooks and Rev. Abel Stevens ant
conceded to be at the head Of the Methods
press In point Of ability, is presenting to III
subscribers for ISIS an engraving OF grea
value, not only as work OF art, but as thu
only picture eXtant containing, In one group
hkenesscs Of Wesley Asbury, Coke, What
coat George. Roberts, McKendree, Hedding
Waugh, Hamline, Baker, Thomson, Clarl
and Kingsley, in addition to those of TIT
present Board of Bishops. The portraits o
some of these men Whose memories ar
precious 10 every Methodist) are exceedingl.
rare, aud hut for the enterprise and liberalit.
OF the Methodist their faces might have beef
forgotten.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

The state Senate did a " Use, a graceful
aud patriotic thing, Wednesday, 10 passi z
resolutions recognizing tue debt OF grail
tute this ate owes its noble sons who
fell In defence Of tie life Of the Reptile,
aud approx rating O sum sufficient TO ray
Deiaware's share of making aud main
tanning the National Csme'ery at Aulietan.
The State has nithettoin as Official capaci' y
gitbheld It's share Of the cost OF mainte
nance Tor this institution, and We r,jJice,
therefore, heartily at this evidence OF
returning wisdom,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
Kirkwood, Del.


STORE BROKE INro AND ROBBED.
KIRKwooD. DEL. Feb. THE store OF
4. r. Harris, at this place, was enter 4
into last night by thieves boring a pat
out of the door, and robbed Of t40 or SiI
i'm cIrreucy and pennies. Fifteen dollai.
Of the money belonged TO the Post OH ,
lnnnrlmnmI Z. N. Il.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
spain.

THE lrRntttO cuIListoN-REsULT OF AZ
EXAMISATfoN INTO TUT AFFAIR.
CAnIl, Feb. j.--The steamer Haralo Il
still h.re. The British Consul has de-
mandtd an ISSUE of attachment against
her. The captain and officers who we've
on wat nj the time of the disaster are
held ~ prisoners on board a Spanish war
steamer. P,ndiHg the investigation tie
Spanish authorities have examined tie
Mntllo and declare she shows no signs If
having been in collision and believe Ter
guiltloss.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

Editorial Notes.
The Honorable Lewis MeKersie who !
was Congressman, and is President of
the Washington Il Ohio Railroad, which |
singularly enough does not start from
Washington, or get within hundreds of
miles Of Ohio, has been making speech /
IN defence Of his management Of that road, !
at the conclusion Of which he denounced
all newspapers, and declared that If he
had his way there should be bnt two pub |
llshed in the whole country, and that be
would ask the Lord TO send Joe Gales
(the dead editor Of the dead National Intel
igsnesr) to take charge of one, and he
would nut the other under 100000 bonds
to tell the truth The only other men We
happen to remember at this moment who
entertain similar views in regard to the
lying disposition of newspapers, are GER
tain Cakes Ames, and one VIM. b. Mann,
District Attorney of Philadelphia, and no
one who knows anything Of these men,
will doubt that Whatever conscience either
Of them may have, would he more useful
in poudrette factory than any where else
in Christendom.
Speaking Of the consciences Of these
two men reminds MS Of a skunk story we
heard recently. A gentleman Of this city,
travelling in Maine recently, say two men
.targering under the weghtof an immen'e
number Of animals. which on examination
proved to Re skunks. There were ninety
six of them in all, and the men declared
they had killed the whole number In a
single hole, where they had corgrcgated
for the wluter. The gentleman bought
The skins of the whole lot, and we saw
them, recently, in the store Of 7. u. Webb
& Son, in this city, packed for shipment
10 New York. They filled a clever sized
dry goods box.
John Williams thinks that the New
Jersey edtor who SPELLS iQurrel "sQuirl''
is entirely tos economical In his use Of the
alphabet.
The New York Herald a'manac for ls7;
is au encyclopedia in disguise, and cen
Z taius an amount and variety Of matter
b found in TO other annual publication. j
By no means cosfines itself TO the mer'
-, political record, but it gives a complete
list Of the god, cotton and produce mar
n kots Of the ast year, full information
, about the dictionary weather signals, mi
uu,e directions concerning postage, &c.
-. Tboro lie no rov,i mad tn leornirr. en-,
~, d. a.. .,..;,I ~, ~,
| D., . -..a, .. a o.. tt.., g. = e..p D.. Inn
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

RAILWAY TRAVEL STILL INTERRUPTED D.,
CARLisTs.
LONDON, Feb. 5,h.-Rsilway travel ID
Spain is still interrupted by the Carlists
No mails from Madrid have been receive
for nine DAYS.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
Tho National Railroad.

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR THE pESNslLvANi
CENTRAL.
TRENroN, y. j., February 5.-1he Vie
Chancellor delivered an opinion In the Bin
PRAYING for an Injunction against the
National Railway and other roads bounded
By the Pennsy lvania Railroad.
He decides that the roads had no right
under their charters, to construct through
road, and TO use them for that purpose
was fraud. lie rul for the complau
ant ON every point aud granted an injuLc-
ton against the National Railroad.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Mexico.


NEW YORK, Feb. 7th.-A dispatch fro 4
the city of Mexico reports the defeat uf
the rebels by the Government troops, IT,
tore Guudalaxnra and Mazattnn, and that
they are flying toward Topic.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

Mrs. G.--'' really must give cook
warning, Charles. SIZE docs use such
very bad words
Mr.. c." Really, dear What sort Of
words are they ~
Mrs. G.-"Oh-wcll-tbe same as Yea
ulr
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

On Friday evening Of next week Mr.
Nolen will give us his third Davenport
night for the present season, and delightful
nights they are, when this true artist, nc
companicd by his admirable company OF
assistants, will present Macbeth, probably
the greatest of shakspeare's tragedies
They should be welcomed by full house
By the way could not Mr.. Nolen secur,
Mr.. Dayenport's good offices in getting
Fechter down here once. He has played
several times of late at Mr.. Davenport
theatre, and, naturally enough, 10 crowded
houses. lie is the greatest dramatic artls
on top Of this earth, and we believe oui
people would give him an Overlooking
house.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

This polshrd personihcatlou Of the
thunderholts Of insulttd Joye will be
launched At the head of the Historian
Froude, In the Opera House on Monda-
evening, February 17;h. Any who are
sufficiently familiar with Froude's attacks
On Ireland 10 care TO hear him excoliaicd
llaytd alive by be sharpest tongue which
WEEDS our Eugli-h speech, should be sure
Ia hear this lecture. OF course our Irish
eu'o gist OF O'Connel belabor their couu-
tTy's foe.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

FORCED BoNDs.-A CHESTER COUNTGAN
THE VICTIM. copy the following
from an exchange, IN which IL will be seen
that Mr.. j. V. Painter formerly Of West
Chester, and son Of our townsman, Mr..
samuel Painter, d cures as the second party
In prominence "Sometime In July last
William Ellis, alias, Loren White, called
at the banking house of J. V. Painter, of
Cleveland, Ohio, aud offered for sale ff-
teen Union and Pacific IN aome bonds OF
the value of $4,000. The bonds were
purchased at that figure, ana paid for by
the cashier, John j. Dale. Two days sub,
scqueutly, however, they Were found 10 be
forged, and of course worthless Search
was made for White, but be had escaped.
II appears that he came to New York,
and on the proceeds Of the transaction,
has been living in good st,le ever since.
Mr.. Dale happened to come this way few
days ago, and saw White strolling leis.
urvlY up Broadway smoking cigar, and
caused his arrest. This morning he wat
arralgned at the Tombs before Juslic,
bowling, and committed for examination
on Saturday.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

HOME AeAIS.-A dog was recently re-
moved from Caroline county to Philadel-
phia. He evidently did not lFe his new
residence, as he left after a three days
snjourn and In 20 DAYS thereafter appeared
at his old home, weary and foot-sore.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

bltnANNt AstEAHNAAhhE HFNHAOMHs
In the Pennsylvania Constitutional Con-
vention, row In session in Philadelphia, ii
proposition to make tho sessions Of the
State Legislature biennial instead Of an
Bual has met with much favor. l., OF
course, matters lite - us in this STATE
what action they may take in The matter,
but we who are so used 10 bearing oui
State abused are rather pleased than other.
wise to end at least one Of our customs SC
fayorably regarded by many Of the wisesi
men of u,ighboring commonwealth
The very BIS, feature Of our own consIi.u
ton is that which makes legislative See
slous and general elections bic NAL in
stead Of annual, and We do not believe GU
people would ever consent TO have i
changed.
If we Rad general corporation law Ii
this State, and the business Of openiui
roads ard bitches and diyorcing peep.
unha?ply mar led were transferred to l.
Courts, where it belongs, there would b
nothing to dc in the way OF legislation &
this State that could not readily be dou
in few weeks at the beginning Of ever
second year, As a matter Of fact we q
get along without any general ley slatioI
which is Of the slightest consequence, f
longer time, aud this fact hiss bee
already demonstrated by the Leglslatu
now in session. There is an abundance
good work Il might and ought to do, bl
we confidently predict that when it a
jourus a careful review Of its work W
iai to show single benefit which Il
people in general will have derived fro
Its existence. We shall be glad to end o.
prediction false, but the session IS no
more than half over aud we defy any o.
10 point to a single wise End beniHcc
measure, of public character, this t
pens We body has enacted into law.
far as the State at large is concerned
would have been no worse of In any
spect had tAs body nevermet.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
THE CITYS GUESTS
The President of the q. s,
THE GOVERNOR AND ASSEMBLY

Their Reception on Thursday.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
Delaware State Journal
satu' day, February 8, 1878
The Bill 10 Regulate the retty
Justice shops.

Under the laws Of this State, as they
stand at present, Justice Of the Peace
has no right to take eosts in any criminal
case except for assault and battery, and
only then when the parties submit to be
tried by him, and they have no right to
exact costs where they bind a party to
keep the peace or to appear at Court.
But, though the law does not authorize
costs in such cases, 1t yet prescrlbes no
pensliy for demanding costs, aud the
custom is to demand them in all such
cases. The effect Of this ls to promote
and encourage litigation.
Tom, Dick and Harry get into fight.
The sequel is that they appear before
Squire with mutual accusations. He
fues them costs and binds them over to
keep the peace with charming impartiality.
Tom complains Of the other two aud they
are both taxed for costs. Dick then sues
Tom and Harry, and they are In for 1t
again, and Harry then sues Tom and
Dick, and they in turn pay costs and the
Squire Is thus enriched BY six costs out OF
one pitifu; little fight.
But fighting is not necessary. A couple
of angry fellows call each other hard
names, and instead Of making up and
apologizlrg one Of them rushes of to the
Squire and sues the other, and be Ia fined
costs, and In revenge he In turn sues the
other, who is also In for costs. And the
costs all the time go 10 the petty magis
trate. It Is TO remedy this sort O.
thing that the bill introduced by Mr.
Silver, and passed by the House
is designed, and it goes further and pro
poses to put stop to another practice
which has grown up. The bill prohi' ii
county constables from acting as collect
ing agents. One Of these consiables nov
takes a bill to a magistrate, sues it gu
and collects costs from the defendant
This be has a perfect rlghtto do. Havirl
obtained the mouey, however, he return
to the plaintiff and charges 10 per cent
as a collecting agent.
The bill purposes to put an end to this us
Of an ofleial position ard the maehiner
Of the law to assist one set Of individual
in prosecuting their private business q
collection agents.
The bill is an excellent enc, which wi
be acceptable 10 the people. and reliev
egal processes Of the odlum with whic
set Of harples are investing them, and
ought to pass the Senate as 1t did IL
House, but in that body, we are informe'
It Is likely to be defeated.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08

About all the monarchs Of Europe
have promised to be a. Vienna next July
the 18th,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1873-10-24
Profits of Poultry.

Nothing which the farmer produces
is Of quicker sale than eggs and poul-
try. The prices which he receives
therefor are in the main remunerative; /;
the labor incurred is light and agree
able, and can be performed by the sin-
nior members of his family. The poul-
try yard produces food which is high
~ palatable and nutritious at all sea-
sons and in this respect is hardly equal
ed by anyother Departmental the farm.
Is it not worth while then to bestow
more care and skill in managing the
poultry? Left to themselves, half their
products are often wasted, and halfth
year they are non-layers. In the win
ter they need simply warmth, light and
sunshine, clean, roomy quarters, and
plenty of food. Every day they will
pay for this. In the summer they want
range, fresh earth, shade, water, seclu-
sion and protection from vermin. An
abundance of eggs and breeds of plump
chickens either for market or the far
mer's own table will result from this
care. It is net feasible to carry ON the
poultry business on an enormous scale.
Many have tried it and failed; buteve-
ry farmer should make couple of hun
dred dollars worth of their products
yearly. That, at least, can be done
with profit and pleasure. It is a busi-
ness adapted for the boys and girls,
and they will speedily take lively In
terest in it if only proper encourage
ment is given.-Farnser's Union.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1873-10-24

6be farm.
Curing Bacon.

The season will soon arrive for the
curing of bacon hams, and in antlclpa-
tion thereof, we think it of some mo-
ment to throw out such hints as will
enable farmers and other householders
to secure for their families the choicest
quality of meat. Many receipts are
annually published for the curing of
hams, and yet how seldom it is in pri-
vate houses that we find really unex-.
ceptionally fine article. No other kind
of meat is comparable to the taste of
the epicure to well-cured ham of ba-
con, and yet how often it is that, from
some defect in the process of preserv-
ing, but mostly in the cooking of it, is
the anticipated enjoyment disappoint-
ed.
1t is stated that about million of
sugar-cured hams are put up in Chi
cago alone, and the art of curing them,
including their successful packing for
preservation, requires so much care
and skill, that an expert in the busi-
ness readily secures for his services as
high as $3.50 per month. These hams
are shipped to Europe, Canada Mexi-
CO, the West Indies, and South Amer
ca, but the largest market in this coun-
try is Philadelphia, and the next New
York. The following is the process
adopted, as we gather from an article
OH the subject from the New York
Tribune:
The hams chosen are of an average
weight of fourteen pounds each, and
they lose in the curing two or three
pounds each of this weight. The brine
is carefully preserved from one season
to another, and is supposed to increase
in strength as it increases in age. One
packer used brine that was seven years
old, and another, who removed to dis
tant. city, had his brine barreled and
shipped to his new place Of business
with his other stock in trade. The
waste of salt, sugar, and other sub
stance absorbed by the meat is of course
replaced by constant additions. The
brine is formed of water, sugar-house
syrup, saltpetre, salt, and certain 9TH
er Ingredients, in proportion as the ex-
perience and tastes of the packers diff
fer. Casks are filled with this brine,
In which green hams, assorted by
weight, are soaked from thirty-fiye to
fifty days, according to the different
weight of the hams. When the hams
are removed from the pickle, they are
immersed, for a short time, in clear
water, and hung up in the smoking
house for drying, which is an import
ant part in the process Of preserving
as we'll as favoring. In this process,
the hickory timber is considered indis-
pensable. Next they have to be pre-
pared for market in such manner
that they will be preserved indefinite
ly. Each ham is immersed in a thick
paste wash, largely composed chrome
yellow, which fills up every interstice
of the subsequent under and outer gar
ments carefully wrapped and sewed
upon it. Then comes the wrapping in
thick brown paper and the stitching
upon it Of the closely-ftting case of
stout cotton cloth. Next the brand is
placed upon it, and the ham is ready
for market. IS
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1873-10-24
WANTS IT!
The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
Awarded the First Prize at the
Vienna Exposition,

The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Com
pany have received from Vienna the following
telegram:
"V1ENNA, August 10Th, 1s73.--The Wheeler
& Wilson manufacturing company 625 Broad
way, New York, have been awarded grand
medal of progress, and medal of merit, and is
the only sewing machine recommended by the
international jury for the grand diploma Of
honor" n
All the machines of American manufacture,
and the best that Europe could produce were
entered for competition, and from them all the
Wheeler & Wilson takes the medal.