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A RTHuN's
IA ILLUSTRATED HOME MAGAZINE
For 1873.
a Magazine for cultured homes. A Mag
azine always up to tho advancing thought
social progress and spirit OF the times. A
Magazine in which tho lighter literature OF
tho period il made tho vehicle of pure aud
nolIlo sentiment.
A new rs picture OF surprising grace and
beauty to bo Given Away to every subscri-
ber for 1873.
one copy, ono year, 81. Specimen copies
l5 cents. II. -. ARTHUR e. SONS,
janll:tf PhilHlelphia, Pa.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14
The Rronoh "a, nan.

France ts stil actively engaged in providing for
TIE payment ottts war debt With regard 70 the
t:oO9eVO,geO francs still due 10 Germany, the
% reokone1 on in the form Of bills due and not
yet due which are deposited in the principal banks
IN Germany, constituting fund ready for The
payment @ the eecond-hAlf Of the fourth miliard.
Eor ne nkth and last milliard, which ought TO be
paid in four equal installmenh Of $4,000 900
francs eetWeen June and September, there are
nsaEy 0.OoO francs realiRod the greater part
N bills on Germany and England, the rest in
metal disposabel at the Bank.of France. Then
there ar9 payments on account Of the loan amount
ing 10 lOOsOO0,eO0 francs per month, which, be-
tween now and August, may be expected 10 pro-
duce 900 TO 100000 900 france, and it is rs
regards this last sum that diiicalties may be en-
countered. In any case il is confidently believed
that, in the last resort, the GogeKnment would
q tho 500 900 francs Of cash in the hands Of
the Bank Of France.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14

Many people state that II two steamships
AhOuld sail in company the perils OF ocean travel
would be practically overcome. It would have
been hardly possible for the Atlantic to strike on
Meagher Head, II q consort had been sailing with
her, for 1t Is not reasonable to suppose that the
captain Of the consort would have made the same
mistake in his reckoning that Captain Williams
made In his. Where two steamers sail together
the officers Of one may be reasonably supposed
TO detect and correct the errors of the officers OF
the Other, and If one ship becomes disabled the
other will be near to render assistance. If the
City Of Boston had sailed with eOnsOrt, who
knows but that her passengers might all have
easily been saved
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14

Lord Macaulay thus wrote to Henry S. Ran
dali IN 1851
lneVer uttered q word nor wrote a line iu-
diOating an opinion that the supreme anthoFi-
ty In State ought 70 be entrusted TO the ma
iority Of citizens told BY the head. / have
long been convinced that institutions purely
democratic must, sooner or later, destroy lib
erty or civilization OF both. Your Constitution
is 6ll sail and no anchor. Either some Cesar
or Napoleon will seize the Teins Of government
with Q strong hand. or your Republic will be
a. fearfully plundered and laid waste by bar
baKians in the twentieth century as the Roman
Empirs was in the fifth, with this difference =
that the Huns and Vandals who raVaged the
Roman Empire came from without, and that
your Huns and Yandals win have been engen-
d0red within your own Institutions.
Had Lord Maeaulsy lived 10 witness the
revelations Of the Credit MobIlIer schemes and
the complaeency with which the msmbers Of
the late Congress voted themselves back pay,
he WOuld.no doabt have been greatly strength
ened in the opinion which he IseredIted with
advanelng II the above paragraph.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14
RevIslon Of E.ernI Tenaer.

The Teosnt Act Of Congress in relation to gold
eoin has entirely changed the legal-tender charac
tsr Of real money in the United States. Hereto.
fOre, these coins, however worn by natural abra'
sion, were legal tender for their face value II
swcated, or clipped, or otherwise defaced, they
could be injected, bat il simply worn and depre-
ciated in real value by long natural use, they
could still be offered for their face precisely as II
fresh from the mint.
The act OF February u, 1879, now virtually
limits their legsl-tender character az between
private individuals, TO their actual proportion Of
standard value outside Of the limit Of tolerance
the latter is almost influential item, and il the
variation allowed 70 the cOiner at the mint.
In the dOuble-eAglo the standard weight Is 5l6
grains, and In The eagle 25S grains and the dsvia-
tiOn must mot exceed One-half Of grain in either
piece The hAlf-eagle, three-dolAr piece, quarter
eagle and OnedOIlar piece are to weigh l29 grains
a 4lO grains, 641< grains and Is $40 grains re-
sPSetivsy, and the deviation Is not to exceed one
fourth Of grain in any single piece. There is
not piece Of either coin in circulation, we pre-
sumo, unless Just from the mint that will not vary
more than half Of grain from the standard
weight. This Is q variation in the twenty dollar
Pioco Of less than Onetenth Of one per cent which
iS allowed on new pieces just coined, and all
pieces that are at all worn have lost more than
this BY ordinary abrasion. In tho half-eagle
thres-dOliar piece, quartereAgle and dollar, every
coin which iAlls more than Ons-quarter of grain
below the full weight Of fresh piece Is no longer
. tsndar By tale at its face value. but must Be-
weighed out ard passed at the discount from its
original standard.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14
WHO Are REsPoMsIBLE 2

Il is net necessary that this question should be
answered when applied TO the acts Of Legislative
bodies. All intelligent men understand that the
controlling majority arc responsible forthe work
of such bodies
The Commercial asscnts and asseIss this prin-
elple on almost every occasion when II refers to
the acts Of the Delaware Legislature. Il cannot
therefore escape the charge correctly made
against its pai ty in Congress for the passage of
the bill granting back pay and increasing the
salaries of its own members and lavishly exPend-
ing one hundred thousand dollars upon the Presi-
dent.
1t is impossible for the Radical party to escape
the responsibility of this cxtraTagant and, In the
face of existing circumstances, Outrageous act.
There was no need for such action. The very
fact that the back pay added TO catch the votes
of retiring members shows that those who urged
the measure were doubtful Of its prOpriety, and
the fact that 1t was attached TO the Civil Appro-
priatIOn bill is another proof that it could not
have been passed IL put before the House alone.
Had It come in that shape we doubt not 1t wOnld
have been killed.
The measure could not stand alone, and never
could have been passed II the Radical majority
of the Senate, which is over tWO-thirds, had not
favored il. Radical Senators who absented them
selves, did so that II might pass, and they reap
the reward. II was one Of the 1airest illustrations
of "votlng yourself a farm, boys" we have ever
witnessed aud the responsibility rests with the
Radical party.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14

Am0ng the works Of art TO BE- shown at the
noEt International Exhibition viii be full
yGuI Tapestry. This unique piece Of needle
Wokk b Believed 20 have been executed BY the
Queen Of William the COnQuerOr and her NAL
deus, and represents the battle Of HastinQs
with the preceding and subsequent eVents It
Queen; e h supposed, it was presented bV
her . tie AbbeF Of Bayeux 10 NOEmandy,and
~ nov u the charge Of the municipal authOFi-
tie1 ~ th9t city. During the EraHco German
WI ne tapestry was rolled uD and hidden,
the public library.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14

SAD DEATH.-Chestert0w was saddened
on Friday week by the death Of John Eliason, q
prominent young man Of the town, son Of T..
w. Eliason, Esq. He had just graduated at
the Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia,
with high honOrs, and was about locating In
that city, when he was stricken down with
typhoid fever and died after two weeks ILL
ness, In his oath year. lie was a most estima-
Bile young man. he Is the fourteenth child
Mr.. E. has been called 10 follow to the grave,
all, save him, dying In infancy, and bpried,
with this exception, Ia Smyrna.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14
Bower's Hoof Imminent.

Aflar 90 ysam practical sxpeE.snss gilh hol.sss.
b afaaina, keamine, &es hava learned thai meso
horses lave been eFlppled h1 tnafeentlan e the
fanf fhan Al ether diseases eoabsnsda Alter many
egpeFiaenss i have founa he true Eenedy q PRn-
vRnF fhs disease of the hoof q FealoRR j eE nag
Hesnee. 70 what naauFe intenaen + eRo1ll4 4e'-tAe
epaf elEpeFl ~ sAs aesks aasgaI the heeg la-
Eane1 and diseased. the animal is comparatively
werthlesss 4his i nlnen1 VIII surely prsgsnf this
WaTet 81 al diseases. fContFaetien, goFna, oaaE9ar
Craeka ooa1Faa1faa e fhs 1sek eiasH, aenesaizR
ealls4 Knaa-epFnRa. &e.s1 and FeetoFe these that
haVe hsan erlDplaa 81 The want e. eaeA 4 FeEneaV.
~ 4, and g vii nerer al Il properly ap-
bafhs fke heraais foot oaas : week, e. aflsnsru
nesaGgs 6 he hasl and fFOs, end neoned tha hoot
eleaa q the hair. O. NQ4A
MoFrIEteNns p.
Ma. -. G. 8oHER--DsaF Ssrs 1bH 8 t4 e4zlIlg
that haga ugad youF Liniment a. ~ table tor
shRae montha past On more than ere hnaere4 her.
So. and had n tie best preparation naye ever
us5d 81 hnEses, i q fAF bettaE than Tqa 1oaem-
mand is 6ead ne 6ro eaa1a & onee. ~ eNpFe11s
o. D. D. HAIRY NAt1lhIoN,
Ne. 10 Vet 9lsl street. Aea xnFk City,
HRINaHUnex g Cos prag zlssa. ealaeR etA
and MaEEat streets aI11In4tqns ha4t18 4eeA nns
nelnte4 afanla fer this valuable aaa epulef Heel
11iant aTe fnIIg nI1n nals4 - aappIT 5 unoIzaals
aza retail IS fta Hsaaaz4staEeF'a pTleos.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14
A HEAVY STOCK OF PING SUMNER
CHEAP e0oTs AND SHOES.
sseona 81. assEs Ws.a or lIarl.et.

The undernignod respectfully inforns his.,s
large and well selected stock Of tALLW NJ
AND WINTER BOOTS, SHOES and GAZE -
ChlleEo1, which lre uLaGuFed from the best nae
tsIal and made II the best manner. and Wllbs sqld
osany other city. Ladies and gentiemen buying af
NJ gtoFaWill have the adReatage 81 large and "a
nee assortment ffo9 Nhie4 % select ashi0nAhle
80 AtA4 Ntl4Aa Bo1A OF Anp1s 4AS bapiat are epf-
daily invited % eail aad examine my stock and
iearn ny eEeeodinglY low prices.
iysi- - JOHN X. BABc0Cks
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14

PRAHKs OF A CoLr ON IcE.- E.--Recently a
son OF Mr.. ShAfer. residing near Ocoya, in
his fathers farm, and had tied the hitch-strap
around his wrist. Coming to pond Of ice he
dismounted and commenced 70 slide, when
the colt became frightened and ran, dragging
the boy about mile, dashing his brains oul,
aud horribly mangling his body. The boy
was about 10 years old.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14
8araess.
w. 3. THORaP SON,
3 Harness and Collar Maker,
600 West Front Street,
WILMINGTON
DmAwARR.

ight for The State Of DelaWaEa for LHoNAlpsa Pc
ent Breast Collar. which Is enc e the mot Denea-
eai1iacoVeFle8 fee the heFsa that ms ee4
for aleng times and viii be laaine beneAt g re
ho ee and euneg y being 90 constfaete4 lAat ne
okrked and ehafed The breast e. Y Gene ~ the
tFo IoMrs nov used. as4
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14
NEW GROCERY sTORI
3. w. Cor. FauRah ana Market Sc.
WILMINGTON. DEL.

3. w. Car. FauReh and Market Sc,
WILMINGTON. DEL.
kadA The underaisned respectfully aa-e17an
y ~ nOpnces 70 his old kFiendn and the87sSa ~
~ public generally that he has eomplet-
ed his new store, and hasopened with . stock
OF me new and ffesh
GROCERIES, SUGARS AND MOLAssBS,
Lovsringcrushed ,grannlated and pulvoFissd Sugars
aoft. white and coffee sugarss
Syrups aud all kinds ef Molassee.
Old Government Java CoiEea, LagufraA Maricnibo.
Rios Green and Roaated CoGess the finest Black and
Creep Teas. White and Red Wheat Family Flour,
new Buekwheak all kinda ofRure Spioee. Haru.nes,
All kinds Of Canned Fruits Ersneh and English
Mustard Pure Olive Oil, Walnut, Mnshroon and
Tomato Caksup. EnRlish and AmeFicnn Pickles, Jol-
lies, Cheese, Fresh Roll Butter. Baker, Cocoa and
Chocolate. Verunncelli, Maearenis WaAhing Soap Ia
great variety Toilet Soap, Silver 0ons Starch, Cur
lanta Raisins. Citrpn, Afmors'a Mince Meat, Dried
Peaches and AppleBs OranberH11. Brooma. Painted
EacketS, Brusheas SPERM Aqnmanftne and IalloW
sorted Grocery Store. Call and examine my gtQck.
S-Iv JAMES CRlPPEN.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-14

: Wn.aI1GTON. Dsi.' APEal a, lssa.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
The Price of the Emerald.

The price of the emerald has no fixed
and extended scale, like that OF the dla-
mond. and the fluctuations of It's value
during the past three centuries from an
interesting chapter in the history OF
gems. Two hundred years ago the
price of small stones of the first quail
ity was one louis the caret !; one and
half carets, five louis two carets, ten
Iouis: and beyond this weight no rule
of valne could be established. In 1900
emeralds were so plenty as to be worth
only a quarter as much as the DIAMOND
The markets were glutted with the fire.
onent importations from Peru, and four
teen years before the aboVe-mentIoheuS
period one vessel brought from oouIn
America two hundred and three POUNDS
of fine emeralds, worth at the present.
valuation more than seven mllllons OF
dollars. At the beginning OF TINS cen
turv, according to Calre, they were
worth no more than twenty-tour francs
(or about five dollars) the caret, ana
for long time antecedent to 1901 tney
were valued at only fifteen dollars the
caret. Since this period they have be-
come very rare, and their valuation has
advanced enormously. In fact, the
value of the emerald now exceeds that
of the diamond, and is rapidly approach
ing the ratio fixed by Beneyenuto Gel
Iini in the middle of the sixteenth cen
tnrv. which rated the emerald at toul
times and the ruby at eight times, the
vaIue OF the diamond. Perfect stones
Hba emerald is exceedingly liable &c
fiaw. the beryl is more free, and the
ore Green sapphire is rarely impaired by IFS
sures or cracks) of one caret IN Wel8h'
are worth at the present day two nun d.
dred dollars in gold. Perfect gems o o.
two carets, weight vii! command % nv'
hundred dollars in gold, while the lar
ger stones are sold at e1traVagan
| 1rices. s.-L5ppincOttS Magazine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
Building an Arab House.

First of all, the men employed roved
about and collected together all manner
of fraerants of brick and stone from the
mound, and, indeed, 1 had to watch
them closely to prevent them taking
ANYTHING of consequence. With these
fragments they brought number OF
modern sun-dried bricks from the old
village, and, when a sufficient amount
of materials was heaped together L had
to Law out the plan of the house by
arranging lines of brick and fragments
in the positions in which I wanted the
walls. The men then made some Arab
mortar for this purpose they dug up
and turned over large square space OF
ground, and some donkeys were engaged
to bring skins full of water and loads OF
dung. Next the earth, water and dung
were mixed, some of the NATIVES taxing
off their superhuous clothing, to tread
in the pudding with their bare feet,
and mix it with their hands looking
like splendid specimens OF mud Iarks;
Each piece of brick and stone was well
bedded in this mortar, which was lad
on and faced with the hands. As soon
as the walls were sufficiently hlgn the
workman found that they made screen
both from my observation and the heat
of the sun, and coming round the cor
ner I sometimes caught the whole
company of them lying on the ground,
smoking their pipes. When the walls
were finished donkeys were engaged,
and the whole party went on an ex-
cursion to the banks of the Zab to col
Iect and cut brushwood for the roof.
This Job lasted them two or three days
and then fresh mud pies were made to
bind the brushwood and complete the
roof. A staircase, built up to the roof,
made as usual of brick and mud, finished
the elegant structure.-CoT. LondoT
| TeIe0r171h
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
1nnnnclasm in Spain.

To a devout mind nothing of all ICON
oclasm in Spain is more impressive than
the destruction of st Ter sa's convent
Of AviIa, She founded it in the year 1904,
Iyban she was unknown and very poor.
parbons in all the chronicles of the
church there is no instance recorded OF
greater faith. 1t was objected that four
.ducats, her only means, could never
found a convent. "No, she replled'
Theresa and four ducats can do moth
ING. it is sure; but God, Teresa, ana
fo1r ducats can do everything" She
pressed her purpose till the convent was
founded, and with it thirty others IN
various parts of Spain. In all these the
nnns are now reduced to state OF star
vation, collections being made at the
cInrcb doors to supply these unfortu-
nate ladies with bread. AS a rule, all
of them we're rich and of noble families.
The principal of their dowries was given
nv their parents in the same way that
Decentralization is bestowed. This has
been confscated by the government, ana
the interest is withheld. Their homes
have been destroyed the wood carvings
and window decorations sold for the
value of the materials the altar pieces
and priceless paintings trampled IN the
dust. and they themselves turned 1nto
the streets to beg. And YET less tnal
fortv years ago, the converts OF AVlt
had relays of mules constantly running
between their town and Santander, II
order that they might have their hst
| daily fresh from the sea. Great, indeed
has been iconoclasm in Spain
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
PATENTS ISSUED.
De ouincex.s Method of Composition.

It is singular but true, that Thomas
De Quincy must be included III the
list of "off hand" it might be said
" slap-dash," authors. The sentences
of the opium-eater seem at first sight
to be constructed with extreme dellb-
Grafton and sedulous attention TO the
choice of every word. In the mlscel-
laneous essays of De Quincy, more es-
pecially, the style is measured and un-
hurried. The slow paragraphs roll on
through mazes and parentheses, with
subtle pauses, involutiOns, complicated
connections, and far-reaching illusions,
line after line, page after page almost
and the reader seems listening 10 Ile
utterances of some sage delivering ms
profound thoughts in sentences as oe,
fiberate as "the occasion requires.
The real fact is that DE Quincy was
one of the most off-hand OF writers.
When the mood of composition came,
he sat down at once, scrawled wlth great
rapidity in his shaky handwriting page
after page, without taking the trouble
to alter or erase threw the written
sheets over his shoulder one by one,
and having "wreaked himselts upon ex-
preston" and gotten rid of his Ideas
went back to his decanter of laudanum
entirely oblivious and equally careless
of the litter upon the floor. That litter
was picked up, assorted, and sent to
Mr.. BIackwood, and the author only
saw his work again when 1T was III
print. It is all collected now IN vo.
| iumes. this hasty scrawling OF a great
genius, and the world reads 1t witt
syidity. Hearth and Home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
The "Poor Whites. "

A correspondent of the st. Louis
Globe has been travelling among those
queer people, who combine grotesque
oddity with fair share of shrewd COM
mon sense, the "poor whites OF East
Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia:
They are population with many marked
peculiarities, the nearest approach to
provincial departure from the regular
American type, if there is such thing,
that the country probably affords out
side of the '' Pixies" the Argonauts,
the cattle ranches, and the hunters and
trappers of the west, none of which are
PROPERLY a settled community. These
H Crackers" and Sandlappers, and
"Tar Heels" are generally mountain
folks. living poorly, the women having
the abominable habit of snuff-taking,
and the men universally the slaves OF
"bacca p" and the pipe
"But with all their faults they take
good care of their children. When they
90 out to work in the fields they leave
the baby at home, but, as it would cry
# hungry, they provide against that
contingency. They tie string to q
piece Of fat meat, and, putting the end
in young ''Sandlapper's " mouth, they
tie the other end of the string to his big
toe. If he should suck the meat down
his throat, aud begin to be strangled,
naturally vigorous kick brings it out
again"
Bacon and corn bread and "sowins,
a preparation of -four and molasses,
form their general fare. The nomencla,
ture is peculiar, especially of places,
In Georgia: ''There is 'Shinbone Ridge,
and Rattlesnake Holler.' Devils Mouth,
a gap in the mountains Whisky Bot
tle' and Moccasin Gap names of par
ticuler localities. It reminded me o
North Carolina names. There they have
eSkunk's Misery 'Hell's Delight,
and the Bellyache,' swamp"