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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
South Sen IsIanders.

Among the papers presented TO the
British Parliament relating to the South
Gea Islanders is a report by Captain G.
IL. Simpson, of her Majesty's ship
Blanche, giving an account of his visit
last year to the Solomon and other groups
Of islands in the Pacific Ocean. While
at Isabel Island, from which three men
and seven women were kidnapped in
1871, Captain Simpson, with party of
officers, went short distance inland to
visit one OF the remarkable tree villages,
peculiar, he believed, TO this island. lie
found the village built on the summit of
a 70 ky mountain, rising almost perpen-
dicularly to a height of 500 feet.
The party ascendod by native path
from the interior, and found the extreme
summit mass of enormous rocks stand
ing up like castle, among which grow
the gigantic trees, in the branches of
which the houses Of the natives are built
The stems of these trees rise perfectly
straight and smooth, without a branch,
to height varying from so feet to l5O
feet. In the one Capt Simpson asceuded
the house was just so feet from the
ground one cose to it was about l2O
feet. The only means of approach to
these houses is by a ladder made of
eTeeper, suspended from post within tue
house, and which, of course, can be hauled
up at will. The houses are most lngen-
| inusly built, and are very firm and strong.
Each house will contain from ten to
twelve natives, and an ample store of
stones is kept, which they throw both
with sliugs and with the hand with great
force aud precision. At the foot of each
OF these trees is another hut, in which
the family usually reside, the tree house
being only resorted to at night and during
time Of expected danger. In fact, how
ever. they are never eafe from surprise,
Notwithstanding all their precautions, MS
the great object in life among the people
is to get each others heads. Captain
| Simpson, In returning, visited a chiefs
house on the beach, and found row of
twenty five human heads, captured In
recent raid, fastened up across the front
| like yerinin at barn-door. 1t was
acknowledged that the object Of the raid
was to get heads, and to eat the bodies
which is always done. The heads Of
men, women, and children are all taken,
aud the wonder is that the whole
island does not become depopulated.
The people of this and other Islands
arc not, however, Il courageous people.
Such thing as Il stand up fight between
tribes is almost unknown, but they prowl
about for prey, attacking whenever they
have a victim IN their power without risk
to themselves. In some of the islands,
Captain Simpson observed, the men have
long hair, which they wear in fashions
like those adopted by the other sex in
Europe, the favOrlte modes being the or
binary chgnon, or loose down the back !
the women, whose hair is shorter than
the mems, wear it loose and undressed'
In clothing there is not at present oppor-
tunity for European or other fashions.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

NEW YoRK.-Feb. 16.-Dennis Kel-
lard, residing at No. 425 East Seventy
first street, yesterday fatally stabbed
Michael Barry, border In his house.
Jealousy was the cause Of the MURDER
About week ago Kellard accused
Barry of undus intimacy with Mrs. kel-
lard, and a quarrel ensued. This quarrel
was resumed last night at the supper
table, aud Kellard renewed the charge.
Barry resented 1t and Kellard suddenly
Jumped up and stabbed him with a dirk
knife on the left side, the wound entering
the lung and causing q mortal wound.
Mrs. Kellard, after waiting long enough
10 allow her husband 10 make good his
escape, gave the alarm, and the neighoors
came in aud found the wounded man
lying IN a pool OF his own blood. The
murderer has not yet been captured.
John Schroeder, aged IA, and another
how. named Klech, were yesterday ac.
costed BY an Italian boot-black, named
Meugel Bredo, who asked them II they
wanted a shine. They said nc" and
Bredo continued TO importnne them,
throwing down his box close to klich 8
feet, Whereupon the latter kicked II.
Bredo at once attacked him, aud the two
boys fought. Schroeder stepped in to
separate them, when Bredo pulled out
knife and stabbed him in the breast, In
aicting a serious wound. The would-b'
assassin-who is but Is years old-Wai
arrested.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
The Rrnve PoIarIs Crew.

Cooper Institute, New York, was
crowded Monday at the reception given
the Poldris crew by the geographical
society. Judge DAILY presided. The sur
vivors present were Captains Buddington
and Tyson, Astronomer Bryan, MIR.
Chester, the carpenter, and the Esqui-
maux, Joe and Hannah.
DR.. l. l. Hayes made an interesting ad-
dress, describing the Arctic regions, the
various voyages of discovery, and de
clared the Poldris expedition would b
ever memorable for having reached the
highest northern point touched by civil
ized man. Captain Buddington made a
brief speech, and traced the course of the
Folaris on the map before the audience.
Captain Tyson described the point
beyond Kennedy's chaNnel, where the
Iolaris was stopped. He said they saw
clouds beyond, and knew there was water.
He declared that if they could have gone
seven miles further the American flag
would have been planted at the north
pole.
NJ. Bryan, astronomer of the expedition,
said no vessel ever built could have gone
through the leads In the ice further north.
His conviction was that no vessel could go
further than Hall took the POldris rorth.
Mr.. Chester, the carpenter, who did SC
much to save the second party In the
boats, was loudly called for and appeared
before the audience but begged TO be
excused from making any remarks.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

Il is reported that Gladstone, the
present premier OF England, is to be
raised to the peerage.
Julius Howe, imprisoned in the Albany
PenitentiarY for ku-kluxism, has been
pardoned by the President.
For some days past storms have pre-
vailed on the Atlantic ocean, extending
from Nova Scotia to Cape lIalteras.
The Military Committee of the House
of Representatives at Washington are
likely to oppose any reduction Of the
army.
The Citizens of Nebraska ask to be
supplied with arms with which to pro-
tect themselves against the blood-thirsty
Indians.
N. NJ. Wood shot himself and poisoned
three of his children at Rutledge, Ca, on
Friday night. He had been abandoned
by his wife.
A Western paper announces the coming
of star actor who will show our be-
nighted citizens how Shakespeare ought
to be slung."
Efforts are being made in England to
enlist British sympathy for Bismark in
his efforts to put down Roman Catholic
ism on the Continent.
Two hundred fighting women have
been organized at Jacksonville, Ind,
and have commenced operations with
some promises of success.
At Covington, KY, the ladies Commit
tee on Temperance are using postal cards
quite extensively in their dealings with
those engaged in the trafhe.
A Toronto despatch states that Hon.
Edward Blake has retired from the Min
istry, aud Hon. David Christy ha5 been
appointed President of the Council.
The Legislative Assembly of Montana,
on Saturday last, appropriated $4,000 to
facilitate the exhibition Of the products
of that Territory at the Centennial.
The leading female warriors in the
whisky crusade in Springfield, ILL.,, are
Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Tee
garden. DR.. Dio Lewis is in the same
brigade.
The War Department has received
permission to punish the Sioux Indians
for the murder of Robinson, Coleman,
and Appleton, and Sherman and Sheridan
are going for them.
IA Cheyenne "runher" which has ar
rived at Fort Fetterman reports that Red
Clouds son was killed a few nights since
Dy some sioux Nupll ut hau eou polleu
to return stolen stock.
The Chinese population in New York
celebrated their New Year on Saturday
night, by banquet aud "opium smoke"
in a Baxter street tenement. Sunday
they paraded in the lower section of the
city.
The Lotos Climb, of New York, gave
Charles Kingsley, the English author, a
splendid reception on Saturday evening,
at which speeches of welcome were made
by Whtelaw Reid, Evarts, Parton, SAKE
and others of that ilk.
Governor Allen, of Ohio, says that
the anti-liquor excitement in that State
is abnormal, and, therefore, only tenn
Porary.
DR.. Linderman, Director of the Mint,
reports to the Secretary Of Treasury that
the annual assay Of coin, just concluded
in the Philadelphia Mint, has been salts
factory in all respects.
Three hundred ice.cutters at Coxsackie,
on the Hudson, struck on Friday for 81
per day. The employers yielded to their
demands, and it was agreed that
the men should begin work at the in
creased rate to-day.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
EVERY DAY.

o trifiing tasks forever done,
Yet ever to be done anew
o cares which come with every sun,
Morn after mern, the whole year through
We shrink beneath their paltry sway,
The irksome calls of every day.
The restless sense Of wasted power.
The tiresOme round of little things,
Are hard to bear AS hour by hour
Its tedious iteration brings.
Who shall evade, or who delay
The small demands Of every dayG
The boulder In the torrents course,
By tide and tempest lashed in vain,
Obeys the wave .whirled pebbles force.
And yields its substance grain by grain.
So 0rumble strongest lives away
Beneath the wear of every day.
We rise to meet heavy blow.
Our soul sudden bravery dis;
But we endure not always so
The drop by drop OF bitter ills.
We still deplore and still obey
The hard behests of every day.
The heart which boldly faces death
Upon the battlefield and dares
Cannon and bayonets, fails beneath
The needle-points OF frets and cares;
The stoutest spirits they dismay-
The tiny stings of every day.
And even sdinfs of holy fame,
Whose soula by fatth have overcome,
Who wore amid the cruel flame
The molten crown Of martyrdom,
Bore not wffhOuf complaint away
The petty paint Of every day.
All more than martyrs aureole.
And more than herO'B heart of FIRE,
We need the humble strength OF soul
Which daily tolls and ills require.
Sweet patience grant us, ii you may,
And added grace for every day.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
Fruits of Literary Genius.

The late Mr.. Tegg, the publisher In
Cheapsae, gave the following list of re-
muneralye payments to distinguished
authors In his time and he is believed to
have taken considerable pains to verify
the items Fragments of History, by
Charles Fox, sold by Lord Holland, for
5000 guineas. Fragments os History, by
Sir James Macintosh, $500. Lingard's
History of England, e46S3. Sir Walter
ScOtt's BOnaBarte was sold, with the
printed books, for &lS,000; the net re-
ceipls of copyright on the first two
editions only must have been &l0,0 1000.
Life of Wilberforce, by his sons, 1900
gnincas. Life of Byron, by Moore,
$4,000. Life of Sheridan, by Moore,
G2UO0. Life of Hannah More, s2O00. Life
of Cowper, by SOuthey, $1,000. Life and
Times Of George ~ by Lady !. Bury,
$1,000. Byron's Works, 100000. Lord
of the Isles, half share, &l500. Lalla
Rookh, by Moore, $4,000. Rejected Ad-
dresses, by Smith, Gl00O. Crabbe's
Works, republication of, by Mr.. Murray,
$4,000. Wordsworth's Works, repubica-
tion of, hy MIR. Moxon, s1050. Bulwer's
Rienzi, Gl600. Maryatt's Novels, $500 to
9l5OO each. TrollOppe's Factory Boy,
elS00. Hannah More derived e30,000
per annum for her copyrights during the
latter years of her life. Rundell's Domes-
tic Cookery, $4,000. Nicholas Nlckleby,
E300O. Eustace's Classical Tour, &2l0O,
Sir Robert Inglis obtained for the beauti-
full and interesting widow of Bishop
Heber, by tho sale of his journal, $4,000.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
SAN PRANOIs00.


Serene, Indifferent of Fate,
Thou slttest at the Western Gate;
Upon thy heights so lately won
Slill slant the banners of the sum
Thou seest the white seas strike their tent
O Warder OF two Continents
And soornful of the peace that flies
The angry winds and sullen skies,
Thou trawest all things, small OF great,
To the, beside the Western Gate.
q, lions whelp, that hidest fast
In jungle growth of spire and mast,
l know thy cunning and thy greed,
Thy hard high lust and wilful deed,
And all thy glory love to tell
Of speeious gifts material.
Drop down, o fieecy Fog. and hide
Her skeptic sneer, and all her pride
Wrap her, o Fog, in gown and hood
OF her franciscan Brotherhood.
Hide me her faults, her sin and blame,
With thy gaey mantle cloak her shame
30 SNAIL hne, cOWleut hlt anu pray
Till morning bears her sins away.
Then rise, o heecy Fog, and raise
The glory of her coming days;
But rs the cloud that feoks the seas,
Above her smoky argosles.
When forms familiar shall give place
To stranger speech and newer face;
When all her throes and anxious fears
Lie hushed in the repose of years
when Art shall raise and Culture lift
The sensual joys and meaner thrift,
And all fulalled the vision. we
Who watch and wait, shall never see-
Who, in the morning OF her race,
TOiled fair or meanly in our place
But. yielding TO the common lot,
Lie unrecorded and forgot.
brat Haris.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

The Springfield Union is responsible for
this: "Railroad men are always meeting
with queer adventures, but one of the
conductors on a Southern road thinks a
recent one of his a little ahead. Just
before one of the midday trains was
starting for New YorK, an elegantly
dressed lady, % The wife of one Of st.
Louis most prosperous merchants, came
into the car with great deal of parade,
and throwing herself into seat, called
out, Conductor = That parsonage at
once appeared, when the woman said to
him with the greatest nonchalance, Con.
ductor, / wish you'd button my boots
got drunk last night, and l haven't had
time to dress YETI The conductor looked
unuttcrable things, while the passengers
smiled audibly.n
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

LEwEs, DEL, Feb. 16. The American
line steamer Ab5otf5rd passed out at
seven O'Clock last evening.
The American brig Flying BWrgee, s.
7. NJ, is ashore eighteen miles south Of
Fenwick Island. The sea is breaking
over her, and the crew are in the rigging.
A SCHOONER WRECKED ON sYSEPuxsNT
BEACH.
SALISBURY, MD, Feb. 16.-The brig
Redoooi Ltfcvrs COrdendz, with a cargo
OF 3S5 hogsheads of molasses, went ashore
on the outer bar of synepuxent Beach
early on Sunday morning. The vessel
and cargo are total loss. The crew
was saved by wrecking surf boat. The
vessel and cargo belonged 10 Berdamon
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
sTRIo. .OoMIOALITIEs,


r,,ttsn for tho STATE JOURNAL.
scarcely an event transpires, no odds
How sombrely it's drest,
mi that In It the ludicrous
IL somehow manifest.
scenea. which from their mournfulness
We're apt TO feel sad after,
tUhen numbered over oft disclose
THAT which provokes our laughter.
perhaps lt'a At a funeral,-
a0h. horrible! don't, pray,
Make light Of such n solemn thing, -
Meihinks hear you say.
Have patience, see that sorrowing group,
Now gathered round the bier;
Uarki high above their heartfelt sobs,
A husbands cries we hear.
nMy precious angel, that loved
So fondly and 40 true,
Nv moor dear, darling, sweet pet lamb,
My fife my-boo, hoo, hoo"
When we recall how earnestly
That doting husband HtrOve,
Whiis his wife iired to testify
His deep, undying love;
How he'd escort his "lady friends"
Where'er they longed to go,
nut II she dared a favor crave
Would "cuss" her high and lows
when we renect, say that this
Was his peculiar style,
His mock.griefs rather apt to cause
A little quiet emile.
A sudden case Of heart disease
Occurs man drops dead.
The news, such news flies fast you know,
Is in a twinkling spread.
And comments such AZ no - "do tell -
~ pity his poor wife
"The al you say, Hes better or"
On every side are rife.
Hut the rumora aa TO where I occurred,
Each named \ different spot
Until you oOolly ask, "Weil did
II rain dead men or notf"
In strOlling through burial ground,
YOu'll come across sometimes,
A marble slab elaborate
with eulogistic rhymes,
That tell In laudatory way
tf the departed worth,
How A. he WAS for heaven, and how
Far far too pure for earth.
W nllt helhVnhi tHtNuuhs lhHlub anu uONob,
Bulge out where'er there's room,
So that you naturally eNclAim
"Ah, here's Christians tomb"
That 10. unless-and such might be
The oase-you chance to know
The kind Of life that christian" led
While sojOurnIng below.
And that he steered what some would term
"a rather tortuOua course
Lied, gAmbled, cheated. swore, got drunk
Perhaps did even worse.
Then As the glaring brand begins
Upon your mind to dawn,
You'll titter-ponf you Just to think
How thick they've spread It on.
might continue thus, at length,
To furnish by citation
But deem 1t needleBs-ampl0 proof
Of my asseyeratlon.
That few events transpire. no odds
How sOmbrely they're drest,
But that in each the ludicroua
ls somehow manifest.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
AnInveternto Checker player,

The railway gate keeper OF an impor-
tant crossing, not many miles from
Boston, is an inveterate checker player.
A short time since he became so absorbed
in game with a friend that he took no
note of time, until his visitor, hurriediy
Jumping to his feet, said, Gears coming :
better be moving, JIM" Glancing at the
clock, Jim accepted the hopelessness OF
the situation, and as the train thundered
by the open gates at the rate OF forty
miles an hour, calmly remarked, without
rising from his seat. "That's the New
York Express. 1t is your move, Mr..
,Tones -
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

Chief Justice Cole, of the Iowa Supreme
Court, is mixed up in questionable trans
action. He turned over to his nephew
tax title deeds to large quantity of
land, which the nephew disposed Of in a
gift enterprise, the people who invested
thinking they had chance of winning a
clear title. A suit has been brought, and
Judge Cole is charged with having con-
spired with his nephew to swindle the
ticket buyers out of their money. He
testified that he did not know what his
nephew intended to do with the tax title.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

william Conkling, eI-Deputy Sheriff,
has been convicted in New York, on the
charge Of stealing $4,000 gold certificates
from Burr s. Croft, Of Virginia. Sen
tence was deferred.
A fire in Wooster, Ohio, on Sunday,
destroyed the dry goods house Of j. B.
Power. The loss is estimated at $4,000
and is fully covered by insurance, of
which $4,000 is in the Lycoming, of
Pennsylvania.
ILThe President has ordered that the
court of inquiry in the case Of General
Howard be composed Of Generals Sher-
man, Mcdowell, Pope, Meigs and Holt.
Major A. B. Gardiner judge advocate.
The court will meet in Washington on
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

When Mr.. wilberforce, the great anti
slavery advocate, was once a candidate
for Parliamentary honors, his sister, an
amiable and witty young lady, offered the
compliment Of a new gown TO each OF
those freemen who voted for her brother,
on which she was saluted with the cry
Of
"Mlss Wiberforce forever !" when she
pleasantly observed
81 thank you gentlemen, but cannot
agree with you, for really do not wish
to be Miss Wilberforce forever"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
Tax ON Mortgages.

II any further proof were needed at
this late day of the benificent results
of removing the tax on mortgages, it is
to be seen in the wholesome influence
which the mere chance of its passage has
upon the real estate market of New York
city. The Evening Post notes the influx
of money from the country for invest
ment in city real estate, and observes that
theremoval of the tax on mortgages, that
is to say the establishment of free trade
10 the money market is all that seems to
he necessary to the full and sound and
proper development Of the financial re-
sources possessed by New York in its
real estate.-NeWark (N. ~ Register.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
An Ignorance which is bliss.

&c A lover OF poetry" " asks us where he
can procure copy of a poem called "The
Beautiful Snow" written, he believes, by
a cooperative society of poets. We don't
know. We never heard of such poem.
Our correspondent must be mistaken in
the title. If such a production is in ex-
istence, and is popular, we should surely
have seen it in some of our hundred or
more exchanges. Maybe it is the " Ode
to Winter" or something of that kind,
he is thinking about NOrrist0icn Herald
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

The Rev. DR.. De Koven, a prominent
candidate for the bishopric of Wisconsin,
says, In reply to letter from a certain
clergymen, that he has never been mem
Der of the society called the "Confra-
ternily Of the Blessed Sacrament !" that
he believes the presence Of the body and
blood of the Lord in the consecrated
elements to be in no sense material or
corporeal, but spiritual and that to
worship the material elements would be
idolatry.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

The Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Legislatures are considering laws for the
projection of savings bank depositors.
In Massachusetts il is proposed that no
savings bank shall pay more than six per
cent. interest, nor loan money on the
security of notes alone, and that deposits
shall be limited to two thousand dollars.
In Rhode Island it is proposed to limit
interest to seven per cent and to send
officers who steal the money Of depositors
to the penitentiary.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

A County Cork farmer told a friend
cheap receipt for sweeping chimneys'
"Get a goose, and tie il by the leg to a
long piece Of string light little fire in
the CRATE, and hold the goose over It..
The flames will make the bird fly up, and
the spreading of its wings will bring
down the SCOT in the chimney. When 1t
has got to the top you can pull it down
by The string back to the fire." His
friend thought the plan an excellent one,
only for the cruelty to the goose. oh,
l never thought about that" said the
other, "but / suppose a pair Of ducki
would do as we'll" This idea Of dimin
ishing the cruelty by doubling the mum
ber of victims could only have occurred
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21
s'rueI.

Considering the tact that the Boss never
stole anything from Norristown, we think
the following from the Herald Of that
place somewhat of cruelty VIM, NJ.
Tweed's little bill of exceptions amounted
to 1858 pages of foolscap. Tweed's
punishment Of twelve years. lmprison-
ment should be comnuted to reading
that bill of exceptions. We don't think
twelve years. Imprisonment is sufficient