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Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-23

sKlSGswooD SUNDAY SCHOOL A>SIvERzARY.
The first anniversary of the Kingswood Sunday
School of the st. Paul'a NJ H. Church. was held
yesterday afternoon. This Sunday School war
organized about two years ago, but yesterday Is
ainiver ary was tie first c ] brat "a Of the oe.
cupancy Of the new chapel. The hOnse WAS
filled to It's utmost capacity, and the exercises
were of an interesting character. Jacob l..
Sharp the Superintendent, had charge Of the
exercises, and z. Pickels the mu fcal director,
conducted the music which was warmly com
mended. The music and other eS 1rcses wert
interspersed with short happy addl oSses bg Rev.
J. b. Merritt, George Il. Greenmau and Joseph
Pyle, The school was represented ~ being III n
veryhourishing condition, there being an aver
age Of over so scholars.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-23

~ RAND OPERA HOUSEl
WONG CHIN FOO,
The Celebrated Chinese Orator, will give OF his
amusing and instructive lectures ut the
Opera House, on
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The Bellies Of Seville.

Seville women Justify the rcpnta-
ton for beauty moro thoroughly
than those Of any Spanish city; pref
tiness is more appropriate term to
specify their personal attractions
They resemble each other to a sur
prising degree, as in all pure races OF
u marked type. Their eyes, frinsed
with long black. lashes, produced an
effect Of white and black unknown to
our colder, less passionate cline. 1t
seems as if the sun had left its rellec-
tion in those magnificent orbs, equal
ly noticeable in the face of some two
year old child in the gypsy girls of
France. The cleaning and glanclng
and the burning of these eyes had a
very expressive word in Spanish
called ojear, which is full Of subtle
meaning although these eye-thrusts,
so embarrassing to strangers have
nothing particularly significant.
The large, ardent, velvety eyes of a
Young Sevillane glance upon a dog
in the street with the same intensity
she would bestow upon some more
worthy object. The exquisite small
ness of the ladies feet is too we'll
known to dwell upon; many could be
caaily held in childs hand, and the
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VI hat Dark dc Hole.

Two harkics in the Wret went out
to hunt possuns, and hy accident
found a large cave with a small en-,
trance. peerins in, they discovered
three vonns bear whelps in the in
terror.
j., w.ook hcah. Sam, while I 60 in dar'
said one, "anl get de Young bars;
you just watch heah for de ole bar.
Sam got asleep in tie sun, and
when opening lis eyes saw the ol,
bear scraping her away into the cave
Quick as a wink. lie caught her by
the tail and held on like blazes.
"llullo dar, Sam, what dark de
hole dar?.'
wLor, bless you Jumbo, save your
self honey; if this tail come out you'll
find what dark de hole
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A BasIlfuI. Bridegroom.

The unfortunate friends know
that he wanted to be married, they
knew that he deserved to be, but they
were quite certain that he never
would be, if lie waited until he found
courage to pop the question; so took
ali the troubles off his hands, and by
series Of rapid stratesotic moves
had him popped" accepted, and
wifod before he could find Il rretext
for "wiling.' So much accomplished
and'the nuptial evening having pass
ed off merri,v, the Young mans back
boners withdrew at an early hour,
feeling that they could spare them
selves further effort in their friend s
Lehalf. About five minutes later,
young Benedict, who bad evidently
been having . s"rloue debate wit.
himself, aroso, took his hat, and
win a no,vons "sooi-night, made
his exit. He was not seen again by
the bride or her family until the
following evening, when he tlmilly
knocked at the door and was admit
ted.
No special comment being made
uIon his singular conduct, he passed
an hour rather comfortably in the
parlor; and everything seemed to
rromise favorahly for q cure of the
besetting weakness, when, hearing
the household monitor proclaim the
I.our of nine, he suddenly seemed to
remember be had forgotten something,
anl started for his Int. Tuis was
the moment An | tie event which had
been somewhat eNrcctantlv awaited
with indignation most protoHni. b1'
under control, hv the bride mother.
Planting herself rcsolutr!y in the
door, way, the old l.lv lemendel to
know why arl whether he WA I nam
az Only f"r! lc imitation, etc.; IN
,hert, Why ho did not rcla'n with his
wife. instead OF sinking htch Ia his
-
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Hard OH Old Buck.

-. a fresh anccdote of Henry Clay,
or any of the wise and witty men
who were his contemporaries, is al
ways refreshing. When General
Jackson appointed Mr.. Buchanan to
the mission at st. Petersburg, he
asked Mr.. Clay Mt a whist-rarty in
Washington, what style of dress he
should wear at the court Of tho Gar,
Mr. Clay replied that, rs they were
about Of q size buchanan had not
then grown so stout as he appeared,
later in life, the coat he wore as one
of the United States Commissioners at
Ghent was at hi service.
"Brt it has been worn, Mr.. Clay"
waa the response to the offer.
80, that is nothing. You can turn
it, Buchanan-vou re used to it.
Clay never let pass an opportunity
to have q hinga Mr.. Bnchc nan, after
the latter had written his famous
letter charging bribery and corruption
in the election Of John Quincy Adams
to the Presidency hv the House Of
Representatives In the course of i
speech in the Senate, Mr.. Buchanan
stated that when a Young m,n he
Joined q volunteer militia company
that marched from Lancaster to the
relief Of Baltimore, when the Monu-
mrntal City was threatened by the
British during the war Of 1912. Cron
reaching Uagerstown, however, the
troops, learning that the invaders
had been rerulsed at North Point,
returned home without further par
,icipaton in the war. At this point
Clay arose, and, addressing the chair.
expressed desire TO ask the speaker
a question.
"Certainly," was the courteous
response.
II would like TO inGHiro Of the
Senator from Penrsylvania remarked
the Great Coinmonnr, with that mimi
table twist OF his catfish iaouth,
"wEcthcr the gentleman marched to
the relief of Baltimore hccauae lie
had learned that the British had left,
or whether the British left because
thrv heard the gentleman from Penn
svlyanla was coming
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CICERO on OLD AGE.-Nothing can
be moro void of foundation than to
assert that old age necessarily dis
Qualities man from engaging in the
great atf,irs Of the world. As we'll
might it be affirmed that the pilot is
totally useless and unengaged in the
business of the ship, because while
the rest of the crew arc more actively
employed ,nri.eir respective depart.
mcnte, he sits quietly. at the helm and
directs its motions. II. in the great
scenes ofbnsinpss sn old man cannot
perform q part which requires the
force and energy Of vigorous years,
he can act, however, in nobler and
more important character. 1T IS not
hv cvorione Of corroreal strength ard
activity that the momentons affairs
of State are conducted; it is by cool
deliboration, by prudent counsel,
and BY that authoritative influence
which eyer attends ON public c0teeH;
qualifications which are usually
strengthened and improved by in
crease Of wears. The trnth is, it
abilities Of this latter kind wer" rot
the peculiar attributes Of old ag",
our wise ancestors would not sure Y
have distinguished the supreme conn
sci of the State bc the app'liatlon of
the Senate. The Lace,lrmonIans, for
the same reason, give to the first
magistrates in their commonwealth
the title Of L"lys: and in fact they
arc always chosen out Of that class OF
n.on
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nfsg- The Nmrh Union styles "hot
and hotter" the fact that the First
Presbyterian Church of Baltimore
has had for its pastors, in the order
named, the Rev. Messrs. Furniss,
Bellows, Sparks, Blazup, aad Burnop.
psa.- The reason a boy gave for
being late at school was, that the boy
in the next house was going to have y
dressing down with bed cord, and
he wanted to hear him howl. ..
Justice Nelson, late Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, was OH
the Bench forty-nine years-with-
ont parallel in this country or in
England.
pIy- 1t is said that a wealthy mem
Der of an uptown church is so or-
posed to worldly van:ties that he
will not allow his family to use gilt
edged PRAYER books.
nea- You may meet with twenty
men in the day who stutter, but it is
rare to find q woman with an imped-
in.nt in her speech.
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h@7~ Some fend in human shar

My" Some iend in human shape.
more moved we suspect by the hope
Of torturing the candidates than by
any sincere desire for tho reform of
the Civil Service, proposes to add to
the horrors of the examination by
requiring the candidate to spell clan
daulet." No man who had the good
of the country at heart or any feeling
of humanity in his bosom would make
such p brutal suggestion. The next
proposition will be to require can
dds:es to pronounce "Credit Mobil-
ier." This thing has been carried too
far.
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A CONGRESSIONAL CoINCIDENCE.-
While Senator Hamlin was putting Il
cigar in the clerks office of the Senate,
during the recess, he was reminded
hv friend of tn, extraordinary fact
that never before in the history of
the country had there been two for
mer Vice Presidents members of Con-
gress at the came time. After cogl-
tating for moment, he remarked
that he knew he had held that office,
but who the other Vice President was
he could not imagine. "Alexander
II. Stephens of Georgia, late Vice
President of the Southern Confedera-
cy," WAS the answer Of Mr.. Hamlln i
friend.
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His Greatest Trial.

Tho village Young mans greatest
trial is not whom he makes his advent
at the barber shop, and receives the
st,rcs of the customers and the Crlns
Of the operators, hnt when he first
makes his appearances with n voNng
lady at An entertanmnnt. 1t IA not
enough that the uehcrs shou!d get
into the wrong aisle. and Thus make
hiw, ard her 90 round TO tn" front
and come hack up the middle ais!e,
to the enjoyment Of several hundred
people. but he has got to escort her
through a file Of his acqnaiatances at
th" door, after the performance is
ov,-, and is obliged to bear, with
stolid Indifference, th" gins Of de-
light shovered upon him, and to hear,
with Christ,n composrre, the young
m,n at the head of the row allure
somebody not in sight to "IIold my
clotl.cs, and some "y0nisite'y face
tions from one to another as to "Who
will care for mother now'' "anl
Won t Won loon at our Johnny
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In the burial of Prof. Agass!z at
Mount Auburn, the sweet simplicity
Of the sernlter of Charles Dickens was
respected. A cross of brown stone,
standing in the centre Of the lot,
interviewer with lilies, carnations,
and camelias. The mound of earth
thrown up was also covered with
flowers, while the grave itself was
literally bed Of ttowers-.thc sides
even being lined with evergreens and
floral hangings. OF the burial of
Dickens it is said that every person
male and female, who visited his
open grave and who wore n nower--a
custom much in vogue in England
had, as if bv some instructive feeling,
dropped it in until it WAS filled, not
with boquets, but with single rose-buds
and geraniums. Notwithstanding the
unfaltering industry of these two
great luminaries in the world of
science and literature, each found time
to endear himself to bota high and low
by kind words and gentle acts.
Graphtr.
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The Worst Attack OH Caleb
Cushing. b..
From a Lody Correspondent Of the
tinctnnah Gd.rtc.

(tnctrrUh lId2rHe.
TO be sure he has no wife to buy
81, coo landaulets, and we need never
suspect Caleb Of any such expensive
luxury oven at the hands Of the Gov
ernment. But his morals will not
stand very severe handling; his years
have passed the limits of three score
and ten; his cupidity isa well-known
fact, az is also his stinginess; he has
never been seen with a clean pair of
evening gloves or unblemished shirt
front, and his suit of black broad
cloth shines like n mirror from ex-
cessive wear. Then he is q Democrat
of deepest dye, anl-well, it seems 10
mejunping from the frying pan into
the fire.
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MOTTO - !

TEN DOLLARS REV ARD.
l,onn person or persons opened til" fence
! and lrn \ lot of stock on the pr"n,i
Sc. nt tho su',.rr;hrr Th" aM''r reward
will lm p~il for any Information 'hat viii
lead to the drtcc'nn of the prrs IN or per
sons whr co,unit,ci the act.
All persons arc hereby notified to keep
their stock Of "f said pycu,isrS, or they
will he prosecuted accor1inC to law.
john II, CHEW,
Mcchanic.town, Nov. u, ,SE-iw
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DAYS LENGrH.--The length of
days in the north Of Europe is as fol-
low.:-At Hamburg the longest day
has seventeen hours and the shortest
seven. At Stockholm, the longest
has eighteen and half hours, and
the shortest FIVE and q half. At st.
Petersburg, the longest has nineteen
and the shortest five hours. AT
Finland the longest twentyone hours
and one half, and the shortest two
and one-halt hours. At Wonaorbus,
in Norway, the day lasts from the
2lst Of May to the I'd of July, the sun
not getting below the horizon for the
whole time, but skimming along very
close to it in the North. At Spitz-
bergen, the longest day las is three
months and half.
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[For the Catoctin Clarion.
MI MIG II T BE L L 8.
ny I.AcQ.

~r., 4Ii. 4. .7i,t
Ring out yc bells your dirgcsl .-....
Peel forth your tones in surges! =, A..
Bellowy sound;
Ring! Ring Ring!
The grey old year is dying, ..
In vain We list for sighing.. s.s
- Earth around.
The birth which it is giving,
BY dying, to the living;
Midnight Bells,
Ring! Ring! RingI
That angels are no" winging,
One taking and one bringing.
Music tells.
Say vc farewell thou loved onc;'
Ye bid the new year "welcome;'
Ginning Bells.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
The notes which We have given,
Still cchoiny back from Heaven.
Gladness tells.
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n@- A correspondent of jackson
Miss News, tells how Gen. Jackson
got his title Of Old Hickory. He says
he got the story from Capt. William
Allen, q uear noighbor of the General,
and who messed with him during the
Creek war. During the campaign the
soldiers were moving rapidly to SUI
prise the Indians, and were without
tents. A cold March rain came on,
mingled with sleet, which lasted for
several days. Gen. jackson got a
severe cold, but did not complain as
he tried to sleep in a muddy bottom
among his half frozen soldiers. Capt.
Allen and his brother John cut down
II stout hickory tree, peeled off the
bark, and made 9 covering for the
General who was with difficulty per-
suadel to crawl into it. The next
mornings drunken citizen entered
the camp, and seeing the tent kicked
it over. As jackson crawled from
the ruins, the topper cried, "llello,
old Hickory! come out of your bark,
and iine us in drink"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-01-31

reel- There is intense feeling in San
Francisco about the attempt of the
School Board to force negro chill
dren into the schools for whites. Tae
laws Of California require that negro 8
shall be educated in separate schools,
buta majority of the school Board of
San Francisco has decided that such
discrimination is against the spiritan
meaning of recent amendments to the
Federal Constitution.
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A NTIET A NJ HOU S Z.
XENR Y BIZ Us, Proprietor.
HAGERSTOWN, MD.

The public arc respectfully informed
That have leased the above wcll-known
Hotel, and il ismy purpose to keep it in a
style to satisfy all who may favor me with
patronage.
GOOD BAR AND GOOD STABHNG
attached. july3bd
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fair Andalusians are justly proud of
this quality, and wear shoes sccor-
dingly. not differing so very much
from the Chinese shoes. ISL ,. H..
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NTIOLINS AND ACCORDEONS,
AND OTHER SiC1L INSTR L.
ME.N7.S a. STRINGS.

A real nice Violin and Bow for ore dol
lar, and from that price up TO $25. Set nt
Violin Strings AS low as 20cts the set: Gm
tars as low as s. and up; Accordcons all
sizes aad prices. Here is the place to get
your Musical Instruments; the stock or
hand is large and varied, and not surpass
ed by many Baltimore or New York stores.
BE sure to call at
Smiths Temple Of Fancy.
Nov 22-tf Frederick, Nd.
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sky- The rascaity OF the Post Of
fee Department is exposed by the
Postmaster General in his report:
He says:
During the year, 302 persons
were arrested for various offences
against laws and regulations. OF
these, 93 have been convicted, and.
of course, sent for longer or shorter
periods to state prisons and penlten-
tiaries, and have thus had their char.
acters among men ruined, and all
prospects blighted. Twenty have
been acquitted. 1913 are awaiting.
trial, G5 have been discharged f'r
want of proof sufficient to insure
conviction" The number Of missing
letters for the past year is 6,IS5, Of
which $3.50 were unregistered, 2,lS5
registered. The former contained
bonds, currency, etc, to the amount
of 5000, 1880. The latter, 7O,42l,
about four hundred thou.
sand dollars were lost in letters. :
Mrs. Candy, the widow of General
Candy, will be granted pension Of
$4,000 per annum.
Forty thousand acres is the estima-
ted amount of mineral lands owned
by Cambria Iron Company, of Johns
town, in Huntingdon, Blair, Cambria,
Bedford and Somerset. counties.
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Silver Bay in Alaska. near where
it is claimed gold bearing quartz has
been found, is ]2 miles from Sitka,
and has deep water sufficient to float
the largest vessels and good anchor
age. The climate is very mild, ena-
bling miners to work all the year
round. This point is reached by
steamboat from Portland, the fare
being $40. The fare from San Fran
cisco to Portland is 500.
Mr.. Krnrp, proprietor of the great
iron works at Essen in Prussia, has
issued q notice to the effect that no
discrimination must be made in regard
to the race, religion, ,,or politics of any
Of his work people, and that any one
attempting to Influence a fellow
workman or injure him because of his
politics: or religion, will be dismissed,
even ii a branch of the business has
TO be suspended.
nsag- A peculiar type of spotted
fevor RACES in and around Carr.llton,
Illinois, and from it there has thus
far been but single recovery. The
physicians are puzzled.
Reader; do you take the CLARION, and
pay for il regularly; if not, why not?
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STRAY CATTLE.

CEVEN Neal a. Cattle S,ra 'cl away
! > from the residence o! the snhscrlhrrs
on Beaver creek, and at Chcwsvillr,
Washington county, MI, on or about the
l., Of August,
\ Nulry II .i'rrs nn, : Steers, from Is
m ,asls so = years olA.a piece of ,hc rig'N
ear. 1 clear rel tsc other rel with white
spots. Onp Of the steer. is a very dark
r.i.
ANY porsoa scnlinS III" woid where
any Of the shovc cattle may hc found will
be liborallv rcw 'rlri.
HAMILTON iIARBACIH,
Beaver creek 7. o.
nov. a3-3x* Washington 60. hid.
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4 r G o $ T.

AT G o $ T..
In order to close out tho balance of our
stock of
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES,
VIC now offer them AT COST, and with
every Carriage we vii! give nice Carriagc
Rug. free gratis Now who'll be the first
one to call. Come running but don't
fall. to SMITHS
nug9 Temple of Fancy.
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nov. a3-3x* Washington 60. Nd
A, ), ,r-,y,,.sD ":

Aho. two3 year Oil IlEIFER' l;G'h
rc' marked, piece OF the Jeff ear, a:'l car
|,cn;sr sqnArc in 'hr right. On" of tie
saii Hritel1 In. a war1 hciwcen the lHo!S
90 ir~ut foot, and lump on riSh front
knee.
John J. HtEBATiH.
Ray - Chew s"ilc Md.
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sept 6-tf

LNAMILY & POCK Ell BIBLES.
~ HYMN BOOKS, PRAYER BOOKS.
In store, the arge>, and finest asSor,-
mcnt of Family and Pocket Bibles, LYNN
Books, Prayer Books. &c, TO he found in
this city. from the plainest to tho finest
STYLES of bindings, and n, Publishers prices.
C,ll at SMITHS Temple of Fancy:
Nov. 1-tf. Frederick, Md.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-02-07
m. n. Is. REFER,

PRAcIIcING PHYsIcIAS>AND sUR0noN,g,
)ffire. B.Rk street, naxt door shove the Poetooca
nom u 70 i2 Uelaak TeIraindAT of day A oilestn
LAhlghtoya hSr "a. N