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Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-23
Enormous Profits.

IAN Exchange says The forty-eight national
banks of the city OF New York have an aggregate
capital of SG9 2S5, geo, on which they reported ag
sregae net prof on the 26th utimo Of SS2 7eG :
oo0 being an increase of this item reported Sep
teu,ber II, 1873, of S647 goo The loans and dis
counts by the December exhibit were slsl ,42S,-
600, a decrease on that OF the previous September
of Sl7,1 SO 400 The cash items and bank notes
were SG,0i2, 600, an increase OF 81 ,C.2 900; the
specie, 81? col ooo increase of SIS 096 700; the
legal tenders, SIS 9o3, 400, and increase of Sc ESQ.,
4o0. The September exhibit is before the panic'
and that OF December about three months l1ter'
The increased strength iu short time is
very surprising, and shows the generally healthy
condition of the national banks
Few of our readers would have believed that
the National Banks of New York City had III ade
e32 100 900 met profits" OF of 500, sa6. 900, had
the statements not been made by the Banks them
selves II this rate OF profits can be made in one
of the most disastrous business years, we may he
permitted to believe larger dividends may be
made in years where fewer Losses occur Ger
ta!nly banking must be the hest business in the
country, for we know of no other in which such
vast sums ara made from equal investments -
and yet all this capital is exempt from taxation
In nearly all the great cities the street railroad
cars the poor mans csrriage-is taxed enormous
" heavy. In Philadelphia the cars paid to the
City, State and Government sixteen per cent. oi
their earnng7 And yet it appears this does not
satisfy some q the Radiol! newspapers; and they
demanding that heavier burdens shall be laid
upon the roads. These papers never utter one
word about the Hanks, notwithstanding, by spec
ial privileges, they make more money than can hC
made out Of any other business
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-23

Oliver Goldsmith did good work in The MANI
branches Of literature TO which circumstances led
him Tor he never seemed to control the direction
Of his pen), and he wrote two pure and brilliant
comedies for the stage One or these, "She Stoop,
TO Conquer" Is to be performed in several promi.
nent London theatres on the centenary Of the
birth of the author, April l4th 1874 and the pro-
ceeds will go to the building of statue - the
memory of the poet, essayist, dranatist and his
torian. 1t is suggested that In this country The
centenary of his birth might be appropriated :
Celebrated By the performance Of one OF his plays
even though no effort was made to build from the
proceeds q monument to his memory.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-23

The State Legislatures now or soon 10 be III
session are twenty-ons, viz: California, Florida,
Georgia, illinois, Iowa, Ksrsas, Kentucky, Louis
iana, Maine Maryland, Massachusetts,, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri. New Jersey. New York
Ohio, Pennsy lvania, Rhode Island. Texas, Virgin
ia, Wisconsin. Tnree Territorial Legislatures are
also in session, viz: Colorado, Montana, Utah.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-23

The way tor Senator Hamlin's return to the
Senate by the Maine Legislature does not seem to
be so clear as IL was. There is q strong move
ment for a new man, which ia supported by the
Bangor Wig, one of Senator Hamlin's former
friends
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-23

The number of Senatorial candidates in Kan.
sas now breaches fifty, and there are about thirty
counties to hear from
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-23
HENRY ". ARcHER.

Mr.. Henry W, Archer, of Belair, Hartford
county, is the third prominent candidate. Mr.
Archer is well and favorably known throughout
the State as a gentleman Of distinguished ability
ne lawyer and statesman, and has many warm
friends During last week he paid short visi
10 Annapolis
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-23
From the Baltimore Gazette.
The Naxt Governor.
sxkTcHEs 0Tf THE PRoME'Esr cANprpArFs
NAMED TO SERVE THE uNExPIRKD TERN.

SWITCHES on THE PROMINENT CANpfuArEs
NAMED TO SERVE THE uNFxrRKp TERN.
1t Seems to be generally understood that
the election of Governor Whyte to the Senate
OF the United States will be followed some
time during the session by his resignation of
the position be nowgholds, and the election Of
his successor'by tire General Assembly At
present the names of the following gentlemen
as candidates to serve out the unexpired term,
are circulated
az nos, Iohk LEE CARROLL.
Hon. sJoh a. ZEE latroll, the President of the
Senate, Is one OF tlie most highly cultivated
and polished gentlemen Of the State. He is
the son of Charles CARROLL, who was we'll
known throughout the whole State of Mary
land, and who was grandson, of the signer
of the Declaration of Independence. This
President off the Senate was born in Baltimore
in 1885, consequently he is now just thirty
eight years OF age. lie received n thorough
classical education at st: Mary's College, BAL
tmore. and at Georgetown aud the Fmmitts-
burg Colleges after which he entered the la W
school at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Graduat-
ing there in his twenty-frst year. Mr.. Carroll
entered tho office of Brown & Rrune. in Bal
timore.
As President of the Senate he Is grave
and dignifed in his manner and presides
over that body with great courtesy and
affability. and has made firm Friends of all
who have come into any intimate contact
with him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
EfectS,Of Worry.

A writer in Chambers Journal says |:
That the effects of worry are more to be
dreaded than those of simple hard
work, is evident from noting the class
of persons who suffer most from the ef.
fects of mental overstrain. The case
book of the physician shows that it is
the specnlator, the betting man, the
railway manager, the great merchant,
the superintendent of large manufactO-
ries or commercial works, who most fire.
quently exhibit the symptoms of cere-
bral exhaustion. Mental cares accom-.
panied by suppressed emotion, occupa-
lions liable to great vicissitudes of for
tune, and those which involve the bear
ing on the mind of a multiplicity of IN
tricate details, eventually break down
the lives of the strongest. In estimat-
ing what may be called the staying
powers of different minds under hard
work, it is always necessary to take
early training into account. A young
man, cast suddenly into q position in
volving great care and responsibility,
will break down ; whereas, had he been
gradually habitusted to this position,
he would have performed its duties
without difficulty. 1t is probably for
this reason that the professional classes
generally suffer less from the effects of
overstrain.than others. They have had a
long course of preliminary training, and
their work comes to them by degrees ;
therefore, when it does come in exces-
sive quantity it finds them prepared for
it. Those, on the other hand, who
suddenly vault into q position requiring
severe mental toll generally die before
their time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26

A correspondent of the Maine Far
mer speaks these good words for the
house-dog: "What hard-working far
mer, on returning at night to rest his
weary limbs, does not feel that he is
more safe from burglars, and his stock,
fowls and orchards more secure from
thieves and midnight providers, both
two and four-legged, if he has . good,
faithful dog about his premises? What
good housewife-and all such prefer
leaving their hard days work on the
clothes-line during the dews of night
does not feel that her clothes are more
safe if Bose is in the yard? When the
little ones are of berrying, fishing, or
wandering in the woods, what parent
does not feel less anxious If Bose is With
them? When you are absent from
home overnight, do you not feel that
home is more secsre il Bose guards the
premises-and who greets your return
with . more cheerful welcome than he ?
From the earliest period of history the
dog has been the faithful companion Of
man, and is the only species Of the
brute creation that viii forsake its own
species and follow him A dog may be
taught to be useful in many ways, even
to the saving Of human life. You can
easily learn a dog to go into the water
and bring out a stick, your hat or coat,
and BY filing . suit of your boys
clothes with straw, and throwing it into
the river, your dog viii bring it out ;
and if your little boy should accident
ally fall into the water, Bose would
soon safely land him on the shore.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
A Dark Picture.

Mr.. Disraeh draws the following darA
picture of Ireland at the present time
1 have made q note of the provisions
of the Coercion act, which were extend.
ed by the Lord Lieutenant in 1870, and
have been extended subsequently, so
that now, I believe, thev apply to elev-
en-twelfths of the whole country. In
the first place, persons ont at night IN
der suspicious circumstances may be ar
rested by any constable. Secondly.
strangers s~ojourning i'll q district may
be arrested by a constable, brought be-
fore q magistrate and examined IS to
their mode of livelihood, and their OBJ
ject in being in such district, and unless
their answers are satisfactory, or they
can produce persons to find security for
their good behavior, they may be cent
to Jail. Thirdly, newspapers may be
warned, and afterward become forfeited.
Fourthly, the sale of gunpowder and
arms is subjected to stringent: rules.
Filthy, grand juries are authorized to
present moneys to be levied for payment
of compensation to persons whose rela-
tives have been murdered, or to persons
who have been themselves injured.
That was i'll the year 1870. In 1871 this
stringent measure of coercion was not
found adequate. A supplementary bill
was brought in and passed into N. act,
and this Peace Preservation act was
continued till the year 1873. And in
1873 it was proposed. and successfully
proposed, to continue these acts until
the year 1875 and Ireland at this mo-
ment, L believe I may say, is governed
by these laws, which in severity-I am
not saying that the severity is not nee
essary /; 1 refrain from entering on any
question Of that kind-but is governed
by laws of coercion and stringent sever
ity that do not exist in any other quar-
ter of the globe. Well, then, is it not
perfectly absurd to pretend to talk of
the tranquility of Ireland, where a man
cannot go out into his garden after din
ner and look at the stars or see which
way the wind blows without the risk of
being arrested by q policeman?
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
Disreali's Victory.

The change of Government through
which Great Britain is now passing, al.
though attended by many picturesque
and exciting circumstances, is not likely
to be followed by any important or far
reaching consequences. The Liberal
party has suffered q great defeat. The
Lii, eral leader has been reduced, per-
haps permanently, to theranks. Butitis
difficult to seein whatthe liberal tenden-
cies of England have met with any seri-
Gus check. The questions upon which
this canvass was conducted had little
deep political significance. MI. Glad
stone went before the country standing
upon the surplus in the Treasury and
promising the abolition of the income
tax. He asked from the people q
repetition of the vote of confidence in
his Government which he had recently
received from the House of Commons,
and the voters failed to give it. This
puts the Conservatives for the time
being into power, but they do not u.s.
sumo the responsibilities of the sd-
ministration burdened with sny COM
mitments or definite policy. Thousands
of people voted against the Liberal
candidates merely because they were
tired of Mr.. Gladstone. Ordinary hu-
man nature is SO constituted that the
contemplation of high moral excellence
excites m emotion not entirely devoid
Of fatigue. Mr.. Gladstone was too seri.
u and too irreproschable to serve for
ever as q popular leader in a free nation.
But his defeat does not prove that the
party which has overthrown him has
won . permanent victory. They de-
feated him once before, within q year.
But the accidental character of the de-
feat was 80 evident that Mr.. Disraeli
expressly refused to take up the reins
he had struck from the hands of the
great Liberal. He knew that he could
not govern with the present Parliament,
and he wa clearly not ready to appeal
to the country. When Parliament was
dissolved the act was denounced a. Q
trick of Glsds' ones, and the general
Of resentment against him no
contributed somewhat to his de-
feat.-NeW York Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
lIsOthermal Lines.

These lines, as their name indicates,
are lines of equal temperature, and vary
greatly from the lines representing the
latitude of different localities. It would
naturally be supposed that localities sit
Hated at the same distance north or
south Of the equator would be of the
same average temperature throughout
the year, but an examination of a man
on which isothermal lines are repre-
sented Will show a remarkable variation.
Take the isothermal line of forty degrees
OF animal Temperature. It runs through
the southern part of the Gulf of ST
Lawrepce, thence south of Iceland
and through the center of Scandinavia.
II is rs warm on the western coast of
Europe as 1t is on the eastern coast of
the United States, 600 or 500 miles
further south. Grains will ripen in
these ATTITUDES in this ratio. A similar
statement is true of the west portion of
the United States. Take the parallel
of fifty degrees of equal annual temper
ature-it runs by Albany, the south
shore of Lake Erie, through Northern
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
SPLENDID and UNPARALLELED
TRIUMPHS
WHEELER & WILSON
Sewing Machine Co.,
NEW YORK.
Over Elghty.one Competitors,
At TIE
Worlds Exposition, Vienna, 1873. &c.

S..,:s g J. s.ss: J:.. pS." s1si:s':s
rae. ssas =. n s..si. s:, s.a:iS ws..sss.
r,e.,dsat Of the wsssIer 4 wf'see s.~iss
efsew,ns M.ehlbs iasusry
.. Tee Grand DiYse.sa 90 ~ Ser, .recsn-
%.naea ~ shs ln,,.n.,,sa,i bury Cor ,hs:
ssa.rii a,iss 70 10 Si,.1,. i ana sss'si ssi.
fare u mankind.
;. 1he Gra.a nsA.i for P--xr.ss, s.srsea
scsss made since the P.rt, Exrosti.n Of
isT, 81 us'ch the sriy ODD nssai fr sewing
Ma hines wAs awarded ~ this Company.
Hence The vienns 80 ara nsrf. Presrsss noe
fro. at.~ level OF Inferior medal. hat from .
Cod xsdsi, the h,sh st award made 81 Paris.
q. The Gr~sa MEDIA, for Merit, ar the de-
veiopnsnt OF Needle Industry ana excellence
and .u'erioi,,y Of manufactured 'anpiss sx-
3. a Grand Medal for Msrss, 10. s,esilsncs
:sa :H g q e esS,,,. .s,s' the only
O. " Ss..'. 70 / wis., wis.,: e &: s: :ss :: -:
atiity.
.. The Ome,as Report. pus,i.asa BY TIE Gen
naires The ,ss'. s.srs q the Wheeler 4 VIII
son Company fr quantity aud quality of man
%sa.etur., ana sss,,,o' la the s'.ins Mash'as
OFFICIAL REPORT. VIENNA EXPOSITION, SEN.
mo hACHiSEs, &C.
tasorr Is. sKe. 2. NJ
"rhe creates. sewing Machine Aanufaetory IN
the world 10 thai % wheel q Wilson, New rork,
which alone has brought sirsady over 30 ao u
their sewing N.eA,n.s into p~-ss.,esi ass. TIE
com plsts production of The paIts By msehinsry 10
90 regulated that each complete machine may se
ased .s . sample for enh's',ion, rais arm pro
duces go well adjusted mss htass daily.
The latest produettou % this lam, and which
10 the wonder Of the v e-na RI position, 10 thstr
sew No. Sewing Machine TATE universal MACHINE
sews he heaviest lrashsr harness aud The erect
Sauses With . truly pearl sttteh-
q" whc,ier a Wilson have received the b, xhsss
erises ~ all worli's Ia positions, and ~ The vienna
opposition we're extraordinarily distinguished"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
Religious Items.

The Baptists in New Hampshire have
eighty-five churches, containing an ag-
gregate membership of e,096.
The General Conference of the Meth
Odist Episcopal Church South is to con-
vene in Louisville, KY, in May next.
The church choirs in Boston are said
to cost the sun of S142, 900 annually, a
sum sufficient to comfortably support
100 missionaries.
The church property in the city of
New York is valued at $48, OOO, 600. The
church buildings of the various denOmi-
nations number 1853.
THE statistics of the Texas Confer.
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church
show a net increase for the last year of
ZIG members and eleven churches.
The Baptist Missionary Union is
now in the last quarter of the financial
year, and unless S16S, 600 are raised be-
fore April 1, the treasury will be in
debt.
The salaries of the Bishops in the
Methodist Episcopal Church aggregate
the sum of $50, 900 per annum, with the
addition of about 5000 for travelling
expenses.
REV. DIR. STRATIoN, of the Methodist
Church, has been talking temperance
statistics on the largest scale. Clergy
men cost sl2, 0OO, 900 yearly ; criminals,
$40, O0O, 900 (rather a low estimate if we
include rings); lawyers, $50, OOO, 600
intoxicating drinks, 500, OOC, 900. The
city of New York invests S65, 600, 900 in
manufactures. 800. 00O, 900 in seventy
n banks, and $500, 600, 600 in the liquor
business.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
Use of Cats, Whiskers.

Every one has observed the whiskers
of a cat I; but few, perhaps, dream that
they serve any valuable end. The
following passage will prove the con-
trary:
Every n must have observed what
are usually called the whiskers on a
cats upper lip. The use of these in q
state of nature is very important. They
are organs of touch. They are attached
TO a bed of close glands under the skin,
and each of these long and stiff hairs is
connected with the nerves of the lip.
The slightest contact of these whiskers
with any surrounding object, is thus
felt most distinctly by the animal, al
though the hairs are themselves in
sensible. They stand out on each side
in the hon, as well as in the common
cat so that, from point to point, they
are equal to the width of the animals
body. If We imagine, therefore. a lion
stealing through a covert of wood, in an
imperfect light, we shall at once see the
use of these long hairs. They indicate
to him, through the incest feeling, n
obstacle which may present itself to the
passage of this body; they prevent
the rustic of boughs and leaves, which
would give warning to his pray, if he
were to attempt to pass through too
close a bush /; and thus. in conjunction
with the soft cushions of his feet. and
the fur upon which he treads tine re-
t~ractile claws never coming in contact
with the ground), they enable him to
toward his victim with a stiffness
greater even than that of the snake, who
creeps along the grass, and is not per-
ceived till he is coiled round his pray.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26

Mr.. Joseph Medill, ex-Maycs Of Oiear
90, writing from Paris to the Tribune,
Of the former city, speaks Of the econ
omy of the French. He says:
But that in which the French more
particularly excel is economy. Com
pared with these Frenchpeople the Amer
leans are wasteful, improvident, and e.
trsvagant. It seems TO me they live on
just about one-half what the Americans
do. They have q knack, so to speak, of
making Q little go a great way, and of
extracting subsistence or comfort from
things Americans would throw away
or never notice.
1t may be instructive to point ont a
few of the matters to which reference
is here made. In the first place, not an
ounce of food Is wasted. in harvesting
or preparing for market. In the next
place, not an ounce more of vegetable
flesh, fish, or fowl. groceries or liquids,
than is really needed, ever goes into the
pot or kettle, or is placed on the table.
The wife Of every French family knows
to a nicely what quantity of each kind
of food is the least hat will suffice to
make a comfortable meal, and not q par
ticle more than that is cooked or served.
There are nc slop-buckets full of bro
ken victuals left on the table after break.
fast or dinner, to be thrown ON the
street or manure heap, or flung to the
dogs Oh swine, a. in America. No pieces
of bread or meat or vegetables are
thrown away such quantities are not
bought as to become stale or spoiled in
the cellar or pantry. Servants are never
permitted to waste or steal food for poor
relations, as in America. The lady of
the house looks after the marketing, her
kitchen, and her pantry with sharp eyes
and unflagging care.
The economy in the consumption of
fuel for cooking and house-warming is
immense as compared with that in our
wasteful country. One reason, of course,
is that wood and coal in France are
scarce and dear. They cost at least
double the price paid therefor in the
United States /; but the domestic con-
sumption is NOT one-quarter as much.
Paris contains between four and five
times the population of Chicago; but,
l find that the fuel consumed in it is
less than in Chicago. It is true that the
climate is much warmer for six months
of the year in Paris than in Chicago ;
but after making the due allowance for
that it still remains true that only one
third to two-fifths as much fuel is con-
sumed per capita in Paris as in Chicago;
and, as far as my observation and In
quiries extend, the same proportion
holds good throughout all France"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
A Lunatic Ball.

In the recent annual ball at the
Lunatic Asylum at New Haven, Ct,
twenty couples took the floor, ranged in
two lines, facing each other, and stood
still in profound silence waiting the
music. In this party the strangeness of
the performers was most apparent. The
men wore n look upon their faces of
such resolution rs n would expect on
that of a brave man brought face to face
with some terrible danger. The women
were more wandering in their glances t;
but nearly all were serious, too. The
music burst forth, and a simultaneous
movement followed all sorts of move
ments, some cultivated steps, but for the
most part a mere violent shutting exer-
else. Directly they ali seemed to have
forgotten that they had partners, and
settled down into dancing. There was
some peculiarly about every individual,
but In every one was observable q sort
of ecstacy. One girl, with wild, dark
eyes, and her black hair hanging loosely
around her neck, would occasionally
pause, as if trying to rccollect where she
had acted such n part in other scenes
but, glancing at the company all en-
gagged around her, she would resume
her motions. Some of them kept their
gaze fixed on the ceiling, turning neither
to the right nor to the left others kept
a watch upon their feet, which, to their
bewildered minds, were perhaps gong
sadly astray. Very soon the organiza-
ton lost shape /; the original partners
had wandered hopelessly away from
each other. But, with instructive gal
lantry on one side, and gentle acqui-
escence on the other, the men swung
and twirled whichever lady happened to
be within reach at the moment when
they thought the music indicated
"swing your partner"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
Oatmeal.

Americans are gradually waking up
to the fact that oatmeal is by no mexns
an unimportant article Of diet. As q
food, the merits of which have stood
the test of centuries, and which is cal
culated to promote the sanitary interests
Of the nation by laying the foundation
Of more hardy and vigorous constitu-
tons for the coming generation, let us
regard its general adoption as an article
of diet as nothing short of . nstional
good. Its phosphorescent qualities act
rs a gentle and healthy stimulant to the
brain, and on no other food can one en-
dure SO great or SO prolonged mental
labor as OF oatmeal porridge. Properly
cooked, it is not only . most healthful
and nutritious food. but it is decidedly
palatable, as is fully attested by its
wonderfully rapid adoption Is . popular
diet by the very fastidious palates Of
our American people.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26

GLASS PROM GRANTTK-The Baltic
Journal reports that there exists neal
several cities of Finland . kind of gran
tie, called there Cupseivi. Of which the
composition is this: Silica, "A per
cent. feldsper, II; oxide of IRON. 8
lime, l ; alkafies, with traces of mag
nesia. 3. This being evidently . good
compound to make glass the hrst Il
pertinent was conseduenuy made BY
melting 500 parts granite and 200 parts
limestone. and Q white glass VA OBJ
tanned The second experiment Was
made With 20 granite. $50 lime, and Is
Of soda. This glass Vas more fusible,
and at the same time harder. Both
kinds were blown without dificulty, 1t
. bright red heat, while q dark eiass
made BY the addition of 20 ps>s
Of sulphate Of lime or potash, and Z
parts Of carbon