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Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-15
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Ohrnssmas GoodsI
YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED TO OUR
Handsome Toilet it's,
Fine Hair Brush 8,
Choice Buffalo Combs
Fancy Cologne Botiles
Elegant Pun Boxes,
Fancy 10th Brushes,
Hand Mirrors,
Open. faced and closing
Chest Protectors,
For Lades' aud Gentemen's wear
HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS.
We have figured our prices extremely low In nc
coIdance with the duh times, aud we guarau'ee TO
sell these goods cheaper this year than ever before
Az ose consulting their own interest will look mt our
STOCK II they want TO secure bargains
EDWARD yeINALL, JR., ,..~-
AroTnEoARy,
8. r. COR. SECOND AND MARKET STREETS.
spnl,ly WILMINGTON.
Housewives, Take Notice.
Buy your spices &c for putting up fruit Mt the
Delaware Avenue Drug Store. Also, corks and
W. II. ALRICHs. 800 Delaware Ayeaue.
Iordan's Tonic Ale.
fURe LIGHT ALE BREwED EXPRESSLY
FOR MEDICINAL USE.
Just the thing for this of the year, To give
tone 70 the relaxed system.
Sold wholesale and retail by the agents,
B.& SHOEMAKER,
sos Market Street.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-15

OUR SPICES ARE THE BEST THAT
~ can be bought In PhiladeiphIa or Nav Vel
mArheta Try them. Remember Inc No 'e" iorh
IL x FOURTH ST (Red Front,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-15
The CeIIuIoid Truss.

These are the most durable and easily adjusted
Irusses ever offered TO the public. The spring s OF
the best English Steel and completely covered with
Cellulod, which protects and preserves it, while the
pad Is OF the same material.
Among the many great advantages OF the Cellu-
loid Truss, which will be at once appreciated by
those who have worn Trusses are the following
II In imperyious To water.
II will never break OF crack.
1t Is always clean.
1t be bent with the hand 20 any shape required
without artificial heat.
II will neither rust or chafe the patient.
1t will retain the most difficut rupture with safety
and comfort.
1t need not be removed while bathing.
Its durability Is beyond question.
1t is economical, for 1t will last life time.
The heat of the body causes no unpleasant SMELL
In fact, with Cellulod Truss, the wearer has
comfort ease, safety, durability, adaptability, and
A variety Of styles of these Trusses may be found
at Fosters Drug Store, Front and West streets.
Please call and examine. Adjuslments.mmle with
out extra charge.
Special attention shown to ladies' by MIS- DR.. Fos-
ter The gentlemen receiving their share of atten-
| tion by competent man.
Try shoemaker's
EGYPTIAN MARKING INK.
WARRANTED NOT TO FADE OR WASH OUT,
| II u.ed according to directions.
Sold wholesale and retail by
BAG. SHOEMAKER
PHARsACIrTs,
nov3-tf s03 Market street
Now In the Time TO nfuy
CHEST PROTECTORS.
Choice Assortment Of them for sale by
BAG SHOEMAKER,
PHARMAcIsrs,
novs-tf sos Market street.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01
SPICE
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin,l


REJECTED CoNTRIBUTIoNs.-We venture
TO give below several well-known and
interesting articles which will not find
place in any Of our great industrial exhi-
bitions, although most of them are Amer
lean fabrications. II should be remem-
bered, that the committee on exhibitions
must draw the line somewhere, and 1t is
probable that it has been drawn at a
Joint that excludes these interesting
products of American ingenuity.
A lock from the head of the Erie Canal
contributed by A. Barber,
"a pretty Kettle of fish" the joint pro
duct Of of several political gentlemen at
recent caucus. .. -aI1I
The "balance Of power" made to indi-
cate the way Of the popular vote.
The dividing line" prepared with
great nicely by Polly G. Erstocat .
The "chain of evidence" by we'll
known Wall Street forger.
The ''train of circumstances" by the
inventor of the new dress used by news
papers. ...
A political "bolt," made by gentlemen
who have had good many irons in the
fire.
The "dim FUTURE from the artist Of
the "shadowy past.
A "draw game" made entirely with Q
poker by Chevalier d. Industrie.
The "key to the situation" in
two gallon demijohn, work OF much
spirit an 4.
A "bust Of enthusiasm, the production
of well known Journalist.
The "tone ofsociety," contributed by
watering place belIe-sOmewhat imper
feet.
A man who was arrested in the act ol
stealing feather bed the other day, sale
he was takin' down when he was taker
up.
Hidingthe talent in a napkin. The
students who served as walters at thu
mountain resorts this summer.
The Warm,Spring Indians have lef
the warpath and taken 10 Redpath,
Senator Boutwell, is going to lecture OF
Public Debts" There are lots of peopl'
about here who need lecturing on priYat'
debts. alr
The lecture feld-James I.
The total accessiOns of Yale Universit.
this term will, it is estimated, amount u
400 at the least,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01

At the public meeting held this after
noon at 2 o'clock in Ulster Hall, Profess
sor Tyndall occupied the chair. The at
tendance was very large. General votes
of thanks being in order, Professor Tyn-
dali, in responding to vote of thanks
offered him as President of the Associa-
ton, said;
II ia with mixed feelings of pleasure
and sorrow that re-echo what has been
stated 50 many times here to-day, that in
its annals do not think the British AS
sociation can point to more remarkable
ar successful meeting than that which Is
now nr4ctically ended in this city OF
Relfast (Cheers.) For my own part,
tbrongh the span of life yet left to me
an earth. shall cherish warm and pleas
ant memory of the reception we have
met with here. / thank equally my true
and generous friends and my by no means
ungenerous foes, trusting devoutly-nay,
feeling perfectly assured, that so TAR as l
am wrong, or have been in anything that
I have aid here, il will come to nothing,
because in the struggle for existence be.
tween truth and error there is the law OF
order in the universe always to check
and control. will say no more, l have
no doubt that this process Of selection
win 90 on, and / shall be justified in the
fitnre in so far as shall be, to use the
closing words of the address, "a mere
yapor that vanisheth away" Cheers
| thank YOU from the bottom Of my
heart for the exceedingly cordial manner
in which you have received me- loud
cheers)
Amid the cheers following Professor
Tyndalps neat little valedictory the
meeting separated, and the business Of
fine association at Belfast closed.
Alta meeting held yesterday afternoon
Sir John Hawkshaw was unanimously
chosen President for 1875, the place Of
meeting to be at Bristol on the 25th ol
August. A delegation from Glasgow
presented strong invitation to have the
association fix upon that town for It's
meeting in 1875, and it was so ordered
Plymouth and Bath contested for the
honors of 1877 in rival deputauonIs
Both places will probably receive early
attention and visitation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01
SIZES or COUNTRIES.

Greece is about the size OfYermont.
Palestine. is one-fourth the size Of New
York. rn IiI .piaIiuot
The grand desert of Africa has nearly
the present dimensions Of the United
States i;e- LooU II .Q ,fNI
The Red Sea would reach from Wash
ington to Colorado, and it is three times
as wide as Lake Ontario m. .sl,t,
The Mediterranean, if placed across
North, America, would make sea naviga-
ton fromsan Diegoto Baltimore.
Great Britain and Ireland are about as
large as New Mexico, but not as large as
Iowa and Nebraska. They are less than
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01
Among the pitfalls in onr way,
The best of us walk blindly;

Among the pitfalls in onr way, '.f
The best of us walk blindly;
So, man, be wary, watch and pray
I And Judge your brother kindly. t
q.e -Alies Carey.
The nerve which never relaxes, the
eve which never blanches, the thought
which never wanders, these are the
masters Of victory. " ,l.' '1.." E,.o
ask no favor, and shrink from no
responsibility.-Gsn. Iayloy.Jd ad,
To understand the presentwe must
study the productive inAueuces OF the
past.-HHrst.
We should go into the world with
small expectations and infinite patience.
Good Words .,,,..Jt..
| have never seen anything in the
world worth getting angry about. .-Ray-
m0Hd.
FalsehoodI may have its hour, but IT
has no future.-AHS0H. .,HHas
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01
Borrg
THE TRAMP


On morn in dreary winter
came a worn and weary printer,
With his bundle ON a splinter
rravel.stained, he was, and needy
And his appetite was greedy
FOR the printing Ofiice steering
nh within the door appearing
Where he bowed, a. one IeYering -
When he spoke
saving, in voice as solemn
Asa gratis Buehu column .-.,..m
In your city I'm a stranger,
Dusty, seedy as Granger
For slumbered in the moS99ge5s o9 : s.n-
desire small donation
And some easy transportation -,
Boatg tried to work my passage,
Moving freight and rough eXpreasage-
Living on bologna sausage, -.
Rnt they found were printer
And they hustled me instanter
Then sadly recollected
nays when printers was respected
Fof their skin. Now Pm elected
Inst because SOME have by drinking
ast me steambOatmen 10 sinking
''' Wv All the cah
Thus do workmen suffer
BY the vices Of the loaier,
TIL indeed wheneer go lot
Lest anOther's imposition
Throws on me a foul suspicion 49,.
naenlv does II wound and grive me
When A man win not believe me,
But, dear sir, II you VIII give me
Iwill, by its proper using.
show you Pm above abusing e...p
By his doleful conversation
Roused he our cOmmiseraaOni
And we made the small ySInh lonahnpSa, ion ,.,,,,,.
Bpt while going to our dinner
We observed that hardened sinner
We w. Beastly drunk
Thus do sober Workmen sutter
Nv The vices OF the loafer-
Basest coin will often go tor
Kindest ones who most have trusted
Are most thoroughly disguised
Ni' -'''' With the Tramp,
... Madison llnd) Coiirie
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01

A BRLsIAE workman has invented a
cheap fuel, composed as follows: Two
and a quarter pounds of coal dust, six and
A half pounds of vegetable earth, and
five and half euncesof salts Of soda,
which is wen mixed with one pound Of
water. A shovelfnl Of this mixture
thrown upon an ardent fire will cause it
10 burn brilliantly and give out great
degree of heat. A fire thus fed has the
great advantage of burning very slowly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01

.O78S4 .942 gallons Of beer and about
18,5OO,9 800 gallons of British wine, cider,
&c. The commitals for drunkenness
were !: 1859, men, 1,325; women, $40; to-
tai, 1904. 1870, men, LOSS; women, SO4;
total, 1892. 1871, men, 1908; women,
729; total, 1882. 1872, men, 1900; wo-
men, S44; total, 2,744. 1873, men, 2,O9O;
women, i.l13; total, 5000, Thus in one
iail the committals for drunkenness had
In five years increased so per cent, and
this in spite of all efforts after improve
ment-social, educational, and religious.
In Manchester, during the year ending
the 3lst of March, 1873, tehre were 8, l5O
apprehensions for drunkenness. This
large number was 9O3 less than thenum-
ber of arrestsin 1872, doubtless owing to
the operation of the Licensing act, and
CONSEQUENT earlier closing Of public
houses, there being fewer arrests at night
and 467 fewer arrests on Sundays. But
the monthly reports of the Chief Con-
stable showed that the number was in
creasing. Of the 9,050 apprehended IN
1873. only 1882 were sent to Jail, while
IA per cent. were allowed to escape with
out hne or lmprlSOnmehIl aBaiiiSt ~ PEI
cent. 1872. But these figures showed
only small part Of the evil, The com
| initials for all offences had also very
largely increased, while the committall
of women in five years had increased u
Der cent. Could there be any creates
reproach to Christianity than the in
creasing habits of drunkenness OF En-
glish women2 OF 1920 committals Y
the Liverpool borough goal, during tn.
year ending TIE Goth Of September, 1879
6.637 we're women. This increased drunk
enness he attributed to-frst, the highe
4 wages Of the working classes; secondly
i the shorter hoursof labor thirdly, tom
! creased facilities k,r obtaining lntoxica
j ting drinks. To the sale Of drink 3,
krocers heattributed theincreased drunk
enness among women.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01

A STREET beegar in New York says the
manic has ruined him. His collections,
he saws, have dropped three dollars a
day. but ne wouldn't care 80 much about
that, but rents had fallen thirty per cent,
and he had two houses and three stores
empty, even at this reduction, .la1
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01

!. The hostile tone Of the German press,
and the expulsion Of Danish subjects
from Germany. cause much indignauon
in Denmark. The Danish govgIpment
Is expeetsd, to protest, and p TeEaliate py
the eEpulsiop Of ceEHlals from, Danish
soil
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01
The Young FOIks' Vineyard.

Tbe most interestinR and beneficial paper for me
vounz, publlshed: devoted 70 RELIGION, MoRAlsl
CHOICE POEMS, sroRTEs and AEEcDoTE goo9a ga, ana ~
useful teaching, which VIII pung YOU P'0n' 10
well as pleasure, both now Ano neheNi he
EVERY Boy AND GIRL SHOULD READ 1t
nisa journal for eIl--young and old, fAther and
r,ntheS bovs and Qirls, young men ana yonnt "o-
men--ail are delighted with its columns g..
BEST pres and .sy;cn mSst 36Scsss a5d Z % l scfnoS
edged by many good judges 5Ft'
A .Firstsclass Monthly Pictorial, Eight
i Page, Neatly Printed--5O cents
NJ 'sdl feih Year in Advance, ..'i.,
wfftle two beautiful engraving !lEsle 5ene
hn1h X "A t1s,r, MINIS 0r eHRlI commissions
) ~ 81 ddkf, Specimen copies senl me-
:" ddresa e.oli 4 HOIBkl 6-heaIhi
.e1tS7I-a Box i16, wadsworsh' onia'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-07-20
GROWING OLD.

Do we notice how much more rapidly
each succeeding year seems to pass
away? Cannot we remember how, in
our childhood, the term of a year ap-
peared interminable, and We thought we
could compress into that great space al
most any amount of work and play :?
But as we get older, low is it, with all
our industry time seems too short for
the work we take in hand ? We become
so engrossed that holy days and holidays
are alike invaded and, after all is done,
how much is left unfinished, how many
schemes remain untried "It is the SOL
emn thought connected with life, says
the late eloquent f. w. Robertson, "that
life's last business is begun in earnest !;
and it is when midway between the era.
die and the grave that a man begins to
marvel that he let the days of youth 60
by so half enjoyed 1t Is the pensive
autumn feeling, it is the sensation Of
half-sadness that we experience when
the longest day of the year is past, and
every day that follows is shorter, and
the light fainter. and the feebler shad-
ows tell that nature is Fastening with
gigantic footsteps to her winter grave.
So does man look back upon his youth.
When the first gray hairs become visible,
when the unwelcome truth fastens itseh
upon the mind that man is no longer
going up hill, and the noon is always
westering, he looks on things behind
When we were children, we thought as
children. But now there lies before ui
manhood, with its earnest work, and
then old age, and then the grave, and
then home. There is second home foi
man better and holier than the first, il
he will look ON and not look back"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-07-20
TREEp BY HIS OWN DOG.

One night, recently, young man of
this city (who we will call Smith, for
accommodation sake), who feared that
the lady he loved (she wasn't Miss by
any mcans) was entertaining an admirer,
determined to climb tree in the yard
from which he could see into the sitting
room in the second story. where the
young woman was supposed to be. Just
as he got himself seated in a comforta-
bic position commanding the window,
some one on the inside rolled the cur
tain down. Then Smith made up his
mind to come down. 1t was very dark,
but just as he began to slide down the
trunk, Smith heard dog barking furi-
ously beneath, and looking down he saw
huge animal capering about, apparent
ly very eager to nip his legs. Then
Smith suddenly climbed up the tree
again, and endeavored to drive off the
dog but the more he spoke to the brute
the more it danced around and barked.
Then Smith came down as low as he
dared and tried to coax the animal, but
this only made him hop around and
howl more furiously than ever. So it
became apparent that Smith would have
to spend the night in the tree. He fixed
himself as comfortably as he could in a
crotch of the limbs, and kicked his legs
and moved his arms, to keep himself
from freezing to death. Several times,
when Smith thought the dog was asleep,
he tried to descend, but each time the
brute awoke and began to caper about.
By the time daylight arrived Smith was
SO benumbed that he could hardly use
his hands, but as the sky grew brighter
he leaned over to examine his prosecutor
and to his amazement he found it was
his own dog, which, unknown to him,
had followed him to the tree, and had
barked and capered only to express his
delight at the prospect of Smith coming
down and going home. The suddenness
with which Smith reached the ground is
said to have been remarkable, and lam
guage used by him bad. He has some
of the rheumatism which he got on that
night in his bones yet Carson Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-07-20
THE STORY OF HANNAH DUsroN

On the 18th of June, monument
was erected, with due ceremonies, on
Duston Island, at the mouth of Contoo-
cook River Concord, n. H., to the men,
ory of Hannah Duston, whose wonderful
exploits are described as follows
'On the 18th of March, 1897, the
Indians made descent on the town of
Haverhill. Mass, killed twenty-seven of
the inhabitants, burned nine dwellings,
and took Mrs. Hannah Duston, her babe
only six days old, her nurse, Mary Neff,
and eight or nine other prisoners, and
carried them all into New Hampshire,
excepting the infant, who was killed by
having its head dashed against a tree
After fifteen days of fearful suffering,
especially on the part of Mrs. Duston,
who was taken from child-bed, the In
dians and part of their captives arrived
at the Island at the junction of the Con-
toocook and Merrlmac Rivers. Mrs. Dus-
ton, Mary Neff and an English boy man,
ed Samuel Leonardson, who had been
captured at Worcester, were assigned to
the care of two Indian men and three
women, who had seven children, mostly
half-grown Indians, with them. Mrs.
Duston and her nurse were told by their
convoy that they would have to run the
gauntlet through their village when they
arrived there, and that they must be de-
prived of most of their clothing. Mrs.
Duston, aware of the horrible tortures
this threat included, formed the design
of exterminating her captors, old and
young, and managed to prevail on her
nurse and the boy to assist her in their
destruction. A little before daylight,
on the 30th of March, finding the In
dians asleep round their fire, Mrs. Dus-
ton and her associates armed themselves
with their tomahawks, and despatched
ten of the twelve. One woman, who had
been believed to be killed made her es-
cape, and one of the Indian youths Mrs.
Duston and her associates designedly
left unharmed. They then scalped the
dead, took one of the tomahawks and a
gun belonging to the Indians, crossed
! the river in canoe and made their .es-
cape. After enduring great hardships
from want of food, and running much
risk from meeting with Indians, the fu-
! gitives arrived at Boston with their
scalps and their booty on the 2lst day
of April. The General Court was in
session at the time, and voted Mrs. Dus-
ton fifty pounds in sterling money, and
a similar sum to be divided between her
nurse and the boy Leonardson. Presents
were sent them from many quarters
among other givers was the Governor Of
Maryland. Forty years afterward, in
appreciation of the act of Mrs. Duston,
the Colonial Legislature voted certain
valuable lands to her descendants, in
testimony of their appreciation of her
wonderful bravery.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-07-20
sICKENING STORY OF Low-LlrE.

Here is true story of low-life in
England, which is not without its pa
thos as we'll as its horror. William
Parker enlisted in the English army
when he was twenty-one; he served for
ten years in India and elsewhere he
was good soldier, and remarkably
kind, patient, and pleasant man. He
was married when in the service and
two children were born to him. He was
discharged at the end of his service his
health was broken down; his wife soon
died, and he was left with his two chill
dren. He was devotedly attached to
them, and there never was kinder or
better father. Times grew hard with
him his bad health prevented him from
getting work; and last November he
found himself owing f2 los. for rent
and not a penny in the world. His land
lady, herself very poor woman, was
very kind to his children, and fed them
out of her own scanty means; but her
husband at last said that he could not
allow her to keep them any longer. She
told Parker this sad news with heavy
heart He received it quietly he went
to the room where the two children were
in bed he took them into his arms, one
at time, cut their throats, allowed the
blood to drain into a bucket, replaced
them in bed, and walked to the police
station, where he gave himself up for
the murder of his two children. He ap-
peared to be very i'll, but was perfectly
calm and collected, although he seemed
to be in very distressed state of mind.
There was not particle of food in the
room, and there was every indication of
extreme poverty. Parker was tried for
the murder of his two children. A fee
bic attempt was made to show that he
was insane, but it failed. He was SEN
fenced to death, and there is no hope
that Mr.. Lowe will let him off-LOndon
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-07-20


TRUE.-Under this head, the Char
lotte On. C.) Southern Home-Gen. D.
II. Hills paper-of June 8, says: A
lady said to US the other day: "Bad
as it is for man to scof at religion.
and show disrespect for the worship of
God. it is hundred times worse for a
woman to do so for woman owes an she
has, except her mere physical being and
attributes, to religion. Christianity
found her occupying a subordinate, al
most debased, condition without right
or privilege except such as we're thrown
TO her by the lords Of creation, as one
throws bones TO dog; but under the
christian dispensation she acquired her
true position as co-mate with man,
and wherever Christ is acknowledged,
she is treated with that courtesy, defer
ence. protection, respect and esteem
which is her right, If she be individual
ly worthy. When see young ladies
exhibiting their affected contempt for
religion by silly behavior in church, or
reckless levity out Of il, ] sometimes
wonder how they would like to be sud-
denly transported 70 India, Africa, Chi.
na, or the interior Of South America,
where the women toll in the fields while
the men kneel 10 Their idols.