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The Necessity of Political Parties.

Among the interesting papers read at
the session of the Social Science con. en-.
ton at Detroit, Friday, Prof. G. A. Kent
read paper on political parties; their
organization and management, and the
evils thereof Political parties, are, the
Professor says, necessity of the age,
and are fully developed in free countries.
Through them come reforms; but since
professions of reforms are easy they will
be made alike by all parties. It is i'm.
possible that any party can hold together
on one reform basis for any length of
slime. Rarely can man or a newspaper
hold alcof from party and have much in
tluence. Direct influence in government
al action is only obtained by parties. A
leader must not step outside his party.
IT he does, influence and leadership de-.
sert him, and intelligent members
OF party usually prize it only as a
means of carrying out their political
ideas. But their number is small. The
professor described the parts m ends
which are sought by adherents of par.
ty, whether dominant or in the minority.
The ideal after which party should
strive is to put its best and wisest men at
the head, that when in power, it may be
tested under the most favorable circum.
stances. Among the chief defects in the
management of parties are:
First. The great excess of party preju-
dice, manifested in ultra statements of
the most intelligent men. For the de-
feet there seems no remedy except grad
ual education to better ways.
SpNnnh hn &c H.
ment, which grows out of the desire of
party managers to make their adherents
Jealous. This is the most corrupt and
greatest of all defects. It causes caucuses
to De packed; it makes Hobbies; raises
money for corrupting and bribing voters.
10 provide an effectual remedy is ex.
tremely deficient, but remedy might be
found in rule prescribing that executive
appointments be made for the definite
ana somewhat lengthy periods, expiring
at times remote from an executive elec-
tion, and by requiring qualifications, in
c!uohg character and experience of Off:
Gals. Salaries should be revised, and
maze only large enough to attract suita-
Iblrd-The growing difficulty of get
ting competent men to become candidates
ior Office. One reason for this difficulty
rs the small salaries paid some important
omcers' This is hard to remedy. Anoth-
er reason is the service that is required
OF candidate during the canvass, togeth::
er with the drain on his purse for pur.
poses Of influencing votes. This is a
thing no high-minded man will submit TO-.
and without it an election is almost inn.
possible. Hence, poor or honest men
> cannot secure Offices, and they remain AZ
prey Of the rich and INSCRIPTIONS. The
sacred duty of good citizens in thase
premises is to take deeper interest in
politics. Teachers should enforce th;s.
preachers preach it. However distaste'
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-18
Reduced to Mother Ewes Original
Costume.
(From the St. Louis Republican,


That element Of curiosity which pre-.
walls in the minds Of the ladies as a her
itage from Mrs. Adam still gets them into
trouble occasionally. Notably was the
fact illustrated the other day in West
moreland county, Pennsylvania. There
is mill in Westmoreland county where
the machinery is OF very fine class in
deed, and visitors of practical turn of
mind find themselves amply repaid for an
examination Of the works. Among the
recent visitors to the mill was lady who
had just as much curiosity as the men
concerning the great wheels and hoppers
and the appliances for Transforming wheat
into -four and feed. 1t made no differ:
ence to her that she probably couldn't
understand the thing, she wanted to make
just as close an examination as
the men did, and to form
an acquaintance with all the mysteries of
milling. So they showed her through the
mill, and she was very much deli GIFTED
and evinced just as lively an interest in
the machinery as though she had been
Robert Fulton or George Stephenson, or
any of the great inventors. She was not
satisfied with any cursory view of things,
either, but went up close to the wheels,
Notwithstanding the repeated warnings of
the miller. Finally she approached the
bolting.machine and proceeded to inspect
it with critic eye. Very close to the
machine she stepped, and then two cog
wheels took little nip at her
dress. The wheel appeared de.
lighted with the flavor, and took in
more and more, having good mouthful
before the lady noted her predicament.
Then she screamed and tried to get away
but the rapacious cogs were not to be
cheated of a meal, and kept on chewing,
every mouthful drawing the fated woman
closer to the works. The miller saw the
danger and sprang TO the rescue Of the
frightened victim. There was but one
course to pursue. He was huge, brawnv
man, and, clasping the shrieking woman
in his arms, he placed his feet against an
upright post and pulled. It was a
contest between the man and
the boiling machine; mind and
muscle on one side, hungry iron and steel
upon the other. Mind and muscle won
but not without catastrophe. There
was long pull and a strong pull and
pull altogether, and then by one gigantic
effort the miller tore the woman ic1ear
and that was all. He saved the statute.
the machine got all the drapery. The
lady was unhurt but also unclothed. She
stood there like the Greek slave un.
shackeled, and the lookers.on ran out for
feelings sake. There was any amount
Of hustle about the mill, but not par.
ticle of hustle about the woman
the battling machine had that. Had
there been present three or four
more ladies similarly showing, one
might have sworn it had been raining
angels: The rescued lady stood shudder-
ing and blushing, and her rescuer stood
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painting and blushing. There was a mo.
ment 81 two Of awful embarrassment.
Then the miller solved the problem. He
fled from tae mill and sought his wife
and sent her back with a bundle of cloth.
ing. She soon arrived upon the scene,
and the dismant'ed woman :, was arrayed
again, though perhaps not quite SO gaud'
lily as previous to her little affair with the
boiling machine. She has dropped the
study Of mechanics, and the miller passes
his time between dreaming Of a vision
and wondering when his customers will
begin to complain Of white-linen taste
in their -four.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-18
Fatal Ending Of a Dispute About
Land.

Some years ago, in the town of Ma
hannah, Minnesota, Clark Wood took a
claim, tor whose possession two men have,
probably, since died, and went to work
to improve it, but getting into difficulty
about something or other, left the coun.
try and abandoned the claim.
After he left, the Wood family made
arrangements with Porter, whereby he
was to take the claim, acquire a title to
it under the homestead laws. and then
deed back to them, the Woods, 80 acres
of the land. Time passed on, and
= the Woods, for what reason we
know not, became suspicious Of Porter
that he was not disposed to act in good
faith toward them, but intended to keep
the entire claim in his own name. Acting
on this belief, Fletcher Wood put a filing
on the land, and under instruction from
his attorney, he says, he determined to
put in crop on the place.
For this purpose he proceeded to the
claim occupied by Porter, ACCOMPANIED
by his brother A. NJ. Wood, Edward Nc.
Intee and VIM. Fisher. Upon arriving
on the disputed premises they found
Brazil Gordon blowing for Porter.
Mr.. Porter forbade the Wood brothers
going to work, but they drove into the
yard. unloaded the pillow, hitched on their
team, and, then Porter said, Il will shoot
the man who puts that plow into the
ground" In proceeding to work it was
necessary to pass within about ten feet Of
Porter's door.
A. NJ. Wood, generally known as
<'Nut' Wood replied to this threat by
''No guess not; you won't shoot, so
here goes striking the pillow into the
ground.
He had barely turned furrow when
Porter leveled rife upon him and fired,
hitting him in the muscle of the left arm.
tearing it off. The ball then entered his
left side, and passing downward, lodged In
the left side. Wood reeled and fell; but
even in the act of falling he drew revol.
ver-one of Colts navy size--and fred 4
shots at Porter in rapid succession, and
then his strength failed him. Meanwhile
Fletcher Wood fired upon Porter twice,
from Remington navy revolver; and of
these six shots fired by the Wood BROTH
ers, five were lodged in Porter's body and
the sixth passed through the collar of his
coat.
The Wood party picked up their
wounded comrade, placed him in their
wagon. and as tenderly as possible under
the circumstances took him home.
This ARRAY took place about A. NJ,
ana at ll.30 o'clock. three and a half
hours afterward, 'Nut" Wood breathed
his last.
A messenger was Immediately dispatch.
ed to Litchfield for medi.
cal assistance for the wounded
man Porter which was rendered with all
possible speed, but the case is pronounced
hopeless. The Sheriff went out the same
afternoon and arrested the other parties
concerned in the affair. An inquest was
also held on the body of Wood.
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part and thus . great many cocoanuts
are rendered worthless.

Besides, these enumerated, there are
hosts OF other fruits, lines, mangoes, etc.,
etc., rarer and of greater cost than those
mentioned, Of which space forbids calling
attention to. l wish that those who read
TINS could stand on the wharf here on
Frst river some day in April or May even
June months in which this trade reaches
It's largest proportions, and watch the
schooners discharging their cargoes of
tempting fruits. and then tako a stroll
among the fruit houses and see the great
Quantities Of fruit exposed for sale. and
Will wager that they would not have to
call up much imagination to fancy them
selves in some tropical country where man
has the richest fruits to eat with his bread
ana cheese; any way, when you go to New
York 90 not forget to visit the ssbanana
sheds and Fulton Market.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-18
secretary BrAstOvv Forcing the Wa
on the Illicit Distfllers.

The whisky frauds are still receiving at
tention by the Treasury Department, and
Solicitor Wilson is continually unearth.
ing new frauds. A further record of ev-
idence was discovered Friday against the
Union copper distillery at Chicago, and
$50 barrels of spirits were seized. Three
hundred barrels were also seized belong
ing to Bells & Frazer, in St. Louis, fresh
proof having been obtained against them.
Photographic copies Of internal revenue
returns are being made at the Treasury
Department and forwarded to the officers
OF the different cities, to aid them in sub
stantiating their charges. Among those
already made was one from the guager at
Cincinnati, certifying that certain num-
Der of barrels Of spirits had
been emptied and stamps destroyed in &C.
cordance with law, and on further search
the same lot Of spirits was found in Chi.
cago in the original packages, thus con-
clusively showing collision of the gauger
with the distiilers. On April oOth Mr..
Wilson called on seven collectors of in.
ternal revenue in different locations to
furnish certain information concerning
transactions in their districts, but few Of
them having responded, the secretary of
the treasury had again called upon them
for an explanation of their non-com2li-
ance, and for an immediate reply. He is
determined that all orders of this nature
shall be obeyed, or the collector must
take the consequences. The secretary
has also informed the supervisors at St.
Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. that the
best legal assistance will be furnished
them in their efforts to convict those un-
der arrest
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full let every citizen belong to some party
and strive to purify it by attending the
primaries and by defeating unworthy
nominations. Perfecting it is impossible,
but by such means as those suggested it
will be benefited.
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Victoria Nicely Provided Again.
Mrs. Burnham to st. Louis Republican I

Less than two months ago. Victoria
Woodruff, wearied in body and worn in
mind, straitened in circumstances, alto.
gether under a cloud, occupied very
modest suite of apartments in Stat
house on Eleventh street. Last night I
found her occupying stunning brown
stone on Fiftieth street, sitting in a sa-
loon 30 by IS feet large (the room, not
Victoria) surrounded BY carved walnut
pieces of furniture of the NEST magnifi-
cent description, mirrors of fabulous
size, gorgeous carpets, bronze figures the
size of life, carved walnut doors biz
enough for church purposes, robed in
black velvet, sitting in state, refusing
Sam. Morris earnest entreaties to take
the stand as a witness in this Beecher
business. ''Why," sal the astonished
woman, t'did Tilton and Moulton advise
you t. take this step?'' And when Mr..
Morris said they did, she exclaimed that
the trial had unsettled their minds, ''for,''
continued Victoria, 'proving them false
IN their statements concerning me would
throw out their evidence in all, respects.
And though Theodore's cause is Just, and
the statements of Tilton, Moulton and
wife, true in the main, they would be
crushed by the foolish prevarication made
about me, which should explode the in
slant went on the witness stand.'' So
Mr.. Morris, evidently a rapid convert to
the Woodruff opinion, withdrew, and
Taft the triumphant Victoria to enlarge
r'< tremendous tonic
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The Starving Indians.

George r. Shanks, of the Indian Spe-
cial Commission, being at Okmilkee in
the Indian Territory, makes the following
statements in reply to the Washington
dispatch to the Associated Press, dated
May 4th, in which it stated the Indian
Bureau had information from him that
the Indian supplies could not be trans.
ported from Caddo to Fort Sill, Cheyenne
and Washita agencies, sooner, on account
Of bad weather and the condition of the
roads: 81 never made such statements,
and the report that did so is false. The
roads from Caddo west we're good all last
summer, fall and winter. That country
suffered from the drouth after the sup
plies reached Caddo, and the neglect to
forward to these suffering people their
food and clothing was crime the govern.
mcnt had better not have borne. Who
constitutes the firm of Graham & Co.,
freightcrs? 1t may explain some other
recent movements in Indian matters. The
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-18

A Queer Scandal at Denver. Colorado.
At Denver, Friday, the 7th, the dis
trict court was occupied in trying an in
formation against Henry Houghton and
Mary E. Stanley for adultery and ]ewd
and lascivious conduct. The fact that
Henry is nephew of Hiram Barnes, for
merly collector of the port of New York.
and the fact that Mary E. claims to be
Henry's aunt, presents very nice NOR
sci for the gossip mongers. The jury
must have concluded that the fact that
the aunt and nephew occupied the same
room and the same bed in the Merchants
Hotel, IN this city, was enough to cause
them to doubt the relationship and the
statements of the accused, viz: That
Henry's attentions went no further than
to render s'medical aid'' to Mary during
her confinement. They, therefore,
brought in a verdict Of guilty in the sec.
ond count. Mary had her ':little lamb"
IN her arms in court, an infant few
months of age.
Ohio has ''liberty.of- conscience" stat
ute which goes somewhat further than
the Minnesota law. Under it pseudo
champion OF Spiritualism demands of the
directors of the Cleveland work.house,
that they furnish room with the fol-
lowing requisites Of solemn Spiritualistic
rites: "A moderately sized extension ia
ole, a dark cabinet, bells, guitars, drum,
tambourine, and speaking trumpet, and
such other instruments and parapher-
MALTA as are calculated to facilitate COM
munlcation with the dear Departed
These instruments were furnished free of
expense, ana the Superintendent of the
work-house will be expected to keep
them safely from Sabbath to Sabbath
Red Cloud says: ''The Great Father
sends Commissioners out here to tell the
truth, and they pray God to help them
tell the truth; but they all lie and steal;
| don't understand it, The trouble with
Red Cloud, says the Boston Globe, is that
he isn't civilized.
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The West India Fruit Trade.

New York, April %, correspondence OF Cleve-
land Herald)
It occurred to me as I wandered about
to-day along the wharves and in the
vicinity of Fulton Market, and saw the
great quantities Of bananas, oranges,
cocoa nuts, pine apples, ETC.. ETC., that
were everywhere seen in the greatest pro-
fusion, and were continually receiving
great additions to their ranks from the
vessels that were discharging their car.
goes, that it might PEI haps interest the
boys and girls who read the Herald and
think tropical fruits 'just SPLENDID" to
know where these fruits come from, and
the great financial risk that is run to
bring them to this country With this
object in view, l asked great many ques.
tlons Of those who deal in these fruits by
the hundreds Of thousands of dollars an
nually, and learned many things about
the trade that I had never dreamed OF
before, and if the editor of the Herald
who still has liking for these delicious
fruits will give me little room in his
''old reliable' journal, I will tell you
what found out about the tropical fruit
trade.
AS these fruits come from the West
Indies, South America, and many from
The daily gazette., 1875-04-14

No Person can take these nitiers accord
Ing to directions, and remain long unwel pLo
vided their bones are not destroyed by mineral
poison or other means, and vital organs wasted
beyond the point OF repair.
Dyspepsia or indigestion, Headache, Pain
In he Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness Of the Chesg
Dizziness, Sour Eructations Of the Stomach Ia
the Heart, Inflammation OF the Lungs, Pain ia ths
region of the Kidneys and hundred other paiului
SYMPHONIC. are the oiisprings of Dyspepsia. 0ns
bottle viii prove better guarantee Of ita merit,
than lengthy advertisement.
For F0male Complaints, IN young or Ola
married or single, at the dawn al womanhooj OF
the OF lie, these Tonic Bitters display DE-
cded an influence tnat improvement Is soon Per
ceptble.
For In nARmnalory and Chronic RLe.,
mutism and Gout, Bilious Remlttent and Intel
neys and Bladder, these Bitters have. no eluai
Such Diseases are caused by Nitiated Blood
They are N gentle ParEaiive as we'll r
a Tonic, possessing the merit OF acting az
powerful agent in relieving Congestion OF 1RhsIn
nation Of the Liver and Nisceral Organs, and N
biiious Diseases.
For Skin DisensPs, Eruptions' Tetter Salt
Rheun, Botches, Spots, fimples, Pustules, BoLs
Carbuncles, Ring. worms Scald Head, Sore Eyei
Erysipelas Itch, Scurts Dfscolorations Of the Skin
Humors and Diseases of the Skin OF whateve nane
nature are literally dug up and carried out the
system la short time By the use OF these Bitter;
Grateful ThOusuuhs proclaim VINEGAR BTr'
rEkS the most wonderful Inyigorant that .pvf
| tanned the sinking system.
| II. III. McDONALD k co.
| Druggists and Gen Asts., San Francisco Cal, 4
| ,o:. Of Washington ana CharitQp ST.. :. T.
| SOLD BY ALL DRpGGlS& 4 DEALERS.
The daily gazette., 1875-04-14

SILVER ORE In THR VALLEY oB VIR-
oINIA-The Winchester Times says
there is in Frederick county, not far
from that town, an immense deposit OF
what is known as silver-bearing quartz,
believed to be very rich in the pre-
eious medal. Its existence has been
known for fifty years, but for variou:
reasons it has never been developed
A party will leave Winchester this
week for the purpose of re-opening the
mine and determinging its value.
The daily gazette., 1875-04-14
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGIsTFR'R OpT,

REGIsrER's OPP1cR,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Mar. q. ISIS
Upon the application of Peter n. Brennan
and Victor DUPONT Executors of Henry n
Finegau, Jr.. late of Wilmington Hundred.
in said county. deceased: it is Ordered and
directed by the Register that the Executors
aforesaid. give notice of the granting of Let !.
ters Tesiamentary upon the Estate Of the de :
ceased, with the date OF granting thereof. by
causing Advertisements to be posted within
ferty days from the date of such Letters. in
six of the most public places Of tho county OF
New Castle, requiring all PERSONS having da
mands against the Estate to present the same
or Nblde by m Act of Assembly in such rase
made ana provided. And also cause the same
to be inserted within the Same period in The
DAILY Gazette, q newspaper published IN
Wilmin gton and to be continued therein III ree
weeks tE. .. D.
Given under the hand and seal
A.; $5 Sss 4; ss:;s s;f',; Il:
- Castle county aforesaid the day
| and Tear above written. "'
sc. BIGas. Register.
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against The &c
| tate Ut the deceased must present the sam
| duly attested to the Ex ecuters on y
before March. %, 1915. or abide the ct Of A.
| sembly IL such case made and provided
| PETER N. BRENNAN.
| VICTOR DupONT;
o o. Executors.
The daily gazette., 1875-04-14
RUsHS
STEAM FREIGHT. LINE

Leaves I'd wharf above Chestnut street Phila
aelphia, daily at s, p. m. and French street
wharf, " nmington, at 6, p. m. Freight han
G. W. BUSH.
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REGIsTEk's ORDER,
REGIsrRR's OFFICE


New Castle County. March sd. 1879
Upon the application of John L. Grubb.
Administrator d. b. N. OF Samuel Chambers
late OF wilmington Hundred in said County
deceased, il Is ordered and directed by the
Register that Admlnistratnr aforesaid, give
notice Of the granting of Letters of Admins
tratlon upon the Estate of the deceased, with
the date of granting thereof, by causing ad-
yertisements ts be posted within forty DAYS
from the date of such Letters, in six of fhe
most public places of the County o New
Castle, requiring all persons having dem apds
against the Estate, to present the same, or
abide by an Act of Assembly in such case made
and provided. And also cause the same to be
inserted within the same period in the Della.
mington and to be continued therein thret
weeFs. (E. o. D.
-, Given under the hand and Seal O.
LIS. Once of the Register aforesaid, a
49, New Castle, in New Castle Count,
aforesaid the day and yea, above written.
S. c. BIGGS, Register.
The daily gazette., 1875-04-14
BANKS AND BANKER

Philadelphia and New York Exchange fur
nished TO regular Depositors without charge.
The daily gazette., 1875-04-14

A Milwaukee baby, born ON the cold.
est day of the year, has been christened
Zero.
A Milwaukee lady who paid 500 to
have wart removed from her nose
wants to know what's become Of her
nose.
Dubuque has petrified butterfly and
this miserable little thing will save the
place from oblivion for about three
weeks.
Paducah bets on negro man who
seizes the chime of and empty -four
barrel between his teeth, swings it
three times and then throws it over
his head a distance of ten feet back of
him.
If Charles Sumner could hear saloon
keepers call out twelve dollarsr' az
a negro ordered glass of lager beer,
he'd sigh profoundly that he wasted
so much valuable time over civil
rights.
Congressman Lamar, Of Mississippi,
feels sure that Chas. Francis Adams OF
Jude Davis could be elected President
by the Democratic Opposition, but al
to Thurman, Hendricks, or Bayard he
only thinks ait is possible" one OF
them might be. Not very encourag
ing to the Straightout proposition /.
Congressman Lamar.
The Philadelphia Ledger announce,
that the pressure upon its advertisin,
columns is so great that it must hence
forth issue supplements on Wednes
days as well as~Saturdays. Rearl,
1000 advertisements were offered fo
its last Saturdays edition, being tn
> largest number ever presented to an,
Philadelphia journal in one day. 1t
daily circulation is now over $4,000
and before the Centennial year it vii
i, score above 100, 900.