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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-05-21

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To KEEP EARTH WoEMs FROM
Pors. 10 keep earth worms from
pots, a correspondent OF Wick gives the
following remedy: Il put ten drops OF
carbolic acid in a pint Of water, and
poured that on the earth in the pots,
and il acted like a charm, killed all
the worms, and the plants improved
at once. Ichas been three weeks since
it has been applied, and they are all
in nice growing condition, and |
think that is time enough to show
what it Will do"
ACCOUNTS from the great wheat
growing regions Of Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York indicate that the crop
win be the largest this year harvested
for many previous seasons. The con
tinuous SHOWS Of last winter is the IN
hucnce which is credited with this
promise, aud if present appearances
are worth considering the prediction
promises to be moro than realized,
A large crop Of wheat will do much 10
relieve the embalrassMents Of bust
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31
HERE AND THERE.

There Is another anniversary coming of
directly. 1t is the semi-ceHtennial one of
the Kentucky Turf association. The world
ought to know it.
A company has been formed to develop
the coal resources of Kentucky. That State
is said to be blessed with the most beautiful
supply of that mineral.
The Chicago Tibuns is responsible for the
statement that the President having given
careful attention to the matter of the custom
house has decided to modify the order sns-
pending work.
Krupp, the great German iron manufac-
tuaer, has asked for q Jorge space at the
Centennial, and one of his specialties will be
mammoth gun capable of throwing o
thousand pound ball.
Switzerland is about to reform its Bank
ing laws. Banks have hitherto been unre-
structed in their actions, but now the gov
ernmeg} takes them in hand, and lays
down laws by which they must consent to
be guided.
The Chicago Astronomical society is
obout to raise an endowment fund of $780,
900 for the bornObseryatory, which
contains one Of the largest telescopes in the
world. About 100000 have been spent on
this observatory.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31
ORR CITY AND THE CENTENNIAL.

Philadelphia will undoubtedly be the
center of American life from May until
December of the coming year. "Are you
going TO the Centennial >" is current and
hourly question in every part Of the coun-
try. Patriotic, or otherwise, there are
scarcely any who fail to look upon the
exhibition. As one OF vast importance. "But
our motives should be purely unsel6sh-
patriotic in the highest degree" say our
old oracles of honor, and the worshippers
OF heroic deeds. Perfectly true yet it is
impossible and would be utterly foolhardy
no. to look upon the exhibition in a mat
,e--oE!ac: light. There is money to he
brought into the country from Europe,
Asia, everywhere by the Centennial, and
i, would be hypocsitical to shut our epes
and mouths to the fac. while We know all
the time tha. John Bull Is dropping a
pun an sixpenee into one pocket, and
John Chinaman his an,ediluvian gold into
smother. There will be pecuniary gain
TO Philadelphla, an immense stimulus of
trade, princely amount Of solid cash. We
are glad Of it; so Is every city and town in
the country. Though it may be only the
las, ripple of the centennial wave that
reaches San Francisco, that city will par
take to some ex,en, of PhiladelpkH's gol-
den harvest. Wilmington, ,houg i not ex-
ac,ly incorporated with city the Of Brotherly
Love, is essentially a suburban city. A
short distance only separates us from the
exhibition grounds: our means Of COM
munication cannot be be:tered; and We
arrive 5, our point just here, that our city
will he afavori,e during the summer OF next
wear, bringing mean Of taste and money
into our mids, who will certainly exercise
the frs, and We hope SPEND the latter.
Hence We hope that such Of our citizens
who can afford it will begin their improve
men,s, both Of making respectable what Il
now unsigh,ly, and OF further adorning
our already tasteful streets. We hope fur
ther tha, timely arrangements will be
made by s1ch of our citizens Of hotels and
private houses who desire it 10 entertain
visitors throughout the year.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

Mr.. Mortop's reason for not talking
about the next Presidential campaign is
that I" he don't know anything about it ~
But that never keeps him from talking
about finance.
Sable gem'man to his better half
"Neber seed sich times since l been born.
Work all day and steal all night, and blest
if l can hardly make in'.-Roms Ga. J
Commercial.
An awfully impertinent Frenchman
writes to Paris paper about the women
in England, whe, since the Baker case, are
inclined to carry pionards. He says the
most of them are better defended by their
faces.
They are now making gilt-edged paper
collars, and just as soon as the public can
be educated up to the point Of wearing
them there will be no further need of dol
lar store jewelry.
Philanthrophy has within fifty years so
improved the condition Of the prisons that
a tramp takes to one for = term of six
months as ordinary humanity might to q
6rst-class Saratoga hotel, with ali the bills
paid.
In the Bois de Vincennes, near Paris, 4
practical joker hanged himself to a tree
with a rope under his arms, bat arranged
50 that it appeared to be around his neck.
He did it for the pleasure Of kicking the
people who came to cut him down.
An Englshman living at Naples had a
fine garden and sold his aowera He was
informed BY the flower dealers that he
must sell II their prices but declined
Some days later he vas found at the bot.
tom Of = we'll in his garden, and his gar
dsaer is now On trial for the murder.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31
A Woman Stabbed Five Tim,
BRUTAL CASE OF ATTEMPTED WIFE
DER IN WILLIAMSBURG.

On Sunday afternoon a tragicq
took place in Williamsburg, n. Y,
may yet have fatal termination w
Smith, Of No. 80 Mauier street,
stabbed his wife Catharine five time (
ring drunken quarrel.
The affray occurred shortly behh1 I
o'clock in the afternoon and the pS
lag, as near as they can be gathesd,
follows William Smith, with hi /
and two children, moved into hhr
apartments in the rear Of No. &A
street two weeks ago, from Ninth
from whence be was compelled tom
consequence Of frequent quarrels
wife. Smith, when under the inaudA
liquor, is very ugly. Yesterday nd
he wen, to his place Of employment
of Kent and West streets, to clean
fireplace OF the boiler in the factory,
he is engineer, and on his return f0u
drunk, and nothing prepared for
He became very angry and soundl!yt
her, until provoked by his severe lap
she seized a large fan cy bottle IEq
ratHe) from the bureau and threw l'i
cutting him slightly on the cheS
then, fired with anger, knocked hs'
stabbed her FIVE times, she says
knife, he says with fragment Of 'h'
tie. The wounds are cut on the
of the right hand, one on the neck
the shoulder, one on the left side a.
on the left forearm, the latter Oe'
most serious, as it severed an artery
As soon As stabbed, the woman
of the house screaming " Murder
lowed by crowd, down the street '''N
street, and thence to the station-hous
half Il mile, bleeding all the way
lance Surgeon Hesse was sent iol
moved her to the Eastern District III
where she now lies in very crllle
dition from the great amount Of cl
has lost and the danger Of the
from the severed artery breaking oO
Meanwhile the husband, alarmed
he had done, remained in his rool'
he vas found in tears by the on'
arrested him. Smith acknowledge
her, but insists he did it with m
ments of the bottle she broke on ~
but this is thought improbable @I
tor, as the clothing Of the woman
clear cut without any rendins ~
wounds and corresponding win '~
two young children Of the ill''sse' .a1
pie are taken care of by the ne'sn'
of whom seem to exist in the sans
degraded poverty ~ the victim
fray. j
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31
THINGS THEATRICAL.

Charles Fechter will play in his own
drama, "Black and White" this season.
Maurice Grau, with his new opera bouffe
company, arrived in New York on Wednes-
day.
Sothern will appear in new play this
season in London. Wonders will never
cease.
Charles Osbore, of London, has written a
new play for Dominick Murray, entitled
"Timon, the Actor"
Louis James, who was at the Fifth Ave
nue. Theatre last year, has joined the comp,-
of the Chicago Theatre.
The "Shaughraun" will be produced at
Drury Lane Theatre on Saturday, Septem-
Der 4th, with Mr.. Boucicault in the character
of Conn.
When Messrs. Scott & Gimmell take hold
of the Chestnut street Thertre. on the LIST of
September, two forces Of men will be at
once put on, and they will work night and
day that the proposed improvements may
be completed and the theatre opened on
September 20. The company and first play
will be shortly announced.
Miss Minnie Palmer, who is shortly to
make her debut as claimant for theatrical
honors, has recently returned from Europe
where she has been studying the dramatic
cart. Miss Palmer, in addition to pretty
face and a pleasant voice, has bright and
charming manners, and if her dramstic
gifts are not inferior to her natural ones will
be welcome addition to the American
stage.
There has been many instances of actors
being compelled to 60 on with their parts
while some dear one was dead or dying at
home. Perhaps the most affecting was that
of Miss Kitty Blanchark. She mas playing
in the "Two Orpnans," and her mother was
on her deathbed. Whenever she was off the
stage she ran in her character dress to her
mothers room, which was close at hand,
The old lady died while her daughter was
..on' for the last scene, but the fact was of
course, kept from her until the fall of the
curtain. Kitty Blonchard was born in Phil
adelphia, and made her debut as ballet
girl at the Melodeon, on Callowhill street
1t h to her honor that she has risen to the
present position, for to-day she is quite .
good actress She Ia the wife of Mexican
Rankin.
Says the New York Herald: "We can
permit An ordinary amount of license to our
players and play managers in their attempts
to catch the public. The public, as Mr..
Barnulh, the most celebrated quack of mod
ern times, has laid down in his life, Is a
strange ANIMAL and must be managed
carefully. We are disposed to view with
amusement, certainly without anger, the
attempts to manage the animal 50 long Is
they are kept within moderate bounds, such
as dinner, = seranade, pictures in tobacco
stores, accounts Of 'hairbreadth escapes or
striking achievements, or even practical
Jokes. These are within tolerated limits Of
advertising. But the attempt on the part
of one ofour theatres to play Hamlet on
Monday night - an American srtistes,
and in house decorated with. American
emblems,' is degradation Of true dranat-
ic Art. 1t invd , . spirit which in the past
has led to many serious and fatal disasters
in our great cities, 1t is not quackezy, bat
An Incentive riot.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

The Chicago Times has the acquaintance
of q young man who is so truly good that
he will not bet on game ofbase ball unless
he is informed in advance what the two
captains have agreed the result shall be.
Thus do good men prosper in this wicked
word. '''E
Some editor, who, no doubt, will next
tell us how to gild refined gold and paint
the lily, has discovered that honey i'm
proves the taste Of the cantaloupe. Moth
ing can improve the favor Of really good
melon of this sort, and one that is not really
good by nature ought always to be given to
the pigs.
Ex-senator Reuben Fenton, of New York,
has written 8 letter to the Ohio Republican
State committee, in answer to an invitation
to take the stump in that State, declining Oh
account of a bronchial affection. He says
were his voice in good condition i, would
be agreeable for him to speak In the State
on the question of finance. He adds: "It is
clear that the Democratic party of your
State has declared policy of imitation and
reputation which is at war with all honest
finance, and which no citizen who regards
the public welfare need hesitate to con-
denim. If had the power should feel it
my duty to aid you in resisting their false
doctrine"
Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, is the latest
letter-writer on the currency. He says he
has lived through the times of United
State Bank, Of system of State pet banks,
of sub-treasury system and time of no
system whatever; but he AYERS ''that the
present fictitious and Fictitious affiliation of
greenback banks with the political power of
government, in the reign of any party
whatever, is the worst have ever known.
Take away from it the attribute of being
legal tender, for debts, and instantly green
back would be no better than 'graybacks.'
Having that attribute, it attacks real value,
regular business, and panders only to specu-
lation and peculation.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

sustain the life Of sinking men in the criti-
cal periods of exhausting fevers. Various
well-auested instances of this character
certainly afford ground for the familiar and
popular impression that there is support in
wine and spirtuous drink. DR.. Anstie's
conclusion from such evidence, and from a
very large hospital experience, was that
beyond all possibility Of doubt pure alco-
hol, with the addition of only small
quantity Of water. will prolong life greatly
beyond the period at which it would cease
if no nourishment was given: that during
the progress Of acute diseases it very COM
monty supports not only life, but also the
bulk Of the body, during many days Of
abstinence from common foods; and that
although the physician and Psychologist
fail to explain chemically how it is that the
result is brought about, it may nevertheless
be safely affirmed that the influence exerted
overthe body by alcohol is, essentially, of
a food-character.
DR.. Anstie again and again dwells on
the notable fact that all cases Of disease
where alcohol is used successfully as a
medicinal support, as in the case Of exhaus-
tive fevers, its presence as an alcoholic
emanation, whether in the breath or in
other secretions, is absent altogether, as if
in those cases the whole force Of the agent
was absorbed in its benefcent operation.
He also insists that in such instances its
exciting and Intoxicating powers appear
to be in abeyance, and that the recovery
from acute disease where this medicine has
been successfully employed is invariably
more rapid and complete than it is in al
together similar cases which have been
treated without alcohol. He also recurs
continually to the well-known fact that in
many forms of disease alcohol calms pain,
removes delirium, and induces natural
sleep, exactly as concentrated nourishment
Of the nature of strong meat broth does
under the same circumstances. In
short, by his experience and inves-
LEGATIONS, DR.. Ans.ie seems to have
been led as uncompromisingly to the con-
vition that alcohol, in a certain sense, is a
food, as DR.. Richardson has been led by his
researches to the conclusion that it is not a
food, either on the ground of constructive
service or warming power. The inference
is plain: The nutritious capabili,y Of alco-
hol, when used in appropriate circum-
stances and in reasonable quantity, is yet a
matter of controversy, and questiyn that
has to be further investigated and weighed
by compten, and scientific authorities, be-
fore any absolute Judgment regarding it
can be pronounced that is worthy of gen.
eral acceptance. As far as philosophical
argument goes, DR.. Richardson is the most
formidable; but the fac. is overlooked by
him. that wine has bean generated in the
generous labratory of nature, to subserve
some wise and benifcent purpose. The
generic Sroducis OF the distillation Of the
grape and grain are peculiarly fitting, ac-
coriing to Ans,ie's experiments, to enable
man to keep the nerve strain of our mod
ern civilization ever increasing.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

Ex-TREAsURER SPINNER seems to have
taken issue with the accredited financial
authorities Of New York in regard to the
effects likely to occur from the failure of
the Bank of California. .,s.r
Mr.. Spinner ought to be, and is, good au-
thority in financial matters, and his utter
ances deserve more than passing notice.
He predicts more disastrous consequence
from the failure of the Bank of California
than has followed any failure in recent
years. That bank had for years controlled
the business, the politics, and all the indus
trial interests Of the Pacific slope. There
was no man doing business there who had
been Independent of it. Its operations had
been hazardous in the extreme, and not al
ways in accordance with the strictest prin-
ciples of honest dealing.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

The feeling among the bus'pes ~
New York in regard to an impn wv,
business matters Is tetter thsn e'
known.
The failure Of the Bank OF VSi"
had no effect upon the marker !"
States securities in London.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31
WILMINGTON QUOTATIONS


Delaware State Bonds 1Os
Wilmington City Bonds, 1OOl
Delaware R. R. first mtge., 1Ol'
f" " extension g9s
Wilmington & Reading R. R.
LIST mortgage, 49,
Wilmington u Reading R. r.
.2nd mortgage, 5
Wilmington & Western R. R.
LIST mortgage, 20
Delaware r. X. Stock, 22s
Wilmington Coal Gas Co., 81
Notional Bank of Delaware, 500
4" VII. g. B'dywine,
First National Bank, 139
Union National Bank, 80
Farmers Bank, 49l
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31
POLITICAL POINTS.

The "Potato Bugs" is the name given to
the people composing the "new party" In
Baltimore.
The "Rag Baby" and the "Red Woman"
are now the Republican watchwords in
Ohio, who deem these mythical individuals
worse than the "twin relics of barbarian
The Cincinnati Commercial says the
administration of President Grant is not
thought of in the Ohio campaign. "Grant's
Presidential career belongs to the past as
entirely as his part in the war of the rebel
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

Mr.. CRoz1ER, whose indefatigable and
we'll directed efforts to save our patriotic
citizens the disgrace of having the Soldiers
Monument sold under the Sheriffrs ham,
mer. sends US a communication, which We
publish in reply to the rather severe, but
in our opinion eminently just remarks, OF
a contributor to the Lions Mouth, who
thinks the gaudy picket, which surrounds
the Monument might be, in good taste,
dispensed with.
The question between the two correspon-
dents Is simply matter Of taste, in which
" Hauth' has decidedly the advantage.
Mr.. Crorier's personal illusions are not
discussed, a. We know the writer to be as
loyal citizen .. himself but out Of re-
spect for the untiring efforts Of Mr.. Gro
xier to relieve the Monument of debt, We
print his communication for what It u
is worth.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31
FIxANc1Al.
WILMINGTON H.,

Tuesday, Aug. 81, lS75,cTs 81 ) j
GOLD AND BOND QUorArmrs Il
Reported BY Craige, johnson & Co |
ers and Brokers, 9th and Mart.. Il
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

The grain crop in Daecsah Territory has
been greatly damaged BY heavy rain storms.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

THE MORNING HERALD IL published
every morning. Sundays excepted, and de-,
livered in the city Of Wilmington and sur
rounding places for six cents per week
payable to the carriers. Mail subscriptions,
postage free, three dollars per annnm In
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No. 500 Shipley Street,
Wilmington, Del.
The Morning herald., 1875-08-31

TEE Philadelphia sp ea king Of
the official corruption which has recently
visited Trenton, New Jersey, says: except
ing slight defalcation Of the State Treas
urer some thifty-6ve years ago, this is the
only serious case Of official corruption that
New jersey has ever had. 1t further says
that when Jersey officials become dishonest
where shall W look for honesty in oficess
ave may now expecta defalcation even in
Delaware, the home of the Bayard'A the
Clayton's, the Reads and Rodney's." We
hope sincerely that tht TGssSs may b COM
PEELED, by the absence of such conduct
upon the part Of any Of our officials, to
look in another direction for official dis
honesty. We hope the escutcheon Of the
State may remain forever untsrnished of
any such blot. II the remarks of the
Times is sly comparison Of the size of our
State with New Jersey, We have reason to
give thanks for our inferiority in size, if
that is what spares us the modification Of
official corruption. We have many evils
that need correction, but we have none of
this character to bleed our treasury, and
this brings to us the consolation that it is a
blessing to be small commonwealth, when
we think how Pennsylvania and many Of
the larger States have had to suffer at the
hands of official thieves.
The daily gazette., 1875-09-06
STATE ITRMS.

w. +. Causey, of st. Louis, was i,
Georgetown on Wednesday, lookinI
remarkably we'll.
The bay line steamers from Freder
lea to the New Jersey Southern r r.
have been quite successful.
The next annual meeting Of thf
Kent County Bible Society will h[
held in the Dover NJ. L, Church or
Thursday next, 10th inst.
DIR. Isaac Jump, President of thc
First National Bank OF Dover has
oeen appointed Disbursing Officer for
the new Post Office to be built there
Clayton is next to Wilmington as
railroad centre. From 70 to 100 cars
OF peaches are sent from there every
day, the largest days shipment being
lib cars.
on tuesday afternoon the large bs1n
on the old home farm Of Samuel B,
cooper, Esq, occupied by Nathan
Moore, II miles below Willow Grove
was destroyed by fire. Loss, IL 900.
All the fruit dried by the Alden
Fruit Drying Company OF Milford was
lost by the fire on Monday, with the
exception Of 100 barrels that had been
Temtved to another building several
days previous,
The wife of Charles b. Isaacs was
taken suddenly ill at the peach factory
in Milford, on Friday, and was remoy.
ed to her home, She Is recovering
She states that she took dose Of
arsnic, having no desire to live longer.
The physician thought, however, that
there was no indication of poison.
Sheriff Sharp offers for sale the
property of William Huntington Can.
non, q well-known citizen of North
West Fork Hundred. Sussex county,
on Saturday, September 18th. The
real estate of Mr.. Cannon Is very valu-
able, and large portion of it situated
In prosperous agricultural section
The daily gazette., 1875-09-06
A fine Country.

The country between Dover ana
Hyrna at this time is particularly
Iriting, The farms are, for the most
Brt, well titled, and the fences orp
bvered with large and luxuriant
towth Of clover. The corn-fields are
lch rs make the heart of the farmer
Gd to think of-the provender and
e rich harvest of golden grain. The
fops Of corn will certainly average 40
ushels per acre with a few exceptions
thiie the acres of peach trees are w.
tg spread out like umbrellas, so load.
ere the trees. On every farm that
fa passed, with the orchards living
Pntiguous to the road, the hurry and
'uStle Of preparing peaches for market
faS apparent, We noticed that the
fees OF those varieties that have ma
pref, we're as general thing, bare;
Pus showing that the growers had
fther forward their peaches to an
Eerglutted market, and take the risk
/ their not paying the freight, than
Fve them rot on the trees.-Docer
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