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Every seven Years. nhvsi,

Every Seven Years, physiologists say
the human body is cntIrly changed and re-.
newcd. Every moment of our lives. every
part OF our bodies is wearing out and is being
built up anew of fresh matter. This work Is
accomplished by tho blood which goes
comes weak or vitiated, and does moi nor.
form its work properly, the system is actually
poisoned by the worn-out matter cloggng
the vital organs instead OF leaving the body.
For dyspepsla, biliousness, kidney, skin and
liver troubles, fevers, and all diseases arising
from Vltiated blood, DIR. Walkers California
vinegar Bittera are sovereign remedy. 4w
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After all their boasting about what
Pennsylvania has done for the educa-
tion of her youth, who would have sup
posed that that great and wealthy Com
monwealth, protected and pampered as
she has been by protective tariffs, only
Gxpends Sl,0oo,O00 year on her 900, Goo
school children.
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SHERIFFS SALES.
SHERIFF,S SALE.


10y virtue Of writ Of Levari Facia. to me
ID directed will DO exposed to public sale.
DELAWARE HOUSE. No 5l3 MARKET ST.
kept by Geo. W. Ortlip. in the City of Will
miDgton. New astls County Delaware. on
THURSDAY.
THE 13rH DAY OF MAY. 1878.
At o'clock. p. M.
The following described Real Estate. viz;
All that certain lot OF land with three
story brick dwelling house thereon, situated
In the city of wilmington, aforesaid, bounded
aud described as follows. to wit:
Beginning ut the easterly side Of Madison
street between sth and Sth streets, ut the
distance of seventeen feet from the northerly
side of sth street and ut the centre of the
party wall between this and the adjoining
house on the south, thence easterly through
the centre Of said wall and parallel to eth
street seventy-two feet 10 q corner, thence
nertherly parallel to Madison street sixteen
feet to a corner, thence westerly parallel 10
sth street through the centre of two feet
four inch wide alley between this and the ad-
joining house on the north seventy-twO feet
TO the aforesaid easterly side OF Madison
street, and thence thereby southerly sixteen
feet to the place Of beginning, be the con-
tents thereof what they may, with the free
use and privilege OF tho same alley with
others entitled thereto.
Seized and taken into execution as the pro-
Springer, his wife, aud William a. Turner,
Trustee OF the said Edmund u. Springer, and
10 be sold by
WM. ii. LAMBSON, sheriff.
SheriH's Office. New Castle,
April 22d, A. ID. 1876. 5 apr2 !-2tawts
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The Whisky Rings are all to be ex-
ploded in time to prevent their being
caught by the Democratic investigation
committees. They may yet, however,
be traced up until the hands of high
Washington officials are discovered in
their inspiration and management.
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WILMINGTON. DEL, MAY IL, 1875

Grant is giving his Cabinet officers IA
chance to cover up their tracks as they
retire. The prints of his own shoes
might perhaps be found If a closer
scrutiny were permitted.
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WEA THER REPORT
WAsHiNGToN, May u, l A. NJ
PROBApu,ITIES

PROBABILITIES.
For the Southern portion of the Mid.
die States south and west winds. fail.
ling followed by rising barometer war
mcr, cloudy, followed by clear wealth
or
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a. the Lexington, Ky, races ycster-
gay Big Fellow won the mile-heat race.
Lls besttimebe ing 1.474 ;Aron Penning.
ton winning the second heat in
1.<Gf.
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viz;
Engine and boiler, Roller, shears, punches,
hammers and dies, saw, slotting machnet
grindstOne, bolt machines, 8 cast iron tankst
spiral machine, fan blower, shifting pulleys,
betting, &C. emery grinder, old engine and
boiler, lot Of tools, furnaces. manufactured
ana diminished stock, patterns, Office fixtures,
horse, wagon and harness, Nc, being the en, ,
tire stock and fixtures Of the above named
premises.
Seized and taken into execution as the pro.
perty OF William II. schoen, and to be sold by
VIM. ii. JAMESON, sheriff.
sherif's Oflce, New Castle
April "a, A. d.. 1875. apr30.2tawts
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NOTICES.

[ EDCCATIOS. - The Superintendent OF
~ Schools OF Delaware, announces that he
will meet the Teachers OF New Castle County,
and all others who desire a certificate from
HIM to teach in our Public Schools, at the fol-
lowing places:
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r w. BRINE,
SAIL MAKER.

No. IL EAST WATER STREET.
continues to make store and window orra-
ings OF all varieties of patterns, In Connection
with sail making. A"o''''''
AL awnings, when desired, made mildew
proof. at moderate price. A call is respect.
n; B:-Canvass printing also promptly at.
.onooe W. may5-dlm
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sIlERIFF'S SALE.

nv Siccki L. NJ,
The following described real estate. viz:
All that certain lot Of land and three story
brick dwelling house thereon, situate in the
city of wilmington, bounded and described
as follows, to wit:
Beglnning at point on the westerly side
OF Jefferson street distant seventy-seycn feet
from the northerly side of Delaware Avenue
at Its intersection with said Jefferson street.
thence northwardly along sad side OF Tri.
ferSon street twenty-ninc feet and six inches
to q point, thence westwardly and parallel
with Iweifth street one hundred feet to a
point, thence southwardly and parallel with
> Jenerson street twenty-nine feet and six
inches TO point, and thence eastwardiy and
parallel with Twelfth street one huIdrcd
tents thereof what they may.
seized and taken into execution as the pro-
perty OF Edmund q; Springer and Kate
SPRINGER his wife and I. t., and to be cold by
q, VIM. II. JAMESON, Sheriff.
Sherif's Office, New Castle, /
Arril Y. A. D. 1875. ! arr4-2tawts
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sIxERIFF,s SALE

l<Y virtue Of writ Of Levar; Fae,ay 10 me
! dir.stsd vi be exposed t. Pab 10 sale.
at the
DELAWARE HOUSE. Nv 5l3 MAkh ET ST :.
IN the City of Wilmington. in New Castle
County. Delaware. kept by Geo ". Oflip.
on
THURSDAY.
THE 18Th FAY OF MAY, ISIS.
n
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NJ OTICE-Is hereby given to all persons
whose business or occupation requires
a State license for the present scar, (ls75l that
the same is due and payable on the lat OF
June, at ths office Of the Clerk Of the Peace
for New Castle county.
~ At New Castle
NJ. a. j. SPRINGER, Deputy.
may6-1m 3o9 w. Second St, Wilmingion.
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NJ NOIlCE.-Mechanics Loan Association,
IN Gfth series-3OO shares jn the flftb series
OF this Association are now for sale, first nav.
ment to bo made the second Tuesday in Mt
Apply to w. J. MORROW, Sec'y,
marZ4tf No. All French street
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sHERIFF's SAFE

virtue Of a writ of Fl. Fa.. 10 mo direct
- ed, will be exposed to Public S tIe. on The
premises \. w. Corn.r OF East Eighth street
and Il. H., in Wilmington, New Castle County,
Del, on
FRIDAY.
THE 2lst DAY OF MAY. A. D., 1875,
At 10 O'Clock. A.. NJ.
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NoTICE-CENTRAL LOAN AssOCIA.
~ TlON.-The Fourth Annual Meeting
will be held at their room, No. IO4 Market
street, on Friday evening next, the IIth In st.,
at 30 O'Clock. An election for Officers and
Directors Will be held, and the Auditors will
submit their annual report. Attest,
mayIU-5t ID. I. HAWKINS, Sec'y.
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VoUSG MEMS LOAN ASSOCIATION
Il Shares In the Third Series, first pay.
ment June 10th, may be had by applying 10
Thos. \. de Normandie, President, No. 3J2
Market street, or to
apr2stt TIE, YOUNG seo,v
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GUN UMBRELLAS, New and handsome
y to order, Just received.
.S W. D. SHA1e.
Fourth and Market stgeeta.
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nayll-2t

NOTICE.-Thc Fourth Annual Meeting OF
IN the stockholders OF the Workngmen's
Loan Association will be held in the Office
OF the Secretary, No. 302 Market street, ON
~ O'Clock, when the annual report will be
submitted, and an election held. The third
series Is now offered for sale.
maylltm GEO. Z. MARIs, sec'y.
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SVHUUI HuuSe, DIbl CT No. 0, 4Ih.
Examinations will be held in tho Public
School Houses, and will begin promptly at
0 O'Clock, A. II.
J. II. GROVES,
mayll-2t State Sup't,
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NoTICE-DIsSOLUTIO OF PARTNER.
- SlIlP.- The co-partnership heretofore
existing between J. A. Wilson and John Spal.
lane, trading under the firm name of j. A.
Wilson 4 Co., is this day dissolved by mutual
consent by the withdrawal OF John Spallane.
j. A. WILSON,
JOHN SPALLANF.
Nav 10 ls75
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
Two Whale Stories.

THE Boston Herald relates the follow
ing "The brig Tropic, which arrived
at Belfast, Me-, on Sunday from Turks
Island, had remarkable experience on
the passage. Capt. Baker reports that
one morning while on the edge Of the
Gulf Stream, the brig going about five
miles an hour, she stopped with a shock
as though she had struck rock. 1t was
discovered that there was whale under
the bow, which made offuriously, flashing
the water and spouting. The briggs cut
water and chain bobstay were carried
away and piece Of the whales skin was
left hanging on projecting bolt"
The following must be credited to the
Halifax Chronicle: 1.-THE captain of the
American fishing schooner Sultan, which
arrived on Monday night, states that on
the Grand Banks on the 23d of November
his vessel was riding at anchor with $50
fathoms of cable out. Two of his dories,
with two men in each, were away tend
ing their travis. The remainder of the
crew who were below observed that the
vessel was moving. On going on deck
they found the schooner was going
through the water at the rate of ten or
twelve knots an hour. Shortly after an
immense whale rose just ahead of the
vessel with the anchor either caught in
his jaw or blow hole. After the vessel
had been towed for an hour by the fish
and finding that the dories were already
out of sight, the captain cut the cable.
The Sultan then returned, picked up her
dories and sailed for this port to procure
a new anchor and cable. An incident of
an almost similar nature happened to
the American schooner c. II. Price, of
Gloucester, on the Banks about eighteen
months ago. She was towed by whale
for day and half, when the tluke of
the anchor broke and the vessel was re
leased from her novel predicament."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

bolted half cup of steaming Mocha !;
" Oh, no, Pm all right, mad" and he
smothered further explanation with q
slice of oyster pie.
Perfect wonder struck the lady dumb
for moment, while the nonchalant in
truder went on with the process of
tightening the table.
But reaction set in, the womanly ma
ture was up in arms very soon, and in
defense of her castle she denounced the
newcomer as trespasser and appealed
to her boarder to aid in his ejectment
oh, WELL" said the rascally hummer,
" if you're so blasted particular I'll
leave" and, rising, he seized fresh loaf,
deliberately cut it in two, buttered both
sides, clapped them together and, putting
it under his coat, lifted his hat from the
table and crowned his cheeky caput with
it as he bowed himself out in the coolest
manner imaginable.-,SGcranaento Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
Rats on Board of Ship.

RATS greatly infest ships, and are by
them carried to every part of the world
SO industriously do they make homes for
themselves in the numerous crannies and
corners in the hull of ship that it is
almost impossible to get rid of them
Ships take out rats as well as passengers
and cargo every voyage; whether the
former remain in the ship when in port
is best known to themselves. When the
East Company had ships of their own,
they employed ratcatcher, who some
times captured 500 rats in one ship Just
returned from Calcutta. The ship rat is
often the black species. Sometimes
black and brown inhabit the same vessel,
and, unless they carry on perpetual hos
tilities, the one party will keep TO the
head of the vessel and the other to the
stern. The ship rat is very anxious that
his supply of fresh water shall not fail :;
he will climb on deck when it rains, and
climb up the wet sails to suck them.
Sometimes he mistakes spirit cask for
water cask, and gets drunk. A cap
tain of an American merchant ship is
credited Tor discredited) with an in
genious bit of sharp practice as means
of clearing his ship from rats. Having
discharged cargo at port in Holland,
he found his ship in juxtaposition tc
another which had just taken in cargo
of Dutch cheeses. He laid plank at
night from the one vessel to the other;
the rats, tempted by the odor, trooped
along the plank and began their feast.
He took care that the plank should not
be there to serve them as pathway back
again; and so the cheese-laden ship had
a cruel addition to its outward cargo
Al the Yen7. Round.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

of evading customs duty. On another
occasion several cases of glue were
found to have more than 100 pounds of
cigars snugly embosomed in their midst.
One day coast guardsman near Ports
mouth saw boat laden with barrels of
snuff drifting about; the quantity was no
less than 1900 pounds; the owners
were probably not far off, but did not
deem it prudent to come forth and show
themselves. A French fishing bark, the
Je7lne Hepriette, came into an English
port with forty pounds Of tobacco con-
cealed among the fish and the tackle In
one instance 600 pounds of tobacco were
found concealed in some bags of hops in
vessel coming from Ostend; on con-
viction the owner could not or would not
pay the duty and fines; so he was put
in durance vile" A cask of potatoes
was the hiding place of another batch Of
Struggled tobacco. One ingenious rascal
outdid most of the others in inventive
ness; he concealed four pounds of
Cavendish tobacco inside two loaves of
German bread!-Harper's BGzdr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
Egyptian Flies, Rats and Ants.

A LARGE stable contained the twenty
horses, which, by great care, had kept
their condition. It was absolutely
necessary to keep them in a dark stable
on account of the flies, which attacked
all animals in swarms. Even within the
darkened building it was necessary to
light fires composed of dried horsedung,
to drive away these prosecuting insects.
The hair fell completely off the ears and
legs of the donkeys (Which were allowed
to ramble about, owing to the swarms
of flies that irritated the skin; but in
spite Of the comparative comfort of a
stable the donkeys preferred life of
outdoor independence, and fell off in
condition if confined to house. The
worst flies were the small, gray ones with
a long proboscis, similar to those that are
often seen in houses in England. In an
incredibly short time the station fell into
shape. / constructed three magazines
of galvanized iron, each eighty feet in
height, and the head storekeeper, Mr..
MarcopolO, at last completed his ardu-
Gus task of storing the immense amount
of supplies that had been contained in
the feet of vessels. This introduced US
to the While Nile rats, which volunteered
their services in thousands, and quickly
took possession of the magazine by tun-
neling beneath and appearing in the
midst of rats paradise, among thou
sands of bushels of rice, biscuit, lentils,
etc. The destruction caused by these
animals was frightful. They gnawed
holes in the sacks, and the contents
poured upon the ground like sand from
an hour-glass, to be Immediately at
tackled and destroyed by white ants.
There was no lime in the country, nor
stone of any kind, thus it was absolute
1y impossible to stop the ravages of white
ants except by the constant labor of
turning over the vast masses of boxes
and stores to cleanse them from the
earthen galleries which denote the pres
ence of the termites.-"I smaaliG," BIZ SIR
Samuel Baker,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
A Living Frog Found in the Heart of a
Tree.

A REMARKABLE discovery of a living
frog in the heart of large tree was
made in the city yesterday, Three or
four days ago section of a sycamore
tree, four feet in diameter and three feet
wide, which was intended for butchers
block, was received by Frederick Dick
man, whose shop and grocery is on the
corner of F and Washington streets, a
short distance south Of ST. Paurs
Church. 1t lay at the depot day or two
and was then removed to his premises.
Yesterday it was placed upon its side
and cut into two equal sections with
crosscut saw, thus making two blocks of
the same size. In the center of the tree
an irregular assure was discovered,
which measured six inches in length and
three-eighths of an inch in width, which
fssure extended into each block. One
of the blocks was placed upon it's end,
the newly-cut surface being uppermost.
Dickman, happening to look into the mar
row crack, noticed the grim and Shiny
surface of what he supposed was snake.
having procured sinai SUCK he THRUST
it into the oriice, when green frog
jumped out and fell apparently lifeless
upon the surface of the block. In few
minutes it commenced to breathe. The
pulsations of the blood could be plainly
seen on the under surface of the throat
and it soon revived. Dickman placed it
in glass jar half filled with water, when
it Immediately climbed up the slippery
surface and stuck to the side of the
glass, where it could be plainly OBJ
served. It's back is a bright green and
the under portion of the body is pale
blue, like the colorless appearance of
vegetables which have grown in dark
cellar. 1t is about three inches in length
and is evidently a tree frog (rana hylG).
1t is still alive, and seems in healthy
condition. Dickman informed us that
it croaked, or sang, rather, at intervals
last night. Any one having a curiosity
in such matters can see the frog at his
establishment, as he intends preserving
it with great care Virginia (NeO)
Chronicle, Dec 3.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
Good Evidence.

\ one of the New York courts party
was recently on trial charged with send
ing scurrilous postal cards through the
mail The prosecution offered III e'l-
dence letter written b. the defendant,
in which certain words were mlsspelled.
He did so with the view OF showing that
the same words are misspelled in the
same way in the postal cards IN question,
and then arguing to the jury that the
identity in spelling is additional proof
that the defendant wrote the cards. In
his support of his right to offer he quoted
this curious case:
A tailor in Ayr, Scotland, by the name
of Alexander, learning that a man Of the
same name had died leaving cOnsidera-
bic property without any apparent heirs,
obtained access to the house occupied
by Mr.. Alexander during his life, and
found there collection of letters about
his family. These he carried off, and
with their aid fabricated a mass of sim
liar productions, which, as was claimed,
clearly proved his connection with the
family OF the deceased. When the tail
or's suit to gain possession of the prop
erty came on for trial it appeared that
there were number of words in the let
tiers which were produced by the sutton,
and which purported to be from differ
ent individuals, misspelled in the same
way. Upon examination it appeared
that the letters were all written by the
same hand, and the case attracted the
attention of the inner house. The tailor
was therefore brought to the clerk s ia
BILE, where he was made TO write a dicta-
ton Of the Lord Justice Clerk, and in
doing 50 he misspelled all the words that
were lnisspelled in the fabricated letters,
and III precisely the same way. He then
confessed that the letters in question
were fabricated, and that he had writ
ten them on old paper found in the gar
ret of Mr. Alexander's house"
The court, without regard to the case
cited, admitted the evidence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
Swans.

THE nest of the swan is thick and
rather untidy mass of sticks, reeds, flags
and rushes, From the fact of the birds
naturally preferring the most secluded
spots by the water, we more often f.
swans nest on an eyot than on either
bank of the river; the Osier beds are
perhaps The localities most favored by
them. The eggs are six or eight in num-
Der, and are Matched in five or six weeks.
The young birds are termed cygnets, and
are covered with grayish- brown plu-
mage, which is not entirely lost till the
beginning of the third year. Though the
swan is, in general, very gentle and in
offensive, the male bird will defend the
nest with great courage, and advance to
the onset with ruffled pinions and every
demonstration of anger; nor is it from
its muscular powers an antagonist
to be despised. While the cygnets are
very young, one or two of them will
sometimes climb up on to their mothers
back, who never sails along more proud
ly than when her dusky brood is thus
Graded between her snowy wings
Swans do not breed until they are sew
eral years old, and they mate strictly in
pairs; the technical terms for the male
and female are cob and pen. The cob,
or male, has thicker neck and larger
" berry" at the base of the bill than the
pen, or female; he also swims more buoy
antly, from having more volume of lungs.
Maturity in both cob and pen is shown
by the size of the " berry" and the depth
of the orange color of the bill On the
Thames the nests are sedulously watched
by the fisherman, who receives half q
crown for each young bird that is
Matched. He also takes care of the birds
during inclement winters, receiving two
shillings a week for the time during
which he has given them food and shell
ter. Taking swans eggs from the nests,
and certain other birds, was an offense
severely dealt with in old times. We
find, in an act of Henry VII, that " No
manner of person, of what condition or
degree he bee, take or cause to be taken,
be it upon his owne ground or any other
mans, the egges of any fawcon, Cos
hawk, laners, or swans, out of the nest,
upon paiae of imprisonment of yere
and day, and fine at the Kings will, the
one halle thereof to the King, and the
other halle to the owner Of the ground
where the egges were so taken. Art
Journal