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The daily gazette., 1876-01-06

VIRGINIA AND THE CENrENNIAL.-The
COMMITTEES appointed by Governor Kem.
per to secure a proper representation for
Virginia at the national centennial have
addressed Il letter to the Governor re =.
signing their appointments, because Of
the necessary appropriation to accom-
plish the objects desired. They express
the opinion that even should the Legisla-
ture now make an appropriation the
time has passed for making an exhibition
of Virginia's products success, as the
10th of April is the last day on which a.
ticles for exhibition will be received.
The daily gazette., 1876-01-06

APPLICANTS FOR MARKET STREET
BRIDGE. The recent death of James
McManus, late tender Of Market street
bridge over the Christiana, leaves a va
cancy to be filled by the Levy Court,
next month. Mr.. Manus' son, Frank,
now has charge of the bridge, and he,
Henry Robinson and u half-dozen others
are applicants for the position.
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0(.et the Rest.D

1.-THE best ID the cheapest"-is an old and
true max IN. The hest ar icle for those need
ing spec acles or aids to sight is the ~ ia
mOnd Spectacles " Every pair is stamped
with the di mond trade marx.
For sale in Wilmington by 3. s. Clark, No.
407 Market street. jan3eod&wlw
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m AR RIED

SNYRER-CATHELL Phlls delphia, on
December goth, 1875, by Rev. j. Walter
jackson Mr. John s. snyder to Miss Adelia
Cathell. both OF this city.
HAISLETT- BOSsERT.- In Germantown,
philadelphia. January 81, by Rev. G W.
FOlwell, MIR William F Haislett and Miss
Laura B. Bossert, both Of Wilmington,
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T OsT-On sabbath, by lady, Ruse ian
IL leather Pocket Book, contain ,ng one
ten doiIar and a one dollar note and other
change and small keys, between pew IN st.
fauPs NJ. u. Church and ZIG West 7th street.
Return t SIG West 7th street. anu reward
will be given. jan4.4t.
The daily gazette., 1876-01-06

To SUFFERING LADIEs.-"Dr. Rogersoaa
Female Hydysstia PoDders for ali temals
Complaints by mail. o.. Address. Dr.
Rogerson p. o. Box. 1858 n. y. Ditv
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F,sA ..rsA,. .N"sess~nD
wnxtvaroa, Del. Jan. e 1876

I.atest stock quotations furnished by
ct street. Wilmingtca Del. Mt 2 ". In
The daily gazette., 1876-01-06

The Firemen Organized - Arrange
ments 10 be DraJe for the Erection of
Delaware Headquarters ut the Centen-
nlaI.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
Rheumatism,

The Journal des Cor,naissances Medi-
Gales contains O review of certain curl
GUS observations made by DR.. G.. Esbach
on tho conformation of the fingers in
various diseases. In persons that per-
spire easily, or in the case of disorders
that induce profuse perspiration, such
as rheumatism, typhus fever, etc., the
transversal curvature of the nail is in.
creased to exaggeration. This symp-
tom, which scarcely ever fails to present
itself in rheumatic subjects, has led DR..
Esbach to establish, by a statistical
method, the sudoral etiology of that af-
lection, and in the immense majority of
cases he has found the following result
A man who perspires easily, and who
inhabits ground floor, becomes, sooner
or later, rheumatic; if, on the contrary,
lie lives in dry apartment, he is never
troubled with that malady. On the
other hand, man who is not subject
to perspiration may live in damp room
with impunity. Rheumatism appears
thus to be placed OIL its zeal ground
dampness may be the cause OF it, but
only in such habits as perspire freely.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
The Effect,

As a Detroit saloon keeper stood be-
hind his bar, says "M. Quad" in
walked stranger, who inquired {:
Scan you inform me what effect lem
onade has upon the mental system r
cit has good effect, where you pay
for il, was the reply.
"And where you dont"
"The effect is then transferred from
the mental to the physical system, and
you 20 out of here with something
kicking you forty times per minute" ;"
Thanks, sir" bowed the stranger.
backing out. 81 am not thirsty, and
never did believe in summer drinks"
He went down the street, stole two
harvest apples, and found the effect to be
just the same as if he had taken lemon.
ade. When the machine" ceased
kicking, the stranger remarked:
Between being kicked for three
cents or for ten cents, it is my duty to
be kicked for ten cents, and that shall
be my motto hereafter"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
COrmOrant Fishing.

The London NeWs says: A very curl
GUS sport is gaining ground in this
country. The use of cormorants for
fishing purposes has been practiced for
centuries by the Chinese, who carefully
train these birds to deliver their prey
uninjured to their master instead of ap
propriating it to their own use, and from
China and other Oriental countries it
has been brought to England. Cormo-
rant fishing recalls, in measure, the
old days Of falconry, with the exception
that while the feats of the trained hawks
and falcons were performed in mid-air,
the performances of the "sea crow" as
the French call it, take place in the wa
ter. With a ring placed round their
necks to prevent them from swallowing
their booty, though well trained birds
will dispense with this restraint, the
cormorants plunge at given signal into
the water, and hardly ever fail to bring
up fnny prize. Their broad webbed
feet and their thin, keel shaped body,
admirably adapt them for swimming aud
diving, and they will often use their
short, stiff wings as an additional means
of propulsion. So swift are they and so
sudden their descent, that the nimblest
fish cannot escape them. If they seize
their prey otherwise than by the head
they ascend to the surface, and, quickly
Jerking it into the air, will adroitly
catch it as it falls headforemost. The
appearance of number of cormorants
thus engaged, and regularly bringing
their booty to their owners hand, is q
very pleasing sight. Thus employed
they will continue fishing, with but little
intermission, and with the occasional
encouragement of handful OF the small
fry, for several hours together. Otters,
indeed, can be trained to act in similar
manner, and if this mode of fishing is
likely to become at all general it will
necessitate new reading of certain acts
of Parliament. Under the salmon
fishery acts, for instance, duty is pay
able on " instruments used for the
capture of salmon, and it may become q
question for the lawyers whether q
cormorant" can properly be called an
instrument" engaged in pursuit OF
salmon, while it is only an "aquatic to,
tipalmate E" at other times. There are,
at any rate, few kinds of sport which are
not open to objections from which cor.
morant fishing is free. Cormorants must
have fish to eat, and it is no more cruel
to let them feed themselves in the pres
ence of admiring spectators than tc
catch the fish first of all in net. 1t is
even superior to the ancient falconry.
since the winged prey of the hawk is s
more sensitive animal than the fnnJ
prey of the cormorant, and the fish dc
not probably feel any pain in their igno
minious descent, headforemost, into the
capacious beak of their capter.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
President Washington's Levee.

At three o'clock the visitor was In
troduced to the. dining-room, from
which all seats had been removed for
the time. On entering he saw the tall,
manly figure of Washington, clad in
black silk velvet, his hair in full dress,
powdered and gathered behind in q large
silk bag, yellow gloves on his hands,
holding a cooked hat with a black
cockade in it, and the edges adorned
with q black feather about an inch deep.
He wore knee and shoe buckles and q
long sword. He stood always in front
of the fireplace, with his face toward
the door of entrance. The visitor was
conducted to him, and his name distinct
ly announced. He received his visitor
with dignified bow in a manner avoid.
inz to shake hands, even with best
friends. As visitors came, they formed
a circle round the room andat quarter
past three the door closed, and the circle
was formed for that day. He then began
on the right, and spoke to each visitor,
calling him by name and exchanging Q
few words. When he had completed
his circuit he resumed his first position,
and the visitors, approaching him in
succession, bowed and retired. By toul
o'clock this ceremony was over. These
facts have been learned in general from
the "reminiscences of General Sullivan.
Mrs. Washington's levees were every
Friday evening, at which occasion the
general was always present. 1t was an
occasion for emulous and aspiring bellies
to essay to win his attention. But he
was never familiar his countenance
uniformly, even there, preserved lts
habitual gravity: A lady OF his family
said it was his habit, also, when without
company, and that she only remembered
him once to have made hearty laugh
IN narrative and incident in which she
was party. The truth was his deport
ment was uravoidably grave; it wat
sobriety, stopping short of sadness:
His presence inspired veneration and
a feeling of swe rarely experienced II
the presence of any man. His mode o.
speaking was slow and deliberate, not al
though he was in search of fine words
but that he might utter those only
adapted to his purpose.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
ALI About Snuff.

It takes one year and half to convert
tobacco into good snuff. The tobacco,
after being "broken out . of the hinge
hogsheads in which it is bought, is
stemmed, broken by machine into
pieces about four inches in length, and
is soaked for twenty-four hours in strong
brine. 1t is then hoisted up to great
bins in the upper part of the factory,
and there is left to ferment and cure at
least six months. Then it is dried in a
steam heated room at O temperature OF
24O degrees. For coarse Rapgee the
tobacco is not thoroughly dried. For
Scotch and Irish Blackguard, it is made
thoroughly dry, and for the latter is
also toasted, or parched, on wire net
close in front of wide CRATE OF glowing
Goals, where the heat is so intense that
the leaves must be constantly stirred to
prevent their bursting into flame.
Grinding in cast iron mills of peculiar
construction follows, and the resultant
powder, fine or coarse, is at length rec
ognizable as snuff. In this condition it
must lie in bins for months, then be
packed into bladders or jars which are
hermetically sealed and vanished, and
in this form is again packed away to lie
for at least six months before it is deem
ed perfect and fit to be put on the mar
ket. All these processes are open to
public knowledge, but there is one
which is a secret and is zealously kept
as such. That is the manner in which
snuff is perfumed. Altar of roses is
known to be the material employed, but
how it is applied is only known to the
tobacco men.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07

presented the appearance of q small
level grass plot, with white mice run
ming over it, for to my bewildered Wis
ioi the very gravestones seemed to
move. I felt that I was becoming dizzy;
the haky clouds above appeared to flash
by with sickening rapidity, and l threw
my arms backward. round the tail OF the
cock for support. :,
At this moment hollow, harsh laugh
broke from my companion; for the
first time glanced in his face. and the
terrible expression depicted there 1 shall
never forget.
His eyes flashed lurid and wild, his
face was pale as a corpse, and light
foam stood upon his lips.
"Isn't this glorious ?" he screamed,
with another maniacal laugh; "right to
the blazing sun, tell you, we are soar
ing fast. Look at the gaping crowd be-
low. All ! ah they can't stay us.
There's the old church tower, too, /
should say mile down; but where is the
spire-the tall spire We climbe up oncea
It's gone, never mind Oh, brave bird u
and he struck the cock with the fiat Of
his hand, as if to encourage its Eight.
A terrible thought struck me. My
friends reason, so lately prostrated
with brain fever, had left him. I was
alone with a madman.
This idea was soon confirmed. Again
rung forth the shrill hollow laugh, and
again Bradney shouted with the accents
Of delirium
"Ah! alb! faster and faster! See the
blood-red clouds above and below us
the world is gone There is the sun, a
ball of fire, and We are sailing into its
very vortex. | say, Martin, let US throw
ourselves off this stupid birds
back; we shall get along faster without
him."
"No, no, Bradney; I'm tired, and
like riding-let rs stop where we are,
replied, for I knew it was the best
way to humor madman, but my words
pad no effect. With an unnatural
chuckle he answered me:
"No, no, my boy; you promised to
follow me, and you shall come off with
ue, or I'll pull you off by main force.
We fly so fast that if We don't take the
leap at the same moment, one will be
dropped twenty, eh, thirty miles be-
hind"
He crept toward me as be spoke, still
clatching and mouthing. I saw his in
intention. I again glanced below; more
fearful than ever seemed the fearful
depth at my feet.
Tighter, with the tenacity of despair,
I grasped the tail of the gilded bird, but
what would that avail against the
strength OF a mauiaca At this moment
n gust of wind caused the vane to spin
round from east to north the sudden
blast saved my life. Poor Bradney lost
his balance aud fell from the giddy
height. I saw him sink through the air,
stlike against a pinnacle of the tower
and rebound like ball.
remember nothing more until l re-
covered consciousness, many hours
afterward, and found myself in bed.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
In the Wrong Place.

Tt was reported to one Of the chief
physicians in the hospital in the Phiia-
delphia almshouse that there was a
man lying in one of the wards in
a comatose condition. The nurse
declared that he had been insensible
for twenty-four hours, and that she
had tried in vain to rouse him. The
doctor said it was probable that the pa
tient was under the influence of some
powerful narcotic; perhaps he had taken
a large dose of laudanum. He said that
it was imperatively necessary that the
unfortunate man should be resuscitated
at once by some powerful stimulant. Ac-
cordingly he directed two OF his assist
ants to take a strong galvanic battery
and apply it to the patient until he re-
covered. The assistants went into the
hospital with the battery, while the
nurse stopped for few moments in the
laundry. When they reached the mans
bedside they placed the battery on the
floor, and barring the patients ankle they
wrapped the wire around it. When
everything was ready they turned on the
current full head. A second later the
PROSTATE form of the patient bounded
about four feet into the air, and as it
came down upon the bed second shock
sent it up again, the patient meanwhile
exclaiming:
Yow-wow-wow! Oh, murder! muir
der-r-r-r-r Oh! Oh Thunder and
lightning! Murder-r-r-r! Yow-wow-wowl
Grashusl let up on that! Ow-wow-wow!
Another one of them will kill me! Oh,
don't do that again"
When he came down tho fourth time
the doctors turned off the current, with
the remark that they guessed that would
be about enough. Then one of them
| asked the patient how he felt, and at
tempted to feel his pull Q. But the pa
tiept, furious with rage, said:
"You diabolical scoundrel, what dyou
mean by hitching that thing to me in
that manner, saya"
"Now be calm" said the doctor, " it's
all right you'll be better directly"
"But it isn't all right. I've a minC
to knock your head off for blowing ms
up with that internal machine. Wha
d'you do it for, anyway"
"My friend, don't excite yourself,
said the doctor. "You've been in s
very bad way, and we ran The curren
through you to bring you back to life.
Bring me back to life : Why, yol
must be crazy. Back to lifea 1 was NJ
more dead than you were!"
"Now, keep cool. You have been un
conscious for twenty-four hours. Mar
cotic poisoning, no doubt. We save'
you from an early grave. 1t was tn
closest shave I ever saw. 1t was, upoI
my honor" -,
"Well, we'll, if this don't beat all
You took me for the man in war;
forty nine. Why, I'm one of the keep
ers of the asylum, and lay down Of
this bed for nap. The fellow your
after is over yonder. An early grave
Well, now, I have heard of foolishnes
in my life, but this takes the rag righ
off. And I give you warnin' that if 20
come around here with that apparatu
again tryin' your experiments on me T.
wrench your brainpan for YOU"
Then the doctors moved off in scare
of the right man, while the keeper wen
out to hunt dog to kick in order to re
heve his feelings.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
A Spanish Trophy.

The spaniards in Puerto Principe
have a curious cannon captured from
the Cubans. It is about three feet long,
three inches in diameter at the mouth
and about an inch thick, and appears to
have been made by binding and twisting
bands of raw leather hide around the
center-piece, which seemed to be one
entire piece, smooth throughout its
bore, into q sort of basket twist, and
then few bands of plain hoop iron add
ed to fix it to small wooden carriage
not a very formidable looking piece in
appearance, but capable, with a small
charge of powder, of throwing shell OF
grenade some distance. The insurgents
make and use number Of such pieces,
but they quickly become useless.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
A Damper.

A vain and loquacious young man,
who fills clerkship in gas company,
visited a witty young lady the other
evening, with whom he had but slight
acquaintance, and, upon entering the
parlor, commenced a stream of talk,
which he kept up for about fifteen min
utes, without affording her an oppor-
tunity to get in a word. He finally
rested for lack OF breath, and then the
disgusted damsel quietly asked "Mr.
T., what are you charging for gas now
By the thousand feet l mean" Mr.. t.
gave the subject some moments silent
consideration, and then, rising slowly
from his cha;i', cast upon his fair com,
panion look of the deepest reproach,
al passed softly out "where the stars
were shining"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
Captain Kidd.

The famous pirate, Capt. Kidd, fire.
quented Narragansett in the old days,
when distillers, slave traders and pirates
were numerous. His landing was at
the bar on which the south pier was
built. His places of resort are still
shown, and numerous holes in the
ground, made by credulous seekers after
his hidden treasure, can be seen in
Peacedale and other places. A few
years ago a sword hilt was dug up in a
field near the pier, on which was en-.
graved the name of Artemas Gonld, who
was one of Kidd's lieutenants. Twenty
eight of this crew were hanged on one
gallows in Newport.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
A Stage Secret.

Many or our readers nave peeu not
little surprised at the intelligence Of dogs
trained for the circus ring and the stage.
A correspondent of the Illustrated
Weekly lets us into the secret OF this
training. 1t says that when Lingard and
George Fox separated, and Fol-. took the
Old Bowery. the New Bowery had a Gel.
ebrated dog star, who with couple OF
trained dogs for whole month played
&" The Dog of Montargis" " to very good
business. This reused wild ambition
in Fo1's breast to do dogs also. Tom
Corny, the best trained dog, had recent
" died, and the man at the Bowery had
the only educated beasts in the business.
However, ignorance attempts and
achieves great deal sometimes. The
present historian proposed what should
be called "The Beefsteak Drama" A
new play should he written, in itself an
attraction, called "Jack Shepard and his
Dog" "Jack" was tower of strength
in the Bowery without dog; with one,
the new theater stood no chance.
Two splendid black Newfoundlands
we're secured. One, belonging to fire
company, had fair canine education
would fetch and carry; but dog No. 2
was an ignoramus, and used only as q
double.
The eventful evening came. The fire
laddie had had neither dinner nor sup
per, but was peculiarly susceptible to the
seductions of raw steak. 1t seemed as
if a young meat market was started on
the old Bowery stage. Bits OF steak
were wired on all articles designed to at
tract the artists attention. 1t was re-
ouired that the dog should fly from the
wings, up fight Of steps, ring bell,
seize lantern from the hand of the per.
son answering the door, and then bound
off, followed by the actor.
Caesar was held in awing while George
Fox at the door up the steps frantically
waved a porterhouse steak. Caesars at.
tention being called, he promptly rushed
to his friend, who as promptly shut the
door in his face, Caesar got q smell OF
the chunk wired upon the bell pull, and
gave a savage snap at that, which rune
the bell violently. Some one appeared
with the lantern, showing Caesar q
mouthful of beef conspicuously wired
upon its handle. He went for it then
and there. Meanwhile George had go'
round to the opposite side with sirloin
which he danced and shook as mata'
dore does his red rag in the face OF O
bull. Caesar straightway rushed for this
promising lunch.
In this wayne seized papers which the
villain of the play was boasting posses
sion of he took the whole seat OF pair
of pants off Fox, who had sirloin neat
| ly sewed upon them; and finally, as the
minister of vengeance, he was grappled
with by the villain; rolled over and over
to the wings, where the green dog, who
was match in size and looks, was muz
zled to padded neckcloth.
Here an instantaneous change was
made. Cesar retired to private life and
well earned bones, while bis substitute
was quickly harnessed to the man by the
padded collar, which was clasped around
the actors neck. Thus apparently cling,
ing to the villains throat, the two in 6
death struggle writhed and twisted about
the stage, and, amid victorious hurrahs,
the curtain dropped on the successful
Beefsteak Drama"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07

Nothing viii undermine ones faith In
the sincerity of friendship more COM
pletely than to have a friend ask you to
stake something" and, after the glasse
have been emptied to hear him e9-
claim, as he runs his hands deep into his
pockets "I've get ea ray other pants, "
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07

The rector of Mold, Flintshire, Eng
land, has been mulcted in "a, 600 dam
ages for breach Of promise to marry his
sexton's daughter.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07

When a Turkish woman does wrong
she is sewed up in bag and dropped
into the Bosphorus.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07

Loafng around saloons with intent
t, SPONGE" was the charge made by a
Cincinnati policeman against prisoner.