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Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
ILLINOIS.

Returns as far as received show slight
decrease in the Republican majority of 1879,
(which was 57,OO6.l The State goes Repub-
Iican
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
MAINE

so towns give Republican majority c
5181, Dem. gain of s5. The State got
Republican.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
TEXAS.

Texas reports show that the State hal
undoubtedly gone Democratic.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
FLORIDA.

The Democrats claim the State by 5000
majority.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
VERMONT.

The Republican majority in the State ia
estimated at 12,977.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
Merchant aiIOring.
City Business directory.


Carpenters and Builders.
j. R. d. Seeds, shop w. 4th near West
Druggists.
Il. R. Bringhurst, 317 Market street.
Merchant Tatlors.
John II. Muhlhausen, 415 King street.
Real Estate Agents.
Evans Pennington, Almonds B'dg, sth d Market.
j. I'll. Frazer, Sd and Shipley Streets
VIM Reynolds & Co.. $50 Market street.
VIM, McOaulley Co., 6OS Market street.
Restaurant and Billiard Room.
Joseph Fullmer, 604 and sos Market street.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
MINNESOTA.

Returns indicate heavy Rep. majority.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
KENTUOKY.

Tilden's majority is estimated at &C, 900
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
nELAWARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE
Union MutuaB
Life Insurance Company
OF MAINE.
OFFICE, 2I1 sHIPLEY STREET.,
WILMINGTON, DEL.

UFFIUEKb.
JOSHUA MARIS, President
q. +. THOMAS, Vice President
d, H. KENT, Treasurer.
j. A. BOND, Manager.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Oapt. N r. Benson, j. II. Finn.
DIR. JOHN p. WALES Medical Examiner.
This company offers entire exemption from forfeit
by pAd-up policies, cash surrender value, or
Massachusetts law, rs may be preferred, and issues
every desirable form of policies, incorporating all the
liberal features that experience and soiyency will
permit. Also endowment policies at ordinary life
rates.
All moneys collected in this State are to remain
here and be loaned by this Board of Directors upon
rst-cass real estate securities and thus make this
practically home company.
1t is to the interest Of those wishing insurance to
patronize this company, and keep their money at
home. teb2l-ly
Good agents wanted for the State.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-08
Now Cas,Ie County.
RED LION.

RED LION.
Special rsspatch to the Commercial.
DELAWARE Cry, Nov. THE Democrat
ic majorities in the whole Hundred, East
and West are as follows:
Grubb, Sheriff. ................17
Williams, Congress. .............39
President ..................A Al
Representatives s................3S
APPooUTEIMINK AND BLAoKBIRD.
Spe -iaI DtspGt h to the Commercial.
TOWNSEND, Nov. 7.-Appoquinimink hun
dred gives 1913 Dem. majority.
Blackbird gives 100 Dem. maj. on Elec-
tors; Congress, 166; Sheriff, 15s; Coroner,
1852.
Democratic Claims.
New YORK, Nov. THE Democratic
State Committee claims the following States
for Tilden: New York, New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Indiana, and all the Southern
States which would elect him.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
How 10 select Meats.

An English journal gives the follow
ing hints on this subject: Good and
wholesome meat should neither be of a
pale rosy or pink color, nor of a deep
purple. The first denotes the diseased
condition, the last proves the animal has
died a natural death. Good meat has
more of marble look in consequence of
the branching of the veins. which sur
round the adipose cells. The fat, especi-
ally of the inner organs, is always firm
aud suety and never moist, while in
general the fat from diseased cattle is
flabby and watery, and more often re-
sembles Jelly or boiled parchment.
Wholesome meat will always show itself
firm and elastic Ia the touch and exhibit
no dampness, while bad meat will ap-
pear soft and moist-in fact, often more
wet, so that the liquid. substance runs
out of the blood when pressed hard
Good meat has very little smell, and
ditluses certain medicinal odor. This
can I've distinctly proved by cutting the
meat through with knife and smelling
the blade, or pouring water over it
Lastly, bad meat has the popularity
that it shrinks considerably in the boil.
ing wholesome meat rather swelis, and
does not lose an ounce in weight
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
The Two f'lnga.
Albany Argus.

The democratic party is marching un-
der the starry banner Of reconciled re-
public fraternal and free.
The republican party marches under
the banner of the bloody shirt.
There is no question as to which flag
is pre- erred by the people of this restored
republic. They have had enough OF
gore, of misrepresentation, of angry and
tumultuous conflict. They demand
peace and order, prosperity and law.
The bloody shirt is the ensign of the
brigand. The desperadoes who carry il
have robbed the south of many millions
of dollars, and the republic of millions
more. And by their plots and conspira
cics, they have set the rabble of the south
quarreling with each other; and ther
used the consequences of their own vii
lainies TO fire the northern heart into
perpetuating their power to plunder tn,
people.
Governor Tilden will preserve law
abiding liberty, will maintain ordcrl,
progress, with Jacksonian firmness. Al
the same time he will clean out the pes
tiferous brood of public plunderers VIII,
have stolen the people poor.
Hold high aloft the flag of the free
push forward the standard of the aveng
or of thieves
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05

MANY who are suffering from the effects OF the
ws.,r ~ea,her and are debiltated, are advised by
phr,iriahs 10 take moderate amounts OF whisky
two or three times during the day. In little
while those who adopt this advice frequently IN
crease the number of "drlnks,' and In time he
eome confirmed inebriates. beverage which
will not create thirst fir intoxicating liquors, aud
which is intended especially for the benefit oi de-
blitated persons whether at home or abroad, Is
DIR. schencks Sea Weed Tonic. Containing the
iuices of many medicinal herbs, this preparation
does not create All appetite for the Intoxicating
cnp. The nourishing and The hie-supportng prop
critics of many valuable natural productions con
tanned in it and well known to medical men haV'
a most strengthening influence. A single bottle =
the Tonic will demonstrate its valuable quallhes
For debility arising from sickness, over exerho'
or from any cause whatever, a wineglassful oi se
Weed Tonic taken after meals will strengthen
the stomach aud create an appetite Tor wholesom
food To oil who are about leaving tseir MONIES
we desire to say that the excellent effects OF Df
Schencks seasonahle remedies, Sea Weed Toni
and Mandrake Pills, are particularly evident whol
taken hv those who are injuriously Affected by
change OF water and diet. No person should leas
home without taking supply of these r'iesuHid q
along. For sale by all Druggists.
T.. u HART n CO., Nos u, rs and n Ichoupi
toulas St., New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
The Lepers of Jerusalem.

We walked across to the Zion gate
and mounting the city wall there-arl
uneven and somewhat broken, but slightly
promenade - followed it round To it.
junction with the temple wall, and tn
Robinson's arch. Underneath the wall
by Zion gate dwell, in low stone huts,
and burrows, a considerable number OF
lepers, who form a horrible community
by themselves. These poor creatures,
with toeless feet and fingerless hands,
came out of their dens and assailed Us
with piteous cries for charity. What
could be done? 1t was impossible tO
give TO all The little we threw them
they sought for, and the unsuccessful
followed US with whetted eagcrness.
We could do nothing but flee, and we
climbed the wall and ran down it, leav-
ing Demetrius behind as a rcar-guard.
! should have bad more pity for them
if they had not exhibited 50 much mali
ciousness. They knew their power, and
brought all their loathsomeness after Us,
thinking that we should be forced To
buy their retreat. Two hideous old
women followed us a long distance, and
when they became convinced that fur.
thcr bowling and whining would be
fruitless, they suddenly changed tone
and cursed us with healthful vigor ;
having cursed us, they hobbled home to
roost.-C. ID. Warner, in Akdntic.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
wheat ON old LRuds.

In answer To some inquirya as 10 raising
wheat on old lands, my experience Is III
favor of old land. ! think all patent
measures arc useless Until our barnyards
are first cleaned of all the litter from
cattle and hog-pens. If this be done
fret, and applied to the soil, old land or
new, at the rate of twenty or twenty-five
loads per acre, il will certainly pay, and
pay largely, but most people aim TO
make a load of manure 90 too far.
Some men go over an acre OF land
with three or four loads Others spend
all their lives talking about some great
fertilizer or patent manure, when nine
times out Of ten you will see the horse
wading in manure, in front of the stable,
from one to three feet deep. | often do
things myself in a hurry, and things
done in hurry are only half done. But
one thing | don't do; | have never
thrown but two loads of litter from my
stable-door on the ground in fifteen
years, the ground then being too wet to
get out with the team. My rule is 10
haul it out and put it on the land.
Some say it is better to let it lay and
decompose. 50 it is, but most men are
careless, and let it all run away and
waste and then the soil is robbed, and
our crops are poor. Putting manure on
land green is better than not putting it
on at all. ! have a piece of wheat on
old land this year, manfred at the rate
of twenty loads per acre, which will
make twenty bushels per acre. ! have
some on almost new land that won't
make more than three bushels per acre
Will it pay to buy fertilizers for wheat
No. Better makeit on the farm. Many
Of the fertilizers are worthless, and cost
too much money, which had better be
spent at home hauling manure. Gather
all you can and buy or beg of vour
neighbors. Many are glad to give il
away to get it away from their stable
doors. Some few haul it out; ether'
prefer to move the stable. Brother
farmers this won't do. Wake up. 1t i,
poor logic to talk about your farms get
ting poor. You can keep them up
Better commence now, and If you and
should live to see the next centennial
you will see great change.-LeUi Dot,
in Liadiey No. journal and Farmer.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
The Cause of Southern Riots.
Washington, Cor. N. Y. Tribune.

think | have not indicated some of
the causes which make occurrences like
the late riot in South Carolina possible.
First, the dread of negro uprising,
and the widespread, almost universal
suspicion OF the freedmen, when in
huenced by the advice of bad men !;
second, the fact that the negro is not
considered quite as good as white man,
and an infringement on his rights not
quite rs serious a matter ~ though a
white man is the victim third, the lax
administration of criminal law in many
parts of the south which prevents crime
from being properly punished. These
three causes prepare the way for the
desperado with his pistol and his shot
gun.
Affairs like that at Hamburg generally
arise in this way: The negroes, putied
up with their own Importance, neglect
some courtesy Which they have been ac-
customed To show the white people, or
perhaps they are insolent or insulting
or a drunken white man insults a negro,
who does not take it rs representatives
sf his race were formerly obliged to,
meekly. The result Is bad blood and
threats, if not fight. The negro arms
himself for defense, and gets some of hi
friends to assist him, when, in the eyes
of the lawless class which | have de-
scrbed, and perhaps of others, he be-
comes dangerous and must be put down
at all hazards. Then there is a fight,
and the negroes being worse armed than
the white men, and unaccustomed 70
handle weapons, suffer most: When
blood has once begun to flow, no one ear
tell where the trouble will stop. If {
white man is killed, his comrades art
furious for revenge, and in their frenzy
shoot down unarmed negroes, who ar,
trying to escape, or even helpless prison
ers. This is substantially the history q
the Hamburg riot. II was disgrace Il
South Carolina, where it occurred, an,
to Georgia, from which state some o
the murderers went. If Gov. Chamber
lain would send some good detectives Il
Augusta and Hamburg, find out VIII,
were the white men who were engaged
in the fight, and convict and hang them
he would do an inestimablc service no
only to his own state but to the Who'll
south.
| said in the beginning of this lette
that the riot at Hamburg, and simila
ones, could not he prevented by militar.
interference. No one ever knows whel
an affair of this kind is going to occur
and when it does happen it is over be
fore troops could be used. A large
force of United States soldiers is noN
stationed at Columbia, :. c., than n
any other point in the south, except o
the Texas border, and yet governo
Chamberlain could not have used one q
them on that fatal Saturday night if b
had had them all in Hamburg.
do not wish to be misunderstood
from what | have said about the rela
tions between the two races in the south
The mistrust of which have spoken j
general in its character and not indi
vidual. Personally, in ordinary bus
iness transactions and in their inter
course with each other, the whites am
the blacks enjoy each others confidenc
to a wonderful degree, and there is NOR
harmony and good feeling than could b
expected when the radical change i
their relations il considered
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05

The loss of the state to the democrats
by few votes in October, 1868, insured
the electoral vote to Gen. Grant in the
succeeding month. But the democrats
turned the scale in 1870, and they have
kept the upperhand in every election
since except in that for president, in No
vember, 1872, when, in consequence of
the righteous dissatisfaction of Indiana
democrats with the candidature of Mr..
Greeley, the election was permitted to
60 by default. After an almost unex-
ampled contest for governor, Hendricks
had been elected by las majority in
the previous month, but there were 25,-
1s7 democrats who voted for Hendricks
in October, who would not vote for
Greeley in November, and this gave the
state TO Grant. But the returns show
that in the last three elections for state
officers the democrats have been success
ful. The democratic majority in 1870
was 2,56S; in 1872, (including the
straight" democratic vote), 1897, and
in 1874, over the combined republican
and Independent vote, l;0l9. and over
the republican vote alone, l7,252.
indiana, then, had been carried by
the democrats in all the recent elections
whenever the whole democratic vote had
been called out, the prospect for next
October may be summed up in few
sentences. Ifparties stand As they stood
at the last election, the democrats will
have clear majority. But it is proba-
BILE that the more respectable portion of
the independent vote of two years ago
will go with the democrats now. 1t may
not be more than ten per cent, but still
it will increase the democratic majority.
II now we consider that Indiana's favor
lite, Hendricks, is the democratic candi-
date for vice-president, and that the
state has been complimented in his per
son; that the honest and popular Blue
Jean" Williams is the democratic candi
date for governor while his opponent,
that unworthy German, ashamed of his
German name, Gottlieb Orth, who calls
himself Godlove, labors under serious
charges affecting his honor as a man and
public official, which charges he cannot
disprove, it must be admitted that
things in Indiana are all moving in the
direction of d,mocIatic victory
The exciting canvass of last year in
Ohio dew out the largest vote ever
polled in the state. The democratic
vote was larger (by 100000 than it had
ever been before. 1t was within the
tliile of less than 5000 of the republican
vote. Expressed in percentages, the
republican vote was j02i of the whole,
the democratic vote 40 81, and the TEN.
perance vote 45-a difference between the
democratic and republican vote of less
than one per cent. But the most import
ant fact ~ be mentioned in this con
nection i that, notwithstanding the
of the democratic vote of
1879, it did not include the German
vote nor that of an uncertain number of
democrats who were dissatisfied with the
financial views of Gov. Allen. The Ger
mans voted with the republicans, and |
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
INDIxrUTAnLE EVIDENCE.

ST. ELMO, Ill, July. $, 1874.
Il. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Buffalo, n. VI
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time we have never been without bottle OF
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niture dealer. of this place, who was one Of
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without end extending to his body, which
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The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
sDmlelets.

Take one egg for each person, beat tw,
minutes, add salt the size of pea, aud
one tablespoonful OF milk for each egg
beat one minute and turn into hot
well-buttered frying pam cover it and
cook slowly till nearly all is thick; raise
the edges and put under little butter
or lard to keep from sticking, and turn
one half over on to the other half and
serve Immediately. Or you can bake il
in the oven in pie dish and serve it il
the same. Use about two spoonsful OF
melted grease, set it on the stove to heat
and fill bake till all is thick, which
will be in from five to ten minutes. Dc
not turn if baked.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
Picked Pork Equal 10 Fresi,.

Let the meat cool thoroughly; cut in
to pieces four to six inches wide; weigh
them and pack them as tight as possible
in barrel; salting very lightly. Cover
the meat with brine made as strong as
possible. Pour off a gallon of brine, and
mix with it one teaspoonful of saltpcter
for every hundred pounds of meat, and
return il TO the barrel. Let it stand one
month; then take out the meat; let it
drain twelve hours. Put the brine in
an iron kettle, and one quart of treacle
or two pounds of sugar, and boil until
perfectly clear, When it is cold return
the meat to the barrel and pour on the
brine. Weight it down and keep it Gov
cred close, and you will have the sweetest
meat you ever tasted.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
Dsesl- Rugs.

Boil some bits of alum in pint OF
water, AMI wash over the Stats of the
hcdsteads Scatter Paris green in the
corners of the beds and on the Stats, and
you need never fear the reproach of har-
boring bedbugs. To kill and drive away
cockroaches, crickets, &c, scatter pow.
dcred borax plentiiully over all theii
haunts, and not a bug will be seen. To
drive away red and black ants, obtain
a large piece of chalk and rub it on the
edge of your shelves, the tops of barrels
of sugar, or on firkins, and it will prove a
Rubcon to the largest army of ants.
Scotch snuff will also kill crickets, cock
reaches and ants.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05

the dissatisfied democrats reirained from
voting at all. II, therefore. the democ-
racy OF Ohio in October, 1873, when their
party was divided and the Germans
were against them, polled within one per
cent. of the republican vote, what ought
they not be able to do this year, with a
united party and vast majority OF the
Ohio Germans enthusiastically sustain
ing them? 1t is obvious that only iull
democratic vote should be necessary to
secure Ohio to the democracy, even in
the October fight.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05
The Time fr plskltug.

The time for picking approaches.
This requires good vinegar. To have
this where the supply is small let the
house keepers take tour gallon jug aud
put into it a gallon, or even two quarts,
of good cider vinegar, and afterwards
use it as a receptacle for all cold tea,
skimmings of jelly or preserves, and rims
ing- out of molasses jugs, and AN excel
lent article of vinegar can be produced.
Keep the jug near the stove in warm
place, cover the mouth with a thin mus
lin cloth, and in six weeks it may he fit
for use, when il may be poured off into
other vessels, taking care not 10 turn out
any sediment or mother" II the
vinegar, when made. is wanting in
strength, saturate several thicknesses of
brown paper with molasses and put in
the jug, and it will make mother.
The Osceola times., 1876-08-05

THE ENORMOUS wASTAGE Of grain, 20 ineri'atle
-,b ,tber STILES Of Threshers can be SAVED BY this
Imryoya: Machine, sufficient erey job, 10 more Gd's
par all erpen.s Of threahing.
FLAX. TIMOTHY. MILLET. HUNGARIAN ara
s .ea1, are thressd, separated, cleaned and save:
A. easy and perfectly Wheat, Oats, Rye or Barley.
AN EXTRA PRICE Is usually paid for grain and.
seeds cleaned by this machine for extra Cleanliness
IN THE WET GRAIs Of 1875, these were substsn..
tally the ONLY MACHINES that could run with pr"hs
or economy, doing fast thorough and perfect "orSs
rhen Others utterly failed
ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY Wasting comlncS
fiona such az endless Aprons" "Raddes, Beates'
"Pickers" etc. are entirely dispensed frah less thsn
one-hslf the usual Gears, Belts, Boxes, and JourhalS
easier managed; durable; Hight running hooos.
iy repair-, no Dust no" literigs" TO oeen up, uSt
troubled BY adverse winds, rain drstorms.
FARMERS and GRAIN RAIsERs who are EP',ea
,hs large saving made by It will not employ iIe
,,or and wastefni machines, but will iasla on thr
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR sIZEa made for Q, 8, 10 and IL Hose
POWERS Also q fpecialty OF sEpARAroRs, desigpefi
and made rxParss rgs STEAM powEh
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS vza our I'm
proved "Trpie Gear" and our "spur speed (WooJ'
| bury style), both Mounted on to'u wheels.
III INTERESTED IN Threshing or Grim Raising,
apply TO our nearest Dealer, write TO US Tor l9sts
ted Circular (sent free) giving full particulars oil sizes
| Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard d Co..
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