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Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-17
1Eaths

ELLIoTT.-on June 18th. at Washingto1, d o..
Frances A., Wife of John L. Elliott and daughter
Of the late Charles Soran, formerly of Baltimore
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-17

1t is proposed to organize at Milford, to-
day, Poultry Protective Society TO oeteno
the hen roosts against despollers.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-17
REHABILITATION.

The following is recapitulation of all
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-17

The vexed question, whether " Row
officials should be paid by salary or from the
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-17
Mett advertisements.

II ARGE SIZE NUT COAL.
FOR SAL EBY
GEO. W. BUSH g. SON
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-17

HE DECORATIONS OF THE HALL AND ARRANGE
MENTs FOR DELEGATEs-EFFEoT OF THE
sPEEoHEs-LooAL SENTIMENT AND HOW
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DELEGATES, &c.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
The Chinese COOlieS.

The first trading in Chinese coolies, on any extended scale, was between China and Cuba, and China and the Chincha islands. From the outset, and up to the present day, Chinaman, either in Cuba or in Peru, is in all es- sential matters slave. In Cuba his condition is really worse than that of the African slave, because by law the Chinaman can never manumit himself. Once landed, he is & slave for life. Some twelve months ago the Chinese government, after having received re- ports of the manner in which it's sub jects were treated ill Cuba, sent com mission of investigation to that island. The Spanish government tried it's ut most to hoodwink the commissioners, but in vain. The scandalous treatment of their countrymen in Cuba was too patent, and on the return of the com
 missioners to China their report led the Imperial government to put stop to the further immigration of it's b;ects to any Spanish colony. The justice of this determination is best proved blythe rejection by Spain of proposition made by the Chinese authorities that Chinese consuls should be permitted to reside in Cuba, to whom Chinamen might present claims of redress for wrongs. Adispatch from San Francisco announces the arrival in China of a Spanish ambassador, who declares that his government is determined that the trade of coolies, which the Chinese gov ernment has prohibited shall continue.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
The Peasants of Herzegovina.

Says a correspondent: As we got higher, the number of people coming down the mountain increased. The women were all dressed in the long white Dalmatian jacket; while the men wore the round scarlet Montenegrin hat, with the initials of the prince, N. l. (Nicholas E. embroidered in gold on the crown, and 8 black silk band round the edge, put on as mourning for the occupation of Servia by the Turks.
 In their belts gleamed daggers and silver mounted pistols, while all had on tho "opanche," or sandals made of OK hide, which we, in our stiff soled civi- ized boots, could not help envying when we saw the ease with which they enable their wearers to climb. The agility displayed by them was astonish- path we followed, and went straight down the side of the mountain, those at the summit holding long conversation with their friends far below. x Gazing at the silver buckles and neck faces these Herzeg ovinian women wore, we wanted to purchase some of them; i; part with their dnery. They will go @Oouo Ill 1dSS3 duO you ASCP GAc1L CapS covered with silver chains and coins. Our old hostess, seeing had fancy for these gewgaws, beckoned me to fol- low her; and, taking me up ladder into 8 garret, the dirt and dilapidation of which it would be hazardous to describe, she unlocked wooden box, in which was stored fnery that might have made duchess envious. She had one belt, for which, she said, sho gave $20. It was of massive silver, with ever so many chains and ornaments hanging to it.
 Beside this, she had at least forty or fifty shirts, embroidered in colored silks, for festal days. I particularly wanted one of these, and offered her handsome price, but she would not sell. "No," " she said, ''I am keeping them all for my daughter, when she marries," point ing to the pretty little girl who held 8 lamp for us to examine the family splen- dors; :" and she can read," she added, "so she ought to make good match"
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
How Japanese Work.

A correspondent of the Congregation Glist relates curious little incident which he observed in the Japanese de- partment of the Main building at the Centennial Exhibition, illustrative of the method in which Japanese artisan performs his work:
 The arm of the small figure of knight on a carved bedstead had been broken off, and was to be glued on. The glue pot was at some distance from the bed stead, but was held in light teakettle of hot water which might have been cas- fly taken to the spot where the work was to be done. But the workman did not choose this way of doing things. He carried the bit of wood to the glue pot, sat down on his heels with great delib- eration, carefully examined the fractured surface, then as carefully stirred the glue. Then he had some jocose by-play with fellow workman, and finally be- gan to apply the glue. Every move ment was so slow that I began to won der how he was to get the broken surfa- cold and hard, for he had long way to narrow and crooked passage. There was no need of worrying about it; the thing was easily done. When all was ready he took his time about rising from his seat upon his heels, opened his mouth wide, thrust the bit of wood held between thumb and finger deep within the warm, moist cavern nature had so kindly provided, and in this ludicrous attitude, breathing heavily, he threaded his way slowly through the crowd till he reached the bed. Then he hunted around for 8 stepladder, took his time about placing it, examined and wiped ken, and as soon as he couldn't think of anything else to do, the bit of wood was withdrawn from down his throat, and the joining was instantly completed.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
The Western Husbandmen.

Pity the sorrows of the Western hus- bandmen, for they are at once numer- ous, various and intending. Last sum- mer the fair fields of fruitful Kansas were laid waste by the all-devouring grasshopper. Scythes and sickles hung rusting on the fences, barns remained bare and granaries empty. In the days of their desolation the stricken farmers cried aloud for aid, and out of their abundance States not afflicted with rav- enous grasshoppers did help them. In the progress of the seasons harvest time has again come in Kansas, and, as in the years that are past, the sons of the soil are soured and scolding. It is not grass hopper ravages this time, nor yet droughth neither have the rains been over-abundant, nor did chill winter lins ger too long in the lap of general spring. No, everything went right. Nature was so benefcent that the agriculturists are angry at too good thing. They grumble that the crops of Kansas arc disgustingly enormous. Millions of bushels of wheat must be left ungar- nered because there are not hands enough to gather it in. As to corn, when it comes to that cereal the disgust of the tillers of the soil of Kansas is changed to anger. They shake their @lcnched hands at the waving fields, and threaten to use tens of thousands of bushels of the golden ears for fuel next winter. Sad is the soul of the unfortu- nate farmer when he reflects that all this abundance betokens low prices. Thoughtfully, he takes an extra dose of tobacco, and meditates when in the econ omy of nature things will get even. His Eastern brethren, regarding with com placence the over -burdened fields, may be excused from wishing for plague of grasshoppers if in their track is certain to follow such affiictions as are at pres ent bewailed by the Kansas farmers.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
How Ire Story was Told.

A Dresden correspondent narrates, with unmistakable feminine zest, that there was an audience of one hundred and twenty spectators, many of whom were ladies, at q ca 70 of cremation there.
 Two bodies wero burned for their delectaticn. The iron doors swung open, the corpscs were slid in, and then, through 6 thick glass door, "the audi enee of spectators silently watched the process Of inciueration. "The play of flames over the bodies" gave rise to some little murmurs of applause, but when the dark masses, like burnt roast beef, were succeeded by masses of brownish coals through which the white ribs and shulls showed grimly. breath less silence of admiration held them all. Then the tamping was knocked out of the doors and the ashes collected and passed round the audience on salver for inspection, the ladies examining 1t minuteiy with more than one sense.
 The lady who writes this adds at the bottom of her letter that she forgot to say that the bodies were those of New founland dog and cat. They, how ever, represented human bodies, and she says, with genuine sigh, "but the experiment. was as satisfactory as if they had been humans.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
Value of Trees.

The value of trees in sanitary point of view in large and overcrowded cities can scarcely be over estimated. Apart from the sense of relief and coolness which they impart, their value as puri- iers of the atmosphere is almost in- credible. It has been calculated good sized elm, plane, or lime tree will pro- duce 7,O00,000 leaves, having united area of 200, 1000 square feet. The in fnence of such large surface in the absorption of deleterious gases and the exhalation of oxygen must therefore be of immense benefit in overcrowded and unhealthy districts. In London and all large cities there exists a great number of waste spots in which one or more trees could be planted to advantage in every way. In this respect, at all events, they manage things better in France, and indeed in most continental cities, whore the boulevards are kept cool ill summer and warm ill winter, owing to the influence which trees have in modifying temperature in addition, they tend by absorption to purify the soil below, as we'll as the atmosphere above them. One great cause of failure in the introduction of trees in London hitherto has risen from tho want of knowledge as to the particular species which would thrive best in smoky city. It is now we'll known that the plane and other deciduous trees of the same family are the most suitable, as they do not only expose large leaf surface to the atmosphere, but by shedding their bark annually throw off the result of smoke, acids and other poisonous fumes which by accumulation would be fatal to tho British oak or other trees of 8 slower growth and an apparently more hardy nature. A society for planting trees ill the wide streets and waste places of the metropolis might accomplish as bene- fcial results as the excellent institution which supplies drinking fountains for the refrcshment of man and beast.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
Hope Deferred.

His hand at last By his own fingers writ, catch my name upon the way-worn sheet His hand-oh, reach it to me quick land yet Scarce can hold, so fast my pulses boat. Oh, feast of soul Oh, banquet richly
 spread
 Oh, passion-lettered scroll from OCT the Like a fresh burst of ifedto one long dead, Joy, strength, and bright content come back
 with thee. Long prayed and waited for through months
 50 drear,
 Each day methought my wasting heart mast
 break; Why is it that our loved ones grow more
 dear,
 The more we suffer for their sweetest sake His hand at last! each simple word aglow With truthful tenderness and promise sweet. Now to my daily tasks l ]l singing go, Fed by the music of this way-worn sheet.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11

1858 about two-thirds were lost by breakage. Sometimes the workmen dare not go down into the cellar without masks, Oh account of the flying pieces of glass from the bursting bottles.
 To dealers who buy at the wine vaults and run their own risk of breakage ill handling, the prices range, according to quality, from thvee and one-half to six francs bottle. Good champagne has from ten to eleven per cent. of alcohol. Tho duty on champagne here is $6. 36 in gold per dozen, which, with some incl dentals, make 1t about $8 per dozen in currency.
 EPERNAY, OR CHAMPAGNE,
 is the great champagne district of France, might say of the world for within this area about all the genuine champagne-all that deserves the name is produced, averaging annually 30,000,- 900 bottles, or seven and half million gallons. Tho soil, tho climate, and the treatment combine to produce the pe- culiar flavor, the delicious aroma which delights both smell and taste, and leaves no headache after it-a characteristic which distinguishes the genuine from the counterfeit. It cannot be made per feet unless it is kept in dry cool cellars, and in this district the cellars can be ex- cavated in the chalk formation without side walls hu~ dreds of feet deep if de- sirable.
 Messrs. B. Mercier 4 Co.,, ono of the largest producers in champagne, who exhibit their wine and complete appara- tus for bottling it, have immense cellars, 165 feet deep, entered by railways, for handling their large vintage, amounting yearly to 1,50O, 900 bottles. MT. Alphon- so Faber, 3502 Race street, Philadel- phia, their representative, has come over especially to establish agencies for the sale of their champagne. $. M. B.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
SALISBURY, CONN.,, FRIDAY, AUGUST H. 1876

piled Fanny, smiling faintly, for she was yet very weak. "You never told me that you did,"
 "Told you?' exclaimed MT. Taylor, and the tone was sufficient. cit shall entirely be the burden of my song for the rest of my life" he continued. ''and you must be content to hear it for your abominable suspicious"
 "I certainly shall be, James Taylor, i" replied his wife.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11

here last week, in Carpenters hall, at which the venerable Lucretia Mott and Julia Ward Howe were central figures. Mrs. Howe was proposed by the nomi- hating committee for president, but the meeting amended the report, reelected Rev. MT. Love, who had been president ten years, ever since the orgauiz ltion of the National Peace Union, and re- elected Mrs. Howe to the position of vice presi- dent. The usual speeches and resolu- tions were dispensed to 8 comparatively small audience.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
AN EDUCATIONAL CONGRESS

has been in session here several days, sometimes in the Pennsylvania Educa- tional building, and sometimes in the judges hall, with representatives from various nations. At the sessions I at tended, Japan, Brazil, the Argentine Republic, Sweden, Finland ana Penn sylvania were reported on. The pro- gress of education in Japan was the most remarkable.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE,

The cost of their execution is enormous,
 and it is believed they will find a welcome re-
 ception as an admirable feature of the Cyclo- paedia, and worthy of it's high character. The
 work is sold to subscribers only, payable on delivery of each volume. It will be complete | in SIXTEEN LARGE OCTAvo VOLUMES, each con.
 taining abont 800 pages, fully illustrated with
 several thousand wood engravngs, and with | numerous colored lithographic maps.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
Presi 'ents of the United States.

A Kentucky father married the divorced wife of his son. It was re- buke to the young man for putting so good woman out of the family.
Connecticut western news., 1876-08-11
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Peace COnvention--Education Congress- The Heated Term-- Wines--The Foreign Exhtbit--ChampRgne NIakinR--Epernny, CT the Champagne District--Ne essrs. k. NIercier N Co.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-10-17
Hodlj malzel.
IL madarstiny cd Maurice J6kaie.)
PEetosI P-sky.

Teprve Londyn6 isem zpozoroval, ze
damon tou nova nehoda mne potkala.
Mluvila pouze madarsky. Jinou feci
ami nemluvila ami il netozum6la. ia vsak
madarsky isem neumel. Dobra rada by
la nyni draha. Nevedel isem, co pociti.
Konecn6 jsem SO rozhodl. Wal jsem 81
ucitele a jail isem Sc neiti madarstin6, a :
bych mohl byti tlumocnikem mezi nj a
ieiim lekafem. Uplynul rok. Uboha
pani byla uplne uzdravena, mimo caso-
YOU zadumcivost nejevily Sc ma nj zadne
jine znamky pfedesleho neduhu. Memo
hu vam ami vypovediti pane, blazeny O.
men pocit, JIM Sc duse ma chvela, kdyz
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-10-17

Pan Adandy vyb6hl ven, ale pfedsi-
nj zakopl do dlouh6 olovGn6 rakve kdyz
tuto oteyfel, spatfil bledy obliteis sv6
manzelky, iiz byl asi pred osmnacti lety
bczddvodnG zarlivosti domu vyhnal.
Ami staff, ami smrt ncsmazaly stopy BY
vale iejl krasy zdalo Sc, ze IsmGv, ien&
kolem zsinalych rtG i pohraval, hlasal
manzeli, 60 rty mu nemGha tici po Gem
marn6 BAIL toti2; ,OdpnSt6ni smile
nfn
Byla to slza, co Sc zalesklo oku pana
Adandyho, kdyz 8 bolestnym rovzde-
chem rakev zaviraR
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Farmarsk& pOZemky
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Ma prodej nebo ma vym6 d u
zapoze kovy ma etek
Clevelande.
Pozemky ty isou vytecnc, biz zelezm-
ce a dobreho trhu lei Pockahontas u
Buena Vista Counts, kde lest hodn6 Ce.
chu osedlych. Cena nizka, tcrminy phi
zniv6. Blizsi zprava
PRICE BROTHERS, 145 Superior Str.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-10-17
Hugo Hensch
N!Zivn;l mOuka d6tSka
tez pro
neduziy6 u zOtavujiCi Sc
rovn6z dcinkuje vyborne proti
neduhum letnim.

Ct6te n a 81 d ujici
odporucenf vynikajicich l6kafG
tohoto a jinych NEST:
My nizepodepsanl, zkusivse Hugo
Hensch moucku vybornym 1sp6-
chem nasi praksi, dobrym sv6domim
il odporuciti m6zeme obecenstvu.
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
10 Telling Who Is Elected.

From the New York WOrl!.
Barney O'Toole and Patrick Moran
stood before the bar of the Fifty.
seventh Street Police Court. Barney
had a black eye and Patrick damaged
nose. Barney delivered a plain, "un-
vanished tale:
eyer Honor, it was all on the &C.
count Nv the election. Pat, he said
that Hayes wuz electid, an l said that
Tilden WIZ electid, s
s'Thin sez Pat, aggravatin iolke:
.ssHooray for Hayes :!
s.sHooray for Tilden = sez |.
".Yer mishtakin' intirely,' sez Pat,
Yer one yerself,. sez I.
'Whoop! sez Pat.
'Hooray! sez I.
can there upon we agreed to settle
it loike gintlemin an decide the elect
ion at wanst. had got one in on Pat s
nose, an Pat had landed arninst my
eye, an everythin' WIZ illigant, an
Tilden's prospects wor nivver broight'
er, whin a policeman came interfer:
in loike. and now there's no tellin'
who would hev been elicted at all. at
ALL" and Barney and Patrick stepped
down, murmuring against armed inter-
ference of the law. @ z.s4-s--
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
being actually asleep. Nor would it.
move from Sir Maswell's side till or.
doWnI RI A0 1~,% %Lo

being actually asleep. Nor would it
move from Sir Maswell's side till or.
dered to do so by the fakir.
We then examined the other cob
ras. Paralyzed by magnetic influence,
they lay at full length on the ground.
On taking them up we found them
stiff as sticks. The fakir then awak-
ened them, and they then returned
and again coiled themselves round his
body, On asking us if he could make
us feel his influence, he made few
passes over our legs, and instantly we
lost the use of these limbs we could
not leave our seats. lie then released
us as easily as he had paralyZed us.
Chibh.C .Chonder closed his seance by
experimenting upon inanimate OBJ
jects. By mere passes of his hands in
the direction of the object to be acted
upon, and without leaving his seat, he
paled and extinguished lights in the
furniture, including the divans ON
which we sat, opened and closed
doors. Catching sight of Hindoo
who was drawing water from a we'll
in the garden, he made pass in his
direction, and the rope suddenly stop.
ped in it's descent, resisting all the ef-
forts of the astonished gardener.
With another pass the rope again de.
scended.
I asked Chibll- -Chonder, "Do you
employ the same means in acting upon
inanimate objects that you do upon
living creatures
He replied, 81 have only one
means.''
"What is it!''
tsThe will. Man, who is the result
of all intellectual and material forces,
must dominate over all. The Brah.
minis know nothing beside this
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
Looking fol Tilden or Hayes to Pay him Five
Dollars for his Vote.

From the San Antonio Herald. . sa-
About noon a few days ago, while
the voting was going on, lank, long.
haired, seedy-lo ooklng man rode up on
the pavement near the court house,
slid of, and hitched an emaciated po.
ny to an awning post, and began loafing
about the polls.
After he had kept this up about half
an hour without any satisfactory re.
suits, he sided up to negro, who was
also busy doing nothing in particular,
and whispered, "Just pint out Sam to
me-.
s.What Sam?"
s.Sammy Tilden, Of course, the man
that's running for office at this cleo
tion."
.sNever heerd Of him befoah-reck.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
lIlnil0O HOcus-POcuS.

From the Messenger Franco. American.
Many of these HindOO jugglers who
live in the silence of the rlgodas per-
form far SURPRISING the prestidigitat-
ions of Robert Houdin, and there are
many others who produce the most
curious phenomena III magnetism and
catalepsy upon the first objects that
come across the way, that have often
wondered whether the Brahmins with
their Occulet sciences have not made
great discoveries in the questions
which have Recently been agitated in
Europe.
On one OCCASION, while I and others
were in cafe with Sir Maswell, he
ordered his dobochy to introduce the
clarmer. In a few moments lean
Hindoo, almost naked, with an ascetic
face and bronzed color entered. Around
his neck, arms, thighs. and body were
coiled serpents of different sizes.
After salutiug us, he said: ''God be
with you, am Chibl- -Chondor, son OF
Chibh- h-Gontna1ll- Mava.'
.'We desire to see what you can do.
said our host.
Il obey the orders of silva, who has
sent me here" replied the fakir,
sQuatting down upon cne OF the marble
slabs.
The serpents raised their heads and
hissed, but without showing any anger.
Then, taking small pipe attached to
wick in his hair, he produced scarce
ly audible sounds initiating the taila-
paca, bird that feeds upon bruised
cocanuts. Here the serpents uncoiled
themselves, and one after another
glided to the floor. As soon as they
touched the ground they raised about
one.third of their bodies, and began to
keep time to the masters music. Sud.
denly the Handicapped his instrument
and made several passes with his hands
over the serpents, of whom there were
about 10, all of the most deadly cobra
species of India. His eye assumed a
strange expression. We all felt an un-
definable uneasinesss, and sought to
turn away our gaze from him. At
this moment a small sh0cra, whose
business was to hand fire in small
brazier for lighting cigars, yielded to
his influence, laid down and fell asleep.
Five minutes passed thus, and we felt
if the manipulati0ns were to continue
a few seconds more we should all fall
asleep. Ch0ndO then rose, and making
two more passes over the shocra' said
to it: s.Giye the commander some
fire. The young serpent rose, and
without tottering, came and O1tered
fire to its master. It was pinched, pull
led about, till there was no doubt Of its