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The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
Now the oyster Builds MS smell.

The body OF an oyster Is poor weak
thing, apparently not able of doing any
! thing at all; yet what Marvellous nouse
an OYSTER builds around his delicate
framel When the oyster Is f1rst porn ne
is very simple, delicate. dot, as IL were,
/ and vet he is born with his TWO sheliS
! upon him. For some unknown reasoh;
he always fixes himself on ms rouhd
shell, never on his fiat she'll ana oelng
once fixed he begins to grow; but lie only
grows in summer. Inspect an oyster
She'll closely, and it will be seen that it Is
marked with distinct lines. As the rlng-
we observe in the section of thetrunk OF
tree denote years of growth, SO does
the marking of an oyster tell us now
! many years he has passed in his "bed" at
the bottom of the sea.
Suppose an oyster was born June 10,
1870; lie would go on growing up TO the
first line we see well marked; ne wouIu
then stop for the winter. In the
summer of 1871 he would more than
double his size. In 1872 he would add to
this house. In 1873 and 1874 he would
again 20 on building, till he was dredged
up in The middle of his work in 1870, when
he would be five and half years OLD.
The way in which an oyster builds hts
shell is pretty sight. have watched II
frequently. The beard or fringe OF an
oyster is not only his breathing organ
l. e. his lungs-but his feeding organ, by
which he conveys the food TO his COM
plicated mouth with his four lips.
When the warm calm days of } une come
the oyster opens his shell, and by means
of his fringe begins building an addition
al story to his house. This he does by
depositing very fine particles of carbonate
of lime, till they at last form substance
as thin as silver paper and exceedingly
fragile then he adds more and more, till
at last the new shell is at least as hard as
the old shell. When oysters are growing
in their shells they must be handled very
carefully, as the new growth of shell will
cut ike broken glass; and wound on
the finger from an oyster shell is often
very troublesome.-Frdnk Bucktdnd.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
Registers Order.
REGISTER s UVFICE.
NaW Castle (,n A NM

New Castle Co., April !, 1877.
UPON the application of George ii. Rob
inette, Administrator of David Robinette,
Sr., late of Wilmington Hundred in said
county decd, it is ordered and directed by
the Register that the Administrator afore-
said give notice of the granting of Letters
of Administration upon the Estate of the
deceased, with the date of granting thereof
by causing advertisements TO be posted
within forty days from the date Of such
Letters, in six of the most public places OF
she County of New Castle. recurring all
persons having demands against the Es
tate, to present the same, or abide by an
Act of Assembly in such case made and
provided. And also cause the same to be
inserted within the same period in the
DAILY GAZETTE, a newspaper published
in Wilmington, and to be continued therein
three weeks. (e o. d.
t-~->, Given under the hand and Seal OF
}L.S. Office of the Register aforesaid at
go New Castle in New Castle County
aforesaid, the day and year above written
S. G. BIGGS, Register .
NOTICE
All persons having claims against the
Estate Of the deceased must present the
| same duly attested to the Administrator on
| or before April 9Th, 1873, or abide the
| Act OF Assembly in such case made and
provided. GEORGE ii. ROBINETTE,
Address, Wilmington, Del. Admir-.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
A HEALTH INFLUENCE!

Restoring the Nervous and Debilitated.
1mparting Life, Strength, and Health 10
the tOdning organism.
Successfully treating Disease OithOm Medicine
DIR. .BRYAN'S ELECTRO OVOLTAIC AMI
MAGNETIC APPLIANCES.
Recently introduced after years of study
and research. They are of quadruple pow
er Imbuing the system with a constant
current of Titdtizing Electric and Magnetic
force
ELECTRICITY IS NATURES POWER
A Sovereign Specific In Dyspepsia-Ner
vous Debility-Diseases of the Lungs
Rheumatism Paralysis-Epllepsy-S
Ca Spinal derangements--lmpo potency
Disorders of the Kldneys-and Functional
difficulties generally.
The Appliances are strongly charged with
Electric Galvanic and Magnetic influence
of different degrees Of nlte Isttv, suitable tC
all cases, and conditions, and effect. Cure
Uhere medicines hare failed.
References TO numerous Physicians and
Patients
illustrated Pamphlets explaining tn,
principles of their action, Cost, ETC., free Oh
application, Address
DIR. BRYAN
III East Fifteenth Street,
art1y New York.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08

THE VENERABLE LESLIE CooMBs.-On
the Both of April, "a years ago, Gen. Les
lie Coombs, of Kentucky, then known as
the "Boy Captain" swan Bianchard's
Fork, "a tributary of Auglaze river,
Ohio0 at the head of his company, his
men having first made raft with their
tomahawks, on which they placed their
rifles, tomahawks and clothes. Gen.
OF the valiant band that swan the fork he
is the only survivor, and, taking retro
spective view of events that crowd his
history he appears to regard this youth
full feat wifi special favor.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
pIOus SPEECH OF THE CAR

Moscow, May 6 The Gear, address
ing Estates Saturday said: Six weeks ago
/ expressed here the hope of a peaceful
solution of the Eastern question. /
wished to spare to the utmost the pre- :
cious blood Of my subjects, but my efforts
have been in vain. My Kischeueff mani
festo announced to the empire that the
moment l foresaw had arrived. To-day
am happy To be able to thank my peo.
Pile for their patriotism, which has been
proved by deeds, Their readiness to un-
dergo sacrifices exceeds our expectation.
May God assist us to fulfil our task and
bless our troops"
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08

About week ago Mrs. Shaw, wife of Il
respectable citizen of Milledgeville, GA,
was found dead in her house, terribly,
beaten and shot through the head. Her
little four year old daughther witnessed
the deed and declared that her father COM
mitted it after two aolored men had been
arrested on suipieion. Shaw was then
arrested. Mrs. Shaw's mother testified
that the murdered woman had said the
night before the murder that Shaw was
very angry with her and she requested
her TO rear the child in case he murder
ed her Shaw made an inconsistent
statement and was committed for trial.
Mrs. Ann White, of $50 Charles street,
Philadelphia, is in Brooklyn, \. Y,
looking after her grandchild, Mary Mas
terson, aged seven years, who was kid
mapped by a woman named FaLnie
Brown, aged 35 years, who rented a room
from her, several weeks ago and was last
seen with her. Mary Emmerson, ,anoth-
er old woman, has been arrested III Phil.
adelphia on suspicion of being an ac
complice. An uncle of the child il
Brooklyn named Andrew White is saic
to know something OF the affair.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
Registers Order.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Lastle Co, ApIIl l3 Isl

NcW NdobiO Io'b Aplil 10. ic'tO
Upon the appIcalion of Joseph b. Langley
Administrator c. T. A OF Jerem ah Dod1s-
worth late OF v ilmIngtOn Hundred in said
County. deceased 1t 10 ordered and dire sted
by tine Reg ster that the Administrator afore.
said, give notice of theRrauting of Letters of
Administration c. L. A. upon the state of
the deceased. with the date OF granting
thereof, by causi'g advertisements to be
posted within forty days from the date Of
such Letters, in six OF the most public places
Ot the County OF New cat q. requiring al
persons having demands az Al nst the Estate
to present the same, or ab de by an Act CT
Asse molly in such case made and provided
And also ca, Sc The same to be inserted with.
in the same peroid In the W Wilmington Ca
ZE1TE newspaper pub ished IN Whining
ton and to be continued therein three weeks
(e. o d.
,-~-, Given under my hand and Seal OF
; l.. =. Office of the Reg ster aforesaid at
49, >ew castle, in New Castle County
afore esatd, the Gay and year above Written.
S. G. BIGGS, Regis er.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08

Some one who believes that "brevity is
the soul of w.t." writes:-"Don't eat
stale q cumbers. They'll w up"
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
Compe,ition The Ruin Of Trade,

DETROIT, May 5-The Vessel-Owners
association of this city have sent Invitations
to vessel owners at every port on the lakes,
Canada included, urgently requesting them
TO send one or more de Vgateo TO a conven
ton 10 be held in Detroit on NJ ~ l6 next to
consider the feasibility of uny pan of reli-r
from the present ruinous competition among
themselves OF carrying ireights at less than
cost, and to ask tue cooperation of marine
underwriters i'll securing more thorough
and equitable Classification OF their YES
sells,
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
THE WAR AND EMIGRATION.

From the Baltimore SUN.
The effect OF the European war on
emigration has become subject of dis
cussion. The tendency of the war will
be 10 revive aud stimulate emigration. Ii
is very important to us, however, that The
emigration shall be of Il sort 10 add to
the wealth and productive Industry OF
the country, instead of being burden
upon both. We have already more pee
pie than are able to get living, and some
of them have set sail for Australia to
'.better their fortunes" Ii the European
war becomes general we shall have no
need employ agencies abroad to secure
immigrants, but shall find it to ON inter-
est to provide them means of employ
ment when they arrive. Tie depressed
condition of all forms of labor in the
United States does not hold out much
encouragement for emigration from
Europe, though if the war widens and
continues the case may be different ere
long. If the kings anu mobiles of the old
world could leave it the people would
have opportunities of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, which will never be
their lot so long as the many are compell-
ed to labor and fight and die for the few,
or rather as long as they are stupid enough
TO do so. At the same time there are
numbers of pels sons in Europe of good
character and means who are discbnten-
ted with their present positions and
prospects, and who would be an acqusi-
tion in every way to our country. In
Germany, Great Britain and Holland
there are a thrifty and energetic people,
having some means, and the intelligence
and enterprise to improve their condition,
if t.ey have the opportunity, who may
be induced to look to the United States
as a harbor of refuge if they have the
proper information as to the capabilities
and advantages of tins country.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
CARD.

The undersigned successor TO and part
ner in the late firm of Z. B'inghurst 4 co.
" holesale and Retail Druggists, will con-
tinue the business at the old stand, and
while returning his sincere thanks that the
previous efforts of the firm have met with
such gratifying appreciation, will, with the
aid OF full corps OF competent and skill
full assistants, who have had a practical
training in this establishment in their eX-
perience respectively, of from five to ten
years each and three of whom are Grddu-
dtes Of the Philadelphia College Of I'hdrn,dcy,
endeavor by faithful and careful attention
the highly responsible duties of the
A Apothecary in his manifold dealings with
life ard health, to merit and receive the lib
eral patronage SO long extended to this house
q. JAMES BELT, Apothecary,
c5-tf Cor. Sixth and Market Streets.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
Registers Order.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
NnNU fRn9tla o. A III AZ

OiN S's' <Apli IL lJtil. loAt.
Upon the application of Margaret Petit.
crew, Administrators of John Petticiew.
late OF wilmington Hundred in said Coun-
", deceased; it is ordered and directed nv
the Register that the ExecutriX aforesaid
give notice of the granting of Letters of Al
mlnlstration upon the Estate of the de
ceased with the date of granting thereof bI.
causing advertisements to be posted with
IN lorty days from the date of such letters
IN IN SIX of the most public places of the
county OF New Castle, requiring all per
sons having demands against the estate 10
present the same, or abide by an act of -
Sembly in such case made and provided
ana also cause the same to ne inserted
wlthln The same period in the Wilmington
,I,a,l,f, mAnEIIE newspaper published in vii.
weeks, (e. o.d) va VII Ct
49, Given under my hand and Seal
Il. D oil Office of the Register aforesaid
- - at New Castle in New Castle 90
aforesaid the day and year above written
$. c. BIGGS, Register,
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
No, | Peruvian GuanO.

yINHE subscribers have effected an ar
rangement with the Peruvian Govern
ment AGENTS by which they have constant
on hand
PURE NO. PERUVIAN GUANO,
which they Will deliver from their own
stores in Philadelphia or the Government
stores in New York or Baltimore.
We sell no Guano but what we receive
direct from Government stores. Therefore
narrieS buying of us can rely on receiving
none but pure article.
CHRISTIAN & CO.,
No 14l North Water ST., Philadelphia
marl9-w1m.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
NOTICE

Al persons having claims against the Es.
dmi tI.t oa t1e deceased, must present the same
April 10Th, 1878 or abide the Act Of a )
semoly IN such case made and provided
.,, MARGARET PETTICREW
apr2l3Meod# NeN 0eIIA'
The daily gazette., 1877-05-08
NOTI ,E

All persons having claims against the Es-
tate If the deceased must present the same
duly attested. to the Administrator, on or
before April 18th, lo7S or abide the Act OF
ASSEMBLY in sucn case made and provided
OsEPH y LASGLN Y,
Administrator. c. T A.
Address Wilnngton, Del apr26 -3weDds =
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-17
People and rr,Iuss.

Away down in the corner of q
woman's heart turks the sentiment :
"Old bonnet, no church."
Hackmen at Niagara are paid a
percentage on all the money their
influence brings to the various catch
penny enterprises in the place.
Our customs and habits are like
the ruts in the roads. The wheels
of life settle into them and we
jog along through the Inire, because
it is too much work to get out OF
them.
We are told that the Michigan
Central Road is to be sued for
breach of promise. Young man
living in Kansas couldn't get there
in time for the wedding.-Roches
ter Democrat.
A large burial plot in Mount
Hope cemetery, near Boston, ia com
pletely covered with flowers, 80 ar
ranged as to represent a book lying
open on the ground with an inscrip-
ton referring to a scripture text.
With virtue, capacity and good
conduct one can still be unsupport-
able. The manners, which are neg
lected as small things, are often
those which decide men for or
against you. A slight attention to
them would have prevented theiI
i'll judgments.
"My son." said q mother to heI
little boy four years old, "when you
pass to the spirit world, who above
all others will you wish to see p
'Golish!" shouted the child with
Joyous anticipation, "unless," he
quickly added, "there is a bigger
fellow there" sa.ss
1t used TO be the Philadelphia
lawyer, but new it is the surgeon
He was called to amputate the limb
of "the lady of the house," but mis-
took the room and sawed off the
leg of a newly arrived German girl,
who quietly submitted to che opera
ton, thinking it was the custom OF
the country. .-s 800
We have always pitied the little
girl at the opera, who, as she lay
back in the luxurious chair of the
box, utterly weary, and sleepy, and
bored, at an hour when she should
have been snug In bed, was asked
why she came. "Oh, l must, you
know" yawned the little lady, Ian.
guild ten years before her time "We
have season tickets" ~
Victor Hugo once prepared let.
ter to accompany the manuscript of
a new work he was about to send
to his publisher, and into that letter
he put nothing but q huge point OF
Interrogation. The publisher to be
equally cute, replied in q letter
which contained nothing but q
huge point of exclamation. It was
the same as saying on the one hand,
how do you like it? aud on the
other, l admire it'll
A carrier pigeon and q locomotive
run q race in England from Dover
to London. The distance, az the To-
comotive travelled, was seventy-six
miles, and as the pigeon flew seven.
ty miles. The locomotive was ruu
at the rate of sixty miles an hour
The pigeon beat the train twenty
minutes, or by time allowance eight
cen miles, at the rates of fight. The
bird was of the variety known Al
Belgian voyageurs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-17
He Couldn,s DrInl yyIne.

There was 8 notable youth who
on being urged to take wine at the
table of q famous statesman, II
Washington, had the moral courage
to refuse. He was q poor youne
man just beginning the stl uRgle Of
life. He brought letters to the
great statesman, who kindly invi.
ted him home to dinner.
"Not take q glass of wine?" ech
oed the statesman, in Wonderment
and SURPRISE,
eNOt one single glass OF wine p
echoed the statesman's beautiful and
fascinating wife, as she arose, glass
In hand, and with . grace thai
would have charmed an anchorite
endeavored to press it upon him.
"No," replied the heroic youth,
resolusely, gently repelling the
proffered glass.
What picture of moral grand.
eur was thati A poor, friendlssl
youth refusing wine ct the table OF
. wealthy and famous statesman
even though proffered by the fail
hands of the beautiful lady.
"No," said the noble young man
his v 3ice trembling little and his
cheek flushed, 81 never drink wine
but (here he etraightened himself
up and his words grew frmerl i
you have little good old rye whis-
Ky / don't mind trying snifter !"-
Nation.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-17
Mans RumanIty.

"Fond of beef, Gabriel Norman p
Inquired his honor, the justice, "fond
of beef, are you ?"
swell, can't say that am particu-
larly fond of beef"
"FOnd of killing them ?"
"No."
"If you are not fond of beef, then and
not fond of killing them, what in the
thunder did you kill this OK fOrP''
"Maybe for its hide"
After this his honor fell into q brown
study, during which he muttered
"Gabriel, there is something associat-
ed in my mind with the name, and for
the life of me / can't think of it,
Apparently to refresh his memory
Norman hummed a verse Of
l'se gwine away to leave you, gOOdby,
II you git there befoah do,
Oh, Gabriel, blow your horn.
"No that amt it. at all,:' said his
honor, impateintly; "I was thinking
OF man named Gabriel who once
borrowed So of me-"
"Could a man of that name do II
again ?" inquired the prisoner anxi-
ously.
'Not if the court knows herself"
answered his honor, sand she feels
pretty well satisfied on that point
That man Gabriel borrowed So of me
once, and laid it out treating people to
vote against me at an election, Mans
inhumanity to man, my friend Nor
man, makes countless thousands
mourn. said at the time I'd be
even with a man by the name of Ga
briel, and 1 intend to be; $50 and
costs, or six months. No remarks"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-17

We read In q scientific journal
fThere is q method which 1 have
adopted in my own house to cool the
temperature Of any room during hot
weather, and that Is, TO hang a sheet
or q blanket down outside windows
upon which the sun may be shining.
This sheet Is wet, and the evaporation
Of the water produces q deliciously
cool apartment. The sheet IL kept
damp by having . vessel filled with
water above the top of it outside, and
piece Of flannel arranged to from q
siphon, and touching several portions
of the sheet. The water gradually
empties ous of tile vessel, and may be
replenished il necessary. The win
dow is, of course, open. Il Ls strange
that 50 simple and inexpensive q
method has not found favor here, moro
especially In sick rooms; 3 cylindrical
shaped tin vessel, with some fine holes
fixed over the window, would easily
supply the water. 5STsf1$
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-17

"What object to-" said a Texan
horse thief, as he was about to be
drawn up, "is your hanging me here
in the sun when there's plenty Of
shade close by however, go ahead"
Every shopkeeper who refuses to let
his women clerks sit down when they
are not busy deserves to be bankrupt
till doOms-day and then be made to
stand, on one leg, Through all eternity.
InianapOlis last year was assessed on
ali. Property at valuation ofSeo, 458, :
200 this year ills 455 ,047, go, or S5, 4O8, :
$50 less. The revenue Is fixed at the
same rate this year "a last, $1.1O, and
will be $241 ,402, 43 less than last year.
Marion County Record: The popu-
lation of their county as shown by the
census taken on the LIST of March last,
was 6,579, al increase Of 1 ,3l3 during
the previous year. The valuation OF
real estate was 81 ,395, 295; OF personal
property, S239,292; and of railroad
property, $l95,252.
San Diego has q young gentleman
Geographic operator, who, after
repeated calls for young lady opera
tor in another office, at last got q re-
Spouse, and then, "click, click, click, !"
ne telegra Pied back to her, vehement
Iy. 'sI have been trying to get
you for the last hourl" In q mo-
ment the following spicy reply came
tripping back to him over the wires
from the telepraphic maiden ssThat's
nothing there Is . yOnng man here
who has been trying to do the same
thing foF two years, and he hasn't got
me yet" -
The Chicago Tribune states that the
strike originated with q man by the
name of Ammon, 9 fireman who had
been discharged for cause on Fort
Wayne railroad. In revenge he went
to work and got up secret oath
bound organization Of brakemen and
firemen. He had talent for organ
fzation and an intelligence about
the average of that class OF woRkmen.
He travelled over different lines per.
fecting his organization. bat before he
had completed it there was q prema-
Iure explosion on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad If IL had not been fol-
that, the Tribune thinks that the
strike would have been much more
serious.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-17
The Reason OFT.

"You folks don't understand why
it is that railroad men stick so close
together" said Sheriff Pressly, talk
ing with a group of friends short
time ago. He then went on to ex-
plain Lat the cause OF their clanish-
ness was the hazardous character of
their calling. He likened their life
to that of soldiers. The latter,
when in action, saw comrades shot
down all about them and stuck clos
er together on account of the or
deals through which they passed.
sit is the same thing with railroad
ers," said Mr.. Pressly. 81 am an
old engineer, and know ell about it.
When a railroad man leaves home
TO go to work in the morning and
kisses his wife and little ones, and
says by-by, he does not know but
it may be for the last time. He
does not know but that in q few
hours he may be brought back a
mSngled corpse. It is this risky ma
ture of their calling that makes them
stand together like brothers, so that
when you attack one railroader you
have to fight the whole class"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-17

Mr.. Beecher, it will be remem.
bered, denied in letter to an East.
ern journal that he had said, speak
ing of workingmen's wages, that a
dollar day was enough to buy
bread, and that q man who would
not live on bread and water was
not fit to live. In this weeks issue
of Mr.. Beecher's own, the Christ.
ian Union, is printed q VerbQtim re-
port of the sermon which caused
so much commotion. Tho follow
ing passage occurs:
alt is said that g dollar a day il
not enough for a wife and five OF
six children. No. not if the man
smokes and drinks beer. 1t is not
enough If he expects that they are
going to have not only food and
raiment but Amusements that are
expensive. It is not enough if they
are to live as he would be glad to
have them live. 1t is not enough to
enable them to live as perhaps they
would have a right to live in pros
porous times. But is not q dollar g
day enough to buy bread with
Water costs nothing; and man
who cannot live on bread is not fl
to i've"
Mr.. Beeceer Is q firm believer in
specie payment and hard money. >
he knows just what kind of q liv.
ing the masses Of the people car
have under that sort of financial
system, and consequently thinks
they had better get used to ''bread
and water and dollar a day" al
soon as possible.