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The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
SUDDEN DEATH.

A man named Gordon, an employee IN
DaPont's Powder Mills, and residing on
the Brandywine Banks, died suddenly yes.
terday at noon. He had been at work dur.
ing tho morning, and not feeling we'll, went
home complaining of being unwell. A
physician was summoned, but before 10
arrived the unfortunate man was dead. Hs
was much respected by his fellow workmen.
A wife and seven children are left to mourn
his deatb. Coroner Rose was notified and
will hold an inquest this morning at 10
o'clock. -sar
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
SLIGHT FIRE.

The fire mentioned in yesterdays HER
AID, at Fscher's saloon, on shipley street,
below Second, originated In the kitchsB,
buruiCg the floor badly. The fire is sup.
posed to have been the work of an incen-
diary; as three persons we're seen in the
alley about II o'clock, who acted suspic>
iously. The loss 10 about e10O, which 10
fully insured in the New Castle Mutual In-
surancs Company. r.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
A PRACTICAL WAY OF PUTTING rT. r.

A PRACTICAL WAY OF r PUTTING HT.
We sawa very amusing sketch drafted by
lawyer In one of the Courts of Common
Pleas, In Philadelphia yesterday, the gentle
men in question is a acountryman of Curran,
and is endowed with 10 part of his wit.
The sketch depicted John Bull being kicked
under the coat tail by a Cossack, who in
quired If "English interests had yet been
reached" # = .
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
TEMPERANCE.

Messrs. Frank Whelan and j. g. Bryant
will start down the Staue to-day on q tenn
perance tour, as representatives of the M.
s. r. A. Of this city, to form like-associa-
tions on their tour.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20

cit seems as If should cough my b o. d
off, is som ett paes the impatient Xcl q ma
tiou of o. asufft reS from " severe Cnngh,
Oueli the par~xysms with Hate's Honey OF
H0renound ap.n lar. The relief Il. in1me-
ruygists.
minute,
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
MILITARY.
Headquarters DuPent Gusrds, n
"a n 1e< paO< n.l Va Nr

G, headquarters DuPent Gusrds, tatE
gg9 GO. G, 1st Regt. Del Vol, N. s8rIs
General Orders The msmbsrs ef shss
company will assemble st the armory on
Sunday morning next, at o.1 o'clock, n
full dress, uniform, for the spurpossof ~
tending divine services ~ Hanover Street
Church. White gloves and whits belts viii
be worn without side arms. ofleers ,apd ta
sergeannts will wear their sworda.i l., s.ssa
The command viii leave ,ths arnory,
promptly at 10 O'Clock, 60 as to, bs seated y,
II the church By 1o,15 o'clock. N
tBy order of .oqiy ,gagy h a,a52 qs,y
u,,g a-,.s,,nS. A. MAoALLlsTER.d .di ts,g
March 1s, 1878. 5''' ''.] ,.' Wv - S1].
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
PARIS COMMISSIONERS.

TIE United States Commission to the
Paris Exposition, appointed by President
Hayes for the State of Delaware are
Messrs. Alexander Mcleod, of this of city,
and Robert W. Mustard, Of Smyrna.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
A NEW CHURCH.

It is contemplated by the congregation Of
the Mount Salem Church to build hand.
some new church building, On the site Of
the present one. The matter has not vet
been definitely decided.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20

Narrow minded Nurse.--Nurse(i (iust en-
gaged) "He is not 80 purity as I'd loiks.,
Lady--"Why,what do you mealY' 4@. rsS c
Nu'sf--"Why in walking cut, mum ,folrs
might think he was, me own, IN I'd be-
ashamed, so would
Three thousand car loads of euano are
now In Savannah, Ca, awaiting trans por-
tat on to interior poir Is. .'1,'-l 4.
Lady(to a li.tle girl Of four yeass)-,
"What tare You going to call your rev
dolls' Girl, heavtng deep sig h, like s. me
anxious mo:her, II shall Coll it Ros..- 1t
lives"
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20

CHAMBERS AND COLLINS are to die. A
lying harlot and q perjured adulterer have
foresworn away two human lives. Time
will bring its compensation.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20

THE WEATHER; ;--To-day " syiss, se
'ff1r'n d"d partly cloudy or fats, scith In
e'eass"0 clouda'ssss towards night.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
b r.1E ~ 5ss-ftfi3 E
HERALD NOTES.

There were l9l labor strikes In England u
10 1877. .',<. %" ,''4,' A'-. l-''
New Hampshire's Gresaback vote u oaly "
about 500. @ 8 -,'''' I'm ',,,,'' Wv. Wv
spaln's available military force q nxsd At fas
LOG. poo men. ,a,- ,..,..l ~ ...,-.lt 49,
/ Dfcasagnsc predicts the return, ,tefi tAslI j.
Empire in France. a 5a8 ID .hral adj A1d 492
"Iet me dip nay penin thunder II Lmpssss-E r. +
sive Western writer. edi cc7,&2G.G ,assst
s5 years ago it wss thought hiehtoasd sopo' "a
smoke penny cigar. TO 521.G&7CS stagot9l
FIfsmen's torchlight paradss are bseotas
lag extinct In this country. '.''''.se-.,ss' !,
The N. Y. anti-pistol ordinance allows
strar gers I'm tho city - 60 armed. -" rr.. ,,,
There were ss.5oo,ooo spent 10 Kapaaa, q
last year for whiskey and tobacco. 80. - ,s..,
The Brooklyn Argus thinks Kats Clax-a 4,
ton y getting married Two Orphan. ',.,,
A nagniacisnt industrial school for os-ai,
phanp is being built in Telucs, Mex. -, d, ,.,..
The graphic thinks the goddess Of liner ,,7.
" on the new 81 has too much chin., g.. .-,r.
The corner stone ofs confederate asmor- "a.
ial mpnument is to be laid in Rome, Gag 8,
April26. e..,..s.r,-ar-z.,..e....r..,
There isa paper in Kentucky, the Mount! N
Sterling Sentinel which favofs sending awo. Ha-
men to Congress. .,. .a. ,g4ggjsh Y4um se3
Gsorgia's favorits college has 2ss ssu., ca
tents. Its name is Emory. ) That is who're ~
he students get polished. ~ qa,l9I rsH .vllag
The latest Is the "whits Ribbon, move.
ment, formed to discourage ths use of ,zas
obacco. Its motto is, "Dars to- BE- 81 9
Decent" .......... ..r.- Al, rrv at8sr, 4
Gilmore's Band, consisting Of 90 performs u
srs, will sail from New York on their Euro-lf q.
pson tSuc, by the inman steamer ,Ctyefs!al
Berlin on Maya ..... r.yaa ,,.v r.v .g.
Mr.. g. K. Ross Is spending some weeks II
n and about Boston, following up certain
aforma alton in relation to parties connected " Z
With Aoshsr and Douglas, ths abductors Of 3
title Charlie, p. s.aasa raesaE g5 q. b
The late Peter B. Brigham, of Boston, t2a
'equeathed go, 900 for a high school IN Ba- h
seraaeld, Vt.r his native tswa, and some srca
Il his relstives residing there have added sa.r
$1,000 for the building. ,, .s,r.ab bas "a
snipkins refused to get his wife aewhEs g,t
nd soon after his little daughter, came in g
nd SAID: "Mamms. won't ven buy mo q ,,s
monkey to play with when you no down 50 =,
owns" "No, darline---wait till you ,as. ss
'lder, And then marry one, as did" re-
''ted tbe grief stricken wife, her tears ,
lrsting forth afresh. '.' '' ,'0 ''2''
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20
THE ,HERALD.A
Wilmington. De-, March 10. sls7s.

Wilmington. De-, March 10. aIs7s.
MINIATURE ALMANAC-THIS DAY.
sun rises.-.-.-.6.O3I sun SETS. G. IL.
MOON II S.68 p. M.
HIGH WATER. .r. ,.,.5,
Delaware Breakwatsr. ..,,...,. - .0.IS a. M.
o Az p. m. ..,,.. - -
New Castle..... ...........1 12.4S q. m.
i III p. m. r ~ Es5s-7 -
Wilmington -. lis a. M.
I.41 p. m. r.. &s~E |T'
q ~ u q
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20

DANCING ACADEMY.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-20

The weather yesterday was delightful.
Nellie G. Payne, with cargo of ice for
J cob Pusey, of this city, is unloading at
pnOle,a who IF st"-~.----.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
HOUSE AND FARM.
POulIAy Notes.

When turkeys are two months old they
can successfully withstand tie severest
weather, if dry. In wet weather they
should be confined in yard under cover.
? Good settlers among hens ,seidonrsor
never leave their nests more than once a
day, provided they are we'll Gade-when
they come off; while they seldom remain
away longerthan from quarter to half
an hour, rarely exceeding the latter eperii
cd, unless food has not been supplied and
they have to forage for themselves, 'vr9
'Dry feed for>your chicks sayssthe
Poultry World, and among other things
adds: 1T is absolutely indispensable that
the cooked Fash given 10 any young
chickens should be mixed dry By this
We mean to convey the suggestion that
the n cal mixture should be OF crumbly
consistency rather than that of the swashy,
soggy kind of muck that nine out Of ten
careless or inexperienced persons give to
the young broods in, their infancy IT,. J..
The best Of all soils on which to estab-
lish a poultry yard is gravel or sand rest
ing on substratum of graval. Z ii the
soil is claycy, or from other causes reten-
tive of wet, the whole should be we'll
drained. This is essential to success, as
a wet soil is. more inducive than any othe,
circumstance"of cramp, Group and other
diseases.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
A SummersSermOn.

Just as tired as they be! e-y. s -. s. -
Robby and dolly and May make three. >
And overhead, Sc 8 hi
Just under the shed. T. al
That little brown bird makes four, you see.
"such horrid old rainy day! s@&2 o. "a
What can we ever find to play
Pent in the house
Like a trapped-up mouse!
It's just too bad!" whimpered little May.
"iThe earth is the Lords rve heard her say
And, whether the sky be blue OK gray,
Whether it snow,
Or whether it flow,
Hasn't the Lord a right to his way?
Who sends downt the rain on the earth below,
EAnd don't forget, -
Whenever you fret,
The Father sent it, and He unjust know"
'Foolish Children the red rose said,
As she popped in the window her shining head.
Look at me,
Don't you see,
But for rain were withel ed and dead?"
oh! of course" said Robin Adair,
'School-days are always bright and fair;
It's always SO,
I'd have you know
And Saturdays rains too much to bear!"
~A"Hush, my boyr' the sparrow said,
From his perch on the beam over Robby's head
"I'm only bird,
But I've often heard
Whaty your neither out of her Bible read. -
Foolish children, who eat the grain, :
And fret at the soft sweet Summer rain,
Which tickles the roots
OF the corn and fruits,
And bids them blossom and bear again.
wicked and foolsh!' sang bird and rose.
'"When even the meanest wedding knows
It's only the rain 49,.
The Heaven sent rain '.-.
That brings new life to each thingithat grows
wicked and foolish?' sighed little May; A..
''Robby, let's 60 away and play!.
Never again, 80 =,
At the Summer rain.
VIII fret and grumble the live-long day!'
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15

daughter of a magistrate of Canton. She
is described as having been ''brought up
by her father from childhood, well edu-
Gated, and deservedly reputed for virtue.
and. intelligence '==nIn~the~ spring of last.
year her papa fell i'll, and wasamost ten
~derly nursed by his devoted daughter
At the endfof six months the old gentle-
man became much worse, whefeupon The
young lady |cutsa piece Of flesh from her
arm and mixed it with his medicine.
This remedy proved fatal to the patient;
and his daughter, who HAD vowed -
sacrifice her life for his, poisoned hers elf
on the same day that her father died.
This melancholy story of heroic filial
piety, mingled with the most barbaarous
ignorance and superstition, may be in
structively read in juxtaposition with a
letter received in Shanghai from the Ro-
man Catholic bishop of Shanshi. Says
Monsignor Monagatta, who is resident
of Tai Yuen, the capital Of a province in
which famine has been raging with the
most fearful severity: "Unt'l lately the
starving people were content to feed on
the dead but now they are slaughtering
the living for food. The husband eats
his wife; parents eat their children; and
in their turn sons and daughters eat their
dead parents. This goes on almost every
day" Cannibalism has in more or less
marked degree been an attendant horror
on the majority of great tamines; but the
systematic eating If human flesh IN a
time of scarcity is hardly to be wondered
at in country where young ladies Of
rank, education, and intelligence grow
up to be twenty-one in the belief that a
piece of human flesh can be beneficial as
an inward medicament.. 1t may be men
toned that the imperial government
has sanctioned the erection Of the memo
rial to the daughter of the Canton magis~
trate, but that only very languid steps
have been taken to alleviate the ravages
of the famine
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
A Story Of the Tower,

- ) 49, - n {
ii was during the STORMY fines in Eng
land when the wars of York and Lancas-
ter were raging, that Sir Thomas Wyatt,
a fierce Lancastrian, was confined in one
Of the dismal dungeons of the Tower of
London.
Sir Thomas was not very comfortable,
aseyou may SUPPOSE He was cold and
hungry. One day., as. lie sat there in his
loneliness and misery, a cat made its ap-
pearence in his cell. He took the animal
and warmed his numb fingers in her soft
tur,, and laid her in his breast, where she
cuddied, quite delighted with this kind
treatment. Next day pussy came again,
and, wonderful to tell, carried in her
mouth a pigeon, which she laid at the
prisoners feet. -.,-.s,, ~ .s.~r, e.~r go,
: The next time. the jailers CAME aoSvissiit
him Sit Thom COM planned .ofhis hard
fare, and begged for some meat. His re
quest was grutfiy refused.
III provide the game will you dress it
for me?" inquired the old kni ght.
"That will said the jailer, thinking
himself quite safe in making the promise.
What was his surprise when the pigeon
was produced. But he kept his word,
and broughtit to Sir Thomas again nicely
cooked. ~, e,~~.-. =
The cat continued to furnish HIM from
time to time with these rare Fits.
1t is needless to say that she stood
high in the affections Of the prisoner.
After some years Sir Thomas was re-
leased He eveE .afterward included all
cats ID his love and esteem m memory
of his benefactress.
A portrait of the old knight is still to
3 seen in South Kensington gallery with
bis faithful cat beside him, and the pigeon
IN pan.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
Household Hints.

| Make a paste of soft soap and emery
for polishing steel. ~.
A small quantity of turpentine added
to stove blacking will make the stove
easier to polish. 1888 -. -!
The best rice is large and has a Clear,
fresh look. Old rice Sometimes has little
black insects inside the kernels.
Kettles are cieansed of onion and other
odors by dlsolving teaspoonfull of pearl
ash or satnratus lin water and washing
them.
Wash your shelves quite clean. and
while damp, rub fine salt on them quite
thick and let it remain on them for a
time and red ants will disappear.
Alabaster is best cleaned by putting it
in pan Of water and letting it soak some
hours until quite clean. Another mode
Is + to cover it with strong solution Of
soda
Rich cheese feels soft under the pres
sure of the finger That which is very
strong is neither very good nor healthy
To keep one that is cut, tie it up in bag
that will not admit flies and hang it in q
dry cool place: If mouldkappears on it
wipe it off with dry cloth. ,..e =,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15

During the late eclipse of the sun:
Prof. Watson of Ann Arbor took his sta
ton at Rawlins, Wyoming Territory, for
astronomical observations, where the to-
tai eclipse continued for period of two
minutes and fifty seconds. He discover
ed an intra Mercurial planet Of the size
of q four and a half magnitude star, about
two and a half degrees south west of the
sun It does not differ greatly in size
from Mercury. This hitherto theoreti-
cal member of the planet family, though
its very history was a matter OF
controversy, had already been
named Vulcan. Mercury being only
$4,000, 600 miles from the sun,
Prof Proctor thinks must have temper.
ature equal to boiling water But VULCAN
moving in an orbit only Il, 100000 or 90,
900, 900 miles from the sun, it is claimed
! that the a:rect rays Of the sun passing
upon Vulcan at that near distance must
give itss temperature not much cooler
4 han that Of red-hot iron. a=-=s'
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
An Appalling Chinese Cure.

q 1t is an undoubted fact that even down
to the time of Sydenham, "mummyr was
held to be drug of great curative pow
ers in China, and was administered in
cases of fever AMI ague:: But what should
be said Of the "exhibi1on'2to q patien:
Of piece of human flesh freshly taken
from the living subject2 This exception
ally appalling medicament seems to have
been made use of under very singular
circumstances in China. A recent number
of the Pekin gazette published an, appli-
cation to the emperor from the governor
general of the province Of wang- Tung,
for permission to erect q memorial struc-
ture in honor Of the filial devotion, Of q
young lady twenty one years 81 age, the
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
Feeling in Amputated Limbs.

The Enterprise, published III Virginia
City, New, says: A few days since a
young man had an arm torn off in some
machinery in the Marysville (Cal) foun-
dry. The, appeal says since the arm was
buried the boy complained to his mother
of pain in his lost arm, and said that its
cyamped position in the box IN which il
was buried added to his pains and
aches. The mother who had labored
night and day for the relief of her son
since the accident, Informed Peter, an ell
der son, of what Ed complained, and ad-
vised him to go to the cemetery, dig up
the box in which the arm was bur led,
straighten the limb and rebury it, Peter
performed this duty, and the next morn
ing, after the physician had dressed the
shoulder and departed, the mutilated boy
said to his mother: "
"This is the first morning the doctor
has dressed me without great pain, and !
feel quite easy" .-...:. y.
The mother had net informed the, af-
flictcd boy of what had TRANSFERRED at the
cemetery, and the question is, how did
communication pass from the ,dismem-
bered limb to the senses OF the injured
youth2 The facts are as stated. Who
will answer
The Enterprise also publishes letter
from citizen named J. O. Eldrdge, who
says: A gentlemen called my attention to
an item in your paper regarding q lad
whose arm had been amputated, and what
he suffered, and the removing of the same
and its, results. Fifteen years ago j lost
a leg, and it was closely packed in a
casket, causing me constant, terrible pain.
A good wife, unknown to me, sent faith
full servant to arrange the amputated limb
comfortably in new and larger casket.
The moment the leg was handled knew
it, and the comfort began; then and has
never ceased, land could tell the posionti
precisely in which the missing member
was placed I am glad to know that my
experience is verified but just how to
account for, this let the wise tell. This is
the first time any allusion was ever made
to this matter by myself, and i only
allude to, it now to add my testimony to
that Of the little lad, that missing mem
bers do, in some mysterious way, convey
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
: GrasahOppcr InvasiOns.

The posi- bility of carrying Oh success
full weather predictions for the Mediter-
ranean and its shores is discussed BY
Hellmann, who shows that probably a
greater efficiency can be attained than; in
Western Europe. He also calls attention
to the possibility of predicting tine inva-
sion Ut grasshoppers or ]oc1sts, which,.
leaving the Sahara in the spring with
southwest winds are carried oyer Algeria
and Egypt, and do '1nore damage than the
severestistorms. A similar duty has been
frequently urged by DR.. Packard and
others upon our Signal Service; and in
this connection it may be we'll to call
attention to a THEORETICAL explan ation of
the grasshopper migratlQns which has
lately been proposed by Able, and which
is said to explain most of the phenomena
that have been observed. According o.
this meteorolosist the grasshopper is an
ansect at bonc and comfortable only in a
rather dry atmosphere; and possibly a
diminished atmospheric pressurc; air tha,
is either too dry or too moist is equally
liable. to make the, insect uncomfortable,
and in either case he seeks relief in fight,
not knowing whether he shall 90. Now
the very dry winds are the westerly winds.
that bear him rapidly eastward to the
Missouri and Mississippi valleys. The
sverv moist win1 rare the south and south,
east Winds Of alle issipp1valley,, tSat
l,ear~hinr on his progeny IN IL next year
back to his original breeding grounds. 1t
will be curious to show whether this
hypothesis holds good for the African as
we'll as i. does for the American insect
Editors Scientific Record, IN Harper's;
M,1g1szaane for .JuZy. II
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
Chicken Cholera.

For few years my chickens died, 50
badly thatI abandoned all care Of them
Thinking 1t labor lost. In 1879 / eem-
menced feeding with air slaked lime; I
lost very few that summer. In the
summers Of 1878 and 1874 lost none at
all by that disease. I put half a pint in
ayessel and sfttitswith water or milk and
put them to drink. As they drink off the
top I fill up again. Sometimes I mix
half pint with peck Ct stirred up feed
and g1ye them. The lime helps te, form
the shell for laying hens. give the
lime two or three times per month, and
always i'll ses any signs of the disease
I raised about twenty drzen last sum-
mer, and healthier, brighter looking
chickens I never owned:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
{ Snain Is regarded as almost homeless.

of Spain is regarded as almost hopeless.
AVienra dispatch says the Hungary
elections continue favorable to the govern
mcnt.
tits stated that Cardinal i Deacon Lor-
EMO Nino has been appointed Papal secretary
of State -
John Souh. laborer in Houseman's
brewery in Madison, Wis, died Of sunstroke
on the 9Th inst. @#z" %@ Il
The Democrats of the tenth district OF
Ohio, have nominated Thomas Ewing for
reelection to congress-.
Aaron Williams, builder, of Chicago
has gone into bankruptcy, secured debts
$4,000, unsecured 5000, assets $1,000. 's~l
A brilliant reception has been given
August 9th, to Mrs. President Hayes at New
port, r. l., by Mrs. Gen. T. w. Cullom.
J. E. -Ginperling has been appointed
receiver of the Dayton & Southeastern road by
Judge Haines, of the superior court, on appli-
Gallon of the trustees for the bondholders.
The Democrats of the first Congress
sional district of Ohio have nominated Hon
Milton Sayler for reelection. In the SECOND
| uAstl1tIy uOW represented ~ OduAlnS, cAA>
Democrats have put in nomination L. w. Gost
for Congress.
A bill has passed the House Of the
New Hpmsphire legislature, allowing women
to vote in school meetings. It hsd previously
passed the Senate by vote of to 3. This is
the first substantial legislative victory wo1
by the women suffragists OF New England.
Frank Merrill, man from Boston
Mass, far gone with the consumption, accom-
panied by his sister, Mrs. Sarah Lenscott
reached st. Paul Mimi, on the 18th inst apt
took quarters at the Clarendon house. Mex
day he was conveyed to St Lukes Hospital
but expired at the gate, in the patrolman'
arms, before he could be carried in.
The grave of John II. Whipple, son o
Bishop Whipple of Minnesota. at Louisville
KY, has been tempered with by body snatch
ers. the body was not taken, it having beer
found to be in too far advanced state of de
composition to he removed, even by thos'
ghauls, the body -snatchers. It will be re-
membered that his body was found floating
in the Ohio river near Louisville. The aget
Bishop, his father, is reported to be prostrat
ed by his sons striking death.