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The daily gazette., 1878-04-12
LICENSE APPLICATIONS.

NJ OTICE.-l, John T. Mercer, do hereby
IN give notice that snail apply to the
Judges of the Court OF General sessions of
the Peace and jail leivery of the State
OF Delaware. in and for the County of New
Castle, on Monday, the 9th day of May
next, being the first day of the May term,
A. d., 1873. tor license To keep an Inn or
Tavern, at NO. 70S Orange street, Fifth
Ward of the City of Wilmington, to sell
Intoxicating liquors in less quantities than
one quart, To be drunk on the premises and
the following respectable citizens recon-
mend this said application. 10 wit :
James II Harkins, Bernard z Hasson,
Lewis ii Mason, NJ j Gallaher,
j Klein, w Osler,
John Il Stewart, Cowperthwait,
WIN III Robinson, Joseph Breen,
A lire1 Dowlin, A Given,
John Donohoe, Harry Lane,
A l. McClain, ii Il Carnans
John w Gibson, James Murphy,
Emile Bucher, sherwood Hopton,
John Craig, Andrew Maree,
WIN Z Wooes, l. Reynolds,
Andrew Traynor.
apll-3t% JOHN T. MERCER.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

Foreign News,

After five postponements the champion row.
ing contest between Edward Hanlon and Wal
ter Ross came OF at St. Johns, N. B., and was
decided in favor of Hanlon, Ross boat upset
ting three-quarters of a mile from the starting
place.
Cardinal Alexander Franchi, pontifical secre-
tary Of state, and archbishop Of Thessalonica,
died in Rome the other day, aged tifty-nine. In
the conclave which elected Leo XIII, he was
one Of the few cardinals who received large
number of votes.
The Liberal party in the British Parliamen
has sustained signal defeat upon the vote of
Lord Hartingtons resolution of censure of the
governments attitude and Lord Beaconsfeld' 4
policy in the peace congress. The resolution
was rejected by vote of 1876 to 998.
Lords Beaconsield and Salisbury have been
presented with the freedom of the city Of Lon
don. The proceedings were followed by grand
banquet. Presenting an individual with the
freedom Of the city Of London is regarded in
England as one Of the highest compliments
which can be paid public man.
There have been popular risings throughout
Herzegovina. The Mahomedan governor and
other officials at Mastar have been assassinated.
| The Austrian troops sent to occupy Bosnia,
| in accordance with the terms of the Berlin
treaty, have been meeting with armed resist
ance by the inhabitants. At one place seventy
Austrian hussars were killed by the insurgents
and at various other points engagements have
taken place.
The international pigeon shooting match
between Captain Bogardus, the American
champion, and Aubrey Coventry, the best shot
| in England, came off near London, and waf
won by Bogardus, who killed 70 birds to hil
opponents 70. The match was for the cham.
pionship of the world and $4,000 side.
There are $4,000 sick Russians in Bulgaris
and constant reinforcements are needed tC
keep up an army.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
Mr.. Bryant on Style.

The editor of the Christian h1telk.
geacer wrote, some fifteen years ago, to
the poet Bryant, asking as to the &C.
QUESTION of a good English style. The
poet answered in letter, from which
we make the f flowing extracts:
cit seems to me-" he says, "that in
style we ought first, and above all
things. to aim at clearness of expression
An obscure style is, of course, bad
style.
SIN writing we should always con-
slider, not only whether we have ex-
pressed the thought in manner which
meets our own comprehension, but
whether it will be understood by readers
in general.
"The quality of style next in import
ance is attractiveness. 1t should invite
and agreeably detain the reader. To
acquire such style, 1 know of no other
way than to contemplate good models,
and consider the observations of able
critics.
81 would recur for this purpose to the
elder worthless of our iterature-to such
writer's as Jeremy Taylor, and Barrow,
and Thomas Fuller-whose works are
perfect treasures of the riches of oul
language. Many modern writer's have
great excellences of style, but few are
without some deficiency.
81 derived great advantage in my
youth from careful reading of Kame's
Elements of Oriticism-not so much
from the theoretical parts, which I dc
not esteem very highly, as from observ.
ing the instances he brings forward oil
the beauties and faults of distinguished
writer's.
"a very useful direction is given in
Mackintosh's work on the Study Of
the Law He advises the student
whenever, in any author. he meets with
striking turn of phrase or passage Of
unusual beauty, not to pass over it cur.
sorily, but to dwell upon it, read it over
and over, and endeavor to impress its
excellence upon the mind.
81 have but one more counsel to give
in regard to the formation of 4 style in
composition, and that is, to read the
poets-the nobler and grander ones Of
our language. In this way warmth and
energy is communicated to the dictior
and musical flow to the sentences"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
Words of Wisdom,

1t Is bad to lean against falling wall
Attention to little things is the
economy of virtue.
Slight small injuries, and they will
become none at all.
A good word for a bad one is worth
much and costs little.
Loves words are written on roe.
leaves. but with tears.
That of which proud people are often
proudest is their pride.
Judge not from appearance lest you
might err in your judgment.
Kindness is the golden chain by
which society is bound together.
Great things are not accomplished by
dream, but by years of patient study.
Hope is a leaf-ioy, which may be
beaten out to great extension, like
gold.
He is rich who saves a penny a year
and he is poor who runs behind penny
year.
It is very foolish for people to put
themselves to the trouble of being i'll
natured.
People look at your six days in the
week to see what you mean on the
seventh.
There is nothing evil but what is
within us; the rest is either natural OF
accidental.
Disdain not your inferior, though
poor, since he may be much your supe.
rior in wisdom.
We pass our lives in regretting the
past, complaining of the present, and
indulging false hopes of the future.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
Some Epitaphs.

One at Ockham, in Surrey, on John
SpOng, carpenter, which would seem
to have been written to order by schol-
ar, is original and unique:
Who many a sturdy oak had lain along,
Felled by Deaths surer Ratchet, here lies
Spong
Posts oft he made, yet meier place could get,
And lived by railing, tho he had no wit.
Old saws he had, altho' no antiquarian,
And styles corrected, yet no grammarian.
Long lived he Ockhams primest architect;
And lasting as his fame tomb erect,
In vain we seek an artist such as he,
Whose pales and gates are for eternity"
There is no lack of other artists whose
callings have survived them on the tomb
stone or tablet. One, for example, is
Thomas Chambers, 1765. "Of such is
the Kingdom of Heaven" prefaces the
inscription purporting that "Here lie
the Remains of Thomas Chambers,
Dancing master, whose genteel address
and assiduity in teaching recommended
him to all that had the pleasure of his
acquaintance. Of Bryan Tunstall, we
are told that he was poor, but honest,
and ga most expert angler, until Death,
envious of his merit, threw out his line,
hooked him, and landed him on the Dist
of April, $780," Another is IN honor of
John Bible, clock-maker, aged thirty
three:
"Bilbie, thy
Movements kept in play
For thirty years and more we say,
Thy balance or thy
Mainspring's broken,
And all thv OnOvamant q IN work ~
The angler and the clock-maker respect
lively represent large classes. The
former craft suggests pun on names
in case of cleric surnamed Ham,
(hamus), as well as less metaphoric al
lusions to the fishermans craft; while
the latter recalls the elaborate trade
epitaph on George Rongleigh, watch
maker, as well as one on the much ear
lier artist, Thomas Pierce, who died at
Berkeley, Worcestershire, in 1886. II
runs as follows:
Here lieth Thomas Pierce, whom no man
taught,
Yet he in iron, brass and silver wrought.
He Jacks and Clocks and Watches with art,
made
And mended too, when others worke did fade
OF Berkeley FIVE tymes Mayor this artist was
And yet this mayor, this artist was but grasse
| When his own watch was down on the Last
Day,
He that made Watches had not made Key
To winde il up, but useless it must lie
Until he rise againe no more to die !"
Akin to these are epitaphs on persons
with trade-surnames, such as Anthony
Cooke, of Yoxford, who died on Easter
Monday, 1913, upon whom, according tC
his epitaph, came
"Leane hungrie death, who never pity took.
And cawse ye Feaste was ended slew the
| Cook"
Few puns on names, however, are
better than one on Anne Hillary, OF
Beaminster, whose obituary panegyrist
was no doubt lawyer:
otis not because this woman's Virtue dies
That the brass tells us Here Anne Hillary
les
Her names long-loved; she is in this com
mended;
The poor cry out their Hilary Term is ended.
London Saturday Review.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
The Last Chinese Porcelain.

Edward King writes in the Boston
Journal i: Three centuries sufficed to COM
plete the ruin of Chinese porcelain MAX
ing. The workmen were apparently
paralyzed. Their arms lost their cum
ming; secrets of color disappeared. There
is god of porcelains in China; he must
feel sad at times. This god was poor
workman in dim ages past, but work
man of signal talent, and every year he
brought forth some beautiful work which
won him renown. But just as he was at
the height of his glory he became so
enraged or was so filed with despair,
because an experiment which he was
making in the burning of two vases
seemed certain to fail, that he threw
himself headlong into his own furnace,
and he and his talant were speedily lost
to the world. His friend, however,
brought the story to the ears of the en-
peror. That potentate expressed his
profound grief, but at the same time,
having an eye to business, told the
friends to rake out the furnace and see
if the unhappy artists experiment had
really been unsuccessful. Lo and be-
hold when this was done there appear
ed two vases of such lustrous beauty
that all concluded that success had
crowned the workman's efforts, and the
Borrowing emperor canonized the dead
man, and built him noble temple.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

lightning travels nearly a million
times faster than thunder. The speed
OF lightning is so great that it would 90
480 times round the earth in minute,
whereas the sound of thunder would 20
scarcely thirteen miles in the same space
of time. Thunder will take a second
to travel $50 yards, hence popular
method Of approximating the distance
of thunder cloud is as follows: Imme-
diately you see the lightning flash put
your hand upon your pulse and count
how many times it beats before you
hear the thunder; if it beats six pulsa-
tions the storm is one mile off, if twelve
pulsations it is two miles off, and 80 on.
In the case of elderly people five pulsa-
tons would measure nearly the same
period oftime as six in the case Of young
persons,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
EIRaF the WV

For the escape from the system Of its waste
and debris. which, il retained. would vitiate
the bodily fluids and overthrow health. That
important channel OF exit, the bowels, may be
kept permanently free from distractions by us.
ing the non-griping, gently acting and agree
able cathartic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
which not only liberates impurities, but invig
crates the lining of the intestinal canal wher
weakened by constipation or the unwise use o.
violent purgatives. The stomach, liver, anC
urinary organs are likewise reinforced anC
aroused to healthful action by this benefcen
tonic and corrective, and every organ, fiber
muscle and nerve experiences share Of it
invigorating influence. UNDERSTANDABLE il
flavor, most genial and wholesome medcins
stimulant, and owing its efficacy to botani
sources exclusively, it is the remedy best ad
apted to household use on account Of It's safety
wide scope and speedy action.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Farmers wife.

Up in the morning at the dawn Of day,
Then hardly time to her Maker to pray.
Milking her COWS with go, boss, co."
Under her feet no grass can grow.
Busy so busy, and this her song
The summer is short, and the winter long"
Old in her youth, often weary Of life,
Bless her Con help her the farmers wife.
Chickens to feed, such hungry crowd,
Calves to be tended OF which she is proud.
Bread Of the lightest and sweetest to bake,
Butter the golden, and fragrant to make;
Honey, like amber, to strain and to clear,
Fruit to preserve in its season each year,
Cheese to press, and to turn each day,
Bless her GoD bless her we sigh, as we say
Washing and ironing to do each week,
Hundreds Of things that pen cannot speak;
Cook and confectioner, seamstress, Is she,
Dairymaid, housemaid, and teacher to be,
Nurse, and physician, and preacher, at home
City of refuge when erring ones roam.
"She hath done what she could" short he
lifes little day.
Bless her GoD help her my friends let u
pray.
Anne L. Jack.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

says five men and two women were murdered
by Indians on Bonneau river.
At Anna, Ill, three ladies-Mrs. Smith, Miss
Miller and Miss Matthias-while seeking
shelter from a storm we're instantly killed by
the top Of large tree which fell upon them.
A dispute at picnic near Frankfort, Ky,
led to desperate shooting and stAbbing ARRAY
between two parties Of men, three on a side.
About thirty shots we're fred and three men
were seriously wounded before q stop was put
to the row.
The Louisiana Democrats held their conven-
ton at Ba.o Rouge, nominated candidates
and adopted platform which favors q green
back currency, demands the repeal Of the re-
sumption act, approves the House presidential
election investigation aud expresses sympathy
for the labor classes.
The Topeka National Bank, Of Topeka, Kan
sas, has suspended payments.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

We have list of thousand country week.
lies, in which we can insert a one inch adver-
tisement one year for two dollars and a quarter
a paper, or for the same price we can insert
ffty-two reading notices "a new one every
weekly, averaging seven lines each. For list Of
papers and other particulars address BEALs &
FOSTER, 10 Spruce Street, New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

MEDICAL STUDENTS will be pleased to learn
that the Faculty Of the Louisville Medical
College louisville, KY } now gives three com,
plete courses Of lectures in seventeen months,
and so arrange their prices that student
saves 1927 in his medical education, and gains
his third course of lectures; all other colleges
give in this time only two courses. Beneficiary
privileges are limited we see, to five per cent
Of the class. Next session begins October
1878. Students should at once apply, as above
for catAlopues
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
From Washington.

On the LIST Of August the total national debt
was 50 304 1885, 694 81 less $269, SIG, no. IL cash
in the treasury. During July is debt was de-
creased s206, 30697. The customs receipts for
July were S11, 1913, 270, and internal revenue,
S9,904, 984. Compared with July, 1877, this is
an increase in customs OF 81, 1877 409, and in in
ternal revenue, 81, 140,279.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Raum has
sent copies of letter to the collectors of all
the districts in the South where troubles have
arisen on account Of illicit distilling setting
forth the willingness Of the government to
deal leniently With all who will abstain from
violations Of the law.
The Congressional commission appointed to
reorganize the army, disbanded for the sum-
mer after being in session eight days at White
Sulphur Springs, Va. 1t is reported that the
commission has agreed upon bill reorganiz-
ing the army and making changes in the con-
duct OF military affairs. 1t was agreed to hold
the next meeting in New York on November 10.
ra-U ~-~~-- - rr-,itad Statea axnnrts over
imports for sthe last fiscal year amounts to
$166 ,539, 917.
Washington has been visited by fierce wind
and rain storm, which completely inundated
the lower part of the city, uprooted trees, un
rooted houses, and did considerable damage
The. total number Of pieces coined at the
United States mints during July was 2, 093 100
and their value 50, 627, 9S9.
A detailed statement of the receipts of interna
revenue for the fiscal year ending June 80
1878, shows that the gill, 0S9,319 collected
during the year were from the following
sources, the collections from the same source
for the preceding fiscal year being given TO
purposes of comparison
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
IMPORTANT NorICE.-Furmer., En-

IMPORTANT NOTICE.-Farmera, Fnni-
lies and Others purchase Remedy equal to DR..
TOBIAS VENETIAN IMMINENT for the cure OF
Cholera Diarrhoea Dysentery, Group Collie and Sea.
oath accompanying each bettle) and externally for
Chronic Rheums,ism' He9dache' Toothachs, sore
Bites, Old Sores, Pains in Limbs Back and Ohest
The VENETIAN LINIHENT was introduced in ls47
and no one who used it but continues TO do
stating ii it was Ten Dollars bottle they would not be
without it. Thousands Of Certificates can be seen at
the Depot speaking Of its wonderiul curative proper
Murray St. New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

Don't tell a man you sweat. 1t is
vulgar. Inform him that you are being
deprived Of the saline and oleaginous
fluids Of your material substance
through the excretories Of your pellucid
cuticle, with a sensible condensation of
moisture upon the superficial exterior.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

Every body knows that 80 long as there is
proud flesh in a sore or wound, it will not heal.
The obstacle Is speedily removed and the flesh
reunited by HENRY's CARBoLIc SALvE the finest
embodiment in existence Of that supreme puri-
fer, carbolic acid. Its emollient ingredients
modify its pungent acid basis, so that it never
cauterizes, stings or scarifes the diseased part
Sores and ernptions of all kinds are cured by
it. ALI Druggists sell 1t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

The evil consequences resulting from impure
blood are beyond human calculation, 80 are
the vast sums expended in worthless remedies
Parsons Purgative Pills make new rich blood
and taken one night for three months vii
change the blood in the entire system.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

Graces Salve, manufactured by Seth W..
Fowle & Sons, Boston, is becoming more and
more popular every day, and its sales are rap
idly increasing. 1t cures Cuts, Burns, Scalds,
Felons, Salt Rheum, scali Head, Ulcers, Flesh
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

"Stack arms: Pitchtorks and rakes. u
Chicago Journal. Ground arms
Spades and hoes.-JacksonVilLe (Ill.)
Journal. Present aims: A Donation
NetO York Graphic. Order arms: The
rod and switch,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

The singing swan is a native of the
far, far North, where it is called the
Whistling Swan" It's notes are me-
lodious, and as whole focks of them
sing while in fight, their high, wild,
viol-like music is often heard at great
distances. 1t visits England and the
Scottish Islands during the cold winter
months, where it is shot and marketed
as game. These song swans are also
called Hoopers. from the resemblance
of their note to the cry of "Hoop
hoopp
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

The relaxing power of Johnson's Anodynt
Liniment is almost miraculous. A gentleman
whose leg was bent at the knee and stiff FOL
twenty years had it limbered by its use, anC
the leg is now as good as the other.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WINsLOW's
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never-failing success. 1t corrects acidity
Of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising from t ething or other causes.
An old and well tried remedy. rs cts. bottle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

Nothing is so well calculated to promote good
health and good humor as light, easily di-
gested nutritious cookery. With that unrivaled
article, Dooleys Yeast Powder, in the kitchen,
elegant, white, light and wholesome bread,
rolls, biscuits, cake of every kind, and corr
bread, waffies, mullins, buckwheat cakes, etc.
are always possible in every household.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16

ON In N1nf0 invested in Wall 81, Stocks makes
0lU III 0lUUU fortunes every month Book sent
Address BAXTER CO. Bankers. Z Wall St., n. y.
WE don't guarantee fortune, but you can make
w $20O to $500 clean each month"; Only 50 capital re-
quired to commence
A. Is. MORSE, Hubbardston, Mass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
S SO o o !!

One of the Bonds issued by tn Clnada Silver Mining
Company is redeemed each year at $1,000 cash.
Cost 9 o per Bond For particulars address immed
ately, enclosing stamp, ii. IMLACH, Secretary,
LONDON, CANADA. Agents wanted.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
Paints Ready for Use

They uniform in shade, and the color always
be matched. Any paint with them. They have
very superior covering properties and do not, like the
socaed patsnt paints contain either water, Der zine
or alkai. These paints in liquid Form. and
sold in Gallon Cans and Barrels They also put up
in small cans of one to five pounds Send for sample
card showing different shades. F, W. DEVOE CO.,
cor William and Fulton SITS. New York.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

A BaSooR gentleman contributes to
the WAig VI that town little story Of
one Of his children. whom they have
sought TO teach TO 10 polite. 1--WE
had" he writes. "pork steak for din
nsr the other day. when an old friend.
whom the little folks lad never seen.
dropped in. Of this our little siI.year
old Is very fond. and NJ we helped our
friend, the little fellow spoke up. cts
very hard to sit here and see the largest
piece Of lean 60 into astrangsrs plate. "
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
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-..ao,~ NJ h,os.oms and flowers,
In. n. ths verge OF certain town.
fnss % ~. ssa,.-s' sombre ana brown.
4. 49, SinAov. have vanished ana
nsd.
r.. ao,y is.e ios>d and the gates alar-
\, sssss 4. sisep In The arms of the dad.
No. .s,sr 4 sound its peace will mar,
s,ss sr.rrnfaI Wind !. a pss.ss By,
~ ~. assses,n, min from The winter sky.
Nm, \. ,,,,i. vhils. and thai cottage door
v.a- s..~c .wunU ~ IL hiprer strong.
Ard ne ! issusd lie nom It's portals o'er.
MeIloved with pesee, and .rsighted WIN
song;
For light bssfts dvelt meath its temperate
shads.
Ana true hsarts welcomed All sno e s "a.
FROM the early morn III Tie nght sosa 'sN''
EA-h day - u kassed wss ever me sans
Bringins its round OF plsAsnfe ana care,
bus All was peace with the asehers 'heN'
,..uS
And ens tnsfe r., vaom W, ss s n,as mn. 80
~ hes sanny nAif shu s~ee' s Wv 49,. iii
Who grew ms o''s'"' A'1
g ..,s an. s,mm.,
Ts tall young siri. nss'h sne 'u""e'
shieei
Aad bright - . rose vs. nc, ,,A I ,an. wo.,d
where aimp,.s ssa f""e"
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AID pisss.nx sna s.N sss,.,,na =. 1.shsi
vrrsees sees ,a.n,sn,i ~ miner. h.d se,n
aao.ss,,s \, II ,hsi, spsrSiins sheen.