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Daily Republican., 1878-12-21

lN THE course Of the debate in the
s mate the other day on the mob spirit
of the South, Mr.. Blaine made tn,
truthful but nevertheless staItlin-
statement "that a free election in tn,
sense of the constitution has not beer
known in the South for many years
There was not man in Virginia, Geor
gia or Florida, who dared to come up tc
vote for A abraham Lincoln; and 50 fal
back as 1874 no man in the South
though there were numbers of abOli
tiouists there, dared to vote for Jane,
&. Birney." He might have added that
in lSGO-61 it was as much as a man :
life was worth to attempt to vote against
the ordinances Of secession in any Of
the seeding States. Strong as the Tn
ion sentiment was, even among slave
holders. they dared not incur the anger
Of the mob by voting as they desired,
During the past year the elections
throughout the South were miserable
mockery and farce.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-21
urvmnp,rv. eshe Ilack ksass.

The Philadelphia Ledger recently
gave some good advice, and as it is SO
entirely applicable, as we'll here as il
other localities, we give it for the bene
ft Of whom it may concern. Now is
the time" it says, "for all crusty peo-
ple to take q back seat and keep out OF
the way until Christmas is over. The
people who are harping about hard
times, and the folly Of wasting money
on presents that nobody wants, and the
obligation to give all your spare funds
direct to the poor, by way of the Relief
Societies, instead Of ever stopping TO
look in at a shop window-these We
have always with us. They do not stop
to consider how many small industries
and large ones, too-Cbristmas time
puts life into and sets going. They do
not estimate that it is better to enable
the small dealers and shopkeepers to
make their little gains on re pretty
tribes of nodding cats and barking dogs
and all the gamut of toy and notions
than to dole out the same smal! chang
in the way of what is miscalled "char
| ity." These classes are self supporting
or trying to be. from the vendors OF
spoolS, needles, shoe-strings and black
headed pins to the trade in pictures
and small china. and thence through
all the grades. The large stores have
their regular customers and all seasons
tor their own, but many of the humber
vendors and shopkeepers have only the
holiday seasons for their principal haT-
vests, and these help to show us all
that Christmas is in the air The
stream of subsidiary coin" set in mo
ton by the holiday season is beyond
calculation; hut that they go througl
many humble homes and help to make
real Christmas there, cannot he over
looked. So let the grumbler open his
pockets and keep guard upon his
tongue, and let the influences of tn,
hour have their way, assured that there
is a great deal of wisdom and true phi
losophy in the preparations that are
now begun for the festival; and il his
means are straitened somewhat and h.
cannot make costly gifts this year, after
all the beauty lies IN the remembrance
and not in the value of the thing Civ
en-"
Daily Republican., 1878-12-21

New HAMPSHIRE seems to be the only
State that grappled efectually with the
tramp nuisance. While other States
have held meetings and created consid,
cradle furry. New Hampshire went tc
work and passed law to meet the case
at once, and now she is reaping the
benefit of it in satisfactory manner.
As soon as vagrant enters the State
he is forcibly invited to go to work Or
| ave the State, and failing to do either
forthwith he is arrested and sent to
Jail. In the execution of this law there
is really no hardships, yet it absolute
ly prevents persons from roaming
around the country on begging or THE :
ing tours. Such a law as this might be
very bensficial to Delaware, and we
hope our Legislators will not overlook
its Importance.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-21

calm and deliberate manner. TINS
would give all a chance to engage IN
the traffic that wanted to, subject, oi
course, to the liability clause OF the
law, and If the liquor trade cannot
stand upon such fair and equitable
basis. it ought not to stand at all, and
no licenses should be granted.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-21
NINETY-NlNE CENT
VARIETY STO RE

there to select what seemeth good in thy sight
for presents for your brothers and sisters.
grand parents, and childrcns children's chill.
dren, even unto the 18th and l4th generations
The largest and finest variety Of useful ar,i.
cles ! ever offered TO THE PEOPLE
OF WILMINGTON. Dolls from 10 to 81 cts,
Tea sets 25 to 80 cts, Alphabet and building
b'Orks with maps, Gard and Board gaines for
old and young table and floor croquet, smoK-
ing sets, nine pins, tables, bcdstcads and era.
dies, trunks, stoves, kitchen sets. banks.
drums, books. shell and wood work boxes, ana
many other useful amusements for children.
Also huudreds Of presents for adults too mum
erous to mention. Prices are reduced on
many articles. Come and look.
NO. Sol MARKET STREET.
NH WILMINGTOE, DEL. dcl3.lt,
Daily Republican., 1878-12-21

WINTER |
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For attend
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Daily Republican., 1878-12-21

The steamer MacGregor, from Boston
for Liverpool, grounded yesterday, near
Nix 5 Mate, back of Fort Warren, and
laid over on her starbOard side.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-21
PnOCLA NATION.
Of FASTING FNRCHRIsTMAS and
NEW YEAR.

According 10 the American custom. viz :
Eating, drinking, going to the Opera, giving
marriage, making presents, &C, you are
hereby invited to assemble yourselves tOgeth.
er daily, (soOn as scOnvenent-not all at once. J
at the Great Boston
Daily Republican., 1878-12-21
.HRISTMAs ENTERTAINMENT

on THURSDAY EVENING DEC. 26, in th,
Main Audience Room Of the Church, consist
ing OF Recltations, Dialogues, Solos, Duets
&c. II is intended that tnis shall be the
most interesting entertainment thnt has cycl
been given on any similar occasion. Admis
sion ID cents. Doors open ut 30 o'clock, ex
erclses TO commence at 80 o'clock, p. NJ.
decl6-yt
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

One of the secretaries of Church Mission
AIRY Society, distinguished man, was about
to preach to a colored congregation, when he
was introduced by the minister of the church,
bruddpn, Use heah to info'm You dat Brud-
dab Blank is gwine to preach for you to-day.
He is de Secretary of do Missionary Society,
distinguished an a eloquent man-in fac !,
my bruddun, he is a soundin' brass, and a
tinklin' cymbal."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

A wonderful story comes from Harrison
county, Ohio. A farmer living near Mauck-
port was blowing in a field, and, because the
ground was very dry, gave way to the most
violent cursng because the Lord did not send
rain. In his passion he cursed God, saying !.
" If God was down here l would kill him, I"
md he Immediately fell dead, his body be.
coming petrified. The most intense excite
ment prevails in the neighborhood, and hum
dreds have gone to view the remains.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

The editor of a backwoods paper is report
ed to have discovered New Testament on
his desk the other day. He at once wrote an
elaborate review of it, and was very much dis
appointed when the foreman brought his copy
back and told him it was not new book.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

" This is Neptune" said the professor,
placing his finger on the outside ball of the
system, " and we are now two thousand seven
hundred and fifty millions of miles from the
sum-" Rheumatic student on the back seat
involuntarily turns up his collar and shvers
perceptibly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

Arthur (wbo has been listening with breath
less interest to one of graudpapa's Bible
stories)-" And were you in the ark grandpa,
along o. Noah and all the rest of 'em ?"--
Grandpapa Indignantly" No, sir certain
ly not +" Arthur" Then how is it you
wasn't drowned ?"-Punch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

If our bad unspoken thoughts are register
ed against us, and are written in the awful &C
count, will not the good thoughts unspoken,
the love and tenderness, the pity, beauty,
charity, which pass through the breast, and
cause the heart to throb with silent good, find
rememberance too /?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

An order for clock was recently received
by jeweler from Berks county farmer,
which read as follows :--ts Pleas git me a
striker clock maid by Tempus Fugit. All the
best clocks in these parts has got this mans
name ont. Will cum fer 1t next Satday. -
lie obtained the clock he wanted.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

T9RIGGS' Catarrh EiadicatOr will Catarrh, II
ID arises from disorganzed condition of the stomach
yitatcd secretion of the glandular SYSTEM and mpnr
ty of the blood, 1t is constitutional well as local
diseased The symptoms partial or complete OBJ
structon of the nasal cavity heavy loaded disagreea
BILE feeling in the head coggng up of the throat in the
night with thick obnoxious matter, having when ex-
PEELED scahby appearance occasionally strcaked with
blood Briggs Catarrh Eradicator is sent by mail or
press receipt of price Eachpaekagemakeswo quarts
for use. Warranted cheapest and most efleetual Adj
dress Dr. j. Briggs and Co. Newark N s. Sold by G. NJ.
Shamalia Moores Drug Store, Lambertyille, N. j.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06
TT COMPRISES
VICK'S
Illustrated Priced Catalogue.

SeveBty-dve pages-300 Illustrations with Descrip-
tioDs thousands OF the best Flowers and Vegetables
Viek's Flower and Vegetable Garden, 80 cents in
paper covers In elegant cloth covers, 81 90.
Viek's Illustrated Monthly Maeazine.-32 pages, fine
and Colored Plate in every number
Price 81 % year; Five copies for 500
Address, JAMES WICK, Rochester, N. Y.
Jan. 10TH 1878.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06
MISCELLANY.
FRENCH ECONOMIES.

Another branch OF the purveying business,
and one or two i'll which fortunes have been
made, is that of selling "harlequins," which
consists of-an ola podrida Of scraps OF every
kind, and sold for halfpenny plate. The
idea of calling this collection of eatable patch
es by the name of harlequins, from the dress
of divers pieces and colors which decorates
that stage professional is Partisan to the
backbone, and suggests the cynical grin with
which the mess is regarded by its purchasers,
The harlequin purveyor is ON terms of BUSH
ness with all the cooks at the restaurants of
the neighborhood, from whom he or she buys
the broken scraps collected by the end of the
day. at the rate of three to three and q half
francs to the basketful.
Indeed this IS the most lucrative portion of
the cooks trade for though he earns prob
ably pound or thirty shilings month for
his salary, he will make twice or three times
as much by the perquisities which he sells to
the harlequin merchant. A fine basketful 1T
is, from bread crumbs to beefsteak and trul1i
ed turkey-bones, fat, pckings, parings-all
is fish that comes into this net. But valuable
rs tile dSSuTbitlcub 10 lOl Hubttelouo putPoSOot
some portions of it fetch still higher price,
such as fat, which is carefully sorted and sold
to merchants to be converted into lamp oil.
The bones, too, at least those which are
bare of meat or skin, are picked out and sold
back again under the name of reioutssdhce to
the restaurants, Ito make their commoner
soups and having done duty in this depart
ment, they pass to the very lowest cook shops,
or gargotiGrs, who again used them in mess
of broth favored with carrots or burned on
ions. One would surely think that bone had
now done its duty sufficiently, and that it
might be allowed to rest in peace. But no.
There is still money to be made out of it for
if big enough. it is sold to the bone button
makers and if it has been too much reduced
by repeated cracking and maceration for this
small purpose, it is at all events fit to be made
into animal charcoal, and probably does duty
in box of charcoal tooth powder lying in a
place of honor in the window of fashionable
perfumer.
Thus it will be seen, that nothing is too
small for Partisan Spectator, and that there
are depths in each station of society which
even our philosophy dreams not Of just as
the eating material descends step at time
to fulfill its various uses, there is cores
pondipg grade of professional industry con-
neeted with it for the harlequin purveyor,
like the flea which has smaller heas to bite it,
employs Il number of hands, chiefly women,
to sort out the savory messes and apportion
the elements SO as to suit the cooking depart
ment, the lamp oil maker, button maker and
he,nreparer of animal charcoal. CAanlbera.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

"a can make money faster at work for us than at
anything else Capital not required will
~ start you Sl2 per day at home made by the In
dusirious. Men, women boys and girls wanted
everywhere to work for u.s. Now Is the time. Costly
ontht and terms free. Address True s Co.. Augusta,
Maine. Feb. 27.-ly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

A young man in California began to read
paragraph about mine to his sweetheart,
commencing, :. Yuba Mine when she in
teTnpted him with, l don't care if | do
John,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

A brainless young fellow stopped gruff
old merchant on the street, and said 9 /
have thought" Have YOU" said the
merchant, g III go right off and hunt up
reporter, and tell him about the accident -
And as the old man started off the young fell
low was so amazed that he couldn't think of
what he thought.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

There are some persons whom we enjoy
more while we are getting acquainted with
them than we do afterwards.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

Eyerybody's sphere-Atmosphere.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

Gold. g: s: s.: g.;
for the largest, cheapest and best
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e ,,e Woriu Any one can become successful agent.
Inc most elegant works of art given free To subscribers
me price Is 50 low that almost everybody Subseribes
one agent reportsnmking over Sfjo in week 4 lady
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All who engage make money fast You can devote al
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

Home stretch--I'he stretch across the ma
ternal knee.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06
FROM ITS
EARLIEST SETTLEMENT
THE
PRESENT TIME.

INCLUDING
Il BRIEF Historical account of the first Discoc-
cries and Settlement OF the Country.
By JOHN o. RI UNI,
1uthor Of The History Of Trenton; The History Of Trenton
Lodge, No. ., 4. Y. ~. The Digest Of Ney Jersey,
Il o. 0. H.; The Mission Of odd Esli0W-
ship; Hoods Index Of The Lars of
Aer Jersey, iron, 1868 10
1877, etc.
This History is Truthful and Impartial narrative of
the Origin Rise and Progress of State which may well
be proud of its Noble Record citizen of renton
and having had free at all times for many years.
to the numerous volumes the State Library the au-
thor has had opportunities possessed by very few,
and has spared neither time nor labor in research to
make the work accurate and reliable.
Also from his connection with the Military Depart
of the State fifteen years he has been enabled
to collect large fund of hsto ical information in rea
ton TO the late of the Rebellion which has
before been published. The price of the work brings 1t
within the means of every citizen
ACTIVE and EXPERIENCED AGENTS wanted for the
sale of the book in everv County of the State The
liberal arrangements will be made with competent
parties SPLENDID CHANCE for agents to make money
For terms and territory, address at once,
JOHN Il. POTTER & CO., PUBLISHERS,
CIT SAMSON ST., Philadelphia.
Aug. 21-4m.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

The oldest Western settler-Tho esenin
sun.
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CHEAP
KANSAS LANDS !!

W. own and control the Railway lands Of TREGO
w COUNTY, KANSAS about equally divided by
the Kansas Pacific Railway, which selling at
average ofS325 per on easy terms of payment Al
tcrnate section of Government lands be taken
homesteads by actual settlers
These lands lie in the GREAT LIMESTONE BELT of
Central Kansas the hest winter wheat producing dis
tret of the United States, yielding from 20 to 50 Bush
els per Acre.
The average yearly rainfall in this county is nearly 80
inches per annum, onethird greater than the much
toed Arkansas Valley, which has yearly rainfall of
less than % inches per annum in the longitude
STOCK-RAISING and WOOI~GROWING very
remunerative. The winters short and mild Stock
will live all the year on grass Living streams and
springs are numerous. Pure water is found in wells
from 20 so feet deep The healhest climate in the
world No fever and ague there. No muddy or impass
able roads. Plenty of fine building stone lime and
sand. These lands being rapidly settled by the best
class Of Northern and Eastern people, and will APP
preciate In value by the improvements being made
make their purchase at present prices OF the
veey best Investments that be made aside from the
profits to be derived from their cultivation Members
Of our firm reside in WA-KEENEY, and win show lands
at any time A pamphlet, giving full Information in
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-11-06

THE EXAMINER AND CHRONICLE is distinctiye-
ly Family Newspaper, In making it the Editor has
the cooperation of the best newspaper writers of his
denomination besides the occasional Contributions
in special departments, Of writers of acknowledges
ability in other comnunions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

tunity of learning their weak and
strong points. 1t is hardly probable,
therefore, with this experience, that,
unless they were satisfied with the su-
periority of the principals of WoRcEs-
TER, they would haverecently invested
what may be termed "a fortune" i'm the
purchase of this great property. Had
the same amount of money and energy
been employed in advertising and push
ing WORCESTER as has been expended
for that purpose on Webster, the for
mer work would stand with people
generally where it now does, on its
merits alone, with the scholars and
cultivated readers of America and Eng
land,-fdr in Gdrdnce Of all others.
After all the preference for WoRcEs-
TER. which is now gaining ground so
rapidly, is probably due to the reason
so tersely summed up by England's
greatest literary authority, the London
Athen9Hnn, which concludes an unpre-
JUDGED and elaborate review of the two
dictionaries, as follows:
''The volumes before us show vast
amount of diligence; but with Webster
it is diligence in combination with fan
cifulness; with Worcester, in combina-
ton with good sense and judgment.
Worcester's is the soberer and safer
book, and may be pronounced
THE BEST EXISTING ENGLISH LEXICON"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17
Seeing In the Dark.

The stories about persons seeing in
the dark originates in the loose way in
which people often use words. Dark
ness-is vague term, and we often en-
ploy it in conversation to imply very
trifiing amount of illumination. Thus
we say that cats, owls and other ami
mails, see in the dark: the fact being
that their organs of sight are so con-
structed as to allow of their discerning
feelby illuminated objects, which to hu-
man eyes would be invisible. But let
any nocturnal animal be absolutely de-
priYed of all sight whatever, and its
faculty of vision is at once totally sus-
pended. Obstructed circulation of the
bloodthrough the brain would have the
effect of rendering the organ less sus-
ceptible of ordinary visual impressions
than it had been in its healthier state:
but it might at the same time increase
the patients subjected vision" and
cause him to see the phantoms of an ex-
cited brain with even more vividness
than he would have seen external OBJ
jects under ordinary circumstances of
illumination. Strictly speaking, We do
not see with our eyes; but we see with
our brain through our eyes. 1t is from
not being acquainted with the physio-
logical laws of vision that such constant
mistakes are made as to what we see by
means of an excited brain, independent
of external rays, and what the healthy
brain perceives by means of such rays
of light passing to it from surrounding
objects.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

Choose the Kind of business you un-
derstand. Capital is positively required
in business, even if you have real estate
outside and credit ever so good. One
kind ofbuslness is as much as man can
manage successfully. Investments on
the outside do not generally pay, espe-
cially if YOU require the money i'm your
business. Buy cautiously and just
what yo'I want, and do not be persuaded
TO purchase what you do not need; if
you do, you will soon want what you
can't buy. Insure your stock; insure
your store; insure your dwelling. if
you have one. If the rate is high it is
only because the risk is great, and of
course you should not take the risk
yourself. \ business that will not pay
for insuring will not justify running.
Sell to good, responsible parties only.
Sell on a specified time, and when
your money is due, demand it; do not
let the account stand without note or
interest for an indefinite period. Sell
at a reasonable profit and never misrep-
resent to effect a sale. Live within
your income, keep your business to
yourself, have patience, and you will
succeed. Competition is the life of
trade, but in trying TO run your COM
petitor out of business, be careful YOU
do not run yourself out.