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Middletown transcript., 1878-03-23
Reciprocity Shirt |
ATT. MAIZE

WITH EXCEPTION OF THE BUTTON HOLES
Made OF Wamsutta Muslin and
21OO Heavy Linen!
We feel confident that we are giving intrinsi-
cally
THE CHEAPEST,
BEST MADE and
BEST FITTING SHIRT
THAT HAS EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR ST. 25
The Reciprocity SHIRT is superior to most
of shirts, frs-class, (so-called) for the follow
ing reasons:
Our Collar Bands are Linen, and are Three
Ply.
Our Cuffs are Linen, and are Three Ply.
Our Blossoms are Lined with Heavy Linen,
and are Three Ply.
Our Back Facings are both upper and un-
der; made wide, giving Strength and finish.
@- To the people that have been accus-
toned to buy materials for shirts, and have
them made up at home, we particularly call
to their notice our RECIPRoClTY SHIRT. All
made but the button holes, and only 81 25
each, at
j. P. DOUGHTEN'S
No. 4IO Market Street.
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POST OFFICE.

OFFICE HoURs-Opens at 6 80 m and
closes at 9 p m every day except Sunday !.
Nails for the North close at 7.l5 m, and
800 p m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 Is a u.
Mails for Odessa close at 10. % a m and 80
p m.
Mails for Warwick, Sassairas and Cecilton
close at 1923 a m.
D. L. DUNNING, P. NJ
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

DAMON LoDGE, No. IL Meets every Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall.
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Address GILMORE & CO.,
P. o. Box A. Washington, D. c.

WASHINGTON, u. c., November "a, 1875.
I take pleasure in expressing my entire conf
Law, Patent and Collection House of GILMORE
Co, of this city.
GEO. II. B. WHITE.
tcaxbisr Of the NItional Metropolitan BGRk.l
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EstapIshed 1860.
GlLMORE& & co., Attorneys at Law
successors 10 ChIpn.an. IIOsmsr & Co
629 F Street, Washington, D. c.
American and Foreign Patekts.

Patents procured in all countries. No FEEs IN
ADVANCE No charge unless the patent is
',minations. No additional fees for obtaining
md conducting a reheaIinE Special attention
given TO In erference Cases before The Patent
Office Extensions before Congress, infringement
Suits in different States, and all litigation ap-
pertaining to Inventions or Patents. SENB STAMP
FOR PAMPHLET OF SIXTY PAGES.
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Coon SAMARITAN LODGE, No9. Meets every
Thursday evening at u o'clk. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
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Arrsarn Of PaH and Bounty.

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS and SAILORS OF the late
war, or their heirs, are in many cases entitled to
money from the Government, of which they have
no knowledge Write full history Of service and
state amount Of pay and bounty received. En-
close stamp, and a full reply. after examination
will be given you free.
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Ginlr Gaolrs.
PHILADELPHIA, I'll NyEGTOY AM
BALTIMORE RAFEFO4D.
G - q 5
Del. Division. Time Table
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WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
FoRTHwAPD,
SOUTHWARK
n

IN and after Monday, NOV 25th, 1877. SUNDAY,
" excepted Trains will leave as iolloas:
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The last Report Of the Commissioner of the
General Land Ofaes shows 1881, 800 acres of Boun
ty Land Warrants outstanding. These we're is
sued nnder act of 1855 and prior acts. We pay
cash for them. Send by registered letter. Where
assignments are Imperfect we give instructions
TO perfect them.
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Each department Of our business is conducted
in a separate bureau, under the charge Of sxpe-
rienced lawyers and clerks.
BY reason of error or fraud many attorneys
are suspended from practice before the Pension
and other offices each year. Claimants, whose
attorneys have been thus suspended, will be
gratuitously furnished with full information and
proper papers on application 10 us.
As we charge no fee unless successful, stamps
for return postage should be sent us.
Liberal arrangements made with attorneys in
all classes of business.
Address GILMORE & CO.,
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UnlLed DLateB UUutIH Anu U0paTLmelL9
Claims prosecuted in the Supreme Court OF the
United States, Court of Claims, Court of Com
nissioners of Alabama Claims, Southern Claims
Commission, and all classes of war claims be-
fore the Executive Departments.
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PAnaiana.

All oFFICKRS, SOLDIERS and SAILORS wounded
ruptured, OF injured in the late war, however
slightly can obtain pension, many now rgcsiN-
ing pensions are entitled 10 Increase SeHd
stamp and in formation will be furnished free.
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publitatiOns.

Success unprecedented in the history Of SINH
lar enterprises has attended The Publica-
tiC0 of
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Unit0l gtat.I General Land ORao.
Old 1svnty Land Warrants.

Contested Land Gases, Private Land Claims
/ Mining, Pre-emption and Homestead Cases, pros
i ecuted before the General Land Oescs ana De
/ partment Of the Interior.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27
A Gigantic lime Piece,
THE MONSTER CLOCK IN PALACE YARD. WEST
MTSsIER.

THE MONSTER CLOCK IN PALACE YARD. VEST
MTSsIEB.
In an article on the great clock in Palace
Yard, Westminster, a writer in al he Year
Round says The four dials, facing the four
points Of tie compass, are each so large that
there are but few rooms in London that would
contain one Of them on the floor They are
more than % feet in diameter the frame
work, figures and divisions are of iron. and
the spaces filed with opaleseent glass. The
figures are two feet high, and the minute
marks nearly twelve inches apart little as
we may think it when looking up from the
palace yard. The minute hand, with its
counterWeight and central boss. is about two
hundred weight. This, however. is little
more than one-tIird as much as the original
hand designed by Sir Charles Barry which
was 80 elaborate and intricate. So fall Of an
giles and quirks that they interfered with the
going Of the clock. The minute hand IL for
the most part fattened copper tube, and is
eleven ieet long without the counter weight.
during heavy snOw-storm a few weeks ago,
the mixture OF snow and rain that fell on II
pressed so heavily on IT Rs to stop the going
The hands Of the four dals are If il said.
the largest in the world. except those of the
Mechlin clock, which are, however. only
hour hands, not comprising those which
mark the minutes. Large clock-hands, of
course, require the descent Of heavy weights
to set them going Those at Westminster
are indeed heavy. No less than a depth Of
40 feet IN the clock-tower Is allotted for the
descent of the weights. Going weights and
striking-weigh.s together, they require 900
turns of double manned winch handle to
wind up. As there are weights to set the
noble clock going, SO there must be a pendu-
lum to regulate the motion when once pro-
duced. and 1t is pendulum IN good sooth.
1t weighs nearly 700 pounds, Is about thir-
teen feet long to the centre of oscillation, and
h'teen ieet total length. The rod which holds
1t consists OF perforated iron tube inside
one OF zinc. Each beat of the pendulum hss
to regulhte the motion of something like a
ton and haff OF metal, in the form OF hands,
counter weights and clock machinery, aud
yet so delrately is it suspended by q Slip of
spring steel, that one single ounce placed
upon IT at particular spot would affect the
rate of regulation
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27
French Toilets.
WHY TREScHwoNEx ARE The SEArEsT IN TEE
MnELp.

WHY TRENCHwoNEN ARE IHE SEATEsT IN TIE
WORLD.
On cur way. writes French correspond
ent, We INDUCED in a brown study as to why
Parisians have reputation above every other
nation in matters of the toilet. Ii Is not be-
cause they are extravagant IN the choice of
materials, as q people. The Americans and
English, probably, spend twice as much in
this respect. Therefore, We have come to
the conclusion that the secret Of their sue
cess hes i'll these two points taste in selec-
ton and combination and extreme attention
TO those niceties other nations consider un-
important. Then, too. a thorough Partisan
lady is so excessively careful OF her wardrobe.
She bestows Oh it nearly as much care Us on
her children. One who can afford to buy
only two or three costumes in the year will
make as good an appearance as an American
who runs through half dozen. The French
woman's bonnet may be simple and cheap,
but never out Of keeping with the rest of her
toilet. and however she manages in the mat
ter of dresses, shabby boots are never reck-
oned among her shortcomings. The gloves
may be OF an inferior quality but they lit
well, and never lack button. The color OF
her costume may be trying. but she so light
ems it with punches of lace and pieces of
ribbon, she leaves nothing to be desired in
the way of effect. What she wears ON the
street she does not wear in the house, for
eager little hands and climbing little feet
soon tarnish its freshness. Each article is
carefully brushed, mended or folded, as oc-
casion may require, and brought out as good
as new when next 10 be worn. One sees no
sweeping dresses on the straets of Paris.
That filthy spectacle of petticoat pavement
sweeping is reserved for our own sublime
American cities French women have been
YeurOsched with unfiiiness in their hnmes
Yes, says Airs. Grundy, they live for the
world" Perhaps the reproach has some
foundation but this Is also true An Amer
ican, when she marries, unless moving in
the best I've should say the moneyed) cir
cies, becomes negligent Of those little wo-
manly coquetries IN matters Of dress thut
helped to win her a husband. The Pari-
sienne never does. She is as anxious her
husband. and every one else, should think
her 'jolie femme at so as 10 little of
this spirit is very good. A woman neatly
and becomingly dressed is certainly prefer
able companion TO one Indifferent in such
afftirs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27

POLITE TEI.M FOR BBIGASDs An IRoS II

Af"lirE TERN FOR DHtdASD5 An Iron II ATED
COACH BEING CONSTRUCTED
proprietor OF the stage line between the
Black Hills and Cheyenne. says the Detroit
Free Press has become tired of the attention
paid to lis coaches by road agents Re
Gently 81. 900 was captured by these gentle
men, and this was a serious blow to tho COM
pany- The manager has come East and has
made arrangements to have u burglar-pIoof
coach built that will take at least sixty hours
OF unremlttiug work to get inside of II This
treasure coach Will weigh ono ton. and the
makers guarantee that If the robbers get the
treasure within the above time they (the
mskers) will make good the amount taken.
If this iron chariot isa success. six more
will be ordered. 1t is TO bo hoped that all
things will be III keeping with this perambu-
lating stronghold. The driver should he en-
cased in burglar-uroui nrmor that would with
stand the Establishments OF the robbers for a
day or two. Then couple of guards, clad
like the knights of old. ought to ride on each
side of the coach II tins design could be
carried little further and the horses covered
with sixty hour plate. the coItege would be
complete. IT would he II pathetic sight to
see this ironclad procession slowly moving
over the plains. with NJ dozen robbers ham
merlng away at the safe aud couple ut each
horse and man. vainly attempting to scrape
acquaintance with cold clisels, while the vi
lent driver and guards would move steadily
onward, knowing tlat within the requisite
sixty hours they wculd be safe in a we'll
guarded station
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27

Tux Blaine resolution, as passed with
Thurman's amendment, does not IN distinct
terms provide that the committee may in
qulre into corrupt expenditures of money
to secure the election of members of Con
gress but then such committees of invest
igatIon often take pretty wide range, and
it is quite possible that this committee
may deem it within its province to bring
into full light cases OF the debauehing Of
elections BY lavish and corrupt use OF
money, which Mr. Thurman truly said had
become CRYING evil, aud one of the great
est dangers menacing our free institutions
There were indications in the debate that
the work OF the committee was not intend
ed to be confined within any very narrow
scope. For instance
Mr. Allison inquired whether money
raised by assessment or otherwise, was
meant to include voluntary contributions.
Mr. vOorhees-leS, sir voluntary con
trihutions for the purpose of corrup;ing The
ballot-box.
Mr.. Alllsen-Does it apply to senators
and members OF the House
Mr.. Voorhees, suppose it doc.
II the committee has not the power {, III
vc>tigAtc the ease Of CongTe>sman-elect.
who has secured his election hy SUI 'sidizing
newspapers, bribing men OF influence, and
buying voters, then the power should fa
given II it or to some other committee for.
as Mr.. Elmunds said, the inquiry plainly
ought to be made to include all subjects
Oi that character"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27

RESrAI RANT
While on this matter Of home manuiap-
lures, | must mention the bread of this
country, which seems to us the perfec-
ton OF the breads of all countries Ii is
lighr. sweet. and tender, and far pelier-
able to the French bread, which i, more
than half crust. The Russian soups we
enjoy very much. too. and find them gen.
orally made up ot many kinds of vcget
ableI and meats. but all we have tried
are very palatable and apparently verv
nourishing. The cooking of meats. too,
is excellent here. and all kinds OF yege-
tables are prepared in = tar more Chris
tlan manner than We find in Germany
Fruits are plenty. watcrmclons abound
ing for 4 desert We have had this melon
Gu; up in small pieces in wine Jelly. Pud-
dingS they seem To know liltlr about.
For 4 variety we tried one day this week
Russian restaurant. oGe OI the first
class, and found everything very clegar
the room beautifully decorated. han
some lace curtains. and Il German il.
strument, which plays like band. dis
courSing sweet music all the time The
waters were clothed in white, md wore
red sasheS with large tassels OF course
the bill Of fare WAS in Russian. but our
guide secured Us an excellent dinner
the soup was made OF i little oi every
thing, nam, beet. sausage, pork, various
vegetables. including cucumber and beetS,
ard hard-boiledeggs but twas very pal
atable and we fully appreciated it; then
came 2oteileS fried in crumbs, with toasted
bread under them and six kinds of veget-
ableS as garniture. laid about the platter
very temptingly. One vegetable called
Brussels cabbage WAS about aS large As
an English walnut, and very capital relish.
Then there were tempting little carrots
beans, and cauliilower. and having dis
cussed these. curiously mixed pudding
was set before Us. 'Nesselrode," by
name. 1t is what we should call rich
plum pudding" with Jelly and various
fruits on the top. and Tor drink 4 bottle
OF raspberry wine or cordial. After true
Russian fashion. tea was handed about
in tumblerS. lemon juice being generally
used here instead OF milk and sugar
Thus we dincd "a Ii Russe," sitting on
velvet sofas and studying the scene about
US. while curious Russian ewes mounting
above tea aud tobacco smoke kept up an
incessant stare ot surprise nj our un-
known language and unknown ways Al
our hotel, too, Hotel Billow". we were
always served NJ dinner with Russian
soups. and always found them good
SOth hero and in ST Petersburg the price
Ion table d'hotcl, consisting of several
courses, is one roublc, equal 10 two and
one tall frances aud much more reason
able than anything else. Rooms at both
houses are two roubles, OF ~ day. and
every thing else accordingly but one
likes to see these things, and mast pay
Tor il and trel satisfied whcE with the
Russians Ia d. ~ the Russians do
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27

II IS strange that in II country whose Ian
gunge Is stored full OF the choicest works OF
the human mind, and whose population Is,
rs a whole, so well educated reading aloud
a. u source of amusement and means OF en-
inyrnent Is 20 little resorted to. There are
many families even in book-loving New
England there are scores of families, We dare
say where n book OF chapter of Il book is
never read To- the family circle from one end
ui the year to another. The individual mem
bers of the family read but all reading done
IN the family is silent reading. Father has
his paper mother her tract Mary her
novel Johnny his story OF wild adventure.
Reading there is enough of it but each one
reads tor himself There is no reading for
the whole und no grouping OF the family into
an audience ioI an evenings enjoyment. such
as comes to people who hear good thing
well road
Only those who have visited in families
where the gilt ot reading was cultivated as
II source OF family enjoyment. and the Gus
tom OF reading aloud To- the family practiced
can imagine what II help and blessing To the
family liie such u habit i5. Music is we'll
enough in its WAY, tlt its range OF cNpras-
sion Is iHr narrower than that ot reading. and
for that matter far less practical in its adap-
tntiou to the family wants Then, too sing
ing requires an instrumental accompaniment,
nnda piano costs money and requires too
much Practice IN the part ot the performer
to be available for the many The art of read
ing well Is easily acquired, chenply taught,
and the expressions ot literature are abund-
ant and varied Ii sorTow has fallen on the
family, tac needed antdpte can be found
both IN prose and poetry. Ii fun ls called
for, then fun can he had at the asking ioI
the language * So inll of humor. So quaint
and subtle. that the bare recital of the AT
thor words brings the point out aud sets tho
table in II roar History tragedy comedy,
wit. pathos. euhlimity, every spring at which
the human mind loves to drink can he open
ed and the sweet waters be freely given to
every one.
How cosy those home readings may bo
made Warmth, light, cumpAniouship. cul-
tnre. happiness, are all included IN them.
How much YOU are missing If reading IL not
Guilty ,trd MS one of the means of happiness
and pleasure IN your family circle for in
such an tSercisc there is quickening for the
Imagination, appeal to Judgment, elevation
of feeling. opportunity for criticism. which
shall teach the children more literature il
three hours than they can learn ut school in
three weeks. Mkt to the impulse Of love rs
Il means Of drawing families together is the
influence of intellectual companionship. Cul-
tivate this, and see how satisfactory will be
the result,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27

TUE boSEs or ILLvIS IR5usAxp OF IN Errost
~ COLOGNE
- ''FIV7fNI.
Cologne Letter in Philadelphia Ledger


~ COLOGNE.
Cologne Letter in Philadelphia Ledger
Tne virgins bones are II greater curiosity
oi COlOgue than the cathedral. and vet We
rarely hear OF them in America. Among
thousands OF legends OF the Rhine Is that OF
the pious St. Ursula and the i. 600 virgins
who 400 years ago, went up the river on "A
pilgrimage to Rome and, returning, were all
murdered 10y the Huns Their bones were
gathered together and iu some way uneI-
planned. were brought to Cologne and buried
in common tomb. .over which, for many
years, was erected the present Church of St
Ursula, which Is $50 years Old. Subsequent
ly the bones were eNhumed from beneath the
church, brought up INTO it, and placed
around it forming one OF the most eItraor-
dlnafy displays that the eyes OF man ever
witnessed. The church is not very larae
and its heavy walls, Low ceilings and ancient
style Of construction show its antiquity. All
around this church are vnctscd the skulls
and bones. huge stone rereptaces being
filled with them. with apertures ia the sides
through which the bones can be seen, and
the skulls being put on rows Of little shelves
divided off like pigeon-holes. All the skulls
have the part below the forehead covered with
needework and embroidery, and some of
them are inlaid with pearls and precious
stones. The collection Is certainly u Iemnrka-
be one there being, besides the collection OF
bones, eighteenIhundred of these skulls ar
ranged in cases around the church while IN
an apartment known us the treasury. which
IL about thirty feet square, there are seven
hundred and thIrty-twO more skulls upon
the walls, and the entire upper portion Is
covered with bones, which are arranged
everywhere, excepting where the windows let
IN light. Here, under special glass cases,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27

SEVERAL Southern Senators. in the debate
general terms that there had been no iu-
timidation, prescription, or deiraudiDg OF
the colored voters, in their section. All
direct Southern testimony Is by no means to
the same effect, AMI there is -Jme indirect
testimony quite as much to the point. For
instances, here is Mr. Henry WatJerson, OF
the Louisville Journal, who whites upon
The Solid South, in the January number
OF the North insriran RerislV, and who
declares that be presents the cIse of "the
native white population as distinguished
IRON the irresponsible, entirely Ignorant and
helpless blacks, who having no yolition of
their own, must and will be controlled
Of the negro, he says Employed for PARTY
service, as he was employed for domestic
service, be is devil incarnate, ," and "better.
far better. leave him where he stands, to be
'bull-dozed. il you please, into voting the
Democratic ticket, than attach him again TO
the fortunes of corrupt and heartless body
of mercenares" "lt is absurd" he adds.
III not monstrOuS, TO suppose that he can
ever govern in the South, or anywhere else.
ln other words, the negro is to he used for
swelling Democratic majo:ities, and for in
creasing the Southern representation in Con
gross, but he must not aspire to any of the
ordinary rights and functions of citizenship.
Mr.. Watterson practically admits the cleo
t;or frap1S in tho S,rth hrt denrecates in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27

Oh, roses red and white, that glow
In summer glory at her door,
Fade, fall and die, that winter snow
May speed the spring. time home once more
For thou sh her banishment severe
Sends me, an exile, from her side,
The golden love-tide OF the year
Shall bring me back to claim my bride
When the spring comes in gain, sweetheart,
With the May on grove and glen,
We will keep our lcye-tide then, sweetheart,
When the spring comes in again
Oh, roses white and red, that shine
stars in the nimbus OF her hair,
Tell her that all your thorns are mine,
Hsr tokens 10 my heart TO wear
Oh. tell her, aimee she bids me 60,
Love-loyalty must needs obey;
BIT tell her, too, that we'll | know
Her soul would fsin have bid me stay
When the spring comes in again, sweetheart.
With the May on grove and glen,
We will keep our lVye-tide, then. sw sethesrt
When the spring comes in again
oh, roses red and white. that el NIB
About the " .ndows Of her room
Breathe her the burden OF my rhyme
In silent speech Of fragrant bloom
Maft II upon the wing of night,
Wed To the mus C OF kiss,
Hushsd in u VIII, per OF delight,
Low on .he night-siud murmur this
hen the spring comes in again, sweetheart,
With the May on grove and glen,
We Il! keep our loye-tide then. sW Weetheart,
When the spring comes in again ,sW eeihsa art,
When the spring comes in again