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The daily gazette., 1879-12-09

Life in the country at this season Of the
year is not without its charms. The big
blazing wood-fire on the hearth at even
ing beats all the transforms alton scenes Of
the theater in the wonderful changes and
visions that can be studied in It's crumb-
ling Goals; and then there is the ruddy and
handsome farmers daughter, the princess
Of the kitchen, who knows more about
the common sense way Of getting along
in the world than any two of her city
cousirs. Given the fireplace and this sort
Of girl to watch the dying embers with
you, and suppose star showers don't come
of on time, what do you care? Il Heaven
II close to you,
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09
The DOtCn- IT-Odde,s Race.

From the Rome (Ga.) Tribune.
As we write the happy and Joyous
notes of the darkies, worfing at the COM
press or somewhere else, reach US
through our window, reminding Us of
old times ''down South" before the war.
We have heard these same Joy GUS strai ns
at corn-shucking in Old Virginia and as
we can observe the darkies are little or
bellum days. Nevertheless, they ar.
happy, a. they nearly always are. They
scarcely ever take thought for to-mor.
row. Happy darkies Many q wbitt
IN an might envy your freedom of spirit
your happy songs and your "uevil-may'
care disposition.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09
PUBLIC SALES.
=-=-------==--==,----
DUBLIC SALE
il OF
80 Building Lots,
In the thriving village of Townsend,
Del, on

The .4th Day OF DECEMBER, 1879.
at O'Clock. p, m,
At the hotel Of Samuel T.. Boshel, in said
village. The lots are each ~ feet front, aud
some running back ~ feet, and some l25
feet.
TERMS OF PAYMENT:-One fourth on the
day OF sale, and the balance in three equal
oayments-in one, two and three years
from the day OF sale, secured by bond aud
mortgage, interest payable annually. A
good and sufficient deed will be made a.
soon as the conditions are complied with
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, New Castle County, bel
December |, 1879. decS-eod2w,
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09

NOTICE To WATER RENTERS.
IN OFfIcE OF THE WATER
DEPARTMENT.
WILMINGTON, Del, December l. 1879.
The bills for 1870 are now ready and pay
able AT the Registrars Office. No. 1000 Mar
ket street. The law requires that all bills
paid on or before January 3lst, 1870. the
face OF the bill, those paid during the
month OF February, per cent. additional.
Those paid during the month Of March,
10 per cent additional, and any amount
remaining unpaid after April lat, 1870. the
Registrar Is required to have the ierules
cOvery OF the amount due; and the water
will not be let into such premises until
such arrears. with assessments and - for
drawing feruies, are paid.
Once hours from a. m. to +p. IN.
WILLIAM J. MORROW.
decl-eod D-edJ eodF. Registrar.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09
HOrICEs.
ST. Louis. Hannibal and Keokuk
RAILROAD COMPANY.
FiPss Mortgage Per Cent. Bonas.

DUE 1917
vssusd at el2,000 per mile of completed
road $1,000 cash per mile already paid In
ON stock subscriptions and expended In
construction, 4N L04Af.
Principal and interest payable In New
York, coupons April and October.
We offer u balance Of S5O0,O OF these
bonds ~ 90 and interest. reserving the
right TO advance price without notice. and
recommend them as safe Investment.
AMERMAN a BURWELL, Bankers,
dec6 I'm. No. 10 Broad street. New York.
The New York herald., 1879-07-13
HELP wANTED-MALEs.

0uTDooR Statesmen wANTED-FOR NEW YORK
OJersey cry and Brooklyn: also take charge
"h once permanent and profitable employment.
FOWIER 4 M Enat Eth $
The New York herald., 1879-07-13
CLERKS AND Statesmen.

A uTnORs' MANUSCRIPTS EXAMINED AND RE
"A sised by literary gentleman. Address s.. IL unio
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

How TO DUST Florence Nightingale
says that dLsting in these days is nothing
but Tapping the dust frsm one part OF
room to another, and says she cannot see
why it is done. A duster should be well
shaken out of a window every few min
utes, but il one be in too great a hurry to
take the number of steps necessary for
this, or if it be impossible to keep the
window open while one is dusting, it is
possible to lid the furniture ofevery atom
of dust by using two cloths, one very
slightly damped and the other dry. The
former will remove the dust, and the lat
ter the slight moisture left by the former.
Do not wet duster which you mean to
use in this way. Sprinkle it and roll it
up over night, as if you meant to IRON it,
and when you have done using it, dry it
thoroughly, shake it out, plunge it in cold
water, and dry it again. 1t is better to
use bright>colored cloths if you can; they
do not look quite so ugly when drying,
and it is sometimes necessary to have
them in sight during the process.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

WE venture the assertion that in nine
cases out of ten where an advocate of the
new instrument has been asked why hs
fayors the new be will Indignantly de-
nounce corporations, curse the rich, get ex-
cited in his delivery OF stale defamation
against everything and everybody except
himself. b ut when asked to point out
the particular clause in the new Constitu
tion which makes ii better for the poor
man than under the old, he besitates, and
eventually mentions something already in
force, or evades the question, by saying
he has read neither - Peoples Cause.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

OF NJ. Victor Hugo, Mrs. Hooper tolls
this anecdote: A good many years ago
the father Of the present head ola Partisan
publishing house, was offered manu-
script by pale young man with large
forehead. The publisher GLANCED over
the pages, and saw that the work was in
verse. Without attempting to read it,,
he handed it politely back 10 the young
author with few Of the usual phrases
about poetry being drug in the market,
depression of trade, etc. etc, am sorry
for your sake said the young man i'm
pressibly, as be pocketed the rejected
manuscript. II was about to propose to
you contract by which | would have
assured to you the right 10 all the future
productions OF my pen. 1t was fortune
that | was about 10 offer to you-but you
refuse, and SO no more need be said
He bowed and withdrew. The publisher
struck by his manner, reflected for a
momont, and then fastened after his
visitor to call him back. But he was too
late-the young man had already disap
peared. "Never before or SINCE" the
old gontleman was won't to say when re-
lating this story, have | ever met with
ayoung author who so fully believed in
his own powers, nor with one that had so
much reason for such belief; for my Wis.
itor was Victor Hugo"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

A BERLIN caricaturist has made a
clever sketch OF Bismark mounted on n
steed called Zull Reform which is boiling
with its rider. A friend ut the roads, lde
calls to him. "Where are you going,
Prince?" "How do | know" angrily re
plies the great statesman. ASK the
horse" So the Chrentcte, waving the
new Constitution over its head and mount
ed on the w. p. c., is being carried at
headlong speed across the country, Jump
ing fences, stampeding cattle, tre"ding
down crops, and knocking over men,
women and children who fad themselves
in its way. "Where are you going?'
shout the astonshed merchants. "D-n
you, how do know" angrily answers
the Chroucte. ASK Kearney. Chico
Record.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

Ex-GoyERNoR john 6. DowNEY had
better stop writing on the Constitution.
The Los Angeles Express says he can
neither write decently nor grammatical.
ly, that Eugene Casserly wrote his veto
Of the bu!khead scheme when John G.
was Governor, and that he ia hiring some
one with brains in his head to write his
pro- Constitution arguments. 1t says
that this "lover of the people" should
love them amid tears aud blood. 1t
gives one instance where the exorbitsnt
and rapacious rate Of interest which he
charged one poor fellow-swelled an
Indebtedness of less than 81 900 to S1O2,-
coo in six years forced the debtor to
let go of II ranch worth over $50 900
and sent him to suicides grave. The
great reformer has not yet answered .
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

TIE SIGNAL SERvICE.-The perma-
nent committee Of the Vienna Meteoro-
logical Congress have just paid the
Ua;ted States the high compliment o.
recommending TO proposed second
Congress the adoption throughout the
world of 2 plan for exchanges of data for
simultaneous weather maps or other pur-
poses, similar to the one first organized
for the United States by General Myer,
the Chief Signal Officer, in 1873, and
which has been continuously pursued by
the Signal Service to this day. The fea.
ture. OF this exchange, MS set on foot by
the United States, are as follows:
lst. The Signal Office of the United
States asks all countries to make and
record daily, on land and sea, one stimuli
4sneous weather observation at the Same
exact instant of time.
ID. The United States then exchanges
with each country separately, making an
especial request Of each to establish such
exchange.
Sd. Each country sends to the United
States every fifteen days its own obServa-
tions all are thus received by the United
States.
4th. The Signal Office of the United
States then collates and prints all, its
own co-incident observations included,
and returns in this shape to every regular
observer whe has sent continuously sim
sic report, the reports gathered from al
most the whole northern hemisphere
For one report sent regularly by any reg
ular observer anywhere, on ship or shore,
he receives 500, and these 500 surround
and cover nearly the northern hemisphere
II has been the theory OF the Chief Signal
Officer that, with such Information So
widely difIused, great deal Of work will
be done by separate observers in every
country VIII ich will be of use to all, but
which The solitary observer alone could
never think Of undertaking unless the
data have been thus laid down before
him. Tho United States need tho data
for themselves, and they help besides an
international union of brains as well as
hands.
For nearly six years this exchange,
originated and conducted by the Signal
Service Of the United States, has been per-
fectly successful, almost every civilized
nation north ofthe equator has taken part
in 1t. 1t has made poss ible for the first
time in the history of the world the pre-
paration Of daily map of the northern
hemisphere, at Washington, (this also is
sent to each Observer and has probably
advanced the study of practical meteoro
logy as far as any one undertaking in the
last century.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

MAN is sent naked into the world ,
feeble and helpless unendowed with the
wings of the bird, the swiftness of the
stag, the tortuous speed of the serpent,
without means of defense against the
laws or dart of an enemy, nay, against
even the inclemency of the weather. He
has no shell, no fleece, no covering OF fur,
nor even den or burrow for his hiding
place. Yet, blythe force OF his natural
powers he has driven the lion from his
cave, despoiIed the bear Of his shaggy
coat for vestment, and the bull OF his
horns to form a drinking cup. He has
dug into the entrails Of the earth to bring
forth elements offuture strength; the very
eagle, in t.ave-sing the skies, finds him
self struck down in the m ldst of his ca
reer, to sdorn his cap with trophy OF
distinction.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

A TABLE of wages and the cost Of liv-
ing with the price Of staple articles OF
commerce, going back as far AS the year
I,2O0, has been published lately. 1t
shows that wages during the thirteenth
century were about so cents a week. In
the next century they had advanced some
Is cents, and continued to advance slow
ly until, in the last century, they had
reached 81 81. The average for farm la
Dor in the same countries at present is
SO 50 per week. Wheat in the thirteenth
century averaged II cents, or eight and a
half days labor, per oushel. Now wheat
is worth, Wholesale, in Europe, about 81
46 bushel or two and half days labor.
In six centuries meat has nearly tr"bed
in price; but wages have increased more
than seventold.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

IT is safe to assert that lease for 900
years has never run out in this country,
but this has recently occurred in England.
An estate let 70" that term has reverted to
the representatives, Of the orgnal holders.
The land is at W0olwich, aud was church
property 900 years ago, but was leased
to the crown for military purposes. Few
incidents" !" an English excht nge remaI lis
could speak more eloquently of the sta
bility of English Institutions, and the
law abiding nature of Englishmen and
their respect tor the rights OF property,
than that there should be an unbroken
continuity of possession from ;he time OF
Alfred the Great to that Of Queen Vic
toria
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

TRIUMPH OF ELECTRIC SCIENcE.-In
the cable news recently, it WAS stated
that the French Atlantic cable was "brok
en- l6l miles from ST. Pierre Miquelou,
in 500 fathoms Of water" These words
shew one OF the many triumphs of mod
ern electrical science. Here is a wire
cord buried under three-ifths of mile
of water of the ocean, and 16l mics from
land and yet the people on shore can ex
actly locate the point ut which it is brok-
en-. Strange as that seems, it is actually
done, and has been, time and again. The
repairing vessels will go out to the indi
Gated point, throw over their graphing
hooks, an / within few hundred yard
will find the broken ends and spice them
This wonde is accomplished, first, by
the exact knowledge Of the laws of elec-
tricity, which make known what amount
of ofeurrents. a wire Of a given dimension
will carry, a nd. the resistance it mus
overcome in going 10 given distance
and, next, by the instruments made by
II the meehan;clans of our day, which viii
make the operation of both laws visible
to :he experienced observer, even if the
break in the cable is thousand m lie,
away and two miles under the sea. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

A LARGE LANDowNER's REASON
II shall vote whichever way it suits my
interest. ] have several thousand acres
of land, and / want as much more, if ]
can get it, and as am an employer of a
large number of men, want to get them
for as low wages as l possibly can. l
think if the new Constitution is adopted |
shall be able to get all the land l want for
mere bagatelle, and all tho laborers |
want for $40 or Sl2 month. 1t will be
saving to me in my payroll of over
SlS.0O0 year. On this account l think
] shall vote for the new Constitution
s. II. Bulletin.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

WHAT THE PROSPECT Is Recently
we asked one of the leading mining Su-
perintendents of this part of the State
what effect be opined the proposed Con-
stltution'' provisions would have on Ne,
vads rA4nty's welfare. Before reading
his Snswer let it be understood he is a
man who hates the Chinese, "thieyino
corporations, and other kindred evils. as
thoroughly as be does the Imp of Dark
ness. His reply was this "If it carries
i will stake my reputation as rkne.
man who has lived here for many years
that inside Of II months after it goes int
effect, miners wages will be cut down tC
81 per day. ] hate TO believe this, bnl
experience has taught me such result
will be unavoidable. ."-Neuada Tlnns.
e,tpt.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

You've man, do you ever drink?"
asked Il mild looking young man accost-
ing Jones. "Well, yes, thank you, as
it's cold morning | don't mind" re-
piled Jones, removing his quid of tobacco.
Don't do it any more" said the nid
man, "or you will eventually be damned
G bod morning-G bless you"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

AFTER he has licked his sores and got
shed of his bedraggled appearance, he
may emerge and disturb the neighbor
hood occasionally with his mourntu bark; /;
but it is safe to say that Dennis is one Of
the dogs that has had his day.-.San
LuiS ObiSpo Tribune.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

The San Jose Mercury thus tersely
puts it: Under the present Consti-
tuition it takes the concurrence OF three
Justices OF the Supreme Court to rob a
citizen OF property, liberty or life. Un>
der the new Constitution one Justice is
all that is neces .ary."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

THE severity of the past winter is said
to have killed the germs of tho house
q les to n great extent, so that, where
there were 507 les in one sugar bowl
last summer, the chances are that the
odd will bs missing this season.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

The young lady who gave the mitten
to the young man who wouldn't go in the
house where it was comforts BILE, but per.
sisted in keeping her out at the front gate
now roters to him ms one of her cast of
CATERS. Etmird Advertiser.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

A YOUNG lady has been discovered
who bushes, goes to bed ut 9o'clock, eals
heartily, speaks plain English. respects
her mother, doesn't want To marry lord =,
and knows how to cook She must be
one OF Edison IS new inventions.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

For the benefit of curious and doubling
political friends in various sections of the
Union, we take the liberty Of announcing
that this city will throw 81, 600 Democrat
tic votes against any ticket with Samuel
j. Tilden's name on tn. Y. Star.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26
THE EYES THE EYES I!
DIR. E. III. PARDEE
Oculist and Aurist,
a FER A PHOTRACTED RlrNH

a FTER A PG0TRACTED RLINB
IA ness of more than five years, DR.. pards.
has made himself thoroughly and scientifcsl.
ly acquainted with all Diseases of the Eys
and is now practicing with Il success not sur.
passed in the United States.
All operations performed, such as Strab.c
mus, or cross-eye, Cataract by linear extraOr
tiOn, Depression or Absorption, Pterygium, g.
Heshy membrane growing over the eye, Redus,
ton OF StaphylOma, or bulging out of the eN
Artificial Pupil, Eistula, Lechrymalis, or clio
ing of the tear 'psage, and all deformites u
the Lids, etc.
Artificial Ey inserted without the leas,
pain, and post sing all the movements and
brilliancy of the real eye. A large assortment
constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable
ment and cure of all nervous diseases is used
all over this coast.
Thankful to those physicians who have sen,
him cases for operation, he hopes that his uni
versala success Will warrant q continuation Si
their confidence. His celebrity as an operator
is co-oxtensiye with his success, as patients
are presenting themselves for treatment and
operations, from New \ l0rk and Boston, alnos;
monthly. Many patients can be seen at the
Doctors Office daily, in different stages of re.
covery.
0FFlcE-62I Clay street, (Oyer the CLAY
Street Savings Bank, San Francisco.
TAKE NOTICE" Il Lsar IL NOT
be bsi:tusd though he sp. axis The irsth.
Reports are in circulation through the upper
country that have retired from business, that
| have gone to the Atlantic States, that am
in Europe, &o., &c. 70 those interested will
say that the report has been gotten in circua-
tion for the fltherance of other parties, who
are trying. to obtain, llegitimately, an eye
practice. The report has been started by sn
itlnerant mountebank, and without tho least
truth, as am at my Office daily, and attending
to about sixty daily patients,
T.. "a. PARDEE, OcuIist,
62l Clay Street,
my25-ly. SAN FRANCISCO
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

lF the average schoolgirl ever has a
chance to witness a tornado, she will clap
her hands and excaim: "Isn't it gor-
geous! Isn't it too comic for anytEingr'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

IT is understood that a disting gushed
bigamist IN Illinois proposes to get mar
red one thousand times in one thousand
quarter hours.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

HALF a pound of shot adm inistered 10
sympathetic cats at this season of the
year will bear fruit in increased hours of
slumber throughout the summer.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

THEY are talking about abolIshing
funerals in Ohio. Not that people will
cease to die, but funerals are expensive,
and the medical colleges get the corpses
anyhow.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

A NEGRO, being caught stealing from a
hen-roost, excused himself by saying
"Dat he only cum dar to see if dc chick
ems sleep wild dar eyes.open."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-26

THE Chico Record says: Butte
County will give from 500 10 500 ma
jOrity against the Constitution.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-09-19

BN \ "Iil4IUIAN.
This j. q 4easln fruitful in diarrhols. dys-
cntrrics and summer complaints. But they
was the custom in olden time Warm days
succeeded by cool nights; frequent changes
OF temperature use Of wafer contaminated
with dccayiEg substances the careless use
. IA. green vegetables and the abuse of alcoholic
liquors have 81 lnr-c share in the carsation of
these diseases
Every person ought in tilesr days 10 wear
fine flannel next The skin to permit suif-
cicnl evaporation. AMI prevent chills and
colds. The under clothes should be changed
every week. and the Stockings more often
still. The secretion OF the skin of the feet
is injurious when il is retained IN the system.
The food SHOULD La HIGHT aaI composed ot
vegetables AMI OF milk in Il srcat part, AMI
too much care cannot I've taken To secure
good meal Dccaying foods most unhealthy.
\ sufficient quantity al salt and acids should
he taken with vegetables, since both contri-
butte 10 incrrlrr the Gastric Juice. II is best
To drink little water at meals, and more of it
between mcai-. Impure water may hc puri-
fled by adding small quantity of perman-
ganalc Of potash. enough to give it a rosy
tint.
People vino are in the habit ii leaving
their window open On ro.ng To bed should
be- more careful onaccnuni Of the cold nights
Bed rooms ought - be- well ventilated in the
dly-lini,, and the bed olath,a exposed To the
ar ill they part with all traces of ,tlmpucss
and tho wind"ws should hr shut at night
Ventilation may hc secured hN opening the
Windows OF u hall OF a uci.hhoring room
which communicate with the bed room.
II j. OF tho utmost imp"rtnc that all the
functions ct the bod, hr well performed
The bowels should he cmpticd once or twice
a day, inr hnhilu1l constipation is a frequent
source uf an obstinate dinrrh0I after an IN
digestion Alkaline drinks often correct and
increase the secretion OF the kidneys.
Indigestion l. apt tor,..ult, ii III, preceding
rules have been NEGLECTED., after one has
taken a Elf"r amount of vegetable, or
"r,ru fruits. Il viii often hr prevented hy
tlhu- 4 quantity, siN 4 traSpuunlul. of com
mon ,ilt lnd il the food snurs ON the
stomach, a similar dose Of hi-,@irhnnatc of
soda taken Two hours after meals, will ncu-
tuliIr il and insufr it, evacuation The
remedy may prevent diarrhua, and il has
the advantage ut ,hc.pur1s and safety, hut
the taking 81 il should not become 4 habit,
for it mishi impair the stomach.
piarrh,rI often arises from some Irritating |
substance, as uudig,-tcI food, remaining in |
the mtrsiinrs. This ought L. he expelled at |
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-09-19

could not only it down hut rccliuc upon
them and view The laltlr-sccnc al our lrsure.
We could not distinguish, having no rllsscS.
the men or many objects. 50 a. to b. able t.
describe them But We couii see the ships
and something ul the order Of battle. coald
Sc the smul.,. from tho cannon vcIy plainly.
and formed an ilc., If the result indeed We.
came to 4 confident conclusion that "our
side beat" 81 that We nai only frll well and
rrjoicrd on the sl.h. hut went back home
iuhiant. reporting. with suIlirirut demon
slrati,ns Of voice. Of hand and uth,r iGvrniI,.
antics. the good new To our fearful yet
happy mothers and ii ,,rs ani At the same
time feeling that W. ha,! accomplished a feat
on that memorable day which. if it did not
immnrlalizr is. and place "ur names high "n
the lists of patriotic fame, was certainly
worthy Of Joyous and repeated recital :; and
is now So rccitcd Ly this writer, wi.hhut this
one bitter element that he may hc the only
survivor Of that then hopeful. happy hand.
CRY G. SlNI."y.