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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-10
An Editors Experience

The following is given as the exper-
ience of Texas editor. At su,h rate
man would live about one hundred
years while another was living, but to
do that it would be necessary to have
copper lining a and bolted and double
rivited, in order to stand the pressure,
both from without and from within:
Been asked to drink 1882
Drank 1902
Requested to retract 4l6
Didn't retract 4l6
Invited to parties and receptions
by persons fishing for puffs 1888
Took the hint 33
Threatened to be whipped 174
Been whipped 0
Whipped the other fellow 4
Didn't come to time 10
Been promised gin, whiskey, etc.
ifwe'd go after them 500
Been after them 5000
Been asked what's the news 300,00
Told %
Did'n know 2Oo,oOO
Lied about it 90,927
Been to church 3
Changed politics q
Expect to change still so
Gave to charity $500
Gave for terrier dog $500
Cash on hand $l.00
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-10
A Nervous hank Deposition.

What can a nervous bank depositor
10 witt, his money when he draws it
nu. and takes it home' Whether the
pank goes to pieces or holds together,
there are thieves who stand ready to
break in and steal. A timid Englishman,
who had read in his morning journal Of
the collapse of one bank after another
until he was half-crazed with worri-
ment, went to his London bankers,
withdrew his account and marched home
with $4,000, which he locked up in a
strong box. But every morning at break
!lst his eye fell upon accounts in the
Of b"rglaries in high and
low life, and his anxiety increased in
,trad cf diminishing. The vague fear OF
a commercial panic was exchanged for
a distressing apprehension of burglars.
lie went out by day in fear and tremb-
ing lest he might not find his treasures
when he should return, and he could
not sleep at night from dread of being
Weakened by the presence Of masked
-utfians in his room. He bought revol-
yer which he kept loaded under his pill
.ow, and in this way lived in constant
of midnight blood-shed,
until able to endure it any Longer, he
.ook back the nancy to the bank.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-10
FIRST EDITION.
4 ny Ing Mans Remarkable Vision.
From the Watert0wn IN. Y.,) Times.

A Dying Mans Remarkable Vision
From the Watertown IN. Y.,) Times.l
Charles Glass, who resides at Black
River, was converted in 1877, and has
since been a consistent Christian. For
, year he has been suffering from con-
sumption, and Oh Saturday morning a
week ago there were premonitions OF a
speedy dissolution. He remained thus
for three hours, with his friends about
the bedside awaiting his death. He
suddenly revived and at once began to
narrate what he had seen, and this Is
the description Of what he saw, as dis
tinct by himself; He had been stand
ing before an open door, broad and high.
Beyond all was radiant, the light di
verging as gaze extended. lie saw
Jesus and angelic groups, and many
departed friends. giving their names.
During this time he was perfectly con.
scious, but could not see his friends by
bis bedside, who seemed to him to be
standing in the darkness, though he
replied to their questions by intelligent
signs. He now says that he tried to
have til EN- move so that they could
look through the door with him. On
Tuesday following bs seemed again to
be dying, remaining so for sixteen
hours, conscious and free from pain
and speechless. As he rallied from
this, his speech returning, he at once
began giving the names Of the friends
he had recognized. At this writing
January A)he converses freely with
all who visit him. The reputation OF
M-. Glass is such that these remarka-
Bile experiences have profoundly impress
al tha sntire community,
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-10
To he Hung.

The coming Spring, 10000 pieces OF
vail paper and 2,DoU pairs of win
low shades, all from the reliable
Wall Paper House OF J. K. Holt, 223
Market street. Mr.. Holt is selling ljc.
paper for l2!c., l23c. for lOc.; loc for
w., and Sc. for &c. per piece. These
goods are of the very best make, and
Guaranteed at full length. Mr.. Holt
will sell you enough paper and border
to paper room Il #. by II #. for the
mall sum OF IS cents. So, you see, pa
pering is cheaper than whitewashing.
The spring designs are stylish and
beautiful. Good oil shading lsc. per
yard. Window shades and fixtures,
4ung complete, Sl.75 per pair. Gilt
papers and Dado work 30 per cent low
-r than ever. Give us call and be
convinced that the above Is no hum
Juggling advertisement, bu: facts. JoHN
| 3. HoLT, 223 Market street.
The oft-repeated story that the
luakers are decayings body Is said
TO be untrue. An English journal as
serts positively that mot only has the
falling off in the number of their mem
bers been checked for many years, but
comparatively rapid growth has also
occurred in the last four years. This is
marked by the increase Of some of the
older meetings of the body both in
England and America, and by the
spread OF the denomination into other
parts, il even on small scale. Not
outstanding emigration, there is an
addition to the small number of Quak-
-rs in Norway and Denmark, and a
monthly meeting" has been establish
81 in Syria. Some time ago Friends
mission was commenced at Mount Le-
Vanon and there are a score of members
hpra.n
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08
Good Americans in Paris.

The American colony in Paris, con-
trary to the general belief at home, is
not unlike au American village. The
usual number of eccentric characters
who made the talk and gossip of the
place, are to be found, while the mass
live quiet and dignitied life, in per-
feet harmony with that of their friends
and relations on the other side Of the
ocean. Their happiest moments are
when they receive " letters from home"
and many drive or evening entertain
ment is refused because they have " let
ters to write," and then the daily, or
weekly paper which arrives by the for
eign post, perhaps journal OF one of
our great cities, or poorly printed
provincial sheet, but giving items of
local interest from home-they all re-
ceive it and look for its coming. They
look carefully through the lists of ar
rivals in the local papers before reading
the fashions, although the fashions are
not forgotten. They are interested in
home politics only and attend church
every Sunday. Think Of lady land
we know one) who has lived in Paris
many years in luxury, and fond of en-
joyment, the grand fetss, military re-
views and races, who has never seen q
Grand Prix, and will miss the next,
because they are always run on Sunday |!
And there are many other ladies in the
colony who stay quietly ut home on
that Partisan gaia day. No one that
knows them thinks OF arguing or of
trying to change their convictions, and
if a new acquaintance puts the familiar
question, Are you going to the Grand
Prix Z" the answer No lis given with
such repose that the questioner is ST.
fenced. We also know the wife OF an
artist who did not 80 to the Salon on
vanishing day, although having the
much enyied privilege of entering on
that day of days, because this years
vanishing day came upon Sunday. We
know Of ladies who have passed several
winters in Paris during the gay season,
and have never been TO party or u
theater on Sunday evening; and, strange
as it may seem to those who only know
our colony by hearsay, there are Amer
lean men who have lived in Paris for
years who have never seen the inside of
the Jardin Mabille. All do not consider
it necessary to "go this once" to such
places and then explain at length how
they have been shocked. 1t is grand to
see the energy of some Of our ladies in
combining duty and pleasure, which is
essentially Partisan, and only acquired
after years of residence. We have
known a mother Of young family to
spend Saturday afternoon in making
visits, and after dinner help the little
ones with their lessons for Sunday.
school then dress for ball, and, with
eyes upon the clock, stand all bedecked
and bejeweled while she puts on her
long gloves and listens to the long re-
cital of the first days precepts; and on
the next morning she was to be found
in church, with her little brood about
her, before the first lesson.-New York
Home Journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08
Dorry-Fishing.

With perhaps An exception in favor
Of the capricious canoe, there is no
species of craft which can glide from
beneath its unaccustomed occupant
with more startling ease than fisher.
mans dory.
This characteristic, with the fact that
it is light, sharp, narrow, and fat
bottomed, suggests to the average lands
man, that dory is not very safe craft.
Yet the question of safety depends
largely upon the man having the man.
agement. If skillfully handled, dory
will ride out gale in midoeean with
comparative ease, when a ships long.
boat would probably be swamped.
The important point under such cir
cumstaAces is to keep the little craft, as
the sailors say "head on to the sea y
which means that the bow must con
tinually he presented to the on.coming
wave. Thus managed, the dory, from
its extreme buoyancy, dances like a
cork on the summit of terrible wave
crests, which would break over and fill
heavier boat.
But if the heart of the rover fails, or
worse still, if his thole-pin gives way,
or his oar breaks, then is he in danger
indeed. The dory, swinging broadside
to the sea, is rolled over in an instant,
and becomes the sport of the waves,
while its occupant finds himself strug-
Cling in the water.
The three methods most in vogue
among fishermen for taking cod on the
Banks of Newfoundland, are these
hand-lining, ~" trawling," and " dory-
fishing" The two former have been
often described. It is sufficient for me
to say that in "hand lining" all hands
fish from the vessels deck, while in
trawling," line sometimes a mile in
length, to which hundreds of baited
hooks are attached, is sunk to the
proper depth, and visited once or twice
in the twenty-four hours if the weather
permits-so that the fish may be taken
off and the hooks rebaited.
But in dory fishing" dory is al
lotted to each of the crew, in which,
unless the weather be exceptionally
bad, he must launch out into the deep,
there to remain until he catches his
boat full, or is warned by the gathering
darkness to return.
Though, as to that, it is seldom or
never really light for any length of
time on the Banks. Here, indeed, is
the birthplace of gloomier, denser, and
more generally unpleasant fogs than
can be found anywhere else in the
world. But catching thousands upon
thousands of fine Goldfish seems an
ample equivalent for not catching even
glimpse of the sun for weeks at o
time, and, doubtless, the world looks
all the brighter when one again reaches
a region OF clear atmosphere and sunny
skies.
But despite the many unpleasant and
dangerous surroundings of such trip,
almost every one returns several pounds
heavier, and several degrees healthier.
Hard-worked collegians, and even puny
boy-students, often ship from Cape
Ann or Gloucester in the spring, with
this sole object in view.-St. Nicholas
for ~.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08
A Submarine Boat.

Some time ago the world WAS startled
by the discovery of the deadly effects
OF the torpedo and as this fearful en-
CINE of naval warfare is every day ar
irving at greater stage OF perfection
it bids fair before long to completely
drive out of the field our costly iron
clads. We cease, however, to marvel
at the torpedo when we hear of the latest
discovery Of scientific wariare-namely,
u submarine boat.
This boat, named after the designer
of the Garrett torpedo boat. can be
made to sink, rise, move forward and
backward. above or below the surface,
at the will of the manipulation. It is
cigar-shaped, running to point at each
end, in length about fourteen feet, and
in width about five feet. 1t is con.
structed of iron plates nearly quarter
of an inch in thickness and the weight
OF the boat, including ballast, is about
five tons. 1t is propelled by means
OF fonr-bladed screw, worked from
within by means of an ingenious COM
bination of treadle and fy-wheel, and
is steered by means of an ordinary rud-
der. The boat is balanced evenly by
means of o leaden keel nearly two feet
broad and weighing about two tons.
Access is gained to the interior OF the
boat by means of little square tower
rising from the center of the cigar to
the height of about two feet. Once
within, and having carefully closed this
man-hole, the operator can descend
when he pleases. At each end of the
boat is placed water-tank !; and it is
by means of these tanks that he de.
soends and ascends at will. If he
wishes to descend he turns small tap,
and, this filling the aforementioned
tank with water. the boat naturally
sinks when he desires to rise up to
the surface he makes use OF an air.
! pump, and, expelling the water, re-
'stores the buoyancy Of the boat.
In the sides of the aforementioned
tower are four little windows, and, in
addition, two small brass caps. These
are thanked internally by long kind of
stocking OF stout waterproof material.
The caps being removed, these stockings
fill with water, and by turning them in
side.out and using each as q glove the
operator gets the free use of his arms
outside the boat to work his torpedo.
In addition to working the boat, the
submarine traveller has to keep himself
supplied with pure air. The air which
he exhales passes by means of tube
through kind of knapsack containing
mixture of chemicals, and by this
means it is purified sufficiently to be fit
to enter his lungs again. The boat is,
OF course, lighted by electricity, as gas
would increase the impurity of the at
mosphere.
A series of experiments took place a
short time ago with the boat in question,
and We're, We are given to understand,
highly successful. The present speed
OF the boat is only four or five knots an
hour, but Mr.. Garrett contemplates
building boat of much larger size,
capable of accommodating three or
four men, and has scheme in view for
increasing the powers of propulsion of
the boat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08
How Somc Women Make Slaves of
Themselves.

Very often we find women who make
an everlasting tread-mill of their life
one continual strain of body and mind
from morning till night, and when
night comes, the time for renewing
and regaining strength for the coming
day, the limbs are so weary and the
head throbbing with such pain, that
the night is passed in restless tossing
and moaning. Morning dawns, but
not to find her fresh and ready for the
days duties. but peevish and weary of
her work, and sometimes weary Of the
world.
We speak of those who, by circum-
stances, are compelled to do their own
housework; who have no thought be-
yond the mere idea that they were born
for work, and they must work their
life away in cooking and overseeing
the rations for hungry, dyspeptic crea-
lures, who have been made so, only by
her speaking of one of this kind in
particularly own ignorant hands. She
has placed choice dishes before their
gormandizing eyes until they have
fallen into the habit of complaining
if she deviates trife from her accus-
toned indulgences. After heated
round OF cooking, over scorching fire,
she takes her seat at the table with her
family, who come in the cool dining
room, feeling in perfect humor for o
dainty, well-cooked dinner, while she
is warm, out of humor and tired. She
sits down, not to eat with the others,
and converse pleasantly, but to pour
coffee, hand this and that, replenish
this dish and then that, cut new sup
ply Of bread. Is she doing her sixteen
year.eld daughter, who sits quietly eat
ing her dinner, an act of honor, rever-
erce of WHAT nothing, but spelling
her for after years, and wearing her
own life out. A chance visitor drop
ping in for meal, goes away with this
idea: "Mrs. A. is so unreined look
ing with her red face, and really, 1 do
not think her capable of carrying on an
intelligent conversation" "Oh, tor
less spice in our cooking and more in
our wives conversation cried truly
sensible man. We would far rather
sat down to a clean, lastly set table,
with very few dishes on it, and sweet
faced, pleasant-spoken little woman
presiding over it, than to most ele-
CANT repast, with tired, over-heated
face, tormenting us with the idea that
We Live to eat" rather than " eat to
i've" Give your family good plain
food, if you are compelled to prepare it
yourself, and take the time wasted on
.delicacies and improve your own mind !,
and give your body rest by systematic
rule and work, ard thus your daily du-
ties may be made pleasure in place OF
wearisome task. -Househeeper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

ARE FISH DEAF.-Most trout-fsher-
men would laugh at any scientist who
should tell them that trout are deaf.
Accustomed to move noisessly along the
banks of brooks, lest the timid fish take
alarm, and their sport be spoiled, the
mere mention of deaf trout seems alb
surd to them. But Seth Green, the
famous breeder of fish, who knows
more about trout than veteran fishermen
expresses the opinion that fish cannot
hear. He also gives stubborn facts in
support of his opinion.
In pond hundred feet long, we'll
stocked with trout, when the fish were
gathered at one end, his servant, lying
flat on the ground, and unseen by the
trout, could strike together heavy
stones in the water without exciting any
disturbance among them. Mr.. Green
often fired his gun close by the pond,
but if the trout could not see the flash,
they never stirred. On the other hand
slight jar.of the ground communicated
to the water would start them in alarm.
Mr.. Green is convinced by his expert
ments that trout cannot hear common
sounds. They are quick-sighted to
detect any moving object, and they
may be startled by the step of fisher
man, if he jars the ground. But to
ordinary sounds he believes they are
utterly deaf.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Thousands OF articles are p aimed or ON
but PHOSPHATE SOAP Is the result OF
modern discoveries of celebrated chem.
lists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Read the article from the Chemic cal Eel
tung in another column. Hon can then
understand how PHOSPHATE SOAP
fs compounded on scientific pria rfples.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Not only for daily use on she face ana
there IL nothing equal to PHOSPHATE
SOAP. Itis n thorough disinfectant ana
removes offensive OdOrs OF every Kind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

If your wife II in the habit or using
cosmetics OF any kiud. advise her to give
up the perniciOus practice. rs the most
harmless face powders obstruct she
pores OF the skin and sooner or later IN
fare the complexion. while T. H n {.
PHI ATE SOAP removes I'll impur.
ities and assists nature In developing q
natural, healthy and really beautiful
skin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

For all diseases OF the skin use PHlOS.
PLATE SOAP. There is nothing like It
for removing Impurities and giving the
skin a healthy and natural vigor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Ladies' who have inJuced the skin by
the constant use OF cosmetics may do
much to restore their faces to that
beauty which nature alone can give by
constantly using PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

II all were Us willing to be pleasant
and as anxious to please in their own
homes as they are in the company of
their neighbOrs, they would hay o the
happiest homes in. the world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

PHOSPHATE SOAP costs no more
me dicinal qualities make it worth ten
times It's price to every man, woman
and child.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

A small child being asked by Sun
day School teacher, "What did the Is
raelites do after they crossed the Red
Sea p answered, "I don't know,
ma'am. but l guess they dried them
selves"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

IF you wish TO make your hands soft
buy a cake of PHOsPHATE SOAP for
Is cents, and when that is gone You Will
buy q dozen nnd recommend your
friends to do the same.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Cheap toiiet soaps manufactured from
rancid and refuse grease injure the skin
ana are really more expensive than
PHOSPHATE SOAP, which retails for
rs cents per cake.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

II You want u nice article of Toilet
Soap and something that is bcnefici to
the skin. buy PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Wings and feathers of birds retain
their brightness and color best when
they are plucked from living birds. The
bird catchers of France catch swallows
on ishhooks suspended by silken
threads from poles. When the swallows
fly low, AS they do in warm weather, or
on the approach of rain, the baited
hooks are in their path, and the birds,
jumping at the bait, are caught.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

CLEANSE THE BLOOD OF ALL Impurities,
and you ncutralize the virus Of many dis.
eases at their source. In all Disorders Of
the skin, the Glands, the Fieshy Fibre, the
Secrctive Organs, and the Bones, all Scrofu-
lous Complaints, Cancer. &c, DR.. Jayne's
Alternative Is Il standard curative; aud while
it is fault in many medicines that before
they reach the disease, the patient Is pros
trated beyond recovery, no such drawback
attends thi, remedy, for it sustsius the
strength OF the sufferer, while Graduating
the cause OF his complaint.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

PHOSPHATE SOAP Is made OF the
best toilet soap stock combined with the
phosphate OF soda and other materials
beneficial 80 the skin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

No salve OF eintment can heal q
wound or sore OF any kind. Every edu-
Gated physician Will tell you that nature
aline can do this. PHOSPHATE SOAP.
by its cleansing, soothing and purifying
qualities, gives nature a chance to act
freely.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

sensible girls avoid Cosmetics but use
PHOSPHATE SOAP for the toilet be-
cause it IL fragrant, pure and pleasant.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Natural beauty surpasses anything
which can be impaired by artificial
means. PHOSPHATE soar gives
health to the skin simply by removing
impurities ana oradicnting She Poisons
which give rise TO skin diseases.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

For chapped hands the constant use OF
PHOSPHATE SOAP will be recon,-
amended by all who give 1t one fair trial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Ifyour wife will persist in the use or
cosmetics buy her a cake or PHOS.
every night before retiring. In that
way much OF the harm Will be avoided,
as the skin Will thereby be able TO retain
much OF Its natural vigor and beauty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

You can never convince the average
nan that roll of brown paper won't
make cork for phial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

IL IL an old proverb that an ounce OF
preventive In better than = pound or cure.
Twenty-Five cents invested in cake OF
PHOSPHATE SOAP will save hundreds
of do liars In dOrtOrs' bills. IL acts as .
constant di.infrctant. preventing salt
eases,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08

Could Cicero O boat I?