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The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25


THE Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times, said lately that the Re-
publicans had gotten hold of some awful
facts regarding Hancock, and that they were
to be used by Secretary Schurz, in his speech
at indianapolis, and predicted that the
speech would be one of the greatest politi-
cal documents in circulation during the cam
paign. How anxiously the Democrats waited
for this speech, with fears that the immacu-
late pedestal, upon which their favorite had
been placed, would be ruthlessly overthrown,
by the awful facts shown up in Schurz's
scholarly sentences, and enliven with his
cool sarcasm. The speech has been made
and the worst said about Hancock, was, that
he was not statesman. The little expert
ence that the General has had in that branch
Of the government has shown that he has
several of the fundamental principles down
very fine, and something more than that
will have to be done, before any great effect
will be made throughout the country.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25
The Pride of a Child.

A st. Louis paper tells touching story o.
school life. 1t illustrates both the longin Of
fhlldren to appear as well as their shoolmates
and the mental sufferings incident to poverty.
In one ofthe St.Louis public schools many Of
the children who came from distance were
accustomed to bring lunch, and thus save a
long walk home for dinner. They generally
ate it together and had merry time.
Among those who stopped, one of the
teachers noticed a little girl who never
brought any lunch, bu. who looked wistfully
at her playmates as they were eating the
noonmeal. But one day the girl brought her
bundle also, wrapped in paper Al noon
she did not go with the others, but remained
at her desk as if preferring to eat alone.
The teacher thinking her unsocial, advised
her to go to the iunch-room with her play.
mates, and walked toward her to take her
bundle. But the little girl bursting into
sobs, said:
g." Don't touch it teacher; and oh, teacher
1on't tell, please. It's only blocks"
The poor girl had no dinner to bring, but
wished to keep up appearances, so as not
o seem unlike her schoolmates. And she
vas one of the best scholars in the school,
she was very dear to the teachers heart |
fter that incident.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

SOMEBODY who writes the local love-
stories for the MO,aing NezOS is unquestion-
ably the most successful "gusher" in the
newspaper business in Delaware. Matt.
Hayden, according to the MO,nfng Ne7VS,
eloped with Miss Courtney the other day,
and the reader Of the Morning NsVS had
to wade through something like half
column Of gush before he could get at
the facts in the case. For instance: "The
Observation-Disclosures, in all of natures
pharmacy that grew in such prodigality
about him, may have had some philter,
some potion all powerful with an aroma OF
spell falling with soft languor upon the
senses, lotus-like, captivating the affections,
etc. Great Heavens must it be that such
an intellect must be cramped in little
penny morning newspaper, when it should
be grinding out yellow-covered novels BY
the million, for the edifcation of the youth
of the land? But such is fate.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

SAYS the New York Herald, of July 81 :
"There is nothing strange about the strike
of the second hands on the Knicker-
booker Company's ice wagons. If sixteen
hours work day for six dollars week does
not justify man in striking, then nothing
can." This is something for Wilmington
workmen to read and consider. Wages are
low enough, even in this city, which is
generally regarded as a workingman's
paradise, but the state of affairs depicted in
the above seems, sure enough, as if it should
be the straw that would break the camel's
back and, on the principle of self-preserva.
ton being the first law of nature, force
workingmen to adopt desperate remedies
for desperate case.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25
Boiled Eggs and Ice Water.

The other morning young man who ha
long boarded with a Congress street land
lady, was asked to step into the parlor for {
1Sjgate interview, and when the old lady hat
"a cornered, she began:
"Mr. Blank, you have boarded with me
for long time, and never before have | had
occasion to find word of fault"
"Fault to find with me Why, what
have done?"
Well, every night for an hour after YOU
come in, and every morning for an hour be-
fore breakfast, we all hear you tramping
around and talking about war and liberty
and death and SO on, and some of my
boarders fear that you have taken to drink
oh, can explain all that" he cheer
fully replied; "I am to deliver Fourth of
July oration out here in country town, and
am getting my speech ready"
us it necessary that you should deliver
this speech 7"
"Why no; but consider it a great hon.
or to be invited to speak,"
IL wish you'd give it up" she faltered.
:" But for what reason7 Pm afraid YOU
don't understand me-"
"Oh, yes dol know all about it. Last
year seven of the young men in my house
vent out to deliver Fourth of July orations,
md at o'clock in the morning all were
ying dead drunk on the hail. floor. OIL
'ourse, love liberty, Mr.. Blank, and
'lways have extra boiled eggs and ice water
IN the Fourth, but you've no idea how hard
bese orations are on hall carpets and stair
ods' If you've got to go, wish you'd
make arrangements to have the police run
ou in for that night"
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25
A Dead Give Away.

She stood in the effulgent light of short
tallow dip, waiting for him at the door at
one a. m. He came. He was husky. She
didn't mind that. He was drunk-she was
used to it. "Jim," she said softly, knock
ing him down so as to drag him up to bed
easier, "Jim, did you votef" "Yesh,
dear" "You've been a long time.'
Yesh, love, poll didn't close till jest now"
"Where's the money!" Whatf" 1.-THE
money" "My dear, don't understand"
"Didn'tt they pay you for your votel" "No."
She looked at him playfully, with boa con-
strictor tickle in her eye. "It's time women
had the franchise" she muttered; "the men
amt up to it." Then she rolled him under
the bed, to be out of the way, and in the
morning she got him into an asylum, under
the Punch and Judycature act. He gave
his vote for nothing" she said to the magis-
trate. Dangerous lunatic," wrote his
worship; and at the next election there was
! voter short.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25
The MiddletoWn Exhibition.

The Peninsular Agricultural and Pomo-
logical Associations Exhibition, for 1880, at
Middletown, which will be the seventh an
nual Exhibition of the Society, gives fair
promise of being very full and complete
affair. Circulars are out giving the premium
lists, including those for trials of speed. The
first class is for Peninsula colts; purse, $Ioo,
divided into 500, $50 and $Io. Second,
$3.50 class, premiums $50, $50 and $40.
Third, ,a.45 class, $Iao, 500 and $40. Fourth,
Peninsular horses without record, $50, SIS
and SIS. Fifth, ESQ class, for Peninsular
horses, $I2o, 500 and $40. Sixth, free to
all Peninsular horses, $40, $50, $50 and
$50. Seventh 8 minute class, $40, $40, $25
and Sis. Eighth, 2.4o class, $I25, $50, land
$45. Ninth, a.3o class, $500, $Ioo and $50.
Tenth, minute class,$5o,$2s,$Is and $Io.
Eleventh, 2.34 class, $3.50, 500 and $50.
Twelfth, 2.26 class, $aas, $II5 and 500.
The Exhibition takes place September 2Ist,
22nd, 23rd and 24th.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25
An Opinion of Weight.

From Every Evening, of July Io.
The SUNDAY MIRROR improves with each
new number, and is really first-class news
paper, worthy to take rank with the best of
its Sunday contemporaries of larger cities
Its copious and well prepared telegraphic
news is a feature that is to be found in very
few of the regular Sunday papers of any
place, while its general and local news, fresh
and attractively presented, supplies need
that has long been felt in Wilmington. Edi-
torially the MIRROR is able and discriminate
ing, and altogether the paper is deserving oi
the highest success.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

SOME of the inconsistencies of life are
aptly illustrated by the relations of Col.
Mcclure, of the Philadelphia Times, with
the Lancaster Hntelligrncer. Day after day
has the Lateligencey denounced the Colonel
in its editorial columns, but only the other
day the Colonel appeared before the
Supreme Court at Harrisburg, as the
champion of the editors of the Lancaster
sheet The editors, Messrs. Steinman and
Hensol, are also attorneys at-law, but they
were recently dismissed from the bar for
rejecting on the Court in the columns Of
their paper. Then, in their dilemma, they
flew to the Colonel for aid, and he made a
great long speech in their behalf and pub
lished it all in the Times.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

Owing to the supply of MIRRORS last Sun
day being far too small to meet the demand,
few of our subscribers failed to receive
their papers, for which accident we are
heartily sorry No remuneration is expect
ed for papers not received. Last Sunday
about 200 copies were issued, but the de-
mand exhausted the supply inside of two
hours. To-day, determined that every one
shall have an opportunity of getting d
paper we issue more than 6,ooo copies.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

SEvENTY-sIX children died from the effect
of the heat in New York during Monday
afternoon and Tuesday morning last. The
Herald says there is no other city in the
Union where proportionate death-rate exists
among children, and assigns as the reason
therefor that no other city maintains a
garbage heap or vile gutter in front OF
almost every tenement house. Some Of
Wilmington's streets might almost be
placed in the same category with the above,
though it appears to be no fault of the
Street Commissioner. But then Whining
ton urchins are proverbially healthy, and so
long as they are allowed to "bend" the
law which restricts their swimming opera
tions, they are pretty safe from any mortality
which might be caused by dirty streets.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

THE ability of the human organism
to either feast or fast is well illustrated by
an agreeable episode in the prosaic career
of that truly great and good simpleton, Dio
Lewis. Like a great many other well-meaning
people, Lewis has an idea that the only thing
man is created for is the practice of economy
in his financial affairs. This, according to
this school of philosophy, is the sole aim of
his existence. But it is amusing to note
how quickly peoples ideas of the duty Of
economy change when some one else foots
the bill. Dio had economy down to such a
fine point that he lived on ten cents day,
and had completely forgotten the ingredi-
ents of square meal. One day a friend,
curious to know if he could eat like other
people, asked him into restaurant to take
dinner with him, proposing to pay for all he
could gorge. The friends curiosity was en-
tirely satisfied, and when the show was over
the bill was just $I7.5o apiece.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

"WHAT has become of our militia COM
panies?" asked citizen yesterday. He
wanted to know why they didn't parade
around the streets and create public inter-
est in themselves. Well, now, that is good
idea; especially as all the members of our
militia companies are enormously wealthy
and have nothing to do but walk around
town. And then it must be so very pleasant
to hear people remark; ooh, they are only
playing soldier; they wouldn't fight" Now,
as our two Wilmington companies are
among the best in the country, and have
made themselves SO by their own exertions,
any such remarks, to say the least, are
decidedly uncharitable.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

DELAwAREANs take a hand in almost
everything that turns up, and il appears
that a number of them have taken hand,
in one way or another, in Philadelphia's
bogus medical colleges, but it does not
appear that many of them meant to " do
anything wrong" any more than the
Pearl of Savoy did when she was looking
at her stockings in the looking glass.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25
DIR. TANNER lost two inches in height by

DR.. TANNER lost two inches in height by
fasting Fl days This seems almost in
credible, but it is a fact. And what astound-
ing probabilities are suggested by this fact.
Might it not be possible, through some
strange dispensation Of nature, as yet un-
revealed, for person to commence growing
young again at some stage of fasting ex-
cursion7 The problem is respectfully sub
mitted to George Francis Train.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

A NORTH Carolina
ed by the iudee.re ary, after being ,charg.
49,, ,,o.,. 70 their room. A white
| = ||||| - u : !
How EASY these
rural traveller on the luz observed
kind of springs do Il - W. " D., what
Springs" replied his 'S e'e oaiatoga
"oh, yes, have heal i'.e'.v"S companion
reioinder I'd of them," was the
WE can remember
we can't always fastenp pDeu! i'S'-ia'e' Dut
r;obt yerses Is;t the right poet to the
Montgomery who says
An likewise sime to fall,
The reason, too 's5ve /;
It comes o gethe
Blu here's the diff rcncatn dry.
falls more harder an 4 twxt III leaves an me:
THE young lady 'sas a",.
all worked up" has Is were
A BOY who had re Fr''
nm anchors wanted i'd of sailors heaving
s;c,,ness ,ha. r,,da II know if it was sea-
i'm do it.
Tho ouest;on mwting his scholars, put
l;oht 70 tho uor,d ~ vt was made to give
oe The ,,o,nos,ers ,olf Matches" cried one
i, a short pause.
nerchant the otber Wilmington coal
l,t , ,1o11.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

WE have, in the person of Lewis, who
stood still and allowed Mrs. Mccoy to cow
hide him, the other day, an exemplifcation
of the christian doctrine of non-resistance.
Mrs. Mccoy says he stood still because he
was ashamed of himself, but if that were the
case he would probably now stand still for
ever
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

THE City Democrats had better be care
full and shake hands with each other, and
" makeup" or possibly they will lose
something. Already, owing to the little
unpleasantness in the party ranks, an in
dependent movement, apart from either
political party, is talked of
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

SOMEBODY says that the local article in
last Sundays MIRROR about the prospective
combat between the "shouters " and the
"an anti-shouters, at the M. P. church, on
Seventh street, was the means of preventing
a collision between the opposing factions.
Glad to think that the MIRROR did such a
good work in the cause of religion and good
order,
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

TALKING about temperance, why don't
somebody start a genuine temperance
society-so many beers day and no more.
A great many would join it who would
laugh at the idea of total abstinence.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

THE MIRROR gets out an extra edition
to-day Of over 5000, and its regular adver-
tisers, therefore, get the advantage of the
extra circulation gratis. All the MIRROR
asks in return is continuance of their
fayors
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25
Sunday aMirror.
WILMINGTON, DEL, JULY rs, 1880.
Notice..

Tickets can be purchased at the office of
the SUNDAY MIRROR, for the Jefferson Club
Excursion to Coney Island. See advertise
ment Tickets $2,75.
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25
Not so yeg.---4;-

A well-dress 'hey useu 10 De.
of probate of p applied to the judge
He was askedlor marriage license.
answered, with his intended was, and
teen, dge-xsnimation i" Just six
soonest girl insNteen, and the hand
could not Q do il The judge said he
issue a license ! law forbade him to
"Well. hold ne under eighteen.
&" | know - \xclaimed the man,
ui1ua16 >9eceitful and lie
The Sunday mirror., 1880-07-25

| A,rrnrp ,,,,, ,efl Sho-t Pause'
nS aD.t ~ t,a a',sh o,h.a Wilmington COZ
rwhat peck of Goa
The peol
Rock Gazettl tne Little
the other day. 1ea oi0oashed
met near the ~ S'p.' oi0"er
changing fev 81 Ai'er ex-
ed: sun feiiiark-
81 was tb
said Garfield town VINO
standing in, ou see,
the Chicx result OF
"I am Blower
field wo,, at Gar
picked ups nd
back to strj drew
"HoL
that ros Ne see
The cap In it,
colonel rus Id the
began to ex' and
and Stripes Stars
ton." o the
friends, est of
The y HsA''"s'
thad
umbrellar, vi
wild, and the<
chairs and holi
the drunk chap
nerk of the jun H
monnerk it bell = y
teller KEEP pol put the
steam engin. Jan to
Jumped onto its fnonnerk it
out of its skin ab 3shucked itself Me
onto its hands, al up its sleefs and spit Ian
bedam if l cant up and said; Il I
out the gum dssOllip the pea-green
a proddin this{lOOt which has been
dience they waa1ger And the od-
Not SO yes A
A well-dress they used to be. An
of probate of p applied to the judge -
He was askedio'r a marriage license.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14
Godey's Lady's Book for January, 1880,

Shows that the old, established favorite still
stands at the head of Fashion, Literature, and
Art. Opening with one of Darley's gems,
"Grandfather's Call" New Years Poem in
Picture, it gives page after page of attrac-
tive matter for the fair sex, in Fashion and
Fancy Work. Mrs. Bepjamin's novel, "Jim
the Parson," is the first of the novels we are
promised this year, and is written in the same
earnest, pure tone that made "Glenarchan'
and "Hilda and 1" so popular. The usual
literary department loses nothing by this
addition, as we find short stories and poems by
our best writers in succeeding pages. Every
department Is well filed, and Cooley for 1881
means to keep all its enviable reputation and
standing by deserving them. We receive sub
scriptions at this Office for Godey's Lady's
Book and THE TIMES, furnishing both to sub
scribers at the low price of $500 per annum.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14
DE.ATEE@s

BRENNEMAN-In Lancaster on Dec. 4th, 1880,
Mrs. Brenneman. wife OF b. s. Brenneman, re-
Gently OF Center twp, this county.
SHATTo--In Johnstown, on Dec. Ttl, 1880 Dr.
John j. Shatto, formerly OF this county, aged 40
years.
FESN-On Dec 9Th. 1850, at Marysyille, Margar
ct d., wife OF The0. Fem, Esq, aged So years.
IUNGERICn-On Nov. 29th, 1880, In Juniata twp,
George Iungerich, aged a years, months and
days.
SHAFFER - On Dec. 1st, 1880. at New Buffalo,
John ShaiTer, aged u years, 2m0nths and IL days,
GRIER-- At Grer's Point, on Dec. 1lth, 1880
Samuel Grler, aged about rs years.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14

John Shearer, Esq, is very indignant
at the manner he is referred TO In the in
surance article, published In Phlla-
delphia paper and copied into the Free
man, but as we did not publish the
give room TO his long letter in reply
We have no doubt that Judge Baker
will give room for the explanation.
The Carlisle Herald says On Friday
last, Mr.. Joseph w. Galbraith, of Dick
inson, shipped a lot of fine oats to s. Y.
Haines, of Philadelphia. These varie-
ties included the White Belgian, which
weighed 81 lbs. to the bushel, and the
New Zealand, which weighed 33 lbs
He received $1.00 per bushel, and we
understand has upwards of 100 bushel,
sold fer future delivery.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14

quence she suffered considerable but was
relieved by the usual applications.
Some time ago roll of Brussels car
pet was taken from car In Newville.-
For long time nothing was heard of
the thief or his spoils, but a few days
ago, suspicion pointed to James Nickel
son as the culprit. An investigation
followed, and it was discovered that
Nickelson had stolen the carpet and sold
1t TO Adam Bentz, of that place for five
dollars. A warrant was placed In Officer
Byers' hands, and he arrested Nickelson
and Bentz. They were held In $500 bail
each. Nickelson has left the country,
and 1t is likely that when the time ar
Mr.. John Woodburn will have $500 to
pay.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14

sdY- PETERsON'S MAGAZINE, for Janu-
ary, is before us, in advance and has outdone
itself even. Besides two beautiful steel-en-
cravings, a doublesize colored steel fashion
plate, and superb colored pattern In Henri
III. embroidery, and some half a hundred
wood-engravngs of fashions, workable pat
terms, etc., 1t has an array of tales, novelets,
etc., etc., such as is rarely seen in any maga-
zine. The terms are but Two Dollars a year,
with great deductions to clubs, and handsome
premiums to persons getting up clubs. Speci-
mems are sent, gratis, If written for, to persons
wishing to get up clubs. Address CHARLES j.
PETERSON, 306 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
N. B.-We furnish "Peterson," and TIE
TIMES, for one year, for $500 cash in advance,
to those wishing to take both.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14

Cumberland COunty.-We copy the fol
lowing from the Cumberland papers
of last week:
On Friday night last, Mrs. John r.
Dunfee, of East Main street, Newville,
became the victim of serious coal oil
accident. They had retired to bed, and
about eleven o'clock, Mr.. Dunfee was
awakened by an explosion and on open
ing his eyes found the table on which
the lamp had been sitting all abIaze and
the burning fluid running to the floor
Wife and he both in haste and under
considerable excitement proceeded to ex-
tinguish the flames. This was partly
accomplished when the night clothes of
Mrs. Dunfee were found TO be ON fire
and before her husband could extinguish
the flames she was seriously burned
from her hip down, one arm and one
of her hands very badly. AS conse-
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14

Fine venIson. day last week the
foreman of this office received a fine
hind-quarter of venison, by express,
from DIR. d. H. Sweeney, former resi-
dent of this borough, but now pleasant
ly located at Clearfeld, Pa, where we
are happy to learn, he has a lucrative
practice. The Doctor wished to be re-
membered to several of his old friends.
All requests complied with, Doctor, and
you have the thanks and good wishes of
all mentioned. -
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14
For THE TIMES.

FOf LINES.
Mans inhumanity to man makes countless
thousands mourn.-BurnS.
Mr.. EDITOR I'VE are glad to see that the
Press, not only in the State but in the county,
have commenced to ventilate this species of
gambling called life insuring, In which men
who have money send out agents or spies,
secretly hunting up along the road of life, all
who are poor and sickly and old, like so many
yultures, that they may pick their bones before
they are covered up in the grave forever bet
ter, as Shakespeare has IL, coin their hearts for
money than get 1t by such means. 1t is AFRO
gance against God, and an insult to all whom
they approach In this way and we wonder
that their children do not repel the insult thus
offered to their venerable parents. And In
vain do men preach and pray while uch a
hardening process lie going on in their midst, 1t
stops up all the pores of humanity, and
hardens the heart more than the African slave
trade, for avarice is the prevailing and leading
sin of the world and makes men not only forget
God but their own species.
HUMANITY.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14

Sudden Death. - Frank Gillespie, of
this place, died suddenly, 1t is supposed
of heart disease, on Monday night. He
was on the street during the day and
evening and remarked to friend that
he did not feel so well, and would have
TO keep off the damp pavements. Dur
ing the night his condition becoming
alarming physician was summoned,
but before he arrived Mr.. Gillespie was a
corpse. Franklin Repository.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14
CARLISLE PRODUCE MARKET
Philadelphia Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec II, 1880
Flour unsettled; extras s3 0O@3 CO.; Pennsyl
vanla family, $3.50 % s4.75 Minnesota do, $500
s5.l2; patent and high grades s6.50@700
Rye -four, SO 25G03.25.
COrnmeal. S220
Wheat. 1l6 n 1l3.
Corn-yellOw. 54056c. mixed. 64d!6c.
Oats quiet; Pennsylvania and western white.
40p42c. western mixed ,36@38
RYe97fI98c.
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@g IMPORTANT NOTICE.

All New Subscribers paying one years
subscription in advance, will receive
THE TIMES from receipt of the money
UNTIL JANUARY 1sT, 1882.
Each subscriber paying two years in
advance, will in addition to the above
offer, receive a copy of Kendall's Horse
Book.