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Life in q German Schloss.

The routine of life was quiet, even
monotOnOus, but to an American woman.
fresh from the /" titful fever'' of Ameri-
can housekeeping, sweet and restful.
| Ihe servants were numerous and well
trained, and performed their duties with
little noise, and at the right time and in
the right manner. 1t must be said in
passing that it took ten men and women
to do the work which half that number
would be required to perform in an
American household. Then, on the
| other hand, it must be stated that they
have not half our conveniences. Their
utensils are primitive and cumbrous, and
they have much to "fetch and carry;n
but looking at results, one can only in
dulge IN an envious and useless sigh.
The absence OF those pests of American
housekeeping. the weekly washing and
ironing days, is one reason WHY the
German servants are able to go about
their work with SO much more regular
ity and thoroughness. In Germany the
family wash is done no oftener than
once q nonth-in many: places not
oItener than once in three or six months
-and then is done by extra help hired
for the occasion. On Monday of the
week devoted to. this work, according
to my observations, the women came
and began preparations. The clothes,
etc., were sorted under the supervision
OF the lady s-maid or housekeeper; the
wood laid ready for lighting under the
great boiler in the wash-house and eyery
tub, hogshead, etc., filled with water.
The water was pumped laboriously and
brought from some. distance in cum
brous buckets. The carriers wore upon
their shoulders for this purpose heavy
wooden yokes, like ox-yokes, with a
chain and hook at each end, to which
the full buckets were attached. The
next morning at three o'clock they
were at work, busy as bees, aud out
chatterlng the swallows in the ivy
which grew about the wash house caves.
Wash-boards, those instruments of de-
structlon, were unknown, all rubbing
being done between their horny
knuckles. The ironing is done in Ger
many by means of q mangle, where
possible, and the clothes are beautifully
smooth and clean. sss .s
The whole atmosphere of the place
was peaceful and drowsy. Pigeons
cooed, swallows twittered, from morn
until night. These, and the musical
baying of the hounds, the lowing Of
distant cattle and the muffied rumble
OF wagons upon the chaussee, were the
sounds to which the ear became attuned.
The occasional shrek of a locomotive
was the only reminder of a world out
side this Sleepy Hollow of a place
atlantic Monthly. ,gt ,t.s, I.saf. sf4,5
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An Almost Serious Mistake.

A merchant of high Standing In Mon
treal lately abandoned the cares of busi-
ness and betook himself, with his young
and lately married wife, to fashiona-
BILE watering place on the St. Lawrence
River, where he took up his quarters in
first-class hotel. He had Just begun
to enjoy the felicity of connubial happi-
ness. while in his wife's company, let
ter in female hand was brought to
him, which being correctly addressed
he opened at once, somewhat curious
to know who his lady correspondent
could be. The curiosity of his better
half was naturally even greater than his
own and she waited with some interest
while he broke the seal. The letter was
taken out, and the gentleman stood
agilast at the opening words: g NV
dearest husband" The lady almost
tainted on the spot, but being rallied
gave ample evidence of the effect pro-
duced upon her by this unwelcorae dis
covery. In vain did the distracted hus-
band assure her there was some mistake.
She took up the envelope. 1t was cor
rectly addressed-even the ititials, by
no means uncommon ones, were exact
ly correct. Struggling against sus-
picion, the woman found herself in a
bad state indeed and how matters could
be righted was the puzzle of the hus-
band. The letter when read through
made matters infinitely worse for the
manner in which it dealt with family af-
fairs tended to confirm suspicion.
The gentleman in such dilemma
wrote to the Chief of Police of Montreal
enclosing the letter, which was dated
from Montreal and explaining the seri-
GUS complications it had caused By
the aid of detectives the woman was
soon found, and then interrogated with
a view to prosecuting her for blackmaiI
for she had demanded money in the
letter. Her answers were straight for
ward. She promptly acknowledged
having written asking money adding
that it was nobody's business whether
she wrote, to her husband or not. ..But
the gentleman is not your husband,'
said the officers. Indignant at this, she
spoke rapidly, in the course of her ex-
plantations mentioning that the gentle
man she had written to was waiter at
that hotel. The letter was sent back to
the hotel, and when further inquiries
were made as to whether there was arly
waiter of that name in the house, the
blackest colored gentleman, with a
white apron, stepped forward and hav-
ing received the epistle, wanted to know
who had the impertinence to open an
other gentleman S letters. He bore ex-
actly the same name as the person
whose tribulations have just been re-
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French Hotels.

And, talking about hotels, says the
Paris correspondent of the New York
EUeming Mail, reminds me that the
swindling bougie system is as much in
vogue as ever in France. 1t flourishes
under every regime, imperial, monarch
ical or republican, and withstands the
blows and imprecations hurled against
it by generations of American and Brit
ish tourists. Empires and dynast1es
rise and fall, but bougie scars aloft tri-
umphant and serene!
For the ways of French hotel keepers
are not our ways You alightat the inn
and you ask the price Of room. j
Four francs.n
80 That is the entire price?''
"Certainly. Four francs" t
"Then the service is includedp"
40, no! the service is one franc ex-,
tra." ISL ei. s.
g Then ,!s the price Of the room is five
'sYes, with service"
'' Nothing else extrap"
Only the bougie (candle)."
How much is that?'' 81.
sc One franc"
So the room, the price of which was
announced as four francs, is really six
francs. The " service is supposed to
include the servants fees, but the boots
and chamber-maid will ask for dou-
ceur.
1t is simply impossible to get French
hotel-keeper to state price which will
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+" Shust Like Vanderbilt. /"

A patrolman in the eastern part of the
city was the other day called into s
grocery kept by a German to see if he
couldn't do something towards aiding
the grocer to collect an account against
a party who had skipped out. D.a5.
You see, l tell you how all it vhas,' -
began the grocer, 90 dot mans come
here and says he WANTS a leedle credit,
pecouse he Works on der railroad und
dey doan' bay him off right away. Dot
vhas all right, und l drusted him apout
forty tollar. Den / WANTS to shut of
cn him, but he prings along man who
says to me: Hans. dis ish all right.
Dis mans am regular Vanderbilt, only
he doan' git his money YETI
$50 dot vas all right, und I gif him
CREDIT some more until he owes me
ninety tollar. Den my hair begins to
shtand CUP. und I dells him 1 must hat
my cash. He pats mo on der pack like
dis und says:
IS Hans, dis ish all right, am shust
like Vanderbilt, und you shall be bald
next week.
"Vhell, when next week comes
aroundt he had gone to Canada, und I
lose oafer hundred tollar. He says
he vhas shust like Vanderbilt, but
doan' know Vanderbilt. When der
poys say Vanderbilt, ish it shoke like
pull down your west und hardly effer
who struck Pilly BattersonP" P"-Detroit
Free Press.
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Remarkable Ordeal OF a Horse,

Last Tuesday morning some boys at
Middletown told some men that they
had seen horse tied to freight tram
which had just gone out, and that the
animal was running along and keeping
up with the cars Investigation proved
the. story to be true. and the hoof prints
were 70 lowed along the outside of the
ties until a bridge was reached. when
the horse had evidently broke loose,
knowing that he could not run over
timbers. The horse was fastened to the
cars by rope about It's neck. While
keeping up with the train it had
jumped over all the cattle guards in its
way, and when seven and one half sta
tion was reached had gone through the
narrow space between the cars and the
platform, not more than two and half
or three feet, without any apparent
difficulty. From the village to the point
at which the animal got looseis down
grade over which the trains generally
run at good speed and how the horse
could have kept up with the train over
the uneven road it had to travel is a
The horse was recovered and
found to be uninjured.-Ithaea IN. "
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Sound Advice About Funerals.

The Rev. j. G. White, of Cincinnati,
IN recent sermon said: In the prepara-
ton and arrangements for the burial let
as little time and money be expended as
possible for snowy surroundings. The
less of these things the better. Have
only enough show for proper respect,
Tor public decorum and social respect,
We are getting to mingle adversely and
prosperity together, and are getting to
be unable to distinguish moral difteren-
ces. We are now hardly able to dis
tinguish between a funeral and we'd
ding. At funerals the tendency is to.
ward extravaganza and pride, and, as
consequence, toward vice and the
meanest folly. Funerals are degenera-
ting into the most selfish, expensive,
snowy and meaningless services. AS
the vulgar expression is, they are SIM
ply ceremonies to give the dead ga
good send-off. - The coffin is covered
with tinsel and finery totally out of
place, considering the surroundings of
the deceased when alive. A man will
spend fifty dollars for carriage hire at
the funeral of his wife when he never
spent q dollar on riding, for her when
alive. At a great deal Of sacrifice a
husband will buy profusion of costly
flowers for the decoration of his wife's
coffin and grave when he never bought
a pot-plant for the frightening of her
chamber during years of sickness and
suffering. If possible, the funeral should
be on day other than the Sabbath, SO
as not to Interfere with the. PASTORS
regular duties at stated service. A
vigorous protest against the toe fire.
quent and very often disgusting habit
OF public leave-taking of the body was
made. The preacher held that the
leave-taking of our beloved dead should
always be in private and not before
crowd of idle, curious and unsympathiz-
ing spectators. The practice Of kiss
ing the dead just before the coffin-lid
was screwed down was neither decor
Gus nor proper, particularly in the pres
ence OF strangers. Sometimes there was
more kissing after death than before.
The glass cover should not be removed
for the qualification of anybody. Nay,
more, the reverend gentleman suggest
ed that. the face of the dead should
never be exposed to strangers. All the
funeral ceremonies should be simple,
but strikingly symbolical. A simple
piece OF Grape ON the door or worn on
the person was sufficient to denote
death in the family.
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Our Lightning Locomotives.

| The engine which was built to make
the ninety miles between New York and
Philadelphia IN ninety minutes, and
which did it, is, it seems, to be taken
across the water to show our old country
| cousins the sort of locomotives we build
here. 1t will probably do us no dis
| credit, but they are now building one or
two other novelties which it might be
as well to test before exporting. At
the Grant Works, for instance, it is
said that there is now being constructed
an engine with two sets of driving
wheels, one being vertically over the
other and intended to act upon them as
they act upon the track. Practical and
scientific predictions that the device
will not work at all are abundant, but
the inventor is none the less confident
that his machine will "better expecta-
tion.'' In Concord, N. H., they are
building locomotive with flat boiler
two feet by seven by twelve are the
given dimensions-with the fire box in
the middle. The engineers position,
like the pilots on a steamboat, is to be
at the bow, so to speak, and the fire.
mans at the stern, as now. The idea
is to bring larger portion of the boiler
over the fre-box and thus increase the
engines steaming power. If success
full, the device will remedy great de-
feet in the construction of the now uni
;versal round -boilered locomotives which
have been aptly 1ikened to tight-laced
woman, who finds difficulty in breath
ing. Then the little tank engines which
daily go putting overhead through our
streets have given such satisfactory per-
formances that plans have been pre-
pared for building others Of the type
with four, six, eight and even twelve
driving wheels, and calculated for the
heaviest work. The advantage claimed
for them is that in proportion to their
weight they show large adhesive, that
is, tractive, power. And in general it
may be said that there is noticeable
tendency to increase the size not only
ofNengines but of cars as We'll, Freight
cars OF twenty tons are supplanting
those Of twelve tons, and the eight
wheel locomotive, which has been ia
vored for freight service, is being re-
placed by those of the ssMogul and
the g Consolidation" types. They have
been deemed Objectionable as wearing
hard on the tracks, but as they pull
larger trains, and so reduce the number
of trains necessary for a given service,
the objection, to considerable extent,
nullifies itself. And. moreover, they
largely lessen the wages and fuel ac-
counts. And there are rumors of a
successful oil-burning locomotive. We
took the idea of the locomotive from
England, but we have worked over it
with originality and independence of
authority and tradition, until we have
developed a distinctly American type of
engine, which, to those knowing how
to rightly appreciate and interpret it, is
expressive of much that is characteristic
in our National life.-N. Y Times,
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Speech is silver, silence is golden,
and cheek is brass.
"A case of suspended animation
Swinging in hammock.
=" Another campaign lie nailedr' no
matter which one.-C Christian Req;ster.
This is the season for making tours.
As the poet says, g Tour is human. -
Boston Adoerttser.
The difference between bunch of
flowers and toper's nose-one is a
nosegay, the other gay nose.
-I'll winter night fair Isabel;
III spring upon my knees and tell
NO glrilS hand summer than she
And that she autumn marry me.
1t is only the female mosouito that
torments. You can let the male within
your mosquito bar with impnnity. He
VIII merely sit upon your nose and
sing.
Some Indians use scalping- knives of
tortoise shell, probably on account of
the old fable, in which the tortoise was
alleged to have got away with the hare.
IN. 7. Graphic. @.s'.'.
-"'Tis love that makes the world
go round" 1t also makes the youlnio
man go round-to the home of his girl
about seven nights per week.-NorTis-
toaOn Herald.
Some men celebrate the anniversary
OF their births as long as they live.
while women abandon the childish GUS
tom after they have passedtwenty with
out marriage.
Professor Huxley calls it ga colol-
lif1oral dlcotyledonous oxygen, with a
monopetalous corolla and a central
placentation:" If you are in hurry,
you can call it primrose, instead.
An Albany chicken was caught
under an upturned bucket some time
ago and remained there twenty-four
days before he was discovered. His
pulse was nominal, and he was WILLING
to take watermelons and milk, or any,
thing. "i# ~ f''
"A wit, speaking of an unpopular
author, said that he was color-blind.
"How so? What proof have you got of
itP" asked friend. "He always
thinks his literary productions are read,
when everybody else knows they are
not, !" was the reply. a"Aa
Who can tell what is the missing
link between woman and a porcu-
pineP This question is asked by young
gentleman with lacerated hands, who
says, with biblical emphasis, that the
connection between the two is so init
mate as not to require any.-Boston
Transcript.
"A Connecticut printer will try to
fast three weeks and work at the case
ten hours every day during that time.
OF course he must be locked up every
night, and kept away from pi If he
actually fasts his form will show proof
OF but little phat matter at the end of
the take,-N. o. Picayune. ''l 3'
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FORGOTTEY.

Among some cast-of trinkets, laid away
With Within curious box of eastern make,
rfo5nd sandal casket closed to-day,
WscA had been quite forgotten since that
Kissed the contents for dead boys sake.
Al, and wept, and bitter tears they were,
Although my memory held the things so
v,r the brown scentless blossom nestled there
ibnye bis still heart, and the wisp of hair
ssHad shaded brows forever hid from sight.
Itbought that day never could forget
How well loved him, as | Sorrowcd so:
pnstilI. aItho' my eyes have oft been wet,
Thas not been that we no more have met,
Norfor his lying thus beneath the snow,
Al, i've and love- then die and be forgot,
SsfoiI the cycles of our years away;
yor can we hope to find single spot
Wherein our memories shall fail to blot.
And blur, and be etfaced some sunny day.
Do love as strongly as man ever loved!
Ant oh 'twere foOlishneSS to think one check
Shall lose its boom forever, when seek
That haven mans gross knoWled ,e ne'r has
proved.
ri fwho sing this know that there are those
Wholove me better than aught else on earth,
And follow me with prayers tilt daylight's
close;
But when pass the reach of human throes.
know as well they will forget my birth.
So, little box of sandal and of pearl,
An oerwise lesson you have taught to-day
10 me who had forgotten bloom and curl,
Whch-wild with grief as any Iove-lorn girl
Within your case that spring l laid away.
Iadforgot! poor foolish words are these
TO offer at the dust-bound shrine raised
10 him loved, and where upon my knees
lrowed, at each recurring May, tho seas
RQnld intervene, to mourn him whom /
Id praised.
fhsd forgot! Well, let it be so. I
Shall gain no other epitaph than this
NF3hose who love me best SO pass me by
With these three words, while gazing where
lie. sfsa %
= ] had forgot" 'Tis better so, wis.
-ScribneT's Mugdzine.
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include everything. Their minds can
not grasp SO comprehensive an idea;
but they will grasp about everything
else. &c
Travellers used to vaunt the ss Euro
pean style" OF hotel keeping on the
ground that you only paid for what you
had, and if away at hours for meals they
are not charged to you; but lately even
this consolation is denied, for when you
get to your room you may or may not see
little placard stating that the price of
rooms is double to those who do not take
their meals in the house. The landlord
is, however, very careful not to tell you
OF this beforehand. He would be very
remarkable member of his calling if he
were not a perfect reservoir of mean
little tricks for plunderiug tourists.
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THE Secret Service has recentlv re-

1.-The Secret Service has recentlyre-
ceived dollar which had been neatly
scooped out in the center, leaving only
a thin plate on each side.i The cavity
was filed with solder and the edges
bound with a rim Of silver which had
been skillfully milled in xact,imitation
of the genuine work. The remarkable
feature about the coin was that the
weight and ring Of the genuine coin
had been successfully initiated, and the
coin was only detected by the merest
accident. From the fact that the work,
was of such pains-taking and accurate.
character, and such small profit was
realized, it is believed that it was done
in China and sent over to this country.
Gold coins of the denomination of $40
and S2O have frequently been doctored
in this way.
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counted, but, being of less eminence,
had been overlooked. Apologies were
exchanged and domestic happiness re-
stored. Boston Herald.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-09
RAELROADHs
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DHILADELPIHA, WIEMlMh
i AND BALTlAOkB kAAAAs
JULY 26rH 1889.

dOAL AoAA A~oSs
Trains winleave Wilmington aAAolkvwH
for .
100. $40, 1880 q. m; 2.Se. 400. I.es -
p. m. -f9a.s
iOjSf Phiia. al and New York an, s,e.so.7.os. 1osaa,
a., 1889, 1913, 2.0S, GOT p. m.
Baltimore and intermediate btAkaoAk
B.S5 a, m. 5.22 p. m.
Baltimore and Bay line, 7.0e p. m.
Baltimore and Washington, nu, ~
AIS 1856. o. M; 1852, / .04, 4.4s, 7.0s, p. n.
Trains for Delaware Division, leave tof
New Castle 800, 9.25, q. m; l.0o s.oos -
p. m.
Harrington and intermediate statisa1
9.25 q. m. (; LOS, 6.@ p. m.
m.; LOO p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Philadelphia and intermediate Staaons
$40 q. M. 800, $40, $50 p. m.
Philadelphia and New York, 4B 9. n
Baltimore and Washington. l2oi. Nv
o. m.
For further information passengers are
referred to the time tables posted - Ne
depot III. L. KENNEL.
Superintendent
The daily gazette., 1880-11-09
"GO HOME AND BE A GOOD
MOTHER"

AN AFFECTING SUNDAY MORNING
SCENE IN A POLICE COURT.
From the N. Y. Star.
In front of the bar of The Harlem
Court Sunday morning stood five
boys-the youngest aged 3 years
and the eldest Is. Their weeping
mother was in the center OF the
group. She presented pitiable ap-
pearance, and although her face was
bloated from the effects of strong
drink, the traces of its former beauty
were not entirely destroyed. The
complaint was made against her by
the owner of the house No. 24O4
Fourth avenue, in which she lives
with her children. Habitual drunk
enness was the charge, which was
supported by the testimony OF sew
eral of her neighbors who were
present. 1t was also charged that
when under the influence Of liquor
she abused her neighbors and ill
treated her children.
The poor woman listensd to the
statements of the Witnesses, the
tears streaming down her cheeks
meanwhile. She had spent Satur-
day night in q station house cell,
and, although exceedingly nervous,
was quite sober
"Give me another chance, oh, do,
judge" she lmplored, piteously. "!
want another chance, Judge, and i
| you forgive me this time l will re-
| form,'' and she stopped and kisset
her youngest child, who threw hi
arms tightly around his mother
neck.
81 felt it to be my duty to punisl
you," said the Judge, "but-"
"Oh, let me 60 home with m,
children, Judge" she cried: :. -.
will not drink any more, and 1 will
not ill-treat my children. Go
knows l love them too much to d
that" and she leaned her head upo
the shoulder of her eldest boy
J whose sobs were heard all over tn
room.
: 81 will let you 60, "said the Judg'
. who was much affected by the seen
presented to him. ~ will let 20
90, but l trust that you will reforl
indeed. No one knows better tina
you what are the evils Of intempsl
ance. Go home with your childre
and for their sake be q good, tempe
l ate mother"
She was crying too bitterly to re
turn thanks for the leniency show
| her, and slowly left the room a
g companied by her children. Son
r time ago her husband left her on a
c count of her Incorporate habit
=: Since the separation he has give
her a weekly allowance for her su
port. Her husband is an employe
the Custom Hous e in this city.