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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-18

When Mr.. Meginnis' attention wes
called to the molten lava flowing from the
crater of Mount Vesuvius, on his first aud
only visit to the land of hand organs, he
very naturally asked how the ''poor crater
came to overload its shtomach SO drid-
fully. y."-BO, ton 1ranscy3pt.
A maid, as by court records doth appear,
Whom s50,0n0 made so dear,
Unto her waiting lover steinly said
'Forego the weed before we 20 to wed,
For smoke take flame III be that flames bright
To have your Anna, give your Havana"
The wretch, when thus she brought him to the
scratch
Lit his cigar and threw away the match.
A coiored man applying for marriage
license in Cincinnati was asked if he and
the lady were related. Yes, sah," he
replied. When asked how, he answered
'f thought you dcluded to de tender
relashuns OBJ iuv what prevails between us
at de present moment"
Lately, when soft warm brcczes blew,
The masher, blithe and gay,
Boomed radiant in flannel suit,
His ulster packed away
But now east winds blow cold and chill,
His spirits get reduced;
He hastes to shoot the flannel suit,
For ulsters rule the roost.
If you want to study the immense
variety of the human face in expression
you should bend your gazs upon the
mobile ccuntenance of deaf and durub
man when he reaches under the plank
walk for lost nickel and picks up u raw
bumbie-bse by tho stem. Burlington
Henkeye.
The London Globe narrstes that Mr..
Siegfried Hess Il trader well known in
Port Elizabeth and fayorably known on
the Grahsmstown Ostrich Feather Market,
was recently the victim of most
unfortunate casualty. Mr.. Hess was
leisurely walking through Mr.. Goedhals's
ostrich camp when suddenly large male
bird went for him, knocked him down,
tore the clothing FROM and mutilated hin
in very serious manner, literally olawin g
portions of flesh from his limbs.
A darkey recently mada application Tor
divorce from his wife. When asked IN
what ground hs demanded divorce he
explained as follows: 'Da ground of dis
occasion is sufficient enough. When l
rented ten acres and worked one mule |
married woman suitable for do occasion.
Now 1 rent go acres of land an work i've
mules. My fust wife il mighty good
teu-acre WIFE, but she don't suit de occa.
sion OBJ 90 acres. | needs woman what
san spread more"
A Wisconsin p, dier assured each pur-
chaser of cake of soap that, on using
each cake until the centre was reached
$40 note would be found therein. The
buyers cut the cakes open but found no
money. The swipdler was arrested He
argued that the complainants. by cutting
into the soap, instead of using it in the
ordinary way, had violated the terms of
the sale, and therefore could not legally
proceed against him. The justice ruled
that the defense was sound, and dis
charged the prisoner.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-18

Some one who believes that ''hrevity is
the soul of wit" says "don't eat stale @
cumbers. They'll W up"
a lady won't make anything by it when
she says she isn't good looking.
A South End Democrat refuses to wear
his new hat for fear he will be mistak, n
for a Garfield man.-BoSt0a Post. t..
oh,,ye who feel It's hard to TOLL
And sweat the long hours through
Remember 1t is harder still
To have no work to do.
You can disguise the nail-marks OF petty
shortcomings, but you can't putty the
knot-holes iu the fence of q mean disposi-
tion.
The red leaves Of autumn are falling,
Cold sweep the rude winds DER the plain,
Soon Mabel and George will be holding
The parlor armchair down again.
The decorative craze grows worse. II
is now the fashion to ornament broom
handles with full-length pictures of Sara
BernhardL.
Ohinumen cant whistle. - Phtladelphia
Ne,os. This il the sblest apology yet
made for Garlelds Chinese theo-ies -
Boston Post.
Certainly, sweet nuisance, hats aud
speak. Haven't you often observed
very tight one make a rim marx about
mans forehead.
Alonzo wants to know 'tif it hurts a
man to be called a liar?" No, Alonzo, no.
II is more likely to hurt the other man.
Burlington Hasokeye.
The heights by great men reached and kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toillng upward in the night,
-Longteliow.
New Orleans has not only half dozen
good theatres, but Is 30 devoted to the
legitimate drama that she has eiscted
Shakespeare for her mayor.
1t is estimated that the sea swallo ws up
about two and one-quarter yards gear of
part of the Yorkshire coast, and about
three feet year of part of Kent.
"The Iron Hand Company" is the name
of dramatic organization now ou the
road. 1t will probably be followed by the
'rin ear Combination. ."-Puck.
byron, my son." said literary father
to his athletic sou, Byron never played
baseball" ''No," said the boy, pulling
on his orange-colored shirt, land George
Washington never wrote poetry"
to air his French before his friends)-
"Avvyvoo la Parfume du-er-du Jockey
Olub?' Fair Perfumer-"O, yes. sarel
We have all zs English smells PUN
Somebody makes the remark that the
most disagreeeble month to soldier is a
long March. 1t May be, but when a
soldier has been October by bullet once
or twice he changes his mind. YawcO5
Strauss.
''Give the wicked Bernhard wide
berth!" cries Nav York exchange.
What for2 She's thin and can get along
with narrow one. Give the wide berth
to David Davis or the Rev. Capt. Beecher.
They're fat.
On a homeward bound Charleston car
jolly-loking Irishman was saluted with the
remark: Tim, yer house was blown
away" Deed, thin, it isn't, !" he answered,
''for have the kay i'll my pocket. ~
Boston Post.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-18

The funniest man in all the town
He thought himself, did Mr.. Brown.
While at the club one night lie saw
A new silk tile upon the floor, .."..
And winking to the crowd 80 slick,
lie gave the hat gentle KICK
And then another, Just to show
That wit from empty heads eau How.
All caught The hInpr of his fun
To kick the hat they WED each one.
There he 'er was such Jolly crowd,
And MI. Brown tell very prond,
Aud when leaye-tAking came, broad smiles
All wore while putting on their tiles.
Save MIR. Brown, whose nirth was llown-
The hat sO crushed was all his own.
-Titusviiia World.
The new system of compulsory retire.
ment in the British army is about to come
into full play. For tho last three years it
has been only partially in operation. A
considerate margin was allowed during the
interval, with the effect that, up to the
present, only few captains and majors
have been displaced from their regiments.
But, after the 1st of January, 1881, speak
ing generally, every captain who had not
attained that grade under the purchase
system will be compelled to relipquish his
regimeptal position at the age of forty.
An officer. in fact, is to be deemed
engaged, like soldier, for a limited
period.
"When 1 was abroad" remarked
McSquint, "I-n ''You what" ex-
claimed Robb, "when you were abroad ?
Why, hang it, l have known you all of
your life and to my certain knowledge
you have never been out of Arkansas. l
wouldn't bet that you were ever fifty miles
from Little Rock" "You will please
excuse me-" continued McSquint, 'but
I'll bet YOU S25 that / went out of the
you Put up" The money was given to
q stakeholder. Now" said Robb, ''can
you prove your assertionB2" Il said that
1 had been out of the United States, didn't
II" Yes" "well l have" "When ?"
I'm 1861, wheE Arkansas went out of the
Union" The bet was decided in
MoSquint's favor.-Litte Rock Gazette.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-18

Here lies the body of Gabriel John,
Who died in seventeen hundred and one;
Pray for the soul of Gabriel john
II you don't like II you can let it alone;
'Tis all the same to Gabriel John,
Who died In Seventeen hundred and one.
-,thumbsrs' IolrnnJ
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-18

,. NJ, TELTON,
President Delaware II. Il. Go.
ISAAC HlNCKLEy.
President r., W. x b. Il. Il. Go.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-23
..In this world . he thouaht "or tn

I'm this world" he thought, "or thu
next ~
A whisper reached him.
Harold =
"Ah. Rant Aiive.'
Their voices were very faint.
1t is as much as caa say life is going
quickly. And yous"
We are comrades; cannot live another
hour"
Goodnight. then.
No. yet, Rant 2
YES"
"You have the dove with your
Rant feebly moged his hand 70 his back
the basket was there. and he felt the t1ut-
tering of the pigeons wings.
+" 1t is hers, Harold
g Have you strength to write word to
cur friends in the Valley of Lilies y
The questien-the intention conveyed in
it-gave him tie strength.
Il can do It. Harold"
You have no paper"
Yes wrapt in an oilskin. 1
have always carried it about me.
What shall l write 2"
Farewell. From Rant and Harold,
friends in death. We shall meet in the
hereafter"
With difficulty the words were traced.
By a supreme effort Rant took the dove,
scarcely alive, from the basket, and at
tached the message beneath its wing. He
pressed his bps to the bird, and placed it
TO Harold's lips, Then ne set it free.
In the fresh, pure air the bird soon
regained its strength. In few moments
it was gone-on its way to the Valley of
Lilies, where Margaret and Clarce were
sleeping in each Others arms
The sun rose above the eastern horizon.
A blush Hinged the bosom of the Silver Sea.
Harola
AYE.
q was wrong said Good night
Can you see the light Of the rising sun ,"
81 do not know see light, thank
God but it is in my soul, not in my eyes.
Good morning, friend {"
Good morning, friend! "
The sea was bathed in rosy light, and
the sun shone upon the white faces of
Harold and Ranf as they lay il the Gross
fixed in the golden caves
THE END.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-23

MOS. so, SO AND 81 FIFTH ST., SACRAMENTO
IN dealers in Produce and Brewers Supplies
Manufacturers Of Malt and all kinds Of Meals, ETC.
Oatmeal, Cornmel, Cracked Wheat. Graham Flour
Buekwhest Flour, etc. New Grain Bags for sale.
ol7lpd
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-23
ANNUAL MEETING.

a MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
n the Sacramento Gravel Mining Company will
be held at the office of A. Leonard, No lol2 Fourth
street Sacramento, on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
9th, at P. N. By order OF
a. LEONARD, President
W s. JOHNSTON, Secretary olS-2w
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-23

The sea was bsthed in rosy light, and
the sun shone upon the white faces of
Harold and Ranf as they lay il the Gross
fixed in the golden caves
TIE END.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-16
Garfield On Hancock il 1858.

This is not the first time that General Car
field has confronted General Hancock. He
exposed the weak side of his record as long
ago as 1868 in speech in Congress. from
which We present an extract below. 1t
makes timely reading 4, this juncture.
II will not, ;" said Gen. Garfield repeat
the long catalogue of distractions which he
President johnson has thrown in the way
by virtue of the power conferred upon him
in the Reconstruction law of 1867, but | will
allude 20 one example where he has found in
a major-general of the army facilc instru-
ment with which more eifectually to OBJ
struct the work of reconstruction This
case is all the more painful because an other
wise meritOrious officer, who bears honor
able scars earned in battle for the Union,
has been made Il party to political madness
which has so long marked the conduct of the
President. This General was sent into the
district of Louisiana and Texas with law
that commands him to see that justice is ad-
ministered among the people of that coun-
try, and that no presence Of civil authority
shall deter him from performing his duty,
and yet we find that officer giving lectures
in the form of proclamatiOns and orders on
what ought to be the relations between the
civil and military departments of the govern
ment. We sec him issuing general order
in which he declares that the civil should
not give way before the military. We hear
him declaring that he finds nothing in the
laws of Louisiana and Texas to warrant his
interference in the civil administration of
those States. 1t is not for him to say which
should be- first, the civil or the military, in
that rebel community. 1t is not for him to
search the detunct laws Of Louisiana and
Texas for guide to his conduct. 1t is for
him to obey the laws which he was sent
there to execute. 1t is for him to aid in
building up civil governments rather than
preparing himself 10 be the Presidential can
didate OF the party which gave him No
sympathy when he was calamity lighting the
hatilts Of the country
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-16
PERSONAL.

We are pleased ,n learn that The dcsree OF
d. D. was conferred by Midllchury College
at lis late commencement on Rev. I. +.
Fcrrn OF Plainlirld II Is a well bestowed
honor. and one which We doubt not wound
have been conferred before this hy the Uni
vcrsity OF Vermont. it Mr.. Fcrrin hal not
been II member and v,r5 mo,!c member
of its Board of Trustees.
Col William r. rclton, ncl hew OF cA
Gov. Tildcn. died Thursday II. rnin.'. lie
was 81 years old.
senator Don Camcran's health, says n
Washington despatch, is 50 mnch under
mined rs ,u cause his friends serious appre-
hcnsinu, and only an entire abstinence from
NIL excitement or mental strain. he Is advised,
will assure his restoration. lie - under The
care of "A physician. and has dropped every
thing hut attention ,o his nervous e ludlllnn.
tie is taking sulphur baths ani medicine
regularly, and is utterly unable la do any
thing requiring the least strain upon hls ner
vOus system.
Rev. Barnus Seats OF Stauutun. Va, wh'
died al Saratoga, y y. July 6 WAS inI
many wears president ot Brown University,
Providence, and was alSn prominent IN ciu-
cntional matters in Massachusetts before
going to Brown University. lie WAS alst
author of several books on educational sub,
iects When George Peabody rave the inuo
Tor educational vurpnscS in the south, DR.
Sears was made the manager ut the fund
with the Advisory Board 1T Trustees II,
then went tn live in Virginia lie went tC
Saratoga about month since for his health
and to he in readiness To deliver an addres:
there before the American Institute of In
struction. lie had been feeble for severs
days. but hopes We're entertained that h'
would recover. until a few hours before hi'
death.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-16
Chinese Grotescueness.


Undoubtedly the first and most lasting
impression which China and the Chinese
convey to the eyes of the foreigner is that
of grotesqueness. All instinctively real
ize the truth of this, yet few know the
reason Of it. To Europeans China np-
pears grotesque simply and solely be
cause the customs and manners of the
people are SO opposite t. our own. so
ciallv, no less than physically, they are
our antlpodes Their habits are as OPP
posite to ours as the direction of their
bodies. In getting on horse the Chinese
mount on the right side. The left hand
seat at the table is the seat of honor, and
to retain your hat during call ls es-
teemed mark Of respect Visiting cards
are painted bright vcrmilion color, and
are not unfrequently three feet long. \
married woman, while young and pretty,
IS slaye bpt when she becomes old
and withercd Is frequently the most pow
crful and respected person IN the family.
When Chinaman furnishes his house,
instead of buying II rosewood piano or
carved cliiionnicr, as his European broth
er would do, lac invests IN IA handsome
camphur- wood coffin, which be carefully
keeps in the best place III his house. No
wonder, with such an object pcrpetually
reminding him of his latter end, that We
find the average Chlnanan n sombcr and
somewhat melancholy parsonage.
Their indoor social life, strange as it
appears to us, Is, if possible, less re
markable than their outdoor industrial
habits. Their military costumes nrc cs
pecially peculiar. Their soldiers, in
stead Of casing themselves III helmet,
cuirass and gamughes, wear quilted petit
| coats satin boots, and head necklaces,
carry comparatively harmless weapons,
and rush to a night attack with lanterns
III their hands, beng apparently more
I afraid of the dark than OF the attack nt
| the enemy Ladies ride about IN wheel
| barrows while cows are driven III car
riapes. On the road to the great wall
| between Pekin and the Nankow pass,
sketchcd a characteristic group, which
consisted of stout, intelligent looking
cooley, wheeling II barrow that contained
n buxom yt,ung woman, whose feet dan
| glcd from oiis, side of the wheel, while q
| large and not uver-savory smelling pig
snored colnpossdly on the other.
Cinnamon Of every class and grade, as
is well known, are passionntely fond oi
fireworks, but prefer to exhibit them N
the daytime. Whale III Europe the feet
of culprts are put in the stocks, among
these strange people the stocks are hung
around the neck.
China has long been famous for ITS
canals and its wonderful systcm ri mlnno
navigation. The means aAdurt.i lir Ian,
kDcomotion are, however. scarcely leg;
peculiar than those IN vogue un the va
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-16
NOTES.

In the wheat berry. the epidcrmis,
seed-skin, gluten, cell-layer and germ
form about eighteen per cent of the en-
tire weight The remainder, or eighty
two per cent, is the largest per cent of
flour that can ever be obtained by the
most perfect machinery If We include
the germ. which some millers say Is bene-
fetal la the flour, though deteriorating
its color. several per cent must be added
to the above.
The grape and wine industry Ill the
United States is assuming large proper
tons The following estimates are APP
proxlmately correct &: Missouri has =
800 acres of the vine i'll cultivation, pro
lucing last wear 800, 600 gallons Of wine ;
Sanduskv, Ohio, and vicinity, Cincluding
the Lake Erie islands,, 1000 acres, pro-
ducing 16, 900, 900 pounds OF fruit Cali
fornia, 60, 900 acres i'll grapes, represent
ing i'll money, including land, S:}0, OOO, 900.
The cultivation of cotton, which was
triedi in California some time ago, but
abandoned in 1877, is now being revived
on large scale, under promise of per-
manent home market. A Thousand acres
have already been planted in cotton. 1t
is claimed that the climate by reason OF
its even temperature, is emInently fitted
for cotton culture, and that the staple
raised will be of greater tinencss and
length of fibre.
Farmers will always remain poor SC
long as they allow others to do then
| thinking
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-16

The Duke of Argyll, writing to the
Nature, gives, ns lie believes, the only
case among the fcathercd tribes III which
vocal il replaced by instrumental music.
The peculiar sound made with the bill of
the woodpecker upon trees apparently
serves the same purpose as the song OF
other birds, and ends when the eggs are
Matched The Dixie had lately an op-
portunlty Of closely observing how the
lesser spotted woodpcckrr, or |ic"S
niinpr, behaved at pairing time, and the
results of his observation cXcitr curiosity
He is quite certain that the sound made
bv the bird has nothing To- do with the
quest for food The bird sclects one
particular spot upon the trunk or hou8l
of II tree. which spot is naturally spnor-
uus from the wood bcIu@ more or less
followed 10y decay The bird returns {"
tins precise spot continually during the
day and produces the sound 10y striking
on the spot with it' bill the stroke being
repeated with II rapIdIty which Is really
incumprehensible, for 1T quite cludes the
eve. II is effected by vIhrntury motI"u
of the head, but the vibrations nro 80
uuick that the action looks like n single
stroke After short pauses tins stroke ~
aailin and again renewed, sometimes for
several minutes together During each
interval the wocdpeckcr looks round 1t
and below IT with evident delight, and
with IN apparent challenge of admirnti"n
The beautiful crimson cress IL more or
less erected The whole performance
evidently t,lkcs the place of song IN other
birds. The nest Is not III the same tree
as the one struck by the bill Of the male
Similar son"rous spots IN the trees IN the
ncighborhnud are selected If availaSe,
I $50 that the observer concludes th" Een
/ bird M she sits on the nest IL sercnnded
/ from different directions, and with snch
/ variety i'll the sound as tho change of tree
may produce.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-16

ductlOn greatly exceeds that of cod and shad.
The removal Of the dangerous Diamond
reef from New York harbor has been com
pleted after II years work and an expen-
diture of 5000 Four acres Of subma-
rine rock were drilled away. The depth Of
water at the spot is now ri feet.
\ Toronto correspondent says about 30
Years ago d.. Tanner, who is now fasting i'll
New York, kept cheap restaurant in II
western town. He was then an illiterate
English emigrant, short and gross in flesh
lie married a spirtualist student of medicine
When she was qualified both left and began
Gcctoring, using spiritual appliances.
The members of the National Board of
Health express hopeful opinion that the
country will this year be free from yellow
fever. This belief Is based upon the opinion
that although the fever broke out year ago
this time in Memphis. there has not this
year been II single case, and that even in
Havana the fever is not epidemic. Besides
the Board of Health las reports of improved
sanitary conditions throughout the entire
lower Mississippi valley, and the officers
have great confidence in the system of quar-
antine and inspection in that region and
along the Atlantic seaboard
A. Blanchct, the original protector of the
Nicaraguan canal, considers the Panama
project impracticablc lie estimates the
cost at S400, 900, 900, and the revenues at
per annHm. The Nicaraguan canal Mr..
Blanchet says, will not cost more than $40, :
600, 900 and, the revenue will be equally as
large as though constructed via Panama.
Blanchet expects to return to Europe on the
litl inst to raise caDital for the comnany
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Cadet Whitaker is still under guard. He
maintains his stolid indifference. and never
speaks unless he is spoken 10.
1t ls stated that Secretary SchurZ has de-
termined TO take an active part in the can
vass, and will begin speaking in Indiana in
support OF the Republican ticket. probably
the latter part of this month.
''Perley" telegraphs the Boston journal,
under date of Saturday There is singn-
lar report here which is credited BY intluen-
tial Republicans, particularly by some
prominent Indiana men, to the effect that
the subject of the retirement of English
from the Democratic Presidential ticket is
now under serious consideration by the
Democratic managers aud that the subject
will be broached at the forthcoming meeting
of the National Democratic Committee in
New York, July IL. The reason assigned
by the circulators Of this rumor for the with
drawal is the supposed unporularity of
English in Indiana"
The IriJHne says that If President
Hayes had been rcnOminated his reelection
would have followed in spite OF all obstacles.
The country likes his administration, and
would vote To continue it by handsome
majority
The report of the Ku-kluxism in Virginia
is not myth. The names of eight men who
,y,ra ,vhinn.I in tha neirhhnrhDOI of Estill-