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Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13
UNNECESSARY.

No one can complain of cold feet now Neao York Commercial Adgertiser. When a ship capsizes the crew should bt supplied with fighting materials at once Boston Commercial Bulletin.
 No matter how truthful & man may be through life, he is bound to lie at the point of death.-Detroit Free Press.
 From the prices that some physicians charge one can readily imagine that high heals are standardization Commercial Bulletin,
 Warren Kelly, of Milwaukee, has sued Mrs. Logan, of Cincinnati, for breach ot promise, laying damages at $25,OO Men are gradually getting their rights in this country. Chicago Tribune
 He was veteran topper with fiery red proboscis, but most-kind hearted and amia- ble man, and when the flies gathered upon his nose he used to say: ''Oh, don't drive 'em away; they're having good time, and if they can get their liquor without paying for it don't mind. .'-Brooklym Eagze.
 The Rev. pr. Howard Crosby says that the old version of the New Testament has some little insidious obsolescences" run ming through it. We had noticed them, but said nothing about it, taking it for granted that the revisers would see them and mash them on their theological thumb nails.-Nor- 71stoaon Her0ld.
 saThe fair barbarian who occupies four seats in the car with her bundles and herself has commenced her trips to and from Boston for the season. Free schools and newspa- pers are important agents in eradicating ig- norance, but as yet they have failed to thor oughly reach this blot upon our civilization, Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Marriage insurance has been brought with In the range of the corporation laws of Penn sylvania, 8 company having been chartered to assist young men with funds when they are about to be married. The permanent fund IS to be created by the fees of members who may be initiated from the age of fifteen years upward, paying an entrance fee of about six dollars and assessments from time to time. The certificate of membership will ent1tle the holder, when he decides to marry, to certain amount of money, varying accord ing to the amount for which he was original ly insured. Such societies are said to be well established in the Old World, and to serve good purpose.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13
When to Sleep.

GFrom the Popular Science Monthly for JuIyl But that same faculty of sleeping and walk I ing at short notice may be utilized for the 1 purpose of taking little maps whenever op- portunity offers in the last half of the noon | tide recess, or during the buncombs interaets I of protracted session. The inhabitants of | all lntertropical countries make the time of l repose movable festival, and during the l dog days of our torrid summers it would l clearly be the best plan to initiate their 1 example. "Children must not sleep in the 1 daytime" says a bylaw of our time-hon- l ored Koran of domestic superstitions; and, not satisfied with keeping our little ones at school during the drowsy afternoons of the summer solstice, we increase thelr misery by stuffing them at the very noon of the hottest ducing and soporifc) food. An hour after the end of along, sultry day comes the cool night wind, heavens own blessing for all who hunger and thirst after fresh air ; but no, night air is injurious;" besides Mrs.
 Grundy objects to promenades after dark, so
 the children go to their suffocating, unventi-
 lated bedrooms, not to sleep but to swelter
 till toward midnight, when drowsiness sub
 sides into sort of lethargy which yields
 only to broad daylight, three or four hours
 after sunrise ''so much the better" says
 the fashionable mother, who has passed the
 night at an ice cream ridotto, 'sand morning
 air isn't healthy, either most dangerous to
 leave the house before the dew is of the
 grass"
 Only the curse of pessimism, our woful distrust of our natural instincts can explain such absurdities. The parched palate's peti- ton for cooling liquid is not plainer than the brains craving for rest and slumber when high temperature adds it's somnifer- ious tendency to the drowsy influence of a full meal On warm summer days all nature indulges in a noontide nap; have walked through tropical forests that were as silent under the rays of vertical.sun as Nor wegian pine-grove in the dead of a polar night nor would it be easy to name a single animal that does not appear sleepy after meals. At noon leaf-trees throw their dens- est shade; even butterflies seek the pene tralia of the foliage, and lizards cling iazily to the dark side of the lower branches; every school teacher knows that children feel the drowsy spell of the afternoon sun; why should they alone be hurt by yielding to its promptings? Either postpone the princi- pal meal to the end of the day, or increase the noontide recess to a. least three hours so as to leave time for digestive siesta.
 Michael Wilson, who was hurt at Suf6eld by falling from 6 hay rack last weak diad
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13

Some very interesting experiments have been lately carried out in Leipsic with a cui- rass made of newly invented preparation of steel The metal of the cuirass is only about 3-5oths of an inch thick, and is lined inside with thin layer of wool The cuirass itself Is fourteen inches wide and ten inches high (being intended to protect only the heart and lungs), and weighs 24 pounds. Eleven rounds were fired at it at distance of 175 yards from Martini breech-loading rife; and of the eight bullets which struck the cuirass two only pierced the metal, while even these were completely fattened and re- mained in the woolen lining so that man wearing the cuirass would have been unin- .jured.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13
HECKER,S PERFECT BAKING POWDER. A FAIR TEST.
A FAIR TEST.

To the Editor of the Journal & Courier. Sir:-The contract for supplying
 the United States government with
 seVenty-five thousand (75, ,OOO) lbs.
 of Baking Powder during the en- suing year has been awarded to
 Hecker's Perfect Baking Powder,
 it having been tested by Dr. Ed
 ward G. Love, analytical chemist for the government, and recom- mended by him for it's excellence and because it contained a higher percentage of gas (which means it will make lighter bread and bis- cuit) than either the "Royal'' or the other cream tartar baking powders which he examined. The samples analysed by Dr. Love were furnished by the government com-- missioners, and were without the manufacturers label or name, and designated with a number known only to the commissioners.
 twill thus be seen that when Hecker's Perfect Baking Powder is submitted to an impartial test it's superiority is acknowledged, and the popular verdict so emphat- ically expressed in it's favor is fully sustained.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13

It now appears that MT. Brush, the invent
 or of the Brush electric light, has also for
 several years been paying attention to the
 storing of electricity. He has not hereto fore seen fit to make public announcement of his discoveries, but he is familiar with all that has been done in this field by NJ. Faure and others, and now having completed his researches and tested his inventions. he allows the statement to be made that by his methods the storage of an indefi- mite amount of electricity, for an indefinite time, ready for use at any moment, is as easy and certain of accomplishment as the regular production of electricity by his dy namo-electric machine. His inventions are said to go beyond those of M. Faure, or of any other electrician whose labors have been made public, and it is declared that they ''really leave little or nothing to be devised or accomplished. ? If this is true it is g great triumph for American genius
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13
Price Four Cents.

was finally done. Davis and the Cabinet
 neither had the sense nor the nerve 1 to take such course It womb have made the success of our cause l as certain as the sun will rise
 on another day. Davis hadn't the cour-
 age: The proclamation could have been for 1 gradual emancipation and then repudiated | as Washington did the neutrality treaty. if necessary. We had plenty of precedepts for such action. I would have taken the re- sponsibility, and ought. as Secretary of
 State, to have been allowed to, but Davis
 wasn't diplomat, neither was he states man nor soldier. There are many queer things about the Confederacy which have never been told. These so-called histories don't touch the bone. One of these days may conclude to write the interesting facts. No, not I, but will leave the facts and doc uments for some one to write after am gone.
 'In 1855 had talked over this question of the abolition of slavery with Napoleon III. and with Gladstone and Palmerston. I fore saw the war then, and was preparing for it. Both Napoleon and the English government would nave recognized us in a moment but for slavery, and knew it, but Davis stood In my way of meeting the objections of tbe foreign powers as expressed to me; there- lore resigned. knew that our success de- pended upon such recognition. When I went to Europe after the war I was morz~ SA-.1 osoI COAuEuQeQ In the wisdom of the policy would have adopted. Yes. we had a queer government. remember one. day a secret agent of the English government :. stepped up to me and said
 "'Mr. Secretary, where viii find the State department?'"
 In my hat, sir; and the archives in my coat pocket. And that was true. too We were doing business on very small scale at that time, and it naturally seemed strange to the representatives of great government departments"
 What do you think of Mir. Davis dis cuss1on of the constitutional rights of the States ?" o- 'A'
 "I do not care anything about Mr. Davis, discussions. What earthly sense is there in discussing questions that are the natural ont growth of our form of government after the war has destroyed them? It is the sheerest nonsense, and will have no earthly effect upon any, section of the country. MT. Davis book may be bought or read, either from desire to do charitable thing for the author or out of curiosity"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13
SsournaI arlb Gouuier.

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 HARRINGTON & CO. No. 800 State Street, Courfer Building.
 JOHN B. cARRuGToN. EDWARD F. oARRINaToN. JoHNB. oARRINeToz, yR.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13

What to do with rabbits has long been A problem in Australia. Melbourne eorre- spondent writes: ''The rabbits are increas- ing in some parts of the colony to an extent wholly incredible. The whole country 3D. pears one moving mass of bunnies. The odor from them, living and dead, is more than perceptible. They eat up every green thing. Dogs will not touch them, or even deign to give chase to them, after day or two's experience. They have been attacked in different ways-shot, dug out, burnt out, birched out, fenced out all has been found useless. The injection of carbonic acid into their holes has been found effective but cost ly.- Lately the government has taken to poisoning them with phosphorized oats, and they are disappearing from the districts where this is practised. They are said to be killed by hundreds of thousands, so there is hope that we may yet live to see the day when the rabbit pest as it is called here, will be got under. You may imagine that it IS not altogether cheerful thought that the rabbits you eat at table may have come to their end by poisoning or suffocation
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13

There are some scared negroes in Rich mond, Virginia, and their fright is all on ac. count of the comet. Rev. John Jasper, who holds and teaches that s'de sun do move ,, lives in Richmond and is very ill., This is laid to the comet. Apopular colored factory hand also died suddenly, and that caused an other shock. The heavens at sunset few days ago at Richmond exhibited singularIy beautiful appearance, produced by an electric or magnetic storm, and which was caused, as the negro philosopher insisted, blythe comet, which had s'done gone bust' The day be- fore the Prssideat was shot a strange negro appeared in the street to make proclamation that great disasters were impending In the presence of all these phenomena the sensitive Africans of Richmond concluded it was about time to come in out of the fiery shower which would soon burst about their heads There was sudden precipitation of pisty, and the seekers after religion are multitudinous. The tobacco factories. which employ great num- bers of negroes, find their wheels clogged by the conversions and miraculous visions which enter into the daily experience of their hands.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13
"Davis Hadn't the Courage"

Ie1e8IAph.I
 .I was the Secretary of State and as such was endeavoring to secure recognition by foreign powers, and it was that sent Yancey to Europe for that purpose Both France and England were ready to recognize us, but they objected to slavery. I replied that slavery should not stand in the way of our recognition. then demanded the right to issue proclamation of emancipation freeing every slave by the stroke of the pen, as it
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13

Various scientific persons have wrestled long and unsnccessfully with the question, What causes malaria and it has remained for the Funny mann of the New York Ignsss
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13

Michael Wilson, who was hurt at Suf6eld 6y falling from hay rack last week, died Sunday.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18

Before the Committee.
THE DELAWARE WESTERN BILL
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COM
NfTTnrE

THE DELAWARE WESTERN BILL
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COM
MITTEE.
Special TO Gazette.
DOVER, Feb. 18th, 1881.
The Committee on Competitions
of the House, to whom the bill
amending the charter OF the Della.
ware Western Il. R., had been re
ferred after its second reading in the
House, met last evening for the pur~
pose of considering the bill.
The Committee remained IN session
until about midnight the time being
chiefly taKen up in the consideration OF
two amendments the frat of which was
changing the time for the beginning and
completion OF the road 10 three years.
fhe other prohibited higher rate Of
fare or higher charge on frieghts TO
be charged than those of the r., w. 4
u. X. X. This amendment was urged by
those Interested in the r., w. d B., and
opposed by the friends OF the Delaware
Western, rs it would allow the former
company to dictate rates.
After a long debate the frst amend
ment was adopted, but the latter was
lost by a vote of 4 to /. The commit
ee then adjourned to meet this even
ing. when other amendments will be
offered
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18
SEQUEL ToAPRIZE FIGHT

ALBANY, N. Y. February l5.-Pad-
dy Ryan, the prlz' tighter, was arrested
last night on requsition of the Gov
ernor of West Virginia, eetfiea by Gov
etnor Cornell, for his participation in
the fight with Joe toss in that State
last summer. After his arrest, aud lust
previous 10 his being taken To the MIDI
night train to New York, habeas cor.
pus was served on the officer, the writ
being returnable this morning.
Ryan was held in custody at the
Globe Hotel all last night by the officers.
This morning he asked permission to
visit his saloon to arrange business
matters, and was accompanied thlther
by one of the officers. After he hsd en-.
tered the saloon crowd collected and
he walked out, the crowd holdiag the
door Shut IN the officers face ,pfeyl nshlp
pursuit. Ryan jumped into hack and
drove TO parts unknown.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18
General New s.

At a meeting of the Directors of the
New Jersey Central Railroad yester-
day Jay Gould and Sidney Dillon were
elected to vacancies caused by the res
ignations of Messrs. Knight and
Clark.
The report of the Valuation Com.
mission of the State of Maine, pre-
sented yesterday, shows an increase IN
the valuation of $11, 155, 70S, compared
with 1870.
The Valley Bank, of Kansas City,
Missouri, suspended yesterday. Its
principal depositors are storekeepers,
and number of them will be embar-
raised.
The New York Egeniag Post con-
nrmG the report of the retirement of
Mr.. Howells from the edtorship of the
Atlantic Monthly" and says he re-
tires to devo!e himself more closely to
creative work. An opportunity for
this, 1t is said, wilt be gwen him by
appointing him Minister to Switzef-
land.
Yesterdays ballot for U. S. Senator
at Harrisburg stood Beaver, rs
Wallace, n; Bayne, So; Ii. Nj,
Phillips, D; Alexander Henry, SEQ
field, : /; HaIner, 2 scattering, 7.
A prohl bitory amendment to tn,
Constitution of Michigan was lost il
tho Senate of that STATE, yesterday, b,
sue vote. 1t was recoDsidered and iaic
over for future action.
The remains OF Hon. Fernando Woo,
arrived al PitLsburg yesterday at, ernool
anu We're received by the Congressiona
Committee and delegation OF official
aud cltIzens. The train lelt for " ashing
ton over the Pennsylvania Railroad at
few minutes past s o'clock.
The ways and deans Committee vii
give a heariug Tomorrow TO parties
Interested ia Lbesugar question Tue Set
fetAry vi the Treasury las been invite
10 attend.
The President yesterday sent mes,
age 10 the Seuate Withdrawing the non
lnation OF George ii. Forster 10 ba |
.. Attorney Tor Southern New Yarl
No ndme Was. substituted for Mr.. Flo
ster's.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18
Congress Yestardau.


AZ the y .. SENATE yesterday, the
AHei anu hafpof Oil Vas received from
si9 iiouse' anu read once. Mf. Morrill,
ooJeeeea 10 lts second reading, and II
f vas seni any lala Oh The table he
oii was considered Ia Com
AAi'tee vi tue WAole aad various amend-
mehls were adopted. The Committees
amendment h&ihS the rate OF Interest al
% per ceht. Instead oI per cent. as
nAed ny The House, was teJected-yeas
~, nay ) %. 1He oeLae al hall past
eleven O'clock last night adjourned, with
the Understanding that vote Would be
taken on lie olii and amendments this
afternoon.
III The House report was presented
by the Ommlttee Oh Eleeslous, III Tie
Contested ease from tAe SECOND ID .slrltt
OF Nurth Garollua, declaring Mr.. Lflel-
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18
A COWARDLY ASSAULT.

While proceeding from the depot
restaurant to the engine house at
Browntown, about one clock yesler-
day morning, the night dispatcher of
the Wilmington and Northern Rail-
road was assaulted from behind by
some unknown person, ana knocked
into the culvert below Belts foundry.
His head was severely cut by the fall
but he managed to drag himself up to
the street, where lie was found by Off
Ger Pardee, and helped home. His
injuries are not serious. He has not
the slightest idea OF the Identity of his
assailant.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18

TIE authorized capital of the new
I nited States National bank. nj
New York, Is So ,000, 900, OF this
amount 100000 has been allotted
and the bank will begin business
with the latter sum. The directors.
a list of whom is published in the
New York papers, have taken near
y all of the stock. Outside of them
Mr.. Morton McMiehael, of Phila-
delphia, is the largest shareholder
The policy ofthe management for
several wears will be to accumulate
surplus rather than make dividends
and this has been into account m
allotting the stock, shareholders
having been selected who can afford
TO forego dividends on their invest.
ment. Already number of mpor-
tant Southern corporation and State
accounts have been secured.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18
SMYRNA ITEMS

AS CLIPPED FROM THE "TIMEs."
VIM. Walker has purchased the
"Farrell" building on Commerce
street, ext TO the store oil John Ii.
Bewley, tor $1,000. He will remove
his shoe shop there on the LIST
proXimo.
At the public sale of John Raw.
ley, b. V. Weldon, auctioneer, on
Wednesday last, the property sold
at fine tigures-a PAIR of mules 1925;
horses, Sl55; pair of steers, for SLY;
cows from S25 to S45, and other
property in proportion.
The question of how many horses
there are in Smyrna came up yes
terday in a certain Office which led
to a canvass of the town, the result
showing nearly 200, with a valua.
tion of $4,000. These animals
range from low to a high grade in
price, the most valuable pair being
held at $1,000. ....= -..
The tedlum of the winter at Col
lins's Beach is to be broken in by a
social hop Friday evening with q
supper such as can be served by
mine host, l.. c. Grieves.
The annual town election will
takeI place the first Monday in
March.
The sociables which have been
enjoyed during the winter will close
on next Wednesday evening by Q
full dress party and supper.
The Messrs. Johnson sold las
week $50 pairs OF mems CATERS u
John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia
They expect 10 find him n good Gus
| toner during the coming season.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18
PARNELL,s RETURN.
PARIS, Feb. III. 1881.

Mr.. Parnell returned TO London to-
night via Calais. After taxing part in
the committee stage Of the Coercio bill
he will proceed 10 Ireland ON Sunday
next to address public meeting. He
will return here In eight or ten days to
take up the werk OF influencing Continent
tai opinion, Mr.. O'Kelly remaining here
meanwhile to continue the propaganda.
Mr., Parnell is greatly encourage by
his reception here. He will probably
extend the circle of Irish propagandsm
to other countries. Before leaving Paris,
accompanied by Mr.. O'kelly, be left
cards at the Elysee for President Grevy
He proposes on his return here to pay
NJ. GrevY personal visit.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18
HAYDoCh p
KIDNEY PANAC1A'
LEAR WHAT Is SAID

LEAR WHAT Is 7aiE'
1t has made me a new nlth. increlHI
"Dr. Hnydock' Panacea h"o
my wei mt fifteen pounds. ,.ti,nut Il
My wife would moi DE VIM
AIRY m9Eey." ,=,.a,,.r encla
"Our little boy liz much hetlgi'
Que dollar for another hottie, liz
Il mud 1t as easy 10 TAXI ~ lille, lille b
We have sod thirteen zen zen eel
week, aud shall want Two uoS
ORDER" a-tbanBs1
MY morning agony Is gone-''
your I'auacea.' z,izsrp
II iind IL splendid appetlA.ssl,'ict VI
Any Invalid or sufferer Nh writ
any kinney disorder VINO " he teap]
as 10 their complaint, WIN : =" my vi
hunanely and kindly. ~ 10 Ill farm,
earnest desire to investigate "a, a. times. i
Diabetes, ard i've fetlel ~ o. write
You are too poor lie pure has baye lmD1
any way, ard your case WIN
diale attention.
CAUTION. .fe|
Observe thai the siEnhtula9th Of I'd
Haydock Is across The iio"' II
bottle. lrge and ~
Pri1 cone dollar for lais''
cents Tor trial size. .,norIx Il 90.
no29- eod&wly, ~ '-l
The daily gazette., 1881-02-18
FUNERALoF ADAM GRUBB.

The funeral of the late Adam Grubb
TOOK place yesterday morning, intsrmeni
being made n the Wilmington Il Bran
DIVINE cemetery, in The presence of a
large number of PERSONAL and family
friends.
In accordance with the custom of tie
Friends, there were no funeral rites,
strictly SO called, but Rev. A. n. Kegwin,
pastor OF West Presbyterian Church,
With which church several mem beers ol
the family or the deceased were con.
nected, made prayer and read few
passages of Scripture atsthe house, aud
lso a short passage of scripture al the
grave. The bearers were Isaac s. Elliot
Joseph Barr, Il. Lundy Kent, aud Mi
chael Leonard, the latter being In Mr.
Grubb's emnloY