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The daily gazette., 1881-11-15
BEN I.eland's Request.

Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels were
playing in London, and were softly
singing one night to crowded house
the chorus in "Old Kentucky Home. "
When the last notes melted away a
strange looking figure advanced few
steps from his seat IN dark corner OF
the pit, and the auditors were startled
at hearing voice say earnestly and
distinctly "Sing tho dear old song
again-sing 1t for me. Pm listening
hard, and Pm listening low, boys,
and every word is q friend to me,
homo to me-everything. Say, will
you sing 1t just once more for me,
right now and here" 1t was the
figure and voice of Ben Leland, an old
minstrel, who left this country several
years ago, and after playing in Aus
tralia made his way, a broken down
old man, to London. Here he sup
ported himself BY playing the banjo,
but eksd out q miserable existence.
The Mastodons sang the chorus again,
and the figure sank back into his seat.
When the audience dispersed 1t re-
mained motionless, and when an at
tendant came to arouse 1t he found
Ben Leland dead.-Troy Times.
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Current Notes.

Bishop Simpson arrived yesterday
from Europe.
The new Massachusetts, Legisla-
ture will include nine physicians =
four from Boston.
The new Washington residence OF
Justice Stanley Matthew's of the
United States preme Court, will cost
10000.
Lady Brassey has been formailp
decorated by an emissary of King
Kalakaua with the Order Of "Kapl-
olani.
The English Post Office officials
have sent an agent to the Continet
to study the various systems of send
ing money by mail
The woman who will written amos
nymous love letter, says a society
critic Is not worth knowing, certain.
ly not worth loving.
Because q Cincinnati thief is a
woman worth $4,000, the police
conclude that she is a klaptomaniac
and kindly conceal her identity.
Queen Elizabeth, ,.of Roumanla, sti
cling to the literary career. She
has Just published another volume
q collection OF novels in verse, called
Sturme.
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The Grants in Their New York
Home, NN Ft

The Grants IN Tnelf New X0Fk
There is quite a futter In society
in New York, owing to the
announcement that General and
Mrs. Grant are to give an elegant
reception as soon as their new house
is in perfect order, and every day
workmen and artists are bringing
nearer the desired end. l understant
not single article has been bough,
or ordered for. the first floor, the
eighty cases Of magnificent presents
presented TO the General furnishing
them throughout as we'll as supply.
ing the rest ofthe house with objects
of art of every conceivable sort.
No two pieces of furniture in the
parlors and reception room will be
alike. Curiously caned chairs. velvet
and goldembroidered divans, and
ebony and ivy fauteuil, upholstered
with Gobelin tapestry and hand-
wrought brocades, will take the
place of the modern set.
The Oriental hsnglngs and Persian
carpets WAce made for the ex- -Presis
dent as gflss, and Mrs. Grant will
iucur the everlasting envy of women
by using the finest and most ex-
quisitely woven India cashmeres
for the drapery of her own boudoir.
The tables and stands are of buhl
and mosaic work; the mirrors hang
in curlously carved frames. cut by
the jack-knives of the skillful
Swedish carvers. Pictures of every
variety, and all Of merit in different
degrees, haye frames in themselves
works Of art, while statuary and
articles of virtu ornament the room
lavishly.
In Gen. Grants private dressing
room stands a miniature house Of
five stories, and nearly three feet in
height. It is of solid silver, curiously
beaten aud raised in queer flowers
and odd birds. On opening the
various doors and windows that
lead out on the cemical little
balconies, can be discovered cases
of fretted silver containing bottles
ard TASKS of carved ivory filled with
different and delicious perfumes.
This was presented to the owner in
China. A pleasant reminder of
India Is pair of superb elephant
tusks nearly six feet in length, the
polished ivorylset off by elaborate
gold mountings.
The wall on one side of the family
sitting room is nearly covered by a
remarkable Japanese picture-a
hunting scene. The ground is Of
creamy satin and the subject is
worked out in varied silk embroidery
the figures and foliage standing
out as in real life, and the colors
exquisite and natural.
How exceptional a memory
GeneraI Grant has is shown in the
fact that he knows at q glance where
each of these thousands of gifts
came from, the name Of the city the
donor and the circumstances of the
presentation. He does not exhibit
the least complacency in their
exhibition but Mrs. Grant shows q
woman's natural qualification in
them.
The daily gazette., 1881-11-15

Nervous 1rritability, Sciatica and all
painful Nervous Diseases.-A treatise bv
well known physician. q specialist on
these subjects, concludes as follows |.
.Neuralgia is one OF the most painful Of
diseases, and is attended with more mr.
less nervous irritation. Sciatica is also a
form OF neuralgia, and all painful ner-
vous diseases come under that name.
Neuralgia means nerve ache. and there.
fore You can suffer with neuralgia in any
part OF the body, as the nerves are sun
piled to every part. sup
have for many years closely studied
me cause OF neuralgia, and the nature.
q the nervous system, with the many
diseases that II Ii subject To. and have
found by actual experience that the true
and primary cause of neuralgia Is nov.
erty OF the nervous fluid-it becomes i'm
poverished a poor, AT d In some cases
starved. not because the patient does mot
eat, but because what Ia eaten is not an
propriated TO the nervous system there
are many causes for this, but DR.. q. w.
Benson's Celery and Chamomile Pills
have In my hands proved q perfect rem
edy for this condition and these d diseases.
Sold BY all druggists. Price SO cents a
box. Depot, l06 North Eutaw st.. Balti-
more, Md. By mail. two boxes for 81. or
six boxes for 81 90, 10 any address,
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BlOekaded by Bu fKal0es.

From the Bismarck ID. IT, Tribune.
The passenger's on last evenings
train from the Yellowstone had an ex-
perienoe exceedingly rare. When about
two miles from Sentinel Ruttse, the di-
yiding line between Montana and Da-
kota, . herd Of sixteen buffalo were
seen q short distance ahead within easy
ride range. There were several soldiers
on board with arny rifles and numerous
ward the excited bison. A perfect volley
of lead vas poured into the herd, but to
no effect. They bounced away over the
divide and were soon lost to sight. The
passengers had no sooner begun the dis
cussi0n Of what they had seen In years
gene BY whom danger signal from the
locomotive brought everyone to the
lookout. A herd Of twenty or thirty
buffalo were making directly for the
train, and fearing the engine would
strike them and be thrown from the
brought to . standstill, while the buffalo
| crossed the track . few feet ahead.
Every gun was again levelled. Such ex-
element cannot be described. Bullets
few In every DIRECTION, some striking
| the ground ~ near as ten feet from the
train, others raising the dust mile dis
tant. The tram moved ou slowly and
the v0llsys uf lead continued to p0uI
from the guns of the excited passenger, :,
Finally the smoke cleared away AMI the
buffalo could DO seen about half q mile
away, trottlng along as unconcerned as
though they had never seen q railroad
train. The disgusted passengers drew
In their weapons and spent the rest o
the day arguing as to the probabl.
amount Of lead that q buffalo will carry
before he will weaken. Pictures OF rail
road trains passing through herds o.
buffalo are numerous, but the actual ex'
perience is one of which the passenger
may feel proud. They were probably
but struggling bands from The main herd
which is forty or fifty miles north OF th'
track. From Sentinel Butte east Il
Pleasant alley (JickinsoD) ut least hv'
hundred antelope were seen, which Il
but daily occurrence. Verify, 81
Northern Pacific 10 the sportsman's par
Aiise.
The daily gazette., 1881-11-15

and All their attendant evils. Itdoes not merely
efiord Temporary relief, but is q permanent cure
Mrs n II. Lee, Of Belmore, o., says Of 1t: ~ dAi
Hrprised al ne speedy Effects o. your remedy, M
so,.gh and made erpectordton easy. TnoD sleep al
hiok srithouf coughing" II your druggist does NO
weep II send for treatise and testimonials to
The daily gazette., 1881-11-15
Romance Of q Factory Girl.

For . couple Of years past a Young
glri OF modest mien and considerable
beauty has been employed In the Beyer-
wick Mill at Sandlake, saws The Troy
lenSrdm. Her parents were poor but
respectable residents Of that town, and
the education which she received was
entirely through her own efforts. About
year ago young druggist of this city
began to "pay attention" to the comely
young factory girl, and for . time il
was thought that wedding would be
tho result. But the match, If one had
been contemplated, was broken or BY
The relatives Of the young man, and the
girl for q time seemed very much put
out over the affair. She declared that
she had never promised to be the young
druggists wife, but 1t gave her pain TO
realize that bis relatives should deem
ner beneath him. Afew months ago q
distant relative ofthe young lady, living
IN Brooklyn, invited her to visit that
city. While there she became acquainted
With rising young banker, Q member
Of the New York Stock Exchange. The
young man was not slow to discover the
TACT that the factory girl was q Iswel OF
The first water. He inquired into her
ancestry, and learning that her family
were respectable people, and that there
was nothing against them but their pow
erty, be proposed to her, and after due
time was accepted. The young lady has
returned TO Sandlske, whore she is pre-
pairing for the marriage with the New
York banker.
The daily gazette., 1881-11-15
A verftabIe "India RubBero Mau

A verftable "India Rubber, Man.
Vienna Correspondence London Globe.
The strangest phenomenon we have
seen for long time is now on view in
Vienna. "Der Gummimenscb. or the
india-rubber nan, is quite the queerest
fellow imaginable. lie Is pale, faced
man, with red hair and bilious CON-
plexion. be wears black velvet knicker-
bockers, and 10 very polite. He can
seize the skin OF bis chest with both
hands, pull It away from his body about
IL inches, and raise 1t to the level of bis
head; AID yet when he leaves 60, in-
stead OF this skin banging In horrid folds
1t goes spreading itself again, 80 that not
q crease Is to be discovered, The skin
Of bis pose he can stretch Q Inches, the
skin OF bis fingers 2 inches, 20 that his
hands look sizes Nos. 20 or 80. He
drags at the calf Of bis leg and behold q
goodly and translucent membrane, in
which can be seen the ramified network
OF arteries, pink and pulsalipg. This
does not hurt him. He can but enough.
You see that he well deserves his title
OF "Gumimensch." What with bis ca.
daverous face and gluey elasticity be
much reminds one Of Dore's ghastly
portrayal Of the damned in the grand il
Illustrations OF the "Inferno." The medi-
cal faculty are highly exercised anent
this man, and they have begged him for
the smallest strip Of bis skin just for q
microscopical investigation. There has
not been such case for two centuries,
and In those days Of course the micro.
scrope was rather primitive. "Gum.
mlmensch" 10 . Bavarian, 80 years ol
age, married and has three norma
children. lie charges two forms to
show himself. His skin feels like vel.
vet, or perhaps rather like the breast
OF plucked fowl, but it is not q
sweet sensation to touch him.
The daily gazette., 1881-11-15
LYDIA E. PINKHAMS'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Isa Positive Cure

Isa Positive Cure
Weaknesses 10 common TO our best
female population.
1t Will cure entirely the worst form OF
Female Complaints, all ovarian troubles,
Inflammation and u Iteration, Failing and
Displacemeuts, and the consequent Spi-
nal Weakness, and ID particularly adapt
ed to the Change Of Life.
1t Will dissolve and expel tumors from
the uterus In an early stage Of develop
ment. The tendency to cancerous humors
there is checked very speedily by its use.
stroys all craving for stlmulants, and
relieves weakness of the stomach. II
cures BloAting, Headaches, Nervous Pros
tration, General Debility, Sleeplessness,
Depression and indigestion.
That feeling of bearing down eau ling
pain, weight and backache.i .is always per
manently cured by its use.
cumstancee act In harmony with the laws
that govern the female system.
For the cure Of Kidney Complaints OF
either sex this Compound is unsurpassed.
Lydia Il. Plnkham's Vegetable
Compound Ia prepared at 233 and 235
Western Avenue, Lynn Mass. Price $l.
Six bottles for &5. Sent by mail In the
form Of pills, also in the form OF iozenges
on receipt Of price, u per box for either.
of finqairy. Send for pamphlet. Address
as above. Mention this paper.
No family should be without LYDIA
e. PINKHAM'S LIVER PILLS. They
cure constipation, bilieusness, and tor
pidity of the liver, rs cents per box.
A8-Sold by all druggists.
The daily gazette., 1881-11-15

"'i NATIONAL BANk
s.po.,. OF WlLMIN0TUN
Af or THE PUBLIC MONEY
IMAM AND
AN lAi' AGENTS OF THE pNl
TED STATES.
"HnD BErrs, PREsIpxNr.
Ald up In Can't y. ARMSTRONG. CASHIER
P'a', -. $500, 600.
aars f,r" tea York and Boston E,'
'OOul charge. W regular pepositors
Nv A. nays, Mondays and Thursda 10
u, DIRECTORS.
Ssnsat b Sm., John II. Adams,
~''lIames William l Tatnail.
- han croft. Jr. jani i,
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And every Saturday,
yev YORK To LONDON DIRECT.
|c,pISs As 10 sos Excursion at Re-
dnced Rates.
Passenger accommodations are unsur-
passed.
All staterooms on Main Deck.
Passengers booked at lowest rates 10 or
irom auy railroad station In Europe
or America.
nr.as AT lowest rates, payable free OF
.hsrre, % lroushout Eng land. Scotland
IN, pook. OF Information, plans, &C.,
nov IN HENDERSON BROTHERS,, Bow
XXX GREEN, N. Y. Or 70 SAMUEL
BETT5, Adams Express. Wilmington,
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BISHOP HARRIS, OF the Methodist
Church, has sailed for South Amer.
ica. Alter looking into the condi-
ton of such Methodist missions as
he can there visit he will 20 10
Africa and preside at the meeting Of
the Liberia Conference. After this
he will make an official tour among
the Methodists Of Sweden and Other
European countries. The bishol
expects to be absent about O year.
The daily gazette., 1881-11-15

There are political outbreaks so popu,
lar with the whole people that the state
dare not interfere. The breaking out OF
puslules, pimples, letter and the like on
the face, can be pleasantly cured by DR.
Benson's Skin Cure. Also good for the
hair and scalp.
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TBR MS.
HARPER's YOUNG PEOPLE, Per
Year. Postage Prepaid, $3.50.

single Numbers Four Cents each.
the bour d volume for 1881 v illbe ready
early In November. Price $500 postage
f88l. SIS cents; postage, ,l3 cents addltional
Remittances should be made by Post
once Money Orter or Draft, 70 avoid
chance OF loss. - -. ,-,
tisenaent without the express order o
HARPER q BROTHERS,
Ass-"s-xrSW ARpRR & peo~HERS.
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RAILROAD LIN Els.
DHKI.ADELPHIA, WILMINGTON
AND BALTIM0RE RAILROADi
OCTOBER 80, 1881.

II
OCTOBER 80, 1881.
Trains will leave Wilmington zs follows,
Philadelphia and Intermedia to Stations
100. $40. 9.lO, 1880 q. m. 230. 400;700. l0.Oe
Pniladelpnia tExpresa, $50. so,, s.5
q. m. l2.l6. 9.65 p. m
Phila: and New York. 20S. 2.25. 8.S0. 100
Baltimore and Internediate station.
PerrvviiIe and intermediate Stations,
Baltimore and Bay line, $50 p. m.
Baltimore and Washington, 12.5l, l.T
4.o2. 7.55, ssS, q. m; lass. 'I.0A, $50, lO.5l
Trains for Delaware Division, leave for
New Castle 600, S.S5. q. M; LOO 3.oc. S.25
Harrington and Intermediate Stations.
935 q. m. LOS. 8.25 p. m.
Delmar and Intermediate Stations, 9.S
Q. m.; LOS p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS,
Philadelphia and intermediate Stations
8. q. IN. 300. 100, 1000 p. m.
Philadelphia d New York, 2.oo, as a. m
baltimore and Washington. l25l, !. 81,
4.02, 7.55, .. m, l0.5l p. m,
For further information passengers are
referred to the time tables posted at the
depot,
Trains marked thus ~ are limited ex-
press upon which extra FIRE woSp y charged.
General Passenger Agent.
FRANK THOMSON,
General Manager.
The daily gazette., 1881-11-15

ter NJ NJ 'e
The Indianapolis leader., 1881-03-05

wer it in a different manner. The
style of our answer is not original
with us, yet it is quite common in
political argument. 1t is this:
Why don't Senator Mcdonald "get
out of the Democratic party?
He certainly has valid reason
for leaving it, while Senator Bruce
has no reason whatever, so far as the
public knows, for leaving the Repub-
liean party. At the close of six
years of earnest service in the Senate,
the political portion of which was
undinchingly devoted to the interests
of the Democratic party, Senator Nc
Donald was stabbed, slain, aban-
doned, by the party which he had
honestly, faithfully and efficiently
served. Instead of saying to him,
"Thou good and faithful servant,
come up higher" his party in repre-
sentative caucus assembled, summar-
lily deprived him of his Off ciaI leader
ship, and refused to give him the
complimentary honor of an endorse
ment of his services by means of q
denomination for the Senatorial va
cancy. And then, to add insult to
injury. instead of comforting the laur-
els they refused him upon the brow
of some equally tried and true leader
in the party, they recognized and
honored as their leader a new man
in their ranks; a man who, when
Senator Mcdonald was the embodi-
ment of the forlorn hope of Demo
cracy in the darkest period of its ex-
istence, was doing valiant service to
both politically and physically de-
stroy that party. Thus We see that
Senator Mcdonald would be justified
in leaving the Democratic party. be-
cause that party has LETT him. Sena-
tor Bruce is regarded at home and
abroad as the leader of his party in
Mississippi and the South. Again,
We answer the Sentinel "conundrum'
by asking:
Why don't Senator Mcdonald "get
ont of the Democratic party.
The Indianapolis leader., 1881-03-05

A CALIFORNIA woman sued the Green
Mountain Gold Mining Company to recover
$50. 600 for the loss Of her husband, who was
killed while in the employ of the Company.
The Jury gave her $1,000. The defendants
moved for new trial because the Judge in
structed the Jury that they could consider
not only the pecuniary loss TO the plaintiff,
but the injury sustained BY her IN the loss
of her husbands society. The case was APP
pealed to the Supreme Court, which said:
We think that the social and domestic relations
of the parties, their kindly demeanor toward each
other, the society were parts of "all the clrcum-
stances of the case" for the Jury to take into
sideration in estimating what damages would be
just from pecuniary point of view, especially as
there Is nothing In the TO show that the Jury
were instructed that they might give damages by
way of solace.
The California idea is a good one, and
ought to be universally adopted. This thing
OF estimating man, husband, a father.
who in all the relations of life is regarded
as an honorable citizen. as the value of a
horse or a mule might be estimated, is not
enough and the Supreme Court of Califor-
MIA hit the nail on the head when it gave
value to the society" phase of the subject.
The Indianapolis leader., 1881-03-05

Or late there is no little confusion in the
religious world. Things are getting badly
mixed up so that 1t is difficult to distinguish
orthodoxy from heterodoxy. In confirma-
tion of this condition of creeds and dogmas,
it is said by New York contemporary that
"a few weeks ago Rev. Mr.. Min, Congre-
gational Minister of Brooklyn, was installed
overthe Unitarian Church in Chicago which
Rev. Robert Collyer had left But then a
Rev. Mr.. Stiles, a Universalist preacher,
slipped into Brooklyn Congregational pull
pit. Yesterday DR.. Chapin's former congre-
cation was mlnistered to by Rev. Mr..
Slicer. Brooklyn Congregationalist. and
last week Rev. Mr.. Chambre, formerly q
distinguished Universalist in New England,
was ordained as rector of an Episcopal
Church In Boston. The Unitarian preacher
at Leicester, Mass, unable longer to conscien-
tiously call himself Christian, wasinformed
that the funds of the Parish could not be
used to pay the salary of any but Christian
minister Rev. Heber Newton, one of the
most talented and devoted of our Episcopal
clergy recently pronounced eulogy on DR..
Chaplin, and spoke in terms of. cordial SYM
psthy of the distinguishing feature Of his
theology; and when rsmqnstratsd With Sog
The Indianapolis leader., 1881-03-05
PERSONAL.

SENATOR EpMUSDs is confined to his house with
q severe cold.
THE syraceee Journal thinks that President
Hayes leaves of like an unfinished novel
GENERAL SAM CARY has turned evangelist and
hopes TO rival Moody. His present field of labor
Is Tennessee.
CHIEF JUSTICE FoLeER, of New York, who. 1t is
said. will go into the Garfield Cabinet is sixty
three years old.
LAWRENCE BARRETT and his wife will spend the
summer in Germany, where their children are
being educated.
PETITIONS to General Garfield. asking him not
TO have wine in the White House, are circulating
by the hundreds.
THE wife of Judge ClifIbrd is said to have aged
so fast since the aiction of her husband that her
friends scarcely knew her.
REPRESENTATIVE BoUK, of Wisconsin, is the
only member of the House of Representatives who
wears blue coat and brass buttons.
SECRETARY 9oFF's wife and two daughters
arrived In Washington few days ago, fresh from
Europe. where the young ladies have been study
Ing.
GORDON, Of Georgia. who left the United States
Senate to become attorney for the Louisville and
Nashville road, has gone into railroading on his
own hook.
THE Astors own 500. 900 600 worth of city prop
erty of New York and their announcement OF a
10 per cent. advance In rents May has set the
fashion for all landlords. ea
A TENDER little trait Of Dickens Is mentioned
In q story of the rehearsal of adaptation of the
"Chr:stmas Carol" In order TO make Tiny Tim
"a pretty child effective, Mr.. Stirling ha
ordered sst Of irons and bsndasss for the sap-
The Indianapolis leader., 1881-03-05
A A"CoNUNDRUM" ANsWERED.

The Indianapolis Sentinel "Conun-
drummer" proposed the following
among other "conundrums' this
week:
'Why don't Senator Bruce of Mis-
sissippi get out of the Republican
party?"
We suppose of course that the So
luton is open to anyone who is Of a
mind to 'stake holt" This 'conun-
drum" we think, is one which may
be solved very easily. Indeed, we
think that every intelligent reader of
the Sentinel can find very ready So
luton for it. We fancy that in
answer to this truly profound "co-
nundrum," they will say, "Why
should any man get out Of the party
with which in sentiment, opinion,
and sympathy, he cordially agrees?''
And, especially, why should he leave
4 that party when, besides being rep
resentative of his political opinions
it has conferred such. honors upon
him that for the past six years he
has occupied an..official station, which
10 regarded as being but one grade
lower than that of Chief Executive ol
the Nation? And why should he
~get out of" that party when it hal
yet more honors in store for him anC
Z other intelligent men of his race?
Now We think we have given a few
of the answers which any reader O
the Sentinel might give to this all
> important "conundrum." Before con
eluding, however, we desire to ans