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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

fashion note declares that "Damasses
are wrought in flower leaves and pretty
vines" They are also considerably
wrought up in the Senate occasionally
Detroit Free Press.
!. IL. Brown, one-arned eX-Confed-
crate OF Fender county, North Carolina,
easily splits 800 rails IL day out OF com
mon pine timber. Many able bodied
negroes think $50 rails a good days
work. ...-
GLOW do you like the Episco palian
service % asked Homes. Never heard
it, replied Fogg. 81 dropped into one
of the churches last sunday. 1t was
quite early, and SO | began reading the
service. / didn't read far, though. before
found that it would never do for me.
So | came out" ''Why, what was the
trouble r. 'Too many collections. 4" ''Too
many collections - ''Yes, ON almost
every page it said collect. one collec
tion is all can afford TO respond to.
Must be awfully expensive to he an
Episcopalian.
A young man of high social position in
| Little Rock, Arkansas, some time ago
| became engaged to one of the most popular
Young ladies of that city. few weeks
later he set out ostensibly on visit to
an Eastern city. One evening last week
the young lady picked up newspaper
from the city in which he was visiting
and read a long account of brilliant
wedding, i'll which her lover figured as
bridegroom. The shock was great, and
through the following night she lay in a
stuper of grief. The next morning the
hair on one side of her head was as white
as snow.
Mr.. Labouchere writes of his famous
libel suit as follows: 81 am perfectly
satisfied with the result of the trial in
which have unwillngly been forced to
play a part during the past week, and
hope that Mr.. Levi-Lawson is equally
satisfied. The issue raised by the plea
was whether the Aforesaid Mr.. Levi-Lawson
was a coward and disgrace to journal
ism. On Monday evening the Lord Chic
Justice stated that the jury were, nearly
as possible, equally divided, and, there
fore, discharged them. Six men, there
I fore, it would appear, out of II taken by
hazard from the inhabitants of the
county of Middlesex, held that the ple'
/. ! had been proven" -.=----
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
THE CHRISTINA.
Tho improvements Referred TO n
L. s. Board of Engineers, who WtII
Probably Visit Wilmington.

Messrs. E. 7. Warner, George W. Bush, C.
A. Rodney, E. T. Walton, Henry Mendinhall
and NJ. C. Conwell, chief engineer of the City
Surveying Department, the committee ap-
pointed for the purpose, have been in con-
sultation, in Philadelphia, with Colonel I4ud-
low, the colonel of engineers who has charge
of the improvements of the Christiana
ordered by Congress.
The Department at Washington considers
the improvements to be of so important
character that it has referred the matter to
the United States Board of Engineers, now at
New York city The plans are still with the
General Board at Washington. Col. Ludlow
thought that the Board of Engineers will
come OH from New York and inspect the
river here.
MIR. Warner offered to place tug at their
disposal to bring them down from Philadel-
phia, and the committee will see to their
entertainment while here. Col. Ludlow did
not think 1t likely that anything different
from the present plans will be suggested by
the engineers. Pending their visit 1t is de-
sired that City Council will proceed with the
construction Of traps at the foot of the
streets, the CUTTERS of which empty into the
ChristanR.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Two B. & o. freight cars Of an extra north
bound freight Friday morning jumped tie
track near the west yard, thereby causing a
delay of about half an hour to trains on the
Delaware Western and Wilmington & North
ern roads No other damage was occasioned
and no one wRs hurt. d..
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
A HEAVY ROBBERY.
A Baltimore Firm Losen $40, 500 IN .
Lumn.

BALTIMORE, May 2l.-The ofice Of D.
Fahnestock & Co., brokers, on South
street, this city, was robbed this morning
of $10, 500 in bonds. 20 Isrn5g
The bonds had been placed behind
screen, whence they were taken without
attracting notice. No clue to the thief
has yet been obtained.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

A YERDICT FOR DEFEND1NTS IN
THE MULRINE- PERKINS CISE.
A Quo WarrantO for DIR. Fr0st-Ihc
Verdict In the Sfewarf-Br1ghf
Case - Murine VS.. Wash hingfOn
Lodge, No. 8, L. q. u. F.-Another
Funny Witness.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

III q Moreover when
ye fast, he not, as the Moreover when We
hypocrites, OF sad fast, he not, is the hyp-
rnllntenanre for they ncrites, of II sad conn
distigure their faces, tenancc for they dis
that they may appear figure their faces that
unto men to fast Ner- they may he seen of
ily | say unto you, men to fast. Verify |
They have their re- say unto you, They
ward, have received their re-
IL But thou, when ward. But thou, when
though fastest, anoint thou fastest, anoint thy
thine head and wash head, and wash thy
thy Face: face that thou br not
IL That thou appear seen of men to fast but
not unto men to fast, OF thy Father which Is
hut unto thy Father, in secret: and thy
which is in secret and Father, which secth in
thy Father, which seeth secret, shall re,'oii-
in secret, shall reward pense thee.
Ilnn nnnnlX
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
MATT. NSNn.
ReriSed Etiifi0Ii,

I RcriSed E,iiti0n.
Then the soldiers ns
the governor took Jesus
into the palace and
gathered unto him the
whole band. And they
stripped him, and put
ON him u scarlet Iohe.
And they plated IL
crown of tlIornS, and
they put it upon his
head, and u reed In his
right hand; and illey
kneeled down before
him, and mocked MIN,
saying, Hail, King of
Jews /, And they Spat
upon him, and took the
reed and slmote him ON
the head. And when
they had Knocked him,
they took oil from him
the robe, and pu5 on
him his garments, and
led him away to cruelty
him.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

i5 Now from the,
sixth hour there was
darkness over all the
land unto the ninth
hour.
III And about the
ninth hour Jesus cried
with u loud voice. say
ying, Eli, Eli, lama sab
aclIthani? that is to
say, My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken
me?
Il Some of them that
stood there, when they
heard that, said, This
man calleth for Elias.
IS And straiglltway
one of them ran, and
took a spunge, and
filled il with vinegar.
and put IL ON II reed,
and gave him to drink,
40 The rest said, Let
he, let us see whether
Elias will come to see
him.
JOs Jesus, when he
had cried again with n
loud voice, yielded up
the ghost.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

.Nntla voice came out
of the cloud. SAYING,
This is my son, my
chosen hear yc Him.
II Corinthians Nlll, IL
But now tli'lctll
faith, hope, love, these
three ; and the greatest
lnI Illrsn Is love. -
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
OLD.
Matt. VI.

y After this manner
therefore pray ye; cur
Father which art in
heaven, lialluwed he
thy name. -
l0Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will lie done in
earth,as it is in heaven.
II Give us this tlay
our daily bread.
u And forgive rs our
debts, .ls we forgive
our debtors.
IL And lead us not
into temptation but de.
liver us from evil Fui
thine is the Kingdom,
and the power, and the
glory, forever. Amen.
Matt. Mn, II.
And he said unto
him, Why callest thou
me good there is none
good but one, that is.
God : but II thou wilt
enter into life, keep the
commandments.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Matthew NNIli. ~.
We blind guides
which strain out the
gnat, and swallow the
camel.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Mark VIII, ~ and "a.
For what shall II
profit Il man If he slial
gain the whole world
and lose Ills own soul ,
br what shall n maj
give i'll exchange fol
lis sOulp .#
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

changes made by the revisers, but that
the facts may be brought home to the eye
the following parallel passages are given,
showing the differences in the two
versions.
FROM THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
0fH CHAPTER MAT SIXTH CHAPTER OF
THEW. MATTHEW.
authorized Version. Repispd Version,
Take heed that ye do Take heed that We do
not your aims before not your righteousness
men, tu be seen of ihem before men, to he seen
otherwise ye have no OF them else ye have
reward of your Father no reward with YOUR
which is in heaven. Father which Is in
2. Therefore when heaven.
thou dOest thine aims, When therefore thou
do not sound trumpet doest aims sound not "A
before thee as the trumpet before thee, as
hypoertes do in the the hypocrites do IN the
synagogucs and in the synagogues and in the
streets, that they may streets, that they may
have glory of men have glory Dl men,
Verify say unto you, Verify say unto you,
They have their reward. They have received
But when thOu their reward But hen
dpest aims, let not thy thou doest aims let moi
left hand know what thy left hand know
my right hand dueth what thy right hand
That thine aims ,loctli that thine aims
may be IN secicti and may lie in secret and
my Father which seeill thy Father which snrth
III secret himself shall III secret shil RECON-
reward thee openly. pense thee.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

If in this life only
we have hope in christ,
we are OF all men most
miserable,
But now is Christ ris-
Ell from the dead, and
become the tirst-lruits
OF them that slept.
II IN this
10 And oft is written
The first man Adam
was made u living soul;
the last Adam was
made a quickenins
spirit. ...5-
The first man is of
the earth, earthly: the
second man is the iurd
from heaven.
50 o death, where is
thy sting? q grave
where is thy victory?
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Collarettes are a new sensation. Two
or more broad rows of lace are plaited
around the neck with sometimes a stand
ing rutiie in addition and are worn by
both ladies and children; the smaller the
child the larger the collarette. The
Edison electromagnetic garter is also a
sensation. Through an agency here they
have been brought over from London
where they are the craze and are being
adopted on this side, because by minia-
ture electric attachment on the inside,
current of what is called 0dic force is
produced, which gives strength to the
limb and ankles, and il is claimed, sym
metry and elasticity as well. Notwith-
standing all this, they sell for little more
than the ordinary silk garter Yet
another sensation is the long, straight
mantle of 80 years ago. Sometimes it is
en- suite with the costume, but oftener Of
black canton Grape, satin or sicinenne.
Finishings are of embroidery, beads or
passementerie. Yet perhaps even these
are not more noticeable than formidable
sized fans made of cretonne In huge
lowered patterns. The sticks are Of
ebony and silvered chain and link Ia
attached TO the handle. 7T -qi
RosALNp MAY.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

\ business man OF large experience
says, "A good advertisement in a
newspaper pays no fare on railroads costs
nothing for hotel bills; gives away no
boxes of cigars or merino dresses to
customers drinks no whisky under heads
of travelling expenses, and does its work
better than a multitude of drummers
could do it."---Ner OriedaS Hcdgune.
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VictOria's Present Abode.

The Queen of England is staying at
Osborne at present. The castle is
modern structure, regally furnished
throughout, and. commands superb
view OF the surrounding country. 1t
is situated on the Isle of Wight, short
distance from East Cowes. The grounds
are quite extensive, embracing two
hundred acres, under a high state of
cultivation, and give evidence of the
care and taste displayed by Prince
Albert, who. considered it model farm
during his lifetime. The Queen fire.
quently walks about unattended and in
variably returns salutes in the most
pleasing g manner. This island, the gar
den spot of England, is twenty-three
miles long and fourteen miles wide. 1t
contains population of of $4,000. and
is separated from the mainland by the
roadstead of Spithead and the Solent.
The famous Z" Carrisbrook' Castle, in
which Charles /. took refuge, IS on this
island, and is much visited on this ac-
count by sightseeing Americans.
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The Boers--Characteristics Of the Sturdy
South African Dutchmen,

4 "Who are the Boers?'' is question
that has been often asked of late, and
many wonder where the peculiar word
originated The word '' Boer'' is the
Dutch for farmer or dweller in the
country, being the same as the German
bauer'' and the Anglo-Saxon q. boor.n
The Beers are substantially the descend
ants of the Dutch immigrants who Set
tied at the Cape of Good Hope under
Jan Van Riebeck in 1862. They were
joined by French .Huguenots in 1857
and 1859, hut the latter were soon alb
sorbed. The language of the Beers is
the so-called Cape Dutch. the basis of
which is the language of Holland, with
the mixture of numerous English,
French, German and even some Malay
and Hottentot words This is the ruling
idiom in the Transvaal and the Orange
Republic and of the rural population in
the western part of the Cape Colony,
while in the eastern part and in KAT
fraria and Port, Natal there is more En-
glish spoken than Dutch. OF the entire
white population of South Africa, which
numbers from $4,000 to 10000 only
about 25 per cent. are of English stock,
while 73 per cent. belong to the Low
German race and about two per cent.
to other nationalities. The name Boer
was first applied to the Dutch colonists
by the English on account Of their ag-
icultural proclivities, and was adopted
by themselves. ,@sA9
On account of the scarcity Of water
on the South African table land the
country would support only thin pop
ulation. and, in consequence, the col
onies were obliged to settle at great
distances from each other, making inn
possible a system of popular education.
The children of the Beers almost uni
versally grow up in ignorance Beside
this drawback, al intervals there come
dry years which oblige the farmer to
desert his home and seek water and
grazing lands for his cattle elsewhere,
and from this comes characteristic
tendency to a wandering life. Under
these circumstances it is not surprising
that the descendants of the intelligent
Dutch settlers should, in consequence
of their isolation and their want OF ed
ucation and intellectual excitement be
considerably behind the world in their
ideas.-Boston Herald.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-''Ive just got out of bad scrape,"
as the man said when he came out of q
five-cent barber shop.
The thermometer is one of the few
things that can fall without hurting it.
sef.--Pbitadelphia Chronicle.
Never address your conversation to
a person engaged in footing up
column OF figures. There's nothing so
deaf as an adder. Cambridge Tribune.
=" Papa, how do editors get in free
at all the showsP" '.Well, :. sonny, as
a general rule, they give five dollars
worth of advertising for a twenty-five
cent ticket" 3ap 4IS' ; Ia
"A poem in one of our exchanges is
entitled '' The Cold, Cold Snow" Per-
haps the poet is not aware that the.
snow is always cold in the winter time,
-No7ristoaon Herald. ,...,.. ~, ~.
Recently matron made her ap.
pearance on the piazza where her
daughter and the latter's young man
had gone several hours before to enjoy
the evening air and moonshine, and be-
gan looking around as if she had lost
something. ''What are you looking
for. MAJ" asked the young lady. .The
morning papers" was the reply. The
porch was vacated. F g "a
- Doctor" said one of our. best
young men in society. doctor, there
is something the matter with my brain;
know there is. What shall do about
it?'' And the doctor calmly but firmly
said he guessed it needed little exer-
else about as much as anything else.
And now the best young man goes
around saying the doctor is a fool. :
Burlinqton HaUk-Eye. t'+l a-,F
"A citizen said to the young man
who visited his daughter that he couldn't
afford to have so much wood burned i'm
the parlor stove evenings; the young
man must come less often. or quit earli-
er, or furnish his own wood. Next day
two cords of good hard wood were pur-
chased by the young man and piled in
the citizens yard, with big sign over
the pile, reading: :. For use nights
only" ."-Hudsoaa Journal.
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Ragbag's Experience.


Did you ever have your country rela-
tives return visit you had made them?
They probably recollected what nui-
sance you We're; how they had to take
horse right in the busy haying season
to carry you fishing; how you drank
quantities of milk they might have sold
and all that. They determined not to
be such bother to you. They are SO
afraid that they are making trouble that
they insist on doing everything for
themselves. Rather than leave their
boots outside the door for the servants
to clean, the men will come down and
go the shed to black them themselves,
and it is twice as much trouble to get
the brushes, etc., for them as it would
have been to have cleaned the boots.
And the women visitors insist upon do
ing the work in the rooms they occupy
and generally putting themselves upon
a level with the servants; and, not even
satisfied with this, they are, in their
anxiety to be no trouble, constantly
looking about for something to do to
help you. Ragbag had an experience
lately. His father-in- law from Vermont
visited him at his cosy home at the
Highlands, The old man was up to all
the tricks described. One morning he
strolled out to the stable and there saw
pile of wood. 1t consisted of long,
slender saplings with some wood cut
up into five foot lengths. The old man
saw at once that it was cheap wood
and regretted that his son-in-iaw had
bought it. But he decided that it ought
to be sawed. He hunted about and
found an old saw horse and saw and
went at it. Did you ever saw woodp
If not you are not acquainted with
grief. 1t is the most tiresome, aggra-
waiting business known. ALI day the
old man worked, never saying a word
to the folks in the house about what he
was upto. He blistered his hands fright
fully and his back ached terribly, but
he stuck to it. About five O clock he
finished the pile. Soon after Ragbag
came home from business and to din
ner. The old man said: "Ah, 10, my
boy, come out to the stable, / wantto
show you what I've done. = He led
Ragbag out proudly and showed him
the pile. There" he said, .. it would
have cost you one dollar cord to have
hired that wood sawed, and I've saved
you that sum- "Good heavensr'
cried Ragbag. "do you know what
you've done, That stuff was for rails
and posts to build rustic fence about
my place. 1t cost me $75.'' Ragbag
had no reproaches for the old man,
whom he knew meant well, but he went
alone into box stall and swore like a
buccaneer in hard luck. And the old
man was so mad that he kicked the
saw horse and in so doing skun himself
in seven different spots.--Boston Post.
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johnny Skae's Big Chance.

A little more than two years since,
says the Carson City New AppeaI,
Johnny Skae, whom everybody knows,
would visit Carson several times q
month, and Tas he passed down the
street from the railroad depot, with an
independent swagger and more indie
pendent look in his eye, men would en-.
vlously gaze after him and express their
convictions that he would outstrip any
single member Of the Bonanza firm in
the possession of millions. This was
when the Sierra Nevada and Union were
selling at from $3.50 to $500 per share,
and Skae was supposed to hold $4,000
shares OF the stock of those two mines.
At that period he would have had no
difficulty in realizing 100000 in
cool gold coin for his stock; but no, he
was ambitious and desired no longer to
play second fiddle even to such colos-
sal financial power as the Bonanza
firm. He fancied that the prospective
dividends of the Sierra Nevada and
Union Consolidated Virginia mines
would be greater by tenfold than
those paid by the California
and Consolidated Virginia mines.
Johnny was oYersanguine; he imagined
himself 100 millionaire, whose millions
were safely deposited in the bowels of
the earth. OF that he felt certain.
In the mean time he entertained his
friends in regal style. He invited them
from San Francisco to participate in
princely fish and champagne banquets,
which were spread near the reservoir
of the Virginia and Gold Hill Water
Works, from which the luscious trout
were taken. and in various other ways
extended his hospitality to friends in
such a manner that they privately
called him prince john In the
midst of this however, he did one pru-
dent thing and that was in settling
$50, 900 in bonds upon his wife. Be.
lieving that the stock of the mines OF
which he was so heavy holder was
sure to reach at least 900 per share,
he hypothecated the same to the Ne
vada Bank, and purchased several
thousand shares on margin. Soon
thereafter the market crashed. and it
was not long before his stocks were
quoted at $50 and $50 per share. OF
course that nearly ruined Skae; but be-
ing man of nerve and desirous of re-
trieving his lost opportunity, he kept
on dabbling in stocks which at one time
might have placed him in an enviably
independent position, until he lost all
that he saved from the first blow; and
it is even said that the S25O,000 which
he settled upon his wife went the way
of the rest. Now Johnny Skae is in
Arizona, in place of living in luxury
and superlative elegance, seeking bo-
nanza, which he probably will never
find. 1t issonly once in a lifetime that
one man in million is so enchantingly
smiled upon by Fortune as Johnny Skae
was two and half years ago.
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some seed cake, an we he'd a nice pleas

some seed cake, an we he'd a nice pleas
ant time.
When the Capting got up to go, seq
he to me. 'Pll put yer name down as
the pluckiest gal in Massachusetts, AM
sez he, Il guess yen come ifthey sends
forr ver!' . .5... 81.
An then they all marched away as
grand as could be.'' 's
But what became of Mr.. Sloeum, -
said Tom.
go, he KEEP alvin on quite spell
longer, an we petted i'm up an made
much OF i'm, l kin tell yer, an when he
died we took an put a stun ter his head
with his name on tot an date of his
death, fer he wuz wonderful good old
mule, an it's thar yit-but sakes alive,
childrunr' said Cynthia, putting little
May down from her lap, :" thar's six
o'clock strikin' an Imust 90 an see bout
tea. p Connie Hicks, an Vide Awake. /
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An Ancient Pestilence.

A gentleman writes from Kingston,
N. H., to the Boston JourndJ, giving
some account of scourge, which one
hundred and thirty years ago, swept
away more than one thousand of the
thirty thousand inhabitants. OF New
Hampshire. The disease was OF the
nature of putrid sore throat, and is now
thought to have been diphtheria. Pertivi-
an bark was the most successful of allthe
remedies used. The writer discusses
the various supposed causes Of diph-
liberia and contends that the real origin
of this disease is undiscovered. for one
hundred and thirty years ago there
were, in New Hampshire. no foul
smoking kerosene or petroleum lamps,
furnaces to emit sulphurous gases, no
sewers to pollute the air, no aif-scorch-
ing, devitalizing stoves, no factory flow
age grounds, no plumbers and no lead
pipes.