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The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09
SATURDAY AUGUST o, 1854.
THE COMPOSITOR.
For THE wILMINGroNIAN.

rOh 1hh W lLhiNdlOHlAN'
Hidden away in an upper room. the world
forgetting and by the world forgot, the
weary "'c:ap" 10 engaged from morn to
dcwy eve in keeping in motion the machin
cry of civilization. He receives no thanks
and expects none. In crowded heated
apartment, his brow believed with sweat
and his hands begrimed with lead and ink,
he strives to evolve from the hieroglyphics
Of brilliant edi ors and versatile lady CORE
spondents some approach to photography,
punctuation, method and order. Anything
IS good enough for the poor "comp." When
the whole editorial staff-the city editor, the
managing editor, the editor-in-chief and per-
chance the proud author himself-have done
their worst on a sheet Of copy it is sent up to
the composing room for some unlucky COM
positor to earn his living on at piece-work.
Whenever French, German, Greek, Latin,
Hebrew, Italian or Russian word com es
along, the compositor is supposed to be able
to divine instinctively what the writer
means. If the editor is foored by quota
ton he leaves it to the compositor to rectify
Articles scrawled in haste are sent up, as an
easier recourse than the attempt to decipher
them.
1t is not a wonder then that compostors
are men of few words, of misanthropio views
and prone to degenerate into complete
taciturnity by the time they are thirty.
They do not always regard the editorial
staff with high respect. When compositor
has made the correction she did his work, !"
for she done his work" score of times in
the city editors copy, he is apt to think he
is better posted in Lindley Murray than the
c. E., and very likely he is right. But the
special detestation of the comp" is the
brilliant amateur writer, who not knowing
an "em quad" from corn cob insists on
making alterations in revised proofs, putting
in ideas here and interlineations there till
the patience of the poor comp" is as near
over-rinning as some of the brilliant writer S
corrections. In some country Offices gifted
preachers pop into the composing room, and
worry the comp" with suggestions of half a
column of display headlines in New York
Herald style. Or, again, the 'devil'' has
"pied' a whole 'galley" of type as he
PUSHES to the proof press at breathless
speed. Or, again, the editor gets drowsy
and the compositor has to make known the
fact that he is "waiting for copy" his
remarks on such occasions being short and
sweet, like donkey's gallop.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

Dandruff is very frequent cause of bald
ness, and this malady is usually contracted
by incubation of the cosmetics of the fash
ionable barber. In order to prevent as far
as possible the commencement of badness,
the hair should be cut and dressed at hcme,
and with ones own implements, and these
thoroughly clean. When it has begun, the
following mode of treatment is suggested :
The scalp is to be daily well soaked with
tar or fluid glycerine potash soap, which is
to be rubbed in for fifteen minutes firmly.
The head is to be drenChed first with warm
water, and then gradually colder water. A
two per cent corrosive sublimatc lotion is
next to be pretty freely applied. The head
is then to be dried, and the roots of the hair
are to have one-half per cent. solution OF
naphtol in spirit rubbed in them. Finally
a pomade of u to per cent. Of carboliC
or salicylic oil is to be used to the head
This treatment has now in many cases
brought the disease not only to stand, but
the hair has been to considerable extent
restored.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

tools with which they do this work, and
look with unfeigned alarm upon the pros
pect of any serious misunderstanding with
Great Britain. 1t is not race or blood, so
much as religion, that creates the ill-feeling
of Roman Catholic freshmen toward Protes-
tant England. And this animosity, which
does not affect the German immigration,
even when newly arrived, is found by ex-
perience to he greatly weakened in the sec
ond generation. The children born of Irish
parents upon American soil, sent in ordn-
AIRY course to the excellent schools SO bonnti-
fully provided in all the states, are assimi-
lated to the common American type, and in
their youth and maturity cease to look upon
England with the viudictiveness of their
progenitors. They cling alfectionatcly to
the name and the memory of the green isle,
but do not find it absolutely essential to
their love of Ireland that they should hate
England. ("America" by Dr. Mackay.)
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09
A Midsummer Night Dream(?),

suffering specimen of the genus hOmt
thus relates to us his recent experience of {
night, with pain, music, chatter, mosquitoes
and flying bat. He says:-Weary witt
pain, and with the thern.c wave ranging
among the eighties, retired about 10 p. m
hoping, with the aid of NATURES swee
restorer sleep, to enjoy season of relief ant
refreshing rest; but alas! my hope was
delusive one, for the chatter of the Doorstep
occupants had not yet subsidized. Silence
however, in time began to reign serenely
when the noctivagant serenaders' voice.
were heard, in attempted harmonious strains
crying out, sit don't belong to mel" TheI
followed another audible annoyance, in til,
form of more music of another kind, caused
by the migrations of the murderous mosqui
toes, whose powerful propensities for poison
GUS propinquity rendered their presence NO
only undesirable and distasteful, but yer!
distressing and pain-procuring.
After struggling Intellectually for sleeI
until about a. m. another character entered
upon the scene. This time, one of thosC
NAS"NS""IS SiS"NuASo d piinu Ddb
Then active hostilites necessarily com
menced, and the exercises are more easily t
be imagined than described, as, with pillow
in hand, we watch for an opportunity tt
batter and bruise, If possible, the bother
some, bouncing, burgarious bat. But he
gyrates around the room, and darts hithel
and thither in such manner as woult
cause the head to drop by torsion from thu
shoulders of any person who could possibly
keep his bold batship in view for sufficient
length Of time. These exercises were also
enliyened by an occasional squeal emanating
from the mouths Of the tinid and frightened
femininty present. The bat chase over
our repose was once more courted, but 10, il
was now too near the dawn for much sleep
and as all the experiences of the night haG
been freely interspersed with the peripatetic
pains of racking rheumatism, it is not at al
wonderful that, early in the morning, what
should have been bed of ease, was vacated
by body as much wearied as when it was
laid down on the previous night.
EXPERIENTIA DocET
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

Republican and Democratic-these are
the two great essential divisions, shift and
change as they may and, these being pretty
nearly balanced, the Irish party, well drilled
and organized, and keeping aloof until tic
tory must be declared ON some one of the
many issues that are continually raised is
able but too often to turn the scale. Hence
the Hiberno- Americans are hated and yet
courted by both and hence every now and
then it is found that the statesmen who
have no sympathy for the Irish and the
priests deem it necessary to angle for Irish
votes by anti-English orations, which it
would greatly grieve these statesmen to be
taken in England at their American value
Whenever the election for President draws
near, and for at least eighteen months
before the final decision of the struggle, it
may be noticed that the American press.
both of the North and the South, gets up
grievance against England. If it be not the
right of search, or the enlistment question,
or disputed boundary in tue far North
west. or fishing case in the Bay of Fundy,
or the right CT way across the Isthmus of
Panama, or the Mosquitian Protectorate,
it will be someing else; perhaps something of
no greater moment than a leading article in
The Times, or some other London journal of
note or influence. Hard words will be used;
much 'bunkum" will be spoken; and from
the press the vituperation will spread to the
floor of Congress, until Englishmen, partly
alarmed and partly amused, are compelled
to ask in genuine bewilderment what it all
means? 1t means nothing, except that the
two great American parties, opposing each
other for some objects, or to carry the cleo
ton of some candidate for high office, and
deeming every vote of Importance in con-
test too evenly balanced to be comfortable
for either, desire to have the Irish on their
side. And the straw with which the Irish
are most easily tickled is abuse of England.
Predict that the sun of England's greatness
is set forever, aud the Irishman will think
you the pink of orators. Assert that Bro
ther Jonathan will slick" John Bull into
immortal 'smash," and all creation along
with him, and Paddy O'Rourke will flourish
his shilaly, and vent his ecstasy in pro-
longed ululatitns.
But the leading statesmen of America, |
though they are condemned at times to use |
such agencies for the accomplishment of
purposes which have not the remotest con-
nection with English politics, despise the
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

Baltimore Herald (Rep.)

Will Kelly hurrah for Cleveland ? He
wants Cleveland defeated. With Blaine
elected, he will remain power in Gotham
politics; with Cleveland elected he will have
as much life left as dead cock in the pit,
Tammany may in the end throw up its hat,
but Kelly will not.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

There may be men of such exceptional
amiability of temper that life of this kind,
unbroken by any noteworthy interlude of
excitement, pleasure or physical exercise,
would leave them still kind, genial, trusting
souls at forty, but the chances are sadly
against it. Yet, there must be some
unknown compensations in the compositor's
career. Even when the Fourth of July or
some national event gives him whole holt
day, it is ten to one that the comp will be
found sitting, some part of the day, on the
steps of the printing office, as the sparrow
stitch on the hOuse-top.
few years ago, when strikes were the
order of the day, waggish compositor made
characteristic response to threat of the
master printers to offer premium for some
machine that would set type by steam,
and so revolutionze the trade as Arkwright
did with the spinning loom. The comp"
put his response in pictorial form, a sketch
of which is here reproduced from recollec-
tiOn:-
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

Those who believe that spirituaism has
had its day and that the spiritualists as a
body have silently accepted the lot of
extinction will be surprised at the announce
ment of the great camp meeting of New
England Spiritualists, now being held at
Lake Pleasant, Montague, Mass, and con-
tinuing till the close of the month. Among
the speakers announced is j. G. jackson.
Esq, of Hockessin, who will deliver the
address on Wednesday, the Goth inst. The
mediums will be J. Frank Baxter, Edgar w,
Emerson, DR.. w. B. Mills, DIR. j. V. Mans
field, Mrs. Ida Wilson Porter, Mrs. Maud
L. Lord and DR.. Henry Slade. Nh. Jackson
as president of the American Spiritualist
Association, (Which body will be represented
at the camp, thus writes Of the objects of
the meeting:-
"The said annual meeting will be for the
purpose of perfecting the organization, by
the making of it legal body corporate, by
increasing the number of its members, by
eiiectng unity and cooperation with other
organized bodies of Spiritualists, and i'm
every proper manner enlarging it's field of
influence and practical executive power for
good
"The constitution of the Association (eyer
open to orderly amendment), its objects and
aims, and an address to the general public,
have bsen already circulated somewhat
widely, in pamphlet form and otherwise,
and are probably well known to Spiritualists
at large, and will continue to become more
and better known.
'We trust, therefore, that the cause of an
organized rational and purified Spiritualism,
the need of which has been | ng felt, may be
hailed and responded to with joy by the
many thousands whose lives have been
enriched and frightened by This Modern
Spiritual dspensaton, and that all such will
unite heartily to help place it before the
world in light favorable for its reception,
thus aiding to spread its benign influences
to the unnumbered thousands Of our brothers
and sisters waiting for the light and Joy
which the knowledge of such philosophy is
so well calculated to afford"
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09
John IkeIIy's Strength.
Chronicle Herald.

The moment that Tammany Hall ceases
to hold the balance of power in the politics
of New York city and State then John
Kelly's influence ends. 1t is only as lea
der of faction that he has any weight pnlit-
ically, and what success he has had is
due mainly to his ability to make his own
terms with the Irving Hall and the county
democracy before giving his support to the
Democratic ticket, In reality he is guer-
rilla i'll politics, caring little or nothing for
party, and ready at any time to sacrifice the
latter for John Kelly.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

more cases which end in recovery. This is
about the proportion in enteric fever which
is more fatal disease than the average of
diseases. The result, therefore, on this
assumption would be that, speaking in round
numbers, there were 800, 900 fewer cases of
illness, and 90, 900 fewer deaths in England
and Wales in 1881 than would have been the
case had the population been living under
the conditions that existed i'll 1921. 1t
may perhaps be objected, and not unreason-
ably, that the yeaI 1881, with its extraordin-
arly low death-rate, was so exceptional that
ii can hardly be taken as fair sample by
which to measure the annual return in life
and health from the money spent in sanitary
improvements. Let us then take the entire
period of ten years that elapsed between the
first public health act and the close of 1881
Had the dcath-rate remained during that
period ut its mean level in the preceding
decade, the total deaths from 1872 to 1881,
inclusvely, would have been 5,54S 11G
whereas there were actually no more than
B, l5j 3G7. Thus no less than 800, 749 persons
who, under the old regime, would have died,
were, as matter of fact, still living at the
close of 1881. Add to these saved lives the
avoidance Of at lest four times as many
attacks of non-fatal illness, and we have the
total profits as yet received from our sani-
tary expenditure. Moreover. it is importan t
to note that these profits were not equally
spread over the ten years, but that there was
manifest tendency to progressive increase
throughout the period. This is what might
be anticipated for the full effect of sanitary
improvements requires time for develop
ment,"
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

SUBSCRIPTION - 81 PER YEAR.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09
HOLIDAY LETTERS.
watch HrI House, watch mn, II. l.

To THE EDITOR OF THE WILMINGToNIAN
Dear Sri will now endeavor to fulfil my
promise to write you description of this
the fact that in early times the "Narragan-
sett'' Indians wege wont to keep watch from
this point over the Sound to prevent sur
prise attack from their enemies, the ''AIon-
tauks,' who lived on Long Island. The
eastermost extremity, "Montauk Point, -
can be plainly seen on a clear day from here,
though twenty miles away. This point is
the sOuthwestenmost point of Rhode Island.
1t is a bold headland, bordered by the
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-08-09

There are many would-be men of letters
who look with disdain on the poor comp"
and speak with contempt of the "mere
mechanical part of journalism. Such men
would glance at the Steam Compositor with
out the faintest insight into the keen satire
contained in the sketch-viz., that even a
compositor must have brains. And for tho
matter of that, every real newspaper man
knows that it is easier to find twenty florid
scribblers than one swift, c,ean, thoroughly
skilled compositor,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-12-20

Ed. ADVOCATE: That an adequate water
supply Tor the domestic and manufacturing
purposes Of our town is essential to its
future success and prosperity, is daily
demonstrated in every home, shop and
factory.
Considerable time aud space might be
consumed discussing the advantages of such
a supply, but mention Of few OF the most
important will suffice. For domestic pur-
poses, by virtue of its physiological office,
it is necessary that the water be whole.
some. The quality obtained from supply
would be superior to that furnished by
wells and rain water csterns and the cost,
when quantity is desired, would be greatly
diminished. A constant and regular supply
would replace the inconvediences during
periods of draught 1t would prove an eff
fectual agent in the protection Of property
from fire, especially here where the houses
are principally frame and clos ely built, Ia
condition of affairs iayoring the destruction
of the entire town in case of the simutan
eous occurren nee OF fire aud high winds
An efficient water supply would greatly en-.
hance the value of property and also
diminish the rates Of insurance, making
the town a more desirable place Of resi-
dence.
There are two systems of water supply
the pumping and gravity systems, and that
system which combines the greatest mum.
Der Of advantages with the least cost of con
struction and maintenance is the one to be
adopted.
in the selection Of source for a supply
quality and quantity must he taken into
consideration. Lehghton occupies the en-
viable position from which i t can choose
between three sources of unquestionable
quality and abundant quantity, viz: Ma
honing Creek, Beaver Run and Long Run.
In order to secure the waters OF the Ma
honing the pumping system must be re-
sorted to, the other mentioned streams af
fording a gravity supply. While the first
cost of the pumping system would be some
gravity supply, the cost of maintainence
would would render its adoption impracti.
cable. In considering the advantages Of
Beaver Run everything is favorable to an
e Efficient supply, but when compared with
those of Long Run we find it would require
longer line Of pipe, thereby increasing the
cost long Run Is a stream of remarkably
pure water, running oyer bed of rock and
stone which prevent the heaviest rains rend-
ering its waters turbid. Surrounding the site
of the proposed reservoir aud north to the
head of the stream the hills rise very
abruptly on either side, removing all fear
as to the future contamination OF the water
by the cultivation of the adjacent lands &c.
| The natural features of the country prevent
its eyer becoming thickly Inhabited.
The results obtained by careful survey
and estimate Of cost of the proposed project
show conclusvely that $25UU0 will solve
the problem to the satisfaction apd interest
Of all concerned. dy--dx
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-12-20
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-12-20

WHAT shall we do with the tramps?
This question bas been asked frequently
the past few days. In our opinion the
best thing for our borough authorities to
do would be to put a good strong fence
around the lookup lot, pile up n lot of
stones therein, arrest every tramp who
makes an appearance in the borough,
and set him 10 work cracking the stoues
for 48 hours and furnish him during the
time with bread aud water diet The
stones could be very advantageously
used upon our streets and in a short
time the tramp pest would skip lightly
around the outskirts Of our borough-
work they don't like and won't DO if
possible Try it!
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-12-20
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