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The Wilmingtonian., 1884-07-05
OFF For Chicago.

The Delaware deputation to Chicago were
timed TO leave Wilmington at ! 1.09 p. H.
yesterday tFriday) evening, travelling oven
the r. w Il B.rails to Baltimore and thence
by special train at a. III. ON Saturday aniv-
ing at Chicago by noon of Sunday.
Among those who will attend from this
city are the following:-lIon.G George Gray;
Hon. G.. III. Bates; Hon. Walter Cummins:
Hon. G. B. Lore; L. X. Cochran; City Audi
tor Ball; City Solicitor Turner; ]. l.. Car
penter; Enoch Moore Jr; j. Park Postles;A.
b. Cooper; William B. Norton; John G.
Farra; City Councimen William G. Baugh,
r. II. Taylor, Martin Farrell, D. ]. Mention,
Merris Taylor and John NJ. Newell.
The State will also be represented by Gov
emor Stockley; Secretary WIZ. Causey, Will
liam Dean, +. S. Phelrs.o of the (Smyyna
Record w. Scott Way (HiddletOpn Trans
script,) J. L. Vallanlingham, Alexander
Comegys and many others.
The Bayard Legion has strong deputaton
to hurrah for their candidate and there is
every sign of bustling time at Chicago so
far as the Legion is concerned,
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-07-05

In these contests it requires 1874 votes ia
elect; the number now required is POI.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-07-05

EX For the convenience of the readers of
TUE WILMINGToNIAN and to enable its stail
to enjoy the glorious Fourth with then
friends we have published this weeks issue
day earlier than usual.
Is The hum of industry is good thing,
but there is some kind of industry that is
nothing but hum.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-07-05

No use tattoolng Ben Butler. The
marks wouldn't show.
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ing is multiplied three or four fold, by the
simple process of moving from one locality
to another during the afternoon, and charg-
ing for each consultation as separate meet
ing. In this way smart Councilman may
make fDuror five dollars in single after
noon and then bob up serenely for an extra
dollar at the evening session of Council
tself
We have no record of the amount extract
ed from the City Treasury by this sharp
practice on the part of the committee mem
bers, but we do know that the voice of
the tax payers is already being raised against
the lax administration of the finances of the
present City Council, and that very few
more episodes like the Martin Farrell bill of
expenses would make an impression that
would be felt with crushing force in Novem-
ber and in the summer of 1885, The cam
mittees of City Council should be above
the suspicion of holding a number OF meet
ings on trivial grounds where one meeting
would have sufficed, merely to get the dol
lar II head allowed under the letter, rather
than the spirit Of the charter.
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s}listellameuns &eadinq.
MACKEY on PENSIONS.

EX-Judge Mackcy has recently written
the following characteristic letter on the
subject of pensioning the Mexican war vet
Grams:
DEAR SIR: | have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your letter of the 18th
instant. It affords me pleasure to state, the
lady you refer to as the widow of veteran
of the Mexican war, will be entitled to a pen
sion of So per month, notwithstanding her
subsequent marriage, under the terms of
the pending pension bill. The right, in
such case is regarded as in the nature of a
dover right, which accrues upon the death
Of the husband and does not lapse by reason
of an after marriage. The bill provides that
the pension shall date from March 4, 1878.
Thus placing the veterans of the war with
Mexico on the same footing with those of
the war of 1912, whose pensions began at
the end Of thirty years after the close of the
war. There is, now, no doubt Of the pass
age of the bill at the present session. The
only pretext for any opposition to it hereto
fore has been that there are too many vet
Grams still living. We are now able to fur
nish the Massachusetts apostle of charity
(Hoar) the gratifying intelligence that, Ow-
ing to the starvation process which he has
advocated, there will be less than six thou
sand benetciares under the bill, including
widows, and Of these siXty-tWo per cent.
belong to the Northern States.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis, who was Colonel OF
the first Mississippi Rifles, and by his su-
perior skill and the splendid valor of his
command converted our imminent defeat
into victory at the battle of Buena Vista,
has recently written letter to a friend in
this city, in which he requests that he may
be excluded from all benefits under the bill
and thus obviate an objection to its passage
which has been frequently urged. Hestates
that he does this as an act of justice to his
needy cOmrades-in-arms.
This sentiment is worthy of that "chiefest
of knightly gentlemen" Sir Philip Sidney,
who, being grievously wounded on the field
of Zutphen, was offered glass of wine, but
he pushed it away from his parched lips and
pointing to a private soldier who lay bleed
ing on the ground near him, said: "GiVe it
to him, his needs are greater than mine."
In conclusion, would state that we have
a veterans committee OF nine members here
(of whom am one) to urge the speedy pas
sage of our bill. We were all "loyaP' dur
ing the late war-eight Of us loyal to the
United States and one (myself) loyal to the
Confederate States.
If can serve the widow of my worthy
comrade-in-arms please command me freely.
am, dear sir, yours faithfully,
r. T. NJ ACKES
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

WHAT TIE TOBACCO MONEY BOUGHT.-
Between seventeen and twenty-three there
are tens of thousands of young men dam
aging themselves irretrevably by tobacco.
You either use very good tobacco or very
cheap tobacco. If you use cheap tobacco, |
want to tell you why it is cheap. 1t is Il
mixture of burdock, lampblack, saw-dust,
cOlt's-foot, plantain-leaveS, tullers' earth
lime, salt, alum and little tobacco. You
cannot afford, my young brother, to take
such mess as that between your lips. If,
on the other hand, you use costly tobacco, let
me say | do not think you can afford 1t:
You take that which you eXpend, and will
expend, if you keep the habit all your life,
and put it aside, and twill buy youa house,
and it will buy you Il farm, to make you
comfortable in the afternoon of life. a
merchanto of New York gave this testimony:
Gin early life | smoked six cigars day at
six and Il half cents each; they averaged
that. | thought to myself one day, 'Pll
lust put aside all the money | am consuming
in cigars, and all | would consume if | kept
on in the habit, and l will see what it will
come to by compound interest,"" And he
gives this tremendous statistic !: "Last July
completed thirty-nine years since, by the
grace of God, I was emancipated from the
filthy habit, and thesaving amounted to the
enormous SUM OF S29, lO2.03 by compound
interest. We lived in the city, but the chill
dren, who had learned something of the ell.
joyments of country life from their annual
visits to their grandparents, longed for
home among the green fields. l found a
very pleasant place in the country for sale.
The cigar money now came into requisition,
and found that it amounted to sufficient
sum to purchase the place, and it is mine.
! wish all American boys could see how my
children enjoy their home as they watch the
vessels, with their white sails, that course
along the Sound. Now, boys, you take
your choice, smoking without a home, or a
home without smoking.-Rer. T. De WIT
T1/jDU0P.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

Queen Victoria Alexandria Guelph, of
Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of
India, is the daughter and only child of
Edward, Duke of Kent fourth son of George
III, by his wife Victoria Mary Louisa, of
Saxe-C Coburg- -Saalfeld, Germany. She was
born at Kensington palace, England, May
24, 1919. Her father died in 1920, and her
general education, under her mothers su-
pervision, was conducted by the duchess of
northumberland, and until within a few
weeks before she assembled the throne, she
lived in comparative retirement, diversified
by visits to various portions of the United
Kingdom. The death of the reigning king,
William ", occurred in June, 1887, and on
the 2Sth of that month Victoria, by royal
succession, was crowned queen of Great
Britain and Ireland at Westminster Alb
bey. She Immediately became favorte
with her people and has retained their es-
TEEN and affection up to the present mo-
ment by her womanly and queenly charac-
ter. In 1910, Victoria was united to Albert,
prince of Sake Coburg Gotha, second son of
duke Ernest, who was born in Germany
in 1919, and was in every way suitable
husband for the young and popular queen.
He was man of peaceful habits and refined
taste, whose pursuits were of an exalted,
benevolent and useful character; and he
was a competent and active participator in
public measures, which tended to increase
the happiness and prosperity of the English
people. Nine children were born to this
royal couple. The duchess Of Kent, Queen
Victoria's mother, died in March, 1861, and
her husband, Prince Albert, suddenly ex-
pired in the following December The
whole kingdom was thrown into grief by
the death of the prince consort, and that
event has been the means Of inducing con-
tinuous habits of seclusion in the private
life of the queen, while she has continued
to exercise her powers and duties as the
sovereign of mighty nation with great
fidelity to her subjects. Her public history
is that of great Britain during the last forty
three years. AS wife, a mother and
queen She has experienced only the changes,
the sorrows and joys which usually fall to
the lot of ordinary women, but in all and
through all she has proven herself an honor
fo har
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worrying, and we can put our heads togeth-
er and devise ways and means for getting
on"
"There is still the Missionary Fund" said
Silas, more hopefully, eff only the payment
continues regular"
"And if it doesn't, still We'll manage to
get along, somehow or other,"'' answered
Celestine, determined not to be discouraged.
Her husband felt more light t-hearted after
that conversation than he had done for days.
The revelation was made, and Celestines
view of matters was so bright and encour-
aging that he could not resist, altogether,
the Infection of her hopefulness.
Whatever gloomy thoughts might be in
her mind, she certainly never let them come
to the surface; and, Notwithstanding their
loss, she managed, that very evening, TO
pack and convey to the needy Morris family
a basket, containing some things which she
felt quite certain they could spare.
1To BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

THE AMERICAN CAMELs.-The camels
now running wild in Arizona were bought
by the United States Government in Asia
Minor. There were seventy-six camelS in
the first "colony." They were at first en-
ployed in packing between Fort TETON and
Albuquerque, in some instances carrying
100 gallons of water to the animal and 60
ing nine days without water themselves.
Tiring of them, the Government condemned
them, and they were sold at Benicia to tho
Frenchmen, who took them to Reese River,
where they were used in packing salt to
Virginia City. AfterWard the animals were
brought back to Arizona and for sometime
were engaged in packing ore from Silver
King to Yuma but through some cause or
other the Frenchmen became. disgusted,
there being no market for camels just then,
and turned the camels loose upon the desert
near Maricopa wells, and to-day they and
their descendants are roaming through the
Gala Valley, increasing and multiplying
and getting fat upon the succulent sage
brush and grease-wood with which the
country abounds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

MORE PRECIOUS THAN GoLD.-Young
man, Danish all ideas of marrying wealth
Earn it, then you will appreciate it and
know how to save it. If you cannot bring
her pure heart and an untarnished repu-
tation bring her what a Greek maiden once
said she would bring to her husband:
"What gold cannot purchase-a heart un-
spotted and virtue without stain, which is
Get wife who has what DR.. Watts calls
"Wealth above what earth can grant and
lasting as the mind" Then will marriage
be pleasant and agreeable, and the end be
peaceful and triumphant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

p9' Sight is the noblest sense; it is quick
we can look from earth to heaven in mo-
ment it is large-we can see the hemis-
phere of the heavens at one view; it is sure
and certain-in hearing we may be deceiv-
ed and, lastly, it is the most affecting sense.
Even so faith is the quickest, the largest,
the most certain, the most affecting grace.
Like an eagle in the clouds, at one view it
sees Christ in heaven, and looks down upon
the world !; it looks backwards and forwards,
it sees things past, present and to COME.
SLIDES.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

NITRo-GLYCERINE.-N -Nitro-Glycerine is
made by adding, drop by drop, nitric acid
mersed in freezing mixture. An amount
of sulphuric acid is then added to the mix
ture, it being kept at very low tempera-
ture The oily nitro-glycerine that floats
on the top Of the acid liquid is then taken
off, and it is ready for use. Giant-powder
or dynamite is made by mixing nitro-gly-
cerine with infusorial porous earth. Gun
cotton is made by sleeping cotton fiber for
forty-eight hours in mixture of one part
of sulphuric acid with three of nitric acid.
1t is then washed in running water and
dried
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

READ AN HOUR A DAY.-There was
lad who at IA, was apprenticed to soap
boiler. One of his resolutions was to read
an houra day, or at least at that rate, and
he timed himself by an old silver watch
left him by his uncle. He stayed seven
years with his master, and when he was
q he knew as much as the young squire.
Now let tus see how much time he had toread
in seven years, at the rate of one hour each
day. 1t would be 2,555 hours, which at the
rate of eight reading hours per day would
be equal to three hundred and ten days;
enthusiastically years reading. That
time spent in treasuring up useful know
ledge would pile up a very large store. l
am sure it is worth trying for. Begin now.
DO what you can. In after years you will
look back upon the task as the most pleas
ant and profitable you ever performed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

A BURIED VILLAGE.-The buried viii
lage has been found by Hon. Amado Chaves
mile from his house near Socorro, New
Mexico, Mr.. Chaves writes to the Santa Fe
Reriew "It is built of stone. The outer
walls are three feet wide, and the city is
large enough to have accommodated 5000
souls. 1 have already cleared four rooms in
the upper and two on the first floor Of one
house. The dimensions Of the first floor
room just finished are 11x12 feet, while from
floor to ceiling the distance is about fifteen
feet. The village is almost square, and this
building is situated at the northwest cor
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

DETERIORATION OF SIGHT.-The causes
to which this deterioration of eyesight has
been attributed, are alleged to be crOss-lights
from opposite windows, light shining direct
ly on the face, insufficient light, small types,
and the position of the desk, forcing the
scholar to bend over and bring the eyes too
close to the book or writing paper, etc. But
were all these defects remedied, the integri-
ty of the eye would not be restored nor the
deterioration prevented. These are the col
ors of the paper and ink. White paper and
black ink are running the eyesight OF all
reading nations. The 'rays of the SUM-"
says Lord Bacon, "are reflected by white
body, and are absorbed by black one"
No one dissents from this opinion; but, des-
pite these indications Of nature and of phi
iosophy, we print our books and write our
letters in direct opposition to the suggestions
of optical science.
When we read book printed in the eX
listing mode, we donot see the letters, which,
being black, are non-retlective. The shapes
reach the retina, but they are not received
by spontaneous direct action of that organ.
The white surface of the paper is reflected,
but the letters are detected only by a dis
criminative effort of the optic nerves. This
effort annOys the nerves, and, when long
continued eXhausts their susceptibility;
the human eye cannot long sustain the broad
glare of white surface without injury.
The author of "Spanish Nistas," in Hdr-
pe,'s Jldgazie, says of Carthagena, that
"blind people seem to be numerous there, a
fact which may be owing to the excessive
dazzle of the sunlight and the absence of
verdure" Mr.. Seward in his tour around
the world, observed that sin Egypt ophthal-
mia is universal" attributing tito the same
"eXcessive dazzle" the wide areas of white
sand; and the British soldiers in the late
in that country exhibited symp-
toms Of the same disease. In the Smithso-
nian Report for 1877 it is stated in paper
on "Color- blindness, )" that IN. Chevreul
has produced II, APO distinguishable tints of
the elementary colors, from which the paper
could select colOrs more agree
able to the eye than the dazzling white, so
weakening and lacerating to the nerves of
that delicate organ. ."-,Science MOnthlY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17
FOOD MAKES THE MAN.

Speaking roughly, about three-fourths,
by weight, of the body of man is constitu-
ted by the fluid he consumes, and the re-
naming fourth by the solid material he ap-
prOpriates. 1t is therefore no figure of
speech to say that food makes the man.
We might even put the case in a stronger
light and affirm that man is his food. 1t is
strictly and literally true that ga man who
drinks beer thinks beer" We make this
concession to the teetotallers, and will add
that good sound beer is by no means bad
thought factor, whatever may be the intel
lectual value Of the commodity commonly
sold and consumed under that name. 1t can
not obviously be a matter of Indifference
what man eats and drinks. He is, in fact,
choosing his animal and moral character
when he selects his food. 1t is impossible
for him to change his inherited nature, sim
ply because notifications Of development
occupy more than an individual life, but he
can help to make the particular stock to
which he belongs more or less beery or
feshy, or watery, and so on, by the way he
feeds. We know the effect the feeding of
animals has on their temper and very ma
lures how the dog fed on raw meat and
chained up so that he can not work off the
superfuous nitrogenised material by eXer-
else becomes a savage beast, while the same
creature fed on bread and milk would be
tame as lamb. The same law Of results is
applicable to man, and every living organ
ism is propagated Sin its kind" with a phys
ical and mental likeness. Thisis the under
lying principle Of development. Happily
the truth is beginning, though slowly and
imperfectly, to find recognition it has long
been denied. 1t is possible that in the nat
ural desire to secure the best and purest sup
plies Of food and drink for man we are push
ing matters little to extremes and becom-
ing ridiculous. Utopia is a long way Oft,
and "Hygeia" has not been built. 1t is,
however, desirable thatwe should aim high
and make the teachings of physiological sci
ence the precepts of our daily life and con-
duct. We may not be able to reach our
ideal, but progress will be advanced by
striving to make its attainment an object.
"What to eat, drink, and avoid" is ration
al proposition and if some Of usare becom-
ing little unreasonable in the attempt to
solve it, at least we are on the right road,
and ought to be encouraged rather than
abashed by the not unkindly criticism our
endeavors are calling FORTH
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17

ANOLD Song ANALYZED.-You all know
the old ''Sing song ofsix-pence," but have
you ever read what it is meant for?
The four-and-twenty blackbirds represent
the twenty-four hours. The bottom of the
pie is the world, while the top crust is the
sky that overarches 1t. The opening OF the
pie is the day dawn, when the birds begin
to sing, and surely such a sight is fit for
king.
The king who is represented as sitting in
his parlor counting out his money, is the
sun, while the gold pieces that slip through
his fingers as he counts them, are the golden
sunshine,
The queen who sits in the dark kitchen is
the moon, and the honey with which she
regales herself is the moonlight.
The industrious maid, who is in the gar
den at work before the king-the sun-has
risen, is day-dawn, and the clothes she
hangs out are the clouds, while the bird
who so tragically ends the song by ''nipping
off her nose" is the hour of sunset So we
have the whole day, if not in nutshell, in
pie-Erchun0e.
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ner. The large room has large door lead
ing to the outside of the wall, but no win
doWs whatever. In this room / found the
skeleton of a girl. The hair is in perfect
state of preservation &; it is fine, and OF
chestnut color also found there a string
of fine coral beads, one of turquoise beads,
and a ring set with black stone, on top of
which is piece Of turquoise. All the tim
bers of the roof are burned to a char. l
have arrived at the door which appears to
lead to inner rooms, and / am full of curios-
ity to open it, but the second floor is only
supported by the stones and debris about
the door, and should / attempt to remove
these the upper story will tumble in and fill
up the lower room, just cleaned out, with
mass of stone, charred tinbers, and debris.
CYPRESS Although cypress has been in
use many years at the South for building
purposes, it is only within the two or three
last years that its value has commenced to
be appreciated at the North: but the de-
mand for it is said to be steadily increasing,
and the probability is that ere long it will
form very considerable portion of the sup
ply of lumber sent to this market. There
are two varieties of the tree, usually called
the yellow and red. The latter, which is
harder of the two, grows upon the high
lands, and as it takes high polish, is eX-
tensiVely used at the South for furniture,
shelving, counters and wainscoating. The
yellow variety grows in sWampS and bottom
lands in the State of Alabama and all along
the Gulf coast, and throughout these Sec
tions is used as substitute for white pine,
although when thoroughly dried it rather
heavier, and does not work quite so easily.
1t is claimed that it is stronger than white
pine, that it can be nailed without splitting,
i -. IL 1.r>,I
is used exclusively for hOgsheadS, barrels,
cisterns, etc. Itisalso used for picket fences,
sashes, blinds, door sills, clap-boards, shin
giles, tanks and vats for breweriesand mills,
and it is said to be growing in favor for dye
ing and chemical watts, as the dye does not
affect it as much as other woods.
The most important quality of the wood,
is represented to be its great durability,
which has been amply tested with the most
satisfactory results. In this respect it is
valuable for the foundations Of buildings
upon filled-in land, where the wood is apt
to become wet and then dry, as it will not
rot easily. Since it has been systematically
placed upon this Market it has been grow
ing steadily in favor with builders, and as
it's merits become better appreciated, the
consumption will no doubt increase. The
lumber generally runs large and clear, and
the price at which it can be laid down here
makes it cheap wood for almost any pur-
pose.
Cypress was known to the ancientsas the
most lasting wood. But few persons know
that the cotfins of the Egyptian mummies
are made Of cypress. The first doors of ST.
Peters church at Rome were made OF cy-
press and were replaced by bronze doors af-
ter 600 years, the cypress being as sound at
the end of these years as at the building or
the church. .-L,Ul6er Trade JOmnm.