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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16
PRICE ONE CENT.
where meteors Como From.

II, about two hundred years ago, q
witness had stated that he had seen q
vi ch at midnight riding through the
air on broomstick, he would have
been believed but II he had stated
that be had heard loud explosion, and
found a large hole In the ground, and,
upon tbrusting his hand in, had found
q stone which was warm, his veracity
would have been doubted. Meteors
must have fallen in olden times, but it
is onl v In later days that these casee.have
been reported. Until 1894 it was the
be ief that peteOrs were visitations
from God. A Danish astronomer was
the first to write on the subject. Pallas
found a meteor, which the former ex-
amined, and recognised its true char.
acter, being composition OF iron and
nickel. In 1888 . shower fell in Nor
gin. A II indoo claimed that q meteor
followed him for two hours before it
fell to the earth. The most celebrated
one fell in 1892, in Alsace, and it has
bung fer three centuries in q cathedral.
Ii weighed two hundred and thirty
pounds, and fell with the sound OF
thunder. 1t penetrated the earth six
feet The best known meteor is one OF
1874, which fell in Wolverhampton
England.
A farmer saw hole in the ground,
and an examination showed the ground
| TO be warm, and . meteor was finally
unearthed which weighed about seven
hundred pounds. Being polished, 1t
rsem bles eolid IRON, and is now stored
in the British Museum. In falling,
meteOrs start from above the atmos-
phere, where there Is little resistance,
and come down with q velocity twenty
times geater than that OF bullet.
Coming in contact with the atmos-
phere, great heat is generated and the
meteor is broken in pieces. The most
com mon meteors are stones, and cannot
be found because they resemble stones
on the earth's surface. In Siberia
and South America the most are found.
Where they come from has caused
much discussion One theory is tina,
meteors originally came from the
earth, and were due to stupendous vol
canic eruptions Of ages gone, when
the meteOrs were thrown beyond the
Iattraction Of the earth, and sent revolv
ing around the sun. When the eartf
in its orbit comes near one of thes,
wandering meteors it attracts 1t, ant
1t plunges into the earth. Any ston,
thrown at the rate Of six miles secorG
would not return to the earth again
but would be thrown outside of its at
tractive power. Every: one of thes
must In time enter the orbit of tn
earth and must, Of course, return to i,
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16

The place to pul chase your holiday
presents Is a. Bayn ards
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16

All kinals of silver and plated ware
at tavnartd's. Fifth and Market streets
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AT
SHARP'S
n AND MARKET sTs.

Christmas Holidays
on Rugs and Mats
y interesting to some
who " Don't know
the world to give"
re both pretty and USE
bought five hundred
\ Brussels Mats (and
coed many in one
e for Wilmington ),|
Ire sold in most car
les for IS cents and
!. The quantity low
J price with us, giving
oppurtunity to buy
Ere for 5s cts. apiece.
(e's about fifty Smyrna
which are nice tor bath
lining room or front
It's all we have, and
hi be IS cents from 81.
grads in higher col
kduced to 81 from ST.
still higher grade ST.
$I.75.The best grade
n $3.50 Too many
goods for stock ta-
I've about fifty large
bquette Rugs, in bright
handsomely border.
nice rug for front Of
They will be SI.9e
2.5o. They best and
bmest line OF large, sofa
hyrna Rugs, with fig:
centres and borders
tal and Persian style:
educed to $500 iron
and $3.50 from Sc.
6heepskin Rugs there
! desirable colorings a
! $3.50 and S3.75. W.
hlso those elegant An
Bugs, in one skin, show
long, white, silky feec'
baking a beautiful rug
and s..
the taste which prefer
subdued and elegan
sh colorings and design
We the South Kensing
IT and Mecca Rugs, su
IN quality and effect
to SI4.
IS lot OF Rugs is mark
Pecially for the tlolida
There's a b O u
F hundred OF them altt
/, making an elegan
ment OF all kind
are nice for gifts an
5 useful.
VIM. B. SHARP,
Market, Carpet Departme
fine Barnsley Tab
sk, q yards long, vii
'ozen napkins to mate
up what is known
OF Table Linen. Th'
tern Leaf and wat
Patterns very beautih
|est thing OF the kind '
ever shown ; $6 per 9
VIM. B. SHARP,
Market, Basems
(ere's a little lot OF go
faback Towels, forty-o
IS long, twenty incl
all red borders, tt
ood value at 18 Gel
A fine Damask To
notted fringe, dou|
Prs, not many of the
sell quickly at 25 Ger
VIM. B. SHARP,
Market, Bassm
Ook at our hemstitcl
Handkerchiefs at
Twas not so v
ago we thought t
wac obo. r. T.:
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16

Baynard' 8 stock is the largest in th'
city to select from.
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state OF the Tnermomeses

at the REPUBLICAN ONCE in the shade.
7 O'Clock 10 O'Clock 12o'clock.
32o 400 a.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16

Mems calf boots for $2.00 atBabcock's 8
2O6 Market street.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16

Christmas cakes at Mrs. G. Weyrs
No. Z East Second street. Call and see
them.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16

Poultry wanted at Messick's, Third
street market.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16
Reduced Rates.

The Worid's Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition will open at
New Orleans, Louisiana, Decem Der
10Th, 1884, and continue until May olst,
1885 The success of this great show
is now assured, and in the vastness of
its extent, the variety of the interests
involved, and the wide field from
which its features are drawn, it will
exceed in magnitude anything Of its
kind ever held In this country, Besides q
full representation of the limitless in
dusiries and the unbounded resources
of every State Of the Union, every
country of the world will display some
thing OF its resOurces, its art, or its
handiwork: The collection of interna.
tiOnal exhibits will be complete, and
that, in connection with all the rich.
ness of America, will form an epitome
of the advance of civilization as perfect
as it is unique. Agriculture, mechan-
les, science. art, commerce, trade, and
every branch of human industry will
make part of the great fair. Its loca.
ton at one of the foremost commercial
cities of the South, as well as one of the
most attractive, fitted in every way for
| the entertain ment of great gathering
ofpeople, lends added interest to the
enterprise. The winter season At New
Orleans is the most delightful portion
of the year, and the inhabitant of the
| severer climate of the North would
| find most grateful change in the geni.
ality of Southern winter. Accommo.
danous will be ample, ranging iu
expense from the comfortable room
of the visitor of limited means to the
luxurious apartments of the wealthier
class lt will be q winter vacation
where one may find not only health and
pleasure, but profit and instruction.
For the benefit of the large number
OF visitors who will be attracted thither,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has placed on sale at all the principal
stations Of its system excursion tickets
to New Orleans, good to return until
May 3lst, 1885. In consideration OF
the reduced rate at which the tickets
are sold they are subject to certain con-
ditions as to Limitation of trips going
and returning. These conditions are
simple and will be explained in detail
by agents. The tickets are of two
clases: Those covering the same rout.
in both directions, and those covering
one route going and different route re
turning. The round-trip rate of ticketl
lgoing and returning the same rout,
from Wilmington to New Orleans il
$43 90, and going by one route and re
turning another, $t1 rs, except wher
J the trip is made In one direction via
the Atlantic Coast line, in which cas-
the rate is $6O.4O.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16

Burke h Kellum's Coal is the best.
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over Sd and IIth street Bridges

Residents, for drugs and prescriptions, go
| to Beaton Smiths store or leave order and ne
will deliver 1t.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16
The Combination Of Iuxrec,eu.

used in making Browns Bron NAL Tr1ches
is such as TO uive the best possible effect with
safety. They are the best remedy in o for
Coughs, Colds and Threat Diseases.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-16

Bush's coal Ia the kind you want
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BARGAINS!

Having purchased the
STOCK of a large Cloak
Manufacturer at 6oc., on the
dollar, we are prepared to
offer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03
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domestic Ec0nnmY.

One OF the witnesses before the United
States Senate Committee on Education
and Labor made the sensible remark:
II believe more in domestic than in po-
ltical economy There is a whole vol
ume of sound sense in this pregnant lit
tie sentence. The science of domestic
economy is less understood among us
than, perhaps, in any other country in
the world. Nowhere is it better under
stood than in France. The United
States is the paradise of butchers, and
of all other classes who deal in the sta
pie articles of necessity or of luxury.
Even in the humblest homes there is a
vast margin of waste aud extravaganza.
Miss Juliet Corson has shown how a
good dinner for three or four persons,
and embracing several courses, can be
provided for less than a dollars but in
how many excellent houses are her ex-
cellent recipes followed? 1t is not an
exaggeration to say that two or three
hundred thousand persons could be COM
fortably supported on what is thrown
away every day in the week in New
York. The politicians will take care of
political economy, so far at least as
drawing their salaries and saving the
Republic is concerned. 1t is the domes-
tic branch of the science which needs
more general cultivation.-N. Y. Jour
ma
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03
Death OF an Iowa Ex-Governor.

Ex-Governor Lowe, of Iowa, died in
Washington, Saturday morning, Dec.
%. Ralph p. Lowe was born in Mont
gomery county, Ohio, about 1905, and,
after receiving good college education
and spending the earlier years of his
manhood in Ohio, he settled at Musca-
tine, Iowa, in 1889, where he engaged
in the practice law, at the same time
devoting his energies to the cultivation
of large farm which he had bought.
He soon attained an eminent standing
in his profession. In 1S49 he removed
to Keokuk, and. in 1858 was elected
Judge of the First Judicial District of
Iowa, composed of the counties of Lee,
Des Moines, Henry, and Louisa. In
1857, while serving his second term as
Judge of this district, he was nominated
by the Republican party for the Cover
norship and elected by large majority.
He served as Governor of the State of
Iowa until 1860, having been elected,
before the close of his gubernatorial
term, to the Supreme bench of the
State for the term of six years, succeed
ing to the Chief Justiceship in due time.
Being at the time of the expiration of
his term largely interested in mining
matters in Nevada, he declined a re-
nomination to the Supreme Court in
1866. He subsequently resumed the
practice of law, and came to Washing
ton about 1875, being employed by his
| State to settle certain claims against
the Government. Until quite recently,
when his health began to fail, ex-Gov-
ernor Lowe has always been an active,
energetic gentleman, and warmly de-
voted to his profession. Among those
who knew him best he was admired for
his manly qualities, his sincere friend
shig and devotion to his adherents, and
frank, open character
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03
A Pleasant Remedy for Toothache.

DIR. L. c.. Osborn, in the Medical
Brief. states that his cook came to him
with swollen cheek, asking for some
thing to relieve the toothache with
watch she had been suffering all night.
He was ON the point of sending her to
the dentist when it occurred to him that
there was in the house vial of COM
pound tincture of benzine.
''Aftef cleansing the decayed TOOTH"
he says, Il saturated pleget of cotton
lint with the tincture, and packed it
well into the cavity, hoping this would
suffice for the time, and told her to
come back in two or three hours if she
was not relieved. l was turning away
when she said it might not be necessary
perhaps, as the pain was already gone.
Surprising her faith had large share
in the relief, would not allow myself
to think that the medicine had anything
to do with the cure any more than so
much hot water would have had. But
when l arrived at my Office, two other
patients were awaiting me with the
same affliction, and / determined, by
way of experiment, to use the same
remedy. To my agreeable surprise,
both patients declared themselves i'm
mediately relieved, and begged vial
of the tincture for future use. During
the winter a humber of similar cases APP
piled, and were instantly relieved by
the same treatment, all expressing much
satisfaction with the remedy. In De-
cember | told my druggist of the dis
covery, and recommended him to sell it
to any person applying for "toothache
drops"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03
Willard Fillmore.

A friend of Willard Fillmore. now liv-
ing in Buffalo. said, recently, of the de-
ceased statesman:
he must have been a good deal of q
statesman. / knew him pretty well af-
ter he had retired from the Presidency.
de was man of very fine appearance,
though OF a very cold temperament,
and. by the way" said my friend, Il
think that the cold men get the great
prizes anyhow, if mere success or Office
is prize. Fillmore is essentially a cold
man, Yet the great masses of people
grew enthusiastic over him. Van Bu-
rem, whom | knew moderately well, was
cold man, too, thinking about himself
generally. Seward was a cold man, ex-
cept when he warmed himself up with
brandy, which was very often. Tilden
is cold man. Buchanan, whose life
have just been reading. was as cold as a
man can be. Fillmore began life me.
chanic, and he started to practice law
in little town about fifteen miles from
Buffalo. He became so strong there
that he came to Buffalo, and had the
best practice in Buffalo, being the head
OF his firm. He went into politics after
he had acquired respectable independ-
ence and he had very fair success, al
though he was defeated in one case; but
New York State has always given an adj
vantage since it began its remarkable
growth to the politicians hailing from 1t.
Fillmore was twice married, and his sec
ond wife was rich. lie has left one son
in Buffalo, who is an agreeable person,
but not of much force. De Witt Clinton
also has a son in Buffalo, an amiable
but not very strong man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03
Articulation.

A recent writer says: Gas regards
articulation, the Americans, we think,
have natural advantage over the
English in superior delicacy of struc-
ture of the vocal organs. Very many
Englishmen, apparently, have to con-
tend with thick unmanageable con-
formation of the organs of speech,
which occasions the splutterings and
mouthings in their public speaking.
That the Americans have great natural
facility for clear and fine articulation is
shown by the readiness with which
they acquire the pronunciation of for.
eign tongues, and by the fact that, with
proper early training and care, they do
attain to remarkable grace of utterance.
1t still remains true that much more
Importance is attached to articulation
in England than here; that more pains
is taken in training the young to habits
of clear utterance, and that, on the
whole, the English is more conscien-
tiously articulated by educated persons
in England than by the same class in
this country. We mean by this to say
that the consonants are more distinctly
and duly uttered; that, for instance,
shrink and shrine would not, as with
us, be softened into srink and srine,
suggest into sudjest', arms into aims.
On the other hand, there is tendency
in this country to more distinct syllabi-
cation and more marked secondary
accent in long words. The English
say 'int'r'sting,' 'circumst' ace, die
tion'ry,' tripping lightly over all the
syllables after the accent, articulating
plainly all the consonants, but almost
eliminating the vowels, while we put a
secondary accent on the penultimate
syllable of long words, and give to the
others as much stress as to unaccented
syllables in short words. 1t is this
popularity which brings upon Ameri-
cans the charge of drawing, and which
occasions the remark of foreigners that
they can understand an American more
easily than an Englishman."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03
Law Scayengers.

There are lawyers and LAWYERS. Will
liam M. Evarts or David Dudley Field,
for instance, probably would not hire
runners to scour the hospitals for vic
tins of accidents and drum up business
for the office. 1t is not known that
Mr.. Evarts or Mr.. Field ever did such a
thing, anyway. But there are LAWYERS
in New York who do it. A runner who
has been in the business for several
years was ''fired OUT of Bellevue Hos
pital the other day for trying to force q
man whose leg had just been amputat-
ed to sign some legal papers, though
the doctor had given orders that no one
should be allowed to talk to the man at
all. His method was to work up cases
for certain lawyers who shared the
spoils with him if they succeeded in
grabbing any. Victims of railroad ac-
cidents were the best gained, for suit
for damages is a thing that railroad
companies will always settle if they can.
The sufferer in Bellevue had been run
over by Third avenue car. After the
firing out of the hospital runner asked
lawyer if he thought there were 9TH
ers in the business. why he said,
s'there's lot of fellows in it and they
do hardly anything else. The first
thing is to read through the morning
papers for reports of accidents. Then
they hunt up the injured persons at their
homes or in the hospitals, talk them
half 70 death about good claims for
damages and get them to sign some
papers if they're able. Then the case
is turned over to scrub-lawyer who
threatens suit or actually brings
suit, and the runner gets share of
any plunder that results. The run
ner bounced from Bellevue claims to
have secured 100000 for crippled per-
sons since he took up the business. He
forgets to say how much of the $780,
600 the lawyers and himself have kept.
And this reminds me of the claim put
in by Lawyer Chauncey Schaffer in the
case of Mr.. Harold who recovered $780,
600 from one of the elevated railroad
companies for nearly killing him. Schaf-
fer was Harold's counsel and he de-
mands $4,000 out of the $50. 600 for his
services. Harold offered him $4,000,
but he would not look at it, not dol
lar less than S25, 900 would do and be has
commenced suit to get it il he car.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03

Tho Rrpod M Cattle.

The Jerseys and Guernseys excel in
richness of milk and fine butter quail
ties. The latter are larger than the
former. Herefords are not large milk
ers, but the milk is rich. The bulls
make good crosses on native cows,
and the steers fatten rapidly. The
Ayrshires are good mixers, and viii dc
well on short pastures. Their milk is
better for cheese than for butter. Short
horns are eminently the beef breed.
being of large size and early maturity.
Besides being profitable for either but
ter or cheese-making, the cows when
dried off, fatten remarkably easy and
make beef of prime quality. The bulls
are handsome and excellent to grade
up native stock. The Devons are quite
similar to the Herefords in respect te
milking qualities, but smaller in size,
and of deep red color. As working
oxen, they are celebrated, being mus
cular and active. They are thrifty
growers and mature early; their beef i:
of prime quality The polled cattle are
profitable for beef, especially in the
prairies of the west, and their meat is
superior in quality. The cows milk ii
rich, but is not produced in very greal
quantities. The Holsteins or Dutch
cattle are noted for excellent milking
qualities, coupled with the capabilities
Of making good beef. Their peculiar
marking make them attractive to the
eve.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03
The Making Of Shot.

The material is first prepared from
the coarse pig lead by refining pro-
cess. This is carried to the top of the
tower by means of steam elevator. 1t
is then thrown into the smelling pot.
which has capacity of six tons. A
composition, the chief ingredients of
which is arsenic, is mixed with the lead.
This is done by a skillful hand, and the
greatest care is necessary in the prepar-
alton. A certain temperature of heat
is also required in the smelling process.
The lead being in proper order, it is
poured into a pan or seive about twelve
inches in diameter, containing several
hundred round holes, from which a
stream of shot drops to the bottom of
the tower into tank filled with water.
The newly-made shot as it drops from
the sieve very much resembles shower
bath stream. Here the use of arsenic
and the necessity Of the great drop is
seen. The arsenic is used to keep the
little ball of lead made by the sieve CON-
pact, while the drop is necessary to cool
the missile in order that it retain its
rotundity before reaching the tank.
In this manner four tons of shot per
hour are manufactured. different sleeves
being used for different sizes.-Pitts-
batrQh UeSDdfch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-03
Taste in Dress.

1t has been said that a true lady is
known by the fit of her gloves and boots.
This we do not accept as the rule, for
many real lady would take nothing
from the scanty purse for choice fitting
gloves and would put on her weary
feet only such shoes as are large and
easy. Still refined taste would not
choose such, and the whole selection of
a lady's underwear should be nice in
quality and fitting as neatly as the out
side dress. Cheap hats. loaded with
feathers and flowers, silk dresses. cheap
and tlimsy, made heavy with trimmings
earrings, chains, lockets, rings. with
perhaps no gloves-for the street
awaken suspicious that the money is all
on the outside. There should be con-
sistency in dress throughout. and what
ever one is able to spend for dress
should be so divided that the under
clothing will be as good as that exposed
TO view. Formerly ladies made their
own undergarments, stitch by stitch
now, the sewing-machine relieves many
aching backs and heads. When under
garments can be bought ready made.
at little more than the cost of the ma
terial at retail, and in any style and at
any price, according to quality and
trimming. 1t seems waste of time to
make such articles at home. Fine
French embroidered garments are very
handsome and cheap; night-gowns and
chemises each from two dollars MP. and
drawers from one dollar upwards
Ethel Stone, in american 4gTlculturisf.