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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30
Mar.haI Ne,ylin Commi,.,onea.

Charles NJ Newlin, the newly appointed
United States marshal for this district,
was commissioned by Judge Wales in the
United States district court Thursday,
after his honor had inspected and ap-
proved the appointees bond. Directly
after being commissioned Mr.. Newlin
took possession of his office. ExUnited
States Marshal McAIullen formally
transferred all the fixtures, books, &c. to
his successor and retired from the office
which he has filed for over seven years.
The genial ex marshal will not enter into
active business until next spring, when
he will resume farming, an occupation he
laid aside to enter the political arena.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30
Rescued From a Capsizcd skiTr.

Seven Wilmington young lads were
rescued from the bottom of the swamped
skiff, Ella Lee, on the Delaware river
opposite Pennsgrove Thursday afternoon,
by the gallant Captain Munion of Jersey
metropolis. The inexperienced marines
were sailing in Captain Cross's slSiff, when
collier steamed down the river and the
smaller craft was drawn into her wake
and capsized. Into the water the
mariners were thrown and being unableto
swim they chung to the overturned craft
and drifted with it, about the river nearly
an hour before the eagle eye of Captain
Munion rested upon them. He instantly
went to their rescue, brought them off
and righted the skiH. Beside the
thorough ducking, which endangered the
lives of the lads, they lost new coat,
shoes and other apparel, and n cornet
with which they were going to aiflict
alleged harmony upon II quiet Jersey
community of campers down the shore
near Pennsyille
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30
wesIcyan,s New President.

Ata largely attended meeting of the
trustees of the Wesleyan College, Thurs
day, presided over by Congressman Lore,
Isaiah Trufant, A. NJ. was unanimously
elected president of that institution, and
a committee, consisting of William Bright,
Mr.. Lore, Edward L. Taylor and George
G. Maris, was appointed to notify Mr..
Trufant of his election, and arrange for
his reception. Many applications for the
position were considered. Mr.. Trufant is
a graduate of Bowdoin College, is over
40 years old and ruling elder in the
Presbyterian Church. He is fully COM
petent for the position and is recon-
mended rs man of high character, n
scholar and Christian gentleman. AT
present he is principal of the Miami
Classical and Scientific Training school at
Oxford, Ohio.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30
The ola county nui,d,nw..

The purchasers of the oil county
buildings have already made considerable
progress IN the work of tearing them
down. The smaller detached frame
structures have disappeared, including
the summer house or observatory in the
yard of the insane department, The long
brick building in which colored paupers
were qutrtered is almost leyeled, as is also
the older portion of the insane asS lum
and several breaches have been made in
the stone wall surrounding the property.
The work of demolition has been quite u
picnic TO women and children for squares
around, who eagerly seized old shingles
and other refuse rs fast as they could get
at it and rushed it homeward by arm
loads, wheelbarrow loads and every other
available method of carriage.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30
HISHENGTON.
She Flag On the white HVOusc IIIC
First Sign of Death.

Frst SisN 0t egcAths
WAsnNGToN, July %. Shortly after s
O'Clock this morning the President was
informed of the death of General Grant
He Immediately directed that the flag on
the White House should he placed Mt
half-mast. The lowering of the flag was
the first Inclination that the citizens of
Washington had of the death of the dis
tinguislIed man, although they
had been anticipating it through
the night. A few minutes after
the White House flag was placed Mt half
mast, the flags ON all the public buildings
and ON private ones were placed in like
position. The bells of the city were
tolled and citizens who heard them
readily recognized their meaning. Bust
ness men Immediately began drnping
their houses with mourning, and resi-
dences in similar manner showed esteem
for the deceased.
CLEVELAND 10 MRS. GRANT.
While the bells tolled, President Cleve-
land sent the following dispatch to Mrs.
Grant at Mt. McGregor ''Accept this ex-
preston of my heartfelt sympathy in this
hour of your great affliction. The people
of the nation mourn with you and would
reach if they could, with kindly comfort,
the depths of the sorrow which is yours
alone and which only the pity of God
can heal"
The President has issued proclamation
announcing the death of "that illustrious
citizen and ex-President,n and reciting
the magnitude of ''the public loss of a
great military leader who was in the hour
of history magnanimous amid disaster,
serene and self-sustained who in every
station, whether as a soldier or as a chief
magistrate twice called to power by his
fellow-countrymen trod unswervingly
the pathway of duty undeterred by
doubts, single-handed and straight for
ward" After further feeling references
to Gen. Grant the proclamation orders that
the Executive Mansion and the several
departments be draped in morning for 80
days, and that all public business be sus-
pended on the day of the funeral. The
President further directs the Secretaries
of War and Navy to order appropriate
military and naval honors. Another
order from President Cleveland directs
that all executive departments close to. day
| at o'clock MS mark of respect.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30
Granted a scholarship.

Harry L. Price, graduate from No. /
school, son of Samuel j, Price of No. $3.50
Poplar street, has geen granted a scholar
ship in Delaware College by Representa-
tive Palmer of Christiana hundred. The
fortunate young man is about II years of
age and for long time has been an
attache of the mailing and distributing
department of EVERY EVENING, which po-
sition occupied his out-of-school hours.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30
The Augustine Pier Drowning Case

The young man who was drowned from
the yacht at Augustine Pier on wednes-
day week was Allen @. Gray of No. So
Third avenue, New York. He, with q
and he was trying to swim from the yacht
to the pier, when he sank. Deputy
Coroner Smith, who was notified gave the
necessary papers, and the parents of the
body home Thursday night.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30

by the death of Gen. U. s. Grant: that we
felt the blows he so well directed during tho
war between the states on the side of his
honor and duty, and we appreciate the
kind terms granted by him when our flag
was folded at Appomattox, thus learning
that great man, firm in war, could be gen
tie ana generous in peace to his fallen foes.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30

The message sent by General Grants old
coachman requesting that he might drive
the hearse was as follows
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. c.
General Horace Porter: AS the dear
generals old coachman for years can you
not aid in arranging that should drive for
him for the last time at the funeral? want
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
Milk AMI Eggs as Food.

Average eggs weigh eight to the
pound. Thus dozen eggs weigh one
and half pounds. A pound of eggs
contains more nourishment than pound
of meat and boue. Hence eggs at twen-
ty-four cents per dozen are as economical
a food as beefsteak at sixteen cents per
pound. There is no flesh food that may
be served in so many palatable ways as
eggs, nor so easily obtained by farmers.
They may 0e boiled, poached, scrambled,
fried, made into omelets plain or mixed
with herbs or sated meats, and used in
a great variety of ways in cakes, Indian
Bread and other cookery. Thus there
are few seasons when it will be good
economy in the farmers family to stint
themselves in this easily assimilable and
nutritious food. Every family having an
icehouse or other food storage should
preserve good supply to be used when
they are scarce. They may be kept fairly
we'll in cold cellar if put down in the
autumn.
One reason why persons suppose eggs
lack nutrition is that they are in semi
fluid state. Yet heat readily converts
them into solid by coaguiation. Like
milk, eggs are perfect food, containing
all the constituents of nourishment, and
like rare roast-beef, soft boiled eggs are
digeSted in three hours. Milk, like
eggs, is capable of great variety in the
cooking, and milk and cream should
constitute considerable portion of the
diet in farm life, especially in the pre-
paration of pudding, sauces and the
many dishes that form palatable acces-
sories 10 table enjoyment. 1t is, there
fore, bad economy for the farmers fami-'
ly to stint themselves in milk, cream, and
eggs, on the ground that they are not
solid food. Salt pork, bacon and ham
are indeed solid food in the sense of in
digestibility. 1t takes five hours to di-
gest either, and only strong stOmachs
can bear them. They should be used
more as relishes than as true food on the
farm in summer, as they are everywhere
else. 1t should be remembered that it is
simply the juices of any food that serve
the purposes of digestion.
1t is only that portion of any food
that is soluble in the fluids of digestion
that is assimilated and taken up by the
system. Fresh meat is largely water
about II per cent. and that of eggs
about the same, or about that of blood,
which contains three pei cent. more. The
marketable meat of the OK contains 10
per cent bone, so that this again would
bring eggs fully up to the standard of
lean meat The fact that the farmer is
obliged to depend so largely upon salt
meat in summer, and the added fact
that milk, cream and eggs are especially
valuable in the preparation Of salted-
meat dishes, render careful thought on
the subject all the more necessary
OhacAQO IribNne.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
A Fire Proof Snit of Clothes.

Captain Paul Boyton's chum, Captai
Charles Ahlstrom, has invented fir}
proof suit, says New York letter.
"My suit is much like a diving bell,
he explained to reporter. 1t consist
OF a double covering of the body in tw|
parts, one for the upper and one for til
lower limbs. The inside or lining is
India rubber; air and water tight; tA
outside of canvass or moleslIin. A bra|
plate covers the face with two opening
for the eyes which may be closed. I'll
air is supplied by bellows through ho{
attached to the dress. The inner 81
being air tight, the air escapes throua
the eyehoes. blowing away the fire al
smoke so that | can see clearly. III
entire dress is kept drcnched by wat
through aanother rubber tube from
hydrant or fire engine. The water ente
at the top of the head dress and is di \
tributed through channels in the uppS
part of the jacket. am thus kept co
and my dress made fire-proof.
After PGul's swim at Oak Point IN
other evening Ahlstrom gave an exl
bition of the workings of his suit,
furnished tent being set on fire for t
purpose. His repeated visits to the
terror of the burning tent called d
plaudits from the crowd.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
Milk Stations in Chill.

Every few blocks, on all but the prin-
cipal business streets in Valparaiso, is
a platform upon which COW is tied and
MIXED to order by dairymaid whenever
a customer calls. On table near by are
usually found measures, cans and
glasses, and even often bottle of
brandy, where drinking man can mix
glass of punch if he likes. In the
morning these stands are surrounded by
servants from the aristocratic houses
with cups and buckets, awaiting their
turn, while as fast as one COW is OK.
hausted she is dismissed and another
driven upon the platform. This plan
has its advantages, and the pump handle
in Chill is not much used by milkmen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
The Trying Moment in War.

"I'll tell you when man feels real
badly" says Captain George N. Stone in
the Cincinnati Times Star. ''It's when
he's forming his men into line for a big
battle while little slirmishing fire is
kept up all the time Every minute or
so some one, maybe your best friend,
standing right next to you will shrek
out, ooh, my God," and fall back dead,
yet you cannot let your men fire, for the
army must be drawn up first. There is
plenty of time to think. You don't dare
to retaiate in any way. The next bullet
may find your heart, and your children
will be left fatherless. 1t is a moment
that tries the bravest man, because he
has to stand quietly and take it all. But
when the order comes to fight and the
excitement of tie battle arises, fear
passes away. You have something to do.n
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
VOL. XIII.
THERE NEVER WAS.

Therb never was an earthly dream
OF beluty and delight
That mingled not too soon with clouds,
As sunrays with the night;
That faded not from that fond heart
Where once it loved to stay,
And left that heart more desolate
For having felt its sway.
There never was a glad, bright eye,
But it was dimmed with tears,
Caused by such griefs as ever dull
The sunshine of our years
We look upon the sweetest floweA
'Tis withered soon and gone;
We gaze upon star, to find
But darkness where it shone.
There never was a noble heart
mind of worth and power
That had not, in this sinful world,
Some sorrow for its dover.
The laurel on the brow hath hid,
From many a careless eye,
The secret of the soul within,
Its font of agony.
There never was restful soul
Unmoved by grief or pain,
Or sweetest hour of earthly bliss
Free from sad sorrows stain.
We mark the dewdrop on the grass,
In flush of early day,
Yet soon the seething sunrays come
And drink them all away.
We view the mountains stepped in light
At the first blush of day;
Behold how changed they are at nigh
How dull and dense and gray,
So with the birds in tuneful srring;
How sweet their songs in May!
Nor thought they have, nor care they talk
For blasts of Winters sway.
There never was a bubbling founa
An ever-flowing spring,
Whose waters to the fevered lips
Unfailing we could bring
All changes on Times sinful shore,
Or hides from mortal sight,
Oh, for that world where joy and peace
Reign endless as the night!
Luther G. Riggs, in Boston Folio.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
Too Much Collar.

What a nuisance collar is, to be sure
If the button on your neck band does
not come off in the process of adjust
ment-and sometimes it does not-even
then the trouble is not over. On the
contrary, it is only just begun. If you
do not pin down the sides, ten to one
your collar will be climbing atop of the
neck band and keeping you in contin-
ual fret all day long and if you under
take to pin the stiff linen in place, you
have got a struGoto before you. You
push and push, and the more you push
the more perslstently does the pin refuse
to penetrate. You throw pin No down
with casual remark, and take up pin
No 2. No deceives you into believing
that it is an honest pin. The point enters
the linen with charming docility, but
when you drive it home it doubles up
into fish hook, and, with more casual
remarks, you fling it after No. 1. You
catch with desperation third pin, and,
giving ita savage push, drive it half way
up to the head into your thumb or
finger. Not to mention the pain thai
throbs through your lacerated digit, the
fact that your collar is besmeared with
blood, and that it must come off and you
must begin operations de novo, is enough
to complete your transition from mild
aud gentle good citizen into heartless
villain. Yes, the collar is a nuisance
with everything pertaining to it.-BoS,
ton Transcript.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
Didn't Get the Knife.

General Grants early schooling was n
extensive, He was not studious, but
would take book of biographies of grd
men and devour it by the hour. He vi
always punctual, but, though he hi
rough native courtesy, he Sc dom spo|
to any one. He usually sat ON a stun
and watched the boys play, but wouI
always join in snow ball fight. He VI
extremely obstinate. He had one fig
with the schoolmaster and won it. Sol
of the boys attempted to take GRAM
knife from him. The schoolmaster to|
sides with the boys and ordered Grant
give it up, which he refused to do. II
teacher took long black hickory swit'
and tlogged the boy till his arms ache
Grant neither begged, flinched nor Sd
rendered, but clung TO the knife, and II
master had to give in at last and
him keep it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
SELECT sIFTINGS.

A tomahawk of tempered copper was
recently found by a farmer near Sah-
born, Dakota. 1t is a rare relic, as the
method Of tempering copper is lost art
in America.
In harness, q man has lifted $500
pounds, this result having been achieved
only by allowing every muscle to act
simultaneously to its fullast capacity,
and under the most advantageous cir
cumstances.
The venom of bee is acid AMI to
neutralize its effects an alkali should be
used when possible. Finecut smoking
tobacco is said to be a good remedy. A
pinch of it moistened and applied to
the wound like sponge gives relief in
five or ten minutes.
When the first cargo OF ice was landed
in New Orleans some sixty years ago,
mob drove away the workmen and de-
molished the building. The cargo had
to be re shipped to the West Indies,
while the health officers and other ply
sicians came in for sound abuse for
abetting practice certain to produce
disease.
1t is remarkable fact that poison
GUS snake cannot poison one of its own
species. 1t can slightly poison other kinds
of venomous snakes aud can kill quickl
harmless ones. A vigorous cobra can
kill several dogs or from q dozen to
twenty fowls before its bite becomes
harmless, and then its rapid secretion of
virus makes it soon as dangerous as
ever.
At the commencement of the last cen
tury the billiard table was square, hav-
ing only three pockets for the balls to
run in, situated on one of the sides, that
is, at each corner, and the third between
them. About the middle of the table a
small arch of iron was placed, and at
little distance from it an upright cone,
called the king; at certain periods of the
game it was necessary for the balls to be
driven through the one and round the
ether, without knocking either of them
down, which was not easily effected, be-
cause they were not fastened to the
table.
The burial of relative in Timur is a
very serious and expensive business. 1t
involves gift to the deceased from all
his blood relatives, and, in return, a
burial feast. If the deceased is a man
of rank, this feast is a matter very often
of ruin to his family. The fcstivity must
be given, and at the same time the hos
pitality is expected to be extraordinarily
lavish. Consequently it often happens
that the day of the funeral is indefinitely
postponed for months, and even for
years. until the family has had time to
accumulate sufficient wealth of cattle
and substance. In the meantime the
corpse is enclosed in mating and housed
either in tree Or hut and left to itself.
Then for days there is savage banquet
ing and reveling, and the interment at
last is carried out. Among the more
savage races of the Timur Laut Islands
and Timur the skull of an ancestor Is
severed after burial and kept as a relic
in a place ofhonor within the house.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
Utilizing the Monkey.

Perhaps the only attempts which have
been made to civilize the money is in
Malabar, India, says DR.. A. II. Ward.
A fine species indigenous in this quarter
is the Neligherry langur. The natives
here have tanning machines called the
punka. In other days the punka, which
consists of a movable frame covered
with canvass and suspended from the
ceiling, was kept in motion by slave
pulling cord. An English officer con,
ceived the idea of teaching the langur
to do the work. He took one of the
species and tied its hands to the cord,
while by means of another cord the ma
chine was kept in motion. The move.
ment of the cord is up and down, and
of course, the monkeys hands being tied
to it, went up and down, and the animal
saw the machine move. Its master pat
ted its head and fed it with candy, and
the langur soon learned to think it fun
to work the machine. When | was in
Malabar securing specimens of this
species, saw thousands of them work
ing the punka, the Indians having i'm
mediately put the animals in captivity
when they saw their utility.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-28
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The cup that inebriates but don't
cheer-Hiccup.
A little girl described nervousness as
Just being in hurry all over"
"What causes pain?" asks an exchange.
1t is the boys mother, very often.-Pack.
A woman may work from sun to SUI
But collectors work is always dun.
The Rambler.
The most striking thing in the way OF
bronze mantel ornaments-A clock
Life.
There are 240 bones in man. Man
compares poorly with a shad.-Boston
TlunscrjDt.
CALI want is justice" said the tramp.
"Three months" said the justice. -PAIL'
adeiphia Gull.
A woman and fiddle are something
alike. They always come out strongest
when there is beau about. -B0ston
Budget.
There is a gorge in Yellowstone park
where no sound can be heard. Not a
bad place to keep house. Chicago
L6Gqer.
He is q mean father who will paint
the top of the garden gate every evening
and buy fresh bulldogs as fast as they
come along.-FaU RiUer AdDance.
"a penny for your thoughts' said she,
81 can't their object guess"
"Why, seek, my dear, TO buy" said he,
THAT which you now possess.
Life
"Pa," said the little boy, "what is an
absolute monarchy" 81 can't explain
it, my son, 50 that you can comprehend
it. Wait until you getmarried aud then
you'll know. ."-NeOman Independent.
"Hes a man of big calibre," remarked
Jones to Brown, speaking of an acquaint-
ance. "Indeed!" was the reply, "how|
do you make that out2" ''He's great
bore" "Oh," murmured Brown, and
tainted away.-Merchant- zrGreler.
ITO clean the teeth use mixture of
emery and mixed oil, following it with
plenty of kerosene" This would seem
to be queer advice, but as it is taken
from a machinists' magazine, and from
a chapter relating to circular saws, we
have no doubt it is given in good faith,
Boston Post.
These are the days when the young
man puts on knee breeches and stock 7
ings and mounting bicycle starts on
long tour, feeling perfectly happy till
sixteen year-old country girl with blue
eyes as big as saucers, shouts: ''Hey
mister, come here and pll lend yor :
money enough to buy legs for then
pants. "-PhiLadelphia NeaOs.
He (afraid she will order the second
plate)-'Did you know they make ic
cream of glucose, gelatine, corn starch
castor oil, SKINNED milk, oleomargarind
cayenne pepper and strychninep Sh
clicking out the dish)-"No, l didn'
know that, but I've noticed they are
stingy in filling their dishes that one ha
to eat two plates in order to get enough.
-CHjcag0 Herald.
How doth the little mosquito
Improve the midnight dark,
To leave on forehead and on limb
His sanguinary mark.
How skillfully he plies his bill,
How neat he makes attacks;
Then stores himself In parts unseen.
And dodges all the whacks.
N''' .-Springtietd Union.