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The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26
SATURDAY DEC EnBR ae, 1855.
A Lesson to Wilmington.

Elizabeth city N. j., is bankrupt. The
city taxes have mounted to such height
that ordinary business cannot be carried on.
Municipal taxas swallow up all the margin
of legitimate business profit.
The most recent exemplcation Of this is
in the fact that the Singer Manufacturing
Company employing three thousand men
nicipality owed the Singer Company two
million dollars. The Company owed the
@ Z wenty thousand in city taxes. On the
proposition the City Comptroller refused to
offset the tax with part of the municipal
debt. AS the New York Herald says tech
nically the comptroller is probably in the
right. Equitably he certainly is in the
wrong.
The working men of Elizabeth are n, "
and have for long time represented the
majority of the voters. Had they chosen
they could have restrained the local govern
ment from the course which has made that
city bankrupt. On the contrary they elect
ed to the municipal offices the very men who
made the wasteful expenditures and contrac
ted the fatal debit is bitter experience
but it will teach workingmen how far-reach
ing are the consequences of political blum
ders-how serious is their own responsibilit.
for misgovernment,- everyone of them beini
armed with vote-it will not be an alto
gether improbable oue."
From the more recent record of our owl
City Council we would seriously as
whether they have heard, as we have, on
citizens, our storekeepers, ask on the publ
street whether Council is aware of the fac
that city taxes are so excessive that ordinar
business is almost prohibitive in this city
Small storekeepers, and many large one
cannot continue in business. Real estat
also in many parts of the city is non -produ,
tive. Some instances it is an actual expense
The man who has no real estate is better o
than he who holds property Is it any wol
der then that we hear dismal talk of hal
times from various quarters.
The good news has been recei =
Singer Sewing Machine Wo
business Tuesday. The municipal levy
ever has not been raised, Under any
cumstancos it is fortunate thing for
three thousand operatives, especially
this season.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26


Twenty four bills and joint resolu-
tions have been introduced in the
House of Representatives, and four,
two of which originated in the Senate,
have been passed.
John Hargreaves, provision mer-
chant of Liverpool, New York and
Chicago, is reported to have suspended
payment Saturday with liabilities esti-
mated at $35o,0O0.
John Howell is in Jail at Honesdale
Pa, for numbering his four children
about two months ago; when he en-
tered Jail he had a full beard which
he has since pulled out, hair by hair,
and eaten it.
Milton Young of the McGrathiana
farm, Ky, offered his entire stable
for sale at Lexington on Saturday;
twenty-seven animals were sold in
eighty minutes at an average cost of
S2,441. or a total of over S65,000.
About 2 O'Clock Tuesday morning a
fire broke out in the Chenango House,
at Greene, Chenango county, N. Y,
and destroyed nine buildings. Three
men were injured, one seriously, by an
explosion.
Dudley Francis North, the Earl Of
Guilford, was thrown from his horse,
last week, while hunting and has died
from the injuries received by his fall.
He was Conservative member of the
House of Lords. He was 81 years
old.
The German bark Alliance arrived
at New York on Saturday after sail
ing 179 days without seeiug another
vessel: one sailor had died and two
others were sick leaving the work to
two men.
The youthful Emperor of China is
to be married in February.
The Gar is to be crowned Empel
| or of Central Asia during the coming
spring.
+ William Heath of the bankrup
t firm of Heath &c Co., New York, wai
r released on Saturday on 100000 bal
q given by two wealthy clerks,
" Bismark, who is 70 years old, fel
is from stumbling horse last week AM
ot is suffering from infamed veins; h
is required to occupy recumben
position.
u The Missouri Pacific railroad o
D. Saturday paid st. Louis S715,47i
the principal and interest of the SUI
lent the company by the city i
1865.
u A young German named Stani
W laus Schwerlin traded his coat fc
e. chloral at Buffalo last Saturday an
~ !, then tried to commit suicide wit
i il the poison.
e, The disused Ohio canal is to |
e- converted into channel f,
IS ships, wh1slus ill connect tho
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26
Ir6ugh inland waterways.

There is much suffering among the
1000 striking miners of the Monon
gahela Valleys; this is the fourth
month of the strike.
Jasper E. Sweet, the Chicago printer
whoshot dead DR.. Waugh in a Jealous
tit has been sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary.
The Paris gendames have cap
tured a notorious gang of thieves,
called the ''Black Band" which was
organized for the purpose of swind-
ling tradesmen on large scale.
Susan Lee, colored, was awarded ST.
900 damages against William Doug
lass in the Baltimore City Court Tues
day. The plaintiff alleged that while
she was crossing the defendants field
she was attacked and beaten by him
and that she has been subject to fits
ever since.
The Singer Sewing Machine facto-
ry at Elizabeth N. j., is idle and g..
900 employees are out of work, while
the company is trying to settle with
the town for $4,000, 900 lent to it from
time to time; the company refuses to
pay tax except on receipted orders ON
the town treasury.
Sunday afternoon a fire DESTROYED
the three upper floors of George r.
Sklllman's cracker bakery, on Green
street, near Lexington, Baltimore.
The damage to the building, formerly
a universalist Church, is estimated at
$4,000, and to stock and machinery
$4,000 to $4,000. Fully covered
by insurance.
\ movement is now being made in
Baltimore to procure from the Legis-
lature, soon to assemble, the passage
of a stringent law against the opium
joints which are said to have largely
multiplied recently. 1t is proposed
to make the penalty so severe as to
entirely prohibit them. There are
hundreds of Chinese laundries in the
city where the drug is said to be
smoked, but there is now no law to
re ch them.
The Duke of Seville, who, in re-
sentiment of the declination of Queen
Christina, his cousin, to give him an
audience on Friday, publicly villifed
h,r and predicted that ex-Queen lisa
bella would soon replace Christina as
Queen Regent, has been arrested.
The prompt action of the government
IN d .,!ing with the duke has OCCASION
I'd something of sensation in mill
tuy aid imperial circles, and the inn
preston prevails that despite the
.strong feeling niufestrd bv the
z lcen aud some of her advisers in
Clyor Of lcniency u past political
offenders, yet no puL,c lvowals tend
ing to bring rcproach upon tile Queen
will be tolerated.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26
The Philosophy OF Freemasonry.
FROM AN ADDRESS BY BRO. HENRY BUST,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

say, then, that Freemasory is an associa-
tion for the cultivation of intellectual
philosophy ; it is an association for propaga-
tion of moral and religious sentiment it is
an association for the exercise of charity and
the encouragement of human love. Aud If
succeed in showing that its philosophy is
scholarly, its moral and religious teaching
orthodox, its practice of charity diffusiye,
and its principle of love pure and holy, l
shall claim all for character thus developed
that l know just men will be disposed to
bestow. will not ask more under such
circumstances you could not give less.
As an association engaged in the cultiva-
ton of intellectual philosophy, Freemasonry
peculiarly recommends itself to our atten-
tion. As scientific or philosophic institu
tion, it is true that even many of its own
disciples are ignorant of its pretensions.
But not less certainly are these principles of
philosophy and science there, and our Ger
man brethren are right when they call the
Masonic Lodgean academy.
Like the groves of Academus, where Plato
taught his almost divine lessons of wisdom
or the school of the sage Of Crotona, where
truth was unveiled by the master to his
silent pupils, the Lodge pours forth to tie
ear,and the intellect tho willing AMI search
ng brother is sublime teachings.
The philosophy Of Masonry is not patent to
the inattentive or the ignorant. As Pytha-
CORA required probation of several years
before he entrusted his patient disciples with
the profound arcana OF his dogmatc philos-
phy, because the uncnltured intellect could
be no fit recipient of this mystic learning
which Egypt and Chaldea had first unTolded
to the laborious sage of Crotonl, SO the
school of Masonry bcstows not at once and
on all the Inspirations of its abtruse philus-
ply. Wisely, therefore, has the institution
provided grades of advancement, through
which the aspirant must pass, making each
grade the scholar of the Que that preceded
it, and receiving at each step an instalment
only OF that light which bursts at last in its
full effulgenoe only on lhe maturcd scholar
who has diligently wrought his hours Of
labor, and receives his rich reward in The
philosophic light, Of which That light Is but :,
symbol
Freemason'y, then, has a philosophy which
it offers 10 teach to all who ave willing Il,
receive it. Nor is this nm incidental cl,R..
acter Of tie institution. Iii, not omgihin.
that has been superaGded 10 il after i,
Organization. II is not the nrrt.ir 4 ,..,, n :,
extril sic ornament that has hr,.u ttus.
over the structure after ITS . .mpfei,pn ID
attract the admiration ,E ia, y.,,l 90
spectator Far fum il, r rl.rilr>o,'y
Mas nry lies at The v,l5 utm.l4t,.a "a II,
institution. On this ha- trvI htut: tn,
rs The great fundamental p el,;y q
existeute. For t:e anlt5g,lot at ts.A T.
was design'l rr rs s,a yni,a 1t ja.
been continued. 0Ir CHARITY, uu, h. ,aa e.
hood, are common to US VIA may u,f,,r
associations. They are odsLoots flciu the
prolific root but bogeycr admirable they
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26
Public snirit.

We learn with pleasure that Mr.. Rhoads
has offered his services for the proposed
theatrical representation of Mikado in aid of
the Associated Charities fund.
With that gent'omau's exper ence and
professional aid much will be added 10 the
probable success of this most mertorious
idea, Mr.. Rhoads las already demonstra-
I'd his worthiness as a citizens in temporary
need is thoroughly appreciated.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26
Dress OF GcntIemen.

There are four garments-the sack coat,
the frock coat, tbe four-buttou cutaway
and the dress coat. Waistcoats and trous-
ers will constantly change, but the coats
are fixed and will so remain with trivial
changes, until their is a total revolution in
our apparel, The sack or louuging c1at is
the most Indispensable, as it is the easiest,
the most desirable in active bodily move
ments, the most servicerable where every
thing but dignity is required. The neaJest
and really the nattiest garment that has
come into vogue in recent years is the four
button cutaway. 1t fulfills the rule that
men should not go about carrying super
Huous fabrics in the shape of long coat-tails,
| just for style. The aim of mems wear
should be protection, simplicity of cut in the
style, aud cut so designed as to make the
best of the advantages and defects of the fig
ure. The true tailor, like the true artist,
has to ideaize, SO as to make his subject the
more real, and this is what he has to do with
the forms that come into his hauds,
In good dressing, the details cannot bt
overlooked. The ueck wear must be apprc
pirate, the shirt front must relieve the uppe
costume, the cuffs must be of the righ
length, the boots must bo without fanlt-
easy, elegant in shape and the necessar.
outcome of the trousers. Every portion
each article ofhis outline, must be the con
tinued expression of his individuality
, Exaggerated costume is to be avoided, Al
extremes are to be shunned.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26

Dickens complete works, ele gantly bound
in cloth only sG9s for CONF lcte set of Is
volumes, at Pyle & LIchtenstein's, 2e6
Market street.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26

Dickens, Bllwer, Thackeray, Scott, Eliot,
Goethe, Schiller and ether standard works;
elegantly bound in half calf morocco, alli-
gator and cloth bindings, at less than one
half publishers prices the largest and best
assortment ever displayed in Wilmington
and the lowest prices ever reached ar
elegant opportunity to stock library
Pyle & Lichtenstein, 226 Market street.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26

may be, thev are not TIE tree 1self They
might be dismissed forever from onaTSystem,
and though with evident loss and dimi6n<lon
of usefulness aud beauty to the institution,
1t would still survive. But take from it its
philosphic teaching, the sublime arcana of
God and man, of life and death, of time aud
eternity, which it was brought forth to de-
velcp in its own peculiar way, and Masonry
would lie lifeless and worthless corpse.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26

Is the acknowledged ia
vorite family newspaper of
Wilmington.
Is the organ of no party
clique and the mouthpiece
of no individual.
Is a finn advocate of
the Temperance Cause
Will have spicy articles for
all classes of readers.
Contains society gleanings,
doings of beneficial societies,
and musical and dramatic
happenings, companionahle
sketches for the family circle,
Is neutral in nothing,
independent in everything.
Mental Hygiene, Domestic
Sanitation and General Pa
thology will be subjects for
constant elaboration in these
columns.
Subscription, price two cents
per week, or one dollar per
annum,
Published every Saturday at
the office, S. W. Cor. of
Seventh and Market Sts.,
Exchange Building) Second
Flor by The Nilmingto-
rian Print Company.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26

Chitty chatty, homespun yarns, life of
General Grant, zig gag stories, Van Vert
travels and hundreds Of other books for
children, at one-half regular prices, at Pyle
& Lichtenstein's special sale of books now
in progress store open until 10 O'Clock this
evening, Pyle IL Lchtenstein, 22G Market
street.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26
Homo Ifems aud Topics.
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If you remain sick when you can
Get hop bitters that neyef-Fail


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The weakest woman, smallest child, and
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iy and great good.
Old men tottering around from Rheu-
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= -lB- My wife and daughter were made
healthy by the use of hop bitters and rec
ommend them to my Methodist
Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor II hop
Bitters are not the best family medicines
On earth !
-Malarial fever Ague and Blliousness, will
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bitters arrive
-"My mother drove the paralysis and
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as Keep the kidneys healthy with hop
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| I1I7"A I the change of life nothing equals
| Hop Bitters TO ailay all troubles incident
| 1hereto.n
-"The best periodical for ladies to take
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Thousands die annually from some form
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Indigestion weak stomach, irregulari-
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timely use of hop
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In robust health year at little cost
TO produce real genuine sleep and child
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on retiring.
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stuff with "Hop" or "Hops'' in their name
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26

pages. Instruction for home dressmaking
are zen, as well as for the making of GRO
chet dresses for children. Home art is rep
resented by articles on crewsl painting mod
cling raised flowers, cone and shell work,
painting on gold paper, and cork mosaic /;
also, an imitation of Smyrna rug by means
of that very simple and ingenious contri.
vance, the parlOr loom. The useful diction-
ary of stitches is completed in this issue,
There is a seasonable article on chiIdren's
parties, with many illustrations of suitable
costumes and directions given for max ing
them. The indefatigable Johns Wife tells
how she made money at home by raising
ducks. The kitchen department receives the
att tntion of Miss Juliet Corson, who is an
authority of the first rank on such matters.
The four page song given with this number
is composition by the celebrated song wri-
ter, Cursclmann. The melody is one of the
kind that is easily caught; while the words
of Proposal AprOpos" are such as viii
make some of tie young lady subscribers
covetous. In additional to the FOREGOING.
N 30 S"S" Pdtbetu-SNcet supplement.
containing diagrams for making four arti-
cles of dress. A useful part of the maya,
zine is the concluding eighty pages, which
are devoted to the illustrating, describing.
and pricing of the bewilderlug variety of
dry goods in which huusekcepers aud Others
are interested. This method of purchasing
supplies will be Invaluable to those who
cannot travel miles to buy the no3essaria IS
and luxuries of life. Fifty cents is the mod
crate subscription price OF the Quarterly.
Published by Strawbridge & Chothier,
Philadelphia.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26
The Christmas Quarterly

The original story with which the Winter
number of StrauGridge &c Clothier's Quarterly
opens is from the pen of Julian Hawthorne
1t is weird narrative, the scene of which
is laid in Egypt; and it is appropriately
illustrated by f. E. Lummis. An arGistic
fashion-plate frontispiece furnishes the style,
materials, and colors for three dresses, de-
Iuilsped by Sanet of Paris. Fashion is illus
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-26

Juvenile books, immense assortment, at
one half price. Pyle & Lichtenstein's, No.
226 Market street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-09-03

NEW jokes SURE.-Concerning
the Madison Square Minstrel company
who will appear at Opera Rink Satur-
day evening, The Springfield Journal
has the following:
The Madison Square Minstrel Co.
gave us another one of their elite
performances last evening at Grand
opera house, to one Of the largest and
most select audiences we ever had the
pleasure of seeing at minstrel per-
formance And to say the least the
company was deserving of the large
audience that greeted them, on their
second performance. For a wonder
there were new jokes by the end men,
and some capital hits were made, and
the audience were kept interested and
amused from first to last. The instru-
mental music was very select, and the
jubilee songs were well rendered.
Messrs. Howe and Wall, late of the
Thotcher, Primrose & West Minstrels,
in their musical sketch ''W orried in
which solos and duets on different in
struments were played, gave by far the
best thing Of kind ever in this city.
The double clog dance of CLARK and
Williams was an artistic performance,
as was also the character sketches by
Hughes and Bidoeg. There is nothing
vulgar or distasteful said or done
through the whole of the performance,
something that is rarely met in min
strel companies. And that accounts
for the large lady audience present last
night. The company had been re-
quested to give US a return date in the
near future, and we will guarantee that
they can stay with US week and pack
the opera house nightly. We recon-
mend them to all fun loving people
and the ladies in particular.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-09-03
AWAY FROM HOME.

The Junior editor of this paper in
company with his wife have been
absent from the city the past two weeks
visiting relatives and friends at White
Bear Lake and Beaver Falls, Mime
sofa. The fore part of our time was
spent fishing, boat riding, and sight
seeing with mother Knapp and family
at the above named lake, which is one
of the popular summer resorts in Min
nesota. The remaining time was spent
hunting at Beaver Falls, Mimi. with
brother and sister Mr.. and Mrs. AL.
@. Deringer. While there Mr. Der
niger and the writer shared the
pleasure of killing 1S9 prairie chickens
26 ducks, one goose, and other small
game such as snipe, common heron,
plover, rabbits and the like. That we
enjoyed ourselves no one need question.
1t was the best season of hunting we
ever experienced
Beaver Falls, is a nicely located
little village in the valley of Beaver
Creek, small stream emptying into
the Minnesota river but small dis
tance from the village. The village is
surrounded by thick growth of :.
white oak timber which forms an
excellent protection from the unpleas-
ant Minnesota billiards. that we read
so much about. On either bank of
the valley lies a beautiful rolling
prairie. The soil is a rich black loan
with sub,soil of clay, dotted on
almost every quarter section with
comfortable farm house and surround
ings. The farmers are apparently
prosperous and seem to take life EASY,
and seem to be far in advance of other
localities farther east as we found them
about through stacking on the 18th.
of August We visited the largest
farm In the county owned and operated
by Mr.. Hans Grunerude, and indust-
rlous Norwegian who came to this
part of Minnesota in an early day and
made choice of two of the loveliest
sections of land in the county. His
house, a large comfortable building,
is located in the centre of the two
sections on rise of ground overlook
ing the entire farm. He has large
COW and horse barns, granery, black
smith shop, machinery sheds, milk
room, pig pens, etc. kept up in
splendid order. He employs s hands
and has 200 head of blooded stock.
In his granery he has 1000 bushels
of wheat from last years crop and one
section of wheat will be harvested
this fall which he says will average
him 20 bushels to the acre. He uses
II working horses about the farm and
has several head of Norman horses
with which he is improving his COM
mon stock. This farm to our taste is
a model farm, one which we would
like to own were we to change our
vocation. It's that kind of farming
we hope some day to see in our own
county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-09-03

Wausau Central: Geo. Hiles, of
DexteTville, is looking for customer
for his twenty-five miles of railroad,
running from Dexterville Junction to
Vesper, and equipped with four engin-
es and eleven cars. He claims that
his railroad property is worth $780,
600, and that his other business
interests, requiring all his attention,
is the cause of his wishing to sell. 1t
is probable that the Chicago Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad company will
purchase the road.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-09-03

Messrs. Clark & Scott are heavy
losers through the loss of their mill
by fire recently. We are informed
that they carried $500 insurance
which was only partial protection.
1t was by the utmost efforts Of the
men about the premises and those
from the station that their large stock
of staves, barrel heading and lumber
was saved. The wind blew toward
the pond at the time which accounts
largely for their saving the rest of
the property It is also stated they
will rebuild Immediately.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-09-03

The Appleton Post says: Several
citizens have recently interested them
selves in the ladies' building enterprise
by subscribing liberaly for the purchase
of a site. A suitable site has been
offered by Capt Hyde for $500.
Considerably more than $4,000 has
been contributed for the building, out
side of the city of Appleton, and the
site bids fair to be the gift of the cit
izens. Mr.. Hyde gives to start, a
plump $1,000 and others have given,
with some conditions, 1,700 more" !"