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Nevada County picayune., 1885-10-29
NEW LIVERY
 STABLE.

Having repaired my livery sta jle formerly owned by z. I. Gray son. and filled my barn with an aslndant supply of forage, ] am no v prepared to accommodate the t9s yelling public. Horse drovers gill nave special attention. Good l,v,ry outfits at reasonable rates. have also in connection with ny stable a comfortable and con veicnt
 ~vag0A I ard- and will treat my country friends qfeat when they come to see me-
 5. D. HANNA.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
The Drunken women London.

Walk along Fleet street, go slowly along
the Strand or any one of the many streets,
lanes and alleys crossing those two great ar
teries at right angles, look into any of the
beer or whiskey shops at any hour of the day
or night and count the souls there. You
will find more woman than men-women
with babes at the breast, young girls from
16 up, old women with boated faces and
every tender lineament of their sex blotted
from their countenances by the brutalizing
agency Of alcohol; old women, too scarcely
able to stand from the combined effects of
age and dissipation.
1t is horrible spectacle, which l have
never seen in any other part of the world
These poor female wretches huddled to-
gether outside the bar in small rooms ten
feet square, perhaps imbi5ng the soul poison
from morning till night, cheering each
other mayhap by ribald talk and Jest, ne
glecting all duties Of woman-hood for the
sake of the loved dram or pint, and after
spending all their pennies or ha pence, as
the case may be, reeling out into the busy
streets with some muddled thought of get
ting 'home again before husband father
or brother returns London letter..
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
a skittIsh convert.

At negro baptising in Arkanas {
rather small preacher conducted a rather
large brother down into the water, but only
partially succeeded in immersing him.
Look heah," said the large brother
drawing himself up sis dis all de baptism
whut Use gwine to get?"
"Ain't dis ernuffS" the preacher asked.
mo, it amt"
"Why so, sah?''
Cease wild dis little, de debil will get me
sho'. Use prowled erroun' too much to
hab my sins washed erway by dis little dip. y
"Come on, brudder; yer's been baptised
ernuf. Ricolleck dat it am dc faith stead
ode water dat do de good''
OATS all well ernuf, but Use sorter
skittish bout dat faith. Come, souse me
Under heah ergin."
The preacher soused him under again,
Arising, he began to shout with loud
voice "I'se got de ole debi by de hons
dis time. Gwine up yonder whar-' lie
suddenly stopped. The preacher asked the
cause.
"Oh, doan' say nothing Dar's eg white
man out yonder whut am er gwine to cuse
me er stealin' his coat. nebber seed him
afore, but l ies' knows dat he am er gwine
to do dat faek,
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
The Advantage of Tunnels On A
Bridal Tour.

| A newly married couple were en- route to
Washington by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. There are many tunnels on this
road the other side Of tho Ohio river. All
throng Ohio the face of the young man wore
occasional looks of pain, despite his great
joy. He seemed to want something. Ap-
parently he yearned.
Over in West Virginia the train entered a
tunnel Upon emerging into the light
the young mans face was seen to wear a
studious expression. lie was thinking.
AT first he seemed perplexed, then interested,
then triumphant. lie had a revelation. Then
he smiled with firm, manly continuous
| smile, and his eyes peeretl ahead for the first
| sign Of yawning cavern in the mountain
side.
| The bride was happy and demure. e.-Whish
s-rumble--darkness The veil
is drawn. 1t is another tunnel The BRIDES
cheek deports a gentle blush modest ex-
perienced blush, discoverable only to the
initiated and envious. No perplexity no
and found success.
There are many tunnels but not enough.
If the whole line were a tunnel the bride
and groom would not care how slow the train
proceed. The man who has not lived to
bless the builder of tunnels does not know
what happiness is. He is but little above
the brute which never troubled the Creator
for passing clouds over the moon ou prayer
meeting night, But our bridegroom was
not one Of these parties. He appreciated
all the blessings which man and nature had
bestowed upon him, He did not miss a
tunnel.
But all things must have an end Day
light always comes TO the newly married
Strawberries and cream must be paid for at
the cashiers desk. Within tho blissfu Gu
cumber hides microbe. Our young hus-
band goes for drink of water. While on
this errand his eager eye catches the sight
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
SATURDAY, SEPT. 5, 1885.
WHERE OUR OYSTERS COME FROM.

The oysters we eat come chiefly from the
Delaware Bay and Morris River Cove.
Morris Cove is place where oysters have
been planted, or artificially reared for the
last 40 or so years. Its locality is about 20
or 25 miles this side Of Cape May landing.
1t has gradually increased as planting
ground until itnow extends 10 miles from
the Cove down towards Cape May. The
oyster seed is laid out during the Spring
and Summer beginning in April and June
and through July.
There are rs or 100 boats, small sloops
and schooners employed in planting the
seed. Each owner has his own bed OF
claim staked out in the water, Just as a
farm would be or the same as truck patch.
The beds extend from the shore half q
mile or so into the bay, and lie in water
varying from three and four feet to ten OIL
fifteen feet in depth.
In passing along by these oyster planta
tions, the numerous stakes driven into tht
mud to mark the limit of each oyster bee
look at a distance like an extensive forest O
bare poles-as if a cyclone had struck ;
plantation of young trees and completed,
barred them of their leaves and branch
es.
On the western shore, that is OF Delaware
the fisheries commence somewhere beloy
Bombay Hook, near what is known as Ma
homes Ditch, between Lewes and Delaware
The western shore oyster. for some reasol
or other, does not get as fat as the Morri
Cove, and does not bring within So thou
sand of their market price. The latte
comes in in better form, plumper, firmer
and fatter.
The seed planting on the Delaware side i
not nearly as extensive as on the Jerse
side.
All Delaware oysters, however, are i
better condition than the Chesapeakes a
the beginning of the season.
The seed oysters brought in to replenis
the natural Delaware oyster, which is grat
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
of another tunnel.

of another tunnel
Of course he fears his bride will be sore
afraid if left alone in the darkness, and he
hastens to her side. Quick are his feet, but
faster moves the train. Darkness gathers
while lie is yet halfa dozen seats away. But
the brave man does not falter. He gropes
along, he reaches the seat Cor thinks he
does) and slides into it. Deep are the shad-
ows and loudly huns the train.
A scream long and vigorous--a sound of
scutliing- a thump or two-and the bright
light of May day breaks upon the scene
The young husband franticaly endeayors to
disengage himself from the grasp of an an
CRY colorei woman sitting in the seat lust
behind the bride lie at length succeeds
and retires sulleny in his seat, wiping his
mouth and occasionally splitting upon the
floor as if he had bitten through a worm in a
fig.
The tunnels come and 60, but the shad-
ows are scarcely deeper than those upon the
face Of the young bridegroon.-[ Wheeling
journal
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
Importance of Caring for the Teeth
Early.

The teeth are too often neglected during
the first ten or twelve years of a child's life.
The irregularity of the teeth so common in
adults is generally caused by the extraction
of the chld's temporary teeth before the
permanent ones were ready to take their
places. The jaws, consequently, contracted
and the teeth came through in a crowded
condition.
The teeth are the hardest portions of the
human body, and yet they soon become use
less through decay. 1t can be safely esti-
mated that in a city of $4,000 people there
are not 100 of the native inhabitants be-
tween the ages of four and fourteen whose
teeth have wholly escaped decay, and if the
decay were to continue unchecked, most Of
the inhabitants would be toothless by the
time they were fifty.
If the future men and women are to have
good teeth, the care of them must begin in
childhood. 1t is mistake to have the tenn
porary teeth extracted as soon as they decay
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
HEALTH HINTS.
The Approach Of Ago.

The approach of age shows itself about the
eyes. Lines come, family at first, then
deeper, until the incipient crows feet are in
dicated, develop and revealed. The woman,
who, looking in her glass; sees these fatal
lines, divergingfrom the outer corner of her
eyes, knows that she has reached an era in
her life.
She recognises it with a sigh if she be a
vain, lovely or worldly woman; with a
smile, perhaps, if she has children in whom
she can live her own youth over again.
But it can never be gay smile none of us,
men or women like to feel-that precious
possession-slipping away from us.
But we should never be seen on the look
out for crows feet Or gray hairs Looking
for them is sure to bring them, for thinking
about them brings them. Tears form part
of the language Of the eye, which is eloquent
enough when sparingly used, aud which
should be sparingly used for other reasons
than that of adding to their mute eloquence.
Tears are disfguring expression of emo
tion, and those who get in the habit of weep
| ing over every small vexation do much to ac-
quire careworn, miserable expression, and
are sure to look old before their time. Ex-
cessive weeping has been known not only to
injure but actually to destroy the sight
Few women look pretty or even interesting
iu tears, though it has long been pleasant
fiction in poetry and romance to suppose
that they do.
Many women, some men, most children
make most disfguring and distorting grim
aces while crying; and the lady who thinks
she can work upon mans feelings by lib
eral display of tears, should carefully stud,
becoming mode of producing them befor,
her looking-g glass. Grimaces soften no heart
and tears, accompanied by the usual dis
tortion, have hardening effect if not visi
bic one.
In prettily written work, now probabl,
out of print, purporting to be the story o
of the life of one of Milton's wives, the au
thor makes the poet say of his wife's eyes
after crying, that they resembled ''the sum
clear shining after the rain,' very prett
natural object indeed, but during the rail
itself the observer is not inclined to be com
! plimentary.- Whitehall Rev1.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
The Bridge Question.
Every Evening.

There are two questions which naturally
suggest themselves the reader who has tried
to understand the discussion by the Levy
Court on Mr.. Hickman's bridge scheme.
The first is-Did the members know what
they were talking aboutp The second isis
itpossible for me to acquire that knowledge?
We fiud Mr. Hickman holding forth on ere
pairs" to the old bridge and naturally jump
to the conclusion that that is the subject
under discussion; especially as it was under
stood by the the public that that was the
matter which the court met to consider.
But, in the next breath, we find Mr.. Ha-
man saying "the bridge will not cost over
$35, 900 to 100000 and of the site for
bridge being Thoroughly settled last
spring." with the easy assurance of one CIV
ing to taxpayers some important nforma-
ton that had been Withheld from them for sew
eral months and which, we are informed,
is not to be found recorded in the official
minutes of the courts proceedings. Then,
when Mr. Cheairs arises to make some in
quiry about this new bridge, we find Mr..
Haman saying ''the committee is building
no new bridge, but merely putting in re-
pairs" Then-but we give it up--the dis
cussion is too involved for us.
The information which taxpayers are
asking for and which they not unreasonably
looked to this meeting to bring out COM
prises explicit answers to such interroga-
tories as--What business has Mr.. Hickman.
or his committee, to expend IS, 900 in build
ing an abutment under the name of "re-
pairs?" By what authority does Mr. Hick-
man, or his committee presume to settle
the site of the projected new bridge
and to decide of what materials it shall be
constructed and upon what plani it shall be
built? What has Mr. Hickman, or his COM
mittee, to with new bridge, anyway?
The Levy Court did not grapple with
with these questions, but ndulged in some
, irreconcilable an inconsistent if not not IN,
comprehensive talk, and then endorsed
Mr.. Hickman. Is this fair action towards
the Taxpayers
, Mr.. Haman says the site of the bridge
"was thoroughly settled last SPRING" How
, and by whom?
Mr.. Haman says ''the bridge will not cost
over s35, 900 to $4,000. At present we are
building an approach to the bridge" Wha
bridge? Then, in the next breath, in re
ply to Mr.. Cheairs, Mr.. Haman states tha
J the committee is building no new bridge
: but merely putting in repairs.
d The next moment, in direct contradic
n tion of what his fellow-member has jus
e said, we find Mr.. Hickman saying: eth
estimated cost of the new iron bridge, 70
a which the present abutments and approach
es are being prospectively constructed is ac
cording to the architect, $4s, 00O."
Mr.. Cheairs,a ,as we gather from the debate
! made fruitless effort to learn when, wher
/ and from whom Mr.. Hickman secured tn
9 strange powers that he is welding, no on
} seemed to know or to be willing to tell
9 Tue general verdict seemed to be that MI
Hickman is running this thing; he is grea
II man; we are his servants; he doth all thing
e well.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05

tB None genuine without bunch Of
green Hops on the white label Shun all
the vile, poisonous stuff with "Hop" or
"Hops" in their name.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
t.he 3!,)'Io't''pto''tn'' !!,)

Is the acknowledged IA
vorite family newspaper of
Wilmington.
Is the organ of no party
clique and the mouthpiece
Of no individual.
Is 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, companionable
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
Floor, by The Wilmingto-
nian Print Company.
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recent writer asserts that the sexes are
gradually, but surely drifting apart. This
statement was made, however, before the
advent Of the season when frozen lacteal
nourishment congeals the sexes in a power
full bond of sympathy aud union.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
A Daughters Misery.

A Daughters Misery.
"Eleven years our daughter suffered on a
bed of misery.
"Fro,n complaint of kidney, liver,
rheumatic trouble and nervous debility,
"Under the care of the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various names,
''But no relief
"And now she is restored to us in good
health by as simple remedy as Hop Bit
ters, that we had Stunned for years before
using it," THE PARENTS.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05

A dry goods clerk took his girl out for
some iee-cream the other night, and in
moment OF absent mindedness, thinking
that he was waiting upon customer, said
cordially: Anything else?" She took
lemonade and cake.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
Advertising Cheats.

''It has become SO common to begin an
article, in an elegantS interesting style,
"Then run it into spme advertisement,
that we avoid all such,
'And simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as
possible,
"To induce people
ITO give them one xial, which SO proves
their value that they will never use any.
thing else."
''THE REMEDY SO favorably noticed in all
the papers.
Religious and secular, is
"Having large sale, and is supplautinl
all other medicines.
"There is nc denymg the virtues of the
Hop plant, and the proprietors of Hop Bit
ters have shown great shrewdness ant
ability
"In compounding a medicine whuse vir
tues are so palpable to every ones observa
tion."
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05

1t is said that bees and wasps will not
sting person whose skin is Rmeared with
honey. This perhaps is true, but the trou-
ble with the insects is that they won't al
ways wait until fellow can smear him.
self
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
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new High School, they are after handsome
designs by Mr.. Rice; beside them are rich
foriated capitals for the hew building 4OS
Market street, upon which Mr.. Davidson S
men are engaged.
To give an idea of the large masses of
marble and granite that ale used, it may
be mentioned that on Tuesday a full car
load arrived, one piece alone was 81 feet
long. After being cut and finished it will
be used for the vaulting OF the Security
Trust and Safe Deposit Company's new
building at Sixth and Market streets. One
of the most attractive features of this busy
place is the artistic and beautifully colored
designs in Minton tile. MIR Davidson has
contracts for flooring most of the new build
ings in the city with this pretty tessellated
work
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05
Did She Die :?

NOI
''She fingered and suffered along, pining
away all the time for years"
''rhe doctors doing her no good"
"And at last was cured by this Hop Bit
ters the papers say so much about"
'Indeedl Indeedp'
Chow thankful we should be for that
medicine"
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-05

lit | nfor working people, Send 10 cents most.
HI Page, and we will mail You free a royal val.
lILLl nable sample box of goods that will put Won
in the way of making more money in a few
days than you ever thought possible at any bust.
ness Capital not required. You can live at home
and work in spare time only, or all the time, All
of both sexes, of all ages, gfandly successful 81
cents 70 s. easily earned every evening. That ali
who want work may test the business we n axe
this unparalleled offer: To all who are not well
satisfied we will send 81 to pay for the trouble Of
writing us. Full particulars, directions ETC.. sent
Co., Portland, Maine.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-03-19
Nj A II TT A

j. A. G. ANDERSON, Proprietor.
fCHE BEST OF VEHICLES, THE
safest of drivers and the fastest of
horses are always ready, night and day for
hire No man or woman or child ever has
given me call in the past who has been,
nor shall any ever in the future be, dissatis
fled with my teams or the men in my EN-.
ploy. Everything and every body about
me are No. /.
l have cheapened my charges proportion
ate to the stringency of the times. For
references as to the truth of what say, as
to the turn>outs and charges, 60 to my
friends, which means the public generally
Parties hiring are strictly responsible for
the safety OF themselves vehicles and
horses J. A G. ANDERSON.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-03-19
STICK TO THE FARM.

Young man, you that have been
raised on the farm and learned its
ways and wants, don't leave it to 20
to town. If a city. merchant adver-
tises that he wants a salesman or an
accountant, he is besieged with APP
plications of scores of worthy young
country men, each striving to under
bid the others to secure the situa-
ton.
How different it is in the country.
A farmer may ride for miles and be
unable to procure trusty farm hand.
The city cries out, ''no room, too
much competition" The country
cries out, ''more help" Stick to the
farm, young man, and by honest toll
you will get competence surely, if not
wealth. At any rate, you will not
be placed in position, that you can
hold but half the year in most cases,
and be exempt from city temptations,
as well as fine dressing and many
other expensive items contingent on
a young mans residence in city.
Stick to the farm, young man.-MiI-
ledgenUe Recorder.
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agricultural.
A DOuRTFrL POINT OFLAM.

1t is generally believed that the
fruit which grows on oyerhanging
branches belongs, by law, to the own
er of the land over which the branch
es extend. Judge Bennett decides
otherwise. He says
"If tree stands wholly on your
land, although some of the roots ex-
tend into the soil of your neighbor,
and derives support and nourishment
from the soil, he has no right to any
of the fruit which hangs over the
line; and if he attempts by force to
prevent you from picking it, he is
liable for assault and battery"
This decision does not cover the
whole case 1t has been decided
that the man who owns the tree can
not 90 on his neighbor's land for the
purpose of picking the fruit. He
must pick it by going out on the
overhanging branches of the tree,
and what he cannot get in that way
must be abandoned. 1t has also been
decided that the neghbor had a right
to trim off all branches oyerhanging
his land, even with the line of his
property and also to dig down into
the earth on his own land for any
purpose he may choose, even though
in thus digging he cuts off the roots
of the tree.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-03-19
SHARKS.

The sharks which abound on the
east coast Of Madagascar, and make
such extensive depredations upon the
cattle in course Of shipment, are oc-
casionallys captured by the people.
The young men sometimes 90 on a
shark-hunting expedition. Having
discovered shark they dive under
it and, before it has time to turn up
on its back, use the long sharp knife
they carry. 1t is affirmed among
the Malagasy that some of their peo-
pie can 90 into the water on discoy-
ering a shark, and with nothing in
hand but piece Of stick about foot
IN lenghth, armed with an iron point
at each end, can accomplish its des-
truction. Watching till one of the
monsters, with its two or three rows
Of teeth, is just about to attack. him
with Its wide-eXtended jaws. the ma
live with his iron-pointed stick seizes
his opportunity, and inserts his arm
into the mouth Of the creature and
transfxes its jaws by implanting the
stick crosswise in its mouth. The
more the shark tries by swapping to
disengage the weapon, the more deep
ly it enters. and in painful fury it
seeks the bottom. But it fails to OBJ
tain relief, and at last dies. Its
body is washed ashore, and the in
habitants divide its carcass for food.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-03-19
c. II. MONTGOMERY, NJ. D.
T,1l.......1r 49,
KIDNEY TROUBLE

For over six years ! have been terrible suffer
or from a Troublesome kidney complaint, for the
relief Of which have spent over $3.50 without
benefit; the most noted so-caled remedies PROV
ing failures. The use OF one single bottle Of BE
B. b has been marvellous, giving more RELIEF
than all other treatment combined 1t is
quick cure, while others, if they cure at all, are
in the distant future
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-03-19

A correspondent of the American
Agriculturist says that color in the
skin Of COW indicates color in the
butter He has never seen ayellow
skinned COW that gave pale butter, on
a very rich colored skin in a COW
that did not give yellow or yellowish
butter all through thewintcr When
the yolk, which gives this color in
the ears tail and skin, begins to show
in the calf, it will probably never
show less, and what butter the COW
gives will be Of good color.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-03-19

bowels. Moreover, it eradlcates malarial
complaints of an obstinate tyre, and stands
alone unequalled among our national remee
dies. For sale by all Druggists and Deal-
ers generally.