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The Republican journal., 1886-02-04
limits for Honsekeeners.

Cranberry Jelly mixed with cold water
makes IL refreshing drink for sick persons.
Broom, dipped for minute or two in boil
!I'@ Sl1~ once week will last much longer
'lah they otherwise would.
neat, clean, fresh-aired, sweet and we'll
"i'h9@el house exercises moral as well as a
PnESieai INFLUENCE over its inmates.
onc can have the hands in soapsuds without
INJURY to the skin if the hands are dinned in
vinegar Or lemon juice Immediately after.
When food is to be fried have the nan worry
H"l before the fat is put in aud have the fat hot
peIore beginning to fry. Then the minimum
amount Of fat will be absorbed.
salt sprinked on any substance burning ON
me stove will stop the smoke and smell. Sail
thf9Wn upon Goals blazing from the fat of
side. ~ '"''
. NJ Moia can be prevented from forming on fruit
Jeliies by pouring little paraffine over the top
aug aug that; when cool, will harden to soiC
Snhei S;nai winch can be easily removed when de
a W All the pieces of bread that are left each
~. RI! III pan and dry them in moderate oven
@ mgs may be beaten fine in mortar and put
"m'a .'ro III Jafs for breading or pudding. They
~ "ie useIui Tor sitting over creased cake-pans to
prevent the cake from adhering.
al II you wish to prevent the unpleasant odor
ulal arises from boiling cabbage, tie up a piece
~ gl s'aie Dread in muslin cloth and boil with
lne cabbage. piece of stale bread on the end
OH Vi knife with which you are cutting onions
WIZ prevent the juice from affecting the ewes
uhpieasantly. Exchange.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04
columns she still contributed, she came across

| columns she still contributed, she came across
Il copy of the FoXvie Gazette.
''lIester," said she, hurrying home to Miss
| oodin. the "parsOnage is to be sold at alIc-
| ton tomorrow, and mean to 90 up and buy
it for ! am sure, quite sure, that | could write
| better there than anywhere else in the World%'
| so Joanna Fox and Miss Woodn, dressed in
| black and closely yelled. went up to FoNyie
| to attend the auction sale.
Everybody was there. They didn't have an
| auction sale ut FoNville every day in the week.
squire Burton was there with vague idea
| OF purchasing the old place for public garden.
1T would be very attractive" said the
| squire. These open air concert gardens are
making no end of money in the cities. | don't
sec why the Germans need pocket all the mon
cN that there is going"
Mrs. Emmons came because everybody else
did. Miss Dodge, who had saved a little mon
| ry, thought that if the place went cheap, she
would pay down a part and give mortgage
for the remainder.
And my sister would keep boarders," She
considered. ''and ! could always have 4 nice
home there"
But Simon Locledge was the most determin-
ed of all to have the parsonage.
Il could fix it up he said to himself, land
live there comfortable. It's dreadful pretty
location. and I'm bound to have it, especially
since mothers Investments have turned out
bad and We have got to sell the old farm.
Nothing has gone right with Us since broke
with the parsons grand-,iaughtrr. 1t wasn't
p"'it w square till2 TO '", o'' tilerc Neohe'
no no, "thrr way. But lei mother say WHAT She
WIZ, II ',ronShi paH IutiNto me
Il, ana tht f''>'ic tro"9 s''fSea III ana out ana
'Hf M au'ji"h''T mounted 70 tnG Piaiiofm on an
"Il h'ltnoh tape' ana tile phhiliiG oe9ah ~ I'VE
HtlIi.!reI Ho'iarS, ahd liih@ hNe Tor some l'he;
oA h"'''hP"' s'id cautious 0lioh i'och-
~, .:..,,,.. D,.. ..:,..
''Eight," said Simon, resolutcly.
- InIuSaiu ,, y. Uttered 'l'o 'o''e Vi 4ulel
''l!'u T,., ,"''S ~ ',,o IGl li.,i' .,;,..
,.T o'v S'4i ''t IL. .'''' ~ ~ 'ion,
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04
He was a Boston Correspondent.

The devices of newspaper correspondents at
Washington to obtain news are often ingenious
and sometimes dishonest. Back of the House
and Senate galleries there are large rooms with
tables for writing and telegraphic facilities for
sending dispatches. The correspondents do
much of th"ir writing at these tables, and one
of them, VINO had been tclegrapher, sat and
listened to the news of his competitors as it
went clicking over the wires. The striking
similarity of his dispatches to those of other
correspondents soon exposed the trick, how
ever, and change was made to thwart him.
This lazy but smart correspondent, however,
got the news, and his opponents We're at loss
for long time to find out how he did so. They
finally set a watch upon him and found that he
was in the habit of going up over the House
where the telegraph wires ran. He had fine
sense of touch, and was so good telegrapher
that he could read what was going over the
wires by wetting his fingers and placing them
upon them Boston journal.
The ''hero" of this and many other exploits
was the Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Traveller at the time he caught his dis
patches con the fly" He died several years
ago.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04
Voices of ProphecY,

When | to the woodland was wont to repair,
In the season of pleasure and mirth,
1t rustled to myriad tlocks of the air
And numbcrleSS tribes of the earth
How slender the sound that is echoed here now
These bright. frozen arches to thrill :
The snap Of twig or the crrak Of a bough
Or the sigh of the wind on the hill.
The nest of the warbler is empty and to>>ed
The partridge i lonely and Shy;
And, clad in livery white AS the frost
The rabbit slips silently by.
The squirrel is lid in the heart of a tree.
Secure from the >leet and the snow.
And who was 50 merry and Saucy aS heH-
The jatntiest fellow know
Yet, under the burden of ice at it, brink
All shining and CLASSY and gray,
The >Weet-throatcd stream where loitered tc
drink
Is murInuiing still Oh it, way.
And bark what note from the duSky retreat
The bird of the winter sends forth
Who taught You defiance OF tempest and Seet
Q lover anl loved of the North?
Though forest and hillside are heavy with
snow,
Yet hope is alive in the breast
The Water imprisoned, is calling below:
The chickadce chirp> of her nest.
Dora Read GoodaIc, in St. Nicholas for Feb
ruary.
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Some Startling Figures.

A painstaking statistician, from seemingly
reliable data. declares tbatthc tifty-five millions
of ,,,,,ni,o,,'.
VI Niiieiie"H' cut 'oWl ana use up III various
ways Of manufacture, railroad ties, and fuel.
each dav in the year. an average of - 900 acres
of +i,,1,,, of ta.4. 1u.e,,,a
VI 'iii'''oi' ~ l"'tNl>' ih''elofe' "Neh we
20 to bed at night there are 25.o0o acres less Of
woodlands in the nitet States than there were
,,bo,, wa ,,,,t M, in +h, ,,o,.,,ir,, o ,,,,,
~ up III INV ii''' ''iii7' "he 'iioIi'h
from to-day there VIII be. at the same rate of
use 100000 acres less; and 1Ss6-one wear
b.,,,.. ,h.ro will ~, a ooo ono
''''''0V' "oicS icsN VI loi-
cSI-ia>idS Ihan there are now, This plain state
nent Of practical fact may startle into bcuct-
.iI o,t;,i+, .1
,lI II, a sla>N Vi men Nho' o'iierWl>e'
t,I t"ie AIpoI ia! a merely s'htl-
'i'ia useless hollaay' ana even
"' ri l1i' 5'S S'ai utoI! ieS'hlIatlon'
,it i"il 1i WOO" anus proceeds with
itlcltlt>S "ld ufeleSS energy IN all The pine
t ,,aiii'S sV'9IohS oI 'he Noitn-West. me axe
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

At the recent annual dinner in Boston Of the
Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective As
~ocation Commissioner lathrop said that ''ul-
timately the game of the continent will he pre-
served in New England because Of the lack of
protection on the prairc>, and the cXtermina-
tion by hunters and railroads., Legislation
properly, honestly legiimatcIy enforced, is Il
practical question. We must meet the prcjlt-
dice, and antagonism Of the farmer. educate
them so As to overcome their preiudiccs and
make them understand that their interests run
parallel with ours" Maine has already seen
the good effects of protecting fish and game.
and the work should he encouraged and stl>-
tanned.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04
Mugwump Malignity.

For malignity and falsehood, pure and I'M
adulterated, commend us to the out-and-out
Mugwump paper like the Chicago News. Re-
Gently it displayed its malignity by declaring
that Senator Hale is the puppet of Mr.. Blaine
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Hale owes his success
in public life to his own ability, industry and
sagacity. As to the granite contracts to which
it refers, and says that Mr.. Blaine is interested
with Hon. j. r. Bodwel in that industry, and
that he controlled contracts in the interest of
the BodWell Granite Company, it is all false.
Mr.. BodWell is a man with whom any man
might esteem it an honor to be connected. The
contracts he has secured he got because he was
the lowest bidder. Mugwump malignity in
journal.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04
A Good Thing for Shipowners.

Much comment is being made upon th, fact
that >hip-buiIdn@ statistics for lSS5 make Il bad
showing in that the amount of tonnage put
forth was much less than iii the previous wear
This is really one of the best things that could
have happened to shipping Shipbuildng has
been largely ovcr,lone, and it was high time to
call halt. improvements in naval architcc-
urc have been 50 numerous and have followed
50 closely upon each other, that the steamer of
one year is >uppancd by the better steamer of
the next year until there has been turned out
an enormous number of GOOD vessels which
can find no employment. That limit when cap
ital can no longer be induced to engage in such
foolish ventures seems now to have been
reached The capital in vessel property now
lying idle i> simply enormous. The decrease
i'll >hpbuilding, therefore, i, Il decided hcip
for the >hip-owner during the coming wear.
There has been nothing that would war
rant any large orders for new vessels,
and by consequence, the chances that an
improving trade will gradually take up the
present supply are at present good. 1t is not
to be expected that freight rates will reach
point to warrant heavy dividends, but it is
look that not only will there be a demand dur
inc the year for tonnage but that rates will be
better. Shipping shares in the prosperity and
adversely of international commerce and any
prediction of better times must include the
business OF the Ship-oWner There is certainly
nothing in the outlook at present thar would
attract large influx of capital to shipping in
NeStmentS. and If the craze to turn out steam
erS. whether they are wanted or not, does not
take hold again in England, there is good rea-
son to believe that shipping will have the OPP
portunity this year tC adjust itself better to
the needs of the market, with Il corresponding
benefit to the capital already invested. Mari
time Register.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04
Among Our Exchanges.
A kENNEBFC MULE DISABLED

A kENNEBFC MILE DISABI.ED.
One of those fine Keniicbec mules cot hurt
quite seriously, while working on the ice last
week. [Boothbay Register.
THE ADVICE OF A BENEDICT.
Henry Cornish is still dragging out miser-
able existence keeping bachelors hall Don;l-
tionS of pie gratefully accepted. Better get
married. Henry. Bowdoinham ADVERTISER
WELL POSTED EDITOR.
A poet merriIy sings .'Winter is Here" Of
course it is. Anybody who mistakes this
weather for July ought to be converted into a
frozen force-pump. Dexter Gazette.
SHE KEPT HER FEET WARM.
A lady who could not 90 out Sleigll-riCling
last Sunday contcnted herself by sitting at the
window and counting one hundred and twenty
seven teams passing on the road from this city
to Hallowell. Kcnnebec Reporter.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

Employees of the Grand Trunk railroad have
been notified that a further cut will be made
on February 1st in the staff of men employed.
Thereafter no more overtime will be allowed
and the hours will be shortened. The work
men at Montreal say that strike is likely to
follow.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

The report of The burning of a roored baby
on Pond Hill. printed in he Palladium is with
out foundation, and originated in the fertile
imagination of some one. Wallingford cor.
\. II. Register.
There are two remarkable statements in this
item-onr relating to q colored baby without
the fire.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

Messrs. Walthall and George are elected as
L. 5. senators from Mississippi and A. p. Cor
man is reelected from Maryland. Henry Lloyd
is chosen in Maryland as governor of the State
to fill the uneNpred term of GOV. McLane, now
L. S. Minister to France
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

This is the hardest winter Scotland has eH-
perienced in twenty years. The snow is two
feet deep. Sheep are starving and perishing,
and wild birds are tlocking to the towns and
villages to obtain feed. The railroad companies
find it very difficult to keep trains moving.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

The Boston Herald says of Hon. A. W.
Beard: 1T is needless to remark that Mr..
Beard is handsome man." Yet only the day
before the Herald published an alleged por
trait of Mr.. h. that was enough to scare crows.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

The Portland Press speaks of ''Dr. Winslow,
owner of the celebrated yacht Pilgrim, of New
York. The doctors Pilgrim is celebrated, but
she is down-ea>t production and never saw
New York.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. The Joseph Harris
Seed Co., Rochester, N. T., have just imported
choice lot of the newest and best kinds and
varieties of Flower Seeds from Europe. They
are undoubtedly what they purport to be-the
oery best. A full description, with illustra-
tions, is given in their new Catalogue for 1856
Free to all. Send for it. Address as above.
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

Scott's Emulsion of Pure
Cod Liver Oil, with HypOphOsphites,

TT I"0e7o"7"7 ITO"OteS U Ute IHHys.
Dr. A. F. JOHNSON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says
>" have used Scott's Emulsion in Tubercuar
troubles with satisfaction both to patients and my
self"
Mrs Homespun is delighted with her sons pro-
hGlency upon the pianoforte. "Why," she says,
Johnny can play almost anything, and he doesn't
players are obliged to do"
Halls vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer mparts
line gloss and freshness to the hair and is highly
recommended by physicians, elergyInen, and scien-
lists. 1t removes dandruff, makes the scalp white
and clean, and restores gray hair to its youthful
color
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

A bold attempt to defraud the government by
means of the differentiation of imported goods
has been discovered by the customs authorities
Of Chicago. The goods are principally gloves
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

A severe blizzard ragged Jan 2ad in Dakota
Minnesota and Iowa. The thermometer fell as
low as 40 degs. below zero, and railroads were
blocked. .f.-
The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

have sold during the past six months, over one
hundred bottles of Athlophoros and am glad to
say that it has met with more success in curing
rheumtti SIN than any other preparation have ever
sold. w. l.. West Hudson, Mass.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14
Two Hundred Years Ago
or More

Two hundred years and more ago
beds in England were bags filled
with straw or leaves, but not uphol-
stored or squared with modern neat
ness. The bag could be opened
and the litter re-made daily. There
were few bedrooms in the house of
ancient England The master and
mistress of the Anglo-Saxon house
had chamber or shed built against
the wall that enclosed the mansion
and its dependencies; their daughters
had the same. Young men and
guests slept in the great hall, which
was the only noticeable room in the
house, on tables or benches. Wool
en- coverlids were provided for
warmth; poles or hooks in which
they could hang their clothes pro-
jected from the WALL perches were
provided for their hawks. Atten-
dants and servants slept on the floor.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14
THE THOROUGHBRED IMPORTED
Clydesdale Stallion,
NORFOLK HERO.

For the improvement of our stock and
and increasing its size the subscribers
will offer the service Of this beautiful
and powerful young horse to the public
as follows on Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday of each week at the stable of J.
+. Irons, West Grove, Penna., and the
three last days of each week at the Deer
Park Hotel stables, Newark, Del
Norfolk Hero, is chestnut II hands
high, was bred by Mr.. q. Jones, stowe.
England, and registered in stud book No.
2633.
His Sire, Leviathan, No. 1924; his
grand sire, Hercules, No. 1924; his grand
grand sire, Heart of Oak, No. 1905; his
dam by Honest Tom, No. 1923, who took
six first Royal prizes and never was
beaten.
TERMS.--Sl5 to insure, s. to be paid
at the time of service, which will be part
of the insurance if with foal. Sl2 the
season to be paid cash. Insurance to be
paid as soon as ascertained to be with
ioal. Any person parting with mare
which has been insured will be held for
the insurance.
Good stable keep or pasture furnished
Tor mares from Il distance at reasonable
rates. Lindsey 4 HOssinger,
Myl-u Newark, Delaware.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14

on very rare occasions-if, for exam
pie, any one in the family is sick
that such a luxury finds place in the
peasants home.
After days work is over the pea
SAINT goes out for recreation. The
tavern, which is the only place of at
traction for him, is generally crowd
ed in the evenings. The most burn
ing topics Of the day are discussed
there. What strikes a stranger who
is present at one of such meetings is
the absolute confusion which char
acterizes its proceedings. All speak
at once, no one listens and the de-
bates are scenes of wild disorder.
But there is no rule without an ex-
ception an orator may sometimes
command general attention. In such
cases utter silence prevails and those
who interrupt are ordered TO "shut
up" As a general thing, however,
everybody is arguing at the top Of
his voice, wild uproar goes on,
which often-times ends in a fight.
IS. SLIDELsKY in Ptila. Times.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14


In the autumn of 1880 travelling
book peddler, who afterward became
a successful publisher, and the head
Off firm whose name is well known
in the United States to-day, came to
the door of a log cabin on a farm in
Western Illinois, and asked for the
courtesy of a nights lodging. There
was no inn near. The good wife
was hospitable but perplexed, "for, !"
she said, " we can lodge your beast,
but we cannot lodge you unless you
are willing to sleep with the hired
man. Lets have a look at him
first" said the peddler. The woman
pointed to the side of the house
where lank six-foot man, in rag
ged, but clean clothes, was stretched
on the grass reading the book, HELL
do" said the stranger "A man who
reades book as hard as that fellow
seems to has got too much else to
think of besides my watch or small
change" The hired man was Abra.
ham Lincoln, and when he was
President the two men met in Wash.
ington, and laughed together over
the story of their early encounter.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14
Stepping Stones

It's singular that somebody hasn't
before this written book telling
infants how to walk. Nature has
retained the exclusive right to that
branch of their education; and what
ever book knowledge they get
secondhand.
Their inability to use the printed
page keeps them from being tossed
about in perplexity whether this or
that way of toddling is best. BY the
time they learn to read it's too late
to learn any natural way to step.
Now is there any patented way OF
getting on in life. Books to tell how,
there are in abundance. Hints of
noble and useful livers luxuriant in
their success are as fair models as any.
Counsels-wise counsels-are excel
lent guides. But, after all, nothing
takes the place of the actual steps
and the actual use ofstepping-stones.
Experience" says an old saw, lis
the best teacher"
The use of stepping-stonss-the
little opportunities that daily en-
compasses us with-is the open Sc
same of life, that the many seek after
and the few find.
Some of the broadest streams in
the land, mighty, deep, rolling rivers
as they near the sea may be crossed
with few steps from boulder to
boulder up near their sources; lower
down they may be forded on horse
back. 1t would take a staunch boat
to cross them as they sweep into the
ocean.
The opportunities of life come the
same way. Little stepping-stones Of
duty and difficulty, honor and enter.
prise at the first As they are mel
and passed, the greater ones come
along. Nobody thinks the petty
ambition ought to occupy the nature
man any more than we seek tc
shoulder the giant enterprise on the
school-boy's years and wisdom.
But the stepping-stones Of decision
pru6ent-doing, long-headed think
ing, quickness in action have to b.
passed some time, some where il
life, and the one who gets over tn,
little stepping-stones earliest, cleari
the way for the larger strides anC
the full fruition of his life in it
successes.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14
NORTH.

Trains marked with run daily.
Leave Newark Centre station) for Wilmington
and Phila. s. rs a IN; 2.04 and Gil pm week days
New York and Washington Express leaves Phi o.
adephiA every day, d.5l y. M Chester 1lsi VIII
mngtOn T.45 Newark SOj; Perryvillc SJi II. dc
Grace $40 Baltimore 9.aT.
Peninsula express leaves Baltimore $50 p ~
strives Newark 3.55 p m, runs through 10 point
on Delaware Division
Baltimore and Wilmington accommodation on
Sundays only, leaves Newark o, H. m, arrive
Wilmington 10 20 "A, m. stopping ai all lmmedl-
ate stations
A New York and Washington Express
also leaves Philadelphia at 400 +. NJ,
arriving at Newark at 5:l5 p. NJ, which
stops to take or leave passengers on
giving notice TO the conductor or agent.
j. II. Wood General Passenger Agent.
]. G. Shivler, Agent at Newark.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14
Why is 1t

That the sale of Hoods Sarsaparilla
continues Mt such a rapidly increas-
ing rate? 1t is
LIST Because ofthe positive cura-
tive value of Hoods Sarsaparilla it.
self.
I'd Because of the conclusive
evidence of remarkable cures effect.
ed by it, unsurpassed and seldom
equaled by any other medicine.
Send to CT. Hood 4 Co., Lowell,
Mass. for book containing many
statements of cures.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14
Wages in 1900.

The condition of the wages-class
of that day may be well examined;
it is full of instruction and encour-
agement In the great cities I'M
skilled workmen were hired by the
day, bought their own lodgings. But
in the country, on the farms, or
wherever a hand was employed on
some public work, they were fed
and lodged by the employer and
given a few dollars month. On
the Pennsylvania canals the diggers
ate the coarsest diet, were housed in
the rudest sheds, and paid SO a
month from May to November, and
So month from November to May.
Hod-carriers and mortar-mixers, dig
gers and choppers, who, from 1898
to 1900, labored on the public build
ings and cut the streets and avenues
of Washington city, received $40 a
year, or, if they wished, $50 for all
the work they could perform from
March / TO December 20. The hours
Of work were invariably from sun
rise to sunset. Wages at Albany
and New York were three shillings,
or, as money then went, 40 cents a
day; at Lancaster SO to $40 per
month; elsewhere in Pennsylvania
workmen were content with So in
summer and 81 in winter. At Bal
timore men were glad to be hired al
IS pence day. None by the month
asked more than So. At Fredericks.
burg the price of labor was from 81
to 81. In Virginia, white mer
employed by the year were given
sl6 currency; slaves, when hired
were clothed and their masters paid
81 Il month. A pound Virgins
money was, in Federal money, 1888
The average rate of wages the lane
over, was, therefore, s62 a year, witt
food, and perhaps lodgings. Out o
this small sum the workingmai
must, with his wife's help, maintain
his family.