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Year: 1868

, IF mono others could be named, there are
two substantial reasons why General Grant
should not be elected President Of the Uni.
ted States. The first is that he is not qual.
fled to fll tho Office, and the second on &C.
count Of the political principles he processes
to represent


We have never met man who will say
that he possesses the requisite qualifications
to fll the Office Of President. His most
ardent admirers will not say that he does.
And how is II possible that he should have
them? He has never had experience as o
statesman, nor has he ever held the simplest
civil Office or appointment In all matters
Of State craft he is as unlcarned and unso.
phisticated as child. He is totally igno.
rant Of the essentials necessary to qualify
person to preside over this great country as
Chief Executive knowledge and expert
ence. He who supposes that any man can
be picked up and put in the Presidential
chair, and can, as matter Of course, dis.
charge the duties with intelligence and wis.,
dom, is very much mistaken. knowledge
and wisdom are as essential to statesman
as q mechanic, and he who undertakes this
calling without qualifications will fail. The
President Of the United States needs great
capacity, great experience, and great wis
dom as a statesman, none Of which General
Grant has the credit of possessing. He
was nominated simply as an expediency can.
didate. The Radicals have no man of their
own who would stand ghost Of chance
Of election, and therefore seduced Grant by
the nomination and induced him to become
their candidate. IF person wished on
agent to conduct any business, whatever, he
would select one skilled in the particular
occupation he was to take charge Of. If
this is important in private pursuits, how
much more important is it in the manage
ment of the intricate and important affairs
of government. The people cannot expect
their public business to be we'll managed in
the hands Of an unqualified agent.
Year: 1868

Western editor thus describes the effect
produced by the numerous founderies, iron
works, &C., at Pittsburgh, Pa:


Pittsburgh people never have fresh air
except when out Of town. They live on
coal smoke and floating cindcrs. We in.
hailed seven tons Of coal the first hour we
were there. The people breathe smoke, cat
smoke, chew smoke, and carry it loose in
their pockets. It is now seventy.two years
since Pittsburgh has been warmed or reach
ed by the suns rays. Once streak Of sun.
shine, of several years condensing under.
took to penetrate the cloud Of smoke over
the city, got lost, became smoked, and fell
like n standing edition Of the Black Crook.


The ladies use smoke and coal dust to
protect their complexion. Little boys and
girls stand on the corner with wet brooms
and sponges to wash peoples faces for five
cents. Everybody is of color in Pitts
burgh. At the postoffice window the clerk
distinguishes people by certain signs, it be-
ing impossible to see their faces from the
layers Of dust and smoke. We saw little
boy crying on tho street because he had los,
his father, who was six feet ahead of him in
all the darkness.


Every one is mourning in Pittsburgh. A
barber once went there to color hair and
whiskers. He morn busted in a week !!
Men kiss each others wives in Pittsburgh,
unable to tell which is their own only by the
taste. Women send their children on er-
rands, first writing on their faces with
thumb nail or wet stick. People feel their
way by door-knobs, and read by raised type.


A man once stood in his room with his
window raised changed his shirt nine times
in four minutes, and only got clean one on
him when the window fell down by accident
and kept the smoke out.


Bedclothes are unknown in Pittsburgh
just leave the window open and sheets Of
smoke settle upon you like newspapers from
o machine press. Some years since some
snow fell into that city from a cloud of
s,noke--thc smoke was not hurt, but the
snow looked sick. When looking at watch
to ser the honr it is the fashion TO light a
match. Men carry lanterns to see how to
shake hands. They make black broadcloth
by hanging spiders web out till filled with
smoke, and Use hot coal dust for pepper
They roll the smoke, sweetcned. into sticks,
and sell it for licorice.
Year: 1868

A GENERAL movement is to bo made in
the next Legislature to increase the pay OF
jurymen. Two dollars day is paltry sum
for such services, at least those who have
their boarding to pay, think so.
Year: 1868

Some stay away from church to read.
They say they can find better religious think
ing and teaching in their books than in any
Of the pulpits near them. Suppose they
can. Do they get the better teaching2 Are
they really at home for purposes Of religious
culture? Are they actually growing better,
more godly, by this reading which keeps
them from church? Let them be honest
with themselves, and see if this is not a
Aimsy excuse for spending their Sundays,
not in mere religious reading, but over all
sorts of books. Even if they give their
Sundays up wholly to religious reading,
they have generally mistaken the aim Of
public Sabbath services if they think it can
be thus met at home.


God expressly commands US to "rever-
ence his sanctuary, to ''lift up our hands
in his sanctuary" and promises to come
unto US and bless us there. We should go
to church to worship; to worship publicly
and unitedly, as we'll as to receive instruc.
ton from the preacher. Would an Israel
ite have been held blancless who never went
to the temple-worship because he had roll
of the law at home? But the church ser
vice is, in a sense, our temple.worship. No
other appliance Of religious culture can take
its place. Abolish all church services, and
you abolish Christianity. He who stays
regularly away from church is doing what
little he can to introduce heathenism. He
is contributing his influence toward secular
izing his community If his way was uni
versal, irrelgion would be dominant, and
the nation would slowly sink back into an
atheistic barbarianism. Parrish Visitor


Why does young lady love to waltz ?
Cause she loves iuggin',
Year: 1868

In prize essay on the Sabbath, written
by journcyman printer in Scotland, which,
for singular power Of language and beauty
Of expression, has never been surpassed,
there occurs the following passage. Read
it, and then reflect for while what a dreary
and desolate page would this life present if
the Sabbath were blotted out from our cal
culatiou:


"Yokefellow! think how the abstraction
Of the Sabbath would hopelessly enslave the
working classes, with whom We. are identi.
fed. Think Of labor thus going on in one
monotonous and eternal cycle, limbs forever
on the rack, the fingers forever straining,
the brow forever sweating, the feet forever
plodding, the brain forever throbbing, the
shoulders forever dropping, the loins for
ever aching, and the restless mind forever
scheming.


"Think Of the beauty it would efface, Of
the mcrry.hcartedness it would extinguish,
of the giant strength it wouli tame, of the
resources of nature it would crush, Of the
sickness it would breed, of the projects it
would wreck, Of the groans it would extort,
of the lives it would immediate, and of the
cheerless graves that it would prematurely
dig! See them toiling and moiling, sweat
ing and fret,ing, grinding and hewing, weav.
ing and spinning, strewing and gathering,
mowing and reaping. raising and building,
digging and planting, unloading and storing,
striving, strugging--in the garden and in
the field. in the pranary and in the barn, in
the factory and in the mill, in the warehouse
and in the shop, on the mountain and in the
ditch, on the roadside and in the wood, in
the city and in the country. on the sea and
on the shore, on the earth in the days Of
brightness and of gloom. What sad pic
ture would the world present if We had no
Sabbath"
Year: 1868

a WESTERN paper says that as General
Grant was coming of the cars at ST. Louis,
he was stung on the nose by locust. In
mcdiately afterwards the locust was seized
with terrible convulsions, and in a short
time died in q fit of delirium trcncns. Grant
and bad whisky arc in demand when the
locusts are bad
Year: 1868

tFrom the New Haven Journal and Courier May 1871
OF year by vessels waiting for tide or Iayorablc
wind TO pass through the Gate Is much greater tnan
IL ordinarily conceived Of II no uuconInon thing
TO see Q Meet OF from sixty to one hundred
and MY vessels detained there for hours to-
gcther, which would he almost entirely avoided
should these improvements be made. the
saving OF the Gate piotage, also. which
amounts TO q large sum- would relieve the shin
ping interest Of heavy burden, to which II IL
now subject. from yn,s pors We nave large coast
large numbers of vessels engaged in the Virginia
trade. nearly all OF which pass through New York
harbor both on the out and return trip. II il prob
able that by the removal Of these distractions at the
Gate that the force Of the channel at that point would
be materially reduced. Any other city than New
York would have erected these Improvements long
since.
Year: 1868

place on Thursday night last, has been topic OF
conversation on the Stock Exchange, OF which he
was the acknowledged leader in 1s63-4, but the
panic in the spring of the latter year resulted In his
failure after which time his feeble health prevented
him from appearing much in Wall street or taking
any active part In business.


The daily range of the gold market during the
is I'm shO
Year: 1868

The bright sun of these March days,
shining as it does on the snow-c covered
earth, tells of the coming spring. Spring
is the season. of life and joy-the sub
ject of the school-boy's composition, the
time of buds and flowers, and more i'm
portant still the season of house hunting
and of moving days Men are going
about the streets inquiring for houses "to
let" and women are bustliug, talking and
scolding. preparatory to leaving the old
res sidence for the new The daughter,
just blooming into womanhood, forms lit
tie plans about the new bonnet, or the
new dress she is going to were when
"papa" has changed his place, and gone
into some handsomer house or more re-
spectacle streets. Such is life, or rather
such is life viewed from this particul ar
stand point. All of our existence in this
world, is one long, active, bustling NOV
ing day. We are going from the cradle
to the coffin, from life to death, from this
world to that of the eternal. Some are
carrying with them an immense deal of
luggage that will not be admitted into
the "house not made with hands" That
Oiu uIdu W uO SUN IOllCIS "
house in the feebleness of age, cannot
take his money with him when he goes
on that long, long journey. That jealous
christian who never saw any good out
side of himself or party, may just as well
throw away his bigotry and intolerance,
his hypocrisy, and deceit for ST. Peter
won't let him "enter in through the gates
into the city" with these things on his
shoulders. Any one who has ever NOV.
ed knows what nuisance it is to have
too much lumber, and useless luggage on
hand. How the housekeeper raves when
she explores the old garret, and finds nc
end to the "trash" that must be
taken up and piled under the roof of the
new home How she wishes the devi
would take this thing and that, she dom
care where, only that it may be out o
her sight forever Now the lumber thai
some people are trying to take to the mex
world to store up in that long home, i.
utterly worthless and troublesome
Friends throw it away. Unlike the lum
Der in the old garret it never can be o
any use. The luggage that you move
with great trouble into your new house
may under certain circumstances come
into play" or at least help to kindle you
! fire. But all the heavy burdens you arr
trying to take with you to heaven, viii
never do you any good; and if you are no
careful may keep you yourself on the out
side of the gate, and store you away il
the great lumber room of the universe
Edston Free Press.
Year: 1868

A letter written by the late Gov An
drews, three days before his death, closes
as follows +; 1.-The tendency of the hour
is toward Grant. And that is best. 1t
is not the ideal good. 1t is bad for the
country that he must leave his present
POSTPAID for him, the soldier, to try and
endure the hard fate which awaits him,
in civil life. But it is the apparently
best practical good the country can have.
And Grant is so square and honest man
that | believe he is bound to be right in
the main everywhere"
Year: 1868

where We have lust come through period OF deficient
harvess and the harvest OF this year promises at least
70 be long step onward 70 more fruitful period Even
wet made the prospects OF the harvest gloomy spell OF
glorious sunshine has changed everything and they are
looking for plentiful crops. Altogether appearances
in favor OF the consumer. We may not be enter
ing a period OF low prices snch as that OF 1864
and 1865 probable that bread will be good deal
cheaper during the next Autumn and Winter than it
during the and Winter. OF course the long
time to recover from their present condition; and
should the drOuth last as long as it did
the deuge which will eventually restore them.
There will be deficient supply OF food for the cattle and
sheep, and probably milk may be and butter BE
dear; and meat Notwithstanding the defeat or the
Cattle Market BILL may get up In prce-but the stan oi


life will at least be cheaper, and every housewife VIII
have opportunity Of confirming from personal obser.
walton and practical experience that drouth never dd
breed dearth in England"
Year: 1868

EXCELLENT WH1TEw AsH.-As the housecleaning wilt
be here, it may be amiss to say few words
in regard to whtewashiug. There many recipes
published, but we believe the following to be the best
that can be used White chalk is the best substitute
for lime as a wash A very fine and brilliant white
wash prepared Of chalk is called Paris White" This
we buy the paint for three cents pound re-
tail For each sixteen pounds Of Paris White we pro-
cure half pound of the white transparent glue cost
ing fifty cents pound. The sixteen pounds of Paris
White is about as much person will use in day.
It is prepared as follows The glue is covered with
cold water at night and in the morning is carefully
heated, without scorching, until dissolved The Paris
White stirred in with hot water to give the proper
milky consistency for applying to walls, and the dis
solved glue is then added and thoroughly mixed 1t
is then applied wtha brush like the common lime
Except on very dark and smoky walls,
single coat is sufficient II is nearly equal in briiancy
to zinc white" far more expensive article.


rCor Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1868

SCIENCE IN A ToY.-A very amusing application of
frctional electricity has been recently patented in the
shape Of small ornamental, shallow box, having for
its bottom plate of looking glass. Another sheet Of
common glass forms the cover and there is space OF
perhaps an inch and a half between the two glasses
4 variety of figures cut out of paper other light
substance are laid upon the looking lass and on gen.
tly rubbing the surface of the upper glass with hand
kerchief or piece of paper the several figures be-
come electrified the erect position and dance
about great rate, much to the amusement OF look
ers-on When not in use the box may be hung up to
serve as mirror. The makers furnish great variety
of forms of these toys and the prices run from fifty
cents upward.
Year: 1868

In Boston they have milk inspector" whose bust
ness it is keep the milk vendors of that city straight
He has recently made report of his doings in 1867,
from which it appears t9n ne p p5pgo'eo % fnd se
aduerated OF these the average amount of adultera


ton was go per cent the chief article used being water
The smallest adulteration in any sample was IA per
cent, and the largest amount in any single sample
nearly 56 per cent. Upon these Investigations ne pro-
cured the indictment during the year of twenty one
milk dealers. nineteen of whom convicted by the
Boston courts. The daily supply of milk in Boston is
1898 gallons, and is sold at eight cents quartrets
Year: 1868

GREAT DECREASE IN INcoMEs.-The
New York Evening Post announces the
very significant fact, based upon informa-
ton received from the assistant assessors,
that there is general, though very irreg-
ular, decrease in the income tax from last
year, and the aggregate tax Of that city
will fall off more than twenty-five per
cent.
Year: 1868

THIS Dropper will positively save
l. one-half the time over the old way
of dropping corn.


1t will drop right in the cross.


1t can be set 10 average any number
of grains desired 10 hill.


1t can be regulated to scatter the
corn more or less in the hill, or drop
it all in a close bunch if desired. In
windy weather this Droppcr is just the
thing needed, as the corn cannot be
blown about while dropping.


All who have used these Droppers
agree in the opinion that the corn
comes up more regularly after them,
and there is less rc-planting to do, be-
cause they drop more regular number
of grains 10 hill, and every grain is
sure 10 be in the cross, where they are
covered alike.


Every Droppcr will be warranted to
do all that is herein claimed for them,
or they will be taken back and the
money refunded.
Year: 1868

A WELL KNOWN wit once said Clothes do
IA not make the man, but they do very much
to make him look respectable after he is made.
Men are always opt to judge others by their sx-
ternal appearance, and justly SO, for neatness Of
person is Just az much the Characteristic of gen
tleman as high sense Of honor or unquestionsble
veracity in this view therefore, it behooyes every
man not only to procure good clothing but 70
have it made in the most elegant and fashionable
shape, and we know of no establishment in town
which better insurcs these desirable qualities than
WILDES' STAR CL0THINGHA


Main Street, Middletown, Del.


N. B.-Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings kept
constantly on hand and made to order. ~


January 25-m
Year: 1868

A Word FOR THE SoUTH.-Hr. Everett has recently
made speech in New England from which We extract
the following:


The probable future of the South ? What land
scape! What pauoramal How it stretched out
hundreds and thousands and millions of acres of
land to be covered with teemng populations When
he thought OF the glorious views he had had there and
then thought that that vast country to be peoped
by large populations, by busy pushing hives of men,
when he remembered that this beautiful rich soil was
to be cultivated, he felt that language was utterly
weak and insignificant. He saw there a country ca.
pable OF taking within its almost the entire hui.
man race; what future that country to have
Was there any man who could presume to guesss The
imagination fails and the mightiest wing of thought
tires and becomes weary and glad to get away
from the theme. It would be garden laden with the
richest OF human needs, country full to the overflow
ing with all the requirements of human necesstes It
was to be country gioriously great and goriously
Free and how few years would require to effect the
change.


He should like to see colonies Of Fifty to one hup
dred families go aud SETTLE those splendid lands
not go out solitary, like marked COW, but in colo.
nies And it to send men who were not
adapted He saw many people 60 to those States wbo
had much better stay at home. He knew of Young
men trained behind the counter a very honorabls
calling-he was there himself-go out to farming,
Now" farming was pretty tight job for any Of them,
and the English farmer wanted a great deal more
knowledge before he could battle with the elements as
we'll as he anticipated he would But those Young
men knew nothing of farming. They wanted men who
understood land and could cultivate it, with little
money; not much with Zoo there could do
as much as man with g2G00 here. The mischief was
that the wrong mea went to The wcnag place
Year: 1868

NATIONAL BANKs-The New York Democrat SAYS:


Have the people seriously considered what
wicked contrivance the national banking system is
consolidate wealth and build up privileged class {?
By this system certain parties who hold Government
bonds allowed to deposit their bonds in the Cur
rency Bureau at Washngton, and the Government paid
them for those bonds by delivering them bank notes
which they are allowed to lend out and circulate as
money and to draw such loans from six ten per
interest," and at the time they still their
bonds thus deposited and the Government pays them
gold interest these bonds amounting in currency
to eight nibe per cert. more, making in all some


fifteen eighteen per cent. And this the people have
pay one-ha say, in taxes, and the other half in
bank discounts. What swindle! And this by Jacobir
law
Year: 1868

OF bad roads. and are actually or practically
called upon to pay premium for them. 1t
would be demonstrably cheaper to have
good roads shan poor ones. 1t is so here
A road we'll built is easily kept in repair
mile OF good macadamized road is moro
easily Supported than poor horse"
Year: 1868

A man may go idle to hell, but he that
goeth to heaven must be busy.


The hypOcrite in religion kneels, like
the first rank in regiment only that he
may take better aim at some one who
stands opposite to. him.


True love Is nourished by showers ol
adverse fortune. rs the roses and violets
by showers and vernal rain.


1t takes but a moment TO cloud n lovely
morning.; and light minded act may
mar the happiness of lifetime.


Love the work you are doing and must
do, hut when 1t Is done, train the rose
vine over your door.


The vicious die early. They fall like
shadows or tumble wrecks and ruins into
the grave-often when quite young, al
most always before they are forty" The
wicked liveth not half their days.


Ebenezer Elliot says: Poetry like
truth is common flower; God hassow
il over the earth like daisies. sprinkled
with tears, oft glowing in the sun, even
as he places the crocus and March frost
together and beautifully minsle life and
DEATH" 1901


AT church some clasp their hands SO
tight in prayer time, that they cannot
get them open when the contribution
box comes round. "'h
Year: 1868

DEATH,-Wehave eneyerread anything
more beautiful than the following from
the pen of Geo. D. Prentice:


"There is but breath OF air and beat
of the heart betwixt this world and the
next. And in brief interval of painful
and awful suspense, while We feel that
our death is present with us, that we are
powerless, and the all powerful, and the
faint pulsatien here is but the prelude OF
endless life hereafter, we feel in the midst
of the stunning calamity about to befAll
us, that the earth has no compensating
good to mitigate the severity of our loss.
But there is no grief without some hene-
ficient provision tosoften its intenssness.
When the good and lovely die. the mem-
ory of their good deeds, like the moon
beams on the stormy sea, light up our
darkened hearts and lends to the sur
rounding gloom beauty so sad, ,sosweets
that we would not If we could disPel ts~
darkness that environs it," .a-.i. I4i.s