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Year: 1877

Live for something.


Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove
mkind.


Keep good company and be one of the
number.


Do not he afraid Of diminishing your
own by seeking that of others.


Riches gained by deceit cheat no man
50 much as the gamer.


Leisure is sweet to those who have
earned it, hut burlcnsome to those who
get it for nothing.


When the heart is pure, there ID hard.
lv ANYTHING which can miSlcad the an
dcrstanding in matters OF immediate
personal concernmcnt


Try to combine beauty and utility. a
flower is none the less sweet because 1t
has germ in its heart that will ructiiy
after the falling Of its petals.


A judicions silence is always better
thuR truth spoken without charity.


Man endures opposition and roprooi
more readily than we suppose only, he
will not endure them when violent, even
though they are deserved. Our hearts
are flowers; they continue open to the
gently-falIing dew, but close against II
/, storm.


The most corrective punishment is
kindness.
Year: 1877

IN. Y. Herald.]


GREENBR1ER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, I
West Virginia, August 25, 1877.
Representatives from all the various
parties now contending for supremacy
In Virginia are here. Those who advo-
cate openly reputation are very few
and without influence; those who
boldly proclaim that the last dollar
must be paid by an immediate increase of
taxes are also fnconsiderable in num-
ber.. The controlling party Is evidently
made up Of those who advocate an ap-
peal to the creditors for an adjustment
OF the State deEt upon such basis as
will insure the punctual payment Of in
terest at lower rate than six per cent,
and the final extinguishment of the
principal. The coming canvass in Vir-
ginia will be conducted upon this idea.
It will be very heated in the counties in
the election Of members Of the Legis-
lature.


There will be no regular canvass for
State officers, for the regular Conserva-
tive nominees will certainly not have
Republican opposition, nor will they
kind. There may be local dissatisfac-
tion in certain quarters, but it will
amount to nothing. The Federal Ad-
ministration Is too much interested in
the financial condition of the State to
encourage or to permit Republican op-
position, on the Reputation platform,
to the Holiday ticket, which means
honest administration and fair dealing
with the creditors.


NO REPUDIATION.


The great mass Of the people of Vir-
ginia are honest, although poor, and
will not sustain any other than an hon.
est financial policy. Holiday will be
elected without trouble by an immense
majority, and the creditors will then
probably be requested to meet the State
authorities in spirit of confidence and
compromise.
Year: 1877

An old soldier has been passing some
homely criticisms upon one of Mrs.
Buffers battle pieces. He says the
mems faces look too clean after days
firing. For our own part, the greatest
fault we have to find with the battle
pieces of our great artists is that in too
many cases the uniforms appear to have
been made with some vague intention
OF fitting the soldiers who might wear
them. We don't know how it may be
in other countries, but in the United
States army quartermaster who would
furnish uniform that would tit an in
fantry soldier any better than it would
q cow would be instantly dismissed from
the service. This is strict law, and
there has never been a dismissal under
it yet.
Year: 1877

Rose Eytinge, the popular actress,
has persistently refused to have her
photograph taken. The result is that
she has had her life made burden to
her by the prosecutions Of the photo
graph gallery agents. The other day
she let 1t be known that she proposed
taking swim at North Beach. When
she left the hotel an express wagon,
with camera a5s in it foll1wed low her car
polite note, enclosing the proof Of a
negative taken as she emerged from the
briny dip. The note pleasantly init
mated that unless Miss Eytinge re-
ported for a legitimate sitting by noon
next day, 10000 copies like the one fur
nished would Immediately be struck
off. She capitulated.
Year: 1877

On THE MARCH AGAIN.-We furnish
ed our city readers yesterday, in advance
of all the other papers, the monthly rec
ord of building permits taken out during
October, which must have been crafty
ing to every one, as it showed very plain
ly that Wilmington was on the march
again, and in all probability would in
crease her steps until she grew more rap
id and sure in her advance in the future
than ever. The number of buildings
got under contract last month was thirty
two against sixteen in October 1876; an
increase Of sixteen. But the number oil
the increase does not speak so strongly
as the kind and value of the buildings
all Of which were good and substantial
and several Of them large and valuable
We have not felt so cheerftiY0ver our city'.
prospects for several years, and we know
our readers will agree with us in oul
hopes that we are soon to leave the bad
times far in the rear az We march on in
the new departure to prosperity.
Year: 1877

THE TRAAP's OATH. Every tramp
released from, the Chester county Jail is
obliged before making his reappearance


into the "cold, world..' to take an oath


which is certified to by Washington Hag
erty, warden Of the Jail, as follows;--
"This is to certify Tat - has been


in my keeping for period Of days,
and is now discharged upon his oath that
he will go to work, and falling to find
the same within two days will thereupon
leave this county and not return or again
become charge on the public for the
torn Of one year from this date" This
certificate is given to the tramp, who, with
it in his possession, is not liable to arrest
for two days, on the charge of vagrancy.
After the two days are up he again be-
comes amenable under the law. If found
in the Village Record. .
Year: 1877

FALsE.LThe average truthfulness and
reliability of the Republicda is well ex-
emplified in its editorial yesterday head
ed "That three thousand dollars reward
In that article the editor claims the cred
it for enterprise for publishing, as it says,
the 1'tiaformatioa on Friday last, three
days in advance Of any other paper"
"that the Governor had offered reward
Of $500 for the arrest Of William Scott
for committing rape on Harriet Isabel
Ia Foreacre, of Mill Creek hundred" 1t
goes further and makes mean insinua-
ten that the Gazette had selfish mo-
tive in not stating that the reward was
offered until it was advertised in its col
umns. Now, the fact is that the Gazette
did mention that the reward was offered
the very day that it was proclaimed by
the Governor, and if the negro had been
arrested before the Gdzette's advertise
ment was printed and circulated, the
money could not have been paid; or in
other words the notice which the Rep,i6-
ticdn made of it on Friday last was false
and untruthiul altogether, as the reward
had not been offered at all at that time.
The article was false from beginning to
end. The Gazette was a whole day in
advance of the Republican and all the
other city papers in giving publicity to
the commission OF the crime and the
particulars; but we could not keep pace
with the Republican in lying, for had we
done 30 and said the reward was offered
we should have been even with it in this
line for one time at least.
Year: 1877

IHE MARsHALsHIP.-It matters very
little 10 the Democratic party what Rad
ical succeeds to the marshalship of this
district. Our party can hardly be ex-
pected to be responsible for or endorse
the character of any one the President
may appoint or the Senate confirm.
Year: 1877

Must convince them that it possesses great merit.
while the new and original method of its prepara-
tiOn when studied with the disease satisfies the
mind of any reasonable person that its method of
Cure Is the trne one.
Year: 1877

Thus becomes powerful purifying agent in over
coming the poisonous action OF the rotten matter
that has during sleep, dropped into the throat and


mingled with the contents OF the stomach to be ab-
sorbed into the system.
Year: 1877

Removes by single application the hard. encrust
ed matter from tue nose, opens up the nasal pas
sages, allows the sufferer TO breathe freely and
JOY for the first time the pleasure of a full breath
Year: 1877

Mr.. EDrroR:-Nearly all OF us have
been compelled to experience the
annoying impudence and i'll breed
ing of certain lot OF grown up
young men and boys who at the
close OF the exercises infest the hall
ways leading from. and the side
walk Immediately in front OF some of
our churches and public halls. Their
object. of course, is to make an ex-
hibition OF their smartness by laugh
ing. slanging each other, staring in
the faces Of the passers and making
general pests OF themselves.


Would it not be well enough for
some of our public speakers to enter
tain their audiences occasionally by
injecting into their speeche as few
suggestions on this subject OF man
ners generally? Is our city marshal
doing his whole duty when he allows
a mob Of this kind to constantly in
suit public gatherings In this way?
Does not the law not only permit him,
but make 1t his imperative duty, to
take sufficient force OF assistance
and proceed to. club and kick into the
street all such Ill bred and heathenish
characters? III the law does not re-
quire it Of him why does not the city
council proceed to enact an ordi-
nance authorizing a general stam-
peding Of all such herds of loafers
Or, II this conduct is not a violation
Of law or etiquette. why do not the
managers OF our public meetings. at
the close, give them a fairer show by
requesting the female portion OF the
audience. at least, to remain seated
until after the hoodlums have located
themselves, and commenced their
sucffiing. pushing, slanging. etc?
And. besides, would not the respecta-
BILE portion of the audience better
appreciate their staring. gaping and
general vulgarity by such an ar
rangement?


MuRPHYITE.
Year: 1877

nervous troubles, which are peculiar to


the present but not TO an earlier period


Going back still further for purposes Of


comparison. he shows that mot only


were many Of the nervous maladies. so


prevalent now quite unknown three cen


turies ago, but those which are common


to those eras and ours are far less abun-


dant than now" Lastly he points TO


the multiform nervous disorders now


found among women.


There is no specific for inebriety. II Is
q constitutional ailment, to be treated
constitutionally. IL Is not necessarily
due to alcoholism. Chloral and opium
inebriety are already becoming danger
ously common; and there are hundreds
Of other stimulants and narcotics to
which resort may be had. The only
remedial course is TO place the inebriate
where alcohol or the provoking cause Of
his ailment cannot be had; for the sight
Of it, or the smell Of it, will excite all the
desire for il. To this treatment seda-
tives, tonics, and nutritious food to build
up the system may be added. To persons
having any tendency 10 inebriety, the
only safe course Is absolute abstinence
during early life. As regards the human
race, the disease finds its remedy in
itself; for degeneracy in any direction
cannot 60 on indefinitely; and after any
qualities. good or bad, attain n certain
stage OF growth, they cease to reproduce
themselves. The excessively feeble and
nervous stocks must perish. and the fight
for existence be maintained between the
less nervous and the well balanced and
strong and thus, by process Of sue
cessive eliminations. a race may be de
veloped that shall be every way adapted
to the complex conditions Of high civ
Ilization.
Year: 1877

There is q story related Of Jarvis, the
painter, 10 the effect that,
walking down Broadway one day, he saw
before him a dark-looking foreigner, bear
ing under his arm a small red cedar cigar
box lie stepped Immediately into his
wake" and whenever he met a friend
(Which was once in two or three min
utes, for the popular artist knew every
body) he would beckon him with a wink
to "fall into line" behind BY and by
the man turned down one Of the cross
streets, followed closely by Jarvis and
his tail" Attracted by the measured
tread of so many feet, he turned around
abruptly, and, seeing the procession that
followed in his footsteps, he exclaimed:
what for de debble is dis2 What for
you take me, eh? What for you 50 much
come after me, chr "Sir," exclaimed
Jarvis, with an air Of profound respect.
I'VE saw you going to the grave alone
with the body OF your dead infant, and
we took the opportunity TO offer you our
sympathy, and to follow your babe to the
tomb" The man explained, in his bro
ken manner, that the box contained only
cigars, and he evinced his gratitude, for
the interest which had been manifested
in his behalf, by breaking it open and
dispensing them very literally to the
mourners.-[ [Scribner's Monthly.
Year: 1877

sured that be had passed away never to
return, whispers grew Of the gray-headed
slave and the mysterious raven, until BY
degrees the fate of the famous stibor was
fashioned into form and grew into a legend
throughout the country, scariug the vii
iage maiden il her twilight walk, and the
lone shepherd in his watch upon the hills.
Year: 1877

police headquarters in This city
by MIR. j. Seh0n. It is understood
that Jewett has not accounted for sum
of money which came into his possession
by virtue OF his Office as Jailer. Upon
arriving in this city he sold horse
which he brought with him Tor SO at
Carney's stable.
Year: 1877

A meeting Of manufacturers whose
mills ale run by the water power from
The Miami d Erie Canal, and who are
alarmed at the prospect OF the passage
OF the Senate bill to abandon the Lewis
town Reservoir, held IL maeLing yester-
dav afternoon at the Burnet Iau,e to
take some action on the subject.


Al the afternoon session The Commit.
Year: 1877




Developments in the Jewett tragedy
make the theory that Orville committed
murder and suicide more certain. Thomas
Jackson, ianitor of the building, ,corrobOrates
Charles Taintor's statement that he witnessed
the shooting. He was III the room above
when the explosion occurred, and rushing
down saw through broken pane in the rear
door of the Office two bodies lying on the
floor. In an instant four pistol shot were
fired, whereupon he ran to the office and
questioned him, but received no reply. The
evidence regarding the affair, but refuses to
make it public.


The Boston Herald publishes an article
so the effect that there are grave suspicious
that William Mcguire, the sole survivor Of
the brig Roanoke, did not tell true story
His statement to Captain Carson, OF the
schooner that rescued him, we're contradic.
tory, and gave rise to the suspicion that the
crew mutined and probably murdered the
captain and his followers, and also the pas
sengers, and that the vessel became unman
ageable after they got possession. 1t does
not seem consistent that the passenger,
would have deliberately drowned themselves
while there was the least hope of being saved.
in the safe, which was located in the cap.
tains cabin, were $4,000 in gold a sufficient
incentive for an uprising of the crew. 1t is
surmis, ID that the crew drank freely of lager,
and while drunk went below to get the con.
tents of the safe, and had fight with the
captain and sailors who remained faithful.
This is based on the fact that Mcguire says
that one of the crew, a Finn, threatened to
shoot the captain, and the fact that one of
the crew was found dead, with his upper lip
cut off, when Mcguire was taken off by Capt.
Carson. Mcguire said in explanation, that
Finn got the pistol out of dozen that were
lying about the cabin, and the dead man
found on the wreck had his lip bit of in n
fight with one of the crew on the twenty
sixth of March. Mcguire, when found,
showed but little signs of exhaustion, fact
rather strange, in view of his claim that
many of his comrades had died of exposure.
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


NEW YORK, Sept. THE baggage car
OF the Washington Express on the z.
Il. H., just before reaching Waverly this
morning, was discovered to be on fire.


A signal was given Immediately for
the train to stop, which was promptly
responded TO by The engineer, and the
nre was extinguished before serious
damage was done,
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. THE damp
weather, last evening, lessened, in some
measure, the attendance at the Exposi.
ZION, but there was still good moderate
asSembiage. Although it may be several
DAYS before the cases are ali filed, il is
mistake to suppose that the exhibition
presents ragged and unfinished face.
it Is, on the contrary, rich III attraction.
me supper and ball to be given at the
Gait House, on the occasion OF the visit
OF PRESIDENT Hayes anu suite TO the city,
Wlll be the most elegant affair of the
Kind ever witnessed in Louisville. The
visit of the President will be made an
epoch i'll the history OF his Administra-
ton, and he will long recall the warmth
OF the generous Kentucky welcome
which is to be extended to him. No man
Will talk politics while the guests OF the
city are here. The Committee of Ar
rangements have completed their plans
Tor the illumination OF the city for The
occasion.
Year: 1877

A CHANCE FOR THE REPUBLICAN,
1t is intimated that call will be issued
in New York in few days for mass
meeting of all those who are sin favor of
maintaining the integrity and indivisibil-
ity of the Republican party" The friends
of Wendell Phillips and Senator Blaine
are understood to be leading in the move
ment, and the object of the meeting is
open warfare upon the Presidents South
ern policy.


As the Republican has spoken on the
side of Phillips and Blaine on several
occasions and uniformly been in favor of
Kellogg, Packard and Chamberlain, the
mass meeting about to be called will af-
ford that paper good opportunity
to kick at the President and his South
ern policy, (whatever that isl for our
part we don't pretend to know exactly.
But we do hope that he will prove as good
as his promises, and give the people of
Louisiana an opportunity to prove that
they are capable of taking care of their
own interests and thus release the peo.
pie of other States Of the taxation conse-
quent upon keeping an army of soldiers
in that State to prop up obnoxious and
corrupt rulers whose sole object is to
fleece the laborers OF their earnings to
aggrandize themselves.
Year: 1877

The recent charter elections in New
Jersey and elsewhere go to prove that
however much the people may feel in
clned to place confidence in the policy
of Mr.. Hayes, they have lost all faith in
what is known as Repubhcanism in the
management of the affairs of municipali-
ties
Year: 1877

At Delhi [ visited one of those Gotha
women who never appear in public, and,
if obliged, as in the case of this Durbar,
go closely yelled or with screen before
them. 1t was the Princess of Tanjore,
and 1 went with lady interpreter whom
I knew. was met by the husband of
the princess, dressed all in cloth of gold.
He conducted us to his wife, who was
seated upon ahigh gilded chair, and before
her was gilded one for me, placed in
the center, one at my right for Miss
Firth, the interpreter, and one at my
left for q niece, who is the heiress ap-
parent. These were arranged in helf
circle before her. She was dressed in
cloth Of gold, with diamond fringed
head dress, pearls, rubies and emeralds
innumerable. In the head dress were
gold tassels and large pins of precious
stones. A diamond necklace was worn
close about the throat, and a ruby, and
then an emerald, necklace hanging be-
low Two armlets were worn at the top
of each arm, and two near the wrist. A
wide tape of jewels, as may say, came
from the front ornament of her cap down
to the top of each ear, and each ear was
pierced from the top of the lobe to the
bottom, with rings of pearls and dia-
monds. In her nose she had five or six
immense diamonds, set in the form of a
leaf, which reached from the edge of the
nostril, ON the left side, up to the bridge
of the nose; then pearl of the size of a
large pea hung pendant from the center
of the nose until it fell over the lip.


After few courtesies the husband
bade me welcome and passed to me n
silver cup holding altar of rose and betel
nut, wrapped in leaf lying in the sal
ver [ touched the betel nut, and he
put drop Of the perfume on my hand
kerchief. He then showed me the belt
of Jewels which his wife had worn, to
hold the sword of her grandfather, while
on visit to the viceroy. 1t was mass
of diamonds all across the front, and the
rest was heavily wrought gold, almost
too heavy for so little body to wear.
She then put her cloth of gold veil ove1
the head of her little niece, that / might
see how completely covered she had
been during the interview, only she had
placed the head dress, which she had
then on, upon the top of her veil, and
had looped up her veil to her shoulder
that the viceroy should have the benefit
of the jewels on her arms. The little
girl sung for me, in English Twinkle


twinkle little STAR" and "How doth the
little busy bee. "-Letter IN Boston
Journal.
Year: 1877

The Pal Mall Gazette says The
Bhootan expedition belongs to history,
though not the most agreeable or glorious
episode in the annals of British India. One
little incident, however, still remains to
be recorded. We cannot, indeed, vouch
for it's absolute accuracy, though it is
not only generally credited, but it is
also credible. The story runs thus
Under the impression that the little
war would be fought out to the "bitter
end the government ordered three lakhs
(e30, 600 worth) of copper coinage to be
dispatched to the northeastern frontier
for the use of the troops. 1t was for
warded accordingly-a goodly assortment
of half anna and quarter anna pieces,
pies and pice. The town of Rungpore
was reached in safety, when tidings of
peace arrived. The ponderous wealth
went on no further. Where its pro-
gress was stayed there it remained,
and presently its existence was all but
forgotten. Each new magistrate who
succeeded to the district signed paper
certifying that he held under lock and
key the sum of $4,000 in copper, and
it came to be looked upon as piece of
office furniture, such as a bookcase or
any other clumsy article. At last a
magistrate, more particular than his pre-
decessors, declined to sign the certificate
until the money was counted over to
him. The objection was not unreason-
able, but there was this difficulty in the
way of its removal, that the gunny bags
had been devoured by insects or other
wise destroyed, and that the copper
coins had run together and become weld
ed into masses. The cost of their re-
moval to Calcutta, or some other equally
absurd reason, caused the alternative to
be adopted of digging a big hole and
burying the untold riches. Some sort
of monument or memorial it is said, has
been erected over the side, and it may
be that in the fullness of time the DIR.
Schliemann of the period will disintel
the weighty heap.
Year: 1877

Aslong ago as 1857 company in the
West began the manufacture of building
paper, and nowit has three large mills that
turn out sixteen tons per day. The paper
Thus manufactured is thick, hard paste
board wound in rolls of twenty-five to
one hundred pounds each, and usually
thirty-two inches wide. While it is
being made it is subjected to an enormous
pressure, which congresses the fibers
into a solid body. The sheet becomes abso-
lutcly alright, and as paper is a non-
conductor of heat it resists the action of
both heat and cold. A building lined
with it resists the entrance of heat in
summer and cold in winter. In case
of fire the paper sheets do not burn so
easily as wood on account of their hard
ness and solidity. This queer building
material has been tried in cold and in
warm climates, and found to work admir-
ably in all conditions and all circum-
stances.