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Year: 1878

SENATOR JONES was enthusiastically
received by his Nevada constituents on
his return from Washington. In CON
cluding a speech at Virginia City last
Saturday evening, he thus defined his
position as n candidate for reelection


II am about to surrender to n generous
constituency the high Senatorial trust
conhded to my charge six years age -
Mistaken may have been errors may
have committed but examine the com
mission ] am about TO surrender as close
as you may, and you shall find that it has
never been used to subserve selfish or per.
sonal ends, and that the honor of the
Common wealth placed in my keeping has
been maintained unsulied. 1t is for the
people of Nevada to determine who shall
be my successor. 1t would be dsingen


uous III me not to declare at this time,
and in the presence of my friends and
neighbors of Storey county, that an in


dorsement by the people ofthe State would
be most gratifying to my feelings but
If, in their wisdom, the people shall decide
that the general interests will be best
subserved by choosing from the list OF
her many distinguished sons one TO succeed
Hit, sbhIl Tcsb tIlliIel1 tOuteHl, anu never
cease to hold in grateful remembrance the
honor already bestowed upon me- A
man who has held public Office holds IN
entirely different relation TO the public
than he who seeks it for the first time. ]
am proud to know that the State has
many citizens fitted by ability, integrity
and knowledge of public affairs to serve
her acceptably in the Senate OF the United
States. A seat in that body is for such
citizens legitimate object Of ambition
and may be honOrably solicited by thom.
selves and their friends for them. 1t is
legitimate for them 10 make promises for
he future, ard by all honorable means to
present their qualifications and fitness for
so high trust. The State owes no man
an Office. and no man is necessary 10 the
State. The field Of selection is wide. and
the claims of all candidates should be
fully, freely and fairly canvassed. But
the incumbent Of an office cannot with
any show OF grace solicit a re-appoint-
ment or reelection. Promises are no
longer in order for him. They must have
emptied themselves into performances
He must stand or fall by his record
This is the position ] find myself in to-
night, and / shall await with calmness
the verdict of the people,"
Year: 1878

Is the coming Convention there will be
fierce contest between the country and
the cities on this proposition: "Notes,
mortgages and all solvent debts shall be
Considered property for the purposes of
taxation" Money will battle against il
while the country delegations will favor
st. will insist upon it, and we think they
will be sure to carry it, for it is quite ike
ly that all the workingncn will vote with
those who advocate such clause. IT is
probable, however, that the Working
mems delegates will improve upon that
by insisting on a clause providing that in
comes over 1900 a year shall be taxed as
in England. There is no mortgage tax
there but in its stead tax on the income
from mortgages, notes of hand, etc., etc.
Sacramento Bee.
Year: 1878

BEwARk:-I. cost an Inyo county man
$75 for saying "Stop my paper" for in
consequences Of its being stopped, he did
not see the delinquent tax sale at which
his own farm was sold, and it cost him
money enough to pay for % years sub
scription to the paper in order to get out
Of the scrsps.
Year: 1878

SENATOR DENNIS, of Maryland. who
is at the Palace Hotel, intends TO spend
some time in California for the purpose
of observing the effects OF Chinese immi-
grafton and obtaining general information
about the State. lie is at present of the
opinion that the Chinese have the same
right TO come 10 this country as people
Of other nations have.
Year: 1878

SEvERAL prominent gentlemen of New
York have purchased the right for that
city Of Holey's plan for heating cities by
water and steam. A company is being
fsrWed with capital OF 81 100000. The
city Is 70 be divided into five districts,
each building to have meter Of its own.
Year: 1878

IT Is reported that 100000 worth of
machinery had to be destroyed on the
City of Toxic in order to repair the re-
mainder and enable the vessel to reach
port, on her recent trip. The company
has, therefore, struck general average
on the cargo.
Year: 1878

THE San Jose Mercury advocates an
amendment to the Constitution declaring
that voting is II duty which the citizen
owes to the State and that the Legislature
shall pass laws for its enforcement
Year: 1878

IT has been practically decided by
Third Assistant Postmaster General Ha-
zen to extend the registry system to
third class mail mater. The change will
go into effect about October lst.
Year: 1878

Deacon H., Of R., was in his wood lot
busily engaged in preparing load for
market. On the other side Of low
fence his neighmr s., was also loading
for the same market. s. paused in his
work and watched the deacon for a
while, and then exclaimed: Deacon,
you are n fool in being so precise with
your load. You are altogether too par
ticular. What is the use Of packing so
closely, rejecting so carefully every
small and crooked stick, and every one
which wants a single inch of the re-
quired lengthY Look at my load; it
does not contain near as much as
yours, though it will measure well, and
will sell as readily as yours, with a
considerably larger profit. The deacon
simply answered: 'fou may do bust
ness in your way; will do II in mine.


They both drove to neighboring
city and waited in the market place tor
customers. s. was fortunate enough to
find customer without much delay,
while many hours passed before tn"
deacon could dispose Of his load. Upon
his return late at night, his neighbor,
who had been at home long while,
said to him: 4 said you we're fuol,
and was not rights sold my wood
for the same price you did, and besides
\ larger profit, lhave saved much time.
The reply was you may do business in
your way; Twill do il In mine


Several weeks passed. Deacon H. and
his neighbor were again with their
loaded teams in the city, where they
had been many times for market for
their wood. The deacon was met by a
wealthy merchant Of the city, who said
to him, Take your load at once to my
yard; you need not stop to have it
measured; and do the same with every
load you bring, ard will gladly pay
your price,


That night deacon H. was early al
home. Late in the evening S. arrived
with his ood unsold. How was it.
he said, that you found such a ready
sale to-day, while could not dispose
of my wood at any pricef'


You do business in yonr way, and ]
do 1t in mine. Who is the fool?' said
the deacon. ,..t .ra. ....... .r
Year: 1878

bEA AOTIFOL BUILDING SxTES.


We call attention to the sale of M. M.
Child, onis Saturday next, Of eighteen lots Of
ground on Market street, Ninth ward.
There are no such building sites In the city
of Wilmington, the ground is high and
gravelly. insuring perfect drainage and good
health. The view of New Jersey and of the
river, and the surrounding county, Is en-
chanting beyond comparison. The situation
10 as easy of access as to most parts of the
city off the line of the passenger railroad,
and by means of Vandever avenue, can
reach Brandywine station on the P.,,W.
h B. r. R., in about seven minntes. We
know from experience that at moderate
walkinggait the Post Office may be reached
from the site Of the lots in from ten to
twelve minutes. There is gas and water up
to within few yards, and already good
deal of building has gone forward. Those
who want lot for home can do no better
than secure one on Saturday at hard pan
price. Go to the sale. E..
Year: 1878

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Year: 1878

There is touch of Dickens in Little
Danny's soliloquy over the death of
his mother We find it in the New
Orleans Picayune: I've just been down
in the parlor to see mamma. She's in
a long box with flowers onsher. wish
she'd come and bath my head-it aches
so. Nobody ever makes it feel good
but mamma. She knew how it hurt
me. and she used to read to me out of a
little book how my head would get well
and not ache anymore some day. l
wish it was ''some day" now. Nobody
likes me but mamma. That's cause I We
got a sick he,.d, Mamma used TO take
me in her arms and cry.-When 1 asked
what's the matter, she world say. 81 NJ,
only tired, darling" Amt Agnes made
her tired, for when she came and stay
ed all day mamma would take me mp in
the evening on her lap and cry awful
hard. amt had any dinner to day
Mamma always gave me my dinner and
a little trenty pudding, with ID. (" for
Danny. on the top. l like to sit in my
little chair by the fire and eat EN-.
wish mamma wouldn't stay i'll the long
box. Iguess Aunt Agnes put her there.
'cause she pnt all the flower trimmings
on and shows her 10 every body. There
amt any fire in the grnte, but guess
I'll sit by 1t and make believe there is;
I'll get my little dish aud spoon and
play I've got a pudding with D for
Danny on it. But any way, want
mamma so bad.
Year: 1878

A correspondent calls the attention of
al consumers of kerosene oil to the
pernicious and unhealthy practice of
using lamps filled with that article with
the wicks turned down The gas which
should be consumed 10y the flames is by
this means left heavily in the air. while
the cost of the oil thus saved at pres
ent prices would scarce be one dollar a
year for the lamps of househould.
His attention was called particularly to
the custom by boarding in the country
where kerosene was the only available
light. A large family of children liv-
ing in the same honse were taken i'll
one night, and on going to the nursery
the mother found the room nearly suffo-
eating, with a lamp turned down, where


upon the physician forbade the use of a
lamp at night unless turned ut full
head. He says he could quote many
cases, one of young girl subject tc
fits of faintness which II not induced
were greotly increased by sleeping in O
room with the lamp almost turned out.
Besides the damage to health. it spoils
the paper and curtains. soils the mir,
rors and windows and gives the whole
house an uutidy and an Wholesome
order. ff%a a.
Year: 1878

Always keep an enemy in hand-a
brisk, hearty, active enemy.


Remark the uses of an enemy:


1. The having one is proof that you
are somebody. Wishy- wishy, empty,
worthless people never have enemies.
Men who never move never ftin against
anything; and when man is thorough.
ly dead and utterly buried, nothing
ever iuns against him. To be run
against Is proof of existence and posi-
tion; to run against something is proof
of motion.


2. An enemy is, to say the least, not
partial to you. He will not fiatter.
He will not exaggerate your virtues.
1t is very probable that he will slight
ly magnify your faults. The benefit of
that is two-fold-it permits you to
know that You have faults, aud are,
therefore. not monster, and it makes
them OF such size as to be visible and
manageable. OF course, if you have
fault You desire to know it; when you
became aware that yoa have a fault you
desire to correct it. Your enemy does
for you this valuable work which your
friend cannot perform.


8. In addition, your enemy keeps
yon wide awake. He does not let you
sleep at your post. There are two that
always keep watch, namely, the lover
and the hater. Your lover watches that
you may sleep. He keeps off noises,
excludes light, adjusts surroundings,
that nothing may disturb you. Your
hater watches that yon may not sleep.
He stirs you up when you are mapping.
He keeps your faculties on the alert.
Even when he does nothing he will
have put you in such state of mind
that you cannot tell what lie will do
next, and this mental qui vlve must be
worth something.


T. He is a detective among your
friends. You need to know who your
friends are, and who are not, and who
| are your enemies The last of these
three will discriminate the other two.
When your enemy goes to one who is
neither friend nor enemy, and assails
you, the Indifferent one will not have
nothing to say or chime in, not because
he is your enemy, but because it is SO
much easier to assert than to oppose.
and especially than to refute. But your
friends will take up cudgels for you on
the instant. He will deny everything
and insist or proof and proving is very
hard work. There is scarcely truth
full man in the world that could afford
to undertake to prove one tenth OF
all his truthful assertions. Your friend
wi call yonr enemy to the proof, and
If the indifferent person, through care
lessness, repeats the assertions of you,
enemy, he is soon made to feel the in
convenience thereof by the Zeal your
friend manifests. Follow your enemy
around and you will find your friends,
for he will developed them so that they
cannot be mistaken.


The next best thing to having hun
dred real friends is to have one open
enemy. But let us pray to be delivered
from secret foes.
Year: 1878

An incident is related by chaplain
who was in the army during one of our
hard fought battles:


The hospitals had been filed up fast
as the wounded men had been
brought to rear: Among them was o
young man mortally wounded and unas
BILE to speak. It was midnight, and
many loved one lay sleeping on The
battle field--that sleep that knows DO
waking, until Jesus shall call for them.


ihe surgeons had been on their
round of duty; and for moment all
was quiet. Suddenly the young man,
before speechless, called out in clear
voice, "Here?" The surgeon hastered
to bis side, and asked what he wanted.
Nothing, said he "they are calling the
roll in heaven. and ] answered to my
name." He turned his head aud was
gone to join the great army whose uniS
form is washed with the blood of the
Lamb.


Reader, in the great roll call Of etern-
ity your name will be heard; can you
answer s'HereY Are you one of the
Soldiers of Christ, the great Captain OF
salvation?
Year: 1878

Facts and Theories About the Sun


The sun is three hundred and twenty
thousand times rs large as this
earth.


The sun is four hundred times as tal
off as the moon.
A lady who weighs one hundred
pounds here would weigh two thousand
seven hundred pounds if Oh the surface
of the sun.


The heat given off by the sun would
melt two hundred and eighty seven
million, two hundred thousand cubic
miles of ice every second.
The diameter of the earth bears the
same relation to it's distance from the
sun as the breadth of a hair to one
hundred and twenty five feet.


A railroad travelling without stops at
the rate of forty miles an hour wonld
get to the sun in two hundred and sixty
three years.


The sun is believed to become two
hundred and fifty feet smaller every
year.


This contraction would be sufficient
to generate the enormous quantity oi
heat which it radiates.
Another theory is that comets and
meteorie matter falling into the sur
may be it's ailments to offset the tre'
mendous loss which combustion GER
| tainly involves.


1t would require the combustion OF
thirty feet of coal over the entire sur
face of the sun every second to geper'
ate the same heat.


The stars are supposed to average lar
ger than our sun and to have planet
systems like this. @
The nearest star is two hundred and
fifty thousand times as far off as oui
sun.
It takes light eight minutes to come
from the sun, but it must have required
fifty thousand years to come from the
farthest visible stars.
When the eleven year storms on the
sun occur. the magnetic needle on tn
earth is variable ard sometimes consid-
erably detected


The earth is flying around the sun at
the rate of one thousand miles min
ute


The sun and all the stars are moving
through space. accompanied by their
planetary systems, at a rate varying
from twent y to two hundred miles a
second.


Some Of the sun-spots (craters) are
one hundred thousand miles in dame
ter, and one of them could easily
swallow mp the whole of the planets,
Jupiter himself not making mouth
| full.
Maedler's curious and brilliant specu-
latlon is that the star Alcyone is the
central sun of our universe, and that
our sun and the visible stars are swing.
ing around it in orbits measured by
millions of years.
Year: 1878

In a rec ent note to the Superin-
tendent of our city schools, State
Superintendent Tarbell says: 81
intend to hold during the year 1878,
about sixty Teachers Institutes,
having one in every county of the
State of sufficient population, and
grouping smaller counties together
for institute purposes as may be
found desirable.


"These institutes will be held du-
ring the spring where general de-
sire for them at that season is ex-
pressed, otherwise in the summer
and fall.


"Will you aid in awakening pub
lie attention and increasing the in
terest of teachers in this work "


AS the population of our county
is sufficient to entitle us to an in
stitute, of course it would be un-
wise to neglect to obtain it; and
every teacher in the county, and
every one who expects to teach,
should be sure to attend. Accord
ing to the prevailing sentiment at
the last institute, the next would
be most acceptable during the last
week of August.
Year: 1878

iweek we have received information Of the
formation OF colonies TO move South id four
different localities OF the northern Stsfes.
What these colonists want is condensed,
authentic, and official information from
State authority setting forth the true char
acter and condition o9 the different States
claiming their attention. Our estimable
Commissioners Of agriculture SIS doubtless
doing ail IL his power to disseminate this
information, but his hands are tied for want
OF sufficient funds.


Another great draw back is the State debt,
or rather, we should say, the agitation OF the
question; for we verify believe .that the
constant discussion of the subject in tie
press and by the people Is doing far more
injury to the State by keeping away imnf-.
grafton than either its payment In full or
its reid diustment would do. Let ms have
the State debt finally settled in some way,
Immediately, and let the Legislature enact.
such laws and make such appro opriations as
i'm its Judgment may be necessary to pub
lish and distribute in pamphlet form brief
but full and accurate description of the re-
sources and advantages OF the Old Do.
minion, and the thrifty and wellto-do set
tiers that will flock to us will soon SO in-5
crease the revenues and add to the general
prosperity of the State tffat the ebuftSen of
taxation will be scarcely felt, and the advo-
cate OF Reputation be no more heard in the
land.


An address emanating from the General
Assembly inviting immigration, published
in the leading northern papers, would be Of
great benefit at this time.


Very respectfully,


CHAFFIN, STAPLES & Go.
Year: 1878

BOARD OF FALDERMEN-CALLEDM ED MEEIING.-
A special meeting of this branch Of the
City Council has been called to meet at the
Council chamber this evening at 4:30 O'Clock
to consider the resolutions adopted at the
last meeting of the Common Council in re-
lation to the gas-works being constructed at
the custom-house. This resolution pro-
poses to send the City Attorney to Washing
ton to compromise the matter, and If con-
Cured in by the Board, this official will
leave For Washington tonight.
Year: 1878

DIRECT IMPoRTATIoN.-W. L. BLAIR & 90.
have received another lot Of that really fine TABLE
SHERRY, which they offer at S2.40 per gallon. The
quality of this wine for the PRICE is unsurpassed.
Year: 1878

COURT. .-Th- special term begins on
Tuesday next. the 22d. There will be
one criminal case tried and there are
about 20 civil cases OH docket.


One of the matters Which will come
before the Grand Jury for ought toy is
the inquiry hs to who fired the Hall.
There is abundant evidence to show
that the firt was the work Of an incen-
diary, and a thorough investigation,
without fear or favor, is demanded.
Year: 1878

By advices from private sources we are
made aware ef the welcome fact that there are
now on tine way to this place, with the intcn-
ton of settling permanently at some point on
the Snohomish, eight or ten families ms
win be quito an addition numerically to the
population Of the river aud II they are the
proper class ofpeoplc to enter upon pioneer
life--energetic men with fixed and indomit-
able spirit of perseverance to overcome the
obstacles to be surmounted 10 every new
country, they are thrice welcome, and will BE-
enabled to make for Themselves happy homes
in this land of plenty. Though social and ed
ucational advantages are not ell they night be
our settlement is well advanced for its age aud
the number constituting 1t, and happy i'm
provement in.this respect will not be behind
hand in manifesting itself as we grow in these
particulars.
Year: 1878

Hardly day or night passes shut what there
are to be seen and heard about town drunken
Indians. The authorities should take some
steps to lessen, at least II 1t be not possible to
entirely abate, this growing evil. A drunken
Indian is one of the worst things Oh the face OF
the earth to deal with or risk having about
where life and property are at stake. There is
a severe penalty attached to the violation OF
the Indian liquor law, and II citizens would
unite in earnest endeavor to punish some OF
the unwashed villains who furnish drink to
these nomadic pests, it might be the means OF
saving from destruction life and property,
both of which are in jeopardy.
Year: 1878

Mrs. fitzmaurice, who for some time past
has been in California, returned hast week to
remain. She left Mr. F. in the position Of
watehman in the powder magazine at the
Mare Island Navy Yard. He will remain there
for the present, while she looks after their
tnc farm near this pIace-one OF the most ex-
tenslvely cultivated in this sectlon--and we
must say we admire her energy and wish her
much success as granger
Year: 1878

The New York Times says you might
nearly as well forget your churches, your
academies and your school house as to
forget your local paper 1t speaks to
ten times the audience that your local
minister does. It is read eagerly each
day and week from beginning to end.
1t teaches you all, and it has thou
sand rimcs better chance at you. Lying,
as it does, on almost every table N every
house, you owe it to yourselves to rally
literally to its support, and exact from
its as able and Aligh-toncd character
as you do from an educator in your
midst. I. is in no sense beneath notice
and care-for it is your representative
Indced, in its character it is the cul-
miiation OF the importance, interest and
welfare of all. 1t is the aggregate OF
your consequence, and you cannot ignore
it with out miserably deprcciating your
self.
Year: 1878

We are informed that there arc at present
TItecn Cinnamon and avc whites engaged in
mining at point on the Skykomish about ak
teen miles from this place; with what degree
pf success their labors are attended we are
not accurately informed. 1t is very likely
that considerable prospecting will be done
between now and next fall in this region, and
&C confidently hope TO hear OF rich "stiikes. 4"
Year: 1878

Give me the storm and tempest OF
thought and action rather than the dead
calm of ignorance and faith' Danish me
from Eden when you will! but first let
me eat of the tree of knowledge. Bob
hgsrssH
Year: 1878

he his family TO his farm eight miles IN the
country opened his house for the entertainment Of the
physicians upon himself the duties OF secretary OF
the Relief Association turned his bank balance Into
charity fund, and went TO work feeding the well.
nursing the sick and burying tho dead He WAS
twice stricken dOwn-Once with fever and once with
OVeI-wOrk.


BERLIN, Oct. 25.-It is reported that the
marriage of Countess Bismarck, Prince Bismarcks
her q
Year: 1878

LITTLE Rock, August pa freight
on the Memphis Railroad goes as far as
Forest City tomorrow, in charge OF Sheriff
Rottakin, for the purpose Of taking sup
plies to the people along the line Of the
road. The eolored lodge Of Mas0ns here