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Year: 1879

"Thc man who takes over ten minutes
to pack a trunk is a dolt said Mr.. Bow


erman, as he slammed down the lid and
tur.ed the key. Mrs. Bowcrman had
been at it just seven days and seven
nights, and when her husband went up
stairs at ten o'clock she sat down before
the open trunk with tears in her eyes.
"You see how it is, she explained, as
he looked down upon her in awful con-
tempt. I've got only part Of my dresses
in here, saying nothing of a thousand
other things, and even now the lid won
shut down. I've got such headache |
must lop down for few minutes. She
went away to lop, and Mr.. Bowerman
sat down and mused: "Space Is space.
The use of space is in knowing how to
utilize it, Removing every thing, he
began repacking. He found that silk
dress could be rolled to the size of a
quart Jug. A freshly-starched lawn was
made to take the place of pair of slip
pers. Her brown bunting fitted into the
niche she had reserved for three handker-
chiefs, and her best bonnet was turned
bottom-up in its box and packed full Of
underclothing. He sat there viewing
sufficient empty space to pack in a whole
bed, when she returned, and said he was
the only real good husband in the world,
and she kissed him on the nose as he
turned the key. ITS simply the differ
ence between the sexes" was his patron
izing reply, as he went down stairs to
turn on the burglar alarm. When that
wife opened that trunk last night!-but
screams and shrieks would avail nothing.
Year: 1879

THE rlimor that the GAZETTE men
toned some weeks ago Of the probable
removal of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works from Philadelphia to New Castle
is again in circulation. We hope 1t ma.
prove true. Doubtless this is the hes
place in many respects that the owner
of these great works could select
Land there is untaxed and education
free; while living ID as cheap as at an,
place on the Atlantic seaboard.
Year: 1879

THE preachers at good old Asoury
who took part in the recent trouble ooh l
seem to have shed much :" oil on the
troubled waters m Mammon" was
allowed to step in and the church digni-
taries yielded to his bidding even to
seeking demand made more than a
quarter OF century ago. IL IS re-
markable thing to find church turning
a member out who had held connection
with 1t for fifty years. 1t may be right
for all that but it seems to us such sum
mary work is not like to be acceptable
to Him who said, "I.et him who is with
out sin throw the first stone"
Year: 1879

THE Republican does not like "the row
..x nroiect.o 1t is enveloped in "sophis-
,ry and it fears that the people will be
deceived by it. The people are not 50
Hind AZ not to know that $l.l5 Is less
,.x than they have been paying for some
time, and they are not likely to be angry
With the Council for not making them
Day higher tax. 1t is altogether llkely
that the Republican hoped to see the lax
raised instead of reduced.
Year: 1879

WEST Chester has raised SOC, 900 and
is soon to have another railroad route
from that place to Philadelphia. The
Pennsylvania Railroad is to build TIM
connection to its line Immediately.
Year: 1879

1t is with 10 little exultant feelings
that We refer to the enlargement of the
weekly edition of the REPUBLICAN, and
it is with perfect feeling of confidence
that verdict from the people can but
be in our favor when We invite criti.
cal examination of last Thursdays
issue of the largest paper printed in
Delaware, and with a very few excep-
tions larger than any weekly that is
published in our great big sister State
Of Pennsylvania. For the amount and
variety of fresh reading matter contain
ed in its handsomely printed and taste
fully arranged columns, it is not equal =
led by any of its contemporaries in the
State, Notwithstanding the fact that
there are some excellent weekly papers
published in Delaware. Tn. weekly
REPUBLICAN, has been enlarged to forty
columns and proportionately lengthen-
ed, plainly printed on good heavy white
paper, and as will lie seen by a perusal
of it, well filled with interesting gene
raj, State and local news.


Though our weekly has now larger
circulation than any other week y pub
lished in the State, it is our intention
to increase its circulation all over the
State, so that it shall not be a mere
local county paper, but general State
paper, and one that will be a welcome
visitor in every family. Before our
weekly was enlarged we were frequent
ly complilnented upon publishing the
best paper in the State, and that being
true then, how much more true must it
be now that we have added two col,
umns to the width, making in all four
columns additional to our paper without
taking into consideration its increased
length which would equal four addi


tional columns. We were compelled tt
adopt this course from the press of ad


vertisements which crowded out grea


deal of reading matter that should hav,
appeared, but now we are prepared t,
accommodate all the merchants ant
business men who may desire to avail
themselves of the advantages offered il
our mammoth weekly, and our subscri


bers at the same time will get large
and more general variety of reading
matter than they ever got before. 1t il


our intention to not only maintain tn
present standard of excellence to whicl
the Weekly REPUBLICAN, has attained


but to improve upon it wherever i'm


provement is possible. Our workinI


force is steadily improving by expert


ence and every effort is being put fortl


to making not only the largest ant
, handsomest but the best weekly news
paper in Delaware. 1t is with pleasur
that we invite the attWtion of bushes
. men to the DELAWARE WEEKLY REPUI


LIcAs, the mammoth paper of Delaware
Year: 1879

In our brevities on Saturday We ask
ed: "Will there be another rum muir
der this Saturday evening"" Our in
quiry has been answered, but instead
of it being ram murder it was base
ball bat murder and the victim is a COL
ored boy and his murderer Of his own
race and color. We were not in hopes
that our question would be Affirmative
ly realized when we penned our little
brevity, and yet owing to the lawness-
ness prevailing We would not have been
surprised to have had several murders
to report on Monday. Friday has gem
orally been considered the unlucky day
of the week, but for Wilmington Satur-
day seems to have stepped in and taken
its place. Eighteen months ago Rhoads
murdered Temple on the causeway on a
Saturday night, and the recent murder
of Perry Demby was on a Saturday
night and near the same spot where
Temple was murdered. Last fall Col
Inns was murdered at Mrs. McCann's
saloon on Front street, alsoon Saturday
night, and only week ago last Satur-
day Col. Rowe was killed in saloon.-
Now follows the usual Saturday fracas
in which little colored boy is beat to
death by a base ball bat in the hands
of another colored boy. The latter ia
tality however appears to have been
caused by an ungovernable passion,
and is the one exception to the other
murders we have enumerated and
which were caused directly through the
influence of rum. With one exception
this rum was sold at unlicensed houses,
but Mrs. McCann's saloon though being
licensed place was as low as the low
est.


There can be no doubt that the un-
licensed and almost free use Of liquor
in the city is the cause OF nine
tenths of the outrages and crimes
which are now cursing our city and
giving it a bad name everywhere. 1t
is useless to expect these murders and
cutrages TO cease until the unlicensed
sale Of liquor is broken up and the
licensed sale of it committed to better
hands, ,andit is useless to oexpect this to be
done by a police force in opposition to
the moral, temperate sentiment of the
community. We do not mean to say
that there are not some good men on
the police force, for there are, and as good
men as ever carried the locust, but
these men are, powerless without the
protection of those higher in power.
There are others on the force for whose
actions the decent part of the police
blush, and their retention in Office is
an insult to the moral sentiment OF the
community. The time is at hand when
men, not things, are wanted on the po-
lice force, and until good, true, temper.
ate, moral men take the place of thost
who are mockery to morals and JUS


ticc, the citizens will le shocked by
hearing of the usual drunken brawl
and rum murders, if not on Saturday


on some other day Of the week.
Year: 1879

New York, Sept. ga rumor fro m
Washington discloses nice little plan
the democrats had for securing control
of the majority Of the state delegations
in the house, SO as to be prepared for
an emergency of no elestion for presi-
dent by the people. They were going
to unseat Congressman Orth of Indi-
ana, and put his democratic contestant
in his seat. This would enable them
to control the Indiana delegation with
out Orth. If the California delegation
had been democratic, the democrats
would then have majority of one state
and could elect their candidate. As it
is, the Indiana delegation will only en-
able them to tie the house, for each
party will then have nineteen states.
Year: 1879

London, Sept. 9.-The leaders of the
Ashton trade union fear they will be
unable to prevent strike as the mill
hands believe it would be beneficial in
reducing the production, even if it did
not prevent reduction of wages.


AT a meeting of the shareholders of
the Union spinning mills at Oldham,
running 100000 spindles, suggestion
to run on short time and to stop the
Oldham mills entirely so as to bring
pressure to bear on the Liverpool cot
ton market seemed to meet with great
approval.
Year: 1879

YELLOW FEW Err.
Thirteen New Cases and Two


Deaths in Memphis.
THE CAMP QUESTION SETTLED.
I How Free Rations Are To


Be Distributed.
ONE DEATH IN NEW ORLEANS
Another Case Admitted to the


Hospital in the Bay.
TWO DEATHS AT QUARANTINE
Year: 1879

\ new device for laying railway
track by machinery has been success
fully used on the Central Pacific aud
other railroads. 1t consists of the
application Of system of adjustable
ways, 90 each line of a train of fiat
cars, by means of which the rails are
brought forward on Que side and the
ties on the other, in a continuous
stream, aud delivered to the track men
on the exact part of the roadbed where
they are to be laid. By this ingenious
method the use of teams for hauling
the iron and ties is entirely dispensed
with, thus doing away with consider
able portion Of the expense of the or
dinary method, as we'll as with the in
jury to the roadbed by driving on it.
Moreover, tracks can be laid in this
way where the nature Of the country
would prevent the use of teams. It
is claimed that by this device from
twenty five to fifty per cent. more track
can be laid per day than without 1t,
besides the fact that it dispenses with
all the teams and one third the number
of men usually employed.
Year: 1879




The Rev. Mr. Werlich was preaching
a weird sermon on the devil, in be
Methodist Church at Ephrata, Pa,
recently, and wicked young man was
struck With the notion that the con-
gregation had been wrought up to just
the condition of mind to be easily ter


rifed. He slipped out, gathered some
equally wicked companions, and un-
folded his plan, to introduce long
horned COW into the church. They
brought black one from field near
by, twisted her tail to make her below
aud thrust her through the door into
the centre aisle. The light was dim,
the preacher had excited his hearers
by descriptions Of eternal torture, the
horns and black face of the believing
COW we're not recognized, and the con-
gregatiou thought that the devil had
dashed in for vengeance. Several OF
the women tainted, and it was some
time before the pauic was subdued.
Year: 1879

There is training school for teach
ers in progress at May field. 1t began
on the 9Th inst, and was to continue
six weeks. IF any Of our young teach
ers.see fit to attend, | have no doubt
they will receive much valuable in,
struction. The school is to be follow
ed by the county institute. This has
always been success, aud we predict
will be so this year. Graves is large
county, and usually has about one
hundred teachers in attendance at tho
institute. You ought certainly to learn
something where that many teachers
meet. l havc no doubt our young
teachers would do we'll TO attond both
the school and the institute.
Year: 1879

was in 1873 the money of our fathers
was stricken from the list Some peo-
pie may say there was as much silver
here then as before. It was not that
They declared that gold should be the
unit of value. Silver was stricken
from its debt paying capacity, and it
was declared that enbacks, legal
tenders and silver must come TO the
unit Of gold. 1t was to strike out half
the money of the world-bIight it aud
blast it. Before that l cared not how
much silver was here or how little :;
that was the basis, and a coequal basis
Its debt-paying value with gold had
been equal from the beginning of our
country aud from time immemorial
The effect of this was to double the
debt of the country. and of States,
and corporations, and individuals.
When the debt paying power of half
the metal used in the world for money
was stricken from the roll everything
came to the gold standard. l have
seen statement recently, and be-
lieve it true, made by a gentleman
with a great deal of care and prudence,
thatwten thousand millions of debt
Federal, State, Individual and corpo-
ration debts-existed at that time
l874-and the striking of silver and
elevating the price of gold necessarily
increased that debt, in effect, one half,
and so with the interest upon the pub
lie debt. Now, in my Judgment, this
= nF fha hafnra
the people of this country. You know
what was done last session. You know
that we attempted, after the extra ses-
sion was called, when we ebdeavoIed
to go into measures for the relief of
the country, TO restore the free coinage
of silver and were obstructed, but
finally got the measure in. In an in
direct way we got it before Congress
We got through the Warner bill. The
bill which | introduced last session |
could not get a vote upon. We did
get it through this time. but it failed
TO be acted upon in the Senate. l will
briefly state some of the features Of
that bill. If it will pass, as l trust
and feel assured it will next session,
gold and silver will be on the same
footing as to coinage. Certificates will
be issued from the treasury for both
alike. Our mines will be put into
operation. At this time many of them
are like our freless furnaces aud mills
are standing as dead industries-fo a
great many Of these industries East
and West are like great burnt out vol.
canoes.
Year: 1879

Rain, rain, give US, oh Lord, give US
rain 1t is roo late to do some of the
corn in this aud Clark county any
good, but it will help the grass.


We wrote the above last Wednesday
and had not more than got the proof
taken before we had'a bountiful shower
followed by another delightful rain
yesterday. Who says advertising don't
pay p Mt. Sterling Democrat.
Year: 1879

An attempt to send perishable fruit
to England was made from Boston last
week on steamer. Six hundred crates
of strawberries packed on ice in pat
ent refrigerator constitute the first in
voice. Ii successful, other shipments
of the kind will follow.
Year: 1879

Gen. Walker superintendent of the
Census, says the returns of next year
will certainly show population Of
48,000,000, the largest increase being
in the Western States and Territories.
General Walker has heard of the Re-
publican conspiracy to make false
enumeration in the Southern States,
and says ga scheme of such character
would be impossible, as it would neces-
state conspiracy between no less
than 900 persons in various sections
and branches Of the service. tie says
that he feels the responsibility aud i'm.
portance of securing carefnl and ap


proximately accurate presentation OF
the population aud industries OF the
country at the beginning of the elev


enth decade of the nations existence;
that the matter of represe
which is based upon the results OF the
census, belongs to Congress, and there
fore his only duty is to see that the
population be accurately reported, SO
that each section of the country may
have a representation upon the ratio
established which will be justified by
the actual population of each State"
Year: 1879

One can go to Europe, spend a
couple of mouths, and return, for less
than it will cost to go to a first class
hotel for eight or ten weeks at Saratos
ga or Newport. Prices are to high.
Year: 1879

He was dapper little fellow, as tidy
as new pin and as he entered one oil
of the sample rooms on WOODWARD
avenue. Detroit, the other day the BAR
tender mentally remarked:


That fellow will call for champagne
but he was mistaken; the little ieiio~
leaned over the bar and said:


Il want a tumbler two-thirds full OF
water and some pieces Of pure ice in the
tumbler.'


1t was handed him and he asked:


'Do you ever have lemon about the
place"


Yes


We'll, gently squeeze one irtO the
tumbler.'


The sqeezing process took place and
the little man continued:


DO you have raspherries here 2


"We do


well put two into the tumbler.'


They were added,a and lie put his hand
to his brow, tried hard to collect his
memory, and suddenly exclaimed;


.Ah! ye.-sugar! 1 knew could
think of it. Add spoonful of sugar.


While it was being added, the little
man dropped on to three kernels OF
coffee, powdered cracker and a bit oi
cheese and then said


Ifyou keep Madeira you can add
spoonful


The Madeira twas added, the glass
shaken, and the little man opened
long morocco case which he took from
side pocket, took out solitary straw
carefully cut of an inch or two rom
one end and said:


Owing to the prevalence ofmalarlal
diseases in your western country L lind
il the best way to carr my own straw
with me. A fellow kinder hates, you
know. to use everybody's straw, you
know, especially out west here.'


He pinned hi- handkerchief under his
chm, brushed back his mustache and De-
gan drawing. The barkeeper's pet dog
came in when the glass was bali drained
and the little man took the straw from
his mouth and said:


.Plwease remove your dawg to the
rear room, I can nevah dwink lemonade
with a dawg IN the room.'


The 'dawg' was escorted out, ana
when the bartender returned the little
man had disappeared and the glass had
been emptled of even the lemon peel
Year: 1879

FELT THAT WAY HIMSELF a
soft answer turneth away wrath" and
so sometimes does little good natured
raillery. Some people, be it known,
ALWAYS wake up in good humor, some
IN bad humor and. some in 'middling'
bumor. Causeur has neighbor who
is blessed with daughter and son,the
latter some years the younger, a little
fellow who often says a bright thing
without knowing it. The other day his
sister had been enjoying an afternoon
nap. and woke up Just as supper was
ready. She came to the table and hav-
inc occasion to reprove her brother for
some breach of etiqnette-older sisters
are great sticklers for etlquette-spoke
rather more harshly than the occasion
warranted. The boy looked up and
said sympathetically, Been asleep
haven't vyoug' Yes answered the
sister. Thought so,' continued he. i
often feel that wa, when l wake up


That boy has learned to round the
corners already; and he will find 1t ss
useful Accomplishment when he begins
his battle with the world.
Year: 1879

The proper form for will nowadays
will read: To the respectable attorneys
OF my children l give my entire estate
and worldly goods of all description
Personally to the children and to my
beloved wife all that remains
Year: 1879

Az AMAZING BIUNpEE.-Th official re-
port upon the recent explosion Of thirty
eight ton gun on the English iron clad


.Thmderer" reveals perhaps the most as
founding piece of negligence that ever re;
suited in calamity. 1t may be remembered
that the explosion occurred while firing at a
mark was being carried on. 1t now appears
that the explosion was caused, not by any
defect in the gun, such as might he astr1-
buted to careless manipulation Ill the forg-
ing, but to the fact that : double charge
had bsen ignorantly inserted. 1t seems
that the gun was loaded with 4 full charge,
and that somehow it missed fire Instead OF
withdrawing the chsrge, however, another
full charge was put in, and rammed home,
and then the gun was fired, with the result
which might have been expected 1t Is NOT
so surprising that the crew Of the gun shonid
have failed to ascertain by the sound that
the first charge had not exploded, because
when great gun practice is beng carried on
the roar deafens the Men for the time, and
they probably coull not distinguish between
the report of their own gun and that OF
another. But that NJ one should have
found the first charge when the second was
being put in, is incomprehensible, and the
manner of the accident renders inevitable
the theory of a confusion which seems az
most incredible, and which IS fatal to the
discipline Of the - Wamderer. Alter such
a diSgraceful exhibit rs this there ought to
be several courts martial, al some speedy
dismissals from the service. On the whole
this beats anything NC have ever heard of
for mismanagement-
Year: 1879

All lawyers are members of the bar,
yers.


There are bars and there are bars, and
lawyers viii be compelled to elect at which
bar they viii practice.


Y. B.-This does not refer to prison
bars, They are reserved exclusively for
clientE


All clients are guilty. but if acquitted
talent alone has saved them.


Young lawyers must remember that
they GaE only iMpsess the court by Fasting
their feet upon the tables


Never take a bigger fee than you can
get.


Judges must remember that they are
elected by the people. We are the Peo-
pie


If, in behalf Of your client. you have
nothing to say, do not say it, but say
something else.


A green bag is the lawyers emblem
The greener the bag the groener the law
yer, and the bigger the bag-here the
rules fails.
When the lawyer brings a bundle of
kindling wood in his bag to light has
office fire, he shonld be careful to remove
it before entering court, and not hand 1t
up as an authority to convince the Judge
All such actions bring the bar into dis
repute


Never give the page or title of case
in offering an authority. Let the court
hunt for it. What are judges paid for.
When you have emptied Your client S
pockets. hand him en"psi money to Pay
his car fare home. This is an lnnovation
on the established practice, but Ii Is more
blessed to give than to receive.
Year: 1879

The AROMATIC NuruEG grow
on little trees which look like little pear
trees, and are generally over twenty feet
high The flowers are very much like the
li,y ii the valley They are pale yellow
and very fragrant. The nutmeg Is the seed
of the lruit, and mace is the thin covering
over this seed. The fruit is about as large
as peach When Hpe, it breaks open and
shows the little nut inside. The trees grow
ON the islands of Asia and In tropical Ameri-
ca. They bear fruit for seventy or eighty
years, having ripe fruit npon them 1t all
seasons. A fine tree In Jamaica has over
four thousand nutmegs on it yearly The
Dutch used to have all the nutmeg trade, as
they owned the Banda Islands, and con-
onered all the other traders and destroyed
the trees. To keep the price up. they once
burned three piles of nutmegs, each OF
which was as large as church. Nature did
not sympathize with such meanness. The
nutmeg pigeon, found in all the Indian
islands. did for the world what the Dutch
had determined should not be done, carried
these nuts, which are their food, into all the
surrounding countries, and trees grew again.
and the world had the benefit