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Year: 1878

Ex SECRETARY RoBEsoN tells a re porter of the Philadelphia Record that Grant is a friend of his and he is q friend of Grants, and he can rely upon his support if he is renominated. He does not think, though, that the General desires & Tenomination, for he has received several letters from him and he has never mentioned the topic. However, added Alr. R0beson, it is rather irksOme to be an Ex- President, because he has great deal of spare time on his hands. He cannot go into business very well. and time moves slowly where there is so much leisure In this view of the case General Grant would proba- ply accept a third term; but il is some time yet to 1880, and there is no telling what complications may arise" "
Year: 1878

Every day brings round it's own op- portuni'y The work of today must be done now or never. Some things may be deferred, some things omitted, but with every day there may come 10 us an opportunity which, if misim- proved, shall return no more. The great question that should rise from every heart is. Lord. what wilt thou have me dog' and with open eyes and ready hands we should watch and wait to do our appointed work No man can estimate the loss that may result from the neglect of a single oppOrtunI- ty. A life may hang in the scale, a soul may be saved by the faithful per formance of the duty of this day hence, while we should not give way Co depression, nor sink down beneath a load of anxiety, we should ever hold ourselves responsible 10 God, and con- tinually watch, that opportunities which are granted tO us may not pass by unnOticed and unimproved- Ihe path we walk. the business in which we engage, the recreations which We enjoy. the company with whom we a. sociaie. the strangers who may chance tn be thrown in our way, all these may afford us opportunities of doing good, of blessing those around, and sowing seeds which shall bear fruit to life eternal.
Year: 1878

A HACKENsACK man was at mid night creeping softly along the bedroom floor, on his hands and knees, and was feeling tenderly under the bureau for something he had hidden there the evening before; but his wife woke and said, Peter, what under the heav- ems are you doing?" Dear said he, I'm walking ID my sleep, and dreaming that l am plucking water lilies from the soft blue bosom Of the lake, How 10 get the flask out of there before she got up in the morn ing was what worried him more than the water lilies did.
Year: 1878

is now looking better as its develop ment progresses. We are confident that it will not be long til large

 body of high grade milling ore will be found. Taking everything in consid- eration we think we have better pros. poets than any other mining camp on the Pacific slope Everything with us has the appearance of thrift and enter prise. In fact every person you meet wears a cheerful look, and seems to be well pleased that it is his good fortune to be found in so promising a part of the moral vineyard. OCCASIONAL.
Year: 1878

THE Southern Pacific is a branch of the Central Pacific. It was started for the purpose of killing the Texas and Pacific, and to thus choke of competi- tion. It is part of a giant monopoly for which the nation has already done vastly too much, and to put more power into its hands would be a national sin and a national calamity. The public interest demands that we should have another road to the Pacific, and it also demands that the new road should be entirely separate and distinct from the old, 10 end the present monopoly by a healthy competition.-Leavenwor Times.
Year: 1878

THE Secretary of War writes, in re sponse to the application Of the Oak land Light Cavalry for the loan of a Gattling gun, that the Governor ol California, upon application to the com manding officer of the Benicig Arsenal, will be furnished ordnance and ord nance stores as he may require to meet any emergency that may arise in exist ing troubles
Year: 1878

The question as to dancing at Rehoboth has been
postponed until the association can have opportunity
to ask the Legislature to modify the charter as to
avoid bringing such delicate questions before secular
courts The probability is that they will make the
restrictive clauses of the charter apply only the
camp meeting grounds and allowing all sorts of nno
cent amusement at the beach, but retaining the pro-
vision against the sale Of liquor on the companys
grounds.
Year: 1878

The directors of the State Fair Grounds says the
Dcldgdredn, have succeeded in getting the Railroad
authorities to put telegraph wire from the road TO
the directors room under the grand stand.


The Wilmington Conference Academy opened, on
Monday, with GO students-3O of whom are ladies.
This institution starts out for the year rs in flourish
ing condition.


Mr.. r. H. Bancroft has piece of land on the road
from Camden to Lebanon, that he has taken from
this year good crop of clover hay, and now has it
planted in corn which will yield from 30 to 40 bushels
per acre.


a correspondent of the DclGwdredR who is afraid
the State Fair there will be in the interest of
horse racing, says: We say again that there is no
objection to the proper exhibition of the speed OF
horses at agricultural fairs but where it is made the
main thing, and the gambling feature introduced
the injury which is inflicted on the morals of the
the young, by exciting taste for racing and gamb
ling far Outweighs any benefit derived towards the
alleged improvement of that noble animal, the
horse"
Year: 1878

A gentleman who employs great num-
ber of hands in q mandatory in the west
of England, in order to encourage his work
people in due attendance at church on
fast day, told them that if they went to
church they would receive their wages on
that day, in the same manner as if they
had been at work. Upon which deputa-
ton was appointed to acquaint their en-
ployer that, "if he would pay them for OUer
hours, they would attend likewise at the
Methodist chapel in the EVENING""
Year: 1878

A FRUITFUL Cause.-The great curse of


working men in this country and in Great
Britain is their uncomfortable appetite for
drink. The greater part of their poverty
in ordinary times comes from indulgence
in this habit. If they would only save
what they spend for liquor, they would not
have such cause to complain of hard times.
Year: 1878

The Postmaster.General of the United
States once received an odd official COM
munication. The Raeborn postmaster,
new to his duties, writing to his superior
officer "Seeing by the regulations, that
| am required to send you a letter of ad.
vice, l must plead in excuse that have
been postmaster but a short time; but
will say, if your office pays no better than
mine, advise you to give it up" To this
day that Postmaster-General has not de.
cided whether his subordinate was an
ignoramus Or was quietly poking fun at
him.
Year: 1878

II. Bella Norton, aged eighteen, declare
that it would be impossible for me TO marry
any but man of the highest social position,
who had achieved distinction for himself in
some profession or a wonderful deed. Personal
appearance would be nothing to me. If no
Year: 1878

At Table Rock, Nebraska, little boy named Carl Woods, four years of age, strayed away from home and was lost in the dense woods. The people of the vicinity turned out to search for the lit tie fellow and the search was kept up all night and until the next morning. All night long those engaged in the search could hear the hungry wolves bowling, and it was believed that they had de- voured the boy. At daylight the search would have been discontinued but for the earnest entreaties of the boys father, and about o'clock he was found and sur rendered to as grateful parents as were ever seen. For eighteen hours the boy was lost to them and was in the forest the wolves near him all the time, yet kept away from him by some guardian angel. The brave little fellow did not appear much frightened. He said that when he found he was lost he travelled as long as he could, hoping to reach home and then, being tired, laid down and slept till toward morning, when he was awakened by the bowling of wolves. It was dark, and he laid down again and slept till the sun was shining. Then he started to hunt for his papa, which was but few moments before being found, one and three-fourths of a mile from where he started about II o'clock the day before.
Year: 1878

How the times affect women is shown somewhat by the statistics and the in- ferences of the report just made by the Boston "Bofin's Bower." Up to 1872 there was an increasing inclination among the working women to get into factories and shops. Domestic service, which offers a field for the earning of much better wages than factory labor. was neglected for productive work. The panic came and the forces in the factories were reduced. Apparently many shop girls turned domestics then, and in the general reduction health has gone down as we'll as pay. Thus, in the Boston hospital in 1S73-4 there were 4oa domestics and 51 shop girls; in 1S74-5 the number was 675 and 31; in the next year, 737 domestics and 24 shop girls; that is, the number of domestics in the hospital increased 343, while that of shop girls declined from 51 to 24. It seems easiest to account for this on the decline in health owing to poorer food and more work-results of the times and to account for the decline in sick ness in the shops partly at least by a decline in the number of shop employees. To help along those who are out of food the Bower furnishes a dinner, or did last winter, to those who needed it. Miss Collins, the manager, tells the story of her work in this way:

 In answer to questions how I manage my dinners, would say, at 12 o'clock the tables are set for fifty persons; the carving is already done and plates are arranged for that number. The girls have been collecting all the forenoon, until the reading-room looks like an audience hall strangers and others make up the gathering. Each one is given check, and if an improper person is found she is admitted that time and told not to come again. This does not often occur. When tue first set are through, one or two volunteer to prepare the table for the next set, until the last IS served then the checks are counted and entered on book, but no names taken. Last winter many worked on short time and at reduction in prices. In addition to that, they were often obliged to wait for their pay until orders were filled. This class came every day. Another class varied according to the weather-the largest number on stormy days when they could not go in search of employment. Many only came once or twice, they probably having obtained places. The first public dinner was served February IS, and the last May l. The number of meals was 4, 911 during that time. Young girls fare pretty we'll at all times, but the middle-aged women (married, widows and single) suffer in every occupation. Some people think it is an imposition on them to ask them to give work to woman upwards of thirty years, and the more refined she is the more to be avoided.
Year: 1878

If you were to constantly keep chil- dren on brown bread-namely, bread from which the bran has not been eliminated-you would soon finish their career. It is extremely laxative, and consequently would keep the children, or adults either, in a perpetual diar- rhma. My wife occasionally takes loaf or two of brown bread, for the use of the family, in place of aperient medi- cine. With rSierence to "bought bread," and bread baked at home, there is very wide contrast in the quality, and still wider difference in the expense. Some time ago 8 gentleman who took tea with us praised our bread. Further, he asked to be made acquainted with our baker. told him my wife or daughter invariably made or superintended the making of the bread, and ventured to hint that he (we both have large fami- lies) must find the purchase of bread very expensive. He said he had done so, especially as the baker had cheated him. He had ordered so many stone (fourteen pounds) of flour to be weekly made into bread; the baker charged him the retail price of the flour, yeast, milk, etc., and SO much for the baking and trouble of making. On coming home, he had suspicion as to the weight, and found that he only got eleven pounds or twelve pounds to the stone. Since he had spoken about it, he got the full fourteen pounds, and found his expenses considerably frightened. ventured to assert that he should have more than fourteen pounds of bread from fourteen pounds of flour, taking into account yeast, milk, salt, etc., but he rldicuIed the assertion. The next time my wife baked I weighed the bread as it came from the oven, and founl that the four teen pounds of flour produced within an ounce of nineteen pounds of bread. My friends wife took lesson in bread making, and has since continued it. The cost of homemade bread, at the present price of flour, is about twopence per pound, and venture to assert that the nutritive value of one pound of home made bread is equal to two pounds of bought or bakers bread.
Year: 1878

'Tis only an empty bird-cage

 Upon the marble stand,- And tiny, voiceless songstress

 Within my outstretched hand. The world moves on as ever,

 Buds bloom and shrubs outleaf ; Strive as I may my heart takes on

 A deep and nameless grief. A thousand arts and graces

 Have ceased with this dead heart; A thousand winsome beauties

 Have played their little part. hold within my outstretched hand

 A creature made by Him Who gave us love, who gave it life, Then took it back again. Poor little silent songstress,

 With rutfed plumage brown; Thou art not like us, immortal

 Heir to a golden crown. And yet with truth it seems to me

 A thought most passing strange, That He who gave thee life below, Should not there give it range. My heart had wandered unchecked forth To meet and cheer thine own; And round our friendship warm, sincere, Love's tendrils firm had grown. reach out after thee in death,

 With longings hard to quell For round thee, creature as thou art, There hung magic spell. And now, 'tis but an empty cage

 Upon marble stand; Its inmate lying yoiceless, still,

 Close clasped within my hand. And ohi how bitter 'tis to know

 When love here have given, The object of my heart-pulse warm, Will not be mine in heaven.
Year: 1878

The Beef-eater is a new English round hat of great size, with the broad brim rolled upward on the left side and trim med with several plumes, some of which are short and nodding over the front, while others sweep backward around the crown. It is shown in black felt, with the brim ornamented with gold cord and with black ostrich plumes.

 Feather bonnets without crowns are to take the place of the dressy flower bonnets lately in vogue. They are sim ply band of closely curled and shaded feathers held by loops of satin ribbon piping of satin is in front, and the strings are of satin.

 A new caprice is that of having a demi-long ostrich plume fastened by a bow just inside the brim of the bonnet trihe toward the left, and curling it along the right side of the bonnet on the edge of the brim as face trimming. Sometimes a cord of gold or golden ribbon is used to hold the feather.

 Among the novelties in ribbons is satin ribbon with polka dots of velvet. This Is handsome in beige or in old gold shades for trimming black velvet bon nets. New watered ribbons are also shaded from the palest tint to the dark est of single color the wrong side of such ribbons is of satin.

 To wear with linen collars are fine linen cravats edged with linen lace. The linen is pleated like fan partly open, and the lace is new feathery patterns oi torchon. New neck-ties are of satin, with messy flowers raised from the sur face like the pile of velvet.
Year: 1878

A WHEELING MANS ECCENTRICITIas.- =
The Wheeling (West Ya.) IsteHigencer OF
Saturday says: GA gentleman who keeps
q store a short distance from our city vii!
not sell an article of any kind to cross
eyed man nor to man who wears his hat
on the side OF his head. If he leaves his
home to go to his place of business and
meets a cross-eyed man he will return
home, take off his hat and coat, and remain
in the house q considerable time. The
sheriff Of the county in which he lives is
cross-eyed. We don't know howhe does
about paying his taxes"
Year: 1878

MASONIC LIBRARY AssoCIATION.-There
will be q meeting at St. Adams Hall this
evening to organize the Masonic Library
Association. For several months the Ma
sons of the city have had under considera-
ton the proposition to perfect such an or
ganization, and now that the desire seems
so general it has been fully determined upon.
There is every indication that the Library
Association will meet long-felt demand
and receive the hearty support OF the craft.
All Masons in The city who are in sympathy
with the Association are requested to be
present this evening, when the permanent
organization will be effected.
Year: 1878

The Hastings Court.-The Hastings
Court is still in session, and was engaged
Yesterday in the continued consideration Of
the Carter Anderson will case.


The cases against the City Council and
sDccial committeeman was fixed for to-day.
It is reported that all the cases will be 1aoHe
prose1uied
Year: 1878

Editors Dispatch: In the reduction OF
nav OF citv employees the true plan for us to
follow is TO pay quite rs much, and no more,
for the services OF men than the same are
worth in the open market.


1t is a notorious fact that public servants
do not labor as bard as men employed in the
usual pursuits OF life. Neither do they give
to the city as many hours per day as busi-
Year: 1878

The CEDAR WorkS.-The Cedar Works
Company have nearly completed the work
OF cleaning up ut their late premises, and
expect to commence the work OF building
in q few days.


All OF the old operatives are employed as
laborers on the new building.
Year: 1878

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.-The benevolent
ladies having in charge the grand entertain
ment at the Richmond Theatre Saturday
night are making earliest efforts to insure
pecuniary success. The object is purely
one OF charity, and should meet with the
liberal patronage Of the public.
Year: 1878

Total in favor of the works....... $90,2o9 72
Ninety thousand dollars in favor OF the
works, every dollar OF which came from the
pocket OF the private gas-consumer, and
nobody else. Now, look at page Is Of the
Superintendent's report and you will per-
ceiye that the expenses included under the
head OF disbursements include the pay OF
employees and for repairs and construction,
comprising every expense for material,
labor, and construction. But we will go,
back further and give youthe official report
OF total amounts in favor Of the works for
four more years
Year: 1878

I often think each totterng form


That llmps along in life's decline
Once bore heart as young, as warm,
AS full of idle faults as mine
And each has had its dream of joy,
Its own unequaled, pure romance,
Commencing when the blushing boy
First thrilled at lovely woman's glance.
And each could tell his tale of youth,
Would think its scenes of love evince
More passion, more unearthly truth


Than any tale before or since.
Yes they could tell of tender lays,


At midnight penned in classic shades,
OF days more bright than modern days
And maids more fair than modern maids.
Of whispers in a willing ear;


Of kisses on a blushing cheek,
Each kiss, each whisper far too dear


Our modern lips to give or speak.
OF passions too untimely crossed -


OF passions sighted or betrayed
OF kindred spirits early lost,


And buds that blossomed but to fade
OF beaming eyes and tressess gay,


Elastic form and noble brow,
And forms that have all passed away,
And left them what we see them now.
And it is thus - is human love


So very light and frail thing?
And must youths brightest vision move
Forever on Times restless wing
Must all the eyes that still are bright,
And all the lips that talk of bliss,
And all the forms SO fair to sight,


Hereafter only come to this?


Then what are all earth's treasures worth
If we must at length loose them thus
If all we value most on earth


Ere long must fade away from us?
Year: 1878

"Heis not handsome, but he has such
pleasant way that one cannot help hk-
ing him." is remark often made con-
cerning some popular man. And there
are a thousand pretty, engaging little
ways which every person may put on
without running the risk of being
deemed affected or foppish. The sweet
smile, the cordial bow, the earnest move
ment in addressing friend, the iuquir-
ing glance, the graceful attention which
is so captivating when united with self
possession, these will insure us the good
regards of even churl.
Year: 1878

AND so it seems they can't make the
telephone work in Germany. We've
been afraid all along they would have
trouble with it over there. Some of the
words twist the wires up so that the
message gets all in a tangle-scattered
around, run together, and finally wadded
up in a bunch and shot back to the place
where it started from, making the man
who sent it think Dutch dictionary has
been struck by lightning somewhere.
Bre1kf1.st Table.
Year: 1878




Every boy and girl should learn TO
swim. A writer in the American
Agrieulturia offers the following sug.
gesLipns, by obedience to which the
art Of swimming maybe readily &c.
quired'A


When / was boy l learned to
swim by the useofa swimming,board.
This is the safest method possible
Ifcorks are used they may slip from
around the breast down beneath the
surface and put the wearer in danger
of drowning.


Some country boys get two blad'
dors and then tic thCm together with
short cords, and them as supports.
They are tho most dangerous things
possible fora boy to have. The board
is perfectly safe, and one may learn
to swim in short time by using
one. 1t should bo over fourfeet long,
over foot wide and two inches thick,
white pine or cedar,


To use it, a boy wados into the wa
ter up to his shoulders, then taking
hold of the end ofthe board he pushes
it before him-toward the bank, aud
not into deeper springs for
ward with his feet and throws him!
self fiat upon tho water.


This movement carries him along
a few feet. lie then draws up both
his legs at the same time, keeping
his knees as farapart as possible, and
then starts off with both feet, not
straight backward, but sidcwaysIjust
as frog does.


The stroke is made slowly and is
repeated again. drawing up the legs
slowly and steadily. The board keeps
the head above water. When tho
leg stroke has been learned, one hand
is taken from the board and then d
stroke learned, or the chin may be
rested on the board, while the stroke
is taken with both hands,


This is very good plan, as it COM
pels the swimmer 10 keep his hands
under the water, which he should al
ways do. By and by the board may
be pushed ahead, and the young
swimmer may swim after it, always
keep it within reach. When num-
ber of boys go to oswim they should
always have two or three of these
boards with them for use in case Of
any accident,
Year: 1878




A dry goods clerk on Main street
was showing lady some parasols
yesterday. This clerk has a good
command of language, and knows
how to expatiatc on the good quali-
ties and show the best point of goods.
As he picked up a parasol from the
lot Oh the counter and opened it, he
struck an attitude of admiration and
holding it up so the best light would
be had, said:


"Now there. Isn'tit loyely2 Look
at that silk Particularly observe
the quality, the finish, the general
effect. Feel of it. Pass your hand
over it. No foolishness about that
parasols, is there?" he said as he
handed il over to the lady; 'ain't it a
bcautyH


Eyes said the lady, stulllng her
handkerchief into her mouth, Eyes,
that's my old one. 1justlaid it down
there"


The clerk was Immediately seized
With a severe attack Of quickOned
conscience, and passed right of Of
the subject Of parasols on to the
weather