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Year: 1879

The meeting of the Board of Trustees
took place to-day at the Aims House.
The periodical examination Of the
grounds took place and the Board in
dulged in the regular dinner. There
was nothing done other than this.
Year: 1879

The following is carefully compiled
list of the number and names OF those
who have occupied the position OF sher-
i'll for New Castle county. As will be
seen, the list begins at the commence.
ment of the eighteenth century and
nnntinnns ON down To the present day
Year: 1879

The President Pretty Certain TO Veto the


Chinese Bill.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The Cabirlet session to-
day was mainly devoted the discussion to the Chinese
question. There is no doubt that the views of the
President are strongly to the effect that an absolute
necessity exists that he should veto the bill; and in
taking this ground it is said the President is sus-
tanned by the entire Cabinet. Indications are that
the veto message will be prepared without delay and
sent IN CoDotesS
Year: 1879

Many of the large commercial firms in
the United States are discovering from
actual experience that the sending out of
'drummers to solicit trade is a very cost
ly way Of doing business, and is in fact
entirely unified for hard times Several
tirst-class New York firms have already
dispensed with their travellers, putting
part OF the money thereby saved into ad-
vertising, and giving their customers the
benefit of the remainder. Some of the
largest firms in Milwaukee have followed
the example and others are preparing to
do SO. The case is also mentioned where
Chicago grocery house, which a few
months ago had sixteen "drummers" out
at yearly cost of $4,000, has abandon
ed the system, and has taken to spending
Onc-tOurth of that amount in ADVERTISING
and the remainder in marking down the
price OF goods. AS result, instead of
doing a proftless business as they were
doing under the drummer system, their
net profits last year were $4,000, and
tins year they expect to make better
showing still. Their customers are saved
a good deal Of Fostering, and are pleased
to find that they can buy on orders from
prices current from two to twenty pcr
cent cheaper than they ever could from
the "drummers
Year: 1879

a prediction made about ten years since
by an eminent civil engineer, that the
time was not far distant when the business
OF railroads would be confined to the
transportation Of passengers, mails, and
costly freight, and that all produce and
other heavy or bulky merchandise would
be transported by means of steam road
wagons over the common roads, or over
roads graded especially for the purpose,
does not, by the lights of the present


times, appear SO visionary as it did then
Indeed, 1t seems quite possible that before
another quarter OF century has passed
the prediction will be verified 50 far, at
least as concerns all.roads running through
the thickly settled parts Of the country
and to all the feeders of the grand trunk
lines.


The public need of some cheap and
practical substitute for horses on highways
and farms induced the Legislature of Wis
consln, two years ago, to offer a reward of
$4,000 for one who would do certain
conditions.


Though the most nearly successful of
the competing machines cost but 1000,
and could be run at an expense from So
TO SO per diem, according TO the work
performed, weighing but 5000 pounds
loaded with water and coal for an eight
miles run, hauled wagon and load
weighing $500 pounds over POI miles
OF ordinary country roads at an average
rate of 6 miles per hour, and over some
parts OF the road at the rate of 12 miles
an hour-the average speed of our rail
road freight trains-and although it was
pronounced by the judges TO be of un-
questionably great advantage in plowing,
thrasiling, hauling heavy machinery from
one farm to another, and for heavy team
ing on the highway, it failed to obtain
the prize because something in every way
superior is looked ior.-.Scfsatifc lmeri-
Gun,
Year: 1879

A certain doctor, struck with the large
number Of boys under fifteen years of age
whom he observed smoking, was led to
inquire into the effect the habit had uDon
their general health, says the British
Medical journal. He took for this pur-
pose thirty-eight boys, aged from nine to
fifteen years, and carefully examined
them, and in twenty-seven of them he
discovered injurious traces of the habit.
In twenty-five there were various disor-
ders Of the circulation and digestion, pal
pltadon OF the heart, and more or less
marked taste for strong drink. In twelve
there was frequent bleeding Of the nose:
ten had disturbed sleep, and twelve had
sIght liberation of the mucous membrane
OF the mouth, which disappeared on ceas-
ing from the use of tobacco for some days,
Medical treatment was of little use till
the smoking was discontinued, when
health and strength were soon restored.
lhls Is no sold wife's talk" The facts
are given under the authority Of the Jour
nal.
Year: 1879

''For the man of business" s. a writ
er in the Sunday Afternoon, g L hold that
along with the courage which makes him
refuse to do what he cannot do well, there
should be the element which is but the
spirit Of order and courage combined Of
resolute reserve of leisure. 1t is a neces-
sity for every man of business to have a
city Of refuge, to have and guard jealous
ly some period of each day which shall be
consecrated to leisure-the leisure of
books, or Of gentle society, or Of natdre,
or Of worship. The last is essential, the
others are grateful aids. In this shelter
he has a chance to set his watch by the
heavenly bodies, and when he issues forth,
into whatever thicket of men or affairs he
may plunge, he will at any rate be him
self and not the slave of necessity.
Year: 1879

4 writer sends to the Elmira Farmers
Club the following cure for gals on the
shoulders of draft animals, which he says
is the best he ever used: Dissolve six
drachms of iodine in half q pint of alco-
hol. and apply it on the sore with a
feather as soon as the collar is removed,
and when at rest twice day, morning
and evening. The articles should be in
the stable of every farmer, as it is an eX-
cellent application on horses where the
skin is broken by kicks or other accidents,
and is sure cure for splints if used in a
proper manner.
Year: 1879

JOHN B. GorGH: The intemper.
ate man endures more than physical
suffering--he has to endure sCoRN
AND CONTEMPT OF HIS FELLOW. MEN
All the slow moving finger of scorn
stings the heart sometimes like a
burning brand pressed into the quiy-
ering flesh; the scorn and contempt
ofyour fellows is hard to bear. You
find it so. 1t is very pleasant to be
respected; it is very pleasant, for a
young man especially. to walk
through the streets and meet those
who recognize him as an acquaint-
ance. One of you gentlemen meets
lady in the street; she receives
your salutation with very polite
bow. Why, some OF you walk about
two inches taller than you did before.
There is something pleasant in be-
ing respected. Now, the very Joss
OF shat respect is little thing; and
and the result Of it upon a man that
is unrenewed and unsanctifed by the
grace of God, is to. induce him to
lift up his hand against others, be.
cause he believes that the hand of
others is lifted against him. But the
slave to intemperance has more yet
to endure. The scorn and contempt
OF your fellows is easy TO bear com
pared with the load of sCoRN AND
CONTEMPT you seem to be burdened
with FOR YOURSELF. When a man
disgusts himself, when man loathes
himself, when man feels a creeping
of adherence for himself, when il
seems as if he had bound livid
corpse to his breathing body, face to
face, foot to foot, hand to hand, heart
to heart, one beating with life and
the other rotting with putrsfaction,
but face to face with him always-it
is HORRIBLE THING ! and there is
not an intempsrate man in the land, =,
except when soul and senses are
stepped in the drink, bat whose bet.
ter nature revolts at the fearful deg.
radiation he has BROUGHT UPON HIM
SELF.
Year: 1879

There is no more prolific cause Of
disease, productive of much sick


ness, lost time, expense and heavy


doctors bills, s,than the very prevalent


practice Of going without sufficient
clothing in very cold, stormy, inele-


ment weather. It's not enough to have
great coats and big boots. The sx,


tremities, especially, need protection.
If the legs and arms are constantly
chilled and the blood circulates slug


gishly, the nervous system is insult
fciently nourished. and congestion
Of the blood is apt to occur. Cold
limbs, too, promote rheumatism and
neuralgia, and are prolific sources of
pneumonia and typhoid fever. The
writer found out to his sorrow, last
| winter, which was not severe at all
compared with the present one, tina,
young healthy persons could suffer
severely by being insufliciently clad


The process of making such persons
hardy by nsglecting the ordinary
care to be warmly clothed is often a
fatal one, engsndering diseases from
which the patient cannot recover


Even young healthy boys and girls
should have warm wooden under
clothing over the arms and lower ex-
tremities. An ounce of prevention
is worth a ton Of cure, and a few
cheap, yet necessary, precautions in
this way will often prevent severe
chronic disease that may have to be
| fought with for the rest of lifetime
Let every one, then, by all means
wear socks and mittens when ex.
posed to the weather, and warm un-
derclothing at all times. Keep the
boots we'll oiled and impervious as
possible to wet and cold air. Wash
the feet twice or three times week,
keeping mp the circulation of blood,
and pour coal oil in the boots and on
the socks on the slightest attack OF
chilblains or frosted toes. BY all
means, keep as warmly clad and as
comfortable as possible at all times,
Year: 1879

BY fearing God, is meant to fear
to offend him; and to offend him is
sin; and this is not Of fear, but of
love; who that loveth any one, doth
not fear to do him harm; and the
more he loveth him the more he
fearelh it? Without this fear love
is lfeless and superficial, appertain-
ing to the thought only, and not to
the will.
Year: 1879

Step by step the Temperance cause
Advances to the goal:
And bit by bit it takes the loaf,


Until it gets the whole.
Although with slow yet steady pace,
1t urges on its way;
Before it BacchuS shall recede,


AS night before the day.
And wicked men against the truth
May fight, but fight in vain,
A little while they seem to win;


But truth is sure to reign.
Truly in vain shall earth and hell
The march of truth oppose;
For truth shall live, forever live,
Triumphant DER her foes.
Year: 1879

Napoleon the First said that agri-
culture was the body and soul of the
empire; and, in the height of his
glory, he gave the subject much at
tention and encouragement, and es-
tablished in France department Of
agriculture.
Year: 1879

The legislature at its last session
passed the following amendment to
article 9 of the State constitution,
which is to be submitted to the peo-
pie for approval or rejection at the
fall election:


SECTION Is. The legislature shall
not authorize any county, town, or
othei municipal corporation to issue
bonds, or to become indebted in any
manner, to aid in the construction
or equipment of any railroads to any
amount that shall exceed five (5)
per centum of the value Of the tax
able property within such county,
township, city or other municipal
corporation. The amount of such
taxable property to be ascertained
and determined by the last assess
ment of said property, for the pur-
pose of State and county taxation
previous t, the incur;ng Of said in
debtedness.
Year: 1879

An appeal has been made by GER
tain parties in Memphis, to the
Union Soldiers of ] the North for
money. a late dispatch says that,
the men who ask this aid are set
of swindlers and any soldier who
sends his cash to them will not in
any way benefit the yellow fever
SnHarars
Year: 1879

The Lake City Leader says Capt.
Murray is talking of removing the
steamer Pepin up to Big Stone Lake,
on the boundary line between Mimi
sofa and Dakota. There are several
small towns along the lake which
have yet no railroad or steamboat
communication.
Year: 1879

THE Camden Herald is looking to a ''hard
winter with little employment to open the
eyes of those scalawags over the State of
Maine who were frightened or bought into
voting the Republican ticket" 1t would be
more becoming in the editor of the Herald
to say nothing about scalawags until he has
cleared up the charge of blacklnail against
himself
Year: 1879

THE preliminary work on the Internaton-
al Exhibition, which is projected for New
York in 1888, is steadily progressing, al d
begins to assume form and proportions.
The site which the Citizens Committee rec
ommends is bounded by One Hundred and
Tenth street on the south, and One Hundred
and Twenty-sixth street on the north, and
takes in Riverside Park, the Boulevard, and
part Of Central Park. 1t is the highest and
most picturesque ground on the island, ac-
cessible both by steamers and railways, and
requires less clearing and less sacrifice of
existing property than any other ground
covering the same area which could be more
available. Plans of buildings, it is said,
are already in existence, and will shortly
be published, the time being considered
quite brief enough for the thorough diges-
ton and working out Of a great and success
full international scheme.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and eommllii-
cations The name and address of the writer are III
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for puohca
ton but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
mumcations that are not used.
Year: 1879

GEN. BUTLER has been telling several
Ohio gentlemen that the reason he didn't
take part in the Maine campaign was because
he was training to discuss State issues in
Massachusetts,, and did not dare change his
diet to general and national issues, which
were under debate in Maine, lest his tongue
should lose its cunning and "cause defeat to
the opposition of the Republican party
Year: 1879

EDITOR STATESMAN = About every
prominent republican in Pennsylvania
seems TO be a candidate for appointment
as minister to GIeat Britain. doubt
not all of them will receive " satisfactory
assurances from Mr. Hayes, who has
never been known to deprive any one Of
the blessed boon of hope until an appoint
ment had to be made.


The public debt statement for July
will show an increase Of five or six mil
lions The enthusiastic friends of Secre-
tary Sherman say that this is entirely
caused by his absence from the city.
Some few men seem TO estimate Mr..
ShermanS abilities rs highly Is he himself
does. 1t was not long since that he wrote
letter in which he spoke of the impossi-
bility of his accepting a nomination for
governor of Ohio, as the financial affairs
of the government Were of the utmost
Importance. and he could manage them
better than any one else.


The secretarys trip TO Maine, by the
way. does not seem To have been the
great success it promised to be. Blaine
and the other politicians got out Of the
usual crowds, but the secretary was not
received with much enthusiasm


Col. Keating, the Memphis editor, who
did such good service last year during the
prevalence of yellow fever, is here direct
from Memphis. He thinks that the fever
there has spent its force. The people left
in the city are So few In number that it
Will be impossible fer it To spread He
reports the authorizes Of Memphis as hav-
ing the affairs Of the city well in hand,
and that they viii be able to care for all
without having to appeal for aid from
outside. The cases SO far developed, he
says in 10 way present the malignant
form the fever did during the epidemic of
last year. He anticipates that within SIX
weeks business III Memphis will be going
on as usual we have one case OF the
fever here, but DO not anticipate danger
from IL


The destructive irou,h of the la.t few
weeks Was broken by fine rain storms
few days ago, and people are better na-
tured as vegetation looks up. Every
growing thing, however, was injured, and
fruit is small and insiped from the long
thirst.


1t is announced that Secretary Thomp-
son, Sherman and Schurtz, will take Ohio
in on their way home from 4 vacation,
and make speeches IN favor Of tire repub-
lican ticket. DEN.
Year: 1879

PLEBEIAN AND PATRICIAN-A boy of
ten, richly dr. ssed, sat on the steps eat
ing an orange, and boy with cart. load
of picked-up wood stood across the street
looking at him. The contrast was very
great, and pedestrian who saw the situa-
ton said to the other boy: That chap
over there is pretty well fixed, isn't he Z
4" Yes" was the brief reply Lives in
big house and wears good clothes :"
Yes" Probably has lots OF spending
money r " Yes" There was minute
of silence, and then the boy with the
cart started up his load, saying: But
don't care a cent about it-he has to
eat with fork and say yes maam' to
everybody.
Year: 1879

The Phiiadelphia Times gets off this
piece of grim humor in reference to his
irauduleney The president IS the only
responsible part OF the government lemain-
ing in Washington. He stays, not because
he likes it. but because he has stern duty
to perform. 1t Is essential to the stability
of the government that he should anu"unce
ON Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
that he is going to begiu to enforce some
civil service reform pretty soon; on Tues
days and Fridays he feels it necessary to say
that if anybody supposes he Is weakening on
the question OF civil service reform 1t IS a
great mistake, and on Thursday he straight
ems up after breakfast and gives notice that
the country had better keep all eve on Its
noble executive, for he is about to do some
thing to show his grit. On Sunday he gives
his overworked mouth rest, as the worldly
minded would say. and peacefully settles
down TO think how he will threaten to do
something when the week fairly opens.
Year: 1879

There is good mill sit, and plenty Of
timber convenient to be had for the taking
Of it. Could you not send some enter
prisins citizen over here to build mill
There is great demand for lumber and the
people have the money to pay for it. A
newspaper is about to be established here
by Mr. Chad. He has gone to the Sound
to procure the press, type, etc 1t Will
DE "a experiment which wril haze to be
well husbanded to make it a success- The
SURVEY for the North Pacific railroad
passes some one or two miles above this
place. Ia examination has been made
of the S1uaw creek suIcli, through which
to locate the road What has been the
result of it | have not learned. There Is
one thing certain they found


JORDAN \ HARD ROAD


To travel in that direction. There IS a
high divide to cross between Priest rapids
and Squaw creek, and from the mouth of
Squaw creek the Yakima river makes a
terrible cut in the mountains through
which it passes.
Year: 1879

TIE LOG SEIZURE. - Last week
we had an item tn the effect that the
saw logs in Ebey Slough, tributary
of the Snohomish river, had all been
seized by an officer of the law, on
the charge that they were cut upon
government land. A few days ago
we obtained the following reliable
information concerning the matter,
from a gentleman just from Snoho-
mish county: The logs seized by
Col. Prosssr, special agent of the
Treasury Department, are estimated
to contain about 100000 feet of
lumber. There is no question but
that nearly two.thirds of these logs
were cut upon land the title to which
is still in the government. In order
that the BONA FIDE owners of logs
in the slough may run them down
into salt water, and prepare them for
being towed, Col. Prosser recently
released the entire lot; but the men
against whom there is evidence show.
ing that they are guilty of the Of
lenst charged, may expect to have
their logs again seized as soon as
they are taken out OF the slough.
The penalty attached to a violation
of tho law under which the seizure
was made is the cuniscation Of the
property and civil prosecution for
damages, by the government. AS
all these logs we're cut prior to Au'
gust, 1873, no criminal proceedings
can be instituted against the offend
ers. The logging industry, it may
he said, was never in such depress-
ed condition on the Snohomish river
AS it is at present. 1t is difficult to
sell the material at any price; and,
as consequence, many OF the camps
have been "shut down."
Year: 1879

ONE Of our exchanges says that
when Lee surrendered to Grant in
1865, the latter ordered his soldiers
to divide their rations with the rebel
prisoners, and that some of the very
fellows who were then glad to par
take Of the ''hard tack and pork"
furnished them by the Yankee sol.
diers are now doing their level best
to starve the army to death.
Year: 1879

The editor Of the Unitarian sad.
vocate" thinks our religion calculated
to increase the number of infdels in
the world. 1t is perhaps we'll that
we are not compelled to cut our
cloth by Bro. Utter's pattern. If we
tried to explain away or reject por.
tions of the Bible and otherwise su.
gar.cost our creed and teachings, so
as to hatter men into believing that
they are sure of future happiness
whether they are moral here or not,
we might accomplish the feat of es.
Gaping the hatred and opposition Of
in6dels. At least we might be neu.
tral enough to accomplish nothing,
practically, in the way Of reformatory
effort. As it is we do not increase,
but merely aid in the discovery of,
in6delity.
Year: 1879

MANY Of the most experienced
political men of the day unite in the
belief that the extra session of Con-
gress this summer will greatly injure
the chances for democratic SUCCESS
next year. The peculiarly unfair
course taken in attempting to coerce
party measures through does not
seem to be reIished by the people
generally.
Year: 1879

WE invite special attention to the
communication from Col. G. H. Lar.
rabee, which will be found in our
issue of today. 1t affords us much
pleasure to allow the colonel to put
this matter in his own language and
from his own standpoint. We have
no word of comment.