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Year: 1878

The meeting Of the State Fish
Commissioners Mt milwaukee,
this week has been the import
ant event, and the discussions
that those wise men have in
dulged in will be valuable ad-
ditions to the literature Of the
country, and future readers of
profaue history will rise up
and call them blessed, 1t seems
that the action OF the Milwau-
kee common council i'll with
drawing the use OF the Water
Works from the Commission
crS, will puta stop to the hatch.
ing Of whiteiish, This is rs il
should be. The whitelish is an
aristocratic bird, that will not
bite a hook, and the propaga-
cation Of this species Of fish is
wholly in the interest OF wealthy
owners Of fishing tugs, who
have nets. BY strict attention
to business they can catch all
the whiteiish out Of the lake, a
little faster than the State ma
chine can put them i'll, Poor
people cannot set y smell Of
whitehsh. The same may be
said of brook trout. While
they will bite u hook, it takes
more machinery TO catch them
than ordinary people can pos
sess without mortgaginS i
house A man has got to have
a morocco book OF expensive
flies, Il fifteen dollar bamboo
iointed rod, Il three dollar trout
basket with Il hole morticed in
the top, a corduroy suit made
in the latest style, top boots of
the Wellington pattern, with
red tasSels in the straps, and
Il flask Of Otard brandy III 4
side pocket. Unless u man Is
got up in that style u speckled
| trout will SEQ him in Chicago
first, and then it won't bite. Tho
brook trout is even more arlS
tocratic than the Whitefish, and
should not be propagated NJ
public expense.


But there are fish that
should be propagated, in The
interest Of tho people. There i
Il species OF fish that never
looks at the clothes Of the man
VINO throws in the bait, a fish
that takes whatever is thrown


to it, and when once hold OF
the hook never tries to shake
a friend, but submit to the in


evitable, crosses his legs anc


says: Nov | lay me-" anC
comes out on the bank anc
seems to enjoy being taken


II il d that is the friend Of the


poor, aud one taat will sacri


flee itself in the interest Of hu


manity. That is the fish tina


the state should adopt as III


trade mark, and cultivat,


friendly relations with, AM


stand by. We allude to TIL


bullhead.


The bullhead never wen


back Oh d friend. To catch til


bullhead it is not necessary t


tempt his appetite with porte


house steak, or to display a
expensive lot OF fishing tackle
A pin hook, q piece Of liver
and cistern pole, is all thc
capital required to catch
bullhead. He lays upon th'
bottom Of q stream or pond, il
the mud, thinking. There is n
fish that does more thinking
J or has a better hoad for GRASP
, ing great questions, or chunk


OF liver, than the bullhead


Lis brain is large, his hear


beats for humanity, and il b


cant get liver. o piece Of a ii
Year: 1878

NEW CASTLE, Oct. 5.-City Council
met last evening, when it was ordered
that two lamps be placed upon Seventh
street, two along the road to the Della
ware Iron Works, ana one at the corner
of Ninth street and Frenchtown turn
pike. 1t was further ordered that the
sum of S37.50 be refunded to the Della
ware Iron Works, it being an excess of
tax over that of 1877.


Bills have been posted throughout the
Delaware Iron Works, giving notice to
the workmen that no Intimidation will
hereafter be allowed by the bosses that
they (the worlomen) shall vote what
ticket they see fit, and if they are inter
fered with in the exercise of their right
to do SO, are requested to report the fact
to the Company.


During the past month there have beer
over 2,200 feet of curbing set along vari
GUS streets, under the supervision of the
committee on Streets and Highways.


John McCabe, boot and shoe dealer
on Delaware street, has opened a store
in Chester, Pa, thus extending his bust
ness along the river.


With a lamp at Ninth and Clayton
streets our city will be well provided
with light during the dark nights of the
coming winter.


The Triton Cotton Mills have shut
down for a few days.


Middletown Fair was very well patron.
iZed from this CITY.
Year: 1878

Jehn Springer. and two Others of the
better order of tramps. were stealing q
ride on the milk train from Wilmington
to Baltim ore, on last Tuesday night, and
j ohm accidently got his left foot badly
mashed between the bumpers of the cars
at the depot In Elkton. His comrades
carried him down to the drug store, and
the doctor tied up his foot and recon.
mended his comrades to carry him to
iail, which they did, and the sheriff very
kindly gave the trio a nights lodging
The wounded man remained in Jail till
Wednesday evening, and then took pass
age on the train for his home IN fhiiadei
mia.
Year: 1878

This afternoon, between and o'clock
the Republicans will hold a nomination
at the City Hall, for candidate for the
Legislature from this city. No persons
are seeking the nomination, and the Re
publican urges those who sought the
nomination when the Republican chances
for success were good, to come out now
and lead the forlorn hope.
Year: 1878

A large number of Delawareans are
now in Philadelphia, and movement is
on foot among some Of them to organize
a Delaware Society. Practical steps in
this direction will probably be taken be-
fore long.
Year: 1878

A fire occurred yesterday morning in St.
stephens Roman Cathonc Church, IN Enst Twenty
eirhthst shortly before the beginning OF high mass
The high altar had been adorned In preparation for the
Forty Hours Devoton but lust before the congregation
begnn TO assemble spark from one the tights in the


arch under the syiIght. the large painting OF the
crc xon fell upon tae altar, setting re To the lace
aud altar linen watch baZed up, TO the CONSERVATION
nG the few persons who hal already assembled In the
church The Rev. Father FOgarty WAS engaged at the
time at the sanctuary railing. Ho rushed to the altar
ana exnEuisfed the flames. but not until they had 80
hndly burned the lace and linen to make necessary
the re-drrssing OF the altar.


Tbe accidental upsetting OF kerosene lamp at the
Cathedral fair ON Saturday caused considerable excite
ment which was increased by the stupidity OF ex-
ctcd youth who rushed wildly up and down the aisies
shouting FIRE at the top Of his voice. The only dam
age done however was the burning OF some gauze
drapery Of the table where the flames started
Year: 1878

A drowned horse attached by gold-mounted
harness to light buggy found last Friday III pond
nc Clifton, 5. l. For safekeepDg the harness
and buggy were placed in the barn OF Louis
c. johnson, a broker. On Saturday 1t was
found that the harness had been stolen Later
in the day two men came TO the house and claimed
the buggy hut their account being satisfactory MI


ohnson refused give up. The horse and wagon are
supposed TO have belonged TO five men who Auded
Chiffon Landing on Thursday evening IL Is though
thai perhaps they officers searching ate


dsifIery that they LEFT the horse IN the woods ana
that stray ing away found its way INTO the pond. Ihs
horse is said to have been a valuable one.
Year: 1878

Golden Medical Discovery
Is Alternative, or blood-cleansing.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Pectoral.
Golden Medical Discovery
Is a Cholagogue, or Liver Stimulant
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Tonic.
Golden Medical Discovery
Year: 1878

There are periods when quadrupeds are


subject to hydrophobia, and go abroad


irothing at the mouth and swapping at


everyone and everything that come in Their


path carrying terror into the community.


Ihen again, there are seasons, and they


usually occur when Congress is in session,


when bipeds show signs of hydrophoba on


the subject of the public printing and bind
ting, and give vent to volume Of misrcprc-


scntatiOn and vitupcration that have no
motive power except such rs is based on
prejudice, ignorance, and avaricc. The


Government Printing Office is Organized and


operated under plain and stringent laws,


which are intended to guard that branch OF


the public service against fraud pcculaton.


coIlusiOn, and corruption in its nunnuc-


mcnt. No department is more strcuuously


guarded by penalties connected with n


strict system Of responsibility and account
ing, than the Government Printing-O Onicc.


Nearly every dollars worth Of paper ana
other material required in its opera
tion is purchased through con-
tracts made under III e supervision and di-
rcctiOn Of the Joint Committee on Print
ing, with which the Public Printer has moth
ing to do, except to carry out the wishes
and purposes of that committee as its agent
and under its explicit instructions. lie
contracts for paper and other material un-
der awards made by the committee, or
through their advice and direction. after
advertisement and competition, and with
the lowest and best bidder in accord with
the public interest. Thus that branch of
the service is carefully guarded and We
make the declaration, AGAINST all assertions
to the contrary, that the paper for the pub
lie printing and binding-and that cOnsti-
tutcs the great bulk Of the material used
is purchased at lower figure than il paid
by any private establishment in the coun-
Try for like quality of the article. As for
colusion between the Public Printer or his
Subordinatcs and the cOntractors, the checks
thrown around that branch of the business
are Of such n character that it is
not possible for 1t to exist Tor any Icngth of
time or to amy extent without exposure.
That COllusiOn has not existed must be ac-
crpted in the fact that repeated, thorough,
and searching Investigations, and some or
ganiz"d to convict at all hazards, have
OvcrhauIcd that Office with severe scrutiny,
and yet not even the shadow of anything
like colusiOn, fraud, or corruption has been
brought to light


Labor Is the next point to be considered,
iuUamuch rs labor and material constitute
the bulk Of the expense involved in the
public printing and binding. This is re-
wardcd under statutory limit, and hence
the officer in charge Of the public printing
and binding has no discretion or response
bility on that point beyond that ofeconomy
in the adaptation Of labor to the work. In
this, therefore, there can be no possible cx-
crcise of dishonesty, though errors of judg-
mcnt may occur in adaptation but these
do not involve fraud or corruption in any
degree, and, in the midst the most search
ing scrutiny, nothing of the kind has ever
Year: 1878

WHEN n Democratic House, as in the case
of Doorkecper POLK yesterday, clamors for
The fullest investigation, it is safe to makra
wager that no thorough or earnest invcsti-
CATION is intended. But point the finger of
suspicion at a Republican Official, no mat
ter how upright he may be, and the war
whoop is heard, the scalping knife is un-
sheathcd, and committee is at once put
on the war-path with paint and feathers.
ln Mr.. PoLK's case we predict that no inyes-
tiGation will occur with any purpose of un-
earthng iniquity. The Doorkeepcr may be
a very capable and just officer, and if he is,
he should escape this kind Of persecution
His accuscrs, however, are of his own no
litical party, and what is deemed good for
Republican may be just as proper for a
Democrat. If Mr., POLK is innocent purge
him by igation--if guilty, punish him
juSt'as If be were Republican, then no.
body can find fault Deal out equal and
exact Justice.
Year: 1878

THE New York Commercial 1drertiscr
says: The people were beginning TO know
Major BURKE, of New Orleans, us not a
truthful man. Since the appearance of his
letter to W. Z. CHANDLER he has convinced
everybody that he is an unmitigatcd black
guard and a nuisance"
Year: 1878

WE have learned that it is not safe to
trust Democratic authority, even in matters
relating to the internal affairs of that party.
We are admOnishcd of this in the fact tLnt
soon after Mr.. VOORHEES, made his silver
speech in the Senate, ii was announced that
Senator EATON had taken umbragr at Sen.
Htor VOORHEES, remarks, and made if II
matter Of personal feeling to an extent that
had severed their kindly personal relations
We thought that it was narrow view 10
take OF great national question: and if
Senator EATON allowed his feelings to bear
INN away IN that shape and direction il
was simply contemplate. We now have if
from high authority that the allegation of
an occurrence Of difference between Senators
EATON and VOORHEES, was all in the i'm.
agnation of the ALLIGATOR" and that their
mutual respect and kindly relations have
not bern interrupted for one moment. Bath
Senators have too broad sense Of the
amenities due TO grntIemanly relation to he
betrayed into any such narrow attitude
toward each other and have too much
gcninlity Of nature to sacrifice the terms of
good fellowship upon 50 dimimutivc an altar
In view Of this, we must hereafter take
DSsx3cratic information with due caution
and grains Of allowance
Year: 1878

What habit we have of crediting all our
ills to Providence. We are never willing to
admit that our own inactivity, folly and
self-love have wrought out the dire results
over which we mourn. We only see the
shipwreck of our lives. We only hear the
voices of the storm, and instead OF owning
that it was our indifferent and unskillful
navigation that brought our craft upon the
rock, we fold our hands and cry out bindly,
" Strange and mysterious are thy ways, o
Providencel' 1t is well TO have faith and
trust. 1t is well to be resigned to trials that
cannot be avoided but it is not well TO hide
our talents in napkin, to take our fill Of
ease and pleasures, and bow down to the
gods of pride aud fashion, then shrink back
from the consequences aud say that the
work is none of ours. Some of us really
imagine that we are suffering the will of the
Lord because the flour barrel is empty and
our coat is out at the elbows, when little
more self-denial, little less folding of the
hands TO rest would raise us out of the
slough of poverty, and set us on our feet
crowned with the gift of goodly heritage.
We eat rich, unwholesome food, keep late
hours, transgress all the laws of health, and
when we pay the penalty with shattered
nerves and broken constitutions, we wonder
why we are not as strong and vigorous as
our neighbor who has lived moderately all
his days Because the neck and arms OF
oui tender infants are soft and white and
dimpled, We let them go bare and unpro-
tected; then, some day when we leave the
little one out under the snow, we murmur
because the Father hath been unkind. In
too many cases, with little more flannel
the family circle might be kept unbroken
for many year.-SeLected
Year: 1878

1t has been said that one of the most i'm.
portant social accomplishments is that of
entering room gracefully; but to our
mind that of leaving one easily and Judi
ciously is to be preferred. 1t is painful to
see people anxious to beat a retreat from a
call or visit, and yet apparently as unable
TO escape as rats in trap, although nothing
bars their egress, and all persons concerned
would gladly dispense with their company.
The art or science of departure both from
localities and positions is worth studying in
great as well AS little matters. To under
stand when to bring to an end a morning
call or public career, requires, in lesser
or greater degree, the exercise of the same
faculty. No visitor is likely to be popular
who has not the tact to leave at the proper
time house at which he may be staying
1t is one of the greatest merits Of novelist
to know when to wind up his story, and the
orator who can sit down at the right mo.
ment and in the right way, is master of a
good half of his art Preachers sometimes
complain that their greatest difficulty is
that of concluding their sermons but in
this particular case there is little need fol
the exercise of any special ingenuity, as an
abrupt but early ending is the fault, of al
Others, which is most readily pardoned by
| their hearers.-Home Journal.
Year: 1878

PRIpE is AS loud beggar as want, and a
great deal more saucy When you have
bought one fine thing, you must buy ten
more, that your appearance may be all OF a
piece; but 1t is easier 10 suppress the first
desire than TO satisfy all that follow it,
Year: 1878

The dogs, usually four in number, are
attached to the sledge, tandem fashion
the best dog being placed in front as
iore-goer, and the next best in the rear as
steer dog. 1t is the business OF the fore.
goer to keep the track, however faint ii
may be on the plain. The steer dog
guides the sledge, and prevents it from
striking or catching on obs.ructions. To
assist his own locomosion the Traveller
ties on his largest pair of snow shoes
say FIVE feet long and fifteen inches wide
a man can walk much faster on snow
shoes, with fair track, than on the best
road without them; but when the trail is
frozen perfectly hard, the traveller casts
them off, and runs behind the dogs, who
are able to gallop at great speed along
the slippery path; aud in this manner the
most extraordinary journeys are made.
With 9 cra}k OF his whip, and IL harsh
command to his dogs, the train moves off.
After that perpetual shouting, varied
cursing, cracking of whips, and boHling
Of dogs, seem necessary to keep the
cayalcade in motion.


The unerr ng fidelity with which the
E1Gtl-DiGSu or 1uOloU iOilOWS a StraIo ht
line in one direction over the bare plain.
where no landmarks can be seen, on davs
when the sun is not visible, nor a breath
of air stirring, seems almost incompre-
hensibie. Indeed. from the fact that no
one is ever encountered who is able to
explain the power he possesses, il may be
considered as quite a natural facalty.
The inexperienced traveller finds it quite
impossible to preserve straight course,
and invariably begins to describe cir
Gle, by bearing continually toward the
left; and yet this weakness IS incompre-
hensible to the atf-breed, who looks
upon 1t as the most arrant stupidity. 1t
is scarcely to be wondered at, however,
when one comes to consider the conduct
OF the dogs at the very beginning of the
journey.


The start is generally made at q very
early hour IN the morning, for athe tray-
elers invariably accomplish a gooa por-
ton of the days tramp before breakfast


Travelling day after day through the
intense silence Of the snow-clai plain,
without meeting a sign OF man, and rare
ly seeing a living creature, strikes very
strangely upon the mind at first. The
half-breed or Indian delights in wander
ing alone; but the traveller VINO first tries
the experiment finds the silence and lone
Year: 1878

The glory of summer has gone by the beautiful greenness has become withered and dead. Were this all, were there no associations of moral desOlation, of faded hopes, of hearts whitening, in the bosom of the living, connected with the decayiag scenery around us WIG would not indulge in a moments melancholy. The scene O. flowers will come again, the streams will flow gracefully as before, the trees will again toss their cumberous heads of grecnIcss to the sunlight; and by messy stone and winding riv- ulet the coming blossoms will start up at the bidding of their guardian. But the human heart has no change like that of nature. It has no returning springtime. Once blighted in its hour of freshness, it bears forever the mark of the spoiler The dews of af- lection may fail, and the gentle rain of sympathy be lavished upon it, but the stone root of blighted feeling will never again waken into life-nor the crushed flowers of hope blossomed with their unwonted beauty.
Year: 1878

The University of California is de- s irous forming an ore deposit collect ion, and has issued a circular to that end, asking mine owners and mining men to contribute mineralosical spec linens for the museum to the Univer- sity, which Wells, Fargo S Co. have agreed to forward free of charge. We hope there will be q general and ger- erous response to this circular. The mining interests of this coast arc so closely identified with our whole so- cial economy that it seems of the ut most importance that our chief edu- cational establishment should be in pos ,ssiol ofreprcsentiye mineral cab inet. We ought, on this coast. with very little effort, collect the finest dis play of the kind in the world, and the library of tine State University is just the place to keep it. Let every min ing Superintendent and every miner on the coast send at once a specimen of his best ore, and in 8 few months we will have a cabinet worthy of our State pride.-.StocI. Export.
Year: 1878

The best as well as the cheapest
and surest, remedy for lice on cattle
we have ever used is kerosene. l. is
easily applied. First, saturate a
sponge with water, then dip It in the
oil, and go over the parts infested; we
purpose trying 1t in the whiteWash
for the chicken house his Fall, and
think it will prove sure cure. 1t
may make the place look Iittl
streaky or smeared, and if it does. it
will not hurt; bu it will, we think,
rid US of pests. When we told Dick"
to paint the roosts and the nest with
it, and put little under the wings,
he thought our idea was to kill off
has broods because Of their raid on
his small fruit bushes; now he, too,
the learned its value.
Year: 1878

THE WEATHER.-Our people awoke Mon
day to find the ground again covered with
snow, but before midday it cleared off cool
and pleasant. At night the mercury was
below freezing. ...-. .....


Tugs were kept busy yesterday breaking
up the ice in the river and dock, and the
channel in the river was open in the after
noon, but only for the passage OF steam yes
cole f.. III b.. 2
Year: 1878

a company has lately been formed to
explore the northern coast OF Owen
Stanley Peninsula, New Guinea, with
especial reference TO the gold deposits
said to have recently been discovered
fhara
Year: 1878

The man who has never seen two
women in shaker bOnnets trying to kiss
each other has never experienced the
reiuvenating power Of a laugh that
could throw him down and kick him in
. ba ribs
Year: 1878

The Enlineers calcu a'cd the cen.
ter of gravity of Cleopatra's needle
so nicely that when they got its iron
jacket on and raised it by the trun.
Mons, it balanced exactly, so that
one man could cause the great mass
Of two hundred tons to swing


General Grant will bend his steps
towards Siam and do the grand In.
dian tour before coming bone.
Year: 1878

Make the bridge from the cn.dle to
manhood just as long as you can'
Leave your child child just as long as
you eap-especially ii you live in the
city, Be not in haste to force your
child into premature development by
intelligence or BY anything else. Let
i. be a. child. and not a little ape of. a
man running about the town.
Year: 1878

Among the papers of young
man who was recently married in
this city was found the following
scrap, to-wit /:


Get some keys to fit valiSe.


Engage carriage for train.


Get license to marry.


Get shaved and hair trimmed
little.


Sew buttons on black breeches
and get a pair of suspenders.


Buy bottle of perfumery.


Be sure to wash feet well.
Year: 1878

There are lots of nice shirt-fronts
spoiled because people do not press
the glass close to the lips. This
hint is furnished free, or rather in
cluded in the price of your subscrip-
ton to this able journal.
Year: 1878

Some man has just invented new
instrument to kill bed-bugs by steam.
That may be all very well, but what
we wants something to catch them ;
we can furnish the motive power for


the murder.
Year: 1878

TOMORROW being the New Year, the
carriers Of the GAzETTE will wait upon
their patrons with an address and as
they have faithfully done their duty
during the year, it may be encouraging
to them if they are given a trihe, in ac-
cordance with an ancient custom. Let
it be understood, however, that this is
entirely optional with the donor.
Year: 1878

TOMORROW is New Years Day. In
this State it is holiday, and the bank
officers in this city observe it. No gold
Will, therefore, be paid out here by the
banks on the so-called first day Of re-
sumption. We do not know that our
people care for gold or silver either, and,
therefore, resumption will not be mat
ter for excitement. 1t would have come
long ago had there been no law TO force
resumption. Secretary Sherman, it is
said, continues to buy gold coin with
greenbacks at par. The available coin
balance in the Treasury now is $226,-
100000 and the Secretary is satisfied thai
there will be no commotion tomorrow
when resumption takes place.