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Year: 1877

Spring is trying season. Indications of sick
ness should at once be attended to- Fatal diseases
may be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constipated and the system to remain in disor-
dered condition, rntil the disorder has time to de-
ve!op ilself An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, is an old and truthful saying
Therefore, we advise all who troubled with the
complaints now very prevalent headache, indiges-
ton, disordered liver, want of appetite nausea, or
feverish skin, to take, without delay, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills. We know of no remedy so harm


less and decisive in it's action. 1t at strikes
at the root of the disease and produces healthy
tone TO the system. People never need suffer from
any disease arising from a dsordered condition OF
the liver If they would take this excellant medicine
when they feel the first indications of the malady.
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three or four boxes of these pills with
them They have an almost instaneous effect


They will relieve the patient of headache in one ol
| two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver o


surrounding bile, and will effectually prevent &
bilious attack They are sold by all Druggist.
Year: 1877

WAsHINGToN, May 4-The cabinet was
in session nearly three hours to-day, and it
was decided to postpone the extra session
Of congress until the 18th of October.
This change of the original programme
was made upon careful consideration of
the general interests of the country, and
with almost a unanimous desire of the
business community as well as of members
of congress themselves as far as they could
be consulted, that there should be no ses-
sion of congress this summer, 1t was
ascertained that without any immediate
appropriation of money the army could be
clothed and supported with all its neces-
saries. and that until the 18th Of
Oct that only one regular pay day has
to be passed It was also considered that
if congress meets in October, it may re-
main in continual session and finish its
business before next summer, so as tc
avoid the inconvenience of the hot season
next yeer as we'll as this,
Year: 1877

IT is NOW alleged that JOIN X. COCHRAN,
the chairman of the HAMPTON Star Chamber
Committee, at Columbia, s, c., is lobbyist of
the most disreputable antecedents, For years
he was the tool of PARKER and others in dis
posing of worthless tracts Of land TO the nOtO-
rious Land Commission He has ut last
found his level and is at present being used
by the shotgun Democracy to persecute and
Year: 1877

A few days ago, a lady living with
her husband in one of the hotels in Vir-
gina, Nevada, noticed that young man
who acted in the capacity of porter
about the place, paid rather more atten-
tion to her room than any other portion
of the hotel. One day, he came in, and
taking a seat, remarked:


Madam, 1 would like to ask you an
important question"


"Well, what is it-something about
the trunks ?"


"No, madam /; something of far more
Importance than trunks-something that
concerns us both and the fact of the
matter is, madam, have been observing
you closely for some weeks past, and l
am led to believe that there is trouble
trouble Of serious nature-gnawing at
your heart. Tell me what that secret
sorrow is"


The porter then leaned over the edge
of the chair back. with one hand sup
porting his cheek, and assumed listen
ing attitude.


There is secret SORROW" rejoined
the lady, "and it weighs upon me like a
milestone. 1t is that l haven't stove
poker heavy enough to break your silly
pate. But such as it is, however,"


Here she grabbed the implement, and
made a rapid advance upon the sympa-
thetic porter, who broke for the door,
and got out just slowly enough to secure
a sharp clip alongside the right ear.
And now that mans secret sorrow is
that he didn't happen to be little near.
er the door when the poker intruded it.
self into the debate.
Year: 1877

been such as would almost warrant a
resort to lynch law, in view of the GER
tainty of their escape from serious pun
ishment at the hands of the proper au-
thorities. Talk about stealing the pen
nies from dead mans eyes! That
offence is vinial besides such crimes as
are almost daily coming to light among
the custodians of trust funds. The dead
man is no worse off for the loss of the
coins; but the squandering or embezzle-
ment of such little boards as were con-
confided to the Clairmont Bank, espec-
tally in times like these, is but one de-
gree removed from murder for it takes
the bread from the mouths and, worse
yet, the courage from the hearts, of the
most deserving and at the same time
the most helpless class of the commun-
ity.


The sweeping victory just obtained,
gives reasonable promise that this ab-
surd state of things will be speedily
changed. Should no further obstacles
be interposed, considerable extension
of the present Elevated Railway, and
the building of the new Gilbert road
over Sixth avenue, will very soon be
commenced.


After vainly endeavoring to swap his
knowledge of the unsavory history of
the Ring for his liberty. Tweed is now
voluntarily telling the whole story to
the Aldermanic Committee of investiga-
ton. He is pouring hot shot into Tam
many and good many other places.
When he gets through talking and the
victims commence replying we are like
ly to have what the Dutchman calls
"blaindy fun


1t was a surprise and a sensation on
Wednesday last when the democratic
state convention nominated General Nc
Clellan for Governor. The tumultuous
enthusiasm which his name awoke in
the convention shows how the "little
Mac of olden times has been remem-
bered by the people through good and
evil report. He is a cleanhanded,
scholarly and practical man and so uni
versally respected that none but faVora.
BILE comments on his nomination and
certain election are heard from any
quarter. RADIx.
Year: 1877

Why THEY OFTEN FA1L.-Young
men often fail to get on in the world
because they neglect small opportunities.
Not being faithful in little things, they
are not promoted to the charge of great
er things.


A young man who gets a subordinate
situation sometimes thinks it is not ne
cessary for him to give it much attention.
He will wait till he gets place of re-
sponsibility, and then he will show peo-
pie what he can do. This is very
great mistake. Whatever his situation
may be, he should master it in all its
duties faithfully.


The habit of doing his work thorough
ly and conscientiously is what is most
likely to enable young man to make
his way. With this habit, person Of
only ordinary abilities would outstrip
one of greater talents who is in the
habit of sighting subordinate matters.


But, after all, the mere adoption by a
young man, of this great essential rule
of success, shows him to be possessed of
superior abilities.
Year: 1877

The Summer breezes have given their
last kiss of farewell. After an exist
ence as rich in its beauty as glorious in
apparel, the Summer passes away and
the season of poesy, pathos and song
takes its place. The songsters who but
a little while since made the air vocal
with their music have departed. 1t was
seemingly but yesterday that the June
of cowslip fields and woodbine clusters,
was given US. But they, too, have
come and gone, and the fruition of the
Summer is the promise of the Autumn.
And now downy seeds are flying in the
meadows, sowing themselves for the
next years resurrection the soft breezes
of September blow in the faded gardens,
while the whistle of the quail is heard
among the stubbled corn, the partridge
is already drumming in the forest, and
spiders wave at night their filmy laces.
Already the clustered grapes are turn
ing to royal purple, and the pollen
endusted bees are searching for the hon.
ey-drops which linger in the last bios
SONS of September. Who that has drunk
in all these inimitable sights and sounds
of Nature but is almost tempted to ex-
claim. so fairest Summer, stay!" But
the promise of seed time and harvest is
not more rich in assurance.


If it be true that all great joys are
serious, it is also true that in the pa
thos of the Autumn season there lie
power, a beauty and majesty unrivalled.
Not alone in its ripening fruit and
grain, its leaves burning in crimson and
gold, its pomp, pageant and feast does
the Autumn season come home to us.
But there comes to the hearts Of thought
full Christians the monition, 1--WE, too,
have our Autumns - and Tennyson has
given voice to the feeling in his lyric,
"Tears, Idle Tears" AS our eyes gaze
on the Autumn fields, the white billows
of buckwheat, the tasselIed ranks of the
corn, the brown burrows ready for the
grain, the vines thick clustering with
the grape, the meadows waiting for the
reaper's scythe to NOW the aftermath,
there steals over US something as s'from
the depths of some divine despair,
A telling of sadness and longing


That is not akin to pain.


And resembles sorrow only


An the mist resembles the rain.


These crystal cleaning mornings;
these superb Moons these slumberous,
tranquil afternoons, and these holy
nights, on which the stars look down in
their eternal youth,-how swiftly they
are going from US Yet We hear no
dirge in the drone of the cricket, in the
rhythm of the katydid, nor in the organ
peal of the wind as it sweeps over the
forests. Summer is gone-the bounti-
full, and grand, the maternal Summer
who has held US to her bosom, caressed
US into health and happiness. and rock
ed US to sleep in her arms. If we have
used Summer Alright We may smile at
her departure, and wait with cheerful
anticipation the days of naked branches
and driving snow. The sweetness she
has put in our hearts and the vitality
she has impaired to thought and purpose
can no more go out than the light Of
stars, which are throned above all vicis-
situdes of the changing seasons.-C Chris
tian at Work


Don't live single hour of your life
without doing exactly what ought to be
done in it, and going straight through
it from beginning to end.
Year: 1877

A Hackensack man was, last mid
night, creeping softly along the bedroom
floor, on his hands and knees, and was
feeling tenderly under the bureau for a
something he had hidden there the even.
ing before but his wife woke and said,
"Peter, what under the heavens are you
doing? Dear" said he, "I'm walking
in my sleep aud dreaming that 1 am
plucking, water lilies from the soft,
blue bosom of the lake" How to get
that flask out of there before she got up
in the morning was what worried him
more than the water lilies did.
Year: 1877

Two SIDEs.-Remember that all ques-
tions have two sides one is the side of
justice, the other injustice. If you take
the right side, the just side, ultimately
men, however much they may oppose
you and revile, will come to your sup
port. Earth with all its powers will
work with you and for you; and heaven
is pledged to conduct you to complete
success. If you take the other side,
there is no power in earth or heaven
that can lead you through successfully.
because it is appointed in the councils
of heaven that justice and truth alone
can prevail.
Year: 1877

Eggs sell in Maine for dollar and a
half dozen. In order to give them
this value the shells are first perforated
with two holes, the original contents
blown out, and the vacant space filed
with whisky. All on account of the
Name law. Another dodge is the patent
faucet, which turned one way yields vim
egar, and the other way ale.
Year: 1877

TuE electoral, or compromiSe
bill, ms it is called, seems to give
general satisfaction, both to the
liberal Republicans and Democrn' :,
hut more especially to the later, as
they cannot possibly lose anything
by it. ANY plan ia preferable and
moro favorable than the revolution.
airy assumption that the Radical
president OF the senate alone can
open and count the electoral re.
turns. At any rate, a breathing
spell is offered the country, and
whatever way tho contest is dcci'
dcd, wo have the assurance that no
war will result, and that but ol.c
president will be inauguratcd.
Year: 1877

One fretter can destroy the peace of a family, can disturb the harmony of a neighborhood, can unsettle the councils of cities, and hinder the legislation of nations. He who frets is never the one who mends, who heals, who repairs evils; more, he discourages, enfeebles, and too often disables those around him, who, but for the gloom and depression of his company, would do good work and keep up brave cheer. The effect upon a sensitive person in the mere neighborhood of fretter is indescriba- ble. It is to the soul, what cold, icy mist is to the body-more chilling than the bitterest storm. And when the fretter is one who is beloved, then the misery of it becomes indeed insupport- able.
Year: 1877

Ingratitude and indifference some- times mar the.character of men. A hus- band returns from his business at even- ing. During his absence and throughout the livelong day, the wife has been busy with mind and hands preparing some little surprise, some unexpected plea- sure to make his home more attractive than ever. He enters, seemingly sees no more of what has been done to please him than if he were blind man, and has nothing more to say about 1t than if he were dumb. Many loving wife has borne in her heart an abiding sor- row, day after day, from causes like this, until, in progress of time the fire and enthusiasm of her original nature has burned out, and mutual indifference spreads its pail over the household.
Year: 1877

ashamed to own that he felt proud of his achievements. Indeed, self-assertion on his part occasionally took an un- pleasant form. Toward the close of the war with the first republic, when the general distress was sharp and bread was frightfully dear-in 1900 the price of the quartern loaf rose to one shilling and tenpehce half-penny "a curious fashion arose of giving dinners in which the guests were asked to bring their own bread. Nelson was invited to such a dinner, but through some oversight he had apparently not been informed of the conditions of the feast. At all events, when he found there was no bread he made quite little scene, called his servant and before the whole company, gave him a shilling and or dered him to go and buy a roll, saying aloud: ''It is hard that after fighting my country's battles I should be grudged her bread"

 would not like to have been present at that dinner party, still less to have been the host; and ill truth, either Nell son should not have been invited, or an exception should have been made in his favor. It is also part of the ill-natured gossip of history that Nelson's last sig nal was not "England," but ''Nelson expects every man to do his duty" and that the officer to whom the order was given affected to have misunderstood his directions, and substituted the sem tence which was actually telegraphed. Southey says it was recieved by the fleet with enthusiasm, but an eye-wit- ness of the battle has recorded the equally probable fact that some unideal Britons could not well make out what it meant. ''Do our dutyr" quoth one of them. ''Why, of course we shall"
Year: 1877

Everyone knows that among the numerous inquiries and examinations which precede the prescription of 8 careful physician, the state of the pulse is never omitted; yet as it is probable that few of our readers are acquainted with the reasons for this inquiry, or, what is the same thing, with the facts to be learned from it, we think it may not be uninteresting if we enumerate some of the more prominent ones. It is almost unnecessary to promise that by the pulse is meant the beat of an artery, and that the one commonly chosen for examination is the radial artery, which beats at the wrist. The first point generally attended to is the number of questions, it is necessary to be ac- quainted with the state of health in order to recognize any deviation from it, we must mention the ordinary fre- quency of the pulse at different ages. In the newborn infant it is from one hundred and thirty to one hundred and forty in minute; but decreases i'll fre- quency as life advances; so that in a middle-aged adult in perfect health, it is from seventy-two to seventy-five. In the decline of life it is slower than this, and falls to about sixty. It is obvious that if we could suppose practitioner ignorant of these plain facts, he would be liable to make the most absurd blunders and might imagine boy of ten to be laboring under some grievous disease because his pulse had not the slow sobriety of his grandfather's The quickness of the pulse affords most im- portant information. If in the person for example, whose pulse is usually to ninety-eight, some alarming disease is certainly present; or, on the other hand, should it have permanently sunk to fifty, it is but too probable that the source of the circulation, the heart it. self, is laboring under incurable diseases or that some other of the great springs of life is irredeemably injured. Sup posing, again, the pulse to be seventy two, each beat ought to occur at an interval of five -sixths of second; but should any deviation from this rhythm be perceived, the pulse is then said to be irregular. The varieties of irregu- larity are infinite; but there is one so remarkable as to deserve particular mention. It will happen sometimes that the interval between two beats is so much longer than was expected, that it would seem that one beat had been omitted; in this case the pulse is said to be an intermittent one. When the action of the heart is irregular, the beat of the pulse is so likewise; but it will occasionally happen that the latter irregularity takes place without the former one, from some morbid cause existing between the heart and the wrist. It is hardly necessary to observe, that, in all doubtful cases, the physi- elan examines the pulsation of the heart as we'll as that at the wrist.
Year: 1877

The murder of Prince Caracciolo and all the other bad doings at Naples may be traced directly to his infatuation for Lady Hamilton. And whence did that infatuation arise? It has been ascer- tained that Nelson gradually became estranged from his wife because she did not take enough interest in his career, and seemed hardly to know that her husband was the idolized hero of the nation. If so, it was grievous fault, and the result, with man of Nelson's temperament. might have been easily foreseen. My dear, great glorious Nelson," if we remember aright, was the style in which the wife of cabinet minister who can scarcely have been personally acquainted with the admiral wrote to congratulate him upon the victory of the Nile. Lady Hamilton

 was even more demonstrative, and Nell son took naive almost child-like pleas ure in being made much of, and called "great and glorious'' to his face. He had done great things, and was not
Year: 1877

A writer fully accounts for the reason why printers die young, and why they are continually tramping from place to place in search of peace and quietude. He says that working for forty editors and scores of authors, every one of whom is as sensitive as sore thumb, and as lively and as interesting as a hornet, no wonder the printers die young, and only pachydermatous, griz- zly, mulish specimens, get their share of life. The writer wishes he could offer himself as an awful example of the perils which environ the man who meddles with cold-type. A thoroughly trained printer should have a step- mother, and then stepfather, and then should have been bound out to a tanner, and then have married a scolding wife, and lived in smoky house, and have had family of babies who were afflicted with the collie. He should have added to all this discipline thorough knowl- edge of science and law, languages, theology, history and biography. If in addition he has vicious-looking coun- tenance and an amiable disposition he may stand some chance with these authors and editors; but, the probabfli- ties are, after all, that they will worry him to death. This picture will have g very depressing effect upon ambitious boys who are anxious to learn the s'art preservative of all arts" The picture however, is a tolerably correct one.- | Elnaird Aduertiser.
Year: 1877

We have frequently been much amused by the following game of ques- tions and answers, which, when played upon one as yet uninitiated into the mysteries, is well calculated to afford endless laughter. A lady may be sup posed to request gentlemen to write down this list:

 Set down lady's name. Set down some time past. Write the name of a place. Write either yes or no. Yes or no again. A lady's name. Some time to come. Yes or no. Yes or no again. Name of city'or town. Some color. Any number not exceeding six. Some color. Yes or no. A lady's name. A gentleman's name. Another gentle mans name. Still another gentleman 8 name. Name of clergyman. A sum of money. Name of 8 place. Any number at all. Some color. Any number not exceeding forty.

 When these conditions have been complied with the gentleman is re- quested to read of the list thus prepared as answers to the following series of questions:

 To whom did you make your first offer? When? In what place? Does she love youP Did you love her? Whom will you marryp How soon? Does she love youP Do you love her? Where does she reside? What is the color of her hairP What is her heightP What is the color of her eyesp Is she pretty ! Who is to be the bridesmaid? Who is to be groomsman Who is your confi- dantP Who is your rival? What clergy man is to marry youP How much is she worth2 Where will you resideP How many servants will you keep9 What k her color? How large family do you wish to raiser
Year: 1877

Sun rose at 5.OS1l: sets at GAS.


The Wilmington Loan Association will
meet this evening.


The immense stock of clothing at the
Boston One Price Store surpasses ANYTHING
of the kind ever before shown in the CITY.


If you want fine dress suit, or business
suit at twenty per cent. less than Philadel-
delphia prices, call at the popular store
known as the Boston One Price House.


This forever living in anticipation is like
bottling up meonshine for cloudy nights but
II you buy one Of those stylish suits at the
Boston One Price Store, you will then
know what participation Is.


As father Sorrentinis health is broken
down bis physician deems it necessary to
change his abode. For that reason Father
SorreDtini requested the Bishop of VIII
mington to grant permission to withdraw
from the diocese.


The alarm of fire last night about o
O'Clock was caused by the noiue made by q
party Of fcslathcmplan serenxders, employees
of the p, W. & B. r. r., who were .sere-
nading one Of their companions living near
Second and French streets, who was lately
married.