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Year: 1879

During the last two weeks large
number of pilgrims have arrived at Glen
dale. among whom are number of the
gentler sex, and in consequence thereof
no one can form an idea of the change
that has already taken place. Old '49-ers
that have lived in the mountains for the
last thirty years on bread and bacon and
slept on the ground, and in all that time
scarcely laid eyes on woman, can pow
be seen on the street harnessed in store
clothes, with billed shirts. There amt
a man in Glendale over twenty years
old. On Sunday evening we saw one of
surprised by being asked how he came
to leave Alder Gulch in '68 that he ad-
justed his wig, swallowed half a set of
false teeth, and then swore lie was a
school-boy in Missouri at that time.-
Ariz0na Miner.
Year: 1879

The following curious advertisement
appears in the columns of German
medical journal: Through the death
OF the late proprietor, a good practice
(surgery) in wealthy part Of the coun-
try is to be disposed of, either by sale
or lease. The present owner, daughter
OF the deceased, is young and single,
and would not object to marriage with
the buyer or tenant, if suitable arrange
ments were made. Address," etc.
Year: 1879

personal property. Senator Mccarthy favored the a


pontment OF committee solely by the Senate 70 draw
up laws the subject Finally the resolution was
laid on the table.


Senator Harris called MP tie Governors message. and
criticised laters assertion that tho children OF the
rich and not Of the poor being benefited by the
education given in the high schools aided by the STATE
He argued that the Governor mistaken, and thst
the poor were much bepehted by higher education
thcrcb. The lessons OF wisdom drawn from history
taught that safety and prosperity from the widest
diffusion Of the best education that 1t possible 10


mpart people. The public high schools OF which
the Governor comp cost the State only 100000
year, while the common schools cost S5,0O0,0O0. Tn6
Governor had said in substance that education
should not he given to the poor because they
would then aspire TO something higher than the posi-
tons for which bv birth they fitted. He seemed
not 10 realize that this very dlscontent Of men with
their condition government like that Of the United
states was healthy and ,ed to progress and improve
men aud brought the State out OF the stagDabt con-
ditOn OF the people Of the countries where the few
were eduratf ana the we're kept a9 mere ma
chimes Education did disquaify the poor for the
labors 10 which atone they we're by nature adapt"d
That injustice was done by irving educate the chit
dren of the poor for callings which they never
could fill. senator Hughes reply argued that tue
Governor Intended express the Idea that at present
the state gives education beyond what Is required
for ord
Year: 1879


ACTION OK THE NEw-YORK 'PPoINrMENTs POST


PoNED UNTIL FRIDAY-INC1DTNTs IN CONGRESS


AND THE DEPARTMENTs-MINOR NEw'


The Senate in executive session yesterday
refused to take immediate action on the New
York Custom House nominations. The sub
ject was postponed until Friday, in order to
give Secretary Sherman chance to reply to
the Arthur letter. A party of Massachu-
setts people visited Secretary Evarts yeSter-
day in behalf of termination of the fishery
treaty. Among the other news of the Capital
is the announcement that the quantity of coin
in the Treasury is increasing. The last recep-
ton by President Hayes was large one.
The subject of a successor to. the late Dr.
Linderman is already under discussion. The
bill to regulate Interstate commerce was ar
gued by railroad men and others in commit
tee yesterday.
Year: 1879

The Potter Committee is acting upon the
theory the rst in order ind how
II possession of the cipher dispatches. TIE
Inattvr contained IN them is Of secondary Importance
the main hing is TO expose, neLbor The POST
says the really guilty" tnat IT, those who
able for the dispatches coming TO light at all By d
iaicOus OF the tine lt Is possible the committee
NAV by tue 4th Of March. 10 the consideration
the dispatches themselves. The Democratic ostrich
should advert SO for good hole the sand where 1t
mavu ide iflh cad
Year: 1879

INEQUALITY or THE ASSESSMENT LAws-HIGHER


EDUCATION FOR THE POOR.


IFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE /
ALBANY, Jan. Ex-senator Sessions called up
his resolution for oiat legisa committee
wise the Assessment laws Of the State to-day. and ade
an elaborate speech setting forth especially tho escape
OF rich men from taxation through the ownership of
Year: 1879

TRIBUNE OFFICE. Jan. 80 a m.-The barometer
rose steadily yesterday morning but remained almost
stationary during the afternoon. The weather was
clear and partly cloudy. The temperature was lower
than on Tuesday. The amount Of moisture IN the air
has been increased.


Partly cloudy or clear weather with slight changes in
tempcrature, be expected IN this city and vicinity
Year: 1879

be not swift 10 take offence
a' Let it pass
Anger is TOO to sonse


Let it pass
Brood not dark y o'er wrong
Whioh Will disappear Gro long Il
Rather sing this clioery song


Let 1t pass
Let 1t pass
Strife corrodes tho purost nd;


Let it pass
As the nnregarlrd wind,


Lot it pass
And vulgar souls that live
May condemn without reprieye
lis tho noble who forgive.


Let it pass !


Let it pass
Echo not an angry word


Let /, pass
Think how often you have erred


Lot 1t pass!
S.noe our joys must pass away,
Like the dew-irops Oh the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows stay?


Let them pass ....


Let them pass
II for good you've taken i'll,


Let it pass
OIL be kin and gentle still


Lot it pass
Time at last makes al things straight
Let us not resent, but wait,
And our triumph shall be great;


Let it pass
Let it pass
Bid your anger to depart,


Let it pass
Lay these homely words to heart


"Let it pass" !"
Follow not tho giddy throng
Bettor to be wlonged than wrong
Therefore slug the ohoery song


Let it pass


Let 1t pass
Year: 1879

What does the word "eoonemy" mean


Does it mean the mere laying away ol
money, the mere pinching Of our need,
and tastes, that we may have fund laij
by for the possible future-that, after all
we may never see? !? Does it mean to be
stingy, to refuse to give to this good oh
ject, or to assist that deserving, but less
fortunate neighbor? None Of these; true
economy is possible to the. rich, as it is
necessary to the poor. Economy signi-
fies management; the regulation Of affairs
both domestic and public. 1t does not
mean that the tired wife shall devote each
moment Of her life to hard work; by do
ing so she is guilty Of gravest waste. It
does not mean that the father shall deny
himself the newspaper, which will be rest
and nourishment for his weary brain, and
Of value to the whole family. 1t means
that all the members Of the household
shall be provided with every comfort that
will help them to enjoy life in a rational
manner, and thus become useful to them
selves and those around them. But moth
ing should be wasted; the silly book pur-
chased, the cheap and flimsy, but snowy
garment, bought for mere fashions sake,
the superfluous article had because it was
cheap, all are indications, Of lack of true
economy. or thrift. Be careful Of what
you have; and buy what you need, not
what you want, and above all, live within
your annual income, and you will have
found that economy rightly understood,
has brought you many comforts-and
some Injuries.
Year: 1879

WASHING YouR HEAD PasvssT1vE
"A distinguished physician who had
spent much time at Quarantine said that
4 person whose head was thoroughly
washed every day rarely took contagious
diseases, but where the hair was allowed
to become dirty and matted it was hard
y possible to escape infection. Many
persons end speedy relief for nervous
headache BY washing the hair thoroughly
in weak soda water. | have known severe
cases almost wholly cured in ten minutes
by this simple remedy. A friend finds
the greatest relief in cases Of "rare cold, !"
the cold symptoms entirely leaving the
eye and nose after one thorough washing
Of the hair. The head should be thor
oughly dried afterwards, and avoid
draughts Of air for little while.-Frons
the Memphis appeal.
Year: 1879

GADs H1LL.-A man dies and his idol.
often become the prize Of those whose on
" right to them is that they have the
money to buy them. Dickens early love
was Gads Hill. he saw the place in his
early youth and resolved to possess it
He toiled on always keeping it 10 view,
until he owned it. paying therefor ove'
$4,000. During his life it was his pride
TO improve the place BY the addition ol
all the solid comforts, and by beautifying
in thousand ways that the cultivated
taste Of the great novelist suggested. AT
the time Of his death the place was reck
oned worth $50, 900.


Charles Dickens. Jr, bought it in at
that figure. Now it becomes necessary to
sell it again, and it will be put up to the
highest bidder. It will thus pass ont Of
the custody Of the Dickens family. Thus
does time establish and destroy again. A
literary abode may be turned into the
home Of some ignoramus whose only
royalty to manhood is in large bank
account. We hope that Gads Hill will
fall into the possession Of some one who
will love i: for what it has been to the
world Of letters, and to every poor and
struggling being in England. The poor
were more or less benefited BY the hu.
name writings Of this triumphant genius.
And, in passing, this may be said, that
while Dickens was personally exceeding
ly snohbish, yet few writings are so free
Of every taint Of snobbery. We are al.
ways thankful to Dickens. for he has
brought happiness and pleasure to mill
ions. It was Webster who said that
Dickens had done more for the English
people than any statesman Of his genera
ton 10 England. Quincy Modern Argo. .
Year: 1879

| VINO Could OFFER EE!-The fol


lowing little story from the Pittsbur


"Telegraph." is a touching one, and tn


hero is we'll known in that city. lie ha'


been somewhat wild in his habits in tn


past, but for four months, had abstainet


from drink and spent his evenings a


home.


One evening, some weeks ago, he wen
out calling and some one gave him a gles
Of wine. This aroused the sleeping fieud
and be went off on grand carouse. Fo
three days he lost all mastery over him
self, and scarcely knew where he was. Or
the morning Of the fourth day he was
comparatively sobered up. He wandered
into the reading room of one of our hotels
where he was wei! known, and sat down
and stared moodily into the street. Pres
emily little girl Of about ten came in and
looked timidly around the room. She was
dressed in rags, but had sweet, inteIli.
gent face, that could scarcely fail to excite
sympathy. There were FIVE persons in the
room, and she went to each, begging.


One gentleman gave her a five cent
piece, and she then went to the gentleman
spoken Of and asked him for a penny, aa
ding, II haven't had anything to eat for a
whole day. The gentleman was all out Of
humor, and he said Grossly: "Don't bother
me; go away haven't had anything to eat
for three days."


The child opened her eyes in shy won.
der and stared at him for moment, and
then walked slowly toward the door. She
turned the knob, and then, after hesitating
a few seconds, she turned quickly and
walked straight up to him who had spoken
so ill.naturedly, and gently laying the FIVE
cents she had received on his knees, said
with tone Of true girlish pity in her
voice. '1f you haven't hal anything to
eat for three days you taks this and 60
buy some bread. Perhaps eau get some
more somewhere"


The young fellow blushed to the roots
Of bis hair, and lifting the miniature Sister
Of Charity in his arms he kissed her two
or three times in delight. Then be took
her to the persons in the room and to those
in the corridors and the Office, and told
The story and asked contributions, giving
himself all the money he had with him.
He succeeded in raising oyer $40 and
sent the little kind hearted one on her
way rejoicing.
Year: 1879

Sugar, the chemists tell US is composed
Of coal and water. Now If the grocers
would remember this, and put coal in the
sugar when they feel compelled to mix
it, instead Of sand, it would be very graft
tying to their customers.- Burlington
Hawkeye.
Year: 1879

In many Southern sections farm
ers are hsrvestinga most bountiful
crop of wheat. A fw years ago just
such a crop was hryested and al
lowed to stand in the shock in the
fields until it was veil nigh ruined
Farmers have got in the habit OF
allowing their grab to stand and
await the slow andlncertain coming
of the steam threasler. In the year
OF which we speaklillions of dollars
were lost to the farlers III the wheat
belt that might haze been saved by
little extra work n stacking, The
lesson should not be forgotten the
present year. 1t hs been o year OF
storms, and those that have been
blessed with boun'ful crops should
act promptly, an,place it beyond
danger from the estruc.ion Of the
clements.
Year: 1879

not meet as was expected by many,
and had it been positively known
that the Mazomanies were not going
TO be there not half the number
woald have turned out, judging by
those who went from Mineral Point
However, the Dodgeville boys were
present, and game between them
and nine picked up in Linden
served to amuse, and convinced the
folks that the boys from the county
sea. were quite handy.
Year: 1879

WILL Ross and bride returned
from their tour Saturday, and were
sernaded by the Episcopal choir
the cornet band and the rattats and
tooters. The music of the latter
company might be somewhat refined
by catching a pig of great lung
power under the gate.
Year: 1879

IT is justly feared that great dam
age has been done the hay crop by
the heavy rains of Sunday afternoon
aud night. Many tons laid PROSTATE
on the ground waiting for old Soils
drying rays preparatory to being
stacked, which has been washed and
dragged into the cutters by the
curling currents. ard is now next to
worthless. Wheat and corn and
oats were forced 10 lie down, but
should favorable whether follow the
damage will be triiing, unless it be
winter wheat which is this season
exceedingly thick, ,and may become
tangled so as to imoede its ripening,
and otherwise mixing it difficult
to cut.
Year: 1879

THE Good Templars festival enter
teinment at City Hall on the 4th was
the principal feature of the day. The
Hoare Bros. put in a good supply of
sweet music the whole day, and held
a solid crowd continually. Receipts
fair, pleasure and comfort in abun-
dance.
Year: 1879

The third nine Of this city played
a game of ball with Linden club
on Saturday, and of course got wax
ed to the tune of II to II, which
however, is the best game played in
the county this season
Year: 1879

DID you hear of it a runaway
team was hitched to q Mccormick
harvester and before the driver
could mount the seat the horses were
off circling around and through a
gain and again in an eighty acre
field of wheat. When they stopned
fully half the wheat was cuc and
bound in a becoming manner. wish
nothing injured. The team was then
kept to work without unhtching
and the remainder of the grain,
which stood in patches, was soon
ready for shocking.
Year: 1879

DANGEROUSLY SKILLFUL WORK THAT


DECEIVED TREASURY CLERKS.


1t is announced that the Treasury De-
partment discovered yesterday a very
perfect counterfeit of the 81 bills of the
Eagle National Bank of Boston. The
counterfeit is 4 photograph Of the origi-
nal bill and is very deceptive, the bill
discovered in the departments having
passed through the hands of several
counters without detection. This is the
third case of . counterfeit by photo
graphy discovered by the department
within short time. The work is done
so perfectly as to deceive almost any
bank official, unless his attention should
be called to The fact that there existed
such q counterfeit. The most glarlng
defects are that the red ink in which the
numbers are printed is not the tint used
in the Bureau of Engineering and Print
ing, and that the green of the back is a
mere wash which on examination can
deceive no one. The pictures also, on
close scrutiny, have the unmistakable
signs of photography.
Year: 1879

A policeman having been called upon
to shoot dog in yard, took a seat on
fence, drew his legs out of danger,
and remarked to himself as he took aim I:
"The seat of all vanity is the heart, and
here goes" A COW in the lot beyond
threw up her head ami went galloping
around, and the dog tIOtt,d over the
yard as If perfectly at home. The
officer got good ready and observed:


"The fear of death is often as strongly
exhibited in beasts as in man, and their
dying agOnies have been known to bring
tears to the eyes of their executors ,
Bang! A woman who was working up
an old knot In the alley, flung down the
ak, put her head over the fence and
warned the policeman that she didn't
want to be bothered any more, though
she wouldn't object to his shooting up
in the air If the police regulations re-
quired it.


"Natnral history asserts that the av
erage life Of canine is four years" !"
resumed the officer as he brought the
revolver down again, "and that they are
subjected to fourteen different diseases.
| will now take that chap right behind
the ear, penetrating skull and brain,
and causing death IN from two to four
minutes" The smoke had scarcely
lifted when a melon peddler whose
horse was coming down the street at a
pace, rose up in his wagon, and called
out: elf you boys don't stop shootin,
beans vt me l'll wallop the hull crowd,
rich ones and all That ERE last one
just tickled my nose"


Natural hist" began the officer
when the dog discovered a hole under
the fence and slipped into the street and
made of. Natural history" repeated
the blue-cOatas he dropped off the fence,
'explicitly states that dogs must stand
still when being shot at, and If l didn't
hit him, it's the fault OF education"
Year: 1879

| began to be terrified to such Il won
dcrful extent that | would never be-
fore have guessed possible. | made an
involuntary effort to. get out of the
chair, and then suddenly became
aware that | was looking at nothing !;
while taken up by the confusion in my
lungs, the outward things in the room
had gone, and ! was "alone in the
dark" telt a force ON my arm
(Which did not strike me as the sur
geOns hand, "-but merely as an eXter-
nal restrainD keeping me down, and
this was the last straw which made me
give in the last definite thing-smell,
sound, sight or touch-I remembered
outside my own body. Instantly | was
seized and overwhelmed by the panic
inside. could feel every air-cell
struggling spasmOdically against an
awful pressure. In their struggles
they seemed to tear away from one an
other in all directions, and there was
universal racking torture, while mean
time the common foe, in the shape of
this iron pressure, kept settling down
with more and more irresistible might
into every nook and crevice of the
scene. My consciousness was now
about this: ! was not aware of any
thing but an isolated scene Of torture,
pervaded by hitherto unknown sense
of terror (ahd by what ! have since
learned is called the "unity of con-
sciOusness; this never deserted the
scene, even down to the very last in
audible heart-beat). Yet ! cal, it a
scene" because | recognized some
parts Of my body, and felt the pain in
one part was not the same as that in
another. Meanwhile, along With the
intensity of cOnvulsion in my lungs, an
element of noise had sprung up. A
chaotic roaring ran through my brain,
innumerable drums began to beat far
inside my ear, till the confusion pres
emily came to monstrous thudding,
every thud of which wounded me like
a club falling repeatedly on the same
spot.
Year: 1879

Chinese thieves are cunning experts
at their profession, adopting the most
ingenius devices uOattain their infamous
ends. | recollect burglary which
took place at a friends house, when
the thief found his way into the princi-
pal bedroom, and deliberately used up
half box of matches before he could
get the candle to light. His patience
being rewarded at last, he proceeded
with equal GOODNESS In the plunder of
the apartment, not forgetting to search
beneath the pillow. where he secured a
revolver and watch. These Chinese
robbers are reported to be able to stu
pity their victims by using some mar
Cotic known only to themselves. have
no doubt this was done in the case re-
ferred to, by the agency of the Chinese
house servants, who perhaps introduced
the drug TO my friends bed. Chinese,
when il suits their purpose, do not
stick at trifles, as may be gathered
from the fact that a Chinaman, esteemed
respectable member of society, at
tempted, on one occasion, to poison the
whole foreign community of Hong
Kong with bread he supplied. The
Malays have told me of cases where, as
they ayerred, the cunning Chinese thief
passes the door of the house to be pill
laged, and tOsses in handful of rice
impregnated with some aromatic drug.
This drug soon sends the inmates of
into a deep repOse, from which they
will seldom awaken till long after the
robber has finished his undertaking,
and that in the complete and deliberate
style that suits the taste of the Chinese.
For | must tell you that they at all
times object to vulgar haste, whatever
be the business they are pursuing; and
they prefer, if possible, to avoid sudden
surprise; and unexpected attacks-the
slightest sound, will make them take to
cOwardly flight, dropping their booty
and their neither garments, if they have
any, in order to facilitate escape. But
when they have daring burglary on
hand, they go quite naked, with the
body oiled all over, and the queue
coiled up in bob at the back of the
head, and stuck full of needles on every
side. The following adventure with a
Chinese burglar befel a friend Of mine.
About midnight, as he lay awake in
his bed, with the lamps eXtlnguished,
and the windows open TO admit the air,
he saw dark form Chamber over the
windOw-sil and enter the apartment.
He kept himself mCtiOnlesS, till the
thief, believing all to lie safe, had stolen
into the centre of the room, and then
sprang ont of bed and seized the lntru-
der. Both were powerful men, and a
furious struggle consequently ensued {;
but the robber had the advantage, for
his only covering was coat of oil; so
that at last, slipping like an eel from
the grasp of his antagonist, he made a
piung for the window, he was about to
drop into the garden beneath, when
his pursuer, with final effort, managed
to catch him by the tail. The tail was
stuck full Of needles, and, alas! false
one, too, and came away by the weight
of the tall, and was left a worthless
trophy in the hands of the European,
whom its proprietor had yainly tried to
rob.
Year: 1879

Saturday afternoon a brick was
thrown out of an upper window of a
row Of new houses being erected on
Madison street between Sixth and Sew
enth, nearly hitting boy passing at
the time, and a gentleman who was
only a few steps behind the boy barely
escaped second brick, which struck
the pavement behind him. Iteither OF
these parties passing had been hit on
the head they might have been killed,
for the force broke the bricks to pieces.
Such carelessness is reprehensible and
should not be passed by lightly.
Year: 1879

We would most respectfully return
our thsnks to our friends and the citi-
zens Of Wilmington in general for the
very liberal share Of patronage they
have favored US with, our special sale
Of stock having exceeded our greatest
expectations. There, however, still
remains more to be sold yet, as We
have decided to close ont at still great
er reduced prices to make room for the
large stock Of fall and winter goods
which We are about putting in our store.
We would rather give these bargains
OF home than to dealers in the far west
and south, and by manufacturing our
own goods we are enabled to place them
in the markets for much less than store
keepers who have to pay full manufac-
turers prices, with freight added) and
then put on large living profit, all Of
which the people who buy from them
have to pay. Just think of this and
see If 1t is not reasonable that we are
able TO sell cheaper than small retail
stores. We would be pleased to have
you call and examine the low prices fol
good goods before purchasing elssw here,
and you cannot fail to be convinced
Remember the place, the Palace Boot
and Shoe Store, No. 302 Market street,
next door to Telegraph Office.