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Year: 1878

THE Euery Ere1eing and Commercial in
vited its correspondents, few weeks
ago, to use either one of its many names II
they found them all too long, and the
GAZETTE, with its accustomed sagacity,
dubbed it Jenkins old Commercial, and
hereafter it will probably be known by
this name. 1t is rickety old thing, and
has an me,id squint, which sometimes
reaches all the way from up the
Brandywine. We advise all persons
hereafter that are attacked by this her
maphrodite of the press of Delaware to
remember that it is only the ghost of the
old negress whom Tilton wished that he
might live to See President.
Year: 1878

A sad case of destitution has been brought
to light in the alley between Third and
Fourth and Seneca and Miami streets. Day
before yesterday morning about one O'CLOCK
a child of a family living in the alley died.
and since that time the corpse has lain In the
house, the parents being too poor to furnish
a coffin. The family has not even the bare
necessaries of life, and no means whatever TO
give the little one Christian burial. Inc
neighbors in that vicinity have been very
kind to the afflicted ones, one lady furnish
ing shroud for the corpse. This is but one
case ont of a score which could be noted.
Year: 1878

Has made the most astonishing cures so rap
ii are the changes the body undersoes und.r
the Influence OF this truly wonderful medl.
cine that every day An increase In nesh ana


weight is seen and felt.
Year: 1878

DIR. NJ. S. Thomas, who was the physician
called TO make an examination of the body,
stated that the direction taken by the buck
shot, after entering, was from left TO right,
diagonally across the body, ranging sallie
downward, probably an inch. The effects
of such wound were such az to cause al
most instant death. and from all appear
ance. the assassin must have been standing
upon a higher level than that upon which
Green stood at the time he received his
death wound, or must have been a some,
what taller man. The man had been dead
some eight or ten hours at least when he
saw the corpse.
Year: 1878

which will be very lengthy one.
1t is said he proposes to enlarge upon
the question of specie resumption,
but will not urge any additional
legislation to that end, as he re-
CARDS the question as settled, and
before such legislation could be had,
specie payments will have been
reached. In regard to National
Banks, he will argue that they will
be in a condition to cooperate with
the Government in carrying out ex-
isting statutes, as they are now in
possession of ample means to that
end.


The Eighteenth Regiment of In
fantry, has been ordered to move
from the department of the South
to the West for operations against
the Indians. Several companies of
the Second Artillery will be sent
South to replace the Eighteenth
Infantry.


Attorney General Devens has
oYerruled former decision that
National Banks in making up capt.
tai subject to duty may be permit
ted to deduct United States bonds
at their face value, and now decides
that they may deduct the amount
invested in such bonds, not only
their face value but premium added,
The opinion is expressed in the
Treasury that this decision will re-
open fifty thousand assessments
made by the Treasurer since the
passage of the National Banking
Act, and considerable money will be
required to refund erroneous duties
collected from the banks under the
previous rulings.


John Brudell was arrested here
on the charge of robbing Congress
man Wadaell, of North Carolina, at
the Metropolitan Hotel last May.
Year: 1878

F.. Ridley Il SONS large establishment on
Grand has been the centre Of attraction to the East
Side population during the entire week. The
opening Of this house announced for Tues
day, Wednesday aud Thursday, but by re-
quest was continued during the week. It
closes to-day grand display made In each Of the
many departments, and the whole establishment ap
parent had put on It's gala day attire. On the second
floor one side devoted entirely millinery goods and
ia one OF the largest departments OF the kind In the CITY,


close OF gray felt was shown, trimmed
with maroon and old gold ribbon in long loops the
crown held In the front by bird; the front
was faced with shirred maroon satin, and the bon
net was edged with q heavy twisted gold cord.


" heefeater" bonnet was trimmed with Persian silk,
frnged and land In soft folds and loops around the
crown one white ostrich plume drOops over the trout
small nus of Persian silk The strings are OF frnged
silk caught at the sides OF the bonnet with lizards Iu
the mourning bonnet department are shown large num-


ber handsome bOnnets ana mats Tor hst an second
mourning A close cottage bonnet has the front
OF small folds Of Grape caught with Jet buckles Along
vail held at the back by bow Of Grape aud
third door s the department which Is tcd with the
fur furncd garments OF the style that VIII be worn


The snt department on the third floor Is also one that
attracted great attention being hed with costumes ana
rioaks OF home and foreign manufacture. number OF
Wortbs costumes were shown, one OF which
was a black silk, satin and embossed velvet
Tie prIncesse skirt has the front or embossed
fringe One side OF this finished with fans Of
satin aud the other with plain kilt pits The bottom
was finished with knepeatnR, over which fell squares
Of silk lined with satin and one corner caught up:
number handsome evening dresses were shown OF the
materials new thls Fall the childrens department was
filled with dresses and 0lOaks 0f all descriptions.
Year: 1878

At Stratford- -On-Avon there has been an I'M
porant servantgirl decision. The landlord OF an Inn
was sued by maid for Sl2 So wages due her.
She had asked permission to go for days holiday to
Malvern which at nrst granted, but subsequently
withdrawn. This led to quarrel between herself ana
the landlord in the course Of which she said she would
20 there and then. and that he could deduct montht
wages from the amount of SIX months wages due heE
He declined TO pay her any part Of the wages due The
Judge held that long the girl remained in the land
lords service he had right 70 control her acions and
was at liberty withdraw the permission he had gwen
her. II might appear rather hard upon the plann mas
the defendant should get ak months 0i her service Joe
nothing; but t good thing TO have some sort
OF hold upon servants Apparently the modern idea q
service and break 10 at leisure The plalnun was &C.
cordlngly nonsuited. That sort OF law and tnN
England.
Year: 1878

1t has always been the case that Flee tricity is all unmanageable and disap- pointing agent in the hands of the gen. eral practitioner. We have do doubt this will continue to be the case we fully be- lieve it must become a strict speciality, confined to few, and to institutions devo- ted to the purpose. But it is altogether to be desired that all practitioners ac- quaint themselves with it's theories, and with the results that, in skilled hands and under favoring surroundings, it is capable of producing"
Year: 1878

There is touching beauty in the radiant look of girl just commencing her journey through the checkered space of womanhood It is all dew-sparkle and morning glory to her buoyant spirit es she pressed forward exulting in blissful anticipations. But the whitening heat of the conflict of life croeps on; the dew drops exhale; the garlands of hope, scattered and dead, strew the path; and too often, ere noontide, the brow and sweet smile are exchanged for the weary look of one longing for the twilight, the light.
Year: 1878

A Lowell firm recently sent a lot of biils West for collection. line list came back with the result noted against each name one being marked "dead Three moiiths after the saue bill got into new lot that was forwarded, and when the list came back the nalne was marked .'still dead.
Year: 1878

A man met Burlington boy waking to-
ward town on the Agency road, eating an
apple. How many apples have your" asked
the man. "One-half as many apples as
have eaten, added to twice as many as I an
going to eat, less five that p begger boy took
away FROM me, divided by two-thirds Of the
number [ dropped in the orchard when | saw
the dog, plus six which ate on the orchard
fifth Of all that tried to get.' How many
apples did he have?
Year: 1878

across the river The appropriation for the
new Covfngton postoffice was 100000, and
the building has been completed at q cost OF
S25O000, leaving q balance Of $4,000 to be
covered into the treasury. These things hap
pen SO seldom that it is proper to record them


.
Year: 1878

During the recent panic in Lancashire q
lady who had a considerable sum on deposit
went to her bank and told the manager that
she needed al her money, and that she would
have gold. The sum was promptly placed
before her, whereupon she remarked, "No, ]
won't take it out now" and the gold was re-
placed. The lady left the bank convinced that
the money WAS safe, because, as she thought,
she had seen it. Perhaps the most ludicrou5


incident occurred in the Bank of England. A
person who had a deposit in the bank became
alarmed as to the solvency Of the institution,


and ''protected himself by drawing out the
amount-in bank notesl He is probably a
lineal descendant of one Of the Irishmen who,


banker, bought up and destroyed his notes.
One very comieal incident is reported from
Ashton. A man who had deposit In the
local branch OF o Manchester bank hastily
withdrew the amount and posted to Man
chester, where he deposited it In the head office
Of the same bank. His explanation was that
he thought the small banks would Ego first
Year: 1878

Every day or go we see droves of
fine Minnesota cattle driven through
our streets, and if there ever was
sweet, juicy beefsteak, We can boast
Of it right here, yet many seem to
have the idea that raising stock is
improbable. Go to the stock-yards
of Chicago, and there you can get
more for Minnesota steers than you
can for Texas. 1t is beginning to
dawn upon Minnesota people that
they have one of the best states the
sun shines on, and that their beef,
like their fruit, has a flavor and
quality about it that nothing but the
purest air, water and climate can or
iginate. The copyright cannot be
taken from them, and so long as we
enjoy the present healthy and invig-
Grating climate, so long will we have
a superior or beef and and fruit to
tickle sensitive palates. Occasion
ally a grasshopper comes around
this way for a breath of fresh air,
and poor crop occures once in u
while, but taken altogether, Mime
nesota has as good beef, fruit, lum-
her, grain, stone, water-powe:s, lakes,
health, good times, air, sky, starl ght
and sunshine as is enjoyed by any
other state in the union.-[Austin
Reg.ste
Year: 1878

,3 A man in Brown county had his
arm broken in two places BY 3 wind
less, and a little girl had her ankle
put out of joint on turn table.


The total cost of the bridges built
and in course of erection in Blue
Earth county in SlO8, ,426.le. Of
this amount Mankato has paid and
will pay 26,360.75.


A n incendiard attempted to burn
the Pinny mil at Granite Falls.
The fire was discovered so soon that,
by the vigorous aid of the citizens.
the fire was extinguished and the
mill saved.
Year: 1878

From tho result of some recent
experiments it is believed that cleo
tricity may be made an efficient
agent in feling trees and c.ea: ng
forests. A thick platinum wire is
maintained at white heat BY a cur
rent of the electric fluid, and gently
see sawed across the trunk of the
tree, burning instead of cutting the
wood. It is estimated that under
proper conditions an oak tree revuir-
ing two hours to fell with the ave,
will come to the ground by electrici-
ty in fifteen minutes.
Year: 1878

The Lynehburg Virginian thinks
the Presidential canvass two years
hence will be the most strictly section
al contest that has ever occurred in
the history OF the country.


The father Of Charley Ross has been.
by the President. appointed Post War
den Of Philadelphia. This was kind
and virtuOus act of Hayes. who did il
without solicitation and because Mr..
Ross, who was very much surprised
by the appointment. had lost all be
possessed in seeking his lost boy.


Edison has invented an eaI-trumpet
by which one can hear a cow grazing
half a mile distant, and ordinary con-
versation two miles distant. By it the
deaf can hear as well as ordinary NOR
tails can without it. We can next
look for an invention from him by
which the blind can see.


Elk Senator Jno Z. Penn, Of Pat
rick, is said to be recovering. A blood
vessel OF his head burst under an
apolectic attack.
Year: 1878

As there has been a good deal
Of talk about the value of the
Mexican dollar, perhaps word OF
= sliable authority on the subject
may be not amiss. Treating both
it and our own silver dollar as
bullion, the Mexican dollar is uns
questionably worth the most. Our
own dollar is legal tender, and
the Mexican dollar, not being SO
legislated, is generally regarded as
less desirable. The mere fact that
quite a number of them have re-
Gently been put in circulation here
has caused some suspicion to at
tach it.


A citizen of this to WI recently
ordered $500 of these Mexican
dollars from Philadelphia, thinking
they could be purchased for about
90 cents He was promptly ia
formed they could not be purchased
in Philadelphis for less than nine
ty-nine and a half cents.


This and the fact that the rail-
roads take them at par should have
the effect to reinstate them in the
public confidence.
Year: 1878

In one Of Edgar POe's stories he
shows how two Sundays can come in
one week. Captain Boutwell, thus ex-
plaiusjt.' If you establish the city of
New York as your prime meridian +,
aud dispatch two ships around the
world, one by the route Of the Cape
Of Good Hope and the other by Cape
Horn they will when they meet on the
other side Of the globe, differ d'y
in their time it may be Saturday Oh
board Of one ship and Sunday on
board of the ether. This is owing to
he fact that the planet on which we
dwell rey0lves to the eastward. and
the SIN appearing FIRST ia the east. it
is noon, or twelve o clock, On board
of the eastern bound ship, before it is
noon on board Of the western bound
ship. The ship sailing east, gains
time every day, while the ship sailing
west loses time, ard when they meet
the differences of time will amount to
a day. lie adds that at Samoa he
found the Protestant and Catholic
missionaries celebratingd ferent days,
and both were right because they
sailed by different routes from Eu-
rore.
Year: 1878

A resolution was adopted by tho Police
Board Saturday ordering that hereafter the superin-
tendent OF Police two months prior any election in
this city shall direct the officers In command OF pre-
ofnots select for Recommendation places
Of registration Ia each election district and set forth all
necessary particulars The envelope OF this report shall
Do directed TO the Superintendent, and ndorsed for
Bureau OF Elections This supposed to be OF the
results Of Captain McDonnelPs trial
Year: 1878




Inc House committee on the District OF Co
mmbia will to morrow resume the considera-
ton OF the Hendee bill to provide a form OF
government for the District of Columbia.


THE MARKET QUESTION.


The subcommittee OH markets of the House
District committee to-day heard representa-
tlVeS OF the Washington marked company with
reference to an investigation OF the affairs OF
mat company. The committee decided to al
loW The company to file a supplementary an
Swer.


BOARD OF HEALTH CONTRACT
Mr. Barnum introduced in the Senate today
a Dill directing the District Commissioners to
examine and settle the claim of ThOS. Lucas,
OF contract with the Board of Health to abate
certain nuisances by lateral sewers. The con-
tract was dated June 2, 1874. The bill provides
that the Board OF Health shall approve the
audit of the contract
Year: 1878

JOINED IN ANOTHER WoRLD-A touching
story is told of Miss Mary McCarger, who was
years ago she was engaged to be married, and
the preparations for the wedding were going
on apace. Suddenly her lover was stricken
went to his bedside and took care of HIM until
lie was called away. A few days before the
railroad accident she remarked to one OF her
friends that she was tired OF living and wait
ing for the end, and longed Tor the time when
she could fejOin her lover.
Year: 1878

as an honest man, and treated and de tended as such until the contrary is proved. Let him feel the same strong unwayering support from his Depart ment that is vouchsafed to every army officer (regardless of his record and character) and then we shall see a true reform. This will inspire a new spirit and energy in the officers of the h. dian Department, able and honorable men would remain in the service, their good deeds would be acknowledged, and the press would find their present position and style unneces ary and un- popular
Year: 1878

Have you made one happy heart to- day? How calmly you seek your pll- low! flow sweetly you sleep! In all this world there is nothing so sweet as giving comfort to the distressed, as get ting a sun-ray into gloomy heart Children of sorrow meet us wherever we turn; there IS not a moment that tears are not shed and sighs uttered, yet how many of these sighs are caus- ed by our own thou htlessness, how many daughter wrings the very soul of a fond mother by acts of unkind- ness and ingratitude How many hus- bands, by one little word, make a whole day of sad hours and unkind thoughts. How many wives, by re- crimination, estrange and embitter low ing hearts. How many brothers and sisters meet but to veX each other, making wounds that no power can heal. Ahl if each one worked upon this maxim day by day" Strive to make some heart happy" jealousy, revenge, madness, hate, with the kin dred evil associates, would forever leave the earth.
Year: 1878

How true is the following which we read in a letter from Washington: A lady whose husband held one of the highest places in the government stood in her magnificent home attired for her weekly reception. How gladly would 1 gladly give up all the finery, show and insincerity of this public place and go back to the rooms 1 lived in when we were first married. 1 would throw my silks and diamonds away and sit down to my supper of chip beef and tea at sunset, and afterward take long, quiet walk with Will, and rest on the stump in the moonlight, and tell my little plans for the future, and what 1 had done every hour while he was gone, and know that we were alone in the world, living only for each other. Those days seem like days in heaven. 1 work harder now than any slave; often three hundred calls to re- turn Tn a single week; receptions or parties every night; see the same peo pie, hear the same talk, eat the same things. come home disgusted, wonder what I am living for, where will l go when die. 'Bettie, must have Hon. - and Secretary - here to-mor- TOW; I must get their influence; you must talk music to the Secretary, and you must ask Hon. - about his mOn- olith; monolith is his hobby. Do your best. I need their help So it is al- ways Help, power, influences smile in my face, interest in my manner, liv- ing a lie; feeding my soul on husks."

 And yet people sigh for position and power in a hollow world which can never, never satisfy yearning heart.
Year: 1878

A BELGIAN journal says new pro- cess has been applied to the manufac ture of artificial black walnut, by which ordinary wood has imparted to it the appearance of the most beautiful spe. cimens of black walnut, adapted to the very finest cabinet work. The wood, first thoroughly dried and warmed, IS coated once or twice with liquid com. posed of one part by weight of extract of walnut peel, dissolved in six parts of soft water, by heating it to boiling, and stirring. The wood thus treated IS, when half dry, brushed with a SO lution of one part by weight of bich- romite of potash in five parts of boil ing water, and, after drying thorough ly, is rubbed and polished. The color IS thus said to be fixed in the wood to a depth of one or two lines, and, in the case of red beech and alder, for instance, the walnut appearance is most perfect.
Year: 1878

No TIME FOR ANYTmNG.-The
great dlffic alty in this country Is,
that we have no time for anything.
The very walk of an American
shows that he is in hurry. A
European buttons his coat and
goes to business as deliberately as
he goes to church. An American
business man flies after the car,
struggling with his coat sleeves as
he runs, pIunges in head foremost
and glUnges out at the other end
without regard to neck. Chief
among our accidents stand those
which occur because people jump
upon flying trains and departing
boats. 20 wait ten minutes Is
something not to be thought of
Dinner Is not eaten, it Is swallowed
whole; and when one comes to the
dessert he finds The fruit was picked
before it was ripe. Everything is
hurried through, from the building
Of house to the curing OF ham.
The women who work Oh sewing
machines stop before they come to
the end of the seam. The dress
maker sends home your dress with
basting threads in it, and no loops
to hang it up by. There is none of
Year: 1878

AN ingenious water faucet,
through which water is drawn as
cold as ice, is the invention of
Californian. Boiling water placed
in any receptacle AMI allowed to
run through, will be found cool and
fit to drink. The faucet contains
numerous small tubes enclosed in
larger ones, and between the out
side of one and the inside Of the
other certain chemicals are packed
which produce the desired effect.
Year: 1878

the slow, sure completeness of the
old world about anything, and even
fortunes are made in a hurry, and
lost in the same way. If any man
is getting rich by the slow and pa
:ient process of saving, be sure that
he was not born upon this continent.
Yet people live as long here as
anywhere else. and the days are the
same length. Why is it that we
have no time for anything?
Year: 1878

The New York Post IN discuss
ing the Indian question winds up
as follows, and quite scnsibly too,
according to our lhinking: THE
Iniian is a communist too, and
while the communistic tribal rea-
ton continues little will be done to
ciyil.ze him We must teach him
how to own farm, not TO be mere
II a member of a tribe which owns
a tract of country. We must teach
him how to cherish and improve
his own property, to work for the
welfare Of his children, to look at
lAw as bis security for his person
and for his property. When we do
this we shall have laid fouuda-
ton for his civilization, but until
then We shall have. done nothing
more than educate aud strengthen
the hands of lew sayages who
viii be sayages still.
Year: 1878

OF the most facinating, sights on the
planetary programme, the reappear-
ance of Venus as evening proudly
shining IN the western sky long before
it Is dark enough for any other star in
the myriad throng to keepher compa-
ny. Venus exhibits greater variations
ia aspect and apparent magnitude than
any other Of the planets. She is now
at her greatest distance, one hundred
and sixty millions Of miles, and pre-
sents the appearance of small round
disc. When nearest to the earth, at
her inferior conjunction, she is only
twenty-five millions of miles distant,
and her apparent diameter is more
than six times greater than at the pres
ent time. But her dark side is then
turned toward us precisely as at new
moon. There is no more interesting
study than to watch the phases of this
pearless evening star for nearly ten
months to come. Oscillating in a
seemingly straight line farther and far
ther from the sun, till she reaches her
greatest eastern elongatioh next July;
then reversing the process by drawing
nearer to the great luminary till she
reaches her interior conjunction next
September, she is all the time coming
towards us, growing brighter inspite Of
the 1essening of her illuminated disc,
and presenting the varied aspects Of the
moon from full to new No simpler
star study is included i'll the celestial
catalogue, none is more brilliantly i'm
pressive in its influence on the imagi-
nations, or more powerful in its illus
tration Of the simplicity and symmetry
of the laws that govern the material
universe IN, .--,-t