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Year: 1877

Simpson of South Carolina sweeps grandly
into history as the man who wouldn't swear
twice.


The embryo Whig party is in imminent
danger of being s:rangled at its birth, by an
attempt to swallow the Greenback party.


The country will now have a chance to see
how Democratic Legislature in South Car
ona will conduct itself when on its good be-
havior.


Gen. Banks prefers to wait awhile before
giving his opiuion on the new policy. He
thinks its future depends upon the use which
the Southern people make of the power given
them, and therein agrees with everybody else.
As for the extra session, he thinks it will last
for two or three months at least.


The real intent of the Car will be seen
when he shall fully occupy Bulgaria. Then
his declared purpose to protect the Christian
provinces will be accomplished. If he at
tempts to 60 further and to cross the Balkan
hills into Turkey proper, then he means con-
quest and the complete subjugaton of Tur-
key. When this attempt is made Europe must
decide whether or not she will permit it.


The Chicago Tribune exults, and with rea-
son, over its mammoth issue, twenty pages
of seven columns each, last Sunday. For
the printing of the edition 10S,355 sheets OF
white paper, the size of the weekday issue,
were required. Three perfectiug presses,
one Hoe and two Bullock, were used, their
combined capacity being 1904 sheets an
hour. This evidence of the prosperity OF the
leading paper of Chicago is very gratifying.
Year: 1877

Miss JENNIE Collins published letter in
the Boston papers a few days since, which
was practically an appeal fer help in her good
work of taking care of girls who would gladly
labor, but who find it almost impossible to
obtain employment. Even those who are
employed have to work for very inadequate
wages as will be seen by the following ex-
tract: Twenty-Five cents dozen for making
fancy aprons! 1t takes very smart person
to execute the task in two days. Iknow two
girls who scould make only two dollars and
twenty cents week on boys clothes. A year
ago they received six and seven dollars for the
same work. Others put up medicine, and al
though it requires intelligence and response
bility, they receive only thirty cents day.
In many branches, owing to waits for work
(they usually work by the piece, and the re-
duction from previous years, twenty cents is
the amount CT their days hire"
Year: 1877

A CATERPILLAR BIRDS ARE AFRAID Or
pleasant story is told by Sir John Lubbock,
quoting from Wessmann. illustrative OF the
means of protection which some insects pos
sess The caterpillar Of the sphinx moth is
quite as good food for birds as any other insect;
but it is perfectly protected by its uglinsss. Its
face is its fortune, having two great spots on it
which look like eyes when the caterpillar wrig-
giles. In general the insect is suggestive of
small snake, especially when it is frightened so
that it draws back its head and shows its false
eyes to advantage. M Weissmann put one of
these caterpillars into a seed tray where he us
ualy fed sparrows and other small birds. The
first bird that alighted on the edge of the tray,
perceiving the insect, became half paralyzed
with fear. Eight or ten birds joined the first
one, but all stood on the edge of the tray, afraid
to go in. One bird flew into the tray at first,
but on seeing the caterpillar hastily scrambled
out and joined the company ON the edge that
were bobbing their heads up and down, and
looking into the tray as if half terrified After
the caterpillar was removed the birds went into
the tray for seeds as usual
Year: 1877

The cremation of three living wives of a
distinguished East Indian potentate at the
burning of his dead body has revived the pop
uIar interest of Great Britain in the Suttee,
and the discussion of the ways and means to
render such occurrences forever hereafter i'm
possible has been quite lively. 1t has been
commonly believed that the last signs of the
Suttee were abolished in the early part of this
century, but the practice has fingered on in a
quiet way to the present. Such another
wholesale sacrifice as that of the wives of
Jung Babadoor, of Napaul, will hardly ever
again be permitted to occur.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1877

THE Bourbon Democrat ridicules the no.
tion of split in the party in the South, yet
he does not think it amiss to lecture the
Southern brethren solemniy upon the wick
edness of such division.
Year: 1877

A GIRL's COMPOSITION ON BoYs.-
Boys is strange things. Boys is of three
kinds-the baby boy, the little boy and


the big boy. l don't like the baby boy,
cause he squalls and kicks, and l have
to rock him with a cradle. But if the
big boy or the little boy squalls and
kicks l can rock him with stones. I
like the little boy best when he has
candy and gives me some. l like the
big boy when it SHOWS, cause he can
haul me on his new sled. A boy is a
little man-if he behaves himself, and
if he don't he's little devil; that's
what mother said brother Bob was
t'other day, when he told old Miss
Smith that mother said she was old
bore. Papa said he was little boy
once, but mother said she wasn't and
she wished papa was little boy some
more. Sister Julia says she don't like
boys, and saw her and Tom Brown a
setting in the same rocking chair Sum-
day night. she said she was trying to
squeeze the life out of him cause she
didn't like him; but don't think she
was hurting any place for he wouldn't
let her get up. This is all | know
about boys, and mother says she hopes
wont never know no more about 'em.
Year: 1877

they were, the story of their lives might
we'll be written as record of the best
results of earnestness, courage, diligence
and uprightness in business. Beginning
with small capital in business which
was not then promising, these men have
lived to see their names attached to one
of the greatest and most influential
publishing firms in the world. They
have made themselves known and hon.
ored wherever books are read, and they
have done greatly more than this. Their
energy, their sagacity and their liberal
ity have been of untold benefit to their
country. They have done much to
make an American literature possible,
not only by liberal dealings with Amer
ican writers, but by scattering the best
literature broadcast through the land,
and thus creating the demand for books
upon which alone a successful literature
can be founded. Few men have done
more for their kind than they did in
their unostentatious way, and as they
have one by one laid down the burdens
of their lives, they have seen in their
sons men fitted by training in their
school to take them up and to carry for
ward the work to which their lives have
been given. There is better romance
in the lives of such men as these than


any that imagination has ever pictured
N. r Evening Post.
Year: 1877

WAITING THE AUsP1CIoUs MOMENT
Every night he visited the revival
meeting at the First Presbyterian church
and looked intently up at the rostrum
as if drinking in every word that the
evangelist said. Friday night the min
lister, seeing his earnestness, said to
him: "My friend, are you Christian %


"No sir" was the reply.


"You seem to be always looking to-
ward the rostrum with great earnest
ness. hope an interest has been awak-
ened in your heart"


81 am just waiting to see what that
man up there in the choir with the
blonde mustache and projecting teeth
will decide to do.''


"Ah, my dear sir" said the pastor,
"you must not wait till your friends
come to Christ. You must act for your
SELF You must embrace your Saviour
whether any one else does or not"


"Oh, that amt it. You see that man
always gets religion at every revival,
and am just layin' low for him to
come forward and say that he has had
change of heart, SO that can stand
at the door when he comes out and ask
him to pay me that $40 he owes me be-
fore he has chance to backslide."


The minister turned sadly away
Toledo DemocyWt
Year: 1877

WRITING FOR THE PREss.-Amateur
writers for the press will find these hints
from the Burlington Hasokeye simply
invaluable:


Never write with pen or ink. 1t is
altogether too plain, and doesn't hold
the mind of the editor and printers close
enough to their work.


If you are compelled to use ink, never
use that vulgarity known as the blotting
pad. If you drop blot of ink on the
paper, lick it off. The intelligent COM
positor loves nothing so dearly as to read
through the smear this will make across
twenty or thirty words. We have seen
him hang over such piece of copy half
an hour, swearing like pirate all the
time, he felt that good.


Don't try to write too plainly. 1t is
a sign of plebeian origin and public
school breeding. Poor writing is an in
dication of genius. It's about the only
indication of genius that great many
people possess. Sprawl your article with
your eyes shut and make every word as
illegible as you can. We get the same
price for it from the rag man as though
it were covered with copper-plate sen.
tences.


Avoid all painstaking with proper
names. We know the full name of every
man, woman and child in the United
States, and the merest hint of the name
is sufficient. 1t is great mistake thai
proper names should be written plainly


Always write on both sides of the
paper, and when you have filed bott
sides Of every page trail line up anc
down every margin and back to the TOT
of the first page, closing your article BY
writing the signature just above the date
How we do love to get hold of articles
written in this style! And how W,
would like to get hold of the man wh'
sends them. Just for ten minutes. Alone
In the woods, with cannon in our hil
| pocket
Year: 1877

PIcTUREs.-Often in the pictorial pa
pers are pictures of statuary which are
nice for statue-picture work. Cut care
fully away all the paper close to the
picture, which paste upon black velvet.
Put it in deep frame with an oval or
an arched mat next the glass, and you
will have picture which cannot fail to
please you. If you have talent for
pencil drawing, a head or boquet. or
wreath of flowers drawn on thin card
board, cut out, put on black cloth or
velvet, makes fine picture, which, when
framed, will well repay your labor. Pic
lures may be transferred to painted sur
faces in the following manner: Cover
the ground with an even coat of light
colored carriage varnish, which should
be allowed to set (nearly as dry as for
| gliding. If the print to be transferred
be colored, soak it in salt and water; if
not colored, us water alone. Remove
superhuous water by pressing between
blotting pads, and then place the picture
face down upon the varnish. pressing it
smooth. When the varnish is dry, damp
en- the paper and rub it off with the
finger. The picture will be found upon
the varnish, and another coat of the lat
ter should be added to bring out the
effect. This process answers equally
well for glass or metal surfaces.
Year: 1877

Out ON the dark and rain,
Out ON the dismal night.
look from my windows warmth and light.
My face against the pane;
And my heart rebounds,
As football sounds
Its measured beat by the winds refrain.
Nearer the footstep comes,
And the curtains draw aside
That the ruddy light from his own freslde
May welcome my dear one home.
Now beat, o raini


And ye winds, complaint
lie is safe at last from the binding storm.
All mel should l see the day
When TO cross the threshold DER
That form should return again no moreI
No hand the storm to stay,
No love to fold.


From the dismal void;
How could 1 grope my weary way?
Ali should one day see
A change on the living face:
Should smiles TO frowns severe give place,
No sun would shine for me,
No birdling's song


The groves among;
No answering voice Of melody.


would rather the heart were still,
And lying beneath the mould,
Than its ftful beating, strange and cold.
Awake in mine no thrill.
For the flower OF love


Shall be found above,
That distrust OF earth doth never chill.
Beloved. often pray


That may be first to go.
'Tis a strange, selfish wish, know,
But have thought Away.
That at yonder gate


should list and wait,
Just as have for you to-dayl
Year: 1877

A horseshoe was lately found in the
possession of family in Lodi. N. Y,
which was found imbedded in an oak
tree three feet in diameter, at distance
Of 40 feet from the ground. From the
age of the tree and other indications it
is supposed to have been a shoe cast by
one of Sullivan's horses during his
march through that region on his fa-
nous Indian expedition during Reyolu-
tionary times. and which had probably
been hung up by one of the men when
the tree was sapling.
Year: 1877

THE THEATRE-FOURTH-ST CLUB To-
NIGRT.-This popular Club have cause to
be proud OF the very large number Of re-
served seats sold for their two entertain
ments to be given at the Theatre on this
and tomorrow evenings, which insures for
them large and brilliant audiences.


They appear annually only, and never
fail to draw. Go early, and be comfortable.
It is seldom that such entertainments for
real fun and refined enjoyment are offered
to our people. The vocal and instrumental
music is said by judges to be very supe-
rior
Year: 1877

MAY BALL AND ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Professor Laube's seventh annual May ball
will take place at Levy's Hall Tuesday eve
ming, May 9Th. From what is known OF
Professor Laube's acquaintance with Terr-
graceful art the occasion will
doubtless be very attractive. ..
Year: 1877

CHURCH TEA-PARTY.-On account of in
clement weather the tea-party at the Grace
Street Presbyterian church was postponed
from last Friday night until tonight, when
the ladies expect to meet large number
OF their friends at one OF the most attractive
social gatherings OF the season.
Year: 1877

A number of young men who possess q
fondness for literature, have formed the
shellpot Literary Society which meets every
Wednesday night at shellpot school house,
in Brandywine Hundred. In their debates
the young and old take part. Much fs due
to these young men, who, after their daily
labor, spend their time in order to advance
the cause of education.
Year: 1877

The little son of Mr.. James, who lives
next to the HERALD office, while playing in
the vicinity of his home, yesterday afternoon,
got on Market street, and as the little fellow
was unaccustomed to visit that street he be-
came bewildered, and knew not which way
to 20, when he wandered out Market street
IS far as the Brandywine, whore he was
kindly treated by two girls who brought
him to his home.
Year: 1877

There is man in this town who Is so cru
el as to let his mother, who is an old lady,
70 years of age, walk from Hockessin to this
city. He not only refuses to pay her fare on
the cars, but refused to support her. Where
ID bis equal.
Year: 1877

We understand that when Spring opens
and the frost comes out of the ground,
large steel works are to be built on the river
front between Howell and Tilghman streets,
by Chester and Philadelphia capitalists
This will be hailed with gladness by our
working people, and any such enterprise
will be warmly welcomed.--Chester
"Times"
Year: 1877

Considerable apprehension Is te!t for
the safety of Professor King, of Philadel-
phia, who made su ascension in ballon
from this city at o'clock this afternoon.
When last seen the balloon was going in
the direction of Little Rock, over the
Arkansas bottom, and he will be forced
to stay up sll night, as the night is dark
and the wind high.
Year: 1877

YESTERDAY the House passed bill TO
its third reading, providing for three
per cent. levy upon the taxable property
of the State for the completion OF the In
sane Asylum building at Weston. Why
not appropriate the two or three hundred
thousand dollars that it is proposed to
spend in removing the capital to this
purpose, and thus avoid the increase OF
taxation until better times come again
Year: 1877

EDS. CLARION Since my article giving
| a brief history of the disturbances in this


section Of the State was written, L notice,


with sincere grief, in the Summit Times, of


the 14th inst, the publication of matter cal
culated to tarnish she fair fame of our State,
to impeach the integrity of the Democratic


party, and reflect on Governor Stones ad-
ministration. do not impugn the motives
of the editor. He means to do right, but
has been overreached by mischief-workers.
Being truthful himself he thinks everybody
else so, and has thus yielded to false impress
sions and communicated the same to the
public A bad feature of the case is that he
deals in generalities, ard leaves such a
broad field of implication as to make room
for the conclusion that we are no better than



! proceed to notice the one instance in
which he particularizes. He says, "we
Iearn that on Tuesday last an armed body of
Year: 1877

THE HINDs COUNTY GAZETTE


amends our proposition that the United
States Government be induced to relin-
quish the lands belonging to it in this
State, for the purpose of building a rail
road from the center of railroad commu-
nication in the State to the seashore,
with the following suggestion:


The lands are useless to the General Gov
ernment, dead expense, and will ultimate
" be given away, if not stolen. Let the
Government provide by law Tor their dana
ton to any and all Railroad COM panies in
the State that may be built or that may ex-
tend their lines after a certain day, say
Jan. l, 1S7S--let the land be granted as the
railroad is fully constructed, mile by mile,
and at the rate, say, of $500 or 5000 acres
per mile. This is the proper and only prop
er disposition TO make Of these lands. The
Western lands have been devoted to rail-
roads--the few Southern lands that are left
may well be applied in the same wap.
Year: 1877

THE people of Jefferson county will


learn by reference to the statement Of j.
c.. Ellis, who fled to avoid arrest for an
assault upon Mr.. Dudley Stewart of that
county, that he made his way to St.
Louis, and as a matter of course, rushed
into Republican newspaper office with
out delay His statement with the af-
fair of Mr.. Stewart, differs entirely
from the accounts which we personally
had from numerous citizens of the coun-
ty. His fanciful account Of the alleged
bulldozing tactics of the Jefferson county
people are more amusing than otherwise.
1t shows that in indulging the pleasant
ries described, the boys were only re-
peating the instructions of one OF their
teachers in the canvass of last year, who
had essayed the role of an fIndepend-
ent" but has patriotically withdrawn
The lesson taught by Jefferson coun-
ty may be studied with profit
elsewhere. The meaning of it all is
that the Democracy of that grand old
county are resolved to keep their clubs
in state of efficient organization, and do
not intend to permit Radicalism under
any guise whatever to assert its suprem-
acy in that county again if they can
prevent it.
Year: 1877

The charge is being. whispered by
Radicals in the gu1se of Independents
that the pledges made by the Democratic,
Conservative party during the canvass of
1879, have not been fulfilled. This
charge is entirely deyoid of truth. 1t is
emphatically contradicted by the record.
That none may be deceived We have taken
the last two years of Radical rule, 1874-5,
and compared the then ordinary expenses
Of the State government with the same
items of expense under Democratic rule
in. 18767B The results of the great
victory won in 1873 will, we feel assured,
be gratifying to every person who did
battle in the grand army of reform in
that most exciting and successful can
Vass.
Year: 1877

Amos Fish. one Of the queerest
men in Albany, N. Y, died on Mon
day, leaving an estate Of fifty thous-
aud dollars to charitable institu-
tions, and cut his off wife with q dol
lar q day. In describing his manner
Of life to a friend, he once said 4
buy shank of beef from the butchI
or. which costs me ten cents. My
wife makes soupe enough from this
to do us one meal then the meat
cut from it afterwards mako two
meals, or one days food for ten
cents. I split the bone and get the
marrow for cooking purposes, and
my wife finds sufficient fuel in the
bone itself to do considerable cook
ing. Thon In an iron box I save
the ashes, which I use for manuring
a few plants that realize for me six
cents each" It is also stated that
he married q widow who had two
small children and little money
He offered to borrow the money and
allow her seven per cent. One day
no forced q settlement with her,
bringing in a bill for her own and
the children's board, and leaving
her in debt TO him.
Year: 1877

Are you becoming prematurely bald or gray? If so
take the advice of the great German scientist Leibig
and use London Hair Color Restorer" Il is the best
hair tonic and resoer Of color introduced TO the
American people II alays heat and irritation, re
the action of the caplarfes in the highest degree
"The London Hair Color Restorer" has earned q
deserved and lasting reputation for promoting the
growth and preserving the beauty Of the human hair
such as no preparation can boast Of As dresser, II


IS the cheapest because the most cleany and lasting
Sold by all rsclass druggists I'm fine toilet articles
everywhere, at seyenty-five cents a bottle
Year: 1877

The President has carried grief into the
Departments at Washington, by declaring
that the usual extra vacation of two or
three weeks to go home and vote will not
be granted in future to the clerks. 1t has
been customary to give each clerk 30 days
vacation and extra leave Of absence at
election time, but in future the election
obsence will be taken out Of the 30 days, if
it is taken at all.
Year: 1877

LOOKING AFTER THE HEALTH OF SHOP
GIRLs.-The New York board of health has
appointed an experienced physician to
inquire into the effect upon the shop girls
of standing behind counters continuously
from morning till night, with but brief
respite in the middle of the day, and the
result of the movement, it is expected, will
be such relaxation of the rules and regula-
tions Of shops as will afford them relief.
All the large Broadway stores where women
are employed, it is believed, will gladly
acquiesce in a recommendation that they
have the privilege of sitting down when not
waiting upon customers, and with the
wholesale establishments thus leading off
it is thought the retailers will be pretty
sure to follow.
Year: 1877

The divorce industry does not prosper as
it used to do in the Western States. Since
the lst inst it is a punishable crime for
lawyers in Illinois to advertise that they
will procure divorces, and the Indiana
Supreme Court has ruled that decree of
divorce issued in Utah between persons
neither of whom is recident of the Terri
tory is void and imperative. A statue of
Utah provides that where person applies
for divorce, if the court is satisfied that
the applicant is q resident of the Territory
or ''wishes to become one," the court may
grant divorce. The Supreme Court of
Indiana holds that this statute was ahra
vires and void, and that court of Utah
cannot thus obtain jurisdiction of non
residents.
Year: 1877

Six years experience and entire personal attention
to the shipments of Peaches and Small Fruits enable
me TO offer to Fruit Growers unexceed
for season of 1877. My arrangements are made with
only thoroughly rel reliable abb Commission Men, for all
ing any loss that might otherwise occur Among the
number will mention MEssERs QUICK & REED AND
HlI4llARD y MCMULkIN, of New York City and
Boston all so favorably known as giving such good
satisfaction in this community. freely assert that
during season for small fruits almost past that
the prices thus far obtained by parties shipping
through me have not been equalcd. but in few In
stances. Desiring that Fruit Growers shall obtain the
largest possible profits ont of their fruit this season
have spared neither trouble nor energy to perfect the
best possible arrangements and will guarantee 20
obtain for parties intrusng their fruit in my care the
utmost satisfaction Shippers written to daily; wire
advices and prompt retu1is.