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Year: 1879

For fishing and sailing one cannot
enjoy themselves better for day than


to buy ticket for S1.25 and 60 on the


West Presbyterian church excursion to
Atlantic City on the 7th inst, as the


inlets and creeks of that place are no
tod for being the best among our many


watering places, and to all who arr
fond Of this sport we would say go, as
TIL, excursion will be first class in every
par icular. No exceptionable persons al
low.d. 1t is scarcely needful that any
thing should be said about the bathing,


al, enc who has enjoyed that pleasure
once is always anxious to repeat it; it is
hralihful, invigorat ,ng and makes one


feel lOath to leave the beach. The par
ties having this excursion in charge for
the s'West Presbyterian church are spar
ing no pains to make this their best
effort. Those who have made an -x-
cursion all the way by rail will under
stand readily the advantage of psrt by
steamer and part by raj. While At the
same time afo-ding relief from the
monotony it makes the trip more ex-
piditious having but one change to
make, that being from the boat to cars,
taking only few minutes to make the
entire change. II the tide and weather
are favorable the trip will be made in
about a hours, landing the party on
the beach by 1890 or IL a. w., being
just the time when the bathing is at its
height. The party is limited to 500 and
thereforewe would suggest that any
one anxious to enjoy day at the sea
shore had better engage their tickets as
the West Presbyterian church excur
sieD tickets are always in demand, aud
th'h tie p'ice is exceedingly low, only
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Year: 1879

A significant fact is conveyed in the
statement that only two or three. ap-
pointments of lieutenants will be made
to the army from the South. because the
applicants are unable to show a salts
factory record of their fidelity to the
Union. This is one Of the things which
now exasperates the people of the South
and which the Democratic leaders are
SO anxious to get rid of in the laws.
The great object is to fill the army with
men who are inimical to national exis.
tence. This is the Democratic purpose.
But while the law remains as it is this
cannot he done-and the law can only
be maintained by Republican admins
tration.
Year: 1879

The moon is gradually getting larger
each night, SO as to be ready with a
bright, tud moon to light up the waters
OF the river and hay on Friday evening
next, this being the night that the Y.
+. A. of the West church are going to
give their social and select moonlight
excursion. This will positively be a
hrst class excursion, as no disorderly
or disr-putable persons will be allowed
on board. Boat will leave Fourth street
wharf at 7.45.
Year: 1879

The excursion of the Bethel (colored)
church which was advertised to leave
Fourth street wharf this morning on the
steamer edwin Forrest for Elm Tree
Park, above Philadelphia, did not take
place ard in consequence thereof quite
a number of disappointed people are
roaming around. Word was sent to par
ties in this city last evening that the
stea mer had sustained serious injury
and could not possibly put in all appear
ance. This, however, did not stop
many from being at the wharf.
Year: 1879

DELAWARE CoLLEGE.-The friends of Del
aware College are making a determined
effort to get aid from the State for that in
stitution. The object as stated in their
preamble is to elevate the standard of
scholarship in the State through encour-
ageing the College at Newark and making
it partially State institution. They desire
by getting sufficient appropriations
$6,000-to educate ten young persons from
each county selected from the pupils or
teachers in the free schools having the
highest grade of scholarship free of any
charge for tuition, board, room rent, fuel,
lights and books. The object of the bill
cannot but commend itself to the favor
able consideration of our people, the only
drawback being the demands upon the
funds of the State for its support. If our
Legislature should conclude that the
future benefit would outweigh the present
outlay, why, then, the opposition should by
no means have a controlling influence.
The advantages claimed for it are that it will
present powerful incentives in our public
schools to receive the prize and honor of a
State College education, that by this effort
in each of the schools to secure the schol
arship an incentive will be given to all the
studies and the benefit will be apparent
upon those who do not, as we'll as those
wao IL -ecure the scholarship; and tina
-.. .sAtest minds Of the State after re
ceiving the benefits that a college training
affords, will return to the State as teacher
or professional or business men, prepared
to be the leaders of thought and action il
all that pertains to the interest and welfar
of our State. The actual and reflex advan
tages Of the passage Of this bill promis
large results.
Year: 1879

IT is hard to foretell what action the
Legislature of this State will take on the
liquor question, but it is to be sincerely
hoped it will make the law more stringent,
or at least more effective against selling
without license. The great excess of
United States licenses issued in New Castle
county over State licenses shows that more
liquor is being sold in the county without
license than with it. Particularly is this
the case in the city of Wilmington, where
258 Government licenses for the sale of
liquor were issued for this year and IA by
the Court These figures show that 184 per-
sons are selling liquor in the city of Will
mington without State license, ard there
are also about 21 in the county doing the
same thing, making total of 205. This is
an irregularity" that should receive the
immediate attention of the Legislature,
and something should be done to break it
up. The temperance people of the county
might do q good work by giving their time,
energy and attention to bringing these
elicit liquor sellers to justice.-MiddLetO,on
Transcript.


The advice above for the temperance
people to give their time, energy and at
tention to bringing these illicit liquor sell
lers to justice" is all very well and looks
reasonable enough, but what we want
is law that will work itself, and not re-
quire for its enforcement that any un
authorized individual shall be under the
necessity in his support of law and goot
morals to run the gauntlet of malicious in
vectives. The Government takes hold o
this with strong hand. If there is The
least deviation from the law the govern
ment's officers ego for il" at once, anC
there is no let up until the offender i
brought to justice. If this were not so tn,
figures above would not stand as they do
25S places in Wilmington where liquor i
sold with government license and only Z
with license from the court, differenc
of 1874. What we need is law or officer
or both that deals with the same vigorou
hand as the government does and ther
will be no need for unauthorized men to d


it from a sense of duty.
Year: 1879

A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITsELF.-New
Castle co. is in fair way to get nothing.
Under the lead of Gov. Cochran, whose
final message devoted a considerable space
to discussing the desirability of county
division, there was considerable bluster for
"a time, but strongly opposing sentiment
rendered all efforts in this direction abor-
tive, and the question was quietly laid away
for an indefinite sleep.


More recently bill has been introduced
in the Legislature for an act to sell bonds
to build new Court House, and now the
county is by the ears over this proposition.
The old court house that has from its in
adequacy received enough curses to sink it
to perdition, is desired by the progressives
of the county to be replaced by a new one,
but the Gazette, that represents a hundred
years of conservatism says the proposition
is one Of the greatest folly, "that the court
room is as large as court rooms usually are
and better ventilated than most court
rooms" Even Sam. Townsend is not will
ling for the county to have a college in it,
though supported by the State. Verify
our New Castle co. friends are to be pitied
We don't do that way down here in Kent
when the Levy Court or the Legislature
offers us a $4,000 Jail or Court House, Of
the Government $4,000 Post.ofice; We
quietly surrender and accept the situation
Year: 1879

THE recent letter of Senator Bayard to
Mr.. Dean a member of the Legislature,
discouraging legislative action in reference
to the Delaware Railroad causes the Morn
ing Herald to say that Mr.. Bayard was re-
tanned some years ago by the r. r. as their
counsel at an annual salary and says that if
Mr. Dean knew this fact it was indelicate
in him to ask Mr.. Bayard's opinion of
matter in which his clients were interested.


The Gazette takes up the subject and the
editor says that he has been told in the
past six months that Senator Bayard was
the recipient of "retainer" of $1,000 a
year from the railroad company. This is
only retaining fee: any service rendered
would be additional to the annual fee. 1t
is understood that Chief Justice Comegys
was likwise engaged before he went upon
the Bench. The Gazette concludes:


ave believe that George c. Gordon,
ESQ.,, of this city, is the regularly employed
attorney of the P, w. & B. At least this
is what is said among the lawyers. 1t used
to be charged that the railroads tried to
secure favor and exemption from censure
by issuing free tickets. Whether this was
true or not we do not know; but we do
know that a good many years ago. after
Mr.. Hinckley became President, they
ceased to issue free tickets, and now the
local newspaper editors and clergymen are
required to pay. We believe free tickets
are still sent to members of Congress and
the members of our Legislature, and it is
possible that favored few of the Radical
press may enjoy these favors still. But thi:
is about the extent of the matter
Year: 1879

THE Chinese bill which has recently pas
sed both houses of Congress and will be-
come a law unless vetoed by the President
(which he is urged to do by several of the
strongest members of his Cabinet) has en-
gagged large share of the public attention
especially for measure not party ques-
ton. 1t is matter of morals las it en-
braces indirectly the commercial, social
and religious intercourse of the two nations)
as well as politics, and the subject is COM
ing up for discussion in the various re.
ligious bodies, with uniformly one decision
on this side of the Rocky Mountains
strong disapproval. The leading religious
papers, so far as we have seen, all condemn
the passage Of the bill at this time and the
Legislatures Of several of the States have
also likewise spoken.
Year: 1879

PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE STATE BOARD
Dr. Hopkins, one of the Senators from
Sussex, is laboring to have the present law
governing public schools amended by doing
away with the State Superintendent and
substituting three Superintendents-one for
each county The simple reason offered is
economy, viz: three men for $500 each, the
Doctor proposing to save thereby the enor-
nous sum of $780, 1t is fitting that such
q proposition should emanate from Sussex
where their appreciation of education is
shown by voting tax to run the schools
three months in the year. And, in the
matter of economy, the DIR. has gone off
half cooked. He may find some "sand
pipers" conceited in their own ignorance
and with none of the requisites of liberal
education who would venture on the office,
but we do not know of teacher land we
have heard the opinions of some of the
best of them) who would begin to touch it
at these figures. Prof. Groves is most of
the time on the "go," and in addition to
his expenses in public travel and board, is
under the necessity of keeping horse and
carriage at a cost of not less than 5000
per year for his school visitations, all Of
these expenses coming out of his own
pocket. thus very considerably reducing his
stipulated salary. Now let the Senator who
has been seized with such bright idea of
economy, require the same efficiency of
his $500 Superintendent, and then deduct
his expenses as stated above from this, and
where would he be? We think he would
find when he had closed up his first year
that he would have had more money in
pocket by chopping Sussex bull-pine"
into cord wood. Such proposition could
not come from a man imbued with proper
appreciation of good educational system


Our public schools have made greater
advance in the past three years than in the
previous quarter of a century, and under il
even "old Sussex" has been galvanized into
newlife and aspirations; and, while she il
removing her grave cloths and rubbing hel
eyes for clearer vision, one of her owr
sons proposes to enshroud her and lay hel

away again to sleep.


The proposition is too preposterous tc
meet and discuss in an argumentative way
The only plea set up at all for it is that o.
economy and this utterly fails. We have
had but three years Of the present mode
and they preparatory, and though impedec
by the necessary delays and hindrance
in organizing, enough benefit has beer
shown to disarm all opposition to the Law
and the Superintendent. We need no
60 over this ground so recently and ably
set forth by Governor Cochran in his las
message, further than to say that it me
with favorable response from every tru


friend of education in the State. Som,
twenty. five or thirty years ago Pennsylvania
with population thirty times that of ou
State, elected Superintendent for the e1
tire State [Wickersham who, from his eff
cheney has retained the Office ever since
and here we have proposition to divid
our little State, designated by Western
paper only "hy-speck," into three di:
tricts with three school Superintendent;
1t is too ridiculous to discuss or we thin
for the Legislature to seriously entertain.
Year: 1879

lieve will be the appointment of an officer
whose duty it will be to see that the present
law is rigdly enforced. His duties will be
similar to those of United States revenue
officer, and such changes will be made in
the law as will render the office effective.
Year: 1879

SUMNER REsoRTs.-The evidences
Of preparation for the season when
Eummer resorts begin to fill up are
already seen. The whitewash brush
is busy, and the carpenter, plasLerer
upholeterer and plumber have their
honds full. The summer resorts to
.!nioh people most go nowadays are
not characterized by the pompous dis
play, whirl and tinseI of the old times
Of plothoric pockets and shoddyite
splurge, but the effect of this is whole
some, and may be observed In the far
greater number OF places open to
those IN search of summer rest and
recreation, and the correspondingly
greater number of those who have the
ability and inclination also to go sum-
mering. There can never be more
than very limited class of persons
who have the means, the health and

tastes necessary to season" at
fashionable watering place, with its
extravagant competition in dress and
its exhaustive dissipation in balls and
late hours; but, happily, fashion no
longer wholly regulates these things,
and there are consequently, a dozen
persons who 90 away now where one
went il former times. These may
on y make short ex .rsions and brief
sojourns al quiet piac6s in search of
health, comfort and retreshment, but
their greater number demands an in-
crease in the variety and extent of
the accommodations provided for
tn n.~~Baltimore Sun.
Year: 1879

dian meal-the coarser the better as
thick as can be conveniently stirred,
and bciled for an hour, stirring all the
while lest it burn. When properly
cooked, pour into deep pans TO cool; !;
when entirely cool, cut in slices an inch
thick and fry in butter. The butter
must be very hot before laying in the
mush; sprinkle slightly with salt and
pepper and fry dark brown.


Sponge Cakes: Use I cupful of sug-
ar, Of flour, and eggs. Beat the
eggs to q froth, then add the sugar, and
beat until it is dissolved; then add the
-four, stirring it in round and round very
gently and quickly, SO that the foaming
mass may not be made solid. Bake in
a small fiat tin, in very quick oven.
Old housekeepers used to tell US we
must not step heavily when sponge cake
was in the oven, else it would fall. l
do not find it 50 hard to bake as that,
but there is one thing certain, the cook
must know her oven, for you must not
move the cake until it is nearly done,
and, unless burning, not then.


TO Cook Asparagus: Usual receipts
for cooking asparagus state that half an
hour is necessary. 20 minutes is suf-
ficient. 1t is too delicate vegetable to
be overboiled, for all'the flavor is vast
ed then. Clean the stalks of grit, wash
in cold water, and be sure to tie up the
in bundles of 10 or 20 when
you 60 to boil them. Have your water
on the full boil, in which there should
be a good tablespoonful of salt cook 20
minutes outside; drain thoroughly,
steaming them slightly when they are
cooked. Serve on toast, with q sauce
of melted butter. Asparagus boiled
plain and eaten cold, with plain oil
and vinegar dressing, is excellent.
Year: 1879

"Clothes moths are always worse in the
summer" writes the Rev. J. G. Wood,
" than in any other part of the year; but
there is one plan by which they may be
baffled. 1t is simple, and can be expressed
in two words brown paper There is
no such protection against the clothes
moth as brown paper. Years ago pur-
chased an enormous rug of white wolf
skin, which has been an inestimable
benefit to the whole family. Every sum-
mer I wrapped it up in brown paper, and
not moth has attacked it. Why the
clothes moth should have so great an
aversion to brown paper cannot tell, but
such is the case. find that the profess
sional furriers employ the same plan, bnt
do not disclose that very simple secret
Annually thousands of sealskin furs are
handed over to the dealers for preserva-
ton during the summer, and nothing is
done except wrapping them up in brown
paper, and letting them be until the
dawning of autumn. There are, of course,
instances where furs and other similar
articles must of necessity be left exposed
during the summer time. Let every price
of wool or fur be violently shaken every
morning, and not clothes moth will har-
Dor in them.
Year: 1879

In order to keep house acceptably, one
must be endowed with method, judg-
ment, taste and self-control but as these
rarely meet in the same person, many
houses are conducted solely by means of
one or the other, while many more are
run at the expense of neither, and the re-
suit is hand-to-mouth kind OF house.
keeping, creditable to nobody, atfordlng
anxiety to all and pleasure to none. 70
be good housekeeper should be the aim
of eyery one who has house to keep, be
it palace or cottage; and this does not
merely include living in a state OF con-
slant warfare with the ubiquitous ogre,
Dust, which lies in ambush in every
crack and Granny, nor in preserving the
paint unspotted, the glass unclouded, the
closets in perfect order, and the floors In
such condition that one could eat OF them,
as the saying goes,-all this may be ac-
complished, and yet the house answer
only the description of a well kept Inn
good housekeeper must call herself an
Improbable servant, when she has die
tated the terms upon which the home
may exist, unless he has not only attended
to the bodily requirements, not only seen
to it that the meals shall be well and
regularly served, that the apartments
shall be we'll and regularly served, that
the apartments shall be aired, lighted and
warmed, that the servants shall be neat
and civil, but that the eyes shall be de
lighted as well as the palate, the mind pc
nourished as well as the body; that each
individual shall dwell at ease, without
dread of possible hitch in the house,
hold machinery, if he fails to pursue
prescribed and wearisome routine. Who
has not seen people moving in their own
homes, as if afraid of doing some mis-
chief, who had the air of being about as
much at home as unlimited guests child
rem who stood in awe of the best parlor;
sons who felt so ill at ease under the
paternal roof-tree that they made haste to
exchange it for the happy-go-lucky at
mosphere of the billiard saloon Surely
housekeeping as well as Sabbath was
made for man, and not the reverse, as
many seem to suspect. It is not neces-
ormolu, and palissy pottery in our new
houses, but it is imperative that we should
have freedom and absence of constralnt,
that we should be able to treat our family
and friends with more respect than our
possessions. Let there be nothing in the
house too good for human natures daily
employment, lift is going to be astumbling-
block to any; let US have nothing under
glass cases, but everything for use and
profit, remembring that it is quite as i'm
portant to provide pleasure for the house
hold as food and clothing. Let us not
live in such dread of weeks warning"
that we dare not ask friend to dine, or
order roast for washing day, nor allow
ourselves to be disturbed by morsel of
dust, or a nicked dish to destroy our
equanimity, if we would keep house for
the purposes of happiness and Comfort
HaTper's Bdzdr.
Year: 1879

An Irishman said that if Queen Vic
toria did not die soon the Prince of Wales
would live long enough to see his son
made King.


There is something about the term
g brass band" that is particularly nm
aesthetic. A brazen confraternity is far
more elegant, without lacking perspica-
city. Boston transcript.
Year: 1879

To pay a compliment is to tell the


truth, and to tell it as though you meant


it; and the only way to do this is to mean


it, If girl is pretty or accomplished, if
she plays well, or sings well, or dances


well; if, in word, she pleases, why in


the name of common sense shouldn't she


be told of it? Don't blurt it out before


everybody. That will only make her feel


uncomfortable and make you appear


ridiculous. Say it quietly when opportu-


the idea distinctly and fully SO that there


say it " officially" Formality, is about


the coldest thing known. More than
one maiden has been made happy-say
for half an hour-by mans taking the
trouble to say pleasant thing about a
toilet that he liked, and many of fashions
follies have been given up by girls when
| they noticed q discreet silence concerning
them on the part of their gentleman
friends. A bewitching black-eyed beauty
once said to gentleman, 81 like to have
you say sweet things to me, it seems to
come so easy and natural" In general
| terms, it may be said it is always better
| to say an agreeable than disagreeable
| one, better for all parties. The gallant
| who, when young lady stepped on his
| foot while dancing, and asked pardon,


said, Don't mention it; dainty little
foot that wouldn't hurt a daisy" not only
/ told the truth, but doubtless felt more
comfortable than the boor, who, when his
foot was stepped on, roared out: 'That's
| right; climb all over me with your great
! clumsy hoofs"
Year: 1879

did not find il out until he struck against
the wheel in climbing into the wagon and
the pain caused him to fall The tumble
knocked his head against clod, and it
made life blank for him for few mo-
mcntS.


We recognized him as nice young man
who had been loafing about town for some
weeks, and we thought he was too badly
hurt and scared to need much watching.
l5ut while we were loading the negro into
the wagon our "nicc young man." who was
n professional supply agent for Il certain
college, had given us the slip; but we
stayed by our colo, cd friend until we saw
him safe behind the prison bars that
night, and if ever you are detailed to 90
down to Sing Sing to interview some great
prison bird inquire for No. 1921, and that
Is Nick Parmlcc, the colorcd Orange coun-
W grave robbcr, sent up for Il long term
Tor that nights work. He killed keeper
aftcrward and they made him n 'Hifcr."


did not get out of bed after that for
two days, and to this hour am not over
fond of lonely gravcyards.