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Year: 1879

Whel. the history OF the terrible scourge


now desolating the South shall he written


out by some competent survivor, the


niche assigned to tho brave and heroic


women who have been the ministering


angels to the dead aud dying will be the


very highest in the temple of honor and
self-sacrifce. In the wild struggle for
existence, in the panic that snatches at
| life as the suprelnest good, in the agony
and dread of the coming Of the destroyer,


thare have been instances where men
have flung aside every feeling but that
of self, have merged every instant in that
of flight, and leaving wife, children and
home, have fled despairingly away.
But not SO woman. Faithful among
the faithlcss, she has never faltered when
duty called. As devoted mothor, as pa
tient wife, as attentive daughter, as low
IL 6 friend, as gentle sister, as prayerful
comprehension like living light her
noble nature illumes the dark canvass of
the picture that comes to us! Exposed,
lmperiled, environed by all the dangers
that hem in the living and the dead; in
haiirg foul odors, breathing poisonous
gases, cooling the parched and feverish
brow, lifting the head in the last agony,
receiving the last sight; wearing yet the
smile of hope in the agony of despair
this is where she sits and watches, watch
es, watches, till the loved one lives again
or passes beyond recall. This is the i'm
mortal sphere wherein Ishe reigns ever
more mans superior, conquerer, by love
divine. Sad that the penalty of such to-
tai self abnegation should be generally
DEATH


"For greater love hath no man thar this,
That he shall lay down his life for his


friend"


Honor, then, thrice honor to the noble
who have borne the melancholy
burden of the suffering and the dying
amid the horror and desolation of the te-
districts Of the Southwest
To them the reward thai awaits the pure
souls; to them the glory and beauty of a
better world, to us foreshadowed by the
angelic sympathy, the divine compassion,
they have shown in ths!-Golden Rule
Pilot.
Year: 1879

druggist came very near poisoning %


young man in this city the other day, and


we allude to the matter that it may be q


warning to almost anybody. 1t seems


that young man of highly respectable
| family; "whose name we withhold out OF


regard to his friends who are more or


less on their muscle at times, took dose


of morphine to drive Oft the effects of q


large quantity of beer that he had been


drinking tor the purpose of SOLDERING off


on. The morphine, the beer and the stuff


very unhappy frame of mind, and Nc
applied to the druggist for dose Of
something that would have tho desired
effect.


The druggist thought minute, and
came to the conclusio on that a s,idlitz
powder would be about the young mans
size, and went behind hisperscription bar
and mixed it up. Coming out from be-
hind the screen, he set the two trmblcrs
before the youth of our land, and suppos-
ing of course that tho patient had been
there before, walked along to where d
customer was waiting, to seq what was
wanted. 1t appears, however that the
young man was more familiar with tho
general size and contour of q drink Of
whiskey than he was with seidlitz pow
dor, and supposed of course that one glass
contained the dose, and the other sonle
water to pnt the fire out.


The liquid in one of the glasses Was per-
tectly transparent, as it always is, and
the other contained a sediment. as it al
ways does, aud he concluded at ouco that
the sediment was the dose. Taking a
glass in each hand, he ''downed" the scd-
inent and then poured iu tho water!
There came a burst of thunder sound; tho
boy; o, where was he ? Somehow or 9TH
or the attention of the people in tho store
became attracted toward the young man,
and the druggist and other sympattizing
friends hastened to his assistance. The
gas was coming out of his mouth, nose
and ears, and it seemed as though there
was a Charge behind both of his eyes that
was trying to blow them out.


A slight fullness of the stomach was al
so noticed. At the end of FIVE minutes
the tempest seemed to have spent it's fury,
and it was thought that with proper caro-
the young man might be brought through.
At the end of an hour he rallied, opened
his eyes, and recognized the druggist,
asked how many had been killed. 1Io
seemed to think tllero had been an OK
Dlosion Of chemicals. He is now walk
ng about the streets, apparently as we'll
IS ever, ana the only thing noticeable is
/ sort of disjointedness in his conversa-
ion. caused by his stopping occasionally
o gulp up wind.-Pecll's Sun.
Year: 1879

Suppose the Republicans have carried


California and Maine, is that anything


for them to crow about Out of the


last thirteen elections, California has


been Republican nine times, and four


times Democratic. So it would seem that


1T has been good deal of a Republican
State. The opposition now to Republi-
canisnl is divided into factions, and even
| at that the Republicans had a hard time
to carry it by plurality. The result is
barrcr victory, and they know it.
How is it with Maine: Why the Dem
ocrats have not carried it in over twenty
years, and during that time it has given
an average Republican majority of about
twenty thou sand. Last year, by a COM
bination of the Democrats and Green
hackers, the Republicans lost the State.
This was due partly to the letharsy and
self-contidence Of that party, and partly
to the fact that there is a widespread
disatfectlon in the party in the State.
The defeat frightened the Republican
leaders, aud Jim Blaino was almost dis
tracted over the result.


This year the whole power of the ad-
mlnisti'ation, backed by the stump orator
ability of the party, was turned into the
State, and tho poor Government Gle rks
made to shcll out Il per centage of their
salary to turn into the campaign.


Hundreds of thousands were spent in
Maine to carry it for the Republicans,
and we have the result. The State was
literally bought, and then it is but a
water-haul for the Republicans after all.
They can whistle, but the air has mel
ancholy sound, and comes with q sick
ness and a sorrow, only known to those
on the sure road to u final disastrous de-
feat Youngstown, (Ohiol Vindicator.
Year: 1879

There is one thing that traders,
dealers and storo-kocpers generally
ought to bear in mind-and that is
that while money is being made is
the time that it is spent, and tho
way for them to obtain their share
OF ii is to advertise. To bo silent
these days is to be ignored. Let
the public know what you lmvc 10
sell, to cause them TO head directly
for your establishment before all
others. There has not hr"u such a
time when advertising would surely
pay such largo returns since the
war. Now is the time for those
who have bargains and attractions
to offer to herald them fur and
wide, and customers will flock in.
Not TO do so can only he compared
To farmer having great crops hut
neslecting TO gather them in,
There are to-day immense crops in
the advertising columns Of the pa,
pcrS for those who havo tho enter,
prise to gather them.
Year: 1879

iation and modification would be-
Should the Democrats prolong the ses-
sion by efforts to force the President to
sign bills with obnoxious Political
riders upon them, they will find their
party in very sorry condition for the
Presidential race in 1880. Viewed from
any intelligent standpoint, it must be
admitted that the Democrats, do what


they will, have committed great error
by calling an extra session Of Congress,
for which their party must pay thu


penalty in ingonominious defeat.
Year: 1879

Miss Dods will deliver lectures on
Cookery" at the Opera House on the
evenings the 18th and Goth inst.
She is spoken very highly by the press
Of Philadelphia and other cities, and
she should have a large audience on
the occasion. The subject is an import.
ant one, and all who value health and
length of days should give it their at
teptiOn.
Year: 1879

VIZ HAVE NO praise to bestew upon
the Legislature for reducing quorum
of members of the Board of Education
to ten. ltmay perhaps do no harm,
but it is not creditabls to the Board,
that out of twenty members it had to
adjourn time after time without
quorum, and it is very doubtful if
even with the amended law quorum
of ten members will 10 mach more east
ly got together than twelve. The fault
lies in not -lecting persons who have
time to attend the meetings, or rather
those who are 50 much interested that
they will take time to attend to it. The
first Saturday Of May, the time for
electing members of the Board, will
soon be here and there are twelve
members to be elected. 1t is hoped
that there will be an utter absence Of
partisan feeling in the election. and
that the only test OF candidate will
be competency and disposition tc


make little sacrifice to attend the


meetings of the Board and to visit The


schools. If these kind of candidates


are elected to the Board it will be- fouuC


that fifteen cut Of twenty would no


be too many for quorum.
Year: 1879

IS AN HONEST ELECTION New York City
will give about 10000 Democratic ma
jority, but if every safe guard Of the
ballot box was removed there could
easily be a Democratic majority of S0,-
900 polled. This would submerge the
honest vote Of the state outsidesOf New
York City and carry it for the Democ-
racy and this is why the Democracy
want the Federal Election laws repealed
We do not believe that honest Demo.
Gratis want 20 carry an election in that
manner.
Year: 1879

After the singing OF which he fer
vently ilnplored the divine blessing up
on the deliberations of the conference
and administered the sacrament of the
Lords supper. A large number of both
ministers and laymen are in attendance
which, together with other visitors OF
whom the ladies' form conspicuous
part, well fills the commodions church
in which the session is held, and it Is
al large as any'of the NJ. Il. church es
OF your city. The most ample and sys-
tematic provision has been made for
the entertainment of those in attendance
and the most cordial and hearty wei.
come has been extended; as was remark.
ed to me as | entered the conference
floor, at the guests do not enjoy them
selves it will not be the fault of their
hosts"


After the devotional exercises }. 5
J. Mcconnell was elected secretary and
the session fixed from 8 to IL A. M
The only item of general Importance
being the introduction OF preamble
setting forth the crowded condition OF
the conference and the difficulty with
which many ministers received com
Portable support aid in some cases moi
that, and a resolution requesting tkt
Presiding Bishop to receive none hy
transfer unless places are made 10
them by transferring others out. Thu
resolution was carried and ubsequen
RESOLUTION to admit none on trial was
after considerable debate, tabled 10
the present.


The session will be a long one
measuring it by two snort and plan
expressions which cropped out i'll th
course of discussion, the first 10y tn
Bishop, ~ am your servant until YOU
business is entirely finished, TAX
your time The second by one of tn
conference leaders, "We are talkin
people," 80 between the patience an
good nature of our bishops and the gas
eous proclivities Of our ministers W
shall hardly get away in less tina
eight days. There is a disposition o
the part Of many of the ministers
contract the work by uniting station
together and making circuits of then
This the chdrches and the adminiStra
ton are opposed to. What it will amour


to remains to be seen.
Year: 1879

1


Last Sunday after the dismissal Of q
certain congregation in this city Ger
tain brule member ipsult@d God and his
rvligion, by assaulting fellow mortal
at the gates Of the church, and then
going home and beating his wife until
she was mass OF bruises. The laws OF
the city did make him pay costs for this
breach Of the peace, but in the church
there was no resentment. His case
ca,us b.fors the members last evening
and lhatters were explained. The
chairman Of ths meeting told how the
saia -rring member had been put In
the.'prize ring" at the age Of sixteen
aud had existed amid other uncivilizing
influences. This had the desired effect
and the few members who wanted him
OK pelled were overwhelmed by the vote
in his favor, and this man who should
b. ia Jail, awaiting the result OF his
wife injuries, is now member in full
standing at noted and popular church
II nan shall not judge ought he to have
such unlimited power to forgive =
Year: 1879

In An article yesterday in reference
to mad dog being shot in the Ninth
Ward on Saturday evening last, We
stated that several dogs had been bit
ten by the hydrophobic cur. Officer
Hunt, whose special duty it is to look
after the interest of Wilmington's Ca
mines, hearing of this paid a visit to
the Ninth Ward, last night, and sue
ceeded in capturing every dog that had
been bitten Oh that occasion five in
number. The people in that section
breathe freer this morning in conse-
quence.
Year: 1879

A Pittsburg man, who had lived
thirty years in this world, wooed and
won a maiden of sixty five. One glass
eye and scarcity of teeth and hair did
not cool his passion for The lady, espe-
cially as she had a small income, and
they wers wed. Not happily, as he
spent too much money, and she had a
temper that was not the least back W ard
in asserting itself. At the end of three
weeks and honeymoon in Philadel.
phia the young husband was, in the
slang of the day, bounced" by the
bride, and she think. what an old fool
abe was to have ever married,
Year: 1879

On Friday while the freight train on
the Wilmington & Northern Railroad
was making a flying switch at Lenape
station the conductor failed to turn the
switch SO that the car that was to 60
on the siding ran into the part of the
train attached to the engine and the
latter half coming along there was
quite a wreck Of cars which obstructed
the track for some time though it was
cleared before the passengers arrived.
Year: 1879

1t is said the late owner of the
schooner that was sunk some time since
short distance below New Castle,
Del, has abandoned her to her fate and
will not try to raise her. The vessel
lies right in the track Of travel and the
Philadelphia "Amsrican" thinks cit
should be removed without delay"
Year: 1879

T.s.l.aa ASJ THE VETO, a,..tl


MR.. HAYES, in the message vetoing
the bill prohibiting the use of troops at
the pools which was sent into the House
OF Representatives, states that he is op-
posed to such use and that so long as he is
President troops shall not be used to in
fluence elections one way or the. other.
The President, of course, is not unmind-
full that he will not always be President,
and that it does not depend upon him to
say what his successor or successors may
or may not do in future contingencies
therefore his declaration that troops shall
not be used to influence election Is valua-
BILE only as an enforcement of his EN-
phatic declaration against the principle
involved In such use ofthe Federal forces,
and Is quite valueless as an argument
against the bill which he returned to the
House Of Representatives without his
approval.


With regard TO the bill which the Presi-
dent has vetoed,we say now las we said a


few days ago, that he might have signed
II with a clear conscience, and without
| the slightest reason for apprehension OF
| damage TO any material national interest


For many reasons, we regret that he die


not conclude to sign it, and thus make il
plainly apparent that he proposes to car
! ry through his administration on strict


accordance with the principles in which


lie began it, and that he does not propose


to permit himself TO be used as the mer,
| tool of partisan leaders.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Aug. "A very in.
teresting case testing the validity OF
tho recent action of the Louisiana Con.
stitutional Convention in respect to the
State debt will shortly be begun in the
Federal courts. Holders of Louisiana
bonds here and in New York promise
to test the question as to whether a
State can repudiate the contract with
its bondholders. Under tho constitu-
ton of 1874 the State debt was funded
| III existing bonds, and it was provided
that five and half mills of the State


tax should be set apart annually for
the payment of the seven per cent. in.


terest then made the rate. These bond
holders say that that was u contract,
and that the State cannot by subse-
quent action impair the obligation
without violating the constitution Of
the United States. Some officer of the
State is to be sued ON the old bonds
and the case carried to the Supreme
Court for a decision.


Commenting on the above tho St.
Louis Republican says:


The proposed attempt of Louisiana
bondholders to bring the recent adjust
ment of the debt of that State to a ju-
dicial test will be watched with some
interest, though there is little ground
for believing that the settlement can
be overthrown. 1t seems that this is the
second time the State has assumed to
settle its debt without the consent of
its creditors, and the present adjust
ment overthrows that of 1874. Both
were arbitrary, the wishes of tho cred
itors never having been taken into ac-
count; but the New York creditors
take the view that the settlement of
1874 was contract, and the settlement
of 1879 is a law impairing the obliga-
tiOns of that contract, and therefore
prohibited by the United States consti-
tuition. But this view of the case is
more ingenious than forcible. No legal
device has ever been invented that


would make the federal power col
1ector of debts due from State. So
far as debts are concerned, the States
are practically, if not theoretically,
sovereign; they have right to con-
tract them to any amount they see fit,
and then they may pay them or not,
government has no authority either to
limit the indebtedness a State may
contract, or to force it to pay its Cbliga-
tions; and it ought not to have such atl-
thority. Reputation may be dishon-
orable and never defensiblc, but if a
federal judge in New York has power
to give judgments and issue executions
against the States of Louisiana and
Minnesota in behalf of an individual
creditor living in New York or Lon
don, it would not be long before the
States were completely provincialized
and deprived of all viriIity. If per-
sons will loan money to States of
doubtful credit, they must take the
chances of persuading the States to pay
without colupulsion.
Year: 1879

rupted Mr.. Davis, with the same pleas
ant smile.


"Moreover," he subsequently, added,
"when wish to make a declaration of
my position shall do it myself and
directly to the people Interested, and
you can rest assured it will be put in
such plain language there will be no
misunderstanding its meaning"
Year: 1879

There is. beautiful legend con.
nected with the site on which the
Temple of Solomon was erected. 1t
is said to have been occupied in com
mon by two brothers, one Of whom
had a family, butthe other had none.
On the spot was field of wheat.
On the evening succeeding the har.
vest, the wheat having been gather
ed in shocks, the elder borther said
to his wife:


"My younger brother is unable to
bear the burden and heat of the day.
| will arise, take off my shocks, and
place them with his, without his
knowledge"


The younger brother being actual
ed by the same benevolent motive,
said to himself


"My elder brother has a family and
| have none. ! will contribute to
their support. Twill arise, take off
my shocks, and place them with his
without his knowledge"


Judge Of their astonishment when
on the following morning they found
that their respective shocks were un-
diminished. This course Of events
trahspired for several nights when
each resolved in his own mind to
stand guard, and if possible solve the
mystery. They did so, and on the
following night they met each other
half way between their respective
shocks with their arms full.


Upon ground hallowed by such as.
sociations as this, was the Temple of
Solomon built-so spacious, so mag
nificent, the wonder and admiration
of the world. Alasl in these days
how many would sooner steal their
brothers whole shock than add to il
single sheaf.


A Buffalo paper gently chides u
Buffalo bride who got married in u
pair of stockings valued at $3.50.
One hundred and forty.nine dollars'
worth of bonnet ond enc dollars
worth. Of stockings would mike more
show to the public.


One secret man can kcep-if he
has balky horse -ho has either to
keep the secret or the horse,
Year: 1879

It is not every one who asks himself
this question, because, strangely enough,
it is the belief of most persons that their
lives will be exceptionally lengthy. How
ever, life assurance companies are aware
of the credulous weakness of those whose
lives they assure, and have therefore cons
piled numerous tables of expectancy of
life for their own guidance, which are
carefully referred to before policy is
granted.


The following is one Of their well au-
theuticatcd tables in use among London
assurance companies, showing the ave
rage length of life at various ages. In
the first column we have the present ages
of persons of average health, and in the
second column We are enabled to peep,
as it were, behind the scenes of the as>
surance Office, and gather from their ta-
BILE the number of years they will give
US to live. This table has been the re-
suit of careful calculation, and seldom
proves misleading. Of course sudden
and premature deaths, as we'll as lives
unusually extended, occasionally occur,
but this is table o. the average expec-
fancy of life of ordinary men or woman:
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The Herald de-
votes a page to Bdisen's triumph in the
electric illumination, giving full and
accurate account of his work from its
inception to its completion, with illus
trated diagrams. The Herald says that
the first public exhibition of Edison's
long looked for electric light will take
place on New Years Eve at MEMO Park.


The new light, Incredible as it may
appear, is produced from little piece
of paper. tiny strip of paper that a
breath would blow away. Through this
little strip of paper is passed an cleo
trio current, and the result is bright,
beautiful mellow light.


"But paper instantly burns even under
the trifling heat Of tallow CANDLE" ex-
claimed the sceptic, land how then can
it withstand the fierce heat OF an electric
current 2"


Very true; but Edison makes the lit
tie piece of paper more infusab!e than
platlnom, more durable than granite, and
this Involves no complicated process.
The paper is merely baked in an oven
until all its elements have passed away
except its carcon framework. The latter
is then placed in a glass globe connected
with wires leading to an electricity-pro-