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Year: 1879

Frederick Bissell, eighteen years old,
q son of the late Edward Bissell, O pur-
ser in the United States navy, commit
ted suicide at the residence of his moth
er in Brooklyn. He had lived with his
mother and sister since leaving school,
about year ago, aud has frequently
been subject to melancholy and appre.
hensive that he would die of consump-
tion. At breakfast nothing unusal in
his manner was observed. After break
fast he went up to his room, as his
mother supposed, for his overcoat.
Shorty after, his sister wcnt up to the
front room on the second floor and heard
her brother moving in the room directly
overhead, which was occupied by a
friend OF the family who had left for his
place OF business early in the morning.
In short time her brother, hearing her
in the room below, went to the upper
landing and said to her: "Go down
stairs, mother is calling you" She was
about to do so when she heard the door
of his bedroom close and the key turn
in the lock. This aroused her fears,
and she ran up to the front room, and
missing pistol which was usually kept
on the top Of the bureau rau to her
brother 8 room and asked him to open
the door. His reply was: $50 down
stairs and see mother" Size ran down
and called for her mother TO come up,
and Mrs, Bissell at once joined her, but
before she could explain the cause of
her alarm the report of pistol was
heard. They ran to the room, but were
unable to open the door. DR.. J. M.
Hamilton, who lives in the adjoining
house, was called and forced the door.
Young Bissell was dead upon the floor,
with an open razor on one side of him
and a revolver on tbs other. He had
cut his throat with the razor and then
shot himself through the head.
Year: 1879

The most fallacious ideas prevail re-
specting leisure. People are always
saying ST would do so and so if only
had little leisure" Now, there is no
condition in which the chance of doing
is less than the condition OF leisure. The
man fully employed may be able to
crafty his good disposition by improv-
ing himself or his neighbors, or serving
the public in some useful way but the
man who has all his time to dispose of
as he pleases, has poor chance indeed
of doing so. To do, increases the capae-
ity Of doing, and il is far less difficult
for man who is in an habitual course
of exertion to exert himself little more
for an extra purpose, than for the man
who does little or nothing to put him.
self in motion for the same end.


Let no one cry for leisure that he may
be able to do anything. Let him rather
pray that he may never have leisure.
If he really wishes TO do a good thing
he will always find time to do it, by
properly arranging his other employ
ments.


There is a reluctance in everything 10
be set a going, but when that is got
over, then everything goes smoothly
enough. In fact, it may be said that TO
ask for leisure or time to do an ordinary
thing, is equivalent 10 a confession that
we are Indifferent about doing it.
Year: 1879

The commune Of Samnaune, one Of
the most remarkable, as it is one of the
least known, in all Switzerland, is situ-
ated in a valley, 5000 feet above the
level of the sea, and almost cut off from
the world. The inhabitants fetch their
daily supply of provisions from Martins
bruck, on the other side of the Inn, and
for greater part of the distance, seven
hours in all, they have to carry every
thing on their backs up the steep noun
tain paths. They get their letters from
the Austrian village OF Rauders, which
involves walk for the postman of ten
hours, four thither and six back. Fifty
years ago the members of the commune
met together, and, being of opinion that
German was on the whole more desir-
able language for the ordinary purposes
of life than their mother tongue, they
resolved thenceforth to speak German
only, and to teach it to their children.
So thoroughly has this purpose been
carried out that, with the exception of a
few old people, the Romanisch speech,
their native tongue, has been completely
forgotten by the inhabitants of the
valley.
Year: 1879

KEMPLE LEAVES Us To.DAY.-There is
perhaps no young man in this city, or
throug ghout the State Of West Virginia,
better known than Jacob Kemple. His
genial disposition, courteous manners and
peculiar talent have made him popular
everywhere. He has figured both in poll
tics and the temperance cause, and is an
incorporating Republican and temper.
anos man. Jake goes to Moundsville to
settle in the practice OF his profession as q
lawyer, and his abilities properly applied
will make him fair attorney and valu'
able acquisition as citizen. We hopeth the
good people Of Moundsville will receive
and treat him kindly, as he leaves this city
with the best wishes and hopeful antici'
pations ofa host OF warm friends.
Year: 1879

Atmospheric tubes, used in Paris for
transmitting dispatches to distant parts
Of the city, promise to do away alto
gether with local telegraphy. The tubes
are similar to those used in the Western
Union Telegraph Office in this and other
cities for carrying messages from one
part OF the building to another. In Paris
there are regular trains of despatch
boxes, IN which the messages are placed
as baggage in railroad car, and they are
carried in very short space of time to
their destination. The work that can be
done by the tube Is greater than that
Of single eltgraph wire, messages can
be forwarded In given time, and there
is no loss Of tiihe, if not an actual gain.
The despatchts having been transmitted
from one Office to another, are distribut-
ed TO those addressed by messengers.
Year: 1879

walk ott Of the patty tanks, to his
best to defeat his frIends, and then,
with his desertion fresh In every
ones memory. step into the great
est trusts in the gift of the official
leader of the party he has sought to
overthrow. Ordinarily there is
q great deal of force in this
view Of the matter. On the other
hand, there are scores of Demo-
Gratis who point to the fact that
White polled upwards of hfty thou
sand votes, that he belongs to sec
tIon of the party which has been
too much and too long neglected in
the times when offices were being


distributed, although very much
cour.ed when ballots were to be
cast. These people waive the CUES.
ton of the good taste involved
In the appointment of White and
regard the act as tardy step In the
right direction. We do not UNDER
take to say which Of these sections
of the party is abstractly right.
From the standpoint of party ex-
pediency we are Inclined to side
with Gov. Irwin in his recognition
of o man who, with single exeep-
ton, has been staunch Democrat
all his life. The appointment itself
Is one of the signs of fact which
is apparent to all political Observ>
ers, viz, that nothing can keep the
several constituents Of the Democ.
racy of California apart now that q
Presidential campaign is approach
ing.
Year: 1879

care they then really white?"
asked a Paris reporter of Maj.
Pinto, the Portuguese explorer of
Africa, with reference to his
widely~published story about a
white race in the dark continent.
"Absolutely white" replied the
Major. 81 have seen a young girl
that is winter than I am. They are
not Albinos, because they have
black hair. They resemble the
ugliest of the negroes. They are
hideous, and the most savage people
that I have met with. In order to
see them I was compelled to seize
two of them by force. I kept them
for some days and loaded them with
attentions. Then they consented
to take me into their camp, but on
condition that I should 60 entirely
alone, because they were afraid Of
my escort. [ went there and
passed two days with them. They
are poor devils without industry,
living by the chase, and have no
fixed habitation. Their hair is
woolly, their foreheads retreating,
their eyes resemble those of the
Chinese, their cheek bones are
prominent and their lower lip hangs
down. They are very strong and
can bury an arrow in the body Of
an elephant."
Year: 1879

An exchange gives directions for ''a
good way to build a chimney" but
everybody know that the best way to
build it is on a house. A chimney
built in the lower part of the gar
den, 100 feet from the house, would
prove a ridiculous failure.-Nor1is-
to,vn Herald.
Year: 1879

and q spire. It is eighty-seven feet high from the base to tine top of the spire. The first floor is devoted to public offices. The second is entirely devoted to pur- poses of the library. The main room is fine affair. It is fifty-six feet and four inches in length by forty-two feet and eight inches in width. with nn arched ceiling twenty-two feet high at the high est point and lighted by stained glass. which gives a beautifully soft and plcas- ant light. There are several thousand volumes ill the library, embracing every variety of subjects, and new works are constantly being added. 4 yearly sub scription is S1.50. For this small sum | any one can read the year through. No one can estimate the benefits to coming generations that may flow from this muniticient gift.

 Mrs. Woodruff, wife of Rev. Dr. G. w. Woodruff, 8 former pastor of the Metho- dist church in Danbury, died last week in New York. Her remains were brought here for burial i'll Wooster Cemetery on Wednesday.

 Tuesday evening (to-night) there will be Il grand sociable given Ut the Turner House. largo attendance Is expected. An old gentleman whose name was "Uncle Hezakiah" for short lived In the submb,. He had in some,way got fear ful rent in the seat of his pants. His good wife not feeling responsible failed to repair the damage. The old gent like thrifty landlords looked sharply after those matters and had an eye especially on the rent. It happened when ventila- tion in Il sanitary point of view was not ;ts well understood as now and he cared less for fresh air than he did for collect ing rents, and he bethought him of ali h. genius method of collecting this one. By lint of much careful handling and gentle persuasion he succeeded i'll gathering the ragged edges together and thus closing the breech tied up the hole with ;t leather string! This seemed n decided hit, but 1t proved more ornamental than useful. It was better for standing than a sitting position. When he came In from his labor and sat down to his evening meal he experienced a sudden giving away beneath him and q sort of all-gon- ness extending to his extremities, and he thought the boys had put butternuts In his chair as q means of grace. 'Drat the boys v said he as he sprang to his feet, and resolved himsel into an Investigating committee with power to send for persons and papers. On examination he found more rents than he could conveniently collect. The pants proved too tight In front and not roOmy enough behind, be- sides they pulled at the knee and his knee-pans protruded. Mending old pants with a leather string was like putting new wine into old bottles. The string held its own but the bottle had burst. The pants were rent in twain from top to bottom. Unclo Hezekiah reached around to sound the magnitude of the difficulty and finding himself beaten he determined to change his base and withdrew as gracefullly as possible with the leather string still clinging to the rents and d flag of truce luttcring in the breeze.

 MT. John Smith was found dead In bed Saturday morning. It Is supposed that he committed suicide. HORACE.
Year: 1879

Correspondent ofthe Gazette.


MILLsBoRo, Del, April "a, 1879.


Mr.. EDIToR.--Dear Sir 1T has been
several mouths since have had anything
to say and have not got much OF any i'm
portance now. Our town is very quiet
for the last three days. The sun has
been very warm and the trees are putting
out nicely. Fruit trees are in full bloom
aud it nothing happens in the future, e,there
wi be a heavy crop of all kinds of fruit.


We have had very few herring here
this Spring. About ten or fifteen years
ago fishermen would go out and in two
or three hours catch two or three thous-
and herring. This Spring they have re-
duced down to two or three hundred.
We have fish here all the year round and
and it is said Indian river produces the
best fish that 90 to the New York and
Philadelphia markets, especially our rock
fish caught in the Winter time.


For the last few days there has been
quite a talk over the division of house.
hold goods Of husband and wife living
four or five miles in the county from
here. 1t seems some for some time there
has been some jealousy between them
over yOuHR illdu dDout ~ vi Ei year
old that has brought about the division OF
the property.


Some few days ago Justice of the
Peace went to the house TO make some
kind of compromise in the civsien ol
there land which they owned. lie drew
| up deed and they divided the land to
two children which they have and the
husband is to take care of children, while
the wife goes off with the young man. IL
dividing their household goods the wife
was allowed to take just whatever sht
wanted and nearly stripped the house
She also got hogs, corn, chickens anc
money, and the first of this week sh'
brought her goods to this place and hat
them shippel to Berlin. Mr.. d., the hus
band brought her in town in carriage
He was asked on his return home if Ii
would take her back if she would COM
back, and replied that ii 81 would COM
back and behave herself lie would.
there any other man that would take bacl
such a wife? This will be case for th
next Legislature. Then you will hea
their II imes.


They have been man and wife IL or ]
years, had some property and were abb
to get along without going into debt. Ill
wife aud young man are living togetht
: it is thought, at Berlin, Maryland.


MILIsBoRo.
Year: 1879

the RlANCHARD
Blood & Nerve FOOD
Isa Pure Concentrated LIQUID FOOD,
prepared directly from the
WHEAT KERNEL.
without Fermentation, and retaining all


OF Its


BLOOD NERVE AND BRAIN
restoring elements In natural state OF


vitalization.
Year: 1879

Of God. There are mothers
that pray for their childrens
conversion and tread down
heedlessly under foot every
. influence that would make
their children good. People
may be brought up that the
idea of righteousness becomes
offensive. Children may be
so brought up that to tell
them heaven is like Sunday
would almost be to make
them long for the other place.
In the realm Of education
schools are often made good
fs,r ANYTHING but places where
happiness is developed. No
school master ought to feel
Tess than this, that every
child should twine around
him as the morning glory a.
round its support.


NEVER HAPPY AT SCHOOL.


Woe is me! / never was
happy at school. / hated it
with a sincere, genuine. un
mistakable hatred, and 1 do
not know bit 1 do ye:. The
law of making men happy
ought nowhere else to he 50
elaphatically inculcated. 1
think there is no wrong that
is 80 intolerably mean as that
by which public men will
screw down to starvation
point men and women that
are trying to make their liv-
ing as teachers. If there bc
one place where we ought to
induce people to make a life
profession it is the school,
The salaries should be a pre-
mium to make it perpetual.
Instead of that we are con-
stantly having raw material.


Men in business should en-
deayor to secure the happi>
ness of all those with whom
they are connected. The du-
ty of all religious teaching
and preaching should be to
eventuate in happiness. a
man who is a Christian pros
fessor ought to known by all
as a liapby atnsaaf. in the street
should also apply IN colleges.
Whenever there is a case of
hazing put it in the hands of
the police.


What is true of teaching is
true also in respect to wit
Genial humor is like a light
which nevur goes out of the
household and redeelns a man
from discOntent. Let every
man be pleased to make his
neighbor happy.-New York
Herald.
Year: 1879

A West India captain says
that on approaching Havana
in yellow fever times he al
ways served out to every one
in his vessel a teaspoonfnl of
palverized charcoal in a wine
glass Of water three times a
day,and that none Of his men
were ever affected ,even when
yellow fever was epidelnicall
around them. Rev. DIR. Mar
shall of Vicksburg, has had
much experience with J ellow
fever, last year recommended
the same thing and said in
times Of epidemic he always
gave It to bic family.
Year: 1879

TACr.-lt was once CauseCr's good
fortune to spend few days in the modest
home Of n lricud of slender means,
homo that was all that its owner could at
ford to mike IT, yet lacking many things
that would have made it more comfort
able and convenient. During Causeurs
stay two guests were entertained at tea.
both Of them men OF means and wide ac-
qua;nance, accustomed to all the luxury
that wealth can give. But they were
widely different in their behavior. The ono
dwelt upon the fact that his house was in
nm out-of the way spot, and that there
were few or no neighbors. At tho table
he told Of the delicious tea no had drank
ut the house of one friend, Of tie rich tea
service he had seen upon the table OF
anotl er, Of the rare old china that was
used in his own household, and Of tho
dainty mea!s be had eaten from it.


In the oramped little sitting-room af-
tor tea, he sat by the stove and talked OF
the delig hts Of an open wood fire, OF his
enjoyment Of rare and costly books and
pictures, and VI twenty other things that
the host Of whose hospitality he had par
taken, did not and could not posses.
When he had gone it was clear, although
nothing was said, that his visit had caus-
ed pain, that it had mado the wife feel
her slaughtered circumstances more
keenly than ever, and cast shadow ever
her husbands thoughts. The next even
ing came the other visitor. lie brought
good cheer in his very face. The room.
be said, felt so warm and comfortable
after his walk, which, he added, was just
the thing to give man good appetite
for his supper.


At the table he spoke OF everything
that was nice, congratulated his host on
having such a snug little home, apologize
ed for eating so much, but couldn't help
it, because it was $50 good" and tasted
50 "home-like," liked tho old black tea
pot because it was just like tho one his
mother bad when he WAS "a boy, and told
his hostess, who was all smiles and as
happy as a queen, that she ought to think
her stars that she had no gas or furnace
to ruin the flowers that made the room rs
cheerful. After tea he insisted that the
Children should not be sent to bed 'Just
yet" said he wanted to tel them story,
as be did; and when he had done, and
had kissed them good night, they trudg-
ed of up stairs with beaming faces, under
the guidance of a mother who felt that n
ray Of real sunshine had enterod her
home, making it better and happier for
all time Boston Transcript.
Year: 1879

Before Special Judge J. S. Gallo
way, of the Shelby County Circuit
Court, to-day, an injunction was
granted to Mr.. Speers, legally restrain
ing the State board of health and
other authorities from interfering with
the movement Of seed cotton on the
highwaysleading to the city. This ac-
ton of Judge Galloway whatever may
be thought of it by those beyond will
meet the hearty approval of large
majority Of people within and near
our city. The legal technicalities will
doubtless be argued at some future
day when a final decision regarding
one Of the most oppressive acts of the
times will be fully decided upon. For
the present the lines are open to cot
ton growers desiring to have their
seed cotton ginned here. The case
was argued before Judge Galloway by
Judge w. s. Flippin in behalf of Mr..
Speers and by General G. w. Gordon
for the State board of health and
others.
Year: 1879

MEMPHIS, September %, 1879.
EREQUENT applications being made to
IL the Board Of Health and Superintendent
Of Quarantine by absentees from here to re-
turn, we deem it best to make this public an
nouncement, that, though the number of new
cases Of yellow fever and deaths are small
and perceptibly on the decline, it would not
be safe for those who have not had the dis
ease to return yet.


The comparatively small number of new
cases and deaths is due to the fact that there
are so few unaeclimated people here.


Those who have had the fever and wish to
return will be permitted to do so, and will
be furnished certificate to that effect on ap-
plication to the Superintendent of Quaran-
tine. None others will be permitted to enter
Memphis before it is officially announced BY
the Board of Health that it is thought there
is no longer danger from the infection, which
will be done at the earliest possible day.


G. B. THORNTON, MD,


President Board of Health.


JOHN JOHNSON,


Superintendent of Quarantine.
Year: 1879

Cotton mills throughout the South
are running day and night, and yet are
inadequate to the demands upon
them. Brisk business is reported all
around us. Our time will come after
a while,and when it does, there will be
as much of a rush here as anywhere.
just now Nashville is especially ae-
tive, trade and work of every kind
being larger and more animated than
has been known for many years. The
American says this increase is noticed
in the increase of freight arrivals, in
creased passenger travel, the erection
of new buildings, the discussion of
new enterprises, and that merchants
and clerks are busy the day through.
These are hopeful signs of better
times it is so much hoped may come
to every part Of the country.