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Year: 1879

IN refusing to hear the insurance
companies after the bill affecting them
had been passed by the Legislature,
we think Gov. Marks did right. II
the companies WISHED to make an am
gument against the pending bill, they
should have done 1t before Legislative
committees. 1t is not, according to
our ideas, just the thing for Governor
to suffer lobby lists to approach him,
and we think the Governor did right
not to hear them. We say this with
out expressing any opinion whatever
on the merits of the law as passed.
Year: 1879

The author Of the anonymous letter
addressed to gentleman ia reference
to young lady, is requested to meet
George Cooney at the northeast corner
of Seventh and Buttonwoo6 streets, on
Tuesday evening, when a satisfactory
explanation will be made in regard to
the affair.
Year: 1879

About five o'clock yesterday after
noon, a frame building in the back
yard of D. Woolman's shops, on Orange
street below Second, fell to the ground,
making a loud noise. The building
was used as storing and drying shed,
and at the time of the fall there was
but one dearborn in it and it was in
jured but slightly.
Year: 1879

To-day is set apart by the Delaware
Association for the opening of the
colored schools of the State. As far
as is known by the Actuary only three
schools will open. The full number
will not be in operation until December.
The Association expect no: only an
increase in the scholarship but also an
increase in the number Of schools.
Year: 1879




A special despatch from Washington
under date Of yesterday says:


In answer to inquiries made regard
ing the many conflicting stories Of his
so-called third term interview"
Judge Settle, recently of North Caro-
limo, now of Florida, has furnished a
representative of the "Times" with the
following authorized statement -
Some months before the meeting of the
last Republican National Convention l
called upon President Grant, and said
to him that had seen good deal
in the newspapers about his being a
candidate for re election, and that
desired to know If he intended to per-
NIT his friends to bring his name before
the Convention. assured him that
idle curiosity did not prompt my ques-
tion, but that was anxious to know
his purposes in order to shape my own
course.


It was at that time on the Supreme
Court Bench of North Carolina. told
President Grant that had never par
ticipatsd in a political meeting while
judicial robes were around me, but that
l had occupied a seat on the Bench as
long as desired to do so, and it would
be no sacrifice on my part to resign the
Judgeship, and If he would permit his
name to be brought before the conven-
tim, would Immediately resign, and,
with other friends, from different South
ern States, with whom was already in
confidence, would organize movement
which thought would give him every
Southern vote in the convention.
urged him to be candidate. He heard
me through without interruptingame
once, and then replied:


~ would not have you think Of doing
so. For l6 years l have been under q
strain which do not see how l, or any
other man, could endure, and am de,
termiEed at the end Of my term to have
some recreation and rest" He said he
did not feel called upon to notice the
reports in the papers. ! do not feel at
liberty to announce his purpose to the
country, but quietly said to the friends
who were cooperating with me that we
would drop the matter, as l was salts
fed the President wonld not accept a
nomination, and the matter was dropped
was not a member of the convention.


But, continued Judge Settle, Gen.
Grant has now had his rest and recrea-
tion, and every citizen of the Republic,
whatever may be his political senti-
ments, ought to be proud of the honors
that have been conferred upon him by
oil the great powers Of the earth. The
reasons which might have been urged
against his candidature for third term
no longer exist. He cannot use the
patronage of the Government to further
his own purposes.


In fact, the patronage of the Govern
ment has been used since the inaugu-
ration of the present Administration,
and is now being used, against him
and against all who are known to be
his friends. But that will make no
difference. There is a ground-swell
in his favor ,and you might as we'll at
tempt to stay the rush Of tidal wave
as to prevent his nQmination-unless
he does it himself.
Year: 1879

Is called the second time to the fact that
crowd Of half grown men who congre-
gate nightly in front Of cigar store on
East third street. A word to the wise
Is sufficient. PAssRR BY.
Year: 1879

AAOIueF OumunJ mOrHImS TAku


Billy Carroll's den, on Fourth street
between Market and King, like the re-
doubtabls Billy himself has long since
gained an unenviable reputation. Sew
eral disgraoeful rows have occurred
there, it has long been known IT, the
Police Department as an unlicensed
shop. Not long since gang of thieves
and their plunder we're unearthed from
this kennel, and the times that Billy
has had to skip town to avoid arrest
are too numerous to mention.


On Sunday morning, about 1.30, an
other row occurred in the establish
ment and it is reported that this time
again Billy brutally beat young man
in the bar room, knocking him down,
kicking him and otherwise maltreating
him. Of course the police attracted by
the noise, paid visit to the place, and
Of course the young man was arrested
for disorderly conduct, and also of
course yesterday morning he was fined
81 and costs by His Honor. But the
unlicensed mill was not closed nor the
proprietor was not arrested, and the
front doors of the den were open as late
as o'clock yesterday morning.


How Billy settles his numerous
scrapes, and obtains the privilege of
coming back to Wilmington after he
has been forced to skip, and also the
privilege of continuing his proven to be
unlicensed grog shop, right in the GEN.
tire of the city under the eyes Of the
entire police force. is mystery which
the reporters of Wilmington are deter.
mined to unravel.
Year: 1879

Believed to Have Ended Life Sentence for An
others Crime.


Boston, Feb. 15-There is strong reason for the
supeosltlon that Mrs Nancy MADAM who died in
East Cambridge jail last week, thus ending life
sentence for the murder Of Obediah Jones, was
innocent Of the crime. She was formerly in Ded-
ham iail, but was transferred to East Cambridge
in 1871. During all her imprisonment she has
persis emily maintained her innocence and reit-
Grated the statement few m nutes before she
died. On one occasion, when she supposed her
self alone, she was overheard by one Of the mat
rons Of the prison praying, and the whole burden
of her supplication was that, as God knew her In
nocence, 1t might be made manifest On the Sun.
dav before her DEATH at the services In the prison
chapel she recited from memory Christs Sermon
ON the Mount, and she frequently expressed
her forgiveness of all who had been concerned in
her trial and conviction. Her conduct during
her imprisonment was admirable, and her daily
attention TO what she considered her religious
dutv was constant and UNMARRIED. At the trial It
was shown that the daughter upon whose evil
dence she was convicted, was Of bad character,
and had been living with the man, Obediah
Jones, who was murdered and the presumption
IA that the mother had no motive for the crime
The daughter had never visited her In prison.
IL Is claimed that other facts are In the possession
OF the authorities which go far toward proving
that the woman who has now ended her life IN
prison was innocent
Year: 1879

This booth is one of the neatest on the
second floor and is in charge of Misses
Hester Parry, Ella Welmar, Addie Zicgler,
and Clara Rammelsberg. The ladies men
toned above are not aiming at making a
fine spread so much so as towards getting
their mite for the Home, and they are sue
ceeding in their object.
Year: 1879

Editor Star:-Under the influence OF the mar
velous modesty or prudery Of our society, boy,
and especially girl, can find within walk OF
Washington no place to bathe free from arrest
bypolce unless he or she lives in house supplied
with bath-tub and pays heavy water rate
therefor. The water is the free gift of the
United States to the people for whose good the
District government Is organized, and heavily
paid by taxes on the people Cannot the Com
missioners open fire hydrant and flood some
square and set 1t aside for public and free bath
Ing during this intolerable weather?


Send any OF our city boys into the country
during this heated term and they Will be clean
and healthy, not dirty and liable to receive or
communicate Infection, for they will spend half
the day In mill-pOnd or trout stream splash
Ing and swimming and enjoying themselves


Let the BabcOck Lake be thrown open to the
people. 1t is f1lled with water from the Z. s,
Aqueduct. Erect dressing rooms for girls on
some part OF its shore, and let those who fear
to see the human form divine In town, though
they do not object to it at Long Branch take
their drives In some other part OF the city and
its vicinity.


The health and comfort of man and boy OF
woman and OF child is of more Importance to
the District than that OF the carp or any other
nSh. NJ. &. NJ.
Year: 1879

NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR JOHN w. EAsBY, chief OF
the bureau OF construction ana repairs arrived
from, Washington on the Leary yesterday morn
ing, and at o'clock went over to the navy
yard. A salute OF thirteen guns was fired from
the receiving ship Franklin in honor OF his ar
rival. and he proceeded TO make an official In
spectiOn OF the department of construction. He
paid visit to the new ship Galena, now in the
The CaDadaigua, which Is being rebuilt Con-
SuuctOr Easily was entertained by Constructor
Boush, and the former expressed his pleasure
at tue excellent condition OF affairs at this
navy yard connected with his department and
at the progress made toward the completion OF
the GaleDa, which Will be ready to be taken out
OF he drydock by the 2lst. MIR. Easily returne
north On the Bay Line steamer last night an
Will continue on his official tour to the other
navy yards OF the country.-INortoN Viryinian
18th.
Year: 1879

THE RUSTIC whose gingerbread Is annually
stolen by the elephant was at the circus last
week, and this time when the appetizing COMMIT
was suddenly Snatched from his hand he shook
his f1st at the huge thief and yelled while tho
tears cOursed down his cheeks, "Darn yer. ye
double-tailed fool, give that back here or IN
knock yer two front teeth down yer old throat!'
fClerelQnd Voice
Year: 1879

THE CAT AS BLoATKD BoNDBoLpER-Alad lady
In this city has a pet cat which takes its
meals at the table. It sits up at the table with
BIB tied around its neck and is fed with sill.
yer on.-(Cinc'nndti Enquirer
Year: 1879

yesterday adopted an amendment to the State
debt ordinance providing that the ordinances
shall be voted on by the people separately, and
to become part OF the constitution II q majori-
ty OF voters favor the ordinance.
Year: 1879

DROUGHT IN GEoRGIA.-There has been no
rain In central Georgia to do any good to the
crops for two months. Corn in many places Is
literally burnt up, and will not average fourth
Of a crop. Cotton is very much behind, the
weed very small, yet 1t is fruiting we'll for the
size OF the stalk. This has been the hottest
and driest weather since 1889.
Year: 1879

Asking for q Division Of the Territory


Of Dakota on an East and West line.


The following memorial was introduced
in the House of Representatives on Jan
9th, by Hon. John @. Burbank from
this district: ..


To the Senate and House Of Represen-
tstives Of the United States, from the
legislative assembly of Dakota Territory
and against its admission as state with
its present boundaries.


Your memoriallsts. the legislative as
sembly Of Dakota Territory. respectfully
pray your honorable bodies for the early
creation Of new territory out of the
northern half Of Dakota, bounded as
follows, viz: Commencing at the point
on the eastern boundary where the north
line of the Sisseton Indian reservation
intersects the same; thence along said
line' to the northwest corner of said
reservation; thence southerly along the
west line Of said reservation to the point
where the seventh standard parallel inter
sects the same; thence west along said
standard parallel to the middle Of the
Missouri River; thence up and along the
middle line Of the main channel Of said
river, to the 46th parallel of north lati.
tude; thence west along said parallel to
the western boundary of Dakota, and
thence north upon the 9th meridian west
from Washington to the 49;h parallel of
north latitude; thence east along said
49,h parallel to the northwestern corner
of the State Of Minnesota, and thence
south and along said boundary to the
place of beginning. The said division
line, as above described, conforms nearly
to the 46th parallel Of north latitude, but
it is upon line already surveyed. es,ab
lished and marked, and will not require a
survey Of another line, which would cut
fractionally all the divisions made by
public land surveys. This line would
also leave all said Indian reservation with
in cne jurisdiction, the surveys within
which do not confon1 to the public land
surveys.


We further respectfully show that our
present area is over 10000 square miles,
too vast for convesience, and causing us
great expense The communities are
Year: 1879

Wabssha Herald.


Early cutting of wheat and quick work
had practical illustration in this county
the last harvest. One nf the farmers Of
the Zumbro brought his wheat into this
market last week and received seventy
cents per bushel for it.. while his immedi-
diate neighbors received from forty +,
fifty six cents for theirs He says that it
was accomplished by cutting carly, and
more acres per day than his 1eighbors-
all perfectly shocked He thinks that
therein lies the mistake Of many farmers
by not cutting their wheat soon enough
nor fast enough when they are at it, and
that it is not properly cared for at the
time. At least it is practical illustration
Of the theory.
Year: 1879

Mound builders relics of singular
interest and importance have been un-
earthed on the Cook farm, three miles
south of Davenport. 1owa-nothing
near so rich as Schliemann's Mycens
find. but as notable for this country.
They are two small slabs, said to be OF
" coal which probably should be
written " shale "-one about foot
square, the other abont six inches, and
both covered with inscriptions on the
larger, o religious ceremony, appar-
emily the worship of fire, though possi-
bly, the preparation for q sacrifice.
There are fourteen human figures sur
rounding q fire, with Joined hands,
while near the fire, on one side, is a
dead body lying in a circle. and on the
other side two such bodies. Two little
circles to the right and left, above the
figures, are supposed to represent the
sun and moon. Surrounding the wor-
shippers are small figures Of birds a. d
animals, Gro wding thickly in the space,
and among them one suggesting the
mastodon. On the smaller slab are
three circles, one within the other. Be
tween the iuner circle aud tho middle
one is a character at each of four equi-
distant points, and between the middle
and outer circles are twelve characters
arranged like the hour figures on a
dial. Outside these circles, as all over
the reverse sides of both slabs. are fig
ures and signs which the learned men
of the Davenport Academy of Science
hope to be able to to make some sense
Of The only account We yet have OF
this discovery is a meagre and not very
clearly-wr1t.en newspaper paragraph
but it is stated that full scientific
description is shortly to be published
by some of the aforesaid learned men.
At present we only say that there may
seem to be some intimation of kindred
with the worship of the Axtecs, with
whom theory generally tries to connect
the Mound Builders.
Year: 1879

pulse is brought into quiet and happy
rhythm.


Love is the great bond of peace.
Where each seeks not his own but the
good of every other, where the burden
Of each is borne by all in common,
where the Joy of one is the Joy OF al!
and the grief of one is the grief of all
how can discord and strife and jarring
enter there? This is the ideal home.
This is the millennium. This is what
we hope and expect to find in heaven.
Where this idea of fusion in interest,
oneness in hope, unity of aim. takes
possession of the united head Of fam
lily and is engrafted upon all the mem
bers, there is bond of peace that can,
not be broken. There the whole body
rejoices together and reaches the maxi,
mum of prosperity. vigor and success
N. Y. Ilibuue.
Year: 1879

Whatever an ounce of preventive
may he to the other members of the
body, it certainly is worth many pounds
of cure to the eye Like a chronome-
ter watch, this delicate organ will stand
any amount of use, not to say abuse,
but when once thrown off its balance it
can very rarely be brought back to its
original perfection of action, or, if it
| is, it becomes ever after liable to re-
turn of disability of function, or the
seat of actual disease. One would have
supposed from this fact, and from the
fact that modern civilization has i'm
posed upon the eye au ever-increasing
amount of strain, both as to the actual
quantity of work done, and the con-
stantiy increasing brilliancy and dura-
tion OF the illumination under which
it is performed, that the greatest pains
would have been exercised in main
tanning the organ in & condition OF
health, and the greatest care and solici-
tude used in its treatment when dis
eased.


And yet it is safe to say that there is
no organ IN the body the welfare Of
which is SO persistently neglected as
the eye. l have known doting moth
ers take their children of four and five
years of age to have their first teeth
filled, instead of having them extract
ed. SO that their Jaw might not suffer
in its due development, and become in
later years contracted; while the eye,
the most intellectual, the most appre-
hensive, and the most discriminating
of all our organs, receives not even u
passing thought. much less an exami-
nation. 1t never seems to occur to the
parents that the principal agent in q
child's education is the eye; that
through it, it gains not only its sense of
the methods and ways of existence Of
others, but even the means for the
maintenance of its own nor does it oc-
cur to the parents for an instant that
many of the mental as we'll as bodily
attributes of growing child are fash
ioned, even if they are not created, by
the condition of the eye alone.


A child is put to school without the
slightest inquiry on the part of the pa
rent, and much less on the part of the
teacher, whether it has the normal
amount of sight; whether it sees OBJ
jects sharply and well-deined, or in
distinctly and dist rted i; whether it
be nesr sighted or far sighted wheth-
er it sees with one or two eyes or,
finally, if it does see clearly or dis
tinctly, whether it is lot using a guam
tity of nervous force sufficient, after a
time, not only to exhaust the energy OF
the visual organ, but of the nervous
sy stem at large.
Year: 1879

Better than gold to man is a cheer
fui wife. But he must do his part
toward making her cheerful. 1t is easy
enough for man to marry a happy
woman. But the bride expectant, when
she thought how happy she would be,
never contemplated the picture of a
husband coming home cross as bear,
and going to bed without speaking to
her; she had never thought of the long
evening when he would not come at all !;
or his bringing some one home to din
ner without warning or preparation; or
his awful profanity over SO trifiing q
matter as her little bill of expenses.
She had no idea, in fact, there could be
anything but happiness in married life,
and she had determined to be happy
and to distribute her happiness to those
about her. 1t is not often her fault if
she doesn't succeed. Men, as a rule,
do not exert themselves to secure their
wives happiness. They know that it
requires great and constant effort to
possess property and be secure in its
value in the midst of constant CONNER
cial changes. The cheerfulness, the
happy, hopeful character which every
woman displays at the beginning Of
marriage, is not SO easily lost as for
tune; it requires but small share. A
word 60 the girls in this connection is
in order: Beware of the man who
doesn't know enough about cheerful
ness to understand its value in daily
life. Such a man would improve the
first Opportunity to grind the cheerful
ness out of his home, to frighten sun-
beam into shadow, and then wonder
what is the matter. Such is no better
than NJ husband at all; and when you
want husband go find somebody else
somebody who will give you at least
some chance to be happy far into the
life beyond the honeymoon.
Year: 1879




PAPER FROM PoPLAR.-1t surprises
people to see the great logs of poplar
wood 60 through the powerful machiue
at the Connecticut River Pulp Mill, at
Holyoke. The wood, as it is brought
to the mill, is about the size of cord
wood used for fuel, and in this shape
the machine takes it and gnaws it up
very fine. So rapidly does this process
go on that the machine eats about seven
and a-half cords of wood q day, and
this makes between three and four tons
of pulp. Alter coming from the ma
chine the wood is put into watts aud
reduced by the &C ion of chemicals. It
is used for tie manufacture of book
and news paper. The wood is obtained
mostly from Caaada.-Boston Tran
script.
Year: 1879

NERVOUS FAILURE.-When men do
not die of some direct accident If dis
ease they die, in nine cases out of ten,
from nervous failure. And this is the
popularity of nervous failure it
may be fatal from one point of the
nervous organism, the rest being sound.
A man may, therefore, wear himself
out by one mental exercise too exclu-
sively followed, while he may live
through many exercises extended over
far greater intervals of time and in
volving more real labor if they be dis
tributed over many seats Of mental
faculty.
Year: 1879

A Southern girl who has seen better
days as q member of one of the first
families of Virginia, is now earning her
living by plying an awl at the shoe
makers bench in Petersburg. She
served an apprenticeship of four years,
and, it is said, can now turn out as
good shoe as any man in the business
who has not had more experience. She
is now thinking of manufacturing shoes
on her own account, and if she can find
suitable one, she may be induced to
accept male partner, provided he will
agree not to make love to her and offer
to dissolve the mercantile partnership
and go into q domestic one.
Year: 1879

ANGEL CAKE.-The whites of eleven
eggs. One cup of -four after sitting;
one teaspoonful of cream tartar. Sift
the -four and cream tartar four times;
beat the eggs to stiff froth, and then
beat in one and one-half cups of sugar,
and teaspoonful of vanilla. Add the
-four and beat lightly but thoroughly.
Bake in an ungreased pan, slowly for
forty minutes. The pan should have a
tin strip projecting above each corner,
in order that when it is turned over to
cool the air may circulate freely under
it. Cut it out when cool.