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Year: 1879

The tobacco manufacturers in this city have been
very busy during the last few days, since the reduc-
ton of the tobacco tax took effect. in filling and de-
livcrng their May orders. The employees In the
various establishments are required TO work day
and night. One manufacturing company made
single delivery Of over 100000 pounds in Boston
and forwarded as much more to other points
Another firm shipped 900 pounds OF plug TO-
baccoln one day, and nearly as much more on tig
q lew days ago special train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad to Chicago and the West laden with t"-
bacco, to supply the trade along the route promptly
The train was chartered to 90 through in twenty
four hours To dispatch this cargo of tobacco about
10000 revenue stamps had to be attached and can
celled.
Year: 1879

the recent experiment the Thames embankment fnd
that electricity 2l4 pence dig cents an hour per


lamp more than the best gas giving equal light The re-
port declares that the defects connected with electric
lighting must pre- vent it's general adoption.
Year: 1879

THE LEGISLATIVE BANQUET.--A
number of our most public spirited citi-
zens on Tuesday determined TO give the
members of the Legislature an enter
tainment on their return from their visit
TO Washington on Thursday at noon.-
The matter rested in few hands and .he
time was short but the proposition met
the wishes and views of our people gene
rally, ard as wha ever they under axe to
do they usually find way to accomplish,
the invitations were then gotten up and
cards dispatched by post and by tele-
graph. Even the lightning dispatches
failed to reach some who were from home
or out of the reach of stations in time 10
be present and amt ng such we may
name our very popular and estimable
Governor. Notwithstanding the short
time in which to accomplish all that was
hoped to impress upon the General As
sembly and its officers, the proposed ban
quet took place at the Clayton House
yesterday afternoon, and without intend
ing to unduly fatler the Committee hav-
ing the matter in charge, or mine host Of
the hotel, we do them but simple justice
in saying that the "set out" was one Of
the best and most complete that has evel
been witnessed in our city. As ali ell
tertainment it has rarely been equalled
anywhere. The affair grew out of sen
timent of gratitude of our people for the
passage OF the bill making W ilmiugton
the "county seat" of New Castle county
The members and officers of tic Levy
Court were invited to join the Legisla
ture OH the occasion, but the Cour
deemed i. necessary for them to continu,
their labors and complete tLer work, AN,
therefore felt 1t incumbent upon them t,
decline the pleasure they would other
wise have been much pleased to hay,
participated III.


A full and complete Synopsis repor
will he found elseA here of the tuasls att
speeches on the occasion, and although
brief and impromptu they We're aprupo
and Will compare tavoIably with thos
produced on such occasions, " here nor
time was gwen for elaborate display all


forensic eloquence.
Year: 1879

It was this: Trust in God and keep
your bowels open" For this purpose
many an old doctor has advised the habit
ually costive to take kidney-W Wort-for no
other remedy so effectually overcomes this
condition, and that without the distress
and gripping which other medicines cause.
It is q radical cure for piles.
Year: 1879

causes dyspepsia, and poor teeth produce
sour stomach because the food is not prop
erly masticated. Keep the teeth healthy,
and the body at large will be in trim. Use
SOZOD0NT regularly, for it is pleasant
and healthful. Once in the house it stays


there.
Year: 1879

The liver if it is dormant, and avoid a


train o. evils which must otherwise ensue.


Among anti bilious medicines none rank
so high as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.


1t speedily banishes those pains in the re-
gion of the affected organ the yellowness
of the skin, nausea, vertigo and sick head
ache, which atte nd a bilious attack. A
bilious subject. after brief course of
this capital liver stimulant and invigorant
finds that his tongue is not longer furry in
the morning, his breath is grown sweeter,
hundred inexplicable sensations no
longer make his life miserable, his bowels
have acquired the steadiness of a well
regulated piece of mechanism, aud he can
eat with hearty appetite and good d.
gestion 1t is because the Buffers assists
nature in her efforts to bring back the
disordered liver and bowels TO their nor
NAL condition, that it accomplishes such
cures.
Year: 1879

DEsPoNDENCY, if allowed to go uncheck
ed, will often produce morbid condition, so
that the least unsatisfactory affair that
happens will swell into terrifying proper
tions The mind being warped often i'm
parts torpidity to the body, all of which
more frequently is the effect of iuaction of
the liver than from any other cause, and
by resorting to Simmons Liver Regulator
the mind will often find relief with the
Year: 1879

Saturday dight t-the steam has gone out of the pipes-the power has been taken from the wheel-the customers, which have made business places the scene of action, have departed-the boy with his daily news is not to be found the little fruit girl around the corner IS missing the great storehouses no tramping of busy feet is heard and all is still. At home how different. All is life and excitement. The busy wife has prepared the best she has for the weary husband. How tempting the table looks, with it's white linen cloth loaded with dainties, and neatly ar ranged. Even the wife herself, attlred in her plain gown and white apron, adds grace and beauty to the kitchen. In the parlor the boys and girls are waking the echoes, and filling the air with music to greet the father tonight. And little Bess Hearing some one will get the start of her) has papa's gown and slippers hid under the sofa, while she sits at the window watching and waiting. These household treasures, which are gwen ns but for short time to enjoy, will soon be scattered over the world, or laid away in the churchyard; and then how memory will bring to us in our solitude the pattering footsteps on the stairs o' the laughter in the parlor. Go home with a happy heart, then, business man to meet those who anxiously wait fol you. Iris Saturday night.
Year: 1879

The strange death of young Heyward, the possessor of fortune, who con- mitted suicide while intoxicated, recalls the duel fought fully a generation ago,

 in which August Belmont received the injury that lamed him for life. The shot that took effect in MT. Belmont's leg was fired by an uncle of the young man who put bullet through his own

 head. Belmont himself was 8 young man then. The quarrel that led to the duel originated in some remarks about a handsome young society woman named Mrs. Coles. I remember the lady very well, says newspaper corre- spondenf, twenty years ago, and she was then, several years after the duel, noted for her beauty. She was the daughter of man of some note, known as ''Beef- steak Brown" He was an Englishman and kept restaurant near the lower end of Wall street. Steaks and chops, cooked in English style, were his speciality, and that is how he came to be called Beefsteak Brown. He failed in business after he had carried it on a good many years, but obtained com promise at low figures and started again. His second start led to prosper ity, and when he had got safely on his | feet again, he invited all his old credi- tors to dinner. When the men sat dining each man found beside his plate an envelope with statement of the balance remaining after the old settle ment and a check for the amount. Browns business grew rapidly after that and he laid up comfortable for tune and lived in good style in hand

 some house, with spacious ground

 near where Tiffnay's now stands. MT. Belmont still has lively recollection of the duel he fought on account ot George Browns daughter, but the hot blood he had in those times has cooled down with the lapse of years, and i

 would take a good deal to draw hin into another meeting of the same kind
Year: 1879

Many a babe gets wrench from lov- ing hands that might account for the sudden attack of spasms the day after, or for hours of fretfulness that no coax ing seems to soothe and no medicine appears to reach. Falls from little per ambulators while in charge of nurses, though they leave no outward and visi- ble sign in the shape of cuts or bruises, may have inflicted something worse by far than cuts or bruises would have proven to be. Gases have occurred frequently where infants have had falls of which nurses have not told, and no marks from which were visible to the eye, but which made the child unac- countably fretful for weeks, until curva- ture of the spine told it's frightful story. For this reason mothers cannot be too careful in handling their little ones and looking after them personally, rather than trusting so much to hired nurses. A child is 8 tender thing, and a hurt which leaves no surface scar may have laid the foundation of an early death o1 future deformity.
Year: 1879

The cook of a French nobleman, whose chateau was in the South O. France, had monkey which was al- lowed the free range of the kitchen, and which was 50 intelligent that by severe training it's natural propensity to mis- chief had been ,subdued, and it was even taught to perform certain useful servi ces, such as plucking fowls, for instance, at which it was uncommonly expert. One fine morning a pair of partrldges was given it to pluck. The monkey took them to an open window, which looked directly upon the park, and went to work with great diligence. He soon finished one, which he laid on the outer ledge of the window, and then went quietly on with the other. A hawk, which had been watching his pro- ceedings from neighboring tree, darted down upon the plucked partridge, and in a minute was up in the tree again, greedily devouring his prey.

 The consternation of the monkey at this untoward adventure may be easily imagined. He knew he should be se- verely whipped for losing 1t. He hop ped about in great distress for several minutes, when suddenly bright thought struck him. Seizing the re- maining partridge, he went,,to work with great energy and stripped off the feath- CTS. He then laid it on the ledge, just where he had placed the other, and closing one of the shutters Concealed himself behind it. The hawk, which by this time had finished his meal, very soon swooped down upon the partridge; but hardly had his claw touched the bird when the monkey sprang upon him from behind the shutter. E The hawk S head was instantly wrung, and the men- key, with triumphant chuckle, pro- ceeded to strip off the feathers.

 This done, he carried the two picked fowls to his master, with confident and self satisfied air, which seemed to say "Here are two birds, sir, just what you gave me-"

 What the cook said on finding one of the cartridges converted into hawk, if more than we are able to tell.
Year: 1879

Notwithstanding the intense activity, there is vast idle population in New York city, says newspaper correspon- dent. This is shown by the crowds of genteel loafers whom one finds in every place of resort. The court rooms are always filled and so are the free reading rooms. The parks in fine weather are thronged by healthy men who ought be at work. There is also great number to be found fishing at the wharves, and each seems happy to carry home string of little blue-fsh. The explanation of this is found in the fact that New York contains large number of what may be called "broken down men," whose wives keep boarding houses, and thus support their husbands. The city has also an immense population of "incom- petents "-a class of whom it may be said no one Gan imagine what they were born for. They are like the potato bug only available to devour what others earn. These incompetent" are chiefly of good families, persons of education. but they do not, in business point oi view, amount to anything. All chance for success here depends on one's com bative power. There is a continual struggle for wealth into which the "in' competent" cannot enter. Hence he becomes a mere loafer, and is only available as a consumer. How many of our rich and respectable families are obliged to support incompetent sons? Some of the latter make an effort to marry rich in order to be supported Unfortunately, however, heiresses arc very scarce, and hence they are conten to marry into moderate families if thfa, can make the Gold man" take care c them. These incompetents bec,em chronic idlers, and are found, as I hay said. wherever there is place for ger teel loa6ng.
Year: 1879

Let us sit here in the twilight, John,

 For the last of the day is best, And always thought the twilight hour

 The time for mortals to rest. How oft have we been out meath the elm

 That shades the grounds from the sun, And there sat and talked with our children dear While the evening shades came down. Now, as I look from my window, John,

 Out to the yard OCT the way, l can see five headstones shining there

 In the pafe-m0on's spectral ray. There lie the forms of our loved ones

 In dreamless slnmber at rest, And the pale white roses are blooming

 From the green turf OCT each breast. But could not wish them back, John,

 To suffer again as of yore; l know they're gone forever, perhaps, And that we may see them no more But indeed hope, and 'tis we'll to think

 When all these troubles are passed, We shall hasten home, and those missing lin ks Will make up the whole chain at last. We've but a little while longer to wait, John, Just few more pains to bear, Then we two broken old vessels

 Will meet and be tried on the square. The good that we've done will be reckoned,

 The bad that we've done to our shame Will be placed on separate list John,

 And put down against our name. But we cling to this beautiful world, John,

 For no brighter land do we know, And, indeed, could we stay here on earthland When should we be ready to go?
Year: 1879

In 8 reminiscence of the war an en- enlisted man writes We meet a ser geant from our battery tearing down the road on horseback. He hurries us up, saying that the enemy have at last got thoroughly warmed up and are thump- ing it to our battery, and that we are about out of ammunition. We go on, and are soon in that blood-chilliug belt, where the spent balls fall and the wounded lie. The 1imbers of the guns move off. Unlimbering the cassions those imbers move up and the empty ones come to us. I help Timber up, then, feeling too weak to act as good No. 1, I walk up to the first sergeant and state my case. "Go to work as No. G." he says, and I at once began to carry up the cartridges. We work steadily. Our losses begin to mount up. I am tired, hungry, played out, and wish I was killed and at the end. But as see solid shot skipping along the surface of the ground like flat stone on water, and see that it is going to hit me, I change my mind about being killed and skip aside with great agility, to see, on looking up, Gen. Burnside smiling at me. He reproved me, spoke encourag- ingly to me. saw at glance that the General had not been in the line of the ball, and was strongly tempted to tell him so; but having had trouble few days previously with Brigadier-G Gen. eral about some mulberries, and having been well beaten with the flat of his sabre for volunteering the information that he was jackass (which I still claim was true), I looked at the two stars on Burnside's shoulders and simply smiled on him, and ran on to my gun with my armful of shells. Burnside, unsuccess- ful as he was, was general favorite with the men of the army. We all ad- mired the manliness of the man in not trying to shift the blame for the mis- takes of Fredericksburg on to other shoulders. And when he spoke to an enlisted man he spoke kindly.
Year: 1879

THE HUNaAR1ANs.-The Hungarians are exceedingly jealous of their identity as distinct and sovereign people, and carefully preserve their national usages and language. With the latter, however, they have much trouble, the tendency being to it's gradual extirpation before that of the more numerous and power full Teutonic race, with which they are so joined that one or the other must give way. German is the official and judicial language of Hungary, and some of the schools are not only not conducted in Hungarian, but that language is not even taught in them. An effort in the Hungarian Parliament to make instruc- tion in the native tongue compulsory in the schools was under discussion some time ago, and was finally defeated be. cause it was feared that it might create trouble with the rest of the empire.
Year: 1879

I love an engine for it seems half human, With much more hear: than many man and

 woman.

 Why, have heard it pulsing in its breast With longings that no listening soul has guessed never see the great magnetic creature, So strong, so bright, so radiant of feature, But, as gaze, and wonder, and admire it. CHalf envying those who drive and feed and

 fire iD,

 A nameless thrill of kinship stirs my mind, AS one who feels the presence of his kind. Its fire, its force, its passionate unrest How like emotions of the human breast! never hear its wild voice passing by But my heart leaps and answers to the cry. A splendid creature, full of power and grace, A great white soul seems shining from thy face. And, were aught inanimate, I'd be A beautiful and mighty thing like thee.

 ELLA WHEELER.
Year: 1879

Buy A IIoME.-IIorace Greeley said
Go Vest" but George Barstow gave
better advice in speech Mt Metropolitan
Temple. He said that every man should
OWL his home, if he can. That philoso-
ply which tells a man TO drift on over the
ocean of this uncertain life without home
of his own, is wrong. The man who
owns his home is like ship that has ar
rived in port and is moored in safe har-
Dor. One man should no more be content
( 10 live in another mans honse. if he can
build one Of his own, than one bird should
annually take tho risk of Matching in
another bird nest; and for my own part
would rather be able 10 own cottage
than to hire palace. | often see men
enger to effect an insurance upon their
lives, and it is well-it is right. But the
man who owns his home has effected an
insurance upon his happiness and the hap


piness of his f,mily-which is us much 10
him if he mind it right, as his own, and
constitutes his own. have seen the
homes of the people in foreign lands; |
have heard them talk of their condition
and lot in life and this is the main theme
of thought with mankind everywhere. As
listened to them, discovered why it is
that the Switzer in his hut on the Alps,
where the limit of vegetation is reached
and the winter storm howls and RACES
around him, is happier than tho Italian
tenant on the beautiful plains Of Lom-
hardy, amidst the bloom and fragrance of
perpetual summer. 1t is the conciousness
of the ownership of a home, which no
matter how the storm RACES, nobody can
take from him. and which he can make
happy in spite of the storm. | would say
to every man, buy home and own it. If
Il windfall has come to you, buy home
with it. Ifyou have laid up enough by
toll. buy home. Buy it and sell it net.
Then the roses that bloom are yours. The
| iessamine and the c'cmatis that climb up
on the porch belong to you. You have
planted them and seen them grow. When
you are at work upon them you are work
| ing for yourselves and not for others. If
children be there, then there are flowers
within the house and without. Buy a
home. - San Francisco Chronicle.
Year: 1879

with them which might afford aid and
comfort to those whom they regard as
their political foes. Persons of known
political influence have been prescribed
and driven from this section at the peril
of their lives. One of the members OF
our conference was recently Informed
" that it was doubtful about his being al
lowed to remain, as our church was full
of radicalsm, and they were determined
to kill it out and get shut of it any way. y


At the recent election at one of the vot-
ing places the republican precinct chair
man, who carried the republican votes to
the place for the purpose of distribution
was surrounded by some forty of the
roughs, and at the peril of his life was
compelled to tear up his republican votes.
One of our members informed me that he
went to two polling places for the purpose
of voting the republican ticket, but could
not get chance TO do it at either. 1t
would not be safe for persons residing in
this immediate vicinity to give in detail
the treatment to which they have been
subjected; ...-.-..-..


Such has been the fraud and violence
used that our people are TO quite IN ex-
tent disheartened, and are talking very
freely in reference TO leaving the state.
Some of them you'd be quite willing 10
seek an asylum in the wilds of Africa, il
such change were made to them practi
cable. If this state of affairs continues,
the colored people will ineujtably ieaut
This section for one where they can enjoy
in peace the coveted rights of loyal Amer.
lean citizens. The question is, what can
be done for their relief


The democratic papers say that in Il
state settled by a mixed population, like
this. it must be supposed that superior in
telligence will govern-that knowledge is
power. If by this is meant power TO rot
and defraud the masses of the people o.
their rights, the colored people acknowl
edge that their white friends can do thing,
for which they have us little inclination Il:
power to perform. They desire not tc
learn or practice the secrets of gaining
elections by unjust counting and ballot
box stufling.


If the colored people are bent upor
| leayinp this section TO secure their civi
rights, no pains should be spared to aiC
and direct this exodus 10 the best possible
advantage to secure the interests proposed
The rights of this people must be secured
by some means, either here or elsewhere
If the general government cannot protec
them here, it should take some action t.
provide for them elsewhere.


1t might he well to organize II nationa
emigrant aid society, which shall be il
management of reliable persons of u ma
tional reputation for financial skill and in
tegrity, and by voluntary donations rails
means to aid in this work. 1t woult
be great misfortune to tbs interests o
this state to have them leave, and if plal
was arranged 10 accomplish this, it woul
improve their condition here.


Truly, etc, A. WEBSTER.